1 Timoti 3
1 Wannan magana tabattaciya ce: Idan wani na da marmari ya zama shugaban Ikilisiya, ya na marmarin aiki mai kyau.
THIS is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
2 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.
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
3 Kada ya zama mashayin giya, da mai tankiya. A maimakon haka ya zama da natsuwa, mai salama. Ba mai son kudi ba.
Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
4 Wajibi ne ya iya lura da gidansa da kyau, 'ya'yansa su zama masu yi masa biyayya da dukkan bangirma.
One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
5 Gama idan mutum bai iya sarrafa gidansa ba, ta yaya zai iya lura da Ikkilisiyar Allah?
(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
6 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.
Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
7 Wajibi ne kuma ya kasance mai kyakyawar shaida a cikin wadanda ba masubi ba, domin kada ya fadi cikin kunya da kuma tarkon Ibilis.
Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
8 Hakanan kuma Dikinoni su kasance da halin mutunci, ba masu magana biyu ba. Bai kamata su zama mashayan giya ko masu hadama ba.
Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
9 Su zama masu rikon bayyananniyar gaskiyar bangaskiya da lamiri mai tsabta.
Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
10 Daidai ne kuma a fara tabbatar da su, daga nan su fara hidima domin basu da abin zargi.
And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.
11 Hakanan ma mata su zama masu mutunci. Bai kamata su zama magulmanta ba, amma masu kamewa da aminci cikin komai.
Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
12 Tilas Dikinoni su zama masu mata daya daya. Su iya kulawa da 'ya'yansu da gidajensu.
Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
13 Gama wadanda suka yi hidima da kyau sun sami tsayawa mai kyau da gabagadi cikin bangaskiyar da ke cikin Almasihu Yesu.
For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
14 Ina rubuta maka wadannan abubuwa, da sa zuciya zan zo wurin ka ba da jimawa ba.
These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:
15 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.
But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
16 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.
And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
