¹ Waaw bokk yi, xam ngeen ne, ngan gi nu leen ganesi woon du nganug neen.

¹For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain:

² Laata nuy ñëw, jaar nanu ci fitna ak toroxte ca dëkku Filib, ni ngeen ko xame; waaye Yàlla sunu Boroom may na nu fit, ba li tongoonte bi metti lépp it, yégal nanu leen xebaaru Yàlla bu baax bi.

²But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention.

³ Ndaxte sunu waaraate wéeruwul cig réer walla ci njublaŋ walla ciy nax.

³For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile:

⁴ Waaye gannaaw Yàlla moo nu seet, ba wóolu nu te dénk nu xebaar bu baax bi, kon noonu lanuy waaree, du ngir neex nit ñi, waaye ngir neex Yàlla, miy seet xol yi.

⁴But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.

⁵ Musunoo jey kenn, yéen xam ngeen ko; sunu waare musul a ëmb bëgge, Yàlla seede na ko;

⁵For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness:

⁶ musunoo sàkku ngërëmu nit, muy ci yéen, muy ci ñeneen.

⁶Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ.

⁷ Manoon nanoo diis ci seen kaw sax, nun ñiy ndawi Kirist, waaye woyofoon nanu ci seen biir, te lewet ni jaboot buy uuf doomam.

⁷But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:

⁸ Cofeel gi nu am ci yéen tax na, bëggunu woon a yem ci xamal leen xebaaru Yàlla bu baax bi, waaye jox leen it sunu bakkan, ndaxte sunu xol seeyoon na ci yéen.

⁸So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.

⁹ Bokk yi, yéena ngi fàttaliku sunu coono ak sunu ñaq; xam ngeen ni nu liggéeye guddi ak bëccëg, ngir bañ a diis ci seen kaw, ci di leen yégal xebaaru Yàlla.

⁹For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.

¹⁰ Naka sunu diggante ak yéen ñi gëm, doxal nanu ko doxalin wu sell te jub te amul sikk: seede ngeen ko, te Yàlla it seede na ko.

¹⁰Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:

¹¹ Xam ngeen ne, dénk nanu leen kenn-kenn, ni baay di def ak doomam, dëfëlal leen seen xol te dëggal ci yéen, ngeen dund dund gu neex Yàlla, moom mi leen di woo, ngeen séddu ci nguuram ak ndamam.

¹¹As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,

¹³ Te it dunu noppee sant Yàlla ci lii: ba ngeen jotee kàddug Yàlla, gi nu doon waare, nangu ngeen ko, waxuma ni kàddug nit waaye ni kàddug Yàlla, ndaxte moom la ci dëgg-dëgg, te mu ngi jëf ci yéen ñi gëm.

¹²That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.

¹⁴ Ndaxte bokk yi, aw ngeen ci tànki mboolooy Yàlla, yi nekk ca réewu Yawut ya tey daje ci turu Kirist Yeesu; fitna ya ñu daj ca Yawut ya, yéen it seen waa réew teg nañu leen ko.

¹³For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.

¹⁵ Ñoom Yawut yi rey nañu Boroom bi Yeesu, ni ñu reye woon yonent yi; teg nañu nu fitna yu metti; neexuñu Yàlla, ànduñu ak kenn,

¹⁴For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews:

¹⁶ di nu teree wax ak ñi dul Yawut, ngir bañ ñu mucc. Duñu noppee xuus ci biir bàkkaar, waaye merum Yàlla xëppu na ci seen kaw.

¹⁵Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:

¹⁷ Nun nag bokk yi, ba ñu ma leen xañee ab diir --xol yi taxul may wax, waaye jëmm yi rekk — jéem nanu leen a gis ak sunu kem-kàttan, ndax namm nanu leen, ba sunu xol seey ci gis leen.

¹⁶Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.

¹⁸ Kon jàppoon nanu leen a seetsi — man Pool sax ay yooni yoon, waaye Seytaane téq na ma.

¹⁷But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with great desire.

¹⁹ Ndaxte bés bu Yeesu sunu Boroom dellusee, te nu fekke ko, kan mooy sunu yaakaar? Kan mooy sunu mbég? Kan mooy sunu kaala, gi nuy tiitaroo?

¹⁸Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us.

²⁰ Xanaa du yéen? Waaw yéenay sunu ndam, yéenay sunu mbég.

¹⁹For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?

²⁰For ye are our glory and joy.