Frik

Frik, Dīwan A. Wotanawoṛkʿ asacʿeal Frkan Yahaġast Kendants Siroy Aṙ Astuac 3-3-2-3 Tʿē čʿi kayr sēr yašxarhs kam sēr čʿēr eġeal, Araṙičʿn aṙ mardik sēr eṙbʿ cʿucʿanēr. Gēm Abēl ēr ardar, zawakn Adamay, or sirovn Astucoy zəncays nuirēr. Noy sirovn aprecʿaw i ǰəṙheġeġēn, tapanin zōrinakn Astuac cʿucʿanēr. Abraham hiwrnkal ew astuacasēr, vasn siroy zIsahak mataġ ku zenēr. Gēm xonarh ēr Movsēs, ayn mec sirelin, sēr unēr hastatun, aṙ Tēr mišt xōsēr. Aharōn Astucoy əntir katareal, zawaźanən caġkeal əzcov paraṙēr. Dawitʿ margarē ēr ew astuacahayr, vasn siroyn Astucoy kənaṙaw ergēr. Soġomon imastun ew mec tʿagawor, galəsteann Yisusi tačaṙ na šinēr. Vasn siroy et zYunan kētin kəlanel, or ertʿar i Ninuwē kʿaġakʿ kʿarozel. Gēm erkin ew erkir, deṙ čʿēr goyacʿel, or pitēr Marianən mayr katarēr. Gabriēl zawetisn i surb koysn eber, or siroy vasn Astuacən mard cənanēr. Karapetn Yovhannēs, mecn i margarēs, vasn lusoyn, or erek zsēr kʿarozēr. Koruscal patkerin tʿē čʿēr gətʿacʿel zayn amen čʿarčʿarankʿn Yisus čʿēr kʿašēr. Vecʿtʿewean serovbēkʿn zAstuac čʿen tesel, i siroyn Adamay i xač elanēr. I mahu gerezman edeal kamecʿaw, or nəstēr i kʿrovbēs yandundkʿ nay hayēr. Barutʿeamb ew sirov əzmah xapʿaneacʿ,

From the wild beast it freed the man. More than the first, it loved the first Adam, honoring the flesh and blood. It renewed Adam anew, adorned him with the cross, which shone with light. It ascended and took the glorious Adam, because it did that which it greatly loved. It promised that place to the descendants of Adam, which never entered into thought or mind. Our God, who descended to us, the Lord who came into the world, preached love. More than anything, love came into being first; whatever the father promised, he fulfilled with love. Before existence, the beloved was chosen, and he kept love even more firmly. If holy Elijah had not had steadfast love, how would he have ascended in the fiery chariot? The furnace was kindled for the three beloved ones; with prayer and love the fire was extinguished. If there were not the love of the spirit in holy Stephen, how would he have endured that terrible stoning? Daniel was cast into the lions' den, but with love and word he bound the lions. Basil was patriarch and great king, but he cared for great and small with love. Saint Jacob of Nisibis, that brave beloved one, with prayer he split the vault of heaven. Saint Ephrem, those many homilies he spoke, he admonishes us with the love of God. Pʿarsam was a youth until he grew old; he endured with unwavering love. Saint Anthony was strengthened by the love of the spirit.

With tearful intercession he besought the Lord. He was a chosen man, Abba Markos the powerful, who with love of the Holy Spirit drove out the demons. Saint Makar dwelt in the caves of the mountains, and with love he ever conversed with God. Balaam was an angel-like living being, who with love honored Yovsap into the light. The voluntary pauper Alexianos, for the sake of love, abandoned father and mother and wandered. Serapion was with love desirous of the Lord, with prayers prostrate on the ground he was resolved in the Lord. Saint Grigor of the pit was an earthly man, with love he endured unspeakable torments. The virgin women, who left their ancestral home, with the love of tears kindled the jewel. Saint Sargis the commander, that valiant martyr, with the love of his own son witnessed in Persia. Those before or after, the saints equal, who abandoned greatness and the world's love. They weighed and saw, they took profit and weapon, there was nothing else good and greater than love. Love is great and glorious, honor if you know, he who endured evil had much love. What became of the holy martyrs, perfected in the Lord, haters of the world and lovers of God? There was no need of God, who came to us yesterday, but he showed a sermon of salvation and love. When God humbles himself and becomes poor, you seek greatness and the world's love. Are we not to be obedient to the writings and laws, to bear each other's burden, which is true love? A man often sees himself in a dream as king,

When he awoke from his sleep, he had no trumpet. This dream is a likeness of this transient life; when he departed from this world, he was utterly empty. Quickly cast off your wealth and provide for yourself, and reach the living ones whom the Scripture proclaims. O Frik, let go of this falsehood from your hands, lest you be a deceiver of men or a master of pain. You did not have time to firmly grasp both ends of the rope; how could transient love resemble the eternal? It is like a fire kindled, in which you yourself burn; no, the form of sins is not living love. Kindle that fire in the person of your soul, which burns the thorn of sins, and let love fall upon you. Do not be a hypocrite or self-indulgent, if you are a Christian and a lover of God. Whoever strives from here finds God; let him take and do what the Lord would will. We are always grateful to God, perpetually, that the ray of love dawns upon us. If there were no love of the soul welling from the heart, who would utter all these beautiful words? Whoever recalls the unworthy in spiritual love, the Holy Spirit of God atones for his own fault. *