Tayitasi 1
1 Pawulu, mulanda wa Leza alimwi mutumwa wa Jesu Kkilisito alusyomo lwabantu basalidwe ba Leza alimwi aluzibo lwanchoonzyo oolo luzuminana abuleza,
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 abulangilizi bwabuumi bwalyoonse oobo Leza utabeji pe, mbwakasyomezya chiindi kakutana kwaba zyoonse pe. (aiōnios g166)
in hope of everlasting life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began; (aiōnios g166)
3 Muchindi cheelede wakayubununa jwi lyakwe mukwinda kunkambawuko ilinjiyo njindakapegwa mukwinda amukulayililwa a Leza mufutuli.
but in his own time revealed his word in the message with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior;
4 Kuli Tayitasi, mwana wanchoonzyo mulusyomo lwesu luzibinkene. Luzyalo alimwi alumuno kuzwa kuli Leza Taata a Jesu Kkilisito mufutuli wesu.
to Titus, my true child according to a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
5 Nkambo kazeezi nchindakakusila mu Kkilete, kuti ambweni nga ulakonzya kubika zintu mbuzyelede eezyo zitanamana pe alimwi akunanika bazulwidi mumyunzi yoonse mbuli mbundakakulayilila.
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 Muzulwidi tayelede kuba akampendape, mwalumi ujisi mwanakazi umwi, ulaabana basyomekene pepe bambwa bubi nikuba kutalemeka.
if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior.
7 Zilayandikana kumupati wabayiisyi mbuli sikulanga wang'anda ya Leza kuti itabi abubi pe. Teelede pe kuti abe sinchiki, atabi ulya ufwambana kunyemesegwa, pepe ukomedwe kubukande, pepe sinkondo, alimwi pepe simatalo.
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 Kwinda kuchita oobo, welede kuba Ailweetelelo alimwi mwenzinyina wachili kabotu. Welede kumvwika nzyamba, simuchita zibotu, musalali, alimwi ulizyotolola.
but given to hospitality, as a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined;
9 Welede kujatisya kapati kujwi lilume eelyo lyakayiisigwa, kuchitila kuti akakonzye kuyosungwazya bamwi anjiisyo ilikabotu alimwi akuyolulamika aabo bakaka zyakwe.
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 Ko kuli biingi bantu bapapide baambula zitawope alimwi akuyunga, kapati aabo bakapalulwa.
For there are many rebellious people, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,
11 Kulayandikana kubayimikizya. Babilizya mpuli zyoonse akuyiisya kwampindu yabweeme nzibateelede kuyiisisya pe.
whose mouths must be silenced; who are upsetting whole families, teaching things which they should not, for the sake of dishonest gain.
12 Umwi wabasinsimi wabo wakaamba kuti, “Ba Kkiletanisi mbabeji choonse chiindi, mbanyama babi, batolo.
One of them, a prophet of their own, said, "Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, and idle gluttons."
13 Twambo ootu ntwanchoonzyo. Lino, mubalulamike changuzu, kuchitila kuti amwi ngabalamvwika oobotu mulusyomo.
This testimony is true. For this cause, reprove them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,
14 Pepe kupa kuswilizya abunini kulweeno lwaba Juda nikuba kumalayilile abantu aabo baleya kuzwa kunchoonzyo.
not paying attention to Jewish myths and commandments of people who reject the truth.
15 Kuli baabo basalala, zintu zyoonse zilasalala. Pesi kuli baabo basofwede alimwi batazumini pe, takwe pe chisalala, pesi zyoonse nzibapona anzizyo zyakabija.
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 Balibika bayanda Leza, pesi balamukaka munchito zyabo. mbasesemyi, tabalemeki pe, alimwi tabeeledwe nikuba ulibiyeni mulimu mubotu.
They profess that they know God, but by their works they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.
