¹ Céy bu ngeen ma manoon a muñal, ma wax leen tuuti waxi dof! Waaw muñal-leen ma sax.

¹O that ye were bearing with me a little of the folly, but ye also do bear with me:

² Dama leen di fiire ak fiiraange gu jóge ca Yàlla, ndaxte dama leen a bëgg a jébbal jenn jëkkër kepp, muy Kirist, ngeen set ni janq.

²for I am zealous for you with zeal of God, for I did betroth you to one husband, a pure virgin, to present to Christ,

³ Waaye ni jaan ja naxe woon Awa ci pexeem, ragal naa yéen itam ñu lëmbaaje ni seen xel, ba ngeen dëddu xol bu laab, bi ngeen amoon ci seen diggante ak Kirist.

³and I fear, lest, as the serpent did beguile Eve in his subtilty, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that [is] in the Christ;

⁴ Ndaxte bu kenn ñëwee, di leen waar ci Yeesu ci lu juuyoo ak li nu leen yégal, walla ngeen jot meneen xel mu wuute ak Xel mi ngeen jot, walla ngeen nangu beneen xebaar bu wuute ak bi ngeen dégg, dingeen ko dékku bu baax.

⁴for if, indeed, he who is coming doth preach another Jesus whom we did not preach, or another Spirit ye receive which ye did not receive, or other good news which ye did not accept — well were ye bearing [it],

⁵ Moona foog naa ne, seen ndaw yooyu ngeen yékkati, ba ñu ëpp ndaw sax, ëpplewuñu ma dara.

⁵for I reckon that I have been nothing behind the very chiefest apostles,

⁶ Bu ma dul jàmbaari wax it, néewuma xam-xam, te won nanu leen ko ci bépp mbir ak ci bépp fànn.

⁶and even if unlearned in word — yet not in knowledge, but in every thing we were made manifest in all things to you.

⁷ Walla boog ndax dama leen a tooñ ci li ma suufeel sama bopp ngir yékkati leen, ba ma leen di yégal xebaar bu baax bi te laajuma leen genn pey?

⁷The sin did I do — myself humbling that ye might be exalted, because freely the good news of God I did proclaim to you?

⁸ Xanaa kay damaa tooñ ci li ma dunde alalu yeneen mboolooy ñi gëm, ba futti leen, ngir dimbali leen, yéen.

⁸other assemblies I did rob, having taken wages, for your ministration;

⁹ Te ba ma nekkee ci yéen te soxla dab ma, wéeruwuma ci kenn ci yéen, ndaxte bokk ya jóge Maseduwan ñoo ma indil li ma soxla woon. Ci lépp moytu naa nekk yen ci yéen, te dinaa ko gën a def.

⁹and being present with you, and having been in want, I was chargeable to no one, for my lack did the brethren supply — having come from Macedonia — and in everything burdenless to you I did keep myself, and will keep.

¹⁰ Ni mu wóore ne, dëggug Kirist nekk na ci man, ni la wóore ne loolii may damoo, kenn du ko teggi ci diiwaanu Akayi gépp.

¹⁰The truth of Christ is in me, because this boasting shall not be stopped in regard to me in the regions of Achaia;

¹¹ Lu tax? Ndax dama leen a bëggul? Yàlla xam na ne, bëgg naa leen!

¹¹wherefore? because I do not love you? God hath known!

¹² Noonu may doxale nag dinaa ci sax, ngir ñiy damu, di wut yoon wu ñu aw ba yemale seen bopp ak nun, duñu ko am.

¹²and what I do, I also will do, that I may cut off the occasion of those wishing an occasion, that in that which they boast they may be found according as we also;

¹³ Ay ndawi naaféq lañu, di ay liggéeykat yu njublaŋ yuy mbubboo turu ndawi Kirist.

¹³for those such [are] false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ,

¹⁴ Te loolu jaaxalu nu, ndaxte Seytaane moom ci boppam day mbubboo malaakam leer.

¹⁴and no wonder — for even the Adversary doth transform himself into a messenger of light;

¹⁵ Kon nag ay ndawam mbubboo ndawi njub, loolu du nu jaaxal. Dees na leen fey seeni jëf.

¹⁵no great thing, then, if also his ministrants do transform themselves as ministrants of righteousness — whose end shall be according to their works.

¹⁶ Maa ngi leen koy waxaat: bu ma kenn jàpp nib dof. Walla boog bu ngeen ma ko jàppee, séddleen ma céru dof, ngir ma damu tuuti, man itam.

¹⁶Again I say, may no one think me to be a fool; and if otherwise, even as a fool receive me, that I also a little may boast.

¹⁷ Loolu may wax nag, waxuma ko ci turu Boroom bi. Bu ma ñemee damoo nii, maa ngi wax ni dof.

¹⁷That which I speak, I speak not according to the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this the confidence of boasting;

¹⁸ Ndegam ñu bare dañuy damu ni nit kese, man itam kon dinaa damu.

¹⁸since many boast according to the flesh, I also will boast:

¹⁹ Yéen boroom xel yi, aka ngeen a man a muñal ñi dof,

¹⁹for gladly do ye bear with the fools — being wise,

²⁰ nde yéena ngi muñ ñi leen di jaamloo, di lekk seen alal, di leen nax, di leen xeeb, di leen talaata!

²⁰for ye bear, if any one is bringing you under bondage, if any one doth devour, if any one doth take away, if any one doth exalt himself, if any one on the face doth smite you;

²¹ Sunu néew doole mayu nu, nu dem ba jëfe noonu; rus naa ci lool de! Ma wax waxi dof; moona lépp lu waay ñemee damoo, ñeme naa ko, man it.

²¹in reference to dishonour I speak, how that we were weak, and in whatever any one is bold — in foolishness I say [it] — I also am bold.

²² Ndax Ibrë lañu? Man it Ibrë laa. Ndax bànni Israyil lañu? Man itam ci laa. Ndax sëti Ibraayma lañu? Man itam moom laa.

²²Hebrews are they? I also! Israelites are they? I also! seed of Abraham are they? I also!

²³ Ndax surgay Kirist lañu? --maa ngi wax waxi ku tàggoo ak sagoom nag — maa leen ko gën a doon. Bu dee ci liggéey, maa leen ci man. Bu dee ci li ñu nu tëj ci kaso, maa leen ko gën a miin. Bu dee ci li ñu nu dóor ay yar, maa leen ëpple. Leru naa dee ba tàyyi.

²³ministrants of Christ are they? — as beside myself I speak — I more; in labours more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths many times;

²⁴ Juróomi yoon Yawut yi dóor nañu ma fanweeri yar ak juróom-ñeent.

²⁴from Jews five times forty [stripes] save one I did receive;

²⁵ Ñetti yoon dóorees na ma ay yet, te mas nañu maa sànni ay xeer, bëgg maa rey. Ñetti yoon dugg naa gaal, mu suux. Mas naa yendu ci ndox, fanaan ci.

²⁵thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice was I shipwrecked, a night and a day in the deep I have passed;

²⁶ Ci sama tukki yu bare yi daan naa faral di daje ak musiba ci dex yi, ak musiba ci sàcc yi, musiba mu jóge ci sama xeet walla ci ñi dul Yawut, musiba ci biir dëkk yi, ci màndiŋ yi, ci géej gi, ci biir bokki taalibe yu naaféq yi.

²⁶journeyings many times, perils of rivers, perils of robbers, perils from kindred, perils from nations, perils in city, perils in wilderness, perils in sea, perils among false brethren;

²⁷ Sonn naa, di ñaq, di fanaane xool, di xiif ak a mar tey fande, di dékku liw te rafle,

²⁷in laboriousness and painfulness, in watchings many times, in hunger and thirst, in fastings many times, in cold and nakedness;

²⁸ waxaalewuma li ci des nag: bés bu nekk maa ngi xalaat mboolooy ñi gëm.

²⁸apart from the things without — the crowding upon me that is daily — the care of all the assemblies.

²⁹ Ana ku ci néew doole, te wàlluma ko? Ana ku ci bàkkaar, te awma naqar wu tiis?

²⁹Who is infirm, and I am not infirm? who is stumbled, and I am not fired;

³⁰ Su ma damu waree kon, ci sama néew doole laay damoo.

³⁰if to boast it behoveth [me], of the things of my infirmity I will boast;

³¹ Yàlla Baayu sunu Boroom Yeesu, moom mi màgg ba fàww, xam na ne, du ay fen ci man.

³¹the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ — who is blessed to the ages — hath known that I do not lie! —

³² Ba ma nekkee dëkku Damas, boroom dëkk ba, di jawriñu buur ba Aretas, dafa santaane woon ñuy wottu dëkk ba, ngir man maa jàpp.

³²In Damascus the ethnarch of Aretas the king was watching the city of the Damascenes, wishing to seize me,

³³ Waaye dugalees na ma ci dàmba, jaarale ma ci palenteeru miiri dëkk ba, yoor ma ci suuf. Noonu ma rëcc ko.

³³and through a window in a rope basket I was let down, through the wall, and fled out of his hands.