Then
the
blessed
ones
turned
their
attention
to
the
improvement
and
refinement
of
the
literature
of
their
nation.
Sahak
the
Great,
as
before,
began
to
write
and
to
translate.
And
it
so
happened
that
they
dispatched
two
brothers
from
among
their
pupils
to
the
city
of
Edessa
in
the
region
of
the
[Syrians]
the
first
one
Hovsep,
as
mentioned
above,
and
the
second,
Eznik
by
name,
from
the
village
of
Goghb
in
the
province
of
Airarat,
for
the
purpose
of
translating
and
writing
down
the
traditions
of
the
church
fathers
from
Syriac
to
Armenian.
The
translators,
therefore,
upon
arriving
at
their
destination,
carried
out
their
orders
and
sent
[the
translations]
to
the
excellent
fathers.
Then
they
went
to
the
region
of
the
Greeks
where
they
studied
and
became
proficient
translators
from
the
Greek
language.
After
a
while
a
few
brethren
came
to
the
region
of
the
Greeks,
the
name
of
the
first
one
of
which
was
Ghevondes,
and
the
second,
was
I,
Koriun.
And
as
they
drew
near
Constantinople
they
joined
Eznik,
and
as
most
intimate
companions,
together
they
performed
their
spiritual
tasks.
Then
they
came
to
the
land
of
Armenia,
having
brought
authentic
copies
of
the
God-given
book
and
many
subsequent
traditions
of
the
worthy
church
fathers,
along
with
the
canons
of
Nicaea
and
Ephesus,
and
placed
before
the
fathers
the
testaments
of
the
Holy
Church
which
they
had
brought
with
them.
That
is,
the
work
of
translation.
Yet
blessed
Sahak,
who
had
rendered
from
the
Greek
language
into
Armenian
all
the
ecclesiastical
books
and
the
wisdom
of
the
church
fathers,
once
more
undertook,
with
Eznik,
the
comparison
of
the
former
random,
hurriedly
done
translations
from
then
available
copies
with
the
authentic
copies,
and
they
translated
many
commentaries
of
the
Bible.
And
thus
the
fathers
passed
their
time,
day
and
night,
with
the
reading
of
books,
and
thus
served
as
good
examples
to
their
studious
assistants,
especially
in
keeping
with
the
commandments
from
God's
messengers,
the
first
of
whom
has
commended:
"On
His
laws
shalt
thou
meditate
day
and
night,
"
and
the
second
which
similarly
commands:
"And
give
attendance
to
reading,
exhortation,
and
to
doctrine.
Neglect
not
the
gift
that
is
in
them. ...
Meditate
upon
the
things,
giving
thyself
wholly
to
them ...
for
doing
this
thou
shalt
save
both
thyself
and
them
that
hear
thee.
"
