4 Maccabees 10

Old Testament · Brenton Septuagint with Greek parallel

4 Maccabees 10

1Now this one, having endured this praiseworthy death, the third was brought along, and exhorted by many to taste and save his life.Καὶ τούτου τὸν ἀοίδιμον θάνατον καρτερήσαντος, ὁ τρίτος ἤγετο, παρακαλούμενος πολλὰ ὑπὸ πολλῶν ὅπως ἀπογευσάμενος σώζοιτο.

2But he cried out and said, Know you not, that the father of those who are dead, became the father of me also; and that the same mother bare me; and that I was brought up in the same tenets?Ὁ δὲ ἀναβοήσας, ἔφη, ἤ ἀγνοεῖτε, ὅτι αὐτός με τοῖς ἀποθανοῦσιν ἔσπειρεν πατὴρ, καὶ ἡ αὐτὴ μήτηρ ἐγέννεσιν, καὶ ἐπὶ τοῖς αὐτοῖς ἀνετράφην δόγμασιν;

3I abjure not the noble relationship of my brethren.Οὐκ ἐξόμνυμαι τὴν εὐγενῆ τῆς ἀδελφότητος συγγένειαν.

3aΠρὸς ταῦτα εἴ τι ἔχετε κολαστήριον προσαγάγετε τῷ σώματί μου· τῆς γὰρ ψυχῆς μου, οὐδʼ ἂν θέλητε, ἅψασθαι δύνασθε.

4Now then, whatever instrument of vengeance you have, apply it to my body, for you are not able to touch, even if you wish it, my soul.

5But they, highly incensed at his boldness of speech, dislocated his hands and feet with racking engines, and wrenching them from their sockets, dismembered him.Οἱ δὲ πίκρῶς ἐνέγκαντες τὴν παῤῥησίαν τοῦ ἀνδρὸς, ἀρθρεμβόλοις ὀργάνοις τὰς χεῖρας αὐτοῦ καὶ τοὺς πόδας ἐξήρθρουν, καὶ ἐξ ἁρμῶν ἀναμοχλεύοντες ἐξεμέλιζον·

6And they dragged round his fingers, and his arms, and his legs, and his ankles.καὶ τοὺς δακτύλους, καὶ τοὺς βραχίονας, καὶ τὰ σκέλη, καὶ τοὺς ἀγκῶνας περιέλκων.

7And not being able by any means to strangle him, they tore off his skin, together with the extreme tips of his fingers, flayed him, and then haled him to the wheel;Καὶ κατὰ μηδένα τρόπον ἰσχύοντες αὐτὸν ἄγξαι, περισύραντες τὸ δέρμα σὺν ἄκραις ταῖς τῶν δακτύλων κορυφαῖς ἀπεσκύθιζον, καὶ εὐθέως ἦγον ἐπὶ τὸν τροχόν.

8around which his vertebral joints were loosened, and he saw his own flesh torn to shreds, and streams of blood flowing from his entrails.Περὶ ὃν ἐκ σφονδύλων ἐκμελιζόμενος ἑώρα τὰς ἑαυτοῦ σάρκας περιλακιζομένας καὶ κατὰ σπλάγχνων σταγόνας αἵματος ἀποῤῥεούσας.

9And when about to die, he said,Μέλλων δὲ ἀποθνήσκειν,

10We, O accursed tyrant, suffer this for the sake of Divine education and virtue.ἔφη, ἡμεῖς μὲν ὦ μιαιρώτατε τύραννε, διὰ παιδείαν καί ἀρετὴν Θεοῦ ταῦτα πάσχομεν.

11But you, for your impiety and blood shedding, shall endure indissoluble torments.Σὺ δὲ διὰ τὴν ἀσέβειαν καὶ μιαιφονίαν, ἀκαταλύτους καρτερήσεις βασάνους.

12And thus having died worthily of his brethren, they dragged forward the fourth, saying,Καὶ τούτου θανόντος ἀδελφοπρεπῶς, τὸν τέταρτον ἐπεσπῶντο, λέγοντες,

13Do not you share the madness of your brethren: but give regard to the king, and save yourself.Μὴ μανῄς καὶ σὺ τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς σου τὴν αὐτὴν μανίαν· ἀλλὰ πεισθεὶς τῷ βασιλεῖ, σῶζε σεαυτόν.

14But he said to them, You have not a fire so scorching as to make me play the coward.Ὁ δὲ αὐτοῖς ἔφη, οὐχ οὕτως καυστικώτερον ἔχετε κατʼ ἐμοῦ τὸ πῦρ, ὥστε με δειλανδρῆσαι.

15By the blessed death of my brethren, and the eternal punishment of the tyrant, and the glorious life of the pious, I will not repudiate the noble brotherhood.Μὰ τὸν μακάριον τῶν ἀδελφῶν μου θάνατον, καὶ τὸν αἰώνιον τοῦ τυράννου ὄλεθρον, καὶ τὸν ἀοίδιμον τῶν εὐσεβῶν βίον, οὐκ ἀρνήσομαι τὴν εὐγενῆ ἀδελφότητα.

16Invent, O tyrant, tortures; that you may learn, even through them, that I am the brother of those tormented before.Ἐπινόει, τύραννε, βασάνους· ἵνα καὶ διὰ τούτων μάθῃς, ὅτι ἀδελφός εἰμι τῶν προβεβανασισθέντων.

17When he had said this, the blood-thirsty, and murderous, and unhallowed Antiochus ordered his tongue to be cut out.Ταῦτα ἀκούσας ὁ αἱμοβόρος καὶ φονώδης καὶ πανμιαιρώτατος Ἀντίοχος, ἐκέλευσεν τὴν γλῶτταν αὐτοῦ ἐκτεμεῖν.

18But he said, Even if you take away the organ of speech, yet God hears the silent.Ὁ δὲ ἔφη, κᾂν ἀφέλῃς τὸ τῆς φωνῆς ὄργανον, καὶ σιωπώντων ἀκούει ὁ Θεός.

19Behold, my tongue is extended, cut it off; for not for that halt you extirpate our reasoning.Ἰδοὺ κεχάλασται ἡ γλῶσσα· τέμνε· οὐ γὰρ παρὰ τοῦτο τὸν λογισμὸν ἡμῶν γλωσσοτομήσεις.

20Gladly do we lose our limbs in behalf of God.Ἡδέως ὑπὲρ τοῦ Θεοῦ τὰ τοῦ σώματος μέλη ἀκρωτηριαζόμενα.

21But God shall speedly find you, since you cut off the tongue, the instrument of divine melody.Σὲ δὲ ταχέως μετελεύσεται ὁ Θεός· τὴν γὰρ τῶν θείων ὕμνων μελῳδὸν γλῶτταν ἐκτέμνεις.