2 Maccabees 11

Latin original · 38 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss

📖 This chapter exists in 2 other originals — side by side (Septuagint, Apocrypha)

11:1

Sed parvo post tempore, Lysias procurator regis et propinquus, ac negotiorum præpositus, graviter ferens de his quæ acciderant,

Now after a very little time Lysias, the king’s guardian and kinsman and chancellor, being sore displeased for the things that had come to pass,

過了不多時候，王的監護人、又是王親、總理政務的呂西亞，因所發生的事極其惱怒，

11:2

congregatis octoginta millibus, et equitatu universo, veniebat adversus Judæos, existimans se civitatem quidem captam gentibus habitaculum facturum,

collected about fourscore thousand footmen and all his horsemen and came against the Jews, thinking to make the city a place for Greeks to dwell in,

便聚集了約八萬人連同全部馬隊，前來攻打猶大人，打算把這城變為希臘人的住處，

11:3

templum vero in pecuniæ quæstum, sicut cetera delubra gentium, habiturum, et per singulos annos venale sacerdotium :

and to levy tribute on the temple, as on the other sacred places of the nations, and to put up the high priesthood to sale every year;

又要像對待別的外邦廟宇一樣，向聖殿勒索銀錢，並把大祭司之職定為每年買賣之物。

11:4

nusquam recogitans Dei potestatem, sed mente effrenatus in multitudine peditum, et in millibus equitum, et in octoginta elephantis confidebat.

holding in no account the might of God, but puffed up with his ten thousands of footmen, and his thousands of horsemen, and his fourscore elephants.

他全然不顧念神的權能，只仗著他那數萬步兵、數千騎兵和八十頭大象,自鳴得意。

11:5

Ingressus autem Judæam, et appropians Bethsuræ, quæ erat in angusto loco, ab Jerosolyma intervallo quinque stadiorum, illud præsidium expugnabat.

And coming into Judea and drawing near to Bethsuron, which was a strong place and distant from Jerusalem about five leagues, he pressed it hard.

他進入猶大地，逼近伯夙——那是一座堅固的要塞，距耶路撒冷約五斯塔狄翁——就圍攻這地方。

11:6

Ut autem Machabæus et qui cum eo erant cognoverunt expugnari præsidia, cum fletu et lacrimis rogabant Dominum, et omnis turba simul, ut bonum angelum mitteret ad salutem Israël.

But when Maccabaeus and his men learned that he was besieging the strongholds, they and all the people with lamentations and tears made supplication to the Lord to send a good angel to save Israel.

馬加比和跟隨他的人得知呂西亞圍攻堡壘，便與眾人一同哀哭流淚,懇求主差遣良善的天使來拯救以色列。

11:7

Et ipse primus Machabæus, sumptis armis, ceteros adhortatus est simul secum periculum subire, et ferre auxilium fratribus suis.

And Maccabaeus himself took up arms first, and exhorted the others to jeopard themselves together with him and succour their kindred; and they sallied forth with him right willingly.

馬加比自己率先拿起武器，激勵眾人與他一同冒險前去援助弟兄；他們便一同奮勇出發。

11:8

Cumque pariter prompto animo procederent, Jerosolymis apparuit præcedens eos eques in veste candida, armis aureis hastam vibrans.

And as they were there, close to Jerusalem, there appeared at their head one on horseback in white apparel, brandishing weapons of gold.

當他們還在耶路撒冷附近時，有一位身披白衣、揮舞金甲、騎著馬的，顯現出來在他們前頭引路。

11:9

Tunc omnes simul benedixerunt misericordem Dominum, et convaluerunt animis : non solum homines, sed et bestias ferocissimas, et muros ferreos parati penetrare.

And they all together praised the merciful God, and were yet more strengthened in heart: being ready to assail not men only but the wildest beasts, and walls of iron,

於是眾人一同稱頌那滿有憐憫的神，心裡得了力量，預備好不單要刺殺人，連最兇猛的野獸和鐵牆也能攻破。