1 Timothy 3
1 If anyone, for oversight, is eager, a noble work, doth he covet: —
Ma en wach mar adiera ni ka ngʼato oketo chunye mondo obed jatend kanisa to odwaro tich mogen.
2 It is needful, then, for, the overseer, to be irreproachable, a husband, of one wife, sober, of sound mind, orderly, hospitable, apt in teaching,
Jatend kanyakla mar jo-Kristo nyaka bed ngʼat ma wach moro amora marach onge kuome, chwor dhako achiel kende, ngʼat mobidhore, moritore, kendo modimbore, ngʼat moluor, mohero rwako welo kendo japuonj molony,
3 Not given to wine, not ready to wound, but considerate, averse to contention, not fond of money,
ngʼat ma ok ohero kongʼo, ngʼat ma ok ger, bende owinjore obed ngʼat mamuol, ma ok ohero dhawo kendo ma ok ohero pesa.
4 Over his own house, presiding, well, having, children, in submission, with all dignity;
Nyaka obed ngʼat morito ode maber kendo nyaka one ni nyithinde winjo wachne gi luor mowinjore.
5 Whereas, if anyone, over his own house, cannot, preside, how, of an assembly of God, shall he take care?
(To ka ngʼato ok nyal rito ode owuon, to ere kaka dorit kanisa Nyasaye?)
6 Not a new convert, lest, being beclouded, into the sentence of the adversary, he fall;
Kik obed ngʼat moyudo warruok machiegni, nono to sunga nyalo make mi opodhi kendo bura loye kaka noloyo jachien.
7 It is needful, moreover, to have, an honourable testimony also, from them who are without, lest, into reproach, he fall, and the snare of the adversary.
Bende nyaka obed ngʼat ma joma ok oyie wuoyo kuome maber, mondo kik obadho mar jachien gaje mi opodhi kendo one wichkuot.
8 Ministers, in the same way, —dignified, not double-tongued, not, to much wine, given, not greedy of base gain,
Kamano bende jokony e kanisa bende nyaka bed joma imiyo luor, joma odimbore, joma ok madh kongʼo kendo joma ok oowre gi yudo ohala e yo ma ok nikare.
9 Holding the sacred secret of the faith in a pure conscience;
Nyaka gimak adiera matut mar yie gi chuny maler maonge richo moro amora.
10 But let, these also, be proved first, then, let them be ministering, being, unaccusable:
Nyaka temgi mokwongo, to ka oyud ni onge wach moro marach kuomgi eka mondo yienegi bedo jokony.
11 Wives, in the same way, —dignified, not given to intrigue, sober, faithful in all things.
Kamano bende, mondgi nyaka bed joma owinjore mi luor, kik gibed mon mohero kuoth, to owinjore gibed mon moritore kendo ma jo-adiera e weche duto.
12 Let, ministers, be husbands of, one wife, over children, presiding, well, and over their own houses;
Jakony kanisa nyaka bed ngʼatno man-gi dhako achiel kende kendo mopuonjo nyithinde gi joode duto maber.
13 For, they who have ministered well, a good degree for themselves, are acquiring, and great freedom of speech in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.
Joma osetiyo maber yudo nying maber kendo gibedo gi chir e yie margi kuom Kristo Yesu.
14 These things, unto thee, I am writing, hoping to come [unto thee] shortly, —
Kata obedo ni ageno biro iri mapiyo to andikoni wechegi mag puonj mondo;
15 But, if I should tarry, that thou mayest know—how it behoveth, in a house of God, to behave oneself, —the which, is an assembly of a Living God, a pillar and basement of the truth; —
kaponi adeko to ingʼe kaka ji onego owuothi e dier kanyakla mar jo-Nyasaye, ma en kanisa mar Nyasaye mangima, ma en e siro kendo mise mar adiera.
16 And, confessedly great, is the sacred secret of godliness, —Who was made manifest in flesh, was declared righteous in spirit, was made visible unto messengers, was proclaimed among nations, was believed on in the world, was taken up in glory.
Chutho, mano kaka weche Nyasaye odhiero ngʼeyo kendo nigi duongʼ miwuoro: Kristo nobiro e ringruok, kendo Roho nonyiso ratiro ni oonge ketho, malaike ne onene, kendo wachne ne oyal e kind ogendini, ji ne oyie kuome e piny ngima, kendo ne otere malo e duongʼ mar Nyasaye.
