1 Timoti 3
1 Nke a bụ okwu kwesiri ntụkwasị obi ma bụrụkwa eziokwu, bụ nke na-asị, ọ bụrụ na onye ọbụla na-achọ ọnọdụ ịbụ ụkọchukwu, ọ na-achọ ezi ọrụ kacha mma.
This is a faithful saying, "If any man is seeking the office of a minister he is aspiring to a noble task."
2 Ya mere onye ụkọchukwu kwesiri ịbụ onye a na-adịghị ata ụta, onye lụrụ otu nwunye, onye obi umeala, onye na-achịkọta onwe ya nke ọma, onye nwere nsọpụrụ, onye na-anabata ndị ọbịa nʼụlọ ya, nakwa onye nwere ike ikuzi ihe.
The minister should be a man of blameless character; he should be husband of but one wife; he should live a sober, self-restrained, orderly life; he should be hospitable, skilled in teaching;
3 Ọ gaghị abụ onye na-aṅụbiga mmanya oke, ọ gaghị abụ onye na-alụkarị ọgụ, kama ọ ga-abụ onye dị nwayọọ, onye na-ahụghị okwu na ụka nʼanya, na onye na-adịghị ahụ ego nʼanya.
no drinker or brawler; but forbearing, peaceable, and no money- lover;
4 Ọ ga-abụ onye na-achịzi ezinaụlọ ya nke ọma, bụrụkwa onye na-achịkwa ụmụ ya inwe nsọpụrụ nʼụzọ ọbụla.
he should be a man who rules his own household well, and keeps his children ever under control and thoroughly well behaved.
5 (Nʼihi na ọ bụrụ na mmadụ enweghị ike chịkọtazie ezinaụlọ ya, ọ ga-esi aṅaa chịzie chọọchị Chineke?)
For if a man does not know how to rule his own household, how shall he take charge of a church of God?
6 Ọ gaghị abụ onye chegharịrị ọhụrụ, ma ọ bụghị ya, ọ ga-afụlị onwe ya elu nʼịnya isi, ma si otu a daba nʼọmụma ikpe dị ka ekwensu.
He must not be a recent convert, lest he be blinded with pride, and incur the doom of the devil.
7 Ọ ga-abụkwa onye nwere ezi ama nʼebe ndị nọ nʼezi nọ, ka ọ ghara ịdaba nʼọnọdụ ihere nakwa nʼọnya ekwensu.
He should also have a good reputation among outsiders, lest he fall into reproach, and into a snare of the devil.
8 Otu ahụ kwa, ndị a họpụtara ijere chọọchị ozi aghaghị ịbụ ndị kwesiri nsọpụrụ, ndị na-enweghị ire abụọ, ndị kwesiri ntụkwasị obi. Ha agaghị abụ ndị na-aṅụbiga mmanya oke na ndị akpịrị ego na-agbaso uru nʼezighị ezi.
Deacons, likewise, must be serious, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of gain,
9 Ha ga-abụ ndị ji akọnuche dị ọcha na-ejidesi eziokwu nke okwukwe anyị ike.
holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
10 Tupu a họpụta ha ịrụ ọrụ a, a ga-ebu ụzọ nwalee ha. Ọ bụrụ na ha enweghị ebubo ọbụla megide ha, mgbe ahụ, a ga-eme ha ndị na-eje ozi na chọọchị.
They should first be tested, and after that, if they are found irreproachable, let them serve as deacons.
11 Otu aka ahụ kwa, ndị nwanyị kwesikwara ịbụ ndị nwere nsọpụrụ nʼụzọ ọbụla, ndị na-adịghị ebu iro nʼobi, ndị na-adịghị agba asịrị, kama ndị nwere obi umeala, na ndị kwesiri ntụkwasị obi nʼihe niile.
Deaconesses likewise must be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
12 Ndị niile a ga-ahọpụta ije ozi na chọọchị aghaghị ịbụ ndị nwere naanị otu nwunye, ndị na-achịzi ụmụ ha na ezinaụlọ nke aka ha nke ọma.
Let deacons be the husband of but one wife, men who rule their children and their household properly.
13 Nʼihi na ndị ahụ rụrụ ọrụ ije ozi ha nke ọma nwere ụgwọ ọrụ. Ụgwọ ọrụ ha bụkwa nsọpụrụ ahụ ndị ọzọ ga-asọpụrụ ha, na nkwuwa okwu ha nwere banyere okwukwe a nʼime Kraịst Jisọs.
For those who have well discharged the duties of a deacon are gaining an honorable position for themselves, as well as much fearless confidence in the faith of Christ Jesus.
14 Enwere m olileanya na m ga-abịa ileta gị na mgbe na-adịghị anya, ma ana m edere gị ihe ndị a.
Although I am hoping to come to you before long,
15 Asị na m enweghị ike bịa ọsịịsọ, ị ga-amata otu ndị mmadụ kwesiri isi bie obi nʼezinaụlọ Chineke, nke bụ nzukọ nke Chineke dị ndụ, ogidi na ntọala nke eziokwu ahụ.
I am writing this to you in case I should be detained, to let you see how you ought to behave in the household of God - the Church of the everliving God, the pillar and mainstay of the truth.
16 Karịchasịa nke a, ọ bụ ihe omimi dị ukwuu, bụ ntọala ebe ezi ịdị nsọ si walite: Ọ pụtara ihe nʼụdịdị mmadụ, Mmụọ Nsọ gosiri na ọ bụ onye ezi omume, ndị mmụọ ozi hụrụ ya, e kwusara ihe banyere ya nye mba niile, ụwa niile kwenyeere na ya, a nabatakwara ya nʼebube nke eluigwe.
Yes! without contradiction, great is the mystery of godliness!
