¹The word [is] faithful: if any one aspires to exercise oversight, he desires a good work.

¹[Ny amin'ny olona miendrika hatao mpitandrina sy diakona] Mahatoky izao teny izao: Raha misy olona maniry ny asan'ny mpitandrina, dia maniry asa tsara izy.

²The overseer then must be irreproachable, husband of one wife, sober, discreet, decorous, hospitable, apt to teach;

²Koa ny mpitandrina dia tsy maintsy ho tsy manan-tsiny, manam-bady tokana, mahonon-tena, hendry, tia filaminana, mampiantrano vahiny, mahay mampianatra, [ Gr. episkopo]

³not given to excesses from wine, not a striker, but mild, not addicted to contention, not fond of money,

³tsy mpimamo lian'ady, tsy mpikapoka, fa mandefitra, tsy mpila ady, tsy mpitia vola,

⁴conducting his own house well, having [his] children in subjection with all gravity;

⁴manapaka tsara ny ankohonany, mampanaiky ny zanany amin'ny fahamaotinana tsara

⁵(but if one does not know how to conduct his own house, how shall he take care of the assembly of God?)

⁵(fa raha misy olona tsy mahay mitondra ny ankohonany, hataony ahoana no fitandrina ny fiangonan'Andriamanitra?), [ Gr. eklesia]

⁶not a novice, that he may not, being inflated, fall into [the] fault of the devil.

⁶tsy izay zazavao amin'ny fivavahana, fandrao hieboebo foana izy ka ho latsaka amin'ny fahamelohan'ny devoly.

⁷But it is necessary that he should have also a good testimony from those without, that he may fall not into reproach and [the] snare of the devil.

⁷Ary tsy maintsy ho tsara laza koa amin'izay eny ivelany izy, fandrao ho lavo amin'ny fananan-tsiny sy ny fandriky ny devoly.

⁸Ministers, in like manner, grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not seeking gain by base means,

⁸Ny diakona koa toy izany ihany, ho maotona, tsy miroa teny, tsy tia divay be, tsy tia harena maloto,

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

⁹mitandrina tsara ny zava-miafina ny amin'ny finoana amin'ny fieritreretana madio.

¹⁰And let these be first proved, then let them minister, being without charge [against them].

¹⁰Ary aoka hizahan-toetra ireo aloha, dia vao hanao ny asan'ny diakona izy, raha tsy manan-tsiny.

¹¹[The] women in like manner grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

¹¹Ny vehivavy koa ho toy izany ihany: maotona, tsy mpanendrikendrika, mahonon-tena, mahatoky amin'ny zavatra rehetra.

¹²Let [the] ministers be husbands of one wife, conducting [their] children and their own houses well:

¹²Aoka ny diakona samy hanam-bady tokana sady hanapaka tsara ny zanany sy ny ankohonany.

¹³for those who shall have ministered well obtain for themselves a good degree, and much boldness in faith which [is] in Christ Jesus.

¹³Fa izay efa mahavatra tsara ny asan'ny diakona dia mahazo toerana tsara ho an'ny tenany sy fahasahiana be amin'ny finoana izay ao amin'i Kristy Jesosy.

¹⁴These things I write to thee, hoping to come to thee more quickly;

¹⁴Izany zavatra izany dia soratako aminao, na dia manantena hankatỳ aminao faingana aza aho;

¹⁵but if I delay, in order that thou mayest know how one ought to conduct oneself in God's house, which is [the] assembly of [the] living God, [the] pillar and base of the truth.

¹⁵fa raha tratra ela aho, dia ny hahafantaranao izay fitondran-tena mety hatao ao an-tranon'Andriamanitra, dia ny fiangonan'Andriamanitra velona, sady andry sy fiorenan'ny fahamarinana. [ Gr. eklesia]Ary iaraha-manaiky mihitsy fa lehibe ny zava-miafina ny amin'ny toe-panahy araka an'Andriamanitra, dia Ilay naseho teo amin'ny nofo, nohamarinina tao amin'ny Fanahy; hitan'ny anjely, notorina tany amin'ny jentilisa, ninoana teny amin'izao tontolo izao, nakarina tamin'ny voninahitra. [ Na: ho any amin']

¹⁶And confessedly the mystery of piety is great. God has been manifested in flesh, has been justified in [the] Spirit, has appeared to angels, has been preached among [the] nations, has been believed on in [the] world, has been received up in glory.

¹⁶Ary iaraha-manaiky mihitsy fa lehibe ny zava-miafina ny amin'ny toe-panahy araka an'Andriamanitra, dia Ilay naseho teo amin'ny nofo, nohamarinina tao amin'ny Fanahy; hitan'ny anjely, notorina tany amin'ny jentilisa, ninoana teny amin'izao tontolo izao, nakarina tamin'ny voninahitra. [ Na: ho any amin']