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

¹Paul, Kris Jesua hinna om chiamna thugenna lama Pathian deihdana Kris Jesu sawltakin,

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

²Ka ta deihtak Timothi kiang ah: Pathian leh Kris Jesu a I Toupa kianga kipan hehpihna, zahngaihna, lemna hong om hen.

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

³Sun leh zan khawllou a ka thumnatea nang hon theigigein, ka pi ka pu a kipan a sialehpha theihna siangtak neia a na ka sep gigepa, Pathian kiangah kipah thu ka hilh hi.

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

⁴Kipaka ka dim theihna ding in hon muh ka ut mahmah a, na khitui theigige in.

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.

⁵Ginna taktak nangmah a om tuh ka theigige ngala, huai ginna atung in napi Loisi ah a oma, na nu Iunisi ah leng a oma, nangmah ah leng a om chih diktak in kathei hi.

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.

⁶Huaijiakin ka khut ngak ziaka Pathian thilpiak nangmah a ompen mutkuang dingin kahon theisak ahi;

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

⁷Pathian in launa kha a honpe keia, thilhihtheihna leh itna leh kithuzohna tak neihna a honpe zaw ngala.

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,

⁸Huchiin, I Toupa thu theihsak tuh zumpih kenla, kei a hentapa hon zumpih sam ken. Tanchinhoih ziaka gimthuak Pathian thilhihtheihna dungzuiin hon thuakpih zaw in.

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,

⁹Aman tuh I thilhihte bang hilou in, amah seh leh ama hehpihna bang zaw in a hon hondam a, sapna siangthou in a hon sam hi; huai hehpihna tuh leilung pianma a Kris Jesu-a a honpiak a hita.

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.

¹⁰Himahleh I Hondampa Kris Jesu kilakna ziakin tuin hihlatin a omta hi. Aman tuh sihna hihmang in, tanchinhoihin hinna leh manthat theihlouhna a hihlangta.

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

¹¹Huai tanchinhoih theisak dinga tangkoupihpa leh sawltak leh sinsaktu-a seh ka hi.

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.

¹²Hiai ziakin ahi, hiai thilte leng kana thuak. Himahleh ka zum kei; ka ginpa tuh ka thei a, akiang a ka kepsak tuh huaini a ding in a vom hoih thei chih diktakin ka thei ngala.

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

¹³Kris Jesua om ginna leh itna nei in, thudikte ka kama nazakte tuh zui chinten in.

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

¹⁴I sunga om Khasiangthou in nang hon kepsak thutak kem hoih in.

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

¹⁵Asia gam a om tengteng ten a hon nungngatsan uh chih na thei a; alak ua Philgella leh Harmojini a pang uhi.

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

¹⁶Toupan Onesifora inkuanpihte kiangah zahngaihna pia hen aw, aman tuh a hon hihhalh zelzel hi. Ka khainiang but leng a hon zumpih ngalkei a;

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

¹⁷Rome khua a aomlai in leng honlimzona, a hon mukhia hi.Huai ni chiang in Toupa kianga zahngaihna mu ding in Toupan amah tuh sep hen. Ephesa khua a anasep thupidan leng na thei na hi.

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.

¹⁸Huai ni chiang in Toupa kianga zahngaihna mu ding in Toupan amah tuh sep hen. Ephesa khua a anasep thupidan leng na thei na hi.