< 1 Timothy 3 >
1 This is a faithful saying: If someone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a good work.
He ol tah a uepom pai. Khat khat long ni hiphoelnah te a hue atah bibi then ni a hue.
2 The overseer, therefore, must be beyond criticism, the husband of one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, good at teaching;
Te dongah hiphoelkung he hmabuet la, yuu va pakhat la, aka khuel la, a cuepmueih la, mikcop la, moeihoeih la, khala la, om ham a kuek.
3 not a drunkard, not violent, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money;
Yumi mahpawh, kuthlah mahpawh, a kodo saeh, hohmuh mahpawh, tangka moo mahpawh.
4 one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;
Amah imkhui te a then la mawt saeh. A ca rhoek te hinomnah neh boengainah khuiah boeih om uh saeh.
5 (but if someone does not know how to manage his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?)
Te dongah khat khat long ni amah imkhui te mawt ham a ming pawt atah Pathen kah hlangboel te metlam a cuncah eh?
6 not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.
Tanoe hlangthai boel saeh. Te daengah ni koevoei uh pawt vetih rhaithae kah dumlai khuiah a cungku pawt eh.
7 Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into disgrace and the trap of the devil.
Te phoeiah poeng lamkah laipai then khueh ham a kuek. Te daengah ni hnaelcoenah neh rhaithae kah thaang dongah a cungku pawt eh.
8 Deacons, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not devoted to a lot of wine, not greedy for money;
Te vanbangla tueihyoeih rhoek khaw a hinom saeh. Olrhak boel saeh. Misurtui te muep ngaithuen boel saeh. Tangkarhai boel saeh.
9 holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
A caih la mingcimnah neh tangnah olhuep te pom saeh.
10 Let them also first be tested; then let them serve as deacons, if they are blamesless.
Amih te lamhma la nuemnai phoeiah cimbit la aka om loh bi saeh.
11 Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.
a yuu rhoek khaw hinom saeh. Hmui yoi mahpawh, khuel saeh. A cungkuem dongah a uepom saeh.
12 Let deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
tueihyoeih rhoek he yuu pakhat kah va la om saeh. A ca rhoek neh amah imkhui te a then la mawt saeh.
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.
Balh aka doedan rhoek long ni a paihmuen then a kutloh tih tangnah neh Jesuh Khrih ah muep a sayalh.
14 These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly;
He rhoek he nang ham ka daek tih nang taengah thamaa la pawk ham ka ngaiuep.
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.
Tedae ka koe mai atah Pathen imkhui kah a kuek khosak te na ming van ni. Te tah aka hing Pathen kah hlangboel, oltak kah rhungsut neh khoengim pawn ni.
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.
Hingcimnah olhuep kah a len he oelh om pawt la om. Amah tah pumsa ah tueng tih mueihla loh a tang sak te puencawn rhoek loh a hmuh. Namtom rhoek taengla a hoe dongah Diklai ah a tangnah uh tih thangpomnah neh a loh.