2 Timoteo 3
1 Kae saa asɛm yi. Nna a ɛdi akyire no mu mmerɛ no mu bɛyɛ den.
Be aware that there will be troubled times in the last days.
2 Nnipa bi bɛyɛ pɛsɛmenkomenya, aniberefoɔ, ahohiahiafoɔ ne ahantanfoɔ; wɔbɛyɛ abususɛnkafoɔ, asoɔdenfoɔ wɔ wɔn awofoɔ so; wɔbɛyɛ bonniayɛ na wɔrempɛ nyamesom nso,
People will love themselves and love money. They will be boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, and without God in their lives.
3 wɔbɛyɛ atirimuɔdenfoɔ, wɔrenhu mmɔbɔ, wɔbɛyɛ nnipa edinsɛefoɔ basabasa ne abufupɛfoɔ, wɔbɛtane wɔn mfɛfoɔ a wɔyɛ nnipa pa no,
Heartless and unforgiving, they'll commit slander and have no self-control. Brutal people who hate what's good,
4 wɔbɛyɛ afatwafoɔ, aniɛdenfoɔ, wɔn a wɔhoran; wɔbɛpɛ anikadeɛ sene sɛ wɔdɔ Onyankopɔn.
they will betray others and be totally thoughtless. They are absurdly full of themselves, living so much for pleasure that they don't care about loving God.
5 Wɔbɛyɛ aniani asomfoɔ a wɔbɛpo tumi a ɛwɔ ɔsom no mu no. Twe wo ho firi saa nnipa no ho.
They may give an outward impression of being religious, but they don't actually believe it works. Stay away from these people!
6 Wɔn mu bi kɔ afie mu kɔhyɛ mmaa a wɔn bɔne ama wɔdi fɔ na akɔnnɔ ahodoɔ bebree hyɛ wɔn so no so;
They're the kind of people that slip into homes and take control of vulnerable women who are burdened down by the guilt of sin and distracted by all kinds of desires.
7 saa mmaa no yɛ nnipa a wɔpɛ sɛ wɔsua nneɛma foforɔ, nanso wɔnhunu nokorɛ no akyiri kwan.
These women are always trying to learn but they're never able to understand the truth!
8 Sɛdeɛ Yane ne Yambre ne Mose dii asie no, saa ara nso na saa nnipa yi ne nokorɛ di asie, nnipa a wɔn adwene asɛe na wɔnnka hwee wɔ gyidie mu.
Just like Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, these teachers also oppose the truth. They are people with corrupted minds whose supposed trust in God is a lie.
9 Wɔnnya nkɔsoɔ biara ɛfiri sɛ, obiara bɛhu nkwasea a wɔyɛ te sɛ Yane ne Yambre ara pɛ.
But they won't get far. Their stupidity will be obvious to everyone, just like that of Jannes and Jambres.
10 Na wo deɛ, woadi me nkyerɛkyerɛ, me suban ne me botaeɛ so. Woahunu gyidie a mewɔ ne me boasetɔ, me dɔ,
But you know all about my teaching and behavior, and my aim in life. You know my trust in God and my love. You know what I've had to endure—
11 taa a wɔtaa me ne mʼamanehunu nyinaa. Wonim nsɛm a ɛtotoo me wɔ Antiokia, Ikoniom ne Listra, ne ɔtaa denden a metumi gyinaa ano no. Nanso, Awurade yii me firii ne nyinaa mu.
how I've been persecuted and what I've suffered. You know what happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra—the troubles I had and how the Lord rescued me from all of them.
12 Wɔn a wɔpɛ sɛ wɔde onyamesom pa tena ase Kristo Yesu mu nyinaa no, wɔbɛtaa wɔn,
Of course it's true that everyone who wants to live a life devoted to God in Christ Jesus will experience persecution,
13 nanso nnipa bɔne bɛkɔ so asɛe daa na wɔadaadaa afoforɔ ne wɔn ankasa wɔn ho.
while wicked people and frauds will do well, going from bad to worse, deceiving others and deceiving themselves too.
14 Nanso, wo deɛ, kɔ so tena ase nokorɛ mu sɛdeɛ wɔkyerɛɛ wo no, na gye di yie. Wonim wɔn a wosua firii wɔn nkyɛn,
But you must hold onto the things you've learned and are convinced are true. You know who taught you.
15 na wokae nso sɛ ɛfiri wo mmɔfraase woahunu Atwerɛsɛm no a ɛtumi ma wo hunu nyansa, na ɛma wo nya gyidie wɔ Kristo Yesu mu, na ɛgye wo nkwa.
From your childhood you've known the holy Scriptures which can give you understanding for salvation by trusting in Christ Jesus.
16 Atwerɛsɛm nyinaa firi Onyankopɔn home mu, na ɛyɛ ma nkyerɛkyerɛ, atɛnyie, atenetene ne tenenee mu yɛn,
All Scripture inspired by God is useful for teaching, for confronting what is wrong, for setting us straight, and for telling us what is right.
17 sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a Onyankopɔn onipa bɛyɛ deɛ wɔasiesie no yie ama nnwuma pa nyinaa.
This is how God provides a thorough preparation for those who work for him to accomplish all that's good.
