1-2  ✡ 1:1-2: JGuys 16:1Timoty, dis letta fo you, from me, Paul. You know Jesus Christ, da Spesho Guy God Wen Sen—he da One dat wen sen me all ova da place fo tell peopo bout him. He sen me cuz he wen make one promise dat peopo can come alive fo real kine, if dey stay tight wit Jesus Christ. An he wen sen me all ova fo tell um dat, cuz dass wat God like fo me do. I get real plenny love an aloha fo you, jalike you my boy!

God da Faddah, an Jesus Christ Da One In Charge a us guys, I like dem do plenny good tings fo you, an give you chance, an make you stay so notting bodda you.

3 Wen I pray, I tell God “Mahalo plenny!” erytime I tink bout you, day time an nite time. I stay work fo God, same ting jalike my ancesta guys wen do. An fo shua I know I stay do good tings. 4 Fo real kine, I like see you fo me feel good inside—cuz I no foget how sad you was dat time wen you wen cry plenny. 5  ✡ 1:5: JGuys 16:1I no foget dat time you wen trus God. Was fo real kine, an you neva ack. Yoa granma, Tutu Lois, was da firs one dat wen trus God lidat, an den yoa muddah Eunice, an now I stay shua you trus God lidat too.

6 Az why I like tell you dis: Dat time I wen put my hands on top you an pray, an God wen make um fo you work fo him. So now, go all out fo do dat! 7 Cuz you know, da Spirit dat God wen sen fo take ova us guys, dass not da kine Spirit dat make us stay sked erytime. He wen sen da Spirit fo take ova us guys fo make us come strong, an get love an aloha, an know how fo stay in charge a eryting we do. 8 So no come shame wen you tell wat you know bout Da One In Charge a us guys! An no come shame fo me cuz I stay in prison. I stay dea cuz I tight wit Da One In Charge. Wen you tell da Good Kine Stuff From God, stay ready fo suffa jalike all us guys! Wen you tell da Good Kine Stuff From God an suffa, God goin make you strong!

11  ✡ 1:11: 1Tim 2:7God wen make me one messenja guy fo tell da Good Stuff From God. He wen sen me all aroun fo teach. 12 Az why I gotta suffa, you know. But no matta to me cuz I no shame fo suffa! I know Jesus, dass why. He da One I trus. I know dis fo shua: he wen give me one big job fo do, an he stay trus me fo do um da right way. An I can do um! Cuz Jesus get da powa fo take kea eryting till he come back.

13 Eryting I wen tell you guys befo time was fo real. I wen tell you da importan stuffs, an you know how fo teach um da right way. So wen you stay do all dis, trus God, an show love an aloha, cuz you stay tight wit God Spesho Guy Jesus Christ. 14 Make shua you no change all da good kine stuffs Jesus give you fo teach. Da Good An Spesho Spirit goin help you fo take kea all dat, cuz he stay in charge a all us guys.

15 You know awready, dat Fygelus, an Hermogenes, an odda guys too from West Asia, wen change dea mind an bag from me. 16 But all da peopo from Onesiforus ohana, I like Da One In Charge do good tings fo dem. Cuz plenny times dea leada guy Onesiforus wen visit me. Dat guy wen make me feel jalike I stay new inside, an he neva come shame cuz I one prisona guy. 17 Da guy even wen go Rome, an real fas he wen look all ova da place fo me, an he wen find me. 18 An all da stuffs he wen do Efesus side fo help me, you know bout dat mo betta den me. Bumbye wen Da One In Charge come back, I like him do plenny good tings fo Onesiforus.