2 Timotheo 1
1 Mimi Paulo, ambaye Mungu alitaka niwe mtume wa Kristo Yesu ili niutangaze ule uzima tulioahidiwa katika kuungana na 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 nakuandikia wewe mwanangu mpenzi Timotheo. Nakutakia neema, huruma na amani kutoka 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 dhamiri safi kama walivyofanya wazee wangu; namshukuru kila ninapokukumbuka daima katika sala zangu.
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 Nakumbuka machozi yako na ninatamani usiku na mchana kukuona, ili nijazwe furaha.
Night and day when I recall your tears I am longing to see you, that my happiness may be complete.
5 Naikumbuka imani yako ya kweli, imani aliyokuwa nayo nyanya yako Loisi, na pia mama yako Eunike. Nina hakika kwamba 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 Ndio maana nakukumbusha ukiweke motomoto kile kipaji ulichopewa na Mungu wakati 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 Kwa maana Mungu hakutupa Roho wa kutufanya tuwe waoga, bali alitupa Roho wa kutujalia nguvu, 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 Basi, usione haya kumshuhudia Bwana wetu, wala usione haya kwa sababu yangu mimi niliye mfungwa kwa ajili yake. Lakini shiriki katika mateso kwa ajili ya Habari Njema, kadiri ya nguvu unazopewa na 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 Yeye alituokoa, akatuita tuwe watu wake yeye mwenyewe, si kwa sababu ya matendo yetu wenyewe bali kwa sababu ya kusudi lake na neema yake. Alitujalia neema hiyo katika Kristo Yesu kabla mwanzo wa nyakati; (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 kwetu kwa kuja kwake Mwokozi wetu Yesu Kristo. Yeye amekomesha nguvu za kifo, na kwa njia ya Habari Njema akadhihirisha uzima usio kufa.
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 Mungu amenichagua mimi niwe mtume na mwalimu kwa ajili ya kuhubiri Habari Njema,
Of the gospel I was appointed a herald, apostle, and teacher; and that is the reason I am now undergoing these sufferings.
12 nami nateseka mambo haya kwa sababu hiyo. Lakini niko bado timamu kabisa kwani namjua yule niliyemwamini, tena nina hakika kwamba yeye aweza kukilinda salama kile alichonikabidhi, mpaka 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 makini mafundisho yale ya kweli niliyokufundisha, na kubaki katika hiyo imani na huo upendo wetu katika kuungana na Kristo Yesu.
Hold fast the pattern of sound teaching you have heard from me in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
14 Jambo lile bora ulilokabidhiwa lilinde kwa nguvu ya Roho Mtakatifu anayeishi 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 Kama unavyojua, watu wote mkoani Asia wameniacha, miongoni mwao wakiwa Fugelo na Hermogene.
You already know that all the Christians in Roman Asia forsook me, among them Phygellus and Hermogenes.
16 Bwana aihurumie jamaa ya Onesiforo, kwa sababu aliniburudisha rohoni mara nyingi, wala hakuona haya kwa kuwa nilikuwa kifungoni,
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 ila mara tu alipofika Roma, alianza kunitafuta kwa bidii mpaka akanipata.
But when he came to Rome he sought for me until he found me.
18 Bwana amjalie huruma katika Siku ile! Nawe wajua vizuri mengi aliyonifanyia 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.
