2 Timothy 2
1 Diawu ngeyo muanꞌama, bika wukikindisa mu nlemvo wowo widi mu Klisto Yesu.
So then, my child, be strong in the grace which is in Christ Jesus.
2 Mambu momo wuwa kuidi minu va meso ma bambangi bawombo, longa mawu kuidi batu bakuikama bobo babeki bu kumalongila kuidi batu bankaka.
And the things which I have said to you before a number of witnesses, give to those of the faith, so that they may be teachers of others.
3 Bika wumona ziaku ziphasi banga disodi dimboti di Yesu Klisto.
Be ready to do without the comforts of life, as one of the army of Christ Jesus.
4 Bila kuisi ko mutu wunkuendanga ku mvita wumbelanga mayindu mu bima bi luzingu lualu mu diambu kamonisa khini mutu wowo wunsonika.
A fighting man, when he is with the army, keeps himself free from the business of this life so that he may be pleasing to him who has taken him into his army.
5 Bobuawu, mutu wunsalanga zitsaka (bipa) kalendi vuiku budu ki ndungunu ko enati kakadi nuana boso buididi mina.
And if a man takes part in a competition he does not get the crown if he has not kept the rules.
6 Nkuni zitsola kafueti tuama sala theti tuamina katambula mimbutu.
It is right for the worker in the fields to be the first to take of the fruit.
7 Sudika bumboti mambu mama thubidi bila niandi veka Pfumu wela kuvana diela mu mambu moso.
Give thought to what I say; for the Lord will give you wisdom in all things.
8 Tebukilanga Yesu Klisto moyo, wutotukila mu nkuna Davidi, wufuluka mu bafua boso buididi Nsamu wumboti wundieti longa.
Keep in mind Jesus Christ, of the seed of David, who came back from the dead, as my good news gives witness:
9 Bila mu diambu di Nsamu wumboti beni wawu ndilembo monina ziphasi ayi ndididi wukangama banga mvangi mambimbi. Muaki mambu ma Nzambi masi makangama ko.
In which I put up with the hardest conditions, even prison chains, like one who has done a crime; but the word of God is not in chains.
10 Diawu ndilembo kangila ntima mu diambu di batu bobo basobolo muingi bawu mamvawu batambula phulusu yidi mu Yesu Klisto va kimosi ayi nkembo wu kawumani. (aiōnios g166)
But I undergo all things for the saints, so that they may have salvation in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. (aiōnios g166)
11 Mambu mama madi ma kuikama: Enati tufuidi va kimosi ayi niandi, buna tuela zinga va kimosi ayi niandi.
This is a true saying: If we undergo death with him, then will we be living with him:
12 Enati tumvibidila buna tuela yadila va kimosi ayi niandi; vayi beto kuntunuka, niandi mamvandi wela kututunuka.
If we go on to the end, then we will be ruling with him: if we say we have no knowledge of him, then he will say he has no knowledge of us:
13 Enati tuisi ko bakuikama, vayi niandi widi wukuikama, bila niandi veka kalendi kukitunuka ko.
If we are without faith, still he keeps faith, for he will never be untrue to himself.
14 Tebula batu moyo mu mambu momo; wuba lubula va meso ma Nzambi ti babika ziphaka mu mambu ma phamba makambulu mfunu. Vayi mannatanga ku mbivusu batu bobo banwanga mawu.
Put these things before them, giving them orders in the name of the Lord to keep themselves from fighting about words, which is of no profit, only causing error in their hearers.
15 Nuana mu monika va meso ma Nzambi banga mutu wufuana, banga kisadi kikambu mona tsoni; kinlonga mu busonga mambu ma kiedika.
Let it be your care to get the approval of God, as a workman who has no cause for shame, giving the true word in the right way.
16 Tina ziphaka zi mambu ma phamba ayi makambu dedakana ayi minu bila batu bobo bantubanga mawu beti luta kuendanga mu zithangu zioso ku kambu kinzikanga mambu ma Nzambi
But take no part in wrong and foolish talk, for those who do so will go farther into evil,
17 ayi mambu mawu madi banga phuta yindianga nsuni wu nitu. Mu bawu muidi Imene ayi Filete.
And their words will be like poisoned wounds in the flesh: such are Hymenaeus and Philetus;
18 Bawu bamana vengama mu kiedika bu beti tubanga ti mfulukulu yimana vioka thama; balembo zimbisa minu ki batu bankaka.
Men whose ideas are all false, who say that the coming back from the dead has even now taken place, overturning the faith of some.
19 Muaki fundasio yi ngolo yi Nzambi yidi kaka yitelama ayi yibeki ayi dimbu kiaki: “Pfumu zebi batu bandi, ayi woso mutu weti tangunanga dizina di Pfumu, bika katina mambu mambimbi.”
But God's strong base is unchanging, having this sign, The Lord has knowledge of those who are his: and, Let everyone by whom the name of the Lord is named be turned away from evil.
20 Bika sia ti mimvungu mivangulu mu nolo ayi mu palata, ziawu kaka mimmonikanga mu nzo yinneni vayi muidi ayi miomi mivangulu mu minti ayi mu tuma. Miomi mivangulu mu nolo ayi mu palata midi mi luzitu bosi miomi mivangulu mu minti ayi mu tuma miawu minsadulungu kadika lumbu.
Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but others of wood and earth, and some which are honoured and some without honour.
21 Enati mutu wukikebidi wuvedila mu kambu vanga mambu mama, buna niandi wela kituka mvungu wu luzitu, wunlongo, widi mfunu kuidi vuidi wawu; wawu widi wukubama mu diambu di mavanga moso mambote.
If a man makes himself clean from these, he will be a vessel for honour, made holy, ready for the master's use, ready for every good work.
22 Tina zinzinunu zi bumuana vayi tomba busonga, minu, luzolo, ndemama va kimosi ayi batu bobo bansambilanga Pfumu mu ntima wuvedila.
But keep yourself from those desires of the flesh which are strong when the body is young, and go after righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those whose prayers go up to the Lord from a clean heart.
23 Tina biuvu bi buvungisi, ayi bikambulu mfunu bila bizabikini ti biawu bieti totula ziphaka.
And put away foolish and uncontrolled questionings, seeing that they are a cause of trouble.
24 Bila kisadi ki Pfumu kasi fuana findananga ziphaka ko vayi kafueti ba mutu wulembama kuidi batu boso, mutu widi diela mu longa ayi mu zebi vibidila.
For it is not right for the Lord's servant to make trouble, but he is to be gentle to all, ready in teaching, putting up with wrong,
25 Kafueti teminanga mu malembi batu bobo bankakidilanga bila nani zebi mananga Nzambi lenda kuba vana diela di baludila mavanga ayi tula ku nzayilu yi mambu ma kiedika;
Gently guiding those who go against the teaching; if by chance God may give them a change of heart and true knowledge,
26 ayi diela diawu divutukisa mu diambu babaka busionukina mu mintambu mi Satana, wuba kanga mu kuba kuika mu diambu bavanga luzolo luandi.
And so they may get themselves free from the net of the Evil One, being made the prisoners of the Lord's servant, for the purpose of God.
