¹ Paulo, mu apostolo wa Klisto Jeso kweendelana a malailile a Leza muhutuli wesu a Klisto Jeso utupa lulangilo, ² kuli Timooti, mwana wamahimpe muluhyomo: luse, lweengelelo, aluumuno kuvwa kulli Leza taata a Klisto Jeso Mwami. ³ Mbuli mbwindakalailila indakamuhiya ku Mesodonia, amukkalilile mu Ephesus kutewa mulailile bantu bamwi bataihi njiisyo zhyimbi. ⁴ Alimwi kutewa batabikili maanu ku makani atahimpi amazhyalane. Eezhyi zhyileta buyo kukazhyana akusowa muzeezo wa Leza, kwiinda mulunhyomo. ⁵ Imbaakani yamulawo nduyando kuhvwa mu moyo usalala, kuhvwa ku mizeezo mibotu, alimwi a luhyomo lwini-lwini. ⁶ Bamwi bantu bakahvwa muli zhyeezhyi zhyintu akunjila munkazhyano zhyabuyo. ⁷ Balayandihya kuba bamayi ba mulawo, pele ncobaamba tabaciteeleli nozhyiba zhyeezhyo zhyobayiinhya. ⁸ Pele tulizhyi kuti mulawo mubotu kuti naa muntu waubelenhya mubululami. ⁹ Tulizhyi kuti, mulawo tubikililwe muntu ululeme, pele ngwa bantu babihyi alimwi abazangi, ngwa bantu batazhyi Leza ababinhi, ngwa bantu basonhweele abatasalali, ngwabaabo bajaya bamaunhyi abamanyina, bajayi, ¹⁰ bahibwaamu aabo bacita nkwela abalombwana nyina, aabo ibabba bantu kubamba buhike, babeyi, bakamboni bakubeya, azhyeezhyo zhyoonse zhyikazhyana anjiinhyo zhyakahimpe. ¹¹ Aaya malailile alayanwa kumulumbe usetekene wakalelekw a Leza walo ooyo ngwindakapewa. ¹² Ndalumba Klisto Jeso mwami wesu. Wakandiyumya yumya mebo, kundipa kuhyomeka, akundisala kumubelekela. ¹³ Ndakali muntu utukana, usampaula akupezya. Pele ndakatambula luzhyalo nkaambo ndakacita mukubula lunhibo mukutasyoma. ¹⁴ Luzhyalo lwa Mwami wesu lwakandihikila aluhyomo aluyando muli Klisto Jeso. ¹⁵ Oyu mulumbe ulahyomeka alimwi welele kutambulwa, kuti Jeso Klisto wakaboolamunyika kuhwutula babinhyi, omo mebo mwili hilutwe. ¹⁶ Pele akaambo kaako ndakatambula luzhyalo, kutea muli ndime, hilutwe, Jeso Klisto atondezhye kubikilila koonse. Wakacita ooku kupa mukozhyano kuli baabo batimuhyome ku buumi butamani. ¹⁷ Ono kumwami wamisela, utaboli, utabonwi, Leza alike, bulemu ansana abube bwakwe kukabe kutamani. Amen. ¹⁸ Ndaapa malailile aya kuli ndiwe, Timoti, mwana wangu, kweendelana acihinhimi mbocakakwaamba, kuti uyakulwana ndwano mbotu, ¹⁹ kokwatiha muluhyomo akuba abulangizhyi. Kwiinda mukuzhyikaka eezyi, bamwi bakaunkihya luhyomo lwabo. ²⁰ Mbuli Hymenaeus alimwi a Alexander abo mbindakaaba kuli Saatani kutewa bayiye kutasampaula.