1 Timothy 3

1 If anyone, for oversight, is eager, a noble work, doth he covet: —

yadi kaścid adhyakṣapadam ākāṅkṣate tarhi sa uttamaṁ karmma lipsata iti satyaṁ|

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,

ato'dhyakṣeṇāninditenaikasyā yoṣito bhartrā parimitabhogena saṁyatamanasā sabhyenātithisevakena śikṣaṇe nipuṇena

3 Not given to wine, not ready to wound, but considerate, averse to contention, not fond of money,

na madyapena na prahārakeṇa kintu mṛdubhāvena nirvvivādena nirlobhena

4 Over his own house, presiding, well, having, children, in submission, with all dignity;

svaparivārāṇām uttamaśāsakena pūrṇavinītatvād vaśyānāṁ santānānāṁ niyantrā ca bhavitavyaṁ|

5 Whereas, if anyone, over his own house, cannot, preside, how, of an assembly of God, shall he take care?

yata ātmaparivārān śāsituṁ yo na śaknoti teneśvarasya samitestattvāvadhāraṇaṁ kathaṁ kāriṣyate?

6 Not a new convert, lest, being beclouded, into the sentence of the adversary, he fall;

aparaṁ sa garvvito bhūtvā yat śayatāna iva daṇḍayogyo na bhavet tadarthaṁ tena navaśiṣyeṇa na bhavitavyaṁ|

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.

yacca nindāyāṁ śayatānasya jāle ca na patet tadarthaṁ tena bahiḥsthalokānāmapi madhye sukhyātiyuktena bhavitavyaṁ|

8 Ministers, in the same way, —dignified, not double-tongued, not, to much wine, given, not greedy of base gain,

tadvat paricārakairapi vinītai rdvividhavākyarahitai rbahumadyapāne 'nāsaktai rnirlobhaiśca bhavitavyaṁ,

9 Holding the sacred secret of the faith in a pure conscience;

nirmmalasaṁvedena ca viśvāsasya nigūḍhavākyaṁ dhātivyañca|

10 But let, these also, be proved first, then, let them be ministering, being, unaccusable:

agre teṣāṁ parīkṣā kriyatāṁ tataḥ param aninditā bhūtvā te paricaryyāṁ kurvvantu|

11 Wives, in the same way, —dignified, not given to intrigue, sober, faithful in all things.

aparaṁ yoṣidbhirapi vinītābhiranapavādikābhiḥ satarkābhiḥ sarvvatra viśvāsyābhiśca bhavitavyaṁ|

12 Let, ministers, be husbands of, one wife, over children, presiding, well, and over their own houses;

paricārakā ekaikayoṣito bharttāro bhaveyuḥ, nijasantānānāṁ parijanānāñca suśāsanaṁ kuryyuśca|

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.

yataḥ sā paricaryyā yai rbhadrarūpeṇa sādhyate te śreṣṭhapadaṁ prāpnuvanti khrīṣṭe yīśau viśvāsena mahotsukā bhavanti ca|

14 These things, unto thee, I am writing, hoping to come [unto thee] shortly, —

tvāṁ pratyetatpatralekhanasamaye śīghraṁ tvatsamīpagamanasya pratyāśā mama vidyate|

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; —

yadi vā vilambeya tarhīśvarasya gṛhe 'rthataḥ satyadharmmasya stambhabhittimūlasvarūpāyām amareśvarasya samitau tvayā kīdṛśa ācāraḥ karttavyastat jñātuṁ śakṣyate|

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.

aparaṁ yasya mahattvaṁ sarvvasvīkṛtam īśvarabhaktestat nigūḍhavākyamidam īśvaro mānavadehe prakāśita ātmanā sapuṇyīkṛto dūtaiḥ sandṛṣṭaḥ sarvvajātīyānāṁ nikaṭe ghoṣito jagato viśvāsapātrībhūtastejaḥprāptaye svargaṁ nītaśceti|