Prima lettera a Timoteo 6

NOVA VULGATA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Quicumque sunt sub iugo, servi dominos suos omni honore di gnos arbitrentur, ne nomen Dei et doctrina blasphemetur.	1 Whoever are servants under the yoke, let them consider their masters to be worthy of every honor, lest the name and doctrine of the Lord 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 those who have believing masters, let them not despise them because they are brothers, but rather serve them all the more because they are believing and beloved, participants of the same service. Teach and exhort these things.
3 Si quis aliter docet et non accedit sanis sermonibus Domini nostri Iesu Christi et ei, quae secundum pietatem est, doctrinae,	3 If anyone teaches otherwise, and does not consent to the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to that doctrine which is in accord with piety,
4 superbus est, nihil sciens, sed languens circa quaestiones et pugnas verborum, ex quibus oriuntur invidiae, contentiones, blasphemiae, suspiciones malae,	4 then he is arrogant, knowing nothing, yet languishing amid the questions and quarrels of words. From these arise envy, contention, blasphemy, evil suspicions:
5 conflictationes hominum mente corruptorum et qui veritate privati sunt, existimantium quaestum esse pietatem.	5 the conflicts of men who have been corrupted in mind and deprived of truth, who consider profit to be piety.
6 Est autem quaestus magnus pietas cum sufficientia.	6 But piety with sufficiency is great gain.
7 Nihil enim intulimus in mundum, quia nec auferre quid possumus;	7 For we brought nothing into this world, and there is no doubt that we can take nothing away.
8 habentes autem alimenta et quibus tegamur, his contenti erimus.	8 But, having nourishment and some kind of covering, we should be content with these.
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 those who want to become rich fall into temptation and into the snare of the devil and into many useless and harmful desires, which submerge men in destruction and in perdition.
10 radix enim omnium malorum est cupiditas, quam quidam appetentes erraverunt a fide et inseruerunt se doloribus multis.	10 For desire is the root of all evils. Some persons, hungering in this way, have strayed 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 you, O man of God, flee from these things, and truly pursue justice, piety, faith, charity, patience, meekness.
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. Take hold of the eternal life to which you have been called, and make a good profession of faith in the sight of many witnesses.
13 Praecipio tibi coram Deo, qui vivificat omnia, et Christo Iesu, qui testimonium reddidit sub Pontio Pilato bonam confessionem,	13 I charge you, in the sight of God, who enlivens all things, and in the sight of Christ Jesus, who gave the testimony of a good profession under Pontius Pilate,
14 ut serves mandatum sine macula irreprehensibile usque in adventum Domini nostri Iesu Christi,	14 to observe the commandment, immaculately, irreproachably, unto the return of our Lord Jesus Christ.
15 quem suis temporibus ostendet beatus et solus potens, Rex regnantium et Dominus dominantium,	15 For at the proper time, he shall reveal the blessed and only Power, the King of kings and the 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 alone holds immortality, and who inhabits the inaccessible light, whom no man has seen, nor even is able to see, to whom is honor and everlasting dominion. 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 Instruct the wealthy of this age not to have a superior attitude, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who offers us everything in abundance to enjoy,
18 bene agere, divites fieri in operibus bonis, facile tribuere, communicare,	18 and to do good, to become rich in good works, to donate readily, to share,
19 thesaurizare sibi fundamentum bonum in futurum, ut apprehendant veram vitam.	19 to gather for themselves the treasure of a good foundation for the future, so that they may obtain true life.
20 O Timothee, depositum custodi, devitans profanas vocum novitates et oppositiones falsi nominis scientiae,	20 O Timothy, guard what has been deposited with you, avoiding the voice of profane novelties and of opposing ideas, which are falsely called knowledge.
21 quam quidam profitentes circa fidem aberraverunt. Gratia vobiscum.	21 Certain persons, promising these things, have perished from the faith. May grace be with you. Amen.