¹To pa vedi, da v zadnjih dneh nastanejo nevarni časi.

¹But know this, that in the last days, grievous times will come.

²Kajti ljudje bodo samoljubni, lakomni, širokoustni, prevzetni, opravljivi, roditeljem nepokorni, nehvaležni, nesveti,

²For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

³brezsrčni, nespravljivi, obrekljivi, nezmerni, surovi, nedobroljubni,

³without natural affection, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, no lovers of good,

⁴izdajalci, vrtoglavi, napihnjeni, veselje bolj ljubeči nego Boga,

⁴traitors, headstrong, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;

⁵ki sicer hranijo podobo pobožnosti, njeno moč pa so zatajili; in teh se ogiblji.

⁵holding a form of godliness, but having denied its power. Turn away from these, also.

⁶Izmed teh namreč so tisti, ki se plazijo v hiše in love ženščine, obložene z grehi, katere goni mnogotero poželenje,

⁶For some of these are people who creep into houses, and take captive gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts,

⁷ki se vedno uče in nikdar ne morejo priti do spoznanja resnice.

⁷always learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

⁸Enako pa, kakor sta se Janez in Jambrez upirala Mojzesu, tako se tudi ti upirajo resnici, ljudje popačeni na umu, malopridni za vero.

⁸Even as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so do these also oppose the truth; men corrupted in mind, who concerning the faith, are rejected.

⁹Ali dalje ne bodo napredovali: zakaj njih nespamet bode vsem očita, kakor je bila tudi onih dveh.

⁹But they will proceed no further. For their folly will be evident to all men, as theirs also came to be.

¹⁰Ti pa si hodil za menoj v nauku, vedenju, mišljenju, veri, prizanesljivosti, ljubezni, stanovitnosti,

¹⁰But you did follow my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, steadfastness,

¹¹preganjanju, trpljenju, kakršno me je zadelo v Antiohiji, v Ikoniji, v Listri. Kakšna preganjanja sem prebil, in iz vseh me je otel Gospod!

¹¹persecutions, and sufferings: those things that happened to me at Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. I endured those persecutions. Out of them all the Lord delivered me.

¹²Pa tudi vsi, ki hočejo pobožno živeti v Kristusu Jezusu, bodo preganjani.

¹²Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.

¹³Hudobni ljudje pa in sleparji bodo napredovali v slabem, varali bodo in bodo varani.

¹³But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.

¹⁴Ti pa ostani v tem, česar si se naučil in o čemer si se prepričal, ker veš, od koga si se učil,

¹⁴But you remain in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them.

¹⁵in ker od mladih nog znaš sveta pisma, ki so te zmožna zmodriti za zveličanje po veri, ki je v Kristusu Jezusu.

¹⁵From infancy, you have known the holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith, which is in Christ Jesus.

¹⁶Vsako pismo je od Boga navdihnjeno in koristno za pouk, za prepričanje, za poboljšanje, za vzgojo v pravičnosti,da bode popoln človek Božji, docela pripraven za vsako dobro delo.

¹⁶Every Scripture is God-breathed and or, Every writing inspired by God is profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

¹⁷da bode popoln človek Božji, docela pripraven za vsako dobro delo.

¹⁷that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.