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

¹Ur țlummu ara ɣef wemɣaṛ s leɛyaḍ, meɛna nhu-t am akken d baba-k ; enhu daɣen ilmeẓyen am akken d atmaten-ik,

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

²tamɣaṛt am yemma-k, tilmeẓyin am yessetma-k, s wul yeṣfan.

³Honor widows who are widows indeed.

³Qadeṛ tuǧǧal f+ telhuḍ ț-țid yeḥwaǧen lemɛawna.

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.

⁴Ma ț-țid yesɛan dderya neɣ dderya n warraw-nsent, ilaq d nutni ara d-yelhun yid-sent, akka ara d-sbeggnen ṭṭaɛa-nsen ɣer Sidi Ṛebbi m'ara rren lxiṛ i imawlan-nsen, ayagi d ayen i gɛeǧben i Sidi Ṛebbi.

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

⁵Taǧǧalt i gellan weḥd-es ur nesɛi win ara ț-țirefden tețkel ɣef Sidi Ṛebbi tdeɛɛu ɣuṛ-es tețḥellil-it am yiḍ am ass.

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

⁶Ma ț-țaǧǧalt yeṭṭafaṛen zzhu n ddunit, tinna temmut ɣas mazal-iț tedder.

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

⁷Atah wayen i ɣef ara tweṣṣiḍ tuǧǧal iwakken ur d-yețțili ara wayen ara sent-d-ssukksen.

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.

⁸Ma yella win ur nɛawen ara at wexxam-is abeɛda imawlan-is, atan yeǧǧa liman, yuɣal akteṛ n win ijehlen.

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

⁹Taǧǧalt ilaq aț-țesɛu sețțin n iseggasen di leɛmeṛ-is iwakken a ț-tɛawen tejmaɛt, ilaq aț-țili tezweǧ yiwet n tikkelt kan.

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.

¹⁰Ilaq aț-țili tețwassen s lecɣal-is yelhan, ț-țin iṛebban arraw-is akken ilaq, isṭerḥiben deg wexxam-is, issarden iḍaṛṛen n iqeddacen n Sidi Ṛebbi ; treffed imeɣban, txeddem lxiṛ.

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

¹¹Meɛna ur qebbel ara i tejmaɛt aț-țɛawen tuǧǧal meẓẓiyen di leɛmeṛ, axaṭer m'ara bɣunt ad ɛawdent zzwaǧ zemrent ad ǧǧent abrid n Lmasiḥ ;

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

¹²s wakka ad xedɛent lɛahed-nni i fkant i Sidi Ṛebbi.

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.

¹³Yerna m'ur sɛint ara ayen ara xedment, ad țcalint seg wexxam ɣer wayeḍ mačči kan imi ur sɛint ara ccɣel, meɛna ad kettṛent deg yimeslayen ur nesɛi lmeɛna, ad ggarent iman-nsent deg wayen i tent-yexḍan.

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

¹⁴Ihi bɣiɣ ad nhuɣ tuǧǧal meẓẓiyen di leɛmeṛ ad ɛawdent zzwaǧ, ad sɛunt dderya, ad lhint d yexxam-nsent iwakken iɛdawen ur țțafen ara ayen n diri ara hedṛen fell-asent.

¹⁵For already some have turned aside after Satan.

¹⁵Axaṭer llant seg-sent tid i geffɣen i webrid n Ṛebbi tebɛent abrid n Cciṭan.

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.

¹⁶Ma tella tin yumnen tesɛa tuǧǧal i s-yețțilin, d nețțat i glaq a tent tɛiwen iwakken ur țțilint ara ț țaɛkumt i tejmaɛt, akken daɣen tajmaɛt aț-țizmir aț-țɛiwen tid ur nesɛi ara win ara tent-irefden.

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

¹⁷Imdebbṛen n tejmaɛt ixeddmen ccɣel-nsen akken ilaq uklalen ad țwaxelṣen s zzyada abeɛda wid yenneɛtaben deg ubecceṛ d uselmed.

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

¹⁸Axaṭer tira iqedsen nnant-ed : Ur țțara ara takmamt i wezger yesserwaten, f+ yura daɣen : Axeddam yuklal lexlaṣ-is. f+

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

¹⁹Ur qebbel ara win ara iccetkin ɣef wemdebbeṛ n tejmaɛt anagar ma ḥedṛen sin neɣ tlata inagan ara d-icehden fell-as.

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

²⁰Ma d wid idenben, lumm-iten zdat medden meṛṛa iwakken ula d wiyaḍ ad aggaden.

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.

²¹Di leɛnaya-k ɣef wudem n Ṛebbi d Sid-nneɣ Ɛisa Lmasiḥ akk-d lmalayekkat yețwaxtaṛen, deg wannect-agi meṛṛa ur xeddem ara lxilaf ger yemdanen.

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

²²Ur țɣawal ara aț-țesserseḍ ifassen ɣef yiwen, ur țekki ara di ddnubat n wiyaḍ ; ḥader iman-ik, qqim d azedgan.

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

²³?ef ddemma n weqṛaḥ n tɛebbuṭ-ik i k-issefcalen, ur tess ara kan aman lameɛna sew ciṭṭuḥ n ccṛab.

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

²⁴Llan kra n yemdanen ddnubat-nsen țbanen-d uqbel ad țțuḥasben, llan wiyaḍ ddnubat-nsen ur d-țbanen ara imiren kan.

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

²⁵Akken daɣen i d-țbanen lecɣal lɛali, ma d lecɣal n diri ur zmiren ara ad qqimen ffren.