Comparison
2 Maccabees 13
Douay-Rheims, Vulgata Clementina and Septuagint (Sixtine edition, 1587), verse by verse.
| Douay-Rheims | Vulgata Clementina | Septuagint (Sixtine edition, 1587) | |
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| 1 | In the year one hundred and forty-nine, Judas understood that Antiochus Eupator was coming with a multitude against Judea, | Anno centesimo quadragesimo nono, cognovit Iudas Antiochum Eupatorem venire cum multitudine adversus Iudaeam, | Τῷ δὲ ἐννάτῳ καὶ τεσσαρακοστῷ καὶ ἑκατοστῷ ἔτει προσέπεσε τοῖς περὶ τὸν Ἰούδαν, Ἀντίοχον τὸν Εὐπάτορα παραγενέσθαι σὺν πλήθεσιν ἐπὶ τὴν Ἰουδαίαν, |
| 2 | And with him Lysias the regent, who had charge over the affairs of the realm, having with him a hundred and ten thousand footmen, five thousand horsemen, twenty-two elephants, and three hundred chariots armed with hooks. | et cum eo Lysiam procuratorem et praepositum negotiorum, secum habentem peditum centum decem millia, et equitum quinque millia, et elephantos viginti duos, currus cum falcibus trecentos. | καὶ σὺν αὐτῷ Λυσίαν τὸν ἐπίτροπον καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν πραγμάτων, ἕκαστον ἔχοντα δύναμιν Ἑλληνικὴν πεζῶν μυριάδας ἕνδεκα, καὶ ἱππεῖς πεντακισχιλίους τριακοσίους, καὶ ἐλέφαντας εἰκοσιδύο, ἅρματα δὲ δρεπανηφόρα τριακόσια. |
| 3 | Menelaus also joined himself with them: and with great deceitfulness besought Antiochus, not for the welfare of his country, but in hopes that he should be appointed chief ruler. | Commiscuit autem se illis et Menelaus: et cum multa fallacia deprecabatur Antiochum, non pro patriae salute, sed sperans se constitui in principatum. | Καὶ Μενέλαος δὲ συνέμιξεν αὐτοῖς, καὶ παρεκάλει μετὰ πολλῆς εἰρωνείας τὸν Ἀντίοχον, οὐκ ἐπὶ σωτηρίᾳ τῆς πατρίδος, οἰόμενος δὲ ἐπὶ τῆς ἀρχῆς κατασταθήσεσθαι. |
| 4 | But the King of kings stirred up the mind of Antiochus against the sinner, and upon Lysias suggesting that he was the cause of all the evils, he commanded (as the custom is with them) that he should be apprehended and put to death in the same place. | Sed Rex regum suscitavit animos Antiochi in peccatorem: et suggerente Lysia hunc esse causam omnium malorum, iussit (ut eis est consuetudo) apprehensum in eodem loco necari. | Ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς τῶν βασιλέων ἐξήγειρε τὸν θυμὸν τοῦ Ἀντιόχου ἐπὶ τὸν ἀλιτήριον, καὶ Λυσίου ὑποδείξαντος τοῦτον αἴτιον εἶναι πάντων τῶν κακῶν, προσέταξεν, ὡς ἔθος ἐστὶν ἐν τῷ τόπῳ, προσαπολέσαι ἀγαγόντας αὐτὸν εἰς Βέροιαν. |
| 5 | Now there was in that place a tower fifty cubits high, having a heap of ashes on every side: this had a prospect steep down. | Erat autem in eodem loco turris quinquaginta cubitorum, aggestum undique habens cineris: haec prospectum habebat in praeceps. | Ἔστι δὲ ἐν τῷ τόπῳ πύργος πεντήκοντα πηχῶν πλήρης σποδοῦ οὗτος δὲ ὄργανον εἶχε περιφερὲς πάντοθεν ἀπόκρημνον εἰς τὴν σποδόν. |
| 6 | From thence he commanded the sacrilegious wretch to be thrown down into the ashes, all men thrusting him forward unto death. | Inde in cinerem deiici iussit sacrilegum, omnibus eum propellentibus ad interitum. | Ἐνταῦθα τὸν ἱεροσυλίας ἔνοχον ὄντα, ἢ καί τινων ἄλλων κακῶν ὑπεροχὴν πεποιημένον, ἅπαντες προσωθοῦσιν εἰς ὄλεθρον. |
| 7 | And by such a law it happened that Menelaus the transgressor of the law was put to death: not having so much as burial in the earth. | Et tali lege praevaricatorem legis contigit mori, nec terrae dari Menelaum. | Τοιούτῳ μόρῳ τὸν παράνομον συνέβη θανεῖν, μηδὲ τῆς γῆς τυχόντα Μενέλαον· |
| 8 | And indeed very justly, for insomuch as he had committed many sins against the altar of God, the fire and ashes of which were holy: he was condemned to die in ashes. | Et quidem satis iuste: nam quia multa erga aram Dei delicta commisit, cuius ignis et cinis erat sanctus: ipse in cineris morte damnatus est. | πάνυ δικαίως. Ἐπεὶ γὰρ συνετελέσατο πολλὰ περὶ τὸν βωμὸν ἁμαρτήματα, οὗ τὸ πῦρ ἁγνὸν ἦν καὶ ἡ σποδὸς, ἐν σποδῷ τὸν θάνατον ἐκομισατο. |
| 9 | But the king, with his mind full of rage, came on to shew himself worse to the Jews than his father was. | Sed rex mente effrenatus veniebat, nequiorem se patre suo Iudaeis ostensurus. | Τοῖς δὲ φρονήμασιν ὁ βασιλεὺς βεβαρβαρωμένος ἤρχετο, τὰ χείριστα τῶν ἐπὶ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ γεγονότων ἐνδειξόμενος τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις. |
| 10 | Which, when Judas understood, he commanded the people to call upon the Lord day and night, that as he had always done, so now also he would help them: | Quibus Iudas cognitis, praecepit populo ut die ac nocte Dominum invocarent, quo, sicut semper, et nunc adiuvaret eos, | Μεταλαβὼν δὲ Ἰούδας ταῦτα, παρήγγειλε τῷ πλήθει διʼ ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτὸς ἐπικαλεῖσθαι τὸν Κύριον, εἴποτε ἄλλοτε, καὶ νῦν ἐπιβοηθεῖν τοῖς τοῦ νόμου καὶ πατρίδος καὶ ἱεροῦ ἁγίου στερεῖσθαι μέλλουσι, |
| 11 | Because they were afraid to be deprived of the law, and of their country, and of the holy temple: and that he would not suffer the people, that had of late taken breath for a little while, to be again in subjection to blasphemous nations. | quippe qui lege, et patria, sanctoque templo privari vererentur: ac populum, qui nuper paululum respirasset, ne sineret blasphemis rursus nationibus subdi. | καὶ τὸν ἄρτι βραχέως ἀνεψυχότα λαὸν μὴ ἐᾶσαι τοῖς δυσφήμοις ἔθνεσιν ὑποχειρίους γενέσθαι. |
| 12 | So when they had all done this together, and had craved mercy of the Lord with weeping and fasting, lying prostrate on the ground for three days continually, Judas exhorted them to make themselves ready. | Omnibus itaque simul id facientibus, et petentibus a Domino misericordiam cum fletu et ieiuniis, per triduum continuum prostratis, hortatus est eos Iudas ut se praepararent. | Πάντων δὲ τὸ αὐτὸ ποιησάντων ὁμοῦ καὶ καταξιωσάντων τὸν ἐλεήμονα Κύριον μετὰ κλαυθμοῦ καὶ νηστειῶν καὶ προπτώσεως ἐφʼ ἡμέρας τρεῖς ἀδιαλείπτως, παρακαλέσας αὐτοὺς ὁ Ἰούδας ἐκέλευσε παραγίνεσθαι. |
| 13 | But he with the ancients determined, before the king should bring his army into Judea, and make himself master of the city, to go out, and to commit the event of the thing to the judgment of the Lord. | Ipse vero cum senioribus cogitavit priusquam rex admoveret exercitum ad Iudaeam et obtineret civitatem, exire, et Domini iudicio committere exitum rei. | Καθʼ ἑαυτὸν δὲ σὺν τοῖς πρεσβυτέροις γενόμενος, ἐβουλεύσατο πρὶν εἰσβαλεῖν τοῦ βασιλέως τὸ στράτευμα εἰς τὴν Ἰουδαίαν, καὶ γενέσθαι τῆς πόλεως ἐγκρατεῖς, ἐξελθόντας κρῖναι τὰ πράγματα τῇ τοῦ Κυρίου βοηθείᾳ. |
| 14 | So committing all to God, the creator of the world, and having exhorted his people to fight manfully, and to stand up even to death for the laws, the temple, the city, their country, and citizens: he placed his army about Modin. | Dans itaque potestatem omnium Deo mundi creatori, et exhortatus suos ut fortiter dimicarent, et usque ad mortem pro legibus, templo, civitate, patria, et civibus starent, circa Modin exercitum constituit. | Δοὺς δὲ τὴν ἐπιτροπὴν τῷ κτίστῃ τοῦ κόσμου, παρακαλέσας τοὺς σὺν αὐτῷ γενναίως ἀγωνίσασθαι μέχρι θανάτου περὶ νόμων, περὶ ἱεροῦ, πόλεως, πατρίδος, πολιτείας, ἐποιήσατο περὶ Μωδεῒν τὴν στρατοπεδείαν. |
| 15 | And having given his company for a watchword, The victory of God, with most valiant chosen young men, he set upon the king’s quarter by night, and slew four thousand men in the camp, and the greatest of the elephants, with them that had been upon him, | Et dato signo suis Dei victoriae, iuvenibus fortissimis electis nocte aggressus aulam regiam, in castris interfecit viros quatuor millia, et maximum elephantorum cum his qui superpositi fuerant: | Δοὺς δὲ τοῖς περὶ αὐτὸν σύνθημα Θεοῦ νίκης, μετὰ νεανίσκων ἀρίστων κεκριμένων ἐπιβαλὼν νύκτωρ ἐπὶ τὴν βασιλικὴν αὐλὴν, ἐν τῇ παρεμβολῇ ἀνεῖλεν εἰς ἄνδρας τετρακισχιλίους, καὶ τὸν πρωτεύοντα τῶν ἐλεφάντων σὺν τῷ κατʼ οἰκίαν ὄχλῳ συνέθηκε, |
| 16 | And having filled the camp of the enemies with exceeding greet fear and tumult, they went off with good success. | summoque metu ac perturbatione hostium castra replentes, rebus prospere gestis, abierunt. | καὶ τὸ τέλος τὴν παρεμβολὴν δέους καὶ ταραχῆς ἐπλήρωσαν, καὶ ἐξέλυσαν εὑημεροῦντες. |
| 17 | Now this was done at the break of day, by the protection and help of the Lord. | Hoc autem factum est die illucescente, adiuvante eum Domini protectione. | Ὑποφαινούσης δὲ ἤδη τῆς ἡμέρας τοῦτʼ ἐγεγόνει, διὰ τὴν ἐπαρήγουσαν αὐτῷ τοῦ Κυρίου σκέπην. |
| 18 | But the king having taken a taste of the hardiness of the Jews, attempted to take the strong places by policy: | Sed rex, accepto gustu audaciae Iudaeorum, arte difficultatem locorum tentabat: | Ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς εἰληφὼς γεῦσιν τῆς τῶν Ἰουδαίων εὐτολμίας, κατεπείρασε διὰ μεθόδων τοὺς τόπους. |
| 19 | And he marched with his army to Bethsura, which was a strong hold of the Jews: but he was repulsed, he failed, he rest his men. | et Bethsurae, quae erat Iudaeorum praesidium munitum, castra admovebat: sed fugabatur, impingebat, minorabatur. | Καὶ ἐπὶ Βαιθσούρᾳ φρούριον ὀχυρὸν τῶν Ἰουδαίων προσῆγεν· καὶ ἐτροποῦτο, προσέκρουεν, ἠλαττονοῦτο. |
| 20 | Now Judas sent necessaries to them that were within. | His autem qui intus erant, Iudas necessaria mittebat. | Τοῖς δὲ ἔνδον Ἰούδας τὰ δέοντα εἰσέπεμψε. |
| 21 | But Rhodocus, one of the Jews’ army, disclosed the secrets to the enemies, so he was sought out, and taken up, and put in prison. | Enuntiavit autem mysteria hostibus Rhodocus quidam de iudaico exercitu, qui requisitus comprehensus est, et conclusus. | Προσήγγειλε δὲ τὰ μυστήρια τοῖς πολεμίοις Ῥόδοκος ἐκ τῆς Ἰουδαϊκῆς τάξεως· ἀνεζητήθη δὲ, καὶ κατελήφθη, καὶ κατεκλείσθη. |
| 22 | Again the king treated with them that were in Bethsura: gave his right hand: took theirs: and went away. | Iterum rex sermonem habuit ad eos qui erant in Bethsuris: dextram dedit, accepit, abiit: | Ἐδευτερολόγησεν ὁ βασιλεὺς τοῖς ἐν Βαιθσούρᾳ δεξιὰν ἔδωκεν, ἔλαβεν, ἀπῄει, προσέβαλε τοῖς περὶ τὸν Ἰούδαν, ἥττων ἐγένετο, |
| 23 | He fought with Jucias: and was overcome. And when he understood that Philip, who had been left over the affairs, had rebelled at Antioch, he was in a consternation of mind, and entreating the Jews, and yielding to them, he swore to all things that seemed reasonable, and, being reconciled, offered sacrifices, honoured the temple, and left gifts. | commisit cum Iuda, superatus est. Ut autem cognovit rebellasse Philippum Antiochiae, qui relictus erat super negotia, mente consternatus, Iudaeos deprecans, subditusque eis, iurat de omnibus quibus iustum visum est: et reconciliatus obtulit sacrificium, honoravit templum, et munera posuit. | μετέλαβεν ἀπονενοῆσθαι τὸν Φίλιππον ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ τὸν ἀπολελειμμένον ἐπὶ τῶν πραγμάτων, συνεχύθη· τοὺς Ἰουδαίους παρεκάλεσεν, ὑπετάγη, καὶ ὤμοσεν ἐπὶ πᾶσι τοῖς δικαίοις· συνελύθη καὶ θυσίαν προσήγαγεν, ἐτίμησε τὸν νεὼν, καὶ τὸν τόπον ἐφιλανθρώπησε, |
| 24 | He embraced Machabeus, and made him governor and prince from Ptolemais unto the Cerrenians. | Machabaeum amplexatus est, et fecit eum a Ptolemaide usque ad Gerrenos ducem et principem. | καὶ τὸν Μακκαβαῖον ἀπεδέξατο· κατέλιπε στρατηγὸν ἀπὸ Πτολεμαΐδος ἕως τῶν Γεῤῥηνῶν ἡγεμονίδην, |
| 25 | But when he was come to Ptolemais, the men of that city were much displeased with the conditions of the peace, being angry for fear they should break the covenant. | Ut autem venit Ptolemaidam, graviter ferebant Ptolemenses amicitiae conventionem, indignantes ne forte foedus irrumperent. | ἦλθεν εἰς Πτολεμαΐδα· ἐδυσφόρουν περὶ τῶν συνθηκῶν οἱ Πτολεμαεῖς, ἐδείναζον γὰρ ὑπὲρ ὧν ἠθέλησαν ἀθετεῖν τὰς διαστάλσεις. |
| 26 | Then Lysias went up to the judgment seat, and set forth the reason, and appeased the people, and returned to Antioch: and thus matters went with regard to the king’s coming and his return. | Tunc ascendit Lysias tribunal, et exposuit rationem, et populum sedavit, regressusque est Antiochiam: et hoc modo regis profectio et reditus processit. | Προσῆλθεν ἐπὶ τὸ βῆμα Λυσίας, ἀπελογήσατο ἐνδεχομένως, συνέπεισε, κατεπρᾴυνεν, εὐμενεῖς ἐποίησεν, ἀνέζευξεν εἰς Ἀντιόχειαν· οὕτω τὰ τοῦ βασιλέως τῆς ἐφόδου καὶ τῆς ἀναζυγῆς ἐχώρησε. |
