chapter three

¹this is a faithful word: if one aspires to the position of a Mashgiach (Overseer), desires he a good thing.

²the Mashgiach (Overseer) must therefore be without a flaw, a husband of one wife, sober, modest, a humble person, a bringing in stranger, capable teacher;

³not any drunkard, not any fighter; but mild, not any quarreler, not any money lover;

⁴who rules well with his own house, holding his children in submission, with full moral earnestness

⁵(if however one know not how to rule over his own house, how then will he be concerned over the kehile of Hashem?);

⁶not any new disciple, so that he shall not become puffed up and fall under in the judgment of Satan.

⁷and he must also have a good name from the outside, so that he shall not fall into in any shame and in the Satan's trap.

⁸also so must the deacons be serious (people), not any double tongued, not any lovers of much wine, not inclined towards shameful gain;

⁹who hold the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

¹⁰and let the these before all be tested; later should they serve as deacons, if they are without a flaw.

¹¹also in this way must the women be serious, not any gossip speakers, temperate, faithful in all things.

¹²deacons should be husbands of one woman, who rule well over their children and over their own houses;

¹³because if they have well served as deacons, obtain they themselves a good position and great boldness in the faith, which is in the Moshiach Yehoshua.

¹⁴this write I you (SG), hoping to you (SG) to come in a short time,

¹⁵and if I will myself delayed, so that you (SG) shall know how one needs himself behave in Hashem's house, which is the kehile of the living G-d, the pillar and foundation of the truth.

¹⁶and not to deny great is the mystery of fearer of heaven: He, who has Himself unveiled in the flesh, is proven just become in the Spirit, did Himself appear to angels, is announced become to the nations (of the world), believed on in the world, received up become into glory.