Homilies on Joshua, Homilia VIII

Origen of Alexandria · c. 240–245 · Baehrens, Origenes Werke VII = GCS 30 (1921) · Original English Translation

Contents4 passages

1Ai and the first reverse
2Achan’s confession and judgment
3King of Ai on the twin wood
4Ambush and the extended spear

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Origen’s Homilia VIII on Joshua (Rufinus’s Latin). Complete on this page: §§1–4.

English follows Baehrens, Origenes Werke VII (GCS 30, 1921), Rufinus’s Latin of Homilia VIII. Bruce FOTC 105 was not used as wording. This page is Homilia VIII §§1–4 (closeout).

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Ai and the first reverse§1

1We beg hearers not to chase the bare letter with unbelieving readers. After Jericho Jesus sends a few against Ai; they turn their backs. Sin is in the camp: Achan has stolen from the ban. Until it is purged, the people cannot stand before enemies.

Latin · §1

Deprecamur auditores non cum Iudaeis litteram solam sectari. Post Hiericho Iesus mittit ad Gai — paucos; terga vertunt. Peccatum in castris: Achan de anathemate furatus. Donec purgetur, non stabit populus ante hostes.

Achan’s confession and judgment§2

2The lot reveals Achan; he confesses: I saw a cloak, silver, gold. He is stoned with his — one man’s sin wounds the people. Camp purified, Jesus leads again to Ai.

Latin · §2

Sors revelat Achan; confitetur: vidi pallium aureum linguam argenti. Lapidatur cum suis — peccatum unius populum laedit. Purificato castris Iesus ducit rursum ad Gai.

King of Ai on the twin wood§3

3 The king of Ai is hanged on a twin wood — a cross figure. The enemy prince is triumphed over on the tree; Christ disarms principalities on the cross. At evening the hanged form is taken down — the time of the economy.

Latin · §3

Rex Gai in ligno gemino suspenditur — figura crucis. Hostium princeps triumphatur in ligno; Christus principatus exspolians in cruce. Forma regis suspensi advesperum deponitur — dispensationis tempus.

Ambush and the extended spear§4

4 Jesus stretches out the spear and does not draw it back until Ai is destroyed. Prayer and mind’s intent hold to victory’s end. He burns Ai — chaos of malice in the mind. Glory forever. Amen.

Latin · §4

Iesus extendit manum cum contum; non contrahit donec deleantur. Oratio et intentio mentis usque ad victoriae finem. Incendit Gai — chaos mentis malitiae. Gloria in saecula. Amen.

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