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

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,

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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;

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

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

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

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;

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

¹⁶Proglašajo, 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 by their works they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.