1 Timothy 3
1 Stedfast [is] the word: If any one the oversight doth long for, a right work he desireth;
likeweli lyenda aminika: mane abile mundu ywa tamani usimamizi alama nwalyengo linanoga.
2 it behoveth, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, of one wife a husband, vigilant, sober, decent, a friend of strangers, apt to teach,
Kwa-nyo simamizi lasima keneabe mundu ywolaumilwa. Lasima abe nalume ywa nwawa yumo. Abe na kiasi. busara, utaratibu, mkarimu. Lasima Abe na uweso wapundisa.
3 not given to wine, not a striker, not given to filthy lucre, but gentle, not contentious, not a lover of money,
Kene atumii wimbi kene apende bulwe, ila mpole meene amani. Na lasima kene Abe mwene penda mbanje.
4 his own house leading well, having children in subjection with all gravity,
Itakiwa abe mundu ywa yemilika chengo wake mwene, na bana bake ipalikwa ba muheshimu kwa eshima yoti.
5 (and if any one his own house [how] to lead hath not known, how an assembly of God shall he take care of?)
Mana Mana itei awezalii kwiongoza nyumba yake mwene, alowakulilela buli kanisa lya Nnongo?
6 not a new convert, lest having been puffed up he may fall to a judgment of the devil;
Kene Abe ywaamini ywayambi, akana kwipuna na tumbu kwimuhukumu kati yule mpotofu.
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.
Lazima kai Abe na tabia inanoga kwa boti bababile panja, lenga hakana tumbukya mu'oni na mutengo wa upotofu.
8 Ministrants — in like manner grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not given to filthy lucre,
Na muudumu was kanisa nganyonyo bapalikwa babe na heshima, na kene babe na makowe gabele, kene banywe wembe au bana tamaa.
9 having the secret of the faith in a pure conscience,
Bawese kwilendela kwa zamiri safiyelo kweli imani ya iumukiwile.
10 and let these also first be proved, then let them minister, being unblameable.
Babe babawiti baba akikisilwe wite, Mana baweza dumu sababu ntupu chabalaumiwa.
11 Women — in like manner grave, not false accusers, vigilant, faithful in all things.
Na alwawa na bembe babe na heshima, kene babe abuso, Bene kiasi na babaaminika kwa kilebe.
12 Ministrants — let them be of one wife husbands; the children leading well, and their own houses,
Batumishi babe alalome banwawa jumojumo. Lazima bawese kwiyenywa kinanoga bana babe na banyumba babe.
13 for those who did minister well a good step to themselves do acquire, and much boldness in faith that [is] in Christ Jesus.
Kwasababu balo babatumika kinanoga, bapatajima kinanoga na ujasiri kulo ngati ya imani katika Yesu Kirisitu.
14 These things I write to thee, hoping to come unto thee soon,
Nenda andika makowe ga kasako, na nitegemea icha kasako masoba ga karibu.
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,
Ila mene na chelewa, nindaandika lenga upate tanga namna yoyenda kati ya nyumba Nnongo, nalyembe kanisa lya Nnongo lya libile likoti, mwimili na msaada wa kweli.
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!
Uwesalii pinga ukweli wa Nnongo wa uumukwile ni ukulu: “Abone na yenga na pata uwakika kwa mwoyo nakumonana malaika, natangaza nkati ya bandu makotwike aminiya ngati ya mataifa, aliaminilwa na Dunia na aputwilye kunani kwa ngupu ya Nnongo.
