1 Clement 59.4
Summary: Intercession for the afflicted, the sick, the hungry, and prisoners.
Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:112
ἀξιοῦμέν σε, δέσποτα, βοηθὸν γενέσθαι καὶ ἀντιλήπτορα ἡμῶν. τοὺς ἐν θλίψει ἡμῶν σῶσον, τοὺς ταπεινοὺς ἐλέησον, τοὺς πεπτωκότας ἔγειρον, τοῖς δεομένοις ἐπιφάνηθι, τοὺς ἀσθενεῖς ἴασαι, τοὺς πλανωμένους τοῦ λαοῦ σου ἐπίστρεψον· χόρτασον τοὺς πεινῶντας, λύτρωσαι τοὺς δεσμίους ἡμῶν, ἐξανάστησον τοὺς ἀσθενοῦντας, παρακάλεσον τοὺς ὀλιγοψυχοῦντας· γνώτωσάν σε ἅπαντα τὰ ἔθνη, ὅτι σὺ εἶ ὁ θεὸς μόνος καὶ Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς ὁ παῖς σου καὶ ἡμεῖς λαός σου καὶ πρόβατα τῆς νομῆς σου.
English · Claude translation
We ask you, Master, to be our helper and protector. Save those of us who are in affliction; have mercy on the lowly; raise the fallen; show yourself to those in need; heal the sick; turn back those of your people who are going astray; feed the hungry; ransom our prisoners; raise up the weak; comfort the fainthearted. Let all the nations know that you are the only God, and Jesus Christ is your Servant, and we are your people and the sheep of your pasture.
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- Digital text corrected (punctuation slip in the digital text (the sentence continues)): ἔθνη. ὅτι σὺ → ἔθνη, ὅτι σὺ.
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1 Clem. 59.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/59/4/).
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1 Clem. 59.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/59/4/).
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