January 26, 2012, Nyeem ntawv

1:1	Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, in accord with the promise of the life which is in Christ Jesus,
1:2	to Timothy, most beloved son. Grace, mercy, kev thaj yeeb, from God the Father and from Christ Jesus our Lord.
1:3	I give thanks to God, whom I serve, as my forefathers did, with a pure conscience. For without ceasing I hold the remembrance of you in my prayers, night and day,
1:4	desiring to see you, recalling your tears so as to be filled with joy,
1:5	calling to mind the same faith, which is in you unfeigned, which also first dwelt in your grandmother, Lois, and in your mother, Eunice, and also, I am certain, in you.
1:6	Vim li no, I admonish you to revive the grace of God, which is in you by the imposition of my hands.
1:7	For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of virtue, and of love, and of self-restraint.
1:8	Thiab yog li ntawd, do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me, his prisoner. Hloov chaw, collaborate with the Gospel in accord with the virtue of God,

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