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for being unknown by the majority, I will be made known through the evangelical miracles, and people, having been freed from error, will recognize me as the maker of all things. The insolence of your spirit will be in vain. He speaks to the Jews who both crucified him and remained in unbelief. Fire will consume you, both eternal and unquenchable. 12And nations will be burned like a thornbush cast down in a field and burned up, those who did not receive the saving proclamation. 13Those who are far off will hear what I have done, those who are near will know my strength. For a more accurate knowledge have those who 'meditate on the law of the Lord day and night,' and those who are far off will marvel when they hear the mystery of the economy. 14The lawless in Zion have departed, trembling will seize the impious. He did not say that all in Zion would depart, but the lawless; nor did he say that all would receive the excess of fear, but those living in impiety. Then he foretells the flame of Gehenna: Who will announce to you that fire is burning? Who will announce to you the eternal place? He also teaches the virtue of those who proclaim these things: 15Walking in righteousness, that is, journeying the divine way. Speaking what is straight on the way, proclaiming those things which he has learned from the truth. Having thus shown their mind's zeal for better things, he also shows their hatred for the opposite things: Hating lawlessness and injustice and shaking his hands free from bribes, stopping his ears from hearing a judgment of unjust blood and closing his eyes that he may not see injustice. He has shown the adornment of all the senses of the body: the mouth speaking the uprightness of doctrines, the hands abstaining from bribery, the ears walling off the entrances to unjust words, the eyes using their natural coverings and not enduring to look upon things done unlawfully. Then of these .........................; |141 b| 16This one will dwell in a high cave of a strong rock; bread will be given to him, and his water will be sure. For being established on the rock, he has unshakeableness. And wealth is superfluous to him; for he partakes only of necessary things; for according to the wise man, 'the beginning of life for humans is bread and water.' And he calls their water 'sure,' and I think the mystical is signified through this. Then he shows the fruits of virtue: 17You will see a king with glory. He means the heavenly one, coming on the clouds of heaven and sitting on the throne of glory, according to the very voice of the Lord. And your eyes will see a land far off. For they do not look, according to the divine apostle, at 'the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.' 18And your soul will meditate on fear. For the fear of God is a co-worker of virtue and a provider of good things. Where are the scribes? Where are the counselors? Where is he who counts those who are occupied, 19a small and great people? Thus also the divine apostle, having shown the bodily weakness of the preachers, added: 'Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age?' For both the falsehood of Greek philosophy and the envy of Pharisaic teaching have been refuted. To these the prophet added: As they did not take counsel nor did he know a deep voice so as not to hear. But the Three have interpreted this thus: 'You will not see a people deep of lips, so that you do not hear the dialect of their tongue.' That is to say: the preachers of the truth are of the same tongue as you, Hebrews by race, raised in Galilee, having the same tongue as you, but willingly you do not understand what is said. For this he has shown through the following: A despised people, and there is no understanding for the one who hears. For willingly they deprived themselves of divine knowledge, for which reason indeed they were cast off and became easily despised by all people. Thus the prophetic word, having shown both the preachers of the truth shining brightly and those who oppose them in shame, again names the company of the pious and likens Zion and Jerusalem to them: 20Behold Zion the city, our salvation; the

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γὰρ ὑπὸ τῶν πλείστων ἀγνοούμενος διὰ τῶν εὐαγγελικῶν θαυμάτων γνωσθήσομαι, καὶ τῆς πλάνης ἀπαλλαγέντες οἱ ἄνθρωποι ἐπιγνώσονταί με τῶν ὅλων τὸν ποιητήν. Ματαία ἔσται ἡ ὕβρις τοῦ πνεύματος ὑμῶν. Πρὸς Ἰουδαίους λέγει τοὺς καὶ σταυρώσαντας καὶ τῇ ἀπιστίᾳ προσμείναντας. Πῦρ ὑμᾶς κατέδεται, τὸ αἰώνιόν τε καὶ ἄσβεστον. 12Καὶ ἔσται ἔθνη κατακεκαυμένα ὡς ἄκανθα ἐν ἀγρῷ ἐρριμμένη καὶ κατακεκαυμένη, οἱ τὸ σωτήριον μὴ δεξάμενοι κήρυγμα. 13Ἀκούσονται οἱ πόρρωθεν ἃ ἐποίησα, γνώσονται οἱ ἐγγίζοντες τὴν ἰσχύν μου. Ἀκριβεστέραν γὰρ ἔχουσι τὴν γνῶσιν οἱ «ἐν νόμῳ κυρίου μελετῶντες ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτός», καὶ οἱ πόρρωθεν δὲ θαυμάσουσιν ἀκούοντες τὸ τῆς οἰκο νομίας μυστήριον. 14Ἀπέστησαν οἱ ἐν Σιὼν ἄνομοι, τρόμος λήψεται τοὺς ἀσεβεῖς. Οὐ πάντας ἔφη ἀποστήσεσθαι τοὺς ἐν Σιὼν ἀλλὰ τοὺς ἀνόμους· οὐδὲ πάντας ἔφη δέξεσθαι τὴν τοῦ δέους ὑπερ βολὴν ἀλλὰ τοὺς ἀσεβείᾳ συζῶντας. Εἶτα προαγορεύει τῆς γεέννης τὴν φλόγα· Τίς ἀναγγελεῖ ὑμῖν ὅτι πῦρ καίεται; Τίς ἀναγγελεῖ ὑμῖν τὸν τόπον τὸν αἰώνιον; ∆ιδάσκει καὶ τῶν ταῦτα κηρυττόντων τὴν ἀρετήν· 15Πορευόμενος ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ, τουτέστι τὴν θείαν ὁδεύων ὁδόν. Λαλῶν εὐθέα ἐν ὁδῷ, ἐκεῖνα κηρύττων ἃ παρὰ τῆς ἀληθείας μεμάθηκεν. Οὕτως αὐτῶν δείξας τὴν περὶ τὰ κρείττω τῆς διανοίας σπουδήν, δεί κνυσι καὶ τὸ περὶ τἀναντία μῖσος· Μισῶν ἀνομίαν καὶ ἀδικίαν καὶ τὰς χεῖρας ἀποσειόμενος ἀπὸ δώρων, βαρύνων τὰ ὦτα τοῦ μὴ ἀκούειν κρίσιν αἵματος ἀδίκου καὶ καμμύων τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτοῦ ἵνα μὴ ἴδῃ ἀδικίαν. Πάντων τῶν αἰσθητηρίων τοῦ σώματος τὸν κόσμον ὑπέδειξεν· τὸ στόμα λαλοῦν τὴν τῶν δογμάτων εὐθύτητα, τὰς χεῖρας δωροδοκίας ἀπεχομένας, τὰ ὦτα τοῖς ἀδίκοις λόγ οις τὰς εἰσό δους ἀποτειχίζοντα, τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς τοῖς ἐκ φύσεως κεχρημένους καλύμμασι καὶ περιορᾶν οὐ κ ἀνεχομένους τὰ παρανόμως γινόμενα. Εἶτα τούτων .........................· |141 b| 16Οὗτος οἰκήσει ἐν ὑψηλῷ σπηλαίῳ πέτρας ἰσχυρᾶς· ἄρτος αὐτῷ δοθήσεται, καὶ τὸ ὕδωρ αὐτοῦ πιστόν. Ἔχει γὰρ τὸ ἀσάλευτον ἐπὶ τῆς πέτρας ἐρηρεισμένος. Περιττὸς δὲ αὐτῷ καὶ ὁ πλοῦτος· μόνων γὰρ τῶν ἀναγκαίων μεταλαγχάνει· «Ἀρχὴ» γὰρ «ζωῆς ἀνθρώποις» κατὰ τὸν σοφὸν «ἄρτος καὶ ὕδωρ.» Τὸ δὲ τούτων ὕδωρ καὶ πιστὸν ὀνομάζει, καὶ οἶμαι τὸ μυστικὸν διὰ τούτου σημαίνεσθαι. Εἶτα δείκνυσι τῆς ἀρετῆς τοὺς καρπούς· 17Βασιλέα μετὰ δόξης ὄψεσθε. Τὸν ἐπουράνιον λέγει ἐρχόμενον ἐπὶ τῶν νεφελῶν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου τῆς δόξης καθήμενον κατὰ τὴν αὐτὴν τοῦ κυρίου φωνήν. Καὶ οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ ὑμῶν ὄψονται γῆν πόρρωθεν. Οὐ σκοποῦσι γὰρ κατὰ τὸν θεῖον ἀπόστολον «τὰ βλεπόμενα ἀλλὰ τὰ μὴ βλεπόμενα· τὰ γὰρ βλεπόμενα πρόσκαιρα, τὰ δὲ μὴ βλεπόμενα αἰώνια». 18Καὶ ἡ ψυχὴ ὑμῶν μελετήσει φόβον. Ὁ γὰρ τοῦ θεοῦ φόβος τῆς ἀρετῆς συνεργὸς καὶ τῶν ἀγαθῶν χορηγός. Ποῦ εἰσιν οἱ γραμματικοί; Ποῦ εἰσιν οἱ σύμβουλοι; Ποῦ ἐστιν ὁ ἀριθμῶν τοὺς ἀναστρεφομένους, 19μικρὸν καὶ μέγαν λαόν; Οὕτω καὶ ὁ θεῖος ἀπόστολος δείξας τὴν σωματικὴν τῶν κηρύκων ἀσθένειαν ἐπήγαγεν· «Ποῦ σοφός; Ποῦ γραμματεύς; Ποῦ συζητητὴς τοῦ αἰῶνος τούτου;» ∆ιελή λε<γ>κται γὰρ καὶ τῆς Ἑλληνικῆς φιλοσοφίας τὸ ψεῦδος καὶ τῆς Φαρισαϊκῆς διδασκαλίας ὁ φθόνος. Τούτοις ἐπήγαγεν ὁ προφήτης· Ὡς οὐ συνεβουλεύσαντο οὐδὲ ᾔδει βαθύφωνον ὥστε μὴ ἀκοῦσαι. Τοῦτο δὲ οἱ Τρεῖς οὕτως ἡρμήνευσαν· «Οὐκ ὄψει λαὸν βαθὺν χείλεσιν ὥστε μὴ ἀκοῦσαι διάλεκτον γλώσσης.» Ἀντὶ τοῦ· ὁμόγλωττοί σού εἰσιν οἱ κήρυκες τῆς ἀληθείας, Ἑβραῖοι τὸ γένος, ἐν τῇ Γαλιλαίᾳ τραφέντες, τὴν αὐτήν σοι γλῶτταν ἔχοντες, ἀλλ' ἑκὼν οὐκ ἐπαΐεις τῶν λεγομένων. Τοῦτο γὰρ δεδήλωκε διὰ τῶν ἑξῆς· Λαὸς ὁ πεφαυλισμένος, καὶ οὐκ ἔστι τῷ ἀκούοντι σύνεσις. Τῆς θείας γὰρ γνώσεως ἑκόντες σφᾶς αὐτοὺς ἀπεστέρησαν, οὗ δὴ χάριν καὶ ἀπερρίφησαν καὶ εὐκαταφρόνητοι πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις ἐγένοντο. Οὕτω δείξας ὁ προφητικὸς λόγος καὶ τῆς ἀ ληθ είας τοὺς κήρυκας διαλάμποντας καὶ τοὺς ἀντιτείνοντας ἐν αἰσχύνῃ, τῶν εὐσεβῶν πάλιν ὀνο μάζει τὸ σύστημα καὶ τὴν Σιὼν αὐτοῖς καὶ τὴν Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἀπεικάζει· 20Ἰδοὺ Σιὼν ἡ πόλις τὸ σωτήριον ἡμῶν· οἱ