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Apologies & Dialogue 3-41

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3-41:1

Καὶ ἡ τῆς σεμιδάλεως δὲ προσφορά, ὦ ἄνδρες, ἔλεγον, ἡ ὑπὲρ τῶν καθαριζομένων ἀπὸ τῆς λέπρας προσφέρεσθαι παραδοθεῖσα. τύπος ἦν τοῦ ἄρτου τῆς εὐχαριστίας, ὃν εἰς ἀνάμνησιν τοῦ πάθους, οὗ ἔπαθεν ὑπὲρ τῶν καθαιρομένων τὰς ψυχὰς ἀπὸ πάσης πονηρίας ἀνθρώπων, Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς ὁ κύριος ἡμῶν παρέδωκε ποιεῖν, ἵνα ἅμα τε εὐχαριστῶμεν τῷ θεῷ ὑπέρ τε τοῦ τὸν κόσμον ἐκτικέναι σὺν πᾶσι τοῖς ἐν αὐτῷ διὰ τὸν ἄνθρωπον, καὶ ὑπὲρ τοῦ ἀπὸ τῆς κακίας, ἐνᾖ γεγόναμεν, ἠλευθερωκέναι ἡμᾶς, καὶ τὰς ἀρχὰς καὶ τὰς ἐξουσίας καταλελυκέναι τελείαν κατάλυσιν διὰ τοῦ παθητοῦ γενομένου κατὰ τὴν βουλὴν αὐτοῦ

"And the offering of fine flour, O men," I said, "which was handed down to be offered on behalf of those being cleansed from leprosy, was a type of the bread of the Eucharist, which Jesus Christ our Lord handed down to be made in remembrance of the suffering which He suffered on behalf of those whose souls are being cleansed from all wickedness of men; so that at the same time we may give thanks to God, both for having created the world with all that is in it for the sake of man, and for having set us free from the evil in which we came to be, and for having brought to complete dissolution the principalities and powers, through Him who became subject to suffering according to His will."

「諸位啊，」我說，「那細麵的祭物，就是傳下來為患痲瘋得潔淨之人獻上的，乃是感恩之餅（聖餐）的預表。我們的主耶穌基督傳下這餅，叫人作來記念他所受的苦，就是他為那些靈魂從人一切邪惡中得潔淨之人所受的苦；好叫我們同時為兩件事感謝神：一是他為人的緣故創造了世界並其中的萬有，二是他使我們從我們陷身其中的邪惡得了釋放，並藉著那照他自己旨意甘心受苦的一位，把那執政的和掌權的徹底敗壞。」

3-41:2

Ὅθεν περὶ μὲν τῶν ὑφ ὑμῶν τότε προσφερομένων θυσιῶν λέγει ὁ θεός, ὡς προέφην, διὰ Μαλαχίου, ἑνὸς τῶν δώδεκα· Οὐκ ἔστι θέλημά μου ἐν ὑμῖν, λέγει κύριος, καὶ τὰς θυσίας ὑμῶν οὐ προσδέξομαι ἐκ τῶν χειρῶν ὑμῶν· διότι ἀπὸ ἀνατολῆς ἡλίου ἕως δυσμῶν τὸ ὄνομά μου δεδόξασται ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσι, καὶ ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ θυμίαμα προσφέρεται τῷ ὀνόματί μου καὶ θυσία καθαρά, ὅτι μέγα τὸ ὄνομά μου ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσι, λέγει κύριος, ὑμεῖς δὲ βεβηλοῦτε αὐτό

"Wherefore, concerning the sacrifices then offered by you, God speaks, as I said before, through Malachi, one of the twelve: 'I have no pleasure in you, says the Lord, and I will not accept your sacrifices from your hands; for from the rising of the sun even to its setting My name has been glorified among the nations, and in every place incense is offered to My name, and a pure sacrifice; for My name is great among the nations, says the Lord, but you profane it.'"

「因此，論到你們當時所獻的祭物，神就如我先前所說，藉著十二先知之一的瑪拉基說：『耶和華說，我不喜悅你們，也不從你們手中收納供物；因為從日出之地到日落之處，我的名在外邦中必尊為大，在各處人必奉我的名燒香，獻潔淨的供物；因為我的名在外邦中必尊為大，這是耶和華說的，你們卻褻瀆了這名。』」

3-41:3

Περὶ δὲ τῶν ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ ὑφ ἡμῶν τῶν ἐθνῶν προσφερομένων αὐτῷ θυσιῶν, τουτέστι τοῦ ἄρτου τῆς εὐχαριστίας καὶ τοῦ ποτηρίου ὁμοίως τῆς εὐχαριστίας, προλέγει τότε, εἰπὼν καὶ τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ δοξάζειν ἡμᾶς, ὑμᾶς δὲ βεβηλοῦν

"But concerning the sacrifices offered to Him in every place by us, the nations—that is, the bread of the Eucharist and likewise the cup of the Eucharist—He then foretells, saying also that we glorify His name, but that you profane it."

「但論到我們外邦人在各處向他所獻的祭物，就是感恩之餅，並照樣感恩之杯，他那時就預先說了，又說我們榮耀他的名，你們卻褻瀆這名。」

3-41:4

Ἡ δὲ ἐντολὴ τῆς περιτομῆς, κελεύουσα τῇ ὀγδόῃ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκ παντὸς περιτέμνειν τὰ γεννώμενα, τύπος ἦν τῆς ἀληθινῆς περιτομῆς, ἣν περιετμήθημεν ἀπὸ τῆς πλάνης καὶ πονηρίας διὰ τοῦ ἀπὸ νεκρῶν ἀναστάντος τῇ μιᾷ τῶν σαββάτων ἡμέρᾳ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν· μία γὰρ τῶν σαββάτων, πρώτη μὲν οὖσα τῶν πασῶν ἡμερῶν, κατὰ τὸν ἀριθμὸν πάλιν τῶν πασῶν ἡμερῶν τῆς κυκλοφορίας ὀγδόη καλεῖται, καὶ πρώτη οὖσα μένει

"And the commandment of circumcision, ordering that those born be circumcised in every case on the eighth day, was a type of the true circumcision, with which we were circumcised from error and wickedness through Him who rose from the dead on the first day of the week, Jesus Christ our Lord. For the first day of the week, being the first of all days, is yet again, according to the count of all the days of the cycle, called the eighth, while remaining the first."

「至於割禮的誡命，吩咐凡所生的都要在第八日受割禮，這乃是真割禮的預表。我們藉著那在七日的第一日從死裡復活的、我們的主耶穌基督，已經受了這真割禮，脫離了迷惑和邪惡。因為七日的第一日，雖是眾日中的頭一日，按一週循環眾日的數目來算，卻又稱為第八日，而它仍舊是第一日。」

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