1-24:24
ΚΕΡΔΩΝ δέ τις ἀπὸ τῶν περὶ τὸν Σίμωνα τὰς ἀφορμὰς λαβὲν, καὶ ἐπιδημήσας ἐν τῇ Ῥώμῃ ἐπὶ Ὑγίνου, ἔνατον κλῆρον τῆς ἐπισκοπικῆς διαδοχῆς ἀπὸ τῶν ἀποστόλων ἔχοντος, ἐδίδαξε τὸν ὑπὸ τοῦ νόμου καὶ προφητῶν κεκηρυγμένον Θεὸν, μὴ εἶναι Πατέρα τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ. Τὸν μὲν γὰρ γνωρίζεσθαι ΗΙΡΡ. ἐγνῶσθαι, τὸν δὲ ἀγνῶτα ΗΙΡΡ. ἄγνωστον εἶναι· καὶ τὸν μὲν δίκαιον, τὸν δὲ ἀγαθὰν ὑπάρχειν
有一位名叫革爾多（Cerdo）的人，他從西門（Simon）的門徒那裏得了起頭的根源，並在許癸努斯（Hyginus）任內到羅馬居住——許癸努斯在從使徒傳下來的主教繼承中位居第九。他教導說：律法和先知所宣告的那位神，並不是我們主耶穌基督的父；因為前者是可知的，後者卻是不可知的；前者是公義的，後者卻是良善的。
A certain Cerdo, who took his starting points from the followers of Simon, came to Rome under Hyginus, who held the ninth place in the episcopal succession from the apostles. He taught that the God proclaimed by the Law and the Prophets is not the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ; for the one is known, but the other unknown; the one is just, while the other is good.