Apologies & Dialogue 3-105

Greek original · 6 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss

3-105:1

Τὰ δὲ ἀκόλουθα τοῦ ψαλμοῦ· Σὺ δέ, κύριε, μὴ μακρύνῃς τὴν βοήθειάν σου ἀπ ἐμοῦ· εἰς τὴν ἀντίληψίν μου πρόσχες· ῥῦσαι ἀπὸ ῥομφαίας τὴν ψυχήν μου καὶ ἐκ χειρὸς κυνὸς τὴν μονογενῆ μου· σῶσόν με ἐκ στόματος λέοντος καὶ ἀπὸ κεράτων μονοκερώτων τὴν ταπείνωσίν μου· ὁμοίως πάλιν διδασκαλία καὶ προαγγελία τῶν ὄντων αὐτῷ καὶ συμβαίνειν μελλόντων. Μονογενὴς γὰρ ὅτι ἦν τῷ πατρὶ τῶν ὅλων οὗτος, ἰδίως ἐξ αὐτοῦ λόγος καὶ δύναμις γεγεννημένος, καὶ ὕστερον ἄνθρωπος διὰ τῆς παρθένου γενόμενος, ὡς ἀπὸ τῶν ἀπομνημονευμάτων ἐμάθομεν, προεδήλωσα

And the following words of the Psalm: 'But You, O Lord, remove not Your help far from me; attend to my succour; deliver my soul from the sword, and my only-begotten from the power of the dog; save me from the lion's mouth, and my lowliness from the horns of the unicorns'—were likewise teaching and foretelling of the things that belonged to Him and were to befall Him. For that He was the only-begotten of the Father of all things, begotten of Him in a peculiar manner as Word and Power, and afterward becoming man through the virgin, as we have learned from the memoirs, I have already shown.

詩篇接下去所說的：「但你耶和華啊，不要使你的幫助遠離我；求你快來扶助我；求你救我的靈魂脫離刀劍，救我的獨生命脫離狗的權勢；救我脫離獅子的口，救我這卑微的脫離野牛的角」——同樣是教導並預言那屬於祂、並將臨到祂的事。因為祂是萬有之父的獨生子，以特殊的方式作為道與能力從父而生，後來又藉童女成了人，正如我們從那些記錄所學的，我已經顯明了。

3-105:2

Καὶ ὅτι σταυρωθεὶς ἀπέθανεν, ὁμοίως προεῖπε. Τὸ γὰρ Ῥῦσαι ἀπὸ ῥομφαίας τὴν ψυχήν μου καὶ ἐκ χειρὸς κυνὸς τὴν μονογενῆ μου· σῶσόν με ἐκ στόματος λέοντος καὶ ἀπὸ κεράτων μονοκερώτων τὴν ταπείνωσίν μου· ὁμοίως μηνύοντος δι οὖ πάθους ἔμελλεν ἀποθνήσκειν, τουτέστι σταυροῦσθαι· τὸ γὰρ Κεράτων μονοκερώτων ὅτι τὸ σχῆμα τοῦ σταυροῦ ἐστι μόνου, προεξηγησάμην ὑμῖν

And that being crucified He died, He likewise foretold. For the saying 'Deliver my soul from the sword, and my only-begotten from the power of the dog; save me from the lion's mouth, and my lowliness from the horns of the unicorns,' likewise signifies by what suffering He was about to die, that is, by being crucified. For that the 'horns of the unicorns' is the figure of the cross alone, I have already expounded to you.

祂被釘十字架而死，祂也同樣預言了。因為「求你救我的靈魂脫離刀劍，救我的獨生命脫離狗的權勢；救我脫離獅子的口，救我這卑微的脫離野牛的角」這話，同樣表明祂將藉何種苦難而死，就是被釘十字架。因為「野牛的角」乃是惟獨十字架的形狀，我已經向你們解釋過了。

3-105:3

Καὶ τὸ ἀπὸ ῥομφαίας καὶ στόματος λέοντος καὶ ἐκ χειρὸς κυνὸς αἰτεῖν αὐτὸν τὴν ψυχὴν σωθῆναι, ἵνα μηδεὶς κυριεύσῃ τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ αἴτησις ἦν, ἵνα, ἡνίκα ἡμεῖς πρὸς τῇ ἐξόδῳ τοῦ βίου γινόμεθα, τὰ αὐτὰ αἰτῶμεν τὸν θεόν, τὸν δυνάμενον ἀποστρέψαι πάντα ἀναιδῆ πονηρὸν ἄγγελον μὴ λαβέσθαι ἡμῶν τῆς ψυχῆς

And His asking that His soul be saved from the sword and the lion's mouth and the power of the dog was a request that no one might gain mastery over His soul; so that, when we come to the departure from this life, we may ask the same things of God, who is able to turn away every shameless evil angel from laying hold of our soul.

祂求祂的靈魂得救脫離刀劍、獅子的口和狗的權勢，乃是一個祈求，求沒有人能轄制祂的靈魂；好叫我們臨到此生的終結時，可以向神祈求同樣的事，就是那能使一切無恥的惡天使轉離、不抓住我們靈魂的神。

3-105:4

Καὶ ὅτι μένουσιν αἱ ψυχαὶ ἀπέδειξα ὑμῖν ἐκ τοῦ καὶ τὴν Σαμουὴλ ψυχὴν κληθῆναι ὑπὸ τῆς ἐγγαστριμύθου, ὡς ἠξίωσεν ὁ Σαούλ. Φαίνεται δὲ καὶ ὅτι πᾶσαι αἱ ψυχαὶ τῶν οὕτως δικαίων καὶ προφητῶν ὑπὸ ἐξουσίαν ἔπιπτον τῶν τοιούτων δυνάμεων, ὁποία δὴ καὶ ἐν τῇ ἐγγαστριμύθῳ ἐκείνῃ ἐξ αὐτῶν τῶν πραγμάτων ὁμολογεῖται

And that souls survive, I have shown to you from the fact that the soul of Samuel was called up by the witch, as Saul desired. And it appears also that all the souls of such righteous men and prophets fell under the power of such powers as is indeed acknowledged from the very facts in the case of that witch.

至於靈魂存留，我已從撒母耳的魂被那行邪術的女人召上來這事向你們顯明了，就是照掃羅所求的。並且看來，一切這樣義人和先知的魂，都落在這類能力的權下，正如從那行邪術之女人一事的實情所公認的。

3-105:5

Ὅθεν καὶ ὁ θεὸς διδάσκει ἡμᾶς καὶ διὰ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ τὸ πάντως ἀγωνίζεσθαι δικαίους γίνεσθαι, καὶ πρὸς τῇ ἐξόδῳ αἰτεῖν μὴ ὑπὸ τοιαύτην τινὰ δύναμιν ὑποπεσεῖν τὰς ψυχὰς ἡμῶν. Καὶ γὰρ ἀποδιδοὺς τὸ πνεῦμα ἐπὶ τῷ σταυρῷ εἶπε· Πάτερ, εἰς χεῖράς σου παρατίθεμαι τὸ πνεῦμά μου, ὡς καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἀπομνημονευμάτων καὶ τοῦτο ἔμαθον

Whence also God teaches us, even through His Son, by all means to strive to become righteous, and at our departure to ask that our souls may not fall under any such power. For also, when He gave up the spirit on the cross, He said, 'Father, into Your hands I commit my spirit,' as I have learned this too from the memoirs.

因此神也藉著祂的兒子教導我們，要竭力作義人，並在離世時祈求我們的靈魂不致落在任何這類權勢之下。因為祂在十字架上交出靈時，也說：「父啊，我將我的靈魂交在你手裡」，這事我也是從那些記錄所學的。

3-105:6

Καὶ γὰρ πρὸς τὸ ὑπερβάλλειν τὴν Φαρισαίων πολιτείαν τοὺς μαθητὰς αὐτοῦ συνωθῶν, εἰ δὲ μή γε, ἐπίστασθαι ὅτι οὐ σωθήσονται, ταῦτα εἰρηκέναι ἐν τοῖς ἀπομνημονεύμασι γέγραπται· Ἐὰν μὴ περισσεύσῃ ὑμῶν ἡ δικαιοσύνη πλεῖον τῶν γραμματέων καὶ Φαρισαίων, οὐ μὴ εἰσέλθητε εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν

For indeed, urging His disciples to surpass the conduct of the Pharisees, and otherwise to know that they would not be saved, He is written in the memoirs to have said these things: 'Unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of the heavens.'

因為祂催促祂的門徒超越法利賽人的行為，不然就要知道他們不能得救，這事記在那些記錄裡，祂說了這些話：「你們的義若不勝過文士和法利賽人的義，斷不能進天國。」

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