1 Timothy 3

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

Ya maama ne tiegi li ya tie ke nilo bua tua gobdika; o lugdi ya tuonli n mɔni boncianla.

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

Li buali ke gobdika kan ya pia jalgi bákuli, ki ya pia oyendo baba, ke o yama dua, yua n pia li miinli, yua cegni o yema, ki banili cangaali, ki ba fidi ki tundi niba

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

O kan kuani o yuli li daañuli nni, yua ki pia jadi, ama yua gaani sugli, ki pia li juunli, kaa kpaani o yuli po baali.

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

O baa bani o diegu kubma, ke o bila cengi o maama, ki cɔlni.

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

Kelima nilo ya ki bani o diegu kubma, o ba tieni ledi i ku kubi U Tienu nitaanli?

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

Li ki buali ke wan ya tie kɔnpanga, o japaaciandi ń da ti cedi sutaani ń buu ki cuo o.

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

Li go buali ke wan la kasiedi kaantianu, lan todi o wan da baa mi tudma bii sutaani diagu nni.

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

Bi todkaaba mo baa tie mɔmɔnsaala i, ki fagi yeni palalie danba, li daañucianli yeni mi ŋalmanbuama.

9 holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

Bi baa kubi bi dudugdi ń dɔgdi bi po ya mɔmɔni yeni li yantiaŋanli.

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

Bi dá ba cindi ki biigi ba, ki diidi yo, bi ya ki pia tagli bákuli, ban fidi ki cili bi tuonli.

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

Bi puoba mo baa tie yaaba n maadi i mɔni, kaa jondi nilo po, ki pia li yumiinli, ki tie payenli buama danba lan tieni maama kuli.

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

Bi todkaaba baa tie poyendanba, yaaba n ŋanbi ki tundi bi bila, ki kubi bi dansanu bonŋanla.

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

Kelima, yaaba n tuuni bi tuona bonŋanla ba baa li seli yeni li dandanli kelima bi dudugdi Jesu Kiristi nni.

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

N diani ki maadi a ya bona ne, ki daani ke min cua a kani yognubá.

15 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.

Ama, ki fidi lan todi a, li ya tie ke mii cua tonma, ŋan bandi a yema U Tienu diegu nni, yaagu n tie U Tienu yua tundi ki pia miali nitaanli, i mɔmɔni jumu yeni yi daasiedu.

16 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.

Lipo n cedi ke tikuli taani ki tuo ke: “Mi yenŋɔdma mɔmɔni tie yaalidgu bonli i” O dɔgdi yeni ti gbannandi, ke foŋanma saa i mɔni o po, ke malekinba la o, ke o wangi o laabaaliŋamo bi niba siiga, ke bi dugi o po ŋanduna nni, ke bi duoni o ti yudandi nni”.