Tried as gold in the furnace
The second, his skin with the hair torn off, cried with his last breath: 'Thou, miscreant, releasest us from this present life; but the King of the world shall raise us, who died for his laws, unto eternal reviving of life.' (2 Maccabees 7:7–9) Avenging spirit, learn that tortures loose the body but bind the tortured unto judgment.
Greek
ν. εὔχαιρον δ᾽ ἂν εἴη καὶ ἡμᾶς ἐν τοιούτοις γενομένους εἰπεῖν τοὺς ἐχείνων λόγους πρὸς ἑαυτοὺς τοῦτον ἔχοντας τὸν τρόπον οὕτως" ,χύριος ὃ ϑεὸς ἐφορᾷ 25 καὶ ταῖς ἀληϑείαις ἐφ᾽ ἡμῖν παρακαλεῖται."
XXIV. Τοῦ πρώτου τοῦτον τὸν τρόπον δοχιμασϑέντος, ὡς do- χιμάζεταε χρυσὸς ἐν χωνευτηρίῳ, ὁ δεύτερος ,ἐπὶ τὸν ἐμπαιγμὸν" ἤγετο' οὗ τὸ ,δέρμα σὺν ταῖς ϑριξὶ περισύραντες" οἱ διάκονοι τῆς τυραννικῆς ὁμότητος ἐπὶ μετάνοιαν ἐχάλουν τὸν πεπονϑότα ἐπερῶω-
80 τῶντες, εἰ φάγεται τῶν εἰδωλοϑύτων ,πρὶν τιμωρηϑῆναι τὸ σῶμα
κατὰ μέλος“ αὐτῷ. ὡς δ ἠρνήσατο τὴν, μετάνοιαν, ἐπὶ »τὴν ἑξῆς" ἤχϑη 5 βάσανον" τηρῶν τὴν ἔνστασιν μέχρι τῆς ἐσχάτης ἀ ἀναπνοῆς. μηδαμῶς γὰρ ϑραυσϑεὶς μηδὲ ἐνδοὺς πρὸς τοὺς πόνους ταῦτα εἶπε πρὸς τὸν ἀσεβῆ" ,σὺ μᾶλλον, ἀλάστορ, ἐκ τοῦ παρόντος ἡμᾶς ζῆν ἀπολύεις, ὃ
5 δὲ τοῦ κόσμου βασιλεὺς ἀποθανόντας ἡμᾶς ὑπὲρ τῶν αὐτοῦ νόμων εἰς αἰώνιον ἀναβίωσιν ζωῆς ἀναστήσει."
About this text
Written for Ambrose and Protoctetus. Open the Greek under each section.
English follows Paul Koetschau, Origenes Werke I (GCS, 1899). The Archive OCR of that same print was checked. This is a reading translation for study, not a new critical edition.
Witnesses
- Copy-text Koetschau, Origenes Werke I (GCS 2, 1899) (Greek · Exhortation to Martyrdom)
- Checked print Archive.org OCR of GCS 2 (Greek · Same print)
This is an AI-assisted study translation. Source fidelity and completeness have not been independently certified. Open Greek on each section for the source text. This is not a complete critical edition.