{"epitaph-abercius/0":{"o":"Ἐπιτάφιον Ἀβερκίου","t":"The Epitaph of Abercius","f":"<i>Ep. Aberc.</i> pref. (Lightfoot 1889, 495; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/epitaph-abercius/0)."},"epitaph-abercius/1":{"o":"Ἐκλεκτῆς πόλεως ὁ πολίτης τοῦτ᾽ ἐποίησα ζῶν, ἵν᾽ ἔχω καιρῷ σώματος ἔνθα θέσιν. οὔνομ᾽ Ἀβέρκιος εἰμὶ μαθητὴς ποιμένος ἁγνοῦ, ὃς βόσκει προβάτων ἀγέλας ὄρεσιν πεδίοις τε,","t":"Citizen of a chosen city, I made this\nin my lifetime, so that I might have here in due season a resting place for my body.\nAbercius is my name, a disciple of the pure Shepherd,\nwho feeds flocks of sheep on mountains and plains,","f":"<i>Ep. Aberc.</i> 1 (Lightfoot 1889, 496; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/epitaph-abercius/1)."},"epitaph-abercius/13":{"o":"καὶ παρέθηκε τροφὴν πάντῃ ἰχθὺν ἀπὸ πηγῆς πανμεγέθη, καθαρόν, ὃν ἐδράξατο παρθένος ἁγνή· καὶ τοῦτον ἐπέδωκε φίλοις ἔσθειν διὰ παντός, οἶνον χρηστὸν ἔχουσα, κέρασμα διδοῦσα μετ᾽ ἄρτου.","t":"and set before me everywhere as food a Fish from the spring,\nvery great and pure, which a pure Virgin caught;\nand this she gave to her friends to eat at all times,\nhaving good wine, giving the mixed cup with bread.","f":"<i>Ep. Aberc.</i> 13 (Lightfoot 1889, 496; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/epitaph-abercius/13)."},"epitaph-abercius/17":{"o":"ταῦτα παρεστὼς εἶπον Ἀβέρκιος ὧδε γραφῆναι· ἑβδομηκοστὸν ἔτος καὶ δεύτερον ἦγον ἀληθῶς. ταῦθ᾽ ὁ νοῶν εὔξαιτο ὑπὲρ μοῦ πᾶς ὁ συνῳδός. οὐ μέντοι τύμβῳ τις ἐμῷ ἕτερον ἐπιθήσει·","t":"These things I, Abercius, standing by, ordered to be written here;\nI was truly in my seventy-second year.\nLet every one who understands these things and is in harmony with them pray for me.\nBut no one shall place another in my tomb;","f":"<i>Ep. Aberc.</i> 17 (Lightfoot 1889, 496; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/epitaph-abercius/17)."},"epitaph-abercius/21":{"o":"εἰ δ᾽ οὖν, Ῥωμαίων ταμείῳ θήσει δισχίλια χρυσᾶ, καὶ χρηστῇ πατρίδι Ἱεροπόλει χίλια χρυσᾶ.","t":"if he does, he shall pay to the treasury of the Romans two thousand gold pieces,\nand to my good native city Hieropolis a thousand gold pieces.","f":"<i>Ep. Aberc.</i> 21 (Lightfoot 1889, 496; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/epitaph-abercius/21)."},"epitaph-abercius/5":{"o":"ὀφθαλμοὺς ὃς ἔχει μεγάλους πάντῃ καθορῶντας· οὗτος γάρ μ᾽ ἐδίδαξε … γράμματα πιστά· εἰς Ῥώμην ὃς ἔπεμψεν ἐμὲν βασιλῆαν ἀθρῆσαι καὶ βασίλισσαν ἰδεῖν χρυσόστολον χρυσοπέδιλον.","t":"who has great eyes that look down on every side.\nFor he taught me … faithful writings.\nHe sent me to Rome to behold royalty,\nand to see a queen in golden robe and golden sandals.","f":"<i>Ep. Aberc.</i> 5 (Lightfoot 1889, 496; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/epitaph-abercius/5)."},"epitaph-abercius/9":{"o":"λαὸν δ᾽ εἶδον ἐκεῖ λαμπρὰν σφραγῖδαν ἔχοντα· καὶ Συρίης πέδον εἶδα καὶ ἄστεα πάντα, Νίσιβιν, Εὐφράτην διαβάς· πάντῃ δ᾽ ἔσχον συνομίλους· Παῦλον ἔχων ἐπό[μην], πίστις πάντῃ δὲ προῆγε,","t":"And there I saw a people bearing a shining seal.\nAnd I saw the plain of Syria and all its cities, and Nisibis,\nhaving crossed the Euphrates; and everywhere I had companions in faith.\nWith Paul in my hands I followed, and Faith everywhere led the way","f":"<i>Ep. Aberc.</i> 9 (Lightfoot 1889, 496; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/epitaph-abercius/9)."}}