2 Timothy: Revised Murdock Translation

I.

¹ PAULOS, a apostle of Yeshua Mshikha by the pleasure of Alaha, according to the promise of life which is in Yeshua Mshikha;

² to Timotheos a beloved son; grace, and mercy, and peace, from Alaha the Father, and from Maran Yeshua Mshikha.

³ I thank Alaha, whom I serve from my forefathers with a pure conscience, that I continually remember you in my prayers, by night and by day:

⁴ and I desire to see you, and I call to mind your tears; that I may be filled with joy,

⁵ by the recollection which I have, by your genuine faith, which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois, and in your mother Eunice, and also, I am persuaded, in you.

⁶ Wherefore I remind you, that you excite the gift of Alaha, that is in you by the imposition of my hands.

⁷ For Alaha has not given us a spirit of fear, but of energy, and of love, and of instruction.

⁸ Therefore be not you ashamed of the testimony of Maran, nor of me his prisoner; but endure evils in connection with the Gospel, through the power of Alaha;

⁹ who has vivified us, and called us with a holy calling; not according to our works, but according to his good pleasure, and his grace that was given us in Yeshua Mshikha from time before the ages,

¹⁰ and is now made known by the appearing of our Vivifier, Yeshua Mshikha; who has abolished death, and has made manifest life and immortality, by the gospel:

¹¹ of which I am constituted a herald and a apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

¹² Therefore I suffer these things: and I am not ashamed; for I know in whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is competent to keep for me my deposit against that day.

¹³ Let the form of sound words, which you have heard from me, abide with you; with faith and love, in Yeshua Mshikha.

¹⁴ Keep you the good deposit, by the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.

¹⁵ This you do know, that all those in Asia have turned from me; and that among them are Phygellus and Hermogenes.

¹⁶ May Maran bestow mercy on the house of Onesiphorus; for, many times, he refreshed me, and was not ashamed of the chains of my imprisonment.

¹⁷ But also, when he came to Rome, he sought for me with diligence, and found me.

¹⁸ May Maran grant him, that he may find mercy with Maran, in that day. And how he ministered to me at Ephesus, you very well know.

II.

¹ You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace which is by Yeshua Mshikha.

² And the things you have heard from me by many witnesses, these commit you to faithful men, who are competent to teach others also.

³ And endure evils, as a good soldier of Yeshua Mshikha.

⁴ No man, on becoming a soldier, entangles himself with the business of the world; that he may please him who enlisted him.

⁵ And if one contend [in the games], he is not crowned, unless he contends according to the rules.

⁶ The husbandman who labors, ought first to feed on his fruits.

⁷ Consider what I say. Maran give you wisdom in all things.

⁸ Be mindful of Yeshua Mshikha, that he arose from the dead; who was of the seed of David, according to my gospel,

⁹ in which I suffer evils unto bonds, as if an evil-doer: but the word of Alaha is not in bonds.

¹⁰ Therefore I endure every thing, for the elect's sake; that they also may obtain life, in Yeshua Mshikha, with eternal glory.

¹¹ Faithful is the saying, For if we shall have died with him, we shall also live with him;

¹² and, if we shall have suffered, we shall also reign with him. But if we shall have rejected him, he will reject us.

¹³ And if we shall have not believed in him, he abides in his fidelity; for he cannot reject himself.

¹⁴ Of these things admonish you them . and charge [them,] before Maran, that they dispute not, with unprofitable words, to the subversion of those who hear them.

¹⁵ And study to present yourself before Alaha, perfectly, a laborer who is not ashamed, one who correctly announces the word of truth.

¹⁶ Avoid vain discourses, in which there is no profit; for they very much add to the wickedness of those occupied with them.

¹⁷ And their discourse, like an eating cancer, will lay hold upon many. And one of these is Hymeneus, and another Philetus;

¹⁸ who have wandered from the truth, while they say, The resurrection of the dead has passed: and they subvert the faith of some.

¹⁹ But the firm foundation of Alaha stands; and it has this seal, Mar-Yah knows them who are his: and, Let every one who invokes the name of Mar-Yah, stand aloof from iniquity.

²⁰ But in a great house, there are not only vessels of gold or silver, but also of wood and of pottery; and some of them for honor, and some for dishonor.

²¹ If therefore any one purge himself from these things, he will be a pure vessel for honor, fit for the use of his Lord, and prepared for every good work.

²² Fly from all the lusts of youth; and follow after righteousness, and faith, and love, and peace, with them that invoke Maran with a pure heart.

²³ Avoid those foolish discussions which afford no instruction; for you know, that they generate contests.

²⁴ And a servant of Maran ought not to contend, but to be mild towards every one, and instructive, and patient;

²⁵ that with mildness he may enlighten those who dispute against him, if perhaps Alaha may give them repentance, and they may acknowledge the truth,

²⁶ and may recollect themselves, and may escape out of the snare of Satan, at whose pleasure they have been held ensnared.

III.

¹ But this know you, that in the latter days hard times will come:

² and men will be lovers of themselves, and lovers of money, boasters, proud, censorious, unyielding towards their own people, denyers of grace, wicked,

³ calumniators, addicted to concupiscence, ferocious, haters of the good,

⁴ treacherous, rash, inflated, attached to pleasure more than to the love of Alaha,

⁵ having a form of respect for Alaha, but wide from the power of Alaha. Them who are such, repel from you.

⁶ For of them are they who creep into this and that house, and captivate the women who are plunged in sins and led away by divers lusts,

⁷ who are always learning, and can never come to the knowledge of the truth.

⁸ Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Mosha, so also do these withstand the truth: men whose mind is corrupted, and [they] reprobates from the faith.

⁹ But they will not make progress, for their infatuation will be understood by every one, as theirs also was understood.

¹⁰ But you have followed after my doctrine, and my manner of life, and my aims, and my faith, and my long suffering, and my love, and my patience,

¹¹ and my persecution, and my sufferings. And you know what I endured at Antioch, and at Iconium, and at Lystra; what persecution I endured: and from all these my Lord delivered me.

¹² And likewise all, who choose to live in the fear of Alaha, in Yeshua Mshikha, will be persecuted.

¹³ But evil and seducing men will add to their wickedness, while they deceive and are deceived.

¹⁴ But continue you in the things you have learned and been assured of; for you know from whom you learned;

¹⁵ because from your childhood, you was taught the holy books, which can make you wise unto life, by faith in Yeshua Mshikha.

¹⁶ All scripture that was written by the Spirit, is profitable for instruction, and for confutation, and for correction, and for erudition in righteousness;

¹⁷ that the man of Alaha may become perfect, and complete for every good work.

IV.

¹ I charge you, before Alaha, and Maran Yeshua Mshikha, who is to judge the living and the dead, at the manifestation of his kingdom,

² Proclaim the word; and persist [in it] with diligence, in time and out of time; admonish, and rebuke, with all patience and instructiveness.

³ For the time will come, when they will not give ear to sound teaching; but, according to their lusts, will multiply to themselves teachers, in the itching of their hearing;

⁴ and will turn away their ears from the truth, and incline after fables.

⁵ But be you vigilant in all things; and endure evils, and do the work of an evangelist, and fulfill your ministry.

⁶ But I am soon to be immolated; and the time of my dissolution has come.

⁷ I have fought a good combat, I have completed my race, I have preserved my fidelity;

⁸ and henceforth there is preserved for me a crown of righteousness, with which my Lord, the righteous Judge, will recompense me in that day; and not me only, but them also who love his manifestation.

⁹ Exert yourself to come to me quickly.

¹⁰ For Demas has left me; and has loved this world and gone away to Thessalonica; Crispus to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.

¹¹ Luke only is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with you; for he is suitable for me, for ministration.

¹² And Tychicus I have sent to Ephesus.

¹³ And when you come, bring the bookcase, which I left at Troas with Carpus, and the books, but especially the roll of parchments.

¹⁴ Alexander the coppersmith showed me many ills: Maran will reward him according to his doings.

¹⁵ And do you also beware of him; for he is very insolent against our words.

¹⁶ At my first defense, no one was with me, but they all forsook me. Let not this be reckoned to them.

¹⁷ But my Lord stood by me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fulfilled; and [that] all the Gentiles might hear: and I was rescued from the mouth of the lion.

¹⁸ And my Lord will rescue me from every evil work; and will give me life in his heavenly kingdom. To him be glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

¹⁹ Present a salutation to Priscilla and Aquila, and to the household of Onesiphorus.

²⁰ Erastus has stopped at Corinth; and Trophimus I left sick at the city of Miletus.

²¹ Exert yourself to come before winter. Eubulus salutes you, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren.

²² Maran Yeshua Mshikha be with your spirit. Grace be with you. Amen.

End of the Second Epistle to Timotheos; which was written from Rome.