1 Timóteo 1

1 Nā Pāora, nā te āpōtoro a Īhu Karaiti, he mea whakarite e te Atua, e tō tātou Kaiwhakaora, e Īhu Karaiti hoki, ko ia tā tātou e tūmanako atu nei:

2 Ki a Tīmoti, ki tāku tamaiti pono i roto i te whakapono:

Kia tau atu te aroha noa, te mahi tohu, te rangimārie, he mea nā te Atua, nā tō tātou Matua, nā Karaiti Īhu hoki, nā tō tātou Ariki.

He Whakatūpato ki te Whakaakoranga Teka

3 I whakahau atu rā ahau ki a koe, i ahau e haere ana ki Makeronia, kia noho koe i Epeha, ako ai i ētahi kia kaua e rerekē te whakaako, 4 kia kaua e whakarongo ki ngā kōrero tito noa, ki ngā whakapapa tūpuna kāhore nei e whai mutunga; ko ngā putanga ake o ēnā, he tautohetohe, kāhore he whakatupu mō te tikanga a te Atua i runga i te whakapono; ka pērā anō ahau ināianei. 5 Ko te tukunga iho ia mō te ako, ko te aroha, nō roto i te ngākau mā, i te hinengaro pai, i te whakapono tinihangakore. 6 Kapea ake ēnei e ētahi, kotiti kē ana ki ngā kōrero teka noa; 7 ki tā rātou hei kaiwhakaako rātou i te ture, heoi, kāhore e mātau ki tā rātou e kōrero nei, ki ngā mea rānei e kauwhautia nei e rātou.

8 Otirā, e mātau ana tātou he mea pai te ture, ki te rite te meatanga e te tangata ki tā te ture tikanga; 9 e mātau ana hoki ki tēnei, kīhai te ture i whakatakotoria mō te tangata tika, engari mō te hunga turekore, tutū, karakiakore, hara, tapukore, whakarihariha, mō ngā kaipatu i ngā pāpā, mō ngā kaipatu i ngā whaea, mō ngā kaikōhuru tangata, 10 mō te hunga moepuku, moe kino i te tāne, tāhae tangata, kōrero teka, oati teka, ā, ki te mea tērā atu tētahi mea kāhore nei e rite ki te whakaako tika; 11 rite tonu tēnei ki te rongopai o te korōria o te Atua hari, ki te mea kua tukua mai nei ki ahau.

Te Whakawhetai mō te Mahi Tohu a te Atua

12 E whakawhetai atu nei ahau ki a Karaiti Īhu, ki tō tātou Ariki, nāna nei ahau i whakakaha; i whakaaro hoki ia he tangata pono ahau, ā, meinga ana ahau hei minita; 13 ahau nei, te tangata kohukohu i mua, te kaiwhakatoi, whakatupu kino. Heoi, i tohungia ahau, nō te me i meinga kūwaretia e ahau i runga i te whakapono kore; 14 tino nui rawa hoki te aroha noa o tō tātou Ariki, hui tahi ki te whakapono, ki te aroha i roto i a Karaiti Īhu.

15 He pono te kōrero, he pai hoki kia tangohia rawatia, i haere mai a Karaiti Īhu ki te ao ki te whakaora i te hunga hara; ko te tino tangata hara o rātou ko ahau. 16 Heoi, nā konei ahau i tohungia ai, kia ai ko ahau ki mua hei whakaaturanga mā Īhu Karaiti i ngā manawanui maha, hei tohu ki te hunga e whakapono ki a ia ā muri ake nei, kia ora tonu ai rātou. 17 Nā, ki te Kīngi ora tonu, e kore nei e pirau, e kore nei e kitea, ko ia nei anake te Atua mātau, waiho atu i a ia te hōnore me te korōria ake ake. Āmine.

18 Ka tukua atu nei e ahau tēnei kupu ako ki a koe, e tāku tamaiti, e Tīmoti, ko te poropititanga anō tēnei i puta mai i mua mōu, hei mea i a koe kia whawhai i te whawhai pai; 19 kia mau ki te whakapono me te hinengaro pai; he mea nei ēnā kua ākiritia atu e ētahi, ka meinga tō rātou whakapono he kaipuke pakaru; 20 nō rātou a Haimeniu rāua ko Arehānera, kua tukua nei e ahau ki a Hātana, kia whakaakona ai kia kaua e kohukohu.

1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to the commandment of God our Saviour, and Christ Jesus our hope; 2 unto Timothy, my true child in faith: Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

3 As I exhorted thee to tarry at Ephesus, when I was going into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge certain men not to teach a different doctrine, 4 neither to give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questionings, rather than a dispensation of God which is in faith; so do I now. 5 But the end of the charge is love out of a pure heart and a good conscience and faith unfeigned: 6 from which things some having swerved have turned aside unto vain talking; 7 desiring to be teachers of the law, though they understand neither what they say, nor whereof they confidently affirm. 8 But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully, 9 as knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and unruly, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, 10 for fornicators, for abusers of themselves with men, for menstealers, for liars, for false swearers, and if there be any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine; 11 according to the gospel of the glory of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.

12 I thank him that enabled me, even Christ Jesus our Lord, for that he counted me faithful, appointing me to his service; 13 though I was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: howbeit I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief; 14 and the grace of our Lord abounded exceedingly with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. 15 Faithful is the saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief: 16 howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me as chief might Jesus Christ show forth all his longsuffering, for an ensample of them that should thereafter believe on him unto eternal life. 17 Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

18 This charge I commit unto thee, my child Timothy, according to the prophecies which led the way to thee, that by them thou mayest war the good warfare; 19 holding faith and a good conscience; which some having thrust from them made shipwreck concerning the faith: 20 of whom is Hymenæus and Alexander; whom I delivered unto Satan, that they might be taught not to blaspheme.