Sie Timothy 6

1 Elos nukewa su mwet kohs elos in akilen lah fal elos in sunakin mwet leum lalos, tuh mwet uh in tia kaskas koluk ke Inen God ac ke kas in luti lasr.

All who are in the position of slaves should regard their masters as deserving of the greatest respect, so that the name of God, and our teaching, may not be maligned.

2 Ac elos su mwet kohs lun mwet lulalfongi elos in tia pilesralos, mweyen elos ma wialos in lulalfongi. Na elos in kulansupwalos in wo, mweyen elos su eis woiyen orekma lalos elos mwet lulalfongi su elos lungse. Kom enenu in luti ac fahkak kas inge.

Those who have Christian masters should not think less of them because they are also followers of Christ, but on the contrary they should serve them all the better, because those who are to benefit by their good work are dear to them as their fellow Christians.

3 Kutena mwet fin luti sie pacna kas in luti, ac tia insese nu ke mwe luti pwaye lun Jesus Christ Leum lasr ac kas in luti ke ouiyen alu lasr uh,

Anyone who teaches otherwise, and refuses their assent to sound instruction – the instruction of our Lord Jesus Christ – and to the teaching of religion,

4 el sie mwet filang ac wangin etu lal. El lungse kusen siyuk wel ac akukuin ke kalmen kas, ac ouiya inge purakak sok, amei, sufan, ac fweni koluk,

is puffed up with conceit, not really knowing anything, but having a morbid craving for discussions and arguments. Such things only give rise to envy, quarrelling, recriminations, base suspicions,

5 ac kwacna alein yurin mwet su lofongla ac wangin pwaye yoro. Elos nunku mu alu uh mwe akkasrupye mwet.

and incessant wrangling on the part of these corrupt-minded people who have lost all hold on the truth, and who think of religion only as a source of gain.

6 Pwaye, alu uh oru sie mwet in arulana kasrup, el fin falkin ma su oasr yorol.

Of course religion is a great source of gain – when combined with contentment!

7 Tuh wangin ma kut tuh us tuku nu faclu, ac wangin pac ma kut fah usla liki faclu!

For we brought nothing into the world, because we cannot even carry anything out of it.

8 Ouinge fin oasr yorosr mwe mongo nasr ac nuknuk lasr, lela kut in falkin ma inge.

So, with food and shelter, we will be content.

9 A elos su lungse in kasrup, elos putatyang nu in mwe sruhf, ac sremla ke lung lun ikwa puspis lun ma lalfon ac mwe fosrnga, su amakunulosi ac kunauselosla.

Those who want to be rich fall into the net of temptation, and become the prey of many foolish and harmful ambitions, which plunge people into destruction and ruin.

10 Tuh lungse mani uh okan kain koluk nukewa, ac ke nunkun mani lun kutu mwet uh, oru elos fuhleak lulalfongi lalos ac sokoela nunak lalos ke mwe asor puspis.

Love of money is a source of all kinds of evil; and in their eagerness to be rich some have wandered away from the faith, and have been pierced to the heart by many a regret.

11 A kom, Timothy, kom mwet lun God, na kom in sensenkin kom liki ma inge nukewa. Kwafeang tuh kom in suwoswos, mutal, lulalfongi, lungse, muteng, ac fakpap.

But you must, servant of God, avoid all this. Aim at righteousness, piety, faith, love, endurance, gentleness.

12 Kom in sang kuiyom ke kasrusr lun lulalfongi, ac sruokya ku moul ma pahtpat su kom pangonyuk nu kac ke kom tuh pulaik in fahkak lulalfongi lom ye mutun mwet loh puspis. (aiōnios g166)

Run the great race of the faith, and win the eternal life. It was for this that you received the call, and, in the presence of many witnesses, made the great profession of faith. (aiōnios g166)

13 Ye mutun God, su asang moul nu ke ma nukewa, ac ye mutun Christ Jesus, su tuh pulaik in fahkak ma el lulalfongi ye mutal Pontius Pilate, nga sap nu sum,

I beg you, as in the sight of God, the source of all life, and of Christ Jesus who before Pontius Pilate made the great profession of faith –

14 kom in liyaung ma sapkinyuk nu sum, tuh in nasnas moul lom ac wangin mwatum nu ke Len se Jesus Christ, Leum lasr, el ac sikme.

I implore you to keep his command free from stain or reproach, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ.

15 Sikme lal ac fah tuku ke pacl fal, su ma ac srisrngiyuki sin God — El su fal in kaksakinyuk, ac wangin pac sie Leum saya, Tokosra lun tokosra uh, ac Leum lun leum uh.

This will be brought about in his own time by the one ever-blessed Potentate, the king of all kings and Lord of all lords,

16 El mukena pa moul oemeet me ac nu tok ma pahtpat, ac tia ku in misa. El muta in kalem su mwet uh tia ku in ngetang nu kac. Soenna oasr mwet liyal; ac wangin pac mwet ac fah ku in liyal. Lela mwet uh in akfulatyal ac etu lah ku lal oan ma pahtpat! Amen. (aiōnios g166)

who alone is possessed of immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or ever can see – to whom be ascribed honour and power for ever. Amen. (aiōnios g166)

17 Kom in sap nu selos su kasrupkin ma lun moul se inge elos in tia inse fulat, a elos in filiya finsrak lalos, tia ke mwe kasrup ma sukawil, a ke God, su ase yohk nu sesr ma nukewa in akenganye kut. (aiōn g165)

Teach those who are wealthy in this life not to pride themselves, or fix their hopes, on so uncertain a thing as wealth, but on God, who gives us a wealth of enjoyment on every side. (aiōn g165)

18 Sap nu selos in oru ma wo, in kasrup ke orekma wo, in insewowo in sang, ac akola in sang ma lalos in kasru mwet.

Teach them to show kindness, to exhibit a wealth of good actions, to be open-handed and generous,

19 Elos fin oru ouinge, elos ac fah oakiya sie pwelung wo nu selos sifacna nu ke pacl fahsru, na elos fah ku in sruokya moul pwaye su moul ma pahtpat.

storing up for themselves what in the future will prove to be a good foundation, so that they may gain the only true life.

20 Timothy, liyaung ma itukot kom in karingin. Forla liki sramsram lusrongten ac akukuin wangin sripa, ma kutu mwet uh tafongla in nunku mu “Etauk” pa ingan.

Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you. Avoid the profane prattle and contradictions of what some miscall “theology,”

21 Kutu mwet uh fahk mu etauk ouinge oasr selos, oru elos tuhlac liki inkanek in lulalfongi. Lungkulang lun God in wi kowos nukewa.

for there are those who, while asserting their proficiency in it, have yet, as regards the faith, gone altogether astray. God bless you all.