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1 Timotheo 3
Neno: Bibilia Takatifu
1 Timotheo 3
Neno: Bibilia Takatifu
Viongozi Katika Kanisa
3 Neno hili ni kweli, kwamba mtu akitaka kuwa askofu, anata mani kazi njema. 2 Basi, askofu awe mtu asiye na lawama. Awe mume wa mke mmoja, mwenye kiasi na busara, mtaratibu, mkarimu na aju aye kufundisha. 3 Asiwe mlevi, wala mgomvi bali awe mpole; asiwe mbishi wala mtu apendaye fedha. 4 Aweze kuisimamia nyumba yake vizuri akiwafanya watoto wake kuwa wanyenyekevu na wenye heshima katika hali zote. 5 Kwa maana kama mtu hawezi kuitawala nyumba yake mwenyewe atawezaje kuliangalia kanisa la Mungu? 6 Asiwe mtu aliyeongoka karibuni asije akajiona na kuhukumiwa kama shetani alivyohukumiwa. 7 Kadhalika, awe mwenye sifa njema kati ya watu wa nje ya kanisa, asije akalaumiwa na kuanguka katika mtego wa shetani.
Wasaidizi Katika Kanisa
8 Vivyo hivyo mashemasi wawe wenye kuheshimika, si wenye kauli mbili au wanywaji mno wa divai au wenye tamaa ya fedha. 9 Wanapaswa kuizingatia ile siri ya imani kwa dhamiri safi. 10 Ni lazima wapimwe kwanza na wakionekana kuwa wanafaa basi waruhusiwe kutoa huduma ya ushemasi. 11 Hali kadhalika, wake zao wawe wenye kuheshimika, si wasengenyaji bali wenye kiasi na waaminifu katika mambo yote. 12 Shemasi awe mume wa mke mmoja; na aweze kuwatawala watoto wake na jamaa yake vema. 13 Watu wanaotoa huduma njema ya ushemasi hujipatia heshima kubwa na uha kika mkubwa katika imani yao kwa Kristo Yesu.
14 Ninakuandikia mambo haya sasa ingawa natarajia kuwepo pamoja nawe karibuni, 15 ili kama nikicheleweshwa, upate kujua jinsi watu wanavyopaswa kuenenda katika nyumba ya Mungu, ambayo ni kanisa la Mungu aliye hai, nguzo na msingi wa kweli. 16 Bila shaka yo yote, siri ya dini yetu ni kuu: Alidhihirishwa katika mwili wa kibinadamu, alithibitishwa katika Roho, alionwa na mal aika, alihubiriwa kati ya mataifa, akaaminiwa ulimwenguni, aka chukuliwa juu katika utukufu.
1 Timothy 3
New International Version
1 Timothy 3
New International Version
Qualifications for Overseers and Deacons
3 Here is a trustworthy saying:(A) Whoever aspires to be an overseer(B) desires a noble task. 2 Now the overseer is to be above reproach,(C) faithful to his wife,(D) temperate,(E) self-controlled, respectable, hospitable,(F) able to teach,(G) 3 not given to drunkenness,(H) not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome,(I) not a lover of money.(J) 4 He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him, and he must do so in a manner worthy of full[a] respect.(K) 5 (If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God’s church?)(L) 6 He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited(M) and fall under the same judgment(N) as the devil. 7 He must also have a good reputation with outsiders,(O) so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the devil’s trap.(P)
8 In the same way, deacons[b](Q) are to be worthy of respect, sincere, not indulging in much wine,(R) and not pursuing dishonest gain. 9 They must keep hold of the deep truths of the faith with a clear conscience.(S) 10 They must first be tested;(T) and then if there is nothing against them, let them serve as deacons.
11 In the same way, the women[c] are to be worthy of respect, not malicious talkers(U) but temperate(V) and trustworthy in everything.
12 A deacon must be faithful to his wife(W) and must manage his children and his household well.(X) 13 Those who have served well gain an excellent standing and great assurance in their faith in Christ Jesus.
Reasons for Paul’s Instructions
14 Although I hope to come to you soon, I am writing you these instructions so that, 15 if I am delayed, you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in God’s household, which is the church(Y) of the living God,(Z) the pillar and foundation of the truth. 16 Beyond all question, the mystery(AA) from which true godliness(AB) springs is great:
Footnotes
- 1 Timothy 3:4 Or him with proper
- 1 Timothy 3:8 The word deacons refers here to Christians designated to serve with the overseers/elders of the church in a variety of ways; similarly in verse 12; and in Romans 16:1 and Phil. 1:1.
- 1 Timothy 3:11 Possibly deacons’ wives or women who are deacons
- 1 Timothy 3:16 Or vindicated in spirit
1 Timothy 3
King James Version
1 Timothy 3
King James Version
3 This is a true saying, if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
4 One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
5 (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
7 Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
8 Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
9 Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
10 And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.
11 Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
13 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.
14 These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:
15 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.
16 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.
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