2.Timotheus 4 | Nádej pre kazdého

Vernosť v službe

1 Pred Bohom a Ježišom Kristom, ktorý znova príde na túto zem, aby súdil živých i mŕtvych a zjavil tu svoje kráľovstvo, ťa zaväzujem:

2 zvestuj neúnavne Božie slovo, či sú okolnosti priaznivé, alebo nepriaznivé, kde treba, napomínaj a karhaj, povzbudzuj a trpezlivo hlásaj Božie pravdy.

3 Lebo príde čas, keď ľudia nebudú chcieť počuť zdravé učenie. Zoženú si učiteľov, ktorí im budú vravieť to, čo oni budú chcieť počuť. Odvrátia sa od Božieho slova a dajú sa strhnúť najnezmyselnejšími ideami.

5 Ty však buď triezvy, pevný a neboj sa pre Krista aj trpieť. Neohrozene hlásaj evanjelium a verne konaj svoju službu.

6 Už nastáva čas, keď mám svoj život položiť ako obeť pre Krista.

7 Bojoval som dobre, uloženú úlohu som splnil, vieru som si zachoval.

8 A teraz ma čaká veniec víťaza, ktorý mi položí na hlavu v deň svojho príchodu Pán, ten spravodlivý sudca. A nie iba mne, ale všetkým, čo túžobne očakávajú jeho príchod.

Osobné prosby a pozdravy

9 Prosím ťa, len čo budeš môcť, príď za mnou.

10 Lebo Démas ma opustil, dal prednosť svetským záujmom a odišiel do Tesaloniky. Krescens je v Galácii a Títus odišiel do Dalmácie.

11 Iba Lukáš zostal pri mne. Vezmi so sebou aj Marka, potrebujem ho.

12 Tychika som poslal do Efezu.

13 Cestou sa zastav v Troade u Karpa a prines mi plášť, ktorý som tam nechal; tiež knihy, a najmä pergamen.

14 Mnoho zla mi spôsobil kováč Alexander. Tvrdo proti nám vystupoval. Pán mu iste odplatí podľa zásluhy.

15 Daj si naňho pozor. Veľmi sa staval proti našim slovám.

16 Keď som stál prvý raz pred súdom, nik z bratov so mnou nebol, všetci ma opustili. Nech im to Boh odpustí.

17 No Pán so mnou bol a dal mi silu, aby som radostné posolstvo o spasení v Ježišovi Kristovi zvestoval pred všetkými, ktorí sa tu zišli z rôznych národov Rímskej ríše. A dal mi milosť, že ma neodsúdili na smrť v aréne.

18 Verím, že ma Pán aj naďalej bude chrániť od zlého a uvedie ma do svojho nebeského kráľovstva. Jemu nech je sláva na veky vekov! Amen.

19 Pozdrav odo mňa Prisku a Akvilu, tiež Oneziforovu rodinu.

20 Erastos zostal v Korinte, Trofima som nechal v Miléte, lebo ochorel.

21 Usiluj sa prísť skôr, ako nastane zima. Pozdravuje ťa Eubulos, Pudens, Linus, Klaudia a všetci ostatní veriaci.

22 Pán Ježiš Kristus nech je s tebou a Boh nech vás všetkých obdarí svojou milosťou.

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English Standard Version

Preach the Word

1 I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom:

2 preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.

3 For the time is coming when people will not endure sound* teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions,

4 and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.

5 As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.

6 For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come.

7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

8 Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.

Personal Instructions

9 Do your best to come to me soon.

10 For Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia,* Titus to Dalmatia.

11 Luke alone is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is very useful to me for ministry.

12 Tychicus I have sent to Ephesus.

13 When you come, bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas, also the books, and above all the parchments.

14 Alexander the coppersmith did me great harm; the Lord will repay him according to his deeds.

15 Beware of him yourself, for he strongly opposed our message.

16 At my first defense no one came to stand by me, but all deserted me. May it not be charged against them!

17 But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. So I was rescued from the lion’s mouth.

18 The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed and bring me safely into his heavenly kingdom. To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

Final Greetings

19 Greet Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus.

20 Erastus remained at Corinth, and I left Trophimus, who was ill, at Miletus.

21 Do your best to come before winter. Eubulus sends greetings to you, as do Pudens and Linus and Claudia and all the brothers.*

22 The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you.*

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