Tito 1

1 Ri Pablo, patanil rech ri Dios xuqujeꞌ utaqoꞌn ri Jesucristo, sikꞌital apanoq rumal ri kojobꞌal, chaꞌtal rumal ri Dios che ukꞌutik ri qas tzij ri kukꞌutu jas kabꞌan chukꞌaslebꞌexik ri utz laj taq kꞌaslemal.

PAUL, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of the elect of God, and the knowledge of truth which leads to godliness;

2 Ri ukuꞌlibꞌal qakꞌuꞌx are ri jun alik kꞌaslemal, ri Dios ri man bꞌanal tzij taj ubꞌim loq are kꞌamajaꞌ katikitaj loq ri qꞌij junabꞌ. (aiōnios g166)

in hope of life eternal, which God, who cannot lie, hath promised before time had a being; (aiōnios g166)

3 Xuqꞌalajisaj ri utzij qas pa ri uqꞌijal rumal ri utaqanik ri Dios qakolonel ri xya chwe chi kintzijoj.

but hath manifested in his own appointed season his word by the preaching, with which I have been entrusted, according to the command of our Saviour God;

4 Che ri Tito qas nukꞌojol, ri junam qakojobꞌal rukꞌ. Yaꞌtaj toqꞌobꞌ chawe, toqꞌobꞌisan wach xuqujeꞌ ri jaꞌmaril rech ri Dios Tataxel, ri Ajawxel Cristo Jesús qakolonel.

to Titus, my genuine son after the common faith, be grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.

5 Xatinya kan pa ri tinimit Creta, rech kasukꞌumaj ri kajawataj ubꞌanik, xuqujeꞌ kaꞌkoj kꞌamal taq bꞌe pa taq ri tinimit, jetaq ri xinbꞌij kan chawe.

For this purpose I left thee behind me at Crete, that thou mightest direct the regulations which remained to be executed, and that thou shouldest appoint presbyters in every city, as I charged thee to do:

6 Rajawaxik chi ri kꞌamal bꞌe man kariqitaj ta etzelal pa ri ukꞌaslemal, xa jun rixoqil, e kojonelabꞌ ri ralkꞌwaꞌl, maj etzelal katataj chike e nimanelabꞌ.

if there be a man blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, not under an accusation or debauchery, or disorderly conduct.

7 Ri kꞌamal bꞌe pa ri uchak ri Dios rajawaxik chi man kariqitaj ta etzelal pa ri ukꞌaslemal man kunaꞌ ta nimal, man aninaq taj kayakataj royawal, man kaqꞌabꞌar taj, man tzukul chꞌoꞌj taj, man kajiqꞌjat ta che ri pwaq ri man uchꞌekoj taj.

For a bishop ought to be irreproachable, as the steward of God; not self-willed, not irritable, not addicted to wine, not quarrelsome, not greedy of filthy lucre;

8 Xane rajawaxik kuya kiwa xuqujeꞌ kachoch ri kesolinik, bꞌanal utzilal, kꞌo retaꞌmabꞌal, sukꞌ, tyoxalaj winaq, xuqujeꞌ qas kuchomaj ri kubꞌano.

but the stranger’s host, the good man’s friend, grave, just, holy, temperate;

9 Kꞌolol re ri sukꞌalaj tzij ri kꞌuttal choch, rech kakwinik kuꞌtaqchiꞌj nikꞌaj chik rukꞌ ri utz laj kꞌutuꞌn rech kuꞌchekꞌ ri kekꞌululaꞌnik.

firmly attached to the faithful word, according to the doctrine delivered, that he may be able to exhort with sound instruction and to confute the opposers.

10 Rumal cher sibꞌalaj e kꞌi man keniman taj xuqujeꞌ xaq japastaq kakitzijoj, e menkꞌetinelabꞌ, are qas kebꞌanow ri winaq ri kꞌo ketal che ri kityoꞌjal.

For there are many disorderly persons vainly talkative, and under a spirit of delusion, especially some of the circumcised;

11 Rajawaxik katzꞌapix ri upakichiꞌ waꞌ we winaq riꞌ, rumal cher tajin keꞌkitukij winaq ri e wokol pa ri kachoch; kakikꞌut jastaq ri man utz ta ukꞌutik chi resaxik pwaq chike ri winaq.

whose mouths ought to be muzzled, who pervert whole families, teaching things which they ought not, for the sake of base gain.

12 Kꞌo jun chike ri e kiqꞌalajisanelabꞌ xubꞌij: Ri winaq ri kel pa ri tinimit Creta e bꞌanal taq tzij wi, itzel taq aꞌwaj, e saqꞌoribꞌ ri xaq kakipaqꞌ kipam.

One of them, a poet of their own nation, hath said, The Cretans are always liars, wicked beasts, slothful gluttons.

13 Qas tzij kꞌu wi, rumal riꞌ ko chaꞌyajaꞌ, rech kuꞌtzir pa ri kikojobꞌal,

This testimony is true. For which cause rebuke them with severity, that they may be sound in the faith;

14 rech man kakikoj ta ri menkꞌetibꞌal ke ri winaq aꞌj Israel, xuqujeꞌ man kakikoj ta ke ri winaq ri kakiqꞌat kibꞌ che ri qas tzij.

not attending to Jewish fables, and injunctions of men, who have turned away from the truth.

15 Ronojel jastaq chꞌajchꞌoj chikiwach ri winaq ri e chꞌajchꞌoj, chikiwach kꞌu ri qꞌayinaq taq winaq xuqujeꞌ ri man kekojon taj, maj jun jastaq chꞌajchꞌoj rumal cher ri kakichomaj xuqujeꞌ ri kichomabꞌal qꞌayinaq chik.

All things indeed are clean to the clean: but to the defiled and to the unbelievers there is nothing clean; but their very mind and conscience are defiled.

16 Kakibꞌij chi ketaꞌm uwach ri Dios, rukꞌ kꞌu ri kichak kaqꞌalajinik chi man tzij taj ri kakibꞌij e xaꞌwibꞌal, man keniman taj, xa ta ne jun utz laj jastaq kekwin chubꞌanik.

They profess to know God; but in works deny him, being abominable and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.