1 Timothy 3
1 This is a faithful saying: If someone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a good work.
Ve awih kqawn ve thym hy: “U ingawm sawikung na awm ham a ngaih awhtaw, anih taw bibi ak leek bi ham ak ngaih thlang ni,” tive.
2 The overseer, therefore, must be beyond criticism, the husband of one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, good at teaching;
Ceamyihna sawikungna ak awm ak thlang taw coet amak kap, zu pynoet doeng ak ta, thlak chyyp, kawpoek ak dyng, ak ypawm, khin ak ym thai, thlang ak cuk ak kik thai,
3 not a drunkard, not violent, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money;
zuu amak aw, thlang amak kqaak, kaw ak daaw, tangka awh am thin amak tlo,
4 one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;
kqihchah kawina a cakhqi toeltham nawh a ipkhui khawsak khaw ak khan thaina a awm ham awm hy;
5 (but if someone does not know how to manage his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?)
(Thlang ing amah a ipkhui zani ama toek thai awhtaw, ikawmyihna nu Khawsa a thlangboel ce a toek naak thai kaw?)
6 not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.
Cangca thlak thaaina koeh awm seh, cekkaataw oek qunaak na awm kawm saw, setan awidengna a awm amyihna awidengnaak ce hu hau kaw.
7 Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into disgrace and the trap of the devil.
Ce am awhawm a leng nakaw thlangkhqi am kyihcah thlangna a awm ham awm hy, cekkaataw kqawnseetna awm kawmsaw setan ak thangawh aawk hau kaw.
8 Deacons, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not devoted to a lot of wine, not greedy for money;
Cemyih bai na, Thlangboel bibikung khqi awm, kqihchah kawina ak awm thlangna a awm ham awm hy; awi ak pung, zuu ak aw, amak thyymna ak kamvaa thlangna a awm ham am awm hy.
9 holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
Kawlung ciimcaihnaak ing awitak cangnaak ak dung ce ak tu khak ak thlang na a awm aham awm hy.
10 Let them also first be tested; then let them serve as deacons, if they are blamesless.
Cemyih ak thlang ce lamma na noek adak aham awm hy; i ikawmyih coetnaak ama awm awhtaw Thlangboel bibikung bi ce bi kaw.
11 Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.
Cemyih lawt bai na, ami zukhqi awm thlang ing amik kqihchah thlangkhqi na ami awm aham awm hy, thlang amak theet ingkaw kawlung ak dyng, ik-oeih soepkep awh ypawm thlang na ak awm ak thlang na a awm aham awm hy.
12 Let deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
Thlangboel bibikung taw a zu pynoet doeng ak ta thlang ingkaw a cakhqi ingkaw a ipkhui khawsak khaw ak khan thai thlang na a awm aham awm hy.
13 For those who have served well as deacons gain for themselves a good standing, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Bibik leek bi nawh ak cak na ak dyi ak thlangkhqi taw Jesu Khrih awh cangnaak cak ak ta thlangkhqi na awm uhy.
14 These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly;
Na venawh law zy ngaih-uu doena vawhkaw awi ynnaak ve qee law nyng;
15 but if I wait long, that you may know how people ought to behave themselves in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
cehlai am ka law nai khoem awhtaw, Khawsa ipkhui cakawkhqi ing ikawmyih nanu khaw ami sak hly ti na simnaak thai ham qee law nyng; Khawsa ipkhui cakawkhqi taw Khawsa ak hqing Thlangboelkhqi, awitak tung ingkaw ang dyihnaak nace awm hy.
16 Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great: He was revealed in the flesh, justified by the Spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, and received up in glory.
Cawh Khawsa ak kawngaih awihyp taw am oelh thaina sang soeih hy: “Pumsana dang law nawh, Myihla ing dyih pyi nawh, Khan ceityihkhqi ing hu nawh, thlang phyn boeih a venawh khypyi na awm hy, khawmdek awh cangna unawh boeimangnaak ing kaipyi na awm hy.
