1 Timoseo 4
1 Mbumu jwa Akunnungu akusala pangasisa kuti moŵa ga mbesi ŵandu ŵane chaleche chikulupi chao ni kusipilikachisya mbumu syasikulambusya ni majiganyo ga masoka.
Now the Spirit says explicitly that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceiving spirits and to things taught by demons
2 Majiganyo ganti yele gakujenechekwa ni ŵandu ŵa unami, ŵaati mitima jakukumbuchila kupanganya yambone jiwile mpela ila jijochekwe ni chisyano cha mooto.
—through hypocritical liars whose own consciences have been cauterized,
3 Ŵele ŵandu wo akwiganyanga kuti ili sambi kulombela ni sooni kulya yakulya impepe. Nambo Akunnungu ŵaigumbile yele yakulya lyo kuti, ŵandu ŵakwakulupilila ŵele ni kuumanyilila usyene alyanje kwa kwatogolela Akunnungu.
who forbid to marry and to eat foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and really know the truth.
4 Pakuŵa chili chose chachipanganyikwe ni Akunnungu chili chambone ni nganichipagwa chakukanilwa, nambo ipochelwe kwa kwatogolela Akunnungu.
For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,
5 Pakuŵa kwa litala lya Liloŵe lya Akunnungu ni kwa kupopelela, kukuchitenda chindu cho chikundikwe ni Akunnungu.
because it is consecrated through the Word of God and prayer.
6 Iŵaga chimwasalile achalongo achinjetu wose malajisyo ga, chimme jwakutumichila jwambone jwa Kilisito Yesu, chinkule mu chikulupi kwa maloŵe ga chikulupi ni majiganyo ga usyene gankugakuya.
If you instruct the brothers in these things you will be a good servant of Jesus Christ, brought up in the words of the faith and of the good doctrine that you have faithfully followed.
7 Nambo nnekangane ni ngano syakalakala sya unami syanganisiŵa sya Akunnungu ni syangalumbana. Nchalile nkole mbili ja kwanonyelesya Akunnungu.
But reject godless myths and old-wives' tales; rather, exercise yourself toward godliness.
8 Pakuŵa kulijongola kukuchikamusya chiilu nambo kupanganya aila yakuisaka Akunnungu kwana ukamuchisyo mu indu yose, pakuŵa ikutulanjila umi mu utame wa sambano ni waukwika wo.
Now physical exercise has some value, but godliness has value in all things, holding promises for both this present life and the one to come.
9 Ali liloŵe li lili lyakukulupilichika, sooni lyalikuŵajilwa kukundikwa ni kukulupilichika.
Here is a trustworthy word, worthy of total acceptance
10 Uwe tukusauka ni kupanganya masengo kwa kuchalila pakuŵa tukwete chilolelo chetu kwa Akunnungu ŵaali ŵajumi, ni ŵaali Nkulupusyo jwa ŵandu wose nnopennope jwa ŵele ŵakukulupilila.
(which is also why we labor and suffer reproach): We have set our hope on the living God, who is ‘Savior of all men’, especially of those who believe.
11 Gele ni maloŵe gagakuŵajilwa kugalajisya ni kugajiganya.
Command and teach these things.
12 Nkajitichisya kuti mundu jwalijose anyosye pakuŵa ndi jwanchanda, nambo mme chisyasyo cha ŵandu ŵakukulupilila, mu uŵechete wenu ni mu lwendo lwenu ni mu unonyelo wenu ni mu chikulupi chenu ni mu utame waukwanonyelesya Akunnungu.
Let no one look down on your youthfulness, but be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
13 Moŵa gose nlimbile kwaŵalanjila ŵandu Malembelo ga Akunnungu pangalisisa, ni kulalichila Ngani Jambone ni kwiganya mpaka patiiche.
Until I come give attention to public reading [of Scripture], to exhortation, to teaching.
14 Nkaleka kuupanganyichisya masengo ntuuka kutyochela kwa Mbumu jwa Akunnungu umpochele kwa litala lya utenga wa ŵakulondola ŵa Akunnungu ni apala nkungulu wa achachekulu paŵansajichile makono.
Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was ‘given’ to you through prophecy with the laying on of the hands of the body of elders.
15 Nganichisye nkati gelego ni kulityosya mwasyene nkupanganya indu yose.
Cultivate these things; give yourself wholly to them, so that your progress may be evident to all.
16 Nlilolechesye inkuti pakutama ni inkuti pakwiganya. Njendelechele kutenda yeleyo kuti nkombole kulikulupusya mwasyene ni ŵelewo ŵakumpilikana wo.
Take pains with yourself and the doctrine; persevere in those things, because by doing so you will save both yourself and those who hear you.
