1 Timoteo 4
1 Honhom no si no pi sɛ, akyire yi, nnipa bi bɛgyae gyidie no mu sɔ. Wɔbɛdi atorɔ ahonhom ne ahonhommɔne nkyerɛkyerɛ akyi.
Now the Spirit saith expressly, that in the latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and teachings of demons,
2 Saa nkyerɛkyerɛ yi firi nyaatwomfoɔ nnaadaa a wɔyɛ adwenewuiɛfoɔ sɛ dadeɛ a wɔato wɔ ogya mu no.
through the hypocrisy of speakers of lies, who bear a brand on their own conscience,
3 Saa nnipa no kyerɛkyerɛ sɛ ɛnyɛ sɛ obi ware na nnuane bi nso wɔ hɔ a, ɛnyɛ sɛ onipa di. Nanso, Onyankopɔn bɔɔ saa nnuane no sɛ, sɛ agyidifoɔ a wɔahunu nokorɛ no nsa ka na wɔbɔ so mpaeɛ a, wɔtumi di.
forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from food which God created to be received with thanksgiving, for those who believe and know the truth.
4 Biribiara a Onyankopɔn abɔ no yɛ. Ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔpo biribiara, na mmom, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔbɔ mpaeɛ gu ne nyinaa so.
For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving;
5 Ɛfiri sɛ, Onyankopɔn asɛm no ne mpaeɛbɔ te 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 ɔsomfoɔ pa a wɔnam nokorɛ ne gyidie ne nkyerɛkyerɛ pa so atete wo.
If thou lay these things before the brethren, thou wilt be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith, and of the good teaching, with which thou art well acquainted.
7 Nsɛe wo berɛ wɔ atorɔsɛm ne mmerewa anansesɛm ho. Bɔ onyamesompa ho mmɔden.
But avoid the profane and old wives' fables; and exercise thyself unto godliness.
8 Ɛwom sɛ honam mu mmɔdemmɔ ho hia deɛ, nanso honhom mu mmɔdemmɔ ho hia akwan nyinaa mu, ɛfiri sɛ, ɛhyɛ yɛn ɛnnɛ asetena ne daakye asetena ho bɔ.
For bodily exercise is profitable for little; but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
9 Yei yɛ nokwasɛm a ɛsɛ sɛ wɔgye tom na wɔgye di.
True is the saying, and worthy of all acceptance.
10 Ɛno enti na ɛsɛ sɛ yɛpere na yɛyɛ adwuma denden, ɛfiri sɛ, yɛde yɛn anidasoɔ ahyɛ Onyankopɔn teasefoɔ a ɔyɛ nnipa nyinaa Agyenkwa no mu, ne titire wɔn a wɔgye asɛm no di no.
For to this end we both labor and suffer reproach, because we have placed our hope in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, especially of believers.
11 Yeinom 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 wonnyiniiɛ enti ɔbɛbu wo abomfiaa. Wo kasa mu, wo suban mu, wo dɔ mu, wo gyidie mu ne wo kronnyɛ mu no, ɛsɛ sɛ woyɛ nhwɛso pa.
Let no one despise thy youth, but become an example to the believers, in word, in behavior, in love, in faith, in purity.
13 Nya adagyeɛ kenkan Atwerɛsɛm no na ka Asɛmpa no na kyerɛkyerɛ ansa na maba.
Till I come, give attention to reading, to exhortation, to teaching.
14 Honhom mu akyɛdeɛ a mpanimfoɔ nam nkɔmhyɛ so de wɔn nsa guu wo so a wonyaeɛ no, nnyaa 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 Sɔ saa nneɛma no mu yie. Fa wo ho nyinaa ma wɔn sɛdeɛ ɛbɛma obiara ahunu wo nkɔsoɔ.
Meditate on these things, give thyself wholly to them; that thy progress may be manifest to all.
16 Hwɛ wo ho so yie na hwɛ wo nkyerɛkyerɛ nso so. Kɔ so yɛ saa nneɛma yi nyinaa, ɛfiri sɛ, sɛ woyɛ saa a, wobɛgye wo ho ne wɔn a wɔtie wo no nkwa.
Give heed to thyself, and to thy teaching; continue in them; for in doing this thou wilt save both thyself and them that hear thee.
