Καὶ οὗτοι οἱ ἱερεῖς καὶ οἱ Λευεῖται οἱ ἀναβαίνοντες μετὰ Ζοροβαβὲλ υίοῦ Σαλαθιὴλ καὶ Ἰησοῦ· Σαραιά, Ἰερμιά, Ἐσδρά,
Σεχενιά·
οὗτοι ἄρχοντες τῶν ἱερέων καὶ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτῶν ἐν
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ἡμέραις Ἰησοῖ.
καὶ οἱ Λευεῖται· Ἰησού, Βανουί, Καδμιήλ, Σαραβιά, Ἰουδά, Μαχανιά· ἐπὶ τῶν χειρῶν αὐτὸς καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ εἰς τὰς ἐφημερίας.
καὶ Ἰησοῦς ἐγέννησεν τὸν Ἰωακείμ, καὶ Ἰωακεὶμ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Ἐλιασείβ, καὶ Ἐλειασεὶβ τὸν Ἰωδά,
καὶ Ἰωδά ἐγέννησεν τὸν Ἰωναθάν, καὶ Ἰωναθὰν ἐγέννησεν τὸν Ἰαδού.
καὶ ἐν ἡμέραις Ἰωακεὶμ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ οἱ ἱερεῖς καὶ οἱ ἄρχοντες τῶν πατριῶν· τῷ Σαραια Μαρεά, τῷ Ἰερεμιά,
τῷ Ἔσρᾳ Μεσουλάμ, τῷ Ἀμαρειὰ Ἰωανάν,
τῷ Μαλούχ.
οἱ Λευεῖται ἐν ἡμέραις Ἐλιασείβ, Ἰωαδὰ καὶ Ἰωὰ καὶ Ἰωανὰν καὶ Ἰαδού, γεγραμμένοι ἄρχοντες πατριῶν, καὶ οἱ ἱερεῖς ἐν βασιλείᾳ Δαρείου τοῦ Πέρσου·
υἱοὶ Λευεὶ ἄρχοντες τῶν πατριῶν γεγραμμένοι ἐπὶ βιβλίῳ λόγων τῶν ἡμερῶν καὶ ἕως ἡμερῶν Ἰωανὰν υἱοῦ Ἐλεισοῦε.
καὶ ἄρχοντες τῶν Λευειτῶν· Ἀβιὰ καὶ Σαραβιὰ καὶ Ἰησού, καὶ υἱοὶ Καδμιὴλ καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτῶν κατεναντίον αὐτῶν εἰς ὑμνεῖν, αἰνεῖν, ἐντολῇ Δαυεὶδ ἀνθρώπου τοῦ θεοῦ, ἐφημερία πρὸς ἐφημερίαν,
ἐν τῷ συναγαγεῖν με τοὺς πυλωροὺς
ἐν ἡμέραις Ἰωακεὶμ υἱοῦ Ἰησοῦ Εἰωσεδέκ, ἐν ἡμέραις Νεεμία· καὶ Ἐσρας ὁ ἱερεὺς ὁ γραμματεύς.
καὶ συνήχθησαν οἱ υἱοὶ τῶν ᾀδόντων καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς περιχώρου κυκλόθεν εἰς Ἰερουσαλὴμ καὶ ἀπὸ ἐπαύλεων
καὶ ἀπὸ ἀγρῶν· ὅτι ἐπαύλεις οἰκοδόμησαν ἑαυτοῖς οἱ ἰδόντες ἐν Ἰερουσαλήμ.
καὶ ἐκαθαρίσθησαν οἱ ἱερεῖς καὶ οἱ Λευεῖται, καὶ ἐκαθάρισαν τὸν λαὸν καὶ τοὺς πυλωροὺς καὶ τὸ τεῖχος.
καὶ ἀνήνεγκαν τοὺς ἄρχοντας Ἰούδα ἐπάνω τοῦ τείχους.
καὶ ἐπορεύθη ὀπίσω αὐτῶν Ὡσαιὰ καὶ ἤμισυ ἀρχόντων Ἰούδα,
καὶ Ζαχαρίας, Ἔσρας καὶ Μεσουλάμ,
Ἰουδὰ καὶ Βενιαμεὶν καὶ Σαραία καὶ Ἰερεμιά·
καὶ ἀπὸ υἱῶν τῶν ἱερέων ἐν σάλπιγξιν Ζαχαρίας υἱὸς Ἰωανάν υἱὸς Σαμαιὰ υἱὸς Ναθανιὰ υἱὸς Μειχαιὰ υἱὸς Ζακχοὺρ υἱὸς Ἀσάφ,
καὶ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ Σαμαιὰ καὶ Ὀζειήλ, αἰνεῖν ἐν ᾠδαῖς Δαυεὶδ ἀνθρώπου τοῦ θεοῦ· καὶ Ἔσρας ὁ γραμματεὺς ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ.
ἐπὶ πύλης τοῦ αἰνεῖν κατέναντι αὐτῶν ἀνέβησαν ἐπὶ κλίμακας πόλεων Δαυείδ, ἐν ἀναβάσει τοῦ τείχους, ἐπάνωθεν τοῦ οἴκου Δαυεὶδ καὶ ἕως πύλης τοῦ ὕδατος
Ἐφράιμ, καὶ ἐπὶ πύλην τὴν ἰχθυηρὰν καὶ πύργῳ Ἁνανεὴλ καὶ ἕως πύλης τῆς προβατικῆς.
καὶ ἠκούσθησαν οἱ ἄδοντες, καὶ ἐπεσκέπησαν.
Καὶ κατέστησαν ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ ἄνδρας ἐπὶ τῶν γαζοφυλακίων, τοῖς θησαυροῖς, ταῖς ἀπαρχαῖς καὶ ταῖς δεκάταις καὶ τοῖς συνηγμένοις ἐν αὐτοῖς ἄρχουσιν τῶν πόλεων, μερίδας τοῖς ἱερεῦσι καὶ τοῖς Λευείταις, ὅτι εὐφροσύνη ἐν Ἰούδᾳ ἐπὶ τοὺς ἱερεῖς καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς Λευείτας τοὺς ἑστῶτας.
καὶ ἐφύλαξαν φυλακὰς θεοῦ αὐτῶν καὶ φυλακὰς τοῦ καθαρισμοῦ καὶ τοὺς ἄδοντας καὶ τοὺς πυλωρούς, ὡς ἐντολαὶ Δαυεὶδ καὶ Σαλωμὼν υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ.
ὅτι ἐν ἡμέραις Δαυεὶδ Ἀσὰφ ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς πρῶτος τῶν ᾀδόντων καὶ ὕμνον καὶ αἴνεσιν τῷ θεῷ.
καὶ πᾶς Ἰσραὴλ ἐν ἡμέραις Ζοροβαβὲλ διδόντες μερίδας τῶν ᾀδόντων καὶ τῶν πυλωρῶν, λόγον ἡμέρας ἐν ἡμέρᾳ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἁγιάζοντες τοῖς Λευείταις, καὶ οἱ Λευεῖται ἁγιάζοντες τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἀαρών.
2 Ezra. Septuaginta. ed. Henry Barclay Swete. United States. 2017.
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