1 Timothy 4

1 Te dongah hmailong tue ah hlangvang loh tangnah te a nong tak ni tila Mueihla loh phaeng a thui coeng. Te vaengah laithaelaidang mueihla neh rhaithae kah thuituennah te a ngaithuen uh ni.

But the Spirit says clearly that in later times some will be turned away from the faith, giving their minds to spirits of deceit, and the teachings of evil spirits,

2 A mingcimnah te laithae kah thailatnah neh a kolh uh coeng.

Through the false ways of men whose words are untrue, whose hearts are burned as with a heated iron;

3 Yuloh vasak ham a paa sak tih uepom rhoek neh oltkak aka ming rhoek loh uemonah neh a doe ham Pathen loh a suen cakok te a rhael sak.

Who keep men from being married and from taking food which God made to be taken with praise by those who have faith and true knowledge.

4 Pathen kah kutngo tah boeih then tih hnawt ham moenih uemonah neh doe ham ni.

Because everything which God has made is good, and nothing is evil, if it is taken with praise:

5 Pathen kah olka neh rhikhangnah loh a ciim coeng.

For it is made holy by the word of God and by prayer.

6 He he manuca rhoek taengah a then la na tloeng pah atah Khrih Jesuh kah tueihyoeih la na om ni. Tangnah olka neh n'hlinsai tih thuituennah then te na thuep coeng.

If you keep these things before the minds of the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, trained in the words of the faith and of the right teaching which has been your guide:

7 Tedae a rhonging neh yancil a rhuem hnawt lamtah hingcimnah ham namah hlinsai uh.

But have nothing to do with unclean and foolish stories. Give yourself training in religion:

8 Pumrho hlinsainah tah hoeikhang la bet akhaw om. Tedae hingcimnah tah tahae kah hingnah neh hmailong kah olkhueh aka om boeih ham hoeikhang la om.

For the training of the body is of profit for a little, but religion is of profit in every way, giving hope for the life which now is, and for that which is to come.

9 Olka tah uepom neh hlang boeih kah a doe ham tueng.

This is a true saying, in which all may put their faith.

10 He ham kongah n'thakthae uh tih n'thingthuel uh cakhaw aka hing Pathen ni n'ngaiuep uh. Amah tah hlang boeih neh olpuei la uepom rhoek kah khangkung la om.

And this is the purpose of all our work and our fighting, because our hope is in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, and specially of those who have faith.

11 He rhoek he uen lamtah thuituen.

Let these be your orders and your teaching.

12 Na camoe te han hnaep boel saeh, tedae olka dongah, omih dongah, lungnah dongah, tangnah dongah, cilpoenah dongah, uepom rhoek ham mueimae la om lah.

Let no one make little of you because you are young, but be an example to the church in word, in behaviour, in love, in faith, in holy living.

13 Ka pawk hil olcim taenah, thaphohnah, thuituennah te ngaithuen uh.

Till I come, give attention to the reading of the holy Writings, to comforting the saints, and to teaching.

14 Nang dongah kutdoe te sawtrhoel boeh. Te tah tonghma ol lamloh kangham rhoek kah kut tloengnah nen ni nang m'paek.

Make use of that grace in you, which was given to you by the word of the prophets, when the rulers of the church put their hands on you.

15 He he na mangtuk tih a khuiah na om daengah ni na rhoengcawtnah loh hlang boeih taengah mingpha la a om eh.

Have a care for these things; give yourself to them with all your heart, so that all may see how you go forward.

16 Namah te laehdawn uh lamtah thuituennah te oei lah. He tla saii daengah ni namah khaw, nang aka hnatung rhoek khaw na khang eh.

Give attention to yourself and your teaching. Go on in these things; for in doing so you will get salvation for yourself and for those who give hearing to you.