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σου σώματι παραδούς, ἵνα παιδευθῶσι πάντες διὰ
σοῦ μὴ πλανᾶν υἱοὺς βασιλέων.
Τούτων ἀκούσας ὁ Ναχὼρ τῶν ῥημάτων, σκυθρωπὸς
1 ἦν λίαν καὶ κατηφής, ὁρῶν ἑαυτὸν ἐμπίπτοντα
2 τῷ βόθρῳ ᾧ εἰργάσατο καὶ τῇ παγίδι ᾗ
3 ἔκρυψε συλλαμβανόμενον, καὶ τὴν ῥομφαίαν αὐτοῦ
εἰς καρδίαν αὐτοῦ κατανοῶν εἰσδυομένην.
Συλλογισάμενος οὖν καθ̓ ἑαυτόν, τῷ τοῦ βασιλέως
υἱῷ μᾶλλον ἔγνω προστεθῆναι καὶ τὰ
ἐκείνου κρατῦναι, τοῦ διαφυγεῖν τὸν ἐπηρτημένον
αὐτῷ κίνδυνον, ὡς ἐκείνου εὐλόγως δυναμένου
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τιμωρήσασθαι αὐτόν, εἴπερ παραπικραίνων εὑρεθείη.
τὸ δὲ πᾶν τῆς θείας ἦν προνοίας σοφῶς
διὰ τῶν ἐναντίων τὰ ἡμέτερα βεβαιούσης. ὡς
γὰρ εἰς λόγους ἦλθον ἀλλήλοις οἱ μύσται τῶν
4 εἰδώλων καὶ ὁ Ναχώρ, καθάπερ τις ἄλλος Βαλαὰμ
ὃς ἐπὶ τοῦ Βαλάκ ποτε, ἐπαράσασθαι τὸν
Ἰσραὴλ προθέμενος, πολυειδέσιν αὐτὸν εὐλόγησεν
εὐλογίαις, οὕτως καὶ ὁ Ναχὼρ ἰσχυρῶς
τοῖς ἀσόφοις καὶ ἀσυνέτοις σοφοῖς ἀντικαθίστατο.
Καθεζομένου γὰρ τοῦ βασιλέως ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου,
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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