Ovakarere
1 Imba ovakambure avehe mbe ri kehi yondatumisire youkarere ngave yandje ondjozikiro nondengero ndja yenena kovahona vawo kutja ape ha ningi omundu ngu ma yamburura ena ra Ndjambi nomahongero wetu. 2 Novakarere mbe novahona ovakambure kave nokusokuvenyengura, owo tjinga averi ovakambure ovakwao. Moruveze rwanao owo ngave ve karere tjinene komeho, imba ovahona mbe muna ouwa moviungura vyawo owo mba ovakambure ovakwao ovasuverwa.
Omahongero woposyo nomautumbe watjiri
Ove mo sokuhonga oviṋa mbi nokuvizuvarisa kovandu. 3 Tji pe nomundu ngu ma hongo omahongero woposyo nu nge ha i kumwe nomambo wouatjiri wa Muhona wetu Jesus Kristus nomahongero wongamburiro yetu, 4 eye wa surisiwa i omeritongamisiro nu ke na tje tjiwa. Eye we ura nonḓero yozombata nozondjakaha. Noviṋa mbi vi eta eruru noviposa nomayambururiro nomahakero omavi, 5 noviposa mbi ha yanda kuna ovandu mba puruka ozondunge nu mbe ha tjiwa kutja ouatjiri otjikeṋa. Owo ve tjangovasi okukarera Ndjambi oko okumunina po outumbe.
6 Nu imba mbe karera Ndjambi mouatjiri, mave tjiwa okukara nohange na imbi mbi ve na vyo. 7 Eṱe katu notjiṋa tji twa eta mouye! Nu wina katu notjiṋa tji matu twaerere tji matu zu mo mouye! 8 Tji tu novikurya nozombanda, ngatu kowe mu vyo. 9 Nungwari ovandu imba mbe vanga okutumba ve wira momarorero na mongwehe yozonḓuma ozengi zouyova nozonḓepe, nḓe ve ṱomwinisa monyoneno na mombandjarero. 10 Orondu orusuvero rwotjimariva orwo omuze wouvi ngamwa auhe. Ovandu tjiva va kara nomunenetima wotjimariva nga tji va poka kongamburiro nu nga tji ve riyetera omihihamo omizeu momitima.
Omarongero wandje omuini
11 Nungwari ove, mukarere wa Ndjambi, kara kokure noviṋa mbi avihe. Kondjera ousemba nondira ku Ndjambi nongamburiro norusuvero nonḓaro orure noupore womutima. 12 Kondja ongondjero ombwa yongamburiro, rarakana omuinyo waaruhe. Ndjambi we ku isana komuinyo mbwi, indu tji wa hongonona ongamburiro yoye nawa komurungu wovakuramenepo ovengi. 13 Komurungu wa Ndjambi ngu yandja omuinyo ku avihe, na komurungu wa Kristus Jesus ngwa hongonona omahongononeno omawa komurungu wa Pontius Pilatus, ami me ku raere 14 kutja u kare nonḓuviro komarakiza ngu wa pewa nu u ye ṱakamise nouṱakame nokuhineṋi nga kEyuva ndi Muhona wetu Jesus Kristus ndi meya. 15 Omeero we maye kara po moruveze orusemba. Ndjambi omuini ongu me ye yenenisa, ingwi Omunauhona omuwa nerike porwe, Ombara yozombara noMuhona wovahona. 16 Eye erike ngwi ngu ha koka; eye wa tura mondjerera ku ku ha vazewa; kape nomundu ngwa rorere okumumuna, nu kape nomundu ngu ma sora okumumuna. Ku ye ondjozikiro nouvara waaruhe! Amen.
17 Raera ovatumbe wouye mbwi kutja ave he ritongamisa. Owo ave he riyameke koutumbe mbu hi nomazikameno, nungwari ngave riyameke ku Ndjambi ngu tu pa avihe okutakavara otja konḓero yetu. 18 Ve raera kutja ve tjite ouwa nu ve tumbe moviungura oviwa nu ve suvere okuyandja nouharupu kovandu ovakwao. 19 Komuhingo mbwi owo otji mave ri wongere ovihuze, mbi mavi rire omazikameno omakukutu moruveze ndu maru ya kokutja ve munine po omuinyo watjiri.
20 Timoteus, ṱakamisa nawa ihi tji tja yandjewa kove. Riisa mo momahungiriro womungandjo na momapatasaneno wouyova, ovandu tjiva ngu ve hungira posyo ave tja: “Ondjiviro”. 21 Pe novandu tjiva mbe tja owo ve nondjiviro ndji. Nu komuhingo mbwi otji va poka kongamburiro.
Otjari tja Ndjambi ngatji kare na ove!
1 If you are a slave, you should respect and honor your owner. This will keep people from saying bad things about God and about our teaching. 2 If any of you slaves have owners who are followers, you should show them respect. After all, they are also followers of Christ, and he loves them. So you should serve and help them the best you can.
False Teaching and True Wealth
These are the things you must teach and tell the people to do. 3 Anyone who teaches something different disagrees with the correct and godly teaching of our Lord Jesus Christ. 4 Those people who disagree are proud of themselves, but they don't really know a thing. Their minds are sick, and they like to argue over words. They cause jealousy, disagreements, unkind words, evil suspicions, 5 and nasty quarrels. They have wicked minds and have missed out on the truth.
These people think religion is supposed to make you rich. 6 And religion does make your life rich, by making you content with what you have. 7 We didn't bring anything into this world, and we won't take anything with us when we leave. 8 So we should be satisfied just to have food and clothes. 9 People who want to be rich fall into all sorts of temptations and traps. They are caught by foolish and harmful desires that drag them down and destroy them. 10 The love of money causes all kinds of trouble. Some people want money so much they have given up their faith and caused themselves a lot of pain.
Fighting a Good Fight for the Faith
11 Timothy, you belong to God, so keep away from all these evil things. Try your best to please God and to be like him. Be faithful, loving, dependable, and gentle. 12 Fight a good fight for the faith and claim eternal life. God offered it to you when you clearly told about your faith, while so many people listened. 13 Now I ask you to make a promise. Make it in the presence of God, who gives life to all, and in the presence of Christ Jesus, who openly told Pontius Pilate about his faith. 14 Promise to obey completely and fully all that you have been told until our Lord Jesus Christ returns.
15 The glorious God
is the only Ruler,
the King of kings
and Lord of lords.
At the time that God
has already decided,
he will send Jesus Christ
back again.
16 Only God lives forever!
And he lives in light
that no one can come near.
No human has ever seen God
or ever can see him.
God will be honored,
and his power
will last forever. Amen.
17 Warn the rich people of this world not to be proud or to trust in wealth that is easily lost. Tell them to have faith in God, who is rich and blesses us with everything we need to enjoy life. 18 Instruct them to do as many good deeds as they can and to help everyone. Remind the rich to be generous and share what they have. 19 This will lay a solid foundation for the future, so they will know what true life is like.
20 Timothy, guard what God has placed in your care! Don't pay any attention to godless and stupid talk that sounds smart but really isn't. 21 Some people have even lost their faith by believing this talk.
I pray that the Lord will be kind to all of you!
