¹ Yaw nag nangay waare li dëppook njàngale mu wér mi.

¹And thou -- be speaking what doth become the sound teaching;

² Maanaa, na góor ñu mag ñi foog, am faayda te maandu, di ñu wér ci seen ngëm, seen mbëggeel ak seen muñ.

²aged men to be temperate, grave, sober, sound in the faith, in the love, in the endurance;

³ Jigéen ñu mag ñi itam, na seen doxalin ànd ak faayda; buñuy jëw mbaa xér ci sangara. Waaye nañuy jàngale lu baax,

³aged women, in like manner, in deportment as doth become sacred persons, not false accusers, to much wine not enslaved, of good things teachers,

⁴ bay sol ci boppu jeeg yu ndaw yi, ñu bëgg seeni jëkkër ak seeni doom,

⁴that they may make the young women sober-minded, to be lovers of [their] husbands, lovers of [their] children,

⁵ di ñu maandu, sell te fonk seen kër, ñu neex deret te déggal seeni jëkkër, ngir kenn bañ cee gàkkal kàddug Yàlla.

⁵sober, pure, keepers of [their own] houses, good, subject to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be evil spoken of.

⁶ Naka noonu itam nanga xiir waxambaane yi cig maandu.

⁶The younger men, in like manner, be exhorting to be sober-minded;

⁷ Te yaw, ci lépp lu mu man a doon, nekkal ab royukaay ci jëf yu baax. Na sa njàngale wér te am faayda,

⁷concerning all things thyself showing a pattern of good works; in the teaching uncorruptedness, gravity, incorruptibility,

⁸ ànd ak wax yu wér yu kenn mënta diiŋat, ngir sunuy noon rus ba wedam, ci li ñu amul dara lu ñu nu tuumaal.

⁸discourse sound, irreprehensible, that he who is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having nothing evil to say concerning you.

⁹ Waxal it jaam ñi, ñu déggal seeni sang ci lépp, te liggéeyal leen ba seral seen xol, bañ cee boole werante

⁹Servants -- to their own masters [are] to be subject, in all things to be well-pleasing, not gainsaying,

¹⁰ mbaa sàcc. Waaye nañu wone takkute gu mat, ba rafetal ci lépp njàngalem Yàlla sunu Musalkat.

¹⁰not purloining, but showing all good stedfastness, that the teaching of God our Saviour they may adorn in all things.

¹¹ Ndaxte yiwu Yàlla feeñ na te ubbil na ñépp buntu mucc.

¹¹For the saving grace of God was manifested to all men,

¹² Moo nu digal, nu dëddu weddi ak bëgg-bëggi jamono, tey dund ci àddina cig maandu, njub ak ragal Yàlla,

¹²teaching us, that denying the impiety and the worldly desires, soberly and righteously and piously we may live in the present age,

¹³ di séentu bés bu tedd bi nu yaakaar, maanaa Yàlla ju màgg ji, di sunu Musalkat Yeesu Kirist, feeñ ci biir ndamam.

¹³waiting for the blessed hope and manifestation of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ,

¹⁴ Joxe na bakkanam ngir nun, ba jot nu ci lépp lu bon, te beral nu boppam, di xeet wu sell te ràññiku ci jëf yu baax.

¹⁴who did give himself for us, that he might ransom us from all lawlessness, and might purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works;

¹⁵ Jàngaleel loolu, di leen dénk ak a yedd ak fulla ju mat. Bu la kenn yab.

¹⁵these things be speaking, and exhorting, and convicting, with all charge; let no one despise thee!