1 Timothy 3
1 A faithful saying: if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
Mawu woona ndi awa: Ngati munthu akufunitsitsa atakhala woyangʼanira, ndiye kuti akufuna ntchito yabwino.
2 It behoveth therefore a bishop to be blameless, the husband of one wife, sober, prudent, of good behaviour, chaste, given to hospitality, a teacher,
Tsono woyangʼanira ayenera kukhala munthu wopanda chotsutsika nacho, mwamuna wa mkazi mmodzi yekha, woganiza bwino, wodziretsa, waulemu, wosamala bwino alendo, wodziwa kuphunzitsa.
3 Not given to wine, no striker, but modest, not quarrelsome, not covetous, but
Asakhale chidakwa, asakhale wandewu, koma wofatsa, asakhale wokonda mikangano, kapena wokonda ndalama.
4 One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all chastity.
Akhale wodziwa kusamala bwino banja lake ndi kulera ana ake bwino, kuti akhale omvera ndi aulemu weniweni.
5 But if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?
(Ngati munthu sadziwa kusamala banja lake lomwe, angathe bwanji kusamala mpingo wa Mulungu?)
6 Not a neophyte: lest being puffed up with pride, he fall into the judgment of the devil.
Asakhale wongotembenuka mtima kumene kuopa kuti angadzitukumule napezeka pa chilango monga Satana.
7 Moreover he must have a good testimony of them who are without: lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
Ayeneranso kukhala munthu wambiri yabwino ndi akunja, kuti anthu asamutonze nagwa mu msampha wa Satana.
8 Deacons in like manner chaste, not double tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre:
Momwemonso atumiki, akhale anthu oyenera ulemu, woona mtima, osakhala okonda zoledzeretsa, osakonda kupeza zinthu mwachinyengo.
9 Holding the mystery of faith in a pure conscience.
Ayenera kugwiritsa mozama choonadi cha chikhulupiriro ndi kukhala ndi chikumbumtima chabwino.
10 And let these also first be proved: and so let them minister, having no crime.
Ayambe ayesedwa kaye, ndipo ngati palibe kanthu kowatsutsa, aloleni akhale atumiki.
11 The women in like manner chaste, not slanderers, but sober, faithful in all things.
Momwemonso, akazi akhale olemekezeka, osasinjirira koma oganiza bwino ndi odalirika pa chilichonse.
12 Let deacons be the husbands of one wife: who rule well their children, and their own houses.
Mtumiki akhale wokhulupirika kwa mkazi wake ndipo ayenera kukhala wosamalira bwino ana ake ndi onse a pa khomo pake.
13 For they that have ministered well, shall purchase to themselves a good degree, and much confidence in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Iwo amene atumikira bwino amakhala ndi mbiri yabwino ndipo amakhala chitsimikizo chachikulu cha chikhulupiriro chawo mwa Khristu Yesu.
14 These things I write to thee, hoping that I shall come to thee shortly.
Ngakhale ndili ndi chiyembekezo choti ndifika komweko posachedwapa, ndikukulemberani malangizo awa.
15 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
Ine zina zikandichedwetsa kubwera, mudziwe za mmene anthu ayenera kukhalira mʼNyumba ya Mulungu, imene ndi mpingo wa Mulungu wamoyo, mzati ndi maziko achoonadi.
16 And evidently great is the mystery of godliness, which was manifested in the flesh, was justified in the spirit, appeared unto angels, hath been preached unto the Gentiles, is believed in the world, is taken up in glory.
Mosakayikira, chinsinsi cha chikhulupiriro chathu chachikulu: Khristu anaonekera ali ndi thupi la munthu, Mzimu anamuchitira umboni, angelo anamuona, analalikidwa pakati pa mitundu yonse, dziko lapansi linamukhulupirira, anatengedwa kupita kumwamba mwa ulemerero.
