¹ Kon nag ndegam Yàlla ci yërmandeem sas na nu liggéey boobu, dunu bayliku.

¹Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we don’t faint.

² Lànk nanoo ànd ci mbir, yi ñuy nëbb te ñu gàccelu. Sunuy tànk du yu njublaŋ te dunu dëngal kàddug Yàlla. Waaye nu ngi biral dëgg, di sàkku kóoluteg ñépp fa kanam Yàlla.

²But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

³ Su fekkee ne sax, xebaar bu baax bi dafa muuru ci ñenn ñi, dafa fekk ñoom ñu aw yoon wu jëm ci sànkute.

³Even if our Good News is veiled, it is veiled in those who perish;

⁴ Ñoom la yàllay jamono ji gëlëmal seen xel, ngir ñu bañ a gis leeru xebaar bu baax, biy wone ndamu Kirist, mi di melokaanu Yàlla.

⁴in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them.

⁵ Ndaxte Yeesu Kirist Boroom bi lanuy waare, waaye waarewunu lu jëm ci sunu bopp. Nun seeni jaam lanu ndax Yeesu.

⁵For we don’t preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake;

⁶ Ndaxte Yàlla mi ne: «Na leer leer ci biir lëndëm,» moo leer ci sunu xol, ngir leeral nu ak xam-xamu ndamu Yàlla, liy feeñ ci xar-kanamu Kirist.

⁶seeing it is God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” Genesis 1:3 who has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

⁷ Leer googu ci sunu xol mi ngi mel ni alal, waaye ñu ngi ko def ci nun ñi néew doole niy njaq kese, ngir kàttan gu ëpp xel gi, bawoo ci Yàlla te du ci nun.

⁷But we have this treasure in clay vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves.

⁸ Dañu nuy sonal fu nekk, waaye kenn tancu nu. Dañu nuy dugal ci ruq yi, waaye dinanu ci génn.

⁸We are pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, yet not to despair;

⁹ Dañu nuy fitnaal, waaye Yàlla du nu wacc mukk. Tër nañu nu, waaye kenn doggaliwu nu.

⁹pursued, yet not forsaken; struck down, yet not destroyed;

¹⁰ Fu nu tollu noo ngi gàddu ci sunu yaram dee gi Yeesu dee woon, ngir dundu Yeesu moom it feeñ ci sunu yaram.

¹⁰always carrying in the body the putting to death of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.

¹¹ Bés bu nekk, nun ñiy dund, ñu ngi nuy jébbal dee ndax Kirist, ngir dundu Kirist moom itam feeñ ci sunu yaram wiy dee.

¹¹For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus may be revealed in our mortal flesh.

¹² Noonu dee mu ngi jëf ci nun, dund di jëf ci yéen.

¹²So then death works in us, but life in you.

¹³ Mbind mi nee na: «Damaa gëm, moo tax ma wax.» Nun it nag, ndegam am nanu menn xelu ngëm moomu, danoo gëm, ba tax nuy wax.

¹³But having the same spirit of faith, according to that which is written, “I believed, and therefore I spoke.” Psalm 116:10 We also believe, and therefore also we speak;

¹⁴ Ndaxte xam nanu ne Yàlla, mi dekkal Boroom bi Yeesu, dina nu dekkal nun itam ak Yeesu, te dina nu yóbbu ak yéen, taxawal nun ñépp ci jataayam.

¹⁴knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus, and will present us with you.

¹⁵ Ndaxte lépp li nuy daj, seen njariñ a tax, ngir yiwu Yàlla, wiy yokku ci nit ñu gën a takku, yokkaale ngërëm lu jëm ci Yàlla, ngir jollil ndamam.

¹⁵For all things are for your sakes, that the grace, being multiplied through the many, may cause the thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.

¹⁶ Loolu moo tax sunu yaakaar du tas. Bu fekkee sax sunu yaram day yàqu jëm cig mag, sunu ruu moom, bés ak bés muy gën a yeesaat.

¹⁶Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.

¹⁷ Ndaxte sunu coono bu woyof bi dul yàgg, dafa nuy jural ndam lu bare, ba suul coono bi, tey sax abadan.

¹⁷For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;

¹⁸ Kon diirunu li ñuy gis waaye li ñu dul gis. Ndaxte li ñuy gis day wéy, waaye li ñu dul gis day sax ba fàww.

¹⁸while we don’t look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.