The Instructor 1.10.95
Summary: Ezekiel's portrait of the righteous man outlines the Christian life that leads to eternal life.
Greek text · Stählin 1:146–147
τοῦτο μὲν οὖν καὶ περὶ τοῦ κυριακοῦ προφητεύεται πάθους· ὑποτίθεται δὲ καὶ διʼ Ἰεζεκιὴλ ἡ ζωὴ τὰς ἐντολάς· »ἡ ψυχὴ ἡ ἁμαρτάνουσα ἀποθανεῖται. ὁ δὲ ἄνθρωπος ὃς ἔσται δίκαιος, ὁ ποιῶν τὴν δικαιοσύνην, οὐκ ἐπὶ τῶν ὀρέων φάγεται, καὶ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἔθετο ἐπὶ τὰ ἐνθυμήματα οἴκου Ἰσραήλ, καὶ τὴν γυναῖκα τοῦ πλησίον αὐτοῦ οὐ μὴ μιάνῃ, καὶ πρὸς γυναῖκα ἐν ἀφέδρῳ οὖσαν οὐκ ἐγγιεῖ, καὶ ἄνθρωπον οὐ καταδυναστεύσει, καὶ ἐνεχυρασμὸν ὀφείλοντος ἀποδώσει καὶ ἅρπαγμα οὐχ ἁρπάσει, τὸν ἄρτον αὐτοῦ τῷ πεινῶντι δώσει καὶ γυμνὸν περιβαλεῖ, τὸ ἀργύριον αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τόκῳ οὐ δώσει καὶ πλεόνασμα οὐ λήψεται, καὶ ἐξ ἀδικίας ἀποστρέψει τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ, καὶ κρίμα δίκαιον ποιήσει ἀνὰ μέσον ἀνδρὸς καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ πλησίον αὐτοῦ, ἐν τοῖς προστάγμασί μου πεπόρευται καὶ τὰ δικαιώματά μου πεφύλακται τοῦ ποιῆσαι αὐτά· δίκαιος οὗτός ἐστι, ζωῇ ζήσεται, λέγει κύριος.« ταῦτα ὑποτύπωσιν Χριστιανῶν περιέχει πολιτείας καὶ προτροπὴν ἀξιόλογον εἰς μακάριον βίον, γέρας εὐζωΐας, ζωὴν αἰώνιον.
English · Claude translation
This is prophesied of the Lord's passion as well. And through Ezekiel Life itself sets out the commandments: “The soul that sins shall die. But the man who is righteous, who does righteousness, will not eat on the mountains, and has not lifted his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel; he will not defile his neighbor's wife, nor come near a woman in her impurity; he will not oppress anyone, but will restore the debtor's pledge, and will not seize plunder; he will give his bread to the hungry and clothe the naked; he will not lend his money at interest nor take increase; he will turn his hand from injustice and execute true justice between a man and his neighbor; he has walked in my statutes and kept my ordinances to do them: this man is righteous, he shall surely live, says the Lord.” These words contain an outline of the Christian way of life, and a notable exhortation to the blessed life, the reward of a good life, eternal life.
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Translation notes
- The first sentence refers back to Prov 1:11–12 in 1.10.94, read as a prophecy of the passion. The quotation is Ezek 18:4–9.
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Clement of Alexandria, Paed. 1.10.95 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-paedagogus/1/10/95/).
Plain text
Clement of Alexandria, Paed. 1.10.95 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-paedagogus/1/10/95/).
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