# Pastor 4.1-4-3

Hermas Scr. Eccl. Pastor Hermae, Pastor, 4.1 to 4.3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hermas-scr-eccl-pastor-hermae/pastor/4.1-4

Λέγω αὐτῷ: Κύριε, ἔτι μοι τοῦτο δήλωσον. Τί, φησίν, ἐπιζητεῖς; Εἰ ἄρα, φημί, κύριε, τὸν αὐτὸν χρόνον βασανίζονται οἱ τρυφῶντες καὶ ἀπατώμενοι, ὅσον τρυφῶσι καὶ ἀπατῶνται; λέγει μοι: Τὸν αὐτὸν χρόνον βασανίζονται. Ἐλάχιστον, φημί, κύριε, βασανίζονται: ἔδει γὰρ τοὺς οὕτω τρυφῶντας καὶ ἐπιλανθανομένους τοῦ θεοῦ ἑπταπλασίως βασανίζεσθαι. λέγει μοι: Ἄφρων εἶ καὶ οὐ νοεῖς τῆς βασάνου τὴν δύναμιν. Εἰ γὰρ ἐνόουν, φημί, κύριε, οὐκ ἂν ἐπηρώτῳν, ἵνα μοι δηλώσῃς. Ἄκουε, φησίν, φησίν, ἀμφοτέρων τὴν δύναμιν.

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Hermas, Pastor, ed. Kirsopp Lake. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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