1 Timote 3
1 Tala liloba oyo ezali penza ya solo: Moto nyonso oyo alingi kozala mokambi kati na Lingomba aponi mosala ya kitoko.
A faithful saying: if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
2 Boye, mokambi ya Lingomba asengeli kozala: moto azanga pamela, mobali ya mwasi moko, moto oyo alekisaka ndelo te na ezaleli na ye, moto oyo ayebi komikanga, moto ya lokumu, moto oyo ayambaka malamu bapaya kati na ndako na ye, moto oyo azali na makoki ya koteya,
It behoveth therefore a bishop to be blameless, the husband of one wife, sober, prudent, of good behaviour, chaste, given to hospitality, a teacher,
3 molangwi masanga te, moto na kanza te, moto na boboto, moto oyo aswanaka te, moto na lokoso ya mbongo te,
Not given to wine, no striker, but modest, not quarrelsome, not covetous, but
4 moto oyo akambaka malamu libota na ye moko, asenzelaka ete bana na ye batosa ye mpe asalaka bongo na lolenge oyo ebongi na limemia ya kokoka.
One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all chastity.
5 Moto oyo ayebi te kokamba malamu libota na ye akokoka ndenge nini kobatela Lingomba ya Nzambe?
But if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?
6 Mokambi ya Lingomba asengeli te kozala moto oyo abongoli motema sika, noki te akotonda na lolendo mpe akozwa etumbu lokola Satana.
Not a neophyte: lest being puffed up with pride, he fall into the judgment of the devil.
7 Mokambi ya Lingomba asengeli mpe kozala moto oyo akenda sango ya malamu kati na bato oyo bazali bandimi te mpo ete abatela lokumu na ye mpe akweya te na mitambo ya Satana.
Moreover he must have a good testimony of them who are without: lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
8 Ezali mpe ndenge moko mpo na badiakona. Basengeli kozala: bato oyo babongi na limemia, bato ya maloba mibale te, balangwi masanga te mpe bato oyo balukaka mbongo te na banzela ya mabe.
Deacons in like manner chaste, not double tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre:
9 Basengeli koyeba kobatela mabombami ya kondima kati na motema ya peto.
Holding the mystery of faith in a pure conscience.
10 Esengeli komeka bango liboso; bongo soki emonani ete bazangi pamela, wana nde bakoki kosala lokola badiakona.
And let these also first be proved: and so let them minister, having no crime.
11 Ezali mpe ndenge moko mpo na badiakona ya basi. Basengeli kozala: basi oyo babongi na limemia, basi oyo batongaka bato te, basi oyo balekisaka ndelo te na bizaleli na bango mpe basi ya sembo na makambo nyonso.
The women in like manner chaste, not slanderers, but sober, faithful in all things.
12 Diakona asengeli kozala mobali ya mwasi moko mpe asengeli kokamba malamu bana na ye mpe ndako na ye.
Let deacons be the husbands of one wife: who rule well their children, and their own houses.
13 Pamba te badiakona oyo basalaka mosala na bango malamu bazwaka esika ya lokumu mpe bakomaka na elikya makasi kati na kondima na bango epai na Yesu-Klisto.
For they that have ministered well, shall purchase to themselves a good degree, and much confidence in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
14 Atako nazali na elikya ya kokutana na yo kala mingi te, kasi nakomeli yo kaka malako oyo
These things I write to thee, hoping that I shall come to thee shortly.
15 mpo ete, soki nawumeli mpo na koya, oyeba ndenge nini bato basengeli kotambola kati na Ndako ya Nzambe, oyo ezali Lingomba ya Nzambe na bomoi, likonzi mpe moboko ya bosolo.
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 Tala makambo oyo tondimaka elongo: Mabombami ya kosambela Nzambe na lolenge ya solo ezali minene. Klisto amonanaki na nzoto ya bomoto, Molimo Mosantu atatolaki ete azali sembo, ba-anjelu bamonaki Ye, bato ya bikolo ya bapaya bateyamaki na tina na Ye, bato bandimelaki Ye kati na mokili mobimba, mpe amemamaki kati na nkembo.
And evidently great is the mystery of godliness, which was manifested in the flesh, was justified in the spirit, appeared unto angels, hath been preached unto the Gentiles, is believed in the world, is taken up in glory.
