The mother’s dew of piety
What dew of piety fell on that mother, who saw seven sons perfected in one day and stood nobly! 'My strength and my hymn is the Lord, and he is become my salvation.' (Exodus 15:2) And 'I can all things in him who strengtheneth me.' (Philippians 4:13) By divine power she exhorted in a tongue the tyrant understood not, and nursed seven martyrs unto heaven in a single day.
Greek
ς τῆς ψυχῆς ἐλαυνομένη καὶ οὐδὲ χατὰ ποσὸν ἐνεργεῖν δυναμένη, ὅπου ἐστὶν ὃ οἷός τε εἰπεῖν᾽ ἰσχύς μου καὶ ὕμνησίς μου ὃ κύριος" 5 χαὶ πάντα ἰσχύω ἐν τῷ ἐνδυναμοῦντί με Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ τῷ κυρίῳ ἡμῶν“. XXVII. Ὁποῖον δ᾽ ἐστὶ τὸ μαρτύριον καὶ πόσην παῤῥησίαν ἐμποιδῦν πρὸς τὸν ϑεὸν, καὶ ἐντεῦϑεν ἔστι καταμαϑεῖν. φιλότιμός τις 6 ἅγιος ὧν καὶ ἀμείψασϑαι ϑέλων τὰς φϑασάσας εἰς αὐτὸν εὐερ- 10 γεσίας ἀπὸ | ϑεοῦ ξητεῖ, τί ἂν ποιήσαι τῷ κυρίῳ περὶ πάντων ὧν ἀπ’ 291 αὐτοῦ εἴληφε" καὶ οὐδὲν ἄλλο εὑρίσχει οἱονεὶ ἰσόῤῥοπον ταῖς εὐερ- γεσίαις δυνάμενον ἀπὸ ἀνϑρώπου εὐπροαιρέτου ἀποδοϑῆναι ϑεῷ, ὡς τὴν ἐν μαρτυρίῳ τελευτήν. γέγραπται γὰρ ἐν τῷ ἑχατοστῷ καὶ πέμπ- τῷ καὶ δεχάτῳ ψαλμῷ τὰ μὲν τῆς ἐπαπορήσεως οὕτως" »τί ἀνταπο- 15 δώσω τῷ κυρίῳ περὶ πάντων ὧν ἀνταπέδωχέ μοι" τὰ δὲ τῆς πρὸς αὐτὴν ἀπαντήσεως εἰπόντος" τί ἀνταποδώσει τῷ κυρίῳ περὶ πάντων ὧν ἀπ᾿ αὐτοῦ εἴληφεν ὁ λέγων, οὕτως εἰρημένα" ποτήριον σωτηρίου λήψομαι καὶ τὸ ὄνομα κυρίου ἐπικαλέσομαι". »ποτήριον δὲ „sorn- eiov“ ἔϑος ὀνομάξεσϑαι τὸ μαρτύριον, ὡς ἐν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ εὕρομεν. 20 ἡνίκα γὰρ neltovos ὀρέγονται τιμῆς οἱ ϑέλοντες „ex δεξιῶν" καὶ ἱξ εὐωνύμων" ,καϑεσϑῆναι τῷ Ἰησοῦ ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ αὐτοῦ, φησὶ πρὸς αὐτοὺς ὁ κύριος" υ»δύνασϑε πιεῖν τὸ ποτήριον ὃ ἐγὼ πίνω" ποτήριον λέγων τὸ μαρτύριον. ὅπερ ἐστὶ σαφὲς καὶ ἐκ τοῦ" ,πάτερ εἰ δυνα- τὸν παρένεγκε τὸ ποτήριον τοῦτο ar’ ἐμοῦ᾽ πλὴν οὐ τί ἐγὼ ϑέλω 25 ἀλλὰ τί σύ“. πλὴν μανϑάνομεν ὅτι συγχαϑίσει καὶ συμβασιλεύσει xal συνδικάσει τῷ βασιλεῖ τῶν βασιλευόντων ὁ πιὼν τὸ ποτήριον ἐχεῖνο, ὅπερ ἔπιεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς. τοῦτ᾽ οὖν ἐστι τὸ τοῦ ,σωτηρίου" ,ποτήριο»",
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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.
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- Copy-text Koetschau, Origenes Werke I (GCS 2, 1899) (Greek · Exhortation to Martyrdom)
- Checked print Archive.org OCR of GCS 2 (Greek · Same print)
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