1 Timothy 3
1 This [is] a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
Ɛyɛ sɛnnahɔ sɛ, sɛ obi pɛ sɛ ɔyɛ asafopanyin a, na wafa adwuma pa.
2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
Asafopanyin yɛ obi a mfomso nni ne ho. Ɛsɛ sɛ ne yere yɛ baako. Ɛsɛ sɛ ɔbrɛ ne ho ase na ɔhyɛ ne ho so yɛ ne biribiara pɛpɛɛpɛ. Ɛsɛ sɛ ogye ahɔho wɔ ne fi na ɔkyerɛkyerɛ nso.
3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
Ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔyɛ ɔsadweam anaa basabasa, na mmom, ɛsɛ sɛ ɔbrɛ ne ho ase na ɔpɛ asomdwoe. Ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔyɛ sikaniberefo.
4 One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
Ɛsɛ sɛ otumi hwɛ ne fifo so yiye na otumi ma ne mma yɛ osetie de obu ne nidi ma no.
5 (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
Na sɛ obi nnim sɛnea ɔhwɛ ne fi so yiye a, ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na obetumi ahwɛ Onyankopɔn asafo so?
6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
Ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔyɛ obi a afei na wahu Awurade; sɛ ɛba saa a, ne tirim bɛyɛ no dɛ na wayɛ ahomaso ama wɔabu no atɛn sɛnea wobuu ɔbonsam atɛn no.
7 Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
Ɛsɛ sɛ wɔn a wɔnnyɛ akyidifo no mpo de nidi ma no sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a wɔrengu nʼanim ase na ɔbonsam afiri renyi no.
8 Likewise [must] the deacons [be] grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
Ɛsɛ sɛ asafo mu aboafo nso yɛ nnipa a wɔwɔ suban pa na wodi nokware. Ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔnom nsa pii anaasɛ wɔyɛ aniberefo.
9 Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
Ɛsɛ sɛ wɔde adwene mu fann gyina pintinn ma nokware no ne gyidi no.
10 And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being [found] blameless.
Ɛsɛ sɛ wɔsɔ wɔn hwɛ ansa, na sɛ wodi sɔhwɛ no so nkonim a wɔasom.
11 Even so [must their] wives [be] grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
Ɛsɛ sɛ wɔn yerenom nso wɔ suban pa a wonni nseku. Ɛsɛ sɛ wɔbrɛ wɔn ho ase di nokware wɔ biribiara mu.
12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
Ɛsɛ sɛ asafo no mu boafo no wɔ yere baako na afei otumi hwɛ ne mma ne ne fifo yiye.
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.
Wɔn a wɔsom yiye no benya nnyinaso pa, na wɔn gyidi a wɔwɔ wɔ Kristo Yesu mu no nso ayɛ nam.
14 These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:
Saa nhoma a mede rebrɛ wo yi akyi no, mewɔ anidaso sɛ ɛrenkyɛ biara mɛba wo nkyɛn.
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.
Na sɛ mannu wo nkyɛn ntɛm a saa nhoma yi bɛma woahu sɛnea wɔbɔ wɔn bra wɔ Onyankopɔn fi; ofi a ɛyɛ Onyankopɔn teasefo no asafo a ɛyɛ nokware no nnyinaso.
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.
Akyinnye biara nni ho sɛ, ahintasɛm a ɛwɔ nyamesom pa mu no krɔn: Ɔbae onipa tebea mu, Honhom no buu no bem, na abɔfo huu no, wɔkaa ne ho asɛm wɔ amanaman mu, na wiase gyee no dii, wɔfaa no kɔɔ ɔsoro anuonyam mu.
