Ty Taratasy Voalohany ho an’i Timoty
1 Baka amy Paoly, apostolin’i Kristy Jesosy, mifanaraky amy ty didi-Ndranahary Mpanavotsy antsika noho Kristy Jesosy, azy tamanintsika iny.
2 Ho an’i Timoty,* tena anako amy finoa ao,
Enganè Ndranahary Babantsika iny noho Kristy Jesosy Tompontsika mba hampiseho hasoam-panahy miavaky* aminao noho hiferinay anao, sady hanome fiadana anao!
3 Nangataky anao hijano ta Efesosy any aho, taloha kelikelin’ny handehanako a Makedonia atoy. Le mbo mangataky anao hijano any aho henanizao, amy zay iha afaky mandrara ty olo sisany tsy hampianatsy raha hafa, 4 na hijanjy tantara tsy marina, na handiniky tetiraza.* Tsy misy dikany raha reo satria mahavy ty olo hamatovato avao, fa tsy hahazoa ani-ze raha amea-Ndranahary mba hampatanjaky finoa. 5 Ty raha kendren’ny toromariky* zay, le ty hahavy antsika hana fitiava baka amy fo malio noho eritseritsy malio noho finoa tsy miatsaravelatsihy. 6 Niala tamy raha rezay ty olo sisany ka lasa nanao resaky tsy misy dikany. 7 Ta ho mpampianatsy lalàna rozy, kanefa tsy hain-drozy ty dikani-ze raha volanin-drozy na ze raha izizoan-drozy marè.
8 Haintsika hoe soa ty Lalàna, laha orihy mifanaraky amy ty tokony hanoriha azy, 9 satria haintsika fa tsy natao ho ahin’olo marina ty lalàna, fa ho ahin’olo mpandika lalàna noho mpizizo, tsy matahotsy a-Ndranahary noho mpanota, mpivaliky* noho tsy mpanaja raha masy, mpamono baba noho mpamono reny, mpamono olo, 10 mpijangajanga,* lahilahy mandry amy lahilahy,* mpangalatsy olo, mpavandy, mpivaliky amy raha nifantàny,* noho ho ani-ze olo manao raha hafa mifanohitsy amy fampianara mahasoa.* 11 Mifanaraky amy vaovao soa be voninahitsin’ny Ndranahary falifaly* iny fampianara zay. Le nankininy tamiko vaovao soa zay.
12 Misaotsy an’i Kristy Jesosy Tompontsika, azy nanome hery ahy iny aho, satria hitany hoe maeva atokisa aho ka nitendreny hanao fanompoa, 13 ndre mpanivativa a-Ndranahary aza aho taloha, sady mpanenjiky noho mpanambany olo. Niferinesany aho satria ty tsy fahaizako noho ty tsy finoako ro nanaovako an’ny raha rey. 14 Fe nampisehoan’ny Tompontsika hasoam-panahy miavaky maro aho, le nahazo finoa noho fitiava baka amy Kristy Jesosy. 15 Tena azo atokisa sady tena tokony hekè safà toy: Niavy tamy zao tontolo zao eto Kristy Jesosy mba hanavotsy ty mpanota, le zaho ro farani-ze mpanota amin’olo rey. 16 Fe nampisehoa fiferinesa aho mba ho amy alalako, zaho mpanota marè toy, ro hampisehoan’i Kristy Jesosy hoe tena mahaliny raha ie. Zaho ro nataony modely ho ani-ze olo hino azy mba hahazoa fiaina mandrakizay.
17 Loniky lahy ho an’ny Mpanjakan’ny mandrakizay iny, azy tsy mety lo sady tsy hita maso iny, zany hoe Ndranahary toka iny, ty haja noho ty voninahitsy mandrakizay mandrakizay! Amena.
18 Ankiniko aminao toromariky* zay, Timoty anako, mifanaraky amy ty faminania nivolany mikasiky anao, amy zay faminania rey ro handesinao manohy an’ny aly soa iny. 19 Miezaha avao koa hana finoa noho eritseritsy malio. Fa narian’olo sisany eritseritsy malio zay ka manjary manahaky sambo resy io ty finoan-drozy. 20 Anatin’olo rey Hymeneo noho Aleksandra. Fa nameako an’i Satana rozy, amy zay ty sazy azon-drozy ro hampianatsy an-drozy tsy hanivativa a-Ndranahary.