I Timothy 3

صَادِقَةٌ هِيَ الْكَلِمَةُ: إِنِ ابْتَغَى أَحَدٌ الأُسْقُفِيَّةَ، فَيَشْتَهِي عَمَلاً صَالِحًا.

This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.

فَيَجِبُ أَنْ يَكُونَ الأُسْقُفُ بِلاَ لَوْمٍ، بَعْلَ امْرَأَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ، صَاحِيًا، عَاقِلاً، مُحْتَشِمًا، مُضِيفًا لِلْغُرَبَاءِ، صَالِحًا لِلتَّعْلِيمِ،

A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

غَيْرَ مُدْمِنِ الْخَمْرِ، وَلاَ ضَرَّابٍ، وَلاَ طَامِعٍ بِالرِّبْحِ الْقَبِيحِ، بَلْ حَلِيمًا، غَيْرَ مُخَاصِمٍ، وَلاَ مُحِبٍّ لِلْمَالِ،

Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;

يُدَبِّرُ بَيْتَهُ حَسَنًا، لَهُ أَوْلاَدٌ فِي الْخُضُوعِ بِكُلِّ وَقَارٍ.

One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;

وَإِنَّمَا إِنْ كَانَ أَحَدٌ لاَ يَعْرِفُ أَنْ يُدَبِّرَ بَيْتَهُ، فَكَيْفَ يَعْتَنِي بِكَنِيسَةِ اللهِ؟

(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)

غَيْرَ حَدِيثِ الإِيمَانِ لِئَلاَّ يَتَصَلَّفَ فَيَسْقُطَ فِي دَيْنُونَةِ إِبْلِيسَ.

Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.

وَيَجِبُ أَيْضًا أَنْ تَكُونَ لَهُ شَهَادَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ مِنَ الَّذِينَ هُمْ مِنْ خَارِجٍ، لِئَلاَّ يَسْقُطَ فِي تَعْيِيرٍ وَفَخِّ إِبْلِيسَ.

Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

كَذلِكَ يَجِبُ أَنْ يَكُونَ الشَّمَامِسَةُ ذَوِي وَقَارٍ، لاَ ذَوِي لِسَانَيْنِ، غَيْرَ مُولَعِينَ بِالْخَمْرِ الْكَثِيرِ، وَلاَ طَامِعِينَ بِالرِّبْحِ الْقَبِيحِ،

Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;

وَلَهُمْ سِرُّ الإِيمَانِ بِضَمِيرٍ طَاهِرٍ.

Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

وَإِنَّمَا هؤُلاَءِ أَيْضًا لِيُخْتَبَرُوا أَوَّلاً، ثُمَّ يَتَشَمَّسُوا إِنْ كَانُوا بِلاَ لَوْمٍ.

And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.

كَذلِكَ يَجِبُ أَنْ تَكُونَ النِّسَاءُ ذَوَاتِ وَقَارٍ، غَيْرَ ثَالِبَاتٍ، صَاحِيَاتٍ، أَمِينَاتٍ فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ.

Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

لِيَكُنِ الشَّمَامِسَةُ كُل÷ بَعْلَ امْرَأَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ، مُدَبِّرِينَ أَوْلاَدَهُمْ وَبُيُوتَهُمْ حَسَنًا،

Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

لأَنَّ الَّذِينَ تَشَمَّسُوا حَسَنًا، يَقْتَنُونَ لأَنْفُسِهِمْ دَرَجَةً حَسَنَةً وَثِقَةً كَثِيرَةً فِي الإِيمَانِ الَّذِي بِالْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ.

For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

هذَا أَكْتُبُهُ إِلَيْكَ رَاجِيًا أَنْ آتِيَ إِلَيْكَ عَنْ قَرِيبٍ.

These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:

وَلكِنْ إِنْ كُنْتُ أُبْطِئُ، فَلِكَيْ تَعْلَمَ كَيْفَ يَجِبُ أَنْ تَتَصَرَّفَ فِي بَيْتِ اللهِ، الَّذِي هُوَ كَنِيسَةُ اللهِ الْحَيِّ، عَمُودُ الْحَقِّ وَقَاعِدَتُهُ.

But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

وَبِالإِجْمَاعِ عَظِيمٌ هُوَ سِرُّ التَّقْوَى: اللهُ ظَهَرَ فِي الْجَسَدِ، تَبَرَّرَ فِي الرُّوحِ، تَرَاءَى لِمَلاَئِكَةٍ، كُرِزَ بِهِ بَيْنَ الأُمَمِ، أُومِنَ بِهِ فِي الْعَالَمِ، رُفِعَ فِي الْمَجْدِ.

And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.