4 Macabeos · Septuaginta inglesa de Brenton
4 Macabeos 2 Septuaginta inglesa de Brenton
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- Square brackets mark words Brenton supplied for English sense.
- Old Testament only (no New Testament). First printed 1844; the 1851 edition added the deuterocanonical books.
1 And what wonder? if the lusts of the soul, after participation with what is beautiful, are frustrated,
1 Is it any wonder? If the lusts of the soul, after participation with what is beautiful, are frustrated,
2 on this ground, therefore, the temperate Joseph is praised in that by reasoning, he subdued, on reflection, the indulgence of sense.
2 on this ground, therefore, the temperate Joseph is praised in that by reasoning, he subdued, on reflection, the indulgence of the senses.
3 For, although young, and ripe for sexual intercourse, he abrogated by reasoning the stimulus of his passions.
3 For, although young, and ripe for sexual intercourse, he nullified by reasoning the stimulus of his emotions.
4 And it is not merely the stimulus of sensual indulgence, but that of every desire, that reasoning is able to master.
4 It isn’t merely the stimulus of sensual indulgence, but that of every desire, that reasoning is able to master.
5 For instance, the law says, Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor anything that belongs to thy neighbour.
5 For instance, the law says, “You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
6 Now, then, since it is the law which has forbidden us to desire, I shall much the more easily persuade you, that reasoning is able to govern our lusts, just as it does the affections which are impediments to justice.
6 Now, then, since it is the law which has forbidden us to desire, I shall much the more easily persuade you, that reasoning is able to govern our lusts, just as it does the affections which are impediments to justice.
7 Since in what way is a solitary eater, and a glutton, and a drunkard reclaimed, unless it be clear that reasoning is lord of the passions?
7 Since in what way is a solitary eater, a glutton, and a drunkard reclaimed, unless it is clear that reasoning is lord of the emotions?
8 A man, therefore, who regulates his course by the law, even if he be a lover of money, straightway puts force upon his own disposition; lending to the needy without interest, and cancelling the debt of the incoming sabbath.
8 Therefore, a man who regulates his course by the law, even if he is a lover of money, immediately puts pressure on his own disposition by lending to the needy without interest, and cancelling the debt on the seventh year.
9 And should a man be parsimonious, he is ruled by the law acting through reasoning; so that he does not glean his harvest crops, nor vintage: and in reference to other points we may perceive that it is reasoning that conquers his passions.
9 If a man is greedy, he is ruled by the law acting through reasoning, so that he doesn’t glean his harvest crops or vintage. In reference to other points we may perceive that it is reasoning that conquers his emotions.
10 For the law conquers even affection toward parents, not surrendering virtue on their account.
10 For the law conquers even affection toward parents, not surrendering virtue on their account.
11 And it prevails over marriage love, condemning it when transgressing law.
11 It prevails over love for one’s wife, rebuking her when she breaks the law.
12 And it lords it over the love of parents toward their children, for they punish them for vice; and it domineers over the intimacy of friends, reproving them when wicked.
12 It lords it over the love of parents toward their children, for they punish them for vice. It domineers over the intimacy of friends, reproving them when wicked.
13 And think it not a strange assertion that reasoning can in behalf of the law conquer even enmity.
13 Don’t think it is a strange assertion that reasoning can on behalf of the law conquer even enmity.
14 It alloweth not to cut down the cultivated herbage of an enemy, but preserveth it from the destroyers, and collecteth their fallen ruins.
14 It doesn’t allow cutting down the fruit trees of an enemy, but preserves them from the destroyers, and collects their fallen ruins.
15 And reasoning appears to be master of the more violent passions, as love of empire and empty boasting, and arrogance, and loud boasting, and slander.
15 Reason appears to be master of the more violent emotions, like love of empire, empty boasting, and slander.
16 For the temperate understanding repels all these malignant passions, as it does wrath: for it masters even this.
16 For the temperate understanding repels all these malignant emotions, as it does wrath; for it masters even this.
17 Thus Moses, when angered against Dathan and Abiram, did nothing to them in wrath, but regulated his anger by reasoning.
17 Thus Moses, when angered against Dathan and Abiram, did nothing to them in wrath, but regulated his anger by reasoning.
18 For the temperate mind is able, as I said, to be superior to the passions, and to transfer some, and destroy others.
18 For the temperate mind is able, as I said, to be superior to the emotions, and to correct some and destroy others.
19 For why, else, does our most wise father Jacob blame Simeon and Levi for having irrationally slain the whole race of the Shechemites, saying, Cursed be their anger.
19 For why else did our most wise father Jacob blame Simeon and Levi for having irrationally slain the whole race of the Shechemites, saying, “Cursed be their anger!”?
20 For if reasoning did not possess the power of subduing angry affections, he would not have spoken thus.
20 For if reasoning didn’t possess the power of subduing angry affections, he would not have said this.
21 For at the time when God created man, He implanted within him his passions and moral nature.
21 For at the time when God created man, he implanted within him his emotions and moral nature.
22 And at that time He enthroned above all the holy leader mind, through the medium of the senses.
22 At that time he enthroned the mind above all as the holy leader, through the medium of the senses.
23 And He gave a law to this [mind], by living according to which it will maintain a temperate, and just, and good, and manly reign.
23 He gave a law to this mind, by living according to which it will maintain a temperate, just, good, and courageous reign.
24 How, then, a man may say, if reasoning be master of the passions, has it no control over forgetfulness and ignorance?
24 How, then, a man may say, if reasoning is master of the emotions, has it no control over forgetfulness and ignorance?