Tihtuh 1
1 Pamhnama mpya ja Jesuh Khritawa ngsä kei Pawluh üngkhyüh ni. Kei cun Pamhnama xüa khyangea jumeinak jah kpüi lü mi ningsaw üng mi ngtheia ngthungtak üng jah cehpüi khaia na xü lü a na tüih ni.
Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s chosen ones and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,
2 Acun hin anglät xünnak, äpeinak am tüneiki ni. Akcün am a tünei ham üng käh hleikia Pamhnam naw ahina xünnak khyütam jah pe lü, (aiōnios g166)
in hope of eternal life, which God, who can’t lie, promised before time began; (aiōnios g166)
3 akcün apha law üng ania mawng cun jah mdanki. Ahin cun kei üng na ap lü jah küikyanki Pamhnam naw na sangsaki.
but in his own time revealed his word in the message with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Saviour,
4 Atänga mi tak jumnak am ka ca kcang Tihtuha vei ca ka yuki ni. Pa Pamhnam ja mi küikyan Bawi Khritaw Jesuh naw bäkhäknak ja dim’yenak ning pe se.
to Titus, my true child according to a common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.
5 Mlüh naküta sangcim ngvaie jah mcawnki lü hlükaw hamkie na jah bilo khaia Kareta ka ning tak hüt ni. Ka ning mcuhmthehe jah süm bä:
I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the things that were lacking and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you—
6 ngvai vai cun mkhye am ve yah, a khyu mat däk la yah khai. A cae pi jumei u lü pyen kpet lü am längang yah u.
if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behaviour.
7 Sangcim ngvai cun Pamhnama khut bikia kya lü mkhye kpuk vai am ve yah. Ani cun khyang hnepeiki, a mlung cähki, mpyüihmahki, sosatki ja ngui jawngnakia am thawn yah.
For the overseer must be blameless, as God’s steward, not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;
8 Ani cun khinnglei khina lü akdaw cun kphya na yah khai. Ani cun amät nängeiki, ngsungki, ngcimki ja sitihkia pi kya yah khai.
but given to hospitality, a lover of good, sober minded, fair, holy, self-controlled,
9 Ningsaw naw a ä a jum phyakia mawng cän akceta kcüng yah khai. Acun ngtek püikie khyeki ti cun mdan lü mtheimthangnak akcang am khyang kcee pi ngjuktha jah pe thei yah khai.
holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict those who contradict him.
10 Aktunga Judah ning üngkhyüh ngthunghlai law lü ia am ngtähngkhehki ami ksingnak am khyang jah mhlei u lü jah thühlawksaki khawhah vekie.
For there are also many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,
11 Ami pyensak jah him vai hlü ve, isetiakyaküng, ngkeeikse ngui yahnak vai mkhüh na u lü am ami jah mthei vai jah mthei lü imkyawnge jah uplatsakie ni.
whose mouths must be stopped: men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for dishonest gain’s sake.
12 Karete üngka khyang mat amimäta sahmae naw, “Karet khyange cun hleihlakie, khyükseia kba se u lü dudam u lü eiawk kthanakie,” tia a pyen hin kcangki ni. Ahina phäh akdawa jumnak ami tak law vaia, angkhat kunga jah mcing lü
One of them, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, and idle gluttons.”
This testimony is true. For this cause, reprove them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,
14 ngthungtak mahki khyange üngkhyüh lawkia nghngicima ngthupete ja Judahea khuikame käh jah ngai ti khaie.
not paying attention to Jewish fables and commandments of men who turn away from the truth.
15 Amimät ngcimki hea phäh anaküt hin ngcim lü ami mlungkyawng ja amimät ksingeinak am ngcim lü am ami jumeia phäh avan hin am ngcim.
To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.
16 Pamhnam ksingkiea pyen u lüpi ami vecawh naw kpetki. Amimi cun pyen am ngai lü jah cawkei phyakia kya lü akdaw pawh khaia am nglawi u.
They profess that they know God, but by their deeds they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.
