1 P aul, a bond servant of God and an apostle (a special messenger) of Jesus Christ (the Messiah) to stimulate and promote the faith of God’s chosen ones and to lead them on to accurate discernment and recognition of and acquaintance with the Truth which belongs to and harmonizes with and tends to godliness,

Pablo, siervo de Dios y apóstol de Jesucristo, conforme a la fe de los escogidos de Dios y al pleno conocimiento de la verdad que es según la piedad,

2 i n the hope of eternal life, which the ever truthful God Who cannot deceive promised before the world or the ages of time began.

con la esperanza de vida eterna, la cual Dios, que no miente, prometió desde los tiempos eternos,

3 A nd in His own appointed time He has made manifest (made known) His Word and revealed it as His message through the preaching entrusted to me by command of God our Savior;

y a su debido tiempo, manifestó Su palabra por la predicación que me fue confiada, conforme al mandamiento de Dios nuestro Salvador,

4 T o Titus, my true child according to a common (general) faith: Grace (favor and spiritual blessing) and peace from God the Father and the Lord Christ Jesus our Savior.

a Tito, verdadero hijo en (según) la común fe: Gracia y paz de parte de Dios el Padre y de Cristo Jesús nuestro Salvador. Requisitos para Ancianos y Obispos

5 F or this reason I left you in Crete, that you might set right what was defective and finish what was left undone, and that you might appoint elders and set them over the churches (assemblies) in every city as I directed you.

Por esta causa te dejé en Creta, para que pusieras en orden lo que queda, y designaras ancianos en cada ciudad como te mandé.

6 m en who are of unquestionable integrity and are irreproachable, the husband of one wife, whose children are believers, not open to the accusation of being loose in morals and conduct or unruly and disorderly.

Lo designarás, si el anciano es irreprensible, marido de una sola mujer, que tenga hijos creyentes, no acusados de disolución ni de rebeldía.

7 F or the bishop (an overseer) as God’s steward must be blameless, not self-willed or arrogant or presumptuous; he must not be quick-tempered or given to drink or pugnacious (brawling, violent); he must not be grasping and greedy for filthy lucre (financial gain);

Porque el obispo (supervisor) debe ser irreprensible como administrador de Dios, no obstinado, no iracundo, no dado a la bebida, no pendenciero, no amante de ganancias deshonestas.

8 B ut he must be hospitable (loving and a friend to believers, especially to strangers and foreigners); a lover of goodness, sober-minded (sensible, discreet), upright and fair-minded, a devout man and religiously correct, temperate and keeping himself in hand.

Antes bien, debe ser hospitalario, amante de lo bueno, prudente, justo, santo, dueño de sí mismo.

9 H e must hold fast to the sure and trustworthy Word of God as he was taught it, so that he may be able both to give stimulating instruction and encouragement in sound (wholesome) doctrine and to refute and convict those who contradict and oppose it.

Debe retener la palabra fiel que es conforme a la enseñanza, para que sea capaz también de exhortar con sana doctrina y refutar a los que contradicen. Los Falsos Maestros Censurados

10 F or there are many disorderly and unruly men who are idle (vain, empty) and misleading talkers and self-deceivers and deceivers of others. especially of those of the circumcision party.

Porque hay muchos rebeldes, habladores vanos y engañadores, especialmente los de la circuncisión (Judíos convertidos),

11 T heir mouths must be stopped, for they are mentally distressing and subverting whole families by teaching what they ought not to teach, for the purpose of getting base advantage and disreputable gain.

a quienes es preciso tapar la boca, porque están trastornando familias enteras, enseñando por ganancias deshonestas, cosas que no deben.

12 O ne of their number, a prophet of their own, said, Cretans are always liars, hurtful beasts, idle and lazy gluttons.

Uno de ellos, su propio profeta, dijo: “Los Cretenses son siempre mentirosos, malas bestias, glotones ociosos.”

13 A nd this account of them is true. Because it is, rebuke them sharply, so that they may be sound in the faith and free from error,

Este testimonio es verdadero. Por eso, repréndelos severamente para que sean sanos en la fe,

14 c easing to give attention to Jewish myths and fables or to rules by men who reject and turn their backs on the Truth.

y no presten atención a mitos Judaicos y a mandamientos de hombres que se apartan de la verdad.

15 T o the pure all things are pure, but to the defiled and corrupt and unbelieving nothing is pure; their very minds and consciences are defiled and polluted.

Todas las cosas son puras para los puros, pero para los corrompidos e incrédulos nada es puro, sino que tanto su mente como su conciencia están corrompidas.

16 T hey profess to know God, but deny and disown and renounce Him by what they do; they are detestable and loathsome, unbelieving and disobedient and disloyal and rebellious, and unfit and worthless for good work (deed or enterprise) of any kind.

Profesan conocer a Dios, pero con sus hechos Lo niegan, siendo abominables y desobedientes e inútiles para cualquier obra buena.