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•ENOºøN - A£HNAIøN ¶O§ITEIA

1.1 ¶EPI ¢E TH™ A£HNAIøN ¶O§ITEIA™, OTI MEN EI§ONTO TOYTON TON TPO¶ON TH™ ¶O§ITEIA™ OYK E¶AINø ¢IA TO¢E, OTI TAY£' E§OMENOI EI§ONTO TOY™ ¶ONHPOY™ AMEINON ¶PATTEIN H TOY™ XPH™TOY™: ¢IA MEN OYN TOYTO OYK E¶AINø. E¶EI ¢E TAYTA E¢O•EN OYTø™ AYTOI™, ø™ EY ¢IA™øZONTAI THN ¶O§ITEIAN KAI TA§§A ¢IA¶PATTONTAI A ¢OKOY™IN AMAPTANEIN TOI™ A§§OI™ E§§H™IN, TOYT' A¶O¢EI•ø.

1.2 ¶PøTON MEN OYN TOYTO EPø, OTI ¢IKAIø™ <¢OKOY™IN> AYTO£I [KAI] OI ¶ENHTE™ KAI O ¢HMO™ ¶§EON EXEIN TøN °ENNAIøN KAI TøN ¶§OY™IøN ¢IA TO¢E, OTI O ¢HMO™ E™TIN O E§AYNøN TA™ NAY™ KAI O THN ¢YNAMIN ¶EPITI£EI™ TH ¶O§EI, KAI OI KYBEPNHTAI KAI OI KE§EY™TAI KAI OI ¶ENTHKONTAPXOI KAI OI ¶PøPATAI KAI OI NAY¶H°OI, OYTOI EI™IN OI THN ¢YNAMIN ¶EPITI£ENTE™ TH ¶O§EI ¶O§Y MA§§ON H OI O¶§ITAI KAI OI °ENNAIOI KAI OI XPH™TOI. E¶EI¢H OYN TAYTA OYTø™ EXEI, ¢OKEI ¢IKAION EINAI ¶A™I TøN APXøN METEINAI EN TE Tø K§HPø KAI EN TH XEIPOTONIA, KAI §E°EIN

1.3 E•EINAI Tø BOY§OMENø TøN ¶O§ITøN. E¶EITA O¶O™AI MEN ™øTHPIAN ºEPOY™I TøN APXøN XPH™TAI OY™AI KAI MH XPH™TAI KIN¢YNON Tø ¢HMø A¶ANTI, TOYTøN MEN TøN APXøN OY¢EN ¢EITAI O ¢HMO™ METEINAI: OYTE TøN ™TPATH°IøN K§HPø OIONTAI ™ºI™I XPHNAI METEINAI OYTE TøN I¶¶APXIøN: °I°Nø™KEI °AP O ¢HMO™ OTI ¶§EIø øºE§EITAI EN Tø MH AYTO™ APXEIN TAYTA™ TA™ APXA™, A§§' EAN TOY™ ¢YNATøTATOY™ APXEIN: O¶O™AI ¢' EI™IN APXAI MI™£OºOPIA™ ENEKA KAI øºE§EIA™ EI™ TON OIKON,

1.4 TAYTA™ ZHTEI O ¢HMO™ APXEIN. E¶EITA ¢E O ENIOI £AYMAZOY™IN OTI ¶ANTAXOY ¶§EON NEMOY™I TOI™ ¶ONHPOI™ KAI ¶ENH™I KAI ¢HMOTIKOI™ H TOI™ XPH™TOI™, EN AYTø TOYTø ºANOYNTAI THN ¢HMOKPATIAN ¢IA™øZONTE™. OI MEN °AP ¶ENHTE™ KAI OI ¢HMOTAI KAI OI XEIPOY™ EY ¶PATTONTE™ KAI ¶O§§OI OI TOIOYTOI °I°NO MENOI THN ¢HMOKPATIAN AY•OY™IN: EAN ¢E EY ¶PATTø™IN OI ¶§OY™IOI KAI OI XPH™TOI, I™XYPON TO ENANTION ™ºI™IN AYTOI™

1.5 KA£I™TA™IN OI ¢HMOTIKOI. E™TI ¢E ¶A™H °H TO BE§TI™TON ENANTION TH ¢HMOKPATIA: EN °AP TOI™ BE§TI™TOI™ ENI AKO§A™IA TE O§I°I™TH KAI A¢IKIA, AKPIBEIA ¢E ¶§EI™TH EI™ TA XPH™TA, EN ¢E Tø ¢HMø AMA£IA TE ¶§EI™TH KAI ATA•IA KAI ¶ONHPIA: H TE °AP ¶ENIA AYTOY™ MA§§ON A°EI E¶I TA AI™XPA KAI H A¶AI¢EY™IA KAI H AMA£IA <H> ¢I' EN¢EIAN XPHMATøN ENIOI™ TøN

1.6 AN£Pø¶øN. EI¶OI ¢' AN TI™ ø™ EXPHN AYTOY™ MH EAN §E°EIN ¶ANTA™ E•H™ MH¢E BOY§EYEIN, A§§A TOY™ ¢E•IøTATOY™ KAI AN¢PA™ API™TOY™. OI ¢E KAI EN TOYTø API™TA BOY§EYONTAI EøNTE™ KAI TOY™ ¶ONHPOY™ §E°EIN. EI MEN °AP OI XPH™TOI E§E°ON KAI EBOY§EYONTO, TOI™ OMOIOI™ ™ºI™IN AYTOI™ HN A°A£A, TOI™ ¢E ¢HMOTIKOI™ OYK A°A£A: NYN ¢E §E°øN O BOY§OMENO™ ANA™TA™, AN£Pø¶O™ ¶ONHPO™, E•EYPI™KEI TO A°A£ON AYTø TE

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1.7 KAI TOI™ OMOIOI™ AYTø. EI¶OI TI™ AN, TI AN OYN °NOIH A°A£ON AYTø H Tø ¢HMø TOIOYTO™ AN£Pø¶O™; OI ¢E °I°Nø™KOY™IN OTI H TOYTOY AMA£IA KAI ¶ONHPIA KAI EYNOIA MA§§ON §Y™ITE§EI

1.8 H TOY XPH™TOY APETH KAI ™OºIA KAI KAKONOIA. EIH MEN OYN AN ¶O§I™ OYK A¶O TOIOYTøN ¢IAITHMATøN H BE§TI™TH, A§§' H ¢HMOKPATIA MA§I™T' AN ™øZOITO OYTø™. O °AP ¢HMO™ BOY §ETAI OYK EYNOMOYMENH™ TH™ ¶O§Eø™ AYTO™ ¢OY§EYEIN, A§§' E§EY£EPO™ EINAI KAI APXEIN, TH™ ¢E KAKONOMIA™ AYTø O§I°ON ME§EI: O °AP ™Y NOMIZEI™ OYK EYNOMEI™£AI, AYTO™ A¶O TOYTOY

1.9 I™XYEI O ¢HMO™ KAI E§EY£EPO™ E™TIN. EI ¢' EYNOMIAN ZHTEI™, ¶PøTA MEN OæEI TOY™ ¢E•IøTATOY™ AYTOI™ TOY™ NOMOY™ TI£ENTA™: E¶EITA KO§A™OY™IN OI XPH™TOI TOY™ ¶ONHPOY™ KAI BOY§EY ™OY™IN OI XPH™TOI ¶EPI TH™ ¶O§Eø™ KAI OYK EA™OY™I MAINO MENOY™ AN£Pø¶OY™ BOY§EYEIN OY¢E §E°EIN OY¢E EKK§H™IAZEIN. A¶O TOYTøN TOINYN TøN A°A£øN TAXI™T' AN O ¢HMO™ EI™ ¢OY§EIAN KATA¶E™OI.

1.10 TøN ¢OY§øN ¢' AY KAI TøN METOIKøN ¶§EI™TH E™TIN A£HNH™IN AKO§A™IA, KAI OYTE ¶ATA•AI E•E™TIN AYTO£I OYTE Y¶EK™TH™ETAI ™OI O ¢OY§O™. OY ¢' ENEKEN E™TI TOYTO E¶I XøPION E°ø ºPA™ø. EI NOMO™ HN TON ¢OY§ON Y¶O TOY E§EY£EPOY TY¶TE™£AI H TON METOIKON H TON A¶E§EY£EPON, ¶O§§AKI™ AN OIH£EI™ EINAI TON A£HNAION ¢OY§ON E¶ATA•EN AN: E™£HTA TE °AP OY¢EN BE§TIøN O ¢HMO™ AYTO£I H OI ¢OY§OI KAI OI

1.11 METOIKOI KAI TA EI¢H OY¢EN BE§TIOY™ EI™IN: EI ¢E TI™ KAI TOYTO £AYMAZEI, OTI Eø™I TOY™ ¢OY§OY™ TPYºAN AYTO£I KAI ME°A§O¶PE¶ø™ ¢IAITA™£AI ENIOY™, KAI TOYTO °NøMH ºANEIEN AN ¶OIOYNTE™. O¶OY °AP NAYTIKH ¢YNAMI™ E™TIN, A¶O XPH MATøN ANA°KH TOI™ AN¢PA¶O¢OI™ ¢OY§EYEIN, INA §AMBANøMEN <øN> ¶PATTH TA™ A¶OºOPA™, KAI E§EY£EPOY™ AºIENAI. O¶OY ¢' EI™I ¶§OY™IOI ¢OY§OI, OYKETI ENTAY£A §Y™ITE§EI TON EMON ¢OY§ON ™E ¢E¢IENAI: EN ¢E TH §AKE¢AIMONI O EMO™ ¢OY§O™ ™' E¢E¢OIKEI: EAN ¢E ¢E¢IH O ™O™ ¢OY§O™ EME, KIN¢YNEY™EI KAI TA XPHMATA ¢I¢ONAI TA EAYTOY ø™TE MH KIN¢YNEYEIN ¶EPI

1.12 EAYTOY. ¢IA TOYT' OYN I™H°OPIAN KAI TOI™ ¢OY§OI™ ¶PO™ TOY™ E§EY£EPOY™ E¶OIH™AMEN KAI TOI™ METOIKOI™ ¶PO™ TOY™ A™TOY™, ¢IOTI ¢EITAI H ¶O§I™ METOIKøN ¢IA TE TO ¶§H£O™ TøN TEXNøN KAI ¢IA TO NAYTIKON: ¢IA TOYTO OYN KAI TOI™ METOIKOI™ EIKOTø™ THN I™H°OPIAN E¶OIH™AMEN.

1.13 TOY™ ¢E °YMNAZOMENOY™ AYTO£I KAI THN MOY™IKHN E¶ITH ¢EYONTA™ KATA§E§YKEN O ¢HMO™, NOMIZøN TOYTO OY KA§ON EINAI, °NOY™ OTI OY ¢YNATO™ TAYTA E™TIN E¶ITH¢EYEIN. EN TAI™ XOPH °IAI™ AY KAI °YMNA™IAPXIAI™ KAI TPIHPAPXIAI™ °I°Nø™KOY™IN OTI XOPH°OY™I MEN OI ¶§OY™IOI, XOPH°EITAI ¢E O ¢HMO™, KAI °YMNA™IAPXOY™IN OI ¶§OY™IOI KAI TPIHPAPXOY™IN, O ¢E ¢HMO™ TPIHPAPXEITAI KAI °YMNA™IAPXEITAI. A•IOI °OYN AP°YPION §AMBANEIN O ¢HMO™ KAI A¢øN KAI TPEXøN KAI OPXOYMENO™ KAI ¶§EøN EN TAI™ NAY™IN, INA AYTO™ TE EXH KAI OI ¶§OY™IOI ¶ENE™TEPOI °I°NøNTAI. EN TE TOI™ ¢IKA™THPIOI™ OY TOY ¢IKAIOY AYTOI™ MA§§ON ME§EI H TOY AYTOI™ ™YMºOPOY.

1.14 ¶EPI ¢E TøN ™YMMAXøN, OTI EK¶§EONTE™ ™YKOºANTOY™IN ø™ ¢OKOY™I

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KAI MI™OY™I TOY™ XPH™TOY™, °I°Nø™KONTE™ OTI MI™EI™£AI MEN ANA°KH TON APXONTA Y¶O TOY APXOMENOY, EI ¢E I™XY™OY™IN OI ¶§OY™IOI KAI OI XPH™TOI EN TAI™ ¶O§E™IN, O§I°I™TON XPONON H APXH E™TAI TOY ¢HMOY TOY A£HNH™I, ¢IA TAYTA OYN TOY™ MEN XPH™TOY™ ATIMOY™I KAI XPHMATA AºAIPOYNTAI KAI E•E§AYNONTAI KAI A¶OKTEINOY™I, TOY™ ¢E ¶ONHPOY™ AY•OY™IN. OI ¢E XPH™TOI A£HNAIøN TOY™ XPH™TOY™ EN TAI™ ™YMMAXI™I ¶O§E™I ™øZOY™I, °I°Nø™KONTE™ OTI ™ºI™IN A°A£ON E™TI TOY™ BE§TI™TOY™ ™øZEIN AEI EN TAI™ ¶O§E™IN.

1.15 EI¶OI ¢E TI™ AN OTI I™XY™ E™TIN AYTH A£HNAIøN, EAN OI ™YM MAXOI ¢YNATOI ø™I XPHMATA EI™ºEPEIN. TOI™ ¢E ¢HMOTIKOI™ ¢OKEI MEIZON A°A£ON EINAI TA TøN ™YMMAXøN XPHMATA ENA EKA™TON A£HNAIøN EXEIN, EKEINOY™ ¢E O™ON ZHN, KAI EP°A ZE™£AI A¢YNATOY™ ONTA™ E¶IBOY§EYEIN. 1.16 ¢OKEI ¢E O ¢HMO™ O A£HNAIøN KAI EN Tø¢E KAKø™ BOY §EYE™£AI, OTI TOY™ ™YMMAXOY™ ANA°KAZOY™I ¶§EIN E¶I ¢IKA™ A£HNAZE. OI ¢E ANTI§O°IZONTAI O™A EN TOYTø ENI A°A£A Tø ¢HMø Tø A£HNAIøN: ¶PøTON MEN A¶O TøN ¶PYTANEIøN TON MI™£ON ¢I' ENIAYTOY §AMBANEIN: EIT' OIKOI KA£HMENOI ANEY NEøN EK¶§OY ¢IOIKOY™I TA™ ¶O§EI™ TA™ ™YMMAXI¢A™, KAI TOY™ MEN TOY ¢HMOY ™øZOY™I, TOY™ ¢' ENANTIOY™ A¶O§§YOY™IN EN TOI™ ¢IKA™THPIOI™: EI ¢E OIKOI EIXON EKA™TOI TA™ ¢IKA™, ATE AX£OMENOI A£ANAIOI™ TOYTOY™ AN ™ºøN AYTøN A¶ø§§Y™AN

1.17 OITINE™ ºI§OI MA§I™TA H™AN A£HNAIøN Tø ¢HMø. ¶PO™ ¢E TOYTOI™ O ¢HMO™ TøN A£HNAIøN TA¢E KEP¢AINEI TøN ¢IKøN A£H NH™IN OY™øN TOI™ ™YMMAXOI™. ¶PøTON MEN °AP H EKATO™TH

1.18 TH ¶O§EI H EN ¶EIPAIEI: E¶EITA EI Tø ™YNOIKIA E™TIN, AMEINON ¶PATTEI: E¶EITA EI Tø ZEY°O™ E™TIN H AN¢PA¶O¢ON MI™£OºOPOYN: E¶EITA OI KHPYKE™ AMEINON ¶PATTOY™I ¢IA TA™ E¶I¢HMIA™ TA™ TøN ™YMMAXøN. ¶PO™ ¢E TOYTOI™, EI MEN MH E¶I ¢IKA™ HE™AN OI ™YMMAXOI, TOY™ EK¶§EONTA™ A£HNAIøN ETIMøN AN MONOY™, TOY™ TE ™TPATH°OY™ KAI TOY™ TPIHPAPXOY™ KAI ¶PE™BEI™: NYN ¢' HNA°KA™TAI TON ¢HMON KO§AKEYEIN TON A£HNAIøN EI™ EKA™TO™ TøN ™YMMAXøN, °I°Nø™KøN OTI ¢EI [MEN] AºIKOMENON A£HNAZE ¢IKHN ¢OYNAI KAI §ABEIN OYK EN A§§OI™ TI™IN A§§' EN Tø ¢HMø, O™ E™TI ¢H NOMO™ A£HNH™I: KAI ANTIBO§H™AI ANA°KAZETAI EN TOI™ ¢IKA™THPIOI™ KAI EI™IONTO™ TOY E¶I§AMBANE™£AI TH™ XEIPO™. ¢IA TOYTO OYN OI ™YMMAXOI ¢OY§OI TOY ¢HMOY TøN A£HNAIøN KA£E™TA™I MA§§ON.

1.19 ¶PO™ ¢E TOYTOI™ ¢IA THN KTH™IN THN EN TOI™ Y¶EPOPIOI™ KAI ¢IA TA™ APXA™ TA™ EI™ THN Y¶EPOPIAN §E§H£A™I MAN £ANONTE™ E§EYNEIN TH Kø¶H AYTOI TE KAI OI AKO§OY£OI: ANA°KH °AP AN£Pø¶ON ¶O§§AKI™ ¶§EONTA Kø¶HN §ABEIN KAI AYTON KAI TON OIKETHN, KAI ONOMATA MA£EIN TA EN TH NAYTIKH:

1.20 KAI KYBEPNHTAI A°A£OI °I°NONTAI ™I' EM¶EIPIAN TE TøN ¶§OøN KAI ¢IA ME§ETHN: EME§ETH™AN ¢E OI MEN ¶§OION KYBEPNøNTE™, OI ¢E O§KA¢A, OI ¢' ENTEY£EN E¶I TPIHPE™I KATE™TH™AN: OI ¢E ¶O§§OI E§AYNEIN EY£Y™ [ø™] OIOI TE EI™BANTE™ EI™ NAY™, ATE EN ¶ANTI Tø BIø ¶POMEME§ETHKOTE™.

2.1 TO ¢E O¶§ITIKON AYTOI™, O HKI™TA ¢OKEI EY EXEIN A£HNH ™IN, OYTø

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KA£E™THKEN, KAI TøN MEN ¶O§EMIøN HTTOY™ TE ™ºA™ AYTOY™ H°OYNTAI EINAI KAI O§EIZOY™, TøN ¢E ™YMMAXøN, OI ºEPOY™I TON ºOPON, KAI KATA °HN KPATI™TEYOY™I, KAI NOMI ZOY™I TO O¶§ITIKON APKEIN, EI TøN ™YMMAXøN KPEITTONE™ EI™I.

2.2 ¶PO™ ¢E KAI KATA TYXHN TI AYTOI™ TOIOYTON KA£E™THKE: TOI™ MEN KATA °HN APXOMENOI™ OION T' E™TIN EK MIKPøN ¶O§EøN ™YNOIKI™£ENTA™ A£POOY™ MAXE™£AI, TOI™ ¢E KATA £A§ATTAN APXOMENOI™, O™OI NH™IøTAI EI™IN, OYX OION TE ™YNAPA™£AI EI™ TO AYTO TA™ ¶O§EI™: H °AP £A§ATTA EN Tø ME™ø, OI ¢E KPATOYNTE™ £A§A™™OKPATOPE™ EI™IN: EI ¢' OION TE KAI §A£EIN ™YNE§£OY™IN EI™ TAYTO TOI™ NH™IøTAI™ EI™ MIAN NH™ON,

2.3 A¶O§OYNTAI §IMø: O¶O™AI ¢' EN TH H¶EIPø EI™I ¶O§EI™ Y¶O TøN A£HNAIøN APXOMENAI, AI MEN ME°A§AI ¢IA ¢EO™ APXONTAI, AI ¢E MIKPAI ¶ANY ¢IA XPEIAN: OY °AP E™TI ¶O§I™ OY¢EMIA HTI™ OY ¢EITAI EI™A°E™£AI TI H E•A°E™£AI. TAYTA TOINYN OYK E™TAI AYTH, EAN MH Y¶HKOO™ H TøN APXONTøN TH™ 2.4 £A§ATTH™. E¶EITA ¢E TOI™ APXOY™I TH™ £A§ATTH™ OION T' E™TI ¶OIEIN A¶EP TOI™ TH™ °H™ ENIOTE, TEMNEIN THN °HN TøN KPEITTONøN: ¶APA¶§EIN °AP E•E™TIN O¶OY AN MH¢EI™ H ¶O§EMIO™ H O¶OY AN O§I°OI, EAN ¢E ¶PO™Iø™IN, ANABANTA A¶O¶§EIN: KAI TOYTO ¶OIøN HTTON A¶OPEI H O ¶EZH ¶APA

2.5 BOH£øN. E¶EITA ¢E TOI™ MEN KATA £A§ATTAN APXOY™IN OION T' A¶O¶§EY™AI A¶O TH™ ™ºETEPA™ AYTøN O¶O™ON BOY§EI ¶§OYN, TOI™ ¢E KATA °HN OYX OION TE A¶O TH™ ™ºETEPA™ AYTøN A¶E§£EIN ¶O§§øN HMEPøN O¢ON: BPA¢EIAI TE °AP AI ¶OPEIAI KAI ™ITON OYX OION TE EXEIN ¶O§§OY XPONOY ¶EZH IONTA. KAI TON MEN ¶EZH IONTA ¢EI ¢IA ºI§IA™ IENAI H NIKAN MAXOMENON, TON ¢E ¶§EONTA, OY MEN AN H KPEITTøN, E•E™TIN A¶OBHNAI, <OY ¢' AN MH H, MH A¶OBHNAI> TAYTH TH™ °H™, A§§A ¶APA¶§EY™AI, Eø™ AN E¶I ºI§IAN XøPAN AºIKHTAI

2.6 H E¶I HTTOY™ AYTOY. E¶EITA NO™OY™ TøN KAP¶øN AI EK ¢IO™ EI™IN OI MEN KATA °HN KPATI™TOI XA§E¶ø™ ºEPOY™IN, OI ¢E KATA £A§ATTAN PA¢Iø™. OY °AP AMA ¶A™A °H NO™EI: ø™TE EK TH™ EY£ENOY™H™ AºIKNEITAI TOI™ TH™ £A§ATTH™ APXOY™IN.

2.7 EI ¢E ¢EI KAI ™MIKPOTEPøN MNH™£HNAI, ¢IA THN APXHN TH™ £A§ATTH™ ¶PøTON MEN TPO¶OY™ EYøXIøN E•HYPON E¶IMI™°OMENOI A§§H A§§OI™: <ø™TE> O TI EN ™IKE§IA H¢Y H NE ITA§IA H EN KY¶Pø H EN AI°Y¶Tø H EN §Y¢IA H EN Tø ¶ONTø H EN ¶E§O¶ONNH™ø H A§§O£I ¶OY, TAYTA ¶ANTA EI™ EN H£POI-

2.8 ™TAI ¢IA THN APXHN TH™ £A§ATTH™. E¶EITA ºøNHN ¶A™AN AKOYONTE™ E•E§E•ANTO TOYTO MEN EK TH™, TOYTO ¢E EK TH™: KAI OI MEN E§§HNE™ I¢IA MA§§ON KAI ºøNH KAI ¢IAITH KAI ™XHMATI XPøNTAI, A£HNAIOI ¢E KEKPAMENH E• A¶ANTøN TøN E§§HNøN KAI BAPBAPøN.

2.9 £Y™IA™ ¢E KAI IEPA KAI EOPTA™ KAI TEMENH °NOY™ O ¢HMO™ OTI OYX OION TE E™TIN EKA™Tø TøN ¶ENHTøN £YEIN KAI EYø XEI™£AI KAI I™TA™£AI IEPA KAI ¶O§IN OIKEIN KA§HN KAI ME°A§HN, E•HYPEN OTø TPO¶ø E™TAI TAYTA. £YOY™IN OYN ¢HMO™IA MEN H ¶O§I™ IEPEIA ¶O§§A: E™TI ¢E O ¢HMO™ O

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EYøXOYMENO™2.10 KAI ¢IA§A°XANøN TA IEPEIA. KAI °YMNA™IA KAI §OYTPA KAI

A¶O¢YTHPIA TOI™ MEN ¶§OY™IOI™ E™TIN I¢IA ENIOI™, O ¢E ¢HMO™ AYTO™ AYTø OIKO¢OMEITAI I¢IA ¶A§AI™TPA™ ¶O§§A™, A¶O ¢YTHPIA, §OYTPøNA™: KAI ¶§EIø TOYTøN A¶O§AYEI O OX§O™ H OI O§I°OI KAI OI EY¢AIMONE™.

2.11 TON ¢E ¶§OYTON MONOI OIOI T' EI™IN EXEIN TøN E§§HNøN KAI TøN BAPBAPøN. EI °AP TI™ ¶O§I™ ¶§OYTEI •Y§OI™ NAY ¶H°H™IMOI™, ¶OI ¢IA£H™ETAI, EAN MH ¶EI™H TON APXONTA TH™ £A§ATTH™; TI ¢' EI TI™ ™I¢HPø H XA§Kø H §INø ¶§OYTEI ¶O§I™, ¶OI ¢IA£H™ETAI, EAN MH ¶EI™H TON APXONTA TH™ £A§ATTH™; E• AYTøN MENTOI TOYTøN KAI ¢H NHE™ MOI EI™I, ¶APA MEN TOY •Y§A, ¶APA ¢E TOY ™I¢HPO™, ¶APA ¢E TOY

2.12 XA§KO™, ¶APA ¢E TOY §INON, ¶APA ¢E TOY KHPO™. ¶PO™ ¢E TOYTOI™ A§§O™E A°EIN OYK EA™OY™IN OITINE™ ANTI¶A§OI HMIN EI™IN H OY XPH™ONTAI TH £A§ATTH. KAI E°ø MEN OY¢EN ¶OIøN EK TH™ °H™ ¶ANTA TAYTA EXø ¢IA THN £A§ATTAN, A§§H ¢' OY¢EMIA ¶O§I™ ¢YO TOYTøN EXEI, OY¢' E™TI TH AYTH •Y§A KAI §INON, A§§' O¶OY §INON E™TI ¶§EI™TON, §EIA XøPA KAI A•Y§O™: OY¢E XA§KO™ KAI ™I¢HPO™ EK TH™ AYTH™ ¶O§Eø™ OY¢E TA§§A ¢YO H TPIA MIA ¶O§EI, A§§A TO MEN TH, TO ¢E TH.

2.13 ETI ¢E ¶PO™ TOYTOI™ ¶APA ¶A™IN H¶EIPON E™TIN H AKTH ¶POYXOY™A H NH™O™ ¶POKEIMENH H ™TENO¶OPON TI: ø™TE E•E™TIN ENTAY£A EºOPMOY™I TOI™ TH™ £A§ATTH™ APXOY™I

2.14 §øBA™£AI TOY™ THN H¶EIPON OIKOYNTA™. ENO™ ¢E EN¢EEI™ EI™IN: EI °AP NH™ON OIKOYNTE™ £A§A™™OKPATOPE™ H™AN A£HNAIOI, Y¶HPXEN AN AYTOI™ ¶OIEIN MEN KAKø™, EI EBOY§ONTO, ¶A™XEIN ¢E MH¢EN, Eø™ TH™ £A§ATTH™ HPXON, MH¢E TMH£HNAI THN EAYTøN °HN MH¢E ¶PO™¢EXE™£AI TOY™ ¶O§EMIOY™:NYN ¢E OI °EøP°OYNTE™ KAI OI ¶§OY™IOI A£HNAIøN Y¶EPXONTAI TOY™ ¶O§EMIOY™ MA§§ON, O ¢E ¢HMO™, ATE EY EI¢ø™ OTI OY¢EN TøN ™ºøN EM¶PH™OY™IN OY¢E TEMOY™IN, A¢Eø™ ZH KAI OYX Y¶EP

2.15 XOMENO™ AYTOY™. ¶PO™ ¢E TOYTOI™ KAI ETEPOY ¢EOY™ A¶H§ §A°MENOI AN H™AN, EI NH™ON øKOYN, MH¢E¶OTE ¶PO¢O£HNAI THN ¶O§IN Y¶' O§I°øN MH¢E ¶Y§A™ ANOIX£HNAI MH¢E ¶O§E MIOY™ E¶E£™¶E™EIN: ¶ø™ °AP NH™ON OIKOYNTøN TAYT' AN E°I°NETO; MH¢' AY ™TA™IA™AI Tø ¢HMø MH¢EN, EI NH™ON øKOYN: NYN MEN °AP EI ™TA™IA™AIEN, E§¶I¢A AN EXONTE™ EN TOI™ ¶O§EMIOI™ ™TA™IA™EIAN, ø™ KATA °HN E¶A•OMENOI: EI ¢E

2.16 NH™ON øKOYN, KAI TAYT' AN A¢Eø™ EIXEN AYTOI™. E¶EI¢H OYN E• APXH™ ¶YK ETYXON OIKH™ANTE™ NH™ON, NYN TA¢E ¶OIOY™I: THN MEN OY™IAN TAI™ NH™OI™ ¶APATI£ENTAI, ¶I™TEYONTE™ TH APXH TH KATA £A§ATTAN, THN ¢E ATTIKHN °HN ¶EPIOPø™I TEMNOMENHN, °I°Nø™KONTE™ OTI EI AYTHN E§EH™OY™IN, ETEPøN A°A£øN MEIZONøN ™TEPH™ONTAI.

2.17 ETI ¢E ™YMMAXIA™ KAI TOY™ OPKOY™ TAI™ MEN O§I°APXOY MENAI™ ¶O§E™IN ANA°KH EM¶E¢OYN: HN ¢E MH EMMENø™I TAI™ ™YN£HKAI™, H Yº' OTOY A¢IKEI ONOMATA A¶O TøN O§I°øN OI ™YNE£ENTO: A™™A ¢' AN O ¢HMO™ ™YN£HTAI, E•E™TIN AYTø ENI ANATI£ENTI THN AITIAN Tø §E°ONTAI KAI Tø

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E¶IæHºI™ANTI APNEI™£AI TOI™ A§§OI™ OTI OY ¶APHN OY¢E APE™KEI EMOI°E, A ™Y°KEIMENA ¶YN£ANONTAI EN ¶§HPEI Tø ¢HMø, KAI EI MH ¢O•AI EINAI TAYTA, ¶POºA™EI™ MYPIA™ E•HYPHKE TOY MH ¶OIEIN O™A AN MH BOY§øNTAI. KAI AN MEN TI KAKON ANABAINH A¶O øN O ¢HMO™ EBOY§EY™EN, AITIATAI O ¢HMO™ ø™ O§I°OI AN£Pø ¶OI AYTø ANTI¶PATTONTE™ ¢IEº£EIPAN, EAN ¢E TI A°A£ON ™ºI™IN AYTOI™ THN AITIAN ANATI£EA™I.

2.18 KøMø¢EIN ¢' AY KAI KAKø™ §E°EIN TON MEN ¢HMON OYK Eø™IN, INA MH AYTOI AKOYø™I KAKø™, I¢IA ¢E KE§EYOY™IN, EI TI™ TINA BOY§ETAI, EY EI¢OTE™ OTI OYXI TOY ¢HMOY E™TIN OY¢E TOY ¶§H£OY™ O KøMø¢OYMENO™ ø™ E¶I TO ¶O§Y, A§§' H ¶§OY™IO™ H °ENNAIO™ H ¢YNAMENO™, O§I°OI ¢E TINE™ TøN ¶ENHTøN KAI TøN ¢HMOTIKøN KøMø¢OYNTAI, KAI OY¢' OYTOI EAN MH ¢IA ¶O§Y¶PA°MO™YNHN KAI ¢IA TO ZHTEIN ¶§EON TI EXEIN TOY ¢HMOY: ø™TE OY¢E TOY™ TOIOYTOY™ AX£ONTAI KøMø¢OYMENOY™.

2.19 ºHMI OYN E°ø°E TON ¢HMON TON A£HNH™I °I°Nø™KEIN OITINE™ XPH™TOI EI™I TøN ¶O§ITøN KAI OITINE™ ¶ONHPOI: °I°Nø™KONTE™ ¢E TOY™ MEN ™ºI™IN AYTOI™ E¶ITH¢EIOY™ KAI ™YMºOPOY™ ºI§OY™I, KAN ¶ONHPOI ø™I, TOY™ ¢E XPH™TOY™ MI™OY™I MA§§ON: OY °AP NOMIZOY™I THN APETHN AYTOI™ ¶PO™ Tø ™ºETEPø A°A£ø ¶EºY KENAI, A§§' E¶I Tø KAKø: KAI TOYNANTION °E TOYTOY ENIOI, ONTE™ ø™ A§H£ø™ TOY ¢HMOY, THN ºY™IN OY ¢HMOTIKOI EI™I.

2.20 ¢HMOKPATIAN ¢' E°ø MEN AYTø Tø ¢HMø ™Y°°I°Nø™Kø: AYTON MEN °AP EY ¶OIEIN ¶ANTI ™Y°°NøMH E™TIN: O™TI™ ¢E MH øN TOY ¢HMOY EI§ETO EN ¢HMOKPATOYMENH ¶O§EI OIKEIN MA§§ON H EN O§I°APXOYMENH, A¢IKEIN ¶APE™KEYA™ATO KAI E°Nø OTI MA§§ON OION TE ¢IA§A£EIN KAKø ONTI EN ¢HMOKPATOYMENH

3.1 ¶O§EI MA§§ON H EN O§I°APXOYMENH. KAI ¶EPI TH™ A£HNAIøN ¶O§ITEIA™, TON MEN TPO¶ON OYK E¶AINø: E¶EI¢H¶EP ¢ãE¢O•EN AYTOI™ ¢HMOKPATEI™£AI, EY MOI ¢OKOY™I ¢IA™øZE™£AI THN ¢HMO KPATIAN TOYTø Tø TPO¶ø XPøMENOI ø E°ø E¶E¢EI•A. ETI ¢E KAI TA¢E TINA™ OPø MEMºOMENOY™ A£HNAIOY™ OTI ENIOTE OYK E™TIN AYTO£I XPHMATI™AI TH BOY§H OY¢E Tø ¢HMø ENIAYTON KA£HMENø AN£Pø¶ø. KAI TOYTO A£HNH™I °E°NETAI

3.2 OY¢EN ¢I' A§§O H ¢IA TO ¶§H£O™ TøN ¶PA°M'ATøN OYX OIOI TE ¶ANTA™ A¶O¶EM¶EIN EI™I XPHMATI™ANTE™. ¶ø™ °AP AN KAI OIOI TE EIEN, OY™TINA™ ¶PøTON MEN ¢EI EOPTA™AI EOPTA™ O™A™ OY¢EMIA TøN E§§HNI¢øN ¶O§EøN (EN ¢E TAYTAI™ HTTON TINA ¢YNATON E™TI ¢IA¶PATTE™£AI TøN TH™ ¶O§Eø™), E¶EITA ¢E ¢IKA™ KAI °PAºA™ KAI EY£YNA™ EK¢IKAZEIN O™A™ OY¢' OI ™YM¶ANTE™ AN£Pø¶OI EK¢IKAZOY™I, THN ¢E BOY§HN BOY§EYE™£AI ¶O§§A MEN ¶EPI TOY ¶O§EMOY, ¶O§§A ¢E ¶EPI ¶OPOY XPHMATøN ¶O§§A ¢E ¶EPI NOMøN £E™Eø™, ¶O§§A ¢E ¶EPI TøN KATA ¶O§IN AEI °I°NOMENøN, ¶O§§A ¢E KAI <¶EPI TøN EN> TOI™ ™YMMAXOI™, KAI ºOPON ¢E•A™£AI KAI NEøPIøN E¶IME§H£HNAI KAI IEPøN; APA ¢H TI £AYM™TON E™TIN, EI TO™OYTøN Y¶APXONTøN ¶PA°MATøN MH OIOI T' EI™I ¶A™IN AN£Pø¶OI™ XPHMATI™AI; §E°OY™I ¢E

3.3 TINE™, HN TI™ AP°YPION EXøN ¶PO™IH ¶PO™ BOY§HN H ¢HMON,

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XPHMATIEITAI. E°ø ¢E TOYTOI™ OMO§O°H™AIM' AN A¶O XPH MATøN ¶O§§A ¢IA¶PATTE™£AI A£HNH™I, KAI ETI AN ¶§EIø ¢IA ¶PATTE™£AI, EI ¶§EIOY™ ETI E¢I¢O™AN AP°YPION: TOYTO MENTOI EY OI¢A, ¢IOTI ¶A™I ¢IA¶PA•AI H ¶O§I™ ... TøN ¢EOMENøN OYX IKANH, OY¢' EI O¶O™ONOYN XPY™ION KAI AP°YPION ¢I¢OIH TI™

3.4 AYTOI™. ¢EI ¢E KAI TA¢E ¢IA¢IKAZEIN, EI TI™ THN NAYN MH E¶I ™KEYAZEI H KATOIKO¢OMEI TI ¢HMO™ION: ¶PO™ ¢E TOYTOI™ XOPH°OI™ ¢IA¢IKA™AI EI™ ¢IONY™IA KAI £AP°H§IA KAI ¶ANA£HNAIA KAI ¶POMH£EIA KAI HºAI™TIA O™A ETH: KAI TPIHPAPXOI KA£I™TANTAI TETPAKO™IOI EKA™TOY ENIAYTOY, KAI TOYTøN TOI™ BOY§OMENOI™ <¢EI> ¢IA¢IKA™AI O™A ETH: ¶PO™ ¢E TOYTOI™ APXA™ ¢OKIMA™AI KAI ¢IA¢IKA™AI KAI OPºANOY™ ¢OKIMA™AI KAI ºY§AKA™ ¢E™Mø

3.5 TøN KATA™TH™AI. TAYTA MEN OYN O™A ETH: ¢IA XPONOY ¢E ¢IKA™AI ¢EI ™TPATIA™ KAI EAN TI A§§O E•A¶INAION A¢IKHMA °I°NHTAI, EAN TE YBPIZø™I TINE™ AH£E™ YBPI™MA EAN TE A™EBH™ø™I. ¶O§§A ETI ¶ANY ¶APA§EI¶ø: TO ¢E ME°I™TON EIPHTAI ¶§HN AI TA•EI™ TOY ºOPOY: TOYTO ¢E °I°NETAI ø™ TA ¶O§§A ¢I' ETOY™ ¶EM¶TOY. ºEPE ¢H TOINYN, TAYTA OYK OIE™£AI

3.6 <XPH> XPHNAI ¢IA¢IKAZEIN A¶ANTA; EI¶ATø °AP TI™ O TI OY XPHN AYTO£I ¢IA¢IKAZE™£AI. EI ¢' AY OMO§O°EIN ¢EI A¶ANTA XPHNAI ¢IA¢IKAZEIN, ANA°KH ¢I' ENIAYTOY: ø™ OY¢E NYN ¢I' ENIAYTOY ¢IKAZONTE™ Y¶APXOY™IN ø™TE ¶AYEIN TOY™ A¢IKO§YNTA™

3.7 Y¶O TOY ¶§H£OY™ TøN AN£Pø¶øN. ºEPE ¢H, A§§A ºH™EI TI™ XPHNAI ¢IKAZEIN MEN, E§ATTOY™ ¢E ¢IKAZEIN. ANA°KH TOINYN, EAN MH O§I°A ¶OIøNTAI ¢IKA™THPIA, O§I°OI EN EKA™Tø E™ONTAI Tø ¢IKA™THPIø: ø™TE KAI ¢IA™KEYA™A™£AI PA¢ION E™TAI ¶PO™ O§I°OY™ ¢IKA™TA™ KAI ™YN¢EKA™AI ¶O§Y HTTON ¢IKAIø™ ¢IKAZEIN

3.8 ¶PO™ ¢E TOYTOI™ OIE™£AI XPH KAI EOPTA™ A°EIN XPHNAI A£H NAIOY™, EN AI™ OYX OION TE ¢IKAZEIN. KAI A°OY™I MEN EOPTA™ ¢I¶§A™IOY™ H OI A§§OI: A§§' E°ø MEN TI£HMI I™A™ TH O§I°I™TA™ A°OY™H ¶O§EI. TOYTøN TOINYN TOIOYTøN ONTøN OY ºHMI OION T' EINAI A§§ø™ EXEIN TA ¶PA°MATA A£HNH™IN H ø™¶EP NYN EXEI, ¶§HN H KATA MIKPON TI OION TE TO MEN AºE§EIN TO ¢E ¶PO™£EINAI: ¶O§Y ¢' OYX OION TE METAKINEIN, ø™TE MH OYXI TH™ ¢HMOKPATIA™ AºAIPEIN TI.

3.9 ø™TE MEN °AP BE§TION EXEIN THN ¶O§ITEIAN, OION TE ¶O§§A E•EY PEIN, ø™TE MENTOI Y¶APXEIN MEN ¢HMOKPATIAN EINAI APKOYNTø™ ¢E TOYTO E•EYPEIN, O¶ø™ BE§TION ¶O§ITEY™ONTAI, OY PA¢ION, ¶§HN, O¶EP APTI EI¶ON, KATA MIKPON TI ¶PO™£ENTA H AºE§ONTA.

3.10 ¢OKOY™I ¢E A£HNAIOI KAI TOYTO MOI OYK OP£ø™ BOY§EYE ™£AI, OTI TOY™ XEIPOY™ AIPOYNTAI EN TAI™ ¶O§E™I TAI™ ™TA™IA ZOY™AI™. OI ¢E TOYTO °NøMH ¶OIOY™IN. EI MEN °AP HPOYNTO TOY™ BE§TIOY™, HPOYNT' AN OYXI TOY™ TAYTA °I°Nø™KONTA™ ™ºI™IN AYTOI™: EN OY¢EMIA °AP ¶O§EI TO BE§TI™TON EYNOYN E™TI Tø ¢HMø, A§§A TO KAKI™TON EN EKA™TH E™TI ¶O§EI EYNOYN Tø ¢HMø: OI °AP OMOIOI TOI™ OMOIOI™ EYNOI EI™I. ¢IA TAYTA OYN A£HNAIOI TA ™ºI™IN AYTOI™ ¶PO™HKONTA AIPOYNTAI.

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3.11 O¶O™AKI™ ¢' E¶EXEIPH™AN AIPEI™£AI TOY™ BE§TI™TOY™, OY ™YNH NE°KEN AYTOI™, A§§' ENTO™ O§I°OY XPONOY O ¢HMO™ E¢OY§EY™EN O EN BOIøTOI™: TOYTO ¢E OTE MI§H™IøN EI§ONTO TOY™ BE§ TI™TOY™, ENTO™ O§I°OY XPONOY A¶O™TANTE™ TON ¢HMON KATE KOæAN: TOYTO ¢E OTE EI§ONTO §AKE¢AIMONIOY™ ANTI ME™™HNIøN, ENTO™ O§I°OY XPONOY §AKE¢AIMONIOI KATA™TPEæAMENOI ME™ ™HNIOY™ E¶O§EMOYN A£HNAIOI™.

3.12 Y¶O§ABOI ¢E TI™ AN ø™ OY¢EI™ APA A¢IKø™ HTIMøTAI A£H NH™IN. E°ø ¢E ºHMI TINA™ EINAI OI A¢IKø™ HTIMøNTAI. O§I°OI MENTOI TINE™ <EI™IN>: A§§' OYK O§I°øN ¢EI TøN E¶I£H™OMENøN

3.13 TH ¢HMOKPATIA TH A£HNH™IN, E¶EI TOI KAI OYTø™ EXEI, OY¢EN EN£YMEI™£AI ANN£Pø¶OY™ OITINE™ ¢IKAIø™ HTIMøNTAI, A§§' EI TINE™ A¢IKø™. ¶ø™ AN OYN A¢IKø™ OIOITO TI™ AN TOY™ ¶O§§OY™ HTIMø™£AI A£HNH™IN, O¶OY O ¢HMO™ E™TIN O APXøN TA™ APXA™; EK ¢E TOY MH ¢IKAIø™ APXEIN MH¢E §E°EIN TA ¢IKAIA <MH¢E> ¶PATTEIN, EK TOIOYTøN ATIMOI EI™IN A£HNH™I. TAYTA XPH §O°IZOMENON MH NOMIZEIN EINAI TI ¢EINON A¶O TøN ATIMøN A£HNH™IN.

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