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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

⁶Asava mutendi mutsva, kuti zvimwe nekukudzwa angawira mukutonga kwadhiabhorosi

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

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

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.

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

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

⁹vanochengeta chakavanzika cherutendo muhana yakachena.

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

¹⁰Naivava ngavatange kuidzwawo, ipapo vashumire kana vasina chavangapomerwa.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

¹⁴Zvinhu izvi ndinokunyorera, ndichitarisira kuuya kwauri nekukurumidza;

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

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

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.

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

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.