1 Okuza ku Paulus, omukarere wa Ndjambi nomuapostele wa Jesus Kristus.
Ami mba pewa otjiungura tjokuvatera ongamburiro yovatoororwa va Ndjambi nokuvehongorera kondjiviro youatjiri, imbwi ouatjiri mbu ma u ve vatere okuhupa otja kombango ya Ndjambi, 2 nu mbu yandja omaundjiro komuinyo waaruhe. Ndjambi ngu ha wovisa we tu kwizikira rukuru omuinyo waaruhe mbwi. 3 Nambano eye wa tjiukisa embo re moruveze orusemba momazuvarisiro, nga yandjewa ku ami i Ndjambi, Omuyame wetu.
4 Ami me tjanga ku Titus, omuatje wandje watjiri mongamburiro.
Ndjambi Tate na Kristus Jesus, Omuyame wetu, nge ku pe otjari nohange!
Oviungura vya Titus mOkreta
5 Ami mbe ku esa mOkreta kokutja u ṱune oviṋa ingee mbi hiya manuka, nokutja u zike ovanene wombongo movirongo pekepeke. Zemburuka omaraerero wandje nga: 6 Omunene wombongo u sokukara notjikaro otjiwa; ma sokurira omurumendu womukazendu umwe; novanatje ve ve sokurira ovakambure, nu kave sokukara nongaro youndandi na mokurira ovahazuva. 7 Omunene wombongo eye aruhe omutye woviṋa vyombongo ya Ndjambi. Opa sokukara notjikaro otjiwa, nu ka sokurira otjirangaranga, a ha ṱomazenge tjimanga, a ha suvere omanuwa, a ha rire otjindandi nu a ha nanukire ovimariva. 8 Ma sokukara nondjiririsa nokusuvera ouwa, ma sokukara nozondunge nousemba noupore nomeritjaerero. 9 Eye nga kakatere kembo rouatjiri eṱakame eye ma hongwa. Komuhingo mbwi otji ma yenene okuyanḓiparisa ovakwao nomahongero wouatjiri, na wina okuraisa ozondataiziro zaimba mbe pirukira omahongero nga.
10 Pena ovandu ovengi, tjinene overitanaure mokati kOvajuda, mbe hungira oviporoporo nu mbe wovisa ovandu; tjinene imba mbe ṋiṋikiza omasukarekero otja ondjamo. 11 Owo mave sokumwinisiwa; ve zunḓa ozonganda pekepeke mokuhonga oviṋa, mbi ve ha sokuhonga, navihe ve vi tjitira okumuna ovimariva nokuhinohoṋi. 12 Umwe wovandu vawo, omuprofete wawo oveni, wa tjere: “Ovakrete owo aruhe ovanavizeze, owo ovipuka ovinauvi, nu ovanararu ovanatjirweyo.” 13 Nomahongononeno nga owo ouatjiri. Opu wa sokuvevyura oukukutu kutja ve rire ovaveruke mongamburiro. 14 Owo ave he tji ritwa movimbaharere vyOvajuda na momihingo vyovandu, mba nakaura ouatjiri. 15 Kovakohoke oviṋa avihe vari ovikohoke; nungwari ku imba ovahakohoke novahakambura kape notjiṋa tji tji ri otjikohoke, ozondunge zawo nomeritjiviro wawo womomutima tjinga avya zunḓaka. 16 Owo ve tja ve tjiwa Ndjambi, nungwari ovitjitwa vyawo vi pataṋa otjiṋa hi; owo ovayaukise novahazuva, nu kave sora okuungura ngamwa otjiungura otjiwa.
1 From Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ.
I encourage God's own people to have more faith and to understand the truth about religion. 2 Then they will have the hope of eternal life God promised long ago. And God never tells a lie! 3 So, at the proper time, God our Savior gave this message and told me to announce what he had said.
4 Titus, because of our faith, you are like a son to me. I pray that God our Father and Christ Jesus our Savior will be kind to you and will bless you with peace!
What Titus Was To Do in Crete
5 I left you in Crete to do what had been left undone and to appoint leaders for the churches in each town. As I told you, 6 they must have a good reputation and be faithful in marriage. Their children must be followers of the Lord and not have a reputation for being wild and disobedient.
7 Church officials are in charge of God's work, and so they must also have a good reputation. They must not be bossy, quick-tempered, heavy drinkers, bullies, or dishonest in business. 8 Instead, they must be friendly to strangers and enjoy doing good things. They must also be sensible, fair, pure, and self-controlled. 9 They must stick to the true message they were taught, so their good teaching can help others and correct everyone who opposes it.
10 There are many who don't respect authority, and they fool others by talking nonsense. This is especially true of some Jewish followers. 11 But you must make them be quiet. They are after money, and they upset whole families by teaching what they should not. 12 It is like one of their own prophets once said,
“The people of Crete
always tell lies.
They are greedy and lazy
like wild animals.”
13 This surely is a true saying. And you should be hard on such people, so you can help them grow stronger in their faith. 14 Don't pay any attention to any of those senseless Jewish stories and human commands. These are made up by people who won't obey the truth.
15 Everything is pure for someone whose heart is pure. But nothing is pure for an unbeliever with a dirty mind. That person's mind and conscience are destroyed. 16 Such people claim to know God, but their actions prove they really don't. They are disgusting. They won't obey God, and they are too worthless to do anything good.
