# Machabaeorum IV 2.17-24

Septuaginta, Machabaeorum IV, 2.17 to 2.24. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/septuaginta/machabaeorum-iv/2.17

θυμούμενος γέ τοι Μωσῆς κατὰ Δαθὰν καὶ Ἀβειρών, οὐ θυμῷ τι κατʼ αὐτῶν ἐποίησεν, ἀλλὰ λογισμῷ τὸν θυμὸν διήτησεν. δυνατὸς γὰρ ὁ σώφρων νοῦς, ὡς ἔφην, κατὰ τῶν παθῶν ἀριστεῦσαι, καὶ τὰ μέν αὐτῶν μεταθεῖναι, τὰ δὲ καὶ ἀκυρῶσαι. ἐπεὶ διὰ τί ὁ πάνσοφος ἡμῶν πατήρ Ἰακὼβ τοὺς περὶ Συμεὼν καὶ Δευεὶν αἰτιᾶται μὴ λογισμῷ τοὺς Σικιμίτας ἐθνηδὸν ἀποσφάξαντας, λέγων Ἐπικατάρατος ὁ θυμὸς αὐτῶν; εἰ μὴ γὰρ ἐδύνατο τῶν θυμῶν ὁ λογισμὸς κρατεῖν, οὐκ ἂν εἶπεν οὕτως. ὁπηνίκα γὰρ ὁ θεὸς τὸν ἄνθρωπον κατεσκεύασεν, τα παθη αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰ ἤθη περιεφύτευσεν· καὶ τηνικαῦτα δέ περὶ πάντων τὸν ἱερὸν ἡγεμόνα νοῦν διὰ τῶν αἰσθητηρίων ἐνεθρόνισεν· καὶ τούτῳ νόμον ἔδωκεν, καθʼ ὃν πολιτευόμενος βασιλεύσει βασιλείαν σώφρονά τε καὶ δικαίαν καὶ ἀγαθὴν καὶ ἀνδρείαν. Πῶς οὖν, εἶποι τις ἄν, εἰ τῶν παθῶν ὁ λογισμὸς κρατεῖ, λήθης καὶ ἀγνοίας οὐ κρατεῖ ;

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Septuaginta, Machabaeorum IV, ed. Henry Barclay Swete D.D.. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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