1All who are under the yoke of slavery should consider their masters worthy of full respect, so that God’s name and our teaching may not be slandered. 2Those who have believing masters should not show them disrespect just because they are fellow believers. Instead, they should serve them even better because their masters are dear to them as fellow believers and are devoted to the welfare6:2 Or and benefit from the service of their slaves.
False Teachers and the Love of Money
These are the things you are to teach and insist on. 3If anyone teaches otherwise and does not agree to the sound instruction of our Lord Jesus Christ and to godly teaching, 4they are conceited and understand nothing. They have an unhealthy interest in controversies and quarrels about words that result in envy, strife, malicious talk, evil suspicions 5and constant friction between people of corrupt mind, who have been robbed of the truth and who think that godliness is a means to financial gain.
6But godliness with contentment is great gain. 7For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. 8But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. 9Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. 10For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
Final Charge to Timothy
11But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness. 12Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses. 13In the sight of God, who gives life to everything, and of Christ Jesus, who while testifying before Pontius Pilate made the good confession, I charge you 14to keep this command without spot or blame until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15which God will bring about in his own time—God, the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of lords, 16who alone is immortal and who lives in unapproachable light, whom no one has seen or can see. To him be honor and might forever. Amen.
17Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. 18Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share. 19In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of the life that is truly life.
20Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to your care. Turn away from godless chatter and the opposing ideas of what is falsely called knowledge, 21which some have professed and in so doing have departed from the faith.
Grace be with you all.
Eby’abaddu ne Bakama baabwe
16:1 a Bef 6:5; Tit 2:9; 1Pe 2:18 b Tit 2:5, 8Abo bonna abali mu kikoligo ky’obuddu, basaana okussaamu bakama baabwe ekitiibwa, erinnya lya Katonda, awamu n’okuyigiriza kwaffe bireme kuvvoolebwa. 26:2 a Fir 16 b 1Ti 4:11Abaddu abalina bakama baabwe abakkiriza tebabanyoomanga, okubanga baganda baabwe, wabula bonna bongere bwongezi okubaweereza, kubanga bakkiriza era baagalwa, era be bayambibwa olw’okuweereza kwabwe okulungi.
Omugaso gw’okussaamu Katonda Ekitiibwa
Bino bibayigirizenga era obibakuutirenga. 36:3 a 1Ti 1:3 b 1Ti 1:10Omuntu yenna bw’ayigirizanga mu ngeri endala, nga takkiriziganya na bigambo ebya Mukama waffe Yesu Kristo ebireeta obulamu n’okugobereranga enjigiriza ey’okutya Katonda, 46:4 2Ti 2:14aba ajjudde okwekuluntaza era aba taliiko ky’ategeera naye aba aguddemu akazoole ak’okubuzaabuza mu buli kintu, n’okuwakana ku buli kigambo n’ekivaamu bwe buggya, n’okuyomba, n’okuvuma, n’okuwaayira, 56:5 Tit 1:15n’okukaayana. Ebyo bikolebwa abantu abaayonooneka ebirowoozo, abatakyalina mazima, abalowooza ng’okufuna amagoba kwe kutya Katonda. 66:6 a Baf 4:11; Beb 13:5 b 1Ti 4:8Weewaawo okutya Katonda kulimu amagoba mangi, omuntu bw’amalibwa mu ekyo ky’alina. 76:7 Yob 1:21; Mub 5:15Kubanga tetulina kye twajja nakyo mu nsi, era tetuliiko kye tuliggyamu nga tuvaamu. 86:8 Beb 13:5Naye bwe tuba n’emmere, n’ebyokwambala ebyo bitumalenga. 96:9 a Nge 15:27 b 1Ti 3:7Abo abaagala okugaggawala bagwa mu kukemebwa ne mu katego ak’okwegomba okw’obusirusiru era okw’akabi, okunnyika abantu mu kubula ne mu kuzikirira. 106:10 a 1Ti 3:3 b Yak 5:19Kubanga okululunkanira ensimbi y’ensibuko y’ebibi byonna, era olw’okululunkana okwo abamu bawabye, ne bava mu kukkiriza, ne beereetera obulumi bungi mu mitima gyabwe.
Okulabula
116:11 a 2Ti 3:17 b 2Ti 2:22Naye ggwe, omuntu wa Katonda, ddukanga ebintu ebyo, ogobererenga obutuukirivu, n’okutya Katonda, n’okukkiriza, n’okwagala, n’okugumiikiriza, n’obuwombeefu. 126:12 a 1Ko 9:25, 26; 1Ti 1:18 b Baf 3:12Lwananga okulwana okulungi okw’okukkiriza, nywezanga obulamu obutaggwaawo bwe wayitirwa, n’oyatula okwatula okulungi mu maaso g’abajulirwa abangi. 136:13 a Yk 18:33-37 b 1Ti 5:21Nkukuutira mu maaso ga Katonda, awa byonna obulamu, ne mu maaso ga Kristo Yesu eyayatula okwatula okulungi mu maaso ga Pontiyo Piraato, 14okuumenga ekiragiro nga tekiriiko bbala, wadde eky’okunenyezebwa okutuusa ku kulabika kwa Mukama waffe Yesu Kristo, 156:15 a 1Ti 1:11 b 1Ti 1:17 c Kub 17:14; 19:16kw’aliraga mu ntuuko zaakwo, aweebwa omukisa era nnannyini buyinza yekka, Kabaka wa bakabaka bonna, era Mukama wa bakama, 166:16 a 1Ti 1:17 b Yk 1:18ye yekka atafa era atuula mu kwakaayakana okutasemberekeka, era tewali n’omu yali amulabye, so tewali asobola kumulaba, oyo aweebwe ekitiibwa, n’obuyinza obutaggwaawo, Amiina.
Okulabula Abagagga
176:17 a Luk 12:20, 21 b 1Ti 4:10 c Bik 14:17Okuutirenga abagagga ab’omu mirembe gya kaakano, obuteekuluntaza, wadde okwesiga obugagga kubanga si bwa lubeerera, wabula beesige Katonda atuwa byonna olw’okwesanyusanga, 186:18 a 1Ti 5:10 b Bar 12:8, 13bakole ebirungi, babe bagagga mu bikolwa ebirungi, nga bagabi, era abaagala okugabana n’abalala. 196:19 Mat 6:20Bwe batyo beeterekere obugagga obw’engeri eyo nga gwe musingi omulungi ogw’ebiseera ebigenda okujja, balyoke banywezenga obulamu bwennyini.
206:20 a 2Ti 1:12, 14 b 2Ti 2:16Timoseewo, kuumanga kye wateresebwa. Weewalenga ebigambo ebivvoola, era ebitaliimu nsa, n’empaka ez’ebigambo ebiyitibwa eby’amagezi naye nga bya bulimba, 216:21 2Ti 2:18abantu abamu ge balowooza okuba nago, ne basubwa ekigendererwa mu kukkiriza.
Ekisa kibeerenga nammwe.
