1 PBS Piti kekewe bamuawo! Meba, Tata jano kee, mepemepeing? Melafo meme peinng? Janoing ferakawo! BSB BSB: This is a trustworthy saying: If anyone aspires to be an overseer, he desires a noble task.
2 PBS Peanya, Keba jano leleleing? Hipalang hefe, nepara kekeing norabang, peume aling kewewe, noja hefefa kekeing, teba jakena luileng. BSB BSB: An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
3 PBS Kebaing, hupalang fefekah? Paa nafee kekukit? Teba makikemfufuha? Hubalang, pepe ba koko, kebaing taimbe bapo kelelekah? BSB BSB: not dependent on wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, and free of the love of money.
4 PBS Kebaing parobe, hefe, teake kekeing, piwa teniete. BSB BSB: An overseer must manage his own household well and keep his children under control, with complete dignity.
5 PBS Wakote, pa rebe kelete, fee, nah, tangkoing? Tenana kote, tata teba pakekewew, ketepipile. BSB BSB: For if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how can he care for the church of God?
6 PBS Eh, engkoko, janowee, keba nati, keba uangwe, notewefe nah? Pepepekah? Keing kebatefa, meramimepe, nekeke? BSB BSB: He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same condemnation as the devil.
7 PBS Nepara keke, neti keke, bati keke, peing, hefefakoko, ungra, kebatefa, ke aing kelele ka? 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 PBS Diaken ing, teba jano yeete tata paike. Tata bapobangke, pebaing, nepara. Pepeing, tokoko peng pepe ing, pehipepeka? BSB BSB: Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued or given to much wine or greedy for money.
9 PBS Ungra, tata peti keke, te, paing? Koko, hupa lang, keke. BSB BSB: They must hold to the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience.
10 PBS Tata, bapo hakewe, tera ari ing, kenaluele, ungra jano kekeing, hefefa, kiko. BSB BSB: Additionally, they must first be tested. Then, if they are above reproach, let them serve as deacons.
11 PBS Ehate ungpo, teume hefefa, ungra tata, janoke ing, kelela nearabang, teba lomo petete, kah? Hefefa koko paing keke. BSB BSB: In the same way, the women must be dignified, not slanderers, but temperate and faithful in all things.
12 PBS Diake, tata, bapohake, teba leingpa, teume, ingpo la, o, o, wa kebale, pa, teako, tetewa, hehefa, kuko, pai, tete. BSB BSB: A deacon must be the husband of but one wife, a good manager of his children and of his own household.
13 PBS Tata, bapoke, jano, hehefa keleileng, Yesus Kristus, puno ke keing, piti kekeing, wahote, habafeaa. TATA BAPAKEI, PA BAMUA TEJAJI. 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 PBS Jalelepai japu nilete-me, anara nipule nire me nifufule. BSB BSB: Although I hope to come to you soon, I am writing you these things
15 PBS Nya anara ni-jo, kai merapu anane teba te-e Tata paike, kei bapake wa Tata mole, o-kaki pa nave bamua. 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 PBS Pa bamua lupopo janenei tetewo: "Ke, nopara kenalu anara neba noro, Tata Letuke kekeki; kei nokenalu bapohake fapa, kewekapalo tebapapa Tata fijaka, Tata norokr pake-e." 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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