< 1 Timothy 3 >

1 This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
yadi kazcid adhyakSapadam AkAgkSatE tarhi sa uttamaM karmma lipsata iti satyaM|
2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
atO'dhyakSENAninditEnaikasyA yOSitO bhartrA parimitabhOgEna saMyatamanasA sabhyEnAtithisEvakEna zikSaNE nipuNEna
3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
na madyapEna na prahArakENa kintu mRdubhAvEna nirvvivAdEna nirlObhEna
4 One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
svaparivArANAm uttamazAsakEna pUrNavinItatvAd vazyAnAM santAnAnAM niyantrA ca bhavitavyaM|
5 (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the assembly of YHWH?)
yata AtmaparivArAn zAsituM yO na zaknOti tEnEzvarasya samitEstattvAvadhAraNaM kathaM kAriSyatE?
6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
aparaM sa garvvitO bhUtvA yat zayatAna iva daNPayOgyO na bhavEt tadarthaM tEna navaziSyENa na bhavitavyaM|
7 Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
yacca nindAyAM zayatAnasya jAlE ca na patEt tadarthaM tEna bahiHsthalOkAnAmapi madhyE sukhyAtiyuktEna bhavitavyaM|
8 Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
tadvat paricArakairapi vinItai rdvividhavAkyarahitai rbahumadyapAnE 'nAsaktai rnirlObhaizca bhavitavyaM,
9 Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
nirmmalasaMvEdEna ca vizvAsasya nigUPhavAkyaM dhAtivyanjca|
10 And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.
agrE tESAM parIkSA kriyatAM tataH param aninditA bhUtvA tE paricaryyAM kurvvantu|
11 Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
aparaM yOSidbhirapi vinItAbhiranapavAdikAbhiH satarkAbhiH sarvvatra vizvAsyAbhizca bhavitavyaM|
12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
paricArakA EkaikayOSitO bharttArO bhavEyuH, nijasantAnAnAM parijanAnAnjca suzAsanaM kuryyuzca|
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 the Messiah Yahushua.
yataH sA paricaryyA yai rbhadrarUpENa sAdhyatE tE zrESThapadaM prApnuvanti khrISTE yIzau vizvAsEna mahOtsukA bhavanti ca|
14 These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:
tvAM pratyEtatpatralEkhanasamayE zIghraM tvatsamIpagamanasya pratyAzA mama vidyatE|
15 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of YHWH, which is the assembly of the living Elohim, the pillar and ground of the truth.
yadi vA vilambEya tarhIzvarasya gRhE 'rthataH satyadharmmasya stambhabhittimUlasvarUpAyAm amarEzvarasya samitau tvayA kIdRza AcAraH karttavyastat jnjAtuM zakSyatE|
16 And without controversy great is the mystery of reverence: who was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
aparaM yasya mahattvaM sarvvasvIkRtam IzvarabhaktEstat nigUPhavAkyamidam IzvarO mAnavadEhE prakAzita AtmanA sapuNyIkRtO dUtaiH sandRSTaH sarvvajAtIyAnAM nikaTE ghOSitO jagatO vizvAsapAtrIbhUtastEjaHprAptayE svargaM nItazcEti|

< 1 Timothy 3 >