ክሕደት በመጨረሻዎቹ ቀናት
1ነገር ግን በመጨረሻው ዘመን የሚያስጨንቅ ጊዜ እንደሚመጣ ይህን ዕወቅ። 2ሰዎች ራሳቸውን የሚወድዱ ይሆናሉ፤ ገንዘብን የሚወድዱ፣ ትምክሕተኞች፣ ትዕቢተኞች፣ ተሳዳቢዎች፣ ለወላጆቻቸው የማይታዘዙ፣ የማያመሰግኑ፣ ቅድስና የሌላቸው፣ 3ፍቅር የሌላቸው፣ ለዕርቅ የማይሸነፉ፣ ሐሜተኞች፣ ራሳቸውን የማይገዙ፣ ጨካኞች፣ መልካም የሆነውን የማይወድዱ፣ 4ከዳተኞች፣ ችኵሎች፣ በከንቱ በትዕቢት የተወጠሩ፣ ከእግዚአብሔር ይልቅ ተድላን የሚወድዱ ይሆናሉና። 5ሃይማኖታዊ መልክ አላቸው፤ ኀይሉን ግን ክደዋል። ከእነዚህ ራቅ።
6እነርሱም በየቤቱ ሾልከው እየገቡ የኀጢአት ብዛት የተጫናቸውን፣ በተለያየ ክፉ ምኞት ውስጥ ገብተው የሚዋልሉ መንፈሰ ደካማ ሴቶችን የሚያጠምዱ ናቸው፤ 7እንደነዚህ ያሉ ሴቶች ሁልጊዜ ይማራሉ፤ ነገር ግን እውነትን ወደ ማወቅ ፈጽሞ ሊደርሱ አይችሉም። 8ኢያኔስና ኢያንበሬስ ሙሴን እንደ ተቃወሙት፣ እነዚህ አእምሯቸው የጠፋባቸውና ከእምነት የተጣሉ ሰዎች ደግሞ እውነትን ይቃወማሉ። 9ይሁን እንጂ አይሳካላቸውም፤ ምክንያቱም የእነዚያ ሰዎች ሞኝነት እንደ ተገለጠ ሁሉ፣ የእነዚህም ለሁሉ ግልጽ ይሆናል።
ጳውሎስ ለጢሞቴዎስ የሰጠው ዐደራ
10አንተ ግን ትምህርቴን፣ አካሄዴን፣ ዐላማዬን፣ እምነቴን፣ ትዕግሥቴን፣ ፍቅሬንና ጽናቴን ሁሉ ታውቃለህ፤ 11ስደቴንና መከራዬን፣ በአንጾኪያና በኢቆንዮን፣ በልስጥራንም የደረሰብኝን ሁሉ፣ የታገሥሁትንም ስደት ታውቃለህ፤ ጌታ ግን ከእነዚህ ሁሉ አዳነኝ። 12በርግጥም በክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ በእውነተኛ መንፈሳዊ ሕይወት መኖር የሚወድዱ ሁሉ ይሰደዳሉ። 13ክፉዎችና አታላዮች ግን እየሳቱና እያሳቱ፣ በክፋትም ላይ ክፋት እየጨመሩ ይሄዳሉ። 14አንተ ግን በተማርኸውና በተረዳኸው ጽና፤ ይህን ከማን እንደ ተማርኸው ታውቃለህና፤ 15ከሕፃንነትህም ጀምረህ በክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ በማመን መዳን የሚገኝበትን ጥበብ ሊሰጡህ የሚችሉትን ቅዱሳት መጻሕፍትን ዐውቀሃል። 16ቅዱሳት መጻሕፍት ሁሉ የእግዚአብሔር መንፈስ ያለባቸው ናቸው፤ ለማስተማር፣ ለመገሠጽ፣ ለማቅናት በጽድቅም መንገድ ለመምከር ይጠቅማሉ፤ 17ይኸውም የእግዚአብሔር ሰው ለመልካም ሥራ ሁሉ ብቁ ሆኖ እንዲገኝ ነው።
1Here is what I want you to know. There will be terrible times in the last days. 2People will love themselves. They will love money. They will brag and be proud. They will tear others down. They will not obey their parents. They won’t be thankful or holy. 3They won’t love others. They won’t forgive others. They will tell lies about people. They will be out of control. They will be wild. They will hate what is good. 4They will turn against their friends. They will act without thinking. They will think they are better than others. They will love what pleases them instead of loving God. 5They will act as if they were serving God. But what they do will show that they have turned their backs on God’s power. Have nothing to do with these people.
6They are the kind who trick their way into the homes of some women. These women are ready to believe anything. And they take control over these women. These women are loaded down with sins. They give in to all kinds of evil desires. 7They are always learning. But they are never able to come to know the truth. 8Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses. In the same way, the teachers I’m talking about oppose the truth. Their minds are twisted. As far as the faith is concerned, God doesn’t accept them. 9They won’t get very far. Just like Jannes and Jambres, their foolish ways will be clear to everyone.
Paul Gives a Final Command to Timothy
10But you know all about my teaching. You know how I live and what I live for. You know about my faith and love. You know how patient I am. You know I haven’t given up. 11You know that I was treated badly. You know that I suffered greatly. You know what kinds of things happened to me in Antioch, Iconium and Lystra. You know how badly I have been treated. But the Lord saved me from all my troubles. 12In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be treated badly. 13Evil people and pretenders will go from bad to worse. They will fool others, and others will fool them. 14But I want you to continue to follow what you have learned and are sure about. You know the people you learned it from. 15You have known the Holy Scriptures ever since you were a little child. They are able to teach you how to be saved by believing in Christ Jesus. 16God has breathed life into all Scripture. It is useful for teaching us what is true. It is useful for correcting our mistakes. It is useful for making our lives whole again. It is useful for training us to do what is right. 17By using Scripture, the servant of God can be completely prepared to do every good thing.
