1 Timothy 5
1 You may not rebuke an elder, but exhort [him] as a father, younger persons as brothers,
Na yarhan ni cice ndi na, tre ni wu na ndi wa a grji u', tre ni mir ze na mir vayi me, tre ni cice mba na ba yime, tre ni mir mba na mir vayi me.
2 aged women as mothers, younger ones as sisters—in all purity;
Tre ni cice mba wa ba mla ti ni mir vayi.
3 honor widows who are really widows;
No mba bi kob nikoh, mba bi kob u janji. Iwa u kob wa ahei ni mir ko ihah, duba guci tsro nikoh ni miko mba.
4 and if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show piety to their own house, and to give back a repayment to the parents, for this is right and acceptable before God.
Duba yah ba yimba, di du Rji du grie ni bawu
5 And she who is really a widow and desolate, has hoped on God, and remains in the supplications and in the prayers night and day,
Naki iwa u kob wu janji wa ahei ni kangrji na du yo suron ma ni Rji, chachu'u du yo tuma ni mi bre ni cu ni irji.
6 but she given to luxury [while] living has died;
Naki iwa wa'a yo tuma anifu gugu, a riga da kug ye, aman asi vrie.
7 and charge these things, that they may be blameless;
Bla kpie biyi ni bawu, du ba na hei ni kpie u mer na.
8 and if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of the household, he has denied the faith, and he is worse than an unbeliever.
Inde ndi wa ana iya zo mir vayi ma na, masama u mir, na a kpa bangaskiya tron, nakima me gara ndi wa ana toh Rji na ni 'u.
9 A widow—do not let her be enrolled under sixty years of age, having been a wife of one husband,
Iwa wa ana kai sei tso kpu ton na ana mla wa ba bla yo ni mi mba bi kob na kuma du hi wa'u lilon ri.
10 being testified to in good works: if she brought up children, if she entertained strangers, if she washed holy ones’ feet, if she relieved those in tribulation, if she followed after every good work;
Duba toh ni du didi, wa'a iya yah mir ma ko kpa bi ttsir, ani gla zah tsra kaku bi hu, Rji, ko ani zo bi ti yah, ko a yo tuma ni bubu kpie didi.
11 and be refusing younger widows, for when they may revel against the Christ, they wish to marry,
Nakima na bla inze mba bi kob ba, na bla ba sur ni mi lisafi na don ba ta joku ni sha'awa kpa, baka yi gaba ni Almasihu da son gran.
12 having judgment, because they cast away the first faith,
Ni nkoh kima ba yo mre ni tu mba don ba ka alkawali ba umumla don.
13 and also at the same time, they learn [to be] idle, going around the houses; and not only idle, but also tattlers and busybodies, speaking things they should not;
Ba yo sankon nitumba, da ni hu ni kon ni koh, ana sankon ni kagrit na, ba zama bi pre da ni ri ni tre wa ani hi wu mba na ni karbani, da tre kpie wa ana hei nitu koh na.
14 I intend, therefore, younger ones to marry, to bear children, to be mistress of the house, to give no occasion to the opposer of reviling;
Naki me so du mba bi kob wa ba hei ni nze ba duba na no ibizh ikon u ti meme kpie.
15 for some already turned aside after Satan.
Bari ba riga da joku da hu brji.
16 If any believing man or believing woman has widows, let them relieve them, and do not let the assembly be burdened, that it may relieve those [who are] really widows.
Inde iwa ri a toh di ahei ni mba bikob ka zo ba, do duba na no Ikkilisiya yah na, don Ikkilisiya du iya zo mba bi kob bi jaji ba.
17 Let them, the well-leading elders, be counted worthy of double honor, especially those laboring in word and teaching,
Datawa wa basi yi mulki didi, ba cancanta duba no ba nikon kpu hari, masama bi wa basi ti du nitre ni tsro.
18 for the Writing says, “You will not muzzle an ox treading out,” and, “Worthy [is] the workman of his reward.”
Naki nassi tre du na yo takukumi ni yeiu jaki nita wa asi tan wulo kpu na, indi wa ati du ani son duba han u' yah ma.
19 Do not receive an accusation against an elder, except on two or three witnesses.
Na kpa yeiu cice ndi na sei u samu shedu ni tuma kai ndi hari ko tra.
20 Reprove those sinning before all, that the others may also have fear;
Yar nan ni bi lah tre ni shishi ndi ba du bru ndi ba duba toh da klu sisir.
21 I fully testify, before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the chosen messengers, that you may keep these things, without prejudging, doing nothing by partiality.
Mi dokace a shishi Rji ni Almasihu Yesu, ni zababu malaiku hu tre biyi na son tu me, na tsro kankan na.
22 Be quickly laying hands on no one, nor be having fellowship with [the] sins of others; be keeping yourself pure;
Na wri kpa di vu wo sa ni ri na, don duna ri nimi lah tre iri na; jin tume duna hei ni rji.
23 no longer be drinking water, but be using a little wine, because of your stomach and of your frequent sicknesses;
Na ta so ima na, naki u ka so ima inabi fie me i don lilo ine me.
24 the sins of certain men are evident beforehand, leading before to judgment, but some also they follow after;
Lah tre ndi bari a hei ni rira me, kum ba hi ri ni mi sharia a man lah tre bari ba hu ni kogon.
25 in like manner the right works are also evident beforehand, and those that are otherwise are not able to be hid.
Ni koh kima idu bi didima ba toh ba ni rah, a man bana iya ri bari na.
