| 1 κύριος ἔκτισεν ἐκ γῆς ἄνθρωπον 2 καὶ πάλιν ἀπέστρεψεν αὐτὸν εἰς αὐτήν 3 ἡμέρας ἀριθμοῦ καὶ καιρὸν ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς ἐξουσίαν τῶν ἐ{P'} αὐτῆς κα{Q'} ἑαυτὸν ἐνέδυσεν αὐτοὺς ἰσχὺν καὶ κα{T'} εἰκόνα αὐτοῦ ἐποίησεν αὐτούς 4 ἔθηκεν τὸν φόβον αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ πάσης σαρκὸς καὶ κατακυριεύειν θηρίων καὶ πετεινῶν 5 διαβούλιον καὶ γλῶσσαν καὶ ὀφθαλμούς ὦτα καὶ καρδίαν ἔδωκεν διανοεῖσθαι αὐτοῖς 6 ἐπιστήμην συνέσεως ἐνέπλησεν αὐτοὺς καὶ ἀγαθὰ καὶ κακὰ ὑπέδειξεν αὐτοῖς 7 ἔθηκεν τὸν ὀφθαλμὸν αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὰς καρδίας αὐτῶν δεῖξαι αὐτοῖς τὸ μεγαλεῖον τῶν ἔργων αὐτοῦ 8 καὶ ὄνομα ἁγιασμοῦ αἰνέσουσιν ἵνα διηγῶνται τὰ μεγαλεῖα τῶν ἔργων αὐτοῦ 9 προσέθηκεν αὐτοῖς ἐπιστήμην καὶ νόμον ζωῆς ἐκληροδότησεν αὐτοῖς 10 διαθήκην αἰῶνος ἔστησεν με{T'} αὐτῶν καὶ τὰ κρίματα αὐτοῦ ὑπέδειξεν αὐτοῖς 11 μεγαλεῖον δόξης εἶδον οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτῶν καὶ δόξαν φωνῆς αὐτοῦ ἤκουσεν τὸ οὖς αὐτῶν καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς προσέχετε ἀπὸ παντὸς ἀδίκου 12 καὶ ἐνετείλατο αὐτοῖς ἑκάστῳ περὶ τοῦ πλησίον |
1 Man, too, God created out of the earth, fashioning him after his own likeness, 2 and gave him, too, earth to be his burying-place, for all the divine power that clothed him; 3 man, too, should have his allotted toll of years, his season of maturity, and should have power over all else on earth; 4 no living thing, beast or bird, that should not live in awe of him and be subject to his rule. 5 To him and to that partner of his, created like himself and out of himself, God gave will and speech and sight and hearing; gave them a heart to reason with, and filled them with power of discernment; 6 spirit itself should be within their ken, their hearts should be all sagacity. What evil was, what good, he made plain to them; 7 gave them his own eyes to see with, so that they should keep his marvellous acts in view, 8 praise that holy name of his, boast of his wonders, tell the story of his renowned deeds. 9 Warnings, too, he gave them; the law that brings life should be a cherished heirloom; 10 and so he made a covenant with them which should last for ever; claim and award of his he would make known to them. 11 Their eyes should see him in visible majesty, their ears catch the echo of his majestic voice. Keep your hands clear, he told them, of all wrong-doing, 12 and gave each man a duty towards his neighbour. |
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Deus creavit de terra hominem,
et secundum imaginem suam fecit illum: 2
et iterum convertit illum in ipsam,
et secundum se vestivit illum virtute. 3
Numerum dierum et tempus dedit illi,
et dedit illi potestatem eorum quæ sunt super terram. 4
Posuit timorem illius super omnem carnem,
et dominatus est bestiarum et volatilium. 5
Creavit ex ipso adjutorium simile sibi:
consilium, et linguam, et oculos, et aures,
et cor dedit illis excogitandi,
et disciplina intellectus replevit illos. 6
Creavit illis scientiam spiritus,
sensu implevit cor illorum,
et mala et bona ostendit illis. 7
Posuit oculum suum super corda illorum,
ostendere illis magnalia operum suorum: 8
ut nomen sanctificationis collaudent,
et gloriari in mirabilibus illius;
ut magnalia enarrent operum ejus. 9
Addidit illis disciplinam,
et legem vitæ hæreditavit illos. 10
Testamentum æternum constituit cum illis,
et justitiam et judicia sua ostendit illis. 11
Et magnalia honoris ejus vidit oculus illorum,
et honorem vocis audierunt aures illorum.
Et dixit illis: Attendite ab omni iniquo. 12
Et mandavit illis unicuique de proximo suo. |