7. What thou wouldst desire from all men
For thyself, of every good,
Do thou that to every one,
That you may reach the kingdom.
8. What thou wouldst not desire for thyself
Of injury that is evil,
For no person shalt thou desire it
As long as thou art in the body.
FOR A BISHOP.
9. If you be a bishop of noble order,
Assume thy government in full;
Be thou obedient to Christ, without guile;
Let all others be obedient to thee.
10. Heal the difficult disorders
By the power of the pure Lord,
And conciliate the lay multitudes—
Check the noble kings.
11. Be thou the vigilant shepherd
Over the laity and over the Church;
Be orthodox in thy teaching,
Be stimulative, be pleasant.
12. To subdue the wicked,
Who love the doing of evil,
To magnify every truth,
Is what is due of thee.
13. Thou shalt know the Holy Scripture
At the time that thou takest orders,
Because thou art a stepson of the Church
If thou art deficient and ignorant.
14. For, every unwise man is ignorant—
This is the truth and the right—
Of the Lord he is not the representative,
He who reads not the Law.
15. To condemn all heresy, all wickedness,
To thee, of a truth, belongs;
There shall not, then, be evil in thyself,
In word or in deed.