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1 Me mu obo, buulu bihi ka liifirileene okebe o, bihi liigwolo munkaana wu osyili ngasighi ku bvulu lili Atene. 2 Ya bihi liigweghe be Timote, wuli ndughu a bihi mu kana, wu aakasala ya Nzaami mu okatsala Nsia yi Mbwe yi a Kriste emõ ya bihi, mpaala nde agwa be mpini ya bukyini mu osa mukama mu kana. 3 Mpaala mbwuru anyaã okala a mukolo maã-maã mu nkooro a kimini li lili mu okamono bihi-a-be matala ma. Buulu, be ligyighili osoolo beme ti mpara oyo yili kunsa bitsimi bi ókuru Nzaami mu bihi-a-be. 4 Mu matala ma líli bihi kundaa be, bihi líitswama okalyele be ti sa bamwehẽ bihi-a-be kimini li lilagha. Ya be lisoolo ti mandagha mamo maakeele. 5 Me mu obo, me ka aafirindeene okebe o ya me aangweghe Timote mu oyabagha mansia ma kana li be, bu limono nzala a mweẽ ti nkini a nki Nga-a-bigyeele maagyeele be, ya mara esala e bihi ekala kii bwunu.
6 Lo mu matala ma, Timote wu fi kundaa be, maayabvughuru kundaa bihi, ya nde aayagwa bihi mansia ma mabwe mama kana li be, mama dzyi li be. Nde aalyele bihi bitsimi bi bibwe bi liikebe be mu bihi ya ti be lili a nkara a nzala a ofirimono bihi, ti bwunu a bu lili a bihi si nkara a nzala a ofirimono be. 7 Mu obo, bandughu mu kana, ŋa kara a mpara ya kimini li bihi, bihi liibagha bukyini mu be, mu nkooro a kana li be. 8 Mu matala ma, bihi liifiribagha bumweẽ, mu kuulu be lili mu okasa mukama mu Mfumu. 9 Bunu-abo bihi likughu obvurulu matuono kundaa Nzaami mu nkooro a be, mu esee kyehene ki lili a bihi mu be ŋa nkulu a Nzaami a bihi? 10 Mpyibi ya mwi, bihi liikabuono Nzaami ku olagha mpaala bihi lifirimono be ya libwehe mandagha ma mali mu okagweene mu kana li be.
11 Nyaã Nzaami ndeme wu li Taara a bihi-a-be, ya Mfumu a bihi-a-be Yiisu, badzubulu bihi nzili yi ogya kundaa be! 12 Nyaã Mfumu asa kuulu ti dzyi li be lilwulu ya lipfini ŋa kara li be ya babake ya baara bwohono, ti bu oli dzyi li bihi mu be! 13 Nyaã nde agwa mikolo mi be mpini mpaala be likala baara baba bungili, gwene a epfwumu ki baasyeme ŋa nkulu a Nzaami wu li Taara a bihi, mu matala ma oogya Mfumu a bihi Yiisu ya baba ngili ba nde bwohono! Aamene!