1 Timoteo 5:4-14 Buku Lopatulika 1992 (BL92)

4. Koma ngati wamasiye wina ali nao ana kapena adzukulu, ayambe aphunzire iwo kucitira ulemu a m'banja lao, ndi kubwezera akuwabala; pakuti ici ncolandirika pamaso pa Mulungu.

5. Koma iye amene ali wamasiye ndithu, nasiyidwa yekha, ayembekezera Mulungu, nakhalabe m'mapembedzo ndi mapemphero usiku ndi usana.

6. Koma iye wakutsata zomkondweretsa, adafa pokhala ali ndi moyo,

7. Ndipo izi ulamulire, kuti akhale opanda ciremao

8. Koma ngati wina sadzisungiratu mbumba yace ya iye yekha, makamaka iwo a m'banja lace, wakana cikhulupiriro iye, ndipo aipa koposa wosakhulupira.

9. Asawerengedwe wamasiye ngati sanafikire zaka makumi asanu ndi limodzi, atakhala mkazi wa mwamuna mmodzi,

10. wa mbiri ya nchito zabwino; ngati walera ana, ngati wacereza alendo, ngati adasambitsa mapazi a nzera mtima, ngati wathapdiza osautsidwa, ngati anatsatadi nchito zonse zabwino.

11. Koma amasiyeang'ono uwakane; pakuti pamene ayambakumcitira Kristu cipongwe afuna kukwatiwa;

12. pokhala naco citsutso, popeza adataya cikhulupiriro cao coyamba.

13. Ndipo aphunziraponso kucita ulesi, aderuderu; koma osati ulesi wokha, komatunso alankhula zopanda pace, nacita mwina ndi mwina, olankhula zosayenera.

14. Cifukwa cace nditi akwatiwe amasiye ang'ono, nabale ana, naweruzire nyumba, osapatsa cifukwa kwa mdaniyo cakulalatira;

1 Timoteo 5