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[1] When he had died, disfigured in his torments, the fifth leaped forward, and said, [2] “I don’t intend, O tyrant, to get excused from the torment which is on behalf of virtue. [3] But I have come of my own accord, that by my death you may owe heavenly vengeance and punishment for more crimes. [4] O you hater of virtue and of men, what have we done that you thus revel in our blood? [5] Does it seem evil to you that we worship the Founder of all things, and live according to his surpassing law? [6] But this is worthy of honors, not torments, [7] if you had been capable of the higher feelings of men, and possessed the hope of salvation from God. [8] Behold now, being alien from God, you make war against those who are religious toward God.” [9] As he said this, the spearbearers bound him and drew him to the rack, [10] to which binding him at his knees, and fastening them with iron fetters, they bent down his loins upon the wedge of the wheel; and his body was then dismembered, scorpion-fashion. [11] With his breath thus confined, and his body strangled, he said, [12] “A great favor you bestow upon us, O tyrant, by enabling us to manifest our adherence to the law by means of nobler sufferings.” [13] He also being dead, the sixth, quite a youth, was brought out. On the tyrant asking him whether he would eat and be delivered, he said, [14] “I am indeed younger than my brothers, but in understanding I am as old. [15] I was born and reared to the same end. We are bound to die also on behalf of the same cause. [16] So if you think it is proper to torment us for not eating the unclean, then torment!” [17] As he said this, they brought him to the wheel. [18] Extended upon this, with limbs racked and dislocated, he was gradually roasted from beneath. [19] Having heated sharp spits, they stabbed them into his back; and having pierced his sides, they burned away his entrails. [20] He, while tormented, said, “O good and holy contest, in which for the sake of religion, we kindred have been called to the arena of pain, and have not been conquered. [21] For religious understanding, O tyrant, is unconquered. [22] Armed with upright virtue, I also will depart with my kindred. [23] I, too, bearing with me a great avenger, O inventor of tortures, and enemy of the truly pious. [24] We six youths have destroyed your tyranny. [25] For isn’t your inability to overrule our reasoning, and to compel us to eat the unclean, your destruction? [26] Your fire is cold to us. Your racks are painless, and your violence harmless. [27] For the guards not of a tyrant but of a divine law are our defenders. Through this we keep our reasoning unconquered.”
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[1] Ὡς G5613 δὲ G1161 καὶ G2532 οὗτος G3778 ταῖς G3588 βασάνοις G931 καταικισθεὶς ἐναπέθανεν, ὁ G3588 πέμπτος G3991 παρεπήδησεν λέγων G3004 [2] Οὐ G3756 μέλλω, G3195 τύραννε, πρὸς G4314 τὸν G3588 ὑπὲρ G5228 τῆς G3588 ἀρετῆς G703 βασανισμὸν G929 παραιτεῖσθαι, G3868 [3] αὐτὸς G846 δ’ G1161 ἀπ’ G575 ἐμαυτοῦ G1683 παρῆλθον, G3928 ὅπως G3704 κἀμὲ G2504 κατακτείνας περὶ G4012 πλειόνων G4119 ἀδικημάτων G92 ὀφειλήσῃς G3784 τῇ G3588 οὐρανίῳ G3770 δίκῃ G1349 τιμωρίαν. G5098 [4] Ὦ G5599 μισάρετε καὶ G2532 μισάνθρωπε, τί G5101 δράσαντας ἡμᾶς G2248 τοῦτον G5126 πορθεῖς G4199 τὸν G3588 τρόπον; G5158 [5] Ὅτι G3754 τὸν G3588 πάντων G3956 κτίστην G2939 εὐσεβοῦμεν G2151 καὶ G2532 κατὰ G2596 τὸν G3588 ἐνάρετον αὐτοῦ G846 ζῶμεν G2198 νόμον; G3551 [6] Ἀλλὰ G235 ταῦτα G5023 τιμῶν, G5092 οὐ G3756 βασάνων G931 ἐστὶν G2076 ἄξια. G514 …[9] Τοιαῦτα G5108 δὲ G1161 λέγοντα G3004 οἱ G3588 δορυφόροι δήσαντες G1210 αὐτὸν G846 εἷλκον G1670 ἐπὶ G1909 τὸν G3588 καταπέλτην, [10] ἐφ’ G1909 ὃν G3739 δήσαντες G1210 αὐτὸν G846 ἐπὶ G1909 τὰ G3588 γόνατα G1119 καὶ G2532 ταῦτα G5023 ποδάγραις σιδηραῖς G4603 ἐφαρμόσαντες τὴν G3588 ὀσφὺν G3751 αὐτοῦ G846 περὶ G4012 τροχιαῖον σφῆνα κατέκαμψαν, περὶ G4012 ὃν G3739 ὅλος G3650 περὶ G4012 τὸν G3588 τροχὸν G5164 σκορπίου G4651 τρόπον G5158 ἀνακλώμενος ἐξεμελίζετο. [11] Κατὰ G2596 τοῦτον G5126 τὸν G3588 τρόπον G5158 καὶ G2532 τὸ G3588 πνεῦμα G4151 στενοχωρούμενος G4729 καὶ G2532 τὸ G3588 σῶμα G4983 ἀγχόμενος [12] Καλάς, ἔλεγεν, G3004 ἄκων, G210 ὦ G5599 τύραννε, χάριτας G5485 ἡμῖν G2254 χαρίζῃ G5483 διὰ G1223 γενναιοτέρων πόνων G4192 ἐπιδείξασθαι G1925 παρέχων G3930 τὴν G3588 εἰς G1519 τὸν G3588 νόμον G3551 ἡμῶν G2257 καρτερίαν. [13] Τελευτήσαντος G5053 δὲ G1161 καὶ G2532 τούτου G5127 ὁ G3588 ἕκτος G1623 ἤγετο G71 μειρακίσκος, ὃς G3739 πυνθανομένου G4441 τοῦ G3588 τυράννου εἰ G1487 βούλοιτο G1014 φαγὼν ἀπολύεσθαι, G630 ὁ G3588 δὲ G1161 ἔφη G5346 [14] Ἐγὼ G1473 τῇ G3588 μὲν G3303 ἡλικίᾳ G2244 τῶν G3588 ἀδελφῶν G80 μού G3450 εἰμι G1510 νεώτερος, G3501 τῇ G3588 δὲ G1161 διανοίᾳ G1271 ἡλικιώτης· [15] εἰς G1519 ταὐτὰ G5023 γὰρ G1063 γεννηθέντες G1080 καὶ G2532 ἀνατραφέντες G397 ὑπὲρ G5228 τῶν G3588 αὐτῶν G846 καὶ G2532 ἀποθνῄσκειν G599 ὀφείλομεν G3784 ὁμοίως· G3668 [16] ὥστε G5620 εἴ G1487 σοι G4671 δοκεῖ G1380 βασανίζειν G928 μὴ G3361 μιαροφαγοῦντα, βασάνιζε. G928 [17] Ταῦτα G5023 αὐτὸν G846 εἰπόντα G2036 παρῆγον G3855 ἐπὶ G1909 τὸν G3588 τροχόν, G5164 [18] ἐφ’ G1909 οὗ G3739 κατατεινόμενος ἐπιμελῶς G1960 καὶ G2532 ἐκσπονδυλιζόμενος ὑπεκαίετο. [19] Καὶ G2532 ὀβελίσκους ὀξεῖς G3691 πυρώσαντες G4448 τοῖς G3588 νώτοις G3577 προσέφερον G4374 καὶ G2532 τὰ G3588 πλευρὰ διαπείραντες αὐτοῦ G846 τὰ G3588 σπλάγχνα G4698 διέκαιον. [20] Ὁ G3588 δὲ G1161 βασανιζόμενος G928 Ὦ G5599 ἱεροπρεποῦς G2412 ἀγῶνος, G73 ἔλεγεν, G3004 ἐφ’ G1909 ὃν G3739 διὰ G1223 τὴν G3588 εὐσέβειαν G2150 εἰς G1519 γυμνασίαν G1129 πόνων G4192 ἀδελφοὶ G80 τοσοῦτοι G5118 κληθέντες G2564 οὐκ G3756 ἐνικήθημεν. G3528 [21] Ἀνίκητος γάρ G1063 ἐστιν, G2076 ὦ G5599 τύραννε, ἡ G3588 εὐσεβὴς G2152 ἐπιστήμη. [22] Καλοκἀγαθίᾳ καθωπλισμένος G2528 τεθνήξομαι G2348 κἀγὼ G2504 μετὰ G3326 τῶν G3588 ἀδελφῶν G80 μου G3450 [23] μέγαν G3173 σοὶ G4671 καὶ G2532 αὐτὸς G846 προσβάλλων ἀλάστορα, καινουργὲ τῶν G3588 βασάνων G931 καὶ G2532 πολέμιε τῶν G3588 ἀληθῶς G230 εὐσεβούντων. G2151 [24] Ἓξ G1803 μειράκια καταλελύκαμέν G2647 σου G4675 τὴν G3588 τυραννίδα· [25] τὸ G3588 γὰρ G1063 μὴ G3361 δυνηθῆναί G1410 σε G4571 μεταπεῖσαι τὸν G3588 λογισμὸν G3053 ἡμῶν G2257 μήτε G3383 βιάσασθαι G971 πρὸς G4314 τὴν G3588 μιαροφαγίαν οὐ G3756 κατάλυσίς ἐστίν G2076 σου; G4675 [26] Τὸ G3588 πῦρ G4442 σου G4675 ψυχρὸν G5593 ἡμῖν, G2254 καὶ G2532 ἄπονοι οἱ G3588 καταπέλται, καὶ G2532 ἀδύνατος G102 ἡ G3588 βία G970 σου. G4675 [27] Οὐ G3756 γὰρ G1063 τυράννου, ἀλλὰ G235 θείου G2304 νόμου G3551 προεστήκασιν G4291 ἡμῶν G2257 οἱ G3588 δορυφόροι· διὰ G1223 τοῦτο G5124 ἀνίκητον ἔχομεν G2192 τὸν G3588 λογισμόν. G3053
Septuaginta, in place of Byzantine Greek New Testament