1 Timothy 3
1 This is a faithful saying: If someone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a good work.
fidelis sermo si quis episcopatum desiderat bonum opus desiderat
2 The overseer, therefore, must be beyond criticism, the husband of one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, good at teaching;
oportet ergo episcopum inreprehensibilem esse unius uxoris virum sobrium prudentem ornatum hospitalem doctorem
3 not a drunkard, not violent, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money;
non vinolentum non percussorem sed modestum non litigiosum non cupidum
4 one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;
suae domui bene praepositum filios habentem subditos cum omni castitate
5 (but if someone does not know how to manage his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?)
si quis autem domui suae praeesse nescit quomodo ecclesiae Dei diligentiam habebit
6 not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.
non neophytum ne in superbia elatus in iudicium incidat diaboli
7 Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into disgrace and the trap of the devil.
oportet autem illum et testimonium habere bonum ab his qui foris sunt ut non in obprobrium incidat et laqueum diaboli
8 Deacons, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not devoted to a lot of wine, not greedy for money;
diaconos similiter pudicos non bilingues non multo vino deditos non turpe lucrum sectantes
9 holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
habentes mysterium fidei in conscientia pura
10 Let them also first be tested; then let them serve as deacons, if they are blamesless.
et hii autem probentur primum et sic ministrent nullum crimen habentes
11 Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.
mulieres similiter pudicas non detrahentes sobrias fideles in omnibus
12 Let deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
diacones sint unius uxoris viri qui filiis suis bene praesunt et suis domibus
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.
qui enim bene ministraverint gradum sibi bonum adquirent et multam fiduciam in fide quae est in Christo Iesu
14 These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly;
haec tibi scribo sperans venire ad te cito
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.
si autem tardavero ut scias quomodo oporteat te in domo Dei conversari quae est ecclesia Dei vivi columna et firmamentum veritatis
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.
et manifeste magnum est pietatis sacramentum quod manifestatum est in carne iustificatum est in spiritu apparuit angelis praedicatum est gentibus creditum est in mundo adsumptum est in gloria
