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4 Maccabees 13

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13:1

εἰ δὲ τοίνυν τῶν μέχρι θανάτου πόνων ὑπερεφρόνησαν οἱ ἑπτὰ ἀδελφοί συνομολογεῖται πανταχόθεν ὅτι αὐτοδέσποτός ἐστιν τῶν παθῶν ὁ εὐσεβὴς λογισμός

If then, the seven kindred despised troubles even to death, it is confessed on all sides that righteous reasoning is absolute master over the passions.

那麼，倘若這七兄弟連那直到死亡的苦難都能藐視，眾人就從各方面承認：敬虔的理性是情慾的全權主宰。

13:2

εἰ γὰρ τοῖς πάθεσι δουλωθέντες ἐμιαροφάγησαν ἐλέγομεν ἂν τούτοις αὐτοὺς νενικῆσθαι

For just as if, had they as slaves to the passions, eaten of the unholy, we should have said that they had been conquered by the;

因為他們若作了情慾的奴隸而喫了不潔之物，我們就要說他們被情慾征服了；

13:3

νυνὶ δὲ οὐχ οὕτως ἀλλὰ τῷ ἐπαινουμένῳ παρὰ θεῷ λογισμῷ περιεγένοντο τῶν παθῶν

now it is not so: but by means of the reasoning which is praised by God, they mastered their passions.

但如今卻不是這樣，他們乃是藉著那蒙神稱許的理性，勝過了情慾。

13:4

ὧν οὐκ ἔστιν παριδεῖν τὴν ἡγεμονίαν τῆς διανοίας ἐπεκράτησαν γὰρ καὶ πάθους καὶ πόνων

And it is impossible to overlook the leadership of reflection: for it gained the victory over both passions and troubles.

我們不能忽視心思的領導地位，因為它勝過了情慾與苦難。

13:5

πῶς οὖν οὐκ ἔστιν τούτοις τὴν τῆς εὐλογιστίας παθοκράτειαν ὁμολογεῖν οἳ τῶν μὲν διὰ πυρὸς ἀλγηδόνων οὐκ ἐπεστράφησαν

How, then, can we avoid according to these men mastery of passion through right reasoning, since they drew not back from the pains of fire?

那麼，我們怎能不承認這些人是藉著正確的理性而駕馭了情慾呢？他們連火的痛苦都不曾退縮。

13:6

καθάπερ γὰρ προβλῆτες λιμένων πύργοι τὰς τῶν κυμάτων ἀπειλὰς ἀνακόπτοντες γαληνὸν παρέχουσι τοῖς εἰσπλέουσι τὸν ὅρμον

For just as by means of towers projecting in front of harbors men break the threatening waves, and thus assure a still course to vessels entering port,

正如港口前突出的塔樓，能擋住那威脅而來的浪濤，使進港的船隻得以平靜停泊；

13:7

οὕτως ἡ ἑπτάπυργος τῶν νεανίσκων εὐλογιστία τὸν τῆς εὐσεβείας ὀχυρώσασα λιμένα τὴν τῶν παθῶν ἐνίκησεν ἀκολασίαν

so that seven-towered right-reasoning of the young men, securing the harbour of religion, conquered the intermperance of passions.

照樣，這些少年人那如七座塔樓般的正確理性，鞏固了敬虔的港灣，勝過了情慾的放縱。

13:8

ἱερὸν γὰρ εὐσεβείας στήσαντες χορὸν παρεθάρσυνον ἀλλήλους λέγοντες

For having arranged a holy choir of piety, they encouraged one another, saying,

因為他們組成了敬虔的聖潔詩班，彼此勉勵說：

13:9

ἀδελφικῶς ἀποθάνωμεν ἀδελφοί περὶ τοῦ νόμου μιμησώμεθα τοὺς τρεῖς τοὺς ἐπὶ τῆς Ἀσσυρίας νεανίσκους οἳ τῆς ἰσοπολίτιδος καμίνου κατεφρόνησαν

Brothers, may we die brotherly for the law. Let us imitate the three young men in Assyria who despised the equally afflicting furnace.

「弟兄們，讓我們以弟兄之情為律法而死。讓我們效法亞述那三個少年，他們藐視了那同樣折磨人的火窯。