1 Timothy 3
1 This is a true saying, If any man desire the office of a Bishop, he desireth a worthie worke.
Mme ke boammaaruri gore fa motho a batla go nna modisa wa phuthego, o eletsa tiro e e molemo.
2 A Bishop therefore must be vnreproueable, the husband of one wife, watching, temperate, modest, harberous, apt to teache,
Gonne modisa wa phuthego (moruti) o tshwanetse ya bo e le motho yo botshelo jwa gagwe bo sa belaetseng. O tshwanetse go nna le mosadi a le mongwe fela, e le modiri yo o tlhaga, yo o dirisang tlhaloganyo yo o matsetseleko a bile a le ditiro di ntle. O tshwanetse go itumelela go amogela baeng mo lapeng la gagwe a bile a kgona go ruta Lefoko la Modimo sentle.
3 Not giuen to wine, no striker, not giuen to filthy lucre, but gentle, no fighter, not couetous,
Ga aa tshwanela go bo a le letagwa kgotsa moomani, mme o tshwanetse go nna bonolo le bopelonomi, a sa rate madi.
4 One that can rule his owne house honestly, hauing children vnder obedience with all honestie.
Ba ntlo ya gagwe ba tshwanetse go nna le maitseo, e le bana ba ba utlwang ka bonako le ka tshisimogo.
5 For if any cannot rule his owne house, how shall he care for the Church of God?
Gonne fa monna a sa ka ke a aga maitseo a ba ntlo ya gagwe, o ka thusa phuthego yotlhe jang?
6 He may not be a yong scholer, lest he being puffed vp fall into the condemnation of the deuill.
Moruti ga a a tshwanela go bo e le Mokeresete yo mosha mo tumelong, gonne o ka tloga a ikgantsha ka go tlhophiwa ka bonako, mme maikgantsho a tla pele ga go wa. (Go wa ga ga Satane ke sekai).
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.
Gape, o tshwanetse go kaiwa ka tshiamo ke batho ba ba kwa ntle ga phuthego, ba e seng Bakeresete, e se re kgotsa Satane a mo digela mo serung ka go mmaya melato e mentsi, mme a mo tlogele a sa gololesega go etelela phuthego ya gagwe pele.
8 Likewise must Deacons be graue, not double tongued, not giuen vnto much wine, neither to filthy lucre,
Batiakoni le bone ba tshwanetse go nna le tshiamo e e ntseng fela jalo, e le banna ba ba iketlileng jaaka baruti. Ga ba a tshwanela go bo e le matagwa le digagapa mo mading.
9 Hauing the mysterie of the faith in pure conscience.
Ba tshwanetse go nna tlhwaafalo, balatedi ba ba pelo dingwe fela ba ga Keresete, yo e leng motswedi o o fitlhegileng wa tumelo ya bone.
10 And let them first be proued: then let them minister, if they be found blameles.
Pele ga ba kopiwa go nna Batiakoni, ba tshwanetse go newa ditiro dingwe mo phuthegong e le go bona maitsholo (maitseo) a bone le nonofo, mme fa ba dira sentle, ke gone ba ka tlhophiwang go nna Batiakoni.
11 Likewise their wiues must be honest, not euill speakers, but sober, and faithfull in all things.
Basadi ba bone ba tshwanetse go nna masisi, e se matagwa, e se basebi, mme ba ikanyega mo dilong tsotlhe tse ba di dirang.
12 Let the Deacons be the husbands of one wife, and such as can rule their children well, and their owne housholdes.
Motiakoni mongwe le mongwe o tshwanetse go nna le mosadi a le mongwe ebile o tshwanetse go nna le lolwapa lo lo itumedisang lo lo nang le kutlo.
13 For they that haue ministred well, get them selues a good degree, and great libertie in the faith, which is in Christ Iesus.
Batiakoni ba ba dirang sentle ba tlaa duelwa ka tlotlo ke ba bangwe le go godisa boikanyo le bopelokgale jwa bone mo go ikanyeng Morena.
14 These things write I vnto thee, trusting to come very shortly vnto thee.
Ke lo kwalela dilo tse jaanong, le fa ke solofela go nna le lona ka bonako,
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.
gore e re fa ke sa tle ka lobakanyana lo itse mofuta wa batho ba lo tshwanetseng go ba tlhopha go nna badiredi ba phuthego ya Modimo o o tshelang, e e nang le boammaaruri jo bo tletseng jwa Modimo.
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.
Go boammaaruri tota gore go tshelela Modimo ga go motlhofo. Mme karabo e mo go Keresete, yo o tsileng mo lefatsheng a le mo setshwanong sa motho, yo o supegileng a sena selabe a bile a itshekile mo Moweng wa gagwe, yo o diretsweng ke baengele, a rerwa mo dichabeng, a amogelwa ke batho gongwe le gongwe mme a amogelwa gape mo kgalalelong ya gagwe kwa legodimong.
