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Apologies & Dialogue 3-82

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3-82:1

Παρὰ γὰρ ἡμῖν καὶ μέχρι νῦν προφητικὰ χαρίσματά ἐστιν, ἐξ οὗ καὶ αὐτοὶ συνιέναι ὀφείλετε, ὅτι τὰ πάλαι ἐν τῷ γένει ὑμῶν ὄντα εἰς ἡμᾶς μετετέθη. Ὅνπερ δὲ τρόπον καὶ ψευδοπροφῆται ἐπὶ τῶν παρ ὑμῖν γενομένων ἁγίων προφητῶν ἦσαν, καὶ παρ ἡμῖν νῦν πολλοί εἰσι καὶ ψευδοδιδάσκαλοι, οὓς φυλάσσεσθαι προεῖπεν ἡμῖν ὁ ἡμέτερος κύριος, ὡς ἐν μηδενὶ ὑστερεῖσθαι ἡμᾶς, ἐπισταμένους ὅτι προγνώστης ἦν τῶν μετὰ τὴν ἀνάστασιν αὐτοῦ τὴν ἀπὸ τῶν νεκρῶν καὶ ἄνοδον τὴν εἰς οὐρανὸν μελλόντων γίνεσθαι ἡμῖν

For among us even until now there are prophetic gifts, from which you yourselves also ought to understand that the things which formerly existed in your nation have been transferred to us. But just as there were false prophets in the time of your holy prophets, so among us now also there are many false teachers, against whom our Lord forewarned us to be on guard, so that we are in no respect deficient, knowing that He foreknew the things that were to come upon us after His resurrection from the dead and ascent into heaven.

因為在我們中間，直到如今仍有先知的恩賜，由此你們自己也當明白，那從前存在於你們民族中的事，已轉移到我們這裡了。但正如在你們聖潔眾先知的時代有假先知，照樣，如今在我們中間也有許多假教師，我們的主曾預先警戒我們要防備他們，好叫我們在任何事上都不致有所缺乏，因為我們知道，祂預先知道在祂從死裡復活、升天之後將要臨到我們的事。

3-82:2

Εἶπε γὰρ ὅτι φονεύεσθαι καὶ μισεῖσθαι διὰ τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ μέλλομεν, καὶ ὅτι ψευδοπροφῆται καὶ ψευδόχριστοι πολλοὶ ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ παρελεύσονται καὶ πολλοὺς πλανήσουσιν· ὅπερ καὶ ἔστι

For He said that we would be killed and hated for His name's sake, and that many false prophets and false christs would come in His name and would deceive many—which is indeed the case.

因為祂說，我們將要為祂的名被殺、被恨，並且要有許多假先知和假基督奉祂的名而來，迷惑許多人——這正是現今的情形。

3-82:3

Πολλοὶ γὰρ ἄθεα καὶ βλάσφημα καὶ ἄδικα ἐν ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ παραχαράσσοντες ἐδίδαξαν, καὶ τὰ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀκαθάρτου πνεύματος διαβόλου ἐμβαλλόμενα ταῖς διανοίαις αὐτῶν ἐδίδαξαν καὶ διδάσκουσι μέχρι νῦν· οὓς ὁμοίως ὑμῖν μεταπείθειν μὴ πλανᾶσθαι ἀγωνιζόμεθα, εἰδότες ὅτι πᾶς ὁ δυνάμενος λέγειν τὸ ἀληθὲς καὶ μὴ λέγων κριθήσεται ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ, ὡς διὰ τοῦ Ἰεζεκιὴλ διεμαρτύρατο ὁ θεός, εἰπὼν ὅτι Σκοπὸν τέθεικά σε τῷ οἴκῳ Ἰούδα. Ἐὰν ἁμάρτῃ ὁ ἁμαρτωλὸς καὶ μὴ διαμαρτύρῃ αὐτῷ, αὐτὸς μὲν τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ αὐτοῦ ἀπολεῖται, παρὰ τοῦ δὲ τὸ αἷμα αὺτοῦ ἐκζητήσω· ἐὰν δὲ διαμαρτύρῃ αὐτῷ, ἀθῷος ἔσῃ

For many have taught godless and blasphemous and unjust things, counterfeiting them in His name, and have taught, and teach until now, the things cast into their minds by the unclean spirit, the devil; whom, like you, we strive to persuade not to be deceived, knowing that everyone who is able to speak the truth and does not speak it shall be judged by God, as God testified through Ezekiel, saying: "I have set you as a watchman to the house of Judah. If the sinner sins and you do not warn him, he indeed shall perish in his sin, but his blood I will require from you; but if you warn him, you shall be innocent."

因為許多人教導了無神、褻瀆又不義的事，奉祂的名加以歪曲，並把那不潔之靈魔鬼投入他們心思中的東西教導出來，直到如今仍在教導；我們竭力勸他們，正如勸你們一樣，不要被迷惑，因我們知道，凡能說真理而不說的，必被神審判，正如神藉以西結所見證的，說：「我立你作猶大家的守望者。罪人若犯罪，你不警戒他，他固然必死在自己的罪中，我卻要從你手中追討他的血；你若警戒了他，你便無罪了。」

3-82:4

Διὰ δέος οὖν καὶ ἡμεῖς σπουδάζομεν ὁμιλεῖν κατὰ τὰς γραφάς, ἀλλ οὐ διὰ φιλοχρηματίαν ἢ φιλοδοξίαν ἢ φιληδονίαν· ἐν οὐδενὶ γὰρ τούτων ἐλέγξαι ἡμᾶς ὄντας δύναταί τις. Οὐδὲ γὰρ ὁμοίως τοῖς ἄρχουσι τοῦ λαοῦ τοῦ ὑμετέρου θέλομεν ζῆν, οὓς ὀνειδίζει ὁ θεὸς λέγων· Οἱ ἄρχοντες ὑμῶν κοινωνοὶ κλεπτῶν, φιλοῦντες δῶρα, διώκοντες ἀνταπόδομα. Εἰ δέ τινας καὶ ἐν ἡμῖν τοιούτους γνωρίζετε, ἀλλ οὖν γε τὰς γραφὰς καὶ τὸν Χριστὸν διὰ τοὺς τοιούτους μὴ βλλασφημῆτε καὶ παρεξηγεῖσθαι σπουδάζητε

Therefore out of fear we too are zealous to converse according to the Scriptures, but not out of love of money or love of glory or love of pleasure; for in none of these can anyone convict us of being. For neither do we wish to live like the rulers of your people, whom God reproaches, saying: "Your rulers are companions of thieves, loving gifts, pursuing recompense." And if you know some such persons even among us, yet do not, on account of such people, blaspheme the Scriptures and the Christ, nor be zealous to misinterpret them.

所以我們也是出於敬畏，才熱心照著聖經談論，而不是出於貪財、好名或好享樂；因為在這些事上，沒有人能指證我們是這樣的人。我們也不願像你們百姓的官長那樣生活，神曾責備他們說：「你們的官長與盜賊為伴，喜愛賄賂，追求贓物。」即便你們在我們中間也認識某些這樣的人，卻不要因這樣的人而褻瀆聖經和基督，也不要熱衷於曲解它們。

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