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[1] Some of the spearbearers said that when she herself was about to be seized for the purpose of being put to death, she threw herself on the pile, rather than let them touch her body. [2] O you mother, who together with seven children destroyed the violence of the tyrant, and rendered void his wicked intentions, and exhibited the nobleness of faith! [3] For you, like a house bravely built on the pillar of your children, bore the shock of tortures without swaying. [4] Cheer up, therefore, O holy-minded mother! Hold the firm hope of your steadfastness with God. [5] Not so gracious does the moon appear with the stars in heaven, as you are established as honorable before God, and fixed in the sky with your sons whom you illuminated with religion to the stars. [6] For your bearing of children was after the manner of a child of Abraham. [7] If it were lawful for us to paint as on a tablet the religion of your story, the spectators wouldn’t shudder at seeing the mother of seven children enduring for the sake of religion various tortures even to death. [8] It would have been a worthwhile thing to have inscribed on the tomb itself these words as a memorial to those of the nation, [9] “Here an aged priest, an aged woman, and seven sons, are buried through the violence of a tyrant, who wished to destroy the society of the Hebrews. [10] These also avenged their nation, looking to God, and enduring torments to death.” [11] For it was truly a divine contest which was carried through by them. [12] For at that time virtue presided over the contest, approving the victory through endurance, namely, immortality, eternal life. [13] Eleazar was the first to contend. The mother of the seven children entered the contest, and the kindred contended. [14] The tyrant was the antagonist; and the world and living men were the spectators. [15] Reverence for God conquered, and crowned her own athletes. [16] Who didn’t admire those champions of true legislation? Who were not amazed? [17] The tyrant himself, and all their council, admired their endurance, [18] through which, they also now stand beside the divine throne and live a blessed life. [19] For Moses says, “All the saints are under your hands.” [20] These, therefore, having been sanctified through God, have been honored not only with this honor, but that also by the fact that because of them, the enemy didn’t overcome our nation. [21] That tyrant was punished and their country purified. [22] For they became the ransom to the sin of the nation. The Divine Providence saved Israel, which was afflicted before, by the blood of those pious ones and the death that appeased wrath. [23] For the tyrant Antiochus, looking to their courageous virtue and to their endurance in torture, proclaimed that endurance as an example to his soldiers. [24] They proved to be to him noble and brave for land battles and for sieges; and he conquered and stormed the towns of all his enemies.
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[1] Ἔλεγον G3004 δὲ G1161 καὶ G2532 τῶν G3588 δορυφόρων τινὲς G5100 ὅτι G3754 ὡς G5613 ἔμελλεν G3195 συλλαμβάνεσθαι G4815 καὶ G2532 αὐτὴ G846 πρὸς G4314 θάνατον, G2288 ἵνα G2443 μὴ G3361 ψαύσειέν τις G5100 τοῦ G3588 σώματος G4983 αὐτῆς, G846 ἑαυτὴν G1438 ἔρριψε G4496 κατὰ G2596 τῆς G3588 πυρᾶς. G4443 [2] Ὦ G5599 μήτηρ G3384 σὺν G4862 ἑπτὰ G2033 παισὶν G3816 καταλύσασα G2647 τὴν G3588 τοῦ G3588 τυράννου βίαν G970 καὶ G2532 ἀκυρώσασα G208 τὰς G3588 κακὰς G2556 ἐπινοίας G1963 αὐτοῦ G846 καὶ G2532 δείξασα G1166 τὴν G3588 τῆς G3588 πίστεως G4102 γενναιότητα. [3] Καθάπερ G2509 γὰρ G1063 σὺ G4771 στέγη G4721 ἐπὶ G1909 τοὺς G3588 στύλους G4769 τῶν G3588 παίδων G3816 γενναίως ἱδρυμένη ἀκλινὴς G186 ὑπήνεγκας G5297 τὸν G3588 διὰ G1223 τῶν G3588 βασάνων G931 σεισμόν. G4578 [4] Θάρρει G2292 τοιγαροῦν, G5105 ὦ G5599 μήτηρ G3384 ἱερόψυχε, τὴν G3588 ἐλπίδα G1680 τῆς G3588 ὑπομονῆς G5281 βεβαίαν G949 ἔχουσα G2192 πρὸς G4314 τὸν G3588 θεόν. G2316 [5] Οὐχ G3756 οὕτως G3779 σελήνη G4582 κατ’ G2596 οὐρανὸν G3772 σὺν G4862 ἄστροις G798 σεμνὴ G4586 καθέστηκεν, G2525 ὡς G5613 σὺ G4771 τοὺς G3588 ἰσαστέρους ἑπτὰ G2033 παῖδας G3816 φωταγωγήσασα πρὸς G4314 τὴν G3588 εὐσέβειαν G2150 ἔντιμος G1784 καθέστηκας G2525 θεῷ G2316 καὶ G2532 ἐστήρισαι G4741 σὺν G4862 αὐτοῖς G846 ἐν G1722 οὐρανῷ· G3772 [6] ἦν G2258 γὰρ G1063 ἡ G3588 παιδοποιία σου G4675 ἀπὸ G575 Αβρααμ G11 τοῦ G3588 πατρός. G3962 [7] Εἰ G1487 δὲ G1161 ἐξὸν G1832 ἡμῖν G2254 ἦν G2258 ὥσπερ G5618 ἐπί G1909 τινος G5100 ζωγραφῆσαι τὴν G3588 τῆς G3588 εὐσεβείας G2150 σου G4675 ἱστορίαν, οὐκ G3756 ἂν G302 ἔφριττον G5425 οἱ G3588 θεωροῦντες G2334 ὁρῶντες G3708 μητέρα G3384 ἑπτὰ G2033 τέκνων G5043 δι’ G1223 εὐσέβειαν G2150 ποικίλας G4164 βασάνους G931 μέχρι G3360 θανάτου G2288 ὑπομείνασαν; G5278 [8] Καὶ G2532 γὰρ G1063 ἄξιον G514 ἦν G2258 καὶ G2532 ἐπ’ G1909 αὐτοῦ G846 τοῦ G3588 ἐπιταφίου ἀναγράψαι καὶ G2532 ταῦτα G5023 τοῖς G3588 ἀπὸ G575 τοῦ G3588 ἔθνους G1484 εἰς G1519 μνείαν G3417 λεγόμενα G3004 [9] Ἐνταῦθα γέρων G1088 ἱερεὺς G2409 καὶ G2532 γυνὴ G1135 γεραιὰ καὶ G2532 ἑπτὰ G2033 παῖδες G3816 ἐγκεκήδευνται διὰ G1223 τυράννου βίαν G970 τὴν G3588 Εβραίων G1445 πολιτείαν G4174 καταλῦσαι G2647 θέλοντος, G2309 [10] οἳ G3739 καὶ G2532 ἐξεδίκησαν G1556 τὸ G3588 γένος G1085 εἰς G1519 θεὸν G2316 ἀφορῶντες G872 καὶ G2532 μέχρι G3360 θανάτου G2288 τὰς G3588 βασάνους G931 ὑπομείναντες. G5278 [11] Ἀληθῶς G230 γὰρ G1063 ἦν G2258 ἀγὼν G73 θεῖος G2304 ὁ G3588 δι’ G1223 αὐτῶν G846 γεγενημένος. G1096 [12] Ἠθλοθέτει γὰρ G1063 τότε G5119 ἀρετὴ G703 δι’ G1223 ὑπομονῆς G5281 δοκιμάζουσα. G1381 Τὸ G3588 νῖκος G3534 ἀφθαρσία G861 ἐν G1722 ζωῇ G2222 πολυχρονίῳ. [13] Ελεαζαρ G1648 δὲ G1161 προηγωνίζετο, ἡ G3588 δὲ G1161 μήτηρ G3384 τῶν G3588 ἑπτὰ G2033 παίδων G3816 ἐνήθλει, οἱ G3588 δὲ G1161 ἀδελφοὶ G80 ἠγωνίζοντο· G75 [14] ὁ G3588 τύραννος ἀντηγωνίζετο· G464 ὁ G3588 δὲ G1161 κόσμος G2889 καὶ G2532 ὁ G3588 τῶν G3588 ἀνθρώπων G444 βίος G979 ἐθεώρει· G2334 [15] θεοσέβεια G2317 δὲ G1161 ἐνίκα G3528 τοὺς G3588 ἑαυτῆς G1438 ἀθλητὰς στεφανοῦσα. G4737 [16] Τίνες G5101 οὐκ G3756 ἐθαύμασαν G2296 τοὺς G3588 τῆς G3588 θείας G2304 νομοθεσίας G3548 ἀθλητάς; Τίνες G5101 οὐκ G3756 ἐξεπλάγησαν; G1605 [17] Αὐτός G846 γέ G1065 τοι ὁ G3588 τύραννος καὶ G2532 ὅλον G3650 τὸ G3588 συμβούλιον G4824 ἐθαύμασαν G2296 αὐτῶν G846 τὴν G3588 ὑπομονήν, G5281 [18] δι’ G1223 ἣν G3739 καὶ G2532 τῷ G3588 θείῳ G2304 νῦν G3568 παρεστήκασιν G3936 θρόνῳ G2362 καὶ G2532 τὸν G3588 μακάριον G3107 βιοῦσιν G980 αἰῶνα. G165 [19] Καὶ G2532 γάρ G1063 φησιν G5346 ὁ G3588 Μωϋσῆς G3475 Καὶ G2532 πάντες G3956 οἱ G3588 ἡγιασμένοι G37 ὑπὸ G5259 τὰς G3588 χεῖράς G5495 σου. G4675 [20] Καὶ G2532 οὗτοι G3778 οὖν G3767 ἁγιασθέντες G37 διὰ G1223 θεὸν G2316 τετίμηνται, G5091 οὐ G3756 μόνον G3440 ταύτῃ G3778 τῇ G3588 τιμῇ, G5092 ἀλλὰ G235 καὶ G2532 τῷ G3588 δι’ G1223 αὐτοὺς G846 τὸ G3588 ἔθνος G1484 ἡμῶν G2257 τοὺς G3588 πολεμίους μὴ G3361 ἐπικρατῆσαι [21] καὶ G2532 τὸν G3588 τύραννον τιμωρηθῆναι G5097 καὶ G2532 τὴν G3588 πατρίδα G3968 καθαρισθῆναι, G2511 ὥσπερ G5618 ἀντίψυχον γεγονότας G1096 τῆς G3588 τοῦ G3588 ἔθνους G1484 ἁμαρτίας. G266 [22] Καὶ G2532 διὰ G1223 τοῦ G3588 αἵματος G129 τῶν G3588 εὐσεβῶν G2152 ἐκείνων G1565 καὶ G2532 τοῦ G3588 ἱλαστηρίου G2435 τοῦ G3588 θανάτου G2288 αὐτῶν G846 ἡ G3588 θεία G2304 πρόνοια G4307 τὸν G3588 Ισραηλ G2474 προκακωθέντα διέσωσεν. G1295 [23] Πρὸς G4314 γὰρ G1063 τὴν G3588 ἀνδρείαν αὐτῶν G846 τῆς G3588 ἀρετῆς G703 καὶ G2532 τὴν G3588 ἐπὶ G1909 ταῖς G3588 βασάνοις G931 αὐτῶν G846 ὑπομονὴν G5281 ὁ G3588 τύραννος ἀπιδὼν G872 ἀνεκήρυξεν ὁ G3588 Ἀντίοχος τοῖς G3588 στρατιώταις G4757 αὐτοῦ G846 εἰς G1519 ὑπόδειγμα G5262 τὴν G3588 ἐκείνων G1565 ὑπομονὴν G5281 [24] ἔσχεν G2192 τε G5037 αὐτοὺς G846 γενναίους καὶ G2532 ἀνδρείους εἰς G1519 πεζομαχίαν καὶ G2532 πολιορκίαν καὶ G2532 ἐκπορθήσας ἐνίκησεν G3528 πάντας G3956 τοὺς G3588 πολεμίους.
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