1 Timoty 3
1 Inao ty tsara to: Ie mipay ho mpiaolo t’indaty, ro misalala fitoloñan-tsoa.
This is a faithful saying: If someone aspires to the office of an overseer, he desires a good work.
2 Aa le tsy mahay tsy halio tahiñe i mpiaoloy, migahiñe amy rakemba’ey, tsy mpijike, hendre, vañoñe, mpitoka-pandrioñe, mahay mañoke;
The overseer, therefore, must be beyond criticism, the husband of one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, good at teaching;
3 tsy mpitolon-divay, tsy mpandafa, fa mpiheve, trentram-po, votsotse ami’ty hatea drala,
not a drunkard, not violent, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money;
4 mahay mandahatse ty anjomba’e, tsy manjehatse o keleia’eo fa miandaly ama’e;
one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;
5 (aa naho tsy mahafehe ty anjomba’e t’indaty, aia ty hahafiatraha’e ty Fivorin’ Añahare?)
(but if someone does not know how to manage his own house, how will he take care of the congregation of God?)
6 le tsy t’ie vaho namototse ho mpiato, hera hirengevoke vaho hifotsake ami’ty fa’ i mpañìnjey.
not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.
7 Paiañe t’ie ho to-rehake am’ondaty alafe’eo, tsy mone hikorovoke ami’ty inje naho ty fandri’ i mpañìnjey.
Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into disgrace and the trap of the devil.
8 Hambañe amy zay o mpitoroñeo, t’ie higahiñe, tsy mpitolom-bolañe, tsy mpigeno-divay, tsy mpipay vokàñe,
Shammashim, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not devoted to a lot of wine, not greedy for money;
9 fe tambozore’e an-kazavàm-po o raha mietake amy fatokisañeio.
holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
10 Soa re te tsoheñe hey, le ie ventèñe te tsy aman-kandra ro ampitoloñeñe.
Let them also first be tested; then let them serve as shammashim if they are blameless.
11 Tsy mete tsy ho hendre ka o rakembao, tsy mpikanifoke, fa mahalie-batañe, naho malili-po amy ze he’e.
Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.
12 Raike avao ty vali’ i mpitoroñey, ie mahafehe o keleia’eo naho i anjomba’ey,
Let shammashim be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
13 fa mitaka-kavañonañe ty mpitoroñe mitolon-tsoa, naho mahasibek’ am-patokisañe, ie amy Iesoà Norizañey ao.
For those who have served well as shammashim gain for themselves a good standing, and great boldness in the faith which is in Messiah Yeshua.
14 Sokireko ama’o hey o raha zao, amy te salalaeko ty homb’ama’o mb’eo te aniany;
These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly;
15 fe ke malaoñe, le ho fohi’o ty fanao añ’anjomban’ Añahare ao, i Fivorin’ Añahare veloñey, ty fahañe naho manantan-katò.
but if I wait long, that you may know how people ought to behave themselves in the house of God, which is the congregation of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
16 Fonga miantoke te ra’elahy ty tafatoñom-pañambenañe Hake: Ie naboak’ an-tsandriñe, Nampivantañeñe añ’arofo, Niisa’ o anjelio, Nitaroñeñe amo kilakila ondatio, Natokisañe ami’ty voatse toy, Rinambe añ’engeñe ao.
Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great: He was revealed in the flesh, justified by the Ruach, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, and received up in glory.
