¹This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.

¹Makono mpu'u lolita to mpo'uli' hewa toi: tauna to doko' jadi' pangkeni agama mpokahina bago to lompe'.

²A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

²Toe pai' pangkeni agama kana to uma ria kasalaia' -na. Motobinei hadua-wadi, pai' kana na'inca mpengkatarii konoa nono-na to dada'a, monoto nono-na, pai' mo'ada lompe' -i. Kana jole' -i metorata, pai' baka' metudui'.

³Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;

³Uma ma'ala topalangu-langu ba to jolia motuda'. Kana to mo'olu nono-na, to tuwu' hintuwu' hante doo, pai' to uma doko' doi-wadi.

⁴One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;

⁴Kana na'inca mpo'atoro' lompe' tauna to tida hi rala tomi-na, pai' ana' -na kana mengkoru hi totu'a-ra pai' mpobila' -ra.

⁵(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)

⁵Apa' ane ria tauna to uma mpo'incai mpo'atoro' tauna hi rala tomi-na moto, uma wo'o mpai' lompe' pompewili' -na ompi' -ompi' hampepangalaa' -ta, to mepangala' hi Alata'ala.

⁶Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.

⁶Hadua pangkeni agama uma ma'ala to lako' mepangala' hi Pue' Yesus, apa' molangko mpai' nono-na, alaa-na mporata huku' -i hewa to rahuku' -ki Magau' Anudaa'.

⁷Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

⁷Wae wo'o, pangkeni agama kana to uma ria kasalaia' -na hi poncilo tauna to bela-ra to Kristen. Apa' ane uma-i hewa toe, ratuntui' -i mpai', alaa-na Magau' Anudaa' mposori pai' mpopanawu' -i.

⁸Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;

⁸Wae wo'o-hawo kehi to ratuntu' hi tauna to jadi' topetulungi hi pobago Pue'. Kana to monoto kehi-ra pai' to natao rabila'. Uma ma'ala to boa', uma ma'ala to nginu nta'uo' to melanguhi, pai' uma ma'ala to mpopekiri doi-wadi.

⁹Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

⁹Kana mpokakamu mpu'u-ra tudui' to naparata-mitaka Alata'ala, pai' mpotuku' tudui' toe hante karoli' -roli' nono-ra.

¹⁰And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.

¹⁰Ane ria tauna to doko' jadi' topetulungi hi pobago Pue', raparesa' ulu kehi-na, pai' ane uma-i kasalaia', lako' ma'ala-idi ra'ongko' mpokamu bago toe.

¹¹Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

¹¹Wae wo'o tobine-ra, kana to monoto kehi-ra pai' to natao rabila', neo' to ngkeni lolita hilou-tumai. Kana ra'inca mpengkatarii konoa nono-ra to dada'a, pai' monoa' gau' -ra bona ma'ala-ra rasarumaka hi butu nyala-na.

¹²Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

¹²Topetulungi hi pobago Pue', motobinei hadua-wadi, kana ra'inca mpo'atoro' lompe' ana' -ra pai' tauna to hi rala tomi-ra.

¹³For 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.

¹³Ane lompe' pobago-ra mpobago bago Pue', wori' tauna mpobila' -ra, pai' hangkedi' kabia' -ra mpololita pepangala' -ra hi Kristus Yesus.

¹⁴These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:

¹⁴Timotius, moliwo-ama tilou mpencuai' -ko. Aga nau' wae, ku'uki' moto-koko sura toi,

¹⁵But 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.

¹⁵bona ane rapa' -na mahae-a mpai' rata, nu'inca napa po'ingku to natao hi butu dua tauna to napo'ana' Alata'ala. Apa' kita' toi, mepue' -ta hi Alata'ala to tuwu' duu' kahae-hae-na. Kita' toi-mi to ngkakamu tudui' to makono to ngkai Alata'ala. Moroho pepangala' -ta hi tudui' toe, pai' tajaga tudui' toe bona uma hema to mpobalii'.

¹⁶And 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.

¹⁶Uma mowo kalompe' -na tudui' to tatuku' hi pengkoru-ta hi Alata'ala. Ngkai owi, tudui' toe ko'ia rapopehuwu hi manusia', tapi' hewa toe lau napopehuwu-mitaka Alata'ala. Apa' mepangala' -ta hi Alata'ala to mewali manusia'. Inoha' Tomoroli' mpakanoto kahema-na, pai' -i rahilo mala'eka. Rapalele kareba-na hi tauna to ko'ia mpo'incai Alata'ala. Tauna hi humalili' dunia' mepangala' hi Hi'a. Ra'ongko' -imi hilou hi suruga, pai' -i rawai' kabohea tuwu'.