# 2 Maccabees · 4 > https://missale.online/biblia/en/2mcc/4 ## Verses [↗](https://missale.online/biblia/en/2mcc/4#text-738a397ca42f89be3041) **Latin** Simon autem prædictus, pecuniarum et patriæ delator, male loquebatur de Onia, tamquam ipse Heliodorum instigasset ad hæc, et ipse fuisset incentor malorum : **English** This passage has not yet been translated. [↗](https://missale.online/biblia/en/2mcc/4#text-a431dc21500084281aad) **Latin** provisoremque civitatis, ac defensorem gentis suæ, et æmulatorem legis Dei, audebat insidiatorem regni dicere. **English** This passage has not yet been translated. [↗](https://missale.online/biblia/en/2mcc/4#text-51d615e65f2b8ce7b8f8) **Latin** Sed cum inimicitiæ in tantum procederent ut etiam per quosdam Simonis necessarios homicidia fierent, **English** This passage has not yet been translated. [↗](https://missale.online/biblia/en/2mcc/4#text-5d4da59ebdbb384b8c9f) **Latin** considerans Onias periculum contentionis, et Apollonium insanire, utpote ducem Cœlesyriæ et Phœnicis, ad augendam malitiam Simonis ad regem se contulit, **English** This passage has not yet been translated. [↗](https://missale.online/biblia/en/2mcc/4#text-c9a99567837d7d8a5257) **Latin** non ut civium accusator, sed communem utilitatem apud semetipsum universæ multitudinis considerans. **English** This passage has not yet been translated. [↗](https://missale.online/biblia/en/2mcc/4#text-db8941e9bfe92ba71d70) **Latin** Videbat enim sine regali providentia impossibile esse pacem rebus dari, nec Simonem posse cessare a stultitia sua. **English** This passage has not yet been translated. [↗](https://missale.online/biblia/en/2mcc/4#text-d18c4bffa042bddf03b6) **Latin** Sed post Seleuci vitæ excessum, cum suscepisset regnum Antiochus, qui Nobilis appellabatur, ambiebat Jason frater Oniæ summum sacerdotium : **English** This passage has not yet been translated. [↗](https://missale.online/biblia/en/2mcc/4#text-280b739fac2695c16a42) **Latin** adito rege, promittens ei argenti talenta trecenta sexaginta, et ex redditibus aliis talenta octoginta, **English** This passage has not yet been translated. [↗](https://missale.online/biblia/en/2mcc/4#text-3dd53cfa29a281509a99) **Latin** super hæc promittebat et alia centum quinquaginta, si potestati ejus concederetur, gymnasium et ephebiam sibi constituere, et eos qui in Jerosolymis erant, Antiochenos scribere. **English** This passage has not yet been translated. [↗](https://missale.online/biblia/en/2mcc/4#text-c297fce5deb3b72375f2) **Latin** Quod cum rex annuisset, et obtinuisset principatum, statim ad gentilem ritum contribules suos transferre cœpit, **English** This passage has not yet been translated. [↗](https://missale.online/biblia/en/2mcc/4#text-44b28169590526f68717) **Latin** et amotis his quæ humanitatis causa Judæis a regibus fuerant constituta per Joannem patrem Eupolemi, qui apud Romanos de amicitia et societate functus est legatione legitima, civium jura destituens, prava instituta sanciebat. **English** This passage has not yet been translated. [↗](https://missale.online/biblia/en/2mcc/4#text-40022955d80a097e447c) **Latin** Etenim ausus est sub ipsa arce gymnasium constituere, et optimos quosque epheborum in lupanaribus ponere. **English** This passage has not yet been translated. [↗](https://missale.online/biblia/en/2mcc/4#text-9cddad593f73adeac016) **Latin** Erat autem hoc non initium, sed incrementum quoddam, et profectus gentilis et alienigenæ conversationis, propter impii et non sacerdotis Jasonis nefarium, et inauditum scelus : **English** This passage has not yet been translated. [↗](https://missale.online/biblia/en/2mcc/4#text-77f0bcf628a6b2c6b32a) **Latin** ita ut sacerdotes jam non circa altaris officia dediti essent, sed contempto templo et sacrificiis neglectis, festinarent participes fieri palæstræ et præbitionis ejus injustæ, et in exercitiis disci. **English** This passage has not yet been translated. [↗](https://missale.online/biblia/en/2mcc/4#text-e93f4ea4f81375c9a221) **Latin** Et patrios quidem honores nihil habentes, græcas glorias optimas arbitrabantur : **English** This passage has not yet been translated. [↗](https://missale.online/biblia/en/2mcc/4#text-ad0dbb7caa8136e57bff) **Latin** quarum gratia periculosa eos contentio habebat, et eorum instituta æmulabantur, ac per omnia his consimiles esse cupiebant, quos hostes et peremptores habuerant. **English** This passage has not yet been translated. [↗](https://missale.online/biblia/en/2mcc/4#text-a344e3eeceed7e93233c) **Latin** In leges enim divinas impie agere impune non cedit : sed hoc tempus sequens declarabit. **English** This passage has not yet been translated. [↗](https://missale.online/biblia/en/2mcc/4#text-292f98d53276b7e92ddb) **Latin** Cum autem quinquennalis agon Tyri celebraretur, et rex præsens esset, **English** This passage has not yet been translated. [↗](https://missale.online/biblia/en/2mcc/4#text-ea8c03b9efa00fc49552) **Latin** misit Jason facinorosus ab Jerosolymis viros peccatores, portantes argenti didrachmas trecentas in sacrificum Herculis : quas postulaverunt hi qui asportaverant ne in sacrificiis erogarentur, quia non oporteret, sed in alios sumptus eas deputari. **English** This passage has not yet been translated. [↗](https://missale.online/biblia/en/2mcc/4#text-0b9188f9827bc9369014) **Latin** Sed hæ oblatæ sunt quidem ab eo qui miserat in sacrificium Herculis : propter præsentes autem datæ sunt in fabricam navium triremium. **English** This passage has not yet been translated. [↗](https://missale.online/biblia/en/2mcc/4#text-4a377fb8b3ab2ddc2997) **Latin** Misso autem in Ægyptum Apollonio Mnesthei filio propter primates Ptolemæi Philometoris regis, cum cognovisset Antiochus alienum se a negotiis regni effectum, propriis utilitatibus consulens, profectus inde venit Joppen, et inde Jerosolymam. **English** This passage has not yet been translated. [↗](https://missale.online/biblia/en/2mcc/4#text-558828010cd7e67a3b8c) **Latin** Et magnifice ab Jasone et civitate susceptus, cum facularum luminibus et laudibus ingressus est : et inde in Phœnicen exercitum convertit. **English** This passage has not yet been translated. [↗](https://missale.online/biblia/en/2mcc/4#text-ec73ab42682871a72627) **Latin** Et post triennii tempus, misit Jason Menelaum supradicti Simonis fratrem portantem pecunias regi, et de negotiis necessariis responsa perlaturum. **English** This passage has not yet been translated. [↗](https://missale.online/biblia/en/2mcc/4#text-67cd7490abc0fa3b8079) **Latin** At ille commendatus regi, cum magnificasset faciem potestatis ejus, in semetipsum retorsit summum sacerdotium, superponens Jasoni talenta argenti trecenta. **English** This passage has not yet been translated. [↗](https://missale.online/biblia/en/2mcc/4#text-3ac038d6962289bd3c26) **Latin** Acceptisque a rege mandatis, venit, nihil quidem habens dignum sacerdotio : animos vero crudelis tyranni, et feræ beluæ iram gerens. **English** This passage has not yet been translated. [↗](https://missale.online/biblia/en/2mcc/4#text-2b08b45b7a9fd92ff7f8) **Latin** Et Jason quidem, qui proprium fratrem captivaverat, ipse deceptus profugus in Ammanitem expulsus est regionem. **English** This passage has not yet been translated. [↗](https://missale.online/biblia/en/2mcc/4#text-1b9b77d3fcc49350a3f4) **Latin** Menelaus autem principatum quidem obtinuit : de pecuniis vero regi promissis, nihil agebat, cum exactionem faceret Sostratus, qui arci erat præpositus, **English** This passage has not yet been translated. [↗](https://missale.online/biblia/en/2mcc/4#text-21478efda9e3bd77c058) **Latin** nam ad hunc exactio vectigalium pertinebant : quam ob causam utrique ad regem sunt evocati. **English** This passage has not yet been translated. [↗](https://missale.online/biblia/en/2mcc/4#text-66af0bf07849f0763ec9) **Latin** Et Menelaus amotus est a sacerdotio, succedente Lysimacho fratre suo : Sostratus autem prælatus est Cypriis. **English** This passage has not yet been translated. [↗](https://missale.online/biblia/en/2mcc/4#text-8ce0bbceaab8ff918d3a) **Latin** Et cum hæc agerentur, contigit Tharsenses et Mallotas seditionem movere, eo quod Antiochidi regis concubinæ dono essent dati. **English** This passage has not yet been translated. [↗](https://missale.online/biblia/en/2mcc/4#text-ccc106774904a733b00e) **Latin** Festinanter itaque rex venit sedare illos, relicto suffecto uno ex comitibus suis Andronico. **English** This passage has not yet been translated. [↗](https://missale.online/biblia/en/2mcc/4#text-3885b8fb3f9b0c24fd89) **Latin** Ratus autem Menelaus accepisse se tempus opportunum, aurea quædam vasa e templo furatus donavit Andronico, et alia vendiderat Tyri, et per vicinas civitates. **English** This passage has not yet been translated. [↗](https://missale.online/biblia/en/2mcc/4#text-578310eff006266469cc) **Latin** Quod cum certissime cognovisset Onias, arguebat eum, ipse in loco tuto se continens Antiochiæ secus Daphnem. **English** This passage has not yet been translated. [↗](https://missale.online/biblia/en/2mcc/4#text-fe2917b9f5e3cb90d74f) **Latin** Unde Menelaus accedens ad Andronicum, rogabat ut Oniam interficeret. Qui cum venisset ad Oniam, et datis dextris cum jurejurando (quamvis esset ei suspectus) suasisset de asylo procedere, statim eum peremit, non veritus justitiam. **English** This passage has not yet been translated. [↗](https://missale.online/biblia/en/2mcc/4#text-79e5363277408edadf4d) **Latin** Ob quam causam non solum Judæi, sed aliæ quoque nationes indignabantur, et moleste ferebant de nece tanti viri injusta. **English** This passage has not yet been translated. [↗](https://missale.online/biblia/en/2mcc/4#text-5f3b65a9d805032a9ee2) **Latin** Sed regressum regem de Ciliciæ locis adierunt Judæi apud Antiochiam, simul et Græci, conquerentes de iniqua nece Oniæ. **English** This passage has not yet been translated. [↗](https://missale.online/biblia/en/2mcc/4#text-762d295fd73e6f7c5976) **Latin** Contristatus itaque animo Antiochus propter Oniam, et flexus ad misericordiam, lacrimas fudit, recordatus defuncti sobrietatem et modestiam : **English** This passage has not yet been translated. [↗](https://missale.online/biblia/en/2mcc/4#text-cda9e96bec793da3010d) **Latin** accensisque animis Andronicum purpura exutum, per totam civitatem jubet circumduci : et in eodem loco in quo in Oniam impietatem commiserat, sacrilegum vita privari, Domino illi condignam retribuente pœnam. **English** This passage has not yet been translated. [↗](https://missale.online/biblia/en/2mcc/4#text-c9ba0458566bc71ea2f2) **Latin** Multis autem sacrilegiis in templo a Lysimacho commissis Menelai consilio, et divulgata fama, congregata est multitudo adversum Lysimachum multo jam auro exportato. **English** This passage has not yet been translated. [↗](https://missale.online/biblia/en/2mcc/4#text-0a338341cf79beb16c8c) **Latin** Turbis autem insurgentibus, et animis ira repletis, Lysimachus armatis fere tribus millibus iniquis manibus uti cœpit, duce quodam tyranno, ætate pariter et dementia provecto. **English** This passage has not yet been translated. [↗](https://missale.online/biblia/en/2mcc/4#text-4f0f2d4b48873fb3fb7d) **Latin** Sed ut intellexerunt conatum Lysimachi, alii lapides, alii fustes validos arripuere : quidam vero cinerem in Lysimachum jecere. **English** This passage has not yet been translated. [↗](https://missale.online/biblia/en/2mcc/4#text-fc584dea5d0f34768064) **Latin** Et multi quidem vulnerati, quidam autem et prostrati, omnes vero in fugam conversi sunt : ipsum etiam sacrilegum secus ærarium interfecerunt. **English** This passage has not yet been translated. [↗](https://missale.online/biblia/en/2mcc/4#text-1d4c9d6a2b609d4d8862) **Latin** De his ergo cœpit judicium adversus Menelaum agitari. **English** This passage has not yet been translated. [↗](https://missale.online/biblia/en/2mcc/4#text-19e6b234a9c4be7552a1) **Latin** Et cum venisset rex Tyrum, ad ipsum negotium detulerunt missi tres viri a senioribus. **English** This passage has not yet been translated. [↗](https://missale.online/biblia/en/2mcc/4#text-bd57201e01a06d00b9fb) **Latin** Et cum superaretur Menelaus, promisit Ptolemæo multas pecunias dare ad suadendum regi. **English** This passage has not yet been translated. [↗](https://missale.online/biblia/en/2mcc/4#text-73f4c9ab3d7f51b5198b) **Latin** Itaque Ptolemæus in quodam atrio positum quasi refrigerandi gratia regem adiit, et deduxit a sententia : **English** This passage has not yet been translated. [↗](https://missale.online/biblia/en/2mcc/4#text-523c85936a7443f13d60) **Latin** et Menelaum quidem universæ malitiæ reum criminibus absolvit : miseros autem qui, etiamsi apud Scythas causam dixissent, innocentes judicarentur, hos morte damnavit. **English** This passage has not yet been translated. [↗](https://missale.online/biblia/en/2mcc/4#text-22c467dc90ab9559a57d) **Latin** Cito ergo injustam pœnam dederunt, qui pro civitate, et populo, et sacris vasis causam prosecuti sunt. **English** This passage has not yet been translated. [↗](https://missale.online/biblia/en/2mcc/4#text-5bd5d3b5b9a9e19b5ca1) **Latin** Quam ob rem Tyrii quoque indignati, erga sepulturam eorum liberalissimi extiterunt. **English** This passage has not yet been translated. [↗](https://missale.online/biblia/en/2mcc/4#text-84579d698f74cd639acf) **Latin** Menelaus autem, propter eorum qui in potentia erant avaritiam, permanebat in potestate, crescens in malitia ad insidias civium. **English** This passage has not yet been translated.