Seconda lettera a Timoteo 1

NOVA VULGATA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Paulus, apostolus Christi Iesu per voluntatem Dei secundum promissionem vitae, quae est in Christo Iesu,	1 Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, in accord with the promise of the life which is in Christ Jesus,
2 Timotheo carissimo filio: gratia, misericordia, pax a Deo Patre et Christo Iesu Domino nostro.	2 to Timothy, most beloved son. Grace, mercy, peace, from God the Father and from Christ Jesus our Lord.
3 Gratias ago Deo, cui servio a progenitoribus in conscientia pura, quod sine intermissione habeo tui memoriam in orationibus meis nocte ac die	3 I give thanks to God, whom I serve, as my forefathers did, with a pure conscience. For without ceasing I hold the remembrance of you in my prayers, night and day,
4 desiderans te videre, memor lacrimarum tuarum, ut gaudio implear,	4 desiring to see you, recalling your tears so as to be filled with joy,
5 recordationem accipiens eius fidei, quae est in te non ficta, quae et habitavit primum in avia tua Loide et matre tua Eunice, certus sum autem quod et in te.	5 calling to mind the same faith, which is in you unfeigned, which also first dwelt in your grandmother, Lois, and in your mother, Eunice, and also, I am certain, in you.
6 Propter quam causam admoneo te, ut resuscites donationem Dei, quae est in te per impositionem manuum mearum;	6 Because of this, I admonish you to revive the grace of God, which is in you by the imposition of my hands.
7 non enim dedit nobis Deus Spiritum timoris sed virtutis et dilectionis et sobrietatis.	7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of virtue, and of love, and of self-restraint.
8 Noli itaque erubescere testimonium Domini nostri neque me vinctum eius, sed collabora evangelio secundum virtutem Dei,	8 And so, do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me, his prisoner. Instead, collaborate with the Gospel in accord with the virtue of God,
9 qui nos salvos fecit et vocavit vocatione sancta, non secundum opera nostra sed secundum propositum suum et gratiam, quae data est nobis in Christo Iesu ante tempora saecularia;	9 who has freed us and has called us to his holy vocation, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus, before the ages of time.
10 manifestata autem nunc per illustrationem salvatoris nostri Iesu Christi, qui destruxit quidem mortem, illuminavit autem vitam et incorruptionem per evangelium,	10 And this has now been made manifest by the illumination of our Savior Jesus Christ, who certainly has destroyed death, and who has also illuminated life and incorruption through the Gospel.
11 in quo positus sum ego praedicator et apostolus et doctor.	11 Of this Gospel, I have been appointed a preacher, and an Apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.
12 Ob quam causam etiam haec patior, sed non confundor; scio enim, cui credidi, et certus sum quia potens est depositum meum servare in illum diem.	12 For this reason, I also suffer these things. But I am not confounded. For I know in whom I have believed, and I am certain that he has the power to preserve what was entrusted to me, unto that day.
13 Formam habe sanorum verborum, quae a me audisti, in fide et dilectione, quae sunt in Christo Iesu;	13 Hold to the kind of sound words that you have heard from me in the faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
14 bonum depositum custodi per Spiritum Sanctum, qui habitat in nobis.	14 Guard the good entrusted to you through the Holy Spirit, who lives within us.
15 Scis hoc, quod aversi sunt a me omnes, qui in Asia sunt, ex quibus est Phygelus et Hermogenes.	15 Know this: that all those who are in Asia have turned away from me, among whom are Phigellus and Hermogenes.
16 Det misericordiam Dominus Onesiphori domui, quia saepe me refrigeravit et catenam meam non erubuit;	16 May the Lord have mercy on the house of Onesiphorus, because he has often refreshed me, and he has not been ashamed of my chains.
17 sed cum Romam venisset, sollicite me quaesivit et invenit	17 Instead, when he had arrived in Rome, he anxiously sought me and found me.
18 — det illi Dominus invenire misericordiam a Domino in illa die — et quanta Ephesi ministravit, melius tu nosti.	18 May the Lord grant to him to obtain mercy from the Lord in that day. And you know well in how many ways he has ministered to me at Ephesus.