1 Timothy 3
1 This is a faithful saying: If someone aspires to the office of bishop, he desires a good work.
Hili ni neno la kuaminiwa, kwamba mtu akitamani kazi ya uangalizi, atamani kazi nzuri.
2 The overseer, therefore, must be beyond criticism, the husband of one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, good at teaching;
Basi, imempasa mwangalizi awe mtu asiye na lawama, mume wa mke mmoja, mwenye kiasi, anayejitawala, anayeheshimika, mkarimu, ajuaye kufundisha,
3 not a drunkard, not violent, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money;
asiwe mlevi, wala mkali bali awe mpole, asiwe mgomvi wala mpenda fedha.
4 one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;
Lazima aweze kuisimamia nyumba yake mwenyewe vizuri na kuhakikisha kwamba watoto wake wanamtii na kuwa na heshima kwa kila njia.
5 (but if someone does not know how to manage his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?)
(Kwa maana kama mtu hajui jinsi ya kusimamia nyumba yake mwenyewe, atawezaje kuliangalia kanisa la Mungu?)
6 not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.
Asiwe mtu aliyeokoka karibuni asije akajivuna na kuangukia kwenye hukumu ile ile ya ibilisi.
7 Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into disgrace and the trap of the devil.
Inampasa pia awe na sifa njema kwa watu walio nje, ili asije akalaumiwa na kuanguka kwenye mtego wa ibilisi.
8 Deacons, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not devoted to a lot of wine, not greedy for money;
Vivyo hivyo, mashemasi nao wawe watu wanaostahili heshima, wasiwe wenye kauli mbili au wenye kujifurahisha kwa mvinyo, wala wanaotamani faida isiyo halali.
9 holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
Inawapasa kushikamana sana na ile siri ya imani kwa dhamiri safi.
10 Let them also first be tested; then let them serve as deacons, if they are blamesless.
Ni lazima wapimwe kwanza; kisha kama hakuna neno dhidi yao, basi na waruhusiwe kuhudumu kama mashemasi.
11 Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.
Vivyo hivyo, wake zao wawe wanawake wanaostahili heshima, wasio wasingiziaji, bali wawe na kiasi na waaminifu katika kila jambo.
12 Let deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
Shemasi awe mume wa mke mmoja na inampasa aweze kusimamia watoto wake na watu wa nyumbani mwake vyema.
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.
Wale ambao wamehudumu vyema katika huduma ya ushemasi hujipatia msimamo bora na ujasiri mkubwa katika imani yao ndani ya Kristo Yesu.
14 These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly;
Ingawa ninatarajia kuja kwako hivi karibuni, ninakuandikia maagizo haya sasa ili kwamba,
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.
kama nikikawia, utajua jinsi iwapasavyo watu kuenenda katika nyumba ya Mungu, ambayo ndiyo kanisa la Mungu aliye hai, lililo nguzo na msingi wa kweli.
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.
Bila shaka yoyote, siri ya utauwa ni kubwa: Alidhihirishwa katika mwili wa kibinadamu, akathibitishwa kuwa na haki katika Roho, akaonekana na malaika, akahubiriwa miongoni mwa mataifa, akaaminiwa ulimwenguni, akachukuliwa juu katika utukufu.
