1 Timothy 5
1 Kadi temina nunu mu kingolo vayi wunlubula banga dise diaku. Lubula bamatoko banga bakhomba zi babakala;
REBUKE not harshly an aged man, but admonish him as a father; the younger men as brethren;
2 baketo bayunduka banga zingudi; bandumba banga bakhomba zi baketo, mu buvedila boso.
the aged women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.
3 Kinzikanga mafuola, momo madi mafuola mu bukiedika.
Honour the widows, that are widows indeed.
4 Vayi enati difuola dibeki bana voti batekolo, buna bika balonguka theti mu tuama vanga mavanga mawu ma kinzambi kuidi basi nzo awu. Buna buawu bobo bela vutudila mambote kuidi bambuta ziawu ayizikhaya ziawu bila diambu diodi dimmonisanga Nzambi khini.
But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn as their first duty to shew their piety towards their own family, and make a grateful return to their progenitors: for this is becoming and acceptable before God.
5 Difuola diodi didi difuola di kiedika ayi widi niandi veka, wuntulanga diana diandi mu Nzambi builu ayi muini. Wuntatamananga mu zindombolo ayi mu lusambulu.
But she who is a widow indeed, and abandoned to solitude, hopeth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.
6 Vayi difuola dinzingilanga mu makhini didi difua, ka diambu ko dilembo zingi.
But she who lives voluptuously is dead, though she liveth.
7 Kindisa mambu mama muingi bakambu tsembolo.
And these things inculcate, that they may be blameless.
8 Vayi enati mutu kasadisanga ko basi dikanda diandi, viokila basi nzo andi buna niandi wuluzodi minu ayi mutu wowo viatukidi mutu wukambuwilukila mu mambu mambimbi.
But if any man provide not for his own relations, and especially for those more immediately of his own family, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
9 Kadi difuola dilendi sonoko ko mu nkanda wu mafuola enati kadukisi ko makumasambanu ma mimvu ayi enati kasia kuelo ko kuidi bakala dimosi.
Let no widow be put on the list under sixty years of age, who hath been the wife of one husband,
10 Kafueti telumunu kimbangi mu diambu di mavanga mandi mambote, enati wuyundula bumboti bana bandi, enati wuyakula bumboti banzenza, enati wusukula malu ma banlongo, enati wusadisa batu baba mu ziphasi voti wuvanga mavanga mambote ma phila mu phila.
bringing attestation of her good works; that she hath well educated her children, that she hath been hospitable to strangers, that she hath washed the saints feet, that she hath assisted the afflicted, that she hath followed diligently every good work.
11 Vayi kadi kikinina sonika mafuola makidi bana balezi; bila zitsatu ziawu zilenda ku bavambisa mu kisalu ki Klisto ayi belabuela tomba kuela.
But the younger widows reject: for when they give themselves to wantonness contrary to Christ, they will marry;
12 Buna bela tambula thumbudulu bila baloza minu kiawu kithete.
incurring censure, for having violated their former engagement.
13 Baketo beni beti longuka bumolo bu beti viokisa thangu mu kuenda diengilanga mu zinzo zingana; bika zia ti bumolo kaka vayibeti kotanga mu mambu mangana, bu beti tuba mambu makambulu fuana.
And at the same time also they learn to be idle, visiting about in the houses; and not merely idle, but talkative and inquisitive, speaking things they ought not.
14 Diawu thidi ti mafuola makidi bana balezi makuela kuawu; mabuta bana, makeba zinzo ziawu mu diambu di bika vana diluaku kuidi bambeni mu diambu di vueza.
I would therefore have the younger widows to marry, bear children, govern their house, give no occasion to the adversary to bring a reproach on them.
15 Bila bawombo bankaka bavengama mu diambu di landakana Satana.
For some are already turned aside after Satan.
16 Enati nkhuikizi wu bakala voti wu nketo beki mafuola mu nzo andi, buna bika kama sadisanga ayi mabika singimina mu dibundu muingi dibundu dibaka bu sadisila momo madi khatika mafuola.
But if any man or woman who believes hath widows their relations, let him provide for them, and let not the church be burdened; that there may be a sufficiency for the real widows.
17 Bika bakulutu bobo bandiatisanga bumboti dibundu batambula mfutu mu zikhumbu zizole, viokila bobo bakiyekula mu samuna mambu ma Nzambi ayi mu longa.
Let the elders who preside properly be counted worthy of double honour, especially those who are laborious in preaching and teaching.
18 Bila masonuku meta tuba ti: Kadi kanga munu wu ngombi bu kandiata zitheti zi ble ayi kisadi kifueni mu tambula mfutu andi.
For the Scripture saith, “Thou shalt not muzzle the ox while he treadeth out the corn.” And again, “The labourer is worthy of his hire.”
19 Enati biza kufundila nkulutu wu Dibundu, lenda kikinina mambu beni enati mfundi neti bambangi buadi voti zitatu.
Against a presbyter receive not an accusation, except it be from two or three witnesses.
20 Mu diambu di batu bobo bamvolanga masumu, wuba temina va meso mabatu boso muingi bankaka bamona boma.
Those who sin rebuke before all, that the rest also may tremble.
21 Minu ndikutumina va meso ma Nzambi ayi ma Klisto Yesu ayi mazimbasi zisobolo, mu keba mambu momo mu kambu thalu zizi ayi mu kambu tulaluviakunu kuidi batu.
I adjure thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.
22 Kadi kuenda thinu mu tetika mutu mioko, kadi fubakana mu masumu ma batu bankaka. Wukikeba ngeyo veka wuvedila.
Lay hands hastily on no man, nor share another’s sins: keep thyself pure;
23 Bika buela nuanga wo nlangu yi nlangu kaka vayi nuanga ndambu yi vinu mu diambu di dikutu diaku, ayi mu diambu di kambu kuaku ku buvini ku zithangu ka thangu.
confine thyself no longer to water-drinking; but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake, and thy frequent indispositions.
24 Masumu ma batu bankaka meta monika tuamina basambusu vayi bankakamamonikanga ku nzimunina.
Some men’s sins are glaringly manifest, going before to judgment; and after others also they follow to detection.
25 Bobuawu, mavanga mamboti meti monikanga mu nsualu vayi momo mambimbi malendi baka bu suamina ko.
In like manner also the good works of some are previously manifest; and it is not possible that what they have besides should be concealed.
