1 Timothy 5
1 Do not rebuke/scold older men. Instead, exhort/advise them [respectfully] as you would [exhort/advise] your father. Exhort/advise younger men [gently] as you would exhort/advise your brothers.
Ge moet niet hard optreden tegen een bejaard man, maar hem vermanen als een vader; jongelieden als broeders,
2 [Exhort/advise] older women [respectfully] as [you would exhort/advise] your mother. [Exhort/advise] younger women [gently] as [you would exhort/advise] your sisters; but you must act in a completely proper way as you do that.
bejaarde vrouwen als moeders, jonge vrouwen als zusters in alle eerbaarheid.
3 [Make sure that the congregation] takes care of widows who have no one to care for them.
De weduwen moet ge eren, zo ze inderdaad als weduwen alleen staan.
4 If a widow has children or grandchildren, these [children or grandchildren] should learn that they are to take care of their own family first. By doing that they can repay their parents and grandparents for all that they did for them when they were young, because doing that pleases God.
Want zo een weduwe kinderen of kleinkinderen heeft, dan moeten die vóór alles leren, hun eigen familie in ere te houden, en hun ouders het goede te vergelden; want dit is aangenaam aan God.
5 The widows who are really alone and have no one [to help them] confidently expect that God [will help them]. So night and day they pray, earnestly asking [DOU] [God that he will help them and others].
Wie werkelijk weduwe is en helemaal alleen staat, moet haar hoop op God gevestigd houden, en volharden in bidden en smeken, nacht en dag;
6 But widows who just want to have a lot of pleasure are [spiritually] [MET] dead, although they are [physically] alive.
als ze een dartel leven leidt, is ze levend dood.
7 And tell [the congregation] that [the children or grandchildren should do] these things in order that [no one] can (criticize the believers/say that the believers are doing anything that is wrong).
Ook dit moet ge inscherpen, opdat ze zich onberispelijk gedragen.
8 If anyone does not take care of those who live in his own house, and especially if he does not take care of his own family, he has (denied/quit believing) what we believe and [we should consider that] he is worse than a person who does not believe [in Christ].
En zo er een is, die zich niet om haar familie en heel in het bijzonder zich niet om haar huisgenoten bekommert, dan verloochent ze het geloof, en is erger dan een ongelovige.
9 [You have a list of] widows [who will do work for the congregation and receive money]. Put women’s names on the list [only if] they are more than 60 years old, and if they were faithful to their husbands.
Als weduwe mag op de lijst worden geplaatst, die niet beneden de zestig jaren is, en slechts éénmaal gehuwd is geweest.
10 [Put women’s names on that list only] if it is known that they have wholeheartedly done every kind of good deed, if they have helped [children] who were afflicted/suffering, if they have (brought up/cared for) their children [properly/well], if they have welcomed and cared for guests, and if they have humbly served [MTY] other believers.
Ze moet gunstig bekend staan om haar goede werken: dat ze namelijk haar kinderen heeft opgevoed, gastvrijheid beoefend, de voeten der heiligen gewassen, de noodlijdenden ondersteund, en zich aan allerlei goede werken heeft toegewijd.
11 As for younger widows, do not put their names on that list, because they [promise to do work for the congregation, but instead of doing that, they usually] want to marry [again] (OR, marry an unbeliever) when they have a strong desire to get married.
Maar jonge weduwen moet ge afwijzen. Want wanneer oplaaiende zinnelijkheid haar van Christus vervreemdt, willen ze trouwen;
12 If that happens, they may become guilty of not having done what they had promised [to do for the congregation] (OR, promised [Christ that they would do].)
en ze lopen een veroordeling in, omdat ze de vroegere gelofte hebben verbroken.
13 In addition, they [generally] become lazy. Specifically, as they [just] go about from house to house, they also begin (to gossip/to talk about people) and to meddle in other people’s affairs, saying what they should not say.
Tegelijkertijd leren ze dan leeglopers worden door het houden van huisbezoek; en niet alleen leeglopers, maar ook babbelaars, bemoeiallen, beuzelend over al wat niet past.
14 So I advise that [instead of putting the names of younger widows on the list, they] marry again, that they bear/have children, that they manage their homes [well], and that they do nothing for which an enemy can say bad things about [them].
Ik verlang dus, dat jongere weduwen trouwen, kinderen ter wereld brengen, haar huishouding besturen, en dat ze den tegenstander geen enkele aanleiding geven tot lasteren.
15 [I say this] because some [younger widows] have stopped [obeying Christ] in order to obey Satan.
Feitelijk zijn enkelen reeds achter Satan verloren gelopen.
16 If any woman who believes [in Christ] has widows [in her household/family], she should take care of them. The congregation should not be burdened by having {She should not depend on the congregation} to take care of their [needs]. The congregation should take care of the widows who truly [have no one to care for them].
Wanneer een gelovige vrouw onder haar verwanten weduwen telt, dan moet zij ze bijstaan; men moet de gemeente er niet mee belasten, opdat deze de eigenlijke weduwen kan helpen.
17 [Each congregation] should pay well the elders who lead [well. They should] greatly honor them, especially those who preach and those who teach.
De priesters, die op waardige wijze aan het hoofd staan, moeten dubbele eer worden waardig geacht; vooral als ze zich inspannen door prediking en onderricht.
18 [Long ago Moses] wrote in the Scriptures, “While an ox is threshing [grain], you must not tie its mouth [so that it cannot eat the grain],” and [Jesus said], “[People] should pay those who work [for their benefit].” [So we know that congregations should support their leaders].
De Schrift immers zegt: “Een dorsenden os zult ge niet muilbanden,” en “de werkman is zijn loon waard.”
19 When some person accuses an elder [about doing wrong], accept what he says only if there are [at least] two or three persons who (testify/say [that]) [they saw him do that wrong].
Tegen een priester moogt ge geen aanklacht aanvaarden, dan onder twee of drie getuigen.
20 But as for any [elder] who repeatedly sins, rebuke him before the whole congregation, in order that the rest [of the elders] will be afraid [to sin].
Hebben ze gezondigd, straf ze dan in tegenwoordigheid van allen, opdat ook de overigen worden afgeschrikt.
21 I solemnly tell you that [as you keep in mind that] God and Christ Jesus and the holy angels know everything that you do, obey these commands [about elders]! [As you consider what others say about an elder doing wrong], do not easily/quickly decide that what they say is true. And treat them all equally.
Ik bezweer u bij God en Christus Jesus en bij de uitverkoren Engelen, dat ge dergelijke zaken zonder vooroordeel behandelt, en niets uit partijdigheid doet.
22 Do not be in a hurry to put your hands on a man ([to set him apart/to appoint him]) [as an elder. Wait until you have examined him to see how he conducts his life], because [God will consider] that you are responsible if [you approve] a person who sins, saying that he should [become an elder]. Keep your life pure in every way.
Leg niemand overijld de handen op, en maak u niet schuldig aan vreemde zonden.
23 [And Timothy], no longer drink [only] water, but instead, drink a little wine [also], because [that may help to cure] your stomach’s frequent illnesses.
Bewaar uw reinheid; drink niet langer water alleen, maar gebruik wat wijn voor uw maag en uw voortdurende ongesteldheid.
24 [I tell you not] ([to set apart/appoint]) [elders hastily, without seeing how they conduct their lives, because] some people [sin secretly], so that it is not known what they have done until after someone examines them (OR, before God judges them). But some people sin openly, so that people know what they have done before anyone examines them.
Van sommige mensen zijn de zonden reeds vóór de rechterlijke uitspraak bekend, van anderen eerst daarna.
25 Similarly, although [some people] do good things openly, with the result that people know what they have done, some people [do good things secretly], yet the good things that they have done cannot remain secret either.
Op dezelfde wijze raken ook de goede werken bekend; in ieder geval, verborgen blijven kunnen ze niet.
