Tito 1
1 Njame paulo musebenshi wa Lesa, mutumwa wa Klistu Yesu, walantuma ku bantu balasalwa ne Lesa, kwambeti ndibatangunine kulushomo lwakwinshiba cancinencine cela kubatwala kubuyumi bwakulemekesha Lesa.
Paul, a servant of God and an emissary of Yeshua the Messiah, according to the faith of God’s chosen ones and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,
2 Nekubapa kupembelela buyumi butapu. ubo Lesa utabepe, mbwalashomesha kumyaka ya ndoba. (aiōnios g166)
in hope of eternal life, which God, who can’t lie, promised before time began; (aiōnios g166)
3 Lino pacindi celela walayubulula kushomesha uko mumakani akendi. Makani ayo walabika mumakasa akame, weco ndamukambaukili kwelana ne Lesa mupulushi wetu ncalang'ambila.
but in his own time revealed his word in the message with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior,
4 Ndakulembelenga Tito, mwaname wancine ncine mulushomo lwetu twense. Neco Mwami Lesa ne Klistu Yesu, bamupeni lumuno ne luse.
to Titus, my true child according to a common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Lord Yeshua the Messiah our Savior.
5 Ecebo cakendi ndalakushiya ku Kelete kwambeti ubambulule bintu byalashala nekubika batangunishi ba mibungano mu minshi yonse mbuli ncondalakwambila.
I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the things that were lacking and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you—
6 Mutangunishi wa mubungano welela kuba muntu wa mpuwo yaina, kayi abe weba mukashi umo, ne bana bakendi bashoma Klistu, kayi beshikunyumfwila bamashali ne kutensa byaipa.
if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior.
7 Muntu weshikulangilila mubungano welela kuba ne mpuwo yaina mbulyeti mwembeshi wabikwa ne Lesa. Nkelela kuba muntu shikukolwa bwalwa nambi wabukalu nambi shikuma banendi kayi wabula kushomeka mumakwebo.
For the overseer must be blameless, as God’s steward, not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;
8 Welela kuba shikutambula cena bensu, weshikusuna byaina ne kulikata cali kayi walulama shikulikanisha kwinsa byaipa.
but given to hospitality, a lover of good, sober minded, fair, holy, self-controlled,
9 Kayi welela kwikatishisha Maswi ashomeka mbuli ncaleishiwa, kwambeti acikonshe kuyuminisha nabambi ne lwiyisho lwancine ncine kayi ne kucikonsha kukanisha kwinsa byaipa abo bonse bakute kutoteka ciyisho ici.
holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict those who contradict him.
10 Pakwinga pali bantu bangi bakute kwambowa bintu byabuluya byela kutaya banabo. Makamaka bantu balafuma palikoto lya bantu balafuma mu Ciyuda beshikunyonganya nekubepa.
For there are also many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,
11 Caina kubamweneka, pakwinga baleishinga mikowa ya bantu, bintu mbyobelela kubula kubeisha, nabo balayandangowa mali.
whose mouths must be stopped: men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for dishonest gain’s sake.
12 Naumbi wa ku Kelete umo wabashinshimi wabo, walambeti, “Bantu baku Kelete ni ba bepeshi kayi ni bilongolo byaipa, nibatolo, nsombi basuni kulyowa,”
One of them, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, and idle gluttons.”
13 Pacebo ici ubakalalile cangofu kwambeti balulame mulushomo,
This testimony is true. For this cause, reprove them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,
14 bacileke kukutika tulabi bwa Bayuda, ne milawo yeshikubikwa ne bantu beshikukana cancinencine.
not paying attention to Jewish fables and commandments of men who turn away from the truth.
15 Bintu byonse byaswepa kubantu bakute miyeyo yaswepa, nsombi nkabyaswepa kuli bantu babula luushomo, pakwinga myoyo yabo yaipa.
To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.
16 Bakute kwambeti Lesa bamwinshi, nsombi minshilo yabo ikute kukana mbyobakute kwamba. Bakute kufundausha kumoyo kayi nkabanyumfwili Lesa, neco nkabelela cintu ciliconse caina.
They profess that they know God, but by their deeds they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.
