2 Timotheo 3
1 Lakini yakupasa ufahamu jambo hili, kwamba siku za mwisho kutakuwa na nyakati za hatari.
But know this, that in the last days hard times will come;
2 Kwa maana watu watakuwa wenye kujipenda wenyewe, wenye kupenda fedha, wenye kujisifu, wenye kiburi, wenye kumkufuru Mungu, wasiotii wazazi wao, wasio na shukrani, wasio watakatifu,
and men will be lovers of themselves, and lovers of money, boastful, lofty, blasphemous, to their men not obedient, deniers of grace, impious, calumniators,
3 wasio na upendo, wasiopenda kupatanishwa, wasingiziaji, wasiozuia tamaa zao, wakatili, wasiopenda mema,
subjected to lust, brutal, haters of the good,
4 wasaliti, wakaidi, waliojaa majivuno, wapendao anasa zaidi kuliko kumpenda Mungu:
traitors, impetuous, puffed up, lovers of lusts rather than the love of Aloha;
5 wakiwa na mfano wa utauwa kwa nje, lakini wakizikana nguvu za Mungu. Jiepushe na watu wa namna hiyo.
having a form of the worship of Aloha, but from the power of Aloha afar off: (them) who are such put from thee.
6 Miongoni mwao wamo wale wajiingizao katika nyumba za watu na kuwachukua mateka wanawake wajinga, waliolemewa na dhambi zao na kuyumbishwa na aina zote za tamaa mbaya.
For of them are they who creep into houses, and captivate women who are overladen with sins, and led away by divers lusts;
7 Wakijifunza siku zote lakini kamwe wasiweze kufikia ujuzi wa kweli.
who, in all time learning, never to the knowledge of the truth are able to come.
8 Kama vile Yane na Yambre walivyopingana na Mose, vivyo hivyo watu hawa hupingana na ile kweli. Hawa ni watu wenye akili zilizopotoka, ambao wamekataliwa kwa mambo ya imani.
But as Yonis and Yanbris stood against Musha, so also these stand against the truth: men whose understanding is corrupted, and reprobate from the faith.
9 Lakini hawataendelea sana, kwa sababu upumbavu wao utakuwa dhahiri kwa watu wote, kama ulivyokuwa dhahiri upumbavu wa hao watu wawili.
But they shall not come further, for their folly is known to all men, as also of them it is known.
10 Lakini wewe umeyajua mafundisho yangu, mwenendo, makusudi, imani, uvumilivu, upendo, ustahimilivu,
BUT thou hast followed my doctrine and my manners, and my purpose, and my faith, and my prolongedness of mind, and my charity, and my patience,
11 mateso na taabu, yaani mambo yote yaliyonipata huko Antiokia, Ikonio na Listra, mateso yote niliyostahimili, lakini Bwana aliniokoa katika hayo yote.
and my persecution, and my sufferings. And thou knowest what things I endured in Antioch, and in Ikonion, and in Lystra, what persecution I endured; and out of all these my Lord delivered me.
12 Naam, yeyote anayetaka kuishi maisha ya utauwa ndani ya Kristo Yesu atateswa.
But all they who will in the fear of Aloha to live in Jeshu Meshiha, are persecuted.
13 Lakini watu waovu na wadanganyaji watazidi kuwa waovu, wakidanganya na kudanganyika.
But wicked men and seducers add to their wickedness, deceiving, and being deceived.
14 Bali wewe, udumu katika yale uliyojifunza na kuyaamini kwa uthabiti, ukitambua ya kuwa ulijifunza hayo kutoka kwa nani,
But abide thou in those things that thou hast learned, and in which thou art confirmed; for thou knowest from whom thou hast learned:
15 na jinsi ambavyo tangu utoto umeyajua Maandiko matakatifu, ambayo yanaweza kukuhekimisha upate wokovu kwa njia ya imani katika Kristo Yesu.
and that from thy childhood thou hast learned the holy writings, which are able to make thee wise to salvation, through faith which is in Jeshu Meshiha.
16 Kila Andiko limevuviwa na Mungu na lafaa kwa mafundisho, kwa kuwaonya watu makosa yao, kwa kuwaongoza na kwa kuwafundisha katika haki,
FOR all scripture which from the Spirit is written, is profitable for doctrine, and for rebuke, and for correction, and for instruction which is in righteousness:
17 ili mtu wa Mungu awe amekamilishwa, apate kutenda kila kazi njema.
that the man of God may be perfect unto every good work, and completed.
