1 Timothy 3
1 Faithful is the saying, "If any one is eager to have the oversight of a Church, he desires a noble work."
yadi kaścid adhyakṣapadam ākāṅkṣate tarhi sa uttamaṁ karmma lipsata iti satyaṁ|
2 A minister then must be a man of irreproachable character, true to his one wife, temperate, sober-minded, well-behaved, hospitable to strangers, and with a gift for teaching;
ato'dhyakṣeṇāninditenaikasyā yoṣito bhartrā parimitabhogena saṁyatamanasā sabhyenātithisevakena śikṣaṇe nipuṇena
3 not a hard drinker nor given to blows; not selfish or quarrelsome or covetous;
na madyapena na prahārakeṇa kintu mṛdubhāvena nirvvivādena nirlobhena
4 but ruling his own household wisely and well, with children kept under control with true dignity.
svaparivārāṇām uttamaśāsakena pūrṇavinītatvād vaśyānāṁ santānānāṁ niyantrā ca bhavitavyaṁ|
5 (If a man does not know how to rule his own household, how shall he have the Church of God given into his care?)
yata ātmaparivārān śāsituṁ yo na śaknoti teneśvarasya samitestattvāvadhāraṇaṁ kathaṁ kāriṣyate?
6 He ought not to be a new convert, for fear he should be blinded with pride and come under the same condemnation as the Devil.
aparaṁ sa garvvito bhūtvā yat śayatāna iva daṇḍayogyo na bhavet tadarthaṁ tena navaśiṣyeṇa na bhavitavyaṁ|
7 It is needful also that he bear a good character with people outside the Church, lest he fall into reproach or a snare of the Devil.
yacca nindāyāṁ śayatānasya jāle ca na patet tadarthaṁ tena bahiḥsthalokānāmapi madhye sukhyātiyuktena bhavitavyaṁ|
8 Deacons, in the same way, must be men of serious demeanour, not double-tongued, nor addicted to much wine, nor greedy of base gain,
tadvat paricārakairapi vinītai rdvividhavākyarahitai rbahumadyapāne 'nāsaktai rnirlobhaiśca bhavitavyaṁ,
9 but holding the secret truths of the faith with a clear conscience.
nirmmalasaṁvedena ca viśvāsasya nigūḍhavākyaṁ dhātivyañca|
10 And they must also be well-tried men, and when found to be of unblemished character then let them serve as deacons.
agre teṣāṁ parīkṣā kriyatāṁ tataḥ param aninditā bhūtvā te paricaryyāṁ kurvvantu|
11 Deaconesses, in the same way, must be sober-minded women, not slanderers, but in every way temperate and trustworthy.
aparaṁ yoṣidbhirapi vinītābhiranapavādikābhiḥ satarkābhiḥ sarvvatra viśvāsyābhiśca bhavitavyaṁ|
12 A deacon must be true to his one wife, and rule his children and his own household wisely and well.
paricārakā ekaikayoṣito bharttāro bhaveyuḥ, nijasantānānāṁ parijanānāñca suśāsanaṁ kuryyuśca|
13 For those who have filled the deacon's office wisely and well, are already gaining for themselves an honourable standing, and are acquiring great freedom of speech in proclaiming the faith which rests on Christ Jesus.
yataḥ sā paricaryyā yai rbhadrarūpeṇa sādhyate te śreṣṭhapadaṁ prāpnuvanti khrīṣṭe yīśau viśvāsena mahotsukā bhavanti ca|
14 All this I write to you, though I am hoping before long to come to see you.
tvāṁ pratyetatpatralekhanasamaye śīghraṁ tvatsamīpagamanasya pratyāśā mama vidyate|
15 But, for fear I may be hindered, I now write, so that you may have rules to guide you in dealing with God's household. For this is what the Church of the ever-living God is, and it is the pillar and foundation-stone of the truth.
yadi vā vilambeya tarhīśvarasya gṛhe 'rthataḥ satyadharmmasya stambhabhittimūlasvarūpāyām amareśvarasya samitau tvayā kīdṛśa ācāraḥ karttavyastat jñātuṁ śakṣyate|
16 And, beyond controversy, great is the mystery of our religion-- that Christ appeared in human form, and His claims justified by the Spirit, was seen by angels and proclaimed among Gentile nations, was believed on in the world, and received up again into glory.
aparaṁ yasya mahattvaṁ sarvvasvīkṛtam īśvarabhaktestat nigūḍhavākyamidam īśvaro mānavadehe prakāśita ātmanā sapuṇyīkṛto dūtaiḥ sandṛṣṭaḥ sarvvajātīyānāṁ nikaṭe ghoṣito jagato viśvāsapātrībhūtastejaḥprāptaye svargaṁ nītaśceti|
