1 Timothy 5
1 Patong te tluung boeh. Tedae pa pakhat bangla, tanoe thai manuca bangla hloephoelh lah.
Rebuke not an elder, but entreat [him] as a father; [and] the younger men as brethren;
2 Hamca te manu bangla, tanoe rhoek te ngannu rhoek bangla cilpoenah cungkuem neh hloep.
The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.
3 Nuhmai rhoek khaw nuhmai taktak te tah hinyah lah.
Honor widows that are widows indeed.
4 Tedae nuhmai khat khat loh a ca rhoek mai khaw a cadil rhoek mai khaw a khueh atah amah imkhui ah thothueng ham neh buhungnah te a manu napa taengah thuung ham lamhma la cang sak. He tah Pathen hmuhah mikcop la om.
But if any widow hath children or nephews, let them learn first to show piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.
5 Tedae nuhmai taktak tih aka omdam loh Pathen soah lat a ngaiuep tih rhenbihnah neh thangthuinah dongah khoyin khothaih om.
Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.
6 Tedae omthen aka bawn tah a hing pueng thuem ah duek coeng.
But she that liveth in pleasure, is dead while she liveth.
7 Te rhoek khaw na uen daengah ni hmabuet la a om uh eh.
And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless.
8 Tedae khat khat loh amah huiko neh olpuei la imkhuikho te kho a khan pawt atah tangnah te a hno tih aka tangnahmueh lakah a thae la om.
But if any provideth not for his own, and especially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
9 Nuhmai la hlum ham tah kum sawmrhuk hmuiah om mahpawh. Va pakhat bueng aka khueh huta,
Let not a widow be taken into the number under sixty years old, having been the wife of one man.
10 Ca a khut atah, yinlai a sawtlet atah, hlangcim rhoek kah kho a silh atah, aka patang rhoek te a sawtlet atah, khoboe then cungkuem neh a rhoih atah khoboe then la phong pai saeh.
Well reported of for good works; if she hath brought up children, if she hath lodged strangers, if she hath washed the saints' feet, if she hath relieved the afflicted, if she hath diligently followed every good work.
11 Tedae a haw vaengah tah Khrih hmanah vasak a ngaih dongah nuhmai tanoe rhoek te rhoe dae.
But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to grow wanton against Christ, they will marry;
12 Lamhma kah tangnah te a phae uh dongah laitloeknah a yook uh.
Having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith.
13 Te vaengah palyal khaw pahoi a cang uh, im te a hil uh. Te bueng pawt tih palyal neh hlangthet vueihnam, tomban rhuikha neh a kuek pawt te a thui uh.
And at the same time they learn [to be] idle, wandering about from house to house, and not only idle, but tattlers also, and busy-bodies, speaking things which they ought not.
14 Te dongah tanoe rhoek tah vasak sak ham, cacun sak ham, cangbam sak ka ngaih. Thuithetnah dongah thimkalh te rhoirhinah paek ham moenih.
I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give no occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.
15 Hlangvang loh Satan hnukah oepsoeh la hoi uh.
For some are already turned aside after Satan.
16 Uepom pakhat loh nuhmai rhoek a khueh atah amih te sawtlet saeh lamtah hlangboel te bakbahap boel saeh. Te daengah ni nuhmai tang rhoek te a sawtlet thai eh.
If any man or woman that believeth hath widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.
17 A then la aka mawt patong neh olpuei la olka neh thuituennah dongah aka thakthae rhoek tah rhaepnit la hinyahnah ham tueng pai.
Let the elders that rule well, be counted worthy of double honor, especially they who labor in the word and doctrine.
18 Cacim loh a ti coeng ta. Cangtil vaito pin boeh, “Bibikung tah a thapang nen khaw tiing pai.”
For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The laborer [is] worthy of his reward.
19 Laipai panit pathum pawt atah a ham kah lai te doe boeh.
Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses.
20 Aka tholh rhoek te hlang boeih hmaiah na toeltham daengah ni a tloe long khaw rhihnah a khueh eh.
Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.
21 Pathen, Khrih Jesuh neh puencawn a coelh rhoek kah a hmaiah ka laipai. He rhoek he hlaangnah kolla tuem mai, maelhmai sawt nen khaw saii boeh.
I charge [thee] before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.
22 Kut he tokrhat la tloeng thil boeh. Hlanglang rhoek kah tholhnah te boek pah boeh. Namah te a cuem la tuem uh.
Impose hands hastily on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure.
23 Tui bueng te o boeh. Tedae na bung dongah puet na tloh te khaw misurtui bet saem pah.
Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake, and thy frequent infirmities.
24 Hlang a ngen kah tholhnah tah laitloeknah la a pha hlanah lohaa coeng. Tedae a ngen kah tah a hnong pah.
Some men's sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment: and some [men] they follow after.
25 Khoboe then khaw lohaa van. Te dongah thuh hamla tloekloek aka om rhoek loh noeng uh pawh.
Likewise also the good works [of some] are manifest beforehand; and they that are otherwise cannot be hid.
