提摩太前书 1
1 奉我们救主 神和我们的盼望基督耶稣之命，作基督耶稣使徒的保罗
PAUL, a legate of Jesus the Messiah, by the command of God our life-giver, and of the Messiah, Jesus our hope;
2 写信给那因信主作我真儿子的提摩太。愿恩惠、怜悯、平安从父 神和我们主基督耶稣归与你！
to Timothy, my true son in the faith: grace and mercy and peace, from God our Father, and the Messiah, Jesus our Lord.
3 我往马其顿去的时候，曾劝你仍住在以弗所，好嘱咐那几个人不可传异教，
When I was going into Macedonia, I requested thee to remain at Ephesus, and to charge certain persons not to teach different doctrines;
4 也不可听从荒渺无凭的话语和无穷的家谱；这等事只生辩论，并不发明 神在信上所立的章程。
and not to throw themselves into fables and stories about genealogies, of which there is no end, which produce contention rather than edification in the faith of God.
5 但命令的总归就是爱；这爱是从清洁的心和无亏的良心，无伪的信心生出来的。
Now the end of the command is love, which is from a pure heart, and from a good conscience, and from true faith.
6 有人偏离这些，反去讲虚浮的话，
But from these some have strayed, and have turned aside to vain words;
7 想要作教法师，却不明白自己所讲说的所论定的。
because they wished to be teachers of the law, while they understood not what they speak, nor the thing about which they contend.
8 我们知道律法原是好的，只要人用得合宜；
Now, we know, that the law is a good thing, if a man conduct himself in it, according to the law,
9 因为律法不是为义人设立的，乃是为不法和不服的，不虔诚和犯罪的，不圣洁和恋世俗的，弑父母和杀人的，
he knowing that the law was not established for the righteous, but for the evil, and the rebellious, and the ungodly, and the sinful, and the perverse and for the impure, and for smiters of their fathers and smiters of their mothers, and for murderers,
10 行淫和亲男色的，抢人口和说谎话的，并起假誓的，或是为别样敌正道的事设立的。
and for whoremongers, and for copulators with males, and for the stealers of free people, and for liars, and for violators of oaths, and for whatever is contrary to sound doctrine,
11 这是照着可称颂之 神交托我荣耀福音说的。
namely that of the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I am intrusted.
12 我感谢那给我力量的我们主基督耶稣，因他以我有忠心，派我服事他。
And I thank him who strengthened me, even our Lord Jesus the Messiah; who accounted me faithful, and appointed me to his ministry;
13 我从前是亵渎 神的，逼迫人的，侮慢人的；然而我还蒙了怜悯，因我是不信不明白的时候而做的。
me I say, who before was a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and a reviler; but I obtained mercy, because I did it while ignorant and without faith.
14 并且我主的恩是格外丰盛，使我在基督耶稣里有信心和爱心。
And in me the grace of our Lord abounded, and faith and love, which is in Jesus the Messiah.
15 “基督耶稣降世，为要拯救罪人。”这话是可信的，是十分可佩服的。在罪人中我是个罪魁。
Faithful is the declaration, and worthy to be received, that Jesus the Messiah came into the world to give life to sinners, of whom I was the primary.
But for this cause had he mercy on me, that in me first Jesus the Messiah might display all his long suffering, for an example to them who were to believe on him unto life eternal. (aiōnios g166)
And to the king eternal, incorruptible, and invisible, the sole God, be honor and glory for ever and ever! Amen. (aiōn g165)
18 我儿提摩太啊，我照从前指着你的预言，将这命令交托你，叫你因此可以打那美好的仗。
This injunction I commit to thee, my son Timothy, according to the former predictions concerning thee, that in them thou mightest war this good warfare,
19 常存信心和无亏的良心。有人丢弃良心，就在真道上如同船破坏了一般。
in faith and a good conscience; for they who have repudiated this, have become destitute of faith;
20 其中有许米乃和亚历山大；我已经把他们交给撒但，使他们受责罚就不再谤渎了。
like Hymeneus and Alexander, whom I have delivered up to Satan, that they may learn not to be blasphemers.
