¹I command you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at his appearing and his Kingdom:

¹በእግዚአብሔር ፊት በሕያዋንና በሙታንም ሊፈርድ ባለው በጌታ በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ፊት፥ በመገለጡና በመንግሥቱም እመክርሃለሁ፤

²preach the word; be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with all patience and teaching.

²ቃሉን ስበክ፥ በጊዜውም አለጊዜውም ጽና፥ ፈጽመህ እየታገሥህና እያስተማርህ፥ ዝለፍና ገሥጽ ምከርም።

³For the time will come when they will not listen to the sound doctrine, but, having itching ears, will heap up for themselves teachers after their own lusts;

³ሕይወት የሚገኝበትን ትምህርት የማይታገሡበት ዘመን ይመጣልና፤ ነገር ግን ጆሮቻቸውን የሚያሳክክ ስለ ሆነ፥ እንደ ገዛ ምኞታቸው ለራሳቸው አስተማሪዎችን ያከማቻሉ።

⁴and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside to fables.

⁴እውነትንም ከመስማት ጆሮቻቸውን ይመልሳሉ፥ ወደ ተረትም ፈቀቅ ይላሉ።

⁵But you be sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, and fulfill your ministry.

⁵አንተ ግን ነገርን ሁሉ በልክ አድርግ፥ መከራን ተቀበል፥ የወንጌል ሰባኪነትን ሥራ አድርግ፥ አገልግሎትህን ፈጽም።

⁶For I am already being offered, and the time of my departure has come.

⁶በመሥዋዕት እንደሚደረግ፥ የእኔ ሕይወት ይሠዋልና፥ የምሄድበትም ጊዜ ደርሶአል።

⁷I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.

⁷መልካሙን ገድል ተጋድዬአለሁ፥ ሩጫውን ጨርሼአለሁ፥ ሃይማኖትን ጠብቄአለሁ፤

⁸From now on, there is stored up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me on that day; and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing.

⁸ወደ ፊት የጽድቅ አክሊል ተዘጋጅቶልኛል፥ ይህንም ጻድቅ ፈራጅ የሆነው ጌታ ያን ቀን ለእኔ ያስረክባል፥ ደግሞም መገለጡን ለሚወዱት ሁሉ እንጂ ለእኔ ብቻ አይደለም።

⁹Be diligent to come to me soon,

⁹በቶሎ ወደ እኔ እንድትመጣ ትጋ፤

¹⁰for Demas left me, having loved this present world, and went to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.

¹⁰ዴማስ የአሁኑን ዓለም ወዶ ትቶኛልና፥ ወደ ተሰሎንቄም ሄዶአል፤ ቄርቂስም ወደ ገላትያ ቲቶም ወደ ድልማጥያ ሄደዋል፤

¹¹Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with you, for he is useful to me for service.

¹¹ሉቃስ ብቻ ከእኔ ጋር አለ። ማርቆስ ለአገልግሎት ብዙ ይጠቅመኛልና ይዘኸው ከአንተ ጋር አምጣው።

¹²But I sent Tychicus to Ephesus.

¹²ቲኪቆስን ግን ወደ ኤፌሶን ላክሁት።

¹³Bring the cloak that I left at Troas with Carpus when you come, and the books, especially the parchments.

¹³ስትመጣ በጢሮአዳ ከአክርጳ ዘንድ የተውሁትን በርኖሱንና መጻሕፍቱን ይልቁንም በብራና የተጻፉትን አምጣልኝ።

¹⁴Alexander, the coppersmith, did much evil to me. The Lord will repay him according to his works,

¹⁴የናስ አንጥረኛው እስክንድሮስ እጅግ ከፋብኝ፤ ጌታ እንደ ሥራው ይመልስለታል።

¹⁵of whom you also must beware; for he greatly opposed our words.

¹⁵አንተም ደግሞ ከእርሱ ተጠበቅ፥ የምንናገረውን እጅግ ተቃውሞአልና።

¹⁶At my first defense, no one came to help me, but all left me. May it not be held against them.

¹⁶በፊተኛው ሙግቴ አንድ ስንኳ አልደረሰልኝም፥ ሁሉም ተዉኝ እንጂ፤ ይህንም አይቍጠርባቸው፤

¹⁷But the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me, that through me the message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear; and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

¹⁷ዳሩ ግን የስብከቱ ሥራ በእኔ እንዲፈጸም አሕዛብም ሁሉ እንዲሰሙት፥ ጌታ በእኔ አጠገብ ቆሞ አበረታኝ፥ ከአንበሳ አፍም ዳንሁ።

¹⁸And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me for his heavenly Kingdom; to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

¹⁸ጌታም ከክፉ ነገር ሁሉ ያድነኛል ለሰማያዊውም መንግሥት ይጠብቀኛል፤ ለእርሱ ከዘላለም እስከ ዘላለም ክብር ይሁን፤ አሜን።

¹⁹Greet Prisca and Aquila, and the house of Onesiphorus.

¹⁹ለጵርስቅላና ለአቂላ ለሄኔሲፎሩም ቤተ ሰዎች ሰላምታ አቅርብልኝ።

²⁰Erastus remained at Corinth, but I left Trophimus at Miletus sick.

²⁰ኤርስጦስ በቆሮንቶስ ቀረ፥ ጥሮፊሞስን ግን ታሞ በሚሊጢን ተውሁት።

²¹Be diligent to come before winter. Eubulus salutes you, as do Pudens, Linus, Claudia, and all the brothers.

²¹ከክረምት በፊት እንድትመጣ ትጋ። ኤውግሎስና ጱዴስ ሊኖስም ቅላውዲያም ወንድሞችም ሁሉ ሰላምታ ያቀርቡልሃል።

²²The Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Grace be with you. Amen.

²²ጌታ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ከመንፈስህ ጋር ይሁን። ጸጋ ከእናንተ ጋር ይሁን፤ አሜን።