1 Timothawus 3
1 Ubellu une ucineari, asa umon din inpiziru aso udia kutyen nlira, adin piziiru katuwa kaciineari.
Trustworthy [is] the saying: If anyone overseership aspires to, of good a work he is desirous.
2 Na iwa se imon tizogo liti ndia kutyenn nliran ba, na ayita ules nwani urum, unan kifu liti, unan cin seg nin nonku kibinai, unan yiru nlira unan yiru in dursuzu kiti,
It behooves therefore the overseer above reproach to be, of one wife [the] husband, sober, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
3 Na iwan seghe unan nso ntoro ba, na unan deddei nriu kiti ba, na aso unan yiru ncin nin nanit, unan salin nsu kubung, na wa yita nin nsu nikurfu ba.
not given to wine, not a striker (not greedy of base gain *K) but gentle, peaceable, not loving money,
4 Na amin kilari me gegeme, nono me tutun yiita anan nlanzu ghe nliru:
[his] own house well managing, children having in submission with all dignity.
5 (Unit nwa dari uminu kilari me gegeme, abati iyiziyari ayinin uminu kilari Kutellẹ?)
if but one his [own] household to manage not knows, how [the] church of God will he care for?
6 Na awa yita upese nanya ndortu Kutellẹ ba, bara awa fo figiri, asso unan diu nafo shintag.
not a novice, that not having been puffed up into [the] judgment he may fall of the devil.
7 Na iseghe nin Lissa licine kiti nanit ndas, bara awa piru nimon ncin nin libarda nshitan.
It behooves now (him *k) also a testimony good to have from those outside, so that not into reproach he may fall and [the] snare of the devil.
8 Nanere a dikon, na iyita anan nibinai nisheu, na anan tinu tibaba ba,
Deacons likewise [must be] dignified, not double-tongued, not to wine much being given, not greedy of dishonest gain,
9 na anan nson toro ba, na iwa yita ninkot nin nsu nimon inyi ba, anan naburi agib nin nibinai nilau.
holding to the mystery of the faith with clear a conscience.
10 Na ida dumunzun nani assa na ise ani nin kulapi ba ina ni katuwe.
Also these now they should be tested first, then they should serve blameless being.
11 Nanere awane, na iyita anan nonku nibinai, na anan nijunguta ba, iyiita anan ncin ugegeme, anan nyiru ni nimon vat.
Women likewise [must be] dignified, not slanderers, (clear-minded, *N+kO) faithful in all things.
12 Na adikon yita anan nawani alalarum, iyita anan yiru ncin nin nilari mine nan nono mine gegeme.
Deacons should be of one wife husbands, [their] children well managing and [their] own households.
13 Inug allenge na ina su katuwa ti dikon gegeme, ina se liyisin licine, nin naye akone nyinnu sa uyenu nanya Kristi Yisa.
Those for well having served a standing for themselves good acquire and great confidence in [the] faith that [is] in Christ Jesus.
14 Ille inyerte ndisu udu kitife, indin cisu kibinai, na nin dandaunu ba mba dak kitife.
These things to you I am writing hoping to come to you (with *no) (speed; *N+kO)
15 Assa udandaunu na uyenai ba, ndi nyertu fi unan yinno ucin nin kilari Kutellẹ, ka na idin yicu kilari nlira Kutellẹ kin nlai, fitak likara nin kidegen.
if however I shall delay, so that you may know how it behooves [one] in [the] household of God to conduct oneself, which is [the] church of God [the] living, [the] pillar and base of the truth.
16 Vat bite ti yinna, liyeshin ngbardang kiden Kutellẹ karin, “awa duro liti nanya kidowo, anasu kibolo nanya nfip me, nono kadura me yene ghe, ibelle uliru me nanya nalumai, uyi yinna ninghe, iwa serughe gongon nanya kitine kani.”
And confessedly great is the of godliness mystery: (Who *N+KO) was revealed in [the] flesh, was justified in [the] Spirit, beheld by angels, was proclaimed among [the] nations, was believed on in [the] world, was taken up in glory.
