17 N wɔ n twam jem Timoti, wʊnɨ nǝn bʊla mɨ nɨ mǝ swɨ lɛɨ, n nʊ a ta swatǝm yaa a mʊgɔ Tɛlalɔɨ. Mǝ twam gǝn sǝ a bʊʊla jem nǝn golantɨn yɨm mǝndɨ a bwangtǝm Kiristi Yesui, kanga mǝ maa mɛlalɨgɔ lɛ a daatɨnɔ gǝm gwam a mʊrkalɨtɨn nǝb bwangtǝm Kwaamaɨ gwamɨ.
Bɛ nǝl a yɨ yɨm nɨ Tɛlalɔ a jo gǝn gɔ ga yɨɨ. Bɛ ga yɨ yɨm gǝnɔ kanga Kwaama a jo gǝn a dul gǝnɨ. Wʊnɨ nǝn gɔ diilɔ mǝ nǝ jen nɛ gwam a mʊrkalɨtɨn nǝb bwangtǝm Kwaamaɨ.
A yɔ nǝn a daagɔ Timotii, bʊla mɨ nɨ mǝ swɨ lɛɨ. Bɛ lǝmagɔ jǝbɔ bʊnatǝmɔ jǝbɔ yɨm kwamɨgǝnɔ a daa Kwaama Tɛtɛ woi jǝbɔ a Kiristii Yesu Tɛlalɔ bǝn, a ta tʌgo gwanggwang a daa mʊ woi.
Bɛ ka ń nyʊwa lɛ taal gaalan nɨ bɛ mʊn nɛɨ. N wɔ Mammɔ maa fɛkalɨ lɛ sǝ a tʊng kaam jenɔ a mʊgɔ lɔsomi sǝ a tɛl jen. Mʊ nyʊwa nyʊwa gaalan na kumɔ kʊb. Bɛ ń ta swatǝm yaa na jǝ jʌ ń jʌ ńi. Mǝ nǝ ń nǝ ń dwang dul kʊlɨ.
N nyǝm daagɔ mʊ yǝm woi, n daagɔ Mammɔ maam fɔlɔn nɛɨ sul, ń nǝ bɨlǝngkɛl a dun mɨ gǝm. Mʊ bǝla bɔ nǝtǝm bɨlǝngkɛl a daa mɨ woi, a joltɨn Antibasɨ nǝ tatǝm swatǝm yaa, nǝ nǝtǝm nyiyo a kɛl dul mɨ. Wʊnɨ ja jʌ a kʊm jeni, a daagɔ Mammɔ yǝm woi.
Mǝ swɨ lɛ jǝ́ nyǝm yɨm mǝndɨ jǝbɔ maajɨgɔ mǝ maa lɛɨ. N jʊ a bwɨ mǝ twam Tikikus a daa jen woi. N kɛ nǝ swɨtǝm, n nǝ tatǝm swatǝm yaa a maajɨ Tɛlalɔɨ. Sʊwa jen sʊwa kanjǝlɔ pʌd.
Na na jǝ́ na nǝn bwaɨtɨnɔ fʊlkʊblǝnɔ kʊb a mʊgɔ Kiristii, tɛbɔ jǝ́ nǝnɨ a lada bɔ. Nǝmǝ mǝ tɛtɛ jen a mʊgɔ Kiristi Yesui a gola kiyotǝm fulon kɛl lǝmɨ a daa jen woi.
Nǝngɔ tɛlalɔ gǝnɔ a sʊwa gǝn gɔ, ‘A bʊmbʊr, mʊ nǝ tatǝm swatǝm yaa, bwɛ jwaalɛ nyan! Ń ta swatǝm yaa a kǝlɨ jǝl, mǝ nǝ ń nǝ ń maajɨ nɨ a laa a wʊnɨɨ. Ba maa bǝlátǝm jǝbɔ mǝ.’
Nǝngɔ tɛlalɔ gǝnɔ a sʊwa gǝn gɔ, ‘A bʊmbʊr, mʊ nǝ tatǝm swatǝm yaa, bwɛ jwaalɛ nyan! Ń ta swatǝm yaa a kǝlɨ jǝl, mǝ nǝ ń nǝ ń maajɨ nɨ a laa a wʊnɨɨ. Ba maa bǝlátǝm jǝbɔ mǝ.’
Nǝngɔ Bulus a bɛ a Darba jǝbɔ Listiraɨ. Kaa bwɛ mɛlalɨ wo a Listira dunɔ nǝn Timoti, wʊnɨ nɛnɛ gɔ n bwɛn Yahudiyaɨ, n nǝ nǝtǝm bɨlǝngkɛl. Tɨya gɔ n bwɛ Girika.