1 PBA Nari hoo Paulus, no bo' hoo sa Kristus Ei Om bala amone puin ibang, na ipong fa' a' ra ham toh na baroc, sobo na ielet na e' baroc nene! BSB BSB: Now by the mildness and gentleness of Christ, I appeal to you—I, Paul, who am humble when face to face with you, but bold when away.
2 PBA Na ibang honie, na ho' honi hee na haai no udume puin nano' kufa e', sari ho na ta an puin nano' baroc nene, honie name pirnu alo ba nino' mang fede' niriho name bo' mate femi fetang eh honiho lafang. BSB BSB: I beg you that when I come I may not need to be as bold as I expect toward those who presume that we live according to the flesh.
3 PBA So a' bul, ni dai bo' mate femi fetang eh, sobo ni e' bo' mate femi a' titino' karesang baleta eh nene. BSB BSB: For though we live in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh.
4 PBA Fede' ni nei balep puin mali ei ho, e' bo' mate miho' nene sobo, name pir tow sano' nu horo Ei kufa' fe ni puin falefang ernu o' dor o' koc ari' bahite. BSB BSB: The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the flesh. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.
5 PBA Tanut ernu med na o' lafining ba nameno' sei sadel ba' puin a'ten, honi puinn Lahtal a' pong a' hol lafang ho ni a' butung a' sele. Ni supi o'tanut ernu ho a' puin no' hee, ni supi a' no' moleng med Kristus en, BSB BSB: We demolish arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
6 PBA med, ni u niri taro' alap honie, tetang hasu barpi ni hukung, sam iei tetang hasu ho so a' no' an. BSB BSB: And we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, as soon as your obedience is complete.
7 PBA Nabaso a' ra ihoi mi, horo e' dun. Mang fede' name den sobo' ho o' a' tino' bit ubang sari ho Kristus ei so honi hee, sei honie sari na hoo sa foil utanut, mang fede' aiho Kristus eiso honi hee, niri hodi sar ai honi. BSB BSB: You are looking at outward appearances. If anyone is confident that he belongs to Christ, he should remind himself that we belong to Christ just as much as he does.
8 PBA Mi e'mota mang fede' panen aten ba Lahtal med nien, honi puin iten ihome sobo, e' puin ibutung isele nene horo na unadel ba' nomi tale lap honi hee, na e' umala maniang nene. BSB BSB: For even if I boast somewhat excessively about the authority the Lord gave us for building you up rather than tearing you down, I will not be ashamed.
9 PBA No sura' ernu mang fede' puin ino' baroc honi ho, nom edun uma nene. BSB BSB: I do not want to seem to be trying to frighten you by my letters.
10 PBA Fede, supi ubang ho, "O' sura'- sura' nun ho, so a' tino' bune hala, honi sobo bo' mate mi sa ho' honi hee moleng malaj, med o' mateng pa' nun ho e' no' ham di a' ai. BSB BSB: For some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is unimpressive, and his speaking is of no account.”
11 PBA Sei honie sa name ba o' honi ho, na ho'oro fe utanut, sariho nabafe ni umateng sura' mi sel homi ni e' a'ra ira nene sobo, mang fede' sel homi ni ham ham a'ra irafe ni panen honi. BSB BSB: Such people should consider that what we are in our letters when absent, we will be in our actions when present.
12 PBA Fede, lubung la'ol eme nibo' med name ba sobo' utarain a' foh a' tel ho a'ra meng fe honi ho ni baroc. Sobo, mang fede' sei bo' puin supi ei bo' a'ra hu', no' hee sei bo' puin supi ei bo' a' ra meng honi hee, supi ho a' hol nene. BSB BSB: We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they show their ignorance.
13 PBA Honi sobo, na an an ba niei o'ha manang a' lai ho, ni e' unidel ba' nene sobo, o'ha o' manang ba Lahtal utub udalam nien horo a' ta ain, sari ha manang ho puin te eng sam iri hodi mimeng. BSB BSB: We, however, will not boast beyond our limits, but only within the field of influence that God has assigned to us—a field that reaches even to you.
14 PBA Fede, niei ha manang ni a' lai sah, mang fede ni e' iri lap sam ihol honi nene. Niri horo mi a'ai nang Kristus O' Sura' Habar fisam ibung. BSB BSB: We are not overstepping our bounds, as if we had not come to you. Indeed, we were the first to reach you with the gospel of Christ.
15 PBA Niridi e' nifoh nitel niei ha manang a' lai, puin name beng ei min no' ho unidel ba' nene, sobo puin udume mang fede' iei udume a' bow honi hee, ni karesang inai homi mang a' no' lahabu mang ta, BSB BSB: Neither do we boast beyond our limits in the labors of others. But we hope that as your faith increases, our area of influence among you will greatly increase as well,
16 PBA honie Sura' Habar ni foil mong ipali' beng femi umateng, honie nabafe name beng pali' homi a' no' an am honi hee, name beng o' karesang e' leme ho, ni ha ai uniri da' unidel ba' e.' BSB BSB: so that we can preach the gospel in the regions beyond you. Then we will not be boasting in the work already done in another man’s territory.
17 PBA Ano om safoh satel uma honi hee, sei honi sa Lahtal femi safoh satel. BSB BSB: Rather, “Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.”
18 PBA Fede, Haai name ba sobobom sari utarain horo o' a' hol mi sah karang ernu a'holdang sa tahang kufa' nene sobo, name ba Lahtal utarain horo tahang kufa.' BSB BSB: For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.
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