1 Timoti 3
1 Ga wata tabbatacciyar magana. In wani ya sa zuciyarsa a kan zama mai kula da ikkilisiya, yana marmarin yin aiki mai daraja ne.
This is a faithful saying: someone who seeks to be an overseer desires a good work.
2 To, dole mai kula da Ikkilisiya yă kasance marar abin zargi, mijin mace guda, mai sauƙinkai, mai kamunkai, wanda ake girmama, mai karɓan baƙi, mai iya koyarwa,
The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;
3 ba mai buguwa ba, ba mai rikici ba sai dai mai hankali, ba mai yawan faɗa ba, ba kuma mai yawan son kuɗi ba.
not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;
4 Dole yă iya tafiyar da iyalinsa da kyau, yă kuma tabbata cewa’ya’yansa suna yin masa biyayya da ladabin da ya dace.
one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;
5 (In mutum bai san yadda zai tafiyar da iyalinsa ba, yaya zai iya kula da ikkilisiyar Allah?)
(for how could someone who doesn’t know how to rule his own house take care of God’s assembly?)
6 Kada yă zama sabon tuba, in ba haka zai zama mai girman kai yă kuma fāɗa cikin irin hukuncin da ya fāɗo wa Iblis.
not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.
7 Dole kuma yă kasance da shaida mai kyau ga waɗanda suke na waje, don kada yă zama abin kunya yă kuma fāɗa cikin tarkon Iblis.
Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the devil.
8 Haka masu hidima a cikin ikkilisiya; su ma, su zama maza da sun cancanci girmamawa, masu gaskiya, ba masu yawan shan ruwan inabi ba, ba masu kwaɗayin ƙazamar riba ba.
Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money,
9 Dole su riƙe asirin bangaskiya su kuma kasance da lamiri mai tsabta.
holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
10 Dole a fara gwada su tukuna; sa’an nan in ba a sami wani abin zargi game da su ba, sai su shiga aikin masu hidima.
Let them also first be tested; then let them serve if they are blameless.
11 A haka kuma, dole matansu su zama matan da suka cancanci girmamawa, ba masu gulma ba, sai dai masu sauƙinkai da kuma masu aminci a cikin kome.
Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, and faithful in all things.
12 Dole mai hidimar ikkilisiya yă zama mijin mace guda dole kuma yă iya tafiyar da’ya’yansa da kuma iyalinsa da kyau.
Let servants be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
13 Waɗanda suke hidima da kyau suna samar wa kansu kyakkyawan suna da kuma cikakken tabbatarwa a cikin bangaskiyarsu cikin Kiristi Yesu.
For those who have served well gain for themselves a good standing and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
14 Ko da yake ina sa zuciya zo wurinka nan ba da daɗewa ba, ina rubuta muka waɗannan umarnai domin,
These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly,
15 in na yi jinkiri, za ka san yadda ya kamata mutane su tafiyar da halayensu a cikin jama’ar Allah, wadda take ikkilisiyar Allah rayayye, ginshiƙi da kuma tushen gaskiya.
but if I wait long, that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in God’s house, which is the assembly of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
16 Ba shakka, asirin addini da girma yake. Ya bayyana cikin jiki, Ruhu ya nuna shi adali ne, mala’iku suka gan shi, aka yi wa’azinsa cikin al’ummai, aka gaskata shi a duniya, aka ɗauke shi sama cikin ɗaukaka.
Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great: God was revealed in the flesh, justified in the spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, and received up in glory.
