1 Timote 5
1 Kogangela mobange te, kasi lendisa ye lokola nde azali tata na yo. Lendisa bilenge mibali lokola bandeko,
Rebuke not an elder, but entreat [him] as a father; [and] the younger men as brethren;
2 bamama mibange lokola bamama, bilenge basi lokola bandeko basi, na motema peto.
The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.
3 Sunga malamu basi oyo bakufisa mibali, oyo bazali penza kokelela.
Honor widows that are widows indeed.
4 Soki mwasi akufisa mobali azali na bana to bakoko, bana to bakoko yango basengeli, liboso na nyonso, koyekola kotalisa botosi na bango kati na makambo ya Nzambe na nzela ya kosunga libota na bango mpe kozongisa bolamu epai ya baboti mpe bakoko na bango, pamba te kosala bongo esepelisaka Nzambe.
But if any widow hath children or nephews, let them learn first to show piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.
5 Mwasi akufisa mobali, oyo atikala penza ye moko mpe azali kokelela atiaka elikya na ye kati na Nzambe mpe asambelaka butu mpe moyi mpo na kosenga lisungi epai ya Nzambe.
Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.
6 Kasi mwasi akufisa mobali, oyo amipesaka na bisengo azali ya kokufa atako azali na bomoi.
But she that liveth in pleasure, is dead while she liveth.
7 Pesa bango malako yango mpo ete batambola na bomoi ezanga pamela.
And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless.
8 Moto nyonso oyo asungaka bandeko na ye te, mingi-mingi bato ya libota na ye, asili kobwaka kondima mpe azali moto mabe koleka ata moto oyo azali mondimi te.
But if any provideth not for his own, and especially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
9 Mpo ete mwasi atangama na molongo ya basi bakufisa mibali, oyo Lingomba azali na mokumba ya kosunga, asengeli kozala na mibu tuku motoba ya mbotama to koleka, kozala mwasi ya makangu te,
Let not a widow be taken into the number under sixty years old, having been the wife of one man.
10 kozala mwasi oyo akenda sango mpo na misala na ye ya malamu: abokolaki bana na ye malamu, azalaki koyamba malamu bapaya kati na ndako na ye, kosukola makolo ya basantu, kosunga bato na mawa mpe komipesa na misala nyonso ya malamu.
Well reported of for good works; if she hath brought up children, if she hath lodged strangers, if she hath washed the saints' feet, if she hath relieved the afflicted, if she hath diligently followed every good work.
11 Kasi kotanga te bilenge basi bakufisa mibali na molongo ya basi bakufisa mibali; pamba te soki posa na bango ya nzoto elamuki mpe epengwisi bango na miso ya Klisto, bakoluka lisusu kobala,
But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to grow wanton against Christ, they will marry;
12 mpe, likolo na yango, bakomema ngambo mpo ete balongisi te ekateli na bango ya liboso.
Having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith.
13 Mpe tina mosusu oyo okotanga bango te na molongo ya basi bakufisa mibali ezali ete bakokoma bagoyigoyi mpe bakokoma koyengayenga na bandako ya bato mosusu. Na bongo, bakokoma bagoyigoyi kaka te, kasi mpe bato na bilobaloba, bato na songisongi mpe bato oyo balobaka makambo oyo basengeli kutu koloba te.
And at the same time they learn [to be] idle, wandering about from house to house, and not only idle, but tattlers also, and busy-bodies, speaking things which they ought not.
14 Yango wana nazali kopesa toli epai ya bilenge basi bakufisa mibali ete babala na bango lisusu, babota bana, bakamba bandako na bango malamu, mpo ete bapesa na banguna nzela te ya kotonga biso.
I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give no occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.
15 Likambo ya pasi ezali ete mingi kati na bango basili kobunga nzela mpo na kolanda Satana.
For some are already turned aside after Satan.
16 Soki, kati na Lingomba, ezali na mwasi mondimi oyo, kati na libota na ye, azali na basi bakufisa mibali, tika ete asunga bango; mpe tika ete Lingomba emema mokumba na bango te mpo ete ekoka kosunga basi bakufisa mibali, oyo basengeli penza na lisungi mpo ete bakelela.
If any man or woman that believeth hath widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.
17 Bakambi oyo batambolisaka malamu misala ya Lingomba basengeli kozwa lifuti mbala mibale, mingi-mingi ba-oyo basalaka mosala ya kopanza Sango malamu mpe ya koteya.
Let the elders that rule well, be counted worthy of double honor, especially they who labor in the word and doctrine.
18 Pamba te Makomi elobi: « Osengeli te kokanga monoko ya ngombe oyo ezali konika bambuma, » mpe « mosali asengeli na lifuti na ye. »
For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The laborer [is] worthy of his reward.
19 Kondimaka te maloba ya moto oyo ayei ye moko kofunda mokambi ya Lingomba epai na yo; okondima ye kaka soki ayei elongo na bato mibale to misato lokola batatoli mpo na kolendisa bosolo ya likambo yango.
Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses.
20 Na miso ya bato nyonso, pamelaka bakambi oyo basali masumu mpo ete bato mosusu bakoma na botosi.
Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.
21 Liboso ya Nzambe, ya Yesu-Klisto mpe ya ba-anjelu oyo baponama, napesi yo mokumba ya kobatela mitindo oyo na kozanga kopona bilongi.
I charge [thee] before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.
22 Kotiela moto maboko noki te mpe kosanganaka te na masumu ya bato mosusu. Mibatela peto.
Impose hands hastily on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure.
23 Okomelaka mayi kaka te, kasi melaka mpe mwa masanga ya vino mpo ete esunga yo mpo na pasi na yo ya libumu mpe mpo na bokono oyo ozwaka mbala na mbala.
Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake, and thy frequent infirmities.
24 Ezali na bato oyo masumu na bango emonanaka polele liboso ete basambisa bango, kasi masumu ya bamosusu emonanaka sima na tango.
Some men's sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment: and some [men] they follow after.
25 Ezali mpe ndenge moko mpo na misala malamu: emonanaka polele. Kasi misala oyo ekomonana polele te ekotikala ya kobombama te mpo na libela.
Likewise also the good works [of some] are manifest beforehand; and they that are otherwise cannot be hid.
