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.
But the Spirit distinctly says that in later times there will be some who will fall away from the faith, and devote their attention to misleading spirits, and to the teaching of demons,
2 Saa nkyerɛkyerɛ yi firi nyaatwomfoɔ nnaadaa a wɔyɛ adwenewuiɛfoɔ sɛ dadeɛ a wɔato wɔ ogya mu no.
who will make use of the hypocrisy of lying teachers. These people’s consciences are seared,
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.
and they discourage marriage and enjoin abstinence from certain kinds of food; though God created these foods to be enjoyed thankfully by those who hold the faith and have attained a full knowledge of the truth.
4 Biribiara a Onyankopɔn abɔ no yɛ. Ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔpo biribiara, na mmom, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔbɔ mpaeɛ gu ne nyinaa so.
Everything created by God is good, and there in nothing that need be rejected – provided only that it is received thankfully;
5 Ɛfiri sɛ, Onyankopɔn asɛm no ne mpaeɛbɔ te ho.
for it is consecrated by God’s blessing and by 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.
Put all this before the followers, and you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, sustained by the precepts of the faith and of that good teaching by which you have guided your life.
7 Nsɛe wo berɛ wɔ atorɔsɛm ne mmerewa anansesɛm ho. Bɔ onyamesompa ho mmɔden.
As for profane legends and old wives’ tales, leave them alone. Train yourself to lead a religious life;
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 while the training of the body is of service in some respects, religion is of service in all, carrying with it, as it does, a promise of life both here and hereafter.
9 Yei yɛ nokwasɛm a ɛsɛ sɛ wɔgye tom na wɔgye di.
How true that saying is and worthy of the fullest 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.
With that aim we toil and struggle, for we have set our hopes on the living God, who is the Savior of all, and especially of those who hold the faith.
11 Yeinom na ɛsɛ sɛ moka ho asɛm wɔ mo nkyerɛkyerɛ no mu.
Remember these things in your teaching.
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.
Do not let anyone look down on you because you are young, but, by your conversation, your conduct, your love, your faith, and your purity, be an example to those who hold the faith.
13 Nya adagyeɛ kenkan Atwerɛsɛm no na ka Asɛmpa no na kyerɛkyerɛ ansa na maba.
Until I come, apply yourself to public reading, preaching, and teaching.
14 Honhom mu akyɛdeɛ a mpanimfoɔ nam nkɔmhyɛ so de wɔn nsa guu wo so a wonyaeɛ no, nnyaa mu.
Do not neglect the divine gift within you, which was given you, amid many a prediction, when the hands of the church elders were laid on your head.
15 Sɔ saa nneɛma no mu yie. Fa wo ho nyinaa ma wɔn sɛdeɛ ɛbɛma obiara ahunu wo nkɔsoɔ.
Practice these things, devote yourself to them, so that your progress may be plain to everyone.
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.
Look to yourself as well as to your teaching. Persevere in this, for your doing so will mean salvation for yourself as well as for your hearers.
