1 Timothea

¹Empa Moya o ometse hore, mehleng ya morao, ba bang ba tla kwenehela tumelo, ba kgomarele meya e thetsang le dithuto tsa batemona; ²ka ho ya ka boikaketsi ba baruti ba bohata, bao matswalo a bona a tjhesitsweng ka tshepe; ³ba tlang ho hana ha batho ba nyala, ba tla re, ho tshajwe dijo tseo Modimo o di bopileng hore ba dumetseng, ba tsebang nnete, ba di amohele ka teboho. ⁴Hobane tsohle tse bopilweng ke Modimo di ntle, mme ha ho letho le tshwanetseng ho kgeswa ha ho jewa ka teboho; ⁵hobane tsohle di halaleditswe ke lentswe la Modimo le thapelo. ⁶Ha o beela baena taba tseo, o tla ba mohlanka ya molemo wa Jesu Kreste, ya otlilweng ka dipolelo tsa tumelo le ka thuto e molemo, eo o e latetseng. ⁷Empa o hane ditshomo tsa bosawana, tse kang tse bolelwang ke basadi ba tsofetseng, mme o itlhakisetse borapeding.