1 Timóteo 3

Ngā Kaiārahi i roto i te Hāhi

1 He pono te kōrero: ki te hiahia tētahi ki te mahi pīhopa, e hiahia ana ia ki te mahi pai. 2 Nā, ko te tikanga tēnei, kia kaua te pīhopa e ekengia e te kupu, he tahu nō te wahine kotahi, kia ngāwari, kia whai whakaaro, kia mārama āna tikanga, kia atawhai ki ngā manuhiri, kia whai ngākau ki te whakaako; 3 kia kaua e kakai wāina, kia kaua e patu; engari kia ngāwari, kaua e totohe, kaua e matenui ki te moni. 4 Kia pai tāna tohutohu i tōna whare; e mea ana i āna tamariki kia ngohengohe ki a ia, kia nui te mahara. 5 Ki te kore hoki tētahi tangata e mātau ki te tohutohu i tōna whare ake, me pēhea ka tiaki ai ia i te hāhi a te Atua? 6 Kauaka i te tauhou, kei whakakake, ā, ka tau tō te rēwera hē ki a ia. 7 Ā, kia pai te kōrero mōna a te hunga o waho; kei taka ia ki te whakahāwea, ki roto hoki ki te māhanga a te rēwera.

Ngā Kaiāwhina i roto i te Hāhi

8 Waihoki ko ngā rīkona kia tū kaumātua, kaua e arero rua, kaua e matenui ki te wāina, kaua e whai ki te taonga paruparu; 9 kia mā ō rātou hinengaro e mau ai ki te mea ngaro o te whakapono. 10 Nā, kia mātua whakamātautauria ēnei; kātahi ka tuku ai kia mahi i ā te rīkona mahi, ki te kore he whakahē mō rātou.

11 Ko ngā wāhine hoki kia āhua kaumātua, kaua e ngautuarā, kia whai mahara, kia pono i ngā mea katoa.

12 Ko ngā rīkona, kia kotahi te hoa wahine; kia pai te tohutohu i ā rātou tamariki, i ō rātou whare ake anō hoki. 13 Ki te pai hoki tā rātou mahi rīkona, ka whiwhi rātou ki te tūranga pai mō rātou, ka nui hoki tō rātou māia i runga i te whakapono ki a Karaiti Īhu.

Te Kōrero Huna he Mea Hirahira

14 He tuhituhi atu tēnei nāku i ēnei mea ki a koe, e mea ana hoki tērā ahau e haere wawe atu ki a koe; 15 ki te roa ia ahau, kia mātau ai koe ki te tikanga mō tāu mahi i roto i te whare o te Atua, ko te hāhi nei ia a te Atua ora, ko te pou, ko te tūranga o te pono. 16 Nā, kāhore rawa e tautohetia te nui o te mea ngaro e karakiatia nei:

Ko ia i whakakitea mai i roto i te kikokiko,

he mea whakatika nā te Wairua,

i kitea e ngā anahera.

I kauwhautia nei i roto i ngā tauiwi,

i whakaponohia nei i te ao,

i tangohia atu ki te korōria.

1 Faithful is the saying, If a man seeketh the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. 2 The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach; 3 no brawler, no striker; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money; 4 one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; 5 (but if a man knoweth not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) 6 not a novice, lest being puffed up he fall into the condemnation of the devil. 7 Moreover he must have good testimony from them that are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. 8 Deacons in like manner must be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; 9 holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. 10 And let these also first be proved; then let them serve as deacons, if they be blameless. 11 Women in like manner must be grave, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things. 12 Let deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well. 13 For they that have served well as deacons gain to themselves a good standing, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

14 These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly; 15 but if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how men ought to behave themselves in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth. 16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness;

He who was manifested in the flesh,

Justified in the spirit,

Seen of angels,

Preached among the nations,

Believed on in the world,

Received up in glory.