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

¹This is a faithful saying: if a man seeks the office of an overseer or, superintendents, or bishops , he desires a good work.

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'.

²The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;

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.

³not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;

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.

⁴one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;

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.

⁵(but if a man doesn’t know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the assembly of God?)

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'.

⁶not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as 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.

⁷Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the devil.

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.

⁸ Servants or, Deacons. , in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money;

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

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

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.

¹⁰Let them also first be tested; then let them serve or, serve as deacons if they are blameless.

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.

¹¹Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

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

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

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

¹³For those who have served well or, served well as deacons gain for themselves a good standing, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

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

¹⁴These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly;

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'.

¹⁵but if I wait long, that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in God’s house, which is the assembly of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

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'.

¹⁶Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great: God was revealed in the flesh, justified in the spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, and received up in glory.