¹ Napenepo pathu ife hazvakaita cuti tigale tidafunga cuti zvakali muche cuti tikele teka mu Atenas. ² Ife tuna tumira timotiyo mubale wathu muculu cuna Mulungu muvangueri la Mukristu, cuti ticusimbisini cugala nansimba mucutenda kwanu. ³ Ife tida ita zvenezvo naccda hapana angazunguneswe muiwiri uyu. napenepo imwe munwdziwa zvinaita iwo wadaenda kwacunda kwawo. wadaita wakalonzelerhwa izvoizvo. ⁴ Nachadico chinechi, kwathu tikanawo tichicubvunzani cuti tichabonelesiwa, izvi zvidaitica ninga zvacudziwa kwanu. ⁵ Nacuda kwazvenezvi, napenepo ine handina cu kwanisa. Ine ndidatuma cuti nacudziwa nazvacutenda kwanu, nazvoizvi penango nyacudziwa, nathabwe zvinango zvinhu zvacuita, nacuonesesa kwaiwo nacuyezera cuti lathu basa lithwe mahala. ⁶ Nadyalo Timotiyo achauya cuna ife nchinchino achauisa masoco amuche acudeca napacutenda, kwache ninga zvache adati bvunza uye, nadyano ninga tinada cucuonani imwepo. ⁷ Nathangwe la zvenezbvi, wabale, ifepano tidasimbisiwa nathangwe lacutenda kwanu, muzvense kwacuzvichupha nacubonera kwathu. ⁸ Nazvinezvi ifepano nchinchino tiricupona munga gala muli muli wacutowezeca muna Chanamire. ⁹ Nazvoizvi nansisi tinapasa mMulungu cuna imwe nacudekerhwa kwense kwa tinaco pamberi paMulungu nathangwr lnu? ¹⁰ Usicu namasicati ife tinanamata nacudyalo cuti tione nacucasica icho cuti chida sala pacutenda kwanu. ¹¹ Cuti iye wene Mulungu, wathu Bambo, naiye Changamimire Djeso tipanguizeni njira cuswioca cuna imwe. ¹² futi cuti Changamire acuacuzeni muchigala wa nacuda cuna mubodzi na mubodzi nacuna wense wanhu, ninga zvathu tinaiya cuna imwe. ¹³ Cuti iye asimbise moyo yanu, cuitira cuti mulambe cuphwatiziriwa izvo cuti mugale wacuchena pamberi pache Mulungu Baba. Nacuya kwache Changamire Baba wathu Djeso nawacutenda.