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

¹PAVLEC, Iainco gure Saluadorearen eta gure sperança Iesus Christ Iaunaren manamenduz Iesus Christen Apostolu denac,

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

²Timotheo neure eguiazco semeari fedean, Gratia dela hirequin, misericordia eta baquea Iainco gure Aitaganic, eta Iesus Christ gure Iaunaganic.

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,

³Othoitz eguin drauadan beçala Ephesen egon andin, Macedoniarát ioaiten nincenean, eguin eçac, denuntia dieceançat batzuey ezteçaten bercelaco doctrinaric iracats.

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

⁴Eta eztitecen behá elhe çarretara eta genealogia fin gabetara, ceinéc lehen, questioneac engendratzen baitituzte ecen ez Iaincoaren edificatione fedeaz dena.

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

⁵Bada manamenduaren fina duc charitate bihotz chahutic eta conscientia onetic dena eta fictione gaberico fedetic.

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

⁶Gauça hautaric batzu erauciric conuertitu içan dituc elhe vanotara:

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

⁷Legueco doctor içan nahi diradelaric eta aditzen eztituztelaric erraiten eta asseguratzen dituzten gauçác.

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

⁸Eta baceaquiagu ecen ona dela Leguea, baldin nehorc harçaz bidezqui vsatzen badu.

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,

⁹Daquigularic ecen Leguea eztela iustoagatic iarri, baina gaichtoacgatic eta desobedientacgatic: Iaincoaren menospreciaçaleacgatic eta vicitze gaichtotacoacgatic, religioneric eztaducatenacgatic eta profanoacgatic, aita-amén hiltzaleacgatic eta guicerhaileacgatic:

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

¹⁰Paillartacgatic, bugreacgatic, guiça ebatsleacgatic, gueçurtiacgatic, desperiuruacgatic, eta baldin deus berceric doctrina sanoaren contratacoric bada.

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

¹¹Cein doctrina baita Iainco benedicatuaren Euangelio gloriazco niri cargutan eman içan çaitadanaren araura.

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

¹²Eta esquer emaiten diarocat ni fortificatu nauenari, cein baita, Iesus Christ gure Iauna: ceinec fidel estimatu vkan bainau, bere cerbitzuan eçarriric:

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

¹³Ni, lehen bainincén blasphemaçale eta persecutaçale eta iniuriaçale: baina misericordia eguin içan ciaitadac: ecen ignorantiaz eguin vkan diat, fedea eznuelaric.

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

¹⁴Baina garaithu içan duc gure Iaunaren gratia federequin eta dilectionerequin cein baita Iesus Christean.

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

¹⁵Haur duc hitz segura, eta recebi deçagun guciz dignea, ecen Iesus Christ ethorri içan dela mundura bekatorén saluatzera, ceinetarico lehena bainaiz ni.

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.

¹⁶Baina hunegatic misericordia eguin içan ciaitadac, nitan lehenic eracuts leçançát Iesus Christec clementia gucia, exemplu nincençát hura baithan vicitze eternaleracotzat sinhetsiren çutenén.

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

¹⁷Bada Regue eternalari, immortalari, inuisibleari, Iainco çuhur berari dela ohore eta gloria secula seculacotz. Amen.

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;

¹⁸Manamendu haur gommendatzen drauat, Timotheo ene semé, aitzinetic hiçaz içan diraden prophetién araura, heçaz bataillatze onez batailla adinçát:

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

¹⁹Dualaric fede eta conscientia ona: hura batzuc iraitziric, fedeaz galtze eguin vkan dié.

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

²⁰Ceinetaric baitirade Hymeneo eta Alexander: hec Satani eman dirautzat, ikas deçatencát guehiagoric ez blasphematzen.