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1 Kulwejo, anu chaliga chitakutula kwigumilisha kwona, cheganilisishe ati jakabhee je kisi okusoka eliya Athene eswe chenyele.
2 Chamutumile Timoteo, omuili weswe no omukosi wa Nyamuanga mu musango gwo bhwana ogwa Kristo, okubhakomesha no kubhasilisha okulubhana ne likilisha lyemwe.
3 Chakolele ganu koleleki asiga kubhao munu wona wona owo kutashatasha na jinyako jinu. Kulwo kubha abhene bhamenyele ati chamalile okusolwa ingulu ya linu.
4 Ni chimali, mu mwanya gunu chaliga chili amwi nemwe, chelabhile okubhelesha ati chaliga chili ayei okubha jinyako, na ganu gwabhonekene lwa kutyo mumenyele.
5 Ku nsonga inu anu naliga nitakutula kwigumilisha lindi, natumile koleleki nibhone okumenya ingulu ye likilisha lyemwe. Amwi lugendo omulegeja aliga abhalegejishe, ne milimu jeswe ejibha ja kutye-ela.
6 Mbe nawe Timoteo ejile kweswe nasokelela kwemwe mbe nachiletela omusango gwo bhwana ingulu ye likilisha no kwenda kwemwe. Achibhwiliye ati muno bhwichukisho bhwe kisi ingulu yeswe, na ati mwendele okuchilola lwa kutyo eswe one chendele okubhalolako emwe.
7 Kulwa insonga inu, abhaili chasilikile muno nemwe ku nsonga ye likilisha lyemwe, mu nyako no kunyasibwa kweswe kwona.
8 Kwa woli chilamile, mukasimbagilila ku Latabhugenyi,
9 ni simeki eyo kumuyana Nyamuanga ingulu yemwe, mukukondelwa kwone ganu chilinago imbele ya Nyamuanga ingulu yemwe?
10 Echisabhwa muno mugeta na mumwisi koleleki chibhulole obhusu bhwemwe no kubhongelesishako chinu chibhakeyeleko mulikilisha lyemwe.
11 Nyamuanga weswe na Lata omwenene, na Latabhugenyi weswe Yesu achitangashe mu njila jeswe chibhakingeko.
12 Na Latabhugenyi abhakole no kubhongelesishako elyenda, mukwendana no kubhenda abhanu bhona, lwa kutyo echibhakolela emwe.
13 Na akole kutya koleleki asimbishega emyoyo jemwe jisige kubha na masolo mu bhulengelesi imbele ya Nyamuanga weswe na Lata weswe mu kuja kwa Latabhugenyi Yesu amwi na Bhelu bhaye bhona.