1 From Paul.
God our Savior and Christ Jesus commanded me to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, who gives us hope.
2 Timothy, because of our faith, you are like a son to me. I pray that God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ will be kind and merciful to you. May they bless you with peace!
Warning against False Teaching
3 When I was leaving for Macedonia, I asked you to stay on in Ephesus and warn certain people there to stop spreading their false teachings. 4 You needed to warn them to stop wasting their time on senseless stories and endless lists of ancestors. Such things only cause arguments. They don't help anyone to do God's work that can only be done by faith.
5 You must teach people to have genuine love, as well as a good conscience and true faith. 6 There are some who have given up these for nothing but empty talk. 7 They want to be teachers of the Law of Moses. But they don't know what they are talking about, even though they think they do.
8 We know the Law is good, if it is used in the right way. 9 We also understand it wasn't given to control people who please God, but to control lawbreakers, criminals, godless people, and sinners. It is for wicked and evil people, and for murderers, who would even kill their own parents. 10 The Law was written for people who are sexual perverts or who live as homosexuals or are kidnappers or liars or won't tell the truth in court. It is for anything else that opposes the correct teaching 11 of the good news the glorious and wonderful God has given me.
Being Thankful for God's Kindness
12 I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me the strength for my work because he knew he could trust me. 13 I used to say terrible and insulting things about him, and I was cruel. But Christ had mercy on me because I didn't know what I was doing, and I had not yet put my faith in him. 14 Christ Jesus our Lord treated me with undeserved grace and has greatly blessed my life with faith and love just like his own.
15 “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.” This saying is true, and it can be trusted. I was the worst sinner of all! 16 But since I was worse than anyone else, God had mercy on me and let me be an example of the endless patience of Christ Jesus. He did this so that others would put their faith in Christ and have eternal life. 17 I pray that honor and glory will always be given to the only God, who lives forever and is the invisible and eternal King! Amen.
18 Timothy, my son, the instructions I am giving you are based on what some prophets once said about you. If you follow these instructions, you will fight like a good soldier. 19 You will be faithful and have a clear conscience. Some people have made a mess of their faith because they didn't listen to their consciences. 20 Two of them are Hymenaeus and Alexander. I have given these men over to the power of Satan, so they will learn not to oppose God.
1 Okuza ku Paulus, omuapostele wa Kristus Jesus otja komarakiziro wa Ndjambi Omuyame wetu, nowa Kristus Jesus, ngu ri omaundjiro wetu.
2 Ami me tjanga ku Timoteus, omuatje wandje wakatjotjiri mongamburiro.
Ndjambi Tate na Kristus Jesus oMuhona wetu nge ku pe otjari nomutima omuwa nohange.
Omaronga komahongero woposyo
3 Otja punga ambe ku raerere, tji mba ri pokuyenda kOmakedonie, otjinga ame vanga kutja u kare mOefesus. MOefese mu novandu tjiva mbe honga omahongero woposyo, nove mo sokuvetjaera. 4 Ve raera kutja ngave ise ovimbaharere nokuvara otukwato twooihe mukururume. Oviṋa mbi vi pendura ozombata porwazo, nu kavi nombatero kotjiungura tja Ndjambi mongamburiro. 5 Nu onduri yomarakiziro nga okongwi okupendura orusuvero ndu maru zu momutima omukohoke na momeritjiviro omawa na mongamburiro yatjiri. 6 Ovandu tjiva va poka koviṋa mbi nave keritwa momahungiriro wouyova. 7 Owo ve vanga okurira ovahonge vomatwako wa Ndjambi, nungwari kave tjiwa omambo wawo oveni poo oviṋa mbi, mbi ve hungira nokuhinomaivaiviro momutima.
8 Eṱe matu tjiwa kutja Etwako ra Moses oro ewa indu tji mari ungurisiwa momuhingo omusemba. 9 Pe sokutjiukwa nawa kutja inga omatwako kaye yandjerwe kovandu ovasemba, nungwari ya yandjewa kovandu mbe hi na ko na tja nomatwako novehinanḓuviro, novarunde novanauvi, novandu mbe hi nondira koviṋa oviyapuke, novandu mba tonda Ndjambi, na imba mbe zepa ooihe poo ooina, novazepe vovandu, 10 na imba mbe tjita otuvakiro, novatundukavarume, novaume vovandu, novanavizeze, novahongonone woposyo, na imba mbe tjita otjiṋa ngamwa atjihe tji tji pirura omahongero omawa. 11 Omahongero omawa nga ye munika mOmbuze Ombwa ndja yandjewa ku ami okuizuvarisa, indji Ombuze Ombwa younene wa Ndjambi omuwa omumanisa.
Okuhepa kotjari tja Ndjambi
12 Ami me tja okuhepa ku Kristus Jesus, oMuhona wetu, ngwe ndji zeuparisa motjiungura tjandje. Ami me mu tjere okuhepa kokutja we ndji vara omuṱakame nokutja we ndji toororera okumukarera, 13 nandarire kutja momayuva nga kapita ami mbe mu teturura, e mu tatumisa ne mu yamburura. Nungwari Ndjambi we ndji tjariparera, tjinga mokuhinangamburiro kwandje tjiye ha tjiwa imbi mbiye tjiti. 14 Nu Muhona wetu wa takavarisa otjari tje mu ami ne ndji pe ongamburiro norusuvero mbi ri ovyetu mu Kristus Jesus. 15 Nembo ndi oro ouatjiri nu ra sokuyakurwa nokukamburwa i avehe: Kristus Jesus we ere mouye okuyekuyama ovarunde. Ami owami ngu mbi ri omunauvi tjinene pu avehe. 16 Nungwari Ndjambi opa zokundjitjariparera, kokutja Kristus Jesus a raise ouretima we ounene mu ami, ngu mbi ri omunauvi tjinenenene, otja otjihorera ku avehe mbu mave kakambura mu ye kutja ve mune omuinyo waaruhe. 17 Ndjambi, Ombara yaaruhe, ngu ha ṱunu ngu ha munika, Ndjambi erike porwe, eye nga yozikwe nu nga tangwe aruhe nga ko nga aruhe! Amen.
18 Timoteus, muatje wandje, ami me ku pe omarakiza nga otja komuhingo womambo womaprofetero nga hungirirwe ove rukuru. Ungurisa omambo ngo otja ovirwise kokutja u rwe otjirwa otjiwa. 19 Kakatera kongamburiro yoye nu u kare nomeritjiviro omawa womomutima! Ovandu tjiva kave puratenene keraka romeritjiviro wawo womomutima, nongamburiro yawo opu ya nyonokera. 20 Nu mokati kovandu mba mu na Himeneus na Aleksander mbu mba yandjere mouvara wa Satan, kokutja ve ise okuyamburura Ndjambi.
