20 Təkɨ rɔjetɨ, m-ɓəl kadɨ lokɨ m-aw m-tḛḛ dansi tɨ ɓa, m-ɨngə səsi ta nḛ ra tɨ kɨ nəl-m al. Ə re m-ɨngə səsi ta nḛ ra tɨ kɨ nəl-m al ɓa, nḛ kɨ m-a m-ra a nəl səsi al tɔ. M-ɓəl kadɨ m-aw ɓa, m-tɔr ta kɔl-naa tɨ, kɨ ta jangɨ kɨ ra tɨ, kɨ ta wongɨ tɨ, kɨ ta ni tɨ, kɨ nḛ tajɨ tɨ, kɨ ta kəl-naa ta tɨ, kɨ ta kɔjɨ rɔ tɨ, kɨ ta nḛ ra kɨ bɨrɨri tɨ.
Other Translations
King James Version (KJV)
For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:
American Standard Version (ASV)
For I fear, lest by any means, when I come, I should find you not such as I would, and should myself be found of you such as ye would not; lest by any means `there should be' strife, jealousy, wraths, factions, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults;
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
For I have a fear that, when I come, you may not be answering to my desire, and that I may not be answering to yours; that there may be fighting, hate, angry feeling, divisions, evil talk about others, secrets, thoughts of pride, outbursts against authority;
Darby English Bible (DBY)
For I fear lest perhaps coming I find you not such as I wish, and that *I* be found by you such as ye do not wish: lest [there might be] strifes, jealousies, angers, contentions, evil speakings, whisperings, puffings up, disturbances;
World English Bible (WEB)
For I am afraid that by any means, when I come, I might find you not the way I want to, and that I might be found by you as you don't desire; that by any means there would be strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, factions, slander, whisperings, proud thoughts, riots;
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
for I fear lest, having come, not such as I wish I may find you, and I -- I may be found by you such as ye do not wish, lest there be strifes, envyings, wraths, revelries, evil-speakings, whisperings, puffings up, insurrections,