1 Timothy 3
1 This is a true saying, If any man desire the office of a Bishop, he desireth a worthie worke.
Usemi huu ni wakuaminika: Kama mtu anatamani kuwa Msimamizi, anatamani kazi njema.
2 A Bishop therefore must be vnreproueable, the husband of one wife, watching, temperate, modest, harberous, apt to teache,
Kwa hiyo msimamizi ni lazima asiwe na lawama. Ni lazima awe mume wa mke mmoja. Ni lazima awe na kiasi, busara, mwenye utaratibu, mkarimu. Ni lazima awe uwezo wa kufundisha.
3 Not giuen to wine, no striker, not giuen to filthy lucre, but gentle, no fighter, not couetous,
Asiwe anatumia mvinyo, asiwe mgomvi, bali mpole, mwenye amani. Ni lazima asiwe mwenye kupenda fedha.
4 One that can rule his owne house honestly, hauing children vnder obedience with all honestie.
Inampasa kuwasimamia vema watu wa nyumbani mwake mwenyewe, na watoto wake imewapasa kumtii kwa heshima zote.
5 For if any cannot rule his owne house, how shall he care for the Church of God?
Maana ikiwa mtu hajui kuwasimamia watu wa nyumbani mwake mwenyewe, atalileaje kanisa la Mungu?
6 He may not be a yong scholer, lest he being puffed vp fall into the condemnation of the deuill.
Asiwe mwamini mpya, ili kwamba asije akajivuna na kuanguka katika hukumu kama yule mwovu.
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.
Lazima pia awe na sifa njema kwa wote walioko nje, ili asije akaanguka kwenye aibu na mtego wa mwovu.
8 Likewise must Deacons be graue, not double tongued, not giuen vnto much wine, neither to filthy lucre,
Mashemasi, vilevile wanapaswa kuwa wenye kustahili heshima, wasiwe wenye kauli mbili. Wasitumie mvinyo kupita kiasi au kuwa na tamaa.
9 Hauing the mysterie of the faith in pure conscience.
Waweze kuitunza kwa dhamiri safi ile kweli ya imani iliyofunuliwa.
10 And let them first be proued: then let them minister, if they be found blameles.
Wawe pia wamethibitishwa kwanza, halafu waweze kuhudumu kwa sababu hawana lawama.
11 Likewise their wiues must be honest, not euill speakers, but sober, and faithfull in all things.
Wanawake vivyo hivyo wawe wenye heshima. Wasiwe wasingiziaji. Wawe na kiasi na waaminifu kwa mambo yote.
12 Let the Deacons be the husbands of one wife, and such as can rule their children well, and their owne housholdes.
Mashemasi ni lazima wawe waume wa mke mmoja mmoja. Lazima waweze kuwasimamia vema watoto wao na wa nyumbani mwao.
13 For they that haue ministred well, get them selues a good degree, and great libertie in the faith, which is in Christ Iesus.
Kwa kuwa wale wanaotumika vizuri hupata msimamo mzuri na ujasiri mkubwa katika imani iliyo katika Kristo Yesu.
14 These things write I vnto thee, trusting to come very shortly vnto thee.
Ninaandika mambo haya kwako, na ninatumaini kuja kwako hivi karibuni.
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.
Lakini ikiwa nitachelewa, ninaandika ili upate kujua namna ya kuenenda katika nyumba ya Mungu, ambalo ni kanisa la Mungu aliye hai, nguzo na msaada wa kweli.
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.
Na haipingiki kwamba kweli ya Uungu uliyofunuliwa ni mkuu: “Alionekana katika mwili, akathibitishwa na Roho, akaonekana na malaika, akatangazwa miongoni mwa mataifa, akaaminiwa na ulimwengu, na akachukuliwa juu katika utukufu.”
