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she holding two votes, one for the death, the other for the preservation of her children,
Greek · SeptuagintΔύο ψήφους κρατοῦσα μήτηρ, θανατηφόρον τε καὶ σωτήριον ὑπὲρ τένων·
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Septuagint (Greek Old Testament)
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did not lean to that which would have saved her children for the safety of a brief space.
Greek · SeptuagintΟὐκ ἐπέγνω τὴν σώζουσαν ἑπτὰ υἱοὺς πρὸς ὀλίγον χρόνον σωτηρίαν.
But this daughter of Abraham remembered his holy fortitude.
Greek · SeptuagintἈλλὰ τῆς θεοσεβοῦς Ἁβραὰμ καρτερίας ἡ θυγάτηρ ἐμνήσθη.
O mother of a nation, avenger of the law, and defender of religion, and prime bearer in the battle of the affections!
Greek · SeptuagintὮ μήτηρ ἔθνους, ἔκδικε τοῦ νόμου, καὶ ὑπερασπίστεια τῆς εὐσεβείας, καὶ τοῦ διὰ σπλάγχνων ἀγῶνος ἀθλοφόρε.
O thou nobler in endurance than males, and more manly than men in patience!
Greek · SeptuagintὮ ἀῤῥένων πρὸς καρτερίαν γενναιοτέρα, καὶ ἀνδρῶν πρὸς ὑπομονὴν ἀνδρειοτέρα.
For as the ark of Noah, bearing the world in the world-filling flood, bore up against the waves,
Greek · SeptuagintΚαθάπερ γὰρ ἡ Νῶε κιβωτὸς ἐν τῷ κοσμοπληθεῖ κατακλυσμῷ κοσμοφοροῦσα καρτεροὺς ὑπήνεγκεν τοὺς κλύδωνας·
so thou, the guardian of the law, when surrounded on every side by the flood of passions, and straitened by violent storms which were the torments of thy children, didst bear up nobly against the storms against religion.
Greek · Septuagintοὕτως σὺ, ἡ νομοφύλαξ, πανταχόθεν ἐν τῷ τῶν παθῶν περιαντλουμένη κατακλυσμῷ, καὶ καρτεροῖς ἂν λοιμοῖς ταῖς τῶν υἱῶν βασάνοις συνεχομένη, γενναίως ὑπέμεινας τοὺς τῆς εὐσεβείας χειμῶνας.
If, then, even a woman, and that an aged one, and the mother of seven children, endured to see her children's torments even unto death, confessedly religious reasoning is master even of the passions.
Greek · SeptuagintΕἰ δὲ τοίνυν καὶ γυνὴ, καὶ γηραιὰ, καὶ ἑπτὰ παὶδων μήτηρ ὑπέμεινε τὰς μέχρι θανάτου βασάνους ὁρῶσα τῶν τέκνων· ὁμολογουμένως αὐτοκράτωρ ἐστὶν τῶν παθῶν ὁ εὐσεβὴς λογισμός.
I have proved, then, that not only men have obtained the mastery of their passions, but also that a woman despised the greatest torments.
Greek · SeptuagintἈπέδειξα οὖν ὅτι οὐ μόνον τῶν παθῶν ἄνδρες ἐπεκράτησαν, ἀλλὰ καὶ γυνὴ τῶν μεγίστων βασάνων ὑπερεφρόνησεν.
And not so fierce were the lions round Daniel, nor the furnace of Misael burning with most vehement fire, as that natural love of children burned within her, when she beheld her seven sons tortured.
Greek · SeptuagintΚαὶ οὐχ οὕτως οἱ περὶ Δανιὴλ λέοντες ἦσαν ἄγριοι, οὐδὲ Μισαὴλ ἐκφλεγομένη κάμινος λαβροτάτῳ πυρὶ, ὡς τῆς φιλοτεκνίας περιέκαιεν ἐκείνη φύσις, ὁρῶσα αὑτῆς τοὺς ἑπτὰ υἱοὺς βασανιζομένους.
But with the reasoning of religion the mother quenched passions so great and powerful.
Greek · SeptuagintἈλλὰ τῷ λογισμῷ τῆς εὐσεβείας κατέσβεσε τοσαῦτα καὶ τηλικαῦτα πάθη ἡ μήτηρ.
For we must consider also this: that, had the woman been faint-hearted, as being their mother, she would have lamented over them; and perhaps might have spoken thus:
Greek · SeptuagintΚαὶ γὰρ τοῦτο ἐπιλογίσασθαι, ὅτι εἰ δειλόψυχος ἦν ἡ γυνὴ, καίπερ μήτηρ οὖσα, ὠλοφύρετο ἂν ἐπʼ αὐτοῖς· καὶ ἴσως ἄν ταῦτα οὕτως εἶπεν,
Ah! wretched I, and many times miserable; who having born seven sons, have become the mother of none.
Greek · SeptuagintὮ μελέα ἔγωγε, καὶ πολλάκις τρισαθλία, ἥτις ἑπτὰ παῖδας τεκοῦσα, οὐδενὸς μήτηρ γεγένημαι.
O seven useless childbirths, and seven profitless periods of labour, and fruitless givings of suck, and miserable nursings at the breast.
Greek · SeptuagintὮ μάταιοι ἐπτὰ κυοφορίαι, καὶ ἀνόνητοι ἐπτὰ δεκάηνοι, καὶ ἄκαρποι τιθηνίαι, καὶ ταλαίπωροι γαλακτοτροφίοι.
Vainly, for your sakes, O sons, have I endured many pangs, and the more difficult anxieties of rearing.
Greek · SeptuagintΜάτην ἐφʼ ὑμῖν, ὦ παῖδες, πολλὰς ὑπέμεινα ὠδῖνας καὶ χαλεπωτέρας φροντίδας ἀνατροφῆς.
Alas, of my children, some of you unmarried, and some who have married to no profit, I shall not see your children, nor be felicitated as a grandmother.
Greek · SeptuagintὮ τῶν ἐμῶν παίδων, οἱ μὲν ἄγαμοι, οἱ δὲ γαμήσαντες ἀνόνητοι, οὐκ ὄψομαι ὑμῶν τέκνα, οὐδὲ μάμμη κληθεῖσα μακαρισθήσομαι.
Ah, that I who had many and fair children, should be a lone widow full of sorrows!
Greek · SeptuagintὮ ἡ πολύπαις καὶ καλλίπαις ἐγὼ γυνὴ χήρα καὶ μόνη πολύθρηνος.
Nor, should I die, shall I have a son to bury me. But with such a lament as this the holy and God-fearing mother bewailed none of them.
Greek · SeptuagintΟὐδʼ ἂν ἀποθάνω, θάπτοντα τῶν υἱῶν ἕξω τινά.
Nor did she divert any of them from death, nor grieve for them as for the dead.
Greek · SeptuagintἈλλὰ τούτῳ τῷ θρήνῳ οὐδένα ὠλοφύρετο ἡ ἱερὰ καὶ θεοσεβὴς μήτηρ. Οὐδʼ ἵνα μὴ ἀποθάνωσιν ἀπέτρεπεν αὐτῶν τινα, οὐδʼ ὡς ἀποθνησκόντων ἐλυπήθη.
But as one possessed with an adamantine mind, and as one bringing forth again her full number of sons to immortality, she rather with supplications exhorted them to death in behalf of religion.
Greek · SeptuagintἈλλʼ ὥσπερ ἀδαμάντινον ἔχουσα τὸν νοῦν, καὶ εἰς ἀθανασίαν ἀνατίκτουσα τὸν τῶν υἱῶν ἀριθμὸν, μᾶλλον ὑπὲρ τῆς εὐσεβείας ἐπὶ τὸν θάνατον αὐτοὺς προετρέπετο ἱκετεύουσα.
O woman, soldier of God for religion, thou, aged and a female, hast conquered through endurance even a tyrant; and though but weak, hast been found more powerful in deeds and words.
Greek · SeptuagintὮ διʼ εὐσέβειαν Θεοῦ στρατιῶτι, πρεσβύτι καὶ γυνὴ διὰ καρτερίαν καὶ τύραννον ἐνίκησας, καὶ ἔργοις δυνατωτέρα καὶ λόγοις εὑρέθης ἄνανδρος.
For when thou wast seized along with thy children, thou stoodest looking upon Eleazar in torments, and saidst to thy sons in the Hebrew tongue,
Greek · SeptuagintΚαὶ γὰν ὃτε συνελήφθης μετὰ τῶν παίδων, εἱστήκεις τὸν Ἐλεάζαρον ὁρῶσα βασανιζόμενον, καὶ ἔλεγες τοῖς παισὶν ἐν τῇ Ἑβοαΐδι φωνῇ,
O sons, noble is the contest; to which you being called as a witness for the nation, strive zealously for the laws of your country.
Greek · SeptuagintὮ παῖδες, γενναῖος ὁ ἀγών· εφ ὃν κληθέντες ὑπὲρ τῆς διαμαρτυρίας τοῦ ἔθνους, ἐναγωνίσασθε προθύμως ὑπὲρ τοῦ πατρίουνόμου.
For it were disgraceful that this old man should endure pains for the sake of righteousness, and that you who are younger should be afraid of the tortures.
Greek · SeptuagintΚαὶ γὰρ αἰσχρὸν τὸν μὴν γέροντα τοῦτον ὑπομένειν τὰς διὰ τὴν εὐσέβειαν ἀληδόνας, ὑμᾶς δὲ τοὺς νεωτέρους καταπλαγῆναι τὰς βασάνους.
Remember that through God ye obtained existence, and have enjoyed it.
Greek · SeptuagintἈναμνήσθητε, ὅτι διὰ τὸν Θεὸν τοῦ κόσμου μετελάβετε, καὶ τοῦ βίου ἀπελαύσατέ·
And on this account ye ought to bear every affliction because of God.
Greek · Septuagintκαὶ διὰ τιῦτο ὀφείλετε πάντα πόνον ὑπομένειν διὰ τὸν Θεόν.
For whom also our father Abraham was forward to sacrifice Isaac our progenitor, and shuddered not at the sight of his own paternal hand descending down with the sword upon him.
Greek · SeptuagintΔιʼ ὃν καὶ ὁ πατὴρ ἡμῶν Ἁβραὰμ ἔσπευδεν τὸν ἐθνοπάτορα υἱὸν σφαγιάσαι Ἰσαὰκ, καὶ τὴν πατρῷαν χεῖρα ξιφηφόρον καταφερομένην ἐπʼ αὐτὸν ὁρῶν οὐκ ἔπτηξεν.
And the righteous Daniel was cast unto the lions; and Ananias, and Azarias, and Misael, were slung out into a furnace of fire; yet they endured through God.
Greek · SeptuagintΚαὶ Δανιὴλ ὁ δίκαιος εἰς λέοντας ἐβλήθη· καὶ Ἀνανίας, καὶ Ἀζαρίας, καὶ Μισαὴλ εἰς κάμινον πυρὸς ἀπεσφενδονήθησαν, καὶ ὑπέμειναν, διὰ τὸν Θεόν.
You, then, having the same faith towards God, be not troubled.
Greek · SeptuagintΚαὶ ὑμεῖς οὖν τὴν αὐτὴν πίστιν πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν ἔχοντες, μὴ χαλεπαίνητε.
For it is unreasonable that they who know religion should not stand up against troubles.
Greek · SeptuagintἈλόγιστον γὰρ εἰδότας εὐσέβειαν μὴ ἀντιστασθαι τοῖς πόνοις.
With these arguments, the mother of seven, exhorting each of her sons, over-persuaded them from transgressing the commandment of God.
Greek · SeptuagintΔιὰ τούτων τῶν λόγων ἡ ἑπταμήτωρ ἕνα ἕκαστον τῶν υἱῶν παρακαλοῦσα, ἔπεισε μᾶλλον, ἢ παραβῆναι τὴν ἐντολὴν τοῦ Θεοῦ.
And they saw this, too, that they who die for God, live to God; as Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the patriarchs.
Greek · SeptuagintἜτι δὲ καὶ ταῦτα ἰδόντες, ὅτι διὰ τὸν Θεὸν ἀποθανόντες ζῶσιν τῷ Θεῷ, ὥσπερ Ἁβραὰμ καὶ Ἰσαὰκ καὶ Ἰακὼβ, καὶ πάντες οἱ πατριάρχαι.
And some of the spearbearers said, that when she herself was about to be seized for the purpose of being put to death, she threw herself upon the pile, rather than that they should touch her person.
Greek · SeptuagintἜλεγον δὲ καὶ τῶν δορυφόρων τινὲς, ὡς ὅτε ἔμελλεν καὶ αὐτὴ συλλαμβάνεσθαι πρὸς θάνατον, ἵνα μὴ ψαύσειέν τι τοῦ σώματος ἑαυτῆς, ἑαυτὴν ἔῤῥιψεν κατὰ τῆς πυρᾶς.
O thou mother, who together with seven children didst destroy the violence of the tyrant, and render void his wicked intentions, and exhibit the nobleness of faith!
Greek · SeptuagintὮ μήτηρ σὺν ἑπτὰ παισὶν καταλύσασα τὴν τοῦ τυράννου βίαν, καὶ ἀκυρώσασα τὰς κακὰς ἐπινοίας αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπιδείξασα τὴν τῆς πίστεως γενναιότητα.
For thou, as a house bravely built upon the pillar of thy children, didst bear without swaying, the shock of tortures.
Greek · SeptuagintΚαθάπερ γὰρ σὺ στέγη ἐπὶ τοῦ στύλου τῶν παίδων γενναίως ἱδρυμένη, ἀκλινῶς ὑπήνεγκας τὸν διὰ τῶν βασάνων σεισμόν.
Be of good cheer, therefore, O holy-minded mother! holding the firm [substance of the] hope of your steadfastness with God.
Greek · SeptuagintΘάῤῥει τοιγαροῦν, ὦ μήτηρ ἱερόψυχε, τὴν ἐλπίδα τῆς ὑπομονῆς γενναίως ἔχουσα πρὸς Θεόν.
Not so gracious does the moon appear with the stars in heaven, as thou art established honourable before God, and fixed in the firmament with thy sons whom thou didst illuminate with religion to the stars.
Greek · SeptuagintΟὐχ οὕτω σελήνη κατʼ οὐρανὸν σὺν ἄστροις σεμνὴ καθέστηκεν, ὡς σὺ τοὺς εἰς ἀστέρας ἑπτὰ παῖδας φωταγωγήσασα πρὸς τὴν εὐσέβειαν ἔντιμος καθέστηκας Θεῷ, καὶ ἐστήρισαι ἐν οὐρανῷ σὺν αὐτοῖς.
For thy bearing of children was after the fashion of a child of Abraham.
Greek · SeptuagintἮν γὰρ ἡ παιδοποιΐα σου ἀπὸ Ἁβραὰμ τοῦ παιδός.
And, were it lawful for us to paint as on a tablet the religion of thy story, the spectators would not shudder at beholding the mother of seven children enduring for the sake of religion various tortures even unto death.
Greek · SeptuagintΕἰ δὲ ἐξὸν ἡμῖν ἦν, ὥσπερ τινὸς ζωγραφῆσαι τὴν τῆς ἱστορίας σου εὐσέβειαν, οὐκ ἂν ἔφριττον οἱ θεωροῦντες μητέρα ἑπτὰ τέκνων διʼ εὐσέβειαν ποικίλας βασάνους μέχρι θανάτου ὑπομείνασαν.
And it had been a worthy thing to have inscribed upon the tomb itself these words as a memorial to those of the nation,
Greek · SeptuagintΚαὶ γὰρ ἄξιον ἦν καὶ ἐπὶ αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἐπιταφίου ἀναγράψαι καὶ ταῦτα τοῖς ἀπὸ τοῦ ἔθνους εἰς μνείαν λεγόμενα.
Here an aged priest, and an aged woman, and seven sons, are buried through the violence of a tyrant, who wished to destroy the polity of the Hebrews.
Greek · SeptuagintἘνταῦθα γέρων ἱερεὺς, καὶ γυμὴ γεραιὰ καὶ ἑπτὰ παῖδες ἐγκεκήδευνται διὰ τυράννου βίαν, τὴν Ἑβραίων πολιτείαν καταλῦσαι θέλοντος.
These also avenged their nation, looking unto God, and enduring torments unto death.
Greek · SeptuagintΟἳ καὶ ἐξεδίκησαν τὸ ἔθνος εἰς Θεὸν ἀφορῶντες, καὶ μέχρι θανάτου τὰς βασάνους ὑπομείναντες.
For it was a truly divine contest which was carried through by them.
Greek · SeptuagintἈληθῶς γὰρ ἦν ἀγῶν θεῖος ὁ διʼ αὐτῶν γεγενημένος.
For at that time virtue presided over the contest, approving the victory through endurance, namely, immortality, eternal life.
Greek · SeptuagintἨθλότει γὰρ τότε ἀρετὴ διʼ ὑπομονῆς δοκιμάζουσα τὸ νῖκος ἐν ἀφθαρσίᾳ ἐν ζωῇ πολυχρονίῳ.
Eleazar was the first to contend: and the mother of the seven children entered the contest; and the brethren contended.
Greek · SeptuagintἘλεάζαρ δὲ προηγωνίζετο· ἡ δὲ μήτηρ τῶν ἑπτὰ παίδων ἐνήθλει·
The tyrant was the opposite; and the world and living men were the spectators.
Greek · Septuagintοἱ δὲ ἀδελφοὶ ἠγωνίζοντο· ὁ τύραννος ἀντηγωνίζετο· ὁ δὲ κόσμος καὶ ὁ τῶν ἀνθρώπων βίος ἐθεώρει.
And reverence for God conquered, and crowned her own athletes.
Greek · SeptuagintΘεοσέβεια δὲ ἐνίκα, τοὺς ἑαυτῆς ἀθλητὰς στεφανοῦσα.
Who did not admire those champions of true legislation? who were not astonied?
Greek · SeptuagintΤίνες οὐκ ἐθαύμασαν τοὺς τῆς ἀληθείας νομοθεσίας ἀθλητὰς; τίνες οὐκ ἐξεπλάγησαν;
The tyrant himself, and all their council, admired their endurance;
Greek · SeptuagintΑὐτός γέ τοι ὁ τύραννος καὶ ὅλον τὸν συνέδριον αὐτῶν ἐξεθαύμασαν αὐτῶν τὴν ὑπομονήν.
through which, also, they now stand beside the divine throne, and live a blessed life.
Greek · SeptuagintΔιʼ ἣν καὶ τῷ θείῳ νῦν παρεστήκασιν θρόνῳ, καὶ τὸν μακάριον βιοῦσιν αἰῶνα.
For Moses saith, And all the saints are under thy hands.
Greek · SeptuagintΚαὶ γάρ φησιν ὁ Μωσῆς, καὶ πάντες οἱ ἡγιασμένοι ὑπὸ τὰς χεῖράς σου.
These, therefore, having been sanctified through God, have been honoured not only with this honour, but that also by their means the enemy did not overcome our nation;
Greek · SeptuagintΚαὶ οὗτοι οὖν ἁγιασθέντες διὰ Θεὸν τετίμηνται οὐ μόνον οὖν ταύτῃ τῇ τιμῇ, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῷ διʼ αὐτοὺς τὸ ἔθνος ἡμῶν τοὺς πολεμίους μὴ ἐπικρατήσας,
and that the tyrant was punished, and their country purified.
Greek · Septuagintκαὶ τὸν τύραννον τιμωρηθῆναι, καὶ τὴν πατρίδα καθαρισθῆναι,
For they became the antipoise to the sin of the nation; and the Divine Providence saved Israel, aforetime afflicted, by the blood of those pious ones, and their propitiatory death.
Greek · Septuagintὥσπωρ ἀντίψυχον γεγονότας τῆς τοῦ ἔθνους ἁμαρτίας, καὶ διὰ τοῦ αἵματος τῶν εὐσεβῶν ἐκείνων, καὶ τοῦ ἱλαστηρίου θανάτου αὐτῶν, ἡ θεία πρόνοια τὸν Ἰσραὴλ προκακωθέντα διέσωσεν.
For the tyrant Antiochus, looking to their manly virtue, and to their endurance in torture, proclaimed that endurance as an example to his soldiers.
Greek · SeptuagintΠρὸς γὰρ τὴν ἀνδρείαν αὐτῶν τῆς ἀρετῆς, καὶ τὴν ἐπὶ ταῖς βασάνοις αὐτῶν ὑπομονὴν ὁ τύραννος ἀφιδὼν Ἀντίοχος ἀνεκήρυξεν τοῖς στρατιώταις αὐτοῦ εἰς ὑπόδειγμα τὴν ἐκείνων ὑπομονήν.
And they proved to be to him noble and brave for land battles and sieges; and he conquered and stormed the towns of all his enemies.
Greek · SeptuagintἜσχεν τε αὐτοὺς γενναίους καὶ ἀνδρείους εἰς πεζομαχίαν καὶ πολιορκίαν· καὶ ἐκπορθήσας ἐνίκησεν πάντας τοὺς πολεμίους.
O Israelitish children, descendants of the seed of Abraham, obey this law, and in every way be religious.
Greek · SeptuagintὮ τῶν Ἁβραμιαίων σπερμάτων ἀπόγονοι παῖδες Ἰσραηλῖται, πείθεσθε τῷ νόμῳ τούτῳ, καὶ πάντα τρόπον εὐσεβεῖτε·
Knowing that religious reasoning is lord of the passions, and those not only inward but outward.
Greek · Septuagintγινώσκοντες, ὅτι τῶν παθῶν δεσπότης ἐστὶν ὁ εὐσεβὴς λογισμός· καὶ οὐ μόνον τῶν ἔνδοθεν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν ἔξωθεν πόνων·
Whence those persons giving up their bodies to pains for the sake of religion, were not only admired by men, but were deemed worthy of a divine portion.
Greek · SeptuagintἈνθʼ ὦν διὰ τὴν εὐσέβειαν προϊέμενοι τὰ σώματα τοῖς πόνοις ἐκεῖνοι, οὐ μόνον ὑπὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἐθαυμάσθησαν, ἀλλὰ καὶ θείας μερίδος κατηξιώθησαν.
And the nation through them obtained peace, and having renewed the observance of the law in their country, drove the enemy out of the land.
Greek · SeptuagintΚαὶ διʼ αὐτοὺς εἰρήνευσεν τὸ ἔθνος, καὶ τὴν εὐνομίαν τὴν ἐπὶ τῆς πατρίδος ἀνανεωσάμενος, ἐκπεπολιόρκηκε τοὺς πολεμίους.
And the tyrant Antiochus was both punished upon earth, and is punished now he is dead; for when he was quite unable to compel the Israelites to adopt foreign customs, and to desert the manner of life of their fathers,
Greek · SeptuagintΚαὶ ὁ τύραννος Ἀντίοχος καὶ ἐπὶ γῆς τετιμώρηται, καὶ ἀποθανὼν κολάζεται· ὡς γὰρ οὐδὲν οὐδαμῶς ἴσχυσεν ἀναγκάσαι τοὺς Ἱεροσολυμίτας ἀλλοφυλῆσαι, καὶ τῶν πατριῶν ἐθνῶν ἐκδιαιτηθῆναι·
then, departing from Jerusalem, he made war against the Persians.
Greek · Septuagintτότε δὴ ἀπάρας ἀπὸ τῶν Ἱεροσολύμων ἐστρατοπέδευσεν ἐπὶ Πέρσας.
And the righteous mother of the seven children spake also as follows to her offspring: I was a pure virgin, and went not beyond my father's house; but I took care of the built-up rib.
Greek · SeptuagintἜλεγεν δὲ ἡ μήτηρ τῶν ἑπτὰ παίδων καὶ ταῦτα ἡ δικαία τοῖς τέκνοις, ὅτι ἐγὼ ἐγενήθην παρθένος ἁγνὴ, καὶ οὐχ ὑπερέβην πατρικὸν οἶκον· ἐφύλασσον δὲ τὴν ᾠκοδομουμένην πλευράν.
No destroyer of the desert, [or] ravisher of the plain, injured me; nor did the destructive, deceitful, snake, make spoil of my chaste virginity; and I remained with my husband during the period of my prime.
Greek · SeptuagintΟὐ διέφθειρέν με λυμεὼν τῆς ἐρημίας φθορεὺς ἐν πεδίῳ· οὐδὲ ἐλυμῄνατό μου τὰ ἁγνὰ τῆς παρθενίας λυμεὼν ἀπατηλὸς ὄφις· ἔμεινα δὲ χρόνον ἀκμῆς σὺν ἀνδρί.
And these my children, having arrived at maturity, their father died: blessed was he! for having sought out a life of fertility in children, he was not grieved with a period of loss of children.
Greek · SeptuagintΤούτων δὲ ἐνελίκων γενομένων ἐτελεύτησεν ὁ πατήρ· μακάριος μὲν ἐκεῖνος· τὸν γὰρ τῆς εὐτεκνίας βίον ἐπιζητήσας, τὸν τῆς ἀτεκνίας οὐκ ὠδυνήθη καιρόν.
And he used to teach you, when yet with you, the law and the prophets.
Greek · SeptuagintὋς ἐδιδασκεν ὑμᾶς, ἔτι ὢν σὺν ὑμῖν, τὸν νόμον καὶ τοὺς προφήτας.
He used to read to you the slaying of Abel by Cain, and the offering up of Isaac, and the imprisonment of Joseph.
Greek · SeptuagintΤὸν ἀναιρεθέντα Ἀβὲλ ὑπὸ Κάϊν ἀνεγίνωσκεν δὲ ἡμῖν, καὶ τὸν ὁλοκαπούμενον Ἰσαὰκ, καὶ τὸν ἐν φυλακῇ Ἰωσήφ.
And he used to tell you of the zealous Phinehas; and informed you of Ananias and Azarias, and Misael in the fire.
Greek · SeptuagintἜλεγεν δὲ ἡμῖν τὸν ζηλωτὴν Φινεές· ἐδίδασκεν δὲ ὑμᾶς τοὺς ἐν πυρὶ Ανανίαν, καὶ Ἀζαρίαν, καὶ Μισαήλ.
And he used to glorify Daniel, who was in the den of lions, and pronounce him blessed.
Greek · SeptuagintἘδόξαζεν δὲ καὶ τὸν ἐν λάκκῳ λεόντων Δανιὴλ, ὃν καὶ ἐμακάριζεν.
And he used to put you in mind of the scripture of Esaias, which saith, Even if thou pass through the fire, it shall not burn thee.
Greek · SeptuagintὙπεμίμνησκεν δὲ ὑμᾶς τῆν Ἠσαΐου γραφὴν τὴν λέγουσαν, κᾂν διὰ πυρὸς διέλθῃς, φλὸξ οὐ κατακαύσει σε.
He chanted to you David, the hymn-writer, who saith, Many are the afflictions of the just.
Greek · SeptuagintΤὸν ὑμνογράφον ἐμελῴδει ὑμῖν Δαρίδ τὸν λέγοντα, πολλαὶ αἱ θλίψεις τῶν δικαίων.
He declared the proverbs of Solomon, who saith, He is a tree of life to all those who do His will.
Greek · SeptuagintΤὸν Σαλομῶντα ἐπαροιμίαζεν ἡμῖν τὸν λέγοντα, ξύλον ζωῆς ἐστιν πᾶσιν τοῖς ποιοῦσιν αὐτοῦ τὸ θέλημα.
He used to verify Ezekiel, who said, Shall these dry bones live?
Greek · SeptuagintΤὸν Ἰεζεκιὴλ ἐπιστοποιεῖτο τὸν λέγοντα, εἰ ζήσεται τὰ ὀστᾶ τὰ ξηρὰ ταῦτα;
For he did not forget the song which Moses taught, proclaiming, I will kill, and I will make to live.
Greek · SeptuagintὯδην μὲν γὰρ ἣν ἑδίδαξεν Μωϋσῆς οὐκ ἐπελάθετο τὴν διδάσκουσαν, ἐγὼ ἀποκτενῶ καὶ ζῇν ποιήσω.
This is our life, and the length of our days.
Greek · SeptuagintΑὗτη ἡ ζωὴ ἡμῶν καὶ ἡ μακαριότης τῶν ἡμερῶν.
O that bitter, and yet not bitter, day when the bitter tyrant of the Greeks, quenching fire with fire in his cruel caldrons, brought with boiling rage the seven sons of the daughter of Abraham to the catapelt, and to all his torments!
Greek · SeptuagintὯ πικρᾶς τῆς τότε ἡμέρας, καὶ οὐ πικρᾶς, ὅτε ὁ πικρὸς Ἑλλήμων τύραννος πῦρ φλέξας λέβησιν ὠμοῖς, καὶ ζεουσι θυμοῖς ἀγαγὼν ἐπὶ τὸν καταπέλτην καὶ πάλιν τὰς βασάνους αὐτοῦ τοὺς ἑπτὰ παῖδας τῆς Ἁβρααμίτιδος.
He pierced the balls of their eyes, and cut out their tongues, and put them to death with varied tortures.
Greek · SeptuagintΤὰς τῶν ὀμμάτων κόρας ἐπήρωσεν, καὶ γλώσσας ἐξέτεμεν, καὶ βασάνοις ποικίλαις ἀπέκτεινεν.
Wherefore divine retribution pursued and will pursue the pestilent wretch.
Greek · SeptuagintὙπὲρ ὧν ἡ θεία δίκη μετῆλθεν καὶ μετελεύσεται τὸν ἀλάστορα.
But the children of Abraham, with their victorious mother, are assembled together to the choir of their fathers; having received pure and immortal souls from God.
Greek · SeptuagintΟἱ δὲ Ἁβραμιαῖοι παῖδες σὺν τῇ ἀθλοφορῳ μητρὶ, εἰς πατέρων χορὸν συναγελάζονται, φυχὰς καὶ ἀθανάτους ἀπειληφότες παρὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ.
To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Greek · SeptuagintὮ ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.
Daniel
In the third year of the reign of Joakim king of Juda, came Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon to Jerusalem, and besieged it.
Greek · SeptuagintἘΝ ἔτει τρίτῳ τῆς βασιλείας Ἰωακεὶμ βασιλέως Ἰούδα, ἦλθε Ναβουχοδονόσορ ὁ βασιλεὺς Βαβυλῶνος εἰς Ἱερουσαλὴμ, καὶ ἐπολιόρκει αὐτήν.
And the Lord gave into his hand Joakim king of Juda, and part of the vessels of the house of God: and he brought them into the land of Sennaar to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure-house of his god.
Greek · SeptuagintΚαὶ ἔδωκε Κύριος ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ τὸν Ἰωακεὶμ βασιλέα Ἰούδα, καὶ ἀπὸ μέρους τῶν σκευῶν οἴκου τοῦ Θεοῦ· καὶ ἤνεγκεν αὐτὰ εἰς γῆν Σενναὰρ οἴκου τοῦ θεοῦ αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὰ σκεύη εἰσήνεγκεν εἰς τὸν οἶκον θησαυροῦ τοῦ θεοῦ αὐτοῦ.
And the king told Asphanez his chief eunuch, to bring in [some] of the captive children of Israel, and of the seed of the kingdom, and of the princes;
Greek · SeptuagintΚαὶ εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεὺς τῷ Ἀσφανὲζ τῷ ἀρχιευνούχῳ αὐτοῦ, εἰσαγαγεῖν ἀπὸ τῶν υἱῶν τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ σπέρματος τῆς βασιλείας, καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν φορθομμὶν,
young men in whom was no blemish, and beautiful in appearance, and skilled in all wisdom, and possessing knowledge, and acquainted with prudence, and who had ability to stand in the house before the king, and [the king gave commandment] to teach them the learning and language of the Chaldeans.
Greek · Septuagintνεανίσκους, οἷς οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν αὐτοῖς μῶμος, καὶ καλοὺς τῇ ὄψει, καὶ συνιέντας ἐν πάσῃ σοφίᾳ, καὶ γινώσκοντας γνῶσιν, καὶ διανοουμένους φρόνησιν, καὶ οἷς ἐστιν ἰσχὺς ἐν αὐτοῖς ἑστάναι ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ ἐνώπιον τοῦ βασιλέως, καὶ διδάξαι αὐτοὺς γράμματα καὶ γλῶσσαν Χαλδαίων.
And the king appointed them a daily portion from the king's table, and from the wine which he drank; and [gave orders] to nourish them three years, and [that] afterwards they should stand before the king.
Greek · SeptuagintΚαὶ διέταξεν αὐτοῖς ὁ βασιλεὺς τὸ τῆς ἡμέρας καθʼ ἡμέραν, ἀπὸ τῆς τραπέζης τοῦ βασιλέως, καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ οἴνου τοῦ ποτοῦ αὐτοῦ, καὶ θρέψαι αὐτοὺς ἔτη τρία, καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα στῆναι ἐνώπιον τοῦ βασιλέως.
Now these were among them of the children of Juda, Daniel, and Ananias, and Azarias, and Misael.
Greek · SeptuagintΚαὶ ἐγένετο ἐν αὐτοῖς ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Ἰούδα, Δανιὴλ, καὶ Ἀνανίας, καὶ Ἀζαρίας, καὶ Μισαήλ.
And the chief of the eunuchs gave them names: to Daniel, Baltasar; and to Ananias, Sedrach; and to Misael, Misach; and to Azarias, Abdenago.
Greek · SeptuagintΚαὶ ἐπέθηκεν αὐτοῖς ὁ ἀρχιευνοῦχος ὀνόματα· τῷ Δανιὴλ Βαλτάσαρ, καὶ τῷ Ἀνανίᾳ Σεδρὰχ, καὶ τῷ Μισαὴλ Μισὰχ, καὶ τῷ Ἀζαρίᾳ Ἀβδεναγώ.
And Daniel purposed in his heart, that he would not defile himself with the king's table, nor with the wine of his drink: and he intreated the chief of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.
Greek · SeptuagintΚαὶ ἔθετο Δανιὴλ εἰς τὴν καρδίαν αὐτοῦ, ὡς οὐ μὴ ἁλισγηθῇ ἐν τῇ τραπέζῃ τοῦ βασιλέως, καὶ ἐν τῷ οἴνῳ ἀπὸ τοῦ ποτοῦ αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἠξίωσε τὸν ἀρχιευνοῦχον, ὡς οὐ μὴ ἁλισγηθῇ.
Now God [had] brought Daniel into favour and compassion with the chief of the eunuchs.
Greek · SeptuagintΚαὶ ἔδωκεν ὁ Θεὸς τὸν Δανιὴλ εἰς ἔλεον καὶ οἰκτιρμὸν ἐνώπιον τοῦ ἀρχιευνούχου.
And the chief of the eunuchs said to Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who has appointed your meat and your drink, lest he see your countenances gloomy in comparison of the young men your equals; so shall ye endanger my head to the king.
Greek · SeptuagintΚαὶ εἶπεν ὁ ἀρχιευνοῦχος τῷ Δανιὴλ, φοβοῦμαι ἐγὼ τὸν κύριόν μου τὸν βασιλέα, τὸν ἐκτάξαντα τὴν βρῶσιν ὑμῶν καὶ τὴν πόσιν ὑμῶν, μήποτε ἴδῃ τὰ πρόσωπα ὑμῶν σκυθρωπὰ παρὰ τὰ παιδάρια τὰ συνήλικα ὑμῶν, καὶ καταδικάσητε τὴν κεφαλήν μου τῷ βασιλεῖ.
And Daniel said to Amelsad, whom the chief of the eunuchs had appointed over Daniel, Ananias, Misael, [and] Azarias,
Greek · SeptuagintΚαὶ εἶπε Δανιὴλ πρὸς Ἀμελσὰδ, ὃν κατέστησεν ὁ ἀρχιευνοῦχος ἐπὶ Δανιὴλ, Ἀνανίαν, Μισαὴλ, Ἀζαρίαν,
Prove now thy servants ten days; and let them give us pulse, and let us eat, and let us drink water:
Greek · Septuagintπείρασον δὴ τοὺς παῖδάς σου ἡμέρας δέκα, καὶ δότωσαν ἡμῖν ἀπὸ τῶν σπερμάτων, καὶ φαγώμεθα, καὶ ὕδωρ πιώμεθα,
and let our countenances be seen by thee, and the countenances of the children that eat [at] the king's table; and deal with thy servants according as thou shalt see.
Greek · Septuagintκαὶ ὀφθήτωσαν ἐνώπιόν σου αἱ ἰδέαι ἡμῶν, καὶ αἱ ἰδέαι τῶν παιδαρίων τῶν ἐσθόντων τὴν τράπεζαν τοῦ βασιλέως, καὶ καθὼς ἐὰν ἴδῃς, ποίησον μετὰ τῶν παίδων σου.
And he hearkened to them, and proved them ten days.
Greek · SeptuagintΚαὶ εἰσήκουσεν αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐπείρασεν αὐτοὺς ἡμέρας δέκα.
And at the end of the ten days their countenances appeared fairer and stouter in flesh than the children that fed at the king's table.
Greek · SeptuagintΚαὶ μετὰ τὸ τέλος τῶν δέκα ἡμερῶν, ὡράθησαν αἱ ἰδέαι αὐτῶν ἀγαθαὶ καὶ ἰσχυραὶ ταῖς σαρξὶν ὑπὲρ τὰ παιδάρια τὰ ἔσθοντα τὴν τράπεζαν τοῦ βασιλέως.
So Amelsad took away their supper and the wine of their drink, and gave them pulse.
Greek · SeptuagintΚαὶ ἐγένετο Ἀμελσὰδ ἀναιρούμενος τὸ δεῖπνον αὐτῶν, καὶ τὸν οἶνον τοῦ πόματος αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐδίδου αὐτοῖς σπέρματα.
And [as for] these four children, God gave them understanding and prudence in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.
Greek · SeptuagintΚαὶ τὰ παιδάρια ταῦτα οἱ τέσσαρες αὐτοὶ, ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς ὁ Θεὸς σύνεσιν καὶ φρόνησιν ἐν πάσῃ γραμματικῇ καὶ σοφίᾳ· καὶ Δανιὴλ συνῆκεν ἐν πάσῃ ὁράσει καὶ ἐνυπνίοις.
And at the end of the days, [after] which the king had given orders to bring them in, then the chief of the eunuchs brought them in before Nabuchodonosor.
Greek · SeptuagintΚαὶ μετὰ τὸ τέλος τῶν ἡμερῶν, ὧν εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεὺς εἰσαγαγεῖν αὐτοὺς, καὶ εἰσήγαγεν αὐτοὺς ὁ ἀρχιευνοῦχος ἐναντίον Ναβουχοδονόσορ.
And the king spoke with them; and there were not found out of them all any like Daniel, and Ananias, and Misael, and Azarias: and they stood before the king.
Greek · SeptuagintΚαὶ ἐλάλησε μετʼ αὐτῶν ὁ βασιλεύς· καὶ οὐχ εὑρέθησαν ἐκ πάντων αὐτῶν ὅμοιοι Δανιὴλ, καὶ Ἀνανίᾳ, καὶ Μισαὴλ, καὶ Ἀζαρίᾳ· καὶ ἔστησαν ἐνώπιον τοῦ βασιλέως.
And in every matter of wisdom and knowledge wherein the king questioned them, he found them ten times wiser than all the enchanters and sorcerers that were in all his kingdom.
Greek · SeptuagintΚαὶ ἐν παντὶ ῥήματι σοφίας καὶ ἐπιστήμης ὧν ἐζήτησε παρʼ αὐτῶν ὁ βασιλεύς, εὗρεν αὐτοὺς δεκαπλασίονας παρὰ πάντας τοὺς ἐπαοιδοὺς καὶ τοὺς μάγους τοὺς ὄντας ἐν πάσῃ τῇ βασιλείᾳ αὐτοῦ.