2 ni kun'wirumela Timotewu, a makweru, a mutiri wa Xikwembu Nkulukumba a Ivhangeleni ya Kriste. Himurumi akun'witiyisa ni kutxhavelela avupfumeli byenu,
Hikusa Yesu Kriste N'wana wa Xikwembu Nkulukumba, lweyi n'wingadondrisiwa ha mine na Silivano na Timotewu, angavanga ina ni im-him ha nkama mun'we. Kriste avi ina ha kunene-nene.
Mine, Pawulosi, a mupostola wa Yesu Kriste lweyi a hlawuliwiki hi Xikwembu Nkulukumba, ni makweru Timotewu, hi trala a papela ledri ku Kereke dra Xikwembu Nkulukumba, ledri dringa le Korinto, kun'we ni tinsasi hinkwatu leti tinga tikweni hinkwadru dra Akaya,
Pawulosi ayatlhasa na kone amitini ya Derbe na Listra. Kone afa kuni mupfumeli mun'we, atxhuliwaka Timotewu, n'wana wa mun'we wa wansati wa mu-Yuda wa mupfumeli, kambe a tatana wakwe afa ali mu-Girika.
Awa n'widrungula nangweso Epafra lweyi i nga mun'we wenu, a ntirweni wa Kriste, an'wilwelaka minkama hinkwayu hi swikhongoto, akuva n'witiyisiwa n'wiva lava vahetisekiki, akurandreni hinkwaku ka Xikwembu Nkulukumba.
Hinkwaswu leswi n'wine n'wiswidondrisiwiki hi Epafra, nakulori murandriwa weru wa kudumbeka ni mutirikulori ntirweni wa Kriste, lweyi anisiviki ku n'wine.
Hikola ka leswo nin'wirumeli Timotewu, anga n'wananga wa kurandreka ni kudumbeka a Hosini, akuva atan'widrimuxa a tindlela tanga ku Kriste, kukotisa leswi nidondrisaka matlhelo hinkwawu akerekeni drin'wana-ni-drin'wana.
Kambe loko Silasi na Timotewu vatlhasa vapfa Makedoniya, Pawulosi atinyiketela hi nkama hinkwawu aritwini, na atiyisa ku va-Yuda leswaku Yesu i Kriste.
Hi timpswalu ta Xikwembu Nkulukumba leti ninyikiwiki tone, swanga ntivi hi tlhelo dra vuyaki, nibeki a masungulu; kutani mun'wana ayaka a henhla ka wone; kambe mun'wana-ni-mun'wana ativonele leswi ayakisaka swone a henhla ka wone.