Pauli kapfika Deribe, kuya kapfika Lisitira. Baho tsakukala ne imunu yumwe iyomtoghola Yesu, taghwa lyake Timoteo. Mai wake tsakala Myahudi iyamtoghole Imtwatsa, lekeni aba wake tsakakala Mgiriki.
Nene Pauli, mtumighwa wa Yesu Kiristu kwa unoghelo we Imulungu, hamwe na ndughu yetu Timoteo twomlamsani. Twomwandikilani mwemwe kingili lye iwanu we Imulungu lyose ilili Kolinto, na iwanu wose we Imulungu iwali muisi yose ya Akaya.
Nene Pauli na Timoteo, iwatumwa wa Kiristu Yesu. Twomwandikilani mwemwe iwanu wose we Imulungu yamkala ako Filipi yamwilungile na Kiristu Yesu, hamwe ne iwakulu, na awala iwowapfila wakulu kuwalongotsa iwanu iwomtoghola Kiristu,
Naghwe pfipfila sale yangu, uwapfile wapinga awo, kwaapfila tsawasang'ana na nene kuyenetsa Imbuli Inoghile, hamwe na Kilementi na awala wose iwasang'ane na nene, iwandikighwe ghamataghwa ghawo mne ichitabu che ughima.
na kumtuma ndughu yetu Timoteo kuna mwemwe, iyatusang'ana naye mne ng'onde ye Imulungu ye ukuwapetela iwanu Imbuli Inoghile ya Kiristu. Tsatumtuma ili yawaghele ngupfu na yamghumeni ghumoyo mne inoghola yenu,
Nene Pauli, na Silivani na Timoteo, Twomwandikileni mwemwe iwanu imumtoghola Kiristu wa ako Tesalonike, imli wa Imulungu Aba wetu na Imtwatsa Yesu Kiristu.
Lelo uleke kona chinyala kupeta mbuli tsa Imtwatsa wetu, wala uleke kona chinyala kwaajili ya nene yanyohighwe kwaajili yake, ila ududumile hamwe na nene kwaajili ya Imbuli Inoghile, kwa ukwapfilighwa ne ingupfu ye Imulungu,