1 Timotheo 5
1 Atĩrĩrĩ, ndũkanakũũme mũndũ mũkũrũ, kaba ũmũthaithage taarĩ thoguo, nao andũ arĩa ethĩ ta marĩ ariũ a thoguo,
An elderly man, do not thou reprimand, but beseech him, as [though he were thy] father, —younger men, as brothers,
2 Atumia arĩa akũrũ, ũmatuage ta marĩ aa maitũguo, nao arĩa anini matuage ta airĩtu a thoguo, na wĩkage ũguo na mĩthiĩre yothe ya ũthingu.
Elderly women, as mothers, younger women, as sisters, in all chastity.
3 Rũmbũyagia atumia arĩa a ndigwa kũna, na ũmatĩĩage.
Widows, honour thou—who indeed are widows: —
4 No mũtumia wa ndigwa angĩkorwo arĩ na ciana, kana ciana cia ciana ciake-rĩ, ciana icio nĩ ciambe ciĩrute kũrutithia wĩtĩkio wacio wĩra na ũndũ wa kũmenyagĩrĩra andũ arĩa marĩ a nyũmba ciao kĩũmbe; tondũ gwĩka ũguo nĩ gũcookeria aciari a cio na aciari a aciari a cio ngaatho nĩgũkorwo ũndũ ũcio nĩũkenagia Ngai.
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;
5 Mũtumia wa ndigwa ũrĩa ũbataire kũna, na ũtigĩtwo arĩ wiki-rĩ, ũcio aigaga mwĩhoko wake harĩ Ngai, na akahooyaga ũtukũ na mũthenya, akĩũria Ngai ũteithio ategũtigithĩria.
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, —
6 No mũtumia wa ndigwa ũrĩa ũikaraga agĩĩkenagia, ũcio nĩ mũkuũ o na arĩ muoyo.
Whereas, she that runneth riot, while living, is, dead:
7 Rutaga andũ maũndũ macio o namo, nĩgeetha gũtikagĩe mũndũ ũgũikara arĩ na ũcuuke.
And, these things, be giving in charge, that, without reproach, they may be;
8 Mũndũ wothe angĩaga gũteithia andũ ao, na makĩria arĩa marĩ a gwake mũciĩ-rĩ, mũndũ ũcio nĩakaanĩte wĩtĩkio na nĩ mũũru gũkĩra ũrĩa ũtetĩkĩtie.
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!
9 Gũtirĩ mũtumia wa ndigwa wagĩrĩire kwandĩkwo mũtaratara-inĩ wa atumia a ndigwa atakinyĩtie mĩaka mĩrongo ĩtandatũ, na akorwo aarĩ mwĩhokeku kũrĩ mũthuuri-we,
Let, a widow, be put on the list—having become, not less than sixty years old, one man’s, wife,
10 na akorwo nĩoĩkaine wega nĩ ũndũ wa gwĩkaga ciĩko njega, ta kũrera ciana, na gũtugaga ageni, na gũthambia nyarĩrĩ cia andũ arĩa aamũre, na gũteithagia andũ arĩa marĩ thĩĩna-inĩ, na kwĩrutagĩra we mwene gwĩkaga maũndũ marĩa mothe mega.
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:
11 Ha ũhoro wa atumia a ndigwa arĩa ethĩ-rĩ, ndũkamekĩre mũtaratara-inĩ ta ũcio, tondũ rĩrĩa makaguucĩrĩrio nĩ merirĩria mao ma mwĩrĩ, nĩmagatigana na Kristũ na macooke kwenda kũhika.
But, younger widows, decline thou; for, as soon as they wax wanton against the Christ, to marry, are they determined, —
12 Nĩ ũndũ wa ũguo magatuĩka a gũtuĩrwo ciira, tondũ nĩmathũkĩtie kĩĩranĩro kĩao kĩa mbere.
Having, as sentence, —that, their first faith, they have set at nought;
13 Ningĩ, nĩmemenyagĩria ũgũũta, magatuĩka a kũũrũũra kuuma nyũmba ĩmwe nginya ĩrĩa ĩngĩ. Na to ũgũũta wiki, o na nĩmatuĩkaga a kwaria ndeto cia mũhuhu na magetoonyereria maũndũ-inĩ ma andũ angĩ, makaaragia maũndũ marĩa mataagĩrĩirwo nĩ kwaria.
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,
14 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio-rĩ, niĩ ngũtaara atumia a ndigwa arĩa ethĩ mahike, na magĩe ciana, na marũgamagĩrĩre mĩciĩ yao, nĩguo matikae kũhe thũ iitũ mweke wa gũcambania.
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;
15 Ti-itherũ o na rĩu amwe ao nĩmarĩkĩtie kũgarũrũka na makarũmĩrĩra Shaitani.
For, already, some have turned aside after Satan:
16 Mũndũ-wa-nja o wothe mwĩtĩkia angĩkorwo arĩ na atumia a ndigwa a nyũmba yake-rĩ, nĩamateithagie arĩ we na ndagakuuithie kanitha mũrigo wao, nĩgeetha kanitha ũhote gũteithia atumia arĩa a ndigwa kũna, arĩa mabataire.
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.
17 Athuuri a kanitha arĩa matongoragia maũndũ ma kanitha wega nĩmagĩrĩirwo nĩ kũheo gĩtĩĩo mũno, na makĩria arĩa marutaga wĩra wa kũhunjia na kũrutana.
Let, the well presiding elders, of double honour, be accounted worthy, especially they who toil in discourse and teaching;
18 Nĩgũkorwo Maandĩko marĩa matheru moigĩte atĩrĩ, “Ndũkanohe ndegwa kanua rĩrĩa ĩkũranga ngano ĩkĩmĩhũũra,” na ningĩ nĩmoigĩte atĩrĩ, “Mũruti wĩra nĩagĩrĩirwo nĩkũheo mũcaara wake.”
For the scripture saith—A threshing ox, shalt thou not muzzle, and—Worthy, is the workman, of his hire.
19 Ndũkanetĩkĩrie mũthuuri wa kanitha athitangwo, tiga hakorirwo na ũira wa andũ eerĩ kana atatũ.
Against an elder, entertain not, an accusation, except at, [the mouth of] two, or three, witnesses;
20 Andũ arĩa maikaraga makĩĩhagia-rĩ, makaanagie mbere ya andũ othe, nĩguo arĩa angĩ maikarage metigĩrĩte.
But, them who are sinning, before all, do thou reprove, that, the rest also, may have, fear: —
21 Ndakwĩra atĩrĩ na ma ndĩ mbere ya Ngai, na Kristũ Jesũ o na araika arĩa athuure, ũmenyagĩrĩre morutani maya ũtegũthutũkania, na ndũkaneeke ũndũ o na ũmwe na kĩmenyano.
I adjure thee, before God, and Christ Jesus, and the chosen messengers, that, these things, thou observe, apart from prejudgment, doing, nothing, by partiality.
22 Ndũkahiũhage kũigĩrĩra mũndũ moko, na ndũkanagwatanĩre na mehia ma andũ arĩa angĩ. Ikaraga ũrĩ mũthingu.
Hands, suddenly, upon no one, lay, neither have fellowship with sins of strangers: thyself, keep, chaste: —
23 Tiga kũnyuuaga o maaĩ matheri, nyuuaga ndibei nini tondũ wa nda yaku, na nĩ ũndũ wa ũrĩa ũrũaraga kaingĩ.
No longer, be a water-drinker, but, of a little wine, make use, because of thy stomach and thy, frequent, sicknesses.
24 Mehia ma andũ amwe nĩmeyonanĩtie, makamatongoragia ciira-inĩ no mehia ma andũ angĩ mamoimaga thuutha.
Some men’s sins, are, openly evident, leading on into judgment, with some, however, they even follow after;
25 O ũndũ ũmwe, noguo ciĩko njega ciĩyonanagia, nacio iria itarĩ njega itingĩhithĩka.
In the same way, the noble works also, are openly evident, —and, they that are otherwise, cannot be hid.
