Timotheum Ii 2
1 Tu ergo fili mi confortare in gratia, quae est in Christo Iesu:
Therfor thou, my sone, be coumfortid in grace that is in Crist Jhesu.
2 et quae audisti a me per multos testes, haec commenda fidelibus hominibus, qui idonei erant et alios docere.
And what thingis thou hast herd of me bi many witnessis, bitake thou these to feithful men, whiche schulen `be also able to teche othere men.
3 Labora sicut bonus miles Christi Iesu.
Trauele thou as a good knyyt of Crist Jhesu.
4 Nemo militans Deo implicat se negotiis saecularibus: ut ei placeat, cui se probavit.
No man holdinge knyythod to God, wlappith hym silf with worldli nedis, that he plese to hym, to whom he hath preuyd hym silf.
5 Nam et qui certat in agone, non coronabitur nisi legitime certaverit.
For he that fiytith in a batel, schal not be corowned, but he fiyte lawfuli.
6 Laborantem agricolam oportet primum de fructibus percipere.
It bihoueth an erthetiliere to resseyue first of the fruytis.
7 Intellige quae dico: dabit enim tibi Dominus in omnibus intellectum.
Vndurstonde thou what thingis Y seie. For the Lord schal yyue to thee vndurstonding in alle thingis.
8 Memor esto Dominum IESUM CHRISTUM resurrexisse a mortuis ex semine David, secundum Evangelium meum,
Be thou myndeful that the Lord Jhesu Crist of the seed of Dauid hath rise ayen fro deth,
9 in quo laboro usque ad vincula, quasi male operans: sed verbum Dei non est alligatum.
aftir my gospel, in which Y trauele `til to boondis, as worching yuele, but the word of God is not boundun.
10 Ideo omnia sustineo propter electos, ut et ipsi salutem consequantur, quae est in Christo Iesu, cum gloria caelesti. (aiōnios g166)
Therfor Y suffre alle thingis for the chosun, that also thei gete the heelthe, that is in Crist Jhesu, with heuenli glorie. (aiōnios g166)
11 Fidelis sermo: Nam si commortui sumus, et convivemus:
A trewe word, that if we ben deed togidere, also we schulen liue togidere;
12 si sustinebimus, et conregnabimus: si negaverimus, et ille negabit nos:
if we suffren, we schulen regne togidere; if we denyen, he schal denye vs;
13 si non credimus, ille fidelis permanet, negare seipsum non potest.
if we bileuen not, he dwellith feithful, he mai not denye hym silf.
14 Haec commone: testificans coram Deo. Noli contendere verbis: ad nihil enim utile est, nisi ad subversionem audientium.
Teche thou these thingis, witnessinge bifore God. Nyle thou stryue in wordis; for to no thing it is profitable, but to the subuerting of men that heren.
15 Solicite cura teipsum probabilem exhibere Deo, operarium inconfusibilem, recte tractantem verbum veritatis:
Bisili kepe to yyue thi silf a preued preisable werkman to God, with oute schame, riytli tretinge the word of treuthe.
16 Profana autem, et vaniloquia devita: multum enim proficiunt ad impietatem:
But eschewe thou vnhooli and veyn spechis, for whi tho profiten myche to vnfeithfulnesse,
17 et sermo eorum ut cancer serpit: ex quibus est Hymenaeus, et Philetus,
and the word of hem crepith as a canker. Of whiche Filete is, and Ymeneus,
18 qui a veritate exciderunt, dicentes resurrectionem esse iam factam, et subverterunt quorundam fidem.
whiche felden doun fro the treuthe, seiynge that the rising ayen is now doon, and thei subuertiden the feith of summen.
19 Sed firmum fundamentum Dei stat, habens signaculum hoc: Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius, et discedat ab iniquitate omnis, qui invocat nomen Domini.
But the sad foundement of God stondith, hauynge this marke, The Lord knowith whiche ben hise, and, Ech man that nameth the name of the Lord, departith fro wickidnesse.
20 In magna autem domo non solum sunt vasa aurea, et argentea, sed et lignea, et fictilia: et quaedam quidem in honorem, quaedam autem in contumeliam.
But in a greet hous ben not oneli vessels of gold and of siluer, but also of tree and of erthe; and so summen ben in to onour, and summe in to dispit.
21 Si quis ergo emundaverit se ab istis, erit vas in honorem sanctificatum, et utile Domino ad omne opus bonum paratum.
Therfor if ony man clensith hym silf fro these, he schal be a vessel halewid in to onour, and profitable to the Lord, redi to al good werk.
22 Iuvenilia autem desideria fuge, sectare vero iustitiam, fidem, spem, charitatem, et pacem cum iis, qui invocant Dominum de corde puro.
And fle thou desiris of yongthe, but sue thou riytwisnesse, feith, charite, pees, with hem that inwardli clepen the Lord of a clene herte.
23 Stultas autem, et sine disciplina quaestiones devita: sciens quia generant lites.
And eschewe thou foltische questiouns, and without kunnyng, wytynge that tho gendren chidyngis.
24 Servum autem Domini non oportet litigare: sed mansuetum esse ad omnes, docibilem, patientem,
But it bihoueth the seruaunt of the Lord to chide not; but to be mylde to alle men, able to teche,
25 cum modestia corripientem eos, qui resistunt veritati: nequando Deus det illis poenitentiam ad cognoscendam veritatem,
paciente, with temperaunce repreuynge hem that ayenstonden the treuthe, that sum tyme God yyue to hem forthenkyng, that thei knowen the treuthe,
26 et resipiscant a diaboli laqueis, a quo captivi tenentur ad ipsius voluntatem.
and that thei rise ayen fro the snares of the deuel, of whom thei ben holdun prisoneris at his wille.
