1 PBK Apnegheng yiyo nghen, “jika toyo mban bengioko jabatan penilik jemaat, diya albenngo pghili el dahha.” BSB BSB: This is a trustworthy saying: If anyone aspires to be an overseer, he desires a noble task.
2 PBK Ornak taanetu, penilik jemaat harus toyo el jan paknunyo, laghi walli lah ihha arwennya, peghe kwuahay polto mangwuya, ap akini, benga wogngo, mon terampil mengajar, BSB BSB: An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
3 PBK In toyo inuya, in toyo el kaharo melainkan toyo elapphaluk wuna, etu jan bengga mhu hung, mon in toyo el cinta dingi. BSB BSB: not dependent on wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, and free of the love of money.
4 PBK Diya harus penghe urhoy tang umuana dengan baik mon dangini anan tan amwango mon ewongo raha paakang. BSB BSB: An overseer must manage his own household well and keep his children under control, with complete dignity.
5 PBK Ornak, jika diya jan peng bman urhoy tang umuana, penwanak diya neme bman urhoy jematton Bram Allah? BSB BSB: For if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how can he care for the church of God?
6 PBK Amdidamoko toyo bmu tobaton tanaka diya am lede wongo mon laknabu el hukumanon ambrapu. BSB BSB: He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same condemnation as the devil.
7 PBK Tomwedika, diya harus toyo enhadana el dahha el antara toyo lakdelek tanak diya jan knabuwongo el barana bma hinay mon penghen ambrapu. BSB BSB: Furthermore, he must have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the snare of the devil.
8 PBK Merwejokka diaken, diya harus toyo epap akang, jan blolamma, jan inu anggur, mon jan kdaba utu el jan jujur. BSB BSB: Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued or given to much wine or greedy for money.
9 PBK Diyo harus bisa dango rahiya kebenaran iman wango ati mbihha el hingir. BSB BSB: They must hold to the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience.
10 PBK Diyo waddi harus kab ulin mon neb bman hundaka jan bercela diyo el dadi bman melayani sebagai diaken. BSB BSB: Additionally, they must first be tested. Then, if they are above reproach, let them serve as deacons.
11 PBK Merwejokka arweiya diaken, diya harus toyo epap akang, in to bolet, tetapi ngole kwuahay poltonna mon el ngole wani ngarakehe netu. BSB BSB: In the same way, the women must be dignified, not slanderers, but temperate and faithful in all things.
12 PBK Diaken harus ihha arweinya atau laghina, dadi bman autrihi anana mon tang umuana bman autro pdahaya. BSB BSB: A deacon must be the husband of but one wife, a good manager of his children and of his own household.
13 PBK Ornak, diyo el mengeka bman melayani sebagai diaken dengan baik neme ngole paakangga taguna polto mangwuna mon keyakinan el mbokolo akan imannya el barana Bram Yesus Kristus. BSB BSB: For those who have served well as deacons acquire for themselves a high standing and great confidence in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.
14 PBK Yaya kuharapa kubisa lecca bmuk otung el baramu, tapdimoko yaya turohoya tutuna yiyo el baramu yoyo tanaka BSB BSB: Although I hope to come to you soon, I am writing you these things
15 PBK Seandainya yaya bmuk lambatok, yoyo mengeka bmu peghini penwan diya harus mopir el umuana Bram Allah el mopir, ghaya pduhendenge, mon dahron wal kebenaran. BSB BSB: in case I am delayed, so that you will know how each one must conduct himself in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.
16 PBK Yicca ngakuni pirhennya mbokolona rahiya kesalehan anetu: “Diya, phundoni el barana biya, epah benara orna Roh, eppap iceda malekat, epappnegheng el antara bangsa bangsa, epah wango el pannu tana, kotuaya el barana kemuliaan.” BSB BSB: By common confession, the mystery of godliness is great: He appeared in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was proclaimed among the nations, was believed in throughout the world, was taken up in glory.
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