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.
It is certain, if any one is desirous of the episcopal office, he desireth a good 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.
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, sober, prudent, grave,
3 Nakawera mlowera ama muntu gwa ng'ondu, kumbiti kaweri mnanagala na muntu yakafira ponga, nakawera muntu gwa kufira mpiya nentu.
hospitable, able to teach, not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of sordid gain, moderate, not quarrelsome,
4 Kafiruwa kaweri muntu yakaweza kulonguziya weri kaya yakuwi na kuwatenda wananguta wakuwi waweri na ujimira na ligoya lyoseri.
not covetous, governing his own family well, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
5 Su muntu yakaweza ndiri kuilonguziya kaya yakuwi, hakawezi hashi kushilonguziya shipinga sha wantu yawamjimira Yesu?
(for if any one know not how to govern his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
6 Muntu yakaaminiti pakwegera nakatendwa kaweri mlongoziya mushipinga sha wantu yawamjimira kristu, nakiza kumema malingisi na kutozwa gambira vyawamtoziti Mkondola.
not one newly converted, least being puffed up he fall into the condemnation 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.
He ought also to have an honorable testimony from those that are without, least he fall into reproach and the 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,
The deacons should likewise be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of base gain,
9 womberi wafiruwa kulola weri unakaka wa njimiru munfiru iherepa.
holding the mystery 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 take the office of deacons, if they be found blameless.)
11 Viraa vilii wadala wawu wafiruwa waweri na ntambu iherepa, nawawatakulira wayawu vidoda, yawalilewelera na yawawera waaminika muvitwatira vyoseri.
And their wives likewise grave, not slanderers, sober, and 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.
Let the deacons too be husbands of one wife only, governing their children and their own houses well.
13 Toziya watanga walii yawatenda lihengu lyawu liherepa na waweza kuwatenda wantu wamonga wawapikiniri, waweza kutakula pota lyoga munjimiru yawu Mukristu Yesu.
For they, that discharge the office of a deacon well, gain to themselves a good degree of honor, and much freedom in promoting the faith that is in Christ Jesus.
14 Nukulembera luhamba alu pamwera na matumbiru ga kwiza kwaku shipindi shashivuwa ndiri.
These things I write unto thee, hoping to come to thee shortly.
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.
But if I should be retarded, that thou mayst know how thou oughtest to behave in the house of God, the church of the living God, the pillar and support 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 without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen by angels, preached among the Gentiles, believed on in the world, and received up into glory.
