1 Timoti 5

¹Usatuka mukuru, asi umuraire sababa, navaduku savanun’una,Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;

²navakadzi vakuru samadzimai, navaduku sehanzvadzi nokuchena kwomoyo kwose.The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.

³Kudza chirikadzi, dziri chirikadzi chaidzo.Honour widows that are widows indeed.

⁴Asi kana chirikadzi inavana kana vazukuru, ngavatange ivo kudzidza kunamata Mwari paimba yavo, vadzosere zvakafanira kuvabereki vavo, nokuti ndizvo zvinofadza Mwari.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.

⁵Zvino kana iri chirikadzi chaiyo, yakasiyiwa iri yoga, ndiyo inovimba naMwari, inogara ichikumbira nokunyengetera vusiku namasikati.Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.

⁶Asi iyo inokarira zvinofadza, yakafa ichiri mhenyu.But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.

⁷Raira vo zvinhu izvi, kuti varege kuva nechavangapomerwa.And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless.

⁸Asi kana munhu asingachengeti vokwake, zvikuru veimba yake, warasha kutenda, wakaipa kukunda usingatendi.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.

⁹Chirikadzi ngairege kunyorwa zita, asi kana yasvika makore makumi matanhatu, yaiva mukadzi womurume mumwe chete,Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,

¹⁰inorumbidzwa pamusoro pamabasa akanaka, kana yakarera vana, kana yaifarira vaeni, kana yaishambidza tsoka dzavatsvene, kana yaibatsira vari munjodzi, kana yaishingairira mabasa ose akanaka.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.

¹¹Asi urambe chirikadzi kana vachiri vakadzi vaduku, nokuti kana dzopesana naKristu, dzotsvaka kuwanikwa;But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;

¹²dzava nemhosva, nokuti dzaramba kutenda kwokutanga;Having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith.

¹³vuye zve, dzinodzidza kuva novusimbe dzichipota nedzimba; hadzizi simbe bedzi, asi vaiti vo vamakuhwa, dzisingaregi zvavamwe, dzichitaura zvisakafanira.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.

¹⁴Naizvozvo ndinoda kuti chirikadzi duku dziwanikwe, dzibereke vana, dzichengete dzimba dzadzo, kuti dzirege kutongopa muvengi nzira yokupomera nayo.I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.

¹⁵Nokuti vamwe vatotsauka vachitevera Satani.For some are already turned aside after Satan.

¹⁶Kana murume kana mukadzi mutendi anechirikadzi, ngadzibatsire, kereke irege kuremedzwa kuti igobatsira chirikadzi chaidzo.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.

¹⁷Vakuru vanobata kereke zvakanaka ngavanzi vanofanirwa nokukudzwa kaviri, zvikuru avo vanobata pashoko napakudzidzisa.Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.

¹⁸Nokuti Rugwaro runoti: Usasunga muromo wenzombe inopura; vuye zve: Mubati wakafanirwa nomubairo wake.For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward.

¹⁹Usangotenda mhaka inopomerwa mukuru, asi kana ichibva pamiromo yezvapupu zviviri kana zvitatu.Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses.

²⁰Vanotadza uvarange pamberi pavose, kuti vamwe vagotya.Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.

²¹Ndinokuraira kwazvo pamberi paMwari, naKristu Jesu, navatumwa vakasanangurwa, kuti uchengete zvinhu izvi usingatongi usati wambonzwa kwazvo, kana kuita chinhu uchitsaura vanhu.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.

²²Usakurumidza kuisa mavoko pamusoro pomunhu, kana kusongana pazvivi zvavamwe; uzvichengete kuti uve wakachena.Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men’s sins: keep thyself pure.

²³Usaramba uchingonwa mvura bedzi, asi unwe waini shoma nokuda kwomudumbu mako novutera bwako bwuzhinji.Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.

²⁴Zvivi zvavamwe vanhu zvinovonekwa pachena, zvinotungamirira kutongwa kwavo vamwe zve vanoteverwa nazvo,Some men’s sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; and some men they follow after.

²⁵Saizvozvo vo kunamabasa akanaka anovonekwa pachena, naasina kudaro haangavanzwi.Likewise also the good works of some are manifest beforehand; and they that are otherwise cannot be hid.