Who is really drunk
He also brings a second comparison against us, saying that our teacher acts as if a drunkard went in among drunkards and accused the sober of being drunk. Then let him show from the writings, say, of Paul, that the apostle of Jesus was drunk and that his words were not sober; or from what John wrote, that his thoughts do not breathe the spirit of a man of sound mind, free from the drunkenness that comes from vice. No one, then, who is of sound mind and teaches the Christian doctrine is drunk; rather, Celsus says this as he reviles us in a way unworthy of a philosopher.
And let Celsus say which sober people we who uphold the doctrines of the Christians accuse. For in our view all who speak to lifeless things as to a god are drunk (Wisdom of Solomon 13:17). And why do I say drunk? Rather they are mad, who hurry to the temples and bow down to statues or animals as gods. And no less mad than these are those who think that things made by common craftsmen, and at times by the most worthless of men, have been fashioned to honour true gods.
Greek
Καὶ δεύτερον δὲ φέρει καθ᾿ ἡμῶν παράδειγμα φάσκων ὅμοιον ποιεῖν τὸν ἐν ἡμῖν διδάσκαλον, (ὡς) εἴ τις μεθύων εἰς μεθύοντας παριὼν κακηγορεῖ τοὺς νήφοντας ὡς μεθύοντας. παραστησάτω γὰρ ἐκ τῶν γραμμάτων, φέρ᾿ εἰπεῖν. Παύλου ὅτι ἐμέθυεν ὁ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ ἀπόστολος καὶ οὐκ ἦσαν οἱ λόγοι αὐτοῦ νήφοντες, ἢ ἐξ ὧν ἔγραψεν Ἰωάννης ὅτι οὐχὶ σωφρονοῦντος καὶ ἀπηλλαγμένου τῆς ἀπὸ κακίας μέθης πνεῖ αὐτοῦ τὰ νοήματα. οὐδεὶς οὖν σωφρονῶν καὶ διδάσκων τὸν Χριστιανῶν λόγον μεθύει. ἀλλ᾿ ἀφιλοσόφως ἡμῖν λοιδορούμενος ταῦτά φησιν ὁ Κέλσος. τίνας δὲ καὶ νήφοντας κακηγοροῦμεν οἱ πρεσβεύοντες τὰ Χριστιανῶν δόγματα. λεγέτω ὁ Κέλσος. πάντες γὰρ καθ᾿ ἡμᾶς μεθύουσιν οἱ τοῖς ἀψύχοις ὡς θεῷ προσλαλοῦντες. καὶ τί λέγω μεθύουσι; μᾶλλον γὰρ μεμήνασιν. εἰς τοὺς νεὼς σπεύδοντες καὶ ὡς θεοῖς τοῖς ἀγάλμασιν ἢ τοῖς ζῴοις προσκυνοῦντες. οὐχ ἧττον δὲ τούτων μαίνονται καὶ οἱ νομίζοντες εἰς τιμὴν θεῶν ἀληθινῶν κατεσκευάσθαι τὰ ὑπὸ βαναύσων καὶ φαυλοτάτων ἔσθ᾿ ὅτε ἀνδρῶν κατασκευαζόμενα.