From the oath of Hippocrates, according to the precepts to which a Christian is able to swear.
Blessed be our God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Existing One, who is blessed forever. I do not lie. I will not defile the teachings of the art of medicine. I will not give a deadly drug to any person, even if asked, nor will I instruct any person in how to accomplish such a plan. Similarly, I will not give a woman an agent to terminate a pregnancy, either from above or from below. I will willingly teach this art of mine to anyone wishing to learn it, and shall require no written contracts. I will institute therapies for my patients according to my best judgment and ability. I will guard my craft in purity and in holiness. Into whatever homes I enter, I shall enter in order to help those who are suffering. I will keep myself free from intentional or unintentional misconduct, from vile and corrupt acts, and from the sexual exploitation of the body of a man or a woman, freeman or slave. I shall not divulge anything I see or hear during the course of therapy, or outside its course. I will keep silent concerning these things, considering peoples’ private affairs to be private, and not matters to be aired abroad. If I fulfill my vow and do not make it void, then may God be my help, watching over both my life and my art, and may people always praise my keeping of my oath. If, however, I do not fulfill this vow, then may the opposite be my fate.
1. ἐκ τοῦ κατὰ τὸν Ἱπποκράτον ὅρκου
2. καθ’ ὅσον οἵόν τε Χριστιανᾥ ὀμόσαι.
3. εὐλογητὸς ὁ θεὸς καὶ πατὴρ κυρίου ἡμῶν
4. Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ ὁ ὥν· εὐλογητὸς εἰς τοὺς αἰ-
5. ώνας. ὃτι οὐ ψεύδομαι· οὐ μολύ-
6. νω τὴν τῆς ἰατρικῆς τέχνης μά-
7. θησιν· οὐδὲ δώσω τινὶ αἰτήθεις
8. φάρμακον θανάσιμον οὐδε ὑ-
9. φηγήσομαι ξυμβουλὴν τοιήνδε.
10. ὁμοίως δὲ οὐδέ γυναιξὶ δώσω
11. φθόριον ἂνοθεν τε ἢ κάτωθεν.
ἀλλὰ διδάξω τὴν τὲχνη ταύτην ἠν
12. χρήζοισιν μανθάνειν ἂνευ φθόνου τὲ
καὶ ξυνγραφῆς. καὶ διαιτήμασιν ἒπ’ ὠ-
13. φελείης καμνόντων κατὰ δύναμιν καὶ
κρίσιν ἐμήν. καὶ ἁγνῶς καὶ ὁσίως
14. διατηρήσω τέχνην ἐμήν· ἐς οἰκίας ὁκόσας
ἄν ἐσίω ἤ εἰσελεύσομαι ἐπ’ ὠ-
15. φελεῖ καμνόντων· ἐκτὸς ἐῶν πάσης
ἀδικίης ἐκουσίοις τε καὶ ἀκου-
16. σίης· φθορίης τὲ καὶ τῆς ἄλ-
17. λης λοιμωσέως· καὶ ἀφρο-
18. δισίων ἔργων ἐλευλθέρων
19. τε καὶ δοὺλων· ἀπὸ ἀνδρί-
20. ων τὲ καὶ γυναικείων σωμάτι.
21. ὅσα δ’ἄν ἐν θεραπείη ἤ ἴδω ἤ
22. ἀκούσω ἤ ἄνευ θεραπείης συγ-
23. κατaινῶν ἀνθρώπων ἅ μὴ χρῄσιζω
24. λαλεῖσαι σιγήσομαι ἄρρητα
25. ἡγευμένος εῖναι τὰ τοιαῦτα. ὄρκον μὲν
26. οὖν μοι τόνδε ἐπιτελέα ποιέοντι
27. καὶ μὴ ξυχέοντι βοηθὸς μοι γίνοιτο
28. ὁ Θεὸς καὶ βίου καὶ τέχνης· δοξαζο-
29. μὲνῳ παρὰ πάσιν ἀνθρώποισι
30. ἐς τὸν ἀεὶ χρόνον εὐορκοῦντι
31. μὲν μοι. εἰὰν ἐπιορκοῦν-
32. τι δὲ· τὰ ἐναν-
33. τία τοῦ
34. τὲ-
35. [Caduceus & cross] λους [Caduceus & cross] [Caduceus & cross].
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