¹I do fully testify, then, before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who is about to judge living and dead at his manifestation and his reign --

¹በእግዚአብሔር ፊት በሕያዋንና በሙታንም ሊፈርድ ባለው በጌታ በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ፊት፥ በመገለጡና በመንግሥቱም እመክርሃለሁ፤

²preach the word; be earnest in season, out of season, convict, rebuke, exhort, in all long-suffering and teaching,

²ቃሉን ስበክ፥ በጊዜውም አለጊዜውም ጽና፥ ፈጽመህ እየታገሥህና እያስተማርህ፥ ዝለፍና ገሥጽ ምከርም።

³for there shall be a season when the sound teaching they will not suffer, but according to their own desires to themselves they shall heap up teachers -- itching in the hearing,

³ሕይወት የሚገኝበትን ትምህርት የማይታገሡበት ዘመን ይመጣልና፤ ነገር ግን ጆሮቻቸውን የሚያሳክክ ስለ ሆነ፥ እንደ ገዛ ምኞታቸው ለራሳቸው አስተማሪዎችን ያከማቻሉ።

⁴and indeed, from the truth the hearing they shall turn away, and to the fables they shall be turned aside.

⁴እውነትንም ከመስማት ጆሮቻቸውን ይመልሳሉ፥ ወደ ተረትም ፈቀቅ ይላሉ።

⁵And thou -- watch in all things; suffer evil; do the work of one proclaiming good news; of thy ministration make full assurance,

⁵አንተ ግን ነገርን ሁሉ በልክ አድርግ፥ መከራን ተቀበል፥ የወንጌል ሰባኪነትን ሥራ አድርግ፥ አገልግሎትህን ፈጽም።

⁶for I am already being poured out, and the time of my release hath arrived;

⁶በመሥዋዕት እንደሚደረግ፥ የእኔ ሕይወት ይሠዋልና፥ የምሄድበትም ጊዜ ደርሶአል።

⁷the good strife I have striven, the course I have finished, the faith I have kept,

⁷መልካሙን ገድል ተጋድዬአለሁ፥ ሩጫውን ጨርሼአለሁ፥ ሃይማኖትን ጠብቄአለሁ፤

⁸henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of the righteousness that the Lord -- the Righteous Judge -- shall give to me in that day, and not only to me, but also to all those loving his manifestation.

⁸ወደ ፊት የጽድቅ አክሊል ተዘጋጅቶልኛል፥ ይህንም ጻድቅ ፈራጅ የሆነው ጌታ ያን ቀን ለእኔ ያስረክባል፥ ደግሞም መገለጡን ለሚወዱት ሁሉ እንጂ ለእኔ ብቻ አይደለም።

⁹Be diligent to come unto me quickly,

⁹በቶሎ ወደ እኔ እንድትመጣ ትጋ፤

¹⁰for Demas forsook me, having loved the present age, and went on to Thessalonica, Crescens to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia,

¹⁰ዴማስ የአሁኑን ዓለም ወዶ ትቶኛልና፥ ወደ ተሰሎንቄም ሄዶአል፤ ቄርቂስም ወደ ገላትያ ቲቶም ወደ ድልማጥያ ሄደዋል፤

¹¹Lukas only is with me; Markus having taken, bring with thyself, for he is profitable to me for ministration;

¹¹ሉቃስ ብቻ ከእኔ ጋር አለ። ማርቆስ ለአገልግሎት ብዙ ይጠቅመኛልና ይዘኸው ከአንተ ጋር አምጣው።

¹²and Tychicus I sent to Ephesus;

¹²ቲኪቆስን ግን ወደ ኤፌሶን ላክሁት።

¹³the cloak that I left in Troas with Carpus, coming, bring thou and the books -- especially the parchments.

¹³ስትመጣ በጢሮአዳ ከአክርጳ ዘንድ የተውሁትን በርኖሱንና መጻሕፍቱን ይልቁንም በብራና የተጻፉትን አምጣልኝ።

¹⁴Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil; may the Lord repay to him according to his works,

¹⁴የናስ አንጥረኛው እስክንድሮስ እጅግ ከፋብኝ፤ ጌታ እንደ ሥራው ይመልስለታል።

¹⁵of whom also do thou beware, for greatly hath he stood against our words;

¹⁵አንተም ደግሞ ከእርሱ ተጠበቅ፥ የምንናገረውን እጅግ ተቃውሞአልና።

¹⁶in my first defence no one stood with me, but all forsook me, (may it not be reckoned to them!)

¹⁶በፊተኛው ሙግቴ አንድ ስንኳ አልደረሰልኝም፥ ሁሉም ተዉኝ እንጂ፤ ይህንም አይቍጠርባቸው፤

¹⁷and the Lord stood by me, and did strengthen me, that through me the preaching might be fully assured, and all the nations might hear, and I was freed out of the mouth of a lion,

¹⁷ዳሩ ግን የስብከቱ ሥራ በእኔ እንዲፈጸም አሕዛብም ሁሉ እንዲሰሙት፥ ጌታ በእኔ አጠገብ ቆሞ አበረታኝ፥ ከአንበሳ አፍም ዳንሁ።

¹⁸and the Lord shall free me from every evil work, and shall save [me] -- to his heavenly kingdom; to whom [is] the glory to the ages of the ages! Amen.

¹⁸ጌታም ከክፉ ነገር ሁሉ ያድነኛል ለሰማያዊውም መንግሥት ይጠብቀኛል፤ ለእርሱ ከዘላለም እስከ ዘላለም ክብር ይሁን፤ አሜን።

¹⁹Salute Prisca and Aquilas, and Onesiphorus' household;

¹⁹ለጵርስቅላና ለአቂላ ለሄኔሲፎሩም ቤተ ሰዎች ሰላምታ አቅርብልኝ።

²⁰Erastus did remain in Corinth, and Trophimus I left in Miletus infirm;

²⁰ኤርስጦስ በቆሮንቶስ ቀረ፥ ጥሮፊሞስን ግን ታሞ በሚሊጢን ተውሁት።

²¹be diligent to come before winter. Salute thee doth Eubulus, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren.

²¹ከክረምት በፊት እንድትመጣ ትጋ። ኤውግሎስና ጱዴስ ሊኖስም ቅላውዲያም ወንድሞችም ሁሉ ሰላምታ ያቀርቡልሃል።

²²The Lord Jesus Christ [is] with thy spirit; the grace [is] with you! Amen.

²²ጌታ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ከመንፈስህ ጋር ይሁን። ጸጋ ከእናንተ ጋር ይሁን፤ አሜን።