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Epistle to Diognetus 6 Greek original · 10 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss
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Ἁπλῶς δ' εἰπεῖν ὅπερ ἐστὶν σώματι ψυχή τοῦτ' εἰσὶν ἐν κόσμῳ Χριστιανοί
To put it simply: what the soul is in the body, this the Christians are in the world.
簡單地說：魂在身體裡是怎樣，基督徒在世界中也是怎樣。
6:2
ἔσπαρται κατὰ πάντων τῶν τοῦ σώματος μελῶν ἡ ψυχή καὶ Χριστιανοὶ κατὰ τὰς τοῦ κόσμου πόλεις
The soul is dispersed throughout all the members of the body, and the Christians throughout the cities of the world.
魂遍布在身體的各肢體中，基督徒也遍布在世界各城邑中。
6:3
οἰκεῖ μὲν ἐν τῷ σώματι ψυχή οὐκ ἔστι δὲ ἐκ τοῦ σώματος καὶ Χριστιανοὶ ἐν κόσμῳ οἰκοῦσιν οὐκ εἰσὶ δὲ ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου
The soul dwells in the body, but is not of the body; and the Christians dwell in the world, but are not of the world.
魂住在身體裡，卻不是出於身體；基督徒住在世界裡，卻不是出於世界。
6:4
ἀόρατος ἡ ψυχὴ ἐν ὁρατῷ φρουρεῖται τῷ σώματι καὶ Χριστιανοὶ γινώσκονται μὲν ὄντες ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ ἀόρατος δὲ αὐτῶν ἡ θεοσέβεια μένει
The invisible soul is kept guarded in the visible body; and the Christians are known to be in the world, but their religion remains invisible.
看不見的魂被囚守在看得見的身體裡；基督徒也是這樣，人知道他們在世界中，他們的敬虔卻是看不見的。
6:5
μισεῖ τὴν ψυχὴν ἡ σὰρξ καὶ πολεμεῖ μηδὲν ἀδικουμένη διότι ταῖς ἡδοναῖς κωλύεται χρῆσθαι μισεῖ καὶ Χριστιανοὺς ὁ κόσμος μηδὲν ἀδικούμενος ὅτι ταῖς ἡδοναῖς ἀντιτάσσονται
The flesh hates the soul and wars against it, though suffering no wrong, because it is hindered from indulging in pleasures; and the world hates the Christians, though suffering no wrong, because they set themselves against its pleasures.
肉體恨惡魂，與它為敵，雖然未受甚麼虧待，只因被攔阻不得縱情於宴樂；世界也照樣恨惡基督徒，雖然未受甚麼虧待，只因他們抵擋世界的宴樂。
6:6
ἡ ψυχὴ τὴν μισοῦσαν ἀγαπᾷ σάρκα καὶ τὰ μέλη καὶ Χριστιανοὶ τοὺς μισοῦντας ἀγαπῶσιν
The soul loves the flesh that hates it, and its members; and the Christians love those who hate them.
魂愛那恨惡它的肉體和肢體；基督徒也愛那些恨惡他們的人。
6:7
ἐγκέκλεισται μὲν ἡ ψυχὴ τῷ σώματι συνέχει δὲ αὐτὴ τὸ σῶμα καὶ Χριστιανοὶ κατέχονται μὲν ὡς ἐν φρουρᾷ τῷ κόσμῳ αὐτοὶ δὲ συνέχουσι τὸν κόσμον
The soul is enclosed in the body, yet it holds the body together; and the Christians are kept in the world as in a prison, yet they themselves hold the world together.
魂被禁錮在身體裡，卻維繫著身體；基督徒也照樣被囚守在世界中，如同在牢獄裡，他們自己卻維繫著世界。
6:8
ἀθάνατος ἡ ψυχὴ ἐν θνητῷ σκηνώματι κατοικεῖ καὶ Χριστιανοὶ παροικοῦσιν ἐν φθαρτοῖς τὴν ἐν οὐρανοῖς ἀφθαρσίαν προσδεχόμενοι
The immortal soul dwells in a mortal tabernacle; and the Christians sojourn among perishable things, awaiting the incorruption that is in the heavens.
不死的魂住在必死的帳棚裡；基督徒也照樣寄居在會朽壞的事物中，等候那在諸天之上不朽壞的福分。
6:9
κακουργουμένη σιτίοις καὶ ποτοῖς ἡ ψυχὴ βελτιοῦται καὶ Χριστιανοὶ κολαζόμενοι καθ' ἡμέραν πλεονάζουσι μᾶλλον
The soul, when ill-treated in food and drink, is made better; and the Christians, when punished day by day, increase all the more.
魂在飲食上受虧待時，反倒得益處；基督徒天天受刑罰時，反倒越發加增。
6:10
εἰς τοσαύτην αὐτοὺς τάξιν ἔθετο ὁ θεός ἣν οὐ θεμιτὸν αὐτοῖς παραιτήσασθαι
To so great a rank has God appointed them, which it is not lawful for them to decline.
神將他們安置在這樣崇高的地位，這是他們所不可推辭的。
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