1 Timoseewo
1:1 Pawulo, omutume wa Yesu Kristo olw'ekiragiro kya Katonda Omulokozi waffe;
ne Mukama waffe Yesu Kristo, lye ssuubi lyaffe;
1:2 Eri Timoseewo omwana wange yennyini mu kukkiriza: Ekisa, okusaasira n'emirembe, okuva eri Katonda
Kitaffe ne Yesu Kristo Mukama waffe.
1:3 Nga bwe nnakwegayirira obeere mu Efeso, bwe nnayingira
Makedoni, olyoke olagire abamu baleme kuyigiriza balala
enjigiriza, .
1:4 So temufaayo ku nfumo n'ennyiriri z'obuzaale ezitakoma, ebiweereza
ebibuuzo, okusinga okuzimba okw’okutya Katonda okuli mu kukkiriza: bwe mutyo.
1:5 Enkomerero y’ekiragiro kwe kwagala okuva mu mutima omulongoofu, n’o
n'omuntu ow'omunda omulungi, n'okukkiriza okutali kwa kwefuula.
1:6 Abamu bwe baava ne bakyuka ne bagenda mu kuwuuma okutaliimu;
1:7 Nga baagala okuba abasomesa b’amateeka; nga tebategeera wadde bye boogera, .
wadde ekyo kye bakakasa.
1:8 Naye tumanyi ng'amateeka malungi, omuntu bw'agakozesa mu mateeka;
1:9 Mutegeere kino, ng'amateeka tegakolebwa muntu mutuukirivu, wabula kulwa...
abamenya mateeka n’abajeemu, eri abatatya Katonda n’aboonoonyi, eri abatatukuvu era
profane, olw’abatemu ba bataata n’abatemu ba bamaama, kubanga
abatemu mu bukyamu, .
1:10 Ku bamalaaya, ku lw’abo abeeyonoona n’abantu, kubanga
ababbi b’ekisajja, ab’obulimba, abalayira eby’obulimba, era bwe wabaawo abalala
ekintu ekikontana n’enjigiriza entuufu;
1:11 Ng’Enjiri ey’ekitiibwa eya Katonda ow’omukisa bwe yali, eyaweebwayo
ku bwesige bwange.
1:12 Era neebaza Kristo Yesu Mukama waffe, eyansobozesa, olw’okuba ye
yanzizanga omwesigwa, n'anteeka mu buweereza;
1:13 Yali mu maaso g'okuvvoola, omuyigganya, era akola obubi: naye nze
yafuna okusaasirwa, kubanga nakikola nga simanyi mu butakkiriza.
1:14 Ekisa kya Mukama waffe ne kiyitiridde okukkiriza n’okwagala
ekiri mu Kristo Yesu.
1:15 Kino kigambo kya mazima, era kisaana okukkirizibwa kwonna, nti Kristo
Yesu yajja mu nsi okulokola aboonoonyi; gwe ndi mukulu ku bo.
1:16 Naye olw’ensonga eno nnasaasira, Yesu Kristo asooke mu nze
ayinza okulaga abagumiikiriza bonna, okuba ekyokulabirako eri abo abalina
oluvannyuma mukkirize okutuuka mu bulamu obutaggwaawo.
1:17 Kaakano eri Kabaka ow’olubeerera, atafa, atalabika, Katonda yekka ow’amagezi, abeere
ekitiibwa n’ekitiibwa emirembe n’emirembe. Amiina.
1:18 Ekiragiro kino nkikukwasa, omwana Timoseewo, ng’obunnabbi bwe bwali
ekyakulembera, olyoke oyite mu byo okulwana ekirungi
entalo;
1:19 Mukwate okukkiriza, n'omuntu ow'omunda omulungi; abamu bwe bataddewo
ku bikwata ku kukkiriza bamenyese emmeeri;
1:20 Ku bo mwe muli Kumenayo ne Alekizanda; gwe nnamukwasa Sitaani, .
balyoke bayige obutavvoola.