2 Timoteo 3
1 Kae saa asɛm yi. Nna a ɛdi akyire no mu mmerɛ no mu bɛyɛ den.
BUT this know, that in the last days distressing times will come.
2 Nnipa bi bɛyɛ pɛsɛmenkomenya, aniberefoɔ, ahohiahiafoɔ ne ahantanfoɔ; wɔbɛyɛ abususɛnkafoɔ, asoɔdenfoɔ wɔ wɔn awofoɔ so; wɔbɛyɛ bonniayɛ na wɔrempɛ nyamesom nso,
For men will be self-lovers, money-lovers, boasters, vainglorious, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3 wɔbɛyɛ atirimuɔdenfoɔ, wɔrenhu mmɔbɔ, wɔbɛyɛ nnipa edinsɛefoɔ basabasa ne abufupɛfoɔ, wɔbɛtane wɔn mfɛfoɔ a wɔyɛ nnipa pa no,
unnatural, implacable, slanderers, intemperate, inhuman, averse to goodness,
4 wɔbɛyɛ afatwafoɔ, aniɛdenfoɔ, wɔn a wɔhoran; wɔbɛpɛ anikadeɛ sene sɛ wɔdɔ Onyankopɔn.
treacherous, wilful, puffed up with pride, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God;
5 Wɔbɛyɛ aniani asomfoɔ a wɔbɛpo tumi a ɛwɔ ɔsom no mu no. Twe wo ho firi saa nnipa no ho.
holding the form of godliness, but denying the power of it: from these men turn with aversion.
6 Wɔn mu bi kɔ afie mu kɔhyɛ mmaa a wɔn bɔne ama wɔdi fɔ na akɔnnɔ ahodoɔ bebree hyɛ wɔn so no so;
For such are they who insinuate themselves into houses, and captivate weak women laden with accumulated sins, and actuated by a variety of passions,
7 saa mmaa no yɛ nnipa a wɔpɛ sɛ wɔsua nneɛma foforɔ, nanso wɔnhunu nokorɛ no akyiri kwan.
always learning, yet never able to attain unto the knowledge of 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.
But in the same manner as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so do these also set themselves in opposition to the truth; men corrupt in mind, reprobate respecting the faith.
9 Wɔnnya nkɔsoɔ biara ɛfiri sɛ, obiara bɛhu nkwasea a wɔyɛ te sɛ Yane ne Yambre ara pɛ.
But they shall not proceed to the uttermost; for their infatuation shall be evident to all men, as theirs also was.
10 Na wo deɛ, woadi me nkyerɛkyerɛ, me suban ne me botaeɛ so. Woahunu gyidie a mewɔ ne me boasetɔ, me dɔ,
But thou hast fully known my doctrine, conduct, purpose, faith, long-suffering, love, patience,
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.
the persecutions, the sufferings, which beset me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured, yet out of them all the Lord delivered me.
12 Wɔn a wɔpɛ sɛ wɔde onyamesom pa tena ase Kristo Yesu mu nyinaa no, wɔbɛtaa wɔn,
And all indeed who will live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
13 nanso nnipa bɔne bɛkɔ so asɛe daa na wɔadaadaa afoforɔ ne wɔn ankasa wɔn ho.
But wicked men and impostors will proceed from bad to worse, deceiving and deceived.
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 abide thou in the things which thou hast learned and believed, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;
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.
and that from a child thou hast known the sacred writings, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Jesus Christ.
16 Atwerɛsɛm nyinaa firi Onyankopɔn home mu, na ɛyɛ ma nkyerɛkyerɛ, atɛnyie, atenetene ne tenenee mu yɛn,
All scripture is given by the inspiration of God, and advantageous for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness
17 sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a Onyankopɔn onipa bɛyɛ deɛ wɔasiesie no yie ama nnwuma pa nyinaa.
that the man of God may be properly furnished, fully qualified for every good work.
