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Florebat igitur Aegyptus ea tempestate, non solum eruditis in Christiana philosophia viris, verum etiam his qui per vastam eremum commanentes, signa et prodigia Apostolica simplicitate vitae, et cordis sinceritate faciebant. Ex quibus interim quos ipsi vidimus et quorum benedici manibus meruimus, hi sunt, Macarius de superiori eremo, alius Macarius de inferiori, Isidorus in Scyti, Pambus in Cellulis, Moyses et Beniamin in Nitria, Scyrion et Helias et Paulus in Apeliote, alius Paulus in Focis, Poemen et Joseph in Pispiri, qui appellabatur mons Antonii. Sed et alios quamplures hujuscemodi viros in Aegypti partibus habitare, fideli comperimus auditu, ut vere compleretur Apostoli dictum:
Egypt therefore flourished at that time, not only with men learned in Christian philosophy, but also with those who, dwelling throughout the vast desert, wrought signs and wonders by an apostolic simplicity of life and sincerity of heart. Of these, meanwhile, those whom we ourselves saw and by whose hands we were deemed worthy to be blessed are these: Macarius of the upper desert, another Macarius of the lower, Isidore in Scetis, Pambo in the Cells, Moses and Benjamin in Nitria, Scyrion and Elias and Paul in Apeliotes, another Paul in Phocis, Poemen and Joseph in Pispir, which was called the mountain of Antony. But that many others also of this sort of men dwelt in the parts of Egypt, we learned by faithful report, so that truly the saying of the Apostle was fulfilled:
因此埃及在那時興盛，不單有精通基督教哲學的人，也有那些住在廣大曠野中、以使徒般的生活樸實與心中真誠行神蹟奇事的人。在這些人中，我們親眼見過、並蒙恩得他們親手祝福的，有以下這些人：上曠野的馬卡里烏斯，下曠野的另一位馬卡里烏斯，斯凱提斯的伊西多若，賽利亞的班布斯，尼特里亞的摩西與便雅憫，阿珀利俄忒斯的斯居里翁、以利亞和保羅，福基斯的另一位保羅，皮斯皮爾的波伊門與約瑟，那地稱為安東尼之山。但這類的人還有許多別的住在埃及一帶，我們是憑可信的傳述得知的，以致使徒的話真的應驗了：
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Quia ubi abundavit peccatum, superabundavit et gratia (Rom. 5.). Habuit autem per idem tempus etiam Mesopotamia viros nobiles, iisdem studiis pollentes. Quorum aliquantos ipsi per nos apud Edessam et in Carrarum partibus vidimus, plures autem auditione didicimus.
'That where sin abounded, grace did much more abound' (Romans 5). Now about the same time Mesopotamia too had noble men, excelling in the same pursuits. Some of these we ourselves saw in person at Edessa and in the regions of Carrae, but the greater number we came to know by report.
「就是罪在哪裡增多，恩典就更加增多了」（羅馬書五章）。約在同時，美索不達米亞也有高貴的人，在同樣的追求上卓越超群。其中有些我們在以得撒和哈蘭一帶親身見過，但更多的是我們藉傳述得知的。