2 Timotheo 1
1 Paulo mtume wa Yesu Kristo kwa mapenzi ya Mungu, sawasawa na ahadi ya uzima ulio ndani ya Kristo Yesu,
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, according to the promise of the life that is in Christ Jesus,
2 kwa Timotheo mwana mpendwa: Neema, rehema na amani toka kwa Mungu Baba na Kristo Yesu Bwana wetu.
to Timothy, beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
3 Ninamshukuru Mungu, ambaye ninamtumikia kwa nia njema kama walivyofanya baba zangu, ninapokumbuka daima katika maombi yangu. Usiku na
I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers, with a clean conscience, as I constantly remember you in my prayers night and day.
4 mchana ninatamani kukuona, ili kwamba nijawe na furaha. Ninayakumbuka machozi yako.
As I remember your tears, I long to see you, that I may be filled with joy.
5 Nimekuwa nikikumbushwa kuhusu imani yako halisi, ambayo hapo kwanza ilikaa kwa bibi yako Loisi na mama yako Yunisi. Na nina hakika ya kwamba imani hiyo inakaa ndani yako pia.
I have been reminded of your genuine faith, which lived first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am convinced that it lives in you also.
6 Hii ndiyo sababu nakukumbusha kuchochea karama ya Mungu iliyomo ndani yako kwa njia ya kuwekewa mikono yangu.
This is the reason I am reminding you to rekindle the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.
7 Kwa kuwa Mungu hakutupa roho ya woga, bali ya nguvu na upendo na nidhamu.
For God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power and love and discipline.
8 Kwa hiyo usiuonee haya ushuhuda kuhusu Bwana wetu, wala wangu mimi Paulo mfungwa wake. Bali ushiriki mateso kwa ajili ya injili sawasawa na uweza wa Mungu.
So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, nor of me, Paul, his prisoner. Instead, share in suffering for the gospel according to the power of God.
9 Ni Mungu aliyetuokoa na kutuita kwa wito mtakatifu. Hakufanya hivi kulingana na kazi zetu bali kulingana na neema na mpango wake mwenyewe. Alitupatia mambo haya katika Kristo Yesu kabla ya nyakati kuanza. (aiōnios g166)
It is God who saved us and called us with a holy calling. He did this, not according to our works, but according to his own plan and grace. He gave us these things in Christ Jesus before times ever began. (aiōnios g166)
10 Lakini sasa wokovu wa Mungu umekwishafunuliwa kwa kuja kwa mwokozi wetu Kristo Yesu. Ni Kristo aliyeikomesha mauti na kuleta uzima usiokoma kwa nuru ya injili.
But now God's salvation has been revealed by the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus. It is Christ who put an end to death and brought life that never ends to light through the gospel.
11 Kwa sababu hiyo nilichaguliwa kuwa mhubiri, mtume na mwalimu.
Because of this, I was appointed a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher.
12 Kwa sababu hii nateseka pia, lakini sioni haya kwa kuwa namjua yeye niliyekwisha kumuamini. Nina hakika kuwa yeye anaweza kukitunza kile nilichokikabidhi kwake hata siku ile.
For this cause I also suffer these things. But I am not ashamed, for I know him whom I have believed. I am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have entrusted to him until that day.
13 Ukumbuke mfano wa ujumbe wa uaminifu uliousikia toka kwangu, pamoja na imani na upendo ulio ndani ya Kristo Yesu.
Keep the example of faithful messages that you heard from me, with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
14 Yatunze Mambo mazuri aliyokukabidhi Mungu kupitia Roho Mtakatifu aishiye ndani yetu.
The good thing that God committed to you, guard it through the Holy Spirit, who lives in us.
15 Unajua ya kuwa, wote waishio katika Asia waliniacha. Kwenye kundi hili wamo Figelo na Hemogene.
You know this, that all who live in Asia turned away from me. In this group are Phygelus and Hermogenes.
16 Bwana airehemu nyumba ya Onesiforo kwa kuwa mara nyingi aliniburudisha na hakuionea aibu minyororo yangu.
May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chain.
17 Badala yake, alipokuwa Roma alinitafuta kwa bidii na akanipata.
Instead, when he was in Rome, he sought me diligently, and he found me.
18 Mungu amjalie kupata rehema kutoka kwake siku ile. Kama alivyonisaidia nilipokuwa Efeso, wewe wajua vyema.
May the Lord grant to him to find mercy from him on that day. All the ways he helped me in Ephesus, you know very well.
