Letter 16: To Ishoʿyahb from the bishop Theodore

Letter 16: To Ishoʿyahb from the bishop Theodore — Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene I asked for peace towards the beloved of yesterday. To the honored in all things, my holy father, Mār Theodore the bishop. Bless, Ishoʿyahb, in the Lord. Peace. I was succeeding in every will of the authoritative will of the one who fills the beautiful, O my father: nothing was hindering, that before every action, through the encounter of the love of your fatherhood, the desire of my mind was opened. I was striving, for this is indeed for this. With order and with zeal. With order, on account of the negligence which before now in the letter, that which in its beauty was placed in the houses, for your fatherhood I placed. With zeal, moreover, on account of the length of this tranquility of theirs, while theirs are the pastoral examples, that in one completion which came to be for one truth of the inner one, they are praiseworthy. And for it, while for it, for the good inheritance of the blessed fathers, the excellent houses. On account of this, this praiseworthy one is for the wise, a partnership like this. That from it, towards the encounter of your person, I am hastening to strive. And also, indeed, the opponents of your time, the difficulty of the hour for my coming to there. But I am hoping in the Lord that soon I will come. I am succeeding, moreover, in my hope. If, with the request of prayer, I receive the help of the orphan, a few days, moreover, I am delaying, until I arrange the dispersers of Athor, which is outside of this mountain in which I am. That I am worthy, moreover, to be adorned with a gift like this, I confess. For not from before have I done anything that was worthy of the grace of God above. And on account of this, the fruit of my trust I have now plucked in the daily joy. Grace, moreover, to God, who in everything for my help directs. Pray, moreover, I entreat, that the remainder of my days in life that are pleasing to the will of God I may accomplish.