1 Timote 4
Tongan Bible, Revised West VersionTranslation
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
King James Version with Apocrypha
1Ka ʻoku lea fakapatonu mai ʻae Laumālie, ʻe hē ʻae niʻihi mei he tui ʻi he ngaahi kuonga fakamui, ʻo tokanga ki he ngaahi laumālie fakahala, mo e ngaahi akonaki ʻoe kau tēvolo;
1Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
2ʻI he mālualoi ʻokinautolu ʻoku lea loi; kuo hunuhunu honau ʻatamai ʻaki ʻae ukamea vela;
2Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
3ʻO fekau ke ʻoua naʻa mali, mo nau fakatapui ʻae ngaahi meʻakai, ʻaia naʻe fakatupu ʻe he ʻOtua ke maʻu ʻi he fakafetaʻi ʻekinautolu ʻoku tui pea ʻilo ʻae moʻoni.
3Forbidding 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.
4He ʻoku lelei ʻaia kotoa pē kuo fakatupu ʻe he ʻOtua, pea ʻoku ʻikai ha meʻa ke siʻaki, ʻo kapau ʻe maʻu ia ʻi he fakafetaʻi:
4For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
5He kuo fakangofua ia ʻe he folofola ʻae ʻOtua mo e lotu.
5For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
6Kapau te ke fakamanatuʻi ʻae ngaahi meʻa ni ki he kāinga, te ke hoko ko e faifekau lelei ʻa Sisu Kalaisi, ʻo taau mo hoʻo fafangaʻi ʻi he ngaahi lea ʻoe tui mo e akonaki lelei, ʻaia kuo ke lavaʻi hono ʻiloʻi.
6If 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.
7Ka ko e ngaahi talatupuʻa launoa mo fakafinemātuʻa ke siʻaki, ka ke ngaue koe ki he angafakaʻotua.
7But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.
8He ʻoku siʻi hono ʻaonga ʻoe ngaue ki he sino: ka ko e angafakaʻotua ʻoku ʻaonga ia ki he meʻa kotoa pē, ʻoku ʻi ai ʻae talaʻofa ʻoe moʻui ko eni, pea mo ia ʻe hoko mai.
8For 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.
9Ko e tala moʻoni eni, pea taau mo e kakai kotoa pē ke maʻu.
9This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation.
10He ko ia ia ʻoku tau ngaue ai mo kātaki ʻae manuki, he ʻoku tau falala ki he ʻOtua moʻui, ʻaia ko e Fakamoʻui ia ʻoe kakai kotoa pē, kae lahi kiate kinautolu ʻoku tui.
10For 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.
11Ke ke fekau ʻae ngaahi meʻa ni mo ako ʻaki.
11These things command and teach.
12ʻOua naʻa manukiʻi hoʻo kei siʻi ʻe ha taha; ka ke ʻi he kakai tui ko e fakaʻilonga, ʻi he lea, mo e ʻulungāanga, mo e ʻofa, mo e faianga, mo e tui, mo e māʻoniʻoni.
12Let 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.
13Tokanga koe ki he lau tohi, mo e enginaki, mo e akonaki, kaeʻoua ke u ʻalu atu.
13Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.
14ʻOua naʻa ke taʻetokangaʻi ʻae meʻa foaki ʻoku ʻiate koe, ʻaia naʻe foaki kiate koe ʻi he kikite, mo e hilifaki ʻoe nima ʻoe kau mātuʻa.
14Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
15Fakalaulauloto ki he ngaahi meʻa ni; ke ke moʻua koe ki ai; koeʻuhi ke hā mai hoʻo fakaʻaʻau ki muʻa ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē.
15Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.
16Ke ke vakai kiate koe, pea ki he akonaki; pea faifai maʻu pe ki ai: koeʻuhi ʻi hoʻo fai ia te ke fakamoʻui koe, mo kinautolu ʻoku fanongo kiate koe.
16Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.
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