1 PBP A'u si Paulus, alae'u mboto nomongi sono o sosono rialus o ri asasanang ni Kristus-- a'u, to ndau nabarani bai uo netontolong rupa sosono o, ai nabarani bai uo nagaar ila o! 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 PBP A'u momongi sosono o tae bai uo a'u nodua', a'u ndau paralu najari nabarani sosono ri parasayaong to sosono io a'u momikira untuk mabarani mangewa soso'uya too to nipikira mami netubu selio alae biasa. 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 PBP Tou-tou ami mono netubu ri lalong nu dosa, ai ami ndau berjuang nogau' secara dosa. BSB BSB: For though we live in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh.
4 PBP Saba' sanjata sanjata posimusu'ong mami ndau ila dosa, maala nipeilu ila osi nu. Ilahi untuk a'ancur nu 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 PBP Ami neperauta' pikiran pikiran o joo jo sapa tonanangkat tonibaung o, tonatumpo' manusia untuk mepe'eena o'onang nu ALLAH ta ALLAH Ami nepekurung joo jo ambo' o nompa'akalaa jimo sosono si 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 PBP o ami nasadia nepetarungku joo jo to ndau nataat bai uo ketaatannomu ni popo'onoa.' BSB BSB: And we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, as soon as your obedience is complete.
7 PBP Itaimo sono sapa to diang ri tolomu. Ono diang too to niparacayai alaenyo iomo bare ni Kristus, alea' omo io momikira peteule sapa moo, uomo uo selio iama'o io moo bare ni Kristus, ami moje bai uo. 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 PBP Rapannonyo, maumpo a'u netealabi nopotoia mboto mogau' seilu mboto to nibagia' nu ALLAH ta ALLAH sono ami untuk mombauna' o o ndau untuk meperanggit o, a'u kana ndau mesili. 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 PBP A'u ndau moluar ni ito se'akan akan a'u mepeiingka-iingka o sono sura' sura' o'u. BSB BSB: I do not want to seem to be trying to frighten you by my letters.
10 PBP Saba', jimo nebura, "sura' sura' onyo tou-tou' natagas o naadal, ai bai odudua' nubatangan, io nolulu o pomeilunyo ndau abatua.' 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 PBP Alea'omo too to, selio mo nomikira' sapa moo, uomo uo sapa to nipeilua' mami sono sura' bai ami ndau neselio-lio sono o, nabali'opo pogau'ong mami bai uo neselio-lio sosono o. BSB BSB: Such people should consider that what we are in our letters when absent, we will be in our actions when present.
12 PBP Saba ami ndau nabarani untuk nepepasomua' mepebandinga' alae mami sono sosouya too to neperai-rai'i alaenyo mboto. Maumpo, bai uo jimo nongukur alaenyo sosono alae nijimo mboto, jimo uo ndau nepepahaminyo. 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 PBP Ai tapi, ami ndau mompooge riatang sapa-sapa to nepelabat sipat mami, maala nepeturu'i sipat ila to nitantua' to ALLAH ta ALLAH nibarea sosono ami, uomo uo sipatan untuk mopo'odua masampe sono o moje. 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 PBP Saba' ami, ndau mepelabata' sipatan mami maala'aala ami ndau mepe'odua'i nodua sono o. Amimo to pabia-bianyo nodua' sono o sosono Injil ni 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 PBP Ami moje ndau nadamba nepelabata' sipat mami sosono damba ri ongkor nu too ntaninyo, maala sosono harapan ono ia o imannomu netebu, ri wilaya pokarajaong mami ri tanga-tanga miu kana netetambai nooge moje, 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 PBP tae ami maala momeilua' injil riwilaya-wilaya ri luar miu, o ndau nadamba riatang nu sapa to sapa nigaua' ri wilaya pokarajaong nu too ntaninyo. 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 PBP "Sisee to moluar madamba alea' omo madamba rilalong nu Siopu." BSB BSB: Rather, “Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.”
18 PBP Saba', ndau too to nepetoia alaenyo mboto to neterbukti niuji, maala too to nu Siopu nitoiya. 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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