Tito 1
1 Saa nhoma yi fi Onyankopɔn somfo ne Yesu Kristo somafo Paulo nkyɛn. Wɔpaw me na wɔsomaa me se memmɛtrɛw nnipa a Onyankopɔn ayi wɔn no gyidi mu no, na menkyerɛkyerɛ wɔn nokwasɛm a ɛde onyamesuro ba
Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Christ Jesus, for the faith of God's elect, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,
2 wɔ nkwa a enni awiei ho anidaso a Onyankopɔn a onni atoro no hyɛɛ yɛn ho bɔ ansa na ɔrefi wiase ase; (aiōnios g166)
in hope of everlasting life, which God, who cannot lie, promised from the most ancient times, (aiōnios g166)
3 na afei ne bere a ɛsɛ mu no, ɔfaa asɛnka a ɔno Nyankopɔn a ɔyɛ yɛn Agyenkwa no hyɛ me sɛ menka no so daa no adi.
but in his own seasons manifested his word through the preaching with which I was intrusted by the commandment of God our Saviour:
4 Mekyerɛw me ba Tito wɔ gyidi baako a yɛn nyinaa kura mu no mu: Adom ne asomdwoe a efi Agya Nyankopɔn ne Kristo Yesu, yɛn Agyenkwa no nka wo!
to Titus, true child after the common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour.
5 Migyaw wo Kreta sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a wobɛtoto nneɛma a aka no pɛpɛɛpɛ na woayi mpanyimfo atuatua asafo a ɛwɔ kurow biara mu no ano.
For this cause I left thee behind in Crete, that thou shouldst set in order the things that are wanting, and appoint elders in every city, as I directed thee;
6 Kae mmara a mehyɛ maa wo no. Ɔpanyin yɛ obi a ne ho nni asɛm na ɔwɔ yere baako na ne mma yɛ agyidifo a wɔmmɔ ahohwi bra, na wɔnyɛ asoɔden nso.
if any one is without reproach, the husband of one wife, having believing children, that are not accused of dissoluteness, or unruly.
7 Ɛnsɛ sɛ mfomso biara ba ɔpanyin no ho, efisɛ Onyame adwuma hyɛ ne nsa. Ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔyɛ ahomaso, anaa obi a ne bo nkyɛ fuw anaa ɔkɔwensani anaa basabasayɛfo anaa sikaniberefo.
For a bishop must be without reproach, as God's steward; not self-willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, not a striker, not greedy of base gain,
8 Ɛsɛ sɛ ɔyɛ obi a ɔpɛ ahɔhoyɛ na nʼani gye nea eye ho na nʼadwene mu da hɔ na ɔteɛ na ɔyɛ kronkron na ɔwɔ ahohyɛso.
but hospitable, a lover of what is good, discreet, just, holy, temperate,
9 Ɛsɛ sɛ oso asɛm no mu dennen sɛnea wɔkyerɛɛ no no. Sɛ ɛba saa a, obetumi ahyɛ afoforo den wɔ saa nkyerɛkyerɛ pa no mu, na wada wɔn a wɔsɔre tia asɛm no mu no nso mfomso adi.
holding fast the sure word according to what he was taught, that he may be able by sound teaching both to exhort, and to refute the gainsayers.
10 Nnipa pii wɔ hɔ a wɔsɔre tia na wɔnam wɔn nkwaseasɛm so daadaa afoforo; ne titiriw no, wɔn a wofi twetiatwasom no mu.
For there are many unruly vain talkers and deceivers, especially they of the circumcision;
11 Ɛsɛ sɛ wusiw wɔn nkyerɛkyerɛ no ano, efisɛ wɔnam wɔn nkyerɛkyerɛ bɔne no so ma ntoto ba mmusua mu, nam so de pɛ sika.
whose mouths must be stopped, since they overturn whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for the sake of base gain.
12 Mpo Kreta adiyifo no mu baako kae se, “Kretafo no yɛ atorofo, mmoa atirimɔdenfo ne akwadwofo adidifo.”
One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said: “The Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, slothful gluttons.”
13 Na asɛm a ɔkae no yɛ nokware. Esiane saa nti, ɛsɛ sɛ moka wɔn anim yiye sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a wobenya gyidi pa,
This testimony is true; for which cause rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,
14 na wɔantena ase amma twetiatwa atosɛm ne ɔhyɛ a efi nnipa a wɔapo nokware no.
not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men who turn away from the truth.
15 Biribiara yɛ kronkron ma wɔn a wɔyɛ kronkron no, nanso biribiara nyɛ kronkron mma wɔn a wɔn ho agu fi na wonni gyidi no, efisɛ wɔn adwene ne wɔn tiboa ho agu fi.
To the pure all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure, but both their mind and conscience are defiled.
16 Wɔka se wonim Onyankopɔn, nanso wɔn nneyɛe nkyerɛ saa. Wɔyɛ nnipa a obiara tan wɔn, na wɔyɛ asoɔdenfo a wontumi nyɛ ade pa biara.
They profess that they know God, but by their works they deny him, being abominable and disobedient, and for every good work reprobate.
