1 PBA Agi Paulus, hamba Tuan Allah dan Rasul Kristus Yesus, nang de' suhu'h de'mi iman uhang nang de' pilih Tuan Allah kepane'i akan hal nang be'ne'h nang me'mbe'n ke idup nang mole'k BSB BSB: 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 PBA bie'h uhang tu de'pat be'ahap idup kekal, nang e'lah denyejikan se'menjak je'man mola-mola oleh Tuan Allah nang kok pe'he'nah ngakal. BSB BSB: in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.
3 PBA Pade' sa'at-Nya, Die' e'lah nyakap Penyakap- Nya dengan kabe'h nang e'lah depecayakan kena akuse'suai dengan Pe'hendah Tuan Allah, Juhu Se'lamat kita. BSB BSB: In His own time He has made His word evident in the proclamation entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior.
4 PBA Kena Titus, anak nang sah de'lam iman kita be'sama. Anugerah dan De'mai Se'jahtera agi Tuan Allah dan Yesus Kristus Juhu Selamat kita. BSB BSB: To Titus, my true child in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
5 PBA Kehana dengan alasan ika ah aku tinge'lkan dike'u de Kreta, yaitu bie'h mika de'pat nye'le'saikan apa nang pe'he'lu de'ato'h dan nganggat pe'ne'tua- pe'ne'tua se'tiap kota, macam nang aku pe'san ke'na mika tu. BSB BSB: 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 PBA Die' maklah kok be'cacat ce'la, lakinya sato bininya sato juge', punya anak- anak nang pe'cayakok de'tudu'h khana idup nang kok se'nono'h atau pe'lawan. BSB BSB: 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 PBA Kehana, se'ohang penilik je'ma'at kok be'cacat ce'lase'be'gai penatalayanan Tuan Allah, kok somong, kok de'he's maha'h, buke. N pe'mabok, kok suka be'kelai, kok te'ma'ak de'lam nyahi undung. BSB BSB: 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 PBA Se'beliknya, ne'hima numbang uhang, suka hal nang be'ik, sale'h, ade'l, uhang ta'at, de'pat nguhu's dihi. BSB BSB: Instead, he must be hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.
9 PBA Die' be'pe'gang kuat pade' apa nang de'cakap nang de'pat de'pe'caya se'suai de'ngan apa nang de' aje'h, sambai die' de'pat me'hi nasehat nuhut pe'ngaje'h nang se'hat dan ne'ge'h uhang tu nang me'lawannya. BSB BSB: 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.
10 PBA Khana, ade be'nyak uhang nang me'lawan, suka ngakal, ne'po, le'bih agi uhang nang asalnya agi ke'lombo'k uhang be'sunat. BSB BSB: For many are rebellious and full of empty talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision,
11 PBA Uhang gitu tutup saje' mulutnya khana uhang tu nyusahkan se'mua keluarga dengan ngaje'hkan hal kok se'patotnya de'aje'hkan uhang tu, se'be'liknya mue't hal nang, me'hi malu. BSB BSB: who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not.
13 PBA Kesaksian ika be'tul, Khana itu, te'go, h ah uhang tu bie'h uhang tu je'di se'hat bek delam iman BSB BSB: This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sternly, so that they will be sound in the faith
14 PBA Je'ngan de'te'nge'ng kayat uhang Jahudi tu dan pe'he'ndah uhang- uhang nang nulak hal nang be'ne'h. BSB BSB: and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the commands of men who have rejected the truth.
15 PBA Be'gi nang asli, se'muanya ade' ah asli. Tapi, be'gi uhang nang ce'ma, h kok pe'caya, kok ade' satopuen nang asli khana bei'k pe'miki'h ataoupuen ati pe'hut uhang tu ade' ah ce'ma'ah. BSB BSB: 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 PBA Uhang tu ni ngakukenal Tuan Allah, tapi apa nang de' bue't uhang tu kok pe'caya dengan Tuan Allah. Uhang tu geli kita ngabe'hnya, kok pato'h, kok sanggo'p mue't apapuen nang be'ik. BSB BSB: They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.
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