Dialogue with Trypho 43.6 · Sophia Scriptura

Greek text · Archambault 1:192

Πρὶν ἢ γνῶναι αὐτὸν ἢ προελέσθαι πονηρὰ ἐκλέξεται τὸ ἀγαθόν· διότι, πρὶν ἢ γνῶναι τὸ παιδίον ἀγαθὸν ἢ κακόν, ἀπειθεῖ πονηρὰ τοῦ ἐκλέξασθαι τὸ ἀγαθόν. Διότι, πρὶν ἢ γνῶναι τὸ παιδίον καλεῖν πατέρα ἢ μητέρα, λήψεται δύναμιν Δαμασκοῦ καὶ σκύλα Σαμαρείας ἔναντι βασιλέως Ἀσσυρίων. Καὶ καταληφθήσεται ἡ γῆ, ἣν σὺ σκληρῶς οἴσεις ἀπὸ προσώπου τῶν δύο βασιλέων. Ἀλλʼ ἐπάξει ὁ θεὸς ἐπὶ σὲ καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν λαόν σου καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν οἶκον τοῦ πατρός σου ἡμέρας, αἳ οὐδέπω ἥκασιν ἐπὶ σέ, ἀπὸ τῆς ἡμέρας ἧς ἀφεῖλεν Ἐφραῒμ ἀπὸ Ἰούδα τὸν βασιλέα τῶν Ἀσσυρίων.

English · Claude translation

“‘Before he knows or chooses evil, he shall choose the good; for before the child knows good or evil, he refuses evil, to choose the good. For before the child knows how to call father or mother, he shall take the power of Damascus and the spoils of Samaria before the king of Assyria. And the land shall be seized, which you will bear with difficulty because of the two kings. But God will bring upon you and upon your people and upon your father's house days that have not yet come upon you, from the day when Ephraim took away the king of the Assyrians from Judah.’

About this passage

Source

Archambault 1:192 · 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 7:16 · quotation, high confidence
Isa 8:4 · quotation, high confidence
Isa 7:17 · quotation, high confidence

Topics

Scripture and canon

Notes

Translation notes

Justin's text joins Isa 7:15–16 with 8:4 and then returns to 7:16–17.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Archambault's printed text (wrong accent); digitization slip against Archambault's printed text (wrong diacritic)): ἐπὶ σὲ καἰ ἐπὶ → ἐπὶ σὲ καὶ ἐπὶ; ἡμέρας ᾗς ἀφεῖλεν → ἡμέρας ἧς ἀφεῖλεν.

Cite this passage

Justin, Dial. 43.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/43/6/).

Plain text

Justin, Dial. 43.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/43/6/).