1 Timothy 3

1 The word [is] steadfast: If anyone longs for overseership, he desires a right work;

yadi kaścid adhyakṣapadam ākāṅkṣate tarhi sa uttamaṁ karmma lipsata iti satyaṁ|

2 it is required, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, a husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, respectable, a friend of strangers, apt to teach,

ato'dhyakṣeṇāninditenaikasyā yoṣito bhartrā parimitabhogena saṁyatamanasā sabhyenātithisevakena śikṣaṇe nipuṇena

3 not given to wine, not a striker, but gentle, not contentious, not a lover of money,

na madyapena na prahārakeṇa kintu mṛdubhāvena nirvvivādena nirlobhena

4 leading his own house well, having children in subjection with all dignity,

svaparivārāṇām uttamaśāsakena pūrṇavinītatvād vaśyānāṁ santānānāṁ niyantrā ca bhavitavyaṁ|

5 (and if anyone has not known [how] to lead his own house, how will he take care of an assembly of God?)

yata ātmaparivārān śāsituṁ yo na śaknoti teneśvarasya samitestattvāvadhāraṇaṁ kathaṁ kāriṣyate?

6 not a new convert, lest having been puffed up he may fall to a judgment of the Devil;

aparaṁ sa garvvito bhūtvā yat śayatāna iva daṇḍayogyo na bhavet tadarthaṁ tena navaśiṣyeṇa na bhavitavyaṁ|

7 and it is required of him also to have a good testimony from those outside, that he may not fall into reproach and a snare of the Devil.

yacca nindāyāṁ śayatānasya jāle ca na patet tadarthaṁ tena bahiḥsthalokānāmapi madhye sukhyātiyuktena bhavitavyaṁ|

8 Servants, in like manner, dignified, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not given to shameful gain,

tadvat paricārakairapi vinītai rdvividhavākyarahitai rbahumadyapāne 'nāsaktai rnirlobhaiśca bhavitavyaṁ,

9 having the secret of the faith in a pure conscience,

nirmmalasaṁvedena ca viśvāsasya nigūḍhavākyaṁ dhātivyañca|

10 and let these also first be proved, then let them minister, being unblameable.

agre teṣāṁ parīkṣā kriyatāṁ tataḥ param aninditā bhūtvā te paricaryyāṁ kurvvantu|

11 Women, in like manner, dignified, not false accusers, vigilant, faithful in all things.

aparaṁ yoṣidbhirapi vinītābhiranapavādikābhiḥ satarkābhiḥ sarvvatra viśvāsyābhiśca bhavitavyaṁ|

12 Servants—let them be husbands of one wife, leading the children well, and their own houses,

paricārakā ekaikayoṣito bharttāro bhaveyuḥ, nijasantānānāṁ parijanānāñca suśāsanaṁ kuryyuśca|

13 for those who ministered well acquire a good step to themselves, and much boldness in faith that [is] in Christ Jesus.

yataḥ sā paricaryyā yai rbhadrarūpeṇa sādhyate te śreṣṭhapadaṁ prāpnuvanti khrīṣṭe yīśau viśvāsena mahotsukā bhavanti ca|

14 I write to you these things, hoping to come to you soon,

tvāṁ pratyetatpatralekhanasamaye śīghraṁ tvatsamīpagamanasya pratyāśā mama vidyate|

15 and if I delay, that you may know how it is required to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is an assembly of the living God—a pillar and foundation of the truth,

yadi vā vilambeya tarhīśvarasya gṛhe 'rthataḥ satyadharmmasya stambhabhittimūlasvarūpāyām amareśvarasya samitau tvayā kīdṛśa ācāraḥ karttavyastat jñātuṁ śakṣyate|

16 and confessedly, great is the secret of piety: who was revealed in flesh, declared righteous in [the] Spirit, seen by messengers, preached among nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory!

aparaṁ yasya mahattvaṁ sarvvasvīkṛtam īśvarabhaktestat nigūḍhavākyamidam īśvaro mānavadehe prakāśita ātmanā sapuṇyīkṛto dūtaiḥ sandṛṣṭaḥ sarvvajātīyānāṁ nikaṭe ghoṣito jagato viśvāsapātrībhūtastejaḥprāptaye svargaṁ nītaśceti|