¹ Damu amul jariñ, ba tey war na ma. Kon ma jàll ci nettali gis-gisi Boroom bi ak i peeñu.

¹It is doubtless not profitable for me to boast. For I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.

² Xam naa taalibeb Kirist boo xam ne yékkati nañu ko ba ca asamaan, si gën a kawe, booba ak léegi mat na fukki at ak ñeent. Xawma ndax ànd na ak jëmmam walla déet. Yàlla rekk a xam.

²I know a man in Christ, fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I don’t know, or whether out of the body, I don’t know; God knows), such a one caught up into the third heaven.

³ Xam naa ne, nit kooku yékkati nañu ko ba fa Yàlla nekk. Bu dee ci jëmmam mbaa ci xelam, xawma; Yàllaa xam. Mu dégg fa baat yu ñu mënul a nettali te yu ñu mayul doom Aadama, mu ŋaaŋ ko.

³I know such a man (whether in the body, or outside of the body, I don’t know; God knows),

⁵ Dinaa damu ci nit ku mel noonu. Waaye duma damu ci sama bopp, lu dul liy wone sama néew doole.

⁴how he was caught up into Paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.

⁶ Su ma bëggoon a damu, du doon yëfi dof, ndaxte dëgg laay wax. Waaye damay moytoo damu, ngir kenn bañ a foog ci man lu weesu li mu gis, may def, te muy dégg, ma di ko wax.

⁵On behalf of such a one I will boast, but on my own behalf I will not boast, except in my weaknesses.

⁷ Te it ngir ma bañ a yég sama bopp ndax peeñu yooyu wees xel, mayees na mbir dal ma ci sama yaram, di ma metital ni dég, muy malaakam Seytaane mu may sonal, ngir ma bañ a yég sama bopp.

⁶For if I would desire to boast, I will not be foolish; for I will speak the truth. But I refrain, so that no man may think more of me than that which he sees in me, or hears from me.

⁸ Ñaan naa Boroom bi ñetti yoon ci mbir moomu, ngir mu taqale ma ak moom.

⁷By reason of the exceeding greatness of the revelations, that I should not be exalted excessively, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me, that I should not be exalted excessively.

⁹ Waaye mu ne ma: «Sama yiw doy na la; sama kàttan a ngi mate cig néew doole.» Kon nag dëgg-dëgg, gën na maa bég ci damu ndax sama néew doole, ngir kàttanu Kirist dëkk ci man.

⁸Concerning this thing, I begged the Lord three times that it might depart from me.

¹⁰ Looloo tax may bég ci néew doole, yi may wéye ngir turu Kirist, ciy tiis, ciy njàqare, mbaa ñu saaga ma, mbaa ñu fitnaal ma. Ndaxte bu ma néewee doole, booba laay am kàttan.

⁹He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.

¹¹ Ci dëgg-dëgg wax naa waxi dof te yéena ma ci dugal, fekk yéen ci seen bopp sax yéena ma waroon a sargal, ndaxte su ma dul dara sax, seen ndaw yooyu ngeen naw ëpplewuñu ma dara.

¹⁰Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong.

¹² Kéemaan yi, jaloore yi ak jëf yu màgg, yiy firndeel ndawul Kirist, feeñ nañu ci seen biir, ma ànd ci ak muñ gu mat.

¹¹I have become foolish in boasting. You compelled me, for I ought to have been commended by you, for in nothing was I inferior to the very best apostles, though I am nothing.

¹³ Lan laa defal yeneen mboolooy ñi gëm te defaluma leen ko, xanaa rekk li ma wéeru ci ñoom te wéeruma ci yéen? Baal-leen ma googu tooñ!

¹²Truly the signs of an apostle were worked among you in all patience, in signs and wonders and mighty works.

¹⁴ Maa ngi leen di waaj a ganesi ñetteel bi yoon, te duma wéeru ci yéen. Wutsiwuma seen alal, yéen laa soxla. Ndaxte du gune moo war a yor waajuram, waaye waajur moo war a yor gune yi.

¹³For what is there in which you were made inferior to the rest of the assemblies, unless it is that I myself was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong.

¹⁵ Man nag nangu naa joxe li ma am lépp ak xol bu sedd, ba joxe sama bopp sax, ngir dimbali leen. Gannaaw bëgg naa leen nii, xanaa kay seen mbëggeel ci man warul a wàññiku?

¹⁴Behold, this is the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you; for I seek not your possessions, but you. For the children ought not to save up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

¹⁶ Kon noonu la, nekkuma woon yen ci yéen. Waaye man na am ñu naan, dama leen a nax, ba réeral leen ci sama njublaŋ.

¹⁵I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I loved the less?

¹⁷ Mbaa du damaa lekk seen alal, jaare ko ci kenn ci ñi ma yónni woon?

¹⁶But be it so, I did not myself burden you. But, being crafty, I caught you with deception.

¹⁸ Sant naa Tit, mu ñëw ci yéen, te yebal naa sunu mbokk moomu ak moom. Ndax Tit dafa lekk seen alal? Man ak moom, ndax bokkunu woon xel mu nu yékkati ak tànk yu nuy dox?

¹⁷Did I take advantage of you by anyone of them whom I have sent to you?

¹⁹ Xanaa diirub li ngeen di jàng lii, defe ngeen ne, nu ngi wut aw lay ci seen kanam. Samay xarit, nu ngi leen di wax ci kanam Yàlla ak ci turu Kirist; te lépp ngir seen njariñ la.

¹⁸I exhorted Titus, and I sent the brother with him. Did Titus take any advantage of you? Didn’t we walk in the same spirit? Didn’t we walk in the same steps?

²⁰ Ragal naa, bu ma ñëwee ci yéen, fekk leen nu ma neexul, te yéen it ngeen fekk ma nu leen neexul. Ragal naa fekk ay xuloo ci seen biir, ak ñeetaane, xadar ak diiroo mbagg, xas ak jëw, réy-réylu ak yengu-yengu.

¹⁹Again, do you think that we are excusing ourselves to you? In the sight of God we speak in Christ. But all things, beloved, are for your edifying.

²¹ Ragal naa, bu ma leen ganesiwaatee, Yàlla sama Boroom suufeel ma ci seen biir, ma naqarlu ci ñu bare ñu bàkkaaroon te dëdduwuñu seen yàqute, seen njaaloo ak seen ñaawteef, gi ñu doon def.

²⁰For I am afraid that by any means, when I come, I might find you not the way I want to, and that I might be found by you as you don’t desire; that by any means there would be strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, factions, slander, whisperings, proud thoughts, riots;

²¹that again when I come my God would humble me before you, and I would mourn for many of those who have sinned before now, and not repented of the uncleanness and sexual immorality and lustfulness which they committed.