Prima lettera a Timoteo 6

NOVA VULGATA	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Quicumque sunt sub iugo, servi dominos suos omni honore di gnos arbitrentur, ne nomen Dei et doctrina blasphemetur.	1 Whosoever are servants under the yoke, let them count their masters worthy of all honour; lest the name of the Lord and his doctrine be blasphemed.
2 Qui autem fideles habent dominos, non contemnant, quia fratres sunt, sed magis serviant, quia fideles sunt et dilecti, qui beneficii participes sunt. Haec doce et exhortare.	2 But they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but serve them the rather, because they are faithful and beloved, who are partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort.
3 Si quis aliter docet et non accedit sanis sermonibus Domini nostri Iesu Christi et ei, quae secundum pietatem est, doctrinae,	3 If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to that doctrine which is according to godliness,
4 superbus est, nihil sciens, sed languens circa quaestiones et pugnas verborum, ex quibus oriuntur invidiae, contentiones, blasphemiae, suspiciones malae,	4 He is proud, knowing nothing, but sick about questions and strifes of words; from which arise envies, contentions, blasphemies, evil suspicions,
5 conflictationes hominum mente corruptorum et qui veritate privati sunt, existimantium quaestum esse pietatem.	5 Conflicts of men corrupted in mind, and who are destitute of the truth, supposing gain to be godliness.
6 Est autem quaestus magnus pietas cum sufficientia.	6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.
7 Nihil enim intulimus in mundum, quia nec auferre quid possumus;	7 For we brought nothing into this world: and certainly we can carry nothing out.
8 habentes autem alimenta et quibus tegamur, his contenti erimus.	8 But having food, and wherewith to be covered, with these we are content.
9 Nam qui volunt divites fieri, incidunt in tentationem et laqueum et desideria multa stulta et nociva, quae mergunt homines in interitum et perditionem;	9 For they that will become rich, fall into temptation, and into the snare of the devil, and into many unprofitable and hurtful desires, which drown men into destruction and perdition.
10 radix enim omnium malorum est cupiditas, quam quidam appetentes erraverunt a fide et inseruerunt se doloribus multis.	10 For the desire of money is the root of all evils; which some coveting have erred from the faith, and have entangled themselves in many sorrows.
11 Tu autem, o homo Dei, haec fuge; sectare vero iustitiam, pietatem, fidem, caritatem, patientiam, mansuetudinem.	11 But thou, O man of God, fly these things: and pursue justice, godliness, faith, charity, patience, mildness.
12 Certa bonum certamen fidei, apprehende vitam aeternam, ad quam vocatus es, et confessus es bonam confessionem coram multis testibus.	12 Fight the good fight of faith: lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art called, and hast confessed a good confession before many witnesses.
13 Praecipio tibi coram Deo, qui vivificat omnia, et Christo Iesu, qui testimonium reddidit sub Pontio Pilato bonam confessionem,	13 I charge thee before God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who gave testimony under Pontius Pilate, a good confession,
14 ut serves mandatum sine macula irreprehensibile usque in adventum Domini nostri Iesu Christi,	14 That thou keep the commandment without spot, blameless, unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ,
15 quem suis temporibus ostendet beatus et solus potens, Rex regnantium et Dominus dominantium,	15 Which in his times he shall shew who is the Blessed and only Mighty, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;
16 qui solus habet immortalitatem, lucem habitans inaccessibilem, quem vidit nullus hominum nec videre potest; cui honor et imperium sempiternum. Amen.	16 Who only hath immortality, and inhabiteth light inaccessible, whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and empire everlasting. Amen.
17 Divitibus huius saeculi praecipe non superbe sapere neque sperare in incerto divitiarum sed in Deo, qui praestat nobis omnia abunde ad fruendum,	17 Charge the rich of this world not to be highminded, nor to trust in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, (who giveth us abundantly all things to enjoy,)
18 bene agere, divites fieri in operibus bonis, facile tribuere, communicare,	18 To do good, to be rich in good works, to give easily, to communicate to others,
19 thesaurizare sibi fundamentum bonum in futurum, ut apprehendant veram vitam.	19 To lay up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on the true life.
20 O Timothee, depositum custodi, devitans profanas vocum novitates et oppositiones falsi nominis scientiae,	20 O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding the profane novelties of words, and oppositions of knowledge falsely so called.
21 quam quidam profitentes circa fidem aberraverunt. Gratia vobiscum.	21 Which some promising, have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen.