Tite 1
1 Paul, esclave de Dieu, et apôtre de Jésus Christ selon la foi des élus de Dieu et la connaissance de la vérité qui est selon la piété,
From Paul, a servant of God, and an Apostle of Jesus Christ, charged to strengthen the faith of God’s Chosen People, and their knowledge of that Truth which makes for godliness
2 dans l’espérance de la vie éternelle que Dieu, qui ne peut mentir, a promise avant les temps des siècles…; (aiōnios g166)
and is based on the hope of Immortal Life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began, (aiōnios g166)
3 mais il a manifesté, au temps propre, sa parole, dans la prédication qui m’a été confiée à moi selon le commandement de notre Dieu sauveur,
and has revealed at his own time in his Message, with the proclamation of which I was entrusted by the command of God our Saviour.
4 – à Tite, mon véritable enfant selon la commune foi: Grâce et paix, de la part de Dieu le Père et du christ Jésus notre Sauveur!
To Titus, my true Child in our one Faith: May God, the Father, and Christ Jesus, our Saviour, bless you and give you peace.
5 Je t’ai laissé en Crète dans ce but, que tu mettes en bon ordre les choses qui restent [à régler], et que, dans chaque ville, tu établisses des anciens, suivant que moi je t’ai ordonné:
My reason for leaving you in Crete was that you might put in order what had been left unsettled, and appoint Officers of the Church in the various towns, as I myself directed you.
6 si quelqu’un est irréprochable, mari d’une seule femme, ayant des enfants fidèles, qui ne soient pas accusés de dissipation, ou insubordonnés.
They are to be men of irreproachable character, who are faithful husbands, whose children are Christians and have never been charged with dissolute conduct or have been unruly.
7 Car il faut que le surveillant soit irréprochable comme administrateur de Dieu, non adonné à son sens, non colère, non adonné au vin, non batteur, non avide d’un gain honteux,
For a Presiding-Officer, as God’s steward, ought to be a man of irreproachable character; not self-willed or quick-tempered, nor addicted to drink or to brawling or to questionable money-making.
8 mais hospitalier, aimant le bien, sage, juste, pieux, continent,
On the contrary, he should be hospitable, eager for the right, discreet, upright, a man of holy life and capable of self-restraint,
9 tenant ferme la fidèle parole selon la doctrine, afin qu’il soit capable, tant d’exhorter par un sain enseignement, que de réfuter les contredisants.
who holds doctrine that can be relied on as being in accordance with the accepted Teaching; so that he may be able to encourage others by sound teaching, as well as to refute our opponents.
10 Car il y a beaucoup d’insubordonnés vains discoureurs et séducteurs, principalement ceux qui sont de la circoncision,
There are, indeed, many unruly persons — great talkers who deceive themselves, principally converts from Judaism,
11 auxquels il faut fermer la bouche, qui renversent des maisons entières, enseignant ce qui ne convient pas, pour un gain honteux.
whose mouths ought to be stopped; for they upset whole households by teaching what they ought not to teach, merely to make questionable gains.
12 Quelqu’un d’entre eux, leur propre prophète, a dit: “Les Crétois sont toujours menteurs, de méchantes bêtes, des ventres paresseux.”
It was a Cretan — one of their own teachers — who said: ‘Cretans are always liars, base brutes, and gluttonous idlers’; and his statement is true.
13 Ce témoignage est vrai; c’est pourquoi reprends-les vertement, afin qu’ils soient sains dans la foi,
Therefore rebuke them sharply, so that they may be sound in the Faith,
14 ne s’attachant pas aux fables judaïques et aux commandements des hommes qui se détournent de la vérité.
and may pay no attention to Jewish legends, or to the directions of those who turn their backs upon the Truth.
15 Toutes choses sont pures pour ceux qui sont purs; mais, pour ceux qui sont souillés et incrédules, rien n’est pur, mais leur entendement et leur conscience sont souillés.
Everything is pure to the pure-minded, but to those whose minds are polluted and who are unbelievers nothing is pure. Their minds and consciences are alike polluted.
16 Ils professent connaître Dieu, mais par leurs œuvres ils le renient, étant abominables et désobéissants, et, à l’égard de toute bonne œuvre, réprouvés.
They profess to know God, but by their actions they disown him. They are degraded and self-willed; and, as far as anything good is concerned, they are utterly worthless.
