Ἡμέραν πονηρὰν
evil day
Translated by Catharine Roth28 Mar 2005Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
Scripture calls the day of retribution [an evil day], just as [it calls] the servants of retribution evil angels; and in reference to God, bitter retributions are called rage and anger and affliction. For it does not say that [evil] is [their] nature or will.1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἡμέραν πονηρὰν ἡ Γραφὴ τὴν τῆς τιμωρίας καλεῖ, ὥσπερ καὶ ἀγγέλους πονηροὺς τοὺς τῆς τιμωρίας ὑπουργούς· ὀργὴν δὲ καὶ θυμὸν καὶ θλῖψιν ἐπὶ θεοῦ τὰς πικρὰς τιμωρίας καλεῖ. οὐ γὰρ φύσιν οὐδὲ προαίρεσίν φησιν.