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;
1Roho asema waziwazi kwamba siku za baadaye watu wengine wataitupilia mbali imani; watazitii roho danganyifu na kufuata mafundisho ya pepo.
2Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
2Mafundisho ya namna hiyo yanaenezwa na watu waongo wadanganyifu, ambao dhamiri zao ziko kama zimechomwa kwa chuma cha moto.
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.
3Watu hao hufundisha kwamba ni makosa kuona na pia kula vyakula fulani. Lakini Mungu aliviumba vyakula hivyo, ili wale walio waumini na ambao wanapata kuujua ukweli, wavitumie kwa shukrani.
4For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
4Kila kitu alichoumba Mungu ni chema, wala hakuna kinachohitaji kukataliwa, bali vyote vipokelewe kwa sala ya shukrani,
5For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
5kwa sababu neno la Mungu na sala hukifanya kitu hicho kikubalike kwa Mungu.
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.
6Kama ukiwapa ndugu wote maagizo haya, utakuwa mtumishi mwema wa Kristo Yesu, ukijiendeleza kiroho kwa maneno ya imani na mafundisho ya kweli, ambayo wewe umeyafuata.
7But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.
7Lakini achana na hadithi zile zisizo za kidini na ambazo hazina maana. Jizoeshe kuishi maisha ya uchaji wa Mungu.
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.
8Mazoezi ya mwili yana faida yake, lakini mazoezi ya kiroho yana faida za kila namna, maana yanatuahidia uzima katika maisha ya sasa, na pia hayo yanayokuja.
9This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation.
9Usemi huo ni wa kusadikika kabisa na unastahili kukubaliwa.
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.
10Sisi tunajitahidi na kufanya kazi kwa bidii kwani tumemwekea tumaini letu Mungu aliye hai ambaye ni Mwokozi wa watu wote, na hasa wale wanaoamini.
11These things command and teach.
11Wape maagizo hayo na mafundisho hayo.
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.
12Usikubali mtu yeyote akudharau kwa sababu wewe ni kijana, lakini jitahidi uwe mfano kwa wanaoamini: katika usemi wako, mwenendo wako, upendo, imani na maisha safi.
13Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.
13Tumia wakati wako na juhudi yako katika kusoma hadharani Maandiko Matakatifu, kuhubiri na kufundisha, mpaka nitakapokuja.
14Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
14Usiache kukitumia kile kipaji cha Kristo ndani yako ulichopewa kwa maneno ya manabii na kwa kuwekewa mikono na wazee.
15Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.
15Fikiri kwa makini juu ya hayo yote na kuyatekeleza kusudi maendeleo yako yaonekane na wote.
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.
16Angalia sana mambo yako mwenyewe, na mafundisho yako. Endelea kufanya hayo maana ukifanya hivyo utajiokoa mwenyewe na wale wanaokusikiliza.