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In tequitl den tetiotlatitlaniluan
Ic inon nanquipiyahque tlen nantechselisque quen tepalehuiyanimen in Cristo. Techpiyaltilohtoc ic tamechnextilisque in tlen otlatiutoya den tetlahtoltzin in Dios. Ijcon tel, in aquin mopiyaltihtoc ica itlahtlen itequiu quipiya tlen quinextis nele tlamelajcan. Ic inon nehhua ahmo tequin niahcomani ica tlen nanquiyolnehnehuiliyahque ica notequiu, namehhuan noso cana oc se tequihua den tlalticpac. Niyan ahmo niquihtos in tla cuali notequiu noso ahmo. Huan tla nicchiutoc itlahtlen ahmo cuali, ahmo nicnehnehuiliya tlen inon. Masque ijcon ca, ahmo quihtosnequi nitlamelajcan. In Totecohtzin, Yehhuatzin aquin nechixcomacalos. Ijcon tel, ahmo xitlixcomacacan ihcuac ayamo ahsi in tonali. Xitechiyacan ic hualuilohuas Totecohtzin huan monextis in tlen tlatiutoque ipan in tlayohuilotl. Huan Yehhuatzin in Totecohtzin moixmatiltisque in tlen quiyolnehnehuiliya seya, huan ijcon Dios quimacalos in iquisca cada seya quen quinamiquis.
Nocnihuan, namechmatiltiya ica inin tlahtoli, mamechpalehui namehhuan. Huan onitlahto ica nehhua huan Apolos ic xicnehnehuilican tlen quihtosnequi: “Ahmo xiquixcomacacan in oc sequinten.” Namechmatiltiya ijcon xinentinemican quen ca tlahcuiloli, huan ic inon niyan aquin mamohueyili ica seya huan in oc seya quixtlasa. Tel, ¿tleca ticnehnehuiliya ocachi ticuali quen in oc sequin? Tel, ¿ahmo omitzmacaloc in Dios nochin tlen ticpiya? Huan in tla Yehhuatzin omitzmacaloc, tel, ¿tleca timohueyiliya tla cana oticahsic san ica tehhua motlamatilis?
Nesi quen namehhuan yinanquipiyahque miyac namotlatlan huan nochin tlen nanquinequihque. Huan nanquinehnehuiliyahque yinanueyixtoque huan tehhuanten yinantechixtlasahque. Molui cuali in tla yinanueyixtosquiyanihque huan tehhuan no cuali ticselisque chihton in namohueyilis. Nicnehnehuiliya in Dios technextilihtoque sa tlacuitlapa tehhuanten tetiotlatitlaniluan, tleca tehhuanten quen tlacamen tlahtlacoltihtoque ica in miquilistli, huan axan quen tel quimatihque ica tehhuan nochin tlacamen huan in ángeles. 10 Nesi quen tehhuanten techtontohitahque tepampa in Cristo, huan namehhuan nanquinehnehuiliyahque molui nantlamatihque teca in Cristo. Nesi quen tehhuanten ahmo tichicahuaque huan namehhuan nanchicahuaque. In tlacamen techixtlasahque tehhuan huan namehhuan mechmahuestiliyahque. 11 Hasta axan titlapanoticaten ica in apistli, huan amiquilistli, huan polihui totlaquen. Huan in tlacamen techuihhuitectoque huan ahmo ticpiyahque tochan. 12 Huan tisiyahuihque ic titequitihque huan ic timotecpanohuahque. Huan in tlacamen techpactecahque huan tehhuanten tiquinnanquiliyahque ica mahuestilistli. Techmohsihuiyahque huan tiquihyohuiyahque. 13 Toca tlahtohuahque huan tiquinnonotzahque, huan tiquintlapohpoluiyahque. Timocahuahque quen in tlahsoli den nochin tlalticpac, huan hasta axan techixtohuetzohuahque.
14 Ahmo namechtlahcuiliuiya ijcon ic namechpinautis, tlahmo ic namechnonotzas quen notlasohconehuan. 15 Masque xicpiyacan mahtlactli mil tlamachtiyanimen ic mechmachtisque ica in Cristo, ahmo nanquimpiyahque miyac tetatahmen. Nehhuatl in tetata de namehhuan ic onamechtlaneltocti ica in Cristo Jesús. 16 Ijcon tel, namechtlatlautiya, xicchiutiyecan tlen onamechnextili.
17 Huan ic inin namechtitlaniliya in Timoteo, notlasohconeu huan molui nicyolohmautoc. Yehhuatl mechtlalnamictis quen oninemiyaya quen tlaneltocani ica in Cristo, ijcon quen niquinnextiliya nohuiyan ipan nochin in itiotlayehualoltzin. 18 Huan sequin mohueyiliyahque huan quinehnehuiliyahque ayacmo niyas namechitas. 19 Huan niyas namechitas ihsiu tla Dios quimonequiltis. Oncan niquinitas in tlen cuali quichihuasque inohque mohueyiliyanimen, huan ahmo san ica tlen quihtohuahque. 20 Tleca yehhuan aquin quintequiutilos in Dios ahmo san tlahtohuahque, tlahmo quinextiliyahque techicahualis. 21 Tel, ¿tlen ocachi nanquinequihque? ¿Namechtlapanoltis ihcuac niahsitiu, noso namechtecochos ica tlasohtlalistli?