5-22:22
[Ταῦτα ἅπερ ὑπέμεινας, μὴ οἴου ἀλόγως κεκρίσθαι μοι, μηδὲ ἀποποιοῦ μου τὸ κρίμα. τούτου τοῦ ῥητοῦ ὡς χρησίμου μνημονεύωμεν, ὅταν κρίνῃ ὁ θεὸς παθεῖν τι ἡμᾶς, τέκνον ἀποβαλεῖν, ἀρχὴν ἀπολέσι, νοσῆσαι κατὰ τὸ σῶμα, ὅ τι δήποτε τούτων ὑποστῆναι· οὐδὲν τούτων οἷόν τε ἐστὶ παθεῖν ἡμᾶς, μὴ κρίνοντος τοῦ θεοῦ. ἐπεὶ οὐν οὐδὲν τούτων γίνεται χωρὶς κρίματος θεοῦ, λέγεται πρὸς τὸν παθόντα· μὴ ἀποποιοῦ μου τὸ κρίμα, τουτέστι μὴ ἀπαρνοῦ ὅπερ ἔκρινα περὶ σοῦ.] μὴ νομίσῃς, φησίν, ταῦτα ἅπερ ὑπέμεινας, ἀλόγως κεκρίσθαι μοι, ἀλλὰ προεισομένου μου τὸ συμφέρον σοι· προσέθηκα γὰρ τοῖς πειρασμοῖς τὸν χρηματισμὸν οὐκ ἄλλου τινὸς ἕνεκεν, ἢ ἵνα δίκαιος ἀναφανῇς, ὅ ἐστι δειχθῇς ὅπερ ἠς
〔你所忍受的這些事，不要以為是我無故審判的，也不要棄絕我的審判。讓我們記住這話為有益的：每逢神判定我們當受甚麼苦——失去兒女、喪失權位、身體患病，或忍受任何這類的事：若非神如此判定，我們都不能受這些。既然這些事沒有一樣是離了神的審判而發生的，便對那受苦者說：「不要棄絕我的審判」——也就是不要否認我所判定關乎你的事。〕他說：不要以為你所忍受的這些事是我無故審判的，乃要知道是我預先看見了對你有益的；因為我在你諸般試煉之上加上這諭示，別無他故，不過是要使你顯為義人——也就是顯明你本是怎樣的人。
[These things which you have endured, do not suppose that they have been judged by me without reason, nor reject my judgment. Let us remember this saying as profitable, whenever God judges that we should suffer something—to lose a child, to forfeit a position of authority, to be sick in body, or to undergo whatever such thing it may be: none of these things can we suffer unless God so judges. Since, then, none of these things happens apart from the judgment of God, it is said to the one who suffers: 'Do not reject my judgment'—that is, do not deny what I have judged concerning you.] Do not think, he says, that these things which you have endured have been judged by me without reason, but rather that I foreknew what was profitable for you; for I added the oracle to your trials for no other reason than that you might be shown to be righteous—that is, that you might be displayed as being what you were.