1 Ndimi Paulo nlanda we Ndzimu kakale ndili ntumwa wa Jesu Kirisiti kudwilidza bugalimoyo mu bashalugwa be Ndzimu nenge kudwilidza mubali luzibo gwe bundzimu gwe malebeswa, 2 gwe kugalabgwe kwe butjilo gusingapele kwatakapiwa ntolo ntolo nge Ndzimu usingatongo nyepa, 3 ngono kukati mu tjibaka tjakafanila kugadziwabgwe ikoku kukadwila patjena mu dama lawo, nshingo we kudiya wandakapiwa nge ndaulo ye Ndzimu, Ntjidzi wedu.
4 Kuna Tito, mwana wangu mu bugalimoyo gwatinago tose:
Ngoni ne kunyalala kunodwa ku Ndzimu Tate na Kirisiti Jesu Ntjidzi wedu ngadzibe nawe.
Nshingo wa Tito ku Kirete
5 Etji nditjo tjakathama kuti ndi kusiye ku Kirete, kuti upedzise zwakabe zwisapela, kakale ushalule bakulu mu makubungano, mu mizi yose sekwa ndakakudwa. 6 Washalugwa kube nkulu wakafanila abe ali nlume usina nlandu waangatilikiwa, ali nlume we nkadzi nng'ompela ana bana banoteedza bazwadzi kakale basingazwilashilile. 7 Ngekwe ntungamili we gubungano se ali ntjengeti we ng'umba ye Ndzimu, wakafanila kuti asibe ne nlandu. Aazofanila kube nge mazwikudzo kene kube moyana kene kube tjidakwa kene kube govu le fumwa, 8 koga wakafanila kube ne nzhazho, kakale ade zwakanaka, azwilise, abe nthu wakatambunuka, akayengemala kakale ezwibhata. 9 Wakafanila dwilila akasimisila mu dama le malebeswa sekwa akalidiyiwa, kuti ndizo atubule kulidiya nge zila yakalingisana, kuti ndizo akunde banyanyayidzi babe.
10 Nge kuti kuna balume banjinji be bapanduki, banoleba ndebo dzisina tjadzinodwa kakale bali batjengedzi,
11 Bakafanila kunyaladziwa mu zwithu zwabanoleba, nge kuti banodzonga misha yakabakwa, nge kudiyila mbuzilo ye mari isina nshingo bediya ngekwe zwithu zwa basaka fanila kudiya nge kwazo. 12 Mmwe wabo, we nlebesambeli, wakati, “Bakirete banyepi misi yose, bazwibandana zwibiibi, basimbe dze magovu.” 13 Butendeki igogu malebeswa, ndizo ubatjemele wakasima, kuti ndizo babe nge bugalimoyo gwakasima, 14 mu bumo gwe kuteedza zwilebo zwe tjilenje tje Bajuta, kene milayo ye bathu banolasha malebeswa. 15 Ku bathu babuyanana zwithu zose zwibuyanana, koga kuna ibabo babi kakale basingagalemoyo, akuna tjibuyanana. Njalakang'wa dzabo ne hana dzabo imbimbi. 16 Banoleba kuti banoziba Ndzimu, koga banoulandula nge mishingo yabo, banoshimisa, kakale abatohwa, akuna tjakalulwama tjabakalizanila kutjishinga.
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.