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.
| با مرد سالخورده هرگز با خشونت سخن نگو، بلکه او را همچون پدر خود با احترام نصیحت کن. با جوانان مثل برادران خود، با محبت سخن بگو. |
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.
| با زنان پیر مانند مادر خود و با دختران جوان همچون خواهران خود رفتار کن و افکارت درباره ایشان همیشه پاک باشد. |
3 [Make sure that the congregation] takes care of widows who have no one to care for them.
| از بیوه‌زنان مراقبت و نگهداری کن، البته اگر کسی را نداشته باشند که از ایشان مراقبت نماید. |
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.
| اما اگر فرزندان یا نوه‌هایی دارند، ایشان باید از آنان نگهداری به عمل آورند، و بیاموزند که نیکوکاری را از خانه شروع کنند و اول از همه، دِین خود را به والدین و اجداد خود ادا نمایند. این چیزی است که خدا را خشنود و راضی می‌سازد. |
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].
| بیوه واقعی زنی است که واقعاً کسی را در این دنیا ندارد و چشم امیدش به خداست و شب و روز در دعا از خدا یاری می‌جوید. |
6 But widows who just want to have a lot of pleasure are [spiritually] [MET] dead, although they are [physically] alive.
| اما بیوه‌زنی که بیکار می‌گردد و بدگویی می‌کند و در پی خوشگذرانی است، در حال حیات، مرده است. |
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).
| این باید جزو مقررات کلیسای شما باشد، تا اعضا بدانند چه کاری درست است و آن را انجام دهند. |
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].
| اما اگر کسی به احتیاجات خویشان و به‌خصوص اعضای خانوادهٔ خود بی‌توجه باشد، ایمان واقعی را انکار کرده است؛ چنین شخصی از یک کافر هم پست‌تر است. |
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.
| فقط بیوه‌زنی را برای دریافت حمایت از کلیسا ثبت نام کن که سنّش بالای شصت سال بوده، و به شوهرش که فوت کرده، وفادار بوده باشد. |
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.
| چنین بیوه‌زنان باید کارهای نیکو انجام داده باشند نظیر تربیت فرزندان، میهمان‌نوازی از غریبه‌ها، شستن پاهای مقدّسان، کمک به رنج‌دیدگان، و همچنین خویشتن را به انجام هر نوع کار نیک وقف نموده باشند. |
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.
| بیوه‌های جوانتر از این را جزو این گروه نپذیر، زیرا وقتی امیال جسمانی‌شان بر تعهدی که به مسیح سپرده‌اند، چیره گردد، می‌خواهند بار دیگر ازدواج کنند. |
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].)
| به این ترتیب، به سبب شکستن پیمان اولشان با مسیح، مورد محکومیت قرار می‌گیرند. |
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.
| از این گذشته، بیوهٔ جوان ممکن است به بیکاری و تنبلی عادت کند، و خانه به خانه بگردد و در مورد این و آن به بدگویی بپردازد و در کار دیگران فضولی کرده، بیهوده‌گویی نماید. |
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].
| پس به نظر من، بهتر است که بیوه‌های جوان ازدواج کنند و بچه‌دار شوند و به خانه‌داری بپردازند، تا کسی نتواند از کلیسا عیب و ایرادی بگیرد. |
15 [I say this] because some [younger widows] have stopped [obeying Christ] in order to obey Satan.
| زیرا چنانکه پیداست، عده‌ای از بیوه‌ها از کلیسا روگردان شده، شیطان را پیروی می‌کنند. |
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].
| بار دیگر یادآوری می‌کنم که خویشان هر بیوه‌زن باید خرج او را بدهند و این بار را بر دوش کلیسا نگذارند، تا کلیسا بتواند از بیوه‌زنانی نگهداری کند که براستی کسی را ندارند. |
17 [Each congregation] should pay well the elders who lead [well. They should] greatly honor them, especially those who preach and those who teach.
| مشایخی که امور کلیسا را خوب اداره می‌کنند، سزاوار احترام و دستمزدی کافی هستند، به‌خصوص آنانی که در کار موعظه و تعلیم کلام خدا زحمت می‌کشند. |
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].
| زیرا در کتب مقدّس آمده: «دهان گاوی را که خرمن می‌کوبد، نبند و بگذار به هنگام کار، از خرمنت بخورد.» و در جای دیگر نیز می‌فرماید: «زیرا کارگر مستحق مزد خویش است.» |
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].
| اگر بر یکی از مشایخ اتهامی وارد شود، آن را نپذیر مگر آنکه دو یا سه نفر شاهد، آن را تأیید کنند. |
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].
| اگر ثابت شد که گناه کرده است، باید او را در حضور همه توبیخ کنی تا برای دیگران درس عبرتی باشد. |
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.
| در حضور خدا و عیسی مسیح و فرشتگان مقدّس، تو را قسم می‌دهم که این دستورها را بدون طرفداری اجرا کنی و تبعیضی میان افراد قائل نگردی. |
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.
| در نهادن دستها به منظور انتصاب افراد برای خدمت کلیسا شتاب نکن. در گناهان دیگران شریک نشو. خود را پاک و مقدّس نگاه دار. |
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.
| خوب است که به‌جز آب، گاهی نیز برای ناراحتی معده‌ات، کمی شراب بنوشی، زیرا اغلب بیمار می‌شوی. |
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.
| گناهان برخی افراد آشکار است و آنها را به داوری می‌برد. اما گناهان برخی دیگر در آینده دیده خواهد شد. |
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.
| به همین ترتیب، اعمال نیک و شریف برخی بر همه واضح است، و حتی اگر هم فعلاً آشکار نباشد، روزی آشکار خواهد شد. |
