1 PBL Zauwa, Paulusa, ne tou dougu kedengngiwe barramu waige mazalu monno magoggona Krittu-- zauwa, da kaddena ne baku aro mata dangngagu, takka kaddena ne baku marro wali barramu! 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 Zauwa kudengngiwe barramu gai ne baku mau, zauwa daku perlukiwe baku kaddena waige dangngage ne zauwa pakiragu tagu kadde lawadi a pirra ata a anggappama zamme moripa ghinnana kanaa. 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 Memang, zamme nee poma moripa ne kanaa dana, takka zamme dama berjuangki ne kanaa dana. BSB BSB: For though we live in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh.
4 PBL Sebab, beddila-beddila papatauwaima zamme indaniakiwe wali kanaa, takka walina paghezzi ilahi tagu baurrakawe 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 Zamme mapawarraka papangadda-papangadda monno ngara hal madeta nepapa keddeda ole patuzzu atapia taguna batentangngawe neba paddeni Mori. Zamme menawan ngarakua papangadda monno taklukkanage barrana Krittu, 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 monno zamme siap bahukumma ngarkua dappa dekuma nepa dekumi apabolabage. BSB BSB: And we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, as soon as your obedience is complete.
7 PBL Etalolowe ba appawe ne ghaina aromu. Niaka baghaiko ata yakinage touna niadona milikana Krittu, gaikuni nia kana pangadda balige ne hal ne, niniado bapeighaina nia bana milikani Krittu, zamme kaina ghinnaghaido. 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 Baka, lakka kupu zauwa kulouka yodi bakubanggage otoritas, ne payana Mori barrama zamme taguna bama pakeddemi yemmi monno inda tagukinawe baurrakami yemmi, zauwa ba daku makkeki. 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 Zauwa daku beikige paetana seolah-olah zauwa ba kupamadauta-dauta miyemmi waige zurata-zuratagu. BSB BSB: I do not want to seem to be trying to frighten you by my letters.
10 PBL Sebab, ghidda paneghe, "Zurata-zuratana memang ategassa monno kerrasa, takka ne baghaige tou, nia nadakke monno patekkina dana berartikiwe." 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 Gaikudi ata ghinnana kapa ngaddage ne hal aghinnana ne, niniado baappa ne zamme patekkima waige zurata ne zanme dama pazamadangngakigu, zama ghinnana parawima zamme ne bama pazamadangngagu. 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 Sebab, zamme dama kaddekina bama pakuana atau bama pazamage touma zamme waige tou douda ghidda monno pazama ge touna waige tou douda ghidda, ghidda ne da pahamkiwe. 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 Ba ka, zamme dama bangga dangngakige ne hal-hal a loukawe batasma zamme, niadowe batassa padeku wali ne patetapbana na Mori paddowe barrama zamme, niadowe batas taguna bajangkauwe dukkiwe barrami yemmi kaina. 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 Sebab, zamme dama lawikiwe ne batassama zamme, seolah-olah zamme dama jangkaukiwe dukki barrami yemmi. Zamme dona a ullu pongngu padukki barramu waige Injila Krittu. 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 Zamme kaina dama banggadangngakige malawiwe ne batassama zamme bamawaige bangga ne jerih lelahna ata waddeka, niadowe waige paharapa bahwa peighaina atewaimu bana dadiwe, wilayah papaghillima zamme ne barrami yemmi ba naluakia dommoge, 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 gai zamme kama padukkige Injila nee wilayah-wilayah newattemi yemmi, monno dappa banggaki ba appawe ne pababa ne wilayah paghillina ata waddeka. 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 "Garrani a beige bangga, gaikuni nia kana bangga ne taguna Mori." BSB BSB: Rather, “Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.”
18 PBL Sebab, inda ataki adeika douwe tou douna a ghinnana pattuwe panungnga, melainkan ata na padeikana 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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