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Ὅταν δὲ ὡς προφητεῦον τὰ μέλλοντα γίνεσθαι λαλῇ τὸ προφητικὸν πνεῦμα, οὕτως λέγει· Ἐκ γὰρ Σιὼν ἐξελεύσεται νόμος καὶ λόγος κυρίου ἐξ Ἱερουσαλήμ, καὶ κρινεῖ ἀνὰ μέσον ἐθνῶν καὶ ἐλέγξει λαὸν πολύν· καὶ συγκόψουσι τὰς μαχαίρας αὐτῶν εἰς ἄροτρα καὶ τὰς ζιβύνας αὐτῶν εἰς δρέπανα, καὶ οὐ μὴ λήψονται ἔθνος ἐπὶ ἔθνος μάχαιραν καὶ οὐ μὴ μάθωσιν ἔτι πολεμεῖν. Καὶ ὅτι οὕτως γέγονε, πεισθῆναι δύνασθε. Ἀπὸ γὰρ Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἄνδρες δεκαδύο τὸν ἀριθμὸν ἐξῆλθον εἰς τὸν κόσμον, καὶ οὗτοι ἰδιῶται, λαλεῖν μὴ δυνάμενοι, διὰ δὲ θεοῦ δυνάμεως ἐμήνυσαν παντὶ γένει ἀνθρώπων ὡς ἀπεστάλησαν ὑπὸ τοῦ Χριστοῦ διδάξαι πάντας τὸν τοῦ θεοῦ λόγον· καὶ οἱ πάλαι ἀλληλοφόνται οὐ μόνον οὐ πολεμοῦμεν τοὺς ἐχθρούς, ἀλλ᾿, ὑπὲρ τοῦ μηδὲ ψεύδεσθαι μηδ ἐξαπατῆσαι τοὺς ἐξετάζοντας, ἡδέως ὁμολογοῦντες τὸν Χριστὸν ἀποθνήσκομεν. Δυνατὸν γὰρ ἦν τὸ λεγόμενονἩ γλῶσσ ὀμώμοκεν, ἡ δὲ φρὴν ἀνώμοτος ποιεῖν ἡμᾶς εἰς τοῦτο. Γελοῖον ἦν δὴ πρᾶγμα, ὑμῖν μὲν τοὺς συντιθεμένους καὶ καταλεγομένους στρατιώτας καὶ πρὸ τῆς ἑαυτῶν ζωῆς καὶ γονέων καὶ πατρίδος καὶ πάντων τῶν οἰκείων τὴν ὑμετέραν ἀσπάζεσθαι ὁμολογίαν, μηδὲν ἄφθαρτον δυναμένων ὑμῶν αὐτοῖς παρασχεῖν, ἡμᾶς δέ, ἀφθαρσίας ἐρῶντας, μὴ πάνθ ὑπομεῖναι ὑπὲρ τοῦ τὰ ποθούμενα παρὰ τοῦ δυναμένου δοῦναι λαβεῖν
每當預言之靈以預言將來之事的口吻說話時，便這樣說：「因為訓誨必出於錫安，耶和華的話必出於耶路撒冷；他必在列國中施行審判，責備眾多的百姓；他們要將刀打成犁頭，把槍打成鐮刀；這國不舉刀攻擊那國，他們也不再學習戰事。」這事果然如此成就，你們可以信服。因為從耶路撒冷出去了十二個人到世界各地，他們都是未受教育、不善言辭的，卻靠神的能力向各族人宣告：他們是奉基督差遣，去教導萬人神的道；我們這些從前彼此殘殺的人，不但不向仇敵爭戰，反倒為了不向查問我們的人說謊、行詭詐，甘心承認基督而死。其實我們本可照那句話去行：「舌頭起了誓，心卻沒有起誓。」這實在是可笑的事：你們招募編列的兵丁竟把對你們效忠的誓言看得比自己的性命、父母、祖國和一切親屬更重，雖然你們絲毫不能賜給他們不朽壞之物——而我們這渴慕不朽的人，倒不為了從那位能賜的主領受我們所切慕的而忍受一切麼？
And whenever the prophetic Spirit speaks as foretelling the things that are to come, it says thus: "For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord out of Jerusalem; and he shall judge in the midst of the nations and shall rebuke many people; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks, and nation shall not take up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more." And that this has so come to pass, you can be persuaded. For from Jerusalem twelve men in number went forth into the world, and these unlearned, unable to speak skillfully, yet by the power of God declared to every race of mankind that they had been sent by Christ to teach all the word of God; and we who once slew one another not only do not make war against our enemies, but, that we may not lie or deceive those who examine us, we gladly confess Christ and die. For it would have been possible for us to act according to the saying "the tongue has sworn, but the mind is unsworn." It would indeed be a ridiculous thing if the soldiers enlisted and enrolled by you should prize their oath of allegiance to you above their own life, parents, country, and all their kin, though you can offer them nothing incorruptible — while we, who long for incorruption, should not endure all things in order to receive what we desire from him who is able to give it.