Epistula I ad Timotheum, 3
1. fidelis sermo si quis episcopatum desiderat bonum opus desiderat
1. A faithful saying: if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
2. oportet ergo episcopum inreprehensibilem 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. suæ domui bene præpositum filios habentem subditos cum omni castitate
4. One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all chastity.
5. si quis autem domui suæ præesse nescit quomodo ecclesiæ Dei diligentiam habebit
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 judicium 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 obprobrium 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 hii autem probentur primum et sic 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. diacones sint unius uxoris viri qui filiis suis bene præsunt 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 adquirent et multam fiduciam in fide quæ est in Christo Jesu
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. hæc 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 te in domo Dei conversari quæ 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 manifeste magnum est pietatis sacramentum quod manifestatum est in carne justificatum est in spiritu apparuit angelis prædicatum est gentibus creditum est in mundo adsumptum 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.
