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

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

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;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as 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.

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

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

⁹ Na sàmm mbóoti ngëm gi ak xel mu dal.

⁹holding the mystery 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.

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

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

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

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

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 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.

¹⁴ Bëgg naa laa seetsi balaa yàgg,

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

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.

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.

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.

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.