Timoti byo ajinga mwanyike wajinga mu kipwilo kya Lisitila. Bashanji bajinga Bangiliki, bainanji bajinga Bayudea. Bainanji ba Yunisa ne bankambo yanji babakazhi ba Loisa bo bamufunjishe pe Yehoba saka ajitu mwanyike.

Paulo byo ayile ku Lisitila pa lwendo lwanji lwa bubiji, wamwene Timoti byo akwashanga balongo. Paulo wamwambijile kuba’mba aye nanji na kusapwila mu byalo bikwabo. Mu kuya kwa moba, Paulo wafunjishe Timoti bya kusapwila mambo awama ne kufunjisha bulongo.

Mupashi wazhila watangijilanga Paulo ne Timoti konse ko bayanga. Juba jimo bufuku, Paulo wamwene kimwesho. Mu kino kimwesho mwanamulume waambijilenga Paulo amba iyai ku Makedonya mwitukwashe. Onkao mambo, Paulo, Silasa Timoti ne Luka bayile na kusapwila ku Makedonya ne kulenga bipwilo.

Banabalume ne banabakazhi bavula ba mu muzhi wa Tesalonika ku Makedonya baitabijile ne kwikala bena Kilishitu. Bino Bayudea bamo batendekele kubila kichima Paulo ne bo ajinga nabo. Bakonkenye jibumba jatwajile bano balongo ku bakulumpe ba muzhi saka babena kubijika’mba: ‘Bano banabalume basatukila kafulumende wa bena Loma!’ Paulo ne Timoti bumi bwabo bwajinga mu kizumba. Bafumineko ne kuya ku Beliya bufuku.

Bena Beliya bakebeshe bingi kufunda mambo awama kabiji Bangiliki ne Bayudea nabo baitabijile. Bino Bayudea bamo bebalondejile kufuma ku Tesalonika bebapangilemo. Onkao mambo, Paulo wayile ku Atene. Timoti ne Silasa bashajile mu Beliya na kutundaika balongo. Byo papichile moba, Paulo  watumine Timoti ku Tesalonika na kutundaika balongo bobamanyikilenga bingi. Kabiji Paulo watumine Timoti kuya na kupempula ne kutundaika bipwilo bikwabo.

Paulo waambijile Timoti amba: ‘Bonse bakeba kwingijila Yehoba bakebamanyikanga.’ Timoti bamumanyikile ne kumukasa mu kaleya na mambo a lwitabilo lwanji. Bino aye wasangalele mambo kyamwesheshe patoka amba wa kishinka kwi Yehoba.

Paulo wabuujile bena Filipai amba: ‘Mbena kwimutumina Timoti kuba’mba akemufunjishe bya kwenda mu bukine ne bya kusapwila.’ Paulo wamuketekejile bingi Timoti. Bajinga balunda kabiji baingijile pamo pa myaka yavula bingi.