Timotheum I 1

1 Paulus Apostolus Jesu Christi secundum imperium Dei Salvatoris nostri, et Christi Jesu spei nostræ,

Paul, the apostle of Jesus according to the commandment of God our Saviour, and Jesus Christ our hope;

2 Timotheo dilecto filio in fide. Gratia, misericordia, et pax a Deo Patre, et Christo Jesu Domino nostro.

to Timothy, my beloved son in the faith. Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.

3 Sicut rogavi te ut remaneres Ephesi cum irem in Macedoniam, ut denuntiares quibusdam ne aliter docerent,

As I exhorted you to remain in Ephesus, I going into Macedonia, in order that you may command certain ones not to teach heterodoxy,

4 neque intenderent fabulis, et genealogiis interminatis: quæ quæstiones præstant magis quam ædificationem Dei, quæ est in fide.

nor to give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which present questions, rather than the economy of God which is in faith:

5 Finis autem præcepti est caritas de corde puro, et conscientia bona, et fide non ficta.

but the end of the commandment is divine love out of a clean heart and a good conscience and faith free from hypocrisy:

6 A quibus quidam aberrantes, conversi sunt in vaniloquium,

from which certain ones having deflected have gone out into empty talking,

7 volentes esse legis doctores, non intelligentes neque quæ loquuntur, neque de quibus affirmant.

wishing to be teachers of the law, not knowing either what they are saying, or concerning what things they do affirm.

8 Scimus autem quia bona est lex si quis ea legitime utatur:

But we know that the law is good, if any one may use it lawfully;

9 sciens hoc quia lex justo non est posita, sed injustis, et non subditis, impiis, et peccatoribus, sceleratis, et contaminatis, parricidis, et matricidis, homicidis,

knowing this, that the law is not made for the righteous, but for the unrighteous and disorderly, for the ungodly and for sinners, for the unholy and the profane, for patricides, matricides and homocides,

10 fornicariis, masculorum concubitoribus, plagiariis, mendacibus, et perjuris, et si quid aliud sanæ doctrinæ adversatur,

for fornicators, for Sodomites, for kidnapers, for liars, for perjurers, and if any thing else is opposed to healthy teaching;

11 quæ est secundum Evangelium gloriæ beati Dei, quod creditum est mihi.

according to the gospel of the glory of the blessed God, with which I am intrusted.

12 Gratias ago ei, qui me confortavit, Christo Jesu Domino nostro, quia fidelem me existimavit, ponens in ministerio:

I give thanks to Jesus Christ our Lord, the one having filled me up with dynamite, because he considered me faithful, having put me in the ministry;

13 qui prius blasphemus fui, et persecutor, et contumeliosus: sed misericordiam Dei consecutus sum, quia ignorans feci in incredulitate.

being antecedently a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and an insulter: but I obtained mercy, because I did it in unbelief being ignorant;

14 Superabundavit autem gratia Domini nostri cum fide, et dilectione, quæ est in Christo Jesu.

but the grace of our Lord with faith and the divine love which is in Christ Jesus superabounded.

15 Fidelis sermo, et omni acceptione dignus: quod Christus Jesus venit in hunc mundum peccatores salvos facere, quorum primus ego sum.

It is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief:

16 Sed ideo misericordiam consecutus sum: ut in me primo ostenderet Christus Jesus omnem patientiam ad informationem eorum, qui credituri sunt illi, in vitam æternam. (aiōnios g166)

but on this account I obtained mercy, in order that Jesus Christ might in me the chief show forth all longsuffering, for an example of those about to believe on him unto eternal life. (aiōnios g166)

17 Regi autem sæculorum immortali, invisibili, soli Deo honor et gloria in sæcula sæculorum. Amen. (aiōn g165)

But to the King of the ages, the incorruptible, invisible, only God, be honor and glory unto the ages of the ages. Amen. (aiōn g165)

18 Hoc præceptum commendo tibi, fili Timothee, secundum præcedentes in te prophetias, ut milites in illis bonam militiam,

This charge I commit unto you, O child Timothy, according to the prophecies that went before on you, that you may war a beautiful warfare in the same;

19 habens fidem, et bonam conscientiam, quam quidam repellentes, circa fidem naufragaverunt:

having faith and a good conscience; which some having cast away have made shipwreck concerning the faith;

20 ex quibus est Hymenæus, et Alexander: quos tradidi Satanæ, ut discant non blasphemare.

of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have delivered to Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.