ἐπεὶ πολλάκις ἐγενήθησαν πόλεμοι ἐν τῇ χώρᾳ, Σίμων δὲ ὁ υἱὸς Ματταθίου ὁ υἱὸς τῶν υἱῶν Ἰωαρίβ καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ ἔδωκαν ἐαυτοὺς τῷ κινδύνῳ, καὶ ἀντέστησαν τοῖς ὑπεναντίοις τοῦ ἔθνους αὐτῶν, ὅπως σταθῇ τὰ ἅγια αὐτῶν καὶ ὁ νόμος, καὶ δόξῃ μεγάλῃ ἐδόξασαν τὸ ἔθνος αὐτῶν·

1. ἐπεὶ
   since
2. πολλάκις
   often
3. ἐγενήθησαν
   they became
   became, were
4. πόλεμοι
   wars
5. ἐν
   in
6. τῇ
   the
7. χώρᾳ
   lands
   regions
8.  
   ,
    
9. Σίμων
   Simon
10. δὲ
    but
    and
11. ὁ
    the
12. υἱὸς
    son
13. Ματταθίου
    Mattathias
    Of mattathias
14. ὁ
    the
15. υἱὸς
    son
16. τῶν
    of the
17. υἱῶν
    sons
18. Ἰωαρίβ
    Of joarib
    Joiarib, Joarib
19. καὶ
    and
20. οἱ
    the
21. ἀδελφοὶ
    brothers
22. αὐτοῦ
    his
23. ἔδωκαν
    they gave
24. ἐαυτοὺς
    themselves
25. τῷ
    the
    to the
26. κινδύνῳ
    danger
27.  
    ,
     
28. καὶ
    and
29. ἀντέστησαν
    they resisted
    stood against, have testified against
30. τοῖς
    the
    to the
31. ὑπεναντίοις
    adversaries
32. τοῦ
    of the
    the
33. ἔθνους
    nation
34. αὐτῶν
    their
    of them
35.  
    ,
     
36. ὅπως
    so that
37. σταθῇ
    it may be established
    might stand
38. τὰ
    the
39. ἅγια
    holy
    holy things
40. αὐτῶν
    their
    of them
41. καὶ
    and
42. ὁ
    the
43. νόμος
    law
44.  
    ,
     
45. καὶ
    and
46. δόξῃ
    glory
47. μεγάλῃ
    great
48. ἐδόξασαν
    they glorified
    glorified
49. τὸ
    the
50. ἔθνος
    nation
51. αὐτῶν
    their
    of them
52.  
    ·
     

Since wars often occurred in the land, Simon the son of Mattathias, the son of the sons of Joarib, and his brothers gave themselves to danger and resisted the adversaries of their nation, so that their holy things and the law might stand, and with great glory they glorified their nation.