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| [1]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 according to godliness; |
[1]Poul, the seruaunt of God, and apostle of Jhesu Crist, bi the feith of the chosun of God, and bi the knowing of the treuthe, |
| [2]In hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before the world began; |
[2]whiche is aftir pitee, in to the hope of euerlastinge lijf, which lijf God that lieth not, bihiyte bifore tymes of the world; |
| [3]But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed to me according to the commandment of God our Savior; |
[3]but he hath schewid in hise tymes his word in preching, that is bitakun to me bi the comaundement of `God oure sauyour, |
| [4]To Titus, my own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior. |
[4]to Tite, most dereworthe sone bi the comyn feith, grace and pees of God the fadir, and of Crist Jhesu, oure sauyour. |
| [5]For this cause I left thee in Crete, that thou shouldst set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee: |
[5]For cause of this thing Y lefte thee at Crete, that thou amende tho thingis that failen, and ordeyne preestis bi citees, as also Y disposide to thee. |
| [6]If any is blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of riot, or disorderly. |
[6]If ony man is withoute cryme, an hosebonde of o wijf, and hath feithful sones, not in accusacioun of letcherie, or not suget. |
| [7]For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not self-willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre; |
[7]For it bihoueth a bischop to be without cryme, a dispendour of God, not proud, not wrathful, not drunkelew, not smytere, not coueytouse of foul wynnyng; |
| [8]But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate; |
[8]but holdinge hospitalite, benygne, prudent, sobre, iust, |
| [9]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. |
[9]hooli, contynent, takinge that trewe word, that is aftir doctryn; that he be miyti to amoneste in hoolsum techyng, and to repreue hem that ayenseien. |
| [10]For there are many disorderly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision: |
[10]For ther ben many vnobedient, and veyn spekeris, and disseyueris, moost thei that ben of circumcisyoun, |
| [11]Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for the sake of sordid gain. |
[11]whiche it bihoueth to be repreued; whiche subuerten alle housis, techinge whiche thingis it bihoueth not, for the loue of foul wynnyng. |
| [12]One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are always liars, evil beasts, slow bellies. |
[12]And oon of hem, her propre profete, seide, Men of Crete ben euere more lyeris, yuele beestis, of slowe wombe. |
| [13]This testimony is true: wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith; |
[13]This witnessyng is trewe. For what cause blame hem sore, that thei be hool in feith, |
| [14]Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men that turn from the truth. |
[14]not yyuynge tent to fablis of Jewis, and to maundementis of men, that turnen awei hem fro treuthe. |
| [15]To the pure all things are pure: but to them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled. |
[15]And alle thingis ben clene to clene men; but to vnclene men and to vnfeithful no thing is clene, for the soule and conscience of hem ben maad vnclene. |
| [16]They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and to every good work reprobate. |
[16]Thei knoulechen that thei knowen God, but bi dedis thei denyen; whanne thei ben abhominable, and vnbileueful, and repreuable to al good werk. |