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.
Rashin sanin Allah a kwanakin ƙarshe
1Amma fa ka san wannan, za a yi lokutan shan wahala a kwanakin ƙarshe. 2Mutane za su zama masu son kansu, masu son kuɗi, masu taƙama, masu girman kai, masu zage-zage, marasa biyayya ga iyayensu, marasa godiya, marasa tsarki, 3marasa ƙauna, marasa gafartawa, masu ɓata sunayen waɗansu, marasa kamunkai, masu ƙeta, marasa ƙaunar nagarta, 4masu cin amana, marasa hankali, waɗanda sun cika da ɗaga kai, masu son jin daɗi a maimakon ƙaunar Allah 5suna riƙe da siffofin ibada, amma suna mūsun ikonta. Kada wani abu yă haɗa ka da su.
6Irin su ne suke saɗaɗawa su shiga gidaje suna rinjayar mata marasa ƙarfin hali, waɗanda zunubai suka sha kansu, mugayen sha’awace-sha’awace kuma sun ɗauke hankulansu, 7kullum suna koyo amma ba sa taɓa iya yarda da gaskiya. 8Kamar dai yadda Yannes da Yamberes3.8 Yannes da Yamberes. Babu waɗannan sunaye a Tsohon Alkawari, amma bisa ga masanan tarihin Yahudawa, mutanen nan su ne bokaye biyun nan na ƙasar Masar da suka yi gāba da Musa lokacin da ya so yă fitar da ’ya’yan Isra’ila daga ƙasar Masar (Dubi Fit 7.11,22; 9.11) suka tayar wa Musa, haka waɗannan mutane ma suke tayar wa gaskiya, mutane masu ɓataccen hankali, waɗanda, in ana zancen bangaskiya ne, to, fa ba sa ciki. 9Sai dai ba za su yi nisa ba, don rashin hankalinsu zai bayyana ga kowa, kamar na mutanen nan biyu.
Umarnin Bulus ga Timoti
10Kai kam, ka san kome game da koyarwata, da halina, da niyyata, bangaskiya, haƙuri, ƙauna, jimiri, 11tsanani, shan wahala, irin abubuwan da suka faru da ni a Antiyok, Ikoniyum da kuma Listira, tsananin da na jure. Duk da haka Ubangiji ya cece ni daga dukansu. 12Labudda, duk masu niyyar zaman tsarkaka, suna na Kiristi Yesu, za su sha tsanani. 13Mugayen mutane da masu ruɗi kuwa, ƙara muni za su riƙa yi, suna yaudara, ana kuma yaudararsu. 14Amma kai kam, ka ci gaba da abin da ka koya ka kuma tabbatar, gama ka san waɗanda ka koye su daga gare su, 15da kuma yadda tun kana ɗan jinjiri ka san Nassosi masu tsarki, waɗanda suke iya sa ka zama mai hikima zuwa ceto ta wurin bangaskiya cikin Kiristi Yesu. 16Dukan Nassi numfashin Allah ne yana kuma da amfani don koyarwa, tsawatarwa, gyara da kuma horarwa cikin adalci, 17domin mutumin Allah yă zama shiryayye sosai saboda kowane kyakkyawan aiki.
