¹Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, through the will of God, according to a promise of life that [is] in Christ Jesus,

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

²to Timotheus, beloved child: Grace, kindness, peace, from God the Father, and Christ Jesus our Lord!

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

³I am thankful to God, whom I serve from progenitors in a pure conscience, that unceasingly I have remembrance concerning thee in my supplications night and day,

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

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

⁴እንባህን እያሰብሁ በደስታ እሞላ ዘንድ ላይህ እናፍቃለሁ።

⁵taking remembrance of the unfeigned faith that is in thee, that dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice, and I am persuaded that also in thee.

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

⁶For which cause I remind thee to stir up the gift of God that is in thee through the putting on of my hands,

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

⁷for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;

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

⁸therefore thou mayest not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but do thou suffer evil along with the good news 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 did save us, and did call with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace, that was given to us in Christ Jesus, before the times of the ages,

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፥

¹⁰and was made manifest now through the manifestation of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who indeed did abolish death, and did enlighten life and immortality through the good news,

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

¹¹to which I was placed a preacher and an apostle, and a teacher of nations,

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

¹²for which cause also these things I suffer, but I am not ashamed, for I have known in whom I have believed, and have been persuaded that he is able that which I have committed to him to guard -- to that day.

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

¹³The pattern hold thou of sound words, which from me thou didst hear, in faith and love that [is] in Christ Jesus;

¹⁴መልካሙን አደራ በእኛ በሚኖረው በመንፈስ ቅዱስ ጠብቅ።

¹⁴the good thing committed guard thou through the Holy Spirit that is dwelling in us;

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

¹⁵thou hast known this, that they did turn from me -- all those in Asia, of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes;

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

¹⁶may the Lord give kindness to the house of Onesiphorus, because many times he did refresh me, and of my chain was not ashamed,

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

¹⁷but being in Rome, very diligently he sought me, and found;

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

¹⁸may the Lord give to him to find kindness from the Lord in that day; and how many things in Ephesus he did minister thou dost very well know.