Tito 1
1 Paulo, mtumishi wa Mungu na mtume wa Yesu Kristo, kwa imani ya wateule wa Mungu na maarifa ya kweli iletayo utauwa.
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 Wapo katika tumaini la uzima wa milele ambao Mungu asiyeweza kusema uongo aliuahidi tangu milele. (aiōnios g166)
in hope of eternal life, which God, who can’t lie, promised before time began; (aiōnios g166)
3 Kwa wakati muafaka, alilifunua neno lake katika ujumbe alionipa mimi kuhubiri. Ilinipasa kufanya hivi kwa amri ya Mungu mwokozi wetu.
but in his own time revealed his word in the message with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Saviour,
4 Kwa Tito, mwana wa kweli katika imani yetu. Neema, huruma na amani kutoka kwa Mungu Baba na Yesu Kristo mwokozi wetu.
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 Saviour.
5 Kwa sababu hii nalikuacha Krete, kwamba uyatengeneze mambo yote yaliyokuwa hayajakamilika na kuweka wazee wa kanisa kwa kila mji kama nilivyokuagiza.
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 Mzee wa kanisa lazima asiwe na lawama, mme wa mke mmoja, aliye na watoto waaminifu wasioshuhudiwa mabaya au wasio na nidhamu.
if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behaviour.
7 Ni muhimu kwa mwangalizi, kama msimamizi wa nyumba ya Mungu, asiwe na lawama. Asiwe mtu wa kelele au asiye jizuia. Lazima asiwe mwepesi wa hasira, asiwe mlevi, asiwe mtu wa kusababisha ugomvi, na asiwe mwenye tamaa.
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 Badala yake: awe mtu mkaribishaji, apendaye wema. Lazima awe mtu mwenye akili timamu, mwenye haki, mcha Mungu, anayejitawala mwenyewe.
but given to hospitality, a lover of good, sober minded, fair, holy, self-controlled,
9 Awezaye kusimamia mafundisho ya kweli yaliyofundishwa, ili aweze kuwatia moyo kwa mafundisho mazuri na awezaye kuwarekebisha wote wanaompinga.
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 Kwa kuwa kuna waasi wengi, hasa wale wa tohara. Maneno yao ni ya upuuzi. Wanadanganya na kuwaongoza watu katika upotovu.
For there are also many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,
11 Ni lazima kuwazuia watu kama hao. Wanafundisha yale wasiyopaswa kwa faida za aibu na kuharibu familia zote.
whose mouths must be stopped: men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for dishonest gain’s sake.
12 Mmoja wao, mtu mwenye busara, alisema, “Wakrete wana uongo usio na mwisho, wabaya na wanyama wa hatari, wavivu na walafi.”
One of them, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, and idle gluttons.”
13 Haya maelezo ni ya kweli, kwa hiyo uwazuie kwa nguvu ili kwamba waweze kusema kweli katika imani.
This testimony is true. For this cause, reprove them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,
14 Wewe usijihusishe na hadithi zisizo za kweli za Kiyahudi au amri za watu, ambao hurudisha nyuma ukweli.
not paying attention to Jewish fables and commandments of men who turn away from the truth.
15 Kwa wote walio safi, vitu vyote ni visafi. Lakini kwa wote walio wachafu na wasioamini, hakuna kilicho kisafi. Kwa kuwa mawazo yao na dhamira zao zimechafuliwa.
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 Wanakiri kumjua Mungu, lakini kwa matendo yao wanamkana. Wao ni waovu na wasiotii. Hawakuthibitishwa kwa tendo lolote jema.
They profess that they know God, but by their deeds they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.
