2 Timothy 4
1 Christ Jesus [is going to come back and] judge those who are living [when he comes] and those who will have died. He will judge them [concerning what rewards they deserve, and] he will rule everyone. So, [knowing that] he and God are watching [everything that we do], I solemnly/earnestly command you
ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᎬᏁᏤᎭ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎠᎦᏔᎲᎢ ᎠᎴ ᎠᎦᏔᎲ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᏥᏌ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᏧᏭᎪᏓᏁᏗ ᏥᎩ ᏗᏅᏃᏛ ᎠᎴ ᏧᏂᏲᎱᏒᎯ ᎾᎯᏳ ᎦᎾᏄᎪᏥᎸᎭ ᎠᎴ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᎿᎭᏉ ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏔᏅᎭ,
2 that you proclaim the [true] message to people. Always be ready/prepared [to proclaim it], whether people want to hear it or not. [Some people are saying things that are not correct]; (refute their teaching/show why their teaching is wrong). Rebuke them when they are doing wrong. Tell them what they ought to do. Be very patient while you teach them.
ᎭᎵᏥᏙᎲᏍᎨᏍᏗ ᎧᏃᎮᏛ, ᏣᎵᏁᏅᏕᏍᏗᏉ ᏰᎵ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ ᎠᎴ ᏰᎵ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ, ᏕᎯᎬᏍᎪᎸᎥᏍᎨᏍᏗ, ᏕᎯᏍᎦᎨᏍᏗ, ᏕᎯᏍᏗᏰᏗᏍᎨᏍᏗ ᎲᏗᏍᎨᏍᏗ ᎤᏣᏘ ᎬᏂᏛ ᎨᏒ ᎠᎴ ᏗᏕᏲᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ.
3 [Do these things] because there will be a time when people will not listen to good teaching. Instead, they will bring in many teachers for themselves who will tell them just what they want to hear [IDM]. [The reason that they will bring in such teachers is] that they want to do the evil things that they desire.
ᏛᏍᏆᎸᎯᏰᏃ ᎿᎭᏉ ᎾᎯᏳ ᎥᏝ ᏳᎾᏚᎵᏍᎨᏍᏗ ᎤᎾᏛᏓᏍᏙᏗᏱ ᎣᏍᏛ ᏗᏕᏲᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ; ᏚᏂᏲᏕᏍᎬᏍᎩᏂ ᏗᏂᎴᏂ ᎠᏅᏗᏍᎨᏍᏗ ᎤᏅᏒᏉ ᎤᎾᏚᎸᏅᏗ ᎨᏒ ᏓᏂᏍᏓᏩᏗᏒ ᏓᏂᏟᏏᏍᎨᏍᏗ ᏗᎾᏕᏲᎲᏍᎩ;
4 That is, they will not listen to [MTY] what is true, but will listen instead to [strange] stories from our ancestors.
ᏗᏂᎴᏂᏃ ᏓᏂᎦᏔᎲᏍᎨᏍᏗ ᎠᎾᏛᎩᏍᎬ ᏚᏳᎪᏛᎢ, ᎠᏎᏉᏃ ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎢᏗᏢ ᏩᎾᎦᏔᎲᏍᏗᏍᎨᏍᏗ.
5 [Furthermore, I command that] you always control what you think and do. [Be willing] to endure hardships/suffering. Your work should be telling people the message [about Christ Jesus]. As you serve [the Lord], do everything that [God has told] you to do.
ᏂᎯᏍᎩᏂ ᎮᏯᏔᎯᏳ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ ᏂᎦᎥ ᏂᏣᏛᎿᎭᏕᎬᎢ, ᎲᏂᏗᏳ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ ᎯᎩᎵᏲᎬᎢ, ᏕᏣᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎮᏍᏗ ᎠᎵᏥᏙᏂᏙᎯ ᏧᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ; ᏰᎵᎦᏯ ᎯᏍᏆᏗᏍᎨᏍᏗ ᏗᏣᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ.
6 [Timothy, I say these things to] you because as for me, [it is as though] [MET] [they are now about to kill me. It is as though my blood will] be poured out {they will kill me} [as a sacrifice on the altar]; that is, [I know] that it is the time for me to die [EUP].
ᎿᎭᏉᏰᏃ ᎦᏓᎵᏍᎪᎸᏗᎭ, ᎠᎴ ᎾᎯᏳ ᎠᏇᏅᏍᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎤᏍᏆᎸᎯᏗ.
7 [And as to telling people the] good [message and defending it], I have (exerted myself thoroughly/done it with all my energy) [MET], [like a boxer does. As to doing] the work that God gave me to do, I have completed it, [like a runner who finishes] [MET] the race. [As to] what we believe, I (have been loyal to it/continue to believe it).
ᎠᏆᎵᎸ ᎣᏍᏛ ᎠᎵᏍᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎠᎩᏍᏆᏛ ᎦᏙᎩᏯᏍᎬᎢ, ᎠᎩᏍᏆᏂᎪᏔᏅ ᎪᎯᏳᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ,
8 [So, like people award] a prize [MET] [to the winner of a race], the Lord, who judges rightly, will give me a reward [because I have lived] righteously. He will give me that reward when [MTY] [he judges people]. And not only [will he reward] me, but he will also reward all those who very much want him to come back.
ᎿᎭᏉᏃ ᏨᏆᏓᏁᎳᏁᎸ ᎠᎵᏍᏚᎶ ᏚᏳᎪᏛ ᎢᏳᎾᏛᏁᎸᎯ ᎨᎦᎫᏴᏓᏁᏗ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᎾᏍᎦᏅᎾ ᏗᎫᎪᏗᏍᎩ ᎠᏗᏅᏁᏗ ᎾᎯᏳ ᎢᎦ, ᎥᏝ ᎠᎴ ᎠᏴᏉ ᎠᏋᏒ, ᎾᏍᏉᏍᎩᏂ ᎾᏂᎥ ᎤᎾᏄᎪᎢᏍᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎣᏏᏳ ᎣᏂᏰᎸᎯ.
9 (Do your best/Try hard) to come to me soon.
ᎭᏟᏂᎬᏁᎸᎭ ᏂᎪᎯᎸᎾᏉ ᏣᎷᎯᏍᏗᏱ ᎠᏂ ᎨᏙᎲᎢ.
10 [I say that] because Demas has left me. He wanted very much [the good things that he might enjoy] [MTY] in this world [right now], and so he went to Thessalonica [city]. Crescens [went to serve the Lord] in Galatia [province], and Titus went to Dalmatia [district]. (aiōn g165)
ᏗᎹᏰᏃ ᎠᏋᏕᏨ, ᏅᏗᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗᎭ ᎤᏟ ᎤᏰᎸᏅ ᎪᎯ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᏕᏏᎶᏂᎦ ᏭᎶᏒ; ᏞᏏᏂ ᎨᎴᏏᏱ ᏭᎶᏒ, ᏓᏓᏏ ᏕᎵᎺᏏᏱ ᏭᎶᏒ; (aiōn g165)
11 Luke is the only one who is still with me [of those who were helping me. And when you come], bring Mark with you, because he is useful to help me in my work.
ᎷᎦ ᎤᏩᏒ ᎣᏍᏕᏙᎭ; ᎹᎦ ᏘᏯᏗᏁᏒᎭ, ᎬᎩᏍᏕᎸᎯᏓᏍᏗᏰᏃ ᏓᎩᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎲᎢ.
12 Tychicus [cannot help me because] I sent him to Ephesus [city].
ᏗᏥᎦᏍᎩᏂ ᎡᏈᏌ ᏥᏅᏒ
13 And when you come, bring the coat that I left with Carpus in Troas [city]. Also, bring the books, but (most of all/especially) [I want] (the parchments/the animal skins) [on which important things are written].
ᎦᏌᎴᎾ ᏠᏯ ᏨᏛᎩᏂᏴᎩ ᎦᏆ ᎦᏁᎸᎢ ᏖᏒ ᏘᏁᏒᎭ, ᎠᎴ ᎪᏪᎵ ᏙᏘᏁᏒᎭ ᎾᏍᎩ Ꮀ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᏎᏍᏗ ᎦᏁᎦ ᏗᎪᏪᎶᏗ.
14 Alexander, the man who makes things from metal, did many evil/harmful things to me. The Lord will punish him for what he did.
ᎡᎵᎩ ᎥᏣᏱ ᎪᏢᏅᎥᏍᎩ ᎤᎶᏘ ᏃᏒᎾ ᎾᏋᏁᎸᎩ. ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᎤᎫᏴᎡᏗ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᏕᎤᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎸᎢ.
15 So you, too, must beware of him. [He will try to destroy your work if he can], because he very much opposes the message that we [proclaim].
ᎾᏍᏉ ᏂᎯ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎯᏰᏯᏙᏤᎮᏍᏗ, ᎤᎵᏂᎩᏗᏳᏰᏃ ᎤᏡᏔᏅ ᎣᏥᏬᏂᏍᎬᎢ.
16 When I first defended myself [in court here], no one came along [to help defend] me. Instead, they all left me. [I pray] that it will not be counted against {[God] will forgive} them [LIT] [for leaving me].
ᎢᎬᏱᏱ ᎠᎩᏬᏂᏒ ᎦᎵᏍᏕᎵᏍᎬ ᎥᏝ ᎩᎶ ᎾᎥ ᏱᎦᏙᎨᎢ, ᎾᏂᎥᏉᏍᎩᏂ ᎬᏆᏕᏨᎩ; ᏞᏍᏗ ᎤᏂᏍᎦᏅᏨ ᏱᏚᏚᎪᏔᏁᏍᏗ;
17 Nevertheless, the Lord was with me and strengthened me. He enabled me to fully preach the message, and all the non-Jewish people [in the court] (OR, people from many nations) heard it. And I was rescued [by the Lord] {[the Lord] rescued me} [from great danger, as if I were taken] [MET] out of a lion’s (OR, wild animal’s) mouth.
ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯᏍᎩᏂᏃᏅ ᎾᎥ ᎦᏙᎬᎩ ᎠᎴ ᎠᏆᎵᏂᎪᎯᏍᏔᏅᎩ; ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏴ ᎨᏒ ᎠᎩᏍᏆᏗᏍᏗᏱ ᎠᏰᎸᏒᎩ ᎠᎵᏥᏙᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎾᏂᎥ ᏧᎾᏓᎴᏅᏛ ᏴᏫ ᎤᎾᏛᎯᏗᏱ; ᎠᎴ ᎥᎩᎴᏒᎩ ᏢᏓᏥ ᎠᎰᎵ ᏥᎳᎥᎢ.
18 [Therefore, I am sure that] the Lord will rescue me from everything that is truly evil and will bring me safely to heaven, where he rules. Praise him forever! (Amen!/May it be so!) (aiōn g165)
ᎠᎴ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᎠᏎ ᏛᏇᏓᎴᏏ ᏂᎦᎥ ᎤᏲ ᏗᎦᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ; ᎠᎴ ᏛᎩᏍᏆᏂᎪᏔᏂ ᎦᎸᎳᏗ ᎡᎯ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᏗᎨᏒ ᏫᎦᎷᎩ. ᎾᏍᎩ ᎦᎸᏉᏙᏗ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ ᏂᎪᎯᎸ ᎠᎴ ᏂᎪᎯᎸᎢ, ᎡᎺᏅ. (aiōn g165)
19 Greet [for me] Priscilla and [her husband] Aquila and the family of Onesiphorus.
ᎩᏲᎵᎸᎭ ᏈᏍᎦ ᎠᎴ ᎡᏈᎳ, ᎠᎴ ᎣᏁᏏᏉᎳ ᏚᏓᏘᎾᎥᎢ.
20 Erastus stayed in Corinth [city]. Trophimus, I left in Miletus [city] because he was sick.
ᎢᎳᏍᏓ ᎪᎴᏂᏗ ᏓᏳᏗᎩᏴᎩ, ᏠᏆᎹᏍᎩᏂ ᎹᎵᏓ ᏓᏥᏯᎧᎯᏴᎩ ᎤᏢᎩ.
21 (Do your best/Try hard) to come to me before (the stormy season/winter). Eubulus, Pudens, Linus, Claudia, and many other fellow believers [in this city] (send their greetings to/say that they are thinking affectionately about) you.
ᎭᏟᏂᎬᏁᎸᎭ ᎠᏂ ᏣᎷᎯᏍᏗᏱ ᎠᏏᏉ ᎪᎳ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ. ᏳᏇᎳ ᏫᏣᏲᎵᎦ, ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᏉ ᏇᏗᏂ, ᎠᎴ ᎳᎾᏏ, ᎠᎴ ᏠᏗᏯ, ᎠᎴ ᎾᏂᎥ ᎠᎾᎵᏅᏟ.
22 [I pray that] the Lord will [help you in] your spirit, [Timothy, and] that [he] will act kindly toward all of you [believers who are there].
ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᏥᏌ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ ᏓᎧᎿᎭᏩᏗᏙᎮᏍᏗ ᏩᏓᏅᏙ. ᎤᏓᏙᎵᏍᏗ ᎨᏒ ᏕᏣᎧᎿᎭᏩᏗᏙᎮᏍᏗ. ᎡᎺᏅ.
