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.
Howbeit, the Spirit, expressly saith—that, in later seasons, some will revolt from the faith, giving heed unto seducing spirits, and unto 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.
in hypocrisy, speaking falsehood, [of demons] cauterised 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, [commanding] to abstain from foods which, God, created to be received with thanksgiving by them who believe and personally know 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 to be cast away, if, with thanksgiving, it be received, —
5 Se pawòl Bondye a ak lapriyè nou fè a k'ap mete yo apa pou Bondye.
For it is hallowed by 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.
These things, submitting to the brethren, thou shall be, a noble, minister of Christ Jesus, nourishing thyself with the words of the faith, and of the noble teaching which thou hast closely studied.
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, from the profane and old-wives’ stories, excuse thyself, and be training thyself unto godliness;
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, the bodily training, for little, is profitable, whereas, godliness, for all things is profitable, —having, promise, of life—the present and the coming.
9 Sa se yon pawòl ki sèten, tout moun te dwe asepte l', yo tout te dwe kwè li.
Faithful, the saying! and, of all acceptance, worthy;
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, to this end, are we toiling and contending, because we have set our hope on a Living God, Who is Saviour of all men—specially, of such as believe.
11 Se tout bagay sa yo pou ou moutre moun yo, pou ou mande yo swiv.
Be giving these things in charge, and be teaching: —
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, thy youth, but, an ensample, become thou of the faithful, —in discourse, in behaviour, in love, in faith, in chastity.
13 Pandan w'ap tann mwen vini an, pa janm sispann li Liv la pou tout moun. Ankouraje frè yo, moutre yo tout bagay.
While I am coming, be giving heed—to the reading, to the exhorting, 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.
Be not careless of the gift of favour, that is in thee, which was given thee through means of prophesying, along with a 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.
These things, be thy care, in these things, be thou, that, thine advancement, may be, manifest, unto all:
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.
Be giving heed to thyself, and to thy teaching, —abide still in them; for, this doing, both, thyself, shalt thou save, and them that hearken to thee.
