Nebuchadnezzar’s image and the three youths
Not long ago alone Nebuchadnezzar set up the golden image, nor then alone threatened Ananias, Azarias, Misael — if they worship not — to cast them 'into the furnace of fire'; but even now Nebuchadnezzar says the same to us, true Hebrews in testing. Let us, that heavenly dew be assayed quenching all fire from us and cooling our ruling faculty, imitate those saints — lest even now Haman will the Mordecais, you, to worship him. But you, say: 'I will not set glory of men above glory of God.'
Greek
ΧΧΧΠΙ. Οὐ πάλαι μόνον ἵστη τὴν (χρυσῆν εἰκόνα" Ναβουχοδο- νόσορ οὐδὲ τότε μόνον ἠπείλει τῷ ᾿Ανανίᾳ καὶ ᾿Αζαρίᾳ καὶ Μισαὴλ, εἰ μὴ προσχυνήσαιεν, ἐμβαλεῖν αὐτοὺς ,εἰς τὴν κάμινον τοῦ πυρὸς", ἀλλὰ καὶ νῦν ὃ Ναβουχοδονόσορ τὰ αὐτὰ λέγει ἡμῖν τοῖς περατιχοῖς χαὶ ἀληϑινοῖς Ἑβραίοις. ἀλλ᾽ ἡμεῖς ἵνα δρόσου οὐρανίου πειραϑῶμεν σβεννυούσης πᾶν πῦρ ἀφ᾽ ἡμῶν καὶ καταψυχούσης ἡμῶν τὸ ἡγεμονι- κὸν, τοὺς ἱεροὺς ἐχείνους μιμησώμεϑα, μή ποτε καὶ νῦν ὁ Auav ϑέλῃ τοὺς Μαρδοχαίους ὑμᾶς προσκυνῆσαι αὐτῷ, ἀλλ᾽ ὑμεῖς εἴπατε" οὐ ϑήσω (δόξαν ἀνθρώπων ὑπεράνω δόξης ϑεοῦ" Ἰσ
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.