¹Paul, bondman of God, and apostle of Jesus Christ according to [the] faith of God's elect, and knowledge of [the] truth which [is] according to piety;

¹ Ay Bulos, ay ya Irikoy bannya nda Yesu Almasihu diya no Irikoy suubanantey cimbeero se da cimo bayra se kaŋ ga to da boro Irikoy ganayaŋ do.

²in [the] hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before the ages of time,

² Woodin yaŋ go fundi hal abada beeja ra. Irikoy kaŋ si taari, a n'a alkawlo sambu za zamaney kulu mana te.

³but has manifested in its own due season his word, in [the] proclamation with which *I* have been entrusted, according to [the] commandment of our Saviour God;

³ A na nga sanno bangandi mo a alwaato ra, waazuyaŋo kaŋ a talfi ay gaa do iri Faabakwa Irikoy lordo boŋ.

⁴to Titus, my own child according to [the] faith common [to us]: Grace and peace from God [the] Father, and Christ Jesus our Saviour.

⁴ Ay, Bulos, go ga hantum Titos se, ay izo no da cimi cimbeero ra kaŋ g'iri boro hinka kulu margu. Gomni nda laakal kanay ma bara ni banda kaŋ yaŋ ga fun Baaba Irikoy d'iri Faabakwa Almasihu Yesu do.

⁵For this cause I left thee in Crete, that thou mightest go on to set right what remained [unordered], and establish elders in each city, as *I* had ordered thee:

⁵ Haŋ kaŋ se ay na ni naŋ Karita laabo ra neeya: zama ni ma hay kulu kaŋ ga ba teeyaŋ sasabandi, ni ma arkusuyaŋ* daŋ mo _Almasihu margey ra|_ kwaara kulu ra, sanda mate kaŋ cine ay na ni lordi nd'a.

⁶if any one be free from all charge [against him], husband of one wife, having believing children not accused of excess or unruly.

⁶ Arkusu ma ciya boro kaŋ i si du ka jance, wayboro folloŋ kurnye. A izey mo ma ciya cimandikoyaŋ, kaŋ i mana i kalima furkutaray wala hanga sanday sabbay se.

⁷For the overseer must be free from all charge [against him] as God's steward; not headstrong, not passionate, not disorderly through wine, not a striker, not seeking gain by base means;

⁷ Zama jine boro, za kaŋ a ga te jine funa Irikoy goyo boŋ, tilas kal a ma bara boro kaŋ i si jance. A ma si ciya boŋ sando, wala boro kaŋ ga waasu ka te bine, wala baji boobo hanko, wala yanjekaari, wala mo boro kaŋ ga riiba ziibo bini.

⁸but hospitable, a lover of goodness, discreet, just, pious, temperate,

⁸ Amma a ma ciya yaw gaayko, a ma ciya mo boro kaŋ ga ba ihanno teeyaŋ. A ma ciya laakalkooni, adilitaraykoy, boro kaŋ ga Irikoy gana nda cimi, boŋ hinko.

⁹clinging to the faithful word according to the doctrine taught, that he may be able both to encourage with sound teaching and refute gainsayers.

⁹ A ma gaabu sanni naanaykoyo gaa kaŋ ga saba nda dondonandiyaŋo kaŋ a du, hal a ma du ka borey yaamar da dondonandiyaŋ cimi-cimo, ka hin borey kaŋ ga gaaba nd'a mo.

¹⁰For there are many and disorderly vain speakers and deceivers of people's minds, specially those of [the] circumcision,

¹⁰ Zama boro boobo go no kaŋ murtanteyaŋ no, sanni kaŋ sinda nafa salankoyaŋ no, fafagukoyaŋ mo no, sanku fa borey kaŋ go dambanguyaŋ* borey do haray.

¹¹who must have their mouths stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which ought not [to be taught] for the sake of base gain.

¹¹ A ga hima i m'i meyey daabu, zama i ga dira no windi ka kaa windi ka borey laakaley tunandi. I goono ga haŋ kaŋ si hima dondonandi, zama ngey ma du riiba ziibo se.

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

¹² I ra boro fo, kaŋ ngey bumbo wane annabi* no ka ci ka ne: «Karita borey ya tangarikomyaŋ no alwaati kulu. Ganji ham futoyaŋ no, ŋwaari boobo ŋwaakoyaŋ no kaŋ yaŋ ga hawfun mo.»

¹³This testimony is true; for which cause rebuke them severely, that they may be sound in the faith,

¹³ Seeda din kaŋ a te mo, cimi no. Woodin sabbay se binde, ni ma deeni i gaa da deeniyaŋ konno, hal i ma te gaabi cimbeeri fonda ra.

¹⁴not turning [their] minds to Jewish fables and commandments of men turning away from the truth.

¹⁴ I ma si hangan Yahudancey jandey se da Adam-izey lordey* kaŋ goono ga fun borey kaŋ na banda bare cimo gaa do.

¹⁵All things [are] pure to the pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving nothing [is] pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.

¹⁵ Hay kulu ga hanan fundi hannokoyey se, amma borey kaŋ ga ziibi, kaŋ si cimandi mo, hay kulu si hanan i se. Amma i laakaley d'i bine lasaabey kulu ga ziibi no.

¹⁶They profess to know God, but in works deny [him], being abominable, and disobedient, and found worthless as to every good work.

¹⁶ I goono ga ne ngey ga Irikoy bay, amma i goyey do no i goono g'a ze. Fanta hariyaŋ no, murtanteyaŋ, kaŋ yaŋ si hin ka goy hanno kulu te.