Titus 1
1 I, Paul, [am writing this letter to you, Titus]. [God appointed me to be] his servant and [to be] an apostle [who represents] Jesus Christ. [God appointed me in order that I might teach] those whom God has chosen [to be his people] to [correctly] believe [in him]. He wants me to teach them the true [teachings about God], in order that they will learn to behave (in a [godly manner/] a [manner that pleases God]).
神のしもべ、また、イエス・キリストの使徒パウロ――私は、神に選ばれた人々の信仰と、敬虔にふさわしい真理の知識とのために使徒とされたのです。
2 [As a result of my doing these things, his people] confidently expect that God will cause them to live forever. God, who never lies, promised before he created the world that [his people] would live forever. (aiōnios g166)
それは、偽ることのない神が、永遠の昔から約束してくださった永遠のいのちの望みに基づくことです。 (aiōnios g166)
3 Then at the time that he [chose], he revealed [to us his] message. [Specifically], God our Savior gave this message to me, and he trusted me to proclaim it to people.
神は、ご自分の定められた時に、このみことばを宣教によって明らかにされました。私は、この宣教を私たちの救い主なる神の命令によって、ゆだねられたのです。――このパウロから、
4 Titus, [I am writing this letter] to [you because you are like] a true son [MET] [to me because I led/helped you to] believe the same [teachings about Christ that I do]. ([I pray that/May]) [God our Father and Christ Jesus our Savior will continue to] act kindly toward you and cause you to have [inner] peace.
同じ信仰による真実のわが子テトスへ。父なる神および私たちの救い主なるキリスト・イエスから、恵みと平安がありますように。
5 When I [asked you] to stay on Crete [island], I wanted you to do these things: [Teach the believers what they need to know so that they] can understand correctly the [spiritual] matters about which some are teaching wrongly. Appoint elders [in the congregation] in each town in the manner in which I told you to do.
私があなたをクレテに残したのは、あなたが残っている仕事の整理をし、また、私が指図したように、町ごとに長老たちを任命するためでした。
6 [When you appoint men as elders], you must choose men whom no one can [justly] accuse of [habitually] doing what is wrong (OR, whom everyone speaks well of). Specifically, appoint men who have been faithful to their wives. Appoint men whose children faithfully obey [them. Do not appoint men whose children habitually] do all the things that their bodies urge them to do, or who refuse to obey their parents.
それには、その人が、非難されるところがなく、ひとりの妻の夫であり、その子どもは不品行を責められたり、反抗的であったりしない信者であることが条件です。
7 Leaders [of the congregation] must be [men] who, as everyone knows, habitually do what is good (OR, [whom] no one can [justly] accuse of doing what is wrong), because it is on God’s behalf that they will direct/serve [the congregation. Specifically, they must] not be arrogant/proud. They must not easily become angry. They must not [be men who] drink much alcohol. They must not [be men who] ([act] violently/fight) [when they are angry. They must] not [be men who are] (greedy for/strongly desire to get) money.
監督は神の家の管理者として、非難されるところのない者であるべきです。わがままでなく、短気でなく、酒飲みでなく、けんか好きでなく、不正な利を求めず、
8 Instead, they must be ones who welcome and take care of guests. They must (be devoted to/like to do) what is good. They must do [what God considers] to be right. They must be (holy/completely dedicated to God). They must be men who do what their minds tell them is right to do [and not what their emotions/desires urge them to do].
かえって、旅人をよくもてなし、善を愛し、慎み深く、正しく、敬虔で、自制心があり、
9 They must firmly believe in the message [about Jesus Christ] exactly as [I/we(inc)] taught it, in order that they might be able to teach [the believers] what is correct and to urge [them to follow it well. If they firmly accept our message], they will be able to convince those who oppose [what is correct that they are wrong].
教えにかなった信頼すべきみことばを、しっかりと守っていなければなりません。それは健全な教えをもって励ましたり、反対する人たちを正したりすることができるためです。
10 [I say this] because there are many [people who oppose the correct teachings]. They refuse to obey people who have authority over them, they talk ([on and on/without stopping]), saying what helps no one, and they deceive people. The Jewish [believers] [MTY] [who insist we must obey all the Jewish rituals are] especially [doing this].
実は、反抗的な者、空論に走る者、人を惑わす者が多くいます。特に、割礼を受けた人々がそうです。
11 [You and the leaders whom you appoint] should prevent such people from teaching [the believers]. They are causing whole families to stop believing in the correct teachings [MET] by means of their teaching [people wrong ideas/teachings. They are teaching people only] in order that people will give them money, [which is very] shameful [for them to do].
彼らの口を封じなければいけません。彼らは、不正な利を得るために、教えてはいけないことを教え、家々を破壊しています。
12 A man from Crete [island] whom [they consider] a prophet said, “[My fellow] Cretan people are always lying [to one another! They are like dangerous] wild animals [MET]! They are lazy and always eat too much food [SYN]!”
彼らと同国人であるひとりの預言者がこう言いました。 「クレテ人は昔からのうそつき、 悪いけだもの、 なまけ者の食いしんぼう。」
13 The words that this man said [about the Cretan people] are [still] true, [especially about their being liars]. So, rigorously convince/show [those Cretan believers] that those [false teachings] are wrong. Tell them to [firmly] believe in the correct teachings.
この証言はほんとうなのです。ですから、きびしく戒めて、人々の信仰を健全にし、
14 [Teach them that] they should no [longer] listen to the stories that the Jews (made up/invented). [Especially] they should refuse to obey those who reject our true teachings, because those people are teaching things that only come from human beings, [not from God].
ユダヤ人の空想話や、真理から離れた人々の戒めには心を寄せないようにさせなさい。
15 [Believers should reject] what they teach about food, [because] no [food that we eat] can make us unacceptable to God if we are pure [in our] ([inner beings/hearts]). But if people are evil and they do not trust [in Christ Jesus], there is no [ritual] that can make them acceptable to God. Such people’s way of thinking has been ruined {Such people have ruined their way of thinking}, and they do not even feel guilty [when they do what is evil].
きよい人々には、すべてのものがきよいのです。しかし、汚れた、不信仰な人々には、何一つきよいものはありません。それどころか、その知性と良心までも汚れています。
16 Even though they claim/say that they know God, by what they do they [show that they] do not know (God/his true teaching). They do not obey [God], and they are unable to do anything that he considers to be good. [So God considers them to be absolutely] disgusting!
彼らは、神を知っていると口では言いますが、行ないでは否定しています。実に忌まわしく、不従順で、どんな良いわざにも不適格です。
