اول تیموتاؤس 1

مقدّمه

1 از طرف پولس كه به فرمان نجات‌دهندهٔ ما خدا و به دستور مسیح عیسی -‌امید ما- رسول مسیح عیسی است،

2 به تیموتاؤس، فرزند حقیقی خودم در ایمان تقدیم می‌گردد. خدای پدر و خداوند ما مسیح عیسی، فیض و رحمت و آرامش به تو عطا فرمایند.

دربارهٔ تعلیم نادرست

7 آنها مایلند معلّمان شریعت باشند، بدون آنكه بفهمند چه می‌گویند و یا دربارهٔ چه چیز این‌طور با اطمینان سخن می‌گویند.
8 ما می‌دانیم شریعت وقتی نیكوست كه به طرز صحیحی از آن استفاده شود. 9 البتّه باید دانست كه قوانین برای نیكان وضع نشده، بلكه برای افراد متمرّد و سركش، برای خدا ناشناسان، گناهكاران، كافران، بی‌دینان، قاتلان پدر و مادر، آدمكشان، 10 زشتكاران، لواط‌گران، آدم دزدان، دروغگویان و اشخاصی كه شهادت دروغ می‌دهند و هر کار دیگری كه برخلاف تعلیم درست باشد را انجام می‌دهند.

11 آن تعلیمی كه در انجیل یافت می‌شود، یعنی مژده‌ای از جانب خدای پرجلال و متبارک كه به من سپرده شده است تا آن را اعلام كنم.

حمد و سپاس برای رحمت خدا

17 به پادشاه جاودانی و فناناپذیر و نادیدنی، خدای یكتا تا به ابد عزّت و جلال باد، آمین.
18 ای تیموتاؤس، فرزند من، همان‌طور كه مدّتها پیش دربارهٔ تو نبوّت شد، این فرمان را به تو می‌سپارم و امیدوارم آن سخنان، مانند سلاحی در این جنگ نیكو تو را یاری دهد، 19 و ایمان و وجدان پاک خود را نگه‌دار. كشتی ایمان بعضی‌ها به علّت گوش ‌ندادن به ندای وجدان درهم شكسته است. 20 از آن جمله «هیمینائوس» و «اسكندر» می‌باشند كه آنها را به شیطان سپردم تا یاد بگیرند كه دیگر كفر نگویند.

1 TIMOTHY 1

1 From Paul.
God our Savior and Christ Jesus commanded me to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, who gives us hope.

2  t Timothy, because of our faith, you are like a son to me. I pray that God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ will be kind and merciful to you. May they bless you with peace!

Warning against False //Teaching

4 You needed to warn them to stop wasting their time on senseless stories and endless lists of ancestors. Such things only cause arguments. They don't help anyone to do God's work that can only be done by faith.
5 You must teach people to have genuine love, as well as a good conscience and true faith. 6 There are some who have given up these for nothing but empty talk.

7 They want to be teachers of the Law of Moses. But they don't know what they are talking about, even though they think they do.
8 We know the Law is good, if it is used in the right way. 9 We also understand it wasn't given to control people who please God, but to control lawbreakers, criminals, godless people, and sinners. It is for wicked and evil people, and for murderers, who would even kill their own parents. 10 The Law was written for people who are sexual perverts or who live as homosexuals or are kidnappers or liars or won't tell the truth in court. It is for anything else that opposes the correct teaching

11 of the good news the glorious and wonderful God has given me.

Being Thankful for //God's Kindness

14 Christ Jesus our Lord treated me with undeserved grace and has greatly blessed my life with faith and love just like his own.
15 “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.” This saying is true, and it can be trusted. I was the worst sinner of all! 16 But since I was worse than anyone else, God had mercy on me and let me be an example of the endless patience of Christ Jesus. He did this so that others would put their faith in Christ and have eternal life.

17 I pray that honor and glory will always be given to the only God, who lives forever and is the invisible and eternal King! Amen.
18 Timothy, my son, the instructions I am giving you are based on what some prophetst once said about you. If you follow these instructions, you will fight like a good soldier. 19 You will be faithful and have a clear conscience. Some people have made a mess of their faith because they didn't listen to their consciences. 20 Two of them are Hymenaeus and Alexander. I have given these men over to the power of Satan, so they will learn not to oppose God.