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Apologies & Dialogue 3-94

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3-94:1

Εἴπατε γάρ μοι, οὐχὶ θεὸς ἦν ὁ ἐντειλάμενος διὰ Μωσέως μήτε εἰκόνα μήτε ὁμοίωμα μήτε τῶν ἐν οὐρανῷ ἄνω μήτε τῶν ἐπὶ γῆς ὅλως ποιῆσαι, καὶ αὐτὸς ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ διὰ τοῦ Μωσέως τὸν χαλκοῦν ὄφιν ἐνήργησε γενέσθαι, καὶ ἐπὶ σημεῖον ἔστησε, δι οὖ σημείου ἐσώζοντο οἱ ὀφιόδηκτοι, καὶ ἀναίτιός ἐστιν ἀδικίας

For tell me: was it not God who commanded through Moses that no image or likeness, whether of things in heaven above or of things on earth, should at all be made; yet He Himself, in the wilderness through Moses, caused a bronze serpent to be made, and set it up for a sign, by which sign those bitten by serpents were saved—and He is free of any wrongdoing?

請告訴我：那藉摩西吩咐不可造任何像或形象，無論是天上的或地上的，那位豈不是神嗎？然而正是祂在曠野藉摩西使一條銅蛇造成，並立起來作為記號，被蛇咬的人因這記號得救——而祂並無任何不義。

3-94:2

Μυστήριον γὰρ διὰ τούτου, ὡς προέφην, ἐκήρυσσε, δι οὖ καταλύειν μὲν τὴν δύναμιν τοῦ ὄφεως, τοῦ καὶ τὴν παράβασιν ὑπὸ τοῦ Ἀδὰμ γενέσθαι ἐργασαμένου, ἐκήρυσσε, σωτηρίαν δὲ τοῖς πιστεύουσιν ἐπὶ τοῦτον τὸν διὰ τοῦ σημείου τούτου, τουτέστι τοῦ σταυροῦ, θανατοῦσθαι μέλλοντα ἀπὸ τῶν δηγμάτων τοῦ ὄφεως, ἅπερ εἰσὶν αἰ κακαὶ πράξεις, εἰδωλολατρεῖαι καὶ ἄλλαι ἀδικίαι

For through this, as I said before, He proclaimed a mystery, by which He declared that He would break the power of the serpent that had also wrought the transgression committed by Adam, and that He would work salvation for those who believe on this One—who was about to be put to death by means of this sign, that is, the cross—from the bites of the serpent, which are evil deeds, idolatries, and other forms of wickedness.

因為藉著這事，如我先前所說，祂宣告了一個奧祕：祂要敗壞那條曾使亞當犯了過犯的蛇的權勢，並要為凡信靠這一位的人成就救恩——這位要藉著這記號，就是十字架，被處死——救他們脫離蛇咬，那蛇咬就是惡行、拜偶像和其他種種不義。

3-94:3

Ἐπεὶ εἰ μὴ τοῦτο νοηθήσεται, δότε μοι λόγον (??)τον χάριν τὸν χαλκοῦν ὄφιν Μωσῆς ἐπὶ σημείου ἔστησε, καὶ προσβλέπειν αὐτὸν τοὺς δακνομένους ἐκέλευσε, καὶ ἐθεραπεύοντο οἱ δακνόμενοι, καὶ ταῦτα αὐτὸς κελεύσας μηδενὸς ὅλως ὁμοίωμα ποιεῖν

For if this is not so understood, give me a reason why Moses set up the bronze serpent for a sign, and commanded those who were bitten to look upon it, and the bitten were healed—and this when he himself had commanded that no likeness of anything whatever should be made.

因為若不這樣領會，請給我一個理由：摩西為何把銅蛇立為記號，又吩咐被咬的人仰望它，被咬的人就得了醫治——而這正是在他自己曾吩咐不可造任何東西的形象之後。

3-94:4

Καἰ ὁ ἕτερος τῶν τῇ δευτέρα ἀφιγμένων εἶπεν· Ἀληθῶς εἶπας· οὐκ ἔχομεν λόγον διδόναι· καὶ γὰρ ἐγὼ περὶ τούτου πολλάκις τοὺς διδασκάλους ἠρώτησα, καὶ οὐδείς μοι λόγον ἀπέδωκεν. Ὥστε λέγε σὺἃ λέγεις· προσέχομεν γάρ σοι μυστήριον ἀποκαλύπτοντι, δι ὧν καὶ τὰ τῶν προφητῶν διδάγματα συκοφαντητά ἐστι

And the other of those who had come on the second day said: 'You have spoken truly; we have no reason to give. For I myself have often asked the teachers about this, and no one gave me an answer. So say what you have to say, for we are attending to you as you unveil a mystery, by which the teachings of the prophets are slandered.'

那在第二天前來之人中的另一位說：「你說得對，我們無從解釋。我自己也曾多次問過教師們這件事，沒有一個人給我答覆。所以請說你要說的吧，我們正留心聽你揭示這奧祕，那些藉以毀謗先知教訓的奧祕。」

3-94:5

Κἀγώ· Ὅνπερ οὖν τρόπον τὸ σημεῖον διὰ τοῦ χαλκοῦ ὄφεως γενέσθαι ὁ θεὸς ἐκέλευσε καὶ ἀναίτιός ἐστιν, οὕτω δὴ καὶ ἐν τῷ νόμῳ κατάρα κεῖται κατὰ τῶν σταυρουμένων ἀνθρώπων· οὐκ ἔτι δὲ καὶ κατὰ τοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ κατάρα κεῖται, δι οὗ σώζει πάντας τοὺς κατάρας ἄξια πράξαντας

And I said: As, then, God commanded the sign to be made through the bronze serpent, and yet is free of blame, so also in the Law a curse lies against men who are crucified; but no curse lies against the Christ of God, through whom He saves all who have done things worthy of a curse.

我說：那麼，正如神吩咐藉銅蛇造這記號，自己卻無可指責，照樣律法中也有咒詛臨到被釘十字架的人；但神的基督卻沒有咒詛臨到祂，祂藉此拯救一切行了當受咒詛之事的人。

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