1 Timothy 3
1 This is a true saying, If any man desire the office of a Bishop, he desireth a worthie worke.
Ali liloŵe li lili lya usyene lyati, naga mundu asakaga aŵe chilongola jwa mpingo wa ŵandu ŵakunkulupilila Kilisito, akulajila masengo gambone.
2 A Bishop therefore must be vnreproueable, the husband of one wife, watching, temperate, modest, harberous, apt to teache,
Nipele chilongola akusachilwa aŵeje mundu jwangali chileŵo, akusachilwa aŵeje ni ŵankwakwe ŵamope ni jwangakutolwa ni jwalunda ni jwakulichimbichisya ni jwapochela achalendo ni jwakukombola kwiganya.
3 Not giuen to wine, no striker, not giuen to filthy lucre, but gentle, no fighter, not couetous,
Ngakusachilwa aŵe jwakolelwa ni jwaumenyani, nambo aŵeje jwakulitimalika ni jwakusaka chitendewele, atamuno jwangakunonyela nnope mbiya.
4 One that can rule his owne house honestly, hauing children vnder obedience with all honestie.
Akusachilwa aŵeje mundu jwakwajimilila uchenene ŵandu ŵaali mu nyuumba jakwe ni kwajiganya achiŵanagwe aŵe ŵa kupilikanichisya kwa luchimbichimbi lose.
5 For if any cannot rule his owne house, how shall he care for the Church of God?
Pakuwa iŵaga mundu ngakukombola kwajimilila uchenene ŵandu wa mu nyuumba jakwe, chakombole chinauli kuujimilila mpingo wa ŵandu ŵakunkulupilila Kilisito yaani ŵandu ŵa Akunnungu?
6 He may not be a yong scholer, lest he being puffed vp fall into the condemnation of the deuill.
Ngakusachilwa aŵe jwakukulupilila jwasambano, atakulifuna ni kugwa ni kulamulikwa mpela ila iyaliji kwa Shetani.
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.
Sooni ikummajila aŵe mundu jwaali ni umboni wambone pasikati ja ŵandu ŵa paasa pa mpingo wa ŵandu ŵakunkulupilila Kilisito, kuti atakunyeluswa ni kugwa pa chitanje cha Shetani.
8 Likewise must Deacons be graue, not double tongued, not giuen vnto much wine, neither to filthy lucre,
Iyoyopeyo ŵakupanganya masengo ga kwakamusya ŵandu ŵane ŵaali mu mpingo wa ŵandu ŵakunkulupilila Kilisito aŵeje ŵaali ni lwendo lwambone ni ŵandu ŵakusala chindu chimo ni ŵangakung'wa nkologo kwannope ni ŵandu ŵangali ni lipamo.
9 Hauing the mysterie of the faith in pure conscience.
Akusachilwa kukamulangana kwannope ni usyene wausisikwe wa chikulupi kwa nningwa wambone.
10 And let them first be proued: then let them minister, if they be found blameles.
Ikuŵajilwa alinjikwe kaje ni awonekaga kuti akufai nipele apanganye masengo ga ukamusi.
11 Likewise their wiues must be honest, not euill speakers, but sober, and faithfull in all things.
Achakongwe ŵao iyoyo aŵe ŵandu ŵa mbili jambone, akaŵa ŵakulambusya, ni aŵeje ni ukombole wakulitawala ni ŵakukulupilichika mu yose.
12 Let the Deacons be the husbands of one wife, and such as can rule their children well, and their owne housholdes.
Jwakupanganya masengo ga kuukamusya mpingo wa ŵandu ŵakunkulupilila Kilisito, aŵe mundu jwa ŵankwawo ŵamo pe ni kwalongosya achiŵanagwe uchenene pamo ni ŵandu ŵaali mu nyuumba jao.
13 For they that haue ministred well, get them selues a good degree, and great libertie in the faith, which is in Christ Iesus.
Pakuŵa ŵakamusi ŵakupanganya masengo uchenene akulapikwa ni ŵandu, nombewo akupakombola kwasalila ŵandu chikulupi chakwete nkulumbikana ni Che Yesu Kilisito pangajogopa.
14 These things write I vnto thee, trusting to come very shortly vnto thee.
Ngunnembela chikalata chi, akuno ndi ngulolela kwika kukwenu pangakaŵa.
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.
Nambo naga chingaŵe kwika, chikalata chi chichimmanyisye lwendo lwa ŵandu yalukuti kusachilwa kuŵa mu nyuumba ja Akunnungu, yaani mpingo wa ŵandu ŵakunkulupilila Kilisito. Ŵandu wo ali chimila ni nsingi wa usyene ni ali ŵandu ŵakwe Akunnungu ŵajumi.
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.
Usyene, nganitukola lipamba nkati usyene wa chikulupi chekulu chachiunukulikwe, usyene wo ni kuti, Ŵelewo ŵawonechekwe mu chiilu cha chiundu, ŵaŵalanjikwe ni Mbumu jwa Akunnungu kuti ali ŵakupanganya yakusaka Akunnungu, ŵaloleche ni katumetume jwa kwinani. Ŵalalichikwe pasikati ja ŵandu ŵa ilambo, ŵakulupilichikwe papali pose mu chilambo, ŵanyakulikwe kwinani mu ukulu.
