¹Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;

¹Pavel, hlapec Božji, apostol pa Jezusa Kristusa, po veri izvoljencev Božjih in spoznanju resnice, ki vodi k pobožnosti,

²In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;

²na podlagi upanja večnega življenja, ki ga je obljubil pred večnimi časi Bog, ki nikoli ne laže,

³But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour;

³a ob svojem času je razodel besedo svojo v oznanilu, ki mi je bilo poverjeno po povelju Rešitelja našega, Boga,

⁴To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.

⁴Titu, pravemu otroku svojemu po naši skupni veri: Milost in mir od Boga Očeta in Kristusa Jezusa, Zveličarja našega!

⁵For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee:

⁵Zato sem te pustil na Kreti, da urediš, kar je še pomanjkljivega, in nastaviš po mestih starejšine, kakor sem ti ukazal:

⁶If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.

⁶če je kdo brez oponosa, ene žene mož, ima verne otroke, ki niso na glasu razuzdanosti ali nepokorni.

⁷For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;

⁷Škof namreč mora biti brez oponosa, kakor oskrbnik Božji; ne samovšečen, ne nagle jeze, ne pijanec, ne pretepač, ne grdega dobička željen;

⁸But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;

⁸ampak gostoljuben, dobrega prijatelj, zmeren, pravičen, svet, zdržljiv,

⁹Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.

⁹držeč se zveste besede, ki je v soglasju z naukom, da bode zmožen opominjati v zdravem uku in prepričevati nasprotno govoreče.

¹⁰For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:

¹⁰Kajti mnogo jih je upornih, blebetačev in sleparjev, zlasti iz obreze,

¹¹Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.

¹¹ki jim je treba usta zamašiti; kateri cele hiše narobe obračajo, učeč, česar ne bi smeli, za grd dobiček.

¹²One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.

¹²Rekel je nekdo izmed njih, njih lastni prorok: Krečani so vedno lažniki, grde zveri, leni trebuhi.

¹³This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;

¹³To izpričevalo je resnično. Zato jih ostro svari, da bodo zdravi v veri,

¹⁴Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.

¹⁴ne poslušajoč basni judovskih in ukazov ljudi, ki se obračajo od resnice.

¹⁵Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.

¹⁵Vse je čisto čistim; oskrunjenim pa in nevernim ni nič čisto, temuč oskrunjena sta njih um in njih vest.Proglašajo, da poznajo Boga, v delih pa ga zatajujejo, ker so ostudni in nepokorni in za vsako dobro delo nesposobni.

¹⁶They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.

¹⁶Proglašajo, da poznajo Boga, v delih pa ga zatajujejo, ker so ostudni in nepokorni in za vsako dobro delo nesposobni.