Timotheum I 4

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

Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons;

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

Speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their conscience seared with a hot iron;

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

Forbidding to marry, [and commanding] to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving by them who believe and know the truth.

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

For every creature of God [is] good, and nothing to be refused, if received with thanksgiving:

5 sanctificatur enim per verbum Dei, et orationem.

For it is sanctified by the word of God, and prayer.

6 Haec proponens fratribus, bonus eris minister Christi Iesu enutritus verbis fidei, et bonae doctrinae, quam assecutus es.

If thou shalt put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou wilt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished by 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 refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself [rather] to godliness.

8 Nam corporalis exercitatio, ad modicum utilis est: pietas autem ad omnia utilis est, promissionem habens vitae, quae nunc est, et futurae.

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

9 Fidelis sermo, et omni acceptione dignus.

This [is] a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation.

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

For therefore we both labor and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God who is the Savior of all men, especially of those that believe.

11 Praecipe haec, et doce.

These things command and teach.

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

Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in deportment, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

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

Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.

14 Noli negligere gratiam, quae in te est, quae 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 Haec meditare, in his esto: ut profectus tuus manifestus sit omnibus.

Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.

16 Attende tibi, et doctrinae: 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 them that hear thee.