¹ Kon nag maa ngi lay dénk fa kanam Yàlla ak Kirist Yeesu, miy àtte ñiy dund ak ñi dee, di la dénk ci feeñam ci biir ndam ak ci nguuram, nga def lii:

¹I do fully testify, then, before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who is about to judge living and dead at his manifestation and his reign --

² xamleel kàddug Yàlla, sax ci, su neexee ak su naqaree; yeyal ñi tooñ, di yedd ak a dénk ñépp, def ko ci muñ gu yaatu ak njàngale mu mat.

²preach the word; be earnest in season, out of season, convict, rebuke, exhort, in all long-suffering and teaching,

³ Ndaxte jamono dina ñëw, joo xam ne nit ñi dootuñu xajoo njàngale mu wér mi, waaye dinañu jublu ci seeni bëgg-bëgg, di fortaatu jàngalekat yu leen di jey.

³for there shall be a season when the sound teaching they will not suffer, but according to their own desires to themselves they shall heap up teachers -- itching in the hearing,

⁴ Dinañu tanqamlu dëgg, jeng jëm ci léebi diiney neen.

⁴and indeed, from the truth the hearing they shall turn away, and to the fables they shall be turned aside.

⁵ Waaye yaw nanga foog ci lépp, dékku tiis, tey tas xebaar bu baax bi, ba matal sag yónnent.

⁵And thou -- watch in all things; suffer evil; do the work of one proclaiming good news; of thy ministration make full assurance,

⁶ Ndaxte maa ngi ci tànki joxe sama bakkan ni sarax, te sama waxtuw dem jot na.

⁶for I am already being poured out, and the time of my release hath arrived;

⁷ Bëre naa ba ub làmbi ngëm, daw naa ba àkk, sàmm naa mboolem dëgg, gi ñu ma dénk.

⁷the good strife I have striven, the course I have finished, the faith I have kept,

⁸ Fi mu ne Yàllaa ngi may xaare añu ku jub, di kaalag ndam gi ma Boroom, biy Àttekat bu jub, di jox ca bés ba, te jéllale naa sama bopp, waaye képp ku def sa xol cig feeñam.

⁸henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of the righteousness that the Lord -- the Righteous Judge -- shall give to me in that day, and not only to me, but also to all those loving his manifestation.

⁹ Defal sa kem-kàttan, ba fekksi ma ci ni mu gën a gaawe.

⁹Be diligent to come unto me quickly,

¹⁰ Ndaxte Demas topp na àddina, ba bàyyi ma, dem dëkku Tesalonig; Kereseñsë dem na diiwaanu Galasi, Tit dem diiwaanu Dalmasi.

¹⁰for Demas forsook me, having loved the present age, and went on to Thessalonica, Crescens to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia,

¹¹ Luug rekk a des fi man. Indaaleel Màrk, ndaxte amal na ma njariñ ci liggéey bi.

¹¹Lukas only is with me; Markus having taken, bring with thyself, for he is profitable to me for ministration;

¹² Tisig moom yebal naa ko dëkku Efes.

¹²and Tychicus I sent to Ephesus;

¹³ Te sooy ñëw, indaaleel mbubb, ma ma dénkoon Karpus ca dëkku Torowas, te it bul fàtte téere yi, rawatina téere yu am maana, yi ñu bind ci der.

¹³the cloak that I left in Troas with Carpus, coming, bring thou and the books -- especially the parchments.

¹⁴ Alegsàndar tëgg bi def na ma ñaawteef yu ne, waaye Boroom bi dina ko fey ay jëfam.

¹⁴Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil; may the Lord repay to him according to his works,

¹⁵ Moytu ko bu baax, ndaxte bëre na ak sunuy wax ba tàyyi.

¹⁵of whom also do thou beware, for greatly hath he stood against our words;

¹⁶ Keroog bi ma jëkkee taxaw, di làyyil sama bopp, awma woon kenn ku ma taxawu, ñépp dañu maa daw — bu leen ko Yàlla jàppe nag.

¹⁶in my first defence no one stood with me, but all forsook me, (may it not be reckoned to them!)

¹⁷ Waaye Boroom bi moo ma taxawu te dooleel ma, ma jollil kàddu gi, ba xeet yépp dégg ko. Te Boroom bi musal na ma ci selli gaynde.

¹⁷and the Lord stood by me, and did strengthen me, that through me the preaching might be fully assured, and all the nations might hear, and I was freed out of the mouth of a lion,

¹⁸ Rax-ca-dolli dina ma musal ci bépp jëf ju ñaaw, tette ma ci jàmm, ba tàbbal ma ci nguuram gu kawe ga. Na yelloo ndam ba fàww. Amiin.

¹⁸and the Lord shall free me from every evil work, and shall save [me] -- to his heavenly kingdom; to whom [is] the glory to the ages of the ages! Amen.

¹⁹ Nuyul ma Piriska ak Akilas ak waa kër Onesifor.

¹⁹Salute Prisca and Aquilas, and Onesiphorus' household;

²⁰ Erast des na dëkku Korent. Torofim dafa woppoon, ma bàyyi ko dëkku Mile.

²⁰Erastus did remain in Corinth, and Trophimus I left in Miletus infirm;

²¹ Gaawal a ñëw, bala lolli di gàllankoor sa yoon. Ëbulus, Pudeñsë, Linus, Këlójaa ak yeneen bokk yépp ñu ngi lay nuyu.

²¹be diligent to come before winter. Salute thee doth Eubulus, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren.

²² Na Boroom bi aar sa xel. Na yiwu Yàlla ànd ak yéen ñépp.

²²The Lord Jesus Christ [is] with thy spirit; the grace [is] with you! Amen.