1 Timotewu 3
1 Utakula awu wanakaka, muntu pakafira lihengu lya kugolokera shipinga sha wajimira wa Kristu yakalolera vitwatira vya wantu, muntu ayu kafira lihengu liherepa.
The word [is] steadfast: If anyone longs for overseership, he desires a right work;
2 Su muntu yakafira kulonguziya shipinga sha wajimira wa Kristu yakalolera vitwatira vya wantu, kaweri muntu yakahera shidoda shoseri na kafiruwa kaweri mpalu yakawera na mdala yumu hera, yakalilewelera na yakagoheleka, kaweri muntu yakashemera wahenga na yakaweza kufunda.
it is required, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, a husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, respectable, a friend of strangers, apt to teach,
3 Nakawera mlowera ama muntu gwa ng'ondu, kumbiti kaweri mnanagala na muntu yakafira ponga, nakawera muntu gwa kufira mpiya nentu.
not given to wine, not a striker, but gentle, not contentious, not a lover of money,
4 Kafiruwa kaweri muntu yakaweza kulonguziya weri kaya yakuwi na kuwatenda wananguta wakuwi waweri na ujimira na ligoya lyoseri.
leading his own house well, having children in subjection with all dignity,
5 Su muntu yakaweza ndiri kuilonguziya kaya yakuwi, hakawezi hashi kushilonguziya shipinga sha wantu yawamjimira Yesu?
(and if anyone has not known [how] to lead his own house, how will he take care of an assembly of God?)
6 Muntu yakaaminiti pakwegera nakatendwa kaweri mlongoziya mushipinga sha wantu yawamjimira kristu, nakiza kumema malingisi na kutozwa gambira vyawamtoziti Mkondola.
not a new convert, lest having been puffed up he may fall to a judgment of the Devil;
7 Kafiruwa nentu kaweri muntu yakapitawulirwa viherepa na wantu wawawera kunja ya shipinga sha wantu yawamjimira Kristu, su nakiza kubeziwa na kuguwira mumgomuziwu gwa Mkondola.
and it is required of him also to have a good testimony from those outside, that he may not fall into reproach and a snare of the Devil.
8 Watanga mushipinga sha wantu yawamjimira Yesu, wafiruwa waweri wantu yawawera na ligoya nawawera wafyangu nawawera walowera nawawera na lumatamata ludoda lwa mpiya,
Servants, in like manner, dignified, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not given to shameful gain,
9 womberi wafiruwa kulola weri unakaka wa njimiru munfiru iherepa.
having the secret of the faith in a pure conscience,
10 Pamberi pa kusyagulwa kuwera watanga, womberi wafiruwa kujerwa huti na pawawoneka wahera likosa, su watendwi kuwera wantumini.
and let these also first be proved, then let them minister, being unblameable.
11 Viraa vilii wadala wawu wafiruwa waweri na ntambu iherepa, nawawatakulira wayawu vidoda, yawalilewelera na yawawera waaminika muvitwatira vyoseri.
Women, in like manner, dignified, not false accusers, vigilant, faithful in all things.
12 Mtanga mushipinga sha yawamjimira Yesu, yomberi kafiruwa kaweri muntu yakawera na mdala yumu hera na yakaweza kuwalonguziya weri wananguta wakuwi na kaya yakuwi.
Servants—let them be husbands of one wife, leading the children well, and their own houses,
13 Toziya watanga walii yawatenda lihengu lyawu liherepa na waweza kuwatenda wantu wamonga wawapikiniri, waweza kutakula pota lyoga munjimiru yawu Mukristu Yesu.
for those who ministered well acquire a good step to themselves, and much boldness in faith that [is] in Christ Jesus.
14 Nukulembera luhamba alu pamwera na matumbiru ga kwiza kwaku shipindi shashivuwa ndiri.
I write to you these things, hoping to come to you soon,
15 Kumbiti handa pankawa, su luhamba alu lukugambiri mgenderanu watufiruwa kuwera nawomberi munumba ya Mlungu, sheni ndo shipinga sha wantu yawamjimira Yesu yakawera mkomu, sheni ndo mpanda na shanjiru sha nakaka.
and if I delay, that you may know how it is required to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is an assembly of the living God—a pillar and foundation of the truth,
16 Kwahera mshashatiku goseri kuusu ukwisa wawugubutulitwi, ya njira yatwenga ya kumguwira Mlungu Kalawiriti gambira mfanu gwa muntu, Kalanguziyitwi na Rohu Mnanagala kuwera mjimirika kulongolu kwa Mlungu. Yomberi kawonekiti na wantumintumi wa kumpindi Na kabweriti pakati pa makabira goseri, Na kajimiritwi poseri pasipanu Na katolitwi muukulu kugenda kumpindi kwa Mlungu.
and confessedly, great is the secret of piety: who was revealed in flesh, declared righteous in [the] Spirit, seen by messengers, preached among nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory!
