1 Timote 4
1 Lespri Bondye te di sa byen klè: nan dènye tan an, gen moun k'ap lage konfyans yo nan Bondye. Yo pral obeyi yon bann lespri k'ap bay manti, yo pral swiv yon bann pawòl ki soti nan move lespri yo.
And the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and teachings of demons,
2 Y'ap kite yon bann moun ipokrit fè yo pèdi tèt yo ak manti. Konsyans moun sa yo fini, ou ta di yo boule ak yon fè cho.
speaking lies in hypocrisy, being seared in their own conscience,
3 Y'ap plede di sa pa bon pou moun marye, gen kalite manje moun pa gen dwa manje. Men, se Bondye ki kreye manje sa yo pou moun ki gen konfyans nan li epi ki rive konn verite a ka manje lè yo fin di Bondye mèsi.
forbidding to marry—to abstain from meats that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those believing and acknowledging the truth,
4 Tou sa Bondye kreye bon. Nou pa fèt pou nou voye yo jete. Se pou nou asepte tout bagay san nou pa janm bliye di Bondye mèsi.
because every creature of God [is] good, and nothing [is] to be rejected, with thanksgiving being received,
5 Se pawòl Bondye a ak lapriyè nou fè a k'ap mete yo apa pou Bondye.
for it is sanctified through the word of God and intercession.
6 Si ou moutre frè ou yo tout bagay sa yo, ou va yon bon sèvitè Jezikri. Wa swen tèt ou ak pawòl ki soti nan konfyans Bondye ak nan verite w'ap swiv deja a.
Placing these things before the brothers, you will be a good servant of Jesus Christ, being nourished by the words of the faith, and of the good teaching, which you followed after,
7 Men, wete lide ou sou istwa san sans ki pa dakò ak konfyans nan Bondye, ak sou radòt ki pa merite repete. Toujou chache mwayen pou ou sèvi Bondye pi byen.
but reject the profane and old women’s fables, and exercise yourself to piety,
8 Si nan yon sans sa bon pou nou chache fè espò pou kenbe kò nou anfòm, sa pi bon toujou, epi nan tout sans, pou nou fè jefò nan sèvis Bondye a, paske sa ap garanti nou lavi pou koulye a ak pou tout tan.
for bodily exercise is to little profit, but piety is profitable to all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is coming;
9 Sa se yon pawòl ki sèten, tout moun te dwe asepte l', yo tout te dwe kwè li.
the word [is] steadfast, and worthy of all acceptance;
10 Se poutèt sa ou wè n'ap travay di, n'ap goumen konsa. Paske, nou mete tout espwa nou nan Bondye vivan an k'ap sove tout moun, espesyalman moun ki gen konfyans nan li.
for this we both labor and are reproached, because we hope on the living God, who is Savior of all men—especially of those believing.
11 Se tout bagay sa yo pou ou moutre moun yo, pou ou mande yo swiv.
Charge these things, and teach;
12 Pa kite pesonn pase ou nan betiz paske ou twò jenn. Men, se pou ou tounen yon egzanp pou moun ki kwè yo, nan jan ou pale, nan jan ou mennen tèt ou, nan jan ou gen renmen, nan jan ou gen konfyans, nan jan w'ap mennen yon lavi ki dakò ak volonte Bondye.
let no one despise your youth, but become a pattern of those believing in word, in behavior, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity;
13 Pandan w'ap tann mwen vini an, pa janm sispann li Liv la pou tout moun. Ankouraje frè yo, moutre yo tout bagay.
until I come, give heed to the reading, to the exhortation, to the teaching;
14 Pa neglije kado Lespri Bondye te ba ou lè chèf reskonsab yo te mete men sou tèt ou, apre pwofèt yo te fin pale pou ou.
do not be careless of the gift in you, that was given you through prophecy, with laying on of the hands of the eldership;
15 Fè travay sa a ak anpil swen, bay tout tan ou pou li, pou tout moun ka wè jan w'ap fè pwogrè.
be careful of these things; be in these things, that your advancement may be evident in all things;
16 Veye sou konpòtman ou, fè atansyon ak pawòl verite w'ap anonse a. Pa lage travay ou menm. Si ou fè sa konsa, wa sove tèt ou ansanm ak tout moun k'ap koute ou yo.
take heed to yourself and to the teaching; remain in them, for doing this thing, you will save both yourself and those hearing you.
