2
O mother, who with your seven sons nullified the violence of the tyrant, frustrated his evil designs, and showed the courage of your faith!
3
Nobly set like a roof on the pillars of your sons, you held firm and unswerving against the earthquake of the tortures.
4
Take courage, therefore, O holy-minded mother, maintaining firm an enduring hope in God.
5
The moon in heaven, with the stars, does not stand so august as you, who, after lighting the way of your star-like seven sons to piety, stand in honor before God and are firmly set in heaven with them.
6
For your children were true descendants of father Abraham.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.