Titus 1
1 Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect, and the acknowledgement of the truth, which is according to godliness;
Poul, the seruaunt of God, and apostle of Jhesu Crist, bi the feith of the chosun of God, and bi the knowing of the treuthe, whiche is aftir pitee,
2 in hope of eternal life, which God, who can not lie, promised be fore the times of the ages, (aiōnios g166)
in to the hope of euerlastinge lijf, which lijf God that lieth not, bihiyte bifore tymes of the world; (aiōnios g166)
3 but he has in his own times manifested his word by preaching, which was committed to me according to the commandment of God our Savior;
but he hath schewid in hise tymes his word in preching, that is bitakun to me bi the comaundement of `God oure sauyour,
4 to Titus, my true son, according to the common faith: grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.
to Tite, most dereworthe sone bi the comyn feith, grace and pees of God the fadir, and of Crist Jhesu, oure sauyour.
5 I left you in Crete for this purpose, that you might set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I commanded you:
For cause of this thing Y lefte thee at Crete, that thou amende tho thingis that failen, and ordeyne preestis bi citees, as also Y disposide to thee.
6 if any one is blameless, the husband of one wife, if he has faithful children that are not accused of riotous living, or disobedient.
If ony man is withoute cryme, an hosebonde of o wijf, and hath feithful sones, not in accusacioun of letcherie, or not suget.
7 For the bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not self-willed, not passionate, not fond of wine, not quarrelsome, not one who makes money by base means;
For it bihoueth a bischop to be without cryme, a dispendour of God, not proud, not wrathful, not drunkelew, not smytere, not coueytouse of foul wynnyng;
8 but hospitable, a lover of goodness, sober-minded, just, holy, temperate,
but holdinge hospitalite, benygne, prudent, sobre, iust,
9 holding fast the sure word as it is taught, that he may be able, by sound teaching, both to exhort and to convince the opposers.
hooli, contynent, takinge that trewe word, that is aftir doctryn; that he be miyti to amoneste in hoolsum techyng, and to repreue hem that ayenseien.
10 For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,
For ther ben many vnobedient, and veyn spekeris, and disseyueris, moost thei that ben of circumcisyoun,
11 whose mouths must be stopped: these subvert whole houses by teaching, for the sake of base gain, things which they ought not to teach.
whiche it bihoueth to be repreued; whiche subuerten alle housis, techinge whiche thingis it bihoueth not, for the loue of foul wynnyng.
12 One of themselves, a prophet of their own, has said: The Cretans are always liars, evil wild beasts, lazy gluttons.
And oon of hem, her propre profete, seide, Men of Crete ben euere more lyeris, yuele beestis, of slowe wombe.
13 This testimony is true; wherefore rebuke them severely, that they may be sound in the faith,
This witnessyng is trewe. For what cause blame hem sore, that thei be hool in feith,
14 and not give heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men that turn away from the truth.
not yyuynge tent to fablis of Jewis, and to maundementis of men, that turnen awei hem fro treuthe.
15 To the pure, all things are pure: but to the denied and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but their mind and their conscience are denied.
And alle thingis ben clene to clene men; but to vnclene men and to vnfeithful no thing is clene, for the soule and conscience of hem ben maad vnclene.
16 They profess that they know God, but in their works they deny him, being detestable and disobedient, and, as it respects every good work, rejected.
Thei knoulechen that thei knowen God, but bi dedis thei denyen; whanne thei ben abhominable, and vnbileueful, and repreuable to al good werk.
