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,

¹Paula, Pathian sikha leh Jesu Kris sawltak, Pathian telte phatuamsak ding- ginna leh Pathian limsakna toh kithuah theihna leh

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

²khantawna hinna lametna ah; huai khantawn hinna tuh Pathian zuaugen theilouhin khovel omma in achiama;

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

³himahleh, amah huntakah athu ah thugenna zangin a hihlangta, huai thugenna thugenna tuh Pathian I Hondampa tupiak bangzel a kepsak ka hi.

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.

⁴Tita, vantang ginna a ka ta taktak kiangah: Pathian leh Kris Jesu I Hondampa kianga kipan hehpihna leh lemna om hen.

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;

⁵Hiai ziakin ahi huai Kret tuikulha nang kon nutsiah, thil hihzoh louhte na hihzoh theihna ding leh, thu ka hon piak banga kho tenga upate na seh theihna dingin;

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

⁶kuapeuh gensiatbei, Ji khat nei, tate Pathian gingta, nopsak bawlluatna lam sang a gensiat loh lou, dan banglou a omlou, nei ahih peuhmah uleh.

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;

⁷Saptuam heutu tuh Pathian sum kempa ahih ziakin gensiatbei ahih ding ahi; migenhak, lunggam, uaiin khamhat, mivuakhat, punna nin a huaiham mi hiding hilou ahi;

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

⁸mi kipahpih dan siam, hoihlam deih, lungsim diktak, midiktat, misiangthou, kidekthei mi hizaw ding ahi;

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.

⁹thuhilhna diktak lamah leng mi ahasot theihna ding leh, selhatmite siamlouh atansak theihna ding in thuhilhna bangzel thu muanhuai tuh lenkip mi ahi nawn lai ding ahi.

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

¹⁰Dan banglou a om, thu genmawkmawkte leh ki khemte mi tampi a om ngal ua, zeksumte lak a mi ahi deuh tuam uhi;

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

¹¹huaite kam tuh humsak ding ahi, punna niin deih ziak a thuhilhlouh ding hilhin, mite a inkuankuan uh a tokgawp uhi.

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

¹²Amaulaka mi amau Jawlnei khat in houh, Kret tuikulh a mitetuh zuaitheite, gamsa giloute, thadah, anhaite ahi uh, chi'n a gen hi.

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

¹³Huai thugen tuh adik ahi. Huaziakin naktakin taihilh in, ginna a adik theihna ding un.

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

¹⁴Judate tangthu khawng leh thutak nungngnatsan nak a thupiak limsakloute,

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.

¹⁵Misiangthoute ading in bangkim a siangthou hi; himahleh minin leh gingloute adingin siangthou himhim a omkei hi, alungsim uh a sia lehpha theihna him uh leng a nin ta hi.Pathian ithei, chi in, apang ua, himahleh, kih huaite, thumangloute, thilhoih peuhmah hihlam a Pathian deihlouh lamte ahi ua, a thilhih un a pampaih nak ngal ua.

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

¹⁶Pathian ithei, chi in, apang ua, himahleh, kih huaite, thumangloute, thilhoih peuhmah hihlam a Pathian deihlouh lamte ahi ua, a thilhih un a pampaih nak ngal ua.