2 Timotheo 1
1 Paulo mtume wa Kristo Yesu kwa mapenzi ya Mungu, kulingana na ile ahadi ya uzima uliomo ndani ya Kristo Yesu.
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus, by the will of God, sent forth to proclaim the promise of the life which is in Christ Jesus.
2 Kwa Timotheo, mwanangu mpendwa: Neema, rehema na amani itokayo kwa Mungu Baba, na kwa Kristo Yesu Bwana wetu.
To Timothy, my beloved child; Grace mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
3 Ninamshukuru Mungu, ninayemtumikia kwa dhamiri safi, kama walivyofanya baba zangu, ninapokukumbuka usiku na mchana katika maombi yangu.
I give thanks to God whom I worship with a pure conscience as my fathers did, when I remember you unceasingly in my prayers.
4 Nikiyakumbuka machozi yako, ninatamani sana kukuona ili nipate kujawa na furaha.
Night and day when I recall your tears I am longing to see you, that my happiness may be complete.
5 Nimekuwa nikiikumbuka imani yako ya kweli, waliokuwa nayo bibi yako Loisi na mama yako Eunike na ambayo mimi ninasadiki sasa wewe pia unayo.
I have been reminded of that sincere faith which is in your heart; which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice, and, I am fully persuaded, dwells in you also.
6 Kwa sababu hii nakukumbusha uchochee ile karama ya Mungu, iliyowekwa ndani yako nilipokuwekea mikono yangu.
For this reason let me remind you to keep ever blazing that gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.
7 Maana Mungu hakutupa roho ya woga, bali roho ya nguvu, ya upendo na ya moyo wa kiasi.
For God has not given us a spirit of cowardice, but a spirit of power and of love and of self-control.
8 Kwa hiyo usione haya kushuhudia kuhusu Bwana wetu, wala usinionee haya mimi niliye mfungwa kwa ajili yake. Bali uishiriki pamoja nami taabu ya Injili, kwa kadiri ya nguvu ya Mungu,
Do not then be ashamed to bear witness for our Lord, nor for me, his prisoner. Nay, join with me in suffering for the gospel by the power of God.
9 ambaye alituokoa na kutuita katika mwito mtakatifu: si kwa kadiri ya matendo yetu mema bali kwa sababu ya kusudi lake mwenyewe na neema yake. Neema hii tulipewa katika Kristo Yesu tangu milele. (aiōnios g166)
He has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not dealing with us according to our works, but according to his purpose and grace which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time. (aiōnios g166)
10 Lakini sasa imefunuliwa kwa kudhihirishwa kwake Mwokozi wetu, Kristo Yesu, ambaye amebatilisha mauti na kuleta uzima na kutokufa kwa njia ya Injili.
This has now been made manifest through the appearing of our Saviour Christ Jesus, who has put an end to death, and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.
11 Nami nimewekwa kuwa mhubiri, mtume na mwalimu wa Injili hii.
Of the gospel I was appointed a herald, apostle, and teacher; and that is the reason I am now undergoing these sufferings.
12 Hii ndiyo sababu ninateseka namna hii, lakini sioni haya kwa maana ninamjua yeye niliyemwamini, na kusadiki ya kuwa anaweza kukilinda kile nilichokiweka amana kwake hadi siku ile.
But I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have fully believed, and I am thoroughly persuaded that he is able to keep what I have given him until the Day.
13 Shika kwa uthabiti kielelezo cha mafundisho yenye uzima yale uliyoyasikia kwangu, pamoja na imani na upendo katika Kristo Yesu.
Hold fast the pattern of sound teaching you have heard from me in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
14 Ilinde ile amana uliyokabidhiwa kwa Roho Mtakatifu akaaye ndani yetu.
Guard the glorious trust which has been committed to you by the aid of the Holy Spirit who makes his home in us.
15 Unajua ya kuwa watu wote katika Asia wameniacha, miongoni mwao wamo Filego na Hermogene.
You already know that all the Christians in Roman Asia forsook me, among them Phygellus and Hermogenes.
16 Bwana akawahurumie watu wa nyumbani mwa Onesiforo, kwa sababu aliniburudisha mara kwa mara wala hakuionea aibu minyororo yangu.
The Lord show mercy to the house hold of Onesiphorus; for many a time he refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain.
17 Badala yake, alipokuwa Rumi, alinitafuta kwa bidii mpaka akanipata.
But when he came to Rome he sought for me until he found me.
18 Bwana na amjalie kupata rehema zake siku ile! Nawe unajua vyema jinsi alivyonisaidia huko Efeso.
The Lord grant him to find mercy form the Lord in that Day! And you know better than I how many services he rendered in Ephesus.
