Dialogue with Trypho 22.3 · Sophia Scriptura

Summary: Amos 5:22–26.

Greek text · Archambault 1:96–98

Διότι ἐὰν ἐνέγκητέ μοι τὰ ὁλοκαυτώματα καὶ τὰς θυσίας ὑμῶν, οὐ προσδέξομαι αὐτὰ καὶ σωτηρίου ἐπιφανείας ὑμῶν οὐκ ἐπιβλέψομαι. Ἀπόστησον ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ πλῆθος ᾠδῶν σου καὶ ψαλμῶν· ὀργάνων σου οὐκ ἀκούσομαι. Καὶ κυλισθήσεται ὡς ὕδωρ κρίμα καὶ ἡ δικαιοσύνη ὡς χειμάρρους ἄβατος. Μὴ σφάγια καὶ θυσίας προσηνέγκατέ μοι ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, οἶκος Ἰσραήλ; λέγει κύριος. Καὶ ἀνελάβετε τὴν σκηνὴν τοῦ Μολὸχ καὶ τὸ ἄστρον τοῦ θεοῦ ὑμῶν Ῥαφάν, τοὺς τύπους, οὓς ἐποιήσατε ἑαυτοῖς.

English · Claude translation

“‘Therefore if you bring me your whole burnt offerings and your sacrifices, I will not accept them, and I will not look upon your peace offerings. Take away from me the multitude of your songs and psalms; I will not hear your instruments. And judgment shall roll down like water, and righteousness like an impassable torrent. Did you offer me slain beasts and sacrifices in the wilderness, O house of Israel? says the Lord. And you took up the tent of Moloch and the star of your god Rephan, the images which you made for yourselves.

About this passage

Source

Archambault 1:96–98 · Georges Archambault, ed., Justin: Dialogue avec Tryphon, 2 vols., Textes et documents pour l'étude historique du christianisme 8, 11 (Paris: Picard, 1909) · Greek text: G. Archambault, Justin: Dialogue avec Tryphon (Paris, 1909), digitized by the Perseus Digital Library and published by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0

Text

As printed in Archambault. Manuscript variants and the editor's apparatus are not reproduced; no textual problem is noted in this passage.

Translation

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

Compare

Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885) (an older public-domain English translation, whole volume at CCEL; checked against ours only after ours was made)

Scripture

Amos 5:22 · quotation, high confidence
Amos 5:23 · quotation, high confidence
Amos 5:24 · quotation, high confidence
Amos 5:25 · quotation, high confidence
Amos 5:26 · quotation, high confidence
Acts 7:42 · echo, medium confidence
Acts 7:43 · echo, medium confidence

Topics

Scripture and canon

Cite this passage

Justin, Dial. 22.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/22/3/).

Plain text

Justin, Dial. 22.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/22/3/).