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1 Amana phi, bwosu twafwanaku hika mu kuhingila, hanga tuzengini twanangina kwetu betu hika ku Atenia, 2 amana tuluhitikini, phangi wetu Thimoti, mukwetu wetu wa kisalu kya Nzambi kikuma kya Musamu wa Bukheti wa Kidisitu; ndangu kaluzyamisa yi kuluheka kikesa kikuma kya mana matadidini lukwikilu lwenu. 3 Ndangu ka mutu ku kabwa mu kiwayi kyaki lubati mona. Kikuma, benu-benu luzayi mboti ni kyenina ndambu ku mana káyidika Nzambi kikuma kya betu. 4 Tangwa twákala kwena benu, twátekila luzimbwala ni twanyókuka; amana bwabuna phi busalamini bwosu buna luzayidibwa. 5 Yi hakana ni, meni phi bwosu ndendikiku hika mu kusipha mbundu, phitikiki Thimoti mu kubonga tsangu za lukwikilu lwenu. Hanga muhukumuni kalusya nana mu kimeka, amana lombu dyetu dyakala nana dyakhatu.
6 Kaasi buthwena kisi tuvutwakila Thimoti mu kutuka kwena benu; tsangu za bukheti katunatinini zina zitadidi lukwikilu lwenu, lungongu lwenu yi mabanza mamboti mana lwisi kala mawu hika kikuma kya betu. Katusamwani ni tsambu ya lawu lwisi kala yawu ni lwatumona hika, bwosu twisi kala betu phi yi tsambu ya lawu mu kulumona hika benu. 7 Kikuma kya bwabuna, baphangi, hana kati dya biwayi byetu byosu yi minyanga myetu, tubongidini kikesa mwena benu mu nzila ya lukwikilu lwenu. 8 Buthwena tubati zinga hika kikuma bazyama lwenina mu kithwadi yi Pfumu. 9 Abweti tufwanini kuvutula matondu kwena Nzambi kikuma kya benu, kikuma kya kyesi kina kyosu lwisi tuheka ku mesu ma yandi? 10 Phipha yi mwini, thwisi sambila yi ngolu zoosu, ndangu katuyafwadila nzila mu kulumona yi mu kuyika hika kina kikondini muna lukwikilu lwenu.
11 Yambula yandi meni Nzambi, Tata wetu yi Pfumu wetu Yesu batuyidikila nzila tii yi kuna kwena benu. 12 Yambula Pfumu kakódisa amana kavúdisa lawu lungongu luna lwenina lwawu ha kati dya benu yi kwena batu boosu, mu mbandu ya lwalu thwenina betu kikuma kya benu. 13 Pfumu kazyamisa mbundu zenu ndangu lwakala batu ba Nzambi amana bakonda kifu ku mesu ma Nzambi wenina Tata wetu, muna kilumbu kya kwisa kwa Pfumu wetu Yesu yi babana boosu benina ba yandib. Abwabuna!
a 3:1 Mhb 17:15-16. b 3:13 Masonuku mahika mazimbundini: "yi banzyo bandi".