# Sermo tetrasyllabus 31

Ephraem Syrus, Sermo tetrasyllabus, Page 31. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/ephraem-syrus-theol/sermo-tetrasyllabus/31

ποιήσω ὁ ἄθλιος καὶ τί πράξω, οὐ γινώσκω. Ἀποδράσας ἀπὸ τούτων τῶν γενναίων ἀγωνιστῶν ἀπέλθω πρὸς τοὺς φίλους μου τοὺς ῥᾳθύμους τῇ προθέσει, ὅπου οὐκ ἔστι μοι κόπος, οὐδὲ πάλιν τεχνάσματα. Παρ' αὐτῶν γὰρ λαβὼν δεσμά, δεσμεύω τούτους ἐν αὐτοῖς. Δήσας δὲ αὐτοὺς ἐν δεσμοῖς ἐν οἷς αὐτοὶ εὐδοκοῦσι, τοῦ λοιποῦ ὑποχειρίους ἔχω αὐτοὺς ὥσπερ δούλους ποιοῦντας ἀεὶ τὰ ἐμὰ θελήματα ἑκουσίως, ἵνα κἂν οὕτως νικήσας, μικρὸν ἔλθω εἰς ἑαυτὸν καὶ καυχήσωμαι ἐν αὐτοῖς ὡς ἀριστεὺς καὶ νικητής. Εἰ γὰρ καὶ αὐτοὶ προθέσει πίπτουσιν εἰς τὸ βάραθρον, ἀλλ' ὅμως ἐγὼ χαίρομαι ἐπὶ τῇ ἀπωλείᾳ αὐτῶν· χαιρόμενος δὲ ὁδηγῶ εἰς ὁδὸν τῆς ἀπωλείας, ἵνα ἔχω κοινωνοὺς ἐν πυρὶ τῷ ἀσβέστῳ.

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Ephraem Syrus Theol., Sermo tetrasyllabus. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg4138.tlg017.local001/.