HISTORY OF ARISTAKES LASTIVERTTSʻI, VARDAPET

CONCERNING THE EVENTS THAT TRANSPIRED AMONG THE FOREIGN NATIONS

WHICH ARE ROUND ABOUT US

A

EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE LAND OF ARMENIA

5 The days of affliction reached us,
And unbearable troubles found us.
For the measure of our sins was filled to overflowing,
And our cry went up before God.
10 All flesh corrupted its way,
And the earth was filled with lawlessness.
Justice diminished, and debauchery increased;
The people and the priest lied to God.
For this reason, the foreign tribes
15 Alienated us from our dwelling place,

The heading of Chapter A in all manuscripts forms the direct continuation of the work's general title. Chapter A is divided into two, with the first part entitled "Prologue," while the title of the whole work and the chapter heading precede the words "And it happened after the death of David the Kouropalates" (current edition, p. 22, line 25).