1 Timothy 3
1 This is a true saying, If any man desire the office of a Bishop, he desireth a worthie worke.
Ve awih kqawn ve thym hy: “U ingawm sawikung na awm ham a ngaih awhtaw, anih taw bibi ak leek bi ham ak ngaih thlang ni,” tive.
2 A Bishop therefore must be vnreproueable, the husband of one wife, watching, temperate, modest, harberous, apt to teache,
Ceamyihna sawikungna ak awm ak thlang taw coet amak kap, zu pynoet doeng ak ta, thlak chyyp, kawpoek ak dyng, ak ypawm, khin ak ym thai, thlang ak cuk ak kik thai,
3 Not giuen to wine, no striker, not giuen to filthy lucre, but gentle, no fighter, not couetous,
zuu amak aw, thlang amak kqaak, kaw ak daaw, tangka awh am thin amak tlo,
4 One that can rule his owne house honestly, hauing children vnder obedience with all honestie.
kqihchah kawina a cakhqi toeltham nawh a ipkhui khawsak khaw ak khan thaina a awm ham awm hy;
5 For if any cannot rule his owne house, how shall he care for the Church of God?
(Thlang ing amah a ipkhui zani ama toek thai awhtaw, ikawmyihna nu Khawsa a thlangboel ce a toek naak thai kaw?)
6 He may not be a yong scholer, lest he being puffed vp fall into the condemnation of the deuill.
Cangca thlak thaaina koeh awm seh, cekkaataw oek qunaak na awm kawm saw, setan awidengna a awm amyihna awidengnaak ce hu hau kaw.
7 He must also be well reported of, euen of them which are without, lest he fall into rebuke, and the snare of the deuill.
Ce am awhawm a leng nakaw thlangkhqi am kyihcah thlangna a awm ham awm hy, cekkaataw kqawnseetna awm kawmsaw setan ak thangawh aawk hau kaw.
8 Likewise must Deacons be graue, not double tongued, not giuen vnto much wine, neither to filthy lucre,
Cemyih bai na, Thlangboel bibikung khqi awm, kqihchah kawina ak awm thlangna a awm ham awm hy; awi ak pung, zuu ak aw, amak thyymna ak kamvaa thlangna a awm ham am awm hy.
9 Hauing the mysterie of the faith in pure conscience.
Kawlung ciimcaihnaak ing awitak cangnaak ak dung ce ak tu khak ak thlang na a awm aham awm hy.
10 And let them first be proued: then let them minister, if they be found blameles.
Cemyih ak thlang ce lamma na noek adak aham awm hy; i ikawmyih coetnaak ama awm awhtaw Thlangboel bibikung bi ce bi kaw.
11 Likewise their wiues must be honest, not euill speakers, but sober, and faithfull in all things.
Cemyih lawt bai na, ami zukhqi awm thlang ing amik kqihchah thlangkhqi na ami awm aham awm hy, thlang amak theet ingkaw kawlung ak dyng, ik-oeih soepkep awh ypawm thlang na ak awm ak thlang na a awm aham awm hy.
12 Let the Deacons be the husbands of one wife, and such as can rule their children well, and their owne housholdes.
Thlangboel bibikung taw a zu pynoet doeng ak ta thlang ingkaw a cakhqi ingkaw a ipkhui khawsak khaw ak khan thai thlang na a awm aham awm hy.
13 For they that haue ministred well, get them selues a good degree, and great libertie in the faith, which is in Christ Iesus.
Bibik leek bi nawh ak cak na ak dyi ak thlangkhqi taw Jesu Khrih awh cangnaak cak ak ta thlangkhqi na awm uhy.
14 These things write I vnto thee, trusting to come very shortly vnto thee.
Na venawh law zy ngaih-uu doena vawhkaw awi ynnaak ve qee law nyng;
15 But if I tary long, that thou maist yet know, how thou oughtest to behaue thy self in ye house of God, which is the Church of the liuing God, the pillar and ground of trueth.
cehlai am ka law nai khoem awhtaw, Khawsa ipkhui cakawkhqi ing ikawmyih nanu khaw ami sak hly ti na simnaak thai ham qee law nyng; Khawsa ipkhui cakawkhqi taw Khawsa ak hqing Thlangboelkhqi, awitak tung ingkaw ang dyihnaak nace awm hy.
16 And without controuersie, great is the mysterie of godlinesse, which is, God is manifested in the flesh, iustified in the Spirit, seene of Angels, preached vnto the Gentiles, beleeued on in the world, and receiued vp in glorie.
Cawh Khawsa ak kawngaih awihyp taw am oelh thaina sang soeih hy: “Pumsana dang law nawh, Myihla ing dyih pyi nawh, Khan ceityihkhqi ing hu nawh, thlang phyn boeih a venawh khypyi na awm hy, khawmdek awh cangna unawh boeimangnaak ing kaipyi na awm hy.
