Titus 1
1 Paul, a slave of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ according to the faith of God's elect and a real knowledge of the Truth that accords with 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 life God, who cannot lie, promised before the ages of time (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 has manifested by a proclamation of His Word at chosen times, which word was entrusted to me by the command of our Savior God;
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, a true son in a common faith: Grace, mercy, peace, from Father God and Sovereign 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 reason, that you should set in order the things that were lacking and appoint elders in every town as I directed 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 a man is blameless, a one-woman man, having children who believe and who are not open to the charge of being wild 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 Because as an administrator under God the overseer must be blameless; not self-willed, not hotheaded, not given to wine, not a bully, not avaricious;
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 rather hospitable, a lover of what is good, prudent, just, holy, disciplined;
but holdinge hospitalite, benygne, prudent, sobre, iust,
9 holding fast the trustworthy Word as taught, so that he may be competent both to exhort with the sound doctrine and to correct those who oppose it.
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 Because there really are lots of rebels, loudmouths and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision group,
For ther ben many vnobedient, and veyn spekeris, and disseyueris, moost thei that ben of circumcisyoun,
11 who must be silenced—they are ruining whole households, teaching things that they ought not, and for dishonest gain!
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 them, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil 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. Therefore correct them rigorously, 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 not paying attention to Jewish fables or to commands of men who are rejecting 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 those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; in fact, both their minds and their consciences are defiled.
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 to know God, but by their actions they deny Him, being detestable, disobedient and disqualified for any good work.
Thei knoulechen that thei knowen God, but bi dedis thei denyen; whanne thei ben abhominable, and vnbileueful, and repreuable to al good werk.
