1 Timothy 3
1 Ni tawpkhak sang ciang haksatna hun tampi hong theng tu hi, ci zong phawk in.
But of this be sure. In the last days grievous times will come.
2 Banghangziam cile mihing te sia amate le amate a ki it te, duhop te, a ki phasak te, a ki hisak te, ngual sonsia te, nu le pa thu ni ngawl te, a lungdam thei ngawl te, a thiangtho ngawl te,
For men will be selfish, mercenary, boastful, haughty, blasphemous, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, irreligious,
3 Ngeina omsa bang in thangaina nei ngawl te, kilemna a susia te, a man ngawl ngual mawsiat te, ki tekna nei ngawl te, a ngilo te, mipha thusimngawl te,
without natural affection, merciless, slanderous, dissolute, and brutal.
4 Thukham paltan te, lungtang khauh te, ama le ama a ki thupisak te, Pathian sang in ama lungkimna a dei zaw te;
They will hate goodness, they will be treacherous, reckless, blinded with pride, lovers of pleasure, rather than lovers of God.
5 Pathianmi hi na nei bang in om napi, a vangletna te nial tu uh hi: tabang te pial in.
For although they keep up the outward form of religion, they deny its power.
6 Banghangziam cile tabang mihing te sia innsung ah tum in mawna vanngit a pua numei mawmaw te man a, cilesa deina a tatuam taw zol siat hi,
Turn away from all such. Some of them creep into private houses and lead captive silly women who, laden with sins,
7 Sin napi, thuman heakna ah theng zo ngawl hi.
and led captive by ever-changing impulses, are always learning but never able to arrive at knowledge of truth.
8 Jannes le Jambres te in Moses a khak uh bang in, hi te in zong thuman khak uh hi: hi te sia thinsung pha ngawl le upna taw kisai ngina ngawl uh hi.
As Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so also do these men withstand the truth; being corrupt in mind and worthless in all that concerns the faith.
9 Ahihang Jannes le Jambres te mawmawtna a kilang bang in, hi te i mawmawtna zong mi theampo mai ah kilang tu ahikom, a khuala mama dong paipui thei ngawl tu hi.
But they will not get on; for their folly will be made as openly manifest to all as was that of Jannes and Jambres.
10 Ahihang nang nahile kong hilna, nuntak zia, tupna sawm na, upna, thinsau na, itna le thuakzawkna,
But you, Timothy, have followed my teaching, my conduct, my aims, my faith, patience, love, endurance,
11 Antioch, Iconium le Lystra ah ka kung hong theng vawtsiatna te, haksatna te, ka thuakna te a kicing in na he siat zo hi: ahihang tua te theampo sung pan Topa in hong suaktasak hi.
as well as the persecutions and sufferings which befell me at Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. You know all the persecutions I endured, and how the Lord delivered me out of them all!
12 Hi hi, taciang, Christ Jesus sung ah Pathianmi hi na bang in a nungta theampo in vawtsiatna thuak tu hi.
Yes, and all who purpose to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
13 Ahihang mipha ngawl le ngual theam te kisia seseam tu hi, taciang amate in ngual theam tu a, amate zong ngual in theam tu hi.
But wicked men and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving others, and being themselves deceived.
14 Ahihang nang na hile na sinsa le a khotak in na upna thu te sia kua kung pan sin khi ziam, ci na heak ahikom, tua thu sung ah om paisuak in;
But do you hold fast what you have learned and have held to be true. You know those from whom you have learned it,
15 Laithiangtho sia na nolai pan in na heaksa hi zo a, tua laithiangtho sia Christ Jesus na upna tungtawn in ngupna ah theng tu in hong pilsak thei tu hi.
and how from a child you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise unto salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
16 Laithiangtho theampo sia Pathian i humop nataw a kipia hi a, ki hil na, ki tek na, a maw te puaphat na le thutang suana ah hilna tu in manpha hi.
Every Scripture, seeing that it is God-breathed, is also profitable for teaching, for refutation, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
17 Tabang in Pathian i mihing sia picing tu a, nasep pha theampo atu in ki cialcingsak tu hi.
so that the man of God may himself be complete, and completely equipped for every good work.
