Tito 1
1 Paulo ntumwa wa Nnungu na ntumwa wa Yesu kilisito kwa haminia, panga bandu bake Nungu na hakili yake ya uhakika ya ileta aminia.
Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect, and the acknowledgement of the truth, which is according to godliness;
2 Babile katika haminia ukoto wa milele wa Nungu juwa wechali baya ubuchu hatiaidi milele. (aiōnios g166)
in hope of eternal life, which God, who can not lie, promised be fore the times of the ages, (aiōnios g166)
3 Kwa wakati wapangite. Hatiumukwa likowe liake katika jukumu mbeile nenga chimulia likowe liake. yatinibidi panganyo naipeilwe jukumu na Nnungu nkombochi witu.
but he has in his own times manifested his word by preaching, which was committed to me according to the commandment of God our Savior;
4 Kwa tito mwana wangu kiukwli katika haminia kwitu, Neema, tuipatike uku witu buka kwa Nnungu tati bitu na Yesu kristu hatitukomboa twenga. Kwa sababu wenga natikuleka Krete.
to Titus, my true son, according to the common faith: grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.
5 Kwa sababu mambo uyabike vizuri gote gagabile bado kamilika natibika bandu mukanisa liak kwa kila neema ganikulekile wenga.
I left you in Crete for this purpose, that you might set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I commanded you:
6 Mzee wa kanisa kana habe nalikosa lioliote habe na nalume wa nwawa yumo, ywa bile na bana bakweli banga likupekelwa makowe kumbwali mundu.
if any one is blameless, the husband of one wife, if he has faithful children that are not accused of riotous living, or disobedient.
7 Ni muimu kwa kiongosi, msimamisi wa nyumba ya Nnungu kana habe na lawama, kana habe mundu nduti, kana habe na nyonge, kana hanywe wimbi, kana habe nabulwe, kana habe natama.
For the bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not self-willed, not passionate, not fond of wine, not quarrelsome, not one who makes money by base means;
8 Habe mundu wa kalibicha bandu, ywapenda mema, ywabile na akili na nchima, ywa penda akihamwamini Nnungu, ywa itawala mwene.
but hospitable, a lover of goodness, sober-minded, just, holy, temperate,
9 Ywa manyi kagayemelya mapandiso gaga pundisilwe ili awese kubayea moyo kwa mapundiso gana nnoga nakuagalambwa boti babakana.
holding fast the sure word as it is taught, that he may be able, by sound teaching, both to exhort and to convince the opposers.
10 Maana baba kana bananchima mno mno babo kotwike pita nikombe makoe gabe akilalo banda kuakomba na kubaindi bandu kumbu katika upotofu.
For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,
11 Lasima kubakinya bhandu katibo babapundi gangali na gapaikanagaoni gangali faida na kuibomwana nyumba yoti.
whose mouths must be stopped: these subvert whole houses by teaching, for the sake of base gain, things which they ought not to teach.
12 Mundu yumo, atibaya ywaabi na busara “Aakrete bai na uboso wangali mwaiso, anyatau manyama ganatari mkata ywange yukuta.”
One of themselves, a prophet of their own, has said: The Cretans are always liars, evil wild beasts, lazy gluttons.
13 Aga ganikubakia ga-kweli, kwa iya ubakanikie kwa ngupu leka balongele ikoe ya kweli katika imani.
This testimony is true; wherefore rebuke them severely, that they may be sound in the faith,
14 Wenga kana ujingie katika adithi ya ubonjo ya kiyaudi au amri ya bandu bo ikoeya kweli kuipanga ubonjo.
and not give heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men that turn away from the truth.
15 Kwa boti baba pelekite ikowe yote mbeleteka. boti babile asapo bange amini utopo sakipeletike, kwa kuwa mawaso gabe na fikra yabe itichafuliwa.
To the pure, all things are pure: but to the denied and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but their mind and their conscience are denied.
16 Baipanga kumtanga Nnungu lakini kwa makowe gabe bana kumkana bembeni baasi na bangali tii awaku banda bonekalia kwa kikowe chochoti chana unoga.
They profess that they know God, but in their works they deny him, being detestable and disobedient, and, as it respects every good work, rejected.
