Tito 1
1 Lokwalo lo lo tswang kwa go: Paulo, motlhanka wa Modimo le morongwa wa ga Jesu Keresete.
Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,
2 Ke romilwe go lere tumelo kwa go ba Modimo o ba tlhophileng le go ba ruta go itse boammaaruri jwa Modimo, boammaaruri jo bo fetolang matshelo a batho, gore ba nne le botshelo jo bo sa khutleng, jo Modimo o ba bo solofeditseng pele ga lefatshe le simologa, mme ga o kake wa bua maaka. (aiōnios g166)
in hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before times eternal; (aiōnios g166)
3 Mme jaanong ka nako ya One e ntle, O senotse Mafoko a a Molemo a, mme o bile o ntetlelela go a bolelela mongwe le mongwe. Ka taolo ya Modimo Mmoloki wa rona, ke tlhomilwe go dira tiro e, ya One.
but in his own seasons manifested his word in the message, wherewith I was intrusted according to the commandment of God our Saviour;
4 Lo ya kwa go: Tito, yo e leng morwaake tota mo ditirong tsa Morena. A Modimo Rara le Keresete Jesu Mmoloki wa rona O go nee masego a One le kagiso ya One.
to Titus, my true child after a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour.
5 Ke go tlogetse koo mo setlhaketlhakeng sa Kereta gore o dire sengwe le sengwe se se tlhokegang go thusa go nonotsha phuthego nngwe le nngwe ya sone, mme ke ne ka go kopa go tlhoma baruti mo motseng mongwe le mongwe, ba ba tlaa salang morago ditaelo tse ke di go neetseng.
For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that were wanting, and appoint elders in every city, as I gave thee charge;
6 Banna ba o ba tlhophang, ba tshwanetse ba bo ba itsege ka mekgwa e mentle; mongwe le mongwe o tshwanetse a bo a na le mosadi a le mongwe le bana ba bone ba tshwanetse go rata Morena le gone ga ba a tshwanela go itsege ka bosula kgotsa ka go sa reetseng batsadi ba bone.
if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children that believe, who are not accused of riot or unruly.
7 Baruti ba, ba tshwanetse ba bo ba le banna ba matshelo a a senang molato gonne ke badiredi ba Modimo. Ba se ka ba nna boikgodiso kgotsa pelo-dikhutshwane; ba se ka ba nna matagwa kgotsa batho ba ba ratang ntwa kgotsa ba ba ratang madi.
For the bishop must be blameless, as God’s steward; not selfwilled, not soon angry, no brawler, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre;
8 Ba tshwanetse go itumelela go amogela baeng mo matlung a bone le go rata gotlhe mo go molemo. Ba tshwanetse go nna banna ba ba nang le ditlhaloganyo tse di itekanetseng, ebile ba sa patike. Ba tshwanetse go nna le megopolo e e lekalekanyeng e e phepha.
but given to hospitality, a lover of good, soberminded, just, holy, temperate;
9 Go dumela ga bone mo boammaaruring jo ba bo rutilweng go nonofe go bo go nitame, gore ba tle ba kgone go go ruta ba bangwe le go kaela ba ba sa dumalaneng nabo mo ba leng phoso teng.
holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able both to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict the gainsayers.
10 Gonne go ba le bantsi ba ba ganang go reetsa; mo go boammaaruri tota mo go ba ba reng Bakeresete botlhe ba tshwanetse go obamela melao ya Sejuta. Mme e ke puo ya boeleele; e foufatsa batho gore ba seka ba amogela boammaaruri,
For there are many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision,
11 mme selo se, se tshwanetse go fedisiwa. Malwapa otlhe a setse a bile a furaletse tshegofatso ya Modimo. Baruti ba ba ntseng jaana ba ipatlela madi a lona fela.
whose mouths must be stopped; men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake.
12 Mongwe wa bone, ebong moporofiti yo o tswang kwa Kereta, o buile jaana kaga bone a re, “Batho ba botlhe ba Kereta ke baaki; ba tshwana le diphologolo tse di ditshwakga, tse di tshelelang dimpa tsa tsone fela.”
One of themselves, a prophet of their own, said, Cretans are alway liars, evil beasts, idle gluttons.
13 Mme mo go boammaaruri. Jalo bua le Bakeresete koo, ka tlhwaafalo e e nang le kutlwelo botlhoko ka fa go tlhokegang ka teng go ba nonotsha mo tumelong,
This testimony is true. For which cause reprove them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,
14 le go ba kganela go tlhola ba nnetse go reetsa dinaane tsa Bajuta le ditaolo tsa batho ba ba furaletseng boammaaruri.
not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men who turn away from the truth.
15 Motho yo o pelo e itshekileng o bona bomolemo le bophepa mo go sengwe le sengwe; mme motho yo pelo ya gagwe e bosula ebile e sa ikanyege o bona bosula mo go sengwe le sengwe, gonne mogopolo wa gagwe o o leswe le pelo ya gagwe e e tsogologelang, di baya dilo tsotlhe tse a di bonang le tse a di utlwang mmala o e seng one.
To the pure all things are pure: but to them that are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.
16 Batho ba ba ntseng jalo gantsi ba re ba itse Modimo, mme ka go bona ka fa ba itsayang ka teng, ba lemogwa gore ga ba o itse. Ba bodile ebile ga ba laolesege, ba tlhobosegile mo ba se kakeng ba dira tiro epe e e molemo.
They profess that they know God; but by their works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
