1 PBL Ab, Paulus, unuk ab gegales kaweng tong ko ali kelembutan ali kemurahan Kristus-- ab, ye se ronu kede sengkeruku wae ali ko, et ronu kede oro ke ko! 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 PBL Ab kaweng tong ko dian kede ab sulet, ab sa perlu jaji ronu ali keyakinan ye ali da ab memperhitungkan dian ronu ngelawen sasenu ulun ye menganggap kain bolum ali deniawi. 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 PBL Bujur, kain kea bolum suang denia, et kain sa bejuang ali nget denia. BSB BSB: For though we live in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh.
4 PBL Leka, senjata-senjata bulo kain sa ke denia et neke kekuatan ilahi dian pehancur 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 PBL Kain pehancur pemikiran-pemikiran ali senu hal ye temunan ye na temuet ene keangkuhan meresia dian ngehalang pengetaruan, tong Allah. Kain ngujut kawan pikiran ali pekaleh ye tong 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 PBL ali kain siap ngehukum kawus ye sa taat kede ketaatan ko apu sempurna. BSB BSB: And we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, as soon as your obedience is complete.
7 PBL Teneng tong se ye naan te hadapan ko. Aka naan ulun ye meyakini unuk da ye lah na Kristus, dion da memikir mulik hal ihe, ye iro nget me da ade na Kristus, kain ade nget iro. 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 PBL Belantak, aka ye ab hantap belewi maragah otoritas, ye Allah akoi tong kain dian ngebangun ko ali sa dian ngehancur ko, ab sa sagar mangen. 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 PBL Ab sa kakan nget seolah-olah ab sagar nyentakut-nyentakut ko ali surat-surat ab. BSB BSB: I do not want to seem to be trying to frighten you by my letters.
10 PBL Leka, dali ngulek, "surat-surat iro bujur teges ali tokeng, et nget kehadiran unuk, da lome ali pander da sa bearti." 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 PBL Dion ulun ye nget iro memikir hal iro, ye iro se ye kain ulek ali surat kede kain sa sendro ko, sama nget koe kain kede sendro ko. BSB BSB: Such people should consider that what we are in our letters when absent, we will be in our actions when present.
12 PBL Leka, kain sa ronu dian ngelompok ali ngebanding unuk kain ali sasenu ulun ye beperagah unuk ye gegales. Namun, kede dali ngukur unuk ye ali unuk gegales ali ngebanding unuk ye ali unuk dali gegales, dali iro sa memahami ye. 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 PBL Et iro, kain sa sagar berbangga nget hal-hal ye lalo batas kain, melainkan suang batas ke ketetapan ye Allah apu na bagi tong kain, ye iro batasan dian nge jangkau empe tong ko ade. 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 PBL Leka, kain sa ngelampaui batasan kain, se olah-olah kain sa ngejangkau empe tong ko, kain ye nyetela kali empe tong ko ali 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 PBL Kain ade sa beperagah sa lewi batas kain ali berbangga suang pengkoe ulun bali, ali pengharapan nget me leen iman ko temunan wilayah pengkoe kain te butok ko sagar na pesolai eso, 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 PBL dian kain tau ngabar Injil ke wilayah-wilayah te onggon ko, ali sa beperagah suang se ye apu sempunah tewilayah pengkoe ulun bali. 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 PBL "Dase ye kakan beperagah, dion da beperagah te suang Tuhan." BSB BSB: Rather, “Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.”
18 PBL Leka, sa ulun ye memuji unuk da gegales ye tebukti tahan uji, beloh lain ulun ye Tuhan puji. BSB BSB: For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.
Select verses for actions: Enter goes to them and Escape comes back.