1 PBDS Aku, Paulus, aku sandiri mohon ka kao dengan kalamutot lantas kamurohot Kristus--aku, nang ano' barani waktu baradapot muho nang kao, tapi barani waktu jauh dari kao! 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 PBDS Aku mohon ka kao supayo waktu aku atok, aku anok parlu jadi barani dengan kayakinan nang dengannya aku maretungan onto' barani ngalawan sangape manyak urok nang nganggap kami idup secaro kainginan. 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 PBDS memang kami masih idup doop kainginan, tapi kami anok bajuang sacaro kainginan. BSB BSB: For though we live in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh.
4 PBDS sebab, sanjato-sanjato baparang kami buke ampat kainginan, malaenkan ampat kakoatot ilahi kaancorot benteng-benteng. BSB BSB: The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the flesh. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.
5 PBDS kami ngaruntuhot pamikirot-pamikirot lantas satiap hal tinggi nang dimangun oleh kaangkuhot manusio onto' nantok panganalot akan Allah. kami nahan segala pikiran lantas naklukot io ka Kristus, 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 PBDS lantas kami siap ngukum samua nang anok taat waktu kao taat disampurnaot. BSB BSB: And we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, as soon as your obedience is complete.
7 PBDS tanang kaameo nang ado ka adapotngu. kalo ado urok nang ngayakini diri'e adalah milik Kristus, biarlah io mikiri agi hal nyian, jakoo sajamae io adalah milik Kristus, kamipon jakowo ugo. 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 PBDS bahkan, kadepon aku agak balabihot manggaot kuaso, nang Allah mare ka kami onto' mangun kao lantas buke onto' ngancorot kao, aku anok akan malu. 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 PBDS aku bai katanangan saolah-olah aku akan magaei kao nang surat-suratku. BSB BSB: I do not want to seem to be trying to frighten you by my letters.
10 PBDS sebab, ne' udo bakato, "surat-surate memang tagas lantas karas, tapi sacaro kaadoot tubuh, io lamoh lantas pakataatne anok baguno." 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 PBDS biarlah urok nang ngayo koo mikiri hal nyian, koolah ameo nang kami ngatoot dengan surat waktu kami anok sabayo-bayo ba kao, sabayo angayo kalakuan waktu kami ba kao. BSB BSB: Such people should consider that what we are in our letters when absent, we will be in our actions when present.
12 PBDS sebab, kami anok barani onto' ngalompokot ato mandingkan diri' kami dengan samanyak urok nang muji-muji diri'e sandiri. namun, waktu ne' udo ngukur diri'e dengan diri' ne' udo sandiri lantas mandingkan diri'e dengan diri' ne' udo sandiri, ne' udo koo anok lalu nanggapi. 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 PBDS tapi, kami anok akan bangga atas hal-hal nang ngalewati batas kami, malaenkan manurut batas ampat ka katatapot nang Allah dah magiot ka kami, iyokoo batas onto' nyangkau sampe ka kao ugo. 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 PBDS sebab, kami anok ngalampaui batas kami, saolah-olah kami anok nyangkau sampe ka kao. kamilah nang doho sidi sampe ka kao dengan Injil Kristus. 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 PBDS kami ugo anok bangga ngalewati batas kami dengan bangga atas jerih lelah urok laen, malaenkan dengan pangarapot kade sajamae imanngu batumbuh, wilayah pakarajaan kami ka antaro kao akan semangkin dipaluas agi, 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 PBDS supayo kami biso ngabarot Injil ka wilayah-wilayah ka luar kao, lantas anok bangga atas ameo nang dah di ngakoot ka wilayah pakarajaan urok laen. 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 PBDS sape nang mao bangga, biarlah io bangga kadoop Tuhan." BSB BSB: Rather, “Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.”
18 PBDS sebab, buke urok nang muji diri'e sandiri nang tabukti tahan uji, malaenkan urok nang Tuhan puji. 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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