¹ Wax ju wóor a ngii: kuy sabablu yenub sàmm mbooloo mi, mu ngi yóotu liggéey bu rafet.

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

² Sàmm bi nag, nii la war a mel: war na ñàkk ŋàññ, yem ci benn soxna, moom boppam te maandu; war na am faayda, man gan te am mayu jàngale;

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

³ warul di ab màndikat mbaa xeexkat, waaye na lewet te jàmmu, bañ a bëgge ci xaalis.

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

⁴ Na yor këram yorin wu rafet, te ay doomam déggal ko ak teggin yu mat.

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

⁵ Ndaxte ku mënta yor njabootam, naka lay man a yore njabootu Yàlla?

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

⁶ Te it bumu nekk kuy door a gëm, ngir mu bañ a yég boppam, bay dajeek mbugalu Yàlla, ni ko Seytaane defe woon.

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

⁷ Te it war na am seede su rafet ci waa àddina, ngir ñu bañ koo diiŋat, ba muy daanu ci fiiru Seytaane.

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.

⁸ Kiy topptoo li mbooloo miy jëfandikoo itam na am faayda te fonk kàddoom; bumu di ku yàqu ci sangara, mbaa ku alal jiital.

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

⁹ Na sàmm mbóoti ngëm gi ak xel mu dal.

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

¹⁰ Moom itam nañu ko jëkk a seetlu, ba mu leer ne amul ŋàññ, ñu door koo fal.

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

¹¹ Naka noonu, na jigéen ñi am faayda, bañ a jëw mbaa xér ci dara, waaye nañu takku ci lépp.

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

¹² Ku ñu dénk sasu topptoo yëfi mbooloo mi nag, nay ku yem ci benn soxna, jiite bu baax këram ak i doomam.

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

¹³ Ndaxte ku ci rafetal sasam dina am tur wu tedd ak kóolute gu mat sëkk ci yoonu ngëm, gi ci Kirist Yeesu.

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

¹⁴ Bëgg naa laa seetsi balaa yàgg,

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

¹⁵ waaye amaana mu yéex. Moo tax ma lay bind bataaxal bii, ngir xamal la, ni ñu war a nekke ci kër Yàlla gi, maanaam ci mbooloom Yàlla Aji Dund ji, miy kenug dëgg te di sëslaayam.

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,

¹⁶ Ci dëgg-dëgg ragal Yàlla ëmb na mbóot yu xóot:Ki wàcc, yor bindu nit,mu bir ne xelam jub na,te malaaka ya gis ko;xamlees na ko ci xeet yi,ñu gëm ko ci kaw suuf,te Yàlla teeru ko ci ndamam.

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!