1 Timothy 3
1 This is a faithful saying: someone who seeks to be an overseer desires a good work.
Sa se yon vrè pawòl: Si yon nonm ta vle devni yon pastè, se yon bon zèv li dezire fè a.
2 The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;
Yon pastè, alò, dwe san repwòch, mari a yon madanm, tanpere, pridan, respektab, emab, avèk yon kapasite pou enstwi.
3 not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;
Li pa dwe bwè diven ak eksè, oswa agresif, men janti, pezib, e lib de lanmou lajan.
4 one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;
Li dwe yon moun ki jere pwòp kay li byen, e ki kenbe pitit li yo anba bon kontwòl avèk tout dignite;
5 (for how could someone who doesn’t know how to rule his own house take care of God’s assembly?)
(men si yon moun pa konnen kijan pou l jere pwòp kay li, kijan li va pran swen legliz Bondye a?)
6 not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.
Fòk li pa yon nouvo konvèti, pou li kab pa vin ògeye, e tonbe nan kondanasyon ki fèt pa pèlen Dyab la.
7 Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the devil.
Li dwe gen bon repitasyon avèk sila ki deyò legliz yo, pou li pa tonbe nan repwòch ak pèlen Satan.
8 Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money,
Dyak yo, menm jan an, dwe se moun ki gen dignite, ki pa ipokrit, oubyen renmen bwè diven ak twòp eksè, oubyen renmen lajan twòp
9 holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
men ki kenbe a mistè lafwa a avèk yon konsyans ki pwòp.
10 Let them also first be tested; then let them serve if they are blameless.
Mesye sa yo dwe, osi, pase tès avan; answit, kite yo sèvi kòm dyak si yo pa gen repwòch.
11 Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, and faithful in all things.
Fanm yo dwe menm jan an, dign pa nan fè medizans, men tanpere, fidèl nan tout bagay.
12 Let servants be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
Dyak yo dwe mari a yon sèl fanm, bon dirijan a pitit yo ak pwòp lakay yo.
13 For those who have served well gain for themselves a good standing and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Paske sila ki sèvi byen kòm dyak yo resevwa pou tèt yo, yon wo pozisyon ak gwo konfyans nan lafwa ki nan Kris Jésus a.
14 These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly,
M ap ekri bagay sa yo bannou, avèk esperans ke m ap vin kote nou avan lontan,
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.
men an ka ke mwen pran reta, mwen ekri yo pou nou kab konnen kijan yon moun ta dwe kondwi tèt li nan kay Bondye a, ki se legliz a Bondye vivan an, ki se pilye ak soutyen verite a.
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.
San gen diskisyon, gran se mistè lavi sentete a: Sila ki Te revele nan lachè a, Te jistifye nan Lespri a Te wè pa zanj yo, Te pwoklame pami nasyon yo, Te resevwa kwayans mond lan, Te leve wo nan laglwa a.
