¹ሽማግሌ የሆነውን አትገሥጸው፥ እርሱን ግን እንደ አባት፥ ጎበዞችን እንደ ወንድሞች፥ የሸመገሉትን ሴቶች እንደ እናቶች፥ ቆነጃጅቱን እንደ እኅቶች በፍጹም ንጽሕና ለምናቸው።

¹Don’t rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brothers;

³በእውነት ባልቴቶች የሆኑትን ባልቴቶች አክብር።

²the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, in all purity.

⁴ማንም ባልቴት ግን ልጆች ወይም የልጅ ልጆች ቢኖሩአት፥ እነርሱ አስቀድመው ለገዛ ቤተ ሰዎቻቸው እግዚአብሔርን መምሰል ያሳዩ ዘንድ፥ ለወላጆቻቸውም ብድራትን ይመልሱላቸው ዘንድ ይማሩ፤ ይህ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት መልካምና የተወደደ ነውና።

³Honor widows who are widows indeed.

⁵ብቻዋንም ኖራ በእውነት ባልቴት የምትሆን በእግዚአብሔር ተስፋ ታደርጋለች፥ ሌትና ቀንም በልመና በጸሎትም ጸንታ ትኖራለች፤

⁴But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to repay their parents, for this is TR adds “good and” acceptable in the sight of God.

⁶ቅምጥሊቱ ግን በሕይወትዋ ሳለች የሞተች ናት።

⁵Now she who is a widow indeed, and desolate, has her hope set on God, and continues in petitions and prayers night and day.

⁷ያለ ነቀፋ እንዲሆኑ ይህን ደግሞ እዘዝ።

⁶But she who gives herself to pleasure is dead while she lives.

⁸ነገር ግን ለእርሱ ስለ ሆኑት ይልቁንም ስለ ቤተ ሰዎቹ የማያስብ ማንም ቢሆን፥ ሃይማኖትን የካደ ከማያምንም ሰው ይልቅ የሚከፋ ነው።

⁷Also command these things, that they may be without reproach.

⁹ባልቴት በመዝገብ ብትጻፍ ዕድሜዋ ከስድሳ ዓመት እንዳያንስ፥ የአንድም ባል ሚስት የነበረች እንድትሆን ያስፈልጋል፤

⁸But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

¹⁰ልጆችን በማሳደግ እንግዶችንም በመቀበል፥ የቅዱሳንንም እግሮች በማጠብ፥ የተጨነቁትንም በመርዳት በጎንም ሥራ ሁሉ በመከተል፥ ይህን መልካም ሥራ በማድረግ የተመሰከረላት ልትሆን ይገባል።

⁹Let no one be enrolled as a widow under sixty years old, having been the wife of one man,

¹¹ባል የሞተባቸውን ቆነጃጅት ግን አትቀበል፤ በክርስቶስ ላይ ተነሥተው ሲቀማጠሉ ሊያገቡ ይወዳሉና፤

¹⁰being approved by good works, if she has brought up children, if she has been hospitable to strangers, if she has washed the saints’ feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, and if she has diligently followed every good work.

¹²የፊተኛውንም እምነታቸውን ስለ ናቁ ይፈረድባቸዋል፤

¹¹But refuse younger widows, for when they have grown wanton against Christ, they desire to marry;

¹³ከዚህም ጋር ቤት ለቤት እየዞሩ ሥራን መፍታት ደግሞ ይማራሉ፥ የማይገባውንም እየተናገሩ ለፍላፊዎችና በነገር ገቢዎች ይሆናሉ እንጂ፥ ሥራ ፈቶች ብቻ አይደሉም።

¹²having condemnation, because they have rejected their first pledge.

¹⁴እንግዲህ ቆነጃጅት ሊያገቡ፥ ልጆችንም ሊወልዱ፥ ቤቶቻቸውንም ሊያስተዳድሩ፥ ተቃዋሚውም የሚሳደብበትን አንድን ምክንያት ስንኳ እንዳይሰጡ እፈቅዳለሁ፤

¹³Besides, they also learn to be idle, going about from house to house. Not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not.

¹⁵ከአሁን በፊት አንዳንዶች ሰይጣንን እንዲከተሉ ፈቀቅ ብለዋልና።

¹⁴I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the adversary for insulting.

¹⁶ባልቴቶች ያሉት የሚያምን ቢሆን ወይም የምታምን ብትሆን፥ ይርዱአቸው፥ ቤተ ክርስቲያንም እውነተኞችን ባልቴቶች እንድትረዳ አይክበዱባት።

¹⁵For already some have turned aside after Satan.

¹⁷በመልካም የሚያስተዳድሩ ሽማግሌዎች፥ ይልቁንም በመስበክና በማስተማር የሚደክሙት፥ እጥፍ ክብር ይገባቸዋል።

¹⁶If any man or woman who believes has widows, let them relieve them, and don’t let the assembly be burdened; that it might relieve those who are widows indeed.

¹⁸መጽሐፍ። የሚያበራየውን በሬ አፉን አትሰር፥ ደግሞ። ለሠራተኛ ደመወዙ ይገባዋል ይላልና።

¹⁷Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.

¹⁹ከሁለት ወይም ከሦስት ምስክር በቀር በሽማግሌ ላይ ክስ አትቀበል።

¹⁸For the Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle the ox when it treads out the grain.” Deuteronomy 25:4 And, “The laborer is worthy of his wages.” Luke 10:7; Leviticus 19:13

²⁰ሌሎቹ ደግሞ እንዲፈሩ፥ ኃጢአት የሚሰሩትን በሁሉ ፊት ገሥጻቸው።

¹⁹Don’t receive an accusation against an elder, except at the word of two or three witnesses.

²¹አንድን እንኳ በአድልዎ ሳታደርግ፥ እነዚህን ያለ መዘንበል እንድትጠብቅ በእግዚአብሔርና በጌታ በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ በተመረጡትም መላእክት ፊት እመክርሃለሁ።

²⁰Those who sin, reprove in the sight of all, that the rest also may be in fear.

²²በማንም ላይ ፈጥነህ እጆችህን አትጫን፥ በሌሎችም ኃጢአት አትተባበር፤ ራስህን በንጽህና ጠብቅ።

²¹I command you in the sight of God, and Christ Jesus, and the chosen angels, that you observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.

²³ስለ ሆድህና ስለ በሽታህ ብዛት ጥቂት የወይን ጠጅ ጠጣ እንጂ፥ ወደ ፊት ውኃ ብቻ አትጠጣ።

²²Lay hands hastily on no one, neither be a participant in other men’s sins. Keep yourself pure.

²⁴የአንዳንዶች ሰዎች ኃጢአት የተገለጠ ነው ፍርድንም ያመለክታል፥ ሌሎችን ግን ይከተላቸዋል፤

²³Be no longer a drinker of water only, but use a little wine for your stomach’s sake and your frequent infirmities.

²⁵እንዲሁ መልካም ሥራ ደግሞ የተገለጠ ነው፥ ያልተገለጠም ከሆነ ሊሰወር አይችልም።

²⁴Some men’s sins are evident, preceding them to judgment, and some also follow later.

²⁵In the same way also there are good works that are obvious, and those that are otherwise can’t be hidden.