¹ Kon nag yaw sama doomu diine, doolewool yiw, wi ci Kirist Yeesu.

¹Thou, therefore, my child, be strong in the grace that [is] in Christ Jesus,

² Te wax yi nga dégge ci man fi kanam seede yu bare, nanga leen jottali nit ñu takku, ngir ñoom it ñu man a jàngal ñeneen.

²and the things that thou didst hear from me through many witnesses, these things be committing to stedfast men, who shall be sufficient also others to teach;

³ Bokkal ak man tiis, di jàmbaar ci toolu xareb Kirist Yeesu,

³thou, therefore, suffer evil as a good soldier of Jesus Christ;

⁴ xam ne xarekat bu bëgg a neex ka ko solal, du dugg ci yëfi àddina.

⁴no one serving as a soldier did entangle himself with the affairs of life, that him who did enlist him he may please;

⁵ Te it ku tàggat yaramam ngir rawante, duñu ko jagleel kaalag ndam mukk, su toppul sàrt ya.

⁵and if also any one may strive, he is not crowned, except he may strive lawfully;

⁶ Noonu it beykat bi sonn mooy jëkk a ñam toolam.

⁶the labouring husbandman it behoveth first of the fruits to partake;

⁷ Xalaatal bu baax sama wax jii, ndax Boroom bi dina leeral sa xel ci lépp.

⁷be considering what things I say, for the Lord give to thee understanding in all things.

⁸ Fàttalikul Yeesu Kirist mi dekki, soqikoo ci Daawuda, tukkee ci xebaar bu baax bi may waare.

⁸Remember Jesus Christ, raised out of the dead, of the seed of David, according to my good news,

⁹ Xebaar booboo tax may jànkoonte ak i tiis, ba ñu jéng ma ni defkatu lu bon; waaye kàddug Yàlla moom, kenn du ko jéng.

⁹in which I suffer evil -- unto bonds, as an evil-doer, but the word of God hath not been bound;

¹⁰ Te lii tax may muñ lépp, ngir ñi Yàlla tànn it am mucc gi ci Kirist Yeesu, gu ànd ak ndam lu sax.

¹⁰because of this all things do I endure, because of the choice ones, that they also salvation may obtain that [is] in Christ Jesus, with glory age-during.

¹¹ Kàddu gu wóor a ngii:Su nu deeyaalee ak Kirist,dinanu dundaat ak moom;

¹¹Stedfast [is] the word: For if we died together -- we also shall live together;

¹² su nu takkoo,dinanu nguuru ak moom.

¹²if we do endure together -- we shall also reign together; if we deny [him], he also shall deny us;

¹³ Su nu ko weddee,kon mu weddi nu;su nu ko ñàkkee kóllëre,moom dina sax ci kóllëreem,ndax mënul a weddi boppam.

¹³if we are not stedfast, he remaineth stedfast; to deny himself he is not able.

¹⁴ Saxal ci di leen fàttali mbir yooyu, di leen dénk fa kanam Yàlla, ñu moytoo werante ciy araf, ndax loolu jëmul fu dul ci yàq ngëmu ñiy déglu.

¹⁴These things remind [them] of, testifying fully before the Lord -- not to strive about words to nothing profitable, but to the subversion of those hearing;

¹⁵ Góor-góorlul ba teew fa kanam Yàlla, nekk liggéeykat bu mu nangul te rusoo ci dara, di faramfàcce bu jub kàddug dëgg gi.

¹⁵be diligent to present thyself approved to God -- a workman irreproachable, rightly dividing the word of the truth;

¹⁶ Moytul bépp jataayu waxi neen yu àddina kese, ndax ña fa toog dinañu gën a xuus cig weddi,

¹⁶and the profane vain talkings stand aloof from, for to more impiety they will advance,

¹⁷ te seen kàddu day burux ni ngal. Imene ak Filet, ci ñoom lañu bokk;

¹⁷and their word as a gangrene will have pasture, of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus,

¹⁸ dañoo moy dëgg, di wax ne ndekkite wees na, ba yàq ngëmu ñenn ñi.

¹⁸who concerning the truth did swerve, saying the rising again to have already been, and do overthrow the faith of some;

¹⁹ Waaye teewul fondamaa bu dëgër, bi Yàlla tabax, nee na kekk, te lii lañu ci tàmpe: «Boroom bi xam na ñi bokk ci moom,» te it: «Ki tudd turu Boroom bi, na daw lu bon.»

¹⁹sure, nevertheless, hath the foundation of God stood, having this seal, `The Lord hath known those who are His,' and `Let him depart from unrighteousness -- every one who is naming the name of Christ.'

²⁰ Ci kër gu mag nag, du ndabi wurus walla xaalis rekk a fa am, waaye itam yoy dénk walla ban; yii tedd nañu, yee ñàkk solo.

²⁰And in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth, and some to honour, and some to dishonour:

²¹ Kon nag ku laabal sa bopp ci yooyu yépp, dinga nekk ndab lu tedd te sell, nga am njariñ ci Boroom bi te jekk ci bépp jëf ju rafet.

²¹if, then, any one may cleanse himself from these, he shall be a vessel to honour, sanctified and profitable to the master -- to every good work having been prepared,

²² Dawal bépp bëgg-bëggu ngune, te sóobu ci njub, ngëm, mbëggeel, jàmm, ànd ak ñépp ñiy tudd turu Boroom bi ak xol bu sell.

²²and the youthful lusts flee thou, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those calling upon the Lord out of a pure heart;

²³ Tanqamlul bépp weranteb neen bu amul njariñ, xam ne xuloo rekk lay jur.

²³and the foolish and uninstructed questions be avoiding, having known that they beget strife,

²⁴ Te jaamu Boroom bi warul a xuloo, waaye na lewet ci ñépp, jekk ngir jàngale tey muñ fitnay noon.

²⁴and a servant of the Lord it behoveth not to strive, but to be gentle unto all, apt to teach, patient under evil,

²⁵ Na jubbanti cig suufe ñi koy diiŋat, tey yéene Yàlla xiir leen ci réccu, ba ñu xam dëgg;

²⁵in meekness instructing those opposing -- if perhaps God may give to them repentance to an acknowledging of the truth,

²⁶ ñu rëcc ci fiirug Seytaane, mi leen jàpp niy jaam, te ñu dellusi ci seen xel yu rafet, ba sóobuwaat ci coobareg Yàlla.

²⁶and they may awake out of the devil's snare, having been caught by him at his will.