Chapter 0
0:1PHILOSOPHICAL in the highest degree is the question I propose to discuss, namely whether the Inspired Reason is supreme ruler over the passions; and to the philosophy of it I would seriously entreat your earnest attention.
0:2For not only is the subject generally necessary as a branch of knowledge, but it includes the praise of the greatest of virtues, whereby I mean self-control.
0:3That is to say, if Reason is proved to control the passions adverse to temperance, gluttony and lust, it is also clearly shown to be lord over the passions, like malevolence, opposed to justice, and over those opposed to manliness, namely rage and pain and fear.
0:4But, some may ask, if the Reason is master of the passions, why does it not control forgetfulness and ignorance? their object being to cast ridicule.
0:5The answer is that Reason is not master over defects inhering in the mind itself, but over the passions or moral defects that are adverse to justice and manliness and temperance and judgement; and its action in their case is not to extirpate the passions, but to enable us to resist them successfully.
0:6I could bring before you many examples, drawn from various sources, where Reason has proved itself master over the passions, but the best instance by far that I can give is the noble conduct of those who died for the sake of virtue, Eleazar, and the Seven Brethren and the Mother.
0:7For these all by their contempt of pains, yea, even unto death, proved that Reason rises superior to the passions.
0:8I might enlarge here in praise of their virtues, they, the men with the Mother, dying on this day we celebrate for the love of moral beauty and goodness, but rather would I felicitate them on the honours they have attained.
0:9For the admiration felt for their courage and endurance, not only by the world at large but by their very executioners, made them the authors of the downfall of the tyranny under which our nation lay, they defeating the tyrant by their endurance, so that through them was their country purified.
0:10But I shall presently take opportunity to discuss this, after we have begun with the general theory, as I am in the habit of doing, and I will then proceed to their story, giving glory to the all-wise God.
0:11Our enquiry, then, is whether the Reason is supreme master over the passions.
0:12But we must define just what the Reason is and what passion is, and how many forms of passion there are, and whether the Reason is supreme over all of them.
0:13Reason I take to be the mind preferring with clear deliberation the life of wisdom.
0:14Wisdom I take to be the knowledge of things, divine and human, and of their causes.
0:15This I take to be the culture acquired under the Law, through which we learn with due reverence the things of God and for our worldly profit the things of man.
0:16Now wisdom is manifested under the forms of judgement and justice, and courage, and temperance.
0:17But judgement or self-control is the one that dominates them all, for through it, in truth, Reason asserts its authority over the passions.
0:18But of the passions there are two comprehensive sources, namely, pleasure and pain, and either belongs essentially also to the soul as well as to the body.
0:19And with respect both to pleasure and pain there are many cases where the passions have certain sequences.
0:20Thus while desire goes before pleasure, satisfaction follows after, and while fear goes before pain, after pain comes sorrow.
0:21Anger, again, if a man will retrace the course of his feelings, is a passion in which are blended both pleasure and pain.
0:22Under pleasure, also, comes that moral debasement which exhibits the widest variety of the passions.
0:23It manifests itself in the soul as ostentation, and covetousness, and vain-glory, and contentiousness, and backbiting, and in the body as eating of strange meat, and gluttony, and gormandizing in secret.
0:24Now pleasure and pain being as it were two trees, growing from body and soul, many offshoots of these passions sprout up; and each man's Reason as master-gardener, weeding and pruning and binding up, and turning on the water and directing it hither and thither, brings the thicket of dispositions and passions under domestication.
0:25For while Reason is the guide of the virtues it is master of the passions.
0:26Observe, now, in the first place, that Reason becomes supreme over the passions in virtue of the inhibitory action of temperance.
0:27Temperance, I take it, is the repression of the desires; but of the desires some are mental and some physical, and both kinds are clearly controlled by Reason; when we are tempted towards forbidden meats, how do we come to relinquish the pleasures to be derived from them?
0:28Is it not that Reason has power to repress the appetites? In my opinion it is so.
0:29Accordingly when we feel a desire to eat water-animals and birds and beasts and meats of every description forbidden to us under the Law, we abstain through the predominance of Reason.
0:30For the propensions of our appetites are checked and inhibited by the temperate mind, and all the movements of the body obey the bridle of Reason.
0:31And what is there to be surprised at if the natural desire of the soul to enjoy the fruition of beauty is quenched?
0:32This, certainly, is why we praise the virtuous Joseph, because by his Reason, with a mental effort, he checked the carnal impulse. 11
0:33And Reason is proved to subdue the impulse not only of sexual desire, but of all sorts of covetings. For he, a young man at the age when physical desire is strong, by his Reason quenched the impulse of his passions.
0:34For the Law says, 'Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor anything that is thy neighbour's.'
0:35Verily, when the Law orders us not to covet, it should, I think, confirm strongly the argument that the Reason is capable of controlling covetous desires, even as it does the passions that militate against justice.
0:36How else, can a man, naturally gormandizing and greedy and drunken, be taught to change his nature, if the Reason be not manifestly the master of the passions?
0:37Certainly, as soon as a man orders his life according to the Law, if he is miserly he acts contrary to his nature, and lends money to the needy without interest, and at the seventh-year periods cancels the debt.
0:38And if he is parsimonious, he is overruled by the Law through the action of Reason, and refrains from gleaning his stubbles or picking the last grapes from his vineyards.
0:39And with regard to all the rest we can recognize that Reason is in the position of master over the passions or affections.
0:40For the Law ranks above affection for parents, so that a man may not for their sakes surrender his virtue, and it overrides love for a wife, so that if she transgress a man should rebuke her, and it governs love for children, so that if they are naughty a man should punish them, and it controls the claims of friendship, so that a man should reprove his friends if they do evil.
0:41And do not think it a paradoxical thing when Reason through the Law is able to overcome even hatred, so that a man refrains from cutting down the enemy's orchards, and protects the property of the enemy from the spoilers, and gathers up their goods that have been scattered.
0:42And the rule of Reason is likewise proved to extend through the more aggressive passions or vices, ambition, vanity, ostentation, pride, and backbiting.
0:43For the temperate mind repels all these debased passions, even as it does anger, for it conquers even this.
0:44Yea, Moses when he was angered against Dathan and Abiram did not give free course to his wrath, but governed his anger by his Reason.
0:45For the temperate mind is able, as I said, to win the victory over the passions, modifying some, while crushing others absolutely.
0:46Why else did our wise father Jacob blame the houses of Simeon and Levi for their unreasoning slaughter of the tribe of the Shechemites, saying, 'Accursed be their anger!'
0:47For had not Reason possessed the power to restrain their anger he would not have spoken thus.
0:48For in the day when God created man, he implanted in him his passions and inclinations, and also, at the very same time, set the mind on a throne amidst the senses to be his sacred guide in all things; and to the mind he gave the Law, by the which if a man order himself, he shall reign over a kingdom that is temperate, and just, and virtuous, and brave.
Chapter 1
1:1WELL then, someone may ask, if Reason is master of the passions why is it not master of forgetfulness and ignorance?
1:2But the argument is supremely ridiculous. For Reason is not shown to be master over passions or defects in itself, but over those of the body.
1:3For example, none of you is able to extirpate our natural desire, but the Reason can enable him to escape being made a slave by desire.
1:4None of you is able to extirpate anger from the soul, but it is possible for the Reason to come to his aid against anger.
1:5None of you can extirpate a malevolent disposition, but Reason can be his powerful ally against being swayed by malevolence.
1:6Reason is not the extirpate of the passions, but their antagonist.
1:7The case of the thirst of King David may serve at least to make this clearer.
1:8For when David had fought the live-long day against the Philistines, and by the help of our country's warriors had slain many of them, he came at eventide, all fordone with sweat and toil, to the royal tent, around which was encamped the whole army of our ancestors.
1:9So all the host fell to their evening meal; but the king, being consumed with an intense thirst, though he had abundance of water, was unable to slake it.
1:10Instead, an irrational desire for the water that was in the possession of the enemy with growing intensity burned him up and unmanned and consumed him.
1:11Then when his body-guard murmured against the craving of the king, two youths, mighty warriors, ashamed that their king should lack his desire, put on all their armour, and took a water-vessel, and scaled the enemy's ramparts; and stealing undetected past the guards at the gate, they searched through all the enemy's camp.
1:12And they bravely found the spring, and drew from it a draught for the king.
1:13But David, though still burning with the thirst, considered that such a draught, reckoned as equivalent to blood, was a grievous danger to his soul.
1:14Therefore, opposing his Reason to his desire, he poured out the water as an offering to God.
1:15For the temperate mind is able to conquer the dictates of the passions, and to quench the fires of desire, and to wrestle victoriously with the pangs of our bodies though they be exceeding strong, and by the moral beauty and goodness of Reason to defy with scorn all the domination of the passions.
1:16And now the occasion calls us to set forth the story of the self- controlled Reason.
1:17At a time when our fathers enjoyed great peace through the due observance of the Law, and were in happy case, so that Seleucus Nicanor, the king of Asia, sanctioned the tax for the temple-service, and recognized our polity, precisely then, certain men, acting factiously against the general concord, involved us in many and various calamities.
1:18Onias, a man of the highest character, being then high priest and having the office for his life, a certain Simon raised a faction against him, but since despite every kind of slander he failed to injure him on account of the people, he fled abroad with intent to betray his country.
1:19So he came to Apollonius, the governor of Syria and Phoenicia and Cilicia, and said, 'Being loyal to the king, I am here to inform you that in the treasuries of Jerusalem are stored many thousands of private deposits, not belonging to the temple account, and rightfully the property of King Seleucus.'
1:20Apollonius having made inquiry into the details of the matter, praised Simon for his loyal service to the king, and hastening to the court of Seleucus, disclosed to him the valuable treasure; then, after receiving authority to deal with the matter, he promptly marched into our country, accompanied by the accursed Simon and a very powerful army, and announced that he was there by the king's command to take possession of the private deposits in the treasury.
1:21Our people were deeply angered by this announcement, and protested strongly, considering it, an outrageous thing for those who had entrusted their deposits to the temple treasury to be robbed of them, and they threw all possible obstacles in his way.
1:22Apollonius, however, with threats, made his way into the temple.
1:23Then the priests in the temple and the women and children besought God to come to the rescue of his Holy Place that was being violated; and when Apollonius with his armed host marched in to seize the moneys, there appeared from heaven angels, riding upon horses, with lightning flashing from their arms, and cast great fear and trembling upon them.
1:24And Apollonius fell down half-dead in the Court of the Gentiles, and stretched out his hands to heaven, and with tears he entreated the Hebrews that they would make intercession for him and stay the wrath of the heavenly host.
1:25For he said that he had sinned and was worthy even of death, and that if he were given his life he would laud to all men the blessedness of the Holy Place.
1:26Moved by these words, Onias, the high-priest, although most scrupulous in other cases, made intercession for him lest king Seleucus should possibly think that Apollonius had been overthrown by a human device and not by divine justice.
1:27Apollonius, accordingly, after his astonishing deliverance departed to report to the king the things that had befallen him.
1:28But Seleucus dying, his successor on the throne was his son Antiochus Epiphanes, an overweening terrible man; who dismissed Onias from his sacred office, and made his brother Jason high-priest instead, the condition being that in return for the appointment Jason should pay him three thousand six hundred and sixty talents yearly.
1:29So he appointed Jason high-priest and made him chief ruler over the people.
1:30And he (Jason) introduced to our people a new way of life and a new constitution in utter defiance of the Law; so that not only did he lay out a gymnasium on the Mount of our fathers, but he actually abolished the service of the temple.
1:31Wherefore the divine justice was kindled to anger and brought Antiochus himself as an enemy against us.
1:32For when. be was carrying on war with Ptolemy in Egypt and heard that the people of Jerusalem had rejoiced exceedingly over a report of his death, he immediately marched back against them.
1:33And when he had plundered the city he made a decree denouncing the penalty of death upon any who should be seen to live after the law of our fathers.
1:34But he found all his decrees of no avail to break down the constancy of our people to the Law, and he beheld all his threats and penalties utterly despised, so that even women for circumcising their sons, though they knew beforehand what would be their fate, were flung, together with their offspring, headlong from the rocks.
1:35When therefore his decrees continued to be contemned by the mass of the people, he personally tried to force by tortures each man separately to eat unclean meats and thus abjure the Jewish religion.
1:36Accordingly, the tyrant Antiochus, accompanied by his councillors, sat in judgement on a certain high place with his troops drawn up around him in full armour, and he ordered his guards to drag there every single man of the Hebrews and compel them to eat swine's flesh and things offered to idols; but if any should refuse to defile themselves with the unclean things, they were to he tortured and put to death.
1:37And when many had been taken by force, one man first from among the company was brought before Antiochus, a Hebrew whose name was Eleazar, a priest by birth, trained in knowledge of the law, a man advanced in years and well known to many of the tyrant's court for his philosophy.
1:38And Antiochus, looking on him, said: 'Before I allow the tortures to begin for you, O venerable man, I would give you this counsel, that you should eat of the flesh of the swine and save your life; for I respect your age and your grey hairs, although to have worn them so long a time, and still to cling to the Jewish religion, makes me think you no philosopher.
1:39For most excellent is the meat of this animal which Nature has graciously bestowed upon us, and why should you abominate it? Truly it is folly not to enjoy innocent pleasures, and it is wrong to reject Nature's favours.
1:40But it will be still greater folly, I think, on your part if with idle vapouring about truth you shall proceed to defy even me to your own punishment.
1:41Will you not awake from your preposterous philosophy? Will you not fling aside the nonsense of your calculations and, adopting another frame of mind befitting your mature years, learn the true philosophy of expediency, and how to my charitable counsel, and have pity on your own venerable age?
1:42For consider this, too, that even if there be some Power whose eye is upon this religion of yours, he will always pardon you for a transgression done under compulsion.'
1:43bus urged by the tyrant to the unlawful eating of unclean meat, Eleazar asked permission to speak; and receiving it, he began his speech before the court as follows:
1:44'We, O Antiochus, having accepted the Divine Law as the Law of our country, do not believe any stronger necessity is laid upon us than that of our obedience to the Law.
1:45Therefore we do surely deem it right not. in any way whatsoever to transgress the Law.
1:46And yet, were our Law, as you suggest, not truly divine, while we vainly believed it to be divine, not even so would it be right for us to destroy our reputation for piety.
1:47Think it not, then, a small sin for us to eat the unclean thing, for the transgression of the Law, be it in small things or in great, is equally heinous; for in either case equally the Law is despised.
1:48And you scoff at our philosophy, as if under it we were living in a manner contrary to reason.
1:49Not so, for the Law teaches us self-control, so that we are masters of all our pleasures and desires and are thoroughly trained in manliness so as to endure all pain with readiness; and it teaches justice, so that with all our various dispositions we act fairly, and it teaches righteousness, so that with due reverence we worship only the God who is.
1:50Therefore do we eat no unclean meat; for believing our Law to be given by God, we know also that the Creator of the world, as a Lawgiver, feels for us according to our nature.
1:51He has commanded us to eat the things that will be convenient for our souls, and he has forbidden us to eat meats that would be the contrary.
1:52But it is the act of a tyrant that you should compel us not only to transgress the Law, but should also make us eat in such manner that you may mock at' this defilement so utterly abominable to us.
1:53But you shall not mock at me thus, neither will I break the sacred oaths of my ancestors to keep the Law, not even though you tear out mine eyes and bum out mine entrails.
1:54I am not so unmanned by old age but that when righteousness is at stake the strength of youth returns to my Reason.
1:55So twist hard your racks and blow your furnace hotter. I do not so pity mine old age as to break the Law of my fathers in mine own person.
1:56I will not belie thee, O Law that wast my teacher; I will not desert thee, O beloved self-control; I will not put thee to shame, O wisdom- loving Reason, nor will I deny ye, O venerated priesthood and knowledge of the Law.
1:57Neither shalt thou sully the pure mouth of mine old age and my lifelong constancy to the Law. Clean shall my fathers receive me, unafraid of thy torments even to the death.
1:58For thou indeed mayest be tyrant over unrighteous men, but thou shalt not lord it over my resolution in the matter of righteousness either by thy words or through thy deeds.'
Chapter 2
2:1BUT when Eleazar replied thus eloquently to the exhortations of the tyrants, the guards around him dragged him roughly to the torturing place.
2:2And first they unclothed the old man, who was adorned with the beauty of holiness.
2:3Then binding his arms on either side they scourged him, a herald standing and shouting out over against him, 'Obey the orders of the king!'
2:4But the great-souled and noble man, an Eleazar in very truth, was no more moved in his mind than if he were being tormented in a dream; yea, the old man keeping his eyes steadfastly raised to heaven suffered his flesh to be tom by the scourges till he was bathed in blood and his sides became a mass of wounds; and even when he fell to the ground because his body could no longer support the pain he still kept his Reason erect and inflexible.
2:5With his foot then one of the cruet guards as he fell kicked him savagely in the side to make him get up.
2:6But he endured the anguish, and despised the compulsion, and bore up under the torments, and like a brave athlete taking punishment, the old man outwore his tormentors.
2:7The sweat stood on his brow, and he drew his breath in hard gasps, till his nobility of soul extorted the admiration of his tormentors themselves.
2:8Hereupon, partly in pity for his old age, partly in sympathy for their friend, partly in admiration of his courage, some of the courtiers of the king went tip to him and said:
2:9'Why, O Eleazar, dost thou madly destroy thyself in this misery? We will bring to thee of the seethed meats, but do thou feign only to partake of the swine's flesh, and so save thyself.'
2:10And Eleazar, as if their counsel did but add to his tortures, cried loudly: 'No. May we sons of Abraham never have so evil a thought as with faint heart to counterfeit a part unseemly to us.
2:11Contrary to Reason, indeed, were it for us, after living unto the truth till old age, and guarding in lawful guise the repute of so living, now to change and become in our own persons a pattern to the young of impiety, to the end that we should encourage them to eat unclean meat.
2:12Shame were it if we should live on a little longer, during that little being mocked of all men for cowardice, and while despised by the tyrant as unmanly should fail to defend the Divine Law unto the death.
2:13Therefore, O sons of Abraham, do ye die nobly for righteousness' sake; but as for you, O minions of the tyrant, why pause ye in your work?'
2:14So they, seeing him thus triumphant over the tortures and unmoved even by the pity of his executioners, dragged him to the fire.
2:15There they cast him on it, burning him with cruelly cunning devices, and they poured broth of evil odour into his nostrils.
2:16But when the fire already reached to his bones and he was about to give up the ghost, he lifted up his eyes to God and said:
2:17'Thou, O God, knowest that though I might save myself I am dying by fiery torments for thy Law. Be merciful unto thy people, and let our punishment be a satisfaction in their behalf. Make my blood their purification, and take my soul to ransom their souls,,
2:18And with these words the holy man nobly yielded up his spirit under the torture I and for the sake of the Law held out by his Reason even against the torments unto death.
2:19Beyond question, then, the Inspired Reason is master over the passions; for if his passions or sufferings had prevailed over his Reason we should have credited them with this evidence of their superior power.
2:20But now his Reason having conquered his passions, we properly attribute to it the power of commanding them.
2:21And it is right that we should admit that the mastery lies with Reason, in cases at least where it conquers pains that come from outside ourselves; for it were ridiculous to deny it.
2:22And my proof covers not only the superiority of Reason to pains, but its superiority to pleasures also; neither does it surrender to them.
Chapter 3
3:1FOR the Reason of our father Eleazar, like a fine steersman steering the ship of sanctity on the sea of the passions, though buffeted by the threats of the tyrant and swept by the swelling waves of the tortures, never shifted for one moment the helm of sanctity until he sailed into the haven of victory over death.
3:2No city besieged with many and cunning engines ever defended itself so well as did that holy man when his sacred soul was attacked with scourge and rack and flame, and he moved them who were laying siege to his soul through his Reason that was the shield of sanctity.
3:3For our father Eleazar, setting his mind film as a beetling sea-cliff, broke the mad onset of the surges of the passions.
3:4O priest worthy of thy priesthood, thou didst not defile thy holy teeth, nor didst thou befoul with unclean meat thy belly that had room only for piety and purity.
3:5O confessor of the Law and philosopher of the Divine life! Such should those be whose office is to serve the Law and defend it with their own blood and honourable sweat in the face of sufferings to the death.
3:6Thou, O father, didst fortify our fidelity to the Law through thy steadfastness unto glory; and having spoken in honour of holiness thou didst not belie thy speech, and didst confirm the words of divine philosophy by thy deeds, O aged man that wast more forceful than the tortures.
3:7O reverend elder that wast tenser-strung than the flame, thou great king over the passions, Eleazar.
3:8For as our father Aaron, armed with the censer, ran through the massed congregation against the fiery angel and overcame him, so the son of Aaron, Eleazar, being consumed by the melting heat of the fire, remained unshaken in his Reason.
3:9And yet most wonderful of all, he, being an old man, with the sinews of his body unstrung and his muscles relaxed and his nerves weakened, grew a young man again in the spirit of his Reason and with Isaac-like Reason turned the hydra-headed torture to impotence.
3:10O blessed age, O reverend grey head, O life faithful to the Law and perfected by the seal of death!
3:11Assuredly, then, if an old man despised the torments unto death for righteousness' sake it must be admitted that the Inspired Reason is able to guide the passions.
3:12But some perhaps may answer that not all men are masters of the passions because not all men have their Reason enlightened.
3:13But as many as with their whole heart make righteousness their first thought, these alone are able to master the weakness of the flesh, believing that unto God they die not, as our patriarchs, Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, died not, but that they live unto God.
3:14Therefore there is-nothing contradictory in certain persons appearing to be slaves to passion in consequence of the weakness of their Reason.
3:15For who is there that being a philosopher following righteously the whole rule of philosophy, and having put his trust in God, and knowing that it is a blessed thing to endure all hardness for the sake of virtue, would not conquer his passions for the sake of righteousness?
3:16For the wise and self-controlled man alone is the brave ruler of the passions.
3:17Yea, by this means even young boys, being philosophers by virtue of the Reason which is according to righteousness, have triumphed over yet more grievous tortures.
3:18For when the tyrant found himself notably defeated in his first attempt, and impotent to compel an old man to eat unclean meat, then truly in violent rage he ordered the guards to bring others of the young men of the Hebrews, and if they would eat unclean meat to release them after eating it, but if they refused, to torture them yet more savagely.
3:19And under these orders of the tyrant seven brethren together with their aged mother were brought prisoners before him, all handsome, and modest, and well-born,--and generally attractive.
3:20And when the tyrant saw them there, standing as if they were a festal choir with their mother in the midst, he took notice of them, and struck by their noble and distinguished bearing he smiled at them, and calling them nearer said:
3:21'O young men, I wish well to each one of you, and admire your beauty, and honour highly so large a band of brothers; so not only do I advise you not to persist in the madness of that old man who has already suffered, but I even entreat of you to yield to me and become partakers in my friendship.
3:22For, as I am able to punish those who disobey my orders, so am I able to advance those who do obey me.
3:23Be assured then that you shall be given positions of importance and authority in my service if you will reject the ancestral law of your polity.
3:24Share in the Hellenic life, and walk in a new way, and take some pleasure in your youth; for if you drive me to anger with your disobedience you will compel me to resort to terrible penalties and put every single one of you to death by torture.
3:25Have pity then on yourselves, whom even I, your opponent, pity for your youth and your beauty.
3:26Will you not consider with yourselves this thing, that if you disobey me there is nothing before you but death in torments?'
3:27With these words he ordered the instruments of torture to be brought forward in order to persuade them by fear to eat unclean meat.
3:28But when the guards had produced wheels, and joint-dislocators, and racks, and bone-crushers, and catapults, and cauldrons, and braziers, and thumb-screws, and iron claws, and wedges, and branding irons, the tyrant spoke again and said:
3:29'You had better feel fear, my lads, and the justice you worship will pardon your unwilling transgression.'
3:30But they, hearing his persuasions, and seeing his dreadful engines, not only showed no fear but actually arrayed their philosophy in opposition to the tyrant, and by their right Reason did abase his tyranny.
3:31And yet consider; supposing some amongst them to have been faint- hearted and cowardly, what sort of language would they have used? would it not have been to this effect?
3:32'Alas! miserable creatures that we are and foolish above measure! When the king invites us and appeals to us on terms of kind treatment shall we not obey him?
3:33Why do we encourage ourselves with vain desires and dare a disobedience that is to cost us our lives? Shall we not, O men my brothers, fear the dread instruments and weigh well his threats of the tortures, and abandon these empty vaunts and this fatal bragging?
3:34Let us take pity on our own youth and have compassion on our mother's age; and let us lay to heart that if we disobey we shall die.
3:35And even the divine justice will have mercy on us, if compelled by necessity we yield to the king in fear. Why should we cast away from us this dear life and rob ourselves of this sweet world?
3:36Let us not strive against necessity nor with vain confidence invite our torture.
3:37Even the Law itself does not willingly condemn us to death, we being in terror of the instruments of torture.
3:38Why does such contentiousness inflame us and a fatal obstinacy find favour with us, when we might have a peaceful life by obeying the king?'
3:39But no such words escaped these young men at the prospect of the torture, nor did such thoughts enter into their minds.
3:40For they were despisers of the passions and masters over pain.
Chapter 4
4:1AND thus no sooner did the tyrant conclude his urging of them to eat unclean meat than all with one voice together, and as with one soul, said to him:
4:2'Why dost thou delay, O tyrant? We are ready to die rather than transgress the commandments of our fathers.
4:3For we should be putting our ancestors also to shame, if we did not walk in obedience to the Law and take Moses as our counsellor.
4:4O tyrant that counsellest us to transgress the Law, do not, hating us, pity us beyond ourselves.
4:5For we esteem thy mercy, giving. us our life in return for a breach of the Law, a thing harder to bear than death itself.
4:6Thou wouldst terrify us with thy threats of death under torture, as if a little while ago thou hadst learned nothing from Eleazar.
4:7But if the old men of the Hebrews endured the tortures for righteousness' sake, yea, until they died, more befittingly will we young men die despising the torments of thy compulsion, over which he our aged teacher also triumphed.
4:8Make trial therefore, O tyrant. And if thou takest our lives for the sake of righteousness, think not that thou hurtest us with thy tortures.
4:9For we through this our evil entreatment and our endurance of it shall win the prize of virtue; but thou for our cruel murder shalt suffer at the hands of divine justice sufficient torment by fire for ever.'
4:10These words of the youths redoubled the wrath of the tyrant, not at their disobedience only but at what he considered their ingratitude.
4:11So by his orders the scourgers brought forward the eldest of them and stripped him of his garment and bound his hands and arms on either side with thongs.
4:12But when they had scourged him till they were weary, and gained nothing thereby, they cast him upon the wheel.
4:13And on it the noble youth was racked till his bones were out of joint. And as joint after joint gave way, he denounced the tyrant in these words:
4:14'O thou most abominable tyrant, thou enemy of the justice of heaven and bloody-minded, thou dost torment me in this fashion not for manslaying nor for impiety but for defending the Law of God.'
4:15And when the guards said to him, 'Consent to eat, that so you may be released from your tortures,' he said to them, 'Your method, O miserable minions, is not strong enough to lead captive my Reason. Cut off my limbs, and burn my flesh, and twist my joints; through all the torments I will show you that in behalf of virtue the sons of the Hebrews alone are unconquerable.'
4:16As he thus spake they set hot coals upon him besides, and intensifying the torture strained him yet tighter on the wheel.
4:17And all the wheel was besmeared with his blood, and the heaped coals were quenched by the humours of his body dropping down, and the rent flesh ran round the axles of the machine.
4:18And with his bodily frame already in dissolution this great-souled youth, like a true son of Abraham, groaned not at all; but as if he were suffering a change by fire to incorruption, he nobly endured the torment, saying:
4:19'Follow my example, O brothers. Do not for ever desert me, and forswear not our brotherhood in nobility of soul.
4:20War a holy and honourable warfare on behalf of righteousness, through which may the just Providence that watched over our fathers become merciful unto his people and take vengeance on the accursed tyrant.'
4:21And with these words the holy youth yielded up the ghost.
4:22But while all were wondering at his constancy of soul, the guards brought forward the second in age of the. sons, and grappling him with sharp-clawed hands of iron they fastened him to the engines and the catapult.
4:23But when they heard his noble resolve in answer to their question, 'Would he eat rather than he tortured?' these panther-like beasts tore at his sinews with claws of iron, and rent away all the flesh from his cheeks, and tore off the skin from his head.
4:24But he steadfastly enduring this agony said, 'How sweet is every form of death for the sake of the righteousness of our fathers!'
4:25And to the tyrant he said, 'O most ruthless of tyrants, doth not it seem to thee that at this moment thou thyself sufferest tortures worse than mine in seeing thy tyranny's arrogant intention overcome by my endurance for righteousness' sake?
4:26For I am supported under pain by the joys that come through virtue, whereas thou art in torment whilst glorying in thy impiety; neither shalt thou escape, O most abominable tyrant, the penalties of the divine wrath.'
4:27And when he had bravely met his glorious death, the third son was brought forward and was earnestly entreated by many to taste and so to save himself.
4:28But he answered in a loud voice, 'Are ye ignorant that the same father begat me and my brothers that are dead, and the same mother gave us birth, and in the same doctrines was I brought up?
4:29I do not forswear the noble bond of brotherhood.
4:30Therefore if ye have any engine of torment, apply it to this body of mine; for my soul ye cannot reach, not if ye would.'
4:31But they were greatly angered at the bold speech of the man, and they dislocated his hands and his feet with their dislocating engines, and wrenched his limbs out of their sockets, and unstrung them; and they twisted round his fingers, and his arms, and his legs, and his elbow- joints.
4:32And in no wise being able to strangle his spirit they stripped off his skin, taking the points of the fingers with it, and tore in Scythian fashion the scalp from his head, and straightway brought him to the wheel.
4:33And on this they twisted his spine till he saw his own flesh hanging in strips and great gouts of blood pouring down from his entrails.
4:34And at the point of death he said, 'We, O most abominable tyrant, suffer thus for our upbringing and our virtue that are of God; but thou for thy impiety and thy cruelty shall endure torments without end.'
4:35And when' this man had died worthily of his brothers, they brought up the fourth, and said to him, 'Be not thou also mad with the same madness as thy brethren, but obey the king and save thyself.'
4:36But he said unto them, 'For me ye have no fire so exceeding hot as to make me a coward.
4:37By the blessed death of my brethren, by the eternal doom of the tyrant, and by the glorious life of the righteous, I will not deny my noble brotherhood.
4:38Invent tortures, O tyrant, in order that thou mayest learn thereby that I am brother of those who have been already tortured.'
4:39When he heard this the bloodthirsty, murderous, and utterly abominable Antiochus bade them cut out his tongue.
4:40But he said, 'Even if thou dost remove my organ of speech, God is a hearer also of the speechless.
4:41Lo, I put out my tongue ready: cut it out, for thou shalt not thereby silence my Reason.
4:42Gladly do we give our bodily members to be mutilated for the cause of God.
4:43But God will speedily pursue after thee; for thou cuttest out the tongue that sang songs of praise unto him.'
4:44But when this man also was put to a death of agony with the tortures, the fifth sprang forward saying, 'I shrink not, O tyrant, from demanding the torture for virtue's sake.
4:45Yea, of myself I come forward, in order that, slaying me also, thou mayest by yet more misdeeds increase the penalty thou owest to the justice of Heaven.
4:46O enemy of virtue and enemy of man, for what crime dost thou destroy us in this way?
4:47Doth it seem evil to thee that we worship the Creator of all and live according to his virtuous Law?
4:48But these things are worthy of honours not of tortures, if thou didst understand human aspirations and hadst hope of salvation before God.
4:49Lo, now thou art God's enemy and makest war on those that worship God.'
4:50As he spake thus the guards bound him and brought him before the catapult; and they tied him thereto on his knees, and, fastening them there with iron clamps, they wrenched his loins over the rolling 'wedge' so that he was completely curled back like a scorpion and every joint was disjointed.
4:51And thus in grievous strait for breath and anguish of body he exclaimed, 'Glorious, O tyrant, glorious against thy will are the boons that thou bestowest on me, enabling me to show my fidelity to the Law through yet more honourable tortures.'
4:52And when this man also was dead, the sixth was brought, a mere boy, who in answer to the tyrant's inquiry whether he was willing to eat and be released, said:
4:53'I am not so old in years as my brethren, but I am as old in mind. For we were born and reared for the same purpose and are equally bound also to die for the same cause; so if thou chooseth to torture us for not eating unclean meat, torture.'
4:54As he spake these words they brought him to the wheel, and with care they stretched him out and dislocated the bones of his back and set fire under him.
4:55And they made sharp skewers red-hot and ran them into his back, and piercing through his sides they burned away his entrails also.
4:56But he in the midst of his tortures exclaimed, 'O contest worthy of saints, wherein so many of us brethren, in the cause of righteousness, have been entered for a competition in torments, and have not been conquered!
4:57For the righteous understanding, O tyrant, is unconquerable.
4:58In the armour of virtue I go to join my brothers in death, and to add in myself one strong avenger more to punish thee, O deviser of the tortures and enemy of the truly righteous.
4:59We six youths have overthrown thy tyranny. 'For is not thine impotence to alter our Reason or force us to eat unclean meat an overthrow for thee?
4:60Thy fire is cool for us, thy engines of torture torment not, and thy violence is impotent.
4:61For the guards have been officers for us, not of a tyrant, but of the Divine Law; and therefore have we our Reason yet unconquered.'
Chapter 5
5:1AND when this one also died a blessed death, being cast into the cauldron, the seventh son, the youngest of them all, came forward.
5:2But the tyrant, although fiercely exasperated by his brethren, felt pity for the boy, and seeing him there already bound he had him brought near, and sought to persuade him, saying: 'Thou seest the end of the folly of thy brethren; for through their disobedience they have been racked to death. Thou, too, if thou dost not obey, wilt thyself also be miserably tortured and put to death before thy time; but if thou dost obey thou shalt be my friend, and thou shalt be advanced to high office in the business of the kingdom.'
5:3And while thus appealing to him he sent for the boy's mother, in order that in her sorrow for the loss of so many sons she might urge the survivor to obey and be saved.
5:4But the mother, speaking in the Hebrew tongue, as I shall tell later on, encouraged the boy, and he said to the guards, 'Loose me, that I may speak to the king and to all his friends with him.'
5:5And they, rejoicing at the boy's request, made haste to loose him.
5:6And running up to the red-hot brazier, 'O impious tyrant,' he cried, 'and most ungodly of all sinners, art thou not ashamed to take thy blessings and thy kingship at the hands of God, and to slay his servants and torture the followers of righteousness?
5:7For which things the divine justice delivers thee unto a more rapid and an eternal fire and torments which shall not leave hold on thee to all eternity.
5:8Art thou not ashamed, being a man, O wretch with the heart of a wild beast, to take men of like feelings with thyself, made from the same elements, and tear out their tongues, and scourge and torture them in this manner?
5:9But while they have fulfilled their righteousness towards God in their noble deaths, thou shalt miserably cry "Woe is met" for thy unjust slaying of the champions of virtue.'
5:10And then standing on the brink of death he said, 'I am no renegade to the witness borne by my brethren.
5:11And I call upon the God of my fathers to be merciful unto my nation.
5:12And thee will he Punish both in this present life and after that thou art dead.'
5:13And with this prayer he cast himself into the red-hot brazier, and so gave up the ghost.
5:14If therefore the seven brethren despised the tortures even to the death, it is universally proved that the Inspired Reason is supreme lord over the passions.
5:15For if they had yielded to their passions or sufferings and eaten unclean meat we should have said that they had been conquered thereby.
5:16But in this cam it was not so; on the contrary by their Reason, which was commended in the sight of God, they rose superior to their passions.
5:17And it is impossible to deny the supremacy of the mind; for they won the victory over their passions and their pains.
5:18How can we do otherwise than admit right Reason's mastery over passion with these men who shrank not before the agonies of burning?
5:19For even as towers on harbour-moles repulse the assaults of the waves and offer a calm entrance to those entering the haven, so the seven-towered right Reason of the youths defended the haven of righteousness and repulsed the tempestuousness of the passions.
5:20They formed a holy choir of righteousness as they cheered one another on, saying:
5:21'Let us die like brothers, O brethren, for the Law.
5:22Let us imitate the Three Children at the Assyrian court who despised this same ordeal of the furnace.
5:23Let us not turn cravens before the proof of righteousness.'
5:24And one said, 'Brother, be of good cheer,' and another, 'Bear it out nobly'; and another recalling the past, 'Remember of what stock ye are, and at whose fatherly hand Isaac for righteousness' sake yielded himself to be a sacrifice.'
5:25And each and all of them together, looking at each other brightly and very boldly, said, 'With a whole heart will we consecrate ourselves unto God who gave us our souls, and let us lend our bodies to the keeping of the Law.
5:26Let us not fear him who thinketh he kills; for a great struggle and peril of the soul awaits in eternal torment those who transgress the ordinance of God.
5:27Let us then arm ourselves with divine Reason's mastery of the passions.
5:28After this our passion, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob shall receive us, and all our forefathers shall praise us.'
5:29And to each separate one of the brothers, as they were dragged off, those whose turn was yet to come said, 'Do not disgrace us, brother, nor be false to our brethren already dead.'
5:30You are not ignorant of the love of brethren, whereof the divine and all-wise Providence has given an inheritance to those who are begotten though their fathers, implanting it in them even through the mother's womb; wherein brethren do dwell the like period, and take their form during the same time, and are nourished from the same blood, and are quickened with the same soul, and are brought into the world after the same space, and they draw milk from the same founts, whereby their fraternal souls are nursed together in arms at the breast; and they are knit yet closer through a common nurture and daily companionship and other education, and through our discipline under the Law of God.
5:31The feeling of brotherly love being thus naturally strong, the seven brethren had their mutual concord made yet stronger. For trained in the same Law, and disciplined in the same virtues, and brought up together in the upright life, they loved one another the more abundantly. Their common zeal for moral beauty and goodness heightened their mutual concord, for in conjunction with their piety it rendered their brotherly love more fervent.
5:32But though nature, companionship, and their virtuous disposition increased the ardour of their brotherly love, nevertheless the surviving sons through their religion supported the sight of their brethren, who were on the rack, being tortured to death; nay more, they even encouraged them to face the agony, so as not only to despise their own tortures, but also to conquer their passion of brotherly affection for their brethren.
5:33O Reasoning minds, more kingly than kings, than freemen more free, of the harmony of the seven brethren, holy and well attuned to the keynote of piety!
5:34None of the seven youths turned coward, none shrunk in the face of death, but all hastened to the death by torture as if running the road to immortality.
5:35For as hands and feet move in harmony with the promptings of the soul, so those holy youths, as if prompted by the immortal soul of religion, went in harmony to death for its sake.
5:36O all-holy sevenfold companionship of brethren in harmony!
5:37For as the seven days of the creation of the world do enring religion, so did the youths choir-like enring their sevenfold companionship, and made the terror of the tortures of no account.
5:38We now shudder when we hear of the suffering of those youths; but they, not only seeing it with their eyes, nor merely hearing the spoken, imminent threat, but actually feeling the pang, endured it through; and that in the torture by fire, than which what greater agony can be found?
5:39For sharp and stringent is the power of fire, and swiftly did it bring their bodies to dissolution.
5:40And think it not wonderful if with those men Reason triumphed over the tortures, when even a woman's soul despised a yet greater diversity of pains; for the mother of the seven youths endured the torments inflicted on each several one of her children.
5:41But consider how manifold are the yearnings of a mother's heart, so that her feeling for her offspring becomes the centre of her whole world; and indeed, here, even the irrational animals have for their young an affection and love similar to men's.
5:42For example, among the birds, the tame ones sheltering under our roofs defend their nestlings; and those that nest upon the mountain tops, and in the rock clefts, and in the holes of trees, and in the branches, and hatch their young there, do also drive away the intruder.
5:43And then, if they be unable to drive him away, they flutter around the nestlings in a passion of love, calling to them in their own speech, and they give succour to their young ones in whatever fashion they can.
5:44And what need have we of examples of the love of offspring among irrational animals, when even the bees, about the season of the making of the comb, fend off intruders, and stab with their sting, as with a sword, those who approach their brood, and do battle against them even to the death?
5:45But she, the mother of those young men, with a soul like Abraham, was not moved from her purpose by her affection for her children.
Chapter 6
6:1REASON of the sons, lord over the passions! O religion, that wast dearer to the mother than her children!
6:2The mother, having two choices before her, religion and the present saving alive of her seven sons according to the tyrant's promise, loved rather religion, which saveth unto eternal life according to God.
6:3O how may I express the passionate love of parents for children? We stamp a marvellous likeness of our soul and of our shape on the tender nature of the child, and most of all through the mother's sympathy with her children being deeper than the father's.
6:4For women are softer of soul than men, and the more children they bear the more do they abound in love for them.
6:5But, of all mothers, she of the seven sons abounded in love beyond the rest, seeing that, having in seven child-bearings felt maternal tenderness for the fruit of her womb, and having been constrained because of the many pangs in which she bore each to a close affection, she nevertheless through the fear of God rejected the present safety of her children.
6:6Ay, and more than that, through the moral beauty and goodness of her sons and their obedience to the Law, her maternal love for them was made stronger.
6:7For they were just, and temperate, and brave and great-souled, and lovers of each other and of their mother in such manner that they obeyed her in the keeping of the Law even unto death.
6:8But nevertheless, though she had so many temptations to yield to her maternal instincts, in no single instance did the dreadful variety of tortures have power to alter her Reason; but the mother urged each son separately, and all together, to die for their religion.
6:9O holy nature, and parental love, and yearning of parents for offspring, and wages of nursing, and unconquerable affection of mothers!
6:10The mother, seeing them one by one racked and burned, remained unshaken in soul for religion's sake.
6:11She saw the flesh of her sons being consumed in the fire, and the extremities of their hands and feet scattered on the ground, and the flesh-covering, torn off from their heads right to their cheeks, strewn about like masks.
6:12O mother, who now knew sharper pangs than the pangs of labour! O woman, alone among women, the fruit of whose womb was perfect religion!
6:13Thy firstborn, giving up the ghost, did not alter thy resolution, nor thy second, looking with eyes of pity on thee under his tortures, nor thy third, breathing out his spirit.
6:14Neither didst thou weep when thou beheldest the eyes of each amid the torments looking boldly on the same anguish, and sawest in their quivering nostrils the signs of approaching death.
6:15When thou sawest the flesh of one son being severed after the flesh of another, and hand after hand being cut off, and head after head being flayed, and corpse cast upon corpse, and the place crowded with spectators on account of the tortures of thy children, thou sheddest not a tear.
6:16Not the melodies of the sirens nor the songs of swans with sweet sound do so charm the hearer's ears, as sounded the voices of the sons, speaking to the mother from amid the torments.
6:17How many and how great were the tortures with which the mother was tormented while her sons were being tortured with torments of rack and fire!
6:18But Inspired Reason lent her heart a man's strength under her passion of suffering, and exalted her to make no account of the present yearnings of mother-love.
6:19And although she saw the destruction of her seven children and the many and varied forms of their torments, the noble mother willingly surrendered them through faith in God.
6:20For she beheld in her own mind, even as it had been cunning advocates in a council-chamber, nature, and parenthood, and mother- love, and her children on the rack, and it was as if she, the mother, having the choice between two votes in the case of her children, one for their death and one to save them alive, thereupon regarded not the saving of her seven sons for a little time, but, as a true daughter of Abraham, called to mind his God-fearing courage.
6:21O mother of the race, vindicator of our Law, defender of our religion, and winner of the prize in the struggle within thyself!
6:22O woman, nobler to resist than men, and braver than warriors to endure!
6:23For as the Ark of Noah, with the whole living world for her burden in the world-whelming Deluge, did withstand the mighty surges, so thou, the keeper of the Law, beaten upon every side by the surging waves of the passions, and strained as with strong blasts by the tortures of thy sons, didst nobly weather the storms that assailed thee for religion's sake.
6:24Thus then, if one both a woman and advanced in years, and the mother of seven sons, endured the sight of her children being tortured to death, the Inspired Reason must confessedly be supreme ruler over the passions.
6:25I have proved, accordingly, that not only have men triumphed over their sufferings, but that a woman also has despised the most dreadful tortures.
6:26And not so fierce were the lions around Daniel, not so hot was the burning fiery furnace of Mishael, as burned in her the instinct of motherhood at the sight of her seven sons being tortured.
6:27But by her religion-guided Reason the mother quenched her passions, many and strong as they were.
6:28For there is this also to consider, that had the woman been weak of spirit, despite her motherhood, she might have wept over them, and perchance spoken thus:
6:29'Ah, thrice wretched me, and more than thrice wretched! Seven children have I borne and am left childless!
6:30In vain was I seven times with child, and to no profit was my ten months' burden seven times borne, and fruitless have been my nursings, and sorrowful my sucklings.
6:31In vain for you, O my sons, did I endure the many pangs of labour, and the more difficult cares of your upbringing.
6:32Alas, for my sons, that some were yet unwed, and those that were wedded had begotten no children; I shall never see children of yours, nor shall I be called by the name of grandparent.
6:33Ah me, that had many beautiful children, and am a widow and desolate in my woe! Neither will there be any son to bury me when I am dead!'
6:34But the holy and God-fearing mother wailed not with this lamentation over any one of them, neither besought she any to escape death, nor lamented over them as dying men; but, as though she had a soul of adamant and were bringing forth the number of her sons, for a second time, into immortal life, she besought rather and entreated of them that they should die for religion's sake.
6:35O mother, warrior of God in the cause of religion, old and a woman, thou didst both defeat the tyrant by thy endurance, and wast found stronger than a man, in deeds as well as words.
6:36For verily when thou wast put in bonds with thy sons, thou stoodest there seeing Eleazar being tortured, and thou spakest to thy sons in the Hebrew tongue:
6:37'My sons, noble is the fight; and do ye, being called thereto to bear witness for our nation, fight therein zealously on behalf of the Law of our fathers.
6:38For it would be shameful if, while this aged man endured the agony for religion's sake, you that are young men shrank before the pain.
6:39Remember that for the sake of God ye have come into the world, and have enjoyed life, and that therefore ye owe it to God to endure all pain for his sake; for whom also our father Abraham made haste to sacrifice his son Isaac, the ancestor of our nation; and Isaac, seeing his father's hand lifting the knife against him, did not shrink.
6:40And Daniel, the just man, was cast to the lions, and Ananias, Azarias, and Mishael were flung into the furnace of fire, and they endured for God's sake.
6:41And ye also, having the same faith unto God, be not troubled; for it were against Reason that ye, knowing righteousness, should not withstand the pains.'
6:42With these words the mother of the seven encouraged every single one of her sons to die rather than transgress the ordinance of God; they themselves also knowing well that men dying for God live unto God, as live Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the patriarchs.
Chapter 7
7:1SOME of the guards declared that when she also was about to be seized and put to death, she cast herself on the pyre in order that no man might touch her body.
7:2O mother, that together with thy seven sons didst break the tyrant's force, and bring to nought his evil devices, and gavest an example of the nobleness of faith.
7:3Thou wert nobly set as a roof upon thy sons as pillars, and the earthquake of the torments shook thee not at all.
7:4Rejoice therefore, pure-souled mother, having the hope of thy endurance certain at the hand of God.
7:5Not so majestic stands the moon amid the stars in heaven as thou, having lit the path of thy seven starlike sons unto righteousness, standest in honour with God; and thou art set in heaven with them.
7:6For thy child-bearing was from the son of Abraham.
7:7And had it been lawful for us to paint, as might some artist, the tale of thy piety, would not the spectators have shuddered at the mother of seven sons suffering for righteousness' sake multitudinous tortures even unto death?
7:8And indeed it were fitting to inscribe these words over their resting- place, speaking for a memorial to future generations of our people: HERE LIE AN AGED PRIEST AND A WOMAN FULL OF YEARS AND HER SEVEN SONS THROUGH THE VIOLENCE OF A TYRANT DESIRING TO DESTROY THE HEBREW NATION. THEY VINDICATED THE RIGHTS OF OUR PEOPLE LOOKING UNTO GOD AND ENDURING THE TORMENTS EVEN UNTO DEATH.
7:9For truly it was a holy war which was fought by them. For on that day virtue, proving them through endurance, set before them the prize of victory in incorruption in everlasting life.
7:10But the first in the fight was Eleazar, and the mother of the seven sons played her part, and the brethren fought.
7:11The tyrant was their adversary and the world and the life of man were the spectators.
7:12And righteousness won the victor and gave the crown to her athletes. Who but wondered at the athletes of the true Law?
7:13Who were not amazed at them? The tyrant himself and his whole council admired their endurance, whereby they now do both Stand beside the throne of God and live the blessed age.
7:14For Moses says, 'All also who have sanctified themselves are under thy hands.'
7:15And these men, therefore, having sanctified themselves for God's sake, not only have received this honour, but also the honour that through them the enemy had no more power over our people, and the tyrant suffered punishment, and our country was purified, they having as it were become a ransom for our nation's sin; and through the blood of these righteous men and the propitiation of their death, the divine Providence delivered Israel that before was evil entreated.
7:16For when the tyrant Antiochus saw the heroism of their virtue, and their endurance under the tortures, he publicly held up their endurance to his soldiers as an example; and he thus inspired his men with a sense of honour and heroism on the field of battle and in the labours of besieging, so that he plundered and overthrew all his enemies.
7:17O Israelites, children born of the seed of Abraham, obey this Law, and be righteous in all ways, recognizing that Inspired Reason is lord over the passions, and over pains, not only from within, but from without ourselves; by which means those men, delivering up their bodies to the torture for righteousness' sake, not only won the admiration of mankind, but were deemed worthy of a divine inheritance.
7:18And through them the nation obtained peace and restoring the observance of the Law in our country hath captured the city from the enemy.
7:19And vengeance hath pursued the tyrant Antiochus upon earth, and in death he suffers punishment.
7:20For when he failed utterly to constrain the people of Jerusalem to live like Gentiles and abandon the customs of our fathers, he thereupon left Jerusalem and marched away against the Persians.
7:21Now these are the words that the mother of the seven sons, the righteous woman, spake to her children:
7:22'I was a pure maiden, and I strayed not from my father's house, and I kept guard over the rib that was builded into Eve.
7:23No seducer of the desert, no deceiver in the field, corrupted me; nor did the false, beguiling Serpent sully the purity of my maidenhood; I lived with my husband all the days of my youth; but when these my sons were grown up, their father died.
7:24Happy was he; for he lived a life blessed with children, and he never knew the pain of their loss.
7:25Who, while he was yet with us, taught you the Law and the prophets. He read to us of Abel who was slain by Cain, and of Isaac who was offered as a burnt-offering, and of Joseph in the prison.
7:26And he spake to us of Phineas, the zealous priest, and he taught you the song of Ananias, Azarias, and Mishael in the fire.
7:27And he glorified also Daniel in the den of lions, and blessed him; and he called to your minds the saying of Isaiah,
7:28"Yea even though thou pass through the fire, the flame shall not hurt thee."
7:29He sang to us the words of David the psalmist, "Many are the afflictions of the just."
7:30He quoted to us the proverb of Solomon, "He is a tree of life to all them that do his will."
7:31He confirmed the words of Ezekiel, "Shall these dry bones live?" For he forgat not the song that Moses taught, which teaches, "I will slay and I will make alive. This is your life and the blessedness of your days."'
7:32Ah, cruel was the day, and yet not cruel, when the cruel tyrant of the Greeks set the fire blazing for his barbarous braziers, and with his passions boiling brought to the catapult and back again to his tortures the seven sons of the daughter of Abraham, and blinded the eyeballs of their eyes, and cut out their tongues, and slew them with many kinds of torment.
7:33For which cause the judgement of God pursued, and shall pursue, the accursed wretch.
7:34But the sons of Abraham, with their victorious mother, are gathered together unto the place of their ancestors, having received pure and immortal souls from God, to whom be glory for ever and ever.
Contents — 18 sections
Chapter 0
0:1ΦIΔΟΣOΦΩΤΑΤΟΝ λόγον ἐπιδείκνυσθαι μέλλων, εἰ αὐτοδέσποτός A ἐστιν τῶν παθῶν ὁ εὐσεβὴς λογισμός, συμβουλεύσαιμʼ ἂν ὑμῖν ὀρθῶς ὅπως προθύμως προσέχητε τῇ φιλοσοφίᾳ.
0:2καὶ γὰρ ἀναγκαῖος εἰς ἐπιστήμην παντὶ ὁ λόγος, καὶ ἄλλως τῆς μεγίστης ἀρετῆς, λέγω δὴ φρονήσεως, περιέχει ἔπαινον.
0:3εἰ ἄρα τῶν σωφροσύνης κωλυτικῶν παθῶν ὁ λογισμὸς φαίνεται ἐπικρατεῖν, γαστριμαργίας τε καὶ ἐπιθυμίας·
0:4ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν τῆς δικαιοσύνης ἐμποδιστικῶν παθῶν κυριεύειν ἀναφαίνεται, οἶον κακοηθείας, καὶ τῶν τῆς ἀνδρίας ἐμποδιστικῶν παθῶν, θυμοῦ τε καὶ πόνου καὶ φόβου.
0:5πῶς οὖν, ἴσως εἵποιεν ἄν τινες, εἰ τῶν παθῶν ὁ λογισμὸς κρατεῖ, λήθης καὶ ἀγνοίας οὐ δεσπόζει; γελοῖον ἐπιχειροῦντες λέγειν·
0:6οὐ γὰρ τῶν ἑαυτοῦ παθῶν ὁ λογισμὸς κρατεῖ, ἀλλὰ τῶν τῆς δικαιοσύνης καὶ ἀνδρείας καὶ σωφροσύνης καὶ φρονήσεως ἐναντίων· καὶ τούτων, οὐχ ὥστε αὐτὰ καταλῦσαι, ἀλλ᾿ ὥστε αὐτοῖς μὴ εἶξαι.
0:7Πολλαχόθεν μὲν οὗν καὶ ἀλλαχόθεν ἔχοιμʼ ἂν ὑμῖν ἐπιδεῖξαι, ὅτι αὐτοκράτωρ ἐστὶν τῶν παθῶν ὁ εὐσεβὴς λογισμός.
0:8πολὺ δὲ πλέον τοῦτο ἀποδείξαιμι ἀπὸ τῆς ἀνδραγαθείας τῶν ὑπέρ ἀρετὴν ἀποθανόντων, Ἐλεαζάρου τε καὶ ἑπτὰ ἀδελφῶν καὶ τῆς τούτων μητρός.
0:9ἄπαντες γὰρ οὗτοι τῶν ἕως θανάτου πόνων ὑπεριδόντες ἐπεδείξαντο ὅτι περικρατεῖ τῶν παθῶν Inscr Μακκαβαιων δ΄ U+05D0AV I 1 μελλον V* (-λλων Vᵃ) om ευσε- U+05D0V βης V προσεχητε προθυμως U+05D0V φιλοσοφια] + τοις μελλουσιν λεγεσθαι V 2 μεγιστης] + ων V 3 ει αρα] η γαρ V* ου γαρ μεν Vᵃ 4 ενπο- διστικων (1⁰) A κυριευειν] κωλυειν V κακοηθιας και 2⁰] pr τε V αν- δρειας V: item 6 θυμου] pr κυριευειν αναφαινεται V φοβου και πονου U+05D0 5 ειποιεν αν τις U+05D0* ειποι αν τις U+05D0c.a V 6 εαυτου] αυτου U+05D0V om και φρονησεως U+05D0V τουτων] των τοιουτων U+05D0 7 αυτοκρατωρ] pr δεσποτης V om ευσεβης U+05D0V 8 ανδραγαθειας] καλοκαγαθιας U+05D0 ἀνδρειας V* (ανδραγ. V 1ᵐᵍ) αρετης U+05D0V επτα] pr των U+05D0* (improb U+05D0c.a ) 9 παντες U+05D0* (απαντες U+05D0c.a ) τους εως θαν. πονους U+05D0V A ὁ λογισμός.
0:10τῶν μέν οὗν ἀρετῶν ἔπεστί μοι ἐπαινεῖν τοὺς κατὰ τοῦτον τὸν καιρὸν ὑπέρ τῆς καλοκἀγαθίας ἀποθανόντας μετὰ τῆς μητρὸς ἄνδρας· τῶν δὲ τιμῶν μακαρίσαιμʼ ἄν.
0:11θαυμασθέντες γὰρ ἐκεῖνοι οὐ μόνον ὑπὸ πάντων ἀνθρώπων ἐπὶ τῇ ἀνδρίᾳ καὶ τῇ ὑπομονῇ, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὑπὸ τῶν αἰκισαμένων, αἴτιοι κατέστησαν τοῦ καταλυθῆναι τὴν κατὰ τοῦ ἔθνους τυραννίδα, νικήσαντες τὸν τύραννον τῇ ὑπομονῇ, ὥστε καθαρισθῆναι δι᾿ αὐτῶν τὴν πατρίδα.
0:12ἀλλὰ καὶ περὶ τούτου νῦν αὐτίκα δὴ λέγειν ἐξέσται, ἀρξαμένων τῆς ὑποθέσεως, ὅπερ εἴωθα ποιεῖν, καὶ οὕτως εἰς τὸν περὶ αὐτῶν τρέψομαι λόγον, δόξαν διδοὺς τῷ πανσόφῳ θεῷ.
0:13Ζητοῦμεν δὴ τοίνυν, εἰ αὐτοκράτωρ ἐστὶν τῶν παθῶν ὁ λογισμός.
0:14διακρίνωμεν δέ, τί ποτέ ἐστιν λογισμός, καὶ τί πάθος, καὶ πόσαι παθῶν εἰδέαι, καὶ εἰ πάντων ἐπικρατεῖ τούτων ὁ λογισμός.
0:15λογισμὸς μέν δὴ τοίνυν ἐστὶν νοῦς μετὰ ὀρθοῦ βίου προτιμῶν τὸν σοφίας λόγον.
0:16σοφία δὴ τοίνυν ἐστὶν γνῶσις θείων καὶ ἀνθρωπίνων πραγμάτων, καὶ τῶν τούτων αἰτιῶν. ¹⁷αὕτη δὴ τοίνυν ἐστὶν ἡ τοῦ νόμου παιδία, δι᾿ ἧς τὰ θεῖα σεμνῶς καὶ τὰ ἀνθρώπινα συμφερόντως μανθάνομεν.
0:17Τῆς δὲ σοφίας εἰδέαι καθεστᾶσιν φρόνησις καὶ δικαιοσύνη καὶ ἀνδρία καὶ σωφροσύνη.
0:18κυριωτάτη δὲ πάντων ἡ φρόνησις, ἐξ ἧς δὴ τῶν παθῶν ὁ λογισμὸς ἐπικρατεῖ
0:19παθῶν δὲ φύσεις εἰσὶν αἱ περιεκτικώταται δύο, ἡδονή τε καὶ πόνος· τούτων δὲ ἑκάτερον καὶ περὶ τὴν ψυχὴν πέφυκεν.
0:20πολλαὶ δὲ καὶ περὶ τὴν ἡδονὴν καὶ τὸν πόνον παθῶν εἰσιν ἀκολουθίαι.
0:21πρὸ μὲν οὗν τῆς ἡδονῆς ἐστιν ἐπιθυμία· μετὰ δὲ τὴν ἡδονήν, χαρά.
0:22πρὸ δὲ τοῦ U+05D0V10 κατα τουτον] κατ εκεινον V ανδρας] παιδας V μακαρισαιμι Vᵃ αν] + αυτους V 11 om εκεινοι U+05D0 επι τη ανδρια (-δρεια V)] επ ανδρια U+05D0 και τη υπομονη] om U+05D0* και υπομ. U+05D0c.a V 12 τουτου] του U+05D0 τουτων V om νυν V αρξαμενω U+05D0V om εις V αυτον V* (αυτων Vᵃ) 13 ζητουμεν δη τοινυν] ζητουμενου δη τουτου V αυτοκρατωρ] δεσποτης V εστι U+05D0* (-τιν U+05D0c.a ) 14 διακρινωμεν δε] διακρινομεν U+05D0* και διακρινομεν U+05D0c.a διακρινωμεν V om τι 2⁰ U+05D0 | παθων] pr των V 15 om μεν U+05D0* (hab U+05D0c.a ) om δη V ορθου (-θους A) βιου] ορθου λογου U+05D0V σοφιας λογον] σοφιας βιον U+05D0 σοφον βιον V 16 γνως V* (γνωσις Vᵃ ⁽ᵛⁱᵈ)) ανθρωπιων U+05D0 17 παιδεια V συμφε- ροντως] υμφερ rescr U+05D0¹ 18 καθεστηκασιν U+05D0 + τεσσαρες U+05D0c.ᵇ ανδρεια V 19 κυριοτατη A κυριοτητι V* (-ωτατη Vᵃ) δη] δεη (sic) A δε U+05D0 | των παθων] om των U+05D0 20 φυσις U+05D0A εκατερος U+05D0* εκατερων V* (-ρον U+05D0c.a Vᵃ) και περι] pr και περι το σωμα η γλωσσα (sic) V* improb η γλ. V1 ¹(fort) πεφυκος Va 21 πολλα A τω πονων A (sed τo prius ut vid) παθων] αγαθω U+05D0 | ακολουθιαι] ακολουθ rescr U+05D01 πόνου ἐστὶν φόβος· μετὰ δὲ τὸν πόνον, λύπη.
0:23θυμὸς δὲ κοινὸν Α πάθος ἐστὶν ἡδονῆς καὶ πόνου, ἐὰν ἐννοηθῇ τις ὅτε αὐτῷ περιέπεσεν.
0:24ἐν δὲ τῇ ἡδονῇ ἐστιν καὶ ἡ κακοήθης διάθεσις, πολυτροπωτάτη πάντων τῶν παθῶν οὖσα.
0:25κατὰ μέν ψυχῆς ἀλαζονία καὶ φιλαργυρία καὶ φιλοδοξία καὶ φιλονεικία καὶ βασκανία·
0:26κατὰ δὲ τὸ σῶμα παντοφαγία καὶ λαιμαργία καὶ μονοφαγία.
0:27καθάπερ οὗν δυοῖν τοῦ σώματος καὶ τῆς ψυχῆς φυτῶν ὄντων ἡδονῆς τε καὶ πόνου, πολλαὶ τούτων τῶν παθῶν εἰσιν παραφυάδες·
0:28ὦν ἕκαστος ὁ πανγέωργος λογισμὸς περικαθαίρων τε καὶ ἀποκνίζων καὶ περιπλέκων καὶ ἐπάρδων καὶ πάντα τρόπον μεταχέων ἐξημεροῖ τὰς τῶν ἠθῶν καὶ παθῶν ὕλας.
0:29Ὁ γὰρ λογισμὸς τῶν μέν ἀρετῶν ἐστιν ἡγεμών, τῶν δὲ παθῶν αὐτοκράτωρ. ἐπιθεώρει γε τοίνυν πρῶτον διὰ τῶν κωλυτικῶν τῆς σωφροσύνης ἔργων, ὅτι αὐτοδέσποτός ἐστιν τῶν παθῶν ὁ λογισμός.
0:30σωφροσύνη δὴ τοίνυν ἐστὶν ἐπικράτεια τῶν ἐπιθυμιῶν.
0:31τῶν δὲ ἐπιθυμιῶν αἱ μέν εἰσιν ψυχικαί, αἱ δὲ σωματικαί καὶ τούτων ἀμφοτέρων ὁ λογισμὸς ἐπικρατεῖν φαίνεται.
0:32ἐπεὶ πόθεν κινούμενοι πρὸς τὰς ἀπειρημένας τροφάς, ἀποτρεπόμεθα τὰς ἐξ αὐτῶν ἡδονάς; οὐχ ὅτι δύναται τῶν ὀρέξεων ἐπικρατεῖν ὁ λογισμός ; ἐγὼ μέν οἶμαι.
0:33τοιγαροῦν ἐνύδρων ἐπιθυμοῦντες καὶ ὀρνέων καὶ τετραπόδων, παντοίων βρωμάτων τῶν ἀπηγορευμένων ἡμῖν κατὰ τὸν νόμον ἀπεχόμεθα διὰ τὴν τοῦ λογισμοῦ ἐπικράτειαν.
0:34ἀντέχεται γὰρ τὰ τῶν ὀρέξεων πάθη ὑπὸ τοῦ σώφρονος νοὸς ἀνακαμπτόμενα· καὶ φιλοτιμοῦνται πάντα τὰ τοῦ σώματος κινήματα ὑπὸ τοῦ λογισμοῦ.
Chapter 1
1:1Καὶ τί θαυμαστόν, εἰ αἱ τῆς ψυχῆς ἐπιθυμίαι πρὸς τὴν τοῦ κάλλους μετουσίαν ἀκυροῦνται;
1:2ταύτῃ γοῦν ὁ σώφρων Ἰωσήφ ἐπαινεῖται, ὅτι τῷ λογισμῷ διανοίᾳ περιεκράτησεν τῆς ἡδυπαθείας.
1:3νέος γὰρ ὤν καὶ ἀκμάζων πρὸς συνουσιασμὸν ἠκύρωσεν τῷ λογισμῷ 24 και] pr τε V οτε] οτι U+05D0V 25 εν τη ηδ. δε U+05D0V εστιν] ενεστι U+05D0V U+05D0 | πολυποτρωτατη (sic) A ουσα των παθων U+05D0V 26 κατα] και τα U+05D0 | αλαζονεια Vᵃ φιλοδοξια] κενοδοξια V 27 και λαιμαργια και νομο- φαγια A και μονοφαγια και λαιμαργια U+05D0 και μονοφαγια V 28 δυειν U+05D0V παθων] φυτων U+05D0 29 εκαστην U+05D0V (-τιν V* -την Vᵃ) om τε U+05D0 | επαρ- δων] δων sup ras U+05D01) 30 αυτοκρατωρ] δεσποτης V γε τοινυν πρωτον] τοινυν πρ. U+05D0* δε πρ. U+05D0c.a,c.b γε το πρ. V 31 om δη V επικρατια U+05D0V* (-τεια Vᵃ) 32 om και V επικρατειν ο λογισμος U+05D0 33 απο- τρεπομεθα] αποστρεφομεθα U+05D0V μεν] γαρ U+05D0 | οιμε (sic) A 34 παν- τοιων] pr και U+05D0 | βρωματων των] βρωματα οντων A κατα] δια U+05D0* (κατα U+05D0c.ᵃ) επικρατιαν V* (-τειαν Vᵃ) 35 ανεχεται U+05D0 | ανακαμπτομενα ( -μεθα A)] ανακοπτομενα U+05D0V φιλοτιμουνται] φιμουται U+05D0 (φειμ.) V II 2 om τω λογισμω U+05D0 | περιεκρατησε V 3 ηκυρωσε U+05D0 A τὸν τῶν παθῶν οἶστρον.
1:4οὐ μόνον δὲ τὴν τῆς ἡδυπαθείας οἰστρηλασίαν ἐπικρατεῖν ὁ λογισμὸς φαίνεται, ἀλλὰ καὶ πάσης ἐπιθυμίας.
1:5λέγει γοῦν ὁ νόμος Οὐκ ἐπιθυμήσεις τὴν γυναῖκα τοῦ πλησίον σου, οὐδὲ ὅσα τῷ πλησίον σού ἐστιν.
1:6καίτοι ὅτε μὴ ἐπιθυμεῖν εἵρηκεν ἡμᾶς ὁ νόμος, πολὺ πλέον πείσαιμʼ ἂν ὑμᾶς ὅτι τῶν ἐπιθυμιῶν κρατεῖν δύναται ὁ λογισμός, ὥσπερ καὶ τῶν κωλυτικῶν τῆς δικαιοσύνης παθῶν.
1:7ἐπεὶ τίνα τρόπον μονοφάγος τις ὢν τὸ ἦθος καὶ γαστρίμαργος καὶ μέθυσος μεταπαιδεύεται, εἰ μὴ δῆλον ὅτι κύριός ἐστιν τῶν παθῶν ὁ λογισμός;
1:8αὐτίκα γοῦν τῷ νόμῳ πολιτευόμενος, κἂν φιλάργυρός τις εἴη, βιάζεται τὸν ἑαυτοῦ τρόπον, τοῖς δεομένοις δανί ζων χωρὶς τόκων, καὶ τὸ δάνιον τῶν ἑβδομάδων ἐνστασῶν χρεοκοπούμενος.
1:9κἂν φειδωλός τις ᾖ, ὑπὸ τοῦ νόμου κρατεῖται διὰ τὸν λογισμόν, μήτε ἐπικαρπούμενος τοὺς ἀμήτους, μήτε ἐπιρωγολογούμενος τοὺς ἀμπελῶνας· καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ἑτέρων δʼ ἔστιν ἐπιγνῶναι τοῦθʼ, ὅτι τῶν παθῶν ἐστιν ὁ λογισμὸς κρατῶν.
1:10ὁ γὰρ νόμος καὶ τῆς πρὸς γονεῖς εὐνοίας κρατεῖ, μὴ καταπροδιδοὺς τὴν ἀρετὴν δι᾿ αὐτούς·
1:11καὶ τῆς πρὸς γαμετῆς φιλίας ἐπικρατεῖ, διὰ παρανομίαν αὐτὴν ἀπελέγχων·
1:12καὶ τῆς τέκνων φιλίας κυριεύει, διὰ κακίαν αὐτῶν κολάζων· καὶ τῆς φίλων συνηθείας δεσπόζει, διὰ πονηρίας αὐτοὺς ἐξελέγχων.
1:13καὶ μὴ νομίσητε παράδοξον εἶναι, ὅπου καὶ ἔχθραν ὁ λογισμὸς ἐπικρατεῖν δύναται διὰ τὸν νόμον,
1:14μηδὲ δενδροτομῶν τὰ ἥμερα τῶν πολεμίων φυτά, τὰ δὲ τῶν ἐχθρῶν τοῖς ἀπολέσασιν διασώζων, καὶ τὰ πεπτωκότα συνεγείρων.
1:15Καὶ διὰ τῶν βιαιοτέρων δὲ παθῶν κρατεῖν ὁ λογισμὸς φαίνεται, φιλαρχίας καὶ κενοδοξίας καὶ ἀλαζονίας καὶ μεγαλαυχίας καὶ βασκανίας.
1:16πάντα γὰρ ταῦτα τὰ κακοήθη πάθη ὁ σώφρων νοῦς ἀπωθεῖται, ὥσπερ καὶ τὸν θυμόν· καὶ γὰρ τούτου δεσπόζει.
1:17θυμούμενος U+05D0v4 ου] pr και U+05D0* (improb U+05D0c.a c.b) την της] της της (sic) A την επι της U+05D0* (improb U+05D0c.a ) V ο λογισμος επικρατειν U+05D0 5 om σου 2⁰ V 6 om οτε V πεισαιμι αν Vᵃ δυναται κρατειν V παθων] πασων A (ω rescr A¹) 7 τινα τις τροπον μονοφαγος (-γως V) U+05D0V και 2⁰] pr η U+05D0V 8 τω νομω] pr ο V ειη] η U+05D0V εαυτου] αυτου U+05D0 δανειζων Vᵃ| om και V δανειον Vᵃ ενστασων U+05D0V] εντασσων A χρεωκοπ. Vᵃ 9 επικαρπολογουμενος U+05D0V επιρωλσγ. V* (επιρωγολογ. V¹) ετερων] εργων U+05D0V [δ] δε U+05D0V τουθ] τουτο U+05D0V κρατων] ν sup ras Aᵃ (-τωρ A*ᵛiᵈ) 10 γονεας V 11 προσ- γαμετης] προς γαμετην U+05D0V παρανομιαν] pr την U+05D0V 12 αυτων] αυτους U+05D0 αυτα V συνηθιας U+05D0 | πονηριαν U+05D0V εξελεγχων] ελεγχων V 13 εχθραν ο λογισμος επικρατειν] εχθρας επικρ. ο λογ. U+05D0V 14 μηδε] μητε U+05D0V | απολεσασι U+05D0V 15 om δια U+05D0c.ac.b V βιοτερων (sic) A κρατειν] επικρατειν U+05D0c.a φιλαρχιας] φιλαργυριας U+05D0 (-χιας U+05D0c.a c.b ) αλαζονειας U+05D0V2 16 om τα U+05D0* (hab U+05D0c.ᵃ) γέ τοι Μωσῆς κατὰ Δαθὰν καὶ Ἀβειρών, οὐ θυμῷ τι κατʼ αὐτῶν A ἐποίησεν, ἀλλὰ λογισμῷ τὸν θυμὸν διήτησεν.
1:18δυνατὸς γὰρ ὁ σώφρων νοῦς, ὡς ἔφην, κατὰ τῶν παθῶν ἀριστεῦσαι, καὶ τὰ μέν αὐτῶν μεταθεῖναι, τὰ δὲ καὶ ἀκυρῶσαι.
1:19ἐπεὶ διὰ τί ὁ πάνσοφος ἡμῶν πατήρ Ἰακὼβ τοὺς περὶ Συμεὼν καὶ Δευεὶν αἰτιᾶται μὴ λογισμῷ τοὺς Σικιμίτας ἐθνηδὸν ἀποσφάξαντας, λέγων Ἐπικατάρατος ὁ θυμὸς αὐτῶν;
1:20εἰ μὴ γὰρ ἐδύνατο τῶν θυμῶν ὁ λογισμὸς κρατεῖν, οὐκ ἂν εἶπεν οὕτως.
1:21ὁπηνίκα γὰρ ὁ θεὸς τὸν ἄνθρωπον κατεσκεύασεν, τα παθη αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰ ἤθη περιεφύτευσεν·
1:22καὶ τηνικαῦτα δέ περὶ πάντων τὸν ἱερὸν ἡγεμόνα νοῦν διὰ τῶν αἰσθητηρίων ἐνεθρόνισεν·
1:23καὶ τούτῳ νόμον ἔδωκεν, καθʼ ὃν πολιτευόμενος βασιλεύσει βασιλείαν σώφρονά τε καὶ δικαίαν καὶ ἀγαθὴν καὶ ἀνδρείαν.
1:24Πῶς οὖν, εἶποι τις ἄν, εἰ τῶν παθῶν ὁ λογισμὸς κρατεῖ, λήθης καὶ ἀγνοίας οὐ κρατεῖ ;
Chapter 2
2:1ἔστι δέ κομιδῇ γελοῖος ὁ λογισμός· οὐ γὰρ τῶν ἑαυτοῦ παθῶν ὁ λογισμὸς ἐπικρατεῖν φαίνεται, ἀλλὰ τῶν σωματικῶν.
2:2οἶον ἐπιθυμίαν τις ὑμῶν οὐ δύναται ἐκκόψαι, ἀλλὰ μὴ δουλωθῆναι τῇ ἐπιθυμίᾳ δύναται ὁ λογισμὸς παρασχέσθαι.
2:3θυμον τις οὐ δύναται ἐκκόψαι ὑμῶν τῆς ψυχῆς, ἀλλὰ τῷ θυμῷ δυνατὸν βοηθῆσαι.
2:4κακοήθειάν τις ὑμῶν οὐ δύναται ἐκκόψαι, ἀλλὰ τὸ μὴ καμφθῆναι τῇ κακοηθείᾳ δυνατὸν ὁ λογισμὸς συμμαχῆσαι.
2:5οὐ γὰρ ἐκριζωτὴς τῶν παθῶν ὁ λογισμός ἐστιν, ἀλλὰ ἀνταγωνιστής.
2:6ἕστιν γοῦν τοῦτο διὰ τῆς Δαυεὶδ τοῦ βασιλέως δίψης σαφέστερον ἐπιλογίσασθαι.
2:7ἐπεὶ γὰρ δι᾿ ὅλης ἡμέρας προσβάλλων τοῖς ἀλλοφύλοις ὁ Δαυεὶδ πολλοὺς αὐτῶν ἀπέκτεινεν μετὰ τῶν τοῦ ἔθνους στρατιωτῶν,
2:8τότε δὴ γενομένης ἑσπέρας, ἱδρῶν καὶ σφόδρα κεκμηκώς, ἐπὶ τὴν βασίλειον 17 Μωυσης V Αβιρων V* (- βηρ. Vᵃ) 18 δυνατος] ικανος U+05D0* (δυν. U+05D0V U+05D0c.ᵇ) μεταθειναι] μετα sup ras A¹fort) 19 Σικειμιτας A αυτων] + οτι αυθαδης V 20 εδυνετο A των θυμων ο λογισμος] του θυμου ο λογ. U+05D0 ο λογ. των παθων V 21 κατεσκευασεν τον ανθρωπον U+05D0 22 και τηνικαυτα δε] τηνικαυτα δε sup ras A ηνικα δε πινακα δε V περι] επι U+05D0V παντων] + των (sic) A 23 και 1⁰] ι sup ras 3 litt A¹ δεδωκεν U+05D0 | βασιλειαν] βα sup ras Aa om και 2⁰ A 24 ειποιτε U+05D0* (ειποι τις αν U+05D0c.ᵃ ) κρατει 1⁰] δεσποτης εστιν V 24 III 1 om κρατει ληθης...εαυτου παθων ο λογισμος U+05D0* hab) δεσποτης εστιν ο λογισμος ληθης και αγνοιας ου κρατι εστιν δε κομιδη γελοιος ο λογος ου γαρ των εαυτου παθων ο λογισμος (add κρα sed rursus improb) U+05D0c III 1 εστιν V λογισμος 1⁰] λογος V επικρατειν] κρατειν U+05D0c.a επικρατων V αλλα] αλα (sic) U+05D0 2 εκκοψαι ου δυναται υμων U+05D0 ου δυν. εκκ. υμ. V μη δουλ.] pr τα V παρεχεσθαι U+05D0* (παρασχ. U+05D0c.a ) V 3 υμων εκκοψαι U+05D0 | δυνατον] + τον λογισμον U+05D0V 4 κακοηθιαν, κακοηθια U+05D0 | δυνατον] δυναιτ αν U+05D0 | δυναται V 7 ημερας] pr της V προσβαλων U+05D0V ο Δαυειδ] om ο V 8 ιδρων] pr εσπευδεν U+05D0 A σκηνὴν ᾖλθεν, περὶ ἤν ὁ πᾶς τῶν προγόνων στρατὸς ἐστρατοπεδεύκει.
2:9οἱ μέν οὗν ἄλλοι πάντες ἐπὶ τὸ δεῖπνον ἦσαν·
2:10ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς ὡς μάλιστα διψῶν, καίπερ ἀφθόνους ἔχων πηγάς, οὐκ ἠδύνατο δι᾿ αὐτῶν ἰάσασθαι τὴν δίψαν.
2:11ἀλλά τις αὐτὸν ἀλόγιστος ἐπιθυμία τοῦ παρὰ τοῖς πολεμίοις ὕδατος ἐπιτείνουσα συνέφρυγε, καὶ λύουσα κατέφλεγεν.
2:12ὅθεν τῶν ὑπερασπιστῶν ἐπὶ τῇ τοῦ βασιλέως ἐπιθυμίᾳ σχετλιαζόντων, δύο νεανίσκοι στρατιῶται καρτεροί, καταιδεσθέντες τὴν τοῦ βασιλέως ἐπιθυμίαν, τὰς πανοπλίας καθωπλίσαντο, καὶ κάλπιν λαβόντες ὑπερέβησαν τοὺς τῶν πολεμίων χάρακας·
2:13καὶ λαθόντες τοὺς τῶν πυλῶν ἀκροφύλακας, διεξήεσαν εὑράμενοι κατὰ πᾶν τὸ τῶν πολεμίων στρατοπέδου.
2:14καὶ ἀνευράμενοι θαρραλέως τὴν πηγήν, ἐξ αὐτῆς ἐγέμισαν τῷ βασιλεῖ τὸ ποτόν.
2:15ὁ δὲ καὶ περὶ τὴν δίψαν διαπυρούμενος, ἐλογίσατο πάνδεινον εἶναι κίνδυνον τῇ ψυχῇ λογισθὲν ἰσοδύναμον τὸ ποτὸν αἵματι.
2:16ὅθεν ἀντιθεὶς τῇ ἐπιθυμίᾳ τὸν λογισμόν, ἔσπεισεν τὸ πόμα τῷ θεῷ.
2:17δυνατὸς γὰρ ὁ σώφρων νοῦς νικῆσαι τὰς τῶν παθῶν ἀνάγκας, καὶ σβέσαι τὰς τῶν οἴστρων φλεγμονάς,
2:18καὶ τὰς τῶν σωμάτων ἀλγηδόνας καθʼ ὑπερβολὴν οὔσας καταπαλαῖσαι, καὶ τῆς καλοκἀγαθίας τοῦ λογισμοῦ ἀποπτύσαι πάσας τὰς τῶν παθῶν ἐπικρατίας.
2:19Ἤδη δὲ καὶ ὁ καιρὸς ἡμᾶς καλεῖ ἐπὶ τὴν ἀπόδειξιν τῆς ἱστορίας τοῦ σώφρονος λογισμοῦ.
2:20ἐπειδὴ γὰρ βαθεῖαν εἰρήνην διὰ τὴν εὐνομίαν οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν εἶχον, καὶ ἔπραττον καλῶς, ὥστε καὶ τὸν τῆς Ἀσίας βασιλέα Σέλευκον τὸν Νικάνορα καὶ χρήματα εἰς τὴν ἱερουργίαν αὐτοῖς ἀφορίσαι, καὶ τὴν πολιτίαν αὐτῶν ἀποδέχεσθαι
2:21τότε δὴ τινες πρὸς τὴν κοινὴν νεωτερίσαντες ὁμόνοιαν πολυτρόπως ἐχρήσαντο συμφοραῖς.
Chapter 3
3:1Σίμων γάρ τις πρὸς Ὀνίαν ἀντιπολιτευόμενος τόν ποτε τὴν ἀρχιερωσύνην ἔχοντα διὰ βίου, καλὸν καὶ U+05D0V8 εστρατοπεδευκεν V* (παιδ. Vᵃ) 10 om ως U+05D0 11 διεφρυγε U+05D0* συνεφρυγεν U+05D0c.a V 12 υπερασπιστων] υπασπιστων U+05D0 | πανοπλιας] παντευχιας U+05D0V | καλπην U+05D0 καρπιν V* καρπην V¹⁽ᵛid) 12—13 χαρα- κας και sup ras et in mg Aᵃ 13 ευραμενοι] ανευρωμενοι U+05D0* ανερευ- νωμενοι U+05D0c.a V στρατοπαιδιον A (-δον A?ᵛiᵈ) 14 ανευραμενοι] ανεραυ- νομενοι (sic) V θαρραλεως την πηγην εξ αυτης] τᾒ πηγην εξ αυτ. θαρρ. U+05D0V εγεμισαν] εκομισαν U+05D0V το βασ. V* (τω β. Vᵃ) 15 και περι] καιπερ U+05D0 και V τη διψα V* τη διψη Vᵃ τη ψυχη] om τη το ποτον] om το U+05D0V 16 πομα sup ras et in mg Aᵃ 18 ουσας] pr δυνατας U+05D0 | τη καλοκαγαθια U+05D0V | επικρατειας U+05D0Vᵃ 19 om και V 20 τον Νικανορος V αφορισοι] αποφορισαι A πολειτειαν U+05D0 πολιτειαν V 21 τοτε δη τινες προς την in mg et sup ras Aa πολυτροποις U+05D0V ἀγαθὸν ἄνδρα, ἐπειδὴ πάντα τρόπον διαβάλλων ὑπέρ τοῦ ἔθνους A οὐκ ἴσχυσεν κακῶσαι, φυγὰς ᾤχετο, τὴν πατρίδα προδώσων.
3:2ὅθεν ἥκων πρὸς Ἀπολλώνιον, τὸν Συρίας τε καὶ Φοινίκης καὶ Κιλικίας στρατηγόν, ἔλεγεν
3:3Εὔνους ὣν τοῖς τοῦ βασιλέως πράγμασιν ἥκω, μηνύων πολλὰς ἰδιωτικῶν χρημάτων μυριάδας ἐν τοῖς Ἰεροσολύμων γαζοφυλακίοις τεθησαυρίσθαι τῷ ἱερῷ μὴ ἐπικοινωνούσας, ἀλλὰ προσἠκειν ταῦτα Σελεύκῳ τῷ βασιλεῖ
3:4τούτων ἕκαστα γνοὺς ὁ Ἀπολλώνιος, τὸν μέν Σίμωνα τῆς εἰς τὸν βασιλέα κηδεμονίας ἐπαινεῖ, πρὸς δὲ τὸν Σέλευκον ἀναβὰς κατεμήνυε τὸν τῶν χρημάτων θησαυρόν·
3:5καὶ λαβὼν τὴν περὶ αὐτῶν ἐξουσίαν, ταχὺ εἰς τὴν πατρίδα ἡμῶν μετὰ τοῦ καταράτου Σίμωνος καὶ βαρυτάτου στρατοῦ
3:6προσελθών, ταῖς τοῦ βασιλέως ἐντολαῖς ἥκειν ἔλεγεν, ὅπως τὰ ἰδιωτικὰ τοῦ γαζοφυλακίου λάβοι χρήματα.
3:7καὶ τοῦ ἔθνους πρὸς τὸν λόγον σχετλιάσαντος ἀντιλέγοντός τε, πάνδεινον εἶναι νομίσαντες εἰ οἱ τὰς παρακαταθήκας πιστεύσαντες τῷ ἱερῷ θησαυρῷ στερηθήσονται, ὡς οἷόν τε ἣν ἐκώλυον.
3:8μετὰ ἀπειλῆς δὲ ὁ Ἀπολλώνιος ἀπῄει εἰς τὸ ἱερόν.
3:9τῶν δὲ ἱερέων μετὰ γυναικῶν καὶ παιδίων ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ ἱκετευσάντων τὸν θεὸν ὑπερασπίσαι τοῦ καταφρονουμένου τύπου,
3:10ἀνιόντος τε μετὰ καθωπλισμένης στρατιᾶς τοῦ Ἀπολλωνίου πρὸς τὴν τῶν χρημάτων ἁρπαγήν, οὐρανόθεν προυφάνησαν ἔφιπποι ἄγγελοι περιαστράπτοντες τοῖς ὅπλοις, καὶ πολὺν αὐτοῖς φόβον τε καὶ τρόμον ἐνιόντες.
3:11καταπεσών γε τοι ἡμιθανὴς ὁ Ἀπολλώνιος ἐπὶ τὸν πάμφυλον τοῦ ἱεροῦ περίβολον, τὰς χεῖρας ἐξέτεινεν εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ μετὰ δακρύων τοὺς Ἐβραίους παρεκάλει ὅπως περὶ αὐτοῦ εὐξόμενοι, τὸν ἐπουράνιον ἐξευμενίσωνται στρατόν.
3:12ἔλεγεν γὰρ ἡμαρτηκώς, ὥστε καὶ ἀποθανεῖν ἄξιος ὑπάρχειν, πᾶσίν τε ἀνθρώποις IV1 διαβαλων V 2 ηκως A προς] ως U+05D0 3 μηνυσων V γαζο- U+05D0V φυλακειοις A Vᵃ τεθησαυρισται A τω ιερω (ω sup ras Aᵃ?)] τοις ιεροις U+05D0 | αλλα] και U+05D0V 4 τουτων] + δε V κατεμηνυσε U+05D0 τον 4⁰ το A (τον A¹) 5 λαβων] ελαβεν U+05D0V ταχυ] pr και U+05D0V 6 προελθων U+05D0* (προσελθ. U+05D0c.a ) ηκειν] εικειν Vᵃ γαζοφυλακιου (-κειου Vᵃ) λαβοι sup ras et in mg Aᵃ 7 σχετλιαζοντος U+05D0 | αντιλεγοντος τε] και αντιλ. V εναι A* (ειν. A¹) νο- μισαντες] νοησατες U+05D0 | οι τας παρακαταθηκας] τας παρ. οι U+05D0 | πιστευσαντας A 8 απειλων U+05D0 | Ἀπωνιος A* (Απολλ. A¹) 9 ιερεων] γεραιων U+05D0 | του] + ιερου U+05D0V τοπου] pr του U+05D0 10 om τε 1⁰ Vᵛⁱᵈ στρατιας] pr της U+05D0V |τω Απολλωνιω V αγγελοι προυφανησαν εφιπποι U+05D0 εφιπποι προεφανησαν αγγ. V αυτοις] ουτων U+05D0 | ενιοντες] ενιθlτες U+05D0 11 γε] δε U+05D0V om ο Απολ- λωνιος V om και A (hab U+05D0V) παρεκαλει] ρε sup ras A ευξομενοι (εξ. A* ευξ. Aa?)] προσευξαμενοι U+05D0V | επουρανιον] ουρανιον U+05D0V 12 τε] A ὑμνήσειν σωθεὶς τὴν τοῦ ἱεροῦ τόπου μακαριότητα.
3:13τούτοις ἐπαχθεὶς τοῖς λόγοις Ὀνίας ὁ ἀρχιερεύς. καίπερ ἄλλως εὐλαβηθεὶς μή ποτε νομίσειεν ὁ βασιλεὺς Σέλευκος ἐξ ἀνθρωπίνης ἐπιβουλῆς καὶ μὴ θείας δίκης ἀνῃρῆσθαι τὸν Ἀπολλώνιον, ηὔξατο περὶ αὐτοῦ.
3:14καὶ ὁ μέν παραδόξως διασωθεὶς ᾤχετο, δηλώσων τῷ βασιλεῖ τὰ συμβάντα αὐτῷ.
3:15Γελευτήσαντος δὲ Σελεύκου τοῦ βασιλέως, διαδέχεται τὴν ἀρχὴν ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ Ἀντίοχος Ἐπιφανής, ἀνὴρ ὑπερήφανος, δεινός·
3:16ὃς καταλύσας τὸν Ὀνίαν τῆς ἀρχιερωσύνης Ἰάσονα τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ κατέστησεν ἀρχιερέα,
3:17συνθέμενον δώσειν, εἰ ἐπιτρέψειεν αὐτῷ τὴν ἀρχήν, κατʼ ἐνιαυτὸν τρισχίλια ἑξακόσια ἑξήκοντα τάλαντα.
3:18ὁ δὲ ἐπέτρεψεν αὐτῷ ἀρχιερᾶσθαι καὶ τοῦ ἔθνους ἀφηγεῖσθαι.
3:19ὃς καὶ ἐξεζήτησεν τὸ ἔθνος, καὶ ἐξεπολίτευσεν ἐπὶ πᾶσαν παρανομίαν·
3:20ὣστε μὴ μόνον ἐπʼ αὐτῇ τῇ ἄκρᾳ τῆς πατρίδος ἡμῶν γυμνάσιον κατασκευάσαι, ἀλλὰ καὶ καταλῦσαι τὴν τοῦ ἱεροῦ κηδεμονίαν.
3:21ἐφʼ οἶς ἀγανακτήσασα ἡ θεία δίκη αὐτόν τοιτὸν Ἀντίοχον ἐπολέμησεν.
3:22ἐπειδὴ γὰρ πολεμῶν ἣν κατʼ Aἴγυπτον Πτολεμαίῳ, ἤκουσέν τε ὅτι φήμης διαδοθείσης περὶ τοῦ τεθνάναι αὐτόν, ὡς ἔνι μάλιστα χαίροιεν οἱ Ἰεροσολυμεῖται, ταχέως ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς ἀνέζευξεν.
3:23καὶ ὡς ἐπόρθησεν αὐτούς, δόγμα ἔθετο ὅπως εἴτινες αὐτῶν φάνοιεν τῷ πατρίῳ πολιτευόμενοι νόμῳ, θάνοιεν.
3:24καὶ ἐπεὶ κατὰ μηδένα τρόπον ἴσχυεν καταλῦσαι διὰ τῶν δογμάτων τὴν τοῦ ἔθνους εὔνοιαν, ἀλλὰ πάσας τὰς ἑαυτοῦ ἀπειλὰς καὶ τιμωρίας ἑώρα καταλυομένας,
3:25ὥστε καὶ γυναῖκας, ὅτι περιέτεμον τὰ παιδία, μετὰ τῶν βρεφῶν κατακρημνισθῆναι, προειδυίας ὅτι τοῦτο πείσονται·
3:26ἐπεὶ οὖν τὰ δόγματα αὐτοῦ κατεφρονεῖτο ὑπὸ τοῦ λαοῦ, αὐτὸς διὰ βασάνων ἕνα ἕκαστον τοῦ ἔθνους ἠνάγκαζεν, μιερῶν ἀπογευομένους τροφῶν, ἐξόμνυσθαι τὸν Ἰουδαισμόν.
Chapter 4
4:1Προκαθίσας γέ τοι μετὰ τῶν συνέδρων ὁ τύραννος Ἀντίοχος ἐπί U+05D0V13 τουτοις] pr ελεγεν V υπαχθεις U+05D0 | Ονειας U+05D0 | ανηρησασθαι A ανη- ρησεσθαι V 14 παραδοξως διασωθεις] παραδοξωσωθεις V* παραδοξως σωθεις V¹? 15 τελευτησαντος...ανηρ paene evanuere in V ο υιος] om ο U+05D0* (hab U+05D0c.ᵃ) Επιφανης] pr ο U+05D0 δεινος] pr και U+05D0 16 ος] και V Ονειαν U+05D0 | Ιασωνα V 17 συνθεμενος U+05D0* (-νον U+05D0c.a) τρισχίλια] χειλια U+05D0* γ U+05D0c.b 18 αρχιερασθαι] pr και U+05D0V αφηγεισθαι του εθνους U+05D0 19 V 11 multa rescr Vᵃ aunt quae paene evanuerint in V 19 om ος U+05D0 | εξεζητησεν] εξεδιητησεν U+05D0V 20 om αλλα και καταλυσοι A (hab U+05D0V) 21 τοι] αυτοις U+05D0V rescr 22 om γαρ U+05D0* (hab U+05D0c.a) τε] δε Vrescr ενι incertum eat in V οι Ιεροσολυμειται χαιροιεο U+05D0 | Ιεροσολυ- μιται V 23 τινες] τις U+05D0 | φανιε (sic) A 24 ευνοιαν] ευνομιαν U+05D0V εορα A 25 γυναικας] pr τας V 26 κατεφρονητο V του εθνους] τουτου θνους (sic) A μιαρων U+05D0V | απογευσαμενους V τινος ὑψηλοῦ τόπου, καὶ τῶν στρατευμάτων αὐτῶν παρεστηκότων A κυκλόθεν ἐνόπλων,
4:2παρεκέλευεν τοις δορυφόροις ἕνα ἕκαστον τῶν Ἐβραίων περισπᾶσθαι, καὶ κρεῶν ὑείων καὶ εἰδωλοθύτων ἀναγκάζειν ἀπογεύεσθαι
4:3εἰ δέ τινες μὴ θέλοιεν μιεροφαγῆσαι, τούτους τροχισθέντας ἀναιρεθῆναι.
4:4πολλῶν δὲ συναρπασθέντων, εἰς πρῶτος ἐκ τῆς ἀγέλης Ἐβραῖος ὀνόματι Ἐλεάζαρος, τὸ γένος ἱερεύς, τὴν ἐπιστήμην νομικός, καὶ τὴν ἡλικίαν προήκων, καὶ πολλοῖς τῶν περὶ τὸν τύραννον διὰ τὴν ἡλικίαν γνώριμος. παρήχθη πλησίον αὐτοῦ.
4:5καὶ αὐτὸν ἰδὼν ὁ Ἀντίοχος ἔφη
4:6Ἐγὼ πρὶν ἄρξασθαι τῶν κατὰ σοῦ βασάνων, πρεσβῦτα, συμβουλεύσαιμʼ ἄν σοι ταῦτα ὅπως ἀπογευσάμενος τῶν ὑείων σώζοιο· αἰδοῦμαι γάρ σου τὴν ἡλικίαν καὶ τὴν πολιάν, ἣν μετὰ τοσοῦτον ἔχων χρόνον οὕ μοι δοκεῖς φιλοσοφεῖν, τῇ Ἰουδαίων χρώμενος θρησκείᾳ.
4:7διά τί γὰρ τῆς φύσεως κεχαρισμένης καλλίστην τὴν τοῦδε τοῦ ζῴου σαρκοφαγίαν βδελύττῃ;
4:8καὶ γὰρ ἀνόητον τοῦτο τὸ μὴ ἀπολαύειν τῶν χωρὶς ὀνείδους ἡδέων, καὶ ἄδικον ἀποστρέφεσθαι τὰς τῆς φύσεως χάριτας.
4:9σὺ δέ μοι καὶ ἀνοητότερον ποιήσεῖν δοκεῖς, εἰ κενοδοξῶν περὶ τὸ ἀληθές
4:10ἔτι κἀμοῦ καταφρονήσεις ἐπὶ τῇ ἰδίᾳ τιμωρίᾳ· οὐκ ἐξυπνώσεις ἀπὸ τῆς φλυάρου φιλοσοφίας ὑμῶν;
4:11καὶ ἀποσκεδάσεις σου τὸν λῆρον ¶ τὸν λογισμόν, καὶ ἄξιον ¶ V τῆς ἡλικίας ἀναλαβὼν νοῦν φιλοσοφήσεις τὴν τοῦ συμφέροντος ἀλήθειαν,
4:12καὶ προσκυνήσας μου τὴν φιλάνθρωπον παρηγορίαν οἰκτειρήσεις τὸ σεαυτοῦ γῆρας
4:13καὶ γὰρ ἐνθυμήθητι, ὡς εἰ καί τίς ἐστιν τῆσδετῆς θρησκείας ἐποπτικὴ δύναμις. συγγνωμονήσειἐν σοι ἐπὶ πᾶσιν δι᾿ ἀνάγκην παρανομίᾳ γινομένῃ.
4:14Τοῦτον τὸν τρόπον ἐπὶ τὴν ἔκθεσμον σαρκοφαγίαν ἐποτρύνοντος τοῦ τυράννου, λόγον ᾔτησεν ὁ Ἐλεάζαρος.
4:15καὶ λαβὼν τοῦ λέγειν ἐξουσίαν, ἤρξατο δημηγορεῖν οὕτως
4:16Ἡμεῖς, Ἀντίοχε, θείῳ πεπεισμένοι νόμῳ πολιτεύεσθαι, οὐδεμίαν V 1 αυτων] αυτω U+05D0 2 των Εβραιων] Εβραιον U+05D0* (των Εβραιων U+05D0c.a) U+05D0V περισπασθαι] επισπασθαι U+05D0V υιων A V* (υειων U+05D0Vᵃ): item 6 ιδωλοθυτων (λ sup ras upi prius ν ut vid) U+05D0 3 τις U+05D0* (τινες U+05D0c.a ) θελοιεν] θελουσι V τε- (- λοιεν V* ᵛiᵈ) | μιαροφαγησαι U+05D0V 4 om Εβραιος U+05D0 | ονοματι] του- νομα V (sed νομα rescr partim sup ras ; bis scripsisse vid συναρπ . εις πρω- τος V*) γνωριμος] + δια την φιλοσοφιαν V 6 εγω] + πρεσβυτα U+05D0 | om ω πρεσβυτα U+05D0 | οσουτον A* (τ superscr A¹) θρησκια U+05D0 7 κεχαρισμενης] χ Sup ras U+05D01 | την τουδε του ζωου] τουτου του ζ. Vᵛid 8 των χωρις ονιδους ηδεω) κ δι sup ras et in mg Aa αδικον] pr δι A?ᵐᵍ sinistr αποστρεφει U+05D0* (- στρεφε- σθαι U+05D0c.a ) 10 καταφρονησειας V rescr 11 ληρον] cett desunt in V usque X II 1, folio codicis abscisso των λογισμων U+05D0 | αναλαβωνουν A 12 οικτιρη· σεις A 13 om ως U+05D0* (hab U+05D0c.a) θρησκειας] +υμων U+05D0 | συγνωμ. A συνγνU+05D0 | πασιν] παση 14 εχθεσμὸ U+05D0* (εκθ.U+05D0 c) 16 Αντιωχε A πεπεισμενω A A ἀνάγκην βιαιοτέραν εἶναι νομίζομεν τῆς πρὸς τὸν νόμον ἡμῶν εὐπειθείας.
4:17διὸ δὴ κατʼ οὐδένα τρόπον παρανομεῖν ἀξιοῦμεν.
4:18καίτοι εἰ καὶ κατὰ ἀλήθειαν μὴ ἦν ὁ νόμος ἡμῶν, ὡς σὺ ὑπολαμβάνεις, θεῖος, ἄλλως δὲ νομίζομεν αὐτὸν εἶναι θεῖον, οὐδὲ οὕτως ἐξὸν ἡμῖν ἦν τὴν ἐπὶ τῇ εὐσεβεία δόξαν ἀκυρῶσαι.
4:19μὴ μικρὰν οὗν εἶναι νομίσῃς ταύτην, εἰ μιεροφαγήσαιμεν, ἁμαρτίαν.
4:20τὸ γὰρ ἐν μικροῖς καὶ ἐν μεγάλοις παρανομεῖν ἰσοδύναμόν ἐστιν·
4:21δι᾿ ἑκατέρου γὰρ ὡς ὁμοίως ὁ νόμος ὑπερηφανεῖται.
4:22χλευάζεις δέ ἡμῶν τὴν φιλοσοφίαν, ὥσπερ οὐ μετὰ εὐλογιστίας ἐν αὐτῇ βιούντων.
4:23σωφροσύνην τε γὰρ ἡμᾶς ἐκδιδάσκει, ὥστε πασῶν τῶν ἡδονῶν καὶ ἐπιθυμιῶν κρατεῖν, καὶ ἀνδρείαν ἐξασκεῖν, ὥστε πάντα πόνον ἑκουσίως ὑπομένειν·
4:24καὶ δικαιοσύνην παιδεύει, ὥστε διὰ πάντων τῶν ἠθῶν ἰσονομεῖν καὶ εὐσέβειαν διδάσκειν, ὥστε μόνον τὸν ὄντα θεὸν σέβειν μεγαλοπρεπῶς.
4:25διὸ οὐ μιεροφαγοῦμεν· πιστεύοντες γὰρ θεοῦ καθεστάναι τὸν νόμον, οἴδαμεν ὅτι καὶ κατὰ φύσιν ἡμῖν συμπαθεῖ νομοθετῶν ὁ τοῦ κόσμου κτίστης·
4:26τὰ μέν οἰκειωθησόμενα ἡμῶν ταῖς ψυχαῖς ἐπέτρεψεν ἐσθίειν, τὰ δέ ἐναντιωθησόμενα ἐκώλυσεν σαρκοφαγεῖν.
4:27τυραννικὸν δὲ οὐ μόνον ἀναγκάζεις ἡμᾶς παρανομεῖν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐσθίειν, ὅπως τῇ ἐχθίστη ἡμῶν μιεροφαγίᾳ ταύτῃ ἔτι ἐγγελάσῃς
4:28ἀλλ᾿ οὐ γελάσεις κατʼ ἐμοῦ τοῦτον τὸν γέλωτα·
4:29οὔτε τοὺς ἱεροὺς τῶν προγόνων περὶ τοῦ φυλάξαι τὸν νόμον ὅρκους οὐ παρήσω,
4:30οὐδ᾿ ἂν ἐκκόψεις μου τὰ ὄμματα καὶ τὰ σπλάγχνα μου τήξεις.
4:31οὐχ οὕτως εἰμὶ γέρων ἐγὼ καὶ ἄνανδρος, ὥστε μοι διὰ τὴν εὐσέβειαν μὴ νεάζειν τὸν λογισμόν.
4:32πρὸς ταῦτα τροχοὺς εὐτρέπιζε, καὶ τὸ πῦρ ἐκφύσα σφοδρότερον.
4:33οὐχ οὕτως οἰκτειρήσω τὸ ἐμαυτοῦ γῆρας, ὥστε με δι᾿ ἐμαυτοῦ τὸν πάτριον καταλῦσαι νόμον.
4:34οὐ ψεύσομαί σε, παιδευτὰ νόμε, οὐδέ φεύξομαί σε, φίλη ἐγκράτεια·
4:35οὐδὲ καταισχυνῶ σε, φιλόσοφε λόγε, οὐδὲ ἐξαρνήσομαί σε. ἱερωσύνη τιμία καὶ νομοθεσίας ἐπιστήμη·
4:36οὐδὲ μιανεῖς μου τὸ σεμνὸν γήρως στόμα, οὐδὲ νομίμου βίου ἡλικίαν.
4:37ἁγνόν με οἱ πατέρες προσδέξονται, μὴ φοβηθέντα σου τὰς μέχρι A θανάτου ἀνάγκας.
4:38ἀσεβῶν μέν γὰρ τυραννήσεις· τῶν δὲ ἐμῶν περὶ τῆς εὐσεβείας λογισμῶν οὔτε λόγοις δεσπόσεις, οὕτε δι᾿ ἔργων.
Chapter 5
5:1Τοῦτον τὸν τρόπον ἀντιρητορεύσαντα ταῖς τοῦ τυράννου παρηγορίαις, παραστάντες οἱ δορυφόροι πικρῶς ἔσυραν ἐπὶ τὰ βασανιστήρια τὸν Ἐλεάζαρον.
5:2καὶ πρῶτον μέν περιέδυσαν τὸν γεραιὸν ἐκκεκοσμημένον τὴν περὶ τὴν εὐσέβειαν εὐσχημοσύνην.
5:3ἔπειτα περιαγκωνίσαντες ἑκατέρωθεν, μάστιξιν κατῄκιζον,
5:4Πείσθητι ταῖς τοῦ βασιλέως ἐντολαῖς, ἑτέρωθεν κήρυκος ἐπιβοῶντος.
5:5ὁ δὲ μεγαλόφρων καὶ εὐγενὴς ὡς ἀληθῶς Ἐλεάζαρος, ὥσπερ ἐν ὀνείρῳ βασανιζόμενος κατʼ οὐδένα τρόπον μετετρέπετο.
5:6ἀλλὰ ὑψηλοὺς ἀνατείνας εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς, ἀπεξαίνετο ταῖς μάστιξιν τὰς σάρκας ὁ γέρων, καὶ κατερρεῖτο τῷ αἵματι, καὶ τὰ πλευρὰ κατετιτρώσκετο,
5:7καὶ πίπτων εἰς τὸ ἔδαφος, ἀπὸ τοῦ μὴ φέρειν τὸ σῶμα τὰς ἀλγηδόνας, ὀρθὸν εἶχεν καὶ ἀκλινῆ τὸν λογισμόν.
5:8λάξ γέ τοι τῶν πικρῶν τις δορυφόρων εἰς τοὺς κενεῶνας ἐναλλόμενος ἔτυπτεν, ὅπως ἐξανίσταυτο πίπτων.
5:9ὁ δὲ ὑπέμεινεν τοὺς πόνους καὶ περιεφρόνει τῆς ἀνάγκης καὶ διεκαρτέρει τοὺς αἰκισμούς,
5:10καὶ καθάπερ γενναῖος ἀθλητὴς τυπτόμενος ἐνίκα τοὺς βασανίζοντας ὁ γέρων.
5:11ἱδρῶν γέ τοι τὸ πρόσωπον, καὶ ἐπασθμαίνων σφοδρῶς, καὶ ὑπʼαὐτῶν τῶν βασανιζόντων ἐθαυμάζετο ἐπὶ τῆ εὐτυχίᾳ.
5:12ὅθεν τὰ μέν ἐλεῶντες τὰ τοῦ γήρως αὐτοῦ,
5:13τὰ δὲ ἐν συνπαθείᾳ τῆς συνηθείας ὄντες, τὰ δὲ ἐν θαυμαστῷ τῆς καρτερίας προσιόντες αὐτῷ τινες τῶν τοῦ βασιλέως ἔλεγον
5:14Τί τοῖς κακοῖς τούτοις σεαυτὸν ἀλογίστως ἀπόλεις, Ἐλεάζαρ;
5:15ἡμεῖς μέν τῶν ἡψημέναων βρωμάτων παραθήσομεν· σὺ δὲ ὑποκρινόμενος τῶν ὑείων ἀπογεύσασθαι, σώθητι.
5:16Καὶ ὁ Ἐλεάζαρος, ὥσπερ πικρότερον διὰ τῆς συμβουλίας αἰκισθείς, ἀνεβόησεν
5:17Μὴ οὕτως κακῶς φρονήσαιμεν, οἱ Ἀβραὰμ παῖδες, ὥστε μαλακοψυχήσαντας ἀπρεπές ἡμῖν δρᾶμα ὑποκρίνασθαι
5:18καὶ γὰρ ἀλόγιστον, εἰ πρὸς ἀλήθειαν ζήσαντες 37 αγνον] + δε U+05D0c.a εισδεξονται U+05D0* (προσδεξ, U+05D0c.a ) 38 περι] υπερ U+05D0 | U+05D0 ευσεβιας U+05D0 VII αντιρητορευσαντος U+05D0* (αντιρρ. U+05D0c.ᵃ) 2 εκκεκοσμη- μενον] ενκοσμουμενον U+05D0 τη περι την ευσεβιαν ευσχημοσυνη U+05D0 6 τον ουρανον] om τον U+05D0 ταις] τας A* (ι superscr A¹) τα (sic) πλευρας U+05D0c.a 7 ορθρο A ακλινη] ν sup ras et η in mg A¹ 8 εξανιστατο U+05D0* (-σταιτο U+05D0c.a ) 9 υπεμενε U+05D0 11 γε] γεν (sic) A om επι U+05D0 | ευτυχια] ευψυχια U+05D0 13 της συνηθειας (ϊυν. A* συν. A?)] την συνηθειαν U+05D0* (της συνηθειας U+05D0c.a) θαυμαστω] θαυμασμω U+05D0 των του βασ.] om των U+05D0 14 om τι (hab U+05D0¹?c) απολλεις αλογιστως U+05D0 15 μεν] μεντοι U+05D0 | συ] σε A αποκρινομενος U+05D0c.a (postea restit υποκρ.) απογευεσθαι U+05D0 | σωζοιο U+05D0 18 ζησαντας U+05D0c.a A τὸν μέχρι γήρως βίον, καὶ τὴν ἐπʼ αὐτῶν δόξαν νομίμως φυλάσσοντες, εἰ νῦν μεταβαλοίμεθα,
5:19καὶ αὐτοὶ μὲν ἡμεῖς γενοίμεθα τοῖς νέοις ἀσεβείας τύπος, ἵνα παράδειγμα γενώμεθα τῆς μιεροφαγίας.
5:20αἰσχρὸν γὰρ εἰ ἐπιβιώσομεν ὀλίγον χρόνον, καὶ τοῦτον καταγελώμενοι πρὸς ἁπάντων ἐπὶ δειλίᾳ·
5:21καὶ ὑπὸ μὲν τοῦ τυράννου καταφρονηθῶμεν ὡς ἄνανδροι, τὸν δε θεῖον ἡμῶν νόμον μέχρι θανάτου μὴ προασπίσαιμεν.
5:22πρὸς ταῦτα ὑμεῖς μέν, ὦ Ἀβραὰμ παῖδες, εὐγενῶς ὑπὲρ τῆς εὐσεβείας τελευτᾶτε.
5:23οἱ δὲ τοῦ τυράννου δορυφόροι, τί μέλλετε;
5:24Πρὸ τὰς ἀνάγκας οὕτως μεγαλοφρονοῦντα αὐτὸν ἰδόντες, καὶ μηδέ πρὸς τὸν οἰκτειρμὸν αὐτῶν μεταβαλλόμενοι, ἐπὶ τὸ πῦρ αὐτὸν ἤγαγον.
5:25ἔνθα διὰ κακοτέχνων ὀργάννων καταφλέγοντες αὐτὸν ὑπερίπτοσαν καὶ δυσώδεις χυλοὺς εἰς τοὺς μυκτῆρας αὐτοῦ κατέχεον.
5:26ὁ δὲ μέχρι ἀστέων ἤδη κατακεκαυμένος καὶ μέλλων λιποθυμεῖν, ἀνέτεινεν τὰ ὄμματα πρὸς τὸν θεόν, καὶ εἶπεν
5:27Σὺ οἶσθα, θεέ, παρόν μοι σώζεσθαι, βασάνοις καυστικαῖς ἀποθνήσκω διὰ τὸν νόμον.
5:28ἵλεως γενοῦ τῷ ἔθνει σου, ἀρκεσθεὶς τῇ ἡμετέρᾳ περὶ αὐτῶν δίκῃ.
5:29καθάρσιον αὐτῶν ποίησον τὸ ἐμὸν αἷμα, καὶ ἀντίψυχον αὐτῶν λάβε τὴν ἐμὴν ψυχήν.
5:30καὶ ταῦτα εἰπὼν ὁ ἱερὸς ἀνὴρ εὐγενῶς ταῖς βασάνοις ἐναπἐθανεν, καὶ μέχρι τῶν τοῦ θανάτου βασάνων ἀντέστη τῷ λογισμῷ διὰ τὸν νόμον.
5:31ὁμολογουμένως οὖν δεσπότης ἐστιν τῶν παθῶν ὁ εὐσεβὴς λογισμός.
5:32εἰ γὰρ τὰ πάθη τοῦ λογισμοῦ κεκρατήκει, τούτοις ἂν ἀπεδόμην τὴν τῆς ἐπικρατίας μαρτυρίαν.
5:33νυνὶ δὲ τοῦ λογισμοῦ τὰ πάθη νικήσαντος, αὐτῷ προσηκόντως τὴν τῆς ἡγεμονίας προσνέμομεν ἐξουσίαν.
5:34καὶ δίκαιόν ἐστιν ὁμολογεῖν ἡμᾶς τὸ κράτος εἶναι τοῦ λογισμοῦ, ὅπου γε καὶ τῶν ἔξωθεν ἀλγηδόνων ἐπικρατεῖ
5:35ἐπεὶ καὶ γελοῖον. καὶ οὐ μόνον τῶν ἀλγηδόνων ἐπιδείκνυμι κεκρατηκέναι τὸν λογισμόν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν ἡδονῶν κρατεῖν, μηδὲ αὐταῖς ὑπείκειν.
Chapter 6
6:1Ὥσπερ γὰρ ἄριστος κυβερνήτης ὁ τοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν Ἐλεαζάρου λογισμός, πηδαλιουχῶν τὴν τῆς εὐσεβείας ναῦν ἐν τῷ τῶν παθῶν πελάγει,
6:2καὶ καταικιζόμενος ταῖς τοῦ τυράννου ἀπειλαῖς καὶ καταντλούμενος U+05D018 αυτων] αυτω U+05D0 | φυλαξαντες U+05D0c.a | om ει 2⁰ U+05D0 19 γενοιμεθα] γενο- μεθα A γενωμεθα U+05D0 | μιαροφαγιας U+05D0 20 γαρ] δε U+05D0 | προς αποντων] υπο παντων U+05D0 | δειλια] διλια A* διλεια A1 21—22 προασπισαιμεν προς ταυτα· A 22 om προς ταυτα U+05D0 24 τον] ον sup ras U+05D0¹ | μεταβαλλομενον U+05D0 | ηγαγον] ανηγον U+05D0 25 υπερεπτοσαν A υπεριπτον U+05D0c.a 26 οστεων] pr των U+05D0 | κατακεκαυμενος] κεκαυμενος U+05D0 | ανετεινε U+05D0 28 περι] υπερ U+05D0 29 ποιησαι U+05D0 31 των παθων εστιν U+05D0 35 improb και 1⁰ U+05D0c.a | κεκρατηκεναι] κρατεῖ U+05D0 | μηδε] και μηδεν U+05D0 VΙΙ 1 αριστος] pr ο U+05D0 | πηδαλιου εχων A | ευσεβιας U+05D0 2 om και 1⁰ U+05D0 | om ταις του U+05D0 | improb και 2⁰ U+05D0c.a ταῖς τῶν βασάνων τρικυμίαις,
6:3κατʼ οὐδένα τρόπον μετέτρεψεν A τοὺς τῆς εὐσεβείας οἴακας, ἕως οὗ ἔπλευσεν ἐπὶ τὸν τῆς θανάτου νίκης λιμένα.
6:4οὐχ οὕτως πόλις πολλοῖς καὶ ποικίλοις μηχανήμασιν ἀντέσχεν ποτὲ πολιορκουμένη, ὡς ὁ πανάγιος ἐκεῖνος τὴν ἱερὰν ψυχὴν αἰκισμοῖς τε καὶ στρέβλαις πυρπολούμενος ἐκίνησεν τοὺς πολιορκοῦντας, διὰ τὸν ὑπερασπίζοντα τῆς εὐσεβείας λογισμόν.
6:5ὥσπερ γὰρ πρόκρημνον ἄκραν τὴν ἑαυτοῦ διάνοιαν ὁ πατὴρ Ἐλεάζαρος ἐκτεινας, περιέκλασεν τοὺς μαινομένους τῶν παθῶν κλύδωνας.
6:6Ὦ ἄξιε τῆς ἱερωσύνης ἱερεῦ, οὐκ ἐμίανας τοὺς ἱεροὺς ὀδόντας, οὐδὲ τὴν θεοσέβειαν καὶ καθαρισμὸν χωρήσασαν γαστέρα ἐκοινώνησας μιεροφαγίᾳ.
6:7ὦ σύμφωνε νόμου καὶ φιλόσοφε θείου βίου.
6:8τοιούτους δεῖ εἶναι τοὺς δημιουργοῦντας τὸν νόμον ἰδίῳ αἵματι, καὶ γενναίῳ ἱδρῶτι τοῖς μέχρι θανάτου πάθεσιν ὑπερασπίζοντας.
6:9σύ, πάτερ, τὴν εὐνομίαν ἡμῶν διὰ τῶν ὑπομονῶν εἰς δόξαν ἐκύρωσας, καὶ τὴν ἁγιαστίαν σεμνολογήσας οὐ κατέλυσας, καὶ διὰ τῶν ἔργων ἐπιστοποίησας τοὺς τῆς φιλοσοφίας λόγους.
6:10ὦ βασάνων βιαιότερε γέρων, πυρὸς εὐτονώτερε πρεσβῦτα, καὶ παθῶν μέγιστε βασιλεῦ, Ἐλεαζάρ.
6:11Ὥσπερ γὰρ ὁ πατὴρ Ἀαρὼν τῷ θυμιατηρίῳ καθωπλισμένος, διὰ τοῦ ἐθνοπλήθους ἐπιτρέχων τὸν ἐμπυριστὴν ἐνίκησεν ἄγγελον,
6:12οὕτως ὁ Ἀαρωνίδης Ἐλεάζαρος διὰ τοῦ πυρὸς ὑπερτηκόμενος οὐ μετετράπη τὸν λογισμόν.
6:13καίτοι τὸ θαυμασιώτατον, γέρων ὤν, λελυμένων ἤδη τῶν τοῦ σώματος πόνων καὶ περικεχαλασμένων δὲ τῶν σαρκῶν, κεκμηκότων δὲ καὶ τῶν νεύρων, ἀνενέασεν
6:14τῷ πνεύματι τοῦ λογισμοῦ, καὶ τῷ Ἰσακείῳ λογισμῷ τὴν πολυκέφαλον στρέβλαν ἠκύρωσεν.
6:15ὦ μακαρίου γήρως καὶ σεμνῆς πολιᾶς καὶ βίου νομίμου, ὃν πιστὴ θανάτου σφραγὶς ἐτελεί ωσεν.
6:16Εἰ δὲ τοίνυν γέρων τῶν μέχρι θανάτου βασάνων περιεφρόνησεν δι᾿ εὐσέβειαν, ὁμολογουμένως ἡγεμών ἐστιν τῶν παθῶν ὁ εὐσεβὴς λογισμός. ¹⁷ἴσως δʼ ἂν εἴποιέν τινες, τῶν παθῶν 3 μετετρεψεν] ετρεψε U+05D0 | ευσεβιας A | θανατου] αθανατου U+05D0 4 αν- U+05D0 τεσχε U+05D0 | om τε U+05D0 | εκινησεν] ενικησεν U+05D0 5 προκρημον A | Ελεαζαρ U+05D0 | μαινομενους] επιμαιν. U+05D0 | κλυδωνας sup ras A¹ 6 ιεροσυνης A | θεο- σεβιαν U+05D0 | εκοινωνησας] εκοινωσας U+05D0 | μιαροφαγια U+05D0 9 ημων] υμων A | αγιαστιαν] απαστιαν U+05D0 | φιλοσοφιας] θειας φιλ. σου U+05D0 10 βιοτερε (sic) A | πυρος] pr και U+05D0 | πρεσβυ U+05D0* (πρεσβυτα U+05D0 c.a) 11 om γαρ U+05D0* (hab U+05D0c.a) | om τον εμπυριστην U+05D0* τον ενπυρισμον U+05D0c.a | αγγελον] pr τον U+05D0* (im- prob U+05D0c.a) A*vid (ras A) 12 Αρωνιαδης Avid | Ελεαζαρ U+05D0 13 λελυμε- νων] + μεν U+05D0 | πονων] τονων U+05D0 | om και 1⁰ U+05D0 | περιεχαλασμ. A | και 2⁰] αι sup ras Aᵃ? 14 του λογισμου] pr δια U+05D0 | Ισακιω U+05D0 | ηκυρωσεν] ενικησεν U+05D0 16 γερων] + ανηρ U+05D0 | περιεφρονει U+05D0 17 om δ U+05D0* (hab U+05D0c.a) A οὐ πάντες περικρατοῦσιν· ὅτι οὺδὴ πάντες φρ όνιμον ἔχουσιν τὸν λογισμόν.
6:17ἀλλ ὅσοι τῆς εὐσεβείας προνοοῦσιν ἐξ ὅλης καρδίας, οὗτοι μόνοι δύυανται κρατεῖν τῶν τῆς σαρκὸς παθῶν·
6:18φἱ πιστεύοντες, ὅτι θεῷ οὐκ ἀποθνήσκουσιν, ὥσπερ γὰρ οἱ πατριάρχαι ἡμῶν Ἀβραάμ, Ἰσαάκ, Ἰακώβ, ἀλλὰ ζῶσιν τῷ θεῷ.
6:19οὐδὲν οὖν ἐναντιοῦται τὸ φαί νεσθαί τινας παθοκρατεῖσθαι διὰ τὸν ἀσθενῆ λογισμόν.
6:20ἐπεὶ τίς πρὸς ὁλον τὸν τῆς φιλοσοφίας κανόνα εὐσεβῶς φιλοσοφῶν, καὶ πεπιστευκὼς θεῷ,
6:21καὶ εἰδὼς ὅτι διὰ τὴν ἀρετὴν πάντα πόνον ὑπομένειν μακάριόν ἐστιν, οὐκ ἂν περικρατήσειεν τῶν παθῶν διὰ τὴν εὐσέβειαν;
6:22μόνος γὰρ ὁ σοφὸς καὶ σώφρων ἀνδρεῖός ἐστιν τῶν παθῶν κύριος.
6:23διὰ τοῦτό γε τοι καὶ μειρακίσκοι τῷ τῆς εὐσεβείmς λογισμῷ φιλοσοφοῦντες χαλεπωτέραον βασανιστηρίων ἐπεκράτησαν.
Chapter 7
7:1Ἐπειδὴ γὰρ κατὰ τὴν πράτην πεῖραν ἐνικήθη περιφανὴς ὁ τύραννος, μὴ δυνηθεὶς ἀναγκάσαι γέροντα μιεροφαγῆσαι,
7:2τότε δὴ σφόδρα περιπαθῶς ἐκέλευσεν ἄλλους ἐκ τῆς ἡλικίας τῶν Ἐβραίων ἀγαγεῖν· καὶ εἰ μὲν μιεροφαγήσαιεν, ἀπολύειν φαγόντας· εἰ δὲ ἀντιλέγοιεν, πικρότερον βασανίζειν.
7:3ταῦτα διαταξαμένου τοῦ τυράννου, παρῆσαν ἀγόμενοι μετὰ γεραις μητρὸς ἑπτὰ ἀδελφοί, καλοί τε καὶ αἰδήμονες καὶ γενναῖοι καὶ ἐν παντὶ χαρίεντες.
7:4οὓς ἰδὼν ὁ τύραννος καθάπερ ἐν χορῷ περιέχοντας μέσην τὴν μητέρα, ἴσθετο ἐπʼ αὐτοὶς, καὶ τῆς εὐπρεπείας ἐκπλαγεὶς καὶ τῆς εὐγενίας, προσεμειδίασεν αὐτοῖς, καὶ πλησίον καλέσας ἔφη
7:5Ὠ υεανίαι, φιλοφρόναως ἐγὼ καθʼ ἑνὸς ἑκάστου ὑμῶν θαυμάζω τὸ κάλλος· καὶ τὸ πλῆθος τοσούτων ἀδελφῶν ὑπερτιμῶν, οὐ μόνον συμβουλεύω μὴ § II μανῆναι τὴν ²αὐτὴν τῷ προβασανισθέντι γέροντι μανίαν,
7:6ἀλλὰ καὶ παρακαλῶ συνείξαντάς μοι τῆς ἐμῆς ἀπολαῦσαι φιλίας· δυναίμην γὰρ ¶ II ὥσπερ κολάζειν τοὺς ἀπειθοῦντάς μου τοῖς ἐπιτάγμσιν, οὕτως καὶ εὐεργετεῖν τοὺς εὐπειθοῦντάς μοι.
7:7πιστεύσατε οὖν, καὶ ἀρχὰς ἐπὶ τῶν ἐμῶν πραγμάταων ἡγεμονικὰς λήμψεσθε, ἀρνησάμενοι τὸν πάτριον ὑμῶν τῆς πολιτίας θεσμόν·
7:8καὶ μεταλαβόντες Ἑλληνικοῦ βίου U+05D0II18 ευσεβιας U+05D0 19 οι πιστ.] om οι U+05D0 | γαρ] ουδε U+05D0 | Ισαακ Ιακωβ] και Ισ. και Ιακ. U+05D0 | τω θεω] om τω U+05D0 20 δια] pr η U+05D0* (improb U+05D0c.a) 21 om ευσεβως U+05D0 22 ευσεβειαν] θεοσεβειαν U+05D0 23 ο σοφος] om ο U+05D0 | om σωφρων U+05D0 | των παθ.] pr ο U+05D0 VΙΙΙ 1 περιφανως U+05D0 |μια ροφαγησαι U+05D0 2 τοτε] τοδε A ηλικιας] λειας μιαροφαγησαιεν U+05D0 | δε] δ U+05D0 3 διαταξαμενου] διαδεξαμ. A επτα] ζ΄ U+05D0 αδημονες A (αιδ. A¹) 4 om περιεχοντας U+05D0 (hab post μητερα U+05D0 c.a) και της ευγενιας sup ras Aᵃ ευγνειας U+05D0 5 βασανεσθεντι U+05D0* (προβ. U+05D0c.a II) 6 om και 1⁰ II ειξαντας II απολαυειν U+05D0 απολλυειν Π γαρ] δ αν U+05D0 ουτω U+05D0 7 αρνησαμενοι] αρνηθεντες U+05D0c.a υμων] ημων A 8 μεταλαβοντες] λαβοντες U+05D0 καὶ μεταδιαιτηθέντες ἐντρυφήσατε ταῖς νεότησιν ὑμῶν.
7:9ἐπεὶ ἐὰν A ἀργίλως με διάθησθε διὰ τῆς ἀπειθείας ὑμῶν, ἀναγκάσετέ με ἐπὶ δειναῖς κολάσεσιν ἕνα ἕκαστον ὑμῶν διὰ τῶν βασάνων ἀπολέσαι.
7:10κατελεήσατε οὗν ἑαυτούς, οὓς καὶ ὁ πολέμιος ἔγωγε καὶ τῆς ἡλικίας καὶ τῆς εὐμορφίας οἰκτείρομαι.
7:11οὐ διαλογιεῖσθε τοῦτο, ὅτι οὐδέν ὑμῖν ἀπειθήσασιν πλὴν τοῦ μετὰ στρεβλῶν ἀποθανεῖν ἀπόκειται;
7:12ταῦτα δὲ λέγων, ἐκέλευσεν εἰς τὸ ἔμπροσθεν προτεθῆναι τὰ βα. § II σανιστήρια, ὅπως καὶ διὰ τοῦ φόβου πείσειεν αὐτοὺς μιεροφαγῆσαι.
7:13ὡς δὲ τροχούς τε καὶ ἀρθρενβόλους στρεβλωτήριά τε καὶ τροχαντῆρας ¶ II καὶ καταπέλτας καὶ λέβητας, τήγανά τε καὶ δακτυλήθρας, καὶ χεῖρας σιδηρᾶς καὶ σφῆνας καὶ τὰ ζώπυρα τοῦ πυρὸς οἱ δορυφόροι προέθεσαν, ὑπολαβὼν δὲ ὁ τύραννος ἔφη
7:14Μειράκια, φοβήθητε, καὶ ἣν σέβεσθε δίκην, ἵλεως ὑμῖν ἔσται δι᾿ ἀνάγκην παρανομήκασιν.
7:15Οί δὲ ἀκούσαντες ἐπαγαωγὰ καὶ ἀρῶντες δεινα, οὐ μόνον οὐκ ἐφοβήθησαν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀντεφιλοσόφησαν §τῷ τυράννῳ, § ΙΙ καὶ διὰ τῆς εὐλογιστίας τὴν τυραννίδα αὐτοῦ κατέλυσαυ.
7:16καίτοι ¶ II λογισώμεθα· εἰ δειλόψυχοί τινες ἦσαν καὶ ἄνανδροι ἐν αὐτοῖς, ποίοις ἂν ἐχρήσαντο λόγοις ; οὐχὶ τούτοις;
7:17Ὦ τάλανες ἡμεῖς, καὶ λίαν ἀνόητοι· βασιλέως ἡμάς παρακαλοῦντος καὶ ἐπὶ εὺεργεσίᾳ φωυοῦυτος, μὴ πεισθείημεν αὐτῷ;
7:18τί βουλήμασιν κενοῖς ἑαυτοὺς εὐφραίνομεν, καὶ θανατηφόρον ἀπειθίαν τολμῶμεν;
7:19οὐ φοβησόμεθα, ἄνδρες ἀδελφοί, τὰ βασανιστήρια, καὶ λογιούμεθα τὰς τῶν βασάνων ἀπειλάς, καὶ φευξόμεθα τὴν κενοδοξίαν ταύτην καὶ ὀλεθροφόρον ἀλαζονίαν
7:20ἐλεήσωμεν τὰς ἑαυτῶν ἡλικίας, καὶ κατοκτειρησωμεν τὸ τῆς μητρὸς γῆρας·
7:21καὶ ἐνθυμηθῶμεν, ὅτι ἀπειθοῦντες τεθνηξόμεθα.
7:22συγγνώσεται δέ ἡμῖν καὶ ἡ θεία δίκη δι᾿ ἀνάγκην τὸν βασιλέα φοβηθεῖσιν.
7:23τί ἐξάγομεν ἑαυτοὺς τοῦ ἡδίστου βίου, καὶ ἀποστεροῦμευ ἑαυτοὺς τοῦ γλυκέος κόσμου;
7:24μὴ βιαζώμεθα τὴν ἀνάγκην, μηδέ κενοδοξῇσαωμεν ἐπὶ τῇ ἑαυτῶν στρέβλῃ.
7:25οὐδὲ αὐτὸς ὁ νόμος ἑκουσίως ἡμᾶς 9 απιθιας B om υμων 10 U+05D0 | δειναις] διναι A? (seq ras 1 lit A* ) U+05D0II 10 πολεμος A 12 om το ΙΙ προτεθηναι] τιθεναι U+05D0 και] καν ΙΙ μιαρο- ηφαγησαι U+05D0c.b 13 τροχλους U+05D0* (τροχους U+05D0¹) αρθενβολους A αρθρεμβολας U+05D0* (ς ras U+05D0?) αρθρεμβολα ΙΙ τροχαντηρια U+05D0* (-ῥας U+05D0c.a) καταπελτας] π sup ras Aᵃ? om δε 20 U+05D0 14 σεβεσται A 16 εν αυτοις και ανανδροι U+05D0 17 ημεις sup raς A ημι U+05D0* (ημις U+05D0c.a) παρακαλουντος] καλουντος U+05D0 | φωνουντος μη πισθ in mg ct sup ras A ηφωνουντος] παρακαλουντος U+05D0 | μη ῃ U+05D0* τι U+05D0c.a 18 om κενοις U+05D0* (hab U+05D0c.a) ευφρενουμεν U+05D0* (.νομεν U+05D0¹) 19 φοβηθησομεθα τ 20 κατοικτιρωμεν U+05D0 22 συγνωσεται (sic) A συνγνωσεται U+05D0 25 ουδε] ουδ U+05D0 | νομος U+05D0] ναος A A θανατοῖ φοβηθέντας τὰ βασανιστήρια.
7:26π όθεν ἡμῖν ἡ τοσαύτη ἐντέτηκεν φιλονεικία, καὶ ἡ θαυατηφόρος ἀρέσκει καρτερίn, παρὸν μετὰ ἀταραξίας ζῇν τῷ βασιλεῖ πεισθέντας;
7:27ἀλλὰ τούτων οὐδὲυ οἱ νεανίαι βασανίζεσθαι μέλλοντες, οὐδὲ ἐνεθυμήθησαν.
7:28ἦσαν γὰρ § II περίφρονες τῶν παθῶν, καὶ αὐτοκράτορες τῶν ἀλγηδόνων.
7:29§ὥσητε § ΙΙ ἅμα τῷ παύσασθαι τὸν τύραννον συμβουλεύοντα αὐτοῖς μιεροφαγῆσαι,¶ πάντες διὰ μιᾶς φωνῆς ὁμοῦ, ὥσπερ ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς ψυχῆς, εἶπον
Chapter 8
8:1Τί μέλλεις, ὦ τύραννε; ἕτοιμοι γάρ ἐσμεν ἀποθνήσκειν, ἢ παραβαίνειν τὰς πατρίους ἡμῶν ἐντολάς.
8:2καὶ αἰσχυνόμεθα γὰρ τοὺς προγόνους εἰκότως, εἰ μὴ τῇ τοῦ νόμου εὐπειθείᾳ συμβούλῳ καὶ γνώσει χρησαί μέθα.
8:3σύμβουλε τύραννε παρανομίας, μὴ ἡμᾶς μισῶν ὑπέρ αὐτοὺς ἡμᾶς ἐλέα.
8:4χαλεπώτερον γὰρ αὐτοῦ τοῦ θαυάτου νομίζομεν εἶναί σου τὸν ἐπὶ τῇ παρανόμῳ σωτηρίᾳ ἡμῶν ἔλεον.
8:5ἐκφοβεῖς δὲ ἡμᾶς, τὸν διὰ τῶν βασάνων ἡμῖν θάνατον ἀπειλῶν, ἄὥσπερ οὐχὶ πρὸ βραχέως παρὰ Ἐλεαζάρου μαθών.
8:6εἰ δ᾿ οἱ γέροντες τῶν Ἐβραίων διὰ τὴν εὐσέβειαν καὶ βασανισμοὺς ὑπομείναντες ἀπέθανον, ἀποθάνοιμεν ἂν δικαιότερον ἡμεῖς οἱ νέοι, τὰς βασάνους τῶν σῶν ἀναγκῶν ὑπεριδόντες ἄς καὶ ὁ παιδευτὴς γέρων ἐνίκησεν.
8:7πείραζε γὰρ οὖν, τύραννε· καὶ τὰς ἡμῶν ψυχὰς εἰ θανατώσεις διὰ τὴν εὐσέβειαν, μὴ νομίσῃς ἡμᾶς βλάπτειν βασανίζων.
8:8ἡμεῖς μὲν γὰρ διὰ τῆσδε τῆς κακοπαθείας καὶ ὑπομονῆς τὰ τῆς ἀρετῆς ἆθλα οἴσομεν,
8:9σὺ δὲ διὰ τὴν ἡμῶν μιεροφονίαν αὐτάρκη καρτερήσεις ὑπὸ τῆς θείας δίκης αἰόνιον βασάνου διὰ πυρός.
8:10Ταῦτα αὐτῶν εἰπόντων, οὐ μόνον ὡς κατὰ ἀπειθούντων ἐχαλέπαινεν ὁ τύραννος, ἀλλ᾿ ὁὡς καὶ κατὰ ἀχαρίστων ὠργίσθη.
8:11ὅθεν U+05D0IΙ25 om φοβηθεντας τα βασανιστηρια U+05D0* (hab U+05D0c.ᵃ) 26 εντεθηκεν A εντετηκε U+05D0 | ζην] χρη A πισθεντες (-τας U+05D0c.ᵃ) 27 νεανιαις A 26 γαρ] + μελλοντες U+05D0 (improb U+05D01 c.ᵃ) περιφρονες των παθων] π. τα των παθ, U+05D0* (αν et ες superscr U+05D0c.a ; fors παντες pro τα voluit) αλγηδονων] ηδον sup ras Aᵃ 29 τω παυσασθαι] om τω U+05D0 του παυσ. ΙΙ συνβουλ. ΙΙ μιαροφαγησαι U+05D0ΙΙ δια] απο U+05D0 ΙX 1 εσμεν] + ω τυραννε U+05D0* (improb) U+05D0?) αποθνησκειν] ο superscr A¹ πατριους] πατρωους U+05D0 2 om και 10 U+05D0 | προγονους] + ημων U+05D0 ευπιθια U+05D0 | γνωσει] Μωϋσει U+05D0 3 om ημας 2⁰ U+05D0 4 αυτου] αυτους A του bis scr U+05D0* (improb 10 U+05D0c.a) 5 θανατον ημιν U+05D0 παρα] παρ U+05D0 6 Ευβραιων U+05D0* (Eβρ. U+05D0¹ ᵃ) |ευσε- βιαν U+05D0 | απεθανον] ευσεβησᾶ U+05D0 | υπερειδοτες U+05D0* ειδοντες U+05D0c.a ους U+05D0* (ας U+05D0c.ᵃ) παιδευτης] ημων U+05D0 7 γαρ ουν] τοιγαρουν U+05D0 | ευσεβιαν U+05D0 8 κακο- παθιας U+05D0 οισομεν] εξομεν U+05D0 + και εσομεθα παρα τω θω δι ο (δι ον U+05D0c.ᵃ) και ταυτα πασχομεν U+05D0 9 ημων] υμων A μιεφονιαν (sic) U+05D0 | καρτερησεις] καρτερηθ incep U+05D0* (-ρησεις U+05D01) improb) δια πυρος U+05D0c.ᵃ 10 αλλ ως και] αλλα λαι ως U+05D0 | καταχαριστων U+05D0* κατα αχ. U+05D0 τὸν πρεσβύτατον οὐτων κελευσθέντες παρήγαγον οἱ μμστισταί, καὶ A διαρρήξαντες τὸν χιτῶνα διέδησαν τὰς χεῦρας αὐτοῦ καὶ τοὺς βραχί ὀνᾶς ἱμᾶσιν ἑκατέρωθεν.
8:12ὼς δὲ τύπτοντες ταῖς μάστιξιν ἐκοπίασαν, μηδέν ἀνύοντες, ἀνέβαλον αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τὸν τροχόν.
8:13περὶ ὅν κατατεινόμενος ὁ εὐγενὴς νεανίας ἔξαρθρος ἐγίνετο.
8:14καὶ κατὰ πᾶν μέλος κλώμενος κατηγόρει λέγων
8:15Γύραννε μιερώτατε καὶ τῆς οὐραυίου δίκης ἐχθρέ καὶ ὠμόφρον, οὐκ ἀνδροφονήσαντά με τοῦτον καταικίζεις τὸν τρόπον, οὐδὲ ἀσεβήσαντα, ἀλλὰ θείου υόμου προασπίζοντα.
8:16καὶ τῶν δορυφόρων λεγόντων Ομολόγησον φαγεῖν, ὅπως ἀπαλλαγὴς τῶν βασάνων,
8:17ὁ δὲ εἶπεν Οὐχ οὕτως ἰσχυρὸς ὑμῶν ἐστιν ὁ τρόπος, ὠ σμιεροὶ διάκονοι, ὥστε μου τὸν λογισμὸν ἄξαι. τέμνετέ μου μέλη, καὶ πυροῦτε τὰς σάρκας, καὶ στρεβλοῦτε τὰ ἄρθρα ·
8:18διο πασῶν γὰρ ὑμᾶς πείσω τῶν βασάνων ὅτι μόνοι οἱ παῖδες Ἐβραίων ὑπέρ ἀρετῆς εἰσιν ἀνίκητοι.
8:19πρῦτα λέγοντες ἔτι πῦρ ἐπέστραωσαν, καὶ διερεθίζοντες τὸν τροχὸν προσεπικατέτεινον.
8:20ἐμολύνετο δὲ πάντοθεν αἵματι ὁ τροχός, καὶ ὁ σωρὸς τῆς ἀνθρακιᾶς τοῖς τῶν ἰχώραον ἐσβέννυτο σταλαγμοῖς, καὶ περὶ τοὺς ἄξονας τοῦ ἀργάνου περιέρεον αἱ σάρκες.
8:21καὶ περιτετηγμένον ἤδη ἔχων τὸ τῶν ὀστέων πῆγμα ὁ μεγαλόφρων καὶ Ἀβραμιαῖος νεανίας οὐκ ἐστέναξεν.
8:22ἀλλʼ ὥσπερ ἐν πυρὶ μετασχηματιζόμενος εἰς ἀφθαρσίαν, ὑπέμεινεν εὐγενῶς τὰς στρέβλας
8:23Μιμήσασθέ με, ἀδελφοί, λέγων· μὴ μου τὸν αἰῶνα λειποτακτήσητε, μηδέ ἐξομόσησθέ μου τὴν τῆς εὐψυχίας ἀδελφότητα· ἱερὰν καὶ εὐγενῆ στρατείαν στρατεύσασθε περὶ τῆς εὐσεβείας,
8:24δί ἧς ἵλεως ἡ δικαία καὶ πάτριος ἡμῶν πρόνοια τῷ ἔθνει γενηθεῖσα τιμαορησειεν τὸν ἀλάστορα τύραννον.
8:25καὶ ταῦτα εἰπ ὼν ὁ ἱεροπρεπὴς νεανίας ἀπέρρηξεν τὴν ψυχὴν.
8:26Θαυμασάντων δὲ πάντων τὴν καρτεροψυχίαν αὐτοῦ, ἦγον οἱ δορυφόροι τὸν καθʼ ἡλικίαν τοῦ 11 κελευθ. A παρηγον U+05D0 | μαστισται] υπασπισται U+05D0 12 ανεβαλον] U+05D0 ανεβαλλον U+05D0* ανελαβον U+05D0c.a επι] περι U+05D0 13 εξαρθος Α 14 κατη- γορει] εκακηγορι U+05D0 15 ωμοφρον] ομοφρῶ| A ωμοφρων U+05D0 | ανδροφρονησαντα A καταικιζεις τον τροπον] τον τρ. βασανιζεις U+05D0 17 ισχυρος] ισχυροτερος U+05D0c | εστιν ο τροπος] ο τροχος εστιν U+05D0 pr ισχυρ (sic) U+05D0 (stalim improis U+05D0¹) μιαροι U+05D0 | αξαι] αγξαι U+05D0 μελη] pr τα U+05D0 πυρουτε] + μου U+05D0 18 οι παιδες] om οι U+05D0 19 ταυτα λεγοντες...προσεπικατετεινον] και αυτα ειπων (λεγοντι pro ειπ. U+05D0c.a) υπεστρωσαν πυρ και το (imbrob το U+05D0c.a) διερεθίζον τον τροχδ και προσεκατετινον U+05D0 | ετι] εστι A επετρωσαν A 20 τοις] ις sup ras A αυξονας A 21 περιτετηκμενον A περιτετμημενον U+05D0 |Aβραμιανρς] Αβρααμʼ υιος U+05D0* Αβρααμιαιος U+05D0c.a ᵃ 23 στρατιαν U+05D0 | εστρατευσασθε U+05D0 | ευσεβιας U+05D0 24 ημων] η U+05D0* (ημ. U+05D0c.ᵃ) 25 improb και U+05D0c.a ⁽ᵛⁱᵈ bostea fort epos απερηξεν U+05D0* απερρ. U+05D0c 26 δορυφοροιl incep δυρο U+05D0* (δορυφ A προτέρου δεύτερον, καὶ σιδηρᾶς ἐναρμοσάμενοι χείρας ἀξέσιν τοῖς ὄυυξιν, τοῖς ὀργάνοις καὶ καταπέλτῃ προσέδησαν αὐτόν.
8:27ὡς δʼ εἰ φαγεῖν βούλοιτο πρὶν βασανίζεσθαι πυνθανόμενοι, τὴν εὐγενῆ γναώμην ἤκουσαν,
8:28ἀπ ὸ τῶν τενόντωυ ταῖς σιδηραῖς χερσὶν ἐπισπασάμενοι, § ΙΙ μενοι, μθχρ γε τῶν γενείων τὴν σάρκα πᾶσαυ §καὶ τὴν τῆς κεφαλῆς δορὰν οἱ παρδάλιοι θῆρες ἀπέσυραν· ὁ δὲ ταύτην βαρέως τὴν ἀλγηδόνα καρτερῶν, ἔλεγεν
8:29Ὡς ἡδὺς πᾶς τρόπος θανάτου διὰ τὴν πάτριον ¶ II ἡμῶν εὺσέβειαν· ἔφη τε πρὸς τὸν τύραννον
8:30ὐ δοκεῖς,¶ πάντων ὠμότατε τύραννε, πλεῖον ἐμοῦ σε υῦυ βασανίζεσθαι, ὁρῶν σου νικώμενον τὸν τῆς τυραννίδος ὑπερήφανον λογισμὸν ὑπὸ τῆς διὰ τὴν § II εὐσέβειαν ἡμῶν ὑπομονῆς ;
8:31ἐγὼ μέν γὰρ ταῖς διὰ τὴν ἀρετὴν ἡδοναῖς τὸν πόνον ἐπικουφίζομαι
8:32σὺ δὲ ἐν ταῖς τῆς ἀσεβείας ἀπειλαῖς βασανίζῃ· οὐκ ἐκφεύξῃ δέ, μιερώτατε τύραννε, τὰς τῆς θείας ¶ ΙΙ ἀργῆς δίκας.¶
Chapter 9
9:1Καὶ τούτου τὸν ἀοίδιμον θάνατον καρτερήσαντος, ὁ τρίτος ἡγετο, παρακαλούμενος πολλὰ υπὸ πολλῶν ὅπως ἀπογευσμμμενος σώζοιτο.
9:2δὲ ἀναβοήσας ἔφη Ἦ ἀγνοεῖτε ὅτι αὑτός με τοῖς ἀποθανοῦσιν ἔσπειρεν πατήρ, καὶ ἡ αὐτὴ μήτηρ ἐγέννησεν, καὶ ἐπὶ τοῖς αὐτοῖς ἀνετράφην δόγμασιν;
9:3οὐκ ἐξόμνυμαι τὴν εὐγενῆ τῆς ἀδελφότητος συγγένειαν.
9:4πρὸς ταῦτα εἵ τι ἔχετε κολαστήριον, προσαγάγετε τῷ σώματί μου· τῆς γὰρ ψυχῆς μου, οὐδʼ ἡυ θέλητε, ἅψεσθε.
9:5οἱ δὲ πικρῶς ἐνέγκαντες τὴν παρρησίαν τοῦ ἀνδρός, ἀρθρεμβόλοις ὀργάνοις τὰς χεῖρας αὐτοῦ καὶ τοὺς πόδας ἐξήρθρουν, καὶ ἐξ ἁρμῶν ἀναμοχλεύοντες ἐξεμέλιζον·
9:6καὶ τοὺς δακτύλους καὶ τοὺς βραχίονας καὶ τὰ σκέλη καὶ τοὺς ἀγκῶνας περιέλκων.
9:7καὶ κατὰ μηδένα τρόπον ἰσχύοντες αὐτὸν ἄγξαι, περισύραντες τὸ δέρμα σὺν ἄκραις ταῖς τῶυ δακτύλων κορυφαῖς ἀπεσκύ θιζον, καὶ εὐθέως ἦγον ἐπὶ τὸν τροχόν.
9:8περὶ ὃν ἐκ σφονδύλων U+05D0Π26 προτερου] πρεσβυτερου U+05D0 | σιδηρεας U+05D0* ( ρας U+05D0?) οξεσι U+05D0 | ονυξι U+05D0 | τοῖς οργανοις] πνργανω U+05D0 27 την ευγ.] pr και U+05D0 | ηκουσαν] ακουσαντες ειλκυσαν U+05D0* improb ειλκ. U+05D0c.a c.b 28 σιδηραιαις U+05D0* ( ραις U+05D0c.b) om γε U+05D0 | παρδαλιοι AΠ| παρδαλεοι -λαιοι U+05D0c.a απεσυρον U+05D0 | βαρ. την αλγ.] την αλγ. γεννεως ΙΙ 29 θανατου τροπος U+05D0ΙΙ ευσεβιαν U+05D0 ; item 3o om εφη τε πρ. τον τυρ. ΙΙ 30 δοκ|ει ΙΙᵛiᵈ πλειον] πλεον U+05D0 | om νυν σου] σοι U+05D0 | τΟν της τυρ.] om τΟν U+05D0* (hab U+05D0c.a) ημων] υμων A 31 om μεν U+05D0* (hab U+05D0c.a) αρετην] [ευσεβει] αν ΙΙ vid ηδονης A των πονων ΙΙ 32 ασε- βειαις A μιαρωτατε U+05D0ΙΙ τας] τα U+05D0* (τας U+05D0c.a) X 1 post αοιδ. incep T U+05D0* (improb U+05D0¹) υπο] απο U+05D0* (υπο U+05D0c.a c.b) 2 om η 1⁰ U+05D0 | | αυτος] pr o U+05D0 c.a 3 συγγενειαν] ευγενιαν U+05D0 4 om U+05D0 | αφασθαι A 5 αθρεμβολοις A 6 om και 10 U+05D0* (hab U+05D0c.a) περιελκων] περιεκλων U+05D0 7 ισχυσαντες U+05D0* (ισχυοντες U+05D0c.a) | περισυραντες το δερμα] περιλυσαντες τα οργανα U+05D0* (περισ. το δ. U+05D0c.ᵃ) 8 σφονδυλων] σπονδυλων U+05D0 ἐκμελιζόμενος ἑώρα τὰς ἑαυτοῦ σάρκας περιλακιζομένας καὶ κατά Α σπλάγχναων σταγόνας αἵματος ἀπορρεούσας.
9:9μέλλων δὲ ἀποθνήσκειν, ἔφη
9:10Ἡμεῖς μέν, ὦ μιερώτατε τύραννε, διὰ παιδείαν καὶ ἀρετὴν θεοῦ ταῦτα πάσχομεν·
9:11ηὺ ῆὲ διή τὴν ἀσέβειαν καὶ μιαιβονίαν ἀκαταλύτους καρτερήσεις βασάνους.
9:12Καὶ τούτου θανόντος ἀδελφοπρεπῶς, τὸν τέταρτον ἐπεσπῶντο, λέγοντες
9:13Μὴ μανῆς καὶ σὺ τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς σου τὴν αὐτὴν μανίαν, ἀλλὰ πεισθεὶς τῷ βασιλεῖ σῶζε σεαυτόν.
9:14ὁ δὲ αὐτοῖς ἔφη Οὐχ οὕταως καυστικώτερον ἔχετε κατʼ ἐμοῦ τὸ πῦρ, ὥστε με δειλανδρῆσαι.
9:15μὰ τὸν μακάριον τῶν ἀδελφῶν μου θάυατον, καὶ τὸν αἰώνιον τοῦ τυράννου ὄλεθρον, καὶ τὸν ἀοίδιμον τῶν εὐσεβῶν βίον, οὐκ ἀρνήσομαι τὴν εὐγενῆ ἀδελφότητα.
9:16ἐπινόει, τύραννε, βασάνους· ἵνα καὶ διή τούτων μάθῃς, ὅτι ἀδελφός εἰμι τῶν προβασανισθέντωυ.
9:17ταῦτα ἀκούσας ὁ αἱμοβόρος καὶ φονώδης καὶ πανμιερώτατος Ἀντίοχος, ἐκέλευσεν τὴν γλῶτταν αὐτοῦ ἐκτεμεῖν.
9:18ὁ δὲ ἔφη Κδν ἀφέλῃς τὸ τῆς φωνῆς ὄργανον, καὶ σιωπώντων ἀκούει ὁ θεός.
9:19ἰδηὺ κεχάλασται ἡ γλῶσσα· τέμνε. οὐ γὰρ παρά τοῦτο τὸν λογισμὸν ἡρῶν γλωσσοτομήσεις.
9:20ἡδέως ὑπέρ τοῦ θεοῦ τ τοῦ σώματος μέλη ἀκραυτηριαζόμεθα.
9:21ηὲ δὲ ταχέαος μετελεύσεται ὁ θεός· τὴν γάρ τῶν θείων ὕμνων μελῳδὸν γλῶτταν ἐκτέμνεις.
Chapter 10
10:1Ὡς δὲ καὶ οὐτος ταῖς βασάνοις καταικισθεὶς ἐναπέθανεν, ὁ πέμπτος παρεπήδησεν, λέγων
10:2Οὐ μέλλω, τύραννε, πρὸς τὸν ὑπέρ τῆς ἀρετῆς βασανισμὸν παραιτεῖσθαι
10:3αὐτὸς δʼ ἀπʼ ἐμαυτοῦ παρῆλθου, ὅπως κἀμέ κατακτείνας, περὶ πλειόνων ἀδικημάτων ὄφιλήσῃς τῇ οὐρανίῳ δίκῃ τιμαωρίαν.
10:4ὦ μισάρετε και μισάνθρωπε, τί δράσαντας ἡμᾶς τοῦτον πορθεῖς τὸν τρόπον;
10:5ἤ κακόν σοι δοκεῖ, ὅτι τὸν πάντων κτίστην εὐσεβοῦμεν, καὶ κατἀ τὸν ἔνάρετον αὐτοῦ ζῶμεν νόμον;
10:6ἁλλὰ ταῦτα τιμῶν. οὐ βασάνων ἐστὶν ἄξια,
10:7εἴπερ ᾐσθάνου ἀνθρώπους ποθῶν, καὶ ἐλπίδα εἰχες παρὰ θεῷ σωτηρίου·
10:8νῖν ἰδὲ ἀλλότριος ὧν θεοῦ, πολεμεῖς τοὺς εὐσεβοῦντας εἰς τὸν θεόν.
10:9τοιαῦτα 8 απορεουσας U+05D0 10 μιαρωτατε U+05D0 11 ασεβιαν U+05D0 12 αδελφο- U+05D0 πρεπως] φοπρ sup ras Aᵃ 14 αυτοις] αυτω U+05D0 | κλαυστικωερον (sic) A (καυστικωτ. A¹⁽ᵛⁱᵈ) 15 αοιδιμον] ολεθρον αιδμή U+05D0* (imbrob ολεθρ. U+05D0¹ c.a) 16 δια τουτων] δι ουτων U+05D0 | προβεβασανισθεντων (sic) A 17 ταυτα] + δε (superscr) U+05D0¹ φονωδης] incep φονι U+05D0* παμμιαρωτατος U+05D0 | εκτεμνειν U+05D0* 18 σιωπουντων A 19 προκεχαλασται U+05D0 | γλωττοτομησεις U+05D0 40 του 1⁰] seq τ in U+05D0* (improb U+05D0¹) μελη] βελη (μ. U+05D0¹⁽ᵛⁱᵈ) 21 ὕμνον μελωδαν U+05D0* (υμνων μελωδον U+05D0c.a) XI 1 κατακισθεις (sic) A 2 om παραιτεισθαι U+05D0 3 οφιλησεις (-σις A) τη ουρανιω δικη] τη επουρανιω δικη δωσεις U+05D0 | ιμωριαν sup ras A¹ 4 μισαρετε] μιαρωτατε U+05D0 τον τροπον πορθεις U+05D0 5 om η κακον σοι δοκει U+05D0 6 εστιν] εισῖ| U+05D0 7 8 om ειπερ ησθα- νου...εις τον θgον U+05D0 A λέγοντα οἱ δορυφόροι δήσαντες αὐτὸν εἷλκον ἐπὶ τὸυ καταπέλτην·
10:10ἐφʼ ὃν δήσαντες αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τά γόνατα, καὶ ταῦτα ποδάγραις σιδηραῖς ἐφαρμόσαντες τὴν ὀσφὺν αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὸν τροχιαῖον σφῆνα κατέκαμψαν· περὶ ὃν ὁλος ἐπὶ τὸν τροχὸν σκορπίου τρόπον ἀνακλώμενος ἐξεμελίζετο.
10:11κατὰ τοῦτον τὸν τρόπον καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα στενοχααορούμενος καὶ τὸ σῶμα ἀγχόμενος
10:12Καλάς, ἔλεγεν, ἄκων, ὁ τύραννος. χάριτας ἡμῖν χαρίζῃ, καλάς, διὰ γενναιοτέρων πονων ἐπιδείξασθαι παρέχων τὴν εἰς τὸν νόμον ἡμῶν καρτερίαν.
10:13Τελευτήσαντος δέ καὶ τούτου, ὁ ἔκτος ἤγετο μειρακίσκος· ὃς πυνθανομένου τοῦ τυράννου εἰ βούλοιτο φαγὼν ἀπολύεσθαι, ὁ δὲ ἔφη
10:14Ἐγὼ τῇ μὲν ἡλικίᾳ τῶν ἀδελφῶν μου εἰμὶ νεώτερος, τῇ δὲ διανοίᾳ ἡλικιώτης.
10:15εἰς τὰ αὐτὰ γὰρ καὶ γενηθέντες καὶ τραφέντες, ὑπὲρ τῶν αὐτῶν καὶ ἀποθνήσκειν ὀφίλομεν ὁμοίως.
10:16ὥστε εἴ σοι δοκεῖ βασανίζειν μὴ μιεροφαγοῦντας, βασάνιζε.
10:17ταῦτα αὐτὸν εἰπόντα παρῆγον ἐπὶ τὸν τροχόν.
10:18ἐφʼ οὗ κατατεινόμενος εὐμελῶς καὶ ἐκσφονδυλιζόμενος ὑπεκαίετο.
10:19καὶ ὀβελίσκους ὀξεῖς πυρώσαντες, τοῖς νώτοις προσέφερον· καὶ τὰ πλευρὰ διαπεί ραντες, ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ τὰ σπλάγχνα διέκαιον.
10:20ὁ δὲ βασανιζόμενος Ὦ ἱεροπρεποῦς αἰῶνος, ἔλεγεν, ἐφʼ ὃν διὰ τὴν εὐσέβειαν εἰς γυμνασίαν πόνων ἀδελφοὶ τοσοῦτοι κληθέντες οὐκ ἐνικήθημεν.
10:21ἀνίκητος γάρ ἐστιν, ὦ τύραννε, ἡ εὐσεβὴς ἐπιστήμη.
10:22καλοκἀγαθίᾳ καθωπλισμένος τεθνήξομαι κἀγὼ μετὰ τῶν ἀδελφῶν μου,
10:23μέγαν σοι προσβάλλων καὶ αὐτὸς ἀλάστορα, καινουργὲ τῶν βασάνων, καὶ πολέμιε τῶν ἀληθῶς εὐσεβούντων.
10:24ἓξ μειράκια κατελύσαμέν σου τὴν τυραννίδα.
10:25τὸ γὰρ μὴ δυνηθῆναί σε μεταπεῖσαι τὸν λογισμὸν ἡμῶν, μήτε βιάσασθαι πρὸς τὴν μιεροφαγίαν, οὐ κατάλυσίς ἐστίν σου;
10:26τὸ πῦρ σου ψυχρὸν ἡμῖν, καὶ ἄπονοι οἱ καταπέλται, καὶ ἀδύνατος ἡ βία σου.
10:27οὐ γὰρ U+05D09 τοιαυτα] τοι αυτα A (praec Spat 3 litt : fors καιτοι voluit A*) + δε U+05D0 | ειλκον] εικον U+05D0* (ειλκ. U+05D0c.a) 10 εφαρμοσαντες U+05D0 c.a| εφορμασαντες U+05D0*A επι τον τροχιαιον] περι τροχ. U+05D0 | επι τον τροχον] περι τον τραχηλον U+05D0 | σκοπιου U+05D0* (σκορπ. U+05D0c.a) εξεμελιζετο] με sup ras Aᵃ 11 και 2⁰] και και A 12 ο τυραννος] ω τυραννε U+05D0 | om καλας 2° U+05D0 | της U+05D0* (την U+05D0c.a) καρτεριας U+05D0* (-ριαν U+05D0c.a) 13 τελευτησας (sic) A improb) ο δε U+05D0c.a 14 τη μεν ηλικια] μεν την ηλικιαν U+05D0* μεν τη ηλικια U+05D0c.a om μου U+05D0 | δια- νοiα] ανοια A 15 τα αυτα] τα αυ (sic) A ταυτα U+05D0 | om και 1⁰ U+05D0 | γεν- νηθεντες U+05D0 | τραφςετες] ανατραφ. U+05D0 16 μιαιροταγουντα U+05D0 | βασανιζε] βασανίζειν U+05D0 (.ζε U+05D0 c.a) A*fort 17 om αυτον U+05D0 18 ευμελως] επιμελως U+05D0 | εκσπο δυλιζομενος U+05D0 | υπεκαιετο] + πυρι 19 διαπειραντες] διαφθειραν- τες U+05D0 om απ τα σπλαγχνα] pr και U+05D0c.a διεκαιον] διῖκεον U+05D0* διεκεον U+05D0c.a 20 αιωνος] αγωνος U+05D0 | ελεγον U+05D0* (-γεν U+05D0¹) ευσεβιαν U+05D0 | ενικημεν U+05D0* (-κηθη. μεν U+05D0c.a) 21 om ω U+05D0 23 και αυτος προσβαλλα U+05D0 24 κατελυσα- μεν] καταλελυκαμεν U+05D0 26 αδυνατοις U+05D0* (-τος U+05D0¹) 27 improb οι U+05D0c.a τυράννου ἀλλὰ θείου νόμου προεστήκασιν ἡμῶν οἱ δορυφόροι· διά A τοῦτο ἀνίκητον ἔχομεν τὸν λογισμόν.
Chapter 11
11:1Ὡς δὲ καὶ οὅτος μακαρίως ἐναπέθανεν ⁷καταβληθεὶς εἰς λέβητα, ὁ ἕβδομος παρεγίνετο, § V πάντων νεώτερος.
11:2ὅν κατοικτειρήσας ὁ τύραννος, καίπερ δειυῶς ὑπὸ τῶν ἀδελφῶν αὐτοῦ κακισθείς,
11:3ὁρῶν ἤδη τὰ δεσμά περικείμενον. πλησιέστερον αὐτὸν μετεπέμψατο, καὶ παρηγορεῖν ἐπειρᾶτο, λέγων
11:4Γῆς μέν τῶν ἀδελφῶν σου ἀπονοίας τὸ τέλος ὁρᾶς· διὰ γὰρ ἀπείθειαν στρεβλωθέντες τεθνήκασιν. σύ, εἰ μέν μὴ πεισθείης, τάλας βασανισθεὶς καὶ αὐτὸς τεθνήξῃ πρὸ ὥρας.
11:5πεισθεὶς δέ φίλος ἔσῃ, καὶ τῶν ἐπὶ τῆς βασιλείας ἀφηγήσῃ πραγμάτων.
11:6καὶ ταῦτα παρακαλῶν, τὴν μητέρα τοῦ παιδὸς μετεπέμψατο, ὅπως αὐτὴν ἐλεήσας τοσούτων υἱῶν στερηθεῖσαν παρορμήσειεν ἐπὶ τὴν σωτηρίαν εὐπειθῆ ποιῆσαι τὸν περιλειπόμενον.
11:7ὁ δὲ τῆς μητρὸς τῇ Ἐραίδι φωνῇ προτρεψαμένης αὐτόν, ὡς ἐροῦμεν μετά μικρὸν ὕστερον
11:8ʼἈπολύσατέ με, φησίν· εἴπω τῷ βασιλεῖ καὶ τοῖς σὺν αὐτῷ φίλοις πᾶσιν.
11:9καὶ ἐπιχαρέντες μάλιστα ἐπὶ τῇ ἐπαγγελίᾳ τοῦ παιδός, ταχέως ἔλυσαν αὐτόν.
11:10καὶ δραμὼν ἐπὶ πλησίον τῶν τηγάνων, ἔφη
11:11Ἀνόσιε, φησίν, καὶ πάντων τῶν πονηρῶν ἀσεβέστατε τύραννε, οὐκ ᾐδέσθης παρά τοῦ θεοῦ λαβὼν τὰ ἀγαθα καὶ τὴν βασιλείαν, τοὺς θεράποντας αὐτοῦ κατακτεῖναι, καὶ τοὺς τῆς εὐσεβείας ἀσκητάς στρεβλῶσαι;
11:12ἀυθʼ ὦν ταμιεύεταί σε ἡ θεία δίκη πυκνοτέρῳ καὶ αἰωνίῳ πυρὶ καὶ βασάνοις, αἰ εἰς ὅλον τὸν αἰῶνα οὐκ ἀνήσουσίν σε.
11:13οὐκ ᾐδέσθης ἄνθρωπος ὧν, θηριωδέστατε, τοὺς ὁμοιοπαθεῖς καὶ ἐκ τῶν αὐτῶν γεγονότας στοιχείων γλωττοτομῆσαι, καὶ τοῦτον καταικίσας τὸν τρόπον βασανίσαι;
11:14ἀλλʼ οἱ μέν εὐγενῶς ἀποθανόντες ἐπλήρωσαν τὴν εἰς τὸν θεὸν εὐσέβειαν·
11:15σὺ XII 1 ουτος] αυτος U+05D0 εναπεθανεν] απεθανεν U+05D0 | καταβληθεις] ..ταβληθεις U+05D0V V παρεγενετο v 2 κατοικτιρας U+05D0V (-τειρ.) 3 περικειμενα V πλησιετερον U+05D0 πλησιοι. V* σιαιτ. Vᵃ 4 το τελος] om το U+05D0* (hab U+05D0c.ᵃ) απειθειαν] απστιαν U+05D0 (σ sup ras U+05D0¹) τεθνεασιν συ] + δε U+05D0V πεισθειης] πισθεις U+05D0 | βασανισθεις] βασανοις Vᵃ (οι sup ras 3 fort litt) ωρας] ορας U+05D0* (ωρ. U+05D0c.a) 5 βασιλιας U+05D0 6 αυτην] εαυτην U+05D0c.a V ελεησασα U+05D0V στερηθειαν U+05D0* (-σαν U+05D0 c.b) στερηθεισα V σωτηριον U+05D0 | ευπειθη] ευπιθια| U+05D0 om ποιησαι U+05D0 ποιησαιεν V (improb εν Vᵃ?) 7 om μετα V 8 απολυσατε] λυσατε U+05D0V 9 και επιχαρεντες] οι δε χαρεντες U+05D0 10 om εφη U+05D0 11 φησι A? των πονηρων ασεβεστατε] ασεβ. πονηρ. U+05D0 | om τυραννε U+05D0 | βασιλιαν U+05D0 | κατα- κτεινας U+05D0c.a της ευσ.] om της U+05D0* (hab U+05D0c.a) 12 ταμιευσεταὶ U+05D0V om σε 10 U+05D0* (hab U+05D0c.a) om θεια U+05D0V om και βασανοις V om αι U+05D0* (hal) U+05D0c.a) V 13 θηριωδεστα V* (.τατε Vᵃ) γλωττο| μησαι (sic) V τουτον καταικισας (κατακεισ. A) τον τροπον] τουτον κατακαυσας τον τρ, U+05D0 | τουτον τον τρ. καταικ. (κατεκ. V*) V βασανιζει U+05D0* (.σαι U+05D0c.a) 14 ε υσε- βιαν U+05D0 A δὲ κακῶς οἰμώξεις, τοὺς τῆς ἀρετῆς ἀγαωνιστἀς ἀναιτίως ἀποκτεῖναι.
11:16ὅθεν καὶ αὐτὸς ἀποθνήσκειν μέλλων, ἔφη
11:17Οὐκ ἀπαυτομολῶ τῆς τῶν ἀδελφῶν μου μαρτυρίας.
11:18ἐπικαλοῦμαι δὲ τὸν πατρῷον θεόν, ὅπως ἵλεως γένηται τῷ γένει μου.
11:19σὲ δὲ καὶ ἐν τῷ νῦν βίῳ καὶ θανόντα τιμααορήσεται.
11:20καὶ ταῦτα κατευξάμενος, ἑαυτὸν ἔριψεν κατὰ τῶν τηγάναον· καὶ οὕτως ἀπέδωκεν.
Chapter 12
12:1Εἰ δὲ τοίνυν τῶν μέχρι θανάτου πόνων ὑπερεφρόνησαν οἱ ἑπτὰ ἀδελφοί, συνομολογεῖται πανταχόθεν, ὅτι αὐτοδέσποτός ἐστιν τῶν παθῶν ὁ εὐσεβὴς λογισμός.
12:2ὥσπερ γὰρ οἱ τοῖς πάθεσιν δουλωθέντες ἐμιεροφάγησαν, ἐλέγομεν γὰρ αὐτοὺς τούτοις νενικῆσθαι
12:3νυνὶ δὲ οὐχ οὕτως· ἀλλὰ τῷ ἐπαινουμένῳ λογισμῷ παρὰ θεῷ περιεγένοντο τῶν παθῶν.
12:4καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν παριδεῖν τὴν ἡγεμονίαν τῆς διανοίας· ἐπεκράτησαν γὰρ καὶ πάθους καὶ πονων.
12:5πῶς οὖν οὐκ ἔστιν τούτοις τὴν τῆς εὐλογιστίας παθοκρατίαν ὁμολογεῖν, οἱ τῶν μὲν διὰ πυρὸς ἀλγηδόνων οὐκ ἐπεστράφησαν;
12:6καθάπερ γὰρ προβλῆτες λιμένων πύργοι τὰς κυμάτων ἀπειλὰς ἀνακόπτοντες, γαληνὸν παρέχουσιν τοῖς εἰσπλέουσιν τὸν ὅρμον·
12:7οὕτως ἡ ἑπτάπυργος τῶν νεανίσκων εὐλογιστία τὸν τῆς εὐσεβείας ὀχυρωσασα λιμένα τὴν τῶν παθῶν ἐνίκησεν ἀκολασίαν.
12:8ἱερὸν γὰρ εὐσεβείας στήσαντες χορὸν παρεθάρσυνον ἀλλήλους, λέγοντες
12:9Ἀδελφικῶς ἀποθάνοιμεν ἀδελφοὶ περὶ τοῦ νόμου· μιμησώμεθα τοὺς τρεῖς τοὺς ἐπὶ τῆς Συρίας νεανίσκους, οἵ τῆς ἰσοπάλιδος καμίνου κατεφρόνησαν.
12:10μὴ δειλανδρήσωμεν πρὸς τὴν τῆς εὐσεβίας ἀπόδειξιν.
12:11καὶ ὁ μέν Θάρει, ἀδελφέ, ἔλεγεν· ὁ δέ Εὐγενῶς καρτέρησον.
12:12ὁ A δὲ ἔλεγεν Μνήσθητε πόθεν ἐστέ, ἡ τίνος πατρὸς χειρὶ σφαγιασθῆναι διὰ τὴν εὐσέβειαν ὑπέρεινεν ὁ Ἰσαάκ.
12:13εἶς δὲ ἕκαστος καὶ ἀλλήλους ὁμοῦ πάντες ἐφορῶντες φαιδροὶ καὶ μάλα θαρραλέοι Ἑαυτούς, ἔλεγον, τῷ θεῷ ἀφιερώσομεν ἐξ ὅλης τῆς καρδίας τῷ δόντι τὰς ψυχάς, καὶ χρήσωμεν τῆ περὶ τὸν νόμον φυλακῇ τὰ σώματα.
12:14μὴ φοβηθῶμεν τὸν δοκοῦντα ἀποκτενεῖν.
12:15μέγας γὰρ ψυχῆς ἀγὼν καὶ κίνδυνος ἐν αἰωνίῳ βασάνῳ κείμενος τοῖς παραβᾶσιν τὴν ἐντολὴν τοῦ θεοῦ.
12:16καθοπλισώμεθα τοιγαροῦν τῇ τοῦ θείου λογισμοῦ παθοκρατίᾳ.
12:17οὕτως παθόντας ἡμᾶς Ἀβραὰμ καὶ Ἰσαὰι καὶ Ἰακὼβ ὑποδέξονται, καὶ πάντες οἱ πατέρες ἐπαινέσουσιν.
12:18καὶ ἐνὶ ἑκάστῳ τῶν ἀποσπωμένων αὐτῶν ἀδελφῶν ἔλεγον οἱ περιλειπόμενοι Μὴ καταισ χύνῃς ἡμᾶς, ἀδελφέ, μηδέ ψεύσῃ τοὺς προαποθανόντας.
12:19Οὐκ ἀγνοεῖτε δὲ τὰ τῆς ἀνθρωπότητος φίλτρα, ἄπερ ἡ θεία καὶ πάνσοφος πρόνοια διὰ τῶν πατέρων τοῖς γενναομένοις ἐμέρισεν, καὶ διὰ τῆς μητρῷος φυτεύσισα γαστρός·
12:20ἐν ἦ τὸν ἴσον ἀδελφοὶ κατοικήσαντες χρόνον, καὶ ἐν τῷ αὐτῷ χρόνῳ πλασθέντες, καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ αὐτοῦ αἵματος αὐξηθέντες, καὶ διὰ τῆς αὐτῆς ψυχῆς τελεσφορηθέντες,
12:21καὶ διὰ τῶν ἴσων ἀποτεχθεντες χρόναον, καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν αὐτῶν γαλακτοποτοῦντες πηγῶν, ἀφʼ οὗ συντρέφονται ἐναγκαλισμάτων φιλάδελφοι ψυχαί
12:22καὶ αδξονται σφοδρότερον διὰ συντροφίας καὶ τῆς καθʼ ἡμέραν συνηθείας καὶ τῆς ἄλλης παιδίας καὶ τῆς ἡμετέρας ἐν νόμῳ θεοῦ ἀσκήσεως.
12:23οὕτως δὴ τοίνυν καθεστηκυίας τῆς φιλαδελφίας συμπαθούσης, οἱ ἑπτὰ ἀδελφοὶ συνπαθέστερον 11 κατερησον V (καρτ. Vᵃ) 12 ελεγεν] pr καταμνησθεις U+05D0V om U+05D0V μνησθητε U+05D0* (hab U+05D0c.a) πατρος] προ (pro κρς) A ευσεβιαν ο Ισαακ (-σακ U+05D0* -σαακ U+05D0c.ᵃ)] om ο U+05D0V 13 om και 10 U+05D0V εφορων (sic) A φαιδροι] pr εδραιοι και V αφιερωσωμεν U+05D0Va | δοντι] δίδοντι V 14 αποκτενειν U+05D0 15 μεγα A* (ς superscr Aᵃ?) om αγων και V αιωνι U+05D0* ( νιω U+05D0c.ᵃ) παραβασιν (-σι U+05D0* )] παραβαινουσιν U+05D0c.a (σι) V 16 την του θ. λ. παθοκρατιαν U+05D0V (-τειαν Vᵃ) 17 ουτως (τω U+05D0)] + γαρ U+05D0V παθοντας] θανοντας U+05D0V Ισακ U+05D0* (Ισαακ U+05D0c.a) 18 απο- σπωμενων] + ων V (improtb V¹) ουτων] αυτω U+05D0* (.τῶν U+05D0c.ᵃ) αδελφω A μηδε] μη V προαποθανοντας] ημων αδελφους U+05D0V 19 ανθρω- ποτητος] αδελφοτητος U+05D0 | incep πανσοπ. U+05D0* (πανσοφ. U+05D01) των παι.] om των U+05D0 | γαστρος] incep α U+05D0* (improb U+05D01) 20 χρονω] χρονων V 21 γαλακτο- ποτουντες (-ποουντ. A* ποι. A¹)] γαλακτοτροφουντες U+05D0* (γαλακτοποτ. U+05D0c.ᵃ) γαλα ποτισθεντες V ου] ων U+05D0V συνστρεφονται εναγκαλισματων AU+05D0 (? μα τῶν U+05D0*)] εν αγκάλαις ματων V (αl)ματων) Vᵃ) φιλαδελφων U+05D0* (-φοι U+05D0c.a) 22 συντροφαν συνηθιας U+05D0 | παιδειας 23 συνπαθουσης της φιλαδελφίας U+05D0 συμπαθοῦς της φιλ. V A ἔσχον τὴν πρὸς ἀλλήλους ὁμόνοιαν.
12:24νόμῳ γὰρ τῷ αὐτῷ παιδευθέντες, καὶ τὰς αὐτὰς ἐξασκήσαντες ἀρετάς, καὶ τῷ δικαίῳ συντραφέντες βίῳ, μᾶλλον ἐφʼ αὐτοὺς ἤγαγον.
12:25ἡ γὰρ ὁμοζηλία τῆς καλοκἀγαθίας ἐπέτεινεν αὐτῶν τὴν πρὸς ἀλλήλους ὁμόνοιαν
12:26σὺν γὰρ τῇ εὐσεβείᾳ ποθεινοτέραν αὐτοῖς κατεσκεύαζεν τὴν φιλαδελφίαν.
12:27ἀλλʼ ὁμοίως καίπερ τῆς φύσεως καὶ τῆς συνηθείας καὶ τῶν τῆς ἀρετῆς ἠθῶν τὰ τῆς ἀδελφότητος αὐτοῖς φίλτρα συναυξόντων, ἀνέσχοντο διὰ τὴν εὺσέβειαν τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς οἱ ὑπολελιμμένοι τοὺς καταικιζομένους ὁρῶντες μέχρι θαυάτου βασανιζομένους.
Chapter 13
13:1προσέτι καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν αἰκισμὸν ἐποτρύνοντες, ὡς μὴ μόνον τῶν ἀλγηδόνων περιφρονῆσαι αὐτούς, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῆς τῶν ἀδελφῶν φιλαδελφίας παθῶν κρατῆσαι.
13:2Ὦ βασιλέως λογισμοὶ βασιλικώτεροι καὶ ἐλευθέρων ἐλευθερώτεροι·
13:3ὦ ἱερᾶς καὶ ἐναρμόστου περὶ τῆς εὐσεβείας τῶν ἑπτὰ ἀδελφῶν συμφωνίας.
13:4οὐδεὶς ἐκ τῶν ἑπτὰ μειρακίων ἐδειλίασεν, οὐδὲ πρὸς τὸν θάνατον ὡκνησεν·
13:5ἀλλὰ πάντες, ὥσπερ ἐπʼ ἀθανασίας ὁδὸν τρέχοντες, ἐπὶ τὸν διὰ τῶν βασάνων θάνατον ἔκ πευδον.
13:6καθάπερ γὰρ χείρες καὶ πόδες συμφώνως τοῖς τῆς ψυχῆς ἀφηγήμασιν κινοῦνται· οὕτως οἱ ἱεροὶ μείρακες ἐκεῖνοι ὡς ὑπὸ ψυχῆς ἀθανάτου τῆς εὐσεβείας πρὸς τὸν ὑπέρ αὐτῆς συνεφώνησαν θάνατον.
13:7πανάγιε συμφώνων ἀδελφῶν ἑβδομάς· καθάπερ γὰρ ἑπτὰ τῆς κοσμοποιίας ἡμέραι περὶ τὴν εὐσέβειαν,
13:8οὕτως περὶ τὴν ἑβδομάδα χορεύοντες οἱ μείρακες ἐκύκλουν, τὸν τῶν βασάνων φόβον καταλύοντες.
13:9νῦν ἡμεῖς ἀκούοντες τὴν θλίγιν τῶν νεανιῶν ἐκείνων, φρίττομεν· οἱ δὲ οὐ μόνον ὁρῶντες, ἀλλʼ οὐδὲ aόνον ἀκούοντες τὸν παραχρῆμα ἀπειλῆς λόγον, ἀλλὰ καὶ πάσχοντες, U+05D0V23 την προς αλληλους ορονοιαν] προς αλληλους U+05D0V 24 συστρα- φεντες U+05D0* (συντραφ. U+05D0c.a) εφ (επ A) αυτους ηγαγον] εαυτους ηγαπων U+05D0V 25 ουτων] ω sup ras A¹ αυτω U+05D0 | αλληλοις A¹ ομονοιαν] pr ευνοιαν και U+05D0 ευνοιαν V 26 συν γαρ τη ευσεβεια] sup ras pl lilt A¹ + ομολογισμος V ποθεινοτεραν] pr την U+05D0 | αυτοις] εαυτοις U+05D0c.a κατεσκευαζον U+05D0 | την φιλαδ. improb την U+05D0c.a 27 ομοιως] ομως U+05D0 | καιπερ] και περι V συνηθιας U+05D0 | συν- αυξοντων U+05D0* (.ξοντ, U+05D0c.a) συναυξανοντων V ευσεβιαν U+05D0 | υπολελιμμενοι] υπο- λειπομενοι U+05D0 (-λιπ.) V | τους 2⁰] το sup ras Α¹ καταικιζομενους] κατοικτιζ. U+05D0 | μεχρι] pr και V X IV 1 επι τον αικ.] επ εκ. V* (επ αικ. Vᵃ) |επο- τρυνοντες] υπομενοντες V της των αδ. φιλαο | των φιλαο. V 2 βασιλεως] βασιλεων U+05D0V seq βασι in U+05D0* (improb U+05D0?) 3 om ω A εναρμαστους A της ευσεβειας] της ιερας U+05D0* τ. ευσεβιας U+05D0¹ την της cυσεβειας V 5 om δια V 6 om γαρ U+05D0V χειρες] pr αι U+05D0V ποδες] pr οι U+05D0V συμφωνως] + ως V εκει- νοι ως] νοι ως sup ras A¹ ως] ωσπερ V om υπο V αθανατου] pr της V ευσεβειας (βιας U+05D0)] + κινουμεεαοι V 7 εβδομαδας U+05D0* ( μας U+05D0c.a ) ευ- σεβιαν 8 ουτω U+05D0 (.τως U+05D0c.a) τον των] των των V * (τον των Vᵃ) ἐκαρτέρουν καὶ τοῦτο ταῖς διὰ πυρὸς ὀδύναις.
13:10Κὧυ τί γένοιτο ἐπαλγέστερον; A ὀξεῖα γὰρ καὶ σύντομος ἡ τοῦ πυρὸς οὗσα δύναμις ταχέως διέλυσε τὰ σώματα.
13:11Καὶ μὴ θαυμαστὸν ἡγεῖσθε εἰ ὁ λογισμὸς περιεκρατησεν τῶν ἀνδρῶν ἐκείνων ἐν ταῖς βασάνοις, ὅπου γε καὶ γυναικὸς νοῦς πολυτροπαωτέρων ὑπερεφρόνησεν ἀλγηδόνων.
13:12ἡ μήτηρ γὰρ τῶν ἑπτὰ νεανίσκων ὑπήνεγκεν τὰς ἐφʼ ἑνὶ ἑκάστῳ τῶν τέκνων στρέβλας.
13:13θεωρεῖτε δὲ πῶς πολύπλοκός ἐστιν ἡ τῆς φιλοτεκνίας στοργή, ἕλκουσα πάντα πρὸς τὴν τῶν σ πλάγχνων συνπαθειαν·
13:14ἀποῦ γε καὶ τὰ ἄλογα ζῷα ὁμοίαν τὴν πρὸς τὰ ἐξ αὐτῶν γεννώμενα συνπάθείαν καὶ στοργὴν ἔχει τοῖς ἀνθρώποις.
13:15καὶ γὰρ τῶν πετεινῶν, τὰ μέν ἥμερα κατὰ τὰς οἰκίας ὀροφοιτοῦντα προασπίζει τῶν νεοττῶν·
13:16τὸ δέ κατὰ τὰς κορυφὰς ἀρέων καὶ φαράγγων ἀπορρῶγας καὶ δένδρων ὀπὰς καὶ τὰς τούτων ἄκρας νοσσοποιησάμενα ἀποτίκτει, καὶ τὸν προσιόντα κωλύει
13:17κζ δὲ καὶ μὴ δύναιντο κωλύειν, περιιπτάμενα κυκλόθεν αὐτῶν ἀλγοῦντμ τῇ στοργή, ἀνακαλούμενα τῆ ἰδίᾳ φωνῇ, καθʼ ὁν δύναται τρόπον βοηθεῖ τοῖς τέκνοις.
13:18καὶ τί δεῖ τὴν διὰ τῶν ἀλόγων ζῷων ἐπιδεικνύναι τὴν πρὸς τὰ τέκνα συνπάθειαν;
13:19ὅπου γε καὶ μέλισσαι περὶ τὸν τῆς κηρογονίας καιρὸν ἐπαμύνονται τοὺς προσιόντας, καὶ καθάπερ σιδήρῳ τῷ κέντρῳ πλήσσουσι τοὺς προσιόντας τῆ νοσσιᾶ αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐπαμύνονται ἕως θανάτου.
13:20ἀλλʼ οὐχὶ τὴν Ἀβραὰμ ὁμόψυχον τῶν νεανιῶν μητέρα μετεκίνησεν ἡ συμπάθεια τέκνων.
Chapter 14
14:1Ὦ λογισμέ τέκνων παθῶν τύραννε, καὶ εὐσέβεια μητρὶ τέκνων ποθεινοτέρα. μήτηρ δυεῖν προκειμέναων, 9 εκαρτερουν] ενεκαρτερου U+05D0 | ταις δια πυρος] ταις του πυρος U+05D0* ταις δια U+05D0V τ. π. U+05D0c.a ταις δι.πυρος V * (δια π. V ) 10 γενοιτο] pr αν κς |επαν- γελτερον U+05D0* επαλγεστερον U+05D0c.a ουσα η του πυρος U+05D0 | διελυσε] διελευσε (sic) A διελυεν U+05D0 διελυε V 11 ο λογισμος] om ο V περιεκρατησε U+05D0 | τοις βασ. U+05D0A γυναικων V * (-κος Vᵃ) υπερεφρονησεν] περιεφρονησεν V 12 υπη- νεγκεν (υηφ. U+05D0* )] εκινων υπ, U+05D0c.a 13 πανια] αποντα V σπλαγχνων (παγχν. A σπλ. Aᵃ?)] pr τεκνων U+05D0 | συνπαθιαν U+05D0 14 οπου] incep ομ U+05D0* (οπ. U+05D0¹) ομου V αλογα] αλλα V την προς] εις U+05D0? την εις U+05D0c.a συμπαθιαν U+05D0 15 οροφυτουντα U+05D0 οροφοιτωντα V (οροφοφ. Syr ut rid) προσασπιζει U+05D0* (προασπ. U+05D0c.a) νεοτων A* V* (νεοττ. Aᵃ Vᵃ) 16 τας κορυφ.] om τας U+05D0V φαραγγων] ραγγ sup ras Aᵃ? απορωγας V * (απορρ. Vᵃ) εννοσσοποιησομενα U+05D0* (-ποιουμενα U+05D0c.a) κωλυει] αποκωλυει V 16 17 κωλυει δε U+05D0* (κωλυει ει δε U+05D0c.a) 17 δυναιτο U+05D0* (-ναιντo U+05D0c.a ) περιπταμενα U+05D0* (περιειπτ. U+05D0c.a ) αργουντα U+05D0* (αλγ. U+05D0c.ᵃ) τη στοργο] pr και V καθ sν δυναται τροπον βοηθει] καθ ο δυνανται βοηθι (.θιν U+05D0c.d ) U+05D0 | δυνατι A 18 την δια των U+05D0c.a A V | δια την των U+05D0* om την 20 U+05D0c.a .ᵇ συμπαθιαν U+05D0 19 επαμυνονται 2⁰] απαμυνουσιν U+05D0 20 την] τη U+05D0* (την U+05D0c.a ) νεανισκων τη συμπαθεια A συμπαθια U+05D0 συμπαθεια V X V 1 ευσεβια U+05D0 2 μη- τηρ] ηρ (in μηρ) sup ras Aᵃ εὐσεβείας, καὶ τῆς ἑπτὰ υἱῶν σαωτηρίας προσκαίρου κατὰ τὴν τοῦ τυράννου ὑπόσχεσιν·
14:2τὴν εὐσέβειαν μᾶλλον ἠγάπησεν τὴν σώζουσαν εἰς αἰώνιον ζωὴν κατὰ θεόν.
14:3Ὦ τίνα τρόπον ἠθολογήσαιμι φιλότεκνα γονέων πάθη, ψυχῆς τε καὶ μορφῆς ὁμοιότητα εἰς μικρὸν παιδοχαρακτῆρα θαυμάσιον ἐναποσφραγίζοντα, μάλιστα διὰ τὸ τῶν πατέρων τοῖς γεννηθεῖσιν τὰς μητέρας καθεστάναι συνπαθεστέρας.
14:4ὅσῳ γὰρ καὶ ἀσθενόψυχοι καὶ πολυγονάτεραι ὑπάρχουσιν μητέρες, τοσούτῳ μᾶλλόν εἰσιν φιλοτεκνώτεραι.
14:5πασῶν δὲ τῶν μητέρων ἐγένετο ἡ τῶν ἑπτὰ μήτηρ φιλοτεκνωτέρα, ἥτις ἑπτὰ κυοφορίαις τὴν πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἐπιφυτευομένη φιλοστοργίαν·
14:6καὶ διὰ πολλὰς τὰς καθʼ ἕκαστον αὐτῶν ὠδῖνας ἠναγκασμένην εἰς αὐτοὺς ἔχειν συμπάθειαν,
14:7διὰ τὸν πρὸς τὸν θεὸν φόβον ὑπερεῖδεν τὴν τῶν τέκνων πρόσκαιρον σωτηρίαν.
14:8οὐ μὴν δέ, ἀλλὰ καὶ διὰ τὴν καλοκἀγαθίαν τῶν υἱῶν καὶ τὴν πρὸς τὸν νόμον αὐτῶν εὐπειθίαν, μείζω τὴν ἐν αὐτοῖς ἔσχεν φιλοστοργίαν.
14:9δίκαιοί τε γὰρ ἦσαν καὶ σώφρονες καὶ ἀνδρεῖοι καὶ μεγαλόψυχοι καὶ φιλάδελφοι, καὶ φιλομήτορες οὕτως, ὥστε καὶ μέχρι θανάτου τὰ νόμιμα φυλάσσοντας πείθεσθαι αὐτῇ·
14:10Bλλʼ ὅμως, καίπερ τοσούτων ὄντων τῶν περὶ φιλοτεκνίαν εἰς συνπάθειαν ἑλκόντων τὴν μητέρα, ἐπʼ οὐδενὸς αὐτῶν τὸν λογισμὸν αὐτῆς αἱ πανποίκιλοι βάσανοι ἴσχυσnν μετατρέψαι.
14:11λλὰ καὶ καθʼ ἔυα παῖδα καὶ ὁμοῦ πάντας ἡ μήτηρ ἐπὶ τὸν τῆς εὐσεβείας προετρέπετο. θάνατον.
14:12Ὦ φύσις ἱερά, καὶ φίλτρα γονέων καὶ γονεῦσιν φιλόστοργε, καὶ τροφεῖα, καὶ μητέρων U+05D0V2 ευσεβιας U+05D0 | προσκαιρους A προσκαιρου U+05D0c.a V υποσχεσιν] προσχεσῖ (ρ sup vas quasi prius csset τυραννουποσχ.) U+05D0¹⁽ᵛiᵈ) c.b 3 ευσεμιαν (sic) U+05D0* (ευσεβ. U+05D0c.a ⁽ᵛiᵈ)) ηγαπησας U+05D0* (-σεν U+05D0c.ᵃ) σωζουσαν] ζωσαν U+05D0 | αιωνιαν U+05D0 4 μορφῆς] μ superscr, φ sup ras U+05D0¹ seq ακ in U+05D0* quod improb U+05D01 παι- δοχαρακτηρα] παιδος χαρ. U+05D0 χαρακτ. παιδος V εναπεσφραγιζο A εναποσφρα- γιζομεν U+05D0* ζον U+05D0c.sV το] τον A πατερων] παθων codd γεννηθεισι V μητερας] + των παθων U+05D0 + των πρων V συμπαθεστερας V 5 ρσθενοψυχοι] ασθενεστεραν U+05D0* (-ραι U+05D0) πολυγονιμωτεραι V μητερες] pr αι U+05D0V εισι V φιλοτεκνοτεραι Va ᵛid 6 om πασων δε...φιλοτεκνωτερα U+05D0* (hab U+05D0c.a ᵐᵍ mf επτα 2⁰] εν ταις Vᵃ κυοφοριαι A* (ς superscr A¹) | επιφυτευομενη] επιφερο- μενην U+05D0* επιφυτευομενην U+05D0c.aV φιλοστοργεια A 7 ηναγκασμενη U+05D0V | εις] προς V συμπαθιαν U+05D0 8 υπεριδεν V* (.ειδε Vᵃ) 9 om δε V om και 10 U+05D0* (hab U+05D0c.ᵃ) ευπειθειαν V μειζω] μιζον B (μιζω U+05D0c.a μειζων AV om την 3⁰ U+05D0* (hab U+05D0c.a) εσχεν (-χε V)] ειχεν U+05D0c.a c.ᵇ 10 δικαιοι και οι U+05D0* (δὶκ. U+05D0c.a) φυλασσοντες U+05D0* (-ντας U+05D0c.a) V πιθεσθαι U+05D0 11 και- περ] και υπερ AV φιλοτεκνιαν] pr την U+05D0V συμπαθιαν U+05D0 συμπαθειαν V επ εφ B υχ V αυτης] incep αυσ U+05D0* (αυτ. U+05D0c.a ᵃ) παμποικιλοι V om βασανοι A μεταστρεψαι V 12 της ευσεβειας (-βιας U+05D0)] pr υπερ V 13 γονευσιν] γεννημασι U+05D0 γενεσει V ἀδάμαστα πάθη.
14:13καθʼ ἕνα στρεβλουμενον καὶ φλεγομενον ὁρῶσα A μήτηρ, οὐ μετεβάλετο διὰ τὴν εὺσέβειαν.
14:14τὰς σάρκας τῶν τέκνων ἑώρα περὶ τὸ πῦρ τηκομένας, καὶ τοὺς τῶν ποδῶν καὶ χειρῶν δακτύλους ἐπὶ γῆς σπαίροντας, καὶ τὰς τῶν κεφαλῶν μέχρι τῶν περὶ τὰ γένεια σάρκας ὥσπερ προσαοπεῖα προκειμένας.
14:15ὦ πικροτέραων μέν νῦν μήτηρ πόνων πειρασθεῖσα, ἤπερ τῶν ἐπʼ αὐτοῖς ὠδίνων.
14:16ὼ μόνη γύναι τὴν εὺσέβειαν ὁλόκληρον ἀποκυήσασα.
14:17οὐ μετέτρεψέν σε πραωτότοκος ἀποπνέων· οὐῆὲ δεύτερος είς οἰκτρὸν βλέπων ἐν βασάνοις· οὐδέ τρίτος ἀποψύχων.
14:18οὐδε τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ἑνὸς ἑκάστου θεωροῦσα ταυρηδὸν ἐπὶ τῶν βασάνων ὁρῶντας τὸν αὐτὸν αἰκισμόν, καὶ τοὺς μυκτῆρας προσημειουμένους αὐτῶν τὸν θάυατον, οὐκ ἔκλαυσας.
14:19ἐπὶ σαρξὶν τέκνων ὁρῶσα σάρκας τέκνων ἀποκεκομμένας, καὶ ἐπὶ χερσὶν χῖρας ἀποτεμνομένας, καὶ ἐπὶ κεφαλαῖς κεφαλὰς ἀποδειροτομουμένας. καὶ ἐπὶ νεκροῖς νεκροὺς πίπτοντας, καὶ πολυάνδριον ὁρῶσα τῶν τέκνων χααορίον διὰ τῶν βασάνων, οὐκ ἐδάκρυσας.
14:20οὐχ οὕτως σειρήνιοι μελῳδίαι οὐδὲ κύκνιοι πρὸς φιληκοίαν φωναὶ τοὺς ἀκούοντας ἐφέλ. κονίαι, ὦ τέκνων φαοναὶ μετὰ βασάνων μητέρα φωνούντων.
14:21πηλίκαις καὶ πόσαις τότε ἡ μήτηρ, τῶν υἱῶν βασανιζομένων τροχοῖς τε καὶ καυτηρίοις, ἐβασανίζετο βασάνοις;
14:22ἀλλὰ τὰ σπλάγχνα αὐτῆς ὁ εὐσεβὴς λογισμὸς ἐν αὐτοῖς τοῖς πάθεσιν ἀνδρειώσας ἐπέτεινευ τὴν πρόσκαιρον φιλοτεκνίαν παριδεῖν.
14:23καίπερ ἑπτὰ τέκνων ὁρῶσα ἀπώλειαν καὶ τὴν τῶν στρεβλῶν πολύπλοκον ποικιλίαν, ἀσπάσασα 13 αδαμαστη B (.τα U+05D0c.a ⁽ᵛiᵈ) 14 μετεβαλλετο U+05D0V ευσεβιαν U+05D0 U+05D0V 15 σπαιροντας] σπεροντα A περοντας (sc) U+05D0* σπειροντας U+05D0c.a σπεροντας V om και τας V | των περι] om των V προσωτια (sic) U+05D0* πια U+05D0c.a 16 om μεν U+05D0V | μητηρ πονων πειρασθεισα] πονων πιραθισα μητηρ U+05D0 μεο πονων πειραθισα V επ] εν V ωδινων] pr δακρυων και V 17 γυναι] pr μερ V ευσεβιαν U+05D0 18 πρωτοτοκος] pr n αποπνεων] απονεων A * (π superscr A¹) om B (hab U+05D0c.a) δευτερον A εις] + σε U+05D0V ουδε 2⁰] ου U+05D0V 19 ταυδον V (ταυρηδ. V) τον αυτον] τον εαυτω U+05D0c.a των εαυτων V τον εαυτ. V? μυκτηρας] ρας sup ras A (seq spat 9 vet 1o lilt obi fors prius τον θανατον) προσιμιουμενους A * προσσ. A ουτων τον θαν.] τον θαν. ουτων U+05D0 om τον θαν. A *ᵛiᵈ (hab Aᵃmᵍ) τον θαν. εαυτων V 20 σαρξι V ορωσα 1⁰] εωρακας U+05D0* (ορωσ. U+05D0c.a c.b) αποκεκομμενας] αποκεομενας U+05D0ama ante αποκαιομ. V χερσι V νεκροις] νεκρους U+05D0*I (-ροις U+05D0c.a c.b) πιπτοντας] θαπτοντας V χωριον] χοριον U+05D0* χοριδιον U+05D0c.a το χωριον V 21 ουτω U+05D0* (-τως U+05D0c.a) μελωδιοι A (-διαι U+05D0c.a) κυκνιοι] κυκνον V * -νων Vᵃ ω] ως U+05D0V φωνουντων φωνου| (sic) A 22 υιων] υι sup ras A pr επτα V om τε U+05D0V καυτηριοις U+05D0* ( ριοις U+05D0c.a) κου στηριοις V 23 αλλα] + και V ανδρειωσας] ανδρειως V προσκαιρον] α sup ras Aᵃ 24 ορωσαν V | απωλιαν U+05D0 | στρεβλων] incep τεκνων U+05D0* (improh U+05D0¹) πολυπλοκον] πολυτροπον U+05D0 | ασπασασα] ας σπασας U+05D0* (ασπασας U+05D0c.b) V ανασπασασα coniec Bensly versione Syr fretus A ἡ γενναία μήτηρ ἐξέλυσεν διὰ τὴν πρὸς θεὸν πίστιν.
14:24καθάπερ γὰρ ἐν βουλευτηρίῳ τῇ ἑαυτῆς ψυχῇ δεινοὺς ὁρῶσα συμβούλους, ύσιν καὶ γένεσιν καὶ φιλοτεκνίαν καὶ τέκνων στοέβλαν,
14:25ῆὺο ψήφους κρατοῦσα μήτηρ, θανατηφόρον τε καὶ σωτήριον ὑπέρ τέκνων,
14:26οὺκ ἐπέγνω τὴν σώζουσαν ἑπτὰ υἱοὺς πρὸς ἀλίγον χρόνον σωτηρίαν·
14:27ἀλλὰ τῆς θεοσεβοῦς Ἀβραὰμ καρτερίας ἡ θυγάτηρ ἐμνήσθη.
14:28Ὦ μήτηρ ἔθνους, ἔκδικε τοῦ υόμου, καὶ ὑπερασπίστεια τῆς εὐσεβείας, καὶ τοῦ διὰ σπλάγχνον ἀγῶνος ἀθλοφόρε.
14:29ὦ ἀρρέναν πρὸς καρτερίαν γενναιοτέρα, καὶ ἀνδρῶν πρὸς ὑπομονὴν ἀνδρειοτέρα.
14:30καθάπερ γὰρ ἡ Νῶε κιβωτὸς ἐν τῷ κοσμοπληθεῖ κατακλυσμῷ κοσμοφοροῦσα καρτεροὺς ὑπήνεγκεν τοὺς κλύδωνας·
14:31οὕτως σύ, ἡ νομοφύλαξ, πανταχόθεν ἐν τῷ τῶν παθῶν περιαντλουμένη κατακλυσμῷ, καὶ καρτεροῖς ἀνέμοις ταῖς τῶν υἱῶν βασάνοις συνεχομένη, γενναίως ὑπέμεινας τοὺς τῆς εὐσεβείας χειμῶνας.
Chapter 15
15:1Εὶ δὲ τοίνυν και γυνὴ καὶ γεραιὰ καὶ ἑπτὰ παίδων μητηρ ὐπέμεινεν τὰς μέχρι θανάτου βασάνους ὁρῶσα τῶν τέκνων· ἁμολογουμένααως αὐτοκράτωρ ἐστὶν τῶν παθῶν ὁ εὐσεβὴς λογισμός.
15:2αἀπέδειξα οὖν ὅτι οὐ μόνον τῶν παθὼυ ἄνδρες επεκράτησαν, ἀλλὰ καὶ γυνη τῶν μεγίστααον βασάνων ὑπερεφρόνησεν.
15:3καὶ οὐχ ουτως οἱ περὶ Δανιὴλ λέοντες ἦσαν ἄγριοι, οὐδὲ Μισαὴλ ἐκφλεγομένη κάμινος λαβροτάτῳ πυρί, ὡς τῆς φιλοτεκνίας περιέκαιεν ἐκείνη φύσις, ὁρῶσα αὐτῆς τοὺς ἑπτὰ υἱοὺς βασανιζομένους.
15:4ἀλλὰ τῷ λογισμῷ τῆς εὐσεβείας κατέσβεσε τοσαῦτα καὶ τηλικαῦτα πάθη ἡ μήτηρ.
15:5καὶ γὰρ τοῦτο ἐπιλογίσασθαι, ὅτι εἰ δειλόψυχος ἧν ἡ γυνή. καίπερ μήτηρ οὗσα, ὠλοφύρετο ἂν U+05D0V24 θεον] pr τον U+05D0 25 omI γαρ U+05D0 τη εαυτης ψυχη (-χης A)] της αυτης ψυχης U+05D0* (τη εαυτ. ψυχη U+05D0c.a) φασιν U+05D0* (φυσιν U+05D0c.a) τε U+05D0 | στρεβλας U+05D0V 26 μητηρ] pr η V 26 27 om υπερ τεκνων. σωτηριαν U+05D0* (hab U+05D0c.a) 27 επεγνω] εγνω U+05D0c.a 28 θεοσεβιας U+05D0* ( σεβους U+05D0c.a) κατεριας V * (καρτ. Vᵃ) 29 μητηρ μερ V εκδικε του νομου] εκδικητοῦ ν. 5ᵛⁱᵈ | υπερ- ασπιστεια] υπερασπιστρια τ Vᵃ (-αστρια V * ) ευσεβιας U+05D0 30 ανδρειωτερα U+05D0AV * (-οτερα Va) 31 Νωαι A κοσμοπληθει] εθνοπληθει U+05D0 | καρτερως U+05D0V υπηνεγκεν] υπεμεινεν U+05D0 (-μιν.) V 32 συ] + γυνη V ανεμοις] αν λοιμοις A συνεχομενοι V * (.νη V¹(fort) της ευσεβειας] pr υπερ U+05D0V X V Ι 1 om και 1⁰, 2⁰ V γηραια Vᵃ υπεμεινε V των τεκνω) ορωσα U+05D0 2 ανδρις των παθων U+05D0V επεκρατησαν] εκρατησαν U+05D0V 3 Δανιηλ] pr τον V Μισαηλ] pr η U+05D0V ως] εως A της φιλοτ.] pr η κV εκινην U+05D0 | ορωσα U+05D0 | αυτης τους επτα υιους βασανιζομενους] αυτην (αυτης U+05D0c.a) ουτως ποικιλως βασ. τους ε. υιους U+05D0V 4 ευσεβιας U+05D0: item 1 ; κατεσβεσεν U+05D0 οmI V τοσαυτα] pr τα U+05D0V η μητηρ] pr ενικησεν V 5 om και γαρ τουτο... δειλοψ. ην V ει δειλοψ. ην η γυνη] δ. ει η γυνη U+05D0* δ. ει ην γ. U+05D0c.a ωλοφυρετο (ωλυφερ. U+05D0* ωλοφυρ. U+05D01)] ουκ ωλοφυρατο V ἐπʼ αὐτοῖς· καὶ ἴσως ἂν ταῦτα οὕτως εἶπεν
15:6Ὦ μελέα ἔγωγε καὶ A πολλάκις τρισαθλία, ἥτις ἑπτὰ παῖδας τεκοῦσα, οὐδενὸς μήτηρ γεγένημαι.
15:7ὦ μάταιοι ἑπτὰ κυοφορίαι, καὶ ἀνόνητοι ἑπτὰ δεκάμηνοι, καὶ ἄκαρποι τιθηνίαι, καὶ ταλαίπωροι γαλακτοτροφίαι.
15:8μάτην ἐφʼ ὑμῖν, ὦ παῖδες, πολλὰς ὑπέμεινα ὼδῖυας καὶ χαλεπωτέρας φροντίδας ἀνατροφῆς.
15:9ὦ τῶν ἐμῶν παίδων, οἱ μὲν ἄγαμοι, οἱ δέ γαμήσαντες ἀνονητοι, οὐκ ὄψομαι ὑμῶν τέκνα, οὐδέ μάμμη κληθεῖσα μακαρισθήσομαι.
15:10ὦ ἡ πολύπαις καὶ καλλίπαις ἐγὼ γυνὴ χήρα καὶ μόνη πολύθρηνος·
15:11οὐδʼ ἂν ἀποθάνω, θάπτοντα τῶν υἱῶν ἔξω τινά. ἀλλὰ τούτῳ τῷ θρήνῳ οὐδένα ὀλοφύρετο ἡ ἱερὰ καὶ θεοσεβὴς μήτηρ,
15:12οὐδʼ ἵνα μὴ ἀποθάνωσν ἀπέτρεπεν αὐτῶν τινα, οὐδʼ ὡς ἀποθνησκόντων ἐλυπήθη.
15:13ἀλλʼ ὥσπε ἀδαμαντινον ἔχουσα τὸν νοῦν, καὶ εἰς ἀθανασίαν ἀνατίκτουσα τὸν τῶν υἱῶν ἀριθμόν, μᾶλλον ὑπέρ τῆς εὐσεβείας ἐπὶ τὸν θάνατον αὐτοὺς προετρέπετο ἱκετεύουσα.
15:14Ὧ μήτηρ δι εὐσέβειαν θεοῦ στρατιῶτι. πρεσβῦτι καὶ γυνή, διὰ καρτερίαν καὶ τύραννον ἐνίκησας, καὶ ἔργοις δυνατωτέρα καὶ λόγοις εὑρέθης ἂν ἀνδρός.
15:15καὶ γὰρ ὅτε συνελήμφθηι μετὰ τῶν παίδων, εἱστήκεις τὸν Ἐλεάζαρον ὁρῶσα βασανιζόμενον, καί ἔλεγες τοῖς παισὶν ἐν τῇ Ἑβραΐδι φωνῇ
15:16Ὦ παῖδες, γενναῖος ὁ ἀγών ἐφʼ ὃν κληθέντες ὑπὲρ τῆς διαμαρτυρίας τοῦ ἔθνους, ἐναγωνίσασθε προθύμως ὑπὲρ τοῦ πατρίου νόμου.
15:17καὶ γὰρ αἰσχρὸν τὸν μὲν γέροντα τοῖτον ὑπομένειν τὰς διὰ τὴν εὐσέβειαν ἀλγηδόνας, ὑμᾶς δε τοὺς νεωτέρους καταπλαγῆναι τὰς βασάνους.
15:18ἀναμνήσθητε ὅτι διο τὸν θεὸν τοῦ κόσμου μετελάβετε, καὶ τοῦ βίου ἀπελαύσατε·
15:19καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ὀφίλετε πάντα πόνον ὑπομένειν διὰ τὸν θεόν.
15:20δι᾿ ὃν καὶ ὁ πατὴρ ἡμῶν Ἀβραὰμ ἔσπευδεν τὸν ἐθυοπάτορα υἱὸν σφαγιάσαι Ἰσαάκ, 5 om αν 2° V om ουτως U+05D0V 6 ουδενος] ουδε ενος U+05D0 7 ανωνητοι U+05D0V A : item 9 επτα 2⁰] pr αι U+05D0 | τιθηνιοι U+05D0 8 ματην] + δε U+05D0 + δ V 9 γαμη- σαντες] γημαντες U+05D0V 10 η πολυπαις] om η V χηρα] pr η V 11 τουτων U+05D0* (τουτω U+05D01c.a) ωλοφυρετο U+05D0 ολοφυρατο V * ωλ Vᵃ θεοσεβης] + και ιερα V 12 ουδ ως] ως ουδε U+05D0V 13 εχουσα αδαμαντινον νυν A (νουν A¹) ανατικτουσα] ανατεινουσα V 14 μητηρ U+05D0] πηρ Α μερ ευσεβιαν U+05D0: item 17, 23 θεου] + μητηρ και ευσεβους στρατιας U+05D0* (improb U+05D0c.a) + μηρ και ευσ. στρατηγιας V στρατιωτη V πρεσβυτι] και πρεσβυτη V γυνη] γυναι U+05D0V και τυραννον] τον τυρ. V ενικησας] pr νικη V αν ανδρος] ανlδρος U+05D0 αν|δρειος V 15 εκτηκεις A ιστ. U+05D0V (ειστ. Vᵃ) ελεγε| U+05D0* (ελεγες U+05D0c.a) improb εν U+05D0c.a 16 ο αγων] om ο U+05D0 | πατρωου U+05D0Vᵃ 17 υπομενειν] υπομιναι U+05D0 | νεωτε- ρους] νεανισκους U+05D0V καταπληγηναι U+05D0* (-πλαγ. U+05D0c.a) τους βασ. U+05D0* (τας β. U+05D0c.a) 18 αναμνησθητε] + δε U+05D0 οτι] δια incep U+05D0* διοτι U+05D0c.a |απελου σετε U+05D0 απηλαυσατε V 19 οφειλε| V οφειλετε V ᵃ πονον υπομενειν] υπομιναι π. U+05D0 π. υπομειναι V 20 δια U+05D0* (δι ον U+05D0c.a) εσπευδον V | τον] τιν V* (τον V¹) | Ισακ U+05D0* (Ισαακ U+05D0c.a) A καὶ τὴν πατρῴαν χεῖρα ξιφηφόρον καταφερομένην ἐπʼ αὐτὸν ὁρῶν οὐκ ἔπτηξεν.
15:21καὶ Δανιὴλ ὁ δίκαιος εἰς λέοντας ἐβλήθη· καὶ Ἀνανίας καὶ Ἀζαρίας καὶ Μισαὴλ εἰς κάμινον πυρὸς ἀπεσφενδονήθησαν, καὶ ὑπέμειναν διὰ τὸν θεόν.
15:22καὶ ὑμεῖς οὗν τὴν αὐτὴν πίστιν πρὸς τὸν θεὸν ἔχοντες, μὴ χαλεπαίνητε·
15:23ἀλόγιστον γὰρ εἰδότας εὐσέβειαν μὴ ἀνθίστασθαι τοῖς πόνοις.
15:24Διὰ τούτων τῶν λόγων ἡ ἑπταμήταωρ ἕνα ἕκαστον τῶν υἱῶν παρακαλοῦσα ἔπεισε μᾶλλον ἀποθανεῖν, ἡ παραβῆναι τὴν ἐντολὴν τοῦ θεοῦ.
15:25ἔτι δὲ καὶ ταῦτα ἰδόντες ὅτι διὰ τὸν θεὸν ἀποθανόντες ζῶσιν τῷ θεῷ, ὥσπερ Ἀβραὰμ καὶ Ἰσαὰκ καὶ Ἰακώβ, καὶ πάντες οἱ πατριάρχαι.
Chapter 16
16:1ἔλεγον δὲ καὶ τῶν ορυφόρων τινές ὡς ὅτε ἔμελλεν καὶ αὐτὴ συλλαμβάνεσθαι πρὸς θάνατον, ἵνα μὴ ψαύσειέν τι τοῦ σώματος αὐτῆς, ἑαυτὴν ἔρριψεν κατὰ τῆς πυρᾶς.
16:2Ὦ μήτηρ σίν ἑπτὰ παισὶν καταλύσασα τὴν τοῦ τυράννου βίαν, καὶ ἀκυρώσασα τὰς κακὰς ἐπινοίας αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπιδείξασα τὴν τῆς πίστεως γενναιότητα.
16:3καθάπερ γὰρ σὺ στέγη ἐπὶ τοῦ στύλου τῶν παίδων γενναίως ἱδρυμένη, ἀκλινῶς ὑπήνεγκας τὸν διὰ τῶν βασάνων σεισμόν.
16:4θάρρει τοιγαροῖν, ὁ μήτηρ ἱερόψυχε. τὴν ἐλπίδα τῆς ὑπομονῆς γενναίως ἔχουσα πρὸς θεόν.
16:5οὐχ οὕτω σελήνη κατʼ οὐρανὸν σὺν ἄστροις σεμνὴ καθέστηκεν, ὡς σὺ τοὺς ἰσαστέρους ἑπτὰ παῖδας φωταγωγήσασα πρὸς τὴν εὐσέβειαν ἔντιμος καθέστηκας θεῷ, καὶ ἐστήρισαι ἐν οὐρανῷ σὺν αὐτοῖς.
16:6ἦν γὰρ ἡ παιδοποιία σου ἀπὸ Ἀβραὰμ τοῦ παιδός.
16:7Εἰ δὲ ἐξὸν ἡμῖν ἤν, ὥσπερ τινός, ζωγραφῆσαι τὴν τῆς ἱστορίας σου εὐσέβειαν, οὐκ ἂν U+05D0V20 πατρωα U+05D0* (.αν U+05D0c.a) πατρωον V om ορων U+05D0 | επηξεν U+05D0* (επτηξεν U+05D0c.a) 21 Αννανιας A απεσφενδονισθησαν V 22 χαλεπαινετε U+05D0V (-νητε Vᵃ) 26 εἰδοτες V ανθιστασθαι] αντιτασσεσθαι U+05D0 ανιστασθε Va 24 επταμητηρ U+05D0c.a sed statim repos -τωρ επεισεν U+05D0 | om αποθανειν A 25 ετι] οτι U+05D0c.a επει V ιδοντες] ειδοτες U+05D0V οτι] οτι οι U+05D0* οποι U+05D0c.a δια] pr οι V αποθανοντες] αποθνησκοντες U+05D0V Ισακ U+05D0* (Ισαακ U+05D0c.a) παντες οι πατρ.] οι λυποι (λοιπ. Vᵃ) πατρ. V X VII 1 ως οτε] οτι ως U+05D0* οτι οτε U+05D0c.a V συλλαμβ. και αυτη U+05D0V τι] τις U+05D0V αυτης] εαυτης A ερειψε U+05D0 2 μερ Vᵃ om και 10 U+05D0 | επιδειξασα] δειξασα U+05D0 (διξ.) V 3 στεγη συ γ του στυλου] τους στυλους U+05D0 στυλους V υδρυμενη A ακλινη U+05D0* ακλνης U+05D0c.a V om δια V 4 μητηρ] μερ V τη A * (την A¹) γεν- ναιως] βεβαιαν U+05D0V θεον] pr τον U+05D0V 5 ουχ ουτω] ουχ ουτως bis scr U+05D0c.a (improb 2⁰ U+05D0c.a) ουτως V* ουχ ουτ. V1 | συν 1⁰] εν * (συν U+05D0c.a) ισαστε- ρους U+05D0V]| εις αστερας A om επτα V ευσεβιαν U+05D0: item 7 (2⁰) καθεστηκας] εστηκας V θεω] θω (sic) U+05D0 | εν ουρανω συν αυτοις] εν (συν U+05D0c.a) αυτοις εν ουρανοις U+05D0 6 παιδος] πος U+05D0V 7 ωσπερ] ως επι U+05D0* V ωσπερ επι U+05D0c.a ιστοριας σ. ευσεβειαν] ευσεβειας (-βιας U+05D0) σ. ιστοριαν U+05D0V 7 8 ουκ αν εφριττον και γαρ αξιον ην sup ras et in mgg A (om ουκ αν εφριττον... ευσεβειαν (2⁰) A* ᵛⁱᵈ) ἔφριττον οἱ θεωροῦντες μητέρα ἑπτὰ τέκνων δι᾿ εὺσέβειαν ποικίλας Λ βασάνους μέχρι θανάτου ὑπομείνασαν;
16:8καὶ γὰρ ἄξιον ἦν καὶ ἐπὶ αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἐπιταφίου ἀναγράψαι καὶ ταῦτα τοῖς ἀπὸ τοῦ ἔθνους εἰς μνείαν λεγόμενα
16:9Ἐνταῦθα φέρων ἱερεύU+03F2, καὶ φυνὴ φεραιά, καὶ ἑπτὰ παῖδεU+03F2 ἐνκεκήδευνται διὰ τυράννου βίδν, τὴν Ἐβρδίων πολιτίαν καταλῦU+03F2αι θέλοντοU+03F2.
16:10οἳ καὶ ἐξεδίκηU+03F2αν τὸ ἔθνοU+03F2 εἰU+03F2 θεὸν ἀφορῶντεU+03F2, καὶ μέχρι θανάτου τὰU+03F2 βαU+03F2άνουU+03F2 ὑπομίναντεU+03F2.
16:11ἀληθῶς γὰρ ἦν ἀγὼν θεῖος ὁ δι᾿ αὐτῶν γεγενημένος.
16:12θλοθέτει γὰρ τότε ἀρετὴ δι᾿ ὑπομονῆς δοκιμάζουσ· τὀ νῖκος ἐν ἀφθαρσίᾳ ἐν ζωῇ πολυχρονίῳ.
16:13Ἐλεαζαρ δἑ προηγωνί ζετο· ἡ δέ μήτηρ τῶν ἑπτὰ παίδων ἐνήθλει· οἱ δὲ ἀδελφοὶ ἠγωνίζοντο·
16:14ὁ τύραννος ἀντηγωνίζετο· ὁ δέ κόσμος καὶ ὁ τῶν ἀνθρώπων βίος ἐθεώρει·
16:15θεοσέβεια δέ ἐνίκα, τοὺς ἑαυτῆς ἀθλητὰς στεφανοῦσα.
16:16τίνες οὐκ ἐθαύμασαν τοὺς τ ῆς ἀληθείας νομοθεσίας ἀθλητάς ; τίνες οὐκ ἐξεπλάγησαν
16:17Αὺτός γέ τοι ὁ τύραννος καὶ ὅλον τὸ συνέδριον αὐτῶν ἐξεθαύμασαν αὐτῶν τὴν ὑπομονήν,
16:18ὄι ἣν καὶ τῷ θείῳ νῦν παρεστήκασιν θρόνῳ, καὶ τὸν μακάριον βιοῦσιν αἰῶνα·
16:19καὶ γάρ φησιν ὁ Μωσ ῆς Καὶ πάντες οἱ ἡγιασμένοι ὑπὸ τὰς χεῖράς σου.
16:20καὶ οὐτοι οὗν ἁγιασθέντες διὰ θεὸν τετίμηνται οὐ μόνον οὗν ταύτῃ τῇ τιμῇ, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῷ δι᾿ αὐτοὺς τὸ ἔθνος ἡμῶν τοὺς πολεμίους μὴ ἐπικρατῆσαι,
16:21καὶ τὸν τύραννον τιμωρηθῆναι καὶ τὴν πατρίδα καθαρισθῆναι·
16:22ὧσπερ ἀντίψυχον γεγονότας τῆς τοῦ ἔθνους ἁμαρτίας καὶ 7 θεωρουντες] + ορωντες U+05D0V μεχρι θανατου] om U+05D0* (hab) U+05D0c.a) + γιγνο- U+05D0V μενας U+05D0c.a ᵇ+ γινομενας V υπομενουσαν V 8 επι] επ τ V 9 ενταυθα] ενταυθοι U+05D0c.a (sed statim repos θα) V (ενταυθ οι sic V .σοι Vνοs ¹) |ιερευς και γυνη γεραια lin subduct adfec Aᵃ και 1⁰] + συν αυτω V επτα] incep ε U+05D0* (ζ΄ U+05D0¹) ενκεκηδευται V * εγκεκηδευντ. Va(vid) τυραννου βιαν] τυραννον U+05D0* (τυραννου β. U+05D0c.a) την Eβρ. πολιτιαν] των Eβρ. την πολιτειαν V θελοντες A θελοντας U+05D0* (.τος U+05D0¹) θελησαντος V 10 εθνος] γενος U+05D0 12 ηθλοτει (sic) A νικος] + αυτης V εν αφθαρσια] εις αφθαρσιαν αυτης U+05D0* αφθαρσια U+05D0c.a om U+05D0c.a εις αφθαρσιαν V 13 om δε 10 U+05D0* (hab U+05D0c.a) προηγωνιτο U+05D0* (προηγωνιζετο U+05D0c.a) om επτα U+05D0* (hab U+05D0c.a) αδελφοι] pr επτα 14 ο τυραννος αντ. even in V ad fin col om ο 30 V 15 θεοσεβια U+05D0 16 αληθειας] θειας U+05D0 (θιας) V νομοθεσιας (σια U+05D0* -σιας U+05D0¹)] pr θεοσεβειας V αθλητες U+05D0* (λτας U+05D0¹) τινες 2⁰] + δe U+05D0 17 συνεδριον] συμβουλιον U+05D0V om ουτων 10 U+05D0V εθαυμασαν U+05D0* (εξεθ. U+05D0c.a) |υπομονην] pr αρετην και την U+05D0 pr αρετην και V 18 δι ην... αιωνα lin sut-luctadfec Aᵃ? 19 Μωυσῆς U+05D0 20 ουτοι] αυτοι U+05D0 om δια θεον U+05D0 hab δια τον θν U+05D0c.a 20—22 ου μονον.. αμαρτιας lin subduct adfec Aᵃ? 20 om ουν 2⁰ U+05D0V om τω V hab τη V ¹⁽ᵛiᵈ (τω Vᵃ) τω δι αυτους· A επικρατησας A 21 τιμωρηθηναι] pr καταισχυνθηναι και V 22 ωσπερ] +γαρ V γεγονας U+05D0* (.νοτος U+05D0c.a) A διὰ τοῦ αἵματος τῶν εὐσεβῶν ἐκείνων καὶ τοῦ ἱλαστηρίου θανάτου αὐτῶν, ἡ θεία πρόνοια τὸν Ἰσραὴλ προκακωθέντα διέσωσεν.
16:23πρὸς γὰρ τὴν ἀνδρίαν αὐτῶν τῆς ἀρετῆς καὶ τὴν ἐπὶ ταῖς βασάνοις αὐτῶν ὑπομονὴν ὁ τύραννος ἀφιδὼν Ἀντίοχος ἀνεκήρυξεν τοῖς στρατιώταις αὐτοῦ εἰς ὑπόδιγμα τὴν ἐκείνων ὑπομονὴν·
16:24ἔσχεν τε αὐτοὺς γενναίους καὶ ἀνδρείους εἰς πεζομαχίαν καὶ πολιορκίnν· καὶ ἐκπορθήσας ἐνίκησεν πάντας τοὺς πολεμίους.
Chapter 17
17:1Ὦ τῶν Ἀβραμιαίων σπερμάτων ἀπόγονοι παῖδες Ἰσραηλεῖται, πείθεσθε τῷ νόμῳ τούτῳ, καὶ πάντα τρόπον εὐσεβεῖτε·
17:2γινάσκοντες ὅτι τῶν παθῶν δεσπότης ἐστὶν ὁ εὐσεβὴς λογισμός, καὶ οὐ μόνον τῶν ἔνδοθεν ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν ἔξωθεν πόνων·
17:3ἀυθʼ ὧν διὰ τὴν εὐσέβειαν προιἐμενοι τὰ σώματα τοῖς πόνοις ἐκείνοι, οὐ μόνον ὑπὸ τῶυ ἀνθρώπων ἐθαυμάσθησαν, ἀλλὰ καὶ θείας μερίδος κατηξιώθησαν.
17:4καὶ δι αὐτοὺς είρήνευσεν τὸ ἔθυος, καὶ τὴν εὐνομίαν τὴν ἐπὶ τῆς πατρίδος ἀνανεωσάμενος, ἐκπεπολιόρκηκε τοὺς πολεμίους.
17:5καὶ ὁ τύραννος Ἀντίοχος καὶ ἐπὶ γῆς τετιμώρηται, καὶ ἀποθανὼν κολάζεται· ὡς γὰρ οὐδὲν οὐδαμῶς ἴσχυσεν ἀναγκάσαι τοὺς Ἰεροσολυμείτας ἀλλοφυλῆσαι, καὶ τῶν πατρίων ἐθνῶν ἐκδιαιτηθῆναι,
17:6τότε δὴ ἀπάρας ἀπὸ τῶν Ἰεροσολύμων ἐστρατοπέδευσεν ἐπὶ Πέρσας. Ἔλεγεν δὲ ἡ μήτηρ τῶν ἑπτὰ παίδων καὶ ταῦτα ἡ δικαία τοῖς τέκνοις
17:7ὅτι Ἐγὼ ἐγενήθην παρθένος ἁγνή, καὶ οὐχ ὑπερέβην πατρικὸν οἶκον· ἐφύλασσον δὲ τὴν ᾠκοδομημένην πλευράν.
17:8οὐ διέφθειρέν με λυμεὼν τῆς ἐρημίας φθορεὺς ἐν πεδίῳ· οὐδὲ ἐλυμήνατό μου τὰ ἁγνὰ τῆς παρθενίας λυμεὼν ἀπάτης ὄφις· ἔμεινα δέ χρόνον ἀκμῆς σὺν ἀνδρί
17:9τούτων δέ U+05D0V22 δια] της U+05D0* (δια U+05D0c.a) θανατου] pr του U+05D0 | προκακωθεντα τον Ισλ U+05D0 23 ανδρειαν V τη 2⁰] της A om ουτων 2⁰ αφιδων] 1δῶν V ανεκηρυξεν ο Αντιοχος U+05D0 ανεκ. Αντ. V υποδειγμα 24 om και ανδρειους εκπορθουντας XV III 1 Αβρααμιθιων U+05D0* Ἀβρααμιαιων U+05D0c.a Ισδρα- ηλιται U+05D0 Ισραηλιτ. v πιθεσθε U+05D0* .θαι U+05D0c.a 2 εστιν δεσποτης U+05D0V 3 ευσεβίαν U+05D0 προεμενοι U+05D0 | θαυμασθησαν A (εθ. A¹) θείας] pr της V 4 συνομιαν (sic) V¹fort την 2⁰] τῃ U+05D0* fort om επι V ανανεωσαμενοι U+05D0V εκπεπολιορκηκε] εκπεπορθηκαν U+05D0* V εκπεπολιορκηκαν U+05D0c.a 5 24 multa pacne evanuere in A 5 γῆς] pr της V τετιμωρηται] ετειμωρειτο V * (ετιμ. Vᵃ) εθνων] om U+05D0 εθων V εκδιαιτηθηναι] εκζητηθηναι U+05D0 6 om δη U+05D0V εστρατοπεδευσεν] εστρατευσεν U+05D0 | Περσας] περας U+05D0* (Περσ. U+05D0c.ᵇ) om επτα U+05D0 | om παιδων V η δικαια] τα δικαιωματα U+05D0 ιδια V 7 εγεννηθην V και ουχ ουδε U+05D0 om και V ωκοδομουμενην A οικοδομουμενην U+05D0 οικοδομημενην V 8 ου διεφθειρεν] ουδε εφθιρεν U+05D0 | της ερημιας] τ sup ras A (seq spat 4 lilt) om της U+05D0V | απατης A*U+05D0c.a ᵇV| απατηλος Aa¹ απατητης U+05D0* | εμειν A* (α superscr Aᵃ?) ἐνηλίκαων γενομέναον ἐτελεύτησεν ὁ πατήρ. μακάριος μέν ἐκεῖνος· τὸυ A γὰρ τῆς εὐτεκνίας βίον ἐπιζητήσας, τὸν τῆς ἀτεκνίας οὐκ ὠδυνήθη καιρόν·
17:10ὸς ἐδίδασκεν ὑμᾶς, ἔτι ὧν σὺν ἡμῖν, τὸν νόμον καὶ τοὺς προφήτας
17:11τὸν ἀναιρεθέντα Ἅβελ ὑπὸ Κάιν ἀνεγίνωσκεν δὲ ἡμῖν, καὶ τὸν ὁλοκαρπούμενον Ἰσαάκ, καὶ τὸν ἐν φυλακῇ Ἰωσήφ·
17:12ἔλεγεν δὲ ἡμῖν τὸν ζηλωτὴν Φινεές, ἐδίδασκεν δὲ ὑμᾶς τοὺς ἐν πυρὶ Ἀνανίαν καὶ Ἀζαρίαν καὶ Μισαήλ·
17:13ἐδόξαζεν δὲ καὶ τὸν ἐν λάκκῳ λεόντων Δανιὴλ, ὃν καὶ ἐμακάριζεν·
17:14ὑπεμίμνησ κεν δὲ ὑμᾶς τὴν Ἠσαίου γραφὴν τὴν λέγουσαν Κδν διὰ πυρὸς διέλθῃς, φλὸξ οὐ κατακαύσει σε.
17:15τὸν ὑμνογράφον ἐμελῴδει ἡμῖν Δαυεὶδ τὸν λέγοντα Πολλαὶ αἱ θλίψεις τῶν δικαίων.
17:16τὸν Σαλομῶντα ἐπαροιμίαζεν ἡμῖν τὸν λέγοντα Ξλον ζωῆς ἐστιν πᾶσιν τοῖς ποιοῦσιν αὐτοῦ τὸ θέλημα.
17:17τὸν Ἰεζεκιὴλ ἐπιστοποιεῖτο τὸν λέγοντα Εἰζήσεται τὰ ὀστᾶ τὰ ξηρὰ ταῦτα;
17:18Αὀδὴν μέν γὰρ ἣν ἐδίδαξεν Μωσῆς οὐκ ἐπελάθετο τὴν διδάσκουσαν Ἐγὼ ἀποκτενῶ, καὶ ζῆν ποιήσω.
17:19Αλὕτη ἡ ζωὴ ὑμῶν καὶ ἡ μακαριότης τῶν ἡμερῶον.
17:20Ὦ πικρᾶς τῆς τότε ἡμέρας, καὶ οὐ πικρᾶς, ὅτε ὁ πικρὸς Ἐλλήνων τύραννος πῦρ φλέξας λέβησιν ὠμοίς, καὶ ζέουσι θυμοῖς ἀγαγὼν ἐπὶ τὸν καταπέλτην καὶ πάλιν τὰς βασάνους αὐτοῦ τοὺς ἑπτὰ παῖδας τῆς Ἀβραμίτιδος,
17:21τὰς τῶν ὀμμάτων κόρας ἐπήρωσεν, καὶ γλώσσας ἐξέτεμεν, καὶ βασάνοις ποικίλαις ἀπέκτεινεν.
17:22ὑπέρ ἱὧν ἡ θεία δίκη μετῆλθεν καὶ μετελεύσεται τὸν ἀλάστορα.
17:23οἱ δῆ Ἀβραμιαῖοι 9 ἐνηλίκων] ενικων (sic) A πατηρ] ουτων U+05D0V μεν] δε U+05D0* (μεν U+05D0c.ᵃ) | U+05D0V επιζητξσας] επιζησας U+05D0c.a V 10 ημιν A⁽ᵛⁱᵈ) V] υμιν U+05D0 om και U+05D0* (hab U+05D01(vid) c.ᵃ) V 11 δε] τε τγ ημιν] υμιν Ισακ U+05D0* (Ισαακ U+05D0c.a) 12 ημιν] υμιν U+05D0 τον ζηλωτην] pr και V δε 2⁰] τε U+05D0V υμας] ημας V τους εν πυρι] pr και V nm και 2⁰ U+05D0 13 δε| τε V ον even nisi potius erasum est in A om και 2⁰ U+05D0V 14 δε] τε V υμας] ημας V την 1⁰] pr και U+05D0 | Ησαια U+05D0* (Ησαιου U+05D0c.a) τον λεγοντα U+05D0* (την λεγουσαν U+05D0c.a) διελθῃς] εισελθῃς U+05D0* προσελθῃς U+05D0c.a 15 εμελωδει] in εμελωδι (sic) rescr ι Aᵃ? η μεν A* ᵛiᵈ (ημιν A?) τον λεγ.] om τον U+05D0 16 Σαλωμωντα U+05D0 Σοιομωνα V παροιμιαζεν U+05D0 ημιν] υμιν U+05D0 | τον λεγοντα] om τον U+05D0 |om πασιν U+05D0V 17 επιστοποιει U+05D0 18 εδιδασκεν U+05D0 | Μωυσῆς Μ την διδασκουσαν] διδασκων την λεγουσαν U+05D0V 19 υμων] ημων V μακαριοτης] μακροτης U+05D0 ματης (sic) V 20 πικρας 1⁰] πικρα A οτε] οτι U+05D0 ο πικρος] om ο U+05D0* (hab U+05D0c.a) V Bλληνων] + ω| U+05D0* (improb U+05D0c.a) φλεξας] πυροις σβεσας U+05D0* improb πυροις U+05D0? (φλεξας U+05D0c.a) πυρι σβεσας V ζεουσιν V |τας βασ.] τους βασ. U+05D0 | τους επτα] pr τας επι U+05D0* (improb U+05D0c.a c.ᵇ) pr τας επι τας επι (sic) V (improb επι τας V?) Aβρααμειτιδος U+05D0 21 τας (sup ras Aᵇ) των ομμ. κορος] και των ομμ. τας κ. U+05D0 pr και V επηρωσεν U+05D0¹ (incep λ ante επ. U+05D0*)] επληρωσεν A V γλωσσα| U+05D0* (γλωσσας U+05D0c.a) ποικειλοις A 22 αλαστορα] + τυραννον U+05D0 23 Αβρααμιαιοι U+05D0 A παίδες σὺν τῇ άθλοφόρῳ νητρὶ εἰς πατέρων χώρον συναγελάζονται, ψυχὰς ἁγνὰς καὶ ἀθανάτους ἀπειληφότες παρὰ τοῦ θεοῦ·
17:24ᾧ ᾑ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. ἀμήν.
Chapter 0
0:1ΦIΔΟΣOΦΩΤΑΤΟΝ λόγον ἐπιδείκνυσθαι μέλλων, εἰ αὐτοδέσποτός A ἐστιν τῶν παθῶν ὁ εὐσεβὴς λογισμός, συμβουλεύσαιμʼ ἂν ὑμῖν ὀρθῶς ὅπως προθύμως προσέχητε τῇ φιλοσοφίᾳ.
0:2καὶ γὰρ ἀναγκαῖος εἰς ἐπιστήμην παντὶ ὁ λόγος, καὶ ἄλλως τῆς μεγίστης ἀρετῆς, λέγω δὴ φρονήσεως, περιέχει ἔπαινον.
0:3εἰ ἄρα τῶν σωφροσύνης κωλυτικῶν παθῶν ὁ λογισμὸς φαίνεται ἐπικρατεῖν, γαστριμαργίας τε καὶ ἐπιθυμίας·
0:4ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν τῆς δικαιοσύνης ἐμποδιστικῶν παθῶν κυριεύειν ἀναφαίνεται, οἶον κακοηθείας, καὶ τῶν τῆς ἀνδρίας ἐμποδιστικῶν παθῶν, θυμοῦ τε καὶ πόνου καὶ φόβου.
0:5πῶς οὖν, ἴσως εἵποιεν ἄν τινες, εἰ τῶν παθῶν ὁ λογισμὸς κρατεῖ, λήθης καὶ ἀγνοίας οὐ δεσπόζει; γελοῖον ἐπιχειροῦντες λέγειν·
0:6οὐ γὰρ τῶν ἑαυτοῦ παθῶν ὁ λογισμὸς κρατεῖ, ἀλλὰ τῶν τῆς δικαιοσύνης καὶ ἀνδρείας καὶ σωφροσύνης καὶ φρονήσεως ἐναντίων· καὶ τούτων, οὐχ ὥστε αὐτὰ καταλῦσαι, ἀλλ᾿ ὥστε αὐτοῖς μὴ εἶξαι.
0:7Πολλαχόθεν μὲν οὗν καὶ ἀλλαχόθεν ἔχοιμʼ ἂν ὑμῖν ἐπιδεῖξαι, ὅτι αὐτοκράτωρ ἐστὶν τῶν παθῶν ὁ εὐσεβὴς λογισμός.
0:8πολὺ δὲ πλέον τοῦτο ἀποδείξαιμι ἀπὸ τῆς ἀνδραγαθείας τῶν ὑπέρ ἀρετὴν ἀποθανόντων, Ἐλεαζάρου τε καὶ ἑπτὰ ἀδελφῶν καὶ τῆς τούτων μητρός.
0:9ἄπαντες γὰρ οὗτοι τῶν ἕως θανάτου πόνων ὑπεριδόντες ἐπεδείξαντο ὅτι περικρατεῖ τῶν παθῶν Inscr Μακκαβαιων δ΄ U+05D0AV I 1 μελλον V* (-λλων Vᵃ) om ευσε- U+05D0V βης V προσεχητε προθυμως U+05D0V φιλοσοφια] + τοις μελλουσιν λεγεσθαι V 2 μεγιστης] + ων V 3 ει αρα] η γαρ V* ου γαρ μεν Vᵃ 4 ενπο- διστικων (1⁰) A κυριευειν] κωλυειν V κακοηθιας και 2⁰] pr τε V αν- δρειας V: item 6 θυμου] pr κυριευειν αναφαινεται V φοβου και πονου U+05D0 5 ειποιεν αν τις U+05D0* ειποι αν τις U+05D0c.a V 6 εαυτου] αυτου U+05D0V om και φρονησεως U+05D0V τουτων] των τοιουτων U+05D0 7 αυτοκρατωρ] pr δεσποτης V om ευσεβης U+05D0V 8 ανδραγαθειας] καλοκαγαθιας U+05D0 ἀνδρειας V* (ανδραγ. V 1ᵐᵍ) αρετης U+05D0V επτα] pr των U+05D0* (improb U+05D0c.a ) 9 παντες U+05D0* (απαντες U+05D0c.a ) τους εως θαν. πονους U+05D0V A ὁ λογισμός.
0:10τῶν μέν οὗν ἀρετῶν ἔπεστί μοι ἐπαινεῖν τοὺς κατὰ τοῦτον τὸν καιρὸν ὑπέρ τῆς καλοκἀγαθίας ἀποθανόντας μετὰ τῆς μητρὸς ἄνδρας· τῶν δὲ τιμῶν μακαρίσαιμʼ ἄν.
0:11θαυμασθέντες γὰρ ἐκεῖνοι οὐ μόνον ὑπὸ πάντων ἀνθρώπων ἐπὶ τῇ ἀνδρίᾳ καὶ τῇ ὑπομονῇ, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὑπὸ τῶν αἰκισαμένων, αἴτιοι κατέστησαν τοῦ καταλυθῆναι τὴν κατὰ τοῦ ἔθνους τυραννίδα, νικήσαντες τὸν τύραννον τῇ ὑπομονῇ, ὥστε καθαρισθῆναι δι᾿ αὐτῶν τὴν πατρίδα.
0:12ἀλλὰ καὶ περὶ τούτου νῦν αὐτίκα δὴ λέγειν ἐξέσται, ἀρξαμένων τῆς ὑποθέσεως, ὅπερ εἴωθα ποιεῖν, καὶ οὕτως εἰς τὸν περὶ αὐτῶν τρέψομαι λόγον, δόξαν διδοὺς τῷ πανσόφῳ θεῷ.
0:13Ζητοῦμεν δὴ τοίνυν, εἰ αὐτοκράτωρ ἐστὶν τῶν παθῶν ὁ λογισμός.
0:14διακρίνωμεν δέ, τί ποτέ ἐστιν λογισμός, καὶ τί πάθος, καὶ πόσαι παθῶν εἰδέαι, καὶ εἰ πάντων ἐπικρατεῖ τούτων ὁ λογισμός.
0:15λογισμὸς μέν δὴ τοίνυν ἐστὶν νοῦς μετὰ ὀρθοῦ βίου προτιμῶν τὸν σοφίας λόγον.
0:16σοφία δὴ τοίνυν ἐστὶν γνῶσις θείων καὶ ἀνθρωπίνων πραγμάτων, καὶ τῶν τούτων αἰτιῶν. ¹⁷αὕτη δὴ τοίνυν ἐστὶν ἡ τοῦ νόμου παιδία, δι᾿ ἧς τὰ θεῖα σεμνῶς καὶ τὰ ἀνθρώπινα συμφερόντως μανθάνομεν.
0:17Τῆς δὲ σοφίας εἰδέαι καθεστᾶσιν φρόνησις καὶ δικαιοσύνη καὶ ἀνδρία καὶ σωφροσύνη.
0:18κυριωτάτη δὲ πάντων ἡ φρόνησις, ἐξ ἧς δὴ τῶν παθῶν ὁ λογισμὸς ἐπικρατεῖ
0:19παθῶν δὲ φύσεις εἰσὶν αἱ περιεκτικώταται δύο, ἡδονή τε καὶ πόνος· τούτων δὲ ἑκάτερον καὶ περὶ τὴν ψυχὴν πέφυκεν.
0:20πολλαὶ δὲ καὶ περὶ τὴν ἡδονὴν καὶ τὸν πόνον παθῶν εἰσιν ἀκολουθίαι.
0:21πρὸ μὲν οὗν τῆς ἡδονῆς ἐστιν ἐπιθυμία· μετὰ δὲ τὴν ἡδονήν, χαρά.
0:22πρὸ δὲ τοῦ U+05D0V10 κατα τουτον] κατ εκεινον V ανδρας] παιδας V μακαρισαιμι Vᵃ αν] + αυτους V 11 om εκεινοι U+05D0 επι τη ανδρια (-δρεια V)] επ ανδρια U+05D0 και τη υπομονη] om U+05D0* και υπομ. U+05D0c.a V 12 τουτου] του U+05D0 τουτων V om νυν V αρξαμενω U+05D0V om εις V αυτον V* (αυτων Vᵃ) 13 ζητουμεν δη τοινυν] ζητουμενου δη τουτου V αυτοκρατωρ] δεσποτης V εστι U+05D0* (-τιν U+05D0c.a ) 14 διακρινωμεν δε] διακρινομεν U+05D0* και διακρινομεν U+05D0c.a διακρινωμεν V om τι 2⁰ U+05D0 | παθων] pr των V 15 om μεν U+05D0* (hab U+05D0c.a ) om δη V ορθου (-θους A) βιου] ορθου λογου U+05D0V σοφιας λογον] σοφιας βιον U+05D0 σοφον βιον V 16 γνως V* (γνωσις Vᵃ ⁽ᵛⁱᵈ)) ανθρωπιων U+05D0 17 παιδεια V συμφε- ροντως] υμφερ rescr U+05D0¹ 18 καθεστηκασιν U+05D0 + τεσσαρες U+05D0c.ᵇ ανδρεια V 19 κυριοτατη A κυριοτητι V* (-ωτατη Vᵃ) δη] δεη (sic) A δε U+05D0 | των παθων] om των U+05D0 20 φυσις U+05D0A εκατερος U+05D0* εκατερων V* (-ρον U+05D0c.a Vᵃ) και περι] pr και περι το σωμα η γλωσσα (sic) V* improb η γλ. V1 ¹(fort) πεφυκος Va 21 πολλα A τω πονων A (sed τo prius ut vid) παθων] αγαθω U+05D0 | ακολουθιαι] ακολουθ rescr U+05D01 πόνου ἐστὶν φόβος· μετὰ δὲ τὸν πόνον, λύπη.
0:23θυμὸς δὲ κοινὸν Α πάθος ἐστὶν ἡδονῆς καὶ πόνου, ἐὰν ἐννοηθῇ τις ὅτε αὐτῷ περιέπεσεν.
0:24ἐν δὲ τῇ ἡδονῇ ἐστιν καὶ ἡ κακοήθης διάθεσις, πολυτροπωτάτη πάντων τῶν παθῶν οὖσα.
0:25κατὰ μέν ψυχῆς ἀλαζονία καὶ φιλαργυρία καὶ φιλοδοξία καὶ φιλονεικία καὶ βασκανία·
0:26κατὰ δὲ τὸ σῶμα παντοφαγία καὶ λαιμαργία καὶ μονοφαγία.
0:27καθάπερ οὗν δυοῖν τοῦ σώματος καὶ τῆς ψυχῆς φυτῶν ὄντων ἡδονῆς τε καὶ πόνου, πολλαὶ τούτων τῶν παθῶν εἰσιν παραφυάδες·
0:28ὦν ἕκαστος ὁ πανγέωργος λογισμὸς περικαθαίρων τε καὶ ἀποκνίζων καὶ περιπλέκων καὶ ἐπάρδων καὶ πάντα τρόπον μεταχέων ἐξημεροῖ τὰς τῶν ἠθῶν καὶ παθῶν ὕλας.
0:29Ὁ γὰρ λογισμὸς τῶν μέν ἀρετῶν ἐστιν ἡγεμών, τῶν δὲ παθῶν αὐτοκράτωρ. ἐπιθεώρει γε τοίνυν πρῶτον διὰ τῶν κωλυτικῶν τῆς σωφροσύνης ἔργων, ὅτι αὐτοδέσποτός ἐστιν τῶν παθῶν ὁ λογισμός.
0:30σωφροσύνη δὴ τοίνυν ἐστὶν ἐπικράτεια τῶν ἐπιθυμιῶν.
0:31τῶν δὲ ἐπιθυμιῶν αἱ μέν εἰσιν ψυχικαί, αἱ δὲ σωματικαί καὶ τούτων ἀμφοτέρων ὁ λογισμὸς ἐπικρατεῖν φαίνεται.
0:32ἐπεὶ πόθεν κινούμενοι πρὸς τὰς ἀπειρημένας τροφάς, ἀποτρεπόμεθα τὰς ἐξ αὐτῶν ἡδονάς; οὐχ ὅτι δύναται τῶν ὀρέξεων ἐπικρατεῖν ὁ λογισμός ; ἐγὼ μέν οἶμαι.
0:33τοιγαροῦν ἐνύδρων ἐπιθυμοῦντες καὶ ὀρνέων καὶ τετραπόδων, παντοίων βρωμάτων τῶν ἀπηγορευμένων ἡμῖν κατὰ τὸν νόμον ἀπεχόμεθα διὰ τὴν τοῦ λογισμοῦ ἐπικράτειαν.
0:34ἀντέχεται γὰρ τὰ τῶν ὀρέξεων πάθη ὑπὸ τοῦ σώφρονος νοὸς ἀνακαμπτόμενα· καὶ φιλοτιμοῦνται πάντα τὰ τοῦ σώματος κινήματα ὑπὸ τοῦ λογισμοῦ.
Chapter 0
0:1PHILOSOPHICAL in the highest degree is the question I propose to discuss, namely whether the Inspired Reason is supreme ruler over the passions; and to the philosophy of it I would seriously entreat your earnest attention.
0:2For not only is the subject generally necessary as a branch of knowledge, but it includes the praise of the greatest of virtues, whereby I mean self-control.
0:3That is to say, if Reason is proved to control the passions adverse to temperance, gluttony and lust, it is also clearly shown to be lord over the passions, like malevolence, opposed to justice, and over those opposed to manliness, namely rage and pain and fear.
0:4But, some may ask, if the Reason is master of the passions, why does it not control forgetfulness and ignorance? their object being to cast ridicule.
0:5The answer is that Reason is not master over defects inhering in the mind itself, but over the passions or moral defects that are adverse to justice and manliness and temperance and judgement; and its action in their case is not to extirpate the passions, but to enable us to resist them successfully.
0:6I could bring before you many examples, drawn from various sources, where Reason has proved itself master over the passions, but the best instance by far that I can give is the noble conduct of those who died for the sake of virtue, Eleazar, and the Seven Brethren and the Mother.
0:7For these all by their contempt of pains, yea, even unto death, proved that Reason rises superior to the passions.
0:8I might enlarge here in praise of their virtues, they, the men with the Mother, dying on this day we celebrate for the love of moral beauty and goodness, but rather would I felicitate them on the honours they have attained.
0:9For the admiration felt for their courage and endurance, not only by the world at large but by their very executioners, made them the authors of the downfall of the tyranny under which our nation lay, they defeating the tyrant by their endurance, so that through them was their country purified.
0:10But I shall presently take opportunity to discuss this, after we have begun with the general theory, as I am in the habit of doing, and I will then proceed to their story, giving glory to the all-wise God.
0:11Our enquiry, then, is whether the Reason is supreme master over the passions.
0:12But we must define just what the Reason is and what passion is, and how many forms of passion there are, and whether the Reason is supreme over all of them.
0:13Reason I take to be the mind preferring with clear deliberation the life of wisdom.
0:14Wisdom I take to be the knowledge of things, divine and human, and of their causes.
0:15This I take to be the culture acquired under the Law, through which we learn with due reverence the things of God and for our worldly profit the things of man.
0:16Now wisdom is manifested under the forms of judgement and justice, and courage, and temperance.
0:17But judgement or self-control is the one that dominates them all, for through it, in truth, Reason asserts its authority over the passions.
0:18But of the passions there are two comprehensive sources, namely, pleasure and pain, and either belongs essentially also to the soul as well as to the body.
0:19And with respect both to pleasure and pain there are many cases where the passions have certain sequences.
0:20Thus while desire goes before pleasure, satisfaction follows after, and while fear goes before pain, after pain comes sorrow.
0:21Anger, again, if a man will retrace the course of his feelings, is a passion in which are blended both pleasure and pain.
0:22Under pleasure, also, comes that moral debasement which exhibits the widest variety of the passions.
0:23It manifests itself in the soul as ostentation, and covetousness, and vain-glory, and contentiousness, and backbiting, and in the body as eating of strange meat, and gluttony, and gormandizing in secret.
0:24Now pleasure and pain being as it were two trees, growing from body and soul, many offshoots of these passions sprout up; and each man's Reason as master-gardener, weeding and pruning and binding up, and turning on the water and directing it hither and thither, brings the thicket of dispositions and passions under domestication.
0:25For while Reason is the guide of the virtues it is master of the passions.
0:26Observe, now, in the first place, that Reason becomes supreme over the passions in virtue of the inhibitory action of temperance.
0:27Temperance, I take it, is the repression of the desires; but of the desires some are mental and some physical, and both kinds are clearly controlled by Reason; when we are tempted towards forbidden meats, how do we come to relinquish the pleasures to be derived from them?
0:28Is it not that Reason has power to repress the appetites? In my opinion it is so.
0:29Accordingly when we feel a desire to eat water-animals and birds and beasts and meats of every description forbidden to us under the Law, we abstain through the predominance of Reason.
0:30For the propensions of our appetites are checked and inhibited by the temperate mind, and all the movements of the body obey the bridle of Reason.
0:31And what is there to be surprised at if the natural desire of the soul to enjoy the fruition of beauty is quenched?
0:32This, certainly, is why we praise the virtuous Joseph, because by his Reason, with a mental effort, he checked the carnal impulse. 11
0:33And Reason is proved to subdue the impulse not only of sexual desire, but of all sorts of covetings. For he, a young man at the age when physical desire is strong, by his Reason quenched the impulse of his passions.
0:34For the Law says, 'Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor anything that is thy neighbour's.'
0:35Verily, when the Law orders us not to covet, it should, I think, confirm strongly the argument that the Reason is capable of controlling covetous desires, even as it does the passions that militate against justice.
0:36How else, can a man, naturally gormandizing and greedy and drunken, be taught to change his nature, if the Reason be not manifestly the master of the passions?
0:37Certainly, as soon as a man orders his life according to the Law, if he is miserly he acts contrary to his nature, and lends money to the needy without interest, and at the seventh-year periods cancels the debt.
0:38And if he is parsimonious, he is overruled by the Law through the action of Reason, and refrains from gleaning his stubbles or picking the last grapes from his vineyards.
0:39And with regard to all the rest we can recognize that Reason is in the position of master over the passions or affections.
0:40For the Law ranks above affection for parents, so that a man may not for their sakes surrender his virtue, and it overrides love for a wife, so that if she transgress a man should rebuke her, and it governs love for children, so that if they are naughty a man should punish them, and it controls the claims of friendship, so that a man should reprove his friends if they do evil.
0:41And do not think it a paradoxical thing when Reason through the Law is able to overcome even hatred, so that a man refrains from cutting down the enemy's orchards, and protects the property of the enemy from the spoilers, and gathers up their goods that have been scattered.
0:42And the rule of Reason is likewise proved to extend through the more aggressive passions or vices, ambition, vanity, ostentation, pride, and backbiting.
0:43For the temperate mind repels all these debased passions, even as it does anger, for it conquers even this.
0:44Yea, Moses when he was angered against Dathan and Abiram did not give free course to his wrath, but governed his anger by his Reason.
0:45For the temperate mind is able, as I said, to win the victory over the passions, modifying some, while crushing others absolutely.
0:46Why else did our wise father Jacob blame the houses of Simeon and Levi for their unreasoning slaughter of the tribe of the Shechemites, saying, 'Accursed be their anger!'
0:47For had not Reason possessed the power to restrain their anger he would not have spoken thus.
0:48For in the day when God created man, he implanted in him his passions and inclinations, and also, at the very same time, set the mind on a throne amidst the senses to be his sacred guide in all things; and to the mind he gave the Law, by the which if a man order himself, he shall reign over a kingdom that is temperate, and just, and virtuous, and brave.
Chapter 1
1:1Καὶ τί θαυμαστόν, εἰ αἱ τῆς ψυχῆς ἐπιθυμίαι πρὸς τὴν τοῦ κάλλους μετουσίαν ἀκυροῦνται;
1:2ταύτῃ γοῦν ὁ σώφρων Ἰωσήφ ἐπαινεῖται, ὅτι τῷ λογισμῷ διανοίᾳ περιεκράτησεν τῆς ἡδυπαθείας.
1:3νέος γὰρ ὤν καὶ ἀκμάζων πρὸς συνουσιασμὸν ἠκύρωσεν τῷ λογισμῷ 24 και] pr τε V οτε] οτι U+05D0V 25 εν τη ηδ. δε U+05D0V εστιν] ενεστι U+05D0V U+05D0 | πολυποτρωτατη (sic) A ουσα των παθων U+05D0V 26 κατα] και τα U+05D0 | αλαζονεια Vᵃ φιλοδοξια] κενοδοξια V 27 και λαιμαργια και νομο- φαγια A και μονοφαγια και λαιμαργια U+05D0 και μονοφαγια V 28 δυειν U+05D0V παθων] φυτων U+05D0 29 εκαστην U+05D0V (-τιν V* -την Vᵃ) om τε U+05D0 | επαρ- δων] δων sup ras U+05D01) 30 αυτοκρατωρ] δεσποτης V γε τοινυν πρωτον] τοινυν πρ. U+05D0* δε πρ. U+05D0c.a,c.b γε το πρ. V 31 om δη V επικρατια U+05D0V* (-τεια Vᵃ) 32 om και V επικρατειν ο λογισμος U+05D0 33 απο- τρεπομεθα] αποστρεφομεθα U+05D0V μεν] γαρ U+05D0 | οιμε (sic) A 34 παν- τοιων] pr και U+05D0 | βρωματων των] βρωματα οντων A κατα] δια U+05D0* (κατα U+05D0c.ᵃ) επικρατιαν V* (-τειαν Vᵃ) 35 ανεχεται U+05D0 | ανακαμπτομενα ( -μεθα A)] ανακοπτομενα U+05D0V φιλοτιμουνται] φιμουται U+05D0 (φειμ.) V II 2 om τω λογισμω U+05D0 | περιεκρατησε V 3 ηκυρωσε U+05D0 A τὸν τῶν παθῶν οἶστρον.
1:4οὐ μόνον δὲ τὴν τῆς ἡδυπαθείας οἰστρηλασίαν ἐπικρατεῖν ὁ λογισμὸς φαίνεται, ἀλλὰ καὶ πάσης ἐπιθυμίας.
1:5λέγει γοῦν ὁ νόμος Οὐκ ἐπιθυμήσεις τὴν γυναῖκα τοῦ πλησίον σου, οὐδὲ ὅσα τῷ πλησίον σού ἐστιν.
1:6καίτοι ὅτε μὴ ἐπιθυμεῖν εἵρηκεν ἡμᾶς ὁ νόμος, πολὺ πλέον πείσαιμʼ ἂν ὑμᾶς ὅτι τῶν ἐπιθυμιῶν κρατεῖν δύναται ὁ λογισμός, ὥσπερ καὶ τῶν κωλυτικῶν τῆς δικαιοσύνης παθῶν.
1:7ἐπεὶ τίνα τρόπον μονοφάγος τις ὢν τὸ ἦθος καὶ γαστρίμαργος καὶ μέθυσος μεταπαιδεύεται, εἰ μὴ δῆλον ὅτι κύριός ἐστιν τῶν παθῶν ὁ λογισμός;
1:8αὐτίκα γοῦν τῷ νόμῳ πολιτευόμενος, κἂν φιλάργυρός τις εἴη, βιάζεται τὸν ἑαυτοῦ τρόπον, τοῖς δεομένοις δανί ζων χωρὶς τόκων, καὶ τὸ δάνιον τῶν ἑβδομάδων ἐνστασῶν χρεοκοπούμενος.
1:9κἂν φειδωλός τις ᾖ, ὑπὸ τοῦ νόμου κρατεῖται διὰ τὸν λογισμόν, μήτε ἐπικαρπούμενος τοὺς ἀμήτους, μήτε ἐπιρωγολογούμενος τοὺς ἀμπελῶνας· καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ἑτέρων δʼ ἔστιν ἐπιγνῶναι τοῦθʼ, ὅτι τῶν παθῶν ἐστιν ὁ λογισμὸς κρατῶν.
1:10ὁ γὰρ νόμος καὶ τῆς πρὸς γονεῖς εὐνοίας κρατεῖ, μὴ καταπροδιδοὺς τὴν ἀρετὴν δι᾿ αὐτούς·
1:11καὶ τῆς πρὸς γαμετῆς φιλίας ἐπικρατεῖ, διὰ παρανομίαν αὐτὴν ἀπελέγχων·
1:12καὶ τῆς τέκνων φιλίας κυριεύει, διὰ κακίαν αὐτῶν κολάζων· καὶ τῆς φίλων συνηθείας δεσπόζει, διὰ πονηρίας αὐτοὺς ἐξελέγχων.
1:13καὶ μὴ νομίσητε παράδοξον εἶναι, ὅπου καὶ ἔχθραν ὁ λογισμὸς ἐπικρατεῖν δύναται διὰ τὸν νόμον,
1:14μηδὲ δενδροτομῶν τὰ ἥμερα τῶν πολεμίων φυτά, τὰ δὲ τῶν ἐχθρῶν τοῖς ἀπολέσασιν διασώζων, καὶ τὰ πεπτωκότα συνεγείρων.
1:15Καὶ διὰ τῶν βιαιοτέρων δὲ παθῶν κρατεῖν ὁ λογισμὸς φαίνεται, φιλαρχίας καὶ κενοδοξίας καὶ ἀλαζονίας καὶ μεγαλαυχίας καὶ βασκανίας.
1:16πάντα γὰρ ταῦτα τὰ κακοήθη πάθη ὁ σώφρων νοῦς ἀπωθεῖται, ὥσπερ καὶ τὸν θυμόν· καὶ γὰρ τούτου δεσπόζει.
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1:18δυνατὸς γὰρ ὁ σώφρων νοῦς, ὡς ἔφην, κατὰ τῶν παθῶν ἀριστεῦσαι, καὶ τὰ μέν αὐτῶν μεταθεῖναι, τὰ δὲ καὶ ἀκυρῶσαι.
1:19ἐπεὶ διὰ τί ὁ πάνσοφος ἡμῶν πατήρ Ἰακὼβ τοὺς περὶ Συμεὼν καὶ Δευεὶν αἰτιᾶται μὴ λογισμῷ τοὺς Σικιμίτας ἐθνηδὸν ἀποσφάξαντας, λέγων Ἐπικατάρατος ὁ θυμὸς αὐτῶν;
1:20εἰ μὴ γὰρ ἐδύνατο τῶν θυμῶν ὁ λογισμὸς κρατεῖν, οὐκ ἂν εἶπεν οὕτως.
1:21ὁπηνίκα γὰρ ὁ θεὸς τὸν ἄνθρωπον κατεσκεύασεν, τα παθη αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰ ἤθη περιεφύτευσεν·
1:22καὶ τηνικαῦτα δέ περὶ πάντων τὸν ἱερὸν ἡγεμόνα νοῦν διὰ τῶν αἰσθητηρίων ἐνεθρόνισεν·
1:23καὶ τούτῳ νόμον ἔδωκεν, καθʼ ὃν πολιτευόμενος βασιλεύσει βασιλείαν σώφρονά τε καὶ δικαίαν καὶ ἀγαθὴν καὶ ἀνδρείαν.
1:24Πῶς οὖν, εἶποι τις ἄν, εἰ τῶν παθῶν ὁ λογισμὸς κρατεῖ, λήθης καὶ ἀγνοίας οὐ κρατεῖ ;
Chapter 1
1:1WELL then, someone may ask, if Reason is master of the passions why is it not master of forgetfulness and ignorance?
1:2But the argument is supremely ridiculous. For Reason is not shown to be master over passions or defects in itself, but over those of the body.
1:3For example, none of you is able to extirpate our natural desire, but the Reason can enable him to escape being made a slave by desire.
1:4None of you is able to extirpate anger from the soul, but it is possible for the Reason to come to his aid against anger.
1:5None of you can extirpate a malevolent disposition, but Reason can be his powerful ally against being swayed by malevolence.
1:6Reason is not the extirpate of the passions, but their antagonist.
1:7The case of the thirst of King David may serve at least to make this clearer.
1:8For when David had fought the live-long day against the Philistines, and by the help of our country's warriors had slain many of them, he came at eventide, all fordone with sweat and toil, to the royal tent, around which was encamped the whole army of our ancestors.
1:9So all the host fell to their evening meal; but the king, being consumed with an intense thirst, though he had abundance of water, was unable to slake it.
1:10Instead, an irrational desire for the water that was in the possession of the enemy with growing intensity burned him up and unmanned and consumed him.
1:11Then when his body-guard murmured against the craving of the king, two youths, mighty warriors, ashamed that their king should lack his desire, put on all their armour, and took a water-vessel, and scaled the enemy's ramparts; and stealing undetected past the guards at the gate, they searched through all the enemy's camp.
1:12And they bravely found the spring, and drew from it a draught for the king.
1:13But David, though still burning with the thirst, considered that such a draught, reckoned as equivalent to blood, was a grievous danger to his soul.
1:14Therefore, opposing his Reason to his desire, he poured out the water as an offering to God.
1:15For the temperate mind is able to conquer the dictates of the passions, and to quench the fires of desire, and to wrestle victoriously with the pangs of our bodies though they be exceeding strong, and by the moral beauty and goodness of Reason to defy with scorn all the domination of the passions.
1:16And now the occasion calls us to set forth the story of the self- controlled Reason.
1:17At a time when our fathers enjoyed great peace through the due observance of the Law, and were in happy case, so that Seleucus Nicanor, the king of Asia, sanctioned the tax for the temple-service, and recognized our polity, precisely then, certain men, acting factiously against the general concord, involved us in many and various calamities.
1:18Onias, a man of the highest character, being then high priest and having the office for his life, a certain Simon raised a faction against him, but since despite every kind of slander he failed to injure him on account of the people, he fled abroad with intent to betray his country.
1:19So he came to Apollonius, the governor of Syria and Phoenicia and Cilicia, and said, 'Being loyal to the king, I am here to inform you that in the treasuries of Jerusalem are stored many thousands of private deposits, not belonging to the temple account, and rightfully the property of King Seleucus.'
1:20Apollonius having made inquiry into the details of the matter, praised Simon for his loyal service to the king, and hastening to the court of Seleucus, disclosed to him the valuable treasure; then, after receiving authority to deal with the matter, he promptly marched into our country, accompanied by the accursed Simon and a very powerful army, and announced that he was there by the king's command to take possession of the private deposits in the treasury.
1:21Our people were deeply angered by this announcement, and protested strongly, considering it, an outrageous thing for those who had entrusted their deposits to the temple treasury to be robbed of them, and they threw all possible obstacles in his way.
1:22Apollonius, however, with threats, made his way into the temple.
1:23Then the priests in the temple and the women and children besought God to come to the rescue of his Holy Place that was being violated; and when Apollonius with his armed host marched in to seize the moneys, there appeared from heaven angels, riding upon horses, with lightning flashing from their arms, and cast great fear and trembling upon them.
1:24And Apollonius fell down half-dead in the Court of the Gentiles, and stretched out his hands to heaven, and with tears he entreated the Hebrews that they would make intercession for him and stay the wrath of the heavenly host.
1:25For he said that he had sinned and was worthy even of death, and that if he were given his life he would laud to all men the blessedness of the Holy Place.
1:26Moved by these words, Onias, the high-priest, although most scrupulous in other cases, made intercession for him lest king Seleucus should possibly think that Apollonius had been overthrown by a human device and not by divine justice.
1:27Apollonius, accordingly, after his astonishing deliverance departed to report to the king the things that had befallen him.
1:28But Seleucus dying, his successor on the throne was his son Antiochus Epiphanes, an overweening terrible man; who dismissed Onias from his sacred office, and made his brother Jason high-priest instead, the condition being that in return for the appointment Jason should pay him three thousand six hundred and sixty talents yearly.
1:29So he appointed Jason high-priest and made him chief ruler over the people.
1:30And he (Jason) introduced to our people a new way of life and a new constitution in utter defiance of the Law; so that not only did he lay out a gymnasium on the Mount of our fathers, but he actually abolished the service of the temple.
1:31Wherefore the divine justice was kindled to anger and brought Antiochus himself as an enemy against us.
1:32For when. be was carrying on war with Ptolemy in Egypt and heard that the people of Jerusalem had rejoiced exceedingly over a report of his death, he immediately marched back against them.
1:33And when he had plundered the city he made a decree denouncing the penalty of death upon any who should be seen to live after the law of our fathers.
1:34But he found all his decrees of no avail to break down the constancy of our people to the Law, and he beheld all his threats and penalties utterly despised, so that even women for circumcising their sons, though they knew beforehand what would be their fate, were flung, together with their offspring, headlong from the rocks.
1:35When therefore his decrees continued to be contemned by the mass of the people, he personally tried to force by tortures each man separately to eat unclean meats and thus abjure the Jewish religion.
1:36Accordingly, the tyrant Antiochus, accompanied by his councillors, sat in judgement on a certain high place with his troops drawn up around him in full armour, and he ordered his guards to drag there every single man of the Hebrews and compel them to eat swine's flesh and things offered to idols; but if any should refuse to defile themselves with the unclean things, they were to he tortured and put to death.
1:37And when many had been taken by force, one man first from among the company was brought before Antiochus, a Hebrew whose name was Eleazar, a priest by birth, trained in knowledge of the law, a man advanced in years and well known to many of the tyrant's court for his philosophy.
1:38And Antiochus, looking on him, said: 'Before I allow the tortures to begin for you, O venerable man, I would give you this counsel, that you should eat of the flesh of the swine and save your life; for I respect your age and your grey hairs, although to have worn them so long a time, and still to cling to the Jewish religion, makes me think you no philosopher.
1:39For most excellent is the meat of this animal which Nature has graciously bestowed upon us, and why should you abominate it? Truly it is folly not to enjoy innocent pleasures, and it is wrong to reject Nature's favours.
1:40But it will be still greater folly, I think, on your part if with idle vapouring about truth you shall proceed to defy even me to your own punishment.
1:41Will you not awake from your preposterous philosophy? Will you not fling aside the nonsense of your calculations and, adopting another frame of mind befitting your mature years, learn the true philosophy of expediency, and how to my charitable counsel, and have pity on your own venerable age?
1:42For consider this, too, that even if there be some Power whose eye is upon this religion of yours, he will always pardon you for a transgression done under compulsion.'
1:43bus urged by the tyrant to the unlawful eating of unclean meat, Eleazar asked permission to speak; and receiving it, he began his speech before the court as follows:
1:44'We, O Antiochus, having accepted the Divine Law as the Law of our country, do not believe any stronger necessity is laid upon us than that of our obedience to the Law.
1:45Therefore we do surely deem it right not. in any way whatsoever to transgress the Law.
1:46And yet, were our Law, as you suggest, not truly divine, while we vainly believed it to be divine, not even so would it be right for us to destroy our reputation for piety.
1:47Think it not, then, a small sin for us to eat the unclean thing, for the transgression of the Law, be it in small things or in great, is equally heinous; for in either case equally the Law is despised.
1:48And you scoff at our philosophy, as if under it we were living in a manner contrary to reason.
1:49Not so, for the Law teaches us self-control, so that we are masters of all our pleasures and desires and are thoroughly trained in manliness so as to endure all pain with readiness; and it teaches justice, so that with all our various dispositions we act fairly, and it teaches righteousness, so that with due reverence we worship only the God who is.
1:50Therefore do we eat no unclean meat; for believing our Law to be given by God, we know also that the Creator of the world, as a Lawgiver, feels for us according to our nature.
1:51He has commanded us to eat the things that will be convenient for our souls, and he has forbidden us to eat meats that would be the contrary.
1:52But it is the act of a tyrant that you should compel us not only to transgress the Law, but should also make us eat in such manner that you may mock at' this defilement so utterly abominable to us.
1:53But you shall not mock at me thus, neither will I break the sacred oaths of my ancestors to keep the Law, not even though you tear out mine eyes and bum out mine entrails.
1:54I am not so unmanned by old age but that when righteousness is at stake the strength of youth returns to my Reason.
1:55So twist hard your racks and blow your furnace hotter. I do not so pity mine old age as to break the Law of my fathers in mine own person.
1:56I will not belie thee, O Law that wast my teacher; I will not desert thee, O beloved self-control; I will not put thee to shame, O wisdom- loving Reason, nor will I deny ye, O venerated priesthood and knowledge of the Law.
1:57Neither shalt thou sully the pure mouth of mine old age and my lifelong constancy to the Law. Clean shall my fathers receive me, unafraid of thy torments even to the death.
1:58For thou indeed mayest be tyrant over unrighteous men, but thou shalt not lord it over my resolution in the matter of righteousness either by thy words or through thy deeds.'
Chapter 2
2:1ἔστι δέ κομιδῇ γελοῖος ὁ λογισμός· οὐ γὰρ τῶν ἑαυτοῦ παθῶν ὁ λογισμὸς ἐπικρατεῖν φαίνεται, ἀλλὰ τῶν σωματικῶν.
2:2οἶον ἐπιθυμίαν τις ὑμῶν οὐ δύναται ἐκκόψαι, ἀλλὰ μὴ δουλωθῆναι τῇ ἐπιθυμίᾳ δύναται ὁ λογισμὸς παρασχέσθαι.
2:3θυμον τις οὐ δύναται ἐκκόψαι ὑμῶν τῆς ψυχῆς, ἀλλὰ τῷ θυμῷ δυνατὸν βοηθῆσαι.
2:4κακοήθειάν τις ὑμῶν οὐ δύναται ἐκκόψαι, ἀλλὰ τὸ μὴ καμφθῆναι τῇ κακοηθείᾳ δυνατὸν ὁ λογισμὸς συμμαχῆσαι.
2:5οὐ γὰρ ἐκριζωτὴς τῶν παθῶν ὁ λογισμός ἐστιν, ἀλλὰ ἀνταγωνιστής.
2:6ἕστιν γοῦν τοῦτο διὰ τῆς Δαυεὶδ τοῦ βασιλέως δίψης σαφέστερον ἐπιλογίσασθαι.
2:7ἐπεὶ γὰρ δι᾿ ὅλης ἡμέρας προσβάλλων τοῖς ἀλλοφύλοις ὁ Δαυεὶδ πολλοὺς αὐτῶν ἀπέκτεινεν μετὰ τῶν τοῦ ἔθνους στρατιωτῶν,
2:8τότε δὴ γενομένης ἑσπέρας, ἱδρῶν καὶ σφόδρα κεκμηκώς, ἐπὶ τὴν βασίλειον 17 Μωυσης V Αβιρων V* (- βηρ. Vᵃ) 18 δυνατος] ικανος U+05D0* (δυν. U+05D0V U+05D0c.ᵇ) μεταθειναι] μετα sup ras A¹fort) 19 Σικειμιτας A αυτων] + οτι αυθαδης V 20 εδυνετο A των θυμων ο λογισμος] του θυμου ο λογ. U+05D0 ο λογ. των παθων V 21 κατεσκευασεν τον ανθρωπον U+05D0 22 και τηνικαυτα δε] τηνικαυτα δε sup ras A ηνικα δε πινακα δε V περι] επι U+05D0V παντων] + των (sic) A 23 και 1⁰] ι sup ras 3 litt A¹ δεδωκεν U+05D0 | βασιλειαν] βα sup ras Aa om και 2⁰ A 24 ειποιτε U+05D0* (ειποι τις αν U+05D0c.ᵃ ) κρατει 1⁰] δεσποτης εστιν V 24 III 1 om κρατει ληθης...εαυτου παθων ο λογισμος U+05D0* hab) δεσποτης εστιν ο λογισμος ληθης και αγνοιας ου κρατι εστιν δε κομιδη γελοιος ο λογος ου γαρ των εαυτου παθων ο λογισμος (add κρα sed rursus improb) U+05D0c III 1 εστιν V λογισμος 1⁰] λογος V επικρατειν] κρατειν U+05D0c.a επικρατων V αλλα] αλα (sic) U+05D0 2 εκκοψαι ου δυναται υμων U+05D0 ου δυν. εκκ. υμ. V μη δουλ.] pr τα V παρεχεσθαι U+05D0* (παρασχ. U+05D0c.a ) V 3 υμων εκκοψαι U+05D0 | δυνατον] + τον λογισμον U+05D0V 4 κακοηθιαν, κακοηθια U+05D0 | δυνατον] δυναιτ αν U+05D0 | δυναται V 7 ημερας] pr της V προσβαλων U+05D0V ο Δαυειδ] om ο V 8 ιδρων] pr εσπευδεν U+05D0 A σκηνὴν ᾖλθεν, περὶ ἤν ὁ πᾶς τῶν προγόνων στρατὸς ἐστρατοπεδεύκει.
2:9οἱ μέν οὗν ἄλλοι πάντες ἐπὶ τὸ δεῖπνον ἦσαν·
2:10ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς ὡς μάλιστα διψῶν, καίπερ ἀφθόνους ἔχων πηγάς, οὐκ ἠδύνατο δι᾿ αὐτῶν ἰάσασθαι τὴν δίψαν.
2:11ἀλλά τις αὐτὸν ἀλόγιστος ἐπιθυμία τοῦ παρὰ τοῖς πολεμίοις ὕδατος ἐπιτείνουσα συνέφρυγε, καὶ λύουσα κατέφλεγεν.
2:12ὅθεν τῶν ὑπερασπιστῶν ἐπὶ τῇ τοῦ βασιλέως ἐπιθυμίᾳ σχετλιαζόντων, δύο νεανίσκοι στρατιῶται καρτεροί, καταιδεσθέντες τὴν τοῦ βασιλέως ἐπιθυμίαν, τὰς πανοπλίας καθωπλίσαντο, καὶ κάλπιν λαβόντες ὑπερέβησαν τοὺς τῶν πολεμίων χάρακας·
2:13καὶ λαθόντες τοὺς τῶν πυλῶν ἀκροφύλακας, διεξήεσαν εὑράμενοι κατὰ πᾶν τὸ τῶν πολεμίων στρατοπέδου.
2:14καὶ ἀνευράμενοι θαρραλέως τὴν πηγήν, ἐξ αὐτῆς ἐγέμισαν τῷ βασιλεῖ τὸ ποτόν.
2:15ὁ δὲ καὶ περὶ τὴν δίψαν διαπυρούμενος, ἐλογίσατο πάνδεινον εἶναι κίνδυνον τῇ ψυχῇ λογισθὲν ἰσοδύναμον τὸ ποτὸν αἵματι.
2:16ὅθεν ἀντιθεὶς τῇ ἐπιθυμίᾳ τὸν λογισμόν, ἔσπεισεν τὸ πόμα τῷ θεῷ.
2:17δυνατὸς γὰρ ὁ σώφρων νοῦς νικῆσαι τὰς τῶν παθῶν ἀνάγκας, καὶ σβέσαι τὰς τῶν οἴστρων φλεγμονάς,
2:18καὶ τὰς τῶν σωμάτων ἀλγηδόνας καθʼ ὑπερβολὴν οὔσας καταπαλαῖσαι, καὶ τῆς καλοκἀγαθίας τοῦ λογισμοῦ ἀποπτύσαι πάσας τὰς τῶν παθῶν ἐπικρατίας.
2:19Ἤδη δὲ καὶ ὁ καιρὸς ἡμᾶς καλεῖ ἐπὶ τὴν ἀπόδειξιν τῆς ἱστορίας τοῦ σώφρονος λογισμοῦ.
2:20ἐπειδὴ γὰρ βαθεῖαν εἰρήνην διὰ τὴν εὐνομίαν οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν εἶχον, καὶ ἔπραττον καλῶς, ὥστε καὶ τὸν τῆς Ἀσίας βασιλέα Σέλευκον τὸν Νικάνορα καὶ χρήματα εἰς τὴν ἱερουργίαν αὐτοῖς ἀφορίσαι, καὶ τὴν πολιτίαν αὐτῶν ἀποδέχεσθαι
2:21τότε δὴ τινες πρὸς τὴν κοινὴν νεωτερίσαντες ὁμόνοιαν πολυτρόπως ἐχρήσαντο συμφοραῖς.
Chapter 2
2:1BUT when Eleazar replied thus eloquently to the exhortations of the tyrants, the guards around him dragged him roughly to the torturing place.
2:2And first they unclothed the old man, who was adorned with the beauty of holiness.
2:3Then binding his arms on either side they scourged him, a herald standing and shouting out over against him, 'Obey the orders of the king!'
2:4But the great-souled and noble man, an Eleazar in very truth, was no more moved in his mind than if he were being tormented in a dream; yea, the old man keeping his eyes steadfastly raised to heaven suffered his flesh to be tom by the scourges till he was bathed in blood and his sides became a mass of wounds; and even when he fell to the ground because his body could no longer support the pain he still kept his Reason erect and inflexible.
2:5With his foot then one of the cruet guards as he fell kicked him savagely in the side to make him get up.
2:6But he endured the anguish, and despised the compulsion, and bore up under the torments, and like a brave athlete taking punishment, the old man outwore his tormentors.
2:7The sweat stood on his brow, and he drew his breath in hard gasps, till his nobility of soul extorted the admiration of his tormentors themselves.
2:8Hereupon, partly in pity for his old age, partly in sympathy for their friend, partly in admiration of his courage, some of the courtiers of the king went tip to him and said:
2:9'Why, O Eleazar, dost thou madly destroy thyself in this misery? We will bring to thee of the seethed meats, but do thou feign only to partake of the swine's flesh, and so save thyself.'
2:10And Eleazar, as if their counsel did but add to his tortures, cried loudly: 'No. May we sons of Abraham never have so evil a thought as with faint heart to counterfeit a part unseemly to us.
2:11Contrary to Reason, indeed, were it for us, after living unto the truth till old age, and guarding in lawful guise the repute of so living, now to change and become in our own persons a pattern to the young of impiety, to the end that we should encourage them to eat unclean meat.
2:12Shame were it if we should live on a little longer, during that little being mocked of all men for cowardice, and while despised by the tyrant as unmanly should fail to defend the Divine Law unto the death.
2:13Therefore, O sons of Abraham, do ye die nobly for righteousness' sake; but as for you, O minions of the tyrant, why pause ye in your work?'
2:14So they, seeing him thus triumphant over the tortures and unmoved even by the pity of his executioners, dragged him to the fire.
2:15There they cast him on it, burning him with cruelly cunning devices, and they poured broth of evil odour into his nostrils.
2:16But when the fire already reached to his bones and he was about to give up the ghost, he lifted up his eyes to God and said:
2:17'Thou, O God, knowest that though I might save myself I am dying by fiery torments for thy Law. Be merciful unto thy people, and let our punishment be a satisfaction in their behalf. Make my blood their purification, and take my soul to ransom their souls,,
2:18And with these words the holy man nobly yielded up his spirit under the torture I and for the sake of the Law held out by his Reason even against the torments unto death.
2:19Beyond question, then, the Inspired Reason is master over the passions; for if his passions or sufferings had prevailed over his Reason we should have credited them with this evidence of their superior power.
2:20But now his Reason having conquered his passions, we properly attribute to it the power of commanding them.
2:21And it is right that we should admit that the mastery lies with Reason, in cases at least where it conquers pains that come from outside ourselves; for it were ridiculous to deny it.
2:22And my proof covers not only the superiority of Reason to pains, but its superiority to pleasures also; neither does it surrender to them.
Chapter 3
3:1Σίμων γάρ τις πρὸς Ὀνίαν ἀντιπολιτευόμενος τόν ποτε τὴν ἀρχιερωσύνην ἔχοντα διὰ βίου, καλὸν καὶ U+05D0V8 εστρατοπεδευκεν V* (παιδ. Vᵃ) 10 om ως U+05D0 11 διεφρυγε U+05D0* συνεφρυγεν U+05D0c.a V 12 υπερασπιστων] υπασπιστων U+05D0 | πανοπλιας] παντευχιας U+05D0V | καλπην U+05D0 καρπιν V* καρπην V¹⁽ᵛid) 12—13 χαρα- κας και sup ras et in mg Aᵃ 13 ευραμενοι] ανευρωμενοι U+05D0* ανερευ- νωμενοι U+05D0c.a V στρατοπαιδιον A (-δον A?ᵛiᵈ) 14 ανευραμενοι] ανεραυ- νομενοι (sic) V θαρραλεως την πηγην εξ αυτης] τᾒ πηγην εξ αυτ. θαρρ. U+05D0V εγεμισαν] εκομισαν U+05D0V το βασ. V* (τω β. Vᵃ) 15 και περι] καιπερ U+05D0 και V τη διψα V* τη διψη Vᵃ τη ψυχη] om τη το ποτον] om το U+05D0V 16 πομα sup ras et in mg Aᵃ 18 ουσας] pr δυνατας U+05D0 | τη καλοκαγαθια U+05D0V | επικρατειας U+05D0Vᵃ 19 om και V 20 τον Νικανορος V αφορισοι] αποφορισαι A πολειτειαν U+05D0 πολιτειαν V 21 τοτε δη τινες προς την in mg et sup ras Aa πολυτροποις U+05D0V ἀγαθὸν ἄνδρα, ἐπειδὴ πάντα τρόπον διαβάλλων ὑπέρ τοῦ ἔθνους A οὐκ ἴσχυσεν κακῶσαι, φυγὰς ᾤχετο, τὴν πατρίδα προδώσων.
3:2ὅθεν ἥκων πρὸς Ἀπολλώνιον, τὸν Συρίας τε καὶ Φοινίκης καὶ Κιλικίας στρατηγόν, ἔλεγεν
3:3Εὔνους ὣν τοῖς τοῦ βασιλέως πράγμασιν ἥκω, μηνύων πολλὰς ἰδιωτικῶν χρημάτων μυριάδας ἐν τοῖς Ἰεροσολύμων γαζοφυλακίοις τεθησαυρίσθαι τῷ ἱερῷ μὴ ἐπικοινωνούσας, ἀλλὰ προσἠκειν ταῦτα Σελεύκῳ τῷ βασιλεῖ
3:4τούτων ἕκαστα γνοὺς ὁ Ἀπολλώνιος, τὸν μέν Σίμωνα τῆς εἰς τὸν βασιλέα κηδεμονίας ἐπαινεῖ, πρὸς δὲ τὸν Σέλευκον ἀναβὰς κατεμήνυε τὸν τῶν χρημάτων θησαυρόν·
3:5καὶ λαβὼν τὴν περὶ αὐτῶν ἐξουσίαν, ταχὺ εἰς τὴν πατρίδα ἡμῶν μετὰ τοῦ καταράτου Σίμωνος καὶ βαρυτάτου στρατοῦ
3:6προσελθών, ταῖς τοῦ βασιλέως ἐντολαῖς ἥκειν ἔλεγεν, ὅπως τὰ ἰδιωτικὰ τοῦ γαζοφυλακίου λάβοι χρήματα.
3:7καὶ τοῦ ἔθνους πρὸς τὸν λόγον σχετλιάσαντος ἀντιλέγοντός τε, πάνδεινον εἶναι νομίσαντες εἰ οἱ τὰς παρακαταθήκας πιστεύσαντες τῷ ἱερῷ θησαυρῷ στερηθήσονται, ὡς οἷόν τε ἣν ἐκώλυον.
3:8μετὰ ἀπειλῆς δὲ ὁ Ἀπολλώνιος ἀπῄει εἰς τὸ ἱερόν.
3:9τῶν δὲ ἱερέων μετὰ γυναικῶν καὶ παιδίων ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ ἱκετευσάντων τὸν θεὸν ὑπερασπίσαι τοῦ καταφρονουμένου τύπου,
3:10ἀνιόντος τε μετὰ καθωπλισμένης στρατιᾶς τοῦ Ἀπολλωνίου πρὸς τὴν τῶν χρημάτων ἁρπαγήν, οὐρανόθεν προυφάνησαν ἔφιπποι ἄγγελοι περιαστράπτοντες τοῖς ὅπλοις, καὶ πολὺν αὐτοῖς φόβον τε καὶ τρόμον ἐνιόντες.
3:11καταπεσών γε τοι ἡμιθανὴς ὁ Ἀπολλώνιος ἐπὶ τὸν πάμφυλον τοῦ ἱεροῦ περίβολον, τὰς χεῖρας ἐξέτεινεν εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ μετὰ δακρύων τοὺς Ἐβραίους παρεκάλει ὅπως περὶ αὐτοῦ εὐξόμενοι, τὸν ἐπουράνιον ἐξευμενίσωνται στρατόν.
3:12ἔλεγεν γὰρ ἡμαρτηκώς, ὥστε καὶ ἀποθανεῖν ἄξιος ὑπάρχειν, πᾶσίν τε ἀνθρώποις IV1 διαβαλων V 2 ηκως A προς] ως U+05D0 3 μηνυσων V γαζο- U+05D0V φυλακειοις A Vᵃ τεθησαυρισται A τω ιερω (ω sup ras Aᵃ?)] τοις ιεροις U+05D0 | αλλα] και U+05D0V 4 τουτων] + δε V κατεμηνυσε U+05D0 τον 4⁰ το A (τον A¹) 5 λαβων] ελαβεν U+05D0V ταχυ] pr και U+05D0V 6 προελθων U+05D0* (προσελθ. U+05D0c.a ) ηκειν] εικειν Vᵃ γαζοφυλακιου (-κειου Vᵃ) λαβοι sup ras et in mg Aᵃ 7 σχετλιαζοντος U+05D0 | αντιλεγοντος τε] και αντιλ. V εναι A* (ειν. A¹) νο- μισαντες] νοησατες U+05D0 | οι τας παρακαταθηκας] τας παρ. οι U+05D0 | πιστευσαντας A 8 απειλων U+05D0 | Ἀπωνιος A* (Απολλ. A¹) 9 ιερεων] γεραιων U+05D0 | του] + ιερου U+05D0V τοπου] pr του U+05D0 10 om τε 1⁰ Vᵛⁱᵈ στρατιας] pr της U+05D0V |τω Απολλωνιω V αγγελοι προυφανησαν εφιπποι U+05D0 εφιπποι προεφανησαν αγγ. V αυτοις] ουτων U+05D0 | ενιοντες] ενιθlτες U+05D0 11 γε] δε U+05D0V om ο Απολ- λωνιος V om και A (hab U+05D0V) παρεκαλει] ρε sup ras A ευξομενοι (εξ. A* ευξ. Aa?)] προσευξαμενοι U+05D0V | επουρανιον] ουρανιον U+05D0V 12 τε] A ὑμνήσειν σωθεὶς τὴν τοῦ ἱεροῦ τόπου μακαριότητα.
3:13τούτοις ἐπαχθεὶς τοῖς λόγοις Ὀνίας ὁ ἀρχιερεύς. καίπερ ἄλλως εὐλαβηθεὶς μή ποτε νομίσειεν ὁ βασιλεὺς Σέλευκος ἐξ ἀνθρωπίνης ἐπιβουλῆς καὶ μὴ θείας δίκης ἀνῃρῆσθαι τὸν Ἀπολλώνιον, ηὔξατο περὶ αὐτοῦ.
3:14καὶ ὁ μέν παραδόξως διασωθεὶς ᾤχετο, δηλώσων τῷ βασιλεῖ τὰ συμβάντα αὐτῷ.
3:15Γελευτήσαντος δὲ Σελεύκου τοῦ βασιλέως, διαδέχεται τὴν ἀρχὴν ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ Ἀντίοχος Ἐπιφανής, ἀνὴρ ὑπερήφανος, δεινός·
3:16ὃς καταλύσας τὸν Ὀνίαν τῆς ἀρχιερωσύνης Ἰάσονα τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ κατέστησεν ἀρχιερέα,
3:17συνθέμενον δώσειν, εἰ ἐπιτρέψειεν αὐτῷ τὴν ἀρχήν, κατʼ ἐνιαυτὸν τρισχίλια ἑξακόσια ἑξήκοντα τάλαντα.
3:18ὁ δὲ ἐπέτρεψεν αὐτῷ ἀρχιερᾶσθαι καὶ τοῦ ἔθνους ἀφηγεῖσθαι.
3:19ὃς καὶ ἐξεζήτησεν τὸ ἔθνος, καὶ ἐξεπολίτευσεν ἐπὶ πᾶσαν παρανομίαν·
3:20ὣστε μὴ μόνον ἐπʼ αὐτῇ τῇ ἄκρᾳ τῆς πατρίδος ἡμῶν γυμνάσιον κατασκευάσαι, ἀλλὰ καὶ καταλῦσαι τὴν τοῦ ἱεροῦ κηδεμονίαν.
3:21ἐφʼ οἶς ἀγανακτήσασα ἡ θεία δίκη αὐτόν τοιτὸν Ἀντίοχον ἐπολέμησεν.
3:22ἐπειδὴ γὰρ πολεμῶν ἣν κατʼ Aἴγυπτον Πτολεμαίῳ, ἤκουσέν τε ὅτι φήμης διαδοθείσης περὶ τοῦ τεθνάναι αὐτόν, ὡς ἔνι μάλιστα χαίροιεν οἱ Ἰεροσολυμεῖται, ταχέως ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς ἀνέζευξεν.
3:23καὶ ὡς ἐπόρθησεν αὐτούς, δόγμα ἔθετο ὅπως εἴτινες αὐτῶν φάνοιεν τῷ πατρίῳ πολιτευόμενοι νόμῳ, θάνοιεν.
3:24καὶ ἐπεὶ κατὰ μηδένα τρόπον ἴσχυεν καταλῦσαι διὰ τῶν δογμάτων τὴν τοῦ ἔθνους εὔνοιαν, ἀλλὰ πάσας τὰς ἑαυτοῦ ἀπειλὰς καὶ τιμωρίας ἑώρα καταλυομένας,
3:25ὥστε καὶ γυναῖκας, ὅτι περιέτεμον τὰ παιδία, μετὰ τῶν βρεφῶν κατακρημνισθῆναι, προειδυίας ὅτι τοῦτο πείσονται·
3:26ἐπεὶ οὖν τὰ δόγματα αὐτοῦ κατεφρονεῖτο ὑπὸ τοῦ λαοῦ, αὐτὸς διὰ βασάνων ἕνα ἕκαστον τοῦ ἔθνους ἠνάγκαζεν, μιερῶν ἀπογευομένους τροφῶν, ἐξόμνυσθαι τὸν Ἰουδαισμόν.
Chapter 3
3:1FOR the Reason of our father Eleazar, like a fine steersman steering the ship of sanctity on the sea of the passions, though buffeted by the threats of the tyrant and swept by the swelling waves of the tortures, never shifted for one moment the helm of sanctity until he sailed into the haven of victory over death.
3:2No city besieged with many and cunning engines ever defended itself so well as did that holy man when his sacred soul was attacked with scourge and rack and flame, and he moved them who were laying siege to his soul through his Reason that was the shield of sanctity.
3:3For our father Eleazar, setting his mind film as a beetling sea-cliff, broke the mad onset of the surges of the passions.
3:4O priest worthy of thy priesthood, thou didst not defile thy holy teeth, nor didst thou befoul with unclean meat thy belly that had room only for piety and purity.
3:5O confessor of the Law and philosopher of the Divine life! Such should those be whose office is to serve the Law and defend it with their own blood and honourable sweat in the face of sufferings to the death.
3:6Thou, O father, didst fortify our fidelity to the Law through thy steadfastness unto glory; and having spoken in honour of holiness thou didst not belie thy speech, and didst confirm the words of divine philosophy by thy deeds, O aged man that wast more forceful than the tortures.
3:7O reverend elder that wast tenser-strung than the flame, thou great king over the passions, Eleazar.
3:8For as our father Aaron, armed with the censer, ran through the massed congregation against the fiery angel and overcame him, so the son of Aaron, Eleazar, being consumed by the melting heat of the fire, remained unshaken in his Reason.
3:9And yet most wonderful of all, he, being an old man, with the sinews of his body unstrung and his muscles relaxed and his nerves weakened, grew a young man again in the spirit of his Reason and with Isaac-like Reason turned the hydra-headed torture to impotence.
3:10O blessed age, O reverend grey head, O life faithful to the Law and perfected by the seal of death!
3:11Assuredly, then, if an old man despised the torments unto death for righteousness' sake it must be admitted that the Inspired Reason is able to guide the passions.
3:12But some perhaps may answer that not all men are masters of the passions because not all men have their Reason enlightened.
3:13But as many as with their whole heart make righteousness their first thought, these alone are able to master the weakness of the flesh, believing that unto God they die not, as our patriarchs, Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, died not, but that they live unto God.
3:14Therefore there is-nothing contradictory in certain persons appearing to be slaves to passion in consequence of the weakness of their Reason.
3:15For who is there that being a philosopher following righteously the whole rule of philosophy, and having put his trust in God, and knowing that it is a blessed thing to endure all hardness for the sake of virtue, would not conquer his passions for the sake of righteousness?
3:16For the wise and self-controlled man alone is the brave ruler of the passions.
3:17Yea, by this means even young boys, being philosophers by virtue of the Reason which is according to righteousness, have triumphed over yet more grievous tortures.
3:18For when the tyrant found himself notably defeated in his first attempt, and impotent to compel an old man to eat unclean meat, then truly in violent rage he ordered the guards to bring others of the young men of the Hebrews, and if they would eat unclean meat to release them after eating it, but if they refused, to torture them yet more savagely.
3:19And under these orders of the tyrant seven brethren together with their aged mother were brought prisoners before him, all handsome, and modest, and well-born,--and generally attractive.
3:20And when the tyrant saw them there, standing as if they were a festal choir with their mother in the midst, he took notice of them, and struck by their noble and distinguished bearing he smiled at them, and calling them nearer said:
3:21'O young men, I wish well to each one of you, and admire your beauty, and honour highly so large a band of brothers; so not only do I advise you not to persist in the madness of that old man who has already suffered, but I even entreat of you to yield to me and become partakers in my friendship.
3:22For, as I am able to punish those who disobey my orders, so am I able to advance those who do obey me.
3:23Be assured then that you shall be given positions of importance and authority in my service if you will reject the ancestral law of your polity.
3:24Share in the Hellenic life, and walk in a new way, and take some pleasure in your youth; for if you drive me to anger with your disobedience you will compel me to resort to terrible penalties and put every single one of you to death by torture.
3:25Have pity then on yourselves, whom even I, your opponent, pity for your youth and your beauty.
3:26Will you not consider with yourselves this thing, that if you disobey me there is nothing before you but death in torments?'
3:27With these words he ordered the instruments of torture to be brought forward in order to persuade them by fear to eat unclean meat.
3:28But when the guards had produced wheels, and joint-dislocators, and racks, and bone-crushers, and catapults, and cauldrons, and braziers, and thumb-screws, and iron claws, and wedges, and branding irons, the tyrant spoke again and said:
3:29'You had better feel fear, my lads, and the justice you worship will pardon your unwilling transgression.'
3:30But they, hearing his persuasions, and seeing his dreadful engines, not only showed no fear but actually arrayed their philosophy in opposition to the tyrant, and by their right Reason did abase his tyranny.
3:31And yet consider; supposing some amongst them to have been faint- hearted and cowardly, what sort of language would they have used? would it not have been to this effect?
3:32'Alas! miserable creatures that we are and foolish above measure! When the king invites us and appeals to us on terms of kind treatment shall we not obey him?
3:33Why do we encourage ourselves with vain desires and dare a disobedience that is to cost us our lives? Shall we not, O men my brothers, fear the dread instruments and weigh well his threats of the tortures, and abandon these empty vaunts and this fatal bragging?
3:34Let us take pity on our own youth and have compassion on our mother's age; and let us lay to heart that if we disobey we shall die.
3:35And even the divine justice will have mercy on us, if compelled by necessity we yield to the king in fear. Why should we cast away from us this dear life and rob ourselves of this sweet world?
3:36Let us not strive against necessity nor with vain confidence invite our torture.
3:37Even the Law itself does not willingly condemn us to death, we being in terror of the instruments of torture.
3:38Why does such contentiousness inflame us and a fatal obstinacy find favour with us, when we might have a peaceful life by obeying the king?'
3:39But no such words escaped these young men at the prospect of the torture, nor did such thoughts enter into their minds.
3:40For they were despisers of the passions and masters over pain.
Chapter 4
4:1Προκαθίσας γέ τοι μετὰ τῶν συνέδρων ὁ τύραννος Ἀντίοχος ἐπί U+05D0V13 τουτοις] pr ελεγεν V υπαχθεις U+05D0 | Ονειας U+05D0 | ανηρησασθαι A ανη- ρησεσθαι V 14 παραδοξως διασωθεις] παραδοξωσωθεις V* παραδοξως σωθεις V¹? 15 τελευτησαντος...ανηρ paene evanuere in V ο υιος] om ο U+05D0* (hab U+05D0c.ᵃ) Επιφανης] pr ο U+05D0 δεινος] pr και U+05D0 16 ος] και V Ονειαν U+05D0 | Ιασωνα V 17 συνθεμενος U+05D0* (-νον U+05D0c.a) τρισχίλια] χειλια U+05D0* γ U+05D0c.b 18 αρχιερασθαι] pr και U+05D0V αφηγεισθαι του εθνους U+05D0 19 V 11 multa rescr Vᵃ aunt quae paene evanuerint in V 19 om ος U+05D0 | εξεζητησεν] εξεδιητησεν U+05D0V 20 om αλλα και καταλυσοι A (hab U+05D0V) 21 τοι] αυτοις U+05D0V rescr 22 om γαρ U+05D0* (hab U+05D0c.a) τε] δε Vrescr ενι incertum eat in V οι Ιεροσολυμειται χαιροιεο U+05D0 | Ιεροσολυ- μιται V 23 τινες] τις U+05D0 | φανιε (sic) A 24 ευνοιαν] ευνομιαν U+05D0V εορα A 25 γυναικας] pr τας V 26 κατεφρονητο V του εθνους] τουτου θνους (sic) A μιαρων U+05D0V | απογευσαμενους V τινος ὑψηλοῦ τόπου, καὶ τῶν στρατευμάτων αὐτῶν παρεστηκότων A κυκλόθεν ἐνόπλων,
4:2παρεκέλευεν τοις δορυφόροις ἕνα ἕκαστον τῶν Ἐβραίων περισπᾶσθαι, καὶ κρεῶν ὑείων καὶ εἰδωλοθύτων ἀναγκάζειν ἀπογεύεσθαι
4:3εἰ δέ τινες μὴ θέλοιεν μιεροφαγῆσαι, τούτους τροχισθέντας ἀναιρεθῆναι.
4:4πολλῶν δὲ συναρπασθέντων, εἰς πρῶτος ἐκ τῆς ἀγέλης Ἐβραῖος ὀνόματι Ἐλεάζαρος, τὸ γένος ἱερεύς, τὴν ἐπιστήμην νομικός, καὶ τὴν ἡλικίαν προήκων, καὶ πολλοῖς τῶν περὶ τὸν τύραννον διὰ τὴν ἡλικίαν γνώριμος. παρήχθη πλησίον αὐτοῦ.
4:5καὶ αὐτὸν ἰδὼν ὁ Ἀντίοχος ἔφη
4:6Ἐγὼ πρὶν ἄρξασθαι τῶν κατὰ σοῦ βασάνων, πρεσβῦτα, συμβουλεύσαιμʼ ἄν σοι ταῦτα ὅπως ἀπογευσάμενος τῶν ὑείων σώζοιο· αἰδοῦμαι γάρ σου τὴν ἡλικίαν καὶ τὴν πολιάν, ἣν μετὰ τοσοῦτον ἔχων χρόνον οὕ μοι δοκεῖς φιλοσοφεῖν, τῇ Ἰουδαίων χρώμενος θρησκείᾳ.
4:7διά τί γὰρ τῆς φύσεως κεχαρισμένης καλλίστην τὴν τοῦδε τοῦ ζῴου σαρκοφαγίαν βδελύττῃ;
4:8καὶ γὰρ ἀνόητον τοῦτο τὸ μὴ ἀπολαύειν τῶν χωρὶς ὀνείδους ἡδέων, καὶ ἄδικον ἀποστρέφεσθαι τὰς τῆς φύσεως χάριτας.
4:9σὺ δέ μοι καὶ ἀνοητότερον ποιήσεῖν δοκεῖς, εἰ κενοδοξῶν περὶ τὸ ἀληθές
4:10ἔτι κἀμοῦ καταφρονήσεις ἐπὶ τῇ ἰδίᾳ τιμωρίᾳ· οὐκ ἐξυπνώσεις ἀπὸ τῆς φλυάρου φιλοσοφίας ὑμῶν;
4:11καὶ ἀποσκεδάσεις σου τὸν λῆρον ¶ τὸν λογισμόν, καὶ ἄξιον ¶ V τῆς ἡλικίας ἀναλαβὼν νοῦν φιλοσοφήσεις τὴν τοῦ συμφέροντος ἀλήθειαν,
4:12καὶ προσκυνήσας μου τὴν φιλάνθρωπον παρηγορίαν οἰκτειρήσεις τὸ σεαυτοῦ γῆρας
4:13καὶ γὰρ ἐνθυμήθητι, ὡς εἰ καί τίς ἐστιν τῆσδετῆς θρησκείας ἐποπτικὴ δύναμις. συγγνωμονήσειἐν σοι ἐπὶ πᾶσιν δι᾿ ἀνάγκην παρανομίᾳ γινομένῃ.
4:14Τοῦτον τὸν τρόπον ἐπὶ τὴν ἔκθεσμον σαρκοφαγίαν ἐποτρύνοντος τοῦ τυράννου, λόγον ᾔτησεν ὁ Ἐλεάζαρος.
4:15καὶ λαβὼν τοῦ λέγειν ἐξουσίαν, ἤρξατο δημηγορεῖν οὕτως
4:16Ἡμεῖς, Ἀντίοχε, θείῳ πεπεισμένοι νόμῳ πολιτεύεσθαι, οὐδεμίαν V 1 αυτων] αυτω U+05D0 2 των Εβραιων] Εβραιον U+05D0* (των Εβραιων U+05D0c.a) U+05D0V περισπασθαι] επισπασθαι U+05D0V υιων A V* (υειων U+05D0Vᵃ): item 6 ιδωλοθυτων (λ sup ras upi prius ν ut vid) U+05D0 3 τις U+05D0* (τινες U+05D0c.a ) θελοιεν] θελουσι V τε- (- λοιεν V* ᵛiᵈ) | μιαροφαγησαι U+05D0V 4 om Εβραιος U+05D0 | ονοματι] του- νομα V (sed νομα rescr partim sup ras ; bis scripsisse vid συναρπ . εις πρω- τος V*) γνωριμος] + δια την φιλοσοφιαν V 6 εγω] + πρεσβυτα U+05D0 | om ω πρεσβυτα U+05D0 | οσουτον A* (τ superscr A¹) θρησκια U+05D0 7 κεχαρισμενης] χ Sup ras U+05D01 | την τουδε του ζωου] τουτου του ζ. Vᵛid 8 των χωρις ονιδους ηδεω) κ δι sup ras et in mg Aa αδικον] pr δι A?ᵐᵍ sinistr αποστρεφει U+05D0* (- στρεφε- σθαι U+05D0c.a ) 10 καταφρονησειας V rescr 11 ληρον] cett desunt in V usque X II 1, folio codicis abscisso των λογισμων U+05D0 | αναλαβωνουν A 12 οικτιρη· σεις A 13 om ως U+05D0* (hab U+05D0c.a) θρησκειας] +υμων U+05D0 | συγνωμ. A συνγνU+05D0 | πασιν] παση 14 εχθεσμὸ U+05D0* (εκθ.U+05D0 c) 16 Αντιωχε A πεπεισμενω A A ἀνάγκην βιαιοτέραν εἶναι νομίζομεν τῆς πρὸς τὸν νόμον ἡμῶν εὐπειθείας.
4:17διὸ δὴ κατʼ οὐδένα τρόπον παρανομεῖν ἀξιοῦμεν.
4:18καίτοι εἰ καὶ κατὰ ἀλήθειαν μὴ ἦν ὁ νόμος ἡμῶν, ὡς σὺ ὑπολαμβάνεις, θεῖος, ἄλλως δὲ νομίζομεν αὐτὸν εἶναι θεῖον, οὐδὲ οὕτως ἐξὸν ἡμῖν ἦν τὴν ἐπὶ τῇ εὐσεβεία δόξαν ἀκυρῶσαι.
4:19μὴ μικρὰν οὗν εἶναι νομίσῃς ταύτην, εἰ μιεροφαγήσαιμεν, ἁμαρτίαν.
4:20τὸ γὰρ ἐν μικροῖς καὶ ἐν μεγάλοις παρανομεῖν ἰσοδύναμόν ἐστιν·
4:21δι᾿ ἑκατέρου γὰρ ὡς ὁμοίως ὁ νόμος ὑπερηφανεῖται.
4:22χλευάζεις δέ ἡμῶν τὴν φιλοσοφίαν, ὥσπερ οὐ μετὰ εὐλογιστίας ἐν αὐτῇ βιούντων.
4:23σωφροσύνην τε γὰρ ἡμᾶς ἐκδιδάσκει, ὥστε πασῶν τῶν ἡδονῶν καὶ ἐπιθυμιῶν κρατεῖν, καὶ ἀνδρείαν ἐξασκεῖν, ὥστε πάντα πόνον ἑκουσίως ὑπομένειν·
4:24καὶ δικαιοσύνην παιδεύει, ὥστε διὰ πάντων τῶν ἠθῶν ἰσονομεῖν καὶ εὐσέβειαν διδάσκειν, ὥστε μόνον τὸν ὄντα θεὸν σέβειν μεγαλοπρεπῶς.
4:25διὸ οὐ μιεροφαγοῦμεν· πιστεύοντες γὰρ θεοῦ καθεστάναι τὸν νόμον, οἴδαμεν ὅτι καὶ κατὰ φύσιν ἡμῖν συμπαθεῖ νομοθετῶν ὁ τοῦ κόσμου κτίστης·
4:26τὰ μέν οἰκειωθησόμενα ἡμῶν ταῖς ψυχαῖς ἐπέτρεψεν ἐσθίειν, τὰ δέ ἐναντιωθησόμενα ἐκώλυσεν σαρκοφαγεῖν.
4:27τυραννικὸν δὲ οὐ μόνον ἀναγκάζεις ἡμᾶς παρανομεῖν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐσθίειν, ὅπως τῇ ἐχθίστη ἡμῶν μιεροφαγίᾳ ταύτῃ ἔτι ἐγγελάσῃς
4:28ἀλλ᾿ οὐ γελάσεις κατʼ ἐμοῦ τοῦτον τὸν γέλωτα·
4:29οὔτε τοὺς ἱεροὺς τῶν προγόνων περὶ τοῦ φυλάξαι τὸν νόμον ὅρκους οὐ παρήσω,
4:30οὐδ᾿ ἂν ἐκκόψεις μου τὰ ὄμματα καὶ τὰ σπλάγχνα μου τήξεις.
4:31οὐχ οὕτως εἰμὶ γέρων ἐγὼ καὶ ἄνανδρος, ὥστε μοι διὰ τὴν εὐσέβειαν μὴ νεάζειν τὸν λογισμόν.
4:32πρὸς ταῦτα τροχοὺς εὐτρέπιζε, καὶ τὸ πῦρ ἐκφύσα σφοδρότερον.
4:33οὐχ οὕτως οἰκτειρήσω τὸ ἐμαυτοῦ γῆρας, ὥστε με δι᾿ ἐμαυτοῦ τὸν πάτριον καταλῦσαι νόμον.
4:34οὐ ψεύσομαί σε, παιδευτὰ νόμε, οὐδέ φεύξομαί σε, φίλη ἐγκράτεια·
4:35οὐδὲ καταισχυνῶ σε, φιλόσοφε λόγε, οὐδὲ ἐξαρνήσομαί σε. ἱερωσύνη τιμία καὶ νομοθεσίας ἐπιστήμη·
4:36οὐδὲ μιανεῖς μου τὸ σεμνὸν γήρως στόμα, οὐδὲ νομίμου βίου ἡλικίαν.
4:37ἁγνόν με οἱ πατέρες προσδέξονται, μὴ φοβηθέντα σου τὰς μέχρι A θανάτου ἀνάγκας.
4:38ἀσεβῶν μέν γὰρ τυραννήσεις· τῶν δὲ ἐμῶν περὶ τῆς εὐσεβείας λογισμῶν οὔτε λόγοις δεσπόσεις, οὕτε δι᾿ ἔργων.
Chapter 4
4:1AND thus no sooner did the tyrant conclude his urging of them to eat unclean meat than all with one voice together, and as with one soul, said to him:
4:2'Why dost thou delay, O tyrant? We are ready to die rather than transgress the commandments of our fathers.
4:3For we should be putting our ancestors also to shame, if we did not walk in obedience to the Law and take Moses as our counsellor.
4:4O tyrant that counsellest us to transgress the Law, do not, hating us, pity us beyond ourselves.
4:5For we esteem thy mercy, giving. us our life in return for a breach of the Law, a thing harder to bear than death itself.
4:6Thou wouldst terrify us with thy threats of death under torture, as if a little while ago thou hadst learned nothing from Eleazar.
4:7But if the old men of the Hebrews endured the tortures for righteousness' sake, yea, until they died, more befittingly will we young men die despising the torments of thy compulsion, over which he our aged teacher also triumphed.
4:8Make trial therefore, O tyrant. And if thou takest our lives for the sake of righteousness, think not that thou hurtest us with thy tortures.
4:9For we through this our evil entreatment and our endurance of it shall win the prize of virtue; but thou for our cruel murder shalt suffer at the hands of divine justice sufficient torment by fire for ever.'
4:10These words of the youths redoubled the wrath of the tyrant, not at their disobedience only but at what he considered their ingratitude.
4:11So by his orders the scourgers brought forward the eldest of them and stripped him of his garment and bound his hands and arms on either side with thongs.
4:12But when they had scourged him till they were weary, and gained nothing thereby, they cast him upon the wheel.
4:13And on it the noble youth was racked till his bones were out of joint. And as joint after joint gave way, he denounced the tyrant in these words:
4:14'O thou most abominable tyrant, thou enemy of the justice of heaven and bloody-minded, thou dost torment me in this fashion not for manslaying nor for impiety but for defending the Law of God.'
4:15And when the guards said to him, 'Consent to eat, that so you may be released from your tortures,' he said to them, 'Your method, O miserable minions, is not strong enough to lead captive my Reason. Cut off my limbs, and burn my flesh, and twist my joints; through all the torments I will show you that in behalf of virtue the sons of the Hebrews alone are unconquerable.'
4:16As he thus spake they set hot coals upon him besides, and intensifying the torture strained him yet tighter on the wheel.
4:17And all the wheel was besmeared with his blood, and the heaped coals were quenched by the humours of his body dropping down, and the rent flesh ran round the axles of the machine.
4:18And with his bodily frame already in dissolution this great-souled youth, like a true son of Abraham, groaned not at all; but as if he were suffering a change by fire to incorruption, he nobly endured the torment, saying:
4:19'Follow my example, O brothers. Do not for ever desert me, and forswear not our brotherhood in nobility of soul.
4:20War a holy and honourable warfare on behalf of righteousness, through which may the just Providence that watched over our fathers become merciful unto his people and take vengeance on the accursed tyrant.'
4:21And with these words the holy youth yielded up the ghost.
4:22But while all were wondering at his constancy of soul, the guards brought forward the second in age of the. sons, and grappling him with sharp-clawed hands of iron they fastened him to the engines and the catapult.
4:23But when they heard his noble resolve in answer to their question, 'Would he eat rather than he tortured?' these panther-like beasts tore at his sinews with claws of iron, and rent away all the flesh from his cheeks, and tore off the skin from his head.
4:24But he steadfastly enduring this agony said, 'How sweet is every form of death for the sake of the righteousness of our fathers!'
4:25And to the tyrant he said, 'O most ruthless of tyrants, doth not it seem to thee that at this moment thou thyself sufferest tortures worse than mine in seeing thy tyranny's arrogant intention overcome by my endurance for righteousness' sake?
4:26For I am supported under pain by the joys that come through virtue, whereas thou art in torment whilst glorying in thy impiety; neither shalt thou escape, O most abominable tyrant, the penalties of the divine wrath.'
4:27And when he had bravely met his glorious death, the third son was brought forward and was earnestly entreated by many to taste and so to save himself.
4:28But he answered in a loud voice, 'Are ye ignorant that the same father begat me and my brothers that are dead, and the same mother gave us birth, and in the same doctrines was I brought up?
4:29I do not forswear the noble bond of brotherhood.
4:30Therefore if ye have any engine of torment, apply it to this body of mine; for my soul ye cannot reach, not if ye would.'
4:31But they were greatly angered at the bold speech of the man, and they dislocated his hands and his feet with their dislocating engines, and wrenched his limbs out of their sockets, and unstrung them; and they twisted round his fingers, and his arms, and his legs, and his elbow- joints.
4:32And in no wise being able to strangle his spirit they stripped off his skin, taking the points of the fingers with it, and tore in Scythian fashion the scalp from his head, and straightway brought him to the wheel.
4:33And on this they twisted his spine till he saw his own flesh hanging in strips and great gouts of blood pouring down from his entrails.
4:34And at the point of death he said, 'We, O most abominable tyrant, suffer thus for our upbringing and our virtue that are of God; but thou for thy impiety and thy cruelty shall endure torments without end.'
4:35And when' this man had died worthily of his brothers, they brought up the fourth, and said to him, 'Be not thou also mad with the same madness as thy brethren, but obey the king and save thyself.'
4:36But he said unto them, 'For me ye have no fire so exceeding hot as to make me a coward.
4:37By the blessed death of my brethren, by the eternal doom of the tyrant, and by the glorious life of the righteous, I will not deny my noble brotherhood.
4:38Invent tortures, O tyrant, in order that thou mayest learn thereby that I am brother of those who have been already tortured.'
4:39When he heard this the bloodthirsty, murderous, and utterly abominable Antiochus bade them cut out his tongue.
4:40But he said, 'Even if thou dost remove my organ of speech, God is a hearer also of the speechless.
4:41Lo, I put out my tongue ready: cut it out, for thou shalt not thereby silence my Reason.
4:42Gladly do we give our bodily members to be mutilated for the cause of God.
4:43But God will speedily pursue after thee; for thou cuttest out the tongue that sang songs of praise unto him.'
4:44But when this man also was put to a death of agony with the tortures, the fifth sprang forward saying, 'I shrink not, O tyrant, from demanding the torture for virtue's sake.
4:45Yea, of myself I come forward, in order that, slaying me also, thou mayest by yet more misdeeds increase the penalty thou owest to the justice of Heaven.
4:46O enemy of virtue and enemy of man, for what crime dost thou destroy us in this way?
4:47Doth it seem evil to thee that we worship the Creator of all and live according to his virtuous Law?
4:48But these things are worthy of honours not of tortures, if thou didst understand human aspirations and hadst hope of salvation before God.
4:49Lo, now thou art God's enemy and makest war on those that worship God.'
4:50As he spake thus the guards bound him and brought him before the catapult; and they tied him thereto on his knees, and, fastening them there with iron clamps, they wrenched his loins over the rolling 'wedge' so that he was completely curled back like a scorpion and every joint was disjointed.
4:51And thus in grievous strait for breath and anguish of body he exclaimed, 'Glorious, O tyrant, glorious against thy will are the boons that thou bestowest on me, enabling me to show my fidelity to the Law through yet more honourable tortures.'
4:52And when this man also was dead, the sixth was brought, a mere boy, who in answer to the tyrant's inquiry whether he was willing to eat and be released, said:
4:53'I am not so old in years as my brethren, but I am as old in mind. For we were born and reared for the same purpose and are equally bound also to die for the same cause; so if thou chooseth to torture us for not eating unclean meat, torture.'
4:54As he spake these words they brought him to the wheel, and with care they stretched him out and dislocated the bones of his back and set fire under him.
4:55And they made sharp skewers red-hot and ran them into his back, and piercing through his sides they burned away his entrails also.
4:56But he in the midst of his tortures exclaimed, 'O contest worthy of saints, wherein so many of us brethren, in the cause of righteousness, have been entered for a competition in torments, and have not been conquered!
4:57For the righteous understanding, O tyrant, is unconquerable.
4:58In the armour of virtue I go to join my brothers in death, and to add in myself one strong avenger more to punish thee, O deviser of the tortures and enemy of the truly righteous.
4:59We six youths have overthrown thy tyranny. 'For is not thine impotence to alter our Reason or force us to eat unclean meat an overthrow for thee?
4:60Thy fire is cool for us, thy engines of torture torment not, and thy violence is impotent.
4:61For the guards have been officers for us, not of a tyrant, but of the Divine Law; and therefore have we our Reason yet unconquered.'
Chapter 5
5:1Τοῦτον τὸν τρόπον ἀντιρητορεύσαντα ταῖς τοῦ τυράννου παρηγορίαις, παραστάντες οἱ δορυφόροι πικρῶς ἔσυραν ἐπὶ τὰ βασανιστήρια τὸν Ἐλεάζαρον.
5:2καὶ πρῶτον μέν περιέδυσαν τὸν γεραιὸν ἐκκεκοσμημένον τὴν περὶ τὴν εὐσέβειαν εὐσχημοσύνην.
5:3ἔπειτα περιαγκωνίσαντες ἑκατέρωθεν, μάστιξιν κατῄκιζον,
5:4Πείσθητι ταῖς τοῦ βασιλέως ἐντολαῖς, ἑτέρωθεν κήρυκος ἐπιβοῶντος.
5:5ὁ δὲ μεγαλόφρων καὶ εὐγενὴς ὡς ἀληθῶς Ἐλεάζαρος, ὥσπερ ἐν ὀνείρῳ βασανιζόμενος κατʼ οὐδένα τρόπον μετετρέπετο.
5:6ἀλλὰ ὑψηλοὺς ἀνατείνας εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς, ἀπεξαίνετο ταῖς μάστιξιν τὰς σάρκας ὁ γέρων, καὶ κατερρεῖτο τῷ αἵματι, καὶ τὰ πλευρὰ κατετιτρώσκετο,
5:7καὶ πίπτων εἰς τὸ ἔδαφος, ἀπὸ τοῦ μὴ φέρειν τὸ σῶμα τὰς ἀλγηδόνας, ὀρθὸν εἶχεν καὶ ἀκλινῆ τὸν λογισμόν.
5:8λάξ γέ τοι τῶν πικρῶν τις δορυφόρων εἰς τοὺς κενεῶνας ἐναλλόμενος ἔτυπτεν, ὅπως ἐξανίσταυτο πίπτων.
5:9ὁ δὲ ὑπέμεινεν τοὺς πόνους καὶ περιεφρόνει τῆς ἀνάγκης καὶ διεκαρτέρει τοὺς αἰκισμούς,
5:10καὶ καθάπερ γενναῖος ἀθλητὴς τυπτόμενος ἐνίκα τοὺς βασανίζοντας ὁ γέρων.
5:11ἱδρῶν γέ τοι τὸ πρόσωπον, καὶ ἐπασθμαίνων σφοδρῶς, καὶ ὑπʼαὐτῶν τῶν βασανιζόντων ἐθαυμάζετο ἐπὶ τῆ εὐτυχίᾳ.
5:12ὅθεν τὰ μέν ἐλεῶντες τὰ τοῦ γήρως αὐτοῦ,
5:13τὰ δὲ ἐν συνπαθείᾳ τῆς συνηθείας ὄντες, τὰ δὲ ἐν θαυμαστῷ τῆς καρτερίας προσιόντες αὐτῷ τινες τῶν τοῦ βασιλέως ἔλεγον
5:14Τί τοῖς κακοῖς τούτοις σεαυτὸν ἀλογίστως ἀπόλεις, Ἐλεάζαρ;
5:15ἡμεῖς μέν τῶν ἡψημέναων βρωμάτων παραθήσομεν· σὺ δὲ ὑποκρινόμενος τῶν ὑείων ἀπογεύσασθαι, σώθητι.
5:16Καὶ ὁ Ἐλεάζαρος, ὥσπερ πικρότερον διὰ τῆς συμβουλίας αἰκισθείς, ἀνεβόησεν
5:17Μὴ οὕτως κακῶς φρονήσαιμεν, οἱ Ἀβραὰμ παῖδες, ὥστε μαλακοψυχήσαντας ἀπρεπές ἡμῖν δρᾶμα ὑποκρίνασθαι
5:18καὶ γὰρ ἀλόγιστον, εἰ πρὸς ἀλήθειαν ζήσαντες 37 αγνον] + δε U+05D0c.a εισδεξονται U+05D0* (προσδεξ, U+05D0c.a ) 38 περι] υπερ U+05D0 | U+05D0 ευσεβιας U+05D0 VII αντιρητορευσαντος U+05D0* (αντιρρ. U+05D0c.ᵃ) 2 εκκεκοσμη- μενον] ενκοσμουμενον U+05D0 τη περι την ευσεβιαν ευσχημοσυνη U+05D0 6 τον ουρανον] om τον U+05D0 ταις] τας A* (ι superscr A¹) τα (sic) πλευρας U+05D0c.a 7 ορθρο A ακλινη] ν sup ras et η in mg A¹ 8 εξανιστατο U+05D0* (-σταιτο U+05D0c.a ) 9 υπεμενε U+05D0 11 γε] γεν (sic) A om επι U+05D0 | ευτυχια] ευψυχια U+05D0 13 της συνηθειας (ϊυν. A* συν. A?)] την συνηθειαν U+05D0* (της συνηθειας U+05D0c.a) θαυμαστω] θαυμασμω U+05D0 των του βασ.] om των U+05D0 14 om τι (hab U+05D0¹?c) απολλεις αλογιστως U+05D0 15 μεν] μεντοι U+05D0 | συ] σε A αποκρινομενος U+05D0c.a (postea restit υποκρ.) απογευεσθαι U+05D0 | σωζοιο U+05D0 18 ζησαντας U+05D0c.a A τὸν μέχρι γήρως βίον, καὶ τὴν ἐπʼ αὐτῶν δόξαν νομίμως φυλάσσοντες, εἰ νῦν μεταβαλοίμεθα,
5:19καὶ αὐτοὶ μὲν ἡμεῖς γενοίμεθα τοῖς νέοις ἀσεβείας τύπος, ἵνα παράδειγμα γενώμεθα τῆς μιεροφαγίας.
5:20αἰσχρὸν γὰρ εἰ ἐπιβιώσομεν ὀλίγον χρόνον, καὶ τοῦτον καταγελώμενοι πρὸς ἁπάντων ἐπὶ δειλίᾳ·
5:21καὶ ὑπὸ μὲν τοῦ τυράννου καταφρονηθῶμεν ὡς ἄνανδροι, τὸν δε θεῖον ἡμῶν νόμον μέχρι θανάτου μὴ προασπίσαιμεν.
5:22πρὸς ταῦτα ὑμεῖς μέν, ὦ Ἀβραὰμ παῖδες, εὐγενῶς ὑπὲρ τῆς εὐσεβείας τελευτᾶτε.
5:23οἱ δὲ τοῦ τυράννου δορυφόροι, τί μέλλετε;
5:24Πρὸ τὰς ἀνάγκας οὕτως μεγαλοφρονοῦντα αὐτὸν ἰδόντες, καὶ μηδέ πρὸς τὸν οἰκτειρμὸν αὐτῶν μεταβαλλόμενοι, ἐπὶ τὸ πῦρ αὐτὸν ἤγαγον.
5:25ἔνθα διὰ κακοτέχνων ὀργάννων καταφλέγοντες αὐτὸν ὑπερίπτοσαν καὶ δυσώδεις χυλοὺς εἰς τοὺς μυκτῆρας αὐτοῦ κατέχεον.
5:26ὁ δὲ μέχρι ἀστέων ἤδη κατακεκαυμένος καὶ μέλλων λιποθυμεῖν, ἀνέτεινεν τὰ ὄμματα πρὸς τὸν θεόν, καὶ εἶπεν
5:27Σὺ οἶσθα, θεέ, παρόν μοι σώζεσθαι, βασάνοις καυστικαῖς ἀποθνήσκω διὰ τὸν νόμον.
5:28ἵλεως γενοῦ τῷ ἔθνει σου, ἀρκεσθεὶς τῇ ἡμετέρᾳ περὶ αὐτῶν δίκῃ.
5:29καθάρσιον αὐτῶν ποίησον τὸ ἐμὸν αἷμα, καὶ ἀντίψυχον αὐτῶν λάβε τὴν ἐμὴν ψυχήν.
5:30καὶ ταῦτα εἰπὼν ὁ ἱερὸς ἀνὴρ εὐγενῶς ταῖς βασάνοις ἐναπἐθανεν, καὶ μέχρι τῶν τοῦ θανάτου βασάνων ἀντέστη τῷ λογισμῷ διὰ τὸν νόμον.
5:31ὁμολογουμένως οὖν δεσπότης ἐστιν τῶν παθῶν ὁ εὐσεβὴς λογισμός.
5:32εἰ γὰρ τὰ πάθη τοῦ λογισμοῦ κεκρατήκει, τούτοις ἂν ἀπεδόμην τὴν τῆς ἐπικρατίας μαρτυρίαν.
5:33νυνὶ δὲ τοῦ λογισμοῦ τὰ πάθη νικήσαντος, αὐτῷ προσηκόντως τὴν τῆς ἡγεμονίας προσνέμομεν ἐξουσίαν.
5:34καὶ δίκαιόν ἐστιν ὁμολογεῖν ἡμᾶς τὸ κράτος εἶναι τοῦ λογισμοῦ, ὅπου γε καὶ τῶν ἔξωθεν ἀλγηδόνων ἐπικρατεῖ
5:35ἐπεὶ καὶ γελοῖον. καὶ οὐ μόνον τῶν ἀλγηδόνων ἐπιδείκνυμι κεκρατηκέναι τὸν λογισμόν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν ἡδονῶν κρατεῖν, μηδὲ αὐταῖς ὑπείκειν.
Chapter 5
5:1AND when this one also died a blessed death, being cast into the cauldron, the seventh son, the youngest of them all, came forward.
5:2But the tyrant, although fiercely exasperated by his brethren, felt pity for the boy, and seeing him there already bound he had him brought near, and sought to persuade him, saying: 'Thou seest the end of the folly of thy brethren; for through their disobedience they have been racked to death. Thou, too, if thou dost not obey, wilt thyself also be miserably tortured and put to death before thy time; but if thou dost obey thou shalt be my friend, and thou shalt be advanced to high office in the business of the kingdom.'
5:3And while thus appealing to him he sent for the boy's mother, in order that in her sorrow for the loss of so many sons she might urge the survivor to obey and be saved.
5:4But the mother, speaking in the Hebrew tongue, as I shall tell later on, encouraged the boy, and he said to the guards, 'Loose me, that I may speak to the king and to all his friends with him.'
5:5And they, rejoicing at the boy's request, made haste to loose him.
5:6And running up to the red-hot brazier, 'O impious tyrant,' he cried, 'and most ungodly of all sinners, art thou not ashamed to take thy blessings and thy kingship at the hands of God, and to slay his servants and torture the followers of righteousness?
5:7For which things the divine justice delivers thee unto a more rapid and an eternal fire and torments which shall not leave hold on thee to all eternity.
5:8Art thou not ashamed, being a man, O wretch with the heart of a wild beast, to take men of like feelings with thyself, made from the same elements, and tear out their tongues, and scourge and torture them in this manner?
5:9But while they have fulfilled their righteousness towards God in their noble deaths, thou shalt miserably cry "Woe is met" for thy unjust slaying of the champions of virtue.'
5:10And then standing on the brink of death he said, 'I am no renegade to the witness borne by my brethren.
5:11And I call upon the God of my fathers to be merciful unto my nation.
5:12And thee will he Punish both in this present life and after that thou art dead.'
5:13And with this prayer he cast himself into the red-hot brazier, and so gave up the ghost.
5:14If therefore the seven brethren despised the tortures even to the death, it is universally proved that the Inspired Reason is supreme lord over the passions.
5:15For if they had yielded to their passions or sufferings and eaten unclean meat we should have said that they had been conquered thereby.
5:16But in this cam it was not so; on the contrary by their Reason, which was commended in the sight of God, they rose superior to their passions.
5:17And it is impossible to deny the supremacy of the mind; for they won the victory over their passions and their pains.
5:18How can we do otherwise than admit right Reason's mastery over passion with these men who shrank not before the agonies of burning?
5:19For even as towers on harbour-moles repulse the assaults of the waves and offer a calm entrance to those entering the haven, so the seven-towered right Reason of the youths defended the haven of righteousness and repulsed the tempestuousness of the passions.
5:20They formed a holy choir of righteousness as they cheered one another on, saying:
5:21'Let us die like brothers, O brethren, for the Law.
5:22Let us imitate the Three Children at the Assyrian court who despised this same ordeal of the furnace.
5:23Let us not turn cravens before the proof of righteousness.'
5:24And one said, 'Brother, be of good cheer,' and another, 'Bear it out nobly'; and another recalling the past, 'Remember of what stock ye are, and at whose fatherly hand Isaac for righteousness' sake yielded himself to be a sacrifice.'
5:25And each and all of them together, looking at each other brightly and very boldly, said, 'With a whole heart will we consecrate ourselves unto God who gave us our souls, and let us lend our bodies to the keeping of the Law.
5:26Let us not fear him who thinketh he kills; for a great struggle and peril of the soul awaits in eternal torment those who transgress the ordinance of God.
5:27Let us then arm ourselves with divine Reason's mastery of the passions.
5:28After this our passion, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob shall receive us, and all our forefathers shall praise us.'
5:29And to each separate one of the brothers, as they were dragged off, those whose turn was yet to come said, 'Do not disgrace us, brother, nor be false to our brethren already dead.'
5:30You are not ignorant of the love of brethren, whereof the divine and all-wise Providence has given an inheritance to those who are begotten though their fathers, implanting it in them even through the mother's womb; wherein brethren do dwell the like period, and take their form during the same time, and are nourished from the same blood, and are quickened with the same soul, and are brought into the world after the same space, and they draw milk from the same founts, whereby their fraternal souls are nursed together in arms at the breast; and they are knit yet closer through a common nurture and daily companionship and other education, and through our discipline under the Law of God.
5:31The feeling of brotherly love being thus naturally strong, the seven brethren had their mutual concord made yet stronger. For trained in the same Law, and disciplined in the same virtues, and brought up together in the upright life, they loved one another the more abundantly. Their common zeal for moral beauty and goodness heightened their mutual concord, for in conjunction with their piety it rendered their brotherly love more fervent.
5:32But though nature, companionship, and their virtuous disposition increased the ardour of their brotherly love, nevertheless the surviving sons through their religion supported the sight of their brethren, who were on the rack, being tortured to death; nay more, they even encouraged them to face the agony, so as not only to despise their own tortures, but also to conquer their passion of brotherly affection for their brethren.
5:33O Reasoning minds, more kingly than kings, than freemen more free, of the harmony of the seven brethren, holy and well attuned to the keynote of piety!
5:34None of the seven youths turned coward, none shrunk in the face of death, but all hastened to the death by torture as if running the road to immortality.
5:35For as hands and feet move in harmony with the promptings of the soul, so those holy youths, as if prompted by the immortal soul of religion, went in harmony to death for its sake.
5:36O all-holy sevenfold companionship of brethren in harmony!
5:37For as the seven days of the creation of the world do enring religion, so did the youths choir-like enring their sevenfold companionship, and made the terror of the tortures of no account.
5:38We now shudder when we hear of the suffering of those youths; but they, not only seeing it with their eyes, nor merely hearing the spoken, imminent threat, but actually feeling the pang, endured it through; and that in the torture by fire, than which what greater agony can be found?
5:39For sharp and stringent is the power of fire, and swiftly did it bring their bodies to dissolution.
5:40And think it not wonderful if with those men Reason triumphed over the tortures, when even a woman's soul despised a yet greater diversity of pains; for the mother of the seven youths endured the torments inflicted on each several one of her children.
5:41But consider how manifold are the yearnings of a mother's heart, so that her feeling for her offspring becomes the centre of her whole world; and indeed, here, even the irrational animals have for their young an affection and love similar to men's.
5:42For example, among the birds, the tame ones sheltering under our roofs defend their nestlings; and those that nest upon the mountain tops, and in the rock clefts, and in the holes of trees, and in the branches, and hatch their young there, do also drive away the intruder.
5:43And then, if they be unable to drive him away, they flutter around the nestlings in a passion of love, calling to them in their own speech, and they give succour to their young ones in whatever fashion they can.
5:44And what need have we of examples of the love of offspring among irrational animals, when even the bees, about the season of the making of the comb, fend off intruders, and stab with their sting, as with a sword, those who approach their brood, and do battle against them even to the death?
5:45But she, the mother of those young men, with a soul like Abraham, was not moved from her purpose by her affection for her children.
Chapter 6
6:1Ὥσπερ γὰρ ἄριστος κυβερνήτης ὁ τοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν Ἐλεαζάρου λογισμός, πηδαλιουχῶν τὴν τῆς εὐσεβείας ναῦν ἐν τῷ τῶν παθῶν πελάγει,
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6:3κατʼ οὐδένα τρόπον μετέτρεψεν A τοὺς τῆς εὐσεβείας οἴακας, ἕως οὗ ἔπλευσεν ἐπὶ τὸν τῆς θανάτου νίκης λιμένα.
6:4οὐχ οὕτως πόλις πολλοῖς καὶ ποικίλοις μηχανήμασιν ἀντέσχεν ποτὲ πολιορκουμένη, ὡς ὁ πανάγιος ἐκεῖνος τὴν ἱερὰν ψυχὴν αἰκισμοῖς τε καὶ στρέβλαις πυρπολούμενος ἐκίνησεν τοὺς πολιορκοῦντας, διὰ τὸν ὑπερασπίζοντα τῆς εὐσεβείας λογισμόν.
6:5ὥσπερ γὰρ πρόκρημνον ἄκραν τὴν ἑαυτοῦ διάνοιαν ὁ πατὴρ Ἐλεάζαρος ἐκτεινας, περιέκλασεν τοὺς μαινομένους τῶν παθῶν κλύδωνας.
6:6Ὦ ἄξιε τῆς ἱερωσύνης ἱερεῦ, οὐκ ἐμίανας τοὺς ἱεροὺς ὀδόντας, οὐδὲ τὴν θεοσέβειαν καὶ καθαρισμὸν χωρήσασαν γαστέρα ἐκοινώνησας μιεροφαγίᾳ.
6:7ὦ σύμφωνε νόμου καὶ φιλόσοφε θείου βίου.
6:8τοιούτους δεῖ εἶναι τοὺς δημιουργοῦντας τὸν νόμον ἰδίῳ αἵματι, καὶ γενναίῳ ἱδρῶτι τοῖς μέχρι θανάτου πάθεσιν ὑπερασπίζοντας.
6:9σύ, πάτερ, τὴν εὐνομίαν ἡμῶν διὰ τῶν ὑπομονῶν εἰς δόξαν ἐκύρωσας, καὶ τὴν ἁγιαστίαν σεμνολογήσας οὐ κατέλυσας, καὶ διὰ τῶν ἔργων ἐπιστοποίησας τοὺς τῆς φιλοσοφίας λόγους.
6:10ὦ βασάνων βιαιότερε γέρων, πυρὸς εὐτονώτερε πρεσβῦτα, καὶ παθῶν μέγιστε βασιλεῦ, Ἐλεαζάρ.
6:11Ὥσπερ γὰρ ὁ πατὴρ Ἀαρὼν τῷ θυμιατηρίῳ καθωπλισμένος, διὰ τοῦ ἐθνοπλήθους ἐπιτρέχων τὸν ἐμπυριστὴν ἐνίκησεν ἄγγελον,
6:12οὕτως ὁ Ἀαρωνίδης Ἐλεάζαρος διὰ τοῦ πυρὸς ὑπερτηκόμενος οὐ μετετράπη τὸν λογισμόν.
6:13καίτοι τὸ θαυμασιώτατον, γέρων ὤν, λελυμένων ἤδη τῶν τοῦ σώματος πόνων καὶ περικεχαλασμένων δὲ τῶν σαρκῶν, κεκμηκότων δὲ καὶ τῶν νεύρων, ἀνενέασεν
6:14τῷ πνεύματι τοῦ λογισμοῦ, καὶ τῷ Ἰσακείῳ λογισμῷ τὴν πολυκέφαλον στρέβλαν ἠκύρωσεν.
6:15ὦ μακαρίου γήρως καὶ σεμνῆς πολιᾶς καὶ βίου νομίμου, ὃν πιστὴ θανάτου σφραγὶς ἐτελεί ωσεν.
6:16Εἰ δὲ τοίνυν γέρων τῶν μέχρι θανάτου βασάνων περιεφρόνησεν δι᾿ εὐσέβειαν, ὁμολογουμένως ἡγεμών ἐστιν τῶν παθῶν ὁ εὐσεβὴς λογισμός. ¹⁷ἴσως δʼ ἂν εἴποιέν τινες, τῶν παθῶν 3 μετετρεψεν] ετρεψε U+05D0 | ευσεβιας A | θανατου] αθανατου U+05D0 4 αν- U+05D0 τεσχε U+05D0 | om τε U+05D0 | εκινησεν] ενικησεν U+05D0 5 προκρημον A | Ελεαζαρ U+05D0 | μαινομενους] επιμαιν. U+05D0 | κλυδωνας sup ras A¹ 6 ιεροσυνης A | θεο- σεβιαν U+05D0 | εκοινωνησας] εκοινωσας U+05D0 | μιαροφαγια U+05D0 9 ημων] υμων A | αγιαστιαν] απαστιαν U+05D0 | φιλοσοφιας] θειας φιλ. σου U+05D0 10 βιοτερε (sic) A | πυρος] pr και U+05D0 | πρεσβυ U+05D0* (πρεσβυτα U+05D0 c.a) 11 om γαρ U+05D0* (hab U+05D0c.a) | om τον εμπυριστην U+05D0* τον ενπυρισμον U+05D0c.a | αγγελον] pr τον U+05D0* (im- prob U+05D0c.a) A*vid (ras A) 12 Αρωνιαδης Avid | Ελεαζαρ U+05D0 13 λελυμε- νων] + μεν U+05D0 | πονων] τονων U+05D0 | om και 1⁰ U+05D0 | περιεχαλασμ. A | και 2⁰] αι sup ras Aᵃ? 14 του λογισμου] pr δια U+05D0 | Ισακιω U+05D0 | ηκυρωσεν] ενικησεν U+05D0 16 γερων] + ανηρ U+05D0 | περιεφρονει U+05D0 17 om δ U+05D0* (hab U+05D0c.a) A οὐ πάντες περικρατοῦσιν· ὅτι οὺδὴ πάντες φρ όνιμον ἔχουσιν τὸν λογισμόν.
6:17ἀλλ ὅσοι τῆς εὐσεβείας προνοοῦσιν ἐξ ὅλης καρδίας, οὗτοι μόνοι δύυανται κρατεῖν τῶν τῆς σαρκὸς παθῶν·
6:18φἱ πιστεύοντες, ὅτι θεῷ οὐκ ἀποθνήσκουσιν, ὥσπερ γὰρ οἱ πατριάρχαι ἡμῶν Ἀβραάμ, Ἰσαάκ, Ἰακώβ, ἀλλὰ ζῶσιν τῷ θεῷ.
6:19οὐδὲν οὖν ἐναντιοῦται τὸ φαί νεσθαί τινας παθοκρατεῖσθαι διὰ τὸν ἀσθενῆ λογισμόν.
6:20ἐπεὶ τίς πρὸς ὁλον τὸν τῆς φιλοσοφίας κανόνα εὐσεβῶς φιλοσοφῶν, καὶ πεπιστευκὼς θεῷ,
6:21καὶ εἰδὼς ὅτι διὰ τὴν ἀρετὴν πάντα πόνον ὑπομένειν μακάριόν ἐστιν, οὐκ ἂν περικρατήσειεν τῶν παθῶν διὰ τὴν εὐσέβειαν;
6:22μόνος γὰρ ὁ σοφὸς καὶ σώφρων ἀνδρεῖός ἐστιν τῶν παθῶν κύριος.
6:23διὰ τοῦτό γε τοι καὶ μειρακίσκοι τῷ τῆς εὐσεβείmς λογισμῷ φιλοσοφοῦντες χαλεπωτέραον βασανιστηρίων ἐπεκράτησαν.
Chapter 6
6:1REASON of the sons, lord over the passions! O religion, that wast dearer to the mother than her children!
6:2The mother, having two choices before her, religion and the present saving alive of her seven sons according to the tyrant's promise, loved rather religion, which saveth unto eternal life according to God.
6:3O how may I express the passionate love of parents for children? We stamp a marvellous likeness of our soul and of our shape on the tender nature of the child, and most of all through the mother's sympathy with her children being deeper than the father's.
6:4For women are softer of soul than men, and the more children they bear the more do they abound in love for them.
6:5But, of all mothers, she of the seven sons abounded in love beyond the rest, seeing that, having in seven child-bearings felt maternal tenderness for the fruit of her womb, and having been constrained because of the many pangs in which she bore each to a close affection, she nevertheless through the fear of God rejected the present safety of her children.
6:6Ay, and more than that, through the moral beauty and goodness of her sons and their obedience to the Law, her maternal love for them was made stronger.
6:7For they were just, and temperate, and brave and great-souled, and lovers of each other and of their mother in such manner that they obeyed her in the keeping of the Law even unto death.
6:8But nevertheless, though she had so many temptations to yield to her maternal instincts, in no single instance did the dreadful variety of tortures have power to alter her Reason; but the mother urged each son separately, and all together, to die for their religion.
6:9O holy nature, and parental love, and yearning of parents for offspring, and wages of nursing, and unconquerable affection of mothers!
6:10The mother, seeing them one by one racked and burned, remained unshaken in soul for religion's sake.
6:11She saw the flesh of her sons being consumed in the fire, and the extremities of their hands and feet scattered on the ground, and the flesh-covering, torn off from their heads right to their cheeks, strewn about like masks.
6:12O mother, who now knew sharper pangs than the pangs of labour! O woman, alone among women, the fruit of whose womb was perfect religion!
6:13Thy firstborn, giving up the ghost, did not alter thy resolution, nor thy second, looking with eyes of pity on thee under his tortures, nor thy third, breathing out his spirit.
6:14Neither didst thou weep when thou beheldest the eyes of each amid the torments looking boldly on the same anguish, and sawest in their quivering nostrils the signs of approaching death.
6:15When thou sawest the flesh of one son being severed after the flesh of another, and hand after hand being cut off, and head after head being flayed, and corpse cast upon corpse, and the place crowded with spectators on account of the tortures of thy children, thou sheddest not a tear.
6:16Not the melodies of the sirens nor the songs of swans with sweet sound do so charm the hearer's ears, as sounded the voices of the sons, speaking to the mother from amid the torments.
6:17How many and how great were the tortures with which the mother was tormented while her sons were being tortured with torments of rack and fire!
6:18But Inspired Reason lent her heart a man's strength under her passion of suffering, and exalted her to make no account of the present yearnings of mother-love.
6:19And although she saw the destruction of her seven children and the many and varied forms of their torments, the noble mother willingly surrendered them through faith in God.
6:20For she beheld in her own mind, even as it had been cunning advocates in a council-chamber, nature, and parenthood, and mother- love, and her children on the rack, and it was as if she, the mother, having the choice between two votes in the case of her children, one for their death and one to save them alive, thereupon regarded not the saving of her seven sons for a little time, but, as a true daughter of Abraham, called to mind his God-fearing courage.
6:21O mother of the race, vindicator of our Law, defender of our religion, and winner of the prize in the struggle within thyself!
6:22O woman, nobler to resist than men, and braver than warriors to endure!
6:23For as the Ark of Noah, with the whole living world for her burden in the world-whelming Deluge, did withstand the mighty surges, so thou, the keeper of the Law, beaten upon every side by the surging waves of the passions, and strained as with strong blasts by the tortures of thy sons, didst nobly weather the storms that assailed thee for religion's sake.
6:24Thus then, if one both a woman and advanced in years, and the mother of seven sons, endured the sight of her children being tortured to death, the Inspired Reason must confessedly be supreme ruler over the passions.
6:25I have proved, accordingly, that not only have men triumphed over their sufferings, but that a woman also has despised the most dreadful tortures.
6:26And not so fierce were the lions around Daniel, not so hot was the burning fiery furnace of Mishael, as burned in her the instinct of motherhood at the sight of her seven sons being tortured.
6:27But by her religion-guided Reason the mother quenched her passions, many and strong as they were.
6:28For there is this also to consider, that had the woman been weak of spirit, despite her motherhood, she might have wept over them, and perchance spoken thus:
6:29'Ah, thrice wretched me, and more than thrice wretched! Seven children have I borne and am left childless!
6:30In vain was I seven times with child, and to no profit was my ten months' burden seven times borne, and fruitless have been my nursings, and sorrowful my sucklings.
6:31In vain for you, O my sons, did I endure the many pangs of labour, and the more difficult cares of your upbringing.
6:32Alas, for my sons, that some were yet unwed, and those that were wedded had begotten no children; I shall never see children of yours, nor shall I be called by the name of grandparent.
6:33Ah me, that had many beautiful children, and am a widow and desolate in my woe! Neither will there be any son to bury me when I am dead!'
6:34But the holy and God-fearing mother wailed not with this lamentation over any one of them, neither besought she any to escape death, nor lamented over them as dying men; but, as though she had a soul of adamant and were bringing forth the number of her sons, for a second time, into immortal life, she besought rather and entreated of them that they should die for religion's sake.
6:35O mother, warrior of God in the cause of religion, old and a woman, thou didst both defeat the tyrant by thy endurance, and wast found stronger than a man, in deeds as well as words.
6:36For verily when thou wast put in bonds with thy sons, thou stoodest there seeing Eleazar being tortured, and thou spakest to thy sons in the Hebrew tongue:
6:37'My sons, noble is the fight; and do ye, being called thereto to bear witness for our nation, fight therein zealously on behalf of the Law of our fathers.
6:38For it would be shameful if, while this aged man endured the agony for religion's sake, you that are young men shrank before the pain.
6:39Remember that for the sake of God ye have come into the world, and have enjoyed life, and that therefore ye owe it to God to endure all pain for his sake; for whom also our father Abraham made haste to sacrifice his son Isaac, the ancestor of our nation; and Isaac, seeing his father's hand lifting the knife against him, did not shrink.
6:40And Daniel, the just man, was cast to the lions, and Ananias, Azarias, and Mishael were flung into the furnace of fire, and they endured for God's sake.
6:41And ye also, having the same faith unto God, be not troubled; for it were against Reason that ye, knowing righteousness, should not withstand the pains.'
6:42With these words the mother of the seven encouraged every single one of her sons to die rather than transgress the ordinance of God; they themselves also knowing well that men dying for God live unto God, as live Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the patriarchs.
Chapter 7
7:1Ἐπειδὴ γὰρ κατὰ τὴν πράτην πεῖραν ἐνικήθη περιφανὴς ὁ τύραννος, μὴ δυνηθεὶς ἀναγκάσαι γέροντα μιεροφαγῆσαι,
7:2τότε δὴ σφόδρα περιπαθῶς ἐκέλευσεν ἄλλους ἐκ τῆς ἡλικίας τῶν Ἐβραίων ἀγαγεῖν· καὶ εἰ μὲν μιεροφαγήσαιεν, ἀπολύειν φαγόντας· εἰ δὲ ἀντιλέγοιεν, πικρότερον βασανίζειν.
7:3ταῦτα διαταξαμένου τοῦ τυράννου, παρῆσαν ἀγόμενοι μετὰ γεραις μητρὸς ἑπτὰ ἀδελφοί, καλοί τε καὶ αἰδήμονες καὶ γενναῖοι καὶ ἐν παντὶ χαρίεντες.
7:4οὓς ἰδὼν ὁ τύραννος καθάπερ ἐν χορῷ περιέχοντας μέσην τὴν μητέρα, ἴσθετο ἐπʼ αὐτοὶς, καὶ τῆς εὐπρεπείας ἐκπλαγεὶς καὶ τῆς εὐγενίας, προσεμειδίασεν αὐτοῖς, καὶ πλησίον καλέσας ἔφη
7:5Ὠ υεανίαι, φιλοφρόναως ἐγὼ καθʼ ἑνὸς ἑκάστου ὑμῶν θαυμάζω τὸ κάλλος· καὶ τὸ πλῆθος τοσούτων ἀδελφῶν ὑπερτιμῶν, οὐ μόνον συμβουλεύω μὴ § II μανῆναι τὴν ²αὐτὴν τῷ προβασανισθέντι γέροντι μανίαν,
7:6ἀλλὰ καὶ παρακαλῶ συνείξαντάς μοι τῆς ἐμῆς ἀπολαῦσαι φιλίας· δυναίμην γὰρ ¶ II ὥσπερ κολάζειν τοὺς ἀπειθοῦντάς μου τοῖς ἐπιτάγμσιν, οὕτως καὶ εὐεργετεῖν τοὺς εὐπειθοῦντάς μοι.
7:7πιστεύσατε οὖν, καὶ ἀρχὰς ἐπὶ τῶν ἐμῶν πραγμάταων ἡγεμονικὰς λήμψεσθε, ἀρνησάμενοι τὸν πάτριον ὑμῶν τῆς πολιτίας θεσμόν·
7:8καὶ μεταλαβόντες Ἑλληνικοῦ βίου U+05D0II18 ευσεβιας U+05D0 19 οι πιστ.] om οι U+05D0 | γαρ] ουδε U+05D0 | Ισαακ Ιακωβ] και Ισ. και Ιακ. U+05D0 | τω θεω] om τω U+05D0 20 δια] pr η U+05D0* (improb U+05D0c.a) 21 om ευσεβως U+05D0 22 ευσεβειαν] θεοσεβειαν U+05D0 23 ο σοφος] om ο U+05D0 | om σωφρων U+05D0 | των παθ.] pr ο U+05D0 VΙΙΙ 1 περιφανως U+05D0 |μια ροφαγησαι U+05D0 2 τοτε] τοδε A ηλικιας] λειας μιαροφαγησαιεν U+05D0 | δε] δ U+05D0 3 διαταξαμενου] διαδεξαμ. A επτα] ζ΄ U+05D0 αδημονες A (αιδ. A¹) 4 om περιεχοντας U+05D0 (hab post μητερα U+05D0 c.a) και της ευγενιας sup ras Aᵃ ευγνειας U+05D0 5 βασανεσθεντι U+05D0* (προβ. U+05D0c.a II) 6 om και 1⁰ II ειξαντας II απολαυειν U+05D0 απολλυειν Π γαρ] δ αν U+05D0 ουτω U+05D0 7 αρνησαμενοι] αρνηθεντες U+05D0c.a υμων] ημων A 8 μεταλαβοντες] λαβοντες U+05D0 καὶ μεταδιαιτηθέντες ἐντρυφήσατε ταῖς νεότησιν ὑμῶν.
7:9ἐπεὶ ἐὰν A ἀργίλως με διάθησθε διὰ τῆς ἀπειθείας ὑμῶν, ἀναγκάσετέ με ἐπὶ δειναῖς κολάσεσιν ἕνα ἕκαστον ὑμῶν διὰ τῶν βασάνων ἀπολέσαι.
7:10κατελεήσατε οὗν ἑαυτούς, οὓς καὶ ὁ πολέμιος ἔγωγε καὶ τῆς ἡλικίας καὶ τῆς εὐμορφίας οἰκτείρομαι.
7:11οὐ διαλογιεῖσθε τοῦτο, ὅτι οὐδέν ὑμῖν ἀπειθήσασιν πλὴν τοῦ μετὰ στρεβλῶν ἀποθανεῖν ἀπόκειται;
7:12ταῦτα δὲ λέγων, ἐκέλευσεν εἰς τὸ ἔμπροσθεν προτεθῆναι τὰ βα. § II σανιστήρια, ὅπως καὶ διὰ τοῦ φόβου πείσειεν αὐτοὺς μιεροφαγῆσαι.
7:13ὡς δὲ τροχούς τε καὶ ἀρθρενβόλους στρεβλωτήριά τε καὶ τροχαντῆρας ¶ II καὶ καταπέλτας καὶ λέβητας, τήγανά τε καὶ δακτυλήθρας, καὶ χεῖρας σιδηρᾶς καὶ σφῆνας καὶ τὰ ζώπυρα τοῦ πυρὸς οἱ δορυφόροι προέθεσαν, ὑπολαβὼν δὲ ὁ τύραννος ἔφη
7:14Μειράκια, φοβήθητε, καὶ ἣν σέβεσθε δίκην, ἵλεως ὑμῖν ἔσται δι᾿ ἀνάγκην παρανομήκασιν.
7:15Οί δὲ ἀκούσαντες ἐπαγαωγὰ καὶ ἀρῶντες δεινα, οὐ μόνον οὐκ ἐφοβήθησαν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀντεφιλοσόφησαν §τῷ τυράννῳ, § ΙΙ καὶ διὰ τῆς εὐλογιστίας τὴν τυραννίδα αὐτοῦ κατέλυσαυ.
7:16καίτοι ¶ II λογισώμεθα· εἰ δειλόψυχοί τινες ἦσαν καὶ ἄνανδροι ἐν αὐτοῖς, ποίοις ἂν ἐχρήσαντο λόγοις ; οὐχὶ τούτοις;
7:17Ὦ τάλανες ἡμεῖς, καὶ λίαν ἀνόητοι· βασιλέως ἡμάς παρακαλοῦντος καὶ ἐπὶ εὺεργεσίᾳ φωυοῦυτος, μὴ πεισθείημεν αὐτῷ;
7:18τί βουλήμασιν κενοῖς ἑαυτοὺς εὐφραίνομεν, καὶ θανατηφόρον ἀπειθίαν τολμῶμεν;
7:19οὐ φοβησόμεθα, ἄνδρες ἀδελφοί, τὰ βασανιστήρια, καὶ λογιούμεθα τὰς τῶν βασάνων ἀπειλάς, καὶ φευξόμεθα τὴν κενοδοξίαν ταύτην καὶ ὀλεθροφόρον ἀλαζονίαν
7:20ἐλεήσωμεν τὰς ἑαυτῶν ἡλικίας, καὶ κατοκτειρησωμεν τὸ τῆς μητρὸς γῆρας·
7:21καὶ ἐνθυμηθῶμεν, ὅτι ἀπειθοῦντες τεθνηξόμεθα.
7:22συγγνώσεται δέ ἡμῖν καὶ ἡ θεία δίκη δι᾿ ἀνάγκην τὸν βασιλέα φοβηθεῖσιν.
7:23τί ἐξάγομεν ἑαυτοὺς τοῦ ἡδίστου βίου, καὶ ἀποστεροῦμευ ἑαυτοὺς τοῦ γλυκέος κόσμου;
7:24μὴ βιαζώμεθα τὴν ἀνάγκην, μηδέ κενοδοξῇσαωμεν ἐπὶ τῇ ἑαυτῶν στρέβλῃ.
7:25οὐδὲ αὐτὸς ὁ νόμος ἑκουσίως ἡμᾶς 9 απιθιας B om υμων 10 U+05D0 | δειναις] διναι A? (seq ras 1 lit A* ) U+05D0II 10 πολεμος A 12 om το ΙΙ προτεθηναι] τιθεναι U+05D0 και] καν ΙΙ μιαρο- ηφαγησαι U+05D0c.b 13 τροχλους U+05D0* (τροχους U+05D0¹) αρθενβολους A αρθρεμβολας U+05D0* (ς ras U+05D0?) αρθρεμβολα ΙΙ τροχαντηρια U+05D0* (-ῥας U+05D0c.a) καταπελτας] π sup ras Aᵃ? om δε 20 U+05D0 14 σεβεσται A 16 εν αυτοις και ανανδροι U+05D0 17 ημεις sup raς A ημι U+05D0* (ημις U+05D0c.a) παρακαλουντος] καλουντος U+05D0 | φωνουντος μη πισθ in mg ct sup ras A ηφωνουντος] παρακαλουντος U+05D0 | μη ῃ U+05D0* τι U+05D0c.a 18 om κενοις U+05D0* (hab U+05D0c.a) ευφρενουμεν U+05D0* (.νομεν U+05D0¹) 19 φοβηθησομεθα τ 20 κατοικτιρωμεν U+05D0 22 συγνωσεται (sic) A συνγνωσεται U+05D0 25 ουδε] ουδ U+05D0 | νομος U+05D0] ναος A A θανατοῖ φοβηθέντας τὰ βασανιστήρια.
7:26π όθεν ἡμῖν ἡ τοσαύτη ἐντέτηκεν φιλονεικία, καὶ ἡ θαυατηφόρος ἀρέσκει καρτερίn, παρὸν μετὰ ἀταραξίας ζῇν τῷ βασιλεῖ πεισθέντας;
7:27ἀλλὰ τούτων οὐδὲυ οἱ νεανίαι βασανίζεσθαι μέλλοντες, οὐδὲ ἐνεθυμήθησαν.
7:28ἦσαν γὰρ § II περίφρονες τῶν παθῶν, καὶ αὐτοκράτορες τῶν ἀλγηδόνων.
7:29§ὥσητε § ΙΙ ἅμα τῷ παύσασθαι τὸν τύραννον συμβουλεύοντα αὐτοῖς μιεροφαγῆσαι,¶ πάντες διὰ μιᾶς φωνῆς ὁμοῦ, ὥσπερ ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς ψυχῆς, εἶπον
Chapter 7
7:1SOME of the guards declared that when she also was about to be seized and put to death, she cast herself on the pyre in order that no man might touch her body.
7:2O mother, that together with thy seven sons didst break the tyrant's force, and bring to nought his evil devices, and gavest an example of the nobleness of faith.
7:3Thou wert nobly set as a roof upon thy sons as pillars, and the earthquake of the torments shook thee not at all.
7:4Rejoice therefore, pure-souled mother, having the hope of thy endurance certain at the hand of God.
7:5Not so majestic stands the moon amid the stars in heaven as thou, having lit the path of thy seven starlike sons unto righteousness, standest in honour with God; and thou art set in heaven with them.
7:6For thy child-bearing was from the son of Abraham.
7:7And had it been lawful for us to paint, as might some artist, the tale of thy piety, would not the spectators have shuddered at the mother of seven sons suffering for righteousness' sake multitudinous tortures even unto death?
7:8And indeed it were fitting to inscribe these words over their resting- place, speaking for a memorial to future generations of our people: HERE LIE AN AGED PRIEST AND A WOMAN FULL OF YEARS AND HER SEVEN SONS THROUGH THE VIOLENCE OF A TYRANT DESIRING TO DESTROY THE HEBREW NATION. THEY VINDICATED THE RIGHTS OF OUR PEOPLE LOOKING UNTO GOD AND ENDURING THE TORMENTS EVEN UNTO DEATH.
7:9For truly it was a holy war which was fought by them. For on that day virtue, proving them through endurance, set before them the prize of victory in incorruption in everlasting life.
7:10But the first in the fight was Eleazar, and the mother of the seven sons played her part, and the brethren fought.
7:11The tyrant was their adversary and the world and the life of man were the spectators.
7:12And righteousness won the victor and gave the crown to her athletes. Who but wondered at the athletes of the true Law?
7:13Who were not amazed at them? The tyrant himself and his whole council admired their endurance, whereby they now do both Stand beside the throne of God and live the blessed age.
7:14For Moses says, 'All also who have sanctified themselves are under thy hands.'
7:15And these men, therefore, having sanctified themselves for God's sake, not only have received this honour, but also the honour that through them the enemy had no more power over our people, and the tyrant suffered punishment, and our country was purified, they having as it were become a ransom for our nation's sin; and through the blood of these righteous men and the propitiation of their death, the divine Providence delivered Israel that before was evil entreated.
7:16For when the tyrant Antiochus saw the heroism of their virtue, and their endurance under the tortures, he publicly held up their endurance to his soldiers as an example; and he thus inspired his men with a sense of honour and heroism on the field of battle and in the labours of besieging, so that he plundered and overthrew all his enemies.
7:17O Israelites, children born of the seed of Abraham, obey this Law, and be righteous in all ways, recognizing that Inspired Reason is lord over the passions, and over pains, not only from within, but from without ourselves; by which means those men, delivering up their bodies to the torture for righteousness' sake, not only won the admiration of mankind, but were deemed worthy of a divine inheritance.
7:18And through them the nation obtained peace and restoring the observance of the Law in our country hath captured the city from the enemy.
7:19And vengeance hath pursued the tyrant Antiochus upon earth, and in death he suffers punishment.
7:20For when he failed utterly to constrain the people of Jerusalem to live like Gentiles and abandon the customs of our fathers, he thereupon left Jerusalem and marched away against the Persians.
7:21Now these are the words that the mother of the seven sons, the righteous woman, spake to her children:
7:22'I was a pure maiden, and I strayed not from my father's house, and I kept guard over the rib that was builded into Eve.
7:23No seducer of the desert, no deceiver in the field, corrupted me; nor did the false, beguiling Serpent sully the purity of my maidenhood; I lived with my husband all the days of my youth; but when these my sons were grown up, their father died.
7:24Happy was he; for he lived a life blessed with children, and he never knew the pain of their loss.
7:25Who, while he was yet with us, taught you the Law and the prophets. He read to us of Abel who was slain by Cain, and of Isaac who was offered as a burnt-offering, and of Joseph in the prison.
7:26And he spake to us of Phineas, the zealous priest, and he taught you the song of Ananias, Azarias, and Mishael in the fire.
7:27And he glorified also Daniel in the den of lions, and blessed him; and he called to your minds the saying of Isaiah,
7:28"Yea even though thou pass through the fire, the flame shall not hurt thee."
7:29He sang to us the words of David the psalmist, "Many are the afflictions of the just."
7:30He quoted to us the proverb of Solomon, "He is a tree of life to all them that do his will."
7:31He confirmed the words of Ezekiel, "Shall these dry bones live?" For he forgat not the song that Moses taught, which teaches, "I will slay and I will make alive. This is your life and the blessedness of your days."'
7:32Ah, cruel was the day, and yet not cruel, when the cruel tyrant of the Greeks set the fire blazing for his barbarous braziers, and with his passions boiling brought to the catapult and back again to his tortures the seven sons of the daughter of Abraham, and blinded the eyeballs of their eyes, and cut out their tongues, and slew them with many kinds of torment.
7:33For which cause the judgement of God pursued, and shall pursue, the accursed wretch.
7:34But the sons of Abraham, with their victorious mother, are gathered together unto the place of their ancestors, having received pure and immortal souls from God, to whom be glory for ever and ever.
Chapter 8
8:1Τί μέλλεις, ὦ τύραννε; ἕτοιμοι γάρ ἐσμεν ἀποθνήσκειν, ἢ παραβαίνειν τὰς πατρίους ἡμῶν ἐντολάς.
8:2καὶ αἰσχυνόμεθα γὰρ τοὺς προγόνους εἰκότως, εἰ μὴ τῇ τοῦ νόμου εὐπειθείᾳ συμβούλῳ καὶ γνώσει χρησαί μέθα.
8:3σύμβουλε τύραννε παρανομίας, μὴ ἡμᾶς μισῶν ὑπέρ αὐτοὺς ἡμᾶς ἐλέα.
8:4χαλεπώτερον γὰρ αὐτοῦ τοῦ θαυάτου νομίζομεν εἶναί σου τὸν ἐπὶ τῇ παρανόμῳ σωτηρίᾳ ἡμῶν ἔλεον.
8:5ἐκφοβεῖς δὲ ἡμᾶς, τὸν διὰ τῶν βασάνων ἡμῖν θάνατον ἀπειλῶν, ἄὥσπερ οὐχὶ πρὸ βραχέως παρὰ Ἐλεαζάρου μαθών.
8:6εἰ δ᾿ οἱ γέροντες τῶν Ἐβραίων διὰ τὴν εὐσέβειαν καὶ βασανισμοὺς ὑπομείναντες ἀπέθανον, ἀποθάνοιμεν ἂν δικαιότερον ἡμεῖς οἱ νέοι, τὰς βασάνους τῶν σῶν ἀναγκῶν ὑπεριδόντες ἄς καὶ ὁ παιδευτὴς γέρων ἐνίκησεν.
8:7πείραζε γὰρ οὖν, τύραννε· καὶ τὰς ἡμῶν ψυχὰς εἰ θανατώσεις διὰ τὴν εὐσέβειαν, μὴ νομίσῃς ἡμᾶς βλάπτειν βασανίζων.
8:8ἡμεῖς μὲν γὰρ διὰ τῆσδε τῆς κακοπαθείας καὶ ὑπομονῆς τὰ τῆς ἀρετῆς ἆθλα οἴσομεν,
8:9σὺ δὲ διὰ τὴν ἡμῶν μιεροφονίαν αὐτάρκη καρτερήσεις ὑπὸ τῆς θείας δίκης αἰόνιον βασάνου διὰ πυρός.
8:10Ταῦτα αὐτῶν εἰπόντων, οὐ μόνον ὡς κατὰ ἀπειθούντων ἐχαλέπαινεν ὁ τύραννος, ἀλλ᾿ ὁὡς καὶ κατὰ ἀχαρίστων ὠργίσθη.
8:11ὅθεν U+05D0IΙ25 om φοβηθεντας τα βασανιστηρια U+05D0* (hab U+05D0c.ᵃ) 26 εντεθηκεν A εντετηκε U+05D0 | ζην] χρη A πισθεντες (-τας U+05D0c.ᵃ) 27 νεανιαις A 26 γαρ] + μελλοντες U+05D0 (improb U+05D01 c.ᵃ) περιφρονες των παθων] π. τα των παθ, U+05D0* (αν et ες superscr U+05D0c.a ; fors παντες pro τα voluit) αλγηδονων] ηδον sup ras Aᵃ 29 τω παυσασθαι] om τω U+05D0 του παυσ. ΙΙ συνβουλ. ΙΙ μιαροφαγησαι U+05D0ΙΙ δια] απο U+05D0 ΙX 1 εσμεν] + ω τυραννε U+05D0* (improb) U+05D0?) αποθνησκειν] ο superscr A¹ πατριους] πατρωους U+05D0 2 om και 10 U+05D0 | προγονους] + ημων U+05D0 ευπιθια U+05D0 | γνωσει] Μωϋσει U+05D0 3 om ημας 2⁰ U+05D0 4 αυτου] αυτους A του bis scr U+05D0* (improb 10 U+05D0c.a) 5 θανατον ημιν U+05D0 παρα] παρ U+05D0 6 Ευβραιων U+05D0* (Eβρ. U+05D0¹ ᵃ) |ευσε- βιαν U+05D0 | απεθανον] ευσεβησᾶ U+05D0 | υπερειδοτες U+05D0* ειδοντες U+05D0c.a ους U+05D0* (ας U+05D0c.ᵃ) παιδευτης] ημων U+05D0 7 γαρ ουν] τοιγαρουν U+05D0 | ευσεβιαν U+05D0 8 κακο- παθιας U+05D0 οισομεν] εξομεν U+05D0 + και εσομεθα παρα τω θω δι ο (δι ον U+05D0c.ᵃ) και ταυτα πασχομεν U+05D0 9 ημων] υμων A μιεφονιαν (sic) U+05D0 | καρτερησεις] καρτερηθ incep U+05D0* (-ρησεις U+05D01) improb) δια πυρος U+05D0c.ᵃ 10 αλλ ως και] αλλα λαι ως U+05D0 | καταχαριστων U+05D0* κατα αχ. U+05D0 τὸν πρεσβύτατον οὐτων κελευσθέντες παρήγαγον οἱ μμστισταί, καὶ A διαρρήξαντες τὸν χιτῶνα διέδησαν τὰς χεῦρας αὐτοῦ καὶ τοὺς βραχί ὀνᾶς ἱμᾶσιν ἑκατέρωθεν.
8:12ὼς δὲ τύπτοντες ταῖς μάστιξιν ἐκοπίασαν, μηδέν ἀνύοντες, ἀνέβαλον αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τὸν τροχόν.
8:13περὶ ὅν κατατεινόμενος ὁ εὐγενὴς νεανίας ἔξαρθρος ἐγίνετο.
8:14καὶ κατὰ πᾶν μέλος κλώμενος κατηγόρει λέγων
8:15Γύραννε μιερώτατε καὶ τῆς οὐραυίου δίκης ἐχθρέ καὶ ὠμόφρον, οὐκ ἀνδροφονήσαντά με τοῦτον καταικίζεις τὸν τρόπον, οὐδὲ ἀσεβήσαντα, ἀλλὰ θείου υόμου προασπίζοντα.
8:16καὶ τῶν δορυφόρων λεγόντων Ομολόγησον φαγεῖν, ὅπως ἀπαλλαγὴς τῶν βασάνων,
8:17ὁ δὲ εἶπεν Οὐχ οὕτως ἰσχυρὸς ὑμῶν ἐστιν ὁ τρόπος, ὠ σμιεροὶ διάκονοι, ὥστε μου τὸν λογισμὸν ἄξαι. τέμνετέ μου μέλη, καὶ πυροῦτε τὰς σάρκας, καὶ στρεβλοῦτε τὰ ἄρθρα ·
8:18διο πασῶν γὰρ ὑμᾶς πείσω τῶν βασάνων ὅτι μόνοι οἱ παῖδες Ἐβραίων ὑπέρ ἀρετῆς εἰσιν ἀνίκητοι.
8:19πρῦτα λέγοντες ἔτι πῦρ ἐπέστραωσαν, καὶ διερεθίζοντες τὸν τροχὸν προσεπικατέτεινον.
8:20ἐμολύνετο δὲ πάντοθεν αἵματι ὁ τροχός, καὶ ὁ σωρὸς τῆς ἀνθρακιᾶς τοῖς τῶν ἰχώραον ἐσβέννυτο σταλαγμοῖς, καὶ περὶ τοὺς ἄξονας τοῦ ἀργάνου περιέρεον αἱ σάρκες.
8:21καὶ περιτετηγμένον ἤδη ἔχων τὸ τῶν ὀστέων πῆγμα ὁ μεγαλόφρων καὶ Ἀβραμιαῖος νεανίας οὐκ ἐστέναξεν.
8:22ἀλλʼ ὥσπερ ἐν πυρὶ μετασχηματιζόμενος εἰς ἀφθαρσίαν, ὑπέμεινεν εὐγενῶς τὰς στρέβλας
8:23Μιμήσασθέ με, ἀδελφοί, λέγων· μὴ μου τὸν αἰῶνα λειποτακτήσητε, μηδέ ἐξομόσησθέ μου τὴν τῆς εὐψυχίας ἀδελφότητα· ἱερὰν καὶ εὐγενῆ στρατείαν στρατεύσασθε περὶ τῆς εὐσεβείας,
8:24δί ἧς ἵλεως ἡ δικαία καὶ πάτριος ἡμῶν πρόνοια τῷ ἔθνει γενηθεῖσα τιμαορησειεν τὸν ἀλάστορα τύραννον.
8:25καὶ ταῦτα εἰπ ὼν ὁ ἱεροπρεπὴς νεανίας ἀπέρρηξεν τὴν ψυχὴν.
8:26Θαυμασάντων δὲ πάντων τὴν καρτεροψυχίαν αὐτοῦ, ἦγον οἱ δορυφόροι τὸν καθʼ ἡλικίαν τοῦ 11 κελευθ. A παρηγον U+05D0 | μαστισται] υπασπισται U+05D0 12 ανεβαλον] U+05D0 ανεβαλλον U+05D0* ανελαβον U+05D0c.a επι] περι U+05D0 13 εξαρθος Α 14 κατη- γορει] εκακηγορι U+05D0 15 ωμοφρον] ομοφρῶ| A ωμοφρων U+05D0 | ανδροφρονησαντα A καταικιζεις τον τροπον] τον τρ. βασανιζεις U+05D0 17 ισχυρος] ισχυροτερος U+05D0c | εστιν ο τροπος] ο τροχος εστιν U+05D0 pr ισχυρ (sic) U+05D0 (stalim improis U+05D0¹) μιαροι U+05D0 | αξαι] αγξαι U+05D0 μελη] pr τα U+05D0 πυρουτε] + μου U+05D0 18 οι παιδες] om οι U+05D0 19 ταυτα λεγοντες...προσεπικατετεινον] και αυτα ειπων (λεγοντι pro ειπ. U+05D0c.a) υπεστρωσαν πυρ και το (imbrob το U+05D0c.a) διερεθίζον τον τροχδ και προσεκατετινον U+05D0 | ετι] εστι A επετρωσαν A 20 τοις] ις sup ras A αυξονας A 21 περιτετηκμενον A περιτετμημενον U+05D0 |Aβραμιανρς] Αβρααμʼ υιος U+05D0* Αβρααμιαιος U+05D0c.a ᵃ 23 στρατιαν U+05D0 | εστρατευσασθε U+05D0 | ευσεβιας U+05D0 24 ημων] η U+05D0* (ημ. U+05D0c.ᵃ) 25 improb και U+05D0c.a ⁽ᵛⁱᵈ bostea fort epos απερηξεν U+05D0* απερρ. U+05D0c 26 δορυφοροιl incep δυρο U+05D0* (δορυφ A προτέρου δεύτερον, καὶ σιδηρᾶς ἐναρμοσάμενοι χείρας ἀξέσιν τοῖς ὄυυξιν, τοῖς ὀργάνοις καὶ καταπέλτῃ προσέδησαν αὐτόν.
8:27ὡς δʼ εἰ φαγεῖν βούλοιτο πρὶν βασανίζεσθαι πυνθανόμενοι, τὴν εὐγενῆ γναώμην ἤκουσαν,
8:28ἀπ ὸ τῶν τενόντωυ ταῖς σιδηραῖς χερσὶν ἐπισπασάμενοι, § ΙΙ μενοι, μθχρ γε τῶν γενείων τὴν σάρκα πᾶσαυ §καὶ τὴν τῆς κεφαλῆς δορὰν οἱ παρδάλιοι θῆρες ἀπέσυραν· ὁ δὲ ταύτην βαρέως τὴν ἀλγηδόνα καρτερῶν, ἔλεγεν
8:29Ὡς ἡδὺς πᾶς τρόπος θανάτου διὰ τὴν πάτριον ¶ II ἡμῶν εὺσέβειαν· ἔφη τε πρὸς τὸν τύραννον
8:30ὐ δοκεῖς,¶ πάντων ὠμότατε τύραννε, πλεῖον ἐμοῦ σε υῦυ βασανίζεσθαι, ὁρῶν σου νικώμενον τὸν τῆς τυραννίδος ὑπερήφανον λογισμὸν ὑπὸ τῆς διὰ τὴν § II εὐσέβειαν ἡμῶν ὑπομονῆς ;
8:31ἐγὼ μέν γὰρ ταῖς διὰ τὴν ἀρετὴν ἡδοναῖς τὸν πόνον ἐπικουφίζομαι
8:32σὺ δὲ ἐν ταῖς τῆς ἀσεβείας ἀπειλαῖς βασανίζῃ· οὐκ ἐκφεύξῃ δέ, μιερώτατε τύραννε, τὰς τῆς θείας ¶ ΙΙ ἀργῆς δίκας.¶
Chapter 9
9:1Καὶ τούτου τὸν ἀοίδιμον θάνατον καρτερήσαντος, ὁ τρίτος ἡγετο, παρακαλούμενος πολλὰ υπὸ πολλῶν ὅπως ἀπογευσμμμενος σώζοιτο.
9:2δὲ ἀναβοήσας ἔφη Ἦ ἀγνοεῖτε ὅτι αὑτός με τοῖς ἀποθανοῦσιν ἔσπειρεν πατήρ, καὶ ἡ αὐτὴ μήτηρ ἐγέννησεν, καὶ ἐπὶ τοῖς αὐτοῖς ἀνετράφην δόγμασιν;
9:3οὐκ ἐξόμνυμαι τὴν εὐγενῆ τῆς ἀδελφότητος συγγένειαν.
9:4πρὸς ταῦτα εἵ τι ἔχετε κολαστήριον, προσαγάγετε τῷ σώματί μου· τῆς γὰρ ψυχῆς μου, οὐδʼ ἡυ θέλητε, ἅψεσθε.
9:5οἱ δὲ πικρῶς ἐνέγκαντες τὴν παρρησίαν τοῦ ἀνδρός, ἀρθρεμβόλοις ὀργάνοις τὰς χεῖρας αὐτοῦ καὶ τοὺς πόδας ἐξήρθρουν, καὶ ἐξ ἁρμῶν ἀναμοχλεύοντες ἐξεμέλιζον·
9:6καὶ τοὺς δακτύλους καὶ τοὺς βραχίονας καὶ τὰ σκέλη καὶ τοὺς ἀγκῶνας περιέλκων.
9:7καὶ κατὰ μηδένα τρόπον ἰσχύοντες αὐτὸν ἄγξαι, περισύραντες τὸ δέρμα σὺν ἄκραις ταῖς τῶυ δακτύλων κορυφαῖς ἀπεσκύ θιζον, καὶ εὐθέως ἦγον ἐπὶ τὸν τροχόν.
9:8περὶ ὃν ἐκ σφονδύλων U+05D0Π26 προτερου] πρεσβυτερου U+05D0 | σιδηρεας U+05D0* ( ρας U+05D0?) οξεσι U+05D0 | ονυξι U+05D0 | τοῖς οργανοις] πνργανω U+05D0 27 την ευγ.] pr και U+05D0 | ηκουσαν] ακουσαντες ειλκυσαν U+05D0* improb ειλκ. U+05D0c.a c.b 28 σιδηραιαις U+05D0* ( ραις U+05D0c.b) om γε U+05D0 | παρδαλιοι AΠ| παρδαλεοι -λαιοι U+05D0c.a απεσυρον U+05D0 | βαρ. την αλγ.] την αλγ. γεννεως ΙΙ 29 θανατου τροπος U+05D0ΙΙ ευσεβιαν U+05D0 ; item 3o om εφη τε πρ. τον τυρ. ΙΙ 30 δοκ|ει ΙΙᵛiᵈ πλειον] πλεον U+05D0 | om νυν σου] σοι U+05D0 | τΟν της τυρ.] om τΟν U+05D0* (hab U+05D0c.a) ημων] υμων A 31 om μεν U+05D0* (hab U+05D0c.a) αρετην] [ευσεβει] αν ΙΙ vid ηδονης A των πονων ΙΙ 32 ασε- βειαις A μιαρωτατε U+05D0ΙΙ τας] τα U+05D0* (τας U+05D0c.a) X 1 post αοιδ. incep T U+05D0* (improb U+05D0¹) υπο] απο U+05D0* (υπο U+05D0c.a c.b) 2 om η 1⁰ U+05D0 | | αυτος] pr o U+05D0 c.a 3 συγγενειαν] ευγενιαν U+05D0 4 om U+05D0 | αφασθαι A 5 αθρεμβολοις A 6 om και 10 U+05D0* (hab U+05D0c.a) περιελκων] περιεκλων U+05D0 7 ισχυσαντες U+05D0* (ισχυοντες U+05D0c.a) | περισυραντες το δερμα] περιλυσαντες τα οργανα U+05D0* (περισ. το δ. U+05D0c.ᵃ) 8 σφονδυλων] σπονδυλων U+05D0 ἐκμελιζόμενος ἑώρα τὰς ἑαυτοῦ σάρκας περιλακιζομένας καὶ κατά Α σπλάγχναων σταγόνας αἵματος ἀπορρεούσας.
9:9μέλλων δὲ ἀποθνήσκειν, ἔφη
9:10Ἡμεῖς μέν, ὦ μιερώτατε τύραννε, διὰ παιδείαν καὶ ἀρετὴν θεοῦ ταῦτα πάσχομεν·
9:11ηὺ ῆὲ διή τὴν ἀσέβειαν καὶ μιαιβονίαν ἀκαταλύτους καρτερήσεις βασάνους.
9:12Καὶ τούτου θανόντος ἀδελφοπρεπῶς, τὸν τέταρτον ἐπεσπῶντο, λέγοντες
9:13Μὴ μανῆς καὶ σὺ τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς σου τὴν αὐτὴν μανίαν, ἀλλὰ πεισθεὶς τῷ βασιλεῖ σῶζε σεαυτόν.
9:14ὁ δὲ αὐτοῖς ἔφη Οὐχ οὕταως καυστικώτερον ἔχετε κατʼ ἐμοῦ τὸ πῦρ, ὥστε με δειλανδρῆσαι.
9:15μὰ τὸν μακάριον τῶν ἀδελφῶν μου θάυατον, καὶ τὸν αἰώνιον τοῦ τυράννου ὄλεθρον, καὶ τὸν ἀοίδιμον τῶν εὐσεβῶν βίον, οὐκ ἀρνήσομαι τὴν εὐγενῆ ἀδελφότητα.
9:16ἐπινόει, τύραννε, βασάνους· ἵνα καὶ διή τούτων μάθῃς, ὅτι ἀδελφός εἰμι τῶν προβασανισθέντωυ.
9:17ταῦτα ἀκούσας ὁ αἱμοβόρος καὶ φονώδης καὶ πανμιερώτατος Ἀντίοχος, ἐκέλευσεν τὴν γλῶτταν αὐτοῦ ἐκτεμεῖν.
9:18ὁ δὲ ἔφη Κδν ἀφέλῃς τὸ τῆς φωνῆς ὄργανον, καὶ σιωπώντων ἀκούει ὁ θεός.
9:19ἰδηὺ κεχάλασται ἡ γλῶσσα· τέμνε. οὐ γὰρ παρά τοῦτο τὸν λογισμὸν ἡρῶν γλωσσοτομήσεις.
9:20ἡδέως ὑπέρ τοῦ θεοῦ τ τοῦ σώματος μέλη ἀκραυτηριαζόμεθα.
9:21ηὲ δὲ ταχέαος μετελεύσεται ὁ θεός· τὴν γάρ τῶν θείων ὕμνων μελῳδὸν γλῶτταν ἐκτέμνεις.
Chapter 10
10:1Ὡς δὲ καὶ οὐτος ταῖς βασάνοις καταικισθεὶς ἐναπέθανεν, ὁ πέμπτος παρεπήδησεν, λέγων
10:2Οὐ μέλλω, τύραννε, πρὸς τὸν ὑπέρ τῆς ἀρετῆς βασανισμὸν παραιτεῖσθαι
10:3αὐτὸς δʼ ἀπʼ ἐμαυτοῦ παρῆλθου, ὅπως κἀμέ κατακτείνας, περὶ πλειόνων ἀδικημάτων ὄφιλήσῃς τῇ οὐρανίῳ δίκῃ τιμαωρίαν.
10:4ὦ μισάρετε και μισάνθρωπε, τί δράσαντας ἡμᾶς τοῦτον πορθεῖς τὸν τρόπον;
10:5ἤ κακόν σοι δοκεῖ, ὅτι τὸν πάντων κτίστην εὐσεβοῦμεν, καὶ κατἀ τὸν ἔνάρετον αὐτοῦ ζῶμεν νόμον;
10:6ἁλλὰ ταῦτα τιμῶν. οὐ βασάνων ἐστὶν ἄξια,
10:7εἴπερ ᾐσθάνου ἀνθρώπους ποθῶν, καὶ ἐλπίδα εἰχες παρὰ θεῷ σωτηρίου·
10:8νῖν ἰδὲ ἀλλότριος ὧν θεοῦ, πολεμεῖς τοὺς εὐσεβοῦντας εἰς τὸν θεόν.
10:9τοιαῦτα 8 απορεουσας U+05D0 10 μιαρωτατε U+05D0 11 ασεβιαν U+05D0 12 αδελφο- U+05D0 πρεπως] φοπρ sup ras Aᵃ 14 αυτοις] αυτω U+05D0 | κλαυστικωερον (sic) A (καυστικωτ. A¹⁽ᵛⁱᵈ) 15 αοιδιμον] ολεθρον αιδμή U+05D0* (imbrob ολεθρ. U+05D0¹ c.a) 16 δια τουτων] δι ουτων U+05D0 | προβεβασανισθεντων (sic) A 17 ταυτα] + δε (superscr) U+05D0¹ φονωδης] incep φονι U+05D0* παμμιαρωτατος U+05D0 | εκτεμνειν U+05D0* 18 σιωπουντων A 19 προκεχαλασται U+05D0 | γλωττοτομησεις U+05D0 40 του 1⁰] seq τ in U+05D0* (improb U+05D0¹) μελη] βελη (μ. U+05D0¹⁽ᵛⁱᵈ) 21 ὕμνον μελωδαν U+05D0* (υμνων μελωδον U+05D0c.a) XI 1 κατακισθεις (sic) A 2 om παραιτεισθαι U+05D0 3 οφιλησεις (-σις A) τη ουρανιω δικη] τη επουρανιω δικη δωσεις U+05D0 | ιμωριαν sup ras A¹ 4 μισαρετε] μιαρωτατε U+05D0 τον τροπον πορθεις U+05D0 5 om η κακον σοι δοκει U+05D0 6 εστιν] εισῖ| U+05D0 7 8 om ειπερ ησθα- νου...εις τον θgον U+05D0 A λέγοντα οἱ δορυφόροι δήσαντες αὐτὸν εἷλκον ἐπὶ τὸυ καταπέλτην·
10:10ἐφʼ ὃν δήσαντες αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τά γόνατα, καὶ ταῦτα ποδάγραις σιδηραῖς ἐφαρμόσαντες τὴν ὀσφὺν αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὸν τροχιαῖον σφῆνα κατέκαμψαν· περὶ ὃν ὁλος ἐπὶ τὸν τροχὸν σκορπίου τρόπον ἀνακλώμενος ἐξεμελίζετο.
10:11κατὰ τοῦτον τὸν τρόπον καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα στενοχααορούμενος καὶ τὸ σῶμα ἀγχόμενος
10:12Καλάς, ἔλεγεν, ἄκων, ὁ τύραννος. χάριτας ἡμῖν χαρίζῃ, καλάς, διὰ γενναιοτέρων πονων ἐπιδείξασθαι παρέχων τὴν εἰς τὸν νόμον ἡμῶν καρτερίαν.
10:13Τελευτήσαντος δέ καὶ τούτου, ὁ ἔκτος ἤγετο μειρακίσκος· ὃς πυνθανομένου τοῦ τυράννου εἰ βούλοιτο φαγὼν ἀπολύεσθαι, ὁ δὲ ἔφη
10:14Ἐγὼ τῇ μὲν ἡλικίᾳ τῶν ἀδελφῶν μου εἰμὶ νεώτερος, τῇ δὲ διανοίᾳ ἡλικιώτης.
10:15εἰς τὰ αὐτὰ γὰρ καὶ γενηθέντες καὶ τραφέντες, ὑπὲρ τῶν αὐτῶν καὶ ἀποθνήσκειν ὀφίλομεν ὁμοίως.
10:16ὥστε εἴ σοι δοκεῖ βασανίζειν μὴ μιεροφαγοῦντας, βασάνιζε.
10:17ταῦτα αὐτὸν εἰπόντα παρῆγον ἐπὶ τὸν τροχόν.
10:18ἐφʼ οὗ κατατεινόμενος εὐμελῶς καὶ ἐκσφονδυλιζόμενος ὑπεκαίετο.
10:19καὶ ὀβελίσκους ὀξεῖς πυρώσαντες, τοῖς νώτοις προσέφερον· καὶ τὰ πλευρὰ διαπεί ραντες, ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ τὰ σπλάγχνα διέκαιον.
10:20ὁ δὲ βασανιζόμενος Ὦ ἱεροπρεποῦς αἰῶνος, ἔλεγεν, ἐφʼ ὃν διὰ τὴν εὐσέβειαν εἰς γυμνασίαν πόνων ἀδελφοὶ τοσοῦτοι κληθέντες οὐκ ἐνικήθημεν.
10:21ἀνίκητος γάρ ἐστιν, ὦ τύραννε, ἡ εὐσεβὴς ἐπιστήμη.
10:22καλοκἀγαθίᾳ καθωπλισμένος τεθνήξομαι κἀγὼ μετὰ τῶν ἀδελφῶν μου,
10:23μέγαν σοι προσβάλλων καὶ αὐτὸς ἀλάστορα, καινουργὲ τῶν βασάνων, καὶ πολέμιε τῶν ἀληθῶς εὐσεβούντων.
10:24ἓξ μειράκια κατελύσαμέν σου τὴν τυραννίδα.
10:25τὸ γὰρ μὴ δυνηθῆναί σε μεταπεῖσαι τὸν λογισμὸν ἡμῶν, μήτε βιάσασθαι πρὸς τὴν μιεροφαγίαν, οὐ κατάλυσίς ἐστίν σου;
10:26τὸ πῦρ σου ψυχρὸν ἡμῖν, καὶ ἄπονοι οἱ καταπέλται, καὶ ἀδύνατος ἡ βία σου.
10:27οὐ γὰρ U+05D09 τοιαυτα] τοι αυτα A (praec Spat 3 litt : fors καιτοι voluit A*) + δε U+05D0 | ειλκον] εικον U+05D0* (ειλκ. U+05D0c.a) 10 εφαρμοσαντες U+05D0 c.a| εφορμασαντες U+05D0*A επι τον τροχιαιον] περι τροχ. U+05D0 | επι τον τροχον] περι τον τραχηλον U+05D0 | σκοπιου U+05D0* (σκορπ. U+05D0c.a) εξεμελιζετο] με sup ras Aᵃ 11 και 2⁰] και και A 12 ο τυραννος] ω τυραννε U+05D0 | om καλας 2° U+05D0 | της U+05D0* (την U+05D0c.a) καρτεριας U+05D0* (-ριαν U+05D0c.a) 13 τελευτησας (sic) A improb) ο δε U+05D0c.a 14 τη μεν ηλικια] μεν την ηλικιαν U+05D0* μεν τη ηλικια U+05D0c.a om μου U+05D0 | δια- νοiα] ανοια A 15 τα αυτα] τα αυ (sic) A ταυτα U+05D0 | om και 1⁰ U+05D0 | γεν- νηθεντες U+05D0 | τραφςετες] ανατραφ. U+05D0 16 μιαιροταγουντα U+05D0 | βασανιζε] βασανίζειν U+05D0 (.ζε U+05D0 c.a) A*fort 17 om αυτον U+05D0 18 ευμελως] επιμελως U+05D0 | εκσπο δυλιζομενος U+05D0 | υπεκαιετο] + πυρι 19 διαπειραντες] διαφθειραν- τες U+05D0 om απ τα σπλαγχνα] pr και U+05D0c.a διεκαιον] διῖκεον U+05D0* διεκεον U+05D0c.a 20 αιωνος] αγωνος U+05D0 | ελεγον U+05D0* (-γεν U+05D0¹) ευσεβιαν U+05D0 | ενικημεν U+05D0* (-κηθη. μεν U+05D0c.a) 21 om ω U+05D0 23 και αυτος προσβαλλα U+05D0 24 κατελυσα- μεν] καταλελυκαμεν U+05D0 26 αδυνατοις U+05D0* (-τος U+05D0¹) 27 improb οι U+05D0c.a τυράννου ἀλλὰ θείου νόμου προεστήκασιν ἡμῶν οἱ δορυφόροι· διά A τοῦτο ἀνίκητον ἔχομεν τὸν λογισμόν.
Chapter 11
11:1Ὡς δὲ καὶ οὅτος μακαρίως ἐναπέθανεν ⁷καταβληθεὶς εἰς λέβητα, ὁ ἕβδομος παρεγίνετο, § V πάντων νεώτερος.
11:2ὅν κατοικτειρήσας ὁ τύραννος, καίπερ δειυῶς ὑπὸ τῶν ἀδελφῶν αὐτοῦ κακισθείς,
11:3ὁρῶν ἤδη τὰ δεσμά περικείμενον. πλησιέστερον αὐτὸν μετεπέμψατο, καὶ παρηγορεῖν ἐπειρᾶτο, λέγων
11:4Γῆς μέν τῶν ἀδελφῶν σου ἀπονοίας τὸ τέλος ὁρᾶς· διὰ γὰρ ἀπείθειαν στρεβλωθέντες τεθνήκασιν. σύ, εἰ μέν μὴ πεισθείης, τάλας βασανισθεὶς καὶ αὐτὸς τεθνήξῃ πρὸ ὥρας.
11:5πεισθεὶς δέ φίλος ἔσῃ, καὶ τῶν ἐπὶ τῆς βασιλείας ἀφηγήσῃ πραγμάτων.
11:6καὶ ταῦτα παρακαλῶν, τὴν μητέρα τοῦ παιδὸς μετεπέμψατο, ὅπως αὐτὴν ἐλεήσας τοσούτων υἱῶν στερηθεῖσαν παρορμήσειεν ἐπὶ τὴν σωτηρίαν εὐπειθῆ ποιῆσαι τὸν περιλειπόμενον.
11:7ὁ δὲ τῆς μητρὸς τῇ Ἐραίδι φωνῇ προτρεψαμένης αὐτόν, ὡς ἐροῦμεν μετά μικρὸν ὕστερον
11:8ʼἈπολύσατέ με, φησίν· εἴπω τῷ βασιλεῖ καὶ τοῖς σὺν αὐτῷ φίλοις πᾶσιν.
11:9καὶ ἐπιχαρέντες μάλιστα ἐπὶ τῇ ἐπαγγελίᾳ τοῦ παιδός, ταχέως ἔλυσαν αὐτόν.
11:10καὶ δραμὼν ἐπὶ πλησίον τῶν τηγάνων, ἔφη
11:11Ἀνόσιε, φησίν, καὶ πάντων τῶν πονηρῶν ἀσεβέστατε τύραννε, οὐκ ᾐδέσθης παρά τοῦ θεοῦ λαβὼν τὰ ἀγαθα καὶ τὴν βασιλείαν, τοὺς θεράποντας αὐτοῦ κατακτεῖναι, καὶ τοὺς τῆς εὐσεβείας ἀσκητάς στρεβλῶσαι;
11:12ἀυθʼ ὦν ταμιεύεταί σε ἡ θεία δίκη πυκνοτέρῳ καὶ αἰωνίῳ πυρὶ καὶ βασάνοις, αἰ εἰς ὅλον τὸν αἰῶνα οὐκ ἀνήσουσίν σε.
11:13οὐκ ᾐδέσθης ἄνθρωπος ὧν, θηριωδέστατε, τοὺς ὁμοιοπαθεῖς καὶ ἐκ τῶν αὐτῶν γεγονότας στοιχείων γλωττοτομῆσαι, καὶ τοῦτον καταικίσας τὸν τρόπον βασανίσαι;
11:14ἀλλʼ οἱ μέν εὐγενῶς ἀποθανόντες ἐπλήρωσαν τὴν εἰς τὸν θεὸν εὐσέβειαν·
11:15σὺ XII 1 ουτος] αυτος U+05D0 εναπεθανεν] απεθανεν U+05D0 | καταβληθεις] ..ταβληθεις U+05D0V V παρεγενετο v 2 κατοικτιρας U+05D0V (-τειρ.) 3 περικειμενα V πλησιετερον U+05D0 πλησιοι. V* σιαιτ. Vᵃ 4 το τελος] om το U+05D0* (hab U+05D0c.ᵃ) απειθειαν] απστιαν U+05D0 (σ sup ras U+05D0¹) τεθνεασιν συ] + δε U+05D0V πεισθειης] πισθεις U+05D0 | βασανισθεις] βασανοις Vᵃ (οι sup ras 3 fort litt) ωρας] ορας U+05D0* (ωρ. U+05D0c.a) 5 βασιλιας U+05D0 6 αυτην] εαυτην U+05D0c.a V ελεησασα U+05D0V στερηθειαν U+05D0* (-σαν U+05D0 c.b) στερηθεισα V σωτηριον U+05D0 | ευπειθη] ευπιθια| U+05D0 om ποιησαι U+05D0 ποιησαιεν V (improb εν Vᵃ?) 7 om μετα V 8 απολυσατε] λυσατε U+05D0V 9 και επιχαρεντες] οι δε χαρεντες U+05D0 10 om εφη U+05D0 11 φησι A? των πονηρων ασεβεστατε] ασεβ. πονηρ. U+05D0 | om τυραννε U+05D0 | βασιλιαν U+05D0 | κατα- κτεινας U+05D0c.a της ευσ.] om της U+05D0* (hab U+05D0c.a) 12 ταμιευσεταὶ U+05D0V om σε 10 U+05D0* (hab U+05D0c.a) om θεια U+05D0V om και βασανοις V om αι U+05D0* (hal) U+05D0c.a) V 13 θηριωδεστα V* (.τατε Vᵃ) γλωττο| μησαι (sic) V τουτον καταικισας (κατακεισ. A) τον τροπον] τουτον κατακαυσας τον τρ, U+05D0 | τουτον τον τρ. καταικ. (κατεκ. V*) V βασανιζει U+05D0* (.σαι U+05D0c.a) 14 ε υσε- βιαν U+05D0 A δὲ κακῶς οἰμώξεις, τοὺς τῆς ἀρετῆς ἀγαωνιστἀς ἀναιτίως ἀποκτεῖναι.
11:16ὅθεν καὶ αὐτὸς ἀποθνήσκειν μέλλων, ἔφη
11:17Οὐκ ἀπαυτομολῶ τῆς τῶν ἀδελφῶν μου μαρτυρίας.
11:18ἐπικαλοῦμαι δὲ τὸν πατρῷον θεόν, ὅπως ἵλεως γένηται τῷ γένει μου.
11:19σὲ δὲ καὶ ἐν τῷ νῦν βίῳ καὶ θανόντα τιμααορήσεται.
11:20καὶ ταῦτα κατευξάμενος, ἑαυτὸν ἔριψεν κατὰ τῶν τηγάναον· καὶ οὕτως ἀπέδωκεν.
Chapter 12
12:1Εἰ δὲ τοίνυν τῶν μέχρι θανάτου πόνων ὑπερεφρόνησαν οἱ ἑπτὰ ἀδελφοί, συνομολογεῖται πανταχόθεν, ὅτι αὐτοδέσποτός ἐστιν τῶν παθῶν ὁ εὐσεβὴς λογισμός.
12:2ὥσπερ γὰρ οἱ τοῖς πάθεσιν δουλωθέντες ἐμιεροφάγησαν, ἐλέγομεν γὰρ αὐτοὺς τούτοις νενικῆσθαι
12:3νυνὶ δὲ οὐχ οὕτως· ἀλλὰ τῷ ἐπαινουμένῳ λογισμῷ παρὰ θεῷ περιεγένοντο τῶν παθῶν.
12:4καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν παριδεῖν τὴν ἡγεμονίαν τῆς διανοίας· ἐπεκράτησαν γὰρ καὶ πάθους καὶ πονων.
12:5πῶς οὖν οὐκ ἔστιν τούτοις τὴν τῆς εὐλογιστίας παθοκρατίαν ὁμολογεῖν, οἱ τῶν μὲν διὰ πυρὸς ἀλγηδόνων οὐκ ἐπεστράφησαν;
12:6καθάπερ γὰρ προβλῆτες λιμένων πύργοι τὰς κυμάτων ἀπειλὰς ἀνακόπτοντες, γαληνὸν παρέχουσιν τοῖς εἰσπλέουσιν τὸν ὅρμον·
12:7οὕτως ἡ ἑπτάπυργος τῶν νεανίσκων εὐλογιστία τὸν τῆς εὐσεβείας ὀχυρωσασα λιμένα τὴν τῶν παθῶν ἐνίκησεν ἀκολασίαν.
12:8ἱερὸν γὰρ εὐσεβείας στήσαντες χορὸν παρεθάρσυνον ἀλλήλους, λέγοντες
12:9Ἀδελφικῶς ἀποθάνοιμεν ἀδελφοὶ περὶ τοῦ νόμου· μιμησώμεθα τοὺς τρεῖς τοὺς ἐπὶ τῆς Συρίας νεανίσκους, οἵ τῆς ἰσοπάλιδος καμίνου κατεφρόνησαν.
12:10μὴ δειλανδρήσωμεν πρὸς τὴν τῆς εὐσεβίας ἀπόδειξιν.
12:11καὶ ὁ μέν Θάρει, ἀδελφέ, ἔλεγεν· ὁ δέ Εὐγενῶς καρτέρησον.
12:12ὁ A δὲ ἔλεγεν Μνήσθητε πόθεν ἐστέ, ἡ τίνος πατρὸς χειρὶ σφαγιασθῆναι διὰ τὴν εὐσέβειαν ὑπέρεινεν ὁ Ἰσαάκ.
12:13εἶς δὲ ἕκαστος καὶ ἀλλήλους ὁμοῦ πάντες ἐφορῶντες φαιδροὶ καὶ μάλα θαρραλέοι Ἑαυτούς, ἔλεγον, τῷ θεῷ ἀφιερώσομεν ἐξ ὅλης τῆς καρδίας τῷ δόντι τὰς ψυχάς, καὶ χρήσωμεν τῆ περὶ τὸν νόμον φυλακῇ τὰ σώματα.
12:14μὴ φοβηθῶμεν τὸν δοκοῦντα ἀποκτενεῖν.
12:15μέγας γὰρ ψυχῆς ἀγὼν καὶ κίνδυνος ἐν αἰωνίῳ βασάνῳ κείμενος τοῖς παραβᾶσιν τὴν ἐντολὴν τοῦ θεοῦ.
12:16καθοπλισώμεθα τοιγαροῦν τῇ τοῦ θείου λογισμοῦ παθοκρατίᾳ.
12:17οὕτως παθόντας ἡμᾶς Ἀβραὰμ καὶ Ἰσαὰι καὶ Ἰακὼβ ὑποδέξονται, καὶ πάντες οἱ πατέρες ἐπαινέσουσιν.
12:18καὶ ἐνὶ ἑκάστῳ τῶν ἀποσπωμένων αὐτῶν ἀδελφῶν ἔλεγον οἱ περιλειπόμενοι Μὴ καταισ χύνῃς ἡμᾶς, ἀδελφέ, μηδέ ψεύσῃ τοὺς προαποθανόντας.
12:19Οὐκ ἀγνοεῖτε δὲ τὰ τῆς ἀνθρωπότητος φίλτρα, ἄπερ ἡ θεία καὶ πάνσοφος πρόνοια διὰ τῶν πατέρων τοῖς γενναομένοις ἐμέρισεν, καὶ διὰ τῆς μητρῷος φυτεύσισα γαστρός·
12:20ἐν ἦ τὸν ἴσον ἀδελφοὶ κατοικήσαντες χρόνον, καὶ ἐν τῷ αὐτῷ χρόνῳ πλασθέντες, καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ αὐτοῦ αἵματος αὐξηθέντες, καὶ διὰ τῆς αὐτῆς ψυχῆς τελεσφορηθέντες,
12:21καὶ διὰ τῶν ἴσων ἀποτεχθεντες χρόναον, καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν αὐτῶν γαλακτοποτοῦντες πηγῶν, ἀφʼ οὗ συντρέφονται ἐναγκαλισμάτων φιλάδελφοι ψυχαί
12:22καὶ αδξονται σφοδρότερον διὰ συντροφίας καὶ τῆς καθʼ ἡμέραν συνηθείας καὶ τῆς ἄλλης παιδίας καὶ τῆς ἡμετέρας ἐν νόμῳ θεοῦ ἀσκήσεως.
12:23οὕτως δὴ τοίνυν καθεστηκυίας τῆς φιλαδελφίας συμπαθούσης, οἱ ἑπτὰ ἀδελφοὶ συνπαθέστερον 11 κατερησον V (καρτ. Vᵃ) 12 ελεγεν] pr καταμνησθεις U+05D0V om U+05D0V μνησθητε U+05D0* (hab U+05D0c.a) πατρος] προ (pro κρς) A ευσεβιαν ο Ισαακ (-σακ U+05D0* -σαακ U+05D0c.ᵃ)] om ο U+05D0V 13 om και 10 U+05D0V εφορων (sic) A φαιδροι] pr εδραιοι και V αφιερωσωμεν U+05D0Va | δοντι] δίδοντι V 14 αποκτενειν U+05D0 15 μεγα A* (ς superscr Aᵃ?) om αγων και V αιωνι U+05D0* ( νιω U+05D0c.ᵃ) παραβασιν (-σι U+05D0* )] παραβαινουσιν U+05D0c.a (σι) V 16 την του θ. λ. παθοκρατιαν U+05D0V (-τειαν Vᵃ) 17 ουτως (τω U+05D0)] + γαρ U+05D0V παθοντας] θανοντας U+05D0V Ισακ U+05D0* (Ισαακ U+05D0c.a) 18 απο- σπωμενων] + ων V (improtb V¹) ουτων] αυτω U+05D0* (.τῶν U+05D0c.ᵃ) αδελφω A μηδε] μη V προαποθανοντας] ημων αδελφους U+05D0V 19 ανθρω- ποτητος] αδελφοτητος U+05D0 | incep πανσοπ. U+05D0* (πανσοφ. U+05D01) των παι.] om των U+05D0 | γαστρος] incep α U+05D0* (improb U+05D01) 20 χρονω] χρονων V 21 γαλακτο- ποτουντες (-ποουντ. A* ποι. A¹)] γαλακτοτροφουντες U+05D0* (γαλακτοποτ. U+05D0c.ᵃ) γαλα ποτισθεντες V ου] ων U+05D0V συνστρεφονται εναγκαλισματων AU+05D0 (? μα τῶν U+05D0*)] εν αγκάλαις ματων V (αl)ματων) Vᵃ) φιλαδελφων U+05D0* (-φοι U+05D0c.a) 22 συντροφαν συνηθιας U+05D0 | παιδειας 23 συνπαθουσης της φιλαδελφίας U+05D0 συμπαθοῦς της φιλ. V A ἔσχον τὴν πρὸς ἀλλήλους ὁμόνοιαν.
12:24νόμῳ γὰρ τῷ αὐτῷ παιδευθέντες, καὶ τὰς αὐτὰς ἐξασκήσαντες ἀρετάς, καὶ τῷ δικαίῳ συντραφέντες βίῳ, μᾶλλον ἐφʼ αὐτοὺς ἤγαγον.
12:25ἡ γὰρ ὁμοζηλία τῆς καλοκἀγαθίας ἐπέτεινεν αὐτῶν τὴν πρὸς ἀλλήλους ὁμόνοιαν
12:26σὺν γὰρ τῇ εὐσεβείᾳ ποθεινοτέραν αὐτοῖς κατεσκεύαζεν τὴν φιλαδελφίαν.
12:27ἀλλʼ ὁμοίως καίπερ τῆς φύσεως καὶ τῆς συνηθείας καὶ τῶν τῆς ἀρετῆς ἠθῶν τὰ τῆς ἀδελφότητος αὐτοῖς φίλτρα συναυξόντων, ἀνέσχοντο διὰ τὴν εὺσέβειαν τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς οἱ ὑπολελιμμένοι τοὺς καταικιζομένους ὁρῶντες μέχρι θαυάτου βασανιζομένους.
Chapter 13
13:1προσέτι καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν αἰκισμὸν ἐποτρύνοντες, ὡς μὴ μόνον τῶν ἀλγηδόνων περιφρονῆσαι αὐτούς, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῆς τῶν ἀδελφῶν φιλαδελφίας παθῶν κρατῆσαι.
13:2Ὦ βασιλέως λογισμοὶ βασιλικώτεροι καὶ ἐλευθέρων ἐλευθερώτεροι·
13:3ὦ ἱερᾶς καὶ ἐναρμόστου περὶ τῆς εὐσεβείας τῶν ἑπτὰ ἀδελφῶν συμφωνίας.
13:4οὐδεὶς ἐκ τῶν ἑπτὰ μειρακίων ἐδειλίασεν, οὐδὲ πρὸς τὸν θάνατον ὡκνησεν·
13:5ἀλλὰ πάντες, ὥσπερ ἐπʼ ἀθανασίας ὁδὸν τρέχοντες, ἐπὶ τὸν διὰ τῶν βασάνων θάνατον ἔκ πευδον.
13:6καθάπερ γὰρ χείρες καὶ πόδες συμφώνως τοῖς τῆς ψυχῆς ἀφηγήμασιν κινοῦνται· οὕτως οἱ ἱεροὶ μείρακες ἐκεῖνοι ὡς ὑπὸ ψυχῆς ἀθανάτου τῆς εὐσεβείας πρὸς τὸν ὑπέρ αὐτῆς συνεφώνησαν θάνατον.
13:7πανάγιε συμφώνων ἀδελφῶν ἑβδομάς· καθάπερ γὰρ ἑπτὰ τῆς κοσμοποιίας ἡμέραι περὶ τὴν εὐσέβειαν,
13:8οὕτως περὶ τὴν ἑβδομάδα χορεύοντες οἱ μείρακες ἐκύκλουν, τὸν τῶν βασάνων φόβον καταλύοντες.
13:9νῦν ἡμεῖς ἀκούοντες τὴν θλίγιν τῶν νεανιῶν ἐκείνων, φρίττομεν· οἱ δὲ οὐ μόνον ὁρῶντες, ἀλλʼ οὐδὲ aόνον ἀκούοντες τὸν παραχρῆμα ἀπειλῆς λόγον, ἀλλὰ καὶ πάσχοντες, U+05D0V23 την προς αλληλους ορονοιαν] προς αλληλους U+05D0V 24 συστρα- φεντες U+05D0* (συντραφ. U+05D0c.a) εφ (επ A) αυτους ηγαγον] εαυτους ηγαπων U+05D0V 25 ουτων] ω sup ras A¹ αυτω U+05D0 | αλληλοις A¹ ομονοιαν] pr ευνοιαν και U+05D0 ευνοιαν V 26 συν γαρ τη ευσεβεια] sup ras pl lilt A¹ + ομολογισμος V ποθεινοτεραν] pr την U+05D0 | αυτοις] εαυτοις U+05D0c.a κατεσκευαζον U+05D0 | την φιλαδ. improb την U+05D0c.a 27 ομοιως] ομως U+05D0 | καιπερ] και περι V συνηθιας U+05D0 | συν- αυξοντων U+05D0* (.ξοντ, U+05D0c.a) συναυξανοντων V ευσεβιαν U+05D0 | υπολελιμμενοι] υπο- λειπομενοι U+05D0 (-λιπ.) V | τους 2⁰] το sup ras Α¹ καταικιζομενους] κατοικτιζ. U+05D0 | μεχρι] pr και V X IV 1 επι τον αικ.] επ εκ. V* (επ αικ. Vᵃ) |επο- τρυνοντες] υπομενοντες V της των αδ. φιλαο | των φιλαο. V 2 βασιλεως] βασιλεων U+05D0V seq βασι in U+05D0* (improb U+05D0?) 3 om ω A εναρμαστους A της ευσεβειας] της ιερας U+05D0* τ. ευσεβιας U+05D0¹ την της cυσεβειας V 5 om δια V 6 om γαρ U+05D0V χειρες] pr αι U+05D0V ποδες] pr οι U+05D0V συμφωνως] + ως V εκει- νοι ως] νοι ως sup ras A¹ ως] ωσπερ V om υπο V αθανατου] pr της V ευσεβειας (βιας U+05D0)] + κινουμεεαοι V 7 εβδομαδας U+05D0* ( μας U+05D0c.a ) ευ- σεβιαν 8 ουτω U+05D0 (.τως U+05D0c.a) τον των] των των V * (τον των Vᵃ) ἐκαρτέρουν καὶ τοῦτο ταῖς διὰ πυρὸς ὀδύναις.
13:10Κὧυ τί γένοιτο ἐπαλγέστερον; A ὀξεῖα γὰρ καὶ σύντομος ἡ τοῦ πυρὸς οὗσα δύναμις ταχέως διέλυσε τὰ σώματα.
13:11Καὶ μὴ θαυμαστὸν ἡγεῖσθε εἰ ὁ λογισμὸς περιεκρατησεν τῶν ἀνδρῶν ἐκείνων ἐν ταῖς βασάνοις, ὅπου γε καὶ γυναικὸς νοῦς πολυτροπαωτέρων ὑπερεφρόνησεν ἀλγηδόνων.
13:12ἡ μήτηρ γὰρ τῶν ἑπτὰ νεανίσκων ὑπήνεγκεν τὰς ἐφʼ ἑνὶ ἑκάστῳ τῶν τέκνων στρέβλας.
13:13θεωρεῖτε δὲ πῶς πολύπλοκός ἐστιν ἡ τῆς φιλοτεκνίας στοργή, ἕλκουσα πάντα πρὸς τὴν τῶν σ πλάγχνων συνπαθειαν·
13:14ἀποῦ γε καὶ τὰ ἄλογα ζῷα ὁμοίαν τὴν πρὸς τὰ ἐξ αὐτῶν γεννώμενα συνπάθείαν καὶ στοργὴν ἔχει τοῖς ἀνθρώποις.
13:15καὶ γὰρ τῶν πετεινῶν, τὰ μέν ἥμερα κατὰ τὰς οἰκίας ὀροφοιτοῦντα προασπίζει τῶν νεοττῶν·
13:16τὸ δέ κατὰ τὰς κορυφὰς ἀρέων καὶ φαράγγων ἀπορρῶγας καὶ δένδρων ὀπὰς καὶ τὰς τούτων ἄκρας νοσσοποιησάμενα ἀποτίκτει, καὶ τὸν προσιόντα κωλύει
13:17κζ δὲ καὶ μὴ δύναιντο κωλύειν, περιιπτάμενα κυκλόθεν αὐτῶν ἀλγοῦντμ τῇ στοργή, ἀνακαλούμενα τῆ ἰδίᾳ φωνῇ, καθʼ ὁν δύναται τρόπον βοηθεῖ τοῖς τέκνοις.
13:18καὶ τί δεῖ τὴν διὰ τῶν ἀλόγων ζῷων ἐπιδεικνύναι τὴν πρὸς τὰ τέκνα συνπάθειαν;
13:19ὅπου γε καὶ μέλισσαι περὶ τὸν τῆς κηρογονίας καιρὸν ἐπαμύνονται τοὺς προσιόντας, καὶ καθάπερ σιδήρῳ τῷ κέντρῳ πλήσσουσι τοὺς προσιόντας τῆ νοσσιᾶ αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐπαμύνονται ἕως θανάτου.
13:20ἀλλʼ οὐχὶ τὴν Ἀβραὰμ ὁμόψυχον τῶν νεανιῶν μητέρα μετεκίνησεν ἡ συμπάθεια τέκνων.
Chapter 14
14:1Ὦ λογισμέ τέκνων παθῶν τύραννε, καὶ εὐσέβεια μητρὶ τέκνων ποθεινοτέρα. μήτηρ δυεῖν προκειμέναων, 9 εκαρτερουν] ενεκαρτερου U+05D0 | ταις δια πυρος] ταις του πυρος U+05D0* ταις δια U+05D0V τ. π. U+05D0c.a ταις δι.πυρος V * (δια π. V ) 10 γενοιτο] pr αν κς |επαν- γελτερον U+05D0* επαλγεστερον U+05D0c.a ουσα η του πυρος U+05D0 | διελυσε] διελευσε (sic) A διελυεν U+05D0 διελυε V 11 ο λογισμος] om ο V περιεκρατησε U+05D0 | τοις βασ. U+05D0A γυναικων V * (-κος Vᵃ) υπερεφρονησεν] περιεφρονησεν V 12 υπη- νεγκεν (υηφ. U+05D0* )] εκινων υπ, U+05D0c.a 13 πανια] αποντα V σπλαγχνων (παγχν. A σπλ. Aᵃ?)] pr τεκνων U+05D0 | συνπαθιαν U+05D0 14 οπου] incep ομ U+05D0* (οπ. U+05D0¹) ομου V αλογα] αλλα V την προς] εις U+05D0? την εις U+05D0c.a συμπαθιαν U+05D0 15 οροφυτουντα U+05D0 οροφοιτωντα V (οροφοφ. Syr ut rid) προσασπιζει U+05D0* (προασπ. U+05D0c.a) νεοτων A* V* (νεοττ. Aᵃ Vᵃ) 16 τας κορυφ.] om τας U+05D0V φαραγγων] ραγγ sup ras Aᵃ? απορωγας V * (απορρ. Vᵃ) εννοσσοποιησομενα U+05D0* (-ποιουμενα U+05D0c.a) κωλυει] αποκωλυει V 16 17 κωλυει δε U+05D0* (κωλυει ει δε U+05D0c.a) 17 δυναιτο U+05D0* (-ναιντo U+05D0c.a ) περιπταμενα U+05D0* (περιειπτ. U+05D0c.a ) αργουντα U+05D0* (αλγ. U+05D0c.ᵃ) τη στοργο] pr και V καθ sν δυναται τροπον βοηθει] καθ ο δυνανται βοηθι (.θιν U+05D0c.d ) U+05D0 | δυνατι A 18 την δια των U+05D0c.a A V | δια την των U+05D0* om την 20 U+05D0c.a .ᵇ συμπαθιαν U+05D0 19 επαμυνονται 2⁰] απαμυνουσιν U+05D0 20 την] τη U+05D0* (την U+05D0c.a ) νεανισκων τη συμπαθεια A συμπαθια U+05D0 συμπαθεια V X V 1 ευσεβια U+05D0 2 μη- τηρ] ηρ (in μηρ) sup ras Aᵃ εὐσεβείας, καὶ τῆς ἑπτὰ υἱῶν σαωτηρίας προσκαίρου κατὰ τὴν τοῦ τυράννου ὑπόσχεσιν·
14:2τὴν εὐσέβειαν μᾶλλον ἠγάπησεν τὴν σώζουσαν εἰς αἰώνιον ζωὴν κατὰ θεόν.
14:3Ὦ τίνα τρόπον ἠθολογήσαιμι φιλότεκνα γονέων πάθη, ψυχῆς τε καὶ μορφῆς ὁμοιότητα εἰς μικρὸν παιδοχαρακτῆρα θαυμάσιον ἐναποσφραγίζοντα, μάλιστα διὰ τὸ τῶν πατέρων τοῖς γεννηθεῖσιν τὰς μητέρας καθεστάναι συνπαθεστέρας.
14:4ὅσῳ γὰρ καὶ ἀσθενόψυχοι καὶ πολυγονάτεραι ὑπάρχουσιν μητέρες, τοσούτῳ μᾶλλόν εἰσιν φιλοτεκνώτεραι.
14:5πασῶν δὲ τῶν μητέρων ἐγένετο ἡ τῶν ἑπτὰ μήτηρ φιλοτεκνωτέρα, ἥτις ἑπτὰ κυοφορίαις τὴν πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἐπιφυτευομένη φιλοστοργίαν·
14:6καὶ διὰ πολλὰς τὰς καθʼ ἕκαστον αὐτῶν ὠδῖνας ἠναγκασμένην εἰς αὐτοὺς ἔχειν συμπάθειαν,
14:7διὰ τὸν πρὸς τὸν θεὸν φόβον ὑπερεῖδεν τὴν τῶν τέκνων πρόσκαιρον σωτηρίαν.
14:8οὐ μὴν δέ, ἀλλὰ καὶ διὰ τὴν καλοκἀγαθίαν τῶν υἱῶν καὶ τὴν πρὸς τὸν νόμον αὐτῶν εὐπειθίαν, μείζω τὴν ἐν αὐτοῖς ἔσχεν φιλοστοργίαν.
14:9δίκαιοί τε γὰρ ἦσαν καὶ σώφρονες καὶ ἀνδρεῖοι καὶ μεγαλόψυχοι καὶ φιλάδελφοι, καὶ φιλομήτορες οὕτως, ὥστε καὶ μέχρι θανάτου τὰ νόμιμα φυλάσσοντας πείθεσθαι αὐτῇ·
14:10Bλλʼ ὅμως, καίπερ τοσούτων ὄντων τῶν περὶ φιλοτεκνίαν εἰς συνπάθειαν ἑλκόντων τὴν μητέρα, ἐπʼ οὐδενὸς αὐτῶν τὸν λογισμὸν αὐτῆς αἱ πανποίκιλοι βάσανοι ἴσχυσnν μετατρέψαι.
14:11λλὰ καὶ καθʼ ἔυα παῖδα καὶ ὁμοῦ πάντας ἡ μήτηρ ἐπὶ τὸν τῆς εὐσεβείας προετρέπετο. θάνατον.
14:12Ὦ φύσις ἱερά, καὶ φίλτρα γονέων καὶ γονεῦσιν φιλόστοργε, καὶ τροφεῖα, καὶ μητέρων U+05D0V2 ευσεβιας U+05D0 | προσκαιρους A προσκαιρου U+05D0c.a V υποσχεσιν] προσχεσῖ (ρ sup vas quasi prius csset τυραννουποσχ.) U+05D0¹⁽ᵛiᵈ) c.b 3 ευσεμιαν (sic) U+05D0* (ευσεβ. U+05D0c.a ⁽ᵛiᵈ)) ηγαπησας U+05D0* (-σεν U+05D0c.ᵃ) σωζουσαν] ζωσαν U+05D0 | αιωνιαν U+05D0 4 μορφῆς] μ superscr, φ sup ras U+05D0¹ seq ακ in U+05D0* quod improb U+05D01 παι- δοχαρακτηρα] παιδος χαρ. U+05D0 χαρακτ. παιδος V εναπεσφραγιζο A εναποσφρα- γιζομεν U+05D0* ζον U+05D0c.sV το] τον A πατερων] παθων codd γεννηθεισι V μητερας] + των παθων U+05D0 + των πρων V συμπαθεστερας V 5 ρσθενοψυχοι] ασθενεστεραν U+05D0* (-ραι U+05D0) πολυγονιμωτεραι V μητερες] pr αι U+05D0V εισι V φιλοτεκνοτεραι Va ᵛid 6 om πασων δε...φιλοτεκνωτερα U+05D0* (hab U+05D0c.a ᵐᵍ mf επτα 2⁰] εν ταις Vᵃ κυοφοριαι A* (ς superscr A¹) | επιφυτευομενη] επιφερο- μενην U+05D0* επιφυτευομενην U+05D0c.aV φιλοστοργεια A 7 ηναγκασμενη U+05D0V | εις] προς V συμπαθιαν U+05D0 8 υπεριδεν V* (.ειδε Vᵃ) 9 om δε V om και 10 U+05D0* (hab U+05D0c.ᵃ) ευπειθειαν V μειζω] μιζον B (μιζω U+05D0c.a μειζων AV om την 3⁰ U+05D0* (hab U+05D0c.a) εσχεν (-χε V)] ειχεν U+05D0c.a c.ᵇ 10 δικαιοι και οι U+05D0* (δὶκ. U+05D0c.a) φυλασσοντες U+05D0* (-ντας U+05D0c.a) V πιθεσθαι U+05D0 11 και- περ] και υπερ AV φιλοτεκνιαν] pr την U+05D0V συμπαθιαν U+05D0 συμπαθειαν V επ εφ B υχ V αυτης] incep αυσ U+05D0* (αυτ. U+05D0c.a ᵃ) παμποικιλοι V om βασανοι A μεταστρεψαι V 12 της ευσεβειας (-βιας U+05D0)] pr υπερ V 13 γονευσιν] γεννημασι U+05D0 γενεσει V ἀδάμαστα πάθη.
14:13καθʼ ἕνα στρεβλουμενον καὶ φλεγομενον ὁρῶσα A μήτηρ, οὐ μετεβάλετο διὰ τὴν εὺσέβειαν.
14:14τὰς σάρκας τῶν τέκνων ἑώρα περὶ τὸ πῦρ τηκομένας, καὶ τοὺς τῶν ποδῶν καὶ χειρῶν δακτύλους ἐπὶ γῆς σπαίροντας, καὶ τὰς τῶν κεφαλῶν μέχρι τῶν περὶ τὰ γένεια σάρκας ὥσπερ προσαοπεῖα προκειμένας.
14:15ὦ πικροτέραων μέν νῦν μήτηρ πόνων πειρασθεῖσα, ἤπερ τῶν ἐπʼ αὐτοῖς ὠδίνων.
14:16ὼ μόνη γύναι τὴν εὺσέβειαν ὁλόκληρον ἀποκυήσασα.
14:17οὐ μετέτρεψέν σε πραωτότοκος ἀποπνέων· οὐῆὲ δεύτερος είς οἰκτρὸν βλέπων ἐν βασάνοις· οὐδέ τρίτος ἀποψύχων.
14:18οὐδε τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ἑνὸς ἑκάστου θεωροῦσα ταυρηδὸν ἐπὶ τῶν βασάνων ὁρῶντας τὸν αὐτὸν αἰκισμόν, καὶ τοὺς μυκτῆρας προσημειουμένους αὐτῶν τὸν θάυατον, οὐκ ἔκλαυσας.
14:19ἐπὶ σαρξὶν τέκνων ὁρῶσα σάρκας τέκνων ἀποκεκομμένας, καὶ ἐπὶ χερσὶν χῖρας ἀποτεμνομένας, καὶ ἐπὶ κεφαλαῖς κεφαλὰς ἀποδειροτομουμένας. καὶ ἐπὶ νεκροῖς νεκροὺς πίπτοντας, καὶ πολυάνδριον ὁρῶσα τῶν τέκνων χααορίον διὰ τῶν βασάνων, οὐκ ἐδάκρυσας.
14:20οὐχ οὕτως σειρήνιοι μελῳδίαι οὐδὲ κύκνιοι πρὸς φιληκοίαν φωναὶ τοὺς ἀκούοντας ἐφέλ. κονίαι, ὦ τέκνων φαοναὶ μετὰ βασάνων μητέρα φωνούντων.
14:21πηλίκαις καὶ πόσαις τότε ἡ μήτηρ, τῶν υἱῶν βασανιζομένων τροχοῖς τε καὶ καυτηρίοις, ἐβασανίζετο βασάνοις;
14:22ἀλλὰ τὰ σπλάγχνα αὐτῆς ὁ εὐσεβὴς λογισμὸς ἐν αὐτοῖς τοῖς πάθεσιν ἀνδρειώσας ἐπέτεινευ τὴν πρόσκαιρον φιλοτεκνίαν παριδεῖν.
14:23καίπερ ἑπτὰ τέκνων ὁρῶσα ἀπώλειαν καὶ τὴν τῶν στρεβλῶν πολύπλοκον ποικιλίαν, ἀσπάσασα 13 αδαμαστη B (.τα U+05D0c.a ⁽ᵛiᵈ) 14 μετεβαλλετο U+05D0V ευσεβιαν U+05D0 U+05D0V 15 σπαιροντας] σπεροντα A περοντας (sc) U+05D0* σπειροντας U+05D0c.a σπεροντας V om και τας V | των περι] om των V προσωτια (sic) U+05D0* πια U+05D0c.a 16 om μεν U+05D0V | μητηρ πονων πειρασθεισα] πονων πιραθισα μητηρ U+05D0 μεο πονων πειραθισα V επ] εν V ωδινων] pr δακρυων και V 17 γυναι] pr μερ V ευσεβιαν U+05D0 18 πρωτοτοκος] pr n αποπνεων] απονεων A * (π superscr A¹) om B (hab U+05D0c.a) δευτερον A εις] + σε U+05D0V ουδε 2⁰] ου U+05D0V 19 ταυδον V (ταυρηδ. V) τον αυτον] τον εαυτω U+05D0c.a των εαυτων V τον εαυτ. V? μυκτηρας] ρας sup ras A (seq spat 9 vet 1o lilt obi fors prius τον θανατον) προσιμιουμενους A * προσσ. A ουτων τον θαν.] τον θαν. ουτων U+05D0 om τον θαν. A *ᵛiᵈ (hab Aᵃmᵍ) τον θαν. εαυτων V 20 σαρξι V ορωσα 1⁰] εωρακας U+05D0* (ορωσ. U+05D0c.a c.b) αποκεκομμενας] αποκεομενας U+05D0ama ante αποκαιομ. V χερσι V νεκροις] νεκρους U+05D0*I (-ροις U+05D0c.a c.b) πιπτοντας] θαπτοντας V χωριον] χοριον U+05D0* χοριδιον U+05D0c.a το χωριον V 21 ουτω U+05D0* (-τως U+05D0c.a) μελωδιοι A (-διαι U+05D0c.a) κυκνιοι] κυκνον V * -νων Vᵃ ω] ως U+05D0V φωνουντων φωνου| (sic) A 22 υιων] υι sup ras A pr επτα V om τε U+05D0V καυτηριοις U+05D0* ( ριοις U+05D0c.a) κου στηριοις V 23 αλλα] + και V ανδρειωσας] ανδρειως V προσκαιρον] α sup ras Aᵃ 24 ορωσαν V | απωλιαν U+05D0 | στρεβλων] incep τεκνων U+05D0* (improh U+05D0¹) πολυπλοκον] πολυτροπον U+05D0 | ασπασασα] ας σπασας U+05D0* (ασπασας U+05D0c.b) V ανασπασασα coniec Bensly versione Syr fretus A ἡ γενναία μήτηρ ἐξέλυσεν διὰ τὴν πρὸς θεὸν πίστιν.
14:24καθάπερ γὰρ ἐν βουλευτηρίῳ τῇ ἑαυτῆς ψυχῇ δεινοὺς ὁρῶσα συμβούλους, ύσιν καὶ γένεσιν καὶ φιλοτεκνίαν καὶ τέκνων στοέβλαν,
14:25ῆὺο ψήφους κρατοῦσα μήτηρ, θανατηφόρον τε καὶ σωτήριον ὑπέρ τέκνων,
14:26οὺκ ἐπέγνω τὴν σώζουσαν ἑπτὰ υἱοὺς πρὸς ἀλίγον χρόνον σωτηρίαν·
14:27ἀλλὰ τῆς θεοσεβοῦς Ἀβραὰμ καρτερίας ἡ θυγάτηρ ἐμνήσθη.
14:28Ὦ μήτηρ ἔθνους, ἔκδικε τοῦ υόμου, καὶ ὑπερασπίστεια τῆς εὐσεβείας, καὶ τοῦ διὰ σπλάγχνον ἀγῶνος ἀθλοφόρε.
14:29ὦ ἀρρέναν πρὸς καρτερίαν γενναιοτέρα, καὶ ἀνδρῶν πρὸς ὑπομονὴν ἀνδρειοτέρα.
14:30καθάπερ γὰρ ἡ Νῶε κιβωτὸς ἐν τῷ κοσμοπληθεῖ κατακλυσμῷ κοσμοφοροῦσα καρτεροὺς ὑπήνεγκεν τοὺς κλύδωνας·
14:31οὕτως σύ, ἡ νομοφύλαξ, πανταχόθεν ἐν τῷ τῶν παθῶν περιαντλουμένη κατακλυσμῷ, καὶ καρτεροῖς ἀνέμοις ταῖς τῶν υἱῶν βασάνοις συνεχομένη, γενναίως ὑπέμεινας τοὺς τῆς εὐσεβείας χειμῶνας.
Chapter 15
15:1Εὶ δὲ τοίνυν και γυνὴ καὶ γεραιὰ καὶ ἑπτὰ παίδων μητηρ ὐπέμεινεν τὰς μέχρι θανάτου βασάνους ὁρῶσα τῶν τέκνων· ἁμολογουμένααως αὐτοκράτωρ ἐστὶν τῶν παθῶν ὁ εὐσεβὴς λογισμός.
15:2αἀπέδειξα οὖν ὅτι οὐ μόνον τῶν παθὼυ ἄνδρες επεκράτησαν, ἀλλὰ καὶ γυνη τῶν μεγίστααον βασάνων ὑπερεφρόνησεν.
15:3καὶ οὐχ ουτως οἱ περὶ Δανιὴλ λέοντες ἦσαν ἄγριοι, οὐδὲ Μισαὴλ ἐκφλεγομένη κάμινος λαβροτάτῳ πυρί, ὡς τῆς φιλοτεκνίας περιέκαιεν ἐκείνη φύσις, ὁρῶσα αὐτῆς τοὺς ἑπτὰ υἱοὺς βασανιζομένους.
15:4ἀλλὰ τῷ λογισμῷ τῆς εὐσεβείας κατέσβεσε τοσαῦτα καὶ τηλικαῦτα πάθη ἡ μήτηρ.
15:5καὶ γὰρ τοῦτο ἐπιλογίσασθαι, ὅτι εἰ δειλόψυχος ἧν ἡ γυνή. καίπερ μήτηρ οὗσα, ὠλοφύρετο ἂν U+05D0V24 θεον] pr τον U+05D0 25 omI γαρ U+05D0 τη εαυτης ψυχη (-χης A)] της αυτης ψυχης U+05D0* (τη εαυτ. ψυχη U+05D0c.a) φασιν U+05D0* (φυσιν U+05D0c.a) τε U+05D0 | στρεβλας U+05D0V 26 μητηρ] pr η V 26 27 om υπερ τεκνων. σωτηριαν U+05D0* (hab U+05D0c.a) 27 επεγνω] εγνω U+05D0c.a 28 θεοσεβιας U+05D0* ( σεβους U+05D0c.a) κατεριας V * (καρτ. Vᵃ) 29 μητηρ μερ V εκδικε του νομου] εκδικητοῦ ν. 5ᵛⁱᵈ | υπερ- ασπιστεια] υπερασπιστρια τ Vᵃ (-αστρια V * ) ευσεβιας U+05D0 30 ανδρειωτερα U+05D0AV * (-οτερα Va) 31 Νωαι A κοσμοπληθει] εθνοπληθει U+05D0 | καρτερως U+05D0V υπηνεγκεν] υπεμεινεν U+05D0 (-μιν.) V 32 συ] + γυνη V ανεμοις] αν λοιμοις A συνεχομενοι V * (.νη V¹(fort) της ευσεβειας] pr υπερ U+05D0V X V Ι 1 om και 1⁰, 2⁰ V γηραια Vᵃ υπεμεινε V των τεκνω) ορωσα U+05D0 2 ανδρις των παθων U+05D0V επεκρατησαν] εκρατησαν U+05D0V 3 Δανιηλ] pr τον V Μισαηλ] pr η U+05D0V ως] εως A της φιλοτ.] pr η κV εκινην U+05D0 | ορωσα U+05D0 | αυτης τους επτα υιους βασανιζομενους] αυτην (αυτης U+05D0c.a) ουτως ποικιλως βασ. τους ε. υιους U+05D0V 4 ευσεβιας U+05D0: item 1 ; κατεσβεσεν U+05D0 οmI V τοσαυτα] pr τα U+05D0V η μητηρ] pr ενικησεν V 5 om και γαρ τουτο... δειλοψ. ην V ει δειλοψ. ην η γυνη] δ. ει η γυνη U+05D0* δ. ει ην γ. U+05D0c.a ωλοφυρετο (ωλυφερ. U+05D0* ωλοφυρ. U+05D01)] ουκ ωλοφυρατο V ἐπʼ αὐτοῖς· καὶ ἴσως ἂν ταῦτα οὕτως εἶπεν
15:6Ὦ μελέα ἔγωγε καὶ A πολλάκις τρισαθλία, ἥτις ἑπτὰ παῖδας τεκοῦσα, οὐδενὸς μήτηρ γεγένημαι.
15:7ὦ μάταιοι ἑπτὰ κυοφορίαι, καὶ ἀνόνητοι ἑπτὰ δεκάμηνοι, καὶ ἄκαρποι τιθηνίαι, καὶ ταλαίπωροι γαλακτοτροφίαι.
15:8μάτην ἐφʼ ὑμῖν, ὦ παῖδες, πολλὰς ὑπέμεινα ὼδῖυας καὶ χαλεπωτέρας φροντίδας ἀνατροφῆς.
15:9ὦ τῶν ἐμῶν παίδων, οἱ μὲν ἄγαμοι, οἱ δέ γαμήσαντες ἀνονητοι, οὐκ ὄψομαι ὑμῶν τέκνα, οὐδέ μάμμη κληθεῖσα μακαρισθήσομαι.
15:10ὦ ἡ πολύπαις καὶ καλλίπαις ἐγὼ γυνὴ χήρα καὶ μόνη πολύθρηνος·
15:11οὐδʼ ἂν ἀποθάνω, θάπτοντα τῶν υἱῶν ἔξω τινά. ἀλλὰ τούτῳ τῷ θρήνῳ οὐδένα ὀλοφύρετο ἡ ἱερὰ καὶ θεοσεβὴς μήτηρ,
15:12οὐδʼ ἵνα μὴ ἀποθάνωσν ἀπέτρεπεν αὐτῶν τινα, οὐδʼ ὡς ἀποθνησκόντων ἐλυπήθη.
15:13ἀλλʼ ὥσπε ἀδαμαντινον ἔχουσα τὸν νοῦν, καὶ εἰς ἀθανασίαν ἀνατίκτουσα τὸν τῶν υἱῶν ἀριθμόν, μᾶλλον ὑπέρ τῆς εὐσεβείας ἐπὶ τὸν θάνατον αὐτοὺς προετρέπετο ἱκετεύουσα.
15:14Ὧ μήτηρ δι εὐσέβειαν θεοῦ στρατιῶτι. πρεσβῦτι καὶ γυνή, διὰ καρτερίαν καὶ τύραννον ἐνίκησας, καὶ ἔργοις δυνατωτέρα καὶ λόγοις εὑρέθης ἂν ἀνδρός.
15:15καὶ γὰρ ὅτε συνελήμφθηι μετὰ τῶν παίδων, εἱστήκεις τὸν Ἐλεάζαρον ὁρῶσα βασανιζόμενον, καί ἔλεγες τοῖς παισὶν ἐν τῇ Ἑβραΐδι φωνῇ
15:16Ὦ παῖδες, γενναῖος ὁ ἀγών ἐφʼ ὃν κληθέντες ὑπὲρ τῆς διαμαρτυρίας τοῦ ἔθνους, ἐναγωνίσασθε προθύμως ὑπὲρ τοῦ πατρίου νόμου.
15:17καὶ γὰρ αἰσχρὸν τὸν μὲν γέροντα τοῖτον ὑπομένειν τὰς διὰ τὴν εὐσέβειαν ἀλγηδόνας, ὑμᾶς δε τοὺς νεωτέρους καταπλαγῆναι τὰς βασάνους.
15:18ἀναμνήσθητε ὅτι διο τὸν θεὸν τοῦ κόσμου μετελάβετε, καὶ τοῦ βίου ἀπελαύσατε·
15:19καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ὀφίλετε πάντα πόνον ὑπομένειν διὰ τὸν θεόν.
15:20δι᾿ ὃν καὶ ὁ πατὴρ ἡμῶν Ἀβραὰμ ἔσπευδεν τὸν ἐθυοπάτορα υἱὸν σφαγιάσαι Ἰσαάκ, 5 om αν 2° V om ουτως U+05D0V 6 ουδενος] ουδε ενος U+05D0 7 ανωνητοι U+05D0V A : item 9 επτα 2⁰] pr αι U+05D0 | τιθηνιοι U+05D0 8 ματην] + δε U+05D0 + δ V 9 γαμη- σαντες] γημαντες U+05D0V 10 η πολυπαις] om η V χηρα] pr η V 11 τουτων U+05D0* (τουτω U+05D01c.a) ωλοφυρετο U+05D0 ολοφυρατο V * ωλ Vᵃ θεοσεβης] + και ιερα V 12 ουδ ως] ως ουδε U+05D0V 13 εχουσα αδαμαντινον νυν A (νουν A¹) ανατικτουσα] ανατεινουσα V 14 μητηρ U+05D0] πηρ Α μερ ευσεβιαν U+05D0: item 17, 23 θεου] + μητηρ και ευσεβους στρατιας U+05D0* (improb U+05D0c.a) + μηρ και ευσ. στρατηγιας V στρατιωτη V πρεσβυτι] και πρεσβυτη V γυνη] γυναι U+05D0V και τυραννον] τον τυρ. V ενικησας] pr νικη V αν ανδρος] ανlδρος U+05D0 αν|δρειος V 15 εκτηκεις A ιστ. U+05D0V (ειστ. Vᵃ) ελεγε| U+05D0* (ελεγες U+05D0c.a) improb εν U+05D0c.a 16 ο αγων] om ο U+05D0 | πατρωου U+05D0Vᵃ 17 υπομενειν] υπομιναι U+05D0 | νεωτε- ρους] νεανισκους U+05D0V καταπληγηναι U+05D0* (-πλαγ. U+05D0c.a) τους βασ. U+05D0* (τας β. U+05D0c.a) 18 αναμνησθητε] + δε U+05D0 οτι] δια incep U+05D0* διοτι U+05D0c.a |απελου σετε U+05D0 απηλαυσατε V 19 οφειλε| V οφειλετε V ᵃ πονον υπομενειν] υπομιναι π. U+05D0 π. υπομειναι V 20 δια U+05D0* (δι ον U+05D0c.a) εσπευδον V | τον] τιν V* (τον V¹) | Ισακ U+05D0* (Ισαακ U+05D0c.a) A καὶ τὴν πατρῴαν χεῖρα ξιφηφόρον καταφερομένην ἐπʼ αὐτὸν ὁρῶν οὐκ ἔπτηξεν.
15:21καὶ Δανιὴλ ὁ δίκαιος εἰς λέοντας ἐβλήθη· καὶ Ἀνανίας καὶ Ἀζαρίας καὶ Μισαὴλ εἰς κάμινον πυρὸς ἀπεσφενδονήθησαν, καὶ ὑπέμειναν διὰ τὸν θεόν.
15:22καὶ ὑμεῖς οὗν τὴν αὐτὴν πίστιν πρὸς τὸν θεὸν ἔχοντες, μὴ χαλεπαίνητε·
15:23ἀλόγιστον γὰρ εἰδότας εὐσέβειαν μὴ ἀνθίστασθαι τοῖς πόνοις.
15:24Διὰ τούτων τῶν λόγων ἡ ἑπταμήταωρ ἕνα ἕκαστον τῶν υἱῶν παρακαλοῦσα ἔπεισε μᾶλλον ἀποθανεῖν, ἡ παραβῆναι τὴν ἐντολὴν τοῦ θεοῦ.
15:25ἔτι δὲ καὶ ταῦτα ἰδόντες ὅτι διὰ τὸν θεὸν ἀποθανόντες ζῶσιν τῷ θεῷ, ὥσπερ Ἀβραὰμ καὶ Ἰσαὰκ καὶ Ἰακώβ, καὶ πάντες οἱ πατριάρχαι.
Chapter 16
16:1ἔλεγον δὲ καὶ τῶν ορυφόρων τινές ὡς ὅτε ἔμελλεν καὶ αὐτὴ συλλαμβάνεσθαι πρὸς θάνατον, ἵνα μὴ ψαύσειέν τι τοῦ σώματος αὐτῆς, ἑαυτὴν ἔρριψεν κατὰ τῆς πυρᾶς.
16:2Ὦ μήτηρ σίν ἑπτὰ παισὶν καταλύσασα τὴν τοῦ τυράννου βίαν, καὶ ἀκυρώσασα τὰς κακὰς ἐπινοίας αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπιδείξασα τὴν τῆς πίστεως γενναιότητα.
16:3καθάπερ γὰρ σὺ στέγη ἐπὶ τοῦ στύλου τῶν παίδων γενναίως ἱδρυμένη, ἀκλινῶς ὑπήνεγκας τὸν διὰ τῶν βασάνων σεισμόν.
16:4θάρρει τοιγαροῖν, ὁ μήτηρ ἱερόψυχε. τὴν ἐλπίδα τῆς ὑπομονῆς γενναίως ἔχουσα πρὸς θεόν.
16:5οὐχ οὕτω σελήνη κατʼ οὐρανὸν σὺν ἄστροις σεμνὴ καθέστηκεν, ὡς σὺ τοὺς ἰσαστέρους ἑπτὰ παῖδας φωταγωγήσασα πρὸς τὴν εὐσέβειαν ἔντιμος καθέστηκας θεῷ, καὶ ἐστήρισαι ἐν οὐρανῷ σὺν αὐτοῖς.
16:6ἦν γὰρ ἡ παιδοποιία σου ἀπὸ Ἀβραὰμ τοῦ παιδός.
16:7Εἰ δὲ ἐξὸν ἡμῖν ἤν, ὥσπερ τινός, ζωγραφῆσαι τὴν τῆς ἱστορίας σου εὐσέβειαν, οὐκ ἂν U+05D0V20 πατρωα U+05D0* (.αν U+05D0c.a) πατρωον V om ορων U+05D0 | επηξεν U+05D0* (επτηξεν U+05D0c.a) 21 Αννανιας A απεσφενδονισθησαν V 22 χαλεπαινετε U+05D0V (-νητε Vᵃ) 26 εἰδοτες V ανθιστασθαι] αντιτασσεσθαι U+05D0 ανιστασθε Va 24 επταμητηρ U+05D0c.a sed statim repos -τωρ επεισεν U+05D0 | om αποθανειν A 25 ετι] οτι U+05D0c.a επει V ιδοντες] ειδοτες U+05D0V οτι] οτι οι U+05D0* οποι U+05D0c.a δια] pr οι V αποθανοντες] αποθνησκοντες U+05D0V Ισακ U+05D0* (Ισαακ U+05D0c.a) παντες οι πατρ.] οι λυποι (λοιπ. Vᵃ) πατρ. V X VII 1 ως οτε] οτι ως U+05D0* οτι οτε U+05D0c.a V συλλαμβ. και αυτη U+05D0V τι] τις U+05D0V αυτης] εαυτης A ερειψε U+05D0 2 μερ Vᵃ om και 10 U+05D0 | επιδειξασα] δειξασα U+05D0 (διξ.) V 3 στεγη συ γ του στυλου] τους στυλους U+05D0 στυλους V υδρυμενη A ακλινη U+05D0* ακλνης U+05D0c.a V om δια V 4 μητηρ] μερ V τη A * (την A¹) γεν- ναιως] βεβαιαν U+05D0V θεον] pr τον U+05D0V 5 ουχ ουτω] ουχ ουτως bis scr U+05D0c.a (improb 2⁰ U+05D0c.a) ουτως V* ουχ ουτ. V1 | συν 1⁰] εν * (συν U+05D0c.a) ισαστε- ρους U+05D0V]| εις αστερας A om επτα V ευσεβιαν U+05D0: item 7 (2⁰) καθεστηκας] εστηκας V θεω] θω (sic) U+05D0 | εν ουρανω συν αυτοις] εν (συν U+05D0c.a) αυτοις εν ουρανοις U+05D0 6 παιδος] πος U+05D0V 7 ωσπερ] ως επι U+05D0* V ωσπερ επι U+05D0c.a ιστοριας σ. ευσεβειαν] ευσεβειας (-βιας U+05D0) σ. ιστοριαν U+05D0V 7 8 ουκ αν εφριττον και γαρ αξιον ην sup ras et in mgg A (om ουκ αν εφριττον... ευσεβειαν (2⁰) A* ᵛⁱᵈ) ἔφριττον οἱ θεωροῦντες μητέρα ἑπτὰ τέκνων δι᾿ εὺσέβειαν ποικίλας Λ βασάνους μέχρι θανάτου ὑπομείνασαν;
16:8καὶ γὰρ ἄξιον ἦν καὶ ἐπὶ αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἐπιταφίου ἀναγράψαι καὶ ταῦτα τοῖς ἀπὸ τοῦ ἔθνους εἰς μνείαν λεγόμενα
16:9Ἐνταῦθα φέρων ἱερεύU+03F2, καὶ φυνὴ φεραιά, καὶ ἑπτὰ παῖδεU+03F2 ἐνκεκήδευνται διὰ τυράννου βίδν, τὴν Ἐβρδίων πολιτίαν καταλῦU+03F2αι θέλοντοU+03F2.
16:10οἳ καὶ ἐξεδίκηU+03F2αν τὸ ἔθνοU+03F2 εἰU+03F2 θεὸν ἀφορῶντεU+03F2, καὶ μέχρι θανάτου τὰU+03F2 βαU+03F2άνουU+03F2 ὑπομίναντεU+03F2.
16:11ἀληθῶς γὰρ ἦν ἀγὼν θεῖος ὁ δι᾿ αὐτῶν γεγενημένος.
16:12θλοθέτει γὰρ τότε ἀρετὴ δι᾿ ὑπομονῆς δοκιμάζουσ· τὀ νῖκος ἐν ἀφθαρσίᾳ ἐν ζωῇ πολυχρονίῳ.
16:13Ἐλεαζαρ δἑ προηγωνί ζετο· ἡ δέ μήτηρ τῶν ἑπτὰ παίδων ἐνήθλει· οἱ δὲ ἀδελφοὶ ἠγωνίζοντο·
16:14ὁ τύραννος ἀντηγωνίζετο· ὁ δέ κόσμος καὶ ὁ τῶν ἀνθρώπων βίος ἐθεώρει·
16:15θεοσέβεια δέ ἐνίκα, τοὺς ἑαυτῆς ἀθλητὰς στεφανοῦσα.
16:16τίνες οὐκ ἐθαύμασαν τοὺς τ ῆς ἀληθείας νομοθεσίας ἀθλητάς ; τίνες οὐκ ἐξεπλάγησαν
16:17Αὺτός γέ τοι ὁ τύραννος καὶ ὅλον τὸ συνέδριον αὐτῶν ἐξεθαύμασαν αὐτῶν τὴν ὑπομονήν,
16:18ὄι ἣν καὶ τῷ θείῳ νῦν παρεστήκασιν θρόνῳ, καὶ τὸν μακάριον βιοῦσιν αἰῶνα·
16:19καὶ γάρ φησιν ὁ Μωσ ῆς Καὶ πάντες οἱ ἡγιασμένοι ὑπὸ τὰς χεῖράς σου.
16:20καὶ οὐτοι οὗν ἁγιασθέντες διὰ θεὸν τετίμηνται οὐ μόνον οὗν ταύτῃ τῇ τιμῇ, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῷ δι᾿ αὐτοὺς τὸ ἔθνος ἡμῶν τοὺς πολεμίους μὴ ἐπικρατῆσαι,
16:21καὶ τὸν τύραννον τιμωρηθῆναι καὶ τὴν πατρίδα καθαρισθῆναι·
16:22ὧσπερ ἀντίψυχον γεγονότας τῆς τοῦ ἔθνους ἁμαρτίας καὶ 7 θεωρουντες] + ορωντες U+05D0V μεχρι θανατου] om U+05D0* (hab) U+05D0c.a) + γιγνο- U+05D0V μενας U+05D0c.a ᵇ+ γινομενας V υπομενουσαν V 8 επι] επ τ V 9 ενταυθα] ενταυθοι U+05D0c.a (sed statim repos θα) V (ενταυθ οι sic V .σοι Vνοs ¹) |ιερευς και γυνη γεραια lin subduct adfec Aᵃ και 1⁰] + συν αυτω V επτα] incep ε U+05D0* (ζ΄ U+05D0¹) ενκεκηδευται V * εγκεκηδευντ. Va(vid) τυραννου βιαν] τυραννον U+05D0* (τυραννου β. U+05D0c.a) την Eβρ. πολιτιαν] των Eβρ. την πολιτειαν V θελοντες A θελοντας U+05D0* (.τος U+05D0¹) θελησαντος V 10 εθνος] γενος U+05D0 12 ηθλοτει (sic) A νικος] + αυτης V εν αφθαρσια] εις αφθαρσιαν αυτης U+05D0* αφθαρσια U+05D0c.a om U+05D0c.a εις αφθαρσιαν V 13 om δε 10 U+05D0* (hab U+05D0c.a) προηγωνιτο U+05D0* (προηγωνιζετο U+05D0c.a) om επτα U+05D0* (hab U+05D0c.a) αδελφοι] pr επτα 14 ο τυραννος αντ. even in V ad fin col om ο 30 V 15 θεοσεβια U+05D0 16 αληθειας] θειας U+05D0 (θιας) V νομοθεσιας (σια U+05D0* -σιας U+05D0¹)] pr θεοσεβειας V αθλητες U+05D0* (λτας U+05D0¹) τινες 2⁰] + δe U+05D0 17 συνεδριον] συμβουλιον U+05D0V om ουτων 10 U+05D0V εθαυμασαν U+05D0* (εξεθ. U+05D0c.a) |υπομονην] pr αρετην και την U+05D0 pr αρετην και V 18 δι ην... αιωνα lin sut-luctadfec Aᵃ? 19 Μωυσῆς U+05D0 20 ουτοι] αυτοι U+05D0 om δια θεον U+05D0 hab δια τον θν U+05D0c.a 20—22 ου μονον.. αμαρτιας lin subduct adfec Aᵃ? 20 om ουν 2⁰ U+05D0V om τω V hab τη V ¹⁽ᵛiᵈ (τω Vᵃ) τω δι αυτους· A επικρατησας A 21 τιμωρηθηναι] pr καταισχυνθηναι και V 22 ωσπερ] +γαρ V γεγονας U+05D0* (.νοτος U+05D0c.a) A διὰ τοῦ αἵματος τῶν εὐσεβῶν ἐκείνων καὶ τοῦ ἱλαστηρίου θανάτου αὐτῶν, ἡ θεία πρόνοια τὸν Ἰσραὴλ προκακωθέντα διέσωσεν.
16:23πρὸς γὰρ τὴν ἀνδρίαν αὐτῶν τῆς ἀρετῆς καὶ τὴν ἐπὶ ταῖς βασάνοις αὐτῶν ὑπομονὴν ὁ τύραννος ἀφιδὼν Ἀντίοχος ἀνεκήρυξεν τοῖς στρατιώταις αὐτοῦ εἰς ὑπόδιγμα τὴν ἐκείνων ὑπομονὴν·
16:24ἔσχεν τε αὐτοὺς γενναίους καὶ ἀνδρείους εἰς πεζομαχίαν καὶ πολιορκίnν· καὶ ἐκπορθήσας ἐνίκησεν πάντας τοὺς πολεμίους.
Chapter 17
17:1Ὦ τῶν Ἀβραμιαίων σπερμάτων ἀπόγονοι παῖδες Ἰσραηλεῖται, πείθεσθε τῷ νόμῳ τούτῳ, καὶ πάντα τρόπον εὐσεβεῖτε·
17:2γινάσκοντες ὅτι τῶν παθῶν δεσπότης ἐστὶν ὁ εὐσεβὴς λογισμός, καὶ οὐ μόνον τῶν ἔνδοθεν ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν ἔξωθεν πόνων·
17:3ἀυθʼ ὧν διὰ τὴν εὐσέβειαν προιἐμενοι τὰ σώματα τοῖς πόνοις ἐκείνοι, οὐ μόνον ὑπὸ τῶυ ἀνθρώπων ἐθαυμάσθησαν, ἀλλὰ καὶ θείας μερίδος κατηξιώθησαν.
17:4καὶ δι αὐτοὺς είρήνευσεν τὸ ἔθυος, καὶ τὴν εὐνομίαν τὴν ἐπὶ τῆς πατρίδος ἀνανεωσάμενος, ἐκπεπολιόρκηκε τοὺς πολεμίους.
17:5καὶ ὁ τύραννος Ἀντίοχος καὶ ἐπὶ γῆς τετιμώρηται, καὶ ἀποθανὼν κολάζεται· ὡς γὰρ οὐδὲν οὐδαμῶς ἴσχυσεν ἀναγκάσαι τοὺς Ἰεροσολυμείτας ἀλλοφυλῆσαι, καὶ τῶν πατρίων ἐθνῶν ἐκδιαιτηθῆναι,
17:6τότε δὴ ἀπάρας ἀπὸ τῶν Ἰεροσολύμων ἐστρατοπέδευσεν ἐπὶ Πέρσας. Ἔλεγεν δὲ ἡ μήτηρ τῶν ἑπτὰ παίδων καὶ ταῦτα ἡ δικαία τοῖς τέκνοις
17:7ὅτι Ἐγὼ ἐγενήθην παρθένος ἁγνή, καὶ οὐχ ὑπερέβην πατρικὸν οἶκον· ἐφύλασσον δὲ τὴν ᾠκοδομημένην πλευράν.
17:8οὐ διέφθειρέν με λυμεὼν τῆς ἐρημίας φθορεὺς ἐν πεδίῳ· οὐδὲ ἐλυμήνατό μου τὰ ἁγνὰ τῆς παρθενίας λυμεὼν ἀπάτης ὄφις· ἔμεινα δέ χρόνον ἀκμῆς σὺν ἀνδρί
17:9τούτων δέ U+05D0V22 δια] της U+05D0* (δια U+05D0c.a) θανατου] pr του U+05D0 | προκακωθεντα τον Ισλ U+05D0 23 ανδρειαν V τη 2⁰] της A om ουτων 2⁰ αφιδων] 1δῶν V ανεκηρυξεν ο Αντιοχος U+05D0 ανεκ. Αντ. V υποδειγμα 24 om και ανδρειους εκπορθουντας XV III 1 Αβρααμιθιων U+05D0* Ἀβρααμιαιων U+05D0c.a Ισδρα- ηλιται U+05D0 Ισραηλιτ. v πιθεσθε U+05D0* .θαι U+05D0c.a 2 εστιν δεσποτης U+05D0V 3 ευσεβίαν U+05D0 προεμενοι U+05D0 | θαυμασθησαν A (εθ. A¹) θείας] pr της V 4 συνομιαν (sic) V¹fort την 2⁰] τῃ U+05D0* fort om επι V ανανεωσαμενοι U+05D0V εκπεπολιορκηκε] εκπεπορθηκαν U+05D0* V εκπεπολιορκηκαν U+05D0c.a 5 24 multa pacne evanuere in A 5 γῆς] pr της V τετιμωρηται] ετειμωρειτο V * (ετιμ. Vᵃ) εθνων] om U+05D0 εθων V εκδιαιτηθηναι] εκζητηθηναι U+05D0 6 om δη U+05D0V εστρατοπεδευσεν] εστρατευσεν U+05D0 | Περσας] περας U+05D0* (Περσ. U+05D0c.ᵇ) om επτα U+05D0 | om παιδων V η δικαια] τα δικαιωματα U+05D0 ιδια V 7 εγεννηθην V και ουχ ουδε U+05D0 om και V ωκοδομουμενην A οικοδομουμενην U+05D0 οικοδομημενην V 8 ου διεφθειρεν] ουδε εφθιρεν U+05D0 | της ερημιας] τ sup ras A (seq spat 4 lilt) om της U+05D0V | απατης A*U+05D0c.a ᵇV| απατηλος Aa¹ απατητης U+05D0* | εμειν A* (α superscr Aᵃ?) ἐνηλίκαων γενομέναον ἐτελεύτησεν ὁ πατήρ. μακάριος μέν ἐκεῖνος· τὸυ A γὰρ τῆς εὐτεκνίας βίον ἐπιζητήσας, τὸν τῆς ἀτεκνίας οὐκ ὠδυνήθη καιρόν·
17:10ὸς ἐδίδασκεν ὑμᾶς, ἔτι ὧν σὺν ἡμῖν, τὸν νόμον καὶ τοὺς προφήτας
17:11τὸν ἀναιρεθέντα Ἅβελ ὑπὸ Κάιν ἀνεγίνωσκεν δὲ ἡμῖν, καὶ τὸν ὁλοκαρπούμενον Ἰσαάκ, καὶ τὸν ἐν φυλακῇ Ἰωσήφ·
17:12ἔλεγεν δὲ ἡμῖν τὸν ζηλωτὴν Φινεές, ἐδίδασκεν δὲ ὑμᾶς τοὺς ἐν πυρὶ Ἀνανίαν καὶ Ἀζαρίαν καὶ Μισαήλ·
17:13ἐδόξαζεν δὲ καὶ τὸν ἐν λάκκῳ λεόντων Δανιὴλ, ὃν καὶ ἐμακάριζεν·
17:14ὑπεμίμνησ κεν δὲ ὑμᾶς τὴν Ἠσαίου γραφὴν τὴν λέγουσαν Κδν διὰ πυρὸς διέλθῃς, φλὸξ οὐ κατακαύσει σε.
17:15τὸν ὑμνογράφον ἐμελῴδει ἡμῖν Δαυεὶδ τὸν λέγοντα Πολλαὶ αἱ θλίψεις τῶν δικαίων.
17:16τὸν Σαλομῶντα ἐπαροιμίαζεν ἡμῖν τὸν λέγοντα Ξλον ζωῆς ἐστιν πᾶσιν τοῖς ποιοῦσιν αὐτοῦ τὸ θέλημα.
17:17τὸν Ἰεζεκιὴλ ἐπιστοποιεῖτο τὸν λέγοντα Εἰζήσεται τὰ ὀστᾶ τὰ ξηρὰ ταῦτα;
17:18Αὀδὴν μέν γὰρ ἣν ἐδίδαξεν Μωσῆς οὐκ ἐπελάθετο τὴν διδάσκουσαν Ἐγὼ ἀποκτενῶ, καὶ ζῆν ποιήσω.
17:19Αλὕτη ἡ ζωὴ ὑμῶν καὶ ἡ μακαριότης τῶν ἡμερῶον.
17:20Ὦ πικρᾶς τῆς τότε ἡμέρας, καὶ οὐ πικρᾶς, ὅτε ὁ πικρὸς Ἐλλήνων τύραννος πῦρ φλέξας λέβησιν ὠμοίς, καὶ ζέουσι θυμοῖς ἀγαγὼν ἐπὶ τὸν καταπέλτην καὶ πάλιν τὰς βασάνους αὐτοῦ τοὺς ἑπτὰ παῖδας τῆς Ἀβραμίτιδος,
17:21τὰς τῶν ὀμμάτων κόρας ἐπήρωσεν, καὶ γλώσσας ἐξέτεμεν, καὶ βασάνοις ποικίλαις ἀπέκτεινεν.
17:22ὑπέρ ἱὧν ἡ θεία δίκη μετῆλθεν καὶ μετελεύσεται τὸν ἀλάστορα.
17:23οἱ δῆ Ἀβραμιαῖοι 9 ἐνηλίκων] ενικων (sic) A πατηρ] ουτων U+05D0V μεν] δε U+05D0* (μεν U+05D0c.ᵃ) | U+05D0V επιζητξσας] επιζησας U+05D0c.a V 10 ημιν A⁽ᵛⁱᵈ) V] υμιν U+05D0 om και U+05D0* (hab U+05D01(vid) c.ᵃ) V 11 δε] τε τγ ημιν] υμιν Ισακ U+05D0* (Ισαακ U+05D0c.a) 12 ημιν] υμιν U+05D0 τον ζηλωτην] pr και V δε 2⁰] τε U+05D0V υμας] ημας V τους εν πυρι] pr και V nm και 2⁰ U+05D0 13 δε| τε V ον even nisi potius erasum est in A om και 2⁰ U+05D0V 14 δε] τε V υμας] ημας V την 1⁰] pr και U+05D0 | Ησαια U+05D0* (Ησαιου U+05D0c.a) τον λεγοντα U+05D0* (την λεγουσαν U+05D0c.a) διελθῃς] εισελθῃς U+05D0* προσελθῃς U+05D0c.a 15 εμελωδει] in εμελωδι (sic) rescr ι Aᵃ? η μεν A* ᵛiᵈ (ημιν A?) τον λεγ.] om τον U+05D0 16 Σαλωμωντα U+05D0 Σοιομωνα V παροιμιαζεν U+05D0 ημιν] υμιν U+05D0 | τον λεγοντα] om τον U+05D0 |om πασιν U+05D0V 17 επιστοποιει U+05D0 18 εδιδασκεν U+05D0 | Μωυσῆς Μ την διδασκουσαν] διδασκων την λεγουσαν U+05D0V 19 υμων] ημων V μακαριοτης] μακροτης U+05D0 ματης (sic) V 20 πικρας 1⁰] πικρα A οτε] οτι U+05D0 ο πικρος] om ο U+05D0* (hab U+05D0c.a) V Bλληνων] + ω| U+05D0* (improb U+05D0c.a) φλεξας] πυροις σβεσας U+05D0* improb πυροις U+05D0? (φλεξας U+05D0c.a) πυρι σβεσας V ζεουσιν V |τας βασ.] τους βασ. U+05D0 | τους επτα] pr τας επι U+05D0* (improb U+05D0c.a c.ᵇ) pr τας επι τας επι (sic) V (improb επι τας V?) Aβρααμειτιδος U+05D0 21 τας (sup ras Aᵇ) των ομμ. κορος] και των ομμ. τας κ. U+05D0 pr και V επηρωσεν U+05D0¹ (incep λ ante επ. U+05D0*)] επληρωσεν A V γλωσσα| U+05D0* (γλωσσας U+05D0c.a) ποικειλοις A 22 αλαστορα] + τυραννον U+05D0 23 Αβρααμιαιοι U+05D0 A παίδες σὺν τῇ άθλοφόρῳ νητρὶ εἰς πατέρων χώρον συναγελάζονται, ψυχὰς ἁγνὰς καὶ ἀθανάτους ἀπειληφότες παρὰ τοῦ θεοῦ·
17:24ᾧ ᾑ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. ἀμήν.