¹Now I Paul, myself, entreat you by the humility and gentleness of Christ; I who in your presence am lowly among you, but being absent am bold toward you.

¹Me o Pavlo, phenav tumenge, me kai sim sar mothon lazhano kana sim tumensa, numa kana chi mai sim tumensa, chi mai sim lazhano. Mangav ma tumendar katar o kovlimos ai o lashimos le Kristosko.

²Yes, I beg you that I may not, when present, show courage with the confidence with which I intend to be bold against some, who consider us to be walking according to the flesh.

²Na keren te na mai lazhav tumendar kana avava tumen; ke zhanav ke sai sikavav ke chi lazhav mashkar kodola kai gindin ke keras le dieli le statoske.

³For though we walk in the flesh, we don’t wage war according to the flesh;

³Chaches traiisaras andek stato manushesko, numa chi maras ame sar le manush.

⁴for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the throwing down of strongholds,

⁴Numa e armia kai si ame te maras ame, nai armia le manushengi kai si pe kadia phuv, numa e armia e zurali le Devleski kai sai peravel le dieli le bengeske.

⁵throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;

⁵Ame peravas le dieli kai nai chache angla Del; Ame peravas so godi vazden andel barimata karing e goji le Devleski; ai ame astaras so godi gindo te pachal o mui le Kristosko.

⁶and being in readiness to avenge all disobedience, when your obedience will be made full.

⁶Ai gata sam te dosharas so godi chi pachal o mui le Krstosko, kana tume pachana vorta o mui le Kristosko.

⁷Do you look at things only as they appear in front of your face? If anyone trusts in himself that he is Christ’s, let him consider this again with himself, that, even as he is Christ’s, so also we are Christ’s.

⁷Tume dikhen avrial te mothola vari kon ke wo si le Kristosko? Ai te mothol peske mishto wo ande peste, ke sar wo si le Kristosko iame sam.

⁸For though I should boast somewhat abundantly concerning our authority, (which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for casting you down) I will not be disappointed,

⁸Ke nai mange lazhav, marka ke luvudisailem, xantsi but andai putiera kai O Del dia ame, e putiera kai si te barion ando pachamos, ai na te rimon tume.

⁹that I may not seem as if I desire to terrify you by my letters.

⁹Chi mangav te miazol ke rodav te daravav tumen le lilensa kai tradav tumenge.

¹⁰For, “His letters,” they say, “are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech is despised.”

¹⁰Ke eta so mothon, "Le lila kai tradel o Pavlo defial zuralele, numa kana si mashkar amende o Pavlo kovlo lo, ai lesko divano nai lasho."

¹¹Let such a person consider this, that what we are in word by letters when we are absent, such are we also in deed when we are present.

¹¹Kodo kai mothol kadia, mangav te zhanel mishto ke saikfielo ande so ramosaras ande amare lila kana chi sam tumensa, ai so kerasa kana avasa mashkar tumende.

¹²For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves. But they themselves, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are without understanding.

¹²Ame chi tromas te avas iek fielo vai te miazuas sar uni kai miazol lenge mai lashe le sar savorhe. Ke won chi haliaren! Won keren pengi musura te musurin pe, ai keren kris pe pende sar won gindin!

¹³But we will not boast beyond proper limits, but within the boundaries with which God appointed to us, which reach even to you.

¹³Numa ame, chi mangas te luvudisavas opral pai musura kai O Del thodia amenge, kai dia ame te avas zhi tumende.

¹⁴For we don’t stretch ourselves too much, as though we didn’t reach to you. For we came even as far as to you with the Good News of Christ,

¹⁴Chi nakhas amare musuri sar te avilino te na aviliamas zhi tumende, numa aresliam zhi tumende, ai andiam tumenge e lashi viasta le Kristoski.

¹⁵not boasting beyond proper limits in other men’s labors, but having hope that as your faith grows, we will be abundantly enlarged by you in our sphere of influence,

¹⁵No chi anklias avri andal musuri kai sas thodine. Chi luvudisavas andai buchi kai kerde le kolaver, numa inker ame pachas ame ke tumaro pachamos bariola, ai ke ame sai kerasa iek buchi but mai bari mashkar tumende, numa beshas sagda andel musuri kai O Del thodia amenge.

¹⁶so as to preach the Good News even to the parts beyond you, not to boast in what someone else has already done.

¹⁶Porme ame sai phenas e lashi viasta andel gava kai si mai dur tumendar, bi te luvudisavas anda so le kolaver vunzhe kerde ande penge gava.

¹⁷But “he who boasts, let him boast in the Lord.” Jeremiah 9:24

¹⁷Numa sar mothol E Vorba le Devleski, "Kodo kai mangel te luvudilpe, luvudilpe anda so kerdia O Del."

¹⁸For it isn’t he who commends himself who is approved, but whom the Lord commends.

¹⁸Chaches o manush kai si chaches lasho, nai kodo kai mothol peske wo ke lasho lo, numa kodo si lasho kai mothol O Del pa leste ke lasho lo.