1 Timothy 3
1 This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desires a good work.
Ga wata tabbatacciyar magana. In wani ya sa zuciyarsa a kan zama mai kula da ikkilisiya, yana marmarin yin aiki mai daraja ne.
2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
To, dole mai kula da Ikkilisiya yă kasance marar abin zargi, mijin mace guda, mai sauƙinkai, mai kamunkai, wanda ake girmama, mai karɓan baƙi, mai iya koyarwa,
3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
ba mai buguwa ba, ba mai rikici ba sai dai mai hankali, ba mai yawan faɗa ba, ba kuma mai yawan son kuɗi ba.
4 One that rules well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
Dole yă iya tafiyar da iyalinsa da kyau, yă kuma tabbata cewa’ya’yansa suna yin masa biyayya da ladabin da ya dace.
5 (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
(In mutum bai san yadda zai tafiyar da iyalinsa ba, yaya zai iya kula da ikkilisiyar Allah?)
6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
Kada yă zama sabon tuba, in ba haka zai zama mai girman kai yă kuma fāɗa cikin irin hukuncin da ya fāɗo wa Iblis.
7 Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
Dole kuma yă kasance da shaida mai kyau ga waɗanda suke na waje, don kada yă zama abin kunya yă kuma fāɗa cikin tarkon Iblis.
8 Likewise must the deacons be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
Haka masu hidima a cikin ikkilisiya; su ma, su zama maza da sun cancanci girmamawa, masu gaskiya, ba masu yawan shan ruwan inabi ba, ba masu kwaɗayin ƙazamar riba ba.
9 Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
Dole su riƙe asirin bangaskiya su kuma kasance da lamiri mai tsabta.
10 And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.
Dole a fara gwada su tukuna; sa’an nan in ba a sami wani abin zargi game da su ba, sai su shiga aikin masu hidima.
11 Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
A haka kuma, dole matansu su zama matan da suka cancanci girmamawa, ba masu gulma ba, sai dai masu sauƙinkai da kuma masu aminci a cikin kome.
12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
Dole mai hidimar ikkilisiya yă zama mijin mace guda dole kuma yă iya tafiyar da’ya’yansa da kuma iyalinsa da kyau.
13 For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Waɗanda suke hidima da kyau suna samar wa kansu kyakkyawan suna da kuma cikakken tabbatarwa a cikin bangaskiyarsu cikin Kiristi Yesu.
14 These things write I to you, hoping to come to you shortly:
Ko da yake ina sa zuciya zo wurinka nan ba da daɗewa ba, ina rubuta muka waɗannan umarnai domin,
15 But if I tarry long, that you may know how you ought to behave yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
in na yi jinkiri, za ka san yadda ya kamata mutane su tafiyar da halayensu a cikin jama’ar Allah, wadda take ikkilisiyar Allah rayayye, ginshiƙi da kuma tushen gaskiya.
16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached to the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
Ba shakka, asirin addini da girma yake. Ya bayyana cikin jiki, Ruhu ya nuna shi adali ne, mala’iku suka gan shi, aka yi wa’azinsa cikin al’ummai, aka gaskata shi a duniya, aka ɗauke shi sama cikin ɗaukaka.
