1 तीमुथियुस 3
This saying is trustworthy: If someone desires to be an overseer, he desires a good work.
2 २ यह आवश्यक है कि अध्यक्ष निर्दोष, और एक ही पत्नी का पति, संयमी, सुशील, सभ्य, अतिथि-सत्कार करनेवाला, और सिखाने में निपुण हो।
Therefore the overseer must be without reproach. He must be a husband of one wife. He must be moderate, sensible, orderly, and hospitable. He must be able to teach.
He must not be addicted to wine, not a brawler, but instead, gentle, peaceful. He must not be a lover of money.
He should manage his own household well, and his children should obey him with all respect.
For if a man does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for a church of God?
He should not be a new convert, so that he does not swell with pride and might fall into condemnation as the devil.
He must also have a good reputation with those outside, so that he does not fall into disgrace and the trap of the devil.
Deacons, likewise, should be dignified, not double-talkers. They should not drink too much wine or be greedy.
They should keep the revealed truth of the faith with a clean conscience.
They should also be approved first, then they should serve because they are blameless.
11 ११ इसी प्रकार से स्त्रियों को भी गम्भीर होना चाहिए; दोष लगानेवाली न हों, पर सचेत और सब बातों में विश्वासयोग्य हों।
Women in the same way should be dignified. They should not be slanderers. They should be moderate and faithful in all things.
Deacons must be husbands of one wife. They must manage well their children and household.
13 १३ क्योंकि जो सेवक का काम अच्छी तरह से कर सकते हैं, वे अपने लिये अच्छा पद और उस विश्वास में, जो मसीह यीशु पर है, बड़ा साहस प्राप्त करते हैं।
For those who have served well acquire for themselves a good standing and great confidence in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.
I am writing these things to you, and I expect to come to you soon.
15 १५ कि यदि मेरे आने में देर हो तो तू जान ले कि परमेश्वर के घराने में जो जीविते परमेश्वर की कलीसिया है, और जो सत्य का खम्भा और नींव है; कैसा बर्ताव करना चाहिए।
But if I delay, I am writing so that you may know how to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and support of the truth.
16 १६ और इसमें सन्देह नहीं कि भक्ति का भेद गम्भीर है, अर्थात्, वह जो शरीर में प्रगट हुआ, आत्मा में धर्मी ठहरा, स्वर्गदूतों को दिखाई दिया, अन्यजातियों में उसका प्रचार हुआ, जगत में उस पर विश्वास किया गया, और महिमा में ऊपर उठाया गया।
It is undeniable that the revealed truth of godliness is great: “He appeared in the flesh, was justified by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was proclaimed among nations, was believed on in the world, and was taken up in glory.”
