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
Minu ndikutumina va meso ma Nzambi ayi ma Yesu Klisto wela sambisa batu banzinga ayi bafua, mu diambu di bu kela monika ayi mu diambu di Kipfumu kiandi ti
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.
longa mambu ma Nzambi ayi longa mawu mu bufula mu zithangu zioso, yiba yifuana voti yikambu fuana. Totula luvunu lu batu, temina ayi lubula mu mvibusulu yingolo ayi lubula mu ndongolo.
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.
Bila thangu yidi yela ba ti batu bakadi buela zola wa malongi ma kiedika; vayi mu diambu di zitsatu ziawu bela kukivangila minlongi miwombo-wombo, miomi miela kuba kamba mambu momo makutu mawu matidi wa.
4 That is, they will not listen to [MTY] what is true, but will listen instead to [strange] stories from our ancestors.
Bela kanga matu mawu mu diambu babika buela wa mambu ma kiedika vayi bela zibula mawu mu diambu di wa zinongo.
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.
Vayi ngeyo, wukikeba mu mambu moso momo; vibidila mu ziphasi, sala kisalu kiaku ki kinsamuni ayi manisa kisalu bumboti.
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].
Bila mu diambu diama ndidi wukubama mu tambuku banga dikaba ayi thangu yi kuendila yizidi.
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).
Minu ndinueni nduanunu yimboti, ndinakuni zithinu nate kuna tsuka; ndikebidi minu.
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.
Buabu nzebi ti ndilundulu budu ki kipfumu ki busonga, kioki Pfumu, zuzi disonga, kela kuphana mu lumbu kina. Bika sia ti kuidi minu kaka vayi wela kivana kuidi baboso bobo banvingilanga mbonokono andi mu luzolo.
9 (Do your best/Try hard) to come to me soon.
Sia nsualu mu vika kuiza ku ndidi.
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)
Bila Demasi wundiefudi; bu kavukumunkini mu landakana nza yayi ayi wuyenda kuandi ku Tesalonika. Kelesensi wuyenda ku Ngalatiya ayi Tite niandi wuyenda ku Dalimati. (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.
Luka kaka widi yama vava. Bu wu nkuiza vitula Malako, kiza yaku bila mfunu ndimvuidi mu kisalu kiama.
12 Tychicus [cannot help me because] I sent him to Ephesus [city].
Ndituma Titsike ku Efeso.
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].
Bu wunkuiza, buna wundatina yunga ki ndibika mu nzo Kalipusi ku Tolowasi ayi zibuku, buidi ziozi zivangimina mu minkanda mi bibulu.
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.
Alekisandele, dimfulanga bisengo, wuphangila mambimbi mawombo. Vayi Pfumu wela kumvutudila boso buididi mavanga mandi.
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].
Mamvaku wukikeba mu diambu diandi, bila niandi wukakidila mu kingolo mambu meto.
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].
Bu ndisamba mu khumbu yi thete, kadi mutu kasia kutsadisa ko; babo bathina. Vayi bika babika kuba tangila nzimbala yoyi.
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.
Pfumu niandi wutelama va ndambu va ndiba ayi wukhindisa mu diambu di mu minu ndongolo yiba yiduka ayi yidukila mu makanda moso nate kuidi Bapakanu. Bukiedika minu ndikulu mu munu wu khosi.
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)
Nzebi ti Pfumu wela kukhula mu mavanga mamo mambimbi ayi wela kukheba mu diambu di mu Kipfumu kiandi ku Diyilu. Bika nkembo wubanga yandi mu zithangu zioso. Amen. (aiōn g165)
19 Greet [for me] Priscilla and [her husband] Aquila and the family of Onesiphorus.
Vana mboti kuidi Pilisika ayi Akilasi ayi nzo yoso yi Onesifole.
20 Erastus stayed in Corinth [city]. Trophimus, I left in Miletus [city] because he was sick.
Elasite wusiala ku Kolinto; mu kimbevo ndibika Tolofime ku Mile.
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.
Tomba bu kuizila tuamina sivu. Ewubulusi, Pudensi, Linusi, Klodia ayi bakhomba zioso zifidisidi mboti.
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].
Bika Pfumu kabanga mu Pheve aku. Nlemvo wubanga yaku.
