١ تيموثاوس 3

١ 1 صَادِقَةٌ هِيَ ٱلْكَلِمَةُ: إِنِ ٱبْتَغَى أَحَدٌ ٱلْأُسْقُفِيَّةَ، فَيَشْتَهِي عَمَلًا صَالِحًا.

This is a faithful saying: someone who seeks to be an overseer desires a good work.

٢ 2 فَيَجِبُ أَنْ يَكُونَ ٱلْأُسْقُفُ: بِلَا لَوْمٍ، بَعْلَ ٱمْرَأَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ، صَاحِيًا، عَاقِلًا، مُحْتَشِمًا، مُضِيفًا لِلْغُرَبَاءِ، صَالِحًا لِلتَّعْلِيمِ،

The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;

٣ 3 غَيْرَ مُدْمِنِ ٱلْخَمْرِ، وَلَا ضَرَّابٍ، وَلَا طَامِعٍ بِٱلرِّبْحِ ٱلْقَبِيحِ، بَلْ حَلِيمًا، غَيْرَ مُخَاصِمٍ، وَلَا مُحِبٍّ لِلْمَالِ،

not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;

٤ 4 يُدَبِّرُ بَيْتَهُ حَسَنًا، لَهُ أَوْلَادٌ فِي ٱلْخُضُوعِ بِكُلِّ وَقَارٍ.

one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;

٥ 5 وَإِنَّمَا إِنْ كَانَ أَحَدٌ لَا يَعْرِفُ أَنْ يُدَبِّرَ بَيْتَهُ، فَكَيْفَ يَعْتَنِي بِكَنِيسَةِ ٱللهِ؟

(for how could someone who doesn’t know how to rule his own house take care of God’s assembly?)

٦ 6 غَيْرَ حَدِيثِ ٱلْإِيمَانِ لِئَلَّا يَتَصَلَّفَ فَيَسْقُطَ فِي دَيْنُونَةِ إِبْلِيسَ.

not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.

٧ 7 وَيَجِبُ أَيْضًا أَنْ تَكُونَ لَهُ شَهَادَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ مِنْ خَارِجٍ، لِئَلَّا يَسْقُطَ فِي تَعْيِيرٍ وَفَخِّ إِبْلِيسَ.

Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the devil.

٨ 8 كَذَلِكَ يَجِبُ أَنْ يَكُونَ ٱلشَّمَامِسَةُ ذَوِي وَقَارٍ، لَا ذَوِي لِسَانَيْنِ، غَيْرَ مُولَعِينَ بِٱلْخَمْرِ ٱلْكَثِيرِ، وَلَا طَامِعِينَ بِٱلرِّبْحِ ٱلْقَبِيحِ،

Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money,

٩ 9 وَلَهُمْ سِرُّ ٱلْإِيمَانِ بِضَمِيرٍ طَاهِرٍ.

holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

١٠ 10 وَإِنَّمَا هَؤُلَاءِ أَيْضًا لِيُخْتَبَرُوا أَوَّلًا، ثُمَّ يَتَشَمَّسُوا إِنْ كَانُوا بِلَا لَوْمٍ.

Let them also first be tested; then let them serve if they are blameless.

١١ 11 كَذَلِكَ يَجِبُ أَنْ تَكُونَ ٱلنِّسَاءُ ذَوَاتِ وَقَارٍ، غَيْرَ ثَالِبَاتٍ، صَاحِيَاتٍ، أَمِينَاتٍ فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ.

Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, and faithful in all things.

١٢ 12 لِيَكُنِ ٱلشَّمَامِسَةُ كُلٌّ: بَعْلَ ٱمْرَأَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ، مُدَبِّرِينَ أَوْلَادَهُمْ وَبُيُوتَهُمْ حَسَنًا،

Let servants be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

١٣ 13 لِأَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ تَشَمَّسُوا حَسَنًا، يَقْتَنُونَ لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ دَرَجَةً حَسَنَةً وَثِقَةً كَثِيرَةً فِي ٱلْإِيمَانِ ٱلَّذِي بِٱلْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ.

For those who have served well gain for themselves a good standing and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

١٤ 14 هَذَا أَكْتُبُهُ إِلَيْكَ رَاجِيًا أَنْ آتِيَ إِلَيْكَ عَنْ قَرِيبٍ.

These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly,

١٥ 15 وَلَكِنْ إِنْ كُنْتُ أُبْطِئُ، فَلِكَيْ تَعْلَمَ كَيْفَ يَجِبُ أَنْ تَتَصَرَّفَ فِي بَيْتِ ٱللهِ، ٱلَّذِي هُوَ كَنِيسَةُ ٱللهِ ٱلْحَيِّ، عَمُودُ ٱلْحَقِّ وَقَاعِدَتُهُ.

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.

١٦ 16 وَبِٱلْإِجْمَاعِ عَظِيمٌ هُوَ سِرُّ ٱلتَّقْوَى: ٱللهُ ظَهَرَ فِي ٱلْجَسَدِ، تَبَرَّرَ فِي ٱلرُّوحِ، تَرَاءَى لِمَلَائِكَةٍ، كُرِزَ بِهِ بَيْنَ ٱلْأُمَمِ، أُومِنَ بِهِ فِي ٱلْعَالَمِ، رُفِعَ فِي ٱلْمَجْدِ.

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.