For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.
because a will is in force only when somebody has died; it never takes effect while the one who made it is living.
Διαθήκη γὰρ ἐπὶ νεκροῖς βεβαία, ἐπεὶ μήποτε ἰσχύει ὅτε ζῇ ὁ διαθέμενος.
Diathēkē gar epi nekrois bebaia, epei mēpote ischyei ote zē o diathemenos.
