¹Kwanza kabisa, basi naomba dua, sala, maombi na sala za shukrani zitolewe kwa Mungu kwa ajili ya watu wote,

¹I exhort, then, first of all, there be made supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, for all men:

²kwa ajili ya wafalme na wote wenye mamlaka, ili tupate kuishi maisha ya utulivu na amani pamoja na uchaji wa Mungu na mwenendo mwema.

²for kings, and all who are in authority, that a quiet and peaceable life we may lead in all piety and gravity,

³Jambo hili ni jema na lampendeza Mungu Mwokozi wetu,

³for this [is] right and acceptable before God our Saviour,

⁴ambaye anataka watu wote waokolewe na wapate kuujua ukweli.

⁴who doth will all men to be saved, and to come to the full knowledge of the truth;

⁵Maana yuko Mungu mmoja, na pia yuko mmoja anayewapatanisha watu na Mungu, binadamu Kristo Yesu,

⁵for one [is] God, one also [is] mediator of God and of men, the man Christ Jesus,

⁶ambaye alijitoa mwenyewe kuwakomboa watu wote. Huo ulikuwa uthibitisho, wakati ufaao ulipowadia.

⁶who did give himself a ransom for all — the testimony in its own times —

⁷Kwa sababu hiyo mimi nilitumwa niwe mtume na mwalimu wa watu wa mataifa, niutangaze ujumbe wa imani na ukweli. Nasema ukweli; sisemi uongo!

⁷in regard to which I was set a preacher and apostle — truth I say in Christ, I do not lie — a teacher of nations, in faith and truth.

⁸Basi, popote mnapokutana kufanya ibada nataka wanaume wasali, watu waliojitolea kweli na ambao wanaweza kuinua mikono yao wakisali bila hasira wala ubishi.

⁸I wish, therefore, that men pray in every place, lifting up kind hands, apart from anger and reasoning;

⁹Hali kadhalika, nawataka wanawake wawe wanyofu na wenye busara kuhusu mavazi yao; wavae sawasawa na si kwa urembo wa mitindo ya kusuka nywele, kujipamba kwa dhahabu, lulu au mavazi ya gharama kubwa,

⁹in like manner also the women, in becoming apparel, with modesty and sobriety to adorn themselves, not in braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or garments of great price,

¹⁰bali kwa matendo mema kama iwapasavyo wanawake wamchao Mungu.

¹⁰but — which becometh women professing godly piety — through good works.

¹¹Wanawake wanapaswa kukaa kimya na kuwa wanyenyekevu wakati wa kujifunza.

¹¹Let a woman in quietness learn in all subjection,

¹²Mimi simruhusu mwanamke amfundishe au amtawale mwanamume; anapaswa kukaa kimya.

¹²and a woman I do not suffer to teach, nor to rule a husband, but to be in quietness,

¹³Maana Adamu aliumbwa kwanza, halafu Hawa.

¹³for Adam was first formed, then Eve,

¹⁴Na wala si Adamu aliyedanganywa; bali mwanamke ndiye aliyedanganywa, akaivunja sheria ya Mungu.

¹⁴and Adam was not deceived, but the woman, having been deceived, into transgression came,

¹⁵Hata hivyo, mwanamke ataokolewa kwa kupata watoto, kama akidumu katika imani, upendo, utakatifu na unyofu.

¹⁵and she shall be saved through the child-bearing, if they remain in faith, and love, and sanctification, with sobriety.