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[1] When Eleazar had in this manner answered the exhortations of the tyrant, the spearbearers came up, and rudely dragged Eleazar to the instruments of torture. [2] First, they stripped the old man, adorned as he was with the beauty of piety. [3] Then tying back his arms and hands, they disdainfully flogged him. [4] A herald opposite cried out, “Obey the commands of the king!” [5] But the high-minded and truly noble Eleazar, as one tortured in a dream, ignored it. [6] But raising his eyes on high to heaven, the old man’s flesh was stripped off by the scourges, and his blood streamed down, and his sides were pierced through. [7] Falling on the ground from his body having no power to endure the pains, he still kept his reasoning upright and unbending. [8] Then one of the harsh spearbearers rushed at him and began to kick him in the side to force him to get up again after he fell. [9] But he endured the pains, despised the cruelty, and persevered through the indignities. [10] Like a noble athlete, the old man, when struck, vanquished his torturers. [11] His face sweating, and he panting for breath, he was admired even by the torturers for his courage. [12] Therefore, partly in pity for his old age, [13] partly from the sympathy of acquaintance, and partly in admiration of his endurance, some of the attendants of the king said, [14] “Why do you unreasonably destroy yourself, O Eleazar, with these miseries? [15] We will bring you some meat cooked by yourself, and you can save yourself by pretending that you have eaten swine’s flesh.” [16] Eleazar, as though the advice more painfully tortured him, cried out, [17] “Let us who are children of Abraham not be so evil advised as to give way and make use of an unbecoming pretense. [18] For it would be irrational, if having lived up to old age in all truth, and having scrupulously guarded our character for it, we would now turn back [19] and ourselves become a pattern of impiety to the young, as being an example of eating pollution. [20] It would be disgraceful if we would live on some short time, and that scorned by all men for cowardice, [21] and be condemned by the tyrant for cowardice by not contending to the death for our divine law. [22] Therefore you, O children of Abraham, die nobly for your religion. [23] You spearbearers of the tyrant, why do you linger?” [24] Beholding him so high-minded against misery, and not changing at their pity, they led him to the fire. [25] Then with their wickedly contrived instruments they burned him on the fire, and poured stinking fluids down into his nostrils. [26] He being at length burned down to the bones, and about to expire, raised his eyes Godward, and said, [27] “You know, O God, that when I might have been saved, I am slain for the sake of the law by tortures of fire. [28] Be merciful to your people, and be satisfied with the punishment of me on their account. [29] Let my blood be a purification for them, and take my life in exchange for theirs.” [30] Thus speaking, the holy man departed, noble in his torments, and even to the agonies of death resisted in his reasoning for the sake of the law. [31] Confessedly, therefore, religious reasoning is master of the emotions. [32] For had the emotions been superior to reasoning, I would have given them the witness of this mastery. [33] But now, since reasoning conquered the emotions, we befittingly award it the authority of first place. [34] It is only fair that we should allow that the power belongs to reasoning, since it masters external miseries. [35] It would be ridiculous if it weren’t so. I prove that reasoning has not only mastered pains, but that it is also superior to the pleasures, and withstands them.
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[1] Τοῦτον G5126 τὸν G3588 τρόπον G5158 ἀντιρρητορεύσαντα ταῖς G3588 τοῦ G3588 τυράννου παρηγορίαις G3931 παραστάντες G3936 οἱ G3588 δορυφόροι πικρῶς G4090 ἔσυραν G4951 ἐπὶ G1909 τὰ G3588 βασανιστήρια τὸν G3588 Ελεαζαρον. [2] Καὶ G2532 πρῶτον G4412 μὲν G3303 περιέδυσαν τὸν G3588 γεραιὸν ἐγκοσμούμενον τῇ G3588 περὶ G4012 τὴν G3588 εὐσέβειαν G2150 εὐσχημοσύνῃ· G2157 [3] ἔπειτα G1899 περιαγκωνίσαντες ἑκατέρωθεν μάστιξιν G3148 κατῄκιζον, [4] Πείσθητι G3982 ταῖς G3588 τοῦ G3588 βασιλέως G935 ἐντολαῖς, G1785 ἑτέρωθεν κήρυκος G2783 ἐπιβοῶντος. G1916 [5] Ὁ G3588 δὲ G1161 μεγαλόφρων καὶ G2532 εὐγενὴς G2104 ὡς G5613 ἀληθῶς G230 Ελεαζαρος ὥσπερ G5618 ἐν G1722 ὀνείρῳ βασανιζόμενος G928 κατ’ G2596 οὐδένα G3762 τρόπον G5158 μετετρέπετο, [6] ἀλλὰ G235 ὑψηλοὺς G5308 ἀνατείνας εἰς G1519 οὐρανὸν G3772 τοὺς G3588 ὀφθαλμοὺς G3788 ἀπεξαίνετο ταῖς G3588 μάστιξιν G3148 τὰς G3588 σάρκας G4561 ὁ G3588 γέρων G1088 καὶ G2532 κατερρεῖτο τῷ G3588 αἵματι G129 καὶ G2532 τὰ G3588 πλευρὰ κατετιτρώσκετο. [7] Καὶ G2532 πίπτων G4098 εἰς G1519 τὸ G3588 ἔδαφος G1475 ἀπὸ G575 τοῦ G3588 μὴ G3361 φέρειν G5342 τὸ G3588 σῶμα G4983 τὰς G3588 ἀλγηδόνας ὀρθὸν G3717 εἶχεν G2192 καὶ G2532 ἀκλινῆ G186 τὸν G3588 λογισμόν. G3053 [8] Λάξ γέ G1065 τοι τῶν G3588 πικρῶν G4089 τις G5100 δορυφόρων εἰς G1519 τοὺς G3588 κενεῶνας ἐναλλόμενος ἔτυπτεν, G5180 ὅπως G3704 ἐξανίσταιτο G1817 πίπτων. G4098 [9] Ὁ G3588 δὲ G1161 ὑπέμενε G5278 τοὺς G3588 πόνους G4192 καὶ G2532 περιεφρόνει G4065 τῆς G3588 ἀνάγκης G318 καὶ G2532 διεκαρτέρει τοὺς G3588 αἰκισμούς, [10] καὶ G2532 καθάπερ G2509 γενναῖος ἀθλητὴς τυπτόμενος G5180 ἐνίκα G3528 τοὺς G3588 βασανίζοντας G928 ὁ G3588 γέρων· G1088 [11] ἱδρῶν γέ G1065 τοι τὸ G3588 πρόσωπον G4383 καὶ G2532 ἐπασθμαίνων σφοδρῶς G4971 καὶ G2532 ὑπ’ G5259 αὐτῶν G846 τῶν G3588 βασανιζόντων G928 ἐθαυμάζετο G2296 ἐπὶ G1909 τῇ G3588 εὐψυχίᾳ. [12] Ὅθεν G3606 τὰ G3588 μὲν G3303 ἐλεῶντες τὰ G3588 τοῦ G3588 γήρως G1094 αὐτοῦ, G846 [13] τὰ G3588 δὲ G1161 ἐν G1722 συμπαθείᾳ τῆς G3588 συνηθείας G4914 ὄντες, G5607 τὰ G3588 δὲ G1161 ἐν G1722 θαυμασμῷ τῆς G3588 καρτερίας προσιόντες αὐτῷ G846 τινες G5100 τοῦ G3588 βασιλέως G935 ἔλεγον G3004 [14] Τί G5101 τοῖς G3588 κακοῖς G2556 τούτοις G5125 σεαυτὸν G4572 ἀλογίστως ἀπόλλεις, Ελεαζαρ; G1648 [15] Ἡμεῖς G2249 μέν G3303 τοι τῶν G3588 ἡψημένων βρωμάτων G1033 παραθήσομεν, G3908 σὺ G4771 δὲ G1161 ὑποκρινόμενος G5271 τῶν G3588 ὑείων ἀπογεύεσθαι σώθητι. G4982 [16] Καὶ G2532 ὁ G3588 Ελεαζαρος ὥσπερ G5618 πικρότερον G4089 διὰ G1223 τῆς G3588 συμβουλίας αἰκισθεὶς ἀνεβόησεν G310 [17] Μὴ G3361 οὕτως G3779 κακῶς G2560 φρονήσαιμεν G5426 οἱ G3588 Αβρααμ G11 παῖδες G3816 ὥστε G5620 μαλακοψυχήσαντας ἀπρεπὲς ἡμῖν G2254 δρᾶμα ὑποκρίνασθαι. G5271 [18] Καὶ G2532 γὰρ G1063 ἀλόγιστον εἰ G1487 πρὸς G4314 ἀλήθειαν G225 ζήσαντες G2198 τὸν G3588 μέχρι G3360 γήρως G1094 βίον G979 καὶ G2532 τὴν G3588 ἐπ’ G1909 αὐτῷ G846 δόξαν G1391 νομίμως G3545 φυλάσσοντες G5442 νῦν G3568 μεταβαλοίμεθα G3328 [19] καὶ G2532 αὐτοὶ G846 μὲν G3303 ἡμεῖς G2249 γενοίμεθα G1096 τοῖς G3588 νέοις G3501 ἀσεβείας G763 τύπος, G5179 ἵνα G2443 παράδειγμα γενώμεθα G1096 τῆς G3588 μιαροφαγίας. [20] Αἰσχρὸν G150 δὲ G1161 εἰ G1487 ἐπιβιώσομεν ὀλίγον G3641 χρόνον G5550 καὶ G2532 τοῦτον G5126 καταγελώμενοι G2606 πρὸς G4314 ἁπάντων G537 ἐπὶ G1909 δειλίᾳ G1167 [21] καὶ G2532 ὑπὸ G5259 μὲν G3303 τοῦ G3588 τυράννου καταφρονηθῶμεν G2706 ὡς G5613 ἄνανδροι, τὸν G3588 δὲ G1161 θεῖον G2304 ἡμῶν G2257 νόμον G3551 μέχρι G3360 θανάτου G2288 μὴ G3361 προασπίσαιμεν. [22] Πρὸς G4314 ταῦτα G5023 ὑμεῖς G5210 μέν, G3303 ὦ G5599 Αβρααμ G11 παῖδες, G3816 εὐγενῶς ὑπὲρ G5228 τῆς G3588 εὐσεβείας G2150 τελευτᾶτε. G5053 [23] Οἱ G3588 δὲ G1161 τοῦ G3588 τυράννου δορυφόροι, τί G5101 μέλλετε; G3195 [24] Πρὸς G4314 τὰς G3588 ἀνάγκας G318 οὕτως G3779 μεγαλοφρονοῦντα αὐτὸν G846 ἰδόντες G1492 καὶ G2532 μηδὲ G3366 πρὸς G4314 τὸν G3588 οἰκτιρμὸν G3628 αὐτῶν G846 μεταβαλλόμενον G3328 ἐπὶ G1909 τὸ G3588 πῦρ G4442 αὐτὸν G846 ἀνῆγον· G321 [25] ἔνθα διὰ G1223 κακοτέχνων ὀργάνων καταφλέγοντες αὐτὸν G846 ὑπερρίπτοσαν, καὶ G2532 δυσώδεις χυλοὺς εἰς G1519 τοὺς G3588 μυκτῆρας αὐτοῦ G846 κατέχεον. G2708 [26] Ὁ G3588 δὲ G1161 μέχρι G3360 τῶν G3588 ὀστέων G3747 ἤδη G2235 κατακεκαυμένος G2618 καὶ G2532 μέλλων G3195 λιποθυμεῖν ἀνέτεινε τὰ G3588 ὄμματα G3659 πρὸς G4314 τὸν G3588 θεὸν G2316 καὶ G2532 εἶπεν G2036 [27] Σὺ G4771 οἶσθα, θεέ, G2316 παρόν G3918 μοι G3427 σῴζεσθαι G4982 βασάνοις G931 καυστικαῖς ἀποθνῄσκω G599 διὰ G1223 τὸν G3588 νόμον. G3551 [28] Ἵλεως G2436 γενοῦ G1096 τῷ G3588 ἔθνει G1484 σου G4675 ἀρκεσθεὶς G714 τῇ G3588 ἡμετέρᾳ G2251 ὑπὲρ G5228 αὐτῶν G846 δίκῃ. G1349 [29] Καθάρσιον αὐτῶν G846 ποίησον G4160 τὸ G3588 ἐμὸν G1699 αἷμα G129 καὶ G2532 ἀντίψυχον αὐτῶν G846 λαβὲ G2983 τὴν G3588 ἐμὴν G1699 ψυχήν. G5590 [30] Καὶ G2532 ταῦτα G5023 εἰπὼν G2036 ὁ G3588 ἱερὸς G2413 ἀνὴρ G435 εὐγενῶς ταῖς G3588 βασάνοις G931 ἐναπέθανεν καὶ G2532 μέχρι G3360 τῶν G3588 τοῦ G3588 θανάτου G2288 βασάνων G931 ἀντέστη G436 τῷ G3588 λογισμῷ G3053 διὰ G1223 τὸν G3588 νόμον. G3551 [31] Ὁμολογουμένως G3672 οὖν G3767 δεσπότης G1203 τῶν G3588 παθῶν G3806 ἐστιν G2076 ὁ G3588 εὐσεβὴς G2152 λογισμός. G3053 [32] Εἰ G1487 γὰρ G1063 τὰ G3588 πάθη G3806 τοῦ G3588 λογισμοῦ G3053 κεκρατήκει, G2902 τούτοις G5125 ἂν G302 ἀπέδομεν G591 τὴν G3588 τῆς G3588 ἐπικρατείας μαρτυρίαν· G3141 [33] νυνὶ G3570 δὲ G1161 τοῦ G3588 λογισμοῦ G3053 τὰ G3588 πάθη G3806 νικήσαντος G3528 αὐτῷ G846 προσηκόντως τὴν G3588 τῆς G3588 ἡγεμονίας G2231 προσνέμομεν ἐξουσίαν. G1849 [34] Καὶ G2532 δίκαιόν G1342 ἐστιν G2076 ὁμολογεῖν G3670 ἡμᾶς G2248 τὸ G3588 κράτος G2904 εἶναι G1511 τοῦ G3588 λογισμοῦ, G3053 ὅπου G3699 γε G1065 καὶ G2532 τῶν G3588 ἔξωθεν G1855 ἀλγηδόνων ἐπικρατεῖ, ἐπεὶ G1893 καὶ G2532 γελοῖον. [35] Καὶ G2532 οὐ G3756 μόνον G3440 τῶν G3588 ἀλγηδόνων ἐπιδείκνυμι G1925 κεκρατηκέναι G2902 τὸν G3588 λογισμόν, G3053 ἀλλὰ G235 καὶ G2532 τῶν G3588 ἡδονῶν G2237 κρατεῖν G2902 καὶ G2532 μηδὲν G3367 αὐταῖς G846 ὑπείκειν. G5226
Septuaginta, in place of Byzantine Greek New Testament