Titus 1
1 This letter comes from Paul, servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ. I'm sent to build up the trust of God's chosen people and to share the knowledge of the truth that leads to lives lived for God.
Pavel, Božji služabnik in apostol Jezusa Kristusa, glede na vero Božjih izvoljencev in priznavanje resnice, ki je po bogaboječnosti;
2 This gives them the hope of eternal life that God (who cannot lie) promised ages ago, (aiōnios g166)
v upanju večnega življenja, ki ga je Bog, ki ne more lagati, obljubil, preden je svet nastal; (aiōnios g166)
3 but which at the proper time he revealed through his word in the message which I was entrusted to give, following 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 This letter is sent to Titus, my true son through the trust in God we share in common. May you have 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 for you to organize what was still needed and to appoint elders in every town, as I told 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 have a good reputation, the husband of one wife, and have children who believe and who are not accused of being wild or disobedient.
če je kdorkoli brez krivde, soprog ene žene, z zvestimi otroki, [ki] niso obtoženi razgrajanja ali neposlušnosti.
7 As a leader for God, a head elder must have a good reputation and not be arrogant. He should not have a quick temper nor get drunk; he shouldn't be violent or 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 He should be hospitable, someone who loves what's good and does what's right. He should be living a life for God, self-controlled,
temveč ima rad gostoljubnost, ima rad dobre ljudi, trezen, pravičen, svet, zmeren;
9 and must be devoted to the trustworthy message as it's taught. In this way he can encourage others through correct teaching, and be able to convince those who disagree.
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 many rebels around who talk a lot of deceptive nonsense, especially from the circumcision group.
Kajti mnogo je neposlušnih in praznih blebetačev ter sleparjev, posebno tistih iz obreze,
11 Their talking must stop, these people who throw whole families into turmoil, teaching things that aren't right for the sake of making money.
katerih usta se morajo zapreti, ki zaradi umazanega dobička spodkopavajo cele družine, ko učijo stvari, ki jih ne bi smeli.
12 As someone of their own people, a prophet, has stated, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts who are lazy, greedy people.”
Eden izmed njih, njihov lastni prerok, je rekel: »Krečani so vedno lažnivci, zle živali, počasni trebuhi.«
13 This is a true statement! Consequently give them a good telling-off so that they can have a healthy trust in God,
To pričevanje je resnično. Zatorej jih ostro oštej, da bodo lahko zdravi v veri;
14 not paying attention to Jewish myths and human commandments from those who deviate from the truth.
ne dajajoč pozornosti judovskim bajkam in človeškim zapovedim, ki odvračajo od resnice.
15 To those who have clean minds everything is clean, but to those who are corrupt and refuse to trust in God, nothing is clean—both their minds and their consciences are corrupt.
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 claim to know God, but they prove this is false by what they do. They are detestable and disobedient, worthless for doing anything good.
Izpovedujejo, da poznajo Boga, toda z deli ga zanikajo, ker so gnusni in neposlušni in neuporabni za vsako dobro delo.
