१ तिमोथी 3
1 यो भनाइ भरोसायोग्य छ, यदि कसैले बिशप हुने इच्छा गर्छ भने उसले असल कामको इच्छा गर्दछ ।
This saying is trustworthy: If someone desires to be an overseer, he desires a good work.
2 तसर्थ, बिशपचाहिँ दोषरहित होस् । र एउटा पत्नीको पति, संयमी, समझदार, व्यवस्थित, अथिति सत्कार गर्ने, सिकाउन सक्ने,
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.
3 मतवाला र रिसाहा होइन तर भद्र, नम्र, शान्तिप्रिय, रूपैयाँपैसाको लोभ नगर्ने ।
He must not be addicted to wine, not a brawler, but instead, gentle, peaceful. He must not be a lover of money.
4 तिनले आफ्नो घरबार राम्रोसँग व्यवस्थापन गर्नुपर्छ । र उसका छोराछोरीले तिनको आज्ञापालन पुरा आदरका साथ गर्नु पर्छ ।
He should manage his own household well, and his children should obey him with all respect.
5 तर यदि एउटा मानिसले आफ्नो घरलाई राम्रोसँग व्यवस्थापन गर्न जान्दैन भने उसले कसरी परमेश्वरको मण्डलीको वास्ता गर्न सक्दछ?
For if a man does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for a church of God?
6 तिनी नयाँ विश्वासी हुनुहुँदैन ताकि तिनी घमण्डी भएर शैतानझैँ दण्डमा नपरून् ।
He should not be a new convert, so that he does not swell with pride and might fall into condemnation as the devil.
7 तिनी बाहिरको मानिसहरूको दृष्टिकोणमा पनि प्रतिष्ठित हुनुपर्दछ । ताकि तिनी शर्ममा र दुष्टको पासोमा नपरून् ।
He must also have a good reputation with those outside, so that he does not fall into disgrace and the trap of the devil.
8 त्यसैगरी डिकनहरू पनि प्रतिष्ठित होऊन, दुई-जिब्रे, धेरै मद्य पिउने्, र लोभी नहून् ।
Deacons, likewise, should be dignified, not double-talkers. They should not drink too much wine or be greedy.
9 तिनीहरूले प्रकट गरिइएको विश्वासको सत्यतालाई शुध्द विवकले कायम राख्नु पर्छ ।
They should keep the revealed truth of the faith with a clean conscience.
10 पहिले स्विकृत भएपछि तिनिहरूले सेवामा गर्नुपर्छ किनभने तिनीहरू कलंकित हुनुहुँदैन ।
They should also be approved first, then they should serve because they are blameless.
11 त्यसैगरी स्त्रीहरू पनि प्रतिष्ठित होऊन्, निन्दा नगर्ने, न्रम र सबै कुरामा विश्वासयोग्य हुनुपर्दछ ।
Women in the same way should be dignified. They should not be slanderers. They should be moderate and faithful in all things.
12 डिकनहरू एउटा पत्नीको पति र आफ्नो छोराछोरीहरू र घरलाई राम्रोसँग व्यवस्थापान गर्ने हुनुपर्दछ ।
Deacons must be husbands of one wife. They must manage well their children and household.
13 किनभने तिनीहरू जसले असल सेवा गरेकाछन् तिनीहरूले आफ्नो निम्ति प्रतिष्ठा र ख्रीष्ट येशूमा भएको विश्वासद्वारा ठुलो भरोसा पाउँछन् ।
For those who have served well acquire for themselves a good standing and great confidence in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.
14 म तिमीलाई यी कुराहरू लेख्छु र म तिमी कहाँ चाँडै आउने आशा गर्दछु ।
I am writing these things to you, and I expect to come to you soon.
15 तर यदि मैले ढिलो गरेँ भने परमेश्वरको घराना जुन जीवित परमेश्वरको मण्डली, सत्यताको खाँबो र आड हो, त्यो सही बाटोमा डोर्याइनु पर्छ तिमीले जान भन्ने हेतुले म तिमीलाई लेख्दैछु ।
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 र सँगै हामी, सहमत हुन्छौँ, “कि धार्मिकताको प्रकटित सत्याता महान छः उहाँ शरीरमा प्रकट हुनुभयो, पवित्र-आत्माद्वारा धर्मी ठहरिनुभयो, “स्वर्गदूतहरूबाट देखिनुभयो, जाति-जातिहरूको माझमा घोषणा गरिनु भयो, संसारमा विश्वास गरिनुभयो”, र “महिमामा माथि लगिनु भयो ।”
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.”
