Parable Ten
S H E P H E R D OF HERMAS
Similitudo Decima 111 (X.l) Postquam perscripseram librum hunc, venit nuntius ille, qui me tradiderat huic pastori, in domum, in qua eram, et consedit supra lectum, et adstitit ad dexteram hie pastor, deinde vocavit me, et haec mihi dixit: 2. tradidi te, inquit, et domum tuam huic pastori, ut ab eo protegi possis. ita, inquam, domine. si vis ergo protegi, inquit, ab omni vexatione et ab omni saevitia, successum autem habere in omni opere bono atque verbo, et omnem virtutem aequitatis, in mandatis huius ingredere, quae dedit 2 5 8 tibi, et poteris dominari omni nequitiae. 3. custodienti enim tibi mandata huius 2 5 9 subiecta erit omnis cupiditas et dulcedo saeculi huius; successus vero in omni bono negotio te sequetur. maturitatem huius et modestiam suscipe in te, et die omnibus in magno honore esse eum et dignitate apud dominum, et magnae potestatis eum praesidem esse et potentem in officio suo. huic soli per totum orbem paenitentiae potestas tributa est. potesne tibi videtur esse? sed vos maturitatem huius et verecundiam, quam in vos habet, dispicitis.
112 (X.2)
Dico ei: interroga ipsum, domine, ex quo in domo mea est, an aliquid extra ordinem fecerim, ex quo eum offenderim.
2. et ego, inquit, scio nihil extra ordinem fecisse te neque esse facturum. et idea haec loquor tecum, ut perseveres;
258 dedit A Z: dedi S 259 huius S: haec A Ζ
PARABLES
112 (X.2)
Parable Ten
111 (X.1)
After I had written out this book, the angel who had handed me over to this shepherd came to me in the house where I was staying and sat on the couch, with the shep herd standing on his right. And the angel called to me and said: 2. "I handed you and your house over to this shep herd, so that you could be protected by him." "Yes you did,
Lord," I replied. "So if you want to be protected from all trouble and violence," he said, "and to enjoy success in your every deed and word, along with all just virtue, pro ceed in the commandments he has given you. Then you will be able to rule over every wickedness. 3. For when you guard his commandments, every desire and alluring charm of this age will be subject to you, and you will suc ceed in every good undertaking [Or: business dealing].
Take his perfection and moderation upon yourself, and tell everyone that he is held in great honor and dignity before the Lord, and that he is the mighty protector, powerful in what he does. To this one alone has been given the power of repentance, throughout the entire world. Does he not seem powerful to you? Yet you have despised his perfec tion and moderation towards you."
112 (X.2)
I said to him, "Ask him, Lord, if I have committed a trans gression to offend him since he has been in my house."
2. "I know myself," he replied, "that you have neither com mitted nor are about to commit a transgression. And so I am telling you these things that you may persevere; for this one has spoken highly of you to me. And you should tell
S H E P H E R D OF HERMAS
bene enim de te hie apud existimavit. tu autem ceteris haec verba dices, ut et illi qui egerunt aut acturi sunt paenitentiam, eadem quae tu sentiant, et hie apud me de his bene interpretetur, et ego apud me dominum. 3. et ego, inquam, domine, omni homini indico magnalia domini. spero autem eos omnes qui iam antea 2 6 0 peccaverunt, si haec audiant, libenter acturi sunt paenitentiam, vitam recuperantes. 4. permane ergo, inquit, in hoc ministerio et consumma illud. quicumque autem mandata huius efficiunt, habebunt vitam, et hie apud dominum magnum honorem. quicumque vero huius mandata non servant, fugiunt a sua vita et adversus ilium sunt, hie autem apud dominum habet honorem suum. quicumque ergo fuerint adversus ilium, nec mandata eius sequuntur,
2 6 1 morti se tradunt, et unusquisque eorum reus fit sanguinis sui. tibi autem dico ut servias mandatis his, et remedium peccatorum habebis.
113 (X.3)
2 6 2 ut habitent tecum; vidi enim eas affabiles tibi esse, habes ergo eas adiutrices, quo magis possis huius mandata servare; non potest enim fieri ut sine his virginibus haec mandata serventur. video au tem eas libenter esse tecum, sed ego praecipiam eis, ut omnino a domo tua non discedant. 2. tu tantum conmunda domum tuam; in munda enim domo libenter habitabunt.
Misi autem tibi has virgines, 260 iam antea: amant ea et S: antea A: iam ante Ζ 2 6 1 adversus ilium sunt. . . sequuntur L
1: hunc contemnunt; hie autem apud deum habet honorem suum. quicunque ergo contemnent eum et non servant mandata eius, ipsi L
PARABLES
113 (Χ.3)
these things to others, that those who have repented or who are about to repent may think as you do, that he may give a good report about them to me, and I to the Lord."
3. "I do indeed proclaim the Lord's mighty works to every one, Lord," I said. "For I hope that everyone who has sinned before now will gladly repent when they hear these things, and regain their life." 4. "Remain then in this minis try," he said, "and complete it. For whoever does his com mandments will have life and great honor before the Lord.
For everyone who does not keep his commandments flees from life and opposes him; but this one has his honor with the Lord. And so, all those who oppose him and do not fol low his commandments bring death on themselves, each of them bearing the guilt for his own blood. And so I say to you, keep these commandments and you will have a cure for your sins.
113 (X.3)
"I sent these virgins to live with you because I saw they were friendly with you. You have them as helpers that you may be able to keep these commandments all the more.
For these commandments cannot be kept without these virgins. I also see that they enjoy being with you; I will order them never to leave your house. 2. But you must clean your house. For they will gladly live in a clean house, because they are themselves clean, unsullied, and diligent,
2 6 2 tibi has virgines S A: turhas virginum Ζ
S H E P H E R D OF HERMAS
mundae enim sunt atque castae et industriae et omnes habentes gratiam apud dominum.
2 6 3 igitur si habuerint domum tuam puram, tecum permanebunt; sin autem pusillum aliquid inquinationis accident, protinus a domo tua recedunt. hae enim virgines nullam omnino diligunt inquinationem. 3. dico ei: spero me, domine, placiturum eis, ita ut in domo mea libenter habitent semper.
4. ώσπβρ δβ οντος ω παρεδωκάς ρβ ον ρερφεταί ρβ ούδε αύται ρερφονταί ρβ. λβγβι τώ ποιρενν οΐδα οτι δ δούλος τον θβον θβλβι ζήν και τηρήσει τάς εντολάς ταύτας και τάς παρθενονς εν καθαρότητι καταστήσει.
5. ταύτα ειπών τω ποιρενι πάλιν παρεδωκεν ρε, και τάς παρθενονς καλεσας . . . [nine letters?] . . . λέγει αύταΐς-
quoniam video vos libenter in domo eius habitare, conmendo eum vobis et domum eius, ut a domo eius non recedatis omnino. illae vero haec verba libenter audierunt.
114 (X.4)
Ait deinde mihi: viriliter in ministerio hoc conversare, omni homini indica magnalia domini, et habebis gratiam in hoc ministerio. quicumque ergo in his mandatis ambu2 6 3 dominum S A: deum Ζ 264 ώσπερ . . . αύταΐς P° x: et sicut hie, cut me tradidisti, nihil de me queritur, ita neque illae querentur. 4. ait ad pastorem ilium: video, inquit, servum dei velle vivere, et custoditurum haec mandata, et virgines has habitatione munda conlocaturum. 5. haec cum dixisset, iterum pastori illi me tradidit, et vocavit eas virgines et dixit ad eas: L
PARABLES
114 (Χ.4)
and they all enjoy favor from the Lord. If therefore they find your house pure, they will remain with you. But if it should become at all contaminated, they will leave your house immediately. For these virgins never love any con tamination." 3.1 said to him, "I hope, Lord, that I will be pleasing to them, that they may always live in my house cheerfully, and that just as this one to whom you have handed me over has no complaint against me, these may not either." 4. He said to the shepherd, "I know that the slave of God wants to live, and that he will guard these commandments and provide a clean place for these virgins to live." 5. When he said these things, he handed me over again to the care of that shepherd, and he called the virgins
.. .
5 and he said to them, "Since I see that you enjoy living in his house, I commend him and his house to you, that you may never leave it." And they heard these words cheerfully.
114 (X.4)
Then he said to me, "Carry out this ministry in a manly way; proclaim to everyone the Lord s mighty works and you will be favored in this ministry. For whoever proceeds in these commandments will live and lead a happy life. But 5 There is a small gap of about nine letters in the manuscript.
S H E P H E R D OF HERMAS
laverit, vivet, et felix erit in vita sua; quicumque vero neglexerit, non vivet, et erit infelix in vita sua. 2. die omnibus ut non cessent, quicumque recte facere possunt, bona opera exercere; utile est illis. dico autem omnem hominem de incommodis eripi oportere. et is enim qui eget et in cotidiana vita patitur incommoda, in magno tormento est ac necessitate. 3. qui igitur huiusmodi animam eripit de necessitate, magnum gladium sibi adquirit. is enim, qui huiusmodi vexatur incommodo, pari tormento cruciatur atque torquet se qui in vincula est. multi enim propter huiusmodi calamitates, cum eas sufferre non possunt, mortem sibi adducunt. qui novit igitur calamitatem huius modi hominis et non eripit eum, magnum peccatum admittit, et reus fit sanguinis eius. 4. facite igitur opera bona, quicumque accepistis a domino, ne dum tardatis facere, consummetur structura turris. propter vos enim intermissum est opus aedificationis eius. nisi festinetis igitur facere recte, consummabitur turris, et excludimini. 5. postquam vero locutus est mecum, surrexit de lecto, et adprehenso pastore et virginibus abut, dicens autem mihi remissurum se 2 6 5 pastorem ilium et virgines in domum meam.
2 6 5 se A O: esse S: om. Ζ
PARABLES
114 (Χ.4)
whoever neglects them will not live and will be unhappy in his life. 2. Tell everyone who is able to do what is right not to stop practicing good works; for doing them is useful. But I say that everyone should be helped out of his misfor tunes. For the one who is destitute and suffers misfortunes in his daily life is in great torment and misery. 3. And so, whoever helps such a person out of his misery obtains great joy for himself. For the one who is vexed with this kind of misfortune suffers the same kind of torment as one who is in prison. For many who experience this kind of calamity, when they can no longer bear it, take their own lives. And so, whoever knows that someone like this is suffering calamity and does not help him out of it has committed a great sin and bears the guilt for his blood.
4. Therefore, you who have received something from the Lord should do good works; otherwise the building of the tower may be completed while you delay. The work of its construction has been suspended on your behalf; if you do not hasten to do what is right, the tower will be completed and you will be shut out." 5. After he spoke with me, he got up from the couch and went out, taking the shepherd and virgins with him, telling me that he would send the shep herd and virgins back to my house.
INDEX Citation is to volume and page number.
22:17
1.95
25:21-23 II. 63
26:4
1.95
27:28
II. 93
27:41ff.
1.43
28ff.
1.95
1.43
48:9
II. 63
48:11
II. 63
48:14
II. 43
48:19
II. 43
Exodus Old Testament Genesis 1:26
II. 27, 33
1:26-27 1.97
1:27
I. 187
1:28
I. 97, II. 33, 35
2:2-3 II. 69
2:17
II. 159
2:23
1.47
3:24
II. 159
4:3-8 1.43
5:24
1.51
6:8
1.51
1.47
12:1-3 1.53
13:14-16 1.53
14:14
II. 45
15:5
1.95
15:5-6 1.53
15:6
I. 95, II. 65
17:4
II. 65
17:23
II. 45
18:21
1.53
18:27
1.67
1.53
I. 53, 95
2:14
1.43
3:11
1.67
4:10
1.67
14:23
I. 129
15:26
II. 43
17:8-13 II. 57
17:14
II. 61
20:8
II. 67
20:13-17 1.421
24:18
II. 65
31:18
II. 23, 65
32:7
II. 23
32:7-10 I. 131
32:7-19 II. 67
32:31-32 I. 131
I N D E X
32:8-9 1.87
32:15
1.39
Joshua 33:1
II. 33
33:3
II. 33, 35
34:28
II. 23
Leviticus 1:6
1.379
1.55
1 Samuel 13:14
I. 71
18ff 1.43
Esther 11:3
11.53
11:6
11.49
11:7-15 11.47
11:13-16 11.49
II. 37
16:7
II. 39
16:8
II. 39
16:9
II. 39
16:10, II. 39
16:20-22 II. 39
19:18
1.417
23:29
II. 37
26:1
11.59
Numbers 4:16
I. 137
I. 137
Job 1:1
1.67
4:16-18 I. I l l 4:19-5:5
I. I l l 5:17-26 I. 141
11:2-3 (LXX) 1.91
14:4-5 (LXX) 1.67
15:15
I. I l l 19:26
1.85
38:11
I. 75
Psalms
I. 43
12:7
1 . 6 7 , 1 1 3 16:13
1.43
16:23
I. 129
I. 113
18:27
1.89
21:4-8 II. 59
Deuteronomy 1:1
11.51
1:3-6 II. 55
2:7-8 I. 107
3:5
1.85
4:5
1.349
12:4-6 1.61
18:25-26 I. 119
18:44
II. 43
19:1-3 1.87
22:6-8 1.65
22:16
II. 29, 31
22:18
II. 31
22:20
II. 29
22:22
II. 35
22:25
II. 35
24:1
I. 133
28:7
1.85
4:2
1.425
4:10
11.47
4:13
11.47
4:34
I. 89
5:12
11.67
6:5
1.417
9:12-14 I. 131
10:16
II. 45
12:32
1.425
14:2
1.89
14:6
II. 53
14:8-14 II. 47
27:15
II. 59
I N D E X
10:12
I. 191
18:17
1.253
20:27
1.79
Isaiah 31:18
1.61
32:1-2 I. 127
32:10
I. 79
33:9
I. 235
34:11-17 I. 79
34:12-13
II. 43 (2)
34:19
I. 79
37:9
1.59
37:11
1.423
37:35-37 1.61
37:38
1.59
42:4
II. 35
49:14
I. 129
50:14-15 I. 129
50:16-23 I. 101
51:1-17 I. 71
51:17
I. 131, II. 17
62:4
1.61
69:30-32 I. 129
78:36-37 1.61
90:4
II. 69
104:4
I. 103
110:1
I. 107, II. 61
118:12
II. 31
118:19-20 I. 123
118:22
II. 31
118:24
II. 31
139:7-8 1.87
141:5
I. 139
146:6
II. 137
Proverbs 1:2
II. 43
1:10
11.43
1:11-13 II. 17
1:13
11.71
1:16-20 1.49
3:5
1.41
3:9-10 II. 33
5:21
II. 25
6:3
1.99
13:22 (LXX)
1.81
16:1-2 11.53
26:20
I. 127
28:14
II. 43
28:16
II. 31
29:13
I. 61, 169
33:13
II. 43 (2)
33:16-18 II. 55
34:4
I. 191
40:3
II. 43
40:10
I. 99, II. 83
40:12
II. 71
41:8
1.51
42:6-7 II. 67
45:1
II. 61
45:2-3 II. 53
49:6-7 II. 67
49:17
11.73
50:6-7 II. 29
50:7
II. 31
50:8-9 II. 31
50:10
II. 43
52:5
I. 185, 265, 347
53:1-12 1.65
53:5
II. 27
53:7
II. 27
1:17
II. 27
1:23-33 I. 141
2:21-22 1.59
3:4
1.341
3:12
I. 139
3:28
1.347
3:34
I. 91, 225
7:3
1.39
I N D E X
54:1
I. 167
58:3-5 II. 17
58:6-10 II. 17
58:9
I. 189
59:14
1.41
60:17 (LXX) I. Ill 61:1-2 II. 67
65:2
II. 59
66:1
II. 71
66:2
1.59
66:18
I. 193, 195, 251
66:24
I. 177, 195
Jeremiah 13:17
II. 29
14:5
1.443
Malachi 1:11
1.439
1:14
1.439
3:1
1.81
4:1
I. 191
New Testament Matthew 3:15
1.297
4:40-41 1.419
5:5
1.423
5:7
1.59
5:10
1.337
5:23-24 1.439
5:26
1.419
5:33
1.421
5:39
1.419
5:44
I. 351, 417
5:46-47 1.417
5:48
1.419
6:5
1.429
6:9-13 1.431
6:10
1.375
6:13
1.343
6:14-15 1.59
6:16
1.429
6:24
I. 173
7:1-2
I. 59, 337
7:6
1.431
7:12
I. 59, 417
7:21
I. 171
9:13
I. 169
10:10
I. 439
10:16
I. 171, 313
10:28
I. 173
10:32
I. 169
2:12-13 II. 53
4:3-4 II. 45
4:4
II. 43
7:2-3 II. 43
7:11
I. 187
7:22
II. 17
9:23-24 1.57
9:26
II. 45
17:24-25 II. 69
Ezekiel 11:19
II. 35
14:14ff I. 175
33:11
1.49
37:12
I. 127
47:1-12 II. 57
Daniel 3:19ff I. 117
6:16
I. 117
7:7-8 II. 21
7:10
1.99
7:24
II. 21
9:24
II. 83
Jonah
1.49
Zechariah 8:17
II. 17
I N D E X
12:31
1.435
12:33
1.235
12:50
I. 179
15:8
I. 61, 169
16:6
II. 115
16:26
I. 173
19:12
1.301
19:18
1.421
21:13
I. 187
22:14
II. 25
22:37-39 1.417
24:10
1.443
24:10-12 1.443
24:13
1.443
24:30
I. 443 (2)
24:31
1.443
24:42
1.441
26:7
1.237
26:24
I. 121
26:31
II. 29
26:41
I. 343
26:55
1.375
28:19
1.429
Mark 13:37
1.441
14:3
1.237
Luke 5:32
I. 169
6:20
1.337
6:27
1.351
6:28
1.417
6:29-30 1.419
6:30
1.419
6:31
I. 59, 417
6:32
I. 187
6:32-33 1.417
6:35
I. 187, 417
6:36-38
I. 59, 337
8:21
I. 179
9:25
I. 173
10:3
I. 171
10:27
1.417
12:4-5 I. 173
12:8
I. 169
12:40
1.441
12:59
1.419
16:10-12 I. 177
16:13
I. 173
17:2
I. 121
19:46
I. 187
22:42
1.375
24:39
1.299
John 2:17
I. 169
3:18
II. 117
3:35
I. 179
4:3
1.83
7:6
I. 61, 169
8:36
I. 173
9:44
I. 177
9:46
I. 177
9:48
I. 177, 195
10:38-39 II. 115
11:17
I. 187
12:30
I. 169
12:30-31 1.417
13:22
1.443
13:35
1.441
3:8
1.289
4:10
1.279
4:14
1.279
7:53-8:11
II. 105
10:7
I. 293
10:9
1.293
16:28
1.249
19:31
1.377
Acts 1:18
II. 105
I N D E X
2:24
I. 335
4:32
1.425
10:42
I. 165, 335
13:22
I. 71
14:15
II. 137
20:35
1.37
21:14
1.375
Romans 2 Corinthians 2:9
1.99
4:14
1.335
5:10
1.343
8:21
1.341
10:17
1.57
Galatians 4:26
1.337
4:27
I. 167
6:7
1.339
6:14
1.279
Ephesians 4:3
1.53
4:7-9 I. 127
8:5
1.227
8:8
1.227
13:1
1.381
14:10
1.343
14:12
1.343
1 Corinthians 1:12
I. 123
1:20
1.237
1:23
1.237
1:31
1.57
2:9
I. 183, 371
2:10
I. 289
3:1-2 1.261
3:16
1.235
4:4
1.277
6:2
1.347
6:9
I. 235, 341
6:9-10 1.287
8:1
II. 159
9:27
1.267
12:21
I. Ill 13:4-7 I. 125
14:25
1.339
15:8-9 1.281
15:20
1.81
15:28
1.335
15:36ff.
1.83
15:52
1.443
16:22
1.433
2:5
1.335
2:8-9 1.335
4:2
1.311
4:4-6 I. 121
4:18
I. 197
4:26
1.346
5:25
I. 315
5:29
1.315
6:11-17 1.317
6:18
1.351
Philippians 2:4
I. 369
2:10
1.335
2:16
1.345
3:15
1.307
3:21
1.335
Colossians 1:16
1.261
1 Thessalonians 3:13
1.443
4:16
1.443
5:22
1.347
2 Thessalonians 2:24
1.271
1 Timothy 1:17
I. 199
3:5
1.347
I N D E X
2:21
1.345
2:22
1.345
2:24
1.345
3:9
1.335
4:5
I. 165
4:8
I. 125, 191
5:5
I. 91, 225
2 Peter 3:8
II. 69
Revelation 3:8-13 1.339
6:7
1.337
6:10
1.337
2 Timothy 2:4
1.317
2:12
1.341
4:10
1.345
Titus 3:1
1.39
Hebrews 22:12
I. 99, II. 83
1:3-4 I. 103
1:5
I. 107
1:7
I. 103
1:13
I. 107
2:18
I. 101
3:1
I. 101
3:2
I. 67
3:5
I. 113
10:23
I. 183
11:7
1.51
11:15
1.51
11:17
1.53
11:31
1.55
11:37
1.67
12:1-2 I. 73
12:6
I. 139
James Other Ancient Texts 4 Ezra 4:33
II. 57
5:5
II. 57
1 Enoch 89:56
II. 73
91:13
II. 83
Wisdom 2:24
I. 41
12:12
I. 87
Judith 8ff.
I. 135
Tobit 4:10
I. 347
1 Clement 1:3
1.339
13:2
1.337
15:2
I. 169
21:3
1.339
21:6-8 1.339
23:3-4 I. 183
41:2
1.339
2 Clement 11:2-3 1.81
Gospel of Thomas 2:23
1.51
2:25
1.55
4:6
I. 91, 225
1 John 3:8
1.343
4:2-3 1.343
1 Peter 1:8
1.335
1:21
1.335
2:7
II. 31
2:11
1.341,419 2:13
1.381
I. 183
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