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,
Pavel, Božji služabnik in apostol Jezusa Kristusa, glede na vero Božjih izvoljencev in priznavanje resnice, ki je po bogaboječnosti;
2 in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began. (aiōnios g166)
v upanju večnega življenja, ki ga je Bog, ki ne more lagati, obljubil, preden je svet nastal; (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.
toda ob primernih časih je svojo besedo jasno pokazal prek oznanjevanja, ki mi je bila zaupana glede na zapoved Boga, našega Odrešenika;
4 To Titus, my true child in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
Titu, mojemu lastnemu sinu, po skupni veri: ›Milost, usmiljenje in mir od Boga Očeta in Gospoda Jezusa Kristusa, našega Odrešenika.‹
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.
Na Kreti sem te pustil zaradi tega razloga, da urediš stvari, ki so pomanjkljive, ter v vsakem mestu določiš starešine, kakor sem ti določil;
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.
če je kdorkoli brez krivde, soprog ene žene, z zvestimi otroki, [ki] niso obtoženi razgrajanja ali neposlušnosti.
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.
Kajti duhovni nadzornik mora biti brez krivde, kakor Božji oskrbnik, ne samovoljen, ne hitro jezen, ne vdan vinu, ne razuzdanec, ne vdan umazani grabežljivosti;
8 Instead, he must be hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.
temveč ima rad gostoljubnost, ima rad dobre ljudi, trezen, pravičen, svet, zmeren;
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.
ki trdno drži zvesto besedo, kakor je bil poučen, da bo lahko zmožen z zdravim naukom ugovarjalce tako spodbujati kakor prepričevati.
10 For many are rebellious and full of empty talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision,
Kajti mnogo je neposlušnih in praznih blebetačev ter sleparjev, posebno tistih iz obreze,
11 who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not.
katerih usta se morajo zapreti, ki zaradi umazanega dobička spodkopavajo cele družine, ko učijo stvari, ki jih ne bi smeli.
12 As one of their own prophets has said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”
Eden izmed njih, njihov lastni prerok, je rekel: »Krečani so vedno lažnivci, zle živali, počasni trebuhi.«
13 This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sternly, so that they will be sound in the faith
To pričevanje je resnično. Zatorej jih ostro oštej, da bodo lahko zdravi v veri;
14 and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the commands of men who have rejected the truth.
ne dajajoč pozornosti judovskim bajkam in človeškim zapovedim, ki odvračajo od resnice.
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.
Čistim so vse stvari čiste, toda tem, ki so omadeževani in neverni, ni nič čisto, temveč so omadeževane celó njihove misli in vest.
16 They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.
Izpovedujejo, da poznajo Boga, toda z deli ga zanikajo, ker so gnusni in neposlušni in neuporabni za vsako dobro delo.
