¹Ishoko rakatendeka rekuti: Kana munhu achishuva basa reutariri, unoshuva basa rakanaka;

¹Stedfast [is] the word: If any one the oversight doth long for, a right work he desireth;

²naizvozvo mutariri unofanira kuva usina chaangapomerwa, murume wemukadzi umwe, wakangwara, wakasvinura, unozvibata, unoitira vaeni rudo, unoziva kudzidzisa,

²it behoveth, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, of one wife a husband, vigilant, sober, decent, a friend of strangers, apt to teach,

³usiri chidhakwa, usingafariri kurwa, usingakariri mibairo yakaipa; asi wakadzikama, usina gakava, usingakariri mari;

³not given to wine, not a striker, not given to filthy lucre, but gentle, not contentious, not a lover of money,

⁴unobata imba yake zvakanaka, une vana vanozviisa pasi nekukudza kose;

⁴his own house leading well, having children in subjection with all gravity,

⁵Nekuti kana munhu asingazivi kubata imba yake, ungachengeta sei kereke yaMwari?

⁵(and if any one his own house [how] to lead hath not known, how an assembly of God shall he take care of?)

⁶Asava mutendi mutsva, kuti zvimwe nekukudzwa angawira mukutonga kwadhiabhorosi

⁶not a new convert, lest having been puffed up he may fall to a judgment of the devil;

⁷Uyezve unofanira kupupurirwa zvakanaka nevari kunze, kuti zvimwe arege kuwira mukumhurwa nemumusungo wadhiabhorosi.

⁷and it behoveth him also to have a good testimony from those without, that he may not fall into reproach and a snare of the devil.

⁸Saizvozvo vadhikoni* ngavave vanokudzwa, vasina manzwi maviri, vasingadi waini zhinji, vasingakariri fuma yakaipa;

⁸Ministrants — in like manner grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not given to filthy lucre,

⁹vanochengeta chakavanzika cherutendo muhana yakachena.

⁹having the secret of the faith in a pure conscience,

¹⁰Naivava ngavatange kuidzwawo, ipapo vashumire kana vasina chavangapomerwa.

¹⁰and let these also first be proved, then let them minister, being unblameable.

¹¹Saizvozvowo vakadzi vavo ngavave vanokudzwa, kwete vacheri, vakasvinura, vakatendeka pazvose.

¹¹Women — in like manner grave, not false accusers, vigilant, faithful in all things.

¹²Vadhikoni ngavave varume vane mukadzi umwe, vanobata vana vavo nedzimba dzavo zvakanaka.

¹²Ministrants — let them be of one wife husbands; the children leading well, and their own houses,

¹³Nekuti avo vakashumira zvakanaka, vanozviwanira chimiro chakanaka, nekutsunga kukuru parutendo rwuri muna Kristu Jesu.

¹³for those who did minister well a good step to themselves do acquire, and much boldness in faith that [is] in Christ Jesus.

¹⁴Zvinhu izvi ndinokunyorera, ndichitarisira kuuya kwauri nekukurumidza;

¹⁴These things I write to thee, hoping to come unto thee soon,

¹⁵asi kana ndikanonoka, ndinoda kuti uzive kuti unofanira kufamba sei mumba maMwari, inova kereke yaMwari mupenyu, mbiru nehwaro hwechokwadi.

¹⁵and if I delay, that thou mayest know how it behoveth [thee] to conduct thyself in the house of God, which is an assembly of the living God — a pillar and foundation of the truth,

¹⁶Hazvipikiswi kuti chakavanzika chekunamata Mwari chikuru; Mwari wakaratidzwa panyama, wakanzi wakarurama pamweya, wakaonekwa nevatumwa, akaparidzwa kuvahedheni, akatendwa panyika, akakwidzwa mukubwinya.

¹⁶and, confessedly, great is the secret of piety — God was manifested in flesh, declared righteous in spirit, seen by messengers, preached among nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory!