¹Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus,

¹በክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ እንደሚሆን የሕይወት ተስፋ፥ በእግዚአብሔር ፈቃድ የኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ሐዋርያ የሆነ ጳውሎስ፥

²To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

²ለተወደደው ልጄ ለጢሞቴዎስ፤ ከእግዚአብሔር አብ ከጌታችንም ከክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ ጸጋና ምሕረት ሰላምም ይሁን።

³I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day;

³ሌትና ቀን በልመናዬ ሳላቋርጥ ስለማስብህ እንደ አባቶቼ አድርጌ በንጹሕ ሕሊና የማመልከውን እግዚአብሔርን አመሰግናለሁ፤

⁴Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;

⁴እንባህን እያሰብሁ በደስታ እሞላ ዘንድ ላይህ እናፍቃለሁ።

⁵When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.

⁵በአንተ ያለውን ግብዝነት የሌለበትን እምነትህን አስባለሁ፤ ይህም እምነት ቀድሞ በአያትህ በሎይድ በእናትህም በኤውንቄ ነበረባቸው፥ በአንተም ደግሞ እንዳለ ተረድቼአለሁ።

⁶Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.

⁶ስለዚህ ምክንያት፥ እሳት እንደሚያቀጣጥል ሰው፥ እጆቼን በመጫኔ በአንተ ያለውን የእግዚአብሔርን ስጦታ እንድታነሣሣ አሳስብሃለሁ።

⁷For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

⁷እግዚአብሔር የኃይልና የፍቅር ራስንም የመግዛት መንፈስ እንጂ የፍርሃት መንፈስ አልሰጠንምና።

⁸Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;

⁸እንግዲህ በጌታችን ምስክርነት ወይም በእስረኛው በእኔ አትፈር፥ ነገር ግን እንደ እግዚአብሔር ኃይል መጠን ስለ ወንጌል አብረኸኝ መከራን ተቀበል፤

⁹Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

⁹ያዳነን በቅዱስም አጠራር የጠራን እግዚአብሔር ነውና፥ ይህም እንደ ራሱ አሳብና ጸጋ መጠን ነው እንጂ እንደ ሥራችን መጠን አይደለም፤ ይህም ጸጋ ከዘላለም ዘመናት በፊት በክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ ተሰጠን፥

¹⁰But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:

¹⁰አሁን ግን በመድኃኒታችን በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ መገለጥ ታይቶአል። እርሱ ሞትን ሽሮአልና እኔ ሰባኪና ሐዋርያ አሕዛብንም አስተማሪ እንድሆን በተሾምሁበት በወንጌል ሕይወትንና አለመጥፋትን ወደ ብርሃን አውጥቶአል።

¹¹Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

¹²ስለዚህም ምክንያት ይህን መከራ ደግሞ ተቀብዬአለሁ፥ ነገር ግን አላፍርበትም፤ ያመንሁትን አውቃለሁና፥ የሰጠሁትንም አደራ እስከዚያ ቀን ድረስ ሊጠብቅ እንዲችል ተረድቼአለሁ።

¹²For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.

¹³በክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ ባለ እምነትና ፍቅር አድርገህ፥ ከእኔ የሰማኸውን ጤናማ ቃል ምሳሌ ያዝ፤

¹³Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

¹⁴መልካሙን አደራ በእኛ በሚኖረው በመንፈስ ቅዱስ ጠብቅ።

¹⁴That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us.

¹⁵በእስያ ያሉቱ ሁሉ ከእኔ ፈቀቅ እንዳሉ ታውቃለህ፥ ከእነርሱም ፊሎጎስና ሄርዋጌኔስ ናቸው።

¹⁵This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.

¹⁶ጌታ ልሄኔሲፎሩ ቤተ ሰዎች ምሕረትን ይስጥ፥ ብዙ ጊዜ አሳርፎኛልና፤

¹⁶The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain:

¹⁷በሰንሰለቴም አላፈረበትም፥ ነገር ግን በሮሜ ባደረ ጊዜ ፈልጎ ፈልጎ አገኘኝ፤

¹⁷But, when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and found me.

¹⁸በዚያን ቀን ከጌታ ምሕረትን እንዲያገኝ ጌታ ይስጠው፤ በኤፌሶንም እንዴት እንዳገለገለኝ አንተ በደኅና ታውቃለህ።

¹⁸The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day: and in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well.