1 Timoti 5
1 Usatuka mukuru, asi umutsiure sababa, vadiki sevanin'ina,
Rebuke not an Elder, but exhort him as a father, and the yonger men as brethren,
2 vakadzi vakuru sanamai; vakadzi vadiki sehanzvadzi, pakuchena kwese.
The elder women as mothers, the yonger as sisters, with all purenesse.
3 Kudza chirikadzi dziri chirikadzi zvirokwazvo.
Honour widowes, which are widowes in deede.
4 Asi kana imwe chirikadzi ine vana kana vazukuru, ngavatange kudzidza kuratidza rukudzo kumba kwavo pachavo, vadzosere zvakafanira kuvabereki; nokuti ndizvo zvakanaka zvinogamuchirwa pamberi paMwari.
But if any widowe haue children or nephewes, let them learne first to shewe godlinesse towarde their owne house, and to recompense their kinred: for that is an honest thing and acceptable before God.
5 Zvino uyo ari chirikadzi zvirokwazvo yakasiiwawo yega anovimba naMwari, anogarawo pamikumbiro neminyengetero siku nesikati.
And shee that is a widowe in deede and left alone, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and praiers night and day.
6 Asi uyo anozvipira kuzvifadza, wakafa ari mupenyu.
But shee that liueth in pleasure, is dead, while shee liueth.
7 Uye raira zvinhu izvi, kuti varege kuva nechavangapomerwa.
These things therefore warne them of, that they may be blamelesse.
8 Asi kana munhu asingachengeti vekwake, zvikuruwo veimba yake, waramba rutendo, uye wakaipa kukunda asingatendi.
If there bee any that prouideth not for his owne, and namely for them of his housholde, hee denieth the faith, and is worse then an infidell.
9 Chirikadzi ngainyorwe pasi ine makore asiri pasi pemakumi matanhatu, yaiva mukadzi wemurume umwe,
Let not a widow be taken into the number vnder three score yeere olde, that hath beene the wife of one husband,
10 inopupurirwa mabasa akanaka, kana yakarera vana, kana yakagamuchira vaeni, kana yakashambidza tsoka dzevatsvene, kana yakabatsira vari mumatambudziko, kana yakateverera basa rese rakanaka.
And well reported of for good woorkes: if shee haue nourished her children, if shee haue lodged the strangers, if shee haue washed the Saintes feete, if shee haue ministred vnto them which were in aduersitie, if shee were continually giuen vnto euery good woorke.
11 Asi chirikadzi diki urambe, nokuti kana dzochiva zvinopesana naKristu, dzinoda kuwanikwa;
But refuse the yonger widowes: for when they haue begun to waxe wanton against Christ, they will marrie,
12 dzava nemhosva, nokuti dzarasa rutendo rwekutanga.
Hauing damnation, because they haue broken the first faith.
13 Neipapowo dzinodzidza usimbe dzichipotedza dzimba; uye hadzisi simbe chete, asi vezvisina maturo, vanopindira zvisi zvavo, vachitaura zvavasingafaniri.
And likewise also being idle they learne to goe about from house to house: yea, they are not onely ydle, but also pratlers and busibodies, speaking things which are not comely.
14 Naizvozvo ndinoda kuti chirikadzi diki dziwanikwe, dzibereke vana, dzibate dzimba dzadzo, dzirege kutongopa muvengi mukana wekutuka.
I will therefore that the yonger women marie, and beare children, and gouerne the house, and giue none occasion to the aduersary to speake euill.
15 Nokuti vamwe vatotsauka vachitevera Satani.
For certaine are alreadie turned backe after Satan.
16 Kana murume upi neupi kana mukadzi anotenda ane chirikadzi, ngaadzibatsire, nekereke irege kuremedzwa, kuti ibatsire chirikadzi chaidzo.
If any faithfull man, or faithfull woman haue widowes, let them minister vnto them, and let not the Church bee charged, that there may bee sufficient for them that are widowes in deede.
17 Vakuru vanobata zvakanaka ngavaverengerwe sevanofanirwa nekukudzwa kwakapetwa, zvikuru avo vanobata nesimba pashoko nepadzidziso.
The Elders that rule well, let them be had in double honour, specially they which labour in the worde and doctrine,
18 Nokuti rugwaro rwunoti: Usasunga muromo wenzombe inopura; uye: Mushandi wakafanirwa nemubairo wake.
For the Scripture sayeth, Thou shalt not mousell the mouth of the oxe that treadeth out the corne: and, The labourer is worthie of his wages.
19 Usangogamuchira mhaka inopomerwa mutariri, kunze kana kuri mberi kwezvapupu zviviri kana zvitatu.
Against an Elder receiue none accusation, but vnder two or three witnesses.
20 Vanotadza utsiure pamberi pevese, kuti vamwewo vave nekutya.
Them that sinne, rebuke openly, that the rest also may feare.
21 Ndinokurairisa kwazvo pamberi paMwari naIshe Jesu Kristu, nevatumwa vakasanangurwa, kuti uchengete zvinhu izvi usingagari watotonga, kana kuita chinhu uchitsaura vanhu.
I charge thee before God and the Lord Iesus Christ, and the elect Angels, that thou obserue these thinges without preferring one to an other, and doe nothing partially.
22 Usakurumidza kuisa maoko pamusoro pemunhu, kana kugovana pazvivi zvevamwe; uzvichengete iwe uri mutsvene.
Lay handes suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other mens sinnes: keepe thy selfe pure.
23 Usachiramba uchinwa mvura chete, asi ushandise waini shoma, nekuda kwemudumbu mako neundonda hwako hwekazhinji.
Drinke no longer water, but vse a litle wine for thy stomakes sake, and thine often infirmities.
24 Zvivi zvevamwe vanhu zviri pachena, zvinotungamirira kukutongwa; zvevamwewo zvichiteverawo.
Some mens sinnes are open before hand, and goe before vnto iudgement: but some mens folowe after.
25 Saizvozvowo mabasa akanaka ari pachena, neasina kudaro haagoni kuvanzwa.
Likewise also the good woorkes are manifest before hande, and they that are otherwise, cannot be hid.
