1 Timothy 3
1 This is a faithful saying: someone who seeks to be an overseer desires a good work.
Mi khat in bishop nasep a seam nuam le, nasep pha seam nuam a hihi, ci sia thuman a hihi.
2 The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;
Bishop sia paubang ngawl, zi khat nei, a kidawm, pilvang, nuntakzia pha, leangna do thiam, ngual hil thei hi tu a;
3 not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;
Sapittui dawn nuam mama, ngual vua thei, a thiangtho ngawl sum duhop mi hi ngawl tu hi; thuak zo tu, ngual taw thu ki nial in buai ngawl tu, duhop ngawl tu ahizong;
4 one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;
A innkuan phatak in a ukzo, a tate in a thu ni tu a, a zatak huai hi tu hi;
5 (for how could someone who does not know how to rule his own house take care of God’s assembly?)
Banghangziam cile ama innkuan zong bangbang in uk tu ci a he bua le, Pathian i pawlpi sia bangbang in keam thei tu ziam?
6 not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.
Thu um thak hi ngawl tu hi, tabang hi bale ki phatsakna taw ki suangtak tu a, doaimangpa sia ki phatsakna taw a pu bang in puk tu hi.
7 Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the devil.
Tua bek domngawl in a puasang mihing te mai ah minpha a nga mi hi hamtang tahen; tabang hi bale zawnsakna le doaimangpa i thang sung ah awk tu hi.
8 Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money,
Tasia bangma in upa te zong a zatak huai, leii ka ngawl, sapittui tampi dawn ngawl, a thiangtho ngawl sum a duhop ngawl te;
9 holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
Upna thuthuk sia a thiangtho khentel theina taw a len hi tahen.
10 Let them also first be tested; then let them serve if they are blameless.
Hi te sia ki ze-et masa tu a; paubang ngawl ci a ki heak thiang zawkciang in, upa nasep seam tahen.
11 Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, and faithful in all things.
Tasia bangma in amate i zite zong a zatak huai, a man ngawl ngual a mawsiat thei te hi ngawl in, pilvang le na theampo ah a muanhuai te a hi hamtang kul hi.
12 Let servants be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
Upa te sia zi khat nei, a tate le a innsung phatak in a uk zo te hi tahen.
13 For those who have served well gain for themselves a good standing and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Banghangziam cile upa nasep phatak in a seam te sia amate atu in dinmun pha a nga hi a, Christ upna sung ah hangsanna lianpi zong nga tu hi.
14 These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly,
Note kung ah a manlangtak in paitu lametna taw hi te at in kong thak hi:
15 but if I wait long, that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in God’s house, which is the assembly of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
Ahihang ngei kong om tha le, Pathian innkuanpui sung ah bangbang in om tu ci na heak thei natu uh in kong at hi, tua Pathian innkuanpui sia a nungta Pathian i pawlpi hi a, thuman khuam le zungpi a hihi.
16 Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great: God was revealed in the flesh, justified in the spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, and received up in glory.
Taciang Pathianmi hina thuthuk sia thu ki nial na om ngawl in thupi hi: Pathian sia cilesa in kilang zo a, Thaa sung ah thutang suaksak zo hi, vantungmi te in mu zo uh a, Gentile te kung ah ki pualak zo hi, leitung ah zong um zo uh a, minthanna sung ah tumsak zo hi.
