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p.lond.6.1926 Mitte IV
Letter from Valeria to Apa Paphnouthios asking prayers for healing. A Christian woman named Valeria writes to the holy man Apa Paphnouthios asking him to pray for her healing from a severe breathing illness. She also asks his prayers for her daughters Bassiane and Theoklia and her husband. Mid-4th century AD, Egypt. machine translation
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TM 32659.
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- (untitled record) HGV-meta unbekanntMitte IV
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Transcription
[r]
τῷ τιμιωτάτῳ καὶ χριστοφόρῳ
καὶ πάσης ἀρετῆς κεκοσμημένῳ Ἄππα Παφνουθίω.
Οὐαλερία ἐν Χριστῷ χαίρειν.
ἀξιῶ καὶ παρακαλῶ σε, τιμιώτατε πατερ, ἵνα …ι…σφηκιν αἰτήσῃς μοι
παρὰ τῷ Χριστῷ καὶ ἴασιν λάβω·
οὕτως πιστεύω διὰ τῶν σῶν εὐχῶν
ἴασιν λαμβάνω, τῶν γὰρ ἀσκουντων καὶ θρησκευόντων ἀποκαλύμματα δεικνύονται. μεγάλῃ γὰρ
νόσῳ περίκειμαι δυσπνοίας δεινῆς.
οὕτως γὰρ πεπίστευκα καὶ πιστεύω
ὅτι ἐὰν εὔξῃ ἐπάνω μου ἴασιν
λαμβάνω. δέομαι τῷ θεῷ δέομαι
καὶ σοι μνήσθητί μου ἐν τῇ ἁγίᾳ σου
προσευχῇ. εἰ καὶ ἐν σώματι οὐκ ἧκα
παρὰ τοὺς πόδας σου ἐν πνεύματι
ἧκα πρὸς τοὺς πόδας σου. προσαγορεύω τὰς θυγατέρας μου, καὶ
μνήσθητι αὐτῶν ἐν τῇ ἁγίᾳ σου
προσευχῇ, Βασσιανῆς καὶ Θεοκλίας.
ἀσπάζεται σε πολλὰ καὶ ὁ σύνβιός μου, καὶ εὔχου ἐπάνω αὐτοῦ.
ἀσπάζεταί σε δὲ καὶ ὅλος ὁ οἶκός
μου. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι,
τιμιώτατε πάτερ.
[v]
τῷ τιμιωτάτῳ πατρὶ Ἄππα Παφνουτίῳ παρὰ τῆς θυγατρὸς Οὐαλερίας.Translations (1)
[recto]
To the most honoured and Christ-bearing Apa Paphnouthios, adorned with every virtue.
Valeria, greetings in Christ.
I ask and beseech you, most honoured father, to request for me […] from Christ, and that I may receive healing. Thus I believe that through your prayers I receive healing, for revelations are shown to those who practise asceticism and devotion. For I am afflicted with a great illness, a terrible shortness of breath. For thus I have believed and believe that if you pray over me I receive healing. I beseech God, I beseech you also: remember me in your holy prayer. Even if I have not come to your feet in body, in spirit I have come to your feet. I greet my daughters, and remember them in your holy prayer, Bassiane and Theoklia. My husband also greets you much, and pray over him. And my whole household greets you. I pray for your health, most honoured father.
[verso]
To the most honoured father Apa Paphnoutios, from his daughter Valeria.
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 32659 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.lond;6;1926 tier-1
- HGV-Text 32659 tier-1
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