< Timoteo 2 1 >
1 Nye, Paulo, Yesu Kristo ƒe apostolo, ame si Mawu ɖo ɖa be wòaɖe gbeƒã agbe mavɔ si ŋugbe wòdo to Yesu Kristo dzixɔse me na amewo katã la gbɔe agbalẽ sia tso,
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus,
2 Na Timoteo, vinye lɔlɔ̃a. Mawu, Fofo la kple Yesu Kristo, míaƒe Aƒetɔ nana eƒe amenuveve, nublanuikpɔkpɔ kple ŋutifafa wò.
To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
3 Timoteo, medaa akpe na Mawu, ame si mesubɔna abe ale si fofonyewo wɔ ene. Meɖea kuku na Mawu zi geɖe le zã kple keli be wòakɔ yayra geɖewo ɖe dziwò, eye nye dzitsinyae nye be madze eŋu le agbe sia me.
I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of you in my prayers night and day;
4 Mele didim vevie be magakpɔ wò. Dzi adzɔm ŋutɔ, elabena meɖoa ŋku ale si nèfa avi vevie esime míenɔ kaklãm ɖa tso mía nɔewo gbɔ la dzi.
Greatly desiring to see you, being mindful of your tears, that I may be filled with joy;
5 Menya ale si xɔse alakpamanɔme si le mewò abe dawò Enuike kple mamawò Lois ke ene. Meka ɖe edzi be ègale ŋu ɖom ɖe Aƒetɔ la ŋu kokoko abe tsã ene.
When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in you, which dwelled first in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in you also.
6 Le esia ta mele ŋku ɖom edzi na wò be nàde dzo Mawu ƒe nunana si ge ɖe mewò to nye asidada ɖe dziwò me la me,
Why I put you in remembrance that you stir up the gift of God, which is in you by the putting on of my hands.
7 elabena Mawu mena vɔvɔ̃gbɔgbɔ mi o, ke boŋ ŋusẽ kple lɔlɔ̃ kple ɖokuidziɖuɖu ƒe gbɔgbɔ wòna mi.
For God has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
8 Ne àde dzo ŋusẽ si le mewò me la, màvɔ̃ ɣe aɖeke ɣi na gbeƒãɖeɖe Aƒetɔ la na ame bubuwo alo ana woanya be xɔ̃wò menye, togbɔ be mele gaxɔ me le afii le Kristo ta hã o. Ànɔ klalo be yeakpe fu kplim le nyanyui la ta, elabena Mawu ana ŋusẽ wò le fukpekpe me.
Be not you therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be you partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;
9 Eyae ɖe mí, eye wotia mí na eƒe dɔ kɔkɔe la wɔwɔ, menye be míedze nɛ ta o, ke boŋ elabena eyae nye eƒe ɖoɖo xoxoxo hafi wòwɔ xexea me be yeaɖe yeƒe lɔlɔ̃ kple amenuveve afia mí to Kristo Yesu dzi. (aiōnios )
Who has saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began, (aiōnios )
10 Ke azɔ la, ena nu siawo katã me kɔ na mí to mía Ɖela Yesu Kristo ƒe vava me. Kristo Yesu ɖu ku ƒe ŋusẽ dzi, eye wòfia agbe mavɔ la ƒe mɔ mí to nyanyui la me.
But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who has abolished death, and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:
11 Eye wòtiam be manye nyanyui sia ƒe gbeƒãɖela, apostolo kple nufiala.
Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.
12 Eya tae mele fu kpem le afi sia le gaxɔ me ɖo. Nu sia menye ŋukpe nam kura o, elabena menya ame si ŋu meɖo ŋu ɖo, eye meka ɖe edzi be ate ŋu adzɔ nu siwo katã metsɔ de asi nɛ la ŋu dedie va se ɖe gbe si gbe wòagava.
For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed to him against that day.
13 Lé nyateƒe si mefia wò la me ɖe asi sesĩe, vevietɔ esi ku ɖe xɔse kple lɔlɔ̃ si Kristo Yesu tsɔ na wò la ŋu.
Hold fast the form of sound words, which you have heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
14 Lé be na ŋutete si Mawu na nèxɔ to Gbɔgbɔ Kɔkɔe si le agbe le mewò dzi la nyuie.
That good thing which was committed to you keep by the Holy Ghost which dwells in us.
15 Abe ale si nènya ene la, kristotɔ siwo katã tso Asia va afi sia la gblẽm ɖi. Figelo kple Hermogene gɔ̃ ha gblẽm ɖi.
This you know, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.
16 Aƒetɔ la nayra Onesiforo kple eƒe aƒe blibo la, elabena eva kpɔam ɖa, eye wòdea dzi ƒo nam enuenu. Eƒe kpɔkpɔɖa gbɔa agbem abe ya fafɛ nyui ene, eye nye gaxɔmenɔnɔ menye ŋukpe nɛ o.
The Lord give mercy to the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain:
17 Le nyateƒe me la, esi wòva Roma la, edim vevie le afi sia afi, eye wòke ɖe ŋunye mlɔeba.
But, when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and found me.
18 Aƒetɔ la nana yayra tɔxɛ le Kristo ƒe vavagbe la. Wò ŋutɔ ènya ale si wòkpe ɖe ŋunye le Efeso la nyuie wu ale si mate ŋu agblɔe na wò.
The Lord grant to him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day: and in how many things he ministered to me at Ephesus, you know very well.