Utimoti 5
1 Ulekhe ukhupwa tila ubaba ugogo. Udwandage ndu dadayo upape amakha avafijana avademi vope valukolo lwakho.
Do not rebuke an older man harshly, but exhort him as a father, younger men as brothers,
2 Uvape amakha ava vanyokho avagogolo nda va vanyokho vakho, na vadala avachebe manya ava vahanchavo nu vugolofu woni.
older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, with all purity.
3 Uvagane avafyile vala avafyuelweli lweli.
Give financial support to widows who are really ‘widows’.
4 Pangave ufyule alina vana navakhukhu, valeghe taasi vamanyile ukhuvonesya elisima khuvanu va munyumba vavevene.
But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to demonstrate piety in their own household by repaying their parents, for this is pleasing to God.
5 Pakhuva ufyile lwelweli viula uvaalimawene uyu ivikha amasage goni khwa Nguluve. Hange itama isikhunchoni munyesayo pakilo na pamusi.
Now she who is really a widow and desolate has set her hope on God, and continues in supplications and prayers night and day.
6 Pakhuva udala uvi itama mombutula nongwa ufyile ndagave mwumii.
But she who indulges in pleasure is dead while she lives.
7 Numayisyage umbombo nchi vasite ukhuva nulukuto.
You should even command these things, so that they may be blameless.
8 Pakhuva umunu uvisakhuva tunja avalukololwe, vala avamunyumba vavene uyu alubelile ulwidikho, imbivi ndavasavi khwidekha.
But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
9 Uno avadala visimbi wage ndavafyile avanya vigono ifi safi pungukha emiakha sitini vwlala va gosi yumo.
No widow should be enrolled unless she is at least sixty, a one man wife,
10 Panogilenchumanyi khe nanchi mbombo cha mwene inonu, ingave avatunchinche avana, hange avile nikhisa khuva genji apange akalifye amatunde ga videkhi, apange agelile ukhwihumya pambombo yoni enonu.
known for good works—she brought up children, she lodged strangers, she washed saints' feet, she relieved the afflicted, she devoted herself to every good work.
11 Pu nita khuvala avafyele avadebe, ubelage ukhuvasimba mukala ya vafyile. Pakhuva vingingele mutamaa cha mbili vinogwaga ukhutoliwa.
As for younger widows, do not enroll them; because whenever they are controlled by sensual desires rather than by Christ, they want to marry,
12 Khunjila iye vikhwingila munongwa nukhudenya indagilo n'cha lutanchi.
coming under judgment because they have broken their first commitment.
13 Nukhhwingila mumbu chovele wa wolo avene vigenda munyomba neinyumba saviva volo. Pakhuva vikwingila musolo nimbombo inchingu vichovaga inongwa in'chi tawajinogiwa ukhuvuchova.
Not only that, they learn to be idle, going around from house to house; and not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things they ought not to.
14 Pu une ninogwa avadala avadebe vatoli wage, avagogolo avana vimelile unyumba n'cha vene vasile ukhupa enafasi usetano yakhutusitakha nukhuvumba imbivi.
So I want the younger widows to marry, to bear children, to manage the home, to give the adversary no occasion for caustic comments.
15 Pakhuva vingi hata lino vapendwighe kwa setano.
(In fact, some have already turned aside after Satan.)
16 Angave pwale udala umwidekhu alina va fyile avatange pakhuva elikanisa yaligatala ukhuvatanga avafyile lweli lweli.
If any man or woman who is a believer has widows, let them relieve them and not burden the congregation, so that it may relieve those who are widows indeed.
17 Lino avagogolo vala avilongoncha vunonu vavaliliwage ukhuva vinogwa elisima maraghangi, nasavala avivomba imbombo ya khumanyisya elimenyu lya Nguluve.
Let the elders who lead well be counted worthy of a double honorarium, especially those who labor in word and teaching.
18 Pakhuva elivangili lita “usite ukhuchendula undomo gwa senga vuyila elinyasi” nu “mbombo vulikava uluhombo lwa mwene.”
For the Scripture says: “You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out grain,” and “The worker is worthy of his wages.”
19 Usite ukhupokhela inongwa n'cha gogolo pange vave avasaidi vavili vadatu.
Do not entertain an accusation against an elder except on the basis of two or three witnesses.
20 Vavunge avayagile pamoho ga vanu voni apange avasigile ya vipona.
Those who are sinning rebuke publicly, so that the rest also may be in fear.
21 Nikhukhulagile pamiho ga Nguluve nu Yesu Kelisiti, na vasungwa avaha uwe ukhuta vabate indagilo nchi bila khubagula, nu site ukhuvomba ekhinu kyo kyoni nukhulola vupande.
I charge you in the presence of God and Sovereign Jesus Christ and the elect angels that you observe these things without prejudgment, doing nothing by partiality.
22 Usite ukhusaya umunu khimbive usite ukhuhanga nuvatulanongwa wa munu kyunge.
Do not lay hands [in ordination] hastily on anyone, do not thereby participate in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.
23 sapanogile ukhunywa amagosi gene unywi n'chage nuvubaga khunjola ya vutamu wa litumbu lyakho khila isikhi.
Stop drinking only water; use a little wine because of your stomach and your frequent infirmities.
24 Inongwa n'cha vanu avange nchi vonekha pavu valafu, mn'chinge nchilongo la khuvu hegi ni n'chinge nchikonga khusana.
The sins of some men are obvious, leading the way into judgment, while those of others trail behind.
25 Vivule vule imbombo n'chinge inonu n'chivonekha pavu valafu nin'chinge n'chifihekha.
So also the good works are obvious; even the ones that are not, cannot be hidden.
