| | Darby | | |
| 1 | Paul, esclave de Dieu, et apôtre de Jésus Christ selon la foi des élus de Dieu et la connaissance de la vérité qui est selon la piété, | 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 after godliness; | Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God`s elect, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness, |
| 2 | dans l'espérance de la vie éternelle que Dieu, qui ne peut mentir, a promise avant les temps des siècles...; | In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began; | in hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before times eternal; |
| 3 | mais il a manifesté, au temps propre, sa parole, dans la prédication qui m'a été confiée à moi selon le commandement de notre Dieu sauveur, | But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour; | but in his own seasons manifested his word in the message, wherewith I was intrusted according to the commandment of God our Saviour; |
| 4 | -à Tite, mon véritable enfant selon la commune foi: Grâce et paix, de la part de Dieu le Père et du Christ Jésus notre Sauveur! | To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour. | to Titus, my true child after a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour. |
| 5 | Je t'ai laissé en Crète dans ce but, que tu mettes en bon ordre les choses qui restent à régler, et que, dans chaque ville, tu établisses des anciens suivant que moi je t'ai ordonné: | For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee: | For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that were wanting, and appoint elders in every city, as I gave thee charge; |
| 6 | si quelqu'un est irréprochable, mari d'une seule femme, ayant des enfants fidèles, qui ne soient pas accusés de dissipation, ou insubordonnés. | If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly. | if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children that believe, who are not accused of riot or unruly. |
| 7 | Car il faut que le surveillant soit irréprochable comme administrateur de Dieu, non adonné à son sens, non colère, non adonné au vin, non batteur, non avide d'un gain honteux, | For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre; | For the bishop must be blameless, as God`s steward; not self-willed, not soon angry, no brawler, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; |
| 8 | mais hospitalier, aimant le bien, sage, juste, pieux, continent, | But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate; | but given to hospitality, as lover of good, sober-minded, just, holy, self-controlled; |
| 9 | tenant ferme la fidèle parole selon la doctrine, afin qu'il soit capable, tant d'exhorter par un sain enseignement, que de réfuter les contredisants. | 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. | holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict the gainsayers. |
| 10 | Car il y a beaucoup d'insubordonnés vains discoureurs et séducteurs, principalement ceux qui sont de la circoncision, | For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision: | For there are many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision, |
| 11 | auxquels il faut fermer la bouche, qui renversent des maisons entières, enseignant ce qui ne convient pas, pour un gain honteux. | Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake. | whose mouths must be stopped; men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre`s sake. |
| 12 | Quelqu'un d'entre eux, leur propre prophète, a dit: "Les Crétois sont toujours menteurs, de méchantes bêtes, des ventres paresseux." | One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies. | One of themselves, a prophet of their own, said, Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, idle gluttons. |
| 13 | Ce témoignage est vrai; c'est pourquoi reprends-les vertement, afin qu'ils soient sains dans la foi, | This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith; | This testimony is true. For which cause reprove them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith, |
| 14 | ne s'attachant pas aux fables judaïques et aux commandements des hommes qui se détournent de la vérité. | Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth. | not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men who turn away from the truth. |
| 15 | Toutes choses sont pures pour ceux qui sont purs; mais, pour ceux qui sont souillés et incrédules, rien n'est pur, mais leur entendement et leur conscience sont souillés. | Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled. | To the pure all things are pure: but to them that are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled. |
| 16 | Ils professent de connaître Dieu, mais par leurs oeuvres ils le renient, étant abominables et désobéissants, et, à l'égard de toute bonne oeuvre, réprouvés. | They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate. | They profess that they know God; but by their works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate. |
