1 Timóteo 4

He Kaiako Teka

1 Otirā, he kōrero tino hāngai tā te Wairua, ko ā ngā wā o muri nei ka kotiti kē atu ētahi i te whakapono, ka whakarongo ki ngā wairua tinihanga, ki ngā whakaakoranga a ngā rēwera, 2 he mea nā te hīanga o te hunga kōrero teka; ō rātou hinengaro, anō he mea tahu ki te rino wera. 3 E riri ana kia kaua e mārena, kia kaua e pā ki ngā kai i hangā e te Atua hei mea mā te hunga e whakapono ana, e mātau ana hoki ki te pono, me te whakawhetai anō rātou. 4 He pai hoki ngā mea katoa i hangā e te Atua, kāhore he mea hei rukenga, ina tangohia i runga i te whakawhetai; 5 he mea hoki i whakatapua, nā te kupu a te Atua, nā te īnoi.

He Pononga Pai nō Īhu Karaiti

6 Ki te whakamahara koe i ngā tēina ki ēnei mea, he minita pai koe nā Īhu Karaiti, he mea whakatupu ake i runga i ngā kupu o te whakapono, o te whakaako pai kua whāia nei e koe ā tae noa mai ki nāianei. 7 Ko ngā kōrero whakarihariha ia, ko ngā mea tito noa a te rūruhi, whakarērea. Ko ngā mahi māu ko ngā mea o te ngākau karakia. 8 He pai iti nei tō te whakamahi i te tinana; tēnā ko te ngākau karakia e pai ana mō ngā mea katoa, kei reira hoki ngā kōrero mō te ora ināianei, mō tērā hoki kei te haere mai.

9 He pono tēnei kōrero, he pai hoki kia tangohia rawatia. 10 Koia hoki mātou ka mahi, ka tohe, nō te mea kua whakamau tō mātou tūmanako ki te Atua ora, ko ia nei te Kaiwhakaora o ngā tāngata katoa, engari rawa ia o te hunga whakapono.

11 Me kauwhau ēnei mea e koe, me whakaako. 12 Kei whakahāwea tētahi ki a koe, he taitamariki nōu; engari hei tauira koe ki te hunga whakapono, tāu kupu, tāu whakahaere, tōu aroha, tōu whakapono, tōu ngākau mā. 13 Kia aro nui koe ki te kōrero pukapuka, ki te whakahauhau, ki te whakaako, kia tae atu rā anō ahau. 14 Kei waiho noa te mea hōmai noa kei roto nā i a koe, i hōmai rā ki a koe he mea poropiti, i te whakapānga ai o ngā ringaringa o ngā kaumātua.

15 Āta whakaaroa ēnei mea; kia pau tōu kaha ki reira; kia kitea ai e te katoa tōu nekehanga ake. 16 Kia mahara ki a koe anō, ki te whakaakoranga hoki; kia ū ki ēnei mea. Ki te mea hoki koe i tēnei, ka whakaora koe i a koe anō, i te hunga anō hoki e whakarongo ana ki a koe.

1 But the Spirit saith expressly, that in later times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons, 2 through the hypocrisy of men that speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron; 3 forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by them that believe and know the truth. 4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it be received with thanksgiving: 5 for it is sanctified through the word of God and prayer.

6 If thou put the brethren in mind of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith, and of the good doctrine which thou hast followed until now: 7 but refuse profane and old wives’ fables. And exercise thyself unto godliness: 8 for bodily exercise is profitable for a little; but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come. 9 Faithful is the saying, and worthy of all acceptation. 10 For to this end we labor and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of them that believe. 11 These things command and teach. 12 Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an ensample to them that believe, in word, in manner of life, in love, in faith, in purity. 13 Till I come, give heed to reading, to exhortation, to teaching. 14 Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery. 15 Be diligent in these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy progress may be manifest unto all. 16 Take heed to thyself, and to thy teaching. Continue in these things; for in doing this thou shalt save both thyself and them that hear thee.