Titus 1

Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ to further the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness—

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

in the hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the beginning of time,

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

and which now at his appointed season he has brought to light through the preaching entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior,

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

To Titus, my true son in our common faith:

Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.

Appointing Elders Who Love What Is Good

إِلَى تِيطُسَ، وَلَدِي الْحَقِيقِيِّ بِالنِّسْبَةِ إِلَى الإِيمَانِ الْمُشْتَرَكِ بَيْنَنَا.

لِتَكُنْ لَكَ النِّعْمَةُ وَالسَّلامُ مِنَ اللهِ الآبِ، وَالْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ مُخَلِّصِنَا!

إقامة شيوخ صالحين

The reason I left you in Crete was that you might put in order what was left unfinished and appoint^[a] elders in every town, as I directed you.

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

An elder must be blameless, faithful to his wife, a man whose children believe^[b] and are not open to the charge of being wild and disobedient.

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

Since an overseer manages God’s household, he must be blameless—not overbearing, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not pursuing dishonest gain.

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؛

Rather, he must be hospitable, one who loves what is good, who is self-controlled, upright, holy and disciplined.

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

He must hold firmly to the trustworthy message as it has been taught, so that he can encourage others by sound doctrine and refute those who oppose it.

Rebuking Those Who Fail to Do Good

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

توبيخ من لا يفعلون صلاحاً

For there are many rebellious people, full of meaningless talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision group.

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

They must be silenced, because they are disrupting whole households by teaching things they ought not to teach—and that for the sake of dishonest gain.

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

One of Crete’s own prophets has said it: “Cretans are always liars, evil brutes, lazy gluttons.”^[c]

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

This saying is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, so that they will be sound in the faith

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

and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the merely human commands of those who reject the truth.

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

To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are corrupted and do not believe, nothing is pure. In fact, both their minds and consciences are corrupted.

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

They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him. They are detestable, disobedient and unfit for doing anything good.

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