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1 ἐνισχύσας, τὸ Σολομόντειον ἐκεῖνο ῥῆμα πάνυ
κατὰ καιρὸν ἐξελάβετο, Καιρός, φάσκον, τοῦ
φιλῆσαι καὶ καιρὸς τοῦ μισῆσαι, καιρὸς πολέμου
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καὶ καιρὸς εἰρήνης. καὶ πρῶτα μέν, κατὰ νοῦν
2 εὐξάμενος, Ἐλέησόν με, Κύριε, εἶπεν, ὁ Θεός,
ἐλέησόν με, ὅτι ἐπὶ σοὶ πέποιθεν ἡ ψυχή μου,
καὶ ἐν τῇ σκιᾷ τῶν πτερύγων σου ἐλπιῶ ἕως
οὗ παρέλθῃ ἡ ἀνομία. κεκράξομαι πρὸς τὸν
Θεὸν τὸν ὕψιστον, τὸν Θεὸν τὸν εὐεργετήσαντά
με, καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς τοῦ ψαλμοῦ.
3 Εἶτά φησι πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα: Τὸ μὲν θεραπεύειν
πατέρα καὶ τοῖς αὐτοῦ ὑπείκειν προστάγμασιν,
εὐνοίᾳ τε καὶ φιλίᾳ καθυπηρετεῖν, ὁ κοινὸς
ἡμᾶς διδάσκει Δεσπότης, φυσικὴν ἡμῖν τὴν τοιαύτην
ἐγκατασπείρας στοργήν. ὅταν δὲ ἡ τῶν
γονέων σχέσις καὶ φιλία πρὸς αὐτὸν φέρῃ τὸν
κίνδυνον τὴν ψυχὴν καὶ τοῦ Δημιουργοῦ πόρρω
4 ποιῇ, ἐκκόπτειν ταύτην παντάπασι προστετάγμεθα,
καὶ μηδόλως εἴκειν τοῖς χωρίζουσιν ἡμᾶς
τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἀλλὰ μισεῖν τούτους καὶ ἀποστρέφεσθαι,
κἂν πατὴρ ὁ τὰ ἀπευκταῖα ἐπιτάττων εἴη,
κἂν μήτηρ, κἂν βασιλεύς, κἂν τῆς ζωῆς αὐτῆς
John, of Damascus (attributed author). G.R. Woodward. H. Mattingly. St. John Damascene Barlaam and Joseph. William Heinemann Ltd; Harvard University Press. London; Cambridge, Mass. 1914. Keyboarding.
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