¹ Nañu nu teg kon ay surgay Kirist, di ay jawriñ yuy xamle mbóoti Yàlla.

¹Let a man so reckon us as officers of Christ, and stewards of the secrets of God,

² Li war ci jawriñ mooy mu takku ci liggéeyam.

²and as to the rest, it is required in the stewards that one may be found faithful,

³ Ngeen àtte ma walla ñeneen àtte ma, amaluma ko solo. Te man sax duma àtte sama bopp.

³and to me it is for a very little thing that by you I may be judged, or by man`s day, but not even myself do I judge,

⁴ Sama xel yeddu ma ci dara, waaye loolu taxul ma jub; ki may àtte mooy Boroom bi.

⁴for of nothing to myself have I been conscious, but not in this have I been declared right — and he who is discerning me is the Lord:

⁵ Looloo tax buleen daan kenn ci àtte, bala jamono ji di jot te Boroom bi ñëw. Mooy leeral yi nëbbu ci lëndëm, di làññi mébétu xol yi. Bu ko defee ku nekk dina jot ci Yàlla ngërëm, li mu yelloo.

⁵so, then, nothing before the time judge ye, till the Lord may come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of the darkness, and will manifest the counsels of the hearts, and then the praise shall come to each from God.

⁶ Bokk yi, ci loolu ma leen doon wax lépp nag, misaal naa leen ko ci Apolos ak ci man, ngir ngeen xool ci nun, ba xam li wax jii di tekki: «Bu seen xalaat weesu li Mbind mi wax.» Noonu kenn du màggal kii, suufeel ki ci des.

⁶And these things, brethren, I did transfer to myself and to Apollos because of you, that in us ye may learn not to think above that which hath been written, that ye may not be puffed up one for one against the other,

⁷ Ndaxte yaw, ku la def, ba nga gën a màgg ñi ci des? Loo am lu ñu la mayul? Te bu ñu la ko mayee, lu tax nga di ci tiitaru, mel ni mayuñu la ko?

⁷for who doth make thee to differ? and what hast thou, that thou didst not receive? and if thou didst also receive, why dost thou glory as not having received?

⁸ Yéen suur ngeen xaat! Woomle ngeen xaat! Tàmbali ngeen di nguuru te agseegunu! Céy ni ma bëgge, ngeen di nguuru, ba nu man a bokk ak yéen di nguuru!

⁸Already ye are having been filled, already ye were rich, apart from us ye did reign, and I would also ye did reign, that we also with you may reign together,

⁹ Xalaat naa ne, nun ndawi Kirist yi, Yàlla def na ba nu mel ni nit ñu ñu jàppe ci xare te mujj ci sàppe yi, ñu dogal seen dee, nuy ceetaanum mbindeef yépp, muy nit muy malaaka.

⁹for I think that God did set forth us the apostles last — as appointed to death, because a spectacle we became to the world, and messengers, and men;

¹⁰ Nun teg nañu nu ni ay dof ndax Kirist, waaye yéen am ngeen xel ci Kirist. Néew nanu doole, waaye yéen am ngeen doole. Nawees na leen, waaye nun dañu noo xeeb.

¹⁰we [are] fools because of Christ, and ye wise in Christ; we [are] ailing, and ye strong; ye glorious, and we dishonoured;

¹¹ Ba fii mu nekk, danoo xiif, mar te rafle; ñu ngi nuy dóor, te dëkkunu fenn;

¹¹unto the present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and wander about,

¹² nu ngi ñaq di jariñoo. Ku nu saaga, nu ñaanal la lu baax. Coono bu ñu nu teg, nu tegoo ko.

¹²and labour, working with [our] own hands; being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer;

¹³ Ku nu ñaawal, nu tontu la tont lu rafet. Fi mu ne noo mujj di mbalitu àddina, di ñu ñàkk njariñ ci lépp.

¹³being spoken evil of, we entreat; as filth of the world we did become — of all things an offscouring — till now.

¹⁴ Binduma leen loolu ngir ngeen am yeraange, waaye dama koo def ngir artu leen, ndaxte yéenay samay doom te bëgg naa leen.

¹⁴Not [as] putting you to shame do I write these things, but as my beloved children I do admonish,

¹⁵ Su ngeen amee junniy njiit yu leen di sàmm ci Kirist, ba tey benn baay rekk ngeen am, ndaxte maa leen yégal xebaar bu baax bi, ba jur leen ci Kirist.

¹⁵for if a myriad of child-conductors ye may have in Christ, yet not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus, through the good news, I — I did beget you;

¹⁶ Kon nag maa ngi leen di ñaan, ngeen roy ci man.

¹⁶I call upon you, therefore, become ye followers of me;

¹⁷ Looloo tax ma yebal ci yéen Timote, miy sama doomu diine, di doom ju takku te ma bëgg ko. Dina leen fàttali ni may dunde ci Kirist, te mu dëppook li may jàngale fu nekk ci mboolooy ñi gëm ñépp.

¹⁷because of this I sent to you Timotheus, who is my child, beloved and faithful in the Lord, who shall remind you of my ways in Christ, according as everywhere in every assembly I teach.

¹⁸ Am na ci seen biir ñuy tiitaru, di xalaat ne, duma delluseeti ci yéen.

¹⁸And as if I were not coming unto you certain were puffed up;

¹⁹ Waaye bu soobee Boroom bi, léegi ma ñëw ci yéen te seet boroom tiitar yooyu; waxuma seen kàddu, seen doole laay seet.

¹⁹but I will come quickly unto you, if the Lord may will, and I will know not the word of those puffed up, but the power;

²⁰ Ndaxte nguuru Yàlla du waxi kese, waaye doole la.

²⁰for not in word is the reign of God, but in power?

²¹ Lu leen gënal? Ma ñëw ci yéen, yor ab yar, walla ma ànd ak mbëggeel, te lewet?

²¹what do ye wish? with a rod shall I come unto you, or in love, with a spirit also of meekness?