Titus 3
1 Remind [the believers] that they should submit to all those who rule them or have authority over them, and that they should obey them. They should be ready to do anything that is helpful.
තේ යථා දේශාධිපානාං ශාසකානාඤ්ච නිඝ්නා ආඥාග්‍රාහිණ්ශ්ච සර්ව්වස්මෛ සත්කර්ම්මණේ සුසජ්ජාශ්ච භවේයුඃ
2 They should never say bad things about anyone, they should not quarrel with people, they should be patient [when others] ([irritate them/do things that they do not like]), [and they should] always treat all people as important.
කමපි න නින්දේයු ර්නිව්විරෝධිනඃ ක්‍ෂාන්තාශ්ච භවේයුඃ සර්ව්වාන් ප්‍රති ච පූර්ණං මෘදුත්වං ප්‍රකාශයේයුශ්චේති තාන් ආදිශ|
3 [Remind your congregations about these things] because formerly we [believers] ourselves were also foolish, just like [all people who do not believe in Christ are now. We] did not obey ([God]/God’s message). [We let] others deceive us. We (spent all our time doing/continually did) what is evil and could not stop ourselves from doing all the things that our bodies liked [DOU]. We were (envying others/desiring to have what others have). We were causing people to hate us and we were hating one another.
යතඃ පූර්ව්වං වයමපි නිර්බ්බෝධා අනාඥාග්‍රාහිණෝ භ්‍රාන්තා නානාභිලාෂාණාං සුඛානාඤ්ච දාසේයා දුෂ්ටත්වේර්ෂ්‍යාචාරිණෝ ඝෘණිතාඃ පරස්පරං ද්වේෂිණශ්චාභවාමඃ|
4 Even though we were behaving sinfully like this, God our Savior [acted] kindly and lovingly to us [PRS], [and saved us]! He did this, not because we did things that are right, but just because he [wanted to be] merciful to us! He washed [us inwardly and gave] us a new way of living as a result of the Holy Spirit changing us inwardly.
කින්ත්වස්මාකං ත්‍රාතුරීශ්වරස්‍ය යා දයා මර්ත්ත්‍යානාං ප්‍රති ච යා ප්‍රීතිස්තස්‍යාඃ ප්‍රාදුර්භාවේ ජාතේ
වයම් ආත්මකෘතේභ්‍යෝ ධර්ම්මකර්ම්මභ්‍යස්තන්නහි කින්තු තස්‍ය කෘපාතඃ පුනර්ජන්මරූපේණ ප්‍රක්‍ෂාලනේන ප්‍රවිත්‍රස්‍යාත්මනෝ නූතනීකරණේන ච තස්මාත් පරිත්‍රාණාං ප්‍රාප්තාඃ
6 [Because we trusted in] Jesus Christ our Savior, God put the Holy Spirit within us [in order to] wonderfully [change us].
ස චාස්මාකං ත්‍රාත්‍රා යීශුඛ්‍රීෂ්ටේනාස්මදුපරි තම් ආත්මානං ප්‍රචුරත්වේන වෘෂ්ටවාන්|
7 He wanted to erase the record of our sins even though we did not deserve that, and he wanted us to receive all that [God desires] to give us. [These are the things that we] confidently expect to receive when we live [with him] eternally. (aiōnios g166)
ඉත්ථං වයං තස්‍යානුග්‍රහේණ සපුණ්‍යීභූය ප්‍රත්‍යාශයානන්තජීවනස්‍යාධිකාරිණෝ ජාතාඃ| (aiōnios g166)
8 These words that [I] have written are trustworthy. So, I want you to confidently teach the things [that I have written about in this letter] to those who have trusted in God, in order that they will be constantly devoted/attempting to do deeds that are good and helpful for others. Titus 3:8b-11 These [teachings] are beneficial and profitable for [all] people,
වාක්‍යමේතද් විශ්වසනීයම් අතෝ හේතෝරීශ්වරේ යේ විශ්වසිතවන්තස්තේ යථා සත්කර්ම්මාණ්‍යනුතිෂ්ඨේයුස්තථා තාන් දෘඪම් ආඥාපයේති මමාභිමතං| තාන්‍යේවෝත්තමානි මානවේභ්‍යඃ ඵලදානි ච භවන්ති|
9 but there are people who foolishly dispute/argue [with you, wanting you to believe] senseless ([myths/stories that came from your ancestors]), stories in which there are (genealogies/lists of your ancestors’ names). They argue and quarrel [with you], ([insisting/telling you]) [that you must obey] the [Jewish] laws. (Stay [completely] away from/Do not talk with) them, because [arguing about such things] is not profitable [for anyone. It is completely] worthless!
මූඪේභ්‍යඃ ප්‍රශ්නවංශාවලිවිවාදේභ්‍යෝ ව්‍යවස්ථායා විතණ්ඩාභ්‍යශ්ච නිවර්ත්තස්ව යතස්තා නිෂ්ඵලා අනර්ථකාශ්ච භවන්ති|
10 Those people, [by teaching things that are false], are causing others (to turn away from/to quit believing) the true teachings. You must warn them [that God will judge them if they continue doing that. If they do not stop], warn them one more time. [If they still do not stop], then no [longer] have anything o do with them.
යෝ ජනෝ බිභිත්සුස්තම් ඒකවාරං ද්විර්ව්වා ප්‍රබෝධ්‍ය දූරීකුරු,
11 You will know [clearly] that such persons have [deliberately] (turned away [from/quit believing and obeying]) [the true teachings]. They know that they are doing what is sinful, [but they deliberately keep on doing it].
යතස්තාදෘශෝ ජනෝ විපථගාමී පාපිෂ්ඨ ආත්මදෝෂකශ්ච භවතීති ත්වයා ඥායතාං|
12 I [expect to] send either Artemas or Tychicus to you. [As soon as one of them arrives], (make every effort/try hard) to come to me [quickly] at Nicopolis [city], because it is there that I have decided to [go and] stay during the stormy/winter [season].
යදාහම් ආර්ත්තිමාං තුඛිකං වා තව සමීපං ප්‍රේෂයිෂ්‍යාමි තදා ත්වං නීකපලෞ මම සමීපම් ආගන්තුං යතස්ව යතස්තත්‍රෛවාහං ශීතකාලං යාපයිතුං මතිම් අකාර්ෂං|
13 As for Zenas (the lawyer/the expert in the law) and Apollos, [when they are ready to leave Crete Island], help them as much as you can in order that they may have everything [LIT] that [they need as they travel].
ව්‍යවස්ථාපකඃ සීනා ආපල්ලුශ්චෛතයෝඃ කස්‍යාප්‍යභාවෝ යන්න භවේත් තදර්ථං තෞ යත්නේන ත්වයා විසෘජ්‍යේතාං|
14 Moreover, our [fellow believers] also should learn (to devote themselves to [doing/] constantly [do]) good deeds [for people] who need help in order that they, our fellow believers, will live very useful [LIT] lives.
අපරම් අස්මදීයලෝකා යන්නිෂ්ඵලා න භවේයුස්තදර්ථං ප්‍රයෝජනීයෝපකාරායා සත්කර්ම්මාණ්‍යනුෂ්ඨාතුං ශික්‍ෂන්තාං|
15 [As I finish this letter], everyone who is with me (says that they are thinking affectionately about you/wants me to send greetings to you). Tell those who are [there] who love us and believe [as we do] that we (are thinking affectionately about/greet) them. I pray/desire that our Lord Jesus Christ will continue to act kindly toward all of you.
මම සඞ්ගිනඃ සව්වේ ත්වාං නමස්කුර්ව්වතේ| යේ විශ්වාසාද් අස්මාසු ප්‍රීයන්තේ තාන් නමස්කුරු; සර්ව්වේෂු යුෂ්මාස්වනුග්‍රහෝ භූයාත්| ආමේන්|
