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 مِنْ بُولُسَ، عَبْدِ اللهِ وَرَسُولِ يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ فِي سَبِيلِ إِيمَانِ مَنِ اخْتَارَهُمُ اللهُ، وَمَعْرِفَتِهِمْ لِلْحَقِّ الْمُوَافِقِ لِلتَّقْوَى،

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

2 فِي رَجَاءِ الْحَيَاةِ الأَبَدِيَّةِ، الَّتِي وَعَدَ بِها اللهُ الْمُنَزَّهُ عَنِ الْكَذِبِ، مِنْ قَبْلِ أَزْمِنَةِ الأَزَلِ،

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 ثُمَّ بَيَّنَ كَلِمَتَهُ فِي أَوَانِهَا الْمُعَيَّنِ: بِالْبِشَارَةِ الَّتِي وُضِعَتْ أَمَانَةً بَيْنَ يَدَيَّ بِمُوجِبِ أَمْرِ مُخَلِّصِنَا اللهِ.

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

4 إِلَى تِيطُسَ، وَلَدِي الْحَقِيقِيِّ بِالنِّسْبَةِ إِلَى الإِيمَانِ الْمُشْتَرَكِ بَيْنَنَا. لِتَكُنْ لَكَ النِّعْمَةُ وَالسَّلامُ مِنَ اللهِ الآبِ، وَالْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ مُخَلِّصِنَا!

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 تَرَكْتُكَ فِي جَزِيرَةِ كِرِيتَ لِكَيْ تُكَمِّلَ تَرْتِيبَ الأُمُورِ الْبَاقِيَةِ، وَتُقِيمَ شُيُوخاً فِي كُلِّ مَدِينَةٍ، مِثْلَمَا أَمَرْتُكَ؛

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 عَلَى أَنْ يَكُونَ الْوَاحِدُ مِنْهُمْ بَرِيئاً مِنْ كُلِّ تُهْمَةٍ، زَوْجاً لامْرَأَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ، أَباً لأَوْلادٍ مُؤْمِنِينَ لَا يُتَّهَمُونَ بِالْخَلاعَةِ وَالتَّمَرُّدِ.

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 وَذَلِكَ لأَنَّ الرَّاعِيَ يَجِبُ أَنْ يَكُونَ بَرِيئاً مِنْ كُلِّ تُهْمَةٍ بِاعْتِبَارِهِ وَكِيلاً لِلهِ، لَا مُعْجَباً بِنَفْسِهِ وَلا حَادَّ الطَّبْعِ، وَلا مُدْمِنَ الْخَمْرِ، وَلا عَنِيفاً، وَلا سَاعِياً إِلَى الْمَكْسَبِ الْخَسِيسِ؛

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

8 بَلْ مِضْيَافاً، مُحِبّاً لِلصَّلاحِ، رَزِيناً، بَارّاً، تَقِيًّا، ضَابِطاً نَفْسَهُ،

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 مُلْتَصِقاً بِالْكَلِمَةِ الصَّادِقَةِ الْمُوَافِقَةِ لِلتَّعْلِيمِ، لِيَكُونَ قَادِراً عَلَى تَشْجِيعِ الْمُؤْمِنِيِنَ بِالتَّعْلِيمِ الصَّحِيحِ وَعَلَى إِفْحَامِ الْمُعَارِضِينَ.

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

10 فَإِنَّ هُنَالِكَ كَثِيرِينَ مِنْ مُعَلِّمِي الْبَاطِلِ الْمُتَمَرِّدِينَ وَخَادِعِي عُقُولِ النَّاسِ، وَبِخَاصَّةٍ الَّذِينَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْخِتَانِ.

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

11 هَؤُلاءِ يَجِبُ أَنْ تُسَدَّ أَفْوَاهُهُمْ: فَهُمْ يُخْرِبُونَ بُيُوتاً بِجُمْلَتِهَا، إِذْ يُعَلِّمُونَ تَعَالِيمَ يَجِبُ أَلّا تُعَلَّمَ، فِي سَبِيلِ مَكْسَبٍ خَسِيسٍ.

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

12 وَقَدْ قَالَ وَاحِدٌ مِنْهُمْ، وَهُوَ عِنْدَهُمْ نَبِيٌّ خَاصٌّ بِهِمْ: «أَهْلُ كِرِيتَ دَائِماً كَذَّابُونَ، وُحُوشٌ شَرِسَةٌ، نَهِمُونَ كُسَالَى».

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

13 وَهَذِهِ شَهَادَةُ صِدْقٍ. لِذلِكَ كُنْ مُتَشَدِّداً فِي تَوْبِيخِهِمْ، لِيَكُونُوا أَصِحَّاءَ فِي الإِيمَانِ،

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

14 لَا يُدِيرُونَ عُقُولَهُمْ إِلَى خُرَافَاتٍ يَهُودِيَّةٍ وَوَصَايَا أُنَاسٍ تَحَوَّلُوا عَنِ الْحَقِّ بَعِيداً.

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 عِنْدَ الطَّاهِرِينَ، كُلُّ شَيْءٍ طَاهِرٌ. أَمَّا عِنْدَ النَّجِسِينَ وَغَيْرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، فَمَا مِنْ شَيْءٍ طَاهِرٍ، بَلْ إِنَّ عُقُولَهُمْ وَضَمَائِرَهُمْ أَيْضاً قَدْ صَارَتْ نَجِسَةً.

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

16 يَشْهَدُونَ مُعْتَرِفِينَ بِأَنَّهُمْ يَعْرِفُونَ اللهَ، وَلَكِنَّهُمْ بِأَعْمَالِهِمْ يُنْكِرُونَهُ، لأَنَّهُمْ مَكْرُوهُونَ وَغَيْرُ طَائِعِينَ، وَقَد تَبَيَّنَ أَنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ أَهْلٍ لِكُلِّ عَمَلٍ صَالِحٍ.