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Book I Chapter 49 · I.49.64.3–I.49.64.5
Ancient Greek
p. 149464.3
Δικαστὰς δὲ μεταξὺ τούτων καθῆσθαι, οὓς ἐπειδὴ δικάσειαν, τοὺς μὲν δικαίους κελεύειν πορεύεσθαι τὴν εἰς δεξιάν τε καὶ ἄνω διὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, σημεῖα περιάψαντας τῶν δεδικασμένων ἐν τῷ πρόσθεν, τοὺς δὲ ἀδίκους τὴν εἰς ἀριστεράν τε καὶ κάτω, ἔχοντας καὶ τούτους ἐν τῷ ὄπισθεν σημεῖα πάντων ὧν ἔπραξαν.
64.4
Ἑαυτοῦ δὲ προσελθόντος εἰπεῖν, ὅτι δέοι αὐτὸν ἄγγελον ἀνθρώποις γενέσθαι τῶν ἐκεῖ καὶ διακελεύοιντό οἱ ἀκούειν τε καὶ θεᾶσθαι πάντα τὰ ἐν τῷ τόπῳ.
64.5
Ὁρᾶν δὴ ταύτῃ μὲν καθ᾽ ἑκάτερον τὸ χάσμα τοῦ οὐρανοῦ τε καὶ τῆς γῆς ἀπιούσας τὰς ψυχάς, ἐπειδὴ αὐταῖς δικασθείη, κατὰ δὲ τὼ ἑτέρω ἐκ μὲν τοῦ ἀνιέναι ἐκ τῆς γῆς μεστὰς αὐχμοῦ τε καὶ κόνεως, ἐκ δὲ τοῦ ἑτέρου καταβαίνειν ἑτέρας ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καθαράς.
Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 49
p. 149564.3 · The judges and the signs of judgment
Judges sat between these openings. After passing judgment, they ordered the just to travel along the road to the right and upward through heaven, with signs of the judgments attached in front. The unjust were to take the road to the left and downward, also bearing signs, but behind them, of everything they had done.1792
64.4 · A messenger to the living
When he himself approached, they said that he must become a messenger to human beings concerning what happened there. They instructed him to listen to and observe everything in the place.1793
64.5 · Souls leaving and returning
He saw souls departing there through the respective openings of heaven and earth after judgment had been passed on them. Through the other two openings, souls came up from the earth covered with grime and dust, while others descended from heaven clean.1794
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