¹Pauro muranda waMwari, nemuapositori waJesu Kristu, zvichienderana nerutendo rwevasanangurwa vaMwari nekugamuchira chokwadi chiri pauMwari,

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

²patariro yeupenyu hwusingaperi, uhwo Mwari usingarevi nhema hwaakavimbisa, nhambo dzenguva dzisati dzavapo,

²In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;

³asi panguva dzakafanira wakaratidza shoko rake kubudukidza nekuparidza kwakakumikidzwa kwandiri zvichienderana nemurairo waMwari Muponesi wedu,

³But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour;

⁴kuna Tito, mwana wangu chaiye parutendo rwakafanana: Nyasha, tsitsi, rugare zvinobva kuna Mwari Baba naIshe Jesu Kristu Muponesi wedu.

⁴To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.

⁵Nekuda kwaizvozvi ndakakusiya paKrete, kuti ugadzirise zvinhu zvakasara, uye ugadze vakuru muguta roga roga, sezvandakakuraira;

⁵For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee:

⁶kana ani nani usina chaangapomerwa, murume wemukadzi umwe, une vana vakatendeka, vasingapiwi mhosva yebongozozo, kana kusateerera.

⁶If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.

⁷Nekuti mutariri unofanira kuva usina chaangapomerwa semuchengeti weimba yaMwari; asingaiti kuda kwake, asingakurumidzi kutsamwa, asingadi waini, asingarwi, asingakariri fuma inonyangadza;

⁷For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;

⁸asi unofarira kugamuchira vaenzi, unoda zvinhu zvakanaka, wakasvunura, wakarurama, mutsvene, unozvidzora,

⁸But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;

⁹unobatisisa shoko rakatendeka sezvaakadzidziswa, kuti agone kukurudzira nedzidziso mhenyu, nekupwisa vakakavari.

⁹Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.

¹⁰Nekuti vazhinji varipo vasingateereri, vanotaura zvisina maturo nevanyepedzeri, zvikuru avo vekudzingiswa,

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

¹¹miromo yavo inofanira kudzivirwa; vanopidigura dzimba dzose, vachidzidzisa zvinhu zvavasingafaniri nekuda kwefuma yakaipa.

¹¹Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.

¹²Mumwe wavo muporofita wekwavo, wakati: VaKrete vagara vari varevi venhema, zvikara zvakaipa, simbe dzinokara.

¹²One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.

¹³Uchapupu uhwu ndehwechokwadi. Nekuda kwechikonzero ichi uvatsiure zvikuru, kuti vagwinye parutendo.

¹³This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;

¹⁴vasingateereri ngano dzevaJudha, nemirairo yevanhu vachizvifuratidza kuchokwadi.

¹⁴Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.

¹⁵Kuvatsvene zvinhu zvose zvitsvene; asi kune vakasvibiswa vasingatendi hakuna chitsvene, asi kunyange kufunga kwavo nehana zvakasvibiswa.

¹⁵Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.

¹⁶Vanobvuma kuti vanoziva Mwari, asi pamabasa vanomuramba, zvavari vanyangadzi nevasingateereri, vasingabatsiri pabasa rose rakanaka.

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