Titus 2
1 And thou — be speaking what doth become the sound teaching;
Lakini wewe yaseme yale yanayoendana na maelekezo ya kuaminika.
2 aged men to be temperate, grave, sober, sound in the faith, in the love, in the endurance;
Wazee wawe na kiasi, heshima, busara, imani safi, katika upendo, na katika uvumilivu.
3 aged women, in like manner, in deportment as doth become sacred persons, not false accusers, to much wine not enslaved, of good things teachers,
Vilevile wanawake wazee lazima daima wajioneshe wao wenyewe kama wenye kujiheshimu, na sio wasengenyaji. Lazima wasiwe watumwa wa pombe.
4 that they may make the young women sober-minded, to be lovers of [their] husbands, lovers of [their] children,
Wanapaswa kufundisha yaliyo mazuri ili kuwaandaa wasichana kwa busara kuwapenda waume zao na watoto wao.
5 sober, pure, keepers of [their own] houses, good, subject to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be evil spoken of.
Wanapaswa kuwafundisha kuwa na busara, wasafi, watunzaji wazuri wa nyumba zao, na watii kwa waume zao wenyewe. Inawalazimu kufanya mambo haya ili kwamba neno la Mungu lisitukanwe.
6 The younger men, in like manner, be exhorting to be sober-minded;
katika namna iyo hiyo, watieni moyo vijana wa kiume wawe na busara.
7 concerning all things thyself showing a pattern of good works; in the teaching uncorruptedness, gravity, incorruptibility,
Katika njia zote jiwekeni wenyewe kuwa mfano katika kazi nzuri; na mfundishapo, onesheni uadilifu na heshima.
8 discourse sound, irreprehensible, that he who is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having nothing evil to say concerning you.
Ongeeni ujumbe wenye afya na usio na dosari, ili kwamba yeyote apingaye aaibishwe kwa sababu hana baya la kusema juu yetu.
9 Servants — to their own masters [are] to be subject, in all things to be well-pleasing, not gainsaying,
Watumwa na wawatii mabwana zao katika kila kitu. Wanapaswa kuwafurahisha na sio kubishana nao.
10 not purloining, but showing all good stedfastness, that the teaching of God our Saviour they may adorn in all things.
Hawapaswi kuiba. Badala yake, wanapaswa kuonesha imani yote nzuri ili kwamba katika njia zote wayapambe mafundisho yetu kumhusu Mungu mwokozi wetu.
11 For the saving grace of God was manifested to all men,
Kwa kuwa neema ya Mungu imeonekana kwa watu wote.
12 teaching us, that denying the impiety and the worldly desires, soberly and righteously and piously we may live in the present age, (aiōn g165)
Inatufundisha kukataa mambo yasiyo ya kimungu na tamaa za kidunia. Inatufundisha kuishi kwa busara, kwa haki, na katika njia za kimungu kwa wakati huu. (aiōn g165)
13 waiting for the blessed hope and manifestation of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ,
Wakati tunatarajia kupokea tumaini letu lenye baraka, mwonekano wa utukufu wa Mungu wetu mkuu na Mwokozi wetu Yesu Kristo.
14 who did give himself for us, that he might ransom us from all lawlessness, and might purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works;
Yesu alijitoa mwenyewe kwa ajili yetu ili kutukomboa kutoka katika uasi na kutufanya wasafi, kwa ajili yake, watu maalumu walio na hamu ya kufanya kazi nzuri.
15 these things be speaking, and exhorting, and convicting, with all charge; let no one despise thee!
Yaseme na kuyasisitiza mambo haya. Kemea kwa mamlaka yote. Usikubali mtu yeyote akupuuze.
