1 Timothea

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; ¹⁰e mpe e be ka mesebetsi e molemo, jwalokaha ho tshwanela basadi ba ipolelang hoba ba sebeletsa Modimo. ¹¹Mosadi a ithute a kgutsitse, ka kutlo yohle. ¹²Hobane ha ke dumelle mosadi ho ruta, leha e le ho laola monna; a mpe a itulele ka ho ikgutsetsa.