1:1 ⧉ ⤴︎ Παῦλος δοῦλος θεοῦ , ἀπόστολος δὲ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ κατὰ πίστιν ἐκλεκτῶν θεοῦ καὶ ἐπίγνωσιν ἀληθείας τῆς κατ’ εὐσέβειαν
Paulus servus Dei , Apostolus autem Jesu Christi secundum fidem electorum Dei , et agnitionem veritatis , quae secundum pietatem est
እምጳውሎስ ገብሩ ለእግዚአብሔር ወሐዋርያሁ ለኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ በሃይማኖቶሙ ለኅሩያኒሁ ለእግዚአብሔር ወአእምሮ ጽድቅ ዘበጽድቁ ለእግዚአብሔር ።
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,
1:2 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἐπ’ ἐλπίδι ζωῆς αἰωνίου , ἣν ἐπηγγείλατο ὁ ἀψευδὴς θεὸς πρὸ χρόνων αἰωνίων ,
in spem vitae aeternae , quam promisit qui non mentitur , Deus , ante tempora saecularia :
ወበተስፋ ሕይወት ዘለዓለም ዘአሰፈወ እግዚአብሔር ዘኢይሔሱ እምፍጥረተ ዓለም ።
in hope of eternal life, which God, who can’t lie, promised before time began;
1:3 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἐφανέρωσεν δὲ καιροῖς ἰδίοις τὸν λόγον αὐτοῦ ἐν κηρύγματι ὃ ἐπιστεύθην ἐγὼ κατ’ ἐπιταγὴν τοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν θεοῦ ,
manifestavit autem temporibus suis verbum suum in praedicatione , quae credita est mihi secundum praeceptum Salvatoris nostri Dei :
ወአርአየ ቃሎ በዕድሜሁ በስብከተ ዚኣነ ኪያሁ ወተአመነኒ ሊተ ላዕሌሁ በትእዛዘ እግዚአብሔር መድኀኒነ ።
but in his own time revealed his word in the message with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior,
1:4 ⧉ ⤴︎ Τίτῳ γνησίῳ τέκνῳ κατὰ κοινὴν πίστιν · χάρις καὶ εἰρήνη ἀπὸ θεοῦ πατρὸς καὶ Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ τοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν .
Tito dilecto filio secundum communem fidem , gratia , et pax a Deo Patre , et Christo Jesu Salvatore nostro .
ለቲቶ ወልድየ ዘአፈቅር በተፋቅሮ ወበሃይማኖት ሰላም ለከ ጸጋ ወሣህል እምኀበ እግዚአብሔር አቡነ ወእግዚእነ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ መድኀኒነ ።
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.
1:5 ⧉ ⤴︎ Τούτου χάριν ἀπέλιπόν σε ἐν Κρήτῃ , ἵνα τὰ λείποντα ἐπιδιορθώσῃ καὶ καταστήσῃς κατὰ πόλιν πρεσβυτέρους , ὡς ἐγώ σοι διεταξάμην ,
Hujus rei gratia reliqui te Cretae , ut ea quae desunt , corrigas , et constituas per civitates presbyteros , sicut et ego disposui tibi ,
እስመ እንበይነ ዝንቱ ኀደጉከ ውስተ ቀርጤስ ከመ ታስተራትዕ ዘተርፈ ወትሢም ቀሲሳነ ለለ አህጉር በከመ አዘዝኩከ ።
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—
1:6 ⧉ ⤴︎ εἴ τίς ἐστιν ἀνέγκλητος , μιᾶς γυναικὸς ἀνήρ , τέκνα ἔχων πιστά , μὴ ἐν κατηγορίᾳ ἀσωτίας ἢ ἀνυπότακτα .
si quis sine crimine est , unius uxoris vir , filios habens fideles , non in accusatione luxuriae , aut non subditos .
ብእሴ ዘአሐተ ብእሲተ አውሰበ ኅሩየ ዘኢየሐምይዎ በእኩይ ዘቦ ውሉድ መሃይምናን ዘኢያስተዋድይዎሙ በምርዓት እለ ኢኮኑ ዝሉፋነ እለ ይትኤዘዙ ።
if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior.
1:7 ⧉ ⤴︎ δεῖ γὰρ τὸν ἐπίσκοπον ἀνέγκλητον εἶναι ὡς θεοῦ οἰκονόμον , μὴ αὐθάδη , μὴ ὀργίλον , μὴ πάροινον , μὴ πλήκτην , μὴ αἰσχροκερδῆ ,
Oportet enim episcopum sine crimine esse , sicut Dei dispensatorem : non superbum , non iracundum , non vinolentum , non percussorem , non turpis lucri cupidum :
ወርቱዕ ይሠየም ጳጳሰ ዘአልቦ ሐሜት ዘኢያደሉ ከመ መጋቤ እግዚአብሔር ዘኢኮነ መዓትመ ዘልቡብ ዘኢያበዝኅ ሰትየ ወይን ወኢያፈጥን እዴሁ ለዘቢጥ ዘኢደፋሪ ወኢዝኁር ወዘኢያፈቅር ንዋየ ከንቶ ።
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;
1:8 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἀλλὰ φιλόξενον , φιλάγαθον , σώφρονα , δίκαιον , ὅσιον , ἐγκρατῆ ,
sed hospitalem , benignum , sobrium , justum , sanctum , continentem ,
መፍቀሬ ነግድ ፥ ዘሠናይ ምግባሩ ዘአንጽሐ ርእሶ ጻድቅ ወኄር ወየዋህ ወመስተዓግሥ ዘያነሐሲ ዘምሁር ቃለ ሃይማኖት ።
but given to hospitality, a lover of good, sober minded, fair, holy, self-controlled,
1:9 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἀντεχόμενον τοῦ κατὰ τὴν διδαχὴν πιστοῦ λόγου , ἵνα δυνατὸς ᾖ καὶ παρακαλεῖν ἐν τῇ διδασκαλίᾳ τῇ ὑγιαινούσῃ καὶ τοὺς ἀντιλέγοντας ἐλέγχειν .
amplectentem eum , qui secundum doctrinam est , fidelem sermonem : ut potens sit exhortari in doctrina sana , et eos qui contradicunt , arguere .
ዘይክል ገሥጾ በትምህርተ ሕይወት ወይዛለፎሙ ለእለ ይትዋሥኡ ።
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.
1:10 ⧉ ⤴︎ Εἰσὶν γὰρ πολλοὶ ἀνυπότακτοι , ματαιολόγοι καὶ φρεναπάται , μάλιστα οἱ ἐκ τῆς περιτομῆς ,
Sunt enim multi etiam inobedientes , vaniloqui , et seductores : maxime qui de circumcisione sunt :
እስመ ብዙኃን እለ ኢይትኤዘዙ ወነገሮሙኒ ከንቱ ወያስሕትዎሙ ለጽሉላነ ልብ ።
For there are also many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,
1:11 ⧉ ⤴︎ οὓς δεῖ ἐπιστομίζειν , οἵτινες ὅλους οἴκους ἀνατρέπουσιν διδάσκοντες ἃ μὴ δεῖ αἰσχροῦ κέρδους χάριν .
quos oportet redargui : qui universas domos subvertunt , docentes quae non oportet , turpis lucri gratia .
ወፈድፋደሰ ለእለ እምአይሁድ እለ ርቱዕ ይፍፅምዎሙ አፉሆሙ እስመ እሉ ይገፈትዑ አብያተ ኵሉ ወይሜህሩ በዘኢይደሉ በዘይረብሖሙ ኀሣር ።
whose mouths must be stopped: men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for dishonest gain’s sake.
1:12 ⧉ ⤴︎ εἶπέν τις ἐξ αὐτῶν , ἴδιος αὐτῶν προφήτης , Κρῆτες ἀεὶ ψεῦσται , κακὰ θηρία , γαστέρες ἀργαί .
Dixit quidam ex illis , proprius ipsorum propheta : Cretenses semper mendaces , malae bestiae , ventres pigri .
ወናሁ ይቤ አሐዱ እምኔሆሙ ነቢዮሙ በእንቲኣሆሙ እስመ ሰብአ ቀርጤስ መደልዋን ሐሳውያን ዘልፈ አራዊት እኩያን ከርሠ መካን ወዝንቱ ስምዕ እሙን ላዕሌሆሙ ።
One of them, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, and idle gluttons.”
1:13 ⧉ ⤴︎ ἡ μαρτυρία αὕτη ἐστὶν ἀληθής . δι’ ἣν αἰτίαν ἔλεγχε αὐτοὺς ἀποτόμως , ἵνα ὑγιαίνωσιν ἐν τῇ πίστει ,
Testimonium hoc verum est . Quam ob causam increpa illos dure , ut sani sint in fide ,
ወበእንተ ዝንቱ ተዛለፎሙ ምቱረ ከመ ይጠይቁ በሃይማኖት ።
This testimony is true. For this cause, reprove them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,
1:14 ⧉ ⤴︎ μὴ προσέχοντες Ἰουδαϊκοῖς μύθοις καὶ ἐντολαῖς ἀνθρώπων ἀποστρεφομένων τὴν ἀλήθειαν .
non intendentes judaicis fabulis , et mandatis hominum , aversantium se a veritate .
ወኢያምጽኡ መሐደምተ ወሥርዐተ ሰብእ ዘይመይጣ ለጽድቅ ።
not paying attention to Jewish fables and commandments of men who turn away from the truth.
1:15 ⧉ ⤴︎ πάντα καθαρὰ τοῖς καθαροῖς · τοῖς δὲ μεμιαμμένοις καὶ ἀπίστοις οὐδὲν καθαρόν , ἀλλὰ μεμίανται αὐτῶν καὶ ὁ νοῦς καὶ ἡ συνείδησις .
Omnia munda mundis : coinquinatis autem et infidelibus , nihil est mundum , sed inquinatae sunt eorum et mens et conscientia .
እስመ ኵሉ ዘኮነ ንጹሕ ለንጹሓን ወለርኩሳንሰ እለ ኢየአምኑ አልቦሙ ንጹሕ ምንትኒ ።
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.
1:16 ⧉ ⤴︎ θεὸν ὁμολογοῦσιν εἰδέναι , τοῖς δὲ ἔργοις ἀρνοῦνται , βδελυκτοὶ ὄντες καὶ ἀπειθεῖς καὶ πρὸς πᾶν ἔργον ἀγαθὸν ἀδόκιμοι .
Confitentur se nosse Deum , factis autem negant : cum sint abominati , et incredibiles , et ad omne opus bonum reprobi .
እስመ ርኩስ ኅሊናሆሙ ወበልቦሙ የአምኑ ከመ ዘየአምርዎ ለእግዚአብሔር ወይክሕድዎ በምግባሮሙ ርኩሳን እሙንቱ ወከሓድያን ወምኑናን በውስተ ኵሉ ምግባረ ሠናይ ።
They profess that they know God, but by their deeds they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.