1Pauro muranda waMwari, nemuapositori waJesu Kristu, zvichienderana nerutendo rwevasanangurwa vaMwari nekugamuchira chokwadi chiri pauMwari,
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;
2patariro yeupenyu hwusingaperi, uhwo Mwari usingarevi nhema hwaakavimbisa, nhambo dzenguva dzisati dzavapo,
2in [the] hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before the ages of time,
3asi panguva dzakafanira wakaratidza shoko rake kubudukidza nekuparidza kwakakumikidzwa kwandiri zvichienderana nemurairo waMwari Muponesi wedu,
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;
4kuna Tito, mwana wangu chaiye parutendo rwakafanana: Nyasha, tsitsi, rugare zvinobva kuna Mwari Baba naIshe Jesu Kristu Muponesi wedu.
4to Titus, my own child according to [the] faith common [to us]: Grace and peace from God [the] Father, and Christ Jesus our Saviour.
5Nekuda kwaizvozvi ndakakusiya paKrete, kuti ugadzirise zvinhu zvakasara, uye ugadze vakuru muguta roga roga, sezvandakakuraira;
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:
6kana ani nani usina chaangapomerwa, murume wemukadzi umwe, une vana vakatendeka, vasingapiwi mhosva yebongozozo, kana kusateerera.
6if any one be free from all charge [against him], husband of one wife, having believing children not accused of excess or unruly.
7Nekuti mutariri unofanira kuva usina chaangapomerwa semuchengeti weimba yaMwari; asingaiti kuda kwake, asingakurumidzi kutsamwa, asingadi waini, asingarwi, asingakariri fuma inonyangadza;
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;
8asi unofarira kugamuchira vaenzi, unoda zvinhu zvakanaka, wakasvunura, wakarurama, mutsvene, unozvidzora,
8but hospitable, a lover of goodness, discreet, just, pious, temperate,
9unobatisisa shoko rakatendeka sezvaakadzidziswa, kuti agone kukurudzira nedzidziso mhenyu, nekupwisa vakakavari.
9clinging to the faithful word according to the doctrine taught, that he may be able both to encourage with sound teaching and refute gainsayers.
10Nekuti vazhinji varipo vasingateereri, vanotaura zvisina maturo nevanyepedzeri, zvikuru avo vekudzingiswa,
10For there are many and disorderly vain speakers and deceivers of people's minds, specially those of [the] circumcision,
11miromo yavo inofanira kudzivirwa; vanopidigura dzimba dzose, vachidzidzisa zvinhu zvavasingafaniri nekuda kwefuma yakaipa.
11who must have their mouths stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which ought not [to be taught] for the sake of base gain.
12Mumwe wavo muporofita wekwavo, wakati: VaKrete vagara vari varevi venhema, zvikara zvakaipa, simbe dzinokara.
12One of themselves, a prophet of their own, has said, Cretans are always liars, evil wild beasts, lazy gluttons.
13Uchapupu uhwu ndehwechokwadi. Nekuda kwechikonzero ichi uvatsiure zvikuru, kuti vagwinye parutendo.
13This testimony is true; for which cause rebuke them severely, that they may be sound in the faith,
14vasingateereri ngano dzevaJudha, nemirairo yevanhu vachizvifuratidza kuchokwadi.
14not turning [their] minds to Jewish fables and commandments of men turning away from the truth.
15Kuvatsvene zvinhu zvose zvitsvene; asi kune vakasvibiswa vasingatendi hakuna chitsvene, asi kunyange kufunga kwavo nehana zvakasvibiswa.
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.
16Vanobvuma kuti vanoziva Mwari, asi pamabasa vanomuramba, zvavari vanyangadzi nevasingateereri, vasingabatsiri pabasa rose rakanaka.
16They profess to know God, but in works deny [him], being abominable, and disobedient, and found worthless as to every good work.