Δύσφορα
hard to endure
Translated by Catharine Roth24 Feb 2004Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning things that are] difficult, hard to bear.1
"For I say that if things hard to endure turn out well, then all [our] fortune will be good." Which means, I say that if even our difficulties turn out well, we are fortunate.2 And elsewhere: "but from moderate circumstances to hopeless grief always groaning you go to destruction, where there is no escape: what difficulty [literally: what of the hard-to-endure things] do you seek for me?" -- meaning do you desire. What of these things, he is saying, do you want for me, things which are not easy to bear, lamentation and grief?3
"For I say that if things hard to endure turn out well, then all [our] fortune will be good." Which means, I say that if even our difficulties turn out well, we are fortunate.2 And elsewhere: "but from moderate circumstances to hopeless grief always groaning you go to destruction, where there is no escape: what difficulty [literally: what of the hard-to-endure things] do you seek for me?" -- meaning do you desire. What of these things, he is saying, do you want for me, things which are not easy to bear, lamentation and grief?3