1 Ɔwʋlɛ nɩmʋ lɩɩ mɛ, Pɔɔlɩ mʋ nɩɩ lɩɩ Ɩbwaarɛ kebiti sʋ nɩɩ n ba waa Krisito Yesu Osunpu mʋ, yɛ anɛ bɩrɩsa danbɩrasa Timoti asɛ. An kyʋrɔɔ an sʋ an sa fanɛ Ɩbwaarɛ kʋbʋ mʋ nɩɩ fan bʋ Korinto kadɛ tɔ, yɛ Ɩbwaarɛ asa mʋ nɩɩ ɔ lɔŋɔ bamʋ yɩla sa mʋ n‐yɩɩ, nɩɩ ba bʋ Akiya ɔsʋwʋlɛ sʋ mʋ kpini.

2 Anɛ‐Sɛ Ɩbwaarɛ yɛ anɛ‐Nyɩrɩpɛ Yesu Krisito ba bwaala fanɛ, kɛ ba sa fanɛ kayɩɩ yuuli.

3 Fan yɛgɛ a fwaala Ɩbwaarɛ, anɛ‐Nyɩrɩpɛ Yesu Krisito mʋ‐Sɛ. Nɩɩ mʋ ɩ gyɛ kʋwɛɛ kuwu kumu yɛ kɔkɔlɔ yuuli wuya. 4 Nɩɩ ee yuula anɛ nkɔlɔ lɩɩ anɛ awʋrʋfɔ tɔ, kɛ anɛ gbaa anɛ a taalɛ taa kɔkɔlɔ yuuli mʋ nɩɩ an nyɛ lɩɩ Ɩbwaarɛ asɛ mʋ yuula bamʋ nɩɩ ba bʋ awʋrʋfɔ kʋmaa tɔ mʋ nkɔlɔ. 5 Lɩɩ kanan mʋ nɩɩ an gyii Yesu Krisito awʋrʋfɔ damantɛ gbaa mʋ, kanɩn maŋa nɩɩ kɔkɔlɔ yuuli damantɛ gbaa bɔla Krisito sʋ ba anɛ sʋ. 6 Nɩɩ an kan gyii awʋrʋfɔ mʋ, ɩɩ yɛgɛ nɩɩ fan nyɛ nkɔlɔ yuuli yɛ kamɔlɩgɛ. Nɩɩ an kan nyɛ kɔkɔlɔ yuuli lɩɩ Ɩbwaarɛ asɛ mʋ, fanɛ gbaa fanɛ fɛn nyɛ kɔkɔlɔ yuuli mʋ nɩɩ ɩɩ bɩya fanɛ ɔlʋn, yɛ kenyiita kɛ fan taalɛ yɩlɛ tɔ gyii awʋrʋfɔ kʋlʋn mʋ nɩɩ anɛ gbaa anɛ an gyii mʋ. 7 Anɛ tamaa mʋ nɩɩ an sʋ fanɛ sʋ mʋ bʋlʋn, nɩɩ an nyi fɛɛ fan maa gyii awʋrʋfɔ mʋ nɩɩ an gyii mʋ, kanɩn maŋa nɩɩ fen biti fan nyɛ kɔkɔlɔ yuuli fɛɛ kanan mʋ nɩɩ an nyɛ mʋ.

8 Mɛ‐daa ana yɛ mi‐supu ana, an mɛɛ yɛ a taa awʋrʋfɔ mʋ nɩɩ an gyii Asiya ɔsʋwʋlɛ sʋ baala fanɛ sʋ. Awʋrʋfɔ mʋ nɩɩ an wu mʋ ɩ nyan anɛ naa ban sʋ halɩɩ an man bɩla an sʋ tamaa anɛ nkpa sʋ. 9 Kesintin tɔ, anɛ nkɔlɔ tɔ mʋ, an nyi fɛɛ ba bun anɛ lewu kʋpwɛ. Amaa ɩnɩmʋ ɩ waa nɩn kɛ a man taa anɛ n‐yɩɩ tʋʋ anɛ gbaa‐gbaa anɛ n‐yɩɩ sʋ, amɔɔ Ɩbwaarɛ mʋ nɩɩ ee kyiŋi alewupu mʋ. 10 Mʋ ɩ lɛɛ anɛ lɩɩ falɛ alewu‐sɩn nɩmʋ tɔ, nɩɩ ɔ maa sʋ ɛɛ lɛɛ anɛ, nɩɩ an sʋ tamaa fɛɛ ee biti ɔ kyaga sʋ lɛɛ anɛ, 11 fɛɛ fan maa kʋlɛ kabwaarɛ‐kʋlɛ fɛn kyɛ anɛ tɔ falɛ. Kɛ ɩ yɛgɛ Ɩbwaarɛ o nu kabwaarɛ‐kʋlɛ mʋ nɩɩ asa gaalaagaa bɛɛ kʋlɛ bɛɛ sa anɛ mʋ, kɛ ɔ waa anɛ kusee, kɛ ba taa afwaala sa mʋ lɩɩ anɛ sʋ.

12 Kʋtɔ kʋlʋn mʋ sʋ nɩɩ an kaapʋ anɛ n‐yɩɩ ɩ gyɛ yɛ, anɛ nfɛɛrɛ ɩɩ kaapʋ anɛ yɛ, kesintin yɛ kɔkɔlɔ fufuli mʋ nɩɩ ɩ lɩɩ Ɩbwaarɛ asɛ, nɩɩ an taa kyɩna dulinyaa nɩmʋ tɔ, fɔnfɔn lɩɩ anaa fanɛ kakyɩna tɔ. Man gyɛ dulinyaa nɩmʋ tɔ kanyaasɩn nɩɩ an taa waa ɩnɩmʋ, amaa Ɩbwaarɛ ɩ taa bwaala anɛ. 13 Lɩɩ fɛɛ n mɛɛ kyʋrɔɔ kʋtɔ mʋ nɩɩ fɛn mɛɛ taalɛ karagɛ abɛɛ kʋtɔ mʋ nɩɩ fɛn mɛɛ taalɛ nu kɩmʋ kasɛ. Nɩɩ n sʋ tamaa, 14 fɛɛ fan maa nu asɩn mʋ kasɛ gbɛrɛɛ lɩɩ anɛ asɛ falɛ mʋ, fen biti fan ba nu ɩmʋ kasɛ lʋwɛ, kɛ fan kaapʋ fanɛ n‐yɩɩ lɩɩ anɛ sʋ, fɛɛ kanan mʋ nɩɩ an biti a kaapʋ anɛ n‐yɩɩ lɩɩ fanɛ sʋ Ɔnyɩrɩpɛ Yesu kakɛ mʋ nɩɩ ee biti o bwii ba mʋ.

15 Lɩɩ fɛɛ n maa sʋ ɩnɩmʋ kpini tamaa sʋ mʋ, n ŋmina yɩla fɛɛ n biti n daa kɩba bɔɔ fanɛ sʋ, saamʋ kɛ fan nyɛ tɔnɔ ɩlɩɩ ɩnyɔ. 16 N ŋmina yɩla yɛ n kan n kpee Masedoniya ɔsʋwʋlɛ sʋ mʋ, n biti n bɔɔ fanɛ sʋ, nɩɩ n kan bɩla lɩɩ tʋtɔ n ba kyʋn mʋ, kɛ n bɩla bɔɔ fanɛ sʋ, kɛ fan kyɛ mɛ tɔ kɛ n taalɛ naa fʋʋ Gyudeya ɔsʋwʋlɛ sʋ. 17 N maa ŋmina yɩla yɛ n biti n ba fanɛ asɛ, nɩɩ n man taalɛ ba mʋ, ɩɩ kaapʋ nɩn fɛɛ n gyɛ dulinyaa tɔ nnɔ nnyɔ‐nnyɔ wuya ana mʋ nɩɩ bee kyula yɛ “Ɛɛhn”, kɛ opula maŋa tɔ ba bwii kyɛɛgɛ kɔnɔ tɔwɛ yɛ “ayee” abɛɛ?

18 Amaa fɛɛ kanan mʋ nɩɩ Ɩbwaarɛ gyɛ kesintin wuya falɛ mʋ, kanɩn maŋa nɩɩ anɛ asɩn mʋ nɩɩ an tɔwɛ an sa fanɛ mʋ, man gyɛ nnɔ nnyɔ‐nnyɔ asɩn. 19 Lɩɩ fɛɛ Ɩbwaarɛ mu‐Bii Yesu Krisito asɩn mʋ nɩɩ n maa Silasi* 1:19 Silasi nɩɩ ba bɩla bɛɛ tɩɩ yɛ Silifanu mʋ. yɛ Timoti an tɔwɛ sa fanɛ mʋ, asɩn mʋ ɩ man kyɩna ɩ gyɛ “nnɔ nnyɔ‐nnyɔ,” amaa mʋ asɩn kpini ɩ gyɛ “kʋkʋlʋn nɩn”. 20 Lɩɩ fɛɛ atɔ mʋ nɩɩ Ɩbwaarɛ da mʋ kɔkɔlɔ sʋ sa mʋ kpini ɩ ba tɔ lɩɩ Yesu Krisito sʋ. Ɩmʋ sʋ nɩɩ an bʋnyaa Ɩbwaarɛ mʋ, an bɔla Yesu sʋ an kyula yɛ “Amen.” 21 Ɩbwaarɛ yɛgɛ nɩɩ anaa fanɛ kpini an nyɛ ɔlʋn yɩlɛ Krisito tɔ, nɩɩ ɔ lɛɛ anɛ yɩla sa mʋ n‐yɩɩ, 22 nɩɩ ɔ taa mu keduligi gyaga anɛ sʋ fɛɛ mʋ ɩ bʋ anɛ, nɩɩ ɔ taa mʋ Kayaayu Kyɩrɛkyɩrɛ mʋ sa anɛ, mʋ nɩɩ ɔ taa yɩla kasɛ sa atɔ mʋ nɩɩ ɔ waa yɩla sa anɛ mʋ.

23 Ɩbwaarɛ ɩ gyɛ mi kesintin ogyipu fɛɛ, n maa mee biti fɛɛ n ba bɩɩtɛ fanɛ asʋ sʋ mʋ, kanɩn sʋ nɩɩ n man bɩla ba fanɛ asɛ Korinto kadɛ tɔ. 24 Ɩ man gyɛ yɛ an tɔwɛ an nyan fanɛ lɩɩ kanan mʋ nɩɩ fan kɔɔlɛ gyii sʋ, fɛɛ a maa gyɛ abɩlɩsa sʋ. Lɩɩ fɛɛ an nyi fan maa yɩlɛ kɩkɔɔlɛ‐gyii mʋ tɔ kenken. Amaa kanan mʋ nɩɩ a waa kɛ ɩ kyɛ fanɛ tɔ kɛ fan nyɛ kɔkɔlɔ fuuli sʋ nɩɩ an waa kanɩn.