< 2 Timoteo 3 >

1 Ngunit alamin ito: na sa mga huling araw ay magkakaroon ng kahirapan.
[You need to] realize that during the last days [MTY] [before Christ returns, evil people will make] it difficult [for believers to behave as they should].
2 Sapagkat ang mga tao ay magiging makasarili, maibigin sa pera, mayabang, hambog, mga lapastangan, suwail sa mga magulang, walang utang na loob, at hindi banal.
This is because [such evil] people will be habitually loving themselves and loving money. They will habitually boast [about themselves], they will be proud, and will often say bad things [about others. They] will disobey [their] parents. They will not be thankful, nor will they respect [anything that is good].
3 Sila ay mawawalan ng likas na pag-ibig, hindi mapayapa, mga mapanira, walang pagpipigil sa sarili, marahas, hindi maibigin sa mabuti.
They will not [even] love their own family, nor agree with [anybody] (OR, [they never forgive anyone]). They will tell lies about people. They will not control what they say and do, nor allow anyone to control them. They will not love [anything that is] good.
4 Sila ay magiging mga taksil, matigas ang ulo, palalo, maibigin sa kalayawan sa halip na maibigin sa Diyos.
They will (betray others/hand others over to their enemies) and act foolishly. They will be overly/very proud of themselves, and they will love to please themselves instead of loving God.
5 Magkukunwari silang mga maka-diyos ngunit itatanggi nila ang kapangyarihan nito. Layuan mo ang mga taong ito.
[And, although they will] pretend that they worship God, they will not let [God’s Spirit] work powerfully [in their lives]. Do not associate with such people (OR, Do not let such people join [your congregation]),
6 Sapagkat ilan sa kanila ay pumapasok sa mga bahay at nang-aakit ng mga mangmang na babae. Ang mga babaeng ito ay patong-patong ang mga kasalanan at natatangay ng iba't-ibang pagnanasa.
because some such [people, even now], subtly/deceivingly persuade foolish women to let them come into their houses, and then they deceive those women [so that they control what those women think. These women] have been burdened with sins {have sinned very much} and they have been led to do {they do} the many [evil] things that they strongly desire to do.
7 Ang mga babaeng ito ay palaging nag-aaral, ngunit kahit kailan wala silang kakayahang magkaroon ng pang-unawa sa katotohanan.
[Even though] they are always [wanting to] learn new things, they are never able to recognize what is true.
8 Sa ganoon ding paraan na tulad ni Janes at Jambres na sumalungat kay Moises. Sa paraang ito ang mga bulaang tagapagturo ay sumalungat din sa katototohanan. Sila ang mga kalalakihan na nasira ang kaisipan, hindi sang-ayon sa pananampalataya.
Just like Jannes and Jambres [long ago] very much opposed Moses, so also some [people] now oppose the true [message. Those] people think only what is evil. God rejects them [because they do not] believe [what is true].
9 Ngunit hindi sila uunlad. Sapagkat mahahayag ang kanilang kahangalan sa lahat, tulad ng mga kalalakihang ito.
Nevertheless, they will not continue to succeed, because most [HYP] people will understand clearly that such people are foolish, just like people also realized [clearly that Jannes and Jambres were foolish].
10 Ngunit para sa iyo, sinunod mo ang aking mga katuruan, pag-uugali, layunin, pananampalataya, mahabang pagtitiis, pag-ibig, pagtitiyaga,
But as for yourself, you have fully known what I have taught. You have known [and imitated] the way in which I conducted my life, [and] what I have been trying to do. [You have] trusted [God as] I have. You have been patient as I have been. [You have] loved people [as] I have, and [you have] endured [as you suffered like] I have [suffered].
11 pag-uusig, pagtitiis, at kung ano ang nangyari sa akin sa Antioquia, Iconio, at Listra. Tiniis ko ang mga pag-uusig. Sa lahat ng mga ito, ay sinagip ako ng Panginoon.
[You know how I endured many times when people] harmed me. [They] caused me to suffer at Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra [cities]. [But although they caused me to suffer], I endured it; and every time [they] did those things to me, the Lord rescued me.
12 Ang lahat ng gustong mamuhay ng matuwid kay Cristo Jesus ay uusigin.
(Indeed/You know that), for us [(inc)] who want to live (in a [godly manner/] a [manner that pleases God]), we will always be persecuted {there will always be people who will cause us to suffer} because we [have a close relationship with] Christ Jesus.
13 Ang masasamang tao at ang mga mapagpanggap ay mas lalong lalala. Ililigaw nila ang iba. Sila mismo ay maililigaw.
Evil people (OR, And those) who deceive other people will (get worse/teach things that are more and more wrong). [Specifically, they will] deceive other people, and [those who hear them will] deceive others.
14 Ngunit para sa iyo, manatili ka sa mga bagay na iyong natutunan at matibay mong pinaniniwalaan. Alam mo kung kanino ka natuto.
But you, in contrast, must continue [to believe] what you have learned and (been assured of/firmly believe). [I know that you are confident/sure that it is true because] you know that you have learned it from all [of us who taught you] ([God’s truth/what is right]).
15 Alam mo na mula sa iyong kabataan nalaman mo na ang sagradong kasulatan. Ang mga ito ang nagbibigay karunungan sa iyo para sa kaligtasan sa pamamagitan ng pananampalataya kay Cristo Jesus.
From [the time when you were] a child you have known the holy writings/Scriptures. [You now know that] they enabled you to become wise so that God saved you because of your believing in Christ Jesus.
16 Lahat ng kasulatan ay kinasihan ng Diyos. Ito ay mapapakinabangan sa pangangaral, sa pagsaway, pagtatama sa mali, at pagsasanay sa katuwiran.
God (inspired/put into men’s minds) everything [that is written] in the Scriptures {they [wrote] in the holy writings}, and those writings are all useful to teach [us what is true], to cause us to know [when we are] wrong and then (to correct us/to show us what we have done that is wrong), and to train/teach us to do what is right.
17 Ito ay upang ang lingkod ng Diyos ay magkaroon ng kakayahan, at mabigyan ng kasangkapan sa lahat ng mabuting gawa.
What [is written] {they wrote} is useful to help us who [serve] God to be ready/prepared to do all that we should do. By means of it, we are equipped {God gives us what we need} in order to do every [kind of] good deeds.

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