1 بولس عبد الله ورسول يسوع المسيح لاجل ايمان مختاري الله ومعرفة الحق الذي هو حسب التقوى | 1 From Paul, servant of God, an apostle of Jesus Christ to bring those whom God has chosen to faith andto the knowledge of the truth that leads to true religion, |
2 على رجاء الحياة الابدية التي وعد بها الله المنزه عن الكذب قبل الازمنة الازلية | 2 and to give them the hope of the eternal life that was promised so long ago by God. He does not lie |
3 وانما اظهر كلمته في اوقاتها الخاصة بالكرازة التي اؤتمنت انا عليها بحسب امر مخلّصنا الله | 3 and so, in due time, he made known his message by a proclamation which was entrusted to me by thecommand of God our Saviour. |
4 الى تيطس الابن الصريح حسب الايمان المشترك نعمة ورحمة وسلام من الله الآب والرب يسوع المسيح مخلّصنا | 4 To Titus, true child of mine in the faith that we share. Grace and peace from God the Father and fromChrist Jesus our Saviour. |
5 من اجل هذا تركتك في كريت لكي تكمل ترتيب الامور الناقصة وتقيم في كل مدينة شيوخا كما اوصيتك. | 5 The reason I left you behind in Crete was for you to organise everything that stil had to be done andappoint elders in every town, in the way that I told you, |
6 ان كان احد بلا لوم بعل امرأة واحدة له اولاد مؤمنون ليسوا في شكاية الخلاعة ولا متمردين. | 6 that is, each of them must be a man of irreproachable character, husband of one wife, and his childrenmust be believers and not liable to be charged with disorderly conduct or insubordination. |
7 لانه يجب ان يكون الاسقف بلا لوم كوكيل الله غير معجب بنفسه ولا غضوب ولا مدمن الخمر ولا ضرّاب ولا طامع في الربح القبيح | 7 The presiding elder has to be irreproachable since he is God's representative: never arrogant or hot-tempered, nor a heavy drinker or violent, nor avaricious; |
8 بل مضيفا للغرباء محبا للخير متعقلا بارا ورعا ضابطا لنفسه | 8 but hospitable and a lover of goodness; sensible, upright, devout and self-control ed; |
9 ملازما للكلمة الصادقة التي بحسب التعليم لكي يكون قادرا ان يعظ بالتعليم الصحيح ويوبّخ المناقضين. | 9 and he must have a firm grasp of the unchanging message of the tradition, so that he can be counted onboth for giving encouragement in sound doctrine and for refuting those who argue against it. |
10 فانه يوجد كثيرون متمردين يتكلمون بالباطل ويخدعون العقول ولا سيما الذين من الختان | 10 And in fact there are many people who are insubordinate, who talk nonsense and try to make othersbelieve it, particularly among those of the circumcision. |
11 الذين يجب سد افواههم فانهم يقلبون بيوتا بجملتها معلّمين ما لا يجب من اجل الربح القبيح. | 11 They must be silenced: people of this kind upset whole families, by teaching things that they ought notto, and doing it for the sake of sordid gain. |
12 قال واحد منهم. وهو نبي لهم خاص. الكريتيون دائما كذابون وحوش رديّة بطون بطالة. | 12 It was one of themselves, one of their own prophets, who said, 'Cretans were never anything but liars,dangerous animals, al greed and laziness'; |
13 هذه الشهادة صادقة. فلهذا السبب وبخهم بصرامة لكي يكونوا اصحاء في الايمان | 13 and that is a true statement. So be severe in correcting them, and make them sound in the faith |
14 لا يصغون الى خرافات يهودية ووصايا اناس مرتدين عن الحق. | 14 so that they stop taking notice of Jewish myths and the orders of people who turn away from the truth. |
15 كل شيء طاهر للطاهرين واما للنجسين وغير المؤمنين فليس شيء طاهرا بل قد تنجس ذهنهم ايضا وضميرهم. | 15 To those who are pure themselves, everything is pure; but to those who have been corrupted and lackfaith, nothing can be pure -- the corruption is both in their minds and in their consciences. |
16 يعترفون بانهم يعرفون الله ولكنهم بالاعمال ينكرونه اذ هم رجسون غير طائعين ومن جهة كل عمل صالح مرفوضون | 16 They claim to know God but by their works they deny him; they are outrageously rebellious and quiteuntrustworthy for any good work. |