< 1 Timothy 3 >

1 This is a true saying: If any desires the office of a bishop, he desires a good work.
yadi kazcid adhyakSapadam AkAGkSate tarhi sa uttamaM karmma lipsata iti satyaM|
2 A bishop, then, must be blameless, the husband of one wife, watchful, soberminded, modest, hospitable, able to teach,
ato'dhyakSeNAninditenaikasyA yoSito bhartrA parimitabhogena saMyatamanasA sabhyenAtithisevakena zikSaNe nipuNena
3 not fond of wine, not quarrelsome, not one who makes money by base means; but gentle, not contentious, not covetous;
na madyapena na prahArakeNa kintu mRdubhAvena nirvvivAdena nirlobhena
4 one that rules his own house well; having his children in subjection with all gravity:
svaparivArANAm uttamazAsakena pUrNavinItatvAd vazyAnAM santAnAnAM niyantrA ca bhavitavyaM|
5 for if a man knows not how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?
yata AtmaparivArAn zAsituM yo na zaknoti tenezvarasya samitestattvAvadhAraNaM kathaM kAriSyate?
6 Not a new convert, lest, having become conceited, he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
aparaM sa garvvito bhUtvA yat zayatAna iva daNDayogyo na bhavet tadarthaM tena navaziSyeNa na bhavitavyaM|
7 Further, he must have a good reputation from those who are without, lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
yacca nindAyAM zayatAnasya jAle ca na patet tadarthaM tena bahiHsthalokAnAmapi madhye sukhyAtiyuktena bhavitavyaM|
8 The deacons, likewise, must be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not makers of money by base means,
tadvat paricArakairapi vinItai rdvividhavAkyarahitai rbahumadyapAne 'nAsaktai rnirlobhaizca bhavitavyaM,
9 holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
nirmmalasaMvedena ca vizvAsasya nigUDhavAkyaM dhAtivyaJca|
10 And let these also be first proved, then let them become deacons, being blameless.
agre teSAM parIkSA kriyatAM tataH param aninditA bhUtvA te paricaryyAM kurvvantu|
11 Their wives likewise must be grave, not slanderers, watchful, faithful in all things.
aparaM yoSidbhirapi vinItAbhiranapavAdikAbhiH satarkAbhiH sarvvatra vizvAsyAbhizca bhavitavyaM|
12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
paricArakA ekaikayoSito bharttAro bhaveyuH, nijasantAnAnAM parijanAnAJca suzAsanaM kuryyuzca|
13 For those who have filled the office of a deacon well, gain for themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.
yataH sA paricaryyA yai rbhadrarUpeNa sAdhyate te zreSThapadaM prApnuvanti khrISTe yIzau vizvAsena mahotsukA bhavanti ca|
14 I write these things to you, hoping to come to you shortly;
tvAM pratyetatpatralekhanasamaye zIghraM tvatsamIpagamanasya pratyAzA mama vidyate|
15 but if I delay, that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and support of the truth.
yadi vA vilambeya tarhIzvarasya gRhe 'rthataH satyadharmmasya stambhabhittimUlasvarUpAyAm amarezvarasya samitau tvayA kIdRza AcAraH karttavyastat jJAtuM zakSyate|
16 And confessedly great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in flesh, justified in spirit, seen by angels, preached among the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up in glory.
aparaM yasya mahattvaM sarvvasvIkRtam Izvarabhaktestat nigUDhavAkyamidam Izvaro mAnavadehe prakAzita AtmanA sapuNyIkRto dUtaiH sandRSTaH sarvvajAtIyAnAM nikaTe ghoSito jagato vizvAsapAtrIbhUtastejaHprAptaye svargaM nItazceti|

< 1 Timothy 3 >