1 PBL Nauwa, Paulus, nauwaduna kakariwe tabaramu waige manawara mono manawaranai Kristus nauwa, aika bani ba' haaro matakana danga kagu, tabollo nauwa igu baniwa bamu maraukawu wali tabaragu! 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 Nauwa gu karaiwe tabaramu tanamu bagu maikawa, nauwa waleg baimage bani lohhog mannege nauwagu yapu dahoge tanam banigu gabbana pirra ata kahabaningna nami morha waige kana'a. 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 Tanyiduwe, nami mamorhaho tatillu tauwu atama, tanyiduwe nami walema runnmage tutu kadadi kana'a. BSB BSB: For though we live in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh.
4 PBL Oronage, Kito-kito kaleka hatauwu nami wale kawlimawe ta tauwu atama, dukadahege kulha waddi katengna kahamauhadi pahatodawai. BSB BSB: The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the flesh. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.
5 PBL Nami mapahhabewe pahangad'da-pahangad'da mono tangadi tutudi kamadehita harayida ata kaboggangu tanamu kagabbage pahatingonai Allah. Nami magabbadi tangadi pahangad'da mono kangaduka tabaranai 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 mono nami hadinyaka beyi hokuda tangada aika kangaduka bahatengudi kangadukamu. BSB BSB: And we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, as soon as your obedience is complete.
7 PBL Kammu etawe tabarada ba'agayi kadana ta aromu badaka ata kamannege tauwu dawuna nyiduna dauwunai Kristus, Nyammakani kana hangada haagge tutuge inne, nyiduwe kataudadana nyi dauwunani Kristu, tauda jallama dimma. 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 Aiwalleka, katuwuna nauwa ba'takki kagage karehigu bibta pareha, hayinai Allah tabarama tutu hakad'demi mono wale tutu pahhamami miyo, nauwa enga walegu makkaema 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 Nauwa waleg kabu ate mage de'do meradalinage nauwa bagu hamadautagimi waidi tangadi Jurata-juratagu. BSB BSB: I do not want to seem to be trying to frighten you by my letters.
10 PBL Oronage lid'dage yidda da hanewe, “Juratana na did'darai mono ngangahayi, tabollo badage tauna, nyi na loja mono hatakina wale lak'ma gawudi.” 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 Hahaikana ata kataudana nade kahangadage kataudana inne, yiwe hatakima waige Jurata nami ai'ma ole gimi, katauna pahadama nami bama olegimi. 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 Oronage, nami walema banima tutuge ublawe aiwaleka hamera wikidauna lohho ba pirra ata ka daiak wiki dauna. Tanyiduwe, yid'da bada ukra wiki dauna yid'da dawu mono hamera wiki dauna, yidda walle tadamawe. 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 Tanyiduwe, nami walema madaka ate danga mage tutudi rada ngara dukage patutu kawli tai Allah be'habawe tabarama nami loho walli tutu kadikki tabarami. 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 Oroge, nami walema layimawe gige katuttu ma nami, meranage aima tomage tabarami miyo. Nami duna kawunga diki tabaramu waige Li'i ege atei 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 Nami Jalla wale madakka ate danga mage oro we'e kabutta ata heka, tabollo dukadehege haman'nema oro hatenamu katummu, ta'hadauwu haullama nami tajongami miyo hangatage ba halura wlige, 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 Tanamu nami kana dadiwe bama todo talarage Li'i Bihhanai Mori Tadihha hadawu-dihha hadawu tabilimi miyo, mono wale madaja ate danga mage ba'agayi hawaltab'e ta hadawu ata heka. 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 “Iyayi kabaige madaka ate, nyammani kana madaka ate lar tai Mori.” BSB BSB: Rather, “Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.”
18 PBL Oronage, wale ata kadaika wiki dak'mana tahi tagorage ka'makaba, dukka hege ata hadaikanai Mori. 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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