1 Timoteo 4
1 Honhom no si no pi sɛ, akyiri no, nnipa bi begyae gyidi no mu so. Wobedi atoro ahonhom ne ahonhommɔne nkyerɛkyerɛ akyi.
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 Saa nkyerɛkyerɛ yi fi nyaatwomfo atorofo a wɔyɛ adwenwuifo sɛ dade a wɔato wɔ ogya mu no.
Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
3 Saa nnipa no kyerɛkyerɛ se enye sɛ obi ware, na nnuan bi nso wɔ hɔ a enye sɛ onipa di. Nanso Onyankopɔn bɔɔ saa nnuan no sɛ, sɛ agyidifo a wɔahu nokware no nsa ka na wɔbɔ so mpae a, wotumi di.
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 Biribiara a Onyankopɔn abɔ no ye. Ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔpo biribiara, na mmom ɛsɛ sɛ wɔbɔ mpae gu ne nyinaa so.
For every creature of God [is] good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
5 Efisɛ Onyankopɔn asɛm no ne mpaebɔ tew ho.
For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
6 Sɛ woma anuanom no saa nkyerɛkyerɛ yi a, na ɛkyerɛ sɛ woyɛ Kristo somfo pa a wɔnam nokware ne gyidi ne nkyerɛkyerɛ pa so atetew wo.
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 Nsɛe wo bere wɔ gyidihuu nsɛm ne mmerewa anansesɛm ho. Bɔ onyamesompa ho mmɔden.
But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself [rather] unto godliness.
8 Ɛwɔ mu sɛ ɔhonam mu mmɔdemmɔ ho hia de, nanso honhom mu mmɔdemmɔ ho hia wɔ akwan nyinaa mu, efisɛ ɛhyɛ yɛn nnɛ asetena ne daakye asetena ho bɔ.
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 Eyi yɛ nokwasɛm a ɛsɛ sɛ wogye to mu na wogye di.
This [is] a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation.
10 Ɛno nti na ɛsɛ sɛ yɛpere na yɛyɛ adwuma dennen, efisɛ yɛde yɛn anidaso ahyɛ Onyankopɔn teasefo a ɔyɛ nnipa nyinaa Agyenkwa no mu, ne titiriw wɔn a wogye asɛm no di no.
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 Eyinom na ɛsɛ sɛ moka ho asɛm wɔ mo nkyerɛkyerɛ no mu.
These things command and teach.
12 Mma obiara ho kwan mma ɔmmfa wo sɛ wunnyinii nti obebu wo abomfiaa. Wo kasa mu, wo suban mu, wo dɔ mu, wo gyidi mu ne wo kronkronyɛ mu no, ɛsɛ sɛ woyɛ nhwɛso pa.
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 Nya adagyew kenkan Kyerɛwsɛm no na ka Asɛmpa no na kyerɛkyerɛ ansa na maba.
Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.
14 Nnyaa honhom mu akyɛde a mpanyimfo nam nkɔmhyɛ so de wɔn nsa guu wo so a wunyaa no mu.
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 So saa nneɛma no mu yiye. Fa wo ho nyinaa ma wɔn, sɛnea ɛbɛma obiara ahu wo nkɔso.
Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.
16 Hwɛ wo ho so yiye na hwɛ wo nkyerɛkyerɛ nso so. Kɔ so yɛ saa nneɛma yi nyinaa, efisɛ sɛ woyɛ saa a, wubegye wo ho ne wɔn a wotie wo no nkwa.
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.
