1 Timothy 3
1 This is a faithful saying: someone who seeks to be an overseer desires a good work.
Utakula awu wanakaka, muntu pakafira lihengu lya kugolokera shipinga sha wajimira wa Kristu yakalolera vitwatira vya wantu, muntu ayu kafira lihengu liherepa.
2 The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;
Su muntu yakafira kulonguziya shipinga sha wajimira wa Kristu yakalolera vitwatira vya wantu, kaweri muntu yakahera shidoda shoseri na kafiruwa kaweri mpalu yakawera na mdala yumu hera, yakalilewelera na yakagoheleka, kaweri muntu yakashemera wahenga na yakaweza kufunda.
3 not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;
Nakawera mlowera ama muntu gwa ng'ondu, kumbiti kaweri mnanagala na muntu yakafira ponga, nakawera muntu gwa kufira mpiya nentu.
4 one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;
Kafiruwa kaweri muntu yakaweza kulonguziya weri kaya yakuwi na kuwatenda wananguta wakuwi waweri na ujimira na ligoya lyoseri.
5 (for how could someone who does not know how to rule his own house take care of God’s assembly?)
Su muntu yakaweza ndiri kuilonguziya kaya yakuwi, hakawezi hashi kushilonguziya shipinga sha wantu yawamjimira Yesu?
6 not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.
Muntu yakaaminiti pakwegera nakatendwa kaweri mlongoziya mushipinga sha wantu yawamjimira kristu, nakiza kumema malingisi na kutozwa gambira vyawamtoziti Mkondola.
7 Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the devil.
Kafiruwa nentu kaweri muntu yakapitawulirwa viherepa na wantu wawawera kunja ya shipinga sha wantu yawamjimira Kristu, su nakiza kubeziwa na kuguwira mumgomuziwu gwa Mkondola.
8 Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money,
Watanga mushipinga sha wantu yawamjimira Yesu, wafiruwa waweri wantu yawawera na ligoya nawawera wafyangu nawawera walowera nawawera na lumatamata ludoda lwa mpiya,
9 holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
womberi wafiruwa kulola weri unakaka wa njimiru munfiru iherepa.
10 Let them also first be tested; then let them serve if they are blameless.
Pamberi pa kusyagulwa kuwera watanga, womberi wafiruwa kujerwa huti na pawawoneka wahera likosa, su watendwi kuwera wantumini.
11 Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, and faithful in all things.
Viraa vilii wadala wawu wafiruwa waweri na ntambu iherepa, nawawatakulira wayawu vidoda, yawalilewelera na yawawera waaminika muvitwatira vyoseri.
12 Let servants be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
Mtanga mushipinga sha yawamjimira Yesu, yomberi kafiruwa kaweri muntu yakawera na mdala yumu hera na yakaweza kuwalonguziya weri wananguta wakuwi na kaya yakuwi.
13 For those who have served well gain for themselves a good standing and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Toziya watanga walii yawatenda lihengu lyawu liherepa na waweza kuwatenda wantu wamonga wawapikiniri, waweza kutakula pota lyoga munjimiru yawu Mukristu Yesu.
14 These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly,
Nukulembera luhamba alu pamwera na matumbiru ga kwiza kwaku shipindi shashivuwa ndiri.
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.
Kumbiti handa pankawa, su luhamba alu lukugambiri mgenderanu watufiruwa kuwera nawomberi munumba ya Mlungu, sheni ndo shipinga sha wantu yawamjimira Yesu yakawera mkomu, sheni ndo mpanda na shanjiru sha nakaka.
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.
Kwahera mshashatiku goseri kuusu ukwisa wawugubutulitwi, ya njira yatwenga ya kumguwira Mlungu Kalawiriti gambira mfanu gwa muntu, Kalanguziyitwi na Rohu Mnanagala kuwera mjimirika kulongolu kwa Mlungu. Yomberi kawonekiti na wantumintumi wa kumpindi Na kabweriti pakati pa makabira goseri, Na kajimiritwi poseri pasipanu Na katolitwi muukulu kugenda kumpindi kwa Mlungu.
