1 Timoti 3
1 Herino shoko rechokwadi: kana munhu achitsvaka basa romutariri, anoda basa rinokudzika.
This is a faithful saying: someone who seeks to be an overseer desires a good work.
2 Zvino mutariri anofanira kuva munhu asina chaangapomerwa, murume womukadzi mumwe chete, anozvidzora, anokudzwa, anoitira vaeni rudo, anoziva kudzidzisa,
The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;
3 asingadhakwi, asingarwi uye ano unyoro, asina gakava, asingakariri mari.
not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;
4 Anofanira kubata imba yake zvakanaka nokuona kuti vana vake vanomuteerera uye vachimukudza zvakanaka.
one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;
5 (Kana munhu asingazivi kubata imba yake zvakanaka, angachengeta seiko kereke yaMwari?)
(for how could someone who does not know how to rule his own house take care of God’s assembly?)
6 Asava mutendi mutsva, nokuti angazozvikudza akazotongwa zvimwe chetezvo sadhiabhori.
not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.
7 Anofanirawo kupupurirwa zvakanaka navari kunze, kuitira kuti arege kuzvidzwa, uye agowira mumusungo wadhiabhori.
Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the devil.
8 Saizvozvowo, madhikoni ngavave vanhu vanokudzwa, vanorevesa, vasinganwi waini zhinji, uye vasingatsvaki pfuma yakaipa.
Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money,
9 Vanofanira kuchengetedza zvakadzikadzika zvokutenda nehana yakanaka.
holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
10 Vanofanira kutanga vaedzwa, uye kana pasina chavangapomerwa, ngavashumire samadhikoni.
Let them also first be tested; then let them serve if they are blameless.
11 Nenzira imwe cheteyo, vakadzi vavo ngavave vanokudzwa, vasingacheri vamwe asi vanozvidzora, vakatendeka pazvinhu zvose.
Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, and faithful in all things.
12 Mudhikoni anofanira kuva murume ano mukadzi mumwe chete uye anofanira kugona kubata vana vake nemba yake zvakanaka.
Let servants be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
13 Vaya vakashumira zvakanaka vanozviwanira zita rakanaka uye nokusimbiswa kukuru pakutenda kwavo muna Kristu Jesu.
For those who have served well gain for themselves a good standing and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
14 Kunyange zvazvo ndine tariro yokuuya kwauri nokukurumidza, ndinokunyorera dzidziso idzi kuitira kuti,
These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly,
15 kana ndikanonoka, uchaziva kuti vanhu vanofanira kuzvibata sei mumba maMwari, inova kereke yaMwari mupenyu, mbiru nenheyo yechokwadi.
but if I wait long, that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in God’s house, which is the assembly of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
16 Pasina kana mubvunzo, chakavanzika choumwari chikuru kwazvo: Iye akaratidzwa panyama, akaruramiswa noMweya, akaonekwa navatumwa, akaparidzwa pakati pendudzi panyika vakatenda kwaari, akakwidzwa mukubwinya.
Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great: God was revealed in the flesh, justified in the spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, and received up in glory.
