Septuaginta, 2 Ezra, ed. Henry Barclay Swete, 6

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Τότε Δαρεῖος ὁ βασιλεὺς ἔθηκεν γνώμην, καὶ ἐπεσκέψατο ἐν βιβλιοθήκαις ὅπου ἡ γάζα κεῖται ἐν Βαβυλῶνι.

καὶ εὑρέθη ἐν πόλει ἐν τῇ βάρει κεφαλὶς μία, καὶ τοῦτο γεγραμμένον ἐν αὐτῇ ὑπόμνημα

Ἐν ἔτει πρώτῳ Κύρου βασιλέως Κῦρος βασιλεὺς ἔθηκεν γνώμην περὶ οἴκου ἱεροῦ θεοῦ τοῦ ἐν Ἰερουσαλὴμ καὶ τόπου οὗ θυσιάζουσιν τὰ θυσιάσματα. ¹² καὶ ἔθηκεν ἔπαρμα ὕψος πήχεις ἑξήκοντα,

καὶ δόμοι ³ λίθινοι τρεῖς, καὶ δόμος ξύλινος εἶς· καὶ ἡ δαπάνη ἐξ οἴκου τοῦ βασιλέως δοθήσεται.

καὶ τὰ σκεύη οἴκου θεοῦ τὰ ἀργυρᾶ καὶ τὰ χρυσᾶ, ἃ Ναβουχοδονοσὸρ ἐξήνεγκεν ἀπὸ οἴκου τοῦ ἐν Ἰερουσαλήμ, ἐπὶ τόπου ἐτέθη ἐν οἴκῳ τοῦ θεοῦ.

νῦν δώσετε, ἔπαρχοι πέραν τοῦ ποταμοῦ, Σαθαρβουζανὰ καὶ οἱ σύνδουλοι αὐτῶν Ἀφαρσαχαῖοι ἐν πέρα ποταμοῦ, μακρὰν ὄντες ἐκεῖθεν·

ἄφετε τὸ ἔργον οἴκου τοῦ θεοῦ· καὶ πρεσβύτεροι τῶν Ἰουδαίων οἶκον τοῦ θεοῦ ἐκεῖνον οἰκοδομείτωσαν ἐπὶ τοῦ τόπου αὐτοῦ.

καὶ ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ ἐτέθη γνώμη μή ποτέ τι ποιήσητε μετὰ πρεσβυτέρων τῶν Ἰουδαίων τοῦ οἰκοδομῆσαι οἶκον τοῦ θεοῦ ἐκεῖνον· καὶ ἀπὸ ὑπαρχόντων βασιλέως τῶν φόρων πέραν τοῦ ποταμοῦ ἐπιμελῶς δαπάνη ἔστω διδομένη τοῖς ἀνδράσιν ἐκείνοις, τὸ μὴ καταργηθῆναι·

καὶ ὃ ἂν ὑστέρημα, καὶ υἱοὺς βοῶν καὶ κριῶν καὶ ἀμνοὺς εἰς ὁλοκαυτώσεις τῷ θεῷ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, πυρούς, ἄλας, οἶνον, ἔλαιον, κατὰ τὸ ῥῆμα ἱερέων τῶν ἐν Ἰερουσαλήμ, ἔστω διδόμενον αὐτοῖς ἡμέραν ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ὁ ἐὰν αἰτήσωσιν,

ἵνα ὦσιν προσφέροντες εὐωδίας τῷ θεῷ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ προσεύχωνται εἰς ζωὴν τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ υἱῶν αὐτοῦ.

καὶ ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ ἐτέθη γνώμη ὅτι πᾶς ἄνθρωπος ὃς ἀλλάξει τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο, καὶ καθαιρεθήσεται ξύλον ἐκ τῆς οἰκίας αὐτοῦ καὶ ὠρθωμένος πληγήσεται ἐπʼ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ὁ οἶκος αὐτοῦ τὸ κατʼ ἐμέ ποιηθήσεται.

καὶ ὁ θεὸς οὗ κατασκηνοῖ τὸ ὄνομα ἐκεῖ καταστρέψει πάντα βασιλέα καὶ λαὸν ὃς ἐκτενεῖ τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ ἀλλάξαι ἢ ἀφανίσαι οἶκον θεοῦ τὸν ἐν Ἰερουσαλήμ. ἐγὼ Δαρεῖος ἔθηκα γνώμην, ἐπιμελῶς ἔσται.

Τότε Γανθαναὶ ἔπαρχος πέραν τοῦ ποταμοῦ, Σαθαρβουζὰν καὶ οἱ σύνδουλοι αὐτοῦ, πρὸς ὃ ἀπέστειλεν Δαρεῖος ὁ βασιλεύς, οὕτως ἐπιμελῶς ἐποίησαν.

καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι τῶν Ἰουδαίων οἰκοδομοῦσιν καὶ οἰ Λευεῖται ἐν προφητείᾳ Ἁγγαίου τοῦ προφήτου καὶ Ζαχαρίου υἱοῦ Ἀδώ· καὶ ⁴⁶ ᾠκοδόμησαν καὶ κατηρτίσαντο ἀπὸ γνώμης θεοῦ Ἰσραὴλ καὶ ἀπὸ γνώμης Κύρου καὶ Δαρείου καὶ Ἀσταρθὰ βασιλέων Περσῶν.

καὶ ἐτέλεσαν τὸν οἶκον τοῦτον ἕως ἡμέρας τρίτης μηνὸς Ἀδάρ, ὅς ἐστιν ἔτος ἕκτον τῇ βασιλείᾳ Δαρείου τοῦ βασιλέως.

καὶ ἐποίησαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραήλ, οἱ ἱερεῖς καὶ οἱ Λευεῖται καὶ οἱ κατάλοιποι υἱῶν ἀποικεσίας, ἐνκαίνια τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν εὐφροσύνῃ.

καὶ προσήνεγκαν εἰς τὰ ἐνκαίνια τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ θεοῦ μόσχους ἑκατόν, κριοὺς διακοσίους, ἀμνοὺς τετρακοσίους, χιμάρους αἰγῶν περὶ ἁμαρτίας ὑπέρ παντὸς Ἰσραὴλ δώδεκα, εἰς ἀριθμὸν φυλῶν Ἰσραήλ.

καὶ ἔστησαν τοὺς ἱερεῖς ἐν διαιρέσει αὐτῶν καὶ τοὺς Λευείτας ἐν μερισμοῖς αὐτῶν ἐπὶ δουλείᾳ θεοῦ τοῦ ἐν Ἰερουσαλήμ, κατὰ τὴν γραφὴν βιβλίου Μωυσῆ.

Καὶ ἐποίησαν οἱ υἱοὶ τῆς ἀποικεσίας τὸ πάσχα τῇ τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτῃ τοῦ μηνὸς τοῦ πρώτου. 20ὅτι ἐκαθερίσθησαν οἱ ἱερεῖς καὶ οἱ Λευεῖται, ἕως εἷς πάντες καθαροί· καὶ ἔσφαξαν τὸ πάσχα τοῖς πᾶσιν υἱοῖς τῆς ἀποικεσίας καὶ τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς αὐτῶν τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν καὶ ἑαυτοῖς.

καὶ ἔφαγον οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ τὸ πάσχα, ἀπὸ τῆς ἀποικεσίας, καὶ πᾶς ὁ χωριζόμενος εἰς ἀκαθαρσίας ἐθνῶν τῆς γῆς πρὸς αὐτοὺς τοῦ ἐκζητῆσαι Κύριον θεὸν Ἰσραήλ.

καὶ ἐποίησαν τὴν ἑορτὴν τῶν ἀζύμων ἑπτὰ ἡμέρας ἐν εὐφροσύνῃ, ὅτι εὔφρανεν αὐτούς, καὶ ἐπέστρεψεν καρδία βασιλέως Ἀσσοὺρ ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς κραταιῶσαι τὰς χεῖρας αὐτῶν ἐν ἔργοις οἴκου θεοῦ Ἰσραήλ.

2 Ezra. Septuaginta. ed. Henry Barclay Swete. United States. 2017.

Funding provided by Harvard Library Arcadia Fund.

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Ἔσδρας Βʹ (Greek) (Septuaginta. The Old Testament in Greek According to the Septuagint. Volume 2: I Chronicles-Tobit. Swete, Henry Barclay, editor. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1896.)

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Ezra Perseus (World English Bible. Revision of the American Standard Version of 1901. Rainbow Missions, Inc., 2000-2024.) — 6 focus

Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the archives, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.

There was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of Media, a scroll, and therein was thus written for a record:

In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a decree: Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be built, the place where they offer sacrifices, and let the foundations of it be strongly laid; the height of it sixty cubits, and the breadth of it sixty cubits;

with three courses of great stones, and a course of new timber: and let the expenses be given out of the king’s house.

Also let the gold and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple which is at Jerusalem, and brought to Babylon, be restored, and brought again to the temple which is at Jerusalem, everyone to its place; and you shall put them in the house of God.

Now therefore, Tattenai, governor beyond the River, Shetharbozenai, and your companions the Apharsachites, who are beyond the River, be you far from there:

let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in its place.

Moreover I make a decree what you shall do to these elders of the Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king’s goods, even of the tribute beyond the River, expenses be given with all diligence to these men, that they be not hindered.

That which they have need of, both young bulls, and rams, and lambs, for burnt offerings to the God of heaven; [also] wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the word of the priests who are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail;

that they may offer sacrifices of sweet savor to the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons.

Also I have made a decree, that whoever shall alter this word, let a beam be pulled out from his house, and let him be lifted up and fastened thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this:

and the God who has caused his name to dwell there overthrow all kings and peoples who shall put forth their hand to alter [the same], to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with all diligence.

Then Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, Shetharbozenai, and their companions, because that Darius the king had sent, did accordingly with all diligence.

The elders of the Jews built and prospered, through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. They built and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the decree of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.

This house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.

The children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy.

They offered at the dedication of this house of God one hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin-offering for all Israel, twelve male goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.

They set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses.

The children of the captivity kept the Passover on the fourteenth [day] of the first month.

For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves together; all of them were pure: and they killed the Passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brothers the priests, and for themselves.

The children of Israel who had come again out of the captivity, and all such as had separated themselves to them from the filthiness of the nations of the land, to seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, ate,

and kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for Yahweh had made them joyful, and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

Nehemiah Perseus (World English Bible. Revision of the American Standard Version of 1901. Rainbow Missions, Inc., 2000-2024.) — 6 focus

Now it happened, when it was reported to Sanballat and Tobiah, and to Geshem the Arabian, and to the rest of our enemies, that I had built the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though even to that time I had not set up the doors in the gates;)

that Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, Come, let us meet together in [one of] the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief.

I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I can’t come down: why should the work cease, while I leave it, and come down to you?

They sent to me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.

Then sent Sanballat his servant to me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand,

in which was written, It is reported among the nations, and Gashmu says it, that you and the Jews think to rebel; for which cause you are building the wall: and you would be their king, according to these words.

You have also appointed prophets to preach of you at Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah: and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.

Then I sent to him, saying, There are no such things done as you say, but you feign them out of your own heart.

For they all would have made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it not be done. But now, [God], strengthen you my hands.

I went to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to kill you; yes, in the night will they come to kill you.

I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there that, being such as I, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.

I discerned, and, behold, God had not sent him; but he pronounced this prophecy against me: and Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

For this cause was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me.

Remember, my God, Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and also the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear.

So the wall was finished in the twenty-fifth [day] of [the month] Elul, in fifty-two days.

It happened, when all our enemies heard [of it], that all the nations that were about us feared, and were much cast down in their own eyes; for they perceived that this work was worked of our God.

Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and [the letters] of Tobiah came to them.

For there were many in Judah sworn to him, because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah the son of Arah; and his son Jehohanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah as wife.

Also they spoke of his good deeds before me, and reported my words to him. Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.

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2 Ezra

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3. B

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