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Ταῦτα ὑμῖν, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἕλληνες, ὁ κατὰ βαρβάρους φιλοσοφῶν Τατιανὸς συνέταξα, γεννηθεὶς μὲν ἐν τῇ τῶν Ἀσσυρίων γῇ, παιδευθεὶς δὲ πρῶτον μὲν τὰ ὑμέτερα, δεύτερον δὲ ἅτινα νῦν κηρύττειν ἐπαγγέλλομαι. Γινώσκων δὲ λοιπὸν τίς ὁ θεὸς καὶ τίς ἡ κατ αὐτὸν ποίησις, ἕτοιμον ἐμαυτὸν ὑμῖν πρὸς τὴν ἀνάκρισιν τῶν δογμάτων παρίστημι, μενούσης μοι τῆς κατὰ θεὸν πολιτείας ἀνεξαρνήτου
These things, O men of Greece, I, Tatian, who philosophize after the manner of the barbarians, have composed for you—born in the land of the Assyrians, but educated first in your subjects, and second in the things which I now profess to proclaim. And henceforth, knowing who God is and what is the creation according to him, I present myself ready to you for the examination of my doctrines, while the polity that is according to God remains for me one not to be denied.
希臘人哪，我塔提安，這按化外人之道研習哲學的，為你們撰寫了這些——我生在亞述人之地，起初受教於你們的學科，其次受教於我如今所宣稱要傳揚的事。從今以後，我既知道神是誰、照祂而有的創造是什麼，便把自己預備好，任憑你們查驗我的種種教義，而那照著神的生活方式，於我乃是斷不否認的。