1 Esdras
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1:1	Josias held the Passover in Jerusalem to his Lord, and offered the Passover the fourteenth day of the first month,
1:2	having set the priests according to their daily courses, being arrayed in their vestments, in the Lord’s temple.
1:3	He spoke to the Levites, the temple servants of Israel, that they should make themselves holy to the Lord, to set the holy ark of the Lord in the house that King Solomon the son of David had built.
1:4	He said, “You no longer need to carry it on your shoulders. Now therefore serve the Lord your God, and minister to his people Israel, and prepare yourselves by your fathers’ houses and kindred,
1:5	according to the writing of King David of Israel, and according to the magnificence of Solomon his son. Stand in the holy place according to the divisions of your Levite families who minister in the presence of your kindred the descendants of Israel.
1:6	Offer the Passover in order, prepare the sacrifices for your kindred, and keep the Passover according to the Lord’s commandment, which was given to Moses.
1:7	To the people which were present, Josias gave thirty thousand lambs and kids, and three thousand calves. These things were given from the king’s possessions, as he promised, to the people and to the priests and Levites.
1:8	Helkias, Zacharias, and Esyelus, the rulers of the temple, gave to the priests for the Passover two thousand six hundred sheep, and three hundred calves.
1:9	Jeconias, Samaias, Nathanael his brother, Sabias, Ochielus, and Joram, captains over thousands, gave to the Levites for the Passover five thousand sheep and seven hundred calves.
1:10	When these things were done, the priests and Levites, having the unleavened bread, stood in proper order according to the kindred,
1:11	and according to the several divisions by fathers’ houses, before the people, to offer to the Lord as it is written in the book of Moses. They did this in the morning.
1:12	They roasted the Passover lamb with fire, as required. They boiled the sacrifices in the brazen vessels and caldrons with a pleasing smell,
1:13	and set them before all the people. Afterward they prepared for themselves and for their kindred the priests, the sons of Aaron.
1:14	For the priests offered the fat until night. The Levites prepared for themselves and for their kindred the priests, the sons of Aaron.
1:15	The holy singers also, the sons of Asaph, were in their order, according to the appointment of David: Asaph, Zacharias, and Eddinus, who represented the king.
1:16	Moreover the gatekeepers were at every gate. No one needed to depart from his daily duties, for their kindred the Levites prepared for them.
1:17	So the things that belonged to the Lord’s sacrifices were accomplished in that day, in holding the Passover,
1:18	and offering sacrifices on the altar of the Lord, according to the commandment of King Josias.
1:19	So the children of Israel which were present at that time held the Passover and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.
1:20	Such a Passover had not been held in Israel since the time of the prophet Samuel.
1:21	Indeed, none of the kings of Israel held such a Passover as Josias with the priests, the Levites, and the Jews, held with all Israel that were present in their dwelling place at Jerusalem.
1:22	This Passover was held in the eighteenth year of the reign of Josias.
1:23	The works of Josias were upright before his Lord with a heart full of godliness.
1:24	Moreover the things that came to pass in his days have been written in times past, concerning those who sinned and did wickedly against the Lord more than any other people or kingdom, and how they grieved him exceedingly, so that the Lord’s words were confirmed against Israel.
1:25	Now after all these acts of Josias, it came to pass that Pharaoh the king of Egypt came to make war at Carchemish on the Euphrates; and Josias went out against him.
1:26	But the king of Egypt sent to him, saying, “What do I have to do with you, O king of Judea?
1:27	I wasn’t sent out from the Lord God against you, for my war is against the Euphrates. Now the Lord is with me, yes, the Lord is with me hastening me forward. Depart from me, and don’t be against the Lord.”
1:28	However, Josias didn’t turn back to his chariot, but tried to fight with him, not regarding the words of the prophet Jeremy from the Lord’s mouth,
1:29	but joined battle with him in the plain of Megiddo, and the commanders came down against King Josias.
1:30	Then the king said to his servants, “Carry me away out of the battle, for I am very weak!” Immediately his servants carried him away out of the army.
1:31	Then he got into his second chariot. After he was brought back to Jerusalem he died, and was buried in the tomb of his ancestors.
1:32	All Judea mourned for Josias. Jeremy the prophet lamented for Josias, and the chief men with the women made lamentation for him to this day. This was given out for an ordinance to be done continually in all the nation of Israel.
1:33	These things are written in the book of the histories of the kings of Judea, and every one of the acts that Josias did, and his glory, and his understanding in the law of the Lord, and the things that he had done before, and the things now told, are reported in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
1:34	The people took Joachaz the son of Josias, and made him king instead of Josias his father, when he was twenty-three years old.
1:35	He reigned in Judah and Jerusalem for three months. Then the king of Egypt deposed him from reigning in Jerusalem.
1:36	He set a tax upon the people of one hundred talents of silver and one talent of gold.
1:37	The king of Egypt also made King Joakim his brother king of Judea and Jerusalem.
1:38	And Joakim imprisoned the nobles and apprehended his brother Zarakes, and brought him up out of Egypt.
1:39	Joakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign in Judea and Jerusalem. He did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord.
1:40	King Nabuchodonosor of Babylon came up against him, bound him with a chain of brass, and carried him to Babylon.
1:41	Nabuchodonosor also took some of the Lord’s holy vessels, carried them away, and stored them in his own temple at Babylon.
1:42	But those things that are reported of him, and of his uncleanness and impiety, are written in the chronicles of the kings.
1:43	Then Joakim his son reigned in his place. When he was made king, he was eighteen years old.
1:44	He reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem. He did that which was evil before the Lord.
1:45	So after a year Nabuchodonosor sent and caused him to be brought to Babylon with the holy vessels of the Lord,
1:46	and made Sedekias king of Judea and Jerusalem when he was twenty-one years old. He reigned eleven years.
1:47	He also did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, and didn’t heed the words that were spoken by Jeremy the prophet from the Lord’s mouth.
1:48	After King Nabuchodonosor had made him to swear by the name of the Lord, he broke his oath and rebelled. Hardening his neck and his heart, he transgressed the laws of the Lord, the God of Israel.
1:49	Moreover the governors of the people and of the priests did many things wickedly, exceeding all the defilements of all nations, and defiled the temple of the Lord, which was sanctified in Jerusalem.
1:50	The God of their ancestors sent by his messenger to call them back, because he had compassion on them and on his dwelling place.
1:51	But they mocked his messengers. In the day when the Lord spoke, they scoffed at his prophets
1:52	until he, being angry with his people for their great ungodliness, commanded to bring up the kings of the Chaldeans against them.
1:53	They killed their young men with the sword around their holy temple, and spared neither young man or young woman, old man or child; but he delivered all of them into their hands.
1:54	They took all the holy vessels of the Lord, both great and small, with the treasure chests of the Lord’s ark and the king’s treasures, and carried them away to Babylon.
1:55	They burned the Lord’s house, broke down Jerusalem’s walls, and burned its towers with fire.
1:56	As for her glorious things, they didn’t stop until they had brought them all to nothing. He carried the people who weren’t slain with the sword to Babylon.
1:57	They were servants to him and to his children until the Persians reigned, to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremy:
1:58	“Until the land has enjoyed its Sabbaths, the whole time of her desolation shall she keep Sabbath, to fulfill seventy years.
2:1	In the first year of King Cyrus of the Persians, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremy might be accomplished,
2:2	the Lord stirred up the spirit of King Cyrus of the Persians, and he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also by writing,
2:3	saying, “Cyrus king of the Persians says: The Lord of Israel, the Most High Lord, has made me king of the whole world,
2:4	and commanded me to build him a house at Jerusalem that is in Judea.
2:5	If therefore there are any of you that are of his people, let the Lord, even his Lord, be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem that is in Judea, and build the house of the Lord of Israel. He is the Lord who dwells in Jerusalem.
2:6	Therefore, of those who dwell in various places, let those who are in his own place each help with gold, with silver,
2:7	with gifts, with horses, and cattle, beside the other things which have been added by vow for the temple of the Lord which is in Jerusalem.
2:8	Then the chief of the families of Judah and of the tribe of Benjamin stood up, with the priests, the Levites, and all whose spirit the Lord had stirred to go up, to build the house for the Lord which is in Jerusalem.
2:9	Those who lived around them helped them in all things with silver and gold, with horses and cattle, and with very many gifts that were vowed by a great number whose minds were so moved.
2:10	King Cyrus also brought out the holy vessels of the Lord, which Nabuchodonosor had carried away from Jerusalem and had stored in his temple of idols.
2:11	Now when King Cyrus of the Persians had brought them out, he delivered them to Mithradates his treasurer,
2:12	and by him they were delivered to Sanabassar the governor of Judea.
2:13	This was the number of them: one thousand gold cups, one thousand silver cups, twenty-nine silver censers, thirty gold bowls, two thousand four hundred ten silver bowls, and one thousand other vessels.
2:14	So all the vessels of gold and of silver were brought up, even five thousand four hundred seventy-nine,
2:15	and were carried back by Sanabassar, together with the returning exiles, from Babylon to Jerusalem.
2:16	In the time of King Artaxerxes of the Persians, Belemus, Mithradates, Tabellius, Rathumus, Beeltethmus, and Samellius the scribe, with their other associates, dwelling in Samaria and other places, wrote to him against those who lived in Judea and Jerusalem the following letter:
2:17	“To King Artaxerxes our Lord, from your servants, Rathumus the recorder, Samellius the scribe, and the rest of their council, and the judges who are in Coelesyria and Phoenicia:
2:18	Let it now be known to our lord the king, that the Jews that have come up from you to us, having come to Jerusalem, are building that rebellious and wicked city, and are repairing its marketplaces and walls, and are laying the foundation of a temple.
2:19	Now if this city is built and its walls are finished, they will not only refuse to give tribute, but will even stand up against kings.
2:20	Since the things pertaining to the temple are now in hand, we think it appropriate not to neglect such a matter,
2:21	but to speak to our lord the king, to the intent that, if it is your pleasure, search may be made in the books of your ancestors.
2:22	You will find in the chronicles what is written concerning these things, and will understand that that city was rebellious, troubling both kings and cities,
2:23	and that the Jews were rebellious, and kept starting wars there in the past. For this cause, this city was laid waste.
2:24	Therefore now we do declare to you, O lord the king, that if this city is built again, and its walls set up again, you will from then on have no passage into Coelesyria and Phoenicia.”
2:25	Then the king wrote back again to Rathumus the recorder, Beeltethmus, Samellius the scribe, and to the rest of their associates who lived in Samaria, Syria, and Phoenicia, as follows:
2:26	“I have read the letter which you have sent to me. Therefore I commanded to make search, and it has been found that that city of old time has fought against kings,
2:27	and the men were given to rebellion and war in it, and that mighty and fierce kings were in Jerusalem, who reigned and exacted tribute in Coelesyria and Phoenicia.
2:28	Now therefore I have commanded to prevent those men from building the city, and heed to be taken that there be nothing done contrary to this order,
2:29	and that those wicked doings proceed no further to the annoyance of kings.”
2:30	Then King Artaxerxes, his letters being read, Rathumus, and Samellius the scribe, and the rest of their associates, went in haste to Jerusalem with cavalry and a multitude of people in battle array, and began to hinder the builders. So the building of the temple in Jerusalem ceased until the second year of the reign of King Darius of the Persians.
3:1	Now King Darius made a great feast for all his subjects, for all who were born in his house, for all the princes of Media and of Persia,
3:2	and for all the local governors and captains and governors who were under him, from India to Ethiopia, in the one hundred twenty seven provinces.
3:3	They ate and drank, and when they were satisfied went home. Then King Darius went into his bedchamber and slept, but awakened out of his sleep.
3:4	Then the three young men of the bodyguard, who guarded the king, spoke one to another:
3:5	“Let every one of us state what one thing is strongest. King Darius will give him whose statement seems wiser than the others great gifts and great honors in token of victory.
3:6	He shall be clothed in purple, drink from gold cups, sleep on a gold bed, and have a chariot with bridles of gold, a fine linen turban, and a chain around his neck.
3:7	He shall sit next to Darius because of his wisdom, and shall be called cousin of Darius.”
3:8	Then they each wrote his sentence, sealed them, and laid them under King Darius’ pillow,
3:9	and said, “When the king wakes up, someone will give him the writing. Whoever the king and the three princes of Persia judge that his sentence is the wisest, to him shall the victory be given, as it is written.”
3:10	The first wrote, “Wine is the strongest.”
3:11	The second wrote, “The king is strongest.”
3:12	The third wrote, “Women are strongest, but above all things Truth is the victor.”
3:13	Now when the king woke up, they took the writing and gave it to him, so he read it.
3:14	Sending out, he called all the princes of Persia and of Media, the local governors, the captains, the governors, and the chief officers
3:15	and sat himself down in the royal seat of judgment; and the writing was read before them.
3:16	He said, “Call the young men, and they shall explain their own sentences. So they were called and came in.
3:17	They said to them, “Explain what you have written.” Then the first, who had spoken of the strength of wine, began
3:18	and said this: “O sirs, how exceedingly strong wine is! It causes all men who drink it to go astray.
3:19	It makes the mind of the king and of the fatherless child to be the same, likewise of the bondman and of the freeman, of the poor man and of the rich.
3:20	It also turns every thought into cheer and mirth, so that a man remembers neither sorrow nor debt.
3:21	It makes every heart rich, so that a man remembers neither king nor local governor. It makes people say things in large amounts.
3:22	When they are in their cups, they forget their love both to friends and kindred, and before long draw their swords.
3:23	But when they awake from their wine, they don’t remember what they have done.
3:24	O sirs, isn’t wine the strongest, seeing that it forces people to do this?” And when he had said this, he stopped speaking.
4:1	Then the second, who had spoken of the strength of the king, began to say,
4:2	“O sirs, don’t men excel in strength who rule over the sea and land, and all things in them?
4:3	But yet the king is stronger. He is their lord and has dominion over them. In whatever he commands them, they obey him.
4:4	If he tells them to make war against each other, they do it. If he sends them out against the enemies, they go, and conquer mountains, walls, and towers.
4:5	They kill and are killed, and don’t disobey the king’s commandment. If they win the victory, they bring everything to the king—all the plunder and everything else.
4:6	Likewise for those who are not soldiers, and don’t have anything to do with wars, but farm, when they have reaped again that which they had sown, they bring some to the king and compel one another to pay tribute to the king.
4:7	He is just one man! If he commands people to kill, they kill. If he commands them to spare, they spare.
4:8	If he commands them to strike, they strike. If he commands them to make desolate, they make desolate. If he commands to build, they build.
4:9	If he commands them to cut down, they cut down. If he commands them to plant, they plant.
4:10	So all his people and his armies obey him. Furthermore, he lies down, he eats and drinks, and takes his rest;
4:11	and these keep watch around him. None of them may depart and do his own business. They don’t disobey him in anything.
4:12	O sirs, how could the king not be the strongest, seeing that he is obeyed like this?” Then he stopped talking.
4:13	Then the third, who had spoken of women, and of truth, (this was Zorobabel) began to speak:
4:14	“O sirs, isn’t the king great, and men are many, and isn’t wine strong? Who is it then who rules them, or has the lordship over them? Aren’t they women?
4:15	Women have given birth to the king and all the people who rule over sea and land.
4:16	They came from women. Women nourished up those who planted the vineyards, from where the wine comes.
4:17	Women also make garments for men. These bring glory to men. Without women, men can’t exist.
4:18	Yes, and if men have gathered together gold and silver and any other beautiful thing, and see a woman who is lovely in appearance and beauty,
4:19	they let all those things go and gape at her, and with open mouth stare at her. They all have more desire for her than for gold, or silver, or any other beautiful thing.
4:20	A man leaves his own father who brought him up, leaves his own country, and joins with his wife.
4:21	With his wife he ends his days, with no thought for his father, mother, or country.
4:22	By this also you must know that women have dominion over you. Don’t you labor and toil, and bring it all to give to women?
4:23	Yes, a man takes his sword and goes out to travel, to rob, to steal, and to sail on the sea and on rivers.
4:24	He sees a lion and walks in the darkness. When he has stolen, plundered, and robbed, he brings it to the woman he loves.
4:25	Therefore a man loves his wife better than father or mother.
4:26	Yes, there are many who have lost their minds for women, and become slaves for their sakes.
4:27	Many also have perished, have stumbled, and sinned, for women.
4:28	Now don’t you believe me? Isn’t the king great in his power? Don’t all regions fear to touch him?
4:29	Yet I saw him and Apame the king’s concubine, the daughter of the illustrious Barticus, sitting at the right hand of the king,
4:30	and taking the crown from the king’s head, and setting it upon her own head. Yes, she struck the king with her left hand.
4:31	At this, the king gaped and gazed at her with open mouth. If she smiles at him, he laughs. But if she takes any displeasure at him, he flatters her, that she might be reconciled to him again.
4:32	O sirs, how can it not be that women are strong, seeing they do this?”
4:33	Then the king and the nobles looked at one another. So he began to speak concerning truth.
4:34	“O sirs, aren’t women strong? The earth is great. The sky is high. The sun is swift in its course, for it circles around the sky, and returns on its course again in one day.
4:35	Isn’t he who makes these things great? Therefore the truth is great, and stronger than all things.
4:36	All the earth calls upon truth, and the sky blesses truth. All works shake and tremble, but with truth there is no unrighteous thing.
4:37	Wine is unrighteous. The king is unrighteous. Women are unrighteous. All the children of men are unrighteous, and all their works are unrighteous. There is no truth in them. They shall also perish in their unrighteousness.
4:38	But truth remains, and is strong forever. Truth lives and conquers forevermore.
4:39	With truth there is no partiality toward persons or rewards, but truth does the things that are just, instead of any unrighteous or wicked things. All men approve truth’s works.
4:40	In truth’s judgment is not any unrighteousness. Truth is the strength, the kingdom, the power, and the majesty of all ages. Blessed be the God of truth!”
4:41	With that, he stopped speaking. Then all the people shouted and said, “Great is truth, and strong above all things!”
4:42	Then the king said to him, “Ask what you wish, even more than is appointed in writing, and we will give it to you, because you are found wisest. You shall sit next to me, and shall be called my cousin.”
4:43	Then he said to the king, “Remember your vow, which you vowed to build Jerusalem, in the day when you came to your kingdom,
4:44	and to send back all the vessels that were taken out of Jerusalem, which Cyrus set apart when he vowed to destroy Babylon, and vowed to send them back there.
4:45	You also vowed to build the temple which the Edomites burned when Judea was made desolate by the Chaldeans.
4:46	Now, O lord the king, this is what I request, and what I desire of you, and this is the princely generosity that may proceed from you: I ask therefore that you make good the vow, the performance of which you have vowed to the King of Heaven with your own mouth.”
4:47	Then King Darius stood up, kissed him, and wrote letters for him to all the treasurers and governors and captains and local governors, that they should safely bring on their way both him, and all those who would go up with him to build Jerusalem.
4:48	He wrote letters also to all the governors who were in Coelesyria and Phoenicia, and to them in Libanus, that they should bring cedar wood from Libanus to Jerusalem, and that they should help him build the city.
4:49	Moreover he wrote for all the Jews who would go out of his realm up into Judea concerning their freedom, that no officer, no governor, no local governor, nor treasurer, should forcibly enter into their doors,
4:50	and that all the country which they occupied should be free to them without tribute, and that the Edomites should give up the villages of the Jews which they held at that time,
4:51	and that there should be given twenty talents yearly toward the building of the temple, until the time that it was built,
4:52	and another ten talents yearly for burnt offerings to be presented upon the altar every day, as they had a commandment to make seventeen offerings,
4:53	and that all those who would come from Babylonia to build the city should have their freedom—they and their descendants, and all the priests that came.
4:54	He wrote also to give them their support and the priests’ vestments in which they minister.
4:55	For the Levites he wrote that their support should be given them until the day that the house was finished and Jerusalem built up.
4:56	He commanded that land and wages should be given to all who guarded the city.
4:57	He also sent away all the vessels from Babylon that Cyrus had set apart, and all that Cyrus had given in commandment, he commanded also to be done and to be sent to Jerusalem.
4:58	Now when this young man had gone out, he lifted up his face to heaven toward Jerusalem, and praised the King of heaven,
4:59	and said, “From you comes victory. From you comes wisdom. Yours is the glory, and I am your servant.
4:60	Blessed are you, who have given me wisdom. I give thanks to you, O Lord of our fathers.
4:61	So he took the letters, went out, came to Babylon, and told it to all his kindred.
4:62	They praised the God of their ancestors, because he had given them freedom and liberty
4:63	to go up and to build Jerusalem and the temple which is called by his name. They feasted with instruments of music and gladness for seven days.
5:1	After this, the chiefs of fathers’ houses were chosen to go up according to their tribes, with their wives, sons, and daughters, with their menservants and maidservants, and their livestock.
5:2	Darius sent with them one thousand cavalry to bring them back to Jerusalem with peace, with musical instruments, drums, and flutes.
5:3	All their kindred were making merry, and he made them go up together with them.
5:4	These are the names of the men who went up, according to their families among their tribes, after their several divisions.
5:5	The priests, the sons of Phinees, the sons of Aaron: Jesus the son of Josedek, the son of Saraias, and Joakim the son of Zorobabel, the son of Salathiel, of the house of David, of the lineage of Phares, of the tribe of Judah,
5:6	who spoke wise words before Darius the king of Persia in the second year of his reign, in the month Nisan, which is the first month.
5:7	These are the of Judeans who came up from the captivity, where they lived as foreigners, whom Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon.
5:8	They returned to Jerusalem and to the other parts of Judea, every man to his own city, who came with Zorobabel, with Jesus, Nehemias, Zaraias, Resaias, Eneneus, Mardocheus, Beelsarus, Aspharsus, Reelias, Roimus, and Baana, their leaders.
5:9	The number of them of the nation and their leaders: the sons of Phoros, two thousand one hundred seventy two; the sons of Saphat, four hundred seventy two;
5:10	the sons of Ares, seven hundred fifty six;
5:11	the sons of Phaath Moab, of the sons of Jesus and Joab, two thousand eight hundred twelve;
5:12	the sons of Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty four; the sons of Zathui, nine hundred forty five; the sons of Chorbe, seven hundred five; the sons of Bani, six hundred forty eight;
5:13	the sons of Bebai, six hundred twenty three; the sons of Astad, one thousand three hundred twenty two;
5:14	the sons of Adonikam, six hundred sixty seven; the sons of Bagoi, two thousand sixty six; the sons of Adinu, four hundred fifty four;
5:15	the sons of Ater, of Ezekias, ninety two; the sons of Kilan and Azetas, sixty seven; the sons of Azaru, four hundred thirty two;
5:16	the sons of Annis, one hundred one; the sons of Arom, the sons of Bassai, three hundred twenty three; the sons of Arsiphurith, one hundred twelve;
5:17	the sons of Baiterus, three thousand five; the sons of Bethlomon, one hundred twenty three;
5:18	those from Netophas, fifty five; those from Anathoth, one hundred fifty eight; those from Bethasmoth, forty two;
5:19	those from Kariathiarius, twenty five: those from Caphira and Beroth, seven hundred forty three;
5:20	the Chadiasai and Ammidioi, four hundred twenty two; those from Kirama and Gabbe, six hundred twenty one;
5:21	those from Macalon, one hundred twenty two; those from Betolion, fifty two; the sons of Niphis, one hundred fifty six;
5:22	the sons of Calamolalus and Onus, seven hundred twenty five; the sons of Jerechu, three hundred forty five;
5:23	and the sons of Sanaas, three thousand three hundred thirty.
5:24	The priests: the sons of Jeddu, the son of Jesus, among the sons of Sanasib, nine hundred seventy two; the sons of Emmeruth, one thousand fifty two;
5:25	the sons of Phassurus, one thousand two hundred forty seven; and the sons of Charme, one thousand seventeen.
5:26	The Levites: the sons of Jesus, Kadmiel, Bannas, and Sudias, seventy four.
5:27	The holy singers: the sons of Asaph, one hundred twenty eight.
5:28	The gatekeepers: the sons of Salum, the sons of Atar, the sons of Tolman, the sons of Dacubi, the sons of Ateta, the sons of Sabi, in all one hundred thirty nine.
5:29	The temple servants: the sons of Esau, the sons of Asipha, the sons of Tabaoth, the sons of Keras, the sons of Sua, the sons of Phaleas, the sons of Labana, the sons of Aggaba.
5:30	the sons of Acud, the sons of Uta, the sons of Ketab, the sons of Accaba, the sons of Subai, the sons of Anan, the sons of Cathua, the sons of Geddur,
5:31	the sons of Jairus, the sons of Daisan, the sons of Noeba, the sons of Chaseba, the sons of Gazera, the sons of Ozias, the sons of Phinoe, the sons of Asara, the sons of Basthai, the sons of Asana, the sons of Maani, the sons of Naphisi, the sons of Acub, the sons of Achipha, the sons of Asur, the sons of Pharakim, the sons of Basaloth,
5:32	the sons of Meedda, the sons of Cutha, the sons of Charea, the sons of Barchus, the sons of Serar, the sons of Thomei, the sons of Nasi, the sons of Atipha.
5:33	The sons of the servants of Solomon: the sons of Assaphioth, the sons of Pharida, the sons of Jeeli, the sons of Lozon, the sons of Isdael, the sons of Saphuthi,
5:34	the sons of Agia, the sons of Phacareth, the sons of Sabie, the sons of Sarothie, the sons of Masias, the sons of Gas, the sons of Addus, the sons of Subas, the sons of Apherra, the sons of Barodis, the sons of Saphat, the sons of Allon.
5:35	All the temple-servants and the sons of the servants of Solomon were three hundred seventy two.
5:36	These came up from Thermeleth, and Thelersas, Charaathalan leading them, and Allar;
5:37	and they could not show their families, nor their stock, how they were of Israel: the sons of Dalan the son of Ban, the sons of Nekodan, six hundred fifty two.
5:38	Of the priests, those who usurped the office of the priesthood and were not found: the sons of Obdia, the sons of Akkos, the sons of Jaddus, who married Augia one of the daughters of Zorzelleus, and was called after his name.
5:39	When the description of the kindred of these men was sought in the register and was not found, they were removed from executing the office of the priesthood;
5:40	for Nehemias and Attharias told them that they should not be partakers of the holy things until a high priest wearing Urim and Thummim should arise.
5:41	So all those of Israel, from twelve years old and upward, beside menservants and women servants, were in number forty two thousand three hundred sixty.
5:42	Their menservants and handmaids were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven; the minstrels and singers, two hundred forty five;
5:43	four hundred thirty and five camels, seven thousand thirty six horses, two hundred forty five mules, and five thousand five hundred twenty five beasts of burden.
5:44	And some of the chief men of their families, when they came to the temple of God that is in Jerusalem, vowed to set up the house again in its own place according to their ability,
5:45	and to give into the holy treasury of the works one thousand minas of gold, five thousand minas of silver, and one hundred priestly vestments.
5:46	The priests and the Levites and some of the people lived in Jerusalem and the country. The holy singers also and the gatekeepers and all Israel lived in their villages.
5:47	But when the seventh month was at hand, and when the children of Israel were each in their own place, they all came together with one purpose into the broad place before the first porch which is toward the east.
5:48	Then Jesus the son of Josedek, his kindred the priests, Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, and his kindred stood up and made the altar of the God of Israel ready
5:49	to offer burned sacrifices upon it, in accordance with the express commands in the book of Moses the man of God.
5:50	Some people joined them out of the other nations of the land, and they erected the altar upon its own place, because all the nations of the land were hostile to them and oppressed them; and they offered sacrifices at the proper times and burnt offerings to the Lord both morning and evening.
5:51	They also held the feast of tabernacles, as it is commanded in the law, and offered sacrifices daily, as appropriate.
5:52	After that, they offered the continual oblations and the sacrifices of the Sabbaths, of the new moons, and of all the consecrated feasts.
5:53	All those who had made any vow to God began to offer sacrifices to God from the new moon of the seventh month, although the temple of God was not yet built.
5:54	They gave money, food, and drink to the masons and carpenters.
5:55	They also gave carts to the people of Sidon and Tyre, that they should bring cedar trees from Libanus, and convey them in rafts to the harbor of Joppa, according to the commandment which was written for them by Cyrus king of the Persians.
5:56	In the second year after his coming to the temple of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, Jesus the son of Josedek, their kindred, the Levitical priests, and all those who had come to Jerusalem out of the captivity began work.
5:57	They laid the foundation of God’s temple on the new moon of the second month, in the second year after they had come to Judea and Jerusalem.
5:58	They appointed the Levites who were at least twenty years old over the Lord’s works. Then Jesus, with his sons and kindred, Kadmiel his brother, the sons of Jesus, Emadabun, and the sons of Joda the son of Iliadun, and their sons and kindred, all the Levites, with one accord stood up and started the business, laboring to advance the works in the house of God. So the builders built the Lord’s temple.
5:59	The priests stood arrayed in their vestments with musical instruments and trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with their cymbals,
5:60	singing songs of thanksgiving and praising the Lord, according to the directions of King David of Israel.
5:61	They sang aloud, praising the Lord in songs of thanksgiving, because his goodness and his glory are forever in all Israel.
5:62	All the people sounded trumpets and shouted with a loud voice, singing songs of thanksgiving to the Lord for the raising up of the Lord’s house.
5:63	Some of the Levitical priests and of the heads of their families, the elderly who had seen the former house came to the building of this one with lamentation and great weeping.
5:64	But many with trumpets and joy shouted with a loud voice,
5:65	so that the people couldn’t hear the trumpets for the weeping of the people, for the multitude sounded loudly, so that it was heard far away.
5:66	Therefore when the enemies of the tribe of Judah and Benjamin heard it, they came to know what that noise of trumpets meant.
5:67	They learned that those who returned from captivity built the temple for the Lord, the God of Israel.
5:68	So they went to Zorobabel and Jesus, and to the chief men of the families, and said to them, “We will build together with you.
5:69	For we, just like you, obey your Lord, and sacrifice to him from the days of King Asbasareth of the Assyrians, who brought us here.”
5:70	Then Zorobabel, Jesus and the chief men of the families of Israel said to them, “It is not for you to build the house for the Lord our God.
5:71	We ourselves alone will build for the Lord of Israel, as King Cyrus of the Persians has commanded us.”
5:72	But the heathen of the land pressed hard upon the inhabitants of Judea, cut off their supplies, and hindered their building.
5:73	By their secret plots, and popular persuasions and commotions, they hindered the finishing of the building all the time that King Cyrus lived. So they were hindered from building for two years, until the reign of Darius.
6:1	Now in the second year of the reign of Darius, Aggaeus and Zacharius the son of Addo, the prophets, prophesied to the Jews in Judea and Jerusalem in the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
6:2	Then Zorobabel the son of Salathiel and Jesus the son of Josedek stood up and began to build the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, the prophets of the Lord being with them and helping them.
6:3	At the same time Sisinnes the governor of Syria and Phoenicia came to them, with Sathrabuzanes and his companions, and said to them,
6:4	“By whose authority do you build this house and this roof, and perform all the other things? Who are the builders who do these things?”
6:5	Nevertheless, the elders of the Jews obtained favor, because the Lord had visited the captives;
6:6	and they were not hindered from building until such time as communication was made to Darius concerning them, and his answer received.
6:7	A copy of the letter which Sisinnes, governor of Syria and Phoenicia, and Sathrabuzanes, with their companions, the rulers in Syria and Phoenicia, wrote and sent to Darius:
6:8	“To King Darius, greetings. Let it be fully known to our lord the king, that having come into the country of Judea, and entered into the city of Jerusalem, we found in the city of Jerusalem the elders of the Jews that were of the captivity
6:9	building a great new house for the Lord of hewn and costly stones, with timber laid in the walls.
6:10	Those works are being done with great speed. The work goes on prosperously in their hands, and it is being accomplished with all glory and diligence.
6:11	Then we asked these elders, saying, ‘By whose authority are you building this house and laying the foundations of these works?’
6:12	Therefore, to the intent that we might give knowledge to you by writing who the leaders were, we questioned them, and we required of them the names in writing of their principal men.
6:13	So they gave us this answer, ‘We are the servants of the Lord who made heaven and earth.
6:14	As for this house, it was built many years ago by a great and strong king of Israel, and was finished.
6:15	But when our fathers sinned against the Lord of Israel who is in heaven, and provoked him to wrath, he gave them over into the hands of King Nabuchodonosor of Babylon, king of the Chaldeans.
6:16	They pulled down the house, burned it, and carried away the people captive to Babylon.
6:17	But in the first year that Cyrus reigned over the country of Babylon, King Cyrus wrote that this house should be rebuilt.
6:18	The holy vessels of gold and of silver that Nabuchodonosor had carried away out of the house at Jerusalem and had set up in his own temple, those King Cyrus brought out of the temple in Babylonia, and they were delivered to Zorobabel and to Sanabassarus the governor,
6:19	with commandment that he should carry away all these vessels, and put them in the temple at Jerusalem, and that the Lord’s temple should be built on its site.
6:20	Then Sanabassarus, having come here, laid the foundations of the Lord’s house which is in Jerusalem. From that time to this we are still building. It is not yet fully completed.’
6:21	Now therefore, if it seems good, O king, let a search be made among the royal archives of our lord the king that are in Babylon.
6:22	If it is found that the building of the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem has been done with the consent of King Cyrus, and it seems good to our lord the king, let him send us directions concerning these things.”
6:23	Then King Darius commanded that a search be made among the archives that were laid up at Babylon. So at Ekbatana the palace, which is in the country of Media, a scroll was found where these things were recorded:
6:24	“In the first year of the reign of Cyrus, King Cyrus commanded to build up the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem, where they sacrifice with continual fire.
6:25	Its height shall be sixty cubits, and the breadth sixty cubits, with three rows of hewn stones, and one row of new wood from that country. Its expenses are to be given out of the house of King Cyrus.
6:26	The holy vessels of the house of the Lord, both gold and silver, that Nabuchodonosor took out of the house at Jerusalem and carried away to Babylon, should be restored to the house at Jerusalem, and be set in the place where they were before.”
6:27	Also he commanded that Sisinnes the governor of Syria and Phoenicia, and Sathrabuzanes, and their companions, and those who were appointed rulers in Syria and Phoenicia, should be careful not to meddle with the place, but allow Zorobabel, the servant of the Lord, and governor of Judea, and the elders of the Jews, to build that house of the Lord in its place.
6:28	“I also command to have it built up whole again; and that they look diligently to help those who are of the captivity of Judea, until the house of the Lord is finished,
6:29	and that out of the tribute of Coelesyria and Phoenicia a portion shall be carefully given to these men for the sacrifices of the Lord, that is, to Zorobabel the governor for bulls, rams, and lambs,
6:30	and also corn, salt, wine and oil, and that continually every year without further question, according as the priests who are in Jerusalem may direct to be daily spent,
6:31	that drink offerings may be made to the Most High God for the king and for his children, and that they may pray for their lives.”
6:32	He commanded that whoever should transgress, yes, or neglect anything written here, a beam shall be taken out of his own house, and he shall be hanged on it, and all his goods seized for the king.
6:33	“Therefore may the Lord, whose name is called upon there, utterly destroy every king and nation that stretches out his hand to hinder or damage that house of the Lord in Jerusalem.
6:34	I, King Darius have ordained that these things be done with diligence.”
7:1	Then Sisinnes the governor of Coelesyria and Phoenicia, and Sathrabuzanes, with their companions, following the commandments of King Darius,
7:2	very carefully supervised the holy work, assisting the elders of the Jews and rulers of the temple.
7:3	So the holy work prospered, while Aggaeus and Zacharias the prophets prophesied.
7:4	They finished these things by the commandment of the Lord, the God of Israel, and with the consent of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, kings of the Persians.
7:5	So the holy house was finished by the twenty-third day of the month Adar, in the sixth year of King Darius.
7:6	The children of Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the others who returned from captivity who joined them did what was written in the book of Moses.
7:7	For the dedication of the Lord’s temple, they offered one hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs,
7:8	and twelve male goats for the sin of all Israel, according to the number of the twelve princes of the tribes of Israel.
7:9	The priests and the Levites stood arrayed in their vestments, according to their kindred, for the services of the Lord, the God of Israel, according to the book of Moses. The gatekeepers were at every gate.
7:10	The children of Israel who came out of captivity held the Passover the fourteenth day of the first month, when the priests and the Levites were sanctified together,
7:11	with all those who returned from captivity; for they were sanctified. For the Levites were all sanctified together,
7:12	and they offered the Passover for all who returned from captivity, for their kindred the priests, and for themselves.
7:13	The children of Israel who came out of the captivity ate, even all those who had separated themselves from the abominations of the heathen of the land, and sought the Lord.
7:14	They kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days, rejoicing before the Lord,
7:15	because he had turned the counsel of the king of Assyria toward them, to strengthen their hands in the works of the Lord, the God of Israel.
8:1	After these things, when Artaxerxes the king of the Persians reigned, Esdras came, who was the son of Azaraias, the son of Zechrias, the son of Helkias, the son of Salem,
8:2	the son of Sadduk, the son of Ahitob, the son of Amarias, the son of Ozias, the son of Memeroth, the son of Zaraias, the son of Savias, the son of Boccas, the son of Abisne, the son of Phinees, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, the chief priest.
8:3	This Esdras went up from Babylon as a skilled scribe in the law of Moses, which was given by the God of Israel.
8:4	The king honored him, for he found favor in his sight in all his requests.
8:5	There went up with him also some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, Levites, holy singers, gatekeepers, and temple servants to Jerusalem
8:6	in the seventh year of the reign of Artaxerxes, in the fifth month (this was the king’s seventh year); for they left Babylon on the new moon of the first month and came to Jerusalem, by the prosperous journey which the Lord gave them for his sake.
8:7	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.
8:8	Now the commission, which was written from King Artaxerxes, came to Esdras the priest and reader of the law of the Lord, was as follows:
8:9	“King Artaxerxes to Esdras the priest and reader of the law of the Lord, greetings.
8:10	Having determined to deal graciously, I have given orders that those of the nation of the Jews, and of the priests and Levites, and of those within our realm who are willing and freely choose to, should go with you to Jerusalem.
8:11	As many therefore as are so disposed, let them depart with you, as it has seemed good both to me and my seven friends the counselors,
8:12	that they may look to the affairs of Judea and Jerusalem, in accordance with what is in the Lord’s law,
8:13	and carry the gifts to the Lord of Israel to Jerusalem, which I and my friends have vowed, and that all the gold and silver that can be found in the country of Babylonia for the Lord in Jerusalem,
8:14	with that also which is given of the people for the temple of the Lord their God that is at Jerusalem, be collected: even the gold and silver for bulls, rams, and lambs, and what goes with them,
8:15	to the end that they may offer sacrifices to the Lord upon the altar of the Lord their God, which is in Jerusalem.
8:16	Whatever you and your kindred decide to do with gold and silver, do that according to the will of your God.
8:17	The holy vessels of the Lord, which are given you for the use of the temple of your God, which is in Jerusalem,
8:18	and whatever else you shall remember for the use of the temple of your God, you shall give it out of the king’s treasury.
8:19	I, King Artaxerxes, have also commanded the keepers of the treasures in Syria and Phoenicia, that whatever Esdras the priest and reader of the law of the Most High God shall send for, they should give it to him with all diligence,
8:20	to the sum of one hundred talents of silver, likewise also of wheat even to one hundred cors, and one hundred firkins of wine, and salt in abundance.
8:21	Let all things be performed after God’s law diligently to the most high God, that wrath come not upon the kingdom of the king and his sons.
8:22	I command you also that no tax, nor any other imposition, be laid upon any of the priests, or Levites, or holy singers, or gatekeepers, or temple servants, or any that have employment in this temple, and that no man has authority to impose any tax on them.
8:23	You, Esdras, according to the wisdom of God, ordain judges and justices that they may judge in all Syria and Phoenicia all those who know the law of your God; and those who don’t know it, you shall teach.
8:24	Whoever transgresses the law of your God and of the king shall be punished diligently, whether it be by death, or other punishment, by penalty of money, or by imprisonment.”
8:25	Then Esdras the scribe said, “Blessed be the only Lord, the God of my fathers, who has put these things into the heart of the king, to glorify his house that is in Jerusalem,
8:26	and has honored me in the sight of the king, his counselors, and all his friends and nobles.
8:27	Therefore I was encouraged by the help of the Lord my God, and gathered together out of Israel men to go up with me.
8:28	These are the chiefs according to their families and their several divisions, who went up with me from Babylon in the reign of King Artaxerxes:
8:29	of the sons of Phinees, Gerson; of the sons of Ithamar, Gamael; of the sons of David, Attus the son of Sechenias;
8:30	of the sons of Phoros, Zacharais; and with him were counted one hundred fifty men;
8:31	of the sons of Phaath Moab, Eliaonias the son of Zaraias, and with him two hundred men;
8:32	of the sons of Zathoes, 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 fifty men;
8:33	of the sons of Elam, Jesias son of Gotholias, and with him seventy men;
8:34	of the sons of Saphatias, Zaraias son of Michael, and with him seventy men;
8:35	of the sons of Joab, Abadias son of Jehiel. Jezelus, and with him two hundred twelve men;
8:36	of the sons of Banias, Salimoth son of Josaphias, and with him one hundred sixty men;
8:37	of the sons of Babi, Zacharias son of Bebai, and with him twenty-eight men;
8:38	of the sons of Azgad: Astath, Joannes son of Hakkatan Akatan, and with him one hundred ten men;
8:39	of the sons of Adonikam, the last, and these are the names of them, Eliphalat, Jeuel, and Samaias, and with them seventy men;
8:40	of the sons of Bago, Uthi the son of Istalcurus, and with him seventy men.
8:41	I gathered them together to the river called Theras. There we pitched our tents three days, and I inspected them.
8:42	When I had found there none of the priests and Levites,
8:43	then sent I to Eleazar, Iduel, Maasmas,
8:44	Elnathan, Samaias, Joribus, Nathan, Ennatan, Zacharias, and Mosollamus, principal men and men of understanding.
8:45	I asked them to go to Loddeus the captain, who was in the place of the treasury,
8:46	and commanded them that they should speak to Loddeus, to his kindred, and to the treasurers in that place, to send us such men as might execute the priests’ office in our Lord’s house.
8:47	By the mighty hand of our Lord, they brought to us men of understanding of the sons of Mooli the son of Levi, the son of Israel, Asebebias, and his sons, and his kindred, who were eighteen,
8:48	and Asebias, Annuus, and Osaias his brother, of the sons of Chanuneus, and their sons were twenty men;
8:49	and of the temple servants whom David and the principal men had appointed for the servants of the Levites, two hundred twenty temple servants. The list of all their names was reported.
8:50	There I vowed a fast for the young men before our Lord, to seek from him a prosperous journey both for us and for our children and livestock that were with us;
8:51	for I was ashamed to ask of the king infantry, cavalry, and an escort for protection against our adversaries.
8:52	For we had said to the king that the power of our Lord would be with those who seek him, to support them in all ways.
8:53	Again we prayed to our lord about these things, and found him to be merciful.
8:54	Then I set apart twelve men of the chiefs of the priests, Eserebias, Assamias, and ten men of their kindred with them.
8:55	I weighed out to them the silver, the gold, and the holy vessels of the house of our Lord, which the king, his counselors, the nobles, and all Israel had given.
8:56	When I had weighed it, I delivered to them six hundred fifty talents of silver, silver vessels weighing one hundred talents, one hundred talents of gold,
8:57	twenty golden vessels, and twelve vessels of brass, even of fine brass, glittering like gold.
8:58	I said to them, “You are holy to the Lord, the vessels are holy, and the gold and the silver are a vow to the Lord, the Lord of our fathers.
8:59	Watch and keep them until you deliver them to the chiefs of the priests and Levites, and to the principal men of the families of Israel in Jerusalem, in the chambers of our Lord’s house.
8:60	So the priests and the Levites who received the silver, the gold, and the vessels which were in Jerusalem, brought them into the temple of the Lord.
8:61	We left the river Theras on the twelfth day of the first month. We came to Jerusalem by the mighty hand of our Lord which was upon us. The Lord delivered us from every enemy on the way, and so we came to Jerusalem.
8:62	When we had been there three days, the silver and gold was weighed and delivered in our Lord’s house on the fourth day to Marmoth the priest the son of Urias.
8:63	With him was Eleazar the son of Phinees, and with them were Josabdus the son of Jesus and Moeth the son of Sabannus, the Levites. All was delivered to them by number and weight.
8:64	All the weight of them was recorded at the same hour.
8:65	Moreover those who had come out of captivity offered sacrifices to the Lord, the God of Israel, even twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety-six rams,
8:66	seventy-two lambs, and twelve goats for a peace offering—all of them a sacrifice to the Lord.
8:67	They delivered the king’s commandments to the king’s stewards and to the governors of Coelesyria and Phoenicia; and they honored the people and the temple of the Lord.
8:68	Now when these things were done, the principal men came to me and said,
8:69	“The nation of Israel, the princes, the priests, and the Levites haven’t put away from themselves the foreign people of the land nor the uncleannesses of the Gentiles—the Canaanites, Hittites, Pherezites, Jebusites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Edomites.
8:70	For both they and their sons have married with their daughters, and the holy seed is mixed with the foreign people of the land. From the beginning of this matter the rulers and the nobles have been partakers of this iniquity.”
8:71	And as soon as I had heard these things, I tore my clothes and my holy garment, and plucked the hair from off my head and beard, and sat down sad and full of heaviness.
8:72	So all those who were moved at the word of the Lord, the God of Israel, assembled to me while I mourned for the iniquity, but I sat still full of heaviness until the evening sacrifice.
8:73	Then rising up from the fast with my clothes and my holy garment torn, and bowing my knees and stretching out my hands to the Lord,
8:74	I said, “O Lord, I am ashamed and confounded before your face,
8:75	for our sins are multiplied above our heads, and our errors have reached up to heaven
8:76	ever since the time of our fathers. We are in great sin, even to this day.
8:77	For our sins and our fathers’ sins we with our kindred, our kings, and our priests were given up to the kings of the earth, to the sword, and to captivity, and for a prey with shame, to this day.
8:78	Now in some measure mercy has been shown to us from you, O Lord, that there should be left us a root and a name in the place of your sanctuary,
8:79	and to uncover a light in the house of the Lord our God, and to give us food in the time of our servitude.
8:80	Yes, when we were in bondage, we were not forsaken by our Lord, but he gave us favor before the kings of Persia, so that they gave us food,
8:81	glorified the temple of our Lord, and raised up the desolate Zion, to give us a sure dwelling in Judea and Jerusalem.
8:82	“Now, O Lord, what shall we say, having these things? For we have transgressed your commandments which you gave by the hand of your servants the prophets, saying,
8:83	‘The land, which you enter into to possess as an inheritance, is a land polluted with the pollutions of the foreigners of the land, and they have filled it with their uncleanness.
8:84	Therefore now you shall not join your daughters to their sons, neither shall you take their daughters for your sons.
8:85	You shall never seek to have peace with them, that you may be strong, and eat the good things of the land, and that you may leave it for an inheritance to your children for evermore.’
8:86	All that has happened is done to us for our wicked works and great sins, for you, O Lord, made our sins light,
8:87	and gave to us such a root; but we have turned back again to transgress your law in mingling ourselves with the uncleanness of the heathen of the land.
8:88	You weren’t angry with us to destroy us until you had left us neither root, seed, nor name.
8:89	O Lord of Israel, you are true, for we are left a root this day.
8:90	Behold, now we are before you in our iniquities, for we can’t stand any longer before you because of these things.”
8:91	As Esdras in his prayer made his confession, weeping, and lying flat on the ground before the temple, a very great throng of men, women, and children gathered to him from Jerusalem; for there was great weeping among the multitude.
8:92	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 foreign women of the heathen of the land, but there is still hope for Israel.
8:93	Let’s make an oath to the Lord about this, that we will put away all our foreign wives with their children,
8:94	as seems good to you, and to as many as obey the Lord’s Law.
8:95	Arise, and take action, for this is your task, and we will be with you to do valiantly.”
8:96	So Esdras arose, and took an oath from the chief of the priests and Levites of all Israel to do these things; and they swore to it.
9:1	Then Esdras rose up from the court of the temple and went to the chamber of Jonas the son of Eliasib,
9:2	and lodged there, and ate no bread and drank no water, mourning for the great iniquities of the multitude.
9:3	A proclamation was made in all Judea and Jerusalem to all those who returned from captivity, that they should be gathered together at Jerusalem,
9:4	and that whoever didn’t meet there within two or three days, in accordance with the ruling of the elders, that their livestock would be seized for the use of the temple, and they would be expelled from the multitude of those who returned from captivity.
9:5	Within three days, all those of the tribe of Judah and Benjamin gathered together at Jerusalem. This was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month.
9:6	All the multitude sat together shivering in the broad place before the temple because of the present foul weather.
9:7	So Esdras arose up and said to them, “You have transgressed the law and married foreign wives, increasing the sins of Israel.
9:8	Now make confession and give glory to the Lord, the God of our fathers,
9:9	and do his will, and separate yourselves from the heathen of the land, and from the foreign women.”
9:10	Then the whole multitude cried out, and said with a loud voice, “Just as you have spoken, so we will do.
9:11	But because the multitude is great, and it is foul weather, so that we can’t stand outside, and this is not a work of one day or two, seeing our sin in these things has spread far,
9:12	therefore let the rulers of the multitude stay, and let all those of our settlements that have foreign wives come at the time appointed,
9:13	and with them the rulers and judges of every place, until we turn away the wrath of the Lord from us for this matter.”
9:14	So Jonathan the son of Azael and Ezekias the son of Thocanus took the matter on themselves. Mosollamus and Levis and Sabbateus were judges with them.
9:15	Those who returned from captivity did according to all these things.
9:16	Esdras the priest chose for himself principal men of their families, all by name. On the new moon of the tenth month they met together to examine the matter.
9:17	So their cases of men who had foreign wives was brought to an end by the new moon of the first month.
9:18	Of the priests who had come together and had foreign wives, there were found
9:19	of the sons of Jesus the son of Josedek, and his kindred, Mathelas, Eleazar, and Joribus, and Joadanus.
9:20	They gave their hands to put away their wives, and to offer rams to make reconciliation for their error.
9:21	Of the sons of Emmer: Ananias, Zabdeus, Manes, Sameus, Hiereel, and Azarias.
9:22	Of the sons of Phaisur: Elionas, Massias, Ishmael, Nathanael, Ocidelus, and Saloas.
9:23	Of the Levites: Jozabdus, Semeis, Colius who was called Calitas, Patheus, Judas, and Jonas.
9:24	Of the holy singers: Eliasibus and Bacchurus.
9:25	Of the gatekeepers: Sallumus and Tolbanes.
9:26	Of Israel, of the sons of Phoros: Hiermas, Ieddias, Melchias, Maelus, Eleazar, Asibas, and Banneas.
9:27	Of the sons of Ela: Matthanias, Zacharias, Jezrielus, Oabdius, Hieremoth, and Aedias.
9:28	Of the sons of Zamoth: Eliadas, Eliasimus, Othonias, Jarimoth, Sabathus, and Zardeus.
9:29	Of the sons of Bebai: Joannes, Ananias, Jozabdus, and Ematheis.
9:30	Of the sons of Mani: Olamus, Mamuchus, Jedeus, Jasubas, Jasaelus, and Hieremoth.
9:31	Of the sons of Addi: Naathus, Moossias, Laccunus, Naidus, Matthanias, Sesthel, Balnuus, and Manasseas.
9:32	Of the sons of Annas: Elionas, Aseas, Melchias, Sabbeus, and Simon Chosameus.
9:33	Of the sons of Asom: Maltanneus, Mattathias, Sabanneus, Eliphalat, Manasses, and Semei.
9:34	Of the sons of Baani: Jeremias, Momdis, Ismaerus, Juel, Mamdai, Pedias, Anos, Carabasion, Enasibus, Mamnitamenus, Eliasis, Bannus, Eliali, Someis, Selemias, and Nathanias. Of the sons of Ezora: Sesis, Ezril, Azaelus, Samatus, Zambri, and Josephus.
9:35	Of the sons of Nooma: Mazitias, Zabadeas, Edos, Juel, and Banaias.
9:36	All these had taken foreign wives, and they put them away with their children.
9:37	The priests and Levites, and those who were of Israel, lived in Jerusalem and in the country, on the new moon of the seventh month, and the children of Israel in their settlements.
9:38	The whole multitude gathered together with one accord into the broad place before the porch of the temple toward the east.
9:39	They said to Esdras the priest and reader, “Bring the law of Moses that was given by the Lord, the God of Israel.”
9:40	So Esdras the chief priest brought the law to the whole multitude both of men and women, and to all the priests, to hear the law on the new moon of the seventh month.
9:41	He read in the broad place before the porch of the temple from morning until midday, before both men and women; and all the multitude gave attention to the law.
9:42	Esdras the priest and reader of the law stood up upon the pulpit of wood which had been prepared.
9:43	Beside him stood Mattathias, Sammus, Ananias, Azarias, Urias, Ezekias, and Baalsamus on the right hand,
9:44	and on his left hand, Phaldeus, Misael, Melchias, Lothasubus, Nabarias, and Zacharias.
9:45	Then Esdras took the book of the law before the multitude, and sat honorably in the first place before all.
9:46	When he opened the law, they all stood straight up. So Esdras blessed the Lord God Most High, the God of armies, the Almighty.
9:47	All the people answered, “Amen.” Lifting up their hands, they fell to the ground and worshiped the Lord.
9:48	Also Jesus, Annus, Sarabias, Iadinus, Jacubus, Sabateus, Auteas, Maiannas, Calitas, Azarias, Jozabdus, Ananias, and Phalias, the Levites, taught the law of the Lord, and read to the multitude the law of the Lord, explaining what was read.
9:49	Then Attharates said to Esdras the chief priest and reader, and to the Levites who taught the multitude, even to all,
9:50	“This day is holy to the Lord—now they all wept when they heard the law—
9:51	go then, eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to those who have nothing;
9:52	for the day is holy to the Lord. Don’t be sorrowful, for the Lord will bring you to honor.”
9:53	So the Levites commanded all things to the people, saying, “This day is holy. Don’t be sorrowful.”
9:54	Then they went their way, every one to eat, drink, enjoy themselves, to give portions to those who had nothing, and to rejoice greatly,
9:55	because they understood the words they were instructed with, and for which they had been assembled.

== Brenton's Septuagint (1851) (BRENTON)
Sir Lancelot C. L. Brenton, The Septuagint with Apocrypha (1851), public domain. Text from eBible.org

1:1	And Josias held the feast of the passover in Jerusalem unto his Lord, and offered the passover the fourteenth day of the first month;
1:2	having set the priests according to their daily courses, being arrayed in long garments, in the temple of the Lord.
1:3	And he spake unto the Levites, the holy ministers of Israel, that they should hallow themselves unto the Lord, to set the holy ark of the Lord in the house that king Solomon the [son] of David had built:
1:4	[and said], Ye shall no more bear the ark upon your shoulders: now therefore serve the Lord your God, and minister unto his people Israel, and prepare you after your families and kindreds,
1:5	according as David the king of Israel prescribed, and according to the magnificence of Solomon his son: and standing in the temple according to the several dignity of the families of you the Levites, who minister in the presence of your brethren the children of Israel,
1:6	offer the passover in order, and make ready the sacrifices for your brethren, and keep the passover according to the commandment of the Lord, which was given unto Moses.
1:7	And unto the people that was found [there] Josias gave thirty thousand lambs and kids, and three thousand calves: these things were given of the king's allowance, according as he promised, to the people, to the priests and to the Levites.
1:8	And Helkias, Zacharias, and Syelus, the governors of the temple, gave to the priests for the passover two thousand and six hundred sheep, and three hundred calves.
1:9	And Jeconias, and Samaias, and Nathanael his brother, and Assabias, and Ochiel, and Joram, captains over thousands, gave to the Levites for the passover five thousand sheep, [and] seven hundred calves.
1:10	And when these things were done, the priests and Levites, having the unleavened bread, stood in very comely order according to the kindreds,
1:11	and according to the several dignities of the fathers, before the people, to offer to the Lord, as it is written in the book of Moses: and thus [did they] in the morning.
1:12	And they roasted the passover with fire, as appertaineth: as for the sacrifices, they sod them in brass pots and pans with a good savour,
1:13	and set them before all the people: and afterward they prepared for themselves, and for the priests their brethren, the sons of Aaron.
1:14	For the priests offered the fat until night: and the Levites prepared for themselves, and the priests their brethren, the sons of Aaron.
1:15	The holy singers also, the sons of Asaph, were in their order, according to the appointment of David, to wit, Asaph, Zacharias, and Jeduthun, who was of the king's retinue.
1:16	Moreover the porters [were] at every gate; it was not lawful for any to go from his ordinary service: for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.
1:17	Thus were the things that belonged to the sacrifices of the Lord accomplished in that day, that they might hold the passover,
1:18	and offer sacrifices upon the altar of the Lord, according to the commandment of king Josias.
1:19	So the children of Israel which were present held the passover at that time, and the feast of sweet bread seven days.
1:20	And such a passover was not kept in Israel since the time of the prophet Samuel.
1:21	Yea, all the kings of Israel held not such a passover as Josias, and the priests, and the Levites, and the Jews, held with all Israel that were found dwelling at Jerusalem.
1:22	In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josias was this passover kept.
1:23	And the works of Josias were upright before his Lord with an heart full of godliness.
1:24	As for the things that came to pass in his time, they were written in former times, concerning those that sinned, and did wickedly against the Lord above all people and kingdoms, and how they grieved him exceedingly, so that the words of the Lord rose up against Israel.
1:25	Now after all these acts of Josias it came to pass that Pharaoh the king of Egypt came to raise war at Carcamys upon Euphrates: and Josias went out against him.
1:26	But the king of Egypt sent to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, O king of Judea?
1:27	I am not sent out from the Lord God against thee; for my war is upon Euphrates: and now the Lord is with me, yea the Lord is with me hasting me forward: depart from me, and be not against the Lord.
1:28	Howbeit Josias did not turn back his chariot from him, but undertook to fight with him, not regarding the words of the prophet Jeremy spoken by the mouth of the Lord:
1:29	but joined battle with him in the plain of Mageddo, and the princes came against king Josias.
1:30	Then said the king unto his servants, Carry me away out of the battle; for I am very weak. And immediately his servants took him away out of the battle.
1:31	Then gat he up upon his second chariot; and being brought back to Jerusalem died, and was buried in his father's sepulchre.
1:32	And in all Jewry they mourned for Josias, yea, Jeremy the prophet lamented for Josias, and the chief men with the women made lamentation for him unto this day: and this was given out for an ordinance to be done continually in all the nation of Israel.
1:33	These things are written in the book of the stories of the kings of Judah, and every one of the acts that Josias did, and his glory, and his understanding in the law of the Lord; and the things that he had done before, and the things now recited, are reported in the book of the kings of Israel and Judea.
1:34	And the people took Joachaz the son of Josias, and made [him] king instead of Josias his father when he was twenty and three years old.
1:35	And he reigned in Judea and in Jerusalem three months: and then the king of Egypt deposed him from reigning in Jerusalem.
1:36	And he set a tax upon the land of an hundred talents of silver and one talent of gold.
1:37	The king of Egypt also made king Joacim his brother king of Judea and Jerusalem.
1:38	And he bound Joacim and the nobles: but Zaraces his brother he apprehended, and brought him out of Egypt.
1:39	Five and twenty years old was Joacim when he was made king in the land of Judea and Jerusalem; and he did evil before the Lord.
1:40	Wherefore against him Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon came up, and bound him with a chain of brass, and carried him into Babylon.
1:41	Nabuchodonosor also took of the holy vessels of the Lord, and carried them away, and set them in his own temple at Babylon.
1:42	But those things that are recorded of him, and of his uncleanness and impiety, are written in the chronicles of the kings.
1:43	And Joacim his son reigned in his stead: he was made king being eighteen years old;
1:44	and reigned but three months and ten days in Jerusalem; and did evil before the Lord.
1:45	So after a year Nabuchodonosor sent and caused him to be brought into Babylon with the holy vessels of the Lord.
1:46	And made Sedecias king of Judea and Jerusalem, when he was one and twenty years old; and he reigned eleven years:
1:47	and he did evil also in the sight of the Lord, and cared not for the words that were spoken unto him by the prophet Jeremy from the mouth of the Lord.
1:48	And after that king Nabuchodonosor had made him to swear by the name of the Lord, he forswore himself, and rebelled; and hardening his neck, and his heart, he transgressed the laws of the Lord God of Israel.
1:49	The governors also of the people and of the priests did many things against the laws, and passed all the pollutions of all nations, and defiled the temple of the Lord, which was sanctified in Jerusalem.
1:50	Nevertheless the God of their fathers sent by his messenger to call them back, because he spared them and his tabernacle also.
1:51	But they had his messengers in derision; and, in the day that the Lord spake unto them, they made a sport of his prophets:
1:52	so far forth, that he, being wroth with his people for their great ungodliness, commanded the kings of the Chaldees to come up against them;
1:53	who slew their young men with the sword, yea, even within the compass of their holy temple, and spared neither young man nor maid, old man nor child, among them; for he delivered all into their hands.
1:54	And they took all the holy vessels of the Lord, both great and small, with the vessels of the ark of God, and the king's treasures, and carried them away into Babylon.
1:55	As for the house of the Lord, they burnt it, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem, and set fire upon her towers:
1:56	and as for her glorious things, they never ceased till they had consumed and brought them all to nought; and the people that were not slain with the sword he carried into Babylon:
1:57	who became servants to him and his children, till the Persians reigned, to fulfil the word of the Lord spoken by the mouth of Jeremy:
1:58	until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths, the whole time of her desolation shall she rest, until the full term of seventy years.
2:1	In the first year of Cyrus king of the Persians, that the word of the Lord might be accomplished, that he had promised by the mouth of Jeremy;
2:2	the Lord raised up the spirit of Cyrus the king of the Persians, and he made proclamation through all his kingdom, and also by writing,
2:3	saying, Thus saith Cyrus king of the Persians; The Lord of Israel, the most high Lord, hath made me king of the whole world,
2:4	and commanded me to build him an house at Jerusalem in Jewry.
2:5	If therefore there be any of you that are of his people, let his Lord be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem that is in Judea, and build the house of the Lord of Israel: for he is the Lord that dwelleth in Jerusalem.
2:6	Whosoever then dwell in the places about, let them help him, those, I say, that are his neighbours, with gold, and with silver,
2:7	with gifts, with horses, and with cattle, and other things, which have been set forth by vow, for the temple of the Lord at Jerusalem.
2:8	Then the chief of the families of Judea and of the tribe of Benjamin stood up; the priests also, and the Levites, and all they whose mind the Lord had moved to go up, and to build an house for the Lord at Jerusalem,
2:9	and they that dwelt round about them, and helped them in all things with silver and gold, with horses and cattle, and with very many free gifts of a great number whose minds were stirred up thereto.
2:10	King Cyrus also brought forth the holy vessels which Nabuchodonosor had carried away from Jerusalem, and had set up in his temple of idols.
2:11	Now when Cyrus king of the Persians had brought them forth, he delivered them to Mithridates his treasurer:
2:12	and by him they were delivered to Sanabassar the governor of Judea.
2:13	And this was the number of them; A thousand golden cups, and a thousand of silver, censers of silver twenty-nine, vials of gold thirty, and of silver two thousand four hundred and ten, and a thousand other vessels.
2:14	So all the vessels of gold and of silver, which were carried away, were five thousand four hundred threescore and nine.
2:15	These were brought back by Sanabassar, together with them of the captivity, from Babylon to Jerusalem.
2:16	But in the time of Artaxerxes king of the Persians Belemus, and Mithridates, and Tabellius, and Rathumus, and Beeltethmus, and Samellius the secretary, with the rest that were in commission with them, dwelling in Samaria and other places, wrote unto him against them that dwelt in Judea and Jerusalem this letter following;
2:17	To king Artaxerxes our lord, Thy servants, Rathumus the storywriter, and Samellius the scribe, and the rest of their council, and the judges that are in Celosyria and Phenice.
2:18	Be it now known to the lord the king, that the Jews that are come up from you to us, being come into Jerusalem, that rebellious and wicked city, do build the marketplaces, and repair the walls of it, and do lay the foundation of the temple.
2:19	Now if this city and the walls thereof be made up again, they will not only refuse to give tribute, but also rebel against kings.
2:20	And forasmuch as the things pertaining to the temple are now in hand, we think it meet not to neglect such a matter,
2:21	but to speak unto our lord the king, to the intent that, if it be thy pleasure, it may be sought out in the books of thy fathers:
2:22	and thou shalt find in the chronicles what is written concerning these things, and shalt understand that that city was rebellious, troubling both kings and cities:
2:23	and that the Jews were rebellious, and raised always wars therein; for the which cause even this city was made desolate.
2:24	Wherefore now we do declare unto thee, O lord the king, that if this city be built again, and the walls thereof set up anew, thou shalt from henceforth have no passage into Celosyria and Phenice.
2:25	Then the king wrote back again to Rathumus the storywriter, to Beeltethmus, to Semellius the scribe, and to the rest that were in commission, and dwellers in Samaria and Syria and Phenice, after this manner;
2:26	I have read the epistle which ye have sent unto me: therefore I commanded to make diligent search, and it hath been found that that city was from the beginning practising against kings;
2:27	and the men therein were given to rebellion and war: and that mighty kings and fierce were in Jerusalem, who reigned and exacted tributes in Celosyria and Phenice.
2:28	Now therefore I have commanded to hinder those men from building the city, and heed to be taken that there be no more done in it;
2:29	and that those wicked workers proceed no further to the annoyance of kings.
2:30	Then king Artaxerxes his letters being read, Rathumus, and Semellius the scribe, and the rest that were in commission with them, removing in haste toward Jerusalem with a troop of horsemen and a multitude of people in battle array, began to hinder the builders; and the building of the temple in Jerusalem ceased until the second year of the reign of Darius king of the Persians.
3:1	Now when Darius reigned, he made a great feast unto all his subjects, and unto all his household, and unto all the princes of Media and Persia,
3:2	and to all the governors and captains and lieutenants that were under him, from India unto Ethiopia, in the hundred twenty and seven provinces.
3:3	And when they had eaten and drunken, and being satisfied were gone home, then Darius the king went into his bedchamber, and slept, and soon after awaked.
3:4	Then three young men, that were of the guard that kept the king's body, spake one to another;
3:5	Let every one of us speak a sentence: he that shall overcome, and whose sentence shall seem wiser than the others, unto him shall the king Darius give great gifts, and great things in token of victory:
3:6	as to be clothed in purple, to drink in gold, and to sleep upon gold, and a chariot with bridles of gold, and an headtire of fine linen, and a chain about his neck:
3:7	and he shall sit next to Darius because of his wisdom, and shall be called Darius's cousin.
3:8	And then every one wrote his sentence, sealed it, and laid it under the pillow of king Darius;
3:9	and said that, when the king is risen, [some] will give him the writing; and of whose side the king and the three princes of Persia shall judge that his sentence is the wisest, to him shall the victory be given, as was appointed.
3:10	The first wrote, Wine is the strongest.
3:11	The second wrote, The king is strongest.
3:12	The third wrote, Women are strongest: but above all things Truth beareth away the victory.
3:13	Now when the king was risen up, they took their writings, and delivered [them] unto him, and [so] he read [them]:
3:14	and sending forth he called all the princes of Persia and Media, and the governors, and the captains, and the lieutenants, and the chief officers;
3:15	and sat him down in the royal seat of judgment; and the writing was read before them.
3:16	And he said, Call the young men, and they shall declare their own sentences. So they were called, and came in.
3:17	And he said unto them, Declare unto us your mind concerning the writings. Then began the first, who had spoken of the strength of wine;
3:18	and he said thus, O ye men, how exceeding strong is wine! it causeth all men to err that drink it:
3:19	it maketh the mind of the king and of the fatherless child to be all one; of the bondman and of the freeman, of the poor man and of the rich:
3:20	it turneth also every thought into jollity and mirth, so that a man remembereth neither sorrow nor debt:
3:21	and it maketh every heart rich, so that a man remembereth neither king nor governor; and it maketh to speak all things by talents:
3:22	and when they are in their cups, they forget their love both to friends and brethren, and a little after draw out swords:
3:23	but when they are from the wine, they remember not what they have done.
3:24	O ye men, is not wine the strongest, that enforceth to do thus? And when he had so spoken, he held his peace.
4:1	Then the second, that had spoken of the strength of the king, began to say,
4:2	O ye men, do not men excel in strength, that bear rule over sea and land, and all things in them?
4:3	But yet the king is more mighty: for he is lord of all these things, and hath dominion over them; and whatsoever he commandeth them they do.
4:4	If he bid them make war the one against the other, they do it: if he send them out against the enemies, they go, and break down mountains, walls, and towers.
4:5	They slay and are slain, and transgress not the king's commandment: if they get the victory, they bring all to the king, as well the spoil, as all things else.
4:6	Likewise for those that are no soldiers, and have not to do with wars, but use husbandry, when they have reaped again that which they had sown, they bring it to the king, and compel one another to pay tribute unto the king.
4:7	And yet he is but one man: if he command to kill, they kill; if he command to spare, they spare;
4:8	if he command to smite, they smite; if he command to make desolate, they make desolate; if he command to build, they build;
4:9	if he command to cut down, they cut down; if he command to plant, they plant.
4:10	So all his people and his armies obey him: furthermore he lieth down, he eateth and drinketh, and taketh his rest:
4:11	and these keep watch round about him, neither may any one depart, and do his own business, neither disobey they him in any thing.
4:12	O ye men, how should not the king be mightiest, when in such sort he is obeyed? And he held his tongue.
4:13	Then the third, who had spoken of women, and of the truth, (this was Zorobabel) began to speak.
4:14	O ye men, it is not the great king, nor the multitude of men, neither is it wine, that excelleth: who is it then that ruleth them, or hath the lordship over them? are they not women?
4:15	Women have borne the king and all the people that bear rule by sea and land.
4:16	Even of them came they: and they nourished them up that planted the vineyards, from whence the wine cometh.
4:17	These also make garments for men; these bring glory unto men; and without women cannot men be.
4:18	Yea, and if men have gathered together gold and silver, or any other goodly thing, do they not love a woman which is comely in favour and beauty?
4:19	And letting all those things go, do they not gape, and even with open mouth fix their eyes fast on her; and have not all men more desire unto her than unto silver or gold, or any goodly thing whatsoever?
4:20	A man leaveth his own father that brought him up, and his own country, and cleaveth unto his wife.
4:21	He sticketh not to spend his life with his wife, and remembereth neither father, nor mother, nor country.
4:22	By this also ye must know that women have dominion over you: do ye not labour and toil, and give and bring all to the woman?
4:23	Yea, a man taketh his sword, and goeth his way to rob and to steal, to sail upon the sea and upon rivers;
4:24	and looketh upon a lion, and goeth in the darkness; and when he hath stolen, spoiled, and robbed, he bringeth it to his love.
4:25	Wherefore a man loveth his wife better than father or mother.
4:26	Yea, many there be that have run out of their wits for women, and become servants for their sakes.
4:27	Many also have perished, have erred, and sinned, for women.
4:28	And now do ye not believe me? is not the king great in his power? do not all regions fear to touch him?
4:29	Yet did I see him and Apame the king's concubine, the daughter of the admirable Bartacus, sitting at the right hand of the king,
4:30	and taking the crown from the king's head, and setting it upon her own head; she also struck the king with her left hand.
4:31	And yet for all this the king gaped and gazed upon her with open mouth: if she laughed upon him, he laughed also: but if she took any displeasure at him, the king was fain to flatter, that she might be reconciled to him again.
4:32	O ye men, how can it be but women should be strong, seeing they do thus?
4:33	Then the king and the princes looked one upon another: so he began to speak of the truth.
4:34	O ye men, are not women strong? great is the earth, high is the heaven, swift is the sun in his course, for he compasseth the heavens round about, and fetcheth his course again to his own place in one day.
4:35	Is he not great that maketh these things? therefore great is the truth, and stronger than all things.
4:36	All the earth calleth upon the truth, and the heaven blesseth it: all works shake and tremble at it, and with it is no unrighteous thing.
4:37	Wine is wicked, the king is wicked, women are wicked, all the children of men are wicked; and such are all their wicked works, and there is no truth in them; in their unrighteousness also they shall perish.
4:38	As for the truth, it endureth, and is always strong; it liveth and conquereth for evermore.
4:39	With her there is no accepting of persons or rewards: but she doeth the things that are just, and refraineth from all unjust and wicked things; and all men do well like of her works.
4:40	Neither in her judgment is any unrighteousness; and she is the strength, kingdom, power, and majesty of all ages. Blessed be the God of truth.
4:41	And with that he held his peace. And all the people then shouted, and said, Great is Truth, and mighty above all things.
4:42	Then said the king unto him, Ask what thou wilt more than is appointed in the writings, and we will give it thee, because thou art found wisest; and thou shalt sit next me, and shalt be called my cousin.
4:43	Then said he unto the king, Remember thy vow, which thou hast vowed to build Jerusalem, in the day when thou camest to thy kingdom,
4:44	and to send away all the vessels that were taken away out of Jerusalem, which Cyrus set apart, when he vowed to destroy Babylon, and to send them again thither.
4:45	Thou also hast vowed to build up the temple, which the Edomites burned when Judea was made desolate by the Chaldees.
4:46	And now, O lord the king, this is that which I require, and which I desire of thee, and this is the princely liberality proceeding from thyself: I desire therefore that thou make good the vow, the performance whereof with thine own mouth thou hast vowed to the King of heaven.
4:47	Then Darius the king stood up, and kissed him, and wrote letters for him unto all the treasurers and lieutenants and captains and governors, that they should safely convey on their way both him, and all those that go up with him to build Jerusalem.
4:48	He wrote letters also unto the lieutenants that were in Celosyria and Phenice, and unto them in Libanus, that they should bring cedar wood from Libanus unto Jerusalem, and that they should build the city with him.
4:49	Moreover he wrote for all the Jews that went out of his realm up into Jewry, concerning their freedom, that no officer, no ruler, no lieutenant, nor treasurer, should forcibly enter into their doors;
4:50	and that all the country which they hold should be free without tribute; and that the Edomites should give over the villages of the Jews which then they held:
4:51	yea, that there should be yearly given twenty talents to the building of the temple, until the time that it were built;
4:52	and other ten talents yearly, to maintain the burnt offerings upon the altar every day, as they had a commandment to offer seventeen:
4:53	and that all they that went from Babylon to build the city should have free liberty, as well they as their posterity, and all the priests that went away.
4:54	He wrote also concerning the charges, and the priests' vestments wherein they minister;
4:55	and likewise for the charges of the Levites, to be given them until the day that the house were finished, and Jerusalem builded up.
4:56	And he commanded to give to all that kept the city pensions and wages.
4:57	He sent away also all the vessels from Babylon, that Cyrus had set apart; and all that Cyrus had given in commandment, the same charged he also to be done, and sent unto Jerusalem.
4:58	Now when this young man was gone forth, he lifted up his face to heaven toward Jerusalem, and praised the King of heaven,
4:59	and said, From thee cometh victory, from thee cometh wisdom, and thine is the glory, and I am thy servant.
4:60	Blessed art thou, who hast given me wisdom: and to thee I give thanks, O Lord of our fathers.
4:61	And so he took the letters, and went out, and came unto Babylon, and told it all his brethren.
4:62	And they praised the God of their fathers, because he had given them freedom and liberty
4:63	to go up, and to build Jerusalem, and the temple which is called by his name: and they feasted with instruments of musick and gladness seven days.
5:1	After this were the principal men of the families chosen according to their tribes, to go up with their wives and sons and daughters, with their menservants and maidservants, and their cattle.
5:2	And Darius sent with them a thousand horsemen, till they had brought them back to Jerusalem safely, and with musical [instruments], tabrets and flutes.
5:3	And all their brethren played, and he made them go up together with them.
5:4	And these are the names of the men which went up, according to their families, among their tribes, after their several heads.
5:5	The priests, the sons of Phinees, the sons of Aaron: Jesus the son of Josedec, the son of Saraias, and Joacim the son of Zorobabel, the son of Salathiel, of the house of David, out of the kindred of Phares, of the tribe of Judah;
5:6	who spake wise sentences before Darius the king of Persia in the second year of his reign, in the month Nisan, which is the first month.
5:7	And these are they of Jewry that came up from the captivity, where they dwelt as strangers, whom Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon.
5:8	And they returned unto Jerusalem, and to the other parts of Jewry, every man to his own city, who came with Zorobabel, and Jesus, Nehemias, Zaraias, Reesaias, Enenius, Mardocheus, Beelsarus, Aspharasus, Reelius, Roimus, [and] Baana, their guides.
5:9	The number of them of the nation, and their governors: the sons of Phoros, two thousand an hundred seventy and two: the sons of Saphat, four hundred seventy and two:
5:10	The sons of Ares, seven hundred fifty and six:
5:11	The sons of Phaath Moab, among the sons of Jesus and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve:
5:12	The sons of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four: the sons of Zathui, nine hundred seventy and five: the sons of Corbe, seven hundred and five: the sons of Bani, six hundred forty and eight:
5:13	The sons of Bebai, six hundred thirty and three: the sons of Argai, one thousand three hundred twenty and two:
5:14	The sons of Adonikan, six hundred thirty and seven: the sons of Bagoi, two thousand six hundred and six: the sons of Adin, four hundred fifty and four:
5:15	The sons of Ater, [son] of Ezekias, ninety and two: the sons of Cilan and Azenan, threescore and seven: the sons of Azarus, four hundred thirty and two:
5:16	The sons of Annis, an hundred and one: the sons of Arom, thirty-two: the sons of Bassai, three hundred twenty and three: the sons of Arsiphurith, an hundred and two:
5:17	The sons of Beterus, three thousand and five: the sons of Bethlomon, an hundred twenty and three:
5:18	They of Netophah, fifty and five: they of Anathoth, an hundred fifty and eight: they of Bethsamos, forty and two:
5:19	They of Kiriathiarius, twenty and five: they of Caphira and Beroth, seven hundred forty and three.
5:20	They of Chadias and Ammidoi, four hundred twenty and two: they of Cirama and Gabbes, six hundred twenty and one:
5:21	They of Macalon, an hundred twenty and two: they of Betolius, fifty and two: the sons of Nephis, an hundred fifty and six:
5:22	The sons of Calamolalus and Onus, seven hundred twenty and five: the sons of Jerechus, two hundred forty and five:
5:23	The sons of Sanaas, three thousand three hundred and one.
5:24	The priests: the sons of Jeddu, the son of Jesus, among the sons of Sanasib, eight hundred seventy and two: the sons of Emmeruth, two hundred fifty and two:
5:25	The sons of Phassaron, a thousand forty and seven: the sons of Carme, two hundred and seventeen.
5:26	The Levites: the sons of Jessue, and Cadmiel, and Banuas, and Sudias, seventy and four.
5:27	The holy singers: the sons of Asaph, an hundred twenty and eight.
5:28	The porters: the sons of Salum, the sons of Atar, the sons of Tolman, the sons of Dacobi, the sons of Ateta, the sons of Tobis, in all an hundred thirty and nine.
5:29	The servants of the temple: the sons of Esau, the sons of Asipha, the sons of Tabaoth, the sons of Ceras, the sons of Sud, the sons of Phaleas, the sons of Labana, the sons of Agraba,
5:30	The sons of Acud, the sons of Uta, the sons of Cetab, the sons of Agaba, the sons of Subai, the sons of Anan, the sons of Cathua, the sons of Geddur,
5:31	The sons of Jairus, the sons of Daisan, the sons of Noeba, the sons of Chaseba, the sons of Cazera, the sons of Ozia, the sons of Phinees, the sons of Azara, the sons of Bastai, the sons of Assana, the sons of Mani, the sons of Naphisi, the sons of Acuph, the sons of Achiba, the sons of Asub, the sons of Pharacim, the sons of Basalem,
5:32	The sons of Meedda, the sons of Coutha, the sons of Charea, the sons of Barcue, the sons of Serar, the sons of Thomoi, the sons of Nasith, the sons of Atipha.
5:33	The sons of the servants of Solomon: the sons of Azaphioth, the sons of Pharira, the sons of Jeieli, the sons of Lozon, the sons of Isdael, the sons of Saphui,
5:34	The sons of Hagia, the sons of Phacareth, the sons of Sabi, the sons of Sarothi, the sons of Misaias, the sons of Gas, the sons of Addus, the sons of Suba, the sons of Apherra, the sons of Barodis, the sons of Saphag, the sons of Allom.
5:35	All the ministers of the temple, and the sons of the servants of Solomon, were three hundred seventy and two.
5:36	These came up from Thermeleth and Thelersas, Charaathalan leading them, and Aalar;
5:37	they could not shew their families or their stock, how they were of Israel: the sons of Dalan, the son of Baenan, the sons of Necodan, six hundred fifty and two.
5:38	And of the priests that usurped the office of the priesthood, and were not found: the sons of Obdia, the sons of Acbos, the sons of Jaddus, who married Augia one of the daughters of Phaezeldæus, and was named after his name.
5:39	And when the description of the kindred of these men was sought in the register, and was not found, they were removed from executing the office of the priesthood:
5:40	for unto them said Nehemias and Attharias, that they should not be partakers of the holy things, till there arose up an high priest clothed with doctrine and truth.
5:41	So of Israel, from them of twelve years old and upward, beside menservants and womenservants, they were all in number forty thousand, two thousand three hundred and sixty.
5:42	Their menservants and handmaids were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: the singing men and singing women, two hundred forty and five:
5:43	four hundred thirty and five camels, seven thousand thirty and six horses, two hundred forty and five mules, five thousand five hundred twenty and five beasts used to the yoke:
5:44	And certain of the chief of their families, when they came to the temple of God that is in Jerusalem, vowed to set up the house again in his own place according to their ability,
5:45	and to give into the holy treasury of the works a thousand pounds of gold, five thousand of silver, and an hundred priestly vestments.
5:46	And so dwelt the priests and the Levites and the people in Jerusalem, and in the country, the singers also and the porters; and all Israel in their villages.
5:47	But when the seventh month was at hand, and when the children of Israel were every man in his own place, they came altogether with one consent into the open place of the first gate which is toward the east.
5:48	Then stood up Jesus the son of Josedec, and his brethren the priests, and Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, and his brethren, and made ready the altar of the God of Israel,
5:49	to offer burnt sacrifices upon it, according as it is expressly commanded in the book of Moses the man of God.
5:50	And there were gathered unto them out of the other nations of the land, and they erected the altar upon his own place, because all the nations of the land were at enmity with them, and oppressed them; and they offered sacrifices according to the time, and burnt offerings to the Lord both morning and evening.
5:51	Also they held the feast of tabernacles, as it is commanded in the law, and [offered] sacrifices daily, as was meet:
5:52	and after that, the continual oblations, and the sacrifice of the sabbaths, and of the new moons, and of all holy feasts.
5:53	And all they that had made any vow to God began to offer sacrifices to God from the first day of the seventh month, although the temple of the Lord was not yet built.
5:54	And they gave unto the masons and carpenters money, meat, and drink, with cheerfulness.
5:55	Unto them of Zidon also and Tyre they gave carrs, that they should bring cedar trees from Libanus, which should be brought by floats to the haven of Joppe, according as it was commanded them by Cyrus king of the Persians.
5:56	And in the second year and second month after his coming to the temple of God at Jerusalem began Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, and Jesus the son of Josedec, and their brethren, and the priests, and the Levites, and all they that were come unto Jerusalem out of the captivity:
5:57	and they laid the foundation of the house of God in the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come to Jewry and Jerusalem.
5:58	And they appointed the Levites from twenty years old over the works of the Lord. Then stood up Jesus, and his sons and brethren, and Cadmiel his brother, and the sons of Emadabun, with the sons of Joda the son of Eliadud, with their sons and brethren, all Levites, with one accord setters forward of the business, labouring to advance the works in the house of the Lord. So the builders built the temple of the Lord.
5:59	And the priests stood arrayed in their vestments with musical instruments and trumpets; and the Levites the sons of Asaph had cymbals,
5:60	singing songs of thanksgiving, and praising the Lord, according as David the king of Israel had ordained.
5:61	And they sung [with] loud voices songs to the praise of the Lord, because his mercy and glory is for ever in all Israel.
5:62	And all the people sounded trumpets, and shouted with a loud voice, singing songs of thanksgiving unto the Lord for the rearing up of the house of the Lord.
5:63	Also of the priests and Levites, and of the chief of their families, the ancients who had seen the former house came to the building of this with weeping and great crying.
5:64	But many with trumpets and joy shouted with loud voice,
5:65	insomuch that the trumpets might not be heard for the weeping of the people; yet the multitude sounded marvellously, so that it was heard afar off.
5:66	Wherefore when the enemies of the tribe of Juda and Benjamin heard it, they came to know what the noise of trumpets [should mean].
5:67	And they perceived that they that were of the captivity did build the temple unto the Lord God of Israel.
5:68	So they went to Zorobabel and Jesus, and to the chief of the families, and said unto them, We will build together with you.
5:69	For we likewise, as ye, do obey your Lord, and do sacrifice unto him from the days of Azbazareth the king of the Assyrians, who brought us hither.
5:70	Then Zorobabel and Jesus and the chief of the families of Israel said unto them, It is not for us and you to build together an house unto the Lord our God.
5:71	We ourselves alone will build unto the Lord of Israel, according as Cyrus the king of the Persians hath commanded us.
5:72	But the heathen of the land lying heavy upon the inhabitants of Judea, and holding them strait, hindered their building;
5:73	and by their secret plots, and popular persuasions and commotions, they hindered the finishing of the building all the time that king Cyrus lived: so they were hindered from building for the space of two years, until the reign of Darius.
6:1	Now in the second year of the reign of Darius, Aggeus and Zacharias the son of Addo, the prophets, prophesied unto the Jews in Jewry and Jerusalem in the name of the Lord God of Israel, which was upon them.
6:2	Then stood up Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, and Jesus the son of Josedec, and began to build the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, the prophets of the Lord being with them, [and] helping them.
6:3	At the same time came unto them Sisinnes the governor of Syria and Phenice, with Sathrabuzanes and his companions, and said unto them,
6:4	By whose appointment do ye build this house and this roof, and perform all the other things? and who are the workmen that perform these things?
6:5	Nevertheless the elders of the Jews obtained favour, because the Lord had visited the captivity;
6:6	and they were not hindered from building, until such time as signification was given unto Darius concerning them, and an answer received.
6:7	The copy of the letters which Sisinnes, governor of Syria and Phenice, and Sathrabuzanes, with their companions, rulers in Syria and Phenice, wrote and sent unto Darius; To king Darius, greeting:
6:8	Let all things be known unto our lord the king, that being come into the country of Judea, and entered into the city of Jerusalem, we found in the city of Jerusalem the ancients of the Jews that were of the captivity
6:9	building an house unto the Lord, great [and] new, of hewn and costly stones, and the timber already laid upon the walls.
6:10	And those works are done with great speed, and the work goeth on prosperously in their hands, and with all glory and diligence is it made.
6:11	Then asked we these elders, saying, By whose commandment build ye this house, and lay the foundations of these works?
6:12	Therefore to the intent that we might give knowledge unto thee by writing, we demanded of them who were the chief doers, and we required of them the names in writing of their principal men.
6:13	So they gave us this answer, We are the servants of the Lord which made heaven and earth.
6:14	And as for this house, it was builded many years ago by a king of Israel great and strong, and was finished.
6:15	But when our fathers provoked God unto wrath, and sinned against the Lord of Israel which is in heaven, he gave them over into the power of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, king of the Chaldees;
6:16	who pulled down the house, and burned it, and carried away the people captives unto Babylon.
6:17	But in the first year that king Cyrus reigned over the country of Babylon, Cyrus the king wrote to build this house.
6:18	And the holy vessels of gold and of silver, that Nabuchodonosor had carried away out of the house at Jerusalem, and had set them in his own temple, those Cyrus the king brought forth again out of the temple at Babylon, and they were delivered to Zorobabel, [that is], to Sanabassarus the ruler,
6:19	with commandment that he should carry away the same vessels, and put them in the temple at Jerusalem; and that the temple of the Lord should be built in that place.
6:20	Then the same Sanabassarus, being come hither, laid the foundations of the house of the Lord at Jerusalem; and from that time to this being still building, it is not yet finished.
6:21	Now therefore, if it seem good unto the king, let search be made among the records of king Cyrus:
6:22	and if it be found that the building of the house of the Lord at Jerusalem hath been done with the consent of king Cyrus, and if our lord the king be so minded, let him signify unto us thereof.
6:23	Then commanded king Darius to seek among the records at Babylon: and so at Ecbatana the palace, which is in the country of Media, there was found a roll wherein these things were recorded.
6:24	In the first year of the reign of Cyrus, king Cyrus commanded that the house of the Lord at Jerusalem should be built again, where they do sacrifice with continual fire:
6:25	whose height shall be sixty cubits, and the breadth sixty cubits, with three rows of hewn stones, and one row of new wood of that country; and the expences thereof to be given out of the house of king Cyrus:
6:26	and that the holy vessels of the house of the Lord, both of gold and silver, that Nabuchodonosor took out of the house at Jerusalem, and brought to Babylon, should be restored to the house at Jerusalem, and be set in the place where they were before.
6:27	And also he commanded that Sisinnes the governor of Syria and Phenice, and Sathrabuzanes, and their companions, and those which were appointed rulers in Syria and Phenice, should be careful not to meddle with the place, but suffer Zorobabel the servant of the Lord, and governor of Judea, and the elders of the Jews, to build the house of the Lord in that place.
6:28	I have commanded also to have it built up whole again; and that they look diligently to help those that be of the captivity of the Jews, till the house of the Lord be finished:
6:29	and out of the tribute of Celosyria and Phenice, a portion carefully to be given these men for the sacrifices of the Lord, [that is], to Zorobabel the governor, for bullocks, and rams, and lambs;
6:30	and also corn, salt, wine, and oil, and that continually every year without further question, according as the priests that be in Jerusalem shall signify to be daily spent:
6:31	that offerings may be made to the most high God for the king and for his children, and that they may pray for their lives.
6:32	And he commanded that whosoever should transgress, yea, or make light of any thing [herein] written, out of his own house should a tree be taken, and he thereon be hanged, and all his goods seized for the king.
6:33	The Lord therefore, whose name is there called upon, utterly destroy every king and nation, that stretcheth out his hand to hinder or endamage that house of the Lord in Jerusalem.
6:34	I Darius the king have ordained that according unto these things it be done with diligence.
7:1	Then Sisinnes the governor of Celosyria and Phenice, and Sathrabuzanes, with their companions, following the commandments of king Darius,
7:2	did very carefully oversee the holy works, assisting the ancients of the Jews and governors of the temple.
7:3	And so the holy works prospered, when Aggeus and Zacharias the prophets prophesied.
7:4	And they finished these things by the commandment of the Lord God of Israel; and with the consent of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, kings of Persia,
7:5	the holy house was finished in the three and twentieth day of the month Adar, in the sixth year of king Darius.
7:6	And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and others that were of the captivity, that were added unto them, did according to the things [written] in the book of Moses.
7:7	And to the dedication of the temple of the Lord they offered an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs;
7:8	and twelve goats for the sin of all Israel, according to the number of the chief of the tribes of Israel.
7:9	The priests also and the Levites stood arrayed in their vestments, according to their kindreds, in the service of the Lord God of Israel, according to the book of Moses: and the porters at every gate.
7:10	And the children of Israel that were of the captivity held the passover the fourteenth day of the first month, after that the priests and the Levites were sanctified,
7:11	together with all the children of the captivity; for they were sanctified, because the Levites were all sanctified together.
7:12	And so they offered the passover for all them of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.
7:13	And the children of Israel that came out of the captivity did eat, even all they that had separated themselves from the abominations of the people of the land, and sought the Lord.
7:14	And they kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days, making merry before the Lord,
7:15	for that he had turned the counsel of the king of Assyria toward them, to strengthen their hands in the works of the Lord God of Israel.
8:1	And after these things, when Artaxerxes the king of the Persians reigned, came Esdras [the son] of Azaraias, the son of Zechrias, the son of Helchias, the son of Salum,
8:2	the son of Sadduc, the son of Achitob, the son of Amarias, the son of Ozias, the son of Boccas, the son of Abisai, the son of Phinees, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest.
8:3	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.
8:4	And the king did him honour: for he found grace in his sight in all his requests.
8:5	There went up with him also certain of the children of Israel, of the priests, of the Levites, of the holy singers, porters, and ministers of the temple, unto Jerusalem,
8:6	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 to him.
8:7	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.
8:8	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;
8:9	King Artaxerxes unto Esdras the priest and reader of the law of the Lord sendeth greeting:
8:10	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.
8:11	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;
8:12	that they may look unto the affairs of Judea and Jerusalem, agreeably to that which is in the law of the Lord;
8:13	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,
8:14	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;
8:15	to the end that they may offer sacrifices unto the Lord upon the altar of the Lord their God, which is in Jerusalem.
8:16	And whatsoever thou and thy brethren will do with the silver and gold, that do, according to the will of thy God.
8:17	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.
8:18	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.
8:19	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,
8:20	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.
8:21	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.
8:22	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.
8:23	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.
8:24	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.
8:25	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:
8:26	and hath honoured me in the sight of the king, and his counsellors, and all his friends and nobles.
8:27	Therefore was I encouraged by the help of the Lord my God, and gathered together men of Israel to go up with me.
8:28	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:
8:29	of the sons of Phinees, Gerson: of the sons of Ithamar, Gamaliel: of the sons of David, Lettus the [son] of Sechenias:
8:30	of the sons of Pharez, Zacharias; and with him were counted an hundred and fifty men:
8:31	of the sons of Pahath Moab, Eliaonias, [the son] of Zaraias, and with him two hundred men:
8:32	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:
8:33	of the sons of Elam, Josias [son] of Gotholias, and with him seventy men:
8:34	of the sons of Saphatias, Zaraias son of Michael, and with him threescore and ten men:
8:35	of the sons of Joab, Abadias son of Jezelus, and with him two hundred and twelve men:
8:36	of the sons of Bania, Salimoth son of Josaphias, and with him an hundred and threescore men:
8:37	of the sons of Babi, Zacharias son of Bebai, and with him twenty and eight men:
8:38	of the sons of Astath, Johannes [son of] Acatan, and with him an hundred and ten men:
8:39	of the sons of Adonikam the last, and these are the names of them, Eliphalet, [son] of Geuel, and Samaias, and with them seventy men:
8:40	of the sons of Bago, Uthi the son of Istalcurus, and with him seventy men.
8:41	And these I gathered together to the river called Theras, where we pitched our tents three days: and then I surveyed them.
8:42	But when I had found there none of the priests and Levites,
8:43	then sent I unto Eleazar, and Iduel, and Mæa, and Masman,
8:44	and Alnathan, and Samaias, and Joribas, and Nathan, Ennatan, Zacharias, and Mosollamus, principal men and learned.
8:45	And I bade them that they should go unto Loddeus the captain, who was in the place of the treasury:
8:46	and commanded them that they should speak unto Loddeus, 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.
8:47	And by the mighty hand of our Lord they brought unto us skilful men of the sons of Mooli the son of Levi, the son of Israel, Asebebia, and his sons, and his brethren, who were eighteen.
8:48	And Asebia, and Annuus, and Osaias his brother, of the sons of Chanuneus, and their sons, were twenty men.
8:49	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.
8:50	And 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:
8:51	for I was ashamed to ask the king footmen, and horsemen, and conduct for safeguard against our adversaries.
8:52	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.
8:53	And again we besought our Lord as touching these things, and found him favourable unto us.
8:54	Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Esebrias, and Samias, and ten men of their brethren with them:
8:55	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.
8:56	And when I had weighed it, I delivered unto them six hundred and sixty talents of silver, and silver vessels of an hundred talents, and an hundred talents of gold,
8:57	and twenty golden vessels, and twelve vessels of brass, [even] of fine brass, glittering like gold.
8:58	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.
8:59	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.
8:60	So the priests and the Levites, who had received the silver and the gold and the vessels that were in Jerusalem, brought them into the temple of the Lord.
8:61	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.
8:62	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.
8:63	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.
8:64	And all the weight of them was written up the same hour.
8:65	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,
8:66	threescore and twelve lambs, goats for a peace-offering, twelve; all of them a sacrifice to the Lord.
8:67	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.
8:68	Now when these things were done, the rulers came unto me, and said,
8:69	The nation of Israel, the princes, the priests and the Levites, have not put away from them the strange people of the land, nor their pollutions from the Gentiles, [to wit], the Canaanites, Hittites, Pheresites, Jebusites, and the Moabites, Egyptians, and Edomites.
8:70	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.
8:71	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.
8:72	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.
8:73	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,
8:74	I said, O Lord, I am confounded and ashamed before thy face;
8:75	for our sins are multiplied above our heads, and our ignorances have reached up unto heaven.
8:76	For ever since the time of our fathers we [have been] and are in great sin, even unto this day.
8:77	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.
8:78	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;
8:79	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.
8:80	Yea, when we were in bondage, we were not forsaken of our Lord; but he made us favoured before the kings of Persia, so that they gave us food;
8:81	yea, and honoured the temple of our Lord, and raised up the desolate Sion, so that they have given us a sure abiding in Jewry and Jerusalem.
8:82	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,
8:83	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.
8:84	Therefore now shall ye not join your daughters unto their sons, neither shall ye take their daughters unto your sons.
8:85	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.
8:86	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,
8:87	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.
8:88	Mightest not thou be angry with us to destroy us, till thou hadst left us neither root, seed, nor name?
8:89	O Lord of Israel, thou art true: for we are left a root this day.
8:90	Behold, now are we before thee in our iniquities, for we cannot stand any longer by reason of these things before thee.
8:91	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.
8:92	Then Jechonias the son of Jeelus, one of the children of Israel, called out and said, O Esdras, we have sinned against the Lord; we have married strange women of the nations of the land, and now is all Israel aloft.
8:93	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,
8:94	like as thou hast decreed, and as many as do obey the law of the Lord.
8:95	Arise, and put into execution: for to thee doth this matter appertain, and we will be with thee: do valiantly.
8:96	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.
9:1	Then Esdras rising from the court of the temple went to the chamber of Joanan the son of Eliasib,
9:2	and remained there, and did eat no meat nor drink water, mourning for the great iniquities of the multitude.
9:3	And there was a proclamation in all Jewry and Jerusalem to all them that were of the captivity, that they should be gathered together at Jerusalem:
9:4	and that whosoever met not there within two or three days, according as the elders that bare rule appointed, their cattle should be seized to the use of the temple, and himself cast out from them that were of the captivity.
9:5	And in three days were all they of the tribe of Juda and Benjamin gathered together at Jerusalem the twentieth day of the ninth month.
9:6	And all the multitude sat in the broad court of the temple, trembling because of the present foul weather.
9:7	So Esdras arose up, and said unto them, Ye have transgressed the law in marrying strange wives, thereby to increase the sins of Israel.
9:8	And now by confessing give glory unto the Lord God of our fathers,
9:9	and do his will, and separate yourselves from the heathen of the land, and from the strange women.
9:10	Then cried the whole multitude, and said with a loud voice, Like as thou hast spoken, so will we do.
9:11	But forasmuch as the people are many, and it is foul weather, so that we cannot stand without, and this is not a work of a day or two, seeing our sin in these things is spread far:
9:12	therefore let the rulers of the multitude stay, and let all them of our habitations that have strange wives come at the time appointed,
9:13	and with them the rulers and judges of every place, till we turn away the wrath of the Lord from us for this matter.
9:14	[Then] Jonathan [the son] of Azael and Ezechias [the son] of Theocanus accordingly took this matter upon them: and Mosollam and Levis and Sabbatheus helped them.
9:15	And they that were of the captivity did according to all these things.
9:16	And Esdras the priest chose unto him the principal men of their families, all by name: and in the first day of the tenth month they sat together to examine the matter.
9:17	So their cause that held strange wives was brought to an end in the first day of the first month.
9:18	And of the priests that were come together, and had strange wives, there were found;
9:19	of the sons of Jesus the [son] of Josedec, and his brethren; Matthelas, and Eleazar, and Joribus, and Joadanus.
9:20	And they gave their hands to put away their wives, and to offer rams to make reconcilement for their errors.
9:21	And of the sons of Emmer: Ananias, and Zabdeus, and Manes, and Samæus, and Hiereel, and Azarias.
9:22	And of the sons of Phaisur; Elionais, Massias, Ismael, and Nathanael, and Ocodelus, and Saloas.
9:23	And of the Levites; Jozabad, and Semis, and Coïus, who was called Calitas, and Patheus, and Judas, and Jonas.
9:24	Of the holy singers: Eleasabus, Bacchurus.
9:25	Of the porters; Salumus, and Tolbanes.
9:26	Of them of Israel, of the sons of Phoros; Hiermas, and Jezias, and Melchias, and Maelus, and Eleazar, and Asebias, and Banæas.
9:27	Of the sons of Ela; Matthanias, Zacharias, and Jezrielus, and Joabdius, and Hieremoth, and Aïdias.
9:28	And of the sons of Zamoth; Eliadas, Eliasimus, Othonias, Jarimoth, and Sabatus, and Zeralias.
9:29	Of the sons of Bebai; Joannes, and Ananias, and Josabad, and Amatheis.
9:30	Of the sons of Mani; Olamus, Mamuchus, Jedeus, Jasubus, Jasael, and Hieremoth.
9:31	And of the sons of Addi; Naathus, and Moosias, Lacunus, and Naidus, Matthanias, and Sesthel, Balnuus, and Manasseas.
9:32	And of the sons of Annas; Elionas, and Asaias, and Melchias, and Sabbeus, and Simon Chosameus.
9:33	And of the sons of Asom; Altaneus, and Mattathias, and Sabanneus, Eliphalat, and Manasses, and Semei.
9:34	And of the sons of Baani: Jeremias, Momdis, Ismaerus, Juel, Mabdai, and Pedias, and Anos, Rabasion, and Enasibus, and Mamnitanaimus, Eliasis, Bannus, Eliali, Samis, Selemias, Nathanias: and of the sons of Ezora; Sesis, Esril, Azaelus, Samatus, Zambri, Josephus.
9:35	And of the sons of Ethma; Mazitias, Zabadaias, Edaïs, Juel, Banaias.
9:36	All these had taken strange wives, and they put them away with their children.
9:37	And the priests and Levites, and they that were of Israel, dwelt in Jerusalem, and in the country, in the first day of the seventh month: so the children of Israel were in their habitations.
9:38	And the whole multitude came together with one accord into the broad place of the holy porch toward the east:
9:39	and they spake unto Esdras the priest and reader, that he would bring the law of Moses, that was given of the Lord God of Israel.
9:40	So Esdras the chief priest brought the law to the whole multitude from man to woman, and to all the priests, to hear the law in the first day of the seventh month.
9:41	And he read in the broad court before the holy porch from morning unto midday, before both men and women; and all the multitude gave heed unto the law.
9:42	And Esdras the priest and reader of the law stood up upon a pulpit of wood which was made [for that purpose].
9:43	And there stood up by him Mattathias, Sammus, Ananias, Azarias, Urias, Ezecias, Baalsamus, upon the right hand:
9:44	and upon his left hand Phaldaius, and Misael, Melchias, Lothasubus, Nabarias, Zacharias.
9:45	Then took Esdras the book of the law before the multitude: for he sat honourably in the first place in the sight of them all.
9:46	And when he opened the law, they stood all straight up. So Esdras blessed the Lord God most High, the God of hosts, Almighty.
9:47	And all the people answered, Amen; and lifting up their hands they fell to the ground, and worshipped the Lord.
9:48	Also Jesus, Anniuth, Sarabias, Adinus, Jacubus, Sabateas, Auteas, Maiannas, and Calitas, Azarias, and Joazabdus, and Ananias, Phalias, the Levites, taught the law of the Lord, and read the law of the Lord to the multitude, making them withal to understand it.
9:49	Then spake Attharates unto Esdras the chief priest and reader, and to the Levites that taught the multitude, even to all, saying,
9:50	This day is holy unto the Lord; (for they all wept when they heard the law:)
9:51	go then, and eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send part to them that have nothing:
9:52	for this day is holy unto the Lord: and be not sorrowful; for the Lord will bring you to honour.
9:53	So the Levites published all things to the people, saying, This day is holy to the Lord; be not sorrowful.
9:54	Then went they their way, every one to eat and drink and make merry, and to give part to them that had nothing, and to make great cheer;
9:55	because they understood the words wherein they were instructed, and for the which they had been assembled.

== King James Version (KJV)
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1:1	And Josias held the feast of the passover in Jerusalem unto his Lord, and offered the passover the fourteenth day of the first month;
1:2	Having set the priests according to their daily courses, being arrayed in long garments, in the temple of the Lord.
1:3	And he spake unto the Levites, the holy ministers of Israel, that they should hallow themselves unto the Lord, to set the holy ark of the Lord in the house that king Solomon the son of David had built:
1:4	And said, Ye shall no more bear the ark upon your shoulders: now therefore serve the Lord your God, and minister unto his people Israel, and prepare you after your families and kindreds,
1:5	According as David the king of Israel prescribed, and according to the magnificence of Solomon his son: and standing in the temple according to the several dignity of the families of you the Levites, who minister in the presence of your brethren the children of Israel,
1:6	Offer the passover in order, and make ready the sacrifices for your brethren, and keep the passover according to the commandment of the Lord, which was given unto Moses.
1:7	And unto the people that was found there Josias gave thirty thousand lambs and kids, and three thousand calves: these things were given of the king’s allowance, according as he promised, to the people, to the priests, and to the Levites.
1:8	And Helkias, Zacharias, and Syelus, the governors of the temple, gave to the priests for the passover two thousand and six hundred sheep, and three hundred calves.
1:9	And Jeconias, and Samaias, and Nathanael his brother, and Assabias, and Ochiel, and Joram, captains over thousands, gave to the Levites for the passover five thousand sheep, and seven hundred calves.
1:10	And when these things were done, the priests and Levites, having the unleavened bread, stood in very comely order according to the kindreds,
1:11	And according to the several dignities of the fathers, before the people, to offer to the Lord, as it is written in the book of Moses: and thus did they in the morning.
1:12	And they roasted the passover with fire, as appertaineth: as for the sacrifices, they sod them in brass pots and pans with a good savour,
1:13	And set them before all the people: and afterward they prepared for themselves, and for the priests their brethren, the sons of Aaron.
1:14	For the priests offered the fat until night: and the Levites prepared for themselves, and the priests their brethren, the sons of Aaron.
1:15	The holy singers also, the sons of Asaph, were in their order, according to the appointment of David, to wit, Asaph, Zacharias, and Jeduthun, who was of the king’s retinue.
1:16	Moreover the porters were at every gate; it was not lawful for any to go from his ordinary service: for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.
1:17	Thus were the things that belonged to the sacrifices of the Lord accomplished in that day, that they might hold the passover,
1:18	And offer sacrifices upon the altar of the Lord, according to the commandment of king Josias.
1:19	So the children of Israel which were present held the passover at that time, and the feast of sweet bread seven days.
1:20	And such a passover was not kept in Israel since the time of the prophet Samuel.
1:21	Yea, all the kings of Israel held not such a passover as Josias, and the priests, and the Levites, and the Jews, held with all Israel that were found dwelling at Jerusalem.
1:22	In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josias was this passover kept.
1:23	And the works or Josias were upright before his Lord with an heart full of godliness.
1:24	As for the things that came to pass in his time, they were written in former times, concerning those that sinned, and did wickedly against the Lord above all people and kingdoms, and how they grieved him exceedingly, so that the words of the Lord rose up against Israel.
1:25	Now after all these acts of Josias it came to pass, that Pharaoh the king of Egypt came to raise war at Carchamis upon Euphrates: and Josias went out against him.
1:26	But the king of Egypt sent to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, O king of Judea?
1:27	I am not sent out from the Lord God against thee; for my war is upon Euphrates: and now the Lord is with me, yea, the Lord is with me hasting me forward: depart from me, and be not against the Lord.
1:28	Howbeit Josias did not turn back his chariot from him, but undertook to fight with him, not regarding the words of the prophet Jeremy spoken by the mouth of the Lord:
1:29	But joined battle with him in the plain of Magiddo, and the princes came against king Josias.
1:30	Then said the king unto his servants, Carry me away out of the battle; for I am very weak. And immediately his servants took him away out of the battle.
1:31	Then gat he up upon his second chariot; and being brought back to Jerusalem died, and was buried in his father’s sepulchre.
1:32	And in all Jewry they mourned for Josias, yea, Jeremy the prophet lamented for Josias, and the chief men with the women made lamentation for him unto this day: and this was given out for an ordinance to be done continually in all the nation of Israel.
1:33	These things are written in the book of the stories of the kings of Judah, and every one of the acts that Josias did, and his glory, and his understanding in the law of the Lord, and the things that he had done before, and the things now recited, are reported in the book of the kings of Israel and Judea.
1:34	And the people took Joachaz the son of Josias, and made him king instead of Josias his father, when he was twenty and three years old.
1:35	And he reigned in Judea and in Jerusalem three months: and then the king of Egypt deposed him from reigning in Jerusalem.
1:36	And he set a tax upon the land of an hundred talents of silver and one talent of gold.
1:37	The king of Egypt also made king Joacim his brother king of Judea and Jerusalem.
1:38	And he bound Joacim and the nobles: but Zaraces his brother he apprehended, and brought him out of Egypt.
1:39	Five and twenty years old was Joacim when he was made king in the land of Judea and Jerusalem; and he did evil before the Lord.
1:40	Wherefore against him Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon came up, and bound him with a chain of brass, and carried him into Babylon.
1:41	Nabuchodonosor also took of the holy vessels of the Lord, and carried them away, and set them in his own temple at Babylon.
1:42	But those things that are recorded of him, and of his uncleaness and impiety, are written in the chronicles of the kings.
1:43	And Joacim his son reigned in his stead: he was made king being eighteen years old;
1:44	And reigned but three months and ten days in Jerusalem; and did evil before the Lord.
1:45	So after a year Nabuchodonosor sent and caused him to be brought into Babylon with the holy vessels of the Lord;
1:46	And made Zedechias king of Judea and Jerusalem, when he was one and twenty years old; and he reigned eleven years:
1:47	And he did evil also in the sight of the Lord, and cared not for the words that were spoken unto him by the prophet Jeremy from the mouth of the Lord.
1:48	And after that king Nabuchodonosor had made him to swear by the name of the Lord, he forswore himself, and rebelled; and hardening his neck, his heart, he transgressed the laws of the Lord God of Israel.
1:49	The governors also of the people and of the priests did many things against the laws, and passed all the pollutions of all nations, and defiled the temple of the Lord, which was sanctified in Jerusalem.
1:50	Nevertheless the God of their fathers sent by his messenger to call them back, because he spared them and his tabernacle also.
1:51	But they had his messengers in derision; and, look, when the Lord spake unto them, they made a sport of his prophets:
1:52	So far forth, that he, being wroth with his people for their great ungodliness, commanded the kings of the Chaldees to come up against them;
1:53	Who slew their young men with the sword, yea, even within the compass of their holy temple, and spared neither young man nor maid, old man nor child, among them; for he delivered all into their hands.
1:54	And they took all the holy vessels of the Lord, both great and small, with the vessels of the ark of God, and the king’s treasures, and carried them away into Babylon.
1:55	As for the house of the Lord, they burnt it, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem, and set fire upon her towers:
1:56	And as for her glorious things, they never ceased till they had consumed and brought them all to nought: and the people that were not slain with the sword he carried unto Babylon:
1:57	Who became servants to him and his children, till the Persians reigned, to fulfil the word of the Lord spoken by the mouth of Jeremy:
1:58	Until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths, the whole time of her desolation shall she rest, until the full term of seventy years.
2:1	In the first year of Cyrus king of the Persians, that the word of the Lord might be accomplished, that he had promised by the mouth of Jeremy;
2:2	The Lord raised up the spirit of Cyrus the king of the Persians, and he made proclamation through all his kingdom, and also by writing,
2:3	Saying, Thus saith Cyrus king of the Persians; The Lord of Israel, the most high Lord, hath made me king of the whole world,
2:4	And commanded me to build him an house at Jerusalem in Jewry.
2:5	If therefore there be any of you that are of his people, let the Lord, even his Lord, be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem that is in Judea, and build the house of the Lord of Israel: for he is the Lord that dwelleth in Jerusalem.
2:6	Whosoever then dwell in the places about, let them help him, those, I say, that are his neighbours, with gold, and with silver,
2:7	With gifts, with horses, and with cattle, and other things, which have been set forth by vow, for the temple of the Lord at Jerusalem.
2:8	Then the chief of the families of Judea and of the tribe of Benjamin stood up; the priests also, and the Levites, and all they whose mind the Lord had moved to go up, and to build an house for the Lord at Jerusalem,
2:9	And they that dwelt round about them, and helped them in all things with silver and gold, with horses and cattle, and with very many free gifts of a great number whose minds were stirred up thereto.
2:10	King Cyrus also brought forth the holy vessels, which Nabuchodonosor had carried away from Jerusalem, and had set up in his temple of idols.
2:11	Now when Cyrus king of the Persians had brought them forth, he delivered them to Mithridates his treasurer:
2:12	And by him they were delivered to Sanabassar the governor of Judea.
2:13	And this was the number of them; A thousand golden cups, and a thousand of silver, censers of silver twenty nine, vials of gold thirty, and of silver two thousand four hundred and ten, and a thousand other vessels.
2:14	So all the vessels of gold and of silver, which were carried away, were five thousand four hundred threescore and nine.
2:15	These were brought back by Sanabassar, together with them of the captivity, from Babylon to Jerusalem.
2:16	But in the time of Artexerxes king of the Persians Belemus, and Mithridates, and Tabellius, and Rathumus, and Beeltethmus, and Semellius the secretary, with others that were in commission with them, dwelling in Samaria and other places, wrote unto him against them that dwelt in Judea and Jerusalem these letters following;
2:17	To king Artexerxes our lord, Thy servants, Rathumus the storywriter, and Semellius the scribe, and the rest of their council, and the judges that are in Celosyria and Phenice.
2:18	Be it now known to the lord king, that the Jews that are up from you to us, being come into Jerusalem, that rebellious and wicked city, do build the marketplaces, and repair the walls of it and do lay the foundation of the temple.
2:19	Now if this city and the walls thereof be made up again, they will not only refuse to give tribute, but also rebel against kings.
2:20	And forasmuch as the things pertaining to the temple are now in hand, we think it meet not to neglect such a matter,
2:21	But to speak unto our lord the king, to the intent that, if it be thy pleasure it may be sought out in the books of thy fathers:
2:22	And thou shalt find in the chronicles what is written concerning these things, and shalt understand that that city was rebellious, troubling both kings and cities:
2:23	And that the Jews were rebellious, and raised always wars therein; for the which cause even this city was made desolate.
2:24	Wherefore now we do declare unto thee, O lord the king, that if this city be built again, and the walls thereof set up anew, thou shalt from henceforth have no passage into Celosyria and Phenice.
2:25	Then the king wrote back again to Rathumus the storywriter, to Beeltethmus, to Semellius the scribe, and to the rest that were in commission, and dwellers in Samaria and Syria and Phenice, after this manner;
2:26	I have read the epistle which ye have sent unto me: therefore I commanded to make diligent search, and it hath been found that that city was from the beginning practising against kings;
2:27	And the men therein were given to rebellion and war: and that mighty kings and fierce were in Jerusalem, who reigned and exacted tributes in Celosyria and Phenice.
2:28	Now therefore I have commanded to hinder those men from building the city, and heed to be taken that there be no more done in it;
2:29	And that those wicked workers proceed no further to the annoyance of kings,
2:30	Then king Artexerxes his letters being read, Rathumus, and Semellius the scribe, and the rest that were in commission with them, removing in haste toward Jerusalem with a troop of horsemen and a multitude of people in battle array, began to hinder the builders; and the building of the temple in Jerusalem ceased until the second year of the reign of Darius king of the Persians.
3:1	Now when Darius reigned, he made a great feast unto all his subjects, and unto all his household, and unto all the princes of Media and Persia,
3:2	And to all the governors and captains and lieutenants that were under him, from India unto Ethiopia, of an hundred twenty and seven provinces.
3:3	And when they had eaten and drunken, and being satisfied were gone home, then Darius the king went into his bedchamber, and slept, and soon after awaked.
3:4	Then three young men, that were of the guard that kept the king’s body, spake one to another;
3:5	Let every one of us speak a sentence: he that shall overcome, and whose sentence shall seem wiser than the others, unto him shall the king Darius give great gifts, and great things in token of victory:
3:6	As, to be clothed in purple, to drink in gold, and to sleep upon gold, and a chariot with bridles of gold, and an headtire of fine linen, and a chain about his neck:
3:7	And he shall sit next to Darius because of his wisdom, and shall be called Darius his cousin.
3:8	And then every one wrote his sentence, sealed it, and laid it under king Darius his pillow;
3:9	And said that, when the king is risen, some will give him the writings; and of whose side the king and the three princes of Persia shall judge that his sentence is the wisest, to him shall the victory be given, as was appointed.
3:10	The first wrote, Wine is the strongest.
3:11	The second wrote, The king is strongest.
3:12	The third wrote, Women are strongest: but above all things Truth beareth away the victory.
3:13	Now when the king was risen up, they took their writings, and delivered them unto him, and so he read them:
3:14	And sending forth he called all the princes of Persia and Media, and the governors, and the captains, and the lieutenants, and the chief officers;
3:15	And sat him down in the royal seat of judgment; and the writings were read before them.
3:16	And he said, Call the young men, and they shall declare their own sentences. So they were called, and came in.
3:17	And he said unto them, Declare unto us your mind concerning the writings. Then began the first, who had spoken of the strength of wine;
3:18	And he said thus, O ye men, how exceeding strong is wine! it causeth all men to err that drink it:
3:19	It maketh the mind of the king and of the fatherless child to be all one; of the bondman and of the freeman, of the poor man and of the rich:
3:20	It turneth also every thought into jollity and mirth, so that a man remembereth neither sorrow nor debt:
3:21	And it maketh every heart rich, so that a man remembereth neither king nor governor; and it maketh to speak all things by talents:
3:22	And when they are in their cups, they forget their love both to friends and brethren, and a little after draw out swords:
3:23	But when they are from the wine, they remember not what they have done.
3:24	O ye men, is not wine the strongest, that enforceth to do thus? And when he had so spoken, he held his peace.
4:1	Then the second, that had spoken of the strength of the king, began to say,
4:2	O ye men, do not men excel in strength that bear rule over sea and land and all things in them?
4:3	But yet the king is more mighty: for he is lord of all these things, and hath dominion over them; and whatsoever he commandeth them they do.
4:4	If he bid them make war the one against the other, they do it: if he send them out against the enemies, they go, and break down mountains walls and towers.
4:5	They slay and are slain, and transgress not the king’s commandment: if they get the victory, they bring all to the king, as well the spoil, as all things else.
4:6	Likewise for those that are no soldiers, and have not to do with wars, but use husbundry, when they have reaped again that which they had sown, they bring it to the king, and compel one another to pay tribute unto the king.
4:7	And yet he is but one man: if he command to kill, they kill; if he command to spare, they spare;
4:8	If he command to smite, they smite; if he command to make desolate, they make desolate; if he command to build, they build;
4:9	If he command to cut down, they cut down; if he command to plant, they plant.
4:10	So all his people and his armies obey him: furthermore he lieth down, he eateth and drinketh, and taketh his rest:
4:11	And these keep watch round about him, neither may any one depart, and do his own business, neither disobey they him in any thing.
4:12	O ye men, how should not the king be mightiest, when in such sort he is obeyed? And he held his tongue.
4:13	Then the third, who had spoken of women, and of the truth, (this was Zorobabel) began to speak.
4:14	O ye men, it is not the great king, nor the multitude of men, neither is it wine, that excelleth; who is it then that ruleth them, or hath the lordship over them? are they not women?
4:15	Women have borne the king and all the people that bear rule by sea and land.
4:16	Even of them came they: and they nourished them up that planted the vineyards, from whence the wine cometh.
4:17	These also make garments for men; these bring glory unto men; and without women cannot men be.
4:18	Yea, and if men have gathered together gold and silver, or any other goodly thing, do they not love a woman which is comely in favour and beauty?
4:19	And letting all those things go, do they not gape, and even with open mouth fix their eyes fast on her; and have not all men more desire unto her than unto silver or gold, or any goodly thing whatsoever?
4:20	A man leaveth his own father that brought him up, and his own country, and cleaveth unto his wife.
4:21	He sticketh not to spend his life with his wife. and remembereth neither father, nor mother, nor country.
4:22	By this also ye must know that women have dominion over you: do ye not labour and toil, and give and bring all to the woman?
4:23	Yea, a man taketh his sword, and goeth his way to rob and to steal, to sail upon the sea and upon rivers;
4:24	And looketh upon a lion, and goeth in the darkness; and when he hath stolen, spoiled, and robbed, he bringeth it to his love.
4:25	Wherefore a man loveth his wife better than father or mother.
4:26	Yea, many there be that have run out of their wits for women, and become servants for their sakes.
4:27	Many also have perished, have erred, and sinned, for women.
4:28	And now do ye not believe me? is not the king great in his power? do not all regions fear to touch him?
4:29	Yet did I see him and Apame the king’s concubine, the daughter of the admirable Bartacus, sitting at the right hand of the king,
4:30	And taking the crown from the king’s head, and setting it upon her own head; she also struck the king with her left hand.
4:31	And yet for all this the king gaped and gazed upon her with open mouth: if she laughed upon him, he laughed also: but if she took any displeasure at him, the king was fain to flatter, that she might be reconciled to him again.
4:32	O ye men, how can it be but women should be strong, seeing they do thus?
4:33	Then the king and the princes looked one upon another: so he began to speak of the truth.
4:34	O ye men, are not women strong? great is the earth, high is the heaven, swift is the sun in his course, for he compasseth the heavens round about, and fetcheth his course again to his own place in one day.
4:35	Is he not great that maketh these things? therefore great is the truth, and stronger than all things.
4:36	All the earth crieth upon the truth, and the heaven blesseth it: all works shake and tremble at it, and with it is no unrighteous thing.
4:37	Wine is wicked, the king is wicked, women are wicked, all the children of men are wicked, and such are all their wicked works; and there is no truth in them; in their unrighteousness also they shall perish.
4:38	As for the truth, it endureth, and is always strong; it liveth and conquereth for evermore.
4:39	With her there is no accepting of persons or rewards; but she doeth the things that are just, and refraineth from all unjust and wicked things; and all men do well like of her works.
4:40	Neither in her judgment is any unrighteousness; and she is the strength, kingdom, power, and majesty, of all ages. Blessed be the God of truth.
4:41	And with that he held his peace. And all the people then shouted, and said, Great is Truth, and mighty above all things.
4:42	Then said the king unto him, Ask what thou wilt more than is appointed in the writing, and we will give it thee, because thou art found wisest; and thou shalt sit next me, and shalt be called my cousin.
4:43	Then said he unto the king, Remember thy vow, which thou hast vowed to build Jerusalem, in the day when thou camest to thy kingdom,
4:44	And to send away all the vessels that were taken away out of Jerusalem, which Cyrus set apart, when he vowed to destroy Babylon, and to send them again thither.
4:45	Thou also hast vowed to build up the temple, which the Edomites burned when Judea was made desolate by the Chaldees.
4:46	And now, O lord the king, this is that which I require, and which I desire of thee, and this is the princely liberality proceeding from thyself: I desire therefore that thou make good the vow, the performance whereof with thine own mouth thou hast vowed to the King of heaven.
4:47	Then Darius the king stood up, and kissed him, and wrote letters for him unto all the treasurers and lieutenants and captains and governors, that they should safely convey on their way both him, and all those that go up with him to build Jerusalem.
4:48	He wrote letters also unto the lieutenants that were in Celosyria and Phenice, and unto them in Libanus, that they should bring cedar wood from Libanus unto Jerusalem, and that they should build the city with him.
4:49	Moreover he wrote for all the Jews that went out of his realm up into Jewry, concerning their freedom, that no officer, no ruler, no lieutenant, nor treasurer, should forcibly enter into their doors;
4:50	And that all the country which they hold should be free without tribute; and that the Edomites should give over the villages of the Jews which then they held:
4:51	Yea, that there should be yearly given twenty talents to the building of the temple, until the time that it were built;
4:52	And other ten talents yearly, to maintain the burnt offerings upon the altar every day, as they had a commandment to offer seventeen:
4:53	And that all they that went from Babylon to build the city should have free liberty, as well they as their posterity, and all the priests that went away.
4:54	He wrote also concerning. the charges, and the priests’ vestments wherein they minister;
4:55	And likewise for the charges of the Levites, to be given them until the day that the house were finished, and Jerusalem builded up.
4:56	And he commanded to give to all that kept the city pensions and wages.
4:57	He sent away also all the vessels from Babylon, that Cyrus had set apart; and all that Cyrus had given in commandment, the same charged he also to be done, and sent unto Jerusalem.
4:58	Now when this young man was gone forth, he lifted up his face to heaven toward Jerusalem, and praised the King of heaven,
4:59	And said, From thee cometh victory, from thee cometh wisdom, and thine is the glory, and I am thy servant.
4:60	Blessed art thou, who hast given me wisdom: for to thee I give thanks, O Lord of our fathers.
4:61	And so he took the letters, and went out, and came unto Babylon, and told it all his brethren.
4:62	And they praised the God of their fathers, because he had given them freedom and liberty
4:63	To go up, and to build Jerusalem, and the temple which is called by his name: and they feasted with instruments of musick and gladness seven days.
5:1	After this were the principal men of the families chosen according to their tribes, to go up with their wives and sons and daughters, with their menservants and maidservants, and their cattle.
5:2	And Darius sent with them a thousand horsemen, till they had brought them back to Jerusalem safely, and with musical [instruments] tabrets and flutes.
5:3	And all their brethren played, and he made them go up together with them.
5:4	And these are the names of the men which went up, according to their families among their tribes, after their several heads.
5:5	The priests, the sons of Phinees the son of Aaron: Jesus the son of Josedec, the son of Saraias, and Joacim the son of Zorobabel, the son of Salathiel, of the house of David, out of the kindred of Phares, of the tribe of Judah;
5:6	Who spake wise sentences before Darius the king of Persia in the second year of his reign, in the month Nisan, which is the first month.
5:7	And these are they of Jewry that came up from the captivity, where they dwelt as strangers, whom Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon.
5:8	And they returned unto Jerusalem, and to the other parts of Jewry, every man to his own city, who came with Zorobabel, with Jesus, Nehemias, and Zacharias, and Reesaias, Enenius, Mardocheus. Beelsarus, Aspharasus, Reelius, Roimus, and Baana, their guides.
5:9	The number of them of the nation, and their governors, sons of Phoros, two thousand an hundred seventy and two; the sons of Saphat, four hundred seventy and two:
5:10	The sons of Ares, seven hundred fifty and six:
5:11	The sons of Phaath Moab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve:
5:12	The sons of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four: the sons of Zathul, nine hundred forty and five: the sons of Corbe, seven hundred and five: the sons of Bani, six hundred forty and eight:
5:13	The sons of Bebai, six hundred twenty and three: the sons of Sadas, three thousand two hundred twenty and two:
5:14	The sons of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and seven: the sons of Bagoi, two thousand sixty and six: the sons of Adin, four hundred fifty and four:
5:15	The sons of Aterezias, ninety and two: the sons of Ceilan and Azetas threescore and seven: the sons of Azuran, four hundred thirty and two:
5:16	The sons of Ananias, an hundred and one: the sons of Arom, thirty two: and the sons of Bassa, three hundred twenty and three: the sons of Azephurith, an hundred and two:
5:17	The sons of Meterus, three thousand and five: the sons of Bethlomon, an hundred twenty and three:
5:18	They of Netophah, fifty and five: they of Anathoth, an hundred fifty and eight: they of Bethsamos, forty and two:
5:19	They of Kiriathiarius, twenty and five: they of Caphira and Beroth, seven hundred forty and three: they of Pira, seven hundred:
5:20	They of Chadias and Ammidoi, four hundred twenty and two: they of Cirama and Gabdes, six hundred twenty and one:
5:21	They of Macalon, an hundred twenty and two: they of Betolius, fifty and two: the sons of Nephis, an hundred fifty and six:
5:22	The sons of Calamolalus and Onus, seven hundred twenty and five: the sons of Jerechus, two hundred forty and five:
5:23	The sons of Annas, three thousand three hundred and thirty.
5:24	The priests: the sons of Jeddu, the son of Jesus among the sons of Sanasib, nine hundred seventy and two: the sons of Meruth, a thousand fifty and two:
5:25	The sons of Phassaron, a thousand forty and seven: the sons of Carme, a thousand and seventeen.
5:26	The Levites: the sons of Jessue, and Cadmiel, and Banuas, and Sudias, seventy and four.
5:27	The holy singers: the sons of Asaph, an hundred twenty and eight.
5:28	The porters: the sons of Salum, the sons of Jatal, the sons of Talmon, the sons of Dacobi, the sons of Teta, the sons of Sami, in all an hundred thirty and nine.
5:29	The servants of the temple: the sons of Esau, the sons of Asipha, the sons of Tabaoth, the sons of Ceras, the sons of Sud, the sons of Phaleas, the sons of Labana, the sons of Graba,
5:30	The sons of Acua, the sons of Uta, the sons of Cetab, the sons of Agaba, the sons of Subai, the sons of Anan, the sons of Cathua, the sons of Geddur,
5:31	The sons of Airus, the sons of Daisan, the sons of Noeba, the sons of Chaseba, the sons of Gazera, the sons of Azia, the sons of Phinees, the sons of Azare, the sons of Bastai, the sons of Asana, the sons of Meani, the sons of Naphisi, the sons of Acub, the sons of Acipha, the sons of Assur, the sons of Pharacim, the sons of Basaloth,
5:32	The sons of Meeda, the sons of Coutha, the sons of Charea, the sons of Charcus, the sons of Aserer, the sons of Thomoi, the sons of Nasith, the sons of Atipha.
5:33	The sons of the servants of Solomon: the sons of Azaphion, the sons of Pharira, the sons of Jeeli, the sons of Lozon, the sons of Israel, the sons of Sapheth,
5:34	The sons of Hagia, the sons of Pharacareth, the sons of Sabi, the sons of Sarothie, the sons of Masias, the sons of Gar, the sons of Addus, the sons of Suba, the sons of Apherra, the sons of Barodis, the sons of Sabat, the sons of Allom.
5:35	All the ministers of the temple, and the sons of the servants of Solomon, were three hundred seventy and two.
5:36	These came up from Thermeleth and Thelersas, Charaathalar leading them, and Aalar;
5:37	Neither could they shew their families, nor their stock, how they were of Israel: the sons of Ladan, the son of Ban, the sons of Necodan, six hundred fifty and two.
5:38	And of the priests that usurped the office of the priesthood, and were not found: the sons of Obdia, the sons of Accoz, the sons of Addus, who married Augia one of the daughters of Barzelus, and was named after his name.
5:39	And when the description of the kindred of these men was sought in the register, and was not found, they were removed from executing the office of the priesthood:
5:40	For unto them said Nehemias and Atharias, that they should not be partakers of the holy things, till there arose up an high priest clothed with doctrine and truth.
5:41	So of Israel, from them of twelve years old and upward, they were all in number forty thousand, beside menservants and womenservants two thousand three hundred and sixty.
5:42	Their menservants and handmaids were seven thousand three hundred forty and seven: the singing men and singing women, two hundred forty and five:
5:43	Four hundred thirty and five camels, seven thousand thirty and six horses, two hundred forty and five mules, five thousand five hundred twenty and five beasts used to the yoke.
5:44	And certain of the chief of their families, when they came to the temple of God that is in Jerusalem, vowed to set up the house again in his own place according to their ability,
5:45	And to give into the holy treasury of the works a thousand pounds of gold, five thousand of silver, and an hundred priestly vestments.
5:46	And so dwelt the priests and the Levites and the people in Jerusalem, and in the country, the singers also and the porters; and all Israel in their villages.
5:47	But when the seventh month was at hand, and when the children of Israel were every man in his own place, they came all together with one consent into the open place of the first gate which is toward the east.
5:48	Then stood up Jesus the son of Josedec, and his brethren the priests and Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, and his brethren, and made ready the altar of the God of Israel,
5:49	To offer burnt sacrifices upon it, according as it is expressly commanded in the book of Moses the man of God.
5:50	And there were gathered unto them out of the other nations of the land, and they erected the altar upon his own place, because all the nations of the land were at enmity with them, and oppressed them; and they offered sacrifices according to the time, and burnt offerings to the Lord both morning and evening.
5:51	Also they held the feast of tabernacles, as it is commanded in the law, and offered sacrifices daily, as was meet:
5:52	And after that, the continual oblations, and the sacrifice of the sabbaths, and of the new moons, and of all holy feasts.
5:53	And all they that had made any vow to God began to offer sacrifices to God from the first day of the seventh month, although the temple of the Lord was not yet built.
5:54	And they gave unto the masons and carpenters money, meat, and drink, with cheerfulness.
5:55	Unto them of Zidon also and Tyre they gave carrs, that they should bring cedar trees from Libanus, which should be brought by floats to the haven of Joppa, according as it was commanded them by Cyrus king of the Persians.
5:56	And in the second year and second month after his coming to the temple of God at Jerusalem began Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, and Jesus the son of Josedec, and their brethren, and the priests, and the Levites, and all they that were come unto Jerusalem out of the captivity:
5:57	And they laid the foundation of the house of God in the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come to Jewry and Jerusalem.
5:58	And they appointed the Levites from twenty years old over the works of the Lord. Then stood up Jesus, and his sons and brethren, and Cadmiel his brother, and the sons of Madiabun, with the sons of Joda the son of Eliadun, with their sons and brethren, all Levites, with one accord setters forward of the business, labouring to advance the works in the house of God. So the workmen built the temple of the Lord.
5:59	And the priests stood arrayed in their vestments with musical instruments and trumpets; and the Levites the sons of Asaph had cymbals,
5:60	Singing songs of thanksgiving, and praising the Lord, according as David the king of Israel had ordained.
5:61	And they sung with loud voices songs to the praise of the Lord, because his mercy and glory is for ever in all Israel.
5:62	And all the people sounded trumpets, and shouted with a loud voice, singing songs of thanksgiving unto the Lord for the rearing up of the house of the Lord.
5:63	Also of the priests and Levites, and of the chief of their families, the ancients who had seen the former house came to the building of this with weeping and great crying.
5:64	But many with trumpets and joy shouted with loud voice,
5:65	Insomuch that the trumpets might not be heard for the weeping of the people: yet the multitude sounded marvellously, so that it was heard afar off.
5:66	Wherefore when the enemies of the tribe of Judah and Benjamin heard it, they came to know what that noise of trumpets should mean.
5:67	And they perceived that they that were of the captivity did build the temple unto the Lord God of Israel.
5:68	So they went to Zorobabel and Jesus, and to the chief of the families, and said unto them, We will build together with you.
5:69	For we likewise, as ye, do obey your Lord, and do sacrifice unto him from the days of Azbazareth the king of the Assyrians, who brought us hither.
5:70	Then Zorobabel and Jesus and the chief of the families of Israel said unto them, It is not for us and you to build together an house unto the Lord our God.
5:71	We ourselves alone will build unto the Lord of Israel, according as Cyrus the king of the Persians hath commanded us.
5:72	But the heathen of the land lying heavy upon the inhabitants of Judea, and holding them strait, hindered their building;
5:73	And by their secret plots, and popular persuasions and commotions, they hindered the finishing of the building all the time that king Cyrus lived: so they were hindered from building for the space of two years, until the reign of Darius.
6:1	Now in the second year of the reign of Darius Aggeus and Zacharias the son of Addo, the prophets, prophesied unto the Jews in Jewry and Jerusalem in the name of the Lord God of Israel, which was upon them.
6:2	Then stood up Zorobabel the son of Salatiel, and Jesus the son of Josedec, and began to build the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, the prophets of the Lord being with them, and helping them.
6:3	At the same time came unto them Sisinnes the governor of Syria and Phenice, with Sathrabuzanes and his companions, and said unto them,
6:4	By whose appointment do ye build this house and this roof, and perform all the other things? and who are the workmen that perform these things?
6:5	Nevertheless the elders of the Jews obtained favour, because the Lord had visited the captivity;
6:6	And they were not hindered from building, until such time as signification was given unto Darius concerning them, and an answer received.
6:7	The copy of the letters which Sisinnes, governor of Syria and Phenice, and Sathrabuzanes, with their companions, rulers in Syria and Phenice, wrote and sent unto Darius; To king Darius, greeting:
6:8	Let all things be known unto our lord the king, that being come into the country of Judea, and entered into the city of Jerusalem we found in the city of Jerusalem the ancients of the Jews that were of the captivity
6:9	Building an house unto the Lord, great and new, of hewn and costly stones, and the timber already laid upon the walls.
6:10	And those works are done with great speed, and the work goeth on prosperously in their hands, and with all glory and diligence is it made.
6:11	Then asked we these elders, saying, By whose commandment build ye this house, and lay the foundations of these works?
6:12	Therefore to the intent that we might give knowledge unto thee by writing, we demanded of them who were the chief doers, and we required of them the names in writing of their principal men.
6:13	So they gave us this answer, We are the servants of the Lord which made heaven and earth.
6:14	And as for this house, it was builded many years ago by a king of Israel great and strong, and was finished.
6:15	But when our fathers provoked God unto wrath, and sinned against the Lord of Israel which is in heaven, he gave them over into the power of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, of the Chaldees;
6:16	Who pulled down the house, and burned it, and carried away the people captives unto Babylon.
6:17	But in the first year that king Cyrus reigned over the country of Babylon Cyrus the king wrote to build up this house.
6:18	And the holy vessels of gold and of silver, that Nabuchodonosor had carried away out of the house at Jerusalem, and had set them in his own temple those Cyrus the king brought forth again out of the temple at Babylon, and they were delivered to Zorobabel and to Sanabassarus the ruler,
6:19	With commandment that he should carry away the same vessels, and put them in the temple at Jerusalem; and that the temple of the Lord should be built in his place.
6:20	Then the same Sanabassarus, being come hither, laid the foundations of the house of the Lord at Jerusalem; and from that time to this being still a building, it is not yet fully ended.
6:21	Now therefore, if it seem good unto the king, let search be made among the records of king Cyrus:
6:22	And if it be found that the building of the house of the Lord at Jerusalem hath been done with the consent of king Cyrus, and if our lord the king be so minded, let him signify unto us thereof.
6:23	Then commanded king Darius to seek among the records at Babylon: and so at Ecbatane the palace, which is in the country of Media, there was found a roll wherein these things were recorded.
6:24	In the first year of the reign of Cyrus king Cyrus commanded that the house of the Lord at Jerusalem should be built again, where they do sacrifice with continual fire:
6:25	Whose height shall be sixty cubits and the breadth sixty cubits, with three rows of hewn stones, and one row of new wood of that country; and the expences thereof to be given out of the house of king Cyrus:
6:26	And that the holy vessels of the house of the Lord, both of gold and silver, that Nabuchodonosor took out of the house at Jerusalem, and brought to Babylon, should be restored to the house at Jerusalem, and be set in the place where they were before.
6:27	And also he commanded that Sisinnes the governor of Syria and Phenice, and Sathrabuzanes, and their companions, and those which were appointed rulers in Syria and Phenice, should be careful not to meddle with the place, but suffer Zorobabel, the servant of the Lord, and governor of Judea, and the elders of the Jews, to build the house of the Lord in that place.
6:28	I have commanded also to have it built up whole again; and that they look diligently to help those that be of the captivity of the Jews, till the house of the Lord be finished:
6:29	And out of the tribute of Celosyria and Phenice a portion carefully to be given these men for the sacrifices of the Lord, that is, to Zorobabel the governor, for bullocks, and rams, and lambs;
6:30	And also corn, salt, wine, and oil, and that continually every year without further question, according as the priests that be in Jerusalem shall signify to be daily spent:
6:31	That offerings may be made to the most high God for the king and for his children, and that they may pray for their lives.
6:32	And he commanded that whosoever should transgress, yea, or make light of any thing afore spoken or written, out of his own house should a tree be taken, and he thereon be hanged, and all his goods seized for the king.
6:33	The Lord therefore, whose name is there called upon, utterly destroy every king and nation, that stretcheth out his hand to hinder or endamage that house of the Lord in Jerusalem.
6:34	I Darius the king have ordained that according unto these things it be done with diligence.
7:1	Then Sisinnes the governor of Celosyria and Phenice, and Sathrabuzanes, with their companions following the commandments of king Darius,
7:2	Did very carefully oversee the holy works, assisting the ancients of the Jews and governors of the temple.
7:3	And so the holy works prospered, when Aggeus and Zacharias the prophets prophesied.
7:4	And they finished these things by the commandment of the Lord God of Israel, and with the consent of Cyrus, Darius, and Artexerxes, kings of Persia.
7:5	And thus was the holy house finished in the three and twentieth day of the month Adar, in the sixth year of Darius king of the Persians
7:6	And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and others that were of the captivity, that were added unto them, did according to the things written in the book of Moses.
7:7	And to the dedication of the temple of the Lord they offered an hundred bullocks two hundred rams, four hundred lambs;
7:8	And twelve goats for the sin of all Israel, according to the number of the chief of the tribes of Israel.
7:9	The priests also and the Levites stood arrayed in their vestments, according to their kindreds, in the service of the Lord God of Israel, according to the book of Moses: and the porters at every gate.
7:10	And the children of Israel that were of the captivity held the passover the fourteenth day of the first month, after that the priests and the Levites were sanctified.
7:11	They that were of the captivity were not all sanctified together: but the Levites were all sanctified together.
7:12	And so they offered the passover for all them of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.
7:13	And the children of Israel that came out of the captivity did eat, even all they that had separated themselves from the abominations of the people of the land, and sought the Lord.
7:14	And they kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days, making merry before the Lord,
7:15	For that he had turned the counsel of the king of Assyria toward them, to strengthen their hands in the works of the Lord God of Israel.
8:1	And 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,
8:2	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 Abisum, the son of Phinees, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest.
8:3	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.
8:4	And the king did him honour: for he found grace in his sight in all his requests.
8:5	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,
8:6	In 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.
8:7	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.
8:8	Now 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;
8:9	King Artexerxes unto Esdras the priest and reader of the law of the Lord sendeth greeting:
8:10	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.
8:11	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;
8:12	That they may look unto the affairs of Judea and Jerusalem, agreeably to that which is in the law of the Lord;
8:13	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,
8:14	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;
8:15	To the end that they may offer sacrifices unto the Lord upon the altar of the Lord their God, which is in Jerusalem.
8:16	And whatsoever thou and thy brethren will do with the silver and gold, that do, according to the will of thy God.
8:17	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.
8:18	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.
8:19	And 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,
8:20	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.
8:21	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.
8:22	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.
8:23	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.
8:24	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.
8:25	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:
8:26	And hath honoured me in the sight of the king, and his counsellors, and all his friends and nobles.
8:27	Therefore was I encouraged by the help of the Lord my God, and gathered together men of Israel to go up with me.
8:28	And these are the chief according to their families and several dignities, that went up with me from Babylon in the reign of king Artexerxes:
8:29	Of the sons of Phinees, Gerson: of the sons of Ithamar, Gamael: of the sons of David, Lettus the son of Sechenias:
8:30	Of the sons of Pharez, Zacharias; and with him were counted an hundred and fifty men:
8:31	Of the sons of Pahath Moab, Eliaonias, the son of Zaraias, and with him two hundred men:
8:32	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:
8:33	Of the sons of Elam, Josias son of Gotholias, and with him seventy men:
8:34	Of the sons of Saphatias, Zaraias son of Michael, and with him threescore and ten men:
8:35	Of the sons of Joab, Abadias son of Jezelus, and with him two hundred and twelve men:
8:36	Of the sons of Banid, Assalimoth son of Josaphias, and with him an hundred and threescore men:
8:37	Of the sons of Babi, Zacharias son of Bebai, and with him twenty and eight men:
8:38	Of the sons of Astath, Johannes son of Acatan, and with him an hundred and ten men:
8:39	Of the sons of Adonikam the last, and these are the names of them, Eliphalet, Jewel, and Samaias, and with them seventy men:
8:40	Of the sons of Bago, Uthi the son of Istalcurus, and with him seventy men.
8:41	And these I gathered together to the river called Theras, where we pitched our tents three days: and then I surveyed them.
8:42	But when I had found there none of the priests and Levites,
8:43	Then sent I unto Eleazar, and Iduel, and Masman,
8:44	And Alnathan, and Mamaias, and Joribas, and Nathan, Eunatan, Zacharias, and Mosollamon, principal men and learned.
8:45	And I bade them that they should go unto Saddeus the captain, who was in the place of the treasury:
8:46	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.
8:47	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.
8:48	And Asebia, and Annus, and Osaias his brother, of the sons of Channuneus, and their sons, were twenty men.
8:49	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.
8:50	And 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:
8:51	For I was ashamed to ask the king footmen, and horsemen, and conduct for safeguard against our adversaries.
8:52	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.
8:53	And again we besought our Lord as touching these things, and found him favourable unto us.
8:54	Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Esebrias, and Assanias, and ten men of their brethren with them:
8:55	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.
8:56	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,
8:57	And twenty golden vessels, and twelve vessels of brass, even of fine brass, glittering like gold.
8:58	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.
8:59	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.
8:60	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.
8:61	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.
8:62	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 Marmoth the priest the son of Iri.
8:63	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.
8:64	And all the weight of them was written up the same hour.
8:65	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,
8:66	Threescore and twelve lambs, goats for a peace offering, twelve; all of them a sacrifice to the Lord.
8:67	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.
8:68	Now when these things were done, the rulers came unto me, and said,
8:69	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.
8:70	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.
8:71	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.
8:72	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.
8:73	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,
8:74	I said, O Lord, I am confounded and ashamed before thy face;
8:75	For our sins are multiplied above our heads, and our ignorances have reached up unto heaven.
8:76	For ever since the time of our fathers we have been and are in great sin, even unto this day.
8:77	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.
8:78	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;
8:79	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.
8:80	Yea, 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;
8:81	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.
8:82	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,
8:83	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.
8:84	Therefore now shall ye not join your daughters unto their sons, neither shall ye take their daughters unto your sons.
8:85	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.
8:86	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,
8:87	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.
8:88	Mightest not thou be angry with us to destroy us, till thou hadst left us neither root, seed, nor name?
8:89	O Lord of Israel, thou art true: for we are left a root this day.
8:90	Behold, now are we before thee in our iniquities, for we cannot stand any longer by reason of these things before thee.
8:91	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.
8:92	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.
8:93	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,
8:94	Like as thou hast decreed, and as many as do obey the law of the Lord.
8:95	Arise and put in execution: for to thee doth this matter appertain, and we will be with thee: do valiantly.
8:96	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.
9:1	Then Esdras rising from the court of the temple went to the chamber of Joanan the son of Eliasib,
9:2	And remained there, and did eat no meat nor drink water, mourning for the great iniquities of the multitude.
9:3	And there was a proclamation in all Jewry and Jerusalem to all them that were of the captivity, that they should be gathered together at Jerusalem:
9:4	And that whosoever met not there within two or three days according as the elders that bare rule appointed, their cattle should be seized to the use of the temple, and himself cast out from them that were of the captivity.
9:5	And in three days were all they of the tribe of Judah and Benjamin gathered together at Jerusalem the twentieth day of the ninth month.
9:6	And all the multitude sat trembling in the broad court of the temple because of the present foul weather.
9:7	So Esdras arose up, and said unto them, Ye have transgressed the law in marrying strange wives, thereby to increase the sins of Israel.
9:8	And now by confessing give glory unto the Lord God of our fathers,
9:9	And do his will, and separate yourselves from the heathen of the land, and from the strange women.
9:10	Then cried the whole multitude, and said with a loud voice, Like as thou hast spoken, so will we do.
9:11	But forasmuch as the people are many, and it is foul weather, so that we cannot stand without, and this is not a work of a day or two, seeing our sin in these things is spread far:
9:12	Therefore let the rulers of the multitude stay, and let all them of our habitations that have strange wives come at the time appointed,
9:13	And with them the rulers and judges of every place, till we turn away the wrath of the Lord from us for this matter.
9:14	Then Jonathan the son of Azael and Ezechias the son of Theocanus accordingly took this matter upon them: and Mosollam and Levis and Sabbatheus helped them.
9:15	And they that were of the captivity did according to all these things.
9:16	And Esdras the priest chose unto him the principal men of their families, all by name: and in the first day of the tenth month they sat together to examine the matter.
9:17	So their cause that held strange wives was brought to an end in the first day of the first month.
9:18	And of the priests that were come together, and had strange wives, there were found:
9:19	Of the sons of Jesus the son of Josedec, and his brethren; Matthelas and Eleazar, and Joribus and Joadanus.
9:20	And they gave their hands to put away their wives and to offer rams to make reconcilement for their errors.
9:21	And of the sons of Emmer; Ananias, and Zabdeus, and Eanes, and Sameius, and Hiereel, and Azarias.
9:22	And of the sons of Phaisur; Elionas, Massias Israel, and Nathanael, and Ocidelus and Talsas.
9:23	And of the Levites; Jozabad, and Semis, and Colius, who was called Calitas, and Patheus, and Judas, and Jonas.
9:24	Of the holy singers; Eleazurus, Bacchurus.
9:25	Of the porters; Sallumus, and Tolbanes.
9:26	Of them of Israel, of the sons of Phoros; Hiermas, and Eddias, and Melchias, and Maelus, and Eleazar, and Asibias, and Baanias.
9:27	Of the sons of Ela; Matthanias, Zacharias, and Hierielus, and Hieremoth, and Aedias.
9:28	And of the sons of Zamoth; Eliadas, Elisimus, Othonias, Jarimoth, and Sabatus, and Sardeus.
9:29	Of the sons of Babai; Johannes, and Ananias and Josabad, and Amatheis.
9:30	Of the sons of Mani; Olamus, Mamuchus, Jedeus, Jasubus, Jasael, and Hieremoth.
9:31	And of the sons of Addi; Naathus, and Moosias, Lacunus, and Naidus, and Mathanias, and Sesthel, Balnuus, and Manasseas.
9:32	And of the sons of Annas; Elionas and Aseas, and Melchias, and Sabbeus, and Simon Chosameus.
9:33	And of the sons of Asom; Altaneus, and Matthias, and Baanaia, Eliphalet, and Manasses, and Semei.
9:34	And of the sons of Maani; Jeremias, Momdis, Omaerus, Juel, Mabdai, and Pelias, and Anos, Carabasion, and Enasibus, and Mamnitanaimus, Eliasis, Bannus, Eliali, Samis, Selemias, Nathanias: and of the sons of Ozora; Sesis, Esril, Azaelus, Samatus, Zambis, Josephus.
9:35	And of the sons of Ethma; Mazitias, Zabadaias, Edes, Juel, Banaias.
9:36	All these had taken strange wives, and they put them away with their children.
9:37	And the priests and Levites, and they that were of Israel, dwelt in Jerusalem, and in the country, in the first day of the seventh month: so the children of Israel were in their habitations.
9:38	And the whole multitude came together with one accord into the broad place of the holy porch toward the east:
9:39	And they spake unto Esdras the priest and reader, that he would bring the law of Moses, that was given of the Lord God of Israel.
9:40	So Esdras the chief priest brought the law unto the whole multitude from man to woman, and to all the priests, to hear law in the first day of the seventh month.
9:41	And he read in the broad court before the holy porch from morning unto midday, before both men and women; and the multitude gave heed unto the law.
9:42	And Esdras the priest and reader of the law stood up upon a pulpit of wood, which was made for that purpose.
9:43	And there stood up by him Mattathias, Sammus, Ananias, Azarias, Urias, Ezecias, Balasamus, upon the right hand:
9:44	And upon his left hand stood Phaldaius, Misael, Melchias, Lothasubus, and Nabarias.
9:45	Then took Esdras the book of the law before the multitude: for he sat honourably in the first place in the sight of them all.
9:46	And when he opened the law, they stood all straight up. So Esdras blessed the Lord God most High, the God of hosts, Almighty.
9:47	And all the people answered, Amen; and lifting up their hands they fell to the ground, and worshipped the Lord.
9:48	Also Jesus, Anus, Sarabias, Adinus, Jacubus, Sabateas, Auteas, Maianeas, and Calitas, Asrias, and Joazabdus, and Ananias, Biatas, the Levites, taught the law of the Lord, making them withal to understand it.
9:49	Then spake Attharates unto Esdras the chief priest. and reader, and to the Levites that taught the multitude, even to all, saying,
9:50	This day is holy unto the Lord; (for they all wept when they heard the law:)
9:51	Go then, and eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send part to them that have nothing;
9:52	For this day is holy unto the Lord: and be not sorrowful; for the Lord will bring you to honour.
9:53	So the Levites published all things to the people, saying, This day is holy to the Lord; be not sorrowful.
9:54	Then went they their way, every one to eat and drink, and make merry, and to give part to them that had nothing, and to make great cheer;
9:55	Because they understood the words wherein they were instructed, and for the which they had been assembled.

== Septuagint (Greek) (LXX)
Greek Septuagint as printed by Brenton (1851), public domain. Text from eBible.org

1:1	ΚΑΙ ἤγαγεν Ἰωσίας τὸ πάσχα ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ τῷ Κυρίῳ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔθυσε τὸ πάσχα τῇ τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτῃ ἡμέρᾳ τοῦ μηνὸς τοῦ πρώτου·
1:2	στήσας τοὺς ἱερεῖς κατʼ ἐφημερίας ἐστολισμένους ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ τοῦ Κυρίου.
1:3	Καὶ εἶπε τοῖς Λευίταις ἱεροδούλοις τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ, ἁγιάσαι ἑαυτοὺς τῷ Κυρίῳ ἐν τῇ θέσει τῆς ἁγίας κιβωτοῦ τοῦ Κυρίου ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ ᾧ ᾠκοδόμησε Σαλωμὼν ὁ τοῦ Δαυὶδ ὁ βασιλεύς·
1:4	οὐκ ἔσται ὑμῖν ἆραι ἐπʼ ὤμων αὐτήν· καὶ νῦν λατρεύετε τῷ Κυρίῳ Θεῷ ὑμῶν, καὶ θεραπεύετε τὸ ἔθνος αὐτοῦ Ἰσραήλ, καὶ ἑτοιμάσατε κατὰ τὰς πατριὰς καὶ τὰς φυλὰς ὑμῶν,
1:5	κατὰ τὴν γραφὴν Δαυὶδ βασιλέως Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ κατὰ τὴν μεγαλειότητα Σαλωμὼν τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ· καὶ στάντες ἐν τῷ ἁγίῳ κατὰ τὴν μεριδαρχίαν τὴν πατρικὴν ὑμῶν τῶν Λευιτῶν, τῶν ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ἀδελφῶν ὑμῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ,
1:6	ἐν τάξει θύσατε τὸ πάσχα, καὶ τὰς θυσίας ἑτοιμάσατε τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς ὑμῶν, καὶ ποιήσατε τὸ πάσχα κατὰ τὸ πρόσταγμα τοῦ Κυρίου τὸ δοθὲν τῷ Μωυσῇ.
1:7	Καὶ ἐδωρήσατο Ἰωσίας τῷ λαῷ τῷ εὑρεθέντι ἀρνῶν καὶ ἐρίφων τριάκοντα χιλιάδας, μόσχους τρισχιλίους· ταῦτα ἐκ τῶν βασιλικῶν ἐδόθη κατʼ ἐπαγγελίαν τῷ λαῷ, καὶ τοῖς ἱερεῦσι, καὶ Λευίταις.
1:8	Καὶ ἔδωκε Χελκίας, καὶ Ζαχαρίας, καὶ Συῆλος οἱ ἐπιστάται τοῦ ἱεροῦ τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν εἰς πάσχα πρόβατα δισχίλια ἑξακόσια, μόσχους τριακοσίους.
1:9	Καὶ Ἰεχονὶας, καὶ Σαμαίας, καὶ Ναθαναὴλ ὁ ἀδελφὸς, καὶ Ἀσαβίας, καὶ Ὀχίηλος, καὶ Ἰωρὰμ χιλίαρχοι ἔδωκαν τοῖς Λευίταις εἰς πάσχα πρόβατα πεντακισχίλια, μόσχους ἑπτακοσίους.
1:10	Καὶ ταῦτα τὰ γενόμενα, εὐπρεπῶς ἔστησαν οἱ ἱερεῖς καὶ οἱ Λευῖται,
1:11	ἔχοντες τὰ ἄζυμα κατὰ τὰς φυλὰς καὶ κατὰ τὰς μεριδαρχίας τῶν πατέρων ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ λαοῦ, προσενεγκεῖν τῷ Κυρίῳ κατὰ τὰ γεγραμμένα ἐν βιβλίῳ Μωυσῆ· καὶ οὕτως τὸ πρωϊνόν.
1:12	Καὶ ὤπτησαν τὸ πάσχα πυρὶ ὡς καθήκει, καὶ τὰς θυσίας ἥψησαν ἐν τοῖς χαλκείοις καὶ λέβησι μετʼ εὐωδίας, καὶ ἀπήνεγκαν πᾶσι τοῖς ἐκ τοῦ λαοῦ·
1:13	μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα ἡτοίμασαν ἑαυτοῖς τε καὶ τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν ἀδελφοῖς αὐτῶν υἱοῖς Ἀαρών·
1:14	οἱ γὰρ ἱερεῖς ἀνέφερον τὰ στέατα ἕως ἀωρίας· καὶ οἱ Λευῖται ἡτοίμασαν ἑαυτοῖς καὶ τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν ἀδελφοῖς αὐτῶν υἱοῖς Ἀαρών.
1:15	Καὶ οἱ ἱεροψάλται υἱοὶ Ἀσὰφ ἦσαν ἐπὶ τῆς τάξεως αὐτῶν, κατὰ τὰ ὑπὸ Δαυὶδ τεταγμένα, καὶ Ἀσὰφ, καὶ Ζαχαρίας, καὶ Ἐδδινοῦς ὁ παρὰ τοῦ βασιλέως.
1:16	Καὶ οἱ θυρωροὶ ἐφʼ ἑκάστου πυλῶνος· οὐκ ἔστι παραβῆναι ἕκαστον τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ἐφημερίαν· οἱ γὰρ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτῶν οἱ Λευῖται ἡτοίμασαν αὐτοῖς,
1:17	καὶ συνετελέσθη τὰ τῆς θυσίας τοῦ Κυρίου ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἀχθῆναι τὸ πάσχα,
1:18	καὶ προσαχθῆναι τὰς θυσίας ἐπὶ τὸ τοῦ Κυρίου θυσιαστήριον, κατὰ τὴν ἐπιταγὴν τοῦ βασιλέως Ἰωσίου.
1:19	Καὶ ἠγάγοσαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ οἱ εὑρεθέντες ἐν τῷ καιρῷ τούτῳ τὸ πάσχα καὶ τὴν ἑορτὴν τῶν ἀζύμων ἡμέρας ἑπτά.
1:20	Καὶ οὐκ ἤχθη τὸ πάσχα τοιοῦτον ἐν τῷ Ἰσραὴλ ἀπὸ τῶν χρόνων Σαμουὴλ τοῦ προφήτου.
1:21	Καὶ πάντες οἱ βασιλεῖς τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ οὐκ ἠγάγοσαν πάσχα τοιοῦτον, οἷον ἤγαγεν Ἰωσίας, καὶ οἱ ἱερεῖς, καὶ οἱ Λευῖται, καὶ οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι, καὶ πᾶς Ἰσραὴλ ὁ εὑρεθεὶς ἐν τῇ κατοικήσει αὐτῶν ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ.
1:22	Ὀκτωκαιδεκάτῳ ἔτει βασιλεύοντος Ἰωσίου ἤχθη τὸ πάσχα τοῦτο.
1:23	Καὶ ὠρθώθη τὰ ἔργα Ἰωσίου ἐνώπιον τοῦ Κυρίου αὐτοῦ ἐν καρδίᾳ πλήρει εὐσεβείας.
1:24	Καὶ τὰ κατʼ αὐτὸν δὲ ἀναγέγραπται ἐν τοῖς ἔμπροσθεν χρόνοις, περὶ τῶν ἡμαρτηκότων καὶ ἠσεβηκότων εἰς τὸν Κύριον παρὰ πᾶν ἔθνος καὶ βασιλείαν, καὶ ἃ ἐλύπησαν αὐτὸν, ἔστι, καὶ οἱ λόγοι τοῦ Κυρίου ἀνέστησαν ἐπὶ Ἰσραήλ.
1:25	Καὶ μετὰ πᾶσαν τὴν πρᾶξιν ταύτην Ἰωσίου, συνέβη Φαραὼ βασιλέα Αἰγύπτου ἐλθόντα πόλεμον ἐγεῖραι ἐν Χαρκαμὺς ἐπὶ τοῦ Εὐφράτου· καὶ ἐξῆλθεν εἰς ἀπάντησιν αὐτῷ Ἰωσίας.
1:26	Καὶ διεπέμψατο πρὸς αὐτὸν βασιλεὺς Αἰγύπτου, λέγων, τί ἐμοὶ καὶ σοί ἐστι, βασιλεῦ τῆς Ἰουδαίας;
1:27	Οὐχί πρὸς σὲ ἐξαπέσταλμαι ὑπὸ Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ· ἐπὶ γὰρ τοῦ Εὐφράτου ὁ πόλεμός μου ἐστί· καὶ νῦν Κύριος μετʼ ἑμοῦ ἐστι, καὶ Κύριος μετʼ ἐνοῦ ἑπισπεύδων ἐστίν· ἀπόστηθι, καὶ μὴ ἐναντιοῦ τῷ Κυρίῳ.
1:28	Καὶ οὐκ ἀπέστρεψεν ἑαυτὸν Ἰωσίας ἐπὶ τὸ ἅρμα αὐτοῦ, ἀλλὰ πολεμεῖν αὐτὸν ἐπεχείρει, οὐ προσέχων ῥήμασιν Ἰερεμίου προφήτου ἐκ στόματος Κυρίου.
1:29	Ἀλλὰ συνεστήσατο πρὸς αὐτὸν πόλεμον ἐν τῷ πεδίῳ Μαγεδδώ· καὶ κατέβησαν οἱ ἄρχοντες πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα Ἰωσίαν.
1:30	Καὶ εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεὺς τοῖς παισὶν ἑαυτοῦ, ἀποστήσατέ με ἀπὸ τῆς μάχης, ἠσθένησα γὰρ λίαν· καὶ εὐθέως ἀπέστησαν αὐτὸν οἱ παῖδες αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τῆς παρατάξεως.
1:31	Καὶ ἀνέβη ἐπὶ τὸ ἅρμα τὸ δευτέριον αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀποκατασταθεὶς, εἰς Ἰερουσαλὴμ, μετήλλαξε τὸν βίον αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐτάφη ἐν τῷ πατρικῷ τάφῳ.
1:32	Καὶ ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ ἐπένθησαν τὸν Ἰωσίαν, καὶ ἐθρήνησεν Ἱερεμίας ὁ προφήτης ὑπὲρ Ἰωσίον, ὑαι οἱ προκαθήμενοι σὺν γυναιξὶν ἐθρηνοῦσαν αὐτὸν ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης· καὶ ἐξεδόθη τοῦτο γίνεσθαι ἀεὶ εἰς ἅπαν τὸ γένος Ἰσραήλ.
1:33	Ταῦτα δὲ ἀναγέγραπται ἐν τῇ βίβλῳ τῶν ἱστορουμένων περὶ τῶν βασιλέων τῆς Ἰουδαίας, καὶ τὸ καθʼ ἓν πραχθὲν τῆς πράξεως Ἰωσίου, καὶ τῆς δόξης αὐτοῦ, καὶ τῆς συνέσεως αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ νόμῳ Κυρίου· τά τε προπραχθέντα ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰ νῦν, ἱστόρηται ἐν τῷ βιβλίῳ τῶν βασιλέων Ἰσραὴλ καὶ Ἰούδα.
1:34	Καὶ ἀναλαβόντες οἱ ἐκ τοῦ ἔθνους τὸν Ἰεχονίαν υἱὸν Ἰωσίου, ἀνέδειξαν βασιλέα ἀντὶ Ἰωσείου τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ, ὄντα ἐτῶν εἴκοσι τριῶν.
1:35	Καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν ἐν Ἰσραὴλ καὶ Ἱερουσαλὴμ μῆνας τρεῖς· καὶ ἀπέστησεν αὐτὸν βασιλεὺς Αἰγύπτου τοῦ μὴ βασιλεύειν ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ,
1:36	καὶ ἐζημίωσε τὸ ἔθνος ἀργυρίου ταλάντοις ἑκατὸν καὶ χρυσίου ταλάντῳ ἑνί.
1:37	Καὶ ἀνέδειξε βασιλεὺς Αἰγύπτου βασιλέα Ἰωακὶμ τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ βασιλέα τῆς Ἰουδαίας καὶ Ἱερουσαλήμ.
1:38	Καὶ ἔδησεν Ἰωακὶμ τοὺς μεγιστᾶνας, Ζαράκην δὲ τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ συλλαβὼν ἀνήγαγεν ἐξ Αἰγύπτου.
1:39	Ἐτῶν δὲ ἦν εἰκοσιπέντε Ἰωακὶμ ὅτε ἐβασίλευσε τῆς Ἰουδαίας καὶ Ἱερουσαλήμ· καὶ ἐποίησε τὸ πονηρὸν ἐνώπιον Κυρίου.
1:40	Μετʼ αὐτὸν δὲ ἀνέβη Ναβουχοδονόσορ ὁ βασιλεὺς Βαβυλῶνος, καὶ ἔδησεν αὐτὸν ἐν χαλκείῳ δεσμῷ, καὶ ἀπήγαγεν εἰς Βαβυλῶνα.
1:41	Καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἱερῶν σκευῶν τοῦ Κυρίου λαβὼν Ναβουχοδονόσορ καὶ ἀπενέγκας, ἀπηρείσατο ἐν τῷ ναῷ αὐτοῦ ἐν Βαβυλῶνι.
1:42	Τὰ δὲ ἱστορηθέντα περὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ τῆς ἀκαθαρσίας αὐτοῦ καὶ δυσσεβείας, ἀναγέγραπται ἐν τῇ βιβλῳ τῶν χρόνων τῶν βασιλέων.
1:43	Καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν ἀντʼ αὐτοῦ Ἰωακὶμ ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ· ὅτε γὰρ ἀνεδείχθη, ἦν ἐτῶν ὀκτώ.
1:44	Βασιλεύει δὲ μῆνας τρεῖς καὶ ἡμέρας δέκα ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ, καὶ ἐποίησε τὸ πονηρὸν ἔναντι Κυρίου.
1:45	Καὶ μετʼ ἐνιαυτὸν ἀποστείλας Ναβουχοδονόσορ μετήγαγεν αὐτὸν εἰς Βαβυλῶνα, ἅμα τοῖς ἱεροῖς σκεύεσι τοῦ Κυρίου,
1:46	καὶ ἀνέδειξε Σεδεκίαν βασιλέα τῆς Ἰουδαίας καὶ Ἱερουσαλὴμ, ὄντα ἐτῶν εἴκοσι ἑνός· βασιλεύει δὲ ἔτη ἕνδεκα,
1:47	καὶ ἐποίησε τὸ πονηρὸν ἐνώπιον Κυρίου, καὶ οὐκ ἐνετράπη ἀπὸ τῶν ῥηθέντων λόγων ὑπὸ Ἱερεμίου τοῦ προφήτου ἐκ στόματος τοῦ Κυρίου.
1:48	Καὶ ὁρκισθεὶς ἀπὸ τοῦ βασιλέως Ναβουχοδονόσορ τῷ ὀνόματι Κυρίου, ἐπιορκήσας ἀπέστη· καὶ σκληρύνας αὐτοῦ τὸν τράχηλον καὶ τὴν καρδίαν αὐτοῦ, παρέβη τὰ νόμιμα Κυρίου Θεοῦ Ἰσραήλ.
1:49	Καὶ οἱ ἡγούμενοι δὲ τοῦ λαοῦ καὶ τῶν ἱερέων πολλὰ ἠσέβησαν καὶ ὑπὲρ πάσας τὰς ἀκαθαρσίας πάντων τῶν ἐθνῶν, καὶ ἐμίαναν τὸ ἱερὸν τοῦ Κυρίον τὸ ἁγιαζόμενον ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ.
1:50	Καὶ ἀπέστειλεν ὁ Θεὸζ τῶν πατέρων αὐτῶν διὰ τοῦ ἀγγέλου αὐτοῦ μετακαλέσαι αὐτοὺς, καθότι ἐφείδετο αὐτῶν καὶ τοῦ σκηνώματος αὐτοῦ.
1:51	Αὐτοὶ δὲ ἐμυκτήρισαν ἐν τοῖς ἀγγέλοις αὐτοῦ·
1:52	καὶ ᾗ ἡμέρᾳ ἐλάλησε Κύριος, ἦσαν ἐκπαίζοντες τοὺς προφήτας αὐτοῦ, ἕως οὗ θυμῶντα αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τῷ ἔθνει αὐτοῦ διὰ τὰ δυσσεβήματα, προστάξαι ἀναβιβάσαι ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς τοὺς βασιλεῖς τῶν Χαλδαίων.
1:53	Οὗτοι ἀπέκτειναν τοὺς νεανίσκους αὐτῶν ἐν ῥομφαία, περικύκλῳ τοῦ ἁγίου αὐτῶν ἱεροῦ· καὶ οὐκ ἐφείσαντο νεανίσκου καὶ παρθένου, καὶ πρεσβύτου καὶ νεωτέρου, ἀλλὰ πάντας παρέδωκαν εἰς τὰς χεῖρας αὐτῶν.
1:54	Καὶ πάντα τὰ ἱερὰ σκεύη τοῦ Κυρίου τὰ μεγάλα καὶ τὰ μικρά, καὶ τὰς κιβωτοὺς τοῦ Κυρίου, καὶ τὰς βασιλικὰς ἀποθήκας ἀναλαβόντες ἀπήνεγκαν εἰς Βαβυλῶνα.
1:55	Καὶ ἐνεπύρισαν τὸν οἶκον τοῦ Κυρίου, καὶ ἔλυσαν τὰ τείχη Ἱερουσαλὴμ, καὶ τοὺς πύργους αὐτῆς ἐνεπύρισαν ἐν πυρί,
1:56	καὶ συνετέλεσαν πάντα τὰ ἔνδοξα αὐτῆς ἀχρειῶσαι, καὶ τοὺς ἐπιλοίπους ἀπήγαγε μετὰ ῥομφαίας εἰς Βαβυλῶνα.
1:57	Καὶ ἦσαν παῖδες αὐτῷ καὶ τοῖς υἱοῖς αὐτοῦ, μέχρις οὗ βασιλεῦσαι Πέρσας, εἰς ἀναπλήρωσιν ῥήματος τοῦ Κυρίου ἐν στόματι Ἱερεμίου·
1:58	ἕως τοῦ εὐδοκῆσαι τὴν γῆν τὰ σάββατα αὐτῆς, πάντα τὸν χρόνον τῆς ἐρημώσεως αὐτῆς, σαββατιεῖ εἰς συμπλήρωσιν ἐτῶν ἑβδομήκοντα.
2:1	Βασιλεύοντος Κύρου Περσῶν ἔτους πρώτου, εἰς συντέλειαν ῥήματος Κυρίου ἐν στόματι Ἱερεμίου,
2:2	ἤγειρε Κύριος τὸ πνεῦμα Κύρου βασιλέως Περσῶν, καὶ ἐκήρυξεν ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ βασιλείᾳ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἅμα διὰ γραπτῶν, λέγων,
2:3	τάδε λέγει ὁ βασιλεὺς Περσῶν Κῦρος, ἐμὲ ἀνέδειξε βασιλέα τῆς οἰκουμένης ὁ Κύριος τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ, Κύριος ὁ ὕψιστος.
2:4	Καὶ ἐσήμῃνέ μοι οἰκοδομῆσαι αὐτῷ οἶκον ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ, τῇ ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ.
2:5	Εἴ τις ἐστὶν οὖν ὑμῶν ἐκ τοῦ ἔθνους αὐτοῦ, ἔστω ὁ Κύριος αὐτοῦ μετʼ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀναβὰς εἰς τὴν Ἱερουσαλὴμ τὴν ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ, οἰκοδομείτω τὸν οἶκον τοῦ Κυρίου τοῦ Ἰσραήλ· οὗ ὁ Κύριος, ὁ κατασκηνώσας ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ.
2:6	Ὅσοι οὖν κατὰ τοὺς τόπους οἰκοῦσι, βοηθείτωσαν αὐτῷ οἱ ἐν τῷ τόπῳ αὐτοῦ, ἐν χρυσίῳ καὶ ἐν ἀργυρίῳ, ἐν δὀσεσι,
2:7	μεθʼ ἵππων καὶ κτηνῶν, σὺν τοῖς ἄλλοις τοῖς κατʼ εὐχὰς προστεθειμένοις εἰς τὸ ἱερὸν τοῦ Κυρίου τὸ ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ.
2:8	Καὶ καταστήσαντες οἱ ἀρχίφυλοι τῶν πατριῶν τῆς Ἰούδα καὶ Βενιαμὶν φυλῆς, καὶ οἱ ἱερεῖς καὶ οἱ Λευῖται, καὶ πάντων ὧν ἤγειρε Κύριος τό πνεῦμα, ἀναβῆναι οἰκοδομῆσαι οἶκον τῷ Κυρίῳ τὸν ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ·
2:9	καὶ οἱ περικύκλῳ αὐτῶν ἐβοήθησαν ἐν πᾶσιν, ἐν ἀργυρίῳ καὶ χρυσίῳ, ἵπποις, κτήνεσι, καὶ εὐχαῖς ὡς πλείσταις πολλῶν, ὧν ὁ νοῦς ἠγέρθη.
2:10	Καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺς Κύρος ἐξήνεγκε τὰ ἱερὰ σκεύη τοῦ Κυρίου, ἃ μετήνεγκε Ναβουχοδονόσορ ἐξ Ἱερουσαλὴμ, καὶ ἀπηρείσατο αὐτὰ ἐν τῷ εἰδωλείῳ αὐτοῦ.
2:11	Ἐξενέγκας δὲ αὐτὰ Κύρος ὁ βασιλεὺς Περσῶν παρέδωκεν αὐτὰ Μιθρδάτῃ τῷ ἑαυτοῦ γαζοφύλακι·
2:12	Διὰ δὲ τούτου παρεδόθησαν Σαμανασσάρῳ προστάτῃ τῆς Ἰουδαίας.
2:13	Ὁ δὲ τούτων ἀριθμὸς ἦν, σπονδεῖα χρυσᾶ χίλια, σπονδεῖα ἀργυρᾶ χίλια, θυΐσκαι ἀργυραῖ εἰκοσιεννέα, φιάλαι χρυσαῖ τριάκοντα, ἀργυραῖ διοχίλιαι τετρακόσιαι δέκα, καὶ ἄλλα σκεύη χίλια.
2:14	Τὰ δὲ πάντα σκεύη ἐκομίσθη, χρυσᾶ καὶ ἀργυρᾶ, πεντακισχίλια τετρακόσια ἑξηκονταεννέα.
2:15	Ἀνηνέχθη δὲ ὑπὸ Σαμανασσάρον ἅμα τοῖς ἐκ τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας ἐκ Βαβυλῶνος εἰς Ἰερουσαλήμ.
2:16	Ἐν δὲ τοῖς ἐπὶ Ἀρταξέρξου τῶν Περσῶν βασιλέως χρόνοις κατέγραψαν αὐτῷ κατὰ τῶν κατοικούντων ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ καὶ Ἱερουσαλὴμ, Βήλεμος, καὶ Μιθραδάτης, καὶ Ταβέλλιος, καὶ Ῥάθυμος, καὶ Βεέλτεθμος, καὶ Σαμέλλιος ὁ γραμματεὺς, καὶ οἱ λοιποὶ οἱ τούτοις συντασσόμενοι, οἰκοῦντες δὲ ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις τόποις, τὴν ὑπογεγραμμένην ἐπιστολήν·
2:17	Βασιλεῖ Ἀρταξέρξῃ κυρίῳ οἱ παῖδές σου, Ῥάθυμος ὁ τὰ προσπίπτοντα, καὶ Σαμέλλιος ὁ γραμματεὺς, καὶ οἱ ἐπίλοιποι τῆς βουλῆς αὐτῶν, καὶ κριταὶ οἱ ἐν κοίλῃ Συρίᾳ καὶ Φοινίκῃ.
2:18	Καὶ νῦν γνωστὸν ἔστω τῷ κυρίῳ βασιλεῖ, ὅτι οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι ἀναβάντες παρʼ ὑμῶν πρὸς ἡμᾶς ἐλθόντες εἰς Ἱερουσαλήμ, τὴν πόλιν τήν ἀποστάτιν καὶ πονηρὰν, οἰκοδομοῦσι τάς τε ἀγορὰς αὐτῆς, καὶ τὰ τείχη θεραπεύουσι, καὶ ναὸν ὑποβάλλονται.
2:19	Ἐὰν οὖν ἡ πόλις αὕτη οἰκοδομηθῇ, καὶ τὰ τείχη συντελεσθῇ, φορολογίαν οὐ μὴ ὑπομείνωσι δοῦναι, ἀλλὰ καὶ βασιλεῦσιν ἀντιστήσονται.
2:20	Καὶ ἐπεὶ ἐνεργεῖται τὰ κατὰ τὸν ναὸν, καλῶς ἔχειν ὑπολαμβάνομεν μὴ ὑπεριδεῖν τὸ τοιοῦτο,
2:21	ἀλλὰ προσφωνῆσαι τῷ κυρίῳ βασιλεῖ, ὅπως ἂν φαίνηταί σοι, ἐπισκεφθῇ ἐν τοῖς ἀπὸ τῶν πατέρων σου βιβλίοις.
2:22	Καὶ εὑρήσεις ἐν τοῖς ὑπομνηματισμοῖς γεγραμμένα περὶ τούτων, καὶ γνώσῃ ὅτι ἡ πόλις ἐκείνη ἦν ἀποστάτις,
2:23	καὶ βασιλεῖς καὶ πόλεις ἐνοχλοῦσα, καὶ οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι ἀποστάται καὶ πολιορκίας συνιστάμενοι ἐν αὐτῇ ἔτι ἐξ αἰῶνος, διʼ ἣν αἰτίαν καὶ ἡ πόλις αὕτη ἠρημώθη.
2:24	Νῦν οὖν ὑποδεικνύομέν σοι, κύριε βασιλεῦ, ὅτι ἐὰν ἡ πόλις αὕτη οἰκοδομηθῇ, καὶ τὰ ταύτης τείχη ἀνασταθῇ, κάθοδος οὐκ ἔτι σοι ἔσται εἰς κοίλην Συρίαν καὶ Φοινίκην.
2:25	Τότε ἀντέγραψεν ὁ βασιλεὺς Ῥαθύμῳ τῷ γράφοντι τὰ προσπίπτοντα, καὶ Βεελτέθμῳ, καὶ Σαμελλίῳ γραμματεῖ, καὶ τοῖς λοιποῖς τοῖς συντασσομένοις καὶ οἰκοῦσιν ἐν τῇ Σαμαρείᾳ, καὶ Συρίᾳ, καὶ Φοινίκῃ, τὰ ὑπογεγραμμένα.
2:26	Ἀνέγνων τὴν ἐπιστολὴν ἣν πεπόμφατε πρὸς μέ· ἐπέταξα οὖν ἐπισκέψασθαι· καὶ εὑρέθη ὅτι ἡ πόλις ἐκείνη ἐστὶν ἐξ αἰῶνος βασιλεῦσιν ἀντιπαρατάσσουσα,
2:27	καὶ οἱ ἄνθρωποι ἀποστάσεις καὶ πολέμους ἐν αὐτῇ συντελοῦντες, καὶ βασιλεῖς ἰσχυροὶ καὶ σκληροὶ ἦσαν ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ κυριεύοντες καὶ φορολογοῦντες κοίλην Συρίαν καὶ Φοινίκην.
2:28	Νῦν οὖν ἐπέταξα ἀποκωλῦσαι τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ἐκείνους τοῦ οἰκοδομῆσαι τὴν πόλιν, καὶ προνοηθῆναι ὅπως μηδὲν παρὰ ταῦτα γένηται.
2:29	Καὶ μὴ προβῇ ἐπὶ πλεῖον τὰ τῆς κακίας εἰς τὸ βασιλεῖς ἐνοχλῆσαι.
2:30	Τότε ἀναγνωσθέντων τῶν παρὰ τοῦ βασιλέως Ἀρταξέρξου γραφέντων, Ῥάθυμος, καὶ Σαμέλλιος ὁ γραμματεὺς, καὶ οἱ τούτοις συντασσόμενοι, ἀναζεύξαντες εἰς Ἱερουσαλὴμ κατὰ σπουδὴν μεθʼ ἵππου καὶ ὄχλου παρατάξεως, ἤρξαντο κωλύειν τοὺς οἰκοδομοῦντας, καὶ ἤργει ἡ οἰκοδομὴ τοῦ ἱεροῦ τοῦ ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ μέχρι τοῦ δευτέρου ἔτους τῆς βασιλείας Δαρείου τοῦ Περσῶν βασιλέως.
3:1	Καὶ βασιλεὺς Δαρεῖος ἐποίησε δοχὴν μεγάλην πᾶσι τοῖς ὑπʼ αὐτὸν, καὶ πᾶσι τοῖς οἰκογενέσιν αὐτοῦ, καὶ πᾶσι τοῖς μεγιστᾶσι τῆς Μηδίας καὶ τῆς Περσίδος,
3:2	καὶ πᾶσι τοῖς σατράπαις καὶ στρατηγοῖς καὶ τοπάρχαις τοῖς ὑπʼ αὐτὸν, ἀπὸ τῆς Ἰνδικῆς μέχρις Αἰθιοπίας, ἐν ταῖς ἑκατὸν εἰκοσιεπτὰ σατραπείαις.
3:3	Καὶ ἐφάγοσαν καὶ ἐπίοσαν, καὶ ἐμπλησθέντες ἀνέλυσαν· ὁ δὲ Δαρεῖος ὁ βασιλεὺς ἀνέλυσεν εἰς τὸν κοιτῶνα ἑαυτοῦ, καὶ ἐκοιμήθη, καὶ ἔξυπνος ἐγένετο.
3:4	Τότε οἱ τρεῖς νεανίσκοι οἱ σωματοφύλακες οἱ φυλάσσοντες τὸ σῶμα τοῦ βασιλέως,
3:5	εἶπαν ἕτερος πρὸς τὸν ἕτερον, εἴπωμεν ἕκαστος ἡμῶν ἕνα λόγον, ὃς ὑπερισχύσει· καὶ οὗ ἐὰν φανῇ τὸ ῥῆμα αὐτοῦ σοφώτερον τοῦ ἑτέρου, δώσει αὐτῷ Δαρεῖος ὁ βασιλεὺς δωρεὰς μεγάλας, καὶ ἐπινίκια μεγάλα,
3:6	καὶ πορφύραν περιβαλέσθαι, καὶ ἐν χρυσώμασι πίνειν, καὶ ἐπὶ χρυσῷ καθεύδειν, καὶ ἅρμα χρυσοχάλινον, καὶ κίδαριν βυσσίνην, καὶ μανιάκην περὶ τὸν τράχηλον,
3:7	καὶ δεύτερος καθιεῖται Δαρείου διὰ τὴν σοφίαν αὐτοῦ, καὶ συγγενὴς Δαρείου κληθήσεται.
3:8	Καὶ τότε γράψαντες ἕκαστος τὸν ἑαυτοῦ λόγον, ἐσφαγίσαντο καὶ ἔθηκαν ὑπὸ τὸ προσκεφάλαιον Δαρείου τοῦ βασιλέως,
3:9	καὶ εἶπαν, ὅταν ἐγερθῇ ὁ βασιλεὺς, δώσουσιν αὐτῷ τὸ γράμμα, καὶ ὃν ἂν κρίνῃ ὁ βασιλεὺς καὶ οἱ τρεῖς μεγιστᾶνες τῆς Περσίδος, ὅτι οὗ ὁ λόγος αὐτοῦ σοφώτερος, αὐτῷ δοθήσεται τὸ νῖκος καθὼς γέγραπται.
3:10	Ὁ εἷς ἔγραψεν, ὑπερισχύει ὁ οἶνος.
3:11	Ὁ ἕτερος ἔγραψεν, ὑπερισχύει ὁ βασιλεύς.
3:12	Ὁ τρίτος ἔγραψεν, ὑπερισχύουσιν αἱ γυναῖκες, ὑπὲρ δὲ πάντα νικᾷ ἡ ἀλήθεια.
3:13	Καὶ ὅτε ἐξηγέρθη ὁ βασιλεὺς, λαβόντες τὸ γράμμα ἔδωκαν αὐτῷ, καὶ ἀνέγνω.
3:14	Καὶ ἐξαποστείλας ἐκάλεσε πάντας τοὺς μεγιστᾶνας τῆς Περσίδος καὶ τῆς Μηδείας, καὶ τοὺς σατράπας καὶ στρατηγοὺς, καὶ τοπάρχας καὶ ὑπάτους,
3:15	καὶ ἐκάθισεν ἐν τῷ χρηματιστηρίῳ, καὶ ἀνεγνώσθη τὸ γράμμα ἐνώπιον αὐτῶν.
3:16	Καὶ εἶπε, καλέσατε τοὺς νεανίσκους, καὶ αὐτοὶ δηλώσουσι τοὺς λόγους ἑαυτῶν· καὶ ἐκλήθησαν, καὶ εἰσήλθοσαν.
3:17	Καὶ εἶπαν αὐτοῖς, ἀπαγγείλατε ἡμῖν περὶ τῶν γεγραμμένων.
3:18	Καὶ ἤρξατο ὁ πρῶτος ὁ εἴπας περὶ τῆς ἰσχύος τοῦ οἴνου, καὶ ἔφη οὕτως, ἄνδρες,
3:19	πῶς ὑπερισχύει ὁ οἶνος; πάντας τοὺς ἀνθρώπους τοὺς πιόντας αὐτὸν πλανᾷ, τὴν διάνοιαν τοῦ τε βασιλέως καὶ τοῦ ὀρφανοῦ ποιεῖ τὴν διάνοιαν μίαν, τήν τε τοῦ οἰκέτου καὶ τὴν τοῦ ἐλευθέρου, τήν τε τοῦ πένητος καὶ τὴν τοῦ πλουσίου·
3:20	καὶ πᾶσαν διάνοιαν μεταστρέφει εἰς εὐωχίαν καὶ εὐφροσύνην, καὶ οὐ μέμνηται πᾶσαν λύπην καὶ πᾶν ὀφείλημα·
3:21	καὶ πάσας καρδίας ποιεῖ πλουσιας, καὶ οὐ μέμνηται βασιλέα οὐδὲ σατράπην· καὶ πάντα διὰ ταλάντων ποιεῖ λαλεῖν.
3:22	Καὶ οὐ μέμνηνται, ὅταν πίνωσι, φιλιάζειν φίλοις καὶ ἀδελφοῖς, καὶ μετʼ οὐ πολὺ σπῶνται τὰς μαχαίρας.
3:23	Καὶ ὅταν ἀπὸ τοῦ οἴνου ἐγερθῶσιν, οὐ μέμνηνται ἃ ἔπραξαν.
3:24	Ὦ ἄνδρες, οὐχ ὑπερισχύει ὁ οἶνος, ὅτι οὕτως ἀναγκάζει ποιεῖν; καὶ ἐσίγησεν οὕτως εἴπας.
4:1	Καὶ ἤρξατο ὁ δεύτερος λαλεῖν, ὁ εἴπας περὶ τῆς ἰσχύος τοῦ βασιλέως.
4:2	Ὦ ἄνδρες, οὐχ ὑπερισχύουσιν οἱ ἄνθρωποι, τὴν γῆν καὶ τὴν θάλασσαν κατακρατοῦντες καὶ πάντα τὰ ἐν αὐτοῖς;
4:3	Ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς ὑπερισχύει, καὶ κυριεύει αὐτῶν καὶ δεσπόζει αὐτῶν, καὶ πᾶν ὃ ἐὰν εἴπῃ αὐτοῖς, ἐνακούουσιν.
4:4	Ἐὰν εἴπῃ αὐτοῖς ποιῆσαι πόλεμον ἕτερος πρὸς τὸν ἕτερον, ποιοῦσιν· ἐὰν δὲ ἐξαποστείλῃ αὐτοὺς πρὸς τοὺς πολεμίους, βαδίζουσι καὶ κατεργάζονται τὰ ὄρη καὶ τὰ τείχη καὶ τοὺς πύργους,
4:5	φονεύουσι καὶ φονεύονται, καὶ τὸν λόγον τοῦ βασιλέως οὐ παραβαίνουσιν· ἐὰν δὲ νικήσωσι, τῷ βασιλεῖ κομίζουσι πάντα, καὶ ἐὰν προνομεύσωσι, καὶ τὰ ἄλλα πάντα.
4:6	Καὶ ὅσοι οὐ στρατεύονται οὐδὲ πολεμοῦσιν, ἀλλὰ γεωργοῦσι τὴν γῆν, πάλιν ὅταν σπείρωσι θερίσαντε, ἀναφέρουσι τῷ βασιλεῖ· καὶ ἕτερος τὸν ἕτερον ἀναγκάζοντες, ἀναφέρουσι τοὺς φόρους τῷ βασιλεῖ.
4:7	Καὶ αὐτὸς εἷς μόνος ἐστίν· ἐὰν εἴπῃ ἀποκτεῖναι, ἀποκτέννουσιν· ἐὰν εἴπῃ ἀφεῖναι, ἀφίουσιν·
4:8	Εἶπε πατάξαι, τύπτουσιν· εἶπεν ἐρημῶσαι, ἐρημοῦσιν· εἶπεν οἰκοδομῆσαι, οἰκοδομοῦσιν·
4:9	εἶπεν ἐκκόψαι, ἐκκόπτουσιν· εἶπε φυτεῦσαι, φυτεύουσι.
4:10	Καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς αὐτοῦ καὶ αἱ δυνάμεις αὐτοῦ ἐνακούουσι· πρὸς δὲ τούτοις αὐτὸς ἀνάκειται, ἐσθίει καὶ πίνει καὶ καθεύδει,
4:11	αὐτοὶ δὲ τηροῦσι κύκλῳ περὶ αὐτόν· καὶ οὐ δύνανται ἕκαστος ἀπελθεῖν, καὶ ποιεῖν τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ, οὐδὲ παρακούουσιν αὐτοῦ.
4:12	Ὦ ἄνδρες, πῶς οὐχ ὑπερισχύει ὁ βασιλεὺς, ὅτι οὕτως ἐπάκουστός ἐστι; καὶ ἐσίγησεν.
4:13	Ὁ δὲ τρίτος ὁ εἴπας περὶ τῶν γυναικῶν καὶ τῆς ἀληθείας, οὗτός ἐστι Ζοροβάβελ, ἤρξατο λαλεῖν·
4:14	Ἄνδρες, οὐ μέγας ὁ βασιλεὺς, καὶ πολλοὶ οἱ ἄνθρωποι, καὶ ὁ οἶνος ἰσχύει; τίς οὖν ὁ δεσπόζων αὐτῶν, ἢ τίς ὁ κυριεύων αὐτῶν; οὐχ αἱ γυναῖκες;
4:15	Αἱ γυναῖκες ἐγέννησαν τὸν βασιλέα καὶ πάντα τὸν λαὸν ὃς κυριεύει τῆς θαλάσσης καὶ τῆς γῆς,
4:16	καὶ ἐξ αὐτῶν ἐγένοντο· καὶ αὗται ἐξέθρεψαν αὐτοὺς τοὺς φυτεύσαντας τοὺς ἀμπελῶνας ἐξ ὧν ὁ οἶνος γίνεται.
4:17	Καὶ αὗται ποιοῦσι τὰς στολὰς τῶν ἀνθρώπων, καὶ αὗται ποιοῦσι δόξαν τοῖς ἀνθρώποις, καὶ οὐ δύνανται οἱ ἄνθρωποι χωρὶς τῶν γυναικῶν εἶναι.
4:18	Ἐὰν δὲ συναγάγωσι χρυσίον καὶ ἀργύριον καὶ πᾶν πρᾶγμα ὡραῖον, καὶ ἴδωσι γυναῖκα μίαν καλὴν τῷ εἴδει καὶ τῷ κάλλει,
4:19	ταῦτα πάντα ἀφέντες, εἰς αὐτὴν ἐκκέχῃναν, καὶ χάσκοντες τὸ στόμα θεωροῦσιν αὐτὴν, καὶ πάντες αὐτὴν αἱρετίζουσι μᾶλλον ἢ τὸ χρυσίον καὶ τὸ ἀργύριον καὶ πᾶν πρᾶγμα ὡραῖον.
4:20	Ἄνθρωπος τὸν ἑαυτοῦ πατέρα ἐγκαταλείπει ὃς ἐξέθρεψεν αὐτὸν, καὶ τὴν ἰδίαν χώραν, καὶ πρὸς τὴν ἰδίαν γυναῖκα κολλᾶται,
4:21	καὶ μετὰ τῆς γυναικὸς ἀφίησι τὴν ψυχήν, καὶ οὔτε τὸν πατέρα μέμνηται, οὔτε τὴν μητέρα, οὔτε τὴν χώραν.
4:22	Καὶ ἐντεῦθεν δεῖ ὑμᾶς γνῶναι ὅτι αἱ γυναῖκες κυριεύουσιν ὑμῶν· οὐχὶ πονεῖτε, καὶ μοχθεῖτε, καὶ πάντα ταῖς γυναιξὶ δίδοτε, καὶ φέρετε;
4:23	Και λαμβάνει ὁ ἄνθρωπος τὴν ῥομφαίαν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐκπορεύεται ἐξοδεύειν καὶ λῃστεύειν καὶ κλέπτειν, καὶ εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν πλεῖν, καὶ ποταμοὺς,
4:24	καὶ τὸν λέοντα θεωρεῖ, καὶ ἐν σκότει βαδίζει· καὶ ὅταν κλέψῃ καὶ ἁρπάσῃ καὶ λωποδυτήσῃ, τῇ ἐρωμένῃ ἀποφέρει.
4:25	Καὶ πλεῖον ἀγαπᾷ ἄνθρωπος τὴν ἰδίαν γυναῖκα μᾶλλον ἢ τὸν πατέρα καὶ τὴν μητέρα.
4:26	Καὶ πολλοὶ ἀπενοήθησαν ταῖς ἰδίαις διανοίαις διὰ τὰς γυναῖκας, καὶ δοῦλοι ἐγένοντο διʼ αὐτάς·
4:27	καὶ πολλοὶ ἀπώλοντο καὶ ἐσφάλησαν καὶ ἡμάρτοσαν διὰ τὰς γυναῖκας.
4:28	Καὶ νῦν οὐ πιστεύετέ μοι; οὐχὶ μέγας ὁ βασιλεὺς τῇ ἐξουσίᾳ αὐτοῦ; οὐχὶ πᾶσαι αἱ χῶραι εὐλαβοῦνται ἅψασθαι αὐτοῦ;
4:29	Ἐθεώρουν αὐτὸν, καὶ Ἀπάμην τὴν θυγατέρα Βαρτάκου τοῦ θαυμαστοῦ, τὴν παλλακὴν τοῦ βασιλέως, καθημένην ἐν δεξιᾷ τοῦ βασιλέως,
4:30	καὶ ἀφαιροῦσαν τὸ διάδημα ἀπὸ τῆς κεφαλῆς τοῦ βασιλέως, καὶ ἐπιτιθοῦσαν ἑαυτῇ· καὶ ἐῤῥάπιζε τὸν βασιλέα τῇ ἀριστερᾷ.
4:31	Καὶ πρὸς τούτοις ὁ βασιλεὺς χάσκων τὸ στόμα ἐθεώρει αὐτήν· καὶ ἐὰν προσγελάσῃ αὐτῷ, γελᾷ· ἐὰν δὲ πικρανθῇ ἐπʼ αὐτὸν, κολακεύει αὐτὴν, ὅπως διαλλαγῇ αὐτῷ.
4:32	Ὦ ἄνδρες, πῶς οὐχὶ ἰσχυραὶ αἱ γυναῖκες, ὅτι οὕτως πράσσουσι;
4:33	Καὶ τότε ὁ βασιλεὺς καὶ οἱ μεγιστᾶνες ἔβλεπον εἷς τὸν ἕτερον· καὶ ἤρξατο λαλεῖν περὶ τῆς ἀληθείας·
4:34	Ἄνδρες, οὐχὶ ἰσχυραὶ αἱ γυναῖκες; μεγάλη ἡ γῆ, καὶ ὑψηλὸς ὁ οὐρανὸς, καὶ ταχὺς τῷ δρόμῳ ὁ ἥλιος, ὅτι στρέφεται ἐν τῷ κύκλῳ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ πάλιν ἀποτρέχει εἰς τὸν ἑαυτοῦ τόπον ἐν μιᾷ ἡμέρᾳ.
4:35	Οὐχὶ μέγας ὃς ταῦτα ποιεῖ; καὶ ἡ ἀλήθεια μεγάλη καὶ ἰσχυροτέρα παρὰ πάντα.
4:36	Πᾶσα ἡ γῆ τὴν ἀλὴθειαν καλεῖ, καὶ ὁ οὐρανὸς αὐτὴν εὐλογεῖ, καὶ πάντα τὰ ἔργα σείεται καὶ τρέμει, καὶ οὐκ ἔστι μετʼ αὐτῆς ἄδικον οὐδέν.
4:37	Ἄδικος ὁ οἶνος, ἄδικος ὁ βασιλεὺς, ἄδικοι αἱ γυναῖκες, ἄδικοι πάντες οἱ υἱοὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων, καὶ ἄδικα πάντα τὰ ἔργα αὐτῶν τὰ τοιαῦτα, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν αὐτοῖς ἀλήθεια, καὶ ἐν τῇ ἀδικίᾳ αὐτῶν ἀπολοῦνται.
4:38	Καὶ ἡ ἀλήθεια μένει καὶ ἰσχύει εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, καὶ ζῇ καὶ κρατεῖ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τοῦ αἰῶνος.
4:39	Καὶ οὐκ ἔστι παρʼ αὐτὴν λαμβάνειν πρόσωπα, οὐδὲ διάφορα, ἀλλὰ τὰ δίκαια ποιεῖ ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν ἀδίκων καὶ πονηρῶν· καὶ πάντες εὐδοκοῦσι τοῖς ἔργοις αὐτῆς,
4:40	καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν τῇ κρίσει αὐτῆς οὐδὲν ἄδικον· καὶ αὕτη, ἡ ἰσχὺς, καὶ τὸ βασίλειον, καὶ ἡ ἐξουσία, καὶ ἡ μεγαλειότης τῶν πάντων αἰώνων· εὐλογητὸς ὁ Θεὸς τῆς ἀληθείας.
4:41	Καὶ ἐσιώπησε τοῦ λαλεῖν· καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς τότε ἐφώνησε· καὶ τότε εἶπον, μεγάλη ἡ ἀλήθεια, καὶ ὑπερισχύει·
4:42	τότε ὁ βασιλεὺς εἶπεν αὐτῷ, αἴτησαι ὃ θέλεις πλείω τῶν γεγραμμένων, καὶ δώσομέν σοι ὅν τρόπον εὑρέθης σοφώτερος, καὶ ἐχόμενός μου καθήσῃ, καὶ συγγενής μου κληθήθῃ.
4:43	Τότε εἶπε τῷ βασιλεῖ, μνήσθητι τὴν εὐχὴν, ἣν ηὔξω, οἰκοδομῆσαι τὴν Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ᾗ τὸ βασίλειόν σου παρέλαβες,
4:44	καὶ πάντα τὰ σκεύη τὰ ληφθέντα ἐξ Ἱερουσαλὴμ, καὶ ἐκπέμψαι ἃ ἐχώρισε Κύρος, ὅτε ηὔξατο ἐκκόψαι Βαβυλῶνα, καὶ ηὔξατο ἐξαποστεῖλαι ἐκεῖ.
4:45	Καὶ σὺ ηὔξω οἰκοδομῆσαι τὸν ναὸν ὃν ἐνεπύρισαν οἱ Ἰδουμαῖοι, ὅτε ἠρημώθη ἡ Ἰουδαία ὑπὸ τῶν Χαλδαίων.
4:46	Καὶ νῦν τοῦτό ἐστιν ὅ σε ἀξιῶ, κύριε βασιλεῦ, καὶ ὃ αἰτοῦμαί σε, καὶ αὕτη ἐστὶν, ἡ μεγαλωσύνη ἡ παρὰ σοῦ· δέομαι οὖν ἵνα ποιήσῃς τὴν εὐχὴν, ἣν ηὔξω τῷ βασιλεῖ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, ποιῆσαι ἐκ στόματός σου.
4:47	Τότε ἀναστὰς Δαρεῖος ὁ βασιλεὺς κατεφίλησεν αὐτὸν, καὶ ἔγραψεν αὐτῷ τὰς ἐπιστολὰς πρὸς πάντας τοὺς οἰκονόμους, καὶ τοπάρχας, καὶ στρατηγοὺς, καὶ σατράπας, ἵνα προπέμψωσιν αὐτὸν καὶ τοὺς μετʼ αὐτοῦ πάντας ἀναβαίνοντας οἰκοδομῆσαι τὴν Ἱερουσαλήμ.
4:48	Καὶ πᾶσι τοῖς τοπάρχαις ἐν κοίλῃ Συρίᾳ, καὶ Φοινίκῃ, καὶ τοῖς ἐν τῷ Λιβάνω ἔγραψεν ἐπιστολὰς, μεταφέρειν ξύλα κέδρινα ἀπὸ τοῦ Λιβάνου εἰς Ἱερουσαλὴμ, καὶ ὅπως οἰκοδομήσωσι μετʼ αὐτοῦ τὴν πόλιν.
4:49	Καὶ ἔγραψε πᾶσι τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις τοῖς ἀναβαίνουσιν ἀπὸ τῆς βασιλείας εἰς τὴν Ἰουδαίαν ὑπὲρ τῆς ἐλευθερίας, πάντα δυνατὸν, καὶ τοπάρχην, καὶ σατράπην, καὶ οἰκονόμον μὴ ἐπελεύσεσθαι ἑπὶ τὰς θύρας αὐτῶν,
4:50	καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν χώραν ἣν κρατοῦσιν, ἀφορολόγητον αὐτοῖς ὑπάρχειν· καὶ ἵνα οἱ Ἰδουμαῖοι ἀφίωσι τὰς κώμας ἃ διακρατοῦσι τῶν Ἰουδαίων·
4:51	καὶ εἰς τὴν οἰκοδομὴν τοῦ ἱεροῦ δοθῆναι κατʼ ἐνιαυτὸν τάλαντα εἴκοσι, μέχρι τοῦ οἰκοδομηθήναι·
4:52	καὶ ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον ὁλοκαυτώματα καρποῦσθαι καθʼ ἡμέραν, καθὰ ἔχουσιν ἐντολὴν, ἑπτακαίδεκα προσφέρειν ἄλλα τάλαντα, δέκα κατʼ ἐνιαυτόν.
4:53	καὶ πᾶσι τοῖς προσβαίνουσιν ἀπὸ τῆς Βαβυλωνίας κτίσαι τὴν πόλιν, ὑπάρχειν τὴν ἐλευθερίαν αὐτοῖς τε καὶ τοῖς ἐκγόνοις αὐτῶν, καὶ πᾶσι τοῖς ἱερεῦσι τοῖς προσβαίνουσιν.
4:54	Ἔγραψε δὲ καὶ τὴν χορηγίαν καὶ τὴν ἱερατικὴν στολὴν ἐν τίνι λατρεύουσιν ἐν αὐτῇ.
4:55	Καὶ τοῖς Λευίταις ἔγραψε δοῦναι τὴν χορηγίαν, ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ἡς ἐπιτελεσθῇ ὁ οἶκος καὶ Ἱερουσαλὴμ οἰκοδομηθῆναι.
4:56	Καὶ πᾶσι τοῖς φρουροῦσι τὴν πόλιν ἔγραψε δοῦναι αὐτοῖς κλήρους καὶ ὀψώνια.
4:57	Καὶ ἐξαπέστειλε πάντα τὰ σκεύη ἃ ἐχώρισε Κύρος ἀπὸ Βαβυλῶνος· καὶ πάντα ὅσα εἶπε Κύρος ποιῆσαι, καὶ αὐτὸς ἐπέταξε ποιῆσαι, καὶ ἐξαποστεῖλαι εἰς Ἱερουσαλήμ.
4:58	Καὶ ὅτε ἐξῆλθεν ὁ νεανίσκος, ἄρας τὸ πρόσωπον εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν ἐναντίον Ἱερουσαλὴμ, εὐλόγησε τῷ βασιλεῖ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, λέγων,
4:59	παρὰ σοῦ νίκη, καὶ παρὰ σοῦ ἡ σοφία, καὶ σὴ ἡ δόξα, καὶ ἐγὼ σὸς οἰκέτης.
4:60	Εὐλογητὸς εἶ, ὃς ἔδωκάς μοι σοφίαν, καὶ σοὶ ὁμολογῶ, δέσποτα τῶν πατέρων.
4:61	Καὶ ἔλαβε τὰς ἐπιστολὰς, καὶ ἐξῆλθε, καὶ ἦλθεν εἰς Βαβυλῶνα, καὶ ἀπήγγειλε τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς αὐτοῦ πᾶσι.
4:62	Καὶ εὐλόγησαν τὸν Θεὸν τῶν πατέρων αὐτῶν, ὅτι ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς ἄνεσιν καὶ ἄφεσιν,
4:63	ἀναβῆναι καὶ οἰκοδομῆσαι τὴν Ἱερουσαλὴμ καὶ τὸ ἱερὸν, οὗ ὠνομάσθη τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ ἐπʼ αὐτῷ· καὶ ἐκωθωνίζοντο μετὰ μουσικῶν καὶ χαρᾶς ἡμέρας ἑπτά.
5:1	Μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα ἐξελέγησαν ἀναβῆναι ἀρχηγοὶ οἴκου πατριῶν κατὰ φυλὰς αὐτῶν, καὶ αἱ γυναῖκες αὐτῶν, καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτῶν, καὶ αἱ θυγατέρες, καὶ οἱ παῖδες αὐτῶν, καὶ αἱ παιδίσκαι, καὶ τὰ κτήνη αὐτῶν.
5:2	Καὶ Δαρεῖος συναπέστειλε μετʼ αὐτῶν ἱππεῖς χιλίους, ἕως τοῦ ἀποκαταστῆσαι αὐτοὺς εἰς Ἱερουσαλὴμ μετʼ εἰρήνης, καὶ μετὰ μουσικῶν, τυμπάνων, καὶ αὐλῶν.
5:3	Καὶ πάντες οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτῶν παίζοντες, καὶ ἐποίησεν αὐτοὺς συναναβῆναι μετʼ ἐκείνων.
5:4	Καὶ ταῦτα τὰ ὀνόματα τῶν ἀνδρῶν τῶν ἀναβαινόντων κατὰ πατριὰς αὐτῶν εἰς τὰς φυλὰς, ἐπὶ τὴν μεριδαρχίαν αὐτῶν.
5:5	Οἱ ἱερεῖς υἱοὶ Φινεὲς, υἱοὶ Ἀαρὼν, Ἰησοῦς ὁ τοῦ Ἰωσεδὲκ τοῦ Σαραίου, καὶ Ἰωακὶμ ὁ τοῦ Ζοροβάβελ τοῦ Σαλαθιὴλ ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ Δαυὶδ, ἐκ τῆς γενεᾶς Φαρὲς, φυλῆς δὲ Ἰούδα,
5:6	ὃς ἐλάλησεν ἐπὶ Δαρείου τοῦ βασιλέως Περσῶν λόγους σοφοὺς ἐν τῷ δευτέρῳ ἔτει τῆς βασιλείας αὐτοῦ, μηνὶ Νισὰν τοῦ πρώτου μηνός.
5:7	Εἰσὶ δὲ οὗτοι οἱ ἐκ τῆς γῆς Ἰουδαίας ἀναβάντες ἐκ τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας τῆς παροικίας, οὓς μετῴκισε Ναβουχοδονόσορ βασιλεὺς Βαβυλῶνος εἰς Βαβυλῶνα.
5:8	Καὶ ἐπέστρεψαν εἰς Ἱερουσαλὴμ καὶ τὴν λοιπὴν Ἰουδαίαν ἕκαστος εἰς τὴς ἰδίαν πόλιν, οἱ ἐλθόντες μετὰ Ζοροβάβελ, καὶ Ἰησοῦ, Νεεμίου, Ζαραίου, Ῥησαίου, Ἐνηνέος, Μαρδοχαίου, Βεελσάρου, Ἀσφαράσου, Ῥεελίου, Ῥοΐμου, Βαανὰ, τῶν προηγουμένων αὐτῶν.
5:9	Ἀριθμὸς τῶν ἀπὸ τοῦ ἔθνους καὶ οἱ προηγούμενοι αὐτῶν· υἱοὶ Φόρος, δύο χιλιάδες καὶ ἑκατὸν ἑβδομηκονταδύο· υἱοὶ Σαφὰτ, τετρακόσιοι ἑβδομηκονταδύο.
5:10	Υἱοὶ Ἀρὲς, ἑπτακόσιοι πεντηκονταέξ.
5:11	Υἱοὶ Φαὰθ Μωὰβ εἰς τοὺς υἱοὺς Ἰησοῦ καὶ Ἰωὰβ, δισχίλιοι ὀκτακόσιοι δεκαδύο.
5:12	Υἱοὶ Ἠλὰμ, χίλιοι διακόσιοι πεντηκοντατέσσαρες· υἱοὶ Ζαθουῒ, ἐννακόσιοι ἑβδομηκονταπέντε· υἱοὶ Χορβὲ, ἑπτακόσιοι πέντε· υἱοὶ Βανί, ἑξακόσιοι τεσσαρακονταοκτώ.
5:13	Υἱοὶ Βηβαὶ, ἑξακόσιοι τριακοντατρεῖς· υἱοὶ Ἀργαὶ, χίλιοι τριακόσιοι εἰκοσιδύο.
5:14	Υἱοὶ Ἀδωνικὰν, ἑξακόσιοι τριακονταεπτά. υἱοὶ Βαγοῒ, δισχίλιοι ἑξακόσιοι ἕξ· υἱοὶ Ἀδινοὺ, τετρακόσιοι πεντηκοντατέσσαρες·
5:15	Υἱοὶ Ἀτὴρ Ἐζεκίου, ἐννενηκονταδύο· υἱοὶ Κιλὰν, καὶ Ἀζηνὰν, ἑξηκονταεπτά· υἱοὶ Ἀζαροὺ, τετρακόσιοι τριακονταδύο.
5:16	Υἱοὶ Ἁννὶς, ἑκατὸν εἷς· υἱοὶ Ἀρὸμ, τριακονταδύο· υἱοὶ Βασσαὶ, τριακόσιοι εἰκοσιτρεῖς· υἱοὶ Ἀρσιφουρὶθ, ἑκατὸν δύο.
5:17	Υἱοὶ Βαιτηροὺς, τρισχίλιοι πέντε· υἱοὶ ἐκ Βαιθλωμῶν, ἑκατὸν εἰκοσιτρεῖς.
5:18	Οἱ ἐκ Νετωφὰς, πεντηκονταπέντε· οἱ ἐξ Ἀναθὼθ, ἑκατὸν πεντηκονταοκτώ· οἱ ἐκ Βαιθασμὼν, τεσσαρακονταδύο.
5:19	Οἱ ἐκ Καριαθιρὶ, εἰκοσιπέντε· οἱ ἐκ Καφείρας, καὶ Βηρὼγ, ἑπτακόσιοι τεσσαρακοντατρεῖς.
5:20	Οἱ Χαδιασαὶ καὶ Ἁμμίδιοι, τετρακόσιοι εἰκοσιδύο· οι ἐκ Κιραμᾶς καὶ Γαββῆς, ἑξακόσιοι εἴκοσι εἷς.
5:21	Οἱ ἐκ Μακαλὼν, ἑκατὸν εἰκοσιδύο· οἱ ἐκ Βετολίῳ, πεντηκονταδύο· υἱοὶ Νιφὶς, ἑκατὸν πεντηκονταέξ.
5:22	Υἱοὶ Καλαμωλάλου, καὶ Ὠνοὺς, ἑπτακόσιοι εἰκοσιπέντε· υἱοὶ Ἱερεχοὺ, διακόσιοι τεσσαρακονταπέντε.
5:23	Υἱοὶ Σανάας, τρισχίλιοι τριακόσιοι εἷς.
5:24	Οἱ ἱερεῖς οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰεδδοὺ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ εἰς τοὺς υἱοὺς Σανασὶβ, ὀκτακόσιοι ἑβδομηκονταδύο· υἱοὶ Ἐμμηροὺθ, διακόσιοι πεντηκονταδύο.
5:25	Υἱοὶ Φασσούρου, χίλιοι τεσσαρακονταεπτά· υἱοὶ Χαρμι, διακόσιοι δεκαεπτά.
5:26	Οἱ Λευῖται οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰησοῦ, καὶ Καδοήλου, καὶ Βάννου, καὶ Σουδίου, ἑβδομηκοντατέσσαρες·
5:27	Οἱ ἱεροψάλται υἱοὶ Ἀσὰρ, ἑκατὸν εἰκοσιοκτώ.
5:28	Οἱ θυρωροὶ υἱοὶ Σαλοὺμ, υἱοὶ Ἀτὰρ, υἱοὶ Τολμὰν, υἱοὶ Δακοὺβ, Ἀτητὰ, υἱοὶ Τωβὶς, πάντες ἑκατὸν τριακονταεννέα.
5:29	Οἱ ἱερόδουλοι, υἱοὶ Ἡσαὺ, υἱοὶ Ἀσιφὰ, υἱοὶ Ταβαὼθ, υἱοὶ Κηρὰς, υἱοὶ Σουδὰ, υἱοὶ Φαλαίου, υἱοὶ Λαβανὰ, υἱοὶ Ἀγραβὰ,
5:30	Υἱοὶ Ἀκοὺδ, υἱοὶ Οὐτὰ, υἱοὶ Κητὰβ, υἱοὶ Ἀκκαβὰ, υἱοὶ Συβαῒ, υἱοὶ Ἀνὰν, υἱοὶ Καθουὰ, υἱοὶ Γεδδοὺρ,
5:31	Υἱοὶ Ἰαΐρου, υἱοὶ Δαισὰν, υἱοὶ Νοεβὰ, υἱοὶ Χασεβά, υἱοὶ Καζηρὰ, υἱοὶ Ὀζίου, υἱοὶ Φινοὲ, υἱοὶ Ἀσαρὰ, υἱοὶ Βασθαῒ, υἱοὶ Ἀσσανὰ, υἱοὶ Μανὶ, υἱοὶ Ναφισὶ, υἱοὶ Ἀκοὺφ, υἱοὶ Ἀχιβὰ, υἱοὶ Ἀσοὺβ, υἱοὶ Φαρακὲμ, υἱοὶ Βασαλὲμ,
5:32	Υἱοὶ Μεεδδὰ, υἱοὶ Κουθὰ, υἱοὶ Χαρέα, υἱοὶ Βαρχουὲ, υἱοὶ Σερὰρ, υἱοὶ Θομοῒ, υἱοὶ Νασί, υἱοὶ Ἀτεφά·
5:33	Υἱοὶ παίδων Σαλωμὼν, υἱοὶ Ἀσσαπφιὼθ, υἱοὶ Φαριρὰ, υἱοὶ Ἰειηλὶ, υἱοὶ Λοζὼν, υἱοὶ Ἰσδαὴλ, υἱοὶ Σαφυῒ,
5:34	Υἱοὶ Ἁγιὰ, υἱοὶ Φακαρὲθ, υἱοὶ Σαβιὴ, υἱοὶ Σαρωθὶ, υἱοὶ Μισαίας, υἱοὶ Γὰς, υἱοὶ Ἀδδοὺς, υἱοὶ Σουβὰ, υἱοὶ Ἀφεῤῥὰ, υἱοὶ Βαρωδὶς, υἱοὶ Σαφὰγ, υἱοὶ Ἀλλώμ·
5:35	Πάντες οἱ ἱερόδουλοι, καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ τῶν παίδων Σαλωμὼν τριακόσιοι ἑβδομηκονταδύο.
5:36	Οὗτοι ἀναβάντες ἀπὸ Θερμελὲθ, καὶ Θελερσὰς, ἡγούμενος αὐτῶν Χαρααθαλὰν, καὶ Ἀλάρ.
5:37	Καὶ οὐκ ἠδύναντο ἀπαγγεῖλαι τὰς πατριὰς αὐτῶν καὶ γενεὰς, ὡς ἐκ τοῦ Ἰσραήλ εἰσιν· υἱοὶ Δαλὰν τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ Βαενὰν, υἱοὶ Νεκωδὰν, ἑξακόσιοι πεντη· κονταδύο.
5:38	Καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἱερέων οἱ ἐμποιούμενοι ἱερωσύνης, καὶ οὐχ εὑρέθησαν, υἱοὶ Ὀβδία, υἱοὶ Ἁκβὼς, υἱοὶ Ἰαδδοὺ τοῦ λαβόντος Αὐγίαν γυναῖκα τῶν θυγατέρων Φαηζελδαίου, καὶ ἐκλήθη ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ.
5:39	Καὶ τούτων ζητηθείσης τῆς γενικῆς γραφῆς ἐν τῷ καταλοχισμῷ καὶ μὴ εὑρεθείσης, ἐχωρίσθησαν τοῦ ἱερατεύειν.
5:40	Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς Νεεμίας καὶ Ἀτθαρίας, μὴ μετέχειν τῶν ἁγίων ἕως ἀναστῇ ἀρχιερεὺς ἐνδεδυμένος τὴν δήλωσιν καὶ τὴν ἀλήθειαν.
5:41	Οἱ δὲ πάντες Ἰσραὴλ ἦσαν ἀπὸ δωδεκαετοῦς καὶ ἐπάνω χωρὶς παίδων καὶ παιδισκῶν, μυριάδες τέσσαρες δισχίλιοι τριακόσιοι ἑξήκοντα.
5:42	Παῖδες τούτων καὶ παιδίσκαι, ἑπτακισχίλιοι τριακόσιοι τριακονταεπτά. ψάλται καὶ ψαλτῳδοὶ, διακόσιοι τεσσαρακονταπέντε·
5:43	Κάμηλοι τετρακόσιοι τριακονταπέντε, καὶ ἵπποι ἑπτακισχίλιοι τριακονταὲξ, ἡμίονοι διακόσιοι τεσσαράκοντα πέντε, ὑποζύλια πεντακισχίλια πεντακόσια εἰκοσιπέντε.
5:44	Καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἡγουμένων κατὰ τὰς πατριὰς ἐν τῷ παραγίνεσθαι αὐτούς εἰς τὸ ἱερὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ τὸ ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ, ηὔξαντο ἐγεῖραι τὸν οἶκον ἐπὶ τοὺ τοῦ τόπου αὐτοῦ κατὰ τὴν αὐτῶν δύναμιν,
5:45	καὶ δοῦναι εἰς τὸ ἱερὸν γαζοφυλάκιον τῶν ἔργων, χρυσίου μνᾶς χιλίας καὶ ἀργυρίου μνᾶς πεντακισχιλίας, καὶ στολὰς ἱερατικὰς ἑκατόν.
5:46	Καὶ κατῳκίσθησαν οἱ ἱερεῖς, καὶ οἱ Λευεῖται, καὶ οἱ ἐκ τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτοῦ ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ καὶ τῇ χώρᾳ, οἵ τε ἱεροψάλται, καὶ οἱ θυρωροὶ, καὶ πᾶς Ἰσραὴλ ἐν ταῖς κώμαις αὐτῶν.
5:47	Ἐνστάντος δὲ τοῦ ἑβδόμον μηνὸς, καὶ ὄντων τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ ἑκάστου ἐν τοῖς ἰδίοις, συνήχθησαν ὁμοθυμαδὸν εἰς τὸ εὐρύχωρον τοῦ πρώτου πυλῶνος τοῦ πρὸς τῇ ἀνατολῇ.
5:48	Καὶ καταστὰς Ἰησοῦς ὁ τοῦ Ἰωσεδὲκ καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ οἱ ἱερεῖς, καὶ Ζοροβάβελ ὁ τοῦ Σαλαθιὴλ καὶ οἱ τούτου ἀδελφοὶ, ἡτοίμασαν τὸ θυσιαστήριον τοῦ Θεοῦ Ἰσραὴλ,
5:49	προσενέγκαι ἐπʼ αὐτοῦ ὁλοκαυτώσεις, ἀκολούθως τοῖς ἐν τῇ Μωσέως βίβλῳ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου τοῦ Θεοῦ διηγορευμένοις.
5:50	Καὶ ἐπισυνήχθησαν αὐτοῖς ἐκ τῶν ἄλλων ἐθνῶν τῆς γῆς, καὶ κατώρθωσαν τὸ θυσιαστήριον ἐπὶ τοῦ τόπου αὐτῶν, ὅτι ἐν ἔχθρᾳ ἦσαν αὐτοῖς, καὶ κατίσχυσαν αὐτοὺς πάντα τὰ ἔθνη τὰ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς· καὶ ἀνέφερον θυσίας κατὰ τὸν καιρὸν, καὶ ὁλοκαυτώματα Κυρίῳ τὸ πρωϊνὸν καὶ τὸ δειλινόν.
5:51	Καὶ ἐγάγοσαν τὴν τῆς σκηνοπηγίας ἑορτὴν, ὡς ἐπιτέτακται ἐν τῷ νόμῳ, καὶ θυσίας καθʼ ἡμέραν, ὡς προσῆκον ἦν·
5:52	καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα προσφορὰς ἐνδελεχισμοῦ, καὶ θυσίας σαββάτων καὶ νουμηνιῶν καὶ ἑορτῶν πασῶν ἡγιασμένων.
5:53	Καὶ ὅσοι ηὔξαντο εὐχὴν τῷ Θεῷ ἀπὸ τῆς νουμηνίας τοῦ ἑβδόμου μηνὸς, ἤρξαντο προσφέρειν θυσίας τῷ Θεῷ, καὶ ὁ ναὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ οὔπω ᾠκοδόμητο.
5:54	Καὶ ἔδωκαν ἀργύριον τοῖς λατόμοις καὶ τέκτοσι, καὶ ποτὰ καὶ βρωτὰ,
5:55	καὶ χάῤῥα τοῖς Σιδωνίοις καὶ Τυρίοις εἰς τὸ παράγειν αὐτοὺς ἐκ τοῦ Λιβάνου ξύλα κέδρινα, διαφέρειν σχεδίας εἰς τὸν Ἰόππης λιμένα, κατὰ τὸ πρόσταγμα τὸ γραφὲν αὐτοῖς παρὰ Κύρου τοῦ Περσῶν βασιλέως.
5:56	Καὶ τῷ δευτέρῳ ἔτει παραγενόμενος εἰς τὸ ἰερὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ εἰς Ἱερονσαλὴμ μηνὸς δευτέρου, ἤρξατο Ζοροβάβελ ὁ τοῦ Σαλαθιὴλ, καὶ Ἰησοῦς ὁ τοῦ Ἰωσεδὲκ, καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτῶν, καὶ οἱ ἱερεῖς οἱ Λευῖται, καὶ πάντες οἱ παραγενόμενοι ἐκ τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας εἰς Ἱερουσαλὴμ,
5:57	καὶ ἐθεμελίωσαν τὸν ναὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ τῇ νουμηνίᾳ τοῦ δευτέρου μηνὸς τοῦ δευτέρου ἔτους, ἐν τῷ ἐλθεῖν εἰς τὴν Ἰουδαίαν καὶ Ἱερουσαλήμ.
5:58	Καὶ ἔστησαν τοὺς Λευίτας ἀπὸ εἰκοσαετοῦς ἐπὶ τῶν ἔργων τοῦ Κυρίου· καὶ ἔστη Ἰησοῦς, καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ, καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ, καὶ Καδμιὴλ ὁ ἀδελφὸς, καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ Ἠμαδαβοὺν, καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰωδὰ τοῦ Ἡλιαδοὺδ σὺν τοῖς υἱοῖς καὶ ἀδελφοῖς, πάντες οἱ Λευῖται ὁμοθυμαδὸν ἐργοδιῶκται, ποιοῦντες εἰς τὰ ἔργα ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τοῦ Κυρίου· καὶ ᾠκοδόμησαν οἱ οἰκοδόμοι τὸν ναὸν τοῦ Κυριου.
5:59	Καὶ ἔστησαν οἱ ἱερεῖς ἐστολισμενοι μετὰ μουσικῶν καὶ σαλπίγγων,
5:60	καὶ οἱ Λευῖται υἱοὶ Ἀσὰφ ἔχοντες τὰ κύμβαλα ὑμνοῦντες τῶ Κυρίῳ, καὶ εὐλογοῦντες κατὰ Δαυὶδ βασιλέα τοῦ Ἰσραήλ.
5:61	Καὶ ἐφώνησαν διʼ ὕμνων εὐλογοῦντες τῷ Κυρίῳ, ὅτι ἡ χρηστότης αὐτοῦ καὶ ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας ἐν παντὶ Ἰσραήλ.
5:62	Καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς ἐσάλπισαν καὶ ἐβόησαν φωνῇ μεγάλῃ, ὑμνοῦντες τῷ Κυρίῳ ἐπὶ τῇ ἐγέρσει τοῦ οἴκου Κυρίου.
5:63	Καὶ ἤλθοσαν ἐκ τῶν ἱερεων τῶν Λευιτῶν καὶ τῶν προκαθημένων κατὰ τὰς πατριὰς αὐτῶν, οἱ πρεσβύτεροι οἱ ἑωρακότες τὸν πρὸ τούτου οἶκον, πρὸς τὴν τουτου οἰκοδομὴν μετὰ κλαυθμοῦ καὶ κραυγῆς μεγάλης,
5:64	καὶ πολλοὶ διὰ σαλπιγγων καὶ χαρᾶς μεγάλῃ τῇ φωνῇ,
5:65	ὥστε τὸν λαὸν μὴ ἀκούειν τῶν σαλπίγγων διὰ τὸν κλαυθμὸν τοῦ λαοῦ· ὁ γὰρ ὄχλος ἦν ὁ σαλπίζων μεγάλως, ὥστε μακρόθεν ἀκούεσθαι.
5:66	Καὶ ἀκούσαντες οἱ ἑχθροί τῆς φυλῆς Ἰούδα καὶ Βενιαμὶν, ἤλθοσαν ἐπιγνῶναι τίς ἡ φωνὴ τῶν σαλπίγγων.
5:67	Καὶ ἐπέγνωσαν ὅτι οἱ ἐκ τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας οἰκοδομοῦσι τὸν ναὸν τῷ Κυρίῳ Θεῷ Ἰσραήλ.
5:68	Καὶ προσελθόντες τῷ Ζοροβάβελ, καὶ Ἰησοῦ, καὶ τοῖς ἡγουμένοις τῶν πατριῶν, λέγουσιν αὐτοῖς, συνοικοδομήσωμεν ὑμῖν.
5:69	Ὁμοίως γὰρ ὑμῖν ἀκούομεν τοῦ Κυρίου ὑμῶν, καὶ αὐτῷ ἐπιθύομεν ἀφʼ ἡμερῶν Ἀσβακαφὰς βασιλέως Ἀσσυρίων, ὃς μετήγαγεν ἡμᾶς ἐνταῦθα.
5:70	Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς Ζοροβάβελ καὶ Ἰησοῦς καὶ οἱ ἡγούμενοι τῶν πατριῶν τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ, οὐχ ἡμῖν καὶ ὑμῖν τοῦ οἰκοδομῆσαι τὸν οἶκον Κυρίῳ Θεῷ ἡμῶν.
5:71	Ἡμεῖς γὰρ μόνοι οἰκοδομήσωμεν τῷ Κυρίῳ τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ, ἀκολούθως οἷς προσέταξεν ἡμῖν Κύρος ὁ βασιλεὺς Περσῶν.
5:72	Τὰ δὲ ἔθνη τῆς γῆς ἐπικοιμώμενα τοῖς ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ καὶ πολιορκοῦντες, εἶργον τοῦ οἰκοδομεῖν,
5:73	καὶ βουλὰς δημαγωγοῦντες, καὶ συστάσεις ποιούμενοι, ἀπεκώλυσαν τοῦ ἀποτελεσθῆναι τὴν οἰκοδομὴν πάντα τὸν χρόνον τῆς ζωῆς τοῦ βασιλέως Κύρου· καὶ εἴρχθησαν τῆς οἰκοδομῆς ἔτη δύο ἕως τῆς Δαρείου βασιλείας.
6:1	Ἐν δὲ τῷ δευτέρῳ ἔτει τῆς Δαρείου βασιλείας, ἐπροφήτευσεν Ἀγγαῖος καὶ Ζαχαρίας ὁ τοῦ Ἀδδὼ οἱ προφῆται ἐπὶ τοὺς τοὺς Ἰουδαίους τοὺς ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ καὶ Ἱερουσαλὴμ, ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι Κυρίου Θεοῦ Ἰσραὴλ ἐπʼ αὐτούς.
6:2	Τότε στὰς Ζοροβάβελ ὁ τοῦ Σαλαθιὴλ καὶ Ἰησοῦς ὁ τοῦ Ἰωσεδὲκ, ἥρξαντο οἰκοδομεῖν τὸν οἶκον τοῦ Κυρίου, τὸν ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ, συνόντων τῶν προφητῶν τοῦ Κυρίου, βοηθούντων αὐτοῖς.
6:3	Ἐν αὐτῷ τῷ χρόνῳ παρῆν πρὸς αὐτοὺς Σισίννης ὁ ἔπαρχος Συρίας καὶ Φοινίκης, καὶ Σαθραβουζάνης καὶ οἱ συνεταῖροι,
6:4	καὶ εἶπαν αὐτοῖς, τίνος ὑμῖν συντάξαντος τὸν οἶκον τοῦτον οἰκοδομεῖτε, καὶ τὴν στέγην ταύτην καὶ τὰ ἄλλα πάντα ἐπιτελεῖτε; καὶ τίνες εἰσὶν οἰκοδόμοι οἱ ταῦτα ἐπιτελοῦντες;
6:5	Καὶ ἔσχοσαν χάριν, ἐπισκοπῆς γενομένης ἐπὶ τὴν αἰχμαλωσίαν, παρὰ τοῦ Κυρίου οἱ πρεσβύτεροι τῶν Ἰουδαίων,
6:6	καὶ οὐκ ἐκωλύθησαν τῆς οἰκοδομῆς, μέχρις οὗ ἀποσημανθῆναι Δαρείῳ περὶ αὐτῶν, καὶ προσφωνηθῆναι.
6:7	ἈΝΤΙΓΡΑΦΟΝ ἘΠΙΣΤΟΛΗΣ ἯΣ ἜΓΡΑΨΕΔΑΡΕΙΩ, ΚΑΙ ἈΠΕΣΤΕΙΛΑΝ. Σισίννης ὁ ἔπαρχος Συρίας καὶ Φοινίκης, καὶ Σαθραβουζάνης, καὶ οἱ συνεταῖροι οἱ ἐν Συρίᾳ καὶ Φοινίκῃ ἡγεμόνες, βασιλεῖ Δαρείῳ χαίρειν.
6:8	Πάντα γνωστὰ ἔστω τῶ κυρίῳ ἡμῶν τῷ βασιλεῖ, ὅτι παραγενόμενοι εἰς τὴν χώραν τῆς Ἰουδαίας, καὶ ἐλθόντες εἰς Ἱερουσαλὴμ τὴν πόλιν, κατελάβομεν τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους τῶν Ἰουδαίων ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ τῇ πόλει οἰκοδομοῦντας οἶκον τῷ Κυρίῳ μέγαν,
6:9	καινὸν διὰ λίθων ξυστῶν πολυτελῶν, ξύλων τιθεμένων ἐν τοῖς τοίχοις,
6:10	καὶ τὰ ἔργα ἐκεῖνα ἐπὶ σπουδῆς γινόμενα, καὶ εὐοδούμενον τὸ ἔργον ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐν πάσῃ δόξῃ καὶ ἐπιμελείᾳ συντελούμενον.
6:11	Τότε ἐπυνθανόμεθα τῶν πρεσβυτέρων τούτων, λέγοντες, τίνος ὑμῖν προστάξαντος οἰκοδομεῖτε τὸν οἶκον τοῦτον, καὶ τὰ ἔργα ταῦτα θεμελιοῦτε;
6:12	Ἐπηρωτήσαμεν οὖν αὐτοὺς, εἵνεκεν τοῦ γνωρίσαι σοι, καὶ γράψαι σοι τοὺς ἀνθρώπους τοὺς ἀφηγουμένους, καὶ τὴν ὀνοματογραφίαν ᾐτοῦμεν αὐτοὺς τῶν προκαθηγουμένων.
6:13	Οἱ δὲ ἀπεκρίθησαν ἡμῖν, λέγοντες, ἐσμὲν παῖδες τοῦ Κυρίου τοῦ κτίσαντος τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν·
6:14	καὶ ᾠκοδόμητο οἶκος ἔμπροσθεν ἐτῶν πλειόνων διὰ βασιλέως τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ μεγάλου καὶ ἰσχυροῦ, καὶ ἐπετελέσθη.
6:15	Καὶ ἐπεὶ οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν παραπικράναντες ἥμαρτον εἰς τὸν Κύριον τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ τὸν οὐράνιον, παρέδωκεν αὐτοὺς εἰς χεῖρας Ναβουχοδονόσορ βασιλέως Βαβυλῶνος βασιλέως τῶν Χαλδαίων.
6:16	Τόν τε οἶκον καθελόντες ἐνεπύρισαν, καὶ τὸν λαὸν ᾐχμαλώτευσαν εἰς Βαβυλῶνα.
6:17	Ἐν δὲ τῷ πρώτῳ ἔτει βασιλεύοντος Κύρου χώρας Βαβυλωνίας, ἔγραψεν ὁ βασιλεὺς Κύρος τὸν οἶκον τοῦτον οἰκοδομῆσαι·
6:18	Καὶ τὰ ἱερὰ σκεύη τὰ χρυσᾶ καὶ τὰ ἀργυρᾶ, ἃ ἐξήνεγκε Ναβουχοδονόσορ ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ, καὶ ἀπηρείσατο αὐτὰ ἐν τῷ αὐτοῦ ναῷ, πάλιν ἐξήνεγκεν αὐτὰ Κύρος ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐκ τοῦ ναοῦ τοῦ ἐν Βαβυλωνίᾳ, καὶ παρεδόθη Σαβανασσάρῳ Ζοροβάβελ τῷ ἐπάρχῳ,
6:19	καὶ ἐπετάγη αὐτῷ, καὶ ἀπήνεγκε πάντα τὰ σκεύη ταῦτα ἀποθεῖναι ἐν τῷ ναῷ τῷ ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ, καὶ τὸν ναὸν τοῦ Κυρίου οἰκοδομηθῆναι ἐπὶ τοῦ τόπου.
6:20	Τότε ὁ Σαβανάσσαρος παραγενόμενος ἐνεβάλετο τοὺς θεμελίους τοῦ οἴκου Κυρίου τοῦ ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ, καὶ ἀπʼ ἐκείνου μέχρι τοῦ νῦν οἰκοδομούμενος οὐκ ἔλαβε συντέλειαν.
6:21	Νῦν οὖν εἰ κρίνεται, βασιλεῦ, ἐπισκεπήτω ἐν τοῖς βασιλικοῖς βιβλιοφυλακίοις τοῦ Κύρου,
6:22	καὶ ἐὰν εὑρίσκητε; μετὰ τῆς γνώμης Κύρου τοῦ βασιλέως γενομένην τὴν οἰκοδομὴν τοῦ οἴκου Κυρίου τοῦ ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ, καὶ κρίνηται τῷ κυρίῳ βασιλεῖ ἡμῶν, προσφωνησάτω ἡμῖν περὶ τοῦτων.
6:23	Τότε ὁ βασιλεὺς Δαρεῖος προσέταξεν ἐπισκέψασθαι ἐν τοῖς βιβλιοφυλακίοις τοῖς κειμένοις ἐν Βαβυλῶνι· καὶ εὑρέθη ἐν Ἐκβατάνοις τῇ βάρει τῇ ἐν Μηδίᾳ χώρᾳ τόπος εἷς, ἐν ῷ ὑπομνημάτιστο τάδε.
6:24	Ἔτους πρώτου βασιλεύοντος Κύρου, βασιλεὺς Κύρος προσέταξε τὸν οἶκον τοῦ Κυρίου τὸν ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ οἰκοδομῆσαι, ὅπου ἐπιθύουσι διὰ πυρὸς ἐνδελεχοῦς, οὗ τὸ ὕψος πηχῶν ἑξήκοντα,
6:25	πλάτος πηχῶν ἑξήκοντα διὰ δόμων λιθίνων ξυστῶν τριῶν, καὶ δόμου ξυλίνου ἐγχωρίου καινοῦ ἑνὸς, καὶ τὸ δαπάνημα δοθῆναι ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου Κύρου τοῦ βασιλέως.
6:26	Καὶ τὰ ἱερὰ σκεύη τοῦ οἴκου Κυρίου τά τε χρυσᾶ καὶ ἀργυρᾶ, ἃ ἐξήνεγκε Ναβουχοδονόσορ ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ, καὶ ἀπήνεγκεν εἰς Βαβυλῶνα, ἀποκατασταθῆναι εἰς τὸν οἶκον τὸν ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ, οὗ ἦν κείμενα, ὅπως τεθῇ ἐκεῖ.
6:27	Προσέταξε δὲ ἐπιμεληθῆναι Σισίννῃ ἐπάρχῳ Συρίας καὶ Φοινίκης, καὶ Σαθραβουζάνῃ, καὶ τοῖς συνεταίροις, καὶ τοῖς ἀποτεταγμένοις ἐν Συρίᾳ καὶ Φοινίκῃ ἡγεμόσιν ἀπέχεσθαι τοῦ τόπου, ἐᾶσαι δὲ τὸν παῖδα Κυρίου Ζοροβάβελ, ἔπαρχον δὲ τῆς Ἰουδαίας, καὶ τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους τῶν Ἰουδαίων, τὸν οἶκον τοῦ Κυρίου ἐκεῖνον οἰκοδομεῖν ἐπὶ τοῦ τόπου.
6:28	Καὶ ἐγὼ δὲ ἐπέταξα ὁλοσχερῶς οἰκοδομῆσαι, καὶ ἀτενίσαι ἵνα συμποιῶσι τοῖς ἐκ τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας τῆς Ἰουδαίας, μέχρι τοῦ ἐπιτελεσθῆναι τὸν οἶκον τοῦ Κυρίου·
6:29	καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς φορολογίας κοίλης Συρίας καὶ Φοινίκης ἐπιμελῶς σύνταξιν δίδοσθαι τούτοις τοῖς ἀνθρώποις εἰς θυσίαν τῷ Κυρίῳ, Ζοροβάβελ ἐπάρεχῳ εἰς ταύρους, καὶ κριοὺς, καὶ ἄρνας,
6:30	ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ πυρὸν, καὶ ἅλα, καὶ οἶνον, καὶ ἔλαιον ἐνδελεχῶς κατʼ ἐνιαυτὸν, καθὼς ἂν οἱ ἱερεῖς οἱ ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ ὑπαγορεύσωσιν ἀναλίσκεσθαι καθʼ ἡμέραν, ἀναμφισβητήτως,
6:31	ὅπως προσφέρωνται σπονδαὶ τῷ Θεῷ τῷ ὑψίστῳ ὑπὲρ τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ τῶν παίδων, καὶ προσεύχωνται περὶ τῆς αὐτῶν ζωῆς·
6:32	καὶ προστάξαι ἵνα ὅσοι ἐὰν παραβῶσί τὶ τῶν γεγραμμένων καὶ ἀκυρώσωσι, ληφθῆναι ξύλον ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπʼ αὐτοῦ κρεμασθῆναι, καὶ τὰ ὑπάρχοντα αὐτοῦ εἶναι βασιλικά.
6:33	Διὰ ταῦτα καὶ ὁ Κύριος, οὗ τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ ἐπικέκληται ἐκεῖ, ἀφανίσαι πάντα βασιλέα καὶ ἔθνος, ὃς ἐκτενεῖ τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ κωλῦσαι ἢ κακοποιῆσαι τὸν οἶκον Κυρίου ἐκεῖνον τὸν ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ.
6:34	Ἐγὼ βασιλεὺς Δαρεῖος δεδογμάτικα ἐπιμελῶς κατὰ ταῦτα γίνεσθαι.
7:1	Τότε Σισίννης ἔπαρχος κοίλης Συρίας καὶ Φοινίκης, καὶ Σαθραβουζάνης, καὶ οἱ συνεταῖροι κατακολουθήσαντες τοῖς ὑπὸ τοῦ βασιλέως Δαρείου προσταγεῖσιν,
7:2	ἐπεστάτουν τῶν ἱερῶν ἔργων ἐπιμελέστερον συνεργοῦντες τοῖς πρεσβυτέροις τῶν Ἰουδαίων καὶ ἱεροστάταις.
7:3	Καὶ εὔοδα ἐγίνετο τὰ ἱερὰ ἔργα, προφητευόντων Ἀγγαίου καὶ Ζαχαρίου τῶν προφητῶν.
7:4	Καὶ συνετέλεσαν ταῦτα διὰ προστάγματος Κυρίου Θεοῦ Ἰσραήλ· καὶ μετὰ τῆς γνώμης τοῦ Κύρου καὶ Δαρείου καὶ Ἀρταξέρξου βασιλέων Περσῶν,
7:5	συνετελέσθη ὁ οἶκος ὁ ἅγιος ἕως τρίτης καὶ εἰκάδος μηνὸς Ἄδαρ, τοῦ ἕκτου ἔτους βασιλέως Δαρείου.
7:6	Καὶ ἐποίησαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ οἱ ἱερεῖς καὶ οἱ Λευῖται καὶ οἱ λοιποὶ οἱ ἐκ τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας οἱ προστεθέντες, ἀκολούθως τοῖς ἐν τῇ Μωυσέως βίβλῳ.
7:7	Καὶ προσήνεγκαν εἰς τὸν ἐγκαινισμὸν τοῦ ἱεροῦ τοῦ Κυρίου ταύρους ἑκατὸν, κριοὺς διακοσίους, ἄρνας τετρακοσίους,
7:8	χιμάρους ὑπὲρ ἁμαρτίας παντὸς τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ δώδεκα πρὸς ἀριθμὸν, ἐκ τῶν φυλάρχων τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ δώδεκα.
7:9	Καὶ ἔστησαν οἱ ἱερεῖς καὶ οἱ Λενῖται κατὰ φυλὰς ἐστολισμένοι ἐπὶ τῶν ἔργων Κυρίου Θεοῦ Ἰσραὴλ ἀκολούθως τῇ Μωυσέως βίβλῳ, καὶ οἱ θυρωροὶ ἐφʼ ἑκάστου πυλῶνος.
7:10	Καὶ ἠγάγοσαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ τῶν ἐκ τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας τὸ πάσχα ἐν τῇ τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτῃ τοῦ πρώτου μηνὸς, ὅτε ἡγνίσθησαν οἱ ἱερεῖς καὶ οἱ Λευῖται,
7:11	ἅμα καὶ πάντες οἱ υἱοὶ τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας, ὅτι ἡγνίσθησαν· ὅτι οἱ Λευῖται ἅμα πάντες ἡγνίσθησαν.
7:12	Καὶ ἔθυσαν τὸ πάσχα πᾶσι τοῖς υἱοῖς τοῖς αἰχμαλωσίας, καὶ τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς αὐτῶν τοῖς ἱερεῦσι, καὶ ἑαυτοῖς.
7:13	Καὶ ἐφάγοσαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ οἱ ἐκ τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας, πάντες οἱ χωρισθέντες ἀπὸ τῶν βδελυγμάτων τῶν ἐθνῶν τῆς γῆς, ζητοῦντες τὸν Κύριον·
7:14	Καὶ ἠγάγοσαν τὴν ἑορτὴν τῶν ἀζύμων ἑπτὰ ἡμέρας εὐφραινόμενοι ἔναντι Κυρίου,
7:15	ὅτι μετέστρεψε τὴν βουλὴν τοῦ βασιλέως Ἀσσυρίων ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς, κατισχῦσαι τὰς χεῖρας αὐτῶν ἐπὶ τὰ ἔργα Κυρίου Θεοῦ Ἰσραήλ.
8:1	Καὶ μεταγενέστερος τούτων ἐστὶ, βασιλεύοντος Ἀρταξέρξου τοῦ Περσῶν βασιλέως, προσέβη Ἔσδρας Ἀζαραίου, τοῦ Ζεχρίου, τοῦ Χελκίου, τοῦ Σαλήμου,
8:2	τοῦ Σαδδούκου, τοῦ Ἀχιτὼβ, τοῦ Ἀμαρίου, τοῦ Ὀζίου, τοῦ Βοκκὰ, τοῦ Ἀβισαῒ, τοῦ Φινεὲς, τοῦ Ἐλεάζαρ, τοῦ Ἀαρὼν, τοῦ ἱερέως τοῦ πρώτου·
8:3	οὗτος Ἔσδρας ἀνέβη ἐκ Βαβυλῶνος ὡς γραμματεὺς εὐφυὴς ὢν ἐν τῷ Μωυσέως νόμω τῷ ἐκδεδομένῳ ὑπὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦ Ἰσραήλ.
8:4	Καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ ὁ βασιλεὺς δόξαν, εὑρόντος χάριν ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ πάντα τὰ ἀξιώματα αὐτοῦ.
8:5	Καὶ συνανέβησαν ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ τῶν ἱερέων, καὶ Λευιτῶν, καὶ ἱεροψαλτῶν, καὶ θυρωρῶν, καὶ ἱεροδούλων εἰς Ἱερουσαλὴμ,
8:6	ἔτους ἑβδόμου βασιλεύοντος Ἀρταξέρξου ἐν τῷ πέμπτῳ μηνί· 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 ἐπʼ αὐτῷ.
8:7	Ὁ 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.
8:8	Προσπεσόντος δὲ τοῦ γραφέντος προστάγματος παρὰ Αρταξέρξου βασιλέως πρὸς Ἔσδραν τὸν ἱερέα καὶ ἀναγνώστην τοῦ νόμου Κυρίου, οὗ ἐστιν ἀντίγραφον τὸ ὑποκείμενον·
8:9	Βασιλεὺς Ἀρταξέρξης Ἔσδρᾳ τῷ ἱερεῖ καὶ ἀναγνώστῃ τοῦ νόμου Κυρίου χαίρειν.
8:10	Καὶ 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.
8:11	Ὅσοι οὖν ἐνθυμοῦνται, συνεξορμάσθωσαν καθάπερ δέδοκται ἐμοί τε, καὶ τοῖς ἑπτὰ φίλοις συμβουλευταῖς,
8:12	ὅπως ἐπισκέψωνται τὰ κατὰ τὴν Ἰουδαίαν καὶ Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἀκολούθως ᾧ ἔχει ἐν τῷ νόμῳ Κυρίου,
8:13	καὶ ἀπενεγκεῖν δῶρα τῷ Κυρίῳ τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ, 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
8:14	σὺν τῷ δεδωρημένῳ ὑπὸ τοῦ ἔθνους εἰς τὸ ἱερὸν τοῦ Κυρίου Θεοῦ αὐτῶν τὸ ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ, συναχθῆναι τό, τε χρυσίον καὶ τὸ ἀργύριον εἰς ταύρους καὶ κριοὺς καὶ ἄρνας, καὶ τὰ τούτοις ἀκόλουθα,
8:15	ὥστε προσενεγκεῖν θυσίας τῷ Κυρίῳ ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον τοῦ Κυρίον Θεοῦ αὐτῶν τὸ ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ.
8:16	Καὶ πάντα ὅσα ἐὰν βούλῃ μετὰ τῶν ἀδελφῶν σου ποιῆσαι χρυσίῳ καὶ ἀργυρίῳ, ἐπιτέλει κατὰ τὸ θέλημα τοῦ Θεοῦ σου.
8:17	Καὶ τὰ ἱερὰ σκεύη τοῦ Κυρίου τὰ διδόμενά σοι εἰς τὴν χρείαν τοῦ ἱεροῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ σου,
8:18	δώσεις ἐκ τοῦ βασιλικοῦ γαζοφυλακίου.
8:19	Κᾀγὼ ἰδοὺ Ἀρταξέρξης βασιλεὺς προσέταξα τοῖς γαζοφύλαξι Συρίας καὶ Φοινίκης, ἵνα ὅσα ἐὰν ἀποστείλῃ Ἔσδρας ὁ ἱερεὺς καὶ ἀναγνώστης τοῦ νόμου τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦ ὑψίστου, ἐπιμελῶς διδῶσιν αὐτῷ ἕως ἀργυρίου ταλάντων ἑκατὸν,
8:20	ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ ἕως πυροῦ κόρων ἑκατὸν, καὶ οἴνου μετρητῶν ἑκατόν·
8:21	καὶ ἄλλα ἐκ πλήθους πάντα κατὰ τὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ νόμον ἐπιτελεσθήτω ἐπιμελῶς τῷ Θεῷ τῷ ὑψίστῳ, ἕνεκα τοῦ μὴ γενέσθαι ὀργὴν εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ τῶν υἱῶν αὐτοῦ.
8:22	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.
8:23	Καὶ σὺ, Ἔσδρα, κατὰ τὴν σοφίαν τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἀνάδειξον κριτὰς καὶ δικαστὰς, ὅπως δικάζωσιν ἐν ὅλῃ Συρίᾳ καὶ Φοινίκῃ πάντας τοὺς ἐπισταμένους τὸν νόμον τοῦ Θεοῦ σου, καὶ τοὺς μὴ ἐπισταμένους διδάξεις.
8:24	Καὶ πάντες ὅσοι ἂν παραβαίνωσι τὸν νόμον τοῦ Θεοῦ σου καὶ τὸς βασιλικὸν, ἐπιμελῶς κολασθήσονται, ἐάν τε καὶ θανάτῳ, ἐάν τε καὶ τιμωρίᾳ, ἢ ἀργυρικῇ ζημίᾳ, ἢ ἀπαγωγῇ.
8:25	Καὶ εἶπεν Ἔσδρας ὁ γραμματεὺς, εὐλογητὸς μόνος Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς τῶν πατέρων μου, ὁ δοὺς ταῦτα εἰς τὴν καρδίαν τοῦ βασιλέως, δοξάσαι τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ τὸν ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ,
8:26	καὶ ἐμὲ ἐτίμησεν ἐναντίον τοὺ βασιλέως, καὶ τῶν συμβουλευόντων, καὶ πάντων τῶν φίλων, καὶ μεγιστάνων αὐτοῦ.
8:27	Καὶ ἐγὼ εὐθαρσὴς ἐγενόμην κατὰ τὴν ἀντίλμψιν Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ μου, καὶ συνήγαγον ἄνδρας ἐκ τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ ὥστε συναναβῆναί μοι.
8:28	Καὶ οὗτοι οἱ προηγούμενοι κατὰ τὰς πατριὰς αὐτῶν καὶ τὰς μεριδαρχίας, οἱ ἀναβάντες μετʼ ἐμοῦ ἐκ Βαβυλῶνος ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ Ἀρταξέρξου τοῦ βασιλέως.
8:29	Ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Φινεὲς, Γηρσών· ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Ἰαθαμάρου, Γαμαλιήλ· ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Λαυὶδ, Λαττοὺς ὁ Σεχενίου·
8:30	ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Φόρος, Ζαχαρίας, καὶ μετʼ αὐτοῦ ἀπεγράφησαν ἄνδρες ἑκατὸν πεντήκοντα·
8:31	ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Φαὰθ Μωὰβ, Ἐλιαωνίας Ζαραίου, καὶ μετʼ αὐτοῦ ἄνδρες διακόσιοι·
8:32	ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Ζαθόης, Ζεχενίας Ἰεζήλου, καὶ μετʼ αὐτοῦ ἄνδρες τριακόσιοι· ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Ἀδὶν, Ὠβὴθ Ἰωνάθου, καὶ μετʼ αὐτοῦ ἄνδρες διακόσιοι πεντήκοντα·
8:33	ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Ἠλὰμ, Ἰεσίαν Γοθολίου, καὶ μετʼ αὐτοῦ ἄνδρες ἑβδομήκοντα·
8:34	ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Σαφατίου, Ζαραΐας Μιχαήλου, καὶ μετʼ αὐτοῦ ἄνδρες ἑβδομήκοντα·
8:35	ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Ἰωὰβ, Ἀβαδίας Ἰεζήλου, καὶ μετʼ αὐτοῦ ἄνδρες διακόσιοι δεκαδύο·
8:36	Ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Βανίας, Σαλιμὼθ Ἰωσαφίου, καὶ μετʼ αὐτοῦ ἄνδρες ἑξήκοντα καὶ ἑκατόν·
8:37	ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Βαβὶ, Ζαχαρίας Βηβαῒ, καὶ μετʼ αὐτοῦ ἄνδρες εἰκοσιοκτώ·
8:38	ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Ἀστὰθ, Ἰωάννης Ἀκατὰν, καὶ μετʼ αὐτοῦ ἄνδρες ἑκατὸν δέκα·
8:39	ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Ἀδωνικὰμ, οἱ ἔσχατοι· καὶ ταῦτα τὰ ὀνόματα αὐτῶν· Ἐλιφαλὰ τοῦ Γεουὴλ, καὶ Σαμαίας, καὶ μετʼ αὐτῶν ἄνδρες ἑβδομήκοντα·
8:40	ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Βαγὼ, Οὐθὶ ὁ τοῦ Ἱσταλκούρου, καὶ μετʼ αὐτοῦ ἄνδρες ἑβδομήκοντα.
8:41	Καὶ συνήγαγον αὐτοὺς ἐπὶ τὸν λεγόμενον Θερὰν ποταμὸν, καὶ παρενεβάλομεν ἡμέρας τρεῖς αὐτόθι, καὶ κατέμαθον αὐτούς.
8:42	Καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἱερέων καὶ ἐκ τῶν Λευιτῶν οὐχ εὑρὼν ἐκεῖ,
8:43	ἀπέστειλα πρὸς Ἐλεάζαρον, καὶ Ἱδουῆλον, καὶ Μαιὰ, καὶ Μασμὰν, καὶ Ἀλναθὰν, καὶ Σαμαίαν, καὶ Ἰώριβον, Νάθαν,
8:44	Ἐννατὰν, Ζαχαρίαν, καὶ Μοσόλλαμον τοὺς ἡγουμένους καὶ ἐπιοτήμονας,
8:45	καὶ εἶπα αὐτοῖς ἐλθεῖν πρὸς Λοδδαῖον τὸν ἡγούμενον τὸν ἐν τῷ τόπῳ τοῦ γαζοφυλακίου,
8:46	ἐντειλάμενος αὐτοῖς διαλεχθῆναι Λοδδαίῳ, καὶ τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς αὐτοῦ, καὶ τοῖς ἐν τῷ τόπῳ γαζοφύλαξιν, ἀποστεῖλαι ἡμῖν τοὺν ἱερατεύσοντας ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν·
8:47	Καὶ ἤγαγον ἡμῖν κατὰ τὴν κραταιὰν χεῖρα τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν ἄνδρας ἐπιστήμονας τῶν υἱῶν Μοολὶ τοῦ Λευὶ τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ, Ἀσεβηβίαν, καὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς αὐτοῦ, καὶ τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς, ὄντας δέκα καὶ ὀκτώ·
8:48	καὶ Ἀσεβίαν, καὶ Ἄννουον, καὶ Ὠσαίαν ἀδελφὸν ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Χανουναίου, καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτῶν εἴκοσι ἄνδρες·
8:49	καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἱεροδούλων ὧν ἔδωκε Δαυὶδ, καὶ οἱ ἡγούμενοι εἰς τὴν ἐργασίαν τῶν Λευιτῶν, ἱεροδούλους διακοσίους καὶ εἴκοσι· πάντων ἐσημάνθη ἡ ὀνοματογραφία.
8:50	Καὶ ηὐξάμην ἐκεῖ νηστείαν τοῖς νεανίσκοις ἔναντι Κυρίου ἡμῶν, ζητῆσαι παρʼ αὐτοῦ εὐοδίαν ἡμῖν τε καὶ τοῖς συνοῦσιν ἡμῖν, τέκνοις ἡμῶν, καὶ κτήνεσιν.
8:51	Ἐνετράπην γὰρ αἰτῆσαι τὸν βασιλέα, πεζούς τε καὶ ἱππεῖς, και προπομπὴν ἕνεκεν ἀσφαλείας τῆς πρὸς τοὺς ἐναντιουμένους ἡμῖν.
8:52	Εἴπαμεν γὰρ τῷ βασιλεῖ, ὅτι ἡ ἰσχὺς τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν ἔσται μετὰ τῶν ἐπιζητούντων αὐτὸν εἰς πᾶσαν ἐπανόρθωσιν.
8:53	Καὶ πάλιν ἐδεήθημεν τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν πάντα ταῦτα, καὶ ἐτύχομεν εὐιλάτου.
8:54	Καὶ ἐχώρισα τῶν φυλάρχων τῶν ἱερέων ἄνδρας δεκαδύο, καὶ Ἐσερεβίαν καὶ Σαμίαν, καὶ μετʼ αὐτῶν ἐκ τῶν ἀδελφῶν αὐτῶν ἄνδρας δώδεκα.
8:55	Καὶ ἔστησα αὐτοῖς τὸ ἀργύριον, καὶ τὸ χρυσίον, καὶ τὰ ἱερὰ σκεύη τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν, ἃ ἐδωρήσατο ὁ βασιλεὺς, καὶ οἱ σύμβουλοι αὐτοὺ, καὶ οἱ μεγιστᾶνες, καὶ πᾶς Ἰσραήλ.
8:56	Καὶ στήσας παρέδωκα αὑτοῖς ἀργυρίου τάλαντα ἑξακόσια πεντήκοντα, καὶ σκεύη ἀργυρᾶ ταλάντων ἑκατὸν, καὶ χρυσίου τάλαντα ἑκατὸν,
8:57	καὶ χρυσώματα εἴκοσι, καὶ σκεύη χάλκεα ἀπὸ χρηστοῦ χαλκοῦ στίλβοντα χρυσοειδῆ σκεύη δώδεκα.
8:58	Καὶ εἶπα αὐτοῖς καὶ ὑμεῖς ἅγιοι ἐστὲ τῷ Κυρίῳ, καὶ τὰ σκεύη τὰ ἅγια, καὶ τὸ χρυσίον, καὶ τὸ ἀργύριον, εὐχὴ τῷ Κυρίῳ, Κυρίῳ τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν.
8:59	Ἀγρυπνεῖτε, καὶ φυλάσσετε ἕως τοῦ παραδοῦναι ὑμᾶς αὐτὰ τοῖς φυλάρχοις τῶν ἱερέων καὶ τῶν Λευιτῶν, καὶ τοῖς ἡγουμένοις τὼν πατριῶν τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ ἐν Ἰερουσαλὴμ, ἐν τοῖς παστοφορίοις τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν.
8:60	Καὶ οἱ παραλαβόντες οἱ ἱερεῖς καὶ οἱ Λευῖται τὸ ἀργύριον, καὶ τὸ χρυσίον, καὶ τὰ σκεύη τὰ ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ, εἰσήνεγκαν εἰς τὸ ἱερὸν τοῦ Κυρίου.
8:61	Καὶ ἀναζεύξαντες ἀπὸ τοῦ ποταμοῦ Θερὰ τῇ δωδεκάτῃ τοῦ πρώτου μηνὸς, ἕως εἰσήλθομεν εἰς Ἱερουσαλὴμ κατὰ τὴν κραταιὰν χεῖρα τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν τὴν ἐφʼ ἡμῖν· καὶ ἐῤῥύσατο ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τῆς εἰσόδου ἀπὸ παντὸς ἐχθροῦ, καὶ ἦλθομεν εἰς Ἱερουσαλήμ.
8:62	Καὶ γενομένης αὐτόθι ἡμέρας τρίτης, τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τετάρτῃ σταθὲν τὸ ἀργύριον καὶ τὸ χρυσίον παρεδόθη ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Μαρμωθὶ Οὐρία ἱερεῖ.
8:63	Καὶ μετʼ αὐτοῦ Ἐλεάζαρ ὁ τοῦ Φινεὲς, καὶ ἦσαν μετʼ αὐτοῦ Ἰωσαβδὸς Ἰησοῦ, καὶ Μωὲθ Σαβάννου· οἱ δὲ Λευῖται, πρὸς ἀριθμὸν καὶ ὁλκὴν ἅπαντα.
8:64	Καὶ ἐγράφη πᾶσα ἡ ὁλκὴ αὐτῶν αὐτῇ τῇ ὥρᾳ.
8:65	Οἱ δὲ παραγενόμενοι ἐκ τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας προσήνεγκαν θυσίας τῷ Θεῷ τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ Κυρίῳ, ταύρους δώδεκα ὑπὲρ παντὸς Ἰσραὴλ,
8:66	κριοὺς ἐνενηκονταὲξ, ἄρνας ἑβδομηκονταδύο, τράγους ὑπὲρ σωτηρίου δώδεκα, ἅπαντα θυσίαν τῷ Κυρίῳ.
8:67	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.
8:68	Καὶ τούτων τελεσθέντων, προσήλθοσάν μοι οἱ ἡγούμενοι, λέγοντες,
8:69	οὐκ ἐχώρισαν τὸ ἔθνος τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ καὶ οἱ ἄρχοντες καὶ οἱ ἱερεῖς καὶ οἱ Λευῖται τὰ ἀλλογενῆ ἔθνη τῆς γῆς καὶ τὰς ἀκαθαρσίας αὐτῶν, ἀπὸ τῶν ἐθνῶν τῶν Χαναναίων, καὶ Χετταίων, καὶ Φερεζαίων, καὶ Ἰεβουσαίων, καὶ Μωαβιτῶν, καὶ Αἰγυπτίων, καὶ Ἰδουμαίων.
8:70	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.
8:71	Καὶ ἅμα τῷ ἀκοῦσαί με ταῦτα, διέῤῥηξα τὰ ἱμάτια καὶ τὴν ἱερὰν ἐσθῆτα, καὶ κατέτιλα τοῦ τριχώματος τῆς κεφαλῆς καὶ τοῦ πώγωνος, καὶ ἐκάθισα σύννους καὶ περίλυπος.
8:72	Καὶ ἐπισυνήχθησαν πρὸς μὲ ὅσοι ποτὲ ἐπεκινοῦντο ἐπὶ τῷ ῥήματι Κυρίου Θεοῦ τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ, ἐμοῦ πενθοῦντος ἐπὶ τῇ ἀνομίᾳ· καὶ ἐκαθήμην περίλυπος ἕως τῆς δειλινῆς θυσίας.
8:73	Καὶ ἐξεγερθεὶς ἐκ τῆς νηστείας διεῤῥηγμένα ἔχων τὰ ἱμάτια καὶ τὴν ἱερὰν ἐσθῆτα, κάμψας τὰ γόνατα, καὶ ἐκτείνας τὰς χεῖρας πρὸς τὸν Κύριον·
8:74	ἔλεγον, Κύριε, ᾔσχυμμαι καὶ ἐντέτραμμαι κατὰ πρόσωπόν σου.
8:75	Αἱ γὰρ ἁμαρτίαι ἡμῶν ἐπλεόνασαν ὑπὲρ τὰς κεφαλὰς ἡμῶν, καὶ αἱ ἄγνοιαι ἡμῶν ὑπερήνεγκαν ἕως τοῦ οὐρανοῦ,
8:76	ἔτι ἀπὸ τῶν χρόνων τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν, καὶ ἐσμὲν ἐν μεγάλῃ ἁμαρτίᾳ ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης.
8:77	Καὶ διὰ 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 ῥομφαίαν καὶ αἰχμαλωσίαν καὶ προνομὴν μετὰ αἰσχύνης μέχρι τῆς σήμερον ἡμέρας.
8:78	Καὶ νῦν κατὰ πόσον τι ἐγενήθη ἡμῖν ἔλεος παρὰ τοῦ Κυρίου Κυρίου, καταλειφθῆναι ἡμῖν ῥίζαν καὶ ὄνομα ἐν τῷ τόπῳ ἁγιάσματός σου,
8:79	καὶ τοῦ ἀνακαλύψαι φωστῆρα ἡμῖν ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν, δοῦναι ἡμῖν τροφὴν ἐν τῷ καιρῷ τῆς δουλείας ἡμῶν;
8:80	Καὶ ἐν τῷ δουλεύειν ἡμᾶς οὐκ ἐγκατελείφθημεν ὑπὸ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν, ἀλλὰ ἐποίησεν ἡμᾶς ἐν χάριτι ἐνώπιον τῶν βασιλέων Περσῶν,
8:81	δοῦναι ἡμῖν τροφὴν, καὶ δοξάσαι τὸ ἱερὸν τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν, καὶ ἐγεῖραι τὴν ἔρημον Σιὼν, δοῦναι ἡμῖν στερέωμα ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ καὶ Ἱερουσαλήμ.
8:82	Καὶ νῦν τί ἐροῦμεν, Κύριε, ἔχοντες ταῦτα; παρέβημεν γὰρ τὰ προστάγματά σου, ἃ ἔδωκας ἐν χειρὶ τῶν παίδων σου τῶν προφητῶν,
8:83	λέγων, ὅτι ἡ γῆ, εἰς ἣν εἰσέρχεσθε κληρονομῆσαι, ἔστι γῆ μεμολυσμένη μολυσμῷ τῶν ἀλλογενῶν τῆς γῆς, καὶ τῆς ἀκαθαρσίας αὐτῶν ἐνέπλησαν αὐτήν.
8:84	Καὶ νῦν τὰς θυγατέρας ὑμῶν μὴ συνοικήσητε τοῖς υἱοῖς αὐτῶν, καὶ τὰς θυγατέρας αὐτῶν μὴ λάβητε τοῖς υἱοῖς ὑμῶν,
8:85	καὶ οὐ ζητήσετε εἰρηνεῦσαι τὰ πρὸς αὐτοὺς τὸν ἅπαντα χρόνον, ἵνα ἰσχύσαντες φάγητε τὰ ἀγαθὰ τῆς γῆς, καὶ κατακληρονομήσητε τοῖς τέκνοις ὑμῶν ἕως αἰῶνος.
8:86	Καὶ τὰ συμβαίνοντα πάντα ἡμῖν γίνεται διὰ τὰ ἔργα ἡμῶν τὰ πονηρὰ, καὶ τὰς μεγάλας ἁμαρτίας ἡμῶν·
8:87	σὺ γὰρ Κύριε ὁ κουφίσας τὰς ἁμαρτίας ἡμῶν, ἔδωκας ἡμῖν τοιαύτην ῥίζαν· πάλιν ἀνεκάμψαμεν παραβῆναι τὸν νόμον σου εἰς τὸ ἐπιμιγῆναι τῇ ἀκαθαρσίᾳ τῶν ἐθνῶν τῆς γῆς.
8:88	Οὐχὶ ὠργίσθης ἡμῖν ἀπολέσαι ἡμᾶς, ἕως τοῦ μὴ καταλιπεῖν ῥίζαν καὶ σπέρμα καὶ ὄνομα ἡμῶν;
8:89	Κύριε τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ, ἀληθινὸς εἶ· κατελείφθημεν γὰρ ῥίζα ἐν τῇ σήμερον.
8:90	Ἰδοὺ νῦν ἐσμὲν ἐνώπιόν σου ἐν ταῖς ἀνομίαις ἡμῶν· οὐ γὰρ ἐστι στῆναι ἔτι ἔμπροσθέν σου ἐπὶ τούτοις.
8:91	Καὶ 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.
8:92	Καὶ φωνήσας Ἰεχονίας Ἰεήλου τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ, εἶπεν, Ἔσδρα, ἡμεῖς ἡμάρτομεν εἰς τὸν Κύριον· συνῳκίσαμεν γυναῖκας ἀλλογενεῖς ἐκ τῶν ἐθνῶν τῆς γῆς· καὶ νῦν ἐστιν ἐπάνω πᾶς Ἰσραήλ.
8:93	Ἐν τούτῳ γινέσθω ἡμῖν ὁρκωμοσία πρὸς τὸν Κύριον, ἐκβαλεῖν πάσας τὰς γυναῖκας ἡμῶν τὰς ἐκ τῶν ἀλλογενῶν σὺν τοῖς τέκνοις αὐτῶν,
8:94	ὡς ἐκρίθη σοι, καὶ ὅσοι πειθαρχοῦσι τοῦ νόμου Κυρίου.
8:95	Ἀναστὰς ἐπιτέλει· πρὸς σὲ γὰρ τὸ πρᾶγμα, καὶ ἡμεῖς μετὰ σοῦ ἰσχὺν ποιεῖν.
8:96	Καὶ ἀναστὰς Ἔσδρας ὥρκισε τοὺς φυλάρχους τῶν ἱερέων καὶ Λευιτῶν παντὸς τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ, ποιῆσαι κατὰ ταῦτα· καὶ ὤμοσαν.
9:1	Καὶ ἀναστὰς Ἔσρας ἀπὸ τῆς αὐλῆς τοῦ ἱεροῦ, ἐπορεύθη εἰς τὸ παστοφόριον Ἰωνὰν τοῦ Ἐλιασίβου.
9:2	Καὶ αὐλισθεὶς ἐκεῖ, ἄρτου οὐκ ἐγεύσατο οὐδὲ ὕδωρ ἔπιε, πενθῶν ἐπὶ τῶν ἀνομιῶν τῶν μεγάλων τοῦ πλήθους.
9:3	Καὶ ἐγένετο κήρυγμα ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ καὶ Ἱερουσαλὴμ πᾶσι τοῖς ἐκ τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας, συναχθῆναι εἰς Ἱερουσαλήμ.
9:4	Καὶ ὅσοι ἂν μὴ ἀπαντήσωσιν ἐν δυσὶν ἢ τρισὶν ἡμέραις, κατὰ τὸ κρίμα τῶν προκαθημένων πρεσβυτέρων, ἀνιερωθήσονται τὰ κτήνη αὐτῶν, καὶ αὐτὸς ἀλλοτριωθήσεται ἀπὸ τοῦ πλήθους τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας.
9:5	Καὶ ἐπισυνήχθησαν πάντες οἱ ἐκ τῆς φυλῆς Ἰούδα καὶ Βενιαμεὶν ἐν τρισὶν ἡμέραις εἰς Ἱερουσαλήμ· οὗτος ὁ μὴν ἔννατος, τῇ εἰκάδι τοῦ μηνός.
9:6	Καὶ συνεκάθισαν πᾶν τὸ πλῆθος ἐν τῷ εὐρυχώρῳ τοῦ ἱεροῦ, τρέμοντες διὰ τὸν ἐνεστῶτα χειμῶνα.
9:7	Καὶ ἀναστὰς Ἔσδρας εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, ὑμεῖς ἠνομήσατε καὶ συνῳκίσατε γυναιξὶν ἀλλογενέσι, τοῦ προσθεῖναι ἁμαρτίαν τῷ Ἰσραήλ.
9:8	Καὶ νῦν δότε ὁμολογίαν δόξαν τῷ Κυρίῳ Θεῷ τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν,
9:9	καὶ ποιήσατε τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ, καὶ χωρίσθητε ἀπὸ τῶν ἐθνῶν τῆς γῆς, καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν γυναικῶν τῶν ἀλλογενῶν.
9:10	Καὶ ἐφώνησεν ἅπαν τὸ πλῆθος, καὶ εἶπον μεγάλῃ τῇ φωνῇ, οὕτως ὡς εἴρηκας, ποιήσομεν.
9:11	Ἀλλὰ τὸ πλῆθος πολὺ καὶ ὥρα χειμερινὴ, καὶ οὐκ ἰσχύομεν στῆναι αἴθριοι· καὶ τὸ ἔργον οὐκ ἔστιν ἡμῖν ἡμέρας μιᾶς οὐδὲ δύο, ἐπὶ πλεῖον γὰρ ἡμάρτομεν ἐν τούτοις.
9:12	Στήτωσαν δὲ οἱ προηγούμενοι τοῦ πλήθους, καὶ πάντες οἱ ἐκ τῶν κατοικιῶν ἡμῶν ὅσοι ἔχουσι γυναῖκας ἀλλογενεῖς, παραγενηθήτωσαν λαβόντες χρόνον,
9:13	ἑκάστου δὲ τόπου τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους καὶ τοὺς κριτὰς, ἕως τοῦ λῦσαι τὴν ὀργὴν Κυρίου ἀφʼ ἡμῶν τοῦ πράγματος τούτου.
9:14	Ἰωνάθας Ἀζαήλου, καὶ Ἐζεκίας Θεωκανοῦ ἐπεδέξαντο κατὰ ταῦτα· καὶ Μοσόλλαμος, καὶ Λευὶς, καὶ Σαββαταῖος συνεβράβευσαν αὐτοῖς.
9:15	Καὶ ἐποίησαν κατὰ πάντα ταῦτα οἱ ἐκ τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας·
9:16	καὶ ἐπελέξατο αὐτῷ Ἔσδρας ὁ ἱερεὺς ἄνδρας ἡγουμένους τῶν πατριῶν αὐτῶν πάντας κατʼ ὄνομα, καὶ συνεκλείσθησαν τῇ νουμηνίᾳ τοῦ μηνὸς τοῦ δεκάτου, ἐτάσαι τὸ πρᾶγμα.
9:17	Καὶ ἤχθη ἐπὶ πέρας τὰ κατὰ τοὺς ἄνδρας τοὺς ἐπισυνέχοντας γυναῖκας ἀλλογενεῖς, ἕως τῆς νουμηνίας τοῦ πρώτου μηνός.
9:18	Καὶ εὑρέθησαν τῶν ἱερέων οἱ ἐπισυναχθέντες ἀλλογενεῖς γυναῖκας ἔχοντες,
9:19	ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Ἰησοῦ τοῦ Ἰωσεδὲκ, καὶ τῶν ἀδελφῶν αὐτοῦ, Μαθήλας, καὶ Ἐλεάζαρος, καὶ Ἰώριβος, καὶ Ἰωαδάνος.
9:20	Καὶ ἐπέβαλον τὰς χεῖρας ἐκβαλεῖν τὰς γυναῖκας αὐτῶν· καὶ εἰς ἐξιλασμὸν κριοὺς ὑπὲρ τῆς ἀγνοίας αὐτῶν.
9:21	Καὶ ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Ἐμμὴρ, Ἀνανίας, καὶ Ζαβδαίος, καὶ Μάνης, καὶ Σαμαῖος, καὶ Ἱερεὴλ, καὶ Ἀζαρίας·
9:22	καὶ ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Φαισοὺρ, Ἐλιωναῒς, Μασσίας, Ἰσμαῆλος, καὶ Ναθαναῆλος, καὶ Ὠκόδηλος, καὶ Σαλόας.
9:23	Καὶ ἐκ τῶν Λευιτῶν, Ἰωζαβάδος, καὶ Σεμεῒς, καὶ Κώϊος (οὗτός ἐστι Καλιτὰς), καὶ Παθαῖος, καὶ Ἰούδας, καὶ Ἰωνάς.
9:24	Ἐκ τῶν ἱεροψαλτῶν, Ἐλιάσαβος, Βακχοῦρος.
9:25	Ἐκ τῶν θυρωρῶν, Σαλοῦμος, καὶ Τολβάνης.
9:26	Ἐκ τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Φόρος, Ἱερμὰς, καὶ Ἰεζίας, καὶ Μελχίας, καὶ Μαῆλος, καὶ Ἐλεάζαρος, καὶ Ἀσεβίας, καὶ Βαναίας.
9:27	Ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Ἠλὰ, Ματθανίας, Ζαχαρίας, καὶ Ἰεζριῆλος, καὶ Ἰωαβδίος, καὶ Ἱερεμὼθ, καὶ Ἀϊδίας.
9:28	Καὶ ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Ζαμὼθ, Ἐλιαδὰς, Ἐλιάσιμος, Ὀθονίας, Ἰαριμὼθ, καὶ Σάβαθος, καὶ Ζεραλίας.
9:29	Καὶ ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Βηβαῒ, Ἰωάννης, καὶ Ἀνανίας, καὶ Ἰωζάβδος, καὶ Ἀμαθίας.
9:30	Ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Μανὶ, Ὠλαμὸς, Μαμοῦχος, Ἰεδαῖος, Ἰασούβος, καὶ Ἰασαῆλος, καὶ Ἱερεμώθ.
9:31	Καὶ ἐξ υἱῶν Ἀδδὶ, Νάαθος, καὶ Μοοσίας, Λακκοῦνος, καὶ Ναΐδος, Ματθανίας, καὶ Σεσθὴλ, καὶ Βαλνούος, καὶ Μανασσίας.
9:32	Καὶ ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Ἀνὰν, Ἐλιωνὰς, καὶ Ἀσαΐας, καὶ Μελχίας, καὶ Σαββαῖος, καὶ Σίμων Χοσαμαίος.
9:33	Καὶ ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Ἀσὸμ, Ἀλταναῖος, καὶ Ματταθίας, καὶ Σαβανναῖος, καὶ Ἐλιφαλὰτ, καὶ Μανασσῆς, καὶ Σεμεΐ.
9:34	Καὶ ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Βαανὶ, Ἱερεμίας, Μομδίος, Ἰσμαῆρος, Ἰουὴλ, Μαβδαῒ, καὶ Πεδίας, καὶ Ἄνως, Ῥαβασίων, καὶ Ἐνάσιβος, καὶ Μαμνιτάναιμος, Ἐλίασις, Βαννοὺς, Ἐλιαλὶ, Σομεῒς, Σελεμίας, Ναθανίας· καὶ ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Ἐζωρὰ, Σεσὶς, Ἐσρὶλ, Ἀζαῆλος, Σαματὸς, Ζαμβρὶ, Ἰώσηφος.
9:35	Καὶ ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Ἐθμὰ, Μαζιτίας, Ζαβαδαίας, Ἠδαῒς, Ἰουὴλ, Βαναίας.
9:36	Πάντες οὗτοι συνῴκισαν γυναῖκας ἀλλογενεῖς, καὶ ἀπέλυσαν αὐτὰς σὺν τέκνοις.
9:37	Καὶ κατῴκησαν οἱ ἱερεῖς, καὶ οἱ Λευῖται, καὶ οἱ ἐκ τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ καὶ ἐν τῇ χώρᾳ τῇ νουμηνίᾳ τοῦ μηνὸς τοῦ ἑβδόμου, καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ ἐν ταῖς κατοικίαις αὐτων.
9:38	Καὶ συνήχθη πᾶν τὸ πλῆθος ὁμοθυμαδὸν ἐπὶ τὸ εὐρύχωρον τοῦ πρὸς ἀνατολὰς τοῦ ἱεροῦ πυλῶνος,
9:39	καὶ εἶπεν Ἔσδρᾳ τῷ ἱερεῖ καὶ ἀναγνώστῃ, κόμισαι τὸν νόμον Μωυσῆ, τὸν παραδοθέντα ὑπὸ Κυρίου Θεοῦ Ἰσραήλ.
9:40	Καὶ ἐκόμισεν Ἔσδρας ὁ ἀρχιερεὺς τὸν νόμον παντὶ τῷ πλήθει ἀπὸ ἀνθρώπου ἕως γυναικὸς, καὶ πᾶσι τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν, ἀκοῦσαι τοῦ νόμου νουμηνίᾳ τοῦ ἑβδόμου μηνός.
9:41	Καὶ ἀνεγίνωσκεν ἐν τῷ πρὸ τοῦ ἱεροῦ πυλῶνος εὐρυχώρῳ, ἐξ ὄρθρου ἕως μέσης ἡμέρας, ἐνώπιον ἀνδρῶν τε καὶ γυναικῶν· καὶ ἐπέδωκαν πᾶν τὸ πλῆθος τὸν νοῦν εἰς τὸν νόμον.
9:42	Καὶ ἔστη Ἔσδρας ὁ ἱερεὺς καὶ ἀναγνώστης τοῦ νόμου ἐπὶ τοῦ ξυλίνου βήματος τοῦ κατασκευασθέντος.
9:43	Καὶ ἔστησαν παρʼ αὐτῷ Ματταθίας, Σαμμοὺς, Ἀνανίας, Ἀζαρίας, Οὐρίας, Ἐζεκίας, Βαάλσαμος, ἐκ δεξιῶν·
9:44	καὶ ἐξ εὐωνύμων Φαλδαῖος, καὶ Μισαὴλ, Μελχίας, Λωθάσουβος, Ναβαρίας, Ζαχαρίας.
9:45	Καὶ ἀναλαβὼν Ἔσδρας τὸ βιβλίον ἐνώπιον τοῦ πλήθους, προεκάθητο ἐπιδόξως ἐνώπιον πάντων.
9:46	Καὶ ἐν τῷ λῦσαι τὸν νόμον, πάντες ὀρθοὶ ἔστησαν· καὶ εὐλόγησεν Ἔσδρας τῷ Κυρίῳ Θεῷ ὑψίστῳ Θεῷ σαβαὼθ παντοκράτορι.
9:47	Καὶ ἐπεφώνησε πᾶν τὸ πλῆθος, ἀμήν· καὶ ἄραντες ἄνω τὰς χεῖρας, προσπεσόντες ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν, προσεκύνησαν τῷ Κυρίῳ.
9:48	Ἰησοῦς, καὶ Ἀννιοὺθ, καὶ Σαραβίας, καὶ Ἰαδινὸς, καὶ Ἰάκουβος, Σαβαταῖος, Αὐταίας, Μαιάννας, καὶ Καλίτας, Ἀζαρίας, καὶ Ἰώζαβδος, καὶ Ἀνανίας, Φαλίας, οἱ Λευῖται, ἐδίδασκον τὸν νόμον τοῦ Κυρίου, καὶ πρὸς τὸ πλῆθος ἀνεγίνωσκον τὸν νόμον τοῦ Κυρίου, ἐμφυσιοῦντες ἅμα τὴν ἀνάγνωσιν.
9:49	Καὶ εἶπεν Ἀτθαράτης Ἔσδρᾳ τῷ ἀρχιερεῖ καὶ ἀναγνώστῃ, καὶ τοῖς Λευίταις τοῖς διδάσκουσι τὸ πλῆθος ἐπὶ πάντας,
9:50	ἡ ἡμέρα αὕτη ἐστὶν ἁγία τῷ Κυρίῳ· καὶ πάντες ἔκλαιον ἐν τῷ ἀκοῦσαι τοῦ νόμου·
9:51	βαδίσαντες οὖν φάγετε λιπάσματα, καὶ πίετε γλυκάσματα, καὶ ἀποστείλατε ἀποστολὰς τοῖς μὴ ἔχουσιν·
9:52	ἁγία γὰρ ἡ ἡμέρα τῷ Κυρίῳ· καὶ μὴ λυπεῖσθε, ὁ γὰρ Κύριος δοξάσει ὑμᾶς.
9:53	Καὶ οἱ Λευῖται ἐκέλευον παντὶ τῷ δήμῳ, λέγοντες ἡ ἡμέρα αὕτη ἁγία, μὴ λυπεῖσθε.
9:54	Καὶ ᾤχοντο πάντες φαγεῖν καὶ πιεῖν καὶ εὐφραίνεσθαι, καὶ δοῦναι ἀποστολὰς τοῖς μὴ ἔχουσι, καὶ εὐφρανθῆναι μεγάλως,
9:55	ὅτι γὰρ ἐνεφυσιώθησαν ἐν τοῖς ῥήμασιν οἷς ἐδιδάχθησαν, καὶ ἐπισυνήχθησαν.