1Ndipo wale omwe mba anyagrinya ambacitire bwino na ulemu bwentse kwa mbuya wawo, kuti dzina la Mulungu na mapfunziso yathu bzileke kunyozedwa. 2Omwe ana azimbuya wawo akrixtau, aleke kuwanyoza pakuona kuti ni abale. Tsono awatumikire bwino, thangwe iwo ndiwo ana phindu, ni akrixtau ndipo mbakufunika.

Uwaphunzisa na kuwuza bzimwebzi. 3Penu winango anpfunzisa bzinango bzakusiyana na bzobzi, ayai anbvuma lini fala lakucena la Mbuya wathu Jezu Krixtu, na cipfunziso camwe ni malingana cirungamo. 4Munthu watenepa ni wakubzikuza ndipo an'dziwa lini. Tsono gwakundokufuna kucita makani na upoka pa mafala, yomwe yambadzabweresa njiru, kusayakubvana, kusinjirirana, kukumbukirana bzakuipa, 5Wanthu wamakani yakusaya kumala na nzeru zakuponyeka ndipo wakusaya kudziwa cadidi, wambakumbuka kuti cirungamo ni njira yakunyanganira cuma.

6Tsono cirungamo na kukodwera ni pindu likulu malinga munthu akakwanilisidwa na bzomwe anabzo. 7Sabwa Tiribe kubweresa cinthu pa dziko lino la pantsi, ndipo tingacoke lini na cinthu. 8Penu tina cakudya na bzakubvala, tikwanilisidwe na bzobzo. 9Tsono omwe anfuna kudala, ambagwa mukupupsidwa, ndipo mu gango la kusirira bzizinji bzakupusa na bzakudzonga, bzomwe bzimbataisa wanthu ndipo acidzongeka. 10Sabwa kufunisisa kobiri ni njira ya bzakuipa bzentse. Ndipo wantu winango na kusirira komweko adataya cihulpiriro acigwa mumasautso.

11Tsono iwe, munthu wa Mulungu, cenkha bzimwebzi, Ucite cirungamo, makhalidwe yakukomera Mulungu, ukhale wa kukhulupirika, wa lufoi, wa kulekerera na wa cifundo. 12Menya nkhondo yabwino ya cikhulupiriro. Ndipo ukatambire moyo wakusaya kumala, omwe udacemeredwera, ndipo udatawira bwino cikhulupiriro cako patsogolo pa mboni zizinji. 13Ndirikukuuza patsogolo pa Mulungu omwe ambapasa moyo kwa bzinhtu bzentse, napombo pa Krixtu Jezu, omwe adapereka umboni wabwino patsogolo pa Ponsio Pirato. 14Ukoye mitemo imweyi mwakusaya cakuphonya penu cakutsimulidwa, mpaka kubwera kwa Mbuya wathu Jezu Krixtu. 15Omwe Panthawe yace an'dzaonesa wakusimbidwa wace.

17Uza anyakudala wa dziko lino kuti aleke kusamwa ayai kudikirira pa cuma comwe ni ca nthawe ing'ono ng'ono. Tsono mwa Mulungu omwe ambatipasa bzentse kuti bzitikodwerese. 18Uwauze kuti ambacite bzabwino, ambadale pa mabasa yabwino, yaulere, ambagawane mwa bwino ndipo ambabverane. 19Na tenepo an'dzabzigwezekera cuma cabwino na cakustogolo, kuti adzatambire moyo wakusaya kumala.

20Iwe Timoti, ukoye bwino bzomwe adakukoyesa. Uchenkhe nkhani zakusaya basa, zakunyoza Mulungu, ndipombo makani, yomwe wanthu wambakumbuka kuti ni nzeru zakudziwa bzinthu. 21Wanthu winango na kutawira nzeru zatenepa, adasocera acitaya cikhulupiriro cawo.