1 Timote 5
1 Tongpa matawngnaw hah puenghoi yue laipalah, na pa patetlah thapoe loe. Tongpa kanaw hah hmaunawngha patetlah pouk loe.
Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;
2 Napui matawngnaw hah na manu patetlah pouk nateh, tanglanaw hah kathoungpounge na tawncei patetlah pouk loe.
The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.
3 Lahmai lah kaawm katang e napuinaw hah bari nateh khenyawn loe.
Honour widows that are widows indeed.
4 Hateiteh, hote lahmainu ni a ca catounnaw tawn pawiteh, hote ca catounnaw ni Cathut thaw lah a pouk awh vaiteh, mae im a khetyawt hoi, manu na pa mintoenaw khetyawtnae kamtu awh naseh. Hottelah tawknae teh Cathut ni a ngai e doeh.
But if any widow hath children or nephews, let them learn first to show piety at home, and to repay their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.
5 Khenyawnkung awm laipalah amadueng kaawm e lahmainu teh, Cathut kâuep laihoi karum khodai pout laipalah ouk a ratoum.
Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.
6 Hatei, talai van nawmnae dawk ka cet e lahmainu teh a hring nahlangva kadout e lah ao.
But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.
7 Apinihai tounhoehe lah ao nahan kâ poe loe.
And these things command, that they may be blameless.
8 Apipatethai imthung ka khenyawn hoeh e teh yuemnae ka pahnawt e lah ao teh, kayuemhoehnaw hlak hoe a mathoe.
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 Kum 60 kakuep hoeh rae teh lahmainu lah khoe hanh loe, a vâ buet touh dueng ouk kaawm e,
Let not a widow be taken into the number under sixty years old, having been the wife of one man,
10 a canaw kahawicalah ka khen thai e, imyin ka ngai e, tami kathoungnaw e khok ka pâsu e, rucat ka kâhmo e naw ka khenyawn e, kahawi hno kaawm e pueng ka tawk e lah awm pawiteh, lahmai lah khoe han.
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 A kum kanaw e lahmainunaw teh, lahmainu lah khoe hanh loe. Bangkongtetpawiteh, Khrih e cangkhainae ngâi hoeh, vâ sak hanelah ngai pawiteh,
But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to grow wanton against Christ, they will marry;
12 ahmaloe lawkkam a raphoe dawkvah, yonphukhangnae ao han.
Having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith.
13 Im touh hnukkhu im touh a luen awh teh, a pangak awh. Hottelah a pangak awh dueng tho laipalah, tamthoe a dei awh teh ayânaw e lai dawk a kâphum awh teh, dei kawi hoeh e hah ouk a dei awh.
And at the same time they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
14 Hatdawkvah, kanaw e lahmainu teh a vâ bout a tawn vaiteh, a canaw bout sak naseh. Ayâ ni bout pathoe hoeh nahanlah a imthung kahawicalah bout tawn naseh, pathoenae heh taran ni a tha kâla hoeh nahan lah.
I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, rule the house, give no occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.
15 Lahmainu tangawn teh, lam a payon awh teh setan hnuk a kâbang awh toe.
For some are already turned aside after Satan.
16 Ka yuem e napui hoehpawiteh, tongpa ni ama hoi kâkuen e lahmainu tawn pawiteh, khenyawn naseh. Hat pawiteh doeh, lahmainu katangnaw hah tarawknae awm laipalah, kawhmoun ni a khetyawt thai han.
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 Kahawicalah ka uk e kacuenaw, alawkpui lah lawk pâphonae hoi cangkhainae dawkvah, panki laihoi ka tawk e kahrawikungnaw teh, let hni touh barinae lah awm awh naseh.
Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
18 Cakathoung ni cangkatin lahun e maitotan a pahni moum pouh hanh, thawtawkkung ni a tawknae phu hmu hanelah a kamcu, telah bout a ti.
For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the grain. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward.
19 Kacue ni hno a sakpayon nah, kapanuekkhaikung kahni kathum touh awmhoeh pawiteh hote yonpennae teh dâw pouh hanh loe.
Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses.
20 Alouke taminaw ni a taki nahan yonnae ka sak e tami teh taminaw hmalah yue loe.
Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.
21 Kapeknae tawn laipalah, bang patet e hno dawk hai, kâkangkhai e tawn laipalah na tawk nahan, Bawipa Jisuh Khrih hoi Cathut hmalah, rawi lah kaawm e kalvantami hmalah ka patawpoung lah na hroecoe.
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 Apipatet e lathueng haiyah, kuttoungnae hmatara sak pouh hanh loe. Ayâ alouknaw e lumlai dawk hai bawk hanh loe. Nama hoi nama kamthoung loe.
Lay hands hastily on no man, neither be partaker of other men’s sins: keep thyself pure.
23 Na vonpui patawnae hoi atuhoitu na damhoehnae dawkvah, tui dueng net laipalah misurtui hai youn touh net khai loe.
Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thy frequent infirmities.
24 Tami tangawn e yon teh lawkceng hoehnahlan a kamphawng toe. A tangawn e yon teh a hnukkhu doeh ouk a kamphawng.
Some men’s sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; and some men they follow after.
25 Hot patetvanlah hnokahawi sak e haiyah, bangpatet teh tang a kamnue, kamnuek hoeh rae hnokahawi sak e hai hrawk thai mahoeh.
Likewise also the good works of some are clearly evident beforehand; and they that are otherwise cannot be hid.
