1 Timotawus 2
1 Ni mumla mi bre du yi bre ni bre du ndi ba wawu'u nigrie, ti naki ni ndi ba wawu'u.
The first (OR, most important) thing that I urge [you to tell your congregation] is that [Christians] should continually ask [God] for [what they need]. They should also pray to God [for all other people], and they should be thanking [God].
2 Don bi tuchu ni bi wa ba jin gbugbulu du sun si ka bei mi sisir Rji ni daraja.
Specifically, they should pray for rulers and for all [other people] who (are in important government positions/have authority), in order that [God will help them to rule]. [As God enables the rulers to rule well], we can live very peaceably as we conduct ours lives doing all that God and others consider to be right and proper.
3 Wai abi da kpe u kpayeim ni shishi rji wa'akpata chuwo.
It is good [to pray like that, and] it pleases God, who saves us, when we pray like that.
4 Ani sun du ndi ba samu kpa chuwo nakima kuma da toh jaji
He desires to save everyone. He wants everyone to fully know [and accept] his true [message].
5 Irji hi riri i, ni matsakaci riri wa a kri ni tsutsu Rji ni ndi, i ndi kima hi Almasihu Yesu.
He is the [only] one [true] God! And there is [only] one person who talks to God on behalf of people. That person is Christ Jesus, who [himself] is a man!
6 Ano tuma pansa ndi wawu'u, nitu shaida ni ton u didi.
He gave (his [life/himself]) [as a sacrifice] in order to ransom/redeem all [people], which showed at the proper time [that God desires that all people be saved] {[to save all people]}.
7 Nakima du ki ba dume sun ndi u dub tre ni ndi u ton du. Jaji misi hla ni yu'u, ana cena. me mi hi u tsro malamai attaura 'u' bangaskiya ni janji.
As for me, he appointed me to declare [this message] and to be an apostle. I am telling the truth [about God appointing me]. I am not lying! He appointed me to teach the non-Jews that they should believe God’s true message.
8 Naki me sun du lilon ko nitse duba bre da zu wo u yeryer hi nishu, duba na tinfu da sen yieu na.
I desire that in every place [where believers worship], the men who pray publicly [MTY] should be men who are not practicing sin. When they pray, they should not be angry [with anyone] and they should not doubt [that God will answer] their prayers (OR, should not quarrel with anyone).
9 Nikon kima me sun du mba duba ta sur kpei didima wa ani noba daraja ni vu tu, ana iri chantu wa ana bina, ko zinariya ko azurfa baba kpie bi klen gbugbu'a na.
[I would like that] the clothing that women wear be (modest and sensible/proper and appropriate) [DOU]. I want them to not fix their hair in fancy/elaborate ways, nor wear gold [jewelry], nor pearls, nor expensive clothing [in order that they may make themselves attractive].
10 Me son duba sur kpie wa a bi du mba bi hu Rji nitu ndu mba u' didima.
Instead, they should be doing things that women who (claim to/say that they) worship God should do; that is, they should be doing good deeds.
11 Imba duba tsro ni mi vutu da ka tu mba grji ni mi ko gye.
Women must learn to [listen] quietly [during the worship services] and to fully subject themselves [to the leaders of the congregation].
12 Bana no mba kon duba tsro nda kpa ba lon mba tsir na, naki du ba sun ni vu tu.
I do not permit women to teach [men spiritual truth publicly], and I do not permit them to have authority over men. Instead, [I desire] that women [listen] quietly [during the worship services].
13 Ba ti Damu guci ri da ti Hauwa'u.
Keep in mind that God made Adam first, and afterwards he made Eve,
14 Ana hi Damu ba qur na, aman ahi iwa ba qur yo ni la tre.
and that it was not Adam whom [Satan] deceived. As a result of the woman being deceived, she sinned. She did what God had told her not to do.
15 Nakima ani kpa ceto ni tu grji mir, nde ba si zre ni mi bangaskiya, ni son yeryer. ni dri didi
But even though she did that, now women will be saved {God will accept women} as they bear children if they continue to trust [God] and if they continue to love others, and if they continue to live in a way that is [more and more] (acceptable to God/like God wants them to), and if they continue to be modest.
