1 Timothy 3
1 This is a true saying, If any man desire the office of a Bishop, he desireth a worthie worke.
Herino shoko rechokwadi: kana munhu achitsvaka basa romutariri, anoda basa rinokudzika.
2 A Bishop therefore must be vnreproueable, the husband of one wife, watching, temperate, modest, harberous, apt to teache,
Zvino mutariri anofanira kuva munhu asina chaangapomerwa, murume womukadzi mumwe chete, anozvidzora, anokudzwa, anoitira vaeni rudo, anoziva kudzidzisa,
3 Not giuen to wine, no striker, not giuen to filthy lucre, but gentle, no fighter, not couetous,
asingadhakwi, asingarwi uye ano unyoro, asina gakava, asingakariri mari.
4 One that can rule his owne house honestly, hauing children vnder obedience with all honestie.
Anofanira kubata imba yake zvakanaka nokuona kuti vana vake vanomuteerera uye vachimukudza zvakanaka.
5 For if any cannot rule his owne house, how shall he care for the Church of God?
(Kana munhu asingazivi kubata imba yake zvakanaka, angachengeta seiko kereke yaMwari?)
6 He may not be a yong scholer, lest he being puffed vp fall into the condemnation of the deuill.
Asava mutendi mutsva, nokuti angazozvikudza akazotongwa zvimwe chetezvo sadhiabhori.
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.
Anofanirawo kupupurirwa zvakanaka navari kunze, kuitira kuti arege kuzvidzwa, uye agowira mumusungo wadhiabhori.
8 Likewise must Deacons be graue, not double tongued, not giuen vnto much wine, neither to filthy lucre,
Saizvozvowo, madhikoni ngavave vanhu vanokudzwa, vanorevesa, vasinganwi waini zhinji, uye vasingatsvaki pfuma yakaipa.
9 Hauing the mysterie of the faith in pure conscience.
Vanofanira kuchengetedza zvakadzikadzika zvokutenda nehana yakanaka.
10 And let them first be proued: then let them minister, if they be found blameles.
Vanofanira kutanga vaedzwa, uye kana pasina chavangapomerwa, ngavashumire samadhikoni.
11 Likewise their wiues must be honest, not euill speakers, but sober, and faithfull in all things.
Nenzira imwe cheteyo, vakadzi vavo ngavave vanokudzwa, vasingacheri vamwe asi vanozvidzora, vakatendeka pazvinhu zvose.
12 Let the Deacons be the husbands of one wife, and such as can rule their children well, and their owne housholdes.
Mudhikoni anofanira kuva murume ano mukadzi mumwe chete uye anofanira kugona kubata vana vake nemba yake zvakanaka.
13 For they that haue ministred well, get them selues a good degree, and great libertie in the faith, which is in Christ Iesus.
Vaya vakashumira zvakanaka vanozviwanira zita rakanaka uye nokusimbiswa kukuru pakutenda kwavo muna Kristu Jesu.
14 These things write I vnto thee, trusting to come very shortly vnto thee.
Kunyange zvazvo ndine tariro yokuuya kwauri nokukurumidza, ndinokunyorera dzidziso idzi kuitira kuti,
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.
kana ndikanonoka, uchaziva kuti vanhu vanofanira kuzvibata sei mumba maMwari, inova kereke yaMwari mupenyu, mbiru nenheyo yechokwadi.
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.
Pasina kana mubvunzo, chakavanzika choumwari chikuru kwazvo: Iye akaratidzwa panyama, akaruramiswa noMweya, akaonekwa navatumwa, akaparidzwa pakati pendudzi panyika vakatenda kwaari, akakwidzwa mukubwinya.
