1 Timothy 5
1 An elderly man, do not thou reprimand, but beseech him, as [though he were thy] father, —younger men, as brothers,
Axüngvai kpami cän käh jah pyensa lü na pa mäia ani cun nghui na bä. Ami sak dik hamkia kpamie cän pi na benaa mäia jah vecawh püia.
2 Elderly women, as mothers, younger women, as sisters, in all chastity.
Axüngvai nghnumie pi na nua mäia jah mtheh lü ami sak diki nghnumie pi na cina mäia mlung ngcimnak üng jah mcuhmtheh bä.
3 Widows, honour thou—who indeed are widows: —
Amimät vekia hmeinue kcang cän jah leisawng bä.
4 Howbeit, if, any widow, hath, children or grandchildren, let them be learning—first, unto their own house, to be shewing reverence, and, returns, to be making unto their progenitors; for, this, is acceptable before God;
Acunsepi, a tuca vekia hmeinue akcüka ami imkyawng üng Pamhnam ami jum vaia mta ami pawh vai cun ngthei ma u lü ami nupa ja ami pupie cun jah thungkhih be kawm u, isetiakyaküng, ahin naw Pamhnam jesaki ni.
5 But, she who is indeed a widow, and is left alone, hath turned her hope towards God, and is giving attendance unto the supplications and the prayers, night and day, —
Hmeinu amät däk ve lü bükteng khai am veki cun Pamhnam äpei lü amhnüp amthan ktaiyü lü Pamhnam üm na khawhki.
6 Whereas, she that runneth riot, while living, is, dead:
Bawimangnak vai suikia hmeinu ta xüng kyaw lüpi thiki ni.
7 And, these things, be giving in charge, that, without reproach, they may be;
U naw pi ami hmakatnak käh a jah hmuh vaia ahina mcuhmthehnake cän na jah mthei vai.
8 If, however, anyone, for his own, and specially them of his household, taketh not forethought, his faith, hath he denied, and is worse, than one without faith!
A u pi ami kawnsang, aktunga ami mäta imkyawng üngka am büktengki ta jumeinak mah lü am jumeikie kthaka pi sexuki ni.
9 Let, a widow, be put on the list—having become, not less than sixty years old, one man’s, wife,
A kum khyukip am khekia nghnumi cän hmeinu calang üng käh na ngpüisak vai. Acuna thea ahun däk va cei mah lü
10 In noble works, being well-attested; —if she hath nourished children, if she hath shewn hospitality, if, saints feet, she hath washed, if, them who were in tribulation, she hath succoured, if, in every good, work she hath followed on:
akdaw a bilawha phäh nglongthangki: a ca akdawa jah mdühmcahki, a ima khin dokhamki, jumeikiea phäh nemkia mtae biloki, khuikhakia khyange jah kpüi lü amät pi akdawkya biloki cun na ngpüisak vai.
11 But, younger widows, decline thou; for, as soon as they wax wanton against the Christ, to marry, are they determined, —
Ami sak dik hamkia hmeinue ta käh na jah ngpüisak vai; isetiakyaküng, ami cei mah be vai ami täng üng Khritaw nglatakie,
12 Having, as sentence, —that, their first faith, they have set at nought;
akcüka ami pawha khyütam ami lümkana phäh mkhyekatnak pha law khai ni.
13 At the same time, to be idlers, are they learning, going about from house to house; and, not only idlers, but, gossips, also, and, busybodies, —saying the things they ought not,
Khyange ima cit hü u lü ami kcün päihnak khaie, acuna thea akse bawk ta, am ami pyensak vai pyen u lü khyanga am adawa mawng cingjangei khaie ni.
14 I am minded, therefore, that, the younger ones, marry, bear children, be mistress of the house, —giving, no single occasion, unto the opposer, as a cause, of reviling;
Acunakyase, a sak dik hamki hmeinue cän cei mah be u lü ami imkyawng ja ami canae cun ami jah mceimsang üngva mi yee naw mi phäha akse ami pyen vai am ve.
15 For, already, some have turned aside after Satan:
Hmeinu avange ta Khawyam läk khaia nglat pängkie ni.
16 If any, believing woman, hath widows, let her be giving them succour, and not suffer the assembly to be burdened, —that, them who are indeed widows, it may itself succour.
Khritjan nghnumia ima hmeinue kcang ami ve üng ani naw jah mcei lü sangcima phäha phüihkawh käh mtaih kawm, acukba akyak üngva amimät veki hmeinue cun sangcim naw jah mceimsang khai.
17 Let, the well presiding elders, of double honour, be accounted worthy, especially they who toil in discourse and teaching;
Khawngmanga kba akdawa khut biki ngvaie cän, aktunga ngthu sang lü jah mtheimthangkie cun püp nghngih ngkhyengnak yahei khaiea ngkäihki ni.
18 For the scripture saith—A threshing ox, shalt thou not muzzle, and—Worthy, is the workman, of his hire.
Cangcim naw, “Cang lehsaka se cän a mpyawng käh kbüpa” “khüikie cän pi ngkhyengnak yah khaie ni” tia pyenki.
19 Against an elder, entertain not, an accusation, except at, [the mouth of] two, or three, witnesses;
Nghngih kthuma ja acuna thea nungki saksi am ve xa lü angvai ami mkateia ngkhaw cän käh jah ngai bä.
20 But, them who are sinning, before all, do thou reprove, that, the rest also, may have, fear: —
Mkhyekatkie cän khyang ksunga na jah ksenak üngva akcee pi kyühei khaie.
21 I adjure thee, before God, and Christ Jesus, and the chosen messengers, that, these things, thou observe, apart from prejudgment, doing, nothing, by partiality.
Pamhnam ni, Khritaw Jesuh ja a xüa khankhawngsä hea hmaia khawkphyüm ngai lü khyang hmai käh na teng vaia hina mcuhmthehnake hin jah läklama.
22 Hands, suddenly, upon no one, lay, neither have fellowship with sins of strangers: thyself, keep, chaste: —
Bawipaa khut pawh khaia khyange jah cuap lü ami khana na kut akjanga käh mtaih bä. Khyangea mkhye käh jah ng’yetei püi lü namät na ngcimsak vai.
23 No longer, be a water-drinker, but, of a little wine, make use, because of thy stomach and thy, frequent, sicknesses.
Am na khyaih xawh xawhkia kyase tui däk käh aw lü na ei acip thei vaia capyit tui aläm pi awk sih bä.
24 Some men’s sins, are, openly evident, leading on into judgment, with some, however, they even follow after;
Khyang avangea mkhyekatnak cun angsinga mi hmu se ami mkhye naw ngthumkhyah vaia jah cehpüi lü khyang akcea mkhyekatnak cun hnua ni mi hmuh ta.
25 In the same way, the noble works also, are openly evident, —and, they that are otherwise, cannot be hid.
Acukba kunga akdaw mi bilawh cun angsinga mi hmu lü am ngsing bäki cän pi am mi thup thei.
