Dialogue with Trypho 15.3 · Sophia Scriptura

Summary: Isa 58:2–4.

Greek text · Archambault 1:70

Αἰτοῦσί με νῦν κρίσιν δικαίαν καὶ ἐγγίζειν θεῷ ἐπιθυμοῦσι, λέγοντες· Τί ὅτι ἐνηστεύσαμεν καὶ οὐκ εἶδες, ἐταπεινώσαμεν τὰς ψυχὰς ἡμῶν καὶ οὐκ ἔγνως; Ἐν γὰρ ταῖς ἡμέραις τῶν νηστειῶν ὑμῶν εὑρίσκετε τὰ θελήματα ὑμῶν, καὶ πάντας τοὺς ὑποχειρίους ὑμῶν ὑπονύσσετε· ἰδοὺ εἰς κρίσεις καὶ μάχας νηστεύετε, καὶ τύπτετε πυγμαῖς ταπεινόν. Ἵνα τί μοι νηστεύετε ἕως σήμερον, ἀκουσθῆναι ἐν κραυγῇ τὴν φωνὴν ὑμῶν;

English · Claude translation

“‘They ask me now for a just judgment and desire to draw near to God, saying: Why have we fasted and you did not see, humbled our souls and you did not know? For in the days of your fasts you find your own wills, and you goad all who are under you; behold, you fast for lawsuits and quarrels, and strike the lowly with your fists. Why do you fast to me as you do today, so that your voice is heard in an outcry?

About this passage

Source

Archambault 1:70 · Georges Archambault, ed., Justin: Dialogue avec Tryphon, 2 vols., Textes et documents pour l'étude historique du christianisme 8, 11 (Paris: Picard, 1909) · Greek text: G. Archambault, Justin: Dialogue avec Tryphon (Paris, 1909), digitized by the Perseus Digital Library and published by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0

Translation

Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Archambault (1909); made independently of existing English translations.

Scripture

Isa 58:2 · quotation, high confidence
Isa 58:3 · quotation, high confidence
Isa 58:4 · quotation, high confidence

Topics

Fasting, Scripture and canon

Cite this passage

Justin, Dial. 15.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/15/3/).

Plain text

Justin, Dial. 15.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/15/3/).