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the heart of the Son of God may be satisfied with us all,
(saying,) The trouble that 1 have had for the world (KO<T(AOC)
hath not been vain.
( 49). Now (5s) concerning the trades of clerics (xA>jp/jc0 $),
they shall not work at any trade wherein is thieving or (#)
wherein they have not leisure for the hour of the offering
(~fs<r$opx). And (5f) if he be an husbandman and come not
to church (s %%>..) on the Sabbath (<ra(3(3zTov) and the Lord s
Day (xvpixxy) ere the psalter (tyxhrypiov) hath been read, he
shall fast 1 and
shall not take (of the) bread; 2 but (<zAA#)
he shall go unto the place of eating. Yet ($s) when they go
up unto the altar (Qu<r.), he shall not go. 3 This also is the
way it shall be at the two fasts (vya-rslx). Above all ((tahi<?Tx)
if they go not in (?) the order (spSwov) of the two fasts 4
(w,*.), they
shall fast 5
according to (KXTX)
these same canons
(y.xyzv). Those (-)- ftw) that be in the town (TTO A/-:) must go
daily to church (IxjcA.) ; but (#AA#) as for those whose con
cerns are without the town (~cA.), for them especially have
the two fasts (i^<7.) been ordained (-vofioc).
( 5)- And ($f) concerning a cleric (xAjf/9.) that (-{- (AH)
hath come before they have read and they do but see him
and afterward he departeth and doeth his business until the
hour of celebrating (wvxyu), unto him shall not be given
(of the sacrament) ; yet (xMx) shall he go unto the place
of eating. But (5f)
if it be a necessity (xvxyxy) that hath
befallen him and not neglectfulness (xfteteix), he shall par
take. Howbeit (irk tv) he shall ask leave of the presbyter
(xpsT.) ere he go, if it be possible. If it be a cleric (xA^p.)
that hath gone unto the celebration (truvafyg), but pf) doth
B. XXIV. not liturgical service (heirovpyeu)* when he is needed (-%pela),
1 Lit. be bound. Cf. Crum, Ostraca no. 15, note.
2 So B. ; V. >
4
not.
3 B. >
this
sentence.
I do not understand this phrase. Cf. KATA Op2HrtOM, Rossi Papiri
I. in. 19.
* So 1J., as in note i; V. they shall be.