1 Nā Pāora, nā te āpōtoro a Īhu Karaiti, he mea whakarite e te Atua, e tō tātou Kaiwhakaora, e Īhu Karaiti hoki, ko ia tā tātou e tūmanako atu nei:
2 Ki a Tīmoti, ki tāku tamaiti pono i roto i te whakapono:
3 I whakahau atu rā ahau ki a koe, i ahau e haere ana ki Makeronia, kia noho koe i Epeha, ako ai i ētahi kia kaua e rerekē te whakaako,
4 kia kaua e whakarongo ki ngā kōrero tito noa, ki ngā whakapapa tūpuna kāhore nei e whai mutunga; ko ngā putanga ake o ēnā, he tautohetohe, kāhore he whakatupu mō te tikanga a te Atua i runga i te whakapono; ka pērā anō ahau ināianei.
5 Ko te tukunga iho ia mō te ako, ko te aroha, nō roto i te ngākau mā, i te hinengaro pai, i te whakapono tinihangakore.
6 Kapea ake ēnei e ētahi, kotiti kē ana ki ngā kōrero teka noa;
7 ki tā rātou hei kaiwhakaako rātou i te ture, heoi, kāhore e mātau ki tā rātou e kōrero nei, ki ngā mea rānei e kauwhautia nei e rātou.
8 Otirā, e mātau ana tātou he mea pai te ture, ki te rite te meatanga e te tangata ki tā te ture tikanga;
9 e mātau ana hoki ki tēnei, kīhai te ture i whakatakotoria mō te tangata tika, engari mō te hunga turekore, tutū, karakiakore, hara, tapukore, whakarihariha, mō ngā kaipatu i ngā pāpā, mō ngā kaipatu i ngā whaea, mō ngā kaikōhuru tangata,
10 mō te hunga moepuku, moe kino i te tāne, tāhae tangata, kōrero teka, oati teka, ā, ki te mea tērā atu tētahi mea kāhore nei e rite ki te whakaako tika;
11 rite tonu tēnei ki te rongopai o te korōria o te Atua hari, ki te mea kua tukua mai nei ki ahau.
12 E whakawhetai atu nei ahau ki a Karaiti Īhu, ki tō tātou Ariki, nāna nei ahau i whakakaha; i whakaaro hoki ia he tangata pono ahau, ā, meinga ana ahau hei minita;
13 ahau nei, te tangata kohukohu i mua, te kaiwhakatoi, whakatupu kino. Heoi, i tohungia ahau, nō te me i meinga kūwaretia e ahau i runga i te whakapono kore;
14 tino nui rawa hoki te aroha noa o tō tātou Ariki, hui tahi ki te whakapono, ki te aroha i roto i a Karaiti Īhu.
15 He pono te kōrero, he pai hoki kia tangohia rawatia, i haere mai a Karaiti Īhu ki te ao ki te whakaora i te hunga hara; ko te tino tangata hara o rātou ko ahau.
16 Heoi, nā konei ahau i tohungia ai, kia ai ko ahau ki mua hei whakaaturanga mā Īhu Karaiti i ngā manawanui maha, hei tohu ki te hunga e whakapono ki a ia ā muri ake nei, kia ora tonu ai rātou.
17 Nā, ki te Kīngi ora tonu, e kore nei e pirau, e kore nei e kitea, ko ia nei anake te Atua mātau, waiho atu i a ia te hōnore me te korōria ake ake. Āmine.
18 Ka tukua atu nei e ahau tēnei kupu ako ki a koe, e tāku tamaiti, e Tīmoti, ko te poropititanga anō tēnei i puta mai i mua mōu, hei mea i a koe kia whawhai i te whawhai pai;
19 kia mau ki te whakapono me te hinengaro pai; he mea nei ēnā kua ākiritia atu e ētahi, ka meinga tō rātou whakapono he kaipuke pakaru;
20 nō rātou a Haimeniu rāua ko Arehānera, kua tukua nei e ahau ki a Hātana, kia whakaakona ai kia kaua e kohukohu.