1Ca txhua tug kws nyob huv qaab tug quab kws ua qhev suav tas puab tug lospaav yog tug kws tswm nyog fwm kawg, sub Vaajtswv lub npe hab tej lug qha txhad tsw raug saib tsw taug. 2Cov qhev kws tug lospaav yog ib tug ntseeg, kuj tsw xob saib tsw taug tug lospaav tsua qhov ob tog puavleej yog kwvtij lawm. Tassws puab yuav tsum yimfuab ua num zoo rua tug lospaav vem tas tug lospaav kws tau txaj ntswg ntawm cov tub qhe hov yog tug kws ntseeg hab ntxwm hlub. Ca le qhuab qha hab ntuag zaaj nuav.
Kev nplua nuj
3Yog leejtwg qha txawv tej nuav hab tsw pum zoo lawv le tej lug raug cai kws peb tug Tswv Yexu Kheto qha hab tej lug qha kws hum Vaajtswv txujkev, 4kuj yog nwg khaav theeb hab tsw paub daabtsw le. Nwg nyam sws caav sws tshe dhau cai hab sws caam rua tej nyuas lu lug kws ua rua muaj kev sws khib, sws faib, xyaav luas moo, pheej xaav tas luas phem, 5hab ua rua cov tuabneeg kws xaav phem hab tsw muaj txuj tseeb hlo le sws caam. Puab xaav tas qhov kws fwm Vaajtswv yog ncauj kev nrhav tshaaj thawj. 6Qhov kws fwm Vaajtswv hab tau kev sab tug kuj yog tau tshaaj thawj ntau kawg, 7vem peb tsw tau coj ib yaam daabtsw lug rua huv lub nplajteb, hab peb yuav coj tsw tau ib yaam daabtsw tawm huv lub nplajteb moog le hab. 8Tassws yog peb muaj noj muaj naav peb yuav txaus sab rua tej ntawd. 9Cov kws xaav nplua nuj kuj poob rua huv txujkev daag ntxag hab maag rooj hlua hab poob rua huv txujkev ntshaw ntau yaam kws ruag hab ua kuas raug ceblaaj, kws yuav coj moog txug kev lamswm hab kev puam tsuaj. 10Vem tas qhov kws nyam nyaj txag yog txhua yaam kev phem tug caag. Qhov kws ntshaw nyaj txag nuav ua rua qee leej yuam kev ntawm txujkev ntseeg hab puab lub sab raug ntau yaam kev txom nyem chob.
Povlauj qha Timaute
11Koj kws yog Vaajtswv le tuabneeg, ca le tswv kuas dhau tej nuav. Ca le nrhav txujkev ncaaj nceeg, kev fwm Vaajtswv, kev ntseeg, kev hlub, kev ua sab ntev thev, hab kev zaam xeeb. 12Ca le tawm tsaam kawg nkaus rua huv txujkev ntseeg lub tshaav rog. Ca le tuav rawv txujsa ib txhws kws Vaajtswv hu koj lug txais rua thaus koj yeem leeg tuab zoo taab meeg ntau leej timkhawv. 13Kuv nkaw lug rua koj taab meeg Vaajtswv kws pub txujsa rua txhua yaam hab taab meeg Yexu Kheto kws ua timkhawv leeg tuab zoo rua ntawm Phauthi‑au Philaj lub xubndag, 14kuas koj tuav rawv tej lug nkaw nuav huvsw tsw xob ua ib qho phem hab tsw muaj chaw thuaj le moog txug thaus peb tug Tswv Yexu Kheto tshwm lug. 15Vaajtswv yuav ua kuas tshwm lug rua lub swjhawm kws teem ca, yog Vaajtswv kws tswm nyog qhuas, hab yog tuab tug kws muaj fwjchim luj kawg nkaus, yog ib tsoom vaajntxwv tug Vaajntxwv hab yog cov kws muaj fwjchim tug Tswv, 16yog tuab tug kws tsw txawj tuag, hab nyob huv qhov kaaj tsw muaj leejtwg moog tau ze hab tsw muaj leejtwg txeev pum hab pum tsw tau. Thov kuas nwg tau koob meej hab fwjchim tswjfwm moog ib txhws. Amee. 17Has txug cov kws nplua nuj tam nuav, koj ca le nkaw lug rua puab kuas tsw xob khaav theeb hab tsw xob vaam tej nyaj txag kws tsw ruaj khov tassws vaam Vaajtswv kws pub txhua yaam nplua quas mag rua peb sub peb txhad muaj sab xyiv faab. 18Ca le nkaw lug kuas puab ua zoo, hab ua teg num zoo ntau kawg, hab ua lub sab daav zoo sab faib rua luas. 19Qhov kws ua le ntawd yog khaws hov txhua chaw ca ua lub chaw tag ruaj khov rua tom hauv ntej, sub puab txhad tuav tau txujsa, yog txujsa kws tseeb. 20Timaute 'e, ca le tuav rawv tej kws tub muab cob rua koj lawm. Ca le zos tej lug tsw muaj qaabhau kws saib tsw taug Vaajtswv hab tej lug sws caam kws luas xaav yuam kev tas yog kev txawj ntse. 21Muaj qee leej leeg yuav tej kev txawj ntse hov txhad yuam kev ntawm txujkev ntseeg. Thov Vaajtswv txujkev hlub nrug nraim mej.
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1All who are under the yoke of slavery should consider their masters worthy of full respect, so that God’s name and our teaching may not be slandered. 2Those who have believing masters should not show them disrespect just because they are fellow believers. Instead, they should serve them even better because their masters are dear to them as fellow believers and are devoted to the welfare⚓ of their slaves.
False Teachers and the Love of Money
These are the things you are to teach and insist on. 3If anyone teaches otherwise and does not agree to the sound instruction of our Lord Jesus Christ and to godly teaching, 4they are conceited and understand nothing. They have an unhealthy interest in controversies and quarrels about words that result in envy, strife, malicious talk, evil suspicions 5and constant friction between people of corrupt mind, who have been robbed of the truth and who think that godliness is a means to financial gain. 6But godliness with contentment is great gain. 7For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. 8But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. 9Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. 10For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
Final Charge to Timothy
11But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness. 12Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses. 13In the sight of God, who gives life to everything, and of Christ Jesus, who while testifying before Pontius Pilate made the good confession, I charge you 14to keep this command without spot or blame until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15which God will bring about in his own time—God, the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of lords, 16who alone is immortal and who lives in unapproachable light, whom no one has seen or can see. To him be honor and might forever. Amen. 17Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. 18Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share. 19In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of the life that is truly life. 20Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to your care. Turn away from godless chatter and the opposing ideas of what is falsely called knowledge, 21which some have professed and in so doing have departed from the faith. Grace be with you all.