Aramaic NT Parallel English Translations

 1:1 ¶ PAULOS, a servant of Aloha, and apostle of Jeshu Meshiha, for the faith of the chosen ones of Aloha, and the knowledge of the truth which is in the fear of Aloha;

 1:1 PAUL, a servant of God, and a legate of Jesus the Messiah; according to the faith of the elect of God, and the knowledge of the truth which is in the fear of God,

 1:2 unto the hope of eternal life, which Aloha the true counselled before the times of the ages,

 1:2 concerning the hope of eternal life, which the veracious God promised before the times of the world;

 1:3 and his word hath revealed in his time by our preaching, which was confided to me by the command of Aloha our Saviour:

 1:3 and in due time he hath manifested his word, by means of our announcement, which was confided to me by the command of God our Life-giver;

 1:4 To Titos, my true son in the common faith. Grace and peace from Aloha the Father and from our Lord Jeshu Meshiha our Saviour.

 1:4 to Titus, a real son after the common faith: Grace and peace from God our Father, and from our Lord Jesus the Messiah, our Life-giver.

 1:5 For this I left thee in Kreta, that those things which were wanting thou mayest rectify, and constitute presbyters in every city as I commanded thee.

 1:5 For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou mightest regulate the things deficient, and establish elders in every city, as I directed thee:

 1:6 Him who is without blame, and is the husband of one wife, and who hath believing children, who are not vicious nor addicted to intemperance.

 1:6 him who is blameless, who is the husband of one wife, and hath believing children, who are no revellers, nor ungovernable in sensuality.

 1:7 For a presbyter is bound to be without blame, as the steward of Aloha; he shall not be led by the will of self, nor be irascible, nor a transgressor over wine, neither shall his hand be hasty to strike, nor shall he be a lover of sordid gains.

 1:7 For an elder ought to be blameless, as the steward of God; and not be self-willed, nor irascible, nor excessive in wine, nor with hands swift to strike, nor a lover of base gains.

 1:8 But he shall be a lover of guests, and a lover of the good, and be chaste, and equitable, and holy, and withholding himself from lusts;

 1:8 But he should be a lover of strangers, and a lover of good [deeds], and be sober, upright, kind-hearted, and restraining himself from evil passions;

 1:9 and careful over the doctrine of the word of faith, that he may be able also to comfort by his teaching the healthy, and to reprove those who are contentious.

 1:9 and studious of the doctrine of the word of faith, that he may be able by his wholesome teaching both to console, and to rebuke them that are contentious.

 1:10 For there are many who are not in subjection, and whose words are vain, and make the minds of men to err, especially those of the circumcision,

 1:10 For many are unsubmissive, and their discourses vain; and they mislead the minds of people, especially such as are of the circumcision.

 1:11 those, whose mouths it behoves to stop. Many houses they destroy, and teach what they ought not, for the sake of filthy gain.

 1:11 The mouth of these ought to be stopped: they corrupt many families; and they teach what they ought not, for the sake of base gains.

 1:12 One of them, a prophet of their own, hath said, The sons of Kreta are always liars, evil beasts, and lazy bellies.

 1:12 One of them, a prophet of their own, said, The Cretans are always mendacious, evil beasts, idle bellies.

 1:13 And true is this testimony. Wherefore reprove them severely, that they may be sound in the faith,

 1:13 And this testimony is true. Therefore chide them sharply; that they may be sound in the faith,

 1:14 nor cast themselves to the fables of the Jihudoyee, and to the mandates of men who hate the truth.

 1:14 and may not throw themselves into Jewish fables, and into the precepts of men who hate the truth.

 1:15 For every thing is pure to the pure; but to those who are polluted and unfaithful nothing is pure; but their understanding and their conscience are polluted.

 1:15 For to the pure, every thing is pure; but to them who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but their understanding is defiled, and their conscience.

 1:16 And they profess to know Aloha, but in their works they deny him, and are abominable and disobedient, and reprobate to every good work.

 1:16 And they profess that they know God, but in their works they deny him; and they are odious, and disobedient, and to every good work reprobates.