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.

¹Now I Paul, myself, entreat you by the humility and gentleness of Christ; I who in your presence am lowly among you, but being absent am bold toward you.

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

²Yes, I beg you that I may not, when present, show courage with the confidence with which I intend to be bold against some, who consider us to be walking according to the 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 though we walk in the flesh, we don’t wage war according to the flesh;

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

⁴for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the throwing down of strongholds,

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

⁵throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of 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 being in readiness to avenge all disobedience, when your obedience will be made full.

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 you look at things only as they appear in front of your face? If anyone trusts in himself that he is Christ’s, let him consider this again with himself, that, even as he is Christ’s, so also we are Christ’s.

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

⁸For though I should boast somewhat abundantly concerning our authority, (which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for casting you down) I will not be disappointed,

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 desire to terrify you by my 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.

¹⁰For, “His letters,” they say, “are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech is despised.”

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 person consider this, that what we are in word by letters when we are absent, such are we also in deed when we are present.

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 are not bold to number or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves. But they themselves, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are without understanding.

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.

¹³But we will not boast beyond proper limits, but within the boundaries with which God appointed to us, which reach even to you.

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 don’t stretch ourselves too much, as though we didn’t reach to you. For we came even as far as to you with the Good News of 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 beyond proper limits in other men’s labors, but having hope that as your faith grows, we will be abundantly enlarged by you in our sphere of influence,

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

¹⁶so as to preach the Good News even to the parts beyond you, not to boast in what someone else has already done.

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

¹⁷But “he who boasts, let him boast in the Lord.” Jeremiah 9:24

¹⁸For it isn’t he who commends himself who is approved, but whom the Lord commends.