Titus 1

1 Paul, a servant of God, and an Apostle of Jesus Christ, in agreement with the faith of the saints of God and the full knowledge of what is true in harmony with religion,

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 was made certain before eternal time, by the word of God who is ever true; (aiōnios g166)

v upanju večnega življenja, ki ga je Bog, ki ne more lagati, obljubil, preden je svet nastal; (aiōnios g166)

3 Who, in his time, made clear his word in the good news, of which, by the order of God our Saviour, I became a preacher;

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 Saviour.

Titu, mojemu lastnemu sinu, po skupni veri: ›Milost, usmiljenje in mir od Boga Očeta in Gospoda Jezusa Kristusa, našega Odrešenika.‹

5 I did not take you with me when I went away from Crete, so that you might do what was necessary to put things in order there, placing men in authority over the churches in every town, as I said to 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 Men having a good record, husbands of one wife, whose children are of the faith, children of whom it may not be said that they are given to loose living or are uncontrolled.

če je kdorkoli brez krivde, soprog ene žene, z zvestimi otroki, [ki] niso obtoženi razgrajanja ali neposlušnosti.

7 For it is necessary for a Bishop to be a man of virtue, as God's servant; not pushing himself forward, not quickly moved to wrath or blows, not desiring profit for himself;

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 But opening his house freely to guests; a lover of what is good, serious-minded, upright, holy, self-controlled;

temveč ima rad gostoljubnost, ima rad dobre ljudi, trezen, pravičen, svet, zmeren;

9 Keeping to the true word of the teaching, so that he may be able to give comfort by right teaching and overcome the arguments of the doubters.

ki trdno drži zvesto besedo, kakor je bil poučen, da bo lahko zmožen z zdravim naukom ugovarjalce tako spodbujati kakor prepričevati.

10 For there are men who are not ruled by law; foolish talkers, false teachers, specially those of the circumcision,

Kajti mnogo je neposlušnih in praznih blebetačev ter sleparjev, posebno tistih iz obreze,

11 By whom some families have been completely overturned; who take money for teaching things which are not right; these will have to be stopped.

katerih usta se morajo zapreti, ki zaradi umazanega dobička spodkopavajo cele družine, ko učijo stvari, ki jih ne bi smeli.

12 One of their prophets has said, The men of Crete are ever false, evil beasts, lovers of food, hating work.

Eden izmed njih, njihov lastni prerok, je rekel: »Krečani so vedno lažnivci, zle živali, počasni trebuhi.«

13 This witness is true. So say sharp words to them so that they may come to the right faith,

To pričevanje je resnično. Zatorej jih ostro oštej, da bodo lahko zdravi v veri;

14 Giving no attention to the fictions of the Jews and the rules of men who have no true knowledge.

ne dajajoč pozornosti judovskim bajkam in človeškim zapovedim, ki odvračajo od resnice.

15 To the clean in heart all things are clean: but to those who are unclean and without faith nothing is clean; they become unclean in mind and in thought.

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 say that they have knowledge of God, while by their acts they are turning their backs on him; they are hated by all, hard-hearted, and judged to be without value for any good work.

Izpovedujejo, da poznajo Boga, toda z deli ga zanikajo, ker so gnusni in neposlušni in neuporabni za vsako dobro delo.