Hango-nkuumbu, me nyaluheekiri Timoteho, mwaana waami wa mutima na wakwiikama mu Mfumu. Nde sa kalubaambula mwooyo mu manzila maami mu Kiristo [Yesu], bunu bu nkooyikisilaa me kwokunso, mu mpisi dibuundu.
Beetu twaheekiri mpaangi yeetu mu kweyende na bo, mu mantaangu malaka, beetu twamutsitsiri, mu kumono buri kuheme kyaandi, ngo mu lumalu kuheme kwaandi kweki kwabvulila mu ntoono nsiitu dzalaka dzikari na dzo mu beenu.
Buri bwa yelemene ti, me nyetsima ma bubwo mu beenu-banso, bukuri me nyalusuusa mu mutima waami. Ti hayuku me nyiri mu boroko, nyiri mu kukalala nyutu, na nyiri mu kusyaamisa Musamu Wamubwete, lo beenu-banso luri kintwaari mu bweese bwa me.
Ntumunu yi nyiri mu kuha kuri ye mwaana waami Timoteho, bunu buri mbikululu dzi bari batekesele kuleele mu ntoono ye, kuri ti, mu dzo, ye nwaana nwaanunu yayibwete,
Wubaangulaana misamu mimyo kuri bampaangi, lo ye sa ba kisari kyakibwete kya Kiristo Yesu, kyadiisulu mu maampu ma kanyi, na mu nyikusulu dzadzibwete, dzi wuri mu kunama kwa kubwete.
Hemese bweese na kiyeengi, bifumunaa kuri Nzaambi Taata, na kuri Kiristo Yesu Mubvuukisi weetu, biba kuri ye Tito, mwaana waami wangwanwa mu kanyi dya ntwaari.