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;
pavitra ātmā spaṣṭam idaṁ vākyaṁ vadati caramakālē katipayalōkā vahnināṅkitatvāt
2 through the hypocrisy of men who teach falsely and have their own consciences seared as with a hot iron;
kaṭhōramanasāṁ kāpaṭyād anr̥tavādināṁ vivāhaniṣēdhakānāṁ bhakṣyaviśēṣaniṣēdhakānāñca
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.
bhūtasvarūpāṇāṁ śikṣāyāṁ bhramakātmanāṁ vākyēṣu ca manāṁsi nivēśya dharmmād bhraṁśiṣyantē| tāni tu bhakṣyāṇi viśvāsināṁ svīkr̥tasatyadharmmāṇāñca dhanyavādasahitāya bhōgāyēśvarēṇa sasr̥jirē|
4 For everything that God has created is good, and nothing is to be cast aside, if only it is received with thanksgiving.
yata īśvarēṇa yadyat sr̥ṣṭaṁ tat sarvvam uttamaṁ yadi ca dhanyavādēna bhujyatē tarhi tasya kimapi nāgrāhyaṁ bhavati,
5 For it is made holy by the word of God and by prayer.
yata īśvarasya vākyēna prārthanayā ca tat pavitrībhavati|
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.
ētāni vākyāni yadi tvaṁ bhrātr̥n jñāpayēstarhi yīśukhrīṣṭasyōttamḥ paricārakō bhaviṣyasi yō viśvāsō hitōpadēśaśca tvayā gr̥hītastadīyavākyairāpyāyiṣyasē ca|
7 But worldly stories, fit only for credulous old women, have nothing to do with.
yānyupākhyānāni durbhāvāni vr̥ddhayōṣitāmēva yōgyāni ca tāni tvayā visr̥jyantām īśvarabhaktayē yatnaḥ kriyatāñca|
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.
yataḥ śārīrikō yatnaḥ svalpaphaladō bhavati kintvīśvarabhaktiraihikapāratrikajīvanayōḥ pratijñāyuktā satī sarvvatra phaladā bhavati|
9 Faithful is this saying and deserving of universal acceptance:
vākyamētad viśvasanīyaṁ sarvvai rgrahaṇīyañca vayañca tadarthamēva śrāmyāmō nindāṁ bhuṁjmahē ca|
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.
yatō hētōḥ sarvvamānavānāṁ viśēṣatō viśvāsināṁ trātā yō'mara īśvarastasmin vayaṁ viśvasāmaḥ|
11 Command this and teach this.
tvam ētāni vākyāni pracāraya samupadiśa ca|
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.
alpavayaṣkatvāt kēnāpyavajñēyō na bhava kintvālāpēnācaraṇēna prēmnā sadātmatvēna viśvāsēna śucitvēna ca viśvāsinām ādarśō bhava|
13 Till I come, bestow your attention on reading, exhortation and teaching.
yāvannāham āgamiṣyāmi tāvat tva pāṭhē cētayanē upadēśē ca manō nidhatsva|
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.
prācīnagaṇahastārpaṇasahitēna bhaviṣyadvākyēna yaddānaṁ tubhyaṁ viśrāṇitaṁ tavāntaḥsthē tasmin dānē śithilamanā mā bhava|
15 Habitually practise these duties, and be absorbed in them; so that your growing proficiency in them may be evident to all.
ētēṣu manō nivēśaya, ētēṣu varttasva, itthañca sarvvaviṣayē tava guṇavr̥ddhiḥ prakāśatāṁ|
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.
svasmin upadēśē ca sāvadhānō bhūtvāvatiṣṭhasva tat kr̥tvā tvayātmaparitrāṇaṁ śrōtr̥ṇāñca paritrāṇaṁ sādhayiṣyatē|
