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4 Maccabees 9 Greek original · 32 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss
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9:1
τί μέλλεις ὦ τύραννε ἕτοιμοι γάρ ἐσμεν ἀποθνῄσκειν ἢ παραβαίνειν τὰς πατρίους ἡμῶν ἐντολάς
Why delay you, O tyrant? for we are readier to die than to transgress the injunctions of our fathers.
「暴君啊，你還遲延甚麼？我們寧願赴死，也不違揹我們祖宗的誡命。
9:2
αἰσχυνόμεθα γὰρ τοὺς προγόνους ἡμῶν εἰκότως εἰ μὴ τῇ τοῦ νόμου εὐπειθείᾳ καὶ συμβούλῳ Μωυσεῖ χρησαίμεθα
And we should be disgracing our fathers if we did not obey the law, and take knowledge for our guide.
因為我們若不順從律法、不以摩西為我們的導師，就理當愧對我們的列祖。
9:3
σύμβουλε τύραννε παρανομίας μὴ ἡμᾶς μισῶν ὑπὲρ αὐτοὺς ἡμᾶς ἐλέα
O tyrant, counsellor of law-breaking, do not, hating us as you do, pity us more than we pity ourselves.
暴君啊，你這教唆人違法的人，不要假裝憐憫我們而其實恨惡我們，竟比我們更憐惜我們自己。
9:4
χαλεπώτερον γὰρ αὐτοῦ τοῦ θανάτου νομίζομεν εἶναί σου τὸν ἐπὶ τῇ παρανόμῳ σωτηρίᾳ ἡμῶν ἔλεον
For we account escape to be worse than death.
因為我們認為，你那要藉違法來保全我們性命的憐憫，比死亡本身更為可怕。
9:5
ἐκφοβεῖς δὲ ἡμᾶς τὸν διὰ τῶν βασάνων θάνατον ἡμῖν ἀπειλῶν ὥσπερ οὐχὶ πρὸ βραχέως παρ’ Ελεαζαρου μαθών
And you think to scare us, by threatening us with death by tortures, as though you had learned nothing by the death of Eleazar.
你以酷刑致死的威嚇來恐嚇我們，彷彿你從以利亞撒不久前的死，甚麼也沒有學到。
9:6
εἰ δ’ οἱ γέροντες τῶν Εβραίων διὰ τὴν εὐσέβειαν καὶ βασανισμοὺς ὑπομείναντες εὐσέβησαν ἀποθάνοιμεν ἂν δικαιότερον ἡμεῖς οἱ νέοι τὰς βασάνους τῶν σῶν ἀναγκῶν ὑπεριδόντες ἃς καὶ ὁ παιδευτὴς ἡμῶν γέρων ἐνίκησεν
But if aged men of the Hebrews have died in the cause of religion after enduring torture, more rightly should we younger men die, scorning your cruel tortures, which our aged instructor overcame.
既然希伯來的老人尚且為敬虔忍受拷打而至死敬虔，我們這些年輕人就更當公義地藐視你那殘酷的刑罰而死，這刑罰連我們年邁的師傅都已勝過了。
9:7
πείραζε τοιγαροῦν τύραννε καὶ τὰς ἡμῶν ψυχὰς εἰ θανατώσεις διὰ τὴν εὐσέβειαν μὴ νομίσῃς ἡμᾶς βλάπτειν βασανίζων
Make the attempt, then, O tyrant; and if you put us to death for our religion, think not that you harm us by torturing us.
所以暴君啊，你儘管試煉我們的魂吧。你若為著敬虔置我們於死地，不要以為你拷打我們就能傷害我們。
9:8
ἡμεῖς μὲν γὰρ διὰ τῆσδε τῆς κακοπαθείας καὶ ὑπομονῆς τὰ τῆς ἀρετῆς ἆθλα ἕξομεν καὶ ἐσόμεθα παρὰ θεῷ δῑ ὃν καὶ πάσχομεν
For we through this ill-treatment and endurance shall bear off the rewards of virtue.
因為我們藉著這苦難與堅忍，必得著美德的賞賜，且要因我們所為之受苦的那位，得以與神同在。
9:9
σὺ δὲ διὰ τὴν ἡμῶν μιαιφονίαν αὐτάρκη καρτερήσεις ὑπὸ τῆς θείας δίκης αἰώνιον βάσανον διὰ πυρός
But you, for the wicked and despotic slaughter of us, shall, from the Divine vengeance, endure eternal torture by fire.
但你因殺戮我們的罪惡，必從神聖的公義承受那夠你受的、藉著火而來的永遠酷刑。」
9:10
ταῦτα αὐτῶν εἰπόντων οὐ μόνον ὡς κατὰ ἀπειθούντων ἐχαλέπαινεν ὁ τύραννος ἀλλὰ καὶ ὡς κατὰ ἀχαρίστων ὠργίσθη
When they had thus spoken, the tyrant was not only exasperated against them as being refractory, but enraged with them as being ungrateful.
他們這樣說了，暴君不僅因他們悖逆而惱怒，更因他們忘恩而震怒。
9:11
ὅθεν τὸν πρεσβύτατον αὐτῶν κελευσθέντες παρῆγον οἱ ὑπασπισταὶ καὶ διαρρήξαντες τὸν χιτῶνα διέδησαν τὰς χεῖρας αὐτοῦ καὶ τοὺς βραχίονας ἱμᾶσιν ἑκατέρωθεν
So that, at his bidding, the torturers brought forth the oldest of them, and tearing through his tunic, bound his hands and arms on each side with thongs.
於是衛兵奉命把他們中間最年長的帶出來，撕開他的內袍，從兩邊用皮帶捆綁他的手和臂膀。
9:12
ὡς δὲ τύπτοντες ταῖς μάστιξιν ἐκοπίασαν μηδὲν ἀνύοντες ἀνέβαλον αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τὸν τροχόν
And when they had laboured hard without effect in scourging him, they hurled him upon the wheel.
當他們鞭打他直到精疲力竭仍無所成時，就把他扔在刑輪上。
9:13
περὶ ὃν κατατεινόμενος ὁ εὐγενὴς νεανίας ἔξαρθρος ἐγίνετο
And the noble youth, extended upon this, became dislocated.
這高尚的少年被綁在輪上拉伸，以致全身脫臼。
9:14
καὶ κατὰ πᾶν μέλος κλώμενος ἐκακηγόρει λέγων
And with every member disjointed, he exclaimed in expostulation,
他四肢盡都折斷，仍出言斥責，說：
9:15
τύραννε μιαρώτατε καὶ τῆς οὐρανίου δίκης ἐχθρὲ καὶ ὠμόφρων οὐκ ἀνδροφονήσαντά με τοῦτον καταικίζεις τὸν τρόπον οὐδὲ ἀσεβήσαντα ἀλλὰ θείου νόμου προασπίζοντα
O most accursed tyrant, and enemy of heavenly justice, and cruel-hearted, I am no murderer, nor sacrilegious man, whom you thus ill-usest; but a defender of the Divine law.
「你這最可憎的暴君，天上公義的仇敵，殘忍狠毒的人哪！你這樣凌虐我，我既非殺人犯，也非褻瀆者，乃是神聖律法的捍衛者。」
9:16
καὶ τῶν δορυφόρων λεγόντων ὁμολόγησον φαγεῖν ὅπως ἀπαλλαγῇς τῶν βασάνων
And when the spearmen said, Consent to eat, that you may be released from your tortures,—
衛兵們說：「你只要答應喫，就可從酷刑中得釋放。」
9:17
ὁ δὲ εἶπεν οὐχ οὕτως ἰσχυρὸς ὑμῶν ἐστιν ὁ τροχός ὦ μιαροὶ διάκονοι ὥστε μου τὸν λογισμὸν ἄγξαι τέμνετέ μου τὰ μέλη καὶ πυροῦτέ μου τὰς σάρκας καὶ στρεβλοῦτε τὰ ἄρθρα
he answered, Not so powerful, O accursed ministers, is your wheel, as to stifle my reasoning; cut my limbs, and burn my flesh, and twist my joints.
他卻說：「你們這些可憎的差役，你們的刑輪還不夠強，不足以扼殺我的理性。你們儘管割我的肢體、燒我的肉、扭我的關節吧。
9:18
διὰ πασῶν γὰρ ὑμᾶς πείσω τῶν βασάνων ὅτι μόνοι παῖδες Εβραίων ὑπὲρ ἀρετῆς εἰσιν ἀνίκητοι
For through all my torments I will convince you that the children of the Hebrews are alone unconquered in behalf of virtue.
因為我要藉著一切的酷刑，使你們深信：惟有希伯來的子孫，為著美德是不可征服的。」
9:19
ταῦτα λέγοντι ὑπέστρωσαν πῦρ καὶ τὸ διερεθίζον τὸν τροχὸν προσεπικατέτεινον
While he was saying this, they heaped up fuel, and setting fire to it, strained him upon the wheel still more.
他說這話時，他們在他下面堆起火，把刑輪轉得更緊，越發激化他的痛苦。
9:20
ἐμολύνετο δὲ πάντοθεν αἵματι ὁ τροχός καὶ ὁ σωρὸς τῆς ἀνθρακιᾶς τοῖς τῶν ἰχώρων ἐσβέννυτο σταλαγμοῖς καὶ περὶ τοὺς ἄξονας τοῦ ὀργάνου περιέρρεον αἱ σάρκες
And the wheel was defiled all over with blood, and the hot ashes were quenched by the droppings of gore, and pieces of flesh were scattered about the axles of the machine.
刑輪四處被血染污，那一堆炭火被膿血的滴落所澆熄，碎肉也散落在器械的軸上四圍。
9:21
καὶ περιτετμημένον ἤδη ἔχων τὸ τῶν ὀστέων πῆγμα ὁ μεγαλόφρων καὶ Αβραμιαῖος νεανίας οὐκ ἐστέναξεν
And although the framework of his bones was now destroyed the high-minded and Abrahamic youth did not groan.
這位高尚的、有亞伯拉罕之風的少年，雖然骨架已被肢解殆盡，卻不曾呻吟。
9:22
ἀλλ’ ὥσπερ ἐν πυρὶ μετασχηματιζόμενος εἰς ἀφθαρσίαν ὑπέμεινεν εὐγενῶς τὰς στρέβλας
But, as though transformed by fire into immortality, he nobly endured the rackings, saying
他反倒彷彿在火中被變化成不朽，高尚地忍受著那拷打，說：
9:23
μιμήσασθέ με ἀδελφοί λέγων μή μου τὸν ἀγῶνα λειποτακτήσητε μηδὲ ἐξομόσησθέ μου τὴν τῆς εὐψυχίας ἀδελφότητα
Imitate me, O kindred, nor ever desert your station, nor abjure my brotherhood in courage: fight the holy and honorable fight of religion;
「我的弟兄們哪，效法我吧！不要從我這場爭戰中擅離崗位，也不要否認我們在勇毅上結成的弟兄情誼。
9:24
ἱερὰν καὶ εὐγενῆ στρατείαν στρατεύσασθε περὶ τῆς εὐσεβείας δῑ ἧς ἵλεως ἡ δικαία καὶ πάτριος ἡμῶν πρόνοια τῷ ἔθνει γενηθεῖσα τιμωρήσειεν τὸν ἀλάστορα τύραννον
by which means our just and paternal Providence, becoming merciful to the nation, will punish the pestilent tyrant.
你們要為敬虔打那神聖高尚的仗；藉此，我們那公義的、屬乎列祖的眷佑必向本民族施恩，懲罰這殘害人的暴君。」
9:25
καὶ ταῦτα εἰπὼν ὁ ἱεροπρεπὴς νεανίας ἀπέρρηξεν τὴν ψυχήν
And saying this, the revered youth abruptly closed his life.
這位莊嚴可敬的少年說完這話，就斷了氣。
9:26
θαυμασάντων δὲ πάντων τὴν καρτεροψυχίαν αὐτοῦ ἦγον οἱ δορυφόροι τὸν καθ’ ἡλικίαν τοῦ προτέρου δεύτερον καὶ σιδηρᾶς ἐναρμοσάμενοι χεῖρας ὀξέσι τοῖς ὄνυξιν ὀργάνῳ καὶ καταπέλτῃ προσέδησαν αὐτόν
And when all admired his courageous soul, the spearmen brought forward him who was second in point of age, and having put on iron hands, bound him with pointed hooks to the catapelt.
眾人正驚異他剛強的魂時，衛兵把年紀僅次於前者的第二個帶上來，戴上鐵爪，用尖利的鉤子把他綁在刑具與彈射機上。
9:27
ὡς δ’ εἰ φαγεῖν βούλοιτο πρὶν βασανίζεσθαι πυνθανόμενοι τὴν εὐγενῆ γνώμην ἤκουσαν
And when, on enquiring whether he would eat before he was tortured, they heard his noble sentiment,
他們問他是否願意在受刑前先喫，聽見了他高尚的回答，
9:28
ἀπὸ τῶν τενόντων ταῖς σιδηραῖς χερσὶν ἐπισπασάμενοι μέχρι τῶν γενείων τὴν σάρκα πᾶσαν καὶ τὴν τῆς κεφαλῆς δορὰν οἱ παρδάλεοι θῆρες ἀπέσυρον ὁ δὲ ταύτην βαρέως τὴν ἀλγηδόνα καρτερῶν ἔλεγεν
after they with the iron hands had violently dragged all the flesh from the neck to the chin, the panther-like beasts tore off the very skin of his head: but he, bearing with firmness this misery, said,
這些豹般的兇徒就用鐵爪從他的頸項到下巴扯下全部的肉，連頭皮也撕去；他卻艱難地忍著這痛苦，說：
9:29
ὡς ἡδὺς πᾶς θανάτου τρόπος διὰ τὴν πάτριον ἡμῶν εὐσέβειαν ἔφη τε πρὸς τὸν τύραννον
How sweet is every form of death for the religion of our fathers! and he said to the tyrant,
「為著我們祖宗的敬虔，各樣的死法都何等甘甜！」他又對暴君說：
9:30
οὐ δοκεῖς πάντων ὠμότατε τύραννε πλέον ἐμοῦ σε βασανίζεσθαι ὁρῶν σου νικώμενον τὸν τῆς τυραννίδος ὑπερήφανον λογισμὸν ὑπὸ τῆς διὰ τὴν εὐσέβειαν ἡμῶν ὑπομονῆς
Thinkest you not, most cruel of all tyrants, that you are now tortured more than I, finding your overweening conception of tyranny conquered by our perseverance in behalf of our religion?
「最殘忍的暴君啊，你豈不覺得，你看見你那暴虐的傲慢理性被我們為敬虔所存的堅忍所勝，比我自己受刑還更難受麼？
9:31
ἐγὼ μὲν γὰρ ταῖς διὰ τὴν ἀρετὴν ἡδοναῖς τὸν πόνον ἐπικουφίζομαι
For I lighten my suffering by the pleasures which are connected with virtue.
因為我藉著與美德相連的喜樂，減輕了我的痛苦；
9:32
σὺ δὲ ἐν ταῖς τῆς ἀσεβείας ἀπειλαῖς βασανίζῃ οὐκ ἐκφεύξῃ δέ μιαρώτατε τύραννε τὰς τῆς θείας ὀργῆς δίκας
But you are tortured with threatenings for impiety; and you shall not escape, most corrupt tyrant, the vengeance of Divine wrath.
你卻在不敬虔的威嚇中受著折磨。最可憎的暴君啊，你絕逃不過神聖忿怒的審判。」
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