Shepherd of Hermas: Similitudes 9.15.1–10.1.3
Greek text: Lake, LCL 25 (Greek text: K. Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (LCL, 1912-1913), digitized by the Perseus Digital Library and published by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0).English: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), public domain (CC0). Compare: Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 2 (1885).
Similitude 9, chapter 15
9.15.1Lake, LCL 25:258
Δήλωσόν μοι, φημί, κύριε, τῶν παρθένων τὰ ὀνόματα καὶ τῶν γυναικῶν τῶν τὰ μέλανα ἱμάτια ἐνδεδυμένων. Ἄκουε, φησίν, τῶν παρθένων τὰ ὀνόματα τῶν ἰσχυροτέρων, τῶν εἰς τὰς γωνίας σταθεισῶν.
Dēlōson moi, phēmi, kyrie, tōn parthenōn ta onomata kai tōn gynaikōn tōn ta melana himatia endedymenōn. Akoue, phēsin, tōn parthenōn ta onomata tōn ischyroterōn, tōn eis tas gōnias statheisōn.
“Make known to me, sir,” I said, “the names of the virgins and of the women dressed in the black garments.” “Hear,” he said, “the names of the stronger virgins, those stationed at the corners.
Notes and citation
Summary: Hermas asks the names of the virgins and the women.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.15.1 (Lake, LCL 25:258; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-15-1).
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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Lake (LCL 25, 1913), and from the ancient Latin version where Lake prints it because the Greek is lost (from Sim. 9.30.3); made independently of existing English translations.
9.15.2Lake, LCL 25:258
ἡ μὲν πρώτη Πίστις, ἡ δὲ δευτέρα Ἐγκράτεια, ἡ δὲ τρίτη Δύναμις, ἡ δὲ τετάρτη Μακροθυμία· αἱ δὲ ἕτεραι ἀνὰ μέσον τούτων σταθεῖσαι ταῦτα ἔχουσι τὰ ὀνόματα· Ἁπλότης, Ἀκακία, Ἁγνεία, Ἱλαρότης, Ἀλήθεια, Σύνεσις, Ὁμόνοια, Ἀγάπη. ταῦτα τὰ ὀνόματα ὁ φορῶν καὶ τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ δυνήσεται εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ εἰσελθεῖν.
hē men prōtē Pistis, hē de deutera Enkrateia, hē de tritē Dynamis, hē de tetartē Makrothymia; hai de heterai ana meson toutōn statheisai tauta echousi ta onomata; Haplotēs, Akakia, Hagneia, Hilarotēs, Alētheia, Synesis, Homonoia, Agapē. tauta ta onomata ho phorōn kai to onoma tou huiou tou theou dynēsetai eis tēn basileian tou theou eiselthein.
The first is Faith, the second Self-control, the third Power, the fourth Patience; and the others, stationed between them, have these names: Simplicity, Innocence, Purity, Cheerfulness, Truth, Understanding, Concord, Love. Whoever bears these names and the name of the Son of God will be able to enter the kingdom of God.
Gal 5:22 (echo, medium confidence) · 2 Pet 1:5 (echo, low confidence)
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Summary: The twelve virgins are Faith, Self-control, Power, Patience, Simplicity, Innocence, Purity, Cheerfulness, Truth, Understanding, Concord, and Love.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.15.2 (Lake, LCL 25:258; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-15-2).
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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Lake (LCL 25, 1913), and from the ancient Latin version where Lake prints it because the Greek is lost (from Sim. 9.30.3); made independently of existing English translations.
9.15.3Lake, LCL 25:258–260
ἄκουε, φησί, καὶ τὰ ὀνόματα τῶν γυναικῶν τῶν τὰ ἱμάτια μέλανα ἐχουσῶν. καὶ ἐκ τούτων τέσσαρές εἰσι δυνατώτεραι. ἡ πρώτη Ἀπιστία, ἡ δευτέρα Ἀκρασία, ἡ δὲ τρίτη Ἀπείθεια, ἡ δὲ τετάρτη Ἀπάτη. αἱ δὲ ἀκόλουθοι αὐτῶν καλοῦνται Λύπη, Πονηρία, Ἀσέλγεια, Ὀξυχολία, Ψεῦδος, Ἀφροσύνη, Καταλαλιά, Μῖσος. ταῦτα τὰ ὀνόματα ὁ φορῶν τοῦ θεοῦ δοῦλος τὴν βασιλείαν μὲν ὄψεται τοῦ θεοῦ, εἰς αὐτὴν δὲ οὐκ εἰσελεύσεται.
akoue, phēsi, kai ta onomata tōn gynaikōn tōn ta himatia melana echousōn. kai ek toutōn tessares eisi dynatōterai. hē prōtē Apistia, hē deutera Akrasia, hē de tritē Apeitheia, hē de tetartē Apatē. hai de akolouthoi autōn kalountai Lypē, Ponēria, Aselgeia, Oxycholia, Pseudos, Aphrosynē, Katalalia, Misos. tauta ta onomata ho phorōn tou theou doulos tēn basileian men opsetai tou theou, eis autēn de ouk eiseleusetai.
Hear,” he said, “also the names of the women with the black garments. Of these too four are more powerful: the first is Unbelief, the second Incontinence, the third Disobedience, the fourth Deceit. And their followers are called Grief, Wickedness, Licentiousness, Bad temper, Falsehood, Folly, Slander, Hatred. The servant of God who bears these names will see the kingdom of God, but will not enter it.”
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Summary: The twelve women are Unbelief, Incontinence, Disobedience, Deceit, and eight other vices.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.15.3 (Lake, LCL 25:258–260; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-15-3).
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9.15.4Lake, LCL 25:260
Οἱ λίθοι δέ, φημί, κύριε, οἱ ἐκ τοῦ βυθοῦ ἡρμοσμένοι εἰς τὴν οἰκοδομὴν τίνες εἰσίν; Οἱ μὲν πρῶτοι, φησίν, οἱ ι οἱ εἰς τὰ θεμέλια τεθειμένοι, πρώτη γενεά· οἱ δὲ κε δευτέρα γενεὰ ἀνδρῶν δικαίων· οἱ δὲ λε προφῆται τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ διάκονοι αὐτοῦ· οἱ δὲ μ ἀπόστολοι καὶ διδάσκαλοι τοῦ κηρύγματος τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ.
Hoi lithoi de, phēmi, kyrie, hoi ek tou bythou hērmosmenoi eis tēn oikodomēn tines eisin? Hoi men prōtoi, phēsin, hoi i hoi eis ta themelia tetheimenoi, prōtē genea; hoi de ke deutera genea andrōn dikaiōn; hoi de le prophētai tou theou kai diakonoi autou; hoi de m apostoloi kai didaskaloi tou kērygmatos tou huiou tou theou.
“And the stones, sir,” I said, “that were fitted into the building from the deep, who are they?” “The first,” he said, “the ten placed in the foundations, are the first generation; the twenty-five the second generation of righteous men; the thirty-five the prophets of God and his ministers; and the forty the apostles and teachers of the preaching of the Son of God.”
Notes and citation
Summary: The foundation stones are the first and second generations of the righteous, the prophets, and the apostles and teachers.
- “Twenty-five”: in 9.4.3 the second course was said to be twenty stones; the text is inconsistent.
- “Ministers” (διάκονοι): here servants of God in general, not the church office.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip: a Greek numeral (κε, 25) printed with an accent): οἱ δὲ κέ δευτέρα → οἱ δὲ κε δευτέρα.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.15.4 (Lake, LCL 25:260; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-15-4).
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9.15.5Lake, LCL 25:260
Διατί οὖν, φημί, κύριε, αἱ παρθένοι καὶ τούτους τοὺς λίθους ἐπέδωκαν εἰς τὴν οἰκοδομὴν τοῦ πύργου, διενέγκασαι διὰ τῆς πύλης;
Diati oun, phēmi, kyrie, hai parthenoi kai toutous tous lithous epedōkan eis tēn oikodomēn tou pyrgou, dienenkasai dia tēs pylēs?
“Why, then, sir,” I said, “did the virgins hand over these stones too for the building of the tower, carrying them through the gate?”
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Summary: Why did the virgins carry even these stones?
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.15.5 (Lake, LCL 25:260; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-15-5).
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9.15.6Lake, LCL 25:260
Οὗτοι γάρ, φησί, πρῶτοι ταῦτα τὰ πνεύματα ἐφόρεσαν καὶ ὅλως ἀπʼ ἀλλήλων οὐκ ἀπέστησαν, οὔτε τὰ πνεύματα ἀπὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων οὔτε οἱ ἄνθρωποι ἀπὸ τῶν πνευμάτων, ἀλλὰ παρέμειναν τὰ πνεύματα αὐτοῖς μέχρι τῆς κοιμήσεως αὐτῶν. καὶ εἰ μὴ ταῦτα τὰ πνεύματα μετʼ αὐτῶν ἐσχήκεισαν, οὐκ ἂν εὔχρηστοι γεγόνεισαν τῇ οἰκοδομῇ τοῦ πύργου τούτου.
Houtoi gar, phēsi, prōtoi tauta ta pneumata ephoresan kai holōs apʼ allēlōn ouk apestēsan, oute ta pneumata apo tōn anthrōpōn oute hoi anthrōpoi apo tōn pneumatōn, alla paremeinan ta pneumata autois mechri tēs koimēseōs autōn. kai ei mē tauta ta pneumata metʼ autōn eschēkeisan, ouk an euchrēstoi gegoneisan tę̄ oikodomę̄ tou pyrgou toutou.
“Because these,” he said, “were the first to bear these spirits, and they never departed from one another, neither the spirits from the men nor the men from the spirits, but the spirits remained with them until they fell asleep. And if they had not had these spirits with them, they would not have been useful for the building of this tower.”
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Summary: They bore the virtues all their lives.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.15.6 (Lake, LCL 25:260; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-15-6).
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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Lake (LCL 25, 1913), and from the ancient Latin version where Lake prints it because the Greek is lost (from Sim. 9.30.3); made independently of existing English translations.
Similitude 9, chapter 16
9.16.1Lake, LCL 25:260
Ἔτι μοι, φημί, κύριε, δήλωσον. Τί, φησίν, ἐπιζητεῖς; Διατί, φημί, κύριε, οἱ λίθοι ἐκ τοῦ βυθοῦ ἀνέβησαν καὶ εἰς τὴν οἰκοδομὴν τοῦ πύργου ἐτέθησαν, πεφορηκότες τὰ πνεύματα ταῦτα;
Eti moi, phēmi, kyrie, dēlōson. Ti, phēsin, epizēteis? Diati, phēmi, kyrie, hoi lithoi ek tou bythou anebēsan kai eis tēn oikodomēn tou pyrgou etethēsan, pephorēkotes ta pneumata tauta?
“Make something more clear to me, sir,” I said. “What are you asking?” he said. “Why, sir,” I said, “did the stones come up from the deep and were put into the building of the tower, when they had already borne these spirits?”
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Summary: Why did the righteous of old have to come up from the deep?
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.16.1 (Lake, LCL 25:260; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-16-1).
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9.16.2Lake, LCL 25:260–262
Ἀνάγκην, φησίν, εἶχον διʼ ὕδατος ἀναβῆναι, ἵνα ζωοποιηθῶσιν· οὐκ ἠδύναντο γὰρ ἄλλως εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ, εἰ μὴ τὴν νέκρωσιν ἀπέθεντο τῆς ζωῆς αὐτῶν τῆς προτέρας.
Anankēn, phēsin, eichon diʼ hydatos anabēnai, hina zōopoiēthōsin; ouk ēdynanto gar allōs eiselthein eis tēn basileian tou theou, ei mē tēn nekrōsin apethento tēs zōēs autōn tēs proteras.
“They had to come up through water,” he said, “so that they might be made alive; for they could not enter the kingdom of God in any other way unless they put off the deadness of their former life.
Notes and citation
Summary: They had to come up through water to be made alive.
Topics: Baptism
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.16.2 (Lake, LCL 25:260–262; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-16-2).
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9.16.3Lake, LCL 25:262
ἔλαβον οὖν καὶ οὗτοι οἱ κεκοιμημένοι τὴν σφραγῖδα τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ εἰσῆλθον εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ· πρὶν γάρ, φησί, φορέσαι τὸν ἄνθρωπον τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ, νεκρός ἐστιν· ὅταν δὲ λάβῃ τὴν σφραγῖδα, ἀποτίθεται τὴν νέκρωσιν καὶ ἀναλαμβάνει τὴν ζωήν.
elabon oun kai houtoi hoi kekoimēmenoi tēn sphragida tou huiou tou theou kai eisēlthon eis tēn basileian tou theou; prin gar, phēsi, phoresai ton anthrōpon to onoma tou huiou tou theou, nekros estin; hotan de labę̄ tēn sphragida, apotithetai tēn nekrōsin kai analambanei tēn zōēn.
So these too, who had fallen asleep, received the seal of the Son of God and entered the kingdom of God. For before a person bears the name of the Son of God,” he said, “he is dead; but when he receives the seal, he puts off deadness and takes up life.
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Summary: Before receiving the seal a person is dead; with it he receives life.
Topics: Baptism
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.16.3 (Lake, LCL 25:262; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-16-3).
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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Lake (LCL 25, 1913), and from the ancient Latin version where Lake prints it because the Greek is lost (from Sim. 9.30.3); made independently of existing English translations.
9.16.4Lake, LCL 25:262
ἡ σφραγὶς οὖν τὸ ὕδωρ ἐστίν· εἰς τὸ ὕδωρ οὖν καταβαίνουσι νεκροὶ καὶ ἀναβαίνουσι ζῶντες. κἀκείνοις οὖν ἐκηρύχθη ἡ σφραγὶς αὕτη καὶ ἐχρήσαντο αὐτῇ, ἵνα εἰσέλθωσιν εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ.
hē sphragis oun to hydōr estin; eis to hydōr oun katabainousi nekroi kai anabainousi zōntes. kakeinois oun ekērychthē hē sphragis hautē kai echrēsanto autę̄, hina eiselthōsin eis tēn basileian tou theou.
The seal, then, is the water; they go down into the water dead and come up alive. So to them too this seal was preached, and they made use of it, so that they might enter the kingdom of God.”
Rom 6:4 (echo, medium confidence) · Col 2:12 (echo, medium confidence)
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Summary: The seal is the water of baptism: they go down dead and come up alive.
- A clear early statement that “the seal” means baptism.
Topics: Baptism
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.16.4 (Lake, LCL 25:262; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-16-4).
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9.16.5Lake, LCL 25:262
Διατί, φημί, κύριε, καὶ οἱ μ λίθοι μετʼ αὐτῶν ἀνέβησαν ἐκ τοῦ βυθοῦ, ἤδη ἐσχηκότες τὴν σφραγῖδα; Ὅτι, φησίν, οὗτοι οἱ ἀπόστολοι καὶ οἱ διδάσκαλοι οἱ κηρύξαντες τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ, κοιμηθέντες ἐν δυνάμει καὶ πίστει τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐκήρυξαν καὶ τοῖς προκεκοιμημένοις καὶ αὐτοὶ ἔδωκαν αὐτοῖς τὴν σφραγῖδα τοῦ κηρύγματος.
Diati, phēmi, kyrie, kai hoi m lithoi metʼ autōn anebēsan ek tou bythou, ēdē eschēkotes tēn sphragida? Hoti, phēsin, houtoi hoi apostoloi kai hoi didaskaloi hoi kēryxantes to onoma tou huiou tou theou, koimēthentes en dynamei kai pistei tou huiou tou theou ekēryxan kai tois prokekoimēmenois kai autoi edōkan autois tēn sphragida tou kērygmatos.
“Why, sir,” I said, “did the forty stones also come up with them from the deep, when they already had the seal?” “Because,” he said, “these apostles and teachers who preached the name of the Son of God, having fallen asleep in the power and faith of the Son of God, preached also to those who had fallen asleep before, and they themselves gave them the seal of the preaching.
1 Pet 3:19 (allusion, medium confidence) · 1 Pet 4:6 (allusion, medium confidence)
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Summary: The apostles, after death, preached to those who had died before and gave them the seal.
- Hermas teaches that the apostles and teachers, after their own deaths, preached to and baptized the righteous who had died before Christ. Compare 1 Pet 3:19; 4:6, and the later tradition of Christ's descent to the dead.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (dropped letter)): τὴν σφαγῖδα → τὴν σφραγῖδα.
Topics: Baptism, Eschatology, Descent into Hades
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.16.5 (Lake, LCL 25:262; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-16-5).
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9.16.6Lake, LCL 25:262
κατέβησαν οὖν μετʼ αὐτῶν εἰς τὸ ὕδωρ καὶ πάλιν ἀνέβησαν· ἀλλʼ οὗτοι μὲν ζῶντες κατέβησαν καὶ ζῶντες ἀνέβησαν· ἐκεῖνοι δὲ οἱ προκεκοιμημένοι νεκροὶ κατέβησαν, ζῶντες δὲ ἀνέβησαν.
katebēsan oun metʼ autōn eis to hydōr kai palin anebēsan; allʼ houtoi men zōntes katebēsan kai zōntes anebēsan; ekeinoi de hoi prokekoimēmenoi nekroi katebēsan, zōntes de anebēsan.
So they went down with them into the water and came up again; but these went down alive and came up alive, while those who had fallen asleep before went down dead but came up alive.
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Summary: The apostles went down alive; the earlier dead went down dead and came up alive.
Topics: Baptism
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.16.6 (Lake, LCL 25:262; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-16-6).
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9.16.7Lake, LCL 25:262–264
διὰ τούτων οὖν ἐζωοποιήθησαν καὶ ἐπέγνωσαν τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ· διὰ τοῦτο καὶ συνανέβησαν μετʼ αὐτῶν, καὶ συνηρμόσθησαν εἰς τὴν οἰκοδομὴν τοῦ πύργου, καὶ ἀλατόμητοι συνῳκοδομήθησαν· ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ γὰρ ἐκοιμήθησαν καὶ ἐν μεγάλῃ ἁγνείᾳ· μόνον δὲ τὴν σφραγῖδα ταύτην οὐκ εἶχον. ἔχεις οὖν καὶ τὴν τούτων ἐπίλυσιν. Ἔχω, φημί, κύριε.
dia toutōn oun ezōopoiēthēsan kai epegnōsan to onoma tou huiou tou theou; dia touto kai synanebēsan metʼ autōn, kai synērmosthēsan eis tēn oikodomēn tou pyrgou, kai alatomētoi synǭkodomēthēsan; en dikaiosynę̄ gar ekoimēthēsan kai en megalę̄ hagneią; monon de tēn sphragida tautēn ouk eichon. echeis oun kai tēn toutōn epilysin. Echō, phēmi, kyrie.
Through these, then, they were made alive and came to know the name of the Son of God; this is why they came up with them and were fitted together into the building of the tower, and were built in with them without being hewn; for they had fallen asleep in righteousness and in great purity; only they did not have this seal. You have, then, the explanation of these also.” “I have, sir,” I said.
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Summary: The righteous dead, now sealed, were built in without hewing.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.16.7 (Lake, LCL 25:262–264; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-16-7).
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Similitude 9, chapter 17
9.17.1Lake, LCL 25:264
Νῦν οὖν, κύριε, περὶ τῶν ὀρέων μοι δήλωσον· διατί ἄλλαι καὶ ἄλλαι εἰσὶν αἱ ἰδέαι καὶ ποικίλαι; Ἄκουε, φησί· τὰ ὄρη ταῦτα τὰ δώδεκα φυλαί εἰσιν αἱ κατοικοῦσαι ὅλον τὸν κόσμον. ἐκηρύχθη οὖν εἰς ταύτας ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ διὰ τῶν ἀποστόλων.
Nyn oun, kyrie, peri tōn oreōn moi dēlōson; diati allai kai allai eisin hai ideai kai poikilai? Akoue, phēsi; ta orē tauta ta dōdeka phylai eisin hai katoikousai holon ton kosmon. ekērychthē oun eis tautas ho huios tou theou dia tōn apostolōn.
“Now, then, sir, make clear to me about the mountains: why are their appearances different and various?” “Hear,” he said: “these twelve mountains are the twelve tribes that inhabit the whole world. The Son of God was preached to these through the apostles.”
Matt 28:19 (echo, medium confidence) · Jas 1:1 (echo, low confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The twelve mountains are the twelve tribes of the whole world, to whom the apostles preached.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.17.1 (Lake, LCL 25:264; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-17-1).
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9.17.2Lake, LCL 25:264
Διατί δὲ ποικίλα καὶ ἄλλη καὶ ἄλλη ἰδέα ἐστὶ τὰ ὄρη, δήλωσόν μοι, κύριε. Ἄκουε, φησίν· αἱ δώδεκα φυλαὶ αὗται αἱ κατοικοῦσαι ὅλον τὸν κόσμον δώδεκα ἔθνη εἰσί· ποικίλα δέ εἰσι τῇ φρονήσει καὶ τῷ νοΐ· οἷα οὖν εἶδες τὰ ὄρη ποικίλα, τοιαῦταί εἰσι καὶ τούτων αἱ ποικιλίαι τοῦ νοὸς τῶν ἐθνῶν καὶ ἡ φρόνησις. δηλώσω δέ σοι καὶ ἑνὸς ἑκάστου τὴν πρᾶξιν.
Diati de poikila kai allē kai allē idea esti ta orē, dēlōson moi, kyrie. Akoue, phēsin; hai dōdeka phylai hautai hai katoikousai holon ton kosmon dōdeka ethnē eisi; poikila de eisi tę̄ phronēsei kai tǭ noï; hoia oun eides ta orē poikila, toiautai eisi kai toutōn hai poikiliai tou noos tōn ethnōn kai hē phronēsis. dēlōsō de soi kai henos hekastou tēn praxin.
“But why are the mountains various, each of a different appearance? Make it clear to me, sir.” “Hear,” he said: “these twelve tribes that inhabit the whole world are twelve nations; and they are various in understanding and in mind; so as you saw the mountains various, so also are the varieties of mind and understanding of these nations. And I will make clear to you the conduct of each one.”
Notes and citation
Summary: The tribes are nations of varied minds.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.17.2 (Lake, LCL 25:264; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-17-2).
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9.17.3Lake, LCL 25:264
Πρῶτον, φημί, κύριε, τοῦτο δήλωσον, διατί οὕτω ποικίλα ὄντα τὰ ὄρη, εἰς τὴν οἰκοδομὴν ὅταν ἐτέθησαν οἱ λίθοι αὐτῶν, μιᾷ χρόᾳ ἐγένοντο λαμπροί, ὡς καὶ οἱ ἐκ τοῦ βυθοῦ ἀναβεβηκότες λίθοι;
Prōton, phēmi, kyrie, touto dēlōson, diati houtō poikila onta ta orē, eis tēn oikodomēn hotan etethēsan hoi lithoi autōn, mią chroą egenonto lamproi, hōs kai hoi ek tou bythou anabebēkotes lithoi?
“First, sir,” I said, “make this clear: why, though the mountains are so various, when their stones were put into the building, they became bright with one color, like the stones that had come up from the deep?”
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Summary: Why did all the stones become one color?
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.17.3 (Lake, LCL 25:264; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-17-3).
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9.17.4Lake, LCL 25:264–266
Ὅτι, φησί, πάντα τὰ ἔθνη τὰ ὑπὸ τὸν οὐρανὸν κατοικοῦντα, ἀκούσαντα καὶ πιστεύσαντα ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι ἐκλήθησαν τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ. λαβόντες οὖν τὴν σφραγῖδα μίαν φρόνησιν ἔσχον καὶ ἕνα νοῦν, καὶ μία πίστις αὐτῶν ἐγένετο καὶ μία ἀγάπη, καὶ τὰ πνεύματα τῶν παρθένων μετὰ τοῦ ὀνόματος ἐφόρεσαν· διὰ τοῦτο ἡ οἰκοδομὴ τοῦ πύργου μιᾷ χρόᾳ ἐγένετο λαμπρὰ ὡς ὁ ἥλιος.
Hoti, phēsi, panta ta ethnē ta hypo ton ouranon katoikounta, akousanta kai pisteusanta epi tǭ onomati eklēthēsan tou huiou tou theou. labontes oun tēn sphragida mian phronēsin eschon kai hena noun, kai mia pistis autōn egeneto kai mia agapē, kai ta pneumata tōn parthenōn meta tou onomatos ephoresan; dia touto hē oikodomē tou pyrgou mią chroą egeneto lampra hōs ho hēlios.
“Because,” he said, “all the nations that dwell under heaven, having heard and believed, were called by the name of the Son of God. So having received the seal, they had one understanding and one mind, and their faith became one and their love one, and they bore the spirits of the virgins along with the name; this is why the building of the tower became bright with one color like the sun.
Eph 4:5 (echo, medium confidence) · Acts 4:32 (echo, medium confidence)
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Summary: Sealed by baptism, all nations became one in mind, faith, and love.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (missing accent)): κατοικουντα → κατοικοῦντα.
Topics: Baptism
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.17.4 (Lake, LCL 25:264–266; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-17-4).
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9.17.5Lake, LCL 25:266
μετὰ δὲ τὸ εἰσελθεῖν αὐτοὺς ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ καὶ γενέσθαι ἓν σῶμα, τινὲς ἐξ αὐτῶν ἐμίαναν ἑαυτοὺς καὶ ἐξεβλήθησαν ἐκ τοῦ γένους τῶν δικαίων καὶ πάλιν ἐγένοντο, οἷοι πρότερον ἦσαν, μᾶλλον δὲ καὶ χείρονες.
meta de to eiselthein autous epi to auto kai genesthai hen sōma, tines ex autōn emianan heautous kai exeblēthēsan ek tou genous tōn dikaiōn kai palin egenonto, hoioi proteron ēsan, mallon de kai cheirones.
But after they had come in together and become one body, some of them defiled themselves and were cast out of the race of the righteous, and became again as they had been before, or rather even worse.”
2 Pet 2:20 (echo, medium confidence)
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Summary: Some defiled themselves and became worse than before.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.17.5 (Lake, LCL 25:266; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-17-5).
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Similitude 9, chapter 18
9.18.1Lake, LCL 25:266
Πῶς, φημί, κύριε, ἐγένοντο χείρονες, θεὸν ἐπεγνωκότες; Ὁ μὴ γινώσκων, φησί, θεὸν καὶ πονηρευόμενος ἔχει κόλασίν τινα τῆς πονηρίας αὐτοῦ, ὁ δὲ θεὸν ἐπιγνοὺς οὐκέτι ὀφείλει πονηρεύεσθαι, ἀλλʼ ἀγαθοποιεῖν.
Pōs, phēmi, kyrie, egenonto cheirones, theon epegnōkotes? Ho mē ginōskōn, phēsi, theon kai ponēreuomenos echei kolasin tina tēs ponērias autou, ho de theon epignous ouketi opheilei ponēreuesthai, allʼ agathopoiein.
“How, sir,” I said, “did they become worse, having come to know God?” “The one who does not know God,” he said, “and does evil has some punishment for his wickedness; but the one who has come to know God ought no longer to do evil, but to do good.
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Summary: Those who know God are more accountable.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.18.1 (Lake, LCL 25:266; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-18-1).
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9.18.2Lake, LCL 25:266
ἐὰν οὖν ὁ ὀφείλων ἀγαθοποιεῖν πονηρεύηται, οὐ δοκεῖ πλείονα πονηρίαν ποιεῖν παρὰ τὸν μὴ γινώσκοντα τὸν θεόν; διὰ τοῦτο οἱ μὴ ἐγνωκότες θεὸν καὶ πονηρευόμενοι κεκριμένοι εἰσὶν εἰς θάνατον, οἱ δὲ τὸν θεὸν ἐγνωκότες καὶ τὰ μεγαλεῖα αὐτοῦ ἑωρακότες καὶ πονηρευόμενοι δισσῶς κολασθήσονται καὶ ἀποθανοῦνται εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα. οὕτως οὖν καθαρισθήσεται ἡ ἐκκλησία τοῦ θεοῦ.
ean oun ho opheilōn agathopoiein ponēreuētai, ou dokei pleiona ponērian poiein para ton mē ginōskonta ton theon? dia touto hoi mē egnōkotes theon kai ponēreuomenoi kekrimenoi eisin eis thanaton, hoi de ton theon egnōkotes kai ta megaleia autou heōrakotes kai ponēreuomenoi dissōs kolasthēsontai kai apothanountai eis ton aiōna. houtōs oun katharisthēsetai hē ekklēsia tou theou.
If, then, the one who ought to do good does evil, does he not seem to do greater wickedness than the one who does not know God? This is why those who have not known God and do evil are condemned to death, but those who have known God and seen his mighty works and do evil will be doubly punished and will die forever. In this way, then, the church of God will be cleansed.
Luke 12:47 (echo, medium confidence) · Luke 12:48 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Those who knew God and still do evil will be punished doubly.
Topics: Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.18.2 (Lake, LCL 25:266; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-18-2).
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9.18.3Lake, LCL 25:266–268
ὡς δὲ εἶδες ἐκ τοῦ πύργου τοὺς λίθους ἠρμένους καὶ παραδεδομένους τοῖς πνεύμασι τοῖς πονηροῖς καὶ ἐκεῖθεν ἐκβληθέντας· ʽκαὶ ἔσται ἓν σῶμα τῶν κεκαθαρμένων, ὥσπερ καὶ ὁ πύργος ἐγένετο ὡς ἐξ ἑνὸς λίθου γεγονὼς μετὰ τὸ καθαρισθῆναι αὐτόν· ʼ οὕτως ἔσται καὶ ἡ ἐκκλησία τοῦ θεοῦ μετὰ τὸ καθαρισθῆναι αὐτὴν καὶ ἀποβληθῆναι τοὺς πονηροὺς καὶ ὑποκριτὰς καὶ βλασφήμους καὶ διψύχους καὶ πονηρευομένους ποικίλαις πονηρίαις.
hōs de eides ek tou pyrgou tous lithous ērmenous kai paradedomenous tois pneumasi tois ponērois kai ekeithen ekblēthentas; ʽkai estai hen sōma tōn kekatharmenōn, hōsper kai ho pyrgos egeneto hōs ex henos lithou gegonōs meta to katharisthēnai auton; ʼ houtōs estai kai hē ekklēsia tou theou meta to katharisthēnai autēn kai apoblēthēnai tous ponērous kai hypokritas kai blasphēmous kai dipsychous kai ponēreuomenous poikilais ponēriais.
And as you saw the stones removed from the tower and handed over to the evil spirits and cast out from there (and there will be one body of those who are cleansed, just as the tower became as if made of one stone after it was cleansed), so also will the church of God be, after it has been cleansed and the wicked and hypocrites and blasphemers and double-minded and those who do various kinds of wickedness have been cast out.
Notes and citation
Summary: The church will be cleansed of the wicked and become one body.
Topics: The church
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.18.3 (Lake, LCL 25:266–268; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-18-3).
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9.18.4Lake, LCL 25:268
μετὰ τὸ τούτους ἀποβληθῆναι ἔσται ἡ ἐκκλησία τοῦ θεοῦ ἓν σῶμα, μία φρόνησις, εἷς νοῦς, μία πίστις, μία ἀγάπη· καὶ τότε ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ ἀγαλλιάσεται καὶ εὐφρανθήσεται ἐν αὐτοῖς ἀπειληφὼς τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ καθαρόν. Μεγάλως, φημί, κύριε, καὶ ἐνδόξως πάντα ἔχει.
meta to toutous apoblēthēnai estai hē ekklēsia tou theou hen sōma, mia phronēsis, heis nous, mia pistis, mia agapē; kai tote ho huios tou theou agalliasetai kai euphranthēsetai en autois apeilēphōs ton laon autou katharon. Megalōs, phēmi, kyrie, kai endoxōs panta echei.
After these have been cast out, the church of God will be one body, one understanding, one mind, one faith, one love; and then the Son of God will rejoice and be glad in them, having received back his people pure.” “Great and glorious, sir,” I said, “are all these things.”
Eph 4:4 (allusion, medium confidence) · Eph 5:27 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The cleansed church will be one body, and the Son will rejoice in it.
Topics: Eschatology, The church
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.18.4 (Lake, LCL 25:268; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-18-4).
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9.18.5Lake, LCL 25:268
Ἔτι, φημί, κύριε, τῶν ὀρέων ἑνὸς ἑκάστου δήλωσόν μοι τὴν δύναμιν καὶ τὰς πράξεις, ἵνα πᾶσα ψυχὴ πεποιθυῖα ἐπὶ τὸν κύριον ἀκούσασα δοξάσῃ τὸ μέγα καὶ θαυμαστὸν καὶ ἔνδοξον ὄνομα αὐτοῦ. Ἄκουε, φησί, τῶν ὀρέων τὴν ποικιλίαν καὶ τῶν δώδεκα ἐθνῶν.
Eti, phēmi, kyrie, tōn oreōn henos hekastou dēlōson moi tēn dynamin kai tas praxeis, hina pasa psychē pepoithuia epi ton kyrion akousasa doxasę̄ to mega kai thaumaston kai endoxon onoma autou. Akoue, phēsi, tōn oreōn tēn poikilian kai tōn dōdeka ethnōn.
“Further, sir,” I said, “make clear to me the power and the conduct of each of the mountains, so that every soul that trusts in the Lord, when it hears, may glorify his great and marvelous and glorious name.” “Hear,” he said, “the variety of the mountains and of the twelve nations.
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Summary: He will explain each mountain.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.18.5 (Lake, LCL 25:268; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-18-5).
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Similitude 9, chapter 19
9.19.1Lake, LCL 25:268
Ἐκ τοῦ πρώτου ὄρους τοῦ μέλανος οἱ πιστεύσαντες τοιοῦτοί εἰσιν· ἀποστάται καὶ βλάσφημοι εἰς τὸν κύριον καὶ προδόται τῶν δούλων τοῦ θεοῦ. τούτοις δὲ μετάνοια οὐκ ἔστι, θάνατος δὲ ἔστι, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο καὶ μέλανές εἰσι· καὶ γὰρ τὸ γένος αὐτῶν ἄνομόν ἐστιν.
Ek tou prōtou orous tou melanos hoi pisteusantes toioutoi eisin; apostatai kai blasphēmoi eis ton kyrion kai prodotai tōn doulōn tou theou. toutois de metanoia ouk esti, thanatos de esti, kai dia touto kai melanes eisi; kai gar to genos autōn anomon estin.
Those who believed from the first mountain, the black one, are such as these: apostates and blasphemers against the Lord and betrayers of God's servants. For these there is no repentance, but there is death, and this is why they are black; for their kind is lawless.
Notes and citation
Summary: The black mountain: apostates and betrayers, without repentance.
Topics: Persecution
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.19.1 (Lake, LCL 25:268; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-19-1).
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9.19.2Lake, LCL 25:268–270
ἐκ δὲ τοῦ δευτέρου ὄρους τοῦ ψιλοῦ οἱ πιστεύσαντες τοιοῦτοί εἰσιν· ὑποκριταὶ καὶ διδάσκαλοι πονηρίας. καὶ οὗτοι οὖν τοῖς προτέροις ὅμοιοί εἰσι, μὴ ἔχοντες καρπὸν δικαιοσύνης· ὡς γὰρ τὸ ὄρος αὐτῶν ἄκαρπον, οὕτω καὶ οἱ ἄνθρωποι οἱ τοιοῦτοι ὄνομα μὲν ἔχουσιν, ἀπὸ δὲ τῆς πίστεως κενοί εἰσι καὶ οὐδεὶς ἐν αὐτοῖς καρπὸς ἀληθείας. τούτοις οὖν μετάνοια κεῖται, ἐὰν ταχὺ μετανοήσωσιν· ἐὰν δὲ βραδύνωσι, μετὰ τῶν προτέρων ἔσται ὁ θάνατος αὐτῶν.
ek de tou deuterou orous tou psilou hoi pisteusantes toioutoi eisin; hypokritai kai didaskaloi ponērias. kai houtoi oun tois proterois homoioi eisi, mē echontes karpon dikaiosynēs; hōs gar to oros autōn akarpon, houtō kai hoi anthrōpoi hoi toioutoi onoma men echousin, apo de tēs pisteōs kenoi eisi kai oudeis en autois karpos alētheias. toutois oun metanoia keitai, ean tachy metanoēsōsin; ean de bradynōsi, meta tōn proterōn estai ho thanatos autōn.
Those who believed from the second mountain, the bare one, are such as these: hypocrites and teachers of wickedness. And these, then, are like the former, having no fruit of righteousness; for as their mountain is fruitless, so such people have a name, but are empty of faith, and there is no fruit of truth in them. For these, then, repentance is laid down, if they repent quickly; but if they delay, their death will be with the former.”
Notes and citation
Summary: The bare mountain: hypocrites and false teachers, who may still repent quickly.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.19.2 (Lake, LCL 25:268–270; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-19-2).
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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Lake (LCL 25, 1913), and from the ancient Latin version where Lake prints it because the Greek is lost (from Sim. 9.30.3); made independently of existing English translations.
9.19.3Lake, LCL 25:270
Διατί, φημί, κύριε, τούτοις μετάνοιά ἐστι, τοῖς δὲ πρώτοις οὐκ ἔστι; παρά τι γὰρ αἱ αὐταὶ αἱ πράξεις αὐτῶν εἰσί. Διὰ τοῦτο, φησί, τούτοις μετάνοια κεῖται, ὅτι οὐκ ἐβλασφήμησαν τὸν κύριον αὐτῶν οὐδὲ ἐγένοντο προδόται τῶν δούλων τοῦ θεοῦ· διὰ δὲ τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν τοῦ λήμματος ὑπεκρίθησαν καὶ ἐδίδαξεν ἕκαστος κατὰ τὰς ἐπιθυμίας τῶν ἀνθρώπων τῶν ἁμαρτανόντων. ἀλλὰ τίσουσι δίκην τινά· κεῖται δὲ αὐτοῖς μετάνοια διὰ τὸ μὴ γενέσθαι αὐτοὺς βλασφήμους μηδὲ προδότας.
Diati, phēmi, kyrie, toutois metanoia esti, tois de prōtois ouk esti? para ti gar hai autai hai praxeis autōn eisi. Dia touto, phēsi, toutois metanoia keitai, hoti ouk eblasphēmēsan ton kyrion autōn oude egenonto prodotai tōn doulōn tou theou; dia de tēn epithymian tou lēmmatos hypekrithēsan kai edidaxen hekastos kata tas epithymias tōn anthrōpōn tōn hamartanontōn. alla tisousi dikēn tina; keitai de autois metanoia dia to mē genesthai autous blasphēmous mēde prodotas.
“Why, sir,” I said, “is there repentance for these, but not for the first? For their deeds are almost the same.” “This is why,” he said, “repentance is laid down for these: because they did not blaspheme their Lord nor become betrayers of God's servants; but through desire for gain they played the hypocrite, and each taught according to the desires of sinful people. But they will pay some penalty; yet repentance is laid down for them because they did not become blasphemers or betrayers.
Notes and citation
Summary: They did not blaspheme or betray, so they may repent, though they will be punished.
Topics: Heresy, Repentance
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.19.3 (Lake, LCL 25:270; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-19-3).
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Similitude 9, chapter 20
9.20.1Lake, LCL 25:270
Ἐκ δὲ τοῦ ὄρους τοῦ τρίτου τοῦ ἔχοντος ἀκάνθας καὶ τριβόλους οἱ πιστεύσαντες τοιοῦτοί εἰσιν. ἐξ αὐτῶν οἱ μὲν πλούσιοι, οἱ δὲ πραγματείαις πολλαῖς ἐμπεφυρμένοι. οἱ μὲν τρίβολοί εἰσιν οἱ πλούσιοι, αἱ δὲ ἄκανθαι οἱ ἐν ταῖς πραγματείαις ταῖς ποικίλαις ἐμπεφυρμένοι.
Ek de tou orous tou tritou tou echontos akanthas kai tribolous hoi pisteusantes toioutoi eisin. ex autōn hoi men plousioi, hoi de pragmateiais pollais empephyrmenoi. hoi men triboloi eisin hoi plousioi, hai de akanthai hoi en tais pragmateiais tais poikilais empephyrmenoi.
Those who believed from the third mountain, which has thorns and thistles, are such as these: some of them are rich, and others mixed up in many business affairs. The thistles are the rich, and the thorns are those mixed up in various business affairs.
Matt 13:22 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The thorny mountain: the rich and the overbusy.
Topics: Ethics, Wealth and poverty
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.20.1 (Lake, LCL 25:270; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-20-1).
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9.20.2Lake, LCL 25:270
οὗτοι οὖν, οἱ ἐν πολλαῖς καὶ ποικίλαις πραγματείαις ἐμπεφυρμένοι, οὐ κολλῶνται τοῖς δούλοις τοῦ θεοῦ, ἀλλʼ ἀποπλανῶνται πνιγόμενοι ὑπὸ τῶν πράξεων αὐτῶν· οἱ δὲ πλούσιοι δυσκόλως κολλῶνται τοῖς δούλοις τοῦ θεοῦ, φοβούμενοι, μή τι αἰτισθῶσιν ὑπʼ αὐτῶν· οἱ τοιοῦτοι οὖν δυσκόλως εἰσελεύσονται εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ.
houtoi oun, hoi en pollais kai poikilais pragmateiais empephyrmenoi, ou kollōntai tois doulois tou theou, allʼ apoplanōntai pnigomenoi hypo tōn praxeōn autōn; hoi de plousioi dyskolōs kollōntai tois doulois tou theou, phoboumenoi, mē ti aitisthōsin hypʼ autōn; hoi toioutoi oun dyskolōs eiseleusontai eis tēn basileian tou theou.
These, then, who are mixed up in many and various business affairs, do not cling to God's servants, but go astray, choked by their activities; and the rich cling to God's servants with difficulty, fearing that they will be asked for something by them. Such people, then, will enter the kingdom of God with difficulty.
Mark 10:23 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The rich avoid fellow believers for fear of being asked for help.
Topics: Ethics, Wealth and poverty
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.20.2 (Lake, LCL 25:270; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-20-2).
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9.20.3Lake, LCL 25:270–272
ὥσπερ γὰρ ἐν τριβόλοις γυμνοῖς ποσὶ περιπατεῖν δύσκολόν ἐστιν, οὕτω καὶ τοῖς τοιούτοις δύσκολόν ἐστιν εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ εἰσελθεῖν.
hōsper gar en tribolois gymnois posi peripatein dyskolon estin, houtō kai tois toioutois dyskolon estin eis tēn basileian tou theou eiselthein.
For just as it is hard to walk among thistles with bare feet, so also it is hard for such people to enter the kingdom of God.
Matt 19:23 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: It is hard for the rich to enter God's kingdom.
Topics: Wealth and poverty
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.20.3 (Lake, LCL 25:270–272; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-20-3).
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9.20.4Lake, LCL 25:272
ἀλλὰ τούτοις πᾶσι μετάνοιά ἐστι, ταχινὴ δέ, ἵνʼ ὃ τοῖς προτέροις χρόνοις οὐκ εἰργάσαντο νῦν ἀναδράμωσιν ταῖς ἡμέραις καὶ ἀγαθόν τι ποιήσωσιν. ἐὰν οὖν μετανοήσωσι καὶ ἀγαθόν τι ποιήσωσι, ζήσονται τῷ θεῷ· ἐὰν δὲ ἐπιμείνωσι ταῖς πράξεσιν αὐτῶν, παραδοθήσονται ταῖς γυναιξὶν ἐκείναις, αἵτινες αὐτοὺς θανατώσουσιν.
alla toutois pasi metanoia esti, tachinē de, hinʼ ho tois proterois chronois ouk eirgasanto nyn anadramōsin tais hēmerais kai agathon ti poiēsōsin. ean oun metanoēsōsi kai agathon ti poiēsōsi, zēsontai tǭ theǭ; ean de epimeinōsi tais praxesin autōn, paradothēsontai tais gynaixin ekeinais, haitines autous thanatōsousin.
But for all these there is repentance, but it must be quick, so that what they did not do in former times they may now make up in these days, and do some good. If, then, they repent and do some good, they will live to God; but if they remain in their deeds, they will be handed over to those women, who will put them to death.
Notes and citation
Summary: They can still repent if they do good quickly.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.20.4 (Lake, LCL 25:272; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-20-4).
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Similitude 9, chapter 21
9.21.1Lake, LCL 25:272
Ἐκ δὲ τοῦ τετάρτου ὄρους τοῦ ἔχοντος βοτάνας πολλάς, τὰ μὲν ἐπάνω τῶν βοτανῶν χλωρά, τὰ δὲ πρὸς ταῖς ῥίζαις ξηρά, τινὲς δὲ καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἡλίου ξηραινόμεναι, οἱ πιστεύσαντες τοιοῦτοί εἰσιν· οἱ μὲν δίψυχοι, οἱ δὲ τὸν κύριον ἔχοντες ἐπὶ τὰ χείλη, ἐπὶ τὴν καρδίαν δὲ μὴ ἔχοντες.
Ek de tou tetartou orous tou echontos botanas pollas, ta men epanō tōn botanōn chlōra, ta de pros tais rhizais xēra, tines de kai apo tou hēliou xērainomenai, hoi pisteusantes toioutoi eisin; hoi men dipsychoi, hoi de ton kyrion echontes epi ta cheilē, epi tēn kardian de mē echontes.
Those who believed from the fourth mountain, which has much vegetation, the upper parts of the plants green but the parts near the roots dry, and some being dried up by the sun, are such as these: some are double-minded, and others have the Lord on their lips but do not have him in their heart.
Isa 29:13 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The fourth mountain: the double-minded and those who honor God only with their lips.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.21.1 (Lake, LCL 25:272; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-21-1).
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9.21.2Lake, LCL 25:272
διὰ τοῦτο τὰ θεμέλια αὐτῶν ξηρά ἐστι καὶ δύναμιν μὴ ἔχοντα, καὶ τὰ ῥήματα αὐτῶν μόνα ζῶσι, τὰ δὲ ἔργα αὐτῶν νεκρά ἐστιν. οἱ τοιοῦτοι οὔτε ζῶσιν οὔτε τεθνήκασιν. ὅμοιοι οὖν εἰσὶ τοῖς διψύχοις· καὶ γὰρ οἱ δίψυχοι οὔτε χλωροί εἰσιν οὔτε ξηροί· οὔτε γὰρ ζῶσιν οὔτε τεθνήκασιν.
dia touto ta themelia autōn xēra esti kai dynamin mē echonta, kai ta rhēmata autōn mona zōsi, ta de erga autōn nekra estin. hoi toioutoi oute zōsin oute tethnēkasin. homoioi oun eisi tois dipsychois; kai gar hoi dipsychoi oute chlōroi eisin oute xēroi; oute gar zōsin oute tethnēkasin.
This is why their foundations are dry and without power, and only their words live, but their works are dead. Such people are neither alive nor dead. They are like the double-minded; for the double-minded too are neither green nor dry; for they are neither alive nor dead.
Jas 2:17 (echo, medium confidence) · Rev 3:15 (echo, low confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Their words live but their works are dead.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.21.2 (Lake, LCL 25:272; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-21-2).
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9.21.3Lake, LCL 25:272
ὥσπερ γὰρ αὗται αἱ βοτάναι ἥλιον ἰδοῦσαι ἐξηράνθησαν, οὕτω καὶ οἱ δίψυχοι, ὅταν θλῖψιν ἀκούσωσι, διὰ τὴν δειλίαν αὐτῶν εἰδωλολατροῦσι καὶ τὸ ὄνομα ἐπαισχύνονται τοῦ κυρίου αὐτῶν.
hōsper gar hautai hai botanai hēlion idousai exēranthēsan, houtō kai hoi dipsychoi, hotan thlipsin akousōsi, dia tēn deilian autōn eidōlolatrousi kai to onoma epaischynontai tou kyriou autōn.
For just as these plants withered when they saw the sun, so also the double-minded, when they hear of tribulation, commit idolatry because of their cowardice and are ashamed of the name of their Lord.
Matt 13:6 (allusion, medium confidence) · Matt 13:21 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: In persecution the doubters give way to idolatry.
Topics: Persecution, Idolatry
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.21.3 (Lake, LCL 25:272; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-21-3).
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9.21.4Lake, LCL 25:272–274
οἱ τοιοῦτοι οὖν οὔτε ζῶσιν οὔτε τεθνήκασιν. ἀλλὰ καὶ οὗτοι ἐὰν ταχὺ μετανοήσωσιν, δυνήσονται ζῆσαι· ἐὰν δὲ μὴ μετανοήσωσιν, ἤδη παραδεδομένοι εἰσὶ ταῖς γυναιξὶ ταῖς ἀποφερομέναις τὴν ζωὴν αὐτῶν.
hoi toioutoi oun oute zōsin oute tethnēkasin. alla kai houtoi ean tachy metanoēsōsin, dynēsontai zēsai; ean de mē metanoēsōsin, ēdē paradedomenoi eisi tais gynaixi tais apopheromenais tēn zōēn autōn.
Such people, then, are neither alive nor dead. But these too, if they repent quickly, will be able to live; but if they do not repent, they have already been handed over to the women who take away their life.
Notes and citation
Summary: They can live if they repent quickly.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.21.4 (Lake, LCL 25:272–274; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-21-4).
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Similitude 9, chapter 22
9.22.1Lake, LCL 25:274
Ἐκ δὲ τοῦ ὄρους τοῦ πέμπτου τοῦ ἔχοντος βοτάνας χλωρὰς καὶ τραχέος ὄντος οἱ πιστεύσαντες τοιοῦτοί εἰσι· πιστοὶ μέν, δυσμαθεῖς δὲ καὶ αὐθάδεις καὶ ἑαυτοῖς ἀρέσκοντες, θέλοντες πάντα γινώσκειν, καὶ οὐδὲν ὅλως γινώσκουσι.
Ek de tou orous tou pemptou tou echontos botanas chlōras kai tracheos ontos hoi pisteusantes toioutoi eisi; pistoi men, dysmatheis de kai authadeis kai heautois areskontes, thelontes panta ginōskein, kai ouden holōs ginōskousi.
Those who believed from the fifth mountain, which has green plants and is rugged, are such as these: believers, but slow to learn and self-willed and pleasing themselves, wishing to know everything, and they know nothing at all.
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Summary: The rugged mountain: self-willed believers who think they know everything.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.22.1 (Lake, LCL 25:274; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-22-1).
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9.22.2Lake, LCL 25:274
διὰ τὴν αὐθάδειαν αὐτῶν ταύτην ἀπέστη ἀπʼ αὐτῶν ἡ σύνεσις, καὶ εἰσῆλθεν εἰς αὐτοὺς ἀφροσύνη μωρά. ἐπαινοῦσι δὲ ἑαυτοὺς ὡς σύνεσιν ἔχοντας καὶ θέλουσιν ἐθελοδιδάσκαλοι εἶναι, ἄφρονες ὄντες.
dia tēn authadeian autōn tautēn apestē apʼ autōn hē synesis, kai eisēlthen eis autous aphrosynē mōra. epainousi de heautous hōs synesin echontas kai thelousin ethelodidaskaloi einai, aphrones ontes.
Because of this self-will of theirs, understanding has departed from them, and foolish folly has entered into them. And they praise themselves as having understanding, and wish to be self-appointed teachers, though they are fools.
Jas 3:1 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: They want to be teachers but lack understanding.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.22.2 (Lake, LCL 25:274; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-22-2).
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9.22.3Lake, LCL 25:274
διὰ ταύτην οὖν τὴν ὑψηλοφροσύνην πολλοὶ ἐκενώθησαν ὑψοῦντες ἑαυτούς· μέγα γὰρ δαιμόνιόν ἐστιν ἡ αὐθάδεια καὶ ἡ κενὴ πεποίθησις· ἐκ τούτων οὖν πολλοὶ ἀπεβλήθησαν, τινὲς δὲ μετενόησαν καὶ ἐπίστευσαν καὶ ὑπέταξαν ἑαυτοὺς τοῖς ἔχουσι σύνεσιν, γνόντες τὴν ἑαυτῶν ἀφροσύνην.
dia tautēn oun tēn hypsēlophrosynēn polloi ekenōthēsan hypsountes heautous; mega gar daimonion estin hē authadeia kai hē kenē pepoithēsis; ek toutōn oun polloi apeblēthēsan, tines de metenoēsan kai episteusan kai hypetaxan heautous tois echousi synesin, gnontes tēn heautōn aphrosynēn.
Through this haughtiness, then, many have been emptied, exalting themselves; for self-will and vain confidence are a great demon. Of these, then, many were rejected, but some repented and believed and submitted themselves to those who have understanding, recognizing their own folly.
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Summary: Some repented and submitted to those with understanding.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.22.3 (Lake, LCL 25:274; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-22-3).
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9.22.4Lake, LCL 25:274–276
καὶ τοῖς λοιποῖς δὲ τοῖς τοιούτοις κεῖται μετάνοια· οὐκ ἐγένοντο γὰρ πονηροί, μᾶλλον δὲ μωροὶ καὶ ἀσύνετοι. οὗτοι οὖν ἐὰν μετανοήσωσι, ζήσονται τῷ θεῷ· ἐὰν δὲ μὴ μετανοήσωσι, κατοικήσουσι μετὰ τῶν γυναικῶν τῶν πονηρευομένων εἰς αὐτούς.
kai tois loipois de tois toioutois keitai metanoia; ouk egenonto gar ponēroi, mallon de mōroi kai asynetoi. houtoi oun ean metanoēsōsi, zēsontai tǭ theǭ; ean de mē metanoēsōsi, katoikēsousi meta tōn gynaikōn tōn ponēreuomenōn eis autous.
And for the rest of such people repentance is laid down; for they did not become wicked, but rather foolish and without understanding. These, then, if they repent, will live to God; but if they do not repent, they will dwell with the women who do evil to them.
Notes and citation
Summary: Their fault is folly, not wickedness; they may repent.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip: a stray letter at the end of the section): εἰς αὐτούς. α → εἰς αὐτούς..
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.22.4 (Lake, LCL 25:274–276; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-22-4).
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Similitude 9, chapter 23
9.23.1Lake, LCL 25:276
Οἱ δὲ ἐκ τοῦ ὄρους τοῦ ἕκτου τοῦ ἔχοντος σχισμὰς μεγάλας καὶ μικρὰς καὶ ἐν ταῖς σχισμαῖς βοτάνας μεμαραμμένας πιστεύσαντες τοιοῦτοί εἰσιν.
Hoi de ek tou orous tou hektou tou echontos schismas megalas kai mikras kai en tais schismais botanas memarammenas pisteusantes toioutoi eisin.
Those who believed from the sixth mountain, which has great and small cracks, and withered plants in the cracks, are such as these.
Notes and citation
Summary: The cracked mountain.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.23.1 (Lake, LCL 25:276; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-23-1).
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9.23.2Lake, LCL 25:276
οἱ μὲν τὰς σχισμὰς τὰς μικρὰς ἔχοντες, οὗτοί εἰσιν οἱ κατʼ ἀλλήλων ἔχοντες, καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν καταλαλιῶν ἑαυτῶν μεμαραμμένοι εἰσὶν ἐν τῇ πίστει· ἀλλὰ μετενόησαν ἐκ τούτων πολλοί. καὶ οἱ λοιποὶ δὲ μετανοήσουσιν, ὅταν ἀκούσωσί μου τὰς ἐντολάς· μικραὶ γὰρ αὐτῶν εἰσιν αἱ καταλαλιαί, καὶ ταχὺ μετανοήσουσιν.
hoi men tas schismas tas mikras echontes, houtoi eisin hoi katʼ allēlōn echontes, kai apo tōn katalaliōn heautōn memarammenoi eisin en tę̄ pistei; alla metenoēsan ek toutōn polloi. kai hoi loipoi de metanoēsousin, hotan akousōsi mou tas entolas; mikrai gar autōn eisin hai katalaliai, kai tachy metanoēsousin.
Those who have the small cracks are those who hold things against one another, and from their slanders they are withered in the faith; but many of them have repented. And the rest will repent when they hear my commandments; for their slanders are small, and they will repent quickly.
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Summary: Small cracks: minor grudges and slander; they will repent.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.23.2 (Lake, LCL 25:276; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-23-2).
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9.23.3Lake, LCL 25:276
οἱ δὲ μεγάλας ἔχοντες σχισμάς, οὗτοι παράμονοί εἰσι ταῖς καταλαλιαῖς αὐτῶν καὶ μνησίκακοι γίνονται μηνιῶντες ἀλλήλοις· οὗτοι οὖν ἀπὸ τοῦ πύργου ἀπερρίφησαν καὶ ἀπεδοκιμάσθησαν τῆς οἰκοδομῆς αὐτοῦ. οἱ τοιοῦτοι οὖν δυσκόλως ζήσονται.
hoi de megalas echontes schismas, houtoi paramonoi eisi tais katalaliais autōn kai mnēsikakoi ginontai mēniōntes allēlois; houtoi oun apo tou pyrgou aperriphēsan kai apedokimasthēsan tēs oikodomēs autou. hoi toioutoi oun dyskolōs zēsontai.
But those who have great cracks persist in their slanders and become grudge-bearers, raging against one another; these, then, were thrown away from the tower and rejected from its building. Such people, then, will live with difficulty.
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Summary: Great cracks: persistent slanderers, rejected from the tower.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.23.3 (Lake, LCL 25:276; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-23-3).
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9.23.4Lake, LCL 25:276
εἰ ὁ θεὸς καὶ ὁ κύριος ἡμῶν ὁ πάντων κυριεύων καὶ ἔχων πάσης τῆς κτίσεως αὐτοῦ τὴν ἐξουσίαν οὐ μνησικακεῖ τοῖς ἐξομολογουμένοις τὰς ἁμαρτίας αὐτῶν, ἀλλʼ ἵλεως γίνεται, ἄνθρωπος φθαρτὸς ὢν καὶ πλήρης ἁμαρτιῶν ἀνθρώπῳ μνησικακεῖ ὡς δυνάμενος ἀπολέσαι ἢ σῶσαι αὐτόν;
ei ho theos kai ho kyrios hēmōn ho pantōn kyrieuōn kai echōn pasēs tēs ktiseōs autou tēn exousian ou mnēsikakei tois exomologoumenois tas hamartias autōn, allʼ hileōs ginetai, anthrōpos phthartos ōn kai plērēs hamartiōn anthrōpǭ mnēsikakei hōs dynamenos apolesai ē sōsai auton?
If God and our Lord, who rules over all and has authority over all his creation, bears no grudge against those who confess their sins, but is merciful, does a man, who is mortal and full of sins, bear a grudge against a man, as though he could destroy or save him?
Matt 18:33 (echo, medium confidence) · Jas 4:12 (echo, medium confidence)
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Summary: If God forgives those who confess, how can a sinner hold a grudge?
Topics: Ethics, Love of enemies and forgiveness of wrongs
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.23.4 (Lake, LCL 25:276; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-23-4).
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9.23.5Lake, LCL 25:276–278
λέγω δὲ ὑμῖν, ὁ ἄγγελος τῆς μετανοίας· ὅσοι ταύτην ἔχετε τὴν αἵρεσιν ἀπόθεσθε αὐτὴν καὶ μετανοήσατε, καὶ ὁ κύριος ἰάσεται ὑμῶν τὰ πρότερα ἁμαρτήματα, ἐὰν καθαρίσητε ἑαυτοὺς ἀπὸ τούτου τοῦ δαιμονίου· εἰ δὲ μή, παραδοθήσεσθε αὐτῷ εἰς θάνατον.
legō de hymin, ho angelos tēs metanoias; hosoi tautēn echete tēn hairesin apothesthe autēn kai metanoēsate, kai ho kyrios iasetai hymōn ta protera hamartēmata, ean katharisēte heautous apo toutou tou daimoniou; ei de mē, paradothēsesthe autǭ eis thanaton.
I, the angel of repentance, say to you: all of you who have this attitude, put it away and repent, and the Lord will heal your former sins, if you cleanse yourselves from this demon; but if not, you will be handed over to it for death.
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Summary: Put away grudges, and the Lord will heal your sins.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (dropped letter)): μετανήσατε → μετανοήσατε.
Topics: Love of enemies and forgiveness of wrongs
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.23.5 (Lake, LCL 25:276–278; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-23-5).
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Similitude 9, chapter 24
9.24.1Lake, LCL 25:278
Ἐκ δὲ τοῦ ἑβδόμου ὄρους, ἐν ᾧ βοτάναι χλωραὶ καὶ ἱλαραί, καὶ ὅλον τὸ ὄρος εὐθηνοῦν καὶ πᾶν γένος κτηνῶν καὶ τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἐνέμοντο τὰς βοτάνας ἐν τούτῳ τῷ ὄρει, καὶ αἱ βοτάναι, ἃς ἐνέμοντο, μᾶλλον εὐθαλεῖς ἐγίνοντο, οἱ πιστεύσαντες τοιοῦτοί εἰσι.
Ek de tou hebdomou orous, en hǭ botanai chlōrai kai hilarai, kai holon to oros euthēnoun kai pan genos ktēnōn kai ta peteina tou ouranou enemonto tas botanas en toutǭ tǭ orei, kai hai botanai, has enemonto, mallon euthaleis eginonto, hoi pisteusantes toioutoi eisi.
Those who believed from the seventh mountain, on which the plants are green and cheerful, and the whole mountain flourishing, and every kind of cattle and the birds of heaven fed on the plants on this mountain, and the plants they fed on became more flourishing, are such as these.
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Summary: The flourishing seventh mountain.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong preposition)): ἐκ τούτῳ τῷ ὄρει → ἐν τούτῳ τῷ ὄρει.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.24.1 (Lake, LCL 25:278; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-24-1).
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9.24.2Lake, LCL 25:278
πάντοτε ἁπλοῖ καὶ ἄκακοι καὶ μακάριοι ἐγίνοντο, μηδὲν κατʼ ἀλλήλων ἔχοντες, ἀλλὰ πάντοτε ἀγαλλιώμενοι ἐπὶ τοῖς δούλοις τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ ἐνδεδυμένοι τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον τούτων τῶν παρθένων καὶ πάντοτε σπλάγχνον ἔχοντες ἐπὶ πάντα ἄνθρωπον, καὶ ἐκ τῶν κόπων αὐτῶν παντὶ ἀνθρώπῳ ἐχορήγησαν ἀνονειδίστως καὶ ἀδιστάκτως.
pantote haploi kai akakoi kai makarioi eginonto, mēden katʼ allēlōn echontes, alla pantote agalliōmenoi epi tois doulois tou theou kai endedymenoi to pneuma to hagion toutōn tōn parthenōn kai pantote splanchnon echontes epi panta anthrōpon, kai ek tōn kopōn autōn panti anthrōpǭ echorēgēsan anoneidistōs kai adistaktōs.
They have always been simple and innocent and blessed, holding nothing against one another, but always rejoicing in God's servants and clothed with the holy spirit of these virgins, and always having compassion on every person, and from their labors they supplied every person without reproach and without hesitation.
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Summary: The simple and generous who share with all without hesitation.
Topics: Ethics, Almsgiving and care for the poor
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.24.2 (Lake, LCL 25:278; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-24-2).
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9.24.3Lake, LCL 25:278
ὁ οὖν κύριος ἰδὼν τὴν ἁπλότητα αὐτῶν καὶ πᾶσαν νηπιότητα ἐπλήθυνεν αὐτοὺς ἐν τοῖς κόποις τῶν χειρῶν αὐτῶν καὶ ἐχαρίτωσεν αὐτοὺς ἐν πάσῃ πράξει αὐτῶν.
ho oun kyrios idōn tēn haplotēta autōn kai pasan nēpiotēta eplēthynen autous en tois kopois tōn cheirōn autōn kai echaritōsen autous en pasę̄ praxei autōn.
The Lord, then, seeing their simplicity and complete childlikeness, multiplied them in the labors of their hands and gave them favor in all they did.
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Summary: God blessed their work.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.24.3 (Lake, LCL 25:278; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-24-3).
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9.24.4Lake, LCL 25:278
λέγω δὲ ὑμῖν τοῖς τοιούτοις οὖσιν ἐγὼ ὁ ἄγγελος τῆς μετανοίας· διαμείνατε τοιοῦτοι, καὶ οὐκ ἐξαλειφθήσεται τὸ σπέρμα ὑμῶν ἕως αἰῶνος· ἐδοκίμασε γὰρ ὑμᾶς ὁ κύριος καὶ ἐνέγραψεν ὑμᾶς εἰς τὸν ἀριθμὸν τὸν ἡμέτερον, καὶ ὅλον τὸ σπέρμα ὑμῶν κατοικήσει μετὰ τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ· ἐκ γὰρ τοῦ πνεύματος αὐτοῦ ἐλάβετε.
legō de hymin tois toioutois ousin egō ho angelos tēs metanoias; diameinate toioutoi, kai ouk exaleiphthēsetai to sperma hymōn heōs aiōnos; edokimase gar hymas ho kyrios kai enegrapsen hymas eis ton arithmon ton hēmeteron, kai holon to sperma hymōn katoikēsei meta tou huiou tou theou; ek gar tou pneumatos autou elabete.
And I, the angel of repentance, say to you who are such: remain such, and your seed will not be blotted out forever; for the Lord has tested you and enrolled you in our number, and all your seed will dwell with the Son of God; for you have received of his Spirit.
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Summary: The simple and generous are enrolled with the angels and will dwell with the Son of God.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.24.4 (Lake, LCL 25:278; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-24-4).
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Similitude 9, chapter 25
9.25.1Lake, LCL 25:278–280
Ἐκ δὲ τοῦ ὄρους τοῦ ὀγδόου, οὗ ἦσαν αἱ πολλαὶ πηγαὶ καὶ πᾶσα ἡ κτίσις τοῦ κυρίου ἐποτίζετο ἐκ τῶν πηγῶν, οἱ πιστεύσαντες τοιοῦτοί εἰσιν·
Ek de tou orous tou ogdoou, hou ēsan hai pollai pēgai kai pasa hē ktisis tou kyriou epotizeto ek tōn pēgōn, hoi pisteusantes toioutoi eisin;
Those who believed from the eighth mountain, where the many springs were and all the creation of the Lord drank from the springs, are such as these:
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Summary: The mountain of springs.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.25.1 (Lake, LCL 25:278–280; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-25-1).
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9.25.2Lake, LCL 25:280
ἀπόστολοι καὶ διδάσκαλοι οἱ κηρύξαντες εἰς ὅλον τὸν κόσμον καὶ οἱ διδάξαντες σεμνῶς καὶ ἁγνῶς τὸν λόγον τοῦ κυρίου καὶ μηδὲν ὅλως νοσφισάμενοι εἰς ἐπιθυμίαν πονηράν, ἀλλὰ πάντοτε ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ καὶ ἀληθείᾳ πορευθέντες, καθὼς καὶ παρέλαβον τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον. τῶν τοιούτων οὖν ἡ πάροδος μετὰ τῶν ἀγγέλων ἐστίν.
apostoloi kai didaskaloi hoi kēryxantes eis holon ton kosmon kai hoi didaxantes semnōs kai hagnōs ton logon tou kyriou kai mēden holōs nosphisamenoi eis epithymian ponēran, alla pantote en dikaiosynę̄ kai alētheią poreuthentes, kathōs kai parelabon to pneuma to hagion. tōn toioutōn oun hē parodos meta tōn angelōn estin.
apostles and teachers who preached to the whole world and who taught the word of the Lord reverently and purely, and did not misappropriate anything at all for evil desire, but always walked in righteousness and truth, as they had received the Holy Spirit. The passage of such people, then, is with the angels.
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Summary: The springs are the apostles and teachers who taught purely; their place is with the angels.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.25.2 (Lake, LCL 25:280; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-25-2).
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Similitude 9, chapter 26
9.26.1Lake, LCL 25:280
Ἐκ δὲ τοῦ ὄρους τοῦ ἐνάτου τοῦ ἐρημώδους, τοῦ τὰ ἑρπετὰ καὶ θηρία ἐν αὐτῷ ἔχοντος τὰ διαφθείροντα τοὺς ἀνθρώπους, οἱ πιστεύσαντες τοιοῦτοί εἰσιν·
Ek de tou orous tou enatou tou erēmōdous, tou ta herpeta kai thēria en autǭ echontos ta diaphtheironta tous anthrōpous, hoi pisteusantes toioutoi eisin;
Those who believed from the ninth mountain, the desert one, which has in it the reptiles and wild beasts that destroy people, are such as these:
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Summary: The desert mountain with deadly beasts.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.26.1 (Lake, LCL 25:280; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-26-1).
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9.26.2Lake, LCL 25:280
οἱ μὲν τοὺς σπίλους ἔχοντες διάκονοί εἰσι κακῶς διακονήσαντες καὶ διαρπάσαντες χηρῶν καὶ ὀρφανῶν τὴν ζωὴν καὶ ἑαυτοῖς περιποιησάμενοι ἐκ τῆς διακονίας ἧς ἔλαβον διακονῆσαι· ἐὰν οὖν ἐπιμείνωσι τῇ αὐτῇ ἐπιθυμίᾳ, ἀπέθανον καὶ οὐδεμία αὐτοῖς ἐλπὶς ζωῆς· ἐὰν δὲ ἐπιστρέψωσι καὶ ἁγνῶς τελειώσωσι τὴν διακονίαν αὐτῶν, δυνήσονται ζῆσαι.
hoi men tous spilous echontes diakonoi eisi kakōs diakonēsantes kai diarpasantes chērōn kai orphanōn tēn zōēn kai heautois peripoiēsamenoi ek tēs diakonias hēs elabon diakonēsai; ean oun epimeinōsi tę̄ autę̄ epithymią, apethanon kai oudemia autois elpis zōēs; ean de epistrepsōsi kai hagnōs teleiōsōsi tēn diakonian autōn, dynēsontai zēsai.
those who have the spots are deacons who served badly and plundered the livelihood of widows and orphans and made gain for themselves from the ministry they had received to perform. If, then, they persist in the same desire, they are dead, and there is no hope of life for them; but if they turn back and complete their ministry purely, they will be able to live.
Acts 6:1 (echo, medium confidence)
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Summary: Spotted stones are deacons who embezzled from widows and orphans.
- Deacons administered the church's care for widows and orphans; compare Acts 6:1–6.
Topics: Church office, Almsgiving and care for the poor
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.26.2 (Lake, LCL 25:280; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-26-2).
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9.26.3Lake, LCL 25:280
οἱ δὲ ἐψωριακότες, οὗτοι οἱ ἀρνησάμενοί εἰσι καὶ μὴ ἐπιστρέψαντες ἐπὶ τὸν κύριον ἑαυτῶν, ἀλλὰ χερσωθέντες καὶ γενόμενοι ἐρημώδεις· μὴ κολλώμενοι τοῖς δούλοις τοῦ θεοῦ, ἀλλὰ μονάζοντες ἀπολλύουσι τὰς ἑαυτῶν ψυχάς.
hoi de epsōriakotes, houtoi hoi arnēsamenoi eisi kai mē epistrepsantes epi ton kyrion heautōn, alla chersōthentes kai genomenoi erēmōdeis; mē kollōmenoi tois doulois tou theou, alla monazontes apollyousi tas heautōn psychas.
And those who are rough are those who have denied and have not turned back to their Lord, but have become barren and desolate; not clinging to God's servants, but living alone, they destroy their own souls.
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Summary: Rough stones are deniers who live alone apart from the church.
Topics: Persecution
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.26.3 (Lake, LCL 25:280; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-26-3).
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9.26.4Lake, LCL 25:280–282
ὡς γὰρ ἄμπελος ἐν φραγμῷ τινι καταλειφθεῖσα ἀμελείας τυγχάνουσα καταφθείρεται καὶ ὑπὸ τῶν βοτανῶν ἐρημοῦται καὶ τῷ χρόνῳ ἀγρία γίνεται, καὶ οὐκέτι εὔχρηστός ἐστι τῷ δεσπότῃ ἑαυτῆς, οὕτω καὶ οἱ τοιοῦτοι ἄνθρωποι ἑαυτοὺς ἀπεγνώκασι καὶ γίνονται ἄχρηστοι τῷ κυρίῳ ἑαυτῶν ἀγριωθέντες.
hōs gar ampelos en phragmǭ tini kataleiphtheisa ameleias tynchanousa kataphtheiretai kai hypo tōn botanōn erēmoutai kai tǭ chronǭ agria ginetai, kai ouketi euchrēstos esti tǭ despotę̄ heautēs, houtō kai hoi toioutoi anthrōpoi heautous apegnōkasi kai ginontai achrēstoi tǭ kyriǭ heautōn agriōthentes.
For just as a vine left in some hedge and neglected is ruined and made desolate by weeds and in time becomes wild, and is no longer useful to its owner, so also such people have given themselves up and become useless to their Lord, having grown wild.
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Summary: Like a neglected vine, they grow wild.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.26.4 (Lake, LCL 25:280–282; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-26-4).
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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Lake (LCL 25, 1913), and from the ancient Latin version where Lake prints it because the Greek is lost (from Sim. 9.30.3); made independently of existing English translations.
9.26.5Lake, LCL 25:282
τούτοις οὖν μετάνοια γίνεται, ἐὰν μὴ ἐκ καρδίας εὑρεθῶσιν ἠρνημένοι· ἐὰν δὲ ἐκ καρδίας εὑρεθῇ ἠρνημένος τις, οὐκ οἶδα, εἰ δύναται ζῆσαι.
toutois oun metanoia ginetai, ean mē ek kardias heurethōsin ērnēmenoi; ean de ek kardias heurethę̄ ērnēmenos tis, ouk oida, ei dynatai zēsai.
For these, then, there is repentance, if they are not found to have denied from the heart; but if anyone is found to have denied from the heart, I do not know whether he can live.
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Summary: Those who did not deny from the heart may repent.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.26.5 (Lake, LCL 25:282; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-26-5).
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9.26.6Lake, LCL 25:282
καὶ τοῦτο οὐκ εἰς ταύτας τὰς ἡμέρας λέγω, ἵνα τις ἀρνησάμενος μετάνοιαν λάβῃ· ἀδύνατον γάρ ἐστι σωθῆναι τὸν μέλλοντα νῦν ἀρνεῖσθαι τὸν κύριον ἑαυτοῦ· ἀλλʼ ἐκείνοις τοῖς πάλαι ἠρνημένοις δοκεῖ κεῖσθαι μετάνοια. εἴ τις οὖν μέλλει μετανοεῖν, ταχινὸς γενέσθω πρὶν τὸν πύργον ἀποτελεσθῆναι· εἰ δὲ μή, ὑπὸ τῶν γυναικῶν καταφθαρήσεται εἰς θάνατον.
kai touto ouk eis tautas tas hēmeras legō, hina tis arnēsamenos metanoian labę̄; adynaton gar esti sōthēnai ton mellonta nyn arneisthai ton kyrion heautou; allʼ ekeinois tois palai ērnēmenois dokei keisthai metanoia. ei tis oun mellei metanoein, tachinos genesthō prin ton pyrgon apotelesthēnai; ei de mē, hypo tōn gynaikōn kataphtharēsetai eis thanaton.
And I do not say this about these days, that anyone who denies may receive repentance; for it is impossible for one who is now going to deny his Lord to be saved; but for those who denied long ago repentance seems to be laid down. If, then, anyone is going to repent, let him be quick, before the tower is completed; otherwise he will be destroyed by the women to death.
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Summary: Repentance is offered for past denials, not for those who deny now.
Topics: Persecution, Repentance
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.26.6 (Lake, LCL 25:282; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-26-6).
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9.26.7Lake, LCL 25:282
καὶ οἱ κολοβοί, οὗτοι δόλιοί εἰσι καὶ κατάλαλοι· καὶ τὰ θηρία, ἃ εἶδες εἰς τὸ ὄρος, οὗτοί εἰσιν. ὥσπερ γὰρ τὰ θηρία διαφθείρει τῷ ἑαυτῶν ἰῷ τὸν ἄνθρωπον καὶ ἀπολλύει, οὕτω καὶ τῶν τοιούτων ἀνθρώπων τὰ ῥήματα διαφθείρει τὸν ἄνθρωπον καὶ ἀπολλύει.
kai hoi koloboi, houtoi dolioi eisi kai katalaloi; kai ta thēria, ha eides eis to oros, houtoi eisin. hōsper gar ta thēria diaphtheirei tǭ heautōn iǭ ton anthrōpon kai apollyei, houtō kai tōn toioutōn anthrōpōn ta rhēmata diaphtheirei ton anthrōpon kai apollyei.
And those cut short are deceitful and slanderers; and they are the wild beasts that you saw on the mountain. For just as the beasts destroy a person with their poison and kill him, so also the words of such people destroy a person and kill him.
Jas 3:8 (echo, medium confidence)
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Summary: The beasts are slanderers whose words kill.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.26.7 (Lake, LCL 25:282; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-26-7).
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9.26.8Lake, LCL 25:282
οὗτοι οὖν κολοβοί εἰσιν ἀπὸ τῆς πίστεως αὐτῶν διὰ τὴν πρᾶξιν, ἣν ἔχουσιν ἐν ἑαυτοῖς· τινὲς δὲ μετενόησαν καὶ ἐσώθησαν. καὶ οἱ λοιποὶ οἱ τοιοῦτοι ὄντες δύνανται σωθῆναι, ἐὰν μετανοήσωσιν· ἐὰν δὲ μὴ μετανοήσωσιν, ἀπὸ τῶν γυναικῶν ἐκείνων, ὧν τὴν δύναμιν ἔχουσιν, ἀποθανοῦνται.
houtoi oun koloboi eisin apo tēs pisteōs autōn dia tēn praxin, hēn echousin en heautois; tines de metenoēsan kai esōthēsan. kai hoi loipoi hoi toioutoi ontes dynantai sōthēnai, ean metanoēsōsin; ean de mē metanoēsōsin, apo tōn gynaikōn ekeinōn, hōn tēn dynamin echousin, apothanountai.
These, then, are cut short from their faith because of the conduct they have in them; but some repented and were saved. And the rest who are such can be saved if they repent; but if they do not repent, they will die at the hands of those women whose power they have.
Notes and citation
Summary: Slanderers can still be saved by repentance.
Topics: Repentance
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.26.8 (Lake, LCL 25:282; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-26-8).
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Similitude 9, chapter 27
9.27.1Lake, LCL 25:282–284
Ἐκ δὲ τοῦ ὄρους τοῦ δεκάτου, οὗ ἦσαν δένδρα σκεπάζοντα πρόβατά τινα, οἱ πιστεύσαντες τοιοῦτοί εἰσιν·
Ek de tou orous tou dekatou, hou ēsan dendra skepazonta probata tina, hoi pisteusantes toioutoi eisin;
Those who believed from the tenth mountain, where there were trees sheltering some sheep, are such as these:
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Summary: The mountain of sheltering trees.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.27.1 (Lake, LCL 25:282–284; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-27-1).
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9.27.2Lake, LCL 25:284
ἐπίσκοποι καὶ φιλόξενοι, οἵτινες ἡδέως εἰς τοὺς οἴκους ἑαυτῶν πάντοτε ὑπεδέξαντο τοὺς δούλους τοῦ θεοῦ ἄτερ ὑποκρίσεως· οἱ δὲ ἐπίσκοποι πάντοτε τοὺς ὑστερημένους καὶ τὰς χήρας τῇ διακονίᾳ ἑαυτῶν ἀδιαλείπτως ἐσκέπασαν καὶ ἁγνῶς ἀνεστράφησαν πάντοτε.
episkopoi kai philoxenoi, hoitines hēdeōs eis tous oikous heautōn pantote hypedexanto tous doulous tou theou ater hypokriseōs; hoi de episkopoi pantote tous hysterēmenous kai tas chēras tę̄ diakonią heautōn adialeiptōs eskepasan kai hagnōs anestraphēsan pantote.
bishops and hospitable people, who always gladly received God's servants into their homes without hypocrisy; and the bishops always sheltered the needy and the widows by their ministry without ceasing, and always lived in purity.
1 Tim 3:2 (echo, medium confidence)
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Summary: Sheltering trees are hospitable bishops who cared for the needy and widows.
- “Bishops” (ἐπίσκοποι) here are praised for hospitality and care of the poor; compare 1 Tim 3:2.
Topics: Church office, Hospitality
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.27.2 (Lake, LCL 25:284; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-27-2).
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9.27.3Lake, LCL 25:284
οὗτοι οὖν πάντες σκεπασθήσονται ὑπὸ τοῦ κυρίου διαπαντός. οἱ οὖν ταῦτα ἐργασάμενοι ἔνδοξοί εἰσι παρὰ τῷ θεῷ καὶ ἤδη ὁ τόπος αὐτῶν μετὰ τῶν ἀγγέλων ἐστίν, ἐὰν ἐπιμείνωσιν ἕως τέλους λειτουργοῦντες τῷ κυρίῳ.
houtoi oun pantes skepasthēsontai hypo tou kyriou diapantos. hoi oun tauta ergasamenoi endoxoi eisi para tǭ theǭ kai ēdē ho topos autōn meta tōn angelōn estin, ean epimeinōsin heōs telous leitourgountes tǭ kyriǭ.
All these, then, will be sheltered by the Lord forever. Those who have done these things are glorious before God, and their place is already with the angels, if they continue serving the Lord to the end.
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Summary: They will be sheltered by the Lord forever.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.27.3 (Lake, LCL 25:284; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-27-3).
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Similitude 9, chapter 28
9.28.1Lake, LCL 25:284
Ἐκ δὲ τοῦ ὄρους τοῦ ἑνδεκάτου, οὗ ἦσαν δένδρα καρπῶν πλήρη, ἄλλοις καὶ ἄλλοις καρποῖς κεκοσμημένα, οἱ πιστεύσαντες τοιοῦτοί εἰσιν.
Ek de tou orous tou hendekatou, hou ēsan dendra karpōn plērē, allois kai allois karpois kekosmēmena, hoi pisteusantes toioutoi eisin.
Those who believed from the eleventh mountain, where there were trees full of fruit, adorned with various fruits, are such as these:
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Summary: The mountain of fruit trees.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.28.1 (Lake, LCL 25:284; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-28-1).
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9.28.2Lake, LCL 25:284
οἱ παθόντες ὑπὲρ τοῦ ὀνόματος τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ, οἳ καὶ προθύμως ἔπαθον ἐξ ὅλης τῆς καρδίας· καὶ παρέδωκαν τὰς ψυχὰς αὐτῶν.
hoi pathontes hyper tou onomatos tou huiou tou theou, hoi kai prothymōs epathon ex holēs tēs kardias; kai paredōkan tas psychas autōn.
those who suffered for the name of the Son of God, who also suffered eagerly with their whole heart and gave up their lives.
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Summary: Fruit trees are the martyrs.
Topics: Martyrdom
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.28.2 (Lake, LCL 25:284; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-28-2).
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9.28.3Lake, LCL 25:284
Διατί οὖν, φημί, κύριε, πάντα μὲν τὰ δένδρα καρποὺς ἔχει, τινὲς δὲ ἐξ αὐτῶν καρποὶ εὐειδέστεροί εἰσιν; Ἄκουε, φησίν· ὅσοι ποτὲ ἔπαθον διὰ τὸ ὄνομα, ἔνδοξοί εἰσι παρὰ τῷ θεῷ, καὶ πάντων αἱ ἁμαρτίαι ἀφῃρέθησαν, ὅτι ἔπαθον διὰ τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ. διατί δὲ οἱ καρποὶ αὐτῶν ποικίλοι εἰσίν, τινὲς δὲ ὑπερέχοντες, ἄκουε.
Diati oun, phēmi, kyrie, panta men ta dendra karpous echei, tines de ex autōn karpoi eueidesteroi eisin? Akoue, phēsin; hosoi pote epathon dia to onoma, endoxoi eisi para tǭ theǭ, kai pantōn hai hamartiai aphę̄rethēsan, hoti epathon dia to onoma tou huiou tou theou. diati de hoi karpoi autōn poikiloi eisin, tines de hyperechontes, akoue.
“Why, then, sir,” I said, “do all the trees have fruit, but some of their fruits are more beautiful?” “Hear,” he said: “all who ever suffered for the name are glorious before God, and the sins of all have been taken away, because they suffered for the name of the Son of God. But hear why their fruits are various, and some surpassing.
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Summary: All martyrs have their sins taken away.
Topics: Martyrdom
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.28.3 (Lake, LCL 25:284; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-28-3).
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9.28.4Lake, LCL 25:284–286
ὅσοι, φησίν, ἐπʼ ἐξουσίαν ἀχθέντες ἐξητάσθησαν καὶ οὐκ ἠρνήσαντο, ἀλλʼ ἔπαθον προθύμως, οὗτοι μᾶλλον ἐνδοξότεροί εἰσι παρὰ τῷ κυρίῳ· τούτων ὁ καρπός ἐστιν ὁ ὑπερέχων· ὅσοι δὲ δειλοὶ καὶ ἐν δισταγμῷ ἐγένοντο καὶ ἐλογίσαντο ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις αὐτῶν, πότερον ἀρνήσονται ἢ ὁμολογήσουσι, καὶ ἔπαθον, τούτων οἱ καρποὶ ἐλάττους εἰσίν, ὅτι ἀνέβη ἐπὶ τὴν καρδίαν αὐτῶν ἡ βουλὴ αὕτη· πονηρὰ γὰρ ἡ βουλὴ αὕτη, ἵνα δοῦλος κύριον ἴδιον ἀρνήσηται.
hosoi, phēsin, epʼ exousian achthentes exētasthēsan kai ouk ērnēsanto, allʼ epathon prothymōs, houtoi mallon endoxoteroi eisi para tǭ kyriǭ; toutōn ho karpos estin ho hyperechōn; hosoi de deiloi kai en distagmǭ egenonto kai elogisanto en tais kardiais autōn, poteron arnēsontai ē homologēsousi, kai epathon, toutōn hoi karpoi elattous eisin, hoti anebē epi tēn kardian autōn hē boulē hautē; ponēra gar hē boulē hautē, hina doulos kyrion idion arnēsētai.
All,” he said, “who were brought before the authorities and examined and did not deny, but suffered eagerly, these are more glorious before the Lord; their fruit is the surpassing one. But all who were cowardly and hesitated, and reasoned in their hearts whether they should deny or confess, and suffered, their fruits are less, because this plan entered their heart; for this plan is evil, that a servant should deny his own Lord.
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Summary: Martyrs who did not hesitate have the greater glory.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong vowel)): ἐλογίσαντω → ἐλογίσαντο.
Topics: Martyrdom, Persecution
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.28.4 (Lake, LCL 25:284–286; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-28-4).
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9.28.5Lake, LCL 25:286
βλέπετε οὖν ὑμεῖς οἱ ταῦτα βουλευόμενοι, μήποτε ἡ βουλὴ αὕτη διαμείνῃ ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ὑμῶν καὶ ἀποθάνητε τῷ θεῷ. ὑμεῖς δὲ οἱ πάσχοντες ἕνεκεν τοῦ ὀνόματος δοξάζειν ὀφείλετε τὸν θεόν, ὅτι ἀξίους ὑμᾶς ἡγήσατο ὁ θεός, ἵνα τοῦτο τὸ ὄνομα βαστάζητε καὶ πᾶσαι ὑμῶν αἱ ἁμαρτίαι ἰαθῶσιν.
blepete oun hymeis hoi tauta bouleuomenoi, mēpote hē boulē hautē diameinę̄ en tais kardiais hymōn kai apothanēte tǭ theǭ. hymeis de hoi paschontes heneken tou onomatos doxazein opheilete ton theon, hoti axious hymas hēgēsato ho theos, hina touto to onoma bastazēte kai pasai hymōn hai hamartiai iathōsin.
Take care, then, you who are considering these things, lest this plan remain in your hearts and you die to God. But you who suffer for the name ought to glorify God, that God counted you worthy to bear this name and that all your sins might be healed.
Acts 5:41 (echo, medium confidence) · 1 Pet 4:16 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Sufferers should glorify God, who counts them worthy.
Topics: Martyrdom
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.28.5 (Lake, LCL 25:286; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-28-5).
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9.28.6Lake, LCL 25:286
οὐκοῦν μακαρίζετε ἑαυτούς· ἀλλὰ δοκεῖτε ἔργον μέγα πεποιηκέναι, ἐάν τις ὑμῶν διὰ τὸν θεὸν πάθῃ. ζωὴν ὑμῖν ὁ κύριος χαρίζεται, καὶ οὐ νοεῖτε· αἱ γὰρ ἁμαρτίαι ὑμῶν κατεβάρησαν, καὶ εἰ μὴ πεπόνθατε ἕνεκεν τοῦ ὀνόματος κυρίου, διὰ τὰς ἁμαρτίας ὑμῶν τεθνήκειτε ἂν τῷ θεῷ.
oukoun makarizete heautous; alla dokeite ergon mega pepoiēkenai, ean tis hymōn dia ton theon pathę̄. zōēn hymin ho kyrios charizetai, kai ou noeite; hai gar hamartiai hymōn katebarēsan, kai ei mē peponthate heneken tou onomatos kyriou, dia tas hamartias hymōn tethnēkeite an tǭ theǭ.
So count yourselves blessed; but you think you have done a great work if any of you suffers for God's sake. The Lord is granting you life, and you do not understand; for your sins weighed you down, and if you had not suffered for the name of the Lord, you would have died to God because of your sins.
Notes and citation
Summary: Suffering for the name is God's gift of life, not the believer's great deed.
Topics: Martyrdom
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.28.6 (Lake, LCL 25:286; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-28-6).
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9.28.7Lake, LCL 25:286
ταῦτα ὑμῖν λέγω τοῖς διστάζουσι περὶ ἀρνήσεως ἢ ὁμολογήσεως· ὁμολογεῖτε, ὅτι κύριον ἔχετε, μήποτε ἀρνούμενοι παραδοθήσησθε εἰς δεσμωτήριον.
tauta hymin legō tois distazousi peri arnēseōs ē homologēseōs; homologeite, hoti kyrion echete, mēpote arnoumenoi paradothēsēsthe eis desmōtērion.
I say these things to you who hesitate about denying or confessing: confess that you have a Lord, lest by denying you be handed over to prison.
Matt 10:32 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Confess your Lord rather than deny him.
Topics: Persecution
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.28.7 (Lake, LCL 25:286; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-28-7).
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9.28.8Lake, LCL 25:286
εἰ τὰ ἔθνη τοὺς δούλους αὐτῶν κολάζουσιν, ἐάν τις ἀρνήσηται τὸν κύριον ἑαυτοῦ, τί δοκεῖτε ποιήσει ὁ κύριος ὑμῖν, ὃς ἔχει πάντων τὴν ἐξουσίαν; ἄρατε τὰς βουλὰς ταύτας ἀπὸ τῶν καρδιῶν ὑμῶν, ἵνα διαπαντὸς ζήσητε τῷ θεῷ.
ei ta ethnē tous doulous autōn kolazousin, ean tis arnēsētai ton kyrion heautou, ti dokeite poiēsei ho kyrios hymin, hos echei pantōn tēn exousian? arate tas boulas tautas apo tōn kardiōn hymōn, hina diapantos zēsēte tǭ theǭ.
If the Gentiles punish their slaves when one of them denies his master, what do you think the Lord will do to you, who has authority over all? Remove these plans from your hearts, so that you may live to God forever.
Notes and citation
Summary: If masters punish disloyal slaves, how much more will the Lord?
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.28.8 (Lake, LCL 25:286; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-28-8).
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Similitude 9, chapter 29
9.29.1Lake, LCL 25:286–288
Ἐκ δὲ τοῦ ὄρους τοῦ δωδεκάτου τοῦ λευκοῦ οἱ πιστεύσαντες τοιοῦτοί εἰσιν· ὡς νήπια βρέφη εἰσίν, οἷς οὐδεμία κακία ἀναβαίνει ἐπὶ τὴν καρδίαν οὐδὲ ἔγνωσαν, τί ἐστι πονηρία, ἀλλὰ πάντοτε ἐν νηπιότητι διέμειναν.
Ek de tou orous tou dōdekatou tou leukou hoi pisteusantes toioutoi eisin; hōs nēpia brephē eisin, hois oudemia kakia anabainei epi tēn kardian oude egnōsan, ti esti ponēria, alla pantote en nēpiotēti diemeinan.
Those who believed from the twelfth mountain, the white one, are such as these: they are like little babies, into whose heart no evil enters, nor have they known what wickedness is, but they have always remained in childlikeness.
Notes and citation
Summary: The white mountain: those innocent as babies.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (missing accent)): οὐδεμία κακια → οὐδεμία κακία.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.29.1 (Lake, LCL 25:286–288; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-29-1).
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9.29.2Lake, LCL 25:288
οἱ τοιοῦτοι οὖν ἀδιστάκτως κατοικήσουσιν ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τοῦ θεοῦ, ὅτι ἐν οὐδενὶ πράγματι ἐμίαναν τὰς ἐντολὰς τοῦ θεοῦ, ἀλλὰ μετὰ νηπιότητος διέμειναν πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας τῆς ζωῆς αὐτῶν ἐν τῇ αὐτῇ φρονήσει.
hoi toioutoi oun adistaktōs katoikēsousin en tę̄ basileią tou theou, hoti en oudeni pragmati emianan tas entolas tou theou, alla meta nēpiotētos diemeinan pasas tas hēmeras tēs zōēs autōn en tę̄ autę̄ phronēsei.
Such people, then, will dwell without doubt in the kingdom of God, because they did not defile God's commandments in anything, but remained in childlikeness all the days of their life in the same mind.
Notes and citation
Summary: The childlike will surely dwell in God's kingdom.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.29.2 (Lake, LCL 25:288; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-29-2).
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9.29.3Lake, LCL 25:288
ὅσοι οὖν διαμενεῖτε, φησί, καὶ ἔσεσθε ὡς τὰ βρέφη, κακίαν μὴ ἔχοντες, πάντων τῶν προειρημένων ἐνδοξότεροι ἔσεσθε· πάντα γὰρ τὰ βρέφη ἔνδοξά ἐστι παρὰ τῷ θεῷ καὶ πρῶτα παρʼ αὐτῷ. μακάριοι οὖν ὑμεῖς, ὅσοι ἂν ἄρητε ἀφʼ ἑαυτῶν τὴν πονηρίαν, ἐνδύσησθε δὲ τὴν ἀκακίαν· πρῶτοι πάντων ζήσεσθε τῷ θεῷ.
hosoi oun diameneite, phēsi, kai esesthe hōs ta brephē, kakian mē echontes, pantōn tōn proeirēmenōn endoxoteroi esesthe; panta gar ta brephē endoxa esti para tǭ theǭ kai prōta parʼ autǭ. makarioi oun hymeis, hosoi an arēte aphʼ heautōn tēn ponērian, endysēsthe de tēn akakian; prōtoi pantōn zēsesthe tǭ theǭ.
All of you, then, who remain,” he said, “and will be like babies, having no malice, will be more glorious than all those mentioned before; for all babies are glorious before God and first with him. Blessed, then, are you, whoever remove wickedness from yourselves and put on innocence; you will live to God first of all.”
Matt 18:3 (allusion, medium confidence) · Matt 19:14 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Those like babies will be the most glorious.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.29.3 (Lake, LCL 25:288; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-29-3).
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9.29.4Lake, LCL 25:288
μετὰ τὸ συντελέσαι αὐτὸν τὰς παραβολὰς τῶν ὀρέων λέγω αὐτῷ· Κύριε, νῦν μοι δήλωσον περὶ τῶν λίθων τῶν ἠρμένων ἐκ τοῦ πεδίου καὶ εἰς τὴν οἰκοδομὴν τεθειμένων ἀντὶ τῶν λίθων τῶν ἠρμένων ἐκ τοῦ πύργου, καὶ τῶν στρογγύλων τῶν τεθέντων εἰς τὴν οἰκοδομήν, καὶ τῶν ἔτι στρογγύλων ὄντων.
meta to syntelesai auton tas parabolas tōn oreōn legō autǭ; Kyrie, nyn moi dēlōson peri tōn lithōn tōn ērmenōn ek tou pediou kai eis tēn oikodomēn tetheimenōn anti tōn lithōn tōn ērmenōn ek tou pyrgou, kai tōn strongylōn tōn tethentōn eis tēn oikodomēn, kai tōn eti strongylōn ontōn.
After he had finished the parables of the mountains, I said to him, “Sir, now make clear to me about the stones taken from the plain and put into the building in place of the stones taken out of the tower, and about the round ones put into the building, and those that are still round.”
Notes and citation
Summary: Hermas asks about the stones from the plain.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.29.4 (Lake, LCL 25:288; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-29-4).
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Similitude 9, chapter 30
9.30.1Lake, LCL 25:288
Ἄκουε, φησί, καὶ περὶ τούτων πάντων. οἱ λίθοι οἱ τοῦ πεδίου ἠρμένοι καὶ τεθειμένοι εἰς τὴν οἰκοδομὴν τοῦ πύργου ἀντὶ τῶν ἀποβεβλημένων, αἱ ῥίζαι εἰσὶ τοῦ ὄρους τοῦ λευκοῦ.
Akoue, phēsi, kai peri toutōn pantōn. hoi lithoi hoi tou pediou ērmenoi kai tetheimenoi eis tēn oikodomēn tou pyrgou anti tōn apobeblēmenōn, hai rhizai eisi tou orous tou leukou.
“Hear,” he said, “about all these too. The stones taken from the plain and put into the building of the tower in place of those rejected are the roots of the white mountain.
Notes and citation
Summary: The plain's stones are the roots of the white mountain.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.30.1 (Lake, LCL 25:288; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-30-1).
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9.30.2Lake, LCL 25:288–290
ἐπεὶ οὖν οἱ πιστεύσαντες, ἐκ τοῦ ὄρους τοῦ λευκοῦ πάντες ἄκακοι εὑρέθησαν, ἐκέλευσεν ὁ κύριος τοῦ πύργου τούτους ἐκ τῶν ῥιζῶν τοῦ ὄρους τούτου βληθῆναι εἰς τὴν οἰκοδομὴν τοῦ πύργου· ἔγνω γάρ, ὅτι, ἐὰν ἀπέλθωσιν εἰς τὴν οἰκοδομὴν τοῦ πύργου οἱ λίθοι οὗτοι, διαμενοῦσι λαμπροὶ καὶ οὐδεὶς αὐτῶν μελανήσει.
epei oun hoi pisteusantes, ek tou orous tou leukou pantes akakoi heurethēsan, ekeleusen ho kyrios tou pyrgou toutous ek tōn rhizōn tou orous toutou blēthēnai eis tēn oikodomēn tou pyrgou; egnō gar, hoti, ean apelthōsin eis tēn oikodomēn tou pyrgou hoi lithoi houtoi, diamenousi lamproi kai oudeis autōn melanēsei.
Since, then, those who believed from the white mountain were all found innocent, the lord of the tower ordered these from the roots of this mountain to be put into the building of the tower; for he knew that if these stones went into the building of the tower, they would remain bright and none of them would turn black.
Notes and citation
Summary: The innocent were chosen because they would stay bright.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.30.2 (Lake, LCL 25:288–290; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-30-2).
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9.30.3Lake, LCL 25:290
quodsi de ceteris montibus adiecisset, necesse habuisset rursus visitare eam turrem atque purgare. hi autem omnes candidi inventi sunt, πιστεύσαντες καὶ οἱ μέλλοντες πιστεύειν· ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ γὰρ γένους εἰσίν. μακάριον τὸ γένος τοῦτο, ὅτι ἄκακόν ἐστιν.
But if he had added from the other mountains, he would have had to visit that tower again and cleanse it. But all these were found white, those who have believed and those who will believe; for they are of the same race. Blessed is this race, because it is innocent.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: Believers present and future are of one innocent race.
- From here the original Greek survives only in fragments. Lake prints the ancient Latin translation, with the surviving Greek where it exists; passages in Latin are translated from the Latin.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (Latin decoded from Greek letters: dropped letter restored; Latin decoded from Greek letters: dropped letters restored; Latin decoded from Greek letters: word split in two): de ceter montibus → de ceteris montibus; visitar eam → visitare eam; can didi → candidi.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.30.3 (Lake, LCL 25:290; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-30-3).
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9.30.4Lake, LCL 25:290
ἄκουε νῦν καὶ περὶ τῶν λίθων τῶν στρογγύλων καὶ λαμπρῶν. καὶ αὐτοὶ πάντες ἐκ τοῦ ὄρους τοῦ λευκοῦ εἰσίν. audi autem, quare rotundi sunt reperti. divitiae suae eos pusillum obscuraverunt a veritate atque obfuscaverunt, a deo vero nunquam recesserunt, nec ullum verbum malum processit de ore eorum, sed omnis aequitas et virtus veritatis.
Hear now also about the round and bright stones. These too are all from the white mountain. Hear, then, why they were found round. Their riches darkened them a little from the truth and dimmed them, but they never departed from God, nor did any evil word come out of their mouth, but all fairness and the virtue of truth.
Notes and citation
Summary: The round stones are believers whose wealth dimmed them but who stayed faithful.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (Latin decoded from Greek letters: wrong letter): obscuranerunt → obscuraverunt.
Topics: Ethics, Wealth and poverty
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.30.4 (Lake, LCL 25:290; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-30-4).
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9.30.5Lake, LCL 25:290–292
horum ergo mentem cum vidisset dominus posse eos veritati favere, bonos quoque permanere, iussit opes eorum circumcidi, non enim in totum eorum tolli, ut possint aliquid boni facere de eo, quod eis relictum est, et vivent deo, quoniam ex bono genere sunt. ideo ergo pusillum circumcisi sunt et positi sunt in structuram turris huius.
When, then, the Lord saw their mind, that they could favor the truth and also remain good, he ordered their wealth to be cut away, not taken away entirely, so that they could do some good with what was left to them, and they will live to God, because they are of a good race. So they were cut a little and placed in the building of this tower.
Notes and citation
Summary: God trimmed their wealth, leaving enough to do good.
- Translated from the Latin.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (Latin decoded from Greek letters: wrong letter): veritati fanere → veritati favere.
Topics: Ethics, Wealth and poverty
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.30.5 (Lake, LCL 25:290–292; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-30-5).
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Similitude 9, chapter 31
9.31.1Lake, LCL 25:292
ceteri vero, qui adhuc rotundi remanserunt neque aptati sunt in eam structuram, quia nondum acceperunt sigillum, repositi sunt suo loco; valde enim rotundi reperti sunt.
But the others, which still remained round and were not fitted into that building, because they have not yet received the seal, were put back in their place; for they were found very round.
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Summary: Those still round have not yet received the seal of baptism.
- Translated from the Latin.
Topics: Baptism
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.31.1 (Lake, LCL 25:292; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-31-1).
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9.31.2Lake, LCL 25:292
oportet autem circumcidi hoc saeculum ab illis et vanitates opum suarum, et tunc convenient in dei regnum. necesse est enim eos intrare in dei regnum; hoc enim genus innocuum benedixit dominus. ex hoc ergo genere non intercidet quisquam. etenim licet quis eorum temptatus a nequissimo diabolo aliquid deliquerit, cito recurret ad dominum suum.
This world and the vanities of their riches must be cut away from them, and then they will fit into the kingdom of God. For they must enter the kingdom of God; for the Lord has blessed this innocent race. From this race, then, no one will perish. For even if one of them, tempted by the most wicked devil, commits some fault, he will quickly run back to his Lord.
Notes and citation
Summary: Their worldliness must be cut away; none of this innocent race will perish.
- Translated from the Latin.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.31.2 (Lake, LCL 25:292; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-31-2).
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9.31.3Lake, LCL 25:292
felices vos iudico omnes, ego nuntius paenitentiae, quicumque estis innocentes sicut infantes, quoniam pars vestra bona est et honorata apud deum.
I judge you all happy, I the messenger of repentance, whoever of you are innocent as infants, because your portion is good and honored before God.
Notes and citation
Summary: Blessed are those innocent as infants.
- Translated from the Latin.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (Latin decoded from Greek letters: wrong letter): pars nestra → pars vestra.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.31.3 (Lake, LCL 25:292; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-31-3).
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9.31.4Lake, LCL 25:292
dico autem omnibus, vobis, quicumque sigillum hoc accepistis, simplicitatem habere neque offensarum memores esse neque in malitia vestra permanere aut in memoria offensarum amaritudinis, in unum quemque spiritum fieri et has malas scissuras permediare ac tollere a vobis, ut dominus pecorum gaudeat de his.
And I say to all of you who have received this seal: have simplicity, and do not remember offenses, nor remain in your malice or in the memory of the bitterness of offenses; become each one of one spirit, and heal these evil divisions and take them away from you, so that the lord of the flocks may rejoice over them.
Notes and citation
Summary: The baptized must keep simplicity, forgive offenses, and heal divisions.
- Translated from the Latin.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.31.4 (Lake, LCL 25:292; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-31-4).
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9.31.5Lake, LCL 25:292
χαρήσεται δέ, ἐὰν πάντα ὑγιῆ εὑρεθῇ, καὶ μὴ διαπεπτωκότα ἐξ αὐτῶν. ἐὰν δὲ εὑρεθῇ τινα ἐξ αὐτῶν διαπεπτωκότα, οὐαὶ τοῖς ποιμέσιν ἔσται.
charēsetai de, ean panta hygiē heurethę̄, kai mē diapeptōkota ex autōn. ean de heurethę̄ tina ex autōn diapeptōkota, ouai tois poimesin estai.
And he will rejoice if all are found sound, and none of them has fallen away. But if any of them is found to have fallen away, woe to the shepherds.
Notes and citation
Summary: Woe to the shepherds if any sheep is lost.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.31.5 (Lake, LCL 25:292; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-31-5).
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9.31.6Lake, LCL 25:292–294
ἐὰν δὲ καὶ αὐτοὶ οἱ ποιμένες εὑρεθῶσι διαπεπτωκότες, τί ἐροῦσι τῷ δεσπότῃ τοῦ ποιμνίου; ὅτι ἀπὸ τῶν προβάτων διέπεσαν; οὐ πιστευθήσονται· ἄπιστον γὰρ πρᾶγμά ἐστι ποιμένα ὑπὸ προβάτων παθεῖν τι· μᾶλλον δὲ κολασθήσονται διὰ τὸ ψεῦδος αὐτῶν. et ego sum pastor, et validissime oportet me de vobis reddere rationem.
ean de kai autoi hoi poimenes heurethōsi diapeptōkotes, ti erousi tǭ despotę̄ tou poimniou? hoti apo tōn probatōn diepesan? ou pisteuthēsontai; apiston gar pragma esti poimena hypo probatōn pathein ti; mallon de kolasthēsontai dia to pseudos autōn. et ego sum pastor, et validissime oportet me de vobis reddere rationem.
And if the shepherds themselves are found to have fallen away, what will they say to the master of the flock? That they fell away because of the sheep? They will not be believed; for it is an unbelievable thing for a shepherd to suffer anything from sheep; rather they will be punished for their lie. And I too am a shepherd, and I must most strictly give an account of you.
Ezek 34:10 (echo, medium confidence) · Heb 13:17 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Shepherds of the church cannot blame the flock; they will give an account.
- The last sentence survives only in Latin.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.31.6 (Lake, LCL 25:292–294; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-31-6).
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Similitude 9, chapter 32
9.32.1Lake, LCL 25:294
remediate ergo vos, dum adhuc turris aedificatur.
Heal yourselves, then, while the tower is still being built.
Notes and citation
Summary: Repent while the tower is being built.
- Translated from the Latin.
Topics: Repentance
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.32.1 (Lake, LCL 25:294; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-32-1).
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9.32.2Lake, LCL 25:294
dominus habitat in viris amantibus pacem; ei enimvero pax cara est; a litigiosis vero et perditis malitiae longe abest. reddite igitur ei spiritum integrum, sicut accepistis.
The Lord dwells in men who love peace; for peace is dear to him indeed; but he is far from the quarrelsome and those ruined by malice. Give back to him, then, the spirit whole, as you received it.
Notes and citation
Summary: Return your spirit to God whole, as you received it.
- Translated from the Latin.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.32.2 (Lake, LCL 25:294; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-32-2).
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9.32.3Lake, LCL 25:294
si enim dederis fulloni vestimentum novum integrum idque integrum iterum vis recipere, fullo autem scissum tibi illud reddet, recipies illud? nonne statim scandesces et eum convicio persequeris, dicens: vestimentum integrum tibi dedi; quare scidisti illud et inutile redegisti? et propter scissuram, quam in eo fecisti, in usu esse non potest. nonne haec omnia verba dices fulloni ergo et de scissura, quam in vestimento tuo fecerit?
For if you give a fuller a new garment whole, and wish to receive it back whole, but the fuller gives it back to you torn, will you accept it? Will you not at once flare up and pursue him with reproach, saying, ‘I gave you a garment whole; why have you torn it and made it useless? Because of the tear you have made in it, it cannot be used.’ Will you not say all these words to the fuller about the tear he has made in your garment?
Notes and citation
Summary: Parable: you would not accept a torn garment back from a cleaner.
- Translated from the Latin. A fuller cleaned and finished cloth.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (Latin decoded from Greek letters: v written as w): westimentum integrum → vestimentum integrum.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.32.3 (Lake, LCL 25:294; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-32-3).
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9.32.4Lake, LCL 25:294
si sic igitur tu doles de vestimento tuo et quereris, quod non illud integrum recipias, quid putas dominum tibi facturum, qui spiritum integrum tibi dedit, et tu eum totum inutilem redegisti, ita ut in nullo usu esse possit domino suo? inutilis enim esse coepit usus eius, cum sit corruptus a te. nonne igitur dominus spiritus eius propter hoc factum tuum morte te adficiet?
If, then, you grieve so over your garment and complain that you do not receive it back whole, what do you think the Lord will do to you, who gave you the spirit whole, and you have made it wholly useless, so that it can be of no use to its Lord? For its use has become useless, since it has been corrupted by you. Will not, then, the Lord of that spirit punish you with death for this deed of yours?”
Notes and citation
Summary: God gave a whole spirit; he will punish those who ruin it.
- Translated from the Latin.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.32.4 (Lake, LCL 25:294; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-32-4).
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9.32.5Lake, LCL 25:294–296
plane, inquam, omnes eos, quoscumque invenerit in memoria offensarum permanere, adficiet. clementiam, inquit, eius calcare nolite, sed potius honorificate eum; quod tam patiens est ad delicta vestra et non est sicut vos. agite enim paenitentiam utilem vobis.
“Certainly,” I said, “he will punish all whom he finds persisting in remembering offenses.” “Do not trample on his mercy,” he said, “but rather honor him, because he is so patient with your sins and is not like you. Do, then, the repentance that is useful to you.”
Notes and citation
Summary: Do not trample God's patience; repent.
- Translated from the Latin.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (Latin decoded from Greek letters: letters misread): pernianere → permanere; clenientiam → clementiam; tarn patiens → tam patiens.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.32.5 (Lake, LCL 25:294–296; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-32-5).
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Similitude 9, chapter 33
9.33.1Lake, LCL 25:296
haec omnia, quae supra scripta sunt, ego pastor nuntius paenitentiae ostendi et locutus sum dei servis. si credideritis ergo et audieritis verba mea et ambulaveritis in his et correxeritis itinera vestra, vivere poteritis. sin autem permanseritis in malitia et memoria offensarum, nullus ex huiusmodi vivet deo. haec omnia a me dicenda dicta sunt vobis
All these things written above I, the shepherd, the messenger of repentance, have shown and spoken to God's servants. If, then, you believe and hear my words and walk in them and correct your ways, you will be able to live. But if you remain in malice and in remembering offenses, none of such people will live to God. All these things that I had to say have been said to you.
Notes and citation
Summary: The Shepherd's message: repent and live.
- Translated from the Latin.
Topics: Repentance
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.33.1 (Lake, LCL 25:296; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-33-1).
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9.33.2Lake, LCL 25:296
ait mihi ipse pastor: omnia a me interrogasti? et dixi: ita, domine. quare ergo non interrogasti me de forma lapidum in structura repositorum, quod explevimus formas? et dixi: oblitus sum, domine.
The shepherd himself said to me, “Have you asked me everything?” And I said, “Yes, sir.” “Why, then, did you not ask me about the marks of the stones put in the building, where we filled in the marks?” And I said, “I forgot, sir.”
Notes and citation
Summary: Hermas forgot to ask about the filled-in marks.
- Translated from the Latin.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (punctuation slip in the digital text): oblitus sum; domine → oblitus sum, domine.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.33.2 (Lake, LCL 25:296; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-33-2).
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9.33.3Lake, LCL 25:296
audi nunc, inquit, de illis. hi sunt qui nunc mandata mea audierunt et ex totis praecordiis egerunt paenitentiam. cumque vidisset dominus bonam atque puram esse paenitentiam eorum et posse eos in ea permanere, iussit priora peccata eorum deleri. hae enim formae peccata erant eorum, et exaequata sunt, ne apparerent.
“Hear now,” he said, “about them. These are those who have now heard my commandments and repented with their whole heart. And when the Lord saw that their repentance was good and pure and that they could remain in it, he ordered their former sins to be blotted out. For these marks were their sins, and they were smoothed over, so that they would not appear.”
Notes and citation
Summary: The filled marks are the sins of the repentant, blotted out.
- Translated from the Latin.
Topics: Forgiveness of sins
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.33.3 (Lake, LCL 25:296; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-33-3).
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Similitude 10, chapter 1
10.1.1Lake, LCL 25:298
postquam perscripseram librum hunc, venit nuntius ille, qui me tradiderat huic pastori, in domum, in qua eram, et consedit supra lectum, et adstitit ad dexteram hic pastor. deinde vocavit me et haec mihi dixit:
After I had written this book, the messenger who had handed me over to this shepherd came into the house where I was and sat on the bed, and this shepherd stood at his right hand. Then he called me and said this to me:
Notes and citation
Summary: The glorious angel comes with the Shepherd.
- Similitude 10, the conclusion of the work, survives complete only in Latin; it is translated from the Latin, with the few Greek fragments.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 10.1.1 (Lake, LCL 25:298; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/10-1-1).
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10.1.2Lake, LCL 25:298
tradidi te, inquit, et domum tuam huic pastori, ut ab eo protegi possis. ita, inquam, domine. si vis ergo protegi, inquit, ab omni vexatione et ab omni saevitia, successum autem habere in omni opere bono atque verbo et omnem virtutem aequitatis, in mandatis huius ingredere, quae dedi tibi, et poteris dominari omni nequitiae.
“I handed you and your household over to this shepherd,” he said, “so that you might be protected by him.” “Yes, sir,” I said. “If, then, you wish to be protected,” he said, “from all trouble and all cruelty, and to have success in every good work and word and every virtue of fairness, walk in his commandments, which I have given you, and you will be able to master all wickedness.
Notes and citation
Summary: Walk in the Shepherd's commandments and be protected.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 10.1.2 (Lake, LCL 25:298; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/10-1-2).
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10.1.3Lake, LCL 25:298
custodienti enim tibi mandata huius subiecta erit omnis cupiditas et dulcedo saeculi huius, successus vero in omni bono negotio te sequetur. maturitatem huius et modestiam suscipe in te et dic omnibus, in magno honore esse eum et dignitate apud dominum et magnae potestatis eum praesidem esse et potentem in officio suo. huic soli per totum orbem paenitentiae potestas tributa est. potensne tibi videtur esse? sed vos maturitatem huius et verecundiam, quam in vos habet, despicitis.
For if you keep his commandments, every desire and sweetness of this world will be subject to you, and success will follow you in every good undertaking. Take on yourself his gravity and modesty, and tell all that he is in great honor and dignity with the Lord and is a ruler of great power and mighty in his office. To him alone in the whole world has authority over repentance been given. Does he seem to you powerful? But you despise his gravity and the modesty he shows toward you.”
Notes and citation
Summary: The Shepherd alone has authority over repentance in the whole world.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (Latin decoded from Greek letters: letter misread): die omnibus → dic omnibus.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 10.1.3 (Lake, LCL 25:298; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/10-1-3).
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