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p.gron.17 III - IV
Brief des Isaios via HGV-meta
Letter from Isaios to Herakleios on his hasty departure. A Christian letter from Isaios to his 'brother' Herakleios, regretting that Herakleios left in haste without a proper farewell or consultation, and urging him to manage his affairs without exposing himself to danger, as befits their religious profession. It dates to the 3rd or 4th century AD. machine translation
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TM 31942.
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- Brief des Isaios HGV-meta unbekanntIII - IV
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
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· Greek
Transcription
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χαῖρε, κύριέ μου ἄδελφε
Ἡράκλειε ἐν Κυρίωι παρὰ Ἰσαίου.
τὸ τάχος σου τῆς ἀποδημίας
σου, ἄδελφε, καὶ μάλιστα
ἐν τοιούτωι, ἐλύπησέ με·
οὔτε γὰρ ἐγὼ ἐσχόλαζον τότε ἵνα σοι κατὰ πόδας
ἀκολουθήσω καὶ εἰδῶ σου τὴν
πρόθεσιν, οὔτε σὺ ὡς
προσῆκεν ἀπήντησας ἡμῖν
πρὸς τὴν ὥραν τῆς ἀποδημίας, ἵνα ὁμιλίας ἢ καὶ
γνώμης σοι περὶ τῶν κατὰ
σὲ κοινωνήσωμεν. ὡς
δὲ ἐγένετο, θεὸς μετὰ σοῦ.
πείρω μέντοι, ἄδελφε, τὰ
κατὰ σὲ διαθέσθαι χωρὶς
τοῦ ἐπὶ κινδύνωι ἢ κατα χρω…ατος τινο… πρᾶξαι· οὕτω γὰρ καὶ πρέπει
ἡμῶν τῶι προσχήματι
ὃ ἀμφιπερικείμεθα …νο[…]
[…] γράφε δὲ ἡμῖν […]
[…]τρίτω …κ[…]
ἀσπάζονταί σε οἱ ἀδελφοί.
ἔρρωσό μοι, ἄδελφε ἐν Κυρίωι.
[v]
Ἡρακλείωι παρὰ Ἰσαίου.Translations (1)
[recto]
Greetings, my lord brother Herakleios, in the Lord, from Isaios.
The haste of your departure, brother, and especially at such a time, grieved me. For neither was I at leisure then to follow close on your heels and learn your intention, nor did you, as was fitting, come to meet us at the hour of departure, so that we might share conversation or even advice with you about your affairs. But as it happened, God be with you. Try, however, brother, to arrange your affairs without doing anything that involves danger or [...] of some [...]; for so it befits our outward profession (?) which we have put on [...]
[...] write to us [...]
[...] third (?) [...]
The brothers greet you.
Farewell, brother, in the Lord.
[verso]
To Herakleios from Isaios.
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 31942 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.gron;;17 tier-1
- HGV-Text 31942 tier-1
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