1 Timoti 3

¹Ishoko razvokwadi, rokuti, kana munhu achitsvaka basa romutariri, unoda basa rakanaka.This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.

²Naizvozvo mutariri unofanira kuva munhu usina chaangapomerwa, murume womukadzi mumwe chete, wakangwara, wakachenjera, unomugarire wakafanira, unoitira vaeni rudo, unoziva kudzidzisa,A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

³usingadi waini, usingarwi; asi munyoro, usinegakava, usingakariri mari;Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;

⁴unobata imba yake zvakanaka, unavana vanozviisa pasi nomugarire wose unokudzwa;One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;

⁵(kana munhu asingazivi kubata imba yake, ungachengeta seiko kereke yaMwari?)(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)

⁶Asava mutendi mutsva, kuti arege kuzvikudza, akawira mukutongwa kumwe naDhiabhorosiNot a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.

⁷Vuye zve, unofanira kupupurirwa zvakanaka navari kunze, kuti arege kuzvidzwa nokubatwa nemusungo waDhiabhorosi.Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

⁸Saizvozvo vo vashumiri ngavave vanokudzwa, vasinamanzwi maviri, vasingadi waini zhinji, vasingakariri fuma yakaipa;Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;

⁹vanochengeta zvakavanzika zvokutenda muhana yakanaka.Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

¹⁰Naivo ngavatange kuidzwa vo, ipapo vashumire, kana vasina chavangapomerwa.And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.

¹¹Saizvozvo navakadzi ngavave vanokudzwa, vasingacheri vamwe, vakasvinuka, vakatendeka pazvose.Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

¹²Vashumiri ngavave varume vanomukadzi mumwe chete, vanobata vana vavo nedzimba dzavo zvakanaka;Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

¹³nokuti avo vakashumira zvakanaka, vanozviwanira zita rinokudzwa nokutsunga kukuru pakutenda kwavo munaKristu Jesu.For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

¹⁴Zvinhu izvi zvose ndinokunyorera, ndichiti ndichakurumidza kuvuya kwauri;These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:

¹⁵zvino kana ndikanonoka, ndinoda kuti uzive kuti vanhu vanofanira kufamba sei mumba maMwari, iyo kereke yaMwari mupenyu, mbiru nechitsigiro chezvokwadi.But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

¹⁶Hakuna ungaramba kuti chakavanzika chokunamata chikuru kwazvo, chokuti: Iye Mwari wakaratidzwa panyama, wakaruramiswa pamweya, wakavonekwa navatumwa, wakaparidzwa pakati pavahedheni, wakatendwa panyika, wakakwidzwa mukubwinya.And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.