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

¹Kuapeuh saptuam heutua pan utin nasep hoih a ut ahi, chih a dik ahi,

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

²Huchiin, saptuam heutu tuh gensiatbei, ji khat nei, kidek thei, navak tak, mi diktat, mi paktakdan siam, thuhilhsiam,

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

³uain kham hatlou, mi vuak hatlou mi nunnem hi zaw ding, selhatlou, sum deihta lou,

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

⁴zahtakhuai taka tate kepsiam, amah insung vaihawm kizen taka hihsiam mi hi ding ahi;

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

⁵min amah insung vaihawm nangawn kizen taka a hihsiam kei ngalin, bangchin ahia Pathian saptuamte a kep theih ding?

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

⁶Gingthakmi ahi ding ahi kei, huchilou in jaw kisatheiin a om dia, diabol siamlouhtansakna ah a puk kha ding.

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

⁷Huaite louleng, polama mite phatin a om nalai ding ahi, huchilou in jaw, gensiata a omin, diabol thang ah a awk kha ding.

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

⁸Huchimahbangin, saptuam upate tuh mi zahtakhuai ahi ding uh ahi; kamtamte, uain haite, lepna nina huaiham mite ahi ding uh ahi kei;

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

⁹sia leh pha theihna sianga ginna thuguk kemmi ahi zaw ding ahi.

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

¹⁰Huan, huaite leng chetin om masa uhen, huai nungin gensiatbei a honghih uleh, saptuam upa na sem uhen.

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

¹¹Huchimahbangin a numeite uh leng mi zahtakhuai ahi ding uhi, gensiathatte hi louin, kidekthei leh bangkima muanhuai ahi ding uhi.

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

¹²Saptuam upate tuh ji khat nei a tate uleh amau insung vaihawm navak tak a hih mi hi uhen.

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.

¹³Saptuam upa na hoihtak a semten amau adingin phattak hihna aloh ua, huan Kris Jesu-a om ginna a muanna leh hangsanna thupitak amu ngal ua.

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

¹⁴Sawtlouchik chiang a na kianga hongpai lamenin hiai thu khawng na kiangah ka gelh ahi;

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.

¹⁵himahleh ka hong om sawt khak leh Pathian inkuanpihte laka mi bangchibangin ahia a om ding uh chih na theihna dingin ka gelh ahi; Pathian inkuanpihte tuh Pathian hing saptuamte, thutak khuam leh kingakna tuh ahi uhi.I gen uh, I Pathian biakna thuguk tuh selvuallouhin a thupi ahi: Pathian tuh sa a muhtheih a latsakin hongoma, Kha a siamtansak, angelte muh, namte laka tangkoupih, khovela mite gin, thupina a pitouh ahi.

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.

¹⁶I gen uh, I Pathian biakna thuguk tuh selvuallouhin a thupi ahi: Pathian tuh sa a muhtheih a latsakin hongoma, Kha a siamtansak, angelte muh, namte laka tangkoupih, khovela mite gin, thupina a pitouh ahi.