1 Timotheo 3
1 Usemi huu ni wakuaminika: Kama mtu anatamani kuwa Msimamizi, anatamani kazi njema.
Faithful is the saying, If any man aspires to supervision, he desires a good work.
2 Kwa hiyo msimamizi ni lazima asiwe na lawama. Ni lazima awe mume wa mke mmoja. Ni lazima awe na kiasi, busara, mwenye utaratibu, mkarimu. Ni lazima awe uwezo wa kufundisha.
The overseer therefore must be blameless, the husband of one wife, sober, serious minded, disciplined, loving strangers, able to teach,
3 Asiwe anatumia mvinyo, asiwe mgomvi, bali mpole, mwenye amani. Ni lazima asiwe mwenye kupenda fedha.
no drunkard, not a fighter, not greedy of base gain, but gentle, noncontentious, no lover of money,
4 Inampasa kuwasimamia vema watu wa nyumbani mwake mwenyewe, na watoto wake imewapasa kumtii kwa heshima zote.
a man who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all propriety
5 Maana ikiwa mtu hajui kuwasimamia watu wa nyumbani mwake mwenyewe, atalileaje kanisa la Mungu?
(but if any man knows not how to rule his own house, how will he take care of a congregation of God?),
6 Asiwe mwamini mpya, ili kwamba asije akajivuna na kuanguka katika hukumu kama yule mwovu.
not a new convert, lest having been puffed up he may fall into the condemnation of the devil.
7 Lazima pia awe na sifa njema kwa wote walioko nje, ili asije akaanguka kwenye aibu na mtego wa mwovu.
And he must also have good testimony from those outside, lest he may fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
8 Mashemasi, vilevile wanapaswa kuwa wenye kustahili heshima, wasiwe wenye kauli mbili. Wasitumie mvinyo kupita kiasi au kuwa na tamaa.
Helpers likewise, be honorable, not double-tongued, not attending to much wine, not greedy of base gain,
9 Waweze kuitunza kwa dhamiri safi ile kweli ya imani iliyofunuliwa.
holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
10 Wawe pia wamethibitishwa kwanza, halafu waweze kuhudumu kwa sababu hawana lawama.
And let these also first be proven, then being blameless, let them serve.
11 Wanawake vivyo hivyo wawe wenye heshima. Wasiwe wasingiziaji. Wawe na kiasi na waaminifu kwa mambo yote.
The wives likewise, be honorable, not slanderous, sober, faithful in all things.
12 Mashemasi ni lazima wawe waume wa mke mmoja mmoja. Lazima waweze kuwasimamia vema watoto wao na wa nyumbani mwao.
Let helpers be husbands of one wife, ruling children and their own houses well.
13 Kwa kuwa wale wanaotumika vizuri hupata msimamo mzuri na ujasiri mkubwa katika imani iliyo katika Kristo Yesu.
For those who serve well will acquire to themselves a good standing, and much boldness in the faith in Christ Jesus.
14 Ninaandika mambo haya kwako, na ninatumaini kuja kwako hivi karibuni.
These things I write to thee, hoping to come to thee sooner,
15 Lakini ikiwa nitachelewa, ninaandika ili upate kujua namna ya kuenenda katika nyumba ya Mungu, ambalo ni kanisa la Mungu aliye hai, nguzo na msaada wa kweli.
but if I delay, that thou may know how it is necessary to live in a house of God, which is a congregation of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.
16 Na haipingiki kwamba kweli ya Uungu uliyofunuliwa ni mkuu: “Alionekana katika mwili, akathibitishwa na Roho, akaonekana na malaika, akatangazwa miongoni mwa mataifa, akaaminiwa na ulimwengu, na akachukuliwa juu katika utukufu.”
And without controversy great is the mystery of piety. God was manifested in flesh, justified in spirit, seen by agents, proclaimed among nations, believed in the world, taken up in glory.
