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Epistle of Barnabas 20

Greek original · 2 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss

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20:1
δὲ τοῦ μέλανος ὁδός ἐστιν σκολιὰ καὶ κατάρας μεστή. ὁδὸς γάρ ἐστιν θανάτου αἰωνίου μετὰ τιμωρίας, ἐνᾖ ἐστιν τὰ ἀπολλύντα τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτῶν: εἰδωλολατρεία, θρασύτης, ὕψος δυνάμεως, ὑπόκρισις, διπλοκαρδία, μοιχεία, φόνος, ἁρπαγή, ὑπερηφανία, παράβασις, δόλος, κακία, αὐθάδεια, φαρμακεία, μαγεία, πλεονεξία, ἀφοβία θεοῦ
But the way of the dark one is crooked and full of cursing. For it is the way of eternal death with punishment, in which are the things that destroy their soul: idolatry, boldness, exaltation of power, hypocrisy, double-heartedness, adultery, murder, plunder, pride, transgression, treachery, malice, self-will, sorcery, magic, greed, lack of the fear of God;
但那幽暗者的路是彎曲的,充滿咒詛。因為它乃是永遠死亡帶著刑罰的路,其中盡是毀滅人魂的事:拜偶像、放肆、自高弄權、虛偽、二心、姦淫、兇殺、搶奪、驕傲、悖逆、詭詐、惡毒、剛愎自用、邪術、法術、貪婪、不敬畏神;
20:2
διῶκται τῶν ἀγαθῶν, μισοῦντες ἀλήθειαν, ἀγαπῶντες ψεῦδος, οὐ γινώσκοντες μισθὸν δικαιοσύνης, οὐ κολλώμενοι ἀγαθῷ, οὐ κρίσει δικαίᾳ, χήρᾳ καὶ ὀρφανῷ οὐ προσέχοντες, ἀγρυπνοῦντες οὐκ εἰς φόβον θεοῦ, ἀλλ̓ ἐπὶ τὸ πονηρόν, ὦν μακρὰν καὶ πόρρω πραΰτης καὶ ὑπομονή, ἀγαπῶντες μάταια, διώκοντες ἀνταπόδομα, οὐκ ἐλεῶντες πτωχόν, οὐ πονοῦντες ἐπὶ καταπονουμένῳ, εὐχερεῖς ἐν καταλαλιᾷ, οὐ γινώσκοντες τὸν ποιήσαντα αὐτούς, φονεῖς τέκνων, φθορεῖς πλάσματος θεοῦ, ἀποστρεφόμενοι τὸν ἐνδεόμενον, καταπονοῦντες τὸν θλιβόμενον, πλουσίων παράκλητοι, πενήτων ἄνομοι κριταί, πανθαμάρτητοι
persecutors of the good, hating truth, loving a lie; not knowing the reward of righteousness, not cleaving to what is good nor to righteous judgment, not attending to the widow and orphan; watchful not for the fear of God but for evil; from whom meekness and endurance are far removed; loving vanities, pursuing recompense, not pitying the poor, not toiling for the oppressed, ready for slander, not knowing the One who made them, murderers of children, corrupters of God's handiwork, turning away the needy, oppressing the afflicted, advocates of the rich, lawless judges of the poor, sinful in every way.
他們逼迫善人,恨惡真理,喜愛謊言;不認識公義的賞賜,不親近良善,不行公義的審判,不顧念寡婦孤兒;他們儆醒不是為敬畏神,乃是為作惡,溫柔與忍耐離他們甚遠;他們愛慕虛妄,追求報酬,不憐恤窮人,不為受壓制的人勞苦,輕易毀謗,不認識那造他們的主,殺害兒女,敗壞神手所造的,背棄缺乏的人,欺壓困苦的人,作富人的辯護者,作窮人不公的審判官,諸般犯罪。
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