Titus 1
1 Paul, 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,
Pavao, sluga Božji i apostol Isusa Krista poradi vjere izabranika Božjih i spoznanja istine usmjerene k pobožnosti
2 in hope of everlasting life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began; (aiōnios g166)
u nadi života vječnoga što ga, prije vremena vjekovječnih, obeća Bog, On koji ne laže, (aiōnios g166)
3 but in his own time revealed his word in the message with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior;
a u svoje doba očitova riječ svoju u propovijedanju koje je meni povjereno po odredbi Spasitelja našega, Boga:
4 to Titus, my true child according to a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
Titu, pravomu sinu po zajedničkoj vjeri, milost i mir od Boga i Krista Isusa, Spasitelja našega!
5 I 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;
Poradi toga ostavih te na Kreti da urediš preostalo te po gradovima postaviš starješine kako sam ti ja odredio:
6 if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior.
je li tko besprigovoran, jedne žene muž, jesu li mu djeca vjernici i ne pod optužbom raskalašenosti ili nepokorna...
7 For 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;
Jer nadstojnik kao Božji upravitelj treba da bude besprigovoran: ne samoživ, ne jedljiv, ne vinu sklon, ni nasilju, ni prljavu dobitku,
8 but given to hospitality, as a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined;
nego gostoljubiv, ljubitelj dobra, razuman, pravedan, svet, uzdržljiv,
9 holding 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.
priljubljen uz vjerodostojnu riječ nauka da može i hrabriti u zdravom nauku i uvjeravati protivnike.
10 For there are many rebellious people, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,
Jer mnogi su nepokorni, praznorječni i zavodnici, ponajpače oni iz obrezanja.
11 whose mouths must be silenced; who are upsetting whole families, teaching things which they should not, for the sake of dishonest gain.
Njima treba začepiti usta jer cijele domove prevraćaju naučavajući što ne bi smjeli, i to poradi prljava dobitka.
12 One of them, a prophet of their own, said, "Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, and idle gluttons."
Reče netko od njih, njihov vlastiti prorok: “Krećani uvijek lašci, opake zvijeri, trbusi dangubni.”
13 This testimony is true. For this cause, reprove them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,
Svjedočanstvo je to istinito. Zato ih karaj oštro da budu zdravi u vjeri,
14 not paying attention to Jewish myths and commandments of people who reject the truth.
da ne prianjaju uza židovske bajke i propise ljudi koji se odvraćaju od istine.
15 To 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.
Sve je čisto čistima; okaljanima pak i nevjernima ništa čisto, nego su im okaljani i razum i savjest.
16 They profess that they know God, but by their works they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.
Ispovijedaju da Boga poznaju, ali djelima ga niječu - odvratni, neposlušni i za koje god dobro djelo nepodesni.
