1 Timothy 3
1 This is a faithful saying: someone who seeks to be an overseer desires a good work.
Arah amiisak tiit: Miwah ah chaas phansiitte angsuh li abah, heh ih mootse thoon ah moot suh thunha.
2 The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;
Chaas phansiitte ah moong ataang muh jaatjaat angtheng, heh sanuh ah esiit luulu jaatjaat angtheng, tenmang angtheng, heteewah jaatrep doh ejen naan ete nyia phanjangjang mina angtheng, heh nok nah sam awen ejen noppoonte jaatjaat angtheng; heh ih mih suh ejen nyootsoot ete jaatjaat etheng;
3 not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;
heh khammokte adoleh changrook mina lajaatjaat angjih, erah nang ih toongtang nyia semroongroong mina angtheng; heh ngun doh lamongnookte jaatjaat angtheng;
4 one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;
heh changka ah naririh jen ih soksamte nyia hesuh hesah heh jeng chaatchaat ih ano heh soomtu arah mina jaatjaat angtheng.
5 (for how could someone who doesn’t know how to rule his own house take care of God’s assembly?)
Tumeah heh ih heh changka ah lajen koonchaaka bah, Rangte chaas ah tang mamah maajen ih kooncha ah?
6 not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.
Heh hanpi nah thungsek angtheng, lah angka bah heh ah engaampo lam nah re ano Juungbaan luungwang dut haatta likhiik ih dut haat arah ang ah.
7 Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the devil.
Heh ah chaas nah luulu lah angthang ih nokhoh phohoh nyia hahoh nah uh esoongraang ette mina jaat angtheng, eno ba heh ah rakriijih lampo nyia Juungbaan phoong nah tajen datka ang ah.
8 Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money,
Chaas roongchosokte loong ah uh neng ese dang ajang mina nyia jeng chaatchaat angtheng; neng khammokte nyia ngun doh nyamnyookte lah angjih jaatjaat;
9 holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
Neng ih thungsek taksek lam ih amiisak tuungmaang tiit dongjat thuk ha ah rongrong ih kap etjih jaatjaat.
10 Let them also first be tested; then let them serve if they are blameless.
Neng ah chaas roongchosokte ih thiin suh jaakhoh taatsok chaak etjih, eno jen lang eah ih thoijat eno ba erah loong ah mothuk theng.
11 Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, and faithful in all things.
Neng sanuh loong rah uh ese dang ajang mina angtheng nyia mih joobaatte lah angjih jaatjaat, neng ah tenmang nyia seklilih angtheng.
12 Let servants be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
Chaas roongchosokte loong sanuh ah esiit luulu angtheng, eno hesuh hesah nyia heh changka ah naririh ih miisoksamte angtheng.
13 For those who have served well gain for themselves a good standing and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Erah roongchosokte loong ah ih neng mootkaat ah naririh ih morum abah neng menset ese ang ah, eno Jisu Kristo suh tuungmaang tiitwaan ah lachoolaphaan jen baattaan rum ah.
14 These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly,
Ngah an jiinnah seek ih dong ra hangno an japtup suh taat thunhang, ang abah uh arah le maat raang halang ah langla,
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.
lamok jen ra rangdoh, arah le dowa ih sen suh Rangte changka nah mame reeraang pakna jih ah jatthuk han, erah changka ah Ething Rangte chaas, amiisak tiit raang ih thonghong wokong likhiik.
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.
Seng thooroom ah husah ni tumthan rak ah o ih uh tajen daanka ang ah: Heh ah mina jun ih dong taha, Eno Chiiala ih amiisak ih noisokta, nyia Rangsah loong ih tup rumta Heh tiit ah deek akaan rookwih tumbaatta, mongrep thoontang ni heh suh hanpi rumta, eno rangmong ni toonsiit wanta.
