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1 Maccabees 15:3

ἐπειδή τινες λοιμοὶ κατεκράτησαν τῆς βασιλείας τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν, βουλεύομαι δὲ ἀντιποιήσασθαι τῆς βασιλείας, ὅπαως ἀποκαταστήσω αὐτὴν ὡς ἦν τὸ πρότερον· ἐξενολόγησα δὲ πλῆθος δυνάμεων καὶ κατεσκεύασα πλοῖα πολεμικά·

  1. ἐπειδή
    since
  2. τινες
    some
  3. λοιμοὶ
    plagues
  4. κατεκράτησαν
    prevailed
    they took possession of, they overpowered
  5. τῆς
    of the
    the
  6. βασιλείας
    kingdom
  7. τῶν
    of the
  8. πατέρων
    fathers
  9. ἡμῶν
    our
  10.  
    ,
     
  11. βουλεύομαι
    i plan
  12. δὲ
    but
    and
  13. ἀντιποιήσασθαι
    to claim
  14. τῆς
    of the
    the
  15. βασιλείας
    kingdom
  16.  
    ,
     
  17. ὅπαως
    so that
  18. ἀποκαταστήσω
    i will restore
  19. αὐτὴν
    it
    her
  20. ὡς
    as
  21. ἦν
    was
  22. τὸ
    the
  23. πρότερον
    before
    earlier
  24.  
    ·
     
  25. ἐξενολόγησα
    i enlisted
  26. δὲ
    but
    and
  27. πλῆθος
    multitude
  28. δυνάμεων
    powers
  29. καὶ
    and
  30. κατεσκεύασα
    i have prepared
    i prepared, i created
  31. πλοῖα
    ships
  32. πολεμικά
    military matters
    warlike things, military
  33.  
    ·
     

Since some plagues took possession of the kingdom of our fathers, I plan to claim the kingdom so that I will restore it as it was before, and I enlisted a multitude of forces and prepared military ships.