1 Timothy 4
1 But the Spirit speaks expressly, that in latter times some shall apostatise from the faith, giving their mind to deceiving spirits and teachings of demons
Gbɔgbɔ Kɔkɔe la gblɔe na mi kɔtɛe be le ŋkeke mamlɛawo me la, ame aɖewo le hamea me atrɔ le woƒe dzixɔse yome adze nufiala siwo ƒe susuwo me gbɔgbɔ vɔ̃wo yɔ la yome kple dzo.
2 speaking lies in hypocrisy, cauterised as to their own conscience,
Nufiala siawo aɖo mo ta, ada alakpa, eye woadae enuenu ale gbegbe be woƒe dzitsinya magaɖe fu na wo gɔ̃ hã o.
3 forbidding to marry, [bidding] to abstain from meats, which God has created for receiving with thanksgiving for them who are faithful and know the truth.
Woagblɔ be menyo be woaɖe srɔ̃ o, eye menyo hã be woaɖu nanewo o, evɔ wònye Mawue tsɔ nu siawo na xɔsetɔ siwo li ke, eye wonya nyateƒe la be woakpɔ dzidzɔ le wo ŋuti, eye woada akpe ɖe wo ta hafi.
4 For every creature of God [is] good, and nothing [is] to be rejected, being received with thanksgiving;
Elabena nu sia nu si Mawu wɔ la nyo, eye miate ŋu aɖui kple dzidzɔ nenye be mieda akpe ɖe eta,
5 for it is sanctified by God's word and freely addressing [him].
eye miebia tso Mawu si be wòayrae, elabena Mawu ƒe nya kple gbedodoɖa awɔe kɔkɔe.
6 Laying these things before the brethren, thou wilt be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished with the words of the faith and of the good teaching which thou hast fully followed up.
Ne èɖe nu siawo me na ame bubuwo la, ànɔ wò dɔdeasi wɔm abe Yesu Kristo ƒe subɔla nyui si wonyi le xɔse ƒe nyawo kple nufiafia dzɔdzɔetɔ si yome nèdze la nu ene.
7 But profane and old wives' fables avoid, but exercise thyself unto piety;
Megagblẽ wò ɣeyiɣi anɔ nya hem tso susu manyatanuwo kple movinyawo kple gli dzodzrowo ŋuti o. Ke boŋ zã wò ɣeyiɣiwo kple wò ŋusẽ nàtsɔ atu ɖokuiwò ɖoe le gbɔgbɔ me.
8 for bodily exercise is profitable for a little, but piety is profitable for everything, having promise of life, of the present one, and of that to come.
Ame ɖokui tutuɖo le ŋutilã me nyo, gake tutuɖo le gbɔgbɔ me le vevie wu, elabena enye atike na nu sia nu si nàwɔ. Eya ta tu ɖokuiwò ɖo le gbɔgbɔ me, eye nàdze agbagba be yeanye kristotɔ nyui wu, elabena eyae ava kpe ɖe ŋuwò. Menye fifia le agbe sia me ko o, ke boŋ le agbe si ava va la me hã.
9 The word [is] faithful and worthy of all acceptation;
Esia nye nyateƒe, eye wòdze be woaxɔe ase blibo,
10 for, for this we labour and suffer reproach, because we hope in a living God, who is preserver of all men, specially of those that believe.
eye le esia ta míewɔ dɔ heʋli vevie be míatsɔ míaƒe mɔkpɔkpɔ ade Mawu gbagbe la me, ame si nye amewo katã ƒe Ɖela, vevietɔ ame siwo xɔ se.
11 Enjoin and teach these things.
Fia nu siawo, eye nàkpɔ egbɔ be ame sia ame srɔ̃ wo nyuie.
12 Let no one despise thy youth, but be a model of the believers, in word, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.
Mègana ame aɖeke nabu wò ame gblɔe le wò ɖekakpuinyenye ta o, ke boŋ nye kpɔɖeŋu nyuitɔ na wo. Na woadze nu si nèfiana kple agbe si nènɔna la yome. Na wò lɔlɔ̃, wò xɔse kple wò susu dzadzɛwo nanye kpɔɖeŋu na wo.
13 Till I come, give thyself to reading, to exhortation, to teaching.
Va se ɖe esime mava mia gbɔ la, xlẽ Ŋɔŋlɔ Kɔkɔe la na hame la, eye nàɖe eme na wo; gblɔ Mawu ƒe nya la ɣe sia ɣi.
14 Be not negligent of the gift [that is] in thee, which has been given to thee through prophecy, with imposition of the hands of the elderhood.
Kpɔ egbɔ be, yewɔ amenuvenunana siwo Mawu na wò to eƒe nyagblɔɖilawo dzi, esi hamemegãwo da asi ɖe dziwò la ŋu dɔ nyuie.
15 Occupy thyself with these things; be wholly in them, that thy progress may be manifest to all.
Wɔ nunana siawo ŋu dɔ nyuie. Tsɔ ɖokuiwò ƒo ɖe wò dɔwɔwɔwo me, ale be ame sia ame nate ŋu akpɔ wò tsitsiɖedzi kple ŋgɔgbeyiyi adze sii.
16 Give heed to thyself and to the teaching; continue in them; for, doing this, thou shalt save both thyself and those that hear thee.
Lé ŋku ɖe nu siwo katã nèsusuna kple nu siwo katã nèwɔna la ŋuti nyuie. Lé nu si nyo, eye wòle eteƒe la me ko ɖe asi, eye Mawu ayra wò, eye wòawɔ ŋuwòdɔ le kpekpeɖeŋunana ame bubuwo me.
