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Oaths — Mt 5:33-37
Mt 5,33-37·NA28·18/135
οὐκ ἐπιορκήσεις=non spergiurerai (Lv 19,12)ὅρκους=giuramentiנְדָרִים nedarimμὴ ὀμόσαι ὅλως=non giurate affatto (Esseni — Yosephos Bell. II.135)θρόνος / ὑποπόδιον=trono / sgabello (Is 66,1)ναὶ ναί, οὒ οὔ=sì sì, no no (b.Shevuot 36a)כֵּן כֵּן ken kenπονηροῦ=dal Maligno / Yetzer ha-Ra
Sabato X settimana T.O. (anno I)
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Greek
Orthodox Reading
337
GreekΠάλιν ἠκούσατε ὅτι ἐρρέθη τοῖς ἀρχαίοις, Οὐκ ἐπιορκήσεις, ἀποδώσεις δὲ τῷ κυρίῳ τοὺς ὅρκους σου.
Orthodox Reading«Again you have heardⓘ that it was saidⓘ to the ancients, the generation of Sinaiⓘ: You shall not swear falsely — you shall not swear by the Name falselyⓘ — but you shall render to the Tetragrammaton your oathsⓘ pronounced before Him must be discharged⟧.
3412
Greekἐγὼ δὲ λέγω ὑμῖν μὴ ὀμόσαι ὅλως· μήτε ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ, ὅτι θρόνος ἐστὶ τοῦ Θεοῦ·
Orthodox ReadingBut I say to you: do not swear at all — in no case and for nothing — neither by heavenⓘ, for it is the throne of Godⓘ;
352
Greekμήτε ἐν τῇ γῇ, ὅτι ὑποπόδιόν ἐστι τῶν ποδῶν αὐτοῦ· μήτε εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα, ὅτι πόλις ἐστὶν τοῦ μεγάλου βασιλέως·
Orthodox Readingnor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feetⓘ; nor by Jerusalemⓘ, for it is the city of the Great Kingⓘ.
36
Greekμήτε ἐν τῇ κεφαλῇ σου ὀμόσῃς, ὅτι οὐ δύνασαι μίαν τρίχα λευκὴν ἢ μέλαιναν ποιῆσαι.
Orthodox ReadingNeither shall you swear by your headⓘ, for you have no power to make a single hairⓘ white or black.
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GreekἜστω δὲ ὁ λόγος ὑμῶν, ναὶ ναί, οὒ οὔ· τὸ δὲ περισσὸν τούτων ἐκ τοῦ πονηροῦ ἐστιν.
Orthodox ReadingLet instead your wordⓘ be: yes yes, no no — the double attestation of the righteousⓘ; the surplus that exceeds this simplicity comes from the Evil Oneⓘ.»