the wars of the jews-第38部分

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thus　gathered　together　might　make；）　one　of　the　soldiers　pulled　back　his　garment；　and　cowering　down　after　an　indecent　manner；　turned　his　breech　to　the　Jews；　and　spake　such　words　as　you　might　expect　upon　such　a　posture。　At　this　the　whole　multitude　had　indignation；　and　made　a　clamor　to　Cumanus；　that　he　would　punish　the　soldier；　while　the　rasher　part　of　the　youth；　and　such　as　were　naturally　the　most　tumultuous；　fell　to　fighting；　and　caught　up　stones；　and　threw　them　at　the　soldiers。　Upon　which　Cumanus　was　afraid　lest　all　the　people　should　make　an　assault　upon　him；　and　sent　to　call　for　more　armed　men；　who；　when　they　came　in　great　numbers　into　the　cloisters；　the　Jews　were　in　a　very　great　consternation；　and　being　beaten　out　of　the　temple；　they　ran　into　the　city；　and　the　violence　with　which　they　crowded　to　get　out　was　so　great；　that　they　trod　upon　each　other；　and　squeezed　one　another；　till　ten　thousand　of　them　were　killed；　insomuch　that　this　feast　became　the　cause　of　mourning　to　the　whole　nation；　and　every　family　lamented　their　own　relations。

2。　Now　there　followed　after　this　another　calamity；　which　arose　from　a　tumult　made　by　robbers；　for　at　the　public　road　at　Beth…boron；　one　Stephen；　a　servant　of　Caesar；　carried　some　furniture；　which　the　robbers　fell　upon　and　seized。　Upon　this　Cureanus　sent　men　to　go　round　about　to　the　neighboring　villages；　and　to　bring　their　inhabitants　to　him　bound；　as　laying　it　to　their　charge　that　they　had　not　pursued　after　the　thieves；　and　caught　them。　Now　here　it　was　that　a　certain　soldier；　finding　the　sacred　book　of　the　law；　tore　it　to　pieces；　and　threw　it　into　the　fire。　（14）　Hereupon　the　Jews　were　in　great　disorder；　as　if　their　whole　country　were　in　a　flame；　and　assembled　themselves　so　many　of　them　by　their　zeal　for　their　religion；　as　by　an　engine；　and　ran　together　with　united　clamor　to　Cesarea；　to　Cumanus；　and　made　supplication　to　him　that　he　would　not　overlook　this　man；　who　had　offered　such　an　affront　to　God；　and　to　his　law；　but　punish　him　for　what　he　had　done。　Accordingly；　he；　perceiving　that　the　multitude　would　not　be　quiet　unless　they　had　a　comfortable　answer　from　him；　gave　order　that　the　soldier　should　be　brought；　and　drawn　through　those　that　required　to　have　him　punished；　to　execution；　which　being　done；　the　Jews　went　their　ways。

3。　After　this　there　happened　a　fight　between　the　Galileans　and　the　Samaritans；　it　happened　at　a　village　called　Geman；　which　is　situate　in　the　great　plain　of　Samaria；　where；　as　a　great　number　of　Jews　were　going　up　to　Jerusalem　to　the　feast　＇of　tabernacles；＇　a　certain　Galilean　was　slain；　and　besides；　a　vast　number　of　people　ran　together　out　of　Galilee；　in　order　to　fight　with　the　Samaritans。　But　the　principal　men　among　them　came　to　Cumanus；　and　besought　him　that；　before　the　evil　became　incurable；　he　would　come　into　Galilee；　and　bring　the　authors　of　this　murder　to　punishment；　for　that　there　was　no　other　way　to　make　the　multitude　separate　without　coming　to　blows。　However；　Cumanus　postponed　their　supplications　to　the　other　affairs　he　was　then　about；　and　sent　the　petitioners　away　without　success。

4。　But　when　the　affair　of　this　murder　came　to　be　told　at　Jerusalem；　it　put　the　multitude　into　disorder；　and　they　left　the　feast；　and　without　any　generals　to　conduct　them；　they　marched　with　great　violence　to　Samaria；　nor　would　they　be　ruled　by　any　of　the　magistrates　that　were　set　over　them；　but　they　were　managed　by　one　Eleazar；　the　son　of　Dineus；　and　by　Alexander；　in　these　their　thievish　and　seditious　attempts。　These　men　fell　upon　those　that　were　ill　the　neighborhood　of　the　Acrabatene　toparchy；　and　slew　them；　without　sparing　any　age；　and　set　the　villages　on　fire。　　5。　But　Cumanus　took　one　troop　of　horsemen；　called　the　troop　of　Sebaste；　out　of　Cesarea；　and　came　to　the　assistance　of　those　that　were　spoiled；　he　also　seized　upon　a　great　number　of　those　that　followed　Eleazar；　and　slew　more　of　them。　And　as　for　the　rest　of　the　multitude　of　those　that　went　so　zealously　to　fight　with　the　Samaritans；　the　rulers　of　Jerusalem　ran　out　clothed　with　sackcloth；　and　having　ashes　on　their　head；　and　begged　of　them　to　go　their　ways；　lest　by　their　attempt　to　revenge　themselves　upon　the　Samaritans　they　should　provoke　the　Romans　to　come　against　Jerusalem；　to　have　compassion　upon　their　country　and　temple；　their　children　and　their　wives；　and　not　bring　the　utmost　dangers　of　destruction　upon　them；　in　order　to　avenge　themselves　upon　one　Galilean　only。　The　Jews　complied　with　these　persuasions　of　theirs；　and　dispersed　themselves；　but　still　there　were　a　great　number　who　betook　themselves　to　robbing；　in　hopes　of　impunity；　and　rapines　and　insurrections　of　the　bolder　sort　happened　over　the　whole　country。　And　the　men　of　power　among　the　Samaritans　came　to　Tyre；　to　Ummidius　Quadratus；　（15）　the　president　of　Syria；　and　desired　that　they　that　had　laid　waste　the　country　might　be　punished：　the　great　men　also　of　the　Jews；　and　Jonathan　the　son　of　Ananus　the　high　priest；　came　thither；　and　said　that　the　Samaritans　were　the　beginners　of　the　disturbance；　on　account　of　that　murder　they　had　committed；　and　that　Cumanus　had　given　occasion　to　what　had　happened；　by　his　unwillingness　to　punish　the　original　authors　of　that　murder。

6。　But　Quadratus　put　both　parties　off　for　that　time；　and　told　them；　that　when　he　should　come　to　those　places；　he　would　make　a　diligent　inquiry　after　every　circumstance。　After　which　he　went　to　Cesarea；　and　crucified　all　those　whom　Cumanus　had　taken　alive；　and　when　from　thence　he　was　come　to　the　city　Lydda；　he　heard　the　affair　of　the　Samaritans；　and　sent　for　eighteen　of　the　Jews；　whom　he　had　learned　to　have　been　concerned　in　that　fight；　and　beheaded　them；　but　he　sent　two　others　of　those　that　were　of　the　greatest　power　among　them；　and　both　Jonathan　and　Ananias；　the　high　priests；　as　also　Artanus　the　son　of　this　Ananias；　and　certain　others　that　were　eminent　among　the　Jews；　to　Caesar；　as　he　did　in　like　manner　by　the　most　illustrious　of　the　Samaritans。　He　also　ordered　that　Cureanus　＇the　procurator＇　and　Celer　the　tribune　should　sail　to　Rome；　in　order　to　give　an　account　of　what　had　been　done　to　Caesar。　When　he　had　finished　these　matters；　he　went　up　from　Lydda　to　Jerusalem；　and　finding　the　multitude　celebrating　their　feast　of　unleavened　bread　without　any　tumult；　he　returned　to　Antioch。

7。　Now　when　Caesar　at　Rome　had　heard　what　Cumanus　and　the　Samaritans　had　to　say；　（where　it　was　done　in　the　hearing　of　Agrippa；　who　zealously　espoused　the　cause　of　the　Jews；　as　in　like　manner　many　of　the　great　men　stood　by　Cumanus；）　he　condemned　the　Samaritans；　and　commanded　that　three　of　the　most　powerful　men　among　them　should　be　put　to　death；　he　banished　Cumanus；　and　sent　Color　bound　to　Jerusalem；　to　be　delivered　over　to　the　Jews　to　be　tormented；　that　he　should　be　drawn　round　the　city；　and　then　beheaded。

8。　After　this　Caesar　sent　Felix；　（16）　the　brother　of　Pallas；　to　be　procurator　of　Galilee；　and　Samaria；　and　Perea；　and　removed　Agrippa　from　Chalcis　unto　a　greater　kingdom；　for　he　gave　him　the　tetrarchy　which　had　belonged　to　Philip；　which　contained　Batanae；　Trachonitis；　and　Gaulonitis：　he　added　to　it　the　kingdom　of　Lysanias；　and　that　province　＇Abilene＇　which　Varus　had　governed。　But　Claudius　himself；　when　he　had　administered　the　government　thirteen　years；　eight　months；　and　twenty　days；　died；　and　left　Nero　to　be　his　successor　in　the　empire；　whom　he　had　adopted　by　his　Wife　Agrippina's　delusions；　in　order　to　be　his　successor；　although　he　had　a　son　of　his　own；　whose　name　was　Britannicus；　by　Messalina　his　former　wife；　and　a　daughter　whose　name　was　Octavia；　whom　he　had　married　to　Nero；　he　had　also　another　daughter　by　Petina；　whose　name　was　Antonia。

CHAPTER　13。

Nero　Adds　Four　Cities　To　Agrippas　Kingdom；　But　The　Other　Parts　Of　Judea　Were　Under　Felix。　The　Disturbances　Which　Were　Raised　By　The　Sicarii　The　Magicians　And　An　Egyptian　False　Prophet。　The　Jews　And　Syrians　Have　A　Contest　At　Cesarea。

1。　Now　as　to　the　many　things　in　which　Nero　acted　like　a　madman；　out　of　the　extravagant　degree　of　the　felicity　and　riches　which　he　enjoyed；　and　by　that　means　used　his　good　fortune　to　the　injury　of　others；　and　after　what　manner　he　slew　his　brother；　and　wife；　and　mother；　from　whom　his　barbarity　spread　itself　to　others　that　were　most　nearly　related　to　him；　and　how；　at　last；　he　was　so　distracted　that　he　became　an　actor　in　the　scenes；　and　upon　the　theater；　…　I　omit　to　say　any　more　about　them；　because　there　are　writers　enough　upon　those　subjects　every　where；　but　I　shall　turn　myself　to　those　actions　of　his　time　in　which　the　Jews　were　concerned。

2。　Nero　therefore　bestowed　the　kingdom　of　the　Lesser　Armenia　upon　Aristobulus；　Herod's　son；　（17）　and　he　added　to　Agrippa's　kingdom　four　cities；　with　the　toparchies　to　them　belonging；　I　mean　Abila；　and　that　Julias　which　is　in　Perea；　Tarichea　also；　and　Tiberias　of　Galilee；　but　over　the　rest　of　Judea　he　made　Felix　procurator。　This　Felix　took　Eleazar　the　arch…robber；　and　many　that　were　with　him；　alive；　when　they　had　ravaged　the　country　for　twenty　years　together；　and　sent　them　to　Rome；　but　as　to　the　number　of　the　robbers　whom　he　caused　to　be　crucified；　and　of　those　who　were　caught　among　them；　and　whom　he　brought　to　punishment；　they　were　a　multitude　not　to　be　enumerated。

3。　When　the　country　was　purged　of　these；　there　sprang　up　another　sort　of　robbers　in　Jerusalem；　which　were　called　Sicarii；　who　slew　men　in　the　day　time；　and　in　the　midst　of　the　city；　this　they　did　chiefly　at　the　festivals；　when　they　mingled　themselves　among　the　multitude；　and　concealed　daggers　under　their　garments；　with　which　they　stabbed　those　that　were　their　enemies；　and　when　any　fell　down　dead；　the　murderers　became　a　part　of　those　that　had　indignation　against　them；　by　which　means　they　appeared　persons　of　such　reputation；　that　they　could　by　no　means　be　discovered。　The　first　man　who　was　slain　by　them　was　Jonathan　the　high　priest；　after　whose　death　many　were　slain　every　day；　while　the　fear　men　were　in　of　being　so　served　was　more　afflicting　than　the　calamity　itself；　and　while　every　body　expected　death　every　hour；　as　men　do　in　war；　so　men　were　obliged　to　look　before　them；　and　to　take　notice　of　their　enemies　at　a　great　distance；　nor；　if　their　friends　were　coming　to　them；　durst　they　trust　them　any　longer；　but；　in　the　midst　of　their　suspicions　and　guarding　of　themselves；