1 Clement 61.1 · Sophia Scriptura

Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:114

Σύ, δέσποτα, ἔδωκας τὴν ἐξουσίαν τῆς βασιλείας αὐτοῖς διὰ τοῦ μεγαλοπρεποῦς καὶ ἀνεκδιηγήτου κράτους σου, εἰς τὸ γινώσκοντας ἡμᾶς τὴν ὑπὸ σοῦ αὐτοῖς δεδομένην δόξαν καὶ τιμὴν ὑποτάσσεσθαι αὐτοῖς, μηδὲν ἐναντιουμένους τῷ θελήματί σου· οἷς δός, κύριε, ὑγίειαν, εἰρήνην, ὁμόνοιαν, εὐστάθειαν, εἰς τὸ διέπειν αὐτοὺς τὴν ὑπὸ σοῦ δεδομένην αὐτοῖς ἡγεμονίαν ἀπροσκόπως.

English · Claude translation

You, Master, have given them the authority of kingship through your magnificent and indescribable power, so that we, knowing the glory and honor given them by you, may submit to them, in no way opposing your will. Grant them, Lord, health, peace, concord, and stability, so that they may administer without offense the government you have given them.

About this passage

Source

Lake, LCL 24:114 · Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 1, LCL 24 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1912), 8–121 · Greek text: K. Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (LCL, 1912-1913), digitized by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0

Translation

Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Lake (LCL 24, 1912); made independently of existing English translations.

Scripture

Rom 13:1 · allusion, medium confidence
1 Tim 2:2 · allusion, medium confidence

Topics

Prayer

Notes

Translation notes

A prayer for the Roman emperor and magistrates, made even in a time of trouble (compare Rom 13:1–7; 1 Tim 2:1–2).

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (missing accent); digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong accent); punctuation slip in the digital text (the sentence continues)): δεσποτα → δέσποτα; οἶς δός → οἷς δός; εὐστάθειαν. εἰς τὸ → εὐστάθειαν, εἰς τὸ.