1 Timothy 3
1 This [is] a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
Enjango ewe ehwaminiha: nkashele umuntu asongwa abhe Mwemelezi, ahwanza embombo enyinza.
2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
Omwemelezi lazima asabhe ne mbuno. Lazima abhe lume owasheomo nautele abhene kiasi, epyana, yali no utalatibu, opezi. Lazima abhe no uwezo owafundizye.
3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
Agajebhe wamwele evikali, asibhe wibho, abhe hogowe, abhe no lungano. Lazima asabhe wagane ehela.
4 One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
Ebhanziwaje abhemelelaje shinza abhantu abhakhaya yakwe, na bhana bhakwe, ehwanziwaaje bhogopaje no lwiho lwunti.
5 (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
Nkashele omntu samenye abhemelele abhantu bhakhaya yakwe yoyo, abhasonjewole ikaisa elya ikanisa elya Ngolobhe?
6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
Asabhe puti opya, asahenzeaga hwiyaula nagwe naibongwe nashi obhibhi.
7 Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
Lazima ne njendo enyinza wabhala bhonti bhabhali hwonze, asahenze agagwa akenye no tego ogwa bhibhi.
8 Likewise [must] the deacons [be] grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
Ashemansi shesho, ehwanziwa aje bhabhe ajimbe nehema, bhasabhene nijango embibhi. Bhasamwele evikhali ashile ekawaida olwenje abhenetama.
9 Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
Abhewawute humwoyo uginza gula ogwe lyali ne imani yehifhinguliwe.
10 And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being [found] blameless.
Bhabhe bhenyezewe nasoti, alafu bhafunzizye afwatane sebhali ne mbumo.
11 Even so [must their] wives [be] grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
Abhashe shesho bhabhe no lwiho. Bhasahabhe bhasinjizi. Bhabhe hashe no waminifu hu mambo gonti.
12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
Ashemansi bhabhe bhalume ebhebhashe omo omo. Lazima bhabhemelelaje abhana bhabhowekhaya ziabho.
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.
Bhala bhabha bhombashinza bhapata olwemelelo olwinza nodandamu ogosi, hiyimani yeli hwa Kristi oYesu.
14 These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:
Ehandishe amambo ega hulimwe enzahwenze hulimwe sheshi karibu.
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.
Nkashe nolobhela, esimba omanye eshabhale hunyumba ya Ngolobhe, yashelelili likanisa lya Ngolobhe, yali mwomi owemelelo nwelioli.
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.
Nasagahakhanwa aje lyoli eyebhuNgolobhe wawiguliwe ognsi: “Abhoneshe hubele, wazibitizya neRoho, wabhoneha wantumi, watangaziwa mwamwabho abhensi, bhasongwa ensiyonti, bhamwega amwanya hutukufu.”
