1 Timoti 4

¹Zvino Mweya unoreva pachena, kuti panguva dzinovuya vamwe va chatsauka pakutenda, vachiterera mweya inonyengera nedzidziso dzemweya yakaipa,Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

²vachinyengerwa navanoreva nhema, vakapiswa pahana dzavo nedare rinopisa,Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;

³vachidzivisa vanhu kuwanana, nokuraira kuti zvimwe zvokudya zviregwe, zvakasikwa naMwari, kuti zvigamuchirwe nokuvonga navanotenda, vanoziva zvokwadi.Forbidding 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.

⁴Nokuti zvose zvakasikwa naMwari zvakanaka, hakunechinhu chingafanira kurashwa, kana chichigamuchirwa nokuvonga;For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:

⁵nokuti chinoitwa chitsvene neshoko raMwari nokunyengetera.For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

⁶Kana uchiyevudzira hama zvinhu izvi, uchava mushumiri wakanaka waKristu Jesu, wakarerwa namashoko okutenda needzidziso yakanaka, yawakatevera nomoyo wose.If 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.

⁷Asi urambe ngano dzisine hanya naMwari nedzechembere. Uzvirovedze kunamata Mwari.But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.

⁸Nokuti kurovedza muviri kunobatsira zvishoma hako, asi kunamata Mwari kunobatsira pazvinhu zvose, zvakune chipikirwa chovupenyu bwazvino nobwunovuya.For 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.

⁹Ishoko razvokwadi, rinofanira kutendwa kwazvo.This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation.

¹⁰Nokuti ndizvo zvatinotambudzikira nokurwira, nokuti tariro yedu iri kunaMwari mupenyu, Muponesi wavanhu vose, zvikuru wavanotenda.For 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.

¹¹Raira nokudzidzisa zvinhu izvi:These things command and teach.

¹²Munhu ngaarege kuvapo unozvidza vuduku bwako, asi uitire vanotenda makwara, pashoko napamufambire, naparudo, napaMweya napakutenda, napakuchena kwomoyo.Let 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.

¹³Shingaira pakurava, napakuraira, napakudzidzisa, kusvikira ndichivuya.Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.

¹⁴Usarega kuchengeta chipiwa chiri mauri, nokuporofita, nokuiswa mavoko avakuru.Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.

¹⁵Shingairira zvinhu izvi, uzviite nomoyo wose, kuti kupfuvurira mberi kwako kuvonekwe navanhu vose.Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.

¹⁶Uzvichengete iwe nedzidziso yako. Urambire pazvinhu izvi, nokuti kana uchiita izvozvi, uchazviponesa iwe navanokunzwa.Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.