1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus, 2 To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. 3 I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day; 4 Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy; 5 When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also. 6 Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands. 7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. 8 Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God; 9 Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began, 10 But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel: 11 Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles. 12 For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day. 13 Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. 14 That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us. 15 This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes. 16 The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain: 17 But, when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and found me . 18 The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day: and in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well.
1 Ndimi Paulo ntumwa wa Kirisiti Jesu nge kuda kwe Ndzimu, kuyendidzana nge kugadzabgwe kwe butjilo gumuna Kirisiti Jesu.
2 Kuna Timoti nkololo wangu unodika.
Ngoni ne mahwilo zogwadza ne kunyalala kunodwa ku Ndzimu Tate na Kirisiti Jesu She wedu ngakube nawe.
Kutenda ne kulumbidza
3 Ndotenda Ndzimu, iwo wandinoshingila nge hana mbuyanana sa bobatategulu bangu bakabe beushingila, ndimukumbula misi yose mu mitembezelo yangu. 4 Ha ndikumbula mishodzi iyo, ndoyemula siku ne sikati kukubona kuti ndizo ndizhale kushatha. 5 Ndoalakana kugalamoyo kuko kwakwako, kugalamoyo kwakabe kuli muna kuku babo Loisi kutanga, na mmeyabo Yunisi, koga ngwenu ndina malebeswa ekuti kwabe mukuli. 6 Ndizo ngekwa ikoku ndikualakanisa kuti uthutidze tjipo tje Ndzimu tjimukuli nge kukubiga maboko kwangu. 7 Ngobe Ndzimu auzotipa meya ye bugwala koga wakatipa meya ye simba neye ludo neye kuzwiibhata.
8 Ndizo usibhakhwe nge shoni kuleba ngekwa She wedu, kene nge kwangu imi nsungwa ngekukwe. Koga bhatana nami mu kudziyilila ndebo mbuya, nge simba la She, 9 ibo bakatitjidza bakatidanila ku butjilo gwakayengemala, kusi ngekwe tjimwe tjatakashinga koga ngekwe mazwimisilo awo ne ngoni dzawakatipa muna Kirisiti Jesu ntolo tjose, 10 koga ngwenu kwakazumbunugwa nge kuzha kwe Ntjidzi wedu, Kirisiti Jesu, iye wakakolomola simba le lufu ngono kazhisa butjilo nenge kusafa pa tjedza nge ndebo mbuya.
11 Ngekwe ndebo mbuya iyeyi ndakashalugwa kube nsumikili ne kube ntumwa nenge kube n'diyi. 12 Ndizo ndidziyila sekwa ndinodziyila. Koga anditobhakhwa nge shoni, ngobe ndoziba wandakagalamoyo munli, ngoti ndina lebeswa lekuti unotubula kulisa tjandakapiwa mu maboko angu kuswikila Zhuba ilelo. 13 Tjawakahwa ndimi, utjibhate tjili tjilakidzilo tje kudiya kwakwako, mu kugalamoyo kose ne mu ludo zwimuna Kirisiti Jesu. 14 Tjengeta lebeswa lawakapiwa nge Meya yakayengemala inogala mutili.
15 Unoziba kuti bose bamu ntuthu we Ezhiya bakandifupatila, ngono mubali kuli Figelo na Hemogenesi. 16 Dzene She angahwila zogwadza be nsha wa Onesiforo, ngobe kanjinji wakandisimisa kakale aazobhatisiwa shoni nge ketani dzakandisunga, 17 koga wakati eswika ku Roma, kandishaka kwazo kadzina kandiwana. 18 Dzene She banganhwila zogwadza mu Zhuba ilelo! Kakale unoziba zubuyanana kuti wakabhatsha kungapani ku Efeso.