1 Yaram wi nu soloo ci kaw suuf dafa mel ni ab tànt. Su daanoo, xam nanu ne, Yàlla jagleel na nu am taax ci asamaan, mu loxol nit defarul, di taax muy sax ba fàww.
1For we know that if our earthly tabernacle house be destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
2 Fi mu ne nu ngi wonk, di yàkkamtee féete ak sunu dëkkukaayu asamaan, sol ko ni koddaay, xam ne,
2For indeed in this we groan, ardently desiring to have put on our house which [is] from heaven;
3 bu nu ko solee, dunu def yaramu neen.
3if indeed being also clothed we shall not be found naked.
4 Nun ñi nekk ci tànt bii, nu ngi wonk ndax coono. Du caageen ne, danoo bëgg a summi sunu yaramu àddina, waaye danoo bëgg a sol sunu yaramu asamaan, ngir liy dee sóobu ci biir dund.
4For indeed we who are in the tabernacle groan, being burdened; while yet we do not wish to be unclothed, but clothed, that [what is] mortal may be swallowed up by life.
5 Ki nu waajal ngir loolu moo di Yàlla, moom mi nu jox Xelam, di dawal ci cér bi mu nu dencal.
5Now he that has wrought us for this very thing [is] God, who also has given to us the earnest of the Spirit.
6 Noonu kon nu ngi fees ak kóolute fu nu tollu; te xam nanu ne, fi ak nu ngi dëkk ci yaram wii, àggagunu sunu màkkaan ci wetu Boroom bi —
6Therefore [we are] always confident, and know that while present in the body we are absent from the Lord,
7 ndaxte doxewunu ab gis, waaye ngëm lanuy doxe.
7(for we walk by faith, not by sight;)
8 Kon fees nanu ak kóolute, te yéenee jóge ci dëkkukaayu yaram wii, dem dëkk ci wetu Boroom bi.
8we are confident, I say, and pleased rather to be absent from the body and present with the Lord.
9 Kon nag des fi walla jóge fi, li nuy faaydaal moo di neex Boroom bi.
9Wherefore also we are zealous, whether present or absent, to be agreeable to him.
10 Ndaxte nun ñépp fàww nu teew ci kanamu Kirist, mu àtte nu, ngir ku nekk jot peyu li mu def ci yaramam, muy lu baax walla lu bon.
10For we must all be manifested before the judgment-seat of the Christ, that each may receive the things [done] in the body, according to those he has done, whether [it be] good or evil.
11 Gannaaw xam nanu ragal Yàlla nag, nu ngi fexee gëmloo nit ñi, waaye li nu nekk leer na Yàlla te yaakaar naa ne, leer na leen it, ba ne fàŋŋ.
11Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord we persuade men, but have been manifested to God, and I hope also that we have been manifested in your consciences.
12 Jéemunoo waxati lu ngeen nuy nawe, waaye danu leen a bëgg a may yoonu tiitaru ci nun, tey tontu ñooñuy tiitaroo col te du xol.
12[For] we do not again commend ourselves to you, but [we are] giving to you occasion of boast in our behalf, that ye may have [such] with those boasting in countenance, and not in heart.
13 Su fekkee danoo tàggalikoo ak sunu sago, ngir Yàlla la. Su nu àndee ak sunu sago, ngir yéen la.
13For whether we are beside ourselves, [it is] to God; or are sober, [it is] for you.
14 Ndaxte mbëggeelu Kirist moo nuy jiite, ndax wóor na nu ne, ndegam kenn rekk a dee ngir ñépp, kon ñépp a dee.
14For the love of the Christ constrains us, having judged this: that one died for all, then all have died;
15 Te dee na ngir ñépp, ngir ñiy dund dootuñu dund ngir seen bopp, waaye ngir ki dee ci seen wàll te dekki.
15and he died for all, that they who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who died for them and has been raised.
16 Kon nag gannaawsi tey xoolatunu kenn ci gis-gisu àddina. Su fekkee mas nanoo xool Kirist ci gis-gisu àddina, léegi xooleetunu ko noonu.
16So that *we* henceforth know no one according to flesh; but if even we have known Christ according to flesh, yet now we know [him thus] no longer.
17 Kon bu nit bokkee ci Kirist, mbindeef mu bees la. Li jëkk wéy na, lu bees a fi teew.
17So if any one [be] in Christ, [there is] a new creation; the old things have passed away; behold all things have become new:
18 Te loolu lépp a ngi sosoo ci Yàlla, mi nu jubale ak boppam jaare ko ci Yeesu Kirist, te sas nu nuy waare juboo googu:
18and all things [are] of the God who has reconciled us to himself by [Jesus] Christ, and given to us the ministry of that reconciliation:
19 maanaam, Yàlla jaar na ci Kirist, di jubale waa àddina ak boppam te sëfu leen seeni tooñ. Kàddug juboo googu, Yàlla dénk na nu ko.
19how that God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, not reckoning to them their offences; and putting in us the word of that reconciliation.
20 Ay ndaw lanu, yu Kirist yónni, te Yàllaa ngi woo nit ñi jaare ko ci nun. Kon nag ci turu Kirist, nu ngi leen koy ñaan: nanguleen a juboo ak Yàlla.
20We are ambassadors therefore for Christ, God as [it were] beseeching by us, we entreat for Christ, Be reconciled to God.
21 Kirist mi musul a def bàkkaar, Yàlla def na ko bàkkaar ci sunu wàll, ngir ci sunu bokk ci moom, nu man a doon njubteg Yàlla.
21Him who knew not sin he has made sin for us, that *we* might become God's righteousness in him.