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Here is a very long sentence from Homily 12 on Luke by Origen.
'Ceterum si ad secretionem oportet adscendere intellegentiam, dicam quosdam fuisse pastores angelos, qui res humanas regerent, et, cum horum unisquisque suam custodiam conservaret et diebus ac noctibus vigilans iam laborem ferre non posset et hoc ageret industrie, ut gentes, quae sibi creditae fuerant, gubernaret, venisse angelum nato Domino et annuntiasse pastoribus, quod verus esset pastor exortus.'
Here is an attempt to translate it. (It is split into several sentences to (presumably) make it more readable.)
'But we should rise to a less explicit understanding. Some shepherds were angels who controlled the affairs of men and were on guard, remaining vigilant during both day and night. But in some cases the work on ruling the people entrusted to them proved to be too difficult, and they accomplished it diligently. When Lord was born, an angel came and announced to the shepherds that the true Shepherd had come.'
Could you please comment on the meaning of the sentence? There are so many clauses that it is difficult to figure out how they are related.
Thank you.
Here is a very long sentence from Homily 12 on Luke by Origen.
'Ceterum si ad secretionem oportet adscendere intellegentiam, dicam quosdam fuisse pastores angelos, qui res humanas regerent, et, cum horum unisquisque suam custodiam conservaret et diebus ac noctibus vigilans iam laborem ferre non posset et hoc ageret industrie, ut gentes, quae sibi creditae fuerant, gubernaret, venisse angelum nato Domino et annuntiasse pastoribus, quod verus esset pastor exortus.'
Here is an attempt to translate it. (It is split into several sentences to (presumably) make it more readable.)
'But we should rise to a less explicit understanding. Some shepherds were angels who controlled the affairs of men and were on guard, remaining vigilant during both day and night. But in some cases the work on ruling the people entrusted to them proved to be too difficult, and they accomplished it diligently. When Lord was born, an angel came and announced to the shepherds that the true Shepherd had come.'
Could you please comment on the meaning of the sentence? There are so many clauses that it is difficult to figure out how they are related.
Thank you.
