1 Timoteo 5
1 Nnaakalipile bhakongopa, ikabhe mwaaleye mbuti ainabhenu. Na bhashanda mwaatendelanje mbuti ashaapwenu,
Do not reprimand an older man, but plead with him as if he were your father. Treat the young men as brothers,
2 bhanabhakongwe bhakongopa, mbuti anyinabhenu, na bhali mbuti ashaalumbu bhenu, nkuikonjeleya mowe.
the older women as mothers, and the younger women as sisters – with all purity.
3 Mwaalelanje bhanabhakongwe bhalinginji bhashitenga bha kweli.
Show consideration for widows – I mean those who are really widowed.
4 Ikabheje bhashitenga bhakwete bhana eu bhaukulu, bhana eu bhaukulubho, bhaijiganyanje kutenda ipinjikwa na dini kwa ashaalongo ajabhonji nkwaalelanga bhaakwetenje, pabha genego ni ga pingwa na a Nnungu.
But, if a widow has children or grandchildren, they should learn to show proper regard for the members of their own family first, and to make some return to their parents; for that is pleasing in God’s sight.
5 Bhai bhakongwe bhali bhashitenga kweli, bhangali mundu jwa kwaajangutila, bhenebho bhashibhika ngulupai yabho kwa a Nnungu, na bhanalonjeya nkwaatindibhalila na nkwaajuga shilo na mui.
As for the woman who is really widowed and left quite alone, her hopes are fixed on God, and she devotes herself to prayers and supplications night and day.
6 Ikabheje nshitenga akagulila ilokoli yangali ya mmbone jwenejo awile, nkali alonjeye.
But the life of a widow who is devoted to pleasure is a living death.
7 Mwaalajilanje genego, nkupinga bhanagambwanje.
Those are the points you should teach, so that there may be no call for your censure.
8 Ikabheje mundu jojowe alepela kulela ashaalongo ajakwe, yani bhandu bha nnikaja lyakwe, jwenejo ajikanile ngulupai, numbe jwangali jwa mmbone kupunda mundu jwangali ngulupai.
Anyone who fails to provide for their own relatives, and especially for those under their own roof, has disowned the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.
9 Bhakongwe bhashitenga bhanajandikwe munkumbi gwa bhashitenga bhakaishile yaka makumi shita, numbe bhabhe bhakongwe bhalombilwe na kamope,
A widow, when her name is added to the list, should not be less than sixty years old; she should have been a faithful wife,
10 na bhalumbililwe itendi ya mmbone, nkulela bhana bhabho ukoto na nkuposhela bhajeninji, na nkwaatendelanga ya mituka bhandunji bha ukonjelo na nkujangutila bhandunji bhalaga, na nkutumbilila kutenda ya mmbone.
and be well spoken of for her kind actions. She should have brought up children, have shown hospitality to strangers, have washed the feet of her fellow Christians, have relieved those who were in distress, and devoted herself to every kind of good action.
11 Ikabheje bhashitenga bhalinginji bhali, nnaajandikanje, pabha shilokoli sha nshiilu shipundaga, shibhalekanje kwaapinga a Kilishitu, nilombwa kabhili,
But you should exclude the younger widows from the list; for, when they grow restive under the yoke of the Christ, they want to marry,
12 penepo shibhaukumulwanje kuti bhashilekanga ngulupai jabhonji ja ntai.
and so they bring condemnation on themselves for having broken their previous promise.
13 Numbe pamo na genego, bhashitenga bha nneyo paatandubha ukata, na kukonangona mmajumba ga bhandunji, na nngabha ukatape, ikabheje na lungw'enyi, na kwiijinjiya mmalobhe ga bhananji, akuno bhalibheleketanga ikapinjikwa bheleketa.
And not only that, but they learn to be idle as they go about from house to house. Nor are they merely idle, but they also become gossips and busybodies, and talk of what they ought not.
14 Bhai nne punguganishiya, bhashitenga bhakanabhe kongopalanga, bhalombwanje na bhakolanje bhana na bhagoyanje nyumba yabhonji, nkupinga ashaamagongo ajetu bhanakolanje sha kutugamba.
Therefore I advise young widows to marry, bear children, and attend to their homes, and so avoid giving the enemy an opportunity for scandal.
15 Pabha, bhashitenga bhananji bhaobhilenje nikunkagula Lishetani.
There are some who have already left us, to follow Satan.
16 Ikabheje bhakongwe Bhakilishitu, bhakolaga alongo ajabho bhashitenga, bhanapinjikwa kwaajangutila, nngabha kulileshela likanisha lyene liengolyo, nkupinga likanisha likole liengo lya kwaalelanga bhashitenga bhapundilenje kulaga.
Any Christian woman, who has relatives who are widows, ought to relieve them and not allow them to become a burden to the church, so that the church may relieve those widows who are really widowed.
17 Bhanangulungwa bhatendanga liengo ukoto nnikanisha, inapinjikwa bhalipwanje pabhili, na kaje bhene bhatendanga liengo lya lunguya na jiganya bhala.
Those church elders who fill their office well should be held deserving of especial consideration, particularly those whose work lies in preaching and teaching.
18 Pabha Majandiko ga Ukonjelo ganalugula, “Nnantabhe kangw'a ng'ombe alilibhata yalya nkukubhata.” Kabhili, “Nkamula liengo anapinjikwa kupata nshaala gwakwe.”
The words of scripture are – ‘You should not muzzle the ox while it is treading out the grain.’ and again – ‘The worker is worth their wages.’
19 Nnakunde malobhe ga kwaashitakiya bhanangulungwa bha likanisha, gwangali bhaakong'ondela bhabhili eu bhatatu.
Do not entertain a charge against an church elder, unless it is supported by two or three witnesses;
20 Bhene bhatendanga ilebho, mwaaleyanje palugwinjili, nkupinga bhananji bhajogopanje.
but rebuke offenders publicly, so that others may take warning.
21 Ngunakunnajila pa meyo ga a Nnungu na a Yeshu Kilishitu na ashimalaika bha ukonjelo, nkamule gene malajilogo gwangali luagu wala kummika mundu pa ligaa.
I charge you solemnly, before God and Christ Jesus and the chosen angels, to carry out these directions, unswayed by prejudice, never acting with partiality.
22 Nnatende shangu kummishila mundu makono. Wala nnaijinjiye muilebho ya bhananji, mwiiteije nnainyatiye.
Never ordain anyone hastily, and take no part in the wrongdoing of others. Keep your life pure.
23 Tandubhila nnaino nnangw'e mashipe, ikabheje na divai kashoko, kwa ligongo lya matumbo genu gakumpoteka na ilwele inkulwala lwala.
Do not continue to drink water only, but take a little wine because of the weakness of your stomach, and your frequent ailments.
24 Yambi ya bhandunji bhana inabhoneka gwangali nng'iyo na inalongolela kuukumu, ikabheje yambi ya bhananji pabhoneka kungai.
There are some people whose sins are conspicuous and lead on to judgment, while there are others whose sins dog their steps.
25 Nneyo peyo na itendi ya mmbone, inabhoneka gwangali nng'iyo na nkali gakamanyikago gakaishika.
In the same way noble deeds become conspicuous, and those which are otherwise cannot be concealed.
