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.

¹ Ay, Bulos (ay kaŋ gonda «boŋ kaynandiyaŋ» alhaali araŋ game ra, amma waato kaŋ ay si araŋ do ay wo «yaaru» no) ay g'araŋ ŋwaaray Almasihu lalabo nd'a booriyaŋo sabbo ra.

¹Now I Paul myself entreat you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, I who in your presence am lowly among you, but being absent am of good courage toward you:

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.

² Oho, ay g'araŋ ŋwaaray, waati kaŋ ay kaa araŋ do araŋ ma s'ay doole ay ma goy da cimi nd'ay yaarutara kaŋ ay miila ay ma daŋ ka gaaba nda boro fooyaŋ kaŋ go g'iri himandi sanda boroyaŋ kaŋ go ga dira Adam-ize alhaalo boŋ.

²yea, I beseech you, that I may not when present show courage with the confidence wherewith I count to be bold against some, who count of us as if we walked according to the flesh.

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

³ Amma baa kaŋ iri goono ga dira gaaham woone ra, kulu nda yaadin iri si wongu te Adam-ize alhaalo boŋ.

³For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh

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

⁴ Zama iri wongu jinayey manti ndunnya wo wane yaŋ no, amma dabarikoyyaŋ no Irikoy do. I ga wongu fuwey zeeri.

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

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;

⁵ Iri go ga borey lasaabey zeeri, da haŋ kaŋ ga beeri kulu kaŋ i n'a beerandi a ma gaaba nda Irikoy bayra. Iri go ga fonguyaŋ kulu daŋ tamtaray ra i ma Almasihu gana.

⁵casting 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;

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

⁶ Waato kaŋ araŋ ganayaŋo kubay mo, iri go soolante iri ma bana borey din gaa ngey wangay goyo kulu.

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

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.

⁷ Araŋ go ga haggoy da hayey kaŋ yaŋ mo ga di hinne. Da boro fo go noodin kaŋ ga naanay nga boŋ gaa kaŋ nga ya Almasihu boro no, a ma faham ka bay kaŋ, mate kaŋ cine nga ya Almasihu wane no, iri mo yaadin no.

⁷Ye look at the things that are before your face. If any man trusteth in himself that he is Christ's, let him consider this again with himself, that, even as he is Christ's, so also are we.

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,

⁸ Zama baa d'ay fooma kayna fo nd'iri dabaro kaŋ Rabbi n'ay no araŋ jina-koyyaŋo se, manti araŋ halaciyaŋo se, kulu nda yaadin haawi s'ay di.

⁸For though I should glory somewhat abundantly concerning our authority (which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for casting you down), I shall not be put to shame:

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

⁹ I ma s'ay guna danga ay ga ba k'araŋ humburandi nd'ay tirey.

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

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

¹⁰ Zama boro fooyaŋ ga ne: «Oho, a tirey ga tin no, i gonda gaabi. Amma nga bumbo gaahamo, londibuuno no. A me sanney mo manti hay fo no.»

¹⁰For, His letters, they say, are weighty and strong; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech of no account.

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.

¹¹ To. Wa naŋ boro wo dumi ma woone lasaabu ka bay: mate kaŋ iri bara iri tirey sanno ra waati kaŋ iri si noodin, yaadin mo no iri ga bara iri te-goyey ra d'iri kaa.

¹¹Let such a one reckon this, that, what we are in word by letters when we are absent, such [are we] also in deed when we are present.

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.

¹² Iri wo binde, iri si yadda k'iri boŋ himandi wala k'iri boŋ deedandi nda boro fooyaŋ kaŋ yaŋ go ga ngey boŋ sifa. Amma ngey wo, kaŋ go ga ngey boŋ neesi nda care ka ngey boŋ deedandi nda care, i jaŋ fahamay.

¹²For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with certain of them that commend themselves: but they themselves, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are without understanding.

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

¹³ Amma iri wo, iri si fooma ka bisa iri hirro me. Amma iri ga fooma nda hirro kaŋ me Irikoy dumbu iri se kaŋ to hal araŋ do.

¹³But we will not glory beyond [our] measure, but according to the measure of the province which God apportioned to us as a measure, to reach even unto you.

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,

¹⁴ Zama iri si candi ka bisa iri hirro meyo gaa, danga a mana to araŋ do, zama iri no ka kaa sintina hal araŋ do ka kande Almasihu Baaru Hanna.

¹⁴For we stretch not ourselves overmuch, as though we reached not unto you: for we came even as far as unto you in the gospel of Christ:

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,

¹⁵ Iri si fooma nda boro fo goy kaŋ bisa iri hirro me. Amma iri goono ga bine daŋ araŋ cimbeero ma tonton ka beeri hal iri ma du tontoni araŋ game ra iri hirro me.

¹⁵not glorying beyond [our] measure, [that is,] in other men's labors; but having hope that, as your faith groweth, we shall be magnified in you according to our province unto [further] abundance,

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

¹⁶ Hala mo iri ma koy ka Baaru Hanna waazu laabey kaŋ go araŋ se jina ra. Iri ma si koy ka fooma nda haŋ kaŋ jin ka te boro fo batama ra.

¹⁶so as to preach the gospel even unto the parts beyond you, [and] not to glory in another's province in regard of things ready to our hand.

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

¹⁷ Amma: «Boro kaŋ goono ga fooma ma fooma Rabbi ra.»

¹⁷But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.

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

¹⁸ Zama manti boro kaŋ ga nga boŋ sifa no Rabbi ga yadda nd'a bo, amma kala boro kaŋ Rabbi ga sifa.

¹⁸For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.