Titus 1

1 Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ for the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness,

1 我保罗做上帝的奴仆和耶稣基督的使徒，是为了使上帝拣选的人有信心并明白真理，从而过敬虔的生活，

2 in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.

2 有永生的盼望。这永生是从不说谎的上帝在亘古以前应许的。

3 In His own time He has made His word evident in the proclamation entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior.

3 祂在所定的时候，借着人的传扬将自己的道显明出来。我奉我们救主上帝的命令传扬这道。

4 To Titus, my true child in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.

4 提多啊，我写信给你，就我们共同的信仰来说，你是我真正的儿子。 愿父上帝和我们的救主基督耶稣赐给你恩典和平安！

5 The reason I left you in Crete was that you would set in order what was unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.

5 当初，我把你留在克里特岛，是要你完成未办完的事工，并照我的指示在各城选立长老。

6 An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, having children who are believers and who are not open to accusation of indiscretion or insubordination.

6 做长老的必须无可指责，只有一位妻子，儿女都信主、没有放荡不羁的行为。

7 As God’s steward, an overseer must be above reproach—not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for money.

7 身为上帝的管家，做监督的必须无可指责，不傲慢，不暴躁，不酗酒，不好斗，不贪财。

8 Instead, he must be hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.

8 他必须好客、乐善、自制、正直、圣洁、自律，

9 He must hold firmly to the faithful word as it was taught, so that he can encourage others by sound teaching and refute those who contradict it.

9 持守所领受的真道，以便能够以纯正的教导劝勉人，驳倒那些反对的人。

10 For many are rebellious and full of empty talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision,

10 因为有许多悖逆之人喜欢空谈，善于欺骗，尤其是那些奉行割礼的人。

11 who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not.

11 你一定要堵住他们的口，因为他们为了不义之财教不该教的，毁坏别人全家。

12 As one of their own prophets has said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”

12 克里特人自己的一位先知说：“克里特人说谎成性，邪恶如兽，好吃懒做。”

13 This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sternly, so that they will be sound in the faith

13 这话是真的。因此你要严正地斥责他们，使他们有纯正的信仰，

14 and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the commands of men who have rejected the truth.

14 不理会犹太人的无稽之谈和那些违背真理之人的诫律。

15 To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled.

15 对洁净的人而言，一切都是洁净的；对污秽不信的人而言，什么都不洁净，连他们的思想和良心都是污秽的。

16 They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.

16 他们自称认识上帝，在行为上却否认祂。他们令人可憎，悖逆成性，一无是处。