February 24, 2014

ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΗ

The Letter of Saint James 3: 13-18

3:13	Ποιος είναι σοφός και καλομαθημένος ανάμεσά σας? Αφήστε τον να δείξει, μέσω μιας καλής συνομιλίας, το έργο του στην πραότητα της σοφίας.
3:14	Αν όμως κρατάς πικρό ζήλο, και αν υπάρχει διαμάχη στις καρδιές σας, τότε μην καυχιέσαι και μην είσαι ψεύτης ενάντια στην αλήθεια.
3:15	Γιατί αυτό δεν είναι σοφία, κατεβαίνοντας από ψηλά, αλλά μάλλον είναι γήινο, κτηνώδης, και διαβολική.
3:16	Για όπου κι αν είναι ο φθόνος και η διαμάχη, υπάρχει επίσης ασυνέπεια και κάθε διεφθαρμένο έργο.
3:17	Αλλά μέσα στη σοφία που είναι από πάνω, σίγουρα, η αγνότητα είναι πρώτη, και η επόμενη γαλήνη, πραότητα, ειλικρίνεια, συναινώντας σε αυτό που είναι καλό, πληθώρα ελέους και καλών καρπών, δεν κρίνω, χωρίς ψέματα.
3:18	Και έτσι ο καρπός της δικαιοσύνης σπέρνεται με ειρήνη από εκείνους που κάνουν ειρήνη.

Ευαγγέλιο

The Holy Gospel According of Mark 9: 14-29

9:14	And soon all the people, seeing Jesus, were astonished and struck with fear, and hurrying to him, they greeted him.
9:15	And he questioned them, “What are you arguing about among yourselves?”
9:16	And one from the crowd responded by saying: "Δάσκαλος, I have brought to you my son, who has a mute spirit.
9:17	And whenever it takes hold of him, it throws him down, and he foams and gnashes with his teeth, and he becomes unconscious. And I asked your disciples to cast him out, and they could not.”
9:18	And answering them, αυτός είπε: “O unbelieving generation, how long must I be with you? How long shall I endure you? Bring him to me.”
9:19	And they brought him. And when he had seen him, immediately the spirit disturbed him. And having been thrown to the ground, he rolled around foaming.
9:20	And he questioned his father, “How long has this been happening to him?” But he said: “From infancy.
9:21	And often it casts him into fire or into water, in order to destroy him. But if you are able to do anything, help us and take pity on us.”
9:22	But Jesus said to him, “If you are able to believe: all things are possible to one who believes.”
9:23	And immediately the father of the boy, crying out with tears, είπε: “I do believe, Αρχοντας. Help my unbelief.”
9:24	And when Jesus saw the crowd rushing together, he admonished the unclean spirit, saying to him, “Deaf and mute spirit, I command you, leave him; and do not enter into him anymore.”
9:25	And crying out, and convulsing him greatly, έφυγε από κοντά του. And he became like one who is dead, so much so that many said, “He is dead.”
9:26	Αλλά ο Ιησούς, παίρνοντάς τον από το χέρι, lifted him up. And he arose.
9:27	Και όταν μπήκε στο σπίτι, his disciples questioned him privately, “Why were we unable to cast him out?”
9:28	Και τους είπε, “This kind is able to be expelled by nothing other than prayer and fasting.”
9:29	And setting out from there, they passed through Galilee. And he intended that no one know about it.