1Nekk Bulus aqeddac n Sidi Ṛebbi, i d-iceggeɛ Ɛisa Lmasiḥ iwakken ad ssiwleɣ i wid akk yextaṛ Sidi Ṛebbi a d-uɣalen ɣer webrid-is yerna ad issinen tideț,
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;
2akken ad țeklen belli sɛan tudert n dayem, tudert i gewɛed Sidi Ṛebbi uqbel a d-tețwaxleq ddunit nețța ur neskiddib ara.
2in [the] hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before the ages of time,
3Yefka-d awal-is di lweqt ilaqen, ibeggen-it-id di lexbaṛ i yi-d yețțunefken s lameṛ n Sidi Ṛebbi amsellek-nneɣ.
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;
4Uriɣ-ed tabṛaț-agi i kečč, a Tit a mmi n tideț di liman i ɣ-yesdukklen : ṛṛeḥma ț-țalwit a k-d-țțunefkent s ɣuṛ Sidi Ṛebbi akk-d Ɛisa Lmasiḥ amsellek-nneɣ !
4to Titus, my own child according to [the] faith common [to us]: Grace and peace from God [the] Father, and Christ Jesus our Saviour.
5?ǧiɣ-k di tegzirt n Kritus iwakken aț-țkemmleḍ ccɣel-nni ur nfuk ara, yerna aț-țesbeddeḍ di yal tamdint imeqqranen n tejmuyaɛ n imasiḥiyen akken i k-n-umṛeɣ.
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:
6Yal yiwen deg-sen ilaq ad yili d amdan iwumi ur d-ssukksen acemma, ad yesɛu yiwet tmeṭṭut kan, arraw-is ad ilin d wid iḍuɛen Sidi Ṛebbi, ad sɛun tikli yelhan, ad țțaɣen awal iwakken ur sen-d-ssukkusen ara wiyaḍ kra n diri.
6if any one be free from all charge [against him], husband of one wife, having believing children not accused of excess or unruly.
7Ilaq ameqqran n tejmaɛt ad yili yeṣfa di tikli-ines, imi d nețța i geṭṭfen lecɣal n Sidi Ṛebbi, ur ilaq ad yili d win yessimɣuṛen iman-is, ur ilaq ad ireffu, ur ilaq ad yili d asekṛan, ur ilaq ad yeskker ccwal, ur ilaq daɣen a t-ɣwun yedrimen n leḥṛam.
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;
8Lameɛna ilaq-as ad yili d win yețqabalen s wudem lɛali, d bab lxiṛ, d aɛeqli, d aḥeqqi, d win yețḍuɛun Sidi Ṛebbi, d win iḥekkmen deg iman-is ;
8but hospitable, a lover of goodness, discreet, just, pious, temperate,
9ilaq ad yeṭṭef deg awal n Sidi Ṛebbi yellan ț-țideț akken i t-yelmed, iwakken ad yizmir ad isselmed, ad inhu wiyaḍ yerna a d-isbeggen i wid i d-yekkaten deg awal-agi, belli ɣelṭen.
9clinging to the faithful word according to the doctrine taught, that he may be able both to encourage with sound teaching and refute gainsayers.
10Aṭas seg wat Isṛail i gɛuṣan Sidi Ṛebbi yerna țkellixen medden s imeslayen-nsen,
10For there are many and disorderly vain speakers and deceivers of people's minds, specially those of [the] circumcision,
11ilaq a sen-terrem tikmamin i yimawen-nsen. Skarayen lhul deg yexxamen m'ara sselmaden ayen ur nlaq ara, iwakken ad rebḥen leḥṛam.
11who must have their mouths stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which ought not [to be taught] for the sake of base gain.
12Yiwen seg-sen i ḥesben d nnbi, yenna-d : « at țegzirt n Kritus si zik-nsen d imeskaddaben, d lewḥuc iweɛṛen, d ifenyanen yețxemmimen kan ad ččen ' ' ;
12One of themselves, a prophet of their own, has said, Cretans are always liars, evil wild beasts, lazy gluttons.
13ayagi i d-yenna ț-țideț. Daymi, ilaq a ten-tenhuḍ s lewɛaṛa, iwakken ad sɛun liman iseḥḥan ;
13This testimony is true; for which cause rebuke them severely, that they may be sound in the faith,
14ur ilaq ara ad țḥessisen i tmucuha n wudayen akk-d lewṣayat n yemdanen ur neqbil ara tideț.
14not turning [their] minds to Jewish fables and commandments of men turning away from the truth.
15Kullec zeddig i wid zeddigen, meɛna ulac ayen zeddigen i wid ur nzeddig ara, ur nețțamen ara s Ṛebbi ; imi xemmimen-nsen d wulawen-nsen neǧsen yerna ur țendemmayen ara.
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.
16Imdanen-agi qqaṛen nessen Ṛebbi, meɛna cceṛ i xeddmen yesbeggin-ed belli ur t-ssinen ara, ɛuṣan Sidi Ṛebbi xeddmen anagar wayen yekṛeh, ur zmiren ara ad xedmen ayen yelhan.
16They profess to know God, but in works deny [him], being abominable, and disobedient, and found worthless as to every good work.