¹ Man nag fas yéene naa lii: duma dellusi ci yéen ci naqar.

¹And I decided this to myself, not again to come in sorrow unto you,

² Ndaxte su ma leen tegee naqar, kuy seddal sama xol ku dul yéen ñi ma teg aw naqar?

²for if I make you sorry, then who is he who is making me glad, except he who is made sorry by me?

³ Looloo tax ma binde noonu, ngir bañ a agsi, am naqar ci ñi ma waroon a bégal. Am naa kóolute ci yéen ñépp ne, sama mbég mooy seen mbég.

³and I wrote to you this same thing, that having come, I may not have sorrow from them of whom it behoved me to have joy, having confidence in you all, that my joy is of you all,

⁴ Ci biir tiis ak xol bu jeex laa leen bind, samay bët taa ak ay rangooñ. Binduma leen ngir teg leen naqar, waaye ngir ngeen xam xóotaayu mbëggeel gi ma am ci yéen.

⁴for out of much tribulation and pressure of heart I wrote to you through many tears, not that ye might be made sorry, but that ye might know the love that I have more abundantly toward you.

⁵ Su kenn tegee moroomam naqar, du man la ko teg, waaye man nanu ne, yéen ñépp la ko teg — matul may réyal mbir mi.

⁵And if any one hath caused sorrow, he hath not caused sorrow to me, but in part, that I may not burden you all;

⁶ Àtte bi ko mbooloo mi teg, doy na.

⁶sufficient to such a one is this punishment, that [is] by the more part,

⁷ Léegi nag baal-leen ko te dëfël xolam, ngir bañ mu sóobu ci naqar wu ëpp.

⁷so that, on the contrary, [it is] rather for you to forgive and to comfort, lest by over abundant sorrow such a one may be swallowed up;

⁸ Kon maa ngi leen di ñaan, ngeen feddali seen mbëggeel ci moom.

⁸wherefore, I call upon you to confirm love to him,

⁹ Nattu leen moo tax ma bind leen it, ngir seet ba xam dingeen dégg ndigal ci lépp.

⁹for, for this also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether in regard to all things ye are obedient.

¹⁰ Ku ngeen baal, ma baal ko itam. Man nag, su ma baalee --fekk am lu ma war a baale — yéena tax ma def ko ci kanamu Kirist,

¹⁰And to whom ye forgive anything — I also; for I also, if I have forgiven anything, to whom I have forgiven [it], because of you — in the person of Christ — [I forgive it,]

¹¹ ngir Seytaane bañ a am bunt bu mu jaar ba nax nu, ndaxte réerewunu mbir ay pexeem.

¹¹that we may not be over-reached by the Adversary, for of his devices we are not ignorant.

¹² Ba ma àggee Torowas nag, ngir yégle fa xebaar bu baax bi ci Kirist, Boroom bi ubbil na ma ci bunt.

¹²And having come to Troas for the good news of the Christ, and a door to me having been opened in the Lord,

¹³ Waaye sama xel dalul benn yoon, ndax li ma fa fekkul sama mbokk, Tit. Noonu nag ma tàggu leen, daldi dem diiwaanu Maseduwan.

¹³I have not had rest to my spirit, on my not finding Titus my brother, but having taken leave of them, I went forth to Macedonia;

¹⁴ Waaye cant ñeel na Yàlla! Ci sunu booloo ak Kirist, daf nuy yóbbaale saa su nekk ci gawari ndamam, tey jaar ci nun ngir turu Kirist jolli fu nekk, ni xetu latkoloñ di tasaaroo.

¹⁴and to God [are] thanks, who at all times is leading us in triumph in the Christ, and the fragrance of His knowledge He is manifesting through us in every place,

¹⁵ Ndaxte ci Yàlla, xetu Kirist gu neex lanu, di gilli jëm ci ñiy mucc ak ñiy sànku;

¹⁵because of Christ a sweet fragrance we are to God, in those being saved, and in those being lost;

¹⁶ ci ñu mujj ñii, xet gu sedd lanu, guy jëme ci dee; ci ñu jëkk ñi, xetu dund lanu, guy jëme ci dund. Kon ku man a àttan yen boobu!

¹⁶to the one, indeed, a fragrance of death to death, and to the other, a fragrance of life to life; and for these things who is sufficient?

¹⁷ Nun nag melunu ni ñu bare, ñiy baana-baana ci kàddug Yàlla, waaye ci sunu booloo ak Kirist, nu ngi waare ak xol bu laab fa kanam Yàlla, ni yonenti Yàlla.

¹⁷for we are not as the many, adulterating the word of God, but as of sincerity — but as of God; in the presence of God, in Christ we do speak.