1 Timotheo 3
1 Usemi huu ni wakuaminika: Kama mtu anatamani kuwa Msimamizi, anatamani kazi njema.
This is a faithful saying: someone who seeks to be an overseer 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 without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;
3 Asiwe anatumia mvinyo, asiwe mgomvi, bali mpole, mwenye amani. Ni lazima asiwe mwenye kupenda fedha.
not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;
4 Inampasa kuwasimamia vema watu wa nyumbani mwake mwenyewe, na watoto wake imewapasa kumtii kwa heshima zote.
one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;
5 Maana ikiwa mtu hajui kuwasimamia watu wa nyumbani mwake mwenyewe, atalileaje kanisa la Mungu?
(for how could someone who doesn’t know how to rule his own house take care of God’s assembly?)
6 Asiwe mwamini mpya, ili kwamba asije akajivuna na kuanguka katika hukumu kama yule mwovu.
not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.
7 Lazima pia awe na sifa njema kwa wote walioko nje, ili asije akaanguka kwenye aibu na mtego wa mwovu.
Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling 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.
Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money,
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.
Let them also first be tested; then let them serve if they are blameless.
11 Wanawake vivyo hivyo wawe wenye heshima. Wasiwe wasingiziaji. Wawe na kiasi na waaminifu kwa mambo yote.
Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, and 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 servants be husbands of one wife, ruling their 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 have served well gain for themselves a good standing and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
14 Ninaandika mambo haya kwako, na ninatumaini kuja kwako hivi karibuni.
These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly,
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 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 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.”
Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great: God was revealed in the flesh, justified in the spirit, seen by angels, preached amongst the nations, believed on in the world, and received up in glory.
