From: Steve (spuluka@hotmail.com)
Date: Wed Apr 26 2000 - 05:41:35 EDT
<x-charset iso-8859-1>> Steve LoVullo
>
> I think the meaning in the context is "neglect her." I checked BAGD, and
it
> had under EAW, 2, for this very passage (HV 2,3,1 [that's the reference in
> the Loeb ed.]), the definition "leave someone to herself." Kirsopp Lake in
> his translation in the Loeb ed. translates, " ... no longer bear a grudge
> against your children, nor neglect your sister, that they may be cleansed
> from their former sins." This is borne out by the context, for the text
goes
> on to say, "But you, Hermas, had great troubles of your own because of the
> transgressions of your family, because you did not pay attention to them
> (hOTI OUK EMELHSEN SOI PERI AUTWN). But you neglected them (ALLA
> PARENEQUMHQHS) and became entangled in their evil deeds." In light of the
> fact that Hermas had not "paid attention" to the sins of his family, and
had
> "neglected" them, it seems reasonable in the context to conclude that
Hermas
> was being commanded not to "neglect" his sister/wife. Hope this has some
> value.
>
For what it is worth, you are in good company. My English copy of the
Apostolic Fathers, edited by Fr. Jack Sparks of the Orthodox Study Bible
project, published by Light & Life Publlishing, 1978, renders the first
verses of Chapter seven:
But you, Hermas, do not any longer bear a grudge against your children nor
leave your sister to herself, so that they may be cleansed of their former
sins. For they will be disciplined with a just discipline if you do not
bear a grudge against them. Bearing a grudge produces death.
Steve Puluka
Adult Education Instructor
Byzantine Catholic Archeparchy of Pittsburgh
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