1 Timoty 5
1 Aza mamely mafy loatra ny anti-panahy, fa anaro toy ny ray izy, ny tanora fanahy toy ny rahalahy,
An elderly man, do not thou reprimand, but beseech him, as [though he were thy] father, —younger men, as brothers,
2 ny vehivavy anti-panahy toy ny reny, ny tanora fanahy toy ny anabavy, amin’ ny fahadiovana rehetra.
Elderly women, as mothers, younger women, as sisters, in all chastity.
3 Omeo voninahitra ny mpitondratena izay efa mpitondratena tokoa.
Widows, honour thou—who indeed are widows: —
4 Fa raha misy mpitondratena manana zanaka na zafy, aoka ireo hianatra aloha haneho izay toe-panahy araka an’ Andriamanitra amin’ ny ao an-tranony ka hamaly soa ny rainy aman-dreniny; fa izany no ankasitrahana eo anatrehan’ Andriamanitra.
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 Fa izay efa mpitondratena tokoa ka irery tena dia efa manantena an’ Andriamanitra ka maharitra amin’ ny fangatahana sy ny fivavahana andro aman’ alina
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 Fa izay vehivavy manaram-po amin’ ny fahafinaretana dia maty fahavelony.
Whereas, she that runneth riot, while living, is, dead:
7 Ary izany zavatra izany no andidio, mba tsy hananany tsiny.
And, these things, be giving in charge, that, without reproach, they may be;
8 Fa raha misy tsy mamelona ny azy, indrindra fa ny ankohonany, dia efa nandà ny finoana izy ka ratsy noho ny tsy mino aza.
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 Aza soratana ho isan’ ny mpitondratena izay latsaka noho ny enim-polo taona sady efa nanam-bady indray mandeha ihany
Let, a widow, be put on the list—having become, not less than sixty years old, one man’s, wife,
10 ary tsara laza amin’ ny asa tsara; raha namelon-jaza izy, raha nampiantrano vahiny, raha nanasa ny tongotry ny olona masìna, raha namonjy ny nozoim-pahoriana, raha nazoto nanaraka ny asa tsara rehetra.
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 Fa mandava ny mpitondra-tena tanora; fa raha tsy maharitra ny fifehezan’ i Kristy izy, dia ta-hanam-bady
But, younger widows, decline thou; for, as soon as they wax wanton against the Christ, to marry, are they determined, —
12 ka hahazo fanamelohana, satria nandà ny finoany voalohany izy.
Having, as sentence, —that, their first faith, they have set at nought;
13 Sady mianatra ho malaina koa izy ka mandehandeha mitety trano; ary tsy malaina ihany, fa mpilazalaza sy mpandehandeha miraharaha ny an’ olona ka manao teny tsy mety.
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 Koa tiako ny mpitondratena tanora fanahy hanam-bady sy hanana zanaka sy hanapaka ny tranony ka tsy hanome vava ny fahavalo hiteny ratsy.
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 Fa ny sasany efa nivily sahady nanaraka an’ i Satana.
For, already, some have turned aside after Satan:
16 Raha misy vehivavy mino manana mpitondratena, aoka izy hamelona azy, ary aza avela hahavaky tratra ny fiangonana, mba hamelomany izay efa mpitondratena tokoa.
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 Aoka ny loholona izay mitondra tsara hatao tokony hahazo fanajana roa heny indrindra fa izay nikely aina amin’ ny teny sy ny fampianarana.
Let, the well presiding elders, of double honour, be accounted worthy, especially they who toil in discourse and teaching;
18 Fa hoy ny Soratra Masìna: “Aza manakombona ny vavan’ ny omby mively vary ianao” Ary koa: “Ny mpiasa miendrika hahazo ny karamany”.
For the scripture saith—A threshing ox, shalt thou not muzzle, and—Worthy, is the workman, of his hire.
19 Aza mandray teny hiampangana loholona, raha tsy misy vavolombelona roa na telo.
Against an elder, entertain not, an accusation, except at, [the mouth of] two, or three, witnesses;
20 Izay manota dia anaro eo anatrehan’ ny olona rehetra, mba hatahotra koa ny sasany.
But, them who are sinning, before all, do thou reprove, that, the rest also, may have, fear: —
21 Mananatra anao mafy aho eo anatrehan’ Andriamanitra sy Kristy Jesosy ary ny anjely voafidy mba hotandremanao izany zavatra izany, tsy manao olon-tiana, na manao na inona na inona amin’ ny fiangarana.
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 Aza malaky mametra-tanana amin’ olona na iza na iza, ary aza miombona ota amin’ ny sasany; tehirizo madio ny tenanao.
Hands, suddenly, upon no one, lay, neither have fellowship with sins of strangers: thyself, keep, chaste: —
23 Aza misotro rano intsony fa misotroa divay kely noho ny vava-fonao sy ny fahosaosanao matetika.
No longer, be a water-drinker, but, of a little wine, make use, because of thy stomach and thy, frequent, sicknesses.
24 Ny fahotan’ ny olona sasany miharihary ka mialoha ho amin’ ny fitsarana, fa ny an’ ny sasany kosa manaraka ato aoriana.
Some men’s sins, are, openly evident, leading on into judgment, with some, however, they even follow after;
25 Ary miharihary toy izany koa ny asa tsara; ary izay tsy toy izany dia tsy ho azo afenina.
In the same way, the noble works also, are openly evident, —and, they that are otherwise, cannot be hid.
