1 Timothy 3
1 This is a faithful saying: someone who seeks to be an overseer desires a good work.
He ol tah a uepom pai. Khat khat long ni hiphoelnah te a hue atah bibi then ni a hue.
2 The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;
Te dongah hiphoelkung he hmabuet la, yuu va pakhat la, aka khuel la, a cuepmueih la, mikcop la, moeihoeih la, khala la, om ham a kuek.
3 not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;
Yumi mahpawh, kuthlah mahpawh, a kodo saeh, hohmuh mahpawh, tangka moo mahpawh.
4 one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;
Amah imkhui te a then la mawt saeh. A ca rhoek te hinomnah neh boengainah khuiah boeih om uh saeh.
5 (for how could someone who doesn’t know how to rule his own house take care of God’s assembly?)
Te dongah khat khat long ni amah imkhui te mawt ham a ming pawt atah Pathen kah hlangboel te metlam a cuncah eh?
6 not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.
Tanoe hlangthai boel saeh. Te daengah ni koevoei uh pawt vetih rhaithae kah dumlai khuiah a cungku pawt eh.
7 Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the devil.
Te phoeiah poeng lamkah laipai then khueh ham a kuek. Te daengah ni hnaelcoenah neh rhaithae kah thaang dongah a cungku pawt eh.
8 Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money,
Te vanbangla tueihyoeih rhoek khaw a hinom saeh. Olrhak boel saeh. Misurtui te muep ngaithuen boel saeh. Tangkarhai boel saeh.
9 holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
A caih la mingcimnah neh tangnah olhuep te pom saeh.
10 Let them also first be tested; then let them serve if they are blameless.
Amih te lamhma la nuemnai phoeiah cimbit la aka om loh bi saeh.
11 Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, and faithful in all things.
a yuu rhoek khaw hinom saeh. Hmui yoi mahpawh, khuel saeh. A cungkuem dongah a uepom saeh.
12 Let servants be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
tueihyoeih rhoek he yuu pakhat kah va la om saeh. A ca rhoek neh amah imkhui te a then la mawt saeh.
13 For those who have served well gain for themselves a good standing and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Balh aka doedan rhoek long ni a paihmuen then a kutloh tih tangnah neh Jesuh Khrih ah muep a sayalh.
14 These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly,
He rhoek he nang ham ka daek tih nang taengah thamaa la pawk ham ka ngaiuep.
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.
Tedae ka koe mai atah Pathen imkhui kah a kuek khosak te na ming van ni. Te tah aka hing Pathen kah hlangboel, oltak kah rhungsut neh khoengim pawn ni.
16 Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great: God was revealed in the flesh, justified in the spirit, seen by angels, preached amongst the nations, believed on in the world, and received up in glory.
Hingcimnah olhuep kah a len he oelh om pawt la om. Amah tah pumsa ah tueng tih mueihla loh a tang sak te puencawn rhoek loh a hmuh. Namtom rhoek taengla a hoe dongah Diklai ah a tangnah uh tih thangpomnah neh a loh.
