1 Timothy 3
1 Stedfast [is] the word: If any one the oversight doth long for, a right work he desireth;
Akcang pyen ta: Kpami mat naw sangcim üng ngvai a bi hlü hin akdaw säiha ngaihnak ni.
2 it behoveth, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, of one wife a husband, vigilant, sober, decent, a friend of strangers, apt to teach,
Sangcim ngvai cun kbäüeinak am ve yah: a khyu mat däk ve yah khai, a mlung mhnemki, amät nängeiki, dawkyaki, a ima khin khina theiki, mtheinak pi pawh theiki,
3 not given to wine, not a striker, not given to filthy lucre, but gentle, not contentious, not a lover of money,
ju käh mpyüiki, ngtun käh pawhki, hniphnawiki, dim’ye lü ngui pi käh jawng na yah khai,
4 his own house leading well, having children in subjection with all gravity,
ani cun amäta imkyawng up khawh lü a canae naw leisawng u lü a mtheh pi ngja yah khaie.
5 (and if any one his own house [how] to lead hath not known, how an assembly of God shall he take care of?)
Amäta imkyawng up vai am ksingki naw ihawkba Pamhnama sangcim cun msümcei khai ni?
6 not a new convert, lest having been puffed up he may fall to a judgment of the devil;
Jumeinak üng ngkhäng lü käh awhcah yah khai, Khawyai cun awhcah lü mkatnak a yaha kba käh thawn khai ni.
7 and it behoveth him also to have a good testimony from those without, that he may not fall into reproach and a snare of the devil.
Ani cun sangcim k'uma am veki khyange naw ami leisawng üngva Khawyaia mannak hlü üng lät lü a jo pi am se khai ni.
8 Ministrants — in like manner grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not given to filthy lucre,
Sangcim k'uma khüikie pi ngneisak daw lü ngcimcaihki; nguia hnu käh läk lü ju pi käh mpyüihmah yah khai;
9 having the secret of the faith in a pure conscience,
amimi naw mdana ngthungtak cun ksingkhyapnak kcang am kcüng yah khaie ni.
10 and let these also first be proved, then let them minister, being unblameable.
Akcüka sükcetnak kham u lü acun ami lät üng khüi bi yah khaie.
11 Women — in like manner grave, not false accusers, vigilant, faithful in all things.
Ami khyue pi ami ngneisak daw lü cawkcek käh pawh lü anaküt üng thephya lü mlung mhnemkiea kya yah khaie ni.
12 Ministrants — let them be of one wife husbands; the children leading well, and their own houses,
Sangcim üng khüiki cun a khyu mat däk ve yah khai, a canae ja a imkyawng cun akdawa jah up khawh yah khai.
13 for those who did minister well a good step to themselves do acquire, and much boldness in faith that [is] in Christ Jesus.
Sangcim k'uma khüikie cun akdawa ngdüi tho lü Khritaw Jesuh jumeinaka mawng pi ling lü pyen khawh yah khai.
14 These things I write to thee, hoping to come unto thee soon,
Ahina ca ka yuk lawa kba, säng säng se nami veia law lü ning jah hmu khaia äpei veng.
15 and if I delay, that thou mayest know how it behoveth [thee] to conduct thyself in the house of God, which is an assembly of the living God — a pillar and foundation of the truth,
Lüpi ka cü üngta ahina ca naw ngthungtak däh lü ktunga kyakia Pamhnama imbung ja xüngseikia Pamhnama sangcim k'uma ihawkba vecawh vai ti cun ning jah ksingsak khai ni.
16 and, confessedly, great is the secret of piety — God was manifested in flesh, declared righteous in spirit, seen by messengers, preached among nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory!
Mi hjawkkhah ning ihlawka ngthup lü dämki ti cun u naw pi am kpet khawh: Ani cun nghngicima kba ngdang law lü akcün akha üng Ngmüimkhya naw a ngdansak, khankhawngsä he naw hmukie, ani cun khyangmjüea veia kpyaü hükie, khawmdek lum üng jumei u lü khankhawa kai beki ni.
