4 Macabeos · Septuaginta griega de Brenton
4 Macabeos 12 Septuaginta griega de Brenton
Notas sobre este texto (1)
- Ezra and Nehemiah form one book (2 Esdras) in this edition; the reader shows them as Ezra 1–10 and Nehemiah 1–13.
1 Ὡς δὲ καὶ οὗτος μακαρίως ἐναπέθανεν καταβληθεὶς εἰς λέβητα, ὁ ἕβδομος παρεγίνετο, πάντων νεώτερος.
1 When he, too, had undergone blessed martyrdom, and died in the cauldron into which he had been thrown, the seventh, the youngest of all, came forward,
2 Ὅν κατοικτειρήσας ὁ τύραννος, καίπερ δεινῶς ὑπὸ τῶν ἀδελφῶν αὐτοῦ κακισθεὶς, ὁρῶν ἤση τὰ δεσμὰ περικείμενον,
2 whom the tyrant pitying, though he had been dreadfully reproached by his kindred,
3 πλησιέστερον αὐτὸν μετεπέμψατο, καὶ παρηγορεῖν ἐπειρᾶτο, λέγων,
3 seeing him already encompassed with chains, had him brought nearer, and endeavored to counsel him, saying,
4 Τῆς μὲν τῶν ἀδελφῶν σου ἀπονοίας τὸ τὲλος ὁρᾷς· διὰ γὰρ ἀπείθειαν στρεβλωθέντες τεθνήκασιν, σὺ, εἰ μὲν μὴ πεισθείης, τὰλας βασανισθεὶς καὶ πασανισθεὶς καὶ αὐτὸς τεθνήξῃ πρὸ ὥρας.
4 “You see the end of the madness of your kindred, for they have died in torture through disobedience. You, if disobedient, having been miserably tormented, will yourself perish prematurely.
5 Πεισθείης δὲ φίλος ἔσῃ, καὶ τῶν ἐπὶ τῆς βασιλείας ἀφηγήσῃ πραγμάτων.
5 But if you obey, you will be my friend, and have a charge over the affairs of the kingdom.”
6 Καὶ ταῦτα παρακαλῶν, τὴν μητέρα τοῦ παιδὸς μετεπέμψατο, ὄπως αὐτὴν ἐμεήσαν υἱῶν στερηθῖσαν παρορμήσειεν ἐπὶ τὴν μσωτηρίαν, εὐπειθῆ τὸν περιλειπόμενον.
6 Having thus exhorted him, he sent for the boy’s mother, that, by showing compassion to her for the loss of so many sons, he might incline her, through the hope of safety, to make the survivor obedient.
7 Ὁ δὲ τῆν μητρὸς τῇ Ἐβραΐδι φωνῇ προτρεψαμένης· αὐτὸν (ὡς ἐροῦμεν μετὰ μικρὸν ὕστερον.) ἀπολύσατε με, φησίν·
7 He, after his mother had urged him on in the Hebrew tongue, (as we will soon relate) said,
8 εἴπω τῷ βασιλεῖ καὶ τοῖς σὺν αὐτῷ φίλοις πᾶσιν.
8 “Release me that I may speak to the king and all his friends.”
9 Καὶ ἐπιχαρέντες μάλιστα ἐπὶ τῇ ἐπαγγελίᾳ τοῦ παιδὸς ταχέως ἔλυσαν αὐτόν.
9 They, rejoicing exceedingly at the promise of the youth, quickly let him go.
10 Καὶ σραμὼν ἐπὶ πλησίον τῶν τηγάνων, ἔφη, ἀνόσιε,
10 He, running up to the pans, said,
11 φησὶν, καὶ πάντων τῶν πονηρῶν ἀσεβέστατε τύραννε, οὐκ ᾐδέσθης παρὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ λαβὼν τὰ ἀγαθὰ καὶ τὴν βασιλείαν, τούς θεράποντας αὐτοῦ κατακτεῖναι, καὶ τοὺς τῆς εὐσεβείας στρεβλῶσαι;
11 “Impious tyrant, and most blasphemous man, were you not ashamed, having received prosperity and a kingdom from God, to kill His servants, and to rack the doers of godliness?
12 Ἀνθ ὧ ταμιεύεταί σε ἡ θεια δίκη πυκνοτέρῳ καὶ αἰωνίῳ πυεὶ καὶ βασάνοις, αἳ εἰς ὅλον τὸν αιῶνα οὐκ ἀνήσουσίν σε.
12 Therefore the divine vengeance is reserving you for eternal fire and torments, which will cling to you for all time.
13 Οὐκ ᾐδέσθης ἄνθρωπος ὢν, θηριωδέστατε, τοὺς ὁμοιοπαθεῖς καὶ ἐκ τῶν αὐτῶν γεγονότας στοιξείων γλωττοτομῆσαι, καὶ τοῦτον καταικίσας τὸν τρόπον βασανίσαι;
13 Weren’t you ashamed, man as you are, yet most savage, to cut out the tongues of men of like feeling and origin, and having thus abused to torture them?
14 Ἀλλʼ οἱ μὴν εὐγενῶς ἀποθανόντες ἐπλήρωσαν τὴν εἰν τὸν Θεὸν εὐσέβειαν.
14 But they, bravely dying, fulfilled their religion toward God.
15 Σὺ δὲ κακὸς κακῶς οἰμώξεις, τοὺς τῆς ἀρετῆν ἀγωνιστὰν ἀναιτίως ἀποκτεῖναι.
15 But you will groan as you deserve for having slain without cause the champions of virtue.
16 Ὅθεν καὶ αὐτὸς ἀποθνήσκειν μέλλων, ἔφη,
16 Therefore,” he continued, “I myself, being about to die,
17 οὐκ ἀπαυτομολῶ τῆς τῶν ἀδελφῶν μου μαρτυρίας.
17 will not forsake my kindred.
18 Ἐπικαλοῦμαι δὲ τὸν πατρῷον Θεὸν, ὅπως ἵλεως γένει μου.
18 I call upon the God of my fathers to be merciful to my race.
19 Σὲ δὲ καὶ ἐν τῷ νῦν βίῳ καὶ θανόντα τιμωρήσεται.
19 But you, both living and dead, he will punish.”
20 Καὶ ταῦτα κατευξάμενος, ἐαυτὸν ἔοιψεν κατὰ τῶν τηγάνων· καὶ οὕτως ἀπέδεκεν.
20 Thus having prayed, he hurled himself into the pans; and so expired.