I TIMOTHY
Chapter 3
I Ti | OrthJBC | 3:1 | Trustworthy is the dvar Emes: if anyone aspires to the congregational office of Mashgiach Ruchani (Spiritual Overseer) over the edat Hashem (congregation of G-d), he desires a good task. | |
I Ti | OrthJBC | 3:2 | It is necessary, therefore, for the congregational Mashgiach Ruchani to be without reproach, ba'al isha echat (husband of one wife), mistaper (temperate), a man of seychel, practiced in derech eretz and hachnosas orchim (hospitality), skillful as a rabbinic moreh (teacher), | |
I Ti | OrthJBC | 3:3 | not a shikkor (drunkard) indulging in much wine, not violent but forbearing and eidel (gentle), not a ba'al machloket (quarrelsome person), not a gelt-loving kamtzon (miser). | |
I Ti | OrthJBC | 3:4 | He must be a ba'al bayit who can manage his own household well, having his banim (children) in submission with all respect. | |
I Ti | OrthJBC | 3:5 | Now if anyone does not know how to manage his own bais, how will he give oversight to the Kehillah of Hashem? | |
I Ti | OrthJBC | 3:6 | He must not be a neophyte in the emunah [of Moshiach], lest, having become a ba'al gaavah (a haughty person), he might fall into the din Hasatan (the judgment/verdict of the Adversary). | |
I Ti | OrthJBC | 3:7 | Now it is necessary also for him to have a shem tov (good name) with the outsiders, lest he might fall into reproach and a mashchit (trap) of Hasatan. THE AVODAS HAKODESH OF MOSHIACH'S SHAMMASHIM | |
I Ti | OrthJBC | 3:8 | Shammashim similarly must be respectable men of derech eretz, not double-tongued, the shammash not a shikkor (drunkard) indulging in much wine, not a lover of dishonest gain, | |
I Ti | OrthJBC | 3:9 | keeping the sod haemunah (the mystery of the faith) with a matzpun tahor (clean conscience, 1:5,19). | |
I Ti | OrthJBC | 3:10 | And let these shammashim also be tested before holding office and then, if they prove unreprovable, let them have the avodas hakodesh (ministry) of shammashim. | |
I Ti | OrthJBC | 3:11 | Nashim (women) serving as shammashim similarly must be respectable, not yentas with mouths of lashon hora and rechilus (evil gossip), but nashim who are mistapekot (temperate), ne'emanot (faithful) in all things. | |
I Ti | OrthJBC | 3:12 | Let the shammashim be ba'alei isha achat (one wife husbands), managing well their banim and their own battim (households). | |
I Ti | OrthJBC | 3:13 | For the ones having served well in the avodas hakodesh of shammashim acquire for themselves a good standing and much bittachon in emunah in Moshiach Yehoshua. THE SOD OF CHASSIDUS IN MOSHIACH | |
I Ti | OrthJBC | 3:15 | if I delay, you may know how one's hitnahagut (conduct) ought to be in the Bais Hashem, which is the Adat haEl Chai (the Community of the Living G-d), the ammud (pillar) and yesod (foundation) of HaEmes. | |