1 From Paul.
God our Savior and Christ Jesus commanded me to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, who gives us hope.
2 Timothy, because of our faith, you are like a son to me. I pray that God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ will be kind and merciful to you. May they bless you with peace!
Warning against False Teaching
3 When I was leaving for Macedonia, I asked you to stay on in Ephesus and warn certain people there to stop spreading their false teachings. 4 You needed to warn them to stop wasting their time on senseless stories and endless lists of ancestors. Such things only cause arguments. They don't help anyone to do God's work that can only be done by faith.
5 You must teach people to have genuine love, as well as a good conscience and true faith. 6 There are some who have given up these for nothing but empty talk. 7 They want to be teachers of the Law of Moses. But they don't know what they are talking about, even though they think they do.
8 We know the Law is good, if it is used in the right way. 9 We also understand it wasn't given to control people who please God, but to control lawbreakers, criminals, godless people, and sinners. It is for wicked and evil people, and for murderers, who would even kill their own parents. 10 The Law was written for people who are sexual perverts or who live as homosexuals or are kidnappers or liars or won't tell the truth in court. It is for anything else that opposes the correct teaching 11 of the good news the glorious and wonderful God has given me.
Being Thankful for God's Kindness
12 I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me the strength for my work because he knew he could trust me. 13 I used to say terrible and insulting things about him, and I was cruel. But Christ had mercy on me because I didn't know what I was doing, and I had not yet put my faith in him. 14 Christ Jesus our Lord treated me with undeserved grace and has greatly blessed my life with faith and love just like his own.
15 “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.” This saying is true, and it can be trusted. I was the worst sinner of all! 16 But since I was worse than anyone else, God had mercy on me and let me be an example of the endless patience of Christ Jesus. He did this so that others would put their faith in Christ and have eternal life. 17 I pray that honor and glory will always be given to the only God, who lives forever and is the invisible and eternal King! Amen.
18 Timothy, my son, the instructions I am giving you are based on what some prophets once said about you. If you follow these instructions, you will fight like a good soldier. 19 You will be faithful and have a clear conscience. Some people have made a mess of their faith because they didn't listen to their consciences. 20 Two of them are Hymenaeus and Alexander. I have given these men over to the power of Satan, so they will learn not to oppose God.
تحية
1 مِنْ بولُسَ رسولِ المَسيحِ يَسوعَ بأمْرِ الله ِ مُخلّصِنا والمَسيحِ يَسوعَ رَجائِنا، 2 إلى تيموثاوُسَ اَبني الحَقيقي في الإيمانِ.
علَيكَ النّعمَةُ والرّحمَةُ والسّلامُ مِنَ اللهِ الآبِ ومِن المَسيحِ يَسوعَ ربّنا.
خطر التعاليم الباطلة
3 طَلَبتُ مِنكَ، وأنا ذاهِبٌ إلى مكِدونِـيّةَ، أنْ تَبقى في أفسُسَ لِتوصِيَ بَعضَ النّاسِ أنْ لا يُعَلّموا تَعاليمَ تُخالِفُ تَعاليمَنا، 4 ولا يُصغوا إلى الخُرافاتِ وذِكرِ الأنسابِ التي لا نِهايةَ لها، فهذا يُثيرُ المُجادَلاتِ ولا يَخدِمُ تَدبـيرَ اللهِ المَبنيّ على الإيمانِ. 5 وما غايةُ هذِهِ الوَصِيّةِ إلاّ المَحبّة الصادِرَة عَنْ قَلبٍ طاهِرٍ وضَميرٍ صالِـحٍ وإيمانٍ صادِقٍ، 6 وهذِهِ فَضائِلُ زاغَ بَعضُهُم عَنها واَنحَرَفوا إلى الكلامِ الباطِلِ، 7 مُدّعينَ أنّهُم مِنْ مُعَلّمي الشّريعَةِ وهُم لا يَفهَمونَ ما يَقولونَ وما يُؤكّدونَ.
8 ونَحنُ نَعلَمُ أنّ الشّريعَةَ صالِحَةٌ إذا اَقتَصَرَ العَمَلُ بِها على أنّها شريعَةٌ، 9 لأنّنا نَعرِفُ أنّ الشّريعَةَ ما هِـيَ لِلأبرارِ، بَلْ لِلعُصاةِ والمُتَمَرّدينَ، للفُجّارِ والخاطِئينَ، لِلمُدَنّسينَ والمُستَبـيحينَ، لِقاتِلي آبائِهِم وأُمّهاتِهِم، لِسَفّاكي الدّماءِ، 10 لِلزّناةِ والمُبتَلينَ بالشّذوذِ الجِنسيّ، لِتُجّارِ الرّقيقِ والكذّابـينَ والذينَ يَحلِفونَ باطِلاً، ولِكُلّ مَنْ يُخالِفُ التّعليمَ الصّحيحَ 11 الذي يُوافِقُ البِشارَةَ التي اَئتُمِنتُ علَيها، بِشارَةَ اللهِ المُبارَكِ، لَه المَجدُ.
حمد الله على رحمته
12 أحمَدُ المَسيحَ يسوعَ رَبّنا الذي قوّاني واَعتَبَرَني أمينًا، فدَعاني إلى خِدمتِهِ، 13 أنا الذي جَدّفَ علَيهِ واَضطهَدَهُ وشتَمَهُ فيما مَضى، ولكِنّ اللهَ رَحَمَني لأنّي كُنتُ غَيرَ مُؤمِنٍ لا أعرِفُ ما أفعَلُ، 14 ففاضَتْ علَيّ نِعمَةُ رَبّنا وما فيها مِنْ إيمانٍ ومَحبّةٍ في المَسيحِ يَسوعَ. 15 هذا القَولُ صادِقٌ ويَستَحقُ القَبولَ التّامّ، وهوَ أنّ المَسيحَ يَسوعَ جاءَ إلى العالَمِ ليُخلّصَ الخاطِئينَ، وأنا أوّلُهُم. 16 ولكِنّي ما نِلتُ الرّحمَةَ إلاّ لِـيُظهِرَ المَسيحُ يَسوعُ طولَ صَبرِهِ فِـيّ أوّلاً ويَجعَلَ مِنّي مثَلاً لِلذينَ يُؤمِنونَ بِه لِـيَنالوا الحياةَ الأبدِيّةَ. 17 لِمَلِكِ الدّهورِ، الإِلهِ الواحِدِ الخالِدِ غَيرِ المَنظورِ، كُلّ إكرامٍ ومَجدٍ إلى أبَدِ الآبِدينَ. آمين.
وصية لتيموثاوس
18 أستَودِعُكَ، يا تيموثاوُسُ اَبني، هذِهِ الوَصِيّةَ وَفْقًا لِلنُبوّاتِ التي قِـيلَتْ فيكَ مِنْ قَبلُ، فتَستَلْهِمُها لِتُجاهِدَ خَيرَ جِهادٍ 19 بالإيمانِ والضّميرِ السّليمِ الذي رفَضَهُ بَعضُهُم، فاَنكسَرَتْ سَفينةُ إيمانِهِم. 20 مِنْ بَينِ هَؤُلاءِ هِيمِينايُسُ والإسكنْدَرُ اللذانِ أسلَمتُهُما إلى الشّيطانِ ليَتَعلّما أنْ لا يُجدّفا.
