Ἔκστασις
distraction
Translated by Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝28 May 2003Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] sin. David [says]: "and I said in my distraction, I have been rejected [...]." I thought, he is saying, that falling into sin I had become far from your care: for when traveling the path of righteousness he abandoned it and turned aside. And he stumbled, and fell among the raw-flesh-eaters.1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἔκστασις· ἡ ἁμαρτία. Δαβίδ· ἐγὼ δὲ εἶπα ἐν τῇ ἐκστάσει μου, ἀπέρριμμαι. ᾤμην, φησί, τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ περιπεσὼν πόρρω τῆς σῆς γεγενῆσθαι κηδεμονίας· τὴν γὰρ τῆς δικαιοσύνης ὁδεύων ὁδὸν ἐξέστη μὲν ἐκείνης καὶ ἐξετράπη. προσέπταισε δὲ καὶ περιέπεσε τοῖς ὠμοβόροις γενέσθαι.