14.29 to 14.37

ἐπεὶ πολλάκις ἐγενήθησαν πόλεμοι ἐν τῇ χώρᾳ, Σίμων δὲ ὁ υἱὸς Ματταθίου ὁ υἱὸς τῶν υἱῶν Ἰωαρίβ καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ ἔδωκαν ἐαυτοὺς τῷ κινδύνῳ, καὶ ἀντέστησαν τοῖς ὑπεναντίοις τοῦ ἔθνους αὐτῶν, ὅπως σταθῇ τὰ ἅγια αὐτῶν καὶ ὁ νόμος, καὶ δόξῃ μεγάλῃ ἐδόξασαν τὸ ἔθνος αὐτῶν· καὶ ἤθροισεν Ἰωναθὰν τὸ ἔθνος αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐγενήθη αὐτοῖς ἀρχιερεύς, καὶ προσετέθη πρὸς τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἐβουλήθησαν οἱ ἐχθροὶ αὐτῶν ἐμβατεῦσαι εἰς τὴν χώραν αὐτῶν τοῦ ἐκτρίψαι τὴν χώραν αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐκτεῖναι τὰς χεῖρας ἐπὶ τὰ ἅγια αὐτῶν· τότε ἀνέστη Σίμων, καὶ ἐπολέμησεν περὶ τοῦ ἔθνους αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐδαπάνησεν χρήματα πολλὰ τῶν ἑαυτοῦ, καὶ ὁπλοδότησεν τοὺς ἄνδρας τῆς δυνάμεως τοῦ ἔθνους αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς ὀψώνια· καὶ ὠχύρωσεν τὰς πόλεις τῆς Ἰουδαίας καὶ τὴν Βεθσούραν τὴν ἐπὶ τῶν ὁρίων τῆς Ἰουδαίας, οὗ ἦν τὰ ὅπλα τῶν πολεμίων τὸ πρότερον, καὶ ἔθετο ἐκεῖ φρουρὰν ἄνδρας Ἰουδαίους· καὶ Ἰόππην ὠχύρωσεν τὴν ἐπὶ τῆς θαλάσσης, καὶ τὴν Γαζάραν τὴν ἐπὶ τῶν ὁρίων Ἀζώτου, ἐν ᾗ ᾠκοῦσαν οἱ πολέμιοι τὸ πρότερον ἐκεῖ, καὶ κατῴκισεν ἐκεῖ Ἰουδαίους, καὶ ὅσα ἐπιτήδεια πρὸς τῇ τούτων ἐπανορθώσει ἔθετο ἐν αὐτοῖς. καὶ εἶδεν ὁ λαὸς τὴν πίστιν τοῦ Σίμωνος καὶ τὴν δόξαν ἣν ἐβουλεύσατο ποιῆσαι τῷ ἔθνει αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔθεντο αὐτὸν ἡγούμενον αὐτῶν καὶ ἀρχιερέα, διὰ τὸ πεποιηκέναι αὐτὸν ταῦτα πάντα, καὶ τὴν δικαιοσύνην καὶ τὴν πίστιν ἣν συνετήρησεν τῷ ἔθνει αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐξεζήτησεν παντὶ τρόπῳ ὑψῶσαι τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ. καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις αὐτοῦ εὐοδώθη ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτοῦ, τοῦ ἐξαρθῆναι τὰ ἔθνη ἐκ τῆς χώρας αὐτῶν, καὶ τοὺς ἐν τῇ πόλει Δαυεὶδ τοὺς ἐν Ἰερουσαλὴμ οἳ ἐποίησαν ἑαυτοῖς ἄκραν ἐξ ἧς ἐξεπορεύοντο, καὶ ἐμίαινον κύκλῳ τῶν ἁγίων, καὶ ἐποιοῦσαν πληγὴν μεγάλην ἐν τῇ ἁγνείᾳ· καὶ κατῴκισεν ἐν αὐτῇ ἄνδρας Ἰουδαίους, καὶ ὠχύρωσεν αὐτὴν πρὸς ἀσφάλειαν τῆς χώρας καὶ τῆς πόλεως, καὶ ὕψωσεν τὰ τείχη Ἰερουσαλήμ.