Testament of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste
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Testament of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste (title)
0Gebhardt, 166
Διαϑήκη τῶν ἁγίων τοῦ Χριστοῦ τεσσαράκοντα μαρτύρων τῶν ἐν Σεβαστείᾳ τελειωϑέντων. Μελέτιος καὶ ᾿Αέτιος καὶ Εὐτύχιος, οἱ δέσμιοι τοῦ Χριστοῦ, ⟨τοῖς⟩ κατὰ πᾶσαν πόλιν καὶ χώραν ἁγίοις ἐπισκόποις τε καὶ πρεσβυτέροις, διακόνοις τε καὶ ὁμολογηταῖς καὶ τοῖς λοιποῖς ἅπασιν ἐκκλησιαστικοῖς ἐν «Χριστῷ χαίρειν.
Diaϑēkē tōn hagiōn tou Christou tessarakonta martyrōn tōn en Sebasteią teleiōϑentōn. Meletios kai ᾿Aetios kai Eutychios, hoi desmioi tou Christou, ⟨tois⟩ kata pasan polin kai chōran hagiois episkopois te kai presbyterois, diakonois te kai homologētais kai tois loipois hapasin ekklēsiastikois en «Christǭ chairein.
Testament of the forty holy martyrs of Christ who were perfected at Sebasteia. Meletius, Aetius, and Eutychius, the prisoners of Christ, to ⟨the⟩ holy bishops and presbyters, deacons and confessors, and all the other members of the church in every city and country: greeting in Christ.
Chapter 1
1Gebhardt, 166
Ἐπειδὰν τῇ τοῦ ϑεοῦ χάριτι καὶ ταῖς κοιναῖς τοτῶν πάντων εὐχαῖς τὸν προχείμενον ἡμῖν ἀγῶνα τελέσωμεν xoi ἐπὶ τὰ βραβεῖα τῆς ἄνω κλήσεως φϑάσωμεν, τότε καὶ ταύτην ἡμῶν τὴν γνώμην κυρίαν εἶναι βουλόμεϑα ἐπὶ τὸ τὰ λείψανα ἡμῶν ἀνακομίζεσϑαι τοῖς περὶ τὸν πρεσβύτερον καὶ πατέρα ἡμῶν Πρόϊδον καὶ τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς ἡμῶν Κρισπῖνον καὶ Γόρδιον σὺν σπουδάζοντι λαῷ, Κύριλλόν τε καὶ Μάρκον καὶ Σαπρίκιον τὸν τοῦ ᾿Αμμωνίου, εἰς τὸ κατατεϑῆναι τὰ λείψανα ἡμῶν ὑπὸ τὴν πόλιν Ζήλων ἐν τῷ χωρίῳ Σαρείν. εἰ γὰρ καὶ ἐκ διαφόρων χωρίων τυγχάνομεν πάντες, ἀλλά γε μίαν καὶ τὴν αὐτὴν εἱλόμεϑα τῆς καταπαύσεως κατάϑεσιν. ἐπειδὴ γὰρ κοινὸν ἐϑέμεϑα τὸν τοῦ ἄϑλου ἀγῶνα, κοινὴν συνεϑέμεϑα xoi τὴν κατάπαυσιν ποιήσασθαι ἐν τῷ προειρημένῳ χωρίῳ. ταῦτα οὖν καὶ τῷ ἁγίῳ πνεύματι ἔδοξεν καὶ ἡμῖν ἤρεσεν. τούτου ἕνεκεν ἡμεῖς οἱ περὶ ᾿Αέτιον καὶ Εὐτύχιον καὶ τοὺς λοιποὺς ἐν Χριστῷ ἀδελφοὺς ἡμῶν παρακαλοῦμεν τοὺς κυρίους ἡμῶν γονεῖς καὶ ἀδελφοὺς πάσης λύπης καὶ ταραχῆς ἐκτὸς γενέσθαι, τῆς δὲ φιλαδέλφου κοινωνίας τιμῆσαι τὸν ὅρον καὶ τῷ βουλήματι ἡμῶν σπουδαίως συνάρασϑαι, ὅπως τῆς ὑπακοῆς καὶ τῆς συμπαϑείας τὸν μέγαν μισϑὸν κομίσησϑε παρὰ τοῦ κοινοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν. ἔτι δὲ ἀξιοῦμεν πάντας μηδένα τῶν ἐκ τῆς καμίνου ἀνελομένων λειψάνων ἡμῶν ἕν ἑαυτῷ περιποιήσασϑαι, ἀλλὰ τῆς ἔν ταὐτῷ συναϑροίσεως φροντίσαντα ἀποδοῦναι τοῖς προειρημένοις, ἵνα καὶ τῆς σπουδῆς τὸν τόνον ἐπιδειξάμενος καὶ τῆς εὐγνωμοσύνης τὸ ἀκέραιον αὐτῶν τῶν πόνων τῆς συμπαϑείας τὸ κέρδος κομίσηται. χαϑάπερ ἡ Μαρία προσχαρτερήσασα τῷ τάφῳ τοῦ Χριστοῦ καὶ πρὸ πάντων ϑεασαμένη τὸν κύριον, πρώτη xai τῆς χαρᾶς καὶ εὐλογίας ἐδέξατο τὴν χάριν. εἰ δέ τις τῷ βουλήματι ἡμῶν ἐναντιωϑῇ, τοῦ μὲν ϑείου κέρδους ἀλλότριος ἔστω, τῆς δὲ παρακοῆς πάσης ὑπόδικος, μικρῷ βουλήματι ἀπολέσας τὸ δίκαιον, τέμνειν ἡμᾶς ἀπ᾽ ἀλλήλων ὅσον τὸ ἐφ᾽ ἑαυτὸν βιαζόμενος, οὗς ὁ ἅγιος ἡμῶν σωτὴρ ἰδίᾳ χάριτι καὶ προνοίᾳ τῇ πίστει συνέζευξεν. εἰ δὲ καὶ ὁ παῖς Εὐνοϊκὸς νεύματι τοῦ φιλανθρώπου ϑεοῦ ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ τοῦ ἀγῶνος καταντήσει τέλος, τὴν αὐτὴν ἡμῖν ἠξίωσεν ἔχειν καταμονήν. ἐὰν δὲ διαφυλαχϑῆ ἀβλαβὴς τῇ τοῦ κυρίου χάριτι καὶ ἔτι ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ ἐξετάζοιτο, σχολάζειν αὐτὸν μετ᾽ ἐλευϑερίας τῷ μαρτυρίῳ ἡμῶν παραγγέλλομεν καὶ τὰς ἐντολὰς τοῦ Χριστοῦ φυλάττειν παρακαλοῦμεν, ἵνα ἐν τῇ μεγάλῃ τῆς ἀναστάσεως ἡμέρᾳ τῆς μεϑʼ ἡμῶν ἀπολαύσεως τύχη, ἐπειδὴ καὶ ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ ὤν τὰς αὐτὰς ἡμῖν ὑπέμεινε ϑλίψεις. ἡ γὰρ πρὸς τὸν ἀδελφὸν εὐγνωμοσύνη δικαιοσύνην βλέπει ϑεοῦ, ἡ δὲ πρὸς τοὺς ὁμογενεῖς παρακοὴ ἐντολὴν ϑεοῦ πατεῖ. γέγραπται γὰρ ὅτι Ὁ ἀγαπῶν τὴν ἀδικίαν μισεῖ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ψυχήν.
Epeidan tę̄ tou ϑeou chariti kai tais koinais totōn pantōn euchais ton procheimenon hēmin agōna telesōmen xoi epi ta brabeia tēs anō klēseōs phϑasōmen, tote kai tautēn hēmōn tēn gnōmēn kyrian einai boulomeϑa epi to ta leipsana hēmōn anakomizesϑai tois peri ton presbyteron kai patera hēmōn Proïdon kai tous adelphous hēmōn Krispinon kai Gordion syn spoudazonti laǭ, Kyrillon te kai Markon kai Saprikion ton tou ᾿Ammōniou, eis to katateϑēnai ta leipsana hēmōn hypo tēn polin Zēlōn en tǭ chōriǭ Sarein. ei gar kai ek diaphorōn chōriōn tynchanomen pantes, alla ge mian kai tēn autēn heilomeϑa tēs katapauseōs kataϑesin. epeidē gar koinon eϑemeϑa ton tou aϑlou agōna, koinēn syneϑemeϑa xoi tēn katapausin poiēsasthai en tǭ proeirēmenǭ chōriǭ. tauta oun kai tǭ hagiǭ pneumati edoxen kai hēmin ēresen. toutou heneken hēmeis hoi peri ᾿Aetion kai Eutychion kai tous loipous en Christǭ adelphous hēmōn parakaloumen tous kyrious hēmōn goneis kai adelphous pasēs lypēs kai tarachēs ektos genesthai, tēs de philadelphou koinōnias timēsai ton horon kai tǭ boulēmati hēmōn spoudaiōs synarasϑai, hopōs tēs hypakoēs kai tēs sympaϑeias ton megan misϑon komisēsϑe para tou koinou patros hēmōn. eti de axioumen pantas mēdena tōn ek tēs kaminou anelomenōn leipsanōn hēmōn hen heautǭ peripoiēsasϑai, alla tēs en tautǭ synaϑroiseōs phrontisanta apodounai tois proeirēmenois, hina kai tēs spoudēs ton tonon epideixamenos kai tēs eugnōmosynēs to akeraion autōn tōn ponōn tēs sympaϑeias to kerdos komisētai. chaϑaper hē Maria proscharterēsasa tǭ taphǭ tou Christou kai pro pantōn ϑeasamenē ton kyrion, prōtē xai tēs charas kai eulogias edexato tēn charin. ei de tis tǭ boulēmati hēmōn enantiōϑę̄, tou men ϑeiou kerdous allotrios estō, tēs de parakoēs pasēs hypodikos, mikrǭ boulēmati apolesas to dikaion, temnein hēmas ap᾽ allēlōn hoson to eph᾽ heauton biazomenos, hous ho hagios hēmōn sōtēr idią chariti kai pronoią tę̄ pistei synezeuxen. ei de kai ho pais Eunoïkos neumati tou philanthrōpou ϑeou epi to auto tou agōnos katantēsei telos, tēn autēn hēmin ēxiōsen echein katamonēn. ean de diaphylachϑē ablabēs tę̄ tou kyriou chariti kai eti en tǭ kosmǭ exetazoito, scholazein auton met᾽ eleuϑerias tǭ martyriǭ hēmōn parangellomen kai tas entolas tou Christou phylattein parakaloumen, hina en tę̄ megalę̄ tēs anastaseōs hēmerą tēs meϑʼ hēmōn apolauseōs tychē, epeidē kai en tǭ kosmǭ ōn tas autas hēmin hypemeine ϑlipseis. hē gar pros ton adelphon eugnōmosynē dikaiosynēn blepei ϑeou, hē de pros tous homogeneis parakoē entolēn ϑeou patei. gegraptai gar hoti Ho agapōn tēn adikian misei tēn heautou psychēn.
When, by the grace of God and the common prayers of you all, we have finished the contest set before us and have attained the prizes of the upward call, then we wish this decision of ours also to stand: that our remains be brought back by the presbyter, our father Proidus, and our brothers Crispinus and Gordius with the zealous people, and by Cyril and Mark and Sapricius son of Ammonius, so that our remains may be laid to rest below the city of Zela, in the village of Sarein. For although we all come from different villages, we have chosen one and the same burial place for our rest. Since we undertook the contest of the struggle in common, we have also agreed to make our rest in common in the aforesaid village. This, then, seemed good to the Holy Spirit and pleased us. [2] For this reason we, Aetius and Eutychius and the rest of our brothers in Christ, urge our lords, our parents and brothers, to be free of all grief and distress, to honor the bond of brotherly fellowship, and to help zealously to carry out our wish, so that you may receive from our common Father the great reward of obedience and sympathy. [3] Further, we ask everyone that no one keep for himself any of our remains taken up from the furnace, but that he take care to gather them together and hand them over to those named above, so that, having shown the strength of his zeal and the integrity of his goodwill, he may receive the gain of sympathy for these very labors—just as Mary, who kept watch at the tomb of Christ and saw the Lord before all others, was the first to receive the grace of joy and blessing. [4] If anyone opposes our wish, let him be a stranger to the divine gain and liable for every disobedience, having lost what is right for the sake of a petty wish of his own, forcing, as far as lies in him, to cut apart from one another those whom our holy Savior, by his own grace and providence, yoked together in the faith. [5] And if the boy Eunoicus too, at the nod of the God who loves humanity, comes to the same end of the contest, he has asked to have the same resting place with us. But if he is kept unharmed by the grace of the Lord and is still tried in the world, we charge him to devote himself freely to our martyr-shrine, and we urge him to keep the commandments of Christ, so that on the great day of the resurrection he may share in the enjoyment with us, since even while in the world he endured the same afflictions as we. [6] For goodwill toward a brother looks to the righteousness of God, but disobedience toward one's kin tramples on God's commandment. For it is written, “He who loves injustice hates his own soul.”
Chapter 2
2Gebhardt, 168
Τοιγαροῦν ἀξιῶ ὑμᾶς, ἀδελφὲ Κρισπῖνε *, καὶ παραγγέλλω, ὡς πάσης κοσμικῆς ἡδυπαϑείας καὶ πλάνης γενέσθαι ξένους. σφαλερὰ γὰρ καὶ οὐκ εὔτονος ἡ τοῦ κόσμου δόξα, ἡ πρὸς ὀλίγον μὲν ἀνϑεῖ καὶ αὖϑις μαραίνεται χόρτου δίκην, ταχύτερον τῆς ἀρχῆς δεξαμένη τὸ τέλος. προσδραμεῖν δὲ μᾶλλον ϑελήσατε τῷ φιλανϑρώπῳ ϑεῷ, ὃς πλοῦτον μὲν ἀνελλιπῆ παρέχει τοῖς εἰς αὐτὸν προστρέχουσι, ζωὴν δὲ αἰώνιον βραβεύει τοῖς εἰς αὐτὸν πιστεύουσι. καιρὸς οὗτος ἐπιτήδειος τοῖς σώζεσθαι ϑέλουσι; ἄφϑονον μὲν παρέχων τῆς μετανοίας τὴν προϑεσμίαν, ἀπροφάσιστον δὲ τῆς πολιτείας τὴν πρᾶξιν, μηδὲν ἀναβαλλομένοις πρὸς τὸ μέλλον. ἀπροόρατος γὰρ ἡ τοῦ βίου μεταβολή. ἀλλ᾽ εἰ ἐγνώρισας, ὅρα τὸ χρήσιμον καὶ ἐν αὐτῇ ἐπίδειξαι τῆς ϑεοσεβείας τὸ ἄχραντον, ἵν᾽ ἐν αὐτῷ χαταληφϑεὶς τῶν προγεγονότων ἁμαρτημάτων ἀπαλείψης τὸ χειρόγραφον Ἐν ᾧ γὰρ εὕρω σε, φησίν, ἐν τούτῳ καὶ κρινῶ σε. σπουδάσατε οὖν ἐν ταῖς ἐντολαῖς τοῦ Χριστοῦ εὑρεϑῆναι ἄμεμπτοι, ὅπως φύγητε τὸ ἀκοίμητον καὶ αἰώνιον πῦρ. ὅτε γὰρ ὁ καιρὸς συνεσταλμένος πάλαι βοᾷ ἡ ϑεία φωνή. ἀγάπην οὖν πρὸ πάντων τιμήσατεʼ αὕτη γὰρ μόνη τιμᾷ τὸ δίκαιον φιλαδελφίας νόμῳ πειϑομένη ϑεῷ. καὶ γὰρ διὰ τοῦ ὁρωμένου ἀδελφοῦ ὁ ἀόρατος τιμᾶται ϑεός" καὶ πρὸς μὲν τοὺς ὁμομητρίους ἀδελφοὺς ὁ λόγος, πρὸς δὲ πάντας τοὺς φιλοχρίστους ἡ γνώμη. καὶ γὰρ ὁ ἅγιος ἡμῶν σωτὴρ καὶ ϑεὸς ἐκείνους ἔφασχεν ἀδελφοὺς εἶναι, τοὺς οὐχὶ τῇ φύσει κοινωνοῦντας ἀλλήλοις, ἀλλὰ τῇ ἀρίστῃ πράξει πρὸς τὴν πίστιν συναπτομένους καὶ τὸ ϑέλημα ἐκπληροῦντας τοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν τοῦ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς.
Toigaroun axiō hymas, adelphe Krispine *, kai parangellō, hōs pasēs kosmikēs hēdypaϑeias kai planēs genesthai xenous. sphalera gar kai ouk eutonos hē tou kosmou doxa, hē pros oligon men anϑei kai auϑis marainetai chortou dikēn, tachyteron tēs archēs dexamenē to telos. prosdramein de mallon ϑelēsate tǭ philanϑrōpǭ ϑeǭ, hos plouton men anellipē parechei tois eis auton prostrechousi, zōēn de aiōnion brabeuei tois eis auton pisteuousi. kairos houtos epitēdeios tois sōzesthai ϑelousi? aphϑonon men parechōn tēs metanoias tēn proϑesmian, aprophasiston de tēs politeias tēn praxin, mēden anaballomenois pros to mellon. aprooratos gar hē tou biou metabolē. all᾽ ei egnōrisas, hora to chrēsimon kai en autę̄ epideixai tēs ϑeosebeias to achranton, hin᾽ en autǭ chatalēphϑeis tōn progegonotōn hamartēmatōn apaleipsēs to cheirographon En hǭ gar heurō se, phēsin, en toutǭ kai krinō se. spoudasate oun en tais entolais tou Christou heureϑēnai amemptoi, hopōs phygēte to akoimēton kai aiōnion pyr. hote gar ho kairos synestalmenos palai boą hē ϑeia phōnē. agapēn oun pro pantōn timēsateʼ hautē gar monē timą to dikaion philadelphias nomǭ peiϑomenē ϑeǭ. kai gar dia tou horōmenou adelphou ho aoratos timatai ϑeos" kai pros men tous homomētrious adelphous ho logos, pros de pantas tous philochristous hē gnōmē. kai gar ho hagios hēmōn sōtēr kai ϑeos ekeinous ephaschen adelphous einai, tous ouchi tę̄ physei koinōnountas allēlois, alla tę̄ aristę̄ praxei pros tēn pistin synaptomenous kai to ϑelēma ekplērountas tou patros hēmōn tou en tois ouranois.
Therefore I ask you, brother Crispinus *, and I charge you, to become strangers to all worldly pleasure and error. For the glory of the world is slippery and feeble: it blooms for a little while and withers again like grass, receiving its end more quickly than its beginning. Rather, be willing to run to the God who loves humanity, who gives unfailing wealth to those who run to him and awards eternal life to those who believe in him. [2] This is the fitting time for those who wish to be saved, offering an ample period for repentance and leaving no excuse in the practice of a godly life, for those who put nothing off to the future. For the change of life cannot be foreseen. But if you have recognized it, look to what is profitable and in this time show the purity of your devotion, so that, being found in it, you may wipe out the record of your earlier sins. For “In whatever I find you,” he says, “in that I will also judge you.” [3] Be eager, then, to be found blameless in the commandments of Christ, so that you may escape the sleepless and eternal fire. For that the time is short, the divine voice cried long ago. [4] Above all, then, honor love; for it alone honors what is right, obeying God by the law of brotherly love. For through the brother who is seen, the unseen God is honored. The word is addressed to brothers born of the same mother, but the intent is for all who love Christ. For our holy Savior and God said that those are brothers who share with one another not by nature, but are joined by excellent conduct in faith and fulfill the will of our Father who is in heaven.
Chapter 3
3Gebhardt, 169
Προσαγορεύομεν τὸν κύριν τὸν πρεσβύτερον Φίλιππον καὶ Προκλιανὸν καὶ Διογένην ἅμα τῇ ἁγίᾳ ἐκκλησίᾳ. προσαγορεύομεν τὸν κύριν Προκλιανὸν ἐν τῷ χωρίῳ Φυδελᾶ ἅμα τῇ ἁγίᾳ ἐκκλησίᾳ μετὰ τῶν ἰδίων. προσαγορεύομεν Μάξιμον μετὰ τῆς ἐκκλησίας, Μάγνον μετὰ τῆς ἐκκλησίας. προσαγορεύομεν Δόμνον μετὰ τῶν ἰδίων, Ἴλην τὸν πατέρα ἡμῶν καὶ Οὐάλην μετὰ τῆς ἐκκλησίας. προσαγορεύω xoi ἐγὼ Μελέτιος τοὺς συγγενεῖς μου Λουτάνιον Κρίσπον καὶ Γόρδιον μετὰ τῶν ἰδίων, Ἐλπίδιον μετὰ τῶν ἰδίων, Ὑπερέχιον μετὰ τῶν ἰδίων. προσαγορεύομεν καὶ τοὺς ἐν τῷ χωρίῳ Σαρείν, τὸν πρεσβύτερον μετὰ τῶν ἰδίων, τοὺς διαχόνους μετὰ τῶν ἰδίων, Μάξιμον μετὰ τῶν ἰδίων, Ἡσύχιον μετὰ τῶν ἰδίων, Κυριακὸν μετὰ τῶν ἰδίων. προσαγορεύομεν τοὺς ἐν Χαδουϑὶ πάντας κατ᾽ ὄνομα. προσαγορεύομεν xai τοὺς ἐν Χαρισφώνῃ πάντας κατ᾽ ὄνομα. προσαγορεύω καὶ ἐγὼ ᾿Αέτιος τοὺς συγγενεῖς μου Μάρκον καὶ ᾿Ακυλίναν καὶ τὸν πρεσβύτερον Κλαύδιον καὶ τοὺς ἀδελφούς μου Μάρκον Τρύφωνα Γόρδιον xoi Κρίσπον xai τὰς ἀδελφάς μου καὶ τὴν σύμβιόν μου Δόμναν μετὰ τοῦ παιδίου μου. προσαγορεύω καὶ ἐγὼ Εὐτύχιος τοὺς ἐν Ξιμάροις, τὴν μητέρα μου ᾿Ιουλίαν καὶ τοὺς ἀδελφούς μου Κύριλλον Ῥοῦφον καὶ 'Ῥίγλον καὶ Κυρίλλαν καὶ τὴν νύμφην μου Βασιλείαν καὶ τοὺς διακόνους Κλαύδιον καὶ ἹΡουφῖνον καὶ Πρόκλον. προσαγορεύομεν καὶ τοὺς ὑπηρέτας τοῦ ϑεοῦ Σαπρίκιον ⟨τὸν τοῦ⟩ ᾿Αμμωνίου καὶ Γενέσιον, xai Σωσάνναν μετὰ τῶν ἰδίων. προσαγορεύομεν τοίνυν πάντας ὑμᾶς, οἱ κύριοι ἡμῶν, οἱ τεσσαράκοντα ἀδελφοὶ καὶ συνδέσμιοι πάντες Μελέτιος ᾿Αέτιος Εὐτύχιος Κυρίων Κάνδιδος Ἀγγίας Γάϊος Χουδίων Ἡράκλειος ᾿Ιωώννης Θεόφιλος Σισίνιος Σμάραγδος Φιλοκτήμων Γοργόνιος Κύριλλος Σευηριανὸς Θεόδουλος Νίκαλλος Φλάνιος Ξάνϑιος Οὐαλέριος Ἡσύχιος Δομετιανὸς Δόμνος Ἡλιανὸς Λεόντιος, ὃ καὶ Θεόκτιστος, Εὐνοϊκὸς Οὐάλης ᾿Αχάκιος ᾿Αλέξανδρος Βικράτιος, ὁ καὶ Βιβιανός, Πρίσκος Σακέρδων Ἐχδίκιος Ἀϑανάσιος Λυσίμαχος Κλαύδιος Ἴλης καὶ Μελίτων. ἡμεῖς οὖν οἱ τεσσαράκοντα δέσμιοι τοῦ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ ὑπεγράψαμεν τῇ χειρὶ διʼ ἑνὸς ἡμῶν Μελετίου xai ἐκυρώσαμεν πάντα τὰ προγεγραμμένα, xai ἠρέσϑη πᾶσιν ἡμῖν. ψυχῇ δὲ καὶ πνεύματι ϑείῳ εὐχόμεθα ὅπως τύχωμεν ἅπαντες τῶν αἰωνίων τοῦ ϑεοῦ ἀγαθῶν xai τῆς βασιλείας αὐτοῦ νῦν καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων, ἀμήν.
Prosagoreuomen ton kyrin ton presbyteron Philippon kai Proklianon kai Diogenēn hama tę̄ hagią ekklēsią. prosagoreuomen ton kyrin Proklianon en tǭ chōriǭ Phydela hama tę̄ hagią ekklēsią meta tōn idiōn. prosagoreuomen Maximon meta tēs ekklēsias, Magnon meta tēs ekklēsias. prosagoreuomen Domnon meta tōn idiōn, Ilēn ton patera hēmōn kai Oualēn meta tēs ekklēsias. prosagoreuō xoi egō Meletios tous syngeneis mou Loutanion Krispon kai Gordion meta tōn idiōn, Elpidion meta tōn idiōn, Hyperechion meta tōn idiōn. prosagoreuomen kai tous en tǭ chōriǭ Sarein, ton presbyteron meta tōn idiōn, tous diachonous meta tōn idiōn, Maximon meta tōn idiōn, Hēsychion meta tōn idiōn, Kyriakon meta tōn idiōn. prosagoreuomen tous en Chadouϑi pantas kat᾽ onoma. prosagoreuomen xai tous en Charisphōnę̄ pantas kat᾽ onoma. prosagoreuō kai egō ᾿Aetios tous syngeneis mou Markon kai ᾿Akylinan kai ton presbyteron Klaudion kai tous adelphous mou Markon Tryphōna Gordion xoi Krispon xai tas adelphas mou kai tēn symbion mou Domnan meta tou paidiou mou. prosagoreuō kai egō Eutychios tous en Ximarois, tēn mētera mou ᾿Ioulian kai tous adelphous mou Kyrillon Rhouphon kai 'Rhiglon kai Kyrillan kai tēn nymphēn mou Basileian kai tous diakonous Klaudion kai HiRouphinon kai Proklon. prosagoreuomen kai tous hypēretas tou ϑeou Saprikion ⟨ton tou⟩ ᾿Ammōniou kai Genesion, xai Sōsannan meta tōn idiōn. prosagoreuomen toinyn pantas hymas, hoi kyrioi hēmōn, hoi tessarakonta adelphoi kai syndesmioi pantes Meletios ᾿Aetios Eutychios Kyriōn Kandidos Angias Gaïos Choudiōn Hērakleios ᾿Iōōnnēs Theophilos Sisinios Smaragdos Philoktēmōn Gorgonios Kyrillos Seuērianos Theodoulos Nikallos Phlanios Xanϑios Oualerios Hēsychios Dometianos Domnos Hēlianos Leontios, ho kai Theoktistos, Eunoïkos Oualēs ᾿Achakios ᾿Alexandros Bikratios, ho kai Bibianos, Priskos Sakerdōn Echdikios Aϑanasios Lysimachos Klaudios Ilēs kai Melitōn. hēmeis oun hoi tessarakonta desmioi tou kyriou Iēsou Christou hypegrapsamen tę̄ cheiri diʼ henos hēmōn Meletiou xai ekyrōsamen panta ta progegrammena, xai ēresϑē pasin hēmin. psychę̄ de kai pneumati ϑeiǭ euchometha hopōs tychōmen hapantes tōn aiōniōn tou ϑeou agathōn xai tēs basileias autou nyn kai eis tous aiōnas tōn aiōnōn, amēn.
We greet our lord the presbyter Philip, and Proclianus and Diogenes, together with the holy church. We greet our lord Proclianus in the village of Phydela, together with the holy church and his household. We greet Maximus with the church, Magnus with the church. We greet Domnus with his household, Iles our father, and Valens with the church. I, Meletius, also greet my relatives Lutanius, Crispus, and Gordius with their households, Elpidius with his household, Hyperechius with his household. [2] We greet also those in the village of Sarein: the presbyter with his household, the deacons with their households, Maximus with his household, Hesychius with his household, Cyriacus with his household. We greet all those in Chadouthi by name. We greet also all those in Charisphone by name. I, Aetius, also greet my relatives Mark and Aquilina, and the presbyter Claudius, and my brothers Mark, Trypho, Gordius, and Crispus, and my sisters, and my wife Domna with my little child. [3] I, Eutychius, also greet those in Ximara: my mother Julia, my brothers Cyril, Rufus, and Riglus, and Cyrilla, and my betrothed Basilia, and the deacons Claudius, Rufinus, and Proclus. We greet also the servants of God Sapricius ⟨son⟩ of Ammonius, and Genesius, and Susanna with her household. [4] We greet all of you, then, our lords—we, the forty brothers and fellow-prisoners: Meletius, Aetius, Eutychius, Cyrion, Candidus, Angias, Gaius, Chudion, Heraclius, John, Theophilus, Sisinius, Smaragdus, Philoctemon, Gorgonius, Cyril, Severian, Theodulus, Nicallus, Flavius, Xanthius, Valerius, Hesychius, Domitian, Domnus, Helianus, Leontius also called Theoctistus, Eunoicus, Valens, Acacius, Alexander, Vicratius also called Vivianus, Priscus, Sacerdon, Ecdicius, Athanasius, Lysimachus, Claudius, Iles, and Meliton. We, the forty prisoners of the Lord Jesus Christ, have signed by the hand of one of us, Meletius, and have confirmed all that is written above, and it has pleased us all. With soul and divine spirit we pray that we may all obtain the eternal good things of God and his kingdom, now and to the ages of ages. Amen.