Tito 1

¹Pauro, muranda waMwari, nomuapostora waJesu Kristu, nokuda kwokutenda kwavakasanangurwa vaMwari, nokwokuzivisa zvokwadi iri pakunamata Mwari,Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;

²patariro yovupenyu bwusingaperi, bwaakapikira iye Mwari, usingatongorevi nhema, nguva dzisingaperi dzisati dzavapo,In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;

³asi panguva dzakafanira wakazivisa shoko rake nokuparidza kwandakapiwa nomurairo waMwari, Muponesi wedu;But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour;

⁴kunaTito, mwana wangu chaiye pakutenda kwedu tose: Nyasha netsitsi norugare, zvinobva kunaMwari Baba, naIshe Jesu Kristu, Muponesi wedu, ngazvive newe.To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.

⁵Ndakakusiya paKrete nemhaka iyi, kuti upedzise kugadzira izvo zvakanga zvasara, nokugadza vakuru mumaguta ose, sezvandakakuraira;For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee:

⁶kana kunomunhu usina chaangapomerwa, murume womukadzi mumwe chete, unavana vakatendeka, vasingapiwi mhosva yokuti havazvidzori, kana kuti havatereri.If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.

⁷Nokuti mutariri unofanira kuva munhu usina chaangapomerwa, somuchengeti weimba yaMwari; asingaiti kuda kwake, asingakurumidzi kutsamwa, asingadi waini, asingarwi, asingakariri fuma yakaipa;For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;

⁸asi unoitira vaeni rudo, unoda zvakanaka, wakachenjera, wakarurama, mutsvene, unozvidzora;But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;

⁹unobatisisa shoko razvokwadi, sezvarinodzidziswa, kuti agone kuraira nedzidziso yakarurama, nokukunda vanokakavara.Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.

¹⁰Nokuti vazhinji varipo vasingatereri, vanotaura zvisinamaturo, vanonyengera, zvikuru avo vokudzingiswa,For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:

¹¹vanofanira kudzivirirwa miromo yavo; vanoparadza mhuri kwazvo, zvavanodzidzisa zvisakafanira nokuda kwefuma yakaipa.Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake.

¹²Mumwe wavo, muporofita wokwavo, wakati: VaKrete vanogara vachireva nhema, zvikara zvakaipa, navanokara vanovusimbe.One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.

¹³Kupupura uku ndokwazvokwadi. Nemhaka iyi uvarange zvikuru, kuti varurame pakutenda.This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;

¹⁴varege kuterera ngano dzavaJudha, nemirairo yavanhu vanofuratira zvokwadi.Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.

¹⁵Kuna vakachena zvose zvakachena; asi kuna vakasvibiswa, vasingatendi, hakunechinhu chakachena, asi kufunga kwavo nehana yavo zvakasvibiswa.Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.

¹⁶Vanoti, tinoziva Mwari, asi vanomuramba namabasa avo, zvavari vanhu vanonyangadza, vasingatereri, vasakafanira pamabasa ose akanaka.They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.