¹መንፈስ ግን በግልጥ። በኋለኞች ዘመናት አንዳንዶች የሚያስቱ መናፍስትንና በውሸተኞች ግብዝነት የተሰጠውን የአጋንንትን ትምህርት እያደመጡ፥ ሃይማኖትን ይክዳሉ ይላል፤ በገዛ ሕሊናቸው እንደሚቃጠሉ ደንዝዘው፥

¹But the Spirit says expressly that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons,

³እነዚህ ውሸተኞች መጋባትን ይከለክላሉ፥ አምነውም እውነትን የሚያውቁ ከምስጋና ጋር ይቀበሉ ዘንድ እግዚአብሔር ከፈጠረው መብል እንዲርቁ ያዝዛሉ።

²through the hypocrisy of men who speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron;

⁴እግዚአብሔር የፈጠረው ሁሉ መልካም ነውና፥ ከምስጋናም ጋር ቢቀበሉት የሚጣል ምንም የለም፤

³forbidding marriage and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

⁵በእግዚአብሔር ቃልና በጸሎት የተቀደሰ ነውና።

⁴For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it is received with thanksgiving.

⁶ስለዚህ ወንድሞችን ብታሳስብ፥ በእምነትና በተከተልኸው በመልካም ትምህርት ቃል የምትመገብ የኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ መልካም አገልጋይ ትሆናለህ።

⁵For it is sanctified through the word of God and prayer.

⁷ነገር ግን ለዚህ ዓለም ከሚመችና የአሮጊቶችን ሴቶች ጨዋታ ከሚመስለው ተረት ራቅ። እግዚአብሔርን ለመምሰል ግን ራስህን አስለምድ።

⁶If you instruct the brothers of these things, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith, and of the good doctrine which you have followed.

⁸ሰውነትን ለሥጋዊ ነገር ማስለመድ ለጥቂት ይጠቅማልና፤ እግዚአብሔርን መምሰል ግን የአሁንና የሚመጣው ሕይወት ተስፋ ስላለው፥ ለነገር ሁሉ ይጠቅማል።

⁷But refuse profane and old wives’ fables. Exercise yourself toward godliness.

⁹ይህ ቃል የታመነ ሁሉም እንዲቀበሉት የተገባ ነው፤

⁸For bodily exercise has some value, but godliness has value in all things, having the promise of the life which is now, and of that which is to come.

¹⁰ይህን ለማግኘት እንደክማለንና፥ ስለዚህም እንሰደባለን፤ ይህም ሰውን ሁሉ ይልቁንም የሚያምኑትን በሚያድን በሕያው አምላክ ተስፋ ስለምናደርግ ነው።

⁹This saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance.

¹¹ይህን እዘዝና አስተምር። በቃልና በኑሮ በፍቅርም በእምነትም በንጽሕናም ለሚያምኑቱ ምሳሌ ሁን እንጂ፥ ማንም ታናሽነትህን አይናቀው።

¹⁰For to this end we both labor and suffer reproach, because we have set our trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe.

¹³እስክመጣ ድረስ ለማንበብና ለመምከር ለማስተማርም ተጠንቀቅ።

¹¹Command and teach these things.

¹⁴በትንቢት ከሽማግሌዎች እጅ መጫን ጋር የተሰጠህን፥ በአንተ ያለውን የጸጋ ስጦታ ቸል አትበል።

¹²Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity.

¹⁵ማደግህ በነገር ሁሉ እንዲገለጥ ይህን አስብ፥ ይህንም አዘውትር።

¹³Until I come, pay attention to reading, to exhortation, and to teaching.

¹⁶ለራስህና ለትምህርትህ ተጠንቀቅ፥ በእነዚህም ጽና፤ ይህን ብታደርግ፥ ራስህንም የሚሰሙህንም ታድናለህና።

¹⁴Don’t neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the elders.

¹⁵Be diligent in these things. Give yourself wholly to them, that your progress may be revealed to all.

¹⁶Pay attention to yourself, and to your teaching. Continue in these things, for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.