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1 yadi kazcid adhyakSapadam AkAGkSate tarhi sa uttamaM karmma lipsata iti satyaM|
A faithful saying: if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
2 ato'dhyakSeNAninditenaikasyA yoSito bhartrA parimitabhogena saMyatamanasA sabhyenAtithisevakena zikSaNe nipuNena
It behoveth therefore a bishop to be blameless, the husband of one wife, sober, prudent, of good behaviour, chaste, given to hospitality, a teacher,
3 na madyapena na prahArakeNa kintu mRdubhAvena nirvvivAdena nirlobhena
Not given to wine, no striker, but modest, not quarrelsome, not covetous, but
4 svaparivArANAm uttamazAsakena pUrNavinItatvAd vazyAnAM santAnAnAM niyantrA ca bhavitavyaM|
One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all chastity.
5 yata AtmaparivArAn zAsituM yo na zaknoti tenezvarasya samitestattvAvadhAraNaM kathaM kAriSyate?
But if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?
6 aparaM sa garvvito bhUtvA yat zayatAna iva daNDayogyo na bhavet tadarthaM tena navaziSyeNa na bhavitavyaM|
Not a neophyte: lest being puffed up with pride, he fall into the judgment of the devil.
7 yacca nindAyAM zayatAnasya jAle ca na patet tadarthaM tena bahiHsthalokAnAmapi madhye sukhyAtiyuktena bhavitavyaM|
Moreover he must have a good testimony of them who are without: lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
8 tadvat paricArakairapi vinItai rdvividhavAkyarahitai rbahumadyapAne 'nAsaktai rnirlobhaizca bhavitavyaM,
Deacons in like manner chaste, not double tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre:
9 nirmmalasaMvedena ca vizvAsasya nigUDhavAkyaM dhAtivyaJca|
Holding the mystery of faith in a pure conscience.
10 agre teSAM parIkSA kriyatAM tataH param aninditA bhUtvA te paricaryyAM kurvvantu|
And let these also first be proved: and so let them minister, having no crime.
11 aparaM yoSidbhirapi vinItAbhiranapavAdikAbhiH satarkAbhiH sarvvatra vizvAsyAbhizca bhavitavyaM|
The women in like manner chaste, not slanderers, but sober, faithful in all things.
12 paricArakA ekaikayoSito bharttAro bhaveyuH, nijasantAnAnAM parijanAnAJca suzAsanaM kuryyuzca|
Let deacons be the husbands of one wife: who rule well their children, and their own houses.
13 yataH sA paricaryyA yai rbhadrarUpeNa sAdhyate te zreSThapadaM prApnuvanti khrISTe yIzau vizvAsena mahotsukA bhavanti ca|
For they that have ministered well, shall purchase to themselves a good degree, and much confidence in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
14 tvAM pratyetatpatralekhanasamaye zIghraM tvatsamIpagamanasya pratyAzA mama vidyate|
These things I write to thee, hoping that I shall come to thee shortly.
15 yadi vA vilambeya tarhIzvarasya gRhe 'rthataH satyadharmmasya stambhabhittimUlasvarUpAyAm amarezvarasya samitau tvayA kIdRza AcAraH karttavyastat jJAtuM zakSyate|
But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
16 aparaM yasya mahattvaM sarvvasvIkRtam Izvarabhaktestat nigUDhavAkyamidam Izvaro mAnavadehe prakAzita AtmanA sapuNyIkRto dUtaiH sandRSTaH sarvvajAtIyAnAM nikaTe ghoSito jagato vizvAsapAtrIbhUtastejaHprAptaye svargaM nItazceti|
And evidently great is the mystery of godliness, which was manifested in the flesh, was justified in the spirit, appeared unto angels, hath been preached unto the Gentiles, is believed in the world, is taken up in glory.
