ΕΣΔΡΑΣ Β 10
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), second editionOriginal language
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), second edition
King James Version with Apocrypha
1ΚΑΙ ὡς προσηύξατο Ἔσδρας καὶ ὡς ἐξηγόρευσε κλαίων καὶ προσευχόμενος ἐνώπιον οἴκου τοῦ Θεοῦ, συνήχθησαν πρὸς αὐτὸν ἀπὸ Ἰσραὴλ ἐκκλησία πολλὴ σφόδρα, ἄνδρες καὶ γυναῖκες καὶ νεανίσκοι, ὅτι ἔκλαυσαν ὁ λαὸς καὶ ὕψωσε κλαίων.
1And it so came to pass, that when my son was entered into his wedding chamber, he fell down, and died.
2καὶ ἀπεκρίθη Σεχενίας υἱὸς Ἰεὴλ ἀπὸ υἱῶν Ἠλάμ, καὶ εἶπε τῷ Ἔσδρᾳ· ἡμεῖς ἠσυνθετήσαμεν τῷ Θεῷ ἡμῶν καὶ ἐκαθίσαμεν γυναῖκας ἀλλοτρίας ἀπὸ τῶν λαῶν τῆς γῆς· καὶ νῦν ἐστιν ὑπομονὴ τῷ Ἰσραὴλ ἐπὶ τούτῳ.
2Then we all overthrew the lights, and all my neighbours rose up to comfort me: so I took my rest unto the second day at night.
3καὶ νῦν διαθώμεθα διαθήκην τῷ Θεῷ ἡμῶν ἐκβαλεῖν πάσας τὰς γυναῖκας καὶ τὰ γενόμενα ἐξ αὐτῶν, ὡς ἂν βούλη· ἀνάστηθι, καὶ φοβέρισον αὐτοὺς ἐν ἐντολαῖς Θεοῦ ἡμῶν, καὶ ὡς ὁ νόμος γενηθήτω.
3And it came to pass, when they had all left off to comfort me, to the end I might be quiet; then rose I up by night and fled, and came hither into this field, as thou seest.
4ἀνάστα, ὅτι ἐπὶ σὲ τὸ ρῆμα, καὶ ἡμεῖς μετὰ σοῦ· κραταιοῦ καὶ ποίησον.
4And I do now purpose not to return into the city, but here to stay, and neither to eat nor drink, but continually to mourn and to fast until I die.
5καὶ ἀνέστη Ἔσδρας καὶ ὥρκισε τοὺς ἄρχοντας, τοὺς ἱερεῖς καὶ Λευίτας καὶ πάντα Ἰσραὴλ τοῦ ποιῆσαι κατὰ τὸ ρῆμα τοῦτο· καὶ ὤμοσαν.
5Then left I the meditations wherein I was, and spake to her in anger, saying,
6καὶ ἀνέστη Ἔσδρας ἀπὸ προσώπου οἴκου τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ ἐπορεύθη εἰς γαζοφυλάκιον Ἰωανὰν υἱοῦ Ἐλισοὺβ καὶ ἐπορεύθη ἐκεῖ· ἄρτον οὐκ ἔφαγεν καὶ ὕδωρ οὐκ ἔπιεν, ὅτι ἐπένθει ἐπὶ τῇ ἀσυνθεσίᾳ τῆς ἀποικίας.
6Thou foolish woman above all other, seest thou not our mourning, and what happeneth unto us?
7καὶ παρήνεγκαν φωνὴν ἐν Ἰούδᾳ καὶ ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ πᾶσι τοῖς υἱοῖς τῆς ἀποικίας τοῦ συναθροισθῆναι εἰς Ἱερουαλήμ,
7How that Sion our mother is full of all heaviness, and much humbled, mourning very sore?
8πᾶς, ὃς ἂν μὴ ἔλθῃ εἰς τρεῖς ἡμέρας, ὡς ἡ βουλὴ τῶν ἀρχόντων καὶ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων, ἀναθεματισθήσεται πᾶσα ἡ ὕπαρξις αὐτοῦ, καὶ αὐτὸς διασταλήσεται ἀπὸ ἐκκλησίας τῆς ἀποικίας.
8And now, seeing we all mourn and are sad, for we are all in heaviness, art thou grieved for one son?
9Καὶ συνήχθησαν πάντες ἄνδρες Ἰούδα καὶ Βενιαμὶν εἰς Ἱερουσαλὴμ εἰς τὰς τρεῖς ἡμέρας, οὗτος ὁ μὴν ὁ ἔνατος· ἐν εἰκάδι τοῦ μηνὸς ἐκάθισε πᾶς ὁ λαὸς ἐν πλατείᾳ οἴκου τοῦ Θεοῦ ἀπὸ θορύβου αὐτῶν περὶ τοῦ ρήματος καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ χειμῶνος.
9For ask the earth, and she shall tell thee, that it is she which ought to mourn for the fall of so many that grow upon her.
10καὶ ἀνέστη Ἔσδρας ὁ ἱερεὺς καὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτούς· ὑμεῖς ἠσυνθετήκατε καὶ ἐκαθίσατε γυναῖκας ἀλλοτρίας τοῦ προσθεῖναι ἐπὶ πλημμέλειαν Ἰσραήλ·
10For out of her came all at the first, and out of her shall all others come, and, behold, they walk almost all into destruction, and a multitude of them is utterly rooted out.
11καὶ νῦν δότε αἴνεσιν Κυρίῳ Θεῷ τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν καὶ ποιήσατε τὸ ἀρεστὸν ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ καὶ διαστάλητε ἀπὸ λαῶν τῆς γῆς καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν γυναικῶν τῶν ἀλλοτρίων.
11Who then should make more mourning than she, that hath lost so great a multitude; and not thou, which art sorry but for one?
12καὶ ἀπεκρίθησαν πᾶσα ἡ ἐκκλησία καὶ εἶπαν· μέγα τοῦτο τὸ ρῆμά σου ἐφ᾿ ἡμᾶς ποιῆσαι·
12But if thou sayest unto me, My lamentation is not like the earth’s, because I have lost the fruit of my womb, which I brought forth with pains, and bare with sorrows;
13ἀλλὰ ὁ λαὸς πολύς, καὶ ὁ καιρὸς χειμερινός, καὶ οὐκ ἔστι δύναμις στῆναι ἔξω· καὶ τὸ ἔργον οὐκ εἰς ἡμέραν μίαν καὶ οὐκ εἰς δύο, ὅτι ἐπληθύναμεν τοῦ ἀδικῆσαι ἐν τῷ ρήματι τούτῳ.
13But the earth not so: for the multitude present in it according to the course of the earth is gone, as it came:
14στήτωσαν δὴ ἄρχοντες ἡμῶν πάσῃ τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ καὶ πάντες οἱ ἐν πόλεσιν ἡμῶν, ὃς ἐκάθισε γυναῖκας ἀλλοτρίας, ἐλθέτωσαν εἰς καιροὺς ἀπὸ συνταγῶν καὶ μετ᾿ αὐτῶν πρεσβύτεροι πόλεως καὶ πόλεως καὶ κριταὶ τοῦ ἀποστρέψαι ὀργὴν θυμοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν ἐξ ἡμῶν περὶ τοῦ ρήματος τούτου.
14Then say I unto thee, Like as thou hast brought forth with labour; even so the earth also hath given her fruit, namely, man, ever since the beginning unto him that made her.
15πλὴν Ἰωνάθαν υἱὸς Ἀσαὴλ καὶ Ἰαζίας υἱὸς Θεκωὲ μετ᾿ ἐμοῦ περὶ τούτου, καὶ Μεσολλὰμ καὶ Σαββαθαΐ ὁ Λευίτης βοηθῶν αὐτοῖς.
15Now therefore keep thy sorrow to thyself, and bear with a good courage that which hath befallen thee.
16καὶ ἐποίησαν οὕτως υἱοὶ τῆς ἀποικίας. καὶ διεστάλησαν Ἔσδρας ὁ ἱερεὺς καὶ ἄνδρες ἄρχοντες πατριῶν τῷ οἴκῳ καὶ πάντες ἐν ὀνόμασιν, ὅτι ἐπέστρεψαν ἐν ἡμέρᾳ μιᾷ τοῦ μηνὸς τοῦ δεκάτου ἐκζητῆσαι τὸ ρῆμα.
16For if thou shalt acknowledge the determination of God to be just, thou shalt both receive thy son in time, and shalt be commended among women.
17καὶ ἐτέλεσαν ἐν πᾶσιν ἀνδράσιν, οἳ ἐκάθισαν γυναῖκας ἀλλοτρίας, ἕως ἡμέρας μιᾶς τοῦ μηνὸς τοῦ πρώτου.
17Go thy way then into the city to thine husband.
18Καὶ εὑρέθησαν ἀπὸ υἱῶν τῶν ἱερέων, οἳ ἐκάθισαν γυναῖκας ἀλλοτρίας· ἀπὸ υἱῶν Ἰησοῦ υἱοῦ Ἰωσεδὲκ καὶ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ Μαασία καὶ Ἐλιέζερ καὶ Ἰαρὶβ καὶ Γαδαλία,
18And she said unto me, That will I not do: I will not go into the city, but here will I die.
19καὶ ἔδωκαν χεῖρα αὐτῶν τοῦ ἐξενέγκαι γυναῖκας ἑαυτῶν καὶ πλημμελείας κριὸν ἐκ προβάτων περὶ πλημμελήσεως αὐτῶν·
19So I proceeded to speak further unto her, and said,
20καὶ ἀπὸ υἱῶν Ἐμμήρ, Ἀνανὶ καὶ Ζαβδία·
20Do not so, but be counselled. by me: for how many are the adversities of Sion? be comforted in regard of the sorrow of Jerusalem.
21καὶ ἀπὸ υἱῶν Ἠράμ, Μασαὴλ καὶ Ἐλία καὶ Σαμαΐα καὶ Ἰεὴλ καὶ Ὀζία·
21For thou seest that our sanctuary is laid waste, our altar broken down, our temple destroyed;
22καὶ ἀπὸ υἱῶν Φασούρ, Ἐλιωναΐ, Μαασία καὶ Ἰσμαὴλ καὶ Ναθαναὴλ καὶ Ἰωζαβὰδ καὶ Ἠλασά·
22Our psaltery is laid on the ground, our song is put to silence, our rejoicing is at an end, the light of our candlestick is put out, the ark of our covenant is spoiled, our holy things are defiled, and the name that is called upon us is almost profaned: our children are put to shame, our priests are burnt, our Levites are gone into captivity, our virgins are defiled, and our wives ravished; our righteous men carried away, our little ones destroyed, our young men are brought in bondage, and our strong men are become weak;
23καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν Λευιτῶν, Ἰωζαβὰδ καὶ Σαμοὺ καὶ Κωλία (αὐτὸς Κωλίτας) καὶ Φεθεΐα καὶ Ἰόδομ καὶ Ἐλιέζερ·
23And, which is the greatest of all, the seal of Sion hath now lost her honour; for she is delivered into the hands of them that hate us.
24καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ᾀδόντων, Ἐλισάβ· καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν πυλωρῶν, Σολμὴν καὶ Τελμὴν καὶ Ὠδούθ·
24And therefore shake off thy great heaviness, and put away the multitude of sorrows, that the Mighty may be merciful unto thee again, and the Highest shall give thee rest and ease from thy labour.
25καὶ ἀπὸ Ἰσραήλ· ἀπὸ υἱῶν Φόρος, Ραμία καὶ Ἀζία καὶ Μελχία καὶ Μεαμὶν καὶ Ἐλεάζαρ καὶ Ἀσαβία καὶ Βαναία·
25And it came to pass while I was talking with her, behold, her face upon a sudden shined exceedingly, and her countenance glistered, so that I was afraid of her, and mused what it might be.
26καὶ ἀπὸ υἱῶν Ἠλάμ, Ματθανία καὶ Ζαχαρία καὶ Ἰαϊὴλ καὶ Ἀβδία και Ἰαριμὼθ καὶ Ἠλία·
26And, behold, suddenly she made a great cry very fearful: so that the earth shook at the noise of the woman.
27καὶ ἀπὸ υἱῶν Ζαθονά, Ἐλιωναΐ, Ἐλισούβ, Ματθαναΐ καὶ Ἀρμὼθ καὶ Ζαβὰδ καὶ Ὀζιζά·
27And I looked, and, behold, the woman appeared unto me no more, but there was a city builded, and a large place shewed itself from the foundations: then was I afraid, and cried with a loud voice, and said,
28καὶ ἀπὸ υἱῶν Βαβεΐ, Ἰωανάν, Ἀνανία, καὶ Ζαβοὺ καὶ Θαλί·
28Where is Uriel the angel, who came unto me at the first? for he hath caused me to fall into many trances, and mine end is turned into corruption, and my prayer to rebuke.
29καὶ ἀπὸ υἱῶν Βανουΐ, Μοσολλάμ, Μαλούχ, Ἀδαΐας, Ἰασοὺβ καὶ Σαλουΐα καὶ Ρημώθ·
29And as I was speaking these words behold, he came unto me, and looked upon me.
30καὶ ἀπὸ υἱῶν Φαὰθ Μωάβ, Ἐδνὲ καὶ Χαλὴλ καὶ Βαναία Μαασία Ματθανία Βεσελεὴλ καὶ Βανουΐ καὶ Μανασσῆ·
30And, lo, I lay as one that had been dead, and mine understanding was taken from me: and he took me by the right hand, and comforted me, and set me upon my feet, and said unto me,
31καὶ ἀπὸ υἱῶν Ἠράμ, Ἐλιέζερ, Ἰεσία, Μελχία, Σαμαΐας, Συμεών,
31What aileth thee? and why art thou so disquieted? and why is thine understanding troubled, and the thoughts of thine heart?
32Βενιαμίν, Βαλούχ, Σαμαρία·
32And I said, Because thou hast forsaken me, and yet I did according to thy words, and I went into the field, and, lo, I have seen, and yet see, that I am not able to express.
33καὶ ἀπὸ υἱῶν Ἀσήμ, Μετθανία, Ματθαθά, Ζαδάβ, Ἐλιφαλέτ, Ἱεραμί, Μανασσῆ, Σεμεΐ·
33And he said unto me, Stand up manfully, and I will advise thee.
34καὶ ἀπὸ υἱῶν Βανί, Μοοδία, Ἀμράμ, Οὐήλ,
34Then said I, Speak on, my lord, in me; only forsake me not, lest I die frustrate of my hope.
35Βαναία, Βαδαία, Χελκία,
35For I have seen that I knew not, and hear that I do not know.
36Οὐουανία, Μαριμώθ, Ἐλιασίφ,
36Or is my sense deceived, or my soul in a dream?
37Ματθανία, Ματθαναΐ καὶ ἐποίησαν
37Now therefore I beseech thee that thou wilt shew thy servant of this vision.
38οἱ υἱοὶ Βανουὶ καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ Σεμεΐ
38He answered me then, and said, Hear me, and I shall inform thee, and tell thee wherefore thou art afraid: for the Highest will reveal many secret things unto thee.
39καὶ Σελεμία καὶ Νάθαν καὶ Ἀδαΐα,
39He hath seen that thy way is right: for that thou sorrowest continually for thy people, and makest great lamentation for Sion.
40Μαχαδναβού, Σεσεΐ, Σαριού,
40This therefore is the meaning of the vision which thou lately sawest:
41Ἐζριὴλ καὶ Σελεμία καὶ Σαμαρία
41Thou sawest a woman mourning, and thou begannest to comfort her:
42καὶ Σελλούμ, Ἀμαρεία, Ἰωσήφ·
42But now seest thou the likeness of the woman no more, but there appeared unto thee a city builded.
43ἀπὸ υἱῶν Ναβού, Ἰαήλ, Ματθανίας, Ζαβάδ, Ζεββενάς, Ἰαδαὶ καὶ Ἰωὴλ καὶ Βαναία.
43And whereas she told thee of the death of her son, this is the solution:
44πάντες οὗτοι ἐλάβοσαν γυναῖκας ἀλλοτρίας καὶ ἐγέννησαν ἐξ αὐτῶν υἱούς.
44This woman, whom thou sawest is Sion: and whereas she said unto thee, even she whom thou seest as a city builded,
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45Whereas, I say, she said unto thee, that she hath been thirty years barren: those are the thirty years wherein there was no offering made in her.
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46But after thirty years Solomon builded the city and offered offerings: and then bare the barren a son.
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47And whereas she told thee that she nourished him with labour: that was the dwelling in Jerusalem.
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48But whereas she said unto thee, That my son coming into his marriage chamber happened to have a fail, and died: this was the destruction that came to Jerusalem.
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49And, behold, thou sawest her likeness, and because she mourned for her son, thou begannest to comfort her: and of these things which have chanced, these are to be opened unto thee.
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50For now the most High seeth that thou art grieved unfeignedly, and sufferest from thy whole heart for her, so hath he shewed thee the brightness of her glory, and the comeliness of her beauty:
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51And therefore I bade thee remain in the field where no house was builded:
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52For I knew that the Highest would shew this unto thee.
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53Therefore I commanded thee to go into the field, where no foundation of any building was.
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54For in the place wherein the Highest beginneth to shew his city, there can no man’s building be able to stand.
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55And therefore fear not, let not thine heart be affrighted, but go thy way in, and see the beauty and greatness of the building, as much as thine eyes be able to see:
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56And then shalt thou hear as much as thine ears may comprehend.
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57For thou art blessed above many other, and art called with the Highest; and so are but few.
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58But to morrow at night thou shalt remain here;
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59And so shall the Highest shew thee visions of the high things, which the most High will do unto them that dwell upon the earth in the last days. So I slept that night and another, like as he commanded me.
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