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 上帝的僕人，耶穌基督的使徒保羅，憑着上帝選民的信心與敬虔真理的知識，

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

2 盼望那無謊言的上帝在萬古之先所應許的永生，

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 到了日期，藉着傳揚的工夫把他的道顯明了；這傳揚的責任是按着上帝－我們救主的命令交託了我。

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

4 現在寫信給提多，就是照着我們共信之道作我真兒子的。願恩惠、平安從父上帝和我們的救主基督耶穌歸與你！

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 我從前留你在克里特，是要你將那沒有辦完的事都辦整齊了，又照我所吩咐你的，在各城設立長老。

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 若有無可指責的人，只作一個婦人的丈夫，兒女也是信主的，沒有人告他們是放蕩不服約束的，就可以設立。

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 監督既是上帝的管家，必須無可指責，不任性，不暴躁，不因酒滋事，不打人，不貪無義之財；

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

8 樂意接待遠人，好善，莊重，公平，聖潔自持；

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 堅守所教真實的道理，就能將純正的教訓勸化人，又能把爭辯的人駁倒了。

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

10 因為有許多人不服約束，說虛空話欺哄人；那奉割禮的更是這樣。

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

11 這些人的口總要堵住。他們因貪不義之財，將不該教導的教導人，敗壞人的全家。

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

12 有克里特人中的一個本地先知說：「克里特人常說謊話，乃是惡獸，又饞又懶。」

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

13 這個見證是真的。所以，你要嚴嚴地責備他們，使他們在真道上純全無疵，

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

14 不聽猶太人荒渺的言語和離棄真道之人的誡命。

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 在潔淨的人，凡物都潔淨；在污穢不信的人，甚麼都不潔淨，連心地和天良也都污穢了。

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

16 他們說是認識上帝，行事卻和他相背；本是可憎惡的，是悖逆的，在各樣善事上是可廢棄的。