1 Timothy 3
1 How true is that saying! When a man aspires to be a Presiding-Officer in the Church, he is ambitious for a noble task.
Mi naa maama tie madugikaama: O nilo ya bua ki tua gobidikoa, o bua ya tuonli n ŋani.
2 The Presiding-Officer should be a man of blameless character; a faithful husband; living a temperate, discreet, and well-ordered life; hospitable, and a skilful teacher,
Li tie tiladi ke o gobidikoa n ya tie ban kan fidi ki kuli yua leni liba, ki pia poyendo bebe, ki kubi o yuli, ki tiegi, ki pia o tagiŋamu, ki gaani bi canba cangu, kigo tie yua nfidi mi bangima.
3 not addicted to drink or brawling, but of a forbearing and peaceable disposition, and not a lover of money;
Wan da tie yua n puni o yuli mi daama po, ki da bua li koanli, ama wan tie yua n dingi, ki pia mi yanduanma, kaa go bua i ligi ke li pendi.
4 he should be a man who rules his own household well, and whose children are kept under control and are well-behaved.
Kali wan ya tie yua n fidi ki gobidi o diogu ŋanma, ki kubi o bila leni li yumiinli leni ya teginma n tiegi;
5 If a man does not know how to rule his own household, how can he take charge of the Church of God?
Kelima o nilo ya kan fidi ki gobidi o dieceli, o ba ga lede ki fidi ki ya guu u TIENU diegu?
6 The Presiding-Officer should not be a recent convert, that he may not be blinded by pride and fall under the same condemnation as the Devil.
Wan da tie yua daani ke li daa waagi, ke ti japaadi n da ti diedi o, wan baa sutaani n den baa ya bujiali nni.
7 He should also be well spoken of by outsiders, that he may not incur censure and so fall into the snares of the Devil.
wan ya tie yua ke niinpo yaaba tie o po i siedi ŋami, ke wan da ti kua i fe nni leni sutaani diagu nni.
8 So, too, Assistant-Officers should be serious and straightforward men, not given to taking much drink or to questionable money-making,
Kilisiti n yini yaaba todikaaba moko baa tie bi niba n jigini yaaba, ki da tie pala lie danba, ki da tie a daǹola, ki da kuani bi yula ya ǹuadi n pia i fe nni,
9 but men who hold the deep truths of the Faith and have a clear conscience.
ki ya kubi li dandanli ŋasiili leni li papienli.
10 They should be tested first, and only appointed to their Office if no objection is raised against them.
Ban da kpa biigi ba, bi ya sua ke baa pia ban ba fidi ki kuli ba leni yaala, ban soani ban puogi ba ya tuonli.
11 It should be the same with the women. They should be serious, not gossips, sober, and trustworthy in all respects.
Bi puoba moko baa tie yaaba n tiegi, kaa pia mabiadima, ki kubi bi yula, ki go tie nidugikaaba li bonli kuli nni.
12 Assistant-Officers should be faithful husbands, and men who rule their children and their households well.
Kilisiti n yini yaaba todikaaba ba tie yaaba n pia poyendo bebe, ki gobidi bi bila leni bi diedi ŋanma.
13 Those who have filled that post with honour gain for themselves an honourable position, as well as great confidence through the faith that they place in Christ Jesus.
Kelima yaaba n kubi bi puogili ŋanma, baa ba ya kaani n pia ti kpiagidi, leni ya suginma n yabi li dandanli Jesu kilisiti nni.
14 I am writing this to you, though I hope that I shall come to see you before long;
N diani a po line ki sugini ke n ba cua a kani ke li kan waagi.
15 but in case I should be delayed, I want you to know what your conduct ought to be in the Household of God, which is the Church of the Living God — the pillar and stay of the Truth.
N ya waagi ka cua, ŋan fidi ki bandi, ŋan ba tuuni maama u TIENU diegu nni, kuni yaagu n yie i moamoani benjiilu leni u dasaali.
16 Yes, and confessedly wonderful are the deep truths of our religion; for — ‘He was revealed in our nature, Pronounced righteous in spirit, Seen by angels, Proclaimed among the Gentiles, Believed on in the world, Taken up into glory.’
Oba kan nia ke uTIENU maama bondoaginkaala ǹua boncianla: wani yua n den doagidi ti gbannandi nni, ke mi fuoma gagidi ki ŋanbi o, maleekinba den la o, bi den wangi o maama i nibuoli kuli nni, bi den daani o li ŋandunli nni, ke o den guani ki doni ti kpiagidi kaanu.
