1 Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;
Mzee usimkemee, bali umwonye kama baba; na vijana kama ndugu;
2 the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.
wanawake wazee kama mama; wanawake vijana kama ndugu wa kike; katika usafi wote.
3 Honour widows that are widows indeed.
Uwaheshimu wajane walio wajane kweli kweli.
4 But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.
Lakini mjane akiwa ana watoto au wajukuu, na wajifunze kwanza kuyatenda yaliyo wajibu wao kwa jamaa zao wenyewe, na kuwalipa wazazi wao. Kwa kuwa hili lakubalika mbele za Mungu.
5 Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.
Basi yeye aliye mjane kweli kweli, ameachwa peke yake, huyo amemwekea Mungu tumaini lake, naye hudumu katika maombi na sala mchana na usiku.
6 But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.
Bali, yeye asiyejizuia nafsi yake amekufa ingawa yu hai.
7 And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless.
Mambo hayo pia uyaagize, ili wasiwe na lawama.
8 But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
Lakini mtu ye yote asiyewatunza walio wake, yaani, wale wa nyumbani mwake hasa, ameikana Imani, tena ni mbaya kuliko mtu asiyeamini.
9 Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,
Mjane asiandikwe isipokuwa umri wake amepata miaka sitini; naye amekuwa mke wa mume mmoja;
10 well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints' feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.
naye ameshuhudiwa kwa matendo mema; ikiwa amelea watoto, ikiwa amekaribisha wageni, ikiwa amewaosha watakatifu miguu, ikiwa amewasaidia wateswao, ikiwa amefuata kwa bidii kila tendo jema.
11 But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;
Bali wajane walio vijana ukatae kuwaandika hao, maana, wakizidiwa na tamaa kinyume cha Kristo, wataka kuolewa;
12 having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith.
nao wana hukumu kwa kuwa wameiacha imani yao ya kwanza.
13 And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
Tena, pamoja na hayo, hujifunza kuwa wavivu, wakizunguka-zunguka nyumba kwa nyumba; wala si wavivu tu, lakini ni wachongezi na wadadisi, wakinena maneno yasiyowapasa.
14 I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.
Basi napenda wajane, ambao si wazee, waolewe, wazae watoto, wawe na madaraka ya nyumbani; ili wasimpe adui nafasi ya kulaumu.
15 For some are already turned aside after Satan.
Kwa maana wengine wamekwisha kugeuka na kumfuata Shetani.
16 If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.
Mwanamke aaminiye, akiwa ana wajane, na awasaidie mwenyewe, Kanisa lisilemewe; ili liwasaidie wale walio wajane kweli kweli.
17 Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
Wazee watawalao vema na wahesabiwe kustahili heshima maradufu; hasa wao wajitaabishao kwa kuhutubu na kufundisha.
18 For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward.
Kwa maana andiko lasema, Usimfunge kinywa ng'ombe apurapo nafaka. Na tena, Mtenda kazi astahili ujira wake.
19 Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses.
Usikubali mashitaka juu ya mzee, ila kwa vinywa vya mashahidi wawili au watatu.
20 Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.
Wale wadumuo kutenda dhambi uwakemee mbele ya wote, ili na wengine waogope.
21 I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.
Nakuagiza mbele za Mungu, na mbele za Kristo Yesu, na mbele za malaika wateule, uyatende hayo pasipo kuhukumu kwa haraka; usifanye neno lo lote kwa upendeleo.
22 Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure.
Usimwekee mtu mikono kwa haraka, wala usizishiriki dhambi za watu wengine. Ujilinde nafsi yako uwe safi.
23 Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.
Tokea sasa usinywe maji tu lakini tumia mvinyo kidogo, kwa ajili ya tumbo lako, na magonjwa yakupatayo mara kwa mara.
24 Some men's sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; and some men they follow after.
Dhambi za watu wengine zi dhahiri, zatangulia kwenda hukumuni; wengine dhambi zao zawafuata.
25 Likewise also the good works of some are manifest beforehand; and they that are otherwise cannot be hid.
Vivyo hivyo matendo yaliyo mazuri ya dhahiri; wala yale yasiyo dhahiri hayawezi kusitirika.
