¹Paul, apostle of Jesus Christ, according to [the] command of God our Saviour, and of Christ Jesus our hope,

¹Mimi Paulo, mtume wa Yesu Kristo kwa amri ya Mungu Mwokozi wetu na Yesu Kristo tumaini letu,

²to Timotheus, [my] true child in faith: grace, mercy, peace, from God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

²nakuandikia Timotheo mwanangu halisi katika imani. Nakutakia neema, huruma na amani kutoka kwa Mungu Baba yetu na Kristo Yesu Bwana wetu.

³Even as I begged thee to remain in Ephesus, [when I was] going to Macedonia, that thou mightest enjoin some not to teach other doctrines,

³Napenda ukae huko Efeso, kama nilivyokuomba nilipokuwa ninakwenda Makedonia. Wako watu fulani huko wanaofundisha mafundisho ya uongo. Wakomeshe watu hao.

⁴nor to turn their minds to fables and interminable genealogies, which bring questionings rather than [further] God's dispensation, which [is] in faith.

⁴Waambie waachane na zile hadithi tupu na orodha ndefu za mababu, ambazo huleta tu ubishi, wala haviwajengi watu katika mpango ujulikanao kwa imani.

⁵But the end of what is enjoined is love out of a pure heart and a good conscience and unfeigned faith;

⁵Shabaha ya amri hii ni kuhimiza mapendo yatokayo katika moyo safi, dhamiri njema, na imani ya kweli.

⁶which [things] some having missed, have turned aside to vain discourse,

⁶Watu wengine wamepotoka na kugeukia majadiliano yasiyo na maana.

⁷desiring to be law-teachers, not understanding either what they say or concerning what they [so] strenuously affirm.

⁷Wanapenda kuwa walimu wa Sheria, lakini hawaelewi maneno yao wenyewe au mambo wanayosisitiza.

⁸Now we know that the law [is] good if any one uses it lawfully,

⁸Twajua kwamba Sheria ni njema, kama ikitumiwa ipasavyo.

⁹knowing this, that law has not its application to a righteous person, but to [the] lawless and insubordinate, to [the] impious and sinful, to [the] unholy and profane, to smiters of fathers and smiters of mothers; to murderers,

⁹Lakini tunapaswa kukumbuka kwamba sheria haziwekwi kwa ajili ya watu wema, bali kwa ajili ya wahalifu na wasiotii, wasiomcha Mungu na wenye dhambi, watu wasio na dini na wa kidunia. Watu wanaowaua baba na mama zao, au wauaji wowote wale;

¹⁰fornicators, sodomites, kidnappers, liars, perjurers; and if any other thing is opposed to sound teaching,

¹⁰sheria imewekwa kwa ajili ya waasherati, wafiraji, wanaowaiba watu, waongo, na wanaoapa uongo au wanaofanya chochote ambacho ni kinyume cha mafundisho ya kweli.

¹¹according to the glad tidings of the glory of the blessed God, with which *I* have been entrusted.

¹¹Mafundisho hayo hupatikana katika Habari Njema ambayo mimi nimekabidhiwa niihubiri, Habari Njema ya Mungu mtukufu na mwenye heri.

¹²[And] I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me power, that he has counted me faithful, appointing to ministry him

¹²Namshukuru Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo aliyenipa nguvu kwa ajili ya kazi yangu. Namshukuru kwa kuniona mimi kuwa ni mwaminifu, akaniteua nimtumikie,

¹³who before was a blasphemer and persecutor, and an insolent overbearing [man]: but mercy was shewn me because I did it ignorantly, in unbelief.

¹³ingawa pale awali mimi nilimtukana na kumtesa na kumdhulumu. Lakini Mungu alinionea huruma, kwa sababu sikuwa na imani bado, na hivyo sikujua nilichokuwa ninafanya.

¹⁴But the grace of our Lord surpassingly over-abounded with faith and love, which [is] in Christ Jesus.

¹⁴Lakini Bwana wetu alinijalia neema yake kwa wingi, akanipa imani na upendo katika kuungana na Kristo Yesu.

¹⁵Faithful [is] the word, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom *I* am [the] first.

¹⁵Usemi huu ni wa kuaminika, na tena unafaa kukubaliwa kabisa: Kristo Yesu alikuja ulimwenguni kuwaokoa wenye dhambi. Nami ni mkosefu zaidi kuliko hao wote,

¹⁶But for this reason mercy was shewn me, that in me, [the] first, Jesus Christ might display the whole long-suffering, for a delineation of those about to believe on him to life eternal.

¹⁶lakini Mungu alinionea huruma, ili Kristo aonyeshe uvumilivu wake wote kwangu mimi, kama mfano kwa wale wote ambao baadaye watamwamini na kupokea uzima wa milele.

¹⁷Now to the King of the ages, [the] incorruptible, invisible, only God, honour and glory to the ages of ages. Amen.

¹⁷Kwake yeye aliye Mfalme wa milele na asiyekufa, yeye aliye Mungu pekee--kwake viwe heshima na utukufu milele na milele! Amina.

¹⁸This charge, [my] child Timotheus, I commit to thee, according to the prophecies as to thee preceding, in order that thou mightest war by them the good warfare,

¹⁸Mwanangu Timotheo, nakukabidhi amri hii kufuatana na maneno ya unabii yaliyosemwa zamani juu yako. Yatumie maneno hayo yawe silaha yako katika kupigana vita vizuri,

¹⁹maintaining faith and a good conscience; which [last] some, having put away, have made shipwreck as to faith;

¹⁹na ushike imani yako na dhamiri njema. Watu wengine hawakusikiliza dhamiri zao na hivyo wakaiharibu imani yao.

²⁰of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have delivered to Satan, that they may be taught by discipline not to blaspheme.

²⁰Miongoni mwao ni Humenayo na Aleksanda ambao nimewakabidhi kwa Shetani, ili wafundishwe wasimtukane Mungu.