How To Act toward Others
1 Don't correct an older man. Encourage him, as you would your own father. Treat younger men as you would your own brother, 2 and treat older women as you would your own mother. Show the same respect to younger women that you would to your sister.
3 Take care of any widow who is really in need. 4 But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they should learn to serve God by taking care of her, as she once took care of them. This is what God wants them to do. 5 A widow who is really in need is one who doesn't have any relatives. She has faith in God, and she keeps praying to him night and day, asking for his help.
6 A widow who thinks only about having a good time is already dead, even though she is still alive.
7 Tell all this to everyone, so they will do the right thing. 8 People who don't take care of their relatives, and especially their own families, have given up their faith. They are worse than someone who doesn't have faith in the Lord.
9 For a widow to be put on the list of widows, she must be at least 60 years old, and she must have been faithful in marriage. 10 She must also be well-known for doing all sorts of good things, such as raising children, giving food to strangers, welcoming God's people into her home, helping people in need, and always making herself useful.
11 Don't put young widows on the list. They may later have a strong desire to get married. Then they will turn away from Christ 12 and become guilty of breaking their promise to him. 13 Besides, they will become lazy and get into the habit of going from house to house. Next, they will start gossiping and become busybodies, talking about things that are none of their business.
14 I would prefer that young widows get married, have children, and look after their families. Then the enemy won't have any reason to say insulting things about us. 15 Look what's already happened to some of the young widows! They have turned away to follow Satan.
16 If a woman who is a follower has any widows in her family, she should help them. This will keep the church from having that burden, and then the church can help widows who are really in need.
Church Leaders
17 Church leaders who do their job well deserve to be paid twice as much, especially if they work hard at preaching and teaching. 18 It is just as the Scriptures say, “Don't muzzle an ox when you are using it to grind grain.” You also know the saying, “Workers are worth their pay.”
19 Don't listen to any charge against a church leader, unless at least two or three people bring the same charges. 20 But if any of the leaders should keep on sinning, they must be corrected in front of the whole group, as a warning to everyone else.
21 In the presence of God and Christ Jesus and their chosen angels, I order you to follow my instructions! Be fair with everyone, and don't have any favorites.
22 Don't be too quick to accept people into the service of the Lord by placing your hands on them.
Don't sin because others do, but stay close to God.
23 Stop drinking only water. Take a little wine to help your stomach trouble and the other illnesses you often have.
24 Some people get caught in their sins almost at once, even before the time of judgment. But other people's sins don't show up until later. 25 It is the same with good deeds. Some are easily seen, but none of them can be hidden.
1 Kana keebaa dooyaa, bari i si a yaamari ko i faamaa. Fondinkewolu yaamari ko i baadiŋolu*, 2 musu keebaalu ko i baamaalu, aniŋ foromusoolu ko i baarimmusoolu, seneyaa bee kono.
Yaamaroolu furuyaamusoolu la kuwo to
3 Furuyaamusoolu buuñaa, mennu maŋ maakoyilaa soto. 4 Niŋ furuyaamusoo ye diŋolu soto, waraŋ mamariŋolu, ì ñanta meŋ foloo karaŋ na, wo le mu ka ì faŋo la dimbaayaalu topatoo ko Yeesu noomalankayaa hakoo be ñaameŋ. Dindiŋolu ñanta ì wuluulaalu la ñiiñaa juloo joo la le, kaatu wo le beteyaata Alla ñaatiliŋo la.
5 Furuyaamusu tooñaa, meŋ kiliŋ tuta, a ye a jikoo loo Alla kaŋ, aduŋ a ka tu tuukuriŋ duwaa niŋ daaniroo la, suutoo aniŋ tiloo. 6 Bari furuyaamusoo meŋ be baluuriŋ niidiyaa kono, wo faata le, hani a be baluuriŋ ñaa-wo-ñaa. 7 Wo kuwo bambandi ì ma fo moo kana ì tuumi noo feŋ na.
8 Bari niŋ moo-wo-moo maŋ a la moolu topatoo, sako a faŋo la dimbaayaa, wo maarii ye a koo dii a la lannoo la le, aduŋ ate le jawuyaata ka tambi lannabaloo la.
9 Furuyaamusoolu toosafewo to, musu too kana safee jee, fo niŋ a ye sanji taŋ wooro soto, aniŋ a foroyaata taalaa ma, a keemaa. 10 Aduŋ a ñanta seedeyaa betoo fanaa soto la a kebaaroolu to le: A ye ke moo ti, meŋ ye a diŋolu kuluu kuu, a ye luntaŋolu jiyaa, a ye Alla la moo senuŋolu siŋolu kuu, a ye moolu maakoyi, mennu be bataa kono, aduŋ a ye a faŋo dii dookuu betoo bee la.
11 Kana furuyaamusu dindiŋolu too safee, kaatu niŋ ì balajaatoo la hame kuwolu naata ì kaŋ, ì be jamfa la Kiristu* la le, aduŋ ì be lafi la le ka futuu kotenke. 12 Niŋ wo keta, kiitiyo laata ì kaŋ ne, kaatu ì ye ì la laahidi foloo bula le. 13 Aduŋ fanaa, ì be dali la le ka naafa, niŋ ì be yaayi la taariŋ ka bo buŋ ka taa buŋ. A maŋ ke wo dammaa ti, bari ì be ke la koomakumarilaalu ti le, aniŋ moolu mennu ka ì daa bula wandi kuwolu to, ì ka kuwolu fo le, ì maŋ ñaŋ na mennu fo la. 14 Wo le ye a tinna n lafita, furuyaamusu dindiŋolu ye futuu, ì si diŋolu wuluu, ì ye ì la suwo kono topatoo, ì kana siloo dii ǹ jawoolu la ka kuma jawoo fo m̀ ma. 15 Furuyaamusu dindiŋ doolu jenketa le fokabaŋ, ì bulata Seetaanoo* nooma.
16 Niŋ Yeesu noomalanka musoo ye furuyaamusoolu soto a la dimbaayaalu kono, a ñanta ì maakoyi la le, fo wo dunoo kana laa Yeesu la kafoo kaŋ. I si a je, wolu si doo koteŋolu maakoyi noo, mennu maŋ maakoyilaa soto.
Alifaalu la ñantoo
17 Alifaalu mennu ka Yeesu la kafoo ñaatonkayaa kuu, wolu jarita horomoo niŋ buuñaa la le ko siiñaa fula, sako mennu la dookuwo mu kawandoo aniŋ karandiroo ti. 18 Kaatu Alla la kumoo be safeeriŋ ne ko, “Ali kana ninsoo daa siti, niŋ a be siimaŋ toñonkoo la.” Aduŋ a fota le fanaa ko, “Dookuulaa jarita a la joo la le.”
19 Kana soŋ, kaŋo ye laa alifaa la, fo niŋ wo kuwo loota seede fula waraŋ seede saba la seedeyaa la. 20 Mennu maŋ junube kewo bula, ì jalayi kenebaa to baadiŋolu bee ñaatiliŋo la, fo doo koteŋolu si sila wo kuu siifaalu kewo la.
21 M be i yaamari la kendeke Alla niŋ Kiristu Yeesu ñaatiliŋo la, aniŋ malaayika tombondiŋolu, ñiŋ kuwolu ke faasaaribaliyaa kono, i kana feŋ ke kara kiliŋ na. 22 Kana koronto ka i buloo laa moo kaŋ ka a kerekere Alla la dookuwo ye. Kana duŋ wandi junuboolu kono, bari i si tu seneyaariŋ.
23 Kana jiyo doroŋ miŋ, bari i si wayinoo* domandiŋ miŋ i konoo la kuwo kamma la, baawo a ka i maa le waati niŋ waati.
24 Moo doolu la junuboolu jeta koyirinke le, aduŋ ì be finti la kiitiyo to juuna le, bari doolu la junuboolu be finti la ñaato doroŋ ne. 25 Wo ñaa kiliŋo la, moo doolu la kebaara betoolu jeta koyirinke le, bari hani mennu maŋ finti foloo, wolu te tu la maaboriŋ kulloo kono.
