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.
But the Spirit says expressly that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons,
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.
through the hypocrisy of liars, branded in their own conscience as 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 marriage and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who 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 is to be rejected, if it is received with thanksgiving.
5 pamba te ebulisamaka na nzela ya Liloba na Nzambe mpe libondeli.
For it is sanctified through 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 you instruct the brothers of these things, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith, and of the good doctrine which you have followed.
7 Boye, boya masolo ya bozoba, oyo etiolaka Nzambe; boya mpe bilobaloba ya mibange basi. Mipesa nde na botosi kati makambo ya Nzambe;
But have nothing to do with irreverent and silly myths. And train yourself for 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 has some value, but godliness has value in all things, having the promise of the life which is now, 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 saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance.
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 to this end we both labor and strive, because we have set our trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe.
11 Teya makambo yango mpe tinda bato kosalela yango.
Command and teach these things.
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 one despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in faith, and in purity.
13 Kino tango nakoya, zala na molende ya kotanga Makomi, ya koteya mpe ya kopesa malakisi.
Until I come, pay attention to reading, to exhortation, and to teaching.
14 Kozwa na pamba te likabo oyo Nzambe apesaki yo na nzela ya lisakoli, tango lisanga ya bakambi ya Lingomba batielaki yo maboko.
Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the elders.
15 Zwa makambo yango na motuya mpe mipesa na yango mpo ete bato nyonso bamona ete ozali kokende liboso.
Be diligent in these things. Give yourself wholly to them, that your progress may be revealed 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.
Pay attention to yourself, and to your teaching. Continue in these things, for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.
