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, apostle of Jesus Christ by God's will, according to promise of life, the [life] which [is] 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 Timotheus, [my] beloved child: grace, mercy, 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 am thankful to God, whom I serve from [my] forefathers with pure conscience, how unceasingly I have the remembrance of thee in my supplications night and day,

4 Tango nakanisaka mpinzoli na yo, nakomaka na posa makasi ya komona yo mpo ete natondisama na esengo.

earnestly desiring to see thee, remembering thy tears, 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.

calling to mind the unfeigned faith which [has been] in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and in thy mother Eunice, and I am persuaded that in thee also.

6 Yango wana nazali kolendisa yo ete olamusa lisusu likabo oyo Nzambe apesaki yo tango natiaki yo maboko.

For which cause I put thee in mind to rekindle the gift of God which is in thee by the putting 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 cowardice, but of power, and of love, and of wise discretion.

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,

Be not therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but suffer evil along with the glad tidings, according to 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)

who has saved us, and has called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to [his] own purpose and grace, which [was] given to us in Christ Jesus before [the] ages of time, (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.

but has been made manifest now by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who has annulled death, and brought to light life and incorruptibility by the glad tidings;

11 Ezali mpo na Sango Malamu yango nde Nzambe atiaki ngai moteyi, ntoma mpe molakisi.

to which I have been appointed a herald and apostle and teacher of [the] nations.

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 which cause also I suffer these things; but I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep for that day the deposit I have entrusted to him.

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.

Have an outline of sound words, which [words] thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which [are] in Christ Jesus.

14 Batela yango malamu lokola bomengo, na lisungi ya Molimo Mosantu oyo avandaka kati na biso.

Keep, by the Holy Spirit which dwells in us, the good deposit entrusted.

15 Oyebi malamu ete bato nyonso oyo bazali kati na mokili ya Azia bakimaki ngai; kati na bango, tozali na Fijele mpe Erimojene.

Thou knowest this, that all who [are] in Asia, of whom is Phygellus and Hermogenes, have turned away from me.

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.

The Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he has often refreshed me, and has not been ashamed of my chain;

17 Kutu tango akomaki na Rome, asalaki nyonso mpo na koluka ngai kino amonaki ngai.

but being in Rome sought me out very diligently, and 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.

the Lord grant to him to find mercy from [the] Lord in that day — and how much service he rendered in Ephesus thou knowest best.