¹ Waaw bokk yi, xam ngeen ne, ngan gi nu leen ganesi woon du nganug neen.

¹For ye know yourselves, brethren, our entering in which [we had] to you, that it has not been in vain;

² Laata nuy ñëw, jaar nanu ci fitna ak toroxte ca dëkku Filib, ni ngeen ko xame; waaye Yàlla sunu Boroom may na nu fit, ba li tongoonte bi metti lépp it, yégal nanu leen xebaaru Yàlla bu baax bi.

²but, having suffered before and been insulted, even as ye know, in Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the glad tidings of God with much earnest striving.

³ Ndaxte sunu waaraate wéeruwul cig réer walla ci njublaŋ walla ciy nax.

³For our exhortation [was] not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile;

⁴ Waaye gannaaw Yàlla moo nu seet, ba wóolu nu te dénk nu xebaar bu baax bi, kon noonu lanuy waaree, du ngir neex nit ñi, waaye ngir neex Yàlla, miy seet xol yi.

⁴but even as we have been approved of God to have the glad tidings entrusted to us, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, who proves our hearts.

⁵ Musunoo jey kenn, yéen xam ngeen ko; sunu waare musul a ëmb bëgge, Yàlla seede na ko;

⁵For we have not at any time been [among you] with flattering discourse, even as ye know, nor with a pretext for covetousness, God [is] witness;

⁶ musunoo sàkku ngërëmu nit, muy ci yéen, muy ci ñeneen.

⁶nor seeking glory from men, neither from you nor from others, when we might have been a charge as Christ's apostles;

⁷ Manoon nanoo diis ci seen kaw sax, nun ñiy ndawi Kirist, waaye woyofoon nanu ci seen biir, te lewet ni jaboot buy uuf doomam.

⁷but have been gentle in the midst of you, as a nurse would cherish her own children.

⁸ Cofeel gi nu am ci yéen tax na, bëggunu woon a yem ci xamal leen xebaaru Yàlla bu baax bi, waaye jox leen it sunu bakkan, ndaxte sunu xol seeyoon na ci yéen.

⁸Thus, yearning over you, we had found our delight in having imparted to you not only the glad tidings of God, but our own lives also, because ye had become beloved of us.

⁹ Bokk yi, yéena ngi fàttaliku sunu coono ak sunu ñaq; xam ngeen ni nu liggéeye guddi ak bëccëg, ngir bañ a diis ci seen kaw, ci di leen yégal xebaaru Yàlla.

⁹For ye remember, brethren, our labour and toil: working night and day, not to be chargeable to any one of you, we have preached to you the glad tidings of God.

¹⁰ Naka sunu diggante ak yéen ñi gëm, doxal nanu ko doxalin wu sell te jub te amul sikk: seede ngeen ko, te Yàlla it seede na ko.

¹⁰*Ye* [are] witnesses, and God, how piously and righteously and blamelessly we have conducted ourselves with you that believe:

¹¹ Xam ngeen ne, dénk nanu leen kenn-kenn, ni baay di def ak doomam, dëfëlal leen seen xol te dëggal ci yéen, ngeen dund dund gu neex Yàlla, moom mi leen di woo, ngeen séddu ci nguuram ak ndamam.

¹¹as ye know how, as a father his own children, we used to exhort each one of you, and comfort and testify,

¹³ Te it dunu noppee sant Yàlla ci lii: ba ngeen jotee kàddug Yàlla, gi nu doon waare, nangu ngeen ko, waxuma ni kàddug nit waaye ni kàddug Yàlla, ndaxte moom la ci dëgg-dëgg, te mu ngi jëf ci yéen ñi gëm.

¹²that ye should walk worthy of God, who calls you to his own kingdom and glory.

¹⁴ Ndaxte bokk yi, aw ngeen ci tànki mboolooy Yàlla, yi nekk ca réewu Yawut ya tey daje ci turu Kirist Yeesu; fitna ya ñu daj ca Yawut ya, yéen it seen waa réew teg nañu leen ko.

¹³And for this cause we also give thanks to God unceasingly that, having received [the] word of [the] report of God by us, ye accepted, not men's word, but, even as it is truly, God's word, which also works in you who believe.

¹⁵ Ñoom Yawut yi rey nañu Boroom bi Yeesu, ni ñu reye woon yonent yi; teg nañu nu fitna yu metti; neexuñu Yàlla, ànduñu ak kenn,

¹⁴For *ye*, brethren, have become imitators of the assemblies of God which are in Judaea in Christ Jesus; for *ye* also have suffered the same things of your own countrymen as also *they* of the Jews,

¹⁶ di nu teree wax ak ñi dul Yawut, ngir bañ ñu mucc. Duñu noppee xuus ci biir bàkkaar, waaye merum Yàlla xëppu na ci seen kaw.

¹⁵who have both slain the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and have driven us out by persecution, and do not please God, and [are] against all men,

¹⁷ Nun nag bokk yi, ba ñu ma leen xañee ab diir --xol yi taxul may wax, waaye jëmm yi rekk — jéem nanu leen a gis ak sunu kem-kàttan, ndax namm nanu leen, ba sunu xol seey ci gis leen.

¹⁶forbidding us to speak to the nations that they may be saved, that they may fill up their sins always: but wrath has come upon them to the uttermost.

¹⁸ Kon jàppoon nanu leen a seetsi — man Pool sax ay yooni yoon, waaye Seytaane téq na ma.

¹⁷But we, brethren, having been bereaved of you and separated for a little moment in person, not in heart, have used more abundant diligence to see your face with much desire;

¹⁹ Ndaxte bés bu Yeesu sunu Boroom dellusee, te nu fekke ko, kan mooy sunu yaakaar? Kan mooy sunu mbég? Kan mooy sunu kaala, gi nuy tiitaroo?

¹⁸wherefore we have desired to come to you, even I Paul, both once and twice, and Satan has hindered us.

²⁰ Xanaa du yéen? Waaw yéenay sunu ndam, yéenay sunu mbég.

¹⁹For what [is] our hope, or joy, or crown of boasting? [are] not *ye* also before our Lord Jesus at his coming?

²⁰for ye are our glory and joy.