Послание к Титу 1
1 Павел, раб Божий, Апостол же Иисус Христов, по вере избранных Божиих и разуму истины, яже по благочестию,
From Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, on behalf of the faith of God’s chosen people, and their knowledge of that truth which makes for godliness
– and is based on the hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began, (aiōnios g166)
3 яви же во времена своя слово Свое проповеданием, еже мне поручено бысть по повелению Спасителя нашего Бога:
and has revealed at his own time in his message, with the preaching of which I was entrusted by the command of God our Savior.
4 Титу, присному чаду по общей вере: благодать, милость, мир от Бога Отца и Господа Иисуса Христа Спаса нашего.
To Titus, my true child in our shared faith: May God, the Father, and Christ Jesus, our Savior, bless you and give you peace.
5 Сего ради оставих тя в Крите, да недокончанная исправиши и устроиши по всем градом пресвитеры, якоже тебе аз повелех:
My reason for leaving you in Crete was that you might put in order what had been left unfinished, and appoint church elders in the various towns, as I myself directed you.
6 аще кто есть непорочен, единыя жены муж, чада имый верна, не во укорении блуда, или непокорива.
They are to be of irreproachable character, faithful to their partners, whose children are believers in Christ and have never been open to the charge of being wild or unruly.
7 Подобает бо епископу без порока быти, якоже Божию строителю: не себе угождающу, (не дерзу, не напрасливу, ) не гневливу, не пиянице, не биице, не скверностяжательну,
For a supervisor, as God’s steward, ought to be of blameless character – not arrogant or quick-tempered, not given to drunkeness, violence or shady money-making.
8 но страннолюбиву, благолюбцу, целомудренну, праведну, преподобну, воздержателну,
Instead, they should be hospitable, love what is good, self-controlled, upright, people of holy life and disciplined,
9 держащемуся вернаго словесе по учению, да силен будет и утешати во здравем учении, и противящыяся обличати.
holding firmly to the trustworthy message as it has been taught – so that they may be able to encourage others by sound teaching, as well as to refute those who contradict it.
10 Суть бо мнози непокориви, суесловцы и умом прельщени, наипаче же сущии от обрезания,
For there are many undisciplined persons who lead others astray with their nonsense, especially those of the group advocating the necessity of circumcision.
11 ихже подобает уста заграждати: иже вся домы развращают, учаще яже не подобает, сквернаго ради прибытка.
They need to be kept quiet as they disrupt whole households by teaching what they ought not to teach, simply to make shameful financial gain.
12 Рече же некто от них, свой им пророк: Критяне присно лживи, злии зверие, утробы праздныя.
It was a Cretan – one of their own prophets – who said: ‘Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, and lazy gluttons.’ This statement is true.
13 Свидетельство сие истинно есть. Еяже ради вины обличай их нещадно, да здрави будут в вере,
Therefore rebuke them sharply, so that they may be sound in the faith,
14 не внимающе Иудейским баснем, ни заповедем человек отвращающихся от истины.
and may pay no attention to Jewish legends, or to the directions of those who turn their backs on the truth.
15 Вся убо чиста чистым: оскверненым же и неверным ничтоже чисто, но осквернися их и ум и совесть.
To those whose minds are pure, all things are ritually pure, but to those whose minds are tainted and unbelieving nothing is pure, as their minds and consciences are alike polluted.
16 Бога исповедуют ведети, а делы отмещутся Его, мерзцы суще и непокориви и на всякое дело благое неискусни.
They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him. They are detestable and disobedient and useless for any good work.
