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

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

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

²to Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

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

³I thank God, whom I serve as my forefathers did, with a pure conscience. How unceasing is my memory of you in my petitions, night and day

⁴እንባህን እያሰብሁ በደስታ እሞላ ዘንድ ላይህ እናፍቃለሁ።

⁴longing to see you, remembering your tears, that I may be filled with joy;

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

⁵having been reminded of the sincere faith that is in you; which lived first in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice, and, I am persuaded, in you also.

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

⁶For this cause, I remind you that you should stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.

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

⁷For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

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

⁸Therefore don’t be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but endure hardship for the Good News according to the power of God,

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፥

⁹who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

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

¹⁰but has now been revealed by the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light through the Good News.

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

¹¹For this, I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

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

¹²For this cause I also suffer these things. Yet I am not ashamed, for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed to him against that day.

¹⁴መልካሙን አደራ በእኛ በሚኖረው በመንፈስ ቅዱስ ጠብቅ።

¹³Hold the pattern of sound words which you have heard from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

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

¹⁴That good thing which was committed to you, guard through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.

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

¹⁵This you know, that all who are in Asia turned away from me; of whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.

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

¹⁶May the Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain,

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

¹⁷but when he was in Rome, he sought me diligently, and found me

¹⁸(the Lord grant to him to find the Lord’s mercy in that day); and in how many things he served at Ephesus, you know very well.