تِيطُس 1

١ 1 مِنْ بُولُسَ، عَبْدِ اللهِ وَرَسُولِ يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ فِي سَبِيلِ إِيمَانِ مَنِ اخْتَارَهُمُ اللهُ، وَمَعْرِفَتِهِمْ لِلْحَقِّ الْمُوَافِقِ لِلتَّقْوَى،

PAULOS, a servant of Aloha, and apostle of Jeshu Meshiha, for the faith of the chosen ones of Aloha, and the knowledge of the truth which is in the fear of Aloha;

٢ 2 فِي رَجَاءِ الْحَيَاةِ الأَبَدِيَّةِ، الَّتِي وَعَدَ بِها اللهُ الْمُنَزَّهُ عَنِ الْكَذِبِ، مِنْ قَبْلِ أَزْمِنَةِ الأَزَلِ، (aiōnios g166)

unto the hope of eternal life, which Aloha the true counselled before the times of the ages, (aiōnios g166)

٣ 3 ثُمَّ بَيَّنَ كَلِمَتَهُ فِي أَوَانِهَا الْمُعَيَّنِ: بِالْبِشَارَةِ الَّتِي وُضِعَتْ أَمَانَةً بَيْنَ يَدَيَّ بِمُوجِبِ أَمْرِ مُخَلِّصِنَا اللهِ.

and his word hath revealed in his time by our preaching, which was confided to me by the command of Aloha our Saviour:

٤ 4 إِلَى تِيطُسَ، وَلَدِي الْحَقِيقِيِّ بِالنِّسْبَةِ إِلَى الإِيمَانِ الْمُشْتَرَكِ بَيْنَنَا. لِتَكُنْ لَكَ النِّعْمَةُ وَالسَّلامُ مِنَ اللهِ الآبِ، وَالْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ مُخَلِّصِنَا!

To Titos, my true son in the common faith. Grace and peace from Aloha the Father and from our Lord Jeshu Meshiha our Saviour.

٥ 5 تَرَكْتُكَ فِي جَزِيرَةِ كِرِيتَ لِكَيْ تُكَمِّلَ تَرْتِيبَ الأُمُورِ الْبَاقِيَةِ، وَتُقِيمَ شُيُوخاً فِي كُلِّ مَدِينَةٍ، مِثْلَمَا أَمَرْتُكَ؛

For this I left thee in Kreta, that those things which were wanting thou mayest rectify, and constitute presbyters in every city as I commanded thee.

٦ 6 عَلَى أَنْ يَكُونَ الْوَاحِدُ مِنْهُمْ بَرِيئاً مِنْ كُلِّ تُهْمَةٍ، زَوْجاً لامْرَأَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ، أَباً لأَوْلادٍ مُؤْمِنِينَ لَا يُتَّهَمُونَ بِالْخَلاعَةِ وَالتَّمَرُّدِ.

Him who is without blame, and is the husband of one wife, and who hath believing children, who are not vicious nor addicted to intemperance.

٧ 7 وَذَلِكَ لأَنَّ الرَّاعِيَ يَجِبُ أَنْ يَكُونَ بَرِيئاً مِنْ كُلِّ تُهْمَةٍ بِاعْتِبَارِهِ وَكِيلاً لِلهِ، لَا مُعْجَباً بِنَفْسِهِ وَلا حَادَّ الطَّبْعِ، وَلا مُدْمِنَ الْخَمْرِ، وَلا عَنِيفاً، وَلا سَاعِياً إِلَى الْمَكْسَبِ الْخَسِيسِ؛

For a presbyter is bound to be without blame, as the steward of Aloha; he shall not be led by the will of self, nor be irascible, nor a transgressor over wine, neither shall his hand be hasty to strike, nor shall he be a lover of sordid gains.

٨ 8 بَلْ مِضْيَافاً، مُحِبّاً لِلصَّلاحِ، رَزِيناً، بَارّاً، تَقِيًّا، ضَابِطاً نَفْسَهُ،

But he shall be a lover of guests, and a lover of the good, and be chaste, and equitable, and holy, and withholding himself from lusts;

٩ 9 مُلْتَصِقاً بِالْكَلِمَةِ الصَّادِقَةِ الْمُوَافِقَةِ لِلتَّعْلِيمِ، لِيَكُونَ قَادِراً عَلَى تَشْجِيعِ الْمُؤْمِنِيِنَ بِالتَّعْلِيمِ الصَّحِيحِ وَعَلَى إِفْحَامِ الْمُعَارِضِينَ.

and careful over the doctrine of the word of faith, that he may be able also to comfort by his teaching the healthy, and to reprove those who are contentious.

١٠ 10 فَإِنَّ هُنَالِكَ كَثِيرِينَ مِنْ مُعَلِّمِي الْبَاطِلِ الْمُتَمَرِّدِينَ وَخَادِعِي عُقُولِ النَّاسِ، وَبِخَاصَّةٍ الَّذِينَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْخِتَانِ.

For there are many who are not in subjection, and whose words are vain, and make the minds of men to err, especially those of the circumcision,

١١ 11 هَؤُلاءِ يَجِبُ أَنْ تُسَدَّ أَفْوَاهُهُمْ: فَهُمْ يُخْرِبُونَ بُيُوتاً بِجُمْلَتِهَا، إِذْ يُعَلِّمُونَ تَعَالِيمَ يَجِبُ أَلّا تُعَلَّمَ، فِي سَبِيلِ مَكْسَبٍ خَسِيسٍ.

those, whose mouths it behoves to stop. Many houses they destroy, and teach what they ought not, for the sake of filthy gain.

١٢ 12 وَقَدْ قَالَ وَاحِدٌ مِنْهُمْ، وَهُوَ عِنْدَهُمْ نَبِيٌّ خَاصٌّ بِهِمْ: «أَهْلُ كِرِيتَ دَائِماً كَذَّابُونَ، وُحُوشٌ شَرِسَةٌ، نَهِمُونَ كُسَالَى».

One of them, a prophet of their own, hath said, The sons of Kreta are always liars, evil beasts, and lazy bellies.

١٣ 13 وَهَذِهِ شَهَادَةُ صِدْقٍ. لِذلِكَ كُنْ مُتَشَدِّداً فِي تَوْبِيخِهِمْ، لِيَكُونُوا أَصِحَّاءَ فِي الإِيمَانِ،

And true is this testimony. Wherefore reprove them severely, that they may be sound in the faith,

١٤ 14 لَا يُدِيرُونَ عُقُولَهُمْ إِلَى خُرَافَاتٍ يَهُودِيَّةٍ وَوَصَايَا أُنَاسٍ تَحَوَّلُوا عَنِ الْحَقِّ بَعِيداً.

nor cast themselves to the fables of the Jihudoyee, and to the mandates of men who hate the truth.

١٥ 15 عِنْدَ الطَّاهِرِينَ، كُلُّ شَيْءٍ طَاهِرٌ. أَمَّا عِنْدَ النَّجِسِينَ وَغَيْرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، فَمَا مِنْ شَيْءٍ طَاهِرٍ، بَلْ إِنَّ عُقُولَهُمْ وَضَمَائِرَهُمْ أَيْضاً قَدْ صَارَتْ نَجِسَةً.

For every thing is pure to the pure; but to those who are polluted and unfaithful nothing is pure; but their understanding and their conscience are polluted.

١٦ 16 يَشْهَدُونَ مُعْتَرِفِينَ بِأَنَّهُمْ يَعْرِفُونَ اللهَ، وَلَكِنَّهُمْ بِأَعْمَالِهِمْ يُنْكِرُونَهُ، لأَنَّهُمْ مَكْرُوهُونَ وَغَيْرُ طَائِعِينَ، وَقَد تَبَيَّنَ أَنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ أَهْلٍ لِكُلِّ عَمَلٍ صَالِحٍ.

And they profess to know Aloha, but in their works they deny him, and are abominable and disobedient, and reprobate to every good work.