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

¹A ovo znaj: u posljednjim danima nastat će teška vremena.

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

²Ljudi će doista biti sebeljupci, srebroljupci, preuzetnici, oholice, hulitelji, roditeljima neposlušni, nezahvalnici, bezbožnici,

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

³bešćutnici, nepomirljivci, klevetnici, neobuzdanici, goropadnici, neljubitelji dobra,

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

⁴izdajice, brzopletnici, naduti, ljubitelji užitka više nego ljubitelji Boga.

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

⁵Imaju obličje pobožnosti, ali snage su se njezine odrekli. I njih se kloni!

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

⁶Od njih su doista oni što se uvlače u kuće i zarobljuju ženice, natovarene grijesima, vodane najrazličitijim strastima:

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

⁷one uvijek uče, a nikako ne mogu doći do spoznaje istine.

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

⁸Kao što se Janes i Jambres suprotstaviše Mojsiju, tako se i ovi, ljudi pokvarena uma, u vjeri neprokušani, suprotstavljaju istini.

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

⁹Ali neće više napredovati jer bezumlje će ovih postati očito, kako se to i onima dogodilo.

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

¹⁰A ti si pošao za nmom u poučavanju, u ponašanju, u naumu, u vjeri, u strpljivosti, u ljubavi, u postojanosti;

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.

¹¹u progonstvima, u patnjama koje su me zadesile u Antiohiji, u Ikoniju, u Listri. Kakva li sam progonstva podnio! I iz svih me izbavio Gospodin!

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

¹²A i svi koji hoće živjeti pobožno u Kristu Isusu, bit će progonjeni.

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

¹³Zli pak ljudi i vračari napredovat će sve više u zlu - kao zavodnici i zavedeni.

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

¹⁴Ti, naprotiv, ostani u onome u čemu si poučen i čemu si vjeru dao, svjestan od koga si sve poučen

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

¹⁵i da od malena poznaješ Sveta pisma koja su vrsna učiniti te mudrim tebi na spasenje po vjeri, vjeri u Kristu Isusu.

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,

¹⁶Sve Pismo, bogoduho, korisno je za poučavanje, uvjeravanje, popravljanje, odgajanje u pravednosti,

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

¹⁷da čovjek Božji bude vrstan, za svako dobro djelo podoban.