1 Timotheo 5
1 Usimkemee mwanamume mzee. Bali mtiye moyo kama baba yako. Uwatiye moyo vijana wa kiume kana kwamba ni ndugu zako.
An aged person thou mayest not rebuke, but be entreating as a father; younger persons as brethren;
2 Uwatiye moyo wanawake wazee kama mama zako, na wanawake vijana kama dada zako kwa usafi wote.
aged women as mothers, younger ones as sisters — in all purity;
3 Waheshimu wajane, wale walio wajane kweli kweli.
honour widows who are really widows;
4 Lakini kama mjane ana watoto au wajukuu, waache kwanza wajifunze kuonesha heshima kwa watu wa nyumbani mwao wenyewe. Waache wawalipe wazazi wao mema, kwa kuwa hii inapendeza mbele za Mungu.
and if any widow have children or grandchildren, let them learn first to their own house to show piety, and to give back a recompense to the parents, for this is right and acceptable before God.
5 Lakini mjane kweli kweli ni yule aliyeachwa peke yake. Naye huweka tegemeo lake kwa Mungu. Siku zote hudumu katika sala na maombi usiku na mchana.
And she who is really a widow and desolate, hath hoped upon God, and doth remain in the supplications and in the prayers night and day,
6 Hata hivyo, mwanamke yule aishiye kwa anasa amekufa, ingawaje yu hai.
and she who is given to luxury, living — hath died;
7 Na uyahubiri haya mambo ili kwamba wasiwe na lawama.
and these things charge, that they may be blameless;
8 Ila kama mtu asipowatunza ndugu zake, hususani wale walioko nyumbani mwake, ameikana imani na ni mmbaya kuliko mtu asiye amini.
and if any one for his own — and especially for those of the household — doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.
9 Basi mwanamke aandikishwe kwenye orodha kama mjane akiwa na umri usiopungua miaka sitini, na ni mke wa mume mmoja.
A widow — let her not be enrolled under sixty years of age, having been a wife of one husband,
10 Lazima awe amejulikana kwa matendo mema, ikiwa ni kwamba amewajali watoto, au ameshakuwa mkarimu kwa wageni, au ameosha miguu ya waaminio, au alimesaidia ambao wamekuwa wakiteswa, au alijitoa kwa kazi yeyote njema.
in good works being testified to: if she brought up children, if she entertained strangers, if saints' feet she washed, if those in tribulation she relieved, if every good work she followed after;
11 Lakini kwa wale wajane vijana, kataa kuwaandikisha kwenye orodha ya wajane. Kwa kuwa wakiingia kwenye matamanio ya kimwili dhidi ya Kristo, wanataka kuolewa.
and younger widows be refusing, for when they may revel against the Christ, they wish to marry,
12 Kwa njia hii huingia kwenye hatia kwa kuwa huvunja kujitoa kwao kwa awali.
having judgment, because the first faith they did cast away,
13 Na pia huingia kwenye mazoea ya uvivu. Wao huzunguka nyumba kwa nyumba. Si tu kwamba ni wavivu, bali pia huwa wasengenyaji na na wenye kuingilia mambo ya wengine. Wao husema mambo wasiyopaswa kuyasema.
and at the same time also, they learn [to be] idle, going about the houses; and not only idle, but also tattlers and busybodies, speaking the things they ought not;
14 Kwa hiyo mimi nataka wanawake vijana waolewe, wazae watoto, wasimamie nyumba zao, ili kutokumpa adui nafasi ya kutushitaki kwa kufanya dhambi.
I wish, therefore, younger ones to marry, to bear children, to be mistress of the house, to give no occasion to the opposer to reviling;
15 Kwa sababu baadhi yao wameshamgeukia Shetani.
for already certain did turn aside after the Adversary.
16 Kama mwanamke yeyote aaminiye ana wajane, basi na awasaidie, ili kanisa lisilemewe, ili liweze kuwasaidia wale walio wajane kweli kweli.
If any believing man or believing woman have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the assembly be burdened, that those really widows it may relieve.
17 Basi wazee wale watawalao vyema wahesabiwe kuwa wamestahili heshima maradufu, hasa wale wanaojishughulisha na kufundisha neno la Mungu.
The well-leading elders of double honour let them be counted worthy, especially those labouring in word and teaching,
18 Kwa kuwa maandiko yanasema, “Usimfumbe ng'ombe kinywa apulapo nafaka,” na “Mfanya kazi anastahili mshahara wake.”
for the Writing saith, 'An ox treading out thou shalt not muzzle,' and 'Worthy [is] the workman of his reward.'
19 Usipokee mashitaka dhidi ya mzee isipokuwa kuna mashahidi wawili au watatu.
Against an elder an accusation receive not, except upon two or three witnesses.
20 Waonye wakosaji mbele ya watu wote ili wengine waliobaki labda wataogopa.
Those sinning, reprove before all, that the others also may have fear;
21 Nakuagiza kwa dhati mbele ya Mungu, na mbele ya Kristo Yesu, na malaika wateule, kwamba uzitunze maagizo haya bila ubaguzi wowote, na kwamba usifanye jambo lolote kwa upendeleo.
I testify fully, before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the choice messengers, that these things thou mayest keep, without forejudging, doing nothing by partiality.
22 Usimwekee mtu yeyote mikono haraka. Usishiriki dhambi ya mtu mwingine. Yakupasa kujitunza mwenyewe uwe usafi.
Be laying hands quickly on no one, nor be having fellowship with sins of others; be keeping thyself pure;
23 Hakupasi kunywa maji pekee. Badala yake, unywe mvinyo kidogo kwa ajili ya tumbo na magonjwa yako ya mara kwa mara.
no longer be drinking water, but a little wine be using, because of thy stomach and of thine often infirmities;
24 Dhambi za baadhi ya watu hujulikana kwa uwazi, na huwatangulia hukumuni. Lakini baadhi ya dhambi hufuata baadaye.
of certain men the sins are manifest beforehand, leading before to judgment, and certain also they follow after;
25 Vivyo hivyo, baadhi ya kazi njema hujulikana kwa uwazi, lakini hata zingine hazitafichika.
in like manner also the right works are manifest beforehand, and those that are otherwise are not able to be hid.
