My LORD’s Bible1 Clement 39
1Foolish and inconsiderate men, who have neither wisdom nor instruction, mock and deride us, being eager to exalt themselves in their own conceits. For what can a mortal man do? or what strength is there in one made out of the dust? For it is written, “There was no shape before mine eyes, only I heard a sound, and a voice [saying], What then? Shall a man be pure before the Lord? or shall such an one be [counted] blameless in his deeds, seeing He does not confide in His servants, and has charged even His angels with perversity? The heaven is not clean in His sight: how much less they that dwell in houses of clay, of which also we ourselves were made! He smote them as a moth; and from morning even until evening they endure not. Because they could furnish no assistance to themselves, they perished. He breathed upon them, and they died, because they had no wisdom. But call now, if any one will answer thee, or if thou wilt look to any of the holy angels; for wrath destroys the foolish man, and envy killeth him that is in error. I have seen the foolish taking root, but their habitation was presently consumed. Let their sons be far from safety; let them be despised before the gates of those less than themselves, and there shall be none to deliver. For what was prepared for them, the righteous shall eat; and they shall not be delivered from evil.”
ΓΊΧΧΧΙΧ. “Adpoves καὶ ἀσύνετοι καὶ μωροὶ καὶ darai- δευτοι χλενάζουσιν ἡμᾶς καὶ μυκτηρίζουσιν, δαυτοὺς βουλό- μενοι ἐπαίρεσθαι ταῖς διανοίαις αὐτῶν. τί γὰρ δύναται θνητόφ; ἢ τίς ἰσχὺς γηγενοῦς; γόγραπται γάρ' Οὐκ te “ἵν. 19 ΜορφΦὴ πρὸ ὀφθλλμῶν moy, ἀλλ᾽ εἶ δύρων καὶ Φωνην Hxoyon’ στ τί γόρ; mel κλθδρὸς ἔσται δροτὸς ἔναντι Κγρίου; καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἔργων δύτοῦ dueurrroc ἀνήρ; ej κατὰ ποίλων δύτοῦ οὐ merefel, κατὰ ad ἀγγέλων ayro? Ἵκολιύν Ti ἐπενόηςεν οὐρανὸς ad ΟΥ̓ καθαρὸς ἐνώπιον ato? éa δέ, of κατοικοῦντος eliiac πηλίνας, ἐξ ὧν nal afro: ἐκ τοῦ δὐτοῦ πηλοῦ écmdn. ὄποιοεν οδὐτοὶς εητὸς τρόπον, καὶ ἀπὸ πρωἶῖθεν δως ἑςπέρος οὐκ ἔτι εἰοίν" πδρὰ τὸ μὴ λύήνδοθδι δύτοὺς ἑλγτοῖς ϑοηθῆοδι ἀπώλοντο᾽ énedy- CHCeN δὐτοῖς Kal éreAeyTHcan, πδρὰ τὸ μὴ ἔχειν δύτοὺς οοφίων. ἐπικόλεοδι dé, εἴ Tic col ὑπδκούςεται, ε εἴ Tina ἁγίων ἀγγέλων ὄψη" Kai γὰρ ἄφρονα ἀνδιρεῖ ὀργή, πεπλδονημένον δὲ θδνδτοῖ ζῆλος. ἐγὼ δὲ Ewpaxa ἀφρονδς Pizac Βαλόντας, SAX εἰθόως ἐδρώθη αὐτῶν καὶ λίδιτοι πόρρω γένοιντο οἱ yiol αὐτῶν ἀπὸ CwTHpiac’ KOAABpICOEIHCAN ἐπὶ θγρδις ἠςοόνων, Kal one éctas ὁ ἐξδιροήμενος" ἃ γὰρ ἐκείνοις Hroimactal, δίκδιοι ἔδοντδι' δὐτοὶ δὲ ἐκ κακῶν οὐκ ἐξδίρετοι EconTal. (85679)