1 Timothy 3
1 This is a faithful saying: someone who seeks to be an overseer desires a good work.
yadi kashchid adhyakShapadam AkA NkShate tarhi sa uttamaM karmma lipsata iti satyaM|
2 The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;
ato. adhyakSheNAninditenaikasyA yoShito bhartrA parimitabhogena saMyatamanasA sabhyenAtithisevakena shikShaNe nipuNena
3 not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;
na madyapena na prahArakeNa kintu mR^idubhAvena nirvvivAdena nirlobhena
4 one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;
svaparivArANAm uttamashAsakena pUrNavinItatvAd vashyAnAM santAnAnAM niyantrA cha bhavitavyaM|
5 (for how could someone who does not know how to rule his own house take care of God’s assembly?)
yata AtmaparivArAn shAsituM yo na shaknoti teneshvarasya samitestattvAvadhAraNaM kathaM kAriShyate?
6 not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.
aparaM sa garvvito bhUtvA yat shayatAna iva daNDayogyo na bhavet tadarthaM tena navashiShyeNa na bhavitavyaM|
7 Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the devil.
yachcha nindAyAM shayatAnasya jAle cha na patet tadarthaM tena bahiHsthalokAnAmapi madhye sukhyAtiyuktena bhavitavyaM|
8 Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money,
tadvat parichArakairapi vinItai rdvividhavAkyarahitai rbahumadyapAne. anAsaktai rnirlobhaishcha bhavitavyaM,
9 holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
nirmmalasaMvedena cha vishvAsasya nigUDhavAkyaM dhAtivya ncha|
10 Let them also first be tested; then let them serve if they are blameless.
agre teShAM parIkShA kriyatAM tataH param aninditA bhUtvA te paricharyyAM kurvvantu|
11 Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, and faithful in all things.
aparaM yoShidbhirapi vinItAbhiranapavAdikAbhiH satarkAbhiH sarvvatra vishvAsyAbhishcha bhavitavyaM|
12 Let servants be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
parichArakA ekaikayoShito bharttAro bhaveyuH, nijasantAnAnAM parijanAnA ncha sushAsanaM kuryyushcha|
13 For those who have served well gain for themselves a good standing and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
yataH sA paricharyyA yai rbhadrarUpeNa sAdhyate te shreShThapadaM prApnuvanti khrIShTe yIshau vishvAsena mahotsukA bhavanti cha|
14 These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly,
tvAM pratyetatpatralekhanasamaye shIghraM tvatsamIpagamanasya pratyAshA mama vidyate|
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.
yadi vA vilambeya tarhIshvarasya gR^ihe. arthataH satyadharmmasya stambhabhittimUlasvarUpAyAm amareshvarasya samitau tvayA kIdR^isha AchAraH karttavyastat j nAtuM shakShyate|
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.
aparaM yasya mahattvaM sarvvasvIkR^itam Ishvarabhaktestat nigUDhavAkyamidam Ishvaro mAnavadehe prakAshita AtmanA sapuNyIkR^ito dUtaiH sandR^iShTaH sarvvajAtIyAnAM nikaTe ghoShito jagato vishvAsapAtrIbhUtastejaHprAptaye svargaM nItashcheti|
