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p.oxy.16.1874 VI - VIIOxyrhynchos

Letter of Condolence via HGV-meta

Christian letter of condolence on the death of children. A Christian letter of condolence to a man of standing who has lost children and perhaps other family members, mentioning the ladies Eua and Maria. The writer consoles him with biblical language about paradise and the bosom of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and urges him not to let grief ruin his affairs. It comes from Oxyrhynchus, 6th to 7th century AD. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] [… 3 lines lost …] κ…[…] ὁ ἔχων σου[…] ἐχάρην γνώσας ἐξ αὐτῶν τὰ πε…[…] τὰ τριάντα πέντε φορτία εἰς πλῆρες […] καὶ πάλιν ἀνέγνωσα τὸ σκότος τὸ εκ[…] παιδία καὶ πολὺ ἐλυπήθην καὶ οσε[…] ἐλπίδα σοι εἰσεμφέρειν, λοιπὰ γὰρ[…] να τῶν αὐτῶν διὰ τίνα κλαύσω δι[…] τι ἔπαθες ὁμοίως ἄμμᾳ Εὔᾳ, ὁμοίως Μαρίᾳ, καὶ ζῇ θεός, δέσποτά μου, οὔτε δίκαιοι οὔτε ἁμαρτωλαὶ οὐδέποτε ἔπαθαν τὸ ἔπαθες. ὅμως δὲν αἱ ἁμαρτίαι ὑμῶν εἰσιν. ἀλλὰ δοξάζωμεν τὸν θεὸν ὅτι αὐτὸς ἔδωσεν καὶ αὐτὸς ἔλαβεν. ἀλλὰ εὖξαι ἵνα ὁ κύριος ἀναπαύσῃ αὐτοῖς καὶ καταξιώσῃ ὑμᾶς ᾁδειν ἐν αὐτοῖς εἰς τὸν παράδεισον ὅτε κρίνονται αἱ ψυχαὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων. αὐτοὶ γὰρ ἀπῆλθαν εἰς κόλπον τοῦ Ἀβραὰμ καὶ τοῦ Ἰσαὰκ καὶ τοῦ Ἰακώβ. ἀλλὰ παρακαλῶ σε, κύριέ μου, μὴ βάλῃς λύπην εἰς τὸ ψυχί σου καὶ ἀπολέσῃς τὰ πράγματά σου, ἀλλὰ εὖξαι ἵνα ὁ κύριος ἀποστείλῃ ἐπὶ σὲ τὴν εὐλογίαν αὐτοῦ. πολλὰ γὰρ καλὰ ἔχει ὁ κύριος καὶ ἀθυμοῦντας εὐθύμους ἵστησιν τοὺς θέλοντες ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ εὐλογίαν, καὶ ἐλπίζομεν εἰς τὸν θεὸν ὅτι διὰ τῆς λύπης ταύτης χαρὰν πέμπει ὑμῖν ὁ κύριος καὶ τὸν κύριον τὸν ἀδελφὸν ὑμῶν [… 3 lines lost …] [v] […]…ου [… 2 lines lost …]

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] [… 3 lines lost …] […] the one who has your […] I rejoiced to learn from them the […] the thirty-five loads in full […] and again I read of the darkness […] children, and I grieved greatly and […] hope to bring in to you, for the rest […] […] of the same, for whom shall I weep […] […] what you have suffered, likewise lady Eua, likewise Maria. And as God lives, my master, neither the righteous nor sinners have ever suffered what you have suffered. Yet it is not because of your sins. But let us glorify God, for He gave and He has taken away. But pray that the Lord may give them rest and deem you worthy to sing among them in paradise, when the souls of men are judged. For they have departed into the bosom of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob. But I beg you, my lord, do not put grief into your soul and ruin your affairs, but pray that the Lord may send His blessing upon you. For the Lord has many good things, and He makes cheerful those who are disheartened, who desire blessing from Him; and we hope in God that through this grief the Lord will send you joy, and the lord your brother […] [… 3 lines lost …] [verso] […] [… 2 lines lost …]

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