Dialogue with Trypho 66.3 · Sophia Scriptura

Greek text · Archambault 1:316

Πρὶν ἢ γνῶναι αὐτὸν ἢ προελέσθαι πονηρὰ ἐκλέξεται τὸ ἀγαθόν· διότι, πρὶν ἢ γνῶναι τὸ παιδίον κακὸν ἢ ἀγαθόν, ἀπειθεῖ πονηρὰ τοῦ ἐκλέξασθαι τὸ ἀγαθόν. Διότι, πρὶν ἢ γνῶναι τὸ παιδίον καλεῖν πατέρα ἢ μητέρα, λήψεται δύναμιν Δαμασκοῦ καὶ τὰ 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, ἀπὸ τῆς ἡμέρας ἧς ἀφεῖλεν Ἐφραῒμ ἀπὸ Ἰούδα τὸν βασιλέα Ἀσσυρίων.

English · Claude translation

“‘Before he knows or chooses evil, he shall choose the good; for before the child knows evil or good, 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, from the day when Ephraim took away the king of Assyria from Judah.’”

About this passage

Source

Archambault 1:316 · 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

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Archambault's printed text (wrong accent)): ἥν σὺ σκληρῶς → ἣν σὺ σκληρῶς.

Cite this passage

Justin, Dial. 66.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/66/3/).

Plain text

Justin, Dial. 66.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/66/3/).