18 Mi‐bii Timoti, n sa fʋ falɛ kɔnɔsa mʋ nɩɩ ii buu asɩn mʋ nɩɩ Ɩbwaarɛ ɔtɔwɛpʋ wʋla tɔwɛ yɩla lɩɩ fʋ sʋ mʋ. Nɩɩ fʋ kan taa ɩmʋ waa kusun mʋ, fii biti fʋ kɔ Ɔnyɩrɩpɛ asɩn mʋ ɩkɔ,
Nɩɩ Pɔɔlɩ maa Silasi ba ba Debe, nɩɩ ba lɩɩ tʋtɔ kpee Lisitira. Tʋtɔ maa nɩɩ ba wu Yesu obuupu kʋ mʋ nɩɩ bɛɛ tɩɩ mʋ yɛ Timoti. Nɩɩ mu‐nyi gyɛ Gyiwu obii mʋ nɩɩ ɔ kɔɔlɛ Krisito gyii, amaa mʋ‐sɛ bɩrɛ gyɛ Giriki obii nɩn.
Lɩɩ falɛ sʋ nɩɩ n sun Timoti fanɛ asɛ. Nɩɩ mʋ ɩ gyɛ mi‐bii mʋ nɩɩ n biti mʋ asɩn gaa, nɩɩ ɔ gyɛ kesintin ogyipu Ɔnyɩrɩpɛ mʋ tɔ. Nɩɩ mʋ ii biti o be nyiŋi fanɛ mɛ ɩkpa mʋ nɩɩ n taa n buu Krisito Yesu, nɩɩ ɩmaa ɩmʋ nɩɩ n kaapʋ Krisito kʋbʋ‐kʋbʋ katɩn kʋmaa nɩmʋ mʋ, ɩ waa kʋkʋlʋn.
Ɔnaakɔpʋ mɔɔ ii sun kusun, nɩɩ ɛɛ ka mʋ gbaa‐gbaa mʋ n‐yɩɩ kʋkɔ? Ɔdɔɔpʋ mɔɔ ɩ bʋ tɔ, nɩɩ o mee gyii mʋ ndɔɔ tɔ agyitɔ? Atɔbwaayaa ɔkpapʋ mɔɔ ɩ bʋ tɔ, nɩɩ o mee nuu mʋ atɔbwaaya mʋ kɩnyapʋ‐kyu.
Amaa fanɛ gbaa‐gbaa fan nyi kanan mʋ nɩɩ Timoti lɛɛ mʋ daa kaapʋ, lɩɩ fɛɛ o tii mɛ sʋ nɩɩ an sun asɩn danbɩrasa kusun mʋ, fɛɛ ɔsɛ yɛ obii.
N kyʋrɔɔ n sa fʋ Timoti mʋ nɩɩ lɩɩ Yesu kɩkɔɔlɛ‐gyii sʋ nɩɩ fʋ gyɛ mɛ kesintin tɔ kebii. Kabwaala yɛ kʋwɛɛ kuwu yɛ kayɩɩ yuuli mʋ nɩɩ ɩ lɩɩ Ɔsɛ Ɩbwaarɛ yɛ anɛ‐Nyɩrɩpɛ Krisito Yesu asɛ mʋ kɩ ba fʋ sʋ.
Kʋtɔ mʋ nɩɩ mɛ kɔnɔsa nɩmʋ yɩlɛ sʋ mʋ ɩ gyɛ yɛ, asa ba nyɛ kebiti mʋ nɩɩ kɩ lɩɩ kɔkɔlɔ fuuli tɔ, yɛ nfɛɛrɛ mʋ nɩɩ ɩ bʋrɔn, yɛ kɩkɔɔlɛ‐gyii kesintin tɔ.
Man kan kina fʋ kakɛɛ mʋ nɩɩ Ɩbwaarɛ bɔla kɩlɛɛkaapʋ asɩn mʋ sʋ sa fʋ, saŋa mʋ nɩɩ Krisito kʋbʋ abɩlɩsa ba taa abaa gyaga fʋ sʋ kʋlɛ kabwaarɛ‐kʋlɛ sa fʋ mʋ.
Lɩɩ fɛɛ kʋtɔ kʋmaa mʋ nɩɩ Ɩbwaarɛ tʋʋ mʋ bʋrɔn, nɩɩ ɩ man dagaa fɛɛ a kina ɩmʋ tɔ ɩkʋ, ɩ dagaa fɛɛ a kɔɔlɛ ɩmʋ kɛ a taa afwaala sa Ɩbwaarɛ.
Timoti kɩɩ kʋtɔ mʋ nɩɩ Ɩbwaarɛ taa waa fʋ kɩbaa tɔ mʋ sʋ danbɩrasa. Lɛɛ fʋ n‐yɩɩ lɩɩ ntɔwɛ kɩyan yɛ ɩmɔɔrɛ‐gyaga mʋ nɩɩ akʋ bɛɛ tɩɩ yɛ kinyi mʋ tɔ.
N kyʋrɔɔ ɔwʋlɛ nɩmʋ n sa fʋ, mi‐bii bitisa Timoti. Anɛ‐Sɛ Ɩbwaarɛ yɛ anɛ‐Nyɩrɩpɛ Krisito Yesu kabwaala yɛ kʋwɛɛ kuwu yɛ keyuula ɩ baa ɩ bʋ fʋ asɛ.
N kɔ keluu danbɩrasa mʋ, nɩɩ n sɩlɛ kɩsɩlɛ mʋ naa fʋʋ ɔkaa, nɩɩ n kɩtaa kɩkɔɔlɛ‐gyii mʋ tɔ.
N kyʋrɔɔ n sa fʋ Titusi, mʋ nɩɩ n taa fʋ fɛɛ mi‐bii gbaa‐gbaa anɛ kɩkɔɔlɛ‐gyii kʋlʋn mʋ tɔ mʋ. Kabwaala yɛ kayɩɩ yuuli mʋ nɩɩ kɩ lɩɩ anɛ‐Sɛ Ɩbwaarɛ yɛ anɛ Ɔmɔlɩgɛpʋ, Ɔnyɩrɩpɛ Yesu Krisito asɛ mʋ yɛ fʋ fan kyɩna.
n kʋlɛ fʋ lɩɩ mi‐bii Onesimu, mʋ nɩɩ ɔ ba biliŋi mi‐bii Krisito tɔ saŋa mʋ nɩɩ n bʋ obu kitii tɔ falɛ.