¹ Ci lu jëm ci samay mbir nag, maa ngi leen di ñaan — man Pool, mi ñu ne, ci seen biir «ragal» laa, bu ma leen soree, «ñeme,» — maa ngi leen di ñaan ndax woyof ak lewetaayu Kirist, ngir bu ma ñëwee, ma bañ a ànd ak ñeme gi may dencal ñenn ñiy xalaat ne, gis-gisu nit lanu topp.

¹But I myself, Paul, entreat you by the meekness and gentleness of the Christ, who, as to appearance, [when present] [am] mean among you, but absent am bold towards you;

³ Dëgg la ne nit rekk lanu, waaye dunu xeexe ni nit.

²but I beseech that present I may not be bold with the confidence with which I think to be daring towards some who think of us as walking according to flesh.

⁴ Ndaxte gànnaay, yi nuy xaree, jógewuñu ci nit, waaye ca Yàlla lañu jóge, te ànd ak kàttan, ngir daaneel ay tata. Danuy daaneel xalaat yi dul dëgg

³For walking in flesh, we do not war according to flesh.

⁵ ak bépp tiitar buy jànkoonteek xam-xamu Yàlla, te danuy noot bépp xalaat, ba mu déggal Kirist.

⁴For the arms of our warfare [are] not fleshly, but powerful according to God to [the] overthrow of strongholds;

⁶ Te fas yéene nanoo jubbanti képp ku déggadi, bés bu seen dégg ndigal matee.

⁵overthrowing reasonings and every high thing that lifts itself up against the knowledge of God, and leading captive every thought into the obedience of the Christ;

⁷ Xool-leen mbir mi ne fàŋŋ. Bu amee ku mu wóor ne, ci Kirist la bokk, na jàpp it ne, su bokkee ci Kirist, nun itam ci Kirist lanu bokk.

⁶and having in readiness to avenge all disobedience when your obedience shall have been fulfilled.

⁸ Awma lu may rus, su may damu lu ëpp ci sañ-sañ bi nu Boroom bi jox, di sañ-sañu yokk seen ngëm, te du ngir seen kasara.

⁷Do ye look at what concerns appearance? If any one has confidence in himself that he is of Christ, let him think this again in himself, that even as he [is] of Christ, so also [are] we.

⁹ Ba tey bëgguma ngeen xalaat ne, maa ngi leen di xëbal ci samay bataaxal.

⁸For and if I should boast even somewhat more abundantly of our authority, which the Lord has given [to us] for building up and not for your overthrowing, I shall not be put to shame;

¹⁰ Ndaxte am na ku naan: «Ay bataaxalam dañoo ñagas te am doole, waaye bu teewee dafay ñàkk fulla, di wax waxi picc.»

⁹that I may not seem as if I was frightening you by letters:

¹¹ Kiy wax loolu na xam lii: ni sunuy kàddu mel ci sunuy bataaxal, bu nu fa nekkul, noonu it lanuy mel ci sunuy jëf, bu nu teewee.

¹⁰because his letters, he says, [are] weighty and strong, but his presence in the body weak, and his speech naught.

¹² Ñemewunoo féetele walla mengale sunu bopp ak ñooñu naw seen bopp. Ci li ñuy sàkk ab natt ngir natt ak mengale seen bopp ak seen bopp, ñàkk xel a tax.

¹¹Let such a one think this, that such as we are in word by letters [when] absent, such also present in deed.

¹³ Nun nag dunu damu ci lu weesu dayo. Nu ngi damu ci liggéey bi nu Yàlla sas, ba may nu, nu agsi ci yéen.

¹²For we dare not class ourselves or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves; but these, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are not intelligent.

¹⁴ Bu sunu sas agsiwul woon ba ci yéen, kon man nanoo ne, génn nanu sas wi nu Yàlla sas. Waaye agsi na ba ci yéen, te indil nanu leen xebaar bu baax bi jëm ci Kirist.

¹³Now *we* will not boast out of measure, but according to the measure of the rule which the God of measure has apportioned to us, to reach to you also.

¹⁵ Kon nag dunu jéggi dig yi Yàlla rëdd, bay damu ci liggéeyu ñeneen. Waaye am nanu yaakaar ne, su seen ngëm yokkoo, dinanu gën a màgg ci seen biir, des ba tey ci dig yi nu Yàlla rëddal.

¹⁴For we do not, as not reaching to you, overstretch ourselves, (for we have come to you also in the glad tidings of the Christ;)

¹⁶ Noonu dinanu man a yégle xebaar bu baax bi ci bérab, yi leen féete gannaaw, te bañ a damu ci li ñeneen ñi def ci seen sas.

¹⁵not boasting out of measure in other people's labours, but having hope, your faith increasing, to be enlarged amongst you, according to our rule, yet more abundantly

¹⁷ Waaye ni ko Mbind mi waxe: «Kuy damu, na damu ci Boroom bi.»

¹⁶to announce the glad tidings to that [which is] beyond you, not to be boasting in another's rule of things made ready to hand.

¹⁸ Ndaxte ki neex Yàlla, du ki naw boppam, waaye ki Yàlla gërëm.

¹⁷But he that boasts, let him boast in the Lord.

¹⁸For not *he* that commends himself is approved, but whom the Lord commends.