1 Timoteyo 3: 1 Iri ni ijambo ryukuri, Niba umuntu yifuza umwanya wa musenyeri, we yifuza akazi keza. 3: 2 Umwepiskopi rero agomba kuba umwere, umugabo wumugore umwe, kuba maso, gushishoza, imyitwarire myiza, ihabwa abashyitsi, apt kwigisha; 3: 3 Ntabwo yahawe vino, nta rutahizamu, cyangwa umururumba w'amafaranga yanduye; ariko ihangane, ntabwo ari intonganya, ntabwo ararikira; 3: 4 Uyobora neza inzu ye, akayobora abana be hamwe n'uburemere bwose; 3: 5 (Kuberako umuntu atazi gutegeka inzu ye, azabyitaho ate? y'itorero ry'Imana?) 3: 6 Ntabwo ari umushyitsi, kugira ngo ataterwa ishema agwa muri gucirwaho iteka na satani. 3: 7 Byongeye kandi, agomba kuba afite raporo nziza yabatari hanze; kugira ngo kugwa mubitutsi numutego wa satani. 3: 8 Mu buryo nk'ubwo, abadiyakoni bagomba kuba imva, ntibakongerewe kabiri, ntibahawe byinshi vino, ntabwo ari umururumba wa lucre yanduye; 3: 9 Gufata ibanga ryo kwizera umutimanama utabacira urubanza. 3:10 Kandi ibyo nabyo bibanze bigaragare; noneho nibareke gukoresha ibiro bya a umudiyakoni, ugasanga nta makemwa. 3:11 Nubwo bimeze bityo, abagore babo bagomba kuba bakomeye, ntibasebanya, bashishoza, bizerwa byose. 3:12 Reka abadiyakoni babe abagabo b'umugore umwe, bategeka abana babo kandi amazu yabo neza. 3:13 Kuberako abakoresha ibiro byumudiyakoni kugura neza ubwabo urwego rwiza, nubutwari bukomeye mukwizera kurimo Kristo Yesu. 3:14 Ibyo ndabandikiye, nizeye ko bizaza iwanyu bidatinze: 3:15 Ariko nimara igihe kirekire, kugirango mumenye uko mugomba kwitwara wowe ubwawe mu nzu y'Imana, ariryo torero ry'Imana nzima, Uwiteka inkingi n'ifatizo ry'ukuri. 3:16 Kandi nta mpaka zikomeye ni ibanga ryo kubaha Imana: Imana yari kwigaragaza mu mubiri, gutsindishirizwa mu Mwuka, kubonwa n'abamarayika, kubwiriza ku banyamahanga, bizera isi, bakira icyubahiro.