1 Timotheo 3
1 Hili ni neno la kuaminiwa, kwamba mtu akitamani kazi ya uangalizi, atamani kazi nzuri.
This is a faithful saying: someone who seeks to be an overseer desires a good work.
2 Basi, imempasa mwangalizi awe mtu asiye na lawama, mume wa mke mmoja, mwenye kiasi, anayejitawala, anayeheshimika, mkarimu, ajuaye kufundisha,
The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;
3 asiwe mlevi, wala mkali bali awe mpole, asiwe mgomvi wala mpenda fedha.
not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;
4 Lazima aweze kuisimamia nyumba yake mwenyewe vizuri na kuhakikisha kwamba watoto wake wanamtii na kuwa na heshima kwa kila njia.
one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;
5 (Kwa maana kama mtu hajui jinsi ya kusimamia nyumba yake mwenyewe, atawezaje kuliangalia kanisa la Mungu?)
(for how could someone who does not know how to rule his own house take care of God’s assembly?)
6 Asiwe mtu aliyeokoka karibuni asije akajivuna na kuangukia kwenye hukumu ile ile ya ibilisi.
not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.
7 Inampasa pia awe na sifa njema kwa watu walio nje, ili asije akalaumiwa na kuanguka kwenye mtego wa ibilisi.
Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the devil.
8 Vivyo hivyo, mashemasi nao wawe watu wanaostahili heshima, wasiwe wenye kauli mbili au wenye kujifurahisha kwa mvinyo, wala wanaotamani faida isiyo halali.
Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money,
9 Inawapasa kushikamana sana na ile siri ya imani kwa dhamiri safi.
holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
10 Ni lazima wapimwe kwanza; kisha kama hakuna neno dhidi yao, basi na waruhusiwe kuhudumu kama mashemasi.
Let them also first be tested; then let them serve if they are blameless.
11 Vivyo hivyo, wake zao wawe wanawake wanaostahili heshima, wasio wasingiziaji, bali wawe na kiasi na waaminifu katika kila jambo.
Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, and faithful in all things.
12 Shemasi awe mume wa mke mmoja na inampasa aweze kusimamia watoto wake na watu wa nyumbani mwake vyema.
Let servants be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
13 Wale ambao wamehudumu vyema katika huduma ya ushemasi hujipatia msimamo bora na ujasiri mkubwa katika imani yao ndani ya Kristo Yesu.
For those who have served well gain for themselves a good standing and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
14 Ingawa ninatarajia kuja kwako hivi karibuni, ninakuandikia maagizo haya sasa ili kwamba,
These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly,
15 kama nikikawia, utajua jinsi iwapasavyo watu kuenenda katika nyumba ya Mungu, ambayo ndiyo kanisa la Mungu aliye hai, lililo nguzo na msingi wa kweli.
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 Bila shaka yoyote, siri ya utauwa ni kubwa: Alidhihirishwa katika mwili wa kibinadamu, akathibitishwa kuwa na haki katika Roho, akaonekana na malaika, akahubiriwa miongoni mwa mataifa, akaaminiwa ulimwenguni, akachukuliwa juu katika utukufu.
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.
