Übersetzung
ausblenden
Epistles of Ignatius
Chapter I.--Praise of the bishop.
Which bishop, 1 I know, obtained the ministry which pertains to the common [weal], not of himself, neither by men, 2 nor through vainglory, but by the love of God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ; at whose meekness I am struck with admiration, and who by his silence is able to accomplish more than those who vainly talk. For he is in harmony with the commandments [of God], even as the harp is with its strings. Wherefore my soul declares his mind towards God a happy one, knowing it to be virtuous and perfect, and that his stability as well as freedom from all anger is after the example of the infinite 3 meekness of the living God.
Having beheld your bishop, I know that he was not selected to undertake the ministry which pertains to the common [weal], either by himself or by men, 4 or out of vainglory, but by the love of Jesus Christ, and of God the Father, who raised Him from the dead; at whose meekness I am struck with admiration, and who by His silence is able to accomplish more than they who talk a great deal. For he is in harmony with the commandments and ordinances of the Lord, even as the strings are with the harp, and is no less blameless than was Zacharias the priest. 5
Wherefore my soul declares his mind towards God a happy one, knowing it to be virtuous and perfect, and that his stability as well as freedom from all anger is after the example of the infinite meekness of the living God.
Übersetzung
ausblenden
Die sieben Briefe des Ignatius von Antiochien (BKV)
1. Kap. Lob des Bischofs.
1. Von diesem Bischof habe ich erfahren, dass er nicht von sich aus und auch nicht durch Menschen noch auch aus Ehrgeiz sein über die Gesamtheit ausgedehntes Amt sich erworben hat, sondern in der Liebe Gottes des Vaters und des Herrn Jesus Christus. Ich staune über seine Zurückhaltung, der durch Schweigen mehr vermag als die, welche Eitles reden. 2. Er stimmt nämlich überein mit den Geboten (Gottes) wie die Zither mit den Saiten. Deshalb preise ich von Herzen seine auf Gott gerichtete Gesinnung, die ich als tugendhaft und vollkommen erkannt habe, seine Standhaftigkeit und Sanftmut in jeglicher Milde des lebendigen Gottes.