1 Timothy 3
1 This is a faithful saying: someone who seeks to be an overseer desires a good work.
Daytoy a pagsasao ket mapagtalkan: No tarigagayan ti maysa a tao nga agbalin nga obispo, tartarigagayanna ti nasayaat a trabaho.
2 The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;
Ngarud ti obispo ket masapul nga awan ti pakababalawanna. Masapul a maysa laeng ti asawana. Masapul a managparbeng isuna, mannakaawat, naurnos ken managsangaili. Masapul a kabaelanna ti mangisuro.
3 not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;
Masapul a saan a naigamer ti arak, saan a mannakiriri, no di ket naalumamay ken natalna. Masapul a saan a managayat iti kuarta.
4 one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;
Masapul a maidalanna a nasayaat ti bukodna a pagtaengan, ken masapul nga agtultulnog kenkuana dagiti annakna nga addaan iti amin a panagraem.
5 (for how could someone who doesn’t know how to rule his own house take care of God’s assembly?)
Ta no ti tao ket saanna nga ammo nga idalan ti bukodna a pagtaengan, kasano ngarud a maaywananna iti iglesia ti Dios?
6 not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.
Masapul a saan isuna a barbaro iti pammati, tapno saan isuna nga agbalin a napalangguad ket agtungpal iti pannakaukom a kas iti diablo.
7 Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the devil.
Masapul pay nga addaan isuna iti nasayaat a kagagalad kadagidiay adda iti ruar, tapno saan isuna a matnag iti pannakaibabain ken iti palab-og ti diablo.
8 Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money,
Kasta met dagiti diakono, masapul a natakneng, saan a managinkukuna. Masapul a saanda a managinom iti adu nga arak wenno naagum.
9 holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
Masapul a salimetmetanda ti naiparangarang a kinapudno maipanggep iti pammati nga addaan iti nadalus a konsiensia.
10 Let them also first be tested; then let them serve if they are blameless.
Masapul pay a napalubusanda nga umuna, ket agserbida koma gapu ta awan pakapilawanda.
11 Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, and faithful in all things.
Kasta met laeng a dagiti babbai ket masapul a natakneng. Masapul a saanda a mammadpadakes. Masapul a managparbeng ken napudnoda iti amin a banbanag.
12 Let servants be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
Masapul a dagiti diakono ket maysa laeng ti asawana a babai. Masapul a maidalanda a nasayaat dagiti annak ken bumalayda.
13 For those who have served well gain for themselves a good standing and great boldness in the faith which is in Messiah Yeshua.
Ta dagidiay nasayaat ti panagserbina ket makagun-odda iti nasayaat a kasasaad ken natalged a sarikedked iti pammati nga adda kenni Cristo Jesus.
14 These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly,
Isursuratko kenka dagitoy a banbanag ken namnamaek a makaumayak kenka iti mabiit.
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.
Ngem no mataktakak, agsuratak tapno maammoam no kasano ti agtignay iti bumalay ti Dios, nga isu ti iglesia ti sibibbiag a Dios, ti adigi ken sarapa ti kinapudno.
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.
Ken saan a mailibak a ti naiparangarang a kinapudno ti kinanadiosan ket naindaklan: “Nagparang isuna a silalasag, pinaneknekan ti Espiritu, nakita dagiti anghel, naiwaragawag kadagiti nasion, napati ditoy lubong ken naipangato iti gloria.”
