17 Na yɛ deɛ, anuanom, beyii yɛ firii ho nkyɛne berɛ kakraa bi ya honam mu na ɔnyɛ akoma mu he, yɛbɔɔ mmɔdene bebree anigyina pii mu sɛ yebehu ho anim.
Sɛ wo ne wo nkurobɔfoɔ ookodi asɛm tumfoɔ bi hɔ a, honam kwane so ɔɔkɔ he, bɔ mmɔdene sɛ wobesiesie wo ne no ntam, na wantwe wo ankɔ temmufoɔ he anim, na temmufoɔ he amfa woanhyɛ asennibea sohwɛfoɔ nsa, na asennibea sohwɛfoɔ he amfa wo ankɔto afiase.
Anuanom agyidifoɔ, mepɛ sɛ hohu sɛ mpɛn pii ne maabɔ me tim pɔ sɛ mɛba ho nkyɛne (nso bibi asi me kwane), na ama matwa aba bi afiri ho hɔ sɛnea mayɔ no Amanamane a aka he hɔ.
Na ɔyam sɛ menni ho nkyɛne nipadua mu deɛ, nso meka ho, honhom fam, na m’ani gye kwane a hofa so yɔ adeɛ nyinaa pɛpɛɛpɛ ne tintim a ho gyidie atintim Kristo mu he ho.
Nso seesei Timoteo firii ho nkyɛne baeɛ yi, ɔde ho gyidie ne ho dɔ ho asɛmpa abra yɛ. Ɔsane ka kyerɛɛ yɛ sɛ hokae yɛ daa na ho pɛ sɛ hohu yɛ—sɛnea yɛ pɛ sɛ yehu ho he.