¹ነገር ግን በመጨረሻው ቀን የሚያስጨንቅ ዘመን እንዲመጣ ይህን እወቅ።

¹But this know, that in [the] last days difficult times shall be there;

²ሰዎች ራሳቸውን የሚወዱ ይሆናሉና፥ ገንዘብን የሚወዱ፥ ትምክህተኞች፥ ትዕቢተኞች፥ ተሳዳቢዎች፥ ለወላጆቻቸው የማይታዘዙ፥ የማያመሰግኑ፥

²for men shall be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, evil speakers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, profane,

³ቅድስና የሌላቸው፥ ፍቅር የሌላቸው፥ ዕርቅን የማይሰሙ፥ ሐሜተኞች፥ ራሳቸውን የማይገዙ፥ ጨካኞች፥ መልካም የሆነውን የማይወዱ፥

³without natural affection, implacable, slanderers, of unsubdued passions, savage, having no love for what is good,

⁴ከዳተኞች፥ ችኩሎች፥ በትዕቢት የተነፉ፥ ከእግዚአብሔር ይልቅ ተድላን የሚወዱ ይሆናሉ፤

⁴traitors, headlong, of vain pretensions, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;

⁵የአምልኮት መልክ አላቸው ኃይሉን ግን ክደዋል፤ ከእነዚህ ደግሞ ራቅ።

⁵having a form of piety but denying the power of it: and from these turn away.

⁶ወደ ቤቶች ሾልከው እየገቡ፥ ኃጢአታቸው የተከመረባቸውን በልዩ ልዩ ምኞትንም የሚወሰዱትን ሁልጊዜም እየተማሩ እውነትን ወደ ማወቅ ሊደርሱ ከቶ የማይችሉትን ሞኞችን ሴቶች የሚማርኩ፥ ከእነዚህ ዘንድ ናቸውና።

⁶For of these are they who are getting into houses, and leading captive silly women, laden with sins, led by various lusts,

⁸ኢያኔስና ኢያንበሬስም ሙሴን እንደ ተቃወሙት፥ እንዲሁ እነዚህ ደግሞ አእምሮአቸው የጠፋባቸው ስለ እምነትም የተጣሉ ሰዎች ሆነው፥ እውነትን ይቃወማሉ።

⁷always learning, and never able to come to [the] knowledge of [the] truth.

⁹ዳሩ ግን የእነዚያ ሞኝነት ደግሞ ግልጥ እንደ ሆነ፥ ሞኝነታቸው ለሁሉ ይገለጣልና ከፊት ይልቅ አይቀናላቸውም።

⁸Now in the same manner in which Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, thus these also withstand the truth; men corrupted in mind, found worthless as regards the faith.

¹⁰አንተ ግን ትምህርቴንና አካሄዴን አሳቤንም እምነቴንም ትዕግሥቴንም ፍቅሬንም መጽናቴንም ስደቴንም መከራዬንም ተከተልህ፤

⁹But they shall not advance farther; for their folly shall be completely manifest to all, as that of those also became.

¹¹በአንጾኪያና በኢቆንዮን በልስጥራንም የሆነብኝን የታገሥሁትንም ስደት ታውቃለህ፤ ጌታም ከሁሉ አዳነኝ።

¹⁰But *thou* hast been thoroughly acquainted with my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, longsuffering, love, endurance,

¹²በእውነትም በክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ እግዚአብሔርን እየመሰሉ ሊኖሩ የሚወዱ ሁሉ ይሰደዳሉ።

¹¹persecutions, sufferings: what [sufferings] happened to me in Antioch, in Iconium, in Lystra; what persecutions I endured; and the Lord delivered me out of all.

¹³ነገር ግን ክፉዎች ሰዎችና አታላዮች፥ እያሳቱና እየሳቱ፥ በክፋት እየባሱ ይሄዳሉ።

¹²And all indeed who desire to live piously in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

¹⁴አንተ ግን በተማርህበትና በተረዳህበት ነገር ጸንተህ ኑር፥ ከማን እንደ ተማርኸው ታውቃለህና፤

¹³But wicked men and juggling impostors shall advance in evil, leading and being led astray.

¹⁵ከሕፃንነትህም ጀምረህ ክርስቶስ ኢየሱስን በማመን፥ መዳን የሚገኝበትን ጥበብ ሊሰጡህ የሚችሉትን ቅዱሳን መጻሕፍትን አውቀሃል።

¹⁴But *thou*, abide in those things which thou hast learned, and [of which] thou hast been fully persuaded, knowing of whom thou hast learned [them];

¹⁶የእግዚአብሔር ሰው ፍጹምና ለበጎ ሥራ ሁሉ የተዘጋጀ ይሆን ዘንድ፥ የእግዚአብሔር መንፈስ ያለበት መጽሐፍ ሁሉ ለትምህርትና ለተግሣጽ ልብንም ለማቅናት በጽድቅም ላለው ምክር ደግሞ ይጠቅማል።

¹⁵and that from a child thou hast known the sacred letters, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation, through faith which [is] in Christ Jesus.

¹⁶Every scripture [is] divinely inspired, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for correction, for instruction in righteousness;

¹⁷that the man of God may be complete, fully fitted to every good work.