The Instruction of his people and the Syriac children.

Chronicles of the Instruction

Shamshun Samson the Ascetic Teacher.

By the hand of the Teacher Ephrem Ephrem the Syrian, that Teacher Ephrem.

(Discourse: Book 3, Field 7, Panqita 3)

A man, however, of confession: and of the athlete’s struggle glorious as he is faithful. And faithfully he was from the teacher: that one eats his righteousness, the discourse of unity. And he is set as a good example: and all the cities [are] desirous and of the ways. One of them, however, who was a leader to them: with lying and with masters of speech of thoughts, why do you bless that you might teach the life? With them life is not to speak: or to disturb the souls of the powerful. And when the teacher heard, victoriously he ascended: and commanded that they should teach concerning them and lead them. And when he was held, he ascended: to them who were leaders to them: and commanded that they should minister to the men: and bear in all those [the] praises. While the discourse that was, and exists: and he is the strengthening one. And when many all those praises: he commanded that they should teach and lead them, while alive: on the revealed that he might confess. And when he was ascending, the head of many of the faithful from his body: as he is from one child of man, he was while constantly and gloriously he was: that they should minister prophetically. And that divine instruction is life: and as in the hour in the madrashe hymns/didactic poems. As of the masters faithful in the lying: that in the hour he is the madrashe.

And when he finished, the holy one, and commanded from the world: it was given to them...