1 PBA Na ibang, honie no bodo a' pite' om hoomi ho, i mi tahang pite' nara ham, med so a' bul i nadanang. BSB BSB: I hope you will put up with a little of my foolishness, but you are already doing that.
3 PBA Sobo, na baroc, a' hal a' hal, mang fede' mon honi ba so ladimang puin Hawa a' ra kalufe, a' hal a' hal itanut a' bul med iom bolang ba Kristus Om mi ipuin karesang eh hoo, name a' dimang sesah lol. BSB BSB: I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.
4 PBA Fede, idai uiri tahang, mang fede' namenu ho' Kristus bengnu umateng sobo, ni umateng eh hoo e' a' ra ham nene, eme mang fede' i roh saraham nene med, sariho i e' med dai a' bul, eme sura' habar beng sobo, i e' med dai a' bul. BSB BSB: For if someone comes and proclaims a Jesus other than the One we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit than the One you received, or a different gospel than the one you accepted, you put up with it very easily.
5 PBA Nei a' taain hee, nari hoo rasul o' a'titino' nun hodi na e' e' far bi' nene. BSB BSB: I consider myself in no way inferior to those “super-apostles.”
6 PBA Masiki mateng pa' mi na e' na' hol nene sobo, na' hol dil ma' eh fe hee, e' mateng pa' ei honi nene, fede' na tofang o' se' bur ni med ietub am. BSB BSB: Although I am not a polished speaker, I am certainly not lacking in knowledge. We have made this clear to you in every way possible.
7 PBA Eme a' hal na doc panen, na nano' lamang honie name ino' lafining, fede' na Lahtal O' Sura' Habar uira mateng o' fali a' ai horo? BSB BSB: Was it a sin for me to humble myself in order to exalt you, because I preached the gospel of God to you free of charge?
8 PBA Na jumaat beng tofang mi tot kalaping supi a' bung o' fali med, honi amfe na puin iri ubaleta. BSB BSB: I robbed other churches by accepting their support in order to serve you.
9 PBA Med, ho a' ra ham na dai ira eh ho na sah lahal, sobo na e' namenu a' no' tarofe nene fede' di ail bar mong Makedonia mi ho' no kurang bo' a' no' an am. Med, na tofang hoo om mi na nari bu' ang honie, ha' ai ino' tarofe, sari horo na panen sei masing. BSB BSB: And when I was with you and in need, I was not a burden to anyone; for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my needs. I have refrained from being a burden to you in any way, and I will continue to do so.
10 PBA Mang fede' Kristus O' a' bul a' bul a' ra nafah mi honi hee, na nafoh natel hoo, mong Akhaya o' pali' ernu mi name den e' natelang toh nene. BSB BSB: As surely as the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be silenced in the regions of Achaia.
11 PBA Naba ei? Maa na e' iri ukarang nene? Lahtal so ho a' hol. BSB BSB: Why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!
12 PBA Honi sobo, nabafe na panen, sari horo na panen sei masing honie, supi ei sel il na med no', sariho supi ba ei om honi hee, sari sel il homi name supi a' hol hee, na tofang ba supi a' foh a' tel eh ho supi di a' ra om mi mang fede' niri honi. BSB BSB: But I will keep on doing what I am doing, in order to undercut those who want an opportunity to be regarded as our equals in the things of which they boast.
13 PBA Fede, name o' honi nun ho, rasul sari pain, name karesang a' bul nene, supi sara lelang mang fede Kristus Ei rasul honi sobo, e' Kristus Ei Rasul a' bul nene. BSB BSB: For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.
14 PBA Sari na hoo usi' ud e', fede' Setang di sari pain sano' mang fede' malaikat lel honi. BSB BSB: And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.
15 PBA Honife, haai si'ud nene mang fede' supi ei name baleta hodi sari faw sano' mang fede' name na a' bul ubaleta ei name honi fede' supi ei sel o' a' mujmi ho, supi o' panen a' ten ho a' ra ham. BSB BSB: It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their actions.
16 PBA Na foil ubang minuta, haai name nudi o' tanut mi ubang nari name bodo. Mang fede' honidi, itang nepep nari med mang fede' name bodo honi, honie sa naridi napano.' BSB BSB: I repeat: Let no one take me for a fool. But if you do, then receive me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.
17 PBA Nabafe na ubang, sari ho a' foh a' tel hoo, o' a' tino' bit ei a' ra ham, na e' ubang mang fede' Lahtal Ei tanut honi nene sobo, mang fede' bodo femi ubang eh honi. BSB BSB: In this confident boasting of mine, I am not speaking as the Lord would, but as a fool.
18 PBA Name tofang bo' mate ei lol safoh satel. Horofe naridi nafoh natel. BSB BSB: Since many are boasting according to the flesh, I too will boast.
19 PBA Fede, iom no' empir horoba, iom sanang ipano' puin iom tahang fa name bodo hoo a' ra ham. BSB BSB: For you gladly put up with fools, since you are so wise.
20 PBA Mang fede' name den ino' name baleta, supi iri u'j iri mi untu med, safoh satel, eme ipongfa' mi ba.' BSB BSB: In fact, you even put up with anyone who enslaves you or exploits you or takes advantage of you or exalts himself or strikes you in the face.
21 PBA Mala maniang pui na ubang ho, naho ei a' raham ni moleng empir! Sobo, naba horo name beng baroc nene no' safoh satel, honi hee naridi mateng mang fede' name bodo honi na e' baroc nene. BSB BSB: To my shame I concede that we were too weak for that! Speaking as a fool, however, I can match what anyone else dares to boast about.
22 PBA Supiho maa Ibrani hinung so? Naridi. Supiho maa Israel hinung so? Naridi. Supiho maa Abraham o'fol o' heb so? Naridi. BSB BSB: Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.
23 PBA Supi maa Kristus ubaleta o' name so? Na foil mi e' mota-- Na mateng mang fede' name tabur honi. No susa no malo somi tofang, na sapiri mi papane', name nari beh nari par taan sah, na a' ra min o' se'bur mitoh sei masing. BSB BSB: Are they servants of Christ? (I am speaking as if I were out of my mind.) I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death.
24 PBA Yahudi hinung miho' honi hee, o' tofang mi ifihing, name nari par ho mi erut a' bole nu. BSB BSB: Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one.
25 PBA Name lepir puin nari par mitow, foi puin nod minu, kapala nara na tapang mitow, ole nari baring dil paka nu dil lel nu. BSB BSB: Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked. I spent a night and a day in the open sea.
26 PBA Na lame toh om mi sei mol mate o' sah karang a' hol mi tofang, name no na ernu utot med, Yahudi hinung med name Yahudi nene nun nano' karang. Na sam bang mate serang tofang mi, name e' dai namine, na mong men ham mi la ham mi, tang mi, med di'ail bar sari pain nun hodi barpi nano' sah sah. BSB BSB: In my frequent journeys, I have been in danger from rivers and from bandits, in danger from my countrymen and from the Gentiles, in danger in the city and in the country, in danger on the sea and among false brothers,
27 PBA Na karesang tarofe, susa a' hol latutung her, sobo na sodai a'ra eh, na malihing doro taat, namej a'ai sei masing, na maab tar fede' fen a'ai. BSB BSB: in labor and toil and often without sleep, in hunger and thirst and often without food, in cold and exposure.
28 PBA Med, na an an hoo foil o' beng honi hee, dil lel a' ri an loil a' main a'ra sano' no karesang, puin jumaat tofang ugariang. BSB BSB: Apart from these external trials, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches.
29 PBA Anoso moleng, honie nari e' moleng nene? Anoso ol muj, na e' a' hain a' fe' nene? BSB BSB: Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not burn with grief?
30 PBA Mang fede' na nafoh natelfe honi hee, na nafoh natel puin nei kurang bo' tofang ho utub. BSB BSB: If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.
31 PBA Pimang Lahtal med Tuhan Yesus ba, pi utarain em sam so em a' meng horofe, no kalufe nene ho a' hol. BSB BSB: The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is forever worthy of praise, knows that I am not lying.
32 PBA Mong Damaskus mi honi hee, gubernur afen Aretas efar ba, Damaskus bang mate serang tofang ubu' ang ho napuin. BSB BSB: In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas secured the city of the Damascenes in order to arrest me.
33 PBA Sobo, na la'a tang mate om mi amfe, name nari med fo sameng mate o' sanele nu lol nalorang hel horofe, na a' tang om homi il. BSB BSB: But I was lowered in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his grasp.
Select verses for actions: Enter goes to them and Escape comes back.