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[1] But you, our God, are gracious and true,
patient, and in mercy ordering all things.
[2] For even if we sin, we are yours, knowing your dominion;
but we will not sin, knowing that we have been accounted yours.
[3] For to be acquainted with you is§ perfect righteousness,
and to know your dominion is the root of immortality.
[4] For we weren’t led astray by any evil plan of men’s,
nor yet by painters’ fruitless labor,
a form stained with varied colors,
[5] the sight of which leads fools into‡ lust.
Their desire is for the breathless form of a dead image.
[6] Lovers of evil things, and worthy of such hopes,
are those who make, desire, and worship them. [7] For a potter, kneading soft earth,
laboriously molds each article for our service.
He fashions out of the same clay
both the vessels that minister to clean uses, and those of a contrary sort,
all in like manner.
What shall be the use of each article of either sort,
the potter is the judge.
[8] Also, laboring to an evil end, he molds a vain god out of the same clay,
he who, having but a little before been made of earth,
after a short space goes his way to the earth out of which he was taken,
when he is required to give back the§ soul which was lent him.
[9] However he has anxious care,
not because his powers must fail,
nor because his span of life is short;
But he compares himself with goldsmiths and silversmiths,
and he imitates molders in§ brass,
and considers it great that he molds counterfeit gods.
[10] His heart is ashes.
His hope is of less value than earth.
His life is of less honor than clay,
[11] because he was ignorant of him who molded him,
and of him that inspired into him§ an active§ soul,
and breathed into him a vital spirit.
[12] But‡ he accounted our life to be a game,
and our§ lifetime a festival for profit;
for, he says, one must get gain however one can, even if it is by evil.
[13] For this man, beyond all others, knows that he sins,
out of earthy matter making brittle vessels and engraved images.
[14] But most foolish and more miserable than a baby,
are the enemies of your people, who oppressed them;
[15] because they even considered all the idols of the nations to be gods,
which have neither the use of eyes for seeing,
nor nostrils for drawing breath,
nor ears to hear,
nor fingers for handling,
and their feet are helpless for walking.
[16] For a man made them,
and one whose own spirit is borrowed molded them;
for no one has power as a man to mold a god like himself.
[17] But, being mortal, he makes a dead thing by the work of lawless hands;
for he is better than the objects of his worship,
since he indeed had life, but they never did. [18] Yes, and they worship the creatures that are most hateful,
for, being compared as to lack of sense, these are worse than all others;
[19] Neither, as seen beside other creatures, are they beautiful, so that one should desire them,
but they have escaped both the praise of God and his blessing.

Footnotes

  1. § 15:3 Gr. entire.
  2. ‡ 15:5 Some authorities read reproach.
  3. § 15:8 Or, life
  4. § 15:9 Or, copper
  5. § 15:11a Gr. a soul that moves to activity.
  6. § 15:11b Or, life
  7. ‡ 15:12a Some authorities read they accounted.
  8. § 15:12b Or, way of life
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[1] Σὺ G4771 δέ, G1161 ὁ G3588 θεὸς G2316 ἡμῶν, G2257 χρηστὸς G5543 καὶ G2532 ἀληθής, G227 μακρόθυμος καὶ G2532 ἐλέει G1656 διοικῶν τὰ G3588 πάντα. G3956 [2] Καὶ G2532 γὰρ G1063 ἐὰν G1437 ἁμάρτωμεν, G264 σοί G4671 ἐσμεν, G2070 εἰδότες G1492 σου G4675 τὸ G3588 κράτος· G2904 οὐχ G3756 ἁμαρτησόμεθα G264 δέ, G1161 εἰδότες G1492 ὅτι G3754 σοὶ G4671 λελογίσμεθα. G3049 [3] Τὸ G3588 γὰρ G1063 ἐπίστασθαί G1987 σε G4571 ὁλόκληρος G3648 δικαιοσύνη, G1343 καὶ G2532 εἰδέναι G1492 σου G4675 τὸ G3588 κράτος G2904 ῥίζα G4491 ἀθανασίας. G110 [4] Οὔτε G3777 γὰρ G1063 ἐπλάνησεν G4105 ἡμᾶς G2248 ἀνθρώπων G444 κακότεχνος ἐπίνοια G1963 οὐδὲ G3761 σκιαγράφων πόνος G4192 ἄκαρπος, G175 εἶδος G1491 σπιλωθὲν G4695 χρώμασιν διηλλαγμένοις, G1259 [5] ὧν G3739 ὄψις G3799 ἄφροσιν G878 εἰς G1519 ὄρεξιν G3715 ἔρχεται, G2064 ποθεῖ τε G5037 νεκρᾶς G3498 εἰκόνος G1504 εἶδος G1491 ἄπνουν. [6] Κακῶν G2556 ἐρασταὶ ἄξιοί G514 τε G5037 τοιούτων G5108 ἐλπίδων G1680 καὶ G2532 οἱ G3588 δρῶντες καὶ G2532 οἱ G3588 ποθοῦντες καὶ G2532 οἱ G3588 σεβόμενοι. G4576 [7] Καὶ G2532 γὰρ G1063 κεραμεὺς G2763 ἁπαλὴν G527 γῆν G1093 θλίβων G2346 ἐπίμοχθον πλάσσει G4111 πρὸς G4314 ὑπηρεσίαν ἡμῶν G2257 ἓν G1520 ἕκαστον· G1538 ἀλλ’ G235 ἐκ G1537 τοῦ G3588 αὐτοῦ G846 πηλοῦ G4081 ἀνεπλάσατο τά G3588 τε G5037 τῶν G3588 καθαρῶν G2513 ἔργων G2041 δοῦλα G1401 σκεύη G4632 τά G3588 τε G5037 ἐναντία, G1727 πάντα G3956 ὁμοίως· G3668 τούτων G5130 δὲ G1161 ἑτέρου G2087 τίς G5101 ἑκάστου G1538 ἐστὶν G2076 ἡ G3588 χρῆσις, G5540 κριτὴς G2923 ὁ G3588 πηλουργός. [8] Καὶ G2532 κακόμοχθος θεὸν G2316 μάταιον G3152 ἐκ G1537 τοῦ G3588 αὐτοῦ G846 πλάσσει G4111 πηλοῦ G4081 ὃς G3739 πρὸ G4253 μικροῦ G3398 ἐκ G1537 γῆς G1093 γενηθεὶς G1096 μετ’ G3326 ὀλίγον G3641 πορεύεται G4198 ἐξ G1537 ἧς G3739 ἐλήμφθη, G2983 τὸ G3588 τῆς G3588 ψυχῆς G5590 ἀπαιτηθεὶς G523 χρέος. [9] Ἀλλ’ G235 ἔστιν G2076 αὐτῷ G846 φροντὶς οὐχ G3756 ὅτι G3754 μέλλει G3195 κάμνειν G2577 οὐδ’ G3761 ὅτι G3754 βραχυτελῆ βίον G979 ἔχει, G2192 ἀλλ’ G235 ἀντερείδεται μὲν G3303 χρυσουργοῖς καὶ G2532 ἀργυροχόοις χαλκοπλάστας τε G5037 μιμεῖται G3401 καὶ G2532 δόξαν G1391 ἡγεῖται G2233 ὅτι G3754 κίβδηλα πλάσσει. G4111 [10] Σποδὸς G4700 ἡ G3588 καρδία G2588 αὐτοῦ, G846 καὶ G2532 γῆς G1093 εὐτελεστέρα ἡ G3588 ἐλπὶς G1680 αὐτοῦ, G846 πηλοῦ G4081 τε G5037 ἀτιμότερος G820 ὁ G3588 βίος G979 αὐτοῦ, G846 [11] ὅτι G3754 ἠγνόησεν G50 τὸν G3588 πλάσαντα G4111 αὐτὸν G846 καὶ G2532 τὸν G3588 ἐμπνεύσαντα G1709 αὐτῷ G846 ψυχὴν G5590 ἐνεργοῦσαν G1754 καὶ G2532 ἐμφυσήσαντα G1720 πνεῦμα G4151 ζωτικόν, [12] ἀλλ’ G235 ἐλογίσαντο G3049 παίγνιον εἶναι G1511 τὴν G3588 ζωὴν G2222 ἡμῶν G2257 καὶ G2532 τὸν G3588 βίον G979 πανηγυρισμὸν ἐπικερδῆ, δεῖν G1163 γάρ G1063 φησιν G5346 ὅθεν G3606 δή, G1211 κἂν G2579 ἐκ G1537 κακοῦ, G2556 πορίζειν. [13] Οὗτος G3778 γὰρ G1063 παρὰ G3844 πάντας G3956 οἶδεν G1492 ὅτι G3754 ἁμαρτάνει G264 ὕλης G5208 γεώδους εὔθραυστα σκεύη G4632 καὶ G2532 γλυπτὰ δημιουργῶν. G1217 [14] Πάντες G3956 δὲ G1161 ἀφρονέστατοι G878 καὶ G2532 τάλανες ὑπὲρ G5228 ψυχὴν G5590 νηπίου G3516 οἱ G3588 ἐχθροὶ G2190 τοῦ G3588 λαοῦ G2992 σου G4675 καταδυναστεύσαντες G2616 αὐτόν, G846 [15] ὅτι G3754 καὶ G2532 πάντα G3956 τὰ G3588 εἴδωλα G1497 τῶν G3588 ἐθνῶν G1484 ἐλογίσαντο G3049 θεούς, G2316 οἷς G3739 οὔτε G3777 ὀμμάτων G3659 χρῆσις G5540 εἰς G1519 ὅρασιν G3706 οὔτε G3777 ῥῖνες εἰς G1519 συνολκὴν ἀέρος G109 οὔτε G3777 ὦτα G3775 ἀκούειν G191 οὔτε G3777 δάκτυλοι G1147 χειρῶν G5495 εἰς G1519 ψηλάφησιν καὶ G2532 οἱ G3588 πόδες G4228 αὐτῶν G846 ἀργοὶ G692 πρὸς G4314 ἐπίβασιν. [16] Ἄνθρωπος G444 γὰρ G1063 ἐποίησεν G4160 αὐτούς, G846 καὶ G2532 τὸ G3588 πνεῦμα G4151 δεδανεισμένος G1155 ἔπλασεν G4111 αὐτούς· G846 οὐδεὶς G3762 γὰρ G1063 αὐτῷ G846 ὅμοιον G3664 ἄνθρωπος G444 ἰσχύει G2480 πλάσαι G4111 θεόν· G2316 [17] θνητὸς G2349 δὲ G1161 ὢν G5607 νεκρὸν G3498 ἐργάζεται G2038 χερσὶν G5495 ἀνόμοις· G459 κρείττων G2909 γάρ G1063 ἐστιν G2076 τῶν G3588 σεβασμάτων G4574 αὐτοῦ, G846 ὧν G3739 αὐτὸς G846 μὲν G3303 ἔζησεν, G2198 ἐκεῖνα G1565 δὲ G1161 οὐδέποτε. G3763 — [18] καὶ G2532 τὰ G3588 ζῷα G2226 δὲ G1161 τὰ G3588 ἔχθιστα G2190 σέβονται· G4576 ἀνοίᾳ G454 γὰρ G1063 συγκρινόμενα G4793 τῶν G3588 ἄλλων G243 ἐστὶ G2076 χείρονα· G5501 [19] οὐδ’ G3761 ὅσον G3745 ἐπιποθῆσαι G1971 ὡς G5613 ἐν G1722 ζῴων G2226 ὄψει G3799 καλὰ G2570 τυγχάνει, G5177 ἐκπέφευγεν G1628 δὲ G1161 καὶ G2532 τὸν G3588 τοῦ G3588 θεοῦ G2316 ἔπαινον G1868 καὶ G2532 τὴν G3588 εὐλογίαν G2129 αὐτοῦ. G846
Septuaginta, in place of Byzantine Greek New Testament