Core Glossary
Core Glossary — Titus (English → Fulfulde)
Curriculum: Titus
Destination language: Fulfulde (Latin script)
Governing rule: Terms marked REUSED must be applied exactly as recorded in the baseline Romans translation_memory.json — no re-derivation, no alternative spelling. Terms marked NEW are Titus-specific coinages proposed here, all provisional given Fulfulde’s thinner Bible-translation tradition, and require the same mandatory native-speaker and theologian confirmation workflow the baseline mandates for its own provisional compounds before Phase 2 enforcement.
I. Reused Terms (from Romans baseline — apply exactly, no changes)
| English term | Greek | Fulfulde term | Risk (per baseline) | Titus occurrences | Notes for Titus context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| God | θεός | Alla | High/Critical | 1:1,3,4,7,16; 2:5,10,11,13; 3:4,8 | Also anchors “God our Savior” and “great God” titles below. |
| Grace | χάρις | Arjunde | Critical | 1:4; 2:11; 3:7,15 | The “apart from works” contrast (Romans 4:4-5/11:5-6) must be restated at every Titus occurrence, especially 2:11 and 3:5-7. |
| Faith | πίστις | gomɗinal | High | 1:1,4,13; 2:2,10; 3:15 | Object of faith (God/Christ specifically) must remain explicit per baseline note. |
| Peace | εἰρήνη | jam | Medium | 1:4 | Standard salutation pairing with Arjunde. |
| Apostle | ἀπόστολος | nulaaɗo | High | 1:1 | Never rasuulu. |
| Holy Spirit | πνεῦμα ἅγιον | Ruuhu Ceniiɗo | Critical | 3:5 | Never shortened; never jinna. Central to the regeneration doctrine. |
| Justification (verb form) | δικαιόω | waɗugol peewal | Critical | 3:7 | Reused as a participial construction (“having been declared righteous”). |
| Righteousness | δικαιοσύνη | peewal | Critical | 3:5 | Used in “works of righteousness” (3:5) — the CRITICAL anti-works clause. |
| Salvation (noun) | σωτηρία | kisal | Critical | (implied throughout; underlies σωτήρ/σῴζω family) | Never let default into deeds-weighing framework; Christ’s finished work must be explicit. |
| Sin | ἁμαρτία / ἁμαρτάνω | bakkaatu | High | 3:11 | Kept distinct from the new term ŋakkeere sariya (“lawlessness,” 2:14). |
| Law | νόμος | sariya | Medium | 1:14 (implied); 3:9 | Used of both OT/Jewish law-teaching disputes and the “quarrels about the law” of 3:9. |
| Glory | δόξα | manaango | Medium | 2:13 | Kept distinct from teddungal (human honor). |
| Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Yeesu | Medium | 1:1,4; 2:13; 3:6 | Never the Quranic Iisa in doctrinal exposition. |
| Christ | Χριστός | Kiristu | Critical (via deity/sonship doctrines) | 1:1,4; 2:13; 3:6 | Per established transliteration standard. |
| Election/Elect | ἐκλογή / ἐκλεκτός | suɓagol / suɓaaɓe Alla | Medium | 1:1 | ”God’s elect” (1:1) built on the same root; keep personal/relational, distinct from natal. |
| Mercy | ἔλεος | yurmeende | (Medium, per baseline reservation) | 3:5 | Reserved for “mercy/compassion” generally, distinct from Arjunde — correct usage here per baseline. |
| Mandate/command | ἐπιταγή | yamiroore | Low | 1:3; 2:15 | Consistent with Romans TM’s “yamiroore Linjiila” / “yamiroore laamu Alla.” |
| Preaching/proclamation | κήρυγμα | waaju | Medium | 1:3 | Consistent with Romans TM’s “waaju Linjiila” (evangelism doctrine). |
| Encourage | παρακαλέω | wallitde | Low | 1:9; 2:6,15 | Context-sensitive per baseline (encourage vs. entreaty). |
| Lord (title, reserved for Christ) | κύριος | Joom | Critical | (implicit; contrast term for δεσπότης, 2:9) | Must NEVER be used for δεσπότης (human slave-master); reserved exclusively for Christ’s Lordship. |
| Holy/devout | ὅσιος | ceniiɗo | Medium/High | 1:8 | Reused cautiously; baseline reserves for moral-religious purity. |
| Adoption (inheritance-rights sonship) | υἱοθεσία | jaɓugol wonande ɓiɗɗo | Medium | (conceptually linked to 3:7’s κληρονόμος) | Should be taught alongside the new term roonoowo (heir) as its natural consequence. |
II. New Terms for Titus — CRITICAL Risk
| English term | Greek | Transliteration | Fulfulde term | Definition | Translation notes | Doctrine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Savior applied to Christ as “great God and Savior” | μέγας θεὸς καὶ σωτὴρ | megas theos kai sōtēr | Alla mawɗo e Kisinoowo amen | Titus 2:13’s single-referent grammatical identification of Jesus Christ as “our great God and Savior.” | The Fulfulde MUST preserve the single-referent structure (one entity, not two figures). This is the sharpest direct Tawhid-collision text in the entire Titus curriculum, more explicit than Romans 9:5. Mandatory human theologian review at every occurrence. | deity_of_christ |
| Good works | καλά/ἀγαθὰ ἔργα | kala/agatha erga | golle moƴƴe | The morally excellent deeds that are the necessary fruit — never the basis — of grace-given salvation. | Occurs 6 times (1:16 negated; 2:7,14; 3:1,8,14) — the letter’s most repeated phrase. Must always be taught paired with 3:5’s explicit denial that salvation is “by works of righteousness,” to prevent readers defaulting to a deeds-weighing framework. | sound_doctrine_and_good_works; salvation_by_grace_not_works |
| Works of righteousness (negated basis of salvation) | ἔργα ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ | erga en dikaiosynē | golle ɗe peewal | ”Works done in righteousness” — explicitly denied as the basis of salvation in 3:5. | The single most explicit anti-works statement in Titus; must never be softened or blurred with golle moƴƴe (the positive “good works” fruit-language) — the basis/fruit distinction is the curriculum’s central pastoral-theological point. | salvation_by_grace_not_works |
| Regeneration / new birth | παλιγγενεσία | palingenesia | jibinaandi kesiri | The Spirit-wrought ontological new birth described in 3:5 — one of only two NT occurrences of this Greek word. | No crystallized single Fulfulde term exists; this descriptive compound is provisional and requires mandatory theologian and native-speaker confirmation, exactly as the baseline requires for “incarnation” and “resurrection.” Must be explicitly distinguished from Islamic tawba (repentance/turning back), which has no ontological-new-birth framework. | regeneration_by_the_holy_spirit |
| Husband of one wife (elder qualification) | μιᾶς γυναικὸς ἀνήρ | mias gynaikos anēr | gorko jogiiɗo debbo gooto tan | The elder-qualification excluding polygamous men (1:6). | Direct collision with normative, religiously sanctioned polygamy in Fulani/regional Islamic marriage practice. Must be stated explicitly, not softened into general “marital faithfulness.” Requires mandatory theologian AND native-speaker review with pastoral-application guidance. | qualifications_for_elders |
| Savior (title, general) | σωτήρ | sōtēr | Kisinoowo | ”One who saves/rescues,” built on the same kis- root as kisal (salvation). Applied identically to God the Father (1:3,4; 3:4) and Jesus Christ (1:4; 2:13; 3:6) — six occurrences, the highest density of any NT letter. | Provisional derived agent-noun; requires theologian confirmation. Applying the identical title to both Father and Son within one short letter is itself an implicit deity-of-Christ argument that must not be flattened by inconsistent rendering. | deity_of_christ; salvation |
III. New Terms for Titus — High Risk
| English term | Greek | Transliteration | Fulfulde term | Definition | Translation notes | Doctrine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Godliness | εὐσέβεια | eusebeia | kulɗingal Alla | Reverent devotion to God expressed in conduct. | Must be distinguished from the Arabic-derived “taqwa” concept in regional Islamic usage, which frames piety as deeds-and-observance-conditioned; Titus’s godliness flows from grace’s training (2:11-12). | grace_that_trains_for_godly_living |
| Elder (church office) | πρεσβύτερος | presbyteros | mawɗo kawtal (pl. mawɓe kawtal) | The church office Titus is to establish “in every town” on Crete. | Resonates with, but must be distinguished from, Fulani village/clan elder and Islamic community imam-elder status determined by age/lineage; qualifications are specifically spiritual/character-based (1:6-9). | qualifications_for_elders |
| Overseer (church office) | ἐπίσκοπος | episkopos | gardiiɗo kawtal | Used interchangeably with πρεσβύτερος in Titus 1:5-7 — the same office, not a separate rank. | Must be taught alongside mawɗo kawtal as naming the identical office to prevent an unintended hierarchical reading. | qualifications_for_elders |
| Self-controlled / sound-minded (σωφρ- word family) | σώφρων / σωφρονέω / σωφρονίζω / σωφρόνως | sōphrōn / sōphroneō / sōphronizō / sōphronōs | hakkilɗo / hakkille | Inward self-mastery and sound judgment; the most recurring root in Titus (1:8; 2:2,4,5,6,12). | A genuine, valuable point of contact with Pulaaku’s own core value of hakkille (wisdom/self-possession) — but must be taught explicitly as grace-produced fruit (2:11-12), not an independently achieved Pulaaku virtue. Consistency required across all six occurrences. | grace_that_trains_for_godly_living |
| Sound doctrine | διδασκαλία ὑγιαίνουσα | didaskalia hygiainousa | jaŋde cellundi | Life-giving, wholesome doctrine (metaphor from ὑγιαίνω, “to be healthy”). | Must be distinguished from an Islamic framework of doctrinal correctness measured by Sharia/fiqh fidelity; “sound” means Christ-centered and life-giving, not merely formally correct rule-keeping. | sound_doctrine_and_good_works |
| Submit / be subject to | ὑποτάσσομαι | hypotassomai | ɗoftaade | Voluntary self-ordering under authority — used of wives (2:5), slaves (2:9), and civil authorities (3:1). | Each of the three occurrences carries distinct cultural resonance (marital, household-social, political); must be taught in each context as a voluntary Christian ethic, not equated with Sharia-based authority structures. | submission_to_authority |
| Train/discipline via grace | παιδεύω | paideuō | jaŋngina | The pedagogical-formative verb anchoring “Grace That Trains for Godly Living” (2:12). | Must avoid two opposite misreadings: reduction to mere cognitive teaching, or harsh punitive discipline; grace itself, not human willpower, is the trainer. | grace_that_trains_for_godly_living |
| Appearing/appeared | ἐπιφάνεια / ἐπιφαίνω | epiphaneia / epiphainō | feeñande / feeñi | The “appearing” vocabulary bracketing the core passage: grace appeared (2:11), Christ’s glory will appear (2:13), kindness appeared (3:4). | Consistency across all three occurrences is required; must be kept distinct from “wahayu”-style revelation vocabulary used of Quranic revelation. | incarnation (cross-reference); grace_that_trains_for_godly_living |
| Redeem | λυτρόομαι | lytroomai | soodude | Costly, substitutionary liberation from bondage, from the verb “to buy/ransom.” | Resonates with historical Sahelian ransom-of-captives customs, but must be taught as once-for-all and substitutionary, not merely transactional. | salvation_by_grace_not_works (cross-reference: atonement) |
| Renewal (ongoing, distinct from new birth) | ἀνακαίνωσις | anakainōsis | kesindingol Ruuhu Ceniiɗo | The Spirit’s ongoing renewing work, paired with but distinct from παλιγγενεσία (one-time new birth). | Provisional compound; must be kept conceptually distinct from jibinaandi kesiri as its ongoing outworking. | regeneration_by_the_holy_spirit |
| Master (of a slave) | δεσπότης | despotēs | jeyɗo | The human owner-authority in a slave-master household relationship (2:9). | Must NEVER be rendered with Joom, which is reserved exclusively for Christ’s Lordship; this passage requires explicit first-century historical contextualization given the region’s own complex slavery/social-stratification history. | submission_to_authority |
| Slaves (of desires; metaphorical bondage) | δουλεύω / δοῦλος | douleuō / doulos | maccuɓe (of ἐπιθυμίαις: maccuɓe ɗacce) | The universal pre-conversion human condition of bondage to desire (3:3), also the literal household-slave status (2:9). | Genuine sensitivity given Fulani regional history of social stratification (Rimɓe/Maccuɓe memory); the metaphorical, universal, all-inclusive-of-Paul-himself sense of 3:3 must be made unmistakably explicit. | salvation_by_grace_not_works; submission_to_authority |
| Rulers and authorities (civil government) | ἀρχαί, ἐξουσίαι | archai, exousiai | laamɓe e ɓen jogiiɓe kattanɗe | Civil/political governing power, to which believers are to submit (3:1). | Must be presented as general submission to civil order, not endorsement of any historical/contemporary political-religious authority structure (e.g., the Sokoto Caliphate memory); distinct from Joom (Christ’s exclusive Lordship). | submission_to_authority |
| Factious/divisive person | αἱρετικὸς ἄνθρωπος | hairetikos anthrōpos | jom-fitina | One who persistently promotes party-division within the church community (3:10). | Fitina (Arabic-derived) is a genuine shared-vocabulary point of contact but must be framed as addressing intra-church factiousness specifically, not interreligious conflict. | avoiding_divisive_controversies |
| Pure / defile / conscience | καθαρός / μιαίνω / συνείδησις | katharos / miainō / syneidēsis | laaɓɗo / ɓittude / fittaandu | Internal moral-conscience purity vs. its corruption (1:15) — Paul’s point is that purity is fundamentally internal, not ritual. | Laaɓɗo is reserved by the baseline for ritual/physical cleanliness; this verse’s argument depends on explicitly contrasting that ritual sense (relevant to wuduu/ablution) with the internal moral sense Paul intends. | inspiration_of_scripture (cross-reference); sanctification |
IV. New Terms for Titus — Medium Risk
| English term | Greek | Transliteration | Fulfulde term | Definition | Translation notes | Doctrine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blameless / above reproach | ἀνέγκλητος | anenklētos | mo bakkaaji ngalaa e mun | No sustainable accusation against a person — summary elder qualification (1:6,7). | Resonates with, but is distinct from, Pulaaku’s teddungal (social honor/reputation); biblical blamelessness is congregational-integrity assessment, not honor-shame reputation management. | qualifications_for_elders |
| People for [God’s] possession | λαὸς περιούσιος | laos periousios | yimɓe Alla heeriiɓe | God’s specially treasured covenant people (2:14), echoing OT covenant language (Exod 19:5). | Requires explicit OT covenant background teaching, since readers’ independent knowledge of Israel’s covenant narrative likely comes via the Quranic account. | unity_of_jews_and_gentiles (cross-reference) |
| Lawlessness | ἀνομία | anomia | ŋakkeere sariya | Rebellion against God’s law specifically (2:14), distinct from bakkaatu’s broader “sin.” | Must be kept distinct from bakkaatu (REUSED, general sin) to preserve Paul’s specific nuance. | salvation_by_grace_not_works |
| Heir | κληρονόμος | klēronomos | roonoowo | One who receives an inheritance by right of family status (3:7). | Genuine positive point of cultural contact given Fulani lineage/inheritance emphasis; should be taught alongside jaɓugol wonande ɓiɗɗo (adoption, REUSED) as its natural consequence. | regeneration_by_the_holy_spirit (cross-reference: adoption) |
| Eternal life | ζωὴ αἰώνιος | zōē aiōnios | nguurndam duumiiɗam | Unending life in fellowship with God, received as inheritance (1:2; 3:7). | Must be distinguished from the Islamic paradise-centered (aljanna) afterlife framework already flagged Critical for kisal in the baseline. | salvation_by_grace_not_works |
| Hope | ἐλπίς | elpis | yaakaare | Confident, joyful expectation of future fulfillment (1:2; 2:13; 3:7). | Standard term; ensure “blessed hope” (2:13) is not read as generic optimism but as anchored in Christ’s specific promised return. | (cross-reference: deity_of_christ, 2:13) |
| Knowledge of the truth | ἐπίγνωσις ἀληθείας | epignōsis alētheias | ganndal goonga | Full, personal knowledge of revealed truth (1:1), paired with faith as the aim of apostleship. | Standard descriptive compound; low ambiguity. | inspiration_of_scripture (cross-reference) |
| Foolish disputes/controversies | ζήτησις, μάχαι, ἔρις, γενεαλογία | zētēsis, machai, eris, genealogia | yeddondiral ngalaa nafa | Unproductive religious argument and speculative genealogical/legal disputes to be avoided (3:9). | Genealogy-critique must be explicitly clarified as targeting speculative misuse, not devaluing Fulani lineage-keeping itself, given its centrality to clan identity. | avoiding_divisive_controversies |
| Kindness (God’s character) | χρηστότης | chrēstotēs | moƴƴere Alla | God’s benevolent disposition underlying salvation (3:4). | Distinct from the forensic/legal vocabulary (grace, justified) surrounding it; describes motive, not mechanism. | salvation_by_grace_not_works |
| Love for mankind (God’s character) | φιλανθρωπία | philanthrōpia | yurmeende Alla wonande neɗɓe | God’s benevolent love directed at humanity generally (3:4). | Appropriately reuses yurmeende (REUSED, general mercy sense) rather than Arjunde, since this verse describes character-motive, not the technical unmerited-favor sense. | salvation_by_grace_not_works |
| Obey/be subject to authority | πειθαρχέω | peitharcheō | ɗoftaade laamu | Willing compliance with governing authority (3:1), reinforcing ὑποτάσσομαι. | Companion term to ɗoftaade; low independent risk beyond the submission doctrine’s own High rating. | submission_to_authority |
| Trustworthy saying (formula) | Πιστὸς ὁ λόγος | pistos ho logos | Haala ɗii ko goonga tigi | Recurring Pastoral-epistle formula marking a statement as reliable, settled doctrine (3:8). | Low ambiguity; standard formulaic rendering. | sound_doctrine_and_good_works |
| Slander/revile | βλασφημέω | blasphēmeō | tuutde | To speak abusively of God or people (2:5,8; 3:2). | Must be kept distinct from Arabic-derived “kufuru” (disbelief/apostasy vocabulary) to avoid confusing “slander” with “religious unbelief.” | evangelism (cross-reference: public gospel witness) |
V. New Terms for Titus — Low Risk
| English term | Greek | Transliteration | Fulfulde term | Definition | Translation notes | Doctrine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genuine/true child | γνήσιον τέκνον | gnēsion teknon | ɓiɗɗo goongaɗo | Authentic, though not biological, spiritual relationship (1:4). | Minor point of contact with Fulani lineage-legitimacy concerns; low doctrinal weight. | — |
| Endurance/patient perseverance | ὑπομονή | hypomonē | munyal | Steadfastness under trial, required of older men (2:2). | Direct, natural correspondence with Pulaaku’s own munyal; should be taught as flowing from faith/hope/love, not merely traditional stoicism. | grace_that_trains_for_godly_living |
| Dignified/respectable | σεμνός / σεμνότης | semnos / semnotēs | teddungal | Gravity/seriousness of character (2:2,7). | Direct correspondence with Pulaaku’s teddungal; keep conceptually distinct from manaango (God’s own glory) per baseline caution. | grace_that_trains_for_godly_living |
| Zealous | ζηλωτής | zēlōtēs | himmoowo | Eager devotion to good works (2:14). | Low ambiguity. | sound_doctrine_and_good_works |
| Beneficial/profitable | ὠφέλιμος | ōphelimos | nafoore | Practically useful/valuable, describing good works’ real-world benefit (3:8). | Low ambiguity. | sound_doctrine_and_good_works |
| Servant/slave of God (Paul’s self-description) | δοῦλος θεοῦ | doulos theou | jeyaaɗo Alla | Total ownership/belonging to God (1:1). | Distinct rendering from jeyɗo (human slave-master, δεσπότης) to avoid confusing the two directions of the master/slave relation. | — |
| Proper names (Artemas, Tychicus, Zenas, Apollos, Nicopolis) | — | — | Artemas, Tisiko, Sena, Apolos, Nikopolis | Closing travel-instruction names/place (3:12-13). | Standard transliteration; flag for theologian confirmation of exact attested regional forms if available. | — |
Glossary Summary
- Reused from Romans baseline: 21 terms (applied exactly, no changes).
- New terms — Critical risk: 6 (Alla mawɗo e Kisinoowo amen [2:13 deity claim]; golle moƴƴe [good works]; golle ɗe peewal [works of righteousness]; jibinaandi kesiri [regeneration]; gorko jogiiɗo debbo gooto tan [polygamy exclusion]; Kisinoowo [Savior title]).
- New terms — High risk: 12.
- New terms — Medium risk: 12.
- New terms — Low risk: 7.
- Total glossary entries (this document): 58, covering all three chapters of Titus with no chapter omitted.
All NEW terms in this glossary are provisional descriptive compounds or derived coinages, consistent with the baseline’s documented caution about Fulfulde’s thinner Bible-translation tradition, and MUST be routed through native-speaker and theologian confirmation before Phase 2 enforcement, per 12_ai_translation_requirements.md’s escalation rules.
Critical Risk Terms
God
Approved rendering: Alla
Transliteration: Alla
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Original: θεός
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package exactly. Titus intensifies the baseline caution: 2:13 directly identifies Yeesu Kiristu as Alla mawɗo (‘great God’), going well beyond standard regional Islamic usage of Alla as strictly singular and non-incarnate. Must be presented, per Titus 2:13, in explicit identification with Christ.
Grace
Approved rendering: Arjunde
Transliteration: Arjunde
Doctrine: Grace
Rejected alternatives: barke (marabout-associated blessing/spiritual power, never use)
Original: χάρις
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package exactly. Forms a structural inclusio around Titus (1:4; 2:11; 3:7; 3:15). The ‘apart from works’ contrast (Romans 4:4-5/11:5-6) must be restated explicitly at every Titus occurrence, especially 2:11 and 3:5-7, per assets/doctrine_risk_registry.json’s salvation_by_grace_not_works entry.
Righteousness
Approved rendering: peewal
Transliteration: peewal
Doctrine: Salvation by Grace not Works
Rejected alternatives: nunɗal (fairness/justice, too civic)
Original: δικαιοσύνη
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package exactly. Risk is intensified in Titus relative to Romans because 3:5 uses peewal inside a clause that explicitly REJECTS peewal-based works (‘golle ɗe peewal’) as salvation’s basis; must never be heard as commending righteous deeds as a path to standing before God.
Justification
Approved rendering: waɗugol peewal
Transliteration: waɗugol peewal
Doctrine: Justification and Heirship
Rejected alternatives: yaafuyee (forgiveness, too narrow)
Original: δικαιόω (aor. ptc. δικαιωθέντες)
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package exactly, applied at Titus 3:7 as a participial construction (‘having been declared righteous’). Remains a provisional compound requiring theologian confirmation per the baseline’s own caveat; must be taught as the ground of the heirship (roonoowo) that immediately follows in the same verse.
Salvation
Approved rendering: kisal
Transliteration: kisal
Doctrine: Salvation by Grace not Works
Rejected alternatives: dancal (protection, never stand-alone), aljanna (paradise, never stand-alone)
Original: σωτηρία / σῴζω
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package exactly. Verb form kisi shares the same root (Titus 3:5). Must never default into the deeds-weighing framework of mainstream Sunni soteriology; 3:5’s explicit ‘not by works’ clause must be taught alongside every occurrence.
Resurrection
Approved rendering: immorde e maayde
Transliteration: immorde e maayde
Doctrine: Christ’s Atoning Self-Gift and Redemption
Rejected alternatives: immorde ka maayde (dialectal variant, confirm regionally)
Inherited from Romans package exactly. Background doctrine underlying Titus 2:14’s redemption claim (soodude) and the letter’s presupposition of a historical, bodily death and resurrection, directly contested by mainstream Sunni interpretation of Quran 4:157.
Lord
Approved rendering: Joom
Transliteration: Joom
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: Laamiiɗo (ruler, avoid; Sokoto Caliphate political resonance)
Original: κύριος
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package exactly. Titus sharpens the baseline caution: Joom sits in close textual proximity to jeyɗo (human slave-master, δεσπότης, Titus 2:9-10) and must never be conflated with, or substituted for, it. Reserved exclusively for Christ’s exclusive Lordship.
Son Of God
Approved rendering: Ɓiɗɗo Alla
Transliteration: Ɓiɗɗo Alla
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: nulaaɗo mawɗo (a great messenger, explicit downgrade, rejected)
Inherited from Romans package exactly. Background doctrine for Titus’s Christological argument, which culminates in 2:13’s direct grammatical identification of Christ as ‘great God and Savior’ rather than a title of Sonship per se, but the same Tawhid objection applies.
Incarnation
Approved rendering: Alla wontii neɗɗo
Transliteration: Alla wontii neɗɗo
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Inherited from Romans package exactly. Background concept for Titus’s ‘appearing’ (feeñi/feeñande) vocabulary bracketing 2:11, 2:13, and 3:4; must be kept distinct from wahayu-style Quranic-revelation vocabulary so grace’s appearing reads as a person’s historical arrival, not a scripture-delivery event.
Messiah
Approved rendering: Almasiihu
Transliteration: Almasiihu
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Inherited from Romans package exactly. Background title shared with the Quranic Isa al-Masih figure; Titus’s own transliteration for the name-title pairing is Yeesu Kiristu (see NEW entry ‘christ’ below), but the Almasiihu doctrine-level caution (shared vocabulary, not shared belief) applies throughout.
Jesus
Approved rendering: Yeesu
Transliteration: Yeesu
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: Iisa (Quranic form, reserve only for explicit interfaith-dialogue contexts)
Original: Ἰησοῦς
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package exactly. Occurs Titus 1:1,4; 2:13; 3:6. Consistency across all four occurrences is required, since Titus’s implicit deity argument depends on identical titles (Savior) being applied to Yeesu across the letter. Never the Quranic Iisa in doctrinal exposition.
Holy Spirit
Approved rendering: Ruuhu Ceniiɗo
Transliteration: Ruuhu Ceniiɗo
Doctrine: Regeneration by the Holy Spirit
Rejected alternatives: ruuhu (never use alone), jinna (never use; jinn spirit-being)
Original: πνεῦμα ἅγιον
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package exactly, in full. Central to Titus 3:5’s Trinitarian regeneration statement (Father’s mercy, Spirit’s renewing, through Christ). Never shortened; never confused with jinna/jinnaaji.
Christ
Approved rendering: Kiristu
Transliteration: Kiristu
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Original: Χριστός
Category: Christology
NEW for Titus (baseline had only ‘messiah’/Almasiihu as a title entry; Kiristu is the established transliterated name-title used in the Titus curriculum). Paired consistently with Yeesu throughout (1:1,4; 2:13; 3:6). Carries the same Critical risk profile as messianic_promise, since Almasiihu-family vocabulary is shared with, but theologically opposed to, the Quranic Isa al-Masih figure.
Savior
Approved rendering: Kisinoowo
Transliteration: Kisinoowo
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Original: σωτήρ
Category: Christology
NEW provisional derived agent-noun, built on the same kis- root as kisal (salvation, inherited). Applied identically to God the Father (1:3,4; 3:4) and Jesus Christ (1:4; 2:13; 3:6) — six occurrences, the highest density of this title in any NT letter. Must be applied identically across all six regardless of referent; inconsistent rendering would erase Titus’s implicit deity-of-Christ argument. Mandatory theologian confirmation before deployment.
Great God And Savior
Approved rendering: Alla mawɗo e Kisinoowo amen
Transliteration: Alla mawɗo e Kisinoowo amen
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: a two-referent construction (‘the great God, and [separately] our Savior Jesus Christ’) — FORBIDDEN, aligns with mainstream Sunni theology’s view of Isa as a distinct, non-divine prophet, and echoes the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ New World Translation’s split-referent rendering of this verse
Original: ὁ μέγας θεὸς καὶ σωτὴρ ἡμῶν
Category: Christology
NEW for Titus. Titus 2:13’s single Greek article grammatically identifies one referent — Jesus Christ — as ‘our great God and Savior’ (Granville Sharp construction), a sharper single-verse deity claim than Romans 9:5 or 1:4. Must preserve the single-referent grammatical structure. Mandatory human theologian review at every occurrence, no exceptions.
Good Works
Approved rendering: golle moƴƴe
Transliteration: golle moƴƴe
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine and Good Works
Original: καλά / ἀγαθὰ ἔργα
Category: Salvation
NEW. The letter’s single most repeated load-bearing phrase (1:16 negated; 2:7,14; 3:1,8,14 — six occurrences). Must always be taught paired with 3:5’s explicit denial that salvation is ‘by works of righteousness,’ preventing readers from hearing repeated good-works language as confirming a deeds-based path to divine favor.
Works Of Righteousness
Approved rendering: golle ɗe peewal
Transliteration: golle ɗe peewal
Doctrine: Salvation by Grace not Works
Rejected alternatives: golle moƴƴe (must never be blurred with this positive fruit-language)
Original: ἔργα τὰ ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ
Category: Salvation
NEW. ‘Works done in righteousness,’ explicitly and directly denied as the basis of salvation in 3:5 — the single most explicit anti-works statement in Titus. Must never be softened, abbreviated, or paraphrased on repetition; full form only.
Regeneration
Approved rendering: jibinaandi kesiri
Transliteration: jibinaandi kesiri
Doctrine: Regeneration by the Holy Spirit
Rejected alternatives: tawba-equivalent framing (repentance/return to a pre-existing state; explicitly rejected as a false-friend analogy)
Original: παλιγγενεσία
Category: Salvation
NEW descriptive compound (‘new birth’) for παλιγγενεσία (Titus 3:5), one of only two NT occurrences of this Greek word. No crystallized single Fulfulde term exists. Must be explicitly distinguished from Islamic tawba, which has no ontological-new-birth framework. Mandatory native-speaker AND theologian confirmation before deployment.
Elder
Approved rendering: mawɗo kawtal
Transliteration: mawɗo kawtal
Doctrine: Qualifications for Elders
Original: πρεσβύτερος
Category: Church
NEW, built on kawtal (church, inherited). The church office Titus establishes ‘in every town’ on Crete (1:5), qualified by 1:6-9’s specific criteria — most consequentially the exclusion of polygamous men (1:6). Risks defaulting to age/lineage-based traditional Fulani village-elder or Islamic imam-elder criteria rather than Paul’s spiritual/character list. Mandatory human theologian review.
Husband Of One Wife
Approved rendering: gorko jogiiɗo debbo gooto tan
Transliteration: gorko jogiiɗo debbo gooto tan
Doctrine: Qualifications for Elders
Rejected alternatives: general ‘marital faithfulness’ language that a polygamous man could satisfy — explicitly rejected as a dilution
Original: μιᾶς γυναικὸς ἀνήρ
Category: Church
NEW. Titus 1:6’s elder-qualification, directly and unavoidably excluding polygamous men from the eldership. Collides with normative, religiously sanctioned polygamy (up to four wives under regional Sharia practice) across Fulani communities, including many respected elders. Must be stated explicitly, not softened. Mandatory human theologian AND native-speaker review with pastoral-application guidance.
Train Through Grace
Approved rendering: jaŋngina
Transliteration: jaŋngina
Doctrine: Grace That Trains for Godly Living
Original: παιδεύω
Category: Sanctification
NEW causative coinage from jaŋ- (‘to learn’), the pedagogical-formative verb anchoring the whole curriculum’s core doctrine (Titus 2:12). Must avoid two opposite misreadings: mere cognitive teaching, or harsh punitive discipline. Distinguishes grace’s own agency from Islamic tarbiya (human-effort-driven moral upbringing).
High Risk Terms
Faith
Approved rendering: gomɗinal
Transliteration: gomɗinal
Doctrine: Faith
Rejected alternatives: hoolaare (trust, supporting synonym only)
Original: πίστις
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package exactly. Occurs Titus 1:1,4,13; 2:2,10; 3:15. The object of faith (Yeesu Kiristu specifically) must remain explicit at every occurrence, since ‘having faith’ risks defaulting to general confessional Muslim identity per baseline note.
Apostle
Approved rendering: nulaaɗo
Transliteration: nulaaɗo
Doctrine: Apostleship and Divine Calling
Rejected alternatives: rasuulu (never use; Muhammad’s Islamic title)
Original: ἀπόστολος
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package exactly. Applied at Titus 1:1, paired with jeyaaɗo Alla (‘servant of God’). Never rasuulu, to prevent readers mapping Paul’s delegated apostolic authority onto Muhammad’s prophetic office.
Sanctification
Approved rendering: ceniinde
Transliteration: ceniinde
Doctrine: Christ’s Atoning Self-Gift and Redemption
Rejected alternatives: laaɓal (ritual/ceremonial purification, avoid as substitute)
Inherited from Romans package exactly. Background concept for Titus 2:14’s purification purpose-clause (kept distinct from laaɓinde, the specific causative verb used for Christ’s own moral-purifying act at 2:14, which is a NEW coinage recorded separately below).
Sin
Approved rendering: bakkaatu
Transliteration: bakkaatu
Doctrine: Church Discipline of the Factious
Rejected alternatives: fenaande (mistake/lie, too weak)
Original: ἁμαρτία / ἁμαρτάνω
Category: Sin
Inherited from Romans package exactly. Applied at Titus 3:11 (the self-condemned factious person). Kept distinct from the NEW compound ŋakkeere sariya (lawlessness, 2:14) to preserve Paul’s specific nuance between generic sin and specific rebellion against God’s law.
Obedience Of Faith
Approved rendering: ɗoftagol iwdi e gomɗinal
Transliteration: ɗoftagol iwdi e gomɗinal
Doctrine: Submission to Authority
Rejected alternatives: ɗoftagol sariya (rule-obedience, a works-based misreading)
Inherited from Romans package exactly. Background root for the NEW Titus coinage ɗoftaade (‘submit,’ 2:5, 2:9, 3:1); establishes that submission in Titus’s household/civic code is likewise the fruit of faith, not a separate meritorious rule-obedience.
Appearing
Approved rendering: feeñi / feeñande
Transliteration: feeñi / feeñande
Doctrine: Grace That Trains for Godly Living
Rejected alternatives: wahayu-style revelation vocabulary (used for Quranic revelation; must not be used)
Original: ἐπιφάνεια / ἐπιφαίνω
Category: Christology
NEW compound (verb feeñi at 2:11, 3:4; noun feeñande at 2:13), from feeñ- (‘to appear/become visible’). Brackets the core passage: grace appeared, Christ’s glory will appear, kindness appeared — three appearings framing one saving reality. Consistency across all three occurrences is required.
Redeem
Approved rendering: soodude
Transliteration: soodude
Doctrine: Christ’s Atoning Self-Gift and Redemption
Original: λυτρόομαι
Category: Salvation
NEW, extending the ordinary verb ‘to buy’ to ransoming captives (Titus 2:14). Resonates with historical Sahelian ransom-of-captives customs — a genuine point of cultural contact — but must be taught as costly, substitutionary, and once-for-all, presupposing the historical crucifixion denied by mainstream Sunni interpretation of Quran 4:157.
Renewal Of The Spirit
Approved rendering: kesindingol Ruuhu Ceniiɗo
Transliteration: kesindingol Ruuhu Ceniiɗo
Doctrine: Regeneration by the Holy Spirit
Original: ἀνακαίνωσις
Category: Sanctification
NEW compound for ἀνακαίνωσις (Titus 3:5), the Holy Spirit’s ongoing renewing work, paired with but distinct from jibinaandi kesiri (the one-time new-birth event). Provisional; requires theologian confirmation to keep the event/process distinction unmistakable.
Overseer
Approved rendering: gardiiɗo kawtal
Transliteration: gardiiɗo kawtal
Doctrine: Qualifications for Elders
Original: ἐπίσκοπος
Category: Church
NEW (‘leader/guide of the assembly’). Used interchangeably with mawɗo kawtal in Titus 1:5-7 — the same office, not a separate rank. Must be taught alongside mawɗo kawtal to prevent an unintended hierarchical reading, given regional multi-tier religious authority structures (imam vs. village chief vs. marabout).
Factious Person
Approved rendering: jom-fitina
Transliteration: jom-fitina
Doctrine: Church Discipline of the Factious
Original: αἱρετικὸς ἄνθρωπος
Category: Church
NEW, using fitina, an Arabic-derived term widely current in regional Islamic vocabulary for communal/political strife (Titus 3:10). Must be clearly framed as addressing intra-church factiousness specifically, not interreligious or sectarian conflict, given fitina’s Islamic-historical associations.
Sound Doctrine
Approved rendering: jaŋde cellundi
Transliteration: jaŋde cellundi
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine and Good Works
Rejected alternatives: fiqh-style formal-correctness framing (must not be imported)
Original: διδασκαλία ὑγιαίνουσα / διδαχή
Category: Church
NEW, built on cellal (‘health’). Must be distinguished from an Islamic framework of doctrinal correctness measured by Sharia/fiqh fidelity; ‘sound’ means life-giving, Christ-centered content.
Godliness
Approved rendering: kulɗingal Alla
Transliteration: kulɗingal Alla
Doctrine: Grace That Trains for Godly Living
Rejected alternatives: taqwa (Arabic-derived, deeds-conditioned piety concept, must not substitute)
Original: εὐσέβεια / εὐσεβῶς
Category: Sanctification
NEW, Titus 1:1; 2:12. Must be distinguished from taqwa, prominent in regional Islamic vocabulary; Titus’s godliness flows from grace’s training (2:11-12), not independent human religious achievement.
Self Controlled
Approved rendering: hakkilɗo / hakkille
Transliteration: hakkilɗo / hakkille
Doctrine: Grace That Trains for Godly Living
Original: σώφρων / σωφρονέω / σωφρονίζω / σωφρόνως
Category: Sanctification
NEW, the most recurring root in Titus (1:8; 2:2,4,5,6,12). A genuine, valuable point of contact with Pulaaku’s own core value of hakkille (wisdom/self-possession) — but must be taught explicitly as grace-produced fruit (2:11-12), never an independently achieved Pulaaku virtue standing apart from Christ.
Purity And Conscience
Approved rendering: laaɓɗo / ɓittude / fittaandu
Transliteration: laaɓɗo / ɓittude / fittaandu
Doctrine: Resistance to False Teaching
Original: καθαρός / μιαίνω / συνείδησις
Category: Sanctification
NEW cluster, Titus 1:15. Paul’s argument is that purity is fundamentally internal, not ritual; laaɓɗo alone risks importing the ritual-purity (wuduu/ablution) association Paul is arguing against, so the contrast with fittaandu (conscience, NEW) must be made explicit in teaching notes.
Submit
Approved rendering: ɗoftaade
Transliteration: ɗoftaade
Doctrine: Submission to Authority
Original: ὑποτάσσομαι
Category: Ethics
NEW, building on the ɗoft- root from Romans TM’s ɗoftagol iwdi e gomɗinal. Used across three structurally distinct relationships in one letter: wives (2:5), household slaves (2:9), civil rulers (3:1). Each occurrence must be taught with its distinct relational frame named explicitly, never as a single unified ‘religious submission’ register resonant with Islamic submission theology generally.
Master Despotes
Approved rendering: jeyɗo
Transliteration: jeyɗo
Doctrine: Household Slavery and Bondage to Desire
Rejected alternatives: Joom (FORBIDDEN — reserved exclusively for Christ’s Lordship)
Original: δεσπότης
Category: Ethics
NEW, Titus 2:9. The human owner-authority in a first-century slave-master household relationship. Must NEVER be rendered with Joom; requires explicit first-century Greco-Roman contextualization given the region’s own complex history of pastoralist social stratification (Rimɓe/Maccuɓe memory).
Slaves
Approved rendering: maccuɓe
Transliteration: maccuɓe
Doctrine: Household Slavery and Bondage to Desire
Original: δοῦλος / δουλεύω
Category: Ethics
NEW. Covers both the literal first-century household-slave status (2:9-10) and the metaphorical, universal, pre-conversion bondage to desire (3:3, maccuɓe ɗacce, including Paul himself). The 3:3 sense must be made unmistakably explicit so it is not misheard as commentary on any specific historical or social caste group.
Rulers And Authorities
Approved rendering: laamɓe e ɓen jogiiɓe kattanɗe
Transliteration: laamɓe e ɓen jogiiɓe kattanɗe
Doctrine: Submission to Authority
Original: ἀρχαί, ἐξουσίαι
Category: Ethics
NEW compound, Titus 3:1. Given the historic Fulani-led Sokoto Caliphate and contemporary state governance across the Sahel, must be presented as general submission to civil order, never endorsement of any historical or contemporary political-religious authority structure, and kept distinct from Joom.
Medium Risk Terms
Holy
Approved rendering: ceniiɗo
Transliteration: ceniiɗo
Doctrine: Resistance to False Teaching
Rejected alternatives: laaɓɗo (physically/ritually clean, reserve for ritual purity only)
Original: ὅσιος
Category: Sanctification
Inherited from Romans package, applied cautiously at Titus 1:8 (elder qualification: ‘holy/devout’). Must remain distinct from laaɓɗo (ritual cleanliness, relevant to wuduu/ablution) per baseline reservation.
Adoption
Approved rendering: jaɓugol wonande ɓiɗɗo
Transliteration: jaɓugol wonande ɓiɗɗo
Doctrine: Justification and Heirship
Original: υἱοθεσία (concept, via κληρονόμος at 3:7)
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package exactly. Must be taught in Titus explicitly alongside roonoowo (heir, NEW term, 3:7) as its natural inheritance-rights consequence, resonating with strong Fulani lineage values.
Peace
Approved rendering: jam
Transliteration: jam
Doctrine: Salvation by Grace not Works
Rejected alternatives: deeƴre (calm/stillness, too passive)
Original: εἰρήνη
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package exactly. Standard salutation pairing with Arjunde at Titus 1:4. Must be distinguished from jam’s everyday greeting-register sense central to daily Fulfulde social life.
Church
Approved rendering: kawtal
Transliteration: kawtal
Doctrine: Qualifications for Elders
Rejected alternatives: moosaale (mosque, never use)
Inherited from Romans package exactly. Serves as the root for Titus-specific compounds mawɗo kawtal (‘elder’) and gardiiɗo kawtal (‘overseer’), both recorded as NEW terms below. Must remain clearly distinct from moosaale.
Law
Approved rendering: sariya
Transliteration: sariya
Doctrine: Avoiding Divisive Controversies
Original: νόμος
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package exactly. Applied at Titus 3:9 (‘quarrels about the law’) and as the root of the NEW compound ŋakkeere sariya (‘lawlessness,’ 2:14). Given regional Sharia-jurisprudential depth, must be framed as pastoral caution about unproductive intra-church argument, not dismissal of serious legal-theological reasoning generally.
Glory
Approved rendering: manaango
Transliteration: manaango
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: teddungal (reserve for human honor/dignity, avoid as primary term for God’s glory)
Original: δόξα
Category: Christology
Inherited from Romans package exactly. Applied at Titus 2:13 to the glory that will be revealed at Christ’s appearing — God’s own glory, directly asserting Christ’s full deity. Kept distinct from teddungal (human dignity), prominent throughout Titus’s household-code vocabulary.
Covenant
Approved rendering: alkawal
Transliteration: alkawal
Doctrine: Justification and Heirship
Inherited from Romans package exactly. Background OT covenant concept underlying Titus 2:14’s ‘people for possession’ (yimɓe Alla heeriiɓe, NEW term, echoing Exod 19:5); requires explicit OT covenant background teaching for readers.
Election
Approved rendering: suɓagol
Transliteration: suɓagol
Doctrine: Election
Rejected alternatives: natal (fate/al-qadar, use with caution)
Original: ἐκλεκτός / ἐκλογή
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package exactly. Root for the Titus-specific corporate form suɓaaɓe Alla (‘God’s elect,’ Titus 1:1, NEW compound recorded below). Must remain personal/relational, distinct from natal.
Father
Approved rendering: Baaba
Transliteration: Baaba
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Inherited from Romans package exactly. Applied at Titus 1:4’s salutation (‘God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior’), the first Father/Son Savior-title pairing that culminates in 2:13’s single-referent identification.
Heir
Approved rendering: roonoowo
Transliteration: roonoowo
Doctrine: Justification and Heirship
Original: κληρονόμος
Category: Salvation
NEW, from ron- (‘to inherit’), Titus 3:7. A genuine positive point of cultural contact given Fulani pastoralist lineage/inheritance emphasis; should be taught alongside jaɓugol wonande ɓiɗɗo (adoption, inherited) as its natural consequence.
Eternal Life
Approved rendering: nguurndam duumiiɗam
Transliteration: nguurndam duumiiɗam
Doctrine: God’s Unfailing Promise of Eternal Life
Original: ζωὴ αἰώνιος
Category: Salvation
NEW, Titus 1:2 and 3:7. Must be distinguished from the Islamic paradise-centered (aljanna) afterlife framework already flagged Critical for kisal in the baseline; received as inheritance through justification, not a deeds-weighed reward.
Kindness Of God
Approved rendering: moƴƴere Alla
Transliteration: moƴƴere Alla
Doctrine: God’s Kindness and Love for Mankind as the Motive for Salvation
Original: χρηστότης
Category: Salvation
NEW, Titus 3:4. God’s benevolent character-motive behind salvation, distinct from the forensic/legal vocabulary (Arjunde, waɗugol peewal) surrounding it in the same unit.
Love For Mankind
Approved rendering: yurmeende Alla wonande neɗɓe
Transliteration: yurmeende Alla wonande neɗɓe
Doctrine: God’s Kindness and Love for Mankind as the Motive for Salvation
Original: φιλανθρωπία
Category: Salvation
NEW compound, Titus 3:4, appropriately reusing yurmeende (mercy, see separate entry below) rather than Arjunde, since this verse describes God’s character-motive, not the technical unmerited-favor sense reserved for Arjunde at 2:11 and 3:7.
Mercy
Approved rendering: yurmeende
Transliteration: yurmeende
Doctrine: Salvation by Grace not Works
Original: ἔλεος
Category: Salvation
Formalized as its own Titus TM entry; the underlying term was previously reserved in the Romans baseline’s grace entry as an alternative-not-to-be-substituted (‘reserve for mercy/compassion generally’), not a standalone baseline glossary entry. Titus 3:5 names God’s own mercy, distinct from Arjunde’s technical unmerited-favor sense, as the basis of salvation.
Hope
Approved rendering: yaakaare
Transliteration: yaakaare
Doctrine: God’s Unfailing Promise of Eternal Life
Original: ἐλπίς
Category: Faith
NEW, Titus 1:2; 2:13; 3:7. Ensure ‘blessed hope’ (2:13) is not read as generic optimism but as anchored specifically in Christ’s promised return.
Knowledge Of Truth
Approved rendering: ganndal goonga
Transliteration: ganndal goonga
Doctrine: Apostleship and Divine Calling
Original: ἐπίγνωσις ἀληθείας
Category: Faith
NEW descriptive compound, Titus 1:1. Should be taught distinguishing biblical truth-content from a Quranic-style tahrif framework (earlier scriptures considered later corrupted).
Blameless
Approved rendering: mo bakkaaji ngalaa e mun
Transliteration: mo bakkaaji ngalaa e mun
Doctrine: Qualifications for Elders
Original: ἀνέγκλητος
Category: Church
NEW descriptive compound, Titus 1:6,7. Resonates with, but must be distinguished from, Pulaaku’s teddungal (social honor/reputation): biblical blamelessness is godly-integrity assessment, not honor-shame reputation management.
People For Possession
Approved rendering: yimɓe Alla heeriiɓe
Transliteration: yimɓe Alla heeriiɓe
Doctrine: Christ’s Atoning Self-Gift and Redemption
Original: λαὸς περιούσιος
Category: Church
NEW compound, Titus 2:14, echoing OT covenant language (Exod 19:5). Requires explicit OT covenant background teaching since readers’ independent knowledge of Israel’s covenant narrative likely comes via the Quranic account rather than the biblical one.
Foolish Disputes
Approved rendering: yeddondiral ngalaa nafa
Transliteration: yeddondiral ngalaa nafa
Doctrine: Avoiding Divisive Controversies
Original: ζητήσεις, μάχαι, ἔρις, γενεαλογία
Category: Church
NEW compound, Titus 3:9. The genealogy-critique component must be explicitly clarified as targeting speculative theological misuse, not devaluing Fulani lineage-keeping (a live tension with roonoowo’s positive lineage-inheritance imagery elsewhere in the same letter), nor dismissing serious regional Sharia jurisprudential reasoning.
Preaching
Approved rendering: waaju
Transliteration: waaju
Doctrine: Apostleship and Divine Calling
Original: κήρυγμα
Category: Church
Consistent with Romans TM’s ‘waaju Linjiila.’ Applied at Titus 1:3, the proclamation entrusted to Paul.
Lawlessness
Approved rendering: ŋakkeere sariya
Transliteration: ŋakkeere sariya
Doctrine: Christ’s Atoning Self-Gift and Redemption
Original: ἀνομία
Category: Sin
NEW compound built on sariya (law, inherited), Titus 2:14. Kept distinct from bakkaatu (sin generally, inherited) to preserve Paul’s specific nuance that the bondage Christ redeems from is lawless rebellion, not merely generic moral failing.
Obey Authority
Approved rendering: ɗoftaade laamu
Transliteration: ɗoftaade laamu
Doctrine: Submission to Authority
Original: πειθαρχέω
Category: Ethics
NEW companion term to ɗoftaade, Titus 3:1, reinforcing willing compliance with civil governing authority.
Slander
Approved rendering: tuutde
Transliteration: tuutde
Doctrine: Gospel Witness and Public Reputation
Original: βλασφημέω
Category: Ethics
NEW, Titus 2:5,8; 3:2. Must be kept distinct from the Arabic-derived ‘kufuru’ (disbelief/apostasy vocabulary) to avoid confusing slander of a person with religious unbelief.
Low Risk Terms
Exhort
Approved rendering: wallitde
Transliteration: wallitde
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine and Good Works
Inherited from Romans package exactly. Applied at Titus 1:9; 2:6,15 (encourage/exhort sense; entreaty sense uses torraade per baseline). Context-sensitive per baseline note.
Trustworthy Saying
Approved rendering: Haala ɗii ko goonga tigi
Transliteration: Haala ɗii ko goonga tigi
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine and Good Works
Original: Πιστὸς ὁ λόγος
Category: Faith
NEW formulaic rendering of the Pastoral-epistle formula ‘Πιστὸς ὁ λόγος’ (Titus 3:8), marking 3:4-7 as reliable, settled doctrinal content.
Servant Of God
Approved rendering: jeyaaɗo Alla
Transliteration: jeyaaɗo Alla
Doctrine: Apostleship and Divine Calling
Original: δοῦλος θεοῦ
Category: Church
NEW, Titus 1:1, Paul’s self-description of total ownership/belonging to God. Deliberately distinct from jeyɗo (human slave-master, δεσπότης, 2:9) to avoid confusing the two directions of the master/slave relation within the same letter.
Mandate
Approved rendering: yamiroore
Transliteration: yamiroore
Doctrine: Apostleship and Divine Calling
Original: ἐπιταγή
Category: Church
Consistent with Romans TM’s ‘yamiroore Linjiila’ / ‘yamiroore laamu Alla’ compounds. Applied at Titus 1:3 (Paul’s preaching mandate) and 2:15 (Titus’s teaching authority).
Encourage
Approved rendering: wallitde
Transliteration: wallitde
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine and Good Works
Original: παρακαλέω
Category: Church
Duplicate cross-listing of the inherited ‘exhort’ entry for direct lookup convenience under its Titus-specific label; applied at 1:9; 2:6,15.
Genuine Child
Approved rendering: ɓiɗɗo goongaɗo
Transliteration: ɓiɗɗo goongaɗo
Doctrine: Apostleship and Divine Calling
NEW, Titus 1:4, describing Titus’s authentic (though not biological) spiritual relationship to Paul. Minor point of contact with Fulani lineage-legitimacy concerns; low doctrinal weight.
Endurance
Approved rendering: munyal
Transliteration: munyal
Doctrine: Grace That Trains for Godly Living
NEW, Titus 2:2, required of older men. A direct, natural correspondence with Pulaaku’s own munyal (patient endurance). Should be taught as flowing from faith/hope/love (2:2), not merely traditional Fulani stoicism.
Dignified
Approved rendering: teddungal
Transliteration: teddungal
Doctrine: Grace That Trains for Godly Living
NEW, Titus 2:2,7. Direct correspondence with Pulaaku’s teddungal (honor/dignity). Keep conceptually distinct from manaango (God’s own glory) per baseline caution, even while used appropriately for human character here.
Zealous
Approved rendering: himmoowo
Transliteration: himmoowo
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine and Good Works
NEW, Titus 2:14. Describes eager devotion to good works.
Beneficial
Approved rendering: nafoore
Transliteration: nafoore
Doctrine: Sound Doctrine and Good Works
NEW, Titus 3:8. Describes good works’ real practical benefit to people.
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