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1 asmākaṁ trāṇakartturīśvarasyāsmākaṁ pratyāśābhūmeḥ prabho ryīśukhrīṣṭasya cājñānusārato yīśukhrīṣṭasya preritaḥ paulaḥ svakīyaṁ satyaṁ dharmmaputraṁ tīmathiyaṁ prati patraṁ likhati|
From Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the appointment of God, our Saviour, and Christ Jesus, our Hope.
2 asmākaṁ tāta īśvaro'smākaṁ prabhu ryīśukhrīṣṭaśca tvayi anugrahaṁ dayāṁ śāntiñca kuryyāstāṁ|
To Timothy, my true Child in the Faith: May God, the Father, and Christ Jesus, our Lord, bless you, and be merciful to you, and give you peace.
3 mākidaniyādeśe mama gamanakāle tvam iphiṣanagare tiṣṭhan itaraśikṣā na grahītavyā, ananteṣūpākhyāneṣu vaṁśāvaliṣu ca yuṣmābhi rmano na niveśitavyam
I beg you, as I did when I was on my way into Macedonia, to remain at Ephesus; that you may instruct certain people there not to teach new and strange doctrines,
4 iti kāṁścit lokān yad upadiśeretat mayādiṣṭo'bhavaḥ, yataḥ sarvvairetai rviśvāsayukteśvarīyaniṣṭhā na jāyate kintu vivādo jāyate|
nor to devote their attention to legends and interminable genealogies, which tend to give rise to argument rather than to further that divine plan which is revealed in the Faith.
5 upadeśasya tvabhipretaṁ phalaṁ nirmmalāntaḥkaraṇena satsaṁvedena niṣkapaṭaviśvāsena ca yuktaṁ prema|
The object of all instruction is to call forth that love which comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a sincere faith.
6 kecit janāśca sarvvāṇyetāni vihāya nirarthakakathānām anugamanena vipathagāmino'bhavan,
And it is because they have not aimed at these things that the attention of certain people has been diverted to unprofitable subjects.
7 yad bhāṣante yacca niścinvanti tanna budhyamānā vyavasthopadeṣṭāro bhavitum icchanti|
They want to be Teachers of the Law, and yet do not understand either the words they use, or the subjects on which they speak so confidently.
8 sā vyavasthā yadi yogyarūpeṇa gṛhyate tarhyuttamā bhavatīti vayaṁ jānīmaḥ|
We know, of course, that the Law is excellent, when used legitimately,
9 aparaṁ sā vyavasthā dhārmmikasya viruddhā na bhavati kintvadhārmmiko 'vādhyo duṣṭaḥ pāpiṣṭho 'pavitro 'śuciḥ pitṛhantā mātṛhantā narahantā
by one who recognises that laws were not made for good men, but for the lawless and disorderly, for irreligious and wicked people, for those who are irreverent and profane, for those who ill-treat their fathers or mothers, for murderers,
10 veśyāgāmī puṁmaithunī manuṣyavikretā mithyāvādī mithyāśapathakārī ca sarvveṣāmeteṣāṁ viruddhā,
for the immoral, for people guilty of sodomy, for slave-dealers, for liars, for perjurers, and for whatever else is opposed to sound Christian teaching —
11 tathā saccidānandeśvarasya yo vibhavayuktaḥ susaṁvādo mayi samarpitastadanuyāyihitopadeśasya viparītaṁ yat kiñcid bhavati tadviruddhā sā vyavastheti tadgrāhiṇā jñātavyaṁ|
as is taught in the glorious Good News of the ever-blessed God, with which I was entrusted.
12 mahyaṁ śaktidātā yo'smākaṁ prabhuḥ khrīṣṭayīśustamahaṁ dhanyaṁ vadāmi|
I am thankful to Christ Jesus, our Lord, who has been my strength, for showing that he thought me worthy of trust by appointing me to his ministry,
13 yataḥ purā nindaka upadrāvī hiṁsakaśca bhūtvāpyahaṁ tena viśvāsyo 'manye paricārakatve nyayujye ca| tad aviśvāsācaraṇam ajñānena mayā kṛtamiti hetorahaṁ tenānukampito'bhavaṁ|
though I once used to blaspheme, and to persecute, and to insult. Yet mercy was shown me, because I acted in ignorance, while still an unbeliever;
14 aparaṁ khrīṣṭe yīśau viśvāsapremabhyāṁ sahito'smatprabhoranugraho 'tīva pracuro'bhat|
and the loving-kindness of our Lord was boundless, and filled me with that faith and love which come from union with Christ Jesus.
15 pāpinaḥ paritrātuṁ khrīṣṭo yīśu rjagati samavatīrṇo'bhavat, eṣā kathā viśvāsanīyā sarvvai grahaṇīyā ca|
How true the saying is, and worthy of the fullest acceptance, that ‘Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners’! And there is no greater sinner than I!
16 teṣāṁ pāpināṁ madhye'haṁ prathama āsaṁ kintu ye mānavā anantajīvanaprāptyarthaṁ tasmin viśvasiṣyanti teṣāṁ dṛṣṭānte mayi prathame yīśunā khrīṣṭena svakīyā kṛtsnā cirasahiṣṇutā yat prakāśyate tadarthamevāham anukampāṁ prāptavān| (aiōnios g166)
Yet mercy was shown me for the express purpose that Christ Jesus might exhibit in my case, beyond all others, his exhaustless patience, as an example for those who were afterwards to believe on him and attain Immortal Life. (aiōnios g166)
17 anādirakṣayo'dṛśyo rājā yo'dvitīyaḥ sarvvajña īśvarastasya gauravaṁ mahimā cānantakālaṁ yāvad bhūyāt| āmen| (aiōn g165)
To the Immortal King, ever-living, invisible, the one God, be ascribed honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen. (aiōn g165)
18 he putra tīmathiya tvayi yāni bhaviṣyadvākyāni purā kathitāni tadanusārād aham enamādeśaṁ tvayi samarpayāmi, tasyābhiprāyo'yaṁ yattvaṁ tai rvākyairuttamayuddhaṁ karoṣi
This, then, is the charge that I lay upon you, Timothy, my Child, in accordance with what was predicted of you — Fight the good fight in the spirit of those predictions,
19 viśvāsaṁ satsaṁvedañca dhārayasi ca| anayoḥ parityāgāt keṣāñcid viśvāsatarī bhagnābhavat|
with faith, and with a clear conscience; and it is because they have thrust this aside, that, as regards the Faith, some have wrecked their lives.
20 humināyasikandarau teṣāṁ yau dvau janau, tau yad dharmmanindāṁ puna rna karttuṁ śikṣete tadarthaṁ mayā śayatānasya kare samarpitau|
Hymenaeus and Alexander are instances — the men whom I delivered over to Satan, that they might be taught not to blaspheme.
