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Letter from Herakleides to Apa Paphnoutios asking for prayers in illness. A Christian letter from Herakleides to the holy man Apa Paphnoutios, asking for his prayers and for oil because of a serious illness. Herakleides says no human help can save him, only hope through Christ by the father's prayers. It dates to the mid-4th century AD. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] τῷ παρὰ θεῷ ἠγαπημένῳ πατρὶ ἄπα Παπνουτίῳ Ἡρακλείδης. ἀεὶ μὲν σὸς ὁ καιρὸς τοῦ εὔξασθαι ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν, καὶ τῆς παρὰ τοῦ κρειττονος διὰ τῶν εὐχῶν σου βοηθείας δεόμεθα· νῦν δὲ πλέον παρακαλῶ σε τοῦτο καὶ εἰς ὄνομά μου καὶ πρὸς τὴν καταλαβοῦσάν με νόσον ἐπείγουσάν με ποιῆσαι καὶ τὸ ἔλαιον κα…[…]…ρκ…υ…[…]ς…[…] δοῦναι ?. οὐ γὰρ ἄλλως βοηθεῖσθαι πιστεύω[…] γα[…]ροις χριστοφορίας ἕως ὑγίειαν ἔχεις. ἐρρῶσθαί σε ἐν κυρίῳ Χρηστῷ εὔχομαι ἐπὶ πολὺν χρόνον εὐχόμενον ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ συνεχῶς, πάτερ θεοσεβέστατε καὶ ὁ προφήτης βοᾷ, ἐν θλίψει ἐπεκαλεσάμην καὶ εἰσήκουσεν μου. νῦν ἀληθῶς θλῖψις ἐν ᾗ εἰμί, ὅπου οὔτε ἀδελφοῦ οὔτε τινὸς ἄλλου βοηθῆσαι δύναται βοήθεια εἰ μὴ ἡ διὰ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Χριστοῦ διὰ τῶν ὑμῶν εὐχῶν προσδοκωμένη ἐλπίς. [v] τῷ παρὰ θεῷ ἠγαπημένω πατρὶ ἄπα Παπνουτίῳ Ἡρακλείδης.

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] To the father beloved of God, Apa Paphnoutios, Herakleides. Always indeed it is your season to pray for us, and we need the help from the Almighty through your prayers; but now I beseech you the more [to do this] both in my name and on account of the illness that has seized me and presses [me], and also to [give (?)] the oil […]. [For] I do not believe I can be helped otherwise […] […] Christ-bearing (?) as long as you have health. I pray that you may be well in the Lord Christ for a long time, praying for me continually, most God-fearing father. And the prophet cries out: in affliction I called, and he heard me. Now truly it is affliction that I am in, where neither the help of a brother nor of anyone else can help, except the hope awaited through our Lord Christ by means of your prayers. [verso] To the father beloved of God, Apa Paphnoutios, Herakleides.

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