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

¹?-țideț mi qqaṛen : « ma yella win yebɣan ad yuɣal d amdebbeṛ di tejmaɛt d ayen yelhan i gețmenni ».

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

²Lameɛna amdebbeṛ di tejmaɛt ur ilaq ara ad afen deg-s lɣaci wayen ara s-d-ssukksen, ilaq ad yesɛu yiwet n tmeṭṭut kan, ad yili d win iḥekkmen deg iman-is, d aɛeqli, d win iteddun s ṣṣwab. Ilaq ad yili d win yesṭerḥiben deg wexxam-is, d win izemren ad isselmed awal n Ṛebbi ;

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

³ur yețțili ara d asekṛan neɣ d amčaqlal meɛna ad yili d aḥnin d imhenni. Ur ilaq ara ad iḥemmel idrimen ;

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

⁴ilaq daɣen ad yissin amek ara idebbeṛ ɣef wexxam-is, arraw-is ad ilin d wid yețțaɣen awal yerna a t-țqadaṛen.

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

⁵Axaṭer ma yella walebɛaḍ ur yezmir ara ad idebbeṛ ɣef wexxam is, amek ara idebbeṛ di tejmaɛt n Sidi Ṛebbi ?

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

⁶Amdebbeṛ di tejmaɛt ur ilaq ara ad yili d ajdid di liman di Ɛisa Lmasiḥ, m'ulac a t-yekcem zzux, aț-țedṛu yid-es akken tedṛa d Cciṭan. f+

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

⁷Ilaq ula d wid ur numin ara s Ɛisa Lmasiḥ a d-cehden fell-as s lxiṛ ur țțafen ara deg-s wayen ara s-d ssukksen, iwakken ur iɣelli ara di tecṛektin n Cciṭan.

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

⁸Iqeddacen n tejmaɛt daɣen ilaq ad sɛun leqdeṛ, ad ilin d irgazen iteṭṭfen deg awal-nsen, ad xḍun i tissit n ccṛab akk-d rrbeḥ n lexdeɛ.

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

⁹Ilaq ad ḥerzen s wul yeṣfan lbaḍna n liman i d-yețwakecfen.

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

¹⁰Ilaq ula d nutni ad țwajeṛben di leqdic-nsen, m'ur ufin ara ayen ara sen-d-ssukksen imiren zemren ad qedcen di tejmaɛt.

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

¹¹Ula ț-țiqeddacin n tejmaɛt ilaq ad sɛunt lḥeṛma, ur țmeslayent ara cceṛ ɣef wiyaḍ, ad ilint ț-țiɛeqliyin, ț-țid i ɣef yella lețkal ɣef kullec.

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

¹²Iqeddacen n tejmaɛt ilaq ad sɛun yiwet n tmeṭṭut kan yerna ad ḍebbṛen ɣef yexxamen-nsen d warraw-nsen akken ilaq.

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.

¹³Axaṭer wid iqeddcen ɣef tejmaɛt akken ilaq, ad yali leqdeṛ-nsen ad nnernin di liman yerna ad sɛun lețkal d ameqqran di Ɛisa Lmasiḥ.

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

¹⁴Uriɣ-ak-n meṛṛa annect-agi ɣas akken ssarameɣ a n-aseɣ ɣuṛ-ek,

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.

¹⁵iwakken ma ɛeṭṭleɣ ur n-usiɣ ara aț-țissineḍ amek i glaq aț-țedduḍ deg wexxam n Sidi Ṛebbi i gellan ț-țajmaɛt n Ṛebbi yeddren. Tajmaɛt-agi, ț-țigejdit i ɣef ters tideț.

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.

¹⁶S tideț acḥal meqqṛet lbaḍna n Lmasiḥ yellan d sebba n liman-nneɣ : win akken i d-yusan s ṣṣifa n wemdan, i ɣef d-icehhed Ṛṛuḥ iqedsen, tɛeǧǧbent deg-s lmalayekkat, yețwabecceṛ i leǧnas, umnen yis di ddunit meṛṛa, yețwarfed s tmanegt tameqqrant ɣer igenwan.