1 Timothy 3
1 This is a faithful saying: someone who seeks to be an overseer desires a good work.
yadi kazcid adhyakSapadam AkAGkSate tarhi sa uttamaM karmma lipsata iti satyaM|
2 The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;
ato'dhyakSeNAninditenaikasyA yoSito bhartrA parimitabhogena saMyatamanasA sabhyenAtithisevakena zikSaNe nipuNena
3 not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;
na madyapena na prahArakeNa kintu mRdubhAvena nirvvivAdena nirlobhena
4 one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;
svaparivArANAm uttamazAsakena pUrNavinItatvAd vazyAnAM santAnAnAM niyantrA ca bhavitavyaM|
5 (for how could someone who doesn’t know how to rule his own house take care of God’s assembly?)
yata AtmaparivArAn zAsituM yo na zaknoti tenezvarasya samitestattvAvadhAraNaM kathaM kAriSyate?
6 not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.
aparaM sa garvvito bhUtvA yat zayatAna iva daNDayogyo na bhavet tadarthaM tena navaziSyeNa na bhavitavyaM|
7 Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the devil.
yacca nindAyAM zayatAnasya jAle ca na patet tadarthaM tena bahiHsthalokAnAmapi madhye sukhyAtiyuktena bhavitavyaM|
8 Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money,
tadvat paricArakairapi vinItai rdvividhavAkyarahitai rbahumadyapAne 'nAsaktai rnirlobhaizca bhavitavyaM,
9 holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
nirmmalasaMvedena ca vizvAsasya nigUDhavAkyaM dhAtivyaJca|
10 Let them also first be tested; then let them serve if they are blameless.
agre teSAM parIkSA kriyatAM tataH param aninditA bhUtvA te paricaryyAM kurvvantu|
11 Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, and faithful in all things.
aparaM yoSidbhirapi vinItAbhiranapavAdikAbhiH satarkAbhiH sarvvatra vizvAsyAbhizca bhavitavyaM|
12 Let servants be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
paricArakA ekaikayoSito bharttAro bhaveyuH, nijasantAnAnAM parijanAnAJca suzAsanaM kuryyuzca|
13 For those who have served well gain for themselves a good standing and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
yataH sA paricaryyA yai rbhadrarUpeNa sAdhyate te zreSThapadaM prApnuvanti khrISTe yIzau vizvAsena mahotsukA bhavanti ca|
14 These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly,
tvAM pratyetatpatralekhanasamaye zIghraM tvatsamIpagamanasya pratyAzA mama vidyate|
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.
yadi vA vilambeya tarhIzvarasya gRhe 'rthataH satyadharmmasya stambhabhittimUlasvarUpAyAm amarezvarasya samitau tvayA kIdRza AcAraH karttavyastat jJAtuM zakSyate|
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.
aparaM yasya mahattvaM sarvvasvIkRtam Izvarabhaktestat nigUDhavAkyamidam Izvaro mAnavadehe prakAzita AtmanA sapuNyIkRto dUtaiH sandRSTaH sarvvajAtIyAnAM nikaTe ghoSito jagato vizvAsapAtrIbhUtastejaHprAptaye svargaM nItazceti|
