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| And after these things, when Artaxerxes the king of the Persians reigned came Esdras the son of Saraias, the son of Ezerias, the son of Helchiah, the son of Salum, 2 The 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 Abisai, the son of Phinees, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest. 3 This Esdras went up from Babylon, as a scribe, being very ready in the law of Moses, that was given by the God of Israel. 4 And the king did him honour: for he found grace in his sight in all his requests. 5 There 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, 6 In the seventh year of the reign of Artaxerxes, 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. 7 For 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. 8 Now the copy of the commission, which was written from Artaxerxes the king, and came to Esdras the priest and reader of the law of the Lord, is this that followeth; 9 King Artaxerxes unto Esdras the priest and reader of the law of the Lord sendeth greeting: 10 Having 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. 11 As 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; 12 That they may look unto the affairs of Judea and Jerusalem, agreeably to that which is in the law of the Lord; 13 And 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, 14 With 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; 15 To the end that they may offer sacrifices unto the Lord upon the altar of the Lord their God, which is in Jerusalem. 16 And whatsoever thou and thy brethren will do with the silver and gold, that do, according to the will of thy God. 17 And 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. 18 And 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. 19 And I king Artaxerxes 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, 20 To 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. 21 Let 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. 22 I 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. 23 And 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. 24 And 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. 25 Then 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: 26 And hath honoured me in the sight of the king, and his counsellors, and all his friends and nobles. 27 Therefore was I encouraged by the help of the Lord my God, and gathered together men of Israel to go up with me. 28 And these are the chief according to their families and several dignities, that went up with me from Babylon in the reign of king Artaxerxes: 29 Of the sons of Phinees, Gerson: of the sons of Ithamar, Gamael: of the sons of David, Lettus the son of Sechenias: 30 Of the sons of Pharez, Zacharias; and with him were counted an hundred and fifty men: 31 Of the sons of Pahath Moab, Eliaonias, the son of Zaraias, and with him two hundred men: 32 Of 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: 33 Of the sons of Elam, Josias son of Gotholias, and with him seventy men: 34 Of the sons of Saphatias, Zaraias son of Michael, and with him threescore and ten men: 35 Of the sons of Joab, Abadias son of Jezelus, and with him two hundred and twelve men: 36 Of the sons of Bania, Salimoth son of Josaphias, and with him an hundred and threescore men: 37 Of the sons of Babi, Zacharias son of Bebai, and with him twenty and eight men: 38 Of the sons of Astath, Johannes son of Acatan, and with him an hundred and ten men: 39 Of the sons of Adonikam the last, and these are the names of them, Eliphalet, Jewel, and Samaias, and with them seventy men: 40 Of the sons of Bago, Uthi the son of Istalcurus, and with him seventy men. 41 And these I gathered together to the river called Theras, where we pitched our tents three days: and then I surveyed them. 42 But when I had found there none of the priests and Levites, 43 Then sent I unto Eleazar, and Iduel, and Masman, and Alnathan, and Samaias, and Joribas, and Nathan, Eunatan, Zacharias, and Mosollamon, principal men and learned. 44 And I bade them that they should go unto Saddeus the captain, who was in the place of the treasury: 45 And 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. 46 And 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. 47 And Asebia, and Annuus, and Osaias his brother, of the sons of Channuneus, and their sons, were twenty men. 48 And 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. 49 And there I vowed a fast unto the young men before our Lord, 50 to desire of him a prosperous journey both for us and them that were with us, for our children, and for the cattle: 51 For I was ashamed to ask the king footmen, and horsemen, and conduct for safeguard against our adversaries. 52 For 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. 53 And again we besought our Lord as touching these things, and found him favourable unto us. 54 Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Esebrias, and Assanias, and ten men of their brethren with them: 55 And 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. 56 And 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, and twenty golden vessels, and twelve vessels of brass, even of fine brass, glittering like gold. 57 And 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. 58 Watch 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. 59 So 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. 60 And 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. 61 And 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 Marmothi the priest the son of Uria. 62 And 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. And all the weight of them was written up the same hour. 63 Moreover 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, threescore and twelve lambs, goats for a peace offering, twelve; all of them a sacrifice to the Lord. 64 And 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. 65 Now when these things were done, the rulers came unto me, and said, 66 The 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. 67 For 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. 68 And 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. 69 So 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. 70 Then 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, I said, 71 O Lord, I am confounded and ashamed before thy face; 72 For our sins are multiplied above our heads, and our ignorances have reached up unto heaven. 73 For ever since the time of our fathers we have been and are in great sin, even unto this day. 74 And 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. 75 And 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; 76 And 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. Yea, when we were in bondage, we were not forsaken of our Lord; 77 but he made us gracious before the kings of Persia, so that they gave us food; 78 Yea, 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. 79 And 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, 80 That 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. 81 Therefore now shall ye not join your daughters unto their sons, neither shall ye take their daughters unto your sons. 82 Moreover 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. 83 And all that is befallen is done unto us for our wicked works and great sins; for thou, O Lord, didst make our sins light, 84 And 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. 85 Mightest not thou be angry with us to destroy us, till thou hadst left us neither root, seed, nor name? 86 O Lord of Israel, thou art true: for we are left a root this day. 87 Behold, now are we before thee in our iniquities, for we cannot stand any longer by reason of these things before thee. 88 And 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. 89 Then 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. 90 Let 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, like as thou hast decreed, and as many as do obey the law of the Lord. 91 Arise and put in execution: for to thee doth this matter appertain, and we will be with thee: do valiantly. 92 So 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. |
ΚΑΙ μεταγενέστερος τούτων βασιλεύοντος ᾿Αρταξέρξου τοῦ Περσῶν βασιλέως προσέβη ῎Εσδρας Σαραίου, τοῦ ᾿Εζεχρίου, τοῦ Χελκίου τοῦ Σαλήμου, 2 τοῦ Σαδδούκου, τοῦ ᾿Αχιτώβ, τοῦ ᾿Αμαρίου, τοῦ ᾿Οζίου, τοῦ Βοκκά, τοῦ ᾿Αβισαΐ, τοῦ Φινεές, τοῦ ᾿Ελεάζαρ, τοῦ ᾿Ααρὼν τοῦ ἱερέως τοῦ πρώτου. 3 οὗτος ῎Εσδρας ἀνέβη ἐκ Βαβυλῶνος ὡς γραμματεὺς εὐφυὴς ὢν ἐν τῷ Μωυσέως νόμῳ τῷ ἐκδεδομένῳ ὑπὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦ ᾿Ισραήλ, 4 καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ ὁ βασιλεὺς δόξαν, εὑρόντος χάριν ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ πάντα τὰ ἀξιώματα αὐτοῦ. 5 καὶ συνανέβησαν ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν ᾿Ισραὴλ καὶ τῶν ἱερέων καὶ Λευιτῶν καὶ ἱεροψαλτῶν καὶ θυρωρῶν καὶ ἱεροδούλων εἰς ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ 6 ἔτους ἑβδόμου βασιλεύοντος ᾿Αρταξέρξου ἐν τῷ πέμπτῳ μηνὶ (οὗτος ἐνιαυτὸς ἕβδομος τῷ βασιλεῖ). ἐξελθόντες γὰρ ἐκ Βαβυλῶνος τῇ νουμηνίᾳ τοῦ πρώτου μηνὸς παρεγένοντο εἰς ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ κατὰ τὴν δοθεῖσαν αὐτοῖς εὐοδίαν παρὰ τοῦ Κυρίου ἐπ᾿ αὐτῷ· 7 ὁ γὰρ ῎Εσδρας πολλὴν ἐπιστήμην περιεῖχεν εἰς τὸ μηδὲν παραλιπεῖν τῶν ἐκ τοῦ νόμου Κυρίου καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἐντολῶν διδάξαι πάντα τὸν ᾿Ισραὴλ δικαιώματα καὶ κρίματα.
8 Προσπεσόντος δὲ τοῦ γραφέντος προστάγματος παρὰ ᾿Αρταξέρξου βασιλέως πρὸς ῎Εσδραν τὸν ἱερέα καὶ ἀναγνώστην τοῦ νόμου Κυρίου, οὗ ἐστιν ἀντίγραφον τὸ ὑποκείμενον· 9 «Βασιλεὺς ᾿Αρταξέρξης ῎Εδρᾳ τῷ ἱερεῖ καὶ ἀναγνώστῃ τοῦ νόμου Κυρίου χαίρειν. 10 καὶ τὰ φιλάνθρωπα ἐγὼ κρίνας προσέταξα τοὺς βουλομένους ἐκ τοῦ ἔθνους τῶν ᾿Ιουδαίων αἱρετίζοντας καὶ τῶν ἱερέων καὶ τῶν Λευιτῶν, καὶ τῶνδε ἐν τῇ ἡμετέρᾳ βασιλείᾳ, συμπορεύεσθαί σοι εἰς ῾Ιερουσαλήμ. 11 ὅσοι οὖν ἐνθυμοῦνται, συνεξορμάσθωσαν καθάπερ δέδοκται ἐμοί τε καὶ τοῖς ἑπτὰ φίλοις συμβουλευταῖς, 12 ὅπως ἐπισκέψωνται τὰ κατὰ τὴν ᾿Ιουδαίαν καὶ ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ ἀκολούθως ᾧ ἔχει ἐν τῷ νόμῳ Κυρίου, 13 καὶ ἀπενεγκεῖν δῶρα τῷ Κυρίῳ τοῦ ᾿Ισραήλ, ἃ ηὐξάμην ἐγώ τε καὶ οἱ φίλοι, εἰς ῾Ιερουσαλήμ, καὶ πᾶν χρυσίον καὶ ἀργύριον, ὃ ἐὰν εὑρεθῇ ἐν τῇ χώρᾳ τῆς Βαβυλωνίας, τῷ Κυρίῳ εἰς ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ σὺν τῷ δεδωρημένῳ ὑπὸ τοῦ ἔθνους εἰς τὸ ἱερὸν τοῦ Κυρίου Θεοῦ αὐτῶν τὸ ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ 14 συναχθῆναι, τό τε χρυσίον καὶ τὸ ἀργύριον εἰς ταύρους καὶ κριοὺς καὶ ἄρνας καὶ τὰ τούτοις ἀκόλουθα, 15 ὥστε προσενεγκεῖν θυσίας τῷ Κυρίῳ ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον τοῦ Κυρίου Θεοῦ αὐτῶν τὸ ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλήμ. 16 καὶ πάντα, ὅσα ἐὰν βούλῃ μετὰ τῶν ἀδελφῶν σου ποιῆσαι χρυσίῳ καὶ ἀργυρίῳ, ἐπιτέλει κατὰ τὸ θέλημα τοῦ Θεοῦ σου, 17 καὶ τὰ ἱερὰ σκεύη τοῦ Κυρίου τὰ διδόμενά σοι εἰς τὴν χρείαν τοῦ ἱεροῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ σου τοῦ ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ 18 καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ ὅσα ἂν ὑποπίπτῃ σοι εἰς τὴν χρείαν τοῦ ἱεροῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ σου δώσεις ἐκ τοῦ βασιλικοῦ γαζοφυλακίου. 19 κἀγὼ ἰδοὺ ᾿Αρταξέρξης βασιλεὺς προσέταξας τοῖς γαζοφύλαξι Συρίας καὶ Φοινίκης, ἵνα ὅσα ἐὰν ἀποστείλῃ ῎Εσδρας ὁ ἱερεὺς καὶ ἀναγνώστης τοῦ νόμου τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦ ῾Υψίστου, ἐπιμελῶς διδῶσιν ἕως ἀργυρίου ταλάντων ἑκατόν, 20 ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ ἕως πυροῦ κόρων ἑκατὸν καὶ οἴνου μετρητῶν ἑκατὸν 21 καὶ ἄλλα ἐκ πλήθους· πάντα κατὰ τὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ νόμον ἐπιτελεσθήτω ἐπιμελῶς τῷ Θεῷ τῷ ῾Υψίστῳ, ἕνεκεν τοῦ μὴ γενέσθαι ὀργὴν εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ τῶν υἱῶν αὐτοῦ. 22 καὶ 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. 23 καὶ σύ, ῎Εσδρα, 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. 24 καὶ 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».
25 Καὶ εἶπεν ῎Εσδρας ὁ γραμματεύς· εὐλογητὸς μόνος Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς τῶν πατέρων μου ὁ δοὺς ταῦτα εἰς τὴν καρδίαν τοῦ βασιλέως, δοξάσαι τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ τὸν ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλήμ, 26 καὶ ἐμὲ ἐτίμησεν ἐναντίον τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ τῶν συμβουλευόντων καὶ πάντων τῶν φίλων καὶ μεγιστάνων αὐτοῦ. 27 καὶ ἐγὼ εὐθαρσὴς ἐγενόμην κατὰ τὴν ἀντίληψιν Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ μου καὶ συνήγαγον ἄνδρας ἐκ τοῦ ᾿Ισραὴλ ὥστε συναναβῆναί μοι.
28 Καὶ οὗτοι οἱ προηγούμενοι κατὰ τὰς πατριὰς αὐτῶν καὶ τὰς μεριδαρχίας οἱ ἀναβάντες μετ᾿ ἐμοῦ ἐκ Βαβυλῶνος ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ ᾿Αρταξέρξου τοῦ βασιλέως· 29 ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Φινεές, Γηρσών· ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν ᾿Ιαθαμάρου, Γαμαλιήλ· ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Δαυίδ, Λαττοὺς ὁ Σεχενίου· 30 ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Φόρος, Ζαχαρίας καὶ μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ ἀπεγράφησαν ἄνδρες ἑκατὸν πεντήκοντα· 31 ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Φαὰθ Μωάβ, ᾿Ελιαωνίας Ζαραίου καὶ μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ ἄνδρες διακόσιοι· 32 ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Ζαθόης, Σεχενίας ᾿Ιεζήλου καὶ μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ ἄνδρες τριακόσιοι· ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν ᾿Αδίν, ᾿Ωβὴθ ᾿Ιωνάθου καὶ μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ ἄνδρες διακόσιοι πεντήκοντα· 33 ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν ᾿Ηλάμ, ᾿Ιεσίας Γοθολίου καὶ μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ ἄνδρες ἑβδομήκοντα· 34 ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Σαφατίου, Ζαραΐας Μιχαήλου καὶ μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ ἄνδρες ἑβδομήκοντα· 35 ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν ᾿Ιωάβ, ᾿Αβαδίας ᾿Ιεζήλου καὶ μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ ἄνδρες διακόσιοι δεκαδύο· 36 ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Βανίας, Σαλιμὼθ ᾿Ιωσαφίου καὶ μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ ἄνδρες ἑξήκοντα καὶ ἑκατόν· 37 ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Βαβί, Ζαχαρίας Βηβαΐ καὶ μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ ἄνδρες εἰκοσιοκτώ· 38 ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν ᾿Αστάθ, ᾿Ιωάννης ᾿Ακατὰν καὶ μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ ἄνδρες ἑκατὸν δέκα· 39 ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν ᾿Αδωνικάμ, οἱ ἔσχατοι καὶ ταῦτα τὰ ὀνόματα αὐτῶν· ᾿Ελιφαλὰ τοῦ Γεουὴλ καὶ Σαμαίας καὶ μετ᾿ αὐτῶν ἄνδρες ἑβδομήκοντα· 40 ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Βαγώ, Οὐθὶ ὁ τοῦ ᾿Ισταλκούρου καὶ μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ ἄνδρες ἑβδομήκοντα.
41 Καὶ συνήγαγον αὐτοὺς ἐπὶ τὸν λεγόμενον Θερὰν ποταμόν, καὶ παρενεβάλομεν ἡμέρας τρεῖς αὐτόθι, καὶ κατέμαθον αὐτούς. 42 καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἱερέων καὶ ἐκ τῶν λευιτῶν οὐχ εὑρὼν ἐκεῖ 43 ἀπέστειλα πρὸς ᾿Ελεάζαρον καὶ ᾿Ιδουῆλον καὶ Μασμὰν καὶ ᾿Αλναθὰν καὶ Σαμαίαν κα’Ι ᾿Ιώριβον, Νάθαν, ᾿Εννατάν, Ζαχαρίαν καὶ Μοσόλλαμον τοὺς ἡγουμένους καὶ ἐπιστήμονας 44 καὶ εἶπα αὐτοῖς ἐλθεῖν πρὸς Λοδδαῖον τὸν ἡγούμενον τὸν ἐν τῷ τόπῳ τοῦ γαζοφυλακίου, 45 ἐντειλάμενος αὐτοῖς διαλεχθῆναι Λοδδαίῳ καὶ τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς αὐτοῦ καὶ τοῖς ἐν τῷ τόπῳ γαζοφύλαξιν ἀποστεῖλαι ἡμῖν τοὺς ἱερατεύσοντας ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν. 46 καὶ ἤγαγον ἡμῖν κατὰ τὴν κραταιὰν χεῖρα τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν ἄνδρας ἐπιστήμονας τῶν υἱῶν Μοολὶ τοῦ Λευὶ τοῦ ᾿Ισραήλ, ᾿Ασεβηβίαν καὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς αὐτοῦ καὶ τοὺς ἀδελφούς, ὄντας δέκα καὶ ὀκτώ, 47 καὶ ᾿Ασεβίαν καὶ ῎Αννουον καὶ ᾿Ωσαίαν ἀδελφὸν ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Χανουναίου καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτῶν, εἴκοσιν ἄνδρες· 48 καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἱεροδούλων, ὧν ἔδωκε Δαυίδ, καὶ οἱ ἡγούμενοι εἰς τὴν ἐργασίαν τῶν Λευιτῶν, ἱεροδούλους διακοσίους καὶ εἴκοσι· πάντων ἐσημάνθη ἡ ὀνοματογραφία. 49 καὶ εὐξάμην ἐκεῖ νηστείαν τοῖς νεανίσκοις ἔναντι Κυρίου ἡμῶν 50 ζητῆσαι παρ᾿ αὐτοῦ εὐοδίαν ἡμῖν τε καὶ τοῖς συνοῦσιν ἡμῖν τέκνοις ἡμῶν καὶ κτήνεσιν· 51 ἐνετράπην γὰρ αἰτῆσαι τὸν βασιλέα πεζούς τε καὶ ἱππεῖς καὶ προπομπὴν ἕνεκεν ἀσφαλείας τῆς πρὸς τοὺς ἐναντιουμένους ἡμῖν· 52 εἴπαμεν γὰρ τῷ βασιλεῖ, ὅτι ἡ ἰσχὺς τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν ἔσται μετά τῶν ἐπιζητούντων αὐτὸν εἰς πᾶσαν ἐπανόρθωσιν. 53 καὶ πάλιν ἐδεήθημεν τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν πάντα ταῦτα καὶ ἐτύχομεν εὐϊλάτου. 54 καὶ ἐχώρισα τῶν φυλάρχων τῶν ἱερέων ἄνδρας δεκαδύο, καὶ ᾿Εσερεβίαν καὶ Σαμίαν καὶ μετ᾿ αὐτῶν ἐκ τῶν ἀδελφῶν αὐτῶν ἄνδρας δώδεκα, 55 καὶ 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 ᾿Ισραήλ. 56 καὶ 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. 57 καὶ 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· 58 ἀγρυπνεῖτε καὶ φυλάσσετε ἕως τοῦ παραδοῦναι ὑμᾶς αὐτὰ τοῖς φυλάρχοις τῶν ἱερέων καὶ τῶν Λευιτῶν καὶ τοῖς ἡγουμένοις τῶν πατριῶν τοῦ ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλήμ, ἐν τοῖς παστοφορίοις τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν. 59 καὶ οἱ παραλαβόντες οἱ ἱερεῖς καὶ οἱ Λευῖται τὸ ἀργύριον καὶ τὸ χρυσίον καὶ τὰ σκεύη τὰ ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ εἰσήνεγκαν εἰς τὸ ἱερὸν τοῦ Κυρίου.
60 Καὶ ἀναζεύξαντες ἀπὸ τοῦ ποταμοῦ Θερὰ τῇ δωδεκάτῃ τοῦ πρώτου μηνὸς ἕως εἰσήλθομεν εἰς ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ κατὰ τὴν κραταιὰν χεῖρα τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν τὴν ἐφ᾿ ἡμῖν· καὶ ἐρρύσατο ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τῆς εἰσόδου ἀπὸ παντὸς ἐχθροῦ, καὶ ἤλθομεν εἰς ῾Ιερουσαλήμ. 61 καὶ 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 ᾿Ελεάζαρ ὁ τοῦ Φινεές, καὶ ἦσαν μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ ᾿Ιωσαβδὸς ᾿Ιησοῦ καὶ Μωὲθ Σαβάννου, οἱ Λευῖται— πρὸς ἀριθμὸν καὶ ὁλκὴν ἅπαντα, καὶ ἐγράφη πᾶσα ἡ ὁλκὴ αὐτῶν αὐτῇ τῇ ὥρᾳ. 63 οἱ δὲ παραγενόμενοι ἐκ τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας προσήνεγκαν θυσίας τῷ Θεῷ τοῦ ᾿Ισραὴλ Κυρίῳ, ταύρους δώδεκα ὑπὲρ παντὸς ᾿Ισραήλ, κριοὺς ἐνενηκονταέξ, ἄρνας ἑβδομηκονταδύο, τράγους ὑπὲρ σωτηρίου δώδεκα· ἅπαντα θυσίαν τῷ Κυρίῳ. 64 καὶ ἀπέδωκαν τὰ προστάγματα τοῦ βασιλέως τοῖς βασιλικοῖς οἰκονόμοις καὶ τοῖς ἐπάρχοις Κοίλης Συρίας καὶ Φοινίκης, καὶ ἐδόξασαν τὸ ἔθνος καὶ τὸ ἱερὸν τοῦ Κυρίου.
65 Καὶ τούτων τελεσθέντων προσήλθοσάν μοι οἱ ἡγούμενοι λέγοντες· 66 οὐκ ἐχώρισαν τὸ ἔθνος τοῦ ᾿Ισραὴλ καὶ οἱ ἄρχοντες καὶ οἱ ἱερεῖς καὶ οἱ Λευῖται τὰ ἀλλογενῆ ἔθνη τῆς γῆς καὶ τὰς ἀκαθαρσίας αὐτῶν, Χαναναίων καὶ Χετταίων καὶ Φερεζαίων καὶ ᾿Ιεβουσαίων καὶ Μωαβιτῶν καὶ Αἰγυπτίων καὶ ᾿Ιδουμαίων· 67 συνῴκησαν 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. 68 καὶ 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. 69 καὶ ἐπισυνήχθησαν πρός με ὅσοι ποτὲ ἐπικινοῦντο ἐπὶ τῷ ῥήματι Κυρίου Θεοῦ τοῦ ᾿Ισραήλ, ἐμοῦ πενθοῦντος ἐπὶ τῇ ἀνομίᾳ, καὶ ἐκαθήμην περίλυπτος ἕως τῆς δειλινῆς θυσίας. 70 καὶ ἐξεγερθεὶς ἐκ τῆς νηστείας, διερρηγμένα ἔχων τὰ ἱμάτια καὶ τὴν ἱερὰν ἐσθῆτα, κάμψας τὰ γόνατα καὶ ἐκτείνας τὰς χεῖρας πρὸς τὸν Κύριον ἔλεγον· 71 Κύριε, ᾔσχυμμαι καὶ ἐντέτραμμαι κατὰ πρόσωπόν σου· 72 αἱ γὰρ ἁμαρτίαι ἡμῶν ἐπλεόνασαν ὑπὲρ τὰς κεφαλὰς ἡμῶν, αἱ δὲ ἄγνοιαι ἡμῶν ὑπερήνεγκαν ἕως τοῦ οὐρανοῦ 73 ἔτι ἀπὸ τῶν χρόνων τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν, καί ἐσμεν ἐν μεγάλῃ ἁμαρτίᾳ ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης. 74 καὶ 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. 75 καὶ νῦν κατὰ πόσον τι ἐγενήθη ἡμῖν ἔλεος παρὰ σοῦ, Κύριε, καταλειφθῆναι ἡμῖν ρίζαν καὶ ὄνομα ἐν τῷ τόπῳ ἁγιάσματός σου 76 καὶ 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, 77 ἀλλὰ ἐποίησεν ἡμᾶς ἐν χάριτι ἐνώπιον τῶν βασιλέων Περσῶν δοῦναι ἡμῖν τροφὴν 78 καὶ δοξάσαι τὸ ἱερὸν τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν καὶ ἐγεῖραι τὴν ἔρημον Σιών, δοῦναι ἡμῖν στερέωμα ἐν τῇ ᾿Ιουδαίᾳ καὶ ῾Ιερουσαλήμ. 79 καὶ νῦν τί ἐροῦμεν, Κύριε, ἔχοντες ταῦτα; παρέβημεν γὰρ τὰ προστάγματά σου, ἃ ἔδωκας ἐν χειρὶ τῶν παίδων σου τῶν προφητῶν λέγων, 80 ὅτι ἡ γῆ, εἰς ἣν εἰσέρχεσθε κληρονομῆσαι, ἔστι γῆ μεμολυσμένη μολυσμῷ τῶν ἀλλογενῶν τῆς γῆς, καὶ τῆς ἀκαθαρσίας αὐτῶν ἐνέπλησαν αὐτήν. 81 καὶ νῦν τὰς θυγατέρας ὑμῶν μὴ συνοικήσητε τοῖς υἱοῖς αὐτῶν καὶ τὰς θυγατέρας αὐτῶν μὴ λάβητε τοῖς υἱοῖς ὑμῶν· 82 καὶ οὐ ζητήσετε εἰρηνεῦσαι τὰ πρὸς αὐτοὺς τὸν ἅπαντα χρόνον, ἵνα ἰσχύσαντες φάγητε τὰ ἀγαθὰ τῆς γῆς, καὶ κατακληρονομήσητε τοῖς τέκνοις ὑμῶν ἕως αἰῶνος. 83 καὶ τὰ συμβαίνοντα πάντα ἡμῖν γίνεται διὰ τὰ ἔργα ἡμῶν τὰ πονηρὰ καὶ τὰς μεγάλας ἁμαρτίας ἡμῶν. σὺ γάρ, Κύριε, ἐκούφισας τὰς ἁμαρτίας ἡμῶν καὶ 84 ἔδωκας ἡμῖν τοιαύτην ρίζαν· πάλιν ἀνεκάμψαμεν παραβῆναι τὸν νόμον σου εἰς τὸ ἐπιμιγῆναι τῇ ἀκαθαρσίᾳ τῶν ἐθνῶν τῆς γῆς. 85 οὐχὶ ὠργίσθης ἡμῖν ἀπολέσαι ἡμᾶς ἕως τοῦ μὴ καταλιπεῖν ρίζαν καὶ σπέρμα καὶ ὄνομα ἡμῶν; 86 Κύριε τοῦ ᾿Ισραήλ, ἀληθινὸς εἶ· κατελείφθημεν γὰρ ρίζα ἐν τῇ σήμερον. 87 ἰδοὺ νῦν ἐσμεν ἐνώπιόν σου ἐν ταῖς ἀνομίαις ἡμῶν· οὐ γάρ ἐστι στῆναι ἔτι ἔμπροσθέν σου ἐπὶ τούτοις.
88 Καὶ ὅτε προσευχόμενος ῎Εσδρας ἀνθωμολογεῖτο κλαίων χαμαιπετὴς ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ ἱεροῦ, ἐπισυνήχθησαν πρὸς αὐτὸν ἀπὸ ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ ὄχλος πολὺς σφόδρα, ἄνδρες καὶ γυναῖκες καὶ νεανίαι· κλαυθμὸς γὰρ ἦν μέγας ἐν τῷ πλήθει. 89 καὶ φωνήσας ᾿Ιεχονίας ᾿Ιεήλου τῶν υἱῶν ᾿Ισραὴλ εἶπεν· ῎Εσδρα, ἡμεῖς ἡμάρτομεν εἰς τὸν Κύριον καὶ συνῳκίσαμεν γυναῖκας ἀλλογενεῖς ἐκ τῶν ἐθνῶν τῆς γῆς. καὶ νῦν ἐστιν ἐπάνω πᾶς ᾿Ισραήλ· 90 ἐν 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. 91 ἀναστὰς ἐπιτέλει· πρός σε γὰρ τὸ πρᾶγμα, καὶ ἡμεῖς μετὰ σοῦ ἰσχὺν ποιεῖν. 92 καὶ ἀναστὰς ῎Εσδρας ὥρκισε τοὺς φυλάρχους τῶν ἱερέων καὶ Λευιτῶν παντὸς τοῦ ᾿Ισραὴλ ποιῆσαι κατὰ ταῦτα· καὶ ὤμοσαν.
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Read about the texts witnessed only in the Septuagint:
Letter of Aristeas (including also full text in Greek and English) ||| Sirach, Wisdom, Letter of Jeremiah ||| Maccabees 1, 2, 3 and 4 ||| Additional texts witnessed by the Septuagint to the book of Daniel ||| 1 Esdras, Psalm 151, Prayer of Manasseh ||| Judith, BaruchNote that the so called 'sixth' chapter of Baruch in the Septuagint is published separately as Letter of Jeremiah. Check also this note about the Order of Septuagint Psalms and the Masoretic.
Cf. in print A New English translation of the Septuagint, Greek English Lexicon of the Septuagint, Grammar of Septuagint Greek, The Use of the Septuagint in New Testament Research, More
Reference address : https://www.ellopos.net/elpenor/greek-texts/septuagint/chapter.asp?book=15&page=8
