1 Timothy 4
1 Now the Spirit expressly declares that in later times some will fall away from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and the teachings of demons;
Ma Mmụọ Nsọ agwagheela anyị ọnụ sị, na nʼoge ikpeazụ ụfọdụ mmadụ nʼime chọọchị ga-esite nʼokwukwe wezuga onwe ha, bụrụ ndị na-agbaso mmụọ nduhie nakwa ozizi ihe banyere mmụọ ọjọọ.
2 through the hypocrisy of men who teach falsely and have their own consciences seared as with a hot iron;
Ozizi dị otu a na-esite nʼihu abụọ nke ndị ụgha, bụ ndị eji igwe ọkụ da nwụọ akọnuche ha.
3 forbidding people to marry, and insisting on abstinence from foods which God has created to be partaken of, with thankfulness, by those who believe and have a clear knowledge of the truth.
Ndị dị otu a na-egbochi ịlụ dị na nwunye na iri ihe oriri ụfọdụ. Ma ọ bụ Chineke kere ihe oriri ndị a ka ndị kwere ekwe, ndị maara eziokwu ahụ jiri ekpere na ekele nara ha.
4 For everything that God has created is good, and nothing is to be cast aside, if only it is received with thanksgiving.
Ihe niile Chineke kere dị mma, ọ dịkwaghị ihe ọbụla a ga-ajụ ma ọ bụrụ na e jiri ekele nara ya,
5 For it is made holy by the word of God and by prayer.
nʼihi na-esitere nʼokwu Chineke na ekpere doo ya nsọ.
6 If you warn the brethren of these dangers you will be a good and faithful servant of Christ Jesus, inwardly feeding on the lessons of the faith and of the sound teaching of which you have been, and are, so close a follower.
Ọ bụrụ na ị mee ka ụmụnna mara ihe ndị a, ị ga-abụ ezi onyeozi Kraịst Jisọs, onye a zụlitere nke ọma site nʼeziokwu nke okwukwe, na ezi ozizi nke ị gbasoro.
7 But worldly stories, fit only for credulous old women, have nothing to do with.
Atụfula oge gị nʼịrụ ụka rụrụ arụ banyere akụkọ ifo nzuzu, na akụkọ na-abaghị uru nke ndị agadi nwanyị na-akọ. Kama zụọ onwe gị ka ị bụrụ onye nke na-asọpụrụ Chineke.
8 Train yourself in godliness. Exercise for the body is not useless, but godliness is useful in every respect, possessing, as it does, the promise of Life now and of the Life which is soon coming.
Igwuri egwu nke anụ ahụ dị mma kama ịbụ onye nke Chineke bara uru karịa nʼụzọ ọbụla, nʼihi na nkwa dị nʼime ya bụ banyere ndụ dị ugbu a na ndụ dị nʼihu.
9 Faithful is this saying and deserving of universal acceptance:
Okwu a kwesiri ntụkwasị obi, kwesikwa ka a nara ya nke ọma.
10 and here is the motive of our toiling and wrestling, because we have our hopes fixed on the ever-living God, who is the Saviour of all mankind, and especially of believers.
Anyị na-adọgbu onwe anyị nʼọrụ na-ahụjukwa anya maka na anyị tụkwasịrị olileanya anyị na Chineke dị ndụ, onye bụ Onye nzọpụta mmadụ niile, karịchasịa, nke ndị niile kwere ekwe.
11 Command this and teach this.
Ndị a bụ ihe ndị ị ga-akụzi, kwudosie ike na-akụzi ha.
12 Let no one think slightingly of you because you are a young man; but in speech, conduct, love, faith and purity, be an example for your fellow Christians to imitate.
Ekwela ka onye ọbụla lelịa gị anya nʼihi na ịbụ okorobịa. Kama mee ka ị bụrụ ihe ịmaatụ na ihe ilere anya ọma nye ndị kwere ekwe, nʼokwu, nʼibi obi, nʼịhụnanya, nʼokwukwe nakwa nʼịdị ọcha nʼuche.
13 Till I come, bestow your attention on reading, exhortation and teaching.
Tutu ruo mgbe m ga-abịa nʼebe ahụ, na-agụpụta ma na-akọwakwara ndị chọọchị ihe e dere nʼime akwụkwọ nsọ. Na-ekwusakwa okwu Chineke.
14 Do not be careless about the gifts with which you are endowed, which were conferred on you through a divine revelation when the hands of the elders were placed upon you.
Elelịla onyinye ime mmụọ nke i nwere anya, bụ nke e nyere gị site nʼibu amụma pụtara ihe mgbe ndị okenye bikwasịrị gị aka nʼisi.
15 Habitually practise these duties, and be absorbed in them; so that your growing proficiency in them may be evident to all.
Jiri onyinye ndị a niile rụọ ọrụ, nọgidesie ike nʼọrụ gị, ka onye ọbụla mata, hụkwa na ị na-eme nke ọma.
16 Be on your guard as to yourself and your teaching. Persevere in these things; for by doing this you will make certain your own salvation and that of your hearers.
Na-elezi anya na ndụ gị, na ozizi gị. Nọgidesie ike nʼihe ndị a nʼihi na site na ha, ị ga-azọpụta onwe gị, zọpụtakwa ndị na-ege gị ntị.
