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,

¹Pavao, sluga Božji i apostol Isusa Krista poradi vjere izabranika Božjih i spoznanja istine usmjerene k pobožnosti

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

²u nadi života vječnoga što ga, prije vremena vjekovječnih, obeća Bog, On koji ne laže,

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

³a u svoje doba očitova riječ svoju u propovijedanju koje je meni povjereno po odredbi Spasitelja našega, Boga:

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.

⁴Titu, pravomu sinu po zajedničkoj vjeri, milost i mir od Boga i Krista Isusa, Spasitelja našega!

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;

⁵Poradi toga ostavih te na Kreti da urediš preostalo te po gradovima postaviš starješine kako sam ti ja odredio:

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

⁶je li tko besprigovoran, jedne žene muž, jesu li mu djeca vjernici i ne pod optužbom raskalašenosti ili nepokorna...

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;

⁷Jer nadstojnik kao Božji upravitelj treba da bude besprigovoran: ne samoživ, ne jedljiv, ne vinu sklon, ni nasilju, ni prljavu dobitku,

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

⁸nego gostoljubiv, ljubitelj dobra, razuman, pravedan, svet, uzdržljiv,

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.

⁹priljubljen uz vjerodostojnu riječ nauka da može i hrabriti u zdravom nauku i uvjeravati protivnike.

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

¹⁰Jer mnogi su nepokorni, praznorječni i zavodnici, ponajpače oni iz obrezanja.

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

¹¹Njima treba začepiti usta jer cijele domove prevraćaju naučavajući što ne bi smjeli, i to poradi prljava dobitka.

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

¹²Reče netko od njih, njihov vlastiti prorok: "Krećani uvijek lašci, opake zvijeri, trbusi dangubni."

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

¹³Svjedočanstvo je to istinito. Zato ih karaj oštro da budu zdravi u vjeri,

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

¹⁴da ne prianjaju uza židovske bajke i propise ljudi koji se odvraćaju od istine.

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.

¹⁵Sve je čisto čistima; okaljanima pak i nevjernima ništa čisto, nego su im okaljani i razum i savjest.

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

¹⁶Ispovijedaju da Boga poznaju, ali djelima ga niječu - odvratni, neposlušni i za koje god dobro djelo nepodesni.