1 Timotea 4
1 Linu Luhuho luwamba cha kujoloza kuti chenako za kuvusu vantu vamwi kavasiye intumelo mi vawonderele kwi huho ichenga ni kuntuto za madimona,
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;
2 cha kuliha kwamapa. Mihupulo yavo vene ka hiswe chensipi ihisa.
through the hypocrisy of men who teach falsely and have their own consciences seared as with a hot iron;
3 Ka vakanise kusesa ni kutambula zilyo za vavumbi Ireeza za kuliyavela cho kulitumela mukati kavo vazumine ni bezi initi.
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.
4 Linu zintu zonse zibavumbwa kwa Ireeza zilotu. Kakwina chetuhinda chempo ya kulitumela chiolwa kukanwa.
For everything that God has created is good, and nothing is to be cast aside, if only it is received with thanksgiving.
5 Chakuti i vajolozwa chenzwi lya Ireeza ni tapelo.
For it is made holy by the word of God and by prayer.
6 Haiva no vika izo zintu havusu bwa vakwako, kove u muhikana molutu wa Jesu Kelesite. Chakuti u vabalelwe camanzwi etumelo ni ntuto zilutu zove chilili.
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.
7 Kono ukanine matangu efasi asakwa ku vachembele. Nihakuvabulyo, u lirute umwine chavulapeli.
But worldly stories, fit only for credulous old women, have nothing to do with.
8 Chakuti ituto ya muvili yina intuso inini, kono intapelo ina intuso muzintu zonse. Ikwete isepiso ya buhalo bwalyahanu ni buhalo buchikezite.
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.
9 Vulumiwa ubu busepahala mi buswanela kuamuhelwa kwizwile.
Faithful is this saying and deserving of universal acceptance:
10 Chakuti nji chona echo hatu yanda ni kuseveza a hahulu. Chakuti twina isepo kwe Ireeza yo hala, i ye yali muhazi wa vantu vonse, kono sihulu avo vazumine.
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.
11 Wambe mi ulute izi zintu.
Command this and teach this.
12 Kanji kuvi ni muntu yo kushuvula chabuhwire bwako. Chobulyo, u ve umutala kwavo vazumine, cha kuwamba, cha kulionda, che laato, che kusepahala ni cha kujolola.
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.
13 Konzi Ha chinasika, u ve kuzakubala, ni ku kususuweza, ni ku kuluta.
Till I come, bestow your attention on reading, exhortation and teaching.
14 Kanji u keshevisi impo i na kwako, i vahewa kwako cha bapolofit, chakubikwa mayanza e kopano ya bakulwana venkeleke.
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.
15 U tokomele zintu zi. Ube muzili, chakuti izwelopili yako i lemuhiwe chavantu bonse.
Habitually practise these duties, and be absorbed in them; so that your growing proficiency in them may be evident to all.
16 U he itokomelo inkando kwako umwine ni kukuluta. U zwilehabusu muzintu zi. Linu chakuchita bulyo, kolihaze u mwine mane bulyo nabo batekete kwako.
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.
