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The Woman with the Hemorrhage: the Fringe of the Cloak — Lk 8:40-48
Lc 8,40-48·NA28·53/156·// Mt 9,18-26·Mc 5,21-34
ἄρχων τῆς συναγωγῆς=capo della sinagogaἐν ῥύσει αἵματος=in flusso di sangueזבה zavah (Lv 15,25)τοῦ κρασπέδου=la frangiaציצית tzitzit (Nm 15,38)δύναμιν ἐξεληλυθυῖαν=potenza uscita (da lui)πορεύου εἰς εἰρήνην=va' in paceלך לשלום lekh le-shalom
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Orthodox Reading
40
GreekἘν δὲ τῷ ὑποστρέφειν τὸν Ἰησοῦν ἀπεδέξατο αὐτὸν ὁ ὄχλος, ἦσαν γὰρ πάντες προσδοκῶντες αὐτόν.
Orthodox ReadingAs Jesus returned, the crowdⓘ welcomed him, for they were all awaiting himⓘ.
41
Greekκαὶ ἰδοὺ ἦλθεν ἀνὴρ ᾧ ὄνομα Ἰάϊρος καὶ οὗτος ἄρχων τῆς συναγωγῆς ὑπῆρχεν, καὶ πεσὼν παρὰ τοὺς πόδας [τοῦ] Ἰησοῦ παρεκάλει αὐτὸν εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ,
Orthodox ReadingAnd behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was ruler of the synagogueⓘ, and, having fallen at Jesus' feetⓘ, he begged him to enter his house,
42
Greekὅτι θυγάτηρ μονογενὴς ἦν αὐτῷ ὡς ἐτῶν δώδεκα καὶ αὐτὴ ἀπέθνῃσκεν. Ἐν δὲ τῷ ὑπάγειν αὐτὸν οἱ ὄχλοι συνέπνιγον αὐτόν.
Orthodox Readingbecause he had an only-begotten daughterⓘ, about twelve years old, and she was dying. As he went, the crowds pressed in, suffocating himⓘ.
43
Greekκαὶ γυνὴ οὖσα ἐν ῥύσει αἵματος ἀπὸ ἐτῶν δώδεκα, ἥτις ἰατροῖς προσαναλώσασα ὅλον τὸν βίον οὐκ ἴσχυσεν ἀπ' οὐδενὸς θεραπευθῆναι,
Orthodox ReadingAnd a woman with a flow of bloodⓘ for twelve years — a zavah, in a state of ritual impurity (tum'ah) that was transmitted by contact and excluded her from cultic life —, who, after spending all her substance on physicians, could be healed by no one,
44
Greekπροσελθοῦσα ὄπισθεν ἥψατο τοῦ κρασπέδου τοῦ ἱματίου αὐτοῦ καὶ παραχρῆμα ἔστη ἡ ῥύσις τοῦ αἵματος αὐτῆς.
Orthodox Readinghaving approached from behindⓘ, touched the fringe of the mantle, the tzitzitⓘ — the sign of the yoke of the commandments (mitzvot) that every observant Jew wore at the hems of the garment —, and at onceⓘ the flow of her blood stopped.
45
Greekκαὶ εἶπεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς· Τίς ὁ ἁψάμενός μου; ἀρνουμένων δὲ πάντων εἶπεν ὁ Πέτρος· Ἐπιστάτα, οἱ ὄχλοι συνέχουσίν σε καὶ ἀποθλίβουσιν.
Orthodox ReadingAnd Jesus said: «Who touched me?». When all denied it, Peter said: «Masterⓘ, the crowds press in and crush you on every side».
46
Greekὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν· Ἥψατό μού τις, ἐγὼ γὰρ ἔγνων δύναμιν ἐξεληλυθυῖαν ἀπ' ἐμοῦ.
Orthodox ReadingBut Jesus said: «Someone touched me; for I perceived a powerⓘ that had gone out from me».
47
Greekἰδοῦσα δὲ ἡ γυνὴ ὅτι οὐκ ἔλαθεν τρέμουσα ἦλθεν καὶ προσπεσοῦσα αὐτῷ δι' ἣν αἰτίαν ἥψατο αὐτοῦ ἀπήγγειλεν ἐνώπιον παντὸς τοῦ λαοῦ καὶ ὡς ἰάθη παραχρῆμα.
Orthodox ReadingSeeing herself discovered, no longer hidden, the woman, tremblingⓘ, came and, having fallen before him, declared before all the peopleⓘ for what cause she had touched him and how she was healed at once.
48
Greekὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῇ· Θυγάτηρ, ἡ πίστις σου σέσωκέν σε· πορεύου εἰς εἰρήνην.
Orthodox ReadingAnd he said to her: «Daughterⓘ, your faithⓘ has saved youⓘ; go in peaceⓘ».