Job


Chapter 1
¹ anqrwpos tis hn en cwra th ausitidi w onoma iwb kai hn o anqrwpos ekeinos alhqinos amemptos dikaios qeosebhs apecomenos apo pantos ponhrou pragmatos ² egenonto de autw uioi epta kai qugateres treis ³ kai hn ta kthnh autou probata eptakiscilia kamhloi trisciliai zeugh bown pentakosia onoi qhleiai nomades pentakosiai kai uphresia pollh sfodra kai erga megala hn autw epi ths ghs kai hn o anqrwpos ekeinos eugenhs twn af� hliou anatolwn ⁴ sumporeuomenoi de oi uioi autou pros allhlous epoiousan poton kaq� ekasthn hmeran sumparalambanontes ama kai tas treis adelfas autwn esqiein kai pinein met� autwn ⁵ kai ws an sunetelesqhsan ai hmerai tou potou apestellen iwb kai ekaqarizen autous anistamenos to prwi kai proseferen peri autwn qusias kata ton ariqmon autwn kai moscon ena peri amartias peri twn yucwn autwn elegen gar iwb mhpote oi uioi mou en th dianoia autwn kaka enenohsan pros qeon outws oun epoiei iwb pasas tas hmeras ⁶ kai ws egeneto h hmera auth kai idou hlqon oi aggeloi tou qeou parasthnai enwpion tou kuriou kai o diabolos hlqen met� autwn ⁷ kai eipen o kurios tw diabolw poqen paragegonas kai apokriqeis o diabolos tw kuriw eipen perielqwn thn ghn kai emperipathsas thn up� ouranon pareimi ⁸ kai eipen autw o kurios prosesces th dianoia sou kata tou paidos mou iwb oti ouk estin kat� auton twn epi ths ghs anqrwpos amemptos alhqinos qeosebhs apecomenos apo pantos ponhrou pragmatos ⁹ apekriqh de o diabolos kai eipen enantion tou kuriou mh dwrean sebetai iwb ton qeon ¹⁰ ou su periefraxas ta exw autou kai ta esw ths oikias autou kai ta exw pantwn twn ontwn autw kuklw ta erga twn ceirwn autou euloghsas kai ta kthnh autou polla epoihsas epi ths ghs ¹¹ alla aposteilon thn ceira sou kai ayai pantwn wn ecei ei mhn eis proswpon se euloghsei ¹² tote eipen o kurios tw diabolw idou panta osa estin autw didwmi en th ceiri sou alla autou mh ayh kai exhlqen o diabolos para tou kuriou ¹³ kai hn ws h hmera auth oi uioi iwb kai ai qugateres autou epinon oinon en th oikia tou adelfou autwn tou presbuterou ¹⁴ kai idou aggelos hlqen pros iwb kai eipen autw ta zeugh twn bown hrotria kai ai qhleiai onoi eboskonto ecomenai autwn ¹⁵ kai elqontes oi aicmalwteuontes hcmalwteusan autas kai tous paidas apekteinan en macairais swqeis de egw monos hlqon tou apaggeilai soi ¹⁶ eti toutou lalountos hlqen eteros aggelos kai eipen pros iwb pur epesen ek tou ouranou kai katekausen ta probata kai tous poimenas katefagen omoiws kai swqeis egw monos hlqon tou apaggeilai soi ¹⁷ eti toutou lalountos hlqen eteros aggelos kai eipen pros iwb oi ippeis epoihsan hmin kefalas treis kai ekuklwsan tas kamhlous kai hcmalwteusan autas kai tous paidas apekteinan en macairais eswqhn de egw monos kai hlqon tou apaggeilai soi ¹⁸ eti toutou lalountos allos aggelos ercetai legwn tw iwb twn uiwn sou kai twn qugaterwn sou esqiontwn kai pinontwn para tw adelfw autwn tw presbuterw ¹⁹ exaifnhs pneuma mega ephlqen ek ths erhmou kai hyato twn tessarwn gwniwn ths oikias kai epesen h oikia epi ta paidia sou kai eteleuthsan eswqhn de egw monos kai hlqon tou apaggeilai soi ²⁰ outws anastas iwb dierrhxen ta imatia autou kai ekeirato thn komhn ths kefalhs autou kai peswn camai prosekunhsen kai eipen ²¹ autos gumnos exhlqon ek koilias mhtros mou gumnos kai apeleusomai ekei o kurios edwken o kurios afeilato ws tw kuriw edoxen outws kai egeneto eih to onoma kuriou euloghmenon ²² en toutois pasin tois sumbebhkosin autw ouden hmarten iwb enantion tou kuriou kai ouk edwken afrosunhn tw qew

Chapter 2
¹ egeneto de ws h hmera auth kai hlqon oi aggeloi tou qeou parasthnai enanti kuriou kai o diabolos hlqen en mesw autwn parasthnai enantion tou kuriou ² kai eipen o kurios tw diabolw poqen su erch tote eipen o diabolos enwpion tou kuriou diaporeuqeis thn up� ouranon kai emperipathsas thn sumpasan pareimi ³ eipen de o kurios pros ton diabolon prosesces oun tw qeraponti mou iwb oti ouk estin kat� auton twn epi ths ghs anqrwpos akakos alhqinos amemptos qeosebhs apecomenos apo pantos kakou eti de ecetai akakias su de eipas ta uparconta autou dia kenhs apolesai ⁴ upolabwn de o diabolos eipen tw kuriw derma uper dermatos osa uparcei anqrwpw uper ths yuchs autou ekteisei ⁵ ou mhn de alla aposteilas thn ceira sou ayai twn ostwn autou kai twn sarkwn autou ei mhn eis proswpon se euloghsei ⁶ eipen de o kurios tw diabolw idou paradidwmi soi auton monon thn yuchn autou diafulaxon ⁷ exhlqen de o diabolos apo tou kuriou kai epaisen ton iwb elkei ponhrw apo podwn ews kefalhs ⁸ kai elaben ostrakon ina ton icwra xuh kai ekaqhto epi ths koprias exw ths polews ⁹ cronou de pollou probebhkotos eipen autw h gunh autou mecri tinos karterhseis legwn ⁹ idou anamenw cronon eti mikron prosdecomenos thn elpida ths swthrias mou ⁹ idou gar hfanistai sou to mnhmosunon apo ths ghs uioi kai qugateres emhs koilias wdines kai ponoi ous eis to kenon ekopiasa meta mocqwn ⁹ su te autos en sapria skwlhkwn kaqhsai dianuktereuwn aiqrios ⁹ kagw planhtis kai latris topon ek topou periercomenh kai oikian ex oikias prosdecomenh ton hlion pote dusetai ina anapauswmai twn mocqwn kai twn odunwn ai me nun sunecousin ⁹ alla eipon ti rhma eis kurion kai teleuta ¹⁰ o de embleyas eipen auth wsper mia twn afronwn gunaikwn elalhsas ei ta agaqa edexameqa ek ceiros kuriou ta kaka ouc upoisomen en pasin toutois tois sumbebhkosin autw ouden hmarten iwb tois ceilesin enantion tou qeou ¹¹ akousantes de oi treis filoi autou ta kaka panta ta epelqonta autw paregenonto ekastos ek ths idias cwras pros auton elifas o qaimanwn basileus baldad o saucaiwn turannos swfar o minaiwn basileus kai paregenonto pros auton omoqumadon tou parakalesai kai episkeyasqai auton ¹² idontes de auton porrwqen ouk epegnwsan kai bohsantes fwnh megalh eklausan rhxantes ekastos thn eautou stolhn kai katapasamenoi ghn ¹³ parekaqisan autw epta hmeras kai epta nuktas kai oudeis autwn elalhsen ewrwn gar thn plhghn deinhn ousan kai megalhn sfodra

Chapter 3
¹ meta touto hnoixen iwb to stoma autou ² kai kathrasato thn hmeran autou legwn ³ apoloito h hmera en h egennhqhn kai h nux en h eipan idou arsen ⁴ h hmera ekeinh eih skotos kai mh anazhthsai authn o kurios anwqen mhde elqoi eis authn feggos ⁵ eklaboi de authn skotos kai skia qanatou epelqoi ep� authn gnofos ⁶ kataraqeih h hmera kai h nux ekeinh apenegkaito authn skotos mh eih eis hmeras eniautou mhde ariqmhqeih eis hmeras mhnwn ⁷ alla h nux ekeinh eih odunh kai mh elqoi ep� authn eufrosunh mhde carmonh ⁸ alla katarasaito authn o katarwmenos thn hmeran ekeinhn o mellwn to mega khtos ceirwsasqai ⁹ skotwqeih ta astra ths nuktos ekeinhs upomeinai kai eis fwtismon mh elqoi kai mh idoi ewsforon anatellonta ¹⁰ oti ou sunekleisen pulas gastros mhtros mou aphllaxen gar an ponon apo ofqalmwn mou ¹¹ dia ti gar en koilia ouk eteleuthsa ek gastros de exhlqon kai ouk euqus apwlomhn ¹² ina ti de sunhnthsan moi gonata ina ti de mastous eqhlasa ¹³ nun an koimhqeis hsucasa upnwsas de anepausamhn ¹⁴ meta basilewn bouleutwn ghs oi hgauriwnto epi xifesin ¹⁵ h meta arcontwn wn polus o crusos oi eplhsan tous oikous autwn arguriou ¹⁶ h wsper ektrwma ekporeuomenon ek mhtras mhtros h wsper nhpioi oi ouk eidon fws ¹⁷ ekei asebeis exekausan qumon orghs ekei anepausanto katakopoi tw swmati ¹⁸ omoqumadon de oi aiwnioi ouk hkousan fwnhn forologou ¹⁹ mikros kai megas ekei estin kai qerapwn ou dedoikws ton kurion autou ²⁰ ina ti gar dedotai tois en pikria fws zwh de tais en odunais yucais ²¹ oi omeirontai tou qanatou kai ou tugcanousin anorussontes wsper qhsaurous ²² pericareis de egenonto ean katatucwsin ²³ qanatos andri anapauma sunekleisen gar o qeos kat� autou ²⁴ pro gar twn sitwn mou stenagmos moi hkei dakruw de egw sunecomenos fobw ²⁵ fobos gar on efrontisa hlqen moi kai on ededoikein sunhnthsen moi ²⁶ oute eirhneusa oute hsucasa oute anepausamhn hlqen de moi orgh

Chapter 4
¹ upolabwn de elifas o qaimaniths legei ² mh pollakis soi lelalhtai en kopw iscun de rhmatwn sou tis upoisei ³ ei gar su enouqethsas pollous kai ceiras asqenous parekalesas ⁴ asqenountas te exanesthsas rhmasin gonasin te adunatousin qarsos perieqhkas ⁵ nun de hkei epi se ponos kai hyato sou su de espoudasas ⁶ poteron ouc o fobos sou estin en afrosunh kai h elpis sou kai h akakia ths odou sou ⁷ mnhsqhti oun tis kaqaros wn apwleto h pote alhqinoi olorrizoi apwlonto ⁸ kaq� on tropon eidon tous arotriwntas ta atopa oi de speirontes auta odunas qeriousin eautois ⁹ apo prostagmatos kuriou apolountai apo de pneumatos orghs autou afanisqhsontai ¹⁰ sqenos leontos fwnh de leainhs gauriama de drakontwn esbesqh ¹¹ murmhkolewn wleto para to mh ecein boran skumnoi de leontwn elipon allhlous ¹² ei de ti rhma alhqinon egegonei en logois sou ouqen an soi toutwn kakon aphnthsen poteron ou dexetai mou to ous exaisia par� autou ¹³ foboi de kai hcw nukterinh epipiptwn fobos ep� anqrwpous ¹⁴ frikh de moi sunhnthsen kai tromos kai megalws mou ta osta suneseisen ¹⁵ kai pneuma epi proswpon mou ephlqen efrixan de mou trices kai sarkes ¹⁶ anesthn kai ouk epegnwn eidon kai ouk hn morfh pro ofqalmwn mou all� h auran kai fwnhn hkouon ¹⁷ ti gar mh kaqaros estai brotos enantion kuriou h apo twn ergwn autou amemptos anhr ¹⁸ ei kata paidwn autou ou pisteuei kata de aggelwn autou skolion ti epenohsen ¹⁹ tous de katoikountas oikias phlinas ex wn kai autoi ek tou autou phlou esmen epaisen autous shtos tropon ²⁰ kai apo prwiqen ews esperas ouketi eisin para to mh dunasqai autous eautois bohqhsai apwlonto ²¹ enefushsen gar autois kai exhranqhsan apwlonto para to mh ecein autous sofian

Chapter 5
¹ epikalesai de ei tis soi upakousetai h ei tina aggelwn agiwn oyh ² kai gar afrona anairei orgh peplanhmenon de qanatoi zhlos ³ egw de ewraka afronas rizan ballontas all� euqews ebrwqh autwn h diaita ⁴ porrw genointo oi uioi autwn apo swthrias kolabrisqeihsan de epi qurais hssonwn kai ouk estai o exairoumenos ⁵ a gar ekeinoi sunhgagon dikaioi edontai autoi de ek kakwn ouk exairetoi esontai eksifwnisqeih autwn h iscus ⁶ ou gar mh exelqh ek ths ghs kopos oude ex orewn anablasthsei ponos ⁷ alla anqrwpos gennatai kopw neossoi de gupos ta uyhla petontai ⁸ ou mhn de alla egw dehqhsomai kuriou kurion de ton pantwn despothn epikalesomai ⁹ ton poiounta megala kai anexicniasta endoxa te kai exaisia wn ouk estin ariqmos ¹⁰ ton didonta ueton epi thn ghn apostellonta udwr epi thn up� ouranon ¹¹ ton poiounta tapeinous eis uyos kai apolwlotas exegeironta ¹² diallassonta boulas panourgwn kai ou mh poihsousin ai ceires autwn alhqes ¹³ o katalambanwn sofous en th fronhsei boulhn de poluplokwn exesthsen ¹⁴ hmeras sunanthsetai autois skotos to de meshmbrinon yhlafhsaisan isa nukti ¹⁵ apolointo de en polemw adunatos de exelqoi ek ceiros dunastou ¹⁶ eih de adunatw elpis adikou de stoma emfracqeih ¹⁷ makarios de anqrwpos on hlegxen o kurios nouqethma de pantokratoros mh apanainou ¹⁸ autos gar algein poiei kai palin apokaqisthsin epaisen kai ai ceires autou iasanto ¹⁹ exakis ex anagkwn se exeleitai en de tw ebdomw ou mh ayhtai sou kakon ²⁰ en limw rusetai se ek qanatou en polemw de ek ceiros sidhrou lusei se ²¹ apo mastigos glwsshs se kruyei kai ou mh fobhqhs apo kakwn ercomenwn ²² adikwn kai anomwn katagelash apo de qhriwn agriwn ou mh fobhqhs ²³ qhres gar agrioi eirhneusousin soi ²⁴ eita gnwsh oti eirhneusei sou o oikos h de diaita ths skhnhs sou ou mh amarth ²⁵ gnwsh de oti polu to sperma sou ta de tekna sou estai wsper to pambotanon tou agrou ²⁶ eleush de en tafw wsper sitos wrimos kata kairon qerizomenos h wsper qimwnia alwnos kaq� wran sugkomisqeisa ²⁷ idou tauta outws exicniasamen tauta estin a akhkoamen su de gnwqi seautw ei ti epraxas

Chapter 6
¹ upolabwn de iwb legei ² ei gar tis istwn sthsai mou thn orghn tas de odunas mou arai en zugw omoqumadon ³ kai dh ammou paralias barutera estai all� ws eoiken ta rhmata mou estin faula ⁴ belh gar kuriou en tw swmati mou estin wn o qumos autwn ekpinei mou to aima otan arxwmai lalein kentousi me ⁵ ti gar mh dia kenhs kekraxetai onos agrios all� h ta sita zhtwn ei de kai rhxei fwnhn bous epi fatnhs ecwn ta brwmata ⁶ ei brwqhsetai artos aneu alos ei de kai estin geuma en rhmasin kenois ⁷ ou dunatai gar pausasqai mou h yuch bromon gar orw ta sita mou wsper osmhn leontos ⁸ ei gar dwh kai elqoi mou h aithsis kai thn elpida mou dwh o kurios ⁹ arxamenos o kurios trwsatw me eis telos de mh me aneletw ¹⁰ eih de mou polis tafos ef� hs epi teicewn hllomhn ep� auths ou mh feiswmai ou gar eyeusamhn rhmata agia qeou mou ¹¹ tis gar mou h iscus oti upomenw h tis mou o cronos oti anecetai mou h yuch ¹² mh iscus liqwn h iscus mou h ai sarkes mou eisin calkeiai ¹³ h ouk ep� autw epepoiqein bohqeia de ap� emou apestin ¹⁴ apeipato me eleos episkoph de kuriou upereiden me ¹⁵ ou proseidon me oi eggutatoi mou wsper ceimarrous ekleipwn h wsper kuma parhlqon me ¹⁶ oitines me dieulabounto nun epipeptwkasin moi wsper ciwn h krustallos pephgws ¹⁷ kaqws takeisa qermhs genomenhs ouk epegnwsqh oper hn ¹⁸ outws kagw kateleifqhn upo pantwn apwlomhn de kai exoikos egenomhn ¹⁹ idete odous qaimanwn atrapous sabwn oi diorwntes ²⁰ kai aiscunhn ofeilhsousin oi epi polesin kai crhmasin pepoiqotes ²¹ atar de kai umeis epebhte moi anelehmonws wste idontes to emon trauma fobhqhte ²² ti gar mh ti umas hthsa h ths par� umwn iscuos epideomai ²³ wste swsai me ex ecqrwn h ek ceiros dunastwn rusasqai me ²⁴ didaxate me egw de kwfeusw ei ti peplanhmai frasate moi ²⁵ all� ws eoiken faula alhqinou rhmata ou gar par� umwn iscun aitoumai ²⁶ oude o elegcos umwn rhmasin me pausei oude gar umwn fqegma rhmatos anexomai ²⁷ plhn oti ep� orfanw epipiptete enallesqe de epi filw umwn ²⁸ nuni de eisbleyas eis proswpa umwn ou yeusomai ²⁹ kaqisate dh kai mh eih adikon kai palin tw dikaiw sunercesqe ³⁰ ou gar estin en glwssh mou adikon h o larugx mou ouci sunesin meleta

Chapter 7
¹ poteron ouci peirathrion estin o bios anqrwpou epi ths ghs kai wsper misqiou auqhmerinou h zwh autou ² h wsper qerapwn dedoikws ton kurion autou kai teteucws skias h wsper misqwtos anamenwn ton misqon autou ³ outws kagw upemeina mhnas kenous nuktes de odunwn dedomenai moi eisin ⁴ ean koimhqw legw pote hmera ws d� an anastw palin pote espera plhrhs de ginomai odunwn apo esperas ews prwi ⁵ furetai de mou to swma en sapria skwlhkwn thkw de bwlakas ghs apo icwros xuwn ⁶ o de bios mou estin elafroteros lalias apolwlen de en kenh elpidi ⁷ mnhsqhti oun oti pneuma mou h zwh kai ouketi epaneleusetai o ofqalmos mou idein agaqon ⁸ ou peribleyetai me ofqalmos orwntos me oi ofqalmoi sou en emoi kai ouketi eimi ⁹ wsper nefos apokaqarqen ap� ouranou ean gar anqrwpos katabh eis adhn ouketi mh anabh ¹⁰ oud� ou mh epistreyh eti eis ton idion oikon oude mh epignw auton eti o topos autou ¹¹ atar oun oude egw feisomai tw stomati mou lalhsw en anagkh wn anoixw pikrian yuchs mou sunecomenos ¹² poteron qalassa eimi h drakwn oti katetaxas ep� eme fulakhn ¹³ eipa oti parakalesei me h klinh mou anoisw de pros emauton idia logon th koith mou ¹⁴ ekfobeis me enupniois kai en oramasin me kataplhsseis ¹⁵ apallaxeis apo pneumatos mou thn yuchn mou apo de qanatou ta osta mou ¹⁶ ou gar eis ton aiwna zhsomai ina makroqumhsw aposta ap� emou kenos gar mou o bios ¹⁷ ti gar estin anqrwpos oti emegalunas auton h oti proseceis ton noun eis auton ¹⁸ h episkophn autou poihsh ews to prwi kai eis anapausin auton krineis ¹⁹ ews tinos ouk eas me oude proi+h me ews an katapiw ton ptuelon mou en odunh ²⁰ ei egw hmarton ti dunamai soi praxai o epistamenos ton noun twn anqrwpwn dia ti eqou me katenteukthn sou eimi de epi soi fortion ²¹ kai dia ti ouk epoihsw ths anomias mou lhqhn kai kaqarismon ths amartias mou nuni de eis ghn apeleusomai orqrizwn de ouketi eimi

Chapter 8
¹ upolabwn de baldad o sauciths legei ² mecri tinos lalhseis tauta pneuma polurhmon tou stomatos sou ³ mh o kurios adikhsei krinwn h o ta panta poihsas taraxei to dikaion ⁴ ei oi uioi sou hmarton enantion autou apesteilen en ceiri anomias autwn ⁵ su de orqrize pros kurion pantokratora deomenos ⁶ ei kaqaros ei kai alhqinos dehsews epakousetai sou apokatasthsei de soi diaitan dikaiosunhs ⁷ estai oun ta men prwta sou oliga ta de escata sou amuqhta ⁸ eperwthson gar genean prwthn exicniason de kata genos paterwn ⁹ cqizoi gar esmen kai ouk oidamen skia gar estin hmwn epi ths ghs o bios ¹⁰ h ouc outoi se didaxousin kai anaggelousin kai ek kardias exaxousin rhmata ¹¹ mh qallei papuros aneu udatos h uywqhsetai boutomon aneu potou ¹² eti on epi rizhs kai ou mh qerisqh pro tou piein pasa botanh ouci xhrainetai ¹³ outws toinun estai ta escata pantwn twn epilanqanomenwn tou kuriou elpis gar asebous apoleitai ¹⁴ aoikhtos gar autou estai o oikos aracnh de autou apobhsetai h skhnh ¹⁵ ean upereish thn oikian autou ou mh sth epilabomenou de autou ou mh upomeinh ¹⁶ ugros gar estin upo hliou kai ek saprias autou o radamnos autou exeleusetai ¹⁷ epi sunagwghn liqwn koimatai en de mesw calikwn zhsetai ¹⁸ ean katapih o topos yeusetai auton ouc eorakas toiauta ¹⁹ oti katastrofh asebous toiauth ek de ghs allon anablasthsei ²⁰ o gar kurios ou mh apopoihshtai ton akakon pan de dwron asebous ou dexetai ²¹ alhqinwn de stoma emplhsei gelwtos ta de ceilh autwn exomologhsews ²² oi de ecqroi autwn endusontai aiscunhn diaita de asebous ouk estai

Chapter 9
¹ upolabwn de iwb legei ² ep� alhqeias oida oti outws estin pws gar estai dikaios brotos para kuriw ³ ean gar boulhtai kriqhnai autw ou mh upakoush autw ina mh anteiph pros ena logon autou ek ciliwn ⁴ sofos gar estin dianoia krataios te kai megas tis sklhros genomenos enantion autou upemeinen ⁵ o palaiwn orh kai ouk oidasin o katastrefwn auta orgh ⁶ o seiwn thn up� ouranon ek qemeliwn oi de stuloi auths saleuontai ⁷ o legwn tw hliw kai ouk anatellei kata de astrwn katasfragizei ⁸ o tanusas ton ouranon monos kai peripatwn ws ep� edafous epi qalasshs ⁹ o poiwn pleiada kai esperon kai arktouron kai tamieia notou ¹⁰ o poiwn megala kai anexicniasta endoxa te kai exaisia wn ouk estin ariqmos ¹¹ ean uperbh me ou mh idw kai ean parelqh me oud� ws egnwn ¹² ean apallaxh tis apostreyei h tis erei autw ti epoihsas ¹³ autos gar apestraptai orghn up� autou ekamfqhsan khth ta up� ouranon ¹⁴ ean de mou upakoushtai h diakrinei ta rhmata mou ¹⁵ ean te gar w dikaios ouk eisakousetai mou tou krimatos autou dehqhsomai ¹⁶ ean te kalesw kai upakoush ou pisteuw oti eisakhkoen mou ¹⁷ mh gnofw me ektriyh polla de mou ta suntrimmata pepoihken dia kenhs ¹⁸ ouk ea gar me anapneusai eneplhsen de me pikrias ¹⁹ oti men gar iscui kratei tis oun krimati autou antisthsetai ²⁰ ean gar w dikaios to stoma mou asebhsei ean te w amemptos skolios apobhsomai ²¹ eite gar hsebhsa ouk oida th yuch plhn oti afaireitai mou h zwh ²² dio eipon megan kai dunasthn apolluei orgh ²³ oti fauloi en qanatw exaisiw alla dikaioi katagelwntai ²⁴ paradedontai gar eis ceiras asebous proswpa kritwn auths sugkaluptei ei de mh autos tis estin ²⁵ o de bios mou estin elafroteros dromews apedrasan kai ouk eidosan ²⁶ h kai estin nausin icnos odou h aetou petomenou zhtountos boran ²⁷ ean te gar eipw epilhsomai lalwn sugkuyas tw proswpw stenaxw ²⁸ seiomai pasin tois melesin oida gar oti ouk aqwon me easeis ²⁹ epeidh de eimi asebhs dia ti ouk apeqanon ³⁰ ean gar apolouswmai cioni kai apokaqarwmai cersin kaqarais ³¹ ikanws en rupw me ebayas ebdeluxato de me h stolh ³² ou gar ei anqrwpos kat� eme w antikrinoumai ina elqwmen omoqumadon eis krisin ³³ eiqe hn o mesiths hmwn kai elegcwn kai diakouwn ana meson amfoterwn ³⁴ apallaxatw ap� emou thn rabdon o de fobos autou mh me strobeitw ³⁵ kai ou mh fobhqw alla lalhsw ou gar outw sunepistamai

Chapter 10
¹ kamnwn th yuch mou stenwn epafhsw ep� auton ta rhmata mou lalhsw pikria yuchs mou sunecomenos ² kai erw pros kurion mh me asebein didaske kai dia ti me outws ekrinas ³ h kalon soi ean adikhsw oti apeipw erga ceirwn sou boulh de asebwn prosesces ⁴ h wsper brotos ora kaqoras h kaqws ora anqrwpos bleyh ⁵ h o bios sou anqrwpinos estin h ta eth sou andros ⁶ oti anezhthsas thn anomian mou kai tas amartias mou exicniasas ⁷ oidas gar oti ouk hsebhsa alla tis estin o ek twn ceirwn sou exairoumenos ⁸ ai ceires sou eplasan me kai epoihsan me meta tauta metabalwn me epaisas ⁹ mnhsqhti oti phlon me eplasas eis de ghn me palin apostrefeis ¹⁰ h ouc wsper gala me hmelxas eturwsas de me isa turw ¹¹ derma kai kreas me enedusas osteois de kai neurois me eneiras ¹² zwhn de kai eleos eqou par� emoi h de episkoph sou efulaxen mou to pneuma ¹³ tauta ecwn en seautw oida oti panta dunasai adunatei de soi ouqen ¹⁴ ean te gar amartw fulasseis me apo de anomias ouk aqwon me pepoihkas ¹⁵ ean te gar asebhs w oimmoi ean te w dikaios ou dunamai anakuyai plhrhs gar atimias eimi ¹⁶ agreuomai gar wsper lewn eis sfaghn palin de metabalwn deinws me olekeis ¹⁷ epanakainizwn ep� eme thn etasin mou orgh de megalh moi ecrhsw ephgages de ep� eme peirathria ¹⁸ ina ti oun ek koilias me exhgages kai ouk apeqanon ofqalmos de me ouk eiden ¹⁹ kai wsper ouk wn egenomhn dia ti gar ek gastros eis mnhma ouk aphllaghn ²⁰ h ouk oligos estin o cronos tou biou mou eason me anapausasqai mikron ²¹ pro tou me poreuqhnai oqen ouk anastreyw eis ghn skoteinhn kai gnoferan ²² eis ghn skotous aiwniou ou ouk estin feggos oude oran zwhn brotwn

Chapter 11
¹ upolabwn de swfar o minaios legei ² o ta polla legwn kai antakousetai h kai o eulalos oietai einai dikaios euloghmenos gennhtos gunaikos oligobios ³ mh polus en rhmasin ginou ou gar estin o antikrinomenos soi ⁴ mh gar lege oti kaqaros eimi tois ergois kai amemptos enantion autou ⁵ alla pws an o kurios lalhsai pros se kai anoixei ceilh autou meta sou ⁶ eita anaggelei soi dunamin sofias oti diplous estai twn kata se kai tote gnwsh oti axia soi apebh apo kuriou wn hmarthkas ⁷ h icnos kuriou eurhseis h eis ta escata afikou a epoihsen o pantokratwr ⁸ uyhlos o ouranos kai ti poihseis baqutera de twn en adou ti oidas ⁹ h makrotera metrou ghs h eurous qalasshs ¹⁰ ean de katastreyh ta panta tis erei autw ti epoihsas ¹¹ autos gar oiden erga anomwn idwn de atopa ou paroyetai ¹² anqrwpos de allws nhcetai logois brotos de gennhtos gunaikos isa onw erhmith ¹³ ei gar su kaqaran eqou thn kardian sou uptiazeis de ceiras pros auton ¹⁴ ei anomon ti estin en cersin sou porrw poihson auto apo sou adikia de en diaith sou mh aulisqhtw ¹⁵ outws gar analamyei sou to proswpon wsper udwr kaqaron ekdush de rupon kai ou mh fobhqhs ¹⁶ kai ton kopon epilhsh wsper kuma parelqon kai ou ptohqhsh ¹⁷ h de euch sou wsper ewsforos ek de meshmbrias anatelei soi zwh ¹⁸ pepoiqws te esh oti estin soi elpis ek de merimnhs kai frontidos anafaneitai soi eirhnh ¹⁹ hsucaseis gar kai ouk estai o polemwn se metabalomenoi de polloi sou dehqhsontai ²⁰ swthria de autous apoleiyei h gar elpis autwn apwleia ofqalmoi de asebwn takhsontai

Chapter 12
¹ upolabwn de iwb legei ² eita umeis este anqrwpoi h meq� umwn teleuthsei sofia ³ kamoi men kardia kaq� umas estin ⁴ dikaios gar anhr kai amemptos egenhqh eis cleuasma ⁵ eis cronon gar takton htoimasto pesein upo allous oikous te autou ekporqeisqai upo anomwn ⁶ ou mhn de alla mhdeis pepoiqetw ponhros wn aqwos esesqai osoi parorgizousin ton kurion ws ouci kai etasis autwn estai ⁷ alla dh eperwthson tetrapoda ean soi eipwsin peteina de ouranou ean soi apaggeilwsin ⁸ ekdihghsai de gh ean soi frash kai exhghsontai soi oi icques ths qalasshs ⁹ tis ouk egnw en pasi toutois oti ceir kuriou epoihsen tauta ¹⁰ ei mh en ceiri autou yuch pantwn twn zwntwn kai pneuma pantos anqrwpou ¹¹ ous men gar rhmata diakrinei larugx de sita geuetai ¹² en pollw cronw sofia en de pollw biw episthmh ¹³ par� autw sofia kai dunamis autw boulh kai sunesis ¹⁴ ean katabalh tis oikodomhsei ean kleish kata anqrwpwn tis anoixei ¹⁵ ean kwlush to wdwr xhranei thn ghn ean de epafh apwlesen authn katastreyas ¹⁶ par� autw kratos kai iscus autw episthmh kai sunesis ¹⁷ diagwn bouleutas aicmalwtous kritas de ghs exesthsen ¹⁸ kaqizanwn basileis epi qronous kai periedhsen zwnh osfuas autwn ¹⁹ exapostellwn iereis aicmalwtous dunastas de ghs katestreyen ²⁰ diallasswn ceilh pistwn sunesin de presbuterwn egnw ²¹ ekcewn atimian ep� arcontas tapeinous de iasato ²² anakaluptwn baqea ek skotous exhgagen de eis fws skian qanatou ²³ planwn eqnh kai apolluwn auta katastrwnnuwn eqnh kai kaqodhgwn auta ²⁴ diallasswn kardias arcontwn ghs eplanhsen de autous odw h ouk hdeisan ²⁵ yhlafhsaisan skotos kai mh fws planhqeihsan de wsper o mequwn

Chapter 13
¹ idou tauta ewraken mou o ofqalmos kai akhkoen mou to ous ² kai oida osa kai umeis epistasqe kai ouk asunetwteros eimi umwn ³ ou mhn de all� egw pros kurion lalhsw elegxw de enantion autou ean boulhtai ⁴ umeis de este iatroi adikoi kai iatai kakwn pantes ⁵ eih de umin kwfeusai kai apobhsetai umin eis sofian ⁶ akousate elegcon stomatos mou krisin de ceilewn mou prosecete ⁷ poteron ouk enanti kuriou laleite enanti de autou fqeggesqe dolon ⁸ h uposteleisqe umeis de autoi kritai genesqe ⁹ kalon ge ean exicniash umas ei gar ta panta poiountes prosteqhsesqe autw ¹⁰ ouqen htton elegxei umas ei de kai krufh proswpa qaumasete ¹¹ poteron ouci deina autou strobhsei umas fobos de par� autou epipeseitai umin ¹² apobhsetai de umwn to agauriama isa spodw to de swma phlinon ¹³ kwfeusate ina lalhsw kai anapauswmai qumou ¹⁴ analabwn tas sarkas mou tois odousin yuchn de mou qhsw en ceiri ¹⁵ ean me ceirwshtai o dunasths epei kai hrktai h mhn lalhsw kai elegxw enantion autou ¹⁶ kai touto moi apobhsetai eis swthrian ou gar enantion autou dolos eiseleusetai ¹⁷ akousate akousate ta rhmata mou anaggelw gar umwn akouontwn ¹⁸ idou egw eggus eimi tou krimatos mou oida egw oti dikaios anafanoumai ¹⁹ tis gar estin o kriqhsomenos moi oti nun kwfeusw kai ekleiyw ²⁰ duein de moi crhsh tote apo tou proswpou sou ou krubhsomai ²¹ thn ceira ap� emou apecou kai o fobos sou mh me kataplhssetw ²² eita kaleseis egw de soi upakousomai h lalhseis egw de soi dwsw antapokrisin ²³ posai eisin ai amartiai mou kai ai anomiai mou didaxon me tines eisin ²⁴ dia ti ap� emou krupth hghsai de me upenantion soi ²⁵ h ws fullon kinoumenon upo anemou eulabhqhsh h ws cortw feromenw upo pneumatos antikeisai moi ²⁶ oti kategrayas kat� emou kaka perieqhkas de moi neothtos amartias ²⁷ eqou de mou ton poda en kwlumati efulaxas de mou panta ta erga eis de rizas twn podwn mou afikou ²⁸ o palaioutai isa askw h wsper imation shtobrwton

Chapter 14
¹ brotos gar gennhtos gunaikos oligobios kai plhrhs orghs ² h wsper anqos anqhsan exepesen apedra de wsper skia kai ou mh sth ³ ouci kai toutou logon epoihsw kai touton epoihsas eiselqein en krimati enwpion sou ⁴ tis gar kaqaros estai apo rupou all� ouqeis ⁵ ean kai mia hmera o bios autou epi ths ghs ariqmhtoi de mhnes autou para soi eis cronon eqou kai ou mh uperbh ⁶ aposta ap� autou ina hsucash kai eudokhsh ton bion wsper o misqwtos ⁷ estin gar dendrw elpis ean gar ekkoph eti epanqhsei kai o radamnos autou ou mh ekliph ⁸ ean gar ghrash en gh h riza autou en de petra teleuthsh to stelecos autou ⁹ apo osmhs udatos anqhsei poihsei de qerismon wsper neofuton ¹⁰ anhr de teleuthsas wceto peswn de brotos ouketi estin ¹¹ cronw gar spanizetai qalassa potamos de erhmwqeis exhranqh ¹² anqrwpos de koimhqeis ou mh anasth ews an o ouranos ou mh surrafh kai ouk exupnisqhsontai ex upnou autwn ¹³ ei gar ofelon en adh me efulaxas ekruyas de me ews an paushtai sou h orgh kai taxh moi cronon en w mneian mou poihsh ¹⁴ ean gar apoqanh anqrwpos zhsetai suntelesas hmeras tou biou autou upomenw ews an palin genwmai ¹⁵ eita kaleseis egw de soi upakousomai ta de erga twn ceirwn sou mh apopoiou ¹⁶ hriqmhsas de mou ta epithdeumata kai ou mh parelqh se ouden twn amartiwn mou ¹⁷ esfragisas de mou tas anomias en ballantiw epeshmhnw de ei ti akwn parebhn ¹⁸ kai plhn oros pipton diapeseitai kai petra palaiwqhsetai ek tou topou auths ¹⁹ liqous eleanan udata kai kateklusen udata uptia tou cwmatos ths ghs kai upomonhn anqrwpou apwlesas ²⁰ wsas auton eis telos kai wceto epesthsas autw to proswpon kai exapesteilas ²¹ pollwn de genomenwn twn uiwn autou ouk oiden ean de oligoi genwntai ouk epistatai ²² all� h ai sarkes autou hlghsan h de yuch autou epenqhsen

Chapter 15
¹ upolabwn de elifas o qaimaniths legei ² poteron sofos apokrisin dwsei sunesews pneumatos kai eneplhsen ponon gastros ³ elegcwn en rhmasin ois ou dei en logois ois ouden ofelos ⁴ ou kai su apepoihsw fobon sunetelesw de rhmata toiauta enanti tou kuriou ⁵ enocos ei rhmasin stomatos sou oude diekrinas rhmata dunastwn ⁶ elegxai se to son stoma kai mh egw ta de ceilh sou katamarturhsousin sou ⁷ ti gar mh prwtos anqrwpwn egenhqhs h pro qinwn epaghs ⁸ h suntagma kuriou akhkoas eis de se afiketo sofia ⁹ ti gar oidas o ouk oidamen h ti sunieis o ouci kai hmeis ¹⁰ kai ge presbuths kai ge palaios en hmin baruteros tou patros sou hmerais ¹¹ oliga wn hmarthkas memastigwsai megalws uperballontws lelalhkas ¹² ti etolmhsen h kardia sou h ti ephnegkan oi ofqalmoi sou ¹³ oti qumon errhxas enanti kuriou exhgages de ek stomatos rhmata toiauta ¹⁴ tis gar wn brotos oti estai amemptos h ws esomenos dikaios gennhtos gunaikos ¹⁵ ei kata agiwn ou pisteuei ouranos de ou kaqaros enantion autou ¹⁶ ea de ebdelugmenos kai akaqartos anhr pinwn adikias isa potw ¹⁷ anaggelw de soi akoue mou a dh ewraka anaggelw soi ¹⁸ a sofoi erousin kai ouk ekruyan pateras autwn ¹⁹ autois monois edoqh h gh kai ouk ephlqen allogenhs ep� autous ²⁰ pas o bios asebous en frontidi eth de ariqmhta dedomena dunasth ²¹ o de fobos autou en wsin autou otan dokh hdh eirhneuein hxei autou h katastrofh ²² mh pisteuetw apostrafhnai apo skotous entetaltai gar hdh eis ceiras sidhrou ²³ katatetaktai de eis sita guyin oiden de en eautw oti menei eis ptwma hmera de auton skoteinh strobhsei ²⁴ anagkh de kai qliyis auton kaqexei wsper strathgos prwtostaths piptwn ²⁵ oti hrken ceiras enantion tou kuriou enanti de kuriou pantokratoros etrachliasen ²⁶ edramen de enantion autou ubrei en pacei nwtou aspidos autou ²⁷ oti ekaluyen to proswpon autou en steati autou kai epoihsen peristomion epi twn mhriwn ²⁸ aulisqeih de poleis erhmous eiselqoi de eis oikous aoikhtous a de ekeinoi htoimasan alloi apoisontai ²⁹ oute mh ploutisqh oute mh meinh autou ta uparconta ou mh balh epi thn ghn skian ³⁰ oude mh ekfugh to skotos ton blaston autou maranai anemos ekpesoi de autou to anqos ³¹ mh pisteuetw oti upomenei kena gar apobhsetai autw ³² h tomh autou pro wras fqarhsetai kai o radamnos autou ou mh pukash ³³ trughqeih de wsper omfax pro wras ekpesoi de ws anqos elaias ³⁴ marturion gar asebous qanatos pur de kausei oikous dwrodektwn ³⁵ en gastri de lhmyetai odunas apobhsetai de autw kena h de koilia autou upoisei dolon

Chapter 16
¹ upolabwn de iwb legei ² akhkoa toiauta polla paraklhtores kakwn pantes ³ ti gar mh taxis estin rhmasin pneumatos h ti parenoclhsei soi oti apokrinh ⁴ kagw kaq� umas lalhsw ei upekeito ge h yuch umwn anti ths emhs eit� enaloumai umin rhmasin kinhsw de kaq� umwn kefalhn ⁵ eih de iscus en tw stomati mou kinhsin de ceilewn ou feisomai ⁶ ean gar lalhsw ouk alghsw to trauma ean de kai siwphsw ti elatton trwqhsomai ⁷ nun de katakopon me pepoihken mwron seshpota ⁸ kai epelabou mou eis marturion egenhqh kai anesth en emoi to yeudos mou kata proswpon mou antapekriqh ⁹ orgh crhsamenos katebalen me ebruxen ep� eme tous odontas belh peiratwn autou ep� emoi epesen ¹⁰ akisin ofqalmwn enhlato oxei epaisen me eis siagona omoqumadon de katedramon ep� emoi ¹¹ paredwken gar me o kurios eis ceiras adikou epi de asebesin erriyen me ¹² eirhneuonta dieskedasen me labwn me ths komhs dietilen katesthsen me wsper skopon ¹³ ekuklwsan me logcais ballontes eis nefrous mou ou feidomenoi execean eis thn ghn thn colhn mou ¹⁴ katebalon me ptwma epi ptwmati edramon pros me dunamenoi ¹⁵ sakkon erraya epi burshs mou to de sqenos mou en gh esbesqh ¹⁶ h gasthr mou sugkekautai apo klauqmou epi de blefarois mou skia ¹⁷ adikon de ouden hn en cersin mou euch de mou kaqara ¹⁸ gh mh epikaluyhs ef� aimati ths sarkos mou mhde eih topos th kraugh mou ¹⁹ kai nun idou en ouranois o martus mou o de sunistwr mou en uyistois ²⁰ afikoito mou h dehsis pros kurion enanti de autou stazoi mou o ofqalmos ²¹ eih de elegcos andri enanti kuriou kai uios anqrwpou tw plhsion autou ²² eth de ariqmhta hkasin odw de h ouk epanastrafhsomai poreusomai

Chapter 17
¹ olekomai pneumati feromenos deomai de tafhs kai ou tugcanw ² lissomai kamnwn kai ti poihsas ³ ekleyan de mou ta uparconta allotrioi tis estin outos th ceiri mou sundeqhtw ⁴ oti kardian autwn ekruyas apo fronhsews dia touto ou mh uywshs autous ⁵ th meridi anaggelei kakias ofqalmoi de mou ef� uiois etakhsan ⁶ eqou de me qrulhma en eqnesin gelws de autois apebhn ⁷ pepwrwntai gar apo orghs oi ofqalmoi mou pepoliorkhmai megalws upo pantwn ⁸ qauma escen alhqinous epi toutw dikaios de epi paranomw epanastaih ⁹ scoih de pistos thn eautou odon kaqaros de ceiras analaboi qarsos ¹⁰ ou mhn de alla pantes ereidete kai deute dh ou gar euriskw en umin alhqes ¹¹ ai hmerai mou parhlqon en bromw erragh de ta arqra ths kardias mou ¹² nukta eis hmeran eqhkan fws eggus apo proswpou skotous ¹³ ean gar upomeinw adhs mou o oikos en de gnofw estrwtai mou h strwmnh ¹⁴ qanaton epekalesamhn patera mou einai mhtera de mou kai adelfhn saprian ¹⁵ pou oun mou eti estin h elpis h ta agaqa mou oyomai ¹⁶ h met� emou eis adhn katabhsontai h omoqumadon epi cwmatos katabhsomeqa

Chapter 18
¹ upolabwn de baldad o sauciths legei ² mecri tinos ou paush episces ina kai autoi lalhswmen ³ dia ti wsper tetrapoda sesiwphkamen enantion sou ⁴ kecrhtai soi orgh ti gar ean su apoqanhs aoikhtos h up� ouranon h katastrafhsetai orh ek qemeliwn ⁵ kai fws asebwn sbesqhsetai kai ouk apobhsetai autwn h flox ⁶ to fws autou skotos en diaith o de lucnos ep� autw sbesqhsetai ⁷ qhreusaisan elacistoi ta uparconta autou sfalai de autou h boulh ⁸ embeblhtai de o pous autou en pagidi en diktuw elicqeih ⁹ elqoisan de ep� auton pagides katiscusei ep� auton diywntas ¹⁰ kekruptai en th gh scoinion autou kai h sullhmyis autou epi tribwn ¹¹ kuklw olesaisan auton odunai polloi de peri podas autou elqoisan en limw stenw ¹² ptwma de autw htoimastai exaision ¹³ brwqeihsan autou klwnes podwn katedetai de ta wraia autou qanatos ¹⁴ ekrageih de ek diaiths autou iasis scoih de auton anagkh aitia basilikh ¹⁵ kataskhnwsei en th skhnh autou en nukti autou katasparhsontai ta eupreph autou qeiw ¹⁶ upokatwqen ai rizai autou xhranqhsontai kai epanwqen epipeseitai qerismos autou ¹⁷ to mnhmosunon autou apoloito ek ghs kai uparcei onoma autw epi proswpon exwterw ¹⁸ apwseien auton ek fwtos eis skotos ¹⁹ ouk estai epignwstos en law autou oude seswsmenos en th up� ouranon o oikos autou all� en tois autou zhsontai eteroi ²⁰ ep� autw estenaxan escatoi prwtous de escen qauma ²¹ outoi eisin oikoi adikwn outos de o topos twn mh eidotwn ton kurion

Chapter 19
¹ upolabwn de iwb legei ² ews tinos egkopon poihsete yuchn mou kai kaqaireite me logois ³ gnwte monon oti o kurios epoihse me outws katalaleite mou ouk aiscunomenoi me epikeisqe moi ⁴ nai dh ep� alhqeias egw eplanhqhn par� emoi de aulizetai planos ⁴ lalhsai rhma o ouk edei ta de rhmata mou planatai kai ouk epi kairou ⁵ ea de oti ep� emoi megalunesqe enallesqe de moi oneidei ⁶ gnwte oun oti o kurios estin o taraxas ocurwma de autou ep� eme uywsen ⁷ idou gelw oneidei kai ou lalhsw kekraxomai kai oudamou krima ⁸ kuklw periwkodomhmai kai ou mh diabw epi proswpon mou skotos eqeto ⁹ thn de doxan ap� emou exedusen afeilen de stefanon apo kefalhs mou ¹⁰ diespasen me kuklw kai wcomhn exekoyen de wsper dendron thn elpida mou ¹¹ deinws de moi orgh ecrhsato hghsato de me wsper ecqron ¹² omoqumadon de hlqon ta peirathria autou ep� emoi tais odois mou ekuklwsan me egkaqetoi ¹³ ap� emou de adelfoi mou apesthsan egnwsan allotrious h eme filoi de mou anelehmones gegonasin ¹⁴ ou prosepoihsanto me oi eggutatoi mou kai oi eidotes mou to onoma epelaqonto mou ¹⁵ geitones oikias qerapainai te mou allogenhs hmhn enantion autwn ¹⁶ qeraponta mou ekalesa kai ouc uphkousen stoma de mou edeeto ¹⁷ kai iketeuon thn gunaika mou prosekaloumhn de kolakeuwn uious pallakidwn mou ¹⁸ oi de eis ton aiwna me apepoihsanto otan anastw kat� emou lalousin ¹⁹ ebdeluxanto de me oi eidotes me ous dh hgaphkein epanesthsan moi ²⁰ en dermati mou esaphsan ai sarkes mou ta de osta mou en odousin ecetai ²¹ elehsate me elehsate me w filoi ceir gar kuriou h ayamenh mou estin ²² dia ti de me diwkete wsper kai o kurios apo de sarkwn mou ouk empiplasqe ²³ tis gar an dwh grafhnai ta rhmata mou teqhnai de auta en bibliw eis ton aiwna ²⁴ en grafeiw sidhrw kai molibw h en petrais egglufhnai ²⁵ oida gar oti aenaos estin o ekluein me mellwn epi ghs ²⁶ anasthsai to derma mou to anatlwn tauta para gar kuriou tauta moi sunetelesqh ²⁷ a egw emautw sunepistamai a o ofqalmos mou eoraken kai ouk allos panta de moi suntetelestai en kolpw ²⁸ ei de kai ereite ti eroumen enanti autou kai rizan logou eurhsomen en autw ²⁹ eulabhqhte dh kai umeis apo epikalummatos qumos gar ep� anomous epeleusetai kai tote gnwsontai pou estin autwn h ulh

Chapter 20
¹ upolabwn de swfar o minaios legei ² ouc outws upelambanon anterein se tauta kai ouci suniete mallon h kai egw ³ paideian entrophs mou akousomai kai pneuma ek ths sunesews apokrinetai moi ⁴ mh tauta egnws apo tou eti af� ou eteqh anqrwpos epi ths ghs ⁵ eufrosunh gar asebwn ptwma exaision carmonh de paranomwn apwleia ⁶ ean anabh eis ouranon autou ta dwra h de qusia autou nefwn ayhtai ⁷ otan gar dokh hdh katesthricqai tote eis telos apoleitai oi de idontes auton erousin pou estin ⁸ wsper enupnion ekpetasqen ou mh eureqh epth de wsper fasma nukterinon ⁹ ofqalmos parebleyen kai ou prosqhsei kai ouketi prosnohsei auton o topos autou ¹⁰ tous uious autou olesaisan httones ai de ceires autou purseusaisan odunas ¹¹ osta autou eneplhsqhsan neothtos autou kai met� autou epi cwmatos koimhqhsetai ¹² ean glukanqh en stomati autou kakia kruyei authn upo thn glwssan autou ¹³ ou feisetai auths kai ouk egkataleiyei authn kai sunexei authn en mesw tou laruggos autou ¹⁴ kai ou mh dunhqh bohqhsai eautw colh aspidos en gastri autou ¹⁵ ploutos adikws sunagomenos exemesqhsetai ex oikias autou exelkusei auton aggelos ¹⁶ qumon de drakontwn qhlaseien aneloi de auton glwssa ofews ¹⁷ mh idoi amelxin nomadwn mhde nomas melitos kai bouturou ¹⁸ eis kena kai mataia ekopiasen plouton ex ou ou geusetai wsper strifnos amashtos akatapotos ¹⁹ pollwn gar adunatwn oikous eqlasen diaitan de hrpasen kai ouk esthsen ²⁰ ouk estin autou swthria tois uparcousin en epiqumia autou ou swqhsetai ²¹ ouk estin upoleimma tois brwmasin autou dia touto ouk anqhsei autou ta agaqa ²² otan de dokh hdh peplhrwsqai qlibhsetai pasa de anagkh ep� auton epeleusetai ²³ ei pws plhrwsai gastera autou epaposteilai ep� auton qumon orghs niyai ep� auton odunas ²⁴ kai ou mh swqh ek ceiros sidhrou trwsai auton toxon calkeion ²⁵ diexelqoi de dia swmatos autou belos astrapai de en diaitais autou peripathsaisan ep� autw foboi ²⁶ pan de skotos autw upomeinai katedetai auton pur akauston kakwsai de autou ephlutos ton oikon ²⁷ anakaluyai de autou o ouranos tas anomias gh de epanastaih autw ²⁸ elkusai ton oikon autou apwleia eis telos hmera orghs epelqoi autw ²⁹ auth h meris anqrwpou asebous para kuriou kai kthma uparcontwn autw para tou episkopou

Chapter 21
¹ upolabwn de iwb legei ² akousate akousate mou twn logwn ina mh h moi par� umwn auth h paraklhsis ³ arate me egw de lalhsw eit� ou katagelasete mou ⁴ ti gar mh anqrwpou mou h elegxis h dia ti ou qumwqhsomai ⁵ eisbleyantes eis eme qaumasate ceira qentes epi siagoni ⁶ ean te gar mnhsqw espoudaka ecousin de mou tas sarkas odunai ⁷ dia ti asebeis zwsin pepalaiwntai de kai en ploutw ⁸ o sporos autwn kata yuchn ta de tekna autwn en ofqalmois ⁹ oi oikoi autwn euqhnousin fobos de oudamou mastix de para kuriou ouk estin ep� autois ¹⁰ h bous autwn ouk wmotokhsen dieswqh de autwn en gastri ecousa kai ouk esfalen ¹¹ menousin de ws probata aiwnia ta de paidia autwn prospaizousin ¹² analabontes yalthrion kai kiqaran kai eufrainontai fwnh yalmou ¹³ sunetelesan de en agaqois ton bion autwn en de anapausei adou ekoimhqhsan ¹⁴ legei de kuriw aposta ap� emou odous sou eidenai ou boulomai ¹⁵ ti ikanos oti douleusomen autw kai tis wfeleia oti apanthsomen autw ¹⁶ en cersin gar hn autwn ta agaqa erga de asebwn ouk efora ¹⁷ ou mhn de alla kai asebwn lucnos sbesqhsetai epeleusetai de autois h katastrofh wdines de autous exousin apo orghs ¹⁸ esontai de wsper acura pro anemou h wsper koniortos on ufeilato lailay ¹⁹ eklipoi uious ta uparconta autou antapodwsei pros auton kai gnwsetai ²⁰ idoisan oi ofqalmoi autou thn eautou sfaghn apo de kuriou mh diaswqeih ²¹ oti ti qelhma autou en oikw autou met� auton kai ariqmoi mhnwn autou dihreqhsan ²² poteron ouci o kurios estin o didaskwn sunesin kai episthmhn autos de fonous diakrinei ²³ outos apoqaneitai en kratei aplosunhs autou olos de eupaqwn kai euqhnwn ²⁴ ta de egkata autou plhrh steatos muelos de autou diaceitai ²⁵ o de teleuta upo pikrias yuchs ou fagwn ouden agaqon ²⁶ omoqumadon de epi ghs koimwntai sapria de autous ekaluyen ²⁷ wste oida umas oti tolmh epikeisqe moi ²⁸ oti ereite pou estin oikos arcontos kai pou estin h skeph twn skhnwmatwn twn asebwn ²⁹ erwthsate paraporeuomenous odon kai ta shmeia autwn ouk apallotriwsete ³⁰ oti eis hmeran apwleias koufizetai o ponhros eis hmeran orghs autou apacqhsontai ³¹ tis apaggelei epi proswpou autou thn odon autou kai autos epoihsen tis antapodwsei autw ³² kai autos eis tafous aphnecqh kai epi sorw hgrupnhsen ³³ eglukanqhsan autw calikes ceimarrou kai opisw autou pas anqrwpos apeleusetai kai emprosqen autou anariqmhtoi ³⁴ pws de parakaleite me kena to de eme katapausasqai af� umwn ouden

Chapter 22
¹ upolabwn de elifas o qaimaniths legei ² poteron ouci o kurios estin o didaskwn sunesin kai episthmhn ³ ti gar melei tw kuriw ean su hsqa tois ergois amemptos h wfeleia oti aplwshs thn odon sou ⁴ h logon sou poioumenos elegxei se kai suneiseleusetai soi eis krisin ⁵ poteron ouc h kakia sou estin pollh anariqmhtoi de sou eisin ai amartiai ⁶ hnecurazes de tous adelfous sou dia kenhs amfiasin de gumnwn afeilou ⁷ oude udwr diywntas epotisas alla peinwntwn esterhsas ywmon ⁸ eqaumasas de tinwn proswpon wkisas de tous epi ths ghs ⁹ chras de exapesteilas kenas orfanous de ekakwsas ¹⁰ toigaroun ekuklwsan se pagides kai espoudasen se polemos exaisios ¹¹ to fws soi skotos apebh koimhqenta de udwr se ekaluyen ¹² mh ouci o ta uyhla naiwn efora tous de ubrei feromenous etapeinwsen ¹³ kai eipas ti egnw o iscuros h kata tou gnofou krinei ¹⁴ nefh apokrufh autou kai ouc oraqhsetai kai guron ouranou diaporeusetai ¹⁵ mh tribon aiwnion fulaxeis hn epathsan andres adikoi ¹⁶ oi sunelhmfqhsan awroi potamos epirrewn oi qemelioi autwn ¹⁷ oi legontes kurios ti poihsei hmin h ti epaxetai hmin o pantokratwr ¹⁸ os de eneplhsen tous oikous autwn agaqwn boulh de asebwn porrw ap� autou ¹⁹ idontes dikaioi egelasan amemptos de emukthrisen ²⁰ ei mh hfanisqh h upostasis autwn kai to kataleimma autwn katafagetai pur ²¹ genou dh sklhros ean upomeinhs eit� o karpos sou estai en agaqois ²² eklabe de ek stomatos autou exhgorian kai analabe ta rhmata autou en kardia sou ²³ ean de epistrafhs kai tapeinwshs seauton enanti kuriou porrw epoihsas apo diaiths sou to adikon ²⁴ qhsh epi cwmati en petra kai ws petra ceimarrous wfir ²⁵ estai oun sou o pantokratwr bohqos apo ecqrwn kaqaron de apodwsei se wsper argurion pepurwmenon ²⁶ eita parrhsiasqhsh enanti kuriou anableyas eis ton ouranon ilarws ²⁷ euxamenou de sou pros auton eisakousetai sou dwsei de soi apodounai tas eucas ²⁸ apokatasthsei de soi diaitan dikaiosunhs epi de odois sou estai feggos ²⁹ oti etapeinwsen auton kai ereis uperhfaneusato kai kufonta ofqalmois swsei ³⁰ rusetai aqwon kai diaswqhti en kaqarais cersin sou

Chapter 23
¹ upolabwn de iwb legei ² kai dh oida oti ek ceiros mou h elegxis estin kai h ceir autou bareia gegonen ep� emw stenagmw ³ tis d� ara gnoih oti euroimi auton kai elqoimi eis telos ⁴ eipoimi de emautou krima to de stoma mou emplhsaimi elegcwn ⁵ gnwhn de rhmata a moi erei aisqoimhn de tina moi apaggelei ⁶ kai ei en pollh iscui epeleusetai moi eita en apeilh moi ou crhsetai ⁷ alhqeia gar kai elegcos par� autou exagagoi de eis telos to krima mou ⁸ eis gar prwta poreusomai kai ouketi eimi ta de ep� escatois ti oida ⁹ aristera poihsantos autou kai ou katescon peribalei dexia kai ouk oyomai ¹⁰ oiden gar hdh odon mou diekrinen de me wsper to crusion ¹¹ exeleusomai de en entalmasin autou odous gar autou efulaxa kai ou mh ekklinw ¹² apo entalmatwn autou kai ou mh parelqw en de kolpw mou ekruya rhmata autou ¹³ ei de kai autos ekrinen outws tis estin o anteipwn autw o gar autos hqelhsen kai epoihsen ¹⁵ dia touto ep� autw espoudaka nouqetoumenos de efrontisa autou ¹⁵ epi toutw apo proswpou autou kataspoudasqw katanohsw kai ptohqhsomai ex autou ¹⁶ kurios de emalakunen thn kardian mou o de pantokratwr espoudasen me ¹⁷ ou gar hdein oti epeleusetai moi skotos pro proswpou de mou ekaluyen gnofos

Chapter 24
¹ dia ti de kurion elaqon wrai ² asebeis de orion uperebhsan poimnion sun poimeni arpasantes ³ upozugion orfanwn aphgagon kai boun chras hnecurasan ⁴ exeklinan adunatous ex odou dikaias omoqumadon ekrubhsan praeis ghs ⁵ apebhsan de wsper onoi en agrw uper emou exelqontes thn eautwn praxin hdunqh autw artos eis newterous ⁶ agron pro wras ouk autwn onta eqerisan adunatoi de ampelwnas asebwn amisqi kai asiti hrgasanto ⁷ gumnous pollous ekoimisan aneu imatiwn amfiasin de yuchs autwn afeilanto ⁸ apo yekadwn orewn ugrainontai para to mh ecein autous skephn petran periebalonto ⁹ hrpasan orfanon apo mastou ekpeptwkota de etapeinwsan ¹⁰ gumnous de ekoimisan adikws peinwntwn de ton ywmon afeilanto ¹¹ en stenois adikws enhdreusan odon de dikaian ouk hdeisan ¹² oi ek polews kai oikwn idiwn exeballonto yuch de nhpiwn estenaxen mega autos de dia ti toutwn episkophn ou pepoihtai ¹³ epi ghs ontwn autwn kai ouk epegnwsan odon de dikaiosunhs ouk hdeisan oude atrapous auths eporeuqhsan ¹⁴ gnous de autwn ta erga paredwken autous eis skotos kai nuktos estai ws klepths ¹⁵ kai ofqalmos moicou efulaxen skotos legwn ou prosnohsei me ofqalmos kai apokrubhn proswpou eqeto ¹⁶ diwruxen en skotei oikias hmeras esfragisan eautous ouk epegnwsan fws ¹⁷ oti omoqumadon to prwi autois skia qanatou oti epignwsetai taracas skias qanatou ¹⁸ elafros estin epi proswpon udatos kataraqeih h meris autwn epi ghs ¹⁹ anafaneih de ta futa autwn epi ghs xhra agkalida gar orfanwn hrpasan ²⁰ eit� anemnhsqh autou h amartia wsper de omiclh drosou afanhs egeneto apodoqeih de autw a epraxen suntribeih de pas adikos isa xulw aniatw ²¹ steiran gar ouk eu epoihsen kai gunaion ouk hlehsen ²² qumw de katestreyen adunatous anastas toigaroun ou mh pisteush kata ths eautou zwhs ²³ malakisqeis mh elpizetw ugiasqhnai alla peseitai nosw ²⁴ pollous gar ekakwsen to uywma autou emaranqh de wsper moloch en kaumati h wsper stacus apo kalamhs automatos apopeswn ²⁵ ei de mh tis estin o famenos yeudh me legein kai qhsei eis ouden ta rhmata mou

Chapter 25
¹ upolabwn de baldad o sauciths legei ² ti gar prooimion h fobos par� autou o poiwn thn sumpasan en uyistw ³ mh gar tis upolaboi oti estin parelkusis peiratais epi tinas de ouk epeleusetai enedra par� autou ⁴ pws gar estai dikaios brotos enanti kuriou h tis an apokaqarisai eauton gennhtos gunaikos ⁵ ei selhnh suntassei kai ouk epifauskei astra de ou kaqara enantion autou ⁶ ea de anqrwpos sapria kai uios anqrwpou skwlhx

Chapter 26
¹ upolabwn de iwb legei ² tini proskeisai h tini melleis bohqein poteron ouc w pollh iscus kai w braciwn krataios estin ³ tini sumbebouleusai ouc w pasa sofia h tini epakolouqhseis ouc w megisth dunamis ⁴ tini anhggeilas rhmata pnoh de tinos estin h exelqousa ek sou ⁵ mh gigantes maiwqhsontai upokatwqen udatos kai twn geitonwn autou ⁶ gumnos o adhs epwpion autou kai ouk estin peribolaion th apwleia ⁷ ekteinwn borean ep� ouden kremazwn ghn epi oudenos ⁸ desmeuwn udwr en nefelais autou kai ouk erragh nefos upokatw autou ⁹ o kratwn proswpon qronou ekpetazwn ep� auton nefos autou ¹⁰ prostagma egurwsen epi proswpon udatos mecri sunteleias fwtos meta skotous ¹¹ stuloi ouranou epetasqhsan kai exesthsan apo ths epitimhsews autou ¹² iscui katepausen thn qalassan episthmh de etrwse to khtos ¹³ kleiqra de ouranou dedoikasin auton prostagmati de eqanatwsen drakonta apostathn ¹⁴ idou tauta merh odou autou kai epi ikmada logou akousomeqa en autw sqenos de bronths autou tis oiden opote poihsei

Chapter 27
¹ eti de prosqeis iwb eipen tw prooimiw ² zh kurios os outw me kekriken kai o pantokratwr o pikranas mou thn yuchn ³ h mhn eti ths pnohs mou enoushs pneuma de qeion to perion moi en risin ⁴ mh lalhsein ta ceilh mou anoma oude h yuch mou melethsei adika ⁵ mh moi eih dikaious umas apofhnai ews an apoqanw ou gar apallaxw mou thn akakian ⁶ dikaiosunh de prosecwn ou mh prowmai ou gar sunoida emautw atopa praxas ⁷ ou mhn de alla eihsan oi ecqroi mou wsper h katastrofh twn asebwn kai oi ep� eme epanistanomenoi wsper h apwleia twn paranomwn ⁸ kai tis gar estin elpis asebei oti epecei pepoiqws epi kurion ara swqhsetai ⁹ h thn dehsin autou eisakousetai kurios h epelqoushs autw anagkhs ¹⁰ mh ecei tina parrhsian enanti autou h ws epikalesamenou autou eisakousetai autou ¹¹ alla dh anaggelw umin ti estin en ceiri kuriou a estin para pantokratori ou yeusomai ¹² idou dh pantes oidate oti kena kenois epiballete ¹³ auth h meris anqrwpou asebous para kuriou kthma de dunastwn eleusetai para pantokratoros ep� autous ¹⁴ ean de polloi genwntai oi uioi autou eis sfaghn esontai ean de kai andrwqwsin prosaithsousin ¹⁵ oi de periontes autou en qanatw teleuthsousin chras de autwn ouqeis elehsei ¹⁶ ean sunagagh wsper ghn argurion isa de phlw etoimash crusion ¹⁷ tauta panta dikaioi peripoihsontai ta de crhmata autou alhqinoi kaqexousin ¹⁸ apebh de o oikos autou wsper shtes kai wsper aracnh ¹⁹ plousios koimhqeis kai ou prosqhsei ofqalmous autou dihnoixen kai ouk estin ²⁰ sunhnthsan autw wsper udwr ai odunai nukti de ufeilato auton gnofos ²¹ analhmyetai auton kauswn kai apeleusetai kai likmhsei auton ek tou topou autou ²² kai epirriyei ep� auton kai ou feisetai ek ceiros autou fugh feuxetai ²³ krothsei ep� autou ceiras autou kai suriei auton ek tou topou autou

Chapter 28
¹ estin gar arguriw topos oqen ginetai topos de crusiw oqen dihqeitai ² sidhros men gar ek ghs ginetai calkos de isa liqw latomeitai ³ taxin eqeto skotei kai pan peras autos exakribazetai liqos skotia kai skia qanatou ⁴ diakoph ceimarrou apo konias oi de epilanqanomenoi odon dikaian hsqenhsan ek brotwn ⁵ gh ex auths exeleusetai artos upokatw auths estrafh wsei pur ⁶ topos sapfeirou oi liqoi auths kai cwma crusion autw ⁷ tribos ouk egnw authn peteinon kai ou parebleyen authn ofqalmos gupos ⁸ ouk epathsan authn uioi alazonwn ou parhlqen ep� auths lewn ⁹ en akrotomw exeteinen ceira autou katestreyen de ek rizwn orh ¹⁰ dinas de potamwn errhxen pan de entimon eiden mou o ofqalmos ¹¹ baqh de potamwn anekaluyen edeixen de eautou dunamin eis fws ¹² h de sofia poqen eureqh poios de topos estin ths episthmhs ¹³ ouk oiden brotos odon auths oude mh eureqh en anqrwpois ¹⁴ abussos eipen ouk estin en emoi kai qalassa eipen ouk estin met� emou ¹⁵ ou dwsei sugkleismon ant� auths kai ou staqhsetai argurion antallagma auths ¹⁶ kai ou sumbastacqhsetai crusiw wfir en onuci timiw kai sapfeirw ¹⁷ ouk iswqhsetai auth crusion kai ualos kai to allagma auths skeuh crusa ¹⁸ metewra kai gabis ou mnhsqhsetai kai elkuson sofian uper ta eswtata ¹⁹ ouk iswqhsetai auth topazion aiqiopias crusiw kaqarw ou sumbastacqhsetai ²⁰ h de sofia poqen eureqh poios de topos estin ths sunesews ²¹ lelhqen panta anqrwpon kai apo peteinwn tou ouranou ekrubh ²² h apwleia kai o qanatos eipan akhkoamen de auths to kleos ²³ o qeos eu sunesthsen auths thn odon autos de oiden ton topon auths ²⁴ autos gar thn up� ouranon pasan efora eidws ta en th gh panta a epoihsen ²⁵ anemwn staqmon udatos te metra ²⁶ ote epoihsen outws ueton hriqmhsen kai odon en tinagmati fwnas ²⁷ tote eiden authn kai exhghsato authn etoimasas exicniasen ²⁸ eipen de anqrwpw idou h qeosebeia estin sofia to de apecesqai apo kakwn estin episthmh

Chapter 29
¹ eti de prosqeis iwb eipen tw prooimiw ² tis an me qeih kata mhna emprosqen hmerwn wn me o qeos efulaxen ³ ws ote hugei o lucnos autou uper kefalhs mou ote tw fwti autou eporeuomhn en skotei ⁴ ote hmhn epibriqwn odois ote o qeos episkophn epoieito tou oikou mou ⁵ ote hmhn ulwdhs lian kuklw de mou oi paides ⁶ ote eceonto mou ai odoi bouturw ta de orh mou eceonto galakti ⁷ ote exeporeuomhn orqrios en polei en de plateiais etiqeto mou o difros ⁸ idontes me neaniskoi ekrubhsan presbutai de pantes esthsan ⁹ adroi de epausanto lalountes daktulon epiqentes epi stomati ¹⁰ oi de akousantes emakarisan me kai glwssa autwn tw laruggi autwn ekollhqh ¹¹ oti ous hkousen kai emakarisen me ofqalmos de idwn me exeklinen ¹² dieswsa gar ptwcon ek ceiros dunastou kai orfanw w ouk hn bohqos ebohqhsa ¹³ eulogia apollumenou ep� eme elqoi stoma de chras me euloghsen ¹⁴ dikaiosunhn de enededukein hmfiasamhn de krima isa diploi+di ¹⁵ ofqalmos hmhn tuflwn pous de cwlwn ¹⁶ egw hmhn pathr adunatwn dikhn de hn ouk hdein exicniasa ¹⁷ sunetriya de mulas adikwn ek de mesou twn odontwn autwn arpagma exespasa ¹⁸ eipa de h hlikia mou ghrasei wsper stelecos foinikos polun cronon biwsw ¹⁹ h riza mou dihnoiktai epi udatos kai drosos aulisqhsetai en tw qerismw mou ²⁰ h doxa mou kainh met� emou kai to toxon mou en ceiri autou poreusetai ²¹ emou akousantes prosescon esiwphsan de epi th emh boulh ²² epi de tw emw rhmati ou proseqento pericareis de eginonto opotan autois elaloun ²³ wsper gh diywsa prosdecomenh ton ueton outws outoi thn emhn lalian ²⁴ ean gelasw pros autous ou mh pisteuswsin kai fws tou proswpou mou ouk apepipten ²⁵ exelexamhn odon autwn kai ekaqisa arcwn kai kateskhnoun wsei basileus en monozwnois on tropon paqeinous parakalwn

Chapter 30
¹ nuni de kategelasan mou elacistoi nun nouqetousin me en merei wn exoudenoun pateras autwn ous ouc hghsamhn einai axious kunwn twn emwn nomadwn ² kai ge iscus ceirwn autwn ina ti moi ep� autous apwleto sunteleia ³ en endeia kai limw agonos oi feugontes anudron ecqes sunochn kai talaipwrian ⁴ oi periklwntes alima epi hcounti oitines alima hn autwn ta sita atimoi de kai pefaulismenoi endeeis pantos agaqou oi kai rizas xulwn emaswnto upo limou megalou ⁵ epanesthsan moi kleptai ⁶ wn oi oikoi autwn hsan trwglai petrwn ⁷ ana meson euhcwn bohsontai oi upo frugana agria dihtwnto ⁸ afronwn uioi kai atimwn onoma kai kleos esbesmenon apo ghs ⁹ nuni de kiqara egw eimi autwn kai eme qrulhma ecousin ¹⁰ ebdeluxanto de me apostantes makran apo de proswpou mou ouk efeisanto ptuelon ¹¹ anoixas gar faretran autou ekakwsen me kai calinon tou proswpou mou exapesteilan ¹² epi dexiwn blastou epanesthsan poda autwn exeteinan kai wdopoihsan ep� eme tribous apwleias autwn ¹³ exetribhsan triboi mou exedusen gar mou thn stolhn ¹⁴ belesin autou kathkontisen me kecrhtai moi ws bouletai en odunais pefurmai ¹⁵ epistrefontai de mou ai odunai wceto mou h elpis wsper pneuma kai wsper nefos h swthria mou ¹⁶ kai nun ep� eme ekcuqhsetai h yuch mou ecousin de me hmerai odunwn ¹⁷ nukti de mou ta osta sugkekautai ta de neura mou dialelutai ¹⁸ en pollh iscui epelabeto mou ths stolhs wsper to peristomion tou citwnos mou periescen me ¹⁹ hghsai de me isa phlw en gh kai spodw mou h meris ²⁰ kekraga de pros se kai ouk eisakoueis mou esthsan kai katenohsan me ²¹ epebhs de moi anelehmonws ceiri krataia me emastigwsas ²² etaxas de me en odunais kai aperriyas me apo swthrias ²³ oida gar oti qanatos me ektriyei oikia gar panti qnhtw gh ²⁴ ei gar ofelon dunaimhn emauton ceirwsasqai h dehqeis ge eterou kai poihsei moi touto ²⁵ egw de epi panti adunatw eklausa estenaxa de idwn andra en anagkais ²⁶ egw de epecwn agaqois idou sunhnthsan moi mallon hmerai kakwn ²⁷ h koilia mou exezesen kai ou siwphsetai proefqasan me hmerai ptwceias ²⁸ stenwn peporeumai aneu fimou esthka de en ekklhsia kekragws ²⁹ adelfos gegona seirhnwn etairos de strouqwn ³⁰ to de derma mou eskotwtai megalws ta de osta mou apo kaumatos ³¹ apebh de eis paqos mou h kiqara o de yalmos mou eis klauqmon emoi

Chapter 31
¹ diaqhkhn eqemhn tois ofqalmois mou kai ou sunhsw epi parqenon ² kai ti emerisen o qeos apanwqen kai klhronomia ikanou ex uyistwn ³ ouci apwleia tw adikw kai apallotriwsis tois poiousin anomian ⁴ ouci autos oyetai odon mou kai panta ta diabhmata mou exariqmhsetai ⁵ ei de hmhn peporeumenos meta geloiastwn ei de kai espoudasen o pous mou eis dolon ⁶ istaih me ara en zugw dikaiw oiden de o kurios thn akakian mou ⁷ ei exeklinen o pous mou ek ths odou ei de kai tw ofqalmw ephkolouqhsen h kardia mou ei de kai tais cersin mou hyamhn dwrwn ⁸ speiraimi ara kai alloi fagoisan arrizos de genoimhn epi ghs ⁹ ei exhkolouqhsen h kardia mou gunaiki andros eterou ei kai egkaqetos egenomhn epi qurais auths ¹⁰ aresai ara kai h gunh mou eterw ta de nhpia mou tapeinwqeih ¹¹ qumos gar orghs akatascetos to mianai andros gunaika ¹² pur gar estin kaiomenon epi pantwn twn merwn ou d� an epelqh ek rizwn apwlesen ¹³ ei de kai efaulisa krima qerapontos mou h qerapainhs krinomenwn autwn pros me ¹⁴ ti gar poihsw ean etasin mou poihshtai o kurios ean de kai episkophn tina apokrisin poihsomai ¹⁵ poteron ouc ws kai egw egenomhn en gastri kai ekeinoi gegonasin gegonamen de en th auth koilia ¹⁶ adunatoi de creian hn pot� eicon ouk apetucon chras de ton ofqalmon ouk exethxa ¹⁷ ei de kai ton ywmon mou efagon monos kai ouci orfanw metedwka ¹⁸ oti ek neothtos mou exetrefon ws pathr kai ek gastros mhtros mou wdhghsa ¹⁹ ei de kai upereidon gumnon apollumenon kai ouk hmfiasa ²⁰ adunatoi de ei mh euloghsan me apo de kouras amnwn mou eqermanqhsan oi wmoi autwn ²¹ ei ephra orfanw ceira pepoiqws oti pollh moi bohqeia periestin ²² apostaih ara o wmos mou apo ths kleidos o de braciwn mou apo tou agkwnos mou suntribeih ²³ fobos gar kuriou sunescen me kai apo tou lhmmatos autou ouc upoisw ²⁴ ei etaxa crusion iscun mou ei de kai liqw polutelei epepoiqhsa ²⁵ ei de kai eufranqhn pollou ploutou moi genomenou ei de kai ep� anariqmhtois eqemhn ceira mou ²⁶ h ouc orw men hlion ton epifauskonta ekleiponta selhnhn de fqinousan ou gar ep� autois estin ²⁷ kai ei hpathqh laqra h kardia mou ei de kai ceira mou epiqeis epi stomati mou efilhsa ²⁸ kai touto moi ara anomia h megisth logisqeih oti eyeusamhn enantion kuriou tou uyistou ²⁹ ei de kai epicarhs egenomhn ptwmati ecqrwn mou kai eipen h kardia mou euge ³⁰ akousai ara to ous mou thn kataran mou qrulhqeihn de ara upo laou mou kakoumenos ³¹ ei de kai pollakis eipon ai qerapainai mou tis an dwh hmin twn sarkwn autou plhsqhnai lian mou crhstou ontos ³² exw de ouk hulizeto xenos h de qura mou panti elqonti anewkto ³³ ei de kai amartwn akousiws ekruya thn amartian mou ³⁴ ou gar dietraphn poluoclian plhqous tou mh exagoreusai enwpion autwn ei de kai eiasa adunaton exelqein quran mou kolpw kenw ³⁵ tis dwh akouonta mou ceira de kuriou ei mh ededoikein suggrafhn de hn eicon kata tinos ³⁶ ep� wmois an periqemenos stefanon aneginwskon ³⁷ kai ei mh rhxas authn apedwka ouqen labwn para creofeiletou ³⁸ ei ep� emoi pote h gh estenaxen ei de kai oi aulakes auths eklausan omoqumadon ³⁹ ei de kai thn iscun auths efagon monos aneu timhs ei de kai yuchn kuriou ths ghs ekbalwn eluphsa ⁴⁰ anti purou ara exelqoi moi knidh anti de kriqhs batos kai epausato iwb rhmasin

Chapter 32
¹ hsucasan de kai oi treis filoi autou eti anteipein iwb hn gar iwb dikaios enantion autwn ² wrgisqh de elious o tou baracihl o bouziths ek ths suggeneias ram ths ausitidos cwras wrgisqh de tw iwb sfodra dioti apefhnen eauton dikaion enantion kuriou ³ kai kata twn triwn de filwn wrgisqh sfodra dioti ouk hdunhqhsan apokriqhnai antiqeta iwb kai eqento auton einai asebh ⁴ elious de upemeinen dounai apokrisin iwb oti presbuteroi autou eisin hmerais ⁵ kai eiden elious oti ouk estin apokrisis en stomati twn triwn andrwn kai equmwqh orgh autou ⁶ upolabwn de elious o tou baracihl o bouziths eipen newteros men eimi tw cronw umeis de este presbuteroi dio hsucasa fobhqeis tou umin anaggeilai thn emautou episthmhn ⁷ eipa de oti o cronos estin o lalwn en pollois de etesin oidasin sofian ⁸ alla pneuma estin en brotois pnoh de pantokratoros estin h didaskousa ⁹ ouc oi polucronioi eisin sofoi oud� oi gerontes oidasin krima ¹⁰ dio eipa akousate mou kai anaggelw umin a oida ¹¹ enwtizesqe mou ta rhmata erw gar umwn akouontwn acri ou etashte logous ¹² kai mecri umwn sunhsw kai idou ouk hn tw iwb elegcwn antapokrinomenos rhmata autou ex umwn ¹³ ina mh eiphte euromen sofian kuriw prosqemenoi ¹⁴ anqrwpw de epetreyate lalhsai toiauta rhmata ¹⁵ eptohqhsan ouk apekriqhsan eti epalaiwsan ex autwn logous ¹⁶ upemeina ou gar elalhsan oti esthsan ouk apekriqhsan ¹⁷ upolabwn de elious legei ¹⁸ palin lalhsw plhrhs gar eimi rhmatwn olekei gar me to pneuma ths gastros ¹⁹ h de gasthr mou wsper askos gleukous zewn dedemenos h wsper fushthr calkews errhgws ²⁰ lalhsw ina anapauswmai anoixas ta ceilh ²¹ anqrwpon gar ou mh aiscunqw alla mhn oude broton ou mh entrapw ²² ou gar epistamai qaumasai proswpon ei de mh kai eme shtes edontai

Chapter 33
¹ ou mhn de alla akouson iwb ta rhmata mou kai lalian enwtizou mou ² idou gar hnoixa to stoma mou kai elalhsen h glwssa mou ³ kaqara mou h kardia rhmasin sunesis de ceilewn mou kaqara nohsei ⁴ pneuma qeion to poihsan me pnoh de pantokratoros h didaskousa me ⁵ ean dunh dos moi apokrisin pros tauta upomeinon sthqi kat� eme kai egw kata se ⁶ ek phlou dihrtisai su ws kai egw ek tou autou dihrtismeqa ⁷ ouc o fobos mou se strobhsei oude h ceir mou bareia estai epi soi ⁸ plhn eipas en wsin mou fwnhn rhmatwn sou akhkoa ⁹ dioti legeis kaqaros eimi ouc amartwn amemptos de eimi ou gar hnomhsa ¹⁰ memyin de kat� emou euren hghtai de me wsper upenantion ¹¹ eqeto de en xulw ton poda mou efulaxen de mou pasas tas odous ¹² pws gar legeis dikaios eimi kai ouk epakhkoen mou aiwnios gar estin o epanw brotwn ¹³ legeis de dia ti ths dikhs mou ouk epakhkoen pan rhma ¹⁴ en gar tw apax lalhsai o kurios en de tw deuterw enupnion ¹⁵ h en meleth nukterinh ws otan epipipth deinos fobos ep� anqrwpous epi nustagmatwn epi koiths ¹⁶ tote anakaluptei noun anqrwpwn en eidesin fobou toioutois autous exefobhsen ¹⁷ apostreyai anqrwpon ex adikias to de swma autou apo ptwmatos errusato ¹⁸ efeisato de ths yuchs autou apo qanatou kai mh pesein auton en polemw ¹⁹ palin de hlegxen auton en malakia epi koiths kai plhqos ostwn autou enarkhsen ²⁰ pan de brwton sitou ou mh dunhtai prosdexasqai kai h yuch autou brwsin epiqumhsei ²¹ ews an sapwsin autou ai sarkes kai apodeixh ta osta autou kena ²² hggisen de eis qanaton h yuch autou h de zwh autou en adh ²³ ean wsin cilioi aggeloi qanathforoi eis autwn ou mh trwsh auton ean nohsh th kardia epistrafhnai epi kurion anaggeilh de anqrwpw thn eautou memyin thn de anoian autou deixh ²⁴ anqexetai tou mh pesein auton eis qanaton ananewsei de autou to swma wsper aloifhn epi toicou ta de osta autou emplhsei muelou ²⁵ apalunei de autou tas sarkas wsper nhpiou apokatasthsei de auton andrwqenta en anqrwpois ²⁶ euxamenos de pros kurion kai dekta autw estai eiseleusetai de proswpw kaqarw sun exhgoria apodwsei de anqrwpois dikaiosunhn ²⁷ eita tote apomemyetai anqrwpos autos eautw legwn oia suneteloun kai ouk axia htasen me wn hmarton ²⁸ swson yuchn mou tou mh elqein eis diafqoran kai h zwh mou fws oyetai ²⁹ idou panta tauta ergatai o iscuros odous treis meta andros ³⁰ all� errusato thn yuchn mou ek qanatou ina h zwh mou en fwti ainh auton ³¹ enwtizou iwb kai akoue mou kwfeuson kai egw eimi lalhsw ³² ei eisin logoi apokriqhti moi lalhson qelw gar dikaiwqhnai se ³³ ei mh su akouson mou kwfeuson kai didaxw se sofian

Chapter 34
¹ upolabwn de elious legei ² akousate mou sofoi epistamenoi enwtizesqe to kalon ³ oti ous logous dokimazei kai larugx geuetai brwsin ⁴ krisin elwmeqa eautois gnwmen ana meson eautwn o ti kalon ⁵ oti eirhken iwb dikaios eimi o kurios aphllaxen mou to krima ⁶ eyeusato de tw krimati mou biaion to belos mou aneu adikias ⁷ tis anhr wsper iwb pinwn mukthrismon wsper udwr ⁸ ouc amartwn oude asebhsas h odou koinwnhsas meta poiountwn ta anoma tou poreuqhnai meta asebwn ⁹ mh gar eiphs oti ouk estai episkoph andros kai episkoph autw para kuriou ¹⁰ dio sunetoi kardias akousate mou mh moi eih enanti kuriou asebhsai kai enanti pantokratoros taraxai to dikaion ¹¹ alla apodidoi anqrwpw kaqa poiei ekastos autwn kai en tribw andros eurhsei auton ¹² oih de ton kurion atopa poihsein h o pantokratwr taraxei krisin ¹³ os epoihsen thn ghn tis de estin o poiwn thn up� ouranon kai ta enonta panta ¹⁴ ei gar bouloito sunecein kai to pneuma par� autw katascein ¹⁵ teleuthsei pasa sarx omoqumadon pas de brotos eis ghn apeleusetai oqen kai eplasqh ¹⁶ ei de mh nouqeth akoue tauta enwtizou fwnhn rhmatwn ¹⁷ ide su ton misounta anoma kai ton ollunta tous ponhrous onta aiwnion dikaion ¹⁸ asebhs o legwn basilei paranomeis asebestate tois arcousin ¹⁹ os ouk ephscunqh proswpon entimou oude oiden timhn qesqai adrois qaumasqhnai proswpa autwn ²⁰ kena de autois apobhsetai to kekragenai kai deisqai andros ecrhsanto gar paranomws ekklinomenwn adunatwn ²¹ autos gar oraths estin ergwn anqrwpwn lelhqen de auton ouden wn prassousin ²² oude estai topos tou krubhnai tous poiountas ta anoma ²³ oti ouk ep� andra qhsei eti o gar kurios pantas efora ²⁴ o katalambanwn anexicniasta endoxa te kai exaisia wn ouk estin ariqmos ²⁵ o gnwrizwn autwn ta erga kai streyei nukta kai tapeinwqhsontai ²⁶ esbesen de asebeis oratoi de enantion autou ²⁷ oti exeklinan ek nomou qeou dikaiwmata de autou ouk epegnwsan ²⁸ tou epagagein ep� auton kraughn penhtos kai kraughn ptwcwn eisakousetai ²⁹ kai autos hsucian parexei kai tis katadikasetai kai kruyei proswpon kai tis oyetai auton kai kata eqnous kai kata anqrwpou omou ³⁰ basileuwn anqrwpon upokrithn apo duskolias laou ³¹ oti pros ton iscuron o legwn eilhfa ouk enecurasw ³² aneu emautou oyomai su deixon moi ei adikian hrgasamhn ou mh prosqhsw ³³ mh para sou apoteisei authn oti apwsh oti su eklexh kai ouk egw kai ti egnws lalhson ³⁴ dio sunetoi kardias erousin tauta anhr de sofos akhkoen mou to rhma ³⁵ iwb de ouk en sunesei elalhsen ta de rhmata autou ouk en episthmh ³⁶ ou mhn de alla maqe iwb mh dws eti antapokrisin wsper oi afrones ³⁷ ina mh prosqwmen ef� amartiais hmwn anomia de ef� hmin logisqhsetai polla lalountwn rhmata enantion tou kuriou

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¹ upolabwn de elious legei ² ti touto hghsw en krisei su tis ei oti eipas dikaios eimi enanti kuriou ³ h ereis ti poihsw amartwn ⁴ egw soi dwsw apokrisin kai tois trisin filois sou ⁵ anableyon eis ton ouranon kai ide katamaqe de nefh ws uyhla apo sou ⁶ ei hmartes ti praxeis ei de kai polla hnomhsas ti dunasai poihsai ⁷ epei de oun dikaios ei ti dwseis autw h ti ek ceiros sou lhmyetai ⁸ andri tw omoiw sou h asebeia sou kai uiw anqrwpou h dikaiosunh sou ⁹ apo plhqous sukofantoumenoi kekraxontai bohsontai apo bracionos pollwn ¹⁰ kai ouk eipen pou estin o qeos o poihsas me o katatasswn fulakas nukterinas ¹¹ o diorizwn me apo tetrapodwn ghs apo de peteinwn ouranou ¹² ekei kekraxontai kai ou mh eisakoush kai apo ubrews ponhrwn ¹³ atopa gar ou bouletai o kurios idein autos gar o pantokratwr oraths estin ¹⁴ twn suntelountwn ta anoma kai swsei me kriqhti de enantion autou ei dunasai ainesai auton ws estin ¹⁵ kai nun oti ouk estin episkeptomenos orghn autou kai ouk egnw paraptwmati sfodra ¹⁶ kai iwb mataiws anoigei to stoma autou en agnwsia rhmata barunei

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¹ prosqeis de elious eti legei ² meinon me mikron eti ina didaxw se eti gar en emoi estin lexis ³ analabwn thn episthmhn mou makran ergois de mou dikaia erw ⁴ ep� alhqeias kai ouk adika rhmata adikws sunieis ⁵ gignwske de oti o kurios ou mh apopoihshtai ton akakon dunatos iscui kardias ⁶ asebh ou mh zwopoihsei kai krima ptwcwn dwsei ⁷ ouk afelei apo dikaiou ofqalmous autou kai meta basilewn eis qronon kai kaqiei autous eis neikos kai uywqhsontai ⁸ kai ei pepedhmenoi en ceiropedais susceqhsontai en scoiniois penias ⁹ kai anaggelei autois ta erga autwn kai ta paraptwmata autwn oti iscusousin ¹⁰ alla tou dikaiou eisakousetai kai eipen oti epistrafhsontai ex adikias ¹¹ ean akouswsin kai douleuswsin suntelesousin tas hmeras autwn en agaqois kai ta eth autwn en euprepeiais ¹² asebeis de ou diaswzei para to mh boulesqai eidenai autous ton kurion kai dioti nouqetoumenoi anhkooi hsan ¹³ kai upokritai kardia taxousin qumon ou bohsontai oti edhsen autous ¹⁴ apoqanoi toinun en neothti h yuch autwn h de zwh autwn titrwskomenh upo aggelwn ¹⁵ anq� wn eqliyan asqenh kai adunaton krima de praewn ekqhsei ¹⁶ kai proseti hpathsen se ek stomatos ecqrou abussos katacusis upokatw auths kai katebh trapeza sou plhrhs piothtos ¹⁷ ouc usterhsei de apo dikaiwn krima ¹⁸ qumos de ep� asebeis estai di� asebeian dwrwn wn edeconto ep� adikiais ¹⁹ mh se ekklinatw ekwn o nous dehsews en anagkh ontwn adunatwn kai pantas tous krataiountas iscun ²⁰ mh exelkushs thn nukta tou anabhnai laous ant� autwn ²¹ alla fulaxai mh praxhs atopa epi touton gar exeilw apo ptwceias ²² idou o iscuros krataiwsei en iscui autou tis gar estin kat� auton dunasths ²³ tis de estin o etazwn autou ta erga h tis o eipas epraxen adika ²⁴ mnhsqhti oti megala estin autou ta erga wn hrxan andres ²⁵ pas anqrwpos eiden en eautw osoi titrwskomenoi eisin brotoi ²⁶ idou o iscuros polus kai ou gnwsomeqa ariqmos etwn autou kai aperantos ²⁷ ariqmhtai de autw stagones uetou kai epicuqhsontai uetw eis nefelhn ²⁸ ruhsontai palaiwmata eskiasen de nefh epi amuqhtwn brotwn ²⁸ wran eqeto kthnesin oidasin de koiths taxin ²⁸ epi toutois pasin ouk existatai sou h dianoia oude diallassetai sou h kardia apo swmatos ²⁹ kai ean sunh apektaseis nefelhs isothta skhnhs autou ³⁰ idou ekteinei ep� auton hdw kai rizwmata ths qalasshs ekaluyen ³¹ en gar autois krinei laous dwsei trofhn tw iscuonti ³² epi ceirwn ekaluyen fws kai eneteilato peri auths en apantwnti ³³ anaggelei peri autou filon autou kthsis kai peri adikias

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¹ kai tauths etaracqh h kardia mou kai aperruh ek tou topou auths ² akoue akohn en orgh qumou kuriou kai meleth ek stomatos autou exeleusetai ³ upokatw pantos tou ouranou arch autou kai to fws autou epi pterugwn ths ghs ⁴ opisw autou bohsetai fwnh bronthsei en fwnh ubrews autou kai ouk antallaxei autous oti akousei fwnhn autou ⁵ bronthsei o iscuros en fwnh autou qaumasia epoihsen gar megala a ouk hdeimen ⁶ suntasswn cioni ginou epi ths ghs kai ceimwn uetos kai ceimwn uetwn dunasteias autou ⁷ en ceiri pantos anqrwpou katasfragizei ina gnw pas anqrwpos thn eautou asqeneian ⁸ eishlqen de qhria upo skephn hsucasan de epi koiths ⁹ ek tamieiwn epercontai dinai apo de akrwthriwn yucos ¹⁰ kai apo pnohs iscurou dwsei pagos oiakizei de to udwr ws ean boulhtai ¹¹ kai eklekton kataplassei nefelh diaskorpiei nefos fws autou ¹² kai autos kuklwmata diastreyei en qeeboulaqw eis erga autwn panta osa an enteilhtai autois tauta suntetaktai par� autou epi ths ghs ¹³ ean eis paideian ean eis thn ghn autou ean eis eleos eurhsei auton ¹⁴ enwtizou tauta iwb sthqi nouqetou dunamin kuriou ¹⁵ oidamen oti o qeos eqeto erga autou fws poihsas ek skotous ¹⁶ epistatai de diakrisin nefwn exaisia de ptwmata ponhrwn ¹⁷ sou de h stolh qermh hsucazetai de epi ths ghs ¹⁸ sterewseis met� autou eis palaiwmata iscurai ws orasis epicusews ¹⁹ dia ti didaxon me ti eroumen autw kai pauswmeqa polla legontes ²⁰ mh biblos h grammateus moi paresthken ina anqrwpon esthkws katasiwphsw ²¹ pasin d� ouc oraton to fws thlauges estin en tois palaiwmasin wsper to par� autou epi nefwn ²² apo borra nefh crusaugounta epi toutois megalh h doxa kai timh pantokratoros ²³ kai ouc euriskomen allon omoion th iscui autou o ta dikaia krinwn ouk oiei epakouein auton ²⁴ dio fobhqhsontai auton oi anqrwpoi fobhqhsontai de auton kai oi sofoi kardia

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¹ meta de to pausasqai elioun ths lexews eipen o kurios tw iwb dia lailapos kai nefwn ² tis outos o kruptwn me boulhn sunecwn de rhmata en kardia eme de oietai kruptein ³ zwsai wsper anhr thn osfun sou erwthsw de se su de moi apokriqhti ⁴ pou hs en tw qemelioun me thn ghn apaggeilon de moi ei episth sunesin ⁵ tis eqeto ta metra auths ei oidas h tis o epagagwn spartion ep� auths ⁶ epi tinos oi krikoi auths pephgasin tis de estin o balwn liqon gwniaion ep� auths ⁷ ote egenhqhsan astra hnesan me fwnh megalh pantes aggeloi mou ⁸ efraxa de qalassan pulais ote emaimassen ek koilias mhtros auths ekporeuomenh ⁹ eqemhn de auth nefos amfiasin omiclh de authn esparganwsa ¹⁰ eqemhn de auth oria periqeis kleiqra kai pulas ¹¹ eipa de auth mecri toutou eleush kai ouc uperbhsh all� en seauth suntribhsetai sou ta kumata ¹² h epi sou suntetaca feggos prwinon ewsforos de eiden thn eautou taxin ¹³ epilabesqai pterugwn ghs ektinaxai asebeis ex auths ¹⁴ h su labwn ghn phlon eplasas zwon kai lalhton auton eqou epi ghs ¹⁵ afeilas de apo asebwn to fws braciona de uperhfanwn sunetriyas ¹⁶ hlqes de epi phghn qalasshs en de icnesin abussou periepathsas ¹⁷ anoigontai de soi fobw pulai qanatou pulwroi de adou idontes se epthxan ¹⁸ nenouqethsai de to euros ths up� ouranon anaggeilon dh moi posh tis estin ¹⁹ poia de gh aulizetai to fws skotous de poios o topos ²⁰ ei agagois me eis oria autwn ei de kai epistasai tribous autwn ²¹ oida ara oti tote gegennhsai ariqmos de etwn sou polus ²² hlqes de epi qhsaurous cionos qhsaurous de calazhs eorakas ²³ apokeitai de soi eis wran ecqrwn eis hmeran polemou kai machs ²⁴ poqen de ekporeuetai pacnh h diaskedannutai notos eis thn up� ouranon ²⁵ tis de htoimasen uetw labrw rusin odon de kudoimwn ²⁶ tou uetisai epi ghn ou ouk anhr erhmon ou ouc uparcei anqrwpos en auth ²⁷ tou cortasai abaton kai aoikhton kai tou ekblasthsai exodon clohs ²⁸ tis estin uetou pathr tis de estin o tetokws bwlous drosou ²⁹ ek gastros de tinos ekporeuetai o krustallos pacnhn de en ouranw tis tetoken ³⁰ h katabainei wsper udwr reon proswpon de abussou tis ephxen ³¹ sunhkas de desmon pleiados kai fragmon wriwnos hnoixas ³² h dianoixeis mazourwq en kairw autou kai esperon epi komhs autou axeis auta ³³ epistasai de tropas ouranou h ta up� ouranon omoqumadon ginomena ³⁴ kaleseis de nefos fwnh kai tromw udatos labrw upakousetai sou ³⁵ aposteleis de keraunous kai poreusontai erousin de soi ti estin ³⁶ tis de edwken gunaixin ufasmatos sofian h poikiltikhn episthmhn ³⁷ tis de o ariqmwn nefh sofia ouranon de eis ghn eklinen ³⁸ kecutai de wsper gh konia kekollhka de auton wsper liqw kubon ³⁹ qhreuseis de leousin boran yucas de drakontwn emplhseis ⁴⁰ dedoikasin gar en koitais autwn kaqhntai de en ulais enedreuontes ⁴¹ tis de htoimasen koraki boran neossoi gar autou pros kurion kekragasin planwmenoi ta sita zhtountes

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¹ ei egnws kairon toketou tragelafwn petras efulaxas de wdinas elafwn ² hriqmhsas de autwn mhnas plhreis toketou wdinas de autwn elusas ³ exeqreyas de autwn ta paidia exw fobou wdinas autwn exaposteleis ⁴ aporrhxousin ta tekna autwn plhqunqhsontai en genhmati exeleusontai kai ou mh anakamyousin autois ⁵ tis de estin o afeis onon agrion eleuqeron desmous de autou tis elusen ⁶ eqemhn de thn diaitan autou erhmon kai ta skhnwmata autou almurida ⁷ katagelwn poluoclias polews memyin de forologou ouk akouwn ⁸ kataskeyetai orh nomhn autou kai opisw pantos clwrou zhtei ⁹ boulhsetai de soi monokerws douleusai h koimhqhnai epi fatnhs sou ¹⁰ dhseis de en imasi zugon autou h elkusei sou aulakas en pediw ¹¹ pepoiqas de ep� autw oti pollh h iscus autou epafhseis de autw ta erga sou ¹² pisteuseis de oti apodwsei soi ton sporon eisoisei de sou ton alwna ¹³ pterux terpomenwn neelasa ean sullabh asida kai nessa ¹⁴ oti afhsei eis ghn ta wa auths kai epi coun qalyei ¹⁵ kai epelaqeto oti pous skorpiei kai qhria agrou katapathsei ¹⁶ apesklhrunen ta tekna auths wste mh eauth eis kenon ekopiasen aneu fobou ¹⁷ oti katesiwphsen auth o qeos sofian kai ouk emerisen auth en th sunesei ¹⁸ kata kairon en uyei uywsei katagelasetai ippou kai tou epibatou autou ¹⁹ h su perieqhkas ippw dunamin enedusas de trachlw autou fobon ²⁰ perieqhkas de autw panoplian doxan de sthqewn autou tolmh ²¹ anorusswn en pediw gauria ekporeuetai de eis pedion en iscui ²² sunantwn belei katagela kai ou mh apostrafh apo sidhrou ²³ ep� autw gauria toxon kai macaira ²⁴ kai orgh afaniei thn ghn kai ou mh pisteush ews an shmanh salpigx ²⁵ salpiggos de shmainoushs legei euge porrwqen de osfrainetai polemou sun almati kai kraugh ²⁶ ek de ths shs episthmhs esthken ierax anapetasas tas pterugas akinhtos kaqorwn ta pros noton ²⁷ epi de sw prostagmati uyoutai aetos guy de epi nossias autou kaqesqeis aulizetai ²⁸ ep� exoch petras kai apokrufw ²⁹ ekeise wn zhtei ta sita porrwqen oi ofqalmoi autou skopeuousin ³⁰ neossoi de autou furontai en aimati ou d� an wsi teqnewtes paracrhma euriskontai

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¹ kai apekriqh kurios o qeos tw iwb kai eipen ² mh krisin meta ikanou ekklinei elegcwn qeon apokriqhsetai authn ³ upolabwn de iwb legei tw kuriw ⁴ ti eti egw krinomai nouqetoumenos kai elegcwn kurion akouwn toiauta ouqen wn egw de tina apokrisin dw pros tauta ceira qhsw epi stomati mou ⁵ apax lelalhka epi de tw deuterw ou prosqhsw ⁶ eti de upolabwn o kurios eipen tw iwb ek tou nefous ⁷ mh alla zwsai wsper anhr thn osfun sou erwthsw de se su de moi apokriqhti ⁸ mh apopoiou mou to krima oiei de me allws soi kecrhmatikenai h ina anafanhs dikaios ⁹ h braciwn soi estin kata tou kuriou h fwnh kat� auton brontas ¹⁰ analabe dh uyos kai dunamin doxan de kai timhn amfiesai ¹¹ aposteilon de aggelous orgh pan de ubristhn tapeinwson ¹² uperhfanon de sbeson shyon de asebeis paracrhma ¹³ kruyon de eis ghn exw omoqumadon ta de proswpa autwn atimias emplhson ¹⁴ omologhsw ara oti dunatai h dexia sou swsai ¹⁵ alla dh idou qhria para soi corton isa bousin esqiei ¹⁶ idou dh iscus autou ep� osfui h de dunamis ep� omfalou gastros ¹⁷ esthsen ouran ws kuparisson ta de neura autou sumpeplektai ¹⁸ ai pleurai autou pleurai calkeiai h de racis autou sidhros cutos ¹⁹ tout� estin arch plasmatos kuriou pepoihmenon egkatapaizesqai upo twn aggelwn autou ²⁰ epelqwn de ep� oros akrotomon epoihsen carmonhn tetraposin en tw tartarw ²¹ upo pantodapa dendra koimatai para papuron kai kalamon kai boutomon ²² skiazontai de en autw dendra megala sun radamnois kai klwnes agnou ²³ ean genhtai plhmmura ou mh aisqhqh pepoiqen oti proskrousei o iordanhs eis to stoma autou ²⁴ en tw ofqalmw autou dexetai auton enskolieuomenos trhsei rina ²⁵ axeis de drakonta en agkistrw periqhseis de forbean peri rina autou ²⁶ ei dhseis krikon en tw mukthri autou yeliw de truphseis to ceilos autou ²⁷ lalhsei de soi dehsei ikethria malakws ²⁸ qhsetai de diaqhkhn meta sou lhmyh de auton doulon aiwnion ²⁹ paixh de en autw wsper ornew h dhseis auton wsper strouqion paidiw ³⁰ ensitountai de en autw eqnh meriteuontai de auton foinikwn genh ³¹ pan de plwton sunelqon ou mh enegkwsin bursan mian ouras autou kai en ploiois aliewn kefalhn autou ³² epiqhseis de autw ceira mnhsqeis polemon ton ginomenon en swmati autou kai mhketi ginesqw

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¹ ouc eorakas auton oude epi tois legomenois teqaumakas ² ou dedoikas oti htoimastai moi tis gar estin o emoi antistas ³ h tis antisthsetai moi kai upomenei ei pasa h up� ouranon emh estin ⁴ ou siwphsomai di� auton kai logon dunamews elehsei ton ison autou ⁵ tis apokaluyei proswpon endusews autou eis de ptuxin qwrakos autou tis an eiselqoi ⁶ pulas proswpou autou tis anoixei kuklw odontwn autou fobos ⁷ ta egkata autou aspides calkeiai sundesmos de autou wsper smiriths liqos ⁸ eis tou enos kollwntai pneuma de ou mh dielqh auton ⁹ anhr tw adelfw autou proskollhqhsetai sunecontai kai ou mh apospasqwsin ¹⁰ en ptarmw autou epifausketai feggos oi de ofqalmoi autou eidos ewsforou ¹¹ ek stomatos autou ekporeuontai lampades kaiomenai kai diarriptountai escarai puros ¹² ek mukthrwn autou ekporeuetai kapnos kaminou kaiomenhs puri anqrakwn ¹³ h yuch autou anqrakes flox de ek stomatos autou ekporeuetai ¹⁴ en de trachlw autou aulizetai dunamis emprosqen autou trecei apwleia ¹⁵ sarkes de swmatos autou kekollhntai kataceei ep� auton ou saleuqhsetai ¹⁶ h kardia autou pephgen ws liqos esthken de wsper akmwn anhlatos ¹⁷ strafentos de autou fobos qhriois tetraposin epi ghs allomenois ¹⁸ ean sunanthswsin autw logcai ouden mh poihswsin doru ephrmenon kai qwraka ¹⁹ hghtai men gar sidhron acura calkon de wsper xulon saqron ²⁰ ou mh trwsh auton toxon calkeion hghtai men petrobolon corton ²¹ ws kalamh elogisqhsan sfurai katagela de seismou purforou ²² h strwmnh autou obeliskoi oxeis pas de crusos qalasshs up� auton wsper phlos amuqhtos ²³ anazei thn abusson wsper calkeion hghtai de thn qalassan wsper exaleiptron ²⁴ ton de tartaron ths abussou wsper aicmalwton elogisato abusson eis peripaton ²⁵ ouk estin ouden epi ths ghs omoion autw pepoihmenon egkatapaizesqai upo twn aggelwn mou ²⁶ pan uyhlon ora autos de basileus pantwn twn en tois udasin

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¹ upolabwn de iwb legei tw kuriw ² oida oti panta dunasai adunatei de soi ouqen ³ tis gar estin o kruptwn se boulhn feidomenos de rhmatwn kai se oietai kruptein tis de anaggelei moi a ouk hdein megala kai qaumasta a ouk hpistamhn ⁴ akouson de mou kurie ina kagw lalhsw erwthsw de se su de me didaxon ⁵ akohn men wtos hkouon sou to proteron nuni de o ofqalmos mou eoraken se ⁶ dio efaulisa emauton kai etakhn hghmai de emauton ghn kai spodon ⁷ egeneto de meta to lalhsai ton kurion panta ta rhmata tauta tw iwb eipen o kurios elifas tw qaimanith hmartes su kai oi duo filoi sou ou gar elalhsate enwpion mou alhqes ouden wsper o qerapwn mou iwb ⁸ nun de labete epta moscous kai epta krious kai poreuqhte pros ton qeraponta mou iwb kai poihsei karpwsin peri umwn iwb de o qerapwn mou euxetai peri umwn oti ei mh proswpon autou lhmyomai ei mh gar di� auton apwlesa an umas ou gar elalhsate alhqes kata tou qerapontos mou iwb ⁹ eporeuqh de elifas o qaimaniths kai baldad o sauciths kai swfar o minaios kai epoihsan kaqws sunetaxen autois o kurios kai elusen thn amartian autois dia iwb ¹⁰ o de kurios huxhsen ton iwb euxamenou de autou kai peri twn filwn autou afhken autois thn amartian edwken de o kurios dipla osa hn emprosqen iwb eis diplasiasmon ¹¹ hkousan de pantes oi adelfoi autou kai ai adelfai autou panta ta sumbebhkota autw kai hlqon pros auton kai pantes osoi hdeisan auton ek prwtou fagontes de kai piontes par� autw parekalesan auton kai eqaumasan epi pasin ois ephgagen autw o kurios edwken de autw ekastos amnada mian kai tetradracmon crusoun ashmon ¹² o de kurios euloghsen ta escata iwb h ta emprosqen hn de ta kthnh autou probata muria tetrakiscilia kamhloi exakisciliai zeugh bown cilia onoi qhleiai nomades ciliai ¹³ gennwntai de autw uioi epta kai qugateres treis ¹⁴ kai ekalesen thn men prwthn hmeran thn de deuteran kasian thn de trithn amalqeias keras ¹⁵ kai ouc eureqhsan kata tas qugateras iwb beltious autwn en th up� ouranon edwken de autais o pathr klhronomian en tois adelfois ¹⁶ ezhsen de iwb meta thn plhghn eth ekaton ebdomhkonta ta de panta ezhsen eth diakosia tessarakonta oktw kai eiden iwb tous uious autou kai tous uious twn uiwn autou tetarthn genean ¹⁷ kai eteleuthsen iwb presbuteros kai plhrhs hmerwn ¹⁷ gegraptai de auton palin anasthsesqai meq� wn o kurios anisthsin ¹⁷ outos ermhneuetai ek ths suriakhs biblou en men gh katoikwn th ausitidi epi tois oriois ths idoumaias kai arabias prou+phrcen de autw onoma iwbab ¹⁷ labwn de gunaika arabissan genna uion w onoma ennwn hn de autos patros men zare twn hsau uiwn uios mhtros de bosorras wste einai auton pempton apo abraam ¹⁷ kai outoi oi basileis oi basileusantes en edwm hs kai autos hrxen cwras prwtos balak o tou bewr kai onoma th polei autou dennaba meta de balak iwbab o kaloumenos iwb meta de touton asom o uparcwn hgemwn ek ths qaimanitidos cwras meta de touton adad uios barad o ekkoyas madiam en tw pediw mwab kai onoma th polei autou geqqaim ¹⁷ oi de elqontes pros auton filoi elifas twn hsau uiwn qaimanwn basileus baldad o saucaiwn turannos swfar o minaiwn basileus