1 Man Pool maa lay bind, man miy jaamu Yàlla ak ndaw li Yeesu Kirist yónni, ngir xamle ngëm, gi lal yoonu ñi Yàlla tànn, tey yokk xam-xamu dëgg, giy meññ ragal Yàlla;
1Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of the choice ones of God, and an acknowledging of truth that [is] according to piety,
2 mu sukkandiku ci yaakaar ju dëggu, ji nu am ci dund gu dul jeex, gi Yàlla dige ba dara sosoogul, moom mi dul tebbi waxam.
2upon hope of life age-during, which God, who doth not lie, did promise before times of ages,
3 Te léegi, ci jamono ji ko soob, feeñal na xebaaram boobu ci waaraate, bi ma Yàlla sunu Musalkat dénk te digal ma, ma xamle ko.
3(and He manifested in proper times His word,) in preaching, which I was entrusted with, according to a charge of God our Saviour,
4 Maa ngi lay bind, Tit, yaw sama doomu diine ju wér ci ngëm, gi nu bokk nun ñépp. Na la Yàlla Baay bi ak Kirist Yeesu sunu Musalkat may yiw ak jàmm.
4to Titus -- true child according to a common faith: Grace, kindness, peace, from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour!
5 Bàyyi naa la ca réewu Kereet, ngir nga mottali la desoon ci liggéey bi, te samp ay njiiti mbooloo ca dëkk bu nekk, ni ma la ko sante woon.
5For this cause left I thee in Crete, that the things lacking thou mayest arrange, and mayest set down in every city elders, as I did appoint to thee;
6 Njiit nag nii la war a mel: war na ñàkk ŋàññ, yem ci benn soxna, am ay doom yu gëm yu amul baatu gannaaw cig yàqute mbaa déggadi.
6if any one is blameless, of one wife a husband, having children stedfast, not under accusation of riotous living or insubordinate --
7 Ndaxte kuy sàmm mbooloo mi mooy jawriñu Yàlla, kon warul am ŋàññ, walla di ku dëgër bopp mbaa ku tàng bopp; warul dib màndikat walla xeexkat mbaa ku bëgge ci alal ju lewul.
7for it behoveth the overseer to be blameless, as God's steward, not self-pleased, nor irascible, not given to wine, not a striker, not given to filthy lucre;
8 Waaye war na man gan te bëgg lu baax, di ku maandu te jub, ku sell te noot boppam.
8but a lover of strangers, a lover of good men, sober-minded, righteous, kind, self-controlled,
9 War na jàpp ci xebaar bu dëggu, bi lal sunu yoon, ba man a dénkaane ci njàngale mu wér mi, tey yey ñi weddi.
9holding -- according to the teaching -- to the stedfast word, that he may be able also to exhort in the sound teaching, and the gainsayers to convict;
10 Loolu war na, ndaxte am na ñu bare ñu déggul lenn ndigal, rawatina ci Yawut yi, ñuy yàq xeli nit ñi ak seen waxi neen.
10for there are many both insubordinate, vain-talkers, and mind-deceivers -- especially they of the circumcision --
11 Fàww nga wedamloo leen, ndax dañuy tas këri lëmm, ciy jàngale li warul ngir sàkku alal ju lewul.
11whose mouth it behoveth to stop, who whole households do overturn, teaching what things it behoveth not, for filthy lucre's sake.
12 Am na nitu Kereet, di yonent ci ñoom, mu ne: «Waa Kereet, ay fenkat lañu mas a doon, ñu soxor ni ay rabi àll, fuqle te tayel.»
12A certain one of them, a prophet of their own, said -- `Cretans! always liars, evil beasts, lazy bellies!'
13 Te li mu wax dëgg la. Looloo tax nga war leen a yey bu wóor ci seeni bàkkaar, ngir ñu am ngëm gu wér
13this testimony is true; for which cause convict them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,
14 te bañ a topp léebi diiney neen yu Yawut yi, mbaa tegtali nit, ñi dëddu dëgg.
14not giving heed to Jewish fables and commands of men, turning themselves away from the truth;
15 Ñi sell seen lépp a sell, waaye ñi selladi te gëmadi seen dara sellul, du seeni xalaat, du seeni xel.
15all things, indeed, [are] pure to the pure, and to the defiled and unstedfast [is] nothing pure, but of them defiled [are] even the mind and the conscience;
16 Dañoo mbubboo xam-xamu Yàlla, waaye seeni jëf weddi na ko; ñu sikk lañu te déggadi, ba tële ci jëf lenn lu baax.
16God they profess to know, and in the works they deny [Him], being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work disapproved.