提多書 1

¹神的僕人，耶穌基督的使徒保羅，憑著　神選民的信心與敬虔真理的知識，Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ for the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness,

²盼望那無謊言的　神在萬古之先所應許的永生，in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.

³到了日期，藉著傳揚的工夫把他的道顯明了；這傳揚的責任是按著　神─我們救主的命令交託了我。In His own time He has made His word evident in the proclamation entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior.

⁴現在寫信給提多，就是照著我們共信之道作我真兒子的。願恩惠、平安從父　神和我們的救主基督耶穌歸與你！To Titus, my true child in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.

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⁵我從前留你在克里特，是要你將那沒有辦完的事都辦整齊了，又照我所吩咐你的，在各城設立長老。The reason I left you in Crete was that you would set in order what was unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.

⁶若有無可指責的人，只作一個婦人的丈夫，兒女也是信主的，沒有人告他們是放蕩不服約束的，就可以設立。An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, having children who are believers and who are not open to accusation of indiscretion or insubordination.

⁷監督既是　神的管家，必須無可指責，不任性，不暴躁，不因酒滋事，不打人，不貪無義之財；As God’s steward, an overseer must be above reproach—not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for money.

⁸樂意接待遠人，好善，莊重，公平，聖潔自持；Instead, he must be hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.

⁹堅守所教真實的道理，就能將純正的教訓勸化人，又能把爭辯的人駁倒了。He must hold firmly to the faithful word as it was taught, so that he can encourage others by sound teaching and refute those who contradict it.

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¹⁰因為有許多人不服約束，說虛空話欺哄人；那奉割禮的更是這樣。For many are rebellious and full of empty talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision,

¹¹這些人的口總要堵住。他們因貪不義之財，將不該教導的教導人，敗壞人的全家。who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not.

¹²有克里特人中的一個本地先知說：「克里特人常說謊話，乃是惡獸，又饞又懶。」As one of their own prophets has said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”

¹³這個見證是真的。所以，你要嚴嚴地責備他們，使他們在真道上純全無疵，This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sternly, so that they will be sound in the faith

¹⁴不聽猶太人荒渺的言語和離棄真道之人的誡命。and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the commands of men who have rejected the truth.

¹⁵在潔淨的人，凡物都潔淨；在污穢不信的人，甚麼都不潔淨，連心地和天良也都污穢了。To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled.

¹⁶他們說是認識　神，行事卻和他相背；本是可憎惡的，是悖逆的，在各樣善事上是可廢棄的。They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.