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[1] For a certain man named Simon, who was in opposition to an honorable and good man who once held the high priesthood for life, named Onias. After slandering Onias in every way, Simon couldn’t injure him with the people, so he went away as an exile, with the intention of betraying his country. [2] When coming to Apollonius, the military governor of Syria, Phoenicia, and Cilicia, he said, [3] “Having good will to the king’s affairs, I have come to inform you that tens of thousands in private wealth is laid up in the treasuries of Jerusalem which do not belong to the temple, but belong to King Seleucus.” [4] Apollonius, acquainting himself with the particulars of this, praised Simon for his care of the king’s interests, and going up to Seleucus informed him of the treasure. [5] Getting authority about it, and quickly advancing into our country with the accursed Simon and a very heavy force, [6] he said that he came with the commands of the king that he should take the private money of the treasury. [7] The nation, indignant at this proclamation, and replying to the effect that it was extremely unfair that those who had committed deposits to the sacred treasury should be deprived of them, resisted as well as they could. [8] But Appolonius went away with threats into the temple. [9] The priests, with the women and children, asked God to throw his shield over the holy, despised place, [10] and Appolonius was going up with his armed force to seize the treasure, when angels from heaven appeared riding on horseback, all radiant in armor, filling them with much fear and trembling. [11] Apollonius fell half dead on the court which is open to all nations, and extended his hands to heaven, and implored the Hebrews, with tears, to pray for him, and take away the wrath of the heavenly army. [12] For he said that he had sinned, so as to be consequently worthy of death, and that if he were saved, he would proclaim to all people the blessedness of the holy place. [13] Onias the high priest, induced by these words, although for other reasons anxious that King Seleucus wouldn’t suppose that Apollonius was slain by human device and not by Divine punishment, prayed for him; [14] and he being thus unexpectedly saved, departed to report to the king what had happened to him. [15] But on the death of Seleucus the king, his son Antiochus Epiphanes succeeded to the kingdom—a terrible man of arrogant pride. [16] He, having deposed Onias from the high priesthood, appointed his brother Jason to be high priest, [17] who had made a covenant, if he would give him this authority, to pay yearly three thousand six hundred and sixty talents. [18] He committed to him the high priesthood and rulership over the nation. [19] He both changed the manner of living of the people, and perverted their civil customs into all lawlessness. [20] So that he not only erected a gymnasium on the very citadel of our country, but neglected the guardianship of the temple. [21] Because of that, Divine vengeance was grieved and instigated Antiochus himself against them. [22] For being at war with Ptolemy in Egypt, he heard that on a report of his death being spread abroad, the inhabitants of Jerusalem had exceedingly rejoiced, and he quickly marched against them. [23] Having subdued them, he established a decree that if any of them lived according to the ancestral laws, he should die. [24] When he could by no means destroy by his decrees the obedience to the law of the nation, but saw all his threats and punishments without effect, [25] for even women, because they continued to circumcise their children, were flung down a precipice along with them, knowing beforehand of the punishment. [26] When, therefore, his decrees were disregarded by the people, he himself compelled by means of tortures every one of this race, by tasting forbidden meats, to renounce the Jewish religion.
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[1] Σιμων G4613 γάρ G1063 τις G5100 πρὸς G4314 Ονιαν ἀντιπολιτευόμενος τόν G3588 ποτε G4218 τὴν G3588 ἀρχιερωσύνην ἔχοντα G2192 διὰ G1223 βίου, G979 καλὸν G2570 καὶ G2532 ἀγαθὸν G18 ἄνδρα, G435 ἐπειδὴ G1894 πάντα G3956 τρόπον G5158 διαβάλλων G1225 ὑπὲρ G5228 τοῦ G3588 ἔθνους G1484 οὐκ G3756 ἴσχυσεν G2480 κακῶσαι, G2559 φυγὰς ᾤχετο τὴν G3588 πατρίδα G3968 προδώσων. G4272 [2] Ὅθεν G3606 ἥκων G2240 πρὸς G4314 Ἀπολλώνιον τὸν G3588 Συρίας G4947 τε G5037 καὶ G2532 Φοινίκης G5403 καὶ G2532 Κιλικίας G2791 στρατηγὸν G4755 ἔλεγεν G3004 [3] Εὔνους ὢν G5607 τοῖς G3588 τοῦ G3588 βασιλέως G935 πράγμασιν G4229 ἥκω G2240 μηνύων G3377 πολλὰς G4183 ἰδιωτικῶν χρημάτων G5536 μυριάδας G3461 ἐν G1722 τοῖς G3588 Ιεροσολύμων G2414 γαζοφυλακίοις G1049 τεθησαυρίσθαι G2343 τοῖς G3588 ἱεροῖς G2413 μὴ G3361 ἐπικοινωνούσας, καὶ G2532 προσήκειν ταῦτα G5023 Σελεύκῳ τῷ G3588 βασιλεῖ. G935 [4] Τούτων G5130 ἕκαστα G1538 γνοὺς G1097 ὁ G3588 Ἀπολλώνιος τὸν G3588 μὲν G3303 Σιμωνα G4613 τῆς G3588 εἰς G1519 τὸν G3588 βασιλέα G935 κηδεμονίας ἐπαινεῖ, G1867 πρὸς G4314 δὲ G1161 τὸν G3588 Σέλευκον ἀναβὰς G305 κατεμήνυσε τὸν G3588 τῶν G3588 χρημάτων G5536 θησαυρόν. G2344 [5] Καὶ G2532 λαβὼν G2983 τὴν G3588 περὶ G4012 αὐτῶν G846 ἐξουσίαν G1849 ταχὺ G5035 εἰς G1519 τὴν G3588 πατρίδα G3968 ἡμῶν G2257 μετὰ G3326 τοῦ G3588 καταράτου Σιμωνος G4613 καὶ G2532 βαρυτάτου G926 στρατοῦ [6] προσελθὼν G4334 ταῖς G3588 τοῦ G3588 βασιλέως G935 ἐντολαῖς G1785 ἥκειν G2240 ἔλεγεν G3004 ὅπως G3704 τὰ G3588 ἰδιωτικὰ τοῦ G3588 γαζοφυλακίου G1049 λάβοι G2983 χρήματα. G5536 [7] Καὶ G2532 τοῦ G3588 ἔθνους G1484 πρὸς G4314 τὸν G3588 λόγον G3056 σχετλιάζοντος ἀντιλέγοντός τε, G5037 πάνδεινον εἶναι G1511 νομίσαντες G3543 εἰ G1487 οἱ G3588 τὰς G3588 παρακαταθήκας G3872 πιστεύσαντες G4100 τῷ G3588 ἱερῷ G2413 θησαυρῷ G2344 στερηθήσονται, ὡς G5613 οἷόν G3634 τε G5037 ἦν G2258 ἐκώλυον. G2967 [8] Μετὰ G3326 ἀπειλῶν G546 δὲ G1161 ὁ G3588 Ἀπολλώνιος ἀπῄει G549 εἰς G1519 τὸ G3588 ἱερόν. G2411 [9] Τῶν G3588 δὲ G1161 ἱερέων G2409 μετὰ G3326 γυναικῶν G1135 καὶ G2532 παιδίων G3813 ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 ἱερῷ G2411 ἱκετευσάντων τὸν G3588 θεὸν G2316 ὑπερασπίσαι τοῦ G3588 ἱεροῦ G2413 καταφρονουμένου G2706 τόπου G5117 [10] ἀνιόντος τε G5037 μετὰ G3326 καθωπλισμένης G2528 τῆς G3588 στρατιᾶς G4756 τοῦ G3588 Ἀπολλωνίου πρὸς G4314 τὴν G3588 τῶν G3588 χρημάτων G5536 ἁρπαγὴν G724 οὐρανόθεν G3771 ἔφιπποι προυφάνησαν ἄγγελοι G32 περιαστράπτοντες G4015 τοῖς G3588 ὅπλοις G3696 καὶ G2532 πολὺν G4183 αὐτοῖς G846 φόβον G5401 τε G5037 καὶ G2532 τρόμον G5156 ἐνιέντες. [11] Καταπεσών G2667 γέ G1065 τοι ἡμιθανὴς G2253 ὁ G3588 Ἀπολλώνιος ἐπὶ G1909 τὸν G3588 πάμφυλον τοῦ G3588 ἱεροῦ G2411 περίβολον τὰς G3588 χεῖρας G5495 ἐξέτεινεν G1614 εἰς G1519 τὸν G3588 οὐρανὸν G3772 καὶ G2532 μετὰ G3326 δακρύων τοὺς G3588 Εβραίους G1445 παρεκάλει G3870 ὅπως G3704 περὶ G4012 αὐτοῦ G846 προσευξάμενοι G4336 τὸν G3588 οὐράνιον G3770 ἐξευμενίσωνται στρατόν. [12] Ἔλεγεν G3004 γὰρ G1063 ἡμαρτηκὼς G264 ὥστε G5620 καὶ G2532 ἀποθανεῖν G599 ἄξιος G514 ὑπάρχειν G5225 πᾶσίν G3956 τε G5037 ἀνθρώποις G444 ὑμνήσειν G5214 σωθεὶς G4982 τὴν G3588 τοῦ G3588 ἱεροῦ G2413 τόπου G5117 μακαριότητα. [13] Τούτοις G5125 ὑπαχθεὶς G5217 τοῖς G3588 λόγοις G3056 Ονιας ὁ G3588 ἀρχιερεύς, G749 καίπερ G2539 ἄλλως G247 εὐλαβηθείς, G2125 μήποτε G3379 νομίσειεν G3543 ὁ G3588 βασιλεὺς G935 Σέλευκος ἐξ G1537 ἀνθρωπίνης G442 ἐπιβουλῆς G1917 καὶ G2532 μὴ G3361 θείας G2304 δίκης G1349 ἀνῃρῆσθαι G337 τὸν G3588 Ἀπολλώνιον ηὔξατο G2172 περὶ G4012 αὐτοῦ. G846 [14] Καὶ G2532 ὁ G3588 μὲν G3303 παραδόξως διασωθεὶς G1295 ᾤχετο δηλώσων G1213 τῷ G3588 βασιλεῖ G935 τὰ G3588 συμβάντα G4819 αὐτῷ. G846 [15] Τελευτήσαντος G5053 δὲ G1161 Σελεύκου τοῦ G3588 βασιλέως G935 διαδέχεται G1237 τὴν G3588 ἀρχὴν G746 ὁ G3588 υἱὸς G5207 αὐτοῦ G846 Ἀντίοχος ὁ G3588 Ἐπιφανής, G2016 ἀνὴρ G435 ὑπερήφανος G5244 καὶ G2532 δεινός, [16] ὃς G3739 καταλύσας G2647 τὸν G3588 Ονιαν τῆς G3588 ἀρχιερωσύνης Ιασονα G2394 τὸν G3588 ἀδελφὸν G80 αὐτοῦ G846 κατέστησεν G2525 ἀρχιερέα G749 [17] συνθέμενον G4934 δώσειν, G1325 εἰ G1487 ἐπιτρέψειεν G2010 αὐτῷ G846 τὴν G3588 ἀρχήν, G746 κατ’ G2596 ἐνιαυτὸν G1763 τρισχίλια G5153 ἑξακόσια G1812 ἑξήκοντα G1835 τάλαντα. G5007 [18] Ὁ G3588 δὲ G1161 ἐπέτρεψεν G2010 αὐτῷ G846 καὶ G2532 ἀρχιερᾶσθαι καὶ G2532 τοῦ G3588 ἔθνους G1484 ἀφηγεῖσθαι· [19] καὶ G2532 ἐξεδιῄτησεν τὸ G3588 ἔθνος G1484 καὶ G2532 ἐξεπολίτευσεν ἐπὶ G1909 πᾶσαν G3956 παρανομίαν G3892 [20] ὥστε G5620 μὴ G3361 μόνον G3440 ἐπ’ G1909 αὐτῇ G846 τῇ G3588 ἄκρᾳ τῆς G3588 πατρίδος G3968 ἡμῶν G2257 γυμνάσιον κατασκευάσαι, G2680 ἀλλὰ G235 καὶ G2532 καταλῦσαι G2647 τὴν G3588 τοῦ G3588 ἱεροῦ G2411 κηδεμονίαν. [21] Ἐφ’ G1909 οἷς G3739 ἀγανακτήσασα G23 ἡ G3588 θεία G2304 δίκη G1349 αὐτὸν G846 αὐτοῖς G846 τὸν G3588 Ἀντίοχον ἐπολέμωσεν. [22] Ἐπειδὴ G1894 γὰρ G1063 πολεμῶν G4170 ἦν G2258 κατ’ G2596 Αἴγυπτον G125 Πτολεμαίῳ, ἤκουσέν G191 τε G5037 ὅτι G3754 φήμης G5345 διαδοθείσης G1239 περὶ G4012 τοῦ G3588 τεθνάναι G2348 αὐτὸν G846 ὡς G5613 ἔνι G1762 μάλιστα G3122 χαίροιεν G5463 οἱ G3588 Ιεροσολυμῖται, G2415 ταχέως G5030 ἐπ’ G1909 αὐτοὺς G846 ἀνέζευξεν, [23] καὶ G2532 ὡς G5613 ἐπόρθησεν G4199 αὐτούς, G846 δόγμα G1378 ἔθετο G5087 ὅπως, G3704 εἴ G1487 τινες G5100 αὐτῶν G846 φάνοιεν G5316 τῷ G3588 πατρίῳ πολιτευόμενοι G4176 νόμῳ, G3551 θάνοιεν. G2348 [24] Καὶ G2532 ἐπεὶ G1893 κατὰ G2596 μηδένα G3367 τρόπον G5158 ἴσχυεν G2480 καταλῦσαι G2647 διὰ G1223 τῶν G3588 δογμάτων G1378 τὴν G3588 τοῦ G3588 ἔθνους G1484 εὐνομίαν, ἀλλὰ G235 πάσας G3956 τὰς G3588 ἑαυτοῦ G1438 ἀπειλὰς G547 καὶ G2532 τιμωρίας G5098 ἑώρα καταλυομένας G2647 [25] ὥστε G5620 καὶ G2532 γυναῖκας, G1135 ὅτι G3754 περιέτεμον G4059 τὰ G3588 παιδία, G3813 μετὰ G3326 τῶν G3588 βρεφῶν G1025 κατακρημνισθῆναι G2630 προειδυίας ὅτι G3754 τοῦτο G5124 πείσονται· G3982 [26] ἐπεὶ G1893 οὖν G3767 τὰ G3588 δόγματα G1378 αὐτοῦ G846 κατεφρονεῖτο G2706 ὑπὸ G5259 τοῦ G3588 λαοῦ, G2992 αὐτὸς G846 διὰ G1223 βασάνων G931 ἕνα G1520 ἕκαστον G1538 τοῦ G3588 ἔθνους G1484 ἠνάγκαζεν G315 μιαρῶν ἀπογευομένους τροφῶν G5162 ἐξόμνυσθαι τὸν G3588 Ιουδαισμόν. G2454
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