¹Pavel, apostol Kristusa Jezusa po povelju Boga, Rešitelja našega, in Kristusa Jezusa, upanja našega,

¹Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to the commandment of God our Savior, and Christ Jesus our hope;

²Timoteju, pravemu otroku svojemu v veri: Milost, usmiljenje, mir od Boga Očeta in Kristusa Jezusa, Gospoda našega.

²to Timothy, my true child in faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

³Kakor sem te prosil, potujoč v Macedonijo, da ostani v Efezu, da zapoveš nekaterim, naj ne uče drugačnega nauka,

³As I urged you when I was going into Macedonia, stay at Ephesus that you might command certain men not to teach a different doctrine,

⁴tudi naj se ne ubijajo z basnimi in brezkončnimi rodopisi, ki pospešujejo bolj prepire nego oskrbovanje službe Božje, ki je v veri, tako te prosim zdaj.

⁴neither to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, which cause disputes, rather than God’s stewardship, which is in faith—

⁵Namen zapovedi pa je ljubezen iz čistega srca in dobre vesti in nehinavske vere,

⁵but the goal of this command is love, out of a pure heart and a good conscience and sincere faith;

⁶kar so nekateri zgrešili in se obrnili k praznemu besedovanju,

⁶from which things some, having missed the mark, have turned aside to vain talking;

⁷hoteč biti učeniki postave, dasi ne umejo, ne kaj govore, ne kaj trdijo.

⁷desiring to be teachers of the law, though they understand neither what they say, nor about what they strongly affirm.

⁸Vemo pa, da je postava dobra, če jo kdo postavno rabi,

⁸But we know that the law is good, if a man uses it lawfully,

⁹v svesti si, da za pravičnega ni postavljena postava, ampak za nepravične in uporne, brezbožne in grešnike, nesvete in skrunilce svetega, ubijalce očeta in matere, ljudomorce,

⁹as knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

¹⁰nečistnike, moželežnike, ljudokradce, lažnike, krivoprisežnike in če je še kaj drugega nasprotnega zdravemu uku;

¹⁰for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave-traders, for liars, for perjurers, and for any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine;

¹¹kakor priča evangelij slave blaženega Boga, ki je bil poverjen meni.

¹¹according to the Good News of the glory of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.

¹²Hvaležen sem njemu, ki mi je dal moč, Kristusu Jezusu, Gospodu našemu, da me je za zvestega imel in me postavil v službo,

¹²And I thank him who enabled me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he counted me faithful, appointing me to service;

¹³ki sem bil prej preklinjalec in preganjalec in silovitnik; ali usmiljenje sem zadobil, ker sem delal to iz nevednosti v neveri;

¹³although I was before a blasphemer, a persecutor, and insolent. However, I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

¹⁴preobilo pa se je pomnožila milost Gospoda našega z vero in ljubeznijo, ki je v Kristusu Jezusu.

¹⁴The grace of our Lord abounded exceedingly with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

¹⁵Resnična je ta beseda in vsekakor vredna, da se sprejme: da je Kristus Jezus prišel na svet rešit grešnike, katerih prvi sem jaz.

¹⁵The saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.

¹⁶Ali zato sem zadobil usmiljenje, da bi na meni prvem Kristus Jezus pokazal vso svojo potrpežljivost, za zgled njim, ki bodo verovali vanj za večno življenje.

¹⁶However, for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first, Jesus Christ might display all his patience, for an example of those who were going to believe in him for eternal life.

¹⁷Kralju vekov pa, neminljivemu, nevidnemu, edinemu Bogu, čast in slava na vekov veke! Amen.

¹⁷Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

¹⁸To zapoved ti izročam, moj otrok Timotej, po prejšnjih prorokovanjih o tebi, da biješ po njih dobri boj

¹⁸This instruction I commit to you, my child Timothy, according to the prophecies which led the way to you, that by them you may wage the good warfare;

¹⁹in ohraniš vero in dobro vest, ki so jo nekateri pahnili od sebe ter se ponesrečili v veri;med katerimi sta Himenej in Aleksander, ki sem ju izročil satanu, da se po kazni naučita ne preklinjati.

¹⁹holding faith and a good conscience; which some having thrust away made a shipwreck concerning the faith;

²⁰med katerimi sta Himenej in Aleksander, ki sem ju izročil satanu, da se po kazni naučita ne preklinjati.

²⁰of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I delivered to Satan, that they might be taught not to blaspheme.