1 Man nag fas yéene naa lii: duma dellusi ci yéen ci naqar.
1But I determined this for myself, that I would not come to you again in sorrow.
2 Ndaxte su ma leen tegee naqar, kuy seddal sama xol ku dul yéen ñi ma teg aw naqar?
2For if I make you sorry, then who will make me glad but he who is made sorry by me?
3 Looloo tax ma binde noonu, ngir bañ a agsi, am naqar ci ñi ma waroon a bégal. Am naa kóolute ci yéen ñépp ne, sama mbég mooy seen mbég.
3And I wrote this very thing to you, so that, when I came, I wouldn’t have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy would be shared by all of you.
4 Ci biir tiis ak xol bu jeex laa leen bind, samay bët taa ak ay rangooñ. Binduma leen ngir teg leen naqar, waaye ngir ngeen xam xóotaayu mbëggeel gi ma am ci yéen.
4For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that you should be made sorry, but that you might know the love that I have so abundantly for you.
5 Su kenn tegee moroomam naqar, du man la ko teg, waaye man nanu ne, yéen ñépp la ko teg — matul may réyal mbir mi.
5But if any has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow, not to me, but in part (that I not press too heavily) to you all.
6 Àtte bi ko mbooloo mi teg, doy na.
6Sufficient to such a one is this punishment which was inflicted by the many;
7 Léegi nag baal-leen ko te dëfël xolam, ngir bañ mu sóobu ci naqar wu ëpp.
7so that on the contrary you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his excessive sorrow.
8 Kon maa ngi leen di ñaan, ngeen feddali seen mbëggeel ci moom.
8Therefore I beg you to confirm your love toward him.
9 Nattu leen moo tax ma bind leen it, ngir seet ba xam dingeen dégg ndigal ci lépp.
9For to this end I also wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether you are obedient in all things.
10 Ku ngeen baal, ma baal ko itam. Man nag, su ma baalee --fekk am lu ma war a baale — yéena tax ma def ko ci kanamu Kirist,
10Now I also forgive whomever you forgive anything. For if indeed I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven that one for your sakes in the presence of Christ,
11 ngir Seytaane bañ a am bunt bu mu jaar ba nax nu, ndaxte réerewunu mbir ay pexeem.
11that no advantage may be gained over us by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his schemes.
12 Ba ma àggee Torowas nag, ngir yégle fa xebaar bu baax bi ci Kirist, Boroom bi ubbil na ma ci bunt.
12Now when I came to Troas for the Good News of Christ, and when a door was opened to me in the Lord,
13 Waaye sama xel dalul benn yoon, ndax li ma fa fekkul sama mbokk, Tit. Noonu nag ma tàggu leen, daldi dem diiwaanu Maseduwan.
13I had no relief for my spirit, because I didn’t find Titus, my brother, but taking my leave of them, I went out into Macedonia.
14 Waaye cant ñeel na Yàlla! Ci sunu booloo ak Kirist, daf nuy yóbbaale saa su nekk ci gawari ndamam, tey jaar ci nun ngir turu Kirist jolli fu nekk, ni xetu latkoloñ di tasaaroo.
14Now thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and reveals through us the sweet aroma of his knowledge in every place.
15 Ndaxte ci Yàlla, xetu Kirist gu neex lanu, di gilli jëm ci ñiy mucc ak ñiy sànku;
15For we are a sweet aroma of Christ to God, in those who are saved, and in those who perish;
16 ci ñu mujj ñii, xet gu sedd lanu, guy jëme ci dee; ci ñu jëkk ñi, xetu dund lanu, guy jëme ci dund. Kon ku man a àttan yen boobu!
16to the one a stench from death to death; to the other a sweet aroma from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things?
17 Nun nag melunu ni ñu bare, ñiy baana-baana ci kàddug Yàlla, waaye ci sunu booloo ak Kirist, nu ngi waare ak xol bu laab fa kanam Yàlla, ni yonenti Yàlla.
17For we are not as so many, peddling the word of God. But as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, we speak in Christ.