1 Ko ia ʻi he ʻikai te mau kei faʻa kātaki, naʻa mau fiemālie ke nofo pe ʻi ʻAtenisi; 2 Kae fekau atu ʻa Timote, ko homau tokoua, mo e faifekau ʻae ʻOtua, mo ʻemau kaungā ngaue ʻi he ongoongolelei ʻa Kalaisi, ke fakamālohi ʻakimoutolu, pea ke fakafiemālieʻi ʻakimoutolu ko e meʻa ʻi hoʻomou tui: 3 Koeʻuhi ke ʻoua naʻa ngaueue ha taha ʻi he ngaahi mamahi ni: he ʻoku mou ʻilo kuo tuʻutuʻuni ʻakitautolu ki ai. 4 He ko e moʻoni, ʻi heʻemau ʻiate kimoutolu, naʻa mau tomuʻa tala kiate kimoutolu ʻe tautea ʻakimautolu; ʻo hangē ko ia naʻe hoko, pea ʻoku mou ʻilo. 5 Koeʻuhi ko e meʻa ni, ʻi he ʻikai te u kei faʻa kātaki, ne u fekau atu ai ke u ʻilo hoʻomou tui, telia naʻa ai ha meʻa kuo fakatauveleʻi ai ʻakimoutolu ʻe he ʻahiʻahi, pea fakataʻeʻaonga ai ʻemau ngaue. 6 Ka ko eni, ʻi he hoko mai ʻa Timote meiate kimoutolu, ʻo ʻomi kiate kimautolu ʻae ongoongolelei ʻo hoʻomou tui mo e ʻofa, pea mo hoʻomou manatu lelei maʻuaipē kiate kimautolu, ʻo holi lahi ke mamata kiate kimautolu, ʻo hangē ko kimautolu kiate kimoutolu: 7 Ko ia, ʻe kāinga, naʻa mau fiemālie ʻiate kimoutolu, ʻi heʻemau mamahi mo e tuʻutāmaki kotoa pē, ʻi hoʻomou tui: 8 He ʻoku mau moʻui eni, ʻo kapau ʻoku mou tuʻumaʻu ʻi he ʻEiki. 9 He ko e hā ʻae fakafetaʻi te mau faʻa ʻatu ki he ʻOtua koeʻuhi ko kimoutolu, ʻi he fiefia kotoa pē ʻoku mau fiefia ai ʻi he ʻao ʻo hotau ʻOtua koeʻuhi ko kimoutolu; 10 ‌ʻo lotu lahi ʻaupito ʻi he pō mo e ʻaho, koeʻuhi ke mau mamata ki homou mata, pea ke mau fakakakato ʻaia ʻoku toe ʻi hoʻomou tui? 11 Pea ko eni, ke ʻi he ʻOtua pe ko ʻetau Tamai, mo hotau ʻEiki ko Sisu Kalaisi, ke fakahinohino homau hala kiate kimoutolu. 12 Pea ke fakafonu ʻakimoutolu ʻe he ʻEiki, ke mou tupulekina lahi ʻi he feʻofaʻaki ʻakimoutolu kiate kimoutolu, pea ki he kakai kotoa pē, ʻo hangē ko kimautolu kiate kimoutolu 13 Koeʻuhi ke ne fokotuʻumaʻu ʻo taʻehalaia homou loto ʻi he māʻoniʻoni, ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ʻOtua, ko ʻetau Tamai, ʻi he hāʻele mai ʻa hotau ʻEiki ko Sisu Kalaisi mo ʻene kau māʻoniʻoni kotoa pē.