Ben-Hur Translation Page 31: Riot in Zion.

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But Pilate’s next order, seizure of the temple’s treasury, arouses the Jewish populace to indignant fury.


Postea autem, Pilato jubente thesaurum templi publicari, multitudo Judæorum ad iram et indignationem concitatur .


Ἔπειτα δέ, τοῦ Πιλάτου κελεύοντος τὸν θησαυρὸν τοῦ ἱεροῦ δημευθῆναι, τὸ πλῆθος τῶν Ἰουδαίων εἰς ὀργὴν καὶ χολὴν προάγεται.


Thus when Ben-Hur arrives in Jerusalem a few days later, he finds the city in a state of riot!


Cum igitur Benhur Hierosolyma paucos post dies pervenerit, invenit seditionem in urbe esse.


Ὁ οὖν Βενὼρ εἰς τὰ Ἱεροσόλυμα μετὰ ὀλίγας ἡμέρας ἀφικόμενος εὑρίσκει στάσιν ἐν τῇ πόλει εἶναι.


I see you are men of my own race from Galilee. What has incurred your wrath?


Video vos viros mei ipsius generis Galilæos esse. Quid autem vestram iram suscitavit?


Ὁρῶ ὑμᾶς ἄνδρας τοῦ ἐμαυτοῦ γένους Γαλιλαίους ὄντας. Τί δὲ τὴν ὀργὴν ὑμῶν ἤγειρεν;


Pilate has taken the treasure of our temple to pay for public works. When we marched to his palace in protests, he set his dogs of Roman soldiers upon us!


Pilatus cepit thesaurum templi pro publicis impensis. Cum autem iter fecissemus ad prætorium contradicturi, incitavit despuendos Romanos milites in nos.


Ὁ μὲν Πιλᾶτος ἔλαβε τὸν θησαυρὸν τοῦ ἱεροῦ ὑπὲρ τῶν δημοσίων τελῶν. Ἐπὶ δ' ὑμᾶς πορευθέντας εἰς τὸ πραιτώριον ὡς ἀντιλέξοντας παρώρμησε τοὺς καταπτύστους Ῥωμαίους στρατιώτας.


We lack arms and have no leader trained in the ways of war.


Armis egemus neque nobis est dux institutus ad bellandum.


Τῶν μὲν ὅπλων ἀποροῦμεν οὐδ' ἡμῖν ἐστιν ἡγεμὼν πεπαιδευμένος πρὸς τὸ πολεμεῖν.


Would you accept a true son of Judea, if he can prove his skill in arms and provide the funds you need to raise and train an army?


Accipiatisne unum verum filium Judææ, si hic ostendat peritiam armorum et tribuat opes quibus egeatis ad contrahendos exercendosque milites?


Ἆρα δέχοισθε ἂν ἕνα τῇ ἀληθείᾳ υἱὸν τῆς Ἰουδαίας ὄντα, εἰ οὗτος ἐπιδεικνύοιτο τὴν τῶν ὅπλων ἐμπειρίαν καὶ παρέχοι τὰ χρήματα ὧν χρῄζετε τοῦ συλλέγειν τε καὶ ἀσκεῖν στρατιώτας;




We cannot fight the legionnaires of Rome with our bare fists. If you are such a man as you have described, join us tonight at our camp outside the city!


Non possumus Romanis cum militibus pugnis certare. Si vero hujusmodi es qualem exposuisti, conveni in castra nostra extra urbem!


Οὐ δυνάμεθα πρὸς τοὺς Ῥωμαίους στρατιώτας πυγμαῖς ἀγωνίζεσθαι. Εἰ δὴ τοιοῦτος εἶ οἷον ἐξηγήσω, σύνελθε εἰς τὸ ἡμέτερον στρατόπεδον ἔξω τῆς πόλεως.


Later that night, Ben-Hur reveals his life story to the Galileans, and promises to supply the funds and leadership necessary to mold their helpless band into a trained and powerful force…


Illa nocte, serius autem, Benhur, vita ejus Galilæis revelata, pollicetur se opes tributurum et ducturum eos ut inordinati instituantur in fortissimum exercitum.


Ἐκείνῃ τῇ νυκτί, ὕστερον δέ, ὁ Βενὼρ ἀποκαλύψας τὸν ἑαυτοῦ βίον τοῖς Γαλιλαίοις ὑπισχνεῖται τὰ χρήματα παρέξειν καὶ ἡγήσεσθαι αὐτοὺς ὥστε τοὺς ἀτάκτους συγκροτηθῆναι εἰς κράτιστον στρατόν.


Then all is agreed. I will join your men at Bethany and there tell you of the king of the Jews under whose banner we shall march to victory!


Ideo compositum est. Bethaniæ autem occurram vestris. Illic enim narrabo vobis de rege Judæorum, in cujus signo procedentes vincemus!

Συντέθειται οὖν. Ἐν δὲ Βηθανίᾳ ἀπαντήσωμαι τοῖς ὑμετέροις. Ἐκεῖ γὰρ διηγήσομαι ὑμῖν περὶ τοῦ βασιλέως τῶν Ἰουδαίων, ὅτι ἐν τῷ σημείῳ αὐτοῦ πορευόμενοι νικήσομεν.

God knows we lack neither hope nor courage. With weapons and training we shall be able to purge all Israel of our Roman oppressors!


Deus scit nos neque spe egere neque animo. Quando igitur armati et instructi erimus, poterimus mundare Israël a Romanis qui opprimunt nos.


Ὁ Θεὸς οἶδεν ἡμᾶς οὔτε ἐλπίδος ἀποροῦντας οὔτε θυμοῦ. Ὅταν οὖν ὁπλισθῶμεν καὶ συγκροτηθῶμεν, δυνησόμεθα καθαρίσαι τὸν Ἰσραὴλ ἀπὸ τῶν Ῥωμαίων κατατριβόντων ἡμᾶς.

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