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1 Διὸ
ὑπακούσωμεν
τῇ
μεγαλοπρεπεῖ
καί
ἐνδόξῳ
βουλήσει
αὐτοῦ,
καὶ
ἱκέται
γενόμενοι
τοῦ
ἐλέους
καὶ
τῆς
χρηστότητος
αὐτοῦ
προσπέσωμεν
καὶ
ἐπιστρέψωμεν
ἐπὶ
τοὺς
οἰκτιρμοὺς
αὐτοῦ,
ἀπολιπόντες
τὴν
ματαιοπονίαν
τήν
τε
ἔριν
καὶ
τὸ
εἰς
θάνατον
ἄγον
ζῆλος.
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Therefore let us be obedient unto His excellent and glorious will; and presenting ourselves as suppliants of His mercy and goodness, let us fall down before Him and return unto His compassions, forsaking the fruitless toil and the strife and the jealousy that leads to death.
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2 ἀτενίσωμεν
εἰς
τοὺς
τελείως
λειτουργήσαντας
τῇ
μεγαλοπρεπεῖ
δόξῃ
αὐτοῦ.
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Let us fix our eyes on them who ministered perfectly unto His magnificent glory.
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3 λάβωμεν
Ἐνώχ,
ὃς
ἐν
ὑπακοῇ
δίκαιος
εὑρεθεὶς
μετετέθη,
καὶ
οὐχ
εὑρέθη
αὐτοῦ
θάνατος.
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Let us set before us Enoch, who being found righteous in obedience was taken away, and his death was not found.
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4 Νῶε
πιστὸς
εὑρεθεὶς
διὰ
τῆς
λειτουργίας
αὐτοῦ
παλιγγενεσίαν
κόσμῳ
ἐκήρυξεν,
καὶ
διέσωσεν
δι᾿
αὐτοῦ
ὁ
δεσπότης
τὰ
εἰσελθόντα
ἐν
ὁμονοίᾳ
ζῶα
εἰς
τὴν
κιβωτόν.
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Noah, being found faithful, preached regeneration to the world by his ministry, and through him the Master saved the living creatures that entered into the ark in harmony.
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