1 Timothy 3
1 Stedfast [is] the word: If any one the oversight doth long for, a right work he desireth;
Wannan magana tabattaciya ce: Idan wani na da marmari ya zama shugaban Ikilisiya, ya na marmarin aiki mai kyau.
2 it behoveth, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, of one wife a husband, vigilant, sober, decent, a friend of strangers, apt to teach,
Don haka, wajibi ne shugaban Ikilisiya ya zama mara abin zargi. Ya zama mai mace daya. Wajibi ne ya zama mai kamewa, mai hankali, mai natsuwa mai karbar baki. Wajibi ne ya iya koyarwa.
3 not given to wine, not a striker, not given to filthy lucre, but gentle, not contentious, not a lover of money,
Kada ya zama mashayin giya, da mai tankiya. A maimakon haka ya zama da natsuwa, mai salama. Ba mai son kudi ba.
4 his own house leading well, having children in subjection with all gravity,
Wajibi ne ya iya lura da gidansa da kyau, 'ya'yansa su zama masu yi masa biyayya da dukkan bangirma.
5 (and if any one his own house [how] to lead hath not known, how an assembly of God shall he take care of?)
Gama idan mutum bai iya sarrafa gidansa ba, ta yaya zai iya lura da Ikkilisiyar Allah?
6 not a new convert, lest having been puffed up he may fall to a judgment of the devil;
Bai kamata ya zama sabon tuba ba, domin kada ya kumbura da girman kai, kada ya fadi cikin irin hukunci da aka yi wa Ibilis.
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.
Wajibi ne kuma ya kasance mai kyakyawar shaida a cikin wadanda ba masubi ba, domin kada ya fadi cikin kunya da kuma tarkon Ibilis.
8 Ministrants — in like manner grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not given to filthy lucre,
Hakanan kuma Dikinoni su kasance da halin mutunci, ba masu magana biyu ba. Bai kamata su zama mashayan giya ko masu hadama ba.
9 having the secret of the faith in a pure conscience,
Su zama masu rikon bayyananniyar gaskiyar bangaskiya da lamiri mai tsabta.
10 and let these also first be proved, then let them minister, being unblameable.
Daidai ne kuma a fara tabbatar da su, daga nan su fara hidima domin basu da abin zargi.
11 Women — in like manner grave, not false accusers, vigilant, faithful in all things.
Hakanan ma mata su zama masu mutunci. Bai kamata su zama magulmanta ba, amma masu kamewa da aminci cikin komai.
12 Ministrants — let them be of one wife husbands; the children leading well, and their own houses,
Tilas Dikinoni su zama masu mata daya daya. Su iya kulawa da 'ya'yansu da gidajensu.
13 for those who did minister well a good step to themselves do acquire, and much boldness in faith that [is] in Christ Jesus.
Gama wadanda suka yi hidima da kyau sun sami tsayawa mai kyau da gabagadi cikin bangaskiyar da ke cikin Almasihu Yesu.
14 These things I write to thee, hoping to come unto thee soon,
Ina rubuta maka wadannan abubuwa, da sa zuciya zan zo wurin ka ba da jimawa ba.
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,
Amma idan na yi jinkiri, ina rubuta maka ne domin ka san yadda za ka gudanar da al'amuranka a cikin gidan Allah, wato Ikklisiyar Allah rayyayiya, ginshiki da kuma mai tallafar gaskiya.
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!
Babu musu an bayyana cewa ibadarmu ta gaskiya da girma take: “Ya bayyana kansa cikin jiki, Ruhu ya baratar da shi, mala'iku suka gan shi, aka yi shelarsa a cikin al'ummai, aka gaskanta shi a duniya, sa'an nan aka dauke shi sama cikin daukaka.
