Enslaved among enemies; do not be long-suffering toward them
'And I will enslave you among all your enemies in the land which you did not know.' That people has been enslaved among the enemies, and has come to be in the land which they did not know. 'For a fire has been kindled from my wrath; it will burn upon you.'
After these things and the words of the threats spoken toward the people, the one who prayed above completes the prayer and joins to what was said beforehand these things: 'You know, Lord; remember me and visit me, and acquit me from those who pursue me—not unto long-suffering.' And let the prophet say these things, pursued by those who were convicted, hated by those who do not make room for the truth; for he became an enemy to those who hear, speaking truly to them. And let our Savior also say the same, who was also pursued by the people and says: 'Not unto long-suffering.' What is 'not unto long-suffering'? You were always long-suffering toward the people upon their sins, but upon the things dared against me do not be long-suffering. And truly God was not long-suffering.
If you examine the times of the passion and of Jerusalem's fall and of the city's demolition, and how God abandoned that people since they killed the Christ, you will see that he no longer used long-suffering toward the people. And if you want, hear: from the fifteenth year of Tiberius Caesar until the demolition of the temple forty-two years were completed. For some short time had to be granted for repentance, especially because of those from the people who were going to believe from the signs and wonders that would come to be through the apostles.
Greek
«καὶ καταδουλώσω σε ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς ἐχθροῖς σου ἐν τῇ γῇ ᾗ οὐκ ᾔδεις. καταδεδούλωται ὁ λαὸς ἐκεῖνος ἐν τοῖς ἐχθροῖς, καὶ γέγονεν ἐν τῇ γῇ ᾗ οὐκ ᾔδει. «ὅτι πῦρ ἐκκέκαυτα ἐκ τοῦ θυμοῦ μου, ἐφ᾿ ὑμᾶς καυθήσεται.
Μετὰ ταῦτα καὶ τοὺς λόγους τῶν ἀπειλῶν τῶν εἰρημένων πρὸς τὸν λαὸν ὁ ἀνωτέρω εὐξάμενος συμπληροῖ τὴν εὐχὴν καὶ συνάπτει τοῖς προειρημένοις ταῦτα· «σὺ ἔγνως, κύριε, μνήσθητί μου καὶ ἐπίσκεψαί με, καὶ ἀθώωσόν με ἀπὸ τῶν καταδιωκόντων με, μὴ εἰς μακροθυμίαν. καὶ ὁ προφήτης λεγέτω ταῦτα διωκόμενος ὑπὸ τῶν ἐλεγχομένων, μισούμενος ὑπὸ τῶν τὴν ἀλήθειαν μὴ χωρούντων· ἐχθρὸς γὰρ γέγονε τοῖς ἀκούουσιν ἀληθεύων αὐτοῖς. ταὐτὰ δὲ καὶ ὁ σωτὴρ ἡμῶν λεγέτω, ὅστις καὶ ἐδιώχθη ὑπὸ τοῦ λαοῦ καὶ φησι· «μὴ εἰς μακροθυμίαν. τί ἐστι τὸ «μὴ εἰς μακροθυμίαν«; ἐμακροθύμησας ἀεὶ ἐπὶ τὸν λαὸν ἐπὶ τοῖς ἁμαρτήμασιν, ἐπὶ δὲ τοῖς κατ᾿ ἐμοῦ τετολμημένοις μὴ μακροθυμήσῃς. καὶ ἀληθῶς ὁ θεὸς οὐκ ἐμακροθύμησεν.
ἐὰν ἐξετάσῃς τοὺς χρόνους τοῦ πάθους καὶ τῆς πτώσεως Ἱερουσαλὴμ καὶ τῆς κατασκαφῆς τῆς πόλεως, καὶ τίνα τρόπον ἐγκατέλιπεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν λαὸν ἐκεῖνον, ἐπεὶ τὸν Χριστὸν ἀπέκτειναν, ὄψει ὅτι οὐχ εἰς μακροθυμίαν ἔτι ἔχρήσατο τῷ λαῷ. εἰ δὲ θέλεις, ἄκουε· ἀπὸ πεντεκαιθεκάτου ἔτους Τιβερίου Καίσαρος ἐπὶ τὴν κατασκαφὴν τοῦ ναοῦ τεσσαράκοντα καὶ δύο πεπλήρωται ἔτη. ἔδει γὰρ ὀλίγον τινὰ χρόνον συγχωρηθῆναι εἰς μετάνοιαν, μάλιστα διὰ τοὺς πιστεύειν μέλλοντας ἀπὸ τοῦ λαοῦ ἐκ τῶν σημείων καὶ τῶν τεράτων τῶν ἐσομένων ὑπὸ τῶν ἀποστόλων.
About this text
Origen on Jeremiah. Twenty Greek homilies survive. This page publishes the Pass B English for Homilies 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20. Homily 8 remains a machine draft and is not shipped yet. The rest of the volume is still being translated.
English follows Erich Klostermann, Origenes Werke III (GCS, 1901). A second transcription of that same edition (First1KGreek TEI) was checked; where the TEI drops or garbles a line, the page image wins. This is a reading translation for study, not a new critical edition of the Greek. Homilies that survive only in Jerome’s Latin are not on this page yet. When they are, they will be marked at those homilies.
Witnesses
- Copy-text Klostermann, Origenes Werke III (GCS, 1901) (Greek · Homilies 1–20 Greek (this page: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20))
- Checked print Archive.org page image and DjVu of GCS III (Greek · Same print as the copy-text)
- Checked print First1KGreek TEI of GCS III (Greek · Same print; encoding errors deferred to the page image)
Where the prints differ
- Homily 1.1 — The TEI omits Ἑβραῖον. English follows the GCS page image: Jonah is “a Hebrew prophet.”
- Homily 1.5 — The TEI dropped Ἰσαάκ. English follows the GCS page image: Isaac born of promise.
- Homily 1.11 — The TEI/OCR of this line is garbled. English follows the GCS page image and the quoted verse: “I have sanctified you.”
- Homily 3.2 — The TEI gaps Matthew 5:45 (sun on the evil and [gap]; rain on [gap] and the unjust). English follows the Gospel wording.
English is newly prepared for study from the stated edition. Open Greek on each section for the source text. This is not a complete critical edition.