1 PBS Epa, nebafa janonero nepi nenarung Ee leung eleko laweng ka Tata hefeng ke ewe. BSB BSB: As God’s fellow workers, then, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.
2 PBS Tata pifeng kele po nime, "Lenilako me bang nienilefe, Nieniletepi." Bamuanya bangwe bang nilong konya bamuanya bang ing keweleng tone. BSB BSB: For He says: “In the time of favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is the time of favor; now is the day of salvation!
3 PBS Jano paha neteka pa teba tejaju janone teba pi tete, BSB BSB: We put no obstacle in anyone’s way, so that no one can discredit our ministry.
4 PBS pete japa lelepa ha nena rung newe anara Tata bapohang ke, nenapa teba pi nenarung la pupatepa wa reng, re nefipa feg newe, BSB BSB: Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships, and calamities;
5 PBS ja mepemu, awa, feng mepe, memopa, pemefi, memopa meme, BSB BSB: in beatings, imprisonments, and riots; in labor, sleepless nights, and hunger;
6 PBS wa hupalang hanga ta pepe hupapung hefeng keba pepe meme hefeng japa feng ka, BSB BSB: in purity, knowledge, patience, and kindness; in the Holy Spirit and in sincere love;
7 PBS pifeng hefeng wa, Tata keweleng, ta bamua Elolo na eheke elofen. BSB BSB: in truthful speech and in the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left;
8 PBS Pieleko feng pa enahi eketafi pi elong elong ong mefa keg ehi. BSB BSB: through glory and dishonor, slander and praise; viewed as imposters, yet genuine;
9 PBS Ana keba tefijangka pa tefijang ana keba tato hipa bamuang nemote ana teba ja tenarung pa newong ka, BSB BSB: unknown, yet well-known; dying, and yet we live on; punished, yet not killed;
10 PBS ana jeba hupalang, fotoo pa hupalang, hefeng ana teba japaka teing teba jangfota tereni, ana teba japaka anara ne japa lelepa pa. BSB BSB: sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.
11 PBS He eba Korintus nepi bamua nete E e hupalang nene nereteng fatate Ee. BSB BSB: We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians. Our hearts are open wide.
12 PBS Wa hupalang nene jeng bapale kote. Pa wane ne jeng tali kote hupalang nene. BSB BSB: It is not our affection, but yours, that is restrained.
13 PBS Ung, angwe niwe hipe pa pinile teangko nine hupalang Ee bo ejofatata. BSB BSB: As a fair exchange—I speak as to my children—open wide your hearts also.
14 PBS Nepara lele totoka ana teba keng pa jahapa koto jabamua pa japa feng ana fefe pa lopang tete aling? BSB BSB: Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?
15 PBS Nehalala Kristus paike pa jafeng fe teri tumete newe Tata neparake? BSB BSB: What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?
16 PBS Aha aling na newe Tata neparake kewo hoho ropo wea?Nipa tepa nelopa meme lang hoetete niwe tete pa Tata teing bapanine." BSB BSB: What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”
17 PBS "Peanya, emekelele te pa teho fafa nepara tete, "Tata ropoke." Nukote japa feng elalaka keing umpa enilolole." BSB BSB: “Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”
18 PBS Niwe, Ai Ee pa Eing konine baleg pa," teume keing Tata Ropoke Totang Bapale. BSB BSB: And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”
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