1 Timothy 3
1 Ni tawpkhak sang ciang haksatna hun tampi hong theng tu hi, ci zong phawk in.
This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall 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 shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
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, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
4 Thukham paltan te, lungtang khauh te, ama le ama a ki thupisak te, Pathian sang in ama lungkimna a dei zaw te;
Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
5 Pathianmi hi na nei bang in om napi, a vangletna te nial tu uh hi: tabang te pial in.
Having a form of godliness, but denying its power: from such turn away.
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,
For of this sort are they who creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with various lusts,
7 Sin napi, thuman heakna ah theng zo ngawl hi.
Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the 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.
Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, rejected as concerning 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 shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be evident to all men, as theirs also was.
10 Ahihang nang nahile kong hilna, nuntak zia, tupna sawm na, upna, thinsau na, itna le thuakzawkna,
But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,
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.
Persecutions, afflictions, which came to me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.
12 Hi hi, taciang, Christ Jesus sung ah Pathianmi hi na bang in a nungta theampo in vawtsiatna thuak tu hi.
And, all indeed that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
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 evil men and seducers shall become worse and worse, deceiving, and being 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 continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing from whom thou hast learned them;
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 that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise to salvation through faith which is 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.
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
17 Tabang in Pathian i mihing sia picing tu a, nasep pha theampo atu in ki cialcingsak tu hi.
That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished to all good works.
