2 Timote 1

1 Kai Pawl, Khrih Jisuh thung kaawm e hringnae hoi kâkuen e lawkkamnae patetlah, Cathut ngainae lahoi Jisuh Khrih e guncei lah kaawm e ni, ka lungpataw e ka ca Timote koe ca na patawn.

[I], Paul, [am writing this letter. I am] an apostle whom Christ Jesus chose so that I would do what God wanted. He chose me [to tell people that God] has promised [that they will] live [eternally] as a result of their having a close relationship with Christ Jesus.

2 Maimae Bawipa Khrih Jisuh hoi Pa Cathut koe e lungmanae, pahrennae hoi lungmawngnae teh nang koe awm lawiseh.

[I am writing to you], Timothy, whom I love [as if you were] my own son. [I pray that] God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord will [continue to act] kindly to you, be merciful to you, and [cause you to have] inner peace,

3 Mintoenaw ni a bawk awh e Cathut e lungmanae teh ka pholen. Karum khodai ka ratoum navah nang teh na pahnim hoeh.

I thank God [for all that he has done for you]. I serve him, and my ancestors [served him, too. I serve him] in a manner that I know to be right. [I thank him] while repeatedly I [pray for you] at night and during the day.

4 Na mitphi, kai ni ka pouk navah lunghawinae hoi na kawi thai nahanlah nang hoi kâhmo han dikdik ka doun.

[While I am thanking God for you], I very much want to see you because I remember how you cried [MTY] [when we separated. I want to see you] in order that I may be (filled with joy/very happy).

5 Na minpui Lois hoi na manu Euniki ni yuemnae hmaloe a tawn teh, atu nang nihai yuemnae na tawn tie teh ka panue.

[I thank God because] I remember that you sincerely believe [in Christ Jesus]. First, your grandmother, Lois, and your mother, Eunice, [believed in him and], I am (convinced/very sure) that you also believe in him.

6 Hatdawkvah, kai ni kut na toung sin e lahoi Cathut ni poehno na poe e hah bout na kâtahrue nahan na thai sak.

Because [I am sure that you believe in him], I remind you to do fervently/wholeheartedly [MET] what God has (assigned for/appointed) you to do and what he has enabled you to do. [God] ([assigned for/appointed]) you to do it as a result of my putting my hands [on you to show/indicate that he had chosen you to do his work].

7 Cathut ni takinae muitha na poe hoeh, taranhawinae, lungpatawnae hoi mahoima kâcakuep thainae muitha doeh na poe awh.

Remember that God has put [his Spirit] within us. [His Spirit does not cause us to be] afraid. Instead, [he causes us to be] powerful [to work for God], and he helps us to love [others] and [to] control what we say and do.

8 Hatdawkvah Bawipa e lawkpanuesaknae dawk kayak hanh, ahni kecu thongim ka bawt e kai hai kayakkhai hanh, Cathut e kamthang kahawi dawk khang thai hringnae ma tawn haw.

So never be ashamed/reluctant to tell others the message about our Lord. And do not [be ashamed] of me, [even though I am] a prisoner [because I preach about] him. Instead, [be willing to] suffer as I do as you proclaim the message about Christ. [Endure what you will suffer] by letting God empower [you to endure it].

9 Cathut ni teh amae tami roeroe lah coung nahanelah na rungngang teh na kaw awh. Hot teh maimae tawksak thainae dawk nahoeh, amae na pahren lungmanae dawk doeh. Atue kamtawng hoehnahlan, lungmanae teh Khrih Jisuh thung na poe tangcoung e lah ao toe. (aiōnios g166)

[God] saved us and chose us to conduct our lives in a pure way. It was not our doing good deeds/actions [that caused him to do this for us—something] that we did not deserve. Instead, before (time began/he created the world) he purposed/planned to [be kind to us] as a result of what Christ Jesus [would do for us]. (aiōnios g166)

10 Hateiteh atu angnae teh maimae rungngangkung Jisuh Khrih a tho e dawk talai tami pueng koe a kamnue sak. Duenae a raphoe teh hringnae kamthang kahawi hoi angnae koe a sin toe.

Now, as a result of our Savior Christ Jesus having come, it has been revealed {he has shown} [that he acts kindly toward us. Specifically, Christ Jesus] has declared that we [will not remain dead after we] die! He has also revealed that, as a result of [our hearing and accepting] the message [about Christ, we] will live [forever in bodies that will] not decay!

11 Hete kamthang kahawi hramkhai hanelah thoseh, Jentelnaw kacangkhaikung lah thoseh Cathut ni na rawi toe.

I was chosen {Christ chose me} to go as an apostle to many places and proclaim that message to people.

12 Hot kecu dawk hete roedengnae khang awh. Hatei, khoeroe kayakkhai hoeh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, ka yuem e Cathut teh ka panue. Ama koe ka poe e hah hote hnin totouh, Bawipa ni a khetyawt thai tie ka ngaiuep.

So, even though I suffer [here in this prison], I am not ashamed [of being here] (OR, I am very confident), because I know [Christ Jesus], the one whom I have trusted, and I am convinced/sure that he is able to keep safe the good message that he has entrusted to me (OR, the things that I have entrusted [to him]), and that he will reward me at the time [MTY] [when he comes again].

13 Kai ni na cangkhai e Khrih Jisuh thung kaawm e yuemnae hoi lungpatawnae hah khetsin hanelah kacaklah kuen loe.

Be sure that you tell others the same correct message that you heard from me. [And as you tell it], keep trusting [in Christ Jesus] and keep loving [others] as Christ Jesus [enables you to do].

14 Maimae thung kaawm e Kathoung Muitha thaonae hoi na kut dawk poe lah kaawm e thaw kahawicalah tawk loe.

Do not let anyone persuade you to change the [good message that] God has entrusted/given to you. Allow the Holy Spirit who lives in us to [direct what you say].

15 Asia ram dawk kaawmnaw ni kai teh na pahnawt awh toe tie hah na panue toe. Ahnimanaw dawkvah, Phygelus hoi Hermogenes hai ao roi.

You know that [almost] all [the believers] in Asia [province] have (turned away from/abandoned) me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.

16 Onesiphorus ni lung pou na hawi sak dawkvah Cathut ni a imthung koe yawhawinae poe naseh. Sumbawtarui hoi ka o e heh ka kayak khai hoeh.

[But I pray that] the Lord will be kind to the family of Onesiphorus for the following reasons: Often he cheered me up and, [even though] I was a prisoner [MTY], he was not ashamed (of me/[to admit he was] my [friend]).

17 Rom kho a pha toteh kai na hmu hoehroukrak na tawng.

On the contrary, when he came here to Rome, he diligently searched for me until he found me.

18 Hote hnin dawk Cathut koehoi a lungmanae a hmu thai nahanelah, Bawipa ni poe lawiseh. Hahoi, kai hanlah banghloimaw Efisa kho dawk thaw na kabawp teh na khetyawt tie hah na panue.

[I pray that] the Lord will be kind to him on that day [MTY] [when he, the Lord, will judge people]. And how much Onesiphorus served [me] in Ephesus [city], you know very well.