OrthJBC - Titus - 1

1:1  Sha'ul an eved of Hashem and a Shliach of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua, according to the charedi (orthodox) emunah (faith) of the Bechirei Hashem (chosen ones of G-d) and da'as haEmes as pertains to chassidus [in Moshiach],

1:2  based on a tikvah of Chayyei Olam which Hashem--who cannot speak sheker [Bamidbar 24:19; Shmuel Alef 15:29]--promised before the Yamim haOlam (days of eternity),

1:3  but revealed at the proper time his dvar [Besuras HaGeulah] in the hachrazah (proclamation, kyrygma), with which I was entrusted, according to the mitzva of Hashem Moshieynu.

1:4  To Titos, beni ha'amitti baEmunah (my true son in the faith), the [orthodox Jewish] emunah shared in common. Chesed Hashem and Shalom from Elohim HaAv and Moshiach Yehoshua Moshieynu. MESSIANIC S'MICHAH FOR MOSHIACH'S ZEKENIM IN THE KEHILLOT OF MOSHIACH

1:5  For this reason I left you in Crete that you should set in order what remains and give messianic s'michah to Zekenim (Shemot 12:21) city by city, as I directed you.

1:6  If anyone is without reproach, a ba'al isha echat (husband of one wife), his banim being ma'aminim in Moshiach, and not under accusation of debauchery and zenut or sorrut (rebelliousness/insubordination) [Shmuel Alef 2:22].

1:7  For it is necessary for the congregational Mashgiach Ruchani to be without reproach as Hashem's mefakke'ach al Bais Hashem (steward or supervisor of the House of G-d), not a ba'al gaavah (a haughty person), not quick in ka'as (anger), not a shikkor (drunkard) given to much wine, not violent, not a gelt-loving kamtzon (miser).

1:8  Rather, the Mashgiach Ruchani must be a man who practices hachnosas orchim (hospitality), an ohev es haTov (a lover of the good), having seychel, a tzaddik, kadosh (holy), kovesh es yitzro (self-controlled),

1:9  devoted to the faithful hattafah (preaching) of the Besuras HaGeulah, adequate for hora'ah (teaching) that exhorts to [Moshiach's] orthodox Jewish doctrine and for refuting and exposing with conviction the ones speaking against it.

1:10  For there are indeed many mitnaggedim, idle talkers and deceivers, especially the ones of the party of the Mohalim haGoyim (Circumcisers of Gentiles),

1:11  whose mouths it is necessary to stop, who are subverting entire mishpachot (families) by teaching what they ought not, for the sake of dishonest gelt.

1:12  A certain one of them, a "navi" of their own number, said, "Cretans are always meshakkrim (liars), wicked beasts, lazy trombeniks."

1:13  This edut is true, for which cause rebuke them sharply, that they may be orthodox Jewish in [Moshiach's] emunah,

1:14  not paying attention to Jewish aggadot and to mitzvot d'Rabbanan (precepts imposed by the rabbis), becoming meshummad (apostate) from haEmes.

1:15  All things are tahor to the tahorim; but, to the ones having been defiled and taking the side of the Apikoros, nothing is tahor, but has been made tameh, both lev and matzpun.

1:16  Hashem they profess to know, but by their ma'asim they deny him, being disqualified [for the rabbanut or ministry of Moshiach] and sorrut, and, as to every one of the ma'asim tovim, unpalatably unkosher (unfit).