1 Timothy 3
1 The word [is] faithful: if any one aspires to exercise oversight, he desires a good work.
Mi naa maama tie madugikaama: O nilo ya bua ki tua gobidikoa, o bua ya tuonli n ŋani.
2 The overseer then must be irreproachable, husband of one wife, sober, discreet, decorous, hospitable, apt to teach;
Li tie tiladi ke o gobidikoa n ya tie ban kan fidi ki kuli yua leni liba, ki pia poyendo bebe, ki kubi o yuli, ki tiegi, ki pia o tagiŋamu, ki gaani bi canba cangu, kigo tie yua nfidi mi bangima.
3 not given to excesses from wine, not a striker, but mild, not addicted to contention, not fond of money,
Wan da tie yua n puni o yuli mi daama po, ki da bua li koanli, ama wan tie yua n dingi, ki pia mi yanduanma, kaa go bua i ligi ke li pendi.
4 conducting his own house well, having [his] children in subjection with all gravity;
Kali wan ya tie yua n fidi ki gobidi o diogu ŋanma, ki kubi o bila leni li yumiinli leni ya teginma n tiegi;
5 (but if one does not know how to conduct his own house, how shall he take care of the assembly of God?)
Kelima o nilo ya kan fidi ki gobidi o dieceli, o ba ga lede ki fidi ki ya guu u TIENU diegu?
6 not a novice, that he may not, being inflated, fall into [the] fault of the devil.
Wan da tie yua daani ke li daa waagi, ke ti japaadi n da ti diedi o, wan baa sutaani n den baa ya bujiali nni.
7 But it is necessary that he should have also a good testimony from those without, that he may fall not into reproach and [the] snare of the devil.
wan ya tie yua ke niinpo yaaba tie o po i siedi ŋami, ke wan da ti kua i fe nni leni sutaani diagu nni.
8 Ministers, in like manner, grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not seeking gain by base means,
Kilisiti n yini yaaba todikaaba moko baa tie bi niba n jigini yaaba, ki da tie pala lie danba, ki da tie a daǹola, ki da kuani bi yula ya ǹuadi n pia i fe nni,
9 holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
ki ya kubi li dandanli ŋasiili leni li papienli.
10 And let these be first proved, then let them minister, being without charge [against them].
Ban da kpa biigi ba, bi ya sua ke baa pia ban ba fidi ki kuli ba leni yaala, ban soani ban puogi ba ya tuonli.
11 [The] women in like manner grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
Bi puoba moko baa tie yaaba n tiegi, kaa pia mabiadima, ki kubi bi yula, ki go tie nidugikaaba li bonli kuli nni.
12 Let [the] ministers be husbands of one wife, conducting [their] children and their own houses well:
Kilisiti n yini yaaba todikaaba ba tie yaaba n pia poyendo bebe, ki gobidi bi bila leni bi diedi ŋanma.
13 for those who shall have ministered well obtain for themselves a good degree, and much boldness in faith which [is] in Christ Jesus.
Kelima yaaba n kubi bi puogili ŋanma, baa ba ya kaani n pia ti kpiagidi, leni ya suginma n yabi li dandanli Jesu kilisiti nni.
14 These things I write to thee, hoping to come to thee more quickly;
N diani a po line ki sugini ke n ba cua a kani ke li kan waagi.
15 but if I delay, in order that thou mayest know how one ought to conduct oneself in God's house, which is [the] assembly of [the] living God, [the] pillar and base of the truth.
N ya waagi ka cua, ŋan fidi ki bandi, ŋan ba tuuni maama u TIENU diegu nni, kuni yaagu n yie i moamoani benjiilu leni u dasaali.
16 And confessedly the mystery of piety is great. God has been manifested in flesh, has been justified in [the] Spirit, has appeared to angels, has been preached among [the] nations, has been believed on in [the] world, has been received up in glory.
Oba kan nia ke uTIENU maama bondoaginkaala ǹua boncianla: wani yua n den doagidi ti gbannandi nni, ke mi fuoma gagidi ki ŋanbi o, maleekinba den la o, bi den wangi o maama i nibuoli kuli nni, bi den daani o li ŋandunli nni, ke o den guani ki doni ti kpiagidi kaanu.
