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Symmachus says: "Have you not known or have you not heard?" But Aquila: "Have you not then known or have you not heard?" But Theodotion: "Did you not know or did you not hear?" You have no defense, he says; for through all the prophets and myriad miracles I have taught you my power. Then he recalls what he has often taught: an eternal God. This is what the blessed Moses also said: "I am who I am," and the blessed David also says to him: "But you, O Lord, remain forever and your remembrance to generation and generation," and again: "But you are the same, and your years shall not fail." God who made the ends of the earth. And the blessed Moses taught this: for he says, "In the beginning God made the heaven and the earth," and the blessed David: "Who lays the foundation of the earth and its security." He will not hunger nor will he grow weary. And David said this through the blessed one: "Will I |149 b| eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?" And there is no searching of his understanding. And the blessed David also proclaimed this: "Great is our Lord, and great is his power, and of his understanding there is no number." 29Giving strength to the hungry and to those not in pain, grief. This is what the wonderful Hannah also said: "The Lord makes poor and makes rich, he brings low and he exalts," and so forth. 30For the young shall hunger and the youths shall grow weary, and the chosen shall be without strength; 31but they who wait for God shall renew their strength, they shall put forth feathers like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not hunger. And these things happened both in the case of the Jews and in the case of the divine apostles. For as many as disbelieved were delivered over to famine and plague and war and enslavement; but those who believed, having been renewed by the all-holy Spirit, imitating the swiftest flight of eagles, ran to the whole inhabited world as if striving in other men's bodies. Thus having shown the course of the apostles, he foretells salvation to the churches throughout the world: 411Be renewed unto me, you islands; for the rulers shall renew their strength. He calls the churches islands, as receiving the waves of persecutors and being founded upon the rock, and he addresses the heralds of the truth as rulers, who came one after another after the call; for he says, "Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men." Therefore they renewed their strength; for they no longer hunted fish from one lake but men from the whole inhabited world. Let them draw near and let them speak together, then let them declare judgment. He exhorts the same to offer harmonious teaching and to proclaim to all the coming judgment. 2Who raised up righteousness from the east? They called him to his feet, and they will go, and he will give them before nations and will make kings stand aside and will give their swords to the earth and their children as driven stubble 3and he will pursue them, and the path of his feet will pass through in peace, he will not come. Concerning this righteousness the blessed Paul also said: "Wisdom was given to us from God, both righteousness and sanctification and redemption." When this righteousness arose and ran over the inhabited world, kings were amazed, tyrants were defeated, every form of punishment was exposed, and the persecuted conquered the persecutors and, as if enjoying perfect peace, they completed the course set before them. However, the phrase "he will not come" is not found in the Septuagint, but as it is found in the Others it was added with an asterisk. It means that righteousness will not come to all but to those who believe; for the impious did not even wish to pay attention to the divine proclamations. 4Who has performed and done these things? He who calls her from the beginning of generations has called her, that is, righteousness. From the beginning, he says, he foretold the things concerning her. He also made these covenants with Abraham, saying, "In your seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed," and with Isaac and with Jacob and with Moses and with David; these things he also foretold through the other prophets.

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Σύμμαχός φησιν· «Μὴ οὐκ ἔγνως ἢ οὐκ ἤκουσας;» Ὁ δὲ Ἀκύλας· «Μήτι οὐκ ἔγνως ἢ οὐκ ἤκουσας;» Ὁ δὲ Θεοδοτίων· «Οὐκ ἔγνως ἢ οὐκ ἤκου σας;» Οὐδεμίαν φησὶν ἀ πο λογίαν ἔχεις· διὰ πάντων γάρ σε τῶν προφητῶν καὶ μυρίων θαυμάτων τὴν ἐμὴν ἐδίδαξα δύν αμιν. Εἶτα ἀναμιμνῄσκει ὧν πολλάκις ἐδίδαξεν· Θεὸς αἰώνιος. Τοῦτο καὶ ὁ μακάριος ἔφη Μω υσῆς· «Ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ὤν», καὶ ὁ μακάριος δὲ ∆αυίδ φησι πρὸς αὐτόν· «Σὺ δὲ κύριε εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα μένεις καὶ τὸ μνημόσυνόν σου εἰς γενεὰν καὶ γενεάν», καὶ πάλιν· «Σὺ δὲ ὁ αὐτὸς εἶ, καὶ τὰ ἔτη σου οὐκ ἐκλείψουσιν.» Θεὸς ὁ κατασκευάσας τὰ ἄκρα τῆς γῆς. Καὶ τοῦτο ὁ μακάριος ἐδίδαξε Μωυσῆς· «Ἐν ἀρχῇ» γάρ φησιν «ἐποίησεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν», καὶ ὁ μακάριος ∆αυίδ· «Ὁ θεμελιῶν τὴν γῆν καὶ τὴν ἀσφάλειαν αὐτῆς.» Οὐ πεινάσει οὐδὲ κοπιάσει. Καὶ τοῦτο διὰ τοῦ μακαρίου ἔφ η ∆αυίδ · «Μὴ |149 b| φάγομαι κρέα ταύρων ἢ αἷμα τράγων πίομαι;» Οὐδὲ ἔστιν ἐξεύρεσις τῆς φρονήσεως αὐτοῦ. Καὶ τοῦτο καὶ ὁ μακάριος ∆αυὶδ προεκήρυξεν· «Μέγας ὁ κύριος ἡμῶν καὶ μεγάλη ἡ ἰσχὺς αὐτοῦ, καὶ τῆς συνέσεως αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἔστιν ἀριθμός.» 29∆ιδοὺς τοῖς πεινῶσιν ἰσχὺν καὶ τοῖς μὴ ὀδυνωμένοις λύπην. Τοῦτο καὶ ἡ θαυμασία Ἄννα ἔφη· «Κύριος πτωχίζει καὶ πλουτίζει, ταπεινοῖ καὶ ἀνυψοῖ» καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς. 30Πεινάσουσι γὰρ νεώτεροι καὶ κοπιάσουσι νεανίσκοι καὶ ἐκλεκτοὶ ἀνίσχυες ἔσονται· 31οἱ δὲ ὑπομένοντες τὸν θεὸν ἀλλάξουσιν ἰσχύν, πτεροφυήσουσιν ὡς ἀετοί, δραμοῦνται καὶ οὐ κοπιάσουσι, βαδιοῦνται καὶ οὐ πεινάσουσιν. Ταῦτα δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν Ἰουδαίων καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν θείων ἀποστόλων ἐγένετο. Ὅσοι μὲν γὰρ ἠπίστησαν, λιμῷ καὶ λοιμῷ καὶ πολέμῳ καὶ ἀνδραποδισμῷ παρεδόθησαν· οἱ δὲ πεπιστευ κότες τῷ παναγίῳ νεουργηθέντες πνεύματι τὴν ὀξυτάτην τῶν ἀετῶν μιμησάμενοι πτῆσιν εἰς ἅπασαν ἔδραμον τὴν οἰκουμένην ὡς ἐν ἀλλοτρίοις ἀγωνιζόμενοι σώμασιν. Οὕτω τῶν ἀποστόλων ὑποδείξας τὸν δρόμον ταῖς κατὰ τὴν οἰκουμένην ἐκκλησίαις προαγορεύει τὴν σωτηρίαν· 411Ἐγκαινίζεσθε πρός με νῆσοι· οἱ γὰρ ἄρχοντες ἀλλάξουσιν ἰσχύν. Νήσους τὰς ἐκκλησίας καλεῖ ὡς τὰ τῶν διωκόντων κύματα δεχομένας καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς πέτρας ἐρηρεισμένας, ἄρχοντας δὲ προσαγορεύει τῆς ἀληθείας τοὺς κήρυκας ἑτέρους ἀνθ' ἑτέρων μετὰ τὴν κλῆσιν γεγενημένους· «∆εῦτε» γάρ φησιν «ὀπίσω μου, καὶ ποιήσω ὑμᾶς ἁλιέας ἀνθρώπων.» Ἤλλαξαν τοιγαροῦν τὴν ἰσχύν· οὐκέτι γὰρ ἰχθύας ἀπὸ λίμνης μιᾶς ἀλλ' ἀνθρώπους ἀπὸ πάσης τῆς οἰκουμένης ἐθήρευον. Ἐγγισάτωσαν καὶ λαλησάτωσαν ἅμα, τότε κρίσιν ἀναγγειλάτωσαν. Τοῖς αὐτοῖς παρακελεύεται σύμφωνον προσφέρειν διδασκαλίαν καὶ τὴν ἐσομένην κρίσιν ἅπασι προμηνύειν. 2Τίς ἐξήγειρεν ἀπὸ ἀνατολῶν δικαιοσύνην; Ἐκάλεσαν αὐτὸν κατὰ πόδας αὐτοῦ, καὶ πορεύσονται, καὶ δώσει ἐναντίον ἐθνῶν καὶ βασιλεῖς ἐκστήσει καὶ δώσει εἰς γῆν τὰς μαχαίρας αὐτῶν καὶ ὡς φρύγανα ἐξωσμένα τὰ τέκνα αὐτῶν 3καὶ διώξεται αὐτούς, καὶ διελεύσεται ἐν εἰρήνῃ ἡ ὁδὸς τῶν ποδῶν αὐτοῦ, οὐχ ἥξει. Περὶ ταύτης τῆς δικαιοσύνης καὶ ὁ μακάριος ἔφη Παῦλος· «Ἐδόθη ἡμῖν σοφία ἀπὸ θεοῦ, δικαιοσύνη τε καὶ ἁγιασμὸς καὶ ἀπολύτρωσις.» Ταύτης τῆς δικαιοσύνης ἀνατειλάσης καὶ τὴν οἰκουμένην περιδραμούσης ἐξέστησαν μὲν βασιλεῖς, ἡττήθησαν δὲ τύραννοι, πᾶν δὲ εἶδος τιμωρίας ἠλέγχθη, καὶ τοὺς διώκοντας οἱ διωκόμενοι νενικήκασι καὶ ὡς ἄκρας εἰρήνης ἀπολαύοντες τὸν προκείμενον ἐξήνυσαν δρόμον. Τὸ μέντοι· οὐχ ἥξει, παρὰ μὲν τοῖς Ἑβδομήκοντα οὐ κεῖται, ὡς δὲ παρὰ τοῖς Ἄλλοις κείμενον προσετέθη μετὰ ἀστερίσκου. ∆ηλοῖ δὲ ὡς δικαιοσύνη οὐ πᾶσιν ἥξει ἀλλὰ το ῖς πιστεύουσιν· οἱ γὰρ δυσσεβεῖς οὐδὲ προσέχειν ἐβούλοντο τοῖς θείοις κηρύγμασιν. 4Τίς ἐνήργησε καὶ ἐποίησε ταῦτα; Ἐκάλεσεν αὐτὴν ὁ καλῶν αὐτὴν ἀπὸ γενεῶν ἀρχῆς, τουτέστι τὴν δικαιοσύ νην. Ἄνωθέν φησι τὰ περὶ αὐτῆς προηγόρευσεν. Ταύτας καὶ πρὸς τὸν Ἀβραὰμ ἐποιήσατο τὰς συνθήκας «Ἐν τῷ σπέρματί σου» λέγων «εὐλογηθήσεται πάντα τὰ ἔθνη τῆς γῆς» καὶ πρὸς τὸν Ἰσαὰκ καὶ πρὸς τὸν Ἰ ακ ὼβ καὶ πρὸς τὸν Μω<υ>σέα καὶ πρὸς τὸν ∆αυίδ· ταῦτα καὶ διὰ τῶν ἄλλων προφητῶν προηγό ρευσεν .