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: | The Septuagint in English (Brenton) |
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Παρακαλῶ οὖν τοὺς ἐντυγχάνοντας τῇδε τῇ βίβλῳ μὴ συστέλλεσθαι διὰ τὰς συμφοράς, λογίζεσθαι δὲ τὰς τιμωρίας μὴ πρὸς ὄλεθρον, ἀλλὰ πρὸς παιδείαν τοῦ γένους ἡμῶν εἶναι· | The LORD punishes & shows mercy. 2Mace.6.12-17The LORD punishes & shows mercy. 2Mace.6.12-17 | Now I urge those who read this book not to be depressed by such calamities, but to recognize that these punishments were designed not to destroy but to discipline our people. |
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καὶ γὰρ τὸ μὴ πολὺν χρόνον ἐᾶσθαι τοὺς δυσσεβοῦντας, ἀλλ' εὐθέως περιπίπτειν ἐπιτίμοις, μεγάλης εὐεργεσίας σημεῖόν ἐστιν. | | In fact, not to let the impious alone for long, but to punish them immediately, is a sign of great kindness. |
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οὐ γὰρ καθάπερ καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἐθνῶν ἀναμένει μακροθυμῶν ὁ δεσπότης μέχρι τοῦ καταντήσαντας αὐτοὺς πρὸς ἐκπλήρωσιν ἁμαρτιῶν κολάσαι, οὕτως καὶ ἐφ' ἡμῶν ἔκρινεν εἶναι, | | For in the case of the other nations the Lord waits patiently to punish them until they have reached the full measure of their sins; but he does not deal in this way with us, |
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ἵνα μὴ πρὸς τέλος ἀφικομένων ἡμῶν τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ὕστερον ἡμᾶς ἐκδικᾷ. | | in order that he may not take vengeance on us afterward when our sins have reached their height. |
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διόπερ οὐδέποτε μὲν τὸν ἔλεον ἀφ' ἡμῶν ἀφίστησιν, παιδεύων δὲ μετὰ συμφορᾶς οὐκ ἐγκαταλείπει τὸν ἑαυτοῦ λαόν. | | Therefore he never withdraws his mercy from us. Though he disciplines us with calamities, he does not forsake his own people. |
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πλὴν ἕως ὑπομνήσεως ταῦθ ἡμῖν εἰρήσθω· δι' ὀλίγων δ' ἐλευστέον ἐπὶ τὴν διήγησιν. | | Let what we have said serve as a reminder; we must go on briefly with the story. |
