Tidi 1
1 li tiline tie Pɔl n tena, wani tie U tienu Tuosɔnlo yen Jesu ŋɔtielo, yaab k U tienu lukdbi. O den lukd minn k n coanbi U tienu dandaanl ni yen k go waanbi mumuni kul tunda yal tie ti dandanlepo.
Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ for the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness,
2 Yen lan fidi bin yaa pia ya mial kaan gbeni. Ya Tienu k puɔ faag den puon ti yal mieli kaan gbel haali yoknu. (aiōnios g166)
in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began. (aiōnios g166)
3 O yogn den pudi, Pɔl den waano omaam yen olabaal moni yaal ke o den teni, yeni U tienu yaa palopo yuaan ti Fietua.
In His own time He has made His word evident in the proclamation entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior.
4 N fuoda, Tidi n big buaadi kiti ya dendalin: N Jaandi k U tienu t baa yen Yesu Kristu ti Fietua n tena o ŋalebalk yen n yanduam.
To Titus, my true child in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
5 N den ŋaaŋaan Kreti dogoon yen lan fidi naan jodi letuol ki guani k bobni dogu kuli jandierin liga jabaa yen min den waan maanma. b
The reason I left you in Crete was that you would set in order what was unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.
6 L buɔl k ligi yaaba kul lin yaa pia ya yeyienu ŋaan yen waan da tie ncocom. li boal k be yaan firi daan o bilaa po, o bilaa yeyenu lin yaa ŋaan cien k go yaa ŋaam jini bibaa.
An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, having children who are believers and who are not open to accusation of indiscretion or insubordination.
7 L yaapo, li buɔl ki jandiogu ligi yua da pia nangma, kelima o tie U tien deni liga yua. li ya po cedi ko ka tie yoa pia bidi onini ba pibinli, okan ya tie dañulo, likonkonl dano. Ki da pia ya bona k coyeni efe.
As God’s steward, an overseer must be above reproach—not self-absorbed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for money.
8 wan ya tie o cangalo, o ŋanmu yadonl, o baa tie yoa ŋaam maali, k tuoli ŋani, o yeyinnu kaan pia jɔgnd ki go ya tie yoa cɔln oba.
Instead, he must be hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.
9 wan ŋami k ya kubi labal ŋamo ya nanani ban den tundo yalaa. Li ya po obaa fidi k ya pagdii olieba nani atud ŋamaa ki yie yala k tie lani.
He must hold firmly to the faithful word as it was taught, so that he can encourage others by sound teaching and refute those who contradict it.
10 Kelima bocienli yie ke bi kaan coɔl U tienu mumuni. Bi ŋmand bi nuba yula k baan yaa ŋoa yala tie b ma faagu. Ti la binubanii bocienl ñaani Jufi yaaba ni.
For many are rebellious and full of empty talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision,
11 L buɔli ki nan munni bi ñanaa, kelima bi gulg ti diedi kul k moandi yalan kii bual, kelima bi kpaan ne ligi.
who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not.
12 Kreti yaaba den pia yoa k bi den yio sawal pual, O madi; k bi yaa nubaa tie faodanba, Bi tie ya yandi bia, yen ajidiciama yen bi kpaljidaanba.
As one of their own prophets has said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”
13 Didi mani ya bubud ŋan: L buɔl k yin yaa ŋaanm jalgbi yen ban fid i ki ya pia li dandanl ŋanli.
This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sternly, so that they will be sound in the faith
14 ki baan da ŋoan Juifbaa maam yeni ya yikodi ki bi nub biliki fidi ki ŋmagdi binubi yaal tie mumuni.
and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the commands of men who have rejected the truth.
15 “yen yaa ba ŋam ŋani O tienu, lekul ŋani” ama ya nuba pia ti jɔkn yen n kan daama. Ba pu k ŋani bi nugani. Bi malma yen bi yan jagli kul jognoo.
To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled.
16 L ya po b mɔdo made k bi ban O tienu, ama bi yeyienu k ta yen O tien maam. Kelima nul ki buabi yen bi kan fedi suan tuol ŋanl ba kul.
They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.
