On Providence (The Egyptian Tale) 173–174
Greek text: Krabinger 1.English: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), public domain (CC0).
Chapter 173
173Krabinger 1:173
αναφωνεῖσθαε νόμος ἐν τοῖς θεάτροις, καὶ δεῖ τινὰ προἐξελθόντα διαλεχθῆναι τῷ δήμῳ τί μετὰ μικρὸν, ὄψεται.. Οὗτος οὐ πλημμελεῖ" τῷ γὰρ ἀγωνοθέτῃ διακονεῖται, παρ᾽ οὗ καὶ μαθὼν οἶδεν, οὐ πολυπραγμιονήσας εἰδέναι, οὐδὲ διὰ τοῦτο κινήσας τὰ ἀκίνητα,. καὶ μαθόντα γε σιγᾷν δεῖ, πρὶν ἐπειχθῆναι δημοσιεῖσαι,, ὅτε γε.) οὐδὲ ἀεὶ τοὺς ἀγωνιεὰς εἰδέναι τὸν καιρὸν τῇς ἀγωνίας ὁ νόμος ἐφίῃσιν ᾽ν, ἀλλὰ περέε νειν δεῖ καταπεμπόμενον τῇς προόδου τὸ σύνθημα. Οὗ- ὄ Ἰθτως, ᾧ μὲν κοινοῦται θεὸς τὰς παρασκευὰς τῶν ἀποκειμένων ἐν’ βίῳ τῇ φύσει. προφκυνῆσας τὴν τιμὴν, μηδὲν ἧττον, εἰ μὴ καὶ μᾶλλον τὼν ἀνηκόων ἔχεμυθείτω. Ὃ γὰρ ἐν ἀγνοίᾳ, τοχάξεται" τὸ δὲ εἰ-
anaphōneisthae nomos en tois theatrois, kai dei tina proexelthonta dialechthēnai tǭ dēmǭ ti meta mikron, opsetai.. Houtos ou plēmmelei" tǭ gar agōnothetę̄ diakoneitai, par᾽ hou kai mathōn oiden, ou polypragmionēsas eidenai, oude dia touto kinēsas ta akinēta,. kai mathonta ge sigąn dei, prin epeichthēnai dēmosieisai,, hote ge.) oude aei tous agōnieas eidenai ton kairon tę̄s agōnias ho nomos ephię̄sin ᾽n, alla peree nein dei katapempomenon tę̄s proodou to synthēma. Hou- o Ithtōs, hǭ men koinoutai theos tas paraskeuas tōn apokeimenōn en’ biǭ tę̄ physei. prophkynēsas tēn timēn, mēden hētton, ei mē kai mallon tōn anēkoōn echemytheitō. Ho gar en agnoią, tochaxetai" to de ei-
that the law in the theatres has announced beforehand, and someone must come out first and tell the people what they will shortly see. He does no wrong, for he serves the president of the games, from whom he learned what he knows; he did not meddle to find it out, nor move the immovable for that purpose. And having learned it, he must keep silent until he is urged to make it public, since the law does not always allow even the contestants to know the time of the contest; they must wait for the signal for their entrance to be sent down. In the same way, let the one to whom God communicates the preparations of what lies in store in the nature of life revere the honour and keep silence no less — if not more — than those who have not heard. For one who is in ignorance will conjecture; and the likely
Notes and citation
Summary: Like a herald who announces only what the president of the games allows, one to whom God reveals the future must keep it secret.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR: Krabinger's apparatus leaked into the text): Α. εἰ ΡΒίκοκῃ, Μοχ δηὴ ρτὸ διῖ Μοη. ἃ. Βδρ. Νίδγο. Νίαιγῖι, " Βδτγοος. Β. Δπιδτ. Βογοοο. Ρίσγοκη. Υἱπά. ὅτι → .
Cite (SBL): Synesius, Prov. 173 (Krabinger 1:173; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/synesius-de-providentia/173). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek of a re-OCR of Krabinger's edition (Landshut, 1850; corrections logged). No public-domain English translation was available, so each batch was re-read against the Greek.
Chapter 174
174Krabinger 1:174
κὸν ἐπὶ πλεῖον χωροῦν, ἀξαθαγτότατόν ἕξιν, καὶ περὶ αὐτὸ 'πλείου! οἱ λόγοι" τοῦ "δὲ ἀληθοῦς ὥριται᾽ μὲν ἡ γνῶσις, ὥριται δὲ ὁ λόγοις: ᾿Αλλά τοι καὶ οὗτος ὑπὸ τοῦ σοφοῦ κεκρύψεται, πίεσιν. τινὰ ταύτην παρακπατατιἡθεμένου θεοῦ. αὶ γὰρ ἄνθρωποι τοὺς. ῥᾳολόγου; " μισοῦσιν. ον δὲ οὐκ ἀξιοὶ ὁ θεὸς εἶναι μύτην, μήτε προεξαλλέσθω, μήτε ὠτακουςείτω, Καὶ γὰρ Β ἄνθρωποι μισοῦσι τοὺ, φιλοπράγμονας᾽" ἀλλ᾽ οὐδὲ τὸ ἀσχάλλειν εὔλογον τὸν μετὰ μικρὸν τῶν ἴσων τευξό-.Ἰθάενον. Βραχύς τοι χρόνος ἀνθρώποις τὴν ἀξίαν -βερίξει, καὶ τελευτῶντα τὰ πράγμαξα κοινὰ γίνεται θεάματαά τε καὶ ἀκροάματα" : ῖ ᾿Αμέραι δ᾽ ἐπίλοιποι Μάρτυρες σοφώτατοι. ᾿
kon epi pleion chōroun, axathagtotaton hexin, kai peri auto 'pleiou! hoi logoi" tou "de alēthous hōritai᾽ men hē gnōsis, hōritai de ho logois: ᾿Alla toi kai houtos hypo tou sophou kekrypsetai, piesin. tina tautēn parakpatatiēthemenou theou. ai gar anthrōpoi tous. rhąologou? " misousin. on de ouk axioi ho theos einai mytēn, mēte proexallesthō, mēte ōtakouseitō, Kai gar B anthrōpoi misousi tou, philopragmonas᾽" all᾽ oude to aschallein eulogon ton meta mikron tōn isōn teuxo-.Ithaenon. Brachys toi chronos anthrōpois tēn axian -berixei, kai teleutōnta ta pragmaxa koina ginetai theamataa te kai akroamata" : i ᾿Amerai d᾽ epiloipoi Martyres sophōtatoi. ᾿
has more room and is the safest, and there is more talk about it; but knowledge of the truth is fixed, and its account is fixed. Yet this too the wise man will keep hidden, since God has deposited it with him as a kind of trust. People, too, hate babblers. And one whom God does not think fit to be an initiate, let him neither leap ahead nor eavesdrop; for people hate busybodies too. Nor is it reasonable for one to fret who will shortly get the same as others. A short time decides what each deserves, and in the end events become common sights and common hearing: "The days to come are the wisest witnesses."
Notes and citation
Summary: The wise keep revealed truth secret and others should not pry; time will show all: "the days to come are the wisest witnesses."
- The closing quotation is Pindar, Olympian 1.33–34.
Extrabiblical texts: Pindar, Ol. 1.33-34 (Pindar (odes and fragments); quotation)
Cite (SBL): Synesius, Prov. 174 (Krabinger 1:174; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/synesius-de-providentia/174). (abbreviation not yet checked)
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/synesius-de-providentia/174
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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek of a re-OCR of Krabinger's edition (Landshut, 1850; corrections logged). No public-domain English translation was available, so each batch was re-read against the Greek.