Bilingual reading

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,

in hope of eternal life, which God, who can’t lie, promised before time began;

but in his own time revealed his word in the message with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior,

to Titus, my true child according to a common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.

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—

if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior.

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;

but given to hospitality, a lover of good, sober minded, fair, holy, self-controlled,

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.

For there are also many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,

whose mouths must be stopped: men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for dishonest gain’s sake.

One of them, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, and idle gluttons.”

This testimony is true. For this cause, reprove them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,

not paying attention to Jewish fables and commandments of men who turn away from the truth.

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.

They profess that they know God, but by their deeds they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.

مِن بولُسَ عَبدِ اللهِ ورَسولِ المسيحِ يسوعَ لِيَهدِيَ الَّذينَ ٱختارَهُمُ اللهُ إِلى الإِيمانِ ومَعرِفَةِ الحَقِّ المُوافِقَةِ لِلتَّقْوى

مِن أَجْلِ رَجاءِ الحَياةِ الأَبَدِيَّةِ الَّتي وَعَدَ اللهُ بِها مُنذُ الأَزَل – وإِنَّه لا يَكذِب

فقَد أَظهَرَ كَلِمَتَه في الأَوقاتِ المحدَّدةِ لَها، بِبشارَةٍ ٱئتُمِنتُ علَيها بِأَمْرٍ مِنَ اللهِ مُخَلِّصِنا

إِلى طيطُسَ ٱبنِيَ المُخلِصِ في إِيمانِنا المُشتَرَك. علَيكَ النِّعمَةُ والسَّلامُ مِن لَدُنِ اللهِ الآبِ والمسيحِ يسوعَ مُخَلِّصِنا

إِنَّما تَرَكتُكَ في كَريت لِتُتِمَّ فيها تَنْظيمَ ما بَقِيَ مِنَ الأُمور وتُقيمَ شُيوخًا في كُلِّ بَلدَةٍ كَما أَوصَيتُكَ

تُقيمُ مَن لَم يَنَلْه لَوم، زَوجَ ٱمرأَةٍ واحِدة، وأَولادُه مُؤمِنونَ لا يُتَّهَمونَ بِالفُجورِ ولا عاصون

إِنَّ الأُسقُفَ، وهو وَكيلُ الله، يَجِبُ أَن يَكونَ بَريئًا مِنَ اللَّوم، غَيرَ مُعجَبٍ بِنَفْسِه ولا غَضوبًا ولا مُدمِنًا لِلخَمْرِ ولا عَنيفًا ولا حَريصًا على المَكاسِبِ الخَسيسة

بل علَيه أَن يَكونَ مِضْيافًا مُحِبًّا لِلخَير قَنوعًا عادِلًا تَقِيًّا مُتَماسِكًا

يُلازِمُ الكَلامَ السَّليمَ المُوافِقَ لِلتَّعْليم لِيَكونَ قادِرًا على الوَعْظِ في التَّعْليمِ السَّليم والرَّدِّ على المُخالِفين

فهُناكَ كَثيرٌ مِنَ العُصاةِ الثَّرثارينَ المُخادِعين، وخُصوصًا بَينَ المَخْتونين

فعَلَيكَ أَن تَكُمَّ أَفْواهَهُم لِأَنَّهم يَهدِمونَ أُسَرًا بِجُمْلَتِها، إِذ يُعَلِّمونَ ما لا يَجوزُ تَعليمُه، مِن أَجْلِ مَكسَبٍ خَسيس

وقَد قالَ واحِدٌ مِنهُم وهو نَبِيُّهم: «إِنَّ الكَريتِيِّينَ كَذَّابونَ أَبَدًا ووُحوشٌ خَبيثَةٌ وبُطونٌ كَسالى»

وهٰذِه شَهادَةُ حَقّ. فلِذٰلِكَ وَبِّخْهُم بِشِدَّةٍ لِيَكونوا أَصِحَّاءَ الإِيمانِ

ولا يُعنَوا بِخُرافاتٍ يَهودِيَّة ووصَايا قَومٍ يُعرِضونَ عنِ الحَقّ

كُلُّ شَيءٍ طاهِرٌ لِلأَطْهار، وأَمَّا الأَنْجاسُ وغَيرُ المُؤمِنين فما لَهم مِن شَيءٍ طاهِر، بَل إِنَّ أَذْهانَهم وضَمائِرَهم نَجِسَة

يَشهَدونَ أَنَّهم يَعرِفونَ الله ولٰكِنَّهم يُنكِرونَه في أَعمالِهِم. فهُم أُناسٌ مَقْبوحونَ عُصاةٌ غَيرُ أَهلٍ لأَيِّ عَمَلٍ صالح