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The third held out tongue and hands undaunted: 'These I had from heaven, and for his laws I despise them, and from him I hope to receive them back.' O noble exchange — members lent for a little, to be received incorruptible!
The fourth: 'It is good, being put to death by men, to wait for hope from God, to be raised by him; for as for thee, there shall be no resurrection unto life.' The fifth: 'Thou hast authority among men, being mortal; do what thou wilt. But think not our nation forsaken by God: abide a little and see his great power, how he will torment thee and thy seed.' The sixth: 'Deceive not thyself vainly; we suffer for our own sins against our God — yet think not thou shalt go unpunished, who fightest against those made godlike by the Word.'
Greek (GCS)
πόνους ταῦτα εἶπε πρὸς τὸν ἀσεβῆ" ,σὺ μᾶλλον, ἀλάστορ, ἐκ τοῦ παρόντος ἡμᾶς ζῆν ἀπολύεις, ὃ 5 δὲ τοῦ κόσμου βασιλεὺς ἀποθανόντας ἡμᾶς ὑπὲρ τῶν αὐτοῦ νόμων εἰς αἰώνιον ἀναβίωσιν ζωῆς ἀναστήσει." XXV. Καὶ ὃ τρίτος δὲ ἐν οὐδενὶ τὰς ἀλγηδόνας τιϑέμενος καὶ διὰ τὴν πρὸς τὸν ϑεὸν ἀγάπην καταπατῶν αὐτὰς ,τὴν γλῶσσαν αἰτηϑεὶς ταχέως προέβαλε καὶ τὰς χεῖρας εὐθαρσῶς προέτεινεν" εἶπε 10 re’ διὰ τοὺς τοῦ ϑεοῦ νόμους ταῦτα καταλιπὼν ἐλπίζω αὐτὰ ἀπὸ ϑεοῦ χομίσασϑαι τοιαῦτα, οἷα ἂν ἀποδῴη ϑεὸς τοῖς τῆς εἰς αὐτὸν εὐσεβείας ἀϑληταῖς. ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ ὃ τέταρτος ἐβασανίζετο τὰς αἰχίας φέρων καὶ λέγων ὅτι: αἱρετὸν μεταλλάσσοντας ἀπ᾿ ἀνϑρώπων τὰς ἀπὸ τοῦ ϑεοῦ 15 προσδοχᾶν ἐλπίδας καὶ ὑπ᾽ αὐτοῦ ἀναστήσεσϑαι" ἀνάστασιν, ἣν οὐκ ἀναστήσεται 6 τύραννος" οὐ γὰρ „els ζωὴν" ἀλλὰ εἰς ὀνειδισμὸν καὶ εἰς αἰσχύνην αἰώνιον ἀναστήσεται. ἑξῆς τὸν πέμπτον ἠχίσατο, ὃς ἐνιδὼν τῷ ᾿Αντιόχῳ ὠνείδισεν αὐτῷ τὸ φϑαρτὸν μὴ κολούων αὐτοῦ τὴν ὑπερηφανίαν, νομίζοντος 20 μεγάλην εἶναι ἐξουσίαν τὴν ἐν ὀλίγαις ἡμέραις τυραννίδα. ἔφασκε δὲ καὶ ἐν τούτοις ὧν τὸ ἔϑνος μὴ ,χαταλελεῖφϑαι" ὑπὸ ϑεοῦ τοῖ ὅσον οὐδέπω τὸν ᾿Αντίοχον ,καὶ τὸ σπέρμα" αὐτοῦ βασανίσοντος. μετὰ τοῦτον ὁ ἕχτος πρὸς τῷ ἀποϑνήσχειν γενόμενος «μὴ πλα- vo“, εἶπεν. ἡμεῖς ὑπὲρ ἡμετέρων ἁμαρτημάτων δίκας τίνοντες, ἵν 25 ἐν τοῖς πόνοις καϑαρισϑῶμεν, ἑκουσίως „radra πάσχομεν". ἔλεγέ τε αὐτῷ, ὡὑς ἄρα οὐ χρὴ νομίζειν αὐτὸν ἀϑῷον ἔσεσϑαι | ,ϑεομαχεῖν" ἐπι- χειροῦντα- ϑεομάχος γὰρ ὃ τοῖς ἀπὸ τοῦ λόγου ϑεοποιηϑεῖσι μα- χόμενος. ΧΧΥ͂Ι. Τελευταῖον δὲ τὸν νεώτερον ὃ ᾿Αντίοχος εἰς χεῖρας λαβὼν ϑεοποιηϑεῖσι vermutet Wettstein (p. 187 am Rand) ohne Grund ϑεοπειϑέσι | 29 ὃ καὶ πεισϑεὶς καὶ τοῦτον εἶναι ἀδελφὸν τῶν ἐν οὐδενὶ τὰς τηλικαύτας ἀλγηδόνας ϑεμένων καὶ τὴν αὐτὴν ἔχειν ἐχείνοις προαίρεσιν ἀλλαις ἐφόδοις ἐχρῆτο, νομίζων αὐτὸν παρακλήσεσι πεισϑήσεσϑαι καὶ ταῖς di’ ὅρκων πιστώσεσι περὶ τοῦ πλούσιον αὐτὸν ποιήσειν καὶ „uaxa- ριστὸν“ ,μεταϑέμενόν τε