Titus, 1

1. Paul, a servant of God and an Apostle of Jesus Christ, in accord with the faith of God’s elect and in acknowledgment of the truth which is accompanied by piety,

1. Pavao, sluga Božji i apostol Isusa Krista poradi vjere izabranika Božjih i spoznanja istine usmjerene k pobožnosti

2. in the hope of the eternal life that God, who does not lie, promised before the ages of time,

2. u nadi života vjeènoga što ga, prije vremena vjekovjeènih, obeæa Bog, On koji ne laže,

3. which, at the proper time, he has manifested by his Word, in the preaching that has been entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior;

3. a u svoje doba oèitova rijeè svoju u propovijedanju koje je meni povjereno po odredbi Spasitelja našega, Boga:

4. to Titus, beloved son according to the common faith. Grace and peace, from God the Father and from Christ Jesus our Savior.

4. Titu, pravomu sinu po zajednièkoj vjeri, milost i mir od Boga i Krista Isusa, Spasitelja našega!

5. For this reason, I left you behind in Crete: so that those things which are lacking, you would correct, and so that you would ordain, throughout the communities, priests, (just as I also ordained you)

5. Poradi toga ostavih te na Kreti da urediš preostalo te po gradovima postaviš starješine kako sam ti ja odredio:

6. if such a man is without offense, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of self-indulgence, nor of insubordination.

6. je li tko besprigovoran, jedne žene muž, jesu li mu djeca vjernici i ne pod optužbom raskalašenosti ili nepokorna...

7. And a bishop, as a steward of God, must be without offense: not arrogant, not short-tempered, not a drunkard, not violent, not desiring tainted profit,

7. Jer nadstojnik kao Božji upravitelj treba da bude besprigovoran: ne samoživ, ne jedljiv, ne vinu sklon, ni nasilju, ni prljavu dobitku,

8. but instead: hospitable, kind, sober, just, holy, chaste,

8. nego gostoljubiv, ljubitelj dobra, razuman, pravedan, svet, uzdržljiv,

9. embracing faithful speech which is in agreement with doctrine, so that he may be able to exhort in sound doctrine and to argue against those who contradict.

9. priljubljen uz vjerodostojnu rijeè nauka da može i hrabriti u zdravom nauku i uvjeravati protivnike.

10. For there are, indeed, many who are disobedient, who speak empty words, and who deceive, especially those who are of the circumcision.

10. Jer mnogi su nepokorni, praznorjeèni i zavodnici, ponajpaèe oni iz obrezanja.

11. These must be reproved, for they subvert entire houses, teaching things which should not be taught, for the favor of shameful gain.

11. Njima treba zaèepiti usta jer cijele domove prevraæaju nauèavajuæi što ne bi smjeli, i to poradi prljava dobitka.

12. A certain one of these, a prophet of their own kind, said: “The Cretans are ever liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”

12. Reèe netko od njih, njihov vlastiti prorok: "Kreæani uvijek lašci, opake zvijeri, trbusi dangubni."

13. This testimony is true. Because of this, rebuke them sharply, so that they may be sound in the faith,

13. Svjedoèanstvo je to istinito. Zato ih karaj oštro da budu zdravi u vjeri,

14. not paying attention to Jewish fables, nor to the rules of men who have turned themselves away from the truth.

14. da ne prianjaju uza židovske bajke i propise ljudi koji se odvraæaju od istine.

15. All things are clean to those who are clean. But to those who are defiled, and to unbelievers, nothing is clean; for both their mind and their conscience have been polluted.

15. Sve je èisto èistima; okaljanima pak i nevjernima ništa èisto, nego su im okaljani i razum i savjest.

16. They claim that they know God. But, by their own works, they deny him, since they are abominable, and unbelieving, and reprobate, toward every good work.

16. Ispovijedaju da Boga poznaju, ali djelima ga nijeèu - odvratni, neposlušni i za koje god dobro djelo nepodesni.