Shepherd of Hermas: Similitudes 9.2.1–9.14.6
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 2
9.2.1Lake, LCL 25:220
Εἰς μέσον δὲ τοῦ πεδίου ἔδειξέ μοι πέτραν μεγάλην λευκὴν ἐκ τοῦ πεδίου ἀναβεβηκυῖαν. ἡ δὲ πέτρα ὑψηλοτέρα ἦν τῶν ὀρέων, τετράγωνος, ὥστε δύνασθαι ὅλον τὸν κόσμον χωρῆσαι.
Eis meson de tou pediou edeixe moi petran megalēn leukēn ek tou pediou anabebēkuian. hē de petra hypsēlotera ēn tōn oreōn, tetragōnos, hōste dynasthai holon ton kosmon chōrēsai.
And in the middle of the plain he showed me a great white rock that had risen out of the plain. And the rock was higher than the mountains, and square, so that it could hold the whole world.
Notes and citation
Summary: A great white square rock rises in the middle of the plain.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.2.1 (Lake, LCL 25:220; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-2-1).
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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.
9.2.2Lake, LCL 25:220
παλαιὰ δὲ ἦν ἡ πέτρα ἐκείνη, πύλην ἐκκεκομμένην ἔχουσα· ὡς πρόσφατος δὲ ἐδόκει μοι εἶναι ἡ ἐκκόλαψις τῆς πύλης. ἡ δὲ πύλη οὕτως ἔστιλβεν ὑπὲρ τὸν ἥλιον, ὥστε με θαυμάζειν ἐπὶ τῇ λαμπηδόνι τῆς πύλης.
palaia de ēn hē petra ekeinē, pylēn ekkekommenēn echousa; hōs prosphatos de edokei moi einai hē ekkolapsis tēs pylēs. hē de pylē houtōs estilben hyper ton hēlion, hōste me thaumazein epi tę̄ lampēdoni tēs pylēs.
That rock was old, having a gate cut out of it; but the cutting of the gate seemed to me to be recent. And the gate shone beyond the sun, so that I marveled at the brightness of the gate.
Notes and citation
Summary: The ancient rock has a newly cut, shining gate.
- The rock and the gate are later explained as the Son of God (9.12.1): the rock is old because he is older than creation, the gate new because he was revealed in the last days.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong breathing)): ἠ πέτρα ἐκείνη → ἡ πέτρα ἐκείνη.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.2.2 (Lake, LCL 25:220; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-2-2).
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9.2.3Lake, LCL 25:220
κύκλῳ δὲ τῆς πύλης εἱστήκεισαν παρθένοι δώδεκα. αἱ οὖν τέσσαρες αἱ εἰς τὰς γωνίας ἑστηκυῖαι ἐνδοξότεραί μοι ἐδόκουν εἶναι· καὶ αἱ ἄλλαι δὲ ἔνδοξοι ἦσαν. εἱστήκεισαν δὲ εἰς τὰ τέσσαρα μέρη τῆς πύλης, ἀνὰ μέσον αὐτῶν ἀνὰ δύο παρθένοι.
kyklǭ de tēs pylēs heistēkeisan parthenoi dōdeka. hai oun tessares hai eis tas gōnias hestēkuiai endoxoterai moi edokoun einai; kai hai allai de endoxoi ēsan. heistēkeisan de eis ta tessara merē tēs pylēs, ana meson autōn ana dyo parthenoi.
And around the gate stood twelve virgins. The four who stood at the corners seemed to me more glorious; but the others also were glorious. They stood at the four sides of the gate, with two virgins between each of them.
Notes and citation
Summary: Twelve virgins stand around the gate.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (missing breathing)): αἱ ἀλλαι δὲ → αἱ ἄλλαι δὲ.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.2.3 (Lake, LCL 25:220; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-2-3).
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9.2.4Lake, LCL 25:220–222
ἐνδεδυμέναι δὲ ἦσαν λινοῦς χιτῶνας καὶ περιεζωσμέναι ἦσαν εὐπρεπῶς, ἔξω τοὺς ὤμους ἔχουσαι τοὺς δεξιοὺς ὡς μέλλουσαι φορτίον τι βαστάζειν. οὕτως ἕτοιμοι ἦσαν· λίαν γὰρ ἱλαραὶ ἦσαν καὶ πρόθυμοι.
endedymenai de ēsan linous chitōnas kai periezōsmenai ēsan euprepōs, exō tous ōmous echousai tous dexious hōs mellousai phortion ti bastazein. houtōs hetoimoi ēsan; lian gar hilarai ēsan kai prothymoi.
They were dressed in linen tunics and were girded becomingly, with their right shoulders bare, as if about to carry some load. So ready were they; for they were very cheerful and eager.
Notes and citation
Summary: The virgins are ready to carry loads.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.2.4 (Lake, LCL 25:220–222; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-2-4).
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9.2.5Lake, LCL 25:222
μετὰ τὸ ἰδεῖν με ταῦτα ἐθαύμαζον ἐν ἐμαυτῷ, ὅτι μεγάλα καὶ ἔνδοξα πράγματα βλέπω. καὶ πάλιν διηπόρουν ἐπὶ ταῖς παρθένοις, ὅτι τρυφεραὶ οὕτως οὖσαι ἀνδρείως εἱστήκεισαν ὡς μέλλουσαι ὅλον τὸν οὐρανὸν βαστάζειν.
meta to idein me tauta ethaumazon en emautǭ, hoti megala kai endoxa pragmata blepō. kai palin diēporoun epi tais parthenois, hoti trypherai houtōs ousai andreiōs heistēkeisan hōs mellousai holon ton ouranon bastazein.
After I saw these things I marveled to myself, because I was seeing great and glorious things. And again I was perplexed about the virgins, that though they were so delicate they stood like men, as if about to carry the whole heaven.
Notes and citation
Summary: Hermas marvels at the strong, delicate virgins.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.2.5 (Lake, LCL 25:222; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-2-5).
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9.2.6Lake, LCL 25:222
καὶ λέγει μοι ὁ ποιμήν· Τί ἐν σεαυτῷ διαλογίζῃ καὶ διαπορῇ καὶ σεαυτῷ λύπην ἐπισπάσαι; ὅσα γὰρ οὐ δύνασαι νοῆσαι, μὴ ἐπιχείρει, συνετὸς ὤν, ἀλλʼ ἐρώτα τὸν κύριον, ἵνα λαβὼν σύνεσιν νοῇς αὐτά.
kai legei moi ho poimēn; Ti en seautǭ dialogizę̄ kai diaporę̄ kai seautǭ lypēn epispasai? hosa gar ou dynasai noēsai, mē epicheirei, synetos ōn, allʼ erōta ton kyrion, hina labōn synesin noę̄s auta.
And the shepherd said to me, “Why are you reasoning and perplexed within yourself and bringing grief on yourself? For whatever you cannot understand, do not attempt, if you are wise, but ask the Lord, so that you may receive understanding and understand them.
Notes and citation
Summary: Do not strain to understand; ask the Lord.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.2.6 (Lake, LCL 25:222; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-2-6).
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9.2.7Lake, LCL 25:222
τὰ ὀπίσω σου ἰδεῖν οὐ δύνῃ, τὰ δὲ ἔμπροσθέν σου βλέπεις. ἃ οὖν ἰδεῖν οὐ δύνασαι, ἔασον, καὶ μὴ στρέβλου σεαυτόν· ἃ δὲ βλέπεις, ἐκείνων κατακυρίευε καὶ περὶ τῶν λοιπῶν μὴ περιεργάζου· πάντα δέ σοι ἐγὼ δηλώσω, ὅσα ἄν σοι δείξω. ἔμβλεπε οὖν τοῖς λοιποῖς.
ta opisō sou idein ou dynę̄, ta de emprosthen sou blepeis. ha oun idein ou dynasai, eason, kai mē streblou seauton; ha de blepeis, ekeinōn katakyrieue kai peri tōn loipōn mē periergazou; panta de soi egō dēlōsō, hosa an soi deixō. emblepe oun tois loipois.
You cannot see what is behind you, but you see what is in front of you. What you cannot see, then, leave alone, and do not torment yourself; but master what you see, and do not be curious about the rest. But I will make clear to you everything that I show you. Look, then, at the rest.”
Notes and citation
Summary: Master what you see; the Shepherd will explain.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.2.7 (Lake, LCL 25:222; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-2-7).
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Similitude 9, chapter 3
9.3.1Lake, LCL 25:222–224
Εἶδον ἓξ ἄνδρας ἐληλυθότας ὑψηλοὺς καὶ ἐνδόξους καὶ ὁμοίους τῇ ἰδέᾳ· καὶ ἐκάλεσαν πλῆθός τι ἀνδρῶν. κἀκεῖνοι δὲ οἱ ἐληλυθότες ὑψηλοὶ ἦσαν ἄνδρες καὶ καλοὶ καὶ δυνατοί· καὶ ἐκέλευσαν αὐτοὺς οἱ ἓξ ἄνδρες οἰκοδομεῖν ἐπάνω τῆς πέτρας πύργον τινά. ἦν δὲ θόρυβος τῶν ἀνδρῶν ἐκείνων μέγας τῶν ἐληλυθότων οἰκοδομεῖν τὸν πύργον ὧδε κἀκεῖσε περιτρεχόντων κύκλῳ τῆς πύλης.
Eidon hex andras elēlythotas hypsēlous kai endoxous kai homoious tę̄ ideą; kai ekalesan plēthos ti andrōn. kakeinoi de hoi elēlythotes hypsēloi ēsan andres kai kaloi kai dynatoi; kai ekeleusan autous hoi hex andres oikodomein epanō tēs petras pyrgon tina. ēn de thorybos tōn andrōn ekeinōn megas tōn elēlythotōn oikodomein ton pyrgon hōde kakeise peritrechontōn kyklǭ tēs pylēs.
I saw six men come, tall and glorious and alike in appearance; and they called a multitude of men. And those who came were also tall men, handsome and strong; and the six men ordered them to build a tower above the rock. And there was a great commotion of those men who had come to build the tower, running here and there around the gate.
Notes and citation
Summary: Six glorious men order a multitude to build a tower on the rock.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.3.1 (Lake, LCL 25:222–224; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-3-1).
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9.3.2Lake, LCL 25:224
αἱ δὲ παρθένοι ἑστηκυῖαι κύκλῳ τῆς πύλης ἔλεγον τοῖς ἀνδράσι σπεύδειν τὸν πύργον οἰκοδομεῖσθαι· ἐκπεπετάκεισαν δὲ τὰς χεῖρας αἱ παρθένοι ὡς μέλλουσαί τι λαμβάνειν παρὰ τῶν ἀνδρῶν.
hai de parthenoi hestēkuiai kyklǭ tēs pylēs elegon tois andrasi speudein ton pyrgon oikodomeisthai; ekpepetakeisan de tas cheiras hai parthenoi hōs mellousai ti lambanein para tōn andrōn.
And the virgins standing around the gate told the men to hurry the building of the tower; and the virgins had spread out their hands as if about to receive something from the men.
Notes and citation
Summary: The virgins urge on the builders.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.3.2 (Lake, LCL 25:224; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-3-2).
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9.3.3Lake, LCL 25:224
οἱ δὲ ἓξ ἄνδρες ἐκέλευον ἐκ βυθοῦ τινος λίθους ἀναβαίνειν καὶ ὑπάγειν εἰς τὴν οἰκοδομὴν τοῦ πύργου. ἀνέβησαν δὲ λίθοι δέκα τετράγωνοι λαμπροί, μὴ λελατομημένοι.
hoi de hex andres ekeleuon ek bythou tinos lithous anabainein kai hypagein eis tēn oikodomēn tou pyrgou. anebēsan de lithoi deka tetragōnoi lamproi, mē lelatomēmenoi.
And the six men ordered stones to come up from a certain deep and go into the building of the tower. And ten square, shining stones came up, not hewn.
Notes and citation
Summary: Ten shining stones rise from the deep.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.3.3 (Lake, LCL 25:224; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-3-3).
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9.3.4Lake, LCL 25:224
οἱ δὲ ἓξ ἄνδρες ἐκάλουν τὰς παρθένους καὶ ἐκέλευσαν αὐτὰς τοὺς λίθους πάντας τοὺς μέλλοντας εἰς τὴν οἰκοδομὴν ὑπάγειν τοῦ πύργου βαστάζειν καὶ διαπορεύεσθαι διὰ τῆς πύλης καὶ ἐπιδιδόναι τοῖς ἀνδράσι τοῖς μέλλουσιν οἰκοδομεῖν τὸν πύργον.
hoi de hex andres ekaloun tas parthenous kai ekeleusan autas tous lithous pantas tous mellontas eis tēn oikodomēn hypagein tou pyrgou bastazein kai diaporeuesthai dia tēs pylēs kai epididonai tois andrasi tois mellousin oikodomein ton pyrgon.
And the six men called the virgins and ordered them to carry all the stones that were to go into the building of the tower, and to pass through the gate and hand them to the men who were to build the tower.
Notes and citation
Summary: The virgins must carry every stone through the gate.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.3.4 (Lake, LCL 25:224; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-3-4).
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9.3.5Lake, LCL 25:224
αἱ δὲ παρθένοι τοὺς δέκα λίθους τοὺς πρώτους τοὺς ἐκ τοῦ βυθοῦ ἀναβάντας ἐπετίθουν ἀλλήλαις καὶ κατὰ ἕνα λίθον ἐβάσταζον ὁμοῦ.
hai de parthenoi tous deka lithous tous prōtous tous ek tou bythou anabantas epetithoun allēlais kai kata hena lithon ebastazon homou.
And the virgins placed the first ten stones that came up from the deep upon one another and carried them together, one stone at a time.
Notes and citation
Summary: The virgins carry the first stones together.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.3.5 (Lake, LCL 25:224; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-3-5).
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Similitude 9, chapter 4
9.4.1Lake, LCL 25:224
Καθὼς δὲ ἐστάθησαν ὁμοῦ κύκλῳ τῆς πύλης, οὕτως ἐβάσταζον αἱ δοκοῦσαι δυναταὶ εἶναι καὶ ὑπὸ τὰς γωνίας τοῦ λίθου ὑποδεδυκυῖαι ἦσαν. αἱ δὲ ἄλλαι ἐκ τῶν πλευρῶν τοῦ λίθου ὑποδεδύκεισαν καὶ οὕτως ἐβάσταζον πάντας τοὺς λίθους· διὰ δὲ τῆς πύλης διέφερον αὐτούς, καθὼς ἐκελεύσθησαν, καὶ ἐπεδίδουν τοῖς ἀνδράσιν εἰς τὸν πύργον· ἐκεῖνοι δὲ ἔχοντες τοὺς λίθους ᾠκοδόμουν.
Kathōs de estathēsan homou kyklǭ tēs pylēs, houtōs ebastazon hai dokousai dynatai einai kai hypo tas gōnias tou lithou hypodedykuiai ēsan. hai de allai ek tōn pleurōn tou lithou hypodedykeisan kai houtōs ebastazon pantas tous lithous; dia de tēs pylēs diepheron autous, kathōs ekeleusthēsan, kai epedidoun tois andrasin eis ton pyrgon; ekeinoi de echontes tous lithous ǭkodomoun.
And as they had stood together around the gate, so they carried them, those who seemed to be strong having gone under the corners of the stone, and the others under its sides; and so they carried all the stones. They brought them through the gate, as they had been ordered, and handed them to the men for the tower; and they took the stones and built.
Notes and citation
Summary: The virgins carry the stones through the gate to the builders.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (missing accent)): ὁμοῦ κυκλῳ τῆς → ὁμοῦ κύκλῳ τῆς.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.4.1 (Lake, LCL 25:224; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-4-1).
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9.4.2Lake, LCL 25:224–226
ἡ οἰκοδομὴ δὲ τοῦ πύργου ἐγένετο ἐπὶ τὴν πέτραν τὴν μεγάλην καὶ ἐπάνω τῆς πύλης. ἡρμόσθησαν οὖν οἱ δέκα λίθοι ἐκεῖνοι καὶ ἐνέπλησαν ὅλην τὴν πέτραν· καὶ ἐγένοντο ἐκεῖνοι θεμέλιος τῆς οἰκοδομῆς τοῦ πύργου· ἡ δὲ πέτρα καὶ ἡ πύλη ἦν βαστάζουσα ὅλον τὸν πύργον·
hē oikodomē de tou pyrgou egeneto epi tēn petran tēn megalēn kai epanō tēs pylēs. hērmosthēsan oun hoi deka lithoi ekeinoi kai eneplēsan holēn tēn petran; kai egenonto ekeinoi themelios tēs oikodomēs tou pyrgou; hē de petra kai hē pylē ēn bastazousa holon ton pyrgon;
The building of the tower was on the great rock and above the gate. Those ten stones were fitted together and filled the whole rock; and they became the foundation of the building of the tower; and the rock and the gate were supporting the whole tower.
Notes and citation
Summary: The ten stones form the foundation; the rock and gate bear the whole tower.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (missing accent)): ὅλην τὴν πετραν → ὅλην τὴν πέτραν.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.4.2 (Lake, LCL 25:224–226; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-4-2).
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9.4.3Lake, LCL 25:226
μετὰ δὲ τοὺς δέκα λίθους ἄλλοι ἀνέβησαν ἐκ τοῦ βυθοῦ εἴκοσι λίθοι· καὶ οὗτοι ἡρμόσθησαν εἰς τὴν οἰκοδομὴν τοῦ πύργου, βασταζόμενοι ὑπὸ τῶν παρθένων καθὼς καὶ οἱ πρότεροι. μετὰ δὲ τούτους ἀνέβησαν λε, καὶ οὗτοι ὁμοίως ἡρμόσθησαν εἰς τὸν πύργον. μετὰ δὲ τούτους ἕτεροι ἀνέβησαν λίθοι μ, καὶ οὗτοι πάντες ἐβλήθησαν εἰς τὴν οἰκοδομὴν τοῦ πύργου· ἐγένοντο οὖν στοῖχοι τέσσαρες ἐν τοῖς θεμελίοις τοῦ πύργου.
meta de tous deka lithous alloi anebēsan ek tou bythou eikosi lithoi; kai houtoi hērmosthēsan eis tēn oikodomēn tou pyrgou, bastazomenoi hypo tōn parthenōn kathōs kai hoi proteroi. meta de toutous anebēsan le, kai houtoi homoiōs hērmosthēsan eis ton pyrgon. meta de toutous heteroi anebēsan lithoi m, kai houtoi pantes eblēthēsan eis tēn oikodomēn tou pyrgou; egenonto oun stoichoi tessares en tois themeliois tou pyrgou.
After the ten stones, twenty other stones came up from the deep; and these were fitted into the building of the tower, carried by the virgins as the first were. After these, thirty-five came up, and these likewise were fitted into the tower. After these, forty other stones came up, and these were all put into the building of the tower; so there were four courses in the foundations of the tower.
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Summary: Twenty, thirty-five, and forty more stones make four foundation courses.
- The four courses (10, 25, 35, 40) are explained in 9.15.4 as the first and second generations of the righteous, the prophets, and the apostles and teachers.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.4.3 (Lake, LCL 25:226; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-4-3).
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9.4.4Lake, LCL 25:226
καὶ ἐπαύσαντο ἐκ τοῦ βυθοῦ ἀναβαίνοντες· ἐπαύσαντο δὲ καὶ οἱ οἰκοδομοῦντες μικρόν. καὶ πάλιν ἐπέταξαν οἱ ἓξ ἄνδρες τῷ πλήθει τοῦ ὄχλου ἐκ τῶν ὀρέων παραφέρειν λίθους εἰς τὴν οἰκοδομὴν τοῦ πύργου.
kai epausanto ek tou bythou anabainontes; epausanto de kai hoi oikodomountes mikron. kai palin epetaxan hoi hex andres tǭ plēthei tou ochlou ek tōn oreōn parapherein lithous eis tēn oikodomēn tou pyrgou.
And they stopped coming up from the deep; and the builders also stopped for a little. And again the six men commanded the multitude of the crowd to bring stones from the mountains for the building of the tower.
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Summary: Now stones are brought from the mountains.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.4.4 (Lake, LCL 25:226; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-4-4).
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9.4.5Lake, LCL 25:226
παρεφέροντο οὖν ἐκ πάντων τῶν ὀρέων χρόαις ποικίλαις λελατομημένοι ὑπὸ τῶν ἀνδρῶν καὶ ἐπεδίδοντο ταῖς παρθένοις· αἱ δὲ παρθένοι διέφερον αὐτοὺς διὰ τῆς πύλης καὶ ἐπεδίδουν εἰς τὴν οἰκοδομὴν τοῦ πύργου. καὶ ὅταν εἰς τὴν οἰκοδομὴν ἐτέθησαν οἱ λίθοι οἱ ποικίλοι, ὅμοιοι ἐγένοντο λευκοὶ καὶ τὰς χρόας τὰς ποικίλας ἤλλασσον.
parepheronto oun ek pantōn tōn oreōn chroais poikilais lelatomēmenoi hypo tōn andrōn kai epedidonto tais parthenois; hai de parthenoi diepheron autous dia tēs pylēs kai epedidoun eis tēn oikodomēn tou pyrgou. kai hotan eis tēn oikodomēn etethēsan hoi lithoi hoi poikiloi, homoioi egenonto leukoi kai tas chroas tas poikilas ēllasson.
So they were brought from all the mountains, of various colors, hewn by the men, and were handed to the virgins; and the virgins carried them through the gate and handed them over for the building of the tower. And when the various stones were put into the building, they became alike and white and changed their various colors.
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Summary: Stones of many colors, carried through the gate, all become white.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.4.5 (Lake, LCL 25:226; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-4-5).
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9.4.6Lake, LCL 25:226–228
τινὲς δὲ λίθοι ἐπεδίδοντο ὑπὸ τῶν ἀνδρῶν εἰς τὴν οἰκοδομὴν καὶ οὐκ ἐγίνοντο λαμπροί, ἀλλʼ οἷοι ἐτέθησαν, τοιοῦτοι καὶ εὑρέθησαν· οὐ γὰρ ἦσαν ὑπὸ τῶν παρθένων ἐπιδεδομένοι οὐδὲ διὰ τῆς πύλης παρενηνεγμένοι. οὗτοι οὖν οἱ λίθοι ἀπρεπεῖς ἦσαν ἐν τῇ οἰκοδομῇ τοῦ πύργου.
tines de lithoi epedidonto hypo tōn andrōn eis tēn oikodomēn kai ouk eginonto lamproi, allʼ hoioi etethēsan, toioutoi kai heurethēsan; ou gar ēsan hypo tōn parthenōn epidedomenoi oude dia tēs pylēs parenēnegmenoi. houtoi oun hoi lithoi aprepeis ēsan en tę̄ oikodomę̄ tou pyrgou.
But some stones were handed over by the men for the building and did not become bright, but as they were put in, so they were found; for they had not been handed over by the virgins, nor brought through the gate. These stones, then, were unsightly in the building of the tower.
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Summary: Stones not carried through the gate by the virgins stay unsightly.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.4.6 (Lake, LCL 25:226–228; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-4-6).
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9.4.7Lake, LCL 25:228
ἰδόντες δὲ οἱ ἓξ ἄνδρες τοὺς λίθους τοὺς ἀπρεπεῖς ἐν τῇ οἰκοδομῇ ἐκέλευσαν αὐτοὺς ἀρθῆναι καὶ ἀπαχθῆναι κάτω εἰς τὸν ἴδιον τόπον, ὅθεν ἠνέχθησαν.
idontes de hoi hex andres tous lithous tous aprepeis en tę̄ oikodomę̄ ekeleusan autous arthēnai kai apachthēnai katō eis ton idion topon, hothen ēnechthēsan.
When the six men saw the unsightly stones in the building, they ordered them to be taken away and carried down to their own place from which they had been brought.
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Summary: The unsightly stones are removed.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.4.7 (Lake, LCL 25:228; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-4-7).
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9.4.8Lake, LCL 25:228
καὶ λέγουσι τοῖς ἀνδράσι τοῖς παρεμφέρουσι τοὺς λίθους· Ὅλως ὑμεῖς μὴ ἐπιδίδοτε εἰς τὴν οἰκοδομὴν λίθους· τίθετε δὲ αὐτοὺς παρὰ τὸν πύργον, ἵνα αἱ παρθένοι διὰ τῆς πύλης παρενέγκωσιν αὐτοὺς καὶ ἐπιδιδῶσιν εἰς τὴν οἰκοδομήν. ἐὰν γάρ, φασί, διὰ τῶν χειρῶν τῶν παρθένων τούτων μὴ παρενεχθῶσι διὰ τῆς πύλης, τὰς χρόας αὐτῶν ἀλλάξαι οὐ δύνανται· μὴ κοπιᾶτε οὖν, φασίν, εἰς μάτην.
kai legousi tois andrasi tois parempherousi tous lithous; Holōs hymeis mē epididote eis tēn oikodomēn lithous; tithete de autous para ton pyrgon, hina hai parthenoi dia tēs pylēs parenenkōsin autous kai epididōsin eis tēn oikodomēn. ean gar, phasi, dia tōn cheirōn tōn parthenōn toutōn mē parenechthōsi dia tēs pylēs, tas chroas autōn allaxai ou dynantai; mē kopiate oun, phasin, eis matēn.
And they said to the men who were bringing the stones, “Do not yourselves hand over any stones at all for the building; but put them beside the tower, so that the virgins may carry them through the gate and hand them over for the building. For if,” they said, “they are not carried through the gate by the hands of these virgins, they cannot change their colors; do not labor in vain, then.”
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Summary: Only stones carried by the virgins through the gate can change.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.4.8 (Lake, LCL 25:228; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-4-8).
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Similitude 9, chapter 5
9.5.1Lake, LCL 25:228
Καὶ ἐτελέσθη τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ ἡ οἰκοδομή, οὐκ ἀπετελέσθη δὲ ὁ πύργος· ἔμελλε γὰρ πάλιν ἐποικοδομεῖσθαι· καὶ ἐγένετο ἀνοχὴ τῆς οἰκοδομῆς. ἐκέλευσαν δὲ οἱ ἓξ ἄνδρες τοὺς οἰκοδομοῦντας ἀναχωρῆσαι μικρὸν πάντας καὶ ἀναπαυθῆναι· ταῖς δὲ παρθένοις ἐπέταξαν ἀπὸ τοῦ πύργου μὴ ἀναχωρῆσαι. ἐδόκει δέ μοι τὰς παρθένους καταλελεῖφθαι τοῦ φυλάσσειν τὸν πύργον.
Kai etelesthē tę̄ hēmerą ekeinę̄ hē oikodomē, ouk apetelesthē de ho pyrgos; emelle gar palin epoikodomeisthai; kai egeneto anochē tēs oikodomēs. ekeleusan de hoi hex andres tous oikodomountas anachōrēsai mikron pantas kai anapauthēnai; tais de parthenois epetaxan apo tou pyrgou mē anachōrēsai. edokei de moi tas parthenous kataleleiphthai tou phylassein ton pyrgon.
And the building was finished on that day, but the tower was not completed; for it was to be built up further; and there was a pause in the building. And the six men ordered all the builders to withdraw a little and rest; but they commanded the virgins not to withdraw from the tower. And it seemed to me that the virgins had been left to guard the tower.
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Summary: The building pauses; the virgins guard the tower.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.5.1 (Lake, LCL 25:228; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-5-1).
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9.5.2Lake, LCL 25:228–230
μετὰ δὲ τὸ ἀναχωρῆσαι πάντας καὶ ἀναπαυθῆναι λέγω τῷ ποιμένι· Τί ὅτι, φημί, κύριε, οὐ συνετελέσθη ἡ οἰκοδομὴ τοῦ πύργου; Οὔπω, φησί, δύναται ἀποτελεσθῆναι ὁ πύργος, ἐὰν μὴ ἔλθῃ ὁ κύριος αὐτοῦ καὶ δοκιμάσῃ τὴν οἰκοδομὴν ταύτην, ἵνα, ἐάν τινες λίθοι σαπροὶ εὑρεθῶσιν, ἀλλάξῃ αὐτούς· πρὸς γὰρ τὸ ἐκείνου θέλημα οἰκοδομεῖται ὁ πύργος.
meta de to anachōrēsai pantas kai anapauthēnai legō tǭ poimeni; Ti hoti, phēmi, kyrie, ou synetelesthē hē oikodomē tou pyrgou? Oupō, phēsi, dynatai apotelesthēnai ho pyrgos, ean mē elthę̄ ho kyrios autou kai dokimasę̄ tēn oikodomēn tautēn, hina, ean tines lithoi saproi heurethōsin, allaxę̄ autous; pros gar to ekeinou thelēma oikodomeitai ho pyrgos.
After all had withdrawn and rested, I said to the shepherd, “Why, sir,” I said, “was the building of the tower not finished?” “The tower cannot yet be completed,” he said, “unless its lord comes and tests this building, so that if any stones are found rotten he may change them; for the tower is built according to his will.”
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Summary: The tower awaits its lord's inspection.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.5.2 (Lake, LCL 25:228–230; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-5-2).
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9.5.3Lake, LCL 25:230
Ἤθελον, φημί, κύριε, τούτου τοῦ πύργου γνῶναι τί ἐστιν ἡ οἰκοδομὴ αὕτη, καὶ περὶ τῆς πέτρας καὶ πύλης καὶ τῶν ὀρέων καὶ τῶν παρθένων καὶ τῶν λίθων τῶν ἐκ τοῦ βυθοῦ ἀναβεβηκότων καὶ μὴ λελατομημένων, ἀλλʼ οὕτως ἀπελθόντων εἰς τὴν οἰκοδομήν.
Ēthelon, phēmi, kyrie, toutou tou pyrgou gnōnai ti estin hē oikodomē hautē, kai peri tēs petras kai pylēs kai tōn oreōn kai tōn parthenōn kai tōn lithōn tōn ek tou bythou anabebēkotōn kai mē lelatomēmenōn, allʼ houtōs apelthontōn eis tēn oikodomēn.
“I would like to know, sir,” I said, “what this building of this tower is, and about the rock and gate and the mountains and the virgins and the stones that came up from the deep and were not hewn, but went as they were into the building.
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Summary: Hermas asks the meaning of everything.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.5.3 (Lake, LCL 25:230; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-5-3).
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9.5.4Lake, LCL 25:230
καὶ διατί πρῶτον εἰς τὰ θεμέλια ι λίθοι ἐτέθησαν, εἶτα κ, εἶτα λε, εἶτα μ, καὶ περὶ τῶν λίθων τῶν ἀπεληλυθότων εἰς τὴν οἰκοδομὴν καὶ πάλιν ἠρμένων καὶ εἰς τόπον ἴδιον ἀποτεθειμένων· περὶ πάντων τούτων ἀνάπαυσον τὴν ψυχήν μου, κύριε, καὶ γνώρισόν μοι αὐτά.
kai diati prōton eis ta themelia i lithoi etethēsan, eita k, eita le, eita m, kai peri tōn lithōn tōn apelēlythotōn eis tēn oikodomēn kai palin ērmenōn kai eis topon idion apotetheimenōn; peri pantōn toutōn anapauson tēn psychēn mou, kyrie, kai gnōrison moi auta.
And why first ten stones were placed in the foundations, then twenty, then thirty-five, then forty, and about the stones that went into the building and were taken out again and put away in their own place: about all these things set my soul at rest, sir, and make them known to me.”
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Summary: He asks about the foundation stones and the rejected stones.
- The Greek numerals here are ι (10), κ (20), λε (35), μ (40); in 9.4.3 the second number is given as twenty (εἴκοσι), but 9.15.4 speaks of twenty-five: the text is inconsistent.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.5.4 (Lake, LCL 25:230; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-5-4).
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9.5.5Lake, LCL 25:230
Ἐάν, φησί, κενόσπουδος μὴ εὑρεθῇς, πάντα γνώσῃ· μετʼ ὀλίγας γὰρ ἡμέρας ἐλευσόμεθα ἐνθάδε, καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ ὄψει τὰ ἐπερχόμενα τῷ πύργῳ τούτῳ καὶ πάσας τὰς παραβολὰς ἀκριβῶς γνώσῃ.
Ean, phēsi, kenospoudos mē heurethę̄s, panta gnōsę̄; metʼ oligas gar hēmeras eleusometha enthade, kai ta loipa opsei ta eperchomena tǭ pyrgǭ toutǭ kai pasas tas parabolas akribōs gnōsę̄.
“If,” he said, “you are not found to be vainly curious, you will know everything; for after a few days we shall come here, and you will see the rest of what happens to this tower and will know all the parables exactly.”
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Summary: He will show him more in a few days.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.5.5 (Lake, LCL 25:230; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-5-5).
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9.5.6Lake, LCL 25:230
καὶ μετʼ ὀλίγας ἡμέρας ἤλθομεν εἰς τὸν τόπον, οὗ κεκαθίκαμεν, καὶ λέγει μοι· Ἄγωμεν πρὸς τὸν πύργον· ὁ γὰρ αὐθέντης τοῦ πύργου ἔρχεται κατανοῆσαι αὐτόν. καὶ ἤλθομεν πρὸς τὸν πύργον· καὶ ὅλως οὐδεὶς ἦν πρὸς αὐτὸν εἰ μὴ αἱ παρθένοι μόναι.
kai metʼ oligas hēmeras ēlthomen eis ton topon, hou kekathikamen, kai legei moi; Agōmen pros ton pyrgon; ho gar authentēs tou pyrgou erchetai katanoēsai auton. kai ēlthomen pros ton pyrgon; kai holōs oudeis ēn pros auton ei mē hai parthenoi monai.
And after a few days we came to the place where we had sat, and he said to me, “Let us go to the tower; for the owner of the tower is coming to inspect it.” And we came to the tower; and there was no one at all by it except the virgins alone.
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Summary: They return to the tower for the owner's inspection.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.5.6 (Lake, LCL 25:230; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-5-6).
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9.5.7Lake, LCL 25:230
καὶ ἐπερωτᾷ ὁ ποιμὴν τὰς παρθένους, εἰ ἄρα παρεγεγόνει ὁ δεσπότης τοῦ πύργου. αἱ δὲ ἔφησαν μέλλειν αὐτὸν ἔρχεσθαι κατανοῆσαι τὴν οἰκοδομήν.
kai eperōtą ho poimēn tas parthenous, ei ara paregegonei ho despotēs tou pyrgou. hai de ephēsan mellein auton erchesthai katanoēsai tēn oikodomēn.
And the shepherd asked the virgins whether the master of the tower had arrived. And they said that he was about to come to inspect the building.
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Summary: The master is about to come.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.5.7 (Lake, LCL 25:230; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-5-7).
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Similitude 9, chapter 6
9.6.1Lake, LCL 25:230–232
Καὶ ἰδοὺ μετὰ μικρὸν βλέπω παράταξιν πολλῶν ἀνδρῶν ἐρχομένων· καὶ εἰς τὸ μέσον ἀνήρ τις ὑψηλὸς τῷ μεγέθει, ὥστε τὸν πύργον ὑπερέχειν.
Kai idou meta mikron blepō parataxin pollōn andrōn erchomenōn; kai eis to meson anēr tis hypsēlos tǭ megethei, hōste ton pyrgon hyperechein.
And behold, after a little I saw an array of many men coming; and in the middle was a man so tall in stature that he towered above the tower.
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Summary: A man taller than the tower comes with a great company.
- The tall man is the Son of God (9.12.8).
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.6.1 (Lake, LCL 25:230–232; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-6-1).
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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.
9.6.2Lake, LCL 25:232
καὶ οἱ ἓξ ἄνδρες οἱ εἰς τὴν οἰκοδομὴν ἐφεστῶτες ἐκ δεξιῶν τε καὶ ἀριστερῶν περιεπάτησαν μετʼ αὐτοῦ, καὶ πάντες οἱ εἰς τὴν οἰκοδομὴν ἐργασάμενοι μετʼ αὐτοῦ ἦσαν καὶ ἕτεροι πολλοὶ κύκλῳ αὐτοῦ ἔνδοξοι. αἱ δὲ παρθένοι αἱ τηροῦσαι τὸν πύργον προσδραμοῦσαι κατεφίλησαν αὐτὸν καὶ ἤρξαντο ἐγγὺς αὐτοῦ περιπατεῖν κύκλῳ τοῦ πύργου.
kai hoi hex andres hoi eis tēn oikodomēn ephestōtes ek dexiōn te kai aristerōn periepatēsan metʼ autou, kai pantes hoi eis tēn oikodomēn ergasamenoi metʼ autou ēsan kai heteroi polloi kyklǭ autou endoxoi. hai de parthenoi hai tērousai ton pyrgon prosdramousai katephilēsan auton kai ērxanto engys autou peripatein kyklǭ tou pyrgou.
And the six men who were in charge of the building walked with him on the right and on the left, and all who had worked on the building were with him, and many other glorious ones around him. And the virgins who were guarding the tower ran up and kissed him and began to walk near him around the tower.
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Summary: The builders attend him; the virgins greet him.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.6.2 (Lake, LCL 25:232; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-6-2).
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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.
9.6.3Lake, LCL 25:232
κατενόει δὲ ὁ ἀνὴρ ἐκεῖνος τὴν οἰκοδομὴν ἀκριβῶς, ὥστε αὐτὸν καθʼ ἕνα λίθον ψηλαφᾶν. κρατῶν δέ τινα ῥάβδον τῇ χειρὶ κατὰ ἕνα λίθον τῶν ᾠκοδομημένων ἔτυπτε.
katenoei de ho anēr ekeinos tēn oikodomēn akribōs, hōste auton kathʼ hena lithon psēlaphan. kratōn de tina rhabdon tę̄ cheiri kata hena lithon tōn ǭkodomēmenōn etypte.
And that man examined the building carefully, so that he felt each stone. And holding a rod in his hand, he struck each stone that had been built in.
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Summary: He inspects every stone by striking it with a rod.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.6.3 (Lake, LCL 25:232; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-6-3).
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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.
9.6.4Lake, LCL 25:232
καὶ ὅταν ἐπάτασσεν, ἐγένοντο αὐτῶν τινὲς μέλανες ὡσεὶ ἀσβόλη, τινὲς δὲ ἐψωριακότες, τινὲς δὲ σχισμὰς ἔχοντες, τινὲς δὲ κολοβοί, τινὲς δὲ οὔτε λευκοὶ οὔτε μέλανες, τινὲς δὲ τραχεῖς καὶ μὴ συμφωνοῦντες τοῖς ἑτέροις λίθοις, τινὲς δὲ σπίλους πολλοὺς ἔχοντες· αὗται ἦσαν αἱ ποικιλίαι τῶν λίθων τῶν σαπρῶν εὑρεθέντων εἰς τὴν οἰκοδομήν.
kai hotan epatassen, egenonto autōn tines melanes hōsei asbolē, tines de epsōriakotes, tines de schismas echontes, tines de koloboi, tines de oute leukoi oute melanes, tines de tracheis kai mē symphōnountes tois heterois lithois, tines de spilous pollous echontes; hautai ēsan hai poikiliai tōn lithōn tōn saprōn heurethentōn eis tēn oikodomēn.
And when he struck them, some of them became black as soot, some rough, some with cracks, some cut short, some neither white nor black, some rough and not fitting with the other stones, and some with many spots. These were the varieties of the stones that were found rotten in the building.
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Summary: The struck stones reveal their flaws.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.6.4 (Lake, LCL 25:232; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-6-4).
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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.
9.6.5Lake, LCL 25:232
ἐκέλευσεν οὖν πάντας τούτους ἐκ τοῦ πύργου μετενεχθῆναι καὶ τεθῆναι παρὰ τὸν πύργον καὶ ἑτέρους ἐνεχθῆναι λίθους καὶ ἐμβληθῆναι εἰς τὸν τόπον αὐτῶν.
ekeleusen oun pantas toutous ek tou pyrgou metenechthēnai kai tethēnai para ton pyrgon kai heterous enechthēnai lithous kai emblēthēnai eis ton topon autōn.
He ordered, then, all these to be removed from the tower and put beside the tower, and other stones to be brought and put in their place.
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Summary: The flawed stones are removed and replaced.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.6.5 (Lake, LCL 25:232; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-6-5).
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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.
9.6.6Lake, LCL 25:232
καὶ ἐπηρώτησαν αὐτὸν οἱ οἰκοδομοῦντες, ἐκ τίνος ὄρους θέλῃ ἐνεχθῆναι λίθους καὶ ἐμβληθῆναι εἰς τὸν τόπον αὐτῶν. καὶ ἐκ μὲν τῶν ὀρέων οὐκ ἐκέλευσεν ἐνεχθῆναι, ἐκ δέ τινος πεδίου ἐγγὺς ὄντος ἐκέλευσεν ἐνεχθῆναι.
kai epērōtēsan auton hoi oikodomountes, ek tinos orous thelę̄ enechthēnai lithous kai emblēthēnai eis ton topon autōn. kai ek men tōn oreōn ouk ekeleusen enechthēnai, ek de tinos pediou engys ontos ekeleusen enechthēnai.
And the builders asked him from which mountain he wished stones to be brought and put in their place. And he did not order them to be brought from the mountains, but ordered them to be brought from a certain plain nearby.
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Summary: New stones come from a nearby plain.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.6.6 (Lake, LCL 25:232; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-6-6).
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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.
9.6.7Lake, LCL 25:232–234
καὶ ὠρύγη τὸ πεδίον, καὶ εὑρέθησαν λίθοι λαμπροὶ τετράγωνοι, τινὲς δὲ καὶ στρογγύλοι. ὅσοι δέ ποτε ἦσαν λίθοι ἐν τῷ πεδίῳ ἐκείνῳ, πάντες ἠνέχθησαν καὶ διὰ τῆς πύλης ἐβαστάζοντο ὑπὸ τῶν παρθένων.
kai ōrygē to pedion, kai heurethēsan lithoi lamproi tetragōnoi, tines de kai strongyloi. hosoi de pote ēsan lithoi en tǭ pediǭ ekeinǭ, pantes ēnechthēsan kai dia tēs pylēs ebastazonto hypo tōn parthenōn.
And the plain was dug, and shining square stones were found, and some round ones too. And all the stones that there were in that plain were brought and carried through the gate by the virgins.
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Summary: Square and round stones are dug from the plain.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.6.7 (Lake, LCL 25:232–234; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-6-7).
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9.6.8Lake, LCL 25:234
καὶ ἐλατομήθησαν οἱ τετράγωνοι λίθοι καὶ ἐτέθησαν εἰς τὸν τόπον τῶν ἠρμένων· οἱ δὲ στρογγύλοι οὐκ ἐτέθησαν εἰς τὴν οἰκοδομήν, ὅτι σκληροὶ ἦσαν εἰς τὸ λατομηθῆναι αὐτοὺς καὶ βραδέως ἐγένοντο. ἐτέθησαν δὲ παρὰ τὸν πύργον, ὡς μελλόντων αὐτῶν λατομεῖσθαι καὶ τίθεσθαι εἰς τὴν οἰκοδομήν· λίαν γὰρ λαμπροὶ ἦσαν.
kai elatomēthēsan hoi tetragōnoi lithoi kai etethēsan eis ton topon tōn ērmenōn; hoi de strongyloi ouk etethēsan eis tēn oikodomēn, hoti sklēroi ēsan eis to latomēthēnai autous kai bradeōs egenonto. etethēsan de para ton pyrgon, hōs mellontōn autōn latomeisthai kai tithesthai eis tēn oikodomēn; lian gar lamproi ēsan.
And the square stones were hewn and put in the place of those that had been removed; but the round ones were not put into the building, because they were hard to hew and took a long time. But they were put beside the tower, as though they were to be hewn and put into the building; for they were very bright.
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Summary: The round stones are set aside to be hewn later.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.6.8 (Lake, LCL 25:234; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-6-8).
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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 7
9.7.1Lake, LCL 25:234
Ταῦτα οὖν συντελέσας ὁ ἀνὴρ ὁ ἔνδοξος καὶ κύριος ὅλου τοῦ πύργου προσεκαλέσατο τὸν ποιμένα καὶ παρέδωκεν αὐτῷ τοὺς λίθους πάντας τοὺς παρὰ τὸν πύργον κειμένους, τοὺς ἀποβεβλημένους ἐκ τῆς οἰκοδομῆς, καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ·
Tauta oun syntelesas ho anēr ho endoxos kai kyrios holou tou pyrgou prosekalesato ton poimena kai paredōken autǭ tous lithous pantas tous para ton pyrgon keimenous, tous apobeblēmenous ek tēs oikodomēs, kai legei autǭ;
When, then, the glorious man, the lord of the whole tower, had finished these things, he called the shepherd and handed over to him all the stones lying beside the tower, those that had been rejected from the building, and said to him,
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Summary: The lord of the tower hands the rejected stones to the Shepherd.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.7.1 (Lake, LCL 25:234; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-7-1).
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9.7.2Lake, LCL 25:234
Ἐπιμελῶς καθάρισον τοὺς λίθους τούτους καὶ θὲς αὐτοὺς εἰς τὴν οἰκοδομὴν τοῦ πύργου, τοὺς δυναμένους ἁρμόσαι τοῖς λοιποῖς· τοὺς δὲ μὴ ἁρμόζοντας ῥῖψον μακρὰν ἀπὸ τοῦ πύργου.
Epimelōs katharison tous lithous toutous kai thes autous eis tēn oikodomēn tou pyrgou, tous dynamenous harmosai tois loipois; tous de mē harmozontas rhipson makran apo tou pyrgou.
“Cleanse these stones carefully and put into the building of the tower those that can fit with the rest; but those that do not fit, throw far from the tower.”
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Summary: The Shepherd must cleanse the stones and use those that fit.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.7.2 (Lake, LCL 25:234; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-7-2).
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9.7.3Lake, LCL 25:234
ταῦτα κελεύσας τῷ ποιμένι ἀπῄει ἀπὸ τοῦ πύργου μετὰ πάντων, μεθʼ ὧν ἐληλύθει· αἱ δὲ παρθένοι κύκλῳ τοῦ πύργου εἱστήκεισαν τηροῦσαι αὐτόν.
tauta keleusas tǭ poimeni apę̄ei apo tou pyrgou meta pantōn, methʼ hōn elēlythei; hai de parthenoi kyklǭ tou pyrgou heistēkeisan tērousai auton.
Having commanded the shepherd these things, he went away from the tower with all with whom he had come; but the virgins stood around the tower guarding it.
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Summary: The lord leaves; the virgins keep guard.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.7.3 (Lake, LCL 25:234; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-7-3).
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9.7.4Lake, LCL 25:234–236
λέγω τῷ ποιμένι· Πῶς οὗτοι οἱ λίθοι δύνανται εἰς τὴν οἰκοδομὴν τοῦ πύργου ἀπελθεῖν ἀποδεδοκιμασμένοι; ἀποκριθείς μοι λέγει· Βλέπεις, φησί, τοὺς λίθους τούτους; Βλέπω, φημί, κύριε. Ἐγώ, φησί, τὸ πλεῖστον μέρος τῶν λίθων τούτων λατομήσω καὶ βαλῶ εἰς τὴν οἰκοδομήν, καὶ ἁρμόσουσι μετὰ τῶν λοιπῶν λίθων.
legō tǭ poimeni; Pōs houtoi hoi lithoi dynantai eis tēn oikodomēn tou pyrgou apelthein apodedokimasmenoi? apokritheis moi legei; Blepeis, phēsi, tous lithous toutous? Blepō, phēmi, kyrie. Egō, phēsi, to pleiston meros tōn lithōn toutōn latomēsō kai balō eis tēn oikodomēn, kai harmosousi meta tōn loipōn lithōn.
I said to the shepherd, “How can these stones go into the building of the tower after being rejected?” He answered me, “Do you see,” he said, “these stones?” “I see them, sir,” I said. “I,” he said, “will hew the greater part of these stones and put them into the building, and they will fit with the rest of the stones.”
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Summary: The Shepherd will reshape most of the rejected stones.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.7.4 (Lake, LCL 25:234–236; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-7-4).
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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.
9.7.5Lake, LCL 25:236
Πῶς, φημί, κύριε, δύνανται περικοπέντες τὸν αὐτὸν τόπον πληρῶσαι; ἀποκριθεὶς λέγει μοι· Ὅσοι μικροὶ εὑρεθήσονται, εἰς μέσην τὴν οἰκοδομὴν βληθήσονται, ὅσοι δὲ μείζονες, ἐξώτεροι τεθήσονται καὶ συγκρατήσουσιν αὐτούς.
Pōs, phēmi, kyrie, dynantai perikopentes ton auton topon plērōsai? apokritheis legei moi; Hosoi mikroi heurethēsontai, eis mesēn tēn oikodomēn blēthēsontai, hosoi de meizones, exōteroi tethēsontai kai synkratēsousin autous.
“How, sir,” I said, “can they fill the same place when they have been cut down?” He answered me, “Those that are found small will be put into the middle of the building, and those that are larger will be put on the outside and will hold them together.”
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Summary: Smaller stones go inside, larger outside.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.7.5 (Lake, LCL 25:236; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-7-5).
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9.7.6Lake, LCL 25:236
ταῦτά μοι λαλήσας λέγει μοι· Ἄγωμεν καὶ μετὰ ἡμέρας δύο ἔλθωμεν καὶ καθαρίσωμεν τοὺς λίθους τούτους καὶ βάλωμεν αὐτοὺς εἰς τὴν οἰκοδομήν· τὰ γὰρ κύκλῳ τοῦ πύργου πάντα καθαρισθῆναι δεῖ, μήποτε ὁ δεσπότης ἐξάπινα ἔλθῃ καὶ τὰ περὶ τὸν πύργον ῥυπαρὰ εὕρῃ καὶ προσοχθίσῃ, καὶ οὗτοι οἱ λίθοι οὐκ ἀπελεύσονται εἰς τὴν οἰκοδομὴν τοῦ πύργου, κἀγὼ ἀμελὴς δόξω εἶναι παρὰ τῷ δεσπότῃ.
tauta moi lalēsas legei moi; Agōmen kai meta hēmeras dyo elthōmen kai katharisōmen tous lithous toutous kai balōmen autous eis tēn oikodomēn; ta gar kyklǭ tou pyrgou panta katharisthēnai dei, mēpote ho despotēs exapina elthę̄ kai ta peri ton pyrgon rhypara heurę̄ kai prosochthisę̄, kai houtoi hoi lithoi ouk apeleusontai eis tēn oikodomēn tou pyrgou, kagō amelēs doxō einai para tǭ despotę̄.
Having said these things to me, he said to me, “Let us go, and after two days let us come and cleanse these stones and put them into the building; for everything around the tower must be cleansed, lest the master come suddenly and find the surroundings of the tower dirty and be offended, and these stones not go into the building of the tower, and I seem negligent to the master.”
Mark 13:36 (echo, low confidence)
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Summary: The stones must be cleansed before the master returns unexpectedly.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.7.6 (Lake, LCL 25:236; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-7-6).
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9.7.7Lake, LCL 25:236
καὶ μετὰ ἡμέρας δύο ἤλθομεν πρὸς τὸν πύργον καὶ λέγει μοι· Κατανοήσωμεν τοὺς λίθους πάντας καὶ ἴδωμεν τοὺς δυναμένους εἰς τὴν οἰκοδομὴν ἀπελθεῖν. λέγω αὐτῷ· Κύριε, κατανοήσωμεν.
kai meta hēmeras dyo ēlthomen pros ton pyrgon kai legei moi; Katanoēsōmen tous lithous pantas kai idōmen tous dynamenous eis tēn oikodomēn apelthein. legō autǭ; Kyrie, katanoēsōmen.
And after two days we came to the tower, and he said to me, “Let us examine all the stones and see those that can go into the building.” I said to him, “Sir, let us examine them.”
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Summary: They examine the stones.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.7.7 (Lake, LCL 25:236; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-7-7).
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Similitude 9, chapter 8
9.8.1Lake, LCL 25:236
Καὶ ἀρξάμενοι πρῶτον τοὺς μέλανας κατενοοῦμεν λίθους. καὶ οἷοι ἐκ τῆς οἰκοδομῆς ἐτέθησαν, τοιοῦτοι καὶ εὑρέθησαν. καὶ ἐκέλευσεν αὐτοὺς ὁ ποιμὴν ἐκ τοῦ πύργου μετενεχθῆναι καὶ χωρισθῆναι.
Kai arxamenoi prōton tous melanas katenooumen lithous. kai hoioi ek tēs oikodomēs etethēsan, toioutoi kai heurethēsan. kai ekeleusen autous ho poimēn ek tou pyrgou metenechthēnai kai chōristhēnai.
And beginning first with the black stones, we examined them. And as they had been put out of the building, so they were found. And the shepherd ordered them to be removed from the tower and set apart.
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Summary: The black stones are unchanged and set apart.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.8.1 (Lake, LCL 25:236; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-8-1).
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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.
9.8.2Lake, LCL 25:236–238
εἶτα κατενόησε τοὺς ἐψωριακότας, καὶ λαβὼν ἐλατόμησε πολλοὺς ἐξ αὐτῶν καὶ ἐκέλευσε τὰς παρθένους ἆραι αὐτοὺς καὶ βαλεῖν εἰς τὴν οἰκοδομήν. καὶ ἦραν αὐτοὺς αἱ παρθένοι καὶ ἔθηκαν εἰς τὴν οἰκοδομὴν τοῦ πύργου μέσου. τοὺς δὲ λοιποὺς ἐκέλευσε μετὰ τῶν μελάνων τεθῆναι· καὶ γὰρ καὶ οὗτοι μέλανες εὑρέθησαν.
eita katenoēse tous epsōriakotas, kai labōn elatomēse pollous ex autōn kai ekeleuse tas parthenous arai autous kai balein eis tēn oikodomēn. kai ēran autous hai parthenoi kai ethēkan eis tēn oikodomēn tou pyrgou mesou. tous de loipous ekeleuse meta tōn melanōn tethēnai; kai gar kai houtoi melanes heurethēsan.
Then he examined the rough ones, and he took and hewed many of them, and ordered the virgins to take them up and put them into the building. And the virgins took them up and put them into the middle of the building of the tower. The rest he ordered to be put with the black ones; for these too were found black.
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Summary: Many rough stones are hewn and used; the rest are black.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (missing accent)): αἱ παρθενοι καὶ → αἱ παρθένοι καὶ.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.8.2 (Lake, LCL 25:236–238; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-8-2).
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9.8.3Lake, LCL 25:238
εἶτα κατενόει τοὺς τὰς σχισμὰς ἔχοντας· καὶ ἐκ τούτων πολλοὺς ἐλατόμησε καὶ ἐκέλευσε διὰ τῶν παρθένων εἰς τὴν οἰκοδομὴν ἀπενεχθῆναι· ἐξώτεροι δὲ ἐτέθησαν, ὅτι ὑγιέστεροι εὑρέθησαν. οἱ δὲ λοιποὶ διὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν σχισμάτων οὐκ ἠδυνήθησαν λατομηθῆναι· διὰ ταύτην οὖν τὴν αἰτίαν ἀπεβλήθησαν ἀπὸ τῆς οἰκοδομῆς τοῦ πύργου.
eita katenoei tous tas schismas echontas; kai ek toutōn pollous elatomēse kai ekeleuse dia tōn parthenōn eis tēn oikodomēn apenechthēnai; exōteroi de etethēsan, hoti hygiesteroi heurethēsan. hoi de loipoi dia to plēthos tōn schismatōn ouk ēdynēthēsan latomēthēnai; dia tautēn oun tēn aitian apeblēthēsan apo tēs oikodomēs tou pyrgou.
Then he examined those that had cracks; and he hewed many of these, and ordered them to be carried away by the virgins into the building; and they were placed on the outside, because they were found to be sounder. But the rest could not be hewn because of the number of their cracks; for this reason, then, they were rejected from the building of the tower.
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Summary: Some cracked stones are used; the badly cracked are rejected.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.8.3 (Lake, LCL 25:238; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-8-3).
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9.8.4Lake, LCL 25:238
εἶτα κατενόει τοὺς κολοβούς, καὶ εὑρέθησαν πολλοὶ ἐν αὐτοῖς μέλανες, τινὲς δὲ σχισμὰς μεγάλας πεποιηκότες· καὶ ἐκέλευσε καὶ τούτους τεθῆναι μετὰ τῶν ἀποβεβλημένων. τοὺς δὲ περισσεύοντας αὐτῶν καθαρίσας καὶ λατομήσας ἐκέλευσεν εἰς τὴν οἰκοδομὴν τεθῆναι. αἱ δὲ παρθένοι αὐτοὺς ἄρασαι εἰς μέσην τὴν οἰκοδομὴν τοῦ πύργου ἥρμοσαν· ἀσθενέστεροι γὰρ ἦσαν.
eita katenoei tous kolobous, kai heurethēsan polloi en autois melanes, tines de schismas megalas pepoiēkotes; kai ekeleuse kai toutous tethēnai meta tōn apobeblēmenōn. tous de perisseuontas autōn katharisas kai latomēsas ekeleusen eis tēn oikodomēn tethēnai. hai de parthenoi autous arasai eis mesēn tēn oikodomēn tou pyrgou hērmosan; asthenesteroi gar ēsan.
Then he examined the ones cut short, and many among them were found black, and some had developed great cracks; and he ordered these too to be put with the rejected ones. The rest of them he cleansed and hewed and ordered to be put into the building. And the virgins took them up and fitted them into the middle of the building of the tower; for they were weaker.
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Summary: Some shortened stones are rejected; the rest are used inside.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.8.4 (Lake, LCL 25:238; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-8-4).
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9.8.5Lake, LCL 25:238
εἶτα κατενόει τοὺς ἡμίσεις λευκούς, ἡμίσεις δὲ μέλανας· καὶ πολλοὶ ἐξ αὐτῶν εὑρέθησαν μέλανες. ἐκέλευσε δὲ καὶ τούτους ἀρθῆναι μετὰ τῶν ἀποβεβλημένων. οἱ δὲ λοιποὶ πάντες ἤρθησαν ὑπὸ τῶν παρθένων· λευκοὶ γὰρ ὄντες ἡρμόσθησαν ὑπʼ αὐτῶν τῶν παρθένων εἰς τὴν οἰκοδομήν· ἐξώτεροι δὲ ἐτέθησαν, ὅτι ὑγιεῖς εὑρέθησαν, ὥστε δύνασθαι αὐτοὺς κρατεῖν τοὺς εἰς τὸ μέσον τεθέντας· ὅλως γὰρ ἐξ αὐτῶν οὐδὲν ἐκολοβώθη.
eita katenoei tous hēmiseis leukous, hēmiseis de melanas; kai polloi ex autōn heurethēsan melanes. ekeleuse de kai toutous arthēnai meta tōn apobeblēmenōn. hoi de loipoi pantes ērthēsan hypo tōn parthenōn; leukoi gar ontes hērmosthēsan hypʼ autōn tōn parthenōn eis tēn oikodomēn; exōteroi de etethēsan, hoti hygieis heurethēsan, hōste dynasthai autous kratein tous eis to meson tethentas; holōs gar ex autōn ouden ekolobōthē.
Then he examined those half white and half black; and many of them were found black. And he ordered these too to be taken away with the rejected ones. But all the rest were taken up by the virgins; for being white they were fitted into the building by the virgins themselves; and they were put on the outside, because they were found sound, so that they could hold together those put in the middle; for nothing at all of them had been cut short.
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Summary: The white ones are placed on the outside for strength.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.8.5 (Lake, LCL 25:238; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-8-5).
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9.8.6Lake, LCL 25:238–240
εἶτα κατενόει τοὺς τραχεῖς καὶ σκληρούς· καὶ ὀλίγοι ἐξ αὐτῶν ἀπεβλήθησαν διὰ τὸ μὴ δύνασθαι λατομηθῆναι· σκληροὶ γὰρ λίαν εὑρέθησαν. οἱ δὲ λοιποὶ αὐτῶν ἐλατομήθησαν καὶ ἤρθησαν ὑπὸ τῶν παρθένων καὶ εἰς μέσην τὴν οἰκοδομὴν τοῦ πύργου ἡρμόσθησαν· ἀσθενέστεροι γὰρ ἦσαν.
eita katenoei tous tracheis kai sklērous; kai oligoi ex autōn apeblēthēsan dia to mē dynasthai latomēthēnai; sklēroi gar lian heurethēsan. hoi de loipoi autōn elatomēthēsan kai ērthēsan hypo tōn parthenōn kai eis mesēn tēn oikodomēn tou pyrgou hērmosthēsan; asthenesteroi gar ēsan.
Then he examined the rough and hard ones; and a few of them were rejected because they could not be hewn; for they were found very hard. The rest of them were hewn and taken up by the virgins and fitted into the middle of the building of the tower; for they were weaker.
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Summary: Most rough stones are hewn and used inside.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (punctuation slip in the digital text): τραχεῖς, καὶ σκληροὺς καὶ ὀλίγοι → τραχεῖς καὶ σκληρούς· καὶ ὀλίγοι.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.8.6 (Lake, LCL 25:238–240; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-8-6).
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9.8.7Lake, LCL 25:240
εἶτα κατενόει τοὺς ἔχοντας τοὺς σπίλους, καὶ ἐκ τούτων ἐλάχιστοι ἐμελάνησαν καὶ ἀπεβλήθησαν πρὸς τοὺς λοιπούς. οἱ δὲ περισσεύοντες λαμπροὶ καὶ ὑγιεῖς εὑρέθησαν· καὶ οὗτοι ἡρμόσθησαν ὑπὸ τῶν παρθένων εἰς τὴν οἰκοδομήν, ἐξώτεροι δὲ ἐτέθησαν διὰ τὴν ἰσχυρότητα αὐτῶν.
eita katenoei tous echontas tous spilous, kai ek toutōn elachistoi emelanēsan kai apeblēthēsan pros tous loipous. hoi de perisseuontes lamproi kai hygieis heurethēsan; kai houtoi hērmosthēsan hypo tōn parthenōn eis tēn oikodomēn, exōteroi de etethēsan dia tēn ischyrotēta autōn.
Then he examined those that had spots; and of these very few had turned black and were thrown out with the rest. But the remainder were found bright and sound; and these were fitted into the building by the virgins, and were put on the outside because of their strength.
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Summary: Most spotted stones are sound and placed outside.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.8.7 (Lake, LCL 25:240; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-8-7).
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Similitude 9, chapter 9
9.9.1Lake, LCL 25:240
Εἶτα ἦλθε κατανοῆσαι τοὺς λευκοὺς καὶ στρογγύλους λίθους καὶ λέγει μοι· Τί ποιοῦμεν περὶ τούτων τῶν λίθων; Τί, φημί, ἐγὼ γινώσκω, κύριε; Οὐδὲν οὖν ἐπινοεῖς περὶ αὐτῶν;
Eita ēlthe katanoēsai tous leukous kai strongylous lithous kai legei moi; Ti poioumen peri toutōn tōn lithōn? Ti, phēmi, egō ginōskō, kyrie? Ouden oun epinoeis peri autōn?
Then he came to examine the white and round stones and said to me, “What shall we do about these stones?” “How should I know, sir?” I said. “Do you not have any idea about them, then?”
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Summary: The Shepherd asks about the round stones.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (missing accent)): περὶ αὐτων → περὶ αὐτῶν.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.9.1 (Lake, LCL 25:240; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-9-1).
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9.9.2Lake, LCL 25:240
Ἐγώ, φημί, κύριε, ταύτην τὴν τέχνην οὐκ ἔχω, οὐδὲ λατόμος εἰμὶ οὐδὲ δύναμαι νοῆσαι. Οὐ βλέπεις αὐτούς, φησί, λίαν στρογγύλους ὄντας; καὶ ἐὰν αὐτοὺς θελήσω τετραγώνους ποιῆσαι, πολὺ δεῖ ἀπʼ αὐτῶν ἀποκοπῆναι· δεῖ δὲ ἐξ αὐτῶν ἐξ ἀνάγκης τινὰς εἰς τὴν οἰκοδομὴν τεθῆναι.
Egō, phēmi, kyrie, tautēn tēn technēn ouk echō, oude latomos eimi oude dynamai noēsai. Ou blepeis autous, phēsi, lian strongylous ontas? kai ean autous thelēsō tetragōnous poiēsai, poly dei apʼ autōn apokopēnai; dei de ex autōn ex anankēs tinas eis tēn oikodomēn tethēnai.
“I, sir,” I said, “do not have this skill; I am not a stonecutter, nor can I understand it.” “Do you not see,” he said, “that they are very round? And if I wish to make them square, much must be cut from them; but some of them must necessarily be put into the building.”
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Summary: The round stones need much cutting, but some must be used.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.9.2 (Lake, LCL 25:240; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-9-2).
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9.9.3Lake, LCL 25:240
Εἰ οὖν, φημί, κύριε, ἀνάγκη ἐστί, τί σεαυτὸν βασανίζεις καὶ οὐκ ἐκλέγεις εἰς τὴν οἰκοδομὴν οὓς θέλεις καὶ ἁρμόζεις εἰς αὐτήν; ἐξελέξατο ἐξ αὐτῶν τοὺς μείζονας καὶ λαμπροὺς καὶ ἐλατόμησεν αὐτούς· αἱ δὲ παρθένοι ἄρασαι ἥρμοσαν εἰς τὰ ἐξώτερα μέρη τῆς οἰκοδομῆς.
Ei oun, phēmi, kyrie, anankē esti, ti seauton basanizeis kai ouk eklegeis eis tēn oikodomēn hous theleis kai harmozeis eis autēn? exelexato ex autōn tous meizonas kai lamprous kai elatomēsen autous; hai de parthenoi arasai hērmosan eis ta exōtera merē tēs oikodomēs.
“If, then, sir,” I said, “it is necessary, why do you torment yourself, and not choose for the building those you wish and fit them into it?” He chose from them the larger and bright ones and hewed them; and the virgins took them up and fitted them into the outer parts of the building.
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Summary: He chooses and hews the larger round stones.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.9.3 (Lake, LCL 25:240; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-9-3).
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9.9.4Lake, LCL 25:240–242
οἱ δὲ λοιποὶ οἱ περισσεύσαντες ἤρθησαν καὶ ἀπετέθησαν εἰς τὸ πεδίον, ὅθεν ἠνέχθησαν· οὐκ ἀπεβλήθησαν δέ, Ὅτι, φησί, λείπει τῷ πύργῳ ἔτι μικρὸν οἰκοδομηθῆναι. πάντας δὲ θέλει ὁ δεσπότης τοῦ πύργου τούτους ἁρμοσθῆναι τοὺς λίθους εἰς τὴν οἰκοδομήν, ὅτι λαμπροί εἰσι λίαν.
hoi de loipoi hoi perisseusantes ērthēsan kai apetethēsan eis to pedion, hothen ēnechthēsan; ouk apeblēthēsan de, Hoti, phēsi, leipei tǭ pyrgǭ eti mikron oikodomēthēnai. pantas de thelei ho despotēs tou pyrgou toutous harmosthēnai tous lithous eis tēn oikodomēn, hoti lamproi eisi lian.
And the rest that remained were taken up and put back in the plain from which they had been brought; but they were not thrown away, “because,” he said, “a little of the tower still remains to be built. And the master of the tower wishes all these stones to be fitted into the building, because they are very bright.”
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Summary: The remaining round stones are kept for the rest of the tower.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong breathing)): εἰς τὸ πεδίον, ὄθεν → εἰς τὸ πεδίον, ὅθεν.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.9.4 (Lake, LCL 25:240–242; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-9-4).
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9.9.5Lake, LCL 25:242
ἐκλήθησαν δὲ γυναῖκες δώδεκα, εὐειδέσταται τῷ χαρακτῆρι, μέλανα ἐνδεδυμέναι, περιεζωσμέναι καὶ ἔξω τοὺς ὤμους ἔχουσαι καὶ τὰς τρίχας λελυμέναι· ἐδοκοῦσαν δέ μοι αἱ γυναῖκες αὗται ἄγριαι εἶναι. ἐκέλευσε δὲ αὐτὰς ὁ ποιμὴν ἆραι τοὺς λίθους τοὺς ἀποβεβλημένους ἐκ τῆς οἰκοδομῆς καὶ ἀπενεγκεῖν αὐτοὺς εἰς τὰ ὄρη, ὅθεν καὶ ἠνέχθησαν.
eklēthēsan de gynaikes dōdeka, eueidestatai tǭ charaktēri, melana endedymenai, periezōsmenai kai exō tous ōmous echousai kai tas trichas lelymenai; edokousan de moi hai gynaikes hautai agriai einai. ekeleuse de autas ho poimēn arai tous lithous tous apobeblēmenous ek tēs oikodomēs kai apenenkein autous eis ta orē, hothen kai ēnechthēsan.
And twelve women were called, very beautiful in form, dressed in black, girded, with their shoulders bare and their hair loose; and these women seemed to me to be wild. And the shepherd ordered them to take up the stones rejected from the building and carry them away to the mountains from which they had been brought.
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Summary: Twelve women in black carry away the rejected stones.
- The twelve women in black are the vices, opposites of the twelve virgins (9.15.3).
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.9.5 (Lake, LCL 25:242; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-9-5).
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9.9.6Lake, LCL 25:242
αἱ δὲ ἱλαραὶ ἦραν καὶ ἀπήνεγκαν πάντας τοὺς λίθους καὶ ἔθηκαν, ὅθεν ἐλήφθησαν. καὶ μετὰ τὸ ἀρθῆναι πάντας τοὺς λίθους καὶ μηκέτι κεῖσθαι λίθον κύκλῳ τοῦ πύργου, λέγει μοι ὁ ποιμήν· Κυκλώσωμεν τὸν πύργον καὶ ἴδωμεν, μή τι ἐλάττωμά ἐστιν ἐν αὐτῷ. καὶ ἐκύκλευον ἐγὼ μετʼ αὐτοῦ.
hai de hilarai ēran kai apēnenkan pantas tous lithous kai ethēkan, hothen elēphthēsan. kai meta to arthēnai pantas tous lithous kai mēketi keisthai lithon kyklǭ tou pyrgou, legei moi ho poimēn; Kyklōsōmen ton pyrgon kai idōmen, mē ti elattōma estin en autǭ. kai ekykleuon egō metʼ autou.
And they cheerfully took up and carried away all the stones and put them back where they had been taken from. And after all the stones had been taken away and no stone lay any longer around the tower, the shepherd said to me, “Let us go around the tower and see whether there is any defect in it.” And I went around with him.
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Summary: They inspect the finished tower.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.9.6 (Lake, LCL 25:242; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-9-6).
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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.
9.9.7Lake, LCL 25:242
ἰδὼν δὲ ὁ ποιμὴν τὸν πύργον εὐπρεπῆ ὄντα τῇ οἰκοδομῇ λίαν ἱλαρὸς ἦν· ὁ γὰρ πύργος οὕτως ἦν ᾠκοδομημένος, ὥστε με ἰδόντα ἐπιθυμεῖν τὴν οἰκοδομὴν αὐτοῦ· οὕτω γὰρ ἦν ᾠκοδομημένος, ὡσὰν ἐξ ἑνὸς λίθου μὴ ἔχων μίαν ἁρμογὴν ἐν ἑαυτῷ. ἐφαίνετο δὲ ὁ λίθος ὡς ἐκ τῆς πέτρας ἐκκεκολαμμένος· μονόλιθος γάρ μοι ἐδόκει εἶναι.
idōn de ho poimēn ton pyrgon euprepē onta tę̄ oikodomę̄ lian hilaros ēn; ho gar pyrgos houtōs ēn ǭkodomēmenos, hōste me idonta epithymein tēn oikodomēn autou; houtō gar ēn ǭkodomēmenos, hōsan ex henos lithou mē echōn mian harmogēn en heautǭ. ephaineto de ho lithos hōs ek tēs petras ekkekolammenos; monolithos gar moi edokei einai.
And when the shepherd saw that the tower was beautiful in its building, he was very cheerful; for the tower was so built that when I saw it I longed for its building; for it was built as if of one stone, not having a single joint in it. And the stone looked as if it had been hewn out of the rock; for it seemed to me to be a single stone.
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Summary: The tower looks like a single stone carved from the rock.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.9.7 (Lake, LCL 25:242; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-9-7).
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Similitude 9, chapter 10
9.10.1Lake, LCL 25:242–244
Κἀγὼ περιπατῶν μετʼ αὐτοῦ ἱλαρὸς ἤμην τοιαῦτα ἀγαθὰ βλέπων. λέγει δέ μοι ὁ ποιμήν· Ὕπαγε καὶ φέρε ἄσβεστον καὶ ὄστρακον λεπτόν, ἵνα τοὺς τύπους τῶν λίθων τῶν ἠρμένων καὶ εἰς τὴν οἰκοδομὴν βεβλημένων ἀναπληρώσω· δεῖ γὰρ τοῦ πύργου τὰ κύκλῳ πάντα ὁμαλὰ γενέσθαι.
Kagō peripatōn metʼ autou hilaros ēmēn toiauta agatha blepōn. legei de moi ho poimēn; Hypage kai phere asbeston kai ostrakon lepton, hina tous typous tōn lithōn tōn ērmenōn kai eis tēn oikodomēn beblēmenōn anaplērōsō; dei gar tou pyrgou ta kyklǭ panta homala genesthai.
And I, walking with him, was cheerful at seeing such good things. And the shepherd said to me, “Go and bring lime and fine clay, so that I may fill up the marks of the stones that were taken out and put into the building; for everything around the tower must be made level.”
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Summary: The Shepherd fills the holes left by the removed stones.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.10.1 (Lake, LCL 25:242–244; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-10-1).
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9.10.2Lake, LCL 25:244
καὶ ἐποίησα καθὼς ἐκέλευσε, καὶ ἤνεγκα πρὸς αὐτόν. Ὑπηρέτει μοι, φησί, καὶ ἐγγὺς τὸ ἔργον τελεσθήσεται. ἐπλήρωσεν οὖν τοὺς τύπους τῶν λίθων τῶν εἰς τὴν οἰκοδομὴν ἀπεληλυθότων καὶ ἐκέλευσε σαρωθῆναι τὰ κύκλῳ τοῦ πύργου καὶ καθαρὰ γενέσθαι·
kai epoiēsa kathōs ekeleuse, kai ēnenka pros auton. Hypēretei moi, phēsi, kai engys to ergon telesthēsetai. eplērōsen oun tous typous tōn lithōn tōn eis tēn oikodomēn apelēlythotōn kai ekeleuse sarōthēnai ta kyklǭ tou pyrgou kai kathara genesthai;
And I did as he ordered and brought them to him. “Serve me,” he said, “and the work will soon be finished.” So he filled up the marks of the stones that had gone into the building and ordered the area around the tower to be swept and made clean.
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Summary: The area around the tower is cleaned.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.10.2 (Lake, LCL 25:244; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-10-2).
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9.10.3Lake, LCL 25:244
αἱ δὲ παρθένοι λαβοῦσαι σάρους ἐσάρωσαν καὶ πάντα τὰ κόπρια ἦραν ἐκ τοῦ πύργου καὶ ἔρραναν ὕδωρ, καὶ ἐγένετο ὁ τόπος ἱλαρὸς καὶ εὐπρεπέστατος τοῦ πύργου.
hai de parthenoi labousai sarous esarōsan kai panta ta kopria ēran ek tou pyrgou kai erranan hydōr, kai egeneto ho topos hilaros kai euprepestatos tou pyrgou.
And the virgins took brooms and swept, and removed all the refuse from the tower and sprinkled water, and the place of the tower became cheerful and very beautiful.
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Summary: The virgins sweep and sprinkle water.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.10.3 (Lake, LCL 25:244; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-10-3).
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9.10.4Lake, LCL 25:244
λέγει μοι ὁ ποιμήν· Πάντα, φησί, κεκάθαρται· ἐὰν ἔλθῃ ὁ κύριος ἐπισκέψασθαι τὸν πύργον, οὐκ ἔχει ἡμῖν οὐδὲν μέμψασθαι. ταῦτα εἰπὼν ἤθελεν ὑπάγειν.
legei moi ho poimēn; Panta, phēsi, kekathartai; ean elthę̄ ho kyrios episkepsasthai ton pyrgon, ouk echei hēmin ouden mempsasthai. tauta eipōn ēthelen hypagein.
The shepherd said to me, “Everything,” he said, “has been cleansed; if the lord comes to inspect the tower, he has nothing to blame us for.” Having said this he wished to go away.
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Summary: All is clean; the Shepherd prepares to leave.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (misplaced accent; missing iota subscript)): κεκαθάρται· ἐὰν ἔλθη → κεκάθαρται· ἐὰν ἔλθῃ.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.10.4 (Lake, LCL 25:244; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-10-4).
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9.10.5Lake, LCL 25:244
ἐγὼ δὲ ἐπελαβόμην αὐτοῦ τῆς πήρας καὶ ἠρξάμην αὐτὸν ὁρκίζειν κατὰ τοῦ κυρίου, ἵνα μοι ἐπιλύσῃ, ἃ ἔδειξέ μοι. λέγει μοι· Μικρὸν ἔχω ἀκαιρεθῆναι καὶ πάντα σοι ἐπιλύσω· ἔκδεξαί με ὧδε, ἕως ἔρχομαι.
egō de epelabomēn autou tēs pēras kai ērxamēn auton horkizein kata tou kyriou, hina moi epilysę̄, ha edeixe moi. legei moi; Mikron echō akairethēnai kai panta soi epilysō; ekdexai me hōde, heōs erchomai.
But I took hold of his bag and began to adjure him by the Lord to explain to me what he had shown me. He said to me, “I have to be busy for a little, and I will explain everything to you; wait for me here until I come.”
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Summary: Hermas holds him back and begs for an explanation.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (punctuation slip in the digital text (a quotation follows)): λέγει μοι. Μικρὸν → λέγει μοι· Μικρὸν.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.10.5 (Lake, LCL 25:244; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-10-5).
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9.10.6Lake, LCL 25:244
λέγω αὐτῷ· Κύριε, μόνος ὢν ὧδε ἐγὼ τί ποιήσω; Οὐκ εἶ, φησί, μόνος· αἱ γὰρ παρθένοι αὗται μετὰ σοῦ εἰσί. Παράδος οὖν, φημί, αὐταῖς με. προσκαλεῖται αὐτὰς ὁ ποιμὴν καὶ λέγει αὐταῖς· Παρατίθεμαι ὑμῖν τοῦτον ἕως ἔρχομαι· καὶ ἀπῆλθεν.
legō autǭ; Kyrie, monos ōn hōde egō ti poiēsō? Ouk ei, phēsi, monos; hai gar parthenoi hautai meta sou eisi. Parados oun, phēmi, autais me. proskaleitai autas ho poimēn kai legei autais; Paratithemai hymin touton heōs erchomai; kai apēlthen.
I said to him, “Sir, what shall I do, alone here?” “You are not alone,” he said; “for these virgins are with you.” “Hand me over to them, then,” I said. The shepherd called them and said to them, “I entrust him to you until I come”; and he went away.
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Summary: The Shepherd entrusts Hermas to the virgins.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.10.6 (Lake, LCL 25:244; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-10-6).
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9.10.7Lake, LCL 25:244–246
ἐγὼ δὲ ἤμην μόνος μετὰ τῶν παρθένων· ἦσαν δὲ ἱλαρώτεραι καὶ πρὸς ἐμὲ εὖ εἶχον· μάλιστα δὲ αἱ τέσσαρες αἱ ἐνδοξότεραι αὐτῶν.
egō de ēmēn monos meta tōn parthenōn; ēsan de hilarōterai kai pros eme eu eichon; malista de hai tessares hai endoxoterai autōn.
And I was alone with the virgins; and they were more cheerful and were well disposed toward me, especially the four more glorious of them.
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Summary: The virgins are kind to him.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.10.7 (Lake, LCL 25:244–246; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-10-7).
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Similitude 9, chapter 11
9.11.1Lake, LCL 25:246
Λέγουσί μοι αἱ παρθένοι· Σήμερον ὁ ποιμὴν ὧδε οὐκ ἔρχεται. Τί οὖν, φημί, ποιήσω ἐγώ; Μέχρις ὀψέ, φασίν, περίμεινον αὐτόν· καὶ ἐὰν ἔλθῃ, λαλήσει μετὰ σοῦ, ἐὰν δὲ μὴ ἔλθῃ, μενεῖς μεθʼ ἡμῶν ὧδε ἕως ἔρχεται.
Legousi moi hai parthenoi; Sēmeron ho poimēn hōde ouk erchetai. Ti oun, phēmi, poiēsō egō? Mechris opse, phasin, perimeinon auton; kai ean elthę̄, lalēsei meta sou, ean de mē elthę̄, meneis methʼ hēmōn hōde heōs erchetai.
The virgins said to me, “Today the shepherd is not coming here.” “What, then, shall I do?” I said. “Wait for him until evening,” they said; “and if he comes, he will speak with you, but if he does not come, you will stay with us here until he comes.”
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Summary: The virgins tell him to wait.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (missing accent)): Λέγουσι μοι → Λέγουσί μοι.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.11.1 (Lake, LCL 25:246; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-11-1).
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9.11.2Lake, LCL 25:246
λέγω αὐταῖς· Ἐκδέξομαι αὐτὸν ἕως ὀψέ· ἐὰν δὲ μὴ ἔλθῃ, ἀπελεύσομαι εἰς τὸν οἶκον καὶ πρωῒ ἐπανήξω. αἱ δὲ ἀποκριθεῖσαι λέγουσί μοι· Ἡμῖν παρεδόθης· οὐ δύνασαι ἀφʼ ἡμῶν ἀναχωρῆσαι.
legō autais; Ekdexomai auton heōs opse; ean de mē elthę̄, apeleusomai eis ton oikon kai prōï epanēxō. hai de apokritheisai legousi moi; Hēmin paredothēs; ou dynasai aphʼ hēmōn anachōrēsai.
I said to them, “I will wait for him until evening; but if he does not come, I will go away home and come back early in the morning.” And they answered me, “You have been entrusted to us; you cannot go away from us.”
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Summary: They will not let him leave.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong letter)): ἀκοκριθεῖσαι → ἀποκριθεῖσαι.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.11.2 (Lake, LCL 25:246; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-11-2).
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9.11.3Lake, LCL 25:246
Ποῦ οὖν, φημί, μενῶ; Μεθʼ ἡμῶν, φασί, κοιμηθήσῃ ὡς ἀδελφός, καὶ οὐχ ὡς ἀνήρ· ἡμέτερος γὰρ ἀδελφὸς εἶ, καὶ τοῦ λοιποῦ μέλλομεν μετὰ σοῦ κατοικεῖν, λίαν γάρ σε ἀγαπῶμεν. ἐγὼ δὲ ᾐσχυνόμην μετʼ αὐτῶν μένειν.
Pou oun, phēmi, menō? Methʼ hēmōn, phasi, koimēthēsę̄ hōs adelphos, kai ouch hōs anēr; hēmeteros gar adelphos ei, kai tou loipou mellomen meta sou katoikein, lian gar se agapōmen. egō de ę̄schynomēn metʼ autōn menein.
“Where, then,” I said, “shall I stay?” “With us,” they said, “you will sleep as a brother, and not as a husband; for you are our brother, and from now on we are going to dwell with you, for we love you very much.” But I was ashamed to stay with them.
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Summary: They invite him to stay with them as a brother.
- The scene is allegorical: the virgins are holy spirits, the powers of the Son of God (9.13.2), with whom the believer is to live. The emphasis is on purity: “as a brother, and not as a husband.”
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (missing elision mark)): μετ αὐτῶν μένειν → μετʼ αὐτῶν μένειν.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.11.3 (Lake, LCL 25:246; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-11-3).
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9.11.4Lake, LCL 25:246
καὶ ἡ δοκοῦσα πρώτη αὐτῶν εἶναι ἤρξατό με καταφιλεῖν καὶ περιπλέκεσθαι. αἱ δὲ ἄλλαι ὁρῶσαι ἐκείνην περιπλεκομένην μοι καὶ αὐταὶ ἤρξαντό με καταφιλεῖν καὶ περιάγειν κύκλῳ τοῦ πύργου καὶ παίζειν μετʼ ἐμοῦ.
kai hē dokousa prōtē autōn einai ērxato me kataphilein kai periplekesthai. hai de allai horōsai ekeinēn periplekomenēn moi kai autai ērxanto me kataphilein kai periagein kyklǭ tou pyrgou kai paizein metʼ emou.
And the one who seemed to be first among them began to kiss and embrace me. And the others, seeing her embracing me, themselves began to kiss me and lead me around the tower and play with me.
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Summary: The virgins welcome him warmly.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.11.4 (Lake, LCL 25:246; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-11-4).
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9.11.5Lake, LCL 25:246
κἀγὼ ὡσεὶ νεώτερος ἐγεγόνειν καὶ ἠρξάμην καὶ αὐτὸς παίζειν μετʼ αὐτῶν· αἱ μὲν γὰρ ἐχόρευον, αἱ δὲ ὠρχοῦντο, αἱ δὲ ᾖδον· ἐγὼ δὲ σιγὴν ἔχων μετʼ αὐτῶν κύκλῳ τοῦ πύργου περιεπάτουν καὶ ἱλαρὸς ἤμην μετʼ αὐτῶν.
kagō hōsei neōteros egegonein kai ērxamēn kai autos paizein metʼ autōn; hai men gar echoreuon, hai de ōrchounto, hai de ę̄don; egō de sigēn echōn metʼ autōn kyklǭ tou pyrgou periepatoun kai hilaros ēmēn metʼ autōn.
And I had become as it were younger, and I too began to play with them; for some danced, some moved in rhythm, and some sang; and I, keeping silence, walked with them around the tower and was cheerful with them.
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Summary: Made young again, he walks joyfully with them.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.11.5 (Lake, LCL 25:246; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-11-5).
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9.11.6Lake, LCL 25:246
ὀψίας δὲ γενομένης ἤθελον εἰς τὸν οἶκον ὑπάγειν· αἱ δὲ οὐκ ἀφῆκαν, ἀλλὰ κατέσχον με. καὶ ἔμεινα μετʼ αὐτῶν τὴν νύκτα καὶ ἐκοιμήθην παρὰ τὸν πύργον.
opsias de genomenēs ēthelon eis ton oikon hypagein; hai de ouk aphēkan, alla kateschon me. kai emeina metʼ autōn tēn nykta kai ekoimēthēn para ton pyrgon.
When evening came I wanted to go home; but they did not let me, but kept me back. And I stayed with them that night and slept beside the tower.
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Summary: He stays the night beside the tower.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.11.6 (Lake, LCL 25:246; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-11-6).
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9.11.7Lake, LCL 25:246–248
ἔστρωσαν γὰρ αἱ παρθένοι τοὺς λινοῦς χιτῶνας ἑαυτῶν χαμαὶ καὶ ἐμὲ ἀνέκλιναν εἰς τὸ μέσον αὐτῶν, καὶ οὐδὲν ὅλως ἐποίουν εἰ μὴ προσηύχοντο· κἀγὼ μετʼ αὐτῶν ἀδιαλείπτως προσηυχόμην καὶ οὐκ ἔλασσον ἐκείνων. καὶ ἔχαιρον αἱ παρθένοι οὕτω μου προσευχομένου. καὶ ἔμεινα ἐκεῖ μέχρι τῆς αὔριον ἕως ὥρας δευτέρας μετὰ τῶν παρθένων.
estrōsan gar hai parthenoi tous linous chitōnas heautōn chamai kai eme aneklinan eis to meson autōn, kai ouden holōs epoioun ei mē prosēuchonto; kagō metʼ autōn adialeiptōs prosēuchomēn kai ouk elasson ekeinōn. kai echairon hai parthenoi houtō mou proseuchomenou. kai emeina ekei mechri tēs aurion heōs hōras deuteras meta tōn parthenōn.
For the virgins spread their linen tunics on the ground and made me lie down in their midst, and they did nothing at all but pray; and I prayed with them without ceasing, and no less than they. And the virgins rejoiced that I prayed so. And I stayed there with the virgins until the next day, until the second hour.
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Summary: They spend the night in prayer.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong vowel)): μετὰ τῶν παρθένον → μετὰ τῶν παρθένων.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.11.7 (Lake, LCL 25:246–248; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-11-7).
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9.11.8Lake, LCL 25:248
εἶτα παρῆν ὁ ποιμήν, καὶ λέγει ταῖς παρθένοις· Μή τινα αὐτῷ ὕβριν πεποιήκατε; Ἐρώτα, φασίν, αὐτόν. λέγω αὐτῷ· Κύριε, εὐφράνθην μετʼ αὐτῶν μείνας. Τί, φησίν, ἐδείπνησας; Ἐδείπνησα, φημί, κύριε, ῥήματα κυρίου ὅλην τὴν νύκτα. Καλῶς, φησίν, ἔλαβόν σε; Ναί, φημί, κύριε.
eita parēn ho poimēn, kai legei tais parthenois; Mē tina autǭ hybrin pepoiēkate? Erōta, phasin, auton. legō autǭ; Kyrie, euphranthēn metʼ autōn meinas. Ti, phēsin, edeipnēsas? Edeipnēsa, phēmi, kyrie, rhēmata kyriou holēn tēn nykta. Kalōs, phēsin, elabon se? Nai, phēmi, kyrie.
Then the shepherd came, and said to the virgins, “You have not done him any insult?” “Ask him,” they said. I said to him, “Sir, I rejoiced to stay with them.” “What,” he said, “did you have for supper?” “I had for supper, sir,” I said, “the words of the Lord all night long.” “Did they receive you well?” he said. “Yes, sir,” I said.
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Summary: Hermas feasted all night on the words of the Lord.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.11.8 (Lake, LCL 25:248; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-11-8).
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9.11.9Lake, LCL 25:248
Νῦν, φησί, τί θέλεις πρῶτον ἀκοῦσαι; Καθώς, φημί, κύριε, ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς ἔδειξας· ἐρωτῶ σε, κύριε, ἵνα, καθὼς ἄν σε ἐπερωτήσω, οὕτω μοι καὶ δηλώσῃς. Καθὼς βούλει, φησίν, οὕτω σοι καὶ ἐπιλύσω, καὶ οὐδὲν ὅλως ἀποκρύψω ἀπὸ σοῦ.
Nyn, phēsi, ti theleis prōton akousai? Kathōs, phēmi, kyrie, apʼ archēs edeixas; erōtō se, kyrie, hina, kathōs an se eperōtēsō, houtō moi kai dēlōsę̄s. Kathōs boulei, phēsin, houtō soi kai epilysō, kai ouden holōs apokrypsō apo sou.
“Now,” he said, “what do you want to hear first?” “As you showed it from the beginning, sir,” I said; “I ask you, sir, that as I ask you, so you make it clear to me.” “As you wish,” he said, “so I will explain to you, and I will hide nothing at all from you.”
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Summary: The Shepherd will explain everything in order.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (misplaced accent); digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong letter)): τί θελεῖς πρῶτον → τί θέλεις πρῶτον; οὐδὲν ἅλως → οὐδὲν ὅλως.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.11.9 (Lake, LCL 25:248; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-11-9).
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Similitude 9, chapter 12
9.12.1Lake, LCL 25:248
Πρῶτον, φημί, πάντων, κύριε, τοῦτό μοι δήλωσον· ἡ πέτρα καὶ ἡ πύλη τίς ἐστιν; Ἡ πέτρα, φησίν, αὕτη καὶ ἡ πύλη ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ ἐστί. Πῶς, φημί, κύριε, ἡ πέτρα παλαιά ἐστιν, ἡ δὲ πύλη καινή; Ἄκουε, φησί, καὶ σύνιε, ἀσύνετε.
Prōton, phēmi, pantōn, kyrie, touto moi dēlōson; hē petra kai hē pylē tis estin? Hē petra, phēsin, hautē kai hē pylē ho huios tou theou esti. Pōs, phēmi, kyrie, hē petra palaia estin, hē de pylē kainē? Akoue, phēsi, kai synie, asynete.
“First of all, sir,” I said, “make this clear to me: what is the rock and the gate?” “This rock,” he said, “and the gate is the Son of God.” “How, sir,” I said, “is the rock old, but the gate new?” “Hear,” he said, “and understand, you who do not understand.
John 10:9 (echo, medium confidence) · 1 Cor 10:4 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The rock and the gate are the Son of God.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.12.1 (Lake, LCL 25:248; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-12-1).
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9.12.2Lake, LCL 25:248
ὁ μὲν υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ πάσης τῆς κτίσεως αὐτοῦ προγενέστερός ἐστιν, ὥστε σύμβουλον αὐτὸν γενέσθαι τῷ πατρὶ τῆς κτίσεως αὐτοῦ· διὰ τοῦτο καὶ παλαιὰ ἡ πέτρα. Ἡ δὲ πύλη διατί καινή, φημί, κύριε;
ho men huios tou theou pasēs tēs ktiseōs autou progenesteros estin, hōste symboulon auton genesthai tǭ patri tēs ktiseōs autou; dia touto kai palaia hē petra. Hē de pylē diati kainē, phēmi, kyrie?
The Son of God is older than all his creation, so that he became the Father's counselor for his creation; this is why the rock is old.” “And why is the gate new, sir?” I said.
Col 1:15 (allusion, medium confidence) · Col 1:17 (allusion, medium confidence) · Prov 8:30 (echo, medium confidence) · John 1:3 (echo, medium confidence)
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Summary: The rock is old because the Son is older than all creation and was the Father's counselor in creating.
- The pre-existence of the Son and his role in creation; compare Prov 8:22–31; John 1:1–3; Col 1:15–17.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.12.2 (Lake, LCL 25:248; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-12-2).
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9.12.3Lake, LCL 25:248–250
Ὅτι, φησίν, ἐπʼ ἐσχάτων τῶν ἡμερῶν τῆς συντελείας φανερὸς ἐγένετο, διὰ τοῦτο καινὴ ἐγένετο ἡ πύλη, ἵνα οἱ μέλλοντες σώζεσθαι διʼ αὐτῆς εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν εἰσέλθωσι τοῦ θεοῦ.
Hoti, phēsin, epʼ eschatōn tōn hēmerōn tēs synteleias phaneros egeneto, dia touto kainē egeneto hē pylē, hina hoi mellontes sōzesthai diʼ autēs eis tēn basileian eiselthōsi tou theou.
“Because,” he said, “he was made manifest in the last days of the consummation; this is why the gate was made new, so that those who are to be saved may enter the kingdom of God through it.
1 Pet 1:20 (allusion, medium confidence) · Heb 1:2 (echo, medium confidence)
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Summary: The gate is new because the Son was revealed in the last days.
Topics: Christology, Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.12.3 (Lake, LCL 25:248–250; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-12-3).
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9.12.4Lake, LCL 25:250
εἶδες, φησίν, τοὺς λίθους τοὺς διὰ τῆς πύλης εἰσεληλυθότας εἰς τὴν οἰκοδομὴν τοῦ πύργου βεβλημένους, τοὺς δὲ μὴ εἰσεληλυθότας πάλιν ἀποβεβλημένους εἰς τὸν ἴδιον τόπον; Εἶδον, φημί, κύριε. Οὕτω, φησίν, εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ οὐδεὶς εἰσελεύσεται, εἰ μὴ λάβοι τὸ ὄνομα τὸ ἅγιον αὐτοῦ.
eides, phēsin, tous lithous tous dia tēs pylēs eiselēlythotas eis tēn oikodomēn tou pyrgou beblēmenous, tous de mē eiselēlythotas palin apobeblēmenous eis ton idion topon? Eidon, phēmi, kyrie. Houtō, phēsin, eis tēn basileian tou theou oudeis eiseleusetai, ei mē laboi to onoma to hagion autou.
Did you see,” he said, “that the stones that came in through the gate were put into the building of the tower, but those that did not come in were thrown back again to their own place?” “I saw, sir,” I said. “So,” he said, “no one will enter the kingdom of God unless he receives his holy name.
Acts 4:12 (echo, medium confidence)
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Summary: No one enters God's kingdom without receiving the name of the Son.
- “Receives his holy name”: in baptism (compare 9.16.3–4).
Topics: Baptism, Christology
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.12.4 (Lake, LCL 25:250; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-12-4).
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9.12.5Lake, LCL 25:250
ἐὰν γὰρ εἰς πόλιν θελήσῃς εἰσελθεῖν τινα κἀκείνη ἡ πόλις περιτετειχισμένη κύκλῳ καὶ μίαν ἔχει πύλην, μήτι δύνῃ εἰς ἐκείνην τὴν πόλιν εἰσελθεῖν, εἰ μὴ διὰ τῆς πύλης ἧς ἔχει; Πῶς γάρ, φημί, κύριε, δύναται γενέσθαι ἄλλως; Εἰ οὖν εἰς τὴν πόλιν οὐ δύνῃ εἰσελθεῖν εἰ μὴ διὰ τῆς πύλης ἧς ἔχει, οὕτω, φησί, καὶ εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ ἄλλως εἰσελθεῖν οὐ δύναται ἄνθρωπος εἰ μὴ διὰ τοῦ ὀνόματος τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἠγαπημένου ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ.
ean gar eis polin thelēsę̄s eiselthein tina kakeinē hē polis periteteichismenē kyklǭ kai mian echei pylēn, mēti dynę̄ eis ekeinēn tēn polin eiselthein, ei mē dia tēs pylēs hēs echei? Pōs gar, phēmi, kyrie, dynatai genesthai allōs? Ei oun eis tēn polin ou dynę̄ eiselthein ei mē dia tēs pylēs hēs echei, houtō, phēsi, kai eis tēn basileian tou theou allōs eiselthein ou dynatai anthrōpos ei mē dia tou onomatos tou huiou autou tou ēgapēmenou hypʼ autou.
For if you wish to enter a city, and that city is walled all around and has one gate, can you enter that city except through the gate it has?” “How, sir,” I said, “could it be otherwise?” “If, then, you cannot enter the city except through the gate it has, so,” he said, “a person cannot enter the kingdom of God in any other way than through the name of his Son, who is loved by him.
John 14:6 (echo, medium confidence) · John 10:9 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: As a walled city has one gate, so the only way into God's kingdom is the name of his beloved Son.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong accent)): εἰς τῆν βασιλείαν → εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.12.5 (Lake, LCL 25:250; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-12-5).
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9.12.6Lake, LCL 25:250
Εἶδες, φησί, τὸν ὄχλον τὸν οἰκοδομοῦντα τὸν πύργον; Εἶδον, φημί, κύριε. Ἐκεῖνοι, φησί, πάντες ἄγγελοι ἔνδοξοί εἰσι· τούτοις οὖν περιτετείχισται ὁ κύριος. ἡ δὲ πύλη ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ ἐστιν· αὕτη μία εἴσοδός ἐστι πρὸς τὸν κύριον. ἄλλως οὖν οὐδεὶς εἰσελεύσεται πρὸς αὐτὸν εἰ μὴ διὰ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ.
Eides, phēsi, ton ochlon ton oikodomounta ton pyrgon? Eidon, phēmi, kyrie. Ekeinoi, phēsi, pantes angeloi endoxoi eisi; toutois oun periteteichistai ho kyrios. hē de pylē ho huios tou theou estin; hautē mia eisodos esti pros ton kyrion. allōs oun oudeis eiseleusetai pros auton ei mē dia tou huiou autou.
Did you see,” he said, “the crowd that was building the tower?” “I saw, sir,” I said. “They,” he said, “are all glorious angels; by these, then, the Lord is walled around. And the gate is the Son of God; this is the one entrance to the Lord. No one, then, will enter to him in any other way than through his Son.
Notes and citation
Summary: The Son of God is the one entrance to the Lord.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.12.6 (Lake, LCL 25:250; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-12-6).
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9.12.7Lake, LCL 25:250
Εἶδες, φησί, τοὺς ἓξ ἄνδρας καὶ τὸν μέσον αὐτῶν ἔνδοξον καὶ μέγαν ἄνδρα τὸν περιπατοῦντα περὶ τὸν πύργον καὶ τοὺς λίθους ἀποδοκιμάσαντα ἐκ τῆς οἰκοδομῆς; Εἶδον, φημί, κύριε.
Eides, phēsi, tous hex andras kai ton meson autōn endoxon kai megan andra ton peripatounta peri ton pyrgon kai tous lithous apodokimasanta ek tēs oikodomēs? Eidon, phēmi, kyrie.
Did you see,” he said, “the six men, and the glorious and great man in the middle of them, who walked around the tower and rejected the stones from the building?” “I saw, sir,” I said.
Notes and citation
Summary: The great man among the six.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.12.7 (Lake, LCL 25:250; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-12-7).
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9.12.8Lake, LCL 25:250–252
Ὁ ἔνδοξος, φησίν, ἀνὴρ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ ἐστι, κἀκεῖνοι οἱ ἓξ οἱ ἔνδοξοι ἄγγελοί εἰσι δεξιὰ καὶ εὐώνυμα συγκρατοῦντες αὐτόν. τούτων, φησί, τῶν ἀγγέλων τῶν ἐνδόξων οὐδεὶς εἰσελεύσεται πρὸς τὸν θεὸν ἄτερ αὐτοῦ· ὃς ἂν τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ μὴ λάβῃ, οὐκ εἰσελεύσεται εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ.
Ho endoxos, phēsin, anēr ho huios tou theou esti, kakeinoi hoi hex hoi endoxoi angeloi eisi dexia kai euōnyma synkratountes auton. toutōn, phēsi, tōn angelōn tōn endoxōn oudeis eiseleusetai pros ton theon ater autou; hos an to onoma autou mē labę̄, ouk eiseleusetai eis tēn basileian tou theou.
“The glorious man,” he said, “is the Son of God, and those six are the glorious angels who support him on the right and on the left. Of these glorious angels,” he said, “not one will enter to God without him; whoever does not receive his name will not enter the kingdom of God.”
Notes and citation
Summary: The great man is the Son of God; even angels come to God only through him.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.12.8 (Lake, LCL 25:250–252; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-12-8).
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Similitude 9, chapter 13
9.13.1Lake, LCL 25:252
Ὁ δὲ πύργος, φημί, τίς ἐστιν; Ὁ πύργος, φησίν, οὗτος ἡ ἐκκλησία ἐστίν.
Ho de pyrgos, phēmi, tis estin? Ho pyrgos, phēsin, houtos hē ekklēsia estin.
“And the tower,” I said, “what is it?” “This tower,” he said, “is the church.”
Notes and citation
Summary: The tower is the church.
Topics: The church
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.13.1 (Lake, LCL 25:252; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-13-1).
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9.13.2Lake, LCL 25:252
Αἱ δὲ παρθένοι αὗται τίνες εἰσίν; Αὗται, φησίν, ἅγια πνεύματά εἰσι· καὶ ἄλλως ἄνθρωπος οὐ δύναται εὑρεθῆναι εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ, ἐὰν μὴ αὗται αὐτὸν ἐνδύσωσι τὸ ἔνδυμα αὐτῶν· ἐὰν γὰρ τὸ ὄνομα μόνον λάβῃς, τὸ δὲ ἔνδυμα παρὰ τούτων μὴ λάβῃς, οὐδὲν ὠφελήσῃ· αὗται γὰρ αἱ παρθένοι δυνάμεις εἰσὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ. ἐὰν τὸ ὄνομα φορῇς, τὴν δὲ δύναμιν μὴ φορῇς αὐτοῦ, εἰς μάτην ἔσῃ τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ φορῶν.
Hai de parthenoi hautai tines eisin? Hautai, phēsin, hagia pneumata eisi; kai allōs anthrōpos ou dynatai heurethēnai eis tēn basileian tou theou, ean mē hautai auton endysōsi to endyma autōn; ean gar to onoma monon labę̄s, to de endyma para toutōn mē labę̄s, ouden ōphelēsę̄; hautai gar hai parthenoi dynameis eisi tou huiou tou theou. ean to onoma phorę̄s, tēn de dynamin mē phorę̄s autou, eis matēn esę̄ to onoma autou phorōn.
“And these virgins, who are they?” “They,” he said, “are holy spirits; and a person cannot be found in the kingdom of God in any other way unless they clothe him with their garment. For if you receive only the name, but do not receive the garment from them, you will gain nothing; for these virgins are powers of the Son of God. If you bear the name but do not bear his power, you will bear his name in vain.
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Summary: The virgins are holy spirits, powers of the Son of God; the name without their garment is useless.
Topics: Christology, Baptism
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.13.2 (Lake, LCL 25:252; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-13-2).
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9.13.3Lake, LCL 25:252
τοὺς δὲ λίθους, φησίν, οὓς εἶδες ἀποβεβλημένους, οὗτοι τὸ μὲν ὄνομα ἐφόρεσαν, τὸν δὲ ἱματισμὸν τῶν παρθένων οὐκ ἐνεδύσαντο. Ποῖος, φημί, ἱματισμὸς αὐτῶν ἐστί, κύριε; Αὐτὰ τὰ ὀνόματα, φησίν, ἱματισμός ἐστιν αὐτῶν. ὃς ἂν τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ φορῇ, καὶ τούτων ὀφείλει τὰ ὀνόματα φορεῖν· καὶ γὰρ αὐτὸς ὁ υἱὸς τὰ ὀνόματα τῶν παρθένων τούτων φορεῖ.
tous de lithous, phēsin, hous eides apobeblēmenous, houtoi to men onoma ephoresan, ton de himatismon tōn parthenōn ouk enedysanto. Poios, phēmi, himatismos autōn esti, kyrie? Auta ta onomata, phēsin, himatismos estin autōn. hos an to onoma tou huiou tou theou phorę̄, kai toutōn opheilei ta onomata phorein; kai gar autos ho huios ta onomata tōn parthenōn toutōn phorei.
And the stones,” he said, “that you saw rejected are those who bore the name, but did not put on the clothing of the virgins.” “What is their clothing, sir?” I said. “Their very names,” he said, “are their clothing. Whoever bears the name of the Son of God ought to bear their names too; for the Son himself bears the names of these virgins.
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Summary: The rejected bore the Son's name but not the virtues' names.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.13.3 (Lake, LCL 25:252; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-13-3).
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9.13.4Lake, LCL 25:252–254
ὅσους, φησί, λίθους εἶδες εἰς τὴν οἰκοδομὴν τοῦ πύργου εἰσεληλυθότας, ἐπιδεδομένους διὰ τῶν χειρῶν αὐτῶν καὶ μείναντας εἰς τὴν οἰκοδομήν, τούτων τῶν παρθένων τὴν δύναμιν ἐνδεδυμένοι εἰσί.
hosous, phēsi, lithous eides eis tēn oikodomēn tou pyrgou eiselēlythotas, epidedomenous dia tōn cheirōn autōn kai meinantas eis tēn oikodomēn, toutōn tōn parthenōn tēn dynamin endedymenoi eisi.
All the stones,” he said, “that you saw come into the building of the tower, handed over by their hands and remaining in the building, are clothed with the power of these virgins.
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Summary: Those who stay in the building have put on the virtues' power.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.13.4 (Lake, LCL 25:252–254; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-13-4).
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9.13.5Lake, LCL 25:254
διὰ τοῦτο βλέπεις τὸν πύργον μονόλιθον γεγονότα μετὰ τῆς πέτρας· οὕτω καὶ οἱ πιστεύσαντες τῷ κυρίῳ διὰ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐνδιδυσκόμενοι τὰ πνεύματα ταῦτα ἔσονται εἰς ἓν πνεῦμα, ἓν σῶμα, καὶ μία χρόα τῶν ἱματίων αὐτῶν. τῶν τοιούτων δὲ τῶν φορούντων τὰ ὀνόματα τῶν παρθένων ἐστὶν ἡ κατοικία εἰς τὸν πύργον.
dia touto blepeis ton pyrgon monolithon gegonota meta tēs petras; houtō kai hoi pisteusantes tǭ kyriǭ dia tou huiou autou kai endidyskomenoi ta pneumata tauta esontai eis hen pneuma, hen sōma, kai mia chroa tōn himatiōn autōn. tōn toioutōn de tōn phorountōn ta onomata tōn parthenōn estin hē katoikia eis ton pyrgon.
This is why you see the tower become a single stone with the rock; so also those who have believed in the Lord through his Son and are clothed with these spirits will become one spirit, one body, and their garments of one color. And the dwelling of such as bear the names of the virgins is in the tower.
Eph 4:4 (allusion, medium confidence)
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Summary: Believers clothed with the virtues become one spirit and one body.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.13.5 (Lake, LCL 25:254; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-13-5).
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9.13.6Lake, LCL 25:254
Οἱ οὖν, φημί, κύριε, ἀποβεβλημένοι λίθοι διατί ἀπεβλήθησαν; διῆλθον γὰρ διὰ τῆς πύλης, καὶ διὰ τῶν χειρῶν τῶν παρθένων ἐτέθησαν εἰς τὴν οἰκοδομὴν τοῦ πύργου. Ἐπειδὴ πάντα σοι, φησί, μέλει, καὶ ἀκριβῶς ἐξετάζεις, ἄκουε περὶ τῶν ἀποβεβλημένων λίθων.
Hoi oun, phēmi, kyrie, apobeblēmenoi lithoi diati apeblēthēsan? diēlthon gar dia tēs pylēs, kai dia tōn cheirōn tōn parthenōn etethēsan eis tēn oikodomēn tou pyrgou. Epeidē panta soi, phēsi, melei, kai akribōs exetazeis, akoue peri tōn apobeblēmenōn lithōn.
“The stones that were rejected, then, sir,” I said, “why were they rejected? For they passed through the gate and were put into the building of the tower by the hands of the virgins.” “Since you care about everything,” he said, “and examine it carefully, hear about the rejected stones.
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Summary: Why were some stones, once built in, rejected?
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.13.6 (Lake, LCL 25:254; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-13-6).
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9.13.7Lake, LCL 25:254
οὗτοι, φησί, πάντες τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ ἔλαβον, ἔλαβον δὲ καὶ τὴν δύναμιν τῶν παρθένων τούτων. λαβόντες οὖν τὰ πνεύματα ταῦτα ἐνεδυναμώθησαν καὶ ἦσαν μετὰ τῶν δούλων τοῦ θεοῦ, καὶ ἦν αὐτῶν ἓν πνεῦμα καὶ ἓν σῶμα καὶ ἓν ἔνδυμα· τὰ γὰρ αὐτὰ ἐφρόνουν καὶ δικαιοσύνην εἰργάζοντο.
houtoi, phēsi, pantes to onoma tou huiou tou theou elabon, elabon de kai tēn dynamin tōn parthenōn toutōn. labontes oun ta pneumata tauta enedynamōthēsan kai ēsan meta tōn doulōn tou theou, kai ēn autōn hen pneuma kai hen sōma kai hen endyma; ta gar auta ephronoun kai dikaiosynēn eirgazonto.
These,” he said, “all received the name of the Son of God, and also received the power of these virgins. Having received these spirits, then, they were strengthened and were with the servants of God, and they had one spirit and one body and one garment; for they thought the same things and did righteousness.
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Summary: They once had the name and the virtues, and lived in unity.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.13.7 (Lake, LCL 25:254; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-13-7).
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9.13.8Lake, LCL 25:254
μετὰ οὖν χρόνον τινὰ ἀνεπείσθησαν ὑπὸ τῶν γυναικῶν ὧν εἶδες μέλανα ἱμάτια ἐνδεδυμένων, τοὺς ὤμους ἔξω ἐχουσῶν καὶ τὰς τρίχας λελυμένας καὶ εὐμόρφων· ταύτας ἰδόντες ἐπεθύμησαν αὐτῶν καὶ ἐνεδύσαντο τὴν δύναμιν αὐτῶν, τῶν δὲ παρθένων ἀπεδύσαντο τὸ ἔνδυμα καὶ τὴν δύναμιν.
meta oun chronon tina anepeisthēsan hypo tōn gynaikōn hōn eides melana himatia endedymenōn, tous ōmous exō echousōn kai tas trichas lelymenas kai eumorphōn; tautas idontes epethymēsan autōn kai enedysanto tēn dynamin autōn, tōn de parthenōn apedysanto to endyma kai tēn dynamin.
After some time, then, they were persuaded by the women whom you saw dressed in black garments, with their shoulders bare and their hair loose, and beautiful; seeing them, they desired them and put on their power, and stripped off the garment and power of the virgins.
Notes and citation
Summary: They were seduced by the women in black and stripped off the virtues.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.13.8 (Lake, LCL 25:254; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-13-8).
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9.13.9Lake, LCL 25:254–256
οὗτοι οὖν ἀπεβλήθησαν ἀπὸ τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ ἐκείναις παρεδόθησαν· οἱ δὲ μὴ ἀπατηθέντες τῷ κάλλει τῶν γυναικῶν τούτων ἔμειναν ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τοῦ θεοῦ. ἔχεις, φησί, τὴν ἐπίλυσιν τῶν ἀποβεβλημένων.
houtoi oun apeblēthēsan apo tou oikou tou theou kai ekeinais paredothēsan; hoi de mē apatēthentes tǭ kallei tōn gynaikōn toutōn emeinan en tǭ oikǭ tou theou. echeis, phēsi, tēn epilysin tōn apobeblēmenōn.
These, then, were cast out of the house of God and handed over to those women; but those who were not deceived by the beauty of these women remained in the house of God. You have,” he said, “the explanation of the rejected stones.”
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Summary: They were cast out; those not deceived remained.
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.13.9 (Lake, LCL 25:254–256; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-13-9).
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Similitude 9, chapter 14
9.14.1Lake, LCL 25:256
Τί οὖν, φημί, κύριε, ἐὰν οὗτοι οἱ ἄνθρωποι, τοιοῦτοι ὄντες, μετανοήσωσι καὶ ἀποβάλωσι τὰς ἐπιθυμίας τῶν γυναικῶν τούτων, καὶ ἐπανακάμψωσιν ἐπὶ τὰς παρθένους καὶ ἐν τῇ δυνάμει αὐτῶν καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις αὐτῶν πορευθῶσιν, οὐκ εἰσελεύσονται εἰς τὸν οἶκον τοῦ θεοῦ;
Ti oun, phēmi, kyrie, ean houtoi hoi anthrōpoi, toioutoi ontes, metanoēsōsi kai apobalōsi tas epithymias tōn gynaikōn toutōn, kai epanakampsōsin epi tas parthenous kai en tę̄ dynamei autōn kai en tois ergois autōn poreuthōsin, ouk eiseleusontai eis ton oikon tou theou?
“What, then, sir,” I said, “if these people, being such, repent and cast off the desires of these women, and return to the virgins and walk in their power and in their works, will they not enter the house of God?”
Notes and citation
Summary: Can they return if they repent?
Topics: Repentance
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.14.1 (Lake, LCL 25:256; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-14-1).
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9.14.2Lake, LCL 25:256
Εἰσελεύσονται, φησίν, ἐὰν τούτων τῶν γυναικῶν ἀποβάλωσι τὰ ἔργα, τῶν δὲ παρθένων ἀναλάβωσι τὴν δύναμιν καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις αὐτῶν πορευθῶσι· διὰ τοῦτο γὰρ καὶ τῆς οἰκοδομῆς ἀνοχὴ ἐγένετο, ἵνα, ἐὰν μετανοήσωσιν οὗτοι, ἀπέλθωσιν εἰς τὴν οἰκοδομὴν τοῦ πύργου. ἐὰν δὲ μὴ μετανοήσωσι, τότε ἄλλοι εἰσελεύσονται, καὶ οὗτοι εἰς τέλος ἐκβληθήσονται.
Eiseleusontai, phēsin, ean toutōn tōn gynaikōn apobalōsi ta erga, tōn de parthenōn analabōsi tēn dynamin kai en tois ergois autōn poreuthōsi; dia touto gar kai tēs oikodomēs anochē egeneto, hina, ean metanoēsōsin houtoi, apelthōsin eis tēn oikodomēn tou pyrgou. ean de mē metanoēsōsi, tote alloi eiseleusontai, kai houtoi eis telos ekblēthēsontai.
“They will enter,” he said, “if they cast off the works of these women and take up again the power of the virgins and walk in their works. For this is why there was also a pause in the building, so that if these repent they may go into the building of the tower. But if they do not repent, then others will enter, and these will be cast out finally.”
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Summary: They may return if they repent; the building paused to give them time.
Topics: Repentance
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.14.2 (Lake, LCL 25:256; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-14-2).
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9.14.3Lake, LCL 25:256
ἐπὶ τούτοις πᾶσιν ηὐχαρίστησα τῷ κυρίῳ, ὅτι ἐσπλαγχνίσθη ἐπὶ πᾶσι τοῖς ἐπικαλουμένοις τῷ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐξαπέστειλε τὸν ἄγγελον τῆς μετανοίας εἰς ἡμᾶς τοὺς ἁμαρτήσαντας εἰς αὐτὸν καὶ ἀνεκαίνισεν ἡμῶν τὸ πνεῦμα καὶ ἤδη κατεφθαρμένων ἡμῶν καὶ μὴ ἐχόντων ἐλπίδα τοῦ ζῆν ἀνενέωσε τὴν ζωὴν ἡμῶν.
epi toutois pasin ēucharistēsa tǭ kyriǭ, hoti esplanchnisthē epi pasi tois epikaloumenois tǭ onomati autou kai exapesteile ton angelon tēs metanoias eis hēmas tous hamartēsantas eis auton kai anekainisen hēmōn to pneuma kai ēdē katephtharmenōn hēmōn kai mē echontōn elpida tou zēn aneneōse tēn zōēn hēmōn.
For all these things I gave thanks to the Lord, because he had compassion on all who call on his name, and sent the angel of repentance to us who had sinned against him, and renewed our spirit, and, when we were already corrupted and had no hope of living, restored our life.
Notes and citation
Summary: Hermas thanks God for sending the angel of repentance.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.14.3 (Lake, LCL 25:256; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-14-3).
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9.14.4Lake, LCL 25:256
Νῦν, φημί, κύριε, δήλωσόν μοι, διατί ὁ πύργος χαμαὶ οὐκ ᾠκοδόμηται, ἀλλʼ ἐπὶ τὴν πέτραν καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν πύλην. Ἔτι, φησίν, ἄφρων εἶ καὶ ἀσύνετος; Ἀνάγκην ἔχω, φημί, κύριε, πάντα ἐπερωτᾶν σε, ὅτι οὐδʼ ὅλως οὐδὲν δύναμαι νοῆσαι· τὰ γὰρ πάντα μεγάλα καὶ ἔνδοξά ἐστι καὶ δυσνόητα τοῖς ἀνθρώποις.
Nyn, phēmi, kyrie, dēlōson moi, diati ho pyrgos chamai ouk ǭkodomētai, allʼ epi tēn petran kai epi tēn pylēn. Eti, phēsin, aphrōn ei kai asynetos? Anankēn echō, phēmi, kyrie, panta eperōtan se, hoti oudʼ holōs ouden dynamai noēsai; ta gar panta megala kai endoxa esti kai dysnoēta tois anthrōpois.
“Now, sir,” I said, “make clear to me why the tower is not built on the ground, but on the rock and on the gate.” “Are you still foolish and without understanding?” he said. “I have to ask you everything, sir,” I said, “because I cannot understand anything at all; for all things are great and glorious and hard for people to understand.”
Notes and citation
Summary: Why is the tower built on the rock and gate?
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.14.4 (Lake, LCL 25:256; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-14-4).
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9.14.5Lake, LCL 25:256–258
Ἄκουε, φησί· τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ μέγα ἐστὶ καὶ ἀχώρητον καὶ τὸν κόσμον ὅλον βαστάζει. εἰ οὖν πᾶσα ἡ κτίσις διὰ τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ βαστάζεται, τί δοκεῖς τοὺς κεκλημένους ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ καὶ τὸ ὄνομα φοροῦντας τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ πορευομένους ταῖς ἐντολαῖς αὐτοῦ;
Akoue, phēsi; to onoma tou huiou tou theou mega esti kai achōrēton kai ton kosmon holon bastazei. ei oun pasa hē ktisis dia tou huiou tou theou bastazetai, ti dokeis tous keklēmenous hypʼ autou kai to onoma phorountas tou huiou tou theou kai poreuomenous tais entolais autou?
“Hear,” he said: “the name of the Son of God is great and incomprehensible and sustains the whole world. If, then, all creation is sustained by the Son of God, what do you think of those who are called by him and bear the name of the Son of God and walk in his commandments?
Heb 1:3 (allusion, medium confidence) · Col 1:17 (echo, medium confidence)
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Summary: The Son's name sustains all creation.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.14.5 (Lake, LCL 25:256–258; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-14-5).
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9.14.6Lake, LCL 25:258
βλέπεις οὖν, ποίους βαστάζει; τοὺς ἐξ ὅλης καρδίας φοροῦντας τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ. αὐτὸς οὖν θεμέλιος αὐτοῖς ἐγένετο καὶ ἡδέως αὐτοὺς βαστάζει, ὅτι οὐκ ἐπαισχύνονται τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ φορεῖν.
blepeis oun, poious bastazei? tous ex holēs kardias phorountas to onoma autou. autos oun themelios autois egeneto kai hēdeōs autous bastazei, hoti ouk epaischynontai to onoma autou phorein.
You see, then, whom he sustains? Those who bear his name with their whole heart. He himself, then, has become their foundation and gladly sustains them, because they are not ashamed to bear his name.
1 Cor 3:11 (echo, medium confidence)
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Summary: The Son is the foundation of those who bear his name wholeheartedly.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Herm. Sim. 9.14.6 (Lake, LCL 25:258; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/herm-sim/9-14-6).
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