2 Esdras 7
King James Version with ApocryphaTranslation
King James Version with Apocrypha
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), second edition
1And when I had made an end of speaking these words, there was sent unto me the angel which had been sent unto me the nights afore:
1ΚΑΙ μετὰ τὰ ρήματα ταῦτα ἐν βασιλείᾳ Ἀρθασασθὰ βασιλέως Περσῶν ἀνέβη Ἔσδρας υἱὸς Σαραίου, υἱοῦ Ἀζαρίου, υἱοῦ Χελκία,
2And he said unto me, Up, Esdras, and hear the words that I am come to tell thee.
2υἱοῦ Σελούμ, υἱοῦ Σαδδούκ, υἱοῦ Ἀχιτώβ,
3And I said, Speak on, my God. Then said he unto me, The sea is set in a wide place, that it might be deep and great.
3υἱοῦ Σαμαρία, υἱοῦ Ἐσριά, υἱοῦ Μαρεώθ,
4But put the case the entrance were narrow, and like a river;
4υἱοῦ Ζαραΐα, υἱοῦ Ὀζίου, υἱοῦ Βοκκί,
5Who then could go into the sea to look upon it, and to rule it? if he went not through the narrow, how could he come into the broad?
5υἱοῦ Ἀβισουέ, υἱοῦ Φινεές, υἱοῦ Ἐλεάζαρ, υἱοῦ Ἀαρὼν τοῦ ἱερέως τοῦ πρώτου·
6There is also another thing; A city is builded, and set upon a broad field, and is full of all good things:
6αὐτὸς Ἔσδρας ἀνέβη ἐκ Βαβυλῶνος, καὶ αὐτὸς γραμματεὺς ταχὺς ἐν νόμῳ Μωυσῇ, ὃν ἔδωκε Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς Ἰσραήλ. καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ ὁ βασιλεύς, ὅτι χεὶρ Κυρίου Θεοῦ αὐτοῦ ἐπ᾿ αὐτὸν ἐν πᾶσιν, οἷς ἐζήτει αὐτός.
7The entrance thereof is narrow, and is set in a dangerous place to fall, like as if there were a fire on the right hand, and on the left a deep water:
7καὶ ἀνέβησαν ἀπὸ τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἱερέων καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν Λευιτῶν καὶ οἱ ἄδοντες καὶ οἱ πυλωροὶ καὶ οἱ Ναθινὶμ εἰς Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἐν ἔτει ἑβδόμῳ τῷ Ἀρθασασθὰ τῷ βασιλεῖ.
8And one only path between them both, even between the fire and the water, so small that there could but one man go there at once.
8καὶ ἤλθοσαν εἰς Ἱερουσαλὴμ τῷ μηνὶ τῷ πέμπτῳ, τοῦτο τὸ ἔτος ἕβδομον τῷ βασιλεῖ·
9If this city now were given unto a man for an inheritance, if he never shall pass the danger set before it, how shall he receive this inheritance?
9ὅτι ἐν μιᾷ τοῦ μηνὸς τοῦ πρώτου αὐτὸς ἐθεμελίωσε τὴν ἀνάβασιν τὴν ἀπὸ Βαβυλῶνος, ἐν δὲ τῇ πρώτῃ τοῦ μηνὸς τοῦ πέμπτου ἤλθοσαν εἰς Ἱερουσαλήμ, ὅτι χεὶρ Θεοῦ αὐτοῦ ἦν ἀγαθὴ ἐπ᾿ αὐτόν.
10And I said, It is so, Lord. Then said he unto me, Even so also is Israel’s portion.
10ὅτι Ἔσρας ἔδωκεν ἐν καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ ζητῆσαι τὸν νόμον καὶ ποιεῖν καὶ διδάσκειν ἐν Ἰσραὴλ προστάγματα καὶ κρίματα.
11Because for their sakes I made the world: and when Adam transgressed my statutes, then was decreed that now is done.
11Καὶ αὕτη ἡ διασάφησις τοῦ διατάγματος, οὗ ἔδωκεν Ἀρθασασθὰ τῷ Ἔσδρᾳ τῷ ἱερεῖ τῷ γραμματεῖ βιβλίου λόγων ἐντολῶν Κυρίου καὶ προσταγμάτων αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὸν Ἰσραήλ·
12Then were the entrances of this world made narrow, full of sorrow and travail: they are but few and evil, full of perils, and very painful.
12‘ Ἀρθασασθὰ βασιλεὺς βασιλέων Ἔσδρᾳ γραμματεῖ νόμου Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ· τετέλεσθαι λόγος καὶ ἡ ἀπόκρισις.
13For the entrances of the elder world were wide and sure, and brought immortal fruit.
13ἀπ᾿ ἐμοῦ ἐτέθη γνώμη ὅτι πᾶς ὁ ἑκουσιαζόμενος ἐν βασιλείᾳ μου ἀπὸ λαοῦ Ἰσραὴλ καὶ ἱερέων καὶ Λευιτῶν πορευθῆναι εἰς Ἱερουσαλήμ, μετὰ σοῦ πορευθῆναι.
14If then they that live labour not to enter these strait and vain things, they can never receive those that are laid up for them.
14ἀπὸ προσώπου τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ τῶν ἑπτὰ συμβούλων ἀπεστάλη ἐπισκέψασθαι ἐπὶ τὴν Ἰουδαίαν καὶ εἰς Ἱερουσαλὴμ νόμῳ Θεοῦ αὐτῶν τῷ ἐν χειρί σου
15Now therefore why disquietest thou thyself, seeing thou art but a corruptible man? and why art thou moved, whereas thou art but mortal?
15καὶ εἰς οἶκον Κυρίου ἀργύριον καὶ χρυσίον, ὃ ὁ βασιλεὺς καὶ οἱ σύμβουλοι ἑκουσιάσθησαν τῷ Θεῷ τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ τῷ ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ κατασκηνοῦντι,
16Why hast thou not considered in thy mind this thing that is to come, rather than that which is present?
16καὶ πᾶν ἀργύριον καὶ χρυσίον, ὅ,τι ἐὰν εὕρῃς ἐν πάσῃ χώρᾳ Βαβυλῶνος μετὰ ἑκουσιασμοῦ τοῦ λαοῦ καὶ ἱερέων τῶν ἑκουσιαζομένων εἰς οἶκον Θεοῦ τὸν ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ,
17Then answered I and said, O Lord that bearest rule, thou hast ordained in thy law, that the righteous should inherit these things, but that the ungodly should perish.
17καὶ πάντα προσπορευόμενον τοῦτον ἑτοίμως ἔνταξον ἐν βιβλίῳ τούτῳ, μόσχους, κριούς, ἀμνοὺς καὶ θυσίας αὐτῶν καὶ σπονδὰς αὐτῶν, καὶ προσοίσεις αὐτὰ ἐπὶ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ Θεοῦ ὑμῶν τοῦ ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ.
18Nevertheless the righteous shall suffer strait things, and hope for wide: for they that have done wickedly have suffered the strait things, and yet shall not see the wide.
18καὶ εἴ τι ἐπὶ σὲ καὶ τοὺς ἀδελφούς σου ἀγαθυνθῇ ἐν καταλοίπῳ τοῦ ἀργυρίου καὶ τοῦ χρυσίου ποιῆσαι, ὡς ἀρεστὸν τῷ Θεῷ ὑμῶν ποιήσατε.
19And he said unto me. There is no judge above God, and none that hath understanding above the Highest.
19καὶ τὰ σκεύη τὰ διδόμενά σοι εἰς λειτουργίαν οἴκου Θεοῦ παράδος ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ.
20For there be many that perish in this life, because they despise the law of God that is set before them.
20καὶ κατάλοιπον χρείας οἴκου Θεοῦ σου, ὃ ἂν φανῇ σοι δοῦναι, δώσεις ἀπὸ οἴκων γάζης βασιλέως
21For God hath given strait commandment to such as came, what they should do to live, even as they came, and what they should observe to avoid punishment.
21καὶ ἀπ᾿ ἐμοῦ. ἐγὼ Ἀρθασασθὰ βασιλεὺς ἔθηκα γνώμην πάσαις ταῖς γάζαις ταῖς ἐν πέρᾳ τοῦ ποταμοῦ, ὅτι πᾶν, ὃ ἄν αἰτήσῃ ὑμᾶς Ἔδρας ὁ ἱερεὺς καὶ γραμματεὺς τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, ἑτοίμως γινέσθω,
22Nevertheless they were not obedient unto him; but spake against him, and imagined vain things;
22ἕως ἀργυρίου ταλάντων ἑκατὸν καὶ ἕως πυροῦ κόρων ἑκατὸν καὶ ἕως οἴνου βατῶν ἑκατὸν καὶ ἕως ἐλαίου βατῶν ἑκατὸν καὶ ἅλας οὗ οὐκ ἔστι γραφή.
23And deceived themselves by their wicked deeds; and said of the most High, that he is not; and knew not his ways:
23πᾶν ὅ ἐστιν ἐν γνώμῃ Θεοῦ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, γινέσθω. προσέχετε μή τις ἐπιχειρήσῃ εἰς τὸν οἶκον Θεοῦ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, μή ποτε γένηται ὀργὴ ἐπὶ τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ τῶν υἱῶν αὐτοῦ.
24But his law have they despised, and denied his covenants; in his statutes have they not been faithful, and have not performed his works.
24καὶ ὑμῖν ἐγνώρισται ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς ἱερεῦσι καὶ τοῖς Λευίταις, ᾄδουσι, πυλωροῖς, Ναθινὶμ καὶ λειτουργοῖς οἴκου Θεοῦ τοῦτο, φόρος μὴ ἔστω σοι, οὐκ ἐξουσιάσεις καταδουλοῦσθαι αὐτούς.
25And therefore, Esdras, for the empty are empty things, and for the full are the full things.
25καὶ σύ, Ἔσδρα, ὡς ἡ σοφία τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν χειρί σου, κατάστησον γραμματεῖς καὶ κριτάς, ἵνα ὦσι κρίνοντες παντὶ τῷ λαῷ ἐν πέρᾳ τοῦ ποταμοῦ πᾶσι τοῖς εἰδόσι νόμον τοῦ Θεοῦ σου, καὶ τῷ μὴ εἰδότι γνωριεῖτε.
26Behold, the time shall come, that these tokens which I have told thee shall come to pass, and the bride shall appear, and she coming forth shall be seen, that now is withdrawn from the earth.
26καὶ πᾶς, ὃς ἂν μὴ ᾖ ποιῶν νόμον τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ νόμον τοῦ βασιλέως ἑτοίμως, τὸ κρίμα ἔσται γινόμενον ἐξ αὐτοῦ, ἐάν τε εἰς θάνατον ἐάν τε εἰς παιδείαν ἐάν τε εἰς ζημίαν τοῦ βίου ἐάν τε εἰς παράδοσιν’.
27And whosoever is delivered from the foresaid evils shall see my wonders.
27Εὐλογητὸς Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν, ὃς ἔδωκεν ἐν καρδίᾳ τοῦ βασιλέως οὕτως, τοῦ δοξάσαι τὸν οἶκον Κυρίου τὸν ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ.
28For my son Jesus shall be revealed with those that be with him, and they that remain shall rejoice within four hundred years.
28καὶ ἐπ᾿ ἐμὲ ἔκλινεν ἔλεος ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ τῶν συμβούλων αὐτοῦ καὶ πάντων τῶν ἀρχόντων τοῦ βασιλέως τῶν ἐπῃρμένων. καὶ ἐγὼ ἐκραταιώθην ὡς χεὶρ Θεοῦ ἡ ἀγαθὴ ἐπ᾿ ἐμέ, καὶ συνῆξα ἀπὸ Ἰσραὴλ ἄρχοντας ἀναβῆναι μετ᾿ ἐμοῦ.
29After these years shall my son Christ die, and all men that have life.
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30And the world shall be turned into the old silence seven days, like as in the former judgments: so that no man shall remain.
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31And after seven days the world, that yet awaketh not, shall be raised up, and that shall die that is corrupt
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32And the earth shall restore those that are asleep in her, and so shall the dust those that dwell in silence, and the secret places shall deliver those souls that were committed unto them.
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33And the most High shall appear upon the seat of judgment, and misery shall pass away, and the long suffering shall have an end:
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34But judgment only shall remain, truth shall stand, and faith shall wax strong:
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35And the work shall follow, and the reward shall be shewed, and the good deeds shall be of force, and wicked deeds shall bear no rule.
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36Then said I, Abraham prayed first for the Sodomites, and Moses for the fathers that sinned in the wilderness:
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37And Jesus after him for Israel in the time of Achan:
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38And Samuel and David for the destruction: and Solomon for them that should come to the sanctuary:
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39And Helias for those that received rain; and for the dead, that he might live:
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40And Ezechias for the people in the time of Sennacherib: and many for many.
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41Even so now, seeing corruption is grown up, and wickedness increased, and the righteous have prayed for the ungodly: wherefore shall it not be so now also?
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42He answered me, and said, This present life is not the end where much glory doth abide; therefore have they prayed for the weak.
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43But the day of doom shall be the end of this time, and the beginning of the immortality for to come, wherein corruption is past,
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44Intemperance is at an end, infidelity is cut off, righteousness is grown, and truth is sprung up.
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45Then shall no man be able to save him that is destroyed, nor to oppress him that hath gotten the victory.
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46I answered then and said, This is my first and last saying, that it had been better not to have given the earth unto Adam: or else, when it was given him, to have restrained him from sinning.
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47For what profit is it for men now in this present time to live in heaviness, and after death to look for punishment?
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48O thou Adam, what hast thou done? for though it was thou that sinned, thou art not fallen alone, but we all that come of thee.
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49For what profit is it unto us, if there be promised us an immortal time, whereas we have done the works that bring death?
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50And that there is promised us an everlasting hope, whereas ourselves being most wicked are made vain?
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51And that there are laid up for us dwellings of health and safety, whereas we have lived wickedly?
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52And that the glory of the most High is kept to defend them which have led a wary life, whereas we have walked in the most wicked ways of all?
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53And that there should be shewed a paradise, whose fruit endureth for ever, wherein is security and medicine, since we shall not enter into it?
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54(For we have walked in unpleasant places.)
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55And that the faces of them which have used abstinence shall shine above the stars, whereas our faces shall be blacker than darkness?
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56For while we lived and committed iniquity, we considered not that we should begin to suffer for it after death.
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57Then answered he me, and said, This is the condition of the battle, which man that is born upon the earth shall fight;
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58That, if he be overcome, he shall suffer as thou hast said: but if he get the victory, he shall receive the thing that I say.
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59For this is the life whereof Moses spake unto the people while he lived, saying, Choose thee life, that thou mayest live.
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60Nevertheless they believed not him, nor yet the prophets after him, no nor me which have spoken unto them,
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61That there should not be such heaviness in their destruction, as shall be joy over them that are persuaded to salvation.
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62I answered then, and said, I know, Lord, that the most High is called merciful, in that he hath mercy upon them which are not yet come into the world,
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63And upon those also that turn to his law;
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64And that he is patient, and long suffereth those that have sinned, as his creatures;
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65And that he is bountiful, for he is ready to give where it needeth;
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66And that he is of great mercy, for he multiplieth more and more mercies to them that are present, and that are past, and also to them which are to come.
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67For if he shall not multiply his mercies, the world would not continue with them that inherit therein.
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68And he pardoneth; for if he did not so of his goodness, that they which have committed iniquities might be eased of them, the ten thousandth part of men should not remain living.
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69And being judge, if he should not forgive them that are cured with his word, and put out the multitude of contentions,
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70There should be very few left peradventure in an innumerable multitude.
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