1 Timothée 5
1 Ne reprends point durement les vieillards, mais avertis-les comme tes pères; les jeunes hommes, comme tes frères;
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.
2 Les femmes âgées, comme tes mères; les jeunes, comme tes sœurs, en toute chasteté.
[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.
3 Honore les veuves qui sont vraiment veuves.
[Make sure that the congregation] takes care of widows who have no one to care for them.
4 Si quelque veuve a des fils ou des petits-fils, qu’elle leur apprenne, avant toute chose, à gouverner leur maison, et à rendre à leurs parents ce qu’ils ont reçu d’eux; car cela est agréable à Dieu.
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.
5 Que celle qui est vraiment veuve et délaissée espère en Dieu, et persiste jour et nuit dans les supplications et les prières.
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].
6 Car celle qui vit dans les délices est morte toute vivante.
But widows who just want to have a lot of pleasure are [spiritually] [MET] dead, although they are [physically] alive.
7 Et ordonne-leur cela, afin qu’elles soient irréprochables.
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).
8 Si quelqu’un n’a pas soin des siens, et surtout de ceux de sa maison, il a renié la foi, et il est pire qu’un infidèle.
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].
9 Que la veuve qu’on choisira n’ait pas moins de soixante ans; qu’elle n’ait eu qu’un mari;
[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.
10 Qu’on puisse rendre témoignage de ses bonnes œuvres: si elle a élevé ses enfants, si elle a exercé l’hospitalité, si elle a lavé les pieds des saints, si elle a secouru les affligés, si elle s’est appliquée à toute sorte de bonnes œuvres.
[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.
11 Mais écarte les jeunes veuves; car après s’être abandonnées à la mollesse dans le service du Christ, elles veulent se marier;
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.
12 S’attirant ainsi la condamnation, puisqu’elles ont violé leur première foi.
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].)
13 Mais de plus, oisives, elles s’habituent à courir les maisons, et elles sont non seulement oisives, mais causeuses et curieuses, parlant de ce qu’il ne faut pas.
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.
14 Je veux donc que les jeunes se marient, qu’elles aient des enfants, qu’elles soient mères de famille, et qu’elles ne donnent à noire adversaire aucune occasion de blâme.
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].
15 Déjà, en effet, quelques-unes sont retournées à Satan.
[I say this] because some [younger widows] have stopped [obeying Christ] in order to obey Satan.
16 Si quelque fidèle a des veuves, qu’il les assiste, et que l’Eglise n’en soit pas chargée, afin qu’elle puisse suffire à celles qui sont vraiment veuves.
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].
17 Que les prêtres qui gouvernent bien soient regardés comme dignes d’un double honneur, surtout ceux qui s’appliquent à la parole et à l’enseignement.
[Each congregation] should pay well the elders who lead [well. They should] greatly honor them, especially those who preach and those who teach.
18 Car l’Ecriture dit: Vous ne fierez point la bouche du bœuf qui foule le grain; et: L’ouvrier est digne de son salaire.
[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].
19 Ne reçois pas d’accusation contre un prêtre, si ce n’est devant deux ou trois témoins.
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].
20 Reprends ceux qui pèchent, devant tout le monde, afin que les autres en conçoivent de la crainte.
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].
21 Je te conjure devant Dieu, devant le Christ Jésus, et les anges élus, d’observer ces choses sans préjugé, ne faisant rien en inclinant d’un autre côté.
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.
22 N’impose légèrement les mains à personne, et ne participe en rien aux péchés des autres. Sois toujours chaste toi-même.
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.
23 Ne continue pas à ne boire que de l’eau; mais use d’un peu de vin, à cause de ton estomac et de tes fréquentes infirmités.
[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.
24 Les péchés de quelques hommes sont manifestes, et les devancent au jugement; mais ceux de certains autres les suivent.
[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.
25 Et pareillement les œuvres bonnes sont manifestes, et celles qui ne le sont pas ne peuvent rester cachées.
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.
