| 弟鐸書 |
Titus |
| 1天主的僕人，作耶穌基督宗徒的保祿──為引天主所選的人，去信從並認識合乎虔敬的真理， |
1 Paul, a slave of God and apostle of Jesus Christ for the sake of the faith of God's chosen ones and the recognition of religious truth, |
| 2這虔敬是本於永生的希望，又是那不能說謊的天主，在久遠的時代以前所預許的， |
2in the hope of eternal life that God, who does not lie, promised before time began, |
| 3他到了適當的時期，就藉着宣講顯示了他的聖道；我就是照我們救主天主的命令，受委託盡這宣講的職務。── |
3who indeed at the proper time revealed his word in the proclamation with which I was entrusted by the command of God our savior, |
| 4我保祿致書給在共同信仰內作我真子的弟鐸：願恩寵與平安，由天主父及我們的救主基督耶穌賜與你。 |
4to Titus, my true child in our common faith: grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our savior. |
| 5我留你在克里特，是要你整頓那些尚未完成的事，並照我所吩咐你的，在各城設立長老： |
5 For this reason I left you in Crete so that you might set right what remains to be done and appoint presbyters in every town, as I directed you, |
| 6長老應是無可指摘的，只做過一個妻子的丈夫，所有的子女都是信徒，又沒有被控告為放蕩不羈的， |
6on condition that a man be blameless, married only once, with believing children who are not accused of licentiousness or rebellious. |
| 7因為做監督的，既是天主的管家，就該是無可指摘的、不自負、不發怒、不嗜酒、不暴戾、不貪污； |
7For a bishop as God's steward must be blameless, not arrogant, not irritable, not a drunkard, not aggressive, not greedy for sordid gain, |
| 8但該好客、樂善、慎重、公正、熱心、有節， |
8but hospitable, a lover of goodness, temperate, just, holy, and self-controlled, |
| 9堅持那合乎教理的真道，好能以健全的道理勸戒並駁斥抗辯的人。 |
9holding fast to the true message as taught so that he will be able both to exhort with sound doctrine and to refute opponents. |
| 10實在有許多人尚不服從，好空談，欺騙人，尤其是那些受過割損的人； |
10 For there are also many rebels, idle talkers and deceivers, especially the Jewish Christians. |
| 11應杜塞這些人的口，因為他們為了可恥的利潤，竟教導那不應教導的事，破壞人的整個家庭。 |
11It is imperative to silence them, as they are upsetting whole families by teaching for sordid gain what they should not. |
| 12克里特人中的一人，他們自己的一位先知曾這樣說：「克里特人常是些說謊者，是些可惡的野獸，貪口腹的懶漢。」 |
12One of them, a prophet of their own, once said, "Cretans have always been liars, vicious beasts, and lazy gluttons." |
| 13這話說的很對。為此，你該嚴厲規勸他們，好叫他們在信德上健全無瑕； |
13That testimony is true. Therefore, admonish them sharply, so that they may be sound in the faith, |
| 14不要聽信猶太人無稽的傳說，和背棄真理之人的規定。 |
14instead of paying attention to Jewish myths and regulations of people who have repudiated the truth. |
| 15為潔淨人一切都是潔淨的，但為敗壞的人和無信仰的人，沒有一樣是潔淨的，就連他們的理性和良心都是污穢的。 |
15To the clean all things are clean, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is clean; in fact, both their minds and their consciences are tainted. |
| 16這樣的人自稱認識天主，但在行為上卻否認天主；他們是可憎惡的，悖逆的，在一切善事上是無用的。 |
16They claim to know God, but by their deeds they deny him. They are vile and disobedient and unqualified for any good deed. |
