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Apologies & Dialogue 3-44

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3-44:1

Οὕτω γὰρ κατὰ πάντα ἀθῷος ὑμῶν χάριν εὑρεθήσομαι, εἰ ἀποδείξεις ποιούμενος ἀγωνίζομαι ὑμᾶς πεισθῆναι· ἐὰν δὲ ὑμεῖς, σκληροκάρδιοι μένοντες ἢ ἀσθενεῖς τὴν γνώμην διὰ τὸν ἀφωρισμένον τοῖς Χριστιανοῖς θάνατον, τῷ ἀληθεῖ συντίθεσθαι μὴ βούλησθε, ἑαυτοῖς αἴτιοι φανήσεσθε. Καὶ ἐξαπατᾶτε ἑαυτούς, ὑπονοοῦντες διὰ τὸ εἶναι τοῦ Ἀβραὰμ κατὰ σάρκα σπέρμα πάντως κληρονομήσειν τὰ κατηγγελμένα παρὰ τοῦ θεοῦ διὰ τοῦ Χριστοῦ δοθήσεσθαι ἀγαθά

For thus I shall in every way be found guiltless for your sake, if by making demonstrations I strive to persuade you. But if you, remaining hard-hearted or feeble in judgment because of the death appointed for Christians, are unwilling to assent to the truth, you will show yourselves to be the cause of your own ruin. And you deceive yourselves, supposing that because you are by the flesh the seed of Abraham you will by all means inherit the good things announced by God as to be given through Christ.

因為若我藉著作出論證來竭力說服你們，我便在各方面為你們的緣故顯為無罪。但你們若仍舊心硬，或因為基督徒所面臨的死亡而意志軟弱，不肯認同真理，你們就要顯出自己是自取滅亡的根源。你們也在自欺，以為既然按肉身是亞伯拉罕的後裔，就必定能承受神所宣告要藉基督賜下的美善之事。

3-44:2

Οὐδεὶς γὰρ οὐδὲν ἐκείνων οὐδαμόθεν λαβεῖν ἔχει πλὴν οἱ τῇ γνώμῃ ἐξομοιωθέντες τῇ πίστει τοῦ Ἀβραὰμ καὶ ἐπιγνόντες τὰ μυστήρια πάντα, λέγω δὲ ὅτι τὶς μὲν ἐντολὴ εἰς θεοσέβειαν καὶ δικαιοπραξίαν διετέτακτο, τὶς δὲ ἐντολὴ καὶ πρᾶξις ὁμοίως εἴρητο ἢ εἰς μυστήριον τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἢ διὰ τὸ σκληροκάρδιον τοῦ λαοῦ ὑμῶν. Καὶ ὅτι τοῦτό ἐστιν, ἐν τῷ Ἰεζεκιὴλ περὶ τούτου ἀποφαινόμενος ὁ θεὸς εἶπεν· Ἐὰν Νῶε καὶ Ἰακὼβ καὶ Δανιὴλ ἐξαιτήσωνται ἢ υἱοὺς ἢ θυγατέρας, οὐ μὴ δοθήσεται αὐτοῖς

For no one can receive any of those things from any source, except those who have become like Abraham in disposition by faith and have recognized all the mysteries—I mean, that one commandment was ordained for piety and righteous conduct, while another commandment and practice was likewise spoken either with reference to the mystery of Christ or on account of the hardness of heart of your people. And that this is so, God, declaring concerning this matter in Ezekiel, said: "Though Noah and Jacob and Daniel should ask for sons or daughters, it shall not be given to them."

因為除了那些憑信心在心志上與亞伯拉罕相似、並認識一切奧祕的人以外，沒有人能從任何地方領受那些事——我的意思是，有的誡命是為敬虔和行義而設的，有的誡命和規條同樣是論到基督的奧祕，或因你們百姓的心剛硬才頒布的。為證明確是如此，神在以西結書中論到這事宣告說：「縱然有挪亞、雅各和但以理為他們的兒女祈求，也必不蒙應允。」

3-44:3

Καὶ ἐν τῷ Ἡσαΐᾳ εἰς τοῦτο αὐτὸ ἔφη οὕτως· Εἶπε κύριος ὁ θεός· Καὶ ἐξελεύσονται καὶ ὄψονται τὰ κῶλα τῶν παραβεβηκότων ἀνθρώπων· ὁ γὰρ σκώληξ αὐτῶν οὐ τελευτήσει, καὶ τὸ πῦρ αὐτῶν οὐ σβεσθήσεται, καὶ ἔσονται εἰς ὅρασιν πάσῃ σαρκί

And in Isaiah He spoke to this same effect thus: "The Lord God said: And they shall go forth and look upon the carcasses of the men who have transgressed against Me; for their worm shall not die, and their fire shall not be quenched, and they shall be a spectacle to all flesh."

在以賽亞書中他也照樣論到這事說：「主耶和華說：他們必出去觀看那些悖逆我之人的屍首；因為他們的蟲是不死的，他們的火是不滅的；凡有血氣的都必憎惡他們。」

3-44:4

Ὥστε τεμόντας ὑμᾶς ἀπὸ τῶν ψυχῶν ὑμῶν τὴν ἐλπίδα ταύτην σπουδάσαι δεῖ ἐπιγνῶναι, δι ἧς ὁδοῦ ἄφεσις ὑμῖν τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν γενήσεται καὶ ἐλπὶς τῆς κληρονομίας τῶν κατηγγελμένων ἀγαθῶν· ἔστιδ οὐκ ἄλλη ἢ αὕτη, ἵνα τοῦτον τὸν Χριστὸν ἐπιγνόντες καὶ λουσάμενοι τὸ ὑπὲρ ἀφέσεως ἁμαρτιῶν διὰ Ἡσαίου κηρυχθὲν λουτρὸν ἀναμαρτήτως λοιπὸν ζήσητε

So that you must cut this hope away from your souls and be eager to recognize the way through which forgiveness of your sins will come to you and the hope of the inheritance of the good things that have been announced. And it is no other than this: that, having recognized this Christ and having been washed with the washing proclaimed through Isaiah for the forgiveness of sins, you may henceforth live sinlessly.

因此，你們必須從心中斬斷這指望，並切切地去認識那條道路，藉著它，你們的罪得赦免，並得著那已宣告之美善之事為產業的盼望。這道路不是別的，正是：你們既認識了這位基督，又受了以賽亞所宣告為赦罪而設的洗，從此便可無罪地活著。

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