1 Timothy 5
1 Do not rebuke an older man harshly, but exhort him as a father, younger men as brothers,
Utanokkalalili mwaalumi mupati. Aboobo, komunyampula mbuli mukuti ngundeende. Kobanyampula baalumi banini mbuli bakulana,
2 older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, with all purity.
banakazi bapati mbuli mamama, alimwi basimbi banini mbuli bachizi, mubusalali boonse.
3 Give financial support to widows who are really ‘widows’.
Lemeka bamukabafu, bamukabafu banchoonzyo.
4 But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to demonstrate piety in their own household by repaying their parents, for this is pleasing to God.
Pesi kuti mukamufu kali aabana na bazukulu, ngabatangune lwabo kwiiya kutondezya kulemeka mun'anda yabo beni. Ngababweedezezye bazyali babo nkaambo eechi chilbotezya kuli Leza.
5 Now she who is really a widow and desolate has set her hope on God, and continues in supplications and prayers night and day.
Pesi kulooyo mukamufu wanchoonzyo, uucheede kali alike, ubikide bulangilizi bwakwe kuliLeza akwwinkilila kunembo mukuchita nkumbizyo alimwi akupa nkombyo mansiku a sikati.
6 But she who indulges in pleasure is dead while she lives.
Nikubaboobo, mwanakazi uupona chakulikondelezya ulifwide nikuba kachipona.
7 You should even command these things, so that they may be blameless.
Mubululami layilila eezi lubo, kuchitila kuti batabi amulandu.
8 But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
Pesi na umwi katakonzyi kupa banzubo zyakwe, kapati kuli aabo bamun'anda yakwe, unoli wakaka lusyomo alimwi wabija kwiinda utasyomi.
9 No widow should be enrolled unless she is at least sixty, a one man wife,
Leka mwanakazi alembwe mbuli mukamufu utali munini kuminyaka iili makkumi aali musanu alimwi kukomena, kali mwanakazi wa mulumi uumwi.
10 known for good works—she brought up children, she lodged strangers, she washed saints' feet, she relieved the afflicted, she devoted herself to every good work.
Uli aampuwo yakuchita milimu mibotu, nikuba kuti wakabambide bana, na wakali kusamawusya beenzu, na wali kusanzya mawulu aabasalali baLeza, na wakalikulemutuzya bali aamapenzi, na wakalilipedelede kumilimu yoonse mibotu.
11 As for younger widows, do not enroll them; because whenever they are controlled by sensual desires rather than by Christ, they want to marry,
Pesi kuli bamukabafu bachili banini, kaka kubalemba mulibamwi. Nkaambo elyo bakuzundwa kuziyandisyo zyanyama kukubukila Kkilisito bayanda kukkwatwa.
12 coming under judgment because they have broken their first commitment.
Muliyeeyi nzila bayojana milandu nkaambo banoli bakachilwa mukulipeda kwabo kutaanzi.
13 Not only that, they learn to be idle, going around from house to house; and not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things they ought not to.
Muchiindi nchicheecho, bayoyiya kuba bakandu akweenda chakuzyunguluka kuzwa kun'anda akun'anda. Tabakoyooba bakandu biyo pe, pesi bayowambuula zitakwe munse akunjila zyaambo zyabamwi, kabaamba zintu nzibateelede kwaamba.
14 So I want the younger widows to marry, to bear children, to manage the home, to give the adversary no occasion for caustic comments.
Nkinkaako ndiyanda banakazi banini kuti bakkwatwe kuti bazyale bana, kuti babambe mpuli, alimwi akutapa mweenya kuli sinkondonyina kuti atwaambe bubi.
15 (In fact, some have already turned aside after Satan.)
Mbuli bamwi mbubakabwedela kuli Satani.
16 If any man or woman who is a believer has widows, let them relieve them and not burden the congregation, so that it may relieve those who are widows indeed.
Na kuti kakuli mwanakazi musyomi uli abamukabafu, ngabagwasye, kuchitila kuti imbungano itabi aamukuli, kuti igwasizye bamukabafu banchoonzyo.
17 Let the elders who lead well be counted worthy of a double honorarium, especially those who labor in word and teaching.
Leka bapati bembungano beendelezya kabotu bapegwe bulemu bwiindulwidwe, kwaambisya aabo babeleka ajwi alimwi amukuyiisya.
18 For the Scripture says: “You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out grain,” and “The worker is worthy of his wages.”
Mbuli makani mabotu mbawamba kuti, “Utamwaangi kumulomo musune aawo nachilyatila zilyo” alimwi “Similimu uleelede kujana mpindu yakwe.”
19 Do not entertain an accusation against an elder except on the basis of two or three witnesses.
Utatambuli kubejelezya kwiiminana abapati, adukuti kube babili na batatu bapa bukamboni.
20 Those who are sinning rebuke publicly, so that the rest also may be in fear.
Lulamika basizibi kunembo lyabantu boonse kuchitila kuti bamwi bayowe.
21 I charge you in the presence of God and Sovereign Jesus Christ and the elect angels that you observe these things without prejudgment, doing nothing by partiality.
Mubululami ndakulayilila iwe, kunembo lyaLeza aJesu Kkilisito akubangelo basale, kukubamba malayilile chakutabasikusaluuzya, akutachita chimwi chintu chakuteelanya.
22 Do not lay hands [in ordination] hastily on anyone, do not thereby participate in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.
Utabiki maanza chakufwambana aluumwi. Utaabilani muzibi zyawumwi muntu. Weelede kulibamba chabusalali.
23 Stop drinking only water; use a little wine because of your stomach and your frequent infirmities.
Tucheelede limbi kunywa manzi. Aboobo, uyeelede kunywa wayini muche kuchitila bula amalwazi aako akkala kakuchisa.
24 The sins of some men are obvious, leading the way into judgment, while those of others trail behind.
Zibi zyabamwi bantu zilizibikene aantanganana, alimwi zyeenda kunembo lyabo mulubeta. Pesi zibi zimwi zitobela musule.
25 So also the good works are obvious; even the ones that are not, cannot be hidden.
Mbubonya oobo, imwi milimu mibotu ilizibidwe antaanganana, pesi nikuba imwi tikonzyi kusisigwa.
