Tihtuh 2
1 Kcangkia ningsaw naw ä a ti cän na jah mthei yah khai.
Now you, speak the things that suit sound doctrine:
2 A sak dämkia kpamie cän ami hniphnawi vaia, leisawng vaia ngkäih u lü ami mät ami nängei vaia, jumeinak akdaw ta u lü mhläkphyanak ja khameinak khawh ami tak vaia jah mtheia.
older men are to be sober, dignified, prudent, sound in the faith, in love and in endurance;
3 Acukba bäa, a sak dämkiea nghnumie pi ngcimngcaih lü nghnumia vea kba ami ve kung vaia jah mtheha. Mpyüia capyit tui aw lü khyanga am a daw pyeneikia käh kya kawm u. Akdaw i ti cun jah mthei yah khai,
similarly older women are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of what is good
4 ami sak dikia nghnumie üng ami cae ja ami kpamie jah mhlä na lü,
—so that they may instruct the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,
5 amimät nängei u lü ngcimngcaih u lü nghnumi kdawa kya lü ami kpamiea pyen ami ngjak üngva Pamhnam üngkhyüh lawkia ngthu u naw pi akse am pyen u.
to be prudent, pure, good homemakers, subordinating themselves to their own husbands, so that the Word of God not be maligned.
6 Acukba bäa, a sak dik hamki kpamie pi amimät ami nängei vaia jah nghui na bä.
Similarly, exhort the young men to be self-controlled,
7 Anaküt üng namät kung cän a ning hjutuih vaia akdawa vecawha. Na mlung pi ngcim lü a süyüa na jah mthei yah khai.
in all things presenting yourself as an example of good works: showing integrity, dignity and incorruptibility in your teaching
8 Käh ami ning mkateinak thei vaia khyübe cän na sumei üngva na yee cän ngkeei u lü mimia mawng akse ami pyen vai i am ve.
—healthy speech, beyond reproach—so that the opponent may be put to shame, having nothing slighting to say about us.
9 Mpyae pi ami mahpa kea ve u lü anaküt üng jesak kawm u. Ami mahpa käh msang be u lü
Exhort slaves to subordinate themselves to their own owners, to be well pleasing in all things, not talking back,
10 ami mahpa ka pi käh mpyuei kawm u. Acuna hnün üng, angläta ami daw ja ami sitih cun ami mdan üngva ami bi naküt üng mi Küikyan Bawi Pamhnama mawng ngtheinak cun akdawa cehpüi khaie ni.
not pilfering but showing total trustworthiness, so as to adorn the doctrine of our Savior God in everything.
11 Khyang naküta küikyannak vaia Pamhnam naw a bäkhäknak mdan pängki ni.
For the saving grace of God has appeared for all men,
12 Acuna bäkhäknak naw khawmdeka mi xün k'um üng Pamhnam am khyühnak ja khawmdek kpameinake jah hawih lü ngsungpyunnak, mät nängeinak, akdawa venak ja Pamhnam ksing lü (aiōn g165)
teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live prudently, righteously and godly in this present age, (aiōn g165)
13 mi äpeia jodawnaka Mhnüp mi k'äiha kba Küikyanki Jesuh Khritaw ja dämduh lü hlüngtaikia Pamhnama ngdan law vai jah mcuhmthehki.
looking for the blessed hope, even the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ,
14 Ani naw am dawki üngkhyüh jah yungmhlät lü ngcimkia khyanga jah pyang lü akdaw pawh lü ani däk mi kanakia mi thawn vaia amät naw amät jah peki ni.
who gave Himself for us, so that He might redeem us from all lawlessness and purify for Himself a special people, zealous for good works.
15 Ahine jah mthei lü ning ngaikie jah him lü ktha na jah pet üng na ana naküt sumei bä. U naw pi käh ning mdihmsui kawm.
Speak these things, whether you exhort or reprove, with all authority. Let no one disdain you.
