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,

¹Lâin laj Pablo. Yôquin chi tz'îbac âcuiq'uin, at Tito. Ninc'anjelac chiru li Dios ut lâin x-apóstol li Jesucristo. Xakabanbilin xban li Jesucristo re xtenk'anquileb li sic'bileb ru xban li Dios re nak tz'akalak re ru lix pâbâleb. Ut xakabanbilin re xtenk'anquileb re nak te'xtau ru chi tz'akal lix yâlal li colba-ib ut tâtîcobresîk lix ch'ôleb.

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

²Ninch'olob lix yâlal a'in chiruheb re nak te'pâbânk ut te'xyo'oni li junelic yu'am. Najter k'e cutan li Dios quixyechi'i chak li junelic yu'am. Li Dios inc'a' natic'ti'ic.

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

³Nak quicuulac xk'ehil li Dios laj Colol ke quixc'utbesi lix yâlal li colba-ib chiku. Tenebanbil sa' inbên xban li Dios xch'olobanquil xyâlal li colba-ib yalak bar.

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.

⁴Yôquin chi tz'îbac âcuiq'uin, at Tito. Lâat chanchanat tz'akal cualal sa' xc'aba' li kapâbâl. Chicuânk taxak âcuiq'uin li usilal ut li tuktûquilal li naxq'ue li Dios li kaYucua' ut li naxq'ue li Jesucristo laj Colol ke.

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;

⁵Xatincanab aran sa' li tenamit Creta re nak tâc'ûb ru li c'a'ru toj yîbâc naraj ut re nak tâxakabeb li te'c'amok be chiruheb laj pâbanel sa' li junjûnk chi tenamit. Jo' xinye âcue, jo'can tâbânu.

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

⁶Tîcak xch'ôl li ani tâxakab re nak mâc'a' tâyehek' chirixeb. Junak ajcui' li rixakil ut aj pâbanelakeb li ralal xc'ajol. Châbilakeb xna'leb ut te'abînk chiruheb lix na' xyucua'.

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;

⁷Li ani nac'amoc be chiruheb laj pâbanel, li jun a'an aj c'anjel chiru li Dios. Jo'can nak tento nak tîcak xch'ôl re nak mâ ani tââtinak chirix. Moco k'etk'etak ta ut moco ch'inpo'ak ta, chi moco tâcalâk, chi moco tâpletik. Ut mâcua'ak aj rahol ru biomal, chi moco tixsic' xtumin riq'uin balak'ic.

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

⁸Junak aj c'anjel chiru li Dios naxc'uleb li rula' chi sa sa' xch'ôl ut nasaho' ajcui' sa' xch'ôl riq'uineb li neque'bânun re li us. Laj c'anjel chiru li Dios toj naxc'oxla chi us li c'a'ru naxbânu ut junelic cuânk sa' usilal riq'uineb li ras rîtz'in. Tîc xch'ôl ut naxcuy xnumsinquil li raylal ut li âlêc.

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.

⁹Inc'a' nach'inan xch'ôl sa' lix pâbâl. Naxpâb ban chi anchal xch'ôl lix yâlal li quic'ute' chiru re nak tixnau xch'olobanquil lix yâlal chiruheb li rech aj pâbanelil ut tixnau xq'uebal xna'lebeb li neque'cuech'in re li c'a'ru naxye.

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

¹⁰Chaq'uehak retal ani tâxakab chok' aj c'amol be xban nak nabaleb li inc'a' neque'xtau xyâlal. Neque'âtinac chi mâc'a' rajbal ut neque'xbalak'i li tenamit. K'axal cui'chic nabaleb jo'caneb xna'leb sa' xyânkeb li kech aj pâbanelil aj judío.

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

¹¹Eb a'an tento xk'usbaleb re nak te'xcanab li balak'înc. Yôqueb xpo'bal xch'ôleb li jûnk cabal riq'uin xc'utbal li moco yâl ta. Riq'uin balak'înc neque'xtau lix tumineb.

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

¹²Eb laj Creta que'xq'ue jun li cuînk aj k'e chok' xprofeteb. Li cuînk a'an quixye chi jo'ca'in chirixeb li rech tenamitil: laj Creta junes tic'ti'ic neque'xbânu. Chanchaneb li josk' aj xul. Eb a'an aj num cua'ineleb ut inc'a' neque'raj trabajic, chan.

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

¹³Ut yâl ajcui' li quixye. Jo'can nak cau chak'useb re nak te'cacuûk xch'ôleb sa' lix pâbâleb.

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

¹⁴Chak'useb re nak inc'a' te'xpâb li tic'ti' li neque'xyo'ob laj judío chi moco che'xpâb lix chak'rabeb li cuînk li neque'tz'ektânan re li tz'akal yâl.

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.

¹⁵Li tîqueb xch'ôl, chixjunil li c'a'ak re ru châbil chiruheb xban nak neque'xsic' li c'a'ru châbil. A'ut eb li inc'a' tîqueb xch'ôl, mâc'a' c'a'ru us chiruheb xban nak numtajenak xyibal ru lix na'lebeb ut inc'a' us lix c'a'uxeb.Neque'xye nak neque'xpâb li Dios, aban riq'uin li c'a'ru neque'xbânu nac'utun nak moco yâl ta. Aj k'etoleb râtin li Dios ut k'axal yibru lix na'lebeb. Inc'a' useb. Mâc'a' junak châbil c'anjel târûk te'xbânu.

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

¹⁶Neque'xye nak neque'xpâb li Dios, aban riq'uin li c'a'ru neque'xbânu nac'utun nak moco yâl ta. Aj k'etoleb râtin li Dios ut k'axal yibru lix na'lebeb. Inc'a' useb. Mâc'a' junak châbil c'anjel târûk te'xbânu.