¹But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine:

¹Ti pa govori, kar se spodobi zdravemu nauku.

²That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.

²Starci da naj bodo trezni, resnobni, zmerni, zdravi v veri, ljubezni, stanovitnosti;

³The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;

³starke enako, da so v vedenju, kakor se svetim spodobi, ne obrekljive, ne mnogopitju vdane, dobrega učiteljice,

⁴That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,

⁴da napeljavajo k redu mlajše žene, naj ljubijo može in otroke svoje

⁵To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

⁵in naj bodo zmerne, čiste, pridne gospodinje, dobrotljive, pokorne svojim možem, da se ne preklinja Božja beseda.

⁶Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.

⁶Mlajše može istotako opominjaj, da naj bodo zmerni;

⁷In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,

⁷stavi sebe v vseh rečeh za zgled dobrih del, v uku tvojem naj se kaže čistost, dostojnost,

⁸Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.

⁸zdrava beseda, ki se ne more zavreči, da se nasprotnik osramoti, ker nima kaj slabega reči o nas.

⁹Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again;

⁹Hlapce opominjaj, naj bodo pokorni svojim gospodarjem, v vsem jim pogodu, naj ne ugovarjajo,

¹⁰Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.

¹⁰ničesar ne izmikajo, ampak kažejo v vsem največjo zvestobo, da tako lepšajo nauk Rešitelja našega Boga v vsem.

¹¹For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,

¹¹Kajti prikazala se je milost Božja zveličalna vsem ljudem,

¹²Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;

¹²učeč nas, da se odpovejmo brezbožnosti in posvetnim poželenjem ter živimo zmerno in pravično in pobožno v sedanjem svetu,

¹³Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

¹³čakajoč blaženega upanja in prikazni slave velikega Boga in Zveličarja našega Jezusa Kristusa,

¹⁴Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

¹⁴ki je dal samega sebe za nas, da bi nas rešil sleherne nepostavnosti in očistil sebi za lastno ljudstvo, goreče za vsa dobra dela.To govóri in opominjaj in svari z vsem poudarkom. Nihče naj te ne zaničuje!

¹⁵These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.

¹⁵To govóri in opominjaj in svari z vsem poudarkom. Nihče naj te ne zaničuje!