¶ 1 KE behe e he kau tamaioeiki kotoabe oku moulaloa ki he haamoga, oku totonu ke tuku ki ho nau houeiki ae fakaabaaba kotoabe, telia naa faka-ogokovi ae huafa oe Otua mo  ene akonaki.

2 Bea ko kinautolu oku ai ho nau eiki oku tui, oua naa nau taefaka-abaaba ki ai, koeuhi oku nau kaiga; ka ke ajili ai e nau gaue, koeuhi oku nau agatonu mo ofeina, o nau kau i he lelei. Koe gaahi mea ni ke ke ako mo eginaki aki.

3 Kabau oku ako kehe e ha taha, bea ikai loto ia ki he gaahi lea lelei, ae gaahi lea a ho tau Eiki ko Jisu Kalaisi, bea ki he akonaki aia oku tāu moe aga faka‐Otua;

4 Oku fielahi ia, o taeilo ha mea, ka oku mahaki aki eia ae gaahi fehui moe gaahi fakakikihi lea, aia oku tubu ai ae meheka, moe fekeikei, moe felaui-koviaki, moe femahalokoviaki.

5 Moe fefakakikihikoviaki ae kau tagata loto kovi, bea taema‘u ae mooni, oku nau mahalo koia e koloaia ai koe lotu ia; ke ke mavahe koe mei he kakai behe.

6 Ka koe aga faka‐Otua moe loto fiemalie, koe koloa lahi ia.

7 He nae ikai te tau omi ha mea ki he mamani, bea kuo bau e ikai te tau faa ave ai ha mea.

8 Bea i he e tau ma‘u ae mea kai moe kofu ke tau fiemalie ai.

9 Ka ko kinautolu oku holi ke koloaia, oku nau to ki he ahiahi moe tau-hele, moe gaahi holi vale lahi mo faka-mamahi, aia oku lomaki‘i ae kakai ki he malaia moe mate fakaauha.

10 He koe ofa ki he koloa, koe tefito ia oe kovi kotoabe: aia i he manumanu feiga ki ai ae niihi, kuo nau he mei he tui, bea kuo nau hokahoka‘i aki akinautolu ae gaahi mamahi lahi.

11 Ka ko koe, ae tagata oe Otua, buna mei he gaahi mea ni; bea ke tuli ki he maonioni, moe aga faka‐Otua, moe tui, moe ofa, moe faa kataki, moe agavaivai.

12 Tau ae tau lelei oe tui, buke ke mau ae moui taegata, aia kuo ui foki koe ki ai, bea kuo ke fakaha ae fakamooni lelei i he ao oe fakamooni toko lahi.

13 Oku ou fekau kiate koe, i he ao oe Otua, aia oku ne fakaake ae mea kotoabe, moe  ao o Kalaisi Jisu, aia naa ne fakamooni i he ao o Bonito Bailato ae fakaha lelei;

14 Ke ke tauhi ae fekau ni o taemele, bea taevalokia, o a‘u ki he fakaha mai a ho tau Eiki ko Jisu Kalaisi:

15 Aia te ne fakaha i hono kuoga oona, koe Eiki monuia, mo taha be, koe Tu‘i ki he gaahi tui, moe Eiki ki he gaahi eiki;

16 Aia oku i ai toko taha be ae tae faa mate, oku nofoia eia ae māma tae faa fotuaki; aia kuo teeki mamata ki ai ha tagata, bea ikai jii te ne faa mamata ki ai: ke iate ia ae fakaabaaba moe malohi o taegata. Emeni.

17 Fekau kiate kinautolu oku koloaia i mamani, ke oua naa nau loto viki, be falala ki he koloa taemāu, ka ki he Otua moui, aia oku ne foaki lahi ae gaahi mea kotoabe kiate kitautolu ke tau fiemalie ai;

18 Ke nau fai lelei, ke lahi e nau gaahi gaue lelei, o fie tufaki, o aga fie tokoni;

19 Bea nau tokonaki maa nautolu ae tuuga lelei ki he kuoga e hoko, koeuhi ke nau buke ki he moui taegata.

20 E Timote, ke ke buke aia kuo tuku kiate koe ke tauhi, mo ke tabu i he gaahi babunoa mo launoa, moe akonaki agatuu, oku ui loi be koe boto.

21 Aia i he tokaga ki ai ae niihi, kuo nau he mei he tui. Ke iate koe ae aloofa. Emeni.