Titum 1
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
World English Bible
1Paulus servus Dei, Apostolus autem Jesu Christi secundum fidem electorum Dei, et agnitionem veritatis, quæ secundum pietatem est
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,
2in spem vitæ æternæ, quam promisit qui non mentitur, Deus, ante tempora sæcularia:
2in hope of eternal life, which God, who can’t lie, promised before time began;
3manifestavit autem temporibus suis verbum suum in prædicatione, quæ credita est mihi secundum præceptum Salvatoris nostri Dei:
3but in his own time revealed his word in the message with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior,
4Tito dilecto filio secundum communem fidem, gratia, et pax a Deo Patre, et Christo Jesu Salvatore nostro.
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.
5Hujus rei gratia reliqui te Cretæ, ut ea quæ desunt, corrigas, et constituas per civitates presbyteros, sicut et ego disposui tibi,
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—
6si quis sine crimine est, unius uxoris vir, filios habens fideles, non in accusatione luxuriæ, aut non subditos.
6if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior.
7Oportet enim episcopum sine crimine esse, sicut Dei dispensatorem: non superbum, non iracundum, non vinolentum, non percussorem, non turpis lucri cupidum:
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;
8sed hospitalem, benignum, sobrium, justum, sanctum, continentem,
8but given to hospitality, a lover of good, sober minded, fair, holy, self-controlled,
9amplectentem eum, qui secundum doctrinam est, fidelem sermonem: ut potens sit exhortari in doctrina sana, et eos qui contradicunt, arguere.
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.
10Sunt enim multi etiam inobedientes, vaniloqui, et seductores: maxime qui de circumcisione sunt:
10For there are also many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,
11quos oportet redargui: qui universas domos subvertunt, docentes quæ non oportet, turpis lucri gratia.
11whose mouths must be stopped: men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for dishonest gain’s sake.
12Dixit quidam ex illis, proprius ipsorum propheta: Cretenses semper mendaces, malæ bestiæ, ventres pigri.
12One of them, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, and idle gluttons.”
13Testimonium hoc verum est. Quam ob causam increpa illos dure, ut sani sint in fide,
13This testimony is true. For this cause, reprove them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,
14non intendentes judaicis fabulis, et mandatis hominum, aversantium se a veritate.
14not paying attention to Jewish fables and commandments of men who turn away from the truth.
15Omnia munda mundis: coinquinatis autem et infidelibus, nihil est mundum, sed inquinatæ sunt eorum et mens et conscientia.
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.
16Confitentur se nosse Deum, factis autem negant: cum sint abominati, et incredibiles, et ad omne opus bonum reprobi.
16They profess that they know God, but by their deeds they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.
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