Titua 1
1 Ma sel Paul, mwet kulansap lun God ac mwet sap lun Jesus Christ. Nga suleyukla ac supweyukla in kasru lulalfongi lun mwet sulosolla lun God, ac kololos nuh ke ma pwaye su lutiyuk in alu lasr uh,
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 su oakwuki ke finsrak nu ke moul ma pahtpat. God, su koflana kikiap, El wulema nu sesr moul se inge meet liki na mutaweyen pacl uh, (aiōnios g166)
in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began. (aiōnios g166)
3 ac ke pacl fal, El akkalemyela ke kas lal. Ma inge ituku nu sik, ac nga sulkakinelik fal nu ke sap lun God, Mwet Lango lasr.
In His own time He has made His word evident in the proclamation entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior.
4 Nga sim nu sum, Titus, wen na pwaye nutik in lulalfongi su kut tukeni ipeis kac. Lungkulang ac misla nu sum sin God Papa, ac Christ Jesus, Mwet Lango lasr.
To Titus, my true child in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
5 Nga tuh likikomi fin acn Crete tuh kom in ku in aksafyela ma su soenna suwosla, ac tuh kom in sulela mwet elder lun church ke kais sie siti. Esam mwe luti luk nu sum inge:
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 sie mwet elder enenu elan mwet wangin mwatal, elan mukul tumun mutan sefanna, tulik natul in mwet lulalfongi ac tia tulik sununta ac seakosten.
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 Ke sripen sie mwet kol lun church el liyaung orekma lun God, enenu in wangin mwatal, elan tia orek lumah ke ma kunal, tia mongsa, tia sie mwet nim mwe sruhi, tia sie mwet lungse anwuk, ku rapkui mani.
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 Enenu elan kulang nu sin mwet nukewa, ac lungse oru ma wo. Elan leum facl sifacna, suwohs in orekma lal, mutal, ac ku in sifacna kutong lungse lal.
Instead, he must be hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.
9 Enenu elan sruokya ku kas su fal in lulalfongiyuk, ac luti in suwohs oana ma oakwuki tari. Fin ouinge, el ac ku in akkeye mwet ke mwe luti pwaye, ac oayapa aksuwosye tafongla lalos su lain mwe luti inge.
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 Tuh oasr mwet puspis, yokna sin mwet Jew su forla ac weang mwet Christian, su utuk nunak ac kiapu mwet uh ke kaskas lusrongten lalos.
For many are rebellious and full of empty talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision,
11 Enenu in sikulyuki sramsram lalos uh ke sripen elos akfohsye mwet in sou nufon se ke ma su tia fal in lutiyuk, ac elos oru ma inge in eis mani lalos kac.
who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not.
12 Sie sin mwet palu lalos sifacna el fahk, “Mwet Crete uh elos kaskas kikiap pacl nukewa. Elos oana kosro lemnak inima uh, ac elos mwet alsrangesr ac kainmongo.”
As one of their own prophets has said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”
13 Kas na pwaye se pa inge. Ouinge kom in arulana kaelos, tuh lulalfongi lalos in suwohs ac pwaye,
This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sternly, so that they will be sound in the faith
14 ac elos in tia sifil lohang nu ke sramsram lusrongten lun mwet Jew, ku nu ke ma sap ma oakiyuki sin mwet su forla liki ma pwaye.
and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the commands of men who have rejected the truth.
15 Ma nukewa nasnas nu selos su inse nasnas; a wangin ma nasnas nu selos su fohkfok insialos ac elos selulalfongi, tuh akfohkfokyeyukla tari nunak lalos ac insialos.
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 Elos fahk mu elos etu God, a orekma lalos siena liki fahk lalos. Elos mwet srungayuk ac seakosten ac tia fal in oru kutena orekma wo.
They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.
