1 Timothy 3
1 This [is] a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
Mi naa maama tie madugikaama: O nilo ya bua ki tua gobidikoa, o bua ya tuonli n ŋani.
2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
Li tie tiladi ke o gobidikoa n ya tie ban kan fidi ki kuli yua leni liba, ki pia poyendo bebe, ki kubi o yuli, ki tiegi, ki pia o tagiŋamu, ki gaani bi canba cangu, kigo tie yua nfidi mi bangima.
3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
Wan da tie yua n puni o yuli mi daama po, ki da bua li koanli, ama wan tie yua n dingi, ki pia mi yanduanma, kaa go bua i ligi ke li pendi.
4 One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
Kali wan ya tie yua n fidi ki gobidi o diogu ŋanma, ki kubi o bila leni li yumiinli leni ya teginma n tiegi;
5 (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
Kelima o nilo ya kan fidi ki gobidi o dieceli, o ba ga lede ki fidi ki ya guu u TIENU diegu?
6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
Wan da tie yua daani ke li daa waagi, ke ti japaadi n da ti diedi o, wan baa sutaani n den baa ya bujiali nni.
7 Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
wan ya tie yua ke niinpo yaaba tie o po i siedi ŋami, ke wan da ti kua i fe nni leni sutaani diagu nni.
8 Likewise [must] the deacons [be] grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
Kilisiti n yini yaaba todikaaba moko baa tie bi niba n jigini yaaba, ki da tie pala lie danba, ki da tie a daǹola, ki da kuani bi yula ya ǹuadi n pia i fe nni,
9 Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
ki ya kubi li dandanli ŋasiili leni li papienli.
10 And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being [found] blameless.
Ban da kpa biigi ba, bi ya sua ke baa pia ban ba fidi ki kuli ba leni yaala, ban soani ban puogi ba ya tuonli.
11 Even so [must their] wives [be] grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
Bi puoba moko baa tie yaaba n tiegi, kaa pia mabiadima, ki kubi bi yula, ki go tie nidugikaaba li bonli kuli nni.
12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
Kilisiti n yini yaaba todikaaba ba tie yaaba n pia poyendo bebe, ki gobidi bi bila leni bi diedi ŋanma.
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.
Kelima yaaba n kubi bi puogili ŋanma, baa ba ya kaani n pia ti kpiagidi, leni ya suginma n yabi li dandanli Jesu kilisiti nni.
14 These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:
N diani a po line ki sugini ke n ba cua a kani ke li kan waagi.
15 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
N ya waagi ka cua, ŋan fidi ki bandi, ŋan ba tuuni maama u TIENU diegu nni, kuni yaagu n yie i moamoani benjiilu leni u dasaali.
16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God 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.
Oba kan nia ke uTIENU maama bondoaginkaala ǹua boncianla: wani yua n den doagidi ti gbannandi nni, ke mi fuoma gagidi ki ŋanbi o, maleekinba den la o, bi den wangi o maama i nibuoli kuli nni, bi den daani o li ŋandunli nni, ke o den guani ki doni ti kpiagidi kaanu.
