§6.1Ἐλεάζαρος δέ τις ἀνὴρ ἐπίσημος τῶν ἀπὸ τῆς χώρας Ἰουδαίων ἐν πρεσβείῳ τὴν ἡλικίαν ἤδη λελογχὼς καὶ πάσῃ τῇ κατὰ τὸν βίον ἀρετῇ κεκοσμημίνος, τοὺς περὶ αὐτὸν καταστείλας πρεσβυτέρους ἐπικαλεῖσθαι τὸν ἅγιον θεόν, καὶ προσηύξατο τάδε §6.2Βασιλεῦ μεγαλοκράτωρ, ὕψιστε, παντοκράτωρ θεέ, τὴν πᾶσαν διακυβερνῶν ἐν οἰκτιρμοῖς κτίσιν, §6.3ἔπιδε ἐπὶ Ἀβραὰμ σπέρμα, ἐφʼ ἡγιασμένου τέκνα Ἰακώβ, μερίδος ἡγιασμένης σου λαὸν ἐν ξένῃ γῇ ξένον ἀδίκως ἀπολλύμενον.
And a certain Eleazar, an illustrious man of the Jews of the country, who was already advanced in age and had reached his elder years, and was adorned with every virtue throughout his life, having urged the elders around him to call upon the holy God, prayed as follows: "O Great Sovereign, Most High, Almighty God, who govern all creation with mercies, look upon the seed of Abraham, the children of the sanctified Jacob, the people of your sanctified portion, who are unjustly perishing as strangers in a foreign land.
§6.4πάτερ, σὺ Φαραὼ πληθύνοντα ἅρμασιν τὸν πρὶν Αἰγύπτου ταύτης δυνάστην ἐπαρθέντα ἀνόμῳ θράσει καὶ γλώσσῃ μεγαλορήμονι σὺν τῇ ὑπερηφάνῳ στρατίᾷ ποντοβρόχους ἀπώλεσας, φέγγος ἐπιφάνας ἐλέους Ἰσραὴλ γένει.
O Father, you destroyed Pharaoh, once the ruler of this Egypt, who was multiplied with chariots and exalted with lawless insolence and a boasting tongue, along with his haughty army, drowning them in the sea, while shining a light of mercy upon the race of Israel.
§6.5σὺ τὸν ἀναριθμήτοις δυνάμεσιν γαυρωθέντα Σενναχηρεὶμ βαρὺν Ἀσσυρίων βασιλέα, δόρατι τὴν πᾶσαν ὑποχείριον ἤδη λαβόντα γῆν καὶ μετεωρισθέντα ἐπὶ τὴν ἁγίαν σου πόλιν, βαρέα λαλοῦντα κόμπῳ καὶ θράσει, σύ, δέσποτα, ἔθραυσας, ἔκδηλον δεικνὺς ἔθνεσιν πολλοῖς τὸ σὸν κράτος.
You, O Lord, broke Sennacherib, the cruel king of the Assyrians, who boasted in countless forces, who had already brought the whole earth under his power with the spear, and was exalted against your holy city, speaking heavy words with boasting and insolence, thus showing your power clearly to many nations.
§6.6σὺ τοὺς κατὰ τὴν Βαβυλωνίαν τρεῖς ἑταίρους πυρὶ τὴν ψυχὴν αὐθαιρέτως δεδωκότας εἰς τὸ μὴ λατρεῦσαι τοῖς κενοῖς, διάπυρον δροσίσας κάμινον, ἐρρύσω μέχρι τριχὸς ἀπημάντους, φλόγα πᾶσιν ἐπιπέμψας τοῖς ὑπεναντίοις.
You, having bedewed the fiery furnace, rescued the three companions in Babylonia who had willingly surrendered their lives to the fire so as not to worship empty idols, keeping them unharmed to a hair, while sending back the flame upon all their adversaries.
§6.7σὺ τὸν διαβολαῖς φθόνου λέουσι κατὰ γῆς ῥιφέντα θηρσὶν βορὰν Δανιὴλ εἰς φῶς ἀνήγαγες ἀσινῆ·
You brought up Daniel to the light unharmed, who by the slanders of envy had been cast under the earth to the lions as food for wild beasts.
§6.8τόν τε βυθοτρεφοῦς ἐν γαστρὶ κήτους Ἰωνᾶν τηκόμενον ἀφιδὼν ἀπήμαντον πᾶσιν οἰκείοις ἀναδείξας, πάτερ.
And having looked upon Jonah, who was wasting away in the belly of the monster bred in the deep, you showed him unharmed again to all his kindred, O Father.
§6.9καὶ νῦν, μισούβρι, πολυέλεε, τῶν ὅλων δικαστά, τάχος ἐπιφάνηθι τοῖς ἁγίοις Ἰσραὴλ γένους, ὑπὸ ἐβδελυγμένων ἀνόμων ἐθνῶν ὑβριζομένοις.
And now, O Hater of insolence, Abundant in mercy, Judge of all, quickly manifest yourself to the holy race of Israel, who are being insulted by abominable, lawless nations.
§6.10εἰ δὲ ἀσεβείαις κατὰ τὴν ἀποικίαν ὁ βίος ἡμῶν ἐνέσχηται, ῥυσάμενος ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ ἐχθρῶν χειρός, ᾧ προαιρῇ, δέσποτα, ἀπόλεσον ἡμᾶς μόρῳ.
But if our life has been entangled in impieties during our exile, rescue us first from the hand of our enemies, and then, O Lord, destroy us by whatever fate you prefer.
§6.11μὴ τοῖς ματαίοις οἱ ματαιόφρονες εὐλογησάτωσαν ἐπὶ τῇ τῶν ἠγαπημένων σου ἀπωλείᾳ, λέγοντες Οὐδὲ ὁ θεὸς αὐτῶν ἐρύσατο αὐτούς. §6.12σὺ δὲ ὁ πᾶσαν ἀλκὴν καὶ δυναστείαν ἔχων ἅπασαν, αἰώνιε, νῦν ἔπιδε· ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς τοὺς καθʼ ὕβριν ἀνόμων ἀλόγιστον ἐκ τοῦ ζῇν μεθισταμένους ἐν ἐπιβούλων τρόπῳ.
Let not the foolish-minded bless their empty idols over the destruction of your beloved ones, saying, 'Even their God did not rescue them.' But you, O Eternal One, who have all power and all dominion, look down now; have mercy on us who are being removed from life by the unreasonable insolence of the lawless, after the manner of conspirators.
§6.13πτηξάτω δὲ ἔθνη σὴν δύναμιν ἀνίκητον σήμερον, ἔντιμε, δυνάμεις ἔχων ἐπὶ σωτηρίαν Ἰακὼβ γένους.
Let the nations fear your unconquerable power today, O Honored One, who have the powers for the salvation of the race of Jacob.
§6.14ἱκετεύει σε τὸ πᾶν πλῆθος τῶν νηπίων καὶ οἱ τούτων γονεῖς μετὰ δακρύων.
The entire multitude of infants and their parents supplicate you with tears.
§6.15δειχθήτω πᾶσιν ἔθνεσιν, ὅτι μεθʼ ἡμῶν εἶ, κύριε, καὶ οὐκ ἀπέστρεψας τὸ πρόσωπόν σου ἀφʼ ἡμῶν· ἀλλὰ καθὼς εἶπας Οὐδὲ ἐν τῇ γῇ τῶν ἐχθρῶν αὐτῶν ὄντων ὑπέριδον αὐτούς, οὕτως ἐπιτέλεσον, κύριε.
Let it be shown to all nations that you are with us, O Lord, and have not turned your face away from us; but just as you said, 'Even when they were in the land of their enemies, I did not overlook them,' so fulfill it, O Lord.
§6.16Τοῦ δὲ Ἐλεαζάρου λήγοντος ἄρτι τῆς προσευχῆς, ὁ βασιλεὺς σὺν τοῖς θηρίοις καὶ παντὶ τῷ τῆς δυνάμεως φρυάγματι κατὰ τὸν ἱππόδρομον παρῆγεν.
Just as Eleazar was finishing his prayer, the king arrived at the hippodrome with the beasts and all the haughty noise of his military force.
§6.17καὶ θεωρήσαντες οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι, μέγα εἰς οὐρανὸν ἀνέκραξαν, ὥστε καὶ τοὺς παρακειμένους αὐλῶνας συνηχήσαντας ἀκατάσχετον πτοὴν ποιῆσαι παντὶ τῷ στρατοπέδῳ.
And when the Jews beheld them, they cried out greatly to heaven, so that even the adjacent valleys resounded, causing an uncontrollable panic in the entire army.
§6.18τότε ὁ μεγαλόδοξος καὶ παντοκράτωρ καὶ ἀληθινὸς θεός, ἐπιφάνας τὸ ἅγιον αὐτοῦ πρόσωπον, ἠνέῳξεν τὰς οὐρανίους πύλας, ἐξ ὧν δεδοξασμένοι δύο φοβεροειδεῖς ἄγγελοι κατέβησαν φανεροὶ πᾶσιν πλὴν τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις, §6.19καὶ ἀντέστησαν, καὶ τὴν δύναμιν τῶν ὑπεναντίων ἐπλήρωσαν ταραχῆς καὶ δειλίας καὶ ἀκινήτοις ἔδησαν πέδαις.
Then the glorious, almighty, and true God, having manifested his holy face, opened the heavenly gates, from which two glorious, terrifying angels descended, visible to all except the Jews, and stood against them, and filled the power of the adversaries with confusion and cowardice, and bound them with motionless fetters.
§6.20καὶ ὑπόφρικον καὶ τὸ τοῦ βασιλέως σῶμα ἐγενήθη, καὶ λήθη τὸ θράσος αὐτοῦ τὸ βαρύθυμον ἔλαβεν.
And even the king's body became trembling with fear, and forgetfulness seized his heavy-tempered insolence.
§6.21καὶ ἀπέστρεψαν τὰ θηρία ἐπὶ τὰς συνεπομένας ἐνόπλους δυνάμεις, καὶ κατεπάτουν αὐτοὺς καὶ ὠλέθρευον.
And the beasts turned back upon the armed forces that followed them, and trampled them down and destroyed them."