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, by the will of God, sent forth to proclaim the promise of the life which is in Christ Jesus.
2 kwa Timotheo mwana mpendwa: Neema, rehema na amani toka kwa Mungu Baba na 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, ambaye ninamtumikia kwa nia njema kama walivyofanya baba zangu, ninapokumbuka daima katika maombi yangu. Usiku na
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 mchana ninatamani kukuona, ili kwamba nijawe na furaha. Ninayakumbuka machozi yako.
Night and day when I recall your tears I am longing to see you, that my happiness may be complete.
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 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 Hii ndiyo sababu nakukumbusha kuchochea karama ya Mungu iliyomo ndani yako kwa njia ya kuwekewa 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 Kwa kuwa Mungu hakutupa roho ya woga, bali ya nguvu na upendo na nidhamu.
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 usiuonee haya ushuhuda kuhusu Bwana wetu, wala wangu mimi Paulo mfungwa wake. Bali ushiriki mateso kwa ajili ya injili sawasawa na uweza wa 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 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)
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 wokovu wa Mungu umekwishafunuliwa kwa kuja kwa mwokozi wetu Kristo Yesu. Ni Kristo aliyeikomesha mauti na kuleta uzima usiokoma kwa nuru 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 Kwa sababu hiyo nilichaguliwa kuwa mhubiri, mtume na mwalimu.
Of the gospel I was appointed a herald, apostle, and teacher; and that is the reason I am now undergoing these sufferings.
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.
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 Ukumbuke mfano wa ujumbe wa uaminifu uliousikia toka kwangu, pamoja na imani na upendo ulio ndani ya Kristo Yesu.
Hold fast the pattern of sound teaching you have heard from me in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
14 Yatunze Mambo mazuri aliyokukabidhi Mungu kupitia Roho Mtakatifu aishiye 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, wote waishio katika Asia waliniacha. Kwenye kundi hili wamo Figelo na Hemogene.
You already know that all the Christians in Roman Asia forsook me, among them Phygellus and Hermogenes.
16 Bwana airehemu nyumba ya Onesiforo kwa kuwa mara nyingi aliniburudisha na 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 Roma alinitafuta kwa bidii na akanipata.
But when he came to Rome he sought for me until he found me.
18 Mungu amjalie kupata rehema kutoka kwake siku ile. Kama alivyonisaidia nilipokuwa Efeso, wewe wajua vyema.
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.
