1 Timothy 3
1 This is a faithful saying: If someone aspires to the office of bishop, he desires a good work.
Ishoko rakatendeka rekuti: Kana munhu achishuva basa reutariri, anoshuva basa rakanaka.
2 The overseer, therefore, must be beyond criticism, the husband of one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, good at teaching;
Naizvozvo mutariri anofanira kuva asina chaangapomerwa, murume wemukadzi umwe, wakazvibata, anozvidzora, ane chiremerera, anogamuchira vaeni, nyanzvi pakudzidzisa,
3 not a drunkard, not violent, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money;
asiri muraradzi, asingafariri kurwa, asingakariri mibairo yakaipa, asi wakadzikama, asina gakava, asingakariri mari;
4 one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;
anobata imba yake pachake zvakanaka, anodzora vana vake nerukudzo rwese,
5 (but if someone does not know how to manage his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?)
nokuti kana munhu asingazivi kubata imba yake pachake, achachengeta sei kereke yaMwari?
6 not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.
Asava mutendi mutsva, kuti nekukudzwa arege kuwira mukupiwa mhosva kwadhiabhorosi.
7 Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into disgrace and the trap of the devil.
Uyezve anofanira kuva neuchapupu hwakanaka kubva kune vari kunze, kuti arege kuwira mukumhurwa nemumusungo wadhiabhorosi.
8 Deacons, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not devoted to a lot of wine, not greedy for money;
Saizvozvo vadhikoni ngavave vanokudzwa, vasina manzwi maviri, vasingadi waini zhinji, vasingakariri fuma yakaipa,
9 holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
vanochengeta chakavanzika cherutendo muhana yakachena.
10 Let them also first be tested; then let them serve as deacons, if they are blamesless.
Naivava ngavatange kuedzwawo, ipapo vangashumire, kana vasina chavangapomerwa.
11 Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.
Saizvozvo vakadzi vavo ngavave vanokudzwa, kwete vacheri, vanozvidzora, vakatendeka pazvese.
12 Let deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
Vadhikoni ngavave varume vemukadzi umwe, vanobata vana vavo nedzimba dzavo pachavo zvakanaka.
13 For those who have served well as deacons gain for themselves a good standing, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Nokuti avo vakashumira zvakanaka, vanozviwanira chimiro chakanaka, nekutsunga kukuru parutendo rwuri muna Kristu Jesu.
14 These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly;
Zvinhu izvi ndinokunyorera, ndichitarisira kuuya kwauri nekukurumidza;
15 but if I wait long, that you may know how people ought to behave themselves in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
asi kana ndikanonoka, kuti uzive kuti vanofanira kufamba sei mumba maMwari, inova kereke yaMwari mupenyu, mbiru nehwaro hwechokwadi.
16 Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great: He was revealed in the flesh, justified by the Spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, and received up in glory.
Zvinotendekawo kuti chakavanzika chekunamata Mwari chikuru; Mwari wakaratidzwa panyama, wakanzi wakarurama paMweya, wakaonekwa nevatumwa, akaparidzwa kuvahedheni, akatendwa panyika, akakwidzwa mukubwinya.
