¹ Pauro muphostori wa Kirisitu Jesu, nokubhurikidza nomutemo waMwari, mununuri yedhu na Kiristu Jesu, tariro yedhu, kuna ² Timoti mwana wotchokwadhi pakutenda: nyacha, usisi no rugariko ramwari bhabha no ra Jesu Kiristu mununuri wedhu. ³ Sei zwandakakukumbira pandaienda kumasedonia, kuti ugare kuEfesio kuti iwewe urambidze anhu anodha kufundisa mutemo imweni, ⁴ Uye ngaasa garire kuzwa dzindza uye no ngano dzisingaperi, zwinozobhara kureketedzana panokubhatsira urongwa waMwari, ngokutenda. ⁵ Nokudharo tchinangwa tchokurudziro iyi irudho rinowuya no moyo wakatchena, ngo nzero dzakanaka uye notchokwadhi tchokutenda ⁶ Amwemi anhu anodzi tchengedzera uye etchidzidhusa ngo masoko akachata, ⁷ etchidha kuita mukuru wemuteno. nokudharo asina kunzwisisa zvanotsa, kunhangue zvano bhambidzira kureketa. ⁸ Mange isusu tinozvizia kuti mutemo wakanaka kunhange wetchi sezeswa ngo mutoo wakanaka. ⁹ Tinozwiziya kuti: mutemo awuzi kuitirwa anhu wakatendeka; asi kuwagodhobhori asina mutemo, asikatendi, nowatadzi, asina usisi nowanweni, wanochaicha kurekeketa, anouraha madzibhabha ayo, no wese awurai. ¹⁰ Kune aya anhu anoita uhure usina mupango, aya anowakana nohumitu umwewo, atwari easungwa, wanhepi, nowatchengedzi, kumutemo wakanaka. ¹¹ Mutemo uhu wakaendererana novangeri rowukuru waMwari murekethwi wakanaka, randakathembwa ¹² Inini ndino tenda Kirisitu Djesu Ishe wedhu, wakandi bhambisa, akandiwona kuti ndiri munhu wakanaka, wakandikanda pabhasa rino. ¹³ Inini ndanga ndiri mutuki, muteweri, ndai chucha, nokudharo ndakatambira ussissi, ngokuti ndaizviita mugodhobhori pakuramba kutenda. ¹⁴ Nokudharo nyacha dza Ishe wedhu dzakadhururika nokutenda norudho zviri muKirisitu Djesu. ¹⁵ Masoko aya anothembesa nokufanira kutambirwa kwayo kwese: Kirisitu Djesu wakawuya panhika kuti anunure watadzi, nini ndini ndakanhanha paese. ¹⁶ Asi nondaia iyona ndaka tamnbira nyacha, ngomuchobho yokuti ndanga ndiri mutadzi mukuru, Kirisitu Djesu kuti apangidze rurekerero rese. Iyena wakaita wokutanga kuitira aya aizodha kumutenda muupenhu usinga peri. ¹⁷ Nokudharo, uMambo usinga periri, usingafi uye usinga yonekwi, uyuMwari, ngaremekedzwe nokukudzwa nokusingaperi rin narini. Ameni. ¹⁸ Inini ndinokupassa rufundo iri, Timoti mwana wangu, mutchitendetrano nozvi profiti zvakaitwa mutchitenderano newe, kuti zvikubhatsire pakurwa. ¹⁹ Ita izwi kuti uwe nokutenda uye nomarangariro akanaka . Anhu ammweni akaramba uye akatiza kutenda. ²⁰ Pakati pawo aripo ana Himeneu na Arexandre, andaka pasa sathani kuti afundiswe kuramba kutuka.