Chapter 10
| 1 Ὥστε, ἀδελφοί μου, ποιήσωμεν τὸ θέλημα τοῦ πατρὸς τοῦ καλέσαντος ἡμᾶς, ἵνα ζήσωμεν, καὶ διώξωμεν μᾶλλον τὴν ἀρετήν, τὴν δὲ κακίαν καταλείψωμεν ὡς προοδοιπόρον τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ἡμῶν, καὶ φύγωμεν τὴν ἀσέβειαν, μὴ ἡμᾶς καταλάβῃ κακά. |
Therefore my brothers, let us do the will of the Father who called us, in order that we may live;
and let us rather pursue virtue, but forsake evil as the forerunner of our sins, and let us flee from ungodliness, lest evil things overtake us. |
| 2 ἐὰν γὰρ σπουδάσωμεν ἀγαθοποιεῖν, διώξεται ἡμᾶς εἰρήνη. | For if we are eager to do good, peace will pursue us. |
| 3 διὰ ταύτην γὰρ τὴν αἰτίαν οὐκ ἔστιν εὑρεῖν[1] εἰρήνην ἄνθρωπον, οἵτινες παράγουσι φόβους ἀνθρωπίνους, προῃρημένοι μᾶλλον τὴν ἐνθάδε ἀπόλαυσιν ἢ τὴν μέλλουσαν ἐπαγγελίαν. | For this reason, no man is able to find peace,1 they instill human panic, preferring rather the present enjoyment rather than the coming promise. |
| 4 ἀγνοοῦσιν γὰρ ἡλίκην ἔχει βάσανον ἡ ἐνθάδε ἀπόλαυσις, καὶ οἵαν τρυφὴν ἔχει ἡ μέλλουσα ἐπαγγελία. | For they don’t know how great a torment the present enjoyment brings, and what delight the coming promise brings. |
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5 καὶ
εἰ
μὲν
αὐτοὶ
μόνοι
ταῦτα
ἔπρασσον,
ἀνεκτὸν
ἦν·
νῦν δὲ ἐπιμένουσιν κακοδιδασκαλοῦντες τὰς ἀναιτίους ψυχάς, οὐκ εἰδότες, ὅτι δισσὴν ἕξουσιν τὴν κρίσιν, αὐτοί τε καὶ οἱ ἀκούοντες αὐτῶν. |
And if they alone were doing these things, it would be endurable; but now they continue teaching evil to innocent souls, not knowing that both they and their listeners will have double punishment. |