¹ Kon nag ndegam Yàlla ci yërmandeem sas na nu liggéey boobu, dunu bayliku.

¹Because of this, having this ministration, according as we did receive kindness, we do not faint,

² Lànk nanoo ànd ci mbir, yi ñuy nëbb te ñu gàccelu. Sunuy tànk du yu njublaŋ te dunu dëngal kàddug Yàlla. Waaye nu ngi biral dëgg, di sàkku kóoluteg ñépp fa kanam Yàlla.

²but did renounce for ourselves the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor deceitfully using the word of God, but by the manifestation of the truth recommending ourselves unto every conscience of men, before God;

³ Su fekkee ne sax, xebaar bu baax bi dafa muuru ci ñenn ñi, dafa fekk ñoom ñu aw yoon wu jëm ci sànkute.

³and if also our good news is vailed, in those perishing it is vailed,

⁴ Ñoom la yàllay jamono ji gëlëmal seen xel, ngir ñu bañ a gis leeru xebaar bu baax, biy wone ndamu Kirist, mi di melokaanu Yàlla.

⁴in whom the god of this age did blind the minds of the unbelieving, that there doth not shine forth to them the enlightening of the good news of the glory of the Christ, who is the image of God;

⁵ Ndaxte Yeesu Kirist Boroom bi lanuy waare, waaye waarewunu lu jëm ci sunu bopp. Nun seeni jaam lanu ndax Yeesu.

⁵for not ourselves do we preach, but Christ Jesus — Lord, and ourselves your servants because of Jesus;

⁶ Ndaxte Yàlla mi ne: «Na leer leer ci biir lëndëm,» moo leer ci sunu xol, ngir leeral nu ak xam-xamu ndamu Yàlla, liy feeñ ci xar-kanamu Kirist.

⁶because [it is] God who said, Out of darkness light [is] to shine, who did shine in our hearts, for the enlightening of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

⁷ Leer googu ci sunu xol mi ngi mel ni alal, waaye ñu ngi ko def ci nun ñi néew doole niy njaq kese, ngir kàttan gu ëpp xel gi, bawoo ci Yàlla te du ci nun.

⁷And we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us;

⁸ Dañu nuy sonal fu nekk, waaye kenn tancu nu. Dañu nuy dugal ci ruq yi, waaye dinanu ci génn.

⁸on every side being in tribulation, but not straitened; perplexed, but not in despair;

⁹ Dañu nuy fitnaal, waaye Yàlla du nu wacc mukk. Tër nañu nu, waaye kenn doggaliwu nu.

⁹persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;

¹⁰ Fu nu tollu noo ngi gàddu ci sunu yaram dee gi Yeesu dee woon, ngir dundu Yeesu moom it feeñ ci sunu yaram.

¹⁰at all times the dying of the Lord Jesus bearing about in the body, that the life also of Jesus in our body may be manifested,

¹¹ Bés bu nekk, nun ñiy dund, ñu ngi nuy jébbal dee ndax Kirist, ngir dundu Kirist moom itam feeñ ci sunu yaram wiy dee.

¹¹for always are we who are living delivered up to death because of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our dying flesh,

¹² Noonu dee mu ngi jëf ci nun, dund di jëf ci yéen.

¹²so that, the death indeed in us doth work, and the life in you.

¹³ Mbind mi nee na: «Damaa gëm, moo tax ma wax.» Nun it nag, ndegam am nanu menn xelu ngëm moomu, danoo gëm, ba tax nuy wax.

¹³And having the same spirit of the faith, according to that which hath been written, `I believed, therefore I did speak;` we also do believe, therefore also do we speak;

¹⁴ Ndaxte xam nanu ne Yàlla, mi dekkal Boroom bi Yeesu, dina nu dekkal nun itam ak Yeesu, te dina nu yóbbu ak yéen, taxawal nun ñépp ci jataayam.

¹⁴knowing that He who did raise up the Lord Jesus, us also through Jesus shall raise up, and shall present with you,

¹⁵ Ndaxte lépp li nuy daj, seen njariñ a tax, ngir yiwu Yàlla, wiy yokku ci nit ñu gën a takku, yokkaale ngërëm lu jëm ci Yàlla, ngir jollil ndamam.

¹⁵for the all things [are] because of you, that the grace having been multiplied, because of the thanksgiving of the more, may abound to the glory of God;

¹⁶ Loolu moo tax sunu yaakaar du tas. Bu fekkee sax sunu yaram day yàqu jëm cig mag, sunu ruu moom, bés ak bés muy gën a yeesaat.

¹⁶wherefore, we faint not, but if also our outward man doth decay, yet the inward is renewed day by day;

¹⁷ Ndaxte sunu coono bu woyof bi dul yàgg, dafa nuy jural ndam lu bare, ba suul coono bi, tey sax abadan.

¹⁷for the momentary light matter of our tribulation, more and more exceedingly an age-during weight of glory doth work out for us —

¹⁸ Kon diirunu li ñuy gis waaye li ñu dul gis. Ndaxte li ñuy gis day wéy, waaye li ñu dul gis day sax ba fàww.

¹⁸we not looking to the things seen, but to the things not seen; for the things seen [are] temporary, but the things not seen [are] age-during.