¹Katar o Pavlo, ek sluga le Devlesko, ai ek apostle le Jesus Kristosko. Simas thodino te ingerav o pachamos kodolen kai O Del alosardia, ai te sikavav lenge o chachimos kai si ando pachamos;

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

²saxke te zhanen ke si le o traio kai chi mai getolpe, ke O Del chi xoxavel, wo shinadia amenge kado traio mai anglal sar te avel e lumia;

²in hope of eternal life, which God, who can’t lie, promised before time began;

³Wo kerdia te zhanen e chachi vriama pala leske Vorba. O Del, kodo kai ankalavel ame andal bezexa, phendia mange te phenav kado divano.

³but in his own time revealed his word in the message with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior;

⁴Tradav tuke kado lil, Titus, murho chacho shav ando pachamos kai si ame andek than: O Del O Dat ai le Devles Jesus Kristo amaro skepitori, te del tu o lashimos ai e pacha.

⁴to Titus, my true child according to a common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.

⁵Me meklem tu ande Crete, saxke e lashares so mai trobul te avel lashardo, ai te thos manushen kai den duma pa Del ande swako foro, ai de tu goji kal dieli kai sichardem tu.

⁵I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the things that were lacking, and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you;

⁶Ek manush kai del duma pa Del trobul te avel ek manush kai nai dosh pe leste; ai trobul te avel o rhom ieka rhomniako, ai leske shave trobul te pachanpe ando Del, ai na te mothon le manush ke bi malades traiin vai ke chi pachan o mui.

⁶if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior.

⁷Ke o manush kai inkerel e khangeri trobul te kopaiilpe andal dieli le Devleski, no anda kodia trobul te na avel dosha pe leste. Ai chi trobul te avel barimatango, ai chi te xoliavol, ai chi te machol, ai chi te marelpe, ai chi trobul te niril love le chorimasa.

⁷For the overseer must be blameless, as God’s steward; not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;

⁸Numa trobul te premil mishto kodolen kai aven leste, ai te avel leske drago o mishtimos. Ai trobul te avel lasho, chacho, ai vuzho, ai te arakhelpe.

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

⁹Ai trobul te inkerel mishto e chachi Vorba le Devleski sar sas sichardi, ai kadia sai zhutil la kolavren le chache sicharimos, ai vi sai te sikavela lenge shipki ai so chi haliaren.

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 those who contradict him.

¹⁰Ke si but ai mai but mashkar le Zhiduvuria kai dinepe le Devleske, won chi lenpe palai Vorba le Devleski, ai rimon le narodos penge bi malade divanonsa.

¹⁰For there are also many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,

¹¹Trobul te phanaven lenge muia, ke won rimon bute familian, ai sicharen so chi trobul, te nirin love le chorimasa.

¹¹whose mouths must be stopped; men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for dishonest gain’s sake.

¹²Iek andal Cretan, iek anda lenge profeturia phendia, "Ke le Cretan de sar godi sas, xoxamle sas, ai vi nasul, ai vi dzile, ai khandine kai ferdi te xan, den pe goji."

¹²One of them, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, and idle gluttons.”

¹³Ai so phendia kado profeto o cchachimos sas. Anda kodia na dara, phen lenge lenge dosha, saxke te aven le iek lasho pachamos,

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

¹⁴ai te na mai lenpe palal paramicha le Zhidovisko, ai palal zakonuria kai kerde le manush kai durile katar o chachimos.

¹⁴not paying attention to Jewish fables and commandments of men who turn away from the truth.

¹⁵Swako fielo vuzho le manushenge kai si vuzhe; numa kanchi nai vuzho kodolenge kai nai vuzhe ai kai chi pachanpe, ke lenge goji ai lenge ginduria nai vuzhe.

¹⁵To the pure, all things are pure; but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.

¹⁶Won mothon ke zhanen le Devles; numa lengo traio sikavel ke chi zhanen les. Won nai lashe (bezexale le), ai chi pachan o mui, ai nashti keren chi iek mishtimos.

¹⁶They profess that they know God, but by their works they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.