Titus 1
1 Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,
Pavao, sluga Božji i apostol Isusa Krista poradi vjere izabranika Božjih i spoznanja istine usmjerene k pobožnosti
u nadi života vječnoga što ga, prije vremena vjekovječnih, obeća Bog, On koji ne laže, (aiōnios g166)
3 but in his own seasons manifested his word in the message, wherewith I was intrusted according to the commandment of God our Saviour;
a u svoje doba očitova riječ svoju u propovijedanju koje je meni povjereno po odredbi Spasitelja našega, Boga:
4 to Titus, my true child after a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour.
Titu, pravomu sinu po zajedničkoj vjeri, milost i mir od Boga i Krista Isusa, Spasitelja našega!
5 For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that were wanting, and appoint elders in every city, as I gave thee charge;
Poradi toga ostavih te na Kreti da urediš preostalo te po gradovima postaviš starješine kako sam ti ja odredio:
6 if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children that believe, who are not accused of riot or unruly.
je li tko besprigovoran, jedne žene muž, jesu li mu djeca vjernici i ne pod optužbom raskalašenosti ili nepokorna...
7 For the bishop must be blameless, as God’s steward; not selfwilled, not soon angry, no brawler, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre;
Jer nadstojnik kao Božji upravitelj treba da bude besprigovoran: ne samoživ, ne jedljiv, ne vinu sklon, ni nasilju, ni prljavu dobitku,
8 but given to hospitality, a lover of good, soberminded, just, holy, temperate;
nego gostoljubiv, ljubitelj dobra, razuman, pravedan, svet, uzdržljiv,
9 holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able both to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict the gainsayers.
priljubljen uz vjerodostojnu riječ nauka da može i hrabriti u zdravom nauku i uvjeravati protivnike.
10 For there are many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision,
Jer mnogi su nepokorni, praznorječni i zavodnici, ponajpače oni iz obrezanja.
11 whose mouths must be stopped; men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake.
Njima treba začepiti usta jer cijele domove prevraćaju naučavajući što ne bi smjeli, i to poradi prljava dobitka.
12 One of themselves, a prophet of their own, said, Cretans are alway liars, evil beasts, idle gluttons.
Reče netko od njih, njihov vlastiti prorok: “Krećani uvijek lašci, opake zvijeri, trbusi dangubni.”
13 This testimony is true. For which cause reprove them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,
Svjedočanstvo je to istinito. Zato ih karaj oštro da budu zdravi u vjeri,
14 not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men who turn away from the truth.
da ne prianjaju uza židovske bajke i propise ljudi koji se odvraćaju od istine.
15 To the pure all things are pure: but to them that are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.
Sve je čisto čistima; okaljanima pak i nevjernima ništa čisto, nego su im okaljani i razum i savjest.
16 They profess that they know God; but by their works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
Ispovijedaju da Boga poznaju, ali djelima ga niječu - odvratni, neposlušni i za koje god dobro djelo nepodesni.
