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

¹Na starca se ne otresaj, nego ga nagovaraj kao oca, mladiće kao braću,

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

²starice kao majke, djevojke kao sestre - u svoj čistoći.

³Honor widows who are widows indeed.

³Udovice poštuj - one koje su zaista udovice.

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.

⁴Ako li ipak koja udovica ima djecu ili unuke, neka najprije oni znaju očitovati svoju pobožnost prema vlastitom domu i uzdarjem uzvraćati roditeljima jer to je ugodno Bogu.

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

⁵A ona koja je zaista udovica, posve sama, pouzdaje se u Boga, odana prošnjama i molitvama noć i dan;

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

⁶ona, naprotiv, koja provodi lagodan život, živa je već umrla.

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

⁷I to naglašuj da budu besprijekorne.

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.

⁸Ako li se tkogod za svoje, navlastito za ukućane, ne stara, zanijekao je vjeru i gori je od nevjernika.

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

⁹U popis neka se unosi udovica ne mlađa od šezdeset godina, jednog muža žena,

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.

¹⁰koja ima svjedočanstvo dobrih djela: da je djecu odgojila, da je bila gostoljubiva, da je svetima noge prala, da je nevoljnima pomagala, da se svakom dobru djelu posvećivala.

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

¹¹Mlađe pak udovice odbijaj jer kad ih požuda odvrati od Krista, hoće se udati,

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

¹²pa zasluže osudu što su pogazile prvotnu vjernost.

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.

¹³A uz to se, obilazeći po kućama, nauče biti besposlene, i ne samo besposlene, nego i brbljave i nametljive, govoreći što ne bi smjele.

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

¹⁴Hoću dakle da se mlađe udaju, djecu rađaju, da budu kućevne te ne daju protivniku nikakva povoda za pogrđivanje.

¹⁵For already some have turned aside after Satan.

¹⁵Jer već su neke zastranile za Sotonom.

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.

¹⁶Ako koja vjernica ima udovica, neka im pomaže, a neka se ne opterećuje Crkva, da uzmogne pomoći onima koje su zaista udovice.

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

¹⁷Starješine koji su dobri predstojnici dostojni su dvostruke časti, ponajpače oni koji se trude oko Riječi i poučavanja.

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

¹⁸Pismo doista veli: Volu koji vrši ne zavezuj usta! I: Vrijedan je radnik plaće svoje.

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

¹⁹Protiv starješine ne primaj tužbe, osim na osnovi dvaju ili triju svjedoka.

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

²⁰One koji griješe, pred svima ukori da i drugi imaju straha!

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.

²¹Zaklinjem te pred Bogom i Kristom Isusom i izabranim anđelima da se toga držiš bez predrasude i ništa ne činiš po naklonosti.

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

²²Ruku prebrzo ni na koga ne polaži i ne budi dionikom tuđih grijeha! Sebe čistim čuvaj!

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

²³Ne pij više samo vode, nego uzimaj malo vina poradi želuca i čestih svojih slabosti.

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

²⁴Grijesi nekih ljudi očiti su i prije suda, nekih pak samo nakon njega.

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

²⁵Tako su i dobra djela očita, a bila i drukčija, ne mogu se sakriti.