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Ἀλλ οὐκ εἰς μακρὸν δουλείαν τὴν παρὰ βαρβάροις ὑπομείναντος Οὐαλεριανοῦ, μοναρχήσας ὁ παῖς σωφρονέστερον περὶ τὴν ἀρχὴν διατίθεται, ἀνίησί τε αὐτίκα διὰ προγραμμάτων τὸν καθ ἡμῶν διωγμὸν, ἐπ ἐλευθερίας τοῖς τοῦ λόγου προεστῶσι τὰ ἐξ ἔθους ἐπιτελεῖν δι ἀντιγραφῆς προστάξας, ἥτις τοῦτον ἔχει τὸν τρόπον Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Πούπλιος Λικίννιος Γαλλιηνὸς, εὐσεβὴς, εὐτυχὴς, σεβαστὸς, Διονυσίῳ καὶ Πίννᾳ καὶ Δημητρίῳ καὶ τοῖς λοιποῖς ἐπισκόποις. τὴν εὐεργεσίαν τῆς ἐμῆς δωρεᾶς διὰ παντὸς τοῦ κόσμου ἐκβιβασθῆναι προσέταξα, ὅπως ἀπὸ τόπων τῶν θρησκευσίμων ἀποχωρήσωσι. καὶ διὰ τοῦτο καὶ ὑμεῖς τῆς ἀντιγραφῆς τῆς ἐμῆς τῷ τύπῳ χρῆσθαι δύνασθε, ὥστε μηδένα ὑμῖν ἐνοχλεῖν. καὶ τοῦτο ὅπερ κατὰ τὸ ἐξὸν δύναται ὑφ ὑμῶν ἀναπληροῦσθαι ἤδη πρὸ πολλοῦ ὑπ ἐμοῦ συγκεχώρηται. καὶ διὰ τοῦτο Αὐρήλιος Κυρήνιος, ὁ τοῦ μεγίστου πράγματος προστατεύων, τὸν τύπον τοῦτον τὸν ὑπ ἐμοῦ δοθέντα διαφυλάξει ταῦτα ἐπὶ τὸ σαφέστερον ἐκ τῆς Ῥωμαίων ἑρμηνευθέντα γλώττης ἐγκείσθω. καὶ ἄλλη δὲ τοῦ αὐτοῦ διάταξις φέρεται, ἣν πρὸς ἑτέρους ἐπισκόπους πεποίηται, τὰ τῶν καλουμένων κοιμητηρίων ἀπολαμβάνειν ἐπιτρέπων χωρία.
But Valerian, having not long afterward endured slavery among the barbarians, his son, becoming sole ruler, conducted himself more prudently with respect to the government, and at once by edicts relaxed the persecution against us, commanding by a rescript that those who presided over the word should freely perform their accustomed duties—which rescript runs in this manner: “The Emperor Caesar Publius Licinius Gallienus, Pious, Fortunate, Augustus, to Dionysius and Pinnas and Demetrius and the rest of the bishops. I have ordered the benefit of my bounty to be carried out throughout all the world, that they may depart from the places of worship; and for this cause ye also may use the form of my rescript, so that none may molest you. And this, which it is in your power to accomplish, has already long since been granted by me; and therefore Aurelius Cyrenius, who presides over the highest affairs, will observe this form which has been given by me.” Let these things, rendered more clearly out of the Roman tongue, be here inserted. And there is extant also another ordinance of the same emperor, which he made to other bishops, permitting them to recover the sites of the so-called cemeteries.
但瓦勒良不久之後在外族人中淪為奴隸，他的兒子便獨自掌權，治國較為審慎，並隨即藉諭令鬆弛了那加給我們的逼迫，又以一道批文吩咐，叫那些主領聖道的人可以自由地履行素常的職事——這批文是這樣的：『皇帝該撒、普百流‧李其紐‧加利恩努，虔敬、幸運、奧古斯都，致丟尼修、品納、底米丟並其餘眾主教。我已下令，使我恩賜的益處通行全世界，叫他們得以從敬拜之地撤回；為此緣故，你們也可援用我批文的範式，使無人攪擾你們。此事既在你們權力所及，早已由我準許了；因此，那總管至高政務的奧勒留‧居連紐，必要遵守我所頒的這範式。』願這些從羅馬文較清楚地譯出的話，列載於此。這位皇帝還有另一道諭令存留下來，是他向別的主教所頒的，準許他們收回那所謂墳場的地基。