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.