1 Timothy 3
1 It is a faithful saying: if a man desires the episcopate, he desires a good work.
kerwo dong dong, tano kange cwiti na co yilam dur bikur wabe di, coki cwi nangendo ken.
2 Therefore, it is necessary for a bishop to be beyond reproach, the husband of one wife, sober, prudent, gracious, chaste, hospitable, a teacher,
Nyo nii dur kur waber a yilam diker bitorer man dorcer, ca yilam nii ki nawiye wiine, nii tam dor cere, nii wo man ki kutume, nii yo fabubtiye. ca yilam nii nyimom merangka.
3 not a drunkard, not combative but restrained, not quarrelsome, not covetous;
Ca yilare nii noka nyomek, ca yilare nii ki funere, nyeu a yilam ki fuwor neret, nii wo tam dore, kebo nii cwi kemer tiye.
4 but a man who leads his own house well, having children who are subordinate with all chastity.
Tam nyo ca tam loceu, bibeyo loceu ayilam wo nuwa co tiye kange neka biduyet.
5 For if a man does not know how to lead his own house, how will he take care of the Church of God?
Tano nii dolbo taka loceko di, ca ta nob Kwama bo nyi?
6 He must not be a new convert, lest, being elated by pride, he may fall under the sentence of the devil.
Ca yilare nii fwir wo fiya fiya fuloka tiye, kari co dii bwiyo ki cwika dorek, kari ci yarken mor warke wo cii ma bwekelkele nineu.
7 And it is necessary for him also to have good testimony from those who are outside, so that he may not fall into disrepute and the snare of the devil.
Tam nyo ca yila ki warke ken tak mor nobo buro mani more beu, kati ci yarken mor kwenduwe kange cito bwekelkele.
8 Similarly, deacons must be chaste, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not pursuing tainted profit,
Nyo nobo ma nangen ti bi kur wabere, ken, cia yilam ki taka dorek, kebo nobo ki ni yobe dabo ci a yilam nob noka nyinek kange nob kucunu.
9 holding to the mystery of the faith with a pure conscience.
Ci a yilam nob nung bilenketi ki nero wucakke.
10 And these things should be proven first, and then they may minister, being without offense.
Daten a cuwa cii bwiri, no ciin wi ki warke ken di nimde cii ta nangendo wori cii man ki diker bitorer.
11 Similarly, the women must be chaste, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
Nyo natubo ken a yilam nobo ken, dabo ciya yilam nob cuwarumeb, di nob taka doreb, kange yim ciyaka mor dikero gwam.
12 Deacons should be the husband of one wife, men who lead their own children and their own houses well.
Tam nyo nobo dur bikur waber a yilam ki nawiye wiin. Ciya dolum mweka bibeyo loceu kange to ka loniciye.
13 For those who have ministered well will acquire for themselves a good position, and much confidence in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Nobo wuro manangendo keneu ciiki fiya dorcero nin dendo ken kange bikwan neret mor bilenke wo Almaciya Yecu nine.
14 I am writing these things to you, with the hope that I will come to you soon.
Ma mulang mwen dike buroti ki yoka nerek man bo mwinen fo kutangbo.
15 But, if I am delayed, you should know the manner in which it is necessary to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the Church of the living God, the pillar and the foundation of truth.
Tano ntabwiri, maki mulang mwen be na nyumom wang yimeko daten ayiti mor luwe Kwama, wo nob bwanka Kwama ki dume, bikwan, kange tikali bilenke.
16 And it is clearly great, this mystery of piety, which was manifested in the flesh, which was justified in the Spirit, which has appeared to Angels, which has been preached to the Gentiles, which is believed in the world, which has been taken up in glory.
Kani man, fwetangka bilenke bwangka beko teenangi kabo: Con nung dorcero mor bwiye, Yuwa tangbeko nungi cin nii ken, nob tomange Kwama wucakke tom co, cii tok ker fulene ce mor nobo kumtacili, ciin ne bilenke fo dorbitiner, nimde ciin tu co dii kwama mor duktonka.
