¹Eodem tempore,At the same time,Antiochus inhoneste revertebatur de Perside.Antiochus returned in dishonor from Persia.

¹Eodem tempore,At the same time,Antiochus inhoneste revertebatur de Perside.Antiochus returned in dishonor from Persia.

²Intraverat enim in eam quæ dicitur Persepolis,For he had entered into the city called Persepolis,et tentavit expoliare templum,and attempted to rob the temple,et civitatem opprimere:and to oppress the city,sed multitudine ad arma concurrente,but the multitude, rushing to arms,in fugam versi sunt:turned them to flight,et ita contigit ut Antiochus post fugam turpiter rediret.and so it happened that Antiochus, after fleeing, returned in disgrace.

²Intraverat enim in eam quæ dicitur Persepolis,For he had entered into the city called Persepolis,et tentavit expoliare templum,and attempted to rob the temple,et civitatem opprimere:and to oppress the city,sed multitudine ad arma concurrente,but the multitude, rushing to arms,in fugam versi sunt:turned them to flight,et ita contigit ut Antiochus post fugam turpiter rediret.and so it happened that Antiochus, after fleeing, returned in disgrace.

³Et cum venisset circa Ecbatanam,And when he had arrived near Ecbatana,recognovit quæ erga Nicanorem et Timotheum gesta sunt.he realized what had happened to Nicanor and Timothy.

³Et cum venisset circa Ecbatanam,And when he had arrived near Ecbatana,recognovit quæ erga Nicanorem et Timotheum gesta sunt.he realized what had happened to Nicanor and Timothy.

⁴Elatus autem in ira,And so, rising up in anger,arbitrabatur se injuriam illorum qui se fugaverant posse in Judæos retorquere:he thought to turn back upon the Jews the injury done by those who had put him to flight. And,ideoque jussit agitari currum suum sine intermissione agens iter,therefore, he ordered his chariot to be driven without stopping along the way,cælesti eum judicio perurgente,for the judgment of heaven was urging him on,eo quod ita superbe locutus est se venturum Jerosolymam, et congeriem sepulchri Judæorum eam facturum.because he had spoken so arrogantly about how he would come to Jerusalem and make it into a mass grave for the Jews.

⁴Elatus autem in ira,And so, rising up in anger,arbitrabatur se injuriam illorum qui se fugaverant posse in Judæos retorquere:he thought to turn back upon the Jews the injury done by those who had put him to flight. And,ideoque jussit agitari currum suum sine intermissione agens iter,therefore, he ordered his chariot to be driven without stopping along the way,cælesti eum judicio perurgente,for the judgment of heaven was urging him on,eo quod ita superbe locutus est se venturum Jerosolymam, et congeriem sepulchri Judæorum eam facturum.because he had spoken so arrogantly about how he would come to Jerusalem and make it into a mass grave for the Jews.

⁵Sed qui universa conspicit Dominus Deus Israël,But the Lord God of Israel, who oversees all things,percussit eum insanabili et invisibili plaga.struck him with an incurable and invisible plague. For,Ut enim finivit hunc ipsum sermonem,as soon as he had finished these words,apprehendit eum dolor dirus viscerum,a dire pain in his abdomen seized him,et amara internorum tormenta:with bitter internal torments.

⁵Sed qui universa conspicit Dominus Deus Israël,But the Lord God of Israel, who oversees all things,percussit eum insanabili et invisibili plaga.struck him with an incurable and invisible plague. For,Ut enim finivit hunc ipsum sermonem,as soon as he had finished these words,apprehendit eum dolor dirus viscerum,a dire pain in his abdomen seized him,et amara internorum tormenta:with bitter internal torments.

⁶et quidem satis juste,And, indeed, it sprung forth justly,quippe qui multis et novis cruciatibus aliorum torserat viscera, licet ille nullo modo a sua malitia cessaret.since he had tormented the internal organs of others with many strange and new tortures, yet he in no way ceased from his malice.

⁶et quidem satis juste,And, indeed, it sprung forth justly,quippe qui multis et novis cruciatibus aliorum torserat viscera, licet ille nullo modo a sua malitia cessaret.since he had tormented the internal organs of others with many strange and new tortures, yet he in no way ceased from his malice.

⁷Super hoc autem superbia repletus,But, beyond this, being filled with arrogance,ignem spirans animo in Judæos,breathing fire with his soul against the Jews,et præcipiens accelerari negotium,and instructing the task to be accelerated,contigit illum impetu euntem de curru cadere,it happened that, as he was rushing on forcefully, he fell from the chariot,et gravi corporis collisione membra vexari.and his limbs were afflicted with a serious bruising of the body.

⁷Super hoc autem superbia repletus,But, beyond this, being filled with arrogance,ignem spirans animo in Judæos,breathing fire with his soul against the Jews,et præcipiens accelerari negotium,and instructing the task to be accelerated,contigit illum impetu euntem de curru cadere,it happened that, as he was rushing on forcefully, he fell from the chariot,et gravi corporis collisione membra vexari.and his limbs were afflicted with a serious bruising of the body.

⁸Isque qui sibi videbatur etiam fluctibus maris imperare,And he, being filled with arrogance beyond human means,supra humanum modum superbia repletus, et montium altitudines in statera appendere,seemed to himself to command even the waves of the sea and to weigh even the heights of the mountains in a balance.nunc humiliatus ad terram in gestatorio portabatur,But now, humbled to the ground, he was carried on a stretcher,manifestam Dei virtutem in semetipso contestans:calling himself as a witness to the manifest virtue of God.

⁸Isque qui sibi videbatur etiam fluctibus maris imperare,And he, being filled with arrogance beyond human means,supra humanum modum superbia repletus, et montium altitudines in statera appendere,seemed to himself to command even the waves of the sea and to weigh even the heights of the mountains in a balance.nunc humiliatus ad terram in gestatorio portabatur,But now, humbled to the ground, he was carried on a stretcher,manifestam Dei virtutem in semetipso contestans:calling himself as a witness to the manifest virtue of God.

⁹ita ut de corpore impii vermes scaturirent,So then, worms swarmed from his impious body,ac viventis in doloribus carnes ejus effluerent,and, as he lived on in pain, his flesh fell away,odore etiam illius et fœtore exercitus gravaretur:and then his odorous stench oppressed the army.

⁹ita ut de corpore impii vermes scaturirent,So then, worms swarmed from his impious body,ac viventis in doloribus carnes ejus effluerent,and, as he lived on in pain, his flesh fell away,odore etiam illius et fœtore exercitus gravaretur:and then his odorous stench oppressed the army.

¹⁰et qui paulo ante sidera cæli contingere se arbitrabatur,And him who, a little before, thought that he could touch the stars of heaven,eum nemo poterat propter intolerantiam fœtoris portare.no one could endure to carry, because of the intolerable stench.

¹⁰et qui paulo ante sidera cæli contingere se arbitrabatur,And him who, a little before, thought that he could touch the stars of heaven,eum nemo poterat propter intolerantiam fœtoris portare.no one could endure to carry, because of the intolerable stench.

¹¹Hinc igitur cœpit ex gravi superbia deductus ad agnitionem sui venire,And so, from then on, being led away from his heavy arrogance by the admonishment of a divine plague,divina admonitus plaga, per momenta singula doloribus suis augmenta capientibus.he began to come to an understanding of himself, with his pains increasing through every moment.

¹¹Hinc igitur cœpit ex gravi superbia deductus ad agnitionem sui venire,And so, from then on, being led away from his heavy arrogance by the admonishment of a divine plague,divina admonitus plaga, per momenta singula doloribus suis augmenta capientibus.he began to come to an understanding of himself, with his pains increasing through every moment.

¹²Et cum nec ipse jam fœtorem suum ferre posset,And, when he could not even bear his own stench,ita ait: Justum est subditum esse Deo,he spoke in this way: “It is just to be subject to God,et mortalem non paria Deo sentire.and a mortal should not consider himself equal to God.”

¹²Et cum nec ipse jam fœtorem suum ferre posset,And, when he could not even bear his own stench,ita ait: Justum est subditum esse Deo,he spoke in this way: “It is just to be subject to God,et mortalem non paria Deo sentire.and a mortal should not consider himself equal to God.”

¹³Orabat autem hic scelestus Dominum,Then this wicked one prayed to the Lord,a quo non esset misericordiam consecuturus.from whom, subsequently, there might be no mercy.

¹³Orabat autem hic scelestus Dominum,Then this wicked one prayed to the Lord,a quo non esset misericordiam consecuturus.from whom, subsequently, there might be no mercy.

¹⁴Et civitatem,And the city,ad quam festinans veniebat ut eam ad solum deduceret ac sepulchrum congestorum faceret,to which he was going in haste to pull it down to the ground and to make it a mass grave,nunc optat liberam reddere:he now wanted to make free.

¹⁴Et civitatem,And the city,ad quam festinans veniebat ut eam ad solum deduceret ac sepulchrum congestorum faceret,to which he was going in haste to pull it down to the ground and to make it a mass grave,nunc optat liberam reddere:he now wanted to make free.

¹⁵et Judæos,And the Jews,quos nec sepultura quidem se dignos habiturum,whom he had said he certainly did not consider worthy even to be buried,sed avibus ac feris diripiendos traditurum,but would deliver them to be torn apart by birds and wild beasts,et cum parvulis exterminaturum dixerat,and would exterminate them with their little ones,æquales nunc Atheniensibus facturum pollicetur:he now promised to make equal with the Athenians.

¹⁵et Judæos,And the Jews,quos nec sepultura quidem se dignos habiturum,whom he had said he certainly did not consider worthy even to be buried,sed avibus ac feris diripiendos traditurum,but would deliver them to be torn apart by birds and wild beasts,et cum parvulis exterminaturum dixerat,and would exterminate them with their little ones,æquales nunc Atheniensibus facturum pollicetur:he now promised to make equal with the Athenians.

¹⁶templum etiam sanctum,And even the holy temple,quod prius expoliaverat,which before he had plundered,optimis donis ornaturum,he would adorn with the best gifts,et sancta vasa multiplicaturum,and increase the holy vessels,et pertinentes ad sacrificia sumptus de redditibus suis præstaturum:and pay out from his revenues the charges pertaining to the sacrifices.

¹⁶templum etiam sanctum,And even the holy temple,quod prius expoliaverat,which before he had plundered,optimis donis ornaturum,he would adorn with the best gifts,et sancta vasa multiplicaturum,and increase the holy vessels,et pertinentes ad sacrificia sumptus de redditibus suis præstaturum:and pay out from his revenues the charges pertaining to the sacrifices.

¹⁷super hæc,Beyond these things,et Judæum se futurum,he would even become a Jew himself,et omnem locum terræ perambulaturum,and would travel through every place on earthet prædicaturum Dei potestatem.and declare the power of God.

¹⁷super hæc,Beyond these things,et Judæum se futurum,he would even become a Jew himself,et omnem locum terræ perambulaturum,and would travel through every place on earthet prædicaturum Dei potestatem.and declare the power of God.

¹⁸Sed non cessantibus doloribus (supervenerat enim in eum justum Dei judicium),But, when his pains did not cease, (for the just judgment of God had overwhelmed him,)desperans scripsit ad Judæos in modum deprecationis epistolam hæc continentem:in despair he wrote to the Jews, in the manner of a supplication, a letter composed in this way:

¹⁸Sed non cessantibus doloribus (supervenerat enim in eum justum Dei judicium),But, when his pains did not cease, (for the just judgment of God had overwhelmed him,)desperans scripsit ad Judæos in modum deprecationis epistolam hæc continentem:in despair he wrote to the Jews, in the manner of a supplication, a letter composed in this way:

¹⁹Optimis civibus Judæis plurimam salutem,“To the very good citizens of the Jews, Antiochus,et bene valere,king and ruler,et esse felices,wishes much health,rex et principes Antiochus.and welfare, and happiness.

¹⁹Optimis civibus Judæis plurimam salutem,“To the very good citizens of the Jews, Antiochus,et bene valere,king and ruler,et esse felices,wishes much health,rex et principes Antiochus.and welfare, and happiness.

²⁰Si bene valetis,If youet filii vestri,and your sons are faring well,et ex sententia vobis cuncta sunt,and if everything is according to your will,maximas agimus gratias.we give very great thanks.

²⁰Si bene valetis,If youet filii vestri,and your sons are faring well,et ex sententia vobis cuncta sunt,and if everything is according to your will,maximas agimus gratias.we give very great thanks.

²¹Et ego in infirmitate constitutus,And so, fixed in infirmity,vestri autem memor benigne reversus de Persidis locis,yet kindly remembering you, I am returning from the places of Persia,et infirmitate gravi apprehensus,and, having been seized by a serious infirmity,necessarium duxi pro communi utilitate curam habere:I considered it necessary to have a concern for the common good,

²¹Et ego in infirmitate constitutus,And so, fixed in infirmity,vestri autem memor benigne reversus de Persidis locis,yet kindly remembering you, I am returning from the places of Persia,et infirmitate gravi apprehensus,and, having been seized by a serious infirmity,necessarium duxi pro communi utilitate curam habere:I considered it necessary to have a concern for the common good,

²²non desperans memetipsum,not despairing in myself,sed spem multam habens effugiendi infirmitatem.but having a great hope to escape the infirmity.

²²non desperans memetipsum,not despairing in myself,sed spem multam habens effugiendi infirmitatem.but having a great hope to escape the infirmity.

²³Respiciens autem quodMoreover,et pater meus,considering that my father also,quibus temporibus in locis superioribus ducebat exercitum,during the time that he led an army into the upper regions,ostendit qui post se susciperet principatum:revealed who would take up the leadership after him,

²³Respiciens autem quodMoreover,et pater meus,considering that my father also,quibus temporibus in locis superioribus ducebat exercitum,during the time that he led an army into the upper regions,ostendit qui post se susciperet principatum:revealed who would take up the leadership after him,

²⁴ut si quid contrarium accideret,so that, if anything contrary should occur,aut difficile nuntiaretur,or any if difficulties should be reported,scientes hi qui in regionibus erant, cui esset rerum summa derelicta,those who were in the regions, knowing to whom the whole matter had been bequeathed,non turbarentur.would not be disturbed.

²⁴ut si quid contrarium accideret,so that, if anything contrary should occur,aut difficile nuntiaretur,or any if difficulties should be reported,scientes hi qui in regionibus erant, cui esset rerum summa derelicta,those who were in the regions, knowing to whom the whole matter had been bequeathed,non turbarentur.would not be disturbed.

²⁵Ad hæc,In addition to these things,considerans de proximo potentes quosqueconsidering that whichever are the nearest powers and neighbors lie in ambush for the right time and await the right event,et vicinos temporibus insidiantes,I have designated my son,et eventum exspectantes,Antiochus,designavi filium meum Antiochum regem,as king,quem sæpe recurrens in superiora regna multis vestrum commendabam:whom I frequently commended to many of you while traveling in the upper provinces.et scripsi ad eum quæ subjecta sunt.And I have written to him what I have added below.

²⁵Ad hæc,In addition to these things,considerans de proximo potentes quosqueconsidering that whichever are the nearest powers and neighbors lie in ambush for the right time and await the right event,et vicinos temporibus insidiantes,I have designated my son,et eventum exspectantes,Antiochus,designavi filium meum Antiochum regem,as king,quem sæpe recurrens in superiora regna multis vestrum commendabam:whom I frequently commended to many of you while traveling in the upper provinces.et scripsi ad eum quæ subjecta sunt.And I have written to him what I have added below.

²⁶Ora itaque vos,And so, I beg you and petition you,et peto memores beneficiorum publice et privatim,that remembering the public and private benefits,ut unusquisque conservet fidem ad me et ad filium meum.each one will continue to be faithful to me and to my son.

²⁶Ora itaque vos,And so, I beg you and petition you,et peto memores beneficiorum publice et privatim,that remembering the public and private benefits,ut unusquisque conservet fidem ad me et ad filium meum.each one will continue to be faithful to me and to my son.

²⁷Confido enim eum modesteFor I trust that he will behave with moderation and humanity,et humane acturum,and that,et sequentem propositum meum,following my intentions,et communem vobis fore.he will be impartial to you.”

²⁷Confido enim eum modesteFor I trust that he will behave with moderation and humanity,et humane acturum,and that,et sequentem propositum meum,following my intentions,et communem vobis fore.he will be impartial to you.”

²⁸Igitur homicidaAnd so the murderer and blasphemer,et blasphemus pessime percussus,having been struck very badly,et ut ipse alios tractaverat,just as he himself had treated others,peregre in montibus miserabili obitu vita functus est.passed from this life in a miserable death on a journey among the mountains.

²⁸Igitur homicidaAnd so the murderer and blasphemer,et blasphemus pessime percussus,having been struck very badly,et ut ipse alios tractaverat,just as he himself had treated others,peregre in montibus miserabili obitu vita functus est.passed from this life in a miserable death on a journey among the mountains.

²⁹Transferebat autem corpus Philippus collactaneus ejus:But Philip, who was nurtured with him, carried away his body,qui,and,metuens filium Antiochi,fearing the son of Antiochus,ad Ptolemæum Philometorem in Ægyptum abiit.went into Egypt to Ptolemy Philometor.

²⁹Transferebat autem corpus Philippus collactaneus ejus:But Philip, who was nurtured with him, carried away his body,qui,and,metuens filium Antiochi,fearing the son of Antiochus,ad Ptolemæum Philometorem in Ægyptum abiit.went into Egypt to Ptolemy Philometor.