1 Timothy 3
1 The word [is] faithful: if any one aspires to exercise oversight, he desires a good work.
Muwambilo uwu we niti: Haiva zumwi muntu usaka kuva muruti, ulakaza mutendo mulotu.
2 The overseer then must be irreproachable, husband of one wife, sober, discreet, decorous, hospitable, apt to teach;
Imihe muruti uswanela kuva nikusanyazahala. Uswanela kuva mukwame wamwanakazi umwina. ave niku liwonda, nikuzuwisiza, nikulikuteka, yosaka kutabmula vayene, yowola kuruta.
3 not given to excesses from wine, not a striker, but mild, not addicted to contention, not fond of money,
Kanji avi chindakwa cha vunjwala, insi wekondo, kono yolukite, wina inkozo. Kanjavi muntu yosaka masheleñi.
4 conducting his own house well, having [his] children in subjection with all gravity;
Yo yendisa vezuvo yakwe nenza. ni vana vakwe vamuzuwe mi vamuhe ikute liyere.
5 (but if one does not know how to conduct his own house, how shall he take care of the assembly of God?)
Mukuti haiva muntu kezi kutomela vezuvo yakwe nenza, mwatokomele vule ikeleke ya Ireeza?
6 not a novice, that he may not, being inflated, fall into [the] fault of the devil.
Imi nsazi avi muntu yozwa hakuzumima, pona cholikumusa mane akawile mwikatulo ya diavulusi.
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.
Ave yopakwa nenza nivantu vena hanze, ilikuti kanji awili mumaswavi nikaswa ka diavulusi.
8 Ministers, in like manner, grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not seeking gain by base means,
Vahikana, kakwiziva, vave nivutali, isiñi vendimi zovere. Kanji vavi zinywi zavunjwara ahulu kamba nikulya ahulu.
9 holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
Vavike ininti ive zivahazwa yetumelo ni zwalo linjolola.
10 And let these be first proved, then let them minister, being without charge [against them].
Vaswanela kutatuvwa lwetazi, linu valukela kuhewa musevezi kakuli vashiyeme.
11 [The] women in like manner grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
Nivanakazi chenzila iswana bave nikuzuwisisa. Kanji bavi vasoha. Bave nikuliwonda, imi bave nikulwonda nikusepahala muzintu zonse.
12 Let [the] ministers be husbands of one wife, conducting [their] children and their own houses well:
Muhikana wekeleke ave ni mwanakazi yeke. Vayendisa hande bana bavo ni mazuvo avo nenza.
13 for those who shall have ministered well obtain for themselves a good degree, and much boldness in faith which [is] in Christ Jesus.
Mukuti kwavo vavasebezi hande vakwete musevzi mulotu, kavawane mazimo malotu, ninguzu zina mwa Kereste.
14 These things I write to thee, hoping to come to thee more quickly;
Niñolela izi zintu kwako, imi nisepa kwiza kwenu hahanu.
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.
Linu heva niniyleha, nimiñolera ili kuti mwizive mumuswanela kwi kalila muzubo ya Ireeza, Iliyo Ikeleke ya Ireeza yohala, mutomo ni tuso ihala.
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.
Mi Indava isakananwa yive zivahazwa ikunutu yakulapela ikando: “Aba vonahazwa munyama, abavikwa yolukite muluhuho, abavonwa ni mañiloyi, abawambwa kumansi, abazuminwa mwikanda, imi avahindilwa mwinkanya.”
