1 Timothy 5
1 Do not rebuke/scold older men. Instead, exhort/advise them [respectfully] as you would [exhort/advise] your father. Exhort/advise younger men [gently] as you would exhort/advise your brothers.
Старца не карај, него му говори као оцу; момцима као браћи;
2 [Exhort/advise] older women [respectfully] as [you would exhort/advise] your mother. [Exhort/advise] younger women [gently] as [you would exhort/advise] your sisters; but you must act in a completely proper way as you do that.
Старицама као матерама; младима као сестрама, са сваком чистотом.
3 [Make sure that the congregation] takes care of widows who have no one to care for them.
Удовице поштуј, које су праве удовице.
4 If a widow has children or grandchildren, these [children or grandchildren] should learn that they are to take care of their own family first. By doing that they can repay their parents and grandparents for all that they did for them when they were young, because doing that pleases God.
Ако ли која удовица има децу или унучад, да се уче најпре свој дом поштовати, и зајам враћати родитељима; јер је ово угодно пред Богом.
5 The widows who are really alone and have no one [to help them] confidently expect that God [will help them]. So night and day they pray, earnestly asking [DOU] [God that he will help them and others].
А права удовица и усамљена узда се у Бога, и живи у молитвама и у мољењу дан и ноћ.
6 But widows who just want to have a lot of pleasure are [spiritually] [MET] dead, although they are [physically] alive.
А која живи у сладостима, жива је умрла.
7 And tell [the congregation] that [the children or grandchildren should do] these things in order that [no one] can (criticize the believers/say that the believers are doing anything that is wrong).
И ово заповедај, да буду без мане.
8 If anyone does not take care of those who live in his own house, and especially if he does not take care of his own family, he has (denied/quit believing) what we believe and [we should consider that] he is worse than a person who does not believe [in Christ].
Ако ли ко за своје, а особито за домаће, не промишља, одрекао се вере, и гори је од незнабошца.
9 [You have a list of] widows [who will do work for the congregation and receive money]. Put women’s names on the list [only if] they are more than 60 years old, and if they were faithful to their husbands.
А удовица да се не прима млађа од шездесет година, и која је била једном мужу жена;
10 [Put women’s names on that list only] if it is known that they have wholeheartedly done every kind of good deed, if they have helped [children] who were afflicted/suffering, if they have (brought up/cared for) their children [properly/well], if they have welcomed and cared for guests, and if they have humbly served [MTY] other believers.
И која има сведочанство у добрим делима, ако је децу одгајила, ако је гостољубива била, ако је светима ноге прала, ако је невољнима помагала, ако је ишла за сваким добрим делом.
11 As for younger widows, do not put their names on that list, because they [promise to do work for the congregation, but instead of doing that, they usually] want to marry [again] (OR, marry an unbeliever) when they have a strong desire to get married.
А младих удовица прођи се; јер кад побесне против Христа, хоће да се удају,
12 If that happens, they may become guilty of not having done what they had promised [to do for the congregation] (OR, promised [Christ that they would do].)
И имају грех што прву веру одбацише.
13 In addition, they [generally] become lazy. Specifically, as they [just] go about from house to house, they also begin (to gossip/to talk about people) and to meddle in other people’s affairs, saying what they should not say.
А к томе и беспослене уче се скитати по кућама, не само пак беспослене, него и језичне и свезнале, па говоре шта не треба.
14 So I advise that [instead of putting the names of younger widows on the list, they] marry again, that they bear/have children, that they manage their homes [well], and that they do nothing for which an enemy can say bad things about [them].
Хоћу, дакле, да се младе удовице удају, децу рађају, кућу куће, а никакав узрок да не дају противнику за хуљење.
15 [I say this] because some [younger widows] have stopped [obeying Christ] in order to obey Satan.
Јер се, ево, неке окренуше за сотоном.
16 If any woman who believes [in Christ] has widows [in her household/family], she should take care of them. The congregation should not be burdened by having {She should not depend on the congregation} to take care of their [needs]. The congregation should take care of the widows who truly [have no one to care for them].
Ако који верни или верна има удовице, нека се стара за њих, и да не досађују цркви да оне које су праве удовице може задовољити.
17 [Each congregation] should pay well the elders who lead [well. They should] greatly honor them, especially those who preach and those who teach.
А свештеницима који се добро старају да се даје двогуба част, а особито онима који се труде у речи и у науци.
18 [Long ago Moses] wrote in the Scriptures, “While an ox is threshing [grain], you must not tie its mouth [so that it cannot eat the grain],” and [Jesus said], “[People] should pay those who work [for their benefit].” [So we know that congregations should support their leaders].
Јер писмо говори: Волу који врше не завезуј уста, и: Радин је достојан своје плате.
19 When some person accuses an elder [about doing wrong], accept what he says only if there are [at least] two or three persons who (testify/say [that]) [they saw him do that wrong].
На свештеника не примај тужбе, осим кад имају два или три сведока.
20 But as for any [elder] who repeatedly sins, rebuke him before the whole congregation, in order that the rest [of the elders] will be afraid [to sin].
А који греше покарај их пред свима, да и други имају страх.
21 I solemnly tell you that [as you keep in mind that] God and Christ Jesus and the holy angels know everything that you do, obey these commands [about elders]! [As you consider what others say about an elder doing wrong], do not easily/quickly decide that what they say is true. And treat them all equally.
Заклињем те пред Богом и Господом Исусом Христом и изабраним Његовим анђелима да ово држиш без лицемерја, не чинећи ништа по хатеру.
22 Do not be in a hurry to put your hands on a man ([to set him apart/to appoint him]) [as an elder. Wait until you have examined him to see how he conducts his life], because [God will consider] that you are responsible if [you approve] a person who sins, saying that he should [become an elder]. Keep your life pure in every way.
Руку одмах не мећи ни на кога, нити пристај у туђе грехе. Држи себе чиста.
23 [And Timothy], no longer drink [only] water, but instead, drink a little wine [also], because [that may help to cure] your stomach’s frequent illnesses.
Више не пиј воде, него пиј по мало вина, желуца ради свог и честих својих болести.
24 [I tell you not] ([to set apart/appoint]) [elders hastily, without seeing how they conduct their lives, because] some people [sin secretly], so that it is not known what they have done until after someone examines them (OR, before God judges them). But some people sin openly, so that people know what they have done before anyone examines them.
А неких су људи греси познати који напред воде на суд, а неких иду за њима.
25 Similarly, although [some people] do good things openly, with the result that people know what they have done, some people [do good things secretly], yet the good things that they have done cannot remain secret either.
Тако су и добра дела позната, и која су другачија не могу се сакрити.
