1 Timothea

³Hobane hoo ke ho molemo, ho kgahlehang ho Modimo, Mmoloki wa rona, ⁴o ratang hoba batho bohle ba bolokehe, mme ba fihle tsebong ya nnete. ⁵Hobane Modimo o mong feela, le Mmuelli mahareng a Modimo le batho o mong, e leng Jesu Kreste motho, ⁶ya ineetseng ho ba topollo ya bohle. Ke boo bopaki bo beilweng mehleng ya teng, ⁷boo ke beilweng mmoledi le moapostola ka baka la jona — ke bolela nnete ka Kreste, ha ke etse leshano — le moruti wa baditjhaba ho ba isa tumelong le nneteng. ⁸Ke fela ke rata hoba banna ba rapele kahohle, ba phahamise matsoho a masweu, ho se bohale le kgang. ⁹Basadi le bona ba apare seaparo se lokelang, ba itlhophe ka boitlhompho le ka tshabo, e seng ka moriri o forilweng, le ka kgauta, leha e le diperela, leha e le meaparo e kgabisitsweng;