1 Nā Paora, i pai­ngia e te Atua hei āpō­toro mā Īhu Karaiti, mō te ora i whaka­aria mai i roto i a Karaiti Īhu –

2 Ki a Tīmoti, ki tāku tama­iti aroha:

Kia tau te aroha noa, te mahi tohu, te rangi­mārie, he mea nā te Atua Matua, nā Karaiti Īhu hoki, nā tō tātou Ariki.

3 E whaka­whetai ana ahau ki te Atua, e mahi atu nei ahau ki a ia, he mea nō ōku tūpuna iho i runga i te hine­ngaro mā, nō te mea kāhore e mutu tōku mahara ki a koe i āku inoi­nga i te pō, i te ao. 4 Nui atu tōku hia­hia kia kite i a koe, i ahau e mahara ana ki ōu roi­mata, kia kī ai ahau i te hari. 5 Ka hoki ake nei tōku mahara ki te whaka­pono tini­hanga­kore i roto i a koe; i noho tua­tahi rā i roto i tōu tupuna wahine, i a Roihi, i tōu whaea hoki, i a Ūnihi; ā, e tino mōhio ana ahau kei roto anō i a koe. 6 Koia ahau ka whaka­mahara nei i a koe, kia whaka­ūngia anō te ahi, te mea i hoatu nā e te Atua, tēnā kei roto i a koe, he mea nā te whaka­pā­nga atu o ōku ringa­ringa. 7 Kāhore hoki i hōmai e te Atua ki a tātou te wairua o te wehi; engari tō te kaha, tō te aroha, tō te ngākau mahara.

8 Nā, kei whaka­mā koe ki te whaka­atu i tō tātou Ariki, ki ahau rānei, ki tōna here­here; engari uru atu koe ki ngā mate o te rongo­pai, kia rite ki tā te Atua whaka­kaha­nga. 9 Nāna nei tātou i whaka­ora, nāna hoki tātou i karanga ki te karanga­tanga tapu; kīhai i rite ki ā tātou mahi, engari ki tāna ake tikanga i whaka­takoto ai i mua, ki te aroha noa hoki i hōmai nei ki a tātou i roto i a Karaiti Īhu, i mua atu o te tīma­tanga o te ao; 10 ā, kua whaka­kitea mai nei ināia­nei i te pu­tanga nui mai o tō tātou Kai­whaka­ora, o Īhu Karaiti, i whaka­kāhore nei i te mate, ā, whaka­kitea mai ana e ia te ora me te matenga­kore, he mea nā te rongo­pai.

11 Meinga iho nei ahau hei kai­kauwhau mō tēnei, hei āpō­toro, hei kai­whaka­ako. 12 Ko te mea hoki tēnei i pāngia ai ahau e ēnei mate. He ahakoa rā kāhore ahau e whaka­mā; e mātau ana hoki ahau ki tāku i whaka­pono ai, e ū ana tōku whaka­aro e taea e ia te tiaki tāku i tuku atu ai ki a ia, ā taea noatia taua rā. 13 Kia mau ki te tauira mō ngā kupu tika i rongo rā koe ki ahau, puri­tia i runga i te whaka­pono, i te aroha i roto i a Karaiti Īhu. 14 Ko te mea pai i tukua rā ki a koe, me tiaki e koe, arā e te Wairua Tapu e noho ana i roto i a tātou.

15 E mātau ana koe ki tēnei, i tahuri kē i ahau te hunga katoa i Āhia; nō rātou a Paikeru rāua ko Heremokeni. 16 Kia tohu­ngia e te Ariki ngā tāngata o te whare o Onehipora; he maha hoki ōku oranga ngākau i a ia, kīhai hoki ia i whaka­mā ki tōku meka­meka. 17 Ā, i a ia i Roma, i rapua mārie­tia ahau e ia, ā, kitea ana. 18 Mā te Ariki e tuku ki a ia kia kite i te mahi tohu a te Ariki ā taua rā. Ko āna mahi­nga mea hoki māku i Epeha, erangi koe e mōhio ana.