1 Esdras 8
King James Version with ApocryphaTranslation
King James Version with Apocrypha
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), second edition
1And after these things, when Artexerxes the king of the Persians reigned came Esdras the son of Saraias, the son of Ezerias, the son of Helchiah, the son of Salum,
1ΚΑΙ μεταγενέστερος τούτων βασιλεύοντος Ἀρταξέρξου τοῦ Περσῶν βασιλέως προσέβη Ἔσδρας Σαραίου, τοῦ Ἐζεχρίου, τοῦ Χελκίου τοῦ Σαλήμου,
2The son of Sadduc, the son of Achitob, the son of Amarias, the son of Ezias, the son of Meremoth, the son of Zaraias, the son of Savias, the son of Boccas, the son of Abisum, the son of Phinees, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest.
2τοῦ Σαδδούκου, τοῦ Ἀχιτώβ, τοῦ Ἀμαρίου, τοῦ Ὀζίου, τοῦ Βοκκά, τοῦ Ἀβισαΐ, τοῦ Φινεές, τοῦ Ἐλεάζαρ, τοῦ Ἀαρὼν τοῦ ἱερέως τοῦ πρώτου.
3This Esdras went up from Babylon, as a scribe, being very ready in the law of Moses, that was given by the God of Israel.
3οὗτος Ἔσδρας ἀνέβη ἐκ Βαβυλῶνος ὡς γραμματεὺς εὐφυὴς ὢν ἐν τῷ Μωυσέως νόμῳ τῷ ἐκδεδομένῳ ὑπὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦ Ἰσραήλ,
4And the king did him honour: for he found grace in his sight in all his requests.
4καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ ὁ βασιλεὺς δόξαν, εὑρόντος χάριν ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ πάντα τὰ ἀξιώματα αὐτοῦ.
5There went up with him also certain of the children of Israel, of the priest of the Levites, of the holy singers, porters, and ministers of the temple, unto Jerusalem,
5καὶ συνανέβησαν ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ καὶ τῶν ἱερέων καὶ Λευιτῶν καὶ ἱεροψαλτῶν καὶ θυρωρῶν καὶ ἱεροδούλων εἰς Ἱερουσαλὴμ
6In the seventh year of the reign of Artexerxes, in the fifth month, this was the king’s seventh year; for they went from Babylon in the first day of the first month, and came to Jerusalem, according to the prosperous journey which the Lord gave them.
6ἔτους ἑβδόμου βασιλεύοντος Ἀρταξέρξου ἐν τῷ πέμπτῳ μηνὶ (οὗτος ἐνιαυτὸς ἕβδομος τῷ βασιλεῖ). ἐξελθόντες γὰρ ἐκ Βαβυλῶνος τῇ νουμηνίᾳ τοῦ πρώτου μηνὸς παρεγένοντο εἰς Ἱερουσαλὴμ κατὰ τὴν δοθεῖσαν αὐτοῖς εὐοδίαν παρὰ τοῦ Κυρίου ἐπ᾿ αὐτῷ·
7For Esdras had very great skill, so that he omitted nothing of the law and commandments of the Lord, but taught all Israel the ordinances and judgments.
7ὁ γὰρ Ἔσδρας πολλὴν ἐπιστήμην περιεῖχεν εἰς τὸ μηδὲν παραλιπεῖν τῶν ἐκ τοῦ νόμου Κυρίου καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἐντολῶν διδάξαι πάντα τὸν Ἰσραὴλ δικαιώματα καὶ κρίματα.
8Now the copy of the commission, which was written from Artexerxes the king, and came to Esdras the priest and reader of the law of the Lord, is this that followeth;
8Προσπεσόντος δὲ τοῦ γραφέντος προστάγματος παρὰ Ἀρταξέρξου βασιλέως πρὸς Ἔσδραν τὸν ἱερέα καὶ ἀναγνώστην τοῦ νόμου Κυρίου, οὗ ἐστιν ἀντίγραφον τὸ ὑποκείμενον·
9King Artexerxes unto Esdras the priest and reader of the law of the Lord sendeth greeting:
9‘Βασιλεὺς Ἀρταξέρξης Ἔδρᾳ τῷ ἱερεῖ καὶ ἀναγνώστῃ τοῦ νόμου Κυρίου χαίρειν.
10Having determined to deal graciously, I have given order, that such of the nation of the Jews, and of the priests and Levites being within our realm, as are willing and desirous should go with thee unto Jerusalem.
10καὶ τὰ φιλάνθρωπα ἐγὼ κρίνας προσέταξα τοὺς βουλομένους ἐκ τοῦ ἔθνους τῶν Ἰουδαίων αἱρετίζοντας καὶ τῶν ἱερέων καὶ τῶν Λευιτῶν, καὶ τῶνδε ἐν τῇ ἡμετέρᾳ βασιλείᾳ, συμπορεύεσθαί σοι εἰς Ἱερουσαλήμ.
11As many therefore as have a mind thereunto, let them depart with thee, as it hath seemed good both to me and my seven friends the counsellors;
11ὅσοι οὖν ἐνθυμοῦνται, συνεξορμάσθωσαν καθάπερ δέδοκται ἐμοί τε καὶ τοῖς ἑπτὰ φίλοις συμβουλευταῖς,
12That they may look unto the affairs of Judea and Jerusalem, agreeably to that which is in the law of the Lord;
12ὅπως ἐπισκέψωνται τὰ κατὰ τὴν Ἰουδαίαν καὶ Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἀκολούθως ᾧ ἔχει ἐν τῷ νόμῳ Κυρίου,
13And carry the gifts unto the Lord of Israel to Jerusalem, which I and my friends have vowed, and all the gold and silver that in the country of Babylon can be found, to the Lord in Jerusalem,
13καὶ ἀπενεγκεῖν δῶρα τῷ Κυρίῳ τοῦ Ἰσραήλ, ἃ ηὐξάμην ἐγώ τε καὶ οἱ φίλοι, εἰς Ἱερουσαλήμ, καὶ πᾶν χρυσίον καὶ ἀργύριον, ὃ ἐὰν εὑρεθῇ ἐν τῇ χώρᾳ τῆς Βαβυλωνίας, τῷ Κυρίῳ εἰς Ἱερουσαλὴμ σὺν τῷ δεδωρημένῳ ὑπὸ τοῦ ἔθνους εἰς τὸ ἱερὸν τοῦ Κυρίου Θεοῦ αὐτῶν τὸ ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ
14With that also which is given of the people for the temple of the Lord their God at Jerusalem: and that silver and gold may be collected for bullocks, rams, and lambs, and things thereunto appertaining;
14συναχθῆναι, τό τε χρυσίον καὶ τὸ ἀργύριον εἰς ταύρους καὶ κριοὺς καὶ ἄρνας καὶ τὰ τούτοις ἀκόλουθα,
15To the end that they may offer sacrifices unto the Lord upon the altar of the Lord their God, which is in Jerusalem.
15ὥστε προσενεγκεῖν θυσίας τῷ Κυρίῳ ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον τοῦ Κυρίου Θεοῦ αὐτῶν τὸ ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ.
16And whatsoever thou and thy brethren will do with the silver and gold, that do, according to the will of thy God.
16καὶ πάντα, ὅσα ἐὰν βούλῃ μετὰ τῶν ἀδελφῶν σου ποιῆσαι χρυσίῳ καὶ ἀργυρίῳ, ἐπιτέλει κατὰ τὸ θέλημα τοῦ Θεοῦ σου,
17And the holy vessels of the Lord, which are given thee for the use of the temple of thy God, which is in Jerusalem, thou shalt set before thy God in Jerusalem.
17καὶ τὰ ἱερὰ σκεύη τοῦ Κυρίου τὰ διδόμενά σοι εἰς τὴν χρείαν τοῦ ἱεροῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ σου τοῦ ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ
18And whatsoever thing else thou shalt remember for the use of the temple of thy God, thou shalt give it out of the king’s treasury.
18καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ ὅσα ἂν ὑποπίπτῃ σοι εἰς τὴν χρείαν τοῦ ἱεροῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ σου δώσεις ἐκ τοῦ βασιλικοῦ γαζοφυλακίου.
19And I king Artexerxes have also commanded the keepers of the treasures in Syria and Phenice, that whatsoever Esdras the priest and the reader of the law of the most high God shall send for, they should give it him with speed,
19κἀγὼ ἰδοὺ Ἀρταξέρξης βασιλεὺς προσέταξας τοῖς γαζοφύλαξι Συρίας καὶ Φοινίκης, ἵνα ὅσα ἐὰν ἀποστείλῃ Ἔσδρας ὁ ἱερεὺς καὶ ἀναγνώστης τοῦ νόμου τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦ Ὑψίστου, ἐπιμελῶς διδῶσιν ἕως ἀργυρίου ταλάντων ἑκατόν,
20To the sum of an hundred talents of silver, likewise also of wheat even to an hundred cors, and an hundred pieces of wine, and other things in abundance.
20ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ ἕως πυροῦ κόρων ἑκατὸν καὶ οἴνου μετρητῶν ἑκατὸν
21Let all things be performed after the law of God diligently unto the most high God, that wrath come not upon the kingdom of the king and his sons.
21καὶ ἄλλα ἐκ πλήθους· πάντα κατὰ τὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ νόμον ἐπιτελεσθήτω ἐπιμελῶς τῷ Θεῷ τῷ Ὑψίστῳ, ἕνεκεν τοῦ μὴ γενέσθαι ὀργὴν εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ τῶν υἱῶν αὐτοῦ.
22I command you also, that ye require no tax, nor any other imposition, of any of the priests, or Levites, or holy singers, or porters, or ministers of the temple, or of any that have doings in this temple, and that no man have authority to impose any thing upon them.
22καὶ ὑμῖν δὲ λέγεται ὅπως πᾶσι τοῖς ἱερεῦσι καὶ τοῖς Λευίταις καὶ ἱεροψάλταις καὶ θυρωροῖς καὶ ἱεροδούλοις καὶ πραγματικοῖς τοῦ ἱεροῦ τούτου μηδὲ μία φορολογία μηδὲ ἄλλη ἐπιβουλὴ γίνηται, καὶ μηδένα ἔχειν ἐξουσίαν ἐπιβαλεῖν τι τούτοις.
23And thou, Esdras, according to the wisdom of God ordain judges and justices, that they may judge in all Syria and Phenice all those that know the law of thy God; and those that know it not thou shalt teach.
23καὶ σύ, Ἔσδρα, κατὰ τὴν σοφίαν τοῦ Θεοῦ ἀνάδειξον κριτὰς καὶ δικαστάς, ὅπως δικάζωσιν ἐν ὅλῃ Συρίᾳ καὶ Φοινίκῃ πάντας τοὺς ἐπισταμένους τὸν νόμον τοῦ Θεοῦ σου· καὶ τοὺς μή ἐπισταμένους διδάξεις.
24And whosoever shall transgress the law of thy God, and of the king, shall be punished diligently, whether it be by death, or other punishment, by penalty of money, or by imprisonment.
24καὶ πάντες, ὅσοι ἂν παραβαίνωσι τὸν νόμον τοῦ Θεοῦ σου καὶ τὸν βασιλικόν, ἐπιμελῶς κολασθήσονται, ἐάν τε καὶ θανάτῳ· ἐάν τε καὶ τιμωρίᾳ ἢ ἀργυρικῇ ζημίᾳ ἢ ἀπαγωγῇ’.
25Then said Esdras the scribe, Blessed be the only Lord God of my fathers, who hath put these things into the heart of the king, to glorify his house that is in Jerusalem:
25Καὶ εἶπεν Ἔσδρας ὁ γραμματεύς· εὐλογητὸς μόνος Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς τῶν πατέρων μου ὁ δοὺς ταῦτα εἰς τὴν καρδίαν τοῦ βασιλέως, δοξάσαι τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ τὸν ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ,
26And hath honoured me in the sight of the king, and his counsellors, and all his friends and nobles.
26καὶ ἐμὲ ἐτίμησεν ἐναντίον τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ τῶν συμβουλευόντων καὶ πάντων τῶν φίλων καὶ μεγιστάνων αὐτοῦ.
27Therefore was I encouraged by the help of the Lord my God, and gathered together men of Israel to go up with me.
27καὶ ἐγὼ εὐθαρσὴς ἐγενόμην κατὰ τὴν ἀντίληψιν Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ μου καὶ συνήγαγον ἄνδρας ἐκ τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ ὥστε συναναβῆναί μοι.
28And these are the chief according to their families and several dignities, that went up with me from Babylon in the reign of king Artexerxes:
28Καὶ οὗτοι οἱ προηγούμενοι κατὰ τὰς πατριὰς αὐτῶν καὶ τὰς μεριδαρχίας οἱ ἀναβάντες μετ᾿ ἐμοῦ ἐκ Βαβυλῶνος ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ Ἀρταξέρξου τοῦ βασιλέως·
29Of the sons of Phinees, Gerson: of the sons of Ithamar, Gamael: of the sons of David, Lettus the son of Sechenias:
29ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Φινεές, Γηρσών· ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Ἰαθαμάρου, Γαμαλιήλ· ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Δαυίδ, Λαττοὺς ὁ Σεχενίου·
30Of the sons of Pharez, Zacharias; and with him were counted an hundred and fifty men:
30ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Φόρος, Ζαχαρίας καὶ μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ ἀπεγράφησαν ἄνδρες ἑκατὸν πεντήκοντα·
31Of the sons of Pahath Moab, Eliaonias, the son of Zaraias, and with him two hundred men:
31ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Φαὰθ Μωάβ, Ἐλιαωνίας Ζαραίου καὶ μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ ἄνδρες διακόσιοι·
32Of the sons of Zathoe, Sechenias the son of Jezelus, and with him three hundred men: of the sons of Adin, Obeth the son of Jonathan, and with him two hundred and fifty men:
32ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Ζαθόης, Σεχενίας Ἰεζήλου καὶ μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ ἄνδρες τριακόσιοι· ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Ἀδίν, Ὠβὴθ Ἰωνάθου καὶ μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ ἄνδρες διακόσιοι πεντήκοντα·
33Of the sons of Elam, Josias son of Gotholias, and with him seventy men:
33ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Ἠλάμ, Ἰεσίας Γοθολίου καὶ μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ ἄνδρες ἑβδομήκοντα·
34Of the sons of Saphatias, Zaraias son of Michael, and with him threescore and ten men:
34ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Σαφατίου, Ζαραΐας Μιχαήλου καὶ μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ ἄνδρες ἑβδομήκοντα·
35Of the sons of Joab, Abadias son of Jezelus, and with him two hundred and twelve men:
35ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Ἰωάβ, Ἀβαδίας Ἰεζήλου καὶ μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ ἄνδρες διακόσιοι δεκαδύο·
36Of the sons of Banid, Assalimoth son of Josaphias, and with him an hundred and threescore men:
36ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Βανίας, Σαλιμὼθ Ἰωσαφίου καὶ μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ ἄνδρες ἑξήκοντα καὶ ἑκατόν·
37Of the sons of Babi, Zacharias son of Bebai, and with him twenty and eight men:
37ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Βαβί, Ζαχαρίας Βηβαΐ καὶ μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ ἄνδρες εἰκοσιοκτώ·
38Of the sons of Astath, Johannes son of Acatan, and with him an hundred and ten men:
38ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Ἀστάθ, Ἰωάννης Ἀκατὰν καὶ μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ ἄνδρες ἑκατὸν δέκα·
39Of the sons of Adonikam the last, and these are the names of them, Eliphalet, Jewel, and Samaias, and with them seventy men:
39ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Ἀδωνικάμ, οἱ ἔσχατοι καὶ ταῦτα τὰ ὀνόματα αὐτῶν· Ἐλιφαλὰ τοῦ Γεουὴλ καὶ Σαμαίας καὶ μετ᾿ αὐτῶν ἄνδρες ἑβδομήκοντα·
40Of the sons of Bago, Uthi the son of Istalcurus, and with him seventy men.
40ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Βαγώ, Οὐθὶ ὁ τοῦ Ἰσταλκούρου καὶ μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ ἄνδρες ἑβδομήκοντα.
41And these I gathered together to the river called Theras, where we pitched our tents three days: and then I surveyed them.
41Καὶ συνήγαγον αὐτοὺς ἐπὶ τὸν λεγόμενον Θερὰν ποταμόν, καὶ παρενεβάλομεν ἡμέρας τρεῖς αὐτόθι, καὶ κατέμαθον αὐτούς.
42But when I had found there none of the priests and Levites,
42καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἱερέων καὶ ἐκ τῶν λευιτῶν οὐχ εὑρὼν ἐκεῖ
43Then sent I unto Eleazar, and Iduel, and Masman,
43ἀπέστειλα πρὸς Ἐλεάζαρον καὶ Ἰδουῆλον καὶ Μαιὰ καὶ Μασμὰν καὶ Ἀλναθὰν καὶ Σαμαίαν καὶ Ἰώριβον, Νάθαν, Ἐννατάν, Ζαχαρίαν καὶ Μοσόλλαμον τοὺς ἡγουμένους καὶ ἐπιστήμονας
44And Alnathan, and Mamaias, and Joribas, and Nathan, Eunatan, Zacharias, and Mosollamon, principal men and learned.
44καὶ εἶπα αὐτοῖς ἐλθεῖν πρὸς Λοδδαῖον τὸν ἡγούμενον τὸν ἐν τῷ τόπῳ τοῦ γαζοφυλακίου,
45And I bade them that they should go unto Saddeus the captain, who was in the place of the treasury:
45ἐντειλάμενος αὐτοῖς διαλεχθῆναι Λοδδαίῳ καὶ τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς αὐτοῦ καὶ τοῖς ἐν τῷ τόπῳ γαζοφύλαξιν ἀποστεῖλαι ἡμῖν τοὺς ἱερατεύσοντας ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν.
46And commanded them that they should speak unto Daddeus, and to his brethren, and to the treasurers in that place, to send us such men as might execute the priests’ office in the house of the Lord.
46καὶ ἤγαγον ἡμῖν κατὰ τὴν κραταιὰν χεῖρα τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν ἄνδρας ἐπιστήμονας τῶν υἱῶν Μοολὶ τοῦ Λευὶ τοῦ Ἰσραήλ, Ἀσεβηβίαν καὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς αὐτοῦ καὶ τοὺς ἀδελφούς, ὄντας δέκα καὶ ὀκτώ,
47And by the mighty hand of our Lord they brought unto us skilful men of the sons of Moli the son of Levi, the son of Israel, Asebebia, and his sons, and his brethren, who were eighteen.
47καὶ Ἀσεβίαν καὶ Ἄννουον καὶ Ὠσαίαν ἀδελφὸν ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Χανουναίου καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτῶν, εἴκοσιν ἄνδρες·
48And Asebia, and Annus, and Osaias his brother, of the sons of Channuneus, and their sons, were twenty men.
48καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἱεροδούλων, ὧν ἔδωκε Δαυίδ, καὶ οἱ ἡγούμενοι εἰς τὴν ἐργασίαν τῶν Λευιτῶν, ἱεροδούλους διακοσίους καὶ εἴκοσι· πάντων ἐσημάνθη ἡ ὀνοματογραφία.
49And of the servants of the temple whom David had ordained, and the principal men for the service of the Levites to wit, the servants of the temple two hundred and twenty, the catalogue of whose names were shewed.
49καὶ εὐξάμην ἐκεῖ νηστείαν τοῖς νεανίσκοις ἔναντι Κυρίου ἡμῶν
50And there I vowed a fast unto the young men before our Lord, to desire of him a prosperous journey both for us and them that were with us, for our children, and for the cattle:
50ζητῆσαι παρ᾿ αὐτοῦ εὐοδίαν ἡμῖν τε καὶ τοῖς συνοῦσιν ἡμῖν τέκνοις ἡμῶν καὶ κτήνεσιν·
51For I was ashamed to ask the king footmen, and horsemen, and conduct for safeguard against our adversaries.
51ἐνετράπην γὰρ αἰτῆσαι τὸν βασιλέα πεζούς τε καὶ ἱππεῖς καὶ προπομπὴν ἕνεκεν ἀσφαλείας τῆς πρὸς τοὺς ἐναντιουμένους ἡμῖν·
52For we had said unto the king, that the power of the Lord our God should be with them that seek him, to support them in all ways.
52εἴπαμεν γὰρ τῷ βασιλεῖ, ὅτι ἡ ἰσχὺς τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν ἔσται μετά τῶν ἐπιζητούντων αὐτὸν εἰς πᾶσαν ἐπανόρθωσιν.
53And again we besought our Lord as touching these things, and found him favourable unto us.
53καὶ πάλιν ἐδεήθημεν τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν πάντα ταῦτα καὶ ἐτύχομεν εὐϊλάτου.
54Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Esebrias, and Assanias, and ten men of their brethren with them:
54καὶ ἐχώρισα τῶν φυλάρχων τῶν ἱερέων ἄνδρας δεκαδύο, καὶ Ἐσερεβίαν καὶ Σαμίαν καὶ μετ᾿ αὐτῶν ἐκ τῶν ἀδελφῶν αὐτῶν ἄνδρας δώδεκα,
55And I weighed them the gold, and the silver, and the holy vessels of the house of our Lord, which the king, and his council, and the princes, and all Israel, had given.
55καὶ ἔστησα αὐτοῖς τὸ ἀργύριον καὶ τὸ χρυσίον καὶ τὰ ἱερὰ σκεύη τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν, ἃ ἐδωρήσατο ὁ βασιλεύς, καὶ οἱ σύμβουλοι αὐτοῦ καὶ οἱ μεγιστᾶνες καὶ πᾶς Ἰσραήλ.
56And when I had weighed it, I delivered unto them six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels of an hundred talents, and an hundred talents of gold,
56καὶ στήσας παρέδωκα αὐτοῖς ἀργυρίου τάλαντα ἑξακόσια πεντήκοντα καὶ σκεύη ἀργυρᾶ ταλάντων ἑκατὸν καὶ χρυσίου τάλαντα ἑκατὸν καὶ χρυσώματα εἴκοσι καὶ σκεύη χάλκεα ἀπὸ χρηστοῦ χαλκοῦ στίλβοντα χρυσοειδῆ σκεύη δώδεκα.
57And twenty golden vessels, and twelve vessels of brass, even of fine brass, glittering like gold.
57καὶ εἶπα αὐτοῖς· καὶ ὑμεῖς ἅγιοί ἐστε τῷ Κυρίῳ καὶ τὰ σκεύη τὰ ἅγια, καὶ τὸ χρυσίον καὶ τὸ ἀργύριον εὐχὴ τῷ Κυρίῳ, Κυρίῳ τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν·
58And I said unto them, Both ye are holy unto the Lord, and the vessels are holy, and the gold and the silver is a vow unto the Lord, the Lord of our fathers.
58ἀγρυπνεῖτε καὶ φυλάσσετε ἕως τοῦ παραδοῦναι ὑμᾶς αὐτὰ τοῖς φυλάρχοις τῶν ἱερέων καὶ τῶν Λευιτῶν καὶ τοῖς ἡγουμένοις τῶν πατριῶν τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ, ἐν τοῖς παστοφορίοις τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν.
59Watch ye, and keep them till ye deliver them to the chief of the priests and Levites, and to the principal men of the families of Israel, in Jerusalem, into the chambers of the house of our God.
59καὶ οἱ παραλαβόντες οἱ ἱερεῖς καὶ οἱ Λευῖται τὸ ἀργύριον καὶ τὸ χρυσίον καὶ τὰ σκεύη τὰ ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ εἰσήνεγκαν εἰς τὸ ἱερὸν τοῦ Κυρίου.
60So the priests and the Levites, who had received the silver and the gold and the vessels, brought them unto Jerusalem, into the temple of the Lord.
60Καὶ ἀναζεύξαντες ἀπὸ τοῦ ποταμοῦ Θερὰ τῇ δωδεκάτῃ τοῦ πρώτου μηνὸς ἕως εἰσήλθομεν εἰς Ἱερουσαλὴμ κατὰ τὴν κραταιὰν χεῖρα τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν τὴν ἐφ᾿ ἡμῖν· καὶ ἐρρύσατο ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τῆς εἰσόδου ἀπὸ παντὸς ἐχθροῦ, καὶ ἤλθομεν εἰς Ἱερουσαλήμ.
61And from the river Theras we departed the twelfth day of the first month, and came to Jerusalem by the mighty hand of our Lord, which was with us: and from the beginning of our journey the Lord delivered us from every enemy, and so we came to Jerusalem.
61καὶ γενομένης αὐτόθι ἡμέρας τρίτης, τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τετάρτῃ σταθὲν τὸ ἀργύριον καὶ τὸ χρυσίον παρεδόθη ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Μαρμωθὶ Οὐρίᾳ ἱερεῖ 62 καὶ μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ Ἐλεάζαρ ὁ τοῦ Φινεές, καὶ ἦσαν μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ Ἰωσαβδὸς Ἰησοῦ καὶ Μωὲθ Σαβάννου, οἱ Λευῖται πρὸς ἀριθμὸν καὶ ὁλκὴν ἅπαντα, καὶ ἐγράφη πᾶσα ἡ ὁλκὴ αὐτῶν αὐτῇ τῇ ὥρᾳ.
62And when we had been there three days, the gold and silver that was weighed was delivered in the house of our Lord on the fourth day unto Marmoth the priest the son of Iri.
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63And with him was Eleazar the son of Phinees, and with them were Josabad the son of Jesu and Moeth the son of Sabban, Levites: all was delivered them by number and weight.
63οἱ δὲ παραγενόμενοι ἐκ τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας προσήνεγκαν θυσίας τῷ Θεῷ τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ Κυρίῳ, ταύρους δώδεκα ὑπὲρ παντὸς Ἰσραήλ, κριοὺς ἐνενηκονταέξ, ἄρνας ἑβδομηκονταδύο, τράγους ὑπὲρ σωτηρίου δώδεκα· ἅπαντα θυσίαν τῷ Κυρίῳ.
64And all the weight of them was written up the same hour.
64καὶ ἀπέδωκαν τὰ προστάγματα τοῦ βασιλέως τοῖς βασιλικοῖς οἰκονόμοις καὶ τοῖς ἐπάρχοις Κοίλης Συρίας καὶ Φοινίκης, καὶ ἐδόξασαν τὸ ἔθνος καὶ τὸ ἱερὸν τοῦ Κυρίου.
65Moreover they that were come out of the captivity offered sacrifice unto the Lord God of Israel, even twelve bullocks for all Israel, fourscore and sixteen rams,
65Καὶ τούτων τελεσθέντων προσήλθοσάν μοι οἱ ἡγούμενοι λέγοντες·
66Threescore and twelve lambs, goats for a peace offering, twelve; all of them a sacrifice to the Lord.
66οὐκ ἐχώρισαν τὸ ἔθνος τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ καὶ οἱ ἄρχοντες καὶ οἱ ἱερεῖς καὶ οἱ Λευῖται τὰ ἀλλογενῆ ἔθνη τῆς γῆς καὶ τὰς ἀκαθαρσίας αὐτῶν, Χαναναίων καὶ Χετταίων καὶ Φερεζαίων καὶ Ἰεβουσαίων καὶ Μωαβιτῶν καὶ Αἰγυπτίων καὶ Ἰδουμαίων·
67And they delivered the king’s commandments unto the king’s stewards’ and to the governors of Celosyria and Phenice; and they honoured the people and the temple of God.
67συνῴκησαν γὰρ μετὰ τῶν θυγατέρων αὐτῶν καὶ αὐτοὶ καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐπεμίγη τὸ σπέρμα τὸ ἅγιον εἰς τὰ ἀλλογενῆ ἔθνη τῆς γῆς, καὶ μετεῖχον οἱ προηγούμενοι καὶ οἱ μεγιστᾶνες τῆς ἀνομίας ταύτης ἀπὸ τῆς ἀρχῆς τοῦ πράγματος.
68Now when these things were done, the rulers came unto me, and said,
68καὶ ἅμα τῷ ἀκοῦσαί με ταῦτα διέρρηξα τὰ ἱμάτια καὶ τὴν ἱερὰν ἐσθῆτα καὶ κατέτιλα τοῦ τριχώματος τῆς κεφαλῆς καὶ τοῦ πώγωνος καὶ ἐκάθισα σύννους καὶ περίλυπος.
69The nation of Israel, the princes, the priests and Levites, have not put away from them the strange people of the land, nor the pollutions of the Gentiles to wit, of the Canaanites, Hittites, Pheresites, Jebusites, and the Moabites, Egyptians, and Edomites.
69καὶ ἐπισυνήχθησαν πρός με ὅσοι ποτὲ ἐπικινοῦντο ἐπὶ τῷ ρήματι Κυρίου Θεοῦ τοῦ Ἰσραήλ, ἐμοῦ πενθοῦντος ἐπὶ τῇ ἀνομίᾳ, καὶ ἐκαθήμην περίλυπτος ἕως τῆς δειλινῆς θυσίας.
70For both they and their sons have married with their daughters, and the holy seed is mixed with the strange people of the land; and from the beginning of this matter the rulers and the great men have been partakers of this iniquity.
70καὶ ἐξεγερθεὶς ἐκ τῆς νηστείας, διερρηγμένα ἔχων τὰ ἱμάτια καὶ τὴν ἱερὰν ἐσθῆτα, κάμψας τὰ γόνατα καὶ ἐκτείνας τὰς χεῖρας πρὸς τὸν Κύριον ἔλεγον·
71And as soon as I had heard these things, I rent my clothes, and the holy garment, and pulled off the hair from off my head and beard, and sat me down sad and very heavy.
71Κύριε, ᾔσχυμμαι καὶ ἐντέτραμμαι κατὰ πρόσωπόν σου·
72So all they that were then moved at the word of the Lord God of Israel assembled unto me, whilst I mourned for the iniquity: but I sat still full of heaviness until the evening sacrifice.
72αἱ γὰρ ἁμαρτίαι ἡμῶν ἐπλεόνασαν ὑπὲρ τὰς κεφαλὰς ἡμῶν, αἱ δὲ ἄγνοιαι ἡμῶν ὑπερήνεγκαν ἕως τοῦ οὐρανοῦ
73Then rising up from the fast with my clothes and the holy garment rent, and bowing my knees, and stretching forth my hands unto the Lord,
73ἔτι ἀπὸ τῶν χρόνων τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν, καί ἐσμεν ἐν μεγάλῃ ἁμαρτίᾳ ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης.
74I said, O Lord, I am confounded and ashamed before thy face;
74καὶ διά τὰς ἁμαρτίας ἡμῶν καὶ τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν παρεδόθημεν σὺν τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς ἡμῶν καὶ σὺν τοῖς βασιλεῦσιν ἡμῶν καὶ σὺν τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν ἡμῶν τοῖς βασιλεῦσι τῆς γῆς εἰς ρομφαίαν καὶ αἰχμαλωσίαν καὶ προνομὴν μετὰ αἰσχύνης μέχρι τῆς σήμερον ἡμέρας.
75For our sins are multiplied above our heads, and our ignorances have reached up unto heaven.
75καὶ νῦν κατὰ πόσον τι ἐγενήθη ἡμῖν ἔλεος παρὰ σοῦ, Κύριε, καταλειφθῆναι ἡμῖν ρίζαν καὶ ὄνομα ἐν τῷ τόπῳ ἁγιάσματός σου
76For ever since the time of our fathers we have been and are in great sin, even unto this day.
76καὶ τοῦ ἀνακαλύψαι φωστῆρα ἡμῖν ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν δοῦναι ἡμῖν τροφὴν ἐν τῷ καιρῷ τῆς δουλείας ἡμῶν; καὶ ἐν τῷ δουλεύειν ἡμᾶς οὐκ ἐγκατελείφθημεν ὑπὸ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν,
77And for our sins and our fathers’ we with our brethren and our kings and our priests were given up unto the kings of the earth, to the sword, and to captivity, and for a prey with shame, unto this day.
77ἀλλὰ ἐποίησεν ἡμᾶς ἐν χάριτι ἐνώπιον τῶν βασιλέων Περσῶν δοῦναι ἡμῖν τροφὴν
78And now in some measure hath mercy been shewed unto us from thee, O Lord, that there should be left us a root and a name in the place of thy sanctuary;
78καὶ δοξάσαι τὸ ἱερὸν τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν καὶ ἐγεῖραι τὴν ἔρημον Σιών, δοῦναι ἡμῖν στερέωμα ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ καὶ Ἱερουσαλήμ.
79And to discover unto us a light in the house of the Lord our God, and to give us food in the time of our servitude.
79καὶ νῦν τί ἐροῦμεν, Κύριε, ἔχοντες ταῦτα; παρέβημεν γὰρ τὰ προστάγματά σου, ἃ ἔδωκας ἐν χειρὶ τῶν παίδων σου τῶν προφητῶν λέγων,
80Yea, when we were in bondage, we were not forsaken of our Lord; but he made us gracious before the kings of Persia, so that they gave us food;
80ὅτι ἡ γῆ, εἰς ἣν εἰσέρχεσθε κληρονομῆσαι, ἔστι γῆ μεμολυσμένη μολυσμῷ τῶν ἀλλογενῶν τῆς γῆς, καὶ τῆς ἀκαθαρσίας αὐτῶν ἐνέπλησαν αὐτήν.
81Yea, and honoured the temple of our Lord, and raised up the desolate Sion, that they have given us a sure abiding in Jewry and Jerusalem.
81καὶ νῦν τὰς θυγατέρας ὑμῶν μὴ συνοικήσητε τοῖς υἱοῖς αὐτῶν καὶ τὰς θυγατέρας αὐτῶν μὴ λάβητε τοῖς υἱοῖς ὑμῶν·
82And now, O Lord, what shall we say, having these things? for we have transgressed thy commandments, which thou gavest by the hand of thy servants the prophets, saying,
82καὶ οὐ ζητήσετε εἰρηνεῦσαι τὰ πρὸς αὐτοὺς τὸν ἅπαντα χρόνον, ἵνα ἰσχύσαντες φάγητε τὰ ἀγαθὰ τῆς γῆς, καὶ κατακληρονομήσητε τοῖς τέκνοις ὑμῶν ἕως αἰῶνος.
83That the land, which ye enter into to possess as an heritage, is a land polluted with the pollutions of the strangers of the land, and they have filled it with their uncleanness.
83καὶ τὰ συμβαίνοντα πάντα ἡμῖν γίνεται διὰ τὰ ἔργα ἡμῶν τὰ πονηρὰ καὶ τὰς μεγάλας ἁμαρτίας ἡμῶν. σὺ γάρ, Κύριε, ἐκούφισας τὰς ἁμαρτίας ἡμῶν καὶ
84Therefore now shall ye not join your daughters unto their sons, neither shall ye take their daughters unto your sons.
84ἔδωκας ἡμῖν τοιαύτην ρίζαν· πάλιν ἀνεκάμψαμεν παραβῆναι τὸν νόμον σου εἰς τὸ ἐπιμιγῆναι τῇ ἀκαθαρσίᾳ τῶν ἐθνῶν τῆς γῆς.
85Moreover ye shall never seek to have peace with them, that ye may be strong, and eat the good things of the land, and that ye may leave the inheritance of the land unto your children for evermore.
85οὐχὶ ὠργίσθης ἡμῖν ἀπολέσαι ἡμᾶς ἕως τοῦ μὴ καταλιπεῖν ρίζαν καὶ σπέρμα καὶ ὄνομα ἡμῶν;
86And all that is befallen is done unto us for our wicked works and great sins; for thou, O Lord, didst make our sins light,
86Κύριε τοῦ Ἰσραήλ, ἀληθινὸς εἶ· κατελείφθημεν γὰρ ρίζα ἐν τῇ σήμερον.
87And didst give unto us such a root: but we have turned back again to transgress thy law, and to mingle ourselves with the uncleanness of the nations of the land.
87ἰδοὺ νῦν ἐσμεν ἐνώπιόν σου ἐν ταῖς ἀνομίαις ἡμῶν· οὐ γάρ ἐστι στῆναι ἔτι ἔμπροσθέν σου ἐπὶ τούτοις.
88Mightest not thou be angry with us to destroy us, till thou hadst left us neither root, seed, nor name?
88Καὶ ὅτε προσευχόμενος Ἔσδρας ἀνθωμολογεῖτο κλαίων χαμαιπετὴς ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ ἱεροῦ, ἐπισυνήχθησαν πρὸς αὐτὸν ἀπὸ Ἱερουσαλὴμ ὄχλος πολὺς σφόδρα, ἄνδρες καὶ γυναῖκες καὶ νεανίαι· κλαυθμὸς γὰρ ἦν μέγας ἐν τῷ πλήθει.
89O Lord of Israel, thou art true: for we are left a root this day.
89καὶ φωνήσας Ἰεχονίας Ἰεήλου τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ εἶπεν· Ἔσδρα, ἡμεῖς ἡμάρτομεν εἰς τὸν Κύριον καὶ συνῳκίσαμεν γυναῖκας ἀλλογενεῖς ἐκ τῶν ἐθνῶν τῆς γῆς. καὶ νῦν ἐστιν ἐπάνω πᾶς Ἰσραήλ·
90Behold, now are we before thee in our iniquities, for we cannot stand any longer by reason of these things before thee.
90ἐν τούτῳ γινέσθω ἡμῖν ὁρκωμοσία πρὸς τὸν Κύριον, ἐκβαλεῖν πάσας τὰς γυναῖκας ἡμῶν τὰς ἐκ τῶν ἀλλογενῶν σὺν τοῖς τέκνοις αὐτῶν, ὡς ἐκρίθη σοι, καὶ ὅσοι πειθαρχοῦσι τῷ νόμῳ Κυρίου.
91And as Esdras in his prayer made his confession, weeping, and lying flat upon the ground before the temple, there gathered unto him from Jerusalem a very great multitude of men and women and children: for there was great weeping among the multitude.
91ἀναστὰς ἐπιτέλει· πρός σε γὰρ τὸ πρᾶγμα, καὶ ἡμεῖς μετὰ σοῦ ἰσχὺν ποιεῖν.
92Then Jechonias the son of Jeelus, one of the sons of Israel, called out, and said, O Esdras, we have sinned against the Lord God, we have married strange women of the nations of the land, and now is all Israel aloft.
92καὶ ἀναστὰς Ἔσδρας ὥρκισε τοὺς φυλάρχους τῶν ἱερέων καὶ Λευιτῶν παντὸς τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ ποιῆσαι κατὰ ταῦτα· καὶ ὤμοσαν.
93Let us make an oath to the Lord, that we will put away all our wives, which we have taken of the heathen, with their children,
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94Like as thou hast decreed, and as many as do obey the law of the Lord.
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95Arise and put in execution: for to thee doth this matter appertain, and we will be with thee: do valiantly.
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96So Esdras arose, and took an oath of the chief of the priests and Levites of all Israel to do after these things; and so they sware.
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