1 Timote 4

1 Lespri Bondye te di sa byen klè: nan dènye tan an, gen moun k'ap lage konfyans yo nan Bondye. Yo pral obeyi yon bann lespri k'ap bay manti, yo pral swiv yon bann pawòl ki soti nan move lespri yo.

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 Y'ap kite yon bann moun ipokrit fè yo pèdi tèt yo ak manti. Konsyans moun sa yo fini, ou ta di yo boule ak yon fè cho.

who will make use of the hypocrisy of lying teachers. These people’s consciences are seared,

3 Y'ap plede di sa pa bon pou moun marye, gen kalite manje moun pa gen dwa manje. Men, se Bondye ki kreye manje sa yo pou moun ki gen konfyans nan li epi ki rive konn verite a ka manje lè yo fin di Bondye mèsi.

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 Tou sa Bondye kreye bon. Nou pa fèt pou nou voye yo jete. Se pou nou asepte tout bagay san nou pa janm bliye di Bondye mèsi.

Everything created by God is good, and there in nothing that need be rejected – provided only that it is received thankfully;

5 Se pawòl Bondye a ak lapriyè nou fè a k'ap mete yo apa pou Bondye.

for it is consecrated by God’s blessing and by prayer.

6 Si ou moutre frè ou yo tout bagay sa yo, ou va yon bon sèvitè Jezikri. Wa swen tèt ou ak pawòl ki soti nan konfyans Bondye ak nan verite w'ap swiv deja a.

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 Men, wete lide ou sou istwa san sans ki pa dakò ak konfyans nan Bondye, ak sou radòt ki pa merite repete. Toujou chache mwayen pou ou sèvi Bondye pi byen.

As for profane legends and old wives’ tales, leave them alone. Train yourself to lead a religious life;

8 Si nan yon sans sa bon pou nou chache fè espò pou kenbe kò nou anfòm, sa pi bon toujou, epi nan tout sans, pou nou fè jefò nan sèvis Bondye a, paske sa ap garanti nou lavi pou koulye a ak pou tout tan.

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 Sa se yon pawòl ki sèten, tout moun te dwe asepte l', yo tout te dwe kwè li.

How true that saying is and worthy of the fullest acceptance!

10 Se poutèt sa ou wè n'ap travay di, n'ap goumen konsa. Paske, nou mete tout espwa nou nan Bondye vivan an k'ap sove tout moun, espesyalman moun ki gen konfyans nan li.

With that aim we toil and struggle, for we have set our hopes on the living God, who is the Saviour of all, and especially of those who hold the faith.

11 Se tout bagay sa yo pou ou moutre moun yo, pou ou mande yo swiv.

Remember these things in your teaching.

12 Pa kite pesonn pase ou nan betiz paske ou twò jenn. Men, se pou ou tounen yon egzanp pou moun ki kwè yo, nan jan ou pale, nan jan ou mennen tèt ou, nan jan ou gen renmen, nan jan ou gen konfyans, nan jan w'ap mennen yon lavi ki dakò ak volonte Bondye.

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 Pandan w'ap tann mwen vini an, pa janm sispann li Liv la pou tout moun. Ankouraje frè yo, moutre yo tout bagay.

Until I come, apply yourself to public reading, preaching, and teaching.

14 Pa neglije kado Lespri Bondye te ba ou lè chèf reskonsab yo te mete men sou tèt ou, apre pwofèt yo te fin pale pou ou.

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 Fè travay sa a ak anpil swen, bay tout tan ou pou li, pou tout moun ka wè jan w'ap fè pwogrè.

Practice these things, devote yourself to them, so that your progress may be plain to everyone.

16 Veye sou konpòtman ou, fè atansyon ak pawòl verite w'ap anonse a. Pa lage travay ou menm. Si ou fè sa konsa, wa sove tèt ou ansanm ak tout moun k'ap koute ou yo.

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.