Titus 1
1 Paul, a bondservant of God and an Apostle of Jesus Christ for building up the faith of God's own people and spreading a full knowledge of the truths of religion,
Pavel, Božji služabnik in apostol Jezusa Kristusa, glede na vero Božjih izvoljencev in priznavanje resnice, ki je po bogaboječnosti;
2 in hope of the Life of the Ages which God, who is never false to His word, promised before the commencement of the Ages. (aiōnios g166)
v upanju večnega življenja, ki ga je Bog, ki ne more lagati, obljubil, preden je svet nastal; (aiōnios g166)
3 And at the appointed time He clearly made known His Message in the preaching with which I was entrusted by the command of God our Saviour:
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 own true child in our common faith. May grace and peace be granted to you 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 have left you behind in Crete in order that you may set right the things which still require attention, and appoint Elders in every town, as I directed you to do;
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 wherever there is a man of blameless life, true to his one wife, having children who are themselves believers and are free from every reproach of profligacy or of stubborn self-will.
če je kdorkoli brez krivde, soprog ene žene, z zvestimi otroki, [ki] niso obtoženi razgrajanja ali neposlušnosti.
7 For, as God's steward, a minister must be of blameless life, not over-fond of having his own way, not a man of a passionate temper nor a hard drinker, not given to blows nor greedy of gain,
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 hospitable to strangers, a lover of goodness, sober-minded, upright, saintly, self-controlled;
temveč ima rad gostoljubnost, ima rad dobre ljudi, trezen, pravičen, svet, zmeren;
9 holding fast to the faithful Message which he has received, so that he may be well qualified both to encourage others with sound teaching and to reply successfully to opponents.
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 that spurn authority--idle, talkative and deceitful persons, who, for the most part, are adherents of the Circumcision.
Kajti mnogo je neposlušnih in praznih blebetačev ter sleparjev, posebno tistih iz obreze,
11 You must stop the mouths of such men, for they overthrow the faith of whole families, teaching what they ought not, just 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 One of their own number--a Prophet who is a countryman of theirs--has said, "Cretans are always liars, dangerous animals, idle gluttons."
Eden izmed njih, njihov lastni prerok, je rekel: »Krečani so vedno lažnivci, zle živali, počasni trebuhi.«
13 This testimony is true. Therefore sternly denounce them, that they may be robust in their faith,
To pričevanje je resnično. Zatorej jih ostro oštej, da bodo lahko zdravi v veri;
14 and not give attention to Jewish legends and the maxims of men who turn their backs on the truth.
ne dajajoč pozornosti judovskim bajkam in človeškim zapovedim, ki odvračajo od resnice.
15 To the pure everything is pure; but to the polluted and unbelieving nothing is pure, but on the contrary their very minds and consciences are polluted.
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 profess to know God; but in their actions they disown Him, and are detestable and disobedient men, and for any good work are utterly useless.
Izpovedujejo, da poznajo Boga, toda z deli ga zanikajo, ker so gnusni in neposlušni in neuporabni za vsako dobro delo.
