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1 Maccabees 3:29

καὶ ἴδεν ὅτι ἐξέλειπεν τὸ ἀργύριον ἀπὸ τῶν θησαυρῶν· καὶ οἱ φόροι τῆς χώρας ὀλίγοι χάριν τῆς διχοστασίας καὶ πληγῆς ἧς κατεσκεύασεν ἐν τῇ γῆ. τοῦ ἆραι τὰ νόμιμα ἃ ἦσαν ἀφ᾿ ἡνερῶν τῶν πρώτων.

  1. καὶ
    and
  2. ἴδεν
    saw
  3. ὅτι
    that
    because
  4. ἐξέλειπεν
    ceased
    was lacking, he departed
  5. τὸ
    the
  6. ἀργύριον
    silver
  7. ἀπὸ
    from
  8. τῶν
    of the
  9. θησαυρῶν
    treasures
  10.  
    ·
     
  11. καὶ
    and
  12. οἱ
    the
  13. φόροι
    taxes
    tributes, tribute
  14. τῆς
    of the
    the
  15. χώρας
    land
    country
  16. ὀλίγοι
    few
  17. χάριν
    for the sake of
    favor, for the sake
  18. τῆς
    of the
    the
  19. διχοστασίας
    division
    discord
  20. καὶ
    and
  21. πληγῆς
    blow
    wound
  22. ἧς
    which
  23. κατεσκεύασεν
    constructed
    he prepared
  24. ἐν
    in
  25. τῇ
    the
  26. γῆ
    land
    earth
  27.  
    .
     
  28. τοῦ
    of the
    the
  29. ἆραι
    to lift
    to take up, to carry
  30. τὰ
    the
  31. νόμιμα
    laws
    customs
  32. which
  33. ἦσαν
    were
  34. ἀφ᾿
    from
  35. ἡνερῶν
    men
  36. τῶν
    of the
  37. πρώτων
    first
  38.  
    .
     

And he saw that the silver from the treasuries had ceased, and the taxes of the land were few because of the division and calamity which he had brought upon the land, in order to abolish the laws which had existed from the earliest times.