{"id":11914,"date":"2014-09-25T14:01:36","date_gmt":"2014-09-25T17:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/comorinemuritoare.ro\/bLOGOS\/?p=11914"},"modified":"2014-09-26T07:10:12","modified_gmt":"2014-09-26T10:10:12","slug":"invataturile-lui-neagoe-basarab-catre-fiul-sau-teodosie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comorinemuritoare.ro\/bLOGOS\/invataturile-lui-neagoe-basarab-catre-fiul-sau-teodosie\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00cenv\u0103\u0163\u0103turile lui Neagoe Basarab c\u0103tre fiul s\u0103u Teodosie"},"content":{"rendered":"

Neagoe Basarab
\n\u00cenceputurile \u00eenv\u0103\u0163\u0103turilor bunului credincios Ioan Neagoe, voievodul \u0163\u0103rii Ugrovlahiei, carele au \u00eenv\u0103\u0163at pre fiiu-sau Theodosie Vod\u0103<\/h3>\n

\"\"<\/a>Partea \u00eent\u00e2i. Cuv\u00e2ntul 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

Iubitu mieu fiiu, mai nainte de toate s\u0103 cade s\u0103 cinste\u015fti \u015fi s\u0103 lauzi ne\u00eencetat pre Dumnezeu cel mare \u015fi bun \u015fi milostiv \u015fi ziditorul nostru cel \u00een\u0163elept, \u015fi zioa \u015fi noaptea \u015fi \u00een tot ceasul \u015fi \u00een tot locul. \u015ei s\u0103 foarte cuvine s\u0103-l slave\u015fti \u015fi s\u0103-l m\u0103re\u015fti ne\u00eencetat, cu glas necurmat \u015fi cu c\u00e2nt\u0103ri nep\u0103r\u0103site, ca pre cela ce ne-au facut \u015fi ne-au scos din-tun\u00e9rec la lumin\u0103 \u015fi den nefiin\u0163\u0103 \u00een fiin\u0163\u0103. O, c\u00e2t\u0103 ia\u015fte de multa mila ta, Doamne, \u015fi g\u00e2ndul \u015fi cugetul t\u0103u, care ai spre noi oamenii! O, mare tain\u0103 \u015fi minunat\u0103! O, cine va putea spune toate puterile tale \u015fi lauda slavei tale! Dumnezeu, pentru mila sa cea mult\u0103, l\u0103cui \u00eentru noi oamenii \u015fi s\u0103 arat\u0103 noao. Dumnezeu fu \u00een ceriu \u015fi om pre p\u0103m\u00e2ntu \u015fi \u00eentr-am\u00e2ndoao des\u0103v\u00e2r\u015fit. Si pre om \u015fi-l facu fiiu iubit \u015fi mostean \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163iii sale. O, mare ia\u015fte taina \u00eentelepciunii tale Doamne, care fu spre noi oamenii! Ni dar s\u0103 m\u0103rim pre Dumnezeul nostru \u015fi s\u0103 strig\u0103m dinpreun\u0103 cu David, zic\u00e2nd: \u201eChiui\u0163i lui Dumnezeu, tot p\u0103m\u00e2ntul, sluji\u0163i lui Dumnezeu \u00een veselie, intra\u0163i \u00eenaintea lui cu bucurie \u015fi cu veselie \u015fi cu cur\u0103\u0163ie. S\u0103 \u015fti\u0163i c\u0103 acela ne-au facut, iar nu noi, \u015fi acela ia\u015fte Dumnezeul nostru \u015fi noi suntem oamenii lui \u015fi oile p\u0103\u015funii lui. Intra\u0163i prin poarta lui \u00een ispovedanie, \u00een cur\u0163ile lui, \u00een c\u00e2nt\u0103ri, m\u0103rturisi\u0163i-v\u0103 lui \u015fi l\u0103uda\u0163i numele lui, c\u0103 iaste bun \u015fi milostiv Domnul \u015fi sf\u00e2nt Dumnezeul nostru. C\u0103 iaste mila lui cea mare cu noi \u00een v\u00e9ci, \u015fi bun\u0103tatea lui cea mult\u0103\u201c. \u015ei den nimic ne-au f\u0103cut de suntem \u015fi f\u0103cu toate puterile c\u00e9le f\u0103r\u2019 de trupuri.<\/p>\n

Dar pentru ce? Numai ca s\u0103 l\u0103ud\u0103m numele lui, cel ce ne-au f\u0103cut, Domnul domnilor \u015fi Dumnezeul dumnezeilor. Adusune-au \u00een ar\u0103tarea \u015fi \u00een slava numelui s\u0103u cel sf\u00e2nt, ca s\u0103-l prosl\u0103veasc\u0103 \u00eengerii \u00een ceriurile c\u00e9le de sus cu numele sfintei \u015fi a \u00eencep\u0103toarei de via\u0163\u0103 troi\u0163\u0103. A\u015fijderea au tocmit \u015fi firea fiin\u0163ii noastre ceii omene\u015fti \u015fi ne-au dat minte \u015fi cuv\u00e2ntu \u015fi suflet \u00eembr\u0103cate \u00een trup, \u015fi ne-au \u00eenfrumuse\u0163at cu chip \u015fi cu podoab\u0103 \u015fi ne-au tocmit cu toate dichisile c\u00e9le bune \u015fi ne-au alc\u0103tuit trupul cu toate m\u0103dularile: cu gur\u0103, cu urechi, cu picioare, cu ochi \u015fi cu m\u00e2ini, ca ac\u00e9stea toate s\u0103 le \u00eentindem \u015fi s\u0103 le l\u0103rgim \u00een lauda lui Dumnezeu, iar nu spre lucruri spurcate \u015fi sc\u00e2rnave \u015fi f\u0103r\u2019 de l\u00e9ge, carile nu s\u0103 cad.<\/p>\n

Drept ac\u00e9ia, s\u0103 cinstim \u015fi s\u0103 sl\u0103vim pre ziditorul nostru \u015fi s\u0103-i mul\u0163\u0103mim ca celuia ce ne-au f\u0103cut \u015fi ne-au cinstit. Trup ne-au dat, ca cu d\u00e2nsul s\u0103 slujim Dumnezeului celui put\u00e9rnic \u015fi bun \u015fi \u00eentru nimica s\u0103 nu l\u0103s\u0103m soarta diavolului, vr\u0103jma\u015fului lui Dumnezeu \u015fi pierz\u0103toriul sufletelor noastre, s\u0103 nu-l l\u0103s\u0103m s\u0103 ne st\u0103p\u00e2neasc\u0103 el, ci totdeauna s\u0103 rug\u0103m pre Dumnezeul cel milostiv, pentru c\u0103 a lui f\u0103ptur\u0103 \u015fi zidire suntem. Gur\u0103 ne-au dat ca s\u0103 o desfacem \u015fi s\u0103 o deschidem \u015fi cu mare glas s\u0103 l\u0103ud\u0103m m\u0103rirea \u015fi put\u00e9rea lui, iar nu \u00een cuvinte spurcate \u015fi \u00een vorbe sc\u00e2rnave, care nu s\u0103 cad, nici s\u0103 cuvin, de care apoi vom da \u015fi seam\u0103 la zioa cea mare \u015fi \u00eenfrico\u015fat\u0103 a judec\u0103\u0163ii, la a doao venire a lui Dumnezeu. Ochi ne-au dat ca s\u0103-i r\u0103dic\u0103m \u00een sus \u015fi s\u0103 vedem slava lui Dumnezeu, cu a c\u0103ruia porunc\u0103 s\u0103 f\u0103cur\u0103 toate, c\u0103 \u201eacela zise \u015fi fur\u0103, acela porunci \u015fi s\u0103 zidir\u0103\u201c ceriul, v\u0103zduhul, soarile, luna, st\u00e9lile \u015fi altile toate c\u00e2te suntu v\u0103zute \u015fi nev\u0103zute \u015fi s\u0103 mul\u0163\u0103mim lui Dumnezeu, f\u0103c\u0103toriul si d\u0103t\u0103toriul tuturor. Limb\u0103 ne-au dat ca s\u0103 sl\u0103vim \u015fi s\u0103 trimitem laud\u0103 \u00een sus ne\u00eencetat numelui s\u0103u celui sf\u00e2nt, iar nu s\u0103 o \u00eentoarcem spre b\u00e2rf\u00e9le \u015fi spre cuvinte de\u015farte, nici spre patimile c\u00e9le dr\u0103ce\u015fti, care sunt trupului cu dulcea\u0163\u0103, iar sufletului cu nevoie \u015fi cu munc\u0103, nici s\u0103 gr\u0103ie\u015fti c\u00e9le ce sunt spre a\u0163i\u0163area pohtelor trupe\u015fti. C\u0103 \u015fi apostolul zice: \u201eVorbele c\u00e9le r\u00e9le stric\u0103 \u015fi putrezescu n\u0103ravurile c\u00e9le bune\u201d. Urechile ni le-au f\u0103cut \u00een cap ca cu d\u00e2nsele s\u0103 ascult\u0103m \u015fi s\u0103 auzim cuvintele lui Dumnezeu \u015fi s\u0103 p\u0103zim toat\u0103 l\u00e9gea \u015fi s\u0103 facem voia lui. M\u00e2ini ne-au dat ca s\u0103 le l\u0103rgim \u015fi s\u0103 le \u00eentindem spre \u00een\u0103l\u0163imea ceriului \u015fi s\u0103 d\u0103m slav\u0103 lui Dumnezeu pentru toate f\u0103pturile sale \u015fi s\u0103 le lungim spre mila lui. Picioarile ne-au dat, iar nu ca altor dih\u0103nii, care s\u00e2ntu mute \u015fi necuv\u00e2nt\u0103toare \u015fi umbl\u0103 pre p\u0103m\u00e2ntu dup\u0103 cum le iaste firea \u015fi voia lor \u015fi or\u00eenc\u0103tro vor s\u0103 s\u0103 \u00eentoarc\u0103, \u00eentr-acolo s\u0103 pornescu \u015fi mergu. Ci noao s\u0103 cade s\u0103 p\u0103\u015fim \u015fi s\u0103 c\u0103lc\u0103m dreptu spre c\u00e9le cere\u015fti \u015fi cu trupul, \u015fi cu capul, ca nu cumva s\u0103 ne lunec\u0103m \u00een lucrurile c\u00e9le trupe\u015fti \u015fi lume\u015fti \u015fi putrede \u015fi trec\u0103toare, ci s\u0103 umbl\u0103m pre c\u0103ile c\u00e9le nevinovate, cum zice fericitul David: \u201eFerici\u0163i cei nevinova\u0163i, carei umbl\u0103 \u00een l\u00e9gea Domnului!\u201c \u015ei s\u0103 p\u0103\u015fim \u015fi s\u0103 st\u0103m spre priveghiarea cea de toat\u0103 noaptea \u015fi mai ales la zilile c\u00e9le mari \u015fi la praznicile c\u00e9le dumnezee\u015fti \u015fi \u00een toate zilile vie\u0163ii noastre. S\u0103 p\u0103zi\u0163i precum iaste l\u00e9gea \u015fi obic\u00e9iul \u015fi s\u0103 v\u0103 feri\u0163i de toate r\u0103ot\u0103\u0163ile \u015fi sc\u00e2rn\u0103viile \u015fi spurc\u0103ciunile \u015fi s\u0103 v\u0103 ruga\u0163i lui Dumnezeu cu fric\u0103 \u015fi cu cutremur, ca s\u0103 s\u0103 milostiveasc\u0103 spre voi. \u015ei lui Hristos s\u0103 face\u0163i rug\u0103ciuni de mul\u0163\u0103mire, cu c\u00e2nt\u0103ri pentru toate c\u00e9le ce ne-au dat, cu rug\u0103 curat\u0103 \u015fi cu trup \u015fi cu suflet neschimbat \u015fi necl\u0103tit. \u00cen sfintile \u015fi dumnezeie\u015ftile bis\u00e9rici, a\u015fijderea sa aduce\u0163i lui Dumnezeu jirtv\u0103 f\u0103r\u2019 de s\u00e2ngile \u015fi s\u0103 v\u0103 price\u015ftui\u0163i sfintelor \u015fi celor f\u0103r\u2019 de moarte dumnezeie\u015ftilor taini ale lui Hristos, care cu adev\u0103rat suntu trupul \u015fi s\u00e2nge fiiului lui Dumnezeu, ca deaca v\u0103 ve\u0163i price\u015ftui cu sf\u00e2ntul lui trup \u015fi s\u00e2ngele, s\u0103 \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163i\u0163i cu d\u00e2nsul \u00eentru \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163iia lui cea netrec\u0103toare \u015fi via\u0163a de veci, precum s\u00e2ngur Domnul Hristos au zis: \u201eCela ce va m\u00e2nca trupul mieu \u015fi va bea s\u00e2ngele mieu, fiind vr\u00e9dnic, aceluia eu \u00eei voiu d\u0103rui via\u0163a de v\u00e9ci\u201d.<\/p>\n

Vezi mila lui Dumnezeu, vezi dragostea lui cu carea au iubit pre noi! Vezi darul lui cu care ne-au d\u0103ruit! C\u00e2t iaste de mult\u0103 mul\u0163imea milelor tale, Doamne! C\u0103 au urcat firea noastr\u0103 cea omeneasc\u0103 mai deasupra dec\u00e2t toate puterile c\u00e9le cere\u015fti. Dumnezeu s-au \u00een\u0103l\u0163at \u015fi au \u015fezut pre scaunul m\u0103rirei puterilor sale. Iar alte f\u0103pturi c\u00e2te suntu supt ceriu \u015fi lucrurile ale lui Dumnezeu, toate suntu tocmite \u015fi r\u00e2nduite \u00een treaba \u015fi \u00een slujba neamului omenescu: soarile, luna, st\u00e9lile, v\u00e2zduhul, v\u00e2ntul, ploile, p\u0103m\u00e2ntul \u015fi marea \u015fi toate c\u00e2te-s \u00eentr-\u00eensa. Iar pre omul f\u0103cu-l vie\u0163uitoriu \u015fi \u00eemp\u0103rat \u015fi biruitor tuturor faptelor sale c\u00e2te sunt supt cer, \u015fi \u00eenc\u0103 nu numai at\u00e2ta; ci-l f\u0103cu so\u0163 \u015fi mo\u015ftean \u015fi iubit fiiu \u015fi-l d\u0103rui de fu Dumnezeu \u015fi biruitor \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163iii sale cei cere\u015fti, cum iaste scris \u015fi zice: \u201eFi\u0163i sfin\u0163i, cum suntu \u015fi eu sf\u00e2nt, fi\u0163i dumnezei, cum suntu \u015fi eu Dumnezeu!\u201c \u015ei iar\u0103 mai zice: \u201eEu zi\u015f: to\u0163i sunte\u0163i Dumnezeu \u015fi fi\u0163i fiii Celui de Sus, iar\u0103 voi muri\u0163i ca oamenii \u015fi ca unul din domni c\u0103de\u0163i\u201d.<\/p>\n

Iar domnii \u00een ce chip cad de la Domnul \u015fi Dumnezeul lor? Cad unii din credin\u0163\u0103, iar\u0103 al\u0163ii din fapte. Deacii ei mor. Ca oamenii carii suntu suptu st\u0103p\u00e2ni, cu trupurile mor domnilor \u015fi \u00eemp\u0103ra\u0163ilor p\u0103m\u00e2nte\u015fti, iar\u0103 cu sufletele ei mor lui Dumnezeu, dac\u0103 \u00eei ajunge amarnica moarte \u015fi suntu nepoc\u0103i\u0163i de p\u0103catile lor. C\u0103 m\u0103car de\u015fi zice c\u0103 \u201enu iaste dup\u0103 moarte pl\u00e2ngere, nici \u00een iad t\u00e2nguial\u0103 \u015fi vaete\u201d iar cu adev\u0103rat iaste, \u015fi acolo suntu \u0163ip\u00e9tile c\u00e9le cu nevoe \u015fi suspinile \u015fi g\u00e9metile c\u00e9le gr\u00e9le \u015fi oft\u0103rile c\u00e9le amar\u0103. C\u0103 acolo l\u0103cuescu \u00een muncile c\u00e9le groaznice \u015fi f\u0103r\u0103 sf\u00e2r\u015fit \u015fi \u00een focul nestinsu totdeauna s\u0103 afl\u0103, av\u00e2ndu pl\u00e2ngere necurmat\u0103 \u015fi nem\u00e2ng\u00e2iat\u0103, \u015fi nici de un folos le iaste.<\/p>\n

Dreptu ac\u00e9ia, iubitul mieu fiiu, s\u0103 fii milostiv tuturor oamenilor \u015fi tuturor gloatelor, care \u0163i le va da Dumnezeu pre m\u00e2na ta, pentru care \u00eensu\u015fi Domnul Dumnezeul nostru \u015fi m\u00e2ntuitorul Iisus Hristos \u015f-au v\u0103rsat sf\u00e2ntul s\u00e2nge al s\u0103u. \u015ei s\u0103 nu omori pre niminea f\u0103r\u2019 de judecat\u0103 dreapt\u0103 \u015fi f\u0103r\u2019 de ispovedanie, ca s\u0103 nu fii \u015fi tu junghiat f\u0103r\u0103 de mil\u0103, ca noatenii \u015fi ca mieii; c\u0103 s\u00e2ngile omului nu iaste ca s\u00e2ngile vitelor sau ca altor fieri sau ca al p\u0103s\u0103rilor, ci iaste \u00eentr-alt chip, s\u00e2nge ales \u015fi cur\u0103\u0163it cu sf\u00e2ntul s\u00e2nge al Domnului nostru Iisus Hristos, care l-au v\u0103rsat pre cruce \u00een cetatea Ierusalimului, \u00een zilile lui Pilat de la Pont. Ca nu cumva, pentru pripa, s\u0103 moar\u0103 \u0163ie cu trupul, iar lui Dumnezeu cu sufletul. C\u0103 \u015fi noi \u00eensine carii suntem, m\u0103car\u0103 domni, m\u0103car\u0103 boga\u0163i, m\u0103car\u0103 s\u0103raci, tot gre\u015fim lui Dumnezeu \u015fi suntem vinova\u0163i \u015fi vom s\u0103 st\u0103m to\u0163i dinpreun\u0103 la \u00eenfrico\u015fata judecat\u0103 a lui Hristos. C\u0103 \u00eensu\u015fi Hristos pentru sufletile noastre de bun\u0103 voie a sa s-au dat spre moarte, ca pre noi pre to\u0163i s\u0103 ne fac\u0103 fiii lui Dumnezeu.<\/p>\n

Pilda<\/em>: Eu zi\u015f: \u201eTo\u0163i suntem dumnezei \u015fi fiii celui de sus\u201d. T\u00e2lcul<\/em>: Zise Domnul: \u201eCa un bun, pre to\u0163i i-am f\u0103cut \u00eemp\u0103ra\u0163i \u015fi domni \u015fi put\u00e9rnici, iar\u0103 ei se-au \u00eentorsu \u00een lucruri r\u00e9le \u015fi de\u015farte\u201d. Pilda<\/em>: \u201eIar voi muri\u0163i ca oamenii\u201d. T\u00e2lcul<\/em>: \u201eIar voi cuget\u00e2ndu c\u00e9le p\u0103m\u00e2nte\u015fti, peri\u0163i\u201d. Pilda<\/em>: \u201e\u015ei ca unul din domni c\u0103de\u0163i\u201d. T\u00e2lcul<\/em>: \u201e\u015ei satana era domnul \u00eengerilor, iar\u0103 pentru trufia lui c\u0103zu\u201d. A\u015fijderea \u015fi fie\u015ftece domnu seme\u0163 \u015fi nemilostiv va c\u0103dea \u015fi nu s\u0103 va scula. Iar de s\u0103 va t\u00e2mpla domnului s\u0103 caz\u0103, iar\u0103 apoi el s\u0103 va \u00eentoarce \u015fi ca pl\u00e2nge de c\u0103derea sa cu toat\u0103 inima, are Dumnezeu put\u00e9re s\u0103-l r\u0103dice; c\u0103 Dumnezeu iaste judec\u0103torul, \u015fi a lui iaste judecata. Cum iaste zis: \u201eDomnul va judeca marginile p\u0103m\u00e2ntului, ca un drept ce iaste, \u015fi va da put\u00e9re \u00eemp\u0103ra\u0163ilor no\u015ftri, \u015fi va \u00een\u0103l\u0163a cornul unsului s\u0103u\u201d. Dreptu ac\u00e9ia, \u201es\u0103 nu s\u0103 laude \u00een\u0163eleptul cu \u00een\u0163elepciunea sa, nici put\u00e9rnicul cu put\u00e9rea sa, nici bogatul cu bog\u0103\u0163ia sa. Ci de ac\u00e9stea s\u0103 s\u0103 laude cel ce s\u0103 l\u0103uda\u201d, m\u0103car\u0103 de ar fi \u00eemp\u0103rat, m\u0103car\u0103 domnu, m\u0103car biruitor, \u201etot s\u0103 cunoasc\u0103 pre Dumnezeu, care l-au f\u0103cut, \u015fi cu frica \u015fi cu cutremur s\u0103 fac\u0103 judecat\u0103 pre p\u0103m\u00e2ntu\u201d. \u201eFace\u0163i pace \u015fi rug\u0103 cu to\u0163i, c\u0103 f\u0103r\u0103 de ac\u00e9stea niminea nu va putea vedea pre Dumnezeu\u201d. Vezi iubitul mieu, pre \u00eemp\u0103ratul cel mare, care ne-au iubit \u015fi ne-au f\u0103cut \u015fi pre noi \u00eemp\u0103ra\u0163i pre p\u0103m\u00e2ntu, ca \u015fi pre sine, \u015fi-i iaste voia s\u0103 fim \u015fi \u00een cer; \u015fi daca vom vrea noi, vom fi, numai s\u0103 facem bine \u015fi vom fi \u00eemp\u0103ra\u0163i \u015fi vom \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163i \u00een v\u00e9ci. \u00cens\u0103 \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163iile \u015fi domniile c\u00e9ste dup\u0103 p\u0103m\u00e2ntu suntu \u00een m\u00e2na \u015fi voia lui Dumnezeu, \u015fi \u00een nevoin\u0163ile noastre c\u00e9le bune se-au dat. Iar\u0103 \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163iia cea cereasc\u0103 \u00eenc\u0103 iaste \u00een voia noastr\u0103 \u015fi ne-o va da Dumnezeu, numai de vom vrea. Dar\u0103 cuno\u015fti care iaste \u00eemp\u0103ratul cel mare \u015fi put\u00e9rnic? Acela iaste \u00eemp\u0103ratu \u00eemp\u0103ra\u0163ilor \u015fi domnu domnilor \u015fi Dumnezeul dumnezeilor, carele biruia\u015fte vii \u015fi mor\u0163ii \u015fi au f\u0103cut to\u0163i vecii. Pentru ac\u00e9ia d\u0103 slav\u0103 celui ce te-au r\u0103dicat din p\u0103m\u00e2ntu \u015fi te-au f\u0103cut lui fiiu \u015fi ceriurilor \u00eemp\u0103rat, \u015fii noroadelor \u015fi oamenilor biruitor mai mare \u015fi poruncitoriu, \u015fi te-au pus domnu pre p\u0103m\u00e2ntu, s\u0103 judeci oamenilor pe direptate \u015fi s\u0103racilor \u00een judecat\u0103, cum zice \u015fi prorocul gr\u0103ind: \u201eDoamne, d\u0103 judecata ta \u00eemp\u0103ratului \u015fi direptatea ta fiiului \u00eemp\u0103ratului\u201d. Dar\u0103 de ce \u00eemp\u0103rat gr\u0103ia\u015fte prorocul? Gr\u0103ia\u015fte de \u00eemp\u0103ratul Hristos. Cuno\u015fti c\u0103 \u201etot darul cel des\u0103v\u00e2r\u015fit pogoar\u0103 de sus, de la tat\u0103l\u201d \u015fi pre \u00eemp\u0103rat, \u015fi pre domnu, \u015fi pre preot, \u015fi pre tot omul carele iaste al lui Dumnezeu.<\/p>\n

Drept ac\u00e9ia s\u0103 cade fiiului \u00eemp\u0103ratului, carile iaste fiiu lui Dumnezeu, s\u0103 judece dreptu, c\u0103 \u015fi judecata a lui Dumnezeu iaste, iar\u0103 alt a nim\u0103nui. \u015ei v\u0103 pleca\u0163i suptu put\u00e9rnica m\u00e2na lui Dumnezeu, cum zice apostolul, ca f\u0103c\u0103toriului \u015fi \u00eemp\u0103ratului vie\u0163ii \u015fi al veacului nostru, cu toat\u0103 frica \u015fi cutremurul, ca \u00eentr-o vr\u00e9me s\u0103 v\u0103 \u00eenal\u0163e \u015fi s\u0103 tr\u0103i\u0163i mult pre p\u0103m\u00e2ntu bun. Acum pricepe\u0163i, \u00eemp\u0103ra\u0163ilor, \u015fi v\u0103 \u00eenv\u0103\u0163a\u0163i, to\u0163i cei ce judeca\u0163i p\u0103m\u00e2ntul, lucra\u0163i Domnului cu fric\u0103 \u015fi v\u0103 bucura\u0163i cu cutremur, primi\u0163i \u00eenv\u0103\u0163\u0103turi, ca s\u0103 nu s\u0103 m\u00e2nie c\u00e2ndva Domnul spre voi \u015fi s\u0103 pieri\u0163i din calea dreptului, c\u00e2nd se va a\u0163i\u0163a de prip\u0103 urgiia lui. M\u00e2niia\u0163i-v\u0103 \u015fi nu gre\u015fi\u0163i de c\u00e9le ce g\u00e2ndi\u0163i \u00eentru inimile voastre, \u00een paturile voastre v\u0103 umili\u0163i. \u015ei iar\u0103 mai zice prorocul: \u201e\u0163ie iaste l\u0103sat s\u0103racul, \u015fi m\u00e9serului tu \u00eei fii ajutoriu\u201d. C\u0103 \u015fi fiiul lui Dumnezeu s\u0103racu fu trimis \u00een lume, cum iaste scris. Iar \u0163ie \u0163i-au dat Dumnezeu \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163ia \u00eentr-aceast\u0103 lume scurt\u0103.<\/p>\n

Dreptu ac\u00e9ia s\u0103 cade \u00eemp\u0103ratului \u015fi domnului s\u0103 aib\u0103 judecat\u0103 direapt\u0103 \u015fi nef\u0103\u0163arnic\u0103, dinpreun\u0103 \u015fi alte bun\u0103t\u0103\u0163i toate, c\u0103 \u201ecinstea \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103teasc\u0103 \u015fi domneasc\u0103 judecat\u0103 iub\u00e9\u015fte\u201d, cum iaste zis; c\u0103 \u00eemp\u0103ra\u0163ii cei adeveri\u0163i nimica nu fac f\u0103r\u2019 de judecat\u0103, c\u0103 cu judecata suntu \u00eendrept\u0103tori \u015fi put\u00e9rnici. Tu, Doamne, ca un Dumnezeu ai g\u0103tit dreptatea ta \u015fi o ai dat-o \u00eemp\u0103ra\u0163ilor \u015fi domnilor, iar adeverin\u0163a o ai \u00eemp\u0103r\u0163itu tuturor oamenilor. Judecata \u015fi direptatea \u00een Iacovu o ai f\u0103cut-o. C\u0103 Hristos iaste judec\u0103toriu \u015fi dreptatea \u015fi adeverin\u0163a. \u015ei zice: \u201eIacovu iaste sluga mea cea aleas\u0103\u201c. Prorocul zice: \u201e\u00cen\u0103l\u0163a\u0163i ne\u00eencetatu pre Dumnezeul nostru \u015fi v\u0103 \u00eenchina\u0163i razimului picioarelor lui\u201d. M\u0103car\u0103 de e\u015fti \u00eemp\u0103ratu, m\u0103car domnu, m\u0103car\u0103 bogat, m\u0103car\u0103 s\u0103rac, tot v\u0103 \u00eenchina\u0163i razimului picioarelor lui, c\u0103 iaste sf\u00e2nt, \u015fi acela iaste domnul \u015fi judec\u0103torioul cel \u00een\u0163eleptu \u015fi \u00eenfrico\u015fat \u015fi v\u00e9cinic. Deci, de vei judeca pre cineva cu judecat\u0103 nedreapt\u0103 \u015fi f\u0103\u0163arnic\u0103, Dumnezeu va fi \u0163ie \u015fi oamenilor t\u0103i judec\u0103tor cu plat\u0103, c\u0103 zice: \u201e Eu suntu izb\u00e2nditoriul \u015fi voi iz\u00e2ndi\u201d. Iar\u0103 prorocul zice: \u201eJalea \u015fi suspinile s\u0103racilor le-ai auzit, Doamne, g\u0103tirea inimilor lor le-au socotit urechea ta. Judec\u0103 s\u0103racului \u015fi smeritului, ca s\u0103 nu mai adaog\u0103 dup\u0103 ac\u00e9ia omul de a s\u0103 m\u0103ri pre p\u0103m\u00e2ntu\u201d. Dreptu ac\u00e9ia, ascult\u0103, \u015fi ia aminte \u015fi socote\u015fte, s\u0103 nu mai adaog\u0103 omul dup\u0103 ac\u00e9ia a s\u0103 mai \u00een\u0103l\u0163a. C\u0103 iaste zis: \u201e\u00cen zadar va fi turburarea celor ce s\u0103 m\u0103rescu\u201d. Iar de vei face judecat\u0103 f\u0103\u0163arnic\u0103, tu cuget\u0103 c\u00e2ndu s\u0103 va lua judecata de la tine \u015fi s\u0103 va da altuia, carile va judeca cu dreptate oamenilor lui Dumnezeu. \u015ei va face izb\u00e2nd\u0103 Dumnezeu, precum au zis: \u201esi suspinile s\u0103racilor nu vor peri p\u00e2n\u0103 \u00een sf\u00e2r\u015fit\u201d. C\u0103 m\u0103car\u0103 de e\u015fti \u015fi \u00eemp\u0103ratu sau domnu, iar judecata tot iaste a lui Dumnezeu \u015fi cu porunca lui e\u015fti pus p\u0103stor tu, \u015fi tocmitor faptelor lui. Pentru ac\u00e9ia scrie, de zice: \u201eFra\u0163ilor, judeca\u0163i pe direptat\u00e9 \u015fi priiatenilor \u015fi streinilor \u015fi celor mari \u015fi celor mici. De niminea s\u0103 nu-\u0163i fie ru\u015fin\u00e9, c\u0103 judecata iaste a lui Dumnezeu\u201d. Ci c\u00e2t\u0103 vr\u00e9me va fi dat\u0103 pre m\u00e2na ta, fie-\u0163i grij\u0103 \u015fi fric\u0103 de slujba care \u0163i-au dat-o Dumnezeu \u00een seama ta, c\u0103 nici ai adus nimic cu tine \u00eentr-aceast\u0103 lume, nici vei s\u0103 iai nimic. Ci, cum zice dreptul Iov: \u201eGol te-ai n\u0103scut din p\u00e2nt\u0103cile m\u00e2ne-ta, iar gol te vei duce\u201d, deaca nu vei fi \u00eembr\u0103cat cu lucrurile c\u00e9le ce s\u0103 cad ale bun\u0103t\u0103\u0163ii. C\u0103 \u201enimic nu iaste al t\u0103u\u201d, cum zice apostolul, ci toate-s ale lui Dumnezeu. Iar, desi ai tu, nu te l\u0103uda, c\u0103 de la Dumnezeu le-ai luat, ca s\u0103 dai schiptrul \u015fi steagul \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163iei \u015fi domniei tale cu mult\u0103 mul\u0163umire, cum \u015fi \u00eemp\u0103ra\u0163ii cei mai denainte vr\u00e9me \u015f-au dat \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163iile \u00een m\u00e2na lui Dumnezeu tat\u0103l, cu mult\u0103 \u00eendr\u0103znire \u015fi cu mult\u0103 cinste \u015fi cu mare \u00eendreptare. \u015ei cu \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163iile lumii ace\u015ftii trec\u0103toare au dob\u00e2ndit \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163iia cea netrec\u0103toare a ceriului \u015fi au luat cununa bun\u0103t\u0103\u0163ilor din m\u00e2inile lui Dumnezeu. \u015ei s\u0103 nu \u0163i s\u0103 \u00eenal\u0163\u0103 inima, nici s\u0103 te trufe\u015fti de limbile \u015fi de n\u0103roadele c\u00e9le multe, c\u0103 de la Dumnezeu fu dat\u0103 put\u00e9re voao \u015fi biruin\u0163\u0103 de la Cel de Sus. C\u0103 toat\u0103 judecata iaste a lui Dumnezeu \u015fi Dumnezeu va s\u0103 judece oamenii. Dumnezeu iaste judec\u0103toriu dreptu \u015fi tare \u015fi \u00eend\u0103lungu r\u0103bd\u0103toriu \u015fi nu aduce m\u00e2nie \u00een toate zilele. Acela iaste milostiv \u015fi \u00eendelung r\u0103bd\u0103toriu \u015fi \u00eendur\u0103toriu \u015fi au g\u0103tit scaunul s\u0103u spre judecat\u0103, \u015fi iaste gata \u00een toat\u0103 vr\u00e9mea \u015fi \u00een tot ceasul s\u0103 judece lumea cu dreptate \u015fi oamenii a\u015fijderea. \u015ei pre cei drep\u0163i s\u0103-i \u00eencorun\u00e9ze, iar pre cei p\u0103c\u0103to\u015fi s\u0103-i munceasc\u0103.<\/p>\n

Minunat iaste Dumnezeu \u00een faptele sale, c\u0103 cu mare cinste ne cinsti \u015fi ne d\u00e9de minte slobod\u0103 \u015fi chibzuitoare, \u015fi firea omeneasc\u0103 cea c\u0103zut\u0103 o au \u00een\u0103l\u0163at mai pe deasupra \u00eengerilor, cum zi\u015f \u015fi mai sus, dup\u0103 cuv\u00e2ntul prorocului: \u201eCe iaste omul, c\u0103-\u0163i aduse\u015fi aminte de d\u00e2nsul, sau fiiul omului, c\u0103-l cerceta\u015fi?\u201d Vezi c\u00e2t\u0103 dragoste are Dumnezeu c\u0103tr\u0103 oameni \u015fi ce f\u0103cu pentru d\u00e2n\u015fii? F\u0103cu toate v\u0103zutele \u015fi nev\u0103zutele \u015fi pentru d\u00e2nsul s\u0103 f\u0103cu om. Ac\u00e9stea toate pentru dragostea noastr\u0103 le f\u0103cu, \u015fi noi fiind pieri\u0163i pentru gre\u015fala noastr\u0103, el iar ne \u00eennoi. Ac\u00e9stea toate le socot\u00e9\u015fte prorocul \u015fi ni le arat\u0103 zic\u00e2nd: \u201eCe iaste omul?\u201d Cum ai zice, omul iaste o nimica, numai ce iaste sl\u0103biciune \u015fi urgie \u015fi neputin\u0163\u0103. Iar mila lui Dumnezeu vezi c\u00e2t\u0103 iaste de mare, c\u0103 de lucrurile c\u00e9le ce f\u0103cu pentru d\u00e2nsul s\u0103 mir\u0103 prorocul \u015fi zice: \u201eCe iaste omul, de ai f\u0103cut at\u00e2tea m\u0103riri pentru d\u00e2nsul?\u201d Cunoa\u015fte dar c\u0103 c\u00e2te suntu v\u0103zute \u015fi nev\u0103zute, toate sunt f\u0103cute pentru d\u00e2nsul. Pentru d\u00e2nsul fu f\u0103cut\u0103 vr\u00e9mea de la Adam p\u00e2n\u2019 la venirea lui Hristos, pentru d\u00e2nsul fu f\u0103cut raiul, pentru d\u00e2nsul \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163iia ceriului, pentru d\u00e2nsul judec\u0103\u0163ile \u015fi caznele \u015fi minunile, bun\u0103t\u0103\u0163ile \u015fi legile; pentru d\u00e2nsul fiiul lui Dumnezeu fu om. Cine ar putea spune c\u00e9le ce au f\u0103cut pentru d\u00e2nsul \u015fi c\u00e9le ce vor s\u0103 fie! Ac\u00e9stea toate le socot\u00e9\u015fte prorocul \u015fi zice: \u201eCe iaste omul de s-au \u00eenvr\u00e9dnicit a at\u00e2tea bun\u0103t\u0103\u0163i, dar, \u015fi cinste?\u201d C\u0103 de ar vrea cineva s\u0103 \u015ftie adeverit \u015fi s\u0103 cunoasc\u0103 c\u00e2te au fost pentru d\u00e2nsul \u015fi c\u00e2te va s\u0103 ia dup\u0103 ac\u00e9stea, el s-ar umplea de fric\u0103 \u015fi de mirare. Deci, ia aminte, s\u0103 \u015ftii c\u00e2t\u0103 grij\u0103 are Dumnezeu pentru oameni, c\u0103 zice prorocul: \u201e Cu pu\u0163inel oarece l-ai mai mic\u015forat dec\u00e2t \u00eengerii?\u201d Aici zice prorocul \u015fi gr\u0103ia\u015fte aceast\u0103 mic\u015forare, pentru c\u0103 cu pu\u0163inel oarece au mai mic\u015foratu Dumnezeu pre omu dec\u00e2t pre \u00eengerii, pentru gre\u015fala \u015fi c\u0103lcarea ce gre\u015fi dent\u00e2i str\u0103mo\u015ful nostru Adam \u00een rai. Dar cu ce l-au mic\u015forat pu\u0163inel dec\u00e2t pre \u00eengeri? Mic\u015foratu-l-au cu moartea. \u201eCu slav\u0103 \u015fi cu cinste l-ai cununat\u201d. Slava o socot\u00e9\u015fte prorocul m\u0103riia c\u00e9ia ce o au luat \u00eent\u00e2i, iar cinstea ce o au luat Dumnezeu, iar care va s\u0103 o ia dup\u0103 a doao venire a lui Hristos. C\u0103 dint\u00e2i i-au zis Dumnezeu: \u201eToate fierile p\u0103m\u00e2ntului \u015fi pas\u0103rile ceriului \u015fi pe\u015ftii m\u0103rii s\u0103 s\u0103 \u00eenfrico\u015feze \u015fi s\u0103 s\u0103 team\u0103 de voi, \u015fi voi s\u0103 le st\u0103p\u00e2ni\u0163i\u201d. Apoi iar au zis: \u201eS\u0103 c\u0103lca\u0163i \u015farpele \u015fi scorpiia\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u00cens\u0103 acum s\u0103 l\u0103s\u0103m c\u00e9le vechi \u015fi de d\u0103 multu \u015fi s\u0103 c\u0103ut\u0103m spre c\u00e9ste de acum, c\u0103 slava \u015fi cinstea cea mare din l\u00e9gea cea noao iaste, c\u00e2nd ai cap pre Hristos, c\u00e2ndu din trupu lui te price\u015ftue\u015fti, c\u00e2ndu e\u015fti frate lui \u015fi mo\u015ftnean \u015fi \u00eentocma cu d\u00e2nsul, c\u00e2ndu ai cinste mai mare dec\u00e2t Moisi, cum zice fericitul Pavel, nu ca cum \u00ee\u015fi acoperea Moisi fa\u0163a obrazului, c\u0103 cel \u00een\u0103l\u0163at nu s\u0103 \u00eenal\u0163\u0103 de aceast\u0103 slav\u0103 \u00een slava \u00een\u0103l\u0163\u0103toare; pentru aceast\u0103 slav\u0103 spune prorocul mai nainte de vr\u00e9me. Dar ce iaste mai sl\u0103vit dec\u00e2t aceasta, c\u00e2ndu suntem so\u0163ii cu \u00eengerii \u015fi ne-am f\u0103cut fiii lui Dumnezeu, \u015fi \u00eenc\u0103 nici pre unul al s\u0103u iubit fiiu ce au avut nu l-au cru\u0163at, ci l-au trimis \u015fi l-au dat pentru noi. Dar ce slav\u0103 poate fi mai mare dec\u00e2t aceasta, c\u00e2nd f\u0103cu Dumnezeu ac\u00e9stea toate pentru c\u0103lcarea \u015fi p\u0103catul cel dent\u00e2i! C\u0103 Adam nar fi f\u0103cut nici bine, nici r\u0103u. Dar cum ar fi putut face bine sau r\u0103u, nefiind el? C\u0103 cum s\u0103 zidi, \u00eendat\u0103 dob\u00e2ndi at\u00e2ta cinste! Iat\u0103 c\u0103 \u015fi noi, c\u00e2te r\u0103ut\u0103\u0163i facem, iar Dumnezeu tot ne \u00eenvr\u00e9dnic\u00e9\u015fte cu cinste mare \u015fi nespus\u0103. Socot\u00e9\u015fte de vezi, c\u0103 zice Hristos: \u201eDe acum nu v\u0103 voi mai zice slugi, c\u0103 sunte\u0163i fra\u0163ii \u015fi priiatenii miei\u201d. \u015ei \u00eenc\u0103 nu numai at\u00e2tea, ce \u015fi \u00eengerii ne sluj\u0103scu pentru m\u00e2ntuirea sufletelor noastre \u015fi nu suntem mo\u015ft\u00e9ni numai pre p\u0103m\u00e2ntu, ci suntem p\u0103rta\u015fi \u015fi bun\u0103t\u0103\u0163ilor lui Hristos celor cere\u015fti. Ac\u00e9stea toate le cuget\u0103 prorocul \u015fi zice c\u0103 \u201el-ai \u00eencununat cu slav\u0103 \u015fi cu cinste \u015fi l-ai pus mai mare peste faptele m\u00e2inilor tale, \u015fi toate ai supus suptu picioar\u00e9le lui. Oile \u015fi boii, \u00eenc\u0103 \u015fi hier\u0103le c\u00e2mpilor \u015fi p\u0103s\u0103rile cere\u015fti \u015fi pe\u015ftii carii trec marea \u015fi c\u0103r\u0103rile m\u0103rii. Doamne, Domnul nostru, c\u00e2t iaste de minunat numele t\u0103u, preste tot p\u0103m\u00e2ntul!\u201d Iat\u0103, m\u0103car de\u015fi gr\u0103ia\u015fte de f\u0103pturi, iar de \u00eengeri nu pomen\u00e9\u015fte, ce spune numai de c\u00e9le ce suntu pricep\u0103toare, iar\u0103 \u00een socoteal\u0103 suntu groase \u015fi nedomirite.<\/p>\n

\u00centrebare<\/em>: Dar ce va s\u0103 s\u0103 \u00een\u0163eleag\u0103 aceasta?<\/p>\n

R\u0103spunsul<\/em>: Aceasta iaste biruin\u0163a p\u0103m\u00e2nteasc\u0103, care fu dat\u0103 lui din-ceput \u015fi iaste un lucru de minune, c\u0103ci c\u0103 omul mai nainte, p\u00e2n\u2019 ce nu gre\u015fe\u015fte, el fu d\u0103ruit cu at\u00e2ta cinste, iar deaca gre\u015fi, iat\u0103 c\u0103 nu-l urgisi Dumnezeu, nice-l lipsi de cinstea care i-o d\u00e9dese mai nainte. Ce zice: \u201ecu pu\u0163inel oarecare l-ai mai mic\u015forat dec\u00e2t \u00eengerii\u201d, cum s-ar zice, dup\u0103 ce gre\u015fi, judec\u0103-l \u015fi-l os\u00e2ndi cu moartea. Ci \u00eens\u0103, m\u0103car de-l \u015fi os\u00e2ndi cu moartea, iar cinstea care i-o ded\u00e9se \u00eent\u00e2iu, nu i-o luo.<\/p>\n

Aici arat\u0103 dragostea cea nespus\u0103, care o are Dumnezeu c\u0103tr\u0103 neamul omenescu. C\u0103 omul, de\u015fi cunoscu el \u00eensu\u015fi p\u0103catul \u015fi vina sa, iar Dumnezeu tot \u00eel l\u0103s\u0103 s\u0103 fie \u00eencorunat cu cinstea \u015fi cu slava cea dint\u00e2i, \u015fi m\u0103rirea lui nu o stric\u0103; iar de-i si luo ceva pu\u0163inel de suptu put\u00e9rea lui, \u015fi aceasta pentru folosul lui fu: c\u0103, mai nainte de gre\u015fal\u0103, \u015fi fier\u0103le c\u00e9le zv\u0103p\u0103iate \u015fi cumplite le st\u0103p\u00e2nea omul, iar dup\u0103 gre\u015fal\u0103 pu\u0163inel de aceast\u0103 biruin\u0163\u0103-l opri. \u00cens\u0103 \u015fi acum tot biruia\u015fte \u015fi st\u0103p\u00e2n\u00e9\u015fte \u015fi pre ac\u00e9lea, ce cu me\u015fte\u015fug \u015fi cu fric\u0103 \u015fi cu paz\u0103 mare, c\u0103 nici i-au luat toat\u0103 biruin\u0163a, nici i-au l\u0103sat-o toat\u0103, ci c\u00e2te i-au fostu de treab\u0103 \u015fi de slujb\u0103 i le-au l\u0103sat, iar c\u00e2te suntu fiar\u0103 s\u0103lbatece i le-au luat, ca pentru aceasta s\u0103-\u015fi aduc\u0103 aminte \u015fi s\u0103 cugete tot omul, pentru p\u0103catul str\u0103mo\u015fului Adam, \u015fi s\u0103 cunoasc\u0103, c\u0103 pentru acela nu s\u0103 pleac\u0103 noao toate fierile, \u015fi iaste \u015fi aceasta de mare folos. Dar leul, m\u0103car de s-ar \u015fi pleca noao, de ce tr\u00e9ab\u0103 ne-ar fi noao, sau pardosul, m\u0103car de ar fi \u015fi bl\u00e2ndu? A\u015fijderea \u015fi alte hieri s\u0103lbateci \u015fi spurcate, f\u0103r\u0103 numai o truf\u0103 \u015fi o m\u0103rire de\u015fart\u0103. Pentr-ac\u00e9ia l\u0103s\u0103 Dumnezeu s\u0103 fie ac\u00e9stea sem\u00e9\u0163e \u015fi neplecate, iar\u0103 c\u00e9le ce ne sunt d\u0103 treab\u0103, iale s\u0103 fac plecate \u015fi bl\u00e2nde, \u015fi le supuse suptu m\u00e2inile noastre: boii, ca s\u0103 ar\u0103m cu d\u00e2n\u015fii, oile, ca s\u0103 \u00eembr\u0103c\u0103m goliciunea trupurilor noastre, iar alte dobitoace le las\u0103 ca s\u0103 poarte ce ne va trebui \u015fi s\u0103 ne hr\u0103nim cu d\u00e2nsele. A\u015fijderea au f\u0103cut \u015fi pas\u0103rire ceriului, a\u015fijderea au f\u0103cut \u015fi pe\u015ftii, s\u0103 ne fie de m\u00e2ncare. C\u0103 cumu-\u015fi gon\u00e9\u015fte cineva\u015fi feciorii s\u0103i din mo\u015fiile sale, pentru neascultarea lui, iar nu-l opr\u00e9\u015fte din toate, ci totu-i las\u0103 ceva pu\u0163inel, ca s\u0103-l smereasc\u0103, a\u015fa \u015fi Dumnezeu, ce \u00eens\u0103 nu \u00eentr-acesta chip. C\u0103 omul, c\u00e2nd \u00ee\u015fi gon\u00e9\u015fte feciorul, el \u00eel opr\u00e9\u015fte de c\u00e9le mai multe \u015fi-i d\u0103 pu\u0163inea parte; iar Dumnezeu numai ci-i opri oarece c\u00e2t de pu\u0163inel, iar mai mult \u00eei d\u00e9de. Ci \u015fi aceasta iaste tocmeala lui Dumnezeu, iar fu pentru folosul omului. C\u0103 dint\u00e2i toate avu omul supuse supt m\u00e2na lui. Deacii el s\u0103 seme\u0163i. Pentru ac\u00e9ia s\u0103 schimbar\u0103, ca s\u0103 aib\u0103 \u015fi el grij\u0103 de c\u00e9le ce-i vor trebui \u015fi-i vor fi de hran\u0103 \u00een via\u0163a lui. \u015ei nu l\u0103s\u0103 s\u0103 nu-i fie toate cu osteneal\u0103, nici iar cu odihn\u0103, ci unele ce-i suntu de treab\u0103 suntu f\u0103r\u2019 de osteneal\u0103, iar alte care-i suntu mai de mare treab\u0103 l\u0103s\u0103 s\u0103 le c\u00e9rce mai cu mare osteneal\u0103 \u015fi cu mult\u0103 nevoin\u0163\u0103. Ia aminte, de vezi, cum pe\u015ftii carii umbl\u0103 \u00een fundul m\u0103rii \u015fi pas\u0103rile carele zboar\u0103 \u00een slava ceriului, toate cu me\u015fte\u015fug le-au supus Dumnezeu \u0163ie, omule, \u015fi \u0163i le-au dat.<\/p>\n

\u00centrebare<\/em>: Dar, c\u0103ci nu zice de toate c\u00e9le v\u0103zute \u015fi nev\u0103zute, \u015fi de s\u0103diri \u015fi de s\u0103m\u0103n\u0103turi, \u015fi de pomi \u015fi de altele?<\/p>\n

R\u0103spunsul<\/em>: C\u00e2t au zis de pu\u0163inel, iar toate le semneaz\u0103, \u015fi au l\u0103sat celor ce le iaste voia s\u0103 le \u015ftie, s\u0103 le spuie. Iat\u0103, iar vine cuv\u00e2ntul s\u0103 s\u0103 sf\u00e2r\u015fasc\u0103 la sf\u00e2r\u015fitul cel mai d\u00e2nt\u00e2i, unde zice: \u201eDoamne, Domnul nostru, c\u00e2t e de minunat numele t\u0103u peste tot p\u0103m\u00e2ntul!\u201d Ac\u00e9ste cuvinte pui \u015fi la \u00eenceput \u015fi la sf\u00e2r\u015fit, deci \u015fi noi pururea s\u0103 ne afl\u0103m zic\u00e2nd a\u015fa: \u201eDoamne, Domnul nostru, c\u00e2tu e de minunat numele t\u0103u preste tot p\u0103m\u00e2ntul!\u201c \u015ei s\u0103 ne mir\u0103m de mila \u015fi de dragostea lui, care o are c\u0103tr\u0103 oameni, \u015fi de \u00een\u0163elepciunea lui \u015fi de g\u00e2ndul cel bun ce-l are spre noi.<\/p>\n

Iat\u0103, auzindu noi ac\u00e9ste mile \u015fi daruri ale lui Dumnezeu, care suntu spre noi, s\u0103 p\u0103zim dreptatea \u015fi l\u00e9gea lui Dumnezeu, cum zice prorocul: \u201eFerici\u0163i cei ce p\u0103zescu judecata \u015fi fac dreptate \u00een toat\u0103 vr\u00e9mea\u201d, \u015fi mustreaz\u0103 pre cei ce judec\u0103 str\u00e2mbu! \u015ei iar mai zice: \u201eP\u00e2n\u0103 c\u00e2nd ve\u0163i judeca nedreptu \u015fi v\u0103 ve\u0163i \u00eendoi de f\u00e9\u0163ele p\u0103c\u0103to\u015filor?\u201c \u015ei iar mai zice: \u201eDumnezeu st\u0103tu \u00een ceata dumnezeilor \u015fi \u00eentre dumnezei va s\u0103 judece. Pentru ac\u00e9ia judeca\u0163i pre s\u0103rac \u015fi \u00eendrepta\u0163i pre mi\u015f\u0103l, scoate\u0163i pre cel smerit \u015fi nem\u00e9rnic \u015fi-l izb\u0103vi\u0163i din m\u00e2inele p\u0103c\u0103tosului\u201d. Iar de nu, tot cela ce iub\u00e9\u015fte nedreptatea, acela-\u015fi ura\u015fte sufletul s\u0103u, c\u0103 \u201eDomnul iaste dreptu \u015fi dreptatea au iubit \u015fi dreptatea v\u0103zu fa\u0163a lui.\u201d \u015ei iar zice: \u201eP\u0103z\u00e9\u015fte ner\u0103utatea \u015fi vezi dreptatea \u015fi \u00een gura dreptului s\u0103 va \u00eenv\u0103\u0163a \u00een\u0163elepciune \u015fi limba lui va gr\u0103i judecata\u201d. C\u0103 de vei p\u0103zi judecata cea dreapt\u0103, tu vei fi fericit \u015fi vei \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163i pre p\u0103m\u00e2ntu, iar cu Hristos Dumnezeu \u00eenc\u0103 vei l\u0103cui \u00een veac.<\/p>\n

Dar acuma ajunge-va credin\u0163a \u015fi judecata cea dreapt\u0103, au mai lungi-vom \u015fi cu alte bun\u0103t\u0103\u0163i? C\u0103 cu adev\u0103rat \u015fi ac\u00e9ste bun\u0103t\u0103\u0163i suntu foarte bune \u015fi vr\u00e9dnice de-a le l\u0103uda \u015fi \u00eengerii, \u015fi oamenii. Iar s\u0103 asculta\u0163i \u015fi cuv\u00e2ntul lui Iacov apostolul, ce au zis c\u0103 \u201em\u0103car de-ar umplea cineva toat\u0103 l\u00e9gea \u015fi toate poruncile lui Dumnezeu, iar de va gre\u015fi numai \u00eentr-una \u015fi s\u0103 va zminti, d\u00e9cii \u00een toate iaste vinovat\u201d. Iar noi s\u0103 rug\u0103m pre Dumnezeul cel milostiv, s\u0103 ne \u00eenvr\u00e9dniceasc\u0103 s\u0103 fim \u00een toate lucrurile des\u0103v\u00e2r\u015fit \u015fi \u00een toate bun\u0103t\u0103\u0163ile \u00eentregi \u015fi nici \u00eentr-unile s\u0103 nu fim lipsi\u0163i. S\u0103 p\u0103zim judecata \u015fi s\u0103 facem dreptate. Mintea cea \u00eentreag\u0103 \u015fi cur\u0103\u0163iia s\u0103 ibuim, bl\u00e2nzi \u015fi r\u0103bd\u0103tori \u015fi \u00eeng\u0103duitori s\u0103 fim tuturor \u00een toat\u0103 vr\u00e9mea \u015fi \u00eentr-alte bun\u0103t\u0103\u0163i \u00een toate s\u0103 l\u0103cuim, \u00eentru care cine petrec \u015fi l\u0103cuescu, feric\u00e9\u015fte-i Hristos la Sf\u00e2nta Evanghelie \u015fi zice: \u201eFerici\u0163i cei s\u0103raci cu duhul, c\u0103 acelora iaste \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163ia ceriurilor! Ferici\u0163i cei ce pl\u00e2ngu, c\u0103 ac\u00e9ia s\u0103 vor m\u00e2ng\u00e2ia! Ferici\u0163i cei bl\u00e2nzi, c\u0103 ac\u00e9ia vor mo\u015fteni p\u0103m\u00e2ntul! Ferici\u0163i cei fl\u0103m\u00e2nzi \u015fi \u00eenseto\u015fa\u0163i pentru dreptate, c\u0103 ac\u00e9ia s\u0103 vor s\u0103tura! Ferici\u0163i cei milostivi, c\u0103 ac\u00e9ia vor fi milui\u0163i! Ferici\u0163i cei cu inimile curate, c\u0103 ac\u00e9ia vor vedea pre Dumnezeu!\u201c \u015ei alte bun\u0103t\u0103\u0163i, care suntu fericite de Hristos, c\u0103tr\u0103 care suntu adaose \u015fi al\u0103turate \u015fi judecata, \u015fi dreptatea. Iar \u015fi judecata, m\u0103car de iaste \u015fi dreapt\u0103, tot iaste f\u0103r\u2019 de mil\u0103 celor ce nu fac milostenie, c\u0103 la judecat\u0103 milosteniia va fi l\u0103udat\u0103, cum zice prorocul: \u201eMilostenie \u015fi judecat\u0103 voi c\u00e2nta \u0163ie, Doamne! C\u00e2ntu \u015fi pricep \u00een calea nevinov\u0103\u0163irii. Ur\u00e2t-am pre cei ce fac f\u0103rdel\u00e9ge!\u201c \u015ei iar mai zice: \u201e\u00cemp\u0103r\u0163i \u015fi d\u00e9de celor s\u0103raci; dreptatea lui tr\u0103ia\u015fte \u00een v\u00e9cii v\u00e9cilor; cornul lui s\u0103 va \u00een\u0103l\u0163a \u00een slav\u0103\u201c.<\/p>\n

Iat\u0103 c\u0103 suntem datori, noi ce\u015fti put\u00e9rnici, s\u0103 ajut\u0103m celor slabi \u015fi s\u0103-i \u00eendrept\u0103m, \u015fi s\u0103 nu facem at\u00e2ta \u00een voia noastr\u0103, c\u00e2t \u00een voia vecinului \u015fi s\u0103racului \u015fi a neput\u00e9rnicului, c\u0103 a\u015fa zice marele Pavel. Iar Iacov apostol, care s\u0103 cheam\u0103 fratele lui Dumnezeu, zice: \u201eFratele cel smerit s\u0103 s\u0103 laude \u00eentru m\u0103rirea sa, iar cel bogat \u00eentru smereniia sa. C\u0103, cum r\u0103sare soar\u00e9le cu c\u0103ldur\u0103 \u015fi s\u0103 ve\u015ftejescu buruenile, \u015fi florile lor s\u0103 scutur\u0103, a\u015fa \u015fi boga\u0163ii carii nu s\u0103 bog\u0103\u0163escu \u00eentru Dumnezeu, s\u0103 vor ve\u015fteji \u00eentru umbletele lor\u201d. \u015ei iar mai zice: \u201eNi, acum boga\u0163ilor, pl\u00e2nge\u0163i, v\u0103et\u00e2ndu-v\u0103 de \u00eentrist\u0103ciunile ce vin asupra voastr\u0103, c\u0103 bog\u0103\u0163iia voastr\u0103 au putrezit, hainile voastre le-au m\u00e2ncat moliile, aurul \u015fi argintul vostru au ruginit \u015fi rugina lor fi-va voao m\u0103rturie \u015fi va topi trupurile voastre ca focul, c\u0103 i-a\u0163i str\u00e2nsu avu\u0163ie \u00een zilele c\u00e9le de apoi\u201d. Iar Hristos au zis: \u201eMai lesne va intra funea cor\u0103biei prin urechile acului, dec\u00e2t bogatul \u00eentru \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163iia ceriului\u201d. Petru apostol \u00eenc\u0103 au zis: \u201eTot omul mai nainte de moarte s\u0103 s\u0103 \u00eempodobeasc\u0103 cu judecat\u0103, cu milostenie, cu cur\u0103\u0163ie, cu mintea cea \u00eentreag\u0103 \u015fi cu alte fapte bune, cu toate\u201d. C\u0103 \u201e\u00eenfrico\u015fat lucru iaste a c\u0103dea \u00een m\u00e2inile Dumnezeului celui viu\u201d. Iar cel ce s\u0103 va nevoi cu milostenie, cu rug\u0103 \u015fi cu alte bun\u0103t\u0103\u0163i, aceluia i s\u0103 vor cur\u0103\u0163i mul\u0163imea p\u0103catelor. \u015ei iar mai zice Hristos la Evanghelie: \u201eNu \u00eengropare\u0163i avu\u0163iia voastr\u0103 \u00een p\u0103m\u00e2ntu, unde o stric\u0103 viermii \u015fi o put\u00e9reze\u015fte putrejunea \u015fi o sap\u0103 furii \u015fi o fur\u0103, ci str\u00e2nge\u0163i avu\u0163iia voastr\u0103 \u00een ceriu, unde nici viermii o stric\u0103, nici putrejunea o putreze\u015fte \u015fi unde furii nu o sap\u0103, nici o fur\u0103. C\u0103 unde iaste avu\u0163iia voastr\u0103, acolo va fi \u015fi inima voastr\u0103\u201c.<\/p>\n

Iat\u0103 acum iar f\u0103cum vor\u0103 \u015fi \u00eenv\u0103\u0163\u0103tur\u0103 pentru judecat\u0103 \u015fi pentru dreptate \u015fi pentru milostenie, \u00eenc\u0103 \u015fi de altele c\u00e2te am putut, care suntu de folos \u015fi s\u0103 cade a le asculta omul \u015fi a le face. Ci fi-va at\u00e2ta destul? Au iar vom mai adaoge \u00eenv\u0103\u0163\u0103tura? Au ba. C\u0103 s\u0103 cade foarte cu de-adinsul s\u0103 mai \u00eenv\u0103\u0163\u0103m \u015fi s\u0103 spunem, deaca vr\u00e9me ce zice apostolul c\u0103 \u201ede va face cineva toat\u0103 l\u00e9gea \u015fi va umplea toate poruncile, iar numai \u00eentr-una de s\u0103 va zminti, deaciie \u00een toate iaste vinovat\u201d. Dar noi, carii nu numai ce gre\u015fim \u00eentr-o porunc\u0103 de ale lui Dumnezeu, ci deabiia poate se va afla cineva \u00eentr-aceast\u0103 vr\u00e9me s\u0103 \u00eeng\u0103duiasc\u0103 m\u0103car\u0103 numai cu o porunc\u0103 a lui Dumnezeu \u015fi cu o \u00eenv\u0103\u0163\u0103tur\u0103 de c\u00e9le ce plac lui.<\/p>\n

Drept ac\u00e9ia, frate, foarte iaste bine \u015fi frumos \u015fi s\u0103 cuvine a le gr\u0103i \u015fi a povesti de c\u00e9le ce suntu de folos sufletului \u015fi s\u0103 citim sfintele scripturi \u015fi s\u0103 le socotim, c\u0103 au zis Dumnezeu c\u0103 \u201e\u00eentr\u00eensele vom afla via\u0163a de v\u00e9ci\u201d. \u015ei iar au mai zis: \u201eFerici\u0163i cei cura\u0163i cu inima, c\u0103 ac\u00e9ia vor vedea pre Dumnezeu\u201d. Iat\u0103 c\u0103 nimic nu iaste mai drag lui Dumnezeu dec\u00e2t omul carele iaste curat cu inima \u015fi cu sufletul, \u015fi iar nimic nu-i iaste mai ur\u00e2t dec\u00e2t curvariul \u015fi dec\u00e2t preacurvariul, c\u0103 ace\u015ftia mai os\u00e2ndi\u0163i vor fi \u00een ziua judec\u0103\u0163ii, dec\u00e2t to\u0163i t\u00e2lharii \u015fi uciga\u015fii. Pentru c\u0103 curvariul el \u00eensu\u015fi s\u0103 face jertv\u0103 junghiat\u0103 \u00eenaintea diavolului, c\u0103-\u015fi spurc\u0103 \u015fi trupul \u015fi sufletul cu spurc\u0103ciune spurcat\u0103. C\u0103 pentru unii ca ace\u015ftea gr\u0103ia\u015fte fericitul Pavel apostolul \u015fi zice: \u201eOamenii ace\u015ftia n-au ispitit s\u0103 aib\u0103 pre Dumnezeu \u00een cugetele lor, pentru ac\u00e9ia \u015fi Dumnezeu i-au dat \u00een mintea \u015fi \u00een firea cea nebun\u0103, ca s\u0103 fac\u0103 c\u00e9le ce nu s\u0103 cad \u015fi c\u00e9le se suntu pline de toat\u0103 nedreptatea: curvii, ficle\u015fuguri, r\u0103ut\u0103\u0163i, pizme, ucideri, pohte, \u00een\u015f\u0103l\u0103ciuni, lucruri r\u00e9le, ur\u00e2ciuni dumnezeie\u015fti, dos\u0103zi, trufii, aflare de r\u00e9le, neascult\u0103ri de p\u0103rin\u0163i, ne\u00een\u0163eleg\u0103tori, \u0163iitori de pizm\u0103 \u015fi nepaznici de jur\u0103m\u00e2nt \u015fi nemilostivi, carii nu pricep dreptatea lui Dumnezeu \u015fi carii de ace\u015ftea vor face lucruri ca ac\u00e9stea, vr\u00e9dnici suntu de moarte \u015fi vinova\u0163i judec\u0103\u0163ii lui Dumnezeu cei \u00eenfrico\u015fate\u201d. \u015ei \u00eenc\u0103 mai zice: \u201e\u015etim c\u0103 l\u00e9gea iaste sufleteasc\u0103, iar eu suntu de trup, supus suptu p\u0103cate, c\u0103 ce fac eu nu \u015ftiu; c\u0103 nu fac ce-mi iaste voia, ci ce-mi iaste ur\u00e2t, ac\u00e9ia fac; c\u0103 nu fac binele care voiu, ci fac r\u0103ul, care nu voiu. C\u0103 cei ce suntu trupe\u015fti, c\u00e9le trupe\u015fti cuget\u0103, iar cei ce suntu suflete\u015fti, cuget\u0103 c\u00e9le suflete\u015fti; ce \u00een\u0163elepciunea \u015fi cugetul trupescu iaste moartea, iar cugetul sufletescu iaste via\u0163a \u015fi pacea; pentru c\u0103 cugetul cel trupescu iaste vrajb\u0103 spre Dumnezeu. Dreptu ac\u00e9ia, nimenea s\u0103 nu s\u0103 am\u0103geasc\u0103, ci de va g\u00e2ndi cineva \u00eentru voi, c\u0103 iaste \u00een\u0163eleptu, el s\u0103 fie \u00eentru toate nebun, ca apoi s\u0103 fie \u00een\u0163eleptu; c\u0103 \u00een\u0163elepciunea lumii ace\u015ftiia iaste nebunie la Dumnezeu. C\u0103 iaste scris, de zice: \u201ePrinde pre cei \u00een\u0163elep\u0163i \u00een me\u015fte\u015fugurile lor\u201d. \u015ei iar: \u201e\u015etie Domnul cugetele omene\u015fti, c\u0103 suntu de\u015farte\u201d.\u201d Pentru ac\u00e9ia zice: \u201eP\u0103zi\u0163i-v\u0103 cu deadinsul cum umbla\u0163i \u015fi nu umbla\u0163i ca cei ne\u00een\u0163elep\u0163i, ci ca cei prea\u00een\u0163elep\u0163i, r\u0103scump\u0103r\u00e2nd vr\u00e9mea, c\u0103 suntu zile r\u00e9le\u201d. Pentru ac\u00e9ia zice: \u201enu fire\u0163i nebuni, ci s\u0103 pric\u00e9pe\u0163i ce iaste voia lui Dumnezeu \u015fi nu v\u0103 \u00eemb\u0103tare\u0163i de vin, dintru carii s\u0103 \u00eent\u0103r\u00e2t\u0103 curviia, c\u0103 l\u0103ca\u015ful \u015fi traiul nostru iaste \u00een ceriuri de unde a\u015ftept\u0103m \u015fi pre m\u00e2ntuitorul nostru Iisus Hristos\u201d. \u201eDeci nu v\u0103 \u00een\u015f\u0103la\u0163i, c\u0103 nici curvarii, nici preacurvarii, nici spurc\u0103torii, nici cei ce curvescu cu b\u0103rba\u0163i, nici r\u0103pitorii, nici be\u0163ivii, nici dos\u0103ditorii nu vor mo\u015fteni \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163iia ceriului. Iar poama cea sufleteasc\u0103 iaste dragostea, bucuriia, pacea, \u00eendelung\u0103 r\u0103bdarea, bun\u0103tatea, milosteniia, credin\u0163a, bl\u00e2nd\u00e9\u0163ele, oprirea, cur\u0103\u0163irea. Deci \u00eempotriva acestora nu-i l\u00e9g\u00e9. Un Dumnezeu, o credin\u0163\u0103, un botezu \u015fi un tat\u0103 tuturor, carele iaste preste toate \u015fi \u00eentru noi, \u00eentru to\u0163i\u201d. Goni\u0163i pacea! Dreptu ac\u00e9ia, tot omul, sau \u00eemp\u0103rat sau domnu, sau s\u0103rac sau mi\u015fel, sau buruitoriu, iaste datoriu s\u0103 s\u0103 p\u0103zeasc\u0103 din tinere\u0163ele sale \u00een fric\u0103 \u015fi \u00een cutremur de toate spurc\u0103ciunile, de curvie \u015fi de toate \u00eenfierb\u00e2nt\u0103rile trupe\u015fti, care s\u00e2ntu din a\u0163\u00e2\u0163area \u015fi din \u00eendemnarea diavolului, \u015fi de alte necur\u0103\u0163ii de toate. C\u0103 zice Dumnezeu: \u201eOarecine va c\u0103uta spre vreo muiare \u015fi o va pofti, amu preacurvie f\u0103cu cu d\u00e2nsa \u00een inima sa\u201d. Dar \u00eenc\u0103 celor ce zac spurcatei curvii \u015fi a preacurviei \u015fi a curviei cu b\u0103rba\u0163i \u015fi \u00eentr-alte necur\u0103\u0163ii \u00een toate, ce munc\u0103 groaznic\u0103 \u015fi cumplit\u0103 le va fi \u00een ziua Domnului cea mare \u015fi \u00eenfrico\u015fat\u0103! Iar Pavel gr\u0103ia\u015fte zic\u00e2ndu: \u201eFire-a\u015f vrut s\u0103 fie to\u0163i oamenii ca \u015fi mine. Ci s\u0103 nu v\u0103 ispiteasc\u0103 satana pentru neoprirea voastr\u0103\u201c. Ci fie\u015ftecarele s\u0103 s\u0103 p\u0103zeasc\u0103 \u00een toat\u0103 cur\u0103\u0163iia \u015fi \u00een frica lui Dumnezeu \u015fi \u00een mintea cea \u00eentreag\u0103, p\u00e2n\u0103 ce va ajunge \u00een vr\u00e9me de v\u00e2rst\u0103 \u015fi va trimite Dumnezeu cui ce-i va fi voia sa, s\u0103 s\u0103 fac\u0103 dup\u0103 tocmeala \u015fi dup\u0103 obic\u00e9iul legii, cum zice Scriptura, c\u0103 \u201ecurat\u0103 iaste nunta \u015fi patul nespurcat (\u00een vr\u00e9mea sa, c\u00e2nd i s\u0103 cuvine \u015fi s\u0103 trimite de la Dumnezeu). Iar curvarilor \u015fi tuturor spurc\u0103torilor va judeca Dumnezeu\u201d.<\/p>\n

Drept ac\u00e9ia, iubitul mieu fiiu, de te vei nevoi s\u0103-\u0163i p\u0103ze\u015fti trupul a\u015fa, p\u00e2n\u0103 vei ajunge de v\u00e2rst\u0103, cum s\u0103 cade, cu cur\u0103\u0163ie, cu \u00een\u0163elepciune \u015fi cu alt\u0103 bun\u0103t\u0103\u0163ire te vei ar\u0103ta \u00eenaintea lui Dumnezeu, tu te vei face de vei fi \u015fi cu trupul \u015fi cu sufletul bis\u00e9ric\u0103 duhului sf\u00e2nt, cum iaste zis: \u201eVoi sunte\u0163i bis\u00e9rica Dumnezeului celui viu\u201d. Deci, d\u0103 ve\u0163i umbla dup\u0103 l\u00e9gea lui Dumnezeu \u015fi l\u00e9gea lui o ve\u0163i face dreapt\u0103 s\u0103racilor, \u015fi ve\u0163i iubi cu toat\u0103 inima bl\u00e2nd\u00e9\u0163ele \u015fi milosteniia \u015fi cur\u0103\u0163iia, cu adev\u0103rat fa\u0163a lui Dumnezeu ve\u0163i vedea, \u015fi \u0163ie va da Dumnezeu \u00eemp\u0103ra\u0163iia dupre p\u0103m\u00e2nt, \u015fi pentru tine o va da \u015fi feciorilor t\u0103i, dup\u0103 tine, cum d\u00e9de \u015fi lui Solomon Dumnezeu \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163iia, pentru tat\u0103s\u0103u David. Iar \u0163ie \u015fi \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163iii tale s\u0103 va d\u0103rui de la Dumnezeu b\u0103tr\u00e2n\u00e9\u0163e cinstit\u00e9 \u015fi \u0163i s\u0103 vor adaoge \u0163ie anii vie\u0163ii, cum s\u0103 adaoser\u0103 zilele \u015fi anii Ezechiei, \u00eemp\u0103ratului ovreescu, 15 ani, cum vei vedea mai nainte spuindu. \u015ei or\u00eenc\u0103tro \u015fi spre ce vr\u0103jma\u015fi de ai t\u0103i vei m\u00e9rge, tot \u00eei vei birui \u015fi-i vei pune suptu picioar\u00e9le tale \u015fi te vei \u00eentoarce iar cu mare cinste \u015fi cu mult\u0103 bucurie. A\u015fijderea vei birui \u015fi pre to\u0163i p\u0103g\u00e2nii, carii vor veni asupra ta \u015fi-i va da Dumnezeu \u00een m\u00e2inile tale, iar c\u00e2\u0163i vor sc\u0103pa, cu mare ru\u015fine \u015fi ocar\u0103 s\u0103 vor \u00eenturna \u00een \u0163\u0103r\u0103le lor. Iar de nu m\u0103 vei asculta, o, iubitul mieu fiiu, \u015fi de \u00eenv\u0103\u0163\u0103turile lui Dumnezeu nu vei griji, \u015fi nu vei face voia \u015fi drept\u0103\u0163ile lui Dumnezeu, care ne-au \u00eenv\u0103\u0163at \u015fi le auzim noi din sfintele scripturi, ce vei \u00eencepe a face \u00eempotriva \u00eenv\u0103\u0163\u0103turilor lui Dumnezeu \u015fi c\u00e9le ce nu s\u0103 cad, \u015fi vei m\u00e2niia pre duhul sf\u00e2nt, cu carele ne-am semnat \u00een ziua ac\u00e9ia ce ne-am cur\u0103\u0163it de p\u0103catul str\u0103mo\u015fului nostru, omul cel ce fu zidit dint\u00e2i de m\u00e2inile lui Dumnezeu, \u015fi vei batjocori lucrurile lui Dumnezeu cu niscare lucrure spurcate \u015fi sc\u00e2rnave, ce vei face, pentru nechibzuiala \u015fi ne\u00een\u0163elepciunea ta, s\u0103 \u015ftii c\u0103 va lua Dumnezeu domniia de la tine \u015fi o va da altuia, carele va face voia \u015fi poruncile lui Dumnezeu. Iar zilele tale le va \u00eempu\u0163ina \u015fi le va scurta, cum \u00eempu\u0163in\u0103 \u015fi scurt\u0103 \u015fi zilele Ofniei \u015fi ale lui Fineos, feciorii lui Iliia popei \u015fi judec\u0103toriul isr\u0103ilitenilor, pentru c\u0103 nu b\u0103gar\u0103 s\u00e9am\u0103 de \u00eenv\u0103\u0163\u0103tura t\u0103t\u00e2ne-s\u0103u, nici p\u0103zir\u0103 l\u00e9gea lui Dumnezeu. Pentru ac\u00e9ia cu r\u0103u s\u0103 sf\u00e2r\u015fi via\u0163a lor, \u015fi sufletele \u015fi le pierdur\u0103. Iar tu, de vei face poruncile lui Dumnezeu, Dumnezeu \u00ee\u0163i va fi ajutor \u00eentru toate, ca \u015fi lui Samoil proroc; c\u0103 \u015fi acela era judec\u0103toriu israilit\u00e9nilor, \u015fi era Dumnezeu cu d\u00e2nsul \u00een toat\u0103 vr\u00e9mea. Iar de nu vei face voia lui Dumnezeu, el va lua de la tine domniia, cum au luat \u015fi \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163iia de la Saul \u015fi au dat-o lui David. Iar Saul, deaca m\u00e2nie pre Dumnezeu, fu tot muncit \u015fi c\u0103znit de duhul necurat \u015fi c\u00e2t \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163i, tot \u00een g\u00e2lcevi \u015fi \u00een n\u0103p\u0103\u015fti, \u015fi tot era sup\u0103rat de vr\u0103jma\u015fi \u015fi de p\u0103g\u00e2ni \u00een toat\u0103 via\u0163a sa. \u015ei a\u015fa s\u0103 petrecu neamul \u015fi \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163iia de la d\u00e2nsul pentru f\u0103rdelegile lui. Iar tu, de vei face poruncile lui Dumnezeu \u015fi vei p\u0103zi l\u00e9gea lui, el \u00ee\u0163i va \u00eenmul\u0163i vr\u00e9mea \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163iei tale, cum au \u00eenmul\u0163it ale \u00eeng\u0103duitorilor s\u0103i, ale lui David, ale Ezechiei, ale lui Ghedeon, carii \u015fi ei judeca israilit\u00e9nii, \u015fi ale altora a mul\u0163i, carii umbla dup\u0103 voia lui Dumnezeu \u015fi au f\u0103cut poruncile lui. Iar de nu-\u0163i va fi grij\u0103 de poruncile lui Dumnezeu, nici vei b\u0103ga \u00een seam\u0103 \u00eenv\u0103\u0163\u0103tura mea, p\u0103z\u00e9\u015fte-te \u015fi te fer\u00e9\u015fte, s\u0103 nu pa\u0163i cumva\u015fi cum au p\u0103\u0163it mul\u0163i \u00eemp\u0103ra\u0163i pentru negrijirea \u015fi nechibzuirea lor, cum fu Solomon, fie-s\u0103u Rovoam \u015fi Avesalim \u015fi al\u0163ii mul\u0163i, \u015fi au c\u0103zut de la Dumnezeu \u015fi \u015f-au scurtat via\u0163a, \u015fi \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163iile lor r\u0103u s-au petrecut \u015fi s-au cheltuit.<\/p>\n

\u015ei aceast\u0103 s\u0103 nu le g\u00e2nde\u015fti c\u0103 le gr\u0103escu eu din capul mieu, ci toate le-am aflat \u00een sfintele scripturi, \u015fi \u0163i le gr\u0103escu ca s\u0103-\u0163i fie de certare \u015fi de \u00eenv\u0103\u0163\u0103tur\u0103 \u015fi de toat\u0103 trezviia \u015fi chibzuiala \u015fi bucuriia ce va s\u0103 fie, cum \u0163i le voi ar\u0103ta mai nainte pre am\u0103runtul \u015fi le vei vedea chiar. Deci s\u0103 nu pae cuiva r\u0103u, sau s\u0103 aib\u0103 vreo \u00eemput\u0103ciune spre noi pentru ac\u00e9ste cuvinte, c\u0103 pentru folosul sufletelor voastre ne-am nevoit, din ad\u00e2ncul inimii, \u015fi v-am adus aminte. Drept ac\u00e9ia, ia aminte cu \u00een\u0163el\u00e9gere \u015fi cu socoteal\u0103 \u015fi vezi c\u0103 de vei c\u0103lca l\u00e9gea, \u015fi poruncile lui Dumnezeu nu le vei umplea, deacii m\u0103car de-ai birui toat\u0103 lumea \u015fi de \u0163i s-ar pleca to\u0163i \u00eemp\u0103ra\u0163ii lumii ace\u015ftiia \u0163ie, \u015fi de s-ar scula cu toat\u0103 put\u00e9rea lor s\u0103-\u0163i fie \u0163ie \u00eentr-ajutor, nici de un folos nu-\u0163i va fi, nici \u00ee\u0163i va putea ajuta cineva. C\u0103 zice Scriptura: \u201eDomnul iaste cela ce \u0163ine \u00een palma sa ceriul \u015fi p\u0103m\u00e2ntul, marea \u015fi toate v\u0103zutele \u015fi nev\u0103zutele\u201d \u015fi \u201e\u00een sfin\u0163irea m\u00e2inilor lui toat\u0103 f\u0103ptura iaste ca o pic\u0103tur\u0103 de ap\u0103 \u00eentr-un sad\u201d. Iar de vei p\u0103zi poruncile lui Dumnezeu \u015fi te vei nevoi s\u0103 le faci \u015fi s\u0103 umbli \u00een voia lui Dumnezeu, deacii m\u0103car de ar avea toat\u0103 lumea pizm\u0103 pre tine \u015fi s-ar scula cu toat\u0103 put\u00e9rea ei asupra ta, nimic nu-\u0163i va strica, nici \u00ee\u0163i va face nici un r\u0103u, ci mai multu \u00ee\u015fi vor face lor r\u0103u \u015fi stric\u0103ciune, cum \u015fi oarec\u00e2nd petrecur\u0103 o\u015ftile lui Faraon, carii s\u0103 scular\u0103 asupra israilit\u00e9nilor, oamenii lui Dumnezeu, \u015fi-i gonea cu vr\u0103jm\u0103\u015fie, iar ei s\u0103 cufundar\u0103 to\u0163i \u00een Marea Ro\u015fie, ca plumbul.<\/p>\n

De acum nu trebuie s\u0103 z\u0103bovim de lucrurile c\u00e9le ce am zis mai sus, ci pre scurt toate s\u0103 le ar\u0103t\u0103m chiar cine din \u00eemp\u0103ra\u0163i \u015fi \u00een ce chip au \u00eeng\u0103duit lui Dumnezeu \u015fi iar cum au c\u0103lcat l\u00e9gea \u015fi au m\u00e2niiat pre Dumnezeu, \u015fi cum fur\u0103 ispiti\u0163i de m\u00e2niia lui Dumnezeu \u015fi unii dentr-\u00een\u015fii cum au \u00eentorsu pre Dumnezeu iar cu mil\u0103, pentru c\u0103in\u0163a lor. A\u015fijderea al\u0163ii mul\u0163i, pentru negrija lor \u015fi pentru ne\u00eentoarcerea inimii, au pierit, c\u0103 n-au ascultat \u00eenv\u0103\u0163\u0103turile p\u0103rin\u0163ilor celor suflete\u015fti, nici sfaturile celor b\u0103tr\u00e2ni. Deci s\u0103 asculta\u0163i \u015fi s\u0103 \u00een\u0163el\u00e9ge\u0163i de via\u0163a lor \u015fi v\u0103 ve\u0163i \u00een\u0163elep\u0163i, de ve\u0163i lua aminte cu socoteal\u0103 \u00eentru plec\u0103ciune inimilor \u015fi sufletelor voastre. \u015ei v\u0103 feri\u0163i fie\u015ftecare den voi de c\u00e9le r\u00e9le, iar \u00een lucrurile c\u00e9le bune ne\u00eencetat s\u0103 v\u0103 nevoi\u0163i a face bine. Dreptu ac\u00e9ia, ia aminte de vezi \u015fi s\u0103 \u015ftii cum le-au fost \u00eenceputul \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163iii lor \u015fi cum le-au fost \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163iile \u015fi cum le-au fost \u015fi sf\u00e2r\u015fitul.<\/p>\n

Ilia era judec\u0103tor \u015fi pop\u0103 ovr\u00e9ilor \u015fi avea 2 feciori. Pre unul \u00eel chema Ofni, iar pre altul Fineos. Iar ei nu \u015ftiia pre Dumnezeu, nici dreptatea t\u0103t\u00e2ne-s\u0103u cea preoteasc\u0103, care junghea jertv\u0103 \u00eenaintea tuturor oamenilor. Ci venea feciorii lui unde hierbea carnea c\u00e9ia ce era de s\u0103 g\u0103tea pentru j\u0103rtv\u0103 \u015fi lua un c\u00e2rlig ce era f\u0103cut de hier \u015fi cu trei col\u0163i \u015fi-l b\u0103ga \u00eentr-acea c\u0103ldare mare ce fierbea carnea de jirtv\u0103. \u015ei ce s\u0103 lua \u015fi s\u0103 prindea \u00eentr-acel c\u00e2rligu cu 3 col\u0163i, era al popei. A\u015fa f\u0103cea tuturor israilit\u00e9nilor c\u00e2\u0163i venea s\u0103 fac\u0103 jertv\u0103 lui Dumnezeu. Iar feciorii lui Ilia preotul, mai nainte \u00eenc\u0103, p\u00e2n\u0103 nu f\u0103cea jertv\u0103 lui Dumnezeu, mergea \u015fi zicea celor ce vrea s\u0103 fac\u0103 jertv\u0103: \u201eDa\u0163i-ne carne s\u0103 frigem preotului, deacii nu vom lua din c\u0103ldare, cum iaste obiceiul\u201d. Iar cei ce f\u0103cea jertv\u0103 lui Dumnezeu zicea: \u201e\u00ceng\u0103dui\u0163i \u00eent\u00e2i s\u0103 s\u0103 slujasc\u0103 cum iaste l\u00e9gea, deaciia ve\u0163i lua ce ve\u0163i vrea\u201d. Iar ei zicea: \u201eDe nu ne ve\u0163i da, iar noi vom lua \u015fi f\u0103r\u2019 de voia voastr\u0103\u201c. Deacii acel p\u0103cat al feciorilor lui Ilia fu foarte mare \u00eenaintea lui Dumnezeu, c\u0103ci f\u0103cea necaz jertvei Domnului. Iar Ilia \u00eemb\u0103tr\u00e2nise tot cu efudul Domnului. \u015ei \u00een\u0163elese ce fac feciorii israilit\u00e9nilor \u015fi-i chem\u0103 \u015fi le zise: \u201ePentru c\u0103ci face\u0163i a\u015fa? C\u0103 iat\u0103 eu auzu pre to\u0163i oamenii lui Dumnezeu pl\u00e2ng\u00e2ndu-se de voi \u015fi mie nu-mi place ce auzu de voi zic\u00e2nd, ci s\u0103 nu mai face\u0163i a\u015fa. C\u0103 de va gre\u015fi un om altui om, s\u0103 va ruga pentru d\u00e2nsul lui Dumnezeu; iar de va gre\u015fi lui Dumnezeu, deacii cui s\u0103 va mai ruga?\u201d Iar nu ascultar\u0103 \u00eenv\u0103\u0163\u0103tura t\u0103t\u00e2ne-s\u0103u, c\u0103 vrea Dumnezeu s\u0103-i piiarz\u0103. Deacii veni un om a lui Dumnezeu la Ilia preotul \u015fi-i zise: \u201eA\u015fa zice Domnul: \u201eAu doar nu m-am ar\u0103tat casei t\u0103t\u00e2ne-t\u0103u \u015fi celor ce era cu d\u00e2nsul robi \u00een \u0163ara Eghipetului, \u00een casa lui Faraon, \u015fi am ales casa t\u0103t\u00e2ne-t\u0103u din toate casele lui Israil, c\u0103 mi-au fost voia s\u0103 slujasc\u0103 oltariului mieu \u015fi s\u0103-l c\u0103deasc\u0103 cu c\u0103d\u00e9lni\u0163a \u015fi am luat efudul \u015fi l-am dat casei t\u0103t\u00e2ne-t\u0103u, \u015fi toate jertvele focurilor le-am dat, s\u0103 fie m\u00e2ncare israilit\u00e9nilor. Dar tu pentru ce-ai c\u0103utat spre t\u0103m\u00e2ia mea cu ochiu ficlean \u015fi spre jertva mea \u015fi ai sl\u0103vit mai mult pre feciorii t\u0103i dec\u00e2t pre mine, ca s\u0103 blagosloveasc\u0103 jertvele lui Israil mai nainte de mine?\u201d. Iar acum iat\u0103, zice Dumnezeu: \u201ePre cei ce m\u0103 vor \u00een\u0103l\u0163a, \u00eei voi \u00een\u0103l\u0163a, iar pre cei ce m\u0103 urgisescu, \u00eei voi face de vor fi de ocar\u0103 \u015fi de batjocur\u0103\u201c. Iat\u0103, vor veni vremi \u015fi voiu piiarde s\u0103m\u00e2n\u0163a ta \u015fi s\u0103m\u00e2n\u0163a casei t\u0103t\u00e2ne-t\u0103u \u015fi \u00een v\u00e9ci b\u0103tr\u00e2ni nu vor fi \u00een casa ta. \u015ei te voi goni din oltariul mieu, \u015fi voi urgisi ochii lui, \u015fi voi blestema sufletul lui, \u015fi al\u0163ii den casa ta to\u0163i vor c\u0103dea de sabie b\u0103rb\u0103teasc\u0103. \u015ei acest semnu s\u0103-\u0163i fie \u0163ie, c\u0103 va veni moarte pre am\u00e2ndoi feciorii t\u0103i deodat\u0103, pre Ofni \u015fi pre Finios, \u015fi vor muri \u00eentr-o zi am\u00e2ndoi odat\u0103 de sabie. \u015ei \u00een locul lor alt preot credincios voi r\u0103dica, care va face toate c\u00e2te-s pre voia inimii m\u00e9le \u015fi ale sufletului mieu. \u015ei-l voi face cas\u0103 credincioas\u0103, \u015fi va m\u00e9rge \u00eenaintea unsului mieu \u00een toate zilele, \u015fi va zice: \u201eIa-m\u0103 \u00een casa ta, s\u0103 m\u0103n\u00e2ncu p\u00e2inea Domnului\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n

AICIA MURIR\u0102 FECIORII LUI ILIA PREOTUL DE SABIE \u00ceN R\u0102ZBOIU, \u015eI CHIVOTUL LEGII VECHI FU LUAT DE P\u0102G\u00c2NI<\/h3>\n

\u015ei fu c\u00e2ndu vrur\u0103 s\u0103 s\u0103 loveasc\u0103 o\u015ftile \u015fi v\u0103zur\u0103 israilit\u00e9nii pre p\u0103g\u00e2ni, iar ei c\u0103zur\u0103 to\u0163i \u00eenaintea p\u0103g\u00e2nilor \u015fi fu moarte foarte mare \u015fi pierir\u0103 den israilit\u00e9ni 30 de mii \u015fi fu luat \u015fi chivotul lui Dumnezeu \u015fi pierir\u0103 \u015fi feciorii lui Ilia am\u00e2ndoi, Ofni \u015fi Fineos. \u015ei alerg\u0103 un voinic din tab\u0103r\u0103, pre care-l chema Emmeni, \u00een cetate, \u015fi spuse toate ce fus\u00e9se \u00een cetate, iar cetatea \u00eencepu toat\u0103 a pl\u00e2nge \u015fi a s\u0103 v\u0103ita. \u015ei auzi Ilie g\u00e2lceav\u0103 \u015fi clicote \u015fi zise: \u201eCe va s\u0103 fie aceasta?\u201d Iar un om m\u00e9rse \u015fi spuse. Iar Ilia m\u00e9rse, b\u0103tr\u00e2n ca de 98 de ani, \u015fi ochii lui era \u00eemp\u0103ij\u0103na\u0163i \u015fi nu vedea. \u015ei iar zise celor ce era cu d\u00e2nsul: \u201eCe g\u00e2lceav\u0103 a\u015fa mare face n\u0103rodul?\u201d Iar omul acela ce venise den tab\u0103r\u0103 zise: \u201eEu am venit din tab\u0103r\u0103 \u015fi ast\u0103zi am sc\u0103pat de acolo\u201d. Ilia iar zise: \u201eDar ce v\u00e9ste iaste acolo, f\u0103tul mieu?\u201d Iar el zise: \u201eFugit-au israilit\u00e9nii denaintea p\u0103g\u00e2nilor \u015fi fu moarte mare \u00eentr-\u00een\u015fii. \u015ei t\u0103iar\u0103 \u015fi pre feciorii t\u0103i, pre am\u00e2ndoi, \u015fi luar\u0103 \u015fi chivotul lui Dumnezeu\u201d. Iar Ilia, deaca auzi c\u0103 au luat \u015fi chivotul lui Dumnezeu, c\u0103zu dupre scaunul care \u015f\u0103dea \u00eenaintea u\u015filor, \u00eend\u0103r\u0103t pre spate \u00een jos, \u015fi i s\u0103 fr\u00e2nser\u0103 spin\u0103rile \u015fi muri, c\u0103ci c\u0103 era b\u0103tr\u00e2n \u015fi slab.<\/p>\n

Vezi, iubitul mieu fiiu, c\u0103 nu pot folosi nici p\u0103rin\u0163ii feciorilor carei s\u00e2ntu r\u0103i \u015fi nu p\u0103zescu l\u00e9gea lui Dumnezeu, nici grijescu de poruncile lui, m\u0103car de ar fi p\u0103rin\u0163ii lor \u015fi sfin\u0163i \u015fi drep\u0163i. C\u0103 acesta Ilia, care fus\u00e9se judec\u0103tor israilit\u00e9nilor, era om dreptu \u015fi nevinovat \u015fi preot Dumnezeului celui de sus, iar feciorilor s\u0103i nu le putu folosi, pentru c\u0103 nu ascultar\u0103 de tat\u0103-s\u0103u. \u00cens\u0103 c\u0103 \u015fi tat\u0103-s\u0103u, m\u0103car de-i \u015fi \u00eenv\u0103\u0163a \u015fi-i certa, iar cu toiagul nu vrea s\u0103-i bat\u0103 \u015fi s\u0103-i fac\u0103 s\u0103 le fie fric\u0103 de d\u00e2nsul \u015fi, pentru acea fric\u0103 \u015fi b\u0103tae din tiner\u00e9\u0163e, s\u0103 dob\u00e2ndeasc\u0103 mintea \u015fi \u00een\u0163elepciunea. Dreptu ac\u00e9ia s\u0103 sf\u00e2r\u015fi \u015fi tat\u0103-s\u0103u \u00een mult\u0103 \u00eentristar\u00e9 pentru d\u00e2n\u015fii \u015fi feciorii lui am\u00e2ndoi fur\u0103 t\u0103ia\u0163i \u00een r\u0103zboiu \u015fi viia\u0163a lor \u015fi-o sf\u00e2r\u015fir\u0103 r\u0103u \u015fi cu amar. Iar s\u0103m\u00e2n\u0163a lor fu gonit\u0103 de la Dumnezeu de \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163ie \u015fi din preo\u0163ie, den neam \u00een neam \u015fi p\u00e2n\u0103 \u00een veac. \u015ei al\u0163ii dup\u0103 ace\u015ftia mul\u0163i \u015f-au \u00eentorsu spre c\u00e9le r\u00e9le via\u0163a lor pentru f\u0103rdelegile lor, cum va spune \u00eenv\u0103\u0163\u0103tura cea mai denainte.<\/p>\n

Dup\u0103 ac\u00e9asta fu pus de Dumnezeu judec\u0103toriu Samuil \u015fi preot \u00een locul lui Ilia. Iar deac\u0103 \u00eemb\u0103tr\u00e2ni Samuil, el puse pre feciorii lui s\u0103 fie judec\u0103tori israilit\u00e9nilor \u015fi-i chema pre feciorii lui, pre unul Ioil, iar pre altul Avia. Deaciia ei \u00eencepur\u0103 a p\u0103r\u0103si \u015fi a nu umbla pre c\u0103ile lui \u015fi s\u0103 \u00eentoarser\u0103 iar \u00eend\u0103r\u0103t spre calea periciunii \u015fi lua mit\u0103 \u015fi \u00eentorcea dreptatea.<\/p>\n

AICI SF\u0102TUIR\u0102 FECIORII LUI ISRAIL S\u0102 CEAR\u0102 DE LA DUMNEZEU \u00ceMP\u0102RAT<\/h3>\n

Deacii s\u0103 adunar\u0103 to\u0163i israilit\u00e9nii \u015fi m\u00e9rser\u0103 la Samoil, tat\u0103l lor, \u015fi ziser\u0103: \u201eIat\u0103, tu ai \u00eemb\u0103tr\u00e2nit \u015fi feciorii t\u0103i nu umbl\u0103 pre calea ta, deci acum tu ne pune \u00eemp\u0103rat s\u0103 ne judece, ca \u015fi pre alte limbi\u201d. \u015ei s\u0103 ar\u0103t\u0103 hiclean \u015fi ur\u00e2t acest sfat \u00eenaintea lui Samoil prorocul, c\u0103ci ziser\u0103: \u201eD\u0103-ne \u00eemp\u0103rat s\u0103 ne judece\u201d. \u015ei s\u0103 rug\u0103 Samoil lui Dumnezeu, iar Samoil auzi pre Dumnezeu zic\u00e2nd: \u201eAscult\u0103 glasul oamenilor, carii strig\u0103 c\u0103tr\u0103 tine, c\u0103 nu urgisescu pre tine, ci pre mine, ca s\u0103 nu fiu eu \u00eemp\u0103rat, nici lor, nici altor f\u0103pturi ce am f\u0103cut. Decii tu-i ascult\u0103 \u015fi le pune lor \u00eemp\u0103rat\u201d.<\/p>\n

Auzi\u015fi c\u0103 zise Domnul c\u0103tr\u0103 prorocul \u015fi judec\u0103toriul Samoil, gr\u0103ind: \u201eAscult\u0103-i \u015fi le pune lor \u00eemp\u0103rat\u201d. C\u0103 ascult\u0103 Dumnezeu pl\u00e2ngerile \u015fi vaetele \u015fi rug\u0103ciunile s\u0103racilor, care f\u0103cea c\u0103tr\u0103 d\u00e2nsul, pentru nedrept\u0103\u0163ile \u015fi nevoile ce p\u0103\u0163iia, m\u0103car de nu \u015fi pl\u0103cu lui Dumnezeu, c\u0103ci cer\u015fur\u0103 \u00eemp\u0103rat s\u0103-i \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163easc\u0103. Iar rug\u0103ciunile lor tot le ascult\u0103 Domnul. Iar pre judec\u0103torii cei nedrep\u0163i \u015fi mitarnici, carii \u00eentoarser\u0103 dreptatea, \u00eei urgisi Dumnezeu p\u00e2n\u0103 \u00een sf\u00e2r\u015fit, \u015fi biruin\u0163a lor s\u0103 luo de la d\u00e2n\u015fii \u015fi cinstea judec\u0103\u0163ii.<\/p>\n

Iat\u0103 c\u0103 zise Dumnezeu lui Samoil: \u201eAscult\u0103 glasul lor \u015fi le pune \u00eemp\u0103rat\u201d. \u015ei iat\u0103 era Saul, feciorul lui Chis, de c\u0103uta m\u0103garii t\u0103t\u00e2ne-s\u0103u, c\u0103-i pierduse. Iar Dumnezeu spuse lui Samoil de venirea lui Saul mai nainte cu o zi, zic\u00e2nd: \u201eM\u00e2ine, la aceast\u0103 vr\u00e9me, voiu trimite la tine pre un b\u0103rbat din s\u0103m\u00e2n\u0163a lui Veniamin, ci pre acela s\u0103-l ungi s\u0103 fie \u00eemp\u0103rat oamenilor miei israilit\u00e9nilor; c\u0103 va m\u00e2ntui oamenii miei din p\u0103g\u00e2ni. C\u0103ci c\u0103utaiu spre greut\u0103\u0163ile oamenilor miei \u015fi s\u0103 suir\u0103 vaetele lor c\u0103tr\u0103 mine\u201d. \u015ei iat\u0103 v\u0103zu Samoil pre Saul \u015fi iar \u00eei zise Dumnezeu: \u201eSamoile, iat\u0103 acesta iaste omul care \u0163i-am zis eu. Acesta va \u00eenc\u00e9pe \u00eent\u00e2i a \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163i \u00eentru israilit\u00e9ni\u201d. \u015ei m\u00e9rse Saul la Samoil \u00een mijlocul cet\u0103\u0163ii \u015fi-i zise: \u201eSpune-mi unde iaste casa aceluia ce v\u00e9de?\u201d Iar Samoil zise lui: \u201eEu \u00eensumi s\u00e2ntu acela ce cau\u0163i tu. Ci pas\u0103 cu mine \u00een c\u0103mar\u0103, s\u0103 pr\u00e2nzim ast\u0103zi am\u00e2ndoi, iar dimin\u00e9a\u0163\u0103 eu te voi l\u0103sa \u015fi toate cugetele tale \u00ee\u0163i voiu spune. \u015ei-\u0163i voiu spune \u015fi m\u0103garii ce i-au pierdut; \u015fi nu mai g\u00e2ndi de d\u00e2n\u015fii, c\u0103 s-au aflat\u201d. \u015ei luo Samoil un cornu, \u00een care era untdelemnu, \u015fi-l turn\u0103 pre capul lui Saul, \u015fi-l s\u0103rut\u0103. \u015ei zise Samuil c\u0103tr\u0103 Saul: \u201eDumnezeu m-au trimis s\u0103 te ungu \u015fi s\u0103 fii \u00eemp\u0103rat israilit\u00e9nilor, deci acum ascult\u0103 glasul Domnului: Dumnezeu te-au unsu s\u0103 fii \u00eemp\u0103rat oamenilor s\u0103i israilit\u00e9nilor, \u015fi tu vei fi mai mare \u00een oamenii Domnului \u015fi-i vei m\u00e2ntui din m\u00e2inile vr\u0103jma\u015filor lor\u201d.<\/p>\n

Deacii dup\u0103 ac\u00e9stea, iar s\u0103 scular\u0103 p\u0103g\u00e2nii asupra lui Saul \u00eemp\u0103rat, \u015fi Saul nu s\u0103 rug\u0103 lui Dumnezeu, nici s\u0103 opri de curvie. \u015ei f\u0103cu jertv\u0103 de arsuri. \u015ei zise Samoil c\u0103tr\u0103 Saul: \u201e\u00cen zadar iaste \u0163ie aceasta, c\u0103 n-ai p\u0103zit poruncile Domnului Dumnezeului t\u0103u, care \u0163i le-au dat \u0163ie. Iar de le-ai fi p\u0103zit, \u0163i-ar fi \u00eent\u0103rit Dumnezeu \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163ia ta \u015fi ar fi st\u0103tut p\u00e2n\u0103 \u00een veac biruin\u0163a ta preste Israil. Dar acum nu va sta, ci va c\u0103uta Dumnezeu alt \u00eemp\u0103ratu, care-i va pl\u0103cea, \u015fi pre acela-l va pune mai mare preste oamenii s\u0103i. C\u0103 tu n-ai p\u0103zit cele ce \u0163i-au poruncit Dumnezeu\u201d. Apoi, dup\u0103 ac\u00e9stea, \u00eencepu \u015fi adaose Saul alte p\u0103cate multe c\u0103tr\u0103 Dumnezeu \u015fi c\u0103lca poruncile lui Dumnezeu \u015fi l\u00e9gea Domnului nu o p\u0103zea. Pre Agav craiul de la Amalic, \u00eei porunci Dumnezeu s\u0103-l omoar\u0103, iar el nu vru, \u015fi-l l\u0103s\u0103 viu, carele era pizma\u015f lui Dumnezeu; \u015fi f\u0103cu jertv\u0103 lui Dumnezeu den dobitoace p\u0103g\u00e2ne\u015fti \u015fi ucise \u015fi pre Avim\u00e9leh, preotul lui Dumnezeu, \u015fi cu d\u00e2nsul 85 de b\u0103rba\u0163i \u015fi pre al\u0163ii, pre to\u0163i carii purta efudul, \u015fi pre muerile lor, \u015fi pre feciorii lor, tot cu sabiia \u00eei t\u0103e, \u00eenc\u0103 \u015fi dobitoacele lor pierdu. Ac\u00e9stea toate le f\u0103cu din \u00eendemnarea diavolului, pentru David robul lui Dumnezeu.<\/p>\n

Dar acum \u015fi \u00een ce chip \u015fi pentru ce r\u0103u s\u0103 r\u0103dic\u0103 pizm\u0103 asupra lui David? Cade-se, f\u0103tul mieu, s\u0103 \u015ftii \u015fi aceasta. Dup\u0103 ce s\u0103 \u00eentoarse cu biruin\u0163\u0103, deaca biruir\u0103 p\u0103g\u00e2nii \u015fi ucise David pre Goliath ghigantul, ie\u015fir\u0103 ginghir\u00e9se du pren toate cet\u0103\u0163ile \u015fi ora\u015f\u0103le \u00eentru \u00eent\u00e2mpinarea lui Saul \u00eemp\u0103ratu \u015fi zicea \u00een tambur\u0103 \u015fi \u00eentr-alte timpane, \u015fi c\u00e2nta juc\u00e2ndu \u015fi zicea: \u201eBirui Saul cu miile, iar David cu \u00eentun\u00e9recele\u201d. Decii Saul s\u0103 m\u00e2nie \u015fi-i p\u0103ru r\u0103u, \u015fi fur\u0103 ficl\u00e9ne acele cuvinte \u00eenaintea ochilor s\u0103i. \u015ei zise Saul lui David: \u201ePre tine te c\u00e2ntar\u0103 cu \u00eentun\u00e9rece, iar pre mine cu mii\u201d. Deci dentr-acea zi tot \u00eemboldiia Saul cu cuvinte de pizm\u0103 asupra lui David. A\u015fijderea \u015fi alte f\u0103rdelegi f\u0103cea, c\u0103 chema la d\u00e2nsul vr\u0103jitori \u015fi f\u0103rmec\u0103tori, de-\u015fi spunea visele, \u015fi apoi cum zicea ei, el \u00eentr-ac\u00e9lea credea. \u015ei pentru lucrurile sale c\u00e9le spurcate, s\u0103 m\u00e2niia Dumnezeu, \u015fi s\u0103 d\u0103zlupi de Dumnezeu \u015fi Dumnezeu \u00eenc\u0103 s\u0103 dep\u0103rt\u0103 de la d\u00e2nsul.<\/p>\n

AICEA ZISE DUMNEZEU C\u0102-I PARE R\u0102U C\u0102CI AU F\u0102CUT PRE SAUL \u00ceMP\u0102RAT<\/h3>\n

Fu dup\u0103 aceasta cuv\u00e2ntul lui Dumnezeu c\u0103tr\u0103 Samoil zic\u00e2ndu: \u201e\u00cemi pare r\u0103u c\u0103ci am unsu pre Saul \u00eemp\u0103rat, c\u0103ci s-au \u00eentorsu despre mine \u015fi m-au uitat, \u015fi cuvintele m\u00e9le nu le-au p\u0103zit\u201d. Iar Samoil m\u00e9rse la Saul: \u201e\u00ceng\u0103due s\u0103-\u0163i spuiu ce-au zis Dumnezeu c\u0103tr\u0103 mine ast\u0103-noapte\u201d. Saul zise: \u201eSpune-mi\u201d. Samoil zise: \u201eAu doar nu erai tu om de jos \u00eentre al\u0163i israilit\u00e9ni? Apoi nu te puse Dumnezeu mai mare steagului \u015fi semen\u0163iii lui Israil \u015fi te unse pre \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163iia israilit\u00e9nilor \u015fi te trimise Dumnezeu pe cale \u015fi-\u0163i zise: \u201ePas\u0103 \u015fi d\u0103zr\u0103d\u0103cineaz\u0103 pre Amalic \u015fi s\u0103 nu\u0163i fie mil\u0103 de cei ce au gre\u015fit \u00eenaintea mea, \u015fi te bate cu d\u00e2n\u015fii p\u00e2n\u0103 \u00eei vei sf\u00e2r\u015fi\u201d. Dar tu c\u0103 n-ai ascultat cuv\u00e2ntul Domnului, ci ai f\u0103cut hicle\u015fug \u00eenaintea lui \u015fi \u00eenv\u0103\u0163\u0103turile lui le-ai urgisit. Drept ac\u00e9ia \u015fi Dumnezeu te-au urgisit pre tine \u015fi nu vei mai fi \u00eemp\u0103ratu \u00eentru israilit\u00e9ni\u201d. \u015ei s\u0103 \u00eentoarse Samoil \u015fi vru s\u0103 s\u0103 duc\u0103 de la d\u00e2nsul, \u015fi Saul s\u0103 apuc\u0103 de poalele hainelor sale \u015fi le sf\u00e2\u015fiia, iar Samoil zise: \u201eAst\u0103zi au luat Dumnezeu \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163iia din m\u00e2inele tale \u015fi o au dat vecinului t\u0103u, carele iaste mai bun dec\u00e2t tine\u201d.<\/p>\n

Iar dup\u0103 ce luo Dumnezeu \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163iia de la Saul \u015fi unse pre David spre \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163ie, iar cu m\u00e2inile lui Samoil prorocul, \u015fi \u00eenc\u0103 tot \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163ea Saul, iar vr\u00e9mea \u015fi via\u0163a \u015fi-o petrecea tot cu grij\u0103 \u015fi cu r\u0103ut\u0103\u0163i, ca cela ce iaste urgisit \u015fi lep\u0103dat de la Dumnezeu. C\u0103 zice Domnul: \u201ePre cei ce m\u0103 vor \u00een\u0103l\u0163a, \u00eei voi \u00een\u0103l\u0163a, iar pre cei ce m\u0103 vor urgisi, \u00eei voiu urgisi \u015fi vor fi batjocori\u0163i\u201d. Deacii odat\u0103 iar s\u0103 str\u00e2nser\u0103 p\u0103g\u00e2nii cu o\u015fti asupra israilit\u00e9nilor, iar israilit\u00e9nii fugir\u0103 denaintea p\u0103g\u00e2nilor \u015fi c\u0103dea to\u0163i r\u0103ni\u0163i \u015fi t\u0103ia\u0163i de p\u0103g\u00e2ni \u00een muntele Ghelvanului \u015fi s\u0103 pogor\u00e2r\u0103 p\u0103g\u00e2nii dintracel munte cu Saul, \u015fi cu feciorii lui \u015fi t\u0103iar\u0103 p\u0103g\u00e2nii pre feciorii lui Saul, pre Ioanatham \u015fi pre Aminadav \u015fi pre Melhus. \u015ei s\u0103 porni r\u0103zboiul asupra lui Saul, \u015fi-l ajunser\u0103 p\u0103g\u00e2nii cei neobrezui\u0163i \u015fi s\u0103get\u0103torii, \u015fi-l s\u0103getar\u0103 pren coaps\u0103. Deci Saul zise slugii sale care-i purta arm\u00e9le: \u201eScoate suli\u0163a \u015fi m\u0103 junghie, p\u00e2n\u0103 nu vin p\u0103g\u00e2nii cei neobrezui\u0163i s\u0103 m\u0103 junghe ei, \u015fi s\u0103-\u015fi r\u00e2z\u0103 de mine\u201d. Iar cel ce purta arm\u00e9le lui nu vru s\u0103 fac\u0103 a\u015fa, c\u0103 s\u0103 temea foarte. Deci Saul luo el \u00eensu\u015fi suli\u0163a sa \u015fi c\u0103zu el \u00eentr\u00eensa \u015fi muri. Iar sluga ac\u00e9ia, deaca v\u0103zu c\u0103 muri Saul, luo \u015fi el suli\u0163a sa \u015fi s\u0103 l\u0103s\u0103 \u015fi el \u00eentr-\u00eensa \u015fi muri \u015fi el cu Saul. \u015ei \u00eentr-o zi muri \u015fi Saul \u015fi feciorii lui, c\u00e2te trei, \u015fi sluga ac\u00e9ia ce-i purta arm\u00e9le, \u015fi to\u0163i oamenii lui cu d\u00e2nsul. Iar israilit\u00e9nii cei ce era de c\u00e9ia part\u00e9 de Iordan, deaca v\u0103zur\u0103 c\u0103 au fugit o\u015ftile ovree\u015fti \u015fi au murit Saul \u015fi feciorii lui, \u00ee\u015fi n\u0103pustir\u0103 to\u0163i cet\u0103\u0163ile \u015fi co\u015ft\u00e9ele \u015fi fugir\u0103. Iar p\u0103g\u00e2nii venir\u0103 \u015fi le luar\u0103 \u015fi \u015f\u0103zur\u0103 \u00eentr-\u00eensele. Deacii a doao zi m\u00e9rser\u0103 p\u0103g\u00e2nii s\u0103 scoat\u0103 mor\u0163ii \u015fi aflar\u0103 pre Saul \u015fi pre feciorii lui c\u00e2te trei \u00een muntele Ghelvanului, \u015fi-i luar\u0103 sabiia lui \u015fi-i t\u0103iar\u0103 capul \u015fi-l luar\u0103 de-l trimiser\u0103 \u00een \u0163ara lor. \u015ei striga \u00eemprejurul idolilor lor \u015fi al oamenilor lor cu d\u00e2nsul, \u015fi arm\u00e9le lor le puser\u0103 \u00eempreun\u0103 cu alte arme, iar trupul lui \u00eel puser\u0103 pre p\u0103re\u0163ii Vethsamului. Iar oamenii cei ce l\u0103cuia \u00een Avisul Galadului, deaca \u00een\u0163el\u00e9ser\u0103 ce au f\u0103cut p\u0103g\u00e2nii lui Saul, s\u0103 scular\u0103 to\u0163i, c\u00e2\u0163i era mai mari, cu toat\u0103 mul\u0163imea lor \u015fi s\u0103 duser\u0103 toat\u0103 noaptea \u015fi luar\u0103 trupul lui Saul \u015fi al fie-s\u0103u Ioanathan dupre acei p\u0103re\u0163i ai Vethsamului \u015fi le aduser\u0103 \u00een Aves \u015fi le arser\u0103 acolo. Iar oasele le luar\u0103 \u015fi le \u00eengropar\u0103 supt bis\u00e9rica care era \u00een Avis \u015fi postir\u0103 7 zile.<\/p>\n

Vezi, f\u0103tul mieu, acestu \u00eemp\u0103ratu, care dint\u00e2i fu r\u0103dicat de Dumnezeu den oamenii s\u0103raci \u015fi-l m\u0103ri \u015fi-l puse \u00eemp\u0103rat pre p\u0103m\u00e2ntu, cum iaste scris: \u201eDomnul s\u0103r\u0103c\u00e9\u015fte \u015fi \u00eembog\u0103\u0163\u00e9\u015fte, pleac\u0103 \u015fi \u00eenal\u0163\u0103, carele r\u0103dic\u0103 pre cel s\u0103rac din p\u0103m\u00e2ntu \u015fi din gunoi, pre cel mi\u015f\u0103l \u00eel \u00eenal\u0163\u0103 \u015fi-l pune mai mare \u015fi biruitoriu oamenilor \u015fi-l face mo\u015ftnean scaunului slavei\u201d. V\u0103zu\u015fi pre s\u0103racul, c\u0103 fu r\u0103dicat din p\u0103m\u00e2nt, \u015fi pre mi\u015f\u0103l, c\u0103 fu \u00een\u0103l\u0163at din gunoiu? Cunoscu\u015fi c\u0103 fu pus pre scaunul m\u0103rirei \u015fi cu cinstea \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103teasc\u0103 cinstit, \u015fi-l puse \u00eemp\u0103rat \u015fi biruitor \u015fi proroc? C\u0103 zice Scriptura: \u201eC\u0103 \u015fi Saul iaste \u00eentru proroci\u201d. \u015ei s\u0103 sf\u00e2r\u015fi Saul prorocind, c\u0103ci c\u00e2nd fu el unsu de Samoil spre \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163ie \u015fi s\u0103 d\u0103sp\u0103r\u0163i de la d\u00e2nsul, c\u00e2ndu s\u0103 \u00eencet\u0103 \u015fi el c\u00e9tei prorocilor, duhul lui Dumnezeu fu pre Saul. Iar el, ca un nemul\u0163umitoriu ce era, nu vru s\u0103 mul\u0163umeasc\u0103 \u015fi s\u0103 laude pre Dumnezeu, carele-i ded\u00e9se at\u00e2ta put\u00e9re, ci s\u0103 porni cu f\u0103rdelegile sale \u00een lucruri r\u00e9le \u015fi care nu s\u0103 c\u0103dea, cum ai auzit mai nainte spuindu de d\u00e2nsul pre scurt. \u015ei pentru ac\u00e9le f\u0103rd\u0103legi ale lui \u00eel d\u00e9de Dumnezeu \u00een moartea cea amar\u0103, \u015fi s\u0103 sf\u00e2r\u015fi r\u0103u \u015fi cu ocar\u0103 mare.<\/p>\n

Dreptu ac\u00e9ia nimeni s\u0103 nu s\u0103 \u00een\u015fale \u015fi s\u0103 s\u0103 am\u0103geasc\u0103 g\u00e2ndindu c\u0103 doar are ceva\u015fi \u00eentru \u00een\u0163elep\u0163iia \u015fi vr\u00e9dniciia sa. C\u0103 toate s\u00e2ntu ale lui Dumnezeu \u015fi de la Dumnezeu s\u00e2ntu d\u0103ruite oamenilor, ca s\u0103-i mul\u0163umeasc\u0103 cu fric\u0103 \u015fi cu cutremur, m\u0103car de ar fi \u00eemp\u0103ratu, m\u0103car domnu, m\u0103car boiariu, m\u0103car s\u0103rac, m\u0103car mi\u015fel, cu mult\u0103 mul\u0163umire s\u0103 laude pre Dumnezeu \u00een toat\u0103 vr\u00e9mea, de toate de ce ne-au dat, pentru c\u0103 suntem datori s\u0103 pl\u0103tim lui Dumnezeu pentru ce ne-au dat \u015fi ne-au d\u0103ruit. Deci v\u0103 p\u0103zi\u0163i \u015fi v\u0103 nevoi\u0163i ca s\u0103 \u00eeng\u0103dui\u0163i bine lui Dumnezeu \u015fi s\u0103 \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163i\u0163i cu d\u00e2nsul \u015fi s\u0103 vie\u0163ui\u0163i.<\/p>\n

Iar deaca omor\u00e2r\u0103 pre Saul, \u015fi s\u0103 \u00eentoarse David biruindu pre Amalic. Dar cine iaste mai l\u0103udat, din \u00eemp\u0103ra\u0163i, de Dumnezeu ca David? C\u0103 fu numit \u015fi chemat tat\u0103 lui Dumnezeu, proroc \u015fi \u00eemp\u0103rat sf\u00e2ntu, din gura duhului sf\u00e2ntu. \u015ei singur Dumnezeu zise: \u201eAflaiu b\u0103rbat dup\u0103 inima mea, bl\u00e2ndu, milostiv, lin, bun, r\u0103bd\u0103toriu \u015fi nu d\u0103 r\u0103u pentru r\u0103u\u201d. Cum \u015fi David singur zicea, c\u00e2ndu \u00eel gonea Avesalom, fiiul s\u0103u: \u201eDe voi fi f\u0103cut r\u0103u celor ce mi-au f\u0103cut mie r\u0103u, s\u0103 c\u0103zu dar de vr\u0103jma\u015fii miei \u00een de\u015f\u0103rtu, s\u0103 goneasc\u0103 dar vr\u0103jma\u015ful sufletul mieu \u015fi s\u0103-l ajung\u0103 \u015fi s\u0103 calce \u00een p\u0103m\u00e2ntu via\u0163a mea \u015fi slava mea \u00een \u0163\u0103r\u00e2n\u0103 s\u0103 s\u0103 s\u0103l\u0103\u015fuiasc\u0103\u201c. Iar \u015fi el tot fu \u00eempiedecat de diavolul \u015fi f\u0103cu curvie \u015fi ucidere \u015fi hicle\u015fug \u00eenaintea lui Dumnezeu. Deci Dumnezeu trimise pre Nathan prorocul la David \u015fi, deaca m\u00e9rse la d\u00e2nsul, \u00eei zise: \u201e\u00cemp\u0103rate, spune-mi acum o judecat\u0103: doi b\u0103rba\u0163i era \u00eentr-o cetate, unul bogat, altul s\u0103rac, \u015fi la cel bogat era cirezi multe de vite \u015fi de bivoli, iar la cel s\u0103rac nu era nimic, ce numai avea o mielu\u015fa, \u015fi-i era mil\u0103 d\u0103 d\u00e2nsa \u015fi o hr\u0103nea \u015fi o cre\u015ftea \u00eempreun\u0103 cu d\u00e2nsul \u015fi cu copila\u015fii lui, \u015fi m\u00e2nca tot den blidul lui \u015fi bea din p\u0103harul lui, \u015fi-i era ca o fat\u0103. Deacii odat\u0103 veni un c\u0103l\u0103tor la b\u0103rbatul cel bogat, \u015fi bogatul acela nu vrea s\u0103 ia den turm\u00e9le sale, nici den bivolii s\u0103i s\u0103 fac\u0103 pr\u00e2nzu acelui c\u0103l\u0103toriu ce venise la d\u00e2nsul, ce luo acea mielu\u015fa a celui s\u0103rac \u015fi o junghe \u015fi f\u0103cu pr\u00e2nzu acelui c\u0103l\u0103toriu\u201d. Iar David s\u0103 m\u00e2nie foarte pre acel b\u0103rbat \u015fi zise c\u0103tr\u0103 Nathan: \u201eViu Dumnezeu, c\u0103 s\u0103 cade s\u0103 moar\u0103 acel b\u0103rbat, care au f\u0103cutu un lucru ca acesta, iar mielu\u015faoa ac\u00e9ia s\u0103 s\u0103 \u00eentoarc\u0103 celuilalt de 2 ori \u00een\u015feptit\u0103, deaca au f\u0103cut a\u015fa\u201d. Iar Nathan zise c\u0103tr\u0103 David: \u201eTu e\u015fti omul acela ce au f\u0103cut a\u015fa. \u015ei iat\u0103 c\u0103-i zice Domnul Dumnezeul lui Israil: \u201eEu te-am unsu spre \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163iia israilit\u00e9nilor \u015fi eu suntu cel ce te-am izb\u0103vitu din m\u00e2inile lui Saul \u015fi \u0163i-am dat casa lui Israil \u015fi a Iudei, iar \u0163ie tot nu \u0163i-au ajunsu \u015fi casa st\u0103p\u00e2n\u0103-t\u0103u \u015fi muerile lui, \u015fi tot nu-\u0163i iaste din d\u0103stul! Dar c\u0103ci ai spurcat \u00eenv\u0103\u0163\u0103tura Domnului \u015fi ai f\u0103cut hicle\u015fug \u00eenaintea f\u00e9\u0163ei lui, c\u0103 ai ucis pre Urie, feciorul lui Hettei, \u015fi ai luat muiarea lui s\u0103-\u0163i fie \u0163ie muiare, pentru ac\u00e9ia de acum nu s\u0103 va mai d\u0103zlipi sabiia din casa ta \u00een veac. C\u0103 m-ai urgisit \u015fi ai luat pre muiarea lui Urie, feciorul lui Hetteu, s\u0103-\u0163i fie \u0163ie muiare\u201d. A\u015fa gr\u0103ia\u015fte Domnul: \u201eIat\u0103 eu voi da asupra ta toate r\u0103ut\u0103\u0163ile din casa ta \u015fi voi da muerile tale vecinilor t\u0103i \u015fi s\u0103 vor culca cu d\u00e2nsele \u00eenaintea ta \u015fi vei vedea c\u0103 tu ai f\u0103cut aceasta \u00een tain\u0103, iar eu voi face \u00eenaintea tuturor israilit\u00e9nilor\u201d.\u201d Deacii David zise c\u0103tr\u0103 Nathan: \u201eGre\u015fit-am Domnului Dumnezeului mieu\u201d; iar Nathan zise c\u0103tr\u0103 David: \u201eDumnezeu au luat p\u0103catul t\u0103u de la tine \u015fi nu vei muri\u201d.<\/p>\n

V\u0103zu\u015fi c\u0103 acesta era b\u0103rbat dreptu \u015fi sf\u00e2nt \u015fi s\u0103 temea de Dumnezeu, iar c\u0103zu \u015fi el \u00een groapa p\u0103catelor. Ci \u00eens\u0103 de c\u00e2te ori gre\u015fa lui Dumnezeu, cu nevoin\u0163a poc\u0103in\u0163ei s\u0103 scula \u015fi nimic nu z\u0103boviia, \u015fi a\u015fa \u00eentorcea pre Dumnezeu spre sine iar\u0103\u015fi cu mil\u0103 \u015fi zicea: \u201eGre\u015fit-am Domnului mieu!\u201c \u015ei \u00eenc\u0103 mai zicea: \u201eMiluia\u015fte-m\u0103, Doamne, dup\u0103 mare mila ta, \u015fi dup\u0103 mul\u0163imea \u00eendur\u0103rilor tale cur\u0103\u0163\u00e9\u015fte f\u0103r\u0103delegile m\u00e9le!\u201d \u00centr-ac\u00e9ia \u015fi Nathan zise lui David: \u201e\u015ei Dumnezeu \u00eenc\u0103 au luat p\u0103catul t\u0103u de la tine \u015fi nu vei muri!\u201d C\u0103 atuncea sta \u00eengerul Domnului deasupra lui David cu sabiia goal\u0103 \u00een m\u00e2n\u0103 \u015fi el nu-l vedea; \u015fi de n-ar fi gr\u0103bit David s\u0103 caz\u0103 cur\u00e2ndu la picioarele lui Nathan \u015fi s\u0103 ceae de la Dumnezeu mil\u0103, cu inim\u0103 \u00eenfr\u00e2nt\u0103 \u015fi plecat\u0103, n-ar fi dob\u00e2ndit iertare. C\u0103 vrea \u00eengerul s\u0103-l taie cu sabiia, m\u0103car d\u0103\u015fi nu era nimini drag lui Dumnezeu ca David. Dreptu ac\u00e9ia v\u0103 p\u0103zi\u0163i cu tot de-adinsul \u015fi lua\u0163i aminte cum umbl\u0103 diavolul, vr\u0103jma\u015ful nostru, zbier\u00e2nd ca un leu \u015fi cearc\u0103 cum va \u00eenghi\u0163i \u015fi va \u00een\u015f\u0103la pre ceia ce n-au temeiul cel bun al fric\u0103i lui Dumnezeu \u00een toat\u0103 vr\u00e9mea \u00een inimile lor.<\/p>\n

\u015ei iar dup\u0103 c\u00e2t\u0103va vr\u00e9me cheam\u0103 David pre Ioav, domnul lui cel mai mare, \u015fi-i zise: \u201ePas\u0103 acum \u00een tot neamul lui Israil \u015fi al Iudei \u015fi f\u0103 seam\u0103 \u00eentr-\u00een\u015fii \u015fi \u00een vineticii ce vor fi venit, s\u0103-i numeri pre to\u0163i, s\u0103-i \u015ftii c\u00e2\u0163i sunt\u201d. Iar Ioav zise c\u0103tr\u0103 David: \u201e\u00cemp\u0103rate, Dumnezeul t\u0103u s\u0103 ajute oamenilor t\u0103i s\u0103 s\u0103 \u00eenmul\u0163easc\u0103 den c\u00e2t suntu \u00eenc\u0103 \u00eensutit \u015fi s\u0103-i vaz\u0103 ochii st\u0103p\u00e2nului \u015fi ai \u00eemp\u0103ratului mieu. Dar, \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163ia ta, c\u0103ci g\u00e2nde\u015fti g\u00e2ndu ca acesta?\u201d Iar \u00eemp\u0103ratul \u00eent\u0103rii cuv\u00e2ntul c\u0103tr\u0103 Ioav \u015fi zise: \u201ePas\u0103 numai de te du\u201d. Deci Ioav ie\u015fi cu put\u00e9re de la \u00eemp\u0103ratul \u015fi f\u0103cea seam\u0103. \u015ei trecu \u015fi Iordanul \u015fi intrar\u0103 \u00een Aroir, d\u0103spre dreapta cet\u0103\u0163ii, care era \u00eentre propastiele Gadiei \u015fi ale Eleezirului \u015fi m\u00e9rser\u0103 \u015fi \u00een Galaad \u015fi \u00een \u0163ara Thavasonului \u015fi \u00een Thon \u015fi \u00een Dasc \u015fi intrar\u0103 \u00een Danidain \u015fi \u00eencungiurar\u0103 p\u00e2n\u0103 \u00een Sidon; apoi venir\u0103 \u00een Mapsar Tir \u015fi \u00een toaste ora\u015f\u0103le ghevun\u00e9ilor \u015fi ale hananeilor \u015fi m\u00e9rser\u0103 spre amiaz\u0103-zi, spre Iudea \u015fi \u00een Virsaviia, \u015fi \u00eencungiurar\u0103 tot p\u0103m\u00e2ntul c\u00e2t era suptu biruin\u0163a lui David. \u015ei s\u0103 \u00eentoarser\u0103 iar \u00een Ierusalim. \u015ei s\u0103 z\u0103bovi Ioav p\u00e2n\u0103 sf\u00e2r\u015fi acea slujb\u0103, 9 luni \u015fi 20 de zile. \u015ei duse Ioav cisla israilit\u00e9nilor la \u00eemp\u0103ratul \u015fi s\u0103 aflar\u0103 800.000 de b\u0103rba\u0163i mari, carii vrea purta arme, \u015fi iudianini 500.000 de b\u0103rba\u0163i de oaste. \u015ei s\u0103 sp\u0103im\u00e2nt\u0103 David c\u0103ci au f\u0103cut seam\u0103 \u015fi-\u015fi cunoscu p\u0103catul \u015fi zise c\u0103tr\u0103 Dumnezeu: \u201eDoamne, f\u0103cut-am foarte p\u0103cat mare, c\u0103ci am f\u0103cut seam\u0103; ci acum Doamne, iart\u0103-mi gre\u015fala aceasta, c\u0103 am f\u0103cut foarte f\u0103r\u0103 isprav\u0103\u201c. Iar a doao zi, deaca s\u0103 scul\u0103 David, gr\u0103i Dumnezeu lui Gad prorocul \u00een vis: \u201ePas\u0103 \u015fi zi lui David: \u201eA\u015fa gr\u0103ia\u015fte Domnul: trei lucruri \u00eei voi zice, deci s\u0103-\u0163i alegi unul dintr-\u00eensele, care-\u0163i voiu face\u201d.\u201d Deci Gad merse la David \u00eemp\u0103rat \u015fi-i zise: \u201eAl\u00e9ge-\u0163i dentr-ac\u00e9ste trei lucruri unul, carele vei vrea s\u0103 pohte\u015fti: 3 ani s\u0103 fie foamete \u00een \u0163ara ta sau trei luni s\u0103 fugi de vr\u0103jma\u015fii t\u0103i \u015fi ei tot s\u0103 te goneasc\u0103, sau trei zile s\u0103 fie moarte \u00een \u0163ara ta. Deci de acum \u00eemi r\u0103spunde, s\u0103 \u015ftiu ce voiu spune celui ce m-au trimis s\u0103-\u0163i zic a\u015fa\u201d. Iar David zise: \u201eC\u00e2te tr\u00e9le \u00eemi suntu cu greu, ci mai bine s\u0103 cazu \u00een m\u00e2inile Dumnezeului mieu, c\u0103 iaste \u00eendur\u0103tor \u015fi milostiv; iar \u00een m\u00e2inile oamenilor s\u0103 nu caz\u201d. \u015ei-\u015fi alese David \u00eensu\u015fi moartea. \u015ei era \u00een vr\u00e9mea seceri\u015fului de gr\u00e2u. \u015ei d\u00e9de Dumnezeu moarte \u00eentru israilit\u00e9ni \u015fi murir\u0103 de diminea\u0163a p\u00e2n\u0103 la pr\u00e2nzu 70.000 den Dan p\u00e2n\u0103 \u00een Virsaviia. \u015ei tinse \u00eengerul lui Dumnezeu \u015fi spre Ierusalim s\u0103-l strice \u015fi s\u0103-l r\u0103sipeasc\u0103 cu moarte, iar Dumnezeu \u00ee\u015fi opri m\u00e2niia \u015fi zise \u00eengerului celuia ce strica oamenii: \u201eAjung\u0103-\u0163i, acum ia-\u0163i m\u00e2na!\u201d Iar \u00eengerul lui Dumnezeu sta atuncea \u00eenaintea ariei lui Orna, feciorul lui Iesei. Iar David c\u00e2ndu v\u0103zu \u00eengerul lui Dumnezeu omor\u00e2nd oamenii zise c\u0103tr\u0103 Dumnezeu: \u201eDoamne, eu suntu cel ce am gri\u015fit, eu suntu p\u0103storiul carele am f\u0103cut r\u0103utatea, dar oile ac\u00e9stea ce au f\u0103cut? Fie acum m\u00e2na ta spre mine \u015fi spre casa t\u0103t\u00e2ne-mieu!\u201d Deacii veni Gad la David \u00eentr-acea zi \u015fi-i zise: \u201ePas\u0103 \u015fi r\u0103dic\u0103 oltariul lui Dumnezeu \u00een ariia ar\u0103turei lui Ornei, feciorul lui Esei\u201d. \u015ei st\u0103tu \u015fi s\u0103 conteni moartea.<\/p>\n

Ia aminte, f\u0103tul mieu, \u015fi aceasta \u015fi vezi, c\u0103 David pentru pu\u0163inea gre\u015fal\u0103 ce gre\u015fi, numai c\u0103ci num\u0103r\u0103 oamenii c\u00e2\u0163i era \u00een \u0163ara lui, iar de fu \u015fi drept \u015fi sf\u00e2nt \u015fi \u00eeng\u0103duitoriu lui Dumnezeu, iar Dumnezeu tot umplu cuv\u00e2ntul s\u0103u cu izb\u00e2nd\u0103, cum zise lui Gad prorocul: \u201ePas\u0103 \u015fi zi lui David: \u201ea\u015fa gr\u0103ia\u015fte Domnul, trei lucruri \u00ee\u0163i voi zice, iar tu-\u0163i al\u00e9ge unul dintr-\u00eensele, care-\u0163i voi face: sau trei ani foamete \u00een \u0163ara ta, sau trei luni s\u0103 te tot goneasc\u0103 vr\u0103jma\u015fii t\u0103i, sau trei zile moarte \u00een \u0163ar\u0103\u201c.\u201d \u00cens\u0103 iat\u0103 c\u0103 nu vru s\u0103 \u00eentristeze detot pre \u00eeng\u0103duitoriul s\u0103u, ci-i zise: \u201eAl\u00e9ge-\u0163i tu una dintr-ac\u00e9ste trei, den care am zis mai nainte\u201d. Dar \u00eenc\u0103 pre tine, deaca te vei da \u00een spurc\u0103ciune \u015fi \u00een f\u0103rdelegi, cum te va cru\u0163a Dumnezeu? Ba s\u0103 \u015ftii c\u0103 nu te va cru\u0163a, nici s\u0103 te n\u0103d\u0103jdue\u015fti c\u0103 vei afla vreo mil\u0103 de la d\u00e2nsul. Iar pentru c\u0103ci c\u00e2ndu \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163ea David \u00eentru \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163iia sa \u015fi \u00eeng\u0103duia \u00een toate lucrurile lui Dumnezeu, pentru aceia \u015fi Dumnezeu era cu d\u00e2nsul \u00een toat\u0103 vr\u00e9mea \u015fi \u00een toate zilele vie\u0163ii lui.<\/p>\n

Deacii, deaca \u00eemb\u0103tr\u00e2ni \u015fi s\u0103 apropie vr\u00e9mea mor\u0163ii sale, cheam\u0103 pre fiiu s\u0103u Solomon \u015fi-i zise: \u201eF\u0103tul mieu, eu voi s\u0103 mergu pre calea c\u00e9ia ce au mersu \u015fi va s\u0103 mearg\u0103 toat\u0103 lumea; iar tu te \u00eent\u0103r\u00e9\u015fte \u015fi fii om des\u0103v\u00e2r\u015fit. \u015ei s\u0103 p\u0103ze\u015fti l\u00e9gea Domnului Dumnezeului t\u0103u, \u015fi s\u0103 umbli pre c\u0103ile lui, \u015fi s\u0103 fere\u015fti poruncile lui \u015fi dreptatea lui, \u015fi s\u0103 faci judecata, precum iaste scris \u00een cartea lui Moisi. \u015ei tot ce vei face s\u0103 faci cu sfat, \u015fi c\u00e2te te \u00eenv\u0103\u0163, toate s\u0103 le \u0163ii minte\u201d. Precum \u00eei zisese lui Dumnezeu, zic\u00e2nd: \u201eC\u0103 de vor p\u0103zi feciorii t\u0103i c\u0103ile m\u00e9le \u015fi de vor umbla \u00een inimile loru \u00eenaintea mea drept, \u015fi sufletele lor \u00een adeverin\u0163\u0103, nici eu nu-i voi scoate den scaunul israilit\u00e9nilor\u201d.<\/p>\n

Iar\u0103 Solomon \u015f\u0103zu \u00een scaunul t\u0103t\u00e2ne-s\u0103u, lui David, \u015fi fu \u00eemp\u0103rat \u015fi \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163ea preste israilit\u00e9ni \u015fi pre iudei \u00een Ierusalim. \u015ei d\u00e9de Dumnezeu minte lui Solomon \u015fi \u00een\u0163elepciune \u015fi inim\u0103 chibzuitoare \u015fi l\u0103rgit\u0103, ca n\u0103sipul m\u0103rii. \u015ei s\u0103 umplu Solomon de minte \u015fi fu mai \u00een\u0163eleptu dec\u00e2t to\u0163i feciorii altor boiari \u015fi dec\u00e2t to\u0163i \u00een\u0163elep\u0163ii de la Eghipet. \u015ei era Solomon \u00eemp\u0103rat foarte \u00een\u0163eleptu. \u015ei biruia toate \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163iile din r\u00e2uri p\u00e2n\u0103 \u00een \u0163ara filistimnenilor \u015fi p\u00e2n\u0103 \u00een hotar\u0103 Eghipetului, \u015fi-i aducea daruri \u015fi lucra \u00een toat\u0103 via\u0163a lui. \u015ei iubi Solomon pre Domnul \u015fi umbla \u00eentru \u00eenv\u0103\u0163\u0103turile t\u0103t\u00e2ne-s\u0103u, lui David. \u015ei f\u0103cea jertve \u015fi c\u0103dea numai \u00een mun\u0163i. \u015ei s\u0103 scul\u0103 Solomon \u015fi merse \u00een Gavaon s\u0103 fac\u0103 j\u0103rtv\u0103 acolo, c\u0103 acea cetate era mai \u00een munte \u015fi mai larg\u0103 \u015fi sui acolo o mie de jertve \u015fi le f\u0103cu toate \u00eentracea cetate ce era \u00een muntele Gavaonului. \u015ei acolo s\u0103 ar\u0103t\u0103 Dumnezeu lui Solomon noaptea \u00een vis \u015fi zise: \u201eCere de la mine ce-\u0163i iaste voia \u015fi-\u0163i voi da\u201d. Iar Solomon zise: \u201eTu ai f\u0103cut cu robul t\u0103u, tat\u0103-mieu David, mil\u0103 mare, c\u0103ci au umblat \u00eenaintea ta cu dreptatea \u015fi cu adeverin\u0163a. Dreptu aceia \u015fi tu l-ai p\u0103zit cu mila ta cea mare \u015fi i-ai dat ast\u0103zi de \u015fade fie-s\u0103u \u00een scaunul lui. Deci acum, tu, Doamne Dumnezeul mieu, d\u0103-mi mie s\u0103 fiu \u00een locul t\u0103t\u00e2ne-mieu, lui David \u00eemp\u0103rat, c\u0103 eu suntu t\u00e2n\u0103r \u015fi nu \u015ftiu nici intrarea, nici ie\u015firea mea, \u015fi suntu robul t\u0103u \u00een mijlocul oamenilor t\u0103i, carele suntu ales de mul\u0163i oameni, ca n\u0103sipul m\u0103rii, carele nimeni nu-l va putea num\u0103ra. \u015ei d\u0103 mie, robul t\u0103u, inim\u0103 \u00een\u0163eleapt\u0103 spre ascultarea \u015fi judecata cea dreapt\u0103 a oamenilor t\u0103i, \u015fi s\u0103 pricep binele \u015fi r\u0103ul, c\u0103 nimeni nu va putea judeca pre oamenii t\u0103i cu judecat\u0103 nedreapt\u0103. Iar nu ceiu zile multe de la tine, nici bog\u0103\u0163ie, nici ceiu sufletele vr\u0103jma\u015filor t\u0103i, ci-\u0163i m\u0103rturisescu cugetul mieu, ca s\u0103-l crezi \u00een dreptate\u201d. \u015ei pl\u0103cu ac\u00e9ste cuvinte lui Dumnezeu, c\u0103ci cer\u015fu Solomon ac\u00e9stea, \u015fi-i zise Dumnezeu: \u201eDeaca vr\u00e9me ce cer\u015fu\u015fi de la mine ac\u00e9stea, iat\u0103, dup\u0103 rug\u0103ciunea ta dau \u0163ie inim\u0103 pricep\u0103toare \u015fi \u00een\u0163elep\u0163ie, care n-au fost p\u00e2n-acum nici la un om, nici va fi. \u015ei \u00eenc\u0103-\u0163i voiu da \u015fi ce n-ai cer\u015fut: bog\u0103\u0163ie \u015fi slav\u0103, care nu o au avut nici un \u00eemp\u0103rat. \u015ei de vei umla pre c\u0103ile m\u00e9le \u015fi de vei p\u0103zi poruncile m\u00e9le, ca \u015fi tat\u0103-t\u0103u David, \u00eenc\u0103-\u0163i voi mul\u0163i via\u0163a ta\u201d.<\/p>\n

Vezi, f\u0103tul mieu, c\u0103 \u00eenmul\u0163\u00e9\u015fte Dumnezeu zilele celuia ce face voia lui \u015fi poruncile lui? Iar ale celuia ce nu p\u0103z\u00e9\u015fte l\u00e9gea \u015fi poruncile lui, le \u00eempu\u0163ineaz\u0103 \u015fi le scurteaz\u0103.<\/p>\n

Deacii s\u0103 scul\u0103 Solomon \u015fi s\u0103 \u00eentoarse iar \u00een Ierusalim \u015fi st\u0103tu \u00een Sion \u00eenaintea chivotului legii lui Dumnezeu \u015fi f\u0103cu jertv\u0103. Iar dup\u0103 jertv\u0103 f\u0103cu osp\u0103\u0163 mare de s\u0103 osp\u0103t\u0103 cu toate slugile sale. \u015ei fu dup\u0103 ce umplur\u0103 440 de ani de c\u00e2nd e\u015fir\u0103 feciorii israilit\u00e9nilor din Eghipet. Zidi Solomon bis\u00e9ric\u0103 lui Dumnezeu deaca trecur\u0103 4 ani den \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163iia lui \u015fi 2 luni. Iar cuv\u00e2ntul Domnului fu c\u0103tr\u0103 Solomon zic\u00e2nd: \u201eCasa aceasta iaste, care o zide\u015fti tu. Deci de vei umbla \u00een poruncile m\u00e9le \u015fi vei face voia mea \u015fi vei face judec\u0103\u0163ile m\u00e9le \u015fi toate \u00eenv\u0103\u0163\u0103turile m\u00e9le \u015fi te vei \u00eentoarci \u00eentr-\u00eensele, voi l\u0103sa pre tine tocmeala mea, care o am tocmitu cu tat\u0103-t\u0103u David, \u015fi voi l\u0103cui \u00eentru israilit\u00e9ni \u015fi nu voi l\u0103sa israilit\u00e9nii, oamenii miei\u201d. \u015ei f\u0103cu Solomon casa Domnului \u015fi o sf\u00e2r\u015fi. \u015ei lucr\u0103 Solomon la casa lui Dumnezeu \u015fi la casele lui, p\u00e2n\u0103 le sf\u00e2r\u015fi, 20 de ani. Deacii chem\u0103 pre to\u0163i mai marii israilit\u00e9nilor \u00een Sion, s\u0103 r\u0103dice chivotul legii lui Dumnezeu den cetatea lui David. \u015ei m\u00e9rser\u0103 preo\u0163ii \u015fi luar\u0103 chivotul \u015fi cortul legii \u015fi vasele c\u00e2te era suptu umbrariul legii toate. Iar \u00eemp\u0103ratul Solomon \u015fi to\u0163i israilit\u00e9nii mergea \u00eenaintea chivotului lui Dumnezeu \u015fi junghea berbeci ca de un an \u015fi junci mul\u0163i f\u0103r\u2019 de num\u0103r. Iar \u00een chivot alt nimic nu era, f\u0103r\u0103 numai 2 table de piatr\u0103, care era tablele l\u00e9gii, care le pus\u00e9se acolea Moisi, \u00een muntele Horivului, \u015fi acele table le ded\u00e9se Dumnezeu israilit\u00e9nilor \u015fi scris\u00e9se \u00eentr-\u00eensele l\u00e9gea cu sf\u00e2ntul s\u0103u d\u00e9get, deaca-i scoase den robie den \u0163ara Eghipetului. Iar deaca e\u015fir\u0103 preo\u0163ii din bis\u00e9ric\u0103, un nor umplu bis\u00e9rica lui Dumnezeu \u015fi nu putea preo\u0163ii s\u0103 stea \u00eenaintea norului s\u0103 slujasc\u0103 lui Dumnezeu, c\u0103 s\u0103 umplu bis\u00e9rica de slava lui Dumnezeu. \u015ei-\u015fi \u00eentoarse \u00eemp\u0103ratul fa\u0163a sa \u00eenapoi \u015fi blagoslovi pre to\u0163i israilit\u00e9nii \u015fi pre tot s\u0103borul, carele sta acolea, \u015fi zise: \u201eBine iaste cuv\u00e2ntat Domnul Dumnezeul lui Israil ast\u0103zi, c\u0103 toate c\u00e2te au gr\u0103it cu gura t\u0103t\u00e2ne-mieu, lui David, le-au umplut. C\u0103 din ziua ceia ce am scos pre israilit\u00e9ni, oamenii miei, din Eghipet, zice Domnul, dentru toate semen\u0163iile lui Israil, n-am ales alt\u0103 cetate \u00een care s\u0103 s\u0103 fac\u0103 casa mea \u015fi s\u0103 l\u0103cuiasc\u0103 numele mieu \u00een Ierusalim; \u015fi am ales pre David s\u0103 st\u0103p\u00e2neasc\u0103 pre israilit\u00e9ni, oamenii miei. \u015ei vru tat\u0103-mieu David s\u0103 fac\u0103 bis\u00e9ric\u0103 numelui Domnului Dumnezeului lui Israil, iar Dumnezeu zise t\u0103t\u00e2ne-mieu, lui David: \u201eBun lucru ai cugetat s\u0103-mi faci mie bis\u00e9ric\u0103, iar tu s\u0103 nu faci, ci feciorul t\u0103u, carele va e\u015fi din trupul t\u0103u, acela s\u0103 zideasc\u0103 bis\u00e9ric\u0103 numelui mieu\u201d. \u015ei tocmi Dumnezeu cuvintele carele gr\u0103i, \u015fi m\u0103 r\u0103dic\u0103 pre mine \u00een locul t\u0103t\u00e2nemieu, lui David, \u015fi \u015f\u0103zuiu pre scaunul lui, cum zise Dumnezeu. \u015ei iat\u0103, zidiiu bis\u00e9ric\u0103 numelui Dumnezeului lui Israil \u015fi b\u0103gaiu \u00eentr-\u00eensa chivotul \u00een care suntu poruncile lui Dumnezeu, care tocmi Dumnezeu cu mo\u015fii no\u015ftri, c\u00e2nd i-au scos din \u0163ara Eghipetului\u201d. \u015ei st\u0103tu Solomon \u00eenaintea oltariului lui Dumnezeu \u015fi \u00eenaintea a tot s\u0103borul israilit\u00e9nilor \u015fi r\u0103dic\u00e2ndu\u015fi m\u00e2inile c\u0103tr\u0103 ceriu, zise: \u201eDoamne, Dumnezeul lui Israil, nu iaste alt Dumnezeu f\u0103r\u2019 de tine, nici \u00een ceriu sus, nici pre p\u0103m\u00e2ntu jos. P\u0103z\u00e9\u015fte l\u00e9gea \u015fi mila \u015fi d\u0103 robului t\u0103u s\u0103 umble \u00eenaintea ta cu toat\u0103 inima lui, cum ai p\u0103zit pre robul t\u0103u, tat\u0103mieu David, cum i-ai f\u0103g\u0103duit \u015fi cu gura ta ai gr\u0103it, iar cu m\u00e2inile ai ispr\u0103vit, \u00eenc\u0103 \u015fi p\u00e2n\u0103 \u00een ziua de ast\u0103zi\u201d. \u015ei altele zise Solomon, p\u00e2n\u0103 sf\u00e2r\u015fi ruga.<\/p>\n

JUDECATA CEA DINT\u00c2I A LUI SOLOMON<\/h3>\n

Atuncea m\u00e9rser\u0103 2 mueri curve la \u00eemp\u0103ratul Solomon \u015fi st\u0103tur\u0103 \u00eenaintea lui \u015fi zise una dentr-\u00eensele: \u201eJudec\u0103-m\u0103, \u00eemp\u0103rate! Eu \u015fi ceast\u0103 f\u0103m\u00e9e vecin\u0103 a mea l\u0103cuiam am\u00e2ndoao \u00eentr-o cas\u0103. Decii eu am f\u0103cut un copil. Iar dup\u0103 3 zile au n\u0103scut \u015fi aceast\u0103 vecin\u0103 \u015fi au f\u0103cut \u015fi ia, iar copilu. \u015ei am fost numai noi am\u00e2ndoao, iar alt n-au mai fost cu noi nimenea. Iar ceast\u0103 vecin\u0103 \u015f-au \u00eempresurat noaptea, dormindu, copilul ei \u015fi l-au omor\u00e2t. Deacii, deaca s-au de\u015fteptat ca la miezul nop\u0163ii \u015fi \u015f-au aflat copilul \u00eempresurat de d\u00e2nsa \u015fi mortu, ia l-au luat \u015fi au venit la mine \u015fi m-au aflat adormit\u0103 \u015fi au luat copilul mieu cel viu de l\u00e2ng\u0103 mine \u015fi l-au adormit l\u00e2ng\u0103 ia, iar al ei, cel mortu, l-au pus l\u00e2ng\u0103 mine. Deacii c\u00e2ndu m-am sculat s\u0103mi aplec copilul, eu l-am aflat mortu. Iar a doao zi, deaca au luminat, eu am c\u0103utat \u015fi am v\u0103zut c\u0103 copilul cel mortu n-au fostu al mieu, ci au fostu al ce\u015ftii vecine, iar cestu copil viu, acesta iaste al mieu \u015fi l-am n\u0103scut eu\u201d. Iar c\u00e9ialalt\u0103 muiare zise: \u201eBa, \u00eemp\u0103rate, nu iaste a\u015fa. Ci acestu copil viu iaste al mieu, iar cestu mortu iaste al ce\u015ftiialalte\u201d. \u015ei a\u015fa s\u0103 pricea iale am\u00e2ndoao \u00eenaintea \u00eemp\u0103ratului. Iar Solomon zise c\u0103tr\u0103 d\u00e2nsele: \u201eTu zici cestu copil viu c\u0103 iaste al t\u0103u \u015fi cel mortu al ce\u015ftialalte, iar c\u00e9ia zise c\u0103 iaste cel mortu al t\u0103u, iar cestu viu al ei. Ci \u00eentr-altu chip nu va putea fi, ci numai s\u0103 s\u0103 d\u0103spice copilul cestu viu \u00een doao lospaturi\u0163e \u015fi cel mortu a\u015fijderea \u015fi s\u0103 s\u0103 dea \u0163ie jum\u0103tate den copilul cel viu \u015fi jum\u0103tate den cestu mortu, \u015fi ceiialalte iar a\u015fa\u201d. Deci muiarea c\u00e9ia c\u0103ruia era copilul cel viu zise: \u201eO, vai de mine, \u00eemp\u0103rate, turbur\u0103-mi-se inima de copilul mieu \u015fi de aceast\u0103 judecat\u0103! Ci s\u0103 nu v\u0103zu cu ochii miei d\u0103spic\u00e2ndu copilul mieu \u00een doao, ci-l da\u0163i viu ce\u015ftii vecine, s\u0103 \u015fi-l \u0163ie ia, iar nu-l omor\u00e2re\u0163i\u201d. Iar c\u00e9ialalt\u0103 muiare zise: \u201eBa, \u00eencai, s\u0103 nu fie nici al mieu, nici al t\u0103u, ci s\u0103-l d\u0103spice \u00een doao, cum au zis \u00eemp\u0103ratul\u201d. Atuncea zise Solomon: \u201eNu omor\u00e2re\u0163i, ci-l da\u0163i cestii mui\u00e9ri ci zise s\u0103 nu-l omor\u00e2re\u0163i, iar nu-l da\u0163i ceiialalte, c\u0103 al ace\u015ftiia iaste copilul cestu viu, iar nu iaste al ceiialalte. Drept ac\u00e9ia \u00eel da\u0163i ei, c\u0103 ia iaste muma copilului \u015fi ia l-au n\u0103scut\u201d.<\/p>\n

AICI V\u0102ZUR\u0102 TO\u0162I ISRAILIT\u00c9NII JUDECATA LUI SOLOMON \u015eI S\u0102 TEMUR\u0102 DE D\u00c2NSUL \u015eI PRICEPUR\u0102 C\u0102 L\u0102CUIA\u015eTE \u00ceNTR-\u00ceNSUL \u00ceN\u0162ELEPCIUNEA LUI DUMNEZEU<\/h3>\n

\u015ei auzindu israilit\u00e9nii to\u0163i de aceast\u0103 judecat\u0103 ce f\u0103cu Solomon \u00eemp\u0103rat, se temur\u0103 de fa\u0163a lui foarte \u015fi pricepur\u0103 c\u0103 iaste \u00een\u0163elepciunea lui Dumnezeu \u00eentr-\u00eensul, ca s\u0103 fac\u0103 dreptate la judecat\u0103.<\/p>\n

\u015ei era lui Solomon muerile foarte dragi \u015fi-\u015fi luo mueri lui den neamuri streine, pre fata lui Faraon \u015fi den neamul lui Moavit \u015fi a lui Idumei \u015fi a lui Asirian \u015fi a lui Hetthei \u015fi a lui Amethan, de care neamuri \u015fi limbi poruncise Dumnezeu israilit\u00e9nilor: \u201eS\u0103 nu ia lor mueri dintr-ac\u00e9le neamuri, nici muerile lor s\u0103 nu ia b\u0103rba\u0163i dintr-ac\u00e9le limbi, ca s\u0103 nu \u00eentoarc\u0103 sufletele voastre c\u0103tr\u0103 idolii lor\u201d. Iar Solomon s\u0103 afl\u0103 cu d\u00e2nsele \u00een curvie mult\u0103 \u015fi-n toat\u0103 necur\u0103\u0163iia. Deci, deaca \u00eemb\u0103tr\u00e2ni Solomon, at\u00e2t \u00eei \u00eentoarser\u0103 muerile inima de c\u0103tr\u0103 Dumnezeul lui Israil c\u0103tr\u0103 dumnezeii lor, c\u00e2t nu era nimic cu Dumnezeu inima lui, ci umbla tot dup\u0103 spurcatele \u015fi \u00eempu\u0163itele lor lucruri \u015fi jertve. \u015ei f\u0103cu Solomon p\u0103cat \u015fi ficle\u015fug mare \u00eenaintea lui Dumnezeu \u015fi nu umbl\u0103 pre voia Domnului, cum umbl\u0103 tat\u0103-s\u0103u David.<\/p>\n

AICI S\u0102 D\u0102SP\u0102R\u0162I SOLOMON DE LA DUMNEZEU \u015eI \u00ceNCEPU A FACE BIS\u00c9RICI \u015eI CAPI\u015eTI IDOLILOR MUERILOR SALE, IAR DUMNEZEU S\u0102 M\u00c2NIE PE D\u00c2NSUL, C\u0102CI NU P\u0102ZI LEGEA LUI<\/h3>\n

Atunci zidi Solomon capi\u015fte nalt\u0103 idolilor \u015fi alte lucruri spurcate \u015fi \u00eempu\u0163ite, a\u015fijderea f\u0103cu \u015fi tuturor muerilor sale deosebi \u015fi f\u0103cea j\u0103rtve dumnezeilor lor. Iar Dumnezeu s\u0103 m\u00e2nie pre Solomon, c\u0103ci \u00ee\u015fi \u00eentoarse inima de c\u0103tr\u0103 Domnul Dumnezeul lui Israil, carii i s\u0103 ar\u0103tase \u00een 2 r\u00e2nduri \u015fi-i zis\u00e9se \u00eentr-am\u00e2ndoao r\u00e2ndurile de ac\u00e9stea de toate, ca s\u0103 nu umble dup\u0103 al\u0163i dumnezei, ci s\u0103 p\u0103zeasc\u0103 \u015fi s\u0103 \u0163ie cum i-au poruncit Domnul Dumnezeul lui. \u015ei zise Dumnezeu c\u0103tr\u0103 Solomon: \u201eDeaca, de vr\u00e9me ce ai f\u0103cut a\u015fa \u015fi n-ai p\u0103zit poruncile m\u00e9le, care te-am \u00eenv\u0103\u0163at, iat\u0103 eu voi lua \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163iia din m\u00e2inile tale \u015fi o voi da slugii tale. Ci \u00eens\u0103 aceasta nu o voiu face \u00een zilele tale, pentru tat\u0103-t\u0103u David, iar den m\u00e2inile feciorilor t\u0103i eu o voi lua; iar pentru David, robul mieu, \u015fi pentru Ierusalimul, cetatea mea, care o am ales, nu le voi lua \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163iia toat\u0103\u201c. \u015ei r\u0103dic\u0103 Dumnezeu pizma \u015fi asupra lui Solomon.<\/p>\n

Auzise to\u0163i c\u0103ci, c\u00e2nd s\u0103 ar\u0103tase Dumnezeu lui Solomon, \u00eei zisese: \u201eC\u00e9re de la mine ce-\u0163i iaste voia\u201d, iar Solomon zisese: \u201eEu sunt cocon mic \u015fi t\u00e2n\u0103r \u015fi nu \u015ftiu nici \u00eentrarea mea, nici e\u015fitul mieu; ci iat\u0103 sunt robul t\u0103u, \u00een mijlocul oamenilor t\u0103i. Ci-mi d\u0103, zice, robului t\u0103u inim\u0103 chibzuitoare, ca s\u0103 ascultu \u015fi s\u0103 judec oamenilor t\u0103i \u00een dreptate \u015fi s\u0103 pricep dreptatea \u015fi hicle\u015fugul\u201d.<\/p>\n

V\u0103zu\u015fi c\u0103 frica lui Dumnezeu na\u015fte \u00een\u0163elepciune, cum zice prorocul: \u201e\u00cencep\u0103tura \u00een\u0163elepciunii iaste frica Domnului\u201d; c\u0103 c\u00e2\u0163i \u00eencep s\u0103 vie\u0163uiasc\u0103 \u00eentru \u00een\u0163elepciune p\u00e2n\u0103 \u00een sf\u00e2r\u015fitul lor, ei rad\u0103 \u015fi p\u0103timescu pentru Dumnezeu multe nevoi \u015fi ispitiri. Pilda: \u015ei un\u0103 \u00een\u0163el\u00e9gere iaste la to\u0163i cei ce o fac. T\u00e2lcul: C\u0103 slava \u015fi lauda lui Dumnezeu iaste f\u0103r\u2019 de sf\u00e2r\u015fit \u015fi to\u0163i c\u00e2\u0163i suntu cu frica lui Dumnezeu cuprin\u015fi \u015fi umbl\u0103 \u00eentr-\u00eensa. \u00cens\u0103 nu p\u00e2n\u2019 la o vr\u00e9me, iar de la o vr\u00e9me s\u0103 s\u0103 d\u0103zlipeasc\u0103 de d\u00e2nsa, ci acelora a tuturor, carii umbl\u0103 totdeauna \u015fi cu tot sufletul \u00een frica lui Dumnezeu, a acelora le iaste lauda f\u0103r\u2019 de sf\u00e2r\u015fit. A\u015fijderea \u015fi Solomon, c\u00e2ndu fu t\u00e2n\u0103r, el fu tem\u0103tor \u015fi purt\u0103tor de frica lui Dumnezeu; ci petrecea \u00eentru \u00een\u0163elepciunea \u015fi chibzuiala duhului. C\u0103 zice c\u0103 n-au cer\u015fut nici aur, nici argintu, nici m\u0103rg\u0103ritar, nici pietri scumpe, nici slava lumii ace\u015ftiia, nici bog\u0103\u0163iia ei; ci au zis: \u201eD\u0103-mi, zice, inima pricip\u0103toare s\u0103 ascultu \u015fi s\u0103 judec oamenilor t\u0103i \u00eentru dreptate \u015fi s\u0103 cunoscu binele \u015fi r\u0103ul\u201d. Dar Dumnezeu ce-i r\u0103spunse? C\u0103 pl\u0103cu lui Dumnezeu cererea lui Solomon \u015fi zise c\u0103tr\u0103 d\u00e2nsul: \u201eDeaca vr\u00e9me ce cer\u015fu\u015fi de la mine aceasta, iat\u0103-\u0163i dau inim\u0103 \u00een\u0163eleg\u0103toare \u015fi \u00een\u0163elepciune, care n-au fostu la nimeni mai nainte de tine, nici dup\u0103 tine nu va mai fi la altul. \u015ei iat\u0103 c\u0103-\u0163i dau \u00eenc\u0103 \u015fi ce n-ai cer\u015fut: slav\u0103 \u015fi bog\u0103\u0163ie, c\u00e2t n-au fost la alt \u00eemp\u0103rat. \u015ei de vei p\u0103zi poruncile m\u00e9le \u015fi vei umbla pre c\u0103ile m\u00e9le \u015fi vei face l\u00e9gea mea, cum au umblat tat\u0103-t\u0103u David, eu \u00ee\u0163i voiu mai lungi \u015fi viia\u0163a\u201d. \u015ei era Solomon \u00een tiner\u00e9\u0163ele sale d\u0103ruit de Dumnezeu cu \u00een\u0163elepciunea, care era mai mare dec\u00e2t \u00een\u0163elepciunile tuturor oamenilor c\u00e2\u0163i era pre p\u0103m\u00e2ntu, \u015fi p\u0103zea dreptatea lui Dumnezeu, ca \u015fi tat\u0103-s\u0103u David. \u015ei zice c\u0103 iubi Solomon pre Dumnezeu \u015fi-i fu drag s\u0103 umble dup\u0103 cum \u00eel \u00eenv\u0103\u0163ase tat\u0103-s\u0103u. Dreptu ac\u00e9ia \u015fi Dumnezeu iubi pre d\u00e2nsul, \u015fi toate rug\u0103ciunile lui i le asculta Domnul, \u015fi era Solomon mai mare dec\u00e2t al\u0163i \u00eemp\u0103ra\u0163i, dec\u00e2t to\u0163i. \u015ei-i da lui to\u0163i haraci \u015fi-i aducea daruri mari. Iar deaca \u00eencepu Solomon a b\u0103tr\u00e2ni \u015fi c\u00e2ndu trebuia mint\u00e9 \u015fi \u00een\u0163elepciune mai mult\u0103, atuncea el cu \u00eendemnarea diavolului \u00ee\u015fi ie\u015fi din fire \u015fi din minte \u015fi s\u0103 lipsi de minte \u015fi de \u00een\u0163elepciune. C\u0103 \u00eengro\u015f\u00e2ndu, zice, \u00ee\u015fi \u00eengro\u015f\u0103 \u015fi-\u015fi l\u0103rgi p\u00e2ntecele cu m\u00e2nc\u0103ri multe \u015fi cu be\u0163ii. \u015ei alte lucruri f\u0103cea, care nu s\u0103 c\u0103dea; \u015fi s\u0103 d\u00e9de cu totul spre curvie \u015fi spre toate spurc\u0103ciunile, \u015fi l\u0103s\u0103 pre Dumnezeu, care l-au f\u0103cut, \u015fi p\u0103r\u0103si pre Domnul \u015fi m\u00e2ntuitoriul \u015fi m\u00e2nie pre f\u0103c\u0103toriul lui de bine \u015fi-l umplu de am\u0103r\u0103ciune cu lucrurile sale c\u00e9le spurcate. C\u0103 at\u00e2ta zice c\u0103-i \u00eentoarser\u0103 lui Solomon inima de c\u0103tr\u0103 Dumnezeu muerile lui, c\u0103tr\u0103 dumnezeii lor, c\u00e2t nici cum nu-\u015fi mai aducea aminte de d\u00e2nsul. \u015ei umbla Solomon tot \u00een jertvele c\u00e9le spurcate \u015fi ur\u00e2te \u015fi dintr-\u00eensele m\u00e2nca. \u015ei f\u0103cu lucru hiclean \u00eenaintea lui Dumnezeu, \u015fi s\u0103 m\u00e2nie Dumnezeu pre Solomon, c\u0103ci \u00ee\u015fi \u00eentoarse inima de c\u0103tr\u0103 Domnul Dumnezeul s\u0103u, care i s\u0103 ar\u0103tase \u00een 2 r\u00e2nduri \u015fi-i zis\u00e9se: \u201eDe vr\u00e9me ce n-ai p\u0103zit poruncile mele \u015fi l\u00e9gea care \u0163e-am poruncit eu, voi lua \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163iia din m\u00e2inile tale \u015fi o voi da-o slugii tale; ce numai nu o voi face aceasta \u00een zilele tale, pentru tat\u0103-t\u0103u David, ci voi lua \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163iia din m\u00e2inile feciorilor t\u0103i. Numai nu voi lua nici de la d\u00e2n\u015fii steagurile \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163iilor tuturor, iar pentru robul mieu David \u015fi pentru Ierusalimul, care l-am ales s\u0103-mi fie mie cetate\u201d.<\/p>\n

Dreptu ac\u00e9ia nimeni s\u0103 nu s\u0103 am\u0103geasc\u0103 \u015fi s\u0103 s\u0103 \u0163ie mare, m\u0103car s\u0103 fie \u00eemp\u0103rat, m\u0103car domnu, m\u0103car boiariu, m\u0103car fie\u015fte ce va fi; c\u0103 ac\u00e9stea toate Dumnezeu le d\u0103, Dumnezeu le ia. \u015ei lui Solomon iar Dumnezeu \u00eei d\u00e9de \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163iia, c\u0103 iaste scris \u015fi zice: \u201eJur\u0103-se Domnul lui David cu adeverin\u0163\u0103 \u015fi nu s\u0103 lep\u0103d\u0103 de d\u00e2nsa c\u0103 \u201edin roada p\u00e2ntecilui t\u0103u voi pune scaunul t\u0103u, de vor p\u0103zi l\u00e9gea mea, feciorii t\u0103i\u201d.\u201d Iar feciorii lui David nu p\u0103zir\u0103 l\u00e9gea lui Dumnezeu. Dreptu ac\u00e9ia \u00eei scoase Dumnezeu din \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163ie, ca pre ni\u015fte nemul\u0163umitori. Cel ce aude s\u0103 asculte \u015fi s\u0103 \u00een\u0163eleag\u0103.<\/p>\n

Ierovoam, feciorul lui Navat, carele era la Efrathul de la Sarir, fecior de v\u0103duv\u0103, slug\u0103 lui Solomon, \u015fi acesta \u00ee\u015fi r\u0103dic\u0103 m\u00e2na spre Solomon \u00eemp\u0103rat, c\u0103 a\u015fa era lucrul lui. \u015ei era Ierovaam om tare \u015fi v\u00e2rtos, iar Solomon \u00eel cunoscu c\u0103 va s\u0103 fac\u0103 om b\u0103rbat \u015fi de treab\u0103 \u015fi-l puse ispravnic preste toate c\u00e2te era ale casei lui Iosif.<\/p>\n

IAT\u0102 AICI AHIA PROROCUL D\u00c9DE LUI IEROVAAM Z\u00c9CE SOR\u0162I AI STEAGURILOR ISRAILIT\u00c9NILOR \u015eI ZISE: \u201eIAT\u0102 \u0162E-AU DAT DUMNEZEU Z\u00c9CE STEAGURI ISRAILITENE\u015eTI\u201d<\/h3>\n

\u015ei fu \u00een vremile ac\u00e9lea, e\u015fi Ierovaam din Ierusalim; iar Ahia prorocul \u00eel \u00eent\u00e2mpin\u0103 pre cale \u015fi-l \u00eentoarse din cale-\u015fi. \u015ei era Ahia \u00eembr\u0103cat \u00een dulam\u0103 noao, \u015fi era numai ei am\u00e2ndoi \u00een c\u00e2mpu. \u015ei-\u015fi t\u0103e Ahia dulama sa cea noao, de o f\u0103cu 12 p\u00e9tece, \u015fi zise lui Ierovaam: \u201e\u0162ine \u0163ie 10 sor\u0163i, c\u0103 a\u015fa zise Domnul Dumnezeul lui Israil: \u201eIat\u0103 eu voi lua \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163ia din m\u00e2inile lui Solomon \u015fi-\u0163i voi da \u0163ie 10 steaguri, iar 2 steaguri \u00eei voi l\u0103sa pentru tat\u0103-s\u0103u David, robul mieu, \u015fi pentru Ierusalimul, cetatea mea, care o am ales mie din toate semen\u0163iile israilit\u00e9nilor. C\u0103 m-au p\u0103r\u0103sit \u015fi nu umbl\u0103 pre c\u0103ile m\u00e9le, \u015fi n-au f\u0103cut pre voia mea, ca tat\u0103-s\u0103u David. \u00cens\u0103 nu voi lua \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163iia de tot din m\u00e2inile lui, pentru c\u0103 i-o am f\u0103g\u0103duit s\u0103 fie a lui \u00een toat\u0103 via\u0163a lui, pentru tat\u0103-s\u0103u David, care l-am ales mie rob. \u015ei voiu lua \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163ia din m\u00e2inile fie-s\u0103u \u015fi voi da \u0163ie z\u00e9ce steaguri; iar fie-s\u0103u \u00eei voi da 2 steaguri, cum am f\u0103g\u0103duit robului mieu lui David, \u00een toate zilele \u00eenaintea mea, \u00een cetatea mea Ierusalim, care o am ales s\u0103 s\u0103 pue numele mieu \u00eentr-\u00eensa. \u015ei te voi priimi pre tine \u015fi vei fi \u00eemp\u0103rat spre ce\u0163i poft\u00e9\u015fte sufletul t\u0103u, \u015fi tu vei \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163i israilit\u00e9nii\u201d.\u201d Deacii cerca Solomon s\u0103 omoare pre Ierovoam, iar el fugi \u00een \u0163ara Eghipetului, la Susachim \u00eemp\u0103rat, \u015fi \u015f\u0103zu tot \u00een Eghipet p\u00e2n\u0103 muri Solomon. Iar deaca muri Solomon, st\u0103tu \u00eemp\u0103rat \u00een locul lui fie-s\u0103u Rovoam.<\/p>\n

AICI VENIR\u0102 LA ROVOAM \u00ceMP\u0102RAT, FECIORUL LUI SOLOMON, ISRAILIT\u00c9NII ZIC\u00c2ND: \u201eIAT\u0102, TAT\u0102-T\u0102U SOLOMON NE-AU \u00ceNGREUIAT JUGUL FOARTE, CI \u00ceNCAI TU NI-L MAI U\u015eUREAZ\u0102\u201c. IAR EL NU VRU S\u0102-I ASCULTE.<\/h3>\n

Cartea a 3-a a \u00eemp\u0103ra\u0163ilor<\/p>\n

Iar\u0103 deaca \u00eencepu Rovoam a \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163i, venir\u0103 oamenii \u015fi c\u0103zur\u0103 \u00eenaintea lui zic\u00e2nd: \u201eTat\u0103-t\u0103u ne-au \u00eengreuiat jugul nostru, iar \u00eencai mai \u00eempu\u0163ineaz\u0103 tu lucrul t\u0103t\u00e2ne-t\u0103u cel r\u0103u \u015fi mai u\u015fureaz\u0103 jugul lui cel greu, care l-au pus pre noi, \u015fi-\u0163i vom lucra\u201d. Iar Rovoam zise c\u0103tr\u0103 d\u00e2n\u015fii: \u201eP\u0103sa\u0163i \u015fi \u00eeng\u0103dui\u0163i p\u00e2n\u0103 \u00een trei zile, deacii iar s\u0103 veni\u0163i la mine\u201d. \u015ei s\u0103 duser\u0103. Iar Rovoam chem\u0103 pre to\u0163i b\u0103tr\u00e2nii, carii fus\u00e9se cinsti\u0163i la tat\u0103-s\u0103u Solomon \u00een via\u0163a lui, \u015fi le spuse aceasta, \u015fi-i \u00eentreb\u0103 ce va faci \u015fi a treia zi ce r\u0103spunsu le va da. Iar ei ziser\u0103: \u201eDeaca vei asculta ast\u0103zi de ace\u015fti oameni \u015fi le vei sluji \u015fi le vei gr\u0103i cuvinte bune, deacii ei \u00ee\u0163i vor sluji \u015fi-\u0163i vor lucra \u00een toate zilele\u201d. Iar el nu b\u0103g\u0103 \u00een seam\u0103 sfatul care sf\u0103tuise cu d\u00e2n\u015fii, ci f\u0103cu alt sfat \u015fi s\u0103 sf\u0103tui cu copii tineri de potriva lui, carii era la d\u00e2nsul de-i boerise pre ac\u00e9ia, \u015fi le zise: \u201eDar voi ce zici\u0163i \u015fi ce r\u0103spunsu voi da oamenilor acestora?\u201d Iar ei ziser\u0103 c\u0103tr\u0103 d\u00e2nsul: \u201eA\u015fa s\u0103 zici oamenilor acestora carii au zis c\u0103tr\u0103 tine, c\u0103 tat\u0103-t\u0103u ne-au \u00eengreuiat jugul nostru, iar tu ni-l mai u\u015fureaz\u0103: \u201eMai groase s\u00e2ntu tiner\u00e9\u0163ele m\u00e9le dec\u00e2t mijlocul tat\u00e2ne-mieu; deci tat\u0103-mieu au pus pre voi jug greu, iar eu \u00eenc\u0103 voi s\u0103-l mai \u00eens\u0103rcinez; \u015fi tat\u0103-mieu v-au certat cu b\u0103taia, iar eu voi s\u0103 v\u0103 certu cu r\u0103sipirea\u201d.\u201d Iar deaca s\u0103 umplur\u0103 trei zile, iar\u0103\u015fi veni tot Israilul la Rovoam, precum \u00eei zis\u00e9se; iar Rovoam \u00eemp\u0103rat le r\u0103spunse cuvinte gr\u00e9le \u015fi m\u00e2nioase, c\u0103 uit\u0103 \u015fi nu b\u0103g\u0103 \u00een s\u00e9am\u0103 cuvintele sf\u00e9tnicilor celor b\u0103tr\u00e2ni, ci le gr\u0103i dup\u0103 cum \u00eel sf\u0103tuise oamenii cii tineri \u015fi le zise: \u201eTat\u0103-mieu v-au \u00eengreuiat jugul, iar eu voiu s\u0103-l \u015fi mai \u00eens\u0103rcinezu; \u015fi tat\u0103-mieu v-au c\u0103znit cu rane, iar eu v\u0103 certu cu gonire \u015fi cu r\u0103sipire\u201d. \u015ei nu ascult\u0103 \u00eemp\u0103ratul oamenii, c\u0103 era acea \u00eentoarcere de la Dumnezeu, ca s\u0103-\u015fi tocmeasc\u0103 vorba sa, care o au gr\u0103it cu m\u00e2inile Ahiei prorocul lui Ierovoam, feciorul lui Navat. Iar israilit\u00e9nii, deaca v\u0103zur\u0103 c\u0103 nu ascult\u0103 Rovoam \u00eemp\u0103rat glasul \u015fi jalba lor, strigar\u0103 to\u0163i \u00eenaintea lui \u015fi ziser\u0103: \u201eDar c\u0103ci ne-au \u00eemp\u0103r\u0163it David a\u015fa? Nu ne iaste noao a l\u0103cui \u015fi a mo\u015fteni \u00eentre neamul lui Iesei\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u015eI DEACA V\u0102ZUR\u0102 TO\u0162I ISRAILIT\u00c9NII C\u0102 NU FOLOSIR\u0102 NIMIC LA ROVOAM, EI S\u0102 R\u0102SIPIR\u0102 \u015eI ZISER\u0102: \u201eNU NE IASTE NOAO A L\u0102CUI \u00ceN NEAMUL LUI IESEI\u201d<\/h3>\n

Iar\u0103 deaca auzur\u0103 c\u00e9le 10 semen\u0163ii ale lui toate, c\u0103 s-au \u00eentorsu Ierovoam din Eghipet, ei trimiser\u0103 la d\u00e2nsul \u015fi-l chemar\u0103 la s\u0103bor \u015fi-l r\u0103dicar\u0103 \u00eemp\u0103rat israilit\u00e9nilor. Decii nu mai fur\u0103 ascult\u0103tori casei lui David, ci numai ce asculta c\u00e9le 2 steaguri, ce era din neamul Iudei \u015fi dintr-al lui Veniamin.<\/p>\n

Pentru c\u0103 zicea c\u0103 au mersu oamenii la Rovoam \u00eemp\u0103rat, feciorul lui Solomon, \u015fi au zis: \u201eMai u\u015fureaz\u0103-ne jugul lucrului nostru, c\u0103 foarte suntem \u00eempresura\u0163i \u015fi vom lucra\u201d. Iar el le zise: \u201eA\u015ftepta\u0163i p\u00e2n\u0103 poim\u00e2ine \u015fi v\u0103 voiu da r\u0103spunsul\u201d. Deci f\u0103cu Rovoam sfat cu oamenii cei de cinste \u015fi b\u0103tr\u00e2ni, \u015fi-l sf\u0103tuir\u0103 bine \u015fi ziser\u0103 \u00eemp\u0103ratului s\u0103 mai u\u015fur\u00e9ze oamenii s\u0103i de lucru, iar el, ca un om ce uita binele \u015fi era f\u0103r\u2019 de chibzuial\u0103, nu-\u015fi aduse aminte c\u0103 iaste zis: \u201e\u00centreab\u0103 pre tat\u0103-t\u0103u \u015fi-\u0163i va da sfat bun, \u015fi pre cei b\u0103tr\u00e2ni, c\u0103-\u0163i vor spune\u201d. \u015ei el, m\u0103car de le \u015fi spuse \u015fi-i \u00eentreb\u0103, iar sfatul lor nu-l b\u0103g\u0103 \u00een seam\u0103, nici \u00eel ascult\u0103. Pentru ac\u00e9ia, deaca nu-l ascult\u0103, r\u0103u \u015fi amar p\u0103timi, c\u0103 lep\u0103d\u0103 de la sine sfatul celor b\u0103tr\u00e2ni \u015fi \u00een\u0163elep\u0163i \u015fi ascult\u0103 sfatul copiilor celor tineri \u015fi f\u0103r\u2019 de minte ca \u015fi sine. C\u0103 ziser\u0103 acei tineri, c\u00e2nd \u00eei \u00eentreb\u0103 \u00eemp\u0103ratul de sfat: \u201eA\u015fa s\u0103 zici oamenilor t\u0103i: \u201eMai groase suntu tiner\u00e9\u0163ele m\u00e9le dec\u00e2t mijlocul t\u0103t\u00e2ne-mieu, \u015fi tat\u0103mieu v-au c\u0103znit cu b\u0103t\u0103i, iar eu voi s\u0103 v\u0103 c\u0103znescu cu r\u0103sipirea \u015fi cu izgonirea\u201d.\u201d Deci c\u00e2nd fu a treia zi, ei venir\u0103 iar\u0103\u015fi dup\u0103 cum fu cuv\u00e2ntul \u00eemp\u0103ratului, iar \u00eemp\u0103ratul le r\u0103spunse cum \u00eel sf\u0103tuise acei copii \u015fi oameni tineri, carii \u00eenc\u0103 nu ajuns\u00e9se ca s\u0103 fie \u00een toat\u0103 v\u00e2rsta \u015fi firea, nici \u00een mintea cea des\u0103v\u00e2r\u015fit\u0103. \u015ei zise Rovoam \u00eemp\u0103rat: \u201eTat\u0103-mieu v-au c\u0103znit cu b\u0103taia, iar eu voi s\u0103 v\u0103 c\u0103znescu cu r\u0103sipirea \u015fi cu izgonirea\u201d. \u015ei nu vru \u00eemp\u0103ratul s\u0103-\u015fi asculte oamenii, c\u0103-\u015fi \u00eentorsese Dumnezeu mila de c\u0103tr\u0103 d\u00e2nsul, ca s\u0103-\u015fi tocmeasc\u0103 graiul care gr\u0103ise c\u0103tr\u0103 Ahia prorocul.<\/p>\n

Pentru ac\u00e9ia, faptul mieu, tot cela ce va asculta de sfatul tinerilor \u015fi al copiilor, acela niciodat\u0103 nu s\u0103 va bucura; iar cela ce va asculta de sfatul b\u0103tr\u00e2nilor celor \u00een\u0163elep\u0163i, acela nu s\u0103 va c\u0103i. C\u0103 iat\u0103 iaste zis: \u201e\u00centreb\u0103 pre tat\u0103-t\u0103u \u015fi-\u0163i va da sfat bun \u015fi spune b\u0103tr\u00e2nilor t\u0103i \u015fi-\u0163i vor da \u00eenv\u0103\u0163\u0103tur\u0103 bun\u0103\u201c. \u015ei iar mai zice: \u201eB\u0103rbatul f\u0103r\u2019 de sfat, el singur \u00ee\u015fi iaste \u00eenvr\u0103jbitoriu\u201d. Cum \u015fi Rovoam f\u0103cu, c\u0103 nu ascult\u0103 sfatul celor b\u0103tr\u00e2ni, pentru ac\u00e9ia gre\u015fi \u015fi-\u015fi fu el \u00eensu\u015fi \u00eenvr\u0103jbitor \u015fi stric\u0103toriu. \u00centreab\u0103 pre tat\u0103t\u0103u \u015fi-\u0163i va spune, \u015fi pre b\u0103tr\u00e2nii t\u0103i cei \u00een\u0163elep\u0163i \u015fi tem\u0103tori de Dumnezeu \u015fi cu sfat bun, \u015fi te vor \u00eenv\u0103\u0163a toate c\u00e2te s\u0103 cad \u015fi s\u0103 cuvine a le face spre voia lui Dumnezeu \u015fi spre folosul trupului \u015fi al sufletului t\u0103u. \u015ei de vei asculta de sfatul b\u0103tr\u00e2nilor, nu s\u0103 va poticni piciorul t\u0103u de piatra poticnirii \u015fi a smintelei, nici \u0163i s\u0103 va \u00eent\u00e2mpla ca lui Adam \u015fi ca altora a mul\u0163i de la el \u00eencoace, carii au fostu neascult\u0103tori. Dreptu ac\u00e9ia, f\u0103tul mieu, s\u0103 cinste\u015fti b\u0103tr\u00e2n\u00e9\u0163ele \u015fi c\u0103runt\u00e9\u0163ele \u015fi de sfatul lor \u015fi de \u00eenv\u0103\u0163\u0103tura lor s\u0103 nu te sfie\u015fti, nici \u00eenv\u0103\u0163\u0103tura m\u00e2ne-ta s\u0103 nu o l\u00e9pezi, cum zice Solomon. Boiarii t\u0103i \u015fi sf\u00e9tnicii t\u0103i cei buni foarte s\u0103-i cinste\u015fti \u015fi s\u0103-i m\u0103re\u015fti, \u015fi pre al\u0163i boiari, carii vor fi mai mici \u015fi mai de jos, \u015fi c\u0103pitanii, cu toat\u0103 bucuriia s\u0103-i vesele\u015fti, \u015fi pre to\u0163i voinicii carei s\u0103 vor nevoi s\u0103 \u00eeng\u0103duiasc\u0103 lui Dumnezeu cu credin\u0163\u0103 \u015fi cu dreptate, tu-i d\u0103ruia\u015fte \u015fi numaidec\u00e2t \u00eei r\u0103dic\u0103 \u015fi-i boere\u015fte, ca s\u0103-\u0163i slujeasc\u0103 domniei tale cu credin\u0163\u0103 bun\u0103 \u015fi cu frica lui Dumnezeu, ca ni\u015fte cre\u015ftini drep\u0163i \u015fi adev\u0103ra\u0163i. \u015ei s\u0103 ascul\u0163i la judecat\u0103 de sf\u00e9tnicii cei buni \u015fi de m\u0103rturiile c\u00e9le adev\u0103rate \u015fi credincioase. \u015ei s\u0103 iube\u015fti pre to\u0163i tinerii ca pre ai t\u0103i, \u015fi cu cuv\u00e2ntul s\u0103-i \u00eenve\u0163i \u015fi s\u0103-i \u00eendulce\u015fti! A\u015fijderea s\u0103 iube\u015fti pre cei b\u0103tr\u00e2ni \u015fi pre cei tineri, pre cei mari \u015fi pre cei mici, pentru dragostea lui Hristos. Iar pre f\u0103m\u0103ele c\u00e9le b\u0103tr\u00e2ne, pre toate s\u0103 le aibi ca pre ni\u015fte mum\u00e2nii, \u00een locul m\u0103-tei, \u015fi toate fetele \u015fi copilele \u015fi v\u0103duvele c\u00e9le tinere \u015fi s\u0103race s\u0103 le aibi ca pre ni\u015fte surori, pentru Iisus Hristos Dumnezeu, \u015fi s\u0103 le dai mil\u0103 din m\u00e2inile tale, s\u0103 s\u0103 hr\u0103neasc\u0103 \u015fi s\u0103-\u015fi \u00eembrace goliciunea trupurilor s\u0103r\u0103ciei lor. \u015ei pre oamenii cei r\u0103i \u015fi gre\u015fi\u0163i cru\u0163eaz\u0103-i \u015fi fii \u00eendur\u0103toriu spre d\u00e2n\u015fii, ca \u015fi pre tine s\u0103 te cru\u0163eze Dumnezeu \u015fi s\u0103-i fie mil\u0103 de tine. C\u0103 scrie \u015fi la Sf\u00e2nta Evanghelie, de zice: \u201eFi\u0163i milostivi, cum \u015fi tat\u0103l vostru cel cerescu iaste milostiv\u201d. Iar preste ac\u00e9stea, preste toate zice: \u201eCinst\u00e9\u015fte pre tat\u0103-t\u0103u \u015fi pre mum\u0103-ta, ca s\u0103 tr\u0103ie\u015fti mult pre p\u0103m\u00e2ntu bunu\u201d.<\/p>\n

AICEA ZICE PENTRU AHAV \u00ceMP\u0102RAT. A TREIA \u00ceMP\u0102R\u0102\u0162IE<\/h3>\n

Gr\u0103i Ahav \u00eemp\u0103rat lui Navuthei, zic\u00e2nd: \u201eD\u0103-mi viia ta, s\u0103 o fac s\u0103-mi fie gr\u0103din\u0103 de flori, c\u0103 iaste aproape de casa mea, iar eu \u00ee\u0163i voiu da pentru d\u00e2nsa alt\u0103 vie mai bun\u0103. Iar deaca nu vei vrea a\u015fa, eu \u0163i-o voiu pl\u0103ti cu banii, \u015fi-mi va fi o gr\u0103din\u0103 de flori\u201d. Iar Navuthei zise c\u0103tr\u0103 Ahav: \u201eS\u0103 nu dea Dumnezeu s\u0103-\u0163i dau eu mo\u015fiia p\u0103rin\u0163ilor miei \u0163ie\u201d. Deacii Ahav veni acas\u0103-\u015fi m\u00e2nios \u015fi turburat, c\u0103ci-i zis\u00e9se Navurhei israiliteanul, c\u0103 \u201enu voi da mo\u015fiia p\u0103rin\u0163ilor miei \u0163ie\u201d. \u015ei s\u0103 culc\u0103 \u00een pat \u015fi s\u0103 acoperi la obraz \u015fi nu vru s\u0103 m\u0103n\u00e2nce bucate. Iar Iezavela, muiarea lui, m\u00e9rse la d\u00e2nsul \u015fi-i zise: \u201eDe ce te-ai m\u00e2niiat \u015fi \u0163i s-au turburat inima \u015fi sufletul, \u015fi nu vruse\u015fi nici bucate s\u0103 m\u0103n\u00e2nci?\u201d Iar el zise c\u0103tr\u0103 d\u00e2nsa: \u201eAm zis lui Navuthei israiliteanul: \u201eD\u0103-mi viia ta mie \u015fi-\u0163i voiu da alta mai bun\u0103, sau \u0163i-o voiu pl\u0103ti cu bani\u201d.\u201d; iar el mi-au zis: \u201eNu o voi da \u0163ie, mo\u015fiia p\u0103rin\u0163ilor miei\u201d.\u201d Iar Iezavela, muiarea lui, \u00eei zise: \u201eDar tu, fiind \u00eemp\u0103rat israilit\u00e9nilor, faci a\u015fa? Scoal\u0103 \u015fi m\u0103n\u00e2nc\u0103, c\u0103 eu \u00ee\u0163i voiu da viia lui Navutheiu israiliteanul\u201d. \u015ei scrise carte pre numele lui Ahav \u00eemp\u0103rat \u015fi o pecetlui cu pecetea lui \u015fi o trimise la b\u0103tr\u00e2nii \u015fi la sloboda\u015fii carii l\u0103cuia \u00een ora\u015f cu Navuthei. \u015ei \u00eentr-acea carte era scris a\u015fa: \u201eS\u0103 v\u0103 posti\u0163i cu ajun \u015fi s\u0103 pune\u0163i pre Navuthei mai sus dec\u00e2t pre ailal\u0163i oameni. Decii s\u0103 c\u0103uta\u0163i 2 m\u0103rturii mincinoase \u015fi c\u0103lc\u0103toare de l\u00e9ge, s\u0103 m\u0103rturiseasc\u0103 spre d\u00e2nsul zic\u00e2nd c\u0103 Navuthei n-au blagoslovit pre Dumnezeu \u015fi pre \u00eemp\u0103ratul, \u015fi s\u0103-l scoate\u0163i s\u0103-l ucide\u0163i cu pietri, s\u0103 moar\u0103\u201c. \u015ei f\u0103cur\u0103 mai marii ora\u015fului aceluia a\u015fa cum le poruncise Iezavela \u015fi cum era scris \u00eentr-acea carte, care le trimisese. \u015ei ziser\u0103 s\u0103 s\u0103 posteasc\u0103 \u015fi puser\u0103 pe Navuthei mai mare dec\u00e2t pre al\u0163ii oameni. \u015ei venir\u0103 2 oameni feciori c\u0103lc\u0103torilor de l\u00e9ge \u015fi m\u0103rturisir\u0103 \u00eenaintea tuturor oamenilor m\u0103rturisire mincinoas\u0103, zic\u00e2ndu c\u0103 Navuthei n-au blagoslovit pre Dumnezeu, nici pre \u00eemp\u0103ratul. \u015ei-l scoaser\u0103 afar\u0103 din ora\u015f \u015fi-l uciser\u0103 cu pietri. Iar Iezavela deaca auzi a\u015fa, zise c\u0103tr\u0103 Ahav: \u201eScoal\u0103-te acum \u015fi mo\u015ften\u00e9\u015fte viia lui Navuthei israiliteanul, care nu vrea s\u0103 \u0163i-o v\u00e2nz\u0103, c\u0103 Navuthei au murit \u015fi nu iaste viu\u201d. Iar Ahav, deaca \u00een\u0163el\u00e9se c\u0103 au ucis pre Navuthei israiliteanul, s\u0103 d\u0103zbr\u0103c\u0103 de hainele sale \u015fi s\u0103 \u00eembr\u0103c\u0103 \u00een ni\u015fte z\u0103blae, iar apoi el s\u0103 scul\u0103 dup\u0103 ac\u00e9ia \u015fi s\u0103 pogor\u00ee \u00een viia lui Navuthei, ca s\u0103 o ia pre seama lui \u015fi s\u0103 o mo\u015fteneasc\u0103 el. Iar Dumnezeu gr\u0103i lui Ilie Thezviteaninul, gr\u0103ind: \u201ePas\u0103 \u015fi te \u00eent\u00e2ln\u00e9\u015fte cu Ahav \u00eemp\u0103ratul israilit\u00e9nilor, carele iaste \u00een Samaria, c\u0103 iat\u0103 c\u0103 iaste acum \u00een viia lui Navuthei \u015fi au mersu s\u0103 o ia, \u015fi-i zi a\u015fa: \u201eA\u015fa zice Domnul: Pentru c\u0103ci ai ucis tu pre Navuthei \u015fi i-ai luat viia? Dreptu ac\u00e9ia gr\u0103ia\u015fte Dumnezeu, c\u0103 \u00een ce loc au m\u00e2ncat pas\u0103rile \u015fi au linsu c\u00e2inii s\u00e2ngele lui Navuthei, \u00eentru acela vor s\u0103 m\u0103n\u00e2nce \u015fi vor s\u0103 ling\u0103 c\u00e2inii \u015fi s\u00e2ngele t\u0103u \u015fi vor s\u0103 s\u0103 scalde curvele \u00een s\u00e2ngele t\u0103u\u201d.\u201d Iar Ahav zise lui Ilie: \u201eAflatu-m-ai, vr\u0103jma\u015ful mieu!\u201d Iar Ilie zise: \u201eAflatute-am! C\u0103 tu \u00een de\u015f\u0103rtu \u015fi pentru nimic te-ai a\u0163\u00e2\u0163at \u015fi te-ai m\u00e2niat \u015fi ai f\u0103cut hicle\u015fug \u00eenaintea lui Dumnezeu \u015fi l-ai pornit cu m\u00e2nie spre tine. Deci a\u015fa gr\u0103ia\u015fte Domnul: \u201eIat\u0103, eu voi aduce r\u0103ut\u0103\u0163ile asupra ta \u015fi voi stinge s\u0103m\u00e2n\u0163a ta \u015fi toate c\u00e2te s\u00e2ntu ale lui Ahav le voi r\u0103sipi; \u015fi voi da casa ta, cum am dat \u015fi casa lui Ierovoam, feciorul lui Navat, pentru m\u00e2niia ce m-ai m\u00e2niat \u015fi ai gre\u015fit \u00een israilit\u00e9ni\u201d. Iar pre Iezavela, muiarea ta, zice Domnul c\u0103 \u201e\u00een neamul lui Israil \u00eent\u00e2i pre ia vor s\u0103 o m\u0103n\u00e2nce c\u00e2inii \u00eentru cei uci\u015fi de ai lui Ahav. \u015ei dup\u0103 moartea lui Ahav, m\u00e2nca-l-vor \u015fi pre el p\u0103s\u0103rile ceriului\u201d. C\u0103 tu, Ahave, te-ai lipsit de mintea cea \u00eentreag\u0103 \u015fi ai gre\u015fit \u00eenaintea lui Dumnezeu, pentru nedreptatea Iezavelii, muerii tale, care te-au izvr\u0103tit\u201d.<\/p>\n

Iar Ahav, deaca auzi a\u015fa, el s\u0103 umili \u00eenaintea f\u00e9\u0163ei lui Dumnezeu \u015fi s\u0103 \u00eentoarse acas\u0103-\u015fi pl\u00e2ng\u00e2ndu cu amar \u015fi-\u015fi lep\u0103d\u0103 hainele \u015fi s\u0103 \u00eembr\u0103c\u0103 iar cu c\u00e9le de z\u0103bl\u0103u, cu care s\u0103 \u00eembr\u0103case \u015fi c\u00e2nd auzise de uciderea lui Navutheiu israiliteanul. \u015ei iar fu cuv\u00e2ntul Domnului c\u0103tr\u0103 Ilie pentru Ahav \u015fi-i zise: \u201eV\u0103zuiu c\u0103 s\u0103 \u00eentoarse Ahav c\u0103tr\u0103 mine, dreptu ac\u00e9ia nu voi aduce r\u0103utatea pre d\u00e2nsul \u00een zilele lui, ci \u00een zilele fie-s\u0103u voiu porni r\u0103ut\u0103\u0163i spre casa lui\u201d.<\/p>\n

Vezi, o f\u0103tul mieu, c\u00e2t\u0103 miloserdie are Dumnezeu de mult\u0103, numai s\u0103 nu mai adaog\u0103 omul p\u0103cate c\u0103tr\u0103 p\u0103cat. C\u0103 de s\u0103 va \u00eentoarce cineva din p\u0103catele sale, cu poc\u0103in\u0163\u0103 \u015fi cu tot de-adinsul c\u0103tr\u0103 Dumnezeu, deacii \u015fi Dumnezeu s\u0103 va \u00eentoarce c\u0103tr\u0103 d\u00e2nsul. C\u0103 iaste zis \u00een Sf\u00e2nta Scriptur\u0103: \u201e\u00centoarce\u0163i-v\u0103 c\u0103tr\u0103 mine \u015fi eu m\u0103 voiu \u00eentoarce c\u0103tr\u0103 voi\u201d. \u015ei \u201ede vor fi p\u0103catele voastre \u00eentunecate, iar le voi albi ca z\u0103pada, sau de vor fi crunte ca s\u00e2ngele, iar eu le voi face ca l\u00e2na cea alb\u0103\u201c. S\u0103 cunoa\u015ftem \u015fi pre aceasta, c\u0103 at\u00e2ta porni Dumnezeu m\u00e2niia sa cea dreapt\u0103 spre Ahav, c\u00e2t zise c\u0103 s\u00e2ngele lui vor s\u0103-l m\u0103n\u00e2nce p\u0103s\u0103rile \u015fi s\u0103-l ling\u0103 c\u00e2inii \u015fi s\u0103 s\u0103 scalde curvele \u00eentr-\u00eensul. Cum apoi s\u0103 \u015fi umplu cuv\u00e2ntul lui Dumnezeu pre Ahav \u00eemp\u0103rat, c\u0103 iar\u0103\u015fi mai adaose a gre\u015fi. C\u0103 pentru gre\u015fala cea dent\u00e2i s\u0103 c\u0103i Ahav \u015fi s\u0103 ert\u0103 acea gre\u015fal\u0103, c\u0103 zise Dumnezeu c\u0103tr\u0103 Ilie: \u201eV\u0103zuiu c\u0103 s\u0103 umili inima lui Ahav c\u0103tr\u0103 mine. Dreptu ac\u00e9ia nu voiu aduce r\u0103utatea asupra lui \u00een via\u0163a lui, ci \u00een zilele fie-s\u0103u\u201d. O, c\u00e2t suntu de \u00eenfrico\u015fate lucrurile tale, Doamne! C\u0103 p\u0103rin\u0163ii gre\u015fescu, iar feciorii s\u0103 c\u0103znescu, \u00eenc\u0103 \u015fi p\u00e2n\u0103 la al treilea \u015fi al patrulea neam! Dreptu ac\u00e9ia v\u0103 feri\u0163i to\u0163i de r\u0103ut\u0103\u0163i, c\u0103 cuv\u00e2ntul lui Dumnezeu nici \u00eentr-un chip nu s\u0103 \u00eentoarce f\u0103r\u2019 de izb\u00e2nd\u0103, c\u0103 \u015fi Domnul \u00eensu\u015fi m\u0103rturise\u015fte la Sf\u00e2nta Evanghelie de aceasta \u015fi zice: \u201eCeriul \u015fi p\u0103m\u00e2ntul va tr\u00e9ce, iar cuvintele m\u00e9le nu vor tr\u00e9ce\u201d.<\/p>\n

Deacii, c\u00e2ndu vru Ahav s\u0103 fac\u0103 r\u0103zboi cu \u00eemp\u0103ratul de la Siria, veni un om al lui Dumnezeu \u015fi zise c\u0103tr\u0103 \u00eemp\u0103ratul israilit\u00e9nilor: \u201eA\u015fa gr\u0103ia\u015fte Domnul: \u201ePentru c\u0103ci zic siriianii c\u0103 Dumnezeul israilit\u00e9nilor iaste Dumnezeu mor\u0163ilor, iar viilor nu iaste, dreptu ac\u00e9ia voi da put\u00e9re mare \u00een m\u00e2inile tale \u015fi vei cunoa\u015fte c\u0103 eu suntu Dumnezeu \u015fi s\u0103 te t\u0103b\u0103re\u015fti \u015fi tu \u00eempotriva lor \u015fi s\u0103 te g\u0103te\u015fti de r\u0103zboi p\u00e2n\u0103 \u00een 7 zile\u201d.\u201d Iar deaca s\u0103 umplur\u0103 7 zile, s\u0103 apropiar\u0103 o\u015ftile \u015fi s\u0103 lovir\u0103. \u015ei biruir\u0103 israilit\u00e9nii pre siriiani \u015fi perir\u0103 den siriiani numai \u00eentr-o zi 120.000 de pedestra\u0163i. Deacii, cei ce r\u0103m\u0103sese, ei fugir\u0103 \u00een cetatea Aftecului, iar zidurile cet\u0103\u0163ii s\u0103 rumser\u0103 \u015fi c\u0103zur\u0103 pre d\u00e2n\u015fii \u015fi omor\u00e2r\u0103 \u00eenc\u0103 27.000 \u015fi dintr-acei r\u0103ma\u015fi. Iar \u00eemp\u0103ratul siriianilor fugi \u015fi intr\u0103 \u00een cas\u0103-\u015fi, \u00een c\u0103mara cea de tain\u0103. Iar slugile lui m\u00e9rser\u0103 la d\u00e2nsul \u015fi-i ziser\u0103: \u201eIat\u0103, acum \u015ftim c\u0103 \u00eemp\u0103ra\u0163ii israilit\u00e9nilor suntu milostivi! Deci acum s\u0103 ne \u00eencingem cu z\u0103blae \u015fi s\u0103 punem \u015ftreanguri \u00een grumazii no\u015ftri \u015fi s\u0103 ie\u015fim la \u00eemp\u0103ratul israilit\u00e9nilor, c\u00e2ndai doar ne va erta \u015fi ne va l\u0103sa vii\u201d. \u015ei f\u0103cur\u0103 a\u015fa \u015fi s\u0103 \u00eencinser\u0103 cu z\u0103blae pre la mijlocurile sale \u015fi puser\u0103 \u015ftreanguri de grumazi \u015fi m\u00e9rser\u0103 la \u00eemp\u0103ratul israilit\u00e9nilor \u015fi ziser\u0103: \u201eRobul t\u0103u \u015fi \u00eemp\u0103ratul nostru \u0163ie \u0163i s\u0103 roag\u0103 s\u0103-l ier\u0163i\u201d. Iar el zise: \u201eDe va fi sc\u0103pat viu, el \u00eemi iaste frate\u201d. Deci oamenii ac\u00e9ia, ei s\u0103 veselir\u0103 \u015fi s\u0103 m\u00e2ng\u00e2iar\u0103, deaca auzir\u0103 cuvinte bune din gura lui, \u015fi ziser\u0103: \u201eFrate-\u0163i iaste feciorul lui Adar\u201d. Iar \u00eemp\u0103ratul zise: \u201eP\u0103sa\u0163i \u015fi-l aduce\u0163i\u201d. Decii ei m\u00e9rser\u0103 \u015fi aduser\u0103. \u015ei ie\u015fi la d\u00e2nsul feciorul lui Adar \u015fi-l duser\u0103 la d\u00e2nsul \u00een car\u00e2t\u0103. \u015ei-i zise \u00eemp\u0103ratul israilit\u00e9nilor feciorului lui Adar: \u201eIat\u0103, eu voi da \u0163ie cet\u0103\u0163ile c\u00e9le ce le-au luat tat\u0103l mieu de la tat\u0103l-t\u0103u \u015fi s\u0103-\u0163i faci loc de \u015f\u0103z\u0103m\u00e2ntu \u00een Damasc, cum f\u0103cu \u015fi tat\u0103lmieu \u00een Samaria, \u015fi te voi jura \u015fi te voi l\u0103sa\u201d. \u015ei-l jur\u0103 \u015fi-l l\u0103s\u0103. Decii un om den neamul prorocescu m\u00e9rse la un vecin al s\u0103u \u015fi zise: \u201eBate-m\u0103!\u201d (c\u0103 a\u015fa era cuv\u00e2ntul lui Dumnezeu). Iar el nu vru s\u0103-l bat\u0103. Iar acel om ce era de neamul prorocescu zise: \u201eDeaca n-ai vrut s\u0103 ascul\u0163i porunca lui Dumnezeu, iat\u0103, cum te vei desp\u0103r\u0163i de la mine, va s\u0103 te f\u0103r\u00e2me un leu\u201d. \u015ei cum s\u0103 desp\u0103r\u0163i, a\u015fa-l \u00eent\u00e2lni un leu si-l f\u0103r\u00e2m\u0103. Iar acela de neamul prorocescu afl\u0103 \u015fi altu om \u015fi-i zise: \u201eBate-m\u0103!\u201d. Deci el \u00eel b\u0103tu \u015fi-i sparse \u015fi capul. Iar prorocul acela m\u00e9rse \u015fi \u00eent\u00e2lni pre \u00eemp\u0103ratul israilit\u00e9nilor pre cale, \u015fi-\u015fi unse ochii cu pulbere, \u015fi zise c\u0103tr\u0103 d\u00e2nsul: \u201e\u00cemp\u0103rate, eu, robul t\u0103u, am ie\u015fit \u00een tab\u0103r\u0103 la oaste, iar un voinic aduse la mine pre altu voinic \u015fi zise: \u201e\u0162ine cestu voinic la tine, iar de va sc\u0103pa \u015fi va fugi, tu \u00een locul lui vei fi, sau vei pl\u0103ti \u015fugubina\u201d. Deci eu c\u0103utaiu ciciu \u015fi ciia, \u015fi nu fu omul acela nic\u0103irea\u201d. Iar \u00eemp\u0103ratul zise: \u201eTu \u00eensu\u0163i te judeca\u015fi, c\u0103 a\u015fa-\u0163i m\u00e9rge judecata\u201d. Iar el \u00ee\u015fi \u015ft\u00e9rse pulberea dupre ochi \u015fi-l cunoscu \u00eemp\u0103ratul c\u0103 iaste prorocul. El zise c\u0103tr\u0103 \u00eemp\u0103ratul: \u201eA\u015fa gr\u0103ia\u015fte Domnul: \u201ePentru c\u0103ci ai slobozit pre b\u0103rbatul cela ce era mai r\u0103u \u015fi mai cumplit dec\u00e2t hiar\u0103le c\u00e9le r\u00e9le, \u015fi \u0163e-ai datu sufletul t\u0103u \u00een locul sufletului lui \u015fi oamenii t\u0103i \u00een locul oamenilor lui!\u201d.\u201d Deacii \u00eemp\u0103ratul israilit\u00e9nilor s\u0103 duse acas\u0103 tristu \u015fi \u00eengrijat \u015fi veni \u00een Samaria. \u015ei \u015f\u0103zu 3 ani \u015fi nu mai fur\u0103 r\u0103zboaie \u00eentre siriianii \u015fi \u00eentre israilit\u00e9nii.<\/p>\n

AICI MURI AHAV \u00ceMP\u0102RAT S\u0102GETAT \u00ceN R\u0102ZBOI, \u015eI-L \u00ceNGROPAR\u0102 \u00ceN SAMARIA \u015eI S\u0102 UMPLU CUV\u00c2NTUL LUI DUMNEZEU, CARE GR\u0102ISE CU GURA LUI ILIIA PROROCUL. CARTEA \u00ceMP\u0102RA\u0162ILOR, GLAVA 12<\/h3>\n

Iar\u0103 odat\u0103, iar s\u0103 str\u00e2nser\u0103 o\u015fti asupra israilit\u00e9nilor \u015fi s\u0103 lovir\u0103 \u015fi s\u0103getar\u0103 pre Ahav \u00eemp\u0103rat pren d\u0103\u015f\u0103rtu, pren la \u00eenchieturile plato\u015fei. Deacii \u00eemp\u0103ratul zise had\u00e2mului s\u0103u: \u201e\u00centoarce-te \u015fi m\u0103 scoate din oaste afar\u0103, c\u0103 m-au \u00eens\u0103getatu\u201c. \u015ei s\u0103 \u00eenglot\u0103 oastea foarte \u00eentr-ac\u00e9ia zi, iar \u00eemp\u0103ratul tot sta \u00eenarmat \u00eempotriva siriianilor de diminea\u0163a p\u00e2n\u0103 seara, iar s\u00e2ngele tot curgea dentr\u00eensul p\u00e2n\u0103 i s\u0103 umplu s\u00e2nul. Deaciia, c\u00e2ndu fu \u00een apusul soarelui, strig\u0103 pristavul \u015fi zise: \u201eFie\u015ftecare s\u0103-\u015fi mearg\u0103 pre la ora\u015f \u015fi pre acas\u0103-\u015fi, c\u0103 \u00eemp\u0103ratul au muritu\u201c. \u015ei m\u00e9rser\u0103 \u00een Samaria \u015fi \u00eengropar\u0103 pe Ahav acolo. Iar s\u00e2ngele i s\u0103 v\u0103rs\u0103 pe c\u00e2mpul Samariei, pre buruiane, \u015fi lins\u0103r\u0103 s\u00e2ngele lui c\u00e2inii \u015fi porcii \u015fi s\u0103 sc\u0103lda curvele \u00een s\u00e2ngele lui, cum zis\u00e9se Dumnezeu cu gura lui Iliia prorocul.<\/p>\n

Aici s\u0103 \u00eemplu cuv\u00e2ntul lui Dumnezeu, care gr\u0103ise cu Iliia prorocul pentru Ahav \u00eemp\u0103ratu, c\u0103 s\u0103 scaldar\u0103 cuvintele \u00een s\u00e2ngele lui \u015fi linser\u0103 c\u00e2inii. Pentru ac\u00e9ia, f\u0103tul mieu, stai v\u00e2rtos \u015fi b\u0103rb\u0103t\u00e9\u015fte \u00eentru \u00een\u0163elepciunea \u015fi mintea ta p\u00e2n\u0103 \u00een moarte, ca s\u0103 nu te \u00eempiiadece cumva. C\u0103 deacii cuv\u00e2ntul lui Dumnezeu nu va fi \u00een d\u0103\u015f\u0103rt \u015fi f\u0103r\u2019 de izb\u00e2nd\u0103.<\/p>\n

AICI IUE \u00ceMP\u0102RAT S\u0102GET\u0102 PRE IUARAM, FECIORUL LUI AHAV, \u015eI ZISE S\u0102 FIE PENTRU MOARTEA LUI NAVUTHEIU<\/h3>\n

Iar\u0103 dup\u0103 ce trimise Dumnezeu pre Elisei \u015fi unse pre Iue s\u0103 fie \u00eemp\u0103rat, iar Ioaram, feciorul lui Ahav, deaca v\u0103zu pre Iue \u00eei zise: \u201ePace \u0163ie, Iue!\u201c. Iar Iue zise: \u201eCe pace iaste aceast\u0103 pace a ta, c\u00e2ndu curva mum\u0103-ta Iezavela umbl\u0103 tot cu vr\u0103ji \u015fi cu farmece\u201c. Deacii Ioaram s\u0103 \u00eentoarse \u015fi vru s\u0103 fug\u0103 \u015fi zise lui Ozie: \u201eFiclean e\u015fti, o, Ozie!\u201c. Iar Iue luo arcul \u00een m\u00e2n\u0103 \u015fi o s\u0103geat\u0103 \u015fi trase \u00een Ioaram, \u015fi-l s\u0103get\u0103 \u00eentre sp\u00e9te, \u015fi trecu s\u0103geata tocmai pren inim\u0103. Deacii el c\u0103zu jos \u015fi muri. Iar Iue \u00eemp\u0103rat zise unui v\u0103taf al s\u0103u: \u201ePas\u0103 de-l ia \u015fi-l arunc\u0103 \u00een locul lui Navuthei israiliteanul\u201c. Deacii v\u0103taful acela f\u0103cu a\u015fa, \u015fi s\u0103 umplu cuv\u00e2ntul lui Dumnezeu.<\/p>\n

AICI IUE \u00ceMP\u0102RAT PRE IEZAVELA \u00ceMP\u0102R\u0102TEASA CU 2 GIUD\u00c9LE \u015eI O SCOASER\u0102 DIN CETATE \u015eI M\u00c2NCAR\u0102 TRUPUL EI C\u00c2INII, PRECUM ZISESE ILIE PROROC PENTRU D\u00c2NSA<\/h3>\n

\u015ei veni Iue \u00eemp\u0103rat \u00een Israil, iar Iezavela \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103teasa lui Ahav, deaca auzi de venirea lui Iue \u00eemp\u0103rat, \u00ee\u015fi f\u0103cu spr\u00e2nc\u00e9nele \u015fi-\u015fi unse obrazul cu unsoare \u015fi-\u015fi netezi capul frumos \u015fi s\u0103 puse de priviia dintr-o fereastr\u0103. Iar Iue, deaca \u00eentr\u0103 \u00een cetate, zise: \u201eAu doar are pace Iezavela, ucig\u0103toarea b\u0103rbatului \u015fi a \u00eemp\u0103ratului s\u0103u?\u201c Deci c\u0103ut\u0103 \u015fi o v\u0103zu \u00eentr-acea fereastr\u0103 \u015fi-i zise: \u201eCine e\u015fti tu? Pogoar\u0103 \u00eencoace!\u201c \u015ei s\u0103 pogor\u00ee. \u015ei s\u0103 apropiar\u0103 de \u00eemp\u0103ratul 2 had\u00e2mi, \u015fi le zise: \u201eJunghea\u0163i-o!\u201c \u015ei d\u00e9der\u0103 am\u00e2ndoi cu giud\u00e9lele \u015fi o junghear\u0103 \u015fi s\u0103 cruntar\u0103 p\u0103re\u0163ii de s\u00e2ngele ei, iar trupul \u00eel c\u0103lcar\u0103 cu caii. \u015ei trecu Iue \u015fi m\u00e9rse de \u015f\u0103zu la mas\u0103 \u015fi m\u00e2nca \u015fi bea. Deacii zise: \u201eP\u0103sa\u0163i de lua\u0163i pe acea proclet\u0103 de o \u00eengropa\u0163i; c\u0103 iat\u0103, c\u0103 \u015fi ea fat\u0103 de \u00eemp\u0103rat au fost\u201c. \u015ei m\u00e9rser\u0103 s\u0103 o ia ca s\u0103 o \u00eengroape, \u015fi nu o aflar\u0103, f\u0103r\u2019 numai ci-i g\u0103sir\u0103 \u0163estul capului \u015fi palmele m\u00e2inilor \u015fi talpele picioarelor. \u015ei s\u0103 \u00eentoarser\u0103 \u015fi spuser\u0103 lui Iue \u00eemp\u0103rat, iar el zise: \u201eIat\u0103, acum s\u0103 umplu cuv\u00e2ntul ce au gr\u0103it Dumnezeu, cu gura robului s\u0103u, lui Ilie, zic\u00e2nd: \u201e\u00cen locul lui Israil vor m\u00e2nca c\u00e2inii trupul Iezavelii\u201c. \u015ei iat\u0103 semnul mor\u0163ii Iezavelii.<\/p>\n

Vezi, iubitul mieu, c\u0103 Dumnezeu m\u0103car de\u015fi rabd\u0103 \u015fi a\u015fteapt\u0103 s\u0103 ne \u00eentoarcem den p\u0103catele noastre, iar izb\u00e2nd\u0103 tot face pentru \u00eeng\u0103duitorii s\u0103i, m\u0103car \u015fi p\u00e2n\u0103 la al treilea neam, cum izb\u00e2ndi \u015fi pentru Navuthei pre Iezavela. C\u0103 zice c\u0103 au m\u00e2ncat c\u0103inii trupul Iezavelii, cum zis\u00e9se Dumnezeu cu gura robului s\u0103u lui Ilie Thezviteaninul \u015fi s\u0103 stropir\u0103 p\u0103re\u0163ii de s\u00e2ngele ei, \u015fi fu c\u0103lcat\u0103 de cai. \u015ei zise Dumnezeu c\u0103tr\u0103 Iue: \u201eDe vei fi bun \u015fi vei face lucruri bune \u00eenaintea mea \u015fi care vor pl\u0103cea inimii m\u00e9le, \u015fi vei face casei lui Ahav dup\u0103 porunca mea, eu voiu d\u0103rui \u015fi pre str\u0103nepo\u0163ii t\u0103i cu \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163iia \u00eentru Israil\u201c. Iar el nu vru s\u0103 umble, nici s\u0103 p\u0103zeasc\u0103 numele lui Dumnezeu \u015fi s\u0103-l cinsteasc\u0103 \u015fi s\u0103 umple voia lui, ci f\u0103cu p\u0103cat \u015fi gre\u015fal\u0103 mai mare \u00eentru israilit\u00e9ni dec\u00e2t Ierovoam, feciorul lui Navath.<\/p>\n

Deaciia, c\u00e2ndu fu la al treilea an, \u00een vr\u00e9mea \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163iei lui Iosie, feciorul lui Ilai, \u00eemp\u0103ratul israilit\u00e9nilor, iar Ezechiia, feciorul lui Ahaz, \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163iia Iudeea. \u015ei era om de 25 de ani, c\u00e2nd \u00eencepu a \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163i, \u015fi \u00eemp\u0103ra\u0163i \u00een Ierusalimu 29 de ani. \u015ei fu acesta Ezechiia om dreptu \u015fi umbla tot \u00een l\u00e9gea lui Dumnezeu \u015fi umplea toate voile \u015fi drept\u0103\u0163ile lui, ca \u015fi David mo\u015fu-s\u0103u. C\u0103 el stric\u0103 capi\u015ftile c\u00e9le \u00eenalte \u015fi sf\u0103r\u00e2m\u0103 idolii, \u015fi bozii cei de lemnu \u00eei sparse. \u015ei-\u015fi puse n\u0103d\u00e9jdea numai spre Domnul Dumnezeul lui Israil, carele iaste atot\u0163iitoriul, ca cum nu mai fu altul \u00een urma lui \u00eentru \u00eemp\u0103ra\u0163ii Iudei, nici iar mai nainte. C\u0103 s\u0103 apropie cu totul c\u0103tr\u0103 Dumnezeu \u015fi nu s\u0103 mai d\u0103zlupi de d\u00e2nsul, \u015fi p\u0103zi toate poruncile lui c\u00e2te le poruncise Moisi. \u015ei era Domnul tot cu d\u00e2nsul \u015fi l\u0103cuia \u00eentru toate lucrurile lui. \u015ei s\u0103 lep\u0103d\u0103 de \u00eemp\u0103ratul Asiriei \u015fi nu-i mai sluji lui, nice mai asculta de d\u00e2nsul. \u015ei s\u0103 scul\u0103 cu oastea \u015fi birui p\u0103g\u00e2nii p\u00e2n\u0103 \u00een Gaza \u015fi p\u00e2n\u0103 \u00een hotarul ei.<\/p>\n

Iar c\u00e2ndu fu la al patrulea an de \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163iia Ezechiei \u00eemp\u0103rat, iar de \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163iia lui Iosie, feciorul lui Ilain, \u00eemp\u0103ratul lui Israil, al \u015faptelea an, s\u0103 r\u0103dic\u0103 Salamanasar, \u00eemp\u0103ratul Asiriei, asupra Samariei, \u015fi s\u0103 b\u0103tu multu cu d\u00e2nsa, 3 ani, \u015fi o luo. Iar \u00een anul al \u015faselea din \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163iia lui Ezechiei, stricar\u0103 Samariia \u015fi o sparser\u0103 \u015fi scoase robi \u00eemp\u0103ratul Asiriei pre to\u0163i samarin\u00e9nii \u015fii duse \u00een Asiriia. C\u0103 nu ascultar\u0103 porunca Dumnezeului s\u0103u, ci c\u0103lcar\u0103 porunca lui \u015fi \u00eenv\u0103\u0163\u0103tura lui, \u015fi nu o f\u0103cur\u0103. Iar c\u0103nd fu la al patruspr\u0103z\u00e9cile an a \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163iei lui Ezechie, s\u0103 scul\u0103 Senahirim, \u00eemp\u0103ratul Asiriei, spre toate cet\u0103\u0163ile Iudei c\u00e9le tari \u015fi le luo. Deci Ezechie \u00eemp\u0103ratul Iudeii trimis\u00e9se soli la \u00eemp\u0103ratul Asiriei zic\u0103ndu: \u201e\u00centoarce-v\u0103 de asupra mea, c\u0103 eu am f\u0103cut r\u0103u \u015fi am gre\u015fit, iar ce-mi ve\u0163i c\u00e9re, tot voi da\u201c. \u015ei b\u0103g\u0103 \u00eemp\u0103ratul Asiriei pre Iezechiia \u00eemp\u0103rat s\u0103-i dea 300 de talan\u0163i de argintu \u015fi 30 de talan\u0163i de aur. \u015ei d\u00e9de Iezechiia tot argintul c\u00e2t s\u0103 afl\u0103 \u00een c\u0103m\u0103r\u0103le \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103te\u015fti \u015fi \u00een casele lui. \u015ei \u00eentr-acea vr\u00e9me d\u00e9de Ezechiia \u015fi u\u015file bis\u00e9ricii lui Dumnezeu \u015fi sculele, care le ferecase Ezechiia tot cu aur, \u015fi d\u00e9de \u015fi ac\u00e9lea \u00eemp\u0103ratului de la Asiria. Deacii \u00eemp\u0103ratul Asiriei trim\u00e9se pre Tharth \u015fi pre Ravosan \u015fi pre Rapsac la Ierusalim c\u0103tr\u0103 Iezechiia \u00eemp\u0103rat, cu o\u015fti foarte multe \u015fi cu puteri mari, \u015fi m\u00e9rse la Ierusalim \u015fi st\u0103tur\u0103 din sus de cetate. \u015ei strigar\u0103 c\u0103tr\u0103 Ezechiia. \u015ei e\u015fi la d\u00e2n\u015fii Eliachim \u015fi Somnas. \u015ei zise c\u0103tr\u0103 d\u00e2n\u015fii Rapsac: \u201eP\u0103sa\u0163i la Ezechiia \u015fi-i zice\u0163i a\u015fa: zice marele \u00eemp\u0103ratul al Asiriei: \u201eCe n\u0103d\u00e9jde iaste aceasta pre care te n\u0103d\u0103jdue\u015fti tu \u015fi cu acea n\u0103d\u00e9jde te-ai lep\u0103dat de mine \u015fi te n\u0103d\u0103jduie\u015fti pre toiagul cel de trestie fr\u00e2ntu al Eghipetului? Iar nu \u015ftii c\u0103ci c\u00e2nd va s\u0103 s\u0103 razime omul \u00eentr\u00eensul, el \u00eei intr\u0103 a\u0163apocile pen m\u00e2ini \u015fi-l \u00eenghimp\u0103? A\u015fa f\u0103cu \u015fi Faraon, \u00eemp\u0103ratul Eghipetului, tuturor celor ce n\u0103d\u0103jduia \u00eentr\u00eensul?\u201c, Iar de va zice Ezechie c\u0103 el s\u0103 n\u0103d\u0103jduia\u015fte pre Dumnezeu, nu iaste ac\u00e9ia a s\u0103 feri de Ezechie, \u00een\u0103l\u0163imile lui \u015fi jertvele lui. \u015ei au zis Iudei \u015fi Ierusalimului: \u00cenchina\u0163i-v\u0103 \u00een Israil, \u00eenaintea acestui oltariu? Ci acuma v\u0103 g\u0103ti\u0163i degrab? s\u0103 m\u00e9rge\u0163i la \u00eemp\u0103ratul Asiriei, \u015fi-\u0163i va da 2.000 de cai, numai de vei putea s\u0103 dai pre d\u00e2n\u015fii a oameni, doar vei putea \u00eentoarce m\u0103car fa\u0163a unui voivod din cei mai mici de-ai \u00eemp\u0103ratului. \u015ei te-ai jurat \u00eensu\u0163i cu Eghipetul, pre arme \u015fi pre cai. C\u0103 acum s\u0103 nu g\u00e2nde\u015fti c\u0103 am venit f\u0103r\u0103 porunca \u00eemp\u0103ratului s\u0103 stric\u0103m \u015fi s\u0103 spargem de tot locul acesta. C\u0103 mie mi-au zis \u00eemp\u0103ratul: \u201ePas\u0103 pre acea \u0163ar\u0103 de o stric\u0103 \u015fi o risip\u00e9\u015fte de tot??.<\/p>\n

Iar Eliachim \u015fi Somnas \u015fi Oas ziser\u0103 c\u0103tr\u0103 Rapsac: \u201eGr\u0103ia\u015ftene siriin\u00e9\u015fte, s\u0103 \u00een\u0163el\u00e9gem numai noi, iar nu gr\u0103i ovr\u00e9ia\u015fte, s\u0103 \u00een\u0163eleag\u0103 to\u0163i cei ce sunt pre zidurile cet\u0103\u0163ii\u201c. Iar Rapsac zise c\u0103tr\u0103 d\u00e2n\u015fii: \u201eDar nu m-au trimes pre mine \u00eemp\u0103ratul numai la Ezechiia sau la voi s\u0103 zic ac\u00e9ste cuvinte, ce nici c\u0103tr\u0103 oamenii carii stau pre ziduri, ca s\u0103-\u015fi m\u0103n\u00e2nce sc\u00e2rna \u015fi s\u0103-\u015fi bea udul lor dinpreun\u0103 cu voi\u201c. \u015ei st\u0103tu Rapsac \u015fi strig\u0103 tare \u00een limba ovreiasc\u0103, zic\u00e2ndu: \u201eAuzi\u0163i cuvintele marelui \u00eemp\u0103rat al Asiriei! A\u015fa gr\u0103ia\u015fte marele \u00eemp\u0103rat: \u201eS\u0103 nu cumva s\u0103 v\u0103 am\u0103geasc\u0103 Ezechiia, c\u0103 apoi nu v\u0103 va putea scoate den m\u00e2inile m\u00e9le, nici s\u0103 v\u0103 \u00eentoarce\u0163i \u015fi s\u0103 cr\u00e9de\u0163i pre Ezechia, c\u00e2nd va zice, c\u0103 ?ne va ajuta Dumnezeu noao \u015fi nu va da nici pre noi nici pre cetatea aceasta \u00een m\u00e2inile \u00eemp\u0103ratului Asiriei?\u201c. C\u0103 a\u015fa zice \u00eemp\u0103ratul Asiriei: \u201e\u00cenchina\u0163i-v\u0103 mie \u015fi e\u015fi\u0163i la mine, deaca voi\u0163i s\u0103 bea fie\u015ftecarele din viia sa \u015fi s\u0103 m\u0103n\u00e2nce zmochine din zmochinii s\u0103i \u015fi s\u0103 bea ap\u0103 din pu\u0163ul s\u0103u, p\u00e2n\u0103 voi veni \u015fi v\u0103 voiu lua \u015fi v\u0103 voi duce \u00een \u0163ara mea. C\u0103 \u0163ara mea iaste ca \u015fi \u0163ara voastr\u0103, \u015fi s\u0103 face \u00eentr-\u00eensa gr\u00e2ul \u015fi vinul \u015fi suntu \u00eentr-\u00eensa locuri de vii \u015fi de p\u00e2ini \u015fi de maslini \u015fi de stupi. \u015ei a\u015fa deaca ve\u0163i face, ve\u0163i fi vii \u015fi nu ve\u0163i muri. Iar nu asculta\u0163i pre Ezechie, c\u0103ci zice c\u0103 ?ne va izb\u0103vi Dumnezeu?, c\u0103 v\u0103 \u00een\u015fal\u0103. Au doar au izb\u0103vit dumnezeii, m\u0103car fie\u015ftecarele locul s\u0103u, den m\u00e2inile \u00eemp\u0103ratului Asiriei? Unde iaste dumnezeul emath\u00e9nilor \u015fi al arfad\u00e9nilor? Unde iaste dumnezeul serapfit\u00e9nilor? Au doar ac\u00e9ia au izb\u0103vit Samariia din m\u00e2inile m\u00e9le, sau au sc\u0103pat \u0163\u0103rile lor nebiruite \u015fi neluate de m\u00e2na mea, cum nu va sc\u0103pa nici Ierusalimul\u201c\u201c.<\/p>\n

Deci ei t\u0103cur\u0103, c\u0103 le zis\u00e9se \u00eemp\u0103ratul s\u0103 nu le r\u0103spunz\u0103 nimic. Iar Eliachim \u015fi Somnas \u015fi Oas \u00ee\u015fi sparser\u0103 hainele \u015fi m\u00e9rser\u0103 de spuser\u0103 Ezechiei tote cuvintele c\u00e2te gr\u0103ise Rapsac. Iar Ezechiia \u00eemp\u0103ratul deaca auzi, \u00ee\u015fi lep\u0103d\u0103 hainele sale \u015fi s\u0103 \u00eembr\u0103c\u0103 \u00een ni\u015fte z\u0103blae \u015fi m\u00e9rse \u00een bis\u00e9ric\u0103 \u015fi trimise pre Eliachim, boiariul s\u0103u, \u015fi pre Somnas c\u0103rturariul \u015fi pre al\u0163i b\u0103tr\u00e2ni \u015fi popi c\u0103tr\u0103 Isaiia prorocul, \u015fi era to\u0163i \u00eembr\u0103ca\u0163i \u00een z\u0103blae. \u015ei ziser\u0103: \u201eA\u015fa gr\u0103ia\u015fte Ezechiia: \u201eAceasta iaste ziua \u00eentrist\u0103rii \u015fi a m\u00e2niei \u015fi a izb\u00e2ndii, c\u0103 slugile au sl\u0103bit \u015fi nu iaste nimeni tare. Ci doar va fi auzit Domnul Dumnezeul t\u0103u toate cuvintele lui Rapsac, pre carele l-au trimis \u00eemp\u0103ratul Asiriei s\u0103 mustr\u00e9ze pre Dumnezeul cel viu \u015fi s\u0103-l huleasc\u0103 cu cuvinte ca ac\u00e9lea, care va fi auzit Domnul Dumnezeul t\u0103u. Deci ascult\u0103 rug\u0103ciunea noastr\u0103, cestor ce ne afl\u0103m r\u0103m\u0103\u015fi\u0163e\u201c\u201c. Iar deaca m\u00e9rser\u0103 oamenii Ezechiei \u00eemp\u0103rat de la Ezechiia la Isaia, le zise Isaiia: \u201eA\u015fa gr\u0103ia\u015fte Domnul: spune\u0163i st\u0103p\u00e2nului vostru? nu te t\u00e9me de cuvintele c\u00e9le ce ai auzit c\u0103 au hulit pre mine slugile \u00eemp\u0103ratului Asiriei. C\u0103 iat\u0103, eu voiu porunci asupra lor v\u00e2ntu \u015fi vor auzi ve\u015fti \u015fi s\u0103 vor \u00eentoarce \u00een \u0163ara lor \u015fi \u00een \u0163ara lor \u00eei voi pr\u0103v\u0103li cu sabiia\u201c\u201c.<\/p>\n

\u015ei s\u0103 \u00eentoarse Rapsac \u015fi afl\u0103 pre \u00eemp\u0103ratul lui. \u015ei s\u0103 duser\u0103 \u00een \u0163ara lor. \u015ei trimiser\u0103 soli la Ezechie, zic\u00e2ndu: \u201eA\u015fa s\u0103 zice\u0163i Ezechiei, \u00eemp\u0103ratului iudeilor: \u201eNu te \u00een\u0103l\u0163a, nici te seme\u0163i cuget\u00e2nd \u015fi n\u0103d\u0103jduindu-te pre Dumnezeul t\u0103u, \u015fi gr\u0103e\u015fti c\u0103 nu se va supune cetatea Ierusalimului suptu m\u00e2na \u00eemp\u0103ratului Asiriei. C\u0103 iat\u0103 tu ai auzit ce-au f\u0103cut \u00eemp\u0103ra\u0163ii Asiriei tuturor \u00eemp\u0103ra\u0163ilor dupre p\u0103m\u00e2ntu, ca unor blestema\u0163i. \u015ei dumnezeii limbilor nu le-au fost nici de un folos. \u00cenc\u0103 nici ei n-au r\u0103mas, ci i-au r\u0103sipit p\u0103rin\u0163ii miei: pre Gaz \u015fi pre Har \u015fi pre Rafes \u015fi pre feciorii lui Adon, carii au fost pre marea Romei. Unde iaste \u00eemp\u0103ratul Ematholon? Unde iaste \u00eemp\u0103ratul arfadelor?\u201c\u201c Deaciia Ezechiia luo c\u0103r\u0163ile din m\u00e2inile solilor \u015fi, deaca le citi, m\u00e9rse \u00een bis\u00e9rica lui Dumnezeu \u015fi le scuip\u0103 \u00eenaintea lui Dumnezeu \u015fi \u00eencepu a se ruga lui Dumnezeu \u015fi zise: \u201eDoamne, Dumnezeul lui Israil, cela ce \u015f\u0103zi pre heruvimi, tu e\u015fti singur Dumnezeul tuturor \u00eemp\u0103ra\u0163ilor dupre p\u0103m\u00e2nt! Tu ai f\u0103cut ceriul \u015fi p\u0103m\u00e2ntul! Pleac\u0103, Doamne, urechia ta \u015fi m\u0103 auzi, d\u0103schide, Doamne, ochcii t\u0103i \u015fi vezi, auzi cuvintele lui Senahirim, care au trimis la noi \u015fi \u00eemput\u0103 \u0163ie, Dumnezeul cel viu. C\u0103 pre adev\u0103rat, Doamne, au c\u0103lcat \u00eemp\u0103ra\u0163ii Asiriei limbile \u015fi p\u0103g\u00e2nii, \u015fi au b\u0103gat dumnezeii lor \u00een foc, pentru c\u0103 n-au fost dumnezei, ce-au fostu f\u0103pturi de m\u00e2ini omene\u015fti, f\u0103cu\u0163i de lemnu \u015fi de piatr\u0103, pentru ace\u00e9ia i-au \u015fi pierdut. Iar acum, tu, Doamne Dumnezeul nostru, ne sp\u0103s\u00e9\u015fte den m\u00e2inile lor. \u015ei toate \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163iile p\u0103m\u00e2nte\u015fti vor \u00een\u0163el\u00e9ge \u015fi vor cunoa\u015fte c\u0103 tu singur e\u015fti Dumnezeu?.<\/p>\n

Deacii trimise Isaiia prorocul la Iezechie, zic\u00e2ndu: \u201eA\u015fa gr\u0103ia\u015fte Domnul Dumnezeul lui Israil: auzit-am rug\u0103ciunea ta ci te-ai rugat pentru Senaherim, \u00eemp\u0103ratul Asiriei. \u015ei Dumnezeu ac\u00e9ste cuvinte au gr\u0103it pentru d\u00e2nsul: \u201eFecioara, cocoana Sionului, oc\u0103r\u00e2tu-te-au \u015fi te-au batjocorit, \u015fi dup\u0103 tine, fata Ierusalimului, mergea pizma\u015fii t\u0103i \u015fi-\u0163i cl\u0103tea cu capul. Dar cui \u00eemputa, \u015fi pre cine mustra \u015fi hulea, \u015fi spre a cui asupr\u0103 \u00ee\u015fi \u00een\u0103l\u0163a glasul s\u0103u \u015fi-\u015fi r\u0103dicar\u0103 ochii \u00een sus? Spre \u00een\u0103l\u0163imea sf\u00e2ntului Israil! Cu m\u00e2inile solilor t\u0103i ai hulit pre Dumnezeu \u015fi ai zis: \u201eCu mul\u0163imea c\u0103ru\u0163ilor m\u00e9le m\u0103 voi urca eu pre v\u00e2rful muntelui Livanului \u015fi voi t\u0103ia to\u0163i chedrii cei \u00eenal\u0163i dentr-\u00eensul \u015fi chipari\u015fii cei ale\u015fi. \u015ei veni ceasul sf\u00e2r\u015fitului s\u0103u \u00een p\u0103durea cea deas\u0103 a Carmilului. Eu am p\u0103zit \u015fi am b\u0103ut ap\u0103 strein\u0103 \u015fi cu urm\u00e9le picioarelor m\u00e9le am \u00eencungiurat toate r\u00e2urile. Au doar n-ai auzit c\u0103 eu am f\u0103cut ac\u00e9stea toate de mult\u0103 vr\u00e9me, \u00eenc\u0103 din zilele c\u00e9le dint\u00e2i le-am urzit \u015fi le-am adus \u015fi fur\u0103 de luarea \u015fi de s\u0103turarea osta\u015filor \u015fi ale cet\u0103\u0163ilor celor tari? \u015ei m\u00e2inele celor ce vie\u0163uia \u00eentr-\u00eensele sl\u0103bir\u0103 \u015fi s\u0103 ru\u015finar\u0103, \u015fi fur\u0103 ca iarba dupre c\u00e2mpu \u015fi ca otava culca\u0163i \u015fi ca troscotul ce s\u0103 face pren cur\u0163i to\u0163i cei ce s\u0103 pun \u00eempotriva mea. \u015ei cunoscui \u015f\u0103d\u00e9rea ta, \u015fi e\u015firea ta, \u015fi \u00eentrarea ta \u015fi m\u00e2niia ta, cu care te-ai m\u00e2niiat pre mine, \u015fi pl\u00e2ngerea ta s-au urcat la urechile m\u00e9le \u015fi voi da plat\u0103 de la mine pentru batjocura ta, \u015fi voi pune undi\u0163\u0103 \u00een narea ta \u015fi z\u0103bale \u00een gura ta \u015fi te voi \u00eentoarce dupre calea care umbli\u201c. \u015ei aceasta-\u0163i va fi semnul: m\u0103n\u00e2nc\u0103 gr\u00e2ul c\u00e2t va cre\u015fte \u00eentr-aceast\u0103 var\u0103, a\u015fijderea \u015fi cel ce va r\u0103s\u0103ri al doilea var\u0103 \u015fi va cre\u015fte \u00eensu\u015fi nes\u0103m\u0103nat, iar a treia var\u0103 iar ve\u0163i s\u0103m\u0103na \u015fi ve\u0163i secera, ve\u0163i s\u0103di vii \u015fi ve\u0163i m\u00e2nca voi roada lor. \u015ei s\u0103 va adaoge celor sp\u0103si\u0163i ai casei Iudei \u015fi vei l\u0103sa r\u0103d\u0103cina jos, iar roada s\u0103 va face sus, c\u0103 den Ierusalim va e\u015fi r\u0103m\u0103\u015fi\u0163\u0103 \u015fi cei sp\u0103si\u0163i den muntele Sionului. C\u0103 voia Dumnezeului celui put\u00e9rnic va face a\u015fa?\u201c. Deci a\u015fa gr\u0103ia\u015fte Domnul puterilor, c\u0103 nu va \u00eentra \u00eemp\u0103ratul Asiriei \u00eentr-aceast\u0103 cetate, nici va \u00eenfige \u00eentr-\u00eensa s\u0103ge\u0163i, nici va pune pav\u0103z\u0103 \u00eentr-\u00eensa, nici o vor ocoli. Ci, pre ce cale vor veni, pre ac\u00e9ia s\u0103 vor \u015fi \u00eentoarce. C\u0103 zice Dumnezeu, c\u0103 \u00eentr-aceast\u0103 cetate nu va \u00eentra, c\u0103 eu voi fi sprijinitor cet\u0103\u0163ii ace\u015ftiia \u015fi o voiu ap\u0103ra aceast\u0103 cetate a mea, pentru David, robul mieu.<\/p>\n

AICI AU VENIT SENAHERIM \u00ceMP\u0102RATUL ASIRIEI LA IERUSALIM S\u0102-L IA, IAR \u00ceNGERUL LUI DUMNEZEU OMOR\u00ce NUMAI \u00ceNTR-O NOAPTE 185.000 DE OAMENI DEN TAB\u0102RA ASIRIIANILOR<\/h3>\n

\u015ei s\u0103 pogor\u00ee \u00eengerul lui Dumnezeu \u00eentr-acea noapte \u015fi omor\u00ee den tab\u0103ra Asiriei 185.000 de oameni osta\u015fi. Iar alal\u0163i c\u00e2\u0163i r\u0103maser\u0103, deaca s\u0103 scular\u0103 diminea\u0163a, aflar\u0103 pre ace\u015ftea to\u0163i mor\u0163i. \u015ei s\u0103 pornir\u0103 de acolea iar \u00eend\u0103r\u0103t. Iar Senaherim \u00eemp\u0103rat m\u00e9rse de acolea \u00een Ninevia. \u015ei acolo \u00eenchin\u00e2ndu el \u00eentr-o cas\u0103 a lui Mesarah, dumnezeul lui, iat\u0103 m\u00e9rser\u0103 feciorii lui, Adram\u00e9leh \u015fi Sarasar, \u015fi-l t\u0103iar\u0103 acolo. Decii fugir\u0103 \u00een Armenia, iar \u00een locul lui st\u0103tu \u00eemp\u0103rat Asordan, fie-s\u0103u.<\/p>\n

Vezi, f\u0103tul mieu, omul cel trufa\u015f ce s\u0103 \u00eenal\u0163\u0103 p\u00e2n\u0103 la cer, cum c\u0103zu p\u00e2n\u0103 la iad! C\u0103 zise c\u0103tr\u0103 ovr\u00e9i: \u201eAuzi\u0163i cuv\u00e2ntul \u00eemp\u0103ratului Asiriei, a\u015fa zice \u00eemp\u0103ratul Asiriei: s\u0103 nu v\u0103 am\u0103geasc\u0103 Ezechia, c\u0103 apoi nu v\u0103 va putea scoate den m\u00e2inile m\u00e9le, nici s\u0103 n\u0103d\u0103jduiasc\u0103 \u00eemp\u0103ratul vostru Iezechia pre Dumnezeu, zic\u00e2ndu \u201ec\u0103 ne va scoate Dumnezeu \u015fi nu ne va da nici pre noi nici cetatea noastr\u0103 \u00een m\u00e2inele \u00eemp\u0103ratului Asiriei?\u201c. \u015ei iar\u0103\u015fi ia aminte \u015fi pre cei ce au \u00eeng\u0103duit bine lui Dumnezeu \u015fi au f\u0103cut ziua \u015fi noaptea voia lui, \u015fi vezi \u015fi mila lui Dumnezeu c\u00e2t iaste de mare \u015fi de mult\u0103 pre d\u00e2n\u015fii. C\u0103 zice prorocul David: \u201eAscultava Domnul rug\u0103ciunile celor ce s\u0103 tem de d\u00e2nsul \u015fi voia lor va face, \u015fi degrab\u2019 \u00eei va m\u00e2ntui, \u015fi va p\u0103zi Domnul pe cei ce-l vor iubi, c\u0103 gurile lor pururea vor gr\u0103i lauda lui Dumnezeu. Iar pre cei p\u0103c\u0103to\u015fi \u015fi pre cei ce s\u0103 potrivescu m\u0103rirei \u015fi slavei lui Dumnezeu, \u00eei va piiarde\u201c. Iar Iezechiia deaca luo c\u0103r\u0163ile din m\u00e2na solului a lui Senaherim \u00eemp\u0103rat, m\u00e9rse \u00een bis\u00e9rica lui Dumnezeu \u015fi scuip\u0103 ac\u00e9le c\u0103r\u0163i ale lui Senaherim \u00eemp\u0103rat, \u00eenaintea lui Dumnezeu, \u015fi zise: \u201eDoamne, Dumnezeul lui Israil carele \u015f\u0103zi spre heruvimi, tu singur e\u015fti Dumnezeul tuturor \u00eemp\u0103ra\u0163ilor dupre p\u0103m\u00e2ntu, tu ai f\u0103cut ceriul \u015fi p\u0103m\u00e2ntul! Pleac\u0103, Doamne, ur\u00e9chea ta \u015fi m\u0103 auzi, d\u0103\u015fchide-\u0163i ochii \u015fi caut\u0103 \u015fi ascult\u0103 ce au gr\u0103it Senahirim. C\u0103 au trimis soli \u015fi \u00eemput\u0103 Dumnezeului celui viu. C\u0103 cu adev\u0103rat, Doamne, au biruit \u015fi au f\u0103r\u00e2mat asiriianii pre alte limbi \u015fi au b\u0103gat dumnezeii lor \u00een foc, pentru c\u0103 n-au fost dumnezei, ci au fost f\u0103pturi de m\u00e2ini omene\u015fti, f\u0103cu\u0163i den piatr\u0103 \u015fi de lemnu. Pentru ac\u00e9ia i-au \u015fi stricat \u015fi i-au arsu. Iar tu, Doamne Dumnezeul nostru, m\u00e2ntuia\u015fte acum den m\u00e2inele lui \u015fi vor cunoa\u015fte toate \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163iile p\u0103m\u00e2nte\u015fti c\u0103 tu singur e\u015fti Domn \u015fi Dumnezeu\u201c. Deacii iat\u0103 c\u0103 s\u0103 pogor\u00ee \u00eengerul lui Dumnezeu \u00een tab\u0103ra asiriianilor \u015fi omor\u00ee 185.000 de oameni de oaste. \u015ei c\u00e2ndu s\u0103 scular\u0103 diminea\u0163a alal\u0163i ce r\u0103m\u0103s\u00e9se, aflar\u0103 at\u00e2ta lume de oameni tot mor\u0163i. Deacii Senaherim \u00eentoarse-s\u0103 \u00eenapoi plin de ru\u015fine \u015fi de ocar\u0103.<\/p>\n

A\u015fijderea \u015fi tu, iubitul mieu fiiu, de te vei asem\u0103na \u00een toate lucrurile Ezechiei \u00eemp\u0103rat, \u015fi Dumnezeu totdeauna va fi cu tine \u015fi-\u0163i va fi ajutor \u00eentru toate, ca \u015fi acestui Ezechie \u00eemp\u0103rat.<\/p>\n

AICI S\u0102 R\u0102ZBOLI EZECHIIA \u00ceMP\u0102RAT AL IUDEI, C\u0102TR\u0102 MOARTE, IAR EL PL\u00c2NSE C\u0102TR\u0102 DUMNEZEU CU AMAR \u015eI V\u0102ZU DUMNEZEU SMERENIA LUI \u015eI-I MAI ADAOSE VIIA\u0162\u0102 \u00ceNC\u0102 15 ANI.<\/h3>\n

\u015ei pe vremile ac\u00e9lea s\u0103 r\u0103zboli Ezechiia \u00eemp\u0103rat, \u015fi era numai a muri, \u015fi m\u00e9rse la d\u00e2nsul Isaia prorocul, feciorul lui Amos, \u015fi-i zise: \u201eA\u015fa gr\u0103ia\u015fte Domnul: s\u0103-\u0163i scrii \u015fi s\u0103-\u0163i tocme\u015fti casa, c\u0103 acum nu vei mai tr\u0103i, ci vei s\u0103 mori\u201c. Iar Ezechiia, deaca auzi a\u015fa, s\u0103 \u00eentoarse cu fa\u0163a spre p\u0103rete \u015fi s\u0103 rug\u0103 lui Dumnezeu, zic\u00e2nd: \u201eAdu-\u0163i, aminte, Doamne, de mine, c\u0103 am umblat cu adeverin\u0163\u0103 \u00eenaintea ta, \u015fi cu inima curat\u0103, \u015fi am f\u0103cut toat\u0103 voia ta\u201c. \u015ei f\u0103cu Ezechiia pl\u00e2ngere mare. Deci iar gr\u0103i Dumnezeu Isaiei prorocul \u015fi zise: \u201ePas\u0103 de zi Iezechiei: a\u015fa gr\u0103ia\u015fte Domnul Dumnezeul mo\u015f\u0103-t\u0103u, lui David: \u201eAuzit-am rug\u0103ciunile tale \u015fi am v\u0103zut lacr\u0103mile tale. Drept ac\u00e9ia, iat\u0103 c\u0103-\u0163i mai lungescu zilele cu 15 ani \u015fi te voi m\u00e2ntui \u015fi din m\u00e2inile \u00eemp\u0103ratului Asiriei, \u015fi pre tine \u015fi pre cetatea aceasta, pentru mine \u015fi pentru mo\u015f\u0103t\u0103u David, robul meu?\u201c. \u015ei zise s\u0103 ia o p\u0103pu\u015fe de zmochine \u015fi s\u0103 o l\u00e9ge acolo unde \u00eel doare \u015fi s\u0103 va vindeca. Iar Ezechia zise c\u0103tr\u0103 Isaia: \u201eDar ce semnu voi cunoa\u015fte s\u0103 crezu c\u0103 m\u0103 va t\u0103m\u0103dui Dumnezeu, c\u0103 iat\u0103 c\u0103 voi m\u00e9rge \u00een bis\u00e9rica lui Dumnezeu, c\u00e2ndai doar \u00eemi voi dob\u00e2ndi acolo t\u0103m\u0103duire\u201c. Isaia \u00eei zise: \u201eIat\u0103, acesta s\u0103-\u0163i fie semnu de la Dumnezeu: pas\u0103 \u00een cortu, \u015fi cum vei \u00eentra, s\u0103 p\u0103\u015f\u0103\u015fti numai de 10 ori. Deci de s\u0103 va \u00eentorce soarele de 10 pa\u015fi \u00eend\u0103r\u0103t, vei cuno\u015fte c\u0103 te va t\u0103m\u0103dui Dumnezeu\u201c. Iar Ezechiia zise: \u201eBa, s\u0103 s\u0103 \u00eentoarc\u0103 numai de 10 urme\u201c. Deci Isaia prorocul strig\u0103 c\u0103tr\u0103 Dumnezeu \u015fi s\u0103 \u00eentoarse soar\u00e9le de 10 urme \u00eend\u0103r\u0103t.<\/p>\n

Dup\u0103 ac\u00e9stea, tot \u00een zilele ac\u00e9lea, trimise Marodah, feciorul lui Valadan, \u00eemp\u0103ratul Vavilonului, soli \u015fi d\u0103ruri Ezechiei \u00eemp\u0103rat, c\u0103 auzise c\u0103 iaste Ezechiia bolnav. \u015ei s\u0103 bucur\u0103 Ezechiia \u00eemp\u0103rat de ac\u00e9stea foarte, \u015fi ar\u0103t\u0103 solilor toat\u0103 avu\u0163ia sa \u015fi tot aurul \u015fi argintul lui, \u015fi toate sculele ce avea, \u015fi-i primbl\u0103 prin toate casele lui, \u015fi nu r\u0103mase nimic den avu\u0163ie \u015fi den bucatele sale, care s\u0103 nu fie ar\u0103tat solilor \u00eemp\u0103ratului de la Vavilon. Deci m\u00e9rse Isaia zic\u00e2nd c\u0103tr\u0103 Iezechiia: \u201eDe unde suntu ace\u015fti oameni \u015fi la ce au venit \u015fi ce zic?\u201c Iar Ezechiia zise: \u201eDintr-o \u0163ar\u0103 departe au venit la mine, de la Vavilon\u201c. \u015ei iar zise Isaiia: \u201eDar ce au v\u0103zut \u00een casa ta?\u201c Ezechiia zise: \u201eTot ce au fost \u00een casa mea au v\u0103zut, \u015fi nu iaste nimic \u00een casa mea care s\u0103 nu fie v\u0103zut, \u00eenc\u0103 \u015fi toat\u0103 avu\u0163iia \u015fi sculele m\u00e9le, c\u00e2te le-am avut, le-am ar\u0103tat\u201c. Iar Isaia zise c\u0103tr\u0103 d\u00e2nsul: \u201eAscult\u0103 ce zise Dumnezeu, c\u0103 zice Domnul: \u201eIat\u0103, va veni vremi de se va pr\u0103da casa ta \u015fi vor lua dentr-\u00eensa tot \u015fi vor duce \u00een Vavilon tot ce au c\u00e2\u015ftigat p\u0103rin\u0163ii t\u0103i, \u015fi nu va r\u0103m\u00e2nea nimic \u00een cur\u0163ile tale\u201c. Si zice Domnul, c\u0103 vor robi \u015fi pre feciorii t\u0103i, carii i-ai n\u0103scut den trupul t\u0103u, \u015fi-i vor duce de-i vor face had\u00e2mi \u015fi vor fi \u00een casele \u00eemp\u0103ratului de la Vavilon\u201c. Iar\u0103 Ezechiia zise: \u201eBun cuv\u00e2ntu au gr\u0103it Dumnezeu, s\u0103 fie pace numai \u00een zilele m\u00e9le\u201c.<\/p>\n

Iat\u0103, ia aminte \u015fi aceasta, f\u0103tul meu, c\u0103 poruncescu dumnezie\u015ftile scripturi s\u0103 te l\u00e9pezi de eritici, s\u0103 nu faci tain\u0103 cu d\u00e2n\u015fii, nici s\u0103 vorbe\u015fti multu cu ei; dar \u00eenc\u0103 cu c\u00e2t mai multu s\u0103 cade s\u0103 te fere\u015fti de p\u0103g\u00e2ni, de care nu \u015ftiu ce iaste Dumnezeu, nici s\u0103 boteaz\u0103, m\u0103car de \u0163e-ar fi \u015fi frate \u015fi s\u0103 te fii n\u0103scut cu d\u00e2nsul dintr-o mum\u0103, tot \u00eenc\u0103 mai multu \u015fi mai tare s\u0103 te fere\u015fti de d\u00e2nsul, \u015fi s\u0103 te p\u0103ze\u015fti \u015fi s\u0103 nu faci cu d\u00e2nsul den ad\u00e2ncul \u015fi din ascunsul inimii tale nici un sfat. C\u0103 ace\u015ftea suntu vr\u0103jma\u015fi crucii Domnului nostru Iisus Hristos, \u015fi numele lui Dumnezeu cel sf\u00e2ntu ei \u00eel hulescu. Deci de vom iubi noi pre unii ca ace\u015ftea, iar dragostea lui Dumnezeu s\u0103 va lua de la noi. Dreptu ac\u00e9ia, de to\u0163i de ace\u015ftea s\u0103 ne ferim, s\u0103 nu cumva s\u0103 auzim \u015fi noi, cum auzi Iezechiia \u00eemp\u0103rat, c\u0103-i zise: \u201eIat\u0103, va veni vr\u00e9mea \u015fi s\u0103 va pr\u0103da toat\u0103 casa ta \u015fi tot ce-au c\u00e2\u015ftigat p\u0103rin\u0163ii t\u0103i va lua \u00eemp\u0103ratul Vavilonului. \u015ei feciorii t\u0103i, carii i-ai n\u0103scut, vor fi had\u00e2mi \u00een casa \u00eemp\u0103ratului Vavilonului\u201c, cum s-au \u015fi umplut, cum a\u0163i auzit mai sus, de ve\u0163i fi b\u0103gat seama.<\/p>\n

Dumnezeu au dat tuturor cre\u015ftinilor celor pravoslavnici s\u0103 pr\u0103znuiasc\u0103 \u00een dragostea cea dumnezeiasc\u0103 \u015fi s\u0103 petreac\u0103 bine, \u00een pacea lui Dumnezeu, iar n-au dat s\u0103 face\u0163i praznice cu cei necredincio\u015fi \u015fi s\u0103 v\u0103 veseli\u0163i cu d\u00e2n\u015fii, carii suntu vr\u0103jma\u015fii lui Dumnezeu. Amar lumii de zminteale, c\u0103 zice Dumnezeu: \u201eCel ce va zminti pre unul din cei mai mici, carii cred \u00een numele mieu, mai bine i-ar fi fost de s-ar fi legat o piiatr\u0103 de moar\u0103 de grumazi \u015fi s\u0103 s\u0103 fie dat \u00een ad\u00e2ncul m\u0103rii\u201c. Pentr-ac\u00e9ia zice \u015fi apostolul: \u201eTot omul cel ce-i pare c\u0103 st\u0103, s\u0103 se p\u0103zeasc\u0103, s\u0103 nu cumva s\u0103 caz\u0103\u201c.<\/p>\n

O, ad\u00e2ncul \u00een\u0163elepciunii \u015fi bog\u0103\u0163iei \u015fi cugetului lui Dumnezeu! C\u0103 ne\u00eentrebate \u015fi neispitite suntu judec\u0103\u0163ile lui, \u015fi c\u0103ile lui neurmate \u015fi neumblate! Dar cine \u00eeng\u0103dui lui Dumnezeu ca Ezechiia, \u00eemp\u0103ratul ovreescu, c\u00e2t pentru bun\u0103t\u0103\u0163ile vie\u0163ii lui i s\u0103 adaoser\u0103 de la Dumnezeu 15 ani? \u015ei iar mai spune c\u0103 s-au pogor\u00e2t \u00eengerul lui Dumnezeu \u015fi au ucis din tab\u0103ra Asiriei, vr\u0103jma\u015filor lui, o sut\u0103 \u015fi optzeci \u015fi cinci de mii de oameni, numai \u00eentr-o clipeal\u0103 de ochiu. Iar pentru pu\u0163inel lucru ce-l gre\u015fi cu chibzuiala sa (\u015fi cum gre\u015fi: f\u0103cu prietnicie cu solii \u00eemp\u0103ratului de la Vavilon, ai lui Marodah, \u015fi le ar\u0103t\u0103 toat\u0103 avu\u0163iia sa \u015fi tot ce avu, c\u00e2t zise c\u0103 n-au mai r\u0103mas nimic suptu biruin\u0163a lui, care s\u0103 nu le fie ar\u0103tat), dreptu ac\u00e9ia s\u0103 m\u00e2nie Dumnezeu, c\u0103ci f\u0103cu prietnicie cu p\u0103g\u00e2nii \u015fi cu vr\u0103jma\u015fii lui Dumnezeu. \u015ei fur\u0103 os\u00e2ndi\u0163i feciorii lui \u00een robie \u015fi-i f\u0103cur\u0103 had\u00e2mi \u015fi-i duser\u0103 \u00een casa \u00eemp\u0103ratului de Vavilon, dinpreun\u0103 cu toat\u0103 avu\u0163iia lui \u015fi cu to\u0163i oamenii s\u0103i.<\/p>\n

Iar noi s\u0103 ne p\u0103zim foarte tare de unile ca ac\u00e9stea, s\u0103 nu gre\u015fim \u015fi s\u0103 rug\u0103m pre Dumnezeu cel milostiv, c\u0103 a mul\u0163i le pare \u00een nechibzuiala lor c\u0103 \u00eeng\u0103duescu \u015fi fac ce place lui Dumnezeu, iar ei mai mult \u00eel m\u00e2nie \u015fi a\u0163\u00e2\u0163\u0103 focul lui Dumnezeu asupra lor. Pentru ac\u00e9ia zice apostolul: \u201eCel ce g\u00e2nd\u00e9\u015fte c\u0103 st\u0103, el s\u0103 s\u0103 p\u0103zeasc\u0103, s\u0103 nu cumva s\u0103 caz\u0103?.<\/p>\n

POV\u00c9STE PENTRU MARELE COSTANDIN \u00ceMP\u0102RAT<\/h3>\n

Odat\u0103, oarec\u00e2ndu, b\u0103t\u00e2ndu-s\u0103 \u00eemp\u0103ratul Costantin cu persii, \u00eel biruir\u0103 persii \u015fi-i sparser\u0103 o\u015ftile \u015fi i le risipir\u0103. Decii puser\u0103 str\u0103ji \u015fi prinser\u0103 \u015fi pre fericitul Costantin \u00eemp\u0103rat, \u015fi poruncir\u0103 s\u0103-l p\u0103zeasc\u0103 foarte tare, c\u0103 vrea s\u0103-l junghe \u015fi s\u0103-l fac\u0103 jertv\u0103 spurca\u0163ilor lor dumnezei. D\u00e9cii, daca-l prinser\u0103, nu mai avur\u0103 nici o grij\u0103, ci numai ce era tot v\u00e9seli \u015fi juca. Apoi m\u00e9rser\u0103 \u015fi \u00eentrar\u0103 \u00een capi\u015ft\u00e9 to\u0163i persii cei mari \u015fi cei vit\u00e9ji, c\u0103 a\u015fa le iaste obic\u00e9iul lor, c\u00e2nd vor s\u0103 fac\u0103 jirtv\u0103, mergu \u00een capi\u015fte f\u0103r\u0103 arme, iar armele le pun departe. Iar Dumnezeu, carele nu pest\u00e9\u015fte, nici nu e a nu griji de \u00eeng\u0103duitorii s\u0103i, degrabu f\u0103cu izb\u00e2nd\u0103. C\u0103 osta\u015fii lui Costantin, carii fur\u0103 goni\u0163i cu el dimpreun\u0103, \u015ftiind pre \u00eemp\u0103ratul lor rob \u015fi g\u0103tit de jungh\u00e9re, m\u00e9rser\u0103 \u00eentr-ascunsu \u015fi f\u0103cur\u0103 n\u0103val\u0103 de luar\u0103 armele persilor \u015fi intrar\u0103 \u00eentr-\u00een\u015fii \u015fi, n\u0103v\u0103lind, luar\u0103 \u00eent\u00e2i pre Costantin \u00eemp\u0103ratul lor. D\u00e9cii \u00eencepur\u0103 a t\u0103ia pre per\u015fi f\u0103r\u0103 mil\u0103. Iar domnii \u015fi mai marii per\u015filor, deaca v\u0103zur\u0103 un lucru ca acela \u00eengrozit \u015fi f\u0103r\u0103 v\u00e9ste, \u00eendat\u0103 se \u00eentoarser\u0103 \u015fi cu multe plec\u0103ciuni s\u0103 plecar\u0103 \u015fi s\u0103 jurar\u0103 c\u0103 alt\u0103 dat\u0103 nu s\u0103 vor mai scula cu o\u015fti asupra lui Costantin, \u015fi f\u0103cur\u0103 pace \u015fi leg\u0103tur\u0103 tare \u00eentr-\u00een\u015fii. \u015ei s\u0103 \u00eentoarse Costantin cu mare bucurie \u00een Galilea Vretaniei.<\/p>\n

Iar dup\u0103 ac\u00e9stea primb\u00e2ndu-se odinioar\u0103 Constantin \u00eemp\u0103rat \u015fi cu o\u015ftile sale pre c\u00e2mpu \u015fi chem\u00e2nd pre Dumnezeu cu cugetul \u00eentr-ajutor, iat\u0103 i s\u0103 ar\u0103t\u0103 semnul lui Dumnezeu pre ceriu, c\u00e2nd fu vr\u00e9me de amiaz\u0103-zi, \u015fi str\u0103luci mai v\u00e2rtos dec\u00e2t soarele, \u015fi era \u00eenchipuit semnul sfintei cruci \u015fi f\u0103cut tot de st\u00e9le. \u015ei era scris cu slove letene\u015fti \u00eemprejuru-i, \u015fi ac\u00e9le slove scriia zic\u00e2ndu a\u015fa: \u201eCostandine, cu acesta semnu vei birui!\u201c. Iar el nu s\u0103 pricepu ce va s\u0103 poat\u0103 fi acest semnu \u015fi \u00eentreb\u0103 \u015fi pre c\u00e9ia ce era cu d\u00e2nsul, zic\u00e2ndu: \u201eAu doar vede\u0163i \u015fi voi ceva\u015fi?? Iar ei to\u0163i m\u0103rturisir\u0103 c\u0103 au v\u0103zut acel semnu minunat. Deacii, c\u00e2nd fu noapt\u00e9, i s\u0103 ar\u0103t\u0103 Domnul nostru Iisus Hristos \u015fi cu acel semnu ce-l v\u0103zuse ziua la c\u00e2mpu, pre ceriu, \u00een vis \u015fi-i zise: \u201eS\u0103 faci semnul care l-ai v\u0103zut \u015fi \u0163i s-au ar\u0103tat pre cer \u015fi s\u0103 \u00eenve\u0163i s\u0103-l poarte \u00een fruntea o\u015ftilor tale. Deacii nu vei birui numai pre Maxentie \u015fi pre o\u015ftile lui, ce \u015fi pre al\u0163i vr\u0103jma\u015fi ai t\u0103i, pre to\u0163i \u00eei vei pune suptu picioarele tale, \u015fi \u00eenc\u0103 \u015fi dracii s\u0103 vor \u00eenfrico\u015fa de d\u00e2nsul\u201c. A\u015fa i s\u0103 ar\u0103t\u0103 chipul sfintei cruci.<\/p>\n

Deacii, deaca se f\u0103cu ziuo, s\u0103 scul\u0103 \u00eemp\u0103ratul \u015fi spuse boiarilor s\u0103i acea ved\u00e9re cu mare bucurie \u015fi veselie, \u015fi fiind ei to\u0163i acolea, chem\u0103 \u00eemp\u0103ratul zl\u0103tarii cei mai me\u015fteri \u015fi f\u0103cu pre o h\u00e2rtie semnul cinstitei cruci, care i s\u0103 ar\u0103tase pre ceriu, \u015fi le d\u00e9de s\u0103 o fac\u0103 de aur. Deacii ei o luoar\u0103 \u015fi o f\u0103cur\u0103 c\u00e2t mai degrab\u2019, \u015fi o \u00eempodobi \u00eemp\u0103ratul tot cu m\u0103rg\u0103ritariu \u015fi cu pietri scumpe \u015fi cu alte me\u015fter\u015fuguri, \u015fi o puse \u00eentr-o suli\u0163\u0103 \u00eenalt\u0103, cum \u015fi \u00een ziua de ast\u0103zi fac \u00eemp\u0103ra\u0163ii cre\u015ftini \u015fi o poart\u0103 \u00een fruntea o\u015ftilor. \u015ei-\u015fi puse marele Costandin tot\u0103 n\u0103dejdea \u00eentr-\u00eensa. Deacii, deaca s\u0103 \u00eent\u0103ri \u00eemp\u0103ratul cu acestu semnu, tote r\u0103zboaele le biruia. Deacii porunci la spurcatul Maxentie s\u0103 s\u0103 g\u0103teasc\u0103 de r\u0103zboiu, s\u0103 s\u0103 bat\u0103 am\u00e2ndoi. Deacii s\u0103 g\u0103tir\u0103 \u015fi \u00eencepur\u0103 a se lovi o\u015ftile. Iar pre muncitoriul Maxentie \u00eel coprins\u0103 o fric\u0103 \u015fi o groaz\u0103 mare de o\u015ftile fericitului Costandin \u00eemp\u0103rat \u015fi \u00eencepu a fugi cu o sem\u0103 de oameni ai s\u0103i. Iar dumneziescul \u00eemp\u0103rat Costandin \u00eel goniia. Iar el fugind, c\u0103zu \u00een cursele sale carele le tocmise pentru \u00een\u015f\u0103l\u0103ciunea lui Costandin. C\u0103 f\u0103cuse acel \u00eemp\u0103rat muncitoriu, Maxentie, un pod preste o ap\u0103 mare, cu me\u015fte\u015fug hiclean, \u015fi cugeta s\u0103 \u00een\u015fale pre Costandin \u00eemp\u0103rat, ca trec\u00e2ndu-l el pre d\u00e2nsul s\u0103 s\u0103 rump\u0103 \u015fi s\u0103 s\u0103 \u00een\u00e9ce bunul \u015fi credinciosul \u00eemp\u0103rat Costandin. Iar dur\u00e9rea lui s\u0103 \u00eentoarse spre capul lui, \u015fi nedreptatea lui s\u0103 pogor\u00ee spre cre\u015ftetul lui. C\u0103 s\u00e2ngur acel tic\u0103los Maxentie \u015fi cu tic\u0103lo\u015fii lui oameni, fiind de \u00eemp\u0103ratul Costandin goni\u0163i \u015fi apropiia\u0163i fiind, numai ce-i fu a da pre acel pod, ce f\u0103cuse cu vicle\u015fug, iar podul, cu voia lui Dumnezeu, s\u0103 rumse \u015fi s\u0103 \u00eenec\u0103 ocaianicul Maxentie \u015fi cu to\u0163i oamenii s\u0103i, c\u00e2\u0163i era cu d\u00e2nsul. \u015ei s\u0103 umplu \u015fi pre d\u00e2nsul cuvintele Scripturii, carele zice: \u201ePre cai \u015fi pre cei ce \u00eenc\u0103lecase i-au \u00eenecat \u00een mare\u201c. \u015ei s\u0103 umplu acea ap\u0103 mare de oameni \u015fi de cai mor\u0163i. \u015ei s\u0103 umplu \u015fi cuvintele prorocului, carele au zis: \u201eS\u0103p\u0103 groapa \u015fi c\u0103zu \u00eentr-\u00eensa cel ce o f\u0103cuse?<\/p>\n

Iar cet\u0103\u0163\u00e9nii din Roma, deaca v\u0103zur\u0103 a\u015fa, ei s\u0103 umplur\u0103 de veselie \u015fi cu mult\u0103 bucurie \u00ee\u015fi \u00een\u0103l\u0163a m\u00e2inile c\u0103tr\u0103 cer. \u015ei m\u00e9rse \u00eemp\u0103ratul Costandin \u00een Roma cu mult\u0103 slav\u0103 \u015fi, deaca-l v\u0103zur\u0103 ei, \u00eei e\u015fir\u0103 \u00eenainte to\u0163i domnii cet\u0103\u0163ii \u015fi boiarii, mum\u00e2nile \u015fi fetele, preo\u0163ii \u015fi c\u0103lug\u0103rii \u015fi c\u0103lug\u0103ri\u0163ele cu f\u00e9\u0163ele v\u00e9sele \u015fi cu suflete curate. \u015ei da m\u00e2na cu d\u00e2nsul \u015fi slobozea glasuri de mul\u0163umire acelui semnu purt\u0103toriu de biruin\u0163\u0103 \u015fi \u00eemp\u0103ratului, pentru c\u0103ci \u00eei izb\u0103vi d\u0103 r\u0103ul \u015fi vicleanul Maxentie muncitoriul. Deacii, deaca f\u0103cur\u0103 a\u015fa, iar \u00eemp\u0103ratul d\u0103rui Romei iar cinstea \u015fi slobozeniia care o avusese mai denainte vr\u00e9me, \u015fi zise s\u0103-\u015fi fac\u0103 to\u0163i oamenii semnul sfintei crucii. \u015ei r\u0103dic\u0103 \u00een mijlocul cet\u0103\u0163ii o cruce mare \u015fi o scrise cu slove letene\u015fti, zic\u00e2ndu: \u201eAceasta au slobozit cetatea noastr\u0103 din munciri \u015fi o au izb\u0103vit\u201c.<\/p>\n

Iar dup\u0103 ac\u00e9stea, porunci pretutindinea s\u0103 str\u00e2ng\u0103 moa\u015ftele mucenicilor foarte cu cinste \u015fi s\u0103 le \u00eengroape, \u015fi gonirea care era asupra cre\u015ftinilor s\u0103 s\u0103 conteneasc\u0103 \u015fi s\u0103 s\u0103 slobozeasc\u0103 to\u0163i cre\u015ftinii d\u0103 prin temni\u0163e \u015fi de pre la \u00eenchisori. Iar limbile c\u00e2te era \u00eempregur, p\u00e2n\u0103 la ochean, deaca auzir\u0103 a\u015fa, to\u0163i priimir\u0103 acea \u00eenv\u0103\u0163\u0103tur\u0103 cu dragoste \u015fi s\u0103 \u00eempodobiia cu numele crucii. \u015ei de\u015fchise \u00eemp\u0103ratul c\u0103m\u0103r\u0103le cu avu\u0163iia cea \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103teasc\u0103 \u015fi o \u00eemp\u0103r\u0163i toat\u0103 s\u0103racilor, \u015fi \u00eencepu a zidi bis\u00e9rici cre\u015ftine\u015fti pretutindenea \u015fi le d\u0103ruia mo\u015fii \u015fi avu\u0163ii tuturor, ca un trimisu al lui Dumnezeu \u015fi cercet\u0103tor, care slujiia \u015fi cu \u00eenv\u0103\u0163\u0103turile \u015fi cu lucruri. \u015ei toate c\u00e2te poruncea \u00eemp\u0103ratul \u015fi \u00eenv\u0103\u0163a, era bune \u015fi cu isprav\u0103. \u015ei adunar\u0103 s\u0103borul slugile lui Dumnezeu \u00een Efes \u015fi \u00een hotar\u0103le lui, \u015fi pacea lui Dumnezeu \u015fi d\u00e9de acel loc bis\u00e9ricilor. \u015ei c\u00e2\u0163i i s\u0103 \u00eenchina din limbi \u015fi i s\u0103 pleca lui, to\u0163i l\u0103cuia \u00een locurile lor; iar c\u00e2\u0163i nu-l asculta, nici i s\u0103 pleca, el \u00eei gonea den l\u0103ca\u015furile lor. A\u015fa \u015fi \u00eentr-acesta chip \u00eeng\u0103duia lui Dumnezeu acestu \u00eemp\u0103rat credincios, \u015fi cer\u00e9rea \u015fi pohtirea bis\u00e9ricilor nici cum nu o \u00eenfr\u00e2ngea. Pentru ac\u00e9ia \u015fi de la Dumnezeu i s\u0103 da plat\u0103, c\u0103 toate neamurile p\u0103g\u00e2ne\u015fti le supuse supt d\u00e2nsul. \u015ei deaca birui pre to\u0163i \u00eemprejur\u00e9nii s\u0103i \u015fi-i supuse suptu biruin\u0163a sa, deacii \u00eel chema oamenii to\u0163i \u201ebiruitoriu\u201c. Ac\u00e9stea v\u0103z\u00e2ndu romanii, s\u0103 bucura \u015fi s\u0103 veselea foarte. \u015ei, odat\u0103, s\u0103 \u00eempodobir\u0103 to\u0163i \u015fi f\u0103cur\u0103 praznicul lui Dumnezeu \u00een 7 zile \u015fi ziser\u0103: \u201eAcesta iaste praznicul biruin\u0163ei\u201c. \u015ei crezur\u0103 \u015fi cinstitei cruci, \u015fi cu toat\u0103 inima i s\u0103 \u00eenchina \u015fi o s\u0103ruta, \u015fi pre Costandin, cel ce iaste de-a pururea pomenit biruitoriu, \u00eel sl\u0103viia.<\/p>\n

Deaciia \u00eemp\u0103ratul Costandin c\u0103zu \u00een boala care s\u0103 cheam\u0103 mi\u015f\u0103lie, iar dohtorii c\u00e2\u0163i era, to\u0163i s\u0103 nevoia, cine cu ce \u015ftiia, ca s\u0103 vindece pre \u00eemp\u0103ratul. \u015ei muncir\u0103 c\u00e2t\u0103va vr\u00e9me cu me\u015fte\u015fugurile lor \u015fi nu putur\u0103 folosi nimic. Deacii ziser\u0103 s\u0103 str\u00e2ng\u0103 cocona\u015fi mititei mici, mul\u0163i, vr\u00e2nd s\u0103-i junghe pre to\u0163i \u015fi s\u0103 le sprijineasc\u0103 s\u00e2ngele \u00eentr-un vas mare, \u015fi s\u0103 s\u0103 scalde \u00eemp\u0103ratul \u00eentr-acel s\u00e2nge de coconi mici, \u015fi s\u0103 va cur\u0103\u0163i de mi\u015f\u0103lie. \u015ei str\u00e2nser\u0103 at\u00e2\u0163ea coconi s\u0103-i junghe. Iar \u00eemp\u0103ratul Costandin venea de la v\u00e2nat \u015fi v\u0103zu at\u00e2tea mum\u00e2ni pl\u00e2ng\u00e2ndu \u015fi v\u0103et\u00e2ndu-se pentru cocona\u015fii lor, \u015fi \u00eentreb\u0103 ce poate s\u0103 fie acea g\u00e2lceav\u0103 \u015fi vaete mari, ce fac ac\u00e9le f\u0103mei acolo. Iar slugile \u00eei spuser\u0103, zic\u00e2nd: \u201ePoruncit-au dohtorii s\u0103 adun\u0103m coconi mitutei mul\u0163i \u015fi s\u0103-i junghe, \u015fi s\u0103 sprijineasc\u0103 s\u00e2ngele \u00eentr-un vas mare, \u015fi s\u0103 te scalzi m\u0103ria-ta \u00eentr-acel vas mare cu s\u00e2nge, \u015fi te vei cur\u0103\u0163i\u201c. Iar \u00eemp\u0103ratul, deaca auzi a\u015fa, i s\u0103 f\u0103cu mil\u0103 de coconi \u015fi de mum\u00e2nile lor, \u015fi d\u00e9de pre to\u0163i coconii \u00een bra\u0163ele mum\u00e2nelor lor, \u015fi zise: \u201eMai bine s\u0103 p\u0103timescu eu tot a\u015fa r\u0103u cu aceast\u0103 boal\u0103, dec\u00e2t s\u0103 moar\u0103 at\u00e2\u0163ea coconi \u015fi s\u0103 s\u0103 topeasc\u0103 mum\u00e2nele lor, de jale \u015fi de dor, \u015fi s\u0103 fiu eu vinovat a at\u00e2ta moarte\u201c. Iar noaptea i s\u0103 ar\u0103t\u0103 \u00een vis Petru \u015fi Pavel, apostolii lui Hristos, \u015fi-i ziser\u0103: \u201eNoi suntem Petru \u015fi Pavel, apostolii lui Hristos, \u015fi ne-au trimis Dumnezeu s\u0103-\u0163i d\u0103m botezul m\u00e2ntuirii. Deci s\u0103 trimi\u0163i s\u0103 chemi pre Silivestru papa, s\u0103 te \u00eemb\u0103ieze \u00een baia botezului \u015fi \u0163i s\u0103 va cur\u0103\u0163i mi\u015f\u0103liia dupre trup, ce o ai pre tine, \u015fi toate p\u0103catele tale, \u015fi vei fi vr\u00e9dnic \u015fi harnec \u015fi \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163iei ceriului\u201c. \u015ei \u00eentr-ac\u00e9ste cuvinte s\u0103 de\u015ftept\u0103 \u00eemp\u0103ratul \u015fi v\u0103zu doftorul s\u0103u g\u0103tindu dohtorii, dup\u0103 cum \u00eei era obiceiul \u015fi or\u00e2nduiala. Iar el zise c\u0103tr\u0103 d\u00e2nsul: \u201eDe acum s\u0103 nu mai vii la mine cu dohtorii \u015fi cu me\u015fte\u015fuguri omene\u015fti, c\u0103-mi va ajuta m\u00e2na lui Dumnezeu, carea \u0163ine toate\u201c. \u015ei \u00eendat\u0103 trimise la fericitul Silivestru, \u015fi veni de-l botez\u0103. Iar deaca-l botez\u0103 \u015fi ie\u015fi din crest\u00e9lni\u0163\u0103, r\u0103mase stric\u0103ciunea d\u0103 pe trupul lui \u00een ap\u0103 ca ni\u015fte solzi de pe\u015fte, iar el fu s\u0103n\u0103tos \u015fi cur\u0103\u0163it, \u015fi ie\u015fi v\u00e9sel cu trupul \u015fi cu sufletul. \u015ei s\u0103 botez\u0103 cu d\u00e2nsul \u015fi Crisp, fie-s\u0103u cel mai mare, \u015fi s\u0103 \u00eembr\u0103car\u0103 am\u00e2ndoi \u00een haine albe, sl\u0103vindu \u015fi mul\u0163umindu lui Dumnezeu pentru at\u00e2tea bun\u0103t\u0103\u0163i ce s\u0103 \u00eenvr\u00e9dnicir\u0103. \u015ei fiind fericitul Costandin biruitoriu \u015fi \u0163iitoriu Romei, mul\u0163i pizma\u015fi de-ai adeverin\u0163ei s\u0103 apropiia de d\u00e2nsul, \u015fi de multe ori cu multe feliuri de otr\u0103vi \u00eel ad\u0103pa, iar el fiind cu mila lui Dumnezeu acoperit \u015fi umbrit, nimic nu-i strica nici s\u0103 boln\u0103vea.<\/p>\n

Deci, dup\u0103 ac\u00e9stea, iar s\u0103 ridic\u0103 cu Lichinie, ginerile lui Chesar, asupra lui Maximian. \u015ei f\u0103cur\u0103 o\u015fti pre mare \u015fi pre uscat, foarte mari \u015fi gr\u00e9le. Iar Maximian, deaca auzi a\u015fa, \u00ee\u015fi puse n\u0103d\u00e9jdea \u00een vr\u0103ji \u015fi \u00een farmece, \u015fi g\u0103ti \u015fi el o\u015fti gr\u00e9le. \u015ei a\u015fa-i p\u0103rea \u015fi cugeta c\u0103 are pre Costandin prinsu \u015fi cu toate o\u015ftile, dinpreun\u0103 cu Lichinie, \u00een m\u00e2inele lui. \u015ei s\u0103 g\u0103ti tare \u00eempotriva lor, \u015fi le e\u015fi \u00eenainte. \u015ei cum v\u0103zu spurcatul Maximian semnul sfintei cruci c\u0103-l duc \u00eenaintea o\u015ftilor, \u00eendat\u0103 zise vit\u00e9jilor s\u0103i s\u0103-l s\u0103g\u00e9te cu s\u0103ge\u0163i, s\u0103-l loveasc\u0103 \u015fi s\u0103-l strice. \u015ei a\u015fa m\u00e9rser\u0103 o\u015ftile una spre alta p\u00e2n\u0103 s\u0103 apropiar\u0103 bine, \u015fi semnul sfintei cruci tot \u00eel purta \u00eenainte. Deci, cum \u00eencepur\u0103 a s\u0103 lovi, \u00eendat\u0103 cuprinse groaza \u015fi fric\u0103 pre c\u00e9ia ce s\u0103 n\u0103d\u0103jduia spre vr\u0103jile lor \u015fi di spaim\u0103 mare \u00ee\u015fi lep\u0103d\u0103 Maximian \u015fi caftanul cel \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103tescu, gravaniu, den spinare, \u015fi fugi. \u015ei iat\u0103, cel ce s\u0103 n\u0103d\u0103jduia spre vr\u0103ji \u015fi pre mul\u0163imea o\u015ftilor sale, cum fugi \u015fi fu lipsit de toate \u015fi fu gonit den sat \u00een sat. Iar spurca\u0163ii s\u0103i dumnezei \u015fi vr\u0103jitorii, ca ni\u015fte mincino\u015fi \u015fi \u00een\u015f\u0103l\u0103tori, to\u0163i fur\u0103 t\u0103ia\u0163i \u015fi f\u0103r\u00e2ma\u0163i. \u015ei se povest\u00e9\u015fte c\u0103 at\u00e2ta moarte \u015fi t\u0103iare s-au f\u0103cut atunci, c\u00e2t n-au fost alt\u0103 dat\u0103 de\u2019nceputul lumii.<\/p>\n

\u015ei-i era voia lui Costandin s\u0103 prinz\u0103 \u015fi pre Maximian, iar Dumnezeu nu vru, ci porni alt\u0103 m\u00e2nie pre d\u00e2nsul, c\u0103 c\u0103zu \u00eentralt\u0103 urgie \u015fi m\u00e2nie mai mare, c\u0103 de viu i s\u0103 \u00eempu\u0163ir\u0103 toate m\u0103dularele lui \u015fi i s\u0103 t\u00e2riia tote d\u00e2nl\u0103untrurile pre p\u0103m\u00e2ntu. Deacii \u00eei s\u0103rir\u0103 ohcii am\u00e2ndoi \u015fi fu orbu, \u015fi-i c\u0103zu toat\u0103 carnea dupre oase \u015fi a\u015fa, \u00eentru aceast\u0103 groaznic\u0103 \u015fi cumplit\u0103 m\u00e2nie a lui Dumnezeu, c\u00e2t\u0103va vr\u00e9me p\u0103timind, muri. \u015ei-i m\u00e9rse sufletul la un loc cu idolii s\u0103i, \u00een munca cea netrec\u0103toare. \u015ei a\u015fa fur\u0103 idolii strica\u0163i \u015fi r\u0103sipi\u0163i dentre d\u00e2n\u015fii, \u015fi s\u0103 f\u0103cu pace \u015fi lini\u015fte mare \u00een lume, \u015fi s\u0103 tocmir\u0103 toate cu bl\u00e2nd\u00e9\u0163e. Dup\u0103 ac\u00e9stea, fu Costandin \u00eemp\u0103rat a toat\u0103 lumea \u015fi singur biruitoriu, c\u0103 p\u0103g\u00e2n\u0103tatea o stric\u0103 de tot \u015fi ar\u0103t\u0103 tuturor semnul \u015fi biruin\u0163a crucii.<\/p>\n

\u015ei era o cet\u0103\u0163ue mitutea, care o cema Viza, care o zidise Manasiia, \u00eemp\u0103ratul Iudei, \u00een zilele lui, \u015fi-i pus\u00e9se numele Vizantiia, \u015fi numai \u00eentr-ac\u00e9ia l\u0103cuia c\u00e2\u0163iva p\u0103g\u00e2ni foarte r\u0103i \u015fi iu\u0163i, \u015fi pre ac\u00e9ia nimeni niciodat\u0103 nu-i supus\u00e9se supt d\u00e2n\u015fii. Iar \u00eemp\u0103ratul Costandin m\u00e9rse \u015fi la d\u00e2n\u015fii s\u0103-i bat\u0103 \u015fi s\u0103i supue suptu ascultarea lui, iar ei \u00eenc\u0103 s\u0103 g\u0103tir\u0103 de r\u0103zboiu \u015fi s\u0103 lovir\u0103 cu Costandin, \u015fi-l biruir\u0103 \u015fi-i uciser\u0103 at\u00e2tea o\u015fti. Iar a doao zi, iar m\u00e9rse Costandin spre d\u00e2n\u015fii cu r\u0103zboiu, iar ei \u00eel \u00eenfr\u00e2nser\u0103 iar\u0103\u015fi \u015fi-l biruir\u0103. Deacii seara, deaca \u00eencepu a \u00eennopta, era \u00eemp\u0103ratul Costandin afar\u0103 \u015fi s\u0103 mira cum \u015fi ce va s\u0103 fac\u0103, \u015fi era \u00eencungiurat de cugete \u015fi de nepric\u00e9pere. Iar el \u00ee\u015fi arunc\u0103 ochii \u00een sus c\u0103tr\u0103 cer \u015fi v\u0103zu pre ceriu scrise slove de stele, \u015fi ac\u00e9le slove zicea a\u015fa: \u201eChiam\u0103-m\u0103 \u00een ziua grijii tale, \u015fi te voi izb\u0103vi \u015fi m\u0103 vei prosl\u0103vi\u201c. Iar \u00eemp\u0103ratul s\u0103 mira \u015fi de aceasta, \u015fi iar nu se pricepea ce va s\u0103 fie. \u015ei mai c\u0103ut\u0103 \u015fi a doa oar\u0103 spre ceriu \u015fi v\u0103zu o cruce f\u0103cut\u0103 de stele pre ceriu \u015fi scris\u0103 cu slove, \u015fi ac\u00e9le slove zicea a\u015fa: \u201eCu acestu semnu vei piiarde pre to\u0163i vr\u0103jma\u015fii t\u0103i\u201c.<\/p>\n

Deacii Costandin \u00eendat\u0103-\u015fi scoase cu\u0163itul \u015fi f\u0103cu o cruce de lemnu \u015fi o puse \u00eentr-o pr\u0103jin\u0103 lung\u0103 \u015fi zise s\u0103 mearg\u0103 cu d\u00e2nsa tot \u00eenaintea o\u015ftilor. Iar a doao zi iar s\u0103 lovir\u0103 o\u015ftile, \u015fi-i birui Costandin \u015fi-i sparse de tot, \u015fi nu mai fu acea cetate samovolnic\u0103, ci fu supus\u0103 suptu Costandin, \u015fi plec\u0103 toat\u0103 lumea supt biruin\u0163a lui.<\/p>\n

Iar c\u00e2nd vru s\u0103 mearg\u0103 de la sf\u00e2ntul \u015fi a toat\u0103 lumea s\u0103bor cel dent\u00e2i patriarhul Macarie la Ierusalim, iar fericitul Costandin \u00eemp\u0103rat \u00eei zise s\u0103 caute locul \u00eenvierii Domnului nostru Iisus Hristos \u015fi locul \u0163estului, Golgotha, a\u015fijderea \u015fi f\u0103c\u0103toriul de via\u0163\u0103 lemnu. \u015ei zise \u00eemp\u0103ratul s\u0103 mearg\u0103 \u015fi sf\u00e2nta a lui mum\u0103 Elena, \u015fi d\u00e9de pre seama ei toat\u0103 obl\u0103duirea \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103teasc\u0103 dentr-acolo. Iar preste pu\u0163in\u0103 vr\u00e9me, v\u0103zu sf\u00e2nta Elena \u00een vis o lumin\u0103, \u015fi era acea lumin\u0103 foarte luminoas\u0103 \u015fi str\u0103lucea at\u00e2ta c\u00e2t nu poate omul s\u0103 spue. \u015ei-i zise acea lumin\u0103: \u201eS\u0103 mergi \u00een Ierusalim \u015fi s\u0103 cau\u0163i s\u0103 afli f\u0103c\u0103toarea de via\u0163\u0103 cruce \u015fi morm\u00e2ntul \u015fi locurile c\u00e9le sfinte foarte cu de-adinsul, care le-au ascunsu \u015fi le-au \u00eengropat jidovii de pizm\u0103\u201c. Iar ia, cum s\u0103 d\u0103\u015ftept\u0103, \u00eendat\u0103 spuse iubitului s\u0103u fiiu, marelui Costandin \u00eemp\u0103rat, acea ved\u00e9re. Iar \u00eemp\u0103ratul, deaca auzi a\u015fa, s\u0103 umplu de bucurie \u015fi fu foarte voiuos s\u0103 s\u0103 afle ac\u00e9lea toate, \u015fi g\u0103ti pre mum\u0103-sa cu at\u00e2ta cinste cum s\u0103 cade mumei unui \u00eemp\u0103rat, \u015fi-i d\u00e9de avu\u0163ie mult\u0103 \u015fi o trimise la Ierusalim. Iar fericitul Macarie, patriarhul Ierusalimului, deaca auzi c\u0103 vine sf\u00e2nta Elena, muma marelui Costandin \u00eemp\u0103rat, e\u015fi \u00een timpinarea ei cu mare cinste. \u015ei, deaca venir\u0103 \u015fi intrar\u0103 \u00een cetate, \u00eencepur\u0103 cu mult\u0103 nevoin\u0163\u0103 \u015fi osteneal\u0103 a c\u0103uta ac\u00e9le lucruri sfinte \u015fi minunate dumnezie\u015fti, \u015fi s\u0103 nevoia cu ajun \u015fi cu post \u015fi cu rug\u0103ciuni pentru d\u00e2nsele, \u015fi cu tot de-adinsul c\u0103uta. Pentru ac\u00e9ia \u015fi Dumnezeu, care iaste Domn minunilor, nu apesti mult s\u0103 nu auz\u0103 rug\u0103ciunea lor \u015fi s\u0103 le vaz\u0103 osten\u00e9lele lor, ci descoperi fericitului Macarie \u00een vis toate pre am\u0103runtul. Iar Adrian \u00eemp\u0103rat f\u0103cuse capi\u015fte mare deasupra sf\u00e2ntului a lui Dumnezeu morm\u00e2ntu, foarte frumoas\u0103, \u015fi o \u00eempodobise cu multe lucruri scumpe, \u015fi f\u0103cuse idol pre spurcata \u015fi p\u00e2ng\u0103rita dumnez\u0103oae Afrodita \u015fi o pus\u00e9se \u00eentr-\u00eensa. Iar sf\u00e2nta \u015fi \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103teasa Elena, av\u00e2ndu put\u00e9rea \u015fi biruin\u0163a \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163iei \u00een m\u00e2na ei, zise, dinpreun\u0103 cu fericitul Macarie, de sparse \u015fi r\u0103sipir\u0103 acea capi\u015fte de tot. \u015ei fusese ac\u00e9a capi\u015fte foarte cu ni\u015fte mer\u015fter\u015fuguri frumoase \u015fi minunate; iar deaca o sparser\u0103 \u015fi s\u0103par\u0103 mult \u00een p\u0103m\u00e2nt, iat\u0103 s\u0103 ivi sf\u00e2ntul morm\u00e2ntu \u015fi locul \u0163estului, \u015fi l\u00e2ng\u0103 ac\u00e9stia aproape, mai spre r\u0103s\u0103rit pu\u0163inel, aflar\u0103 \u015fi 3 cruci \u00eengropate. Deacii s\u0103par\u0103 iar mult \u015fi aflar\u0103 \u015fi cinstitele piroane cu care uciga\u015fii de Dumnezeu jidovii \u00eenpironase pre cruce dumnezeescul trup al Domnului nostru Iisus Hristos. Apoi nu putea cunoa\u015fte carea era crucea pre care s\u0103 r\u0103stignise Hristos, \u015fi era pentru acel lucru sf\u00e2nta Elena foarte trist\u0103 \u015fi \u00een grij\u0103 mare. Iar Dumnezeu d\u00e9de minte \u015fi cuget ca acesta dumneziescu \u015fi minunat patriarhului Macarie. C\u0103 era o jup\u00e2neas\u0103 mare \u015fi de neam vestit bolnav\u0103 spre moarte, \u015fi tr\u0103gea numai s\u0103-i ias\u0103 sufletul. Iar patriarhul luo crucile c\u00e2te tr\u00e9le \u015fi m\u00e9rse cu d\u00e2nsele la acea jup\u00e2neas\u0103 \u015fi puse l\u00e2ng\u0103 d\u00e2nsa crucile pre r\u00e2nd c\u00e2te una. Iar cum puse crucea car\u00e9 fus\u00e9se a lui Hristos, \u00eentr-acela ceas s\u0103 s\u0103n\u0103to\u015fi acea jup\u00e2neas\u0103 \u015fi s\u0103 scul\u0103 ca din mor\u0163i, l\u0103ud\u00e2nd \u015fi sl\u0103vind pre Dumnezeu. Iar preafericita Elena, deaca v\u0103zu a\u015fa, se umplu de bucurie nespus\u0103 \u015fi c\u00e2nt\u0103 lui Dumnezeu c\u00e2ntec de laud\u0103 \u015fi zise: \u201eO, prea dulce Iisuse, cum eu fiind neharnic\u0103 \u015fi nevr\u00e9dnic\u0103, iar tu m-ai \u00eenvr\u00e9dnicit la at\u00e2tea minuni \u015fi mile!\u201c.<\/p>\n

Deacii s\u0103 auzi v\u00e9stea aceasta pretutindenea \u015fi s\u0103 adun\u0103 mult n\u0103rod de oameni \u015fi zise s\u0103 vaz\u0103 acea cruce sf\u00e2nt\u0103 \u015fi f\u0103c\u0103toare de via\u0163\u0103. Iar fericitul Macarie patriarhul s\u0103 sui pre amvon \u015fi r\u0103dic\u0103 sf\u00e2nta cruce a lui Hristos \u00een sus \u015fi o ar\u0103t\u0103 de o v\u0103zu tot n\u0103rodul. Iar sf\u00e2nta Elena luo o parte oarece din cinstita cruce \u015fi cu cinstitele piroane de le \u0163inea la d\u00e2nsa, cu mult\u0103 fric\u0103 \u015fi cu mult\u0103 cinste, c\u0103 vrea s\u0103 le trimi\u0163\u0103 fie-s\u0103u Costandin la Vizantiia. Iar c\u00e9ialalt\u0103 cruce, de care luase, Elena \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103teasa o d\u00e9de lui Macarie patriarhul \u015fi zise s\u0103 o arate tuturor n\u0103roadelor c\u00e2te vor veni s\u0103 o vaz\u0103. \u015ei zise deacii \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103teasa s\u0103 zideasc\u0103 bis\u00e9ric\u0103 \u00een locul unde se afl\u0103 sf\u00e2nta cruce, a\u015fijderea \u015fi pre sf\u00e2ntu morm\u00e2ntu a lui Hristos, iar alta \u00een locul \u0163estului \u015fi alta \u00een Ghethsimaniia, \u00een numele sfintei maicii lui Dumnezeu, unde iaste morm\u00e2ntul ei. \u015ei zic mul\u0163i c\u0103 acolo iaste locul V\u0103ii Pl\u00e2ngerii \u015fi p\u00e2r\u00e2ul Chedrului \u015fi valea Asafatului \u015fi gr\u0103dina \u00een care fu Hristos v\u00e2ndut \u015fi locul \u00een care s\u0103 rug\u0103 Hristos \u00een noaptea care-l vindea. Deacii m\u00e9rse sf\u00e2nta Elena spre r\u0103s\u0103rit \u015fi s\u0103 urc\u0103 \u00een muntele Emonului, den care fu Domnul Hristos ridicat \u015fi \u00een\u0103l\u0163at cu un nor la ceriu, \u015fi zidi \u015fi acolo bis\u00e9ric\u0103. Dup\u0103 aceasta m\u00e9rse la morm\u00e2ntul lui Lazar, la Vithaniia, \u015fi st\u0103tu den afar\u0103 de cetate, ca la 2 popri\u015fti, \u015fi pl\u00e2nse cu lacr\u0103me ca de foc \u015fi s\u0103 rug\u0103 mult acolo, \u015fi zidi \u015fi acolo bis\u00e9ric\u0103, \u00een numele sf\u00e2ntului Lazar cel drept. Apoi m\u00e9rse la apa Iordanului, unde omor\u00ee Dumnezeu p\u0103catul cel mare a toat\u0103 lumea, \u015fi zidi \u015fi acolo bis\u00e9ric\u0103 foarte minunat\u0103. Deacii trecu Iordanul \u015fi afl\u0103 pe\u015ftera \u00een care l\u0103cuise cinstitul \u015fi sf\u00e2ntul Ioan Predteciu, \u015fi f\u0103cu \u015fi \u00eentr-\u00eensa bis\u00e9ric\u0103 pre numele lui Ioan Predteci. A\u015fijderea zidi bis\u00e9ric\u0103 \u015fi \u00een locul cela unde s\u0103 luo Ilie prorocul ca la ceriu, \u00een numele prorocului. \u015ei mai m\u00e9rse 4 zile \u015fi ajunse la ora\u015ful Tiveriei, \u015fi afl\u0103 locul carele-i zicea locul a 12 scaune, unde \u015f\u0103zuse Domnul Hristos \u015fi \u00eenmul\u0163i p\u00e2inea, de s\u0103tur\u0103 din 5 p\u00e2ini \u015fi 5 pe\u015fti 5.000 de oameni, f\u0103r’ de muieri \u015fi f\u0103r’ de copii. \u015ei \u00eencungiur\u0103 sf\u00e2nta Elena toate hotar\u0103le Tiveriei \u015fi porunci de zidi bis\u00e9ric\u0103 \u00een numele \u015fi \u00een slava Domnului nostru Iisus Hristos. A\u015fijderea m\u00e9rse \u015fi la locul cela ce t\u0103m\u0103dui Hristos pre muiarea c\u00e9ia ce-i curgea s\u00e2nge, \u015fi zidi acolo bis\u00e9ric\u0103 \u00een numele cinstitei cruci. Deacii m\u00e9rse la Marea Teveriadului, unde mers\u00e9se ucenicii la v\u00e2n\u0103toare de p\u00e9\u015fte, iar Hristos, dup\u0103 \u00eenviiare, li s\u0103 ar\u0103t\u0103 \u015fi acolo, c\u00e2nd puser\u0103 pe\u015ftii pre c\u0103rbuni \u015fi prinser\u0103 153 de pe\u015fti, \u015fi zidi \u015fi acolo bis\u00e9ric\u0103 \u00een numele apostolilor. Iar de acolo, mai m\u00e9rse ca la 2 popri\u015fte \u015fi g\u0103si unde fus\u00e9se casa Mariei Magdaliniei, \u015fi zidi \u015fi acolo bis\u00e9ric\u0103. Deacii \u00eentr\u0103 \u00een cetatea Tiveriei \u015fi afl\u0103 casa soacrei lui Petru \u015fi zidi \u015fi acolo bis\u00e9ric\u0103 \u00een numele sf\u00e2ntului apostol Petru. Deacii s\u0103 urc\u0103 \u00een muntele Thavorului \u015fi afl\u0103 locul unde s\u0103 \u00eenchipui Domnul nostru Iisus Hristos, \u015fi zidi bis\u00e9ric\u0103 \u015fi acolo. Iar de-acolea m\u00e9rse \u00een Nazaret, unde aduse Gavriil arhanghel preacuratei fecioarei Mariei glas de bucurie (\u015fi-i spuse c\u0103 va s\u0103 s\u0103 nasc\u0103 dintr-\u00eensa cuv\u00e2ntul lui Dumnezeu cu trup), \u015fi acolo iar zidi bis\u00e9ric\u0103 \u00een numele maicii lui Dumnezeu. A\u015fijderea f\u0103cu bis\u00e9ric\u0103 \u015fi \u00een locul casei \u00een carea f\u0103cu Hristos apa vin. Iar de acolea m\u00e9rse \u00een Vithl\u00e9emul jidovescu (unde s\u0103 n\u0103scuse trup\u00e9\u015fte Domnul nostru Iisus Hristos), \u015fi zidi acolo bis\u00e9ric\u0103 mare \u00een f\u0103ptur\u0103 de cruce, cu strane \u00een numele lui Hristos, Dumnezeul nostru. \u015ei iar zidi bis\u00e9ric\u0103 \u00een locul care fur\u0103 uci\u015fi de Irod cei patruspr\u0103z\u00e9ce mii de cocona\u015fi mititei, \u015fi-i puse hramul \u00een numele lor. \u00centr-acesta\u015fi chip \u015fi \u00een locul carele spuse \u00eengerul p\u0103storilor v\u00e9ste bun\u0103 \u015fi s\u0103 bucurar\u0103 cu bucurie mare, \u015fi zidi bis\u00e9ric\u0103 \u00een numele preacuratei de Dumnezeu n\u0103sc\u0103toarei \u015fi a lui Iosif, logodnicul ei. Deacii s\u0103 sui \u015fi \u00een sf\u00e2ntul Sion, carele iaste spre amiiaz\u0103-zi, \u015fi acolo zidi fericita Elena bis\u00e9ric\u0103 nalt\u0103 \u015fi mare \u015fi o \u00eenv\u0103li cu plumbul, \u015fi f\u0103cu cur\u0163ile Caiafei bis\u00e9ric\u0103 \u00een numele sfin\u0163ilor \u015fi mai marilor apostoli Petru \u015fi Pavel. \u015ei nu f\u0103cu numai ac\u00e9ste bis\u00e9rici, ci \u015fi altele multe pren multe locuri, \u00een valea Ieremiei prorocul \u015fi la f\u00e2nt\u00e2na Siloamului \u015fi la Lithostroton. A\u015fijderea zidi bis\u00e9ric\u0103 \u015fi sf\u00e2ntului Chira \u015fi lui Ioan, \u015fi iar\u0103\u015fi la stejariul Mamvriei zidi bis\u00e9ric\u0103, \u015fi la locul olariului.<\/p>\n

Deacii, deaca ispr\u0103vi sf\u00e2nta Elena \u0163mp\u0103r\u0103teasa ac\u00e9stea toate \u015fi le tocmi cum s\u0103 cade, muma marelui Costandin \u00eemp\u0103rat d\u00e9de acestor bis\u00e9rici multe ora\u015fe \u015fi sate \u015fi alte avu\u0163ii multe. Iar sfintele icoane le ferec\u0103 tot cu argint \u015fi le polei \u015fi le \u00eempodobi cu pietri scumpe \u015fi cu m\u0103rg\u0103ritar. A\u015fijderea le d\u00e9de vase sfinte \u015fi scumpe acelor bis\u00e9rici \u015fi alte avu\u0163ii, \u015fi galbeni de aur mul\u0163i le \u00eemp\u0103r\u0163i. \u015ei d\u00e9de \u015fi s\u0103racilor mil\u0103. \u015ei d\u0103rui pr\u00e9 sf\u00e2ntul \u015fi marele patriarh Macarie cu multe daruri \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103te\u015fti, \u015fi s\u0103 \u00eentoarse iar la fie-s\u0103u, marele \u015fi credinciosul \u00eemp\u0103rat Costandin.<\/p>\n

Iar \u00eemp\u0103ratul Costandin, deaca v\u0103zu a\u015fa, s\u0103 bucur\u0103 foarte \u015fi s\u0103 veseli, \u015fi luo acea parte ce era luat\u0103 den sf\u00e2nta cruce \u015fi o s\u0103rut\u0103 \u015fi o puse \u00eentr-o l\u0103cricioar\u0103 aur. Iar din piroanele ac\u00e9lea \u00ee\u015fi ferec\u0103 cu 3 coiful c\u00e2tva\u015fi, iar unul \u015fi-l puse la gherdanul de la raftul calului, \u015fi s\u0103 umplu cuv\u00e2ntul carele au zis prorocu: \u201e\u00cen zilele ac\u00e9lea va fi sfin\u0163irea Dumnezeului atot\u0163iitoriului la raftul calului \u00eemp\u0103ratului II. \u015ei s\u0103 veselea \u00eemp\u0103ratul de ac\u00e9lea foarte \u015fi s\u0103 bucura \u015fi f\u0103cea praznice \u015fi mul\u0163umiia lui Dumnezeu, c\u0103ruia \u00eel f\u0103cuse \u015fi-l d\u0103ruise cu at\u00e2ta bine. \u015ei s\u0103 osteni cu dor \u015fi cu poht\u0103 mult\u0103, carea avea pentru semnul \u015fi ajutoriul crucii \u00een toate r\u0103zboaele sale. \u015ei f\u0103cu 3 cruci pre num\u0103rul ce i s\u0103 ar\u0103tase \u00een o\u015fti, c\u0103 \u00eent\u00e2i i s\u0103 ar\u0103tas\u0103 la Roma, a doao la Vizantiia, iar a treia oar\u0103, c\u00e2nd f\u0103cu pod preste Dun\u0103re. \u015ei-i puse numele cei dint\u00e2i I\u253cS, iar cei de a doao H\u253cS, iar a treia NI\u253cKA.<\/p>\n

Iar Eraclie mp\u0103rat le puse numele anikitos (ce s\u0103 zice nebiruit), care stau \u015fi p\u00e2n\u0103 \u00een ziua de ast\u0103zi pre un st\u00e2lpu. \u015ei zic mul\u0163i c\u0103 s\u0103 pogoar\u0103 \u015fi acum \u00eengerul lui Dumnezeu de trei ori \u00eentr-un an la acel st\u00e2lpu, de c\u0103d\u00e9\u015fte ac\u00e9le 3 cruci \u015fi c\u00e2nt\u0103 c\u00e2ntarea heruvimilor, \u00een luna lui mai, \u00een 7 zile, \u015fi \u00een luna lui septemvrie \u00een 14 zile, \u015fi c\u00e2nd iaste a treia s\u0103pt\u0103m\u00e2n\u0103 din postul cel mare.<\/p>\n

Deacii, de atunci porunci \u00eemp\u0103ratul s\u0103 nu s\u0103 mai r\u0103stigneasc\u0103 vinova\u0163ii pre cruce, c\u0103 crucea iaste blagoslovit\u0103, iar nu iaste blestemat\u0103, c\u0103 Hristos pre cruce au d\u0103ruit sp\u0103seniia tuturor oamenilor. Drept ac\u00e9ia cine va r\u0103stigni vinovatul pre cruce, s\u0103 s\u0103 omoare \u015fi acela.<\/p>\n

Iar fericita Elena, muma \u00eemp\u0103ratului Costandin, l\u0103cui c\u00e2t\u0103va vr\u00e9me cu fie-s\u0103u; de-acii s\u0103 duse la Roma \u015fi acolo tr\u0103i pu\u0163inel tot \u00een via\u0163\u0103 bun\u0103 \u015fi cinstit\u0103, \u015fi s\u0103 prestevi, fiind de 80 de ani, \u015fi\u015fi tocmi toate lucrurile \u00een urm\u0103 bine \u015fi cum s\u0103 cade.<\/p>\n

Iar bunul \u015fi credinciosul \u00eemp\u0103rat Costandin, deaca birui toate \u0163inuturile \u015fi le supuse supt ascultarea lui, \u015fi s\u0103 umplu toate bis\u00e9ricile de pacea cea dumnezeiasc\u0103, \u00eei p\u0103rea foarte bine. \u015ei zise boiarilor s\u0103i: c\u00e2\u0163i s\u0103 vor apuca di c\u0103r\u0163i \u015fi vor ceti scripturile \u015fi \u00eenv\u0103\u0163\u0103turile dumnezee\u015fti, s\u0103-\u015fi \u00eenal\u0163e firea \u015fi cugetul c\u0103tr\u0103 ved\u00e9rea dumnezeiasc\u0103 \u015fi s\u0103 ia aminte ce zic scripturile. \u015ei, c\u0103nd vor sta spre rug\u0103, s\u0103-\u015fi r\u0103dice m\u00e2inile c\u0103tr\u0103 ceriu \u015fi de acolo de la cer s\u0103-\u015fi ceae ajutor. A\u015fijd\u00e9rea puse l\u00e9ge \u015fi obic\u00e9i s\u0103 s\u0103rb\u00e9ze dumineca, c\u0103 iaste ziua dint\u00e2i a s\u0103pt\u0103m\u00e2nii, \u00eentru care ne-au d\u0103ruit Dumnezeu izb\u0103vire. Iar pre preo\u0163i \u015fi pre diaconi \u00eei cinsti cu cinste mare \u015fi-i \u00eenv\u0103\u0163\u0103 s\u0103 fac\u0103 dumineca slujb\u0103 mai mult\u0103 \u015fi rug\u0103ciuni mai cuvioase pretutindenea, dec\u00e2t \u00een c\u00e9l\u00e9 zile. A\u015fijderea s\u0103 posteasc\u0103 vinerea, pentru pomenirea mor\u0163ii Domnului nostru Iisus Hristos. \u015ei zise s\u0103 mearg\u0103 to\u0163i oamenii la bis\u00e9rici s\u0103 s\u0103 roage \u015fi, deaca vor \u00eentra \u00een bis\u00e9ric\u0103, s\u0103 \u00eeng\u0103duiasc\u0103 p\u00e2n\u0103 vor sf\u00e2r\u015fi slujba, s\u0103 nu ias\u0103.<\/p>\n

Iar pre slujitori \u015fi pre oamenii cei de oaste \u00eei \u00eenv\u0103\u0163a a\u015fa: c\u00eend vor fi \u00een oaste, iar ei s\u0103 ias\u0103 la un c\u00e2mpu curat \u015fi s\u0103 tac\u0103 to\u0163i \u015fi s\u0103 s\u0103 roage lui Dumnezeu \u00eenciti\u015for, iar cu toat\u0103 inima. \u015ei pre Dumnezeu s\u0103-l \u015ftie \u015fi s\u0103-l creaz\u0103, c\u0103 el iaste d\u0103t\u0103tor de bine. \u015ei c\u00e2nd s\u0103 vor ruga, s\u0103-\u015fi r\u0103dice m\u00e2inile c\u0103tr\u0103 ceriu \u015fi s\u0103 zic\u0103: \u201ePre tine singur te \u015ftim Dumnezeu \u015fi \u00eemp\u0103rat, pre tine singur te m\u0103rturisim c\u0103 e\u015fti ajut\u0103toriu, de la tine c\u00e9rem c\u00e9le ce suntu de biruin\u0163\u0103 s\u0103 luom, cu tine am biruit vr\u0103jma\u015fii cei put\u00e9rnici, de la tine cunoa\u015ftem, c\u0103 ne iaste mila \u015fi \u00eenceputul bun\u0103t\u0103\u0163ilor \u015fi pre tine ne vom n\u0103d\u0103jdui \u015fi \u00een veacul ce va s\u0103 fie. To\u0163i suntem robii t\u0103i, pentr-ac\u00e9ia \u0163ie ne rug\u0103m s\u0103 p\u0103ze\u015fti pre \u00eemp\u0103ratul nostru cu \u00eendelungat\u0103 via\u0163\u0103 \u015fi biruitoare\u201c. A\u015fa puse l\u00e9ge \u015fi obic\u00e9iu s\u0103 fac\u0103 to\u0163i osta\u015fii \u015fi s\u0103 s\u0103 roage lui Dumnezeu. Iar el singur s\u0103 \u00eenchidea c\u00e2te \u00eentr-o c\u0103mar\u0103 \u015fi vorbiia cu Dumnezeu \u015fi s\u0103 ruga s\u0103 dob\u00e2ndeasc\u0103 binele cel ce va s\u0103 fie. Iar c\u00e2nd era zile mari \u015fi praznice dumnizie\u015fti, atuncea ajuna mai mult \u015fi s\u0103 postea \u015fi cu tot sufletul \u015fi cu toat\u0103 t\u0103riia f\u0103cea rug\u0103ciuni sfinte. Iar \u00een luminata noapt\u00e9 a sfintelor Pa\u015fti, toat\u0103 noaptea priveghea \u015fi \u00eenv\u0103\u0163a de punea f\u0103clii mari prin toate turnurile \u015fi pren toat\u0103 cetatea, de ardea toat\u0103 noaptea. Deacii, deaca s\u0103 f\u0103cea ziuo, \u00een ziua de Pa\u015fti \u00eemp\u0103r\u0163ea mil\u0103 tuturor limbilor \u015fi tuturor oamenilor \u015fi da tuturor den d\u0103stul.<\/p>\n

Iar c\u00e2nd fuse odat\u0103, chem\u0103 pre to\u0163i arhiereii la mas\u0103 \u015fi zise c\u0103tr\u0103 d\u00e2n\u015fii a\u015fa: \u201eEu mila \u015fi cu ajutoriul lui Dumnezeu a at\u00e2ta mil\u0103 \u015fi cinste m-am \u00eenvr\u00e9dnicit, c\u00e2t n-au avut nici un \u00eemp\u0103rat c\u00e2\u0163i au fost mai nainte de mine, \u015fi at\u00e2ta chibzuial\u0103 am dob\u00e2ndit, c\u00e2t n-au avut altul. \u015ei dup\u0103 ac\u00e9stea m-am \u00eenvr\u00e9dnicit de m-am \u00eendulcit \u015fi de a voastr\u0103 blagoslovenie a at\u00e2\u0163ea p\u0103rin\u0163i sfin\u0163i \u015fi a at\u00e2tea chipuri \u00eengere\u015fti \u015fi a at\u00e2tea slugi ale lui Dumnezeu. Ci pentru c\u0103ci nu iaste alt\u0103 r\u00e2nduial\u0103 mai aproape, pre dup\u0103 \u00eengeri, de Dumnezeu, dec\u00e2t r\u00e2nduiala preo\u0163iei, drept ac\u00e9ia pohtescu \u015fi eu \u015fi dorescu ca, de ar putea fi putin\u0163\u0103, de voi s\u0103 m\u0103 al\u0103tur \u015fi eu \u015fi s\u0103 fiu p\u0103rta\u015f darului preotescu\u201c. Iar ei \u00eei r\u0103spunser\u0103 cu f\u00e9\u0163e v\u00e9sele \u015fi cu suflete bucuroase \u015fi cu bl\u00e2nde cuvinte ziser\u0103: \u201eO, \u00eemp\u0103rate, pre tine Dumnezeu te-au pus arhiereu, s\u0103 socote\u015fti toate \u015fi s\u0103 bagi seama de cei mai mici, ca de c\u00e9ia ce-\u0163i sunt da\u0163i de Dumnezeu pre seama ta, \u015fi c\u00e2t vei putea s\u0103-\u0163i petreci traiul \u015fi via\u0163a cu bun\u0103 credin\u0163\u0103 \u015fi cu cur\u0103\u0163ie, \u015fi vei lua dintr-\u00eensele cununa cea cinstit\u0103 a sfin\u0163ilor, care iaste neschimbat\u0103 \u015fi netrec\u0103toare\u201c.<\/p>\n

Dup\u0103 ac\u00e9ia f\u0103cu obic\u00e9i \u015fi l\u00e9ge, nici cum cre\u015ftinul s\u0103 nu fie slug\u0103 sau rob la ovr\u00e9iu, ci s\u0103 fie to\u0163i erta\u0163i \u015fi slobozi. A\u015fijderea cei ce nu vrea s\u0103 s\u0103 \u00eensoare, ci vor vrea s\u0103 petreac\u0103 \u00een cur\u0103\u0163ie \u015fi \u00een juniia lor, s\u0103 s\u0103 hr\u0103neasc\u0103 din bis\u00e9rici \u015fi dintr-ale bis\u00e9ricii s\u0103 li s\u0103 dea c\u00e9le ce le vor trebui. Iar bis\u00e9ricilor le da de la \u00eemp\u0103ratul \u00eenc\u0103 \u015fi mai multu dec\u0103t le trebuia, unele ori le da mo\u015fii, alte ori avu\u0163ie. A\u015fijderea miluia \u015fi s\u0103racii \u015fi mi\u015f\u0103lii \u015fi v\u0103duvele, \u015fi le da \u015fi haine \u015fi bucate \u015fi arginturi tuturor den d\u0103stul. \u015ei avea \u00een g\u00e2nd totdeauna frica \u015fi judecata lui Dumnezeu \u015fi cu \u00eenv\u0103\u0163\u0103turile sale, ca cu ni\u015fte s\u0103ge\u0163i, p\u0103trundea \u015fi r\u0103nea inimile oamenilor celor r\u0103i \u015fi lacomi. \u015ei s\u0103 nevoia s\u0103 aduc\u0103 pre to\u0163i \u00eentru frica lui Dumnezeu.<\/p>\n

\u015ei c\u00e2nd mergea departe \u00eentr-alte \u0163\u0103ri p\u0103g\u00e2ne, el s\u0103 ruga episcopilor \u015fi arhiereilor s\u0103 mearg\u0103 cu d\u00e2nsul, c\u0103 nu vrea c\u00e2t de pu\u0163intel s\u0103 s\u0103 despart\u0103 de d\u00e2n\u015fii. \u015ei purta bis\u00e9rica lui Dumnezeu tot cu d\u00e2nsul, c\u0103 nu vrea nici la r\u0103zboi s\u0103 se lipseasc\u0103 de darul bis\u00e9ricii. Iar arhiereilor le p\u0103rea bine de aceasta \u015fi nu voia nici ei nimic s\u0103 s\u0103 dezlipeasc\u0103 de d\u00e2nsul; c\u0103 vedea c\u0103-\u015fi pleac\u0103 \u00eemp\u0103ratul cinstea \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163iei sale de tot \u015fi \u015fi-o supune supt dumnezeiasca bis\u00e9ric\u0103.<\/p>\n

\u015ei-\u015fi \u00eenv\u0103\u0163a \u00eemp\u0103ratul feciorii s\u0103i s\u0103 se \u0163ie de credin\u0163a cea bun\u0103 \u015fi adev\u0103rat\u0103, iar de \u00eenv\u0103\u0163\u0103turile c\u00e9le r\u00e9le \u015fi de erese s\u0103 s\u0103 \u00eentoarc\u0103 \u015fi s\u0103 s\u0103 fereasc\u0103 foarte tare. Iar mai v\u00e2rtos s\u0103-\u015fi pue toat\u0103 n\u0103dejdea \u015fi s\u0103 creaz\u0103 \u00een Hristos, cu tot sufletul \u015fi aceluia s\u0103 se \u00eenchine \u015fi aceluia s\u0103 slujasc\u0103 \u015fi pre acela s\u0103-l \u0163ie f\u0103c\u0103tor \u015fi tocmitoriu a toat\u0103 f\u0103ptura. A\u015fijderea \u00eei \u00eenva\u0163\u0103 \u015fi de altele de toate.<\/p>\n

\u015ei \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163i ani 32, f\u0103r\u0103 2 luni, iar toat\u0103 via\u0163a lui fu 66 de ani \u015fi \u00ee\u015fi petrecu toat\u0103 via\u0163a sa cu cinste \u015fi cu cur\u0103\u0163ie \u015fi cu bun\u0103t\u0103\u0163i. Iar chipul lui era a\u015fa; pre to\u0163i lumina cu b\u0103rb\u0103\u0163iia sa, \u015fi era viteaz, ascu\u0163it la minte, la cuv\u00e2ntu pilduitoriu, judec\u0103tor drept, \u00een milostenie gata, la obraz frumos, \u00een credin\u0163\u0103 tare \u015fi necl\u0103tit, cu c\u0103utare frumoas\u0103, cu firea vesel\u0103, mijlociu cu statul, sup\u0163ire la grumazi, rumen la obraz, p\u0103rul capului cam rar, cu barba nu foarte mult\u0103, frumos la ochi. \u015ei era tuturor oamenilor drag \u015fi era bl\u00e2ndu, buni\u015for, smerit, duios \u015fi iubitoriu de oameni. Iar era \u015fi batjocorit \u015fi gr\u0103it de r\u0103u de c\u00e9ia ce nu umbla pre dreptatea lui Dumnezeu, ce numai \u00een fa\u0163\u0103 s\u0103 ar\u0103ta cre\u015ftini \u015fi credincio\u015fii, iar lucrurile lor era tot r\u00e9le \u015fi p\u0103g\u00e2ne\u015fti. \u015ei le era picioarele iu\u0163i \u015fi alerg\u0103toare \u00eentru toate c\u0103r\u0103rile lor spre dos\u0103zi \u015fi spre v\u0103rs\u0103ri de s\u00e2nge. Deci, c\u00e2t \u00eemputa ace\u015ftea \u00eemp\u0103ratului pentru lucrurile sale c\u00e9le bune, el at\u00e2ta s\u0103 f\u0103cea mai \u00een\u0163eleptu \u015fi mai bun \u015fi mai bl\u00e2nd. \u015ei nu vrea nici cum s\u0103 s\u0103 \u00eentocmeasc\u0103 \u015fi s\u0103 s\u0103 \u00eempotriveasc\u0103 lucrurilor \u015fi vorbelor lor c\u00e9le r\u00e9le \u015fi \u00eendr\u0103cite. \u015ei ajunse pre ac\u00e9ia cur\u00e2nd urgiia \u015fi m\u00e2niia lui Dumnezeu \u015fi perir\u0103. Iar \u00eemp\u0103ratul p\u0103zea \u00eensu\u015fi oamenii s\u0103i foarte bine \u015fi f\u0103r’ de v\u0103t\u0103mare, \u015fi tocmai l\u00e9gea lui Dumnezeu foarte bine \u015fi bis\u00e9ricile. \u015ei \u00ee\u015fi a\u015f\u0103z\u0103 domnii \u015fi boiarii \u015fi altele toate le alc\u0103tui toate foarte bine \u015fi frumos, care cu nevoe s\u0103 vor uita, c\u0103 sunt spre folosin\u0163a tuturor oamenilor. Deacii, odat\u0103, av\u00e2nd el \u00eent\u00e2mplare bun\u0103 \u015fi v\u0103z\u00e2nd pre to\u0163i aduna\u0163i \u00eemprejurul lui pentru \u00eenv\u0103\u0163\u0103tura, c\u0103 cu tot sufletul pohtiia, c\u00e2nd va fi aproape de petrecaniia sa, s\u0103 vaz\u0103 l\u00e2ng\u0103 sine pre to\u0163i domnii \u015fi boiarii s\u0103i, s\u0103-i \u00eenv\u00e9\u0163e \u015fi s\u0103 le spue ce locuri de minunate suntu p\u0103zite \u015fi tocmite de Dumnezeu celor buni \u015fi celor ce-l iubescu, ce frumuse\u0163i, ce plat\u0103, ce cunuci, ce cinsti, ce bucurii \u015fi ce l\u0103ca\u015furi. A\u015fijderea \u015fi pre cei ce fac r\u0103u \u015fi umbl\u0103 f\u0103r\u0103 dreptate, ce r\u0103ut\u0103\u0163i \u00eei a\u015fteapt\u0103, ce munci, ce ispitiri dr\u0103ce\u015fti. \u015ei \u00eenv\u0103\u0163\u0103 pre to\u0163i \u00eentr-un chip de toate de ac\u00e9stea, cela ce iaste \u00eentocma cu apostolii, fericitul Costandin.<\/p>\n

Iar c\u00e2nd s\u0103 pricepu c\u0103 i s\u0103 apropie ceasul s\u0103 mearg\u0103 c\u0103tr\u0103 Dumnezeu, i s\u0103 bucur\u0103 sufletul foarte \u015fi tocmi toate lucrurile \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103te\u015fti pre r\u00e2nd, \u015fi-i opri cu \u00eenv\u0103\u0163\u0103tura mare, zic\u00e2nd: \u201eDup\u0103 petrecaniia mea, s\u0103 nu fie \u00een urm\u0103 niscare pl\u00e2ngeri sau niscare mestec\u0103turi, c\u0103 mie \u00eemi pare bine c\u0103ci m\u0103 d\u0103spar\u0163u dintr-acest trup \u015fi m\u0103 duc s\u0103 m\u0103 l\u0103cuescu cu Hristos\u201c. Iar domnii \u015fi boiarii lui, deaca auzir\u0103 a\u015fa \u015fi deaca v\u0103zur\u0103 c\u0103 i s-au apropiat ceasul mor\u0163ii, slobozir\u0103 glas de vaete \u015fi pl\u00e2ngere mare, at\u00e2ta c\u00e2t s\u0103 umplu tot v\u0103zduhul \u015fi slava ceriului. Iar Costandin zise c\u0103tr\u0103 d\u00e2n\u015fii cu glas bl\u00e2ndecel \u015fi de m\u00e2ng\u00e2iare, gr\u0103ind: \u201eAcum v-a\u0163i d\u0103stoinicit vie\u0163ii cei de v\u00e9ci, acum a\u0163i aflat calea credin\u0163ei cei adev\u0103rate, deci \u00eentr-aceasta s\u0103 l\u0103cui\u0163i \u015fi \u00eentr-\u00eensa s\u0103 v\u0103 \u00eent\u0103ri\u0163i, \u015fi s\u0103 fie cu voi Dumnezeul p\u0103cii\u201c. \u015ei s\u0103 prist\u0103vi sf\u00e2ntul \u015fi marele Costandin \u00eemp\u0103rat \u00een ziua de praznicul Rusaliilor, c\u00e2ndu s-au pogor\u00e2t duhul sf\u00e2ntu \u00een chip de foc spre sfin\u0163ii apostoli, c\u00e2nd fu soarele amiaz\u0103-zi. \u015ei fu sufletul lui luat \u015fi priimit de Hristos, pre care-l \u015fi iubiia, iar trupul, c\u0103ci fu din p\u0103m\u00e2ntu, s\u0103 l\u0103s\u0103 pre p\u0103m\u00e2ntu rudeniilor \u015fi oamenilor lui celor p\u0103m\u00e2nte\u015fti. Deaca i s\u0103 duse sufletul c\u0103tr\u0103 adeverin\u0163a cea curat\u0103 \u015fi luo plata cea bun\u0103, ca un lucr\u0103tor harnec \u015fi vr\u00e9dnic platei sale. Iar slugile sale, deaca v\u0103zur\u0103 lucrul carele ei nu s\u0103 n\u0103d\u0103jduia, \u00ee\u015fi sp\u0103rgea hainele \u015fi-\u015fi zmulgea p\u0103rul \u015fi-\u015fi pl\u00e2ngea pustiirea lor, c\u0103ci au r\u0103mas de p\u0103storiul cel bun \u015fi de st\u0103p\u00e2nul cel bl\u00e2ndu \u015fi milostiv. \u015ei s\u0103 f\u0103cu at\u00e2ta pl\u00e2ngere de n\u0103roade, c\u00e2t s\u0103 umplu aerul de t\u00e2nguiala lor, \u015fi ajunser\u0103 suspinile lor p\u00e2n\u2019 la ceriu. Deacii m\u00e9rser\u0103 toate o\u015ftile \u015fi-i luar\u0103 trupul de-l b\u0103gar\u0103 \u00eentr-un co\u015fciug, care \u00eel f\u0103cuse el \u00eenc\u0103 \u00een viia\u0163a sa, \u015fi c\u0103zu tot n\u0103rodul c\u00e2t era acolo \u00een genuche \u015fi i s\u0103 \u00eenchina ca unui viu \u015fi s\u0103ruta co\u015fciugul \u015fi zicea: \u201eDupre Dumnezeu, noi pre acesta s\u0103rut\u0103m, ca pre un d\u0103t\u0103ror de binele nostru. C\u0103 acesta ne-au scos den-tun\u00e9rec la lumina cea dreapt\u0103 a adeverin\u0163ii \u015fi toat\u0103 cinstea ce i s\u0103 c\u0103dea, fiind mortu, ei \u00eei f\u0103cea ca unui viu. Deacii f\u0103cur\u0103 bani \u015fi scriser\u0103 \u00eentr-\u00een\u015fii numele lui \u015fi chipul, ca cum ar fi \u00een\u0103l\u0163at \u00een ceriu. At\u00e2ta cinste-i f\u0103cur\u0103 domnii \u015fi boiarii \u00een urm\u0103, pentru dragostea ce avus\u00e9se c\u0103tr\u0103 d\u00e2nsul. A\u015fa fu via\u0163a marelui Costandin \u015fi drept\u0103\u0163i ca ac\u00e9stea f\u0103cu.<\/p>\n

Vezi, iubitul mieu fiiu, c\u0103 Costandin, marele \u00eemp\u0103rat \u015fi \u00eeng\u0103duitoriul lui Dumnezeu, b\u0103rbatul cel sf\u00e2nt si sl\u0103vit, carele fu mai mare \u00eenaintea lui Dumnezeu pentru bun\u0103t\u0103\u0163ile lui dec\u00e2t to\u0163i \u00eemp\u0103ra\u0163ii den veac, \u015fi pentru drept\u0103\u0163ile lui i s\u0103 ar\u0103t\u0103 semnul crucii lui Dumnezeu f\u0103cut pre cer de st\u00e9le, \u00een vr\u00e9me de amiaz\u0103zi, \u015fi str\u0103lucea mai v\u00e2rtos dec\u00e2t soarele, \u015fi era scris cu slove letene\u015fti, \u015fi ac\u00e9le slove s\u0103 \u00een\u0163elegea a\u015fa: \u201eCostandine, cu aceasta vei birui\u201c. \u015ei i s\u0103 \u00eent\u00e2mpl\u0103 de-i fu ar\u0103tat\u0103 \u0103nt\u00e2i, c\u00e2nd vru s\u0103 s\u0103 bat\u0103 cu Maxentie \u00eemp\u0103rat. Deacii, deaca muri \u015fi s\u0103 sf\u00e2r\u015fi Maxentie \u00eenecat, iar el m\u0103rturisi semnul sfintei cruci pretutindinea, \u015fi f\u0103cu cruce mare \u015fi o puse \u00een mijlocul cet\u0103\u0163ii Romei \u015fi o scrise cu slove letene\u015fti, a\u015fa zic\u00e2nd, adec\u0103: \u201eAceasta au izb\u0103vit cetatea noastr\u0103 den munc\u0103\u201c.<\/p>\n

Vezi mul\u0163\u0103mirea \u00eemp\u0103ratului, carea d\u00e9de lui Dumnezeu pentru ar\u0103tarea ce i-au ar\u0103tat \u015fi pentru alte bun\u0103t\u0103\u0163i ce-i da, pentru toate \u00eei mul\u0163umiia cu credin\u0163\u0103 \u015fi-l l\u0103uda. \u015ei at\u00e2ta era care iaste acum \u00eentre sfin\u0163i, marele \u00eemp\u0103rat Costandin, \u00eentru toate bun\u0103t\u0103\u0163ile \u015fi cur\u0103\u0163iile des\u0103v\u00e2r\u015fit, c\u00e2t v\u0103zu\u015fi c\u0103, odat\u0103, \u015f\u0103z\u00e2ndu la mas\u0103 cu arhiereii, \u00eei rug\u0103 cu mare voire \u015fi poht\u0103, ca s\u0103 cheme \u015fi pre d\u00e2nsul darul duhului sf\u00e2nt \u015fi s\u0103-l fac\u0103 preot. Deacii, c\u00e2ndu s\u0103 b\u0103tea cu turcii de la Vizantiia, el c\u0103ut\u0103 spre ceriu \u015fi v\u0103zu scris ceriul cu stele, \u015fi zicea ac\u00e9le scripturi a\u015fa: \u201eChiam\u0103 \u00een ziua grijii tale \u015fi te voi izb\u0103vi \u015fi m\u0103 vei prosl\u0103vi\u201c. A\u015fa \u015fi tu, f\u0103tul mieu, s\u0103 chemi pre Dumnezeu \u015fi \u00een vremile c\u00e9le bune \u015fi de pace, \u015fi \u00een vremile c\u00e9le de grij\u0103, \u015fi s\u0103 te p\u0103ze\u015fti \u00een cur\u0103\u0163ie. Deacii-\u0163i va ajuta Dumnezeu \u00eentru toate, ca \u015fi cum auzi\u015fi c\u0103 au ajutat marelui \u00eemp\u0103ratului \u015fi bl\u00e2ndului Costandin \u015fi a altora a mul\u0163i au ajutat, carii au f\u0103cut voia lui. Pentru aceasta, fiind \u00eemp\u0103ratul Costandin \u00een nedomirire, s\u0103 mira ce va s\u0103 fie ac\u00e9le cuvinte, ce fur\u0103 semnate pre cer; \u015fi mai c\u0103uta \u015fi a doa oara spre cer \u015fi v\u0103zu cruce f\u0103cut\u0103 de stele pre cer \u015fi scrise slove, \u015fi zicea a\u015fa: \u201eCu acest semnu vei birui pre to\u0163i vr\u0103jma\u015fii t\u0103i\u201c. Iar el, numaidec\u00e2t \u00eel luo, cu\u0163itul, \u015fi f\u0103cu o cruce de lemnu \u015fi o puse \u00eentr-o pr\u0103jin\u0103 nalt\u0103 \u015fi zise s\u0103 o duc\u0103 tot \u00eenaintea o\u015ftilor. Deacii, a doao zi diminea\u0163a, cum s\u0103 lovir\u0103 o\u015ftile, \u00eendat\u0103 fur\u0103 turcii birui\u0163i. Iar m\u0103car de\u015fi fu Costandin prinsu de turci \u00eent\u00e2i \u015fi vrur\u0103 s\u0103-l junghe \u015fi s\u0103-l fac\u0103 jirtv\u0103 spurca\u0163ilor lor idoli, iar fu degrab\u2019 scos, si-l izb\u0103vi Dumnezeu din m\u00e2inele lor. C\u0103 zice apostolul, c\u0103 \u015ftie s\u0103 m\u00e2ntuiasc\u0103 Dumnezeu pre cei drep\u0163i, iar pre cei p\u0103c\u0103to\u015fi s\u0103-i munceasc\u0103 \u00een ziua m\u00e2niei. C\u0103 iat\u0103, Dumnezeu \u00eei zise: \u201eChiam\u0103-m\u0103 \u00een ziua grijii tale \u015fi te voi izb\u0103vi \u015fi m\u0103 vei l\u0103uda\u201c. \u015ei iar\u0103\u015fi mai iaste scris \u00een Sf\u00e2nta Scriptur\u0103 \u015fi zice: \u201e\u00cen\u0103l\u0163a-voi pre cei ce m\u0103 vor \u00een\u0103l\u0163a\u201c. C\u0103 c\u00e2t fur\u0103 slugile lui Costandin \u00eemp\u0103rat de biruite de p\u0103g\u00e2ni de la r\u0103zboi \u015fi goni\u0163i \u015fi r\u0103sipi\u0163i \u015fi t\u0103ia\u0163i de per\u015fi, iar ei \u015ftiind pre st\u0103p\u00e2nul \u015fi \u00eemp\u0103ratul lor prinsu \u015fi rob \u015fi scos spre junghere, numaidec\u00e2t s\u0103 adunar\u0103 iar\u0103\u015fi \u00eentr-ascunsu \u015fi n\u0103v\u0103lir\u0103 de apucar\u0103 armele persilor \u015fi \u00eentrar\u0103 \u00eentr-\u00een\u015fii, \u015fi luar\u0103 \u00eent\u00e2i pre Costandin \u00eemp\u0103ratul lor \u00eentre d\u00e2n\u015fii. Deacii \u00eencepur\u0103 f\u0103r’ de mil\u0103 a t\u0103ia pre per\u015fi.<\/p>\n

O, mare \u00een\u0163elep\u0163ie a slugilor celor dr\u00e9pte \u015fi credincioase, cum atunce sc\u0103pase \u015fi fugise den periciune \u015fi iar\u0103\u015fi \u00eentr-ac\u00e9ia dat\u0103 m\u00e9rser\u0103 \u015fi-\u015fi d\u00e9der\u0103 via\u0163a mor\u0163ii, pentru st\u0103p\u00e2nul lor cel drag! Dreptu ac\u00e9ia iaste fericit \u015fi de Dumnezeu \u015fi de oameni, cela ce-\u015fi pune sufletul pentru priiatenul s\u0103u, \u015fi vor avea \u015fi plat\u0103 mai mare de la Dumnezeu c\u00e9ia ce-\u015fi pun capetele pentru st\u0103p\u00e2nii lor. Iar cel ce nu se va nevoi s\u0103 slujasc\u0103 st\u0103p\u00e2nului \u015fi domnului s\u0103u cu credin\u0163\u0103 \u015fi cu dreptate, acela iaste os\u00e2ndit de Dumnezeu. C\u0103 s\u0103 cade omului s\u0103 slujasc\u0103 cu fric\u0103 \u015fi cu cutremur Dumnezeului s\u0103u, c\u0103ruia l-au f\u0103cut \u015fi l-au zidit. A\u015fijderea s\u0103 slujasc\u0103 \u015fi domnu-s\u0103u, c\u0103 iaste zis: \u201eCel ce s\u0103 potrive\u015fte st\u0103p\u00e2nului, acela lui Dumnezeu s\u0103 potrive\u015fte\u201c.<\/p>\n

Dar cine iaste cel ce s\u0103 potriv\u00e9\u015fte st\u0103p\u00e2nului s\u0103u? Iaste cel ce s\u0103 r\u0103dic\u0103 cu ficle\u015fug asupra domnului s\u0103u. \u015ei unul ca acesta s\u0103 \u00eempotrive\u015fte cu Iuda v\u00e2nz\u0103toriul. C\u0103 s\u0103 scul\u0103 Iuda cu nebunie \u015fi cu pizm\u0103 nebuneasc\u0103 \u015fi v\u00e2ndu pre Hristos, st\u0103p\u00e2nul \u015fi Dumnezeul s\u0103u. Drept ac\u00e9ia fu judecat pre dreptate \u015fi pre vina sa, c\u0103 fu lep\u0103dat den ceata apostolilor \u015fi den slava lui Dumnezeu, ca \u015fi diavolul. C\u0103 el \u00eenc\u0103 s\u0103 trufi \u015fi vru s\u0103 fie mai mare dec\u00e2t Dumnezeu care-l f\u0103cuse, \u015fi zise: \u201eM\u00e9rge-voi \u015fi-mi voiu pune scaunul deasupra norilor \u015fi voi fi \u00eentocma lui Dumnezeu\u201c. Pentru ac\u00e9ia s\u0103 f\u0103cu drac \u00eentunecat \u015fi fu lep\u0103dat den ceriu, si-l a\u015ft\u00e9apt\u0103 acum focul gheenii cel nestinsu. A\u015fijderea s\u0103 scul\u0103 Adam, omul cel dint\u00e2i, spre domnie \u015fi spre \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163ie, \u015fi vru s\u0103 fie Dumnezeu pre p\u0103m\u00e2nt, iar el nu fu. C\u0103 de la Dumnezeu s\u0103 d\u0103 \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163iia \u015fi domniia, \u015fi pre p\u0103m\u00e2ntu, \u015fi \u00een ceriu. Pentru ac\u00e9ia fu os\u00e2ndit \u015fi aruncat \u00eentru \u00eentun\u00e9recele iadului, p\u00e2n\u0103 ce veni Hristos, \u015fi fu legat cu leg\u0103turi nedezleg\u0103toare. Iat\u0103 c\u0103 zice c\u0103 au fost \u015fi Adam legat numai p\u00e2n\u0103 la venirea lui Hristos \u015fi os\u00e2ndit \u00een munc\u0103, iar roada lui \u015fi dup\u0103 venirea lui Hristos va fi os\u00e2ndit\u0103 \u015fi aruncat\u0103 \u00een focul cel nestinsu. \u00cens\u0103 carii vor face r\u0103u \u015fi vor umbla denafar\u0103 de l\u00e9ge \u00eenaintea lui Dumnezeu \u015fi \u00eenaintea \u00eemp\u0103ra\u0163ilor \u015fi a domnilor dupre p\u0103m\u00e2nt? Pentru c\u0103 zice Dumnezeu c\u0103tr\u0103 Samuil prorocul: \u201eSuitu-s-au strigarea \u015fi suspinile s\u0103racilor \u00eenaintea mea, deci pas\u0103 \u015fi le pune \u00eemp\u0103rat\u201c. A\u015fijderea zice \u015fi de domni \u015fi de \u00eemp\u0103ra\u0163i, c\u0103 de vor fi ei ale\u015fi \u015fi pu\u015fi de Dumnezeu \u015fi de vor face voile \u015fi poruncile lui cu adev\u0103rat, deacii \u015fi Dumnezeu de-a pururea \u015fi \u00een tot locul va fi cu d\u00e2n\u015fii. \u015ei m\u0103car de le-ar fi toat\u0103 lumea pizma\u015fi \u015fi s\u0103 s\u0103 scoale cu vr\u0103jm\u0103\u015fii \u015fi cu o\u015fti asupra lor, nimic nu le va strica, ci \u00eenc\u0103 mai multu vor a\u0163\u00e2\u0163a m\u00e2niia lui Dumnezeu \u015fi vor aprinde focul cel de v\u00e9ci \u00een capetele lor \u015fi \u00een cestu veac \u015fi \u00een cel ce va s\u0103 fie.<\/p>\n

Pentr-ac\u00e9ia nimini s\u0103 nu \u00eendr\u0103zneasc\u0103, nici slujitoriu, nici \u0163\u0103ran, nici nimeni s\u0103-\u015fi r\u0103dice firea \u015fi g\u00e2ndul, cu me\u015fte\u015fug hiclean, dintru \u00eendemnarea diavolului, spre \u00eemp\u0103ratul \u015fi spre domnul \u015fi st\u0103p\u00e2nul lor. C\u0103 cel ce s\u0103 va ispiti a-\u015fi r\u0103dica m\u00e2na asupra st\u0103p\u00e2nului s\u0103u f\u0103r\u0103 dreptate \u015fi asupra domnului s\u0103u, carele iaste \u00eeng\u0103duitoriu \u015fi unsul lui Hristos Dumnezeu, acela cu adev\u0103rat de prip\u0103 \u00ee\u015fi va aduce m\u00e2niia lui Dumnezeu cea dreapt\u0103 spre nedreptul lui cap, \u015fi urgiia Dumnezeului celui viu s\u0103 va pogor\u00ee pre d\u00e2nsul. C\u0103 \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163iia \u015fi domniia a \u00eemp\u0103ra\u0163ilor \u015fi domnilor, care iaste pre \u00eemp\u0103ra\u0163ii \u015fi domnii cei credincio\u015fi \u015fi drep\u0163i, ac\u00e9ia iaste \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163ie \u015fi domnie cereasc\u0103. \u015ei Domnul, fiiul lui Dumnezeu, va fi lor \u00eemp\u0103rat \u015fi va judeca lumea pre dreptate.<\/p>\n

Dreptu ac\u00e9ia, fie\u015ftec\u0103rui \u00eemp\u0103rat sau domn c\u0103ruia i s\u0103 d\u0103 \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163iia \u015fi domniia, den mila lui Dumnezeu s\u0103 d\u0103 \u015fi s\u0103 trim\u00e9te pre cine-i iaste lui voia. C\u0103 \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163iile \u015fi judec\u0103\u0163ile ale lui Dumnezeu s\u00e2ntu, \u015fi pentru ac\u00e9ia s\u0103 dau \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163iile de la Dumnezeu, ca s\u0103 judece pre oamenii s\u0103i cu dreptate, iar pre cei r\u0103i, carii fac f\u0103rdel\u00e9ge, s\u0103-i judece cu cazn\u0103 \u015fi cu certare. Pentru c\u0103 nimunui, niciodat\u0103, n-au \u00eemp\u0103r\u0163it, nici i-au dat Dumnezeu s\u0103 fac\u0103 lucruri r\u00e9le \u015fi nedr\u00e9pte, nici i-au trimis cugete spurcate, nici \u00een inima nimunui n-au s\u0103dit Dumnezeu cugete \u015fi g\u00e2nduri hicl\u00e9ne. Ce tot cu me\u015fte\u015fugul diavolului s\u0103 a\u0163\u00e2\u0163\u0103 ac\u00e9stea toate. C\u0103 tot diavolul, toate lucrurile c\u00e9le r\u00e9le, cu \u00eendemnarea lui s\u0103 fac, iar nu cu socoteala lui Dumnezeu. C\u0103 de Saul diavolul s\u0103 apropie \u015fi-i a\u0163\u00e2\u0163\u0103 g\u00e2ndu r\u0103u \u015fi-l \u00eendemn\u0103 ca s\u0103 ucid\u0103 pre \u00eemp\u0103ratul \u015fi \u00eeng\u0103duitoriul lui Dumnezeu, pre David. Iar apoi el \u00eensu\u015fi fu ispitit de m\u00e2niia lui Dumnezeu \u015fi s\u0103 l\u0103s\u0103 el \u00eensu\u015fi \u00een \u0163apa lui, \u015fi i se p\u0103trunse inima de arma sa, \u015fi a\u015fa r\u0103u s\u0103 sf\u00e2r\u015fi.<\/p>\n

AICI S-AU SCULAT AVESALOM ASUPRA T\u0102T\u00c2NE-S\u0102U, LUI DAVID<\/h3>\n

Aici s-au sculat a\u015fijderea Avesalom asupra t\u0103t\u00e2ne-s\u0103u, lui David, s\u0103-i ia \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163iia, fiind \u00eendemnat de diavolul. Pentru ac\u00e9ia muri \u015fi el s\u0103getat pren inim\u0103 \u015fi r\u0103u s\u0103 sf\u00e2r\u015fi, cum vei vedea mai nainte scris pre scurt.<\/p>\n

C\u00e2nd vru Avesalom s\u0103 s\u0103 scoale spre \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163ie, el zise c\u0103tr\u0103 Ahitofel, sv\u00e9tnicul s\u0103u cel mare: \u201eSf\u0103tui\u0163i-v\u0103 acum, s\u0103 vedem ce vom face!\u201c. Iar Ahitofel zise: \u201ePas\u0103 d\u0103 te culc\u0103 \u015fi tu cu posadnicile t\u0103t\u00e2ne-t\u0103u, lui David, care le-au l\u0103sat s\u0103-i p\u0103zeasc\u0103 casa, \u015fi vor auzi to\u0163i israilit\u00e9nii c\u0103 \u0163e-ai b\u0103tut joc de d\u00e2nsul \u015fi deacii vor fi cu tine\u201c. Iar Avesalom tinse z\u0103v\u00e9se \u00een divanul cel mare al lui David \u015fi m\u00e9rse de s\u0103 culc\u0103 cu posadnicile t\u0103t\u00e2nes\u0103u \u00eenaintea tuturor israilit\u00e9nilor. C\u0103 a\u015fa era sfatul lui Ahitofel c\u0103tr\u0103 Avesalom mai nainte de David, ca c\u00e2nd ar \u00eentreba cineva de cuv\u00e2ntul lui Dumnezeu. Deacii zise Ahitofel c\u0103tr\u0103 Avesalom: \u201eS\u0103-mi aleg cu mine 12.000 de oameni \u015fi s\u0103 mergu cu d\u00e2n\u015fii la noapte s\u0103 gonescu pre David, p\u00e2n\u0103 \u00eel voi ajunge. Deacii o\u015ftile lui fiind toate ostenite, vor fugi \u015fi s\u0103 vor r\u0103sipi, iar \u00eemp\u0103ratul David va r\u0103m\u00e2nea singur \u015fi-l voi ucide. \u015ei voi \u00eentoarce toate o\u015ftile lui, de vor veni la tine, ca cum s\u0103 \u00eentoarce o nevast\u0103 c\u0103tr\u0103 b\u0103rbatul s\u0103u. C\u0103ci c\u0103 tu numai sufletul lui vei \u015fi pohte\u015fti, iar alal\u0163i oameni vor avea to\u0163i pace. \u015ei pl\u0103cu acestu sfat lui Avesalom \u015fi zise: \u201eChema\u0163i \u015fi pre Husie Arahiin, s\u0103 vedem \u015fi el ce sfat ne va da\u201c. \u015ei deaca-l chemar\u0103 zise Avesalom: \u201eIat\u0103 cum sf\u0103tui Ahitofel; fi-va dup\u0103 sfatul lui \u015fi face-vom dup\u0103 zisa lui, au ba? Zi \u015fi tu cum te pricepi\u201c. Husie Arahiil zise c\u0103tr\u0103 Avesalom; ?Nu iaste bun acest sfat ce au sf\u0103tuit Ahitofel. Crezi, tu bine \u015ftii, c\u0103 tat\u0103-t\u0103u \u015fi to\u0163i oamenii lui suntu to\u0163i vit\u00e9ji buni \u015fi hr\u0103bori la r\u0103zboi, \u015fi d\u00e2rji ca ursoaicele c\u00e9le f\u0103tate, \u015fi ageri ca cerbii. \u015ei tat\u0103-t\u0103u iaste om r\u0103zboinic \u015fi nu-\u015fi va piiarde oamenii s\u0103i a\u015fa lesne. C\u0103 iat\u0103, el acum s\u0103 va fi ascunsu vre \u00eentr-un munte sau vre \u00eentr-un loc cu o\u015ftile lui, \u015fi va fi el \u00een fruntea o\u015ftilor. Deacii, c\u00e2ndu vor ajunge o\u015ftile tale la David, iar\u0103 o\u015ftile lui vor auzi gomot \u015fi g\u00e2lceav\u0103 de la str\u0103ji, \u015fi vor s\u0103ri degrab\u2019 \u015fi vor peri to\u0163i cei ce vor m\u00e9rge s\u0103-l goneasc\u0103 den o\u015ftile tale. \u015ei David are inim\u0103 ca de leu zburdat \u015fi \u015ftie tot Israilul c\u0103 iaste tat\u0103-t\u0103u viteazu \u015fi o\u015ftile c\u00e9le vit\u00e9ze toate suntu cu d\u00e2nsul\u201c. Iar Ahitofel era om iscusit \u015fi chibzuit foarte \u015fi sf\u00e9tnic bun spre toate lucrurile, \u015fi spre c\u00e9le bune \u015fi spre c\u00e9le r\u00e9le. Pentru ac\u00e9ia s\u0103 temea David de me\u015fter\u015fugurile lui \u015fi trimise \u00eentr-ascunsu pre Husie sf\u00e9tnicul s\u0103u iscoad\u0103 la Avesalom, ca s\u0103 strice sfatul lui Ahitofel, cum le \u015fi stric\u0103. C\u0103 zice Scriptura c\u0103, de-au fost sfaturile lui Ahitofel bune \u015fi de izb\u00e2nd\u0103 asupra lui David, iar iat\u0103 c\u0103 s\u0103 stric\u0103, c\u0103 n-au fost acel sfat cu socotin\u0163a lui Dumnezeu, nici cu voia lui. Pentru ac\u00e9ia Dumnezeu \u00eel stric\u0103. C\u0103 iar mai zice Scriptura: Orce sfat ve\u0163i sf\u0103tui, strica-l-va Dumnezeu, de-l ve\u0163i sf\u0103tui r\u0103u\u201c. \u015ei \u201ece ve\u0163i c\u00e9re pre nedreptate, voi nu ve\u0163i lua, c\u0103 a\u0163i cer\u015fut r\u0103u\u201c \u015fi ce cuvinte ve\u0163i vorbi \u015fi ve\u0163i sf\u0103tui, nu vor fi st\u0103t\u0103toare \u00eentru voi. C\u0103 Dumnezeu iaste care d\u0103 sfat spre toate lucrurile c\u00e9le bune, \u015fi acela face \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163iile, \u015fi el pune \u00eemp\u0103ra\u0163i. Pentru ac\u00e9ia pric\u00e9pe\u0163i to\u0163i \u015fi v\u0103 pleca\u0163i, c\u0103 Dumnezeu st\u0103 \u015fi ajut\u0103 robilor \u015f\u0103i \u015fi nimeni nu s\u0103 va putea potrivi slavei lui Dumnezeu. Auzi\u0163i p\u00e2n\u0103 la marginile p\u0103m\u00e2ntului, c\u0103 Dumnezeu iaste cu noi, cu \u00eemp\u0103ra\u0163ii \u015fi cu domnii, carii suntem robii lui cei put\u00e9rnici. Dar pleca\u0163iv\u0103, c\u0103 m\u0103car de-a\u0163i \u015fi avea put\u00e9re, iar Dumnezeu, deaca nu va fi \u00een sfaturile voastre c\u00e9le nedr\u00e9pte, iar ve\u0163i fi ru\u015fina\u0163i \u015fi birui\u0163i. C\u0103 cei ce s\u0103 vor n\u0103d\u0103jdui pre Dumnezeu, ac\u00e9ia nu s\u0103 vor t\u00e9me, nici vor griji de frica voastr\u0103. C\u0103 acela iaste ap\u0103r\u0103tor \u015fi sprijinitoriu celor ce s\u0103 tem de d\u00e2nsul. \u015ei zice c\u0103 cel ce s\u0103 va n\u0103d\u0103jdui spre d\u00e2nsul, el \u00eei va fi \u00eentru sfin\u0163ire, pentru c\u0103 to\u0163i, fie\u015ftecare, cine la ce slujb\u0103 sau cinste va fi r\u00e2nduit \u015fi tocmit de Dumnezeu, \u015fi deaca-\u015fi vor pune cugetele pre d\u00e2nsul \u015fi g\u00e2ndul, \u015fi s\u0103 a\u015ft\u00e9pte cu credin\u0163\u0103 ajutor de la el, sp\u0103sise-va \u015fi s\u0103 va m\u00e2ntui de to\u0163i vr\u0103jma\u015fii lui cei v\u0103zu\u0163i \u015fi cei nev\u0103zu\u0163i. \u015ei mai zice: \u201eN\u0103d\u0103jdui-m\u0103-voi spre d\u00e2nsul, \u015fi pentru d\u00e2nsul m\u0103 voi sp\u0103si\u201c. C\u0103 Dumnezeu cel tare \u015fi cel adev\u0103rat, acela va sp\u0103si pre unsul s\u0103u \u015fi \u00eeng\u0103duitoriul lui den m\u00e2inile tuturora vr\u0103jma\u015filor lui. C\u0103 tot lucrul carele nu-l iub\u00e9\u015fte Dumnezeu, nici \u00eel voia\u015fte, m\u0103car de\u015fi \u00eencepe omul a-l face, tot nu-l sf\u00e2r\u015fa\u015fte, ci cur\u00e2nd \u015fi degrab\u2019 s\u0103 stric\u0103. Pentru ac\u00e9ia, cel ce va s\u0103 fac\u0103 ceva preste voia lui Dumnezeu, el cade \u015fi s\u0103 r\u0103sipe\u015fte \u015fi i s\u0103 zdrobescu oasele \u015fi capul de piatra \u00eempiedec\u0103rii.<\/p>\n

Acum trebue s\u0103 ne apuc\u0103m iar de cuv\u00e2ntul ce am l\u0103sat \u00eenapoi. C\u0103 zice Avesalom \u015fi to\u0163i israilit\u00e9nii: \u201eMai bun iaste sfatul lui Husie dec\u00e2t a lui Ahitofel. \u015ei porunci Dumnezeu s\u0103 s\u0103 strice sfatul a lui Ahitofel, cel bun, ca s\u0103 aduc\u0103 toat\u0103 r\u0103utatea asupra a lui Avesalom. (C\u0103 cum sf\u0103tuise \u015fi zise Ahitofel, a\u015fa vrea fi \u015fi fost. Iar c\u0103ci nu fu cu voia lui Dumnezeu, pentr-ac\u00e9ia-l \u015fi stric\u0103 cu porunca sa.) Iar Ahitofel, deaca v\u0103zu c\u0103 nu l\u0103sar\u0103 pre voia lui, nici s\u0103 umplu sfatul s\u0103u, s\u0103 scul\u0103 \u015fi s\u0103 duse \u00een curtea sa, \u015fi deaca \u00eentr\u0103 \u00een cas\u0103-\u015fi, scoase pre to\u0163i afar\u0103 \u015fi s\u0103 sugrum\u0103 el \u00eensu\u015fi \u015fi muri. \u015ei-l \u00eengropar\u0103 \u00een morm\u00e2ntul t\u0103t\u00e2ne-s\u0103u. Iar David veni \u00een Manaim, iar Avesalom trecu Iordanul denpreun\u0103 cu to\u0163i israilit\u00e9nii.<\/p>\n

Ia aminte acum \u015fi vezi: cel ce s\u0103 scoal\u0103 asupra \u00eemp\u0103ratului \u015fi unsul lui Dumnezeu, f\u0103r\u0103 porunca celui de sus, nu-i va strica nimic, nici \u00eei va face nici un r\u0103u, ci mai v\u00e2rtos \u00ee\u015fi va omor\u00ee sufletul \u015fi \u015fi-l va piiarde.<\/p>\n

\u015ei fu c\u00e2nd s\u0103 apropie ziua s\u0103 s\u0103 loveasc\u0103 o\u015ftile lui David cu ale fie-s\u0103u, lui Avesalom, porunci \u00eemp\u0103ratul David lui Ioav \u015fi lui Aves \u015fi lui Efteev, zic\u00e2nd: \u201eS\u0103 p\u0103zi\u0163i, s\u0103 nu cumva s\u0103 ucide\u0163i pre fie-meu Avesalom!\u201c \u015ei auzi toat\u0103 tab\u0103ra c\u00e2nd zise \u00eemp\u0103ratul domnilor s\u0103 nu omoar\u0103 pre Avesalom, fiiul s\u0103u. \u015ei e\u015fi toat\u0103 tab\u0103ra \u00eentr-o dumbrav\u0103 \u00eempotriva lui Israil \u015fi fu r\u0103zboi \u00een dumbrava lui Efram. \u015ei pierer\u0103 acolea israilit\u00e9nii de o\u015ftile lui David 20.000 de oamini. Deacii s\u0103 r\u0103shirar\u0103 o\u015ftile pre lunc\u0103 \u015fi s\u0103 umplu lunca de oameni t\u0103ia\u0163i, \u015fi fu mai mult\u0103 moarte dec\u00e2t \u00eent\u00e2i. Iar Avesalom fugi de o\u015ftile t\u0103t\u00e2ne-s\u0103u \u015fi-\u015fi apuc\u0103 m\u00e2\u015fcoiul \u015fi \u00eenc\u0103lec\u0103, \u015fi fugea pre lunc\u0103 pentre ni\u015fte copaci de\u015fi. \u015ei, iat\u0103, fugind el a\u015fa, \u00eel apuc\u0103 de p\u0103rul capului o ramur\u0103 de un st\u0103jariu \u015fi m\u00e2\u015fcoiul trecu, iar Avesalom r\u0103mase sp\u00e2nzurat de p\u0103r \u00eentracea ramur\u0103 de st\u0103jariu. Iar o slug\u0103 de-ale lui David \u00eel v\u0103zu sp\u00e2nzur\u00e2nd de acel copaci \u015fi m\u00e9rse de spuse lui Ioav, zic\u00e2nd: \u201eEu am v\u0103zut pre Avesalom sp\u00e2nzurat de p\u0103r de un copaci\u201c. Iar Ioav \u00eei zise: \u201eDar deaca l-ai v\u0103zut, c\u0103ci nu l-ai dat jos \u015fi s\u0103-l fi ucis? Iar eu \u0163e-a\u015f fi dat 50 de sicle de argint \u015fi un br\u00e2u\u201c. Iar sjuga ac\u00e9ia zise: \u201eM\u0103car de mi-ai fi dat \u015fi o mie de sicle de argint, \u00eenc\u0103 nu voi pune m\u00e2na mea pre feciorul \u00eemp\u0103ratului. C\u0103 am auzit c\u0103 au poruncit \u00eemp\u0103ratul \u0163ie \u015fi lui Aves \u015fi lui Efteev, zic\u00e2nd: \u201eS\u0103 p\u0103zi\u0163i, s\u0103 nu ucide\u0163i cumva pre fie-mieu Avesalom!\u201c. Deci nu s\u0103 cade s\u0103 s\u0103 fac\u0103 nedreptate sufletului s\u0103u, c\u0103 nici un lucru nu s\u0103 poate ascunde \u00eenaintea \u00eemp\u0103ratului. Iar tu stai \u00eempotriva lui\u201c. Iar Ioav zise: \u201eIat\u0103, eu voi m\u00e9rge, nu voi sta \u00eenaintea ta\u201c. \u015ei luo Ioav \u00een m\u00e2na sa 3 s\u0103ge\u0163i \u015fi le \u00eenfipse \u00een inima lui Avesalom, \u00eenc\u0103 st\u00e2nd el sp\u00e2nzurat de acel stejar, \u015fi era p\u00e2n\u0103 atuncea tot viu. \u015ei s\u0103 r\u0103pezir\u0103 10 slugi de-ale lui Ioav, care-i purta armele lui, \u015fi-l uciser\u0103 pre Avesalom de-l omor\u00e2r\u0103. \u015ei tr\u00e2mbi\u0163\u0103 Ioav cu tr\u00e2mbi\u0163a, \u015fi s\u0103 \u00eentoarser\u0103 o\u015ftile den goana lui Israil, \u015fi luo Ioav trupul lui Avesalom \u015fi-l arunc\u0103 \u00eentr-o pe\u015fter\u0103 mare.<\/p>\n

Aicea \u00eenc\u0103 s\u0103 umplu cuv\u00e2ntul prorocului, care zise: \u201eS\u0103p\u0103 groap\u0103 omului \u015fi mai v\u00e2rtos \u00eemp\u0103ratului celui drept, \u015fi c\u0103zu el \u00eensu\u015fi \u00een groapa care o f\u0103cuse altuia\u201c.<\/p>\n

Pentru ac\u00e9ia, iubi\u0163ii mei, sunte\u0163i datori \u015fi ni se cade s\u0103 ne ferim de toate pizmele \u015fi mozaviriile \u015fi de alte r\u0103ut\u0103\u0163i, de toate. C\u0103 s\u0103 \u015fti\u0163i cu adev\u0103rat, c\u0103 tot omul, m\u0103car domn, m\u0103car boiar, m\u0103car \u00een\u0163elept, m\u0103car ne\u015ftiut, m\u0103car bogat, m\u0103car s\u0103rac, \u201eori ce va s\u0103m\u0103na, ac\u00e9ia va \u015fi secera\u201c \u015fi cine cum \u00ee\u015fi va lega sarcina, a\u015fa o va \u015fi duce. C\u0103 tot omul din lucrurile sale s\u0103 va \u00eendrepta, \u015fi din lucrurile sale s\u0103 va os\u00e2ndi. Dar lucrurile c\u00e9le bune care sunt? Iaste credin\u0163a, n\u0103d\u00e9jdea \u015fi dragostea, \u015fi a erta gre\u015falele celor ce gre\u015fescu \u015fi pacea lui Dumnezeu, care iaste leg\u0103tura cea des\u0103v\u00e2r\u015fit\u0103, denpreun\u0103 cu alte bun\u0103t\u0103\u0163i, cu toate. Dar lucrurile c\u00e9le r\u00e9le sunt ac\u00e9stea: curviia, necur\u0103\u0163iia, ficle\u015fugul \u015fi a nu erta gre\u015falele vecinilor, \u015fi cine s\u0103 m\u00e2nie \u00een zadar \u015fi pentru nimic, care iaste leg\u0103tura \u00eenf\u0103\u015fur\u0103rii vrajbii \u015fi a altor r\u0103ut\u0103\u0163i, a tuturora. C\u0103 ac\u00e9stea au \u00eenv\u0103\u0163at Dumnezeu \u00een Sf\u00e2nta Evanghelie \u015fi au zis: \u201eDe ve\u0163i erta oamenilor gre\u015falele lor, \u015fi voao v\u0103 va erta tat\u0103l vostru cel cerescu, iar de nu ve\u0163i erta oamenilor gre\u015falele lor, nici tat\u0103l vostru cel cerescu nu va erta gre\u015falele voastre\u201c. Dar, de vr\u00e9me ce au poruncit Dumnezeu s\u0103 s\u0103 iarte gre\u015falele celor ci au gre\u015fit, dar cu c\u00e2t mai v\u00e2rtos s\u0103 fie erta\u0163i cei nevinova\u0163i \u015fi s\u0103 n-aib\u0103 nici o \u00eenv\u0103luial\u0103, nici s\u0103 aib\u0103 m\u00e2inie \u015fi pizm\u0103 cineva pre altul pentru lucru di nimic, \u015fi mai ales pre \u00eemp\u0103ratul \u015fi pre domnul s\u0103u. Acela ce judecat\u0103 va s\u0103 aib\u0103, sau ce r\u0103spunsu \u015fi a ce muncit\u0103 munc\u0103, \u015fi mai cumplit\u0103 va fi vinovat unul ca acela?<\/p>\n

Dreptu ac\u00e9ia, s\u0103 cade s\u0103 ar\u0103t\u0103m \u015fi s\u0103 spunem mai ales \u015fi mai chiar dragostei voastre c\u00e9le ce au zis Dumnezeu. C\u0103 Petru zise: \u201eDoamne, dar de c\u00e2te ori, deaca-mi va gre\u015fi fratele mieu, \u00eel voi erta, au doar de 7 ori?\u201c. Iar Iisus zise lui: \u201eNu-\u0163i zic \u0163ie de 7 ori, ci de 70 de ori c\u00e2te 7 ori\u201c. Drept ac\u00e9ia, aseam\u0103n\u0103 \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163iia ceriului cu un \u00eemp\u0103rat care vrea s\u0103-\u015fi ia seama cu datornicii. Deacii, cum \u00eencepu a socoti \u015fi a-\u015fi lua seama, iat\u0103 aduser\u0103 la d\u00e2nsul un datornic, care era datoriu un \u00eentun\u00e9rec de talan\u0163i \u015fi, neav\u00e2nd de unde s\u0103-i dea, porunci \u00eemp\u0103ratul s\u0103-l v\u00e2nz\u0103 \u015fi pre el, \u015fi pre muiarea lui, \u015fi pre copiii lui, \u015fi alt tot ce va fi av\u00e2nd. Iar acel rob datoriu c\u0103zu la picioarele lui \u015fi-i zise: \u201eDoamne, a\u015fteapt\u0103-m\u0103 \u015fi-\u0163i voiu pl\u0103ti tot\u201c. Deacii \u00eemp\u0103ratului acela i s\u0103 f\u0103cu mil\u0103 de acel rob \u015fi-l l\u0103s\u0103 \u015fi \u00eenc\u0103-i erta\u0103 \u015fi datoriia toat\u0103. Iar robul acela, deaca e\u015fi afar\u0103, afl\u0103 pre un vecin al lui, care-i era datoriu 100 de bani \u015fi-l apuc\u0103 de-l sugrum\u0103, zic\u00e2ndu-i: \u201ePl\u0103te\u015fte-mi ce-mi e\u015fti datoriu\u201c. Iar vecinul lui c\u0103zu la picioarele lui \u015fi i se ruga, zic\u00e2nd: \u201eA\u015fteapt\u0103-m\u0103, c\u0103-\u0163i voi pl\u0103ti tot\u201c. Iar el nu vru, ci-l duse de-l b\u0103g\u0103 \u00een temni\u0163\u0103, p\u00e2n\u0103 s\u0103 va pl\u0103ti de datorie. Iar so\u0163iile lui, v\u0103z\u00e2nd ac\u00e9lea ce fur\u0103, s\u0103 \u00eentristar\u0103 foarte \u015fi m\u00e9rser\u0103 de spuser\u0103 st\u0103p\u00e2n\u0103-s\u0103u toate c\u00e2te fur\u0103. Atuncea chem\u0103 pre d\u00e2nsul domnu s\u0103u \u015fi-i zise: \u201eSlug\u0103 hiclean\u0103, eu toat\u0103 datoriia \u0163e-am ertat, c\u0103ci m-ai rugat, dar \u0163ie nu \u0163i s\u0103 c\u0103dea s\u0103-\u0163i fie mil\u0103 de vecinul t\u0103u, cum \u00eemi fu mie mil\u0103 de tine?\u201c \u015ei s\u0103 m\u00e2nie pre d\u00e2nsul domnu-s\u0103u \u015fi-l d\u00e9de arma\u015filor, p\u00e2n\u0103 va pl\u0103ti toat\u0103 datoriia. A\u015fa \u015fi tat\u0103l mieu cel cerescu va face voao, de nu ve\u0163i erta fie\u015ftecarele fratelui s\u0103u din inimile voastre gre\u015falele lor. Priveghea\u0163i dar, c\u0103 nu \u015fti\u0163i \u00een ce ceas va veni Domnul nostru. \u015ei s\u0103 \u015fti\u0163i \u015fi aceasta, c\u0103 de-ar fi \u015ftiut st\u0103p\u00e2nul casei ce \u00een vr\u00e9me va veni furul, ar fi priveghiiat \u015fi n-ar fi l\u0103sat s\u0103-i sape casa. Pentr-ac\u00e9ia fi\u0163i gata \u015fi voi, c\u0103 \u00eentr-acela ceas va veni fiiul omenescu, \u00een care voi nu v\u0103 ve\u0163i n\u0103d\u0103jdui. C\u0103 mul\u0163i sunt chema\u0163i, iar pu\u0163ini ale\u015fi.<\/p>\n

PILD\u0102 DIN EVANGHELIE<\/h3>\n

Un \u00eemp\u0103rat f\u0103cu nunt\u0103 fiiului s\u0103u \u015fi trim\u00e9se slugile sale s\u0103 ch\u00e9me chema\u0163ii la nunt\u0103. T\u00e2lcul<\/em>: Chema\u0163ii, ac\u00e9ia sunt ovr\u00e9ii, pre carii i-au chemat Dumnezeu \u00eent\u00e2i cu prorocii, iar dup\u0103 ac\u00e9ia veni \u00eensu\u015fi Dumnezeu la d\u00e2n\u015fii, iar ei, fiind neam r\u0103u \u015fi nemul\u0163umitoriu, nu pohtir\u0103, nici voir\u0103 mila milelor lui Dumnezeu, ci mai mult \u00eenc\u0103 \u00eei f\u0103cur\u0103 \u00een ponci\u015f \u015fi \u00eempotriv\u0103. C\u0103 pe proroci \u00eei uciser\u0103, iar pre \u00eemp\u0103ratul tuturor \u015fi Dumnezeul m\u00e2ntuirii noastre, Iisus Hristos, \u00eel r\u0103stignir\u0103 pre cruce \u015fi-l \u00eempunser\u0103 cu suli\u0163a \u00een coaste \u015fi-l d\u00e9der\u0103 mor\u0163ii \u015fi \u00eengrop\u0103rii. Iar el cu put\u00e9rea lui \u00eenvie a treia zi, ca un Dumnezeu, \u015fi dup\u0103 40 de zile s-au \u00een\u0103l\u0163at la ceriu la tat\u0103l, de unde s\u0103 \u015fi pogor\u00ee pentru mila cea mult\u0103 ce avu c\u0103tr\u0103 noi. Iar ovr\u00e9ii cei ce fur\u0103 chema\u0163i, nu fur\u0103 harnici, nici vr\u00e9dnici nuntei \u015fi c\u0103m\u0103r\u0103i cei cere\u015fti. Iar \u00een vr\u00e9mea \u00een\u0103l\u0163\u0103rii Domnului, trimise pre sfin\u0163ii s\u0103i ucenici \u015fi apostoli zic\u00e2nd: \u201eP\u0103sa\u0163i pre la r\u0103sp\u00e2ntii \u2014 cum ai zice pren toate locurile \u015fi prin toate laturile \u015fi prin toat\u0103 lumea \u2014, s\u0103 chema\u0163i pre cei \u015fchiopi, pre cei r\u0103i \u015fi pre cei buni\u201c, care sunt toate limbile, care era \u00eempiedeca\u0163i de diavolul. \u015echiopii \u015fi strica\u0163ii sunt cei striina\u0163i de credin\u0163a cea adev\u0103rat\u0103 \u015fi de la Dumnezeu care i-au f\u0103cut. \u015ei venir\u0103 toate limbile la nunt\u0103 \u015fi \u00eentrar\u0103 \u015fi \u00een c\u0103mara ginerelui \u015fi \u00een avu\u0163iia \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163iei ceriului, cu credin\u0163a \u015fi cu botezul. Deacii, dup\u0103 ce \u00eentr\u0103m la nunt\u0103 \u015fi ne botez\u0103m, noi iar\u0103 ne-am \u00eempu\u0163it \u015fi ne-am spurcat haina noastr\u0103 cea sufleteasc\u0103, carea ne-a o \u0163esut Dumnezeu, iar nu om, \u015fi ne-au albit \u015fi ne-au sfin\u0163it den na\u015fterea noastr\u0103, cu ap\u0103 \u015fi cu trimiterea sf\u00e2ntului duh. Iar c\u00e2nd \u00eentr\u0103 s\u0103 vaz\u0103 pre cei ce \u015f\u0103dea la a doao \u015fi \u00eenfrico\u015fata lui venire, iat\u0103 v\u0103zu un om care-\u015fi spurcase haina sa cu curvii \u015fi cu ucideri, cu be\u0163ii \u015fi cu l\u0103comii \u015fi iubire de avu\u0163ie \u015fi cu alte lucruri r\u00e9le, cu multe \u015fi cu nedrept\u0103\u0163i, \u015fi-i zise: \u201ePriiatene (dar c\u0103ci \u00eei zise \u201epriiatene\u201c, pentru c\u0103 priiateni \u015fi fiii lui Dumnezeu ne-am chemat), cum ai \u00eendr\u0103znit de ai \u00eentrat \u015fi \u015f\u0103zi \u00eenaintea mea cu haine spurcate \u015fi \u00eempu\u0163ite? Pentru ce n-ai p\u0103zit r\u00e2nduiala botezului \u00een cur\u0103\u0163ie, ci cu viia\u0163a \u015fi cu traiul t\u0103u cel dobitocescu \u0163e-ai spurcat haina ta, care o am cur\u0103\u0163it \u015fi o am albit, mai v\u00e2rtos dec\u00e2t toate frumuse\u0163ile lumii, \u015fi \u0163i-o-am d\u0103ruit \u0163ie, ca s\u0103 \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163e\u015fti pentru d\u00e2nsa cu mine \u00een bucuriia \u015fi veseliia cea nespus\u0103 \u015fi negr\u0103it\u0103\u201c\u201c Iar el t\u0103cu, c\u0103 nu avea lucru de-a \u00eendr\u0103zni \u015fi s\u0103 gr\u0103iasc\u0103, c\u0103-\u015fi spurcase haina credin\u0163ei \u015fi a botezului, cu spurc\u0103ciunea spurc\u0103ciunilor. O, ce amar \u015fi ce nevoe \u015fi ce greutate va fi atunci \u00een v\u00e9ci netrecu\u0163i \u015fi f\u0103r’ de sf\u00e2r\u015fit, celor ce-\u015fi vor fi spurcat haina botezului s\u0103u! Iar celor ce s\u0103 vor hi nevoit, de-\u015fi vor fi p\u0103zit haina botezului, \u00een credin\u0163a cea mare \u015fi \u00een cur\u0103\u0163iia cea \u00eentreag\u0103, o, ce bine \u015fi ce bucurie \u00eei va \u00eent\u00e2mpina! C\u0103 zice Zlatoust, c\u0103 vor avea \u00eendr\u0103zneal\u0103 mare. Iar de va zice cineva c\u0103 n-au fost atunci chema\u0163ii cei din limbi, c\u0103 pre atuncea n-au fost apostolii b\u0103tu\u0163i \u015fi c\u0103zni\u0163i cu \u00eentun\u00e9rece de cazne, ci dup\u0103 \u00eenviiare, atunci p\u0103timir\u0103, c\u0103 atunci zise lor: \u201eP\u0103sa\u0163i de \u00eenv\u0103\u0163a\u0163i toate limbile?, iar noi s\u0103 r\u0103spundem \u015fi s\u0103 zicem c\u0103 \u015fi mai-nainte de r\u0103stignire, \u015fi dup\u0103 r\u0103stignire i-au trimis \u015fi i-au \u00eenv\u0103\u0163at. C\u0103 mai \u00eenainte de r\u0103stignire i-au trimis \u015fi au zis: \u201eP\u0103sa\u0163i c\u0103tr\u0103 oile c\u00e9le pierdute ale casei lui Israil!? A\u015fijderea \u015fi dup\u0103 r\u0103stignire nu conteni, ci le porunci s\u0103 \u00eenve\u0163e \u015fi ei. \u015ei m\u0103car de le \u015fi zise s\u0103 \u00eenv\u00e9\u0163e toate limbile, iar le ar\u0103t\u0103 aiave c\u0103 va s\u0103 s\u0103 \u00eenal\u0163e \u00een ceriu, ca s\u0103 gr\u0103iasc\u0103 \u015fi s\u0103 m\u0103rturiseasc\u0103 de d\u00e2n\u015fii \u00eent\u00e2i \u015fi le zise: \u201eLua\u0163i put\u00e9rea duhului sf\u00e2nt, carea s-au pogor\u00e2t spre voi, \u015fi s\u0103-mi fi\u0163i m\u0103rturisitori \u00een Ierusalim \u015fi \u00een toat\u0103 Iudea \u015fi p\u00e2n\u2019 la marginile p\u0103m\u00e2ntului\u201c. A\u015fijderea zice Pavel: \u201eCel ce au f\u0103cut pre Petru \u00eentru apostoliia obrezaniei, acela au f\u0103cut \u015fi pre mine \u00een apostoliia limbilor\u201c. Pentru ac\u00e9ia, \u015fi apostolii s\u0103 pornir\u0103 \u015fi m\u00e9rser\u0103 la ovr\u00e9i \u015fi l\u0103cuir\u0103 \u00een Ierusalim mult\u0103 vr\u00e9me. Deacii, deaca-i gonir\u0103, ei atuncea s\u0103 r\u0103sipir\u0103 \u015fi s\u0103 sem\u0103nar\u0103 pen toate limbile. Iar socote\u015fte \u015fi vezi \u015fi aici iubirea cea de cinste. C\u0103 zise: \u201eC\u00e2\u0163i ve\u0163i afla la r\u0103sp\u00e2ntii, chema\u0163i-i la nunt\u0103\u201c. C\u0103 aceast\u0103 zicere ce o zis\u00e9se mai nainte ovr\u00e9ilor, \u015fi elinilor zis\u00e9se. C\u0103 mul\u0163i elini l\u0103cuia cu ovr\u00e9ii, ce di\u015fi l\u0103cuia, iar tot \u00eei hiclenea \u015fi-i mozavirea, cum \u015fi Pavel gr\u0103ia\u015fte \u00een pild\u0103 \u015fi zice: \u201eCu nevoe era s\u0103 s\u0103 m\u0103rturiseasc\u0103 \u00eent\u00e2i voao cuv\u00e2ntul lui Dumnezeu; iar pentru c\u0103ci a\u0163i judecat pre cei nevr\u00e9dnici, iat\u0103 noi ne vom \u00eentoarce \u00een limbi\u201c. Pentru ac\u00e9ia \u015fi singur zise: \u201eNunta iaste gata, iar nunta\u015fii nu fur\u0103 vr\u00e9dnici\u201c. Aceasta s-au c\u0103zut mai nainte de aceasta, c\u0103 \u015ftiia c\u0103 pre nici unii n-au l\u0103sat m\u0103car pentru fie\u015ftece lucru ne\u00eenv\u0103\u0163a\u0163i cu bl\u00e2nd\u00e9\u0163e. Iat\u0103, veni el \u00eensu\u015fi, apoi trim\u00e9se \u015fi solii s\u0103i, \u015fi cu aceasta lor le \u00eengr\u0103de\u015fte \u015fi le astup\u0103 gurile, iar pre noi ne \u00eenva\u0163\u0103 ca s\u0103 umplem toate ale sale. C\u0103, pentru c\u0103ci nu fur\u0103 vr\u00e9dnici, pentr-ac\u00e9ia zise: \u201eP\u0103sa\u0163i pre la r\u0103sp\u00e2ntii \u015fi ori pre cine ve\u0163i afla, chema\u0163i, m\u0103car de s\u0103 vor \u00eent\u00e2mpla \u015fi de cei goni\u0163i\u201c. Iat\u0103 c\u0103 gr\u0103i \u00een\u0103l\u0163at \u015fi smerit, c\u0103 zise c\u0103 \u201ecurvarii \u015fi vame\u015fii vor mo\u015fteni ceriul\u201c \u015fi \u201evor fi cei de apoi \u00eent\u00e2iu \u015fi cei dint\u00e2i apoi\u201c. Arat\u0103 c\u0103 aceasta iaste pre dreptu \u015fi dec\u00e2t pre to\u0163i mai \u00eempunge pre ovr\u00e9i \u015fi-i apropie c\u0103tr\u0103 zbierarea cea cumplit\u0103, \u00eentru care pre d\u00e2n\u015fii vor s\u0103 s\u0103 duc\u0103 mai groaznic dec\u00e2t toate limbile.<\/p>\n

Iar nimenelea s\u0103 nu s\u0103 n\u0103d\u0103jduiasc\u0103 numai \u00een credin\u0163\u0103, \u015fi din credin\u0163\u0103 s\u0103 le gr\u0103iasc\u0103, iar lucruri s\u0103 aib\u0103 r\u00e9le \u015fi hicl\u00e9ne, c\u0103ci iaste din d\u0103stul numai a aduce ovr\u00e9ii den necredin\u0163\u0103 \u00een credin\u0163\u0103. Ci, deaca-i vei \u00eencredin\u0163a, s\u0103-i p\u0103ze\u015fti \u015fi \u00een via\u0163\u0103 \u015fi \u00een traiu bun. C\u0103 \u00eembr\u0103carea iaste via\u0163a, iar lucrul iaste chemarea milei. Dar pentru ce \u00eentreab\u0103 cu de-adinsul, c\u0103 a chema pre necredincio\u015fi \u015fi a-i cur\u0103\u0163i nu iaste aceasta den d\u0103stoinicie \u015fi din vr\u00e9dnicie, iar a p\u0103zi \u015fi a \u00eendemna pre cei chema\u0163i \u015fi cur\u0103\u0163i\u0163i s\u0103 petreac\u0103 \u00een ce au fost chema\u0163i \u015fi \u00eembr\u0103ca\u0163i, ac\u00e9ia nu iaste din destoinicie \u015fi din vr\u00e9dnicie, ci iaste din bun\u0103tate. C\u0103 s\u0103 c\u0103dea mila \u015fi bun\u0103tatea s\u0103 s\u0103 \u00eentoarc\u0103 cu plat\u0103. Iar s\u0103 nu ar\u0103\u0163i dup\u0103 cinste hicle\u015fug, c\u0103 zice c\u0103 n-ai luat ca ovr\u00e9ii, ci ai luat bun\u0103t\u0103\u0163i mai multe \u015fi mai \u00eembog\u0103t\u0103\u0163ite. C\u0103 c\u00e9le ce s\u0103 g\u0103tea lor \u00een toat\u0103 vr\u00e9mea, iar tu, fiind nevr\u00e9dnic, le-ai luat. Pentru ac\u00e9ia gr\u0103ia\u015fte \u015fi fericitul Pavel: \u201eLimbilor, l\u0103uda\u0163i pre Dumnezeu pentru mila sa, c\u0103 c\u00e9le ce era f\u0103g\u0103duite lor, ac\u00e9lea le-a\u0163i luat voi\u201c. Pentru ac\u00e9ia, mult\u0103 judecat\u0103 \u015fi os\u00e2nd\u0103 va s\u0103 fie celor lenevo\u015fi, c\u0103 cum fur\u0103 ac\u00e9ia oc\u0103r\u00e2\u0163i \u015fi batjocor\u00e2\u0163i, c\u0103ci n-au venit, a\u015fa vei fi \u015fi tu, deaca vei vie\u0163ui viia\u0163\u0103 rea \u015fi sc\u00e2rnav\u0103. C\u0103 cel ce \u00eentr\u0103 \u00eembr\u0103cat cu haine spurcate, semneaz\u0103 cela ce moare \u00een traiu sc\u00e2rnav \u015fi necurat. Pentru ac\u00e9ia zice c\u0103 t\u0103cu.<\/p>\n

Vezi c\u0103, de s\u0103 \u015fi \u015ftie omul cel p\u0103c\u0103tos c\u0103 au f\u0103cut lucruri r\u00e9le \u015fi grozave \u00een via\u0163a lui, iar tot nu va fi muncit p\u00e2n\u0103 nu se va judeca. Iar deaca s\u0103 va judeca, deacii \u00eel vor cuprinde muncile c\u00e9le ne\u015ftiute. \u015ei s\u0103 nu g\u00e2nde\u015fti c\u0103-i va fi munca numai at\u00e2ta, numai c\u00e2t va fi dus \u00een ni\u015fte locuri \u00eentunecate, ci va fi acolo pl\u00e2ngere f\u0103r\u0103 m\u00e2ng\u00e2iare \u015fi scr\u00e2\u015fnire de din\u0163i. \u015ei aceasta s\u0103 chiiam\u0103 durerile \u015fi ranele c\u00e9le nevindec\u0103toare, \u015fi c\u00e9le ce nu iaste putin\u0163\u0103 de-a le r\u0103bda. Auzi\u0163i, cei ce a\u0163i f\u0103cut tainele ascunse \u015fi a\u0163i venit la nunt\u0103 \u015fi v-a\u0163i \u00eembr\u0103cat sufletele cu haine spurcate, auzi\u0163i, de unde a\u0163i fost chema\u0163i: de la r\u0103sp\u00e2ntii! Dar ce va s\u0103 fie, \u015fchiopii \u015fi cii cu sufletele bet\u00e9ge? Iaste c\u00e9ia ce \u015f-au spurcat sufletele cu voirile \u015fi cu pohtele trupe\u015fti. Deci acum v\u0103 ru\u015fina\u0163i de dragostea celui ce v-au chemat, care o are c\u0103tr\u0103 oameni, \u015fi nimeni s\u0103 nu umble \u00een hainile c\u00e9le spurcate, ci fie\u015ftecarele dintru voi s\u0103 cugete \u015fi s\u0103 bage seama de haina cea sufleteasc\u0103.<\/p>\n

Asculta\u0163i, b\u0103rba\u0163ilor, asculta\u0163i, muerilor, asculta\u0163i, \u00eemp\u0103ra\u0163ilor, asculta\u0163i, \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103t\u00e9selor, asculta\u0163i, boiari, asculta\u0163i, jup\u00e2n\u00e9selor, asculta\u0163i, toat\u0103 v\u00e2rsta \u015fi toate r\u00e2nduialeli, b\u0103tr\u00e2nii \u015fi tinerii, b\u0103tr\u00e2nele \u015fi c\u00e9le tinere; c\u0103 nici de un folos nu v\u0103 sunt hainele c\u00e9le lucii du pre denafar\u0103, cu c\u00e9le denl\u0103untru, ac\u00e9lea sunt de folos \u015fi de treab\u0103. C\u0103 p\u00e2n\u2019 vor fi \u00eengrija\u0163i \u015fi vor purta pre denafar\u0103 haine lucii \u015fi frumoase, cu nevoe ne vom \u00eembr\u0103ca sufletele cu hainele neputrejunii! C\u0103 nu iaste put\u00e9re s\u0103-\u015fi \u00eempodobeasc\u0103 cineva \u015fi trupul \u015fi sufletul, nici va putea s\u0103 slujasc\u0103 cineva \u015fi lui Hristos, \u015fi diavolului, tot bine. Deci iani s\u0103 lep\u0103d\u0103m aceast\u0103 munc\u0103 cumplit\u0103, c\u0103 nimeni nu \u015f-ar \u00eempodobi casele cu p\u0103r\u0103tare \u015fi \u00eentr-alte chipuri poleite, iar s\u0103 mearg\u0103 \u015fi s\u0103 \u015faz\u0103 cu robii s\u0103i \u00eembr\u0103cat \u00een ni\u015fte f\u00e9rfeni\u0163e r\u00e9le. Iar tu, iat\u0103 c\u0103 faci \u015fi e\u015fti a\u015fa; c\u0103 casele sufletului t\u0103u s\u0103 cheam\u0103 trupul, care-l \u00eenfrumsi\u0163ezi cu multe \u00eembr\u0103c\u0103minte frumoase, iar pre suflet tu \u00eel la\u015fi de zace \u00eentr-o f\u00e9rfeni\u0163\u0103 rea acoperit. Dar nu \u015ftii c\u0103 s\u0103 cade s\u0103 s\u0103 \u00eempodobeasc\u0103 mai frumos \u00eemp\u0103ratul dec\u00e2t cetatea? C\u0103 cetatea o \u00eempodob\u00e9\u015fte cu zav\u00e9se de in sup\u0163iri \u015fi cusute, iar \u00eemp\u0103ratul s\u0103 \u00eempodob\u00e9\u015fte cu caftanuri frumoase \u015fi cu corune. A\u015fa \u015fi tu, trupul s\u0103 \u0163i-l \u00eembraci \u00een haine slabe \u015fi proaste, iar mintea \u0163i-o \u00eembrac\u0103 \u00een haine \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103te\u015fti \u015fi o \u00eempodob\u00e9\u015fte cu corun\u0103, \u015fi \u015f\u0103zi \u00een car\u00e2t\u0103 nalt\u0103 \u015fi luminat\u0103. Iat\u0103, tu acum faci \u00eempotriv\u0103 \u015fi \u00een ponci\u015f, c\u0103 cetatea, adec\u0103 trupul, tu \u0163i-l \u00eempodob\u00e9\u015fti cu multe feliuri de haine, iar pre \u00eemp\u0103ratul, adec\u0103 mintea, \u0163i-o la\u015fi legat\u0103 de s\u0103 t\u00e2ra\u015fte spre patimile \u015fi lucrurile c\u00e9le nebune \u015fi dobitoce\u015fti. Dar nu cuge\u0163i c\u0103 ai fost chemat la nunt\u0103, \u015fi nunta au fost a lui Dumnezeu, \u015fi nu chibzue\u015fti c\u0103 \u00een c\u0103m\u0103r\u0103le lui vor s\u0103 \u00eentre toate sufletele \u00eembr\u0103cate \u00een haine lucii \u015fi cu ran\u0163uri de aur \u00eempodobite.<\/p>\n

Iar di-\u0163i iaste voia s\u0103-\u0163i spuiu carii au fost \u00eembr\u0103ca\u0163i a\u015fa \u015fi carii au fost \u00eempodobi\u0163i cu podoabe care s\u0103 c\u0103dea la nunt\u0103, adu-\u0163i aminte de cei sfin\u0163i ce v-am pomenit mai \u00eent\u00e2i, de multe ori, carii au avut haine de p\u0103r \u015fi au l\u0103cuit pren pustii. Ac\u00e9ia sunt c\u00e9ia ce au fost \u00eempodobi\u0163i \u015fi \u00eenfrumsi\u0163a\u0163i la acea nunt\u0103 cu haine \u015fi cu podoabe ca ac\u00e9lea. C\u0103rora de li s-ar fi dat c\u00e2te haine de scumpe \u015fi de multe, n-ar fi vrut s\u0103 le ia. Ci, ca c\u00e2nd ar zice cineva unui \u00eemp\u0103rat s\u0103 s\u0103 \u00eembrace cu ni\u015fte p\u00e9tece r\u00e9le \u015fi f\u0103rimate ale unui s\u0103rac, iar el s-ar m\u00e2niia pentru ac\u00e9le f\u00e9rfeni\u0163e, a\u015fijderea \u015fi ac\u00e9ia n-ar fi b\u0103gat seama de caftanele c\u00e9le \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103te\u015fti, nici ar fi avut nici o grij\u0103 de d\u00e2nsele, f\u0103r’ numai ce ar fi avut socoteal\u0103 tot de haina bun\u0103t\u0103\u0163ilor lor. Pentr-ac\u00e9ia n-ar fi b\u0103gat \u00een seam\u0103 caftaneli \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103te\u015fti, ca pre ni\u015fte p\u0103ianjini, \u015fi ar fi zis c\u0103 suntu ni\u015fte z\u0103blae rupte \u015fi r\u00e9le. C\u0103 la acel \u00eemp\u0103rat mare \u015fi minunat, ce au f\u0103cut nunta, sunt alte podoabe, mai frumoase \u015fi mai luminate dec\u00e2t acestor de acum. \u015ei numai de \u0163e-ai putea d\u0103\u015fchide u\u015fa min\u0163ii s\u0103 vezi cugetele \u015fi sufletele lor \u015fi \u00eempodobirile lor c\u00e9le dinl\u0103untru, tu ai c\u0103dea jos pre p\u0103m\u00e2ntu, c\u0103 n-ai putea r\u0103bda s\u0103 vezi frumuse\u0163ea sufletelor lor \u015fi lumina \u015fi str\u0103lucirea hainelor, care str\u0103lucescu mai luminos dec\u00e2t fulgerul.<\/p>\n

Iat\u0103 c\u0103 vom s\u0103 zicem \u015fi de b\u0103rba\u0163ii cei de d\u0103mult, carii au fost minuna\u0163i, iar au \u015fi s\u0103 duc pildele lor c\u0103tr\u0103 lucruri gr\u00e9le \u015fi multe. Drept ac\u00e9ia, v\u0103 duc c\u0103tr\u0103 umbl\u0103rile acelor sfin\u0163i, c\u0103 n-au nici un lucru r\u0103u de \u00eentrist\u0103ciune, ci ca c\u00e2nd \u015f-ar r\u0103dica corturi \u00een ceriu, a\u015fa s-au s\u0103l\u0103\u015fluit de d\u0103parte. Cei ce au p\u0103timit greutate \u00eentr-aceast\u0103 lume \u015fi s-au nevoit cu osten\u00e9le c\u0103tr\u0103 d\u00e2nsul, pentru ac\u00e9ia \u015f-au \u015fi f\u0103cut case \u00een ceriu, c\u0103 au fugit din ora\u015f \u015fi din cet\u0103\u0163i \u015fi din case. C\u0103 cel ce va s\u0103 s\u0103 nevoiasc\u0103 cu totul c\u0103tr\u0103 Dumnezeu, nu-i iaste s\u0103 \u015faz\u0103 \u00een case, ce i s\u0103 cade s\u0103 l\u0103cuiasc\u0103 \u00een case mut\u0103toare, ca cela ce va s\u0103 s\u0103 mute dintr-o gazd\u0103. Deci c\u00e2\u0163i petrec \u015fi vie\u0163uescu a\u015fa, tot \u00een ponci\u015f \u015fi \u00eempotriva noastr\u0103 l\u0103cuescu, c\u0103ci c\u0103 noi nu vie\u0163uim ca \u00eentr-o oaste, ci vie\u0163uim ca \u00eentr-o cetate, cu pace. Dar cine \u015f-au f\u0103cut vreodat\u0103 case de piiatr\u0103 \u00een tab\u0103r\u0103, \u015ftiind c\u0103 cur\u00e2nd \u015fi preste pu\u0163inea vr\u00e9me iar\u0103\u015fi va s\u0103 le p\u0103r\u0103seasc\u0103? Nimeni n-au f\u0103cut a\u015fa, ce m\u0103car de ar \u015fi \u00eenc\u00e9pe ceva s\u0103 fac\u0103 a\u015fa, acela ca un v\u00e2nz\u0103toriu s\u0103 va ucide. Sau cine ar cump\u0103ra m\u0103car o mil\u0103 de loc \u00een vr\u00e9mea r\u0103zboiului \u015fi s\u0103-\u015fi fac\u0103 cur\u0163i pre d\u00e2nsa? Nimeni nu va face a\u015fa. C\u0103 de ar \u015fi cugeta cineva s\u0103 fac\u0103 a\u015fa, \u00eenc\u0103 i-ar zice al\u0163ii: \u201eVenit-ai la r\u0103zboiu, iar n-ai venit la nego\u0163! Dar c\u0103ci te nevoe\u015fti cu dor \u015fi cu poht\u0103 de acest loc, care preste pu\u0163inea vr\u00e9me vei s\u0103-l p\u0103r\u0103se\u015fti? Las\u0103, deaca vom m\u00e9rge la mo\u015fiia noastr\u0103, deacii vei face aceasta acolo!\u201c Aceasta-\u0163i gr\u0103escu eu acum, f\u0103tul mieu: c\u00e2nd vom m\u00e9rge \u00een cetatea Ierusalimului celui de sus, acolo vei face aceasta, ce \u00eens\u0103 acolo nu iaste nici o nevoin\u0163\u0103 \u015fi nici o osteneal\u0103, c\u0103 acel \u00eemp\u0103rat minunat \u015fi put\u00e9rnic le va face toate. Iar \u015fi aici ajunge a l\u0103cui \u00eentr-un zemnic \u015fi \u00eengr\u0103dit cu un g\u0103rdicel, iar a face cet\u0103\u0163i \u015fi case de piatr\u0103 nici de un folos nu sunt. Auzi cum l\u0103cuescu t\u0103tarii \u00een case f\u0103cute pre roate, \u015fi l\u0103ca\u015ful lor iaste f\u0103cut tot ca al unor p\u0103stori. A\u015fa s\u0103 cade s\u0103 l\u0103cuiasc\u0103 \u015fi cre\u015ftinii, s\u0103 \u00eencungiure toat\u0103 lumea lupt\u00e2ndu-se cu diavolul, \u015fi s\u0103-i izb\u0103veasc\u0103 pre cei robi\u0163i \u015fi supu\u015fi de diavolul \u015fi pre cei ce sunt \u0163inu\u0163i de diavolul \u015fi de toate ale lui, s\u0103 s\u0103 schimbe. C\u0103 ac\u00e9ia, deaca-\u015fi fac colibi \u015fi deaca vor s\u0103 le p\u0103r\u0103seasc\u0103, ei le p\u0103r\u0103sescu, ca cum ar l\u0103sa osta\u015fii oastea cu pace, \u015fi ac\u00e9ia deacii mult s-ar veseli \u015fi s-ar bucura. C\u0103 mai frumos lucru iaste, \u015fi mai cu pl\u0103c\u00e9re a vedea pustiile av\u00e2nd umbr\u0103 de c\u00e9te c\u0103lug\u0103re\u015fti, dec\u00e2t voinici \u00een oaste \u00eentinz\u00e2ndu corturi \u015fi \u00eenfig\u00e2ndu-\u015fi suli\u0163ile \u015fi l\u00e2ng\u0103 suli\u0163e s\u0103-\u015fi pue plato\u015f\u0103le \u015fi armele, iar alt\u0103 mul\u0163ime s\u0103 aib\u0103 ochi ca de aram\u0103 \u015fi \u00eenarma\u0163i cu arme de hier, \u015fi \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163ie \u00eengrijat\u0103 \u015fi preste c\u00e2mpu multe a\u015fternute \u015fi pr\u00e2nzuri. C\u0103 aceast\u0103 ved\u00e9re nu iaste bun\u0103, ci iaste mai bun\u0103 carea zic eu.<\/p>\n

Ia bl\u0103m acum \u00een pustii \u015fi vom vedea umbrarile vit\u00e9jilor lui Hristos \u015fi nu vom vedea acolo \u00eentinderea corturilor, nici haine \u015fi alte z\u0103v\u00e9se lucii, cu care fac umbr\u0103 \u00eemp\u0103ratului; ci vom vedea ce iaste mai bun \u015fi mai fericit dec\u00e2t tot ce iaste pre p\u0103m\u00e2nt. C\u0103 de multe ori acolo s\u0103 vor fi \u00eentinsu ceriurile \u015fi s\u0103 vor fi ar\u0103tat lucruri \u015fi vederi minunate. \u015ei vom vedea acolo l\u0103ca\u015furile lor, carei cu nimic nu sunt mai jos sau mai mici dec\u00e2t ceriurile. C\u0103 \u00eentr-\u00eensele s-au pogor\u00e2t \u015fi au \u00eentrat \u00eengerii, ce \u00eenc\u0103 tocma \u015fi st\u0103p\u00e2nul \u00eengerilor. Dar de vr\u00e9me ce veni la Avraam, carele era b\u0103rbat cu f\u0103m\u00e9e \u015fi avea coconi, c\u0103ci \u00eel v\u0103zu c\u0103 iaste iubitoriu de streini, cu c\u00e2t mai mult va veni \u015fi va afla omul cel ce s-au schimbat din trupul s\u0103u \u015fi l-au ur\u00e2t, \u015fi cu c\u00e2t mai mult va l\u0103cui \u015fi va vie\u0163ui cu cela ce s\u0103 potriv\u00e9\u015fte \u00eentru toate trupului s\u0103u. C\u0103 m\u00e9sele acestora au fost cur\u0103\u0163ite \u015fi schimbate de mite \u015fi de cam\u0103ta \u015fi pline de dragoste, iar n-au fostu pre d\u00e2nsele p\u00e2rae de s\u00e2nge, nici buc\u0103\u0163i de carne, nici zemuri bune, nici fripturi, nici abur grozav, nici pizm\u0103 sau g\u00e2lcevi, nici mestec\u0103turi f\u0103r’ de treab\u0103. Ci numai ce au fostu ap\u0103 \u015fi p\u00e2ine, ap\u0103 dintr-un izvor curat, iar p\u00e2ine din osteneal\u0103 \u015fi din munc\u0103 dreapt\u0103. Pentru ac\u00e9ia d\u0103n\u0163uia\u015fte dumnezeiasca bis\u00e9ric\u0103 \u015fi \u00eentr-\u00eensa preo\u0163iia, \u00eenchipuirea albiturii \u015fi str\u0103lucirii \u00eengere\u015fti. C\u0103 preo\u0163ii \u015fi diaconii \u00eentr-\u00eensa aduc jertv\u0103 f\u0103r’ de s\u00e2nge lui Dumnezeu \u015fi necruntat\u0103, pentru nepric\u00e9perea \u015fi ne\u015ftiin\u0163a tuturor oamenilor. A\u015fijderea d\u0103n\u0163uia\u015fte \u015fi tot cinul \u015fi r\u00e2nduiala c\u0103lug\u0103reasc\u0103, ca cum ar fi \u00een ceriu \u015fi cu bucurie dumnezeiasc\u0103 s\u0103 bucur\u0103 \u015fi pre Dumnezeu roag\u0103 \u015fi-l c\u00e2nt\u0103 cu umilin\u0163\u0103 \u015fi cu glas ne\u00eencetat, ziua \u015fi noaptea. \u015ei-l laud\u0103 cu laude nespuse \u00een bis\u00e9ricile lui Hristos, \u015fi l\u0103cuescu fr\u0103\u0163\u00e9\u015fte. C\u0103rora \u015fi Dumnezeu le-au f\u0103g\u0103duit via\u0163a de v\u00e9ci, cum c\u00e2nt\u0103 \u015fi David la c\u00e2ntecul s\u0103u: \u201eIat\u0103 acum, ce iaste mai bune \u015fi ce iaste mai frumos dec\u00e2t a l\u0103cui fra\u0163ii \u00eempreun\u0103?\u201c \u015ei \u00een multe locuri \u015fi \u00eencungiur\u0103ri departe, slobozescu c\u0103tr\u0103 Dumnezeu glasuri de laud\u0103 \u015fi de cinste, n\u0103d\u0103jduindu-se s\u0103 ia via\u0163a cea de v\u00e9ci \u015fi s\u0103 o mo\u015fteneasc\u0103. C\u0103 mesele acelora c\u00e9le de osp\u0103\u0163 era mugurul \u015fi vl\u0103starii copacilor, \u015fi mai bine era acela dec\u00e2t toate dulce\u0163ile din m\u00e9sele \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103te\u015fti \u015fi f\u0103r’ de nici o grij\u0103 \u015fi t\u00e9mere. \u015ei nici au gr\u0103it pre Dumnezeu de r\u0103u, nici l-au a\u0163\u00e2\u0163at spre ceva, nici copila\u015fii nu i-au spereat, nici au f\u0103cut r\u00e2s f\u0103r’ de lucru, nici s-au amestecat s\u0103 fac\u0103 \u00een\u015f\u0103l\u0103ciuni. Ci iaste mas\u0103 \u00eengereasc\u0103 \u015fi cur\u0103\u0163it\u0103 \u015fi schimbat\u0103 de ac\u00e9ste amestec\u0103turi de toate. \u015ei iaste a\u015fternut numai pre iarb\u0103, cum \u015fi Hristos f\u0103cu pr\u00e2nzu \u00een pustie. Iar fac aceasta mul\u0163i \u015fi \u00een c\u00e2mpu f\u0103r’ de colibi, \u015fi au, \u00een loc de acoperim\u00e2nt, ceriul \u015fi, \u00een loc de lum\u00e2nare s\u0103-i lumin\u00e9ze, au luna. \u015ei nu le trebue slugi s\u0103 le slujeasc\u0103, c\u0103 le ajunge den d\u0103stul acea lumin\u0103 de sus ce-i lumineaz\u0103. Aceast\u0103 mas\u0103 v\u0103z\u00e2nd-o apostolii din cer, s\u0103 \u00eenfrumsi\u0163eaz\u0103 \u015fi s\u0103 \u00eendulcescu. C\u0103 de vr\u00e9me ce iaste bucurie de un p\u0103c\u0103tos ce s\u0103 poc\u0103ia\u015fte, dar pentru at\u00e2\u0163ea drep\u0163i ce-i urmeaz\u0103 lui totdeauna, ce lucru nu va face! C\u0103 nu iaste acolo st\u0103p\u00e2n sau slug\u0103, ci to\u0163i sunt st\u0103p\u00e2ni unul altuia. \u015ei nu-\u0163i par\u0103 c\u0103 suntu ac\u00e9stea zise vre \u00eentr-o pild\u0103. C\u0103, deaca \u00eensereaz\u0103, ei nu s\u0103 tem, nici s\u0103 \u00eentristeaz\u0103, cum fac boga\u0163ii oameni, de-\u015fi aduc aminte de grijile c\u00e9le multe ce au ziua, nici, deaca \u00eennopteaz\u0103, nu grij\u0103scu de t\u00e2lhari, s\u0103-\u015fi \u00eencue u\u015file \u015fi s\u0103-\u015fi pue verigile pe la case, nici de nimic de ce s\u0103 tem al\u0163ii ei nu s\u0103 tem, nici iau aminte cu lum\u00e2n\u0103ri bine, s\u0103 nu cumva s\u0103 sae vre o sc\u00e2ntee de undeva, s\u0103 li s\u0103 aprinz\u0103 casele. Ci tot graiul \u015fi voroava lor iaste plin\u0103 de bl\u00e2nd\u00e9\u0163e \u015fi de lini\u015fte, \u015fi nu vorbescu ei ac\u00e9stea care le vorbim noi \u015fi nu ne suntu nici de un folos. C\u0103 noi tot ac\u00e9ste vorbe r\u00e9le avem \u015fi zicem: cutaree domn iat\u0103 cum au fost, cutare iat\u0103 cum \u015f-au pus domniia, cutare iat\u0103 cum s-au petrecut \u015fi cum i-au luat cinstea lui altul, \u015fi alte multe, \u00eenc\u0103 mai r\u00e9le de ac\u00e9stea. Ci pururea sf\u0103tuescu de c\u00e9le ce vor s\u0103 fie \u015fi s\u0103 \u00eenva\u0163\u0103, ca cum ar fi petrec\u00e2nd \u00eentr-alt\u0103 lume \u015fi ca c\u00e2nd ar fi sui\u0163i tocma \u00een ceriu. C\u0103 toate c\u00e9le de acolo totdeauna vorbescu: de bra\u0163ele lui Avraam vorbescu, de cununile sfin\u0163ilor, de d\u0103n\u0163uirea cu Hristos. Iar de c\u00e9ste de acum \u015fi de ale lumii ace\u015ftiia nici \u00ee\u015fi aduc aminte, nici pomenescu; ci tot de \u00eemp\u0103ratul cel cerescu \u015fi de r\u0103zboiul \u015fi caznele dievole\u015fti \u015fi de \u00eendrept\u0103rile cu care s-au \u00eendreptat sfin\u0163ii. Ce am putea noi s\u0103 ne asem\u0103n\u0103m sau s\u0103 ne \u00eempotrivim lor \u00een ceva, c\u00e2nd noi suntem ca furnica? C\u0103 cum s\u0103 grijescu iale \u015fi s\u0103 nevoescu numai de c\u00e9le trupe\u015fti, a\u015fijderea facem \u015fi noi. \u015ei nu ne iaste den d\u0103stul cu at\u00e2ta, ce \u00eenc\u0103 facem \u015fi mai r\u0103u, c\u0103 ac\u00e9ia s\u0103 grija\u015fte \u015fi munc\u00e9\u015fte numai c\u00e2t s\u0103-i ajung\u0103, iar noi ne nevoim \u00eenc\u0103 s\u0103 ne \u015fi prisoseasc\u0103; \u015fi ac\u00e9ia c\u0103ile tuturor nu le cerceteaz\u0103, iar noi p\u0103zim tot mitele \u015fi cametele. Deci iat\u0103 c\u0103 nu ne \u00eenchipuim nici furnic\u0103i, ce ne \u00eenchipuim lupului \u015fi pardosului. \u00cenc\u0103 suntem \u015fi mai r\u0103i dec\u00e2t ac\u00e9ia, c\u0103ci c\u0103 lor a\u015fa le iaste firea s\u0103 s\u0103 hr\u0103neasc\u0103, iar pre noi ne-au d\u0103ruit Dumnezeu \u015fi ne-au cinstit cu graiu \u015fi cu cuv\u00e2ntu \u015fi cu judecat\u0103 dreapt\u0103. Iar noi suntem mai r\u0103i \u015fi dec\u00e2t hier\u0103le, \u015fi dec\u00e2t dobitoacele.<\/p>\n

Iar ac\u00e9ia fiind aici, s-au f\u0103cut streini \u015fi vinetici, \u015fi de toate de ale noastre s-au schimbat \u015fi din haine \u015fi den bucate \u015fi den case \u015fi den c\u0103l\u0163\u0103minte \u015fi din vorbe \u015fi s-au \u00eenchipuit \u00eengerilor. \u015ei de-ar fi auzit cineva pre din\u015fii vorbind \u015fi gr\u0103ind, \u00eens\u0103 \u015fi pre ei \u015fi pre noi, atunce acela ar fi v\u0103zut bine, numai din vorbe, c\u0103 suntu cu adev\u0103rat l\u0103cuitori \u015fi vie\u0163uitori cere\u015fti, iar noi nu suntem harnici nici pre p\u0103m\u00e2ntu de a ne s\u0103l\u0103\u015flui. Pentru ac\u00e9ia, de-ar m\u00e9rge cineva c\u0103tr\u0103 d\u00e2n\u015fii, m\u0103car c\u00e2t de \u00eempodobit, \u015fi cu laud\u0103 \u015fi pohval\u0103 mult\u0103, at\u00e2t n-ar griji, nici ar b\u0103ga seama nimic, c\u0103ci c\u0103 n-au ce lua, nici le pot face vreun necaz ceva. Ci tot \u00eentr-un chip vor s\u0103 fie, ca cum ar m\u00e9rge cineva la un loc unde ar fi niscare aur \u015fi \u015fipoc1<\/a><\/sup>, ca s\u0103 dob\u00e2ndeasc\u0103 \u015fi s\u0103 c\u00e2\u015ftige de la aur \u015fi de la \u015fipoc vreo str\u0103lucire ceva. A\u015fa \u015fi ac\u00e9ia ce vor s\u0103 afle dentr-ace\u015ftea, den negrijirea ce fu zis\u0103 mai nainte. \u015ei ca cum s-ar sui cineva vre \u00eentr-o m\u0103gur\u0103 \u00eenalt\u0103, deci, de ar fi c\u00e2t de mic cu statul, tot se v\u00e9de nalt, a\u015fijderea \u015fi ace\u015ftea carii mergu c\u0103tr\u0103 cugetele lor c\u00e9le \u00eenalte \u015fi \u00een\u0163el\u00e9pte, a\u015fa s\u0103 arat\u0103 p\u00e2n\u0103 ce l\u0103cuescu acolo. Iar deaca se pogoar\u0103, iar se pleac\u0103 \u015fi s\u0103 mic\u015foreaz\u0103. C\u0103 \u00eenaintea acelora \u00eemp\u0103ra\u0163ii \u015fi domnii \u015fi judec\u0103torii numic nu sunt. Ci cum r\u00e2dem noi de coconii cei mici c\u00e2nd s\u0103 joac\u0103, a\u015fa \u015fi ei nu bag\u0103 seama de pohtele \u015fi de aprinderile trupurilor sale. \u015ei de le-ar da m\u0103car s\u0103 fie \u015fi \u00eemp\u0103ra\u0163i, nici ac\u00e9ia, nici cum nar vrea, daca ar cugeta c\u0103 iaste mai bun \u015fi iaste mai de folos traiul lor, \u015fi deaca ar \u015fti c\u0103 acea \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163ie ce li-o va da cineva va s\u0103 aib\u0103 sf\u00e2r\u015fit \u015fi va s\u0103 fie numai p\u00e2n\u0103 la o vr\u00e9me. Dar noi, c\u0103ci nu vom s\u0103 m\u00e9rgem c\u0103tr\u0103 o fericire ca aceasta, c\u0103ci nu m\u00e9rgem c\u0103tr\u0103 ni\u015fte \u00eengeri ca ace\u015ftea, c\u0103ci nu luom haine curate \u015fi s\u0103 ne bucur\u0103m la acea nunt\u0103 \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103teasc\u0103. C\u0103 r\u0103u iaste a \u015f\u0103dea la r\u0103sp\u00e2ntii \u015fi a cere, iar mai r\u0103u iaste a s\u0103 \u00eembog\u0103\u0163i omul cu nedreptate. C\u0103 mai bine iaste a cere la r\u0103sp\u00e2ntii, dec\u00e2t a pr\u0103da pre cineva \u015fi a lua cuiva cu de-a sila. C\u0103ci c\u0103 cel ce cere are ert\u0103ciune, iar cel ce prad\u0103, el \u00eensu\u015fi \u015f-aduce cazn\u0103 \u015fi munc\u0103 f\u0103r\u0103 sf\u00e2r\u015fit. \u015ei s\u0103racul cu c\u00e9rerea nimic nu m\u00e2nie pre Dumnezeu, iar cel ce prad\u0103, acela a\u0163\u00e2\u0163\u0103 m\u00e2niia lui Dumnezeu, amestec\u00e2ndu g\u00e2ndurile oamenilor. \u015ei prada r\u0103dic\u0103 dur\u00e9re \u015fi ran\u0103. Iat\u0103, v\u0103z\u00e2nd ac\u00e9stea, s\u0103 ne lep\u0103d\u0103m de cam\u0103ta dupre p\u0103m\u00e2nt, ca s\u0103 dob\u00e2ndim c\u00e9le cere\u015fti \u015fi cu mult\u0103 nevoin\u0163\u0103 s\u0103 apuc\u0103m \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163iia cea de sus. C\u0103 nici \u00eentr-un chip lenevosul nu va putea \u00eentra acolo. Iar zice Dumnezeu: \u201eS\u0103 fie \u00eentrare tuturor celor nevoitori \u015fi priveghitori \u015fi s\u0103 o dob\u00e2ndeasc\u0103. Amin!\u201c<\/p>\n

POVESTE A FERICITULUI VARLAAM \u015eI A LUI IOSAF, FECIORUL LUI AVENIR \u00ceMP\u0102RATU<\/h3>\n

Era un \u00eemp\u0103rat mare \u015fi sl\u0103vit foarte. Deacii el odat\u0103 s\u0103 puse \u00eentr-o car\u00e2t\u0103 ferecat\u0103 cu aur \u015fi \u00eemprejurul lui era to\u0163i domnii \u015fi boiarii s\u0103i, cum s\u0103 cade unui \u00eemp\u0103rat. Deci merg\u00e2nd a\u015fa, \u00eent\u00e2mpin\u0103 doi b\u0103rba\u0163i \u00eembr\u0103ca\u0163i \u00een haine sparte \u015fi \u00eentinate \u015fi cu fe\u0163ele s\u00e9lbede \u015fi n\u00e9gre \u015fi \u00eemp\u0103ijinate. Iar acel \u00eemp\u0103rat \u00eei \u015ftiia pentru ce suntu a\u015fa, c\u0103 li s\u0103 topise trupurile \u015fi s\u0103 ve\u015ftejise de post \u015fi de ajun \u015fi de neodihn\u0103. \u015ei cum \u00eei v\u0103zu \u00eemp\u0103ratul acela, \u00eendat\u0103 s\u0103ri din car\u00e2t\u0103 \u015fi m\u00e9rse d\u0103 c\u0103zu jos pre p\u0103m\u00e2ntu \u015fi s\u0103 \u00eenchin\u0103 \u00eenaintea lor. Deacii s\u0103 scul\u0103 \u015fi-i luo \u00een bra\u0163e \u015fi cu dragoste-i s\u0103rut\u0103. Iar priiatenilor \u015fi boiarilor lui nu le fu aceasta pre voe, ce zicea adinsu ei-\u015fi: \u201eNu s\u0103 cuvine, nici s\u0103 cade s\u0103 se fac\u0103 aceasta cinstei \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103te\u015fti\u201c. Iar \u00eemp\u0103ratului nu-i \u00eendr\u0103znea s\u0103-i zic\u0103 \u00een fa\u0163\u0103. Ci avea acel \u00eemp\u0103rat un frate, deci ei ziser\u0103: \u201eA\u015fa te rug\u0103m s\u0103 zici \u00eemp\u0103ratului: \u201ealt\u0103 dat\u0103 s\u0103 nu mai fac\u0103 at\u00e2ta batjocuri cinstei \u015fi coronei \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103te\u015fti\u201c\u201c.
\nDeacii, el zise \u00eemp\u0103ratului, iar \u00eemp\u0103ratul \u00eemput\u0103 nechibzuialii \u015fi nepric\u00e9perii lui \u015fi-i d\u00e9de r\u0103spunsu, care el nu s\u0103 putea domiri ce va s\u0103 fie. \u015ei avea obiceaiu acel \u00eemp\u0103rat a\u015fa: c\u00e2nd va judeca pre cineva spre moarte, el trimitea la poart\u0103-i pre un tr\u00e2mbita\u015f de-i tr\u00e2mbita cu tr\u00e2mbi\u0163a. Deacii acela, deaca auziia glasul tr\u00e2mbitei la poarta sa, el \u015ftiia c\u0103 iaste a doao zi de periciune. Iar deaca \u00eenser\u0103, trimise \u00eemp\u0103ratul tr\u00e2mbita\u015ful cu tr\u00e2mbita cea de moarte, de tr\u00e2mbit\u0103 \u00eenaintea por\u0163ii fr\u0103\u0163\u00e2ne-s\u0103u. Iar el, deaca auzi tr\u00e2mbita cea de moarte tr\u00e2mbit\u00e2ndu la poarta sa, s\u0103 p\u0103r\u0103si de-a mai trage n\u0103d\u00e9jde de via\u0163a ace\u015ftii lumi, ci toat\u0103 noaptea fu \u00een grij\u0103 \u015fi \u00een g\u00e2nduri de sc\u00e2rb\u0103, \u015fi-\u015fi tocmi casa \u015fi \u00eenv\u0103\u0163\u0103 de toate pre r\u00e2nd, ca cel ce \u015ftiia c\u0103 va s\u0103 moar\u0103. Iar diminea\u0163a, deaca s\u0103 f\u0103cu ziuo, el s\u0103 \u00eembr\u0103c\u0103 \u00een haine n\u00e9gre \u015fi de jale. A\u015fijderea s\u0103 \u00eembr\u0103c\u0103 \u015fi jup\u00e2neasa-i \u015fi to\u0163i copiii s\u0103i. \u015ei m\u00e9rse el la divanul \u00eemp\u0103ratului pl\u00e2ng\u00e2nd \u015fi t\u00e2nguindu-se cu amar. Iar \u00eemp\u0103ratul, deaca-l v\u0103zu c\u0103 pl\u00e2nge a\u015fa cu amar, \u00eel cheam\u0103 la sine \u00eentr-o c\u0103mar\u0103 \u00eenl\u0103untru \u015fi zise: \u201eO, om ne\u00een\u0163eleg\u0103toriu \u015fi f\u0103r\u0103 chibzuial\u0103! Dar deaca vr\u00e9me ce temi a\u015fa numai de o tr\u00e2mbi\u0163\u0103 a mor\u0163ii \u015fi de un frate al t\u0103u \u015fi om ca \u015fi tine, c\u0103ruia nu i-ai stricat nimic, nici e\u015fti vinovat, dar mie cum \u00eemi aduci \u00eemput\u0103ciune c\u0103ci am s\u0103rutat cu smerenie pre m\u0103rturisitorii Dumnezeului mieu, care mi-au spus moartea \u015fi mi-au m\u0103rturisit mai adev\u0103rat dec\u00e2t tr\u00e2mbi\u0163a, \u015fi mi-au vestit vestirea cea \u00eenfrico\u015fat\u0103 a st\u0103p\u00e2nului mieu, c\u0103ruia am gre\u015fit mult \u015fi am f\u0103cut p\u0103cate mari \u00eenaintea lui? Iat\u0103, acum v\u0103diiu \u015fi ar\u0103taiu nebuniia ta \u015fi \u00een chip ca acesta te \u00eenfrico\u015faiu \u015fi te sp\u0103imaiu; \u015fi preste pu\u0163in\u0103 vr\u00e9me voi ar\u0103ta aiavea \u015fi nebuniile celor ce te-au \u00eendemnat s\u0103-mi gr\u0103e\u015fti a\u015fa\u201c. \u015ei deaca m\u00e2ng\u00e2e pre frate-s\u0103u \u015fi-l folosi cu cuvinte ca ac\u00e9stea, \u015fi-l l\u0103s\u0103 de m\u00e9rse acas\u0103\u015fi, deacii porunci de f\u0103cu 4 co\u015fciuge de lemnu. Ci 2 le ferec\u0103 preste tot cu aur \u015fi b\u0103g\u0103 \u00eentr-\u00eensele oase \u00eempu\u0163ite \u015fi sc\u00e2rnave, \u015fi plehupele deasupra le b\u0103tu \u015fi le \u0163intui tot cu cue de aur, iar c\u00e9l\u00e9lalte 2 le unse numai cu smoal\u0103 pre d\u00e2nafar\u0103 \u015fi le umplu de pietri scumpe \u015fi de m\u0103rg\u0103ritariu \u015fi de alte miroseale bune, \u015fi le \u00eenf\u0103\u015fur\u0103 c\u00e2te cu o t\u00e2rsin\u0103. Deacii cheam\u0103 \u00eemp\u0103ratul pre boiarii \u015fi pre priiatenii ac\u00e9ia ce-i \u00eemputase pentru \u00eentimpinarea acelor s\u0103raci \u015fi puse \u00eenaintea lor ac\u00e9le co\u015fciuge, c\u00e2te 4, \u015fi zise s\u0103 s\u0103 pre\u0163uiasc\u0103 ce vor pl\u0103ti c\u00e9le ferecate cu aur \u015fi ce vor pl\u0103ti c\u00e9le unse cu smoal\u0103. Iar ei puser\u0103 pre\u0163 mare \u015fi mult celor ferecate \u015fi ziser\u0103 c\u0103 \u00eentrac\u00e9lea s\u0103 cade s\u0103 fie corone \u015fi lucruri scumpe \u015fi br\u00e2ne \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103te\u015fti. Iar celor smolite ei le puser\u0103 pre\u0163 pu\u0163in. Atuncea zise \u00eemp\u0103ratul c\u0103tr\u0103 d\u00e2n\u015fii: \u201eBine \u015ftiim c\u0103 ve\u0163i zice voi a\u015fa! Ce nu se cade a\u015fa, ce s\u0103 cade cu ochii cei dinl\u0103untru s\u0103 vede\u0163i c\u00e9le d\u00e2nl\u0103untru ce suntu \u00eentr-\u00eensele, sau de vor fi de cinste sau de necinste\u201c. \u015ei zise \u00eemp\u0103ratul s\u0103 d\u0103\u015fchiz\u0103 sicriile c\u00e9le ferecate cu aur \u015fi, deaca le d\u0103\u015fchiser\u0103, e\u015fi dintr-\u00eensele o \u00eempu\u0163iciune rea, \u015fi v\u0103zur\u0103 \u00eentr-\u00eensele lucruri grozave. Deacii zise \u00eemp\u0103ratul: \u201eAcesta iaste chipul cel \u00eembr\u0103cat \u00een haine scumpe \u015fi frumoase, \u015fi c\u00e9ia ce s\u0103 trufescu cu slava cea mult\u0103, iar \u00eenl\u0103untru ei sunt plini de lucruri r\u00e9le \u015fi mor\u0163i \u015fi \u00eempu\u0163i\u0163i\u201c. Apoi zise \u00eemp\u0103ratul le d\u0103\u015fchiser\u0103 \u015fi co\u015fciugele c\u00e9le unse cu zmoal\u0103, \u015fi cum de d\u0103\u015fchiser\u0103 e\u015fi dentr-\u00eensele miros frumos \u015fi se v\u0103zur\u0103 lucruri minunate \u015fi scumpe \u015fi frumoase. Deacii zise \u00eemp\u0103ratul c\u0103tr\u0103 d\u00e2n\u015fii: \u201eAc\u00e9ste co\u015fciuguri \u015fti\u0163i cui se asemeneaz\u0103? Asemeneaz\u0103-se celor doi oameni, carii era \u00eembr\u0103ca\u0163i \u00een haine sparte \u015fi cu f\u00e9rfeni\u0163e \u00eentinate \u015fi \u00eemp\u0103ijina\u0163i la obrazu \u015fi m\u00e2nji\u0163i \u015fi negri \u015fi n\u0103du\u015fi\u0163i \u015fi osteni\u0163i, c\u0103rora le c\u0103uta\u0163i voi numai chipurile c\u00e9le denafar\u0103 \u015fi mi i-a\u0163i \u00eemputat, c\u0103ci m-am \u00eenchinat eu lor p\u00e2n\u2019 la p\u0103m\u00e2ntu. Iar eu, pricep\u00e2nd \u015fi cunosc\u00e2ndu cu ochii cei dinl\u0103untru ai \u00een\u0163el\u00e9gerii m\u00e9le cur\u0103\u0163irea sufletelor lor \u015fi a lor str\u0103lucire, care era mai minunat \u015fi mai frumoase dec\u00e2t coroana \u015fi dec\u00e2t toat\u0103 cinstea \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163iei m\u00e9le, cur\u0103\u0163iia sufletelor lor \u015fi str\u0103lucirii lor, iat\u0103 ac\u00e9stea toate, \u00eenc\u0103 \u015fi caftanele c\u00e9le \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103te\u015fti, pentru m\u0103rirea acelora nimic n-am b\u0103gat seama, ci le-am c\u0103lcat toate pre p\u0103m\u00e2ntu jos, \u00eenaintea lor\u201c. A\u015fa-i \u00eenv\u0103\u0163\u0103 s\u0103 nu caute, nici s\u0103 ia aminte c\u0103tr\u0103 c\u00e9le denafar\u0103.<\/p>\n

A\u015fijderea f\u0103 \u015fi tu, cum f\u0103cu acel \u00eemp\u0103rat bun \u015fi credincios, \u015fi te vei \u00een\u0103l\u0163a \u00eentru smereniia ta. \u015ei s\u0103 cinste\u015fti pre cei ce suntu robi lui Dumnezeu, c\u0103 ac\u00e9ia suntu \u015fi fra\u0163ii lui.<\/p>\n

PILD\u0102 A ACELUIA\u015eI VARLAAM. PENTRU PRIVEGHETOARE<\/p>\n

C\u0103 zice c\u0103 cei ce s\u0103 n\u0103d\u0103jduescu \u00een minciuni \u015fi cred numaidec\u00e2t cuvintele c\u00e9le de\u015farte \u015fi nu iscodescu \u00eent\u00e2i bine, s\u0103 vaz\u0103 ac\u00e9le lucruri suntu adev\u0103rate au ba, \u015fi c\u00e9ia ce-\u015fi \u00eenal\u0163\u0103 g\u00e2ndul \u015fi cugetul unde nu pot ajunge, \u015fi cei ce s\u0103 c\u0103escu de lucrurile c\u00e9le ce au trecut, m\u0103car r\u00e9le, m\u0103car bune, unii ca ac\u00e9ia s\u0103 \u00eenchipuescu unui om ce au f\u0103cut un la\u0163 \u015fi-l puse \u00een ni\u015fte burueni s\u0103 prinz\u0103 niscare p\u0103s\u0103r\u00e9le. \u015ei deaca-l puse, prinse o privighetoare, care iaste pas\u0103re \u00een\u0163eleapt\u0103, \u015fi vru s\u0103 o junghe. Iar acei p\u0103s\u0103r\u00e9le \u00een\u0163el\u00e9pte i s\u0103 d\u00e9de glas ca de om, de gr\u0103i \u015fi zise a\u015fa c\u0103tr\u0103 acel v\u00e2n\u0103toriu: \u201eO, ome, deaca m\u0103 vei junghea, ce folos vei avea de mine? C\u0103 iat\u0103 c\u00e2t suntu de mititea, ci \u015ftii c\u0103 nu-\u0163i vei s\u0103tura p\u00e2ntecile de carnea mea. Iar de m\u0103 vei slobozi den la\u0163, eu \u00ee\u0163i voi da 3 \u00eenv\u0103\u0163\u0103turi, care, deaca le vei p\u0103zi, foarte \u00ee\u0163i vor fi de folos \u00een toate zilele vie\u0163ii tale\u201c. Acel om s\u0103 mir\u0103 de ni\u015fte cuvinte ca ac\u00e9stea \u015fi zise c\u0103 de va auzi niscari \u00eenv\u0103\u0163\u0103turi noao de la d\u00e2nsa, el o va slobozi. Deacii privighetoarea s\u0103 \u00eentoarse c\u0103tr\u0103 d\u00e2nsul \u015fi zise: \u201eOmule, la nimic, la ce nu vei putea apuca, s\u0103 nu te tinzi; \u015fi de lucrurile c\u00e9le ce au trecut s\u0103 nu te c\u0103e\u015fti; \u015fi minciunile niciodat\u0103 s\u0103 nu le crezi. Ac\u00e9ste trei \u00eenv\u0103\u0163\u0103turi s\u0103 le p\u0103ze\u015fti, \u015fi-\u0163i vor fi de mare folos\u201c. \u015ei s\u0103 mir\u0103 acel om de ac\u00e9le cuvinte ale ei, \u00een\u0163el\u00e9pte \u015fi tocmite, \u015fi o slobozi den la\u0163 \u015fi o l\u0103s\u0103 s\u0103 se duc\u0103. Iar acea priveghetoare vr\u00e2nd s\u0103 vaz\u0103: acel om folositu-s-au ceva den \u00eenv\u0103\u0163\u0103turile ei, au ba, \u00eencepu a zbura \u00een slav\u0103 \u015fi a zice: \u201eO, c\u00e2t iaste de r\u0103u omul cel f\u0103r’ de sfat \u015fi f\u0103r’ de chibzuial\u0103! O, ome, c\u00e2t\u0103 avu\u0163ie pierdu\u015fi tu ast\u0103zi, c\u0103 \u00een ma\u0163ele m\u00e9le iaste un m\u0103rg\u0103ritariu mai mare dec\u00e2t oul de zgrip\u0163or\u201c. Iar acel v\u00e2n\u0103toriu, deaca auzi a\u015fa, s\u0103 \u00eentrist\u0103 foarte \u015fi-i p\u0103ru r\u0103u c\u0103ci o au slobozit pre acea privighetoare, \u015fi iar s\u0103 nevoia s\u0103 o prinz\u0103. \u015ei-i zise: \u201eVino \u00een casa mea \u015fi te voi osp\u0103ta bine \u015fi te voi slobozi iar\u0103\u015fi\u201c. Iar privighetoarea zise c\u0103tr\u0103 d\u00e2nsul: \u201eAcum eu te cunoscuiu c\u0103 n-ai nici o minte \u015fi e\u015fti f\u0103r\u2019 de nici o chibzuial\u0103 \u015fi nebun. C\u0103 iat\u0103, c\u00e2te \u0163e-am zis \u015fi te-am \u00eenv\u0103\u0163at cu dragoste \u015fi cu nevoin\u0163\u0103, le-ai ascultat; iar nici o folosin\u0163\u0103 dentr\u00eensele n-ai c\u00e2\u015ftigat. Crez, eu \u0163e-am zis: de lucrurile c\u00e9le ce au trecut, s\u0103 nu te c\u0103e\u015fti, iar c\u0103ci am sc\u0103pat eu din m\u00e2inile tale, \u0163ie \u00ee\u0163i pare r\u0103u \u015fi te c\u0103e\u015fti pentru lucru ce au trecut. \u015ei \u0163e-am mai zis: la ce lucru nu vei putea prinde, s\u0103 nu te tinzi, \u015fi nu vezi c\u0103 eu zbor prin v\u0103zduh? \u015ei \u0163e-am gr\u0103it: minciunile niciodat\u0103 s\u0103 nu le crezi, iar tu iat\u0103 c\u0103 crezu\u015fi s\u0103 fie \u00een ma\u0163ele m\u00e9le un m\u0103rg\u0103ritariu mai mare dec\u00e2t trupul mieu, \u015fi n-ai chibzut s\u0103 vezi c\u0103 nici eu, cu totul, nu suntu c\u00e2t oul de gripsor! Dar m\u0103rg\u0103ritariul at\u00e2ta de mare, cum ar fi \u00eenc\u0103put \u00een ma\u0163ele m\u00e9le??<\/p>\n

Drept ac\u00e9ia, nu s\u0103 cade nimunui s\u0103 s\u0103 m\u00e2nie \u00eendat\u0103 \u015fi s\u0103 fac\u0103 r\u0103u, iar mai ales \u00eemp\u0103ratului \u015fi domnului \u015fi celor put\u00e9rnici. C\u0103 zice Scriptura: \u201eCeasul m\u00e2niei lui iaste c\u0103d\u0103re\u201c. Ce nici s\u0103 te gr\u0103be\u015fti \u015fi s\u0103 te nevoe\u015fti a crede minciunile, \u00een loc de lucruri adev\u0103rate, p\u00e2n\u0103 nu s\u0103 vor adeveri cuvintele \u015fi lucrurile cu ar\u0103tare credincioas\u0103. Iar de te vei ispiti s\u0103-\u0163i \u00eentinzi dreapta ta mai sus dec\u00e2t unde \u0163e-au dat Dumnezeu, cela ce biruia\u015fte pre cei vii \u015fi pre cei mor\u0163i, cu adev\u0103rat deacii te vei c\u0103i \u015fi nu-\u0163i va fi acea c\u0103ial\u0103 nici de un folos. Pentru ac\u00e9ia toate lucrurile s\u0103 le face\u0163i cu sfat \u015fi cu socoteal\u0103 \u015fi cu ruga lui Dumnezeu, \u015fi deacii nu te vei c\u0103i de lucrurile c\u00e9le ce au trecut.<\/p>\n

Iosaf \u00eentreb\u0103 pre Varlaam \u015fi zise: \u201eDar cum s\u0103 va p\u0103zi ni\u015ftine, dup\u0103 botez, curat de toate p\u0103catele, daca, de vr\u00e9me ce au poc\u0103in\u0163\u0103, dup\u0103 ce gre\u015fescu, cum zici tu? C\u0103 mie \u00eemi pare mul\u0163i s\u0103 nu s\u0103 \u00eendrept\u00e9ze, ci s\u0103 fie \u00een multe griji \u015fi dureri \u015fi pl\u00e2ngeri. Iar eu a\u015f pohni s\u0103 dob\u00e2ndescu calea c\u00e9ia cu carea a\u015f putea poruncile lui Dumnezeu s\u0103 le p\u0103zescu \u015fi s\u0103 nu m\u0103 d\u0103zlipescu de d\u00e2nsele. Ca deaca mi s\u0103 vor erta lucrurile c\u00e9le r\u00e9le ce am f\u0103cut mai denainte, deacii s\u0103 nu mai m\u00e2niiu iar pre sf\u00e2ntul \u015fi Dumnezeul mieu cel dulce\u201c. Iar Varlaam zise: \u201eO, cinstite \u00eemp\u0103rate, bine zici \u015fi-mi pl\u0103cur\u0103 cuvintele tale! Iar iaste un lucru cu anevoe a \u015f\u0103dea cineva l\u00e2ng\u0103 foc \u015fi s\u0103 nu s\u0103 prigoreasc\u0103, \u015fi iar\u0103\u015fi nu iaste lesne a se \u00eencurca a se \u00eencurca cineva\u015fi cu lucrurile \u015fi cu grijile lumii \u015fi s\u0103 vie\u0163uiasc\u0103 \u00een bog\u0103\u0163ie \u015fi \u00een osp\u00e9\u0163e, \u015fi apoi s\u0103 poat\u0103 umbla \u00een poruncile lui Dumnezeu \u015fi s\u0103 s\u0103 p\u0103zeasc\u0103 s\u0103 fie curat de ac\u00e9stea. C\u0103 au zis Dumnezeu: \u201eNimeni nu va putea sluji la doi domni, c\u0103 sau va iubi pre unul, iar pre altul va ur\u00ee, sau de unul va asculta, iar pre altul va \u00eenc\u00e9pe a nu-l b\u0103ga \u00een seam\u0103. C\u0103 nu va putea nimeni s\u0103 slujasc\u0103 \u015fi lui Dumnezeu \u015fi Mamonului\u201c. Scrie \u015fi Ioan, ucenicul cel iubit, care iaste evanghelist \u015fi theolog, \u015fi zice: \u201eNu iubire\u0163i lumea, nici c\u00e9le ce sunt \u00een lume, c\u0103 cel ce iub\u00e9\u015fte lumea, nu iaste dragostea tat\u0103lui \u00eentr-\u00eensul. C\u0103 tot ci iaste \u00een lume, poht\u0103 trupeasc\u0103 iaste \u015fi d\u0103sf\u0103tare ochilor. \u015ei trufiia vie\u0163ii nu iaste de la tat\u0103l, ci din lumea aceasta iaste. \u015ei va tr\u00e9ce lumea aceasta \u015fi pohta ei, iar cel ce va face voia lui Dumnezeu, acela va tr\u0103i \u00een v\u00e9ci\u201c. Aceasta auzind purt\u0103torii de Dumnezeu, p\u0103rin\u0163ii no\u015ftri cei dumnezee\u015fti \u015fi pricep\u00e2ndu c\u0103 \u201es\u0103 cade cu multe nevoi \u015fi \u00eentrist\u0103ciuni a \u00eentra \u00een \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163iia ceriului\u201c s-au nevoit a p\u0103zi dup\u0103 botezu haina care i-o au cur\u0103\u0163it cu neputrejune \u015fi curat\u0103 \u015fi nestricat\u0103.<\/p>\n

Pentru ac\u00e9ia, unii dintr-\u00een\u015fii s-au \u00eenvr\u00e9dnicit de s-au botezat \u015fi a doa oar\u0103. Dar\u0103 cum s-au putut boteza a doao oar\u0103? Botezatus-au cu s\u00e2ngele lor, \u00een vr\u00e9mea muncilor c\u00e2ndu-i muncea. C\u0103 \u015fi aceasta \u00eenc\u0103 s\u0103 chema botezu, \u015fi iaste foarte botez cinstit \u015fi prosl\u0103vit. C\u0103 deacii nu s\u0103 mai spurc\u0103 acestu botezu de a doa oar\u0103, cu cugete r\u00e9le \u015fi p\u0103c\u0103toase, care \u015fi Dumnezeu \u00eel luo pentru noi \u015fi-l \u00eenchipui \u015fi-i zise botezu. Deacii, de-atuncea fur\u0103 lui as\u00e9mene \u015fi \u00eenchipui\u0163i \u00eent\u00e2i ai s\u0103i apostoli \u015fi ucenici, dup\u0103 aceasta ceata sfin\u0163ilor micenici, care s-au dat spre munc\u0103 \u00een vremile \u00eemp\u0103ra\u0163ilor celor muncitori \u015fi slujitori de idoli, de s-au muncit \u015fi \u015f-au v\u0103rsat s\u00e2ngele pentru numele lui Hristos \u015fi au r\u0103bdat pentru d\u00e2nsul toate felurile de munci. C\u0103 au fostu da\u0163i leilor \u015fi altor hier\u00e2i cumplite \u015fi b\u0103ga\u0163i \u00een foc \u015fi t\u0103ia\u0163i de sabie. Iar ei tot m\u0103rturisea m\u0103rturie bun\u0103 \u015fi \u015f-au p\u0103zit credin\u0163a. Pentru ac\u00e9ia li s-au pl\u0103tit cu dreptate \u015fi au dob\u00e2ndit cinste dreapt\u0103 \u015fi acum suntu l\u0103cuitori cu \u00eengerii. \u015ei at\u00e2ta str\u0103lucir\u0103 bun\u0103t\u0103\u0163ile lor, c\u00e2t \u201es\u0103 tinse v\u00e9stea lor \u00een toat\u0103 lumea \u015fi cuvintele lor ajunser\u0103 de luminar\u0103 \u015fi \u00eendreptar\u0103 toate marginile p\u0103m\u00e2ntului\u201c \u015fi s-au umplut toate bis\u00e9ricile de sfin\u0163irea lor. Iar pre draci cu totul \u00eei gonescu \u015fi celor ce suntu bolnavi de boalele c\u00e9le f\u0103r\u2019 de leac, deaca s\u0103 atingu de d\u00e2n\u015fii, le dau leac \u015fi vindecare. \u015ei iaste pentru d\u00e2n\u015fii poveste mult\u0103 \u015fi lung\u0103, care va vrea s\u0103 spue cinstitele lor lucruri. Pentru c\u0103 acei \u00eemp\u0103ra\u0163i r\u0103i \u015fi muncitori cumpli\u0163i, dintr-ac\u00e9le vremi, r\u0103u s-au petrecut \u015fi gonirea care era spre d\u00e2n\u015fii s\u0103 potoli. \u015ei st\u0103tur\u0103 al\u0163i \u00eemp\u0103ra\u0163i credincio\u015fi \u00een toat\u0103 lumea, \u015fi deaca luar\u0103 ac\u00e9ia \u015fi s\u0103 potrivir\u0103 acelora \u015fi dragostei lui Dumnezeu, carei suntu mucenici, \u015fi cu voirile \u015fi cu pohte acelora \u00ee\u015fi r\u0103nir\u0103 sufletele lor. \u015ei lua aminte \u015fi le chibzuia foarte bine \u015fi cum s\u0103 cade, ca s\u0103-\u015fi duc\u0103 sufletele lor curate \u015fi nespurcate \u00eenaintea lui Dumnezeu, dinpreun\u0103 cu trupurile. Lep\u0103dar\u0103 toate patemile \u015fi cugetele c\u00e9le spurcate ale trupurilor \u015fi ale sufletelor lor \u015fi le cur\u0103\u0163ir\u0103. \u015ei aceasta nu poate fi \u00eentr-alt chip cumva\u015fi s\u0103 s\u0103 fac\u0103, ci numai c\u0103ci lua bine aminte \u015fi vedea chibzuirea poruncilor \u015fi a credin\u0163ei \u015fi a lucrurilor celor bune. C\u0103 nici de un folos nu iaste, c\u0103ci or umbla prin mijlocul grijilor lume\u015fti, pentru ac\u00e9ia \u00ee\u015fi aleaser\u0103 alt\u0103 via\u0163\u0103 \u015fi traiu \u00eenstreinat \u015fi schimbat, \u015fi p\u0103r\u0103sir\u0103 toate, precum zise Dumnezeu: p\u0103rin\u0163ii, feciorii, rudeniile, priiatenii, bog\u0103\u0163iia \u015fi hrana. \u015ei toate c\u00e2te suntu \u00een lume ur\u00e2nd, \u00een pustie s\u0103 s\u0103l\u0103\u015fuir\u0103, ca ni\u015fte hiar\u0103 s\u0103lbatece \u015fi l\u0103cuir\u0103 pren mun\u0163i, pren p\u0103duri, pren pe\u015fteri \u015fi prin scorburile p\u0103m\u00e2ntului, cu mult\u0103 sc\u00e2rb\u0103 \u015fi lips\u0103. \u015ei s-au d\u0103p\u0103rtat de toate frumuse\u0163ile \u015fi dulce\u0163ile p\u0103m\u00e2nte\u015fti \u015fi s-au p\u0103rt\u0103\u015fit numai unor obiiale r\u00e9le, slabe \u015fi proaste \u015fi a pu\u0163inea p\u00e2ine. \u015ei cu ac\u00e9stea cugetar\u0103 doao lucruri: \u015fi \u00eent\u00e2i le chibzuir\u0103 ca s\u0103 nu s\u0103 cumva cunoasc\u0103 de vicleniia vr\u0103jma\u015fului \u015fi den pornirile \u00eendemn\u0103rilor lor \u015fi s\u0103 s\u0103 \u00eend\u0103zr\u0103d\u0103cin\u00e9ze pohta \u015fi cugetele lor c\u00e9le ce le-au avut \u015fi le-au s\u0103dit cu toat\u0103 r\u00e2vna \u00een inimile lor, spre c\u00e9le cere\u015fti \u015fi dumnezeie\u015fti. A doao, ca s\u0103-\u015fi sup\u0163ie \u015fi s\u0103-\u015fi omoar\u0103 pohtele trupului cu patemi r\u00e9le \u015fi cu nevoi \u015fi s\u0103 nu s\u0103 scapete de slava celor ce s-au \u00eencununat pentru v\u0103rsarea s\u00e2ngelui lor, ce c\u00e2t putur\u0103 s\u0103 \u00eenchipuir\u0103 patimilor lui Hristos, \u015fi vor fi p\u0103rta\u015fi \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163iei cei f\u0103r’ de sf\u00e2r\u015fit. A\u015fa \u015fi \u00eentr-acesta chip, socotind ei toat\u0103 via\u0163a \u015fi traiul lor, petrecur\u0103 cu lini\u015fte \u015fi f\u0103r’ de turburare. C\u0103 unii l\u0103cuia f\u0103r’ de colibi \u015fi r\u0103bda c\u0103ldura z\u0103dufului \u015fi gerul ernii \u015fi r\u0103ceala ploilor \u015fi suflarea cea frigoroas\u0103 a v\u00e2nturilor \u015fi alte nevoi \u015fi greut\u0103\u0163i priimiia de a lor bun\u0103 voe. Iar al\u0163ii \u015f\u0103dea c\u00e2te \u00eentr-o colib\u0103 \u015fi acolo f\u0103cea lucruri bune \u015fi s\u0103 \u00eendeletnicea de toate m\u00e2ng\u00e2erile \u015fi r\u0103paosul trupului, \u015fi m\u00e2nca numai c\u00e2te pu\u0163inea p\u00e2ine seac\u0103 sau legumi nehiarte \u015fi burueni \u015fi muguri den copaci \u015fi vie\u0163uia cu via\u0163\u0103 grea \u015fi cu nevoe. \u015ei nu le era d\u00e2n d\u0103stul numai at\u00e2ta c\u00e2t s\u0103 p\u0103r\u0103sea de toate bucatele c\u00e9le bune \u015fi cu dulcea\u0163\u0103, ci \u00eenc\u0103 s\u0103 nevoia \u015fi c\u0103tr\u0103 altele: c\u0103tr\u0103 r\u0103bdare \u015fi c\u0103tr\u0103 ajun, \u015fi gusta dintr-acea p\u00e2ine seac\u0103 sau legumi nefiiarte \u015fi burueni \u015fi din mugurul copacilor foarte c\u00e2te pu\u0163inel, at\u00e2t numai c\u00e2t s\u0103-\u015fi \u0163ie via\u0163a. C\u0103 unii ajuna toat\u0103 s\u0103pt\u0103m\u00e2na, iar dumineca numai ce gusta c\u00e2te ceva dintr-ac\u00e9stea, iar al\u0163ii de 2 ori \u00een s\u0103pt\u0103m\u00e2n\u0103, iar al\u0163ii din amiaz\u0103zi \u00een amiaz\u0103zi sau din sear\u0103 \u00een sear\u0103, iar cu ruga \u015fi cu rug\u0103ciunile \u00eenchipuia traiului \u015fi vie\u0163ii \u00eengere\u015fti. Iar pizma \u015fi negu\u0163\u0103toriia \u015fi precupiia, care era \u00eentru oameni, de totul tot o p\u0103r\u0103sir\u0103 \u015fi o l\u0103sar\u0103, \u015fi cugetele \u015fi g\u00e2ndurile c\u00e9le d\u0103\u015farte \u015fi \u00een\u015f\u0103l\u0103toare \u015fi nebune nu-i am\u0103gir\u0103. \u015ei c\u00e2nd f\u0103cea bun\u0103t\u0103\u0163i mai multe ei nu cugeta c\u0103 le-au f\u0103cut cu ostenin\u0163ele lor, ce cu put\u00e9rea lui Dumnezeu g\u00e2ndea c\u0103 s-au f\u0103cut. \u015ei toat\u0103 voirea lor o pleca \u00een\u0163el\u00e9ptei smerenii \u015fi nu socotea s\u0103 fie f\u0103c\u00e2nd nici un lucru des\u0103v\u00e2r\u015fit, c\u00e2t s\u0103 ostenia de mult, ci \u00eenc\u0103 tot s\u0103 fie mai cu mult\u0103 datorie \u00eempresura\u0163i s\u0103 \u0163inea. Precum zise \u015fi Domnul Hristos, gr\u0103ind: \u201eC\u00e2nd ve\u0163i face toate c\u00e2te v\u0103 sunt poruncile, atunce voi zice\u0163i: \u201erobi neharnici \u015fi nevr\u00e9dnici suntem, c\u0103 ce ni s-au c\u0103zut noao s\u0103 facem, noi n-am f\u0103cut?\u201c. \u015ei a\u015fa \u015fi \u00eentr-acesta chip era care de care mai smerit, iar trufiia \u015fi m\u0103riia cea de\u015fart\u0103 \u015fi toate altele, carele pohtescu oamenii, nici cum nu s\u0103 afla \u00eentr-\u00een\u015fii. Ce pentru aceasta l\u0103cuia \u00een pustii \u015fi voia s\u0103 nu s\u0103 arate oamenilor \u00eendreptare, de la d\u00e2n\u015fii s\u0103 ia plat\u0103. C\u0103 \u015ftiia bine c\u0103 toate faptele \u015fi lucrurile ce s\u0103 fac \u00eentru trufie, ac\u00e9lea n-au plat\u0103, c\u0103ci c\u0103 suntu f\u0103cute pentru pohvala de la oameni, iar nu pentru pohvala de la Dumnezeu. Dreptu ac\u00e9ia, cine va face lucruri \u015fi ostenele pentru ca s\u0103-l laude oamenii, acela \u00eendoit \u00ee\u015fi va face \u015fie nevoe, c\u0103 trupul \u015fi-l osten\u00e9\u015fte, iar plat\u0103 pentru ac\u00e9ia n-are. Iar cei ce-au pohtit s\u0103 fie sl\u0103vi\u0163i de lauda Celui de Sus, c\u0103tr\u0103 a lui slav\u0103 s-au dus, \u015fi slava oamenilor \u015fi a limii ace\u015ftiia nu o au b\u0103gat \u00een seam\u0103. C\u0103 unii au fugit \u015fi s-au dep\u0103rtat de oameni, \u015fi a\u015fa deosebi s-au ostenit \u015fi s-au nevoit cu bune nevoin\u0163e \u015fi tot \u00een lucruri bune \u015f-au cheltuit toat\u0103 via\u0163a lor. Dup\u0103 ac\u00e9ia s-au apropiat c\u0103tr\u0103 Dumnezeu. Iar al\u0163ii, mai aproape l\u0103cuia unul de altul \u015fi numai duminicile \u015fi s\u0103rb\u0103torile veniia la bis\u00e9ric\u0103 \u015fi s\u0103 aduna, de s\u0103 precestuia dumnezee\u015ftilor taini, jungherii cei f\u0103r\u2019 de s\u00e2nge a cinstitului trup \u015fi s\u00e2nge al Domnului nostru Iisus Hristos, carea iaste \u00eentru iertarea p\u0103catelor celor credincio\u015fi, \u015fi li s\u0103 d\u0103 \u00eentru luminarea \u015fi sfin\u0163irea sufletelor \u015fi a trupurilor. \u015ei s\u0103 \u00eentreba unul cu altul de \u00eenv\u0103\u0163\u0103turile dumnezie\u015ftilor cuvinte \u015fi de alte \u00eenv\u0103\u0163\u0103turi, care s\u0103 c\u0103dea. Iar a\u0163\u00e2\u0163\u0103rile \u015fi \u00eent\u0103r\u00e2t\u0103rile c\u00e9le acoperite \u015fi ascunse le v\u0103dea, ca nu cumva s\u0103 s\u0103 prinz\u0103 \u00eentr-\u00eensele cineva din cei ce nu vor \u015fti caznele \u015fi a\u0163\u00e2\u0163\u0103rile acelui r\u0103zboiu. Deacii iar s\u0103 \u00eentorcea fie\u015ftecarele dintr-\u00een\u015fii la l\u0103ca\u015furile \u015fi la colibile lor \u015fi cu bun\u0103t\u0103\u0163ile lor punea miiarea care iaste vr\u00e9dnic\u0103 de toat\u0103 cinstea \u015fi dulcea\u0163a \u00een vasele inimilor lor, \u015fi f\u0103ciia road\u0103 foarte dulce, carea era \u015fi s\u0103 c\u0103dea a fi la masa cea cereasc\u0103. Iar al\u0163ii l\u0103cuescu de ob\u015fte \u015fi s\u0103 adun\u0103 mul\u0163i \u015fi-\u015fi r\u0103dic\u0103 unul s\u0103 le fie mai mare \u015fi nastavnic \u015fi suptu porunca aceluia to\u0163i s\u0103 pleac\u0103 \u015fi s\u0103 supun, \u015fi toat\u0103 voia lor cu cu\u0163itul ascult\u0103rii o junghe \u015fi s\u0103 cheam\u0103 ca c\u00e2nd ar fi ni\u015fte robi cump\u0103ra\u0163i. Deacii nu mai tr\u0103escu, nici vie\u0163uescu lor, ce lui Hristos, pentru a c\u0103ruia dragoste ei de a lor bun\u0103 voe se-au f\u0103cut mai mici \u015fi s-au supus. \u015ei s\u0103 cade a zice c\u0103 deacii nu mai tr\u0103escu, nici vie\u0163uescu lor, ci \u00eentr-\u00een\u015fii l\u0103cuia\u015fte \u015fi vie\u0163uia\u015fte Hristos, c\u0103ruia, l\u0103s\u00e2ndu-\u015fi \u015fi p\u0103r\u0103sindu-se de toate de altele, urmeaz\u0103 lui. Deci, a\u015fa \u015fi \u00eentr-acesta chip f\u0103c\u00e2nd, l\u0103cuescu acum ca \u00eengerii \u015fi c\u00e2nt\u0103 lui Dumnezeu c\u00e2nt\u0103ri \u015fi c\u00e2ntece. Ca cu un suflet suntu m\u0103rturisitori poslu\u015faniei \u015fi patemei, \u015fi pre d\u00e2n\u015fii s-au umplut cuv\u00e2ntul Domnului, care au zis: \u201eUnde suntu 2 sau 3 \u00een numele mieu, acolo, \u00een mijlocul lor sunt \u015fi eu\u201c. Aici nu s\u0103 \u00een\u0163el\u00e9ge acestu cuv\u00e2ntu s\u0103 fie cu m\u0103sur\u0103, at\u00e2t numai, adec\u0103 2 sau 3 aduna\u0163i, ce aceasta 2 sau 3 s\u0103 socot\u00e9\u015fte m\u0103car de ar fi c\u00e2t de mul\u0163i. Iar de s\u0103 vor aduna m\u0103car pu\u0163inei, m\u0103car mul\u0163i, \u00een numele lui cel sf\u00e2ntu \u015fi s\u0103-i slujasc\u0103 cu dragoste \u015fi cu c\u0103ldur\u0103, noi cr\u00e9dem cu toat\u0103 adeverin\u0163a cum s\u0103 fie prin mijlocul robilor s\u0103i. \u00cen chipuri ca ac\u00e9stea \u015fi cu via\u0163a ca aceasta \u015fi cin, cei den p\u0103m\u00e2ntu \u015fi de \u0163\u0103r\u00e2n\u0103 pohtir\u0103 \u015fi r\u00e2vnir\u0103 traiul cerescu, l\u0103cuindu \u00een postu \u015fi \u00een rug\u0103ciuni \u015fi \u00een lacr\u0103me calde, \u00een pl\u00e2ngere smerit\u0103, \u00een strein\u0103tate \u015fi \u00een cugetele mor\u0163ii, \u00een bl\u00e2nd\u00e9\u0163e \u015fi \u00een nem\u00e2nie, \u00een t\u0103c\u00e9re \u015fi \u00een lips\u0103 \u015fi \u00een s\u0103r\u0103cie, \u00een cur\u0103\u0163ie \u015fi \u00een mintea cea \u00eentreag\u0103, \u00eentru \u00een\u0163elepciunea cea plecat\u0103 \u015fi \u00een lini\u015fte. \u00cen dragostea cea des\u0103v\u00e2r\u015fit\u0103 c\u0103tr\u0103 Dumnezeu \u015fi c\u0103tr\u0103 vecini \u015f-au petrecut via\u0163a aceasta cu obiceaiuri \u015fi tocm\u00e9le \u00eengere\u015fti. Pentru ac\u00e9ia \u015fi Dumnezeu i-au \u00eent\u0103rit cu semne \u015fi cu minuni \u015fi cu multe feliuri de puteri, \u015fi f\u0103cu de s\u0103 auzi v\u00e9stea minunatelor lor vie\u0163i \u015fi traiuri peste toat\u0103 lumea.<\/p>\n

Iar\u0103 lumea aceasta cu adev\u0103rat iaste rea \u015fi \u00een\u015f\u0103l\u0103toare \u015fi pizm\u0103tari\u0163\u0103 \u015fi ur\u00e2toare. C\u0103 c\u00e2t d\u0103ruia\u015fte pre priiatenii ei, apoi iar cu m\u00e2nie \u015fi cu urgie \u00eentoarce \u015fi ia \u00eenapoi \u015fi-i trimite goli de toate bun\u0103t\u0103\u0163ile \u015fi \u00eembr\u0103ca\u0163i \u00een ru\u015fine \u015fi \u00eens\u0103rcina\u0163i cu toate greut\u0103\u0163ile \u00een sc\u00e2rba cea de v\u00e9ci, \u015fi pre cei ce-i \u00eenal\u0163\u0103 iar\u0103\u015fi degrab\u2019 \u00eei supune suptu picioare \u015fi-i smer\u00e9\u015fte cu s\u0103r\u0103ciia cea mai de apoi \u015fi sunt bucurie tuturor vr\u0103jma\u015filor lor. A\u015fa \u015fi \u00eentracesta chip suntu darurile ei. A\u015fa suntu milele ei, \u015fi iaste vr\u0103jma\u015f\u0103 priiatenilor ei \u015fi f\u0103c\u0103toare de r\u0103u tuturor celor ce fac voia ei \u015fi cu m\u00e2nie arunc\u0103-i jos pre to\u0163i cei ce s\u0103 razim\u0103 de d\u00e2nsa, \u015fi sl\u0103b\u00e9\u015fte pre to\u0163i c\u00e9ia ce s\u0103 n\u0103d\u0103jdueascu spre d\u00e2nsa. Cu cei nebuni s\u0103 sf\u0103tuia\u015fte \u015fi face f\u0103g\u0103duiale mincinoase, numai ca s\u0103-i trag\u0103 c\u0103tr\u0103 sine. Deacii ei, deaca s\u0103 apropie c\u0103tr\u0103 d\u00e2nsa, ia s\u0103 afl\u0103 f\u0103r\u0103 \u00een\u0163elep\u0163ie \u015fi mincinoas\u0103 \u015fi nu umple f\u0103g\u0103duialele ce le-au f\u0103g\u0103duit. C\u0103 ast\u0103zi unge g\u00e2rtanul lor cu unsori de bucate dulci, iar m\u00e2ine ia-i pune de-i m\u0103n\u00e2nc\u0103 vr\u0103jma\u015fii lor. Ast\u0103zi pune pe vreunul dentr-\u00een\u015fii \u00eemp\u0103rat, iar m\u00e2ine ia-l d\u0103 \u00een rea robie. Ast\u0103zi iaste \u00eend\u0103stulit cu de toate bun\u0103t\u0103\u0163ile f\u0103r\u2019 de num\u0103r \u015fi f\u0103r\u2019 de seam\u0103, iar m\u00e2ine ia-l m\u00e2n\u0103 de c\u00e9re pre uli\u0163e, den u\u015f\u0103 \u00een u\u015f\u0103. Ast\u0103zi coruna slavei pune \u00een capul lui, iar m\u00e2ine ia-l pune cu capul jos pre p\u0103m\u00e2ntu. Ast\u0103zi \u00eenfrumusi\u0163eaz\u0103 grumazii lui cu gherdanuri de aur curat \u015fi cu pietri scumpe, iar diminea\u0163\u0103 ia-l smer\u00e9\u015fte \u015fi-l leag\u0103 cu lan\u0163uri de hier. \u00cen pu\u0163inea vr\u00e9me cu toate bun\u0103t\u0103\u0163ile \u00eel face, iar apoi, cur\u00e2nd \u00eel ura\u015fte \u015fi pune pizm\u0103 pre d\u00e2nsul. Ast\u0103zi \u00eel vesel\u00e9\u015fte, iar m\u00e2ine cu pl\u00e2ngere \u015fi cu suspini \u00eei pl\u0103t\u00e9\u015fte. Ca acesta sf\u00e2r\u015fit pune ia pre c\u00e9ia ce o iubescu \u015fi totdeauna a\u015fa voia\u015fte \u015fi \u00eentr-acesta chip priia\u015fte \u015fi nu-i iaste grij\u0103 de cei ce au trecut, nici \u00eei iaste mil\u0103 de cei ce au r\u0103mas. Ce pre c\u00e9ia cu hicle\u015fug i-au \u00een\u015f\u0103lat, iar pre ce\u015ftea iar s\u0103 nevoia\u015fte cu me\u015fte\u015fugul ei s\u0103-i v\u00e2n\u00e9ze. \u015ei munc\u00e9\u015fte ca s\u0103 nu scape nimeni din cursele ei c\u00e9le ficl\u00e9ne.<\/p>\n

Deci cei ce-\u015fi al\u0103tur\u0103 cugetele \u015fi-\u015fi petrec via\u0163a \u015fi traiul dup\u0103 voia ace\u015ftii st\u0103p\u00e2ne r\u00e9le \u015fi f\u0103r\u0103 credin\u0163\u0103, iar de bunul \u015fi iubitoriul de oameni Dumnezeu ei cu ne\u00een\u0163elep\u0163iia lor s-au dep\u0103rtat \u015fi s-au amestecat cu mare bucurie \u00een lucrurile lumii \u015fi de c\u00e9le ce vor s\u0103 fie n-au socotit, nici \u015f-au adus aminte, ci au petrecut tot \u00een voia \u015fi \u00een pohtele trupului, iar pre ocaianicul \u015fi tic\u0103losul suflet l-au p\u0103r\u0103sit, de s-au topit de foame \u015fi au p\u0103timit \u00eentunerece de nevoi \u015fi de r\u0103ut\u0103\u0163i, ace\u015ftea s\u0103 aseam\u0103n\u0103 unui om ce fugea de un inorog \u015fi nu putea nici cum s\u0103 rabde \u015fi s\u0103 t\u00e2rpeasc\u0103 strigarea \u015fi zbieretul glasului lui cel groaznic \u015fi \u00eenfrico\u015fat, ce fugiia tare, ca nu cumva s\u0103-l ajung\u0103 \u015fi s\u0103-l m\u0103n\u00e2nce. \u015ei a\u015fa fugind, c\u0103zu \u00eentr-o groap\u0103 mare. \u015ei, deaca c\u0103zu \u00eentr-\u00eensa, el afl\u0103 acolo un copaci \u015fi s\u0103 apuc\u0103 de s\u0103 urc\u0103 \u00eentr-\u00eensul \u015fi st\u0103tu cu picioarele pre ni\u015fte ramuri \u015fi g\u00e2ndea c\u0103 va fi \u00een pace \u015fi f\u0103r’ de nici o grij\u0103. Iar deaca s\u0103 urc\u0103, el c\u0103ut\u0103 la r\u0103d\u0103cina acelui copaci \u015fi v\u0103zu doi \u015foareci: Unul era albu, iar altul era negru. \u015ei rodea totdeauna acel copaci, \u00een care era el, \u015fi at\u00e2ta-l rosese, c\u00e2t pu\u0163intel era s\u0103 caz\u0103 jos. Deacii c\u0103uta \u00een fundul acei gropi \u015fi v\u0103zu un \u015farpe mare \u015fi groaznec \u015fi unde sufl\u0103 \u015fi e\u015fa din gura lui par\u0103 de foc \u015fi venea cu gura c\u0103scat\u0103 \u015fi cu din\u0163ii r\u00e2nji\u0163i, numai s\u0103-l \u00eenghi\u0163\u0103. Deacii iar c\u0103uta spre partea \u00eenc\u0103tro sta el cu picioarele, \u015fi v\u0103zu 4 capete de aspid\u0103, unde s\u0103 iviia din malul acela ce era. \u015ei iar c\u0103ut\u0103 \u00een sus, \u015fi v\u0103zu unde pica dintr-o ramur\u0103 a acelui copaciu c\u00e2te o pic\u0103tur\u0103 de miiare. \u015ei, deaca v\u0103zu acea pu\u0163inea miiare, uit\u0103 de-a-\u015fi mai aduce aminte de ac\u00e9le r\u0103ut\u0103\u0163i multe ce-l \u00eencungiurase, c\u0103 denafar\u0103 de acea groap\u0103 sta inorogul gata s\u0103-l m\u0103n\u00e2nce, iar \u00een fundul gropii r\u00e2njiia acel \u015farpe groaznec, ca s\u0103-l \u00eenghi\u0163\u0103, iar copaciul \u00een care s\u0103 urcase era pu\u0163inel numai s\u0103 caz\u0103, iar picioarele \u015fi le pus\u00e9se pre ni\u015fte ramuri uscate \u015fi putrede. \u015ei uit\u0103 ac\u00e9ste r\u0103ut\u0103\u0163i \u015fi greut\u0103\u0163i toate, \u015fi s\u0103 porni spre acea ramur\u0103 ce pica pu\u0163inic\u0103 miiare.<\/p>\n

T\u00e2lcul<\/em>. Aceasta iaste \u00eenchipuire celor ce s\u0103 \u00een\u015fal\u0103 cu \u00een\u015f\u0103l\u0103ciunea lumii ace\u015ftiia, care acum \u0163i-o voi t\u00e2lcui: inorogul semneaz\u0103 moartea, care gon\u00e9\u015fte s\u0103 ajung\u0103 pre tot neamul lui Adam; acea groap\u0103 mare iaste lumea aceasta, care iaste plin\u0103 de cursele mor\u0163ii; iar copaciul acela, carele rodea acei 2 \u015foareci totdeauna, de carele s\u0103 apucase de s\u0103 \u0163inea acel om, acela iaste via\u0163a a fie\u015ftec\u0103ruia om, \u015fi s\u0103 scurteaz\u0103 trec\u00e2nd ziua \u015fi noaptea, \u015fi s\u0103 apropie de s\u0103v\u00e2r\u015fit; iar ac\u00e9le 4 capete de aspid\u0103, semneaz\u0103 4 stihii, din care s\u0103 tocm\u00e9\u015fte trupul omului, care de le va purta cineva r\u0103u \u015fi cum nu s\u0103 cade, deacii i s\u0103 va r\u0103sipi tocmirea trupului; iar focul acela ce e\u015fa den suflarea acelui \u015farpe, acela semneaz\u0103 groaznecele \u015fi cumplitele ma\u0163e ale iadului, care a\u015fteapt\u0103 s\u0103 \u00eenghit\u0103 \u015fi s\u0103 mistuiasc\u0103 pre cei ce iubescu mai v\u00e2rtos frumuse\u0163ile \u015fi cinstea lumii ace\u015ftiia dec\u00e2t bun\u0103t\u0103\u0163ile veacului ce va s\u0103 fie; iar acea pic\u0103tur\u0103 de miiare semneaz\u0103 dulce\u0163ile lumii ace\u015ftia, cu care am\u0103ge\u015fte ia \u015fi \u00een\u015fal\u0103 pre priiatenii s\u0103i \u015fi nu-i las\u0103 s\u0103 s\u0103 grijasc\u0103 de sp\u0103seniia \u015fi m\u00e2ntuirea sefletelor lor.<\/p>\n

Pentr-ac\u00e9ia, c\u00e9ia ce iubescu frumuse\u0163ile \u015fi bun\u0103t\u0103\u0163ile lumii ace\u015ftiia mai v\u00e2rtos dec\u00e2t bucuriile veacului ce va s\u0103 fie, ac\u00e9ia s\u0103 \u00eenchipuescu unui om care avea 3 priiateni; deci pre doi \u00eei cinstea \u015fi-i socotea cu toat\u0103 inima \u015fi pentru dragostea lor lupta p\u00e2n\u2019 la moarte, \u015fi era gata a petr\u00e9ce toate nevoile \u015fi sc\u00e2rbele pentru d\u00e2n\u015fii, iar pre cel de al treilea nu-l b\u0103ga nici \u00eentr-o seam\u0103, nici avea nici o grij\u0103 de d\u00e2nsul, nici cinstea \u015fi dragostea, care i s\u0103 c\u0103dea, nu o ar\u0103ta niciodat\u0103 c\u0103tr\u0103 d\u00e2nsul. Ce numai ce-l cinstea oarece pu\u0163inel, \u015fi \u00eenc\u0103 \u015fi at\u00e2t c\u00e2t \u00eel socotea tot cu f\u0103\u0163\u0103rii \u015fi cu \u00eendoiri. Iar c\u00e2nd fu odat\u0103, venir\u0103 ni\u015fte slujitori \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103te\u015fti seme\u0163i \u015fi \u00eenfrico\u015fa\u0163i \u015fi vrea s\u0103-l ia degrab\u2019 \u015fi f\u0103r\u2019 de z\u0103bav\u0103, s\u0103-l duc\u0103 la \u00eemp\u0103ratul s\u0103-\u015fi dea seama de mul\u0163ime mult\u0103 de galbeni. Iar el c\u0103zu \u00eentru nedomirire \u015fi nepricepere, \u015fi nu \u015ftiia ce va s\u0103 fac\u0103, \u015fi \u00eencepu a c\u0103uta so\u0163ii, ca s\u0103 mearg\u0103 cu d\u00e2nsul la \u00eemp\u0103ratul, s\u0103-i fie \u00eentr-ajutoriu. \u015ei m\u00e9rse la priiatenul cel mai iubit \u015fi mai drag al lui \u015fi zise: \u201eAdu-\u0163i aminte de mine, priiatene, c\u0103 \u015ftii c\u0103 foarte-mi erai drag \u015fi te iubiiam \u015fi-mi puneam \u00eenc\u0103 \u015fi sufletul mieu pentru tine, iar acum eu te rog s\u0103-mi aju\u0163i, precum te-ai f\u0103g\u0103duit \u015fi s\u0103 m\u0103 izb\u0103ve\u015fti dintr-aceast\u0103 nevoe\u201c. Iar el zise: \u201eNu-\u0163i suntu eu priiaten, nici te \u015ftiu cine e\u015fti tu, ca al\u0163i priiateni am eu \u015fi cu ac\u00e9ia voi s\u0103 m\u0103 veselescu ast\u0103zi, \u015fi de acum pre ac\u00e9ia voi s\u0103-i aibu priiateni. Iar \u0163ie iat\u0103 c\u0103-\u0163i dau 2 \u0163oluri, ca s\u0103-\u0163i fie pre calea care vei s\u0103 mergi. Iar s\u0103 \u015ftii c\u0103 de alt folos de nimic nu vor s\u0103-\u0163i fie. \u015ei de acum s\u0103 nu mai g\u00e2nde\u015fti c\u0103 vei s\u0103 mai aibi vreo folosin\u0163\u0103 de la mine, f\u0103r\u2019 de aceasta\u201c. Deacii el, deaca auzi a\u015fa, s\u0103 p\u0103r\u0103si de n\u0103dejdea care avu c\u0103tr\u0103 d\u00e2nsul \u015fi alerg\u0103 c\u0103tr\u0103 celalalt priiaten \u015fi-i zise: \u201eAdu-\u0163i aminte, frate, c\u00e2t\u0103 prietnicie \u015fi dragoste \u015fi cinste ai avut de la mine, deci te rog s\u0103-mi fii acum \u00eentr-ajutoriu c\u00e2t vei putea; c\u0103 iat\u0103 c\u0103 am c\u0103zut \u00eentr-o nevoe \u015fi greutate foarte mare \u015fi cumplit\u0103\u201c. Iar priiatenul acela iar\u0103-i zise: \u201eAst\u0103zi, frate, eu nu poci s\u0103-\u0163i folosescu nimic, nici s\u0103-\u0163i ajut ceva, c\u0103 \u015fi eu \u00eencungiurat sunt \u015fi cuprinsu de multe griji \u015fi sc\u00e2rbe \u015fi inimi r\u00e9le. Ce numai at\u00e2ta-\u0163i voi ajuta, c\u00e2t voi merge cu tine pu\u0163inea cale, de te voi petr\u00e9ce, \u015fi iar\u0103\u015fi m\u0103 voi \u00eentoarce la casa mea, de-mi voi c\u0103uta de trebile m\u00e9le \u015fi m\u0103 voi griji de ce-mi iaste asupra\u201c. Deacii omul acela s\u0103 \u00eentoarse \u015fi de la acel priiaten f\u0103r\u2019 de nici o folosin\u0163\u0103, si-l cuprinse g\u00e2nduri \u015fi cugete \u015fi s\u0103 c\u0103ia mir\u00e2ndu-se de nebuniia \u015fi ne\u00een\u0163elep\u0163iia acelor priiatini ai lui \u015fi de a lui mult\u0103 osteneal\u0103 \u015fi grij\u0103 \u015fi nevoe ce era gata a petr\u00e9ce \u015fi a p\u0103timi pentru d\u00e2n\u015fii. \u015ei iar m\u00e9rse \u015fi la al treilea priiaten, pre care niciodat\u0103 nu-l cinstise cu toat\u0103 inima, nici-i slujise nici \u00eentr-un lucru cu adeverin\u0163\u0103 \u015fi des\u0103v\u00e2r\u015fit, nici la osp\u00e9\u0163\u00e9le lui nu-l chemase, \u015fi gr\u0103i c\u0103tr\u0103 d\u00e2nsul, cu fa\u0163\u0103 ru\u015finoas\u0103 \u015fi trist\u0103, zic\u00e2nd: \u201eFrate, n-am gur\u0103 s\u0103 o d\u0103\u015fchizu \u015fi s\u0103 gr\u0103escu \u00eenaintea ta, c\u0103 \u015ftiu c\u0103-\u0163i vei aduce aminte c\u0103 n-ai v\u0103zut de la mine nici un bine niciodat\u0103, nici vreo cinste. Iar pentru c\u0103ci m\u0103 ajunse o n\u0103paste \u015fi o urgie rea, \u015fi de la alal\u0163i priiateni ai miei n-am nici un ajutoriu, nici o folosin\u0163\u0103, pentru ac\u00e9ia am venit acum la tine \u015fi te rog s\u0103 nu bagi \u00een seam\u0103, nici s\u0103 socote\u015fti lucrurile m\u00e9le, c\u0103ci nu team cinstit mai denainte; ce, de vei putea ceva, ajut\u0103-mi acum \u00eentr-aceast\u0103 vr\u00e9me de nevoe \u015fi de sc\u00e2rb\u0103, ce m\u0103 cuprinse \u015fi m\u0103 \u00eencungiur\u0103\u201c. Iar el cu bucurie \u015fi cu bl\u00e2nd\u00e9\u0163e r\u0103spunse \u015fi zise: \u201eO, fratele mieu \u015fi priiatenul mieu, cu adev\u0103rat a\u015fa iaste cum zici. Iar eu acea pu\u0163inea prietnicie \u015fi dragoste ce ai ar\u0103tat c\u0103tr\u0103 mine, nu o voi uita, ci \u0163i-o voi pl\u0103ti ast\u0103zi \u00eenc\u0103 mai cu asupr\u0103. Numai nu te teme, nici \u00ee\u0163i fie fric\u0103, c\u0103 eu voi m\u00e9rge la \u00eemp\u0103ratul mai nainte de tine \u015fi-l voi ruga pentru tine, de nu te va da \u00een m\u00e2inele vr\u0103jma\u015filor t\u0103i. Deci fii v\u00e9sel, frate, \u015fi nu te \u00eentrista!? Atuncea omul acela, deaca auzi a\u015fa, i se umili inima \u015fi \u00eencepu cu lacr\u0103me a gr\u0103i \u015fi a zice: \u201eO, vai de mine, pentru ce m-am nevoit \u015fi am luptat at\u00e2ta pentru acei priateni r\u0103i \u015fi \u00een\u015f\u0103l\u0103tori, \u015fi pentru ce m-am n\u0103d\u0103jduit pre d\u0103\u015fart\u0103ciunile lor, de n-am venit d\u0103 multu s\u0103 m\u0103 plec la tine \u015fi s\u0103 te cinstescu \u015fi s\u0103 te rog s\u0103-mi folose\u015fti!<\/p>\n

T\u00e2lcuiala<\/em>: Priiatenul cel dint\u00e2i iaste avu\u0163iia \u015fi bog\u0103\u0163iia omului, aurul \u015fi argintul lui, pentru care de multe ori cade omul \u00een griji \u015fi nevoi \u015fi pate multe greut\u0103\u0163i, iar c\u00e2nd vine ceasul de apoi al mor\u0163ii, nimic dintr-ac\u00e9stea nu ia cu d\u00e2nsul, f\u0103r\u0103 ni\u015fte obiiale \u015fi alt ceva pu\u0163inel de-i suntu de \u00eengropare. Iar al doilea priiaten iaste muiarea \u015fi feciorii lui \u015fi fra\u0163ii \u015fi rudeniile lui, c\u0103tr\u0103 carea deaca s\u0103 apropie omul, deacii anevoe s\u0103 d\u0103zlipe\u015fte \u015fi s\u0103 desparte, \u015fi pentru d\u00e2n\u015fii \u00ee\u015fi ura\u015fte trupul \u015fi sufletul. Iar deaca s\u0103 apropie moartea, nici o folosin\u0163\u0103 n-are de d\u00e2n\u015fii, f\u0103r\u2019 numai c\u00e2t \u00eel petrec p\u00e2n\u2019 la morm\u00e2ntu. Deacii iar s\u0103 \u00eentorcu fie\u015ftecare pre la casele lor \u015fi s\u0103 grij\u0103scu de ale lor trebi \u015fi lucruri. Iar al treilea priiaten, carele nu-l b\u0103ga \u00een seam\u0103, nici \u00eel socotea, nici \u00eel cinstea cum s\u0103 cade, iaste cridin\u0163a, dragostea, n\u0103d\u00e9jdea, milosteniia, dreptatea iubirea de oameni, cur\u0103\u0163iia, ruga \u015fi alte bun\u0103t\u0103\u0163i multe, carea, deaca murim noi, iale s\u0103 urc\u0103 mai nainte \u015fi mergu la Dumnezeu de-l roag\u0103 pentru noi \u015fi dau seama c\u0103tr\u0103 vame\u015fii cei groazneci \u015fi \u00eenfrico\u015fa\u0163i \u015fi lupt\u0103 pentru noi. Ac\u00e9stea suntu priiatenul cel bun \u015fi \u00een\u0163eleptu, care pentru pu\u0163inel bine ce am f\u0103cut nu uit\u0103 ci ni-l pl\u0103t\u00e9\u015fte mai cu asupr\u0103.<\/p>\n

Pentru ac\u00e9ia, \u015fi noi s\u0103 nu iubim nici muerile noastre, nici feciorii, ce s\u0103 c\u00e2\u015ftig\u0103m \u015fi s\u0103 dob\u00e2ndim priiaten pre Dumnezeu, cu lucruri bune \u015fi cuvioase. C\u0103 acela ne va fi ajutoriu bun \u015fi ne va izb\u0103vi de toate r\u0103ut\u0103\u0163ile \u015fi acum, aici, \u015fi la e\u015firea sufletului, \u015fi \u00een veacul ce va s\u0103 fie.<\/p>\n

C\u0103uta\u0163i \u015fi acestu lucru \u015fi tain\u0103 mare, \u015fi vede\u0163i \u015fi socoti\u0163i! Vede\u0163i \u00eemp\u0103ra\u0163ii \u015fi nu v\u0103 mai \u00een\u015f\u0103lare\u0163i, vede\u0163i domnii \u015fi nu v\u0103 mai ului\u0163i, c\u0103 deaca s\u0103 d\u0103spart de via\u0163a aceasta \u015fi deaca s\u0103 \u00eengroap\u0103, deacii cine mai poate cunoa\u015fte pre care au fost \u00eemp\u0103rat \u015fi put\u00e9rnic? Iar de moarte nicicum nimeni nu s\u0103 poate m\u00e2ntui, ci to\u0163i vor s\u0103 s\u0103 cutremure de p\u0103harul ei. Iat\u0103 c\u0103 iaste \u015fi el ca fie\u015ftecare om \u015fi-i iaste fric\u0103 \u015fi s\u0103 cutremur\u0103 de d\u00e2nsa. Cel ce era mai nainte put\u00e9rnic \u015fi \u00eenfrico\u015fat, iar acum, iat\u0103, s\u0103 duce ca un os\u00e2ndit; \u015fi de cel ce s\u0103 cutremura eri cei urgisi\u0163i, iat\u0103 acum cu totul s\u0103 ia, \u015fi toat\u0103 \u00een\u0163elepciunea \u015fi put\u00e9rea lui piiare. \u015ei pre dreptate s\u0103 sp\u0103im\u00e2nteaz\u0103, c\u0103 v\u0103zu puterile \u00eengere\u015fti \u015fi-\u015fi uit\u0103 toat\u0103 obl\u0103duin\u0163a sa. V\u0103zu chipul st\u0103p\u00e2nului Hristos \u015fi s\u0103 schimb\u0103 fa\u0163a sa. Unde iaste acum put\u00e9rea \u015fi m\u0103riia cea domneasc\u0103? C\u0103 multe pova\u0163e ne trebuescu s\u0103 ne pov\u0103\u0163easc\u0103 \u015fi s\u0103 ne treac\u0103 prin v\u0103mile c\u00e9le din v\u0103zduh. Dar de vr\u00e9me ce, c\u00e2nd vom s\u0103 m\u00e9rgem vre \u00eentr-o lature de loc, sau vom s\u0103 \u00eentr\u0103m vre \u00eentr-o cetate strein\u0103 \u015fi ne\u015ftiut\u0103, noi c\u0103t\u0103m \u015fi cerc\u0103m s\u0103 afl\u0103m vreo pova\u0163\u0103, s\u0103 ne poat\u0103 pov\u0103\u0163ui bine, cu c\u00e2t mai mult \u00eenc\u0103 ni s\u0103 cade s\u0103 avem atunci pova\u0163\u0103 \u015fi ajutoriu acolo, unde \u015fi c\u00e2nd s\u0103 va \u00eentoarci \u015fi va tr\u00e9ce slava noastr\u0103 ceast\u0103 trec\u0103toare \u015fi \u00een\u015f\u0103l\u0103toare \u00een moarte. Ca s\u0103 acopere \u015fi s\u0103 d\u0103p\u0103rteze puterile \u015fi biruitorii cei mari ai lumii ace\u015ftiia cei nev\u0103zu\u0163i, din v\u0103zduh, pre care-i nemerescu \u015fi le zic sfintele scripturi, c\u0103 sunt vame\u015fi \u015fi ispititori \u015fi vr\u0103jma\u015fi. Atuncea bun ajutor \u015fi bun\u0103 pova\u0163\u0103 ne va fi noao milosteniia \u015fi ne va duce drept prin portile cere\u015fti. Acolo vom avea procatori2<\/a><\/sup> buni, s\u0103racii pre carii i-am miluit, mai nainte de moartea noastr\u0103, \u00eentr-aceast\u0103 lume. Pentru ac\u00e9ia s\u0103 silim s\u0103 miluim pre to\u0163i mai nainte, p\u00e2n\u0103 ce nu ne ajunge moartea. \u015ei to\u0163i c\u00e2\u0163i suntem \u00eemp\u0103ra\u0163i, domni, boiari \u015fi slugi, veni\u0163i \u015fi c\u0103uta\u0163i \u00een morm\u00e2nturi \u015fi vede\u0163i ce v\u0103 face\u0163i, \u015fi v\u0103 cutremura\u0163i! Veni\u0163i \u015fi voi, cei ce ave\u0163i griji \u015fi vrajbe unul pre altul, \u015fi c\u0103uta\u0163i de vede\u0163i cum v\u0103 r\u0103sipi\u0163i, \u015fi v\u0103 \u00eemp\u0103ca\u0163i. Caut\u0103 cu tot de-adinsul \u00een morm\u00e2nt \u015fi vezi pre cei ce zac acolo \u00eentr-\u00eensul \u015fi cunoa\u015fte care au fost \u00eemp\u0103rat \u015fi care suntu oase de domn. Vezi groaznecul \u015fi \u00eenfrico\u015fatul chip \u015fi fa\u0163\u0103 a oaselor \u015fi zi dar: dentr-ace\u015ftea, care au fost \u00eemp\u0103rat \u015fi care au fost domn, sau care au fost boiariu, sau care au fost slug\u0103, sau bogat, sau s\u0103rac, sau b\u0103tr\u00e2n, sau t\u00e2n\u0103r, sau care au fost harap \u015fi care au fost om frumos? Au doar nu suntu to\u0163i \u0163\u0103r\u00e2n\u0103? Au nu suntu to\u0163i pulbere? Au nu suntu to\u0163i plini de \u00eempu\u0163iciune? Au nu ne suntu acum ur\u00e2t\u0103 oasele celora ce ne era odat\u0103 dragi? O, mare nevoe \u015fi greutate! Unde iaste acum frumuse\u0163ea obrazului? Iat\u0103, s-au negrit. Unde iaste rumeneala f\u00e9\u0163ei \u015fi buzele c\u00e9le ro\u015fii? Iat\u0103, s-au ve\u015ftejit. Unde iaste clipeala ochilor \u015fi vederile lor? Iat\u0103, s\u0103 topir\u0103. Unde iaste p\u0103rul cel frumos \u015fi piept\u0103nat? Iat\u0103, au c\u0103zut. Unde suntu grumazii cei n\u00e9tezi? Iat\u0103, s-au fr\u00e2ntu. Unde iaste limba cea repede \u015fi d\u0103slu\u015fit\u0103? Iat\u0103 au t\u0103cut. Unde suntu m\u00e2inele c\u00e9le albe \u015fi frumoase? Iat\u0103, s-au deznodat. Unde sunt hainele c\u00e9le scumpe? Iat\u0103, s-au pierdut. Unde iaste \u00eenflorirea statului? Iat\u0103, au pierit. Unde suntu unsorile \u015fi zulufiile c\u00e9le cu miros frumos? Iat\u0103, s-au \u00eempu\u0163it. Unde iaste veseliia \u015fi d\u0103zmird\u0103ciunile tiner\u00e9\u0163ilor? Iat\u0103, au trecut. Unde suntu p\u0103rerile \u015fi n\u0103lucirile omene\u015fti? Iat\u0103, s\u0103 f\u0103cur\u0103 \u0163\u0103r\u00e2n\u0103, c\u0103 \u0163\u0103r\u00e2n\u0103 au fost.<\/p>\n

\u00cens\u0103 nu-\u0163i duce g\u00e2ndul \u015fi cugetul p\u00e2n\u0103 la moarte \u015fi la \u00eengropare, ce de acolo s\u0103 treci \u015fi s\u0103 g\u00e2nde\u015fti de \u00eenviiare, \u015fi s\u0103 crezi c\u0103, cum zac acuma \u00een morm\u00e2ntu, a\u015fa vor s\u0103 s\u0103 scoale. \u015ei limba care tace acum, atuncea iar va s\u0103 gr\u0103iasc\u0103, c\u00e2nd s\u0103 vor \u00eenchina \u015fi s\u0103 vor pleca lui Dumnezeu toate genuchile, c\u00e9le cere\u015fti \u015fi c\u00e9le p\u0103m\u00e2nte\u015fti \u015fi c\u00e9le de d\u0103suptu. \u015ei s\u0103 va m\u0103rturisi de toat\u0103 limba, cum zice Isaia prorocul.
\nAtuncea va fi ferice de cela ce va afla \u015fi va c\u00e2\u015ftiga \u00eendr\u0103zneala pentru lucrurile lui c\u00e9le bune \u00eenaintea lui Hristos, judec\u0103toriului celui drept. \u015ei vai de cela ce s\u0103 va afla c\u0103 au l\u0103cuit \u00een traiu \u015fi \u00een via\u0163\u0103 spurcat\u0103 \u00een lumea aceasta, c\u0103 cu mult\u0103 ru\u015fine \u015fi ocar\u0103 va sta \u00eenaintea lui Hristos Dumnezeu. Ia aminte \u015fi socot\u00e9\u015fte, o, oame, acestor cuvinte ce fur\u0103 gr\u0103ite, \u015fi caut\u0103 \u00een morm\u00e2nte \u015fi vezi oasele noastre cum zac, \u015fi-\u0163i vino \u00een g\u00e2nd \u015fi \u00een firea inimii tale, \u015fi cuget\u0103 ce sf\u00e2r\u015fit vei s\u0103 aibi, \u015fi te \u00eentoarce cu lacr\u0103me. \u015ei de vei putea s\u0103-\u0163i aduci aminte, chibzuia\u015fte \u015fi zi: carele iaste \u00eemp\u0103ratul \u015fi carele iaste omul cel prostu \u015fi de nimic? Carele iaste bogatul \u015fi omul cel l\u0103udat, \u015fi carele iaste s\u0103racul \u015fi cel de nimic? Carele iaste robul \u015fi carele iaste cel slobod? Sau carele iaste st\u0103p\u00e2nul, sau care iaste sluga, robul \u015fi slobodul? Cu adev\u0103rat \u00eentocma va fi st\u0103p\u00e2nul \u015fi sluga, robul \u015fi slobodul. \u015ei cu adev\u0103rat din lucrurile lor sau s\u0103 vor \u00een\u0103l\u0163a, sau s\u0103 vor ru\u015fina. \u015ei cu adev\u0103rat din lucruri vor fi cunoscu\u0163i \u015fi cei ce vor fi ale\u015fi \u00eentru m\u0103rire \u015fi \u00eentru \u00een\u0103l\u0163ime.<\/p>\n

Ia spune-mi acum, o, oame, c\u0103 iat\u0103 c\u0103 ai tr\u0103it 50 de ani sau m\u0103car \u015fi 100 \u015fi te-ai \u00eembog\u0103\u0163it \u015fi ai f\u0103cut feciori \u015fi f\u00e9te \u015fi ai \u00eensurat \u015fi ai m\u0103ritat \u015fi ai luat z\u00e9stre \u015fi ai dat \u015fi ai avut grij\u0103 di toate c\u00e9le lume\u015fti \u015fi ai ajunsu de ai biruit \u015fi ai st\u0103p\u00e2nit mul\u0163i oameni \u015fi multe limbi. Dar acum, dup\u0103 ac\u00e9stea, ce mai g\u00e2nde\u015fti s\u0103 mai c\u00e2\u015ftigi? N-ai ce mai c\u00e2\u015ftiga, f\u0103r\u0103 numai moartea. Dar dup\u0103 moarte, judecat\u0103, dar dup\u0103 judecat\u0103, \u00eemp\u0103r\u0103\u0163iia ceriului sau munca iadului \u015fi matca focului, care n-are sf\u00e2r\u015fit, nici pocaianie. C\u0103ci c\u0103 dup\u0103 moarte nu iaste pl\u00e2ngere, nici \u00een iad nu iaste pocaianie.<\/p>\n

Dar pentru ce nu iaste? Pentru c\u0103 tot pl\u00e2nsul \u015fi c\u0103in\u0163a \u015fi vaetele de acolo, nici de un folos nu suntu celor ce nu s-au p\u0103zit \u00een via\u0163a aceast\u0103 de acum \u00een cur\u0103\u0163ie \u015fi \u00een milostenii \u015fi \u00eentr-alte bun\u0103t\u0103\u0163i, care plac lui Dumnezeu. C\u0103 zice: \u201eNu iaste \u00een moarte care s\u0103-\u015fi aduc\u0103 aminte de tine, \u015fi \u00een iad cine s\u0103 va m\u0103rturisi \u0163ie?\u201c Cu adev\u0103rat nimeni, m\u0103car de ne-am cum nevoi \u015fi s\u0103 ne rug\u0103m, nimeni nu ne va scoate.<\/p>\n

Iat\u0103 acum, o iubitul meu fiiu, c\u00e2te pilde \u0163e-am ar\u0103tat din scriptura legii noao. A\u015fijderea \u015fi dumneavoastr\u0103, credincio\u015filor miei boiari, mari \u015fi mici, \u015fi tuturor slugilor m\u00e9le, carii sluji\u0163i cu buna \u015fi sf\u00e2nta adeverit\u0103 credin\u0163\u0103, \u015fi altor oameni, tuturor, carei cred lui Dumnezeu. A\u015fijderea \u015fi din scriptura cea veche, c\u00e2t m-am priceput, m-am nevoit de v-am ar\u0103tat \u015fi v-am spus. Pentru ac\u00e9ia pohti\u0163i, iubi\u0163i lucrurile c\u00e9le bune \u015fi dr\u00e9pte, iar de faptele c\u00e9le r\u00e9le voi v\u0103 feri\u0163i \u015fi v\u0103 dep\u0103rta\u0163i, \u015fi face\u0163i pre Dumnezeu s\u0103 v\u0103 fie milostiv \u015fi bl\u00e2ndu, cu ruga \u015fi cu postul, cu cur\u0103\u0163iia \u015fi cu alte bun\u0103t\u0103\u0163i, cu multe.<\/p>\n

\u00ceNV\u0102\u0162\u0102TURA PENTRU FACEREA DE BINE \u015eI PENTRU \u00ceNG\u0102DUIALA \u015eI A\u015eTEPTAREA LUI DUMNEZEU<\/h3>\n

Iat\u0103, acum va s\u0103 ne aduc\u0103 vr\u00e9mea \u015fi s\u0103 ne trag\u0103 c\u0103tr\u0103 lucrurile vie\u0163ii cei de v\u00e9ci \u015fi c\u0103tr\u0103 slava cea neschimbat\u0103. C\u0103 pre via\u0163a aceast\u0103 d-acum iat\u0103 c\u0103 o a\u015fteapt\u0103 moartea \u015fi pre slava ei va s\u0103 o ajung\u0103 ocara \u015fi batjocura. C\u0103 din biruitorii \u015fi put\u00e9rnicii lumii ace\u015ftiia, pre mul\u0163i i-au ajunsu judecata \u015fi m\u00e2niia mai nainte de vr\u00e9me \u015fi fur\u0103 arunca\u0163i \u00een \u00eentun\u00e9recele iadului. \u015ei judec\u0103torii fur\u0103 judeca\u0163i de ceiia care-i judecase ei. \u015ei cei boga\u0163i apoi s\u0103r\u0103cir\u0103, \u015fi cei \u00een\u0163elep\u0163i f\u0103r’ de z\u0103bav\u0103 \u015fi de n\u0103prasn\u0103 nebunir\u0103, \u015fi cei tari \u015fi v\u00e2rto\u015fi sl\u0103bir\u0103, iar cei s\u0103n\u0103to\u015fi boln\u0103vir\u0103. \u015ei nici un lucru bun \u015fi adev\u0103rat nu iaste \u00eentre oameni, c\u00e2ndu nu s\u0103 afl\u0103 \u00een lume nici un cuvios \u015fi pl\u0103cut lui Dumnezeu. C\u0103 feciorii vor batjocori pre p\u0103rin\u0163ii lor \u015fi muerile s\u0103 vor lep\u0103da de b\u0103rba\u0163ii lor \u015fi nu-i vor b\u0103ga \u00een seam\u0103, nici b\u0103rba\u0163ii nu vor p\u0103zi cugetele \u015fi g\u00e2ndurile muierilor lor; f\u00e9tele c\u00e9le tinere vor m\u0103sc\u0103ri pre f\u0103meile c\u00e9le b\u0103tr\u00e2ne, cei b\u0103tr\u00e2ni cu cei tineri vor dob\u00e2ndi minte copil\u0103reasc\u0103. Atuncea nu iaste de a cr\u00e9de pre priiateni sau pre vecini, nici vei \u00eendr\u0103zni s\u0103 gr\u0103e\u015fti cu frate-t\u0103u de c\u00e9le de pace, nici s\u0103 taine\u015fti cu d\u00e2nsul. C\u0103 el va cugeta tot c\u00e9le ce suntu de vrajb\u0103. \u015ei pre vremile ac\u00e9lea va ie\u015fi \u015fi va vie\u0163ui pizma \u015fi \u00een\u015f\u0103l\u0103ciunea \u015fi nedreptatea, \u015fi limbu\u0163iia s\u0103 va \u00eent\u0103ri, \u015fi nu-\u015fi va aduce aminte nimeni de Dumnezeu, nici \u00ee\u015fi va a\u015ftepta nimeni moartea. \u015ei pentru ac\u00e9ia s\u0103 vor \u00eenmul\u0163i \u015fi r\u0103ut\u0103\u0163ile, pentru c\u0103 frica lui Dumnezeu nu se va pomeni nici s\u0103 va b\u0103ga \u00een seam\u0103. C\u0103 el ne-au dat minte ca s\u0103 cuget\u0103m noi \u00een\u015fine c\u00e9le bune, iar noi g\u00e2ndim \u00een inimile noastre tot c\u00e9le r\u00e9le \u015fi hicl\u00e9ne. Datu-ne-au put\u00e9re \u015fi bog\u0103\u0163ie, ca s\u0103 d\u0103m noi celor neput\u00e9rnici, iar noi \u00een locul acestora ne batem joc \u015fi ne r\u00e2dem de d\u00e2n\u015fii. Biruin\u0163\u0103 ne-au dat \u00een m\u0103inile noastre, ca cu d\u00e2nsa s\u0103 p\u0103zim \u015fi s\u0103 r\u0103scump\u0103r\u0103m pre cei slabi, iar noi muncim pre cei nevinova\u0163i \u015fi le facem nevoe. Pentru c\u0103 nu va fi calea drept\u0103\u0163ii, nici judecata cea dreapt\u0103. Dragostea va peri \u015fi s\u0103 va \u00eenmul\u0163i pizma. Bun\u0103tatea va fi oc\u0103r\u00e2t\u0103 \u015fi batjocorit\u0103, iar f\u0103\u0163\u0103rniciia s\u0103 va cinsti \u015fi s\u0103 va cr\u0103vi. Ur\u00ee-se-va \u00een\u0163elep\u0163iia cea smerit\u0103 \u015fi plecat\u0103 \u015fi s\u0103 va \u00een\u0103l\u0163a trufiia \u015fi s\u0103 va cinsti. Pieri-va adeverin\u0163a, iar minciunile vor acoperi toat\u0103 fa\u0163a p\u0103m\u00e2ntului. O, ad\u00e2ncul bun\u0103t\u0103\u0163ii \u015fi r\u0103bd\u0103rii lui Dumnezeu, c\u0103 de toate r\u0103ut\u0103\u0163ile ce s\u0103 fac, el nu s\u0103 m\u00e2nie, nici va s\u0103-\u015fi izb\u00e2ndeasc\u0103! Nu pentru c\u0103 doar el nu poate s\u0103 pl\u0103teasc\u0103 \u015fi s\u0103 izb\u00e2ndeasc\u0103; ce c\u0103ci lui nu-i trebuia\u015fte m\u00e2niia, ce ne miluia\u015fte ca un tat\u0103, \u015fi alte mili, \u00eenc\u0103 mai multe, \u00eentinde \u015fi arat\u0103 asupra noastr\u0103.<\/p>\n

(„Sf\u00e2r\u015fitul primei p\u0103r\u0163i a c\u0103r\u0163ii acesteia”)<\/p>\n

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1.<\/a> Not\u0103 marginal\u0103: \u201e\u015eipoc s\u0103 cheam\u0103 pomul care are rodii, adec\u0103 rodiul, c\u0103 rodiul face flori mai frumoase dec\u00e2t to\u0163i pomii\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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2.<\/a> Nota marginal\u0103: „Procatorii s\u0103 chiama cei ce gr\u0103iescu trebi \u015fi lucru altora la judecat\u0103”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Neagoe Basarab \u00cenceputurile \u00eenv\u0103\u0163\u0103turilor bunului credincios Ioan Neagoe, voievodul \u0163\u0103rii Ugrovlahiei, carele au \u00eenv\u0103\u0163at pre fiiu-sau Theodosie Vod\u0103 Partea \u00eent\u00e2i. Cuv\u00e2ntul 1 Iubitu mieu fiiu, mai nainte de toate s\u0103 cade s\u0103 cinste\u015fti \u015fi s\u0103 lauzi ne\u00eencetat pre Dumnezeu cel mare \u015fi bun \u015fi milostiv \u015fi ziditorul nostru cel \u00een\u0163elept, \u015fi zioa \u015fi noaptea \u015fi <\/p>\n

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