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ρον. ήλθβν ή πρβσβντέρα καϊ ήρώτησέν ρβ βί ήδη το βιβλίον δέδωκα τοΐς πρβσβντέροις. ήρνησάρην δβδωκέναι. καλώς, φησίν, πβποίηκαςβχω γάρ ρήρατα προσθβΐναυ. όταν ονν άποτβλέσω τά ρήρατα πάντα, διά σον γνωρισθήσβται τοΐς έκλβκτοΐς πάσιν.
3. γράφβις ούν δύο βιβλαρίδια καί πέρφβις βν Κλήρβντι καί βν Γραπτή, πέμφβι ονν Κλήρης βίς τάς βζω πόλβις, βκβίνω γάρ έπιτέτραπται.
Γραπτή δέ νονθβτήσβι τάς χήρας καί τούς ορφανούς, σύ δβ ανάγνωση βίς ταύτην τήν πόλιν ρβτά τών πρβσβντέρων τών προϊσταμένων τής εκκλησίας.
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2. νηστβύσας πολ λάκις καί δβηθβίς τού κνρίον ΐνα μοι φανβρώση τήν άποκάλνφιν ήν μοι έπηγγβίλατο δβΐξαι διά τής πρβσβντέρας, 2 9 βιδοϊ^, άδβλφοί, τοιαύτη.
αυτή τή ννκτί μοι ώπται ή πρβσβντέρα καί βϊπέν ροιέπβί ούτως ένδβής βί καί σπονδαΐος βίς τό γνώναι πάντα, έλθέ βίς τον άγρόν όπον χονδρίζβις,
ά δβΐ σβ ίδβΐν. 3. ήρώτησα αυτήν λέγων κυρία, βίς ποίον τόπον τον αγρού; όπον, φη σίν, θέλβις. έζβλβζάμην τόπον καλόν άνακβχωρηκότα.
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VISIONS 9(111.1) my house. The elderly woman came and asked if I had al ready given the book to the presbyters. I said that I had not. "You have done well," she said. "For I have some words to add. Then, when I complete all the words, they will be made known through you to all those who are cho sen. 3. And so, you will write two little books, sending one to Clement and the other to Grapte. Clement will send his to the foreign cities, for that is his commission. But Grapte will admonish the widows and orphans. And you will read yours in this city, with the presbyters who lead the church."
Vision Three 9 (ΙΠ1) What I saw, brothers, was this. 2. After I fasted a great deal and asked the Lord to show me the revelation that he promised to reveal through the elderly woman, that same night the elderly woman appeared and said to me, "Since you are so needy and eager to know everything, come to the field where you farm, and around eleven in the morn ing I will be revealed to you and show you what you must see." 3. I asked her, "Lady, in what part of the field?"
"Wherever you wish," she said. I chose a beautiful spot that was secluded. But before I could speak with her to tell
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πριν δβ λαλήσαι αυτή καί βίπβΐν τον τόπον, λβγβι μοιήζω βκβΐ οπον θβλβις. 4. βγβνόμην ονν, άδβλφοί, βίς τον άγρόν, καί σννβφήφισα
καί βλβπω σνμφβλιον κβίρβνον βλβφάντινον, καί βπϊ τον σνμφβλίον βκβιτο κβρβικάριον λινούν, καϊ βπάνω λβντιον βζηπλωμβνον λινούν καρπάσινον.
5. ίδών ταντα κβίμβνα καϊ μιηδβνα Οντα βν τώ τόπω βκθαμβος βγβνόριην, καϊ ώσβϊ τρόμος μβ βλαββν, καϊ αί τρίχβς ρον όρθαίκαϊ ώσβϊ φρίκη ροι προσήλθβν, ρόνον μον οντος· βν βμαντώ ονν γβνόμβνος καϊ μνησθβϊς τής δόξης τον θβον καϊ λαβών θάρσος, θβϊς τά γόνατα βζωμολογονμην τώ κνρίω πάλιν τάς αμαρτίας μον ώς και πρότβρον.
6. ή δβ ήλθβν μβτά νβανίσκων βζ, ονς καϊ πρότβρον βωράκβιν, καϊ βπβστάθη ροι καϊ κατηκροάτο προσβνχομβνον καϊ βζορολογονρβνον τώ κνρίω τάς αμαρτίας ρον.
καϊ άφαμβνη μον λβγβι- 'Κρμά, πανσαι πβρϊ τών αμαρτιών σον πάντα ερωτών βρώτα καϊ πβρϊ δικαιοσύνης ΐνα λάβης ρβρος τι
βίς τον οίκον σον. 7. καϊ βζβγβίρβι ρβ τής χβιρός καί άγβι ρβ προς τό σνμφβλιον, καί λβγβι τοΐς νβανίσκοιςύπάγβτβ καϊ οίκοδομβΐτβ.
8. καί μβτά τό άναχωρήσαι τούς νβανίσκονς καί ρόνων ηρών γβγονότων λβγβι ροικάθισον ώδβ. λβγω αύτηκνρία, άφβς τούς πρβσβντβρονς πρώτον καθίσαι. ο σοι λβγω, φησίν, κάθισον.
9. θβλοντος ονν μον καθίσαι βίς τά δβζιά μβρη ούκ βϊασβν ρβ, άλλ' βννβύβι ροι τή χβιρί ΐνα βίς τά άριστβ-
VISIONS 9(111.1) her the place, she said to me, "I will come there, wherever you wish." 4. And so, brothers, I went into the field and counted the hours. I arrived at the place that I had directed her to come, and I saw an ivory couch set up. On the couch was placed a linen pillow, with a piece of fine linen cloth on top. 5. When I saw these things laid out with no one there,
I was astounded and seized with trembling, and my hair stood on end—terrified, because I was alone. Then when I came to myself, I remembered the glory of God and took courage. I bowed my knees and confessed my sins again to the Lord, as I had done before. 6. And she came with six young men, whom I had seen before, and she stood beside me and listened closely while I prayed and confessed my sins to the Lord. She touched me and said, "Hermas, stop asking exclusively about your sins; ask also about righ teousness, that you may receive some of it in your house."
7. She raised me by the hand and led me to the couch; and she said to the young men, "Go and build." 8. After the young men left and we were alone, she said to me, "Sit here." I said to her, "Lady, let the elders sit first." "Do what
I tell you," she said. "Sit." 9. But then, when I wanted to sit on the right side, she did not let me, but signaled with her hand for me to sit on the left. As I was mulling this over and 3 4 (τννεψήφι,ο-α S: ο-υνώψιο-α A: extimavi L
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μβνον Οτι ονκ βϊασβν μβ βίς τά δβζίά μβρη καθίσαι, λβγβι μοι· λνπή, Έρμα; 6 βίς τά δβξιά μβρη τόπος άλλων βστιν, τών ήδη βναρβστηκότων τώ θβώ καί παθόντων βΐνβκα τον ονόματος·
σοι δβ πολλά λβίπβι ΐνα μβτ αντών καθίσης· άλλά ώς βμμβνβις τή άπλότητί σον, μβϊνον, καί καθιή μβτ αντών καί όσοι βάν βργάσωνται τά βκβίνων βργα καί νπβνβγκωσιν ά καί βκβΐνοι ύπήνβγκαν.
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Ύί, φηρί, νπήνβγκαν; άκονβ, φησίν μάστιγας, φνλακάς, θλίφβις μβγάλας, στανρούς, θηρία βΐνβκβν τον ονόματος·
διά τοντο βκβίνων βστιν τά δβξιά ρβρη τον αγιάσματος, καί ός βάν πάθη διά τό Ονομα·
τών δβ λοιπών τά άριστβρά ρβρη βστιν. άλλά άρφοτβρων, καί τών βκ δβζιών καί τών άριστβρών καθημβνων, τά αυτά δώρα καί αί αύται βπαγγβλίαι· μόνον βκβΐνοι βκ δβξιών κάθηνται καί βχονσιν δόζαν τινά.
2. σν δβ κατβπιθνμβΐς καθίσαι βκ δβζιών μβτ αντών, άλλά τά νστβρήματά σον πολλά· καθαρισθήση δβ άπο τών νστβρηράτων σον καί πάντβς δβ οί μή διφνχονντβς καθαρισθήσονται άπο πάντων τών άμαρτηράτων βίς ταύτην τήν ήρβραν.
3. ταύτα βΐπασα ήθβλβν άπβλθβΐν πβσών δβ αυτής προς τούς πόδας ήρώτησα αυτήν κατά τού κνρίον ΐνα μοι βπιδβίξη ό βπηγγβίλατο οραρα.
4. ή δβ πάλιν βπβλάββτό μον τής χβιρός καί βγβίρβι ρβ καί καθίζβι βπϊ τό σνμφβλιον βζ βύωνύμων
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becoming upset that she did not allow me to sit on the right, she said to me, "Are you upset, Hermas? The place on the right is for others, who have already pleased God and suffered on behalf of the name. Many things must happen to you before you can sit with them. But continue in your simplicity, as you are doing, and you will sit with them, as will everyone who does what they have done and endures what they have endured."
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"What have they endured?" I asked. "Listen," she said:
"floggings, imprisonments, great afflictions, crucifixions, and wild beasts—for the sake of the name. For this reason, the right side of holiness belongs to them, and to anyone who suffers on account of the name. And the left side is for the others. The same gifts and promises belong to both—those seated on the right and those on the left. But they alone sit on the right and have a certain glory. 2. You want to sit on the right side with them, but you have many shortcomings. But you will be cleansed of your short comings. And all those who are not of two minds will be cleansed from all the sins they have committed up to this day." 3. After she said these things she wanted to leave. But I fell before her feet and pled with her by the Lord to show me the vision she had promised. 4. Again she took my hand, raised me up, and seated me on the couch on the left
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έκαθέζβτο δέ καί αυτή βκ δβζιών. καί έπάρασα ράβδον τινά λαρπράν λέγβι ροι· βλέπεις μέγα πράγμα; λέγω αυτήκυρία, ουδέν βλέπω, λέγβι ροισυ,
ιδού ούχ οράς κατέναντί σου πύργον ρέγαν οικοδόμουμβνον έπϊ υδάτων λίθοις τβτραγώνοις λαμπροΐς; 5. έν τβτραγώνω δέ ώκοδομβΐτο 6 πύργος ύπο τών έζ νβανίσκων τών έληλυθότων μβτ αυτήςάλλαι δέ μυριάδβς ανδρών παρέφβρον λίθους, οί μέν έκ τού βυθού, οί δέ έκ τής γής, καί έπβδίδουν τοΐς έζ νβανίσκοις. έκβΐνοι δέ έλάμβανον καί ώκοδόμουν 6. τούς μέν έκ τού βυθού λίθους έλκομένους πάντας ούτως έτίθβσαν βίς τήν οίκοδομήν ήρμοσμένοι γάρ ήσαν καί συνβφώνουν τή άρρογή ρβτά τών έτερων λίθων καϊ ούτως έκολλώντο άλλήλοις, ώστβ τήν άρρογήν αυτών μή φαίνβσθαιέφαίνβτο δέ ή οικοδομή τού πύργου ώς έζ ένος λίθου ώκοδομημένη.
7. τούς δέ έτερους λίθους τούς φερομέ νους άπο τής ζηράς τούς ρέν άπέβαλλον, τούς δέ έτίθουν βίς τήν οίκοδορήν άλλους δέ κατέκοπτον καί βρριπτον
8. άλλοι δέ λίθοι πολλοί κύκλω τού πύργου βκβιντο καί ούκ έχρώντο αύτοΐς βίς τήν οίκοδορήν ήσαν γάρ τινβς έζ αυτών έφωριακότβς, βτβροι δέ σχισράς βχοντβς, άλλοι δέ κβκολοβωμένοι, άλλοι δέ λβυκοϊ καϊ στρογγυλοί, ρή άρμόζοντβς βίς τήν οίκοδορήν.
9. ββλβπον δέ έτερους λίθους ριπτορένους ρακράν άπο τού πύργου καί έρχορένους βίς τήν όδον καϊ μή μένοντας έν τή όδώ, άλλά κυλιόμενους έκ τής οδού
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side. She herself sat on the right. And raising up a bright rod she said to me, "Do you see a great thing?" I said to her,
"Lady, I see nothing." She said to me, "Look, do you not see a great tower being built upon the water across from you, with bright, squared stones?" 5. The tower was being built in a square by the six young men who had come with her. And thousands of other men were bringing stones, some of them from the depths of the sea and some from the land, and they were handing them over to the six young men, who were taking them and building. 6. Thus they placed all the stones drawn from the depths in the build ing; for they fit together and were straight at their joints with the other stones. And they were placed together so that their joints were invisible. The tower building seemed to have been made out of a single stone. 7. But they tossed aside some of the other stones that were brought from the dry land, while others they placed in the building. Others they broke up and cast far from the tower. 8. Many other stones were lying around the tower, and they did not use them in the building. For some of them had a rough sur face, others had cracks, others were broken off, and others were white and round, and did not fit in the building. 9. I saw other stones cast far from the tower; these came onto the path, but did not remain there, but rolled from the path onto the rough terrain. Others fell into the fire and 4 2 \eyet potσυ S L L E : om. Β A 4 3 ζρριπτον A L L Ε: Ιτίθονν S Β 4 4 βκ τής οδού A L L : om. S Β Ε
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πίπτοντας εγγύς υδάτων καϊ μή δυναμένους κυλισθήναι βίς το ύδωρ, καίπβρ θβλόντων κυλισθήναι καϊ έλθεΐν βίς τό ύδωρ.
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Δείζασά ροι ταύτα ήθβλβν άποτρέχειν. λβγω αύτη· Κυρία, τί μου Οφελος ταύτα βωρακότι καί ρή γινώσκοντι τί βστιν τά πράγρατα; άποκριθβΐσά μοι λέγει· πανούργος βί, άνθρωπε,
θβλων γινώσκειν τά περί τον πύργον. ναι, φηρί, κυρία, ΐνα τοΐς άδελφοΐς αναγ γείλω, καί ίλαρώτεροι γενωνται, καί ταύτα
2. ή δέ έφη· άκούσονται ρέν πολλοί· άκούσαντες δέ τίνες έζ αυτών χαρήσονται, τινές δέ κλαύσονταιάλλά καί ούτοι, έάν άκούσωσιν καί μετανοήσωσιν, καϊ αύτοϊ χαρήσονται. άκουε ούν τάς παραβολάς τού πύργου· άποκαλύφω γάρ σοι πάντα, καϊ ρηκέτι ροι κόπους πάρεχε περϊ άποκαλύφεως· αί γάρ άποκαλύφεις αύται τέλος εχουσιν πεπληρωρέναι γάρ είσιν. άλλ' ού παύ ση αϊτούρενος άποκαλύφεις· αναιδής γάρ εί. 3. ό μέν πύργος, όν βλέπεις οικοδόμουμενον, έγώ είμι ή εκ κλησία, ή όφθεΐσά σοι και νύν καϊ τό πρότερον δ άν ούν θέλησης επερώτα περϊ τού πύργου, καϊ άπο καλύφω σοι, ΐνα χαρής ρετά τών άγιων. 4. λέγω αυτή· κυρία, έπεί άπαζ άζιόν με ήγήσω τού πάντα μοι άποκαλύφαι, άποκάλυφον. ή δέ λέγει μοιδ έάν ένδέχηται σοι άποκαλυφθήναι, άποκαλυφθήσεται. μόνον
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were burned. And others fell near the water, but could not be rolled into it, even though they wanted to be.
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When she had shown me these things she wanted to hurry away. I said to her, "Lady, what good is it for me to see these things if I do not know what they mean?" She answered and said to me, "You, fellow, are a crafty one, wanting to know about the tower." "Yes, Lady," I said; "I want to announce it to the brothers that they can become more cheerful; for when they hear these things they will know the Lord in great glory." 2. She said, "Many will indeed hear; and some of those who hear will rejoice, but some will weep. But even these latter, if they hear and repent, will rejoice as well. Hear therefore the parables of the tower. For I will reveal everything to you. Then trouble me no further about the revelation. For these revelations are completed and fulfilled. But you will not stop asking about [Or: for] revelations, because you are shameless. 3. The tower, which you see being built, is I, the church, who has appeared to you both now and previously. And so, ask whatever you wish about the tower and I will reveal it to you, that you may rejoice with the saints." 4. I said to her,
"Lady, since you have on this one occasion considered me worthy to reveal all things to me: reveal them." She said to me, "Whatever can be revealed to you, will be revealed.
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5. έπηρώτησα αντήν διατί 6 πύργος βπϊ υδάτων ώκοδόμηται, κυρία; βίπά σοι, φησίν, καϊ το πρότβρον,
καϊ έκζητεΐς επιμελώςεκζητών ούν ευ ρίσκεις τήν άλήθειαν. διατί ούν επϊ υδάτων ώκοδόρηται ό πύργος, άκουεότι ή ζωή ύρών διά ύδατος εσώθη και σωθήσεται. τεθερελίωται δέ ό πύργος τώ ρήματι τού παντοκράτορος και ένδόζου όνόρατος, κρατείται δέ ύπό τής αοράτου δυνάρεως τού δεσπότου.
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Αποκριθείς λέγω αυτήκυρία, ρεγάλως καϊ θανμαστώς έχει τό πράγμα τούτο, οί δέ νεανίσκοι οί έζ οί οίκοδορούντες τίνες είσίν, κυρία; ούτοι είσιν οί άγιοι άγγελοι τού θεού οί πρώτοι κτισθέντες, οίς παρέδωκεν ό κύριος πάσαν τήν κτίσιν αυτού, αύζειν καί οίκοδομείν καί δεσπόζειν τής κτίσεως πάσης, διά τούτων ονν τελεσθήσεται ή οικοδομή τού πύργον.
2. ot δέ έτεροι οί παραφέροντες τούς λίθονς τίνες είσίν; καϊ αύτοϊ άγιοι άγγελοι τού θεούούτοι δέ οί έζ
υπερέχοντες αυτούς είσιν. σνντελεσθήσεται ονν ή οικοδομή τού πύργον, και πάντες ομού εύφρανθήσονται κύκλω τού πύργον καϊ δοζάσονσιν τον θεον, ότι έτελέσθη ή οικοδομή τού πύργον.
καί τήν δύναριν αυτών, ποταπή έστιν. άποκριθεΐσά ροι λέγειούχ ότι σύ έκ πάντων άζιώτερος εί ΐνα σοι άπο-
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Only let your heart be set on God, and do not be of two minds, whatever you see." 5.1 asked her, "Why, Lady, is the tower built upon water?" "I have told you already," she said, "and you keep seeking; it is by seeking, therefore, that you find the truth. As to why the tower is built upon water, listen: it is because your life was saved and will be saved through water. But the tower is founded on the word of the almighty and glorious name, and it is strengthened by the invisible power of the Master."
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And I responded to her, "Lady, this is a great and amazing thing. But the six young men who are building, Lady—who are they?" "These are the holy angels of God who were cre ated first, to whom the Lord handed over his entire cre ation, so that they could increase, build up, and rule over it all. Thus, through these the building of the tower will be brought to completion." 2. "But the others—the ones bringing the stones—who are they?" "They also are holy angels of God; but these six are superior to them. And so the building of the tower will be completed, and then all of them will rejoice together around the tower and glorify
God, because the building of the tower has been com pleted." 3. I asked her, "Lady, I want to know about the destination of the stones, and about what they mean." And she answered me, "This will be revealed to you, but not be4 8 πρότβρον S Β L 2 Ε: add πανούργος et 7rept τάς γραφάς A L i 2 : om. S^ L l E: [lacuna B] 4 9 S A L 5 0 βζοδον S Β L L Ε: Βυαφοράν A
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καλυφθή· άλλοι γάρ σου πρότεροι είσιν και βελτίονές σου, οις έδει άποκαλυφθήναι τά οράματα ταντα· άλλ' ΐνα δοξασθή τό Ονομα τον θβον, σοι απεκαλύφθη καί άποκαλυφθήσεται διά τούς διφύχονς, τούς διαλογιζορένονς εν τοις καρδίαις αυτών εί άρα εστίν ταύτα ή ούκ εστίν
λέγε αύτοΐς ότι ταύτα πάντα εστίν αληθή, καί ούθέν εξωθέν έστιν τής αληθείας, άλλά πάντα ισχυρά καί βέβαια καί τεθεμελιωμένα εστίν.
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"Ακουε νύν περί τών λίθων τών ύπαγόντων εις τήν οίκοδορήν. οί μέν ούν λίθοι οί τετράγωνοι καί λευκοί καί συμφωνούντες ταΐς άρρογαΐς αυτών, ούτοι είσιν οί απόστολοι καί επίσκοποι καί διδάσκαλοι καί διάκο νοι 52 οί πορευθέντες κατά τήν σερνότητα τού θεού καί έπισκοπήσαντες καί διδάξαντες καί διακονήσαντες άγνώς καί σεμνώς τοΐς έκλεκτοΐς
οί μέν κεκοιμημένοι, οί δε ετι οντες· καί πάντοτε έαυτοΐς συνεφώνησαν καί έν έαυτοΐς είρήνην εσχαν καί αλλή λων ήκουον διά τούτο έν τή οίκοδορή τού πύργον σνρφωνούσιν αί άρμογαί αυτών. 2. οί δέ έκ τού βνθού έλκόμενοι καί επιτιθέμενοι εις τήν οίκοδομήν καί σνμφωνούντες ταΐς άρμογαΐς αυτών μετά τών έτερων λίθων τών ήδη ώκοδορηρένων, τίνες είσίν; ούτοι είσιν
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cause you are more worthy than everyone else. For others are ahead of you and better than you; and these visions should have been revealed to them. But that the name of God may be glorified, the matter has been revealed to you and will be revealed, for the sake of those who are of two minds, who debate in their hearts whether these things are so or not. Tell them that all these things are true, that none of them is outside the truth, but that everything is firm and certain and established.
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"Hear now about the stones that go into the building. On the one hand, the squared and white stones that fit to gether at the joints are the apostles, bishops, teachers, and deacons who live reverently towards God and perform their duties as bishops, teachers, and deacons for the cho sen ones of God in a holy and respectful way; some of these have fallen asleep, but others are still living. And they have always been harmonious with one another and at peace with one another, and they have listened to one another.
For this reason their joints fit together in the building of the tower." 2. "But who are the ones drawn from the depths of the sea and placed into the building, who fit to gether at their joints with the other stones already built in it?" "These are those who have suffered on account of the 5 2 καϊ διάκονοι S Β L L: om. A Ε 5 3 βκλεκτοΐς S Β L L Ε: δονλοις A 5 4 θβον S Β L L Ε: add τον λόγον A 5 5 οι S Β L 2 Ε: add κβκοιμημενοι A L
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3. τούς δέ έτέρονς λίθονς τούς φερομένονς άπο της ζηράς θέλω γνώναι τίνες είσίν, κυρία, εφητονς ρέν εις τήν οίκοδορήν -υπάγοντας καί ρή λατορονρένονς, τούτονς 6 κύριος έδοκίμασεν, οτι έπορεύθησαν έν τή εύθύτητι τού κνρίον καί κατωρθώσαντο τάς έντολάς αυτού. 4. οί δέ αγόμενοι καί τιθέμενοι εις τήν οίκοδομήν τίνες είσίν; νέοι είσίν έν τή πίστει
5. ονς δέ άπέβαλλον καί έρίπτονν, τίνες είσίν; ούτοι είσιν ήμαρτηκότες καί θέλοντες μετανοήσαν διά τούτο μακράν ούκ άπερίφησαν εξω τού πύργον, οτι εύχρηστοι έσον ται εις τήν οίκοδορήν, έάν μετανοήσωσιν. οί ονν μέλλοντες μετανοεΐν, έάν μετανοήσωσιν, ισχυροί έσονται έν τή πίστει, έάν νύν μετανοήσωσιν έν ω οικοδομείται ό πύργος, έάν δέ τελεσθή ή οικοδομή, ούκετι εχονσιν τόπον, άλλ' έσονται εκβολοι. μόνον δέ τούτο εχονσιν, παρά τώ πύργω κεΐσθαι.
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Ύούς δέ κατακοπτορένονς καϊ μακράν ριπτορένονς άπο τού πύργον θέλεις γνώναί; ούτοι είσιν οί νιοι τής άνορίαςέπίστενσαν δέ έν ύποκρίσει, καί πάσα πονη ρία ούκ άπέστη άπ' αυτών διά τούτο ούκ εχονσιν σωτηρίαν, ότι ούκ είσιν εύχρηστοι εις οίκοδορήν διά τάς πονηρίας αυτών, διά τούτο σννεκόπησαν και πόρρω άπερίφησαν διά τήν όργήν τού κνρίον, ότι
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name of the Lord/' 3. "But I also want to know, Lady, who the other stones are, the ones brought from the dry land."
She said, "Those that go into the building without being hewn are ones the Lord has approved, because they walk in the uprightness of the Lord and carry out his command ments." 4. "And who are the ones brought and placed in the building?" "These are those who are new in the faith and faithful. They are admonished by the angels to do good; for this reason, no evil has been found in them."
5. "But who are the ones who were tossed aside and cast out?" "These are those who have sinned but wish to repent.
For this reason they are not cast far away from the tower, because they will be useful for the building, if they repent.
And so if those who are about to repent do so, they will be strong in faith—if they repent now while the tower is still under construction. But if the building is completed, they will no longer have a place, but will be outcasts. This alone is to their advantage, that they lie next to the tower.
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"But do you want to know about the ones that are broken off and cast far from the tower? These are the children of lawlessness. For they came to faith hypocritically and no wickedness ever left them. And so they have no salvation, since, because of their wickedness, they are useless for the building. This is why they were broken off and cast far away, because of the Lord s anger, since they aggravated
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2. τονς δέ βτβρονς ονς έώρακας πολλονς κειρένονς, μή 60 υπάγοντας βίς τήν οίκοδορήν, ούτοι οί ρέν έφωριακότες είσίν οί βγνωκότβς τήν αλήθευαν, ρή επιμένοντες δέ έν αντή ρηδέ κολλώμενοι τοίς άγίοιςδιά τοντο άχρηστοι είσιν
3. οί δέ τάς σχισμάς έχοντες τίνες είσίν; οντοί είσιν οί κατ αλλή λων έν ταΐς καρδίαις έχοντες καί μή είρηνενοντες έν έαντοΐς, άλλά πρόσωπον ειρήνης έχοντες, όταν δέ άπ' άλλτ^λωι^ άποχωρήσωσιν, αί πονηρίαι αντών έν ταΐς καρδίαις έμμένονσιν. αύται ονν αί σχισμαί είσιν ας εχονσιν οί λίθοι. 4. οί δέ κεκολοβωμένοι οντοί είσιν πεπιστενκότες μέν καί τό πλεΐον μέρος εχονσιν έν τή δικαιοσύνη, τινά δέ ρέρη εχονσιν τής άνορίας. διά τούτο κολοβοί καί ούχ όλοτελεΐς είσιν. 5. οί δέ λενκοί καί στρογγυλοί καί ρή άρρόζοντες εις τήν οίκοδορήν τίνες είσίν, κνρία; άποκριθεΐσά μοι λέγειεως πότε μωρός εί καί ασύνετος, καί πάντα επερωτάς καί ουδέν νοείς; οντοί είσιν έχοντες ρέν πίστιν, έχοντες δέ καί πλούτον τούτον τού αιώνος· όταν δέ γένηται θλΐφις, διά τον πλούτον αυτών καί διά τάς πραγματείας απαρνούνται τον κύριον αυτών. 6. καί αποκριθείς αυτή λέγωκνρία, πότε ονν εύχρηστοι έσονται εις τήν οίκο δορήν; όταν, φησίν, περικοπή αυτών ό πλούτος ό φνχαγωγών αυτούς, τότε εύχρηστοι έσονται τώ θεώ. ώσπερ γάρ ό λίθος ό στρογγυλός έάν ρή περικοπή καί άποβάλη εξ αυτού τι, ού δύναται τετράγωνος γενέσθαι, ούτω καί οί πλοντούντες έν τούτω τώ αίώνι, έάν ρή περικοπή αυτών ό πλούτος, ού δύνανται τώ
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him. 2. But with respect to the many other stones you saw lying on the ground and not coming into the building—the ones that are rough are those who know the truth but do not remain in it nor cling to the saints. This is why they are of no use." 3. "But who are the ones with cracks?" "These are those who hold a grudge against one another in their hearts and have no peace among themselves. Even though they seem to be peace-loving, when they leave one an other's presence, their wickedness remains in their hearts.
These are the cracks the stones have. 4. But the ones that are broken off are those who have believed and live, for the most part, in righteousness, but also have a certain share of lawlessness. This is why they are broken off and not whole." 5. "But who are the white stones, Lady, which are rounded and do not fit into the building?" She replied to me, "How long will you be foolish and ignorant, asking everything and understanding nothing? These are the ones who have faith, but also are wealthy in this age. But when affliction comes, because of their wealth and their business affairs, they deny their Lord." 6. And I responded to her, "And so when, Lady, will they be useful for the building?" "When the wealth that beguiles them is cut off from them," she said, "then they will be useful to God. For just as a round stone cannot be made square unless it has something cut off and discarded, so also with those who are rich in this age: if their wealth is not cut off from them,
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7. από σεαντού πρώτον γνώθιότε έπλούτεις άχρηστος ής, ννν Se εύχρηστος κνρίω εί καϊ ώφέλιρος τή ζωή. εύχρηστοι γίνεσθε τώ θεώκαϊ γάρ σύ αυτός χράσαι εκ τών αυτών λίθων.
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Τούς δε ετερονς λίθονς ονς είδες μακράν άπο τού πύργον ριπτορένονς καϊ πίπτοντας εις τήν ό8όν καϊ κνλιομενονς εκ τής οδού εις τάς άνο8ίας, οντοί είσιν οί πεπιστενκότες μεν, άπο δε τής 8ιφνχίας αυτών άφίονσιν τήν ό8όν αυτών τήν άληθινήν 8οκούντες ονν βελτίονα 686ν δύ^αο-^αι εύρεΐν, πλανώνται καί ταλαιπωρούσιν περιπατούντες έν ταΐς άνο8ίαις.
2. οί δε πίπτοντες εις το πύρ καϊ καιόμενοι, οντοί είσιν οί εις τέλος άποστάντες τού θεού τού ζώντος, καί ούκετι αύτοΐς άνέβη έπι τήν καρ8ίαν τού ρετανοήσαι διά τάς έπιθνρίας τής ασέλγειας αυτών καϊ τών πονηριών ών ήργάσαντο.
3. τούς δε έτέρονς τούς πίπτοντας εγγύς τών ύ8άτων καϊ ρή 8νναρένονς κνλισθήναι εις το ύδωρ 6 5 τίι^ες είσίν; οντοί είσιν οί τον λόγον άκούσαντες καί θέλοντες /3α77τιο-^7^αι εις τό όνορα τού κνρίονείτα όταν αύτοΐς ελθη εις ρνείαν ή άγνότης
τής αληθείας, ρετανοούσιν καί πορεύονται πάλιν οπίσω τών έπιθνριών αυτών τών πονηρών.
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they cannot be useful to the Lord. 7. You should know this above all from your own case. When you were wealthy, you were of no use; but now you are useful and helpful in life.
All of you should be useful to God. For you yourself are also being taken from the same stones.
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"But the other stones that you saw cast far from the tower and falling on the path and rolling from the path onto the rough terrain, these are the ones who have believed, but have left their true path because they are of two minds.
They are lost, thinking they can find a better path; and they are miserable, walking over the rough terrain. 2. But the ones that fell into the fire and were burned are those who completely abandoned the living God; and they no longer think about repenting because of their licentious desires and the wicked deeds they have performed." 3. "But who are the other ones, which fall near the water but cannot be rolled into it?" "These are the ones who have heard the word and wanted to be baptized in the name of the Lord.
But then when they recall what the life of true purity in volves, they change their minds and return to pursue their evil desires." 4. And so she completed her interpretation of the tower. 5. But being completely shameless, I asked
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αντήν έπη ρώτησα, εί άρα πάντες οί λίθοι ούτοι οί άποβεβληρένοι καί ρή αρμόζοντες εις τήν οίκοδορήν τού πύργον, βί βστιν αύτοΐς ρβτάνοια καί εχονσιν τόπον βίς τον πύργον τούτον, βχονσιν, φησίν, μετάνοιαν, άλλά βίς τούτον τον πύργον ού δύνανται άρρόσαι6. έτέρω δβ τόπω άρρόσονσιν πολύ βλάττονι, καί τούτο όταν /3αο~α^ια"^ώο~ι^ καί βκπληρώσωσιν τάς ημέρας τών αμαρτιών αυτών, καί διά τούτο ρβτατβθήσονται, ότι ρβτβλαβον τού ρήματος τού δίκαιον, καί τότβ αύτοΐς σνμβήσβται μβτατβθήναι βκ τών βασάνων αυτών, διά
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'Οτε ούν βπανσάμην ερωτών αυτήν πβρί πάντων τούτων, λβγβι μοιθέλεις άλλο ίδβΐν; κατβπίθνμος ών τού θβάσασθαι πβριχαρής βγβνόμην τού ίδβΐν. 2. βμβλβφασά μοι ύπβμβιδίασβν καί λβγβι μοιβλβπβις βπτά γνναΐκας κύκλω τού πύργον; βλβπω, φηρί, κνρία. ό πύργος ούτος ύπό τούτων βαστάζεται κατ βπιταγήν τού κνρίον.
3. άκονβ νύν τάς ενεργείας αυτών, ή ρέν πρώτη αυτών, ή κρατούσα τάς χείρας, ΤΙίστις καλείταιδιά ταύτης σώζονται οί εκλεκτοί τού θεού. 4. ή δέ έτερα, ή περιεζωσρένη καί άνδριζορένη,
VISIONS 16(111.8) her yet another question, whether these stones that were tossed aside and not fit into the building of the tower could repent and have a place in the tower. "They can repent," she said, "but they cannot be fit into this tower. 6. They will be fit into a greatly inferior place—and then only after they have been tormented and have completed the days of their sins. That is why they will be removed from there, because they have taken part in the righteous word. And then they will be removed from the torments inflicted for the evil deeds they did. But if deep down they do not want to re pent, they will not be saved, because of their hardened hearts."
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And so, when I stopped asking her about all these things, she said to me, "Do you want to see something else?" Be ing so eager to observe, I was excited by the prospect.
2. She looked at me and smiled, and said to me, "Do you see seven women around the tower?" "I see them, Lady," I replied. "This tower," she said, "is supported by them ac cording to the commandment of the Lord. 3. Hear now about the work they do. The first of them, the one clasping her hands, is called Faith. Those who are chosen by God are saved through her. 4. And the other one, the one wear ing a belt and acting like a man [Or: the one girded and courageous]', is called Self-restraint. She is the daughter of 6 7 διά S Β L 2: eav άναβή Ιπϊ τήν καρδίαν αντών A L 1 Ε 6 8 τά epya . . . καρδίαν αντών S Β L L Ε: om. Λ
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(ττβως. ός άν ονν άκολονθήση avrrj, μακάρυος γίνεται εν τή ζωή αντον, οτι πάντων τών πονηρών έργων άφέξεται, πιστεύων οτι εάν άφεζεται
κληρονορήσει ζωήν αίώνιον. 5. αί δέ ετεραι, κνρία, τίνες είσίν; θνγατέρες αλλήλων είσίν καλούνται δέ ή ρέν Άπλότης, ή δέ Επιστήμη, ή δέ Ακακία, ή δέ %εμνότης, ή δέ Αγάπη, όταν ονν τά έργα τής ρητρός αντών πάντα ποίησης, δύνασαι ζήσαι.
6. ήθελον, φηρί, γνώναι, κνρία, τίς τίνα δύναμιν έχει αντών. άκονε, φησίν, τάς δννάμεις ας εχονσιν. 7. κρα τούνται δέ άπ αλλήλων αί δννάρεις αντών 72, καί άκολονθούσιν άλλήλαις, καθώς καί γεγεννηρέναι είσίν. έκ τής ΐΐίστεως γεννάται Εγκράτεια, έκ τής Εγκράτειας Άπλότης, έκ τής Άπλότητος Ακακία, έκ τής Ακακίας %εμνότης, έκ τής Σεμνότητος Επιστήμη, έκ τής Επιστήμης Αγάπη, τούτων ούν τά έργα άγνά καί σεμνά καί θεΐά 74 έστιν. 8. ός άν ούν δονλεύση ταύταις καί ίσχύση κρατήσαι τών έργων αυτών, έν τώ πύργω έξει τήν κατοίκησιν ρετά τών άγιων τού θεού.
9. έπηρώτων δέ αυτήν περί τών καιρών, εί ήδη σνντέλειά έστιν. ή δέ άνέκραγε φωνή ρεγάλη λέγονσαασύνετε άνθρωπε, ούχ οράς τον πύργον ετι οίκοδορούρενον; ώς έάν ονν
άλλά ταχύ έποικοδορηθήσεται. μηκέτι με επερώτα ρηδέν αρκετή σοι ή ύπόρνησις αύτη καί τοΐς άγίοις, καί ή άνακαίνωσις
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Faith. Whoever follows her will be fortunate in his life, be cause he will abandon all his evil deeds, believing that if he abandons every evil desire, he will inherit eternal life."
5. "And the others, Lady, who are they?" "They are daugh ters of one another, called Simplicity, Knowledge, Inno cence, Reverence, and Love. And so, when you perform all the works of their mother, you will be able to live." 6.1 re plied, "I wish to know, Lady, about the power that each of them has." "Listen," she said, "to the powers they have.
7. Their powers are connected and follow one another in the order of their birth. From Faith is born Self-restraint, from Self-restraint Simplicity, from Simplicity Innocence, from Innocence Reverence, from Reverence Knowledge, and from Knowledge Love. And so their deeds are pure, reverent, and godly. 8. Whoever serves as their slave and is able to adhere to their deeds will have a place to reside in the tower, along with the saints of God." 9. I began to ask her about the times, about whether the end had already come, and she cried out with a great voice, "You fool! Do you not see that the tower is still under construction? Only when its construction is finished will the end arrive. But it will be built quickly. No longer ask me anything. This re minder is enough for you and the saints—along with the 72 πονηράς S A L 2 Ε: om. Β L
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τών πνευμάτων νμών. 10. άλλ' ον σοι μόνω απεκα λύφθη, άλλ' ϊνα πάσιν δηλώσεις αυτά 11. μετά τρεις ημέρας· νοήσαι σε γάρ δει πρώτον, έντέλλοραι δέ σοι πρώτον,
εις τά ώτα τών άγιων, ϊνα άκούσαντες αυτά και ποιήσαντες καθαρισθώσιν άπο τών πονηριών αυτών, και σύ δέ μετ αυτών.
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Ακούσατε μον, τέκνα· έγώ υμάς έζ έθρεφα έν πολλή άπλότητι καϊ ακακία καϊ σερνότητι διά το έλεος τού κνρίον τού έφ 3 ύράς στάξαντος τήν δικαιοσύνην, ϊνα δικαιωθήτε καϊ άγιασθήτε άπο πάσης πονηρίας καϊ άπο πάσης σκολιότητος. ύρεϊς δέ ού θέλετε παήναι άπο τής πονηρίας ύρών. 2. νύν ονν ακούσατε μον καϊ ειρηνεύετε έν έαντοΐς καϊ έπισκέπτεσθε αλλήλους καϊ αντιλαμβάνεσθε αλλήλων, καϊ ρή μόνοι τά κτίσματα τού θεού μεταλαμβάνετε έκ καταχύματος, άλλά μεταδίδοτε καϊ τοΐς ύστερονμένοις.
3. οί ρέν γάρ άπο τών πολλών έδεσράτων άσθένειαν τή σαρκί αυτών έπισπώνται καϊ λνραίνονται τήν σάρκα αυτών τών δέ ρή εχόντων έδέσρατα λυραίνεται ή σαρξ αυτών διά τό ρή εχειν τό άρκετόν τής τροφής, καϊ διαφθείρεται τό σώρα αυτών.
4. αύττ; ονν ή άσννκρασιά βλαβερά ύρΐν τοΐς εχονσι καϊ μή μεταδιδούσιν τοΐς ύστερονμένοις.
5. βλέπετε τήν κρίσιν τήν έπερχορένην. οί υπερέχοντες ούν έκζητεΐτε τούς πεινώντας εως ονπω ό
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renewal of your spirits. 10. These things have not been re vealed for your sake alone; for you are to show them to all the others, 11. in three days; first, however, you must think.
But I enjoin you first, Hermas, with these words I am about to say; you are to speak them all in the ears of the saints, that once they have heard and done them they may be cleansed from their wicked deeds, and you along with them.
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"Listen to me, children. I raised you with great simplicity, innocence, and reverence because of the mercy of the Lord, who caused his righteousness to trickle down upon you that you may be made upright and purified from all evil and perversity. Yet you do not wish to stop doing your wicked deeds. 2. And so, now, listen to me: be at peace with one another, take care of one another, help one another; and do not take an overabundance of God s creations for yourselves, but share with those in need. 3. For those who enjoy many kinds of food make their flesh weak and harm it; but the flesh of those without enough food is harmed by lack of proper nourishment, and their body wastes away.
4. This disparity is harmful to you who have but do not share with those in need. 5. Consider the judgment that is coming. You who have an abundance should therefore
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πύργος έτελέσθηρβτά γάρ το τελεσθήναι τον πύργον θελήσετε άγαθοποιεΐν, καϊ ούχ εζετε τόπον.
6. βλέπβτβ ονν ύρεΐς οί γανρούρβνοι βν τω πλούτω ύρών, ρήποτβ στενάζονσιν οί ύστερούρενοι, καί ό στεναγρός αυτών άναβήσεται προς τον κύριον, καί έκκλεισθήσεσθε ρβτά τών
7. νύν ονν ύρΐν λβγω τοΐς προηγονρένοις τής εκκλησίας καί τοΐς πρωτοκαθεδρίταις· ρή γίνβσθβ όροιοι τοΐς φαρρακοΐς. οί φαρρακοί ρέν ονν τά φάρμακα έαντών βίς τάς πνζίδας βαστάζονσιν, νμβις οε το φαρρακον 0Ζ νμων και τον ιον βις την καρδίαν.
8. ένεσκιρωμένοι έστέ καί ού θέλετε καθαρισαι τας καροιας νρων και σννκβρασαι νμων™ την φρόνησιν βπϊ τό αυτό βν καθαρά καρδία, ΐνα σχήτβ έλεος παρά τού βασιλέως τού μβγάλον.
9. βλέπβτβ ονν, τέκνα, μήποτβ αύται αί διχοστασίαι υμών άποστβρήσονσιν τήν ζωήν υμών. 10. πώς ύμβΐς παιδβύβιν θέλβτβ τούς εκλεκτούς κνρίον, αύτοϊ ρή έχοντες παιδβίαν; παιδβύβτβ ονν άλλήλονς καϊ βίρηνβύβτβ έν αύ τοΐς, ΐνα κάγώ κατέναντι τού πατρός ιλαρά σταθβΐσα λόγον αποδώ ύπβρ υμών πάντων τώ κνρίω ύρών.
18 (111.10) 'Οτε ονν έπαύσατο μβτ έμού λαλούσα, ήλθον οί έζ νεανίσκοι οί οίκοδομούντες καϊ άπήνεγκαν αυτήν προς τον πύργον, καϊ άλλοι τέσσαρες ήραν τό σνμφέλιον και απηνεγκαν και αντο προς™ τον πνργον. τοντων
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seek out the hungry, before the tower is completed. For af ter the tower is completed you will long to do good but will have no opportunity. 6. And so, take heed, you who exult in your wealth, lest those in need complain and their com plaint rises up to the Lord, and you be shut out from the gate of the tower, along with your goods. 7. And so now I say to you who lead the church and sit in its chief seats. Do not be like the sorcerers. For the sorcerers carry their po tions in boxes, but you carry your potion and poison in the heart. 8. You have grown calloused and refuse to cleanse your hearts and to join your minds together in clean hearts, so as to receive mercy from the great king. 9. And so take heed, children, lest these dissensions deprive you of your life. 10. How can you want to discipline the Lord's chosen ones, when you yourselves have no discipline? And so, dis cipline one another and be at peace among yourselves, that I also may stand before the Father cheerfully and so ren der an account to our Lord for all of you."
18 (111.10) Then, when she stopped speaking with me, the six young men who were building came and took her away to the tower. And four others came and took the couch and car ried it off to the tower as well. I did not see their faces,
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2. ύπάγονσαν δέ αυτήν ήρώτων ΐνα pot άποκαλύφη περί τών τριών ρορφών έν αις ροι ενεφανίσθη, άποκριθεΐσά ροι λέγειπερί τούτων έτερον δει σε έπερωτήσαι ΐνα σοι άποκαλυφθή.
3. ώφθη δέ ροι, αδελφοί, τή μεν πρώτη όράσει τή περυσινή λίαν πρεσβυτέρα καϊ εν καθέδρα καθήμενη.
4. τή δε έτερα όράσει τήν μεν οφιν νεωτεραν είχεν, τήν δέ σάρκα καϊ τάς τρίχας πρεσβυτέρας, καϊ έστηκυίά ροι έλάλει. ϊλαρωτέρα δέ ήν ή τό πρότερον.
5. τή δέ τρίτη όράσει όλη νεωτέρα καϊ κάλλει έκπρεπεστάτη, ρόνας δέ τάς τρίχας πρεσβυτέρας είχεν ιλαρά δέ εις τέλος ήν καί έπϊ συμφελίου καθηρένη.
6. περί τούτων περίλυπος ήμην λίαν τού γνώναί με τήν άποκάλυφιν ταύτην. καί βλέ πω τήν πρεσβυτέραν έν όράματι τής νυκτός λέγουσάν μοιπάσα έρώτησις ταπεινοφροσύνης χρήζεινήστευσον ούν, καί λήμφη δ αιτείς παρά τού κυρίου. 7. ένήστευσα ούν ρίαν ήμέραν, καϊ αυτή τή νυκτί ροι ώφθη νεανίσκος καϊ λέγει μοιτί
σύ ύπό χείρα αιτείς άποκαλύφεις έν δεήσει; βλέπε ρήποτε πολλά αιτού μενος βλάφης σου τήν σάρκα.
μήτι δύνη ισχυρότερος αποκα λύψεις ών έώρακας ίδεΐν; 9. αποκριθείς αύτώ λέγωκύριε, τούτο μόνον αιτούμαι, περί τών τριών μορφών τής πρεσβυτέρας, ΐνα άποκάλυφις όλοτελής γένηται. αποκριθείς μοι λέγειμέχρι τίνος ασύνετοι έστε; άλλ' αί διφυχίαι ύρών ασύνετους υμάς ποιούσιν καί τό μή εχειν τήν καρδίαν ύρών προς τον κύριον.
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because they were turned away. 2. But as she was leaving I began asking her to give me a revelation about the three forms in which she appeared to me. And she answered me,
"You must ask someone else to reveal these things to you."
3. For in the first vision, brothers, the year before, she ap peared to me as a very elderly woman, seated on a chair.
4. In the other vision she had a younger face, but her skin and hair were older, and she spoke to me while standing.
But she was more cheerful than before. 5. And in the third vision she was very young and exceedingly beautiful in ap pearance; only her hair was older. But she was completely cheerful and seated on a couch. 6. I was very sad, want ing to know about this revelation. Then I saw the elderly woman in a night vision, saying to me, "Every request re quires humility. And so fast, and you will receive from the Lord what you ask." 7. So I fasted one day, and in that night a young man appeared to me and said, "Why do you con stantly ask for revelations in your prayer? Take care, or you will harm your flesh by asking so much. 8. These revela tions are enough for you. How can you manage to see reve lations even more powerful than the ones you have already seen?" 9. I replied to him, "Lord, I am asking only about the three forms of the elderly woman, that the revelation may be complete." He answered me, "How long will you people be ignorant? You have become ignorant from being of two minds, not having your hearts set on the Lord." 10.1
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2. τή ρέν πρώτη όράσει διατί πρεσβντέρα ώφθη σοι καϊ έπϊ καθέδραν καθηρένη; ότι τό πνεύρα ύρών πρεσβύτερον καϊ ήδη ρεραραρρένον καϊ ρή έχον δύναριν άπο τών μαλακιών "Ακονε, φησίν, περί τών
3. ώσπερ γάρ οί πρεσβύτεροι, ρηκέτι έχοντες ελπίδα τού άνανεώσαι, ουδέν άλλο προσδοκώσιν εί μή τήν κοίμησιν αυτών, ούτως καί ύμεΐς μαλακισθέντες άπο τών βιωτικών πραγμάτων παρεδώκατε έαντούς εις τάς άκηδίας καϊ ούκ έπερίφατε έαντών τάς μερίρνας έπι τον κύριον άλλά έθραύσθη ύρών ή διάνοια, καί έπαλαιώθητε ταΐς λύπαις ύρών. 4. διατί ούν έν καθέδρα έκάθητο, ήθελον γνώναι, κύριε, ότι πάς ασθενής εις καθέδραν καθέζεται διά τήν άσθένειαν αυτού, ΐνα σννκρατηθή ή ασθένεια τού σώρατος αυτού, έχεις τον τύπον τής πρώτης οράσεως.
20 (111.12) Ύή δέ δεντέρα όράσει είδες αυτήν έστηκνΐαν καί τήν οφιν νεωτέραν εχούσαν καί ίλαρωτέραν παρά τό πρότερον, τήν δέ σάρκα καί τάς τρίχας πρεσβντέρας. άκονε, φησίν, καϊ ταύτην τήν παραβολήν.
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said to him again, "But from you, Lord, we will learn all these things more accurately."
19 (III.ll) "Listen," he said, "concerning the forms you are inquiring after. 2. In the first vision, why did she appear to you as an elderly woman, seated on a chair? Because your spirit is el derly and already fading away, having no vigor because you are feeble and of two minds. 3. For just as elderly people who have no hope of being rejuvenated look forward to nothing but their sleep [Or: death], so also you, grown fee ble because of your worldly affairs, have handed your selves over to apathy, and you do not cast your anxieties upon the Lord. Your mind has been wounded and you have grown old in your sorrows." 4. "I also want to know, Lord, why she was seated in a chair." "Because anyone who is weak sits in a chair out of weakness, to support the weak ness of the body. Now you have the meaning of the first vision.
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άφηλπικώς εαυτόν διά τήν άσθένειαν αυτού καϊ τήν πτωχότητα, ουδέν έτερον προσδέχεται ει ρή τήν έσχάτην ήρεραν τής ζωής αυτούείτα εξαίφνης κατελείφθη αύτώ κληρονορία, άκουσας δέ έξηγέρθη καϊ περιχαρής γενόρενος ένεδύσατο τήν ίσχύν, καϊ ούκετι άνάκειται, άλλά έστηκεν, καϊ άνανεούται αυτού το πνεύρα το ήδη έφθαρρένον άπο τών προτέρων αυτού πράξεων, καϊ ούκετι κάθηται, άλλά άνδρίζεταιούτως και ύρείς, άκούσαντες τήν άποκάλυφιν, ήν ύρΐν 6 κύριος άπεκάλυφεν,
3. οτι έσπλαγχνίσθη έφ 3 ύράς καϊ άνενεώσατο τά πνεύρατα ύρών, καϊ άπέθεσθε τάς μαλακίας ύρών, καϊ προσήλθεν ύρΐν ίσχυρότης καϊ ένεδυναρώθητε έν τή πίστει, καϊ ίδών 6 κύριος τήν ίσχυροποίησιν ύρών έχάρηκαϊ διά τούτο έδήλωσεν ύμΐν τήν οίκοδομήν τού πύργου, καϊ έτερα δηλώσει, έάν έξ δλης καρδίας ειρηνεύετε έν έαυτοΐς.
21 (111.13) Ύή δέ τρίτη όράσει είδες αυτήν νεωτέραν καϊ καλήν καϊ ίλαράν και καλήν τήν ρορφήν αυτής-
2. ώς έάν γάρ τινι λυπουρένω έλθη αγγελία αγαθή τις, ευθύς έπελάθετο τών προτέρων λυπών και ουδέν άλλο προσδέχεται εί ρή τήν άγγελίαν ήν ήκουσεν, καϊ ισχυρο ποιείται λοιπόν εις τό αγαθόν, καί άνανεούται αυτού τό πνεύμα διά τήν χαράν ήν ελαβεν ούτως καί ύρεΐς άνανέωσιν είλήφατε τών πνευράτων ύρών ίδόντες
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has already given up all hope because of his bodily weak ness and poverty looks forward to nothing except the last day of his life. Then suddenly an inheritance is left to him.
And when he hears about it he rises up and in his excite ment grows strong. No longer does he recline, but he stands and his spirit becomes rejuvenated even though it has been wasting away because of his daily life from before; and he no longer sits, but becomes manly [Or: courageous].
You are like this as well, when you hear what the Lord has revealed to you. 3. For he showed you com passion and rejuvenated your spirits; and you laid your feebleness to the side and strength seized you and you were empowered with faith. And when the Lord saw your renewed strength he was glad. For this reason he showed you the building of the tower, just as he will show you other things as well, if you are at peace with one another from your whole heart.
21 (111.13) "But in the third vision you saw her younger and beautiful and cheerful, and her form was beautiful. 2. For it is as when some good news comes to a person who is grieving: immediately he forgets his former griefs and thinks about nothing but the news he has heard. And he is strengthened from that time on to do what is good, and his spirit is reju venated because of the exciting news he has received. So also your spirits have been rejuvenated from seeing these
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