¹ Nañu nu teg kon ay surgay Kirist, di ay jawriñ yuy xamle mbóoti Yàlla.

¹Let a man so account of us as servants of Christ, and stewards of [the] mysteries of God.

² Li war ci jawriñ mooy mu takku ci liggéeyam.

²Here, further, it is sought in stewards, that a man be found faithful.

³ Ngeen àtte ma walla ñeneen àtte ma, amaluma ko solo. Te man sax duma àtte sama bopp.

³But for me it is the very smallest matter that I be examined of you or of man's day. Nor do I even examine myself.

⁴ Sama xel yeddu ma ci dara, waaye loolu taxul ma jub; ki may àtte mooy Boroom bi.

⁴For I am conscious of nothing in myself; but I am not justified by this: but he that examines me is the Lord.

⁵ Looloo tax buleen daan kenn ci àtte, bala jamono ji di jot te Boroom bi ñëw. Mooy leeral yi nëbbu ci lëndëm, di làññi mébétu xol yi. Bu ko defee ku nekk dina jot ci Yàlla ngërëm, li mu yelloo.

⁵So that do not judge anything before [the] time, until the Lord shall come, who shall also both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and shall make manifest the counsels of hearts; and then shall each have [his] praise from God.

⁶ Bokk yi, ci loolu ma leen doon wax lépp nag, misaal naa leen ko ci Apolos ak ci man, ngir ngeen xool ci nun, ba xam li wax jii di tekki: «Bu seen xalaat weesu li Mbind mi wax.» Noonu kenn du màggal kii, suufeel ki ci des.

⁶Now these things, brethren, I have transferred, in their application, to myself and Apollos, for your sakes, that ye may learn in us the [lesson of] not [letting your thoughts go] above what is written, that ye may not be puffed up one for [such a] one against another.

⁷ Ndaxte yaw, ku la def, ba nga gën a màgg ñi ci des? Loo am lu ñu la mayul? Te bu ñu la ko mayee, lu tax nga di ci tiitaru, mel ni mayuñu la ko?

⁷For who makes thee to differ? and what hast thou which thou hast not received? but if also thou hast received, why boastest thou as not receiving?

⁸ Yéen suur ngeen xaat! Woomle ngeen xaat! Tàmbali ngeen di nguuru te agseegunu! Céy ni ma bëgge, ngeen di nguuru, ba nu man a bokk ak yéen di nguuru!

⁸Already ye are filled; already ye have been enriched; ye have reigned without us; and I would that ye reigned, that *we* also might reign with you.

⁹ Xalaat naa ne, nun ndawi Kirist yi, Yàlla def na ba nu mel ni nit ñu ñu jàppe ci xare te mujj ci sàppe yi, ñu dogal seen dee, nuy ceetaanum mbindeef yépp, muy nit muy malaaka.

⁹For I think that God has set us the apostles for the last, as appointed to death. For we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and men.

¹⁰ Nun teg nañu nu ni ay dof ndax Kirist, waaye yéen am ngeen xel ci Kirist. Néew nanu doole, waaye yéen am ngeen doole. Nawees na leen, waaye nun dañu noo xeeb.

¹⁰*We* [are] fools for Christ's sake, but *ye* prudent in Christ: *we* weak, but *ye* strong: *ye* glorious, but *we* in dishonour.

¹¹ Ba fii mu nekk, danoo xiif, mar te rafle; ñu ngi nuy dóor, te dëkkunu fenn;

¹¹To the present hour we both hunger and thirst, and are in nakedness, and buffeted, and wander without a home,

¹² nu ngi ñaq di jariñoo. Ku nu saaga, nu ñaanal la lu baax. Coono bu ñu nu teg, nu tegoo ko.

¹²and labour, working with our own hands. Railed at, we bless; persecuted, we suffer [it];

¹³ Ku nu ñaawal, nu tontu la tont lu rafet. Fi mu ne noo mujj di mbalitu àddina, di ñu ñàkk njariñ ci lépp.

¹³insulted, we entreat: we are become as [the] offscouring of the world, [the] refuse of all, until now.

¹⁴ Binduma leen loolu ngir ngeen am yeraange, waaye dama koo def ngir artu leen, ndaxte yéenay samay doom te bëgg naa leen.

¹⁴Not [as] chiding do I write these things to you, but as my beloved children I admonish [you].

¹⁵ Su ngeen amee junniy njiit yu leen di sàmm ci Kirist, ba tey benn baay rekk ngeen am, ndaxte maa leen yégal xebaar bu baax bi, ba jur leen ci Kirist.

¹⁵For if ye should have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus *I* have begotten you through the glad tidings.

¹⁶ Kon nag maa ngi leen di ñaan, ngeen roy ci man.

¹⁶I entreat you therefore, be my imitators.

¹⁷ Looloo tax ma yebal ci yéen Timote, miy sama doomu diine, di doom ju takku te ma bëgg ko. Dina leen fàttali ni may dunde ci Kirist, te mu dëppook li may jàngale fu nekk ci mboolooy ñi gëm ñépp.

¹⁷For this reason I have sent to you Timotheus, who is my beloved and faithful child in [the] Lord, who shall put you in mind of my ways [as] they [are] in Christ, according as I teach everywhere in every assembly.

¹⁸ Am na ci seen biir ñuy tiitaru, di xalaat ne, duma delluseeti ci yéen.

¹⁸But some have been puffed up, as if I were not coming to you;

¹⁹ Waaye bu soobee Boroom bi, léegi ma ñëw ci yéen te seet boroom tiitar yooyu; waxuma seen kàddu, seen doole laay seet.

¹⁹but I will come quickly to you, if the Lord will; and I will know, not the word of those that are puffed up, but the power.

²⁰ Ndaxte nguuru Yàlla du waxi kese, waaye doole la.

²⁰For the kingdom of God [is] not in word, but in power.

²¹ Lu leen gënal? Ma ñëw ci yéen, yor ab yar, walla ma ànd ak mbëggeel, te lewet?

²¹What will ye? that I come to you with a rod; or in love, and [in] a spirit of meekness?