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;
This letter comes from Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus chosen by God, sent to tell about the promise of real life that 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!
I'm sending it to you Timothy, my dear son. May you have 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'm always thinking of you and I'm so thankful to God, whom I serve as my ancestors did, with a clear conscience. I never forget to mention you in my prayers.
4 Tango nakanisaka mpinzoli na yo, nakomaka na posa makasi ya komona yo mpo ete natondisama na esengo.
I remember how you cried, and I so want to see you! That would make me really happy.
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 keep in mind your sincere trust in God, the same trust that your grandmother Lois and mother Eunice also had—and I know that same trust continues in you.
6 Yango wana nazali kolendisa yo ete olamusa lisusu likabo oyo Nzambe apesaki yo tango natiaki yo maboko.
That's why I want to remind you to revitalize God's gracious gift to you which you received when I placed my hands on you.
7 Pamba te Molimo oyo Nzambe apesa biso akomisaka biso te bato ya kobanga-banga, kasi apesaka biso makasi, bolingo mpe mayele.
God didn't give us a spirit that makes us fearful, but a spirit of power and love and good sense.
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 don't be ashamed to tell others about our Lord, or be ashamed of me. Instead be ready to share in suffering for the good news as God gives you strength.
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 is the one who has saved us and called us to live a holy life—not through what we do, but by God's own plan and through his grace. (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.
He gave this grace to us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time, and is now revealed in the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus. He destroyed death, making life and immortality brilliantly clear through the good news.
11 Ezali mpo na Sango Malamu yango nde Nzambe atiaki ngai moteyi, ntoma mpe molakisi.
I was appointed speaker, apostle, and teacher of this good news.
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.
That's also the reason I'm suffering all this, but I'm not ashamed, because I know whom I've trusted. I'm confident that he can look after what I've entrusted to him until the Day he returns.
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.
You should follow the model of good advice that you learned from me, with an attitude of trust and love in Christ Jesus.
14 Batela yango malamu lokola bomengo, na lisungi ya Molimo Mosantu oyo avandaka kati na biso.
Guard the truth that was entrusted to you through the Holy Spirit who lives 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 already know that everyone from Asia has abandoned 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 be kind to the family of Onesiphorus, because he often took care of me and wasn't embarrassed about me being in prison.
17 Kutu tango akomaki na Rome, asalaki nyonso mpo na koluka ngai kino amonaki ngai.
When he was in Rome, he took the trouble to search for me, and 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 him his blessing in the Day of Judgment. (Timothy, you're very much aware of how much Onesiphorus did for me when he was in Ephesus.)
