2 Timote 1
1 Ngai Polo, ntoma ya Yesu-Klisto, kolanda mokano ya Nzambe, mpo na kosakola bomoi oyo Nzambe alaka kati na Yesu-Klisto;
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, according to the promise of life in Christ Jesus,
2 Epai ya Timote, mwana na ngai ya bolingo: Tika ete ngolu, boboto mpe kimia epesamela yo kowuta na Nzambe Tata mpe na Yesu-Klisto, Nkolo na biso!
To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
3 Nazali kozongisa matondi epai ya Nzambe oyo nasalelaka na motema peto ndenge bakoko na ngai bazalaki kosala, pamba te tango nyonso, ezala butu to moyi, nabosanaka yo te na mabondeli na ngai.
I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience as did my forefathers, as I constantly remember you night and day in my prayers.
4 Tango nakanisaka mpinzoli na yo, nakomaka na posa makasi ya komona yo mpo ete natondisama na esengo.
Recalling your tears, I long to see you so that I may be filled with joy.
5 Nakanisaka bosolo ya kondima na yo, oyo Loyisi, koko na yo ya mwasi, mpe Enise, mama na yo, bazalaki na yango, kondima oyo nandimisami solo ete ezali mpe kati na yo.
I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am convinced is in you as well.
6 Yango wana nazali kolendisa yo ete olamusa lisusu likabo oyo Nzambe apesaki yo tango natiaki yo maboko.
For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands.
7 Pamba te Molimo oyo Nzambe apesa biso akomisaka biso te bato ya kobanga-banga, kasi apesaka biso makasi, bolingo mpe mayele.
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.
8 Boye, koyoka soni te mpo na kotatola na tina na Nkolo na biso to mpe na tina na ngai oyo nakangami na boloko mpo na Ye, kasi mona pasi elongo na ngai mpo na Sango Malamu kolanda makasi oyo Nzambe azali kopesa yo,
So do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, or of me, His prisoner. Instead, join me in suffering for the gospel by the power of God.
9 pamba te abikisaki biso mpe abengaki biso mpo ete totambola na bomoi ya bule. Mpe soki asalaki bongo, ezali te mpo na misala na biso, kasi ezali nde mpo na mabongisi mpe ngolu na Ye moko kaka, ngolu oyo apesaki biso kati na Yesu-Klisto liboso ya ebandeli ya tango. (aiōnios g166)
He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began. (aiōnios g166)
10 Nzokande ngolu yango emonani sik’oyo na nzela ya koya ya Yesu-Klisto, Mobikisi na biso, oyo asilisaki nguya ya kufa mpe atalisaki bosolo ya bomoi ya seko na nzela ya Sango Malamu.
And now He has revealed this grace through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has abolished death and illuminated the way to life and immortality through the gospel,
11 Ezali mpo na Sango Malamu yango nde Nzambe atiaki ngai moteyi, ntoma mpe molakisi.
to which I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher.
12 Ezali mpe mpo na Sango Malamu yango nde nazali komona pasi oyo. Kasi atako bongo, nazali koyoka soni te, pamba te nayebi nani oyo ngai nandimela, mpe nazali na elikya ete azali na makoki ya kobatela nyonso oyo apesa ngai, kino na mokolo wana.
For this reason, even though I suffer as I do, I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him for that day.
13 Kamata lokola ndakisa, mateya ya sembo oyo nateyaki yo mpe salela yango kolanda kondima mpe bolingo oyo tozali na yango kati na Yesu-Klisto.
Hold on to the pattern of sound teaching you have heard from me, with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
14 Batela yango malamu lokola bomengo, na lisungi ya Molimo Mosantu oyo avandaka kati na biso.
Guard the treasure entrusted to you, with the help of the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.
15 Oyebi malamu ete bato nyonso oyo bazali kati na mokili ya Azia bakimaki ngai; kati na bango, tozali na Fijele mpe Erimojene.
You know that everyone in the Province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.
16 Tika ete Nkolo atalisa ngolu na Ye epai ya libota ya Onezifore, pamba te abondisaki ngai mbala mingi mpe ayokaki soni te mpo na minyololo na ngai.
May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he has often refreshed me and was unashamed of my chains.
17 Kutu tango akomaki na Rome, asalaki nyonso mpo na koluka ngai kino amonaki ngai.
Indeed, when he arrived in Rome, he searched diligently until he found me.
18 Tika ete, na mokolo wana, Nkolo atalisa ngolu na Ye epai ya Onezifore! Oyebi lisusu malamu ndenge nini asungaki ngai kati na Efeso.
May the Lord grant Onesiphorus His mercy on that day. You know very well how much he ministered to me in Ephesus.
