1 Timothy 3
1 This is a faithful saying: If someone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a good work.
Itre yi ahi janji nde ndi ani son zama nikon Ikklisiya ni tra Rji ahi mere didima.
2 The overseer, therefore, must be beyond criticism, the husband of one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, good at teaching;
Nakima ndi wa anikoh Ikkilisiya du na hei ni kpie wa ba mre na, du hei ni wa riri, du hei ni vutu, da hei ni suron didi da hei ni yah cheeme. u'kpa bi tsir, dole ne ka iya tsro.
3 not a drunkard, not violent, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money;
Dole ne kana so hi na nda ta kankon na, naki ka hi ndi u' vutu da hei ni si suron. du na hei ni so kle na.
4 one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;
Du iya ji koh ma, kuma da tabata mir ma ba wo'u da nino niko.
5 (but if someone does not know how to manage his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?)
Inde ndi na iya ji koh mana, ani tie hei da ji koh u Rji?
6 not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.
Duna hi ndi wa a kpa Rji sisa na, don duna zuntu da joku na ibrji na.
7 Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into disgrace and the trap of the devil.
Nakima du hei ni nde didi ni bi wa bana toh Rji na, don du na joku nda ti kpe ushan, ko troko brji na.
8 Deacons, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not devoted to a lot of wine, not greedy for money;
Nakima dikinoni duba hei ni hali didima ana bi ti yieu hari na, ana du ba zama bi so hi na, ko bi ti gye na.
9 holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
Duba zama bi jaji ni bangaskiya ni mere ndidima.
10 Let them also first be tested; then let them serve as deacons, if they are blamesless.
Nakima i baka guci kpayeim ni ba, rikoko baka soma ti du'a don bana hei kpie u mre na.
11 Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.
Ni kon kima iba na baka hei ni vutu, ana bi duba bi tie npre na, aman baka vutu ba ni aminci ni mi kogye.
12 Let deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
Dikinoni duba lilon 'u' mba yiryir, dole baka iya yi mir mba ni koh mba bi.
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.
Biwa ba ti du'a guci, ba ti bi da hei ni krie gbangban ni gbengblen rigra ma ni bangaskiya wa ahei ni mi Almasihu Yesu.
14 These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly;
Na me si ghan kpie bi yi ni yu'u, mi yo suron di me ye niwu ziza'an.
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.
Aman inde mi na ye na, wuka toh ka wuti dume ni miko Rji, wa ahi koh wu Rji wa ahe ni ivrj, wa aji gla, dani zo jaji.
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.
Wawu bu'u ki kpa yeim di hu Rji a jaji da rigra ma iq. A tsro tuma ni mi kpah iq, Ruhu ka kpa chuwo, malaika ba toh, baka dub u ni mi ndi, baka kpa yeim ni u' ni gbugbulun, riroko baka ban hi ni mi shulu ni daukaka.
