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

¹Paula, Pathian sikha leh Jesu Kris sawltak, Pathian telte phatuamsak ding- ginna leh Pathian limsakna toh kithuah theihna leh

²in hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before times eternal;

²khantawna hinna lametna ah; huai khantawn hinna tuh Pathian zuaugen theilouhin khovel omma in achiama;

³but in his own seasons manifested his word in the message, wherewith I was intrusted according to the commandment of God our Saviour;

³himahleh, amah huntakah athu ah thugenna zangin a hihlangta, huai thugenna thugenna tuh Pathian I Hondampa tupiak bangzel a kepsak ka hi.

⁴to Titus, my true child after a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour.

⁴Tita, vantang ginna a ka ta taktak kiangah: Pathian leh Kris Jesu I Hondampa kianga kipan hehpihna leh lemna om hen.

⁵For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that were wanting, and appoint elders in every city, as I gave thee charge;

⁵Hiai ziakin ahi huai Kret tuikulha nang kon nutsiah, thil hihzoh louhte na hihzoh theihna ding leh, thu ka hon piak banga kho tenga upate na seh theihna dingin;

⁶if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children that believe, who are not accused of riot or unruly.

⁶kuapeuh gensiatbei, Ji khat nei, tate Pathian gingta, nopsak bawlluatna lam sang a gensiat loh lou, dan banglou a omlou, nei ahih peuhmah uleh.

⁷For the bishop must be blameless, as God's steward; not self-willed, not soon angry, no brawler, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre;

⁷Saptuam heutu tuh Pathian sum kempa ahih ziakin gensiatbei ahih ding ahi; migenhak, lunggam, uaiin khamhat, mivuakhat, punna nin a huaiham mi hiding hilou ahi;

⁸but given to hospitality, as lover of good, sober-minded, just, holy, self-controlled;

⁸mi kipahpih dan siam, hoihlam deih, lungsim diktak, midiktat, misiangthou, kidekthei mi hizaw ding ahi;

⁹holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict the gainsayers.

⁹thuhilhna diktak lamah leng mi ahasot theihna ding leh, selhatmite siamlouh atansak theihna ding in thuhilhna bangzel thu muanhuai tuh lenkip mi ahi nawn lai ding ahi.

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

¹⁰Dan banglou a om, thu genmawkmawkte leh ki khemte mi tampi a om ngal ua, zeksumte lak a mi ahi deuh tuam uhi;

¹¹whose mouths must be stopped; men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.

¹¹huaite kam tuh humsak ding ahi, punna niin deih ziak a thuhilhlouh ding hilhin, mite a inkuankuan uh a tokgawp uhi.

¹²One of themselves, a prophet of their own, said, Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, idle gluttons.

¹²Amaulaka mi amau Jawlnei khat in houh, Kret tuikulh a mitetuh zuaitheite, gamsa giloute, thadah, anhaite ahi uh, chi'n a gen hi.

¹³This testimony is true. For which cause reprove them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,

¹³Huai thugen tuh adik ahi. Huaziakin naktakin taihilh in, ginna a adik theihna ding un.

¹⁴not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men who turn away from the truth.

¹⁴Judate tangthu khawng leh thutak nungngnatsan nak a thupiak limsakloute,

¹⁵To the pure all things are pure: but to them that are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.

¹⁵Misiangthoute ading in bangkim a siangthou hi; himahleh minin leh gingloute adingin siangthou himhim a omkei hi, alungsim uh a sia lehpha theihna him uh leng a nin ta hi.Pathian ithei, chi in, apang ua, himahleh, kih huaite, thumangloute, thilhoih peuhmah hihlam a Pathian deihlouh lamte ahi ua, a thilhih un a pampaih nak ngal ua.

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

¹⁶Pathian ithei, chi in, apang ua, himahleh, kih huaite, thumangloute, thilhoih peuhmah hihlam a Pathian deihlouh lamte ahi ua, a thilhih un a pampaih nak ngal ua.