1 Céy bu ngeen ma manoon a muñal, ma wax leen tuuti waxi dof! Waaw muñal-leen ma sax.
1I wish that you would bear with me in a little foolishness, but indeed you do bear with me.
2 Dama leen di fiire ak fiiraange gu jóge ca Yàlla, ndaxte dama leen a bëgg a jébbal jenn jëkkër kepp, muy Kirist, ngeen set ni janq.
2For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy. For I married you to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
3 Waaye ni jaan ja naxe woon Awa ci pexeem, ragal naa yéen itam ñu lëmbaaje ni seen xel, ba ngeen dëddu xol bu laab, bi ngeen amoon ci seen diggante ak Kirist.
3But I am afraid that somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve in his craftiness, so your minds might be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
4 Ndaxte bu kenn ñëwee, di leen waar ci Yeesu ci lu juuyoo ak li nu leen yégal, walla ngeen jot meneen xel mu wuute ak Xel mi ngeen jot, walla ngeen nangu beneen xebaar bu wuute ak bi ngeen dégg, dingeen ko dékku bu baax.
4For if he who comes preaches another Jesus, whom we did not preach, or if you receive a different spirit, which you did not receive, or a different “good news”, which you did not accept, you put up with that well enough.
5 Moona foog naa ne, seen ndaw yooyu ngeen yékkati, ba ñu ëpp ndaw sax, ëpplewuñu ma dara.
5For I reckon that I am not at all behind the very best apostles.
6 Bu ma dul jàmbaari wax it, néewuma xam-xam, te won nanu leen ko ci bépp mbir ak ci bépp fànn.
6But though I am unskilled in speech, yet I am not unskilled in knowledge. No, in every way we have been revealed to you in all things.
7 Walla boog ndax dama leen a tooñ ci li ma suufeel sama bopp ngir yékkati leen, ba ma leen di yégal xebaar bu baax bi te laajuma leen genn pey?
7Or did I commit a sin in humbling myself that you might be exalted, because I preached to you God’s Good News free of charge?
8 Xanaa kay damaa tooñ ci li ma dunde alalu yeneen mboolooy ñi gëm, ba futti leen, ngir dimbali leen, yéen.
8I robbed other assemblies, taking wages from them that I might serve you.
9 Te ba ma nekkee ci yéen te soxla dab ma, wéeruwuma ci kenn ci yéen, ndaxte bokk ya jóge Maseduwan ñoo ma indil li ma soxla woon. Ci lépp moytu naa nekk yen ci yéen, te dinaa ko gën a def.
9When I was present with you and was in need, I wasn’t a burden on anyone, for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, supplied the measure of my need. In everything I kept myself from being burdensome to you, and I will continue to do so.
10 Ni mu wóore ne, dëggug Kirist nekk na ci man, ni la wóore ne loolii may damoo, kenn du ko teggi ci diiwaanu Akayi gépp.
10As the truth of Christ is in me, no one will stop me from this boasting in the regions of Achaia.
11 Lu tax? Ndax dama leen a bëggul? Yàlla xam na ne, bëgg naa leen!
11Why? Because I don’t love you? God knows.
12 Noonu may doxale nag dinaa ci sax, ngir ñiy damu, di wut yoon wu ñu aw ba yemale seen bopp ak nun, duñu ko am.
12But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them that desire an occasion, that in which they boast, they may be found even as we.
13 Ay ndawi naaféq lañu, di ay liggéeykat yu njublaŋ yuy mbubboo turu ndawi Kirist.
13For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as Christ’s apostles.
14 Te loolu jaaxalu nu, ndaxte Seytaane moom ci boppam day mbubboo malaakam leer.
14And no wonder, for even Satan masquerades as an angel of light.
15 Kon nag ay ndawam mbubboo ndawi njub, loolu du nu jaaxal. Dees na leen fey seeni jëf.
15It is no great thing therefore if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.
16 Maa ngi leen koy waxaat: bu ma kenn jàpp nib dof. Walla boog bu ngeen ma ko jàppee, séddleen ma céru dof, ngir ma damu tuuti, man itam.
16I say again, let no one think me foolish. But if so, yet receive me as foolish, that I also may boast a little.
17 Loolu may wax nag, waxuma ko ci turu Boroom bi. Bu ma ñemee damoo nii, maa ngi wax ni dof.
17That which I speak, I don’t speak according to the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of boasting.
18 Ndegam ñu bare dañuy damu ni nit kese, man itam kon dinaa damu.
18Seeing that many boast after the flesh, I will also boast.
19 Yéen boroom xel yi, aka ngeen a man a muñal ñi dof,
19For you bear with the foolish gladly, being wise.
20 nde yéena ngi muñ ñi leen di jaamloo, di lekk seen alal, di leen nax, di leen xeeb, di leen talaata!
20For you bear with a man, if he brings you into bondage, if he devours you, if he takes you captive, if he exalts himself, if he strikes you on the face.
21 Sunu néew doole mayu nu, nu dem ba jëfe noonu; rus naa ci lool de! Ma wax waxi dof; moona lépp lu waay ñemee damoo, ñeme naa ko, man it.
21I speak by way of disparagement, as though we had been weak. Yet however any is bold (I speak in foolishness), I am bold also.
22 Ndax Ibrë lañu? Man it Ibrë laa. Ndax bànni Israyil lañu? Man itam ci laa. Ndax sëti Ibraayma lañu? Man itam moom laa.
22Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? So am I.
23 Ndax surgay Kirist lañu? --maa ngi wax waxi ku tàggoo ak sagoom nag — maa leen ko gën a doon. Bu dee ci liggéey, maa leen ci man. Bu dee ci li ñu nu tëj ci kaso, maa leen ko gën a miin. Bu dee ci li ñu nu dóor ay yar, maa leen ëpple. Leru naa dee ba tàyyi.
23Are they servants of Christ? (I speak as one beside himself) I am more so; in labors more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in deaths often.
24 Juróomi yoon Yawut yi dóor nañu ma fanweeri yar ak juróom-ñeent.
24Five times from the Jews I received forty stripes minus one.
25 Ñetti yoon dóorees na ma ay yet, te mas nañu maa sànni ay xeer, bëgg maa rey. Ñetti yoon dugg naa gaal, mu suux. Mas naa yendu ci ndox, fanaan ci.
25Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I suffered shipwreck. I have been a night and a day in the deep.
26 Ci sama tukki yu bare yi daan naa faral di daje ak musiba ci dex yi, ak musiba ci sàcc yi, musiba mu jóge ci sama xeet walla ci ñi dul Yawut, musiba ci biir dëkk yi, ci màndiŋ yi, ci géej gi, ci biir bokki taalibe yu naaféq yi.
26I have been in travels often, perils of rivers, perils of robbers, perils from my countrymen, perils from the Gentiles, perils in the city, perils in the wilderness, perils in the sea, perils among false brothers;
27 Sonn naa, di ñaq, di fanaane xool, di xiif ak a mar tey fande, di dékku liw te rafle,
27in labor and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, and in cold and nakedness.
28 waxaalewuma li ci des nag: bés bu nekk maa ngi xalaat mboolooy ñi gëm.
28Besides those things that are outside, there is that which presses on me daily, anxiety for all the assemblies.
29 Ana ku ci néew doole, te wàlluma ko? Ana ku ci bàkkaar, te awma naqar wu tiis?
29Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is caused to stumble, and I don’t burn with indignation?
30 Su ma damu waree kon, ci sama néew doole laay damoo.
30If I must boast, I will boast of the things that concern my weakness.
31 Yàlla Baayu sunu Boroom Yeesu, moom mi màgg ba fàww, xam na ne, du ay fen ci man.
31The God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ, he who is blessed forevermore, knows that I don’t lie.
32 Ba ma nekkee dëkku Damas, boroom dëkk ba, di jawriñu buur ba Aretas, dafa santaane woon ñuy wottu dëkk ba, ngir man maa jàpp.
32In Damascus the governor under King Aretas guarded the city of the Damascenes desiring to arrest me.
33 Waaye dugalees na ma ci dàmba, jaarale ma ci palenteeru miiri dëkk ba, yoor ma ci suuf. Noonu ma rëcc ko.
33Through a window I was let down in a basket by the wall, and escaped his hands.