Timoteho mwana a me, me ndeele we buni we afwana mu usa, we bu hwayelemene na mbihulili yi baasiidi mu we umata beleve. Nyaha mambu momaana mava we ibahala, mana we yaba buni we ulwana mudingu wu afwana.
Me Pahuli, ilumbi hya Yisu Kristo, mu litondo la Nzambi. Me ndi ilumbi mu uyabisa monyi wu bilima na bilima, wu Nzambi hasiidi lahi huli ba baakangama mu Yisu Kristo.
Ni mu buuna, a hamono tsonyi mu imbangi hi we usa mu Pfumu a bisu. A hamono kaka tsonyi mu me, wu uli kondaayi mu toni a Pfumu. Ka siinga umono pasi na me mu Musamu wu Mubwe, mu mifudi mi Nzambi ubaava.
Ni mu buuna, me ndi mu ukunda moosi, mu libwe la ba Nzambi hasoolo. Maana moosi mali mu uvangama, mana kaka bayaka ayobolo bo kaka, na ukotese bo mu muyusu wu bilima na bilima.
hutso a mbingisili na mapasi ma me. Ki mapasi me apelembwana na mo, hu misyenge mya Antyokya, Ikoniwumi na Lisitele! Ki mbingisili me apelekunda! Ka mu moosi, Pfumu ayobili me.