1 Timothy 2
1 The first (OR, most important) thing that I urge [you to tell your congregation] is that [Christians] should continually ask [God] for [what they need]. They should also pray to God [for all other people], and they should be thanking [God].
Acunakyase, akcüka, täsamnak, ktaiyünak, nghuinak ja jenak cun khyang avana phäha Pamhnama vei nami pawh vaia ning jah mtheh veng.
2 Specifically, they should pray for rulers and for all [other people] who (are in important government positions/have authority), in order that [God will help them to rule]. [As God enables the rulers to rule well], we can live very peaceably as we conduct ours lives doing all that God and others consider to be right and proper.
Sangpuxang He ja ana takie cun dim’ye lü akdima Pamhnam leisawng lü akdawa ami ngneisaknak vaia phäha ni.
3 It is good [to pray like that, and] it pleases God, who saves us, when we pray like that.
Ahin hin daw lü mi küikyan Bawi Pamhnam jesaki ni,
4 He desires to save everyone. He wants everyone to fully know [and accept] his true [message].
ani naw khyang naküt küikyannak yah lü ngthungtak ami ksing vai hlüei ve.
5 He is the [only] one [true] God! And there is [only] one person who talks to God on behalf of people. That person is Christ Jesus, who [himself] is a man!
Pamhnam mat ve lü Pamhnam ja nghngicim atänga jah lawpüiki khyang ta Khritaw Jesuh ni,
6 He gave (his [life/himself]) [as a sacrifice] in order to ransom/redeem all [people], which showed at the proper time [that God desires that all people be saved] {[to save all people]}.
ani cun nghngicim avan jah thawngkhyah vaia lawki. Pamhnam naw khyang naküt akcün kdaw üng küikyannak a yah vaia ahin cun saksi ni,
7 As for me, he appointed me to declare [this message] and to be an apostle. I am telling the truth [about God appointing me]. I am not lying! He appointed me to teach the non-Jews that they should believe God’s true message.
Acunakyase, kei cun khyangmjükcee jah mthei lü ngsäa kba ngthungtak ja jumeinaka mawng cun ka sang khaia a na tüih ni. Ka hlei am pyen ngü akcang ni ka pyen!
8 I desire that in every place [where believers worship], the men who pray publicly [MTY] should be men who are not practicing sin. When they pray, they should not be angry [with anyone] and they should not doubt [that God will answer] their prayers (OR, should not quarrel with anyone).
Sangcima hjawkhahnak üng kpamie, Pamhnam ümnakie naw ngcuhngkaihnak ja mlungsonak käh ta lü ami kut khana jah säng u lü ami ktaiyü vai hlüei veng.
9 [I would like that] the clothing that women wear be (modest and sensible/proper and appropriate) [DOU]. I want them to not fix their hair in fancy/elaborate ways, nor wear gold [jewelry], nor pearls, nor expensive clothing [in order that they may make themselves attractive].
Nghnumie pi aphu küi suisake, lusam pitpyangnak, xüi bilawhnak, suisak akdawa suiawi lü mlung mhnem lü käh nami nukhyap vai ka hlüeiki ni,
10 Instead, they should be doing things that women who (claim to/say that they) worship God should do; that is, they should be doing good deeds.
lüpi Pamhnam ka jumki tikia nghnumi cun naw akdaw bilo yah khai.
11 Women must learn to [listen] quietly [during the worship services] and to fully subject themselves [to the leaders of the congregation].
Nghnumie naw käh khikheh lü mlung mhnemnak am ngthei u se.
12 I do not permit women to teach [men spiritual truth publicly], and I do not permit them to have authority over men. Instead, [I desire] that women [listen] quietly [during the worship services].
Nghnumie cun kpamiea khana ana ta lü jah mtheimkhawng khaia am täng veng, lüpi amimi cun hniphnawi yah khaie ni.
13 Keep in mind that God made Adam first, and afterwards he made Eve,
Adam cun mhnün ma lü acun käna Evah a mhnün ni.
14 and that it was not Adam whom [Satan] deceived. As a result of the woman being deceived, she sinned. She did what God had told her not to do.
Adam cun hlawhlepnak am kham lü Nghnumi va hlawhlepnak kham lü Pamhnama thum pi lümkanki.
15 But even though she did that, now women will be saved {God will accept women} as they bear children if they continue to trust [God] and if they continue to love others, and if they continue to live in a way that is [more and more] (acceptable to God/like God wants them to), and if they continue to be modest.
Nghnumi cun a caa phäh küikyannak yah khai, jummeinak, mhläkphyanak ja ngcimcaihnak cun mlung mhnemnak am a mtunei üng ni.
