¹ Waaye ci bànni Israyil, amoon na naaféq yu mbubboo turu yonent, ni muy ame seen biir ñuy mbubboo turu jàngalekat. Ci seeni pexe dinañu dugal ci yeen xalaat yu sànke, di weddi Boroom bi leen jot, tey yóbbe seen bopp alkande ju teew.

¹But there were false prophets also among the people, as there shall be also among you false teachers, who shall bring in by the bye destructive heresies, and deny the master that bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction;

² ñu bare dinañu leen fekki ci seeni ñaawteef, ba gàkkal yoonu dëgg ci bëti nit ñi.

²and many shall follow their dissolute ways, through whom the way of the truth shall be blasphemed.

³ Seen bëgge dina tax, ñu dàbbdaaxe ay wax, ngir nax leen, ba lekk seenus tuut. Waaye àtte baa ngi leen di xaar, te seen alkande di leen teeru.

³And through covetousness, with well-turned words, will they make merchandise of you: for whom judgment of old is not idle, and their destruction slumbers not.

⁴ Ndaxte Yàlla jeggalul malaaka ya bàkkaaroon, waaye tàbbal na leen safara, tëj leen ca kàmb yu lëndëm, di leen nége àtte ba.

⁴For if God spared not [the] angels who had sinned, but having cast them down to the deepest pit of gloom has delivered them to chains of darkness [to be] kept for judgment;

⁵ Te it jeggalul àddina su jëkk sa weddi woon, ba xooj ko ci ndoxu mbënn ma, waaye musal na Nóoyin rekk, mi daan waare ci njub, moom ak juróom-ñaari nit.

⁵and spared not [the] old world, but preserved Noe, [the] eighth, a preacher of righteousness, having brought in [the] flood upon [the] world of [the] ungodly;

⁶ Te it Yàlla daan na dëkki Sodom ak Gomor, raafal leen cig lakk, ñuy misaalu ñiy weddi ëllëg.

⁶and having reduced [the] cities of Sodom and Gomorrha to ashes, condemned [them] with an overthrow, setting [them as] an example to those that should [afterwards] live an ungodly life;

⁷ Waaye musal na Lóot mi jub, mi sonnoon ndax ñaawteefi ñu dëng, ñooñu mu nekkaloon.

⁷and saved righteous Lot, distressed with the abandoned conversation of the godless,

⁸ Ndaxte Lóot, mi dëkkoon ci seen biir, dafa dëkke woon tiisu xol, ndax ñaawteef yi mu gis ak a dégg guddi ak bëccëg.

⁸(for the righteous man through seeing and hearing, dwelling among them, tormented [his] righteous soul day after day with [their] lawless works,)

⁹ Gannaaw loolu lépp am na nag, nanu bir ne, Boroom bi man na musal aji gëm ji nekk ci nattu, te denc ñi jubadi, ngir alag leen bésu àtte ba.

⁹[the] Lord knows [how] to deliver the godly out of trial, and to keep [the] unjust to [the] day of judgment [to be] punished;

¹⁰ Rawatina ñiy topp seen bakkan ciy bëgg-bëgg yu ruslu, te faalewuñu genn kilifteef. ñu ñeme Yàlla lañu, te dëgër bopp, ba ragaluñoo xas kilifa ya gëna kawe.

¹⁰and specially those who walk after the flesh in [the] lust of uncleanness, and despise lordship. Bold [are they], self-willed; they do not fear speaking injuriously of dignities:

¹¹ Fekk sax malaaka, yi leen ëpp doole ak kàttan, tey sax ca jetaayu Boroom bi, ñemewuñoo xas kilifa yooyu.

¹¹when angels, who are greater in might and power, do not bring against them, before the Lord, an injurious charge.

¹² Waaye ñoom dañuy xas ci biir yi ñu xamul. ñoom ak bàyyima ñoo yem, di ay mbindeef yuy tañaxu, te tër rendi rekk a jekk ci ñoom; dees na leen rey ni bàyyima,

¹²But these, as natural animals without reason, made to be caught and destroyed, speaking injuriously in things they are ignorant of, shall also perish in their own corruption,

¹³ muy seen peyug njubadi. Xawaare bëccëgu ndara-kàmm mooy seen bànneex. Su ñuy lekkandoo ak yeen, dañuy bànneexu ci seeni bëgg-bëgg, di ay gàkk ak i sikk ci seen biir.

¹³receiving [the] reward of unrighteousness; accounting ephemeral indulgence pleasure; spots and blemishes, rioting in their own deceits, feasting with you;

¹⁴ Jigéen ju seen bët tegu, ñu xédd ko, ba duñu tàggook moy mukk; ku ñàkk pasteef ñu fàbbi la; ñu xelu lañu jëme cig bëgge -- ñu alku lañu!

¹⁴having eyes full of adultery, and that cease not from sin, alluring unestablished souls; having a heart practised in covetousness, children of curse;

¹⁵ Réer nañu ba wàcc yoon wu jub wi, topp yoonu Balaam, doomu Bosor, mi bëgge xiiroon ci njubadi.

¹⁵having left [the] straight way they have gone astray, having followed in the path of Balaam [the son] of Bosor, who loved [the] reward of unrighteousness;

¹⁶ Waaye déggadeem yóbbe na ko yeraanga; xam ngeen ne mbaam-sëf du wax, waaye mbaam wax na ak moom ci làmmiñ wu bir, ngir mu génn ci ndofam googu.

¹⁶but had reproof of his own wickedness -- [the] dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the folly of the prophet.

¹⁷ Ñooñule ay teen yu dëy lañu, di xiini lay, yu ngelaw liy naawal, te seen pey mooy lëndëm gu ne taraj.

¹⁷These are springs without water, and mists driven by storm, to whom the gloom of darkness is reserved [for ever].

¹⁸ Dañuy fàbbi ñu naroona mucc ci àddina ju réer, dig leen ak làmmiñ yu neex bànneexi bakkan yu jéggi dayo.

¹⁸For [while] speaking great highflown words of vanity, they allure with [the] lusts of [the] flesh, by dissoluteness, those who have just fled those who walk in error,

¹⁹ Dañu leen di dig ngoreel, te fekk ñoom ci seen bopp jaami yàqute lañu, ndaxte lu la noot, jaamam nga.

¹⁹promising them liberty, while they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a man is subdued, by him is he also brought into slavery.

²⁰ Su ñu xamee Boroom bi, di sunu Musalkat Yeesu Krist, ba mucc ci sobes àddina, ba noppi sóobuwaat ca, ba mu noot leen, seen muj moo yées seen njàlbéen.

²⁰For if after having escaped the pollutions of the world through [the] knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, again entangled, they are subdued by these, their last state is worse than the first.

²¹ Ndaxte ñu xam yoon wu jub wi, ba noppi dëddu ndigal lu sell li ñu déggoon, bañoon koo xam moo gënoon ci ñoom.

²¹For it were better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known [it] to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them.

²² Noonu seen mbir dëggal na li ñuy wax ne: Xaj mooy waccu, di ko lekkaat; te it: Mbaam-xuux, loo ko sang-sang, mu xalangu ci ban.

²²But that [word] of the true proverb has happened to them: [The] dog [has] turned back to his own vomit; and, [The] washed sow to [her] rolling in mud.