¹Pavel, apostol Kristusa Jezusa po volji Božji za obljubo življenja, ki je v Kristusu Jezusu,

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

²Timoteju, ljubljenemu otroku svojemu: Milost, usmiljenje, mir od Boga Očeta in Kristusa Jezusa, Gospoda našega!

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

³Hvaležen sem Bogu, ki mu služim od pradedov svojih s čisto vestjo, kakor te imam neprestano v spominu v molitvah svojih ter po noči in po dne,

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

⁴spominjajoč se solz tvojih, hrepenim videti te, da se napolnim veselja;

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

⁵ker imam v mislih nelicemersko vero tvojo, ki je bivala najprej v babici tvoji Loidi in materi tvoji Evniki, preverjen sem pa, da je tudi v tebi.

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.

⁶Zategadelj te spominjam, da razpihaš milosti dar Božji, ki je v tebi po pokladanju rok mojih.

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.

⁷Kajti Bog nam ni dal duha boječnosti, ampak moči in ljubezni in samostrahovanja.

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

⁸Ne sramuj se torej pričevanja Gospoda našega, ne mene, jetnika njegovega, temuč udeleži se trpljenja za evangelij po moči Boga,

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,

⁹ki nas je rešil in poklical s svetim poklicem, ne po delih naših, ampak po lastnem sklepu in milosti svoji, ki nam je bila dana v Kristusu Jezusu pred večnimi časi,

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,

¹⁰a sedaj je bila razodeta po prihodu Rešitelja našega Kristusa Jezusa, ki je uničil smrt in na svetlo privedel življenje in neminljivost po evangeliju,

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.

¹¹za katerega sem bil jaz postavljen za glasnika in apostola in učitelja poganov.

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

¹²Zategadelj tudi to trpim, toda ni me sram; vem namreč, komu sem veroval, in preverjen sem, da je zmožen hraniti, kar sem mu izročil, za tisti dan.

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.

¹³Drži se vzora zdravih besed, ki si jih slišal od mene, v veri in ljubezni, ki je v Kristusu Jezusu.

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

¹⁴Dobri zaklad, ki ti je bil izročen, hrani po svetem Duhu, ki prebiva v nas.

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

¹⁵To veš, da so se odvrnili od mene vsi v Aziji, med katerimi sta Figel in Hermogen.

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

¹⁶Usmiljenje daj Gospod hiši Oneziforjevi, ker me je mnogokrat poživil in se ni sramoval spon mojih,

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

¹⁷temuč me je, ko je bil v Rimu, z gorečnostjo iskal in našel(Gospod mu daj, da najde usmiljenje pri Gospodu tisti dan); in koliko je služboval v Efezu, sam najbolje veš.

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

¹⁸(Gospod mu daj, da najde usmiljenje pri Gospodu tisti dan); in koliko je služboval v Efezu, sam najbolje veš.

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.