1 م ِنْ بُولُسَ الَّذي هُوَ رَسُولٌ لِلمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ بِإرادَةِ اللهِ، وَبِهَدَفِ إعلانِ وَعدِ الحُصُولِ عَلَى الحَياةِ فِي المَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ،

Paul, an apostle (special messenger) of Christ Jesus by the will of God, according to the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus,

2 إ لَى ابنِيَ الحَبِيبِ تِيمُوثاوُسَ. لِتَكُنْ لَكَ نِعمَةٌ وَرَحمَةٌ وَسَلامٌ مِنَ اللهِ الآبِ، وَمِنَ المَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ رَبِّنا. شُكرٌ وَتَشجِيع

To Timothy, beloved child: Grace (favor and spiritual blessing), mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord!

3 أ نا أشكُرُ اللهَ الَّذِي أعبُدُهُ بِضَمِيرٍ طاهِرٍ، كَما فَعَلَ أجدادِي. أشكُرُهُ لَيلاً وَنَهاراً، كُلَّما ذَكَرتُكَ فِي صَلَواتِي.

I thank God Whom I worship with a pure conscience, in the spirit of my fathers, when without ceasing I remember you night and day in my prayers,

4 أ تَذَكَّرُ دُمُوعَكَ، فَأشتاقُ إلَى لِقائِكَ لِكَيْ أمتَلِئَ بِالفَرَحِ.

And when, as I recall your tears, I yearn to see you so that I may be filled with joy.

5 و َأتَذَكَّرُ إيمانَكَ المُخلِصَ الَّذِي كانَ أوَّلاً فِي جَدَّتِكَ لُوئِيْسَ وَأُمِّكَ أفنِيكِي. وَأنا مُتَيَقِّنٌ أنَّهُ فِيكَ أيضاً.

I am calling up memories of your sincere and unqualified faith (the leaning of your entire personality on God in Christ in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness), that first lived permanently in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am persuaded, in you also.

6 و َبِسَبَبِ هَذا، أُذَكِّرُكَ بِأنْ تُبقي نارَ مَوهِبَةُ اللهِ دائِمَةَ الاتِّقادِ، تِلكَ المَوهِبَةَ الَّتِي نِلتَها عِندَما وَضَعتُ يَدَيَّ عَلَيكَ.

That is why I would remind you to stir up (rekindle the embers of, fan the flame of, and keep burning) the gift of God, that is in you by means of the laying on of my hands '> with those of the elders at your ordination].

7 ف َالرُّوحُ الَّذِي أعطانا إيّاهُ اللهُ لا يَبعَثُ فِينا الجُبنَ، بَلْ يَمُدُّنا بِالقُوَّةِ وَالمَحَبَّةِ وَضَبطِ النَّفسِ.

For God did not give us a spirit of timidity (of cowardice, of craven and cringing and fawning fear), but of power and of love and of calm and well-balanced mind and discipline and self-control.

8 ف َلا تَستَحِ بِالشَّهادَةِ لِرَبِّنا، أوْ بِي أنا أسِيرُهُ، بَلْ شارِكنِي فِي احتِمالِ المَشَقّاتِ مِنْ أجلِ البِشارَةِ، مُستَمِدّاً القُوَّةَ مِنَ اللهِ.

Do not blush or be ashamed then, to testify to and for our Lord, nor of me, a prisoner for His sake, but '> with me] take your share of the suffering of the Gospel in the power of God.

9 ف َهُوَ الَّذِي خَلَّصَنا وَدَعانا إلَى حَياةٍ مُكَرَّسَةٍ لَهُ. وَلَمْ يَكُنْ هَذا بِفَضلِ أيِّ عَمَلٍ قُمنا بِهِ، بَلْ بِناءً عَلَى قَصدِهِ وَنِعمَتِهِ الَّتِي وَهَبَنا إيّاها فِي المَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ قَبلَ بَدءِ الزَّمَنِ.

Who delivered and saved us and called us with a calling in itself holy and leading to holiness; not because of anything of merit that we have done, but because of and to further His own purpose and grace (unmerited favor) which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began.

10 ل َكِنَّ نِعمَتَهُ هَذِهِ أُظهِرَتْ لَنا مَعَ مَجِيءِ المَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ، مُخَلِّصِنا. فَالمَسِيحُ هُوَ الَّذِي أبْطَلَ المَوتَ، وَكَشَفَ الحَياةَ وَالخُلُودَ بِبِشارَتِهِ المُفْرِحَةِ

which He now has made known and has fully disclosed and made real through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, Who annulled death and made it of no effect and brought life and immortality (immunity from eternal death) to light through the Gospel.

11 ا لَّتي صِرتُ وَاعِظاً وَرَسُولاً وَمُعَلِّماً مِنْ أجلِ نَشْرِها،

For this I was appointed a herald (preacher) and an apostle (special messenger) and a teacher of the Gentiles.

12 و َمِنْ أجلِها أُعاني ما أُعانيِ. غَيْرَ أنِّي لَستُ خَجِلاً، لِأنِّي أعرِفُ مَنْ آمَنتُ بِهِ، وَأنا مُتَيَقِّنٌ أنَّهُ قادِرٌ أنْ يَحفَظَ ما استَودَعَنِي إيّاهُ، حَتَّى يَحِينَ ذَلِكَ اليَومُ.

And this is why I am suffering as I do. Still I am not ashamed, for I know (perceive, have knowledge of, and am acquainted with) Him Whom I have believed (adhered to and trusted in and relied on), and I am persuaded that He is able to guard and keep that which has been entrusted to me and which I have committed until that day.

13 ف َتَمَسَّكْ بِخَطِّ التَّعلِيمِ السَّلِيمِ الَّذِي سَمِعْتَهُ مِنِّي. وَلْيَكُنْ ذَلِكَ مَصحُوباً بِالإيمانِ وَالمَحَبَّةِ اللَّذَيْنِ لَنا فِي المَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ.

Hold fast and follow the pattern of wholesome and sound teaching which you have heard from me, in the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus.

14 ا حرُسِ الوَدِيعَةَ الثَّمِينَةَ بِالرُّوحِ القُدُسِ السّاكِنِ فِينا.

Guard and keep the precious and excellently adapted which has been entrusted, by the Holy Spirit Who makes His home in us.

15 ف َأنتَ تَعلَمُ أنَّ جَمِيعَ الَّذِينَ مِنْ مُقاطَعَةِ أسِيّا هَجَرُونِي، بِمَنْ فِيهِمْ فِيجَلُّسُ وَهَرْمُوجانِسُ.

You already know that all who are in Asia turned away and forsook me, Phygelus and Hermogenes among them.

16 أ مّا أُونسِيفُورَسُ، فَإنِّي أطلُبُ أنْ يُعطِيَ الرَّبُّ رَحمَةً لِعائِلَتِهِ، لِأنَّهُ كانَ مَصدَرَ عَزاءٍ لِي فِي أوقاتٍ كَثِيرَةٍ. كَما أنَّهُ لَمْ يَخجَلْ مِنِّي لِكَونِي فِي السِّجنِ.

May the Lord grant mercy to the family of Onesiphorus, for he often showed me kindness and ministered to my needs! He was not ashamed of my chains and imprisonment.

17 ب َلْ عَلَى العَكسِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ، فَحِينَ وَصَلَ إلَى رُوما، فَتَّشَ عَنِّي بِكُلِّ جِدٍّ حَتَّى وَجَدَنِي.

No, rather when he reached Rome, he searched diligently and eagerly for me and found me.

18 ل ِهَذا أسألُ الرَّبَّ أنْ يُعطِيَهُ رَحمَةً فِي ذَلِكَ اليَومِ! فَأنتَ تَعرِفُ كَيفَ كانَ يَخدِمُنِي عِندَما كُنتُ فِي أفَسُسَ.

May the Lord grant to him that he may find mercy from the Lord on that day! And you know how many things he did for me and what a help he was at Ephesus.