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Apologies & Dialogue 3-7

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3-7:1

Τίνι οὖν, φημί, ἔτι τις χρήσαιτο διδασκάλῳ (??) πόθεν ὠφεληθείη τις. εἰ μηδὲ ἐν τούτοις τὸ ἀληθές ἐστιν; Ἐγένοντό τινες πρὸ πολλοῦ χρόνου πάντων τούτων τῶν νομιζομένων φιλοσόφων παλαιότεροι, μακάριοι καὶ δίκαιοι καὶ θεοφιλεῖς, θείῳ πνεύματι λαλήσαντες καὶ τὰ μέλλοντα θεσπίσαντες,ἃ δὴ νῦν γίνεται· προφήτας δὲ αὐτοὺς καλοῦσιν. Οὗτοι μόνοι τὸ ἀληθὲς καὶ εἶδον καὶ ἐξεῖπον ἀνθρώποις, μήτ εὐλαβηθέντες μήτε δυσωπηθέντες τινά. μὴ ἡττημένοι δόξης. ἀλλὰ μόνα ταῦτα εἰπόντεςἃ ἤκουσαν καὶἃ εἶδον ἁγίῳ πληρωθέντες πνεύματι

'To whom then,' I said, 'could one still resort as a teacher, or from where might one be helped, if the truth is not even in these men?' 'There existed, long ago, men far more ancient than all those reputed philosophers—blessed and righteous and beloved of God, who spoke by the divine Spirit and foretold the things to come, which are now coming to pass; they are called prophets. These alone both saw and proclaimed the truth to men, neither reverencing nor dreading anyone, not overcome by any desire for glory, but speaking only those things which they heard and saw when filled with the Holy Spirit.'

我說：「那麼人還能投奔誰作老師呢？或從何處可得幫助呢，倘若連這些人裡也沒有真理？」「在遠古之時，曾有一些人，比一切被尊為哲學家的人都更古老——他們有福、公義、為神所愛，藉神聖的靈說話，並預言了將來的事，這些事如今正在應驗；人稱他們為先知。唯獨這些人既看見、也向眾人宣告了真理，既不敬畏、也不畏懼任何人，不被任何虛榮之心所勝，只講說他們被聖靈充滿時所聽見、所看見的。」

3-7:2

Συγγράμματα δὲ αὐτῶν ἔτι καὶ νῦν διαμένει, καὶ ἔστιν ἐντυχόντα τούτοις πλεῖστον ὠφεληθῆναι καὶ περὶ ἀρχῶν καὶ περὶ τέλους καὶ ὧν χρὴ εἰδέναι τὸν φιλόσοφον, πιστεύσαντα ἐκείνοις. Οὐ γὰρ μετὰ ἀποδείξεως πεποίηνται τότε τοὺς λόγους, ἃτε ἀνωτέρω πάσης ἀποδείξεως ὄντες ἀξιόπιστοι μάρτυρες τῆς ἀληθείας· τὰ δὲ ἀποβάντα καὶ ἀποβαίνοντα ἐξαναγκάζει συντίθεσθαι τοῖς λελαλημένοις δι αὐτῶν

'Their writings remain even now, and it is possible for one who consults them to be greatly helped, both concerning first principles and concerning the end, and concerning the things the philosopher ought to know—provided he believes them. For they did not then compose their discourses with demonstration, since they were, as witnesses of the truth, worthy of belief above all demonstration; and the events that have come to pass and are coming to pass compel assent to the things spoken through them.'

「他們的著作直到如今仍存留著，凡查考它們的人都能大得幫助，無論關乎本原、關乎終局，或關乎哲學家所當知道的事——只要他相信他們。因為他們當時並非用論證來編製他們的言論，乃因他們作為真理的見證人，其可信遠超乎一切論證；而那已經應驗、並正在應驗的事，更迫使人贊同藉他們所說的話。」

3-7:3

Καίτοι γε καὶ διὰ τὰς δυνάμεις, ἃς ἐπετέλουν, πιστεύεσθαι δίκαιοι ἦσαν, ἐπειδὴ καὶ τὸν ποιητὴν τῶν ὅλων θεὸν καὶ πατέρα ἐδόξαζον καὶ τὸν παρ αὐτοῦ Χριστὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ κατήγγελλον· ὅπερ οἱ ἀπὸ τοῦ πλάνου καὶ ἀκαθάρτου πνεύματος ἐμπιπλάμενοι ψευδοπροφῆται οὕτε ἐποίησαν οὔτε ποιοῦσιν, ἀλλὰ δυνάμεις τινὰς ἐνεργεῖν εἰς κατάπληξιν τῶν ἀνθρώπων τολμῶσι καὶ τὰ τῆς πλάνης πνεύματα καὶ δαιμόνια δοξολογοῦσιν. Εὔχου δέ σοι πρὸ πάντων φωτὸς ἀνοιχθῆναι πύλας· οὐ γὰρ συνοπτὰ οὐδὲ συννοητὰ πᾶσίν ἐστιν, εἰ μή τῳ θεὸς δῷ συνιέναι καὶ ὁ Χριστὸς αὐτοῦ

'And indeed, also on account of the mighty works which they performed, they were worthy of belief, since they glorified the Maker of all things, God and Father, and proclaimed His Christ who came from Him to be His Son—which the false prophets, filled with the spirit of error and uncleanness, neither did nor do; rather, they dare to work certain powers to astound men, and they glorify the spirits of error and the demons. But pray, above all, that the gates of light may be opened to you; for these things are not to be seen or understood by all, unless God and His Christ grant one to understand.'

「並且，也正因他們所行的大能作為，他們配得人相信，因為他們榮耀那創造萬有的、神與父，又宣揚那從祂而來、作祂兒子的基督——這些事，那被謬妄與不潔之靈所充滿的假先知既不曾行、如今也不行；他們倒膽敢施行某些異能來震驚世人，並榮耀那些謬妄之靈與鬼魔。但你要禱告，最要緊的是求那光明之門向你敞開；因為這些事並非人人都能看見、能領會，除非神和祂的基督賜人領悟。」

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