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δβ άπο πολλών πράζβων καί ούδβν διαράρτης. οί γάρ τά πολλά πράσσοντβς πολλά καί άραρτάνουσιν, πβρισπώρβνοι πβρί τάς πραγρατβίας αντών ρηδβ δονλβύ οντβς τώ κνρίω
αντών. 6. πώς ονν, φησίν, δύναται δ τοιούτος αίτήσασθαί τι παρά τού κνρίον καί λαββΐν, ρή δονλβύων τώ κνρίω; οί δονλβύοντβς αύτώ, βκβΐνοι λήρφονται τά αίτήρατα αυτών, οί δβ ρή δονλβύοντβς τώ κνρίω ούδβν λήρφονται.
7. βάν δβ ρίαν τις πράζιν βργάσηται, δύναται καί τώ κνρίω δονλβύσαι· ού γάρ ρή διαφθαρήσβται ή διάνοια αυτού άπο τού κνρίον, άλλά δονλβύσβι αύτώ βχων καθαράν τήν διάνοιαν αυτού.
8. ταύτα ονν βάν ποίησης, δννήση καρποφορήσαι βίς τον αιώνα τον βρχόρβνον καί δς βάν ταύτα ποιήση, καρποφορήσβι.
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τοιαύτα· τί ορθρινός ώδβ βλήλνθας; οτι, φηρί, κύριβ, στατίωνα βχω. 2. τί, φησίν, βστιν στατίων; νηστβύω, φηρί, κύριβ. νηστβία δβ, φησίν, τί βστιν αύτη, ήν νηστβύβτβ; ώς βίώθβιν, φηρί, κύριβ, ούτω 26 κνρίω Μ A L 2 Ε: deo U 2 7 αλλη παραβολή β Μ (similitudo quinta L L): παραβ. ξ pHam C2 : άρχή άλλης παραβολής A: om. Ε
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54 (V.l) that summer. But avoid many business activities and you will not sin at all. For those involved with numerous busi ness dealings are also involved in numerous sins, since they are distracted by their affairs and do not serve as the Lord s slaves. 6. How then," he continued, "can someone like this receive anything he asks from the Lord, if he does not serve as the Lord's slave? For his slaves will receive what they request, but those who are not his slaves will receive nothing. 7. But if someone should engage in just one kind of business [Or: one business transaction], he will also be able to serve as the Lord's slave. For his thoughts will in no way be corrupted away from the Lord, but he will be en slaved to him, keeping his thoughts pure. 8. So then, if you do these things you will be able to bear fruit in the age that is coming. And whoever else does these things will bear fruit."
Another Parable, Five 54 (V.l) While I was fasting and sitting on a certain mountain, thanking the Lord for everything he had done for me, I saw the shepherd sitting next to me. And he said to me: "Why have you come here so early?" "Because, Lord," I said,
"I have a duty to perform [Literally:
I have a station]."
2. "What is the duty? [Or: What is a station?]" he asked. "I am fasting, Lord," I replied. "But what is this fast you people are keeping?" he asked. "I am fasting according to 28 μοι L L Ε C2 Mvid-: om. PHam A
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ουδέ βστιν νηστβία αύτη ή ανωφελής, ήν νηστεύετε αντω. διατί, φημί, κνριβ, τοντο λέγεις; λβγω, φησίν, οτι ονκ βστιν αντη νηστβία ήν δοκεΐτε νηστεύειν άλλ' βγώ σβ διδάξω τί βστιν νηστβία δβκτή καϊ πλήρης τώ κνρίω. ναι, φηρί, κνριβ, ρακάριόν ρβ ποιήσβις βάν γνώ τήν νηστείαν τήν δβκτήν τώ θβώ.
άκονβ, φησίν. 4. δ θβος ον βούλεται τοιαύτην νηστβίαν ραταίαν οντω γάρ νηστεύων τώ θβώ ουδέν έργάζη τή δικαιοσύνη, νήστβνσον δβ τώ θβώ νηστβίαν τοιαύτην 5. ρηδβν πονηρβύση βν τή ζωή σον, άλλά δούλβνσον τώ κνρίω βν καθαρά καρδία, τηρών τάς έντολάς αυτού καϊ πορβνόρβνος βν τοΐς προστάγρασιν αυτού, και ρηδερία έπιθνρία πονηρά άναβήτω βν τή καρδία σον πίστενσον δβ τώ θβώ οτι βάν ταύτα έργάση καϊ φοβηθής αύτον καϊ εγκρατεύση άπο παντός πονηρού πράγρατος, ζήση τώ θεώταύτα δέ έάν έργάση, μεγάλην
2. είχέν τις άγρον καϊ δούλονς πολλούς, καϊ εις μέρος τι τού αγρού έφύτενσεν αμ πελώναέκλεξάμενος ούν δούλον τινα πιστότατον
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55 (V.2) my custom, Lord," I said. 3. "You people do not know how to fast for God," he said, "and this worthless fast you are keeping for him is not a fast." "Why do you say this, Lord,"
I asked. "I say this," he said, "because what you think you are keeping is not a fast. But I will teach you a fast that is ac ceptable and complete to the Lord." "Yes, Lord," I said,
"you will make me blessed if you show me the fast accept able to God." "Listen," he said. 4. "God does not want this kind of vain fast. For when you fast like this to God you do nothing at all righteous. But fast to God as follows: 5. Do no evil in your life, but serve as the Lord s slave with a pure heart, keeping his commandments and proceeding in his injunctions; and let no evil desire rise up in your heart.
Trust in God, because if you do these things and fear him and are self-restrained from every evil deed, you will live to God. If you do these things, you will accomplish a fast that is great and acceptable to the Lord.
55 (V.2) "Listen to this parable I am about to tell you; for it relates to fasting. 2. There was a person who owned a field and many slaves, and he planted a vineyard in part of the field.
And he chose a certain slave who was most trustworthy and pleasing to him. When he was about to go on a journey, he
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τον καί λέγβι αύτώ· λάββ τον άρπβλώνα τούτον, όν έφύτβνσα, καί χαράκωο-ον αντόν έως βρχοραι, καί έτβρον δέ ρή ποίησης τω άρπβλωνι· καί ταύτην ρον τήν έντολήν φύλαζον, καί έλβύθβρος έση παρ έροί. έζήλθβ δέ ό δβσπότης τού δούλον βίς τήν άποδηρίαν.
3. έζβλθόντος δέ αυτού βλαββν ό δούλος καί έχαράκωσβ τον άρπβλώνα. καί τβλέσας τήν χαράκωσιν τού άρπβλώνος βίδβ τον άρπβλώνα βοτάνων πλήρη όντα.
4. έν έαντώ ούν έλογίσατο λέγων ταύτην τήν έντολήν τού κνρίον τβτέλβκασκάφω λοιπόν τον άρπβλώνα τούτον, καί έσται βύπρβπέστβρος έσκαρρένος, καί βοτάνας ρή έχων δώσβι καρπόν πλείονα, ρή πνιγόρβνος ύπό τών βοτάνων, λαβών έσκαψε τον άρπβλώνα καί πάσας τάς βοτάνας τάς ούσας έν τώ άρπβλωνι έξέτιλλε. καί έγένβτο ό άρπβλών έκβΐνος εύπρεπέστατος καί βύθαλής, ρή βχων βοτάνας τάς πνιγούσας αυτόν.
5. ρβτά χρόνον τινά ήλθβν ό δβσπότης τού αγρού /cat 3 5 τού δούλον καί βίσήλθβν βίς τον άρπβ λώνα. καί ίδών τον άρπβλώνα κβχαρακωρένον εύπρεπώς, έτι δέ καί έσκαρρένον καί πάσας
τάς βοτάνας έκτβτιλρένας καί εύθαλεΐς ούσας τάς άρπέλονς, έχάρη λίαν έπι τοΐς έργοις τού δούλον.
6. προσκαλβσάρβνος ονν τον νίόν αυτού τον άγαπητόν, όν βϊχβ κληρονόρον, καί τούς φίλονς, ονς βϊχβ σνρβούλονς, λέγβι αύτοΐς, όσα ένβτβίλατο τώ δούλω αυτού, καί όσα εύρε γε γονότα, κάκβΐνοι σννβχάρησαν τώ δούλω έπϊ τή ραρτνρία ή έραρτύρησβν αύτώ ό δβσπότης.
PARABLES 55 (V.2) called him in and said to him, Take this vineyard that I have planted and build a fence around it before I return, and do nothing else to the vineyard. Do what I have com manded and I will set you free/ And the master of the slave went away on his journey. 3. When he had gone, his slave took the vineyard and built a fence around it. When he fin ished the fence he saw that the vineyard was full of weeds.
4. And so he reasoned to himself, Ί have finished what the lord commanded; so now I will dig in this vineyard.
Once it is dug it will be more attractive, and without the weeds it will give more fruit, since it will not be choked by the weeds/ So he dug the vineyard and removed all the weeds that were in it. And that vineyard became more at tractive and flourishing, since there were no weeds that could choke it. 5. After some time the master of both field and slave returned and came into the vineyard. When he saw that the vineyard was attractively fenced and even more that it was dug, with all the weeds removed, and that the vines were flourishing, he was extremely pleased with what the slave had done. 6. So he called his beloved son, who was to be his heir, and his friends, who served as his advisors, and he told them everything he had commanded his slave and everything he found accomplished. And they congratulated the slave for the good testimony that the master had given him. 7. He said to them, Ί promised to free this slave if he did what I commanded him. And he did
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αντωέφύλαζε δέ μον τήν έντολήν καϊ προσέθηκε τω άρπελώνι έργον καλόν, καϊ έροί λίαν ήρεσεν. αντί τούτον ονν τού έργου ού είργάσατο θέλω αύτον συγκληρονόρον τω νίω ρον ποιήσαι, οτι το καλόν φρονήσας ού παρενεθυρήθη, άλλ' έτέλεσεν αυτό. 8. ταύτη τή γνώμη ό νιος τού δεσπότου συνηυδόκησεν αύτώ, ΐνα συγκληρονόρος γένηται ό δούλος τώ νίω. 9. μβτά ολίγας ημέρας δεΐπνον έποίησεν ό οικοδεσπότης αυ τού καί επερφεν αύτώ έδέσρατα έκ τού δείπνου πολλά, λαβών δέ ό δούλος τά εδέσματα τά πεμφθέντα αύτώ άπο τού δεσπότου αυτού τά άρκούντα αύτώ ήρε, τά δέ λοιπά τοΐς συνδούλοις αυτού διέδωκεν.
10. οί δέ σύνδουλοι αυτού λαβόντες τά έδέσρατα έχάρησαν καί ήρζαντο καί εύχεσθαι υπέρ αυτού, ΐνα ρείζονα χάριν ευρη παρα τω οεσποτη, οτι ούτως εχρησατο αυτοις.
11. ταύτα πάντα τά γεγονότα ό δεσπότης αυτού ήκουσεν καί πάλιν λίαν έχάρη έπι τή πράξει αυτού, συνκαλεσάμενος πάλιν
τούς φίλους ό δεσπότης καί τον υ ιόν αυτού άπήγγειλεν αύτοΐς τήν πράζιν τού δούλου, ήν επραζεν έπϊ τοΐς έδέσρασιν οίς ελαβεν οί δέ έτι ράλλον συνευδόκησαν γενέσθαι τον δούλον συνκληρονόρον τώ υίώ αυτού.
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PARABLES 55 (V.2) what I commanded and an additional good work in my vineyard besides. He has pleased me greatly. In exchange for the work he has done I want to make him a fellow heir with my son; for when he thought of the good deed, he did not leave it alone, but he accomplished it.' 8. The master's son approved of the idea that the slave should become his fellow heir. 9. After some days the master of the house gave a dinner and sent a number of foods to the slave from his table. When the slave received the food his master sent, he took what he needed and distributed the rest to his fellow slaves. 10. His fellow slaves took the food gladly, and began also to pray for him, that he might find even greater favor with the master, since he had treated them so well. 11. The master heard everything that happened and was again ex tremely pleased at what the slave had done. So he once more assembled his friends and his son, and he reported to them what the slave had done with the foods he had re ceived. And they approved even more heartily his plan to make the slave his son's fellow heir."
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56 (V.3) Αεγω αντωκνριβ, βγώ ταύτας τάς παραβολάς ού γινώσκω ούδε δύ^αμ,αι νοήσαι αύτάς, βάν ρή ροι επίλυσης αύτάς.
2. πάντα σοι επιλύσω, φησίν, καϊ όσα άν λαλήσω ρετά σού, δείξω σοι. τάς εντολάς τού κνρίον φύλασσε καϊ εση εύάρεστος αύτώ καϊ ενγραφήση εις άριθρόν τών τηρούντων τάς εντολάς αυτού.
ποίησης εκτός τής εντολής τού θεού, σεαντω περιποίηση δόξαν περισσοτέραν καϊ εση ενδοξότερος παρά τώ θεώ ον ερελλες είναι, εάν ονν φνλάσσων τάς εντολάς τού θεού προσθής και τάς λειτουργίας ταύτας, χαρήση, εάν τήρησης αύτάς κατά τήν ερήν έντολήν. 4. λεγω αύτώκύριε, δ εάν ροι εντείλη, φυλάξω αυτόοιδα γάρ οτι σύ ρετ ερού εΐ. εσοραι, φησί, ρετά σού, ότι τοιαύτην προθνρίαν έχεις τής άγαθοποιήσεως και ρετά πάντων δε εσοραι όσοι εάν, φησί, τήν αυτήν προθνρίαν εχωσιν.
5. ή νηστεία, φησίν, αύτη, τηρουμένων τών εντολών τού κνρίον, λίαν καλή εστίν, ούτως ούν φυλάξεις τήν νηστείαν
6. πρώτον πάντων φύλαξαι άπο παντός ρήματος πονηρού καϊ πάσης επιθυμίας πονηράς καϊ καθάρισαν σου τήν καρδίαν άπο πάντων τών ματαιωμάτων τού αιώνος τούτου, εάν ταύτα φύλαξης, εσται αύτη ή νηστεία τελεία
7. ούτω δε ποιήσεις· συντελέσας τά προγεγραμμένα, εν εκείνη τή ήρερα η νηστεύεις ρηδεν γεύση εί ρή άρτον και ύδωρ, καϊ εκ τών εδεσμάτων σου ών ερελλες τρώγειν συνοφίσας τήν
PARABLES 56 (V.3) 56 (V.3) I said to him, "Lord, I do not know what these parables mean and cannot understand them, unless you explain them to me." 2. "I will explain everything to you," he said,
"and show you the meaning of everything I tell you. Guard what the Lord commands and you will be acceptable to him and enrolled among those who keep his command ments. 3. But if you do anything good beyond what God commands, you will be glorified even more and even more highly honored before God than you were bound to be. If, then, you do what God commands and perform any of these services in addition, you will be filled with joy—if you keep them according to my commandment." 4.1 said to him, "Lord, I will guard whatever you command me.
For I know you are with me." "I will be with you," he said, "because you are so eager to do good; and I will be with everyone who is just as eager. 5. This fast that consists of keeping the Lords commandments," he said, "is very good. And so guard the fast. 6. First of all, be on your guard against every evil word and desire, and cleanse your heart from all the vain affairs of this age. If you guard these things, this fast will be complete. 7. And act as follows: when you have completed the things that have already been written, taste nothing but bread and water on the day you fast. Then estimate the cost of the food you would have
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δώσεις αντό χήρα ή όρφανώ ή ύστερονρένω, καί οντω ταπεινοφρονήσεις, ΐνα εκ τής ταπεινοφροσύνης σον ό είληφώς έρπλήση τήν εαντού φνχήν καϊ ενξηται περϊ σού προς τον κύριον.
8. εάν ονν ούτω τέλεσης τήν νηστείαν, ώς σοι εντέλλομαι, εσται ή θνσία σον δεκτή παρά τώ θεώ
καϊ ενγραφος εσται ή νηστεία αύτη, καϊ ή λειτονργία ούτως έργαζορενη καλή και ιλαρά εστι καϊ ευπρόσδεκτος τώ κνρίω. 9. ταύτα ούτως τηρήσεις σύ ρετά τών τέκνων σον και όλον τού οϊκον σον τηρήσας δέ αυτά ρακάριος εσηκαι όσοι έάν άκούσαντες αυτά τηρήσωσι, ρακάριοι έσονται, και Οσα έάν αίτήσωνται παρα τού κνρίον λήρφονται.
57 (V.4) Έδεήθην αυτού πολλά, ΐνα ροι δηλώση τήν παραβολήν τού αγρού καϊ τού δεσπότον καϊ τού άρπελώνος καϊ τού δούλον τού χαρακώσαντος τον άρπελώνα και τών χαράκων καϊ τών βοτάνων τών έκτετιλρένων έκ τού άρπελώνος καϊ τού νίού καϊ τών φίλων τών σνμβούλων σννήκα γάρ ότι παραβολή έστιν ταύτα πάντα.
2. ό δβ αποκριθείς ροι λέγει· αυθάδης εΐ λίαν εις τό έπερωτάν. ούκ οφείλεις, φησίν, έπερωτάν ουδέν όλως· έάν γάρ σοι δέη δηλωθήναι, δηλωθήσεται. λέγω αύτώ· κύριε, όσα έάν ροι δείξης καϊ μή δήλωσης, μάτην εσομαι έωρακώς αυτά καϊ ρή νοών ότι εστίν
PARABLES 57 (V.4) eaten on that day and give that amount to a widow or or phan or someone in need. Be humble in this way, that the one who receives something because of your humility may fill his own soul and pray to the Lord for you. 8. If then you complete your fast like this, as I have commanded you, your sacrifice will be acceptable before God and the fast will be recorded. The service done in this way will be good and cheerful and pleasing to the Lord. 9. Thus you should keep these things, as should your children and your entire household. When you do so, you will be blessed. Everyone who hears these things and keeps them will be blessed, and they will receive whatever they ask from the Lord."
57 (V.4) I begged him fervently to explain to me the parable of the field, the master, the vineyard, the slave who built a fence around the vineyard, the fence posts, the weeds that were removed from the vineyard, the son, and the friends who were advisors. For I understood that all these things were a parable. 2. He answered me, "You are extremely brazen in your requests. You should ask nothing at all, for if anything needs to be explained to you, it will be." I said to him,
"Lord, there is no point in showing me something that you do not explain, when I do not know what it is. If you tell me
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3. ό δέ πάλιν λέγβι ροιδς άν δούλος ήν, φησίν, τού θβού καί βχη τον κύριον αυτού έν τή καρδία, αίτβΐται παρ' αυτού σύνβσιν καϊ λαμβάνβι καϊ πάσαν παραβολήν έπιλύβι, καϊ γνωστά αύτω γίνονται τά ρήματα
όσοι δέ βληχροί βίσιν καϊ άργοϊ προς τήν βντβνζιν, έκβΐνοι διστάζονσιν αίτβΐσθαι παρά τού κνρίον 4. ό δέ κύριος πολύσπλαγχνός έστιν καϊ πάσιν τοΐς αίτονρένοις παρ
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αυτού; 5. λεγω αύτώκύριβ, έγώ βχων σέ ρβτ έραντού ανάγκην βχω παρά σού αίτβΐσθαι καϊ σέ έπβρωτάν σύ γάρ ροι δβικνύβις πάντα καϊ λαλβΐς μβτ 3 έμούβί δέ άτβρ σού ββλβπον ταύτα
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VISIONS 58 (V.5) parables without explaining them to me, there is no point in my hearing them from you." 3. Again he said to me,
"Whoever is a slave of God and has the Lord in his heart asks him for understanding and receives it. And he inter prets every parable; and the words of the Lord spoken in parables are made known to him. But all those who are weak and lazy in prayer hesitate to ask anything from the Lord. 4. The Lord has great compassion and gives without hesitation to everyone who asks of him. But you have been empowered by the glorious angel and have received from him this petition; since you are not lazy, why do you not ask for understanding from the Lord and receive it directly from him?" 5. I said to him, "Lord, since I have you with me I need to ask and inquire of you. For you are the one showing everything to me and speaking with me. If I had seen or heard these things without you, I would ask the Lord to clarify them for me."
58 (V.5) "I told you just now," he said, "that you are crafty and brazen, asking for the interpretations of the parables. But since you are so persistent, I will interpret for you the para ble of the field and everything that follows it, that you may
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θούντων πάντων, ΐνα γνωστά πάσι ποίησης αυτά. άκονβ ννν, φησί, καϊ σννιβ αυτά. 2. ό αγρός 6 κόσρος ούτος βστιν 6 δβ. κύριος τού αγρού δ κτίσας τά πάντα καϊ άπαρτίσας αυτά καϊ δνναρώσας. δ δβ νιος το πνβύρα τό άγιον βστιν
δ δβ δούλος δ νιος τού θβού βστιν αί δβ άρπβλοι δ λαός ούτος βστιν, δν αυτός βφύτβνσβν 3. οί δβ χάρακβς οί άγιοι άγγβλοι βίσι τού κνρίον οί σνγκρατούντβς τον λαδν αυτού· αί δβ βοτάναι αί βκτβτιλρβναι βκ τού άρπβλώνος άνορίαι βίσί τών δούλων τού θβού· τά δβ βδβσρατα, ά βπβρφβν αύτώ βκ τού δβίπνον, αί βντολαί βίσιν, ας βδωκβ τώ λαώ αυτού διά τού νίού αυτού· οί δβ φίλοι καϊ σύμβονλοι οί άγιοι άγγβλοι οί πρώτοι κτισθβντβςή δβ άποδηρία τού δβσπότον δ χρόνος ό πβρισσβύων βίς τήν παρονσίαν αυτού.
4. λβγω αύτώ· κύριβ, ρβγάλως καϊ θανραστώς πάντα βστιν καϊ βνδόξως βχβι. ρή ονν, φηρί, κύριβ, βγώ ταύτα ήδννάρην νοήσαι; ούδβ βτβρος άν θρωπος κάν λίαν σννβτός ήν τις, ού δύναται νοήσαι αυτά. βτι, φηρί, κύριβ, δήλωσόν ροι, ό ρβλλω σβ βπβρωτάν.
5. λβγβ, φησίν, βΐ τι βούλβι. διατί, φηρί, κύριβ, ό νιος τού θβού βίς δούλον τρόπον
κβΐται ό νιος τού θβού, άλλ' βίς βζονσίαν ρβγάλην κβΐται καί κνριότητα. πώς, φηρί, κύριβ, ού νοώ. 2. ότι, φησίν, ό θβός "Ακονβ, φησίν βίς δούλον τρόπον ού
PARABLES 59 (V.6) make these things known to all. Listen, now," he said, "and understand these things. 2. The field is this world. And the lord of the field is the one who created all things and com pleted them and empowered them. The son is the Holy
Spirit and the slave is the Son of God. The vines are this people, which he has planted. 3. The fence posts are the Lord's holy angels who surround his people. The weeds that were removed from the vineyard are the lawless deeds of the slaves of God. The foods that he sent to him from his dinner are the commandments he has given his people through his Son. The friends and advisors are the holy angels who were created first. And the absence of the mas ter is the time that remains until his coming." 4. I said to him, "Lord, all these things are great, marvelous, and glori ous. How could I have understood them? No one else could have understood them either, even if he were ex tremely insightful. Yet, Lord," I said, "explain to me what I am about to ask you." 5. "Say what you wish," he said.
"Why, Lord," I asked, "is the Son of God represented as a slave in the parable?"
59 (V.6) "Listen," he said; "the Son of God is not represented as a slave, but as one who has great authority and lordship." "I don't see how, Lord," I replied. 2. "Because," he said, "God
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τον αμπελώνα έφύτενσε, τοντ εστι τον λαόν έκτισε και παρέδωκε τω νίω αντονκαί 6 νιος κατέστησε τούς άγγέλονς εττ αντονς τον σνντηρεΐν εκάστονςκαί αντος τάς άραρτίας αντών
εκαθάρισε πολλά κοπιάσας καί πολλονς κόπονς άνηντληκώςουδείς γάρ άρπελών δύναται σκαφήναι
3. αύτδς ονν καθαρίσας τάς άραρτίας τού λαού εδειξεν αύτοΐς τάς τρίβονς τής ζωής, δούς αύτοΐς τον νόρον, δν ελαβεν παρά τού πατρός αυτού, βλέπεις ονν, φησίν, οτι αυτός κύριος εστι τού λαού, εξονσίαν πάσαν λαβών παρά τού πατρός αυτού.
4. οτι δέ δ κύριος σύρβονλον έλαβε τον νίδν αυτού καί τούς ένδόζονς άγγέλονς περί τής κληρονορίας τού δούλον, άκονε5. τό πνεύρα το άγιον τό προόν, τό κτίσαν πάσαν τήν κτίσιν, κατώκισεν δ θεδς εις σάρκα ήν ήβούλετο.
αύτη ονν ή σάρζ, έν ή κατώκησε το πνεύρα το άγιον, έδούλενσε τώ πνεύματι καλώς έν σεμνότητι καί άγνεία πορενθεΐσα, ρηδέν όλως ριάνασα το πνεύρα.
6. πολιτενσαμένην ονν αυτήν καλώς καί άγνώς καί σννκοπιάσασαν τώ πνεύματι καί σννεργήσασαν έν παντϊ πράγρατι, ίσχνρώς καί ανδρείως άναστραφεΐσαν, ρετά τού πνεύματος τού άγίον εΐλατο κοινωνόν ήρεσε γάρ
ή πορεία τής σαρκός ταύτης, οτι ούκ έριάνθη έπι τής γής εχονσα το πνεύμα τό άγιον.
7. σύμβονλον ονν έλαβε τον νίδν καί τούς άγγέλονς τούς ένδόζονς, ΐνα και ή σάρζ αύτη, δονλεύσασα τώ πνεύρατι άμέμπτως, σχή τόπον τινά κατασκηνώσεως, καί μή δόζη τον μισθόν τής δον-
PARABLES 59 (V.6) planted the vineyard—that is, he created the people and handed them over to his Son. And the Son appointed the angels over them, to protect each one. And he cleansed their sins through great labor, bearing up under his many labors. For a vine cannot be dug around without labor or toil. 3. And so, when he had cleansed the sins of the people he showed them the paths of life, giving them the law, which he received from his Father. 4. You see, then," he said, "that he is the Lord of the people, having received all authority from his Father. But listen to what it means that the Lord took his Son, along with the glorious angels, as a counselor about the slave s inheritance. 5. God made the Holy Spirit dwell in the flesh that he [Or: it] desired, even though it preexisted and created all things. This flesh, then, in which the Holy Spirit dwelled, served well as the Spirit s slave, for it conducted itself in reverence and pu rity, not defiling the Spirit at all. 6. Since it lived in a good and pure way, cooperating with the Spirit and working with it in everything it did, behaving in a strong and manly way, God chose it to be a partner with the Holy Spirit. For the conduct of this flesh was pleasing, because it was not defiled on earth while bearing the Holy Spirit. 7. Thus he took his Son and the glorious angels as counselors, so that this flesh, which served blamelessly as the Spirits slave, might have a place of residence and not appear to have lost
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λείας αυτής άπολωλεκέναιπάσα yap σάρζ άπολήρφεται ρισθόν ή ευρεθείσα άρίαντος καί άσπιλος, έν ή το πνενρα το ayiov κατώκησεν.
60 (V.7) ϊΐύφράνθην, φηρί, κύριε, ταύτην τήν επίλνσιν άκου σας, άκονε νύν, φησίτήν σάρκα σον ταύτην φύ λασσε καθαράν καί άρίαντον, ΐνα το πνεύρα το κατ οίκησαν εν αύτη ραρτνρήση αύτη καί δικαιωθή σον ή σάρζ.
2. βλέπε, ρήποτέ σον έπϊ τήν καρδίαν άναβή τήν σάρκα σον ταύτην φθαρτήν είναι καί παραχρήση αυτή έν ριασρώ τινι. έάν ριάνης τήν σάρκα σον, ριανεΐς καί το πνεύρα το άγιον κάν ριάνης τήν σάρκα σον, ού ζήση.
3. et 8e τις, φηρί, κύριε, γέγονεν άγνοια πρότερα, πριν άκονσθήναι τά ρήρατα ταύτα, πώς σωθήσεται 6 άνθρωπος δ ριάνας τήν σάρκα έαντού; περί τών προτέρων, φησίν, άγνοηράτων τώ θεώ ρόνω δννατόν ϊασιν δούναιαυτού γάρ πάσα έστιν ή έζονσία.
έάν σον τήν σάρκα λοιπόν ρή ριάνης ρηδέ τδ πνεύραάρφότερα γάρ κοινά έστιν καί άτερ αλλήλων ριανθήναι ού δύναται, άρφότερα ούν καθαρά φύλασσε, καί ζήση τώ θεώ.
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PARABLES 60 (V.7) the reward for serving as a slave. For all flesh in which the Holy Spirit has dwelled—and which has been found un defined and spotless—will receive a reward. 8. Now you have the interpretation of this parable."
60 (V.7) "I am very glad to have heard this interpretation, Lord," I said. "And now listen," he replied: "Guard this flesh of yours to keep it clean and undefiled, so that the spirit dwelling in it may bear a good testimony to it, and your flesh may be made upright. 2. Take care that the thought never occur to you that this flesh of yours is corrupt, and never misuse it in a defiling way. If you defile your flesh, you defile the Holy Spirit as well. And if you defile your flesh, you will not live." 3. "But Lord," I said, "if anyone was ignorant earlier—before having heard these words—and defiled his flesh, how will he be saved?" "God alone," he re plied, "can bring healing to those who were ignorant ear lier. For all authority is his. 4. But guard these things for now, and the Lord who has great compassion will provide healing for these things, if here at the end you defile nei ther your flesh nor your spirit. For these two go together, and one cannot be defiled without the other. Keep both of them pure, therefore, and you will live to God."