Titus 1

1 Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ for the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness,

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;

2 in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began. (aiōnios g166)

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

3 In His own time He has made His word evident in the proclamation entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior.

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

4 To Titus, my true child in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.

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

5 The reason I left you in Crete was that you would set in order what was unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.

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.

6 An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, having children who are believers and who are not open to accusation of indiscretion or insubordination.

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.

7 As God’s steward, an overseer must be above reproach—not self-absorbed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for money.

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.

8 Instead, he must be hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.

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;

9 He must hold firmly to the faithful word as it was taught, so that he can encourage others by sound teaching and refute those who contradict it.

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.

10 For many are rebellious and full of empty talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision,

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,

11 who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not.

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

12 As one of their own prophets has said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”

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

13 This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sternly, so that they will be sound in the faith

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

14 and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the commands of men who have rejected the truth.

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

15 To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled.

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.

16 They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.

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