Titu 2
1 Tedae nang tah aka cuem thuituennah neh aka rhoep te thui lah.
But you—speak what is suitable [according] to the sound teaching.
2 Patong rhoek te aka khuel la, a hinom la, a cuepmueih la, tangnah dongah sading la, lungnah, uehnah neh om saeh.
Elders [are] to be temperate, dignified, sober, sound in faith, in the love, in the endurance.
3 Te vanbangla a ham rhoek te omih ah hingcim la om saeh, hmuiyoih boel saeh, misurtui kah sal muep bi boel saeh, olthen aka thuituen la om uh saeh.
Aged women, in like manner, in behavior as becomes sacred persons, not false accusers, not enslaved to much wine, teachers of good things,
4 Te daengah ni tanoe rhoek te, va aka lungnah, ca aka lungnah la om ham a rhaengtuk thaihawn uh eh.
that they may make the young women sober-minded, to be lovers of [their] husbands, lovers of [their] children,
5 A cuepmueih la, a cuem la, imkhoem then neh a va taengah boe a ngai. Te daengah ni Pathen kah olka te a soehsal pawt eh.
sober, pure, keepers of [their own] houses, good, subject to their own husbands, that evil may not be spoken of the word of God.
6 Te vanbangla cadong tanoe rhoek te a muet uh ham hloephoelh lah.
The younger men, in like manner, exhort [them] to be sober-minded.
7 A cungkuem ah namah te bibi then kah mueimae la tueng lah. Thuituennah dongah rhuepomnah neh hinomnah tueng sak.
Concerning all things, present yourself [as] a pattern of good works—in the teaching [with] uncorruptedness, dignity,
8 Olka te a koemboek la thuem saeh. Te daengah ni aka kingkalh loh yak vetih mamih te a thae la thui ham a khueh pawt eh.
sound discourse [that is] blameless, so that he who is of the contrary may be ashamed, having nothing evil to say concerning you.
9 Sal rhoek te soeprhaep boeih ah a boeikung taengah boengai saeh lamtah a kolo la om saeh, boekoek boel saeh.
Servants [are] to be subject to their own masters, to be well-pleasing in all things, not contradicting,
10 Thuhrhawk boel saeh. Tedae a tangnah te cungkuem dongah a then la tueng coeng. Te daengah ni a cungkuem dongah mamih khangkung Pathen kah thuituennah neh a thoeihcam eh.
not stealing, but showing all good steadfastness, that the teaching of God our Savior they may adorn in all things.
11 Pathen kah lungvatnah loh hlang boeih taengah khangnah te a thoeng sak coeng.
For the saving grace of God has appeared to all men,
12 Hlangrhong neh lunglai kah hoehhamnah te hnawt ham mamih n'toel coeng. Kumhal ah a cuepmueih la, a tiktam la, hingcim la hing uh pawn sih. (aiōn g165)
teaching us, that denying the impiety and the worldly desires, we may live soberly, and righteously, and piously in the present age, (aiōn g165)
13 Ngaiuepnah yoethen neh boeilen Pathen kah thangpomnah khaw, mamih khangkung Jesuh Khrih kah a phoenah te n'lamtawn.
waiting for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,
14 Amah loh mamih yueng la amah paeuh. Te daengah ni mamih te olaeknah cungkuem lamloh n'tlan tih amah ham a khueh pilnam, bibi then kah aka hmae te n'cilpoe eh.
who gave Himself for us, that He might ransom us from all lawlessness, and might purify to Himself a special people, zealous of good works.
15 Hekah he na thui phoeiah hloephoelh lamtah olpaek boeih neh toeltham lah. Nang te n'hnoel boel saeh.
Speak these things, and exhort and convict with all authority; let no one despise you!
