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Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ according to the commandment of God our Savior and the Lord Jesus Christ our hope,

to Timothy, my true child in faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

As I urged you when I was going into Macedonia, stay at Ephesus that you might command certain men not to teach a different doctrine,

and not to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, which cause disputes rather than God’s stewardship, which is in faith.

But the goal of this command is love from a pure heart, a good conscience, and sincere faith,

from which things some, having missed the mark, have turned away to vain talking,

desiring to be teachers of the law, though they understand neither what they say nor about what they strongly affirm.

But we know that the law is good if a person uses it lawfully,

as knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous person, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave-traders, for liars, for perjurers, and for any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine,

according to the Good News of the glory of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.

I thank him who enabled me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he counted me faithful, appointing me to service,

although I used to be a blasphemer, a persecutor, and insolent. However, I obtained mercy because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

The grace of our Lord abounded exceedingly with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

The saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.

However, for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first, Jesus Christ might display all his patience for an example of those who were going to believe in him for eternal life.

Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

I commit this instruction to you, my child Timothy, according to the prophecies which were given to you before, that by them you may wage the good warfare,

holding faith and a good conscience, which some having thrust away made a shipwreck concerning the faith,

of whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I delivered to Satan that they might be taught not to blaspheme.

مِن بولُسَ رَسولِ المسيحِ يسوعَ بِأَمرِ اللهِ مُخَلِّصِنا والمسيحِ يسوعَ رَجائِنا

إِلى طيموتاوُسَ ٱبنِيَ المُخْلِصِ في الإِيمان. علَيكَ النِّعمَةُ والرَّحْمَةُ والسَّلامُ مِن لَدُنِ اللهِ الآبِ والمسيحِ يسوعَ ربِّنا

سَأَلتُك، وأَنا ذاهِبٌ إِلى مَقْدونِيَة، أَن تَظَلَّ في أَفَسُس لِتُوصِيَ بَعضَ النَّاسِ أَلَّا يُعلِّموا تَعْليمًا آخَرَ

ولا يَنصَرِفوا إِلى خُرافاتٍ وأَنْسابٍ لَيسَ لَها نِهاية، تُثيرُ المُجادَلاتِ أَكثَرَ مِمَّا تَعمَلُ لِلتَّدْبيرِ الإِلٰهيِّ الَّذي يَتِمُّ بِالإِيمان

وما غايَةُ هٰذِه الوَصِيَّةِ إِلَّا المَحبَّةُ الصَّادِرةُ عن قَلْبٍ طاهِرٍ وضَميرٍ سليمٍ وإِيمانٍ لا رِياءَ فيه

وقد حادَ بَعضُهم عن هٰذِه الخِصال فضَلُّوا في الكَلامِ الباطِلِ

وٱدَّعَوا أَنَّهم مُعَلِّمو الشَّريعة، مَعَ أَنَّهم لا يُدرِكونَ ما يَقولونَ ولا ما يُثْبِتون

نَحنُ نَعلَمُ أَنَّ الشَّريعةَ حَسَنةٌ إِذا ٱستُعمِلَتِ ٱستِعْمالًا شَرعِيًّا

لِأَنَّنا نَعرِفُ أَنَّ الشَّريعةَ لم تُسَنَّ لِلبارّ، بل لِلأَثَمَةِ العُصاة، لِلْكافِرينَ الخاطِئِين، لِمُستَبيحي المُحَرَّماتِ ومُدَنِّسيها، لِقاتِلي آبائِهِم وأُمَّهاتِهِم، لِسَفَّاكي الدِّماءِ

والزُّناة، لِلُّوطِيِّينَ والنَخَّاسين، لِلكَذَّابينَ والحانِثين ولِكُلِّ مَن يُقاوِمُ التَّعليمَ السَّليم

هٰكذا وَرَدَ في بِشارةِ مَجْدِ اللهِ السَّعيد، تِلكَ البِشارةِ المَجيدةِ الَّتي علَيها ٱئتُمِنْتُ

أَشكُرُ لِلمَسيحِ يسوعَ رَبِّنا الَّذي مَنَحَني القُوَّة أَنَّه عَدَّني ثِقَةً فأَقامَني لِخِدمَتِه

أَنا الَّذي كانَ في ما مَضى مُجَدِّفًا مُضطَهِدًا عنيفًا، ولٰكِنِّي نِلْتُ الرَّحمَةَ لأَنِّي كُنتُ أَفعَلُ ذٰلِكَ بِجَهالَة، إِذ لم أَكُنْ مُؤمِنًا

ففاضَت عَلَيَّ نِعمَةُ رَبِّنا مع الإِيمانِ والمحبَّةِ في المسيحِ يسوع

إِنَّه لَقَولُ صِدْقٍ جَديرٌ بِالتَّصْديقِ على الإِطْلاق، وهو أَنَّ المسيحَ يَسوعَ جاءَ إِلى العالَم لِيُخَلِّصَ الخاطِئِين، وأَنا أَوَّلُهم

فإِنِّي ما نِلْتُ الرَّحمَةَ إِلَّا لِيُظْهِرَ المسيحُ يسوعُ طُولَ أَناتِه فِيَّ أَوَّلًا ويَجعَلَ مِنِّي مَثَلًا لِلَّذينَ سَيُؤْمِنونَ بِه، في سَبيلِ الحَياةِ الأَبَدِيَّة

لِمَلِكِ الدُّهور، الإِلٰهِ الواحِدِ الخالِدِ الَّذي لا يُرى، الإِكْرامُ والمَجْدُ أَبَدَ الدُّهور. آمين

أَستَودِعُكَ هٰذِه الوَصِيَّة، يا ٱبني طيموتاوُس، وَفْقًا لِما سَبَقَ فيكَ مِنَ النُّبُوَّات، لِتَستَنِدَ إِلَيها وتُجاهِدَ أَحسَنَ جِهاد

بِالإِيمانِ والضَّميرِ السَّليمِ الَّذي نَبَذَه بَعضُهم فٱنكَسَرَت بِهِم سَفينةُ الإِيمان

مِن بَينِهم هُمَنايُس والإِسكَندَرُ اللَّذانِ أَسلَمتُهُما إِلى الشَّيطانِ لِيَتَعَلَّما الكَفَّ عنِ التَّجْديف