Prima lettera a Timoteo 3

NOVA VULGATA	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Fidelis sermo: si quis episco patum appetit, bonum opus de siderat.	1 A faithful saying: if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
2 Oportet ergo episcopum irreprehensibilem esse, unius uxoris virum, sobrium, prudentem, ornatum, hospitalem, doctorem,	2 It behoveth therefore a bishop to be blameless, the husband of one wife, sober, prudent, of good behaviour, chaste, given to hospitality, a teacher,
3 non vinolentum, non percussorem sed modestum, non litigiosum, non cupidum,	3 Not given to wine, no striker, but modest, not quarrelsome, not covetous, but
4 suae domui bene praepositum, filios habentem in subiectione cum omni castitate	4 One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all chastity.
5 — si quis autem domui suae praeesse nescit, quomodo ecclesiae Dei curam habebit? C,	5 But if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?
6 non neophytum, ne in superbia elatus in iudicium incidat Diaboli.	6 Not a neophyte: lest being puffed up with pride, he fall into the judgment of the devil.
7 Oportet autem illum et testimonium habere bonum ab his, qui foris sunt, ut non in opprobrium incidat et laqueum Diaboli.	7 Moreover he must have a good testimony of them who are without: lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
8 Diaconos similiter pudicos, non bilingues, non multo vino deditos, non turpe lucrum sectantes,	8 Deacons in like manner chaste, not double tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre:
9 habentes mysterium fidei in conscientia pura.	9 Holding the mystery of faith in a pure conscience.
10 Et hi autem probentur primum, deinde ministrent nullum crimen habentes.	10 And let these also first be proved: and so let them minister, having no crime.
11 Mulieres similiter pudicas, non detrahentes, sobrias, fideles in omnibus.	11 The women in like manner chaste, not slanderers, but sober, faithful in all things.
12 Diaconi sint unius uxoris viri, qui filiis suis bene praesint et suis domibus;	12 Let deacons be the husbands of one wife: who rule well their children, and their own houses.
13 qui enim bene ministraverint, gradum sibi bonum acquirent et multam fiduciam in fide, quae est in Christo Iesu.	13 For they that have ministered well, shall purchase to themselves a good degree, and much confidence in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
14 Haec tibi scribo sperans venire ad te cito;	14 These things I write to thee, hoping that I shall come to thee shortly.
15 si autem tardavero, ut scias quomodo oporteat in domo Dei conversari, quae est ecclesia Dei vivi, columna et firmamentum veritatis.	15 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
16 Et omnium confessione magnum est pietatis mysterium: Qui manifestatus est in carne, iustificatus est in Spiritu, apparuit angelis, praedicatus est in gentibus, creditus est in mumdo, assumptus est in gloria.	16 And evidently great is the mystery of godliness, which was manifested in the flesh, was justified in the spirit, appeared unto angels, hath been preached unto the Gentiles, is believed in the world, is taken up in glory.