1 Timothy 3
1 This is a faithful saying: someone who seeks to be an overseer desires a good work.
Mi naa maama tie madugikaama: O nilo ya bua ki tua gobidikoa, o bua ya tuonli n ŋani.
2 The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;
Li tie tiladi ke o gobidikoa n ya tie ban kan fidi ki kuli yua leni liba, ki pia poyendo bebe, ki kubi o yuli, ki tiegi, ki pia o tagiŋamu, ki gaani bi canba cangu, kigo tie yua nfidi mi bangima.
3 not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;
Wan da tie yua n puni o yuli mi daama po, ki da bua li koanli, ama wan tie yua n dingi, ki pia mi yanduanma, kaa go bua i ligi ke li pendi.
4 one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;
Kali wan ya tie yua n fidi ki gobidi o diogu ŋanma, ki kubi o bila leni li yumiinli leni ya teginma n tiegi;
5 (for how could someone who doesn’t know how to rule his own house take care of God’s assembly?)
Kelima o nilo ya kan fidi ki gobidi o dieceli, o ba ga lede ki fidi ki ya guu u TIENU diegu?
6 not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.
Wan da tie yua daani ke li daa waagi, ke ti japaadi n da ti diedi o, wan baa sutaani n den baa ya bujiali nni.
7 Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the devil.
wan ya tie yua ke niinpo yaaba tie o po i siedi ŋami, ke wan da ti kua i fe nni leni sutaani diagu nni.
8 Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money,
Kilisiti n yini yaaba todikaaba moko baa tie bi niba n jigini yaaba, ki da tie pala lie danba, ki da tie a daǹola, ki da kuani bi yula ya ǹuadi n pia i fe nni,
9 holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
ki ya kubi li dandanli ŋasiili leni li papienli.
10 Let them also first be tested; then let them serve if they are blameless.
Ban da kpa biigi ba, bi ya sua ke baa pia ban ba fidi ki kuli ba leni yaala, ban soani ban puogi ba ya tuonli.
11 Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, and faithful in all things.
Bi puoba moko baa tie yaaba n tiegi, kaa pia mabiadima, ki kubi bi yula, ki go tie nidugikaaba li bonli kuli nni.
12 Let servants be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
Kilisiti n yini yaaba todikaaba ba tie yaaba n pia poyendo bebe, ki gobidi bi bila leni bi diedi ŋanma.
13 For those who have served well gain for themselves a good standing and great boldness in the faith which is in Messiah Yeshua.
Kelima yaaba n kubi bi puogili ŋanma, baa ba ya kaani n pia ti kpiagidi, leni ya suginma n yabi li dandanli Jesu kilisiti nni.
14 These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly,
N diani a po line ki sugini ke n ba cua a kani ke li kan waagi.
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.
N ya waagi ka cua, ŋan fidi ki bandi, ŋan ba tuuni maama u TIENU diegu nni, kuni yaagu n yie i moamoani benjiilu leni u dasaali.
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.
Oba kan nia ke uTIENU maama bondoaginkaala ǹua boncianla: wani yua n den doagidi ti gbannandi nni, ke mi fuoma gagidi ki ŋanbi o, maleekinba den la o, bi den wangi o maama i nibuoli kuli nni, bi den daani o li ŋandunli nni, ke o den guani ki doni ti kpiagidi kaanu.
