1 Timoteo
3:1 He olelo oiaio keia, Ina makemake ke kanaka i ka oihana kahunapule
makemake i ka hana maikai.
3: 2. No laila, he hala ole ka bihopa, he kane na ka wahine hookahi, e makaala.
kuoo, maikai, hookipa, a'o aku;
3:3 ʻAʻole makemake i ka waina, ʻaʻole hoʻomake, ʻaʻole kuko i ka waiwai haumia; aka, hoomanawanui,
aole hakaka, aole kuko;
3:4 ʻO ka mea hoʻomalu maikaʻi i kona hale iho, me kāna mau keiki ma lalo iho
me ka umekaumaha a pau;
3:5 (No ka mea, ina i ike ole ke kanaka i ka hoomalu ana i kona hale iho, pehea la ia e malama ai
o ka ekalesia o ke Akua?)
3:6 ʻAʻole ka mea hou, o haʻaheo ʻo ia e hāʻule i loko o ka
ka hoohewa ana i ke diabolo.
3:7 Eia kekahi, he pono e loaa ia ia ka olelo maikai e ka poe mawaho; o ia
haule i ka hoowahawaha a me ka pahele a ka diabolo.
3: 8. Pela no hoi na diakono e pono ai, aole alelo lua, aole haawi nui
waina, aole kuko i ka waiwai pelapela;
3: 9. E malama ana i ka mea pohihihi o ka manaoio me ka manao maemae.
3:10. A e hoao mua ia lakou; alaila e hoohana lakou i ke keena o a
diakono, ua loaa ka hala ole.
3: 11. Pela no hoi ka lakou mau wahine e pono ai, he poe hoowahawaha, he kuoo, he malama pono
na mea a pau.
3:12. E lilo na diakono i mau kane na ka wahine hookahi, e hoomalu ana i na keiki a lakou
maikai ko lakou mau hale.
3:13 No ka mea, o ka poe i malama i ka oihana diakono, kuai maikai lakou
ia lakou iho i ke degere maikai, a me ka wiwo ole ma ka manaoio iloko
Kristo Iesu.
3:14. Ke palapala aku nei au i keia mau mea ia oe, me ka manao e hele koke aku iou la.
3:15 Akā, inā lōʻihi wau, i ʻike ʻoe i kāu pono e hana ai
ia oe iho iloko o ka hale o ke Akua, oia ka ekalesia o ke Akua ola, ka
kia a me ke kahua o ka oiaio.
3:16 A me ka hoopaapaa ole nui ka mea pohihihi o ka haipule: ke Akua
i hoikeia ma ke kino, i hoaponoia e ka Uhane, i ikeia e na anela, i haiia mai
i ko na aina e, i manaoio ma ke ao nei, i laweia'ku i ka nani.