The First Letter Paul Write to Timothy
3 The thing I coming say da true. If any man trying his best to be overseer,* he really want do good work. 2 The overseer mon live his life the right way so da nobody can’t find reason to blame him for anything. He mon get one wife. He mon control hisself in anything he doing. He mon be somebody who can think the right way. He mon know how to organize things good. He mon be somebody who like to welcome people, and he mon know how to teach good. 3 Also, he mon not be drunkard. He mon not be violent. He mon not be somebody da hard to deal with.* He mon not be somebody who like making palaver, and he mon not be somebody who like money business. 4 He mon be able to direct his own family in the way da alright. His children dem can obey and they really serious 5 (because if any man not able to direct his own family, how he will be able to take care of God congregation?). 6 He mon not be new disciple so da he can’t get proud and get the same judgment da the Devil na get. 7 Also, he mon be somebody da people who not part of the congregation can talk good about so da he can’t bring disgrace on hisself and fall in the Devil trap.
8 Da the same way ministerial servant dem* mon also be serious. They mon not be people who get two tongues. They mon not be people who can drink plenty liquor. And they mon not be people who can look for way to take people things just to benefit theirself. 9 They mon be faithful to the holy secret of the faith,* and they mon get clean conscience.
10 Also, test them first to see whether they qualify, and so long nobody get good reason to say anything bad about them, let them be ministerial servants.
11 Da the same way the women dem mon also be serious. They mon not talk bad about other people. They mon control theirself in everything they doing, and they mon be faithful in everything.
12 Ministerial servant dem mon get one wife, and they mon be able to direct their children and their own family dem in the way da alright. 13 If this men dem do their work the right way, they will be making good name for theirself, and they will really be free to talk about the faith they get in Jesus Christ.
14 I writing this thing dem to you, even though I hoping to come to you soon. 15 But just in case I not come soon, I writing this thing dem to you so da you can know how you suppose to behave in God house. This house da the congregation for the living God, and it can support and defend the truth. 16 To talk the truth, the holy secret about how people can serve God really important, ‘Jesus came as human being. When he went back as spirit, God say he righteous person. He appear to angels. People preach about him to other people from different-different nation dem. People in the world believe him, and those in heaven welcome him with honor.’