¹Paul, apostle of Jesus Christ, according to [the] command of God our Saviour, and of Christ Jesus our hope,

¹ Ay, Bulos, ay ya Almasihu Yesu diya no, Irikoy iri Faabakwa da Almasihu Yesu kaŋ ti iri beeja lordo boŋ.

²to Timotheus, [my] true child in faith: grace, mercy, peace, from God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

² Ay go ga tira wo hantum Timotiyos se, ay ize no da cimi cimbeeri* ra. Gomni nda suuji nda laakal kanay ma bara ni banda kaŋ yaŋ ga fun iri Baabo Irikoy d'iri Rabbo Yesu Almasihu do.

³Even as I begged thee to remain in Ephesus, [when I was] going to Macedonia, that thou mightest enjoin some not to teach other doctrines,

³ Ay ga ba ni ma goro Afasos kwaara ra, danga mate kaŋ cine ay na ni ŋwaaray waato kaŋ ay goono ga koy Masidoniya, hala ni ma boro fooyaŋ lordi ka ne i ma si dondonandiyaŋ waani fo dondonandi.

⁴nor to turn their minds to fables and interminable genealogies, which bring questionings rather than [further] God's dispensation, which [is] in faith.

⁴ I ma si laakal ye jandey da asuli* lasaabuyaŋ kaŋ sinda me gaa mo. Woodin yaŋ no ga kande kosongu kaŋ si naŋ Irikoy goyo ma koy da jina cimbeeri ra.

⁵But the end of what is enjoined is love out of a pure heart and a good conscience and unfeigned faith;

⁵ Amma lordo wo mafaaro ga ti baakasinay kaŋ ga fun bine kaŋ ga hanan do da bine lasaabu hanno nda cimbeeri kaŋ sinda munaficitaray mo do.

⁶which [things] some having missed, have turned aside to vain discourse,

⁶ Boro fooyaŋ mo na hayey din harta ka kamba ka furo sanniyaŋ kaŋ sinda nafa ciyaŋ ra.

⁷desiring to be law-teachers, not understanding either what they say or concerning what they [so] strenuously affirm.

⁷ I ga ba ngey ma ciya asariya* dondonandikoyaŋ, amma i si ga faham da haŋ kaŋ yaŋ ngey goono ga ci, da haŋ kaŋ yaŋ ngey goono ga daahirandi.

⁸Now we know that the law [is] good if any one uses it lawfully,

⁸ Amma iri ga bay kaŋ asariya ga boori da boro ga goy d'a mate kaŋ a ga hima.

⁹knowing this, that law has not its application to a righteous person, but to [the] lawless and insubordinate, to [the] impious and sinful, to [the] unholy and profane, to smiters of fathers and smiters of mothers; to murderers,

⁹ Iri ga bay kaŋ i mana asariya te boro hanno se, amma asariya taamukoy, da murtantey, da borey kaŋ yaŋ wangu Irikoy, da zunubikooney, da borey kaŋ yaŋ si lalabu Irikoy da hay kulu kaŋ ga hanan gaa, da baaba wiikoy da nya wiikoy, da boro-wiyey sabbay se,

¹⁰fornicators, sodomites, kidnappers, liars, perjurers; and if any other thing is opposed to sound teaching,

¹⁰ da zina-teerey, da aru-baay, da boro zaykoy, da tangarikomey, da borey kaŋ yaŋ ga ze tangari boŋ, da hay kulu kaŋ ga gaaba nda dondonandiyaŋ cimi-cimo.

¹¹according to the glad tidings of the glory of the blessed God, with which *I* have been entrusted.

¹¹ Dondonandiyaŋo wo ga ti Baaru Hanna wano, kaŋ i talfi ay gaa, kaŋ fun Irikoy darza nda albarka Koyo do.

¹²[And] I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me power, that he has counted me faithful, appointing to ministry him

¹² Ay goono ga saabu Almasihu Yesu iri Rabbo se, nga kaŋ n'ay no gaabi. Ay go ga saabu zama a n'ay lasaabu naanaykoy k'ay daŋ nga goyo ra,

¹³who before was a blasphemer and persecutor, and an insolent overbearing [man]: but mercy was shewn me because I did it ignorantly, in unbelief.

¹³ baa kaŋ waato ay ya Irikoy wanga no, da gurzugandiko, da halaciko. Amma ay du suuji zama ay na woodin yaŋ te jaŋ-ka-bayyaŋ da cimbeeri-jaŋay ra mo.

¹⁴But the grace of our Lord surpassingly over-abounded with faith and love, which [is] in Christ Jesus.

¹⁴ Iri Rabbi gomno mo baa gumo, da cimbeeri nda baakasinay kaŋ yaŋ go Almasihu Yesu ra.

¹⁵Faithful [is] the word, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom *I* am [the] first.

¹⁵ Sanno wo naanaykoy no kaŋ to boro kulu m'a ta: Almasihu Yesu kaa ndunnya ra zama nga ma zunubikooney faaba. I ra mo ay ga ti ikulu ibeero.

¹⁶But for this reason mercy was shewn me, that in me, [the] first, Jesus Christ might display the whole long-suffering, for a delineation of those about to believe on him to life eternal.

¹⁶ Amma woodin sabbay se ay du suuji, hala Yesu Almasihu na nga suuru kuuko bangandi ay do, ay kaŋ ga ti zunubikooney kulu ibeero, zama ay ma ciya deedandiyaŋ hari borey se kaŋ yaŋ ga aniya k'a cimandi ka du fundi hal abada.

¹⁷Now to the King of the ages, [the] incorruptible, invisible, only God, honour and glory to the ages of ages. Amen.

¹⁷ Sohõ, zamaney Koyo, nga kaŋ si bare ka sara, kaŋ boro kulu si di a, Irikoy follonka, beeray da darza ma bara a gaa hal abada abadin. Amin!

¹⁸This charge, [my] child Timotheus, I commit to thee, according to the prophecies as to thee preceding, in order that thou mightest war by them the good warfare,

¹⁸ Ya ay izo Timotiyos, ay goono ga lordo wo haw ni gaa, annabitara do kaŋ i ci ni boŋ za doŋ. Woodin no ga ti, annabitaray sanney din boŋ, ni ma tangam da tangami hanna.

¹⁹maintaining faith and a good conscience; which [last] some, having put away, have made shipwreck as to faith;

¹⁹ Ma cimbeero gaay nda bine lasaabu hanno, kaŋ boro fooyaŋ tuti ka hibandi ngey gaa, ka ngey cimbeero jisandi, sanda mate kaŋ cine hi ga jisi hari ra.

²⁰of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have delivered to Satan, that they may be taught by discipline not to blaspheme.

²⁰ Himinayos da Iskandari go borey din ra. Ay n'i no Saytan* se zama i ma dondon i ma si Irikoy kayna.