1All who are forced to serve as slaves should consider their masters worthy of full respect. Then people will not speak evil things against God’s name and against what we teach. 2Some slaves have masters who are believers. They shouldn’t show their masters disrespect just because they are also believers. Instead, they should serve them even better. That’s because their masters are loved by them as believers. These masters are committed to caring for their slaves.
People Who Teach Lies or Love Money
These are the things you are to teach. Try hard to get the believers to do them. 3Suppose someone teaches something different than I have taught. Suppose that person doesn’t agree with the true teaching of our Lord Jesus Christ. Suppose they don’t agree with godly teaching. 4Then that person is proud and doesn’t understand anything. They like to argue more than they should. They can’t agree about what words mean. All of this results in wanting what others have. It causes fighting, harmful talk, and evil distrust. 5It stirs up trouble all the time among people whose minds are twisted by sin. The truth they once had has been taken away from them. They think they can get rich by being godly.
6You gain a lot when you live a godly life. But you must be happy with what you have. 7We didn’t bring anything into the world. We can’t take anything out of it. 8If we have food and clothing, we will be happy with that. 9People who want to get rich are tempted. They fall into a trap. They are tripped up by wanting many foolish and harmful things. Those who live like that are dragged down by what they do. They are destroyed and die. 10Love for money causes all kinds of evil. Some people want to get rich. They have wandered away from the faith. They have wounded themselves with many sorrows.
Paul Gives a Final Command to Timothy
11But you are a man of God. Run away from all these things. Try hard to do what is right and godly. Have faith, love and gentleness. Hold on to what you believe. 12Fight the good fight along with all other believers. Take hold of eternal life. You were chosen for it when you openly told others what you believe. Many witnesses heard you. 13God gives life to everything. Christ Jesus told the truth when he was a witness in front of Pontius Pilate. In the sight of God and Christ, I give you a command. 14Obey it until our Lord Jesus Christ appears. Obey it completely. Then no one can find fault with it or you. 15God will bring Jesus back at a time that pleases him. God is the blessed and only Ruler. He is the greatest King of all. He is the most powerful Lord of all. 16God is the only one who can’t die. He lives in light that no one can get close to. No one has seen him. No one can see him. Honor and power belong to him forever. Amen.
17Command people who are rich in this world not to be proud. Tell them not to put their hope in riches. Wealth is so uncertain. Command those who are rich to put their hope in God. He richly provides us with everything to enjoy. 18Command the rich to do what is good. Tell them to be rich in doing good things. They must give freely. They must be willing to share. 19In this way, they will store up true riches for themselves. It will provide a firm basis for the next life. Then they will take hold of the life that really is life.
20Timothy, guard what God has trusted you with. Turn away from godless chatter. Stay away from opposing ideas that are falsely called knowledge. 21Some people believe them. By doing that they have turned away from the faith.
May God’s grace be with you all.
1Duk waɗanda suke ƙarƙashin bauta, ya kamata su ɗauki iyayengijinsu a kan sun cancanci girmamawa matuƙa, don kada a ɓata sunan Allah da kuma koyarwarmu. 2Waɗanda suke da iyayengiji masu bi, to, kada su yi musu reni domin su ’yan’uwa ne. A maimako, sai ma su fi bauta musu, saboda waɗanda suke cin moriyar hidimarsu masu bi ne, ƙaunatattu ne kuma a gare su.
Ƙaunar kuɗi
Waɗannan su ne abubuwan da za ka koya musu ka kuma gargaɗe su. 3In wani yana koyarwar ƙarya bai kuma yarda da sahihiyar koyarwar Ubangijinmu Yesu Kiristi da kuma koyarwa ta tsoron Allah ba, 4yana cike da girman kai bai kuma san kome ba. Yana da mugun halin son gardama da muhawwara game da kalmomin da suke kawo kishi, rikici, maganar ƙeta, da mugayen zace-zace 5da yawan tankiya tsakanin mutane masu mugun hali, waɗanda aka raba su da gaskiya, suke kuma tsammani cewa bin Allah wata hanya ce ta samun kuɗi.
6Amma bin Allah da gamsuwa riba ce mai yawa. 7Gama ba mu zo duniya da kome ba, ba kuwa za mu fita daga cikinta da kome ba. 8In dai muna da abinci da sutura, ai, sai mu gamsu da su. 9Mutanen da suke son yin arziki sukan fāɗi cikin jarraba, su fāɗa a tarko, suna mugayen sha’awace-sha’awace iri-iri na wauta da cutarwa, irin waɗanda suke dulmuyar da mutane, su kai ga lalacewa da hallaka. 10Gama son kuɗi shi ne tushen kowane irin mugun abu. Waɗansu mutane, don tsananin son kuɗi, sun bauɗe daga bangaskiya suka kuma jawo wa kansu da baƙin ciki iri-iri.
Umarnin Bulus ga Timoti
11Amma kai, mutumin Allah, ka guji duk wannan, ka kuma nemi adalci, tsoron Allah, bangaskiya, ƙauna, jimrewa da kuma hankali. 12Ka yi fama, kyakkyawar fama ta bangaskiya. Ka riƙi rai madawwamin nan, wanda aka kira saboda shi, sa’ad da ka yi kyakkyawar shaida a gaban shaidu masu yawa. 13Na umarce ka, a gaban Allah mai ba da rai ga kome, da kuma Kiristi Yesu wanda yayinda yake ba da shaida a gaban Buntus Bilatus ya yi kyakkyawar shaida, 14ka kiyaye wannan umarni ba tare da wani aibi ko abin zargi ba har yă bayyanuwar Ubangijinmu Yesu Kiristi, 15wanda Allah zai kawo a daidai lokaci, Allah, mai albarka wanda yake kaɗai Mai Mulki, Sarkin sarakuna da Ubangijin iyayengiji, 16wanda shi kaɗai ne marar mutuwa wanda kuma yake zaune cikin hasken da ba ya kusatuwa, wanda babu wanda ya taɓa gani ko zai iya gani. A gare shi girma da iko su tabbata har abada. Amin.
17Ka umarci waɗanda suke da arziki a wannan duniya kada su ɗaga kai ko su sa begensu a kan dukiyar da ba ta da tabbaci, sai dai su sa begensu ga Allah, wanda yake ba mu kome a yalwace don jin daɗinmu. 18Ka umarce su su yi nagarta, su wadatu cikin ayyuka nagari, su kuma zama masu bayarwa hannu sake da kuma masu niyyar yin taimako. 19Ta haka za su ajiye wa kansu dukiya a matsayin tushen mai ƙarfi don tsara mai zuwa, don su riƙi rai wanda yake na tabbatacce.
20Timoti, ka lura da abin da aka danƙa maka amana. Ka yi nesa da masu maganganun rashin tsoron Allah da kuma yawan mūsu da ake ƙarya, ake ce da shi ilimi, 21wanda waɗansu suka furta kuma ta yin haka suka bauɗe daga bangaskiya.
Alheri yă kasance tare da ku.
