1 Timote 4
1 Molimo alobi polele ete, na tango ya suka, ebele bakosundola kondima, pamba te bakolanda milimo ya lokuta mpe mateya oyo ewuti na milimo mabe.
Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
2 Ezali bato ya bilongi mibale nde bakobanda kokosa bango na nzela ya mateya, pamba te mitema ya bato yango ya bilongi mibale ebeba lokola nde bazikisa yango na ebende ya moto.
Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
3 Bakopekisa libala mpe bakopesa na bato mitindo ete balia biloko mosusu te; nzokande Nzambe akela nyonso mpo ete bandimi oyo bayebi solo basungama na yango na kozongiselaka Ye matondi.
Forbidding to marry, [and commanding] to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
4 Solo, nyonso oyo Nzambe akela ezali malamu, eloko moko te ezali ya kobwaka soki kaka tokozongiselaka Ye matondi tango tozwi yango,
For every creature of God [is] good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
5 pamba te ebulisamaka na nzela ya Liloba na Nzambe mpe libondeli.
For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
6 Soki oteyi makambo oyo epai ya bandeko, okozala mosali malamu ya Yesu-Klisto, mosali oyo alendisami na maloba ya kondima mpe na malakisi ya kitoko oyo olandi na bosembo.
If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.
7 Boye, boya masolo ya bozoba, oyo etiolaka Nzambe; boya mpe bilobaloba ya mibange basi. Mipesa nde na botosi kati makambo ya Nzambe;
But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself [rather] unto godliness.
8 pamba te masano ya nzoto ezali na tina mpo na ndambo ya makambo, kasi botosi kati na makambo ya Nzambe ezali na tina mpo na nyonso, pamba te ezali na elaka ya bomoi mpo na tango oyo mpe mpo na tango oyo ezali koya.
For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
9 Yango nde liloba ya solo, liloba oyo ekoki na kondimama mpe koyambama na mobimba na yango.
This [is] a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation.
10 Tala mpo na nini tosalaka mpe tobundaka makasi: ezali mpo ete tosili kotia elikya na biso kati na Nzambe na bomoi oyo azali Mobikisi ya bato nyonso mpe mingi-mingi ya bandimi na Ye.
For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.
11 Teya makambo yango mpe tinda bato kosalela yango.
These things command and teach.
12 Kopesa na moto moko te nzela ya kotiola bolenge na yo, kasi zala ndakisa mpo na bandimi na nzela ya maloba, bizaleli, bolingo, kondima mpe bopeto.
Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
13 Kino tango nakoya, zala na molende ya kotanga Makomi, ya koteya mpe ya kopesa malakisi.
Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.
14 Kozwa na pamba te likabo oyo Nzambe apesaki yo na nzela ya lisakoli, tango lisanga ya bakambi ya Lingomba batielaki yo maboko.
Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
15 Zwa makambo yango na motuya mpe mipesa na yango mpo ete bato nyonso bamona ete ozali kokende liboso.
Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.
16 Misenzela malamu, sala keba na mateya na yo, mpe tikala ngwi kati na yango. Soki osali bongo, okomibikisa mpe okobikisa bato oyo bakoyoka yo.
Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.
