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
Otira he korero tino hangai ta te Wairua, ko a nga wa o muri nei ka kotiti ke atu etahi i te whakapono, ka whakarongo ki nga wairua tinihanga, ki nga whakaakoranga a nga rewera,
2 speaking lies in hypocrisy, cauterised as to their own conscience,
He mea na te hianga o te hunga korero teka; o ratou hinengaro, ano he mea tahu ki te rino wera;
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.
E riri ana kia kaua e marena, kia kaua e pa ki nga kai i hanga e te Atua hei mea ma te hunga e whakapono ana, e matau ana hoki ki te pono, me te whakawhetai ano ratou.
4 For every creature of God [is] good, and nothing [is] to be rejected, being received with thanksgiving;
He pai hoki nga mea katoa i hanga e te Atua, kahore he mea hei rukenga, ina tangohia i runga i te whakawhetai:
5 for it is sanctified by God's word and freely addressing [him].
He mea hoki i whakatapua, na te kupu a te Atua, na te inoi.
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.
Ki te whakamahara koe i nga teina ki enei mea, he minita pai koe na Ihu Karaiti, he mea whakatupu ake i runga i nga kupu o te whakapono, o te whakaako pai kua whaia nei e koe a tae noa mai ki naianei.
7 But profane and old wives' fables avoid, but exercise thyself unto piety;
Ko nga korero whakarihariha ia, ko nga mea tito noa a te ruruhi, whakarerea. Ko nga mahi mau ko nga mea o te ngakau karakia.
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.
He pai iti nei to te whakamahi i te tinana; tena ko te ngakau karakia e pai ano mo nga mea katoa, kei reira hoki nga korero mo te ora inaianei, mo tera hoki kei te haere mai.
9 The word [is] faithful and worthy of all acceptation;
He pono tenei korero, he pai hoki kia tangohia rawatia.
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.
Koia hoki matou ka mahi, ka tohe, no te mea kua whakamau to matou tumanako ki te Atua ora, ko ia nei te Kaiwhakaora o nga tangata katoa, engari rawa ia o te hunga whakapono.
11 Enjoin and teach these things.
Me kauwhau enei mea e koe, me whakaako.
12 Let no one despise thy youth, but be a model of the believers, in word, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.
Kei whakahawea tetahi ki a koe, he taitamariki nou; engari hei tauira koe ki te hunga whakapono, tau kupu, tau whakahaere, tou aroha, tou whakapono, tou ngakau ma.
13 Till I come, give thyself to reading, to exhortation, to teaching.
Kia aro nui koe ki te korero pukapuka, ki te whakahauhau, ki te whakaako, kia tae atu ra ano ahau.
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.
Kei waiho noa te mea homai noa kei roto na i a koe, i homai ra ki a koe he mea poropiti, i te whakapanga ai o nga ringaringa o nga kaumatua.
15 Occupy thyself with these things; be wholly in them, that thy progress may be manifest to all.
Ata whakaaroa enei mea: kia pau tou kaha ki reira; kia kitea ai e te katoa tou nekehanga ake.
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.
Kia mahara ki a koe ano, ki te whakaakoranga hoki: kia u ki enei mea: ki te mea hoki koe i tenei, ka whakaora koe i a koe ano, i te hunga ano hoki e whakarongo ana ki a koe.
