Dialogue with Trypho 22.5 · Sophia Scriptura

Summary: Amos 6:3–7.

Greek text · Archambault 1:98

Οἱ ἐρχόμενοι εἰς ἡμέραν πονηράν, οἱ ἐγγίζοντες καὶ ἐφαπτόμενοι σαββάτων ψευδῶν, οἱ κοιμώμενοι ἐπὶ κλινῶν ἐλεφαντίνων καὶ κατασπαταλῶντες ἐπὶ ταῖς στρωμναῖς αὐτῶν, οἱ ἐσθίοντες ἄρνας ἐκ ποιμνίων καὶ μοσχάρια ἐκ μέσου βουκολίων γαλαθηνά, οἱ ἐπικροτοῦντες πρὸς τὴν φωνὴν τῶν ὀργάνων, ὡς ἑστῶτα ἐλογίσαντο καὶ οὐχ ὡς φεύγοντα, οἱ πίνοντες ἐν φιάλαις οἶνον καὶ τὰ πρῶτα μύρα χριόμενοι, καὶ οὐκ ἔπασχον οὐδὲν ἐπὶ τῇ συντριβῇ τοῦ Ἰωσήφ. Διὰ τοῦτο νῦν αἰχμάλωτοι ἔσονται ἀπὸ ἀρχῆς δυναστῶν τῶν ἀποικιζομένων, καὶ μεταστραφήσεται οἴκημα κακούργων, καὶ ἐξαρθήσεται χρεμετισμὸς ἵππων ἐξ Ἐφραΐμ.

English · Claude translation

“‘You who come to an evil day, who draw near and touch false Sabbaths, who lie on beds of ivory and live wantonly on your couches, who eat lambs out of the flocks and sucking calves from the midst of the herds, who clap to the sound of the instruments, who reckoned them as lasting and not as fleeting, who drink wine in bowls and anoint yourselves with the finest ointments, and suffered nothing at the ruin of Joseph. Therefore they shall now go into captivity at the head of the princes who are carried away, and the house of evildoers shall be overturned, and the neighing of horses shall be taken away from Ephraim.’

About this passage

Source

Archambault 1:98 · Georges Archambault, ed., Justin: Dialogue avec Tryphon, 2 vols., Textes et documents pour l'étude historique du christianisme 8, 11 (Paris: Picard, 1909) · Greek text: G. Archambault, Justin: Dialogue avec Tryphon (Paris, 1909), 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

Translation

Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Archambault (1909); made independently of existing English translations.

Scripture

Amos 6:3 · quotation, high confidence
Amos 6:4 · quotation, high confidence
Amos 6:5 · quotation, high confidence
Amos 6:6 · quotation, high confidence
Amos 6:7 · quotation, high confidence

Topics

Scripture and canon

Cite this passage

Justin, Dial. 22.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/22/5/).

Plain text

Justin, Dial. 22.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/22/5/).