1 Ɩmʋ sʋ a maa wu yɛ a man bɩla yɛ a taalɛ waa kʋtɔ kʋ lɩɩ ɩmʋ sʋ mʋ, an waa anɛ nfɛɛrɛ fɛɛ anɛ nkʋn an sii Antensi kadɛ tɔ nfɩɩ. 2 Nɩɩ an sun anɛ‐supu Timoti mʋ nɩɩ ɔ gyɛ anɛ bɩrɩsa Ɩbwaarɛ kusun obuupu mʋ nɩɩ anaa mʋ an tɔwɛ asɩn danbɩrasa lɩɩ Krisito sʋ. An sun mʋ yɛ ɔ ba waa fanɛ ɔlʋn tɔ yɛ aniya tɔ fanɛ kɩkɔɔlɛ‐gyii sʋ. 3 Kɛ kanyanla mʋ nɩɩ ɩɩ ba fanɛ sʋ falɛ, ɩ man yɛgɛ fanɛ tɔ ɔkʋ o bwii kamaa. Fanɛ gbaa‐gbaa fanɛ fen nyi fɛɛ ɩ gyɛ Ɩbwaarɛ kebiti nɩɩ kanyanla nɩmʋ ɩ ba anɛ sʋ. 4 Kesintin tɔ, saŋa mʋ nɩɩ an bʋ fanɛ asɛ mʋ, an taalɛ an tɔwɛ fanɛ fɛɛ an biti an nyɛ kanyanla. Nɩɩ ɩ ba kanɩn kesintin fɛɛ kanan mʋ nɩɩ fan nyi mʋ. 5 Lɩɩ ɩnɩmʋ sʋ n maa man bɩla yɛ n taalɛ kyɩna yɛgɛ n man wu fanɛ mʋ, n sun Timoti yɛ ɔ ba kɩɩ kanan mʋ nɩɩ fan yɩlɛ fanɛ kɩkɔɔlɛ‐gyii tɔ. Lɩɩ fɛɛ ɩ sʋ mɛ kufuu fɛɛ falɛ ɔtʋʋtɔkɩɩpʋ mʋ ba tʋʋ fanɛ tɔ kɩɩ, kɛ ɩ yɛgɛ anɛ kɩkpɩnɛ mʋ ɩ waa kɩyan.

6 Amaa Timoti dan lɩɩ fanɛ asɛ ba nbɩɩnbɩɩ nɩmʋ nɩɩ ɔ bɩya asɩn bʋkɔnsa lɩɩ fanɛ kɩkɔɔlɛ‐gyii yɛ fanɛ kebiti mʋ nɩɩ fan sʋ. Nɩɩ ɔ tɔwɛ anɛ yɛ anɛ asɩn a bʋ fanɛ nkɔlɔ tɔ nɩɩ fen nyiŋi anɛ sʋ gaa saŋa kʋmaa nɩmʋ, nɩɩ fen biti fɛɛ anaa fanɛ an wu abaa, fɛɛ kanan mʋ nɩɩ anɛ gbaa anɛ an biti mʋ. 7 Ɩmʋ sʋ, mɛ‐daa ana yɛ mi‐supu ana, anaa anɛ awʋrʋfɔ mʋ nɩɩ an gyii yɛ kanyanla mʋ nɩɩ a wu mʋ kpini mʋ, lɩɩ fanɛ kɩkɔɔlɛ‐gyii sʋ mʋ ɩ waa anɛ ɔlʋn tɔ. 8 Nbɩɩnbɩɩ bɩrɛ, anɛ nkɔlɔ ɩ tɩyɛ anɛ lɩɩ kanan mʋ nɩɩ fan yɩlɛ Ɔnyɩrɩpɛ mʋ tɔ kenken mʋ. 9 Afwaala mɔɔ nɩɩ an biti a taa sa Ɩbwaarɛ lɩɩ fanɛ sʋ, lɩɩ kensi‐gyii mʋ nɩɩ Ɩbwaarɛ yɛgɛ nɩɩ an nyɛ lɩɩ fanɛ sʋ falɛ? 10 Kakyʋwapɛ yɛ kagyanbwɛ kpini an kʋlɛ kabwaarɛ‐kʋlɛ gaa lɩɩ anɛ nkɔlɔ tɔ fɛɛ a bɩla nyɛ wu fanɛ, kɛ a sa fanɛ kʋtɔ mʋ nɩɩ ki tiri fanɛ kɩkɔɔlɛ‐gyii mʋ tɔ.

11 Nɩɩ anɛ kabwaarɛ‐kʋlɛ ɩ gyɛ yɛ anɛ‐Sɛ Ɩbwaarɛ gbaa‐gbaa yɛ anɛ‐Nyɩrɩpɛ Yesu ba bugi ɔkpa sa anɛ kɛ a ba fanɛ asɛ. 12 An kʋlɛ anɛ‐Nyɩrɩpɛ Yesu yɛ, ɔ yɛgɛ fanɛ kebiti kɩ nyɛ akyɔ tii sʋ, kɛ fan biti abaa yɛ ɔkʋmaa nɩmʋ gaa, fɛɛ kanan mʋ nɩɩ anɛ gbaa an sʋ kebiti sa fanɛ mʋ. 13 An kʋlɛ fɛɛ ɔ sa fanɛ kɔkɔlɔ ɔsɩɩ, kɛ alibi yɛ ineesi ɩkʋ ɩ man bʋ fanɛ n‐yɩɩ sʋ anɛ‐Sɛ Ɩbwaarɛ ansi tɔ, saŋa mʋ nɩɩ anɛ‐Nyɩrɩpɛ Yesu ii biti ɔ ba maa Ɩbwaarɛ asa mʋ.