Another Parable, Four
S H E P H E R D OF HERMAS
53 (IV) "Έδβιξέ pot πάλιν δένδρα πολλά, ά ρέν βλαστώντα, ά δέ ξηρά, καϊ λέγβι ροιβλέπβις, φησί, τά δένδρα ταντα; βλέπω, φηρί, κνριβ, ά ρέν βλαστώντα, ά δέ ξηρά.
2. ταντα, φησί, τά δένδρα τά βλαστώντα οί δίκαιοι βίσιν οί ρέλλοντβς κατοικβΐν βίς τον αιώνα τον έρχόρβνον 6 γάρ αιών 6 έρχόρβνος θβρβία
έστιν τοΐς δικαίοις, τοΐς δέ άραρτωλοΐς χβιρών. όταν ονν έπιλάρφη το έλβος τον κνρίον, τότβ φανβροί βσονται οί δονλβνοντβς τώ θβώ, καί πάσι φανβροποιηθήσονται.
έπιγινώσκονται ποίοι τινές βίσιν, οντω καί τών δικαίων οί καρποί φανβροί έσον ται καί γνωσθήσονται πάντβς βνθαλβΐς οντβς έν τώ αίώνι έκβίνω. 4. τά δέ έθνη καί οί άραρτωλοί, ά βίδβς τά δένδρα τά ξηρά, τοιοντοι βνρβθήσονται ξηροί καί άκαρποι έν έκβίνω τώ αίώνι καί ώς ξηρά ξνλα κατακανθήσονται καί φανβροί βσονται,
ότι ή πράξις αντών πονηρά έγένβτο έν τή ζωή αντών. οί ρέν γάρ άραρτωλοί καήσονται οτι ήραρτον καί ον ρβτβνόησαν τά δέ βθνη καήσονται ότι ονκ βγνωσαν τον κτίσαντα αντονς.
P A R A B L E S
53 ( I V )
Another Parable 53 (IV) He showed me again a number of trees, some of them bud ding, others withered. And he said to me, "Do you see these trees?" "I see them, Lord," I replied. "Some of them are budding and others are withered." 2. "These trees that are budding," he said, "are the upright who are about to dwell in the age that is coming. For the coming age is a summer for the upright, but a winter for sinners. And so, when the mercy of the Lord shines forth, those who serve as slaves to God will stand out clearly, and everyone will be able to recognize them. 3. For just as the fruits of each in dividual tree appear in the summer and their species are recognized, so too the fruits of the upright will appear, and they will all be known in that age because they will be blos soming. 4. But the outsiders and sinners—who are the withered trees you saw—will be found withered and fruit less in that age, and they will be burned like withered trees and shown for what they are, because they did what was evil in their lifetimes. The sinners will be burned for sin ning and not repenting. But the outsiders will be burned for not knowing the one who created them. 5. You, there fore, bear fruit in yourself, that your fruit may appear in 21 άλλη παραβολή Μ (uncertain whether a number follows): άρχή άλλης παραβολής Α: παραβολή δ' L 2 : παραβολή e' C 2: om. Ε . In P B e r the fourth parable follows the second.
2 4 φανβροί eo-ovrat A L 2 3 φανβροννται καϊ M A L L : om. P B e r Ε 2 ( L 1 ) : άφανβροϊ βο-ονται Μ: φανβρόν βπται cj.
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