Timotheum I 4

1 Spiritus autem manifeste dicit, quia in novissimis temporibus discedent quidam a fide, attendentes spiritibus erroris, et doctrinis dæmoniorum,

Now the Spirit expressly saith, that in latter times some shall apostatize from the faith, attending to seducing spirits,

2 in hypocrisi loquentium mendacium, et cauteriatam habentium suam conscientiam,

and doctrines of demons founded in the hypocrisy of liars, who are seared in their own conscience, forbidding to marry,

3 prohibentium nubere, abstinere a cibis, quod Deus creavit ad percipiendum cum gratiarum actione fidelibus, et iis qui cognoverunt veritatem.

and enjoining abstinence from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving by those that believe and know the truth.

4 Quia omnis creatura Dei bona est, et nihil rejiciendum quod cum gratiarum actione percipitur:

For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be rejected, if it be received with thanksgiving:

5 sanctificatur enim per verbum Dei, et orationem.

for it is sanctified by the word of God and by prayer.

6 Hæc proponens fratribus, bonus eris minister Christi Jesu enutritus verbis fidei, et bonæ doctrinæ, quam assecutus es.

If thou lay these things before the brethren, thou wilt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, as one brought up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, to which thou hast attained.

7 Ineptas autem, et aniles fabulas devita: exerce autem teipsum ad pietatem.

But profane and groundless fables reject, and exercise thyself unto godliness.

8 Nam corporalis exercitatio, ad modicum utilis est: pietas autem ad omnia utilis est, promissionem habens vitæ, quæ nunc est, et futuræ.

For bodily exercise profiteth little, but piety is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come:

9 Fidelis sermo, et omni acceptione dignus.

this is a certain truth and worthy of all acceptance.

10 In hoc enim laboramus, et maledicimur, quia speramus in Deum vivum, qui est Salvator omnium hominum, maxime fidelium.

For to this end we both labour and suffer reproach, because we have hope in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, especially of the faithful.

11 Præcipe hæc, et doce.

These things declare and teach.

12 Nemo adolescentiam tuam contemnat: sed exemplum esto fidelium in verbo, in conversatione, in caritate, in fide, in castitate.

Let no one have cause to despise thy youth; but he thou an example to believers in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

13 Dum venio, attende lectioni, exhortationi, et doctrinæ.

Till I come attend to reading, to exhortation, and teaching.

14 Noli negligere gratiam, quæ in te est, quæ data est tibi per prophetiam, cum impositione manuum presbyterii.

Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.

15 Hæc meditare, in his esto: ut profectus tuus manifestus sit omnibus.

Meditate on these things, be wholly in them, that thy proficiency may be manifest in all.

16 Attende tibi, et doctrinæ: insta in illis. Hoc enim faciens, et teipsum salvum facies, et eos qui te audiunt.

Take heed to thyself, and to thy doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this, thou wilt both save thyself and those that hear thee.