1 PBDH Inilah pernyataan dik bisa dipercayo: jika seseorang menghendaki nyo'k njodi penilik, de'e menghendaki sesuatu dik baik. BSB BSB: This is a trustworthy saying: If anyone aspires to be an overseer, he desires a noble task.
2 PBDH Ngan demikian penilik itu kae boleh tercela. De'e harus seorang bonuh sae gole osau. De'e harus moderat bijaksana, tertip, ramah. De'e harus memiliki kemampuan nyo'k mengarar. BSB BSB: An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
3 PBDH De'e kae boleh menjadi kecanduan anggur, kae suka bertengkar, melainkan harus lemah-lembut, dan tentram. De'e kae boleh menjadi pencinta uang. BSB BSB: not dependent on wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, and free of the love of money.
4 PBDH De'e mampu mengatur homing tanggonya todek ngan baik, dan onok-onoknya harus menaatinya ngan penuh hormat. BSB BSB: An overseer must manage his own household well and keep his children under control, with complete dignity.
5 PBDH Karno apabila seorang nahi'k kae mampu mengatur homing tanggonya todek, bagaimana de'e dopa mengurus jemaat Penopo? BSB BSB: For if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how can he care for the church of God?
6 PBDH De'e biking seorang petobat baru, agar de'e kae njodi sombong dan dopa jatuh ke sais penghakim seperti Iblis. BSB BSB: He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same condemnation as the devil.
7 PBDH De'e juga harus memiliki nama baik di luar jemaat, sehingga de'e kae jatuh sais hal dik memalukan dan perangkap si Iblis. 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 PBDH Demikian juga ngan diakon-diakon, haruslah nyo dik penuh hormat, biking dik bercabang lidah. Balonyo seharusnya kae terlalu oben minum anggur atau njodi serakah. BSB BSB: Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued or given to much wine or greedy for money.
9 PBDH Balonyo harus menjago kebenaran iman ngan hati nurani dik murni. BSB BSB: They must hold to the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience.
10 PBDH Balonyo harus disetujui terlebih harus disetujui melayani karno balonyo kae tercela. BSB BSB: Additionally, they must first be tested. Then, if they are above reproach, let them serve as deacons.
11 PBDH Demikian juga kaum nayong haruslah penuh hormat. Balonyo kae boleh njodi pemfitnah. Balonyo harus noderat dan setia sais segalo hal. BSB BSB: In the same way, the women must be dignified, not slanderers, but temperate and faithful in all things.
12 PBDH Diqkon-diakon haruslah njodi bonuh sae gole osau. Balonyo harus dopa mengatur ngan baik onok-onok dan homing tanggonya ngan baik. BSB BSB: A deacon must be the husband of but one wife, a good manager of his children and of his own household.
13 PBDH Karno oseh dik melayani ngan baik balonyo akan memperoleh suatu penghargaan bagi balonyo todek dan keyakinan iman di sais 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 PBDH Ko menulis sidik ini konemo, dan ko berharap nyo'k pergi konemo ngan segera. BSB BSB: Although I hope to come to you soon, I am writing you these things
15 PBDH Tetapi apabila ko menunda, ko menulis ini supaya engkau tahu bagaimana berperilaku di sais homing tanggo Penopo, yakni jemaat Penopo dik midek, sebagai pilar dan pendukung 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 PBDH Dan telah kae bisa disangkal bahwa kebenaran dik telah dinyatakan mengenai kesalehan adalah daik: "De'e menyatakan diri sais Roh, disaksikan oleh para malaikat, diberitakan di antara bangsa-bangsa, dipercayo di seluruh dunia, dan ditinggikan sais 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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