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Apologies & Dialogue 3-84 Greek original · 4 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss
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Καὶ τὸ Ἰδοὺ ἡ παρθένος ἐν γαστρὶ λήψεται καὶ τέξεται υἱὸν εἰς τοῦτον προείρητο . Εἰ γὰρ μὴ ἐκ παρθένου οὗτος , περὶ οὗ Ἡσαίας ἔλεγεν , ἔμελλε γεννᾶσθαι , εἰς ὃν τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα ἐβόα· Ἰδοὺ κύριος αὐτὸς ἡμῖν δώσει σημεῖον· ἰδοὺ ἡ παρθένος ἐν γαστρὶ λήψεται καὶ τέξεται υἱόν ; Εἰ γὰρ ὁμοίως τοῖς ἄλλοις ἅπασι πρωτοτόκοις καὶ οὗτος γεννᾶσθαι ἐκ συνουσίας ἔμελλε , τί καὶ ὁ θεὸς σημεῖον , ὃ μὴ πᾶσι τοῖς πρωτοτόκοις κοινόν ἐστιν , ἔλεγε ποιεῖν
And the saying, "Behold, the virgin shall conceive in her womb and shall bear a son," was foretold concerning this One. For if this One, of whom Isaiah spoke, was not going to be born of a virgin, concerning whom the Holy Spirit cried out, "Behold, the Lord Himself shall give us a sign: behold, the virgin shall conceive in her womb and shall bear a son"—if this One too was going to be born from intercourse like all other firstborn, why did God say He would do a sign which is not common to all firstborn?
那句話：「看哪，必有童女懷孕生子」，乃是預先論到這一位說的。因為若以賽亞所論到的這一位，不是要從童女而生——聖靈正為這位呼喊說：「看哪，主自己要給你們一個記號：看哪，必有童女懷孕生子」——若這位也像其餘一切頭生的一樣，要從同房而生，那麼神又何必說祂要行一個並非一切頭生的所共有的記號呢？
3-84:2
Ἀλλ ὅπερ ἐστὶν ἀληθῶς σημεῖον καὶ πιστὸν τῷ γένει τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἔμελλε γίνεσθαι , τουτέστι διὰ παρθενικῆς μήτρας τὸν πρωτότοκον τῶν πάντων ποιημάτων σαρκοποιηθέντα ἀληθῶς παιδίον γενέσθαι , προλαβὼν αὐτὸ διὰ τοῦ προφητικοῦ πνεύματος κατὰ ἄλλον καὶ ἄλλον τρόπον . ὡς ἀνιστόρησα ὑμῖν , προεκήρυξεν , ἵνα ὅταν γένηται δυνάμει καὶ βουλῇ τοῦ τῶν ὅλων ποιητοῦ γενόμενον γνωσθῇ· ὡς καὶ ἀπὸ πλευρᾶς μιᾶς τοῦ Ἀδὰμ ἡ Εὔα γέγονε , καὶ ὥσπερ τἄλλα πάντα ζῶα λόγῳ θεοῦ τὴν ἀρχὴν ἐγεννήθη
But what was truly going to be a sign, and trustworthy to the race of men—that is, that through a virgin womb the firstborn of all creatures, having been made flesh, should truly become a child—God, anticipating this through the prophetic Spirit, foretold it in one way and another, as I have related to you, so that when it came to pass it might be known to have come about by the power and will of the Maker of all things; just as Eve came to be from one rib of Adam, and just as all other living things were begotten in the beginning by the word of God.
但那真正要成為記號、且向人類為可信的——就是藉著童女的胎，那一切受造物中的首生者成了肉身，真正成為一個嬰孩——神藉著預言的靈預先料到這事，便以這樣那樣的方式預先宣告了（正如我向你們所述說的），好叫這事成就的時候，眾人得知它是出於萬有造物主的能力與旨意而發生的；正如夏娃是從亞當的一條肋骨而來，又如其餘一切活物起初都是憑神的話而被造的。
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Ὑμεῖς δὲ καὶ ἐν τούτοις παραγράφειν τὰς ἐξηγήσεις , ἃς ἐξηγήσαντο οἱ πρεσβύτεροι ὑμῶν παρὰ Πτολεμαίῳ τῷ τῶν Αἰγυπτίων βασιλεῖ γενομένῳ . τολμᾶτε , λέγοντες μὴ ἔχειν τὴν γραφὴν ὡς ἐκεῖνοι ἐξηγήσαντο , ἀλλ᾿· Ἰδού , φησίν , ἡ νεᾶνις ἐν γαστρὶ ἕξει , ὡς μεγάλων πραγμάτων σημαινομένων , εἰ γυνὴ ἀπὸ συνουσίας τίκτειν ἔμελλεν , ὅπερ πᾶσαι αἱ νεάνιδες γυναῖκες ποιοῦσι πλὴν τῶν στειρῶν , ἃς καὶ αὐτὰς βουληθεὶς ὁ θεὸς γεννᾶν ποιῆσαι δυνατός
But you, even in these matters, dare to falsify the interpretations which your elders gave when they were with Ptolemy, who was king of the Egyptians, saying that the Scripture does not read as those men interpreted it, but rather: "Behold," it says, "the young woman shall conceive in her womb"—as though great things were being signified if a woman were going to give birth from intercourse, which all young women do, except the barren, whom too, if He wills, God is able to make bear children.
但你們，甚至在這些事上，竟膽敢竄改你們的長老們從前在埃及王托勒密那裡所作的解釋，說那經文並不像那些人所解釋的，反說：「看哪」，它說，「那少婦要懷孕」——彷彿若一個婦人要從同房而生育，就有什麼大事在被指明似的，其實這是除了不孕的之外，所有少婦都會做的，而那些不孕的，神若願意，也能使她們生育。
3-84:4
Ἡ μήτηρ γὰρ τοῦ Σαμουὴλ μὴ τίκτουσα διὰ βουλὴν θεοῦ τέτοκε , καὶ ἡ γυνὴ τοῦ ἁγίου πατριάρχου Ἀβραάμ καὶ Ἐλισάβετ ἡ τὸν βαπτιστὴν Ἰωάννην τεκοῦσα , καὶ ἄλλαι τινὲς ὁμοίως . Ὥστε οὐκ ἀδύνατον ὑπολαμβάνειν δεῖ ὑμᾶς πάντα δύνασθαι τὸν θεὸν ὅσα βούλεται . Καὶ μάλιστα , ἐπειδὴ ἐπεπροφήτευτο μέλλειν γίνεσθται , μὴ παραγράφειν ἢ παρεξηγεῖσθαι τολμᾶτε τὰς προφητείας , ἐπεὶ ἑαυτοὺς μόνους ἀδικήσετε , τὸν δὲ θεὸν οὐ βλάψετε
For the mother of Samuel, who did not bear, gave birth by the will of God; and the wife of the holy patriarch Abraham; and Elizabeth, who bore John the Baptist; and certain others likewise. So you ought not to suppose it impossible that God can do all that He wills. And especially, since it had been prophesied as about to happen, do not dare to falsify or misinterpret the prophecies, since you will only wrong yourselves, but you will do no harm to God.
因為撒母耳的母親原不能生育，卻照著神的旨意生了；聖潔的先祖亞伯拉罕的妻子也是如此；還有那生施洗約翰的以利沙伯，以及其他若干人也是這樣。所以你們不該以為神能行祂一切所願的事是不可能的。尤其，既然這事早已被預言將要發生，你們就不要膽敢竄改或曲解這些預言，因為你們只會自取虧損，卻絲毫不能損害神。
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