ᏉᎳ ᏧᏬᏪᎳᏅᎯ ᎢᎬᏱᏱ ᏗᎹᏗ ᏧᏬᏪᎳᏁᎸᎯ 5

1 ᎤᏛᏐᏅᎯ ᏞᏍᏗ ᏱᎬᏍᎪᎸᏁᏍᏗ, ᎯᏍᏗᏰᏗᏍᎨᏍᏗᏍᎩᏂ ᎠᎦᏴᎵᎨ ᎾᏍᎩᏯᎢ, ᎠᏂᏫᏅᏃ ᎢᏣᏓᏅᏟ ᎾᏍᎩᏯᎢ,

Do not reprimand an older man, but plead with him as if he were your father. Treat the young men as brothers,

2 ᎠᎾᎦᏴᎵᎨᏃ ᎠᏂᎨᏴ ᏗᏣᏥ ᎾᏍᎩᏯᎢ, ᎠᏂᏫᏅᎨᏃ ᎠᏂᎨᏴ ᏤᏣᏙ ᎾᏍᎩᏯᎢ, ᎤᏐᏅ ᏄᏓᏑᏴᎾ.

the older women as mothers, and the younger women as sisters – with all purity.

3 ᏕᎯᎸᏉᏕᏍᏗ ᏧᏃᏑᎶᏨᎯ, ᎢᏳᏃ ᎤᏙᎯᏳᏒ ᏧᏃᏑᎶᏨᎯ ᏱᎩ.

Show consideration for widows – I mean those who are really widowed.

4 ᎢᏳᏍᎩᏂ ᎩᎶ ᎤᏬᏑᎶᏨᎯ ᏧᏪᏥ ᎠᎴ ᏧᎵᏏ ᏯᏁᎭ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᎾᏕᎶᏆᏍᎨᏍᏗ ᏧᏂᎸᏉᏙᏗᏱ ᏙᏧᏁᏅᏒ ᎠᏁᎯ, ᎠᎴ ᏧᎾᎫᏴᎡᏗᏱ ᏧᏂᎦᏴᎵᎨᎢ; ᎾᏍᎩᏰᏃ ᎣᏏᏳ, ᎠᎴ ᏧᏓᏂᎸᎢᏍᏗᏳ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎠᎦᏔᎲᎢ.

But, if a widow has children or grandchildren, they should learn to show proper regard for the members of their own family first, and to make some return to their parents; for that is pleasing in God’s sight.

5 ᎾᏍᎩᏰᏃ Ꮎ ᎤᏙᎯᏳᎯ ᎤᏬᏑᎶᏨᎯ ᏥᎨᏐᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᏩᏒᎯᏳ ᏥᎨᏐᎢ, ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎠᎵᏍᎦᏍᏙᏗᏍᎪᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᏓᎧᎿᎭᏩᏗᏐ ᎠᏔᏲᏍᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎠᎴ ᎠᏓᏙᎵᏍᏙᏗ ᎨᏒ ᏂᏚᎵᏏᏂᏒ ᎠᎴ ᏂᏚᎩᏨᏂᏒᎢ.

As for the woman who is really widowed and left quite alone, her hopes are fixed on God, and she devotes herself to prayers and supplications night and day.

6 ᎾᏍᎩ Ꮎ ᏄᏁᎸᎾ ᎡᎯ ᎤᏲᎱᏒᎯ ᎨᏐ ᎠᏏᏉ ᎠᎴᏂᏙᎲᎢ.

But the life of a widow who is devoted to pleasure is a living death.

7 ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎯᎠ ᏄᏍᏕᏍᏗ ᎯᏁᎨᏍᏗ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎦᎨᎫᎢᏍᏙᏗ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᎢᏳᎵᏍᏙᏗᏱ.

Those are the points you should teach, so that there may be no call for your censure.

8 ᎢᏳᏍᎩᏂᏃ ᎩᎶ ᏂᏓᏛᏅᎢᏍᏓᏁᎲᎾ ᎢᎨᏎᏍᏗ ᎤᏩᏒ ᏧᏤᎵᎦ, ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᎩ Ꮀ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎭ ᎤᏩᏒ ᏚᏓᏘᎿᎭᎥᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏓᏱᎸ ᎪᎯᏳᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᏟ ᎤᏲᎢᏳ ᎡᏍᎦᏉ Ꮎ ᏄᏬᎯᏳᏒᎾ.

Anyone who fails to provide for their own relatives, and especially for those under their own roof, has disowned the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

9 ᎤᏬᏑᎶᏨᎯ ᎠᎦᏎᏍᏗ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ ᎢᏳᏃ ᏑᏓᎳᏍᎪᎯ ᎢᏳᏕᏘᏴᏛ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᎶᏒᏍᏕᏍᏗ, ᏌᏉᏉ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎤᎾᏁᎳᏛᎯ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ.

A widow, when her name is added to the list, should not be less than sixty years old; she should have been a faithful wife,

10 ᎢᏳᏃ ᎣᏍᏛ ᎠᏥᏃᎮᏍᎩ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ ᎣᏏ ᏕᎤᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎲᎢ, ᎢᏳᏃ ᏗᏂᏲᎵ ᏧᏛᎯᏍᏔᏅᎯ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ, ᎢᏳᏃ ᎠᏁᏙᎯ ᏧᏍᏆᏂᎪᏔᏅᎯ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ, ᎢᏳᏃ ᎤᎾᏓᏅᏘ ᏧᎾᎳᏏᏕᏂ ᏧᏬᏑᎴᎸᎯ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ, ᎢᏳᏃ ᏧᏍᏕᎸᏛ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ ᎠᏂᎩᎵᏲᎩ, ᎢᏳᏃ ᎤᏍᏓᏩᏛᏛ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ ᏂᎦᎥ ᎣᏍᏛ ᏗᎦᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ.

and be well spoken of for her kind actions. She should have brought up children, have shown hospitality to strangers, have washed the feet of her fellow Christians, have relieved those who were in distress, and devoted herself to every kind of good action.

11 ᎠᏂᏫᏅᎨᏌᏂᏍᎩᏂ ᏧᏃᏑᎶᏨᎯ ᎩᏲᎢᏎᎮᏍᏗ; ᎢᏳᏰᏃ ᏄᎾᏁᎸᎾ ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏓ ᎠᏁᎲ, ᎦᎶᏁᏛᏃ ᎤᏁᎳᎩ ᎠᏁᎳ, ᎿᎭᏉ ᎤᎾᏚᎵᏍᎪ ᏧᎾᏨᏍᏗᏱ,

But you should exclude the younger widows from the list; for, when they grow restive under the yoke of the Christ, they want to marry,

12 ᏧᎾᏚᎪᏓᏁᎸᎯ ᎨᏐᎢ ᏅᏗᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗᏍᎪ ᏕᎤᏂᏲᏒ ᎢᎬᏱᏱ ᎤᏃᎯᏳᏅᎢ.

and so they bring condemnation on themselves for having broken their previous promise.

13 ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᏉ ᎠᎾᏕᎶᏆᏍᎪ ᎤᎾᏓᏄᎸᏗ ᎢᏳᎾᎵᏍᏙᏗᏱ, ᎠᏁᏙᎵᏙᎰ ᏓᏓᏁᎳᏗᏒᎢ; ᎥᏝ ᎠᎴ ᎤᎾᏓᏄᎸᏗᏉ ᎤᏩᏒ ᏱᎨᏐᎢ, ᎾᏍᏉᏍᎩᏂ ᎧᏃᎮᏛ ᎠᏂᏱᏙᎯ ᎨᏐᎢ ᎠᎴ ᎤᏂᏂᎳᏗᏌᏘ, ᎠᏂᏃᎮᏍᎩ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏂᏚᏳᎪᏛᎾ ᎨᏒ ᎤᏂᏃᎮᏗᏱ.

And not only that, but they learn to be idle as they go about from house to house. Nor are they merely idle, but they also become gossips and busybodies, and talk of what they ought not.

14 ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᎠᏆᏚᎵᎭ ᎠᏂᏫᏅᎨᏌᏂ ᏧᎾᏨᏍᏗᏱ, ᏗᏂᏲᎵ ᏧᏂᎾᏄᎪᏫᏍᏗᏱ, ᏧᏂᏍᏆᏂᎪᏙᏗᏱ ᏓᏂᏁᎸᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎬᏩᎾᏡᏗᏍᎩ ᏧᏂᎳᏅᏓᏕᏗᏱ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᎨᏒ ᎤᏐᏅ ᎬᏩᏂᏃᎮᏗᏱ.

Therefore I advise young widows to marry, bear children, and attend to their homes, and so avoid giving the enemy an opportunity for scandal.

15 ᎦᏳᎳᏰᏃ ᎢᎦᏛ ᎤᎾᎪᎸᏒ ᏎᏓᏂ ᎤᎾᏍᏓᏩᏕᏅ.

There are some who have already left us, to follow Satan.

16 ᎢᏳᏃ ᎩᎶ ᎪᎯᏳᎲᏍᎩ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎠᎴ ᎠᎨᏴ ᏚᏪᎧᎮᏍᏗ ᏧᏃᏑᎶᏨᎯ, ᎤᏅᏒᏉ ᏗᏂᏍᏕᎵᏍᎨᏍᏗ, ᏞᏍᏗᏃ ᏧᎾᏁᎶᏗ ᎤᎾᏓᏡᎬ ᏱᏚᏂᏓᏁᎴᏍᏗ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᏗᎬᏩᏂᏍᏕᎸᏗ ᏱᎩ ᎤᏙᎯᏳᏒ ᏧᏃᏑᎶᏨᎯ ᎨᏒᎢ.

Any Christian woman, who has relatives who are widows, ought to relieve them and not allow them to become a burden to the church, so that the church may relieve those widows who are really widowed.

17 ᎠᎴ ᏗᎨᎦᏁᎶᏗ ᏥᎩ ᎣᏍᏛ ᏧᏂᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎯ ᏔᎵ ᎢᏳᏩᎫᏗ ᏕᏥᎸᏉᏕᏍᏗ, ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᎩ Ꮀ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᏎᏍᏗ ᎧᏃᎮᏛ ᎠᎴ ᏗᏕᏲᏗ ᎨᏒ ᏧᏂᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎯ.

Those church elders who fill their office well should be held deserving of especial consideration, particularly those whose work lies in preaching and teaching.

18 ᎯᎠᏰᏃ ᏂᎦᏛᎭ ᎦᎸᏉᏗ ᎪᏪᎵ; ᏞᏍᏗ ᏱᏲᏴᏑᎳᏁᏍᏗ ᏩᎦ ᎠᎦᏔᏙᎥᏗᏍᎩ; ᎠᎴ, ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᎠᏛᏁᎯ ᎠᎦᎫᏴᎡᏗ ᎨᏐ ᏚᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎸᎢ.

The words of scripture are – “You should not muzzle the ox while it is treading out the grain.” and again – “The worker is worth their wages.”

19 ᏣᎦᏁᎶᏗ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᎠᏥᎳᏫᏎᎲᎢ ᏞᏍᏗ ᏱᏣᏛᏓᏍᏗᏍᎨᏍᏗ ᎬᏂ ᎠᏂᏔᎵ ᎠᎴ ᎠᏂᏦᎢ ᎤᏂᏃᎮᏛ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ.

Do not entertain a charge against an church elder, unless it is supported by two or three witnesses;

20 ᎾᏃ ᎠᏂᏍᎦᏅᎩ ᏕᎯᎬᏍᎪᎸᎥᏍᎨᏍᏗ ᏂᎦᏛ ᎠᏂᎦᏔᎲᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏂᏐᎢ ᎾᏍᏉ ᎤᏂᎾᏰᏍᏗᏱ.

but rebuke offenders publicly, so that others may take warning.

21 ᎬᏁᏤᎭ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎠᎦᏔᎲᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᏥᏌ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ ᎠᎴ ᎨᎦᏑᏰᏛ ᏗᏂᎧᎿᎭᏩᏗᏙᎯ ᎠᏂᎦᏔᎲᎢ, ᎯᎠ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏣᎦᏌᏯᏍᏙᏗᏱ ᎢᎬᏱ ᎦᏰᎯ ᏂᏚᎪᏗᏍᎬᎾ, ᎠᎴ ᏕᏣᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎲ ᎩᎶ ᏂᏯᎵᎪᏁᎲᎾ.

I charge you solemnly, before God and Christ Jesus and the chosen angels, to carry out these directions, unswayed by prejudice, never acting with partiality.

22 ᏞᏍᏗ ᎤᎵᏍᏗ ᏱᏘᏯᏏᏔᏕᏍᏗ ᎩᎶᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᏞᏍᏗ ᏯᏖᎳᏗᏍᎨᏍᏗ ᎩᎶ ᎠᏂᏍᎦᏅᎬᎢ. ᏣᏓᎦᏌᏯᏍᏕᏍᏗ ᎯᎦᏓᎭ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ.

Never ordain anyone hastily, and take no part in the wrongdoing of others. Keep your life pure.

23 ᎿᎭᏉ ᏞᏍᏗ ᎠᎹᏉ ᏯᏗᏔᏍᎨᏍᏗ, ᎤᏍᏗᏍᎩᏂ ᎩᎦᎨ-ᎠᏗᏔᏍᏗ ᎭᏗᏔᏍᎨᏍᏗ, ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᎭᎵᏍᏗᏍᎬ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᏦᎸᎯᏍᏗᏱ ᎠᎴ ᏯᏃᏉ ᏣᏢᏥᏰᏍᎬᎢ.

Do not continue to drink water only, but take a little wine because of the weakness of your stomach, and your frequent ailments.

24 ᎩᎶ ᎠᏂᏍᎦᏅᎬ ᎬᏂᎨᏒ ᎨᏐ ᎢᎬᏪᏅᏛ, ᎢᎬᏱ ᏫᎦᎷᎪ ᏗᎫᎪᏙᏗᏱ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎩᎶᏃ ᎤᎨᏍᏓᏩᏕᎪᎢ.

There are some people whose sins are conspicuous and lead on to judgment, while there are others whose sins dog their steps.

25 ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᎾᏍᏉ ᎩᎶ ᎣᏍᏛ ᏚᏂᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎲ ᎬᏂᎨᏒ ᎨᏐ ᎢᎬᏪᏅᏛ; ᎩᎶᏃ ᎾᏍᎩ Ꮎ ᎯᎠ ᏄᏍᏛᎾ ᏱᎩ, ᎠᏎ Ꮭ ᎦᎬᏍᎦᎶᏗ ᏱᎨᏐᎢ.

In the same way noble deeds become conspicuous, and those which are otherwise cannot be concealed.