THE Art is threefold:

The patient,

the disease,

and the physician

 Ἡ τέχνη διὰ τριῶν,

τὸ νούσημα,

ὁ νοσέων,

καὶ ὁ ἰητρός·

 The physician is the servant of the art,

 and the patient must battle the disease [together] with the physician

 ὁ ἰητρὸς, ὑπηρέτης τῆς τέχνης·

 ὑπεναντιοῦσθαι τῷ νουσήματι τὸν νοσεῦντα μετὰ τοῦ ἰητροῦ χρή.

 203. There are three concerns:

the physician,

the medications,

[and] the patient. [...]

 (203) Τρία [γε μὴν] εἰσὶ πράγματα,

ὁ ἰατρός,

τὰ φάρμακα

ὁ πάσχων· [...]

 The physician of souls applies [medication] that is appropriate [to each],

 and his commands are adapted to the passions [...]

 ὁ δὲ τῶν ψυχῶν ἰατρὸς καταλλήλως προστάσσει,

 καὶ τοῖς πάθεσιν αἱ ἐντολαὶ αὐτοῦ [...]

 82. Pray gently and undisturbed ,

      sing psalms with understanding and good rhythm;

   then you will be like the young eagle that soars in the heights.

 82. Προσεύχου ἐπιεικῶς καὶ ἀταράχως

         και ψάλλε συνετῶς καὶ εὐρύθμως,

    ἔσῃ ὡς νεοσσὸς ἀετοῦ ἐν ὕψει αἰρόμενος.

 83. Psalmody calms the passions and puts to rest the body’s disharmony;

 prayer arouses the nous to activate its own proper activity.

 83.Ἡ μὲν ψαλμῳδία τὰ πάθη κατευνάζει καὶ τὴν ἀκρασίαν τοῦ σώματος ἠρεμεῖν ἀπεργάζεται·

ἡ δὲ προσευχὴ ἐνεργεῖν παρασκευάζει τὸν νοῦν τὴν ἰδίαν ἐνέργειαν.

84. Prayer is the power befitting the dignity of the nous;

it is the nous’ highest and purest power and function.

 84. Προσευχὴ ἐστὶ πρέπουσα ἐνέργεια τῇ ἀξίᾳ τοῦ νου,͂

     ἤτοι ἡ κρείττων καὶ εἰλικρινὴς ἐνέργεια αὐτου καὶ χρῆσις.

85. Psalmody pertains to “richly varied wisdom;” (Eph 3:10);

prayer is the prelude to immaterial and uniform knowledge

 85.Ἡ μὲν ψαλμῳδία τῆς ποικίλης σοφίας ἐστὶν,

   ἡ δὲ προσευχὴ προοίμιόν ἐστι τῆς ἀΰλου, καὶ ἀποικίλου γνώσεως

17. AND if, weary from our toil, a certain acedia overtakes us

Εἰ δέ τίς ἐκ τοῦ καμάτου καὶ ἀκηδία ἡμῖν προσγένηται,    

we should climb up a little onto the rock of knowledge

μικρὸν ἀναδραμόντες ἐπὶ τὴν τῆς γνώσεως πέτραν

and converse with the psalter (cf. Ps 48:5),

τῷ ψαλτηρίῳ προσομιλήσωμεν,

plucking with the virtues the strings of knowledge:

πλήσσοντες διὰ τῶν ἀρετῶν τῆς γνώσεως τὰς χορδὰς·

LET us again tend our sheep as they pasture below Mount Sinai,

βοσκήσωμεν δὲ πάλιν ὑπὸ τὸ Σιναῖον ὄρος τὰ πρόβατα,

so that the God of our fathers may also call to us out of the bush (cf. Exod. 3:1-6)

 ἵνα ὁ θεὸς τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν καὶ ἡμᾶς ἐκ τῆς βάτου καλέσῃ,

and grant us the logoi of the signs and the wonders (cf. Exod. 7:9, 11:9-10).

καὶ τοὺς λόγους τῶν σημείων, καὶ τῶν τεράτων καὶ ἡμῖν χαρίσηται.