¹ Ndax awma ndogal ci li may def? Ndax duma ndawul Kirist? Ndax gisuma Yeesu sunu Boroom? Xanaa du yéena soqikoo ci liggéey, bi ma Boroom bi sant?

¹Am not I an apostle? am not I free? Jesus Christ our Lord have I not seen? my work are not ye in the Lord?

² Su ma ñenn ñi tegul ndaw, moom laa ci yéen, ndaxte yéenay firnde jiy wone ne, ndawul Boroom bi dëgg laa.

²if to others I am not an apostle — yet doubtless to you I am; for the seal of my apostleship are ye in the Lord.

³ Nii laay tontoo ñi may àtte:

³My defence to those who examine me in this;

⁴ Xanaa sañunoo lekk ak a naan?

⁴have we not authority to eat and to drink?

⁵ Xanaa sañunoo indaale jabar ju gëm Kirist, ni yeneen ndawul Kirist ak doomi ndeyu Boroom bi ak Sefas sax?

⁵have we not authority a sister — a wife — to lead about, as also the other apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

⁶ Walla boog man ak Barnabas rekk noo war a daan sunu doole?

⁶or only I and Barnabas, have we not authority — not to work?

⁷ Kan moo mas a solu soldaar ci pexey boppam? Kan mooy bey tool te du ci jariñu? Walla kan mooy sàmm jur te du naan ca soow ma?

⁷who doth serve as a soldier at his own charges at any time? who doth plant a vineyard, and of its fruit doth not eat? or who doth feed a flock, and of the milk of the flock doth not eat?

⁸ Lii may wax, du ci yëfi doom Aadama rekk laa ko jukkee; xanaa du yoon wi it moo ko santaane?

⁸According to man do I speak these things? or doth not also the law say these things?

⁹ Ndaxte bind nañu ci yoonu Musaa ne: «Bul sunjuñ gémmiñu nag wu ñu takk ci bojjukaay.» Ndax mooy tekki nag ne, Yàlla dafa bàyyi xel nag yi?

⁹for in the law of Moses it hath been written, `thou shalt not muzzle an ox treading out corn;` for the oxen doth God care?

¹⁰ Walla boog xanaa nun noo moom wax jooju? Waaw, noo tax ñu bind loolu. Noonu kuy bey war na am yaakaar, te kuy bojj di yaakaar a jot wàllam.

¹⁰or because of us by all means doth He say [it]? yes, because of us it was written, because in hope ought the plower to plow, and he who is treading [ought] of his hope to partake in hope.

¹¹ Nu ji ci yéen yëfi Xelum Yàlla, ba noppi góobe ci yéen yëfi àddina, ndax loolu dafa ëpp li nu war a séentu?

¹¹If we to you the spiritual things did sow — great [is it] if we your fleshly things do reap?

¹² Ndegam ñeneen a am sañ-sañ boobu ci yéen, nun kon waxi-noppi. Waaye nag jariñoowunu sañ-sañ boobu. Danuy far muñ lépp, ngir bañ a indi ndog ci yoonu xebaar bu baax bu Kirist bi.

¹²if others do partake of the authority over you — not we more? but we did not use this authority, but all things we bear, that we may give no hindrance to the good news of the Christ.

¹³ Xanaa xamuleen ne, ñiy liggéeyal yëf yu sell yi, dañuy lekk ñam, wi ci kër Yàlla gi, te ñiy liggéey ci saraxalukaay bi, dañuy jot seen wàll ci sarax yi?

¹³Have ye not known that those working about the things of the temple — of the temple do eat, and those waiting at the altar — with the altar are partakers?

¹⁴ Naka noonu it Boroom bi digle na ne, ñiy yégle xebaar bu baax bi, nanu ci dund.

¹⁴so also did the Lord direct to those proclaiming the good news: of the good news to live.

¹⁵ Waaye man jariñoowuma benn ci sañ-sañ yooyu, te binduma yëf yooyu, ngir ngeen di ma defal yu ni mel. Dee sax moo ma ko gënal — kenn du jële ci man mbir moomu may kañoo!

¹⁵And I have used none of these things; neither did I write these things that it may be so done in my case, for [it is] good for me rather to die, than that any one may make my glorying void;

¹⁶ Su may yégle xebaar bu baax bi, mënuma cee kañu. Sas la, wu ñu ma sas. Dinaa torox, su ma yéglewul xebaar bu baax bi!

¹⁶for if I may proclaim good news, it is no glorying for me, for necessity is laid upon me, and wo is to me if I may not proclaim good news;

¹⁷ Su doon ci sama coobare laa yégle xebaar bu baax bi, man naa ci séentu yool. Waaye defuma ko ci sama coobare, ndaxte sas la, wu ñu ma sas.

¹⁷for if willing I do this, I have a reward; and if unwillingly — with a stewardship I have been entrusted!

¹⁸ Kon nag lan mooy sama yool? Xanaa di yégle xebaar bu baax bi ci dara, te bañ a jariñoo sañ-sañ boobu ma ci yelloo.

¹⁸What, then, is my reward? — that proclaiming good news, without charge I shall make the good news of the Christ, not to abuse my authority in the good news;

¹⁹ Gor laa te kenn moomu ma; teewul def naa sama bopp jaamu ñépp, ngir man a gindi nit ñu bare ci Kirist.

¹⁹for being free from all men, to all men I made myself servant, that the more I might gain;

²⁰ Ci biir Yawut yi, sol naa melow Yawut yi, ngir gindi leen. Man ci sama bopp yoonu Musaa jiitalu ma, terewul bi ma nekkee ci biir ñiy sàmm yoonu Musaa, sàmm naa yoon wa, ngir gindi leen.

²⁰and I became to the Jews as a Jew, that Jews I might gain; to those under law as under law, that those under law I might gain;

²¹ Ci biir ñi nekkul ci yoonu Musaa, faalewuma woon yoon wi, ngir gindi leen; waxuma ne, ànduma ak yoonu Yàlla, waaye topp naa yoon ci sama bokk ak Kirist.

²¹to those without law, as without law — (not being without law to God, but within law to Christ) — that I might gain those without law;

²² Ci biir ñi néew ngëm, meloon naa ni ku néew ngëm, ngir gindi leen. Doon naa lépp ci ñépp, ngir def lépp lu ma man, ba ñenn mucc ci.

²²I became to the infirm as infirm, that the infirm I might gain; to all men I have become all things, that by all means I may save some.

²³ Damaa def loolu lépp ndax xebaar bu baax bi, ngir man it ma am wàll ci barkeem.

²³And this I do because of the good news, that a fellow-partaker of it I may become;

²⁴ Xanaa xamuleen ne, ñépp ñooy daw cib rawante, waaye kenn rekk ay jël ndam li? Dawleen nag ngir jël ko.

²⁴have ye not known that those running in a race — all indeed run, but one doth receive the prize? so run ye, that ye may obtain;

²⁵ Ñiy joŋante ci po muy waral tàggat yaram, dañuy xañ seen bopp lu bare. Dañu koy def, ngir am kaalag ndam gu dul yàgg; waaye nun danu koy def, ngir am kaalag ndam gu sax ba fàww.

²⁵and every one who is striving, is in all things temperate; these, indeed, then, that a corruptible crown they may receive, but we an incorruptible;

²⁶ Man nag noonu laay dawe, te duma dawantu. Noonu laay bëree, waaye duma def ni nit kuy dóor ci jaww ji.

²⁶I, therefore, thus run, not as uncertainly, thus I fight, as not beating air;

²⁷ Waaye damay noot sama yaram, ba moom ko, ngir ragal a yégal ñi ci des xebaar bu baax bi, ba noppi Yàlla xañ ma ndam li.

²⁷but I chastise my body, and bring [it] into servitude, lest by any means, having preached to others — I myself may become disapproved.