1 Timoti 3
1 He pono te korero, Ki te hiahia tetahi ki te mahi pihopa, e hiahia ana ia ki te mahi pai.
This saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a good work.
2 Na, ko te tikanga tenei, kia kaua te pihopa e ekengia e te kupu, he tahu no te wahine kotahi, kia ngawari, kia whai whakaaro, kia marama ana tikanga, kia atawhai ki nga manuhiri, kia whai ngakau ki te whakaako:
Therefore the overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, sensible, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
3 Kia kaua e kakai waina, kia kaua e patu; engari kia ngawari, kaua e totohe, kaua e matenui ki te moni;
not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for sordid gain, but gentle, not contentious, and not a lover of money.
4 Kai pai tana tohutohu i tona whare; e mea ana i ana tamariki kia ngohengohe ki a ia, kia nui te mahara:
He must lead his own household well, keeping his children in submission with all dignity.
5 Ki te kore hoki tetahi tangata e matau ki te tohutohu i tona whare ake, me pehea ka tiaki ai ia i te hahi a te Atua?
(For if a man does not know how to lead his own household, how will he take care of God's church?)
6 Kauaka i te tauhou, kei whakakake, a ka tau to te rewera he ki a ia.
He must not be a new convert, or he might become puffed up and fall into the condemnation of the devil.
7 A kia pai te korero mona a te hunga o waho; kei taka ia ki te whakahawea, ki roto hoki ki te mahanga a te rewera.
He must also have a good reputation among outsiders, so that he does not fall into the reproach and snare of the devil.
8 Waihoki ko nga rikona kia tu kaumatua, kaua e arero rua, kaua e matenui ki te waina, kaua e whai ki te taonga paruparu;
Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, and not greedy for sordid gain.
9 Kia ma o ratou hinengaro e mau ai ki te mea ngaro o te whakapono.
They must hold the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience.
10 Na, kia matua whakamatautauria enei; katahi ka tuku ai kia mahi i a te rikona mahi, ki te kore he whakahe mo ratou.
They must first be tested; if they are above reproach, let them serve as deacons.
11 Ko nga wahine hoki kia ahua kaumatua, kaua e ngautuara, kia whai mahara, kia pono i nga mea katoa.
Their wives likewise must be dignified, not slanderers, but sober-minded and faithful in all things.
12 Ko nga rikona, kia kotahi te hoa wahine; kia pai te tohutohu i a ratou tamariki, i o ratou whare ake ano hoki.
A deacon must be the husband of one wife and must lead his children and his own household well.
13 Ki te pai hoki ta ratou mahi rikona, ka whiwhi ratou ki te turanga pai mo ratou, ka nui hoki to ratou maia i runga i te whakapono ki a Karaiti Ihu.
For those who have served well as deacons obtain a good standing for themselves along with great boldness in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.
14 He tuhituhi atu tenei naku i enei mea ki a koe, e mea ana hoki tera ahau e haere wawe atu ki a koe:
I am writing these things to yoʋ, hoping to come to yoʋ soon.
15 Ki te roa ia ahau, kia matau ai koe ki te tikanga mo tau mahi i roto i te whare o te Atua, ko te hahi nei ia a te Atua ora, ko te pou, ko te turanga o te pono.
But if I delay, I am writing so that yoʋ may know how one ought to conduct himself in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and foundation of the truth.
16 Na, kahore rawa e tautohetia te nui o te mea ngaro e karakiatia nei: Ko ia i whakakitea mai i roto i te kikokiko, he mea whakatika na te Wairua, i kitea e nga anahera, i kauwhautia nei i roto i nga tauiwi, i whakaponohia nei i te ao, i tangohia atu ki te kororia.
Beyond all question, great is the mystery of godliness: God was revealed in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, preached among nations, believed on in the world, and taken up in glory.
