Timotheum I 1
1 Paulus Apostolus Iesu Christi secundum imperium Dei Salvatoris nostri, et Christi Iesu spei nostrae:
PAUL, a legate of Jesus the Messiah, by the command of God our life-giver, and of the Messiah, Jesus our hope;
2 Timotheo dilecto filio in fide. Gratia, misericordia, et pax a Deo Patre, et Christo Iesu Domino nostro.
to Timothy, my true son in the faith: grace and mercy and peace, from God our Father, and the Messiah, Jesus our Lord.
3 Sicut rogavi te ut remaneres Ephesi cum irem in Macedoniam, ut denunciares quibusdam ne aliter docerent,
When I was going into Macedonia, I requested thee to remain at Ephesus, and to charge certain persons not to teach different doctrines;
4 neque intenderent fabulis, et genealogiis interminatis: quae quaestiones praestant magis quam aedificationem Dei, quae est in fide.
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 Finis autem praecepti est charitas de corde puro, et conscientia bona, et fide non ficta.
Now the end of the command is love, which is from a pure heart, and from a good conscience, and from true faith.
6 A quibus quidam aberrantes, conversi sunt in vaniloquium,
But from these some have strayed, and have turned aside to vain words;
7 volentes esse legis doctores, non intelligentes neque quae loquuntur, neque de quibus affirmant.
because they wished to be teachers of the law, while they understood not what they speak, nor the thing about which they contend.
8 Scimus autem quia bona est lex, si quis ea legitime utatur:
Now, we know, that the law is a good thing, if a man conduct himself in it, according to the law,
9 scientes hoc quia lex iusto non est posita, sed iniustis, et non subditis, impiis, et peccatoribus, sceleratis, et contaminatis, patricidis, et matricidis, homicidis,
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 fornicariis, masculorum concubitoribus, plagiariis, mendacibus, et periuris, et si quid aliud sanae doctrinae adversatur,
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 quae est secundum Evangelium gloriae beati Dei, quod creditum est mihi.
namely that of the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I am intrusted.
12 Gratias ago ei, qui me confortavit, in Christo Iesu Domino nostro, quia fidelem me existimavit, ponens in ministerio
And I thank him who strengthened me, even our Lord Jesus the Messiah; who accounted me faithful, and appointed me to his ministry;
13 qui prius blasphemus fui, et persecutor, et contumeliosus: sed misericordiam Dei consecutus sum, quia ignorans feci in incredulitate.
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 Superabundavit autem gratia Domini nostri cum fide, et dilectione, quae est in Christo Iesu.
And in me the grace of our Lord abounded, and faith and love, which is in Jesus the Messiah.
15 Fidelis sermo, et omni acceptione dignus: quod Christus Iesus venit in hunc mundum peccatores salvos facere, quorum primus ego sum:
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.
16 Sed ideo misericordiam consecutus sum: ut in me primo ostenderet Christus Iesus omnem patientiam ad informationem eorum, qui credituri sunt illi, in vitam aeternam. (aiōnios g166)
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)
17 Regi autem saeculorum immortali, et invisibili, soli Deo honor, et gloria in saecula saeculorum. Amen. (aiōn g165)
And to the king eternal, incorruptible, and invisible, the sole God, be honor and glory for ever and ever! Amen. (aiōn g165)
18 Hoc praeceptum commendo tibi fili Timothee, secundum praecedentes in te prophetias, ut milites in illis bonam militiam,
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 habens fidem, et bonam conscientiam, quam quidam repellentes, circa fidem naufragaverunt:
in faith and a good conscience; for they who have repudiated this, have become destitute of faith;
20 ex quibus est Hymenaeus, et Alexander: quos tradidi Satanae, ut discant non blasphemare.
like Hymeneus and Alexander, whom I have delivered up to Satan, that they may learn not to be blasphemers.
