Epistula ad Titum, 2

1. Tu autem loquere, quae decent sanam doctrinam.

1. But as for you, teach what befits sound doctrine.

2. Senes, ut sobrii sint, pudici, prudentes, sani fide, dilectione, patientia.

2. Bid the older men be temperate, serious, sensible, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness.

3. Anus similiter in habitu sanctae, non criminatrices, non vino multo deditae, bene docentes,

3. Bid the older women likewise to be reverent in behavior, not to be slanderers or slaves to drink; they are to teach what is good,

4. ut prudentiam doceant adulescentulas, ut viros suos ament, filios diligant,

4. and so train the young women to love their husbands and children,

5. prudentes sint, castae, domus curam habentes, benignae, subditae suis viris, ut non blasphemetur verbum Dei.

5. to be sensible, chaste, domestic, kind, and submissive to their husbands, that the word of God may not be discredited.

6. Iuvenes similiter hortare, ut sobrii sint.

6. Likewise urge the younger men to control themselves.

7. In omnibus teipsum praebens exemplum bonorum operum, in doctrina integritatem, gravitatem,

7. Show yourself in all respects a model of good deeds, and in your teaching show integrity, gravity,

8. in verbo sano irreprehensibilem, ut is, qui ex adverso est, vereatur, nihil habens malum dicere de nobis.

8. and sound speech that cannot be censured, so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say of us.

9. Servos dominis suis subditos esse in omnibus, placentes esse, non contradicentes,

9. Bid slaves to be submissive to their masters and to give satisfaction in every respect; they are not to be refractory,

10. non fraudantes, sed omnem fidem bonam ostendentes, ut doctrinam salutaris nostri Dei ornent in omnibus.

10. nor to pilfer, but to show entire and true fidelity, so that in everything they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior.

11. Apparuit enim gratia Dei salutaris omnibus hominibus

11. For the grace of God has appeared for the salvation of all men,

12. erudiens nos, ut abnegantes impietatem et saecularia desideria sobrie et iuste et pie vivamus in hoc saeculo,

12. training us to renounce irreligion and worldly passions, and to live sober, upright, and godly lives in this world,

13. exspectantes beatam spem et adventum gloriae magni Dei et salvatoris nostri Iesu Christi;

13. awaiting our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,

14. qui dedit semetipsum pro nobis, ut nos redimeret ab omni iniquitate et mundaret sibi populum peculiarem, sectatorem bonorum operum.

14. who gave himself for us to redeem us from all iniquity and to purify for himself a people of his own who are zealous for good deeds.

15. Haec loquere et exhortare et argue cum omni imperio. Nemo te contemnat!

15. Declare these things; exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no one disregard you.