Tito 1
1 Ngai Polo, mowumbu ya Nzambe mpe ntoma ya Yesu-Klisto, mpo na kolendisa kondima ya baponami ya Nzambe mpe boyebi ya bosolo oyo ememaka na botosi kati na makambo ya Nzambe,
Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of the chosen ones of God, and an acknowledging of truth that [is] according to piety,
2 mpo ete bazala na elikya ya bomoi ya seko oyo Nzambe, Ye oyo akosaka te, alakaki biso wuta kala, liboso ya ebandeli ya tango, (aiōnios g166)
on hope of continuous life, which God, who does not lie, promised before times of ages (aiōnios g166)
3 mpe atalisi sik’oyo polele na nzela ya Liloba na Ye, oyo napesamelaki mokumba ya kosakola, kolanda etinda ya Nzambe, Mobikisi na biso, na tango oyo Ye akata;
(and He revealed His word in [His] own times), in preaching, which I was entrusted with, according to a charge of God our Savior,
4 epai ya Tito, mwana na ngai ya solo kati na kondima moko oyo tozali kokabola elongo na ye: Tika ete ngolu mpe kimia epesamela yo kowuta na Nzambe Tata mpe na Yesu-Klisto, Mobikisi na biso!
to Titus—true child according to a common faith: Grace, [[kindness, ]] peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior!
5 Natikaki yo kati na Kreti mpo ete osilisa kobongisa makambo oyo etikalaki mpe opona bakambi ya Lingomba kati na engumba moko na moko, ndenge natindaki yo.
For this cause I left you in Crete, that you may arrange the things lacking, and may set elders down in every city, as I appointed to you,
6 Mokambi ya Lingomba asengeli kozala moto azanga pamela, mobali ya mwasi moko, moboti ya malamu; mpe bana na ye basengeli kozala bandimi, bana ya mobulu te mpe ya kilikili te.
if anyone is blameless, a husband of one wife, having believing children, not under accusation of riotous living or insubordinate—
7 Lokola motambolisi misala ya Nzambe, mokambi ya Lingomba asengeli kozala moto azanga pamela. Yango wana, asengeli kozala moto na lolendo te, moto na kanda te, molangwi masanga te, moto na kanza te, moto na lokoso ya mbongo te.
for it is required of the overseer to be blameless, as God’s steward, not self-pleased, nor prone to anger, not given to wine, not an abuser, not given to shameful gain,
8 Asengeli nde kozala moto oyo ayambaka bato malamu kati na ndako na ye, alingaka makambo ya malamu, azalaka na ekenge; asengeli kozala moto ya bule, moto ya sembo, moto oyo ayebi komikanga,
but a lover of strangers, a lover of [the] good, sober-minded, righteous, holy, self-controlled,
9 moto oyo akangama makasi na Liloba ya solo, ndenge kaka bateyaki ye yango. Na bongo, akoki kolendisa bato mosusu na nzela ya malakisi ya peto mpe kosukisa tembe ya bato oyo bandimaka te.
holding—according to the teaching—to the steadfast word, that he may also be able to exhort in the sound teaching, and to convict the deniers;
10 Bato mingi baboyi kotosa solo, bazali koteya makambo ezanga tina mpe ya lokuta, mingi-mingi kati na bato oyo bakatama ngenga.
for there are many both insubordinate, vain-talkers, and mind-deceivers—especially those of the circumcision—
11 Osengeli kosukisa bango, pamba te bazali kobebisa mabota ebele na nzela ya malakisi oyo esengeli kutu te, mpo na kaka kozwa mbongo ya soni.
whose mouths must be covered, who overturn whole households, teaching what things it should not, for [the] sake of shameful gain.
12 Moto moko ya Kreti, oyo bango moko bato ya Kreti bazwaka lokola mosakoli, alobaki: « Bato ya Kreti bazalaka bakosi, bazalaka banyama mabe, bato na lokoso mpe bagoyigoyi. »
A certain one of them, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans! Always liars, evil beasts, lazy bellies!”
13 Litatoli oyo ezali penza ya solo. Yango wana, pamela bango makasi mpo ete bazala na kondima ya peto
This testimony is true; for which cause convict them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,
14 mpe balanda te masapo ya Bayuda to mibeko ya bato oyo baboyi solo.
not giving heed to Jewish fables and commands of men, turning themselves away from the truth.
15 Mpo na bato oyo bazali peto, nyonso ezalaka peto; kasi mpo na bato oyo bazali mbindo mpe bazangi kondima, eloko moko te ezalaka peto, pamba te mayele mpe mitema na bango ezali mbindo.
All things, indeed, [are] pure to the pure, and nothing [is] pure to the defiled and unsteadfast, but even the mind and the conscience of them [is] defiled.
16 Balobaka ete bayebi Nzambe, kasi bawanganaka Ye na nzela ya misala na bango, pamba te bazali nkele, batomboki mpe bazangi makoki ya kosala ata likambo moko ya malamu.
They profess to know God, but they deny [Him] by their works, being abominable, and disobedient, and disapproved to every good work.
