Translated using
Gemma 3 (27b-it-fp16)
from the original Hebrew and Greek from the
German Bible Society.
The names of God have been translated literally; thus "Elohim" is "the Gods", "Adonai" is "my Lord", and "YHVH" is "Yahveh".
The Holy Bible
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GEN.1
[GEN.1.1] In the beginning, the Gods created the heavens and the earth.
[GEN.1.2] And the earth was formless and empty, and darkness was upon the face of the deep, and the breath of the Gods was hovering upon the face of the waters.
[GEN.1.3] And the Gods said, "Let there be light," and there was light.
[GEN.1.4] And the Gods saw the light, that it was good, and the Gods separated between the light and between the darkness.
[GEN.1.5] And the Gods called the light 'day' and to the darkness, they called 'night'. And there was evening, and there was morning, one day.
[GEN.1.6] And the Gods said, "Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it be a divider between waters to the waters."
[GEN.1.7] And the Gods made the firmament, and He separated between the waters which were below the firmament, and between the waters which were above the firmament, and it was so.
[GEN.1.8] And the Gods called the expanse "heavens." And there was evening, and there was morning, the second day.
[GEN.1.9] And the Gods said, "Let the waters gather to one place, and let the dry land be seen." And it was so.
[GEN.1.10] And the Gods called the dry land 'Earth', and to the gathering of the waters they called 'Seas'. And the Gods saw that it was good.
[GEN.1.11] And the Gods said, "Let the earth sprout grass, herb yielding seed, trees bearing fruit, each yielding its seed within itself upon the earth." And it was so.
[GEN.1.12] And the earth brought forth grass, grass yielding seed according to its kind, and tree making fruit, which has its seed in it according to its kind. And the Gods saw that it was good.
[GEN.1.13] And it was evening, and it was morning, the third day.
[GEN.1.14] And the Gods said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate between the day and between the night, and they will be for signs and for seasons and for days and for years."
[GEN.1.15] And they will be for lights in the expanse of the heavens to illuminate upon the earth, and it was so.
[GEN.1.16] And the Gods made the two great lights: the great light for rulership of the day, and the smaller light for rulership of the night, and the stars.
[GEN.1.17] And He placed them, the Gods, in the expanse of the heavens to shine upon the earth.
[GEN.1.18] And to rule over day and over night, and to separate between the light and between the darkness, and the Gods saw that it was good.
[GEN.1.19] And it was evening, and it was morning, the fourth day.
[GEN.1.20] And God said, "Let the waters teem with swarming living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the face of the expanse of the heavens."
[GEN.1.21] And the Gods created the large sea creatures, and all living souls that move, those that teem in the waters according to their kinds, and all winged birds according to their kinds. And the Gods saw that it was good.
[GEN.1.22] And the Gods blessed them, saying, "Increase and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let the birds increase upon the earth."
[GEN.1.23] And it was evening, and it was morning, the fifth day.
[GEN.1.24] And the Gods said, "Let the earth bring forth living souls according to their kinds: livestock and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds." And it was so.
[GEN.1.25] And He made the Gods the beasts of the land according to its kind, and the livestock according to its kind, and all the creeping things of the earth according to its kind. And He saw the Gods that it was good.
[GEN.1.26] And the Gods said, "Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness, and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the Earth and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the Earth."
[GEN.1.27] And the Gods created the human in His image, in the image of the Gods He created him, male and female He created them.
[GEN.1.28] And the Gods blessed them, and the Gods said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living creature that creeps on the earth."
[GEN.1.29] And the Gods said, "Behold, I have given to you every herb sowing seed which is upon the face of all the land, and every tree in which is fruit of a tree sowing seed, to you it will be for food."
[GEN.1.30] And to every animal of the land, and to every bird of the heavens, and to everything that creeps on the land, in which is a living soul, I gave all green grass for eating; and it was so.
[GEN.1.31] And God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
GEN.2
[GEN.2.1] And the heavens and the earth and all their host were finished.
[GEN.2.2] And the Gods finished on the day the seventh their work that they made, and they rested on the day the seventh from all their work that they made.
[GEN.2.3] And the Gods blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it the Gods rested from all work the Gods created to do.
[GEN.2.4] These are the origins of the heavens and the earth in their being created, in the day that Yahveh, the Gods, made earth and heavens.
[GEN.2.5] And all the vegetation of the field had not yet been on the earth, and all the grass of the field had not yet sprouted, because Yahveh the Gods had not rained upon the earth, and there was no man to work the ground.
[GEN.2.6] And mist will rise from the earth and it will water all the surface of the land.
[GEN.2.7] And Yahveh the Gods formed the human from dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils breath of life, and the human became a living soul.
[GEN.2.8] And Yahveh, the Gods, planted a garden in Eden to the east, and He placed there the man that He had created.
[GEN.2.9] And Yahveh the Gods caused to sprout from the ground every tree that was pleasing to look at and good to eat. And the tree of life was in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
[GEN.2.10] And a river goes out from Eden to water the garden, and from there it divides, and it became into four heads.
[GEN.2.11] The name of the one is Pishon, it is the surrounding of all the land of Havilah, where there is the gold.
[GEN.2.12] And the gold of that land is good, and there is beryl and onyx/carnelian stone.
[GEN.2.13] And the name of the second river is Gichon, it is the one that surrounds all the land of Kush.
[GEN.2.14] And the name of the third river is Hiddekel; it is the one going before Ashur. And the name of the fourth river is Prat.
[GEN.2.15] And Yahveh, the Gods, took the man and placed him in the garden of Eden to work it and to guard it.
[GEN.2.16] And Yahveh the Gods commanded upon the man, to say, "From every tree of the garden you may eat."
[GEN.2.17] And from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat from it, for in the day you eat from it, death you will die.
[GEN.2.18] And Yahveh the Gods said, "It is not good for the human to be alone. I will make a helper corresponding to him."
[GEN.2.19] And Yahveh the Gods formed from the ground every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens, and brought them to the human to see what he would call each one. And whatever name the human gave to any living creature, that was its name.
[GEN.2.20] And the human called names to all the beasts, and to the birds of the heavens, and to all the living creatures of the field. And to the human, he did not find a helper opposite him.
[GEN.2.21] And Yahveh the Gods caused a deep sleep to fall upon the Adam, and he slept. And he took one from his ribs and closed flesh underneath it.
[GEN.2.22] And Yahveh, the Gods, built the rib that was taken from the man for a woman, and He brought her to the man.
[GEN.2.23] And the man said, "This time, bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh. This shall be called woman, for from man this was taken."
[GEN.2.24] Therefore, let a man leave his father and his mother, and he will cling to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
[GEN.2.25] And the two of them were naked, the Adam and his wife, and they would not be ashamed.
GEN.3
[GEN.3.1] And the serpent was cunning from all animals of the field, which Yahveh the Gods made. And he said to the woman, "Indeed, for God said, ‘You shall not eat from all trees of the garden.’"
[GEN.3.2] And the woman said to the serpent, "We will eat from the fruit of the tree of the garden."
[GEN.3.3] And from the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, the Gods said, "You shall not eat from it, and you shall not touch it, lest you die."
[GEN.3.4] And the serpent said to the woman, "You will not surely die."
[GEN.3.5] For the Gods know that in the day you eat from it, your eyes will open, and you will become like the Gods, knowers of good and evil.
[GEN.3.6] And the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to gain understanding. And she took from its fruit and ate, and she gave also to her husband who was with her, and he ate.
[GEN.3.7] And the eyes of both of them opened, and they knew that naked they are. And they tore leaves of fig and made for themselves girdles.
[GEN.3.8] And they heard the voice of Yahveh the Gods walking in the garden during the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the face of Yahveh the Gods among the trees of the garden.
[GEN.3.9] And Yahveh the Gods called to the man, and said to him, "Where are you?"
[GEN.3.10] And he said, "I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I am unclothed, and I hid."
[GEN.3.11] And He said, "Who told you that you are naked? From the tree that I commanded you not to eat from it, did you eat?"
[GEN.3.12] And the man said, "The woman, whom you gave to be with me, she gave to me from the tree, and I ate."
[GEN.3.13] And Yahveh the Gods said to the woman, “What is this that you have done?” And the woman said, “The serpent made me err, and I ate.”
[GEN.3.14] And the Gods Yahveh said to the serpent, "Because you did this, cursed are you from all livestock and from all beasts of the field. Upon your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life."
[GEN.3.15] And enmity I will put between you and between the woman, and between your offspring and between her offspring. He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel.
[GEN.3.16] God said to the woman, "Very much I will increase your sorrow and your pain; in pain you will bear sons, and to your husband will be your desire, and he will rule over you."
[GEN.3.17] And to mankind God said, because you listened to the voice of your wife and you ate from the tree that God commanded you, saying, ‘do not eat from it,’ cursed is the ground because of you. With toil you will eat from it all the days of your life.
[GEN.3.18] And thorns and thistles will sprout for you, and you will eat the grass of the field.
[GEN.3.19] With the sweat of your face, you will eat bread until your return to the ground, because from it you were taken, because dust you are, and to dust you will return.
[GEN.3.20] And the Adam called the name of his woman Khavvah, for she was the mother of all living.
[GEN.3.21] And Yahveh the Gods made tunics of skin for Adam and for his wife, and He clothed them.
[GEN.3.22] And Yahveh the Gods said, "Indeed, the human was like one of us, knowing good and evil. And now, lest he send forth his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat and live forever..."
[GEN.3.23] And Yahveh, the Gods sent him from the garden of Eden to work the land that was taken from there.
[GEN.3.24] And God banished the man, and stationed cherubim eastward to the garden of Eden, and the flame of the sword turning every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.
GEN.4
[GEN.4.1] And the man knew Eve, his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain. And she said, “I have acquired a man from Yahveh.”
[GEN.4.2] And she added to bear her brother, Abel, and Abel was a shepherd of sheep, and Cain was a worker of the ground.
[GEN.4.3] And it came to pass after a period of time, and Cain brought from the produce of the ground an offering to Yahveh.
[GEN.4.4] And Abel also brought from the firstborn of his flock, and from their fat. And Yahveh regarded Abel and his offering.
[GEN.4.5] And to God and to his offering, God did not regard. And it angered Cain greatly, and his face fell.
[GEN.4.6] And Yahveh said to Cain, "Why are you angry, and why has your face fallen?"
[GEN.4.7] Surely, if you make desire good, sin lies in wait, its desire is toward you, and you will rule over it.
[GEN.4.8] And Cain said to Abel, his brother. And it happened while they were in the field that Cain rose up against Abel, his brother, and he killed him.
[GEN.4.9] And Yahveh said to Cain, "Where is Hevel, your brother?" And Cain said, "I do not know. Am I the keeper of my brother?"
[GEN.4.10] And He said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is shouting to me from the land."
[GEN.4.11] And now, you are cursed from the earth, which has opened its mouth to take the blood of your brother from your hand.
[GEN.4.12] Because you will serve the land, it will not add its strength to you. You will be restless and wandering in the land.
[GEN.4.13] And Cain said to Yahveh, "My sin is great to bear."
[GEN.4.14] See, you have banished me this day from before the face of the earth, and from your face I will hide. And I will be restless and a wanderer on the earth, and it will be that anyone who finds me will kill me.
[GEN.4.15] And Yahveh said to him, therefore whoever kills Cain, sevenfold shall vengeance be taken. And Yahveh set a mark on Cain so that whoever finds him will not strike him.
[GEN.4.16] And Cain went out from before Yahveh, and he settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
[GEN.4.17] And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Chanokh. And he was building a city, and he called the name of the city like the name of his son, Chanokh.
[GEN.4.18] And he begot to Enoch, Eirad, and Eirad begot Mechuyael, and Mechuyael begot Methushael, and Methushael begot Lamech.
[GEN.4.19] And he took for himself Lamech two women; the name of the one was Ada, and the name of the second was Zillah.
[GEN.4.20] And Adah bore Jabal, and he was the father of those who dwell in tents and possess livestock.
[GEN.4.21] And the name of his brother was Yuval. He was the father of all who grasp the kinor and the ugav.
[GEN.4.22] And Zilpah also bore Tubal-cain, who worked all kinds of work in copper and iron. And the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.
[GEN.4.23] And Lamech said to his wives, Adah and Zillah, "Listen to my voice, wives of Lamech, heed my words. For a man I have killed for a wound, and a boy for a bruise. If vengeance is taken seven times upon one who wounds me, then seventy-sevenfold vengeance will be taken upon one who kills me."
[GEN.4.24] For seven times will vengeance rise upon Cain, and upon Lamech seventy-seven times.
[GEN.4.25] And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son, and she called his name Seth. For God has appointed me another seed in place of Abel, because Cain killed him.
[GEN.4.26] And to Seth also, a son was born, and he called his name Enosh. Then it began to be called upon the name of Yahveh.
GEN.5
[GEN.5.1] This is the book of the origin of Adam. On the day the Gods created Adam, they made him in the image of the Gods.
[GEN.5.2] God created them male and female, and blessed them, and called their name Adam on the day he created them.
[GEN.5.3] And Adam lived one hundred and thirty years, and he bore a son in his likeness, as the image of him, and he called his name Seth.
[GEN.5.4] And the days of Adam were, after he fathered Seth, eight hundred years, and he fathered sons and daughters.
[GEN.5.5] And all the days of humankind who lived were nine hundred years and thirty years, and he died.
[GEN.5.6] And Seth lived five years and one hundred years, and he begat Enosh.
[GEN.5.7] And Seth lived after he fathered Enosh for seven years and eight hundred years, and he fathered sons and daughters.
[GEN.5.8] And all the days of Seth were twenty years and nine hundred years, and he died.
[GEN.5.9] And Enosh lived ninety years, and he begat Keynan.
[GEN.5.10] And Enosh lived after he fathered Kenan fifteen years and eight hundred years, and he fathered sons and daughters.
[GEN.5.11] And all the days of Enosh were five years and nine hundred years, and he died.
[GEN.5.12] And Kenan lived seventy years, and he fathered Mahalalel.
[GEN.5.13] And Kenan lived after birthing Mahalalel forty years and eight hundred years, and he birthed sons and daughters.
[GEN.5.14] And all the days of Kenan were ten years and nine hundred years, and he died.
[GEN.5.15] And Mahalalel lived five years and sixty years, and he fathered Yared.
[GEN.5.16] And Mahalalel lived after he begot Yered, thirty years and eight hundred years, and he begot sons and daughters.
[GEN.5.17] And all the days of Mahalalel were five and ninety years and eight hundred years, and he died.
[GEN.5.18] And Jared lived sixty-two years and one hundred years, and he fathered Enoch.
[GEN.5.19] And Jared lived after he fathered Enoch for eight hundred years, and he fathered sons and daughters.
[GEN.5.20] And all the days of Jared were two and sixty years and nine hundred years, and he died.
[GEN.5.21] And Enoch lived sixty-five years, and he fathered Methuselah.
[GEN.5.22] And Enoch walked with the Gods after he had birthed Methuselah for three hundred years, and he birthed sons and daughters.
[GEN.5.23] And it was all the days of Enoch five and sixty years and three hundred years.
[GEN.5.24] And Enoch walked with the Gods, and he was no more, for God took him.
[GEN.5.25] And Methuselah lived seven and eighty years and one hundred years, and he fathered Lamech.
[GEN.5.26] And Methuselah lived after he begot Lemech for ninety years and seven hundred years, and he begot sons and daughters.
[GEN.5.27] And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred and sixty years, and he died.
[GEN.5.28] And Lamech lived to be two and eighty years and one hundred years, and he fathered a son.
[GEN.5.29] And he called his name Noah, to say, "This one will comfort us from our deeds, and from the pain of our hands, from the ground which Yahveh cursed."
[GEN.5.30] And Lamech lived, after he fathered Noah, one hundred and fifty years and five hundred years, and he fathered sons and daughters.
[GEN.5.31] And it was all the days of Lemech seven and seventy year, and seven hundreds year, and he died.
[GEN.5.32] And Noah was five hundred years old, and Noah fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
GEN.6
[GEN.6.1] And it happened that the human began to increase upon the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them.
[GEN.6.2] And the sons of the Gods saw the daughters of humanity, because they were good. And they took wives for themselves from all those whom they selected.
[GEN.6.3] And Yahveh said, "My spirit will not rule in humankind forever, because it is flesh. And their days will be one hundred and twenty years."
[GEN.6.4] The Nephilim were on Earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of the Gods came to the daughters of humankind and had children by them. These were the mighty heroes of old, men of the name.
[GEN.6.5] And Yahveh saw that great was the wickedness of the human on the earth, and all the inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the day.
[GEN.6.6] And Yahveh regretted that He had made the human on the earth, and He grieved to His heart.
[GEN.6.7] And Yahveh said, "I will wipe out the human that I created from the face of the earth, from human to animal, to creeping thing and to bird of the heavens, for I have regretted that you have done."
[GEN.6.8] And Noah found favor in the eyes of Yahveh.
[GEN.6.9] These are the accounts of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generations. Noah walked with the Gods.
[GEN.6.10] And Noah begot three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
[GEN.6.11] And the Earth was corrupted before the Gods, and the Earth was filled with violence.
[GEN.6.12] And the Gods saw the Earth, and behold, it was corrupted, for all flesh had corrupted its way upon the Earth.
[GEN.6.13] And the Gods said to Noah, "The end of all flesh has come before me, because the earth is filled with violence because of them. And behold, I will destroy them and the earth."
[GEN.6.14] Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood. Compartments you will make in the ark, and you will cover it from inside and from outside with covering.
[GEN.6.15] And this is what you will make it: three hundred cubits will be the length of the Ark, fifty cubits its width, and thirty cubits its height.
[GEN.6.16] A window you shall make for the ark, and to a cubit you shall finish it from above, and the opening of the ark at its side you shall set. Lower levels, two and thirty, you shall make it.
[GEN.6.17] And I, here I am, bringing the flood waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh in which is the spirit of life under the heavens. All that is in the earth will perish.
[GEN.6.18] And I will establish my covenant with you, and you shall come to the ark, you and your sons and your wife and the wives of your sons with you.
[GEN.6.19] And from all the living, from all flesh, two of every kind you shall bring to the ark to keep them alive with you. Male and female they shall be.
[GEN.6.20] From the flying creatures according to their kind, and from the beasts according to their kind, from all the creeping things of the land according to their kind, two of each will come to you to live.
[GEN.6.21] And you, take for yourself from all food that is eaten, and you shall gather it to yourself, and it shall be for you and for them for eating.
[GEN.6.22] And Noah did everything that the Gods commanded him, thus he did.
GEN.7
[GEN.7.1] And Yahveh said to Noah, "Enter, you and all your house, into the ark, for you I have seen as righteous before me in this generation."
[GEN.7.2] From all the clean animals, you shall take seven, a man and his wife. And from the animals that are not clean, two, a man and his wife.
[GEN.7.3] Also, from the birds of the sky, two by two, male and female, to keep living creatures with offspring over all the earth.
[GEN.7.4] For still seven days I will rain upon the land forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe out all the universe that I made from over the face of the earth.
[GEN.7.5] And Noah did according to all that Yahveh commanded him.
[GEN.7.6] And Noah was six hundred years old, and the flood was waters upon the earth.
[GEN.7.7] And Noah entered, and his sons, and his wife, and the wives of his sons with him into the ark, from the face of the waters of the flood.
[GEN.7.8] From the pure beasts and from the beasts which are not pure, and from the birds, and all that creeps upon the ground.
[GEN.7.9] Two by two they came to Noah, to the ark, male and female, as the Gods commanded Noah.
[GEN.7.10] And it was, after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
[GEN.7.11] In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on this day all the springs of the great deep burst open, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.
[GEN.7.12] And it happened, the rain was upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.
[GEN.7.13] On this very day, Noah came, and Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and the wife of Noah, and the three wives of his sons came with them to the ark.
[GEN.7.14] These and every living creature according to its kind, and every livestock according to its kind, and every creature that creeps upon the earth according to its kind, and every bird according to its kind, every bird with every wing.
[GEN.7.15] And they came to Noah to the ark, two by two from all the living creatures, in which there is breath of life.
[GEN.7.16] And those coming, male and female, from all flesh came, as the Gods commanded him, and Yahveh closed behind him.
[GEN.7.17] And it happened, the flood, forty days upon the earth, and the waters increased and they carried the ark, and it rose above the earth.
[GEN.7.18] And the waters grew strong and increased very much upon the land, and the ark went upon the face of the waters.
[GEN.7.19] And the waters became very very strong upon the land, and they covered all the mountains, the high ones, which are under all the heavens.
[GEN.7.20] Fifteen cubits from above, the waters increased and they covered the mountains.
[GEN.7.21] And all flesh that moves upon the Earth died: the birds, the beasts, the wild animals, and all that creeps that creeps upon the Earth, and all humankind.
[GEN.7.22] All that has the breath of a living spirit in its nostrils, from all that is in the devastation, has died.
[GEN.7.23] And the Gods wiped out all the living things that were on the face of the earth, from man to beast, to creeping thing, and to bird of the heavens, and they were wiped out from the earth. And he left remaining only Noah and those with him in the ark.
[GEN.7.24] And the waters increased over the earth for fifty and one hundred days.
GEN.8
[GEN.8.1] And God remembered Noah, and all living creatures, and all animals that were with him in the ark. And God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided.
[GEN.8.2] And the springs of the deep were stopped, and the openings of the heavens were closed, and the rain was restrained from the heavens.
[GEN.8.3] And the waters returned from above the earth, going and returning, and the waters decreased from the end of one hundred and fifty days.
[GEN.8.4] And the Ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat.
[GEN.8.5] And the waters were going and becoming less until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first of the month, the heads of the mountains were seen.
[GEN.8.6] And it happened at the end of forty days, and Noah opened the window of the ark which he made.
[GEN.8.7] And he sent the raven, and it went out, going and returning, until the drying of the waters from upon the earth.
[GEN.8.8] And he sent forth the dove from with him to see if the waters had lessened from above the face of the earth.
[GEN.8.9] And the dove did not find a resting place for its foot, and it returned to him to the ark, because water was on the face of all the earth. And he sent out his hand and took it, and he brought it to him to the ark.
[GEN.8.10] And he waited still seven other days, and he again sent the dove from the ark.
[GEN.8.11] And the dove came to him at the time of evening, and behold, a leaf of olive was plucked in her mouth. And Noah knew that the waters were light from above the land.
[GEN.8.12] And he waited another seven days, and he sent out the dove, and it did not return to him again.
[GEN.8.13] And it was in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, on the first day, that the waters had receded from above the earth. And Noah removed the covering of the ark, and he saw, and behold, the face of the ground was dry.
[GEN.8.14] And in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth became dry.
[GEN.8.15] And the Gods spoke to Noah to say.
[GEN.8.16] Go out from the ark, you and your wife and your sons and the wives of your sons with you.
[GEN.8.17] All the living things that are with you, from all flesh, in the bird and in the animal, and all the creatures that crawl on the land, bring with you, and they will swarm on the land and be fruitful and multiply on the land.
[GEN.8.18] And Noah exited, and his sons, and his wife, and the wives of his sons were with him.
[GEN.8.19] All the living, all the creeping things, and all the birds, all creeping things on the land, went out according to their families from the ark.
[GEN.8.20] And Noah built an altar to Yahveh, and he took from all the pure animals and from all the pure birds, and he offered burnt offerings on the altar.
[GEN.8.21] And Yahveh smelled a pleasing aroma, and Yahveh said to his heart, “I will not again curse the ground because of humankind, for the inclination of humankind’s heart is evil from his youth, and I will not again strike all living creatures as I have done.”
[GEN.8.22] Still, all the days of the Earth, seed and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will not cease.
GEN.9
[GEN.9.1] And the Gods blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth."
[GEN.9.2] And the fear of you and the trembling caused by you will be upon all the animals of the land, and upon all the birds of the sky, in all that moves upon the earth and in all the fish of the sea, into your hands they were given.
[GEN.9.3] All moving creatures that are alive will be for you to eat, as vegetation and herb I have given to you all things.
[GEN.9.4] But the flesh with its life, its blood you shall not eat.
[GEN.9.5] And certainly, your life I will demand for your lives, from the hand of every living creature I will demand it, and from the hand of humanity, from the hand of each person, his brother, I will demand the life of the person.
[GEN.9.6] One who sheds the blood of a human in a human, their blood will be shed, because the Gods made the human in their image.
[GEN.9.7] And you, be fruitful and multiply, swarm in the land and multiply in it.
[GEN.9.8] And the Gods said to Noah and to his sons with him, to say:
[GEN.9.9] And I, here am I, establishing my covenant with you, and with your offspring after you.
[GEN.9.10] And all living creatures which are with you, in the bird, in the beast, and all animals of the land which are with you, from all those coming out of the ark, to all animals of the land.
[GEN.9.11] And I will establish my covenant with you, and all flesh shall no longer be cut off by the waters of the flood, and there shall no longer be a flood to destroy the land.
[GEN.9.12] And the Gods said, "This is the sign of the covenant which I am giving between me and you, and between every living soul which are with you, for generations forever."
[GEN.9.13] I have set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be as a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.
[GEN.9.14] And it will be that in a cloud, a cloud is upon the earth, and the rainbow will be seen in the cloud.
[GEN.9.15] And I will remember my covenant which is between me and between you, and between every living soul in all flesh. And there will no longer be waters for a flood to destroy all flesh.
[GEN.9.16] And the rainbow will be in the cloud, and I will see it as a reminder of the everlasting covenant between the Gods and between every living soul in all flesh that is on the earth.
[GEN.9.17] And the Gods said to Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant which I established between me and all flesh which is on the earth."
[GEN.9.18] And the sons of Noah, the exiting ones from the ark, were Shem, Cham, and Ya-fet, and Cham was the father of Ke-na-an.
[GEN.9.19] These three are the sons of Noah, and from these, the whole earth was populated.
[GEN.9.20] And Noah began to be a man of the soil, and he planted a vineyard.
[GEN.9.21] And he drank from the wine and became drunk, and he uncovered himself inside his tent.
[GEN.9.22] And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and he told his two brothers outside.
[GEN.9.23] And Shem and Japheth took the garment, and they placed it upon their shoulders, and they went backwards, and they covered the nakedness of their father. And their faces were turned backwards, and they did not see the nakedness of their father.
[GEN.9.24] And Noah awoke from his wine, and he knew what his youngest son had done to him.
[GEN.9.25] And he said, “Cursed is Canaan; a servant of servants he will be to his brothers.”
[GEN.9.26] And he said, "Blessed be Yahveh, the Gods of name, and let Canaan be a servant to them."
[GEN.9.27] May the Gods expand Japheth’s territory, and may he dwell in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be a servant to them.
[GEN.9.28] And Noah lived after the flood three hundred years and fifty years.
[GEN.9.29] And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years, and he died.
GEN.10
[GEN.10.1] And these are the accounts of the sons of Noah: Shem, Cham, and Japheth. And they had sons after the flood.
[GEN.10.2] The sons of Japheth are Gomar and Magog and Madai and Javan and Tubal and Meshech and Tiras.
[GEN.10.3] And the descendants of Gomar are Ashkenaz and Riphath and Togarmah.
[GEN.10.4] And the sons of Javan are Elishah and Tarshish, the Kittim and the Dodanim.
[GEN.10.5] From these, the islands of the nations were scattered in their lands, each to their language, to their families among the nations.
[GEN.10.6] And the sons of Ham are Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.
[GEN.10.7] The descendants of Kush are Sheba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabtechah. The descendants of Raamah are Sheba and Dedan.
[GEN.10.8] And Cush fathered Nimrod. He began to be a mighty one on the earth.
[GEN.10.9] He was a mighty hunter before Yahveh; therefore, it is said, like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before Yahveh.
[GEN.10.10] And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Akkad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
[GEN.10.11] From that land Ashur went out and built Nineveh, and the cities Rechovot and Calah.
[GEN.10.12] And Resen is between Nineveh and between Calah. It is the great city.
[GEN.10.13] Egypt brought forth the Ludites, and the Anamites, and the Lehabites, and the Naphtuhites.
[GEN.10.14] And the Patrusians and the Kasluchians, which came forth from there, the Philistines, and the Kaftorians.
[GEN.10.15] And Canaan fathered Sidon, his firstborn, and Heth.
[GEN.10.16] And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite.
[GEN.10.17] And the Hivites, and the Arkites, and the Sinites.
[GEN.10.18] And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite, and after they were scattered, the families of the Canaanite.
[GEN.10.19] And the border of the Canaanite was from Sidon, in the direction of Gerarah, to Gaza, in the direction of Sodom and Gomorrah, and Admah and Zeboim to Lasha.
[GEN.10.20] These are the sons of Ham, to their families, to their languages, in their lands, in their nations.
[GEN.10.21] And to Shem, a son will also be born; he will be the father of all the sons of Eber, the brother of Japheth the great.
[GEN.10.22] The sons of Shem are Elam and Asshur and Arpachshad and Lud and Aram.
[GEN.10.23] And the sons of Aram were Utz and Chool and Geter and Mash.
[GEN.10.24] And Arpakhshad fathered Shalak, and Shalak fathered Ever.
[GEN.10.25] And to Eber were born two sons. The name of the one was Peleg, because in his days the land was split. And the name of his brother was Yak-tan.
[GEN.10.26] And Joktan fathered Almodad, and Shelef, and Hatzarmavet, and Yarach.
[GEN.10.27] And with the glory, and with strength, and with the palm tree.
[GEN.10.28] And Obal, and Avimael, and Shevah.
[GEN.10.29] And Ophir, and Havilah, and Yobab, all these are sons of Yahveh.
[GEN.10.30] And it was that their settlements were from Mesha, to the inlet, to Sephar, the mountain of the east.
[GEN.10.31] These are the sons of Shem, according to their families, according to their languages, in their lands, according to their nations.
[GEN.10.32] These are the families of the sons of Noah, according to their origins among their nations. And from these the nations were separated across the earth after the flood.
GEN.11
[GEN.11.1] And it happened that all the earth had one language and unified words.
[GEN.11.2] And it came to pass as they traveled from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they settled there.
[GEN.11.3] And they said, man to his fellow, "Let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly." And the brick became for them as stone, and the clay was for them as mortar.
[GEN.11.4] And they said, "Let us build for ourselves a city and a tower, and let its head be in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered upon the face of all the earth."
[GEN.11.5] And Yahveh descended to see the city and the tower that the children of humankind built.
[GEN.11.6] And Yahveh said, "Behold, there is one people and one language for all of them, and this is their beginning to do. And now, nothing will be restrained from them, all that they have devised to do."
[GEN.11.7] Come, let us descend and confuse there their language, that no person will hear the language of his neighbor.
[GEN.11.8] And Yahveh scattered them from there across the face of all the land, and they ceased building the city.
[GEN.11.9] Therefore its name was called Babel, because there Yahveh confused the language of all the earth, and from there Yahveh scattered them upon the face of all the earth.
[GEN.11.10] These are the generations of Shem. Shem was one hundred years old and he begot Arpakhshad, two years after the flood.
[GEN.11.11] And Shem lived five hundred years after he fathered Arpachshad, and he fathered sons and daughters.
[GEN.11.12] And Arpachshad lived for five and thirty years, and he bore Shelah.
[GEN.11.13] And Arpachshad lived after he fathered Shelah, three years and four hundred years, and he fathered sons and daughters.
[GEN.11.14] And Shelah lived for thirty years, and he begot Eber.
[GEN.11.15] And Shelah lived after he fathered Eber for three years and four hundred years, and he fathered sons and daughters.
[GEN.11.16] And Eber lived forty and three years, and he fathered Peleg.
[GEN.11.17] Eber lived after he fathered Peleg for thirty generational periods and four hundred generational periods, and then he fathered sons and daughters.
[GEN.11.18] And Peleg lived thirty years, and he fathered Reu.
[GEN.11.19] And Peleg lived after he fathered Reu nine years and two hundred years, and he fathered sons and daughters.
[GEN.11.20] And Reu lived thirty-two years, and he fathered Serug.
[GEN.11.21] And Reu lived after he birthed Serug for seven years and two hundred years, and he birthed sons and daughters.
[GEN.11.22] And Serug lived thirty years, and he fathered Nahor.
[GEN.11.23] And Serug lived after he fathered Nachor for two hundred years, and he fathered sons and daughters.
[GEN.11.24] And Nahor lived for twenty-nine years, and he fathered Terah.
[GEN.11.25] And Nahor lived after he fathered Terah nineteen years and one hundred years, and he fathered sons and daughters.
[GEN.11.26] And Terah lived seventy years, and he birthed Abram, Nachor, and Haran.
[GEN.11.27] And these are the accounts of Terah. Terah fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran fathered Lot.
[GEN.11.28] And Haran died before Terach his father, in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees.
[GEN.11.29] And Abraham and Nahor took for themselves wives. The name of Abraham’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milkah, daughter of Haran, father of Milkah, and father of Yiska.
[GEN.11.30] And it happened that Sarai was barren; she had no child.
[GEN.11.31] And Terach took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran, son of his son, and Sarai his bride, the wife of Abram his son, and they went with them from Ur of the Chaldees to go to the land of Canaan, and they came until Haran and they settled there.
[GEN.11.32] The years of Terah were five hundred and one hundred years, and Terah died in Haran.
GEN.12
[GEN.12.1] And Yahveh said to Abraham, "Go for yourself from your land and from your birthplace and from the house of your father to the land that I will show you."
[GEN.12.2] And I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will magnify your name, and you will be a blessing.
[GEN.12.3] And I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse those who curse you, and through you all families of the earth will be blessed.
[GEN.12.4] And Abram went as God spoke to him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.
[GEN.12.5] And Abram took Sarai, his wife, and Lot, his nephew’s son, and all their possessions which they had gained, and the people they had acquired in Haran, and they departed to go to the land of Canaan and they came to the land of Canaan.
[GEN.12.6] And Abram passed through the land until the place of Shechem, until the oak of Moreh. And the Canaanites were then in the land.
[GEN.12.7] And Yahveh appeared to Abram, and said to your seed, I will give this land. And he built there an altar to Yahveh, the appearing one to him.
[GEN.12.8] And he moved from there to the mountain, eastward to Bethel, and he turned his tent, between Bethel on the west and the city of Hai on the east, and he built there an altar to Yahveh, and he called out in the name of Yahveh.
[GEN.12.9] And Abram lifted up, going and traveling toward the South.
[GEN.12.10] And there was famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to dwell there, because the famine was severe in the land.
[GEN.12.11] And it happened, as he drew near to enter Egypt, that he said to Sarai, his wife, "Behold, indeed I have known that you are a woman beautiful in appearance."
[GEN.12.12] And it will be that when the Egyptians see you, they will say, "This one is his wife," and they will kill me, but they will let you live.
[GEN.12.13] Say, please, my sister, that it may go well with me on account of you, and my soul may live because of you.
[GEN.12.14] And it happened, when Abraham came to Egypt, that the Egyptians saw the woman, because she was very beautiful.
[GEN.12.15] And the officials of Pharaoh saw her, and they praised her to Pharaoh, and the woman was taken into the house of Pharaoh.
[GEN.12.16] And Yahveh dealt well with Abram because of her, and there were for him sheep and cattle and donkeys and male servants and female servants and female donkeys and camels.
[GEN.12.17] And Yahveh afflicted Pharaoh with great plagues and his house because of Sarai, Abraham’s wife.
[GEN.12.18] And Pharaoh called to Abram and said, "What is this that you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that your wife she is?"
[GEN.12.19] Why did you say, "She is my sister"? And I took her for myself as a wife. And now, behold, your wife, take and go.
[GEN.12.20] And Pharaoh commanded people concerning him, and they sent him and his wife and all that belonged to him.
GEN.13
[GEN.13.1] And Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife and all that belonged to him, and Lot was with him, to the Negev.
[GEN.13.2] And Abram was very great in livestock, in silver, and in gold.
[GEN.13.3] And he went to his journeys from the South and up to Beit-el, to the place that was there her tent in the beginning, between Beit-el and Hai.
[GEN.13.4] God, at the place of the altar which he had made there previously, Abraham called upon the name of Yahveh.
[GEN.13.5] And also, to Lot who walked with Abram, there were sheep and cattle and tents.
[GEN.13.6] And the land did not lift them up to dwell together, because their possessions were numerous, and they could not dwell together.
[GEN.13.7] And there was a dispute between the herdsmen of Abram and between the herdsmen of Lot, and the Canaanite and the Perizzite were dwelling in the land at that time.
[GEN.13.8] And Abraham said to Lot, "Please let there not be strife between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are men who are brothers."
[GEN.13.9] Is not all the land before you? Be separated from me, if the left and the right, or if the right and the left.
[GEN.13.10] And Lot lifted his eyes and saw all the plain of the Jordan, because it was all well-watered before Yahveh destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, as the garden of Yahveh, as the land of Egypt, approaching Zoar.
[GEN.13.11] And He chose for Lot all the plain of the Jordan, and Lot journeyed from the east, and they separated, each from his brother.
[GEN.13.12] Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain. And he pitched his tent toward Sodom.
[GEN.13.13] And the people of Sodom were evil and sinners to Yahveh very much.
[GEN.13.14] And Yahveh said to Abram after Lot separated from him, "Please lift your eyes and look from the place where you are, toward the north and toward the south and toward the east and toward the west."
[GEN.13.15] For all the land which you see, I will give it to you and to your seed forever.
[GEN.13.16] And I will make your seed like the dust of the land, that if a man is able to count the dust of the land, your seed will also be counted.
[GEN.13.17] Rise, walk in the land, for its length and for its breadth, for to you I will give it.
[GEN.13.18] And Abraham journeyed and came and dwelt in the oaks of Mamre, which is in Hebron. And he built there an altar to Yahveh.
GEN.14
[GEN.14.1] And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel, king of God, Aryokh, king of Elasar, Kedorlaomer, king of Elam, and Tid'al, king of nations.
[GEN.14.2] They waged war against Bera, the king of Sodom, and against Birsha, the king of Amorah. Shin'av, the king of Admach, and Sheme'eber, the king of Tzvoyim, and the king of Bela, it is Tzoar.
[GEN.14.3] All these joined to the valley of thorns, that is the sea of salt.
[GEN.14.4] For twelve years they served Kedarleomer, and for thirteen years they rebelled.
[GEN.14.5] And in the fourteenth year, Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him came and struck down the Rephaim at Ashtaroth Karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh Kiriathaim.
[GEN.14.6] And the region of the Horites in Mount Seir, until the strength of Paran, which is upon the desert.
[GEN.14.7] And they returned and came to the spring of judgment, that is Qadesh, and they struck down all the fields of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites who dwelt in Chatztson Tamar.
[GEN.14.8] And the king of Sodom and the king of Amora and the king of Admah and the king of Tsovoyim and the king of Bele, which is Tsoar, went out and they prepared war with them in the valley of the fields.
[GEN.14.9] And Kedarlaomer, king of Elam, and Tid'al, king of nations, and Amraphel, king of Shinar, and Aryokh, king of Ellasar, four kings, the five.
[GEN.14.10] And the valley of the demons was with pits, pits of tar, and the king of Sodom and Amorah fled and fell there, and the remaining ones fled to the mountains.
[GEN.14.11] And they took all the possessions of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all of their food, and they went.
[GEN.14.12] And they took Lot and his possessions, the nephew of Abram, and they went, and he sat in Sodom.
[GEN.14.13] The refugee came and told Abram the Hebrew, and he was living among the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshkol and brother of Aner, and they were allies of Abram.
[GEN.14.14] And Abraham heard that his brother had been taken captive. So he armed his trained ones, those born in his house, eight hundred and eighteen and three hundred, and he pursued until Dan.
[GEN.14.15] And he divided upon them the night, he and his servants, and he struck them, and he pursued them until a place which is to the left of Damascus.
[GEN.14.16] And he restored all the possessions, and also Lot his brother and his possessions he restored, and also the women and the people.
[GEN.14.17] And the king of Sodom went out to meet him, after his return from striking Kedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, to the Valley of Shaveh, it is the Valley of the King.
[GEN.14.18] And Melchizedek, king of Salem, brought forth bread and wine, and he is a priest to God, the Most High.
[GEN.14.19] And he blessed him, and he said, “Blessed is Abraham to God the Most High, possessor of the heavens and the earth.”
[GEN.14.20] Blessed is God supreme, who shields your enemies by your hand, and he gave to him a tenth of all.
[GEN.14.21] And the king of Sodom said to Abraham, "Give the people to me, and take the possessions for yourself."
[GEN.14.22] And Abraham said to the king of Sodom, "I have lifted my hand to Yahveh, God Most High, possessor of the heavens and the earth."
[GEN.14.23] If from a thread even to a shoelace, and if I take anything that is yours, you will not say, 'I have made Abraham rich.'
[GEN.14.24] Apart from me, only what the young men consumed, and the portion of the men which went with me – Aner, Eshkol, and Mamrei – they will take their portion.
GEN.15
[GEN.15.1] After these events, a word of Yahveh came to Abram in a vision, saying, "Do not be afraid, Abram. I, Yahveh, am your shield; your reward will be very great."
[GEN.15.2] And Abraham said, "My Lord Yahveh, what will you give to me, seeing that I go childless, and the son of my household is Eliezer of Damascus?"
[GEN.15.3] And Abram said, "Behold, to me you have not given seed, and indeed a member of my household will inherit me."
[GEN.15.4] And behold, the word of Yahveh to him, to say, "This will not be inherited by you, but that which comes forth from your insides, he will inherit you."
[GEN.15.5] And he brought him outside and said, "Look now at the heavens and count the stars, if you are able to count them." And he said to him, "So will be your offspring."
[GEN.15.6] And he believed in Yahveh, and it was counted to him as righteousness.
[GEN.15.7] And God said to him, "I am Yahveh, who brought you out of the land of the Chaldeans to give you this land to inherit."
[GEN.15.8] And my Lord Yahveh said, "By what may I know that I have surely visited them?"
[GEN.15.9] And He said to him, "Take for me a spotted calf, and a spotted goat, and a spotted ram, and an ox, and a lamb."
[GEN.15.10] And he took all these, and he cut them in the middle, and he put each portion toward his companion, and he did not cut the birds.
[GEN.15.11] And the eagle came down upon the carcasses, and Abraham drove them away.
[GEN.15.12] And it happened, the sun being to set, and a sleep fell upon Abram. And behold, a terror, a great darkness, was descending upon him.
[GEN.15.13] And He said to Abram, "Know, know that your seed will be a sojourner in a land not theirs, and they will enslave them and afflict them for four hundred years."
[GEN.15.14] And also the nation which they will serve, I, the Judge, am. And after that they will depart with great wealth.
[GEN.15.15] And you will come to your fathers in peace. You will be buried in a good old age.
[GEN.15.16] And the fourth generation will return there, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet finished until now.
[GEN.15.17] And it was, the sun came and darkness was. And behold, a furnace of smoke and a torch of fire, which passed between the sections these.
[GEN.15.18] On that day, Yahveh cut a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your seed, I have given this land from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates.”
[GEN.15.19] and the Keynite and the Kenizzite and the Kadmonite.
[GEN.15.20] And the Hittites and the Perizzites and the Rephaim.
[GEN.15.21] And the Emori and the Canaanites and the Girgashites and the Jebusites.
GEN.16
[GEN.16.1] And Sarai, the wife of Abram, had not borne to him, and to her was a maidservant, an Egyptian, and her name was Hagar.
[GEN.16.2] And Sarai said to Abram, "Behold, please, Yahveh has hindered me from bearing children. Please, go to my maidservant, perhaps I may have a child through her." And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.
[GEN.16.3] And Sarah, the wife of Abram, took Hagar, the Egyptian maidservant, after ten years of Abram dwelling in the land of Canaan, and she gave her to Abram as his wife, to be his wife.
[GEN.16.4] And he came to Hagar, and she conceived. And she saw that she was pregnant, and her mistress was diminished in her eyes.
[GEN.16.5] And Sarai said to Abram, "My wrong is upon you. I gave my handmaid into your embrace, and now that she is with child, I am despised in her eyes. May Yahveh judge between me and you."
[GEN.16.6] And Abraham said to Sarai, "Behold, your maidservant is in your hand, do to her what is good in your eyes." And Sarai afflicted her maidservant, and she fled from before her.
[GEN.16.7] And an angel of Yahveh found her at the spring of water in the wilderness, at the spring on the road to Shur.
[GEN.16.8] And Hagar, the maidservant of Sarah, said, “From where have you come, and where are you going?” And she said, “I am fleeing from Sarah, my mistress.”
[GEN.16.9] And the messenger of Yahveh said to her, "Return to your mistress, and humble yourself under her hand."
[GEN.16.10] And the messenger of Yahveh said to her, "I will greatly increase your seed, and it will not be counted from abundance."
[GEN.16.11] And the angel of Yahveh said to her, "You are pregnant and will bear a son, and you shall call his name Ishmael, for Yahveh has heard your affliction."
[GEN.16.12] And he will be a wild man, his hand in everything and the hand of everyone against him, and he will dwell among all his brothers.
[GEN.16.13] And she called the name of Yahveh, the one speaking to her, "You are God, one who sees me!" Because she said, "Have I really seen one who sees me even here after seeing one who sees me?"
[GEN.16.14] Therefore, he called the well "Well of the Living One Who Sees Me," behold, it is between Kadesh and Bared.
[GEN.16.15] And Hagar bore a son to Abram, and Abram called the name of his son, that she bore, Ishmael.
[GEN.16.16] And Abram was the son of eighty years and six years in the birthing of Hagar, Ishmael to Abram.
GEN.17
[GEN.17.1] And it happened that Abram was ninety-nine years old, and Yahveh appeared to Abram, and said to him, "I am the God Shaddai. Walk before me, and be blameless."
[GEN.17.2] And I will establish my covenant between me and you, and I will greatly increase you very, very much.
[GEN.17.3] And Abram fell upon his face, and the Gods spoke with him, saying:
[GEN.17.4] I behold, my covenant is with you, and you will be to a father of many nations.
[GEN.17.5] And your name shall no longer be called Avram, and your name shall be Avraham, for I have made you father of a multitude of nations.
[GEN.17.6] And I will greatly multiply you, very greatly, and I will make you into nations, and kings will come forth from you.
[GEN.17.7] And I will establish my covenant between me and you, and between your offspring after you, for their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be to you the Gods, and to your offspring after you.
[GEN.17.8] And I will give to you, and to your seed after you, the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan for an everlasting possession. And I will be to them as the Gods.
[GEN.17.9] And the Gods said to Abraham, "And you shall keep my covenant, you and your offspring after you for their generations."
[GEN.17.10] This is my covenant that you shall keep between me and between you, and between your seed after you. Every male among you shall be circumcised.
[GEN.17.11] And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and it will be as a sign of the covenant between me and between you.
[GEN.17.12] And on the eighth day, every male shall be circumcised among you, for all your generations, whether born in your house or purchased with money from any foreigner who is not of your seed.
[GEN.17.13] You must circumcise, you must circumcise, every male born in your house, and one you purchased with money. Thus, my covenant will be in your flesh as an eternal covenant.
[GEN.17.14] And an uncircumcised male, who does not circumcise the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from among her people; he has broken my covenant.
[GEN.17.15] And the Gods said to Abraham, "Do not call your wife’s name Sarai, for her name is Sarah."
[GEN.17.16] And I blessed her, and also I gave to you a son from her. And I blessed her, and she will be to nations, kings of peoples will be from her.
[GEN.17.17] And Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, “Will the old man be born?” And if Sarah, the woman of ninety years, will bear?
[GEN.17.18] And Abraham said to the Gods, "If only Ishmael may live in your presence."
[GEN.17.19] And God said, "However, Sarah, your wife, will bear you a son, and you will call his name Isaac. And I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant with his offspring after him."
[GEN.17.20] And to Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and I have caused him to flourish, and I have greatly multiplied him, exceedingly. Twelve leaders he will beget, and I will make him a great nation.
[GEN.17.21] And my covenant I will establish with Isaac, who you, Sarah, will bear for Abraham at this appointed time, in the next year.
[GEN.17.22] And he finished speaking with him, and the Gods ascended from above Abraham.
[GEN.17.23] And Abraham took Ishmael, his son, and all those born in his house, and all that he had acquired with his money – every male among the people of Abraham’s house – and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskins on that very day, as the Gods had spoken to him.
[GEN.17.24] And Abraham was ninety-nine years old when his foreskin of flesh was circumcised.
[GEN.17.25] And Ishmael, his son, being thirteen years old, had his foreskin circumcised, his flesh.
[GEN.17.26] At this very day, Abraham was circumcised, and Ishmael his son.
[GEN.17.27] And all the men of his house, those born in the house and those acquired with money from a son of a foreigner, were circumcised with him.
GEN.18
[GEN.18.1] And Yahveh appeared to him in the oaks of Mamre, and he was sitting in the opening of the tent like the heat of the day.
[GEN.18.2] He lifted his eyes and saw, and behold, three men were standing before him. And he saw and ran to meet them from the entrance of the tent, and he bowed to the ground.
[GEN.18.3] And he said, "my Lord, if, please, I have found favor in your eyes, please do not pass over your servant."
[GEN.18.4] Let a little water be taken, and wash your feet, and rest under the tree.
[GEN.18.5] And I will take bread, and sustain your hearts after you pass by, for thus you have passed over your servant. And they said, "Yes, do as you have spoken."
[GEN.18.6] And Abraham quickly went to Sarah and said to her, "Quickly, prepare three measures of flour, fine meal, and bake cakes."
[GEN.18.7] And to the cattle ran Abraham, and he took a calf, young and good, and he gave it to the young man, and he hastened to prepare him.
[GEN.18.8] And he took butter and milk and the calf that he had made and placed it before them, and he stood over them under the tree, and they ate.
[GEN.18.9] And they said to him, "Where is your wife Sarah?" And he said, "Behold, she is in the tent."
[GEN.18.10] And He said, "Again I will return to you at this time next year, and behold, a son to Sarah your wife." And Sarah was hearing at the opening of the tent, and He was behind her.
[GEN.18.11] And Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in years. The way for Sarah, as with women, had ceased.
[GEN.18.12] And Sarah laughed to herself, saying, "After my being worn out, is there now pleasure to me, and my Lord is old?"
[GEN.18.13] And Yahveh said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Shall I really bear a child, when I have grown old?’"
[GEN.18.14] Is anything too wondrous for Yahveh? At the appointed time I will return to you, as now, and Sarah will have a son.
[GEN.18.15] And Sarah denied, saying, "I did not laugh, for I feared." And He said, "No, for you did laugh."
[GEN.18.16] And the men rose from there and looked towards the face of Sodom, and Abraham walked with them to send them away.
[GEN.18.17] And Yahveh said, “Am I concealing from Abraham what I am doing?”
[GEN.18.18] And Abraham was, and will be, to a nation great and mighty, and all nations of the earth will be blessed in him.
[GEN.18.19] For I knew him, so that he would command his children and his household after him to keep the way of Yahveh, to do righteousness and justice, so that Yahveh would bring to Abraham what He spoke concerning him.
[GEN.18.20] And Yahveh said, "The outcry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and their sin is very heavy."
[GEN.18.21] I will certainly descend and see whether the outcry that has come to me is indeed as a result of all that they have done, and if not, I will know.
[GEN.18.22] And the men turned from that place and went to Sodom, and Abraham continued to stand before Yahveh.
[GEN.18.23] And Abraham approached and said, "Surely you will destroy the righteous one with the wicked one?"
[GEN.18.24] Perhaps there are fifty righteous people within the city. Will the place then be destroyed, and not be spared? For the sake of those fifty righteous people who are in the midst of it.
[GEN.18.25] May it never be for you to do such a thing, to kill the righteous with the wicked! And it will be as the righteous, as the wicked. May it never be for you! Will the Judge of all the earth not do justice?
[GEN.18.26] And Yahveh said, "If I find fifty righteous ones within the city, then I will carry all the place because of them."
[GEN.18.27] And Abraham answered and said, Behold, now I have dared to speak to my Lord, and I am dust and ashes.
[GEN.18.28] Perhaps fifty of the righteous will be lacking five. Will the five destroy the whole city? And the Gods said, "I will not destroy if I find there forty-five."
[GEN.18.29] And he added to speak to him, and he said, perhaps forty will be found there. And he said, I will not do it because of the forty.
[GEN.18.30] And he said, "Please let not my Lord be angry, and I will speak. Perhaps thirty might be found there." And my Lord said, "I will not do it if I do not find thirty there."
[GEN.18.31] And he said, "Behold, I have been willing to speak to my Lord. Perhaps they will be found there, twenty." And he said, "I will not destroy because of the twenty."
[GEN.18.32] And Lot said, "Please, let my Lord not be angry, and I will speak. Perhaps ten will be found there." And He said, "I will not destroy because of the ten."
[GEN.18.33] And Yahveh went after He finished speaking to Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place.
GEN.19
[GEN.19.1] And two of the messengers came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. And Lot saw and rose to meet them, and he bowed with his face toward the ground.
[GEN.19.2] And he said, "Behold, my Lord, please turn aside to the house of your servant and rest, and wash your feet, and you will rise early and go on your way." And they said, "No, for we will lodge in the street."
[GEN.19.3] He earnestly pleaded with them, and they turned to him and came to his house. He made a feast for them, and he baked unleavened breads, and they ate.
[GEN.19.4] Before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house from young to old; all the people from every side.
[GEN.19.5] And they called to Lot and said to him, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us, and we will know them."
[GEN.19.6] And Lot went out to them, and he closed the door behind him.
[GEN.19.7] And he said, "Please, my brothers, do not be alarmed."
[GEN.19.8] Behold now, I have two daughters who have not known a man. Let me bring them out to you, and do to them what is good in your eyes, but do nothing to these women, for that is why they have come under the shadow of my roof.
[GEN.19.9] And they said, "Come near, come hither!" And they said, "The one who has come to lodge is the one we will judge." Now it is bad for you because of them. And they greatly urged the man, Lot, and they approached to break the door.
[GEN.19.10] And the men reached out their hand and brought Lot to them into the house, and they shut the door.
[GEN.19.11] And they struck the men who were at the doorway of the house with blindness, from small to great, and they were exhausted trying to find the doorway.
[GEN.19.12] And the men said to Lot, "Do you still have anyone here – a future husband for your daughters, your sons and your daughters, and all that belongs to you in the city? Bring them out of this place."
[GEN.19.13] For we are destroyers of this place, for their outcry has grown before Yahveh, and Yahveh has sent us to destroy it.
[GEN.19.14] And Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, those who were to take his daughters, and said, "Rise up, get out from this place, for Yahveh will destroy the city." And he was like one joking in the eyes of his sons-in-law.
[GEN.19.15] And like the dawn rose, and the angels hastened in haste to say, "Rise, take your wife and your two daughters who are found, lest you perish in the iniquity of the city."
[GEN.19.16] And he hesitated, but the men strengthened themselves and took hold of his hand, and the hand of his wife, and the hand of his two daughters, in the compassion of Yahveh upon him, and they brought him out and set him down outside the city.
[GEN.19.17] And it was, as he brought them outside, that he said, "Flee for your life, do not look behind you, and do not stand in all the plain of the mountain. Flee, lest you perish."
[GEN.19.18] And Lot said to them, "Please, my Lord."
[GEN.19.19] Indeed now, your servant has found favor in your eyes, and you have increased your kindness, which you have done with me to revive my soul. And I cannot escape the disaster, lest the evil cleave to me and I die.
[GEN.19.20] Behold, now this city is close to flee to there, and it is small. Let me flee there! Is it not small, and will it sustain my life?
[GEN.19.21] And God said to him, "Behold, I have lifted up my favor toward you, even concerning this matter, so as not to overturn the city that you spoke of."
[GEN.19.22] Hurry, escape to there, for I am unable to do anything until you arrive there. Therefore, the name of the city was called Tso'ar.
[GEN.19.23] The sun came out upon the land, and Lot came to Tzoar.
[GEN.19.24] And Yahveh rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah sulfur and fire from Yahveh from the heavens.
[GEN.19.25] And Yahveh turned the cities of the gods, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and the produce of the land.
[GEN.19.26] And she looked behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
[GEN.19.27] And Abraham rose early in the morning to the place where he had stood before Yahveh.
[GEN.19.28] And he looked out toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the faces of the land of the plain. And he saw, and behold, smoke was rising from the land like smoke from a furnace.
[GEN.19.29] And it happened, in the Gods corrupting the cities of the plain, that the Gods remembered Abraham, and sent Lot from within the overturning, in overturning the cities in which Lot dwelt.
[GEN.19.30] And Lot went up from Zoar and settled in the mountain, and his two daughters were with him, because he feared to dwell in Zoar. And he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.
[GEN.19.31] And the elder said to the younger, "Our father is old, and there is no man in the land to come upon us according to the custom of all the land."
[GEN.19.32] Come, let us drink the wine of our Father and let us lie with him, and let us live from the seed of our Father.
[GEN.19.33] And she gave wine to their father in the night, he, and the firstborn came and lay with her father, and he did not know in her lying and in her rising.
[GEN.19.34] And it came to pass on the next day, and the elder said to the younger, "Indeed I lay yesterday with my father, we gave him wine to drink. Also tonight, go and lie with him, and let us preserve seed from our father."
[GEN.19.35] And she also gave their father wine that night, and the younger one arose and lay with him, and he did not know in her lying and in her rising.
[GEN.19.36] And two daughters of Lot became pregnant from their father.
[GEN.19.37] And the firstborn bore a son, and she called his name Moab. He is the father of Moab until this day.
[GEN.19.38] And the younger sister also bore a son, and she called his name ‘Son of my people’. He is the father of the people of Ammon, until this day.
GEN.20
[GEN.20.1] And Abraham departed from that place toward the Negev region, and he settled between Kadesh and Shur, and he resided as a foreigner in Gerar.
[GEN.20.2] And Abraham said to Sarah, his wife, "She is my sister." And Abimelech, the king of Gerar, sent and took Sarah.
[GEN.20.3] And the Gods came to Abimelech in a dream of the night and said to him, "You are about to die because of the woman that you have taken, and she is the wife of Baal."
[GEN.20.4] And Abimelech did not approach her, and he said to my Lord, "Would you also kill the righteous nation?"
[GEN.20.5] Has he not said to me, "She is my sister?" And she also said, "He is my brother." With integrity of my heart and purity of my hands I have done this.
[GEN.20.6] And he said to him, the Gods, in a dream, also I knew that in the completeness of your heart you did this, and also I restrained you from sinning to me. Therefore, I did not give you to touch her.
[GEN.20.7] And now, return the man’s wife, because she is a prophet and will pray for you, and you will live. But if you do not return heed, then death you will die, you and all that is yours.
[GEN.20.8] And Abimelech rose early in the morning, and he called to all his servants, and he spoke all these things in their ears, and the men feared greatly.
[GEN.20.9] And Abimelech called to Abraham and said to him, "What have you done to us, and what sin have I committed to you, that you have brought a great sin upon me and upon my kingdom? Actions that should not be done, you have done with me."
[GEN.20.10] And Abimelech said to Abraham, "What did you see that you did this thing?"
[GEN.20.11] And Abraham said, because I thought, surely there is no reverence for the Gods in this place, and they will kill me on account of my wife.
[GEN.20.12] And Amnah, my sister, is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother, and she became to me as a wife.
[GEN.20.13] And it came to pass, as the Gods led me astray from the house of my father, and I said to her, “This is your kindness that you will do with me: to every place that we come there, say to me, ‘He is my brother.’”
[GEN.20.14] And Abimelech took sheep and cattle and male servants and female servants and he gave them to Abraham, and he restored Sarah, his wife, to him.
[GEN.20.15] And Abimelech said, "Behold, my land is before you. If it is good in your eyes, dwell there."
[GEN.20.16] And to Sarah he said, "Behold, I have given a thousand of silver to your brother. Behold, it is yours as a covering for the eyes of all who are with you, and also to all who are present."
[GEN.20.17] And Abraham prayed to the Gods, and the Gods healed Abimelech and his wife and his female servants, and they bore children.
[GEN.20.18] For Yahveh restrained all wombs in the house of Abimelech because of the matter of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.
GEN.21
[GEN.21.1] And Yahveh remembered Sarah as He had said, and Yahveh did for Sarah as He had spoken.
[GEN.21.2] And she conceived, and she bore Sarah to Abraham a son to his old age, at the time that the Gods spoke to him.
[GEN.21.3] And Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, that Sarah bore to him, Isaac.
[GEN.21.4] And Abraham circumcised Isaac, his son, on the eighth day, as the Gods commanded him.
[GEN.21.5] And Abraham, of one hundred years, being born to him Isaac, his son.
[GEN.21.6] And Sarah said, "The Gods have made laughter for me. All who hear will laugh at me."
[GEN.21.7] And she said, "Who spoke to Abraham that I would conceive children, Sarah, since I have borne a son to his old age?"
[GEN.21.8] And the child grew, and he was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the day of the weaning of Isaac.
[GEN.21.9] And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, who she bore to Abraham, laughing.
[GEN.21.10] And Sarah said to Abraham, "Expel this slave woman and her son, for the son of this slave woman will not inherit with my son, with Isaac."
[GEN.21.11] And the thing was very evil to Abraham concerning his son.
[GEN.21.12] And the Gods said to Abraham, "Do not be grieved in your eyes regarding the boy and regarding your female servant. All that Sarah says to you, listen to her voice, for through Isaac will offspring be called for you."
[GEN.21.13] And also the son of the slave woman I will set as a nation, for your seed he is.
[GEN.21.14] And Abraham rose early in the morning and he took bread and a skin of water and he gave it to Hagar, placing it upon her shoulder, and the child, and he sent her away. And she went and wandered in the wilderness of Beer Sheba.
[GEN.21.15] And the waters ended from the warmth, and she threw the child under one of the bushes.
[GEN.21.16] And she went and sat for herself opposite, at a distance, like the range of an arrow, because she said, "I will not see in the death of the child." And she sat opposite and lifted up her voice and wept.
[GEN.21.17] And the Gods heard the voice of the boy; and an angel of the Gods called to Hagar from the heavens and said to her, "What troubles you, Hagar? Do not fear, for the Gods have heard the voice of the boy in the place where he is."
[GEN.21.18] Arise, lift up the young man, and hold your hand in him, for to a great nation I will make him.
[GEN.21.19] And the Gods opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. And she went and filled the water skin with water and gave the boy drink.
[GEN.21.20] And it came to pass that the Gods were with the young man, and he grew, and he dwelt in the wilderness, and he became a skilled archer.
[GEN.21.21] And she settled in the Wilderness of Paran, and his mother took for him a wife from the land of Egypt.
[GEN.21.22] And it came to pass at that time, and Abimelech and Phicol, his army commander, said to Abraham, saying, "The Gods are with you in all that you do."
[GEN.21.23] And now, swear to me by the Gods here, if you will not lie to me, or to my children, or to my grandchildren, as the kindness that you did for me, you will do for me, and for the land in which you have lived.
[GEN.21.24] And Abraham said, "I, I swear."
[GEN.21.25] And Abraham reproved Abimelech concerning the well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had stolen.
[GEN.21.26] And Abimelech said, "I did not know who did this thing, and also you did not tell me, and also I had not heard of it until today."
[GEN.21.27] And Abraham took sheep and cattle, and he gave them to Abimelech, and the two of them made a covenant.
[GEN.21.28] And Abraham set apart seven lambs of the flock by themselves.
[GEN.21.29] And Avimelech said to Abraham, "What are these seven lambs that you have set apart for me alone?"
[GEN.21.30] And he said, "That seven ewe lambs you will take from my hand, for the purpose that they will be to me as a witness, because I dug this well."
[GEN.21.31] Therefore he called that place the well of the oath, because there the two of them swore.
[GEN.21.32] They made a covenant at Beersheba, and Abimelech and Phicol, his army commander, returned to the land of the Philistines.
[GEN.21.33] And he planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and he called there in the name of Yahveh, God forever.
[GEN.21.34] And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines for many days.
GEN.22
[GEN.22.1] And it came to pass after these things, and the Gods tested Abraham, and spoke to him, “Abraham,” and he said, “Here I am.”
[GEN.22.2] And He said, "Please take your son, your only one whom you love, Isaac, and go for yourself to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will tell you."
[GEN.22.3] And Abraham rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey, and he took with him two young men and Isaac his son, and he split wood for a burnt offering, and he arose and went to the place that the Gods had told him.
[GEN.22.4] On the third day, Abraham lifted his eyes and saw the place from afar.
[GEN.22.5] And Abraham said to his young men, "Sit you here with the donkey, and I and the boy will go to that place and worship, and we will return to you."
[GEN.22.6] And Abraham took the trees of the burnt offering and put them on Isaac, his son. And he took the fire and the knife in his hand, and the two of them went together.
[GEN.22.7] And Isaac said to Abraham, his father, and he said, "My father." And he said, "Here I am, my son." And he said, "Behold, the fire and the wood, but where is the sheep for the burnt offering?"
[GEN.22.8] And Abraham said, "The Gods will see for himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son." And they both went together.
[GEN.22.9] And they came to the place that the Gods had told him. And Abraham built there an altar and arranged the wood, and bound Isaac, his son, and placed him on the altar, above the wood.
[GEN.22.10] And Abraham extended his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son.
[GEN.22.11] And an angel of Yahveh called to him from the heavens, and said, "Abraham, Abraham!" And he said, "Here I am."
[GEN.22.12] And He said, "Do not extend your hand against the young man, and do not do anything to him, for now I know that you fear the Gods and you have not withheld your son, your unique son, from me."
[GEN.22.13] And Abraham lifted his eyes and saw, and behold, a ram after being caught in the thicket by its horns. And Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it up as a burnt offering in place of his son.
[GEN.22.14] And Abraham called the name of that place "Yahveh will see". And it will be said today, "On the mountain of Yahveh, Yahveh will see."
[GEN.22.15] And an angel of Yahveh called to Abraham a second time from the heavens.
[GEN.22.16] And He said, "I have sworn, says Yahveh, because you have done this thing and you did not hold back your son, your only one."
[GEN.22.17] Because I will bless, I will bless you, and I will greatly increase your seed like the stars of the heavens, and like the sand that is upon the shore of the sea. And your seed will inherit the gates of your enemies.
[GEN.22.18] And may they be blessed in your seed, all nations of the earth, because you listened in Yahveh’s voice.
[GEN.22.19] And Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose and went together to the well of the oath, and Abraham settled at the well of the oath.
[GEN.22.20] And it came to pass after these events, that it was told to Abraham, saying, "Behold, Milkah has also borne sons to Nachor, your brother."
[GEN.22.21] And Uts, his firstborn, and Booz, his brother, and Kemuel, father of Aram.
[GEN.22.22] And Kesed and Chazo and Pildash and Yidlaf and Betuel.
[GEN.22.23] And Tu'el fathered Rebekah. These eight did Milkah bear to Nahor, the brother of Abraham.
[GEN.22.24] And her concubine, her name was Reumah, and she also bore Tebakh and Gakham and Takhash and Maakhah.
GEN.23
[GEN.23.1] And the lives of Sarah were one hundred years and twenty years and seven years, years of the life of Sarah.
[GEN.23.2] And Sarah died in the city of four, it is Hebron, in the land of Canaan. And Abraham came to mourn Sarah and to weep for her.
[GEN.23.3] And Abraham rose from before the face of his dead, and he spoke to the sons of Heth to say:
[GEN.23.4] A resident alien I am with you. Give to me a burial plot with you, and I will bury my dead before me.
[GEN.23.5] And the sons of Heth answered to Abraham, saying to him.
[GEN.23.6] Hear us, my Lord. You are the Gods as a leader amongst us. In the choice of our burial places, bury your dead. Each person from among them will bury their own burial place, and none will be deprived of burial from you, from your dead.
[GEN.23.7] And Abraham rose and bowed to the people of the land, to the sons of Heth.
[GEN.23.8] And he spoke to them, saying, "If it is your desire to bury my dead before me, then listen to me and meet with Ephron, son of Zohar, for me."
[GEN.23.9] And he will give to me the cave of Machpelah, which is his, which is at the end of his field. With silver full he will give it to me among you, as a possession of a tomb.
[GEN.23.10] And Ephron, who resided among the Hittites, answered Abraham within the hearing of the Hittites, to all who came to the gate of his city, saying:
[GEN.23.11] No, my Lord, I have given you the field, and the cave that is in it I have given to you. Before the eyes of the people of my nation, I have given it to you as a tomb for your dead.
[GEN.23.12] And Abraham bowed before the people of the land.
[GEN.23.13] And he spoke to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, saying, "Indeed, if it is to you, listen to me. I have given the money for the field, take it from me, and I will bury my dead there."
[GEN.23.14] And Efron answered to Abraham to say to him.
[GEN.23.15] My Lord, hear me. Land, four hundred shekels of silver are what is between me and you, and you shall bury your dead.
[GEN.23.16] And Abraham listened to Ephron, and Abraham weighed out to Ephron the silver that he had spoken of in the hearing of the sons of Heth: four hundred shekels of silver, current money to the merchant.
[GEN.23.17] And the field of Ephron, which is in the Valley of Mamre, was established. The field and the cave that is in it, and every tree that is in the field, and within all its boundaries around it.
[GEN.23.18] To Abraham, for possessions, in the sight of the sons of Heth, among all those who came to the gate of their city.
[GEN.23.19] And after these things, Abraham buried Sarah, his wife, into the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre, that is Hebron, in the land of Canaan.
[GEN.23.20] The field and the cave that is within it were established for Abraham as a possession for burial by the sons of Chet.
GEN.24
[GEN.24.1] Now Abraham was old, having lived many days, and Yahveh blessed Abraham with everything.
[GEN.24.2] And Abraham said to his servant, the elder of his house, the one who rules over all that he has, "Please, place your hand under my thigh."
[GEN.24.3] And I will make you swear by Yahveh, the God of the heavens, and the Gods of the earth, that you shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell.
[GEN.24.4] Because God of my land and God of my birthplace you will go, and you will take a woman for my son, for Isaac.
[GEN.24.5] And the servant said to them, "Perhaps the woman will not be willing to go after me to this land. If she does not wish to go, may I return your son to the land from which you came."
[GEN.24.6] And said to him Abraham, "Be careful to yourself, lest you return my son there."
[GEN.24.7] Yahveh, the Gods of the heavens, who took me from my father's house and from the land of my birth, and who spoke to me and who swore to me, saying, “To your offspring I will give this land,” He will send His angel before you, and you will take a wife for my son from there.
[GEN.24.8] And if the woman is not willing to go after you, then you will be released from this vow of yours, but you shall not return your son there.
[GEN.24.9] And the servant placed his hand under the thigh of Abraham, his Lord, and he swore to him concerning this matter.
[GEN.24.10] And the servant took ten camels from the camels of my Lord, and he went, and all the good of my Lord was in his hand. And he arose and went to Aram Naharaim, to the city of Nahor.
[GEN.24.11] And the Gods blessed the camels outside the city to the well of water at the time of evening, at the time of the departure of the drawers.
[GEN.24.12] And He said, "Yahveh, the Gods of my Lord Abraham, sacrifice now before me today, and do kindness with my Lord Abraham."
[GEN.24.13] Behold, I am standing by the spring, and the daughters of the city's people are going out to draw water.
[GEN.24.14] And it will be, the young woman to whom I say, ‘Please, let down your jar and let me drink,’ and she says, ‘Drink, and I will also water your camels,’ she is the one you have designated for your servant Isaac. And through her I will know that you have shown kindness to my Lord.
[GEN.24.15] And it was he before he finished speaking, and behold, Rebekah was coming out, that she was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, wife of Nachor, brother of Abraham, and her jar was upon her shoulder.
[GEN.24.16] And the young woman was very beautiful in appearance, a virgin, and no man had known her. And she went down to the spring and filled her jar, and she came up.
[GEN.24.17] And the servant ran to meet her, and he said, "Please give me a little water from your pitcher."
[GEN.24.18] And she said, "Drink, my Lord." And she hastened and lowered her jar upon her hand, and she gave him to drink.
[GEN.24.19] And she finished giving him drink, and she said, “I will also draw for your camels until they have finished drinking.”
[GEN.24.20] And she hastened and emptied her jar to the watering trough, and she ran again to the well to draw, and she drew for all his camels.
[GEN.24.21] And the man rejoices for her, being silent to know if Yahveh has prospered his way, or not.
[GEN.24.22] And it was, when the camels had finished drinking, that the man took a golden nose ring, a shekel in its weight, and two golden bracelets for her hands, ten in their weight.
[GEN.24.23] And he said, “Daughter of who are you?” Tell me now, is there room at your father’s house for us to lodge?
[GEN.24.24] And she said to him, "I am the daughter of Betuel, daughter of Milkah, who she bore to Nahor."
[GEN.24.25] And she said to him, "Also straw and very much fodder are with us. Also a place to lodge is available."
[GEN.24.26] And the man bowed and prostrated himself to Yahveh.
[GEN.24.27] And he said, "Blessed is Yahveh, the Gods of my Lord Abraham, who has not forsaken his lovingkindness and his truth with my Lord. I am on the way, and Yahveh has guided me to the house of the brothers of my Lord."
[GEN.24.28] And the young woman ran and she told to the house of her mother these things.
[GEN.24.29] And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban. Then Laban ran to the man outside at the spring.
[GEN.24.30] And it happened, when he saw the nose ring and the bracelets on the hand of his sister, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, "Thus spoke the man to me," that he went to the man. And behold, he was standing by the camels at the well.
[GEN.24.31] And he said, "Come, blessed is Yahveh. Why do you stand outside, while I have cleared the house and made a place for the camels?"
[GEN.24.32] And the man came into the house and he opened the camels, and he gave hay and feed to the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him.
[GEN.24.33] It was set before him to eat, and he said, "I will not eat until I speak my words." And he said, "Speak!"
[GEN.24.34] And he stated, "I am the servant of Abraham."
[GEN.24.35] And Yahveh blessed my Lord greatly, and he grew large, and he gave to him sheep and cattle and silver and gold and servants and handmaids and camels and donkeys.
[GEN.24.36] And Sarah, the wife of my Lord, bore a son to my Lord after her old age. And my Lord gave to him all that belonged to him.
[GEN.24.37] My Lord swore to me, saying, "Do not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, for I dwell in their land."
[GEN.24.38] If not to God, to the house of my father you will go, and to my family, and you will take a woman for my son.
[GEN.24.39] And I said to my Lord, perhaps the woman will not go after me.
[GEN.24.40] And He said to me, "Yahveh, before whom I have walked, will send his messenger with you, and will make your way prosper, and you shall take a wife for my son from my family and from the house of my father."
[GEN.24.41] Then you will be cleansed from my oath, because you will come to my family. And if they do not give to you, then you will be innocent of my oath.
[GEN.24.42] And I came today to the well, and I said, "Yahveh, God of my Lord Abraham, if you have, please, success for my way which I am walking upon it."
[GEN.24.43] Behold, I am standing by the spring, and the young woman who comes out to draw water, to her I will say, "Please let me drink a little water from your jar."
[GEN.24.44] And she said to him, “You also drink, and I will also give drink to your animals.” She continued, “She is the woman whom Yahveh has reproved through the son of my Lord.”
[GEN.24.45] Before I had finished speaking to my heart, behold, Rebekah came out, and her jar was on her shoulder. And she descended to the spring and drew water. And I said to her, "Please let me drink."
[GEN.24.46] And she hastened and lowered a jar from upon her, and she said, "Drink, and I will also water your camels." And I drank, and she watered the camels.
[GEN.24.47] And I asked her, and I said, "Whose daughter are you?" And she said, "I am the daughter of Betuel, son of Nachor, whom Milkah bore to him." And I put the nose ring upon her nose, and the bracelets upon her hands.
[GEN.24.48] I bowed down and prostrated myself before Yahveh, and I blessed Yahveh, the God of my Lord Abraham, who guided me in a true path to take the daughter of my Lord Abraham for his son.
[GEN.24.49] And now, if you are doing kindness and truth to my Lord, tell me. And if not, tell me, and I will turn to the right or to the left.
[GEN.24.50] And Laban and Bethuel responded, and said, "From Yahveh has come this matter. We are unable to speak to you, either bad or good."
[GEN.24.51] Behold, Rebekah is before you; take her and go, and she will be the wife of the son of your lord, as Yahveh has spoken.
[GEN.24.52] And it happened, as Abraham’s servant heard their words, that he bowed himself to the ground to Yahveh.
[GEN.24.53] And the servant went out and gave articles of silver and articles of gold and clothing to Rebekah, and bracelets he gave to her brother and to her mother.
[GEN.24.54] And they ate and they drank, he and the men who were with him, and they rested for the night. Then they rose in the morning and he said, "Send me to my Lord."
[GEN.24.55] And her brother and her mother said, "Let the young woman sit with us for days or ten, after that she goes."
[GEN.24.56] And he said to them, "Do not delay me, and Yahveh has prospered my ways. Send me, and I will go to my Lord."
[GEN.24.57] And they said, "Let the young woman be called, and let inquiry be made of her mouth."
[GEN.24.58] And they called to Rebekah and they said to her, "Will you go with this man?" And she said, "I will go."
[GEN.24.59] And they sent Rebekah, their sister, and her wet nurse, and Abraham’s servant, and his men.
[GEN.24.60] And they blessed Rebekah, and they said to her, "Our sister, you are to be the mother of thousands upon thousands, and may your offspring possess the gate of those who hate them."
[GEN.24.61] And Rebekah rose, and her maidens, and they rode upon the camels, and they went after the man. And the servant took Rebekah and went.
[GEN.24.62] And Isaac came from going to the well of the living one who sees, and he resided in the land of the Negev.
[GEN.24.63] And Isaac went out to converse in the field before the turn of evening, and he lifted his eyes and saw, and behold, camels were coming.
[GEN.24.64] And Rebekah lifted her eyes and she saw Isaac and she fell from upon the camel.
[GEN.24.65] And she said to the servant, “Who is this man walking in the field to meet us?” And the servant said, “It is my Lord.” And she took the veil and covered herself.
[GEN.24.66] And the servant related to Isaac all the things that he had done.
[GEN.24.67] And he brought her into the tent of Sarah, his mother, and he took Rebekah, and she became to him as a wife, and Yahveh caused Isaac to love her, and Isaac found comfort after his mother.
GEN.25
[GEN.25.1] And Abraham increased and took a wife, and her name was Keturah.
[GEN.25.2] And she bore to him Zimran and Yakshan and Medan and Midyan and Yishbak and Shoach.
[GEN.25.3] And Jokshan gave birth to Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were the Ashurim and the Leutushim and the Leummim.
[GEN.25.4] And the sons of Midian were Ei’fah and Eifer and Ch’noch and Avidah and Eldada. All these were sons of K’tura.
[GEN.25.5] And Abraham gave all that belonged to him to Isaac.
[GEN.25.6] And to the sons of the concubines that belonged to Abraham, Abraham gave gifts, and he sent them away from the presence of his son Isaac while he was still living, eastward to the eastern land.
[GEN.25.7] And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life, who lived one hundred years and seventy years and five years.
[GEN.25.8] And he grew weak and Abraham died in good old age, old and satisfied. And he was gathered to his people.
[GEN.25.9] And Isaac and Ishmael, his sons, buried him to the cave of Makpelah, to the field of Efron son of Tzohar the Hittite, which is opposite Mamre’a.
[GEN.25.10] The field which purchased Abraham from the sons of Heth, there was buried Abraham and Sarah his wife.
[GEN.25.11] And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, and the Gods blessed Isaac, his son, and Isaac settled near the well of the living one who sees.
[GEN.25.12] And these are the genealogies of Ishmael, son of Abraham, who she bore, Hagar the Egyptian, servant of Sarah, to Abraham.
[GEN.25.13] And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names according to their lineages. The firstborn of Ishmael is Nevayot, and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam.
[GEN.25.14] And a report and silence and a burden.
[GEN.25.15] Hadad and Teima, Yetur, Nafish and Kedmah.
[GEN.25.16] These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, in their courts and in their castles: twelve leaders for their nations.
[GEN.25.17] And these are the years of life of Ishmael, one hundred and thirty-seven years, and he expired and died, and he was gathered to his people.
[GEN.25.18] They settled from Havilah to Shur, which is before Egypt, in his family. He fell before all his brothers.
[GEN.25.19] And these are the generations of Isaac, son of Abraham. Abraham bore Isaac.
[GEN.25.20] And it happened that Isaac was forty years old in taking Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel the Aramite, from Paddan Aram, sister of Laban the Aramite, for himself as a wife.
[GEN.25.21] And Isaac pleaded to Yahveh on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And Yahveh heard him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
[GEN.25.22] And the sons struggled within her, and she said, "If this is so, why then am I?" And she went to seek Yahveh.
[GEN.25.23] And Yahveh said to her, "Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from your insides will be separated. And people from people will become strong, and the greater will serve the lesser."
[GEN.25.24] And her days to give birth were completed, and behold, complete in her womb.
[GEN.25.25] And the first one came out red, all of him like a robe of hair; and they called his name Esau.
[GEN.25.26] And after this, his brother came out, and his hand was grasping the heel of Esau, and they called his name Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when he fathered them.
[GEN.25.27] And the boys grew, and it was that Esau was a man knowing hunting, a man of the field, and Jacob was a blameless man, staying in tents.
[GEN.25.28] And Isaac loved Esau, because game was in his mouth, and Rebekah loved Jacob.
[GEN.25.29] And Jacob made haste to prepare stew, and Esau came from the field, and he was tired.
[GEN.25.30] And Esau said to Jacob, "Feed me, please, from that red, that red stew, because I am tired. Therefore his name was called Edom."
[GEN.25.31] And Jacob said, "Sell today your firstborn to me."
[GEN.25.32] And Esau said, "Behold, I am going to die, and why should this birthright be to me?"
[GEN.25.33] And Jacob said, "Swear to me today." And he swore to him. And he sold his birthright to Jacob.
[GEN.25.34] And Jacob gave to Esau bread and stew of lentils, and he ate and he drank. And he stood up and went, and Esau despised the birthright.
GEN.26
[GEN.26.1] And there was famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, to Gerarah.
[GEN.26.2] And Yahveh appeared to him and said, "Do not descend to Egypt, but dwell in the land that I will indicate to you."
[GEN.26.3] Dwell in this land, and I will be with you and I will bless you, because to you and to your seed I give all the lands of the Gods, and I will establish the oath that I swore to Abraham your father.
[GEN.26.4] And I have multiplied your seed like the stars of the heavens, and I will give to your seed all the lands of God, and through your seed, all the nations of the earth will be blessed.
[GEN.26.5] Because Abraham listened to my voice and he guarded my charge, my commands, my statutes, and my teachings.
[GEN.26.6] And Isaac settled in Gerar.
[GEN.26.7] And the men of the place asked about his wife, and he said, "She is my sister, because I feared to say, 'She is my wife', lest the men of the place kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is good of appearance."
[GEN.26.8] And it happened that the days were long for him there, and Abimelech, king of the Philistines, peered through the window and he saw, and behold, Isaac was laughing with Rebekah, his wife.
[GEN.26.9] And Abimelech called to Isaac and said, "Surely, here is your wife, and how did you say, 'She is my sister?'" And Isaac said to him, "Because I said, lest I die on account of her."
[GEN.26.10] And Abimelech said, "What is this that you have done to us? Almost one of the people lay with your wife, and you have brought guilt upon us."
[GEN.26.11] And Abimelech commanded all the people, saying, “The one touching this man and his wife let him die; he shall die.”
[GEN.26.12] And Isaac sowed in that land, and he found in that year a hundred times over. And Yahveh blessed him.
[GEN.26.13] And the man grew, and he went, going and growing, until he grew greatly.
[GEN.26.14] And it was to him livestock of sheep and goats and livestock of cattle and servants numerous, and the Philistines envied him.
[GEN.26.15] And all the wells that the servants of my father dug in the days of my father Abraham, the Philistines stopped them up and filled them with dust.
[GEN.26.16] And Abimelech said to Isaac, "Go away from us, for you have grown exceedingly great against us."
[GEN.26.17] And he went from there, Isaac, and he camped in the valley of Gerar, and he settled there.
[GEN.26.18] And Isaac returned and dug the wells of water that had been dug in the days of Abraham his father, and the Philistines had stopped them up after the death of Abraham. And he called them names as the names that his father had called them.
[GEN.26.19] And the servants of Isaac dug in the valley, and they found there a well of living water.
[GEN.26.20] And the shepherds of Gerar contended with the shepherds of Isaac, saying, "The water is ours!" And he called the name of the well ‘Contention,’ for they had contended with him.
[GEN.26.21] And they dug another well, and they quarreled also over it. And he called its name Satan.
[GEN.26.22] And he moved from there and dug another well, and there was no quarrel over it. And he called its name Rehoboth, and he said, “Because now Yahveh has made room for us, and we will flourish in the land.”
[GEN.26.23] And he ascended from there, Beer Shava.
[GEN.26.24] And Yahveh appeared to him that night, and He said, "I am the God of Abraham, your father. Do not fear, for I am with you. I have blessed you, and I will greatly increase your descendants, because of Abraham, My servant."
[GEN.26.25] And he built there an altar, and he called upon the name of Yahveh, and he pitched there his tent. And the servants of Isaac dug there a well.
[GEN.26.26] And Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzath and Pichol, commander of his army, went with him.
[GEN.26.27] And he said to them, Isaac, "Why did you come to me, and do you hate me, and did you send me away from you?"
[GEN.26.28] And they said, “See, we have seen that Yahveh was with you, and we said, ‘Let there now be a covenant between us and between you,’ and let a covenant be cut with you.”
[GEN.26.29] If you do evil to us, as we have not harmed you, and as we have only done good to you and we send you away in peace, then you are blessed by Yahveh.
[GEN.26.30] And he made a feast for them, and they ate and they drank.
[GEN.26.31] And they arose early in the morning, and each man swore to his brother. And Isaac sent them away, and they went from him in peace.
[GEN.26.32] And it was on that day, and the servants of Isaac came and told him concerning the well which they had dug, and they said to him, “We have found water.”
[GEN.26.33] And he called it seven, therefore the name of the city became Well of Seven until this day.
[GEN.26.34] And it happened, Esau was forty years old, and he took as wife Yehudit, daughter of Be'eri the Hittite, and Basmat, daughter of Elon the Hittite.
[GEN.26.35] And it was a bitterness of spirit to Isaac and to Rebekah.
GEN.27
[GEN.27.1] And it happened, when Isaac was old and his eyes were dim so that he could not see, that he called to Esau, his eldest son, and said to him, “My son,” and he said to him, “Here I am.”
[GEN.27.2] And he said, "Behold, I have grown old, and I have not known the day of my death."
[GEN.27.3] And now, lift up your tools, your provisions, and your bow, and go out to the field and hunt game for me.
[GEN.27.4] And make for me delicacies as I have loved, and bring to me and I will eat, so that you may bless my soul before I die.
[GEN.27.5] And Rebekah heard when Isaac spoke to Esau, his son. So Esau went to the field to hunt game to bring [it].
[GEN.27.6] And Rebekah said to Jacob, her son, saying, “Behold, I have heard your father speaking to Esau, your brother, saying…”
[GEN.27.7] Bring to me game and prepare for me flavorful foods to eat, and I will bless you before Yahveh before my death.
[GEN.27.8] And now, my son, hear to my voice, for that which I command you.
[GEN.27.9] Go now to the flock and take for me from there two good young goats, and I will make them delicacies for your father, as he loves.
[GEN.27.10] And you shall bring to your father, and you shall eat, for the sake of that he may bless you before his death.
[GEN.27.11] And Jacob said to Rebekah, his mother, "Behold, Esau, my brother, is a man who is hairy, and I am a man who is smooth."
[GEN.27.12] Perhaps my father will remove me, and I will be in his eyes like a deceiver, and I will bring upon myself a curse, and not a blessing.
[GEN.27.13] And his mother said to him, "The curse is on me, my son, but listen to my voice and go, take something for me."
[GEN.27.14] And he went and took and brought it to his mother, and his mother made delicacies as his father loved.
[GEN.27.15] And Rebekah took the garments of Esau, her great son, the favored ones which were with her in the house, and she dressed Jacob, her small son, in them.
[GEN.27.16] And the skins of young goats she clothed upon his hands and upon the portion of his neck.
[GEN.27.17] And she gave the delicacies and the bread that you made in the hand of Jacob, her son.
[GEN.27.18] He came to his father and said, "Father." He said, "Here I am, who are you, my son?"
[GEN.27.19] And Jacob said to his father, "I am Esau, your firstborn. I have done as you spoke to me. Arise now and sit, and eat from my game, in order that your soul may bless me."
[GEN.27.20] And Isaac said to his son, "What is this that you hastened to find, my son?" And he said, "Because Yahveh, your God, caused it to happen before me."
[GEN.27.21] And Isaac said to Jacob, "Please come near and let me feel you, my son. Are you really this, my son Esau, or not?"
[GEN.27.22] And Jacob approached Isaac, his father, and felt him, and he said, “The voice is the voice of Jacob, and the hands are the hands of Esau.”
[GEN.27.23] And he did not recognize him, because his hands were like the hands of Esau his brother, hairy, and he blessed him.
[GEN.27.24] And he said, "Are you this, my son Esau?" And he said, "I am."
[GEN.27.25] And he said, "Bring to me, and let me eat of the hunt of my son, so that my soul may bless you." And he brought to him, and he ate, and he brought to him wine, and he drank.
[GEN.27.26] And he said to him, Isaac his father, "Come near now and drink for me, my son."
[GEN.27.27] And he approached and kissed him, and he smelled the scent of his clothes and blessed him. And he said, "Behold, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field that Yahveh has blessed."
[GEN.27.28] And the Gods will give to you dew from the heavens and abundance from the earth, and much grain and new wine.
[GEN.27.29] Nations will serve you, and nations will worship you. Be powerful over your brothers, and the sons of your mother will worship you. Whoever curses you is cursed, and whoever blesses you is blessed.
[GEN.27.30] And it happened, as Isaac finished blessing Jacob, that Jacob went out from the presence of Isaac, his father, and Esau, his brother, came from the field with his hunting.
[GEN.27.31] And he also made savory dishes, and brought them to his father, and he said to his father, “Rise, my father, and eat from the hunt of your son, so that your soul may bless me.”
[GEN.27.32] And Isaac said to him, "Who are you?" And he said, "I am your son, your firstborn, Esau."
[GEN.27.33] And Isaac was greatly afraid, a great trembling; and he said, "Who then is this who hunted game and brought it to me, and I ate of all before it came, and I blessed him? Also, let him be blessed."
[GEN.27.34] When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried out with a great and bitter cry, very much. And he said to his father, "Bless me also, my father."
[GEN.27.35] And he said, "Your brother has come with deceit, and he has taken your blessing."
[GEN.27.36] And he said, "Is it thus he has called his name, Jacob, and he has tripped me up twice, taking my firstborn's birthright? And now, see, he has taken my blessing!" And he said, "Did you not certainly reserve a blessing for me?"
[GEN.27.37] And Isaac answered and said to Esau, behold, I have made him master over you, and all his brothers I have given to him as servants, and with grain and wine I have sustained him. Therefore come, what shall I do, my son?
[GEN.27.38] And Esau said to his father, "The blessing, one is to you, my father, bless me also, my father." And Esau raised his voice and he wept.
[GEN.27.39] And Isaac answered his father and said to him, Behold, the fats of the land will be your dwelling, and from dew of the heavens above.
[GEN.27.40] And upon your sword you will live, and your brother you will serve, and it will be as you rule and you will loosen his yoke from upon your neck.
[GEN.27.41] Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing that his father had blessed him with, and Esau said in his heart, “May the days of mourning for my father draw near, and then I will kill my brother Jacob.”
[GEN.27.42] And it was told to Rebekah the words of Esau, her son the elder. And she sent and called to Jacob, her son the younger, and she said to him, “Behold, Esau your brother is comforting himself to kill you.”
[GEN.27.43] And now, my son, hear my voice, and rise, flee for yourself to Laban, my brother, to Haran.
[GEN.27.44] And you will dwell with him for some days until the anger of your brother returns to calm.
[GEN.27.45] Until the anger of your brother returns from you, and he forgets what you did to him, I will send and take you from there. Why will I bear both of you in one day?
[GEN.27.46] And Rivkah said to Yitzhak, "I am weary of life because of the daughters of Khet. If Ya'akov takes a wife from among the daughters of Khet, like these daughters of the land, why should I live?"
GEN.28
[GEN.28.1] And Isaac called to Jacob and blessed him, and he commanded him and said to him, "You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan."
[GEN.28.2] Rise and go to Paddan Aram, to the house of Bethuel, the father of your mother, and take for yourself a wife from among the daughters of Laban, the brother of your mother.
[GEN.28.3] And God all-sufficient will bless you, and will make you fruitful, and will multiply you, and you will be to a gathering of peoples.
[GEN.28.4] And may the Gods give to you the blessing of Abraham to you and to your offspring with you, to possess the land where you dwell, which God gave to Abraham.
[GEN.28.5] And Isaac sent Jacob away, and he went to Paddan Aram, to Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramean, brother of Rebekah, mother of Jacob and Esau.
[GEN.28.6] And Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him to Paddan Aram to take a wife for himself from there. In blessing him, Isaac commanded him, saying, “Do not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.”
[GEN.28.7] And Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and he went to Paddan Aram.
[GEN.28.8] And Esau saw that the bad things of the daughters of Canaan were displeasing in the eyes of Isaac, his father.
[GEN.28.9] And Esau went to Ishmael and took Mahalath, the daughter of Ishmael, son of Abraham, sister of Nebayoth, to be among his wives.
[GEN.28.10] And Jacob went out from Beersheba and he went to Haran.
[GEN.28.11] And he encountered the place, and he spent the night there, because the sun had set. And he took from the stones of the place, and he placed them under his head, and he lay down in that place.
[GEN.28.12] And he dreamed, and behold, a ladder was stationed on the earth, and its head reached to the heavens. And behold, angels of the Gods were ascending and descending on it.
[GEN.28.13] And behold, Yahveh stood over him and said, "I am Yahveh, the Gods of Abraham, your father, and the Gods of Isaac. The land upon which you are lying, to you I will give it, and to your seed."
[GEN.28.14] And your offspring will be like the dust of the earth, and you will break forth to the sea and the east and the north and the south, and all the families of the earth and in your offspring will be blessed.
[GEN.28.15] And behold, I am with you, and I will guard you in all where you go, and I will return you to this land, for not will I forsake you, until that I have done that which I spoke to you.
[GEN.28.16] And Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, "Indeed, there is Yahveh in this place, and I did not know it."
[GEN.28.17] And he feared and said, "How awesome is this place! It is no other than the house of the Gods, and this is the gate of the heavens."
[GEN.28.18] And Jacob rose early in the morning and took the stone which he had placed at his head, and he set it as a pillar, and he poured oil upon its head.
[GEN.28.19] And he called the name of that place House of God, but Luz was the name of the city originally.
[GEN.28.20] And Jacob vowed, saying, "If the Gods will be with me and will guard me on this road that I walk, and will give me bread to eat and clothing to wear,"
[GEN.28.21] And I will return to the house of my father in peace, and Yahveh will be to me as the Gods.
[GEN.28.22] And this stone that I have set up as a pillar will be a house of the Gods, and all that you give to me, a tenth I will tithe to you.
GEN.29
[GEN.29.1] And Jacob lifted his feet and walked into the land of the easterners.
[GEN.29.2] And he saw, and behold, a well was in the field, and behold, there were three flocks of sheep resting upon it, for from that well the flocks drink, and the stone was large upon the mouth of the well.
[GEN.29.3] And they will gather there all the flocks, and they will roll away the stone from over the mouth of the well, and they will water the sheep, and they will return the stone to over the mouth of the well to its place.
[GEN.29.4] And Jacob said to them, "My brothers, from where do you come?" And they said, "We are from Haran."
[GEN.29.5] And he said to them, "Do you know Laban, son of Nachor?" And they said, "We know him."
[GEN.29.6] And he said to them, "Is peace to him?" And they said, "Peace." And behold, Rachel, his daughter, is coming with the sheep.
[GEN.29.7] And he said, "Indeed, today is still a great time, not the time of gathering the livestock. Give the sheep drink, and then go pasture."
[GEN.29.8] And they said, "We are not able until all the flocks are gathered and they roll the stone from over the mouth of the well, and they water the flocks."
[GEN.29.9] He was still speaking with them, and Rachel came with the sheep that belonged to her father, for she was a shepherd.
[GEN.29.10] And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel, daughter of Laban, brother of my mother, and the flocks of Laban, brother of my mother, that Jacob approached and removed the stone from over the mouth of the well and watered the flocks of Laban, brother of my mother.
[GEN.29.11] And Jacob kissed Rachel and he lifted his voice and he wept.
[GEN.29.12] And Jacob told Rachel, "I am the son of your father's brother, and I am the son of Rebekah." And she ran and told her father.
[GEN.29.13] And it happened, when Laban heard the news of Jacob, son of his sister, that he ran to meet him, and he embraced him, and he kissed him, and he brought him into his house, and Jacob recounted to Laban all these things.
[GEN.29.14] And Laban said to him, "Indeed, you are my bone and my flesh." And he stayed with him for a month of days.
[GEN.29.15] And Laban said to Jacob, "Are you truly my brother, and have you served me for free? Tell me what your wages are."
[GEN.29.16] And to Laban were two daughters, the name of the greater one was Leah, and the name of the smaller one was Rachel.
[GEN.29.17] And the eyes of Leah were soft, and Rachel was beautiful in form and beautiful in appearance.
[GEN.29.18] And Jacob loved Rachel, and he said, "I will serve you for seven years for your younger daughter, Rachel."
[GEN.29.19] And Laban said, "It is good that I give her to you, rather than I give her to another man. Stay with me."
[GEN.29.20] And Jacob served for Rachel seven years, and they were in his eyes as days few, in his love for her.
[GEN.29.21] And Jacob said to Laban, "Give me my wife, because my days are fulfilled, and I will go in to her."
[GEN.29.22] And Laban gathered all the people of the place and he made a feast.
[GEN.29.23] And it was in the evening, and he took Leah, his wife, and he brought her to him, and he came to her.
[GEN.29.24] And Laban gave to her Zilpah, his female servant, to Leah, his daughter, as a female servant.
[GEN.29.25] And it was in the morning, and behold, she was Leah. And he said to Laban, "What is this that you have done to me? Did I not serve with Rachel, with you, and why have you deceived me?"
[GEN.29.26] And Laban said, "It is not done thus in our place, to give the younger one before the older one."
[GEN.29.27] Fulfill this vow, and it will be given to you, also this, in the service that you perform with me for another seven years beyond these.
[GEN.29.28] And Jacob did so, and he fulfilled this vow, and he gave to him Rachel, his daughter, to him as a wife.
[GEN.29.29] And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah, his female servant, to her to be a female servant.
[GEN.29.30] And he went also to Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and he served with him yet another seven years.
[GEN.29.31] And Yahveh saw that Leah was hated, and He opened her womb, while Rachel was barren.
[GEN.29.32] And Leah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben, for she said, "Because Yahveh has seen my affliction, now my husband will love me."
[GEN.29.33] And she conceived again and bore a son. And she said, “Because Yahveh has heard that I am disliked, he has given me this one also.” And she called his name Simeon.
[GEN.29.34] And she conceived again and bore a son. And she said, "Now at this time my husband will be attached to me, because I have borne him three sons." Therefore, they called his name Levi.
[GEN.29.35] And she conceived again and bore a son, and she said, "This time I will thank Yahveh." Therefore, she called his name Judah, and she stood after giving birth.
GEN.30
[GEN.30.1] And Rachel saw that she had not borne children to Jacob, and Rachel was jealous of her sister, and she said to Jacob, "Give me children, or I will die."
[GEN.30.2] And Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in the place of the Gods, who has withheld from you the fruit of your womb?
[GEN.30.3] And she said, "Behold, my handmaid Bilhah, go to her, and let her bear upon my knees, that I also may be built up through her."
[GEN.30.4] And she gave Bilhah, her maidservant, to him as a wife, and Jacob came to her.
[GEN.30.5] And Bilhah conceived and bore a son to Jacob.
[GEN.30.6] And Rachel said, "The Gods have judged me, and also heard my voice, and have given me a son. Therefore, she called his name Dan."
[GEN.30.7] And she conceived again, and she bore Bilhah, Rachel's servant, a second son to Jacob.
[GEN.30.8] And Rachel said, "The struggles of the Gods I have struggled with my sister, and I have prevailed." And she called his name Naphtali.
[GEN.30.9] And Leah saw that she had ceased bearing children, and she took Zilpah, her female servant, and gave her to Jacob for a wife.
[GEN.30.10] And Zilpah, Leah’s maidservant, bore a son to Jacob.
[GEN.30.11] And Leah said, "Fortune!" And she called his name Gad.
[GEN.30.12] And Zilpah, the servant of Leah, bore a second son to Jacob.
[GEN.30.13] And Leah said, "Blessed am I, for daughters have blessed me." And she called his name Asher.
[GEN.30.14] And Reuben went during the days of the wheat harvest, and he found mandrakes in the field, and he brought them to Leah, his mother. And Rachel said to Leah, "Give me, please, some of your son’s mandrakes."
[GEN.30.15] And she said to her, "Has it been a small thing that you have taken my husband, and would you also take the mandrakes of my son?" And Rachel said, "Therefore, may you lie with my Lord tonight in place of the mandrakes of my son."
[GEN.30.16] And Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him. And she said, "Come to me, for I have hired you with the mandrakes of my sons." And he lay with her that night; he was with her.
[GEN.30.17] And the Gods heard to Leah, and she became pregnant and she bore to Jacob a fifth son.
[GEN.30.18] And Leah said, "the Gods have given me my reward, because I gave my handmaid to my husband." And she called his name Yissachar.
[GEN.30.19] And Leah conceived again, and she bore Jacob a sixth son.
[GEN.30.20] And Leah said, "The Gods have endowed me with good endowment. This time my husband will honor me, because I have borne him six sons." And she named him Zebulun.
[GEN.30.21] And after, she bore a daughter, and she called her name Dinah.
[GEN.30.22] And the Gods remembered Rachel, and God heard her, and the Gods opened her womb.
[GEN.30.23] And she conceived and bore a son, and she said, "The Gods have removed my disgrace."
[GEN.30.24] And she called his name Joseph, saying, "May Yahveh add to me another son."
[GEN.30.25] And it was, as Rachel bore Joseph, that Jacob said to Laban, "Send me, and I will go to my place and to my land."
[GEN.30.26] Allow my wives and my children, with whom I served you, and I will go, for you know the service that I served you.
[GEN.30.27] And Lavan said to him, "If, indeed, I have found favor in your eyes, please divine for me, and Yahveh has blessed me because of you."
[GEN.30.28] And Bilhah said, "Your wages are upon me, and I will give it to you."
[GEN.30.29] And God said to him, "You know the service I have given to you, and the fact that your possessions were with me."
[GEN.30.30] For the little that you had before me burst forth into abundance, and Yahveh blessed you for your benefit. And now, when will I do something also for my house?
[GEN.30.31] And he said, "What shall I give to you?" And Jacob said to him, "Do not give me anything if you will do this thing for me: I will return and tend your flocks and watch over them."
[GEN.30.32] I will pass through all of your flock today, removing from there every spotted and speckled sheep and every brown sheep among the lambs, and speckled and spotted among the goats, and that will be my payment.
[GEN.30.33] And my righteousness will answer for me tomorrow, when I come before you regarding my wages. For everything that is not marked and the dew-colored amongst the goats and the reddish amongst the sheep – it was stolen with me.
[GEN.30.34] And Laban said, "See, may it be according to your word."
[GEN.30.35] And he separated on that day the goats that were streaked and the speckled goats, and all the goats that were marked with spots and speckled, all that Laban had, and all the brown ones among the sheep, and he gave them into the hand of his sons.
[GEN.30.36] And he placed a journey of three days between himself and Jacob, and Jacob shepherds the remaining flocks of Laban.
[GEN.30.37] And Jacob took for himself rods of poplar, almond, and plane tree, fresh and supple. And he peeled in them peelings of white, exposing the white layer which was upon the rods.
[GEN.30.38] And he set up the sticks, which he had peeled, in the watering troughs where the flocks came to drink, opposite the flocks, and they conceived when they came to drink.
[GEN.30.39] And the flocks became hot toward the staffs, and the flocks gave birth to offspring tightly closed, spotted, and smooth.
[GEN.30.40] And the flocks, Jacob separated, and he turned the faces of the flocks toward the striped, and all the brown in the flocks of Laban, and he made for himself herds separately, and he did not watch over the flocks of Laban.
[GEN.30.41] And it will be, in all your heat of the flocks that are bound, and Jacob will set the branches before the eyes of the flocks that are spotted, to make them conceive while looking at the branches.
[GEN.30.42] And when the flock was covered, he did not set [branches to encourage] speckled patterns, and the covered ones were white, and the bound ones were for Jacob.
[GEN.30.43] And the man prospered greatly, and he had numerous flocks, and maidservants and servants, and camels and donkeys.
GEN.31
[GEN.31.1] And he heard the words of the sons of Laban, saying, "Jacob has taken all that belonged to our father, and from what belonged to our father he has made all this honor."
[GEN.31.2] And Jacob saw the face of Laban, and behold, he was not with him as yesterday the day before yesterday.
[GEN.31.3] And Yahveh said to Jacob, "Return to the land of your fathers and to your birthplace, and I will be with you."
[GEN.31.4] And Jacob sent and called to Rachel and to Leah, "The field, to your Gods’ flock!"
[GEN.31.5] And he said to them, "I am seeing the faces of your fathers, for it is not to me as yesterday and the day before. And the Gods of my father were with me."
[GEN.31.6] And you know that with all my strength I have served your father.
[GEN.31.7] And my father dwelt with me, and he changed my wages tenfold, and the Gods did not give it to do evil with me.
[GEN.31.8] If he says, "Speckled will be your wages," and all the flock produce speckled offspring, then if he says, "Solid-colored will be your wages," and all the flock produce solid-colored offspring.
[GEN.31.9] And the Gods rescued the livestock of your father and gave it to me.
[GEN.31.10] And it happened in the time of the sheep's heat, I lifted my eyes and saw in a dream, and behold, the he-goats were ascending upon the sheep, spotted, streaked, and speckled.
[GEN.31.11] And an angel of the Gods said to me in Jacob’s dream, and I said, "Here I am."
[GEN.31.12] And he said, “Please lift your eyes and see all the he-goats ascending upon the flocks, spotted, speckled, and marbled, for I have seen all that Laban does for you.”
[GEN.31.13] I am the God, the God of the house of God, which you anointed there, a pillar which you vowed to me there. Now, rise, go out from this land and return to the land of your birth.
[GEN.31.14] And Rachel and Leah responded to him, saying, "Do we still have a portion and inheritance in our father’s house?"
[GEN.31.15] Have we not been counted among the strange ones for they sold us, and also consumed our money?
[GEN.31.16] For all the wealth that the Gods saved from our father is for us and for our children. And now, do everything that the Gods have said to you.
[GEN.31.17] And Jacob rose and lifted his sons and his wives upon the camels.
[GEN.31.18] And he led all of his livestock and all of his possessions that he had acquired, livestock of his ownership, that he had acquired in Paddan Aram, to come to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.
[GEN.31.19] And Laban went to shear his sheep, and Rachel stole the household gods which belonged to her father.
[GEN.31.20] And Jacob stole the affections of Laban the Aramean, without telling him that he was fleeing.
[GEN.31.21] And he fled, and all that belonged to him, and he arose and crossed the river, and he set his faces toward the Mountain of Gilead.
[GEN.31.22] It was told to Laban on the third day that Jacob had fled.
[GEN.31.23] And he took his brothers with him, and he pursued after him along the way of seven days, and he overtook him on the mountain of Gilead.
[GEN.31.24] And the Gods came to Lavan the Aramean in a dream of the night, and He said to him, "Be careful, lest you speak with Jacob from good to bad."
[GEN.31.25] Laban pursued Jacob, and Jacob pitched his camp in the mountain, and Laban pitched his brothers in the mountain of Gilead.
[GEN.31.26] And Laban said to Jacob, "What have you done, and have you stolen my heart? And you have led my daughters as captives of the sword."
[GEN.31.27] Why did you hide to flee and steal me, and did not tell me? And I will send you away with joy and with songs, with tambourine and with lyre.
[GEN.31.28] And how could you have abandoned me to show favor to my sons and to my daughters, now have you acted foolishly to make it so?
[GEN.31.29] To God belongs the power to do harm to you, and the Gods of your fathers recently told me to be careful not to speak with Jacob in any way.
[GEN.31.30] And now, you have gone, because you have yearned for the house of your father. Why have you stolen my Gods?
[GEN.31.31] And Jacob answered and said to Laban, "That I feared, because I said, lest you steal my daughters from me."
[GEN.31.32] If you find the Gods, you shall not live against our brother; make known to you what stands with me, and take for yourself; and Jacob does not know that Rachel stole them.
[GEN.31.33] And Laban went into the tent of Jacob and into the tent of Leah and into the tent of the two female servants, and he did not find. And he went out of the tent of Leah and he went into the tent of Rachel.
[GEN.31.34] And Rachel took the terafim and placed them in the saddle of the camel and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent and did not find them.
[GEN.31.35] And she said to her father, “Let not be angry in the eyes of my Lord, for I cannot rise before you, for the way of women is with me.” And he searched, and did not find the idols.
[GEN.31.36] It displeased Jacob, and he quarreled with Laban. Then Jacob answered and said to Laban, "What is my transgression, what is my sin, that you have pursued after me?"
[GEN.31.37] Because you have searched all of my possessions, what have you found among all the possessions of my house? Present this now before my brothers and your brothers, and let them judge between us.
[GEN.31.38] This is twenty years that I am with you; your sheep and your goats have not wasted, and I have not eaten the lambs of your flock.
[GEN.31.39] A torn thing I did not bring to you; I will restore it from my hand, you shall seek it. I stole by day and I stole by night.
[GEN.31.40] I was in the day consumed by burning and cold in the night, and my sleep was driven from my eyes.
[GEN.31.41] Here are twenty years I have served in your house. I have served you fourteen years with your two daughters, and six years with your flock. And you changed my wages to ten measures.
[GEN.31.42] Were it not for the Gods of my father, the Gods of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, I would have been sent away empty now. The Gods have seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and have reproved Laban.
[GEN.31.43] And Laban answered and said to Jacob, "The daughters are my daughters, and the sons are my sons, and the flock is my flock, and everything that you see is mine. And concerning my daughters, what shall I do for them today, or for their children whom they have borne?"
[GEN.31.44] And now, let a covenant be cut for you, I and you, and it will be as a witness between me and between you.
[GEN.31.45] And Jacob took a stone and he lifted it up as a pillar.
[GEN.31.46] And Jacob said to his brothers, "Gather stones." And they took stones and made a heap, and they ate there upon the heap.
[GEN.31.47] And Laban called it "heap of witness", and Jacob called it "heap of testimony".
[GEN.31.48] And Laban said, "This heap of stones will be a witness between my Lord and you today." Therefore, he called its name 'Heap of Witness'.
[GEN.31.49] And the lookout point which said, 'God will hide between me and you,' because a person will be hidden from his fellow.
[GEN.31.50] If you afflict my daughters, and if you take wives for my daughters, there is no man with us. Behold, the Gods are witness between me and you.
[GEN.31.51] And Laban said to Jacob, "Behold, this heap of stones, and behold, this pillar, which I have set up between myself and between you."
[GEN.31.52] Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, if I do not pass to you by this heap, and if you do not pass to me by this heap and this pillar, may harm come.
[GEN.31.53] The Gods of Abraham and the Gods of Nahor will judge between us, the God of their father. And Jacob swore by the fear of his father Isaac.
[GEN.31.54] And Jacob sacrificed a sacrifice on the mountain, and he called to his brothers to eat bread, and they ate bread, and they spent the night on the mountain.
GEN.32
[GEN.32.1] And Laban rose early in the morning, and he kissed his sons and his daughters, and he blessed them. And he went, and Laban returned to his place.
[GEN.32.2] And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of the Gods encountered him.
[GEN.32.3] And Jacob said, "As he saw it, this is the camp of the Gods." And he called the name of that place, the Camps.
[GEN.32.4] And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau, his brother, to the land of Seir, the field of Edom.
[GEN.32.5] And he commanded them, saying, "Thus you shall say to my Lord, to Esau: Thus says your servant Jacob, 'I have lived with Laban and I have delayed until now.'
[GEN.32.6] And there was to me an ox and a donkey, flock and male servant and female servant, and I sent to tell my Lord, to find favor in your eyes.
[GEN.32.7] And the angels returned to Jacob, saying, "We came to your brother, to Esau, and also he is going to meet you, and with him are four hundred men."
[GEN.32.8] And Jacob feared greatly and was distressed because of him. And he divided the people who were with him, and the sheep, and the cattle, and the camels into two camps.
[GEN.32.9] And he said, "If Esau comes to the one camp and strikes him, then the remaining camp will be for an escape."
[GEN.32.10] And Jacob said, "The Gods of my father Abraham and the Gods of my father Isaac, Yahveh, the one saying to me, ‘Return to your land and to your birthplace, and I will do good with you.’"
[GEN.32.11] I am less than all the kindnesses and all the truth which you have done for your servant, for with my staff I crossed this Jordan, and now I have become the head of two armies.
[GEN.32.12] Deliver me, please, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for I fear him, lest he come and strike me, and my family.
[GEN.32.13] And you said, "Good, I will do good with you, and I will set your seed like the sand of the sea, that it will not be numbered from abundance."
[GEN.32.14] And he spent the night there that night, and he took from what was with him a gift for Esau, his brother.
[GEN.32.15] Two hundred male goats and twenty female goats, two hundred female cattle and twenty male cattle.
[GEN.32.16] Young camels that are nursing, and their young, thirty. Female cattle, forty, and male cattle, ten. Female donkeys, twenty, and male donkeys, ten.
[GEN.32.17] And he gave into the hand of his servants flock after flock, separately. And he said to his servants, "Pass before me, and you shall put space between flock and between flock."
[GEN.32.18] And he commanded the first one, saying, "Because you will encounter Esau, my brother, and he will ask you, saying, ‘Who are you, and where are you going, and to whom do these ones belong before you?’"
[GEN.32.19] And you will say to my servant Jacob, ‘This is a gift that is sent to my Lord, to Esau,’ and behold, I also am coming after him.
[GEN.32.20] And he commanded also the second and also the third, and all those walking after the herds, to say this word to Esau when you find him.
[GEN.32.21] And you will say also, behold, your servant Jacob is after us, for he said, ‘I will appease his face with the gift that goes before me, and after that, I will see his face, perhaps he will favor me.’
[GEN.32.22] And the offering passed before his face, and he spent the night in that camp.
[GEN.32.23] And he rose in the night, and he took his two wives and his two female servants and his eleven sons, and he crossed the ford of the Jabbok.
[GEN.32.24] And he took them, and he caused them to cross the river, and he caused that which is his to cross.
[GEN.32.25] And Jacob remained alone, and a man wrestled with him until the dawn arose.
[GEN.32.26] And he saw that he was not able to overcome him, and he touched at the hip socket, and struck the hip socket of Jacob in his wrestling with him.
[GEN.32.27] And he said, "Send me, for the dawn has risen." And he said, "I will not send you unless you bless me."
[GEN.32.28] And God to him said, "What is your name?" And he said, "Jacob."
[GEN.32.29] And He said, "Your name shall no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have striven with the Gods and with people and you have prevailed."
[GEN.32.30] And Jacob asked and said, "Please tell me your name." And the being said, "Why do you ask for my name?" And he blessed him there.
[GEN.32.31] And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, because I saw the Gods face to face, and my life was preserved.
[GEN.32.32] And the sun rose for him as he passed the face of God, and he was limping on his thigh.
[GEN.32.33] Therefore, the Israelites shall not eat the sinew of the thigh which is on the hollow of the thigh, until this day, because it touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh with the sinew of the thigh.
GEN.33
[GEN.33.1] And Jacob lifted his eyes and saw, and behold, Esau was coming, and with him were four hundred men. And he divided the children among Leah and Rachel and the two female servants.
[GEN.33.2] And he placed the handmaids and their children first, and Leah and her children last, and Rachel and Joseph last.
[GEN.33.3] And he passed before them, and they bowed to the ground seven times until he approached his brothers.
[GEN.33.4] And Esau ran to meet him, and he embraced him, and he fell on his neck, and he kissed him, and they wept.
[GEN.33.5] And he lifted his eyes and saw the women and the children, and he said, “To whom do these belong to you?” And the children said, “The Gods have graciously given them to your servant.”
[GEN.33.6] And the handmaids, they approached, and their children, and they prostrated themselves.
[GEN.33.7] And Leah also approached with her children, and they bowed down. And after this, Joseph and Rachel approached and they bowed down.
[GEN.33.8] And he said, "Who told you about this entire camp that I encountered?" And he said, "To find favor in the eyes of my Lord."
[GEN.33.9] And Esau said, “I have much; my brother, let there be for you what is yours.”
[GEN.33.10] And Jacob said, "Please, if I have found favor in your eyes, please accept my gift from my hand, for to see your face is like to see the face of the Gods, and you will be pleased with me."
[GEN.33.11] Please, take my blessing which has been brought to you, for the Gods have graced me, and I have everything. And he urged him, and he took it.
[GEN.33.12] And he said, "Let us go, and we will go, and I will go before you."
[GEN.33.13] And he said to my Lord, "My Lord knows that the young are tender, and the sheep and the cattle are coming up upon me. If they are struck for one day, then all the sheep will die."
[GEN.33.14] Please, my Lord, let your servant pass before you, and I will go at my own pace, according to the needs of the livestock that are before me, and according to the needs of the children, until I come to my Lord in Seir.
[GEN.33.15] And Esau said, "Let me go with you, with the people who are with me." And he said, "Why have I found favor in the eyes of my Lord?"
[GEN.33.16] And Esau returned on that day to his way, to the land of Seir.
[GEN.33.17] And Jacob traveled to Succoth, and he built a house for himself and made shelters for his livestock. Therefore, he called the name of the place Succoth.
[GEN.33.18] And Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, after coming from Paddan Aram, and he camped facing the city.
[GEN.33.19] And he purchased the plot of the field where he pitched his tent from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for one hundred k’sita.
[GEN.33.20] And he set up an altar there, and he called upon God, the Gods of Israel.
GEN.34
[GEN.34.1] And Dinah, daughter of Leah, whom Jacob fathered, went out to see the daughters of the land.
[GEN.34.2] And he saw her. Shechem, son of Hamor the Hivite, leader of the land, took her, and he lay with her, and he humiliated her.
[GEN.34.3] And the soul of him cleaved to Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the young woman, and he spoke to the heart of the young woman.
[GEN.34.4] And Shechem said to Hamor his father, saying, "Obtain for me this young woman to be my wife."
[GEN.34.5] And Jacob heard that Shechem had defiled Dinah, his daughter, and his sons were with his livestock in the field. And Jacob was silent until they came.
[GEN.34.6] And the donkey of the father of Shechem went to Jacob to speak with him.
[GEN.34.7] And the sons of Jacob came from the field when they heard, and the men were distressed, and it burned to them greatly that a vile thing he had done in Israel to lie with the daughter of Jacob, and such should not be done.
[GEN.34.8] And the donkey spoke to them, saying, "Shechem, my son, has a desire for your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife."
[GEN.34.9] And you will marry us, your daughters you will give to us, and our daughters you will take for yourselves.
[GEN.34.10] And you will dwell with us, and the land will be before you. Dwell and trade it, and take hold of it!
[GEN.34.11] And Shechem said to his father and to his brothers, “I will find favor in your eyes, and whatever you say to me, I will give.”
[GEN.34.12] Increase very much the gift and the present upon me, and I will give it as you say to me, and give to me the young woman as a wife.
[GEN.34.13] And the sons of Jacob responded to Shechem and to Hamor, his father, with deceit, and they spoke concerning the one who defiled their sister, Dinah.
[GEN.34.14] And they said to them, "We are not able to do this thing, to give our sister to a man who is uncircumcised, because it is a disgrace to us."
[GEN.34.15] But in this is a sign to you, if you will be like us, to circumcise every male to you.
[GEN.34.16] And we will give our daughters to you, and your daughters we will take for ourselves, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.
[GEN.34.17] And if you do not listen to us to be circumcised, we will take our daughter and go.
[GEN.34.18] And their words were good in the eyes of Hamor, and in the eyes of Shechem son of Hamor.
[GEN.34.19] And the young man did not delay to do the thing, because he desired Jacob’s daughter, and he was honored above all his father’s house.
[GEN.34.20] And Hamor and Shechem, his son, came to the gate of their city, and they spoke to the people of their city to say.
[GEN.34.21] These men are peaceful with us, and they shall dwell in the land and cultivate it. And the land, behold, it is spacious in extent before them. We will take their daughters for ourselves as wives, and we will give our daughters to them.
[GEN.34.22] But by this they will allow the people to dwell with us, to be one people, by circumcising for us every male as they are circumcised.
[GEN.34.23] Their livestock, their acquisitions, and all their animals, do they not belong to us? But they are given to them, and they will dwell with us.
[GEN.34.24] And they listened to Donkey and to Shechem his son, all those who went out of the gate of their city. And they circumcised every male, all those who went out of the gate of their city.
[GEN.34.25] And it came to pass on the third day, while they were still in pain, that the two sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, the brothers of Dinah, each took his sword and came upon the city Shechem. And they killed every male.
[GEN.34.26] And they killed Hamor and Shechem, his son, with the sword. And they took Dinah from the house of Shechem and they went out.
[GEN.34.27] The sons of Jacob came upon the defiled ones, and they plundered the city that they had defiled, their sister.
[GEN.34.28] And they took their sheep and their cattle and their donkeys, and that which was in the city and that which was in the field, they took.
[GEN.34.29] And they captured all of their force and all of their children and all of their women, and they plundered all that was in the house.
[GEN.34.30] And Jacob said to Simeon and to Levi, "You have troubled me, to bring disgrace upon me among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites. And I am few in number, and they will gather against me and strike me, and I and my house will be destroyed."
[GEN.34.31] And they said, "Is this what the Gods will do to our sister?"
GEN.35
[GEN.35.1] And the Gods said to Jacob, "Rise, ascend to the house of God and sit there, and make there an altar to God who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau, your brother."
[GEN.35.2] And Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, "Remove the gods of the foreigner that are among you, and purify yourselves, and change your garments."
[GEN.35.3] We will rise and go to the house of God, and I will make there an altar to the God who answered me in a day of my distress, and who was with me on the path that I walked.
[GEN.35.4] And they gave to Jacob all the Gods of the foreigners that were in their hand, and the earrings that were in their ears. And Jacob buried them under the oak that was with Shechem.
[GEN.35.5] They journeyed, and there was fear of the Gods upon the cities which were around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.
[GEN.35.6] And Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan. It is Beit-el. He and all the people who were with him were there.
[GEN.35.7] And he built there an altar and called the place 'House of God', because there the Gods appeared to him while he was fleeing from the face of his brother.
[GEN.35.8] And Deborah, the nurse of Rebekah, died. And she was buried under Bethel, under the oak. And he called its name ‘Weeping Oak’.
[GEN.35.9] And the Gods appeared to Jacob still, in his coming from Paddan Aram, and blessed him.
[GEN.35.10] And the Gods said to him, "Your name is Jacob. Your name will not still be Jacob, but Israel will be your name." And the Gods called his name Israel.
[GEN.35.11] And God said to him, "I am the Gods of the Mountain. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and an assembly of nations will be from you, and kings will come forth from your offspring."
[GEN.35.12] And the land that I gave to Abraham and to Isaac, to you I will give it, and to your offspring after you, I will give the land.
[GEN.35.13] And He went up over him, the Gods, in the place where He spoke with him.
[GEN.35.14] And Jacob set up a pillar, a memorial stone, in the place where God spoke to him, and he poured a drink offering over it and poured oil over it.
[GEN.35.15] And Jacob called the name of the place where he spoke with him there, the Gods’ house of God.
[GEN.35.16] And they journeyed from the house of God, and it came to pass, still a distance of the land to come to Ephrathah. And Rachel gave birth, and she struggled in her giving birth.
[GEN.35.17] And it was, in her difficulty in birthing, and the midwife said to her, "Do not fear, because also this is to you a son."
[GEN.35.18] And it happened as her soul departed, because she died, that she called his name ‘son of my sorrow’, and his father called him Benjamin.
[GEN.35.19] And Rachel died, and she was buried on the way to Ephratah, it is Beit La-chem.
[GEN.35.20] And Jacob set up a pillar over her burial; it is the pillar of Rachel’s burial until this day.
[GEN.35.21] And Israel journeyed, and he turned his tents from Galeed to Migdal-eder.
[GEN.35.22] And it happened while Israel was residing in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, the concubine of his father. And Israel heard of it. And the sons of Jacob were twelve.
[GEN.35.23] The sons of Leah, the firstborn of Jacob, are Reuben, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun.
[GEN.35.24] The sons of Rachel are Joseph and Benjamin.
[GEN.35.25] And the sons of Bilhah, the handmaid of Rachel, are Dan and Naphtali.
[GEN.35.26] And the sons of Zilpah, the maidservant of Leah, are Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan Aram.
[GEN.35.27] And Jacob went to Isaac, his father, to Mamre, which is the city of Arba, it is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac resided.
[GEN.35.28] And the days of Isaac were one hundred years and eighty years.
[GEN.35.29] Isaac grew weak and died, and he was gathered to his people, old and full of days. Esau and Jacob, his sons, buried him.
GEN.36
[GEN.36.1] And these are the accounts of Esau. He is Edom.
[GEN.36.2] Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan, Adah daughter of Eilon the Hittite, and Aholibamah daughter of Anah daughter of Tziv'on the Hivite.
[GEN.36.3] And Basmat, daughter of Yishmael, sister of Nevayot.
[GEN.36.4] And Adah bore to Esau Elipaz, and Basemath bore Reuel.
[GEN.36.5] And Aholivamah bore Ye’ish and Ya’lam and Korach. These are the sons of Esau who were born to him in the land of Kena’an.
[GEN.36.6] And Esau took his wives and his sons and his daughters and all the people of his house and his livestock and all his animals and all his possessions that he had acquired in the land of Canaan, and he went to another land because of his brother Jacob.
[GEN.36.7] For their possessions were numerous beyond the ability of the land to support them, and the land of their dwellings could not bear them because of their livestock.
[GEN.36.8] And Esau settled in the mountain of Seir. Esau, he is Edom.
[GEN.36.9] And these are the generations of Esau, father of Edom, in the mountain of Seir.
[GEN.36.10] These are the names of the sons of Esau. Eliphaz, son of Adah, wife of Esau, and Reu'el, son of Bashmat, wife of Esau.
[GEN.36.11] And the sons of Eliphaz were Tayman, Omar, Tzfoh, and Kenaz.
[GEN.36.12] And Timnah was a concubine to Elipaz, son of Esau, and she bore to Elipaz Amalek. These are the sons of Adah, wife of Esau.
[GEN.36.13] And these are the sons of Reuel: Nachath and Zerah, Shamah and Mizah. These were the sons of Bashmath, the wife of Esau.
[GEN.36.14] And these were the sons of Aholivamah, daughter of Anah, daughter of Tsiv’on, the wife of Eisav. And she bore to Eisav Ye’ish, and Ya’lam, and Korach.
[GEN.36.15] These are the chiefs of the descendants of Esau, the descendants of Eliphaz, the firstborn of Esau. The chief Teman, the chief Omar, the chief Zpho, the chief Kenaz.
[GEN.36.16] Korach's leader, Ga'tam's leader, Amalek's leader. These are the leaders of Eliphaz in the land of Edom. These are the sons of Ada.
[GEN.36.17] And these are the sons of Reuel, son of Esau: Chief Nachat, Chief Zerach, Chief Shamah, Chief Mizah. These are the chiefs of Reuel in the land of Edom. These are the sons of Basemat, the wife of Esau.
[GEN.36.18] And these are the sons of Aholibamah, the wife of Esau: Chief Ye'ush, Chief Ya'lam, Chief Qorach. These are the chiefs of Aholibamah, daughter of Anah, the wife of Esau.
[GEN.36.19] These are the sons of Esau, and these are their chiefs. He is Edom.
[GEN.36.20] These are the descendants of Seir the Horite, inhabitants of the land: Lotan, Shoval, Tzivon, and Ana.
[GEN.36.21] And Dishon and Etzer and Dishan, these are the chiefs of the Horites, descendants of Seir, in the land of Edom.
[GEN.36.22] And the sons of Lotan were Chor-ee and hay-mam, and the sister of Lotan was Tim-nah.
[GEN.36.23] And these are the descendants of Shoval: Alvan, and Manahat, and Eival, and Shfo, and Onam.
[GEN.36.24] And these are the sons of Zibeon, and Ayah, and Anah. He is Anah, who found the watering places in the wilderness while he pastured the donkeys of Zibeon his father.
[GEN.36.25] And these are the descendants of Anah, Dishon, and Ahoolivamah, daughter of Anah.
[GEN.36.26] And these are the sons of Dishan: Hemdan and Eshban and Yitran and Khran.
[GEN.36.27] These are the sons of Etser: Bilhan, and Zavavan, and Akan.
[GEN.36.28] These are the sons of Dishan: Oots and Ahran.
[GEN.36.29] These are the chiefs of the Horites: the chief Lotan, the chief Shoval, the chief Tsibeon, the chief Ana.
[GEN.36.30] Dishon's chief, Etzer's chief, Dishan's chief. These are the chiefs of the Horites, to their own chiefs in the land of Seir.
[GEN.36.31] And these are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before the supreme king of the people of Israel.
[GEN.36.32] And he reigned in Edom. Belaah, son of Beor, and the name of his city was Din-havah.
[GEN.36.33] And Balak died, and Jobab, son of Zerach from Bazrah, reigned in his place.
[GEN.36.34] And Yovav died, and Husham reigned in his place, from the land of the Teimani.
[GEN.36.35] And Khusham died, and Hadad, son of Bedad, reigned in his place, the one who struck Midian in the field of Moab, and the name of his city was Avit.
[GEN.36.36] And Hadad died, and Shamlah reigned in his place, coming from the east.
[GEN.36.37] And Shamlah died, and Saul reigned in his place, from the regions of the river.
[GEN.36.38] And Saul died, and under him reigned Lord of Grace, son of Achbor.
[GEN.36.39] And Baal Hanan, son of Achbor, died, and Hadar reigned in his place. And the name of his city was Pa'u, and the name of his wife was Meheita'bel, daughter of Matred, daughter of Mei Zahav.
[GEN.36.40] And these are the names of the chiefs of Esau, to their families, to their locations, by their names: the chief Timna, the chief Alvah, the chief Yetet.
[GEN.36.41] Chief Aholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon.
[GEN.36.42] Chief Kenaz, Chief Teiman, Chief Mivtzar.
[GEN.36.43] Chief Magdiel, Chief Iram. These are the chiefs of Edom, according to their settlements in the land of their possession. He is Esau, the father of Edom.
GEN.37
[GEN.37.1] And Jacob settled in the land of his father’s sojournings, in the land of Canaan.
[GEN.37.2] These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph was seventeen years old, and he pastured his brothers with the flock. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, the wives of his father. And Joseph brought their bad reports to his father.
[GEN.37.3] And Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons, because he was his youngest son. And he made for him a coat of many colors.
[GEN.37.4] And his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, and they hated him, and they could not speak to him peacefully.
[GEN.37.5] And Joseph dreamed a dream and told it to his brothers, and they added more hatred for him.
[GEN.37.6] And he said to them, "Please listen to the dream that I dreamed."
[GEN.37.7] And behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and also stood upright, and behold, your sheaves turned around and prostrated themselves to my sheaf.
[GEN.37.8] And his brothers said to him, “Will you really reign over us? Or will you truly rule over us?” And they added even more hatred towards him because of his dreams and because of his words.
[GEN.37.9] And he dreamed yet another dream, and he recounted it to his brothers, and he said, "Behold, I dreamed another dream, and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me."
[GEN.37.10] And he told it to his father and to his brothers, and his father rebuked him and said to him, "What is this dream that you have dreamed? Shall we truly come, I and your mother and your brothers, to bow down to you to the ground?"
[GEN.37.11] His brothers were jealous of him, and his father kept the word.
[GEN.37.12] And his brothers went to pasture the flock of their father in Shechem.
[GEN.37.13] And Israel said to Joseph, "Are not your brothers tending flocks in Shechem? Go, and I will send you to them." And he said to him, "Here I am."
[GEN.37.14] And he said to him, "Go now and see about the well-being of your brothers and the well-being of the flock, and return word to me." And he sent him from the Valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
[GEN.37.15] And he found a man, and behold, he was wandering in the field. And the man asked him, saying, "What are you seeking?"
[GEN.37.16] And he said, "I seek my brothers. Please tell me where they are shepherding."
[GEN.37.17] And the man said, "They have departed from here, for I have heard them saying, 'Let us go to Dothan.'" And Joseph went after his brothers and found them in Dothan.
[GEN.37.18] And they saw him from afar, and before he drew near to them, they plotted against him to kill him.
[GEN.37.19] And they said, man to his brother, "Behold, the lord of dreams comes!"
[GEN.37.20] And now, go and let us kill him, and let us throw him into one of the pits, and let us say that a wild animal devoured him, and we will see what his dreams will be.
[GEN.37.21] And Reuben heard, and he rescued him from their hand, and he said, "Let us not take a life."
[GEN.37.22] And Reuben said to them, "Do not shed blood. Throw him into this pit which is in the wilderness, and do not lay a hand upon him, in order that I may save him from their hand to return him to his father."
[GEN.37.23] And it was, as Joseph came to his brothers, and they stripped Joseph of his coat, the tunic of stripes which was upon him.
[GEN.37.24] And they took him and threw him into the pit, and the pit was empty; there was no water in it.
[GEN.37.25] And they sat to eat bread, and they lifted their eyes and saw, and behold, a route of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, and their camels were carrying spices and balm and myrrh, going to bring them down to Egypt.
[GEN.37.26] And Judah said to his brothers, "What profit is there if we kill our brother and cover his blood?"
[GEN.37.27] Go, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let our hand not be upon him, for our brother, our flesh is he. And his brothers heard.
[GEN.37.28] Midianite men, who were merchants, passed by and drew Joseph up from the pit. They then sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver, and they brought Joseph to Egypt.
[GEN.37.29] And Reuben returned to the pit, and behold, Joseph was not in the pit. And he tore his garments.
[GEN.37.30] And he returned to his brothers and said, "The boy is not with us, and where, oh where do I go?"
[GEN.37.31] And they took Joseph’s tunic and they slaughtered a goat, and they stained the tunic in blood.
[GEN.37.32] And they sent the coat of many colors, and they brought it to their father, and they said, "This is what we found. Please recognize whether the coat is your son’s or not."
[GEN.37.33] And he recognized it and said, “The coat of my son. A wild animal has devoured him. Truly ravaged, Joseph.”
[GEN.37.34] And Jacob tore his garments, and he placed sackcloth around his waist, and he mourned over his son for many days.
[GEN.37.35] And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. And he said, “Surely I will go down to my son, mourning to the grave.” And his father wept for him.
[GEN.37.36] And the Midianites sold him to Egypt to Potiphar, officer of Pharaoh, chief of the executioners.
GEN.38
[GEN.38.1] And it was at that time that Judah went from his brothers and turned towards a man from Adullam, and his name was Hirah.
[GEN.38.2] And Judah saw there a woman, the daughter of a man, a Canaanite, and her name was Shoa. And he took her and went to her.
[GEN.38.3] And she conceived and bore a son, and he called his name Er.
[GEN.38.4] And she conceived again, and she bore a son, and she called his name Onan.
[GEN.38.5] And she added, still, and gave birth to a son, and she called his name Shelah. And it was in deceit during her giving birth to him.
[GEN.38.6] And Judah took a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.
[GEN.38.7] And it came to pass that Er, the firstborn of Judah, was bad in the eyes of Yahveh, and Yahveh caused him to die.
[GEN.38.8] And Judah said to Onan, "Go to the wife of your brother and raise up for her. And establish seed for your brother."
[GEN.38.9] And Onan knew that the offspring would not be his. And it would be, if he came to the wife of his brother and spilled his seed on the ground, so that he would not give seed to his brother.
[GEN.38.10] And it displeased Yahveh that which he had done, and he put also him to death.
[GEN.38.11] And Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, "Remain a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up, for he said, lest he also die like his brothers." And Tamar went and lived in her father’s house.
[GEN.38.12] And the days increased, and Bathsheba, the wife of Judah, died. And Judah consoled himself, and he went up with Hiram, his companion the Adullamite, to Timnah.
[GEN.38.13] And it was told to Tamar, saying, "Behold, your father-in-law is going to Timnah to shear his flock."
[GEN.38.14] And she removed the clothes of widowhood from upon her, and she covered herself with a veil and adorned herself, and she sat at the opening of eyes which is upon the way to Timnah, because she saw that his wealth has grown and she was not given to him as a wife.
[GEN.38.15] And Judah saw her and considered her a prostitute because she had covered her face.
[GEN.38.16] Then he turned toward the road and said, "Please let me come to you, for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law." And she said, "What will you give me if you come to me?"
[GEN.38.17] And he said, "I, myself, will send a kid of goats from the flock." And she said, "If you give a pledge until you send it."
[GEN.38.18] And he said, "What pledge should I receive from you?" And she said, "Your signet ring, your necklace, and your staff that is in your hand." And he gave it to her, and he went to her, and she conceived for him.
[GEN.38.19] And she rose and went, and removed a covering from upon her head, and she put on the garments of her widowhood.
[GEN.38.20] And Judah sent the kid of the goats by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to take the pledge from the hand of the woman. And he did not find her.
[GEN.38.21] And he asked the men of the place, saying, "Where is the consecrated one? She is at the crossroads on the road." And they said, "There is no consecrated one here."
[GEN.38.22] And he returned to Judah and said, "I have not found her." Also, the people of the place said, "She was not here as a consecrated one."
[GEN.38.23] And Judah said, "Take it for yourself, lest we become a mockery. Behold, I have sent this kid, and you have not found it."
[GEN.38.24] And it happened after three months that it was reported to Judah, saying, "Your daughter-in-law Tamar has committed adultery." Also, behold, she is with child by other men. And Judah said, "Bring her out and let her be burned."
[GEN.38.25] She brings forth and she sends it to her husband, to say, "To the man to whom these belong, I am pregnant." And she says, "Acknowledge, please, to whom the seal and the cords and this staff belong."
[GEN.38.26] And Judah acknowledged and said, "Righteousness comes from me, for this reason I did not give her to Shelah my son, and he did not know her again."
[GEN.38.27] And it happened at the time of her giving birth, and behold, twins were in her womb.
[GEN.38.28] And it was in her giving birth, and he put out a hand, and the midwife took it and tied a cord around his hand, saying, “This came out first.”
[GEN.38.29] And it happened as returning his hand, and behold, his brother came out. And she said, "What have you breached upon yourself with this breach?" And they called his name Perez.
[GEN.38.30] And after, his brother went out, the second by his hand, and he called his name Zarach.
GEN.39
[GEN.39.1] And Joseph was taken down to Egypt, and Potiphar purchased him, an official of Pharaoh, chief of the slaughterers, an Egyptian man, from the hand of the Ishmaelites who had taken him down there.
[GEN.39.2] And it was that Yahveh was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, and it was in the house of his lord, the Egyptian.
[GEN.39.3] And my Lord saw that Yahveh was with him, and everything that he did, Yahveh caused to succeed in his hand.
[GEN.39.4] And Joseph found favor in his eyes, and he served him. And he appointed him over his house, and he gave all that he had into his hand.
[GEN.39.5] And it was from that time that he entrusted him in his house, and over all that he had. And Yahveh blessed the house of the Egyptian because of Joseph. And the blessing of Yahveh was over all that he had, in the house and in the field.
[GEN.39.6] And he abandoned all that he possessed in the hand of Joseph, and he did not know with him anything at all, except for the bread that he eats. And Joseph was goodly in form and fair in appearance.
[GEN.39.7] And it happened after these things, and the wife of my Lord lifted her eyes to Joseph, and she said, "Lie with me."
[GEN.39.8] He refused and said to the wife of my Lord, "Behold, my Lord does not know anything about my being here, and everything that he has, he has given into my hand."
[GEN.39.9] It is not great in this house from me, and she did not hold back anything from me except you, in that you are my wife. And how would I do this great evil, and sin against the Gods?
[GEN.39.10] And it came to pass, as she spoke to Joseph day by day, and he did not listen to her words to lie with her to be with her.
[GEN.39.11] And it happened, like this day, that he came to the house to do his work, and there was no person from the people of the house there in the house.
[GEN.39.12] And she seized him by his garment, saying, "Lie with me!" And he abandoned his garment in her hand, and he fled and went outside.
[GEN.39.13] And it happened, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, then she fled to the outside.
[GEN.39.14] And she called to the people of her house and said to them, saying, "See, he has brought a Hebrew man to laugh at us. He came to me to lie with me, and I cried out with a loud voice."
[GEN.39.15] And it happened, when he heard that I lifted my voice and called, he abandoned his garment with me, and he fled and went out the outside.
[GEN.39.16] And his garment rested with her until the coming of my Lord to his house.
[GEN.39.17] And she spoke to him like these words, saying, "Come to me, the servant, the Hebrew that you brought to us to laugh at me."
[GEN.39.18] And it was, as I raised my voice and called, that he abandoned his garment with me and he fled to the outside.
[GEN.39.19] And it happened, when my Lord heard the words of his wife, that she spoke to him, saying, “Like these things you have done to your servant,” then his anger burned.
[GEN.39.20] And my Lord of Joseph took him and gave him to the house of the jailer, a place where the prisoners of the king were imprisoned. And he was there in the house of the jailer.
[GEN.39.21] And it was that Yahveh was with Joseph, and he turned kindness to him, and he granted his favor in the eyes of the chief of the jail.
[GEN.39.22] And the chief of the jail placed into the hand of Joseph all the prisoners who were in the jail, and all those who worked there, he was in charge.
[GEN.39.23] There is no ruler of the prison who sees anything succeed in his hand, where Yahveh is with him, and whatever he does, Yahveh makes it prosper.
GEN.40
[GEN.40.1] And it came to pass, after these things, that the cupbearer of the king of Egypt and the baker committed a wrong against their Lord, the king of Egypt.
[GEN.40.2] And Pharaoh became angry with the two eunuchs, with the chief cupbearer, and with the chief baker.
[GEN.40.3] And he put them in custody in the house of the chief of the cooks to the house of the jailer, a place where Joseph was imprisoned there.
[GEN.40.4] And the chief of the cooks assigned Joseph to be with them, and he served them. And days passed while they were in confinement.
[GEN.40.5] And they both dreamed dreams on the same night, each man his own dream. Each dream’s interpretation pertained to him. The cupbearer and the baker who belonged to the king of Egypt were imprisoned in the jail.
[GEN.40.6] And he came to them, Joseph, in the morning, and he saw them, and behold, they were angry.
[GEN.40.7] And he asked the eunuchs of Pharaoh who were with him in the guardhouse of my Lord’s house, saying, "Why are your faces bad today?"
[GEN.40.8] And they said to him, "We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter for it." And Joseph said to them, "Is not interpretation from the Gods? Tell it to me, please."
[GEN.40.9] And the chief cupbearer recounted his dream to Joseph, and he said to him, "In my dream, behold, a vine was before me."
[GEN.40.10] And on the vine were three tendrils. And it, as it blossomed, its bud ascended. Its clusters ripened, becoming grapes.
[GEN.40.11] And the cup of Pharaoh was in my hand, and I took the grapes and squeezed them into the cup of Pharaoh, and I gave the cup upon the palm of Pharaoh.
[GEN.40.12] And he said to him, Joseph, this is its interpretation: three of the baskets are three days.
[GEN.40.13] While three days will pass, Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your former position. Then you will give Pharaoh's cup into his hand, like the first judgement that you used to give him to drink.
[GEN.40.14] But if you remember me with you, as it will be good for you, and please act with kindness towards me, and mention me to Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house.
[GEN.40.15] For someone stole from the land of the Hebrews, and also here I did nothing, for they placed me in the pit.
[GEN.40.16] The chief of the bakers saw that the interpretation was good, and he said to Joseph, “Also I had a dream, and behold, three baskets of baked goods were on my head.”
[GEN.40.17] And in the basket, high above all of Pharaoh’s food, made by the baker, and the birds were eating them from the basket, above my head.
[GEN.40.18] And Joseph answered and said, "This is its interpretation: the three baskets are three days they are."
[GEN.40.19] Within three days, the Pharaoh will lift your head from upon you, and will hang you upon a tree, and the bird will eat your flesh from upon you.
[GEN.40.20] And it came to pass on the third day, the day of the birth of Pharaoh, and he made a feast for all his servants, and he lifted up the head of the chief of the cupbearers and the head of the chief of the bakers among his servants.
[GEN.40.21] And he restored the chief cupbearer to his position of providing drink, and he gave the cup into the hand of Pharaoh.
[GEN.40.22] And the chief of the bakers he hung, as Joseph had interpreted for them.
[GEN.40.23] And the chief of the cupbearers did not remember Joseph, and he forgot him.
GEN.41
[GEN.41.1] And it happened after two years of days that Pharaoh dreamed, and behold, he was standing by the river.
[GEN.41.2] And behold, seven cows came up from the Nile, beautiful in appearance and healthy of flesh, and they grazed in the meadow.
[GEN.41.3] And behold, seven other cows are coming up after them from the river, appearing poor in appearance and thin in flesh, and they stood near the cows on the bank of the river.
[GEN.41.4] And the cows ate the bad in appearance and thin of flesh, the seven cows good in appearance and the healthy ones. And Pharaoh awoke.
[GEN.41.5] And he slept and dreamed a second dream. And behold, seven ears of grain were ascending on one stalk, healthy and good.
[GEN.41.6] And behold, seven thin and withered heads of grain were sprouting after them.
[GEN.41.7] And the thin ears of grain were swallowed by the seven healthy and full ears of grain, and Pharaoh awoke, and behold, it was a dream.
[GEN.41.8] And it was in the morning, and his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called all the magicians of Egypt and all his wise men. And Pharaoh told them his dream, and there was no one who could interpret it for Pharaoh.
[GEN.41.9] And the chief cupbearer spoke to Pharaoh, saying, "I remember my sins today."
[GEN.41.10] Pharaoh raged against his servants, and he put me in the guardhouse, the house of the chief of the slaughterers, me and the chief baker.
[GEN.41.11] And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he. A man, like the interpretation of his dream, we dreamed.
[GEN.41.12] And there with us was a young Hebrew man, a servant to the chief of the cooks. And we recounted to him, and he interpreted our dreams to us, each person according to his dream, he interpreted.
[GEN.41.13] And it happened, as he freed us, so it was. He restored me to my former condition, and he hung him.
[GEN.41.14] And Pharaoh sent and called for Joseph, and they hastened him up from the pit. And he shaved and changed his garments, and he came before Pharaoh.
[GEN.41.15] And Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I have dreamed a dream, and there is no one to interpret it. And I have heard about you, saying that you understand dreams to interpret them."
[GEN.41.16] And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, "Apart from me, the Gods will answer concerning Pharaoh’s well-being."
[GEN.41.17] And Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, "In my dreams, behold me, I am standing upon the edge of the river."
[GEN.41.18] And behold, seven cows came up from the Nile, healthy in flesh and beautiful in appearance, and they grazed in the meadow.
[GEN.41.19] And behold, seven other cows came up after them, thin and bad in appearance, very weak in flesh. I have not seen such as these in all the land of Egypt while they grazed.
[GEN.41.20] And the thin cows and the bad cows ate the seven first healthy cows.
[GEN.41.21] And they came to the threshing floor, and it was not known that they had come to the threshing floor, and their appearances were bad as at the beginning, and I awoke.
[GEN.41.22] And I saw in my dream, and behold, seven ears of grain were growing in one stalk, full and good.
[GEN.41.23] And behold, seven heads of grain, thin, feeble, blighted by the east wind, are sprouting after them.
[GEN.41.24] And the thin ears of grain devoured the seven good ears of grain. And I said to the magicians, "And there is no one who can explain this to me."
[GEN.41.25] And Joseph said to Pharaoh, Pharaoh’s dream is one. That which the Gods are doing, they declared to Pharaoh.
[GEN.41.26] Seven cows, the good ones, are seven years, and seven ears of grain, the good ones, are seven years. It is one dream.
[GEN.41.27] And seven cows, healthy and thin, which come up after them are seven years, and seven ears of grain, healthy and withered by the east wind, will be seven years of famine.
[GEN.41.28] It is the word that I spoke to Pharaoh, that the Gods are making Pharaoh see.
[GEN.41.29] Behold, seven years are coming, a great abundance in all the land of Egypt.
[GEN.41.30] And seven years of famine will arise after them, and all satisfaction will be forgotten in the land of Egypt, and the famine will consume the land.
[GEN.41.31] And fullness will not be known in the land because of that famine afterward, for it is very severe.
[GEN.41.32] And concerning the years, the dream came to Pharaoh twice, because the matter is established from the Gods, and the Gods are quick to do it.
[GEN.41.33] And now, Pharaoh will see a man discerning and wise, and he will appoint him over the land of Egypt.
[GEN.41.34] Pharaoh will do, and he will appoint overseers over the land, and he will impose a fifth of the land of Egypt in seven years of plenty.
[GEN.41.35] And they shall gather all the food of the good years that are coming and store it under the authority of Pharaoh, as food in the cities, and they shall keep it.
[GEN.41.36] And the food will be for safekeeping for the land, for seven years of famine which will be in the land of Egypt, and the land will not be severed by the famine.
[GEN.41.37] And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of all of his servants.
[GEN.41.38] And Pharaoh said to his servants, "Is such a man found, one in whom the spirit of the Gods is?"
[GEN.41.39] And Pharaoh said to Joseph, after the Gods revealed to you all this, there is no wise one and no wise one like you.
[GEN.41.40] You will be over my house, and upon your mouth will all my people sway; only the throne will I exalt above you.
[GEN.41.41] And Pharaoh said to Joseph, "See, I have set you over all the land of Egypt."
[GEN.41.42] And Pharaoh removed his signet ring from his hand and gave it to the hand of Joseph, and he clothed him in garments of fine linen, and he placed a chain of gold around his neck.
[GEN.41.43] And he rode him in the chariot, the second that belonged to him, and they proclaimed before him a blessing, and he set him over all the land of Egypt.
[GEN.41.44] And Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I am Pharaoh, and without you, no man will lift his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt."
[GEN.41.45] And Pharaoh called the name of Joseph, “Tzaphnat Paeneach”, and he gave to him Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, as a wife. And Joseph went out upon the land of Egypt.
[GEN.41.46] And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. And Joseph departed from before Pharaoh and traveled through all the land of Egypt.
[GEN.41.47] And the land did produce during seven years of plenty for a storing up.
[GEN.41.48] And he gathered all the food of seven years which were in the land of Egypt, and he gave food in the cities. Food of the field of the city which were around it he gave within it.
[GEN.41.49] And Joseph collected grain like the sea, very much, until he ceased to count because there was not a number.
[GEN.41.50] And to Joseph, two sons were born before the year of the famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to him.
[GEN.41.51] And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, because the Gods have made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s house.
[GEN.41.52] And the second name he called Ephraim, for the Gods made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.
[GEN.41.53] And the seven years of the plenty were completed, which had been in the land of Egypt.
[GEN.41.54] And the seven years of famine began to come, as Joseph had said, and there was famine in all the lands and in all the land of Egypt there was no bread.
[GEN.41.55] And all the land of Egypt became hungry, and the people cried out to Pharaoh for bread. And Pharaoh said to all of Egypt, “Go to Joseph, who will tell you what to do.”
[GEN.41.56] And the famine was upon all the faces of the land, and Joseph opened all that was in them, and sold to Egypt, and the famine strengthened in the land of Egypt.
[GEN.41.57] And all the land came to Egypt to purchase from Joseph, because the famine was strong in all the land.
GEN.42
[GEN.42.1] And Jacob saw that there was a shortage in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, "Why are you looking at each other?"
[GEN.42.2] And he said, "Behold, I have heard that there is a shortage in Egypt. Go there and buy for us from there, so that we may live and not die."
[GEN.42.3] And the brothers of Joseph went down, ten in number, to purchase grain from Egypt.
[GEN.42.4] And Benjamin, the brother of Joseph, Jacob did not send with his brothers, because he said, ‘Lest disaster befall him.’
[GEN.42.5] The sons of God came to obtain grain among those who were already there, because there was famine in the land of Canaan.
[GEN.42.6] And Joseph, he is the ruler over the land, he is the provider for all the people of the land. And the brothers of Joseph came, and they prostrated themselves to him with their faces to the ground.
[GEN.42.7] And Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognized them, and he acted as a stranger to them and spoke to them with harshness. And he said to them, “From where do you come?” And they said, “From the land of Canaan to buy food.”
[GEN.42.8] And Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize him.
[GEN.42.9] And Joseph remembered the dreams that he dreamed to them, and he said to them, "You are spies to see the vulnerabilities of the land; you have come."
[GEN.42.10] And they said to him, "Not, my Lord, and your servants have come to purchase food."
[GEN.42.11] All of us are sons of one man, we are as spies. Your servants were not spies.
[GEN.42.12] And he said to them, "No, for you came to see the nakedness of the land."
[GEN.42.13] And they said, "Twelve servants of your God are brothers; we are sons of one man in the land of Canaan. And now, the youngest is with our father today, and one is not with us."
[GEN.42.14] And he said to them, Joseph, it is he that I spoke to you, saying, ‘You are spies.’
[GEN.42.15] By this thing I will test you: the life of Pharaoh, if you go out from here, but only if with the coming of your youngest brother here.
[GEN.42.16] Send one among you, and let him get your brother. And you will be held captive, so that your words may be tested, if truth is with you. But if not, as the life of Pharaoh lives, you are spies.
[GEN.42.17] And he gathered them to a keeping place for three days.
[GEN.42.18] And Joseph said to them on the third day, "Do this, and you will live: I fear the Gods."
[GEN.42.19] If among you anyone is a thief, your brother will be imprisoned, and you must go and bring repayment for the hunger of your houses.
[GEN.42.20] And your youngest brother you shall bring to me, and your words will be believed, and you will not die, and they did so.
[GEN.42.21] And they said, each man to his brother, "Indeed, we are guilty concerning our brother, for we saw the distress of his soul when he pleaded with us, and we did not listen. Therefore, this trouble has come to us."
[GEN.42.22] And Reuben said to them, "Did I not say to you, 'Do not sin against the child?' And you did not listen. And also, his blood is now required."
[GEN.42.23] And they did not know that Joseph was listening, because the advocate was between them.
[GEN.42.24] And he turned away from over them and he wept, and he returned to them and he spoke to them, and he took from among them Simeon and he bound him before their eyes.
[GEN.42.25] And Joseph commanded, and they filled their containers with grain, and to return each man’s money to his sack, and to give them provisions for the way. And he did so for them.
[GEN.42.26] And they lifted their provisions upon their donkeys, and they went from there.
[GEN.42.27] And the one opened his sack to give fodder to his donkey at the lodging place, and he saw his money, and behold, it was in the mouth of his bag.
[GEN.42.28] And he said to his brothers, "Restore my money, and behold, it is in my bag." Then their hearts stirred and they trembled, each one towards his brother, saying, "What is it that God has done to us?"
[GEN.42.29] And they came to Jacob their father in the land of Canaan, and they told to him all the happenings to them, saying.
[GEN.42.30] The man, my Lord of the land, spoke to us with harshness, and he gave us over as spies of the land.
[GEN.42.31] And we said to him, "Spies we are not. We were not spying."
[GEN.42.32] We are twelve brothers, sons of our father. He is not here, and the youngest today is with our father in the land of Canaan.
[GEN.42.33] And the man said to us, "Lord of the land, by this I will know that you are spies. Leave your one brother with me, and take the best of your houses and go."
[GEN.42.34] Bring your youngest brother to me, and I will know that you are not spies, but truthful people. I will give your brother to you, and you will trade for the land.
[GEN.42.35] And it happened, as they emptied their sacks, that behold, each man’s bundle of money was in his sack. And they saw the bundles of their money, they and their father, and they were afraid.
[GEN.42.36] And he said to them, Jacob their father, "You have bereaved me of Joseph. Joseph is not with us, and Simeon is not with us, and you would take Benjamin. All of this has happened to me."
[GEN.42.37] And Reuven said to my father, to say, “You will kill my two sons if I do not bring them to you. Give him into my hand, and I will return him to you.”
[GEN.42.38] And he said, "My son will not descend with you, for his brother is dead, and he remains alone. A disaster will call to him on the way that you go, and you will bring down my gray hair with the sorrow of the underworld."
GEN.43
[GEN.43.1] And the famine was heavy in the land.
[GEN.43.2] And it came to pass, when they had finished eating the provision which they had brought from Egypt, that their father said to them, “Return, and bring a little food for us.”
[GEN.43.3] And Judah said to them, "Is it you who witnessed and said, 'You shall not see my face unless your brother is with you?'"
[GEN.43.4] If there is one who sends our brother with us, we will go down and provide food for you.
[GEN.43.5] And if you do not send, we will not descend, because the man said to us, "You will not see his face without your brother with you."
[GEN.43.6] And Israel said, "Why have you done evil to me by telling the man that I still have a brother?"
[GEN.43.7] And Saul asked the man concerning them and concerning their birthplace, saying, "Is your father still alive? Do you have a brother?" And we told him according to these words. Would we know if he should say, "Bring down your brother?"
[GEN.43.8] And Judah said to Israel, his father, "Send the boy with me, and we will arise and go, and we will live, and we will not die, both we and you and your family."
[GEN.43.9] I will be responsible for him from my hand. You will seek him. If I do not bring him to you and present him before you, then I will sin to you all the days.
[GEN.43.10] If not for your delay, we would now have returned this time twice.
[GEN.43.11] And he said to them, "Israel, their father, said, "If so, then do this: Take from the choice produce of the land in your vessels and bring down to the man a gift: a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, nuts and almonds."
[GEN.43.12] And double silver take in your hand, and the silver that was returned in the mouths of your saddlebags you will return in your hand, perhaps it is an error.
[GEN.43.13] And take your brothers, and arise, return to the man.
[GEN.43.14] And God Almighty will give you compassion before the man, and will send to you your brother also, and Benjamin. And I, as I have bereaved myself, have bereaved myself.
[GEN.43.15] And the men took this offering and double the amount of silver, which they took in their hand, and Benjamin. And they arose and went down to Egypt, and they stood before Joseph.
[GEN.43.16] And Joseph saw Benjamin with them, and he said to the one who was over his house, “Bring these men into the house, and slaughter an animal and prepare food, for these men will eat with me at noon.”
[GEN.43.17] And the man did as Joseph said, and the man brought the men to Joseph’s house.
[GEN.43.18] And the men were afraid because they had been brought to Joseph’s house, and they said, “Regarding the money that was returned in our sacks at first, we are being brought to be punished and to fall upon us, and to take us as slaves, and our donkeys as well.”
[GEN.43.19] And they drew near to the man who was over Joseph’s house and spoke to him about the opening of the house.
[GEN.43.20] And they said, "With my Lord, we descended, we descended at first to break food."
[GEN.43.21] And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened our bags and behold, each person’s money was in the mouth of their bag, our money according to its weight. And we returned it into their hands.
[GEN.43.22] And other silver we brought down in our hand to buy food, we did not know who put our silver in our sacks.
[GEN.43.23] And he said, "Peace to you. Do not be afraid. Your God and the God of your fathers has given you a treasure in your saddlebags. Your silver has come to me, and he has brought Shimeon out to you."
[GEN.43.24] And the man brought the men to Joseph’s house, and he gave water, and they washed their feet, and he gave fodder to their donkeys.
[GEN.43.25] And they prepared the offering until Joseph came at noon, because they heard that they would eat bread there.
[GEN.43.26] And Joseph came into the house, and they brought to him the offering which was in their hand, and they bowed to him to the ground.
[GEN.43.27] And he asked them concerning peace, and he said, "Is peace to your elderly father that you mentioned? Is he still living?"
[GEN.43.28] And they said, "Peace to your servant, to our father, he is still alive." And they bowed down and prostrated themselves.
[GEN.43.29] He lifted his eyes and saw Benjamin, his brother, son of his mother. And he said, “Is this your smallest brother about whom you spoke to me?” And he said, “May the Gods favor you, my son.”
[GEN.43.30] And Joseph quickly departed, because compassion stirred within him for his brothers, and he desired to weep. He then entered the chamber and wept there.
[GEN.43.31] And he washed his face and went out, and he covered himself with dust and said, "Place bread!"
[GEN.43.32] And they set apart for himself alone, and for them alone, and for the Egyptians who ate with him alone, because the Egyptians could not eat with the Hebrews as food, because it is an abomination to the Egyptians.
[GEN.43.33] And they sat before him, the firstborn as his firstborn, and the younger as his younger. And the men marveled, each man at his fellow.
[GEN.43.34] And he lifted portions from before his face toward them, and the portion of Benjamin was greater than the portions of all of them by five handbreadths. And they drank and became merry with him.
GEN.44
[GEN.44.1] And he commanded the one who was over his house, saying, "Fill the sacks of the men with food as much as they are able to carry, and put money for each man inside his sack."
[GEN.44.2] And my cup, the silver cup, you will put into the mouth of the smallest sack, and the silver for its price. And he did according to the word of Joseph, which he spoke.
[GEN.44.3] The morning light, and the men were sent, they and their donkeys.
[GEN.44.4] They went out of the city and did not go far, and Joseph said to the one over his house, “Rise up, pursue after the men and overtake them, and you will say to them, ‘Why did you repay evil for good?’”
[GEN.44.5] Is it not this which my Lord will drink in it, and he, a serpent, will divine in it? Have you done evil deeds which you have done?
[GEN.44.6] And he overcame them, and he spoke to them these words.
[GEN.44.7] And they said to him, "Why does my Lord speak these words? Forbidden be it to your servants to do this thing!"
[GEN.44.8] See, the silver that we found in our saddlebags, we have returned to you from the land of Canaan. And how would we steal silver or gold from the house of my Lord?
[GEN.44.9] Whoever will be found with him when he dies, and also we will be to my Lord as servants.
[GEN.44.10] And he said, "Even now, according to your words, so it is. That one who will be found with him will be my servant, and you will be innocent."
[GEN.44.11] And they hurried and lowered each person his bag to the ground, and each person opened his bag.
[GEN.44.12] And he searched in the great, first, and in the small, he finished, and the cup was found in the sack of Benjamin.
[GEN.44.13] And they tore their garments, and each man loaded upon his donkey, and they returned to the city.
[GEN.44.14] And Judah and his brothers came to the house of Joseph, and he was still there, and they fell to the ground before him.
[GEN.44.15] And he said to them, "Joseph, what is this action that you did? Do you not know that a diviner divines, a man like me?"
[GEN.44.16] And Judah said, "What shall we say to my Lord, what shall we speak, and how can we justify ourselves? The Gods have found the iniquity of your servants. We are servants to my Lord, also we, and also the one in whose hand the goblet was found."
[GEN.44.17] And she said, "May it never be that I do such a thing! The man in whose hand my cup was found, he will be my servant, and you, go in peace to your father."
[GEN.44.18] And Judah approached him and said, "By my Lord, let your servant speak a word in the ears of my Lord, and let not your anger be kindled against your servant, for like you is Pharaoh."
[GEN.44.19] My Lord asked his servants to say, "Do you have a father or a brother?"
[GEN.44.20] And we said to my Lord, "We have an old father, and a young child, whose brother is dead, and he remains alone with his mother, and his father loves him."
[GEN.44.21] And she said to your servants, "Bring him down to me, and I will set my eyes on him."
[GEN.44.22] And we said to my Lord, "The young man cannot leave his father." And he left his father and he died.
[GEN.44.23] And she said to your servants, "If your youngest brother does not descend with you, you shall not add to seeing my face."
[GEN.44.24] And it happened that we went to your servant, my father, and we related to him the words of my Lord.
[GEN.44.25] And he said, "Our fathers, return and provide for us a little food."
[GEN.44.26] And we said, "We cannot descend if our younger brother is with us, and we will descend. For we cannot look upon the face of the man unless our younger brother is with us. And our younger brother is not with us."
[GEN.44.27] And your servant, my father, said to us, "You have known that my wife has borne to me two [children]."
[GEN.44.28] And one went out from within me, and I said, ‘Only prey, prey!’ and I have not seen him until now.
[GEN.44.29] And you will also take this from before the face of God, and it will be a disaster, and you will bring my grey hairs down to the grave in evil.
[GEN.44.30] And now, as I come to your servant, my father, and the young man is not with us, and his soul is bound to his soul.
[GEN.44.31] And it will be, when he sees that the young man is not there and is dead, that your servants will bring down the grayness of your servant, our father, in the sorrow of the grave.
[GEN.44.32] For your servant has become surety for the boy from my father, saying, "If I do not bring him to you, then I will sin against my father all the days."
[GEN.44.33] And now, let your servant remain in place of the young man, a servant to my Lord, and let the young man return with his brothers.
[GEN.44.34] For how can I go up to my father, and the boy is not with me? Lest I see the evil that will find my father.
GEN.45
[GEN.45.1] And Joseph could not restrain himself before all who stood before him, and he called out, "Bring out every man from my presence!" And no man stood with him while Joseph revealed himself to his brothers.
[GEN.45.2] And he gave his voice in weeping, and Egypt heard, and the house of Pharaoh heard.
[GEN.45.3] And Joseph said to his brothers, "I am Joseph. Is my father still alive?" And his brothers could not answer him, for they were dismayed before his face.
[GEN.45.4] And Joseph said to his brothers, "Come near to me." And they came near. And he said, "I am Joseph, your brother, the one you sold into Egypt."
[GEN.45.5] And now, do not be grieved, and may it not displease you that you sold me here, for the Gods sent me before you for sustenance.
[GEN.45.6] For this, two years the hunger will be in the midst of the land, and still five years that there is not a plowman and a reaper.
[GEN.45.7] And the Gods sent me before you, to set for you a remnant in the land, and to revive for you a great escape.
[GEN.45.8] And now, you did not send me here, for the Gods have made me as a father to Pharaoh and as a lord over all his house, and a ruler over all the land of Egypt.
[GEN.45.9] Hurry and go to my father and say to him, 'Thus says your son Joseph: 'the Gods' have made me lord over all of Egypt. Come down to me; do not delay.'
[GEN.45.10] And you will dwell in the land of Goshen, and you will be near to the Gods, you and your sons and the sons of your sons, and your sheep and your cattle, and all that is yours.
[GEN.45.11] And I will sustain you there, for still five years of famine remain, lest you and your house and all that is yours be impoverished.
[GEN.45.12] And behold, your eyes are seeing, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, because the mouth of the one who speaks is to you.
[GEN.45.13] And you shall tell my father about all my glory in Egypt and about everything you have seen. And hasten and bring my father down here.
[GEN.45.14] And he fell upon the necks of Benjamin, his brother, and wept, and Benjamin wept upon his necks.
[GEN.45.15] And he kissed all his brothers, and he wept over them. And after this, his brothers spoke with him.
[GEN.45.16] And the sound was heard in the house of Pharaoh, saying, "The brothers of Joseph have come." And it was good in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of his servants.
[GEN.45.17] And Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Say to your brothers this: Load your donkeys and go, enter the land of Canaan."
[GEN.45.18] And take your fathers and your houses, and come to me, and I will give to you the goodness of the land of Egypt, and you will eat the best of the land.
[GEN.45.19] And you are commanded to do this: Take for yourselves from the land of Egypt wagons for your children and for your wives, and you shall carry your father and come.
[GEN.45.20] And your eyes should not pity your possessions, for all the land of Egypt is good to you; it is yours.
[GEN.45.21] And the sons of Israel did so, and Joseph gave them wagons according to the word of Pharaoh, and he gave them provisions for the way.
[GEN.45.22] To everyone he gave changes of garments, and to Benjamin he gave three hundred of silver and five changes of garments.
[GEN.45.23] And to his father he sent such as ten donkeys carrying the best of Egypt and ten jennies carrying grain and bread and provisions for his father for the journey.
[GEN.45.24] And he sent his brothers, and they went. And he said to them, "Do not be angered on the way."
[GEN.45.25] And they ascended from Egypt and came to the land of Canaan, to Jacob, their father.
[GEN.45.26] And they told him, saying, “Behold, Joseph is still alive, and he is ruling over all the land of Egypt.” And their heart faltered, because they did not believe them.
[GEN.45.27] And they spoke to him all the words of Joseph which he had spoken to them, and they showed him the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him. And the spirit of Jacob their father revived.
[GEN.45.28] And Israel said, "Surely my son Joseph is still living. I will go and see him before I die."
GEN.46
[GEN.46.1] Israel journeyed with all who were with him and came to Beerah Sheva. Then he offered sacrifices to the Gods of his father, Isaac.
[GEN.46.2] And the Gods spoke to Israel in visions of the night, and spoke, "Jacob, Jacob!" And he said, "Here I am."
[GEN.46.3] And he said, "I, the God, the Gods of your father, do not fear to descend to Egypt, for to a great nation I will make you there."
[GEN.46.4] I will descend with you to Egypt, and I will bring you up also. And Joseph will place his hand upon your eyes.
[GEN.46.5] And Jacob rose from the well of Sheba, and the sons of Israel carried Jacob, their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons that Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
[GEN.46.6] They took their livestock and their possessions that they had acquired in the land of Canaan and came to Egypt: Jacob and all his descendants with him.
[GEN.46.7] His sons and the sons of his sons were with him, his daughters and the daughters of his sons, and all his descendants. He brought them with him to Egypt.
[GEN.46.8] And these are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt: Jacob and his sons, the firstborn of Jacob, Reuben.
[GEN.46.9] And the sons of Reuben are Hanokh and Pallu and Khetsron and Kharmi.
[GEN.46.10] And the sons of Simeon are Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Saul, son of the Canaanite woman.
[GEN.46.11] And the sons of Levi were Gershon, Kehat, and Merari.
[GEN.46.12] And the sons of Judah were Eyr, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zarach. And Eyr and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Perez were Chetzron and Chamul.
[GEN.46.13] And the sons of Issachar are Toolah and Poovah and Yov and Shimron.
[GEN.46.14] And the sons of Zebulun are Sered, Elon, and Yachlael.
[GEN.46.15] These are the sons of Leah, who bore them to Jacob in Paddan Aram, and also Dinah, her daughter. The total number of her sons and daughters was thirty-three.
[GEN.46.16] And the sons of Gad are Tsiphyon and Chaggi Shuni and Etsbon E’ri and Arodi and Ar’eli.
[GEN.46.17] And the sons of Asher were Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and Serah, their sister. And the sons of Beriah were Hever and Malkiel.
[GEN.46.18] These are the sons of Zilpah, which Laban gave to Leah, her daughter. And she bore these to Jacob, sixteen individuals.
[GEN.46.19] The sons of Rachel, wife of Jacob, are Joseph and Benjamin.
[GEN.46.20] And he bore to Joseph in the land of Egypt, which she bore to him Asenath, daughter of Poti-pherah, a priest of On, Manasseh and Ephraim.
[GEN.46.21] And the sons of Benjamin were Belea, and Beker, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Roash, Mufim, and Hufim, and Ard.
[GEN.46.22] These are the sons of Rachel who were born to Jacob. Every person numbered fourteen.
[GEN.46.23] And the sons of Dan were skillful.
[GEN.46.24] And the sons of Naphtali are Yachzael and Gooni and Yetzer and Shillem.
[GEN.46.25] These are the sons of Bilhah, who Lavan gave to Rachel as a daughter, and she bore these to Jacob; every person numbered seven.
[GEN.46.26] All the souls who came to Jacob to Egypt, descendants of his thigh, apart from the women of the sons of Jacob, all the souls were sixty and six.
[GEN.46.27] And the sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt were two people. All the people of the house of Jacob who came from Egypt were seventy.
[GEN.46.28] And Judah he sent before him to Joseph, to guide before him to the land of Goshen, and they came to the land of Goshen.
[GEN.46.29] And Joseph restrained his chariot and went up to meet Israel, his father, to Goshen. And he appeared to him, and he fell upon his neck and wept upon his neck still.
[GEN.46.30] And Israel said to Joseph, "I will surely die now, after having seen your face, because you are still alive."
[GEN.46.31] And Joseph said to his brothers and to the household of his father, "I will go up and tell Pharaoh, and I will say to him, ‘My brothers and the household of my father, who are in the land of Canaan, have come to me.’"
[GEN.46.32] And the men were shepherds, for they were men of livestock. And their sheep and cattle and all that belonged to them they brought.
[GEN.46.33] And it will be that when Pharaoh calls to you and says, "What [are] your works?"
[GEN.46.34] And you will say, "People of livestock, your servants have been shepherds from our youth until now, both we and our fathers." Therefore, you may dwell in the land of Goshen, because all shepherds are an abomination to the Egyptians.
GEN.47
[GEN.47.1] And Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and he said, “My father and my brothers and their sheep and their cattle and all that they have come from the land of Canaan, and now they are in the land of Goshen.”
[GEN.47.2] And he took five men from among his brothers and he presented them before Pharaoh.
[GEN.47.3] And Pharaoh said to his brothers, "What is your work?" And they said to Pharaoh, "Your servant’s family tends sheep, both we and our fathers."
[GEN.47.4] And they said to Pharaoh, "To dwell in the land we have come, for there is no pasture for the sheep which belong to the servants of yours, for heavy is the famine in the land of Canaan. And now, let the servants of yours reside in the land of Goshen."
[GEN.47.5] And Pharaoh said to Joseph, to say, "Your father and your brothers have come to you."
[GEN.47.6] The land of Egypt is before you. Settle your father and your brothers in the best part of the land. And if you know of capable people among them, appoint them overseers of my livestock.
[GEN.47.7] And Joseph brought Jacob, his father, and he stationed him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
[GEN.47.8] And Pharaoh said to Jacob, "How many are the days of the years of your life?"
[GEN.47.9] And Jacob said to Pharaoh, "The days of the years of my dwelling are one hundred and thirty years. They have been few and bad, and they did not reach the days of the lives of my fathers in the years of their dwelling."
[GEN.47.10] And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and he departed from the presence of Pharaoh.
[GEN.47.11] And Joseph settled his father and his brothers. And he gave to them a holding in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Ra'amesses, as Pharaoh commanded.
[GEN.47.12] And Joseph sustained his father and his brothers and the entire household of his father with food for the mouths of the infants.
[GEN.47.13] And there was no bread in all the land, for the famine was very severe. And the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan withered because of the famine.
[GEN.47.14] And Joseph gathered all the silver that was found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, for the breaking (buying) that they were breaking (buying). And Joseph brought the silver to the house of Pharaoh.
[GEN.47.15] And the money was used up from the land of Egypt and from the land of Canaan. And all of Egypt came to Joseph, saying, "Give us bread, and why should we die before you, for all the money is gone?"
[GEN.47.16] And Joseph said, "Bring your livestock, and I will give to you with your livestock, if the silver fails."
[GEN.47.17] And they brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them food for the horses and for the livestock of the sheep and for the livestock of the cattle and for the donkeys, and he sustained them with food with all their livestock in that year.
[GEN.47.18] And the year was completed, and they came to my Lord in the second year and said to him, “We will not hide anything from my Lord, for the money is spent and the livestock are my Lord’s; nothing remains before my Lord except our bodies and our land.”
[GEN.47.19] Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Sell us and our land for bread, and let us be servants to Pharaoh. Give us seed that we may live, and not die, and that the land may not be desolate.
[GEN.47.20] And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh, because the Egyptians sold their fields, for the famine was strong upon them, and the land became Pharaoh’s.
[GEN.47.21] And the people, he transferred them to cities from the end of the border of Egypt and until its end.
[GEN.47.22] Only the land of the priests was not purchased, because a law for the priests came from Pharaoh, and they consumed the law that Pharaoh gave to them. Therefore, they did not sell their land.
[GEN.47.23] And Joseph said to the people, "Indeed, I have bought you today, and your land for Pharaoh. Here for you is seed, and you will sow the land."
[GEN.47.24] And it will be, at the harvests, that you will give one-fifth to Pharaoh, and four portions will be yours for the seed of the field and for your food and for keeping in your houses and for feeding your children.
[GEN.47.25] And they said, "You have revived us. We have found favor in the eyes of my Lord, and we will be servants to Pharaoh."
[GEN.47.26] And Joseph established it as a law until this day on the land of Egypt, for a fifth to Pharaoh, only the land of the priests was not for Pharaoh.
[GEN.47.27] And Israel settled in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen, and they took hold of it, and they flourished and multiplied greatly.
[GEN.47.28] And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years. And the years of Jacob’s life were one hundred seventy years.
[GEN.47.29] The days of Israel drew near to death, and he called to his son Joseph, and said to him, "If, please, I have found favor in your eyes, place your hand under my thigh, and do with me kindness and truth. Please do not bury me in Egypt."
[GEN.47.30] And I will lie down with my fathers, and you will carry me from Egypt and bury me in their burial place. And he said, "I will do according to your word."
[GEN.47.31] And he said, "Swear to me!" And he swore to him, and Israel prostrated themselves upon the head of the bed.
GEN.48
[GEN.48.1] And it happened after these things that he said to Joseph, "Behold, your father is sick." And he took his two sons with him, Manasseh and Ephraim.
[GEN.48.2] And he told to Jacob, and he said, "Behold, your son Joseph comes to you." And Israel strengthened himself, and he sat on the bed.
[GEN.48.3] And Jacob said to Joseph, "God Shaddai appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me."
[GEN.48.4] And He said to me, "Behold, I will spread you and increase you, and I will give you to a gathering of peoples, and I will give this land to your seed after you, a possession forever."
[GEN.48.5] And now, your two sons who are born to you in the land of Egypt, until I come to you in Egypt, are mine. Ephraim and Manasseh will be to me as Reuben and Simeon.
[GEN.48.6] Your offspring that you bore after them will be yours. They will be called by the name of your brothers in their inheritance.
[GEN.48.7] And I, in my coming from Paddan, Rachel died upon me in the land of Canaan on the road, while still a small distance of land to come to Ephratah. And I buried her there on the road to Ephratah, that is Bethlehem.
[GEN.48.8] And Israel saw the sons of Joseph, and he said, "Who are these?"
[GEN.48.9] And Joseph said to his father, “These are my sons that the Gods have given to me in this place.” And he said, “Please bring them to me, and I will bless them.”
[GEN.48.10] And the eyes of Israel became heavy from old age, so that he could not see. And they brought them near to him, and he kissed them and embraced them.
[GEN.48.11] And Israel said to Joseph, "Behold your face, I did not expect. And behold, the Gods have shown me also your seed."
[GEN.48.12] And Joseph brought them out from with his knees, and they bowed to his nose to the ground.
[GEN.48.13] And Joseph took them, Ephraim with his right hand from Israel’s left, and Manasseh with his left from Israel’s right, and he brought them near to him.
[GEN.48.14] And Israel sent forth his right hand and placed it upon the head of Ephraim, and he was the younger, and his left hand upon the head of Manasseh. He understood his hands, because Manasseh was the firstborn.
[GEN.48.15] And he blessed Joseph and said, "The Gods who my fathers walked before, Abraham and Isaac, are the Gods who have shepherded me from my youth until this day."
[GEN.48.16] The messenger redeeming me from all evil will bless the young men, and my name will be called upon them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and they will grow greatly in the midst of the land.
[GEN.48.17] And Joseph saw that his father placed his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, and it displeased him. And Joseph supported his father’s hand to remove it from the head of Ephraim to the head of Manasseh.
[GEN.48.18] And Joseph said to his father, "Not so, my father, because this is the firstborn. Put your right hand upon his head."
[GEN.48.19] But his father refused and said, “I know my son, I know also that he will become a people and he will grow great. However, his younger brother will become greater than he, and his seed will fill the nations.”
[GEN.48.20] And he blessed them on that day, saying, "Through you will Israel bless, saying, 'May the Gods make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh.'" And he placed Ephraim before Manasseh.
[GEN.48.21] And Israel said to Joseph, behold, I am dying. And the Gods will be with you, and will bring you back to the land of your fathers.
[GEN.48.22] And I gave to you Shechem, one over your brothers, which I took from the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.
GEN.49
[GEN.49.1] And Jacob called to his sons and said, "Gather yourselves, and I will tell you what the Gods will call you in the latter days."
[GEN.49.2] Gather yourselves and listen, sons of Jacob, and listen to Israel, your father.
[GEN.49.3] Reuben, you are my firstborn, my strength and the beginning of my vigor. Excellence in agitation and excellence in might.
[GEN.49.4] Be ashamed like water, do not permit it. Because you have ascended the couch of your father, then you have profaned the couch of God.
[GEN.49.5] Simeon and Levi are brothers, and violence is their tool; their merchants sell them.
[GEN.49.6] Do not enter into their secret, my soul, and do not glory in their assembly, my glory, for in their anger they killed a man and in their will they gored an ox.
[GEN.49.7] Cursed is their anger, for it is strong, and their strength, for it is severe. I will scatter them in Jacob and I will scatter them in Israel.
[GEN.49.8] Judah, your brothers will praise you. Your hand will be over your enemies. The sons of your father will bow down to you.
[GEN.49.9] A lion’s cub is Judah, from tearing my prey you have ascended. He has crouched, he has lain down like a lion and like a young lion, who will rouse him?
[GEN.49.10] The scepter shall not depart from Judah, and a lawgiver from between his feet, until he comes who is Shiloh, and to him shall belong the obedience of the peoples.
[GEN.49.11] I bind the vine to its first fruit and to the cluster to its choice foal. His garment is washed in wine, and her stripes are with the blood of grapes.
[GEN.49.12] My eyes are green from wine, and my teeth are white as milk.
[GEN.49.13] Zebulun will dwell by the shore of the seas, and he will be by the shore of ships, with his side toward Tzidon.
[GEN.49.14] Issachar is a donkey, lying down between the entrances.
[GEN.49.15] And he saw Rest, that it is good, and the land that it is pleasant, and he bowed his shoulder to bear it, and he became a burden-bearer.
[GEN.49.16] Dan will judge his people as one of the tribes of Israel.
[GEN.49.17] Let Dan be a snake upon the way, a viper upon the path, biting the heels of the horse, and its rider will fall backward.
[GEN.49.18] For your salvation, I have hoped in Yahveh.
[GEN.49.19] Gad, a troop will diminish us, and he will cut off the heel.
[GEN.49.20] Asher's food is rich, and he will give delicacies fit for a king.
[GEN.49.21] Naphtali is a doe, released; the giver of pleasant words.
[GEN.49.22] A son of fruitfulness, Joseph, a son of fruitfulness upon the Eye, daughters stride upon Shur.
[GEN.49.23] And they made him bitter, and they increased him in suffering, and the lords of arrows hated him.
[GEN.49.24] And she rested in strength, his bow, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the mighty one of Jacob, from there, the shepherd, the stone of Israel.
[GEN.49.25] From God your father, and He will help you, and from the Mighty One, and He will bless you with blessings of the heavens from above, blessings of the deep lying below, blessings of breasts and the womb.
[GEN.49.26] The blessings of your father have surpassed the blessings of your parents, until the desire of the eternal hills; they will be for the head of Joseph, and for the crown of the distinguished one among his brothers.
[GEN.49.27] Benjamin, a wolf, will plunder in the morning; he will consume until evening, and in the evening he will divide the spoil.
[GEN.49.28] These are all the tribes of Israel, twelve in number. This is what their father spoke to them, and he blessed them, each man according to the blessing with which he blessed them.
[GEN.49.29] And he commanded them and said to them, "I am being gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers, in the cave which is in the field of Ephron the Hittite."
[GEN.49.30] In the cave which is in the field of the doubles, which is before Mamre’a, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham purchased the field from Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a tomb.
[GEN.49.31] There they buried Abraham and his wife Sarah. There they buried Isaac and his wife Rebekah. And there I buried Leah.
[GEN.49.32] The livestock of the field, and the cave which is in it, are from the sons of Chet.
[GEN.49.33] And Jacob finished commanding his sons, and he gathered his feet to the bed, and he expired, and he was gathered to his people.
GEN.50
[GEN.50.1] And Joseph fell upon the face of his father, and wept over him, and kissed him.
[GEN.50.2] And Joseph commanded his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father, and the physicians embalmed Israel.
[GEN.50.3] They completed forty days for him, because thus will be completed the days of those who embalm. And Egypt wept for him seventy days.
[GEN.50.4] The days of weeping passed, and Joseph spoke to the household of Pharaoh, saying, "If I have indeed found favor in your eyes, please speak to Pharaoh in my ear, saying…"
[GEN.50.5] My father swore to me, saying, "Behold, I am dead. In my grave, which I dug for myself in the land of Canaan, there you will bury me. And now, please let me go and bury my father, and I will return."
[GEN.50.6] And Pharaoh said, "Go up and bury your father, as he swore to you."
[GEN.50.7] And Joseph went up to bury his father, and all of Pharaoh’s servants went up with him, the elders of his house and all the elders of the land of Egypt.
[GEN.50.8] And all the house of Joseph, and his brothers, and the house of his father, they left only their infants, and their sheep, and their cattle in the land of Goshen.
[GEN.50.9] And he accompanied him with chariots and horsemen, and the army was very heavy.
[GEN.50.10] And they came to the threshing floor of the thorn bush that is beyond the Jordan, and they mourned there a very great and heavy mourning, and he made mourning for his father for seven days.
[GEN.50.11] The inhabitant of the land, the Canaanite, saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, and they said, "This is heavy mourning for Egypt." Therefore, they called its name 'Mourning of Egypt,' which is beyond the Jordan.
[GEN.50.12] And his sons did thus to him, as he had commanded them.
[GEN.50.13] His sons carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave of the field of Makpelah, which Abraham bought as a possession for a grave from Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.
[GEN.50.14] And Joseph returned to Egypt, he and his brothers, and all who had come with him to bury their father, after they had buried their father.
[GEN.50.15] Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, and they said, “Perhaps Joseph will harbor hatred for us, and will fully return to us all the evil that we did to him.”
[GEN.50.16] They commanded to Joseph, saying, "Your father commanded before his death, saying..."
[GEN.50.17] Thus you shall say to Joseph, ‘Please bear the transgression of your brothers and their sin, for they did evil to you.’ And now, please bear the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” And Joseph wept when they spoke to him.
[GEN.50.18] And his brothers also went, and they fell before his face, and they said, "Lo, we are to you as servants."
[GEN.50.19] And Joseph said to them, "Do not be afraid, for I am in the place of the Gods."
[GEN.50.20] And you thought evil against me, the Gods turned it for good, in order to do as this day, to preserve a large people.
[GEN.50.21] And now, do not be afraid. I will provide for you and your little ones. And He comforted them, and spoke to their hearts.
[GEN.50.22] And Joseph settled in Egypt, he and the house of his father. And Joseph lived one hundred and ten years.
[GEN.50.23] And Joseph saw the sons of Shileshim, also the sons of Machir son of Manasseh were born upon the knees of Joseph.
[GEN.50.24] And Joseph said to his brothers, "I am dead, and the Gods will surely visit you and bring you up from this land to the land which He swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob."
[GEN.50.25] And Joseph swore to the sons of Israel, saying, "The Gods will surely visit you, and you shall bring up my bones from here."
[GEN.50.26] And Joseph died, being one hundred and ten years old. And they embalmed him, and they placed him in the coffin in Egypt.
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EXO.1
[EXO.1.1] And these are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt, Jacob, the man, and his household came.
[EXO.1.2] Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah.
[EXO.1.3] Issachar, Zevulun, and Benjamin.
[EXO.1.4] Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
[EXO.1.5] And it happened that all the souls of those who came forth from the thigh of Jacob were seventy souls, and Joseph was in Egypt.
[EXO.1.6] And Joseph died, and all his brothers, and all that generation.
[EXO.1.7] And the sons of Israel were fruitful and swarmed and increased and grew strong exceedingly. And the land was filled with them.
[EXO.1.8] And a new king arose over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.
[EXO.1.9] And he said to his people, "Behold, the people, sons of Israel are many and great than us."
[EXO.1.10] Come, let us be wise concerning him, lest he multiply and it happen that when war is proclaimed, he also adds himself to our enemies and fights against us and rises up from the land.
[EXO.1.11] And they appointed over him chiefs of tax, in order to afflict him with their burdens, and they built for Pharaoh the cities of storehouses, Pitom and Raamses.
[EXO.1.12] And as they oppress him, so he will increase, and so he will break forth, and they were humbled before the sons of Israel.
[EXO.1.13] And Egypt made the sons of Israel work with hard labor.
[EXO.1.14] They embittered their lives with hard labor, with mortar and bricks, and with all labor in the field. All their labor that they labored with them was with rigor.
[EXO.1.15] And the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose name was one Shiphrah and whose name was the second Puah.
[EXO.1.16] And he said, "Have the women bring forth the Hebrew baby girls, and look at the stones. If it is a son, then kill him, and if it is a daughter, then let her live."
[EXO.1.17] And the midwives feared the Gods, and did not do as the king of Egypt spoke to them, and they kept the baby boys alive.
[EXO.1.18] And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and he said to them, “Why have you done this thing?” And they kept alive the male children.
[EXO.1.19] And the midwives said to Pharaoh, "Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, they are lively, and give birth before the midwife comes to them."
[EXO.1.20] And the Gods were good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and grew very strong.
[EXO.1.21] And it happened that the midwives feared the Gods, and the Gods made houses for them.
[EXO.1.22] And Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, "Every son who is born, they shall throw him into the Nile River, and every daughter they shall allow to live."
EXO.2
[EXO.2.1] And a man from the house of Levi went and took the wife of Levi.
[EXO.2.2] And the woman became pregnant and gave birth to a son. And she saw him that he was good, and she hid him for three months.
[EXO.2.3] And she was no longer able to conceal him, and she took for him a basket of reeds and she coated it with tar and pitch, and she placed in it the child, and she placed it among the reeds at the edge of the river.
[EXO.2.4] And his sister stationed herself from a distance to know what would be done to him.
[EXO.2.5] And the daughter of Pharaoh went down to wash at the river, and her young women walked alongside the river, and she saw the basket among the reeds, and she sent her servant and took it.
[EXO.2.6] And she opened and saw him, the child, and behold, a young man weeping. And she had compassion on him and said, "Is this one of the children of the Hebrews?"
[EXO.2.7] And the sister of Moses said to the daughter of Pharaoh, "Shall I go and call to you a woman who nurses from among the Hebrew women, and let her nurse your child?"
[EXO.2.8] And the daughter of Pharaoh said to her, "Go!" and the young woman went and called to the child’s mother.
[EXO.2.9] And she said to her, the daughter of Pharaoh, "Take this child and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages." And the woman took the child and nursed him.
[EXO.2.10] And the child grew, and she brought him to the daughter of Pharaoh, and he became to her as a son. And she called his name Moses, and she said, “Because from the waters I drew him out.”
[EXO.2.11] And it happened in those days that Moses grew up, and he went out to his brothers, and he saw their hardship. And he saw an Egyptian man striking a Hebrew man, one of his brothers.
[EXO.2.12] And he turned this way and that way, and he saw that there was no one. And he struck the Egyptian and buried him in the sand.
[EXO.2.13] And he went out on the second day, and behold, two Hebrew men were quarreling. And he said to the wicked one, "Why do you strike your neighbor?"
[EXO.2.14] And he said, "Who appointed you as a man, a leader and a judge over us? Are you saying to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian?" And Moses feared and said, "Indeed the matter is known."
[EXO.2.15] And Pharaoh heard this thing and sought to kill Moses. And Moses fled from before Pharaoh, and he settled in the land of Midian, and he settled by the well.
[EXO.2.16] And to the priest of Midian there were seven daughters, and they came and drew water, and they filled the troughs to water the flock of their father.
[EXO.2.17] The shepherds came and drove them away, and Moses rose up and rescued them, and he gave water to their flock.
[EXO.2.18] And they came to Reuel, their father, and he said, "What is the reason you have hastened to come today?"
[EXO.2.19] And they said, "A man from Egypt delivered us from the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water for us, and he watered the flock."
[EXO.2.20] And he said to his daughters and his wife, "Why is it that you have abandoned the man? Call to him, and let him eat bread."
[EXO.2.21] And Moses agreed to sit with the man, and he gave Zipporah, his daughter, to Moses.
[EXO.2.22] And she bore a son, and he called his name Gershom, for he said, "A sojourner I was in a foreign land."
[EXO.2.23] And it happened in those many days that the king of Egypt died, and the children of Israel groaned from the slavery, and they cried out. And their cry ascended to the Gods from the slavery.
[EXO.2.24] And the Gods heard their groaning, and the Gods remembered His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
[EXO.2.25] And the Gods saw the children of Israel, and the Gods knew.
EXO.3
[EXO.3.1] And Moses was a shepherd of the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, a priest of Midian. And he led the flock after the wilderness, and came to the mountain of the Gods, Horeb.
[EXO.3.2] And an angel of Yahveh appeared to him in a flame of fire from within the thorn bush. And he looked, and behold, the thorn bush was burning with fire, yet the thorn bush was not being consumed.
[EXO.3.3] And Moses said, “Please allow me to turn aside and see this great sight, why will the bush not burn?”
[EXO.3.4] And Yahveh saw that Moses had turned aside to look, and the Gods called to him from within the bush. And Moses, Moses, the Gods said. And Moses said, "Here I am."
[EXO.3.5] And Yahveh said, "Do not draw near to this place. Remove your shoes from your feet, because the place on which you are standing is holy ground."
[EXO.3.6] And He said, "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." And Moses hid his face, for he feared from looking at the Gods.
[EXO.3.7] And Yahveh said, "I have seen, I have truly seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their cry from before their taskmasters, for I know their pain."
[EXO.3.8] And I will descend to rescue him from the hand of Egypt and to bring him up from that land to a good and spacious land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite.
[EXO.3.9] And now, behold, the outcry of the sons of Israel has come to me, and I have also seen the pressure which Egypt is pressing upon them.
[EXO.3.10] And now, to you, and I will send you to Pharaoh, and you will bring out my people, the children of Israel, from Egypt.
[EXO.3.11] And Moses said to the Gods, "Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and that I should bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?"
[EXO.3.12] And He said, "For I will be with you, and this will be for you a sign that I have sent you, in bringing out the people from Egypt, you will serve the Gods upon this mountain."
[EXO.3.13] And Moses said to the Gods, behold, I am coming to the sons of Israel, and I will say to them, the Gods of your fathers sent me to you. And they will say to me, what is His name? What shall I say to them?
[EXO.3.14] And God said to Moses, "I am that I am. And God said, "This is what you shall say to the children of Israel: ‘I will be has sent me to you.’"
[EXO.3.15] And God said still to Moses, "Thus you shall say to the children of Israel: 'Yahveh, the Gods of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is my name forever, and this is my remembrance to every generation.'
[EXO.3.16] Go and gather the elders of Israel and say to them: "Yahveh, the Gods of your ancestors, has appeared to me, the Gods of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, 'I have visited you and remembered what was done to you in Egypt.'
[EXO.3.17] And I said, I will lead you all from affliction Egypt to the land of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite, to a land flowing with milk and honey.
[EXO.3.18] And they will listen to your voice, and you shall come, and the elders of Israel with you, to the king of Egypt, and you shall say to him, "Yahveh, the Gods of the Hebrews, has called to us." And now, let us go a three-day journey into the wilderness, and we will sacrifice to Yahveh, the Gods of our God.
[EXO.3.19] And I knew that the king of Egypt would not allow you to go, and not by a strong hand.
[EXO.3.20] And I will extend my hand and strike Egypt with all my wonders that I will do within it, and afterward He will release you.
[EXO.3.21] And I will give the favor of this people in the eyes of Egypt, and it will be that when you go, you will not go empty.
[EXO.3.22] And a woman will ask from her neighbor, and from those dwelling in her house, articles of silver and articles of gold, and garments. And you will place them on your sons and on your daughters, and you will plunder Egypt.
EXO.4
[EXO.4.1] And Moses answered and said, “Behold, they will not believe me, and they will not listen to my voice, for they will say that Yahveh has not appeared to you.”
[EXO.4.2] And He said to him, Yahveh, "What is this in your hand?" And he said, "A staff."
[EXO.4.3] And he said, "Throw it to the ground!" And he threw it to the ground, and it became a snake. And Moses fled from before its face.
[EXO.4.4] And Yahveh said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand and grasp its tail." And he stretched out his hand and grasped it, and it became a staff in his hand.
[EXO.4.5] So that they may believe because Yahveh, the Gods of their fathers, has shown Himself to you. The Gods of Abraham, the Gods of Isaac, and the Gods of Jacob.
[EXO.4.6] And Yahveh said to her still, "Bring now your hand into your bosom." And she brought her hand into her bosom, and she took it out, and behold, her hand was leprous, white as snow.
[EXO.4.7] And he said, "Return your hand to your bosom." And he returned his hand to his bosom, and he brought it out from his bosom, and behold, it was restored like his flesh.
[EXO.4.8] And it will be, if they do not believe in you and do not listen to the voice of the first sign, then they will believe in the voice of the last sign.
[EXO.4.9] And it will be, if they do not believe even two signs, and do not listen to your voice, then you shall take from the waters of the Nile and pour it on the dry land. And the waters which you take from the Nile will become blood on the dry land.
[EXO.4.10] Moshe said to Yahveh, “My Lord, I am not a man of words. This has been true from yesterday, and also the day before, and since the time you have spoken to your servant. For I am heavy of mouth and heavy of tongue.”
[EXO.4.11] And Yahveh said to him, "Who put a mouth in man, or who will make someone mute, or deaf, or seeing (blind), or blind? Is it not I, Yahveh?"
[EXO.4.12] And now go, and I will be with your mouth, and I will teach you what you will speak.
[EXO.4.13] And he said, "By my Lord, send, please, by the hand of Tishlach."
[EXO.4.14] And Yahveh’s anger burned against Moses, and He said, “Do you not know that Aaron, your Levite brother, is able to speak? And indeed, here he comes out to meet you, and will see you and rejoice in his heart.”
[EXO.4.15] And you shall speak to him, and you shall put the words in his mouth, and I, Yahveh, will be with your mouth and with his mouth, and I will teach you what you are to do.
[EXO.4.16] And He will speak for you to the people, and He will be to you as a mouth, and you will be to Him as the Gods.
[EXO.4.17] And the staff this you will take in your hand, which you will do with the signs.
[EXO.4.18] And Moses went and returned to Jethro, his father-in-law, and said to him, "I will go now and return to my brothers who are in Egypt, and I will see if they are still living." And Jethro said to Moses, "Go in peace."
[EXO.4.19] And Yahveh said to Moses in Midian, "Go, return to Egypt, for all the people who were seeking your life are dead."
[EXO.4.20] And Moses took his wife and his sons and he mounted them on the donkey and he returned to the land of Egypt. And Moses took the rod of the Gods in his hand.
[EXO.4.21] And Yahveh said to Moses, "When you go to return to Egypt, see all the wonders that I have placed in your hand, and you shall do them before Pharaoh. And I will strengthen his heart, so that he will not send the people away."
[EXO.4.22] And you shall say to Pharaoh, thus says Yahveh, "My son is my firstborn, Israel."
[EXO.4.23] And I said to you, "Send my son, and let him serve me," but you refused to send him. Behold, I am killing your son, your firstborn.
[EXO.4.24] And it happened while on the way at the inn that Yahveh encountered him and asked about killing him.
[EXO.4.25] And Zipporah took a flint and cut the foreskin of her son, and touched it to his feet, and she said, "Surely you are a husband of blood to me."
[EXO.4.26] He healed me, then she said, "My husband is a man of bloodshed, relating to the practice of circumcision."
[EXO.4.27] And Yahveh said to Aaron, "Go to meet Moses in the wilderness." And he went and met him on the Mountain of the Gods, and he kissed him.
[EXO.4.28] And Moses told Aaron all the words of Yahveh that He sent, and all the signs that He commanded him.
[EXO.4.29] And Moses went, and Aaron, and they gathered all of the elders of the Israelites.
[EXO.4.30] And Aaron spoke all the words that Yahveh spoke to Moses, and he did the signs before the eyes of the people.
[EXO.4.31] And the people believed and heard that Yahveh had noticed the children of Israel and that He had seen their suffering. So they bowed down and worshiped.
EXO.5
[EXO.5.1] And after, Moses and Aaron came and said to Pharaoh, "Thus says Yahveh, the Gods of Israel: Release my people and let them worship me in the wilderness."
[EXO.5.2] And Pharaoh said, "Who is Yahveh that I should listen to His voice to send out Israel? I have not known Yahveh, and also I will not send out Israel."
[EXO.5.3] And they said, "The Gods of the Hebrews have called upon us. Let us go, please, a way of three days into the wilderness and sacrifice to Yahveh, our Gods, lest he strike us with pestilence or with the sword."
[EXO.5.4] And the king of Egypt said to them, "Why, Moses and Aaron, do you disturb the people from their work? Go, return to your labors."
[EXO.5.5] And Pharaoh said, "Indeed, now the people of the land are many. And you will make them rest from their burdens."
[EXO.5.6] And Pharaoh commanded on that day the taskmasters over the people and his officers to say.
[EXO.5.7] You shall not add to giving straw to the people for making the bricks as yesterday and the day before yesterday. They will go and gather for themselves straw.
[EXO.5.8] And the pattern of the bricks which they were making yesterday and the day before yesterday, you shall place upon them, do not reduce from it, because they are weakened. Therefore they cry out, saying, "Let us go and sacrifice to the Gods our Gods."
[EXO.5.9] The service will be heavy upon the people, and they shall perform it, and they shall not listen to words of falsehood.
[EXO.5.10] And the taskmasters of the people and their officials went and said to the people, saying, 'Thus says Pharaoh: I will not give you straw.'
[EXO.5.11] You, go and take straw for yourselves from wherever you find it, for nothing will be taken away from your work.
[EXO.5.12] And the people spread throughout the land of Egypt to gather straw for making bricks.
[EXO.5.13] And the taskmasters urged, saying, "Complete your works, a matter of day by day, as when there was straw."
[EXO.5.14] And the officials of the Israelites, those that they had set over them as taskmasters of Pharaoh, struck them, saying, "Why did you not finish your quota for labor yesterday the third day, also yesterday, and also today?"
[EXO.5.15] The officers of the Israelites came and cried out to Pharaoh, saying, "Why do you do this to your servants?"
[EXO.5.16] No straw has been given to your servants, yet bricks are demanded of us. And behold, your servants are being beaten, and there is error belonging to your people.
[EXO.5.17] And they said, "You are fools! You therefore say, 'We will go and sacrifice to Yahveh.'"
[EXO.5.18] And now go, serve, and straw will not be given to you, and a filling of bricks you shall give.
[EXO.5.19] And the officers of the Israelites saw them doing evil, saying, “Do not reduce anything from among your children day by day.”
[EXO.5.20] And they met Moses and Aaron, standing towards them in their going out from Pharaoh.
[EXO.5.21] And they said to them, "Yahveh will see you, and judge you, because you have made an offensive smell in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of his servants, to give a sword into their hand to kill you."
[EXO.5.22] And Moses returned to Yahveh and said, "My Lord, why have you done evil to this people? Why have you sent me?"
[EXO.5.23] Since I came to Pharaoh to speak in your name, things have become worse for this people, and you have not delivered your people.
EXO.6
[EXO.6.1] And Yahveh said to Moses, "Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh, for with a strong hand I will send them out, and with a strong hand I will drive them from My land."
[EXO.6.2] And the Gods spoke to Moses, and said to him, "I am Yahveh."
[EXO.6.3] I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob by the Gods Shaddai, and my name Yahveh was not known to them.
[EXO.6.4] And also, I have established my covenant with them to give to them the land of Canaan, the land of their dwelling which they dwelled in.
[EXO.6.5] And also I heard the groaning of the sons of Israel, which Egypt enslaves them, and I remembered my covenant.
[EXO.6.6] Therefore say to the children of Israel, ‘I am Yahveh, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of Egypt. I will rescue you from their enslavement, and I will redeem you with a stretched-out arm and with great judgments.’
[EXO.6.7] And I will take you for me as a people, and I will be to you the Gods, and you will know that I am Yahveh, your Gods, the one who brings you out from under the burdens of Egypt.
[EXO.6.8] And I will bring you all to the land which I raised my hand to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, and I will give it to you as an inheritance. I am Yahveh.
[EXO.6.9] And Moses spoke thus to the children of Israel, and they did not listen to Moses from impatience and from hard labor.
[EXO.6.10] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[EXO.6.11] Go, speak to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he shall send the sons of Israel from his land.
[EXO.6.12] And Moses spoke before Yahveh, to say, "Behold, the sons of Israel have not listened to me, and how will Pharaoh listen to me, and I am uncircumcised of lips?"
[EXO.6.13] And Yahveh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, and He commanded them, and to the Israelites, and to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt.
[EXO.6.14] These are the heads of their ancestral houses, the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Chanokh and Pallu, Chetzron and Karmie. These are the families of Reuben.
[EXO.6.15] The sons of Simeon are Y’moo’el, Yamin, Ohad, Yakhin, Tzokhar, and Sha’ool, son of the Canaanite woman. These are the families of Simeon.
[EXO.6.16] And these are the names of the sons of Levi, according to their origins: Gershon, and Kehat, and Merari. And the total lifespan of the descendants of Levi was one hundred and thirty-three years.
[EXO.6.17] The descendants of Gershon were to the sons of, and Shemai to their families.
[EXO.6.18] And the sons of Kehat are Amram, and Itzehar, and Chevron, and Uzziel. And the descendants of Kehat numbered one hundred and thirty-three.
[EXO.6.19] And the sons of Merari are Makhli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levi according to their ancestry.
[EXO.6.20] And Amram took Yokheved, his aunt, for himself as a wife, and she bore to him Aaron and Moses. And the years of Amram’s life were one hundred and thirty-seven years.
[EXO.6.21] And the sons of Yitzhar are Korach, Nefeg, and Zichri.
[EXO.6.22] And the sons of God’s strength are Mishael and Elzapan and Sitri.
[EXO.6.23] And Aaron took Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon, for himself as a wife, and she bore to him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
[EXO.6.24] And the sons of Korah are Asir, and Elqanah, and Avi'asaf. These are the families of Korah.
[EXO.6.25] And Eleazar, the son of Aaron, took for himself a wife from the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Pinchas. These are the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families.
[EXO.6.26] It is Aaron and Moses, that Yahveh said to them, "Lead out the Israelites from the land of Egypt with their armies."
[EXO.6.27] They are the ones speaking to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt. It is Moses and Aaron.
[EXO.6.28] And it came to pass on the day that Yahveh spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt.
[EXO.6.29] And Yahveh spoke to Moses, saying, "I am Yahveh. Speak to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, all that I speak to you."
[EXO.6.30] And Moses said before Yahveh: Behold, I am uncircumcised of lips, and how will Pharaoh hear to me?
EXO.7
[EXO.7.1] And Yahveh said to Moses, "See, I have set you as the Gods to Pharaoh, and Aaron your brother will be your prophet."
[EXO.7.2] You will speak all that I command you, and Aaron your brother will speak to Pharaoh, and he will send out the children of Israel from his land.
[EXO.7.3] And I will harden the heart of Pharaoh, and I increased my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.
[EXO.7.4] And Pharaoh will not listen to you. And I will stretch out my hand in Egypt, and I will lead out my armies—my people, the children of Israel—from the land of Egypt with great judgments.
[EXO.7.5] Egypt will know that Yahveh is Yahveh when I stretch out my hand over Egypt and bring the children of Israel out from within it.
[EXO.7.6] And Moses and Aaron did as Yahveh commanded them, thus they did.
[EXO.7.7] Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron was eighty-three years old when they spoke to Pharaoh.
[EXO.7.8] And Yahveh said to Moses and to Aaron, saying:
[EXO.7.9] For Pharaoh will speak to you, saying, "Give to yourselves a sign." And you shall say to Aaron, "Take your staff and throw it before Pharaoh; let it become a serpent."
[EXO.7.10] Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh, and they did so as Yahveh had commanded. Aaron threw his staff before Pharaoh and before his servants, and it became a serpent.
[EXO.7.11] And Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers, and they also did the magical tricks of Egypt with their spells, thus.
[EXO.7.12] And each man threw down his staff, and they became serpents. And the staff of Aaron swallowed their staffs.
[EXO.7.13] And Pharaoh’s heart was made strong, and he did not listen to them, as Yahveh had spoken.
[EXO.7.14] And Yahveh said to Moses, "Pharaoh’s heart is heavy; he refuses to let the people go."
[EXO.7.15] Go to Pharaoh in the morning, behold, he is going out to the water, and you shall stand to meet him at the edge of the river, and you shall take in your hand the staff which was turned into a snake.
[EXO.7.16] And you shall say to him, "Yahveh, the Gods of the Hebrews, sent me to you to say, "Send forth my people, and let them serve me in the wilderness." And behold, you have not heard until now."
[EXO.7.17] Thus says Yahveh, by this you shall know that I am Yahveh. Behold, I will strike with the staff that is in my hand upon the water that is in the river, and it will be turned into blood.
[EXO.7.18] And the fish that is in the river will die, and because of the river's bad state, Egypt will be unable to drink water from the river.
[EXO.7.19] And Yahveh said to Moses, "Tell Aaron to take his staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their streams, and over their ponds, and over all collections of their waters, and they will become blood. And there will be blood throughout the land of Egypt, in the trees and in the stones."
[EXO.7.20] And Moses and Aaron did so, as Yahveh commanded. And he lifted with the staff and struck the water that was in the river before the eyes of Pharaoh and before the eyes of his servants, and all the water that was in the river turned into blood.
[EXO.7.21] And the fish that are in the river died, and the river stank. And the Egyptians could not drink water from the river. And there was blood throughout the land of Egypt.
[EXO.7.22] And they did so with their tools, and the heart of Pharaoh was strengthened, and he did not listen to them, as Yahveh had spoken.
[EXO.7.23] And Pharaoh turned and went to his house, and did not set his heart to this also.
[EXO.7.24] And all the Egyptians dug around the river for water to drink, because they could not drink from the waters of the river.
[EXO.7.25] And seven days were completed after the Gods struck the Nile.
[EXO.7.26] And Yahveh said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh, and you shall say to him, 'Thus says Yahveh: Release my people, that they may serve me.'
[EXO.7.27] And if you refuse to send, behold, I will strike all your territory with frogs.
[EXO.7.28] And the river will swarm with frogs, and they will come up and enter your house, and into the room of your bedchamber, and onto your bed, and into the house of your servants, and among your people, and into your ovens and into your kneading troughs.
[EXO.7.29] And in your distress, and in your people, and in all your servants, the frogs will come up.
EXO.8
[EXO.8.1] And Yahveh said to Moses, "Say to Aaron, stretch out your hand with your staff upon the rivers, upon the streams, and upon the lakes, and bring forth the frogs upon the land of Egypt."
[EXO.8.2] And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frog came up and covered the land of Egypt.
[EXO.8.3] And they did so, the magicians with their spells, and they brought up the frogs upon the land of Egypt.
[EXO.8.4] And Pharaoh called to Moses and to Aaron, and he said, "Entreat Yahveh that he may remove the frogs from me and from my people, and I will send the people away, and they will sacrifice to Yahveh."
[EXO.8.5] And Moses said to Pharaoh, “How long will you boast over me? Tell me when you will ask that the frogs be destroyed from you and from your servants and from your people, to remove the frogs from you and from your houses, so that they remain only in the river?”
[EXO.8.6] And he said, "Tomorrow," and he said, "According to your word, so that you may know that there is not like Yahveh, the Gods our."
[EXO.8.7] And the frogs will depart from you, and from your houses, and from your servants, and from your people, only in the river will they remain.
[EXO.8.8] And Moses and Aaron went forth from with Pharaoh, and Moses cried out to Yahveh concerning the matter of the frogs that He had put upon Pharaoh.
[EXO.8.9] And Yahveh did as the word of Moses, and the frogs died from the houses, from the courtyards, and from the fields.
[EXO.8.10] And they gathered them, locusts, locusts, and the land became foul.
[EXO.8.11] And Pharaoh saw that there was prosperity, and he made his heart heavy, and he did not listen to them, as Yahveh had spoken.
[EXO.8.12] And Yahveh said to Moses, "Say to Aaron, stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the land, and it will become gnats in all the land of Egypt."
[EXO.8.13] And they did so, and Aaron extended his hand with his staff and struck the dust of the land, and it became lice on humankind and on livestock. All the dust of the land was lice throughout all the land of Egypt.
[EXO.8.14] And the magicians did so with their magic to bring forth the frogs, and they could not. And the frogs were on the person and on the animal.
[EXO.8.15] And the magicians said to Pharaoh, "It is a finger of the Gods." And he strengthened the heart of Pharaoh, and he did not listen to them, as Yahveh spoke.
[EXO.8.16] And Yahveh said to Moses, "Rise early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, behold, he is going out to the water, and you shall say to him, 'Thus says Yahveh, release my people, that they may worship me.'
[EXO.8.17] But if you do not send my people, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon you, and upon your servants, and upon your people, and into your houses. The houses of Egypt will be filled with flies, and also the land upon which they are.
[EXO.8.18] And I will perform a wonder on that day upon the land of Goshen, where my people stand, so that there will not be swarming insects there. So that you may know that I, Yahveh, am within the land.
[EXO.8.19] And I will place redemption between my people and between your people. Tomorrow this sign will be.
[EXO.8.20] And Yahveh did so, and a heavy swarm came into the house of Pharaoh and into the house of his servants, and all the land of Egypt was corrupted because of the swarm.
[EXO.8.21] And Pharaoh called to Moses and to Aaron, and he said, "Go, sacrifice to your Gods in the land."
[EXO.8.22] Moses said, "It is not right to do so, for it would be an abomination to Yahveh, our God, to worship the Gods of Egypt. Indeed, we will sacrifice the abominations of Egypt before their eyes, and they will not stone us."
[EXO.8.23] We will go for three days into the wilderness and sacrifice to Yahveh, our Gods, as He will say to us.
[EXO.8.24] And Pharaoh said, "I will send you, and you will sacrifice to Yahveh, your Gods, in the wilderness, but do not go too far away to go. Pray for me."
[EXO.8.25] Moses said, "Behold, I am going out from you and I will petition Yahveh, and the frogs will depart from Pharaoh, his servants, and his people tomorrow. Only let not Pharaoh continue to act deceptively by refusing to send the people to sacrifice to Yahveh."
[EXO.8.26] And Moses went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and he prayed to Yahveh.
[EXO.8.27] And Yahveh did according to the word of Moshe, and He removed the plague of frogs from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people. Not one remained.
[EXO.8.28] And Pharaoh made his heart heavy, also this time, and he did not send out the people.
EXO.9
[EXO.9.1] And Yahveh said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh and you shall speak to him, thus says Yahveh, the God of the Hebrews: Send forth my people, and let them worship me."
[EXO.9.2] For if you refuse to send them forth, and still you hold them?
[EXO.9.3] Indeed, the hand of Yahveh will be upon your livestock that are in the field, upon the horses, upon the donkeys, upon the camels, upon the cattle, and upon the sheep. A severe plague will be extremely heavy.
[EXO.9.4] And Yahveh will distinguish between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, and nothing will die of all the children of Israel.
[EXO.9.5] And Yahveh set an appointed time, declaring, "Tomorrow Yahveh will do this thing in the land."
[EXO.9.6] And Yahveh did this thing on the next day, and He killed all the livestock of Egypt, and from the livestock of the children of Israel, not one died.
[EXO.9.7] And Pharaoh sent, and behold, not one animal of the livestock of Israel had died, not even one. And the heart of Pharaoh became heavy, and he did not send the people away.
[EXO.9.8] And Yahveh said to Moses and to Aaron, "Take for yourselves handfuls of soot from a furnace, and Moses shall throw it toward the sky before the eyes of Pharaoh."
[EXO.9.9] And it will become dust upon all the land of Egypt, and it will be upon the person and upon the animal, a disease breaking out in blisters throughout all the land of Egypt.
[EXO.9.10] And they took the soot from the furnace, and they stood before Pharaoh, and Moses threw it toward the heavens, and there came boils erupting on humankind and on livestock.
[EXO.9.11] And the magicians were unable to stand before Moses because of the boils, for the boils were upon the magicians and throughout Egypt.
[EXO.9.12] And Yahveh strengthened the heart of Pharaoh, and he did not listen to them, as Yahveh had spoken to Moses.
[EXO.9.13] And Yahveh said to Moses, "Rise early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh, and say to him, ‘Thus says Yahveh, the God of the Hebrews: Release my people, that they may worship me.’
[EXO.9.14] For at this time I send all my plagues to your heart, and to your servants, and to your people, in order that you may know that there is none like me in all the land.
[EXO.9.15] For now I have sent my hand, and I have afflicted you and your people with the word, and you have been cut off from the land.
[EXO.9.16] However, for this reason I have established you, in order to show you my power, and in order that my name be told throughout the land.
[EXO.9.17] Are you still twisting among my people so as not to send them away?
[EXO.9.18] Behold, I will rain even tomorrow hail, heavy very. That which has not been like it in Egypt from the day it was founded until now.
[EXO.9.19] And now, send out your livestock and all that you have in the field. All the people and the animals that are found in the field – do not gather them into the house, and hail will come down on them and they will die.
[EXO.9.20] The one fearing the word of Yahveh, from the servants of Pharaoh, caused his servants and his livestock to be taken into the houses.
[EXO.9.21] And what happened was, he did not pay attention to the word of Yahveh, and he abandoned his servants and his livestock in the field.
[EXO.9.22] And Yahveh said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward the heavens, and let there be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon humankind and upon the livestock and upon all the plants of the field in the land of Egypt."
[EXO.9.23] And Moses bent his staff towards the heavens, and Yahveh gave voices and hail, and fire walked to the land, and Yahveh rained hail upon the land of Egypt.
[EXO.9.24] And it happened, hail and fire were flashing within the hail, very heavy, which had not been like it in all the land of Egypt from the time it became a nation.
[EXO.9.25] And the hail struck in all the land of Egypt, all that was in the field, from humankind to livestock, and the hail struck all the grass of the field and broke all the trees of the field.
[EXO.9.26] Only in the land of Goshen was there no hail among the children of Israel.
[EXO.9.27] And Pharaoh sent and called to Moses and to Aaron, and said to them, "I have sinned this time. Yahveh is the Righteous, and I and my people are the wicked."
[EXO.9.28] Beseech Yahveh, and great is the sound of the Gods and thunder, and I will send you, and you will not add to standing.
[EXO.9.29] And Moses said to him, as I go out of the city, I will stretch my hands to Yahveh. The voices will cease and the hail will not be anymore, so that you may know that to Yahveh belongs the land.
[EXO.9.30] And you, and your servants, I have known that before you will fear in the presence of Yahveh, the Gods.
[EXO.9.31] And the flax and the barley were struck, because the barley is spring growth and the flax is stalk.
[EXO.9.32] And the spelt and the barley were not beaten, for they are green.
[EXO.9.33] And Moses went out from with Pharaoh, the city, and he stretched out his hands to Yahveh, and the sounds and the hail ceased, and rain was not poured on the land.
[EXO.9.34] And Pharaoh saw that the rain had ceased, and the hail, and the sounds, and he added to sin. And he made his heart heavy, he and his servants.
[EXO.9.35] And Pharaoh’s heart was strengthened, and he did not release the sons of Israel, as Yahveh spoke by the hand of Moses.
EXO.10
[EXO.10.1] And Yahveh said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his servants, in order that I may put these signs of mine in his midst."
[EXO.10.2] And in order that you may recount to the ear of your son and the son of your son, what I inflicted upon Egypt, and the signs that I set among them, and you may know that I am Yahveh.
[EXO.10.3] And Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh, and they said to him, "Thus says Yahveh, the Gods of the Hebrews: How long will you refuse to answer before me? Send forth my people, and let them worship me."
[EXO.10.4] For if you refuse to send my people, behold, I will bring a swarm into your territory tomorrow.
[EXO.10.5] And it covered the eye of the land, and it will not be able to see the land, and it will consume the remainder of the escaped produce that is left for you from the hail, and it will consume all the tree growing for you from the field.
[EXO.10.6] And your houses shall be filled, and the houses of all your servants, and the houses of all Egypt, with a prosperity that your fathers and the fathers of your fathers have not seen from the day they were upon the earth until this day. And he turned and departed from the presence of Pharaoh.
[EXO.10.7] And the servants of Pharaoh said to him, "Until when will this be a snare to us? Send the men, and let them serve Yahveh, their God. Do you not yet know that Egypt is ruined?"
[EXO.10.8] He seated Moses and Aaron before Pharaoh and said to them, "Go, serve Yahveh, your God. Who and who will go?"
[EXO.10.9] And Moses said, "We will go with our young men and with our elders. We will go with our sons and with our daughters, with our sheep and with our cattle, for the festival of Yahveh is for us."
[EXO.10.10] And he said to them, "May it be so, Yahveh be with you, as I send you and your little ones. See, evil is against your faces."
[EXO.10.11] It is not so; go, worship Yahveh, for it is He you seek. And Pharaoh expelled them from before his face.
[EXO.10.12] And Yahveh said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt with the locusts, and they will come up onto the land of Egypt and eat all the grass of the land, all that the hail left."
[EXO.10.13] And Moses stretched his staff over the land of Egypt, and Yahveh drove an east wind across the land all that day and all that night. The morning came, and the east wind carried the locusts.
[EXO.10.14] And the locust went up over all the land of Egypt, and settled within all the borders of Egypt, very heavy. Before it, there had not been a locust like this, and after it, there will not be one like it.
[EXO.10.15] And it covered all of the land, and the land darkened, and it ate all the grass of the land, and all the fruit of the trees that the hail had left, and no greenery remained in the trees and in the grass of the field in all the land of Egypt.
[EXO.10.16] And Pharaoh hastened to call for Moses and for Aaron, and he said, "I have sinned against Yahveh, the Gods of you, and against you."
[EXO.10.17] And now, please bear my sin this one time, and plead with Yahveh, the Gods of you, and may He remove from me only this death.
[EXO.10.18] And he went out from with Pharaoh and he supplicated to Yahveh.
[EXO.10.19] And Yahveh turned a very strong wind of the sea, and He lifted the locusts and cast them into the Red Sea. Not one locust remained within all the border of Egypt.
[EXO.10.20] And Yahveh strengthened the heart of Pharaoh, and he did not let the children of Israel go.
[EXO.10.21] And Yahveh said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand upon the heavens, and there will be darkness over the land of Egypt, and darkness will cover it."
[EXO.10.22] And Moses stretched out his hand toward the heavens, and there was darkness, thick darkness, throughout all the land of Egypt for three days.
[EXO.10.23] People did not see each other, and no one rose from where they were for three days, but for all the children of Israel there was light in their settlements.
[EXO.10.24] And Pharaoh called to Moses and said, "Go, serve Yahveh, only your sheep and your cattle shall remain. Also, your children shall go with you."
[EXO.10.25] And Moses said, "Also you will give into our hand sacrifices and burnt offerings, and we will do them to Yahveh, our Gods."
[EXO.10.26] And also our livestock will go with us; not a hoof will be left behind, for from it we will take to worship Yahveh, the Gods, our Gods. And we do not know how we will worship Yahveh until we arrive there.
[EXO.10.27] And Yahveh strengthened the heart of Pharaoh, and he was not willing to let them go.
[EXO.10.28] And he said to him, Pharaoh, “Go from before me. Beware for yourself, do not see my face again, for in the day of your seeing my face, you will die.”
[EXO.10.29] And Moses said, "Thus you have spoken. I will not continue to see your face anymore."
EXO.11
[EXO.11.1] And Yahveh said to Moses, "Still one plague I will bring upon Pharaoh and upon Egypt; after that, he will let you go from this place, as he sends you. Completely, he will drive you out from this place."
[EXO.11.2] Please speak to the ears of the people, and let them ask each man from his friend, and each woman from her friend, vessels of silver and vessels of gold.
[EXO.11.3] And Yahveh gave favor to the people in the eyes of Egypt, and also the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the eyes of Pharaoh’s servants and in the eyes of the people.
[EXO.11.4] And Moses said, "Thus says Yahveh: At midnight I will go out in the midst of Egypt."
[EXO.11.5] And died all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, even to the firstborn of the female slave who is behind the hand mill, and all the firstborn of animals.
[EXO.11.6] And there will be an outcry, great, in all the land of Egypt, that like it has not been, and like it will not repeat.
[EXO.11.7] And to all the children of Israel, no dog will sharpen its tongue against a man, even to an animal, so that you may know that Yahveh distinguishes between Egypt and Israel.
[EXO.11.8] And they shall come down, all your servants these, to me, and they shall prostrate themselves to me, saying, "Go you, and all the people who are at your feet." And after that I will go. And he went out from the presence of Pharaoh, hastily.
[EXO.11.9] And Yahveh said to Moses, "Pharaoh will not listen to you, for the purpose of multiplying my signs in the land of Egypt."
[EXO.11.10] And Moses and Aaron did all these miracles before Pharaoh, and Yahveh strengthened the heart of Pharaoh, and he did not send the people of Israel from his land.
EXO.12
[EXO.12.1] And Yahveh said to Moses and to Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying:
[EXO.12.2] This month is for you the head of months, it is the first for you to the months of the year.
[EXO.12.3] Speak to all the assembly of Israel, saying, "On the tenth of this month, each man shall take a lamb for the house of ancestors, one lamb for the household."
[EXO.12.4] And if the household is too small to have enough people for a lamb, then he shall take it and his neighbor who is closest to his house, and they will count the number of people, with each person according to what they eat, so they may cover the lamb.
[EXO.12.5] A perfect male, one year old, it will be for you, from the lambs and from the goats you will take.
[EXO.12.6] And it will be for you to keep until the fourteenth day of this month, and they shall slaughter it, all the congregation of the assembly of Israel between the evenings.
[EXO.12.7] And they shall take from the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel, on the houses where they shall eat it within them.
[EXO.12.8] And they will eat the meat this night, roasted by fire, and unleavened bread with bitter herbs, they will eat it.
[EXO.12.9] Do not eat from it, please, and cooked boiled in water, but roasted with fire, its head upon its legs and upon its inwards.
[EXO.12.10] And you shall not leave any of it until morning, and what remains of it until morning you shall burn in the fire.
[EXO.12.11] And thus you will eat it, your loins loined, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand, and you will eat it with haste, for it is the Passover to Yahveh.
[EXO.12.12] And I will pass through the land of Egypt in the night this time, and I will strike every firstborn in the land of Egypt from man and up to animal, and upon all the Gods of Egypt I will execute judgments. I am Yahveh.
[EXO.12.13] And the blood shall be to you a sign on the houses where you are, and when I, Yahveh, see the blood, I will pass over you, and there will not be a plague among you to destroy when I strike the land of Egypt.
[EXO.12.14] And this day will be to you for remembrance, and you shall celebrate it as a festival to Yahveh for your generations, a statute of forever you shall celebrate it.
[EXO.12.15] For seven days you will eat unleavened bread, but on the first day you will remove leaven from your houses, for everyone who eats leaven will have that soul cut off from Israel, from the first day until the seventh day.
[EXO.12.16] And on the first day, a holy gathering it shall be, and on the seventh day a holy gathering it shall be for you. All work shall not be done in them, but only what must be eaten for every life is to be done for you.
[EXO.12.17] And you shall keep the unleavened breads, for on this very day, Yahveh brought your armies out of the land of Egypt. And you shall keep this day for your generations as a statute forever.
[EXO.12.18] In the beginning, on the fourteenth day of the month, in the evening, you will eat unleavened bread until the day the one and twentieth of the month in the evening.
[EXO.12.19] For seven days, leaven shall not be found in your homes, because anyone who eats leavened bread, that soul shall be cut off from the assembly of Israel, whether a native-born or a foreigner residing in the land.
[EXO.12.20] You shall not eat all leavening. In all your dwellings, you shall eat unleavened bread.
[EXO.12.21] And Moses called to all the elders of Israel and said to them, "Prepare and take for yourselves flock for your families, and slaughter the Passover."
[EXO.12.22] And you will take a bundle of hyssop and you will dip it in the blood which is on the threshold, and you will reach to the lintel and to the two doorposts from the blood which is on the threshold, and you shall not go out any man from the opening of his house until morning.
[EXO.12.23] And Yahveh passed over to strike Egypt, and he saw the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts. And Yahveh passed over the entrance, and he would not allow the destroyer to come into your homes to strike.
[EXO.12.24] And you will keep this word as a law for you and for your sons until forever.
[EXO.12.25] And it will be that when you come to the land that Yahveh will give to you, as He spoke, then you shall keep this service.
[EXO.12.26] And it will be that when your sons say to you, "What is this worship for you?"
[EXO.12.27] And you shall say, "The sacrifice of the Passover is for Yahveh, who passed over the houses of the sons of Israel in Egypt when He struck Egypt and saved our homes." Then the people bowed down and worshiped.
[EXO.12.28] And they went and the Israelites did as Yahveh commanded Moses and Aaron; thus they did.
[EXO.12.29] And it happened in the half of the night, and Yahveh struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, up to the firstborn of the captive who is in the house of the pit, and all the firstborn of animals.
[EXO.12.30] And Pharaoh rose in the night, he and all his servants and all of Egypt, and there was a great cry in Egypt, because there was no house where there was not someone dead.
[EXO.12.31] And He called to Moses and to Aaron at night, and He said, "Arise, go out from among my people, you also, and the children of Israel, and go and serve Yahveh according to your words."
[EXO.12.32] Also take your sheep and your cattle as you have spoken, and go, and you will bless also me.
[EXO.12.33] And Egypt strengthened itself against the people to hasten sending them from the land, because they said, "All of us are dying."
[EXO.12.34] And the people took their dough before it was leavened, and their provisions were wrapped in cloths upon their shoulders.
[EXO.12.35] And the sons of Israel did according to the word of Moses, and they asked from Egypt articles of silver and articles of gold and clothing.
[EXO.12.36] And Yahveh gave favor to the people in the eyes of Egypt, and they borrowed from them, and they plundered Egypt.
[EXO.12.37] And the Israelites departed from Ramses to Succoth, approximately six hundred thousand men on foot, excluding children.
[EXO.12.38] And also a great mixed multitude went up with them, and sheep and cattle, livestock very numerous.
[EXO.12.39] And they baked the dough that they had brought out of Egypt into unleavened cakes, because it had not become leavened, for they were driven out of Egypt and could not delay, and also they did not make provisions for themselves.
[EXO.12.40] The dwelling place of the sons of Israel, which they inhabited in Egypt, was thirty years and four hundred years.
[EXO.12.41] And it came to pass, at the end of thirty years and four hundred years, that on this very day all the armies of Yahveh departed from the land of Egypt.
[EXO.12.42] This night of watching belongs to Yahveh, to bring them out of the land of Egypt. This very night belongs to Yahveh, a watching for all the children of Israel for their generations.
[EXO.12.43] And Yahveh said to Moses and Aaron, "This is the law of the Passover: every son of a stranger shall not eat of it."
[EXO.12.44] And every servant, a man, purchased with silver, and circumcised is he, then he may eat of his provision.
[EXO.12.45] The resident alien and the hired worker shall not eat from it.
[EXO.12.46] In one house it will be eaten. You will not bring any of the flesh outside of the house, and you will not break any bone in it.
[EXO.12.47] All the congregation of Israel will do it.
[EXO.12.48] And if a resident alien dwells with you and makes a Passover sacrifice to Yahveh, let every male among them be circumcised, and then he may approach to perform it, and he shall be as a native of the land. And every uncircumcised one shall not eat of it.
[EXO.12.49] One law will be for the citizen and for the foreigner who dwells in your midst.
[EXO.12.50] And all the sons of Israel did as Yahveh commanded to Moses and to Aaron, thus they did.
[EXO.12.51] And it happened on this very day that Yahveh brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt with their armies.
EXO.13
[EXO.13.1] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[EXO.13.2] Everything firstborn is holy to the Gods, the opening of every womb among the sons of Israel, both in humankind and in the beast. It is the Gods’.
[EXO.13.3] And Moses said to the people, "Remember this day, when you exited Egypt from the house of slaves, for Yahveh brought you out of there with a strong hand, and no leavened bread shall be eaten."
[EXO.13.4] The day you are going out is in the month of spring.
[EXO.13.5] And it will be that when Yahveh brings you to the land of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, which God swore to your ancestors to give to you, a land flowing with milk and honey, you shall serve this service in this month.
[EXO.13.6] For seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there will be a feast to Yahveh.
[EXO.13.7] Unleavened breads shall be eaten for seven days, and no leaven shall be seen by you, and no leaven shall be seen by you in all your territory.
[EXO.13.8] And you shall tell your son on that day, saying, “Because of this, Yahveh did this for me when I came out of Egypt.”
[EXO.13.9] And it will be to you as a sign upon your hand, and as a reminder between your eyes, in order that the law of Yahveh may be in your mouth, for with a strong hand Yahveh brought you out of Egypt.
[EXO.13.10] And you shall keep this statute for its appointed time, from days to days.
[EXO.13.11] And it will be that when Yahveh brings you to the land of the Canaanites, as He swore to you and to your ancestors, and gives it to you.
[EXO.13.12] And you shall dedicate all the firstborn of the womb to Yahveh, and all the firstborn of animals that will be yours, the males to Yahveh.
[EXO.13.13] And every firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb, and if you do not redeem it, you shall break its neck. And every firstborn of mankind among your sons you shall redeem.
[EXO.13.14] And it will be that when your son asks you tomorrow saying, "What is this?", you will say to him, "With a strong hand the Gods brought us out of Egypt, from the house of slaves."
[EXO.13.15] And it came to pass, because Pharaoh hardened his heart against letting us go, that Yahveh killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of man to the firstborn of animals. Therefore, I sacrifice to Yahveh all firstborn males of animals, and all my firstborn sons I redeem.
[EXO.13.16] And it will be as a sign upon your hand, and as frontlets between your eyes, for with the strength of hand Yahveh brought us out from Egypt.
[EXO.13.17] And it happened when Pharaoh sent the people away, the Gods did not lead them by the way of the land of the Philistines, because it was near. For the Gods said, "Lest the people change their minds when they see warfare and return to Egypt."
[EXO.13.18] And the Gods turned the people towards the way of the wilderness of the Red Sea, and the armed sons of Israel ascended from the land of Egypt.
[EXO.13.19] And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for the Gods had made the sons of Israel swear, saying, "God will surely visit you, and you will bring up my bones from here with you."
[EXO.13.20] And they journeyed from Sukkot, and they camped at Etam, at the edge of the wilderness.
[EXO.13.21] And Yahveh goes before them by day in a pillar of cloud to make them rest the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to light for them to go by day and by night.
[EXO.13.22] The pillar of the cloud did not remove itself by day, and the pillar of the fire by night, before the people.
EXO.14
[EXO.14.1] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[EXO.14.2] Speak to the sons of Israel, and have them turn back and camp before the mouths of the narrows, between Migdol and the Sea, before Baal-zephon. They are to camp facing the Sea.
[EXO.14.3] And Pharaoh said to the children of Israel, "They are scattered ones in the land. He has closed the desert upon them."
[EXO.14.4] And I will strengthen the heart of Pharaoh, and he will pursue after them. And I will be honored by Pharaoh and by all his army, and Egypt will know that I am Yahveh. And they did so.
[EXO.14.5] And it was told to the king of Egypt that the people had fled, and the heart of Pharaoh and his servants turned against the people. Then they said, "What is this that we have done, that we sent Israel from being our servants?"
[EXO.14.6] And he restrained his chariot and he took his people with him.
[EXO.14.7] And he took six hundred select chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and a third to be over them all.
[EXO.14.8] And Yahveh strengthened the heart of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel. And the children of Israel were departing with a raised hand.
[EXO.14.9] And Egypt pursued after them, and overtook them camped by the sea, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh and his horsemen and his army, at the mouth of the crossings, before Baal Zephon.
[EXO.14.10] And Pharaoh drew near, and the sons of Israel lifted up their eyes, and behold, Egypt was traveling behind them. And they feared greatly, and the sons of Israel cried out to Yahveh.
[EXO.14.11] And they said to Moses, “Is there not enough graves in Egypt that you took us to die in the wilderness? What is it that you have done to us, to bring us out of Egypt?”
[EXO.14.12] Is this not the thing that we spoke to you in Egypt, saying, ‘Stop from it, and let us serve Egypt, for it is good for us to serve Egypt rather than to die in the wilderness?’
[EXO.14.13] Moses said to the people, "Do not be afraid. Stand firm and see the salvation of Yahveh that He will perform for you today. For what you have seen of Egypt today, you will not see them again, ever."
[EXO.14.14] Yahveh will fight for you, and you will remain silent.
[EXO.14.15] And Yahveh said to Moses, "What are you crying out to me for? Speak to the children of Israel, and let them journey."
[EXO.14.16] And you, lift up your staff, and stretch out your hand over the sea and split it, and the sons of Israel will come within the sea on the dry land.
[EXO.14.17] And I, here I am, strengthening the heart of Egypt, and they will come after them, and I will be honored through Pharaoh and through all his army, through his chariots and through his horsemen.
[EXO.14.18] And Egypt will know that I am Yahveh, when I have been honored in Pharaoh, in his chariot, and in his horsemen.
[EXO.14.19] And the angel of the Gods who goes before the camp of Israel journeyed, and went behind them. And the pillar of cloud lifted from before them and stood behind them.
[EXO.14.20] And it came to pass that it entered between the camp of Egypt and between the camp of Israel, and the cloud and the darkness provided light for the night, and neither one approached the other throughout the night.
[EXO.14.21] And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and Yahveh drove back the sea with a wind from the east, strong all the night, and He made the sea dry land, and the waters were split apart.
[EXO.14.22] The sons of Israel came into the midst of the sea on dry ground, and the waters were a wall for them on their right and on their left.
[EXO.14.23] And Egypt pursued, and they came after them, all of Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen, into the midst of the sea.
[EXO.14.24] Now it happened in the morning watch, and Yahveh gazed upon the camp of Egypt, through a pillar of fire and cloud. And He troubled the camp of Egypt.
[EXO.14.25] And he troubled the wheels of their chariots, and he made them move with heaviness. And Egypt said, "I will flee from before Israel, for Yahveh fights for them in Egypt."
[EXO.14.26] And Yahveh said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand over the sea, and the waters shall return upon Egypt, upon their chariots and upon their horsemen."
[EXO.14.27] And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned at dawn to its strength, and Egypt fled toward it. And Yahveh discomfited Egypt within the sea.
[EXO.14.28] And the waters returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen, all the force of Pharaoh who came after them into the sea. Not one remained among them.
[EXO.14.29] And the children of Israel walked on the dry land within the Sea, and the waters were a wall for them, from their right and from their left.
[EXO.14.30] And Yahveh saved Israel on that day from the hand of Egypt, and Israel saw Egypt dead on the shore of the sea.
[EXO.14.31] And Israel saw the great hand that Yahveh did in Egypt, and the people feared Yahveh and believed in Yahveh and in Moses, his servant.
EXO.15
[EXO.15.1] Then Moses and the sons of Israel sang this song to Yahveh, and they said, “I will sing to Yahveh, for He is exalted, exceedingly exalted; horse and its rider He has cast into the sea.”
[EXO.15.2] My strength and my song of praise are Yahveh, and he has been for me salvation. This is my God, and I will praise him. God of my father, and I will exalt him.
[EXO.15.3] Yahveh is a man of war, Yahveh is His name.
[EXO.15.4] The chariots of Pharaoh and his army Yahveh threw into the sea, and the selection of his elite sank in the Sea of Reeds.
[EXO.15.5] The deeps will cover them; they will descend into the depths like a stone.
[EXO.15.6] Your right hand, Yahveh, is mighty with power. Your right hand, Yahveh, will shatter the enemy.
[EXO.15.7] And in the abundance of your power, you will destroy those who rise up against you. You will release your wrath, and it will consume them like straw.
[EXO.15.8] And with the breath of your nose, the waters were piled up, they stood like a heap, flowing. The depths froze in the heart of the sea.
[EXO.15.9] The enemy says, "I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil. My soul will be filled, I will draw my sword, my hand will possess."
[EXO.15.10] You breathed, and your breath covered the sea, so its waters solidified like lead in mighty waters.
[EXO.15.11] Who is like you among the gods, Yahveh? Who is like you, majestic in holiness? Awesome are the praises of the one doing wonders.
[EXO.15.12] You have stretched out your right hand, the earth will swallow him.
[EXO.15.13] You descended with your kindness, you redeemed this people. You led with your strength to a dwelling of your holiness.
[EXO.15.14] Hear, peoples, they tremble. Pain seized the inhabitants of Philistia.
[EXO.15.15] Then the chiefs of Edom were afraid, the strong men of Moab, trembling seized them, all inhabitants of Canaan melted.
[EXO.15.16] Terror and fear will fall upon them by the greatness of your arm; they will be as stone until your people, Yahveh, pass by, until the people you have acquired pass by.
[EXO.15.17] Bring them and plant them on the mountain of Your inheritance, a place for Your dwelling which You have acted to create, Yahveh. The sanctuary of my Lord, Your hands have established it.
[EXO.15.18] Yahveh will reign forever and to eternity.
[EXO.15.19] For the horse of Pharaoh came with his chariot and his horsemen into the sea, and Yahveh intervened upon them, the waters of the sea. And the sons of Israel walked on the dry land within the sea.
[EXO.15.20] And Miriam, the prophetess, sister of Aaron, took the timbrel in her hand, and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
[EXO.15.21] And she responded to them, Miriam, saying, “Sing to Yahveh, for exalted is the exalted one! Horse and its rider are thrown into the sea.”
[EXO.15.22] And Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the Desert of Shur. And they walked for three days in the desert and did not find water.
[EXO.15.23] And they came to Marah, but they could not drink the water of Marah, for it was bitter. Therefore, they called its name Marah.
[EXO.15.24] And the people complained against Moses, saying, "What shall we drink?"
[EXO.15.25] And he cried out to Yahveh, and Yahveh showed him a tree, and he threw it into the waters, and the waters became sweet there. There Yahveh made a law and a judgement for him, and there He tested him.
[EXO.15.26] And He said, "If you listen, you will hear the voice of Yahveh, the Gods of you, and do what is right in His eyes, and if you incline your ear to His commands and keep all His statutes, then none of the diseases that I placed on Egypt will come upon you, for I am Yahveh, your healer."
[EXO.15.27] And they came to Elim, and there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there by the water.
EXO.16
[EXO.16.1] And they journeyed from Eilim, and all the assembly of the children of Israel came to the Desert of Sin, which is between Eilim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departure from the land of Egypt.
[EXO.16.2] And the entire assembly of the children of Israel complained against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness.
[EXO.16.3] And the Israelites said to Moses and Aaron, "If only we had died by the hand of Yahveh in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pots of meat and ate bread to fullness! For you have brought us out into this wilderness to cause all this assembly to die of hunger."
[EXO.16.4] And Yahveh said to Moses, "Behold, I will rain bread for you from the sky, and the people will go out and gather a portion for each day, so that I may test whether they will walk in my instruction or not."
[EXO.16.5] And it will be on the sixth day that you prepare that which they bring, and it will be double over that which they gather day by day.
[EXO.16.6] And Moses and Aaron said to all the children of Israel, "This evening you will know that Yahveh brought you out of the land of Egypt."
[EXO.16.7] And in the morning you will see the glory of Yahveh when He hears your complaints against Yahveh. And what are we, that you complain against us?
[EXO.16.8] And Moses said, "When Yahveh gave you meat in the evening to eat and bread in the morning to satisfy you, when Yahveh heard your complaints, which you utter against Him, why do your complaints come upon us? For your complaints are not against us, but against Yahveh."
[EXO.16.9] And Moses said to Aaron, "Say to all the assembly of the children of Israel, ‘Draw near before Yahveh, for Yahveh has heard your complaints.’"
[EXO.16.10] And it happened, as Aaron spoke to all the assembly of the children of Israel, that they turned toward the wilderness, and behold, the glory of Yahveh appeared in a cloud.
[EXO.16.11] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[EXO.16.12] I have heard the complaints of the children of Israel. Speak to them, saying: Between the evenings you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread, and you will know that I, Yahveh, the Gods, am God to you.
[EXO.16.13] And it happened in the evening, and quail ascended and covered the camp. And in the morning, the layer of dew was around the camp.
[EXO.16.14] And the layer of the dew ascended, and behold, upon the face of the desert, a fine, coarse fineness, like frost upon the land.
[EXO.16.15] And the sons of Israel saw and said, each to his brother, "What is it?" because they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, "It is the bread that Yahveh has given to you to eat."
[EXO.16.16] This is the thing that Yahveh commanded: gather from it, each according to his eating, an omer per head, according to the number of your persons, each for those in his tent you shall take.
[EXO.16.17] And the Israelites did so, and they gathered, the one who gathered much and the one who gathered little.
[EXO.16.18] And they measured by the omer, and the one who gathered more did not have an excess, and the one who gathered less did not lack. Each person gathered according to their eating, as the Gods provided.
[EXO.16.19] And Moses said to them, let no man take more than his share until morning.
[EXO.16.20] And they did not listen to Moses, and they left men from among it until morning, and worms rose up and it became rotten. And Moses became angry with them, the Gods.
[EXO.16.21] And they gathered it in the morning, morning by morning, each according to his eating. And the heat of the sun was intense, and it melted.
[EXO.16.22] And it came to be on the sixth day that they gathered bread, a double portion, two of the omer for one. And all the leaders of the congregation came and told Moses.
[EXO.16.23] And He said to them, "This is what Yahveh has spoken: a day of rest, a holy Sabbath to Yahveh, tomorrow. What you bake, bake it, and what you cook, cook it. And let all the remainder be left with you to be kept until the morning."
[EXO.16.24] And they left it until morning, as commanded Moses, and it did not become rotten, and worm was not in it.
[EXO.16.25] And Moses said, "Eat it today, because today is a Sabbath to Yahveh. Today you will not find it in the field."
[EXO.16.26] Six days you shall gather it, and on the seventh day rest shall not be in it.
[EXO.16.27] And it came to pass on the seventh day that they went out from the people to gather, and they did not find anything.
[EXO.16.28] And Yahveh said to Moses, "Until when will you refuse to keep my commands and my teachings?"
[EXO.16.29] See, because Yahveh has given you the Sabbath, therefore He provides you with food for two days on the sixth day. Remain, each person under their own place, and let no person leave from their place on the seventh day.
[EXO.16.30] And the people rested on the seventh day.
[EXO.16.31] And the Israelites called its name man, and it was like white seed, and its taste was like wafers made with honey.
[EXO.16.32] And Moses said, "This is the thing that Yahveh has commanded: Fill the Omer from it for keeping to your generations, so that they may see the bread that Yahveh fed you in the wilderness when I brought you out of the land of Egypt."
[EXO.16.33] And Moses said to Aaron, "Take one container and put into it a full omer of manna, and place it before Yahveh for preservation for your generations."
[EXO.16.34] As Yahveh commanded Moses, Aaron placed it before the Testimony for safekeeping.
[EXO.16.35] And the Israelites ate the manna for forty years until they came to the land of dwelling. The manna they ate until they came to the end of the land of Canaan.
[EXO.16.36] And the omer is a tenth of the ephah; it is.
EXO.17
[EXO.17.1] And all the assembly of the sons of Israel journeyed from the Wilderness of Sin according to the word of Yahveh, and they encamped at Rephidim, and there was no water for the people to drink.
[EXO.17.2] The people quarreled with Moses and said, "Give us water so that we may drink." Moses said to them, "Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test Yahveh?"
[EXO.17.3] And the people thirsted for water, and the people complained against Moses. And they said, “Why have you brought us up from Egypt to die, myself and my sons and my livestock with thirst?”
[EXO.17.4] And Moses cried out to Yahveh, saying, "What should I do with this people? Soon they will stone me."
[EXO.17.5] And Yahveh said to Moses, "Go before the people, and take with you the elders of Israel. And the staff that you struck with against the river, take it in your hand, and then go."
[EXO.17.6] Behold, here I am standing before you there, upon the rock at Horeb, and you shall strike the rock, and waters shall come out from it, and the people shall drink. And Moses did so before the eyes of the elders of Israel.
[EXO.17.7] And the name of that place was called Massa and Meribah, because of the contention of the children of Israel, and because they tested Yahveh, saying, “Is Yahveh among us, or not?”
[EXO.17.8] And Amalek came and he fought with Israel at Rephidim.
[EXO.17.9] And Moses said to Joshua, "Choose for us men and go out and fight against the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand at the head of the hill, and the staff of the Gods will be in my hand."
[EXO.17.10] And Joshua did as Yahveh commanded him, to battle the Amalekites. And Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
[EXO.17.11] And it will be, as when Moses raises his hand, that Israel will prevail, and as when he lowers his hand, that Amalek will prevail.
[EXO.17.12] And the hands of Moses were heavy, and they took a stone and placed it under him, and he sat on it. And Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on this side and one on that side. And his hands were stability until the setting of the sun.
[EXO.17.13] And Joshua weakened Amalek and its people by the sword.
[EXO.17.14] And Yahveh said to Moses, "Write this as a memorial in the book, and place it in the ears of Joshua, for I will utterly erase the memory of Amalek from under the heavens."
[EXO.17.15] And Moses built an altar, and he called its name Yahveh, a banner.
[EXO.17.16] And he said, "That the hand is upon the throne of Yahveh, war belongs to Yahveh with Amalek, from generation to generation."
EXO.18
[EXO.18.1] Jethro, the priest of Midian and Moses’ father-in-law, heard about all that the Gods had done for Moses and for Israel, his people, because Yahveh had brought Israel out of Egypt.
[EXO.18.2] And Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after she had given birth.
[EXO.18.3] And as for her two sons, whose name was one Gershom, because he said, “A sojourner I was in a foreign land.”
[EXO.18.4] And the name of the one is God is my help, for the Gods of my father are with my help, and he saved me from the sword of Pharaoh.
[EXO.18.5] And Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, and his sons and his wife came to Moses, to the wilderness where he was encamped, at the Mountain of the Gods.
[EXO.18.6] And he said to Moses, "I, your father-in-law Jethro, come to you, and your wife and her two sons are with me."
[EXO.18.7] And Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and he bowed down and kissed him. And they asked one another about their well-being. And they entered the tent.
[EXO.18.8] And Moses recounted to his father-in-law all that Yahveh had done to Pharaoh and to Egypt on account of Israel, all the hardship that they had encountered on the way, and how Yahveh had saved them.
[EXO.18.9] And Jethro blessed, concerning all the goodness that Yahveh did to Israel, that he rescued them from the hand of Egypt.
[EXO.18.10] And Jethro said, "Blessed is Yahveh, who rescued you from the hand of Egypt and from the hand of Pharaoh, who rescued the people from under the hand of Egypt."
[EXO.18.11] Now I have known that great is Yahveh than all the Gods, that by the word they acted proudly against them.
[EXO.18.12] And Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices to the Gods, and Aaron and all the elders of Israel came to eat bread with Moses’ father-in-law before the Gods.
[EXO.18.13] And it was on the next day, and Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood before Moses from the morning until the evening.
[EXO.18.14] And Moses’ father-in-law saw all that he was doing for the people, and he said, “What is this thing that you are doing for the people? Why do you sit alone, while all the people stand upon you from morning until evening?”
[EXO.18.15] And Moses said to his father-in-law, "That the people come to me to seek the Gods."
[EXO.18.16] Because a matter will come to them and then to me, I will judge between a person and their companion, and I will make known the laws of the Gods and their instructions.
[EXO.18.17] And the father-in-law of Moses said to him, "The thing that you are doing is not good."
[EXO.18.18] Surely it will not be so, also you, and also this people that is with you, because the matter is heavy for you. You will not be able to do it by yourself.
[EXO.18.19] Now, hear my voice, I advise you, and may the Gods be with you. Be you for the people before the Gods, and you will bring the words to the Gods.
[EXO.18.20] And you shall warn them about the statutes and the teachings, and you shall make known to them the way in which they should walk, and the deeds which they will do.
[EXO.18.21] And you will discern from all the people, valiant men who fear God, men of truth who hate greed, and you will appoint over them officers of thousands, officers of hundreds, officers of fifties, and officers of tens.
[EXO.18.22] And they shall judge the people at all times. And every great matter they shall bring to you, and every small matter they shall judge themselves. This will ease the burden from upon you, and they shall carry with you.
[EXO.18.23] If you do this thing, and the Gods command you, and you are able to stand, then also all this people will come to their place in peace.
[EXO.18.24] And Moses listened to the voice of his father-in-law, and he did all that he said.
[EXO.18.25] And Moses chose men of valor from all Israel, and he gave them as heads over the people: commanders of thousands, commanders of hundreds, commanders of fifties, and commanders of tens.
[EXO.18.26] And they will judge the people at all times. The difficult matter they will bring to Moses, and all the small matter they themselves will judge.
[EXO.18.27] And Moses sent his father-in-law, and he went to him to his land.
EXO.19
[EXO.19.1] In the third month of the departure of the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt, on this day, they came to the desert of Sinai.
[EXO.19.2] And they journeyed from Rephidim and came to the Wilderness of Sinai and they camped in the wilderness, and Israel camped there opposite the mountain.
[EXO.19.3] And Moses went up to the Gods, and Yahveh called to him from the mountain, saying, "Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob, and you shall declare to the children of Israel:"
[EXO.19.4] You have seen that which I did to Egypt, and I carried you on wings of eagles, and I brought you to me.
[EXO.19.5] And now, if you will surely hear my voice, and you will keep my covenant, then you will be to me a treasured possession from all peoples, for to me all the earth belongs.
[EXO.19.6] And you will be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation, these are the words that you shall speak to the sons of Israel.
[EXO.19.7] And Moses went and called to the elders of the people, and he placed before them all of these things that Yahveh commanded him.
[EXO.19.8] And all the people answered together and said, "Everything that Yahveh spoke, we will do." And Moses returned the words of the people to Yahveh.
[EXO.19.9] And Yahveh said to Moses, "Behold, I am coming to you in a thick cloud, so that the people may hear when I speak with you and also believe in you forever." And Moses related the people’s words to Yahveh.
[EXO.19.10] And Yahveh said to Moses, "Go to the people and sanctify them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their clothing."
[EXO.19.11] And they will be prepared for the third day, for on the third day Yahveh will descend before the eyes of all the people upon Mount Sinai.
[EXO.19.12] And you shall restrict the people around, to say, ‘Be careful for yourselves not to ascend the mountain and to touch its edge. Everyone who touches the mountain shall be put to death.’
[EXO.19.13] No hand shall touch it, for it will be stoned, or it will be shot with an arrow, whether beast or man, it shall not live. During the drawing of the Jubilee, they will ascend the mountain.
[EXO.19.14] And Moses descended from the mountain to the people, and he sanctified the people, and they washed their garments.
[EXO.19.15] And he said to the people, "Be prepared for three days; do not approach a woman."
[EXO.19.16] And it happened on the third day, as the morning came, that there were sounds and lightning and a heavy cloud upon the mountain, and the sound of a trumpet very strong. And all the people who were in the camp trembled.
[EXO.19.17] And Moses led the people to meet with the Gods from the camp, and they positioned themselves at the foot of the mountain.
[EXO.19.18] And Mount Sinai was covered in smoke entirely because Yahveh descended upon it in fire, and its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the entire mountain trembled greatly.
[EXO.19.19] And the sound of the shofar was going and growing very strong. Moses spoke, and the Gods answered him with a voice.
[EXO.19.20] And Yahveh descended upon Mount Sinai to the top of the mountain. And Yahveh called to Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses ascended.
[EXO.19.21] And Yahveh said to Moses, "Descend and warn the people, lest they break through to Yahveh to see, and many fall from Him."
[EXO.19.22] And also the priests approaching to Yahveh shall sanctify themselves, lest Yahveh burst forth in them.
[EXO.19.23] And Moses said to Yahveh, "The people are unable to ascend Mount Sinai, because you yourself have testified to us, saying, 'Restrict the mountain and sanctify it.'
[EXO.19.24] And Yahveh said to him, "Go down, and you shall ascend, and Aaron shall be with you. But the priests and the people must not rush to ascend to Yahveh, lest a breaking occur among them."
[EXO.19.25] And Moses descended to the people and said to them.
EXO.20
[EXO.20.1] And the Gods spoke all these words, saying:
[EXO.20.2] I am Yahveh, your Gods, who brought you out of the land of Egypt from the house of slaves.
[EXO.20.3] There shall not be to you other Gods before my face.
[EXO.20.4] You shall not make for yourself a sculpted image, and every representation of that which is in the heavens above, and that which is on the earth below, and that which is in the waters under the earth.
[EXO.20.5] Do not bow down to them and do not serve them, for I am Yahveh, the Gods, your God, a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me.
[EXO.20.6] And He makes lovingkindness to thousands, to those who love Him and to those who keep My commandments.
[EXO.20.7] You shall not carry the name of Yahveh, your Gods, to falsehood, because Yahveh will not clear the one who carries his name to falsehood.
[EXO.20.8] Remember the day of the Sabbath to sanctify it.
[EXO.20.9] Six days you will labor and you will do all your work.
[EXO.20.10] And the seventh day is Sabbath to Yahveh, the Gods of your ancestors. You shall not perform any work, neither you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your servant, nor your female servant, nor your livestock, nor the stranger who is within your gates.
[EXO.20.11] For six days Yahveh made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and Yahveh rested on the seventh day. Therefore, Yahveh blessed the day of the Sabbath and sanctified it.
[EXO.20.12] Honor your father and your mother, so that they may lengthen your days on the land that Yahveh the Gods gives to you.
[EXO.20.13] You shall not murder.
[EXO.20.14] Do not commit adultery.
[EXO.20.15] You shall not steal.
[EXO.20.16] You shall not answer your companion a false testimony.
[EXO.20.17] Do not covet the house of your neighbor, do not covet the wife of your neighbor, and do not covet his servant or his handmaid, his ox or his donkey, and all that belongs to your neighbor.
[EXO.20.18] And all the people saw the voices and the torches, and the sound of the shofar, and the mountain smoking. And the people saw and trembled and stood from afar.
[EXO.20.19] And they said to Moses, "Speak you with us, and we will listen, but let not the Gods speak with us, lest we die."
[EXO.20.20] And Moses said to the people, "Do not fear, for to test you the Gods have come, and so that the fear of the Gods may be upon your faces, lest you sin."
[EXO.20.21] And the people stood from a distance, and Moses approached the cloud where the Gods were.
[EXO.20.22] And Yahveh said to Moses, "Thus you shall say to the children of Israel: You have seen that from the heavens I spoke with you."
[EXO.20.23] You shall not make gods with me of silver, and gods of gold for yourselves.
[EXO.20.24] You shall make for me an altar of earth, and upon it you shall sacrifice your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your flocks and your cattle. In every place where I, Yahveh, remember my name, I will come to you and bless you.
[EXO.20.25] And if an altar of stones you make for the Gods, you shall not build it of hewn stone, because you have swung your sword upon it and profaned it.
[EXO.20.26] And you shall not ascend by steps to my altar, that you may not reveal your nakedness upon it.
EXO.21
[EXO.21.1] And these are the judgements that you shall set before them.
[EXO.21.2] If you purchase a Hebrew servant, six years he will serve, and in the seventh he will go out to freedom freely.
[EXO.21.3] If by his own strength he comes, by his own strength he will go out. If he is a husband of a woman, then his wife will go out with him.
[EXO.21.4] If my Lord gives him a wife, and she bears him sons or daughters, the woman and her children will belong to my Lord, and he will depart by himself.
[EXO.21.5] And if a declaration he makes, the servant, "I have loved my Lord, my wife, and my sons, I will not go out free."
[EXO.21.6] And my Lord shall bring him to the Gods, and my Lord shall bring him to the door, or to the doorframe, and my Lord shall pierce his ear with the awl, and he shall be a servant forever.
[EXO.21.7] And if a man sells his daughter to be a slave girl, she will not go out as is the going out of the slaves.
[EXO.21.8] If it is evil in the eyes of my Lord which he does not know and he has diminished her to a foreign people, he will not rule for her sale by betraying her.
[EXO.21.9] And if to his daughter he has vowed a vow, he will do to her like the judgement of daughters.
[EXO.21.10] If he takes another for himself, her marriage portion, her garment, and her marital rights shall not be diminished.
[EXO.21.11] And if these three claims are not done for her, and she goes free without cost, there is no payment.
[EXO.21.12] If one strikes a man and he dies, then he shall surely die.
[EXO.21.13] And which did not seek, and the Gods are with him, and I will set for you a place where he will flee there.
[EXO.21.14] And if a man intentionally lies in wait for his companion to kill him with deceit, you will take him from my altar to die.
[EXO.21.15] The one who strikes his father and his mother shall surely die.
[EXO.21.16] And if a man steals another, and sells him, and it is found in his hand, let him surely die.
[EXO.21.17] And he who curses his father and his mother shall be put to death.
[EXO.21.18] And if people quarrel, and a man strikes his neighbor with a stone or fist, and he does not die, but falls to his bed.
[EXO.21.19] If he rises and walks outside on his staff, and the one who struck him is clean, only let him give his staff, and let him heal him.
[EXO.21.20] And if a man strikes his slave or his female slave with a rod, and he dies under his hand, vengeance will be taken.
[EXO.21.21] But if he stands for a day or two, he will not be re-established, because the money is his.
[EXO.21.22] And if men fight, and they strike a pregnant woman and she miscarries, yet no further harm occurs, the one who caused the miscarriage shall be punished according to what her husband decides, and he shall give payment in money.
[EXO.21.23] And if a disaster happens, then you will give a life for a life.
[EXO.21.24] An eye instead of an eye, a tooth instead of a tooth, a hand instead of a hand, a foot instead of a foot.
[EXO.21.25] A burn instead of a burn, a wound instead of a wound, a bruise instead of a bruise.
[EXO.21.26] And if a man strikes the eye of his male slave or the eye of his female slave, and it is marred, he will send the slave to freedom in place of his eye.
[EXO.21.27] And if a slave of his, male or female, causes a tooth to fall out, he shall send him or her to freedom in place of his tooth.
[EXO.21.28] And if an ox gores a man or a woman and they die, the ox shall be stoned and its flesh shall not be eaten, and the owner of the ox is innocent.
[EXO.21.29] And if an ox gores, it having gored yesterday and the day before, and it was known to belong to its owner, and he did not guard it, and it kills a man or a woman, the ox will be stoned, and also its owner will be put to death.
[EXO.21.30] If a compensation is imposed upon him, then he shall give the redemption of his person as all that is imposed upon him.
[EXO.21.31] If a son commits this act, or if a daughter commits this act, this judgment will be done to him or to her.
[EXO.21.32] If a servant gores an ox or a female slave, thirty shekels of silver shall be given to my Lord, and the ox shall be stoned.
[EXO.21.33] And if a man opens a pit or if a man digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls there, then the owner of the pit is responsible.
[EXO.21.34] The owner of the pit will pay silver, returning it to its owners, and the dead animal will be his.
[EXO.21.35] And if one man’s ox gores the ox of his neighbor, and it dies, then they must sell the living ox, and divide its money, and also divide the value of the dead one.
[EXO.21.36] Or is it known that an ox gores? It gored from yesterday three days ago, and its owner will not keep it safe. He shall surely pay ox instead of the ox, and the dead will be his.
[EXO.21.37] If a man steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters it or sells it, he shall restore five cattle instead of the ox and four sheep instead of the sheep.
EXO.22
[EXO.22.1] If the thief is found while breaking in, and is struck and dies, there is no bloodguilt to him.
[EXO.22.2] If the sun has risen upon a debt to him, complete payment he will make. If he has not, and he will be sold for his theft.
[EXO.22.3] If it is found, he finds the stolen thing in his hand, from ox to donkey to sheep that are alive, two he will pay.
[EXO.22.4] If a man causes a field or vineyard to be burned, and sends his animal to graze in another man’s field, he shall pay from the best of his field and the best of his vineyard.
[EXO.22.5] If fire goes out and finds thorns, and consumes a pile of sheaves, or the standing grain, or the field, the one who kindled the burning thing will certainly pay restitution.
[EXO.22.6] If a person gives money or goods to another to keep, and it is stolen from the house of the person, if the thief is found, then the thief must pay back double.
[EXO.22.7] If the thief is not found, then the owner of the house will approach the Gods. If he did not lay a hand upon the work of his neighbor.
[EXO.22.8] Regarding every matter of wrongdoing, concerning an ox, concerning a donkey, concerning a sheep, concerning a garment, concerning every lost thing that someone claims is theirs, the matter shall go before the Gods. The decision of both parties shall come before the Gods. If they declare the accused guilty, the Gods will repay double to their neighbor.
[EXO.22.9] If a man gives to his neighbor a donkey, or an ox, or a sheep, any animal, to watch, and it dies or is broken or is stolen, and there is no one who saw what happened, then a dispute arises.
[EXO.22.10] An oath from Yahveh will be between the two of them, if not he stretches out his hand in the work of his neighbor, and he takes with his possessions and he will not pay.
[EXO.22.11] And if a thief will steal from among his possessions, he will pay to his owners.
[EXO.22.12] If a torn animal is torn, he will bring a witness of the torn one; he will not pay.
[EXO.22.13] And if a person asks from his neighbor, and breaks something or someone dies concerning him, and there is no one with him who is unharmed, he shall make restitution.
[EXO.22.14] If the owner is with it, they shall not make restitution. If it is a hired animal, it comes for its wages.
[EXO.22.15] And if a man seduces a virgin who is not betrothed, and lies with her, he must quickly hasten to take her as a wife.
[EXO.22.16] If her father refuses to give her to him, silver will be weighed as the price of virgins.
[EXO.22.17] A sorceress will not live.
[EXO.22.18] Everyone who lies with a beast shall be put to death.
[EXO.22.19] Whoever sacrifices to the Gods will be utterly destroyed, except only to Yahveh alone.
[EXO.22.20] And you shall not wrong a sojourner, nor shall you distress him, for you yourselves were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
[EXO.22.21] All widow and orphan you will not oppress.
[EXO.22.22] If someone answers him, the Gods will answer him. But if he cries out to the Gods, the Gods will hear his cry.
[EXO.22.23] And My anger will burn, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives will be widows, and your sons will be orphans.
[EXO.22.24] If silver you lend to my people, to the poor with you, you shall not be to him as a creditor. You shall not place upon him interest.
[EXO.22.25] If a rope you pledge the garment of your neighbor, until the coming of the sun you shall return it to him.
[EXO.22.26] For it is God’s covering alone, it is God’s garment to God’s skin. How shall one lie down, and it will be that when one cries out to me, I will hear, for I am gracious.
[EXO.22.27] The Gods, you shall not curse, and a leader in your people you shall not revile.
[EXO.22.28] Your best and your tears you shall not delay, the firstborn of your sons you shall give to me.
[EXO.22.29] Thus you shall do to your ox, to your flock. Seven days it will be with its mother. On the eighth day you shall give it to Yahveh.
[EXO.22.30] And you shall be holy people to me, and flesh in the field, torn by a wild animal, you shall not eat; to the dog, you shall throw it.
EXO.23
[EXO.23.1] You shall not bear a false hearing. Do not set your hand with the wicked to be a witness of violence.
[EXO.23.2] You shall not be after many to do evil, and you shall not answer about a quarrel to stray after many to err.
[EXO.23.3] And do not oppress the lowly in his quarrel.
[EXO.23.4] For if you encounter the ox of your enemy or his donkey straying, you shall return it to him.
[EXO.23.5] For if you see the donkey of your enemy lying under its burden, and you cease from abandoning it, abandon your own burdens and abandon them with it.
[EXO.23.6] You shall not incline judgment of your poor one in his dispute.
[EXO.23.7] A word of falsehood you will distance yourself, and the pure and the righteous you will not kill, for I will not justify the wicked one.
[EXO.23.8] And a bribe you shall not take, for the bribe blinds those with insight and distorts the words of the righteous.
[EXO.23.9] And a stranger you shall not oppress, and you yourselves knew the soul of the stranger, because strangers you were in the land of Egypt.
[EXO.23.10] And six years you will sow your land, and you will gather its produce.
[EXO.23.11] And in the seventh year you shall release it and leave it uncultivated, and the poor of your people shall eat from it, and the remainder shall be eaten by the beasts of the field. Thus you shall do to your vineyard and to your olive trees.
[EXO.23.12] Six days you will do your work, and on the seventh day you will rest, in order that your ox may rest, and your donkey may rest, and the son of your female slave may be refreshed, and the resident alien.
[EXO.23.13] And in all that I have spoken to you, you shall keep it, and the name of the Gods others you shall not mention; it shall not be heard upon your mouth.
[EXO.23.14] Three festivals you shall observe for God in the year.
[EXO.23.15] You shall observe the festival of unleavened breads. For seven days you shall eat unleavened breads as I commanded you, at the appointed time in the month of spring, because in it you departed from Egypt, and no one shall appear before my face empty.
[EXO.23.16] And the festival of the harvest, the firstfruits of your works that you sow in the field, and the festival of the ingathering at the completion of the year, at your ingathering of your works from the field.
[EXO.23.17] Three times in the year, all your males shall appear before the face of the Lord Yahveh.
[EXO.23.18] Do not sacrifice on leavening the blood of my sacrifice, and do not let the fat of your festivals remain overnight until morning.
[EXO.23.19] The first of the firstfruits of your land you shall bring to the house of Yahveh, the Gods. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.
[EXO.23.20] Behold, I am sending a messenger before you to guard you on the way and to bring you to the place that I have prepared.
[EXO.23.21] Guard yourself from his face and listen to his voice. Do not rebel in him, for he will not bear your transgression, for my name is in his midst.
[EXO.23.22] If only you listen, you will hear to his voice, and you will do all that I speak, and I will be enemies with your enemies and I will distress your adversaries.
[EXO.23.23] For my angel will go before you and will bring you to the Amorite and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Canaanite, the Hivite and the Jebusite, and I will destroy them.
[EXO.23.24] You shall not prostrate yourself to their Gods, and you shall not serve them, and you shall not do like their actions, for destruction you will destroy them, and break you will break their pillars.
[EXO.23.25] And you will serve Yahveh, the Gods of you, and He will bless your bread and your waters, and I will remove sickness from within you.
[EXO.23.26] There will not be a failure to give birth and barrenness in your land. I will fill the number of your days.
[EXO.23.27] I will send my terror before you, and I will strike down all the people who come within it. And I will deliver all your enemies to you, defeated.
[EXO.23.28] And I will send the gadfly before you, and it will drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite from before you.
[EXO.23.29] I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate and the animals of the field multiply greatly against you.
[EXO.23.30] A little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you become fruitful and you will inherit the land.
[EXO.23.31] And I will set your boundary from the Sea of Reeds and to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the River, because I give the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you will drive them from before your face.
[EXO.23.32] You shall not make a covenant with them and with their gods.
[EXO.23.33] They will not dwell in your land, lest they cause you to sin against Yahveh, because you will serve their gods, and it will be to you as a snare.
EXO.24
[EXO.24.1] And to Moses God said, "Go up to Yahveh, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and you shall worship from afar."
[EXO.24.2] And Moses alone approached to Yahveh, and they will not approach, and the people will not ascend with him.
[EXO.24.3] And Moses came and told the people all the words of Yahveh and all the laws. And all the people answered with one voice and said, "All the words that Yahveh spoke, we will do."
[EXO.24.4] And Moses wrote down all the words of Yahveh, and he rose early in the morning and built an altar beneath the mountain and set up twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.
[EXO.24.5] And he sent the young men of the children of Israel, and they ascended burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings to Yahveh, bulls.
[EXO.24.6] And Moses took half of the blood and placed it in the basins, and half of the blood he threw onto the altar.
[EXO.24.7] And he took the book of the covenant and read in the ears of the people, and they said, "All that Yahveh spoke, we will do and we will hear."
[EXO.24.8] And Moses took the blood and threw it on the people, and he said, "Behold, this is the blood of the covenant that Yahveh cut with you concerning all these things."
[EXO.24.9] And Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel ascended.
[EXO.24.10] They saw the Gods of Israel, and under their feet was something like the work of a sapphire stone and like the substance of the heavens, appearing pure.
[EXO.24.11] And God did not extend a hand against the leaders of the Israelites. And they saw the Gods and ate and drank.
[EXO.24.12] And Yahveh said to Moses, "Ascend to me upon the mountain and be there. And I will give to you the tablets of stone, and the teaching, and the commandment that I have written to teach them."
[EXO.24.13] And Moses stood, and Joshua his servant, and Moses went up to the mountain of the Gods.
[EXO.24.14] And to the elders, God said, "Sit here with us until we return to you. Behold, Aaron and Hur are with us. Who has a matter may approach them."
[EXO.24.15] And Moses went up to the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.
[EXO.24.16] And the glory of Yahveh dwelt on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days. And on the seventh day, Yahveh called to Moses from within the cloud.
[EXO.24.17] And the appearance of the glory of Yahveh was like consuming fire upon the top of the mountain, before the eyes of the children of Israel.
[EXO.24.18] And Moses entered into the midst of the cloud and ascended to the mountain, and Moses was on the mountain for forty days and forty nights.
EXO.25
[EXO.25.1] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[EXO.25.2] Speak to the children of Israel, and let them take a contribution for the Gods from everyone whom their heart moves to give. You shall take the contribution for the Gods’ contribution.
[EXO.25.3] And this is the contribution that you will take from them: gold and silver and copper.
[EXO.25.4] And blue, and purple, and crimson from the worm, and fine linen, and goats’ hair.
[EXO.25.5] And skins of rams, dyed red, and skins of badgers, and acacia trees.
[EXO.25.6] Oil for the lamp, spices for the anointing oil, and for incense of the spices.
[EXO.25.7] Stones of onyx and filling stones are for the ephod and for the breastplate.
[EXO.25.8] And they will make for me a holy place, and I will dwell within it.
[EXO.25.9] According to all that I show you, the pattern of the Tabernacle, and the pattern of all its furnishings, so you shall make them.
[EXO.25.10] And they will make an ark of acacia trees, two cubits and a half its length, and one cubit and a half its width, and one cubit and a half its height.
[EXO.25.11] And you shall cover it with pure gold, from inside and from outside you shall cover it. And you shall make upon it a golden crown around it.
[EXO.25.12] And you shall cast four rings of gold and put them on his four feet, and two rings on his first side and two rings on his second side.
[EXO.25.13] And you will make staves of acacia trees and you will overlay them with gold.
[EXO.25.14] And you shall place the rings on the sides of the Ark, to carry the Ark with them.
[EXO.25.15] The poles will be in the rings of the ark, and they shall not be removed from it.
[EXO.25.16] And you shall put to the ark the testimony which I give to you.
[EXO.25.17] And you shall make a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits in length, and one and a half cubits in width.
[EXO.25.18] And you shall make two cherubim of gold, hammered work you shall make them, from the two ends of the covering.
[EXO.25.19] And make one cherub at one end of this, and one cherub at one end of this, from the mercy seat you shall make the cherubs on its two ends.
[EXO.25.20] And the cherubim would stretch out their wings above, covering with their wings over the mercy seat, and their faces would be turned, each to his brother, toward the mercy seat would be the faces of the cherubim.
[EXO.25.21] And you will give the atonement cover upon the ark from above, and upon the ark you will put the testimony which I give to you.
[EXO.25.22] And I will meet with you there, and I will speak with you from above the covering, from between the two cherubim that are on the ark of the testimony. All that I command I will tell to the children of Israel.
[EXO.25.23] And you shall make a table of acacia wood, two cubits its length, and a cubit its width, and a cubit and a half its height.
[EXO.25.24] And you will cover it with pure gold, and you will make for him a crown of gold around it.
[EXO.25.25] And you shall make for him a frame a handbreadth around, and you shall make a crown of gold for his frame around.
[EXO.25.26] And you shall make for him four gold rings, and you shall put the rings on the four corners which belong to the four legs.
[EXO.25.27] Corresponding to the frame, the rings should be for supports, separate, to carry the table.
[EXO.25.28] And you shall make the tables from acacia wood, and you shall overlay them with gold, and you shall carry in them the table.
[EXO.25.29] And you shall make its basins, its spoons, its bowls, and its strainers, on which is poured, you shall make them of pure gold.
[EXO.25.30] And you shall put upon the table the bread of the presence before Yahveh continuously.
[EXO.25.31] And you shall make a lampstand of pure gold. It shall be hammered work, the lampstand—its base and its shaft, its cups, its knobs, and its blossoms shall be of one piece with it.
[EXO.25.32] And six branches come out from its sides, three lampstand branches from one side, and three lampstand branches from the other side.
[EXO.25.33] There are three cups fashioned on the one cane as a bud and a blossom, and there are three cups fashioned on the one cane as a bud and a blossom. Thus it is for the six canes that come forth from the lampstand.
[EXO.25.34] And on the lampstand were four bowls shaped like almonds, their calyxes and their blossoms.
[EXO.25.35] And a knob beneath the two branches from it, and a knob beneath the two branches from it, and a knob beneath the two branches from it, for the six branches that come forth from the lampstand.
[EXO.25.36] Their covered portions and their branches will be from it. All of it will be one casting of pure gold.
[EXO.25.37] And you shall make its lamps seven, and you shall cause its lamps to ascend, and it shall shine over the face of it.
[EXO.25.38] And her basins and her snuffers were pure gold.
[EXO.25.39] A talent of pure gold he will make it, all these vessels.
[EXO.25.40] And look and make, according to their pattern that you are shown on the mountain.
EXO.26
[EXO.26.1] And the Tabernacle you shall make, ten curtains of fine woven linen, and teal, and purple, and crimson, with cherubim, work of a skilled designer, you shall make them.
[EXO.26.2] The length of the one curtain is twenty-eight cubits and its width is four cubits. The one curtain has a measure equal to all the curtains.
[EXO.26.3] Five of the coverings will be joined, woman to her sister, and five coverings will be joined, woman to her sister.
[EXO.26.4] And you shall make loops of blue on the edge of the first tent covering at the woven side, and thus you shall make on the edge of the outer tent covering on the second binding.
[EXO.26.5] You shall make fifty loops on the one curtain, and you shall make fifty loops at the edge of the curtain which is in the joining of the second. The loops shall be opposite each other.
[EXO.26.6] And you shall make fifty clasps of gold, and you shall connect the tent panels, panel to its sister, with the clasps, and the tabernacle shall be one.
[EXO.26.7] And you shall make curtains of goats’ hair for the tent over the tabernacle. Twelve curtains you shall make them.
[EXO.26.8] The length of the one curtain is thirty in the cubit, and its width is four in the cubit. This is the measurement for one of twelve curtains.
[EXO.26.9] And you will join the five curtains by themselves, and the six curtains by themselves. And you will double the sixth curtain over toward the face of the tent.
[EXO.26.10] And you shall make fifty loops on the edge of the one covering, at the joining, and fifty loops on the edge of the joining second covering.
[EXO.26.11] And you shall make fifty bronze clasps, and you shall bring the clasps into the loops, and you shall join the tent and it shall be one.
[EXO.26.12] And the overhanging excess in the hangings of the tent, half of the overhanging hanging, you shall let it overhang on the back of the dwelling.
[EXO.26.13] And the ammah from this, and the ammah from this, shall be an excess, according to the length of the curtains of the tent; it shall hang loose on the sides of the Tabernacle, from this side and from that side, to cover it.
[EXO.26.14] And you shall make a covering for the tent of skins of rams dyed red, and a covering of skins of badgers/sea cows above.
[EXO.26.15] And you shall make the boards for the tabernacle, trees of acacia standing.
[EXO.26.16] Ten cubits is the length of the plank, and a cubit and a half is the width of the one plank.
[EXO.26.17] Two hands to the board, the one, joined, woman to sister. So you shall do to all the boards of the tabernacle.
[EXO.26.18] And you shall make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards for the side of the south, southward.
[EXO.26.19] And forty silver sockets you shall make, under the twenty boards. Two sockets under each board, for its two feet. And two sockets under each board, for its two feet.
[EXO.26.20] And to the side of the Tabernacle, the second facing north, are twenty boards.
[EXO.26.21] And forty of their lords were of silver, two lords under the one beam, and two lords under the one beam.
[EXO.26.22] And for the rear of the tabernacle, toward the south, you shall make six boards.
[EXO.26.23] And you shall make two boards for the connections of the tabernacle on the sides.
[EXO.26.24] And they will be complete from underneath, and together they will be perfect on top, to the one ring. So it will be for both of them, for both ends they will be.
[EXO.26.25] And there would be eight boards, and their supports of silver – sixteen supports; two supports under the one board and two supports under the one board.
[EXO.26.26] And you shall make bars of acacia wood, five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle.
[EXO.26.27] And five bars for the boards of the side of the second Tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the Tabernacle for the southern sides.
[EXO.26.28] And the middle carrying pole, within the boards, runs from end to end.
[EXO.26.29] And you shall overlay the boards with gold, and you shall make their rings of gold, houses for the bars, and you shall overlay the bars with gold.
[EXO.26.30] And you shall raise up the tabernacle according to its pattern, which Yahveh showed you on the mountain.
[EXO.26.31] And you shall make a curtain of blue and purple and crimson, of fine woven linen. The work of a skillful artisan shall make it, with cherubim.
[EXO.26.32] And you shall place it upon four pillars of acacia wood overlaid with gold, and their rings with gold upon four feet of silver.
[EXO.26.33] And you shall put the veil under the frames, and you shall bring there from the house of the veil the Ark of the Testimony, and the veil shall make a distinction for you between the holy place and between the holy of holies.
[EXO.26.34] And you shall place the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the holiness of the holies.
[EXO.26.35] And you shall put the table outside of the curtain, and the lampstand opposite the table, on the side of the Tabernacle, south. And the table you shall put on the side north.
[EXO.26.36] And you shall make a curtain for the entrance of the tent, dyed with blue and crimson and a crimson from a worm and woven fine linen, the work of an embroiderer.
[EXO.26.37] And you shall make for the screen five pillars of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall be of gold, and you shall cast for them five bases of bronze.
EXO.27
[EXO.27.1] And you shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits wide. The altar shall be square, and three cubits shall be its height.
[EXO.27.2] And you shall make its horns on its four corners; from it its horns shall be, and you shall overlay it with copper.
[EXO.27.3] And you shall make his pots for fertilizer, and his bowls, and his watering pots, and his forks, and his pans – for all his vessels you shall make of copper.
[EXO.27.4] And you shall make for it a covering, a work of bronze netting, and you shall make upon the netting four rings of bronze, upon its four corners.
[EXO.27.5] And you shall place it under the grating of the altar from below, and the netting shall be to half of the altar.
[EXO.27.6] And you shall make coverings for the altar, coverings of acacia wood, and you shall overlay them with copper.
[EXO.27.7] And he shall bring the cloths in rings, and the cloths shall be on two sides of the altar in setting it up.
[EXO.27.8] Carved tablets you shall make of it, as the Gods showed you on the mountain, thus they shall make.
[EXO.27.9] And you shall make the courtyard of the tabernacle for the side of the south, curtains for the courtyard, fine woven linen, one hundred cubits in length for one side.
[EXO.27.10] And his pillars were twenty, and their lords were twenty of bronze, and the rings of the pillars and their carvings were of silver.
[EXO.27.11] And thus, to the side of the north, the length of the railings was one hundred in length, and its pillars were twenty, and their lords were twenty of copper, and the rings of the pillars and their coverings were of silver.
[EXO.27.12] And the width of the courtyard near the sea was fifty cubits. Their pillars were ten, and their Lords were ten.
[EXO.27.13] And the width of the courtyard, toward the front eastward, is fifty cubits.
[EXO.27.14] And fifteen cubits were the bindings to the shoulder, their pillars were three, and their Lords were three.
[EXO.27.15] And on the second shoulder, fifteen wreaths, their pillars three, and their capitals three.
[EXO.27.16] And for the gate of the courtyard was a curtain, twenty cubits, blue and purple and crimson, and fine linen, intricately woven workmanship. Their pillars were four, and their lords were four.
[EXO.27.17] All the pillars of the courtyard around were strengthened with silver, and their capitals were silver, and their bosses were bronze.
[EXO.27.18] The length of the courtyard is one hundred cubits, and the width is fifty by fifty cubits. Its height is five cubits, with six embellished supports, and their lords are bronze.
[EXO.27.19] All the tools of the Tabernacle, in all its work, and all its pegs and all the tent pins of the court are copper.
[EXO.27.20] And you shall command the children of Israel to bring to you pure, beaten olive oil for the light, to cause a perpetual lamp to be lit.
[EXO.27.21] Outside the veil that is upon the Testimony, in the Tent of Meeting, Aaron and his sons shall arrange it from evening until morning before Yahveh. This is a statute forever, for their generations, from the children of Israel.
EXO.28
[EXO.28.1] And you, God, bring near to yourself Aaron, your brother, and his sons with him from among the children of Israel to be priests for me. Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Itamar, the sons of Aaron.
[EXO.28.2] And you shall make garments of holiness for Aaron, your brother, for glory and for splendor.
[EXO.28.3] And you shall speak to all those wise in heart, those whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, and they will make the garments of Aaron to consecrate him as a priest for me.
[EXO.28.4] And these are the garments that they will make: a breastplate and an ephod and a robe and a checkered coat, a turban and a sash. And they will make holy garments for Aaron, your brother, and for his sons to be priests for me.
[EXO.28.5] And they will take the gold, and the blue, and the purple, and the crimson worm, and the fine linen.
[EXO.28.6] And they shall make the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, crimson dyed wool, and fine linen, work of a skilled craftsman.
[EXO.28.7] Two corners woven together will be for it, to two of its ends, and it is woven.
[EXO.28.8] And consider his ephod that is upon him, as his work is, it will be of him. Gold, blue, purple, and crimson, and fine woven linen, it will be.
[EXO.28.9] And you shall take the two stones of shoham, and you shall engrave upon them the names of the sons of Israel.
[EXO.28.10] Six of their names were upon the one stone, and the names of the six remaining ones were upon the second stone, according to their writings.
[EXO.28.11] The work of a stone cutter: settings for a seal, you shall carve the two stones upon the names of the sons of Israel, encircled with golden settings, you shall make them.
[EXO.28.12] And you shall set the two stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, stones of memorial for the sons of Israel, and Aaron shall carry their names before Yahveh on both of his shoulders for a memorial.
[EXO.28.13] And you will make clasps of gold.
[EXO.28.14] And you shall make two chains of pure gold, link by link, as twisted strands. And you shall put the twisted strands upon the settings.
[EXO.28.15] And you shall make the breastplate of judgment, a craftsman’s work, like the work of an ephod you shall make it. Gold, blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen interwoven you shall make it.
[EXO.28.16] It will be square and folded over, a cubit its length and a cubit its width.
[EXO.28.17] And you shall fill it with the filling of stones, four rows of stones. A row of ruby, a row of amber, and a row of beryl, the one row.
[EXO.28.18] And the second row is topaz sapphire and diamond.
[EXO.28.19] And the third of the locusts, for the name of their master and their destroying.
[EXO.28.20] And the fourth row will be Tarshish and Shoham and Yashpeh, inlaid with gold in their settings.
[EXO.28.21] And the stones will be regarding the names of the sons of Israel, twelve regarding their names, engravings of a signet, each regarding his name, they will be for twelve tribes.
[EXO.28.22] And you shall make, upon the breastplate, chains of twisted workmanship, loops of pure gold.
[EXO.28.23] You shall make two rings of gold and you shall put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.
[EXO.28.24] And you shall place the two golden clasps upon the two rings, to the ends of the breastplate.
[EXO.28.25] And you will place the two ends of the two coverings on the two clasps, and you will place them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod facing his face.
[EXO.28.26] And you shall make two rings of gold, and you shall put them on the two ends of the breastplate, on its edge, which is to the side of the ephod, it was attached.
[EXO.28.27] And you shall make two rings of gold, and you shall put them on the two shoulders of the ephod from below, opposite his face, opposite its joining, above the covering of the ephod.
[EXO.28.28] And they shall fasten the breastplate with its rings to the rings of the ephod with a cord of blue, so that it may be upon the covering of the ephod, and the breastplate shall not stray from upon the ephod.
[EXO.28.29] And Aaron shall carry the names of the sons of Israel on the breastplate of judgment over his heart when he enters the holy place, as a perpetual remembrance before Yahveh.
[EXO.28.30] And you shall put into the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim, and they shall be over the heart of Aaron when he comes before Yahveh. And Aaron shall carry the judgment of the children of Israel on his heart before Yahveh always.
[EXO.28.31] And you shall make the robe of the ephod completely blue.
[EXO.28.32] And it will be, its face within its body, a mouth will be for its mouth around, the work of a weaver like the hands of a shuttle will be for it, it will not be torn.
[EXO.28.33] And you shall make on its hem pomegranates of blue and purple and crimson dye on its hem all around, and golden bells within them all around.
[EXO.28.34] A gold bell and a pomegranate, a gold bell and a pomegranate, are on the edges of the robe all around.
[EXO.28.35] And it will be upon Aaron to serve, and his voice will be heard when he goes into the holy place before Yahveh and when he comes out, and he will not die.
[EXO.28.36] And you shall make a golden frontlet of pure gold, and you shall engrave upon it seal work, holy to Yahveh.
[EXO.28.37] And you shall put it upon a ribbon of blue, and it shall be upon the turban, before the face of the turban it shall be.
[EXO.28.38] And it will be upon the forehead of Aaron, and Aaron will bear the iniquity of the holy things that the children of Israel dedicate as all their holy gifts. And it will be upon his forehead continually for acceptance for them before Yahveh.
[EXO.28.39] And you will weave the tunic of linen, and you will make the turban of linen, and a sash you will make, a work of an embroiderer.
[EXO.28.40] And for the sons of Aaron you shall make tunics, and you shall make for them sashes, and head coverings you shall make for them for honor and for splendor.
[EXO.28.41] And you shall clothe them, Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, and you shall anoint them and fill their hands, and you shall consecrate them and they shall serve as priests to me.
[EXO.28.42] And you shall make for them trousers of fabric, to cover the flesh of nakedness from the loins and to the thighs they shall be.
[EXO.28.43] And they shall be upon Aaron and upon his sons when they come into the tent of meeting, or when they approach the altar to minister in the holy place, and they shall not bear guilt that will cause death, and they will die. This is a perpetual statute for him and for his offspring after him.
EXO.29
[EXO.29.1] And this is the thing that you shall do to them to consecrate them as priests to me: to take one young bull and two rams without blemish.
[EXO.29.2] And bread of unleavened things and loaves of unleavened things mixed with oil, and thin wafers of unleavened things anointed with oil, fine flour of wheat you shall make them.
[EXO.29.3] And you will place them upon one basket and you will bring them near in the basket, and the bull, and two rams.
[EXO.29.4] And you shall bring Aaron and his sons near to the entrance of the tent of meeting, and you shall wash them with water.
[EXO.29.5] And you shall take the garments and dress Aaron in the tunic, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and you shall bind it for him according to the reckoning of the ephod.
[EXO.29.6] And you shall place the turban upon his head, and you shall give the crown of holiness upon the turban.
[EXO.29.7] And you shall take the oil of the anointing, and you shall pour it on his head, and you shall anoint him.
[EXO.29.8] And his sons you shall bring near, and you shall clothe them with tunics.
[EXO.29.9] And you shall gird them with a sash, Aaron and his sons, and you shall attach head coverings for them, and it shall be for them as priesthood for a statute forever, and you shall fill the hand of Aaron and the hand of his sons.
[EXO.29.10] And you shall bring the bull near before the tent of meeting, and Aaron and his sons shall place their hands upon the head of the bull.
[EXO.29.11] And you shall slaughter the bull before Yahveh, at the opening of the tent of meeting.
[EXO.29.12] And you shall take from the blood of the bull and place it on the horns of the altar with your finger, and all the blood you shall pour out at the foundation of the altar.
[EXO.29.13] And you shall take all the fat that covers the inward parts, and the fat lobe on the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat upon them, and you shall offer it upon the altar.
[EXO.29.14] And the flesh of the bull, and its skin, and its refuse, you shall burn in the fire outside the camp; it is a sin offering.
[EXO.29.15] And you shall take the one ram, and Aaron and his sons shall place their hands upon the head of the ram.
[EXO.29.16] And you shall slaughter the ram, and take its blood, and sprinkle it around on the altar.
[EXO.29.17] And you shall dissect the ram into its parts, and you shall wash its innards and its legs, and you shall put [them] on its parts and on its head.
[EXO.29.18] And you will offer the whole ram upon the altar, it is a burnt offering to Yahveh, a pleasing aroma, a fire offering to Yahveh, it is.
[EXO.29.19] And you shall take the second ram, and Aaron and his sons shall place their hands upon the head of the ram.
[EXO.29.20] And you shall slaughter the ram, and you shall take from its blood, and you shall put it on the earlobe of Aaron’s ear and on the earlobe of his sons’ right ears, and on the toe of their right hand, and on the toe of their right foot, and you shall sprinkle the blood around on the altar.
[EXO.29.21] And you shall take from the blood that is on the altar, and from the oil of anointing, and you shall sprinkle on Aaron and on his garments, and on his sons and on the garments of his sons with him. And he and his garments and his sons and the garments of his sons with him shall be holy.
[EXO.29.22] And you shall take from the ram the fat and the suet, and all the fat that covers the inner parts, and the lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right thigh, for it is a ram for a complete offering.
[EXO.29.23] And one loaf of bread, and one wave loaf of bread with oil, and one thin cake from the basket of unleavened breads that are before Yahveh.
[EXO.29.24] And you shall put the whole upon the palms of Aaron and upon the palms of his sons, and you shall wave them as a wave offering before Yahveh.
[EXO.29.25] And you shall take them from their hand and offer the altar upon the burnt offering, for a pleasing aroma before Yahveh; it is fire to Yahveh.
[EXO.29.26] And you shall take the breast of the ram of the fulfillment offerings, which belongs to Aaron, and you shall wave it as a contribution before Yahveh, and it shall be yours as a portion.
[EXO.29.27] And you shall sanctify the shoulder of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution, that which was waved and that which was raised from the ram of the fulfillments, from that which is for Aaron and from that which is for his sons.
[EXO.29.28] And it will be for Aaron and his sons as a perpetual statute from the people of Israel, for it is a contribution, and a contribution it will be from the people of Israel from their peace offerings—their contribution to Yahveh.
[EXO.29.29] And the garments of holiness which belonged to Aaron will be for his sons after him, for anointing them with them and for filling their hands.
[EXO.29.30] For seven days, the priest shall not wear them in his place among his sons, who comes to the Tent of Meeting to serve in the holy place.
[EXO.29.31] And you shall take God of the completion, and you shall cook its flesh in a holy place.
[EXO.29.32] And Aaron and his sons will eat the meat of the ram and the bread that is in the basket at the opening of the tent of meeting.
[EXO.29.33] And they will eat them, for which atonement is made for them, to fill their hand to sanctify them, and a stranger shall not eat, for they are holy.
[EXO.29.34] And if there remains any of the meat of the offerings, or of the bread, until morning, then you shall burn the remainder in the fire. It shall not be eaten, because it is holiness.
[EXO.29.35] And you shall do to Aaron and to his sons in this way, according to all that the Gods commanded you. You shall fill their hands for seven days.
[EXO.29.36] And a bull for a sin offering you shall make on that day, and you shall cause a sin offering to be upon the altar, making atonement upon it with your atonement upon it, and you shall anoint it for its holiness.
[EXO.29.37] Seven days shall make atonement for the altar, and you shall consecrate it. And the altar shall be most holy. Everyone who touches the altar shall be consecrated.
[EXO.29.38] And this is what you will do upon the altar: two yearlings of lambs, for each day, continually.
[EXO.29.39] You shall make the lamb, the first, in the morning, and you shall make the lamb, the second, between the evenings.
[EXO.29.40] And a tenth of a fine wheat flour, mixed with pure pressed oil, a quarter of the hin, and a libation, a fourth of the hin of wine, for the one lamb.
[EXO.29.41] And the second lamb you shall make between the evenings, like the meal offering of the morning, and its drink offering you shall make for it, for a pleasing aroma, a fire offering to Yahveh.
[EXO.29.42] A continual burnt offering for your generations, at the opening of the tent of meeting before Yahveh, where I will meet with you there to speak with you there.
[EXO.29.43] And I will meet there with the children of Israel, and I will be sanctified in my glory.
[EXO.29.44] And I have sanctified the tent of meeting and the altar, and Aaron and his sons I will sanctify to be priests to me.
[EXO.29.45] And I will dwell among the sons of Israel, and I will be for them the Gods.
[EXO.29.46] And they will know that I, Yahveh, the Gods, am their God, the one who brought them out of the land of Egypt to dwell among them. I, Yahveh, the Gods, am their God.
EXO.30
[EXO.30.1] And you shall make an altar for offering incense; acacia wood you shall make it from.
[EXO.30.2] A cubit will be its length, and a cubit its breadth, square it will be, and two cubits its height. From it will be its horns.
[EXO.30.3] And you shall cover it with pure gold, its roof and its walls around, and its horns. And you shall make for it a crown of gold around.
[EXO.30.4] And you shall make two golden rings for it under its arms, on its two sides you shall make them, on its two sides, and it shall be for houses for carrying, to carry the animal.
[EXO.30.5] And you shall make the coverings acacia wood, and you shall overlay them with gold.
[EXO.30.6] And you shall put it before the veil which is upon the Ark of the Testimony, before the mercy seat which is upon the Testimony, which I will meet with you there.
[EXO.30.7] And Aaron shall offer incense upon it, spices of sweet smell, morning by morning, while he prepares the lamps, he shall offer it.
[EXO.30.8] And when Aaron sets up the lamps between the evenings, he shall cause them to burn. Incense, a continual offering, before Yahveh for your generations.
[EXO.30.9] You shall not bring up to it strange incense, and an offering, and a grain offering, and you shall not pour a drink offering to it.
[EXO.30.10] And Aaron shall atone for his horns once in the year, with the blood of the sin offering of the Day of Atonement, once in the year he shall atone for it for your generations. Most holy it is to Yahveh.
[EXO.30.11] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[EXO.30.12] Because you will lift up the head of the sons of Israel for their census, and they will give each man the atonement of his soul to Yahveh when counting them, and there will not be plague among them when counting them.
[EXO.30.13] This is what all who are counted shall give: half a shekel in the shekel of the sanctuary, twenty gerahs the shekel, half a shekel as a contribution to Yahveh.
[EXO.30.14] All those counted in the census, from a man of twenty years and upwards, shall give a contribution to Yahveh.
[EXO.30.15] The wealthy one should not increase, and the poor one should not diminish, from giving half a shekel to give the contribution of Yahveh to atone for your lives.
[EXO.30.16] And you shall take the silver of the atonements from the sons of Israel and you shall give it for the service of the tent of meeting. And it shall be for the sons of Israel as a remembrance before Yahveh, to atone for your lives.
[EXO.30.17] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[EXO.30.18] And you shall make a basin of bronze, and its stand of bronze, for washing, and you shall set it between the tent of meeting and between the altar, and you shall put water there.
[EXO.30.19] And Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet from it.
[EXO.30.20] When they come to the tent of meeting, they must wash with water, and they shall not die. Or when they approach the altar to serve, to offer incense to Yahveh.
[EXO.30.21] And they shall wash their hands and their feet, and they shall not die, and it will be a perpetual statute for them, to him and to his offspring throughout their generations.
[EXO.30.22] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[EXO.30.23] And you, take for yourself spices for anointing oil: myrrh, five hundred; and cinnamon, its half, fifty and two hundred; and calamus, fifty and two hundred.
[EXO.30.24] And the contribution was five hundred in the weight of the holy unit, and olive oil, a hin.
[EXO.30.25] And you shall make it oil of anointing, holy. Let the perfumer compound an ointment, the work of a perfumer. The oil of anointing, holy, it shall be.
[EXO.30.26] And you will anoint with it the tent of meeting and the ark of the testimony.
[EXO.30.27] And the table and all its tools, and the lampstand and its tools, and the altar of incense.
[EXO.30.28] And the altar for the ascending offering, and all its vessels, and the basin, and its base.
[EXO.30.29] And you will sanctify them, and they will be most holy. All who touch them will be sanctified.
[EXO.30.30] And you will anoint Aaron and his sons, and you will consecrate them as priest to me.
[EXO.30.31] And to the children of Israel you shall speak, saying, "This shall be the oil of anointing, sacred to me, for your generations."
[EXO.30.32] Upon the flesh of humankind it shall not be carved, and in its form you shall not make anything like it. Holy is he, holy shall he be to you.
[EXO.30.33] A person who crafts something like it and who gives from it to a stranger will be cut off from his people.
[EXO.30.34] And Yahveh said to Moses, "Take for yourself spices: natof and shchellet and chelbona, spices and pure frankincense. It will be layer by layer."
[EXO.30.35] And you shall make it incense, a mixing of the work of a mixer, salted, pure, holy.
[EXO.30.36] And you shall grind from it the myrrh, and you shall put from it before the testimony in the tent of meeting where I will meet with you there. It shall be most holy to you.
[EXO.30.37] And the incense that you make according to its recipe, you shall not make for yourselves. It will be holiness to you for Yahveh.
[EXO.30.38] A man who does like it, to practice it, will be cut off from his people.
EXO.31
[EXO.31.1] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[EXO.31.2] Behold, I have called by name Betzalel, son of Uri, son of Chur, to the tribe of Judah.
[EXO.31.3] And I filled him with the spirit of the Gods, with wisdom and with understanding and with knowledge and with every craft.
[EXO.31.4] To think thoughts to do with gold and with silver and with bronze.
[EXO.31.5] And in the working of stone to complete, and in the working of wood to make in all work.
[EXO.31.6] And I, indeed, have given with him Ahalyav son of Akhisamak to the tribe of Dan, and to the heart of every wise-hearted person I have given wisdom, and they will make all that I commanded you.
[EXO.31.7] And the tent of meeting, and the ark for the testimony, and the mercy seat that is upon it, and all the utensils of the tent.
[EXO.31.8] And the table, and its vessels, and the pure lampstand, and all its vessels, and the altar of incense.
[EXO.31.9] And the altar of the burnt offering, and all its vessels, and the basin, and its stand.
[EXO.31.10] And the garments for installation, and the garments of the holy ones, for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons for priesthood.
[EXO.31.11] And concerning the oil of anointing, and the incense of the spices for the holy place, everything as I commanded you they shall do.
[EXO.31.12] And Yahveh said to Moses, saying:
[EXO.31.13] And you shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, “Indeed, my Sabbaths you shall keep, for it is a sign between me and between you for your generations, to know that I, Yahveh, sanctify you.”
[EXO.31.14] You shall keep the Sabbath, for it is holy to you. Whoever profanes it shall surely die, for everyone who does work in it, that soul shall be cut off from among its people.
[EXO.31.15] Six days work will be done, and on the seventh day is Sabbath, a Sabbath of rest, holy to Yahveh. Everyone who does work on the day of the Sabbath shall surely die.
[EXO.31.16] And the children of Israel will keep the Sabbath, to make the Sabbath throughout their generations, an everlasting covenant.
[EXO.31.17] It is a sign between me and the children of Israel forever, that Yahveh made the heavens and the earth in six days, and on the seventh day He rested and recuperated.
[EXO.31.18] And He gave to Moses, after He finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone, written with finger the Gods.
EXO.32
[EXO.32.1] The people saw that Moses was slow in coming down from the mountain, and the people gathered around Aaron and said to him, "Rise up, make for us gods who will go before us, because this Moses the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him."
[EXO.32.2] And he said to them, "Remove the golden earrings which are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me."
[EXO.32.3] And all the people removed the golden jewelry that were in their ears, and they brought it to Aaron.
[EXO.32.4] And he took it from their hand and shaped it with a chisel, and he made it a calf, a graven image. And they said, "These are your Gods, Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt."
[EXO.32.5] And Aaron perceived, and he built an altar before Him, and Aaron proclaimed and said, "A festival to Yahveh will be tomorrow."
[EXO.32.6] They rose early the next day and offered burnt offerings and presented peace offerings, and the people sat down to eat and drink, and they rose to rejoice.
[EXO.32.7] And Yahveh spoke to Moses, "Go down, for your people have corrupted themselves, which you brought up from the land of Egypt."
[EXO.32.8] They quickly turned aside from the path that I commanded them, and they made for themselves a carved calf, and they prostrated themselves before it and sacrificed to it. And they said, "These are your Gods, Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt."
[EXO.32.9] And Yahveh said to Moses, "I have seen this people, and behold, they are a stubborn people."
[EXO.32.10] And now, let rest with me, and may my anger burn in them, and I will consume them. And I will make you into a great nation.
[EXO.32.11] And Moses pleaded before Yahveh, his Gods, and said, "Why, Yahveh, are You inflamed with anger against Your people, whom You brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a strong hand?"
[EXO.32.12] Why do the Egyptians say, asserting that with evil Yahveh brought them out, to kill them in the mountains and to destroy them from the face of the earth? Turn from the heat of Your anger and reconsider the evil concerning Your people.
[EXO.32.13] Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you swore by yourself, and you spoke to them, 'I will greatly increase your descendants like the stars of the heavens, and all this land that I promised I will give to your descendants, and they will possess it forever.'
[EXO.32.14] And Yahveh regretted the evil that he spoke of doing to his people.
[EXO.32.15] And he turned and descended, Moses, from the mountain, and two tablets of the testimony were in his hand. Tablets written on both sides of them, from this side and that side they were written.
[EXO.32.16] And the tablets are the work of the Gods, and the writing is the writing of the Gods, it is engraved on the tablets.
[EXO.32.17] And Joshua heard the sound of the people making a commotion, and he said to Moses, "It is the sound of warfare in the camp."
[EXO.32.18] And he said, there is no sound of an answering might, and there is no sound of an answering weakness. A sound of answering, I hear.
[EXO.32.19] And it happened, as he approached the camp, that he saw the calf and the dances, and the anger of Moses burned, and he threw from his hand the tablets, and he broke them beneath the mountain.
[EXO.32.20] And he took the calf that they had made, and burned it in the fire, and ground it to fine powder. And he sprinkled it on the face of the waters, and he made the children of Israel drink it.
[EXO.32.21] And Moses said to Aaron, "What have you done to this people that you have brought a great sin upon them?"
[EXO.32.22] And Aaron said, "Let not be wrathful, my Lord. You knew that the people are evil."
[EXO.32.23] And they said to me, "Make for us gods who will go before us, because this Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt, we do not know what happened to him."
[EXO.32.24] And I said to them, “From whom is the gold? Let them remove it and give it to me.” And I cast it into the fire, and this calf came forth.
[EXO.32.25] And Moses saw the people that they were unrestrained, because Aaron had allowed them to become a mockery in their sight.
[EXO.32.26] And Moses stood at the gate of the camp and said, "Who is for Yahveh to me?" And all the sons of Levi gathered to him.
[EXO.32.27] And he said to them, “Thus says Yahveh the Gods of Israel, ‘Each man put his sword upon his thigh, go through and return from gate to gate in the camp, and kill each man his brother, each man his friend, and each man his relative.’”
[EXO.32.28] And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses, and from the people fell like three thousand men on that day.
[EXO.32.29] And Moses said, "Fill your hand today to Yahveh, for a man with his son and his brother, and to give to you today blessing."
[EXO.32.30] And it was on the next day that Moses said to the people, “You have sinned a great sin. And now I will go up to Yahveh, perhaps I may atone for your sin.”
[EXO.32.31] And Moses returned to Yahveh and said, “I plead, this people has committed a great sin, and they made gods of gold for themselves.”
[EXO.32.32] And now, if you bear their sin, but if not, please erase me from your record that you have written.
[EXO.32.33] And Yahveh said to Moses, "Who is the one that has sinned against me, whom I will wipe out from my book?"
[EXO.32.34] And now, go and lead the people to that which I spoke to you. Behold, my messenger will go before you, and on the day of my visiting, I will visit upon them their sin.
[EXO.32.35] Yahveh afflicted the people because they made the calf that Aharon made.
EXO.33
[EXO.33.1] And Yahveh spoke to Moses, saying, "Go up, you and the people whom you have brought up from the land of Egypt, to the land that I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, 'To your offspring I will give it.'
[EXO.33.2] And I will send an angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanites, the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
[EXO.33.3] God said, "To a land flowing with milk and honey, I will not go up into your midst, because you are a stubborn people. Lest I consume you on the way."
[EXO.33.4] And the people heard the bad thing, and they became distressed, and no one ate anymore upon himself.
[EXO.33.5] And Yahveh said to Moses, "Say to the people of Israel, 'You are a stubborn people. In a moment, I will ascend among you and destroy you.' And now, remove your ornaments from yourselves, so that I may know what I should do with you."
[EXO.33.6] And the Israelites removed the ornaments from Mount Horeb.
[EXO.33.7] And Moses will take the tent and pitch it for himself outside the camp, far from the camp, and he called it the tent of meeting. And it will be that all seeking Yahveh will go out to the tent of meeting which is outside the camp.
[EXO.33.8] And it will be, as the going out of Moses toward the tent, that all the people will rise and stand, each man at the opening of his tent, and they will look after Moses until his coming into the tent.
[EXO.33.9] And it happened, when Moses approached the tent, a pillar of cloud would descend and stand at the entrance of the tent, and Yahveh would speak with Moses.
[EXO.33.10] And all the people saw the pillar of the cloud standing at the entrance of the tent, and all the people rose and bowed down, each one before the entrance of their own tent.
[EXO.33.11] And Yahveh spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. And he returned to the camp, and his servant, Joshua son of Nun, a young man, did not leave from inside the tent.
[EXO.33.12] And Moses said to Yahveh, "See, you are saying to me, ‘Go and bring out this people,’ yet you have not told me by what means I should send them forth. And you have said, ‘I know you by name,’ and also, ‘You have found favor in my eyes.’
[EXO.33.13] And now, if I have found favor in your eyes, please inform me of your way, and I will know you, so that I may continue to find favor in your eyes. And see, this nation is your people.
[EXO.33.14] And he said, "My presences will go, and I will rest with you."
[EXO.33.15] And he said to him, "If your face is not walking with us, do not bring us from here."
[EXO.33.16] And how will it be known then that I have found favor in Yahveh’s eyes, I and your people? Is it not by your going with us, and making us wonderful, I and your people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth?
[EXO.33.17] And Yahveh said to Moses, "I will also do the thing that you have spoken. For you have found favor in my eyes, and I know you by name."
[EXO.33.18] And he said, "Please show me your glory."
[EXO.33.19] And He said, "I will cause all my goodness to pass before your face, and I will call in the name of Yahveh before you, and I will favor those whom I favor, and I will have mercy on those whom I have mercy."
[EXO.33.20] And he said, “You will not be able to see my face, because the human will not see the Gods and live.”
[EXO.33.21] And Yahveh said, "Behold, a place with me, and you will stand upon the rock."
[EXO.33.22] And it will be, in the passing of my glory, that I will place you in the cleft of the rock, and I will cover my hand upon you until my passing.
[EXO.33.23] And I will remove my hand, and you will see my back, but my face shall not be seen.
EXO.34
[EXO.34.1] And Yahveh said to Moses, "Fashion for yourself two stone tablets like the first ones, and I will write upon the tablets the words that were on the first tablets that you broke."
[EXO.34.2] And be ready for the morning, and you shall ascend in the morning to the mountain of Sinai, and you shall stand to me there upon the head of the mountain.
[EXO.34.3] And no man shall ascend with you, and also let no man be seen in all the mountain, also the sheep and the cattle shall not graze toward that mountain.
[EXO.34.4] And he carved two stone tablets like the first ones, and Moses rose early in the morning and went up to Mount Sinai, as Yahveh commanded him. And he took in his hand two stone tablets.
[EXO.34.5] And Yahveh descended in a cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed in the name of Yahveh.
[EXO.34.6] And Yahveh passed before his face, and Yahveh called, "Yahveh, Yahveh, God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger and great in kindness and truth."
[EXO.34.7] The one keeping lovingkindness to thousands, bearing iniquity, transgression, and sin, and will not clear the guilty. The one visiting the iniquity of fathers upon sons, and upon the sons of sons, to the third generation and to the fourth.
[EXO.34.8] And Moses hastened, and he bowed to the earth, and he prostrated himself.
[EXO.34.9] And he said, "If indeed I have found favor in your eyes, my Lord, may my Lord go among us, for we are a stubborn people. And may you forgive our iniquities and our sins, and may you possess us."
[EXO.34.10] And he said, "Behold, I am cutting a covenant. Against all your people I will do wonders, which have not been created in all the land and in all the nations. And all the people who are among you will see the work of Yahveh, for terrible is he, which I am doing with you."
[EXO.34.11] Guard for yourself that which I command you today. Behold, I will drive out from before you the Amorite and the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite.
[EXO.34.12] Watch yourself, lest you make a covenant with those who dwell in the land that you are coming to conquer. Lest it become a snare within you.
[EXO.34.13] For you will tear down their altars, and you will shatter their standing stones, and you will cut down their Asherah poles.
[EXO.34.14] For you shall not prostrate yourself to a god other. For Yahveh is zealous, His name. God, zealous is He.
[EXO.34.15] Do not make a covenant with those who dwell in the land, and do not become unfaithful by following after their gods, and do not sacrifice to their gods, and do not allow them to call to you, and do not eat from their altar.
[EXO.34.16] And you shall take from his daughters to be wives for your sons, and his daughters will commit spiritual adultery after their gods, and they will cause your sons to commit spiritual adultery after their gods.
[EXO.34.17] You shall not make for yourself any idols of the Gods.
[EXO.34.18] The festival of unleavened bread you shall keep. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, which I commanded you, for the appointed time of the month of spring, because in the month of spring you went out from Egypt.
[EXO.34.19] All firstborn from the womb are to God, and all of your livestock’s firstborn will be remembered.
[EXO.34.20] And a donkey’s firstling you shall redeem with a sheep, and if you do not redeem it, you shall break its neck. All the firstborn of your sons you shall redeem, and no one should appear empty-handed.
[EXO.34.21] Six days you will work, and on the seventh day you will rest, in plowing and in harvesting you will rest.
[EXO.34.22] And you shall make for yourself the festival of Weeks, the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, and the festival of the Ingathering, at the cycle of the year.
[EXO.34.23] Three times in the year, all of your males must appear before my Lord Yahveh, the Gods of Israel.
[EXO.34.24] Surely, I will dispossess nations before you and will expand your border. No person will desire your land when you go up to see the face of Yahveh, your God, three times in the year.
[EXO.34.25] You shall not slaughter upon leaven the blood of my sacrifice, and it shall not remain until morning the sacrifice of the feast of Passover.
[EXO.34.26] The first of the firstfruits of your land you shall bring to the house of Yahveh, your Gods. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.
[EXO.34.27] And Yahveh said to Moses, "Write for yourself these words, for upon these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel."
[EXO.34.28] And it was there with Yahveh for forty days and forty nights, he did not eat bread and he did not drink water, and he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, ten words.
[EXO.34.29] And it happened as Moses descended from Mount Sinai, with the two tablets of the testimony in the hand of Moses in his descent from the mountain, and Moses did not know that the skin of his face was shining in his speaking with Yahveh.
[EXO.34.30] And Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, and behold, the skin of his face was shining, and they were afraid to approach near to him.
[EXO.34.31] And Moshe called to them, and Aaron and all the leaders of the congregation returned to him, and Moshe spoke to them.
[EXO.34.32] And after that, all the children of Israel approached, and he commanded them all that Yahveh spoke with him on Mount Sinai.
[EXO.34.33] And Moses finished speaking with them, and he put a veil upon his face.
[EXO.34.34] And when Moses went before Yahveh to speak with Him, He removed the covering until his departure. And he exited and spoke to the children of Israel what he was commanded.
[EXO.34.35] And the Israelites saw the face of Moses, because the skin of the face of Moses shone. And Moses returned the covering upon his face until his coming to speak with them.
EXO.35
[EXO.35.1] And Moses gathered all the assembly of the children of Israel and said to them, "These are the things that Yahveh commanded to do them."
[EXO.35.2] Six days work will be done, and on the seventh day it will be holy for you, a Sabbath, a complete Sabbath to Yahveh. Whoever does work on it will be put to death.
[EXO.35.3] You shall not kindle fire in all your dwellings in the day of the Sabbath.
[EXO.35.4] And Moses said to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, "This is the thing that Yahveh commanded to say."
[EXO.35.5] Take from yourselves an offering for Yahveh. Everyone whose heart moves them willingly shall bring it – the offering to Yahveh – gold, and silver, and copper.
[EXO.35.6] And blue, and purple, and crimson from the worm, and fine linen, and goats’ hair.
[EXO.35.7] And skins of rams, and skins resembling those of people, and skins of badgers, and trees of acacia.
[EXO.35.8] And oil for the light, and spices for the oil of anointing, and for incense of the spices.
[EXO.35.9] And stones of shoham and stones for settings to the ephod and to the breastplate.
[EXO.35.10] And all those who are skilled of heart among you shall come and make all that Yahveh has commanded.
[EXO.35.11] Concerning the Tabernacle, its tent and its covering, its boards and its bars, its bolts, its pillars, and its foundations.
[EXO.35.12] And the ark, and its carrying poles, and the covering, and the curtain of the screen.
[EXO.35.13] And the table, and its coverings, and all its implements, and the bread of the faces.
[EXO.35.14] And the lampstand of the light, and its utensils, and its lamps, and the oil of the light.
[EXO.35.15] And the altar of the incense, and its spices, and the oil for anointing, and the incense of the spices, and the screen for the entrance to the entrance of the Tabernacle.
[EXO.35.16] And the altar for the burnt offering, and the copper stand belonging to it, and its covering, and all its tools, and the basin and its stand.
[EXO.35.17] And the beams of the courtyard, and its pillars, and the lords of its pillars, and the covering of the gate of the courtyard.
[EXO.35.18] And the pegs of the sanctuary, and the pegs of the court, and their cords.
[EXO.35.19] And the garments of linen to serve in the holy place, and the garments of the holy place for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons for the priest.
[EXO.35.20] And the entire assembly of the children of Israel went out from before Moses.
[EXO.35.21] And every man whose heart moved him, and every one whose spirit moved him, brought Yahveh’s contribution for the work of the tent of meeting, and for all his service, and for the garments of holiness.
[EXO.35.22] And the people came to the women, every generous of heart brought golden jewelry and nose rings and bracelets and pendants, every golden vessel. And every person who offered a wave offering of gold to Yahveh.
[EXO.35.23] And every man who was found with blue dye and purple dye and scarlet dye from a worm and fine linen and goats and skins of rams dyed red and badger skins brought them.
[EXO.35.24] All who offered a contribution of silver and bronze brought the contribution of Yahveh, and all who had acacia wood for every work of the service brought it.
[EXO.35.25] And all women who were skilled spun with their hands, and they brought dyed materials: the blue, the purple, the crimson from the shani worm, and the fine linen.
[EXO.35.26] And all the women whom the heart employed with wisdom spun the goat hair.
[EXO.35.27] And the leaders brought the stones of the shoham and the stones of the settings for the ephod and for the breastplate.
[EXO.35.28] And the spice and the oil for the lampstand, and for the anointing oil, and for the incense of the spices.
[EXO.35.29] Every man and every woman whose heart moved them brought an offering to all the work that God commanded to be done by the hand of Moses. The children of Israel brought a voluntary offering to God.
[EXO.35.30] And Moses said to the Israelites, "See, Yahveh has called by name Betzalel, son of Uri, son of Chur, for the tribe of Judah."
[EXO.35.31] And the Gods filled him with wisdom, with understanding, and with knowledge, and with every craft.
[EXO.35.32] And to plan thoughts to do with gold and with silver and with bronze.
[EXO.35.33] And in the engraving of stone for completion, and in the engraving of wood to make in all work of devising.
[EXO.35.34] And to teach, God gave into the heart of him, and Oholiab son of Ahisamach, for the tribe of Dan.
[EXO.35.35] God filled them with wisdom of heart to do all the work of a craftsman and a thinker, and an embroiderer in blue and purple, with the crimson worm and with linen, and a weaver, doing all work and thinkers of thoughts.
EXO.36
[EXO.36.1] And Bezalel and Oholiab, and every person with a wise heart, whom Yahveh gave wisdom and understanding within them, to know how to do all the work of the service of the holy, according to all that Yahveh commanded.
[EXO.36.2] And Moses called to Betzalel and to Aholiab and to every man in whom the Gods had put skill in their heart, everyone whose heart moved him to approach the work to do it.
[EXO.36.3] And they took before Moses all the contribution that the children of Israel brought for the work of the holy service to do it, and they brought to him additional freewill offerings morning by morning.
[EXO.36.4] And all the wise craftsmen came, the doers of all the sacred work, each man from his work which they were doing.
[EXO.36.5] And they said to Moses, "The people are being increased in their requirement to bring materials from the work for the task that Yahveh commanded to be done."
[EXO.36.6] And Moses commanded, and they announced a sound in the camp, saying, “Let no man and no woman do any more work for the contribution of the holy objects.” And the people ceased from bringing.
[EXO.36.7] And the work was sufficient for all the work to do it, and there remained some.
[EXO.36.8] And all those with skill in their hearts, those doing the work, made the Tabernacle with ten curtains of fine linen, woven with blue, purple, and crimson; with cherubim, work of a designer, they made them.
[EXO.36.9] The length of the one covering is twenty-eight in a cubit, and its width is four in a cubit. The one covering has a measure equal to all the coverings.
[EXO.36.10] And he joined five of the coverings together, and five coverings he joined together.
[EXO.36.11] And he made loops of blue on the edge of the first curtain, at the joining. Thus he did on the edge of the second curtain at the second joining.
[EXO.36.12] Fifty loops God made on the one curtain, and fifty loops God made at the edge of the curtain that is in the second joining, the loops being parallel, one to one.
[EXO.36.13] And he made fifty clasps of gold, and he joined the coverings one to another with the clasps, and the dwelling became one.
[EXO.36.14] And he made curtains of goats for the tent over the tabernacle; twelve curtains he made them.
[EXO.36.15] The length of the one curtain is thirty cubits and its width is four cubits, a single measure for twelve curtains.
[EXO.36.16] And he joined the five curtains separately, and the six curtains separately.
[EXO.36.17] And he made fifty loops on the edge of the outer covering, on the joining, and fifty loops he made on the edge of the second covering which connects.
[EXO.36.18] And he made fifty bronze clasps to join the tent to be one.
[EXO.36.19] And he made a covering for the tent, skins of rams dyed red, and a covering of badger skins above.
[EXO.36.20] And he made the boards for the tabernacle, wood of acacia, standing.
[EXO.36.21] Ten cubits is the length of the plank, and a cubit and half a cubit is the width of the one plank.
[EXO.36.22] Two hands joined each board to another, and thus he made for all the boards of the tabernacle.
[EXO.36.23] And he made the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards for the side of the south, southward.
[EXO.36.24] And forty sockets of silver he made, under the twenty pillars. Two sockets under one pillar, for its two feet, and two sockets under one pillar, for its two feet.
[EXO.36.25] And for the second side of the Tabernacle, facing the north, he made twenty boards.
[EXO.36.26] And forty of their lords were of silver, two lords beneath one board, and two lords beneath one board.
[EXO.36.27] And toward the south side of the Tabernacle, he made six boards.
[EXO.36.28] And he made two boards for the sides of the tabernacle, at the flanks.
[EXO.36.29] And the rings would be joined from below, and together they would be complete to their upper part, to the single ring. Thus he made for both of them, for the two ends.
[EXO.36.30] And there will be eight planks, and their lords will be silver, sixteen lords, two lords, two lords under the one plank.
[EXO.36.31] And he made bars of acacia trees, five for the planks of the side of the tabernacle, the one.
[EXO.36.32] And five bars for the boards of the side of the second tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the southern sides.
[EXO.36.33] And he made the middle bar to run within the boards from one end to the other.
[EXO.36.34] And the boards he overlaid with gold, and their rings he made of gold, receptacles for the bolts. And he overlaid the bolts with gold.
[EXO.36.35] And he made the veil blue and purple and scarlet and fine woven linen, the work of a skilled craftsman he made it with cherubim.
[EXO.36.36] And he made for her four pillars of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold, and their coverings were gold. And he cast for them four lords of silver.
[EXO.36.37] And he made a screen for the entrance of the tent, of blue dye, and purple dye, and crimson dye, and fine linen that was woven, a work of an embroiderer.
[EXO.36.38] And his pillars were five, and their capitals, and a covering was upon their tops and their network was gold, and their lords were five of copper.
EXO.37
[EXO.37.1] And Bezalel made the Ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits was its length, and one and a half cubits was its breadth, and one and a half cubits was its height.
[EXO.37.2] And he overlaid it with pure gold, from the inside and the outside, and he made for him a golden crown around it.
[EXO.37.3] And he cast for it four rings of gold upon its four feet, and two rings upon its first side, and two rings upon its second side.
[EXO.37.4] And he made the furnishings of acacia wood, and he overlaid them with gold.
[EXO.37.5] And he brought the poles into the rings on the sides of the Ark, for the purpose of carrying the Ark.
[EXO.37.6] And he made a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits in length, and one and a half cubits in width.
[EXO.37.7] And he made two cherubim of gold, hammered work he made them, from the two ends of the mercy seat.
[EXO.37.8] One cherub was at one end, and one cherub was at the other end. From the mercy seat, the Gods made the cherubim from its two ends.
[EXO.37.9] And the cherubim had spread their wings above, sheltering with their wings over the atonement cover, and their faces were towards each other, towards the atonement cover were the faces of the cherubim.
[EXO.37.10] And he made the table of acacia wood, two cubits its length, and one cubit its width, and one and a half cubits its height.
[EXO.37.11] And pure gold covered it, and he made for him a crown of gold around.
[EXO.37.12] And he made for himself a frame, a span around, and he made a golden crown for his frame around.
[EXO.37.13] And he cast for himself four rings of gold, and he put the rings on the four sides which are to the four legs.
[EXO.37.14] Opposite the frame, the rings were bases for the poles to carry the table.
[EXO.37.15] And he made the poles, acacia trees, and he overlaid them with gold for carrying the table.
[EXO.37.16] And he made the vessels that were upon the table, his bowls, and his spoons, and his libation vessels, and the basins in which is poured pure gold.
[EXO.37.17] And he made the lampstand of pure gold, beaten work he made the lampstand, its branch and its stem, its cups, its knobs, and its flowers were from it.
[EXO.37.18] And six branches are emerging from its sides, three branches of the lampstand from one side, and three branches of the lampstand from the other side.
[EXO.37.19] Three knobs are wrought on one shaft as a bud and a flower, and three knobs are wrought on one shaft as a bud and a flower. So it is for the six shafts which come out of the lampstand.
[EXO.37.20] And on the lampstand were four bowls, beaten out—its buds and its blossoms.
[EXO.37.21] And a knob under two branches from it, and a knob under two branches from it, and a knob under two branches from it, for six branches going out from it.
[EXO.37.22] Their hammer work and their settings were from it; all of it was one hard substance, pure gold.
[EXO.37.23] And he made her lamps seven, and her snuffers and her holders of pure gold.
[EXO.37.24] A talent of pure gold he made it, and all its vessels.
[EXO.37.25] And he made the altar of incense of acacia wood, one cubit its length and one cubit its breadth, square, and two cubits its height, from it were its horns.
[EXO.37.26] And pure gold covered it, its roof and its walls around, and its horns. And he made for it a crown of gold around.
[EXO.37.27] And two golden rings he made for him from beneath his arm, on his two arms, on his two sides, for houses for supports, to carry him with them.
[EXO.37.28] And he made the coverings of acacia trees and he overlaid them with gold.
[EXO.37.29] And he made the oil of anointing holy, and the incense of spices pure, the work of a perfumer.
EXO.38
[EXO.38.1] And he made the altar of the burnt offering from acacia wood. Its length was five cubits and its breadth was five cubits, square, and its height was three cubits.
[EXO.38.2] And he made its horns on its four corners, from it were its horns, and he overlaid it with bronze.
[EXO.38.3] And he made all the utensils of the altar, the pots, and the basins, and the sprinklers, the forks, and the pans. All his utensils he made of bronze.
[EXO.38.4] And he made a covering for the altar, a work of bronze netting, under its top from below to its middle.
[EXO.38.5] And he cast four rings on the four corners of the copper altar, as holders for the poles.
[EXO.38.6] And he made the basins of acacia wood and overlaid them with copper.
[EXO.38.7] And he brought the rings onto the sides of the altar, to carry it with them. Cast plates he made it.
[EXO.38.8] And he made the laver of bronze and its stand of bronze, from the polished bronze that were the mirrors of those who served at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
[EXO.38.9] And he made the courtyard on the south side of the south. The sides of the courtyard were six woven cloths, one hundred cubits.
[EXO.38.10] Their pillars were twenty, and their lords were twenty of bronze. And the tops of the pillars and their carvings were of silver.
[EXO.38.11] Toward the north, one hundred cubits, their pillars were twenty, and their lords were twenty of bronze. And the bands of the pillars, and their carvings were of silver.
[EXO.38.12] And at the edge of the sea were castings, fifty cubits in measure, their pillars were ten, and their lords were ten. And the forms of the pillars and their adornments were silver.
[EXO.38.13] And toward the face of the east, fifty cubits.
[EXO.38.14] The pillars were fifteen cubits to the shoulder, their pillars were three, and their lords were three.
[EXO.38.15] To the second side, from this side and from that side of the gate of the court, were pillars, fifteen cubits in height. Their pillars were three, and their capitals were three.
[EXO.38.16] All the fortresses of the courtyard around had six layers.
[EXO.38.17] And the Lords were of bronze pillars, and the rings of the pillars and their attachments were of silver, and the covering of their heads was silver, and they were attached with silver, all the pillars of the courtyard.
[EXO.38.18] And the covering of the gate of the courtyard was skillful work, of blue and purple and crimson, and of woven fine linen. Its length was twenty cubits, and its height in width was five cubits, according to the panels of the courtyard.
[EXO.38.19] And their pillars were four, and their basins were four, bronze, and their knobs were silver, and the overlay of their heads and their links were silver.
[EXO.38.20] And all the pillars for the sanctuary and for the courtyard around were bronze.
[EXO.38.21] These are the instructions for the tabernacle, the tabernacle of testimony, which were commanded according to the word of Moses. The service of the Levites was recorded by the hand of Itamar, son of Aaron, the priest.
[EXO.38.22] And Bezalel, son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that Yahveh commanded Moses.
[EXO.38.23] And with him was Oholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an artisan and designer, and an embroiderer in blue and purple, and in crimson from the worm, and in fine linen.
[EXO.38.24] All the gold that was made for the work, in all the work of the holy place, and there was gold of the wave offering twenty-nine kikar and seven hundred and thirty shekel in the shekel of the holy place.
[EXO.38.25] And the silver of the contributions of the congregation was one hundred talents, and one thousand and seven hundred and seventy-five shekels, according to the shekel of the holy place.
[EXO.38.26] A beqah for the skull, half the shekel, in the shekel of the sanctuary, for everyone who passes during the counting, from a son of twenty years and upwards, to six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.
[EXO.38.27] And it came to pass, from the amount of the silver shekel, to cover my Lord the Holy One and my Lord the curtain. From lords to the amount of the shekel, a shekel for the overseer.
[EXO.38.28] And he made one thousand and seven hundred and seventy-five hooks for the pillars, and he overlaid their tops and strengthened them.
[EXO.38.29] And the bronze of the wave offering was seventy talents and two thousand and four hundred shekels.
[EXO.38.30] And he made in it the opening of the tent of meeting, and the bronze altar, and the bronze covering which belong to him, and all the vessels of the altar.
[EXO.38.31] And the my Lords of the courtyard surrounding, and the my Lords of the gate of the courtyard, and all the tent pegs of the Tabernacle, and all the tent pegs of the courtyard surrounding.
EXO.39
[EXO.39.1] And from the blue dye and the purple dye and the crimson dye from the insect, they made garments of fine linen to serve in the holy place. And they made the holy garments that belonged to Aaron, as Yahveh commanded Moses.
[EXO.39.2] And he made the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of crimson, and of fine woven linen.
[EXO.39.3] And they hammered the plates of gold and twisted threads to make within the blue and within the purple and within the crimson and within the fine linen, artful work.
[EXO.39.4] Shoulders they made for him as joinings, upon his two extremities it was joined.
[EXO.39.5] And the crafting of his Ephod, which is upon him, is from us. It is like his work: gold, blue, and purple, and crimson and fine linen woven. As Yahveh commanded Moses.
[EXO.39.6] And they made the stones of the shoham mounted in settings of gold, engraved like signet rings with the names of the sons of Israel.
[EXO.39.7] And he placed them upon the shoulder pieces of the ephod, stones for remembrance of the sons of Israel, as Yahveh commanded Moses.
[EXO.39.8] And he made the breastplate with skillful work, like the work of the ephod. Gold, blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine woven linen.
[EXO.39.9] It was fourfold, doubled; they made the breastplate a cubit in length and a cubit in width, doubled.
[EXO.39.10] And they filled it with four rows of stone, a row of ruby, a row of topaz, and a row of beryl, the one row.
[EXO.39.11] And the second row is topaz sapphire and diamond.
[EXO.39.12] And the third of the locusts, for the name of their master and their destroying.
[EXO.39.13] And the fourth row, Tarshish, Shoham, and Yashefeh, with settings embedded in gold in their fullness.
[EXO.39.14] And the stones on the names of the sons of Israel are twelve, according to their names, engravings of a seal, a man according to his name, for the twelve tribes.
[EXO.39.15] And they made chains of twisted work, of pure gold.
[EXO.39.16] And they made two clasps of gold and two rings of gold, and they attached the two rings to the two ends of the breastplate.
[EXO.39.17] And they placed the two golden rings upon the two plates, upon the edges of the breastplate.
[EXO.39.18] And the two ends of the two woven cloths they put on the two clasps, and they were put on the shoulders of the ephod facing his face.
[EXO.39.19] And they made two rings of gold, and they placed them on the two ends of the breastplate, on its edge, which to the side of the ephod was within.
[EXO.39.20] And they made two rings of gold, and they placed them on the two shoulder straps of the ephod from below, opposite his face, against its joining, from above the covering of the ephod.
[EXO.39.21] And they fastened the rings of the breastplate to the rings of the ephod with a cord of turquoise, so that it would be upon the covering of the ephod, and the breastplate should not move from above the ephod, as Yahveh commanded to Moses.
[EXO.39.22] And he made the robe of the ephod, a work of a weaver, entirely blue.
[EXO.39.23] And the mouth of the robe within it is like the mouth of a seal. A lip is for its mouth all around, it will not be torn.
[EXO.39.24] And they made pomegranates on the hems of the garment, of blue and purple and crimson, woven together.
[EXO.39.25] And they made bells of pure gold, and they placed the bells within the pomegranates on the edges of the robe, around, within the pomegranates.
[EXO.39.26] Bells and pomegranates, bells and pomegranates, were on the hem of the garment, all around, to serve, as Yahveh commanded Moses.
[EXO.39.27] And they made the tunics of linen, work of a weaver, for Aaron and to his sons.
[EXO.39.28] And the turban of fine linen, and the adornments of the headdresses of fine linen, and the trousers of the fine linen, woven.
[EXO.39.29] And the tapestry was made of woven linen, and blue dye, and purple, and crimson from the worm, skillful work, as Yahveh commanded Moses.
[EXO.39.30] And they made the sacred forehead plate of pure gold, and they inscribed upon it carvings resembling a seal, holy to Yahveh.
[EXO.39.31] And they placed a blue cord on it, to put on the turban from above, as Yahveh commanded to Moses.
[EXO.39.32] And all the work of the Tabernacle, the tent of meeting, was finished. And the children of Israel did everything that Yahveh commanded Moses; thus they did.
[EXO.39.33] And they brought the tabernacle to Moses, the tent and all its vessels, its panels, its bars, its bolts, its pillars and its foundations.
[EXO.39.34] And the covering of skins of the rams, the dyed ones, and the covering of skins of the badgers, and the curtain of the tabernacle.
[EXO.39.35] The ark of the testimony, and its coverings, and the atonement cover.
[EXO.39.36] The table, all its utensils, and the bread of the Presence.
[EXO.39.37] And the pure lampstand, its lamps, the lamps of the arrangement, and all its utensils, and the oil for the lighting.
[EXO.39.38] And the altar of gold, and the oil of anointing, and the incense of the spices, and the screen of the opening of the tent.
[EXO.39.39] And the altar of bronze, and the washbasin of bronze that belonged to him, and its covering, and all its vessels, and the basin, and its stand.
[EXO.39.40] And the ramparts of the courtyard, its pillars, and its lords, and the screens for the gate of the courtyard, its ropes and its stakes, and all the tools of service of the dwelling for the tent of meeting.
[EXO.39.41] And the garments of linen to serve in the holy place, and the garments of the holy place for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons for the priest.
[EXO.39.42] As all that Yahveh commanded Moses, so the sons of Israel did all the service.
[EXO.39.43] And Moses saw all the work, and behold, they had made it as Yahveh had commanded, so they had made it. And Moses blessed them.
EXO.40
[EXO.40.1] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[EXO.40.2] On the day of the first month, on the first of the month, you shall erect the dwelling, the tent of meeting.
[EXO.40.3] And you shall place there the ark of the testimony, and you shall cover upon the ark the veil.
[EXO.40.4] And you shall bring forth the table and arrange its arrangement, and you shall bring forth the lampstand and you shall light its lamps.
[EXO.40.5] And you shall place the golden altar for incense before the ark of the testimony, and you shall set the screen of the opening to the Tabernacle.
[EXO.40.6] And you shall place the altar of the burnt offering before the opening of the dwelling, the tent of meeting.
[EXO.40.7] And you shall place the basin between the tent of meeting and between the altar, and you shall place water there.
[EXO.40.8] And you will set the courtyard all around, and you will place the screen of the gate of the courtyard.
[EXO.40.9] And you shall take the oil of anointing and you shall anoint the Tabernacle and all that is within it, and you shall sanctify it and all its vessels, and it shall be holy.
[EXO.40.10] And you shall anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and you shall consecrate the altar, and the altar shall be a holiness of holies.
[EXO.40.11] And you shall anoint the basin and its basin, and you shall consecrate it.
[EXO.40.12] And you shall bring near Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting, and you shall wash them with water.
[EXO.40.13] And you shall clothe Aaron with the garments of holiness, and you shall anoint him, and you shall consecrate him, and he shall be a priest to me.
[EXO.40.14] And you shall bring near his sons, and you shall clothe them with tunics.
[EXO.40.15] And you shall anoint them, as you anointed their father, and they shall serve as priests to me, and the anointing shall be for them to the priesthood for all time, to their generations.
[EXO.40.16] And Moses did as all that Yahveh commanded him, thus he did.
[EXO.40.17] And it came to pass in the first month of the second year on the first of the month that the Tabernacle was erected.
[EXO.40.18] And Moses erected the Tabernacle, and he put my Lord [inside], and he set its boards, and he put its bars, and he erected its pillars.
[EXO.40.19] And he spread the tent over the tabernacle, and he put the covering of the tent over it from above, as Yahveh commanded Moses.
[EXO.40.20] And he took and placed the Testimony to the Ark, and he placed the cherubim upon the Ark, and he placed the Mercy Seat upon the Ark from above.
[EXO.40.21] And he brought the Ark to the Tabernacle, and he set the veil of the screen, and he covered over the Ark of the Testimony as Yahveh commanded Moses.
[EXO.40.22] And he placed the table in the tent of meeting on the side of the dwelling, to the north, outside of the curtain.
[EXO.40.23] And he arranged for him a display of bread before Yahveh, as Yahveh commanded Moses.
[EXO.40.24] And he put the lampstand in the tent of meeting opposite the table, on the southern side of the tabernacle.
[EXO.40.25] And he lit the lamps before Yahveh, as Yahveh commanded Moses.
[EXO.40.26] And he placed the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil.
[EXO.40.27] And he offered incense upon it, incense of sweet-smelling spices, as Yahveh commanded to Moses.
[EXO.40.28] And he placed the screen at the entrance to the tabernacle.
[EXO.40.29] And the altar of the burnt offering he placed at the entrance of the tent of meeting. And he ascended upon it with the burnt offering and the grain offering, as Yahveh commanded Moses.
[EXO.40.30] And he put the basin between the tent of meeting and between the altar, and he gave water there for washing.
[EXO.40.31] And they washed from it, Moses and Aaron and his sons, their hands and their feet.
[EXO.40.32] When they come to the tent of meeting and when they approach the altar, they will wash, as Yahveh commanded to Moses.
[EXO.40.33] And he erected the courtyard around the tent of meeting and around the altar, and he put up the screen of the gate of the courtyard, and Moses finished the work.
[EXO.40.34] And the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of Yahveh filled the tabernacle.
[EXO.40.35] And Moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting, because the cloud resided upon it, and the glory of Yahveh filled the Dwelling.
[EXO.40.36] And when the cloud ascends from over the Tabernacle, the sons of Israel will travel in all their journeys.
[EXO.40.37] And if the cloud does not rise, and they do not go, until the day it rises.
[EXO.40.38] For the cloud of Yahveh was over the tabernacle by day, and fire will be by night within it, before the eyes of all the house of Israel throughout all their journeys.
LEV
LEV.1 • LEV.2 • LEV.3 • LEV.4 • LEV.5 • LEV.6 • LEV.7 • LEV.8 • LEV.9 • LEV.10 • LEV.11 • LEV.12 • LEV.13 • LEV.14 • LEV.15 • LEV.16 • LEV.17 • LEV.18 • LEV.19 • LEV.20 • LEV.21 • LEV.22 • LEV.23 • LEV.24 • LEV.25 • LEV.26 • LEV.27
LEV.1
[LEV.1.1] And He called to Moses, and Yahveh spoke to him from the tent of meeting, to say.
[LEV.1.2] Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, ‘When anyone among you wishes to offer a sacrifice to Yahveh, it must be from the animals – from the cattle or from the sheep – that you offer your sacrifices.’
[LEV.1.3] If its sacrifice is a burnt offering from the cattle, a male without blemish he shall offer it at the entrance of the tent of meeting, he shall offer it for acceptance before Yahveh.
[LEV.1.4] And he will lean his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it will be accepted to him to atone for him.
[LEV.1.5] And he slaughtered the bull before Yahveh, and the sons of Aaron, the priests, brought near the blood, and they dashed the blood around upon the altar, at the opening of the tent of meeting.
[LEV.1.6] And he shall peel the burnt offering and he shall cut it into its pieces.
[LEV.1.7] And the sons of Aaron, the priest, will place fire on the altar, and they will arrange wood on the fire.
[LEV.1.8] And the sons of Aaron, the priests, arranged the cuts, the head, and the fat upon the wood which was upon the fire which was upon the altar.
[LEV.1.9] And they shall bring it near, and shall wash its legs/thighs in water, and the priest shall make all of the altar to smoke as a burnt offering, fire, a pleasing aroma to Yahveh.
[LEV.1.10] And if his offering is from the flock, from the lambs or from the goats, for a burnt offering, a male, perfect, he shall bring it.
[LEV.1.11] And he shall slaughter it upon the thigh of the altar northward before Yahveh, and the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall throw its blood upon the altar around.
[LEV.1.12] And dissect it into its pieces, and its head and its fat. And the priest arranged them upon the timbers which are upon the fire which is upon the altar.
[LEV.1.13] And the internal organs and the limbs shall be washed in water, and the priest shall bring the whole thing and offer upon the altar a burnt offering. It is a fire offering, a pleasing aroma to Yahveh.
[LEV.1.14] And if from the birds is an ascending offering, his offering to Yahveh, then he shall bring near from the turtledoves or from the young of the dove his offering.
[LEV.1.15] And the priest shall bring it to the altar and strike its head, and the priest shall burn the offering. And its blood shall be found on the wall of the altar.
[LEV.1.16] And he will remove its dread in its burning, and he will cast it near the altar before the place of fertilizer.
[LEV.1.17] And he shall split it with its wings, not to divide it, and the priest shall offer it on the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire. It is a burnt offering, fire, a pleasant fragrance to Yahveh.
LEV.2
[LEV.2.1] And if a life brings near an offering of a grain offering to Yahveh, it will be fine flour, its offering. And it will pour oil upon it, and put incense upon it.
[LEV.2.2] And she shall bring it to the sons of Aaron, the priests, and he shall take from it a handful of its flour and from its oil upon all its frankincense. And the priest shall make smoke of its memorial portion upon the altar, fire, a pleasing smell to Yahveh.
[LEV.2.3] And what remains from the meal offering will belong to Aaron and his sons; it is holiness, holiest, from the offerings of Yahveh.
[LEV.2.4] And when you bring near an offering, a grain offering baked in an oven – fine flour, loaves of unleavened bread mixed with oil, and thin wafers of unleavened bread smeared with oil.
[LEV.2.5] And if a grain offering is on the griddle, your sacrifice shall be fine flour mixed with oil, unleavened it shall be.
[LEV.2.6] You will entice it with adornments and pour oil upon it. It is an offering.
[LEV.2.7] And if the offering of your sacrifice is fine flour, it shall be made with oil.
[LEV.2.8] And you shall bring the grain offering that is made from these to Yahveh, and you shall offer it to the priest, and you shall present it to the altar.
[LEV.2.9] And the priest will lift from the offering its memorial portion, and he will make smoke of it on the altar, a fire of a pleasing aroma to Yahveh.
[LEV.2.10] And the remaining portion from the meal offering belongs to Aaron and to his sons; it is most holy from the fire offerings of Yahveh.
[LEV.2.11] All of the meal offering that you bring to Yahveh should not be made with leaven, because any leaven and any honey must not be offered from it as a burnt offering to Yahveh.
[LEV.2.12] An offering of firstfruits you shall bring near them to Yahveh, and they shall not ascend to the altar as a pleasing aroma.
[LEV.2.13] And all of your offerings you shall salt with salt, and you shall not omit the salt of the covenant of the Gods from your offering, upon all of your offerings you shall offer salt.
[LEV.2.14] And if you bring near an offering of first fruits to Yahveh, barley roasted in the fire, a geresh of Carmel, you shall bring near the offering of your first fruits.
[LEV.2.15] And you shall give upon it oil, and you shall put upon it incense. It is an offering.
[LEV.2.16] And the priest will make smoke of its memorial portion from its fat and from its blood upon all its incense, a fire offering to Yahveh.
LEV.3
[LEV.3.1] And if a peace offering is his sacrifice, if from the cattle he is offering, whether male or female, without blemish he shall offer it before Yahveh.
[LEV.3.2] And he shall lay his hand on the head of his sacrifice, and he shall slaughter it at the opening of the tent of meeting, and the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall sprinkle the blood around on the altar.
[LEV.3.3] And he must bring from the altar of the peace offerings a burnt offering to Yahveh, the fat that covers the inward parts, and all the fat that is on the inward parts.
[LEV.3.4] And both kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, that is upon the loins, and the appendage that is upon the liver, upon the kidneys, he shall remove it.
[LEV.3.5] And the sons of Aaron shall offer it on the altar, the burnt offering that is on the wood that is on the fire, a fire, a pleasing aroma to Yahveh.
[LEV.3.6] And if from the flock his offering is for a peace offering to Yahveh, a male or a female, without blemish he shall offer it.
[LEV.3.7] If he offers a lamb as his offering, then he shall offer it before Yahveh.
[LEV.3.8] And he shall lean his hand upon the head of his sacrifice, and he shall slaughter it before the tent of meeting, and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle its blood around upon the altar.
[LEV.3.9] And he shall bring near the altar of the peace offerings an offering by fire to Yahveh. Its fat, the covering fat, complete, he shall remove before Yahveh. And the fat that covers the liver and all the fat that is upon the liver.
[LEV.3.10] And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, that is upon the loins, and the fat covering upon the liver, upon the kidneys, it shall remove.
[LEV.3.11] And the priest shall cause a bread offering to ascend in smoke to Yahveh.
[LEV.3.12] And if a goat is his offering, then he shall bring it near before Yahveh.
[LEV.3.13] And he shall place his hand upon its head, and slaughter it before the tent of meeting, and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle its blood around the altar.
[LEV.3.14] And he shall bring near from it a sacrifice, a burnt offering to Yahveh, the fat that covers the liver, and all the fat that is on the liver.
[LEV.3.15] And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, that is upon the loins, and the fat covering upon the liver, upon the kidneys, it shall remove.
[LEV.3.16] And the priest shall make it rise in smoke on the altar, bread of fire, for a pleasing aroma, all the fat to Yahveh.
[LEV.3.17] The statute of forever is for your generations in all your settlements: all fat and all blood you shall not eat.
LEV.4
[LEV.4.1] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[LEV.4.2] Speak to the children of Israel, saying: If a soul sins unintentionally against any of the commandments of Yahveh which it did not do, and then performs one of them...
[LEV.4.3] If the priest the anointed sins, causing guilt for the people, then he must offer for his sin, the one he committed, a bull calf perfect to Yahveh for a sin offering.
[LEV.4.4] And he shall bring the bull to the entrance of the tent of meeting before Yahveh, and shall lay his hand upon the head of the bull, and shall slaughter the bull before Yahveh.
[LEV.4.5] And the priest, the anointed one, will take from the blood of the bull, and he will bring it to the tent of meeting.
[LEV.4.6] And the priest shall dip his finger into the blood, and he shall sprinkle from the blood seven times before Yahveh towards the face of the veil of the holy place.
[LEV.4.7] And the priest will give from the blood upon the horns of the altar of incense, the incense of the spices, before Yahveh, which is in the tent of meeting. And all the blood of the bull he will pour out at the base of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
[LEV.4.8] And all the fat of the bull of the sin offering he shall remove from it, the fat that covers the entrails, and all the fat that is on the entrails.
[LEV.4.9] And the two kidneys and the fat that is upon them, that is upon the loins, and the covering upon the liver, upon the kidneys, he will remove it.
[LEV.4.10] As a bull is offered as a sacrifice of the peace offerings, and the priest makes smoke from it on the altar of the burnt offering.
[LEV.4.11] And the hide of the young bull, and all of its flesh, upon its head and upon its limbs, and its innards and its dung.
[LEV.4.12] And he shall take all the animal outside the camp to a pure place, to the pouring out of the fertilizer, and shall burn it completely on wood with fire, on the pouring out of the fertilizer it shall be burned.
[LEV.4.13] And if all the assembly of Israel goes astray, and a matter is hidden from the eyes of the community, and they do one of all the commands of Yahveh which should not be done, then they will be guilty.
[LEV.4.14] And the sin will be known, the one they have sinned upon. And the assembly shall offer a bull, a son of a cow, for a sin offering, and they shall bring it before the tent of meeting.
[LEV.4.15] And the elders of the congregation will place their hands on the head of the bull before Yahveh, and they will slaughter the bull before Yahveh.
[LEV.4.16] And the priest, the anointed one, will bring blood from the bull to the tent of meeting.
[LEV.4.17] And the priest shall dip his finger into the blood, and sprinkle seven times before Yahveh, toward the face of the veil.
[LEV.4.18] And from the blood he will put upon the horns of the altar which is before Yahveh, which is in the tent of meeting, and all the blood he will pour upon the foundation of the altar of the burnt offering, which is the opening of the tent of meeting.
[LEV.4.19] And all of its fat he will lift from it, and he will burn the fat on the altar.
[LEV.4.20] And he shall make for the bull as he made for the bull of the sin offering, so shall he do for him. And the priest shall atone for them, and they will be forgiven.
[LEV.4.21] And he shall bring out the bull outside the camp, and burn it, as he burned the first bull. It is the sin offering of the congregation.
[LEV.4.22] That leader has sinned, and he does one of all the commands of Yahveh, the Gods, which you shall not do unintentionally, and is guilty.
[LEV.4.23] Or declare to him his sin, which he committed in it, and he shall bring his sacrifice, a male goat of the goats, complete and without defect.
[LEV.4.24] And he will place his hand on the head of the goat and slaughter it in the place where he slaughters the burnt offering before Yahveh. It is a sin offering.
[LEV.4.25] And the priest will take from the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and he will put it upon the horns of the altar of the burnt offering, and its blood he will pour unto the base of the altar of the burnt offering.
[LEV.4.26] And all of its fat he shall offer by burning on the altar, as fat of a sacrifice of peace offerings, and the priest shall make atonement for him from his sin, and it shall be forgiven to him.
[LEV.4.27] And if a single soul sins unintentionally from among the people of the land by doing one of the commands of Yahveh that should not be done, then that person becomes guilty.
[LEV.4.28] Declare to him his sin which he committed, and he shall bring his offering, a perfect female goat, for his sin which he committed.
[LEV.4.29] And he shall place his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and he shall slaughter the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering.
[LEV.4.30] And the priest shall take from its blood with his finger, and he shall put it on the horns of the altar of the burnt offering, and all its blood he shall pour at the base of the altar.
[LEV.4.31] And all its fat he shall remove, as the fat was removed from over the sacrifice of peace offerings, and the priest shall offer the fat upon the altar for a pleasing aroma to Yahveh, and the priest shall make atonement for him and he shall be forgiven.
[LEV.4.32] And if a lamb he brings as his offering for sin, a female without blemish he shall bring it.
[LEV.4.33] And he shall lean his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and he shall slaughter it as a sin offering in the place where he slaughters the burnt offering.
[LEV.4.34] And the priest will take from the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it on the horns of the altar of the burnt offering, and all of its blood he will pour out at the foundation of the altar.
[LEV.4.35] And all its fat he shall remove, as the fat is removed from a lamb of the peace offering altar. And the priest shall offer them on the altar upon the fire of Yahveh, and the priest shall atone for him regarding his sin which he committed, and forgiveness shall be granted to him.
LEV.5
[LEV.5.1] And a person, if they sin and hear a curse, and they are a witness or have seen or know, if they do not tell, then they will bear their iniquity.
[LEV.5.2] Or a soul that touches any impure thing, or the carcass of an impure animal, or the carcass of an impure livestock, or the carcass of an impure creeping thing, and it is hidden from him, and he is impure and guilty.
[LEV.5.3] Or if he touches the impurity of a human, to all his impurity that he is defiled in it, and it is hidden from him, and he knows and is guilty.
[LEV.5.4] Or, a being, if it swears to express with lips for evil or for good for all that a person expresses with an oath, and it is hidden from him, and he will know and be guilty of one of these.
[LEV.5.5] And it will be that when he sins against one of the commands, and confesses that he sinned against it.
[LEV.5.6] And he shall bring his guilt offering to Yahveh for his sin, a female from the flock, a lamb or a female goat for a sin offering, and the priest shall make atonement for him from his sin.
[LEV.5.7] And if his hand does not reach enough for a sheep, then he shall bring his guilt offering, having sinned, two turtledoves or two young doves to Yahveh, one for a sin offering and one for a burnt offering.
[LEV.5.8] And he shall bring them to the priest, and he shall offer that which is for the sin, the first one. And he shall sprinkle its head before the neck, and he shall not separate it.
[LEV.5.9] And he shall sprinkle from the blood of the sin offering on the side of the altar, and the remainder of the blood shall be poured at the base of the altar. It is a sin offering.
[LEV.5.10] And the second, he shall make a burnt offering according to the rule, and the priest shall make atonement for him from his sin, the sin that he committed, and it will be forgiven to him.
[LEV.5.11] And if his hand does not attain to two turtledoves or two young pigeons, then he shall bring as his offering for the sin that he committed one-tenth of an epha of fine flour for a sin offering. He shall not put oil on it, nor shall he put incense on it, for it is a sin offering.
[LEV.5.12] And she shall bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take from it a handful of fine flour as a memorial offering, and the priest shall burn it upon the altar as a fire offering to Yahveh; it is a sin offering.
[LEV.5.13] And the priest shall make atonement for him regarding his sin that he committed from one of these, and he shall be forgiven. And it shall be to the priest like a grain offering.
[LEV.5.14] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[LEV.5.15] If a person trespasses and defiles holy things belonging to Yahveh, and sins unintentionally, he must bring his guilt offering to Yahveh: a perfect ram from the flock, your valuation in silver shekels, according to the holy shekel, for a guilt offering.
[LEV.5.16] And whatever he has sinned concerning the holy thing, he shall repay, and he shall add a fifth to it upon him, and he shall give it to the priest, and the priest shall make atonement for him with a ram of the guilt offering, and forgiveness will be granted to him.
[LEV.5.17] And if a person sins, and does one of the commandments of Yahveh which should not be done, not knowing it, and is guilty, then he will bear his iniquity.
[LEV.5.18] And he shall bring a perfect ram from the flock, according to your valuation, as a guilt offering to the priest, and the priest shall make atonement for him for his error that he erred, and he did not know, and it shall be forgiven him.
[LEV.5.19] It is a guilt offering, a guilt offering to Yahveh.
[LEV.5.20] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[LEV.5.21] If a person sins, and does wrong against Yahveh, and denies his neighbor, whether in a trust, or by a placing of hand, or by robbery, or by oppressing his neighbor…
[LEV.5.22] If one finds a lost item and denies it, and swears falsely concerning it, regarding one of all that a human does to sin by it...
[LEV.5.23] And it will be, when he has sinned and is guilty, that he shall return the stolen item which he stole, or the oppression which he oppressed, or the deposit which was entrusted to him, or the lost item which he found.
[LEV.5.24] Or, concerning all that he swears falsely about, and pays it back, it will be on his head, and he will add five times more to him, because it is to him that he will give it on the day of his guilt.
[LEV.5.25] And he shall bring his guilt offering to Yahveh: a perfect ram from the flock, according to your valuation, as a sin offering to the priest.
[LEV.5.26] And the priest shall make atonement for him before Yahveh, and it shall be forgiven to him for one of all that he does for guilt in it.
LEV.6
[LEV.6.1] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[LEV.6.2] Command Aaron and his sons, saying, "This is the law of the burnt offering. It is the burnt offering that is to be burned on the hearth, on the altar, all night until morning, and the fire of the altar is to be kept burning on it."
[LEV.6.3] The priest shall put on a tunic of linen and linen trousers upon his body, and he shall lift up the ashes that the fire consumes from the burnt offering upon the altar, and he shall place them near the altar.
[LEV.6.4] And he spread out his garments and put on other garments, and he brought out the waste outside of the camp to a pure place.
[LEV.6.5] And the fire on the altar shall be kindled in it; it shall not be extinguished. And the priest shall lay wood on it morning by morning, and shall arrange on it the burnt offering, and shall offer on it the fats of the peace offerings.
[LEV.6.6] Fire continual shall be kindled upon the altar, it shall not be extinguished.
[LEV.6.7] And this is the law of the grain offering: offer it, the sons of Aaron, before Yahveh to the face of the altar.
[LEV.6.8] And he shall take from it a handful of the fine flour and its oil, and all the frankincense that is upon the grain offering, and he shall burn it upon the altar as a pleasing aroma, a memorial of it to Yahveh.
[LEV.6.9] And the remaining of it, Aaron and his sons will eat unleavened breads. It will be eaten in a holy place, in the courtyard of the tent of meeting, they will eat it.
[LEV.6.10] Do not bake with leaven. Their portion I have given from my offering. The holiest of the holy it is, like a sin offering and like a guilt offering.
[LEV.6.11] Every male among the descendants of Aaron shall eat it, a statute forever to your generations from the offerings of Yahveh. All who touch them shall be holy.
[LEV.6.12] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[LEV.6.13] This is the offering of Aaron and his sons, which they shall offer to Yahveh on the day he is anointed. A tenth of an ephah of fine flour is a perpetual grain offering; half of it in the morning and half of it in the evening.
[LEV.6.14] Upon a griddle, in oil, you shall make a cake. You shall bring it, and you shall bake grain offerings. You shall offer a pleasing aroma to Yahveh.
[LEV.6.15] And the priest, the anointed one, under him, from his sons will do it. A statute forever to Yahveh, the entire thing you shall offer.
[LEV.6.16] And every grain offering of a priest shall be entirely consumed; it shall not be eaten.
[LEV.6.17] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[LEV.6.18] Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, "This is the law of the sin offering: in the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered, the sin offering shall be slaughtered before Yahveh. It is most holy."
[LEV.6.19] The priest, the one sinning with it, will eat it. It will be eaten in a holy place, in the courtyard of the tent of meeting.
[LEV.6.20] All that touches its flesh will be made holy, and whoever sprinkles from its blood on the garment that sprinkles on it will wash it in a holy place.
[LEV.6.21] And any utensil of pottery that is cooked in will be broken, and if it was cooked in a utensil of copper, it is rinsed and washed in the water.
[LEV.6.22] Every male among the priests may eat it; it is the most holy.
[LEV.6.23] And every sin offering, which is brought from its blood to the tent of meeting to atone for the holy place, shall not be eaten. It shall be burned in the fire.
LEV.7
[LEV.7.1] And this is the law of the guilt offering: It is the most holy.
[LEV.7.2] In the place where they slaughter the burnt offering, they will slaughter the guilt offering, and its blood he will sprinkle around upon the altar.
[LEV.7.3] And all of its fat he shall offer from it, the covering and the fat that covers the heart.
[LEV.7.4] And the two kidneys and the fat that is upon them, that is upon the coverings, and the lobe upon the liver, upon the kidneys, it shall remove.
[LEV.7.5] And the priest shall make smoke of them on the altar, a burnt offering to Yahveh. It is a guilt offering.
[LEV.7.6] Every male among the priests shall eat it. It shall be eaten in a holy place. It is the most holy.
[LEV.7.7] Like the sin, like the guilt, one law applies to them. The priest who makes atonement with it, it shall be his.
[LEV.7.8] And the priest who offers the peace offering of a man, the skin of the offering that he offered shall belong to the priest.
[LEV.7.9] And every offering that is baked in the oven, and every one that is made in a pan, and upon a griddle, shall belong to the priest who offers it to God.
[LEV.7.10] And every grain offering mixed with oil, and completely burned, shall be for all the sons of Aaron, each man like his brother.
[LEV.7.11] And this is the law of the sacrifice of the peace offerings, which one will offer to Yahveh.
[LEV.7.12] If he offers it as a thanksgiving, then he shall offer upon the sacrifice of the thanksgiving loaves of unleavened wafers mixed with oil, and thin unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and fine flour finely ground loaves mixed with oil.
[LEV.7.13] Upon loaves of leavened bread he shall offer his offering, upon a sacrifice of a thank offering of his peace offerings.
[LEV.7.14] And he shall bring from it one from each sacrifice, a contribution to Yahveh, to the priest who casts the blood of the peace offerings, it will belong to him.
[LEV.7.15] And the flesh of the sacrifice of thanksgiving peace offerings on the day of his offering will be eaten. It will not be left from it until morning.
[LEV.7.16] And if a vow or a freewill offering, a sacrifice of his offering, in the day he offers his sacrifice, it shall be eaten, and from the next day, and the remaining from it shall be eaten.
[LEV.7.17] And the remaining from the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day in fire it will be burned.
[LEV.7.18] And if anyone eats from the flesh of his peace offerings on the third day, it will not be accepted by the Gods. The one who offered it will not be credited for it, and it will become a defilement. As for the person who eats from it, they will bear their own guilt.
[LEV.7.19] And the meat that touches any uncleanness shall not be eaten; it shall be burned in the fire. And all pure meat may be eaten as meat.
[LEV.7.20] And the living being that eats meat from the sacrifice of peace offerings that belong to Yahveh, and its impurity is upon it, that living being will be cut off from its people.
[LEV.7.21] And a life, if it touches any unclean thing, with the impurity of a human, or with an unclean animal, or with any repulsive unclean thing, and eats from the flesh of a peace offering that is to Yahveh, that life will be excised from its people.
[LEV.7.22] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[LEV.7.23] Speak to the children of Israel to say, "All the fat of the ox and the sheep and the goat you shall not eat."
[LEV.7.24] And the fat of a carcass and the fat of a torn animal may be made for any work, but you shall not eat of it.
[LEV.7.25] For every one who eats fat from the animal which offers a fire offering to Yahveh, and the soul of the one eating shall be cut off from among his people.
[LEV.7.26] And all blood you shall not eat in all your dwellings, to the bird and to the beast.
[LEV.7.27] Every living being that consumes any blood shall have that soul cut off from its people.
[LEV.7.28] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[LEV.7.29] Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, "The one who offers a peace offering to Yahveh will bring his offering to Yahveh from the altar of his peace offering."
[LEV.7.30] His hands shall bring the offering to Yahveh. The fat shall be brought on the chest. The chest shall be waved as a wave offering before Yahveh.
[LEV.7.31] And the priest shall offer the fat on the altar, and the portion shall be to Aaron and to his sons.
[LEV.7.32] And the thigh of the right side you shall give as a contribution to the priest from the sacrifices of your peace offerings.
[LEV.7.33] The one offering the blood of the peace offerings and the fat from the sons of Aaron, to him shall be the right thigh for a portion.
[LEV.7.34] For I have taken the wave offering and the right thigh of the contribution from the sons of Israel from their peace offerings, and I gave them to Aaron the priest and to his sons as a statute forever from the sons of Israel.
[LEV.7.35] This is the anointing oil of Aaron and the anointing oil of his sons, from the offerings to Yahveh, on the day he brought them near as priest to Yahveh.
[LEV.7.36] Which Yahveh commanded to give to them on the day they were anointed from the sons of Israel, a perpetual statute for their generations.
[LEV.7.37] This is the law for the burnt offering, the grain offering, and the sin offering and the guilt offering and for the fillings and for the peace offering.
[LEV.7.38] Which Yahveh commanded to Moses on Mount Sinai on the day of His commanding the children of Israel to offer their sacrifices to Yahveh in the wilderness of Sinai.
LEV.8
[LEV.8.1] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[LEV.8.2] Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and the bull for the sin offering, and two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread.
[LEV.8.3] And all the assembly, the congregation, to the entrance of the tent of meeting.
[LEV.8.4] And Moses did as Yahveh commanded him, and the congregation gathered to the entrance of the tent of meeting.
[LEV.8.5] And Moses said to the congregation, "This is the thing that Yahveh commanded to do."
[LEV.8.6] And Moses brought near Aaron and his sons, and he washed them with water.
[LEV.8.7] And he put upon him the tunic, and he fastened him with the sash, and he clothed him with the robe, and he put upon him the ephod, and he fastened him with the calculation of the ephod, and he put the ephod upon him to wear.
[LEV.8.8] And he placed it upon him, and he put the Urim and the Thummim into the breastplate.
[LEV.8.9] And he put the headdress upon his head, and he put upon the headdress, before his face, the golden plate, the holy crown, as Yahveh commanded Moses.
[LEV.8.10] And Moses took the oil of the anointing and anointed the Tabernacle and all that was in it, and he consecrated them.
[LEV.8.11] And he poured from it upon the altar seven times, and he anointed the altar and all its utensils, and the basin and its base to sanctify them.
[LEV.8.12] And he poured from the oil of the anointing on the head of Aaron, and he anointed him for his holiness.
[LEV.8.13] And Moses brought near the sons of Aaron, and clothed them with tunics, and girded them with sashes, and placed caps upon their heads, as Yahveh commanded Moses.
[LEV.8.14] And he brought near the bull of the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons leaned their hands upon the head of the bull of the sin offering.
[LEV.8.15] And he slaughtered it, and Moses took the blood and put it on the horns of the altar all around with his finger, and he atoned for the altar, and the blood he poured at the base of the altar, and he sanctified it to provide atonement for it.
[LEV.8.16] And he took all the fat that was on the inner parts, and the covering of the liver, and two kidneys and their fat. And Moses burned them on the altar.
[LEV.8.17] And the young bull, and its hide, and its flesh, and its offal, he burned with fire outside the camp, as Yahveh commanded Moses.
[LEV.8.18] And he brought near the ram for the burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons rested their hands on the head of the ram.
[LEV.8.19] And Moses slaughtered and splashed the blood around upon the altar.
[LEV.8.20] And Moses cut the ram into its portions, and Moses offered the head and the portions and the fat.
[LEV.8.21] And he washed the internal organs and the thighs in water, and Moses offered the entire ram upon the altar as a burnt offering, a pleasing aroma. It was a fire offering for Yahveh, as Yahveh commanded Moses.
[LEV.8.22] And he brought near the second ram, the ram for the completion offerings, and Aaron and his sons rested their hands on the head of the ram.
[LEV.8.23] And he slaughtered, and Moses took from the blood and put it upon the flap of the ear of Aaron the right one, and upon the little toe of his hand the right one, and upon the little toe of his foot the right one.
[LEV.8.24] And Moses brought near the sons of Aaron, and Moses took from the blood and placed it on the lobe of their right ears, and on the thumb of their right hands, and on the toe of their right feet. And Moses sprinkled the blood around the altar.
[LEV.8.25] And he took the fat and the fat lobe and all the fat that was on the inner parts, and the covering of the liver, and the two kidneys and their fat, and the right thigh.
[LEV.8.26] From the unleavened breads that were before Yahveh, he took one cake of unleavened bread and one cake of bread with oil and one thin wafer, and he placed them upon the fats and upon the right thigh.
[LEV.8.27] And he gave everything upon the hands of Aaron and upon the hands of his sons, and he waved them as a wave offering before Yahveh.
[LEV.8.28] And Moses took them from upon their hands, and he offered upon the altar the burnt offering. They are completions, for a pleasing aroma, it is fire to Yahveh.
[LEV.8.29] And Moses took the breast and waved it as a wave offering before Yahveh, from the ram of the completion offerings. It was for Moses as a contribution, as Yahveh commanded Moses.
[LEV.8.30] And Moses took from the anointing oil and from the blood that was upon the altar and cast it upon Aaron, upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him. And he consecrated Aaron, his garments, and his sons and the garments of his sons with him.
[LEV.8.31] And Moses said to Aaron and to his sons, "Cook the meat at the opening of the tent of meeting, and there you shall eat it, and also the bread that is in the basket of filled things, as I have commanded, saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat it."
[LEV.8.32] And the remaining in the meat and in the bread, in the fire you shall burn.
[LEV.8.33] And from the opening of the tent of meeting, you shall not go out for seven days, until the days of the filling of your hands are complete, for seven days it will fill your hands.
[LEV.8.34] As God did on this day, God commanded to do to atone for you.
[LEV.8.35] And you shall pitch the Tent of Meeting, and you shall dwell before it day and night for seven days, and you shall keep the keeping of Yahveh, and you shall not die, for thus I have been commanded.
[LEV.8.36] And Aaron and his sons completed all the things that the Gods commanded through Moses.
LEV.9
[LEV.9.1] And it happened on the eighth day that Moses called to Aaron and to his sons and to the elders of Israel.
[LEV.9.2] And He said to Aaron, "Take for yourself a calf, a son of a cow, for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering, without blemish, and bring them near before Yahveh."
[LEV.9.3] And to the children of Israel you shall speak, saying, "Take a goat for a sin offering, and a calf and a lamb of the first year, without blemish, for a burnt offering."
[LEV.9.4] And a bull and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before Yahveh, and a grain offering mixed with oil, because today Yahveh appears to you.
[LEV.9.5] And they took that which Moses commanded before the tent of meeting, and all the congregation drew near and stood before Yahveh.
[LEV.9.6] And Moses said, "This is the word that Yahveh commanded: Do it, and the glory of Yahveh shall appear to you."
[LEV.9.7] And Moses said to Aaron, "Approach the altar and perform your sin offering and your burnt offering, and make atonement for yourself and for the people. And perform the offering of the people and make atonement for them, as Yahveh commanded."
[LEV.9.8] And Aaron approached to the altar, and he slaughtered the bull of the sin offering that belonged to him.
[LEV.9.9] And the sons of Aaron brought the blood to God, and he dipped his finger in the blood and put it on the horns of the altar, and he poured the blood at the foundation of the altar.
[LEV.9.10] And the fat covering the entrails, and the kidneys, and the lobe of the liver from the liver of the sin offering, he burned on the altar, as Yahveh commanded Moses.
[LEV.9.11] And the flesh and the hide, burned in fire outside of the camp.
[LEV.9.12] And he slaughtered the burnt offering, and the sons of Aaron brought to him the blood, and he threw it around upon the altar.
[LEV.9.13] And they prepared the burnt offering for its portions and the head, and he offered it on the altar.
[LEV.9.14] And he washed the inner parts and the thighs, and he offered smoke upon the burnt offering, the altar.
[LEV.9.15] And he brought near the offering of the people, and he took the goat of the sin offering which is for the people, and he slaughtered it and atoned for it as the first one.
[LEV.9.16] And he brought near the burnt offering, and he did it according to the ordinance.
[LEV.9.17] And he brought near the grain offering, and he filled his hand from it, and he burned it on the altar, besides the burnt offering of the morning.
[LEV.9.18] And he slaughtered the bull and the ram, the sacrifice of peace offerings which is for the people. And the sons of Aaron found the blood to him, and he threw it on the altar around.
[LEV.9.19] And the fats from the ox and from the ram, the upper covering and the covering and the kidneys and the lobe of the liver.
[LEV.9.20] And they placed the fats upon the insides, and he burned the fats upon the altar.
[LEV.9.21] And Aaron waved the wave offering and the right shoulder before Yahveh, as Moses commanded.
[LEV.9.22] And Aaron lifted his hands toward the people, and he blessed them, and he descended after completing the sin offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings.
[LEV.9.23] And Moses and Aaron went to the tent of meeting, and they went out, and they blessed the people, and the glory of Yahveh was seen to all the people.
[LEV.9.24] And fire came out from before Yahveh, and it consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fats. And all the people saw it and rejoiced, and they fell upon their faces.
LEV.10
[LEV.10.1] And the sons of Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, each took his censer and put fire in them, and they placed incense upon it, and they offered before Yahveh strange fire, which He had not commanded them.
[LEV.10.2] And fire came forth from before Yahveh, and it consumed them, and they died before Yahveh.
[LEV.10.3] And Moses said to Aaron, "It is He who spoke, Yahveh, saying, 'Near to you I will sanctify Myself, and before the eyes of all the people I will be honored.'" And Aaron was silent.
[LEV.10.4] And Moses called to Mishael and to Elzaphon, sons of Uzziel, uncle of Aaron, and said to them, "Come near, lift up your brothers from before the face of the Holy Place, to outside the camp."
[LEV.10.5] They drew near, and something was lifted upon their tunics, outside the camp, as Moses had spoken.
[LEV.10.6] And Moses said to Aaron, and to Eleazar, and to Itamar, his sons, "Do not let your heads be disheveled, and do not tear your clothes, lest you die, and wrath fall upon all the congregation, and your brothers, all the house of Israel, will weep for the burning that Yahveh has kindled."
[LEV.10.7] And from the entrance of the tent of meeting you shall not go out, lest you die, for the anointing oil of Yahveh is upon you. And they did according to the word of Moses.
[LEV.10.8] And Yahveh spoke to Aaron, saying:
[LEV.10.9] Do not drink wine or strong drink, you and your sons with you, when you come to the tent of meeting, and you will not die. This is a statute forever for your generations.
[LEV.10.10] And to distinguish between the holy and between the common, and between the unclean and between the pure.
[LEV.10.11] And to teach the sons of Israel all the laws which Yahveh spoke to them by the hand of Moses.
[LEV.10.12] And Moses spoke to Aaron, and to Eleazar, and to Itamar, his remaining sons. Take the offering that remains from the fires of Yahveh and eat it unleavened near the altar, for it is most holy.
[LEV.10.13] You shall eat it in a holy place, for it is your statute, and the statute of your sons, from the fire of Yahveh; for thus I have commanded.
[LEV.10.14] And you shall eat the shoulder of the wave offering and the leg of the contribution in a pure place, you and your sons and your daughters with you, because your law and the law of your sons were given from the peace offering altars of the people of Israel.
[LEV.10.15] They shall bring the thigh of the contribution and the fat pieces of the waving offering to wave as a waving offering before Yahveh. And it shall be yours and for your sons with you, as a statute forever, as Yahveh commanded.
[LEV.10.16] And Moses sought the goat for the sin offering and behold, it was burned. And he became angry with Eleazar and with Itamar, sons of Aaron, who remained, saying…
[LEV.10.17] Why did you not eat the sin offering in the holy place, for it is most holy of holies? And it was given to you to carry the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before Yahveh.
[LEV.10.18] Here, its blood was not brought to the inner holy place. You may eat it in the holy place, as I commanded.
[LEV.10.19] And Aaron spoke to Moses, "Behold, today they have brought their sin offerings and their burnt offerings before Yahveh, and this has called to me concerning it. And may I eat the sin offering today; would this be good in the eyes of Yahveh?"
[LEV.10.20] And Moses heard, and it was good in his eyes.
LEV.11
[LEV.11.1] And Yahveh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, to say to them.
[LEV.11.2] Speak to the children of Israel to say this: This animal is what you may eat from all the animals that are on the land.
[LEV.11.3] All that divides a cloven hoof and splits a hoof, chewing cud among the animals, you will eat it.
[LEV.11.4] But this you shall not eat from those that ruminate and from those that split the hoof: the camel, because it ruminates but does not split the hoof; it is unclean for you.
[LEV.11.5] And the hyrax, because it brings up cud, and does not split the hoof, it is unclean for you.
[LEV.11.6] And the hare, because it chews the cud, but does not completely divide the hoof, it is unclean to you.
[LEV.11.7] And the pig, because it splits the hoof, it is, and cleaves a cleft hoof, and it chewing the cud does not truly chew the cud, unclean it is for you.
[LEV.11.8] You shall not eat from their flesh, and you shall not touch their carcasses, for they are unclean to you.
[LEV.11.9] This you will eat from all that is in the waters: all that has fins and scales in the seas and in the streams, them you will eat.
[LEV.11.10] And all that does not have fin and scale in the seas and in the streams, from all the creatures of the water and from every living soul that is in the water, they are an abomination to you.
[LEV.11.11] And abominations they will be to you from their flesh; you shall not eat, and the carcasses of them you shall abhor.
[LEV.11.12] Everything that does not have a fin and scale in the water is an abomination to you.
[LEV.11.13] And these you shall abhor from the birds; they shall not be eaten; they are an abomination: the eagle, and the falcon, and the kite.
[LEV.11.14] And the wild animals and the livestock according to their kinds.
[LEV.11.15] All ravens according to their kind.
[LEV.11.16] And the female ostrich, and the hoopoe, and the seagull, and the kite, according to its kind.
[LEV.11.17] And the owl, and the cormorant, and the owl.
[LEV.11.18] And the nostrils, and the palm of the hand, and the womb.
[LEV.11.19] And the stork, the waterbird according to its kind, and the dove, and the bat.
[LEV.11.20] All crawling birds and all creatures walking on four are unclean to you.
[LEV.11.21] But this you may eat from all swarming birds: those that do not have bent knees above their legs, for you may eat them on the land.
[LEV.11.22] From these you will eat: the locust to its kind, and the grasshopper to its kind, and the beetle to its kind, and the locust to its kind.
[LEV.11.23] And all that creeps among the flying things, to which belong four legs, it is an abomination to you.
[LEV.11.24] And to these you shall be defiled: everyone who touches their carcasses will be defiled until evening.
[LEV.11.25] And all the one carrying from their corpses shall wash his garments and remain impure until the evening.
[LEV.11.26] To all livestock that splits the hoof and does not completely split it, and does not bring up the cud, they are unclean to you. Whoever touches them will become unclean.
[LEV.11.27] And all that goes upon its hands in all the living creatures that walk on four are unclean to you. All that touches their carcass will be unclean until the evening.
[LEV.11.28] And the one carrying their corpse shall wash his garments and be impure until evening. They are impure to you.
[LEV.11.29] And this is to you the unclean among the crawling things that crawl on the land: the mole and the mouse and the lizard according to its kind.
[LEV.11.30] And the answering, and the strength, and the wandering, and the severity, and the breath.
[LEV.11.31] These are the unclean ones to you, in all the crawling creatures. All the one touching in them in their death will become unclean until the evening.
[LEV.11.32] And all that falls upon him from them, in their death, will become defiled from all wooden vessels, or garments, or skin, or sacks. All vessels that work is done in them will be brought into the waters and remain defiled until evening, and will be pure.
[LEV.11.33] And every vessel of pottery that anything falls from them into its interior, all that is within it will become impure, and you must break it.
[LEV.11.34] From all the food that is eaten, if water comes upon it, it is defiled. And all drink that is drunk from every vessel is defiled.
[LEV.11.35] And all that falls from their carcasses upon it will be impure. Oven and cooking pots will be broken, they are impure, and impure they will be to you.
[LEV.11.36] But a spring and a cistern, a gathering of water, will be pure. And one who touches their carcasses will become impure.
[LEV.11.37] And if it falls from their carcass upon all seed that is sown, pure it is.
[LEV.11.38] And if waters are given upon seed, and it falls from its carcass upon it, it is unclean for you.
[LEV.11.39] And if an animal that is for them to eat dies, the one touching its carcass will be impure until the evening.
[LEV.11.40] And the one who eats from its carcass will wash his garments and be impure until the evening. And the one who carries its carcass will wash his garments and be impure until the evening.
[LEV.11.41] And all the creeping things that creep upon the land, it is an abomination; it shall not be eaten.
[LEV.11.42] All that walks on its belly and all that walks on four, even all that has many legs for all the crawling things that crawl upon the earth, you shall not eat them, for they are abominations.
[LEV.11.43] Do not abhor your souls by all the creeping things that creep, and do not become unclean by them, lest you become unclean by them.
[LEV.11.44] For I, Yahveh, am your Gods, and you shall sanctify yourselves and you shall be holy ones, for holy am I, and you shall not defile your souls in all the crawling things that crawl upon the earth.
[LEV.11.45] For I am Yahveh, the one who raises you up from the land of Egypt to be to you the Gods, and you shall be holy, for holy am I.
[LEV.11.46] This is the law of the beast and the bird, and of every living creature that moves in the water, and to every living creature that creeps on the earth.
[LEV.11.47] To distinguish between the impure and the pure, and between the living creature that is eaten and the living creature that shall not be eaten.
LEV.12
[LEV.12.1] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[LEV.12.2] Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, "If a woman conceives and gives birth to a male, she will be impure for seven days, like the days of her monthly impurity she will be impure."
[LEV.12.3] And on the eighth day, the flesh of his foreskin will be circumcised.
[LEV.12.4] Thirty days and three days you will remain in the blood of purification. You will not touch anything sacred, and you will not enter the sanctuary until the days of your purification are fulfilled.
[LEV.12.5] And if a female gives birth, she will be unclean for weeks like her period, and sixty days and six days she will sit regarding blood of purity.
[LEV.12.6] And when the days of her purification are completed, for a son or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb, one year old, for a burnt offering, and a young dove or a turtledove for a sin offering to the entrance of the tent of meeting to the priest.
[LEV.12.7] And they shall bring him before Yahveh, and make atonement for her, and she shall be purified from the source of her bleeding. This is the law for the woman who gives birth to a male or a female.
[LEV.12.8] And if her hand does not find enough of a lamb, then she shall take two young pigeons or two young doves, one for a burnt offering and one for a sin offering, and the priest shall atone for her, and she shall be cleansed.
LEV.13
[LEV.13.1] And Yahveh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying.
[LEV.13.2] If a person has on the skin of their body a boil or a scaling or a bright spot, and it appears on the skin of their body as a mark of affliction, then they shall be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons, the priests.
[LEV.13.3] And the priest shall see the affliction on the skin of the flesh, and if hair in the affliction has turned white, and the appearance of the affliction is deeper than the skin of the flesh, it is a leprosy affliction; and the priest shall see it, and declare him unclean.
[LEV.13.4] And if it appears to be a brightening to whiteness it is in the skin of the flesh, and deep its appearance is not from the skin, and the hair of it has not turned white, and the priest will declare the affliction for seven days.
[LEV.13.5] And the priest shall see him on the seventh day, and behold, if the affliction stands in his eyes and the affliction has not spread on the skin, then the priest shall isolate him for seven days a second time.
[LEV.13.6] And the priest shall see him on the seventh day again, and behold, if the discoloration is dark and the discoloration has not spread on the skin, the priest shall declare him clean, for it is a cleansing of sorts. And he shall wash his clothes and be clean.
[LEV.13.7] And if a spreading has spread, the scaling on the skin after being shown to the priest for his purification, and it appears a second time to the priest.
[LEV.13.8] And the priest shall see, and behold, the spreading has spread on the skin, and the priest shall declare it to be a skin disease. It is.
[LEV.13.9] A mark of affliction, if it is upon a person, and he is brought to the priest.
[LEV.13.10] And the priest shall see, and behold, a white spot on the skin, and it has turned the hair white, and there is living flesh within the spot.
[LEV.13.11] The consuming skin condition is upon the flesh of their body, and the priest shall declare them impure. The priest shall not conceal them, for they are impure.
[LEV.13.12] And if the outbreak blooms on the skin and the affliction covers all the skin of the afflicted area from his head to his feet, to the complete sight of the priest.
[LEV.13.13] And the priest will see, and behold, the affliction has covered all his flesh, and he will declare the afflicted person clean, all of it has turned white, pure he is.
[LEV.13.14] And on the day of showing in it living flesh, it will become impure.
[LEV.13.15] And the priest shall see the living flesh and declare it impure. The living flesh is impure; it is leprosy.
[LEV.13.16] Or if the living flesh returns and is changed to white, then he comes to the priest.
[LEV.13.17] And the priest shall see it, and indeed the affliction has turned to white. And the priest shall cleanse the affliction, it is clean.
[LEV.13.18] And the flesh, if there will be in it, on its skin, a boil, and it will be healed.
[LEV.13.19] And it will be, in the place of the discoloration, a whitening of the skin, or on the bright skin, a reddishness, and it will be seen by my Lord.
[LEV.13.20] And the priest shall see, and behold, the blemish is lower than the skin, and its hair has turned white, and the priest shall declare the affliction to be a skin disease, it is a blossoming on the skin.
[LEV.13.21] And if the priest sees it, and there is no white hair in it, and it is not lower than the skin, and it is dark, the priest shall isolate the person for seven days.
[LEV.13.22] And if the spreading sore spreads in the flesh, and the priest defiles it, it is a plague.
[LEV.13.23] And if, under it, the bright spot stands, it has not spread, a burn it is, and the priest shall declare the person clean.
[LEV.13.24] Or flesh, if there is a burn mark on its skin, and the burn mark’s healing is a bright whiteness reddish or whiteness.
[LEV.13.25] And the priest shall see her, and behold, if the hair has turned white on the bright spot, and the appearance is deeper than the skin, it is a leprous affliction on the sore it has blossomed. And the priest shall declare him unclean because of a leprous affliction it is.
[LEV.13.26] And if the priest sees, and there is no white hair in the afflicted area and it is not lower than the skin, and it is dark, then the priest shall isolate the person for seven days.
[LEV.13.27] And the priest shall see it on the seventh day. If it spreads, spreading on the skin, and the priest declares him unclean, it is a mark of the skin disease.
[LEV.13.28] And if, beneath it, the brightness stands, not having spread on the skin, and it is dark, the burn it is, and the priest shall purify it, for the burn it is.
[LEV.13.29] And a man or a woman, if there is a plague in him or in her, on the head or on the beard.
[LEV.13.30] And the priest will see the lesion, and behold, its appearance is deeper than the skin and within it is thin, yellow hair. And the priest will declare him unclean; it is a scalp affliction or a beard affliction.
[LEV.13.31] And if the priest sees the affliction of the tear, and behold, its appearance is not deeper than the skin, and there is no black hair in it, then the priest will isolate the affliction of the tear for seven days.
[LEV.13.32] And the priest shall see the skin disease on the seventh day. And behold, the break has not spread, and there was no yellow hair in it, and the appearance of the break is not deeper than the skin.
[LEV.13.33] And he shall shave, and he shall not reveal the parting, and the priest shall conceal the parting for seven days, secondly.
[LEV.13.34] And the priest shall see the affliction on the seventh day, and behold, the affliction has not spread in the skin, and its appearance is not deeper than the skin. And the priest shall purify it, and wash his garments, and be pure.
[LEV.13.35] And if the breakout spreads in the flesh after his cleansing.
[LEV.13.36] And the priest will see it, and behold, the spot has spread in the skin. The priest will not declare the yellow hair clean; it is unclean.
[LEV.13.37] And if, to his eyes, the lesion remains unchanged and black hair grows in it, the lesion is healed, clean it is. And the priest shall declare him clean.
[LEV.13.38] And if a man or a woman has in the flesh of their skin a condition, a condition to whiteness.
[LEV.13.39] And the priest shall see, and behold, in the flesh of their skin there are swellings, pale and whitish, it is a shining spreading in the skin, it is pure.
[LEV.13.40] And if a man is struck on the head and is bald, then he is pure.
[LEV.13.41] And if from the front of his face it is cleared away, the bald spot is it pure, it is.
[LEV.13.42] And if it should be on the scalp or on the forehead, a white reddish mark, it is a spreading skin condition on his scalp or on his forehead.
[LEV.13.43] And the priest will see him, and behold, the growth of the affliction is white, reddish, on his baldness or on his scalp, like the appearance of leprosy on the skin of flesh.
[LEV.13.44] A man afflicted with a scaling disease is unclean. He is unclean, and the priest will declare him unclean upon his head with a mark.
[LEV.13.45] And the afflicted one, in whom is the affliction, their garments will be torn, and their head will be disheveled, and they will cover their upper lip, and impure, impure they will be called.
[LEV.13.46] All the days in which the affliction touches someone, they are unclean. They are unclean and must live alone outside the camp in their dwelling.
[LEV.13.47] And the garment, if there will be in it a mark of affliction, whether the garment is of wool or the garment is of linen.
[LEV.13.48] Or in dyed linen, or in purple, for flax and for wool, or in leather, or in all work of leather.
[LEV.13.49] And it will be, the mark will be greenish or reddish on the garment or on the skin or on a woven garment or on leather or on any leather item; the mark of a skin disease it is, and he must show the priest.
[LEV.13.50] And the priest shall see the affliction, and he shall isolate the afflicted for seven days.
[LEV.13.51] And he shall see the affliction on the seventh day, because the affliction has spread on the garment, or on the skin, or on the flesh, or on the hide for any work. Leprosy is a contaminating affliction; the affliction is unclean.
[LEV.13.52] And one shall burn the garment or the weaving or the hide in wool or in flax, and all vessels of skin which will have in them the affliction, for leprosy is a consuming affliction. It shall be burned in fire.
[LEV.13.53] And if the priest sees, and behold, the affliction has not spread on the garment, or on the hide, or on the leather, or on any article of leather skin,
[LEV.13.54] And the priest shall command, and they shall wash that which has in it the affliction, and he shall isolate himself for seven days, a second time.
[LEV.13.55] And the priest will see after he has cleansed the affliction, and behold, the affliction has not changed its appearance, and the affliction has not spread. Unclean is he. With fire he shall burn it. A diminished area it is, either in its baldness or in its scaling.
[LEV.13.56] And if the priest sees, and behold, the afflicted spot is lighter after he has washed it, then he shall tear it from the garment or from the hide or from the weaving or from the leather.
[LEV.13.57] And if you see it again on the garment, or on the skin, or on a leather item, after it seems to have healed, the affliction is spreading. You shall burn it in the fire, along with everything that is in it, the affliction.
[LEV.13.58] And the garment, or the hide, or the leather, or any article of leather that you wash, from which the plague departs, and it is washed a second time, and it is clean.
[LEV.13.59] This is the teaching concerning the skin affliction of leprosy, concerning a garment of wool or flax or hemp or leather. It is to declare it clean or to declare it unclean.
LEV.14
[LEV.14.1] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[LEV.14.2] This will be the law of the afflicted one in the day of his purification, and he will be brought to the priest.
[LEV.14.3] And the priest shall go out to the outside of the camp, and the priest shall see, and behold, the mark of the leprosy is healed from the leper.
[LEV.14.4] And the priest must command that two living pure birds, a cedar wood, a scarlet worm, and hyssop be taken for the one being cleansed.
[LEV.14.5] And the priest will command, and will slaughter the one bird to an earthenware vessel upon living water.
[LEV.14.6] And the living bird he will take it, and the cedar wood and the two worms and the hyssop, and he will dip them and the living bird in the blood of the slaughtered bird upon the living waters.
[LEV.14.7] And he shall sprinkle on the purifier from the leprosy seven times, and they shall purify him, and he shall release the living bird over the face of the field.
[LEV.14.8] And the purifier shall wash his garments and shave all his hair, and bathe in water and become clean, and afterward he shall come to the camp and sit outside his tent for seven days.
[LEV.14.9] And it will be on the seventh day, he will shave all his hair, his head and his beard and the hairs of his eyebrows and all his hair he will shave. And he will wash his garments and wash his flesh with water and purify himself.
[LEV.14.10] And on the eighth day, he shall take two lambs without defect, and one lamb, a year old, without defect. And three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour as a grain offering, mixed with oil, and one log of oil.
[LEV.14.11] And the priest, the purifier, will cause the man, the purified one, and them to stand before Yahveh at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
[LEV.14.12] And the priest took the one lamb and offered it as a guilt offering, and the log of oil, and waved them as a wave offering before Yahveh.
[LEV.14.13] And he shall slaughter the lamb in the place where he slaughters the sin offering and the burnt offering, in the holy place, for like the sin offering, the guilt offering is for the priest, holy of holies it is.
[LEV.14.14] And the priest shall take from the blood of the guilt offering, and the priest shall put it upon the lobe of the ear of the one being purified, the right one, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the thumb of his right foot.
[LEV.14.15] And the priest shall take from the log of oil and pour it on the palm of the priest's left hand.
[LEV.14.16] And the priest dipped his right finger from the oil that was on his left palm, and he sprinkled from the oil with his finger seven times before Yahveh.
[LEV.14.17] And from the remainder of the oil that is on his hand, the priest will put some on the lobe of the ear of the one being purified, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the thumb of his right foot, on the blood of the guilt offering.
[LEV.14.18] And the remaining of the oil that is on the hand of the priest, he will put on the head of the purified one, and the priest will atone on him before Yahveh.
[LEV.14.19] And the priest made the sin offering, and atoned for the one being purified from his impurity, and after that he will slaughter the burnt offering.
[LEV.14.20] And the priest will bring up the burnt offering and the grain offering to the altar, and the priest will make atonement for him and purify him.
[LEV.14.21] And if he is poor and his hand cannot afford it, then let him take one lamb as a guilt offering for a wave offering to atone for him, and a tenth of fine flour, one, mixed with oil, as a grain offering, and a log of oil.
[LEV.14.22] And two turtledoves or two young pigeons, which his hand obtains, and one shall be for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering.
[LEV.14.23] And he shall bring them on the eighth day for his purification to the priest, to the entrance of the tent of meeting before Yahveh.
[LEV.14.24] And the priest shall take the lamb of the guilt offering and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them as a wave offering before Yahveh.
[LEV.14.25] And he shall slaughter the ram of the guilt offering, and the priest shall take from the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the lobe of the purifier’s right ear, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the thumb of his right foot.
[LEV.14.26] And from the oil, the priest will pour on the palm of the priest’s left hand.
[LEV.14.27] And the priest will sprinkle with their right finger from the oil that is on their left palm, seven times before Yahveh.
[LEV.14.28] And the priest will give from the oil which is on his hand onto the tip of the ear of the one being cleansed, the right ear, and onto the thumb of his right hand, and onto the thumb of his right foot, onto the place of the blood of the guilt offering.
[LEV.14.29] And the remainder of the oil that is on the hand of the priest he will put upon the head of the purified one, to atone for him before Yahveh.
[LEV.14.30] And he shall make one of the turtledoves or of the young pigeons, according to what his hand obtains.
[LEV.14.31] That which his hand attains, one sin offering and one burnt offering upon the meal offering, and the priest shall atone for the purified one before Yahveh.
[LEV.14.32] This is the law concerning someone in whom there is a touch of the skin disease, that his hand will not attain it in its purity.
[LEV.14.33] And Yahveh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying.
[LEV.14.34] Because you will come to the land of Canaan which I am giving to you as a possession, I will inflict a skin disease upon a house in the land of your possession.
[LEV.14.35] And the one to whom the house belongs shall come and tell the priest, saying, "A lesion, like that of a disease, has appeared to me in the house."
[LEV.14.36] And the priest must command, and they shall remove everything from the house before the priest enters to see the affliction, and no one at all within the house shall become unclean. And after this, the priest shall enter to see the house.
[LEV.14.37] And he saw the lesion, and behold, the lesion in the walls of the house was sunken, greenish or reddish, and its appearance was lower than the wall.
[LEV.14.38] And the priest will go out from the house to the opening of the house, and he will declare the house quarantined for seven days.
[LEV.14.39] And the priest shall return on the seventh day, and he shall see, and behold, the affliction has spread in the walls of the house.
[LEV.14.40] And the priest commands, and they shall remove the stones which have the affliction upon them, and they shall cast them outside the city into a defiled place.
[LEV.14.41] And regarding the house, they will cut it off from around it, and they will pour out the dust that they cut off outside the city to a defiled place.
[LEV.14.42] And they will take other stones and bring them under the stones, and another dust he will take and he will plaster the house.
[LEV.14.43] And if the sore returns and spreads in the house after you have removed the stones, and after you have scraped the house, and after you have replastered it.
[LEV.14.44] And the priest shall come and see, and behold, the sore has spread on the house; it is a devastating skin disease on the house, it is unclean.
[LEV.14.45] And he will shatter the house, its stones and its wood, and all the dust of the house, and he will bring it out outside the city to a defiled place.
[LEV.14.46] And whoever enters the house all the days of his seclusion will be unclean until the evening.
[LEV.14.47] And the one who remains in the house will wash his clothes, and the one who eats in the house will wash his clothes.
[LEV.14.48] And if, when he goes, the priest sees, and behold, the sore has not spread on the house after plastering the house, then the priest shall declare the house clean because the sore has healed.
[LEV.14.49] And he shall take for sin concerning the house two birds, and wood of cedar, and two scarlet, and hyssop.
[LEV.14.50] And he slaughtered the one bird to the earthenware vessel upon living waters.
[LEV.14.51] And he shall take the cedar wood and the hyssop and two scarlet worms and the living bird. And he shall dip them in the blood of the slaughtered bird and in the living waters. And he shall sprinkle upon the house seven times.
[LEV.14.52] And you shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird and with the living waters and with the living bird and with the cedar wood and with the hyssop and with the scarlet wool of the worm.
[LEV.14.53] And you shall release the living bird outside the city, towards the open field, and make atonement for the house, and it shall be cleansed.
[LEV.14.54] This is the teaching for every affliction of the skin disease and for the afflicted person.
[LEV.14.55] And to the affliction of the garment and to the house.
[LEV.14.56] And to the scaling, and to the eruption, and to the whiteness.
[LEV.14.57] To teach in the day of the unclean and in the day of the pure, this is the law of the affliction.
LEV.15
[LEV.15.1] And Yahveh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying.
[LEV.15.2] Speak to the children of Israel and say to them: If any man has a discharge from his flesh, that discharge makes him unclean.
[LEV.15.3] And this will be his impurity in his discharge: a dripping from his flesh of his discharge, or a mark on his flesh from his discharge. This is his impurity.
[LEV.15.4] All the couch that he will lie on, the man with a discharge will make impure, and all the vessel that he will sit on will be impure.
[LEV.15.5] And a man who touches his bed shall wash his clothes and bathe in the waters, and will be unclean until evening.
[LEV.15.6] And the one who sat on the thing upon which the one with the discharge sat will wash his garments and bathe in water, and remain unclean until evening.
[LEV.15.7] And the one who touches the flesh of the discharge will wash his garments and bathe in the waters and be impure until evening.
[LEV.15.8] And if a discharge becomes visible in purity, then he will wash his clothes and bathe in water, and he will be impure until evening.
[LEV.15.9] And all the riding thing that anyone rides on, the one with a discharge will make unclean.
[LEV.15.10] And everyone who touches anything that will be underneath it will be impure until the evening, and those who carry them will wash their clothes and wash in water and be impure until the evening.
[LEV.15.11] And all that touches the one with the discharge, and his hands have not washed in water, must wash his clothes and bathe in water, and remain impure until evening.
[LEV.15.12] And every vessel of clay that is touched by the one with the discharge will be broken, and every vessel of wood will be rinsed in the water.
[LEV.15.13] And when the one with the discharge purifies from the discharge, then they will count for themselves seven days for their purification, and wash their clothes, and bathe their flesh in living waters, and become clean.
[LEV.15.14] And on the eighth day, he shall take for himself two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, and he shall come before Yahveh to the entrance of the tent of meeting, and he shall give them to the priest.
[LEV.15.15] And the priest shall make them one sin offering and the one a burnt offering, and the priest shall atone for him before Yahveh from his impurity.
[LEV.15.16] And a man, if a laying of seed goes out from him, he will wash in the waters all his flesh and be impure until the evening.
[LEV.15.17] And every garment and every hide that has seed upon it, it will be washed in water and remain impure until evening.
[LEV.15.18] And a woman with whom a man lies, the laying of seed having occurred, and they wash in water and are unclean until evening.
[LEV.15.19] And a woman, if she has a flow of blood, blood will be her flow in her flesh. Seven days she will be in her impurity, and everyone who touches her will become impure until evening.
[LEV.15.20] And all that you lie down upon during her period will become impure, and all that you sit upon will become impure.
[LEV.15.21] And all the one touching her couch shall wash his garments and bathe in the water and be unclean until evening.
[LEV.15.22] And everyone who touches any vessel on which it dwells will wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.
[LEV.15.23] And if he is on the bed, or on the item that she sat on, when he touches it, he will be impure until evening.
[LEV.15.24] And if a man lies with her, and she is in her menstrual impurity upon him, then he will be impure for seven days, and every bed that he lies upon will become impure.
[LEV.15.25] And a woman, if a flow of her blood lasts many days without the time of her separation, or if she flows during the time of her separation, all the days of the flow of her impurity shall be as the days of her separation; she shall be impure.
[LEV.15.26] All the bedding on which she lies during all her days of menstrual flow will be like the bedding of her impurity. And every vessel on which she sits will be unclean like the uncleanness of her impurity.
[LEV.15.27] And all the one touching them will become impure, and he will wash his garments and bathe in the waters, and will be impure until the evening.
[LEV.15.28] And if she is cleansed from a discharge, then she shall count for herself seven days, and after that she will be cleansed.
[LEV.15.29] And on the eighth day, you shall take for her two turtledoves or two young pigeons, and you shall bring them to the priest, to the entrance of the tent of meeting.
[LEV.15.30] And the priest will make one a sin offering and one a burnt offering, and the priest will make atonement for it before Yahveh from the impurity of its flow.
[LEV.15.31] And you will keep the sons of Israel separate from their impurity, and they will not die because of their impurity by defiling my dwelling which is among them.
[LEV.15.32] This is the law concerning the flowing, and whatever goes out from him as seed of lying to defile in it.
[LEV.15.33] And the woman in her menstrual flow, and the one who has a discharge from their genitals, to the male and to the female, and to a man who lies with impurity.
LEV.16
[LEV.16.1] And Yahveh spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, while they were near before Yahveh, and they died.
[LEV.16.2] And Yahveh said to Moses, "Speak to Aaron, your brother, and tell him not to enter the Holy Place at any time. He must not approach the veil, or face the cover that is on the ark, lest he die. For I will appear in a cloud above the cover."
[LEV.16.3] By this means Aaron shall come to the Holy Place with a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering.
[LEV.16.4] He shall wear a tunic of fine linen, and linen trousers shall be upon his flesh, and he shall be girded with a linen sash, and he shall put on a linen turban. These are garments of holiness. And he shall wash his flesh with water and put them on.
[LEV.16.5] And from the assembly of the children of Israel, they will take two male goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering.
[LEV.16.6] And Aaron shall bring near the bull of the sin offering which is his, and he shall make atonement for himself and for his household.
[LEV.16.7] And he will take the two goats and he will stand them before Yahveh at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
[LEV.16.8] And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats, one lot for Yahveh, and one lot for Azazel.
[LEV.16.9] And Aaron shall bring near the goat upon which the lot fell to Yahveh, and he shall make it a sin offering.
[LEV.16.10] And the goat upon which the lot fell to be for Azazel will stand alive before Yahveh to make atonement for them, to send it away to Azazel into the wilderness.
[LEV.16.11] And Aaron shall bring near the bull of the sin offering which is his, and he shall atone for himself and for his house, and he shall slaughter the bull of the sin offering which is his.
[LEV.16.12] And he took the fullness of the basin, coals of fire from upon the altar, from before Yahveh, and the fullness of his hands, finely ground incense of spices, and he brought it from the house of the curtain.
[LEV.16.13] And he shall put the incense on the fire before Yahveh, and a cloud of the incense shall cover the atonement cover which is over the testimony, and he shall not die.
[LEV.16.14] And he shall take from the blood of the bull and sprinkle with his finger on the face of the cover, eastward. And before the cover he shall sprinkle seven times from the blood with his finger.
[LEV.16.15] And he shall slaughter the goat of the sin offering that is for the people, and bring its blood to the tent of the meeting, and do with its blood as he did with the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it upon the covering and before the covering.
[LEV.16.16] And atonement will be made for the holiness from the impurities of the sons of Israel and from their transgressions for all their sins. And thus will be done for the tent of meeting, the one dwelling with them in the midst of their impurities.
[LEV.16.17] And every person shall not be in the Tent of Meeting when he comes to make atonement for the Holy Place until his departure. And he shall make atonement for himself and for his house and for all the assembly of Israel.
[LEV.16.18] And he will go out to the altar which is before Yahveh, and he will make atonement for it. And he will take from the blood of the bull, and from the blood of the goat, and he will put it on the horns of the altar around.
[LEV.16.19] And he shall sprinkle upon him of the blood with his finger seven times, and he shall cleanse him and sanctify him from the uncleannesses of the children of Israel.
[LEV.16.20] And he completed the atonement for the Holy, and for the Tent of Meeting, and for the altar, and he offered the living goat.
[LEV.16.21] And Aaron placed his two hands on the head of the living goat, and he confessed over it all the sins of the sons of Israel and all their transgressions for all their faults. And he put them on the head of the goat, and sent it away by the hand of a man who was ready to go into the wilderness.
[LEV.16.22] And let the goat carry upon him all their iniquities to the land of removal, and let send the goat into the wilderness.
[LEV.16.23] And Aaron went into the Tent of Meeting and removed the linen garments that he wore when he came into the holiness, and he left them there.
[LEV.16.24] And he washed his flesh in the waters in a holy place, and he put on his garments, and he went out and made his burnt offering and the burnt offering of the people, and he made atonement for himself and for the people.
[LEV.16.25] And the fat of the sin offering, he will offer on the altar.
[LEV.16.26] And the one sending the goat to Azazel will wash his garments and bathe his flesh with water, and after that he will come into the camp.
[LEV.16.27] And the bull of the sin offering, and the goat of the sin offering, whose blood was brought to atone in the holy place, he shall bring out to outside the camp. And they shall burn in fire their skins, and their flesh, and their refuse.
[LEV.16.28] And the burner of them will wash his garments and will wash his flesh with water, and afterward he will come to the camp.
[LEV.16.29] And it will be for you as a statute for all time, in the seventh month, on the tenth of the month, you shall afflict your souls, and no work shall you do, the native born and the sojourner sojourning among you.
[LEV.16.30] For on this day he will atone for you, to purify you from all your sins before Yahveh, you will be purified.
[LEV.16.31] Sabbath, a Sabbath of rest it is to you, and you will humble your souls. A statute forever.
[LEV.16.32] And the priest shall make atonement for him, the one who anoints him, and the one who fills his hand to be priest in place of his father, and he shall put on the linen garments, the holy garments.
[LEV.16.33] And he will atone for the holy sanctuary, and for the tent of meeting, and for the altar he will make atonement. And upon the priests, and upon all the people of the assembly, he will make atonement.
[LEV.16.34] And this will be to you as a statute forever, to atone upon the sons of Israel for all their sins, once in the year. And he did as Yahveh commanded to Moses.
LEV.17
[LEV.17.1] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[LEV.17.2] Speak to Aaron and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel, and you shall say to them, "This is the thing that Yahveh has commanded to say:"
[LEV.17.3] Every man from the house of Israel who slaughters an ox, or a sheep, or a goat in the camp, or who slaughters outside the camp.
[LEV.17.4] And to the opening of the tent of meeting he did not bring it, to offer a sacrifice to Yahveh before the dwelling place of Yahveh. Blood will be reckoned to that man, blood he spilled, and that man will be cut off from among his people.
[LEV.17.5] So that the sons of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they sacrifice in the open field, and bring them to Yahveh, to the entrance of the tent of meeting, to the priest, and sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings to Yahveh, those sacrifices.
[LEV.17.6] And the priest will throw the blood on the altar of Yahveh, at the opening of the tent of meeting, and he will make the fat ascend for a pleasing smell to Yahveh.
[LEV.17.7] And they will not sacrifice anymore their sacrifices to the goat demons which they go after. This will be a perpetual statute to them for their generations.
[LEV.17.8] And to them you shall say, “Man, man, from the house of Israel, and from the stranger who dwells among them, who brings up a burnt offering or a sacrifice.”
[LEV.17.9] And no one shall bring it to the opening of the Tent of Meeting to make it for Yahveh, and that person shall be cut off from his people.
[LEV.17.10] And any man, from the house of Israel, and from the foreigner residing among them, who eats any blood, I will set my face against the soul that eats the blood, and I will cut that person off from among my people.
[LEV.17.11] For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your lives, for the blood is what makes atonement for a life.
[LEV.17.12] Therefore I said to the sons of Israel, every soul from you shall not eat blood, and the stranger sojourning within you shall not eat blood.
[LEV.17.13] And any man from the sons of Israel, and from the foreigner who dwells among them, who hunts an animal or bird that is to be eaten, must spill its blood and cover it with dust.
[LEV.17.14] Because the life of all flesh is in its blood, and I said to the sons of Israel, you shall not eat the blood of any flesh, because the life of all flesh is its blood. Whoever eats it shall be cut off.
[LEV.17.15] And every person who eats a carcass or a torn animal, whether a native or a foreigner, must wash their clothes and bathe in water, and remain impure until evening, and then they are clean.
[LEV.17.16] And if he does not wash, and he does not rinse his flesh, then he will bear his iniquity.
LEV.18
[LEV.18.1] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[LEV.18.2] Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, "I am Yahveh, the Gods of you."
[LEV.18.3] Do not act according to the practices of the land of Egypt, in which you lived, and do not act according to the practices of the land of Canaan, to which I am bringing you, and do not walk in their statutes.
[LEV.18.4] You shall do my judgements and you shall keep my statutes to walk in them. I am Yahveh, your Gods.
[LEV.18.5] And you shall keep my statutes and my judgements, which a person does and lives by them. I am Yahveh.
[LEV.18.6] No man shall approach any flesh of his kinship to uncover nakedness. I, Yahveh.
[LEV.18.7] The nakedness of your father and the nakedness of your mother you shall not uncover. Your mother, she is the one whose nakedness you shall not uncover.
[LEV.18.8] The nakedness of the wife of your father you shall not reveal. The nakedness of your father it is.
[LEV.18.9] The nakedness of your sister, daughter of your father, or daughter of your mother, born within the house or born outside, you shall not uncover their nakedness.
[LEV.18.10] The nakedness of your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter, you shall not uncover their nakedness, for their nakedness is yours.
[LEV.18.11] The intimacy of the daughter of your father’s wife, born of your father, she is your sister. You shall not uncover her intimacy.
[LEV.18.12] The nakedness of your father's sister you shall not uncover. She is the flesh of your father.
[LEV.18.13] You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s daughter, because she is the remnant of your mother.
[LEV.18.14] You shall not uncover the nakedness of the wife of your uncle. You shall not approach your aunt. She is your aunt.
[LEV.18.15] You shall not reveal the nakedness of your daughter-in-law. She is the wife of your son, you shall not reveal her nakedness.
[LEV.18.16] You shall not reveal the nakedness of your brother’s wife. It is the nakedness of your brother.
[LEV.18.17] The uncovered parts of a woman and her daughter you shall not uncover. The daughter of her son, and the daughter of her daughter, you shall not take to uncover her uncovered parts. Her flesh is an abomination to her.
[LEV.18.18] And a woman shall not take her sister for destruction, to reveal her nakedness upon her in her life.
[LEV.18.19] And to a woman in the separation of her impurity, do not approach to reveal her nakedness.
[LEV.18.20] And to the woman of your companion, you shall not give your lying for sowing, to defile her.
[LEV.18.21] And from your offspring, you shall not allow to pass over to Molech, and you shall not profane the name of your Gods. I am Yahveh.
[LEV.18.22] And with a male you shall not lie with the lying places of a woman; it is an abomination.
[LEV.18.23] And with every beast you shall not give your lying down to defile yourself with it, and a woman shall not stand before a beast for the purpose of its mating, for it is devastation.
[LEV.18.24] Do not defile yourselves with all these things, for with all these things the nations were defiled that I am sending away from before you.
[LEV.18.25] And the earth was corrupted, and I will judge its wickedness upon it, and the earth vomited out its inhabitants.
[LEV.18.26] You shall keep my statutes and my judgements, and you shall not do any of these abominations, the citizens and the foreigner dwelling within you.
[LEV.18.27] For the Gods did all the abominations which the people of the land who are before you did, and the land was defiled.
[LEV.18.28] And the land will not vomit you out because of your defiling it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.
[LEV.18.29] For all that anyone does of all these abominations, the souls doing them will be cut off from among their people.
[LEV.18.30] And you shall keep my keeping, so as not to do the statutes of abominations which were done before you, and you shall not defile yourselves with them. I am Yahveh, your Gods.
LEV.19
[LEV.19.1] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[LEV.19.2] Speak to the entire assembly of the children of Israel, and you shall say to them: "Be holy, for I, Yahveh, am holy, your Gods."
[LEV.19.3] A person shall respect his mother and his father, and you shall keep my Sabbaths. I am Yahveh, your Gods.
[LEV.19.4] Do not turn to the gods, and do not make gods of molten images for yourselves. I, Yahveh, the Gods, am your Gods.
[LEV.19.5] And if you sacrifice a peace offering to Yahveh, you will sacrifice it for your acceptance.
[LEV.19.6] On the day of your sacrifice, it will be eaten, and from tomorrow, and the remaining until the third day shall be burned in fire.
[LEV.19.7] And if the eating of it happens on the third day, it is an abomination and will not be accepted.
[LEV.19.8] And whoever eats it will bear their guilt, for they have profaned the holiness of Yahveh. And that person will be cut off from their people.
[LEV.19.9] And in your reaping the harvest of your land, you shall not completely finish the corner of your field for reaping, and you shall not gather the gleanings of your harvest.
[LEV.19.10] You will not glean your vineyard, and you will not collect the dropped fruit of your vineyard. You will leave it for the poor and the stranger. I Yahveh am the Gods of you.
[LEV.19.11] You shall not steal, and you shall not deceive, and you shall not lie to one another.
[LEV.19.12] And you shall not swear by my name falsely, and you have profaned the name of the Gods of you. I am Yahveh.
[LEV.19.13] You shall not oppress your neighbor, and you shall not steal. You shall not keep the wages of a hired worker with you until morning.
[LEV.19.14] Do not curse the deaf, and before the blind, do not put a stumbling block. And you shall fear from your Gods. I am Yahveh.
[LEV.19.15] Do not do injustice in judgement. Do not show favor to the poor, and do not honor the great. With justice you shall judge your neighbor.
[LEV.19.16] You shall not go about as a gossip among your people. You shall not stand regarding the blood of your neighbor. I am Yahveh.
[LEV.19.17] Do not hate your brother in your heart. You shall certainly rebuke your companion, and do not bear sin upon him.
[LEV.19.18] You shall not take revenge, and you shall not bear a grudge against the children of your people. And you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am Yahveh.
[LEV.19.19] You shall keep my statutes. You shall not breed mixed kinds of livestock. You shall not sow mixed kinds in your field. And a garment of mixed linen and wool shall not come upon you.
[LEV.19.20] And a man, if he lies with a woman in the act of sowing seed, and she is a slave pledged to another man, and the redemption was not paid for her, or freedom was not given to her, then a penalty she shall experience, they shall not put her to death, for she was not freed.
[LEV.19.21] And he shall bring his guilt offering to Yahveh, to the entrance of the tent of meeting, a male guilt offering.
[LEV.19.22] And the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering before Yahveh for his sin which he sinned, and he will be forgiven to him from his sin which he sinned.
[LEV.19.23] And when you come to the land and you plant every fruit tree, and you remove its uncircumcision of its fruit, three years it will be to you uncircumcised; you shall not eat.
[LEV.19.24] And in the fourth year, all of its fruit will be holy, offerings to Yahveh.
[LEV.19.25] And in the fifth year, you will eat its fruit, to add to your harvest. I am Yahveh, the Gods of you.
[LEV.19.26] You shall not eat upon the blood, you shall not practice divination, and you shall not practice sorcery.
[LEV.19.27] Do not round the corners of your head, and do not destroy the corners of your beard.
[LEV.19.28] And you shall not make any cuttings upon yourselves for the dead, nor print any marks upon you. I am Yahveh.
[LEV.19.29] Do not profane your daughter for whoredom, and do not let the land commit adultery, for the land is full of impurity.
[LEV.19.30] You shall keep my sabbaths, and you shall revere my sanctuaries. I am Yahveh.
[LEV.19.31] Do not turn to those who practice divination, and do not seek those who inquire of spirits. Do not seek to defile yourselves through them. I am Yahveh, the Gods of you.
[LEV.19.32] Because of grayness, rise, and you shall honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear from your Gods. I am Yahveh.
[LEV.19.33] And if a stranger dwells with you in your land, you shall not oppress him.
[LEV.19.34] As one of your citizens shall the stranger be to you, the stranger who resides with you, and you shall love him as yourself, because strangers you were in the land of Egypt. I am Yahveh, the Gods of you.
[LEV.19.35] You shall not do injustice in the judgement, in the measure, in the weight, and in the volume.
[LEV.19.36] Scales of justice, stones of justice, a standard dry measure of justice, and a hin of justice shall be yours. I am Yahveh, the Gods of you, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
[LEV.19.37] And you shall keep all my statutes and all my judgements, and you shall do them. I am Yahveh.
LEV.20
[LEV.20.1] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[LEV.20.2] And to the children of Israel you shall say, every man, every man from the children of Israel and from the foreigner who resides in Israel, whoever gives from his offspring to Molech, death he shall die. The people of the land shall stone him with stones.
[LEV.20.3] And I will turn my face away from that man, and I will destroy him from among his people, for from his offspring he gave to Molech, in order to defile my sanctuary and to profane my holy name.
[LEV.20.4] And if the hidden things cause the people of the land to close their eyes from that man, in giving his offspring to Molech, in order not to put him to death.
[LEV.20.5] And I will set my face against that man and his family, and I will cut him off, and all the fornicators after him, to commit fornication after Molech from among his people.
[LEV.20.6] And the person who turns to those who summon spirits and to the mediums, to commit spiritual adultery after them, then I will set my face against that person and I will destroy him from among his people.
[LEV.20.7] And you shall sanctify yourselves, and you shall be holy ones, for I, Yahveh, am your Gods.
[LEV.20.8] And you will keep my statutes, and you will do them. I am Yahveh, sanctifying you.
[LEV.20.9] For anyone who curses his father and his mother shall surely be put to death. His father and his mother he has cursed, his blood is upon him.
[LEV.20.10] And a man who commits adultery with a woman who is the wife of a man, who commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, shall be put to death; the adulterer and the adulteress shall be put to death.
[LEV.20.11] And a man who lies with his father's wife has uncovered the nakedness of his father. They, both of them, shall surely be put to death; their blood is on them.
[LEV.20.12] And a man who lies with his future daughter-in-law, death they shall be put to death, both of them. They will bring their blood upon themselves.
[LEV.20.13] And a man who lies with a male, the beds of a woman they have done, an abomination they have done, they two. Death they shall be put to death; their blood is upon them.
[LEV.20.14] And a man who takes a woman and her mother, it is lewdness. They shall burn him and them in the fire, and lewdness shall not be among you.
[LEV.20.15] And a man who gives his lying with an animal, dying he shall be put to death, and the animal you shall kill.
[LEV.20.16] And a woman who approaches any animal for sexual relations with it, you shall kill the woman and the animal. They shall be put to death; their blood is upon them.
[LEV.20.17] And a man who takes his sister, the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother, and sees her nakedness, and she sees his nakedness, this is not grace, but they shall be cut off before the eyes of their people. The nakedness of his sister he revealed, his iniquity he shall bear.
[LEV.20.18] And a man who lies with a menstruating woman and uncovers her nakedness, uncovering her source, and she uncovers the source of her blood, then both of them will be cut off from among the people.
[LEV.20.19] And the nakedness of your mother’s sister and your father’s sister you shall not reveal, for they have uncovered the iniquity of their flesh and they will bear its consequence.
[LEV.20.20] And a man who lies with his aunt has revealed the sexual relations with his aunt. Their sin they will bear, naked ones they will die.
[LEV.20.21] And a man who takes his brother’s wife is ritually impure; he has revealed the nakedness of his brother. They will be without descendants.
[LEV.20.22] And you will keep all my statutes and all my judgments, and you will do them, and the land will not reject you which I bring you there to dwell in it.
[LEV.20.23] And you shall not go in the customs of the nation that I am sending from before you, for they did all these things and I was disgusted in them.
[LEV.20.24] And I said to you, you will possess the land of their inheritance, and I will give it to you to inherit, a land flowing with milk and honey. I am Yahveh, the Gods your God, the one who has distinguished you from the peoples.
[LEV.20.25] And you shall distinguish between the animal that is pure and the animal that is impure, and between the bird that is impure and the bird that is pure. And you shall not make yourselves unclean with the animal or the bird or with any living thing that moves on the earth, which I have distinguished for you to be unclean.
[LEV.20.26] And you will be holy ones to me, for holy am I, Yahveh, and I will separate you from the peoples to be to me.
[LEV.20.27] And a man or a woman, if there is among them a spirit medium or one who has a familiar spirit, they shall surely be put to death. They shall be stoned with stones, and their blood shall be upon them.
LEV.21
[LEV.21.1] And Yahveh said to Moses, "Tell the priests, the sons of Aaron, and you shall say to them, 'Let not a person become impure through his people.'
[LEV.21.2] But only to his relative, the near to him, to his mother and to his father, and to his son and to his daughter, and to his brother.
[LEV.21.3] And to his virgin sister, the one close to him, who has not been for a man, impurity will come to her.
[LEV.21.4] The male person will not be defiled among his people for the congregation.
[LEV.21.5] They shall not make themselves bald on their heads, and they shall not shave the corners of their beards, and they shall not make gashes in their flesh.
[LEV.21.6] You shall be holy to the Gods, and you shall not profane the name of the Gods. For truly, the fire offerings to Yahveh are the bread of the Gods, and they are holy.
[LEV.21.7] A woman who is a prostitute and a defiled woman they shall not take, and a woman divorced from her husband they shall not take, for he is holy to the Gods.
[LEV.21.8] And you shall sanctify it, because it is the bread of your Gods that is offered. Holy it will be to you, because holy am I Yahveh, sanctifying you.
[LEV.21.9] And the daughter of a man, a priest, if she becomes unclean by committing adultery with her father, she profanes, and she shall be burned with fire.
[LEV.21.10] And the great priest from his brothers, upon whose head is poured the oil of anointing and whose hand is filled to put on the garments, his head shall not be disheveled, and his garments shall not be torn.
[LEV.21.11] And upon all souls of the dead, one shall not come to his father, and to his mother, one shall not defile himself.
[LEV.21.12] And from the sanctuary he shall not go out, and he shall not defile the sanctuary of his God, for the crown of anointing oil of his God is upon him. I am Yahveh.
[LEV.21.13] And he will take a woman in her virginity.
[LEV.21.14] A widow, and a divorced woman, and a defiled woman, a prostitute, these he will not take. But a virgin from his people he will take as a wife.
[LEV.21.15] And his offspring will not profane his peoples, for I, Yahveh, am the one who sanctifies them.
[LEV.21.16] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[LEV.21.17] Speak to Aaron, saying, "Any man from your seed, for their generations, in whom there is a defect shall not approach to offer the bread of the Gods."
[LEV.21.18] For every man in whom is a defect shall not approach. A blind man, or a limping man, or a crushed man, or a man with a scrotal injury.
[LEV.21.19] Or a person in whom there is a broken leg or a broken hand.
[LEV.21.20] Or weak, or crushed, or confused in the eye, or lame, or twisted, or loosened of your strength.
[LEV.21.21] Every man who has a defect from the offspring of Aaron the priest shall not approach to offer the sacrifices of Yahveh. A defect in him means he shall not approach to offer the bread of the Gods.
[LEV.21.22] Bread of their Gods from the holiness of the holy things, and from the holy things he will eat.
[LEV.21.23] But to the veil he shall not come, and to the altar he shall not approach, for a defect is in him, and he shall not profane my sanctuary, for I am Yahveh, the one who sanctifies them.
[LEV.21.24] And Moses spoke to Aaron and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel.
LEV.22
[LEV.22.1] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[LEV.22.2] Speak to Aaron and to his sons, and let them be cautious with the holy things of the sons of Israel, and let them not profane my holy name, which they are sanctifying for me. I am Yahveh.
[LEV.22.3] Say to them and to your generations: any man who approaches from all your offspring to the holy things that the Israelites consecrate to Yahveh, and uncleanness is upon him, that soul shall be cut off from before me, I am Yahveh.
[LEV.22.4] Man, man, from the seed of Aaron, and he is leprous or has a discharge, he shall not eat of the holy things until he purifies himself. And whoever touches any impure corpse or a man from whom seed goes forth, shall not eat of the holy things.
[LEV.22.5] Or a man who touches any swarming creature that makes him unclean, or a man who touches a person that makes him unclean, for all its uncleanness.
[LEV.22.6] A soul which touches it becomes impure until evening, and shall not eat from the holy things unless his flesh is washed in water.
[LEV.22.7] And the purification will come, and he will be clean. Afterward, he will eat from the holy things, because it is his bread.
[LEV.22.8] A carcass and something torn by a predator you shall not eat, for they defile you. I am Yahveh.
[LEV.22.9] And they will keep my commands, and they will not bear sin upon them, and they will die in it because they profane it. I, Yahveh, sanctify them.
[LEV.22.10] And all strangers must not eat the holy things. A resident alien, a priest, and a hired worker must not eat the holy things.
[LEV.22.11] And a priest, should he acquire a soul with the purchase of his silver, he shall consume it, and the offspring of his house, they shall consume with his bread.
[LEV.22.12] And the daughter of a priest, if she becomes the wife of a foreign man, she is no longer permitted to eat from the contributions of the Gods.
[LEV.22.13] And the daughter of a priest, if she is a widow or divorced, and has no offspring, shall return to the house of her father as in her youth, and she shall eat of the food of her father, and every outsider shall not eat in it.
[LEV.22.14] And if a man eats the holy thing unintentionally, then he shall add a fifth of it to it, and he shall give the holy thing to the priest.
[LEV.22.15] And they shall not profane the holy things of the sons of Israel, that which they raise to Yahveh.
[LEV.22.16] And they will bear iniquity and guilt by eating their holy things, for I, Yahveh, sanctify them.
[LEV.22.17] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[LEV.22.18] Speak to Aaron, to his sons, and to all the people of Israel, and say to them: Whoever is a man of the house of Israel, or a foreigner residing in Israel, who desires to offer a sacrifice for all their vows and for all their free-will offerings, which they offer to Yahveh as a burnt offering.
[LEV.22.19] According to your will, a perfect male from the cattle, the lambs, and the goats.
[LEV.22.20] Every offering that has a defect you shall not bring near, for it will not be pleasing to you.
[LEV.22.21] And if anyone brings a peace offering to Yahveh, to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering, from the cattle or from the sheep, it must be without defect to be acceptable. No blemish may be in it.
[LEV.22.22] A blind animal, or a torn one, or a bruised one, or one with a growth, or with a skin disease, or a ruptured testicle, you shall not bring near to Yahveh. And a woman shall not offer any of them upon the altar to Yahveh.
[LEV.22.23] And a bull or a lamb, stripped and complete, a voluntary offering you shall make of it, and to a vow it will not be acceptable.
[LEV.22.24] And you shall not bring one who is crushed or cut or torn or severed as an offering to Yahveh, and you shall not do such things within your land.
[LEV.22.25] And do not offer the bread of your Gods from the hand of a foreigner, from all these, for they have corrupted them with a flaw within them; they will not be accepted to you.
[LEV.22.26] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[LEV.22.27] A bull or a sheep or a goat, when it is born, shall remain seven days with its mother, and from the eighth day onward it shall be acceptable as a burnt offering to Yahveh.
[LEV.22.28] And a bull or a sheep, him and his son, you shall not slaughter in one day.
[LEV.22.29] And when you sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving to Yahveh, you shall sacrifice it according to your will.
[LEV.22.30] On that day it will be eaten; you shall not leave any of it until morning. I am Yahveh.
[LEV.22.31] And you will keep my commands, and you will do them. I am Yahveh.
[LEV.22.32] And do not profane the name of my holy one, and I have been sanctified among the children of Israel. I, Yahveh, sanctify you.
[LEV.22.33] I, Yahveh, am the one who brings you out from the land of Egypt to be to you the Gods.
LEV.23
[LEV.23.1] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[LEV.23.2] Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, "These are the appointed times of Yahveh, which you shall call sacred gatherings. These are my appointed times."
[LEV.23.3] Six days work shall be done, and on the seventh day is Sabbath, a Sabbath of rest, a sacred assembly. All work you shall not do. The Sabbath is for Yahveh in all your dwellings.
[LEV.23.4] These are the appointed times of Yahveh, holy convocations which you shall call to observance in their appointed times.
[LEV.23.5] In the first month, on the fourteenth of the month, between the evenings, Passover is to Yahveh.
[LEV.23.6] And on the fifteenth day of this month is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to Yahveh, seven days unleavened bread you will eat.
[LEV.23.7] On the first day, a holy assembly will be to you. All work you will not do.
[LEV.23.8] And you shall offer a fire offering to Yahveh for seven days. On the seventh day shall be a sacred assembly; all work of service you shall not do.
[LEV.23.9] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[LEV.23.10] Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, when you come to the land that I am giving to you, and you harvest its harvest, then you shall bring the omer, the first fruits of your harvest, to the priest.
[LEV.23.11] And he will wave the Omer before Yahveh for your acceptance, from the day after the Sabbath, the priest will wave it.
[LEV.23.12] And you shall do on the day of waving it, the sheaf, a lamb without blemish, a son of its year, as a burnt offering to Yahveh.
[LEV.23.13] And his grain offering shall be two tenths of fine flour mixed with oil, a fire offering to Yahveh, a pleasing aroma; and its libation shall be wine, a quarter of a hin.
[LEV.23.14] And bread and roasted grain and a grain offering you shall not eat until this day’s end, until you bring the offering to the Gods. This is a statute forever for your generations, in all your dwelling places.
[LEV.23.15] You shall count to yourselves from the day after the Sabbath, from the day you brought the offering of the wave barley. Seven Sabbaths complete they shall be.
[LEV.23.16] From the day after the seventh Sabbath, you shall count fifty days, and you shall bring near a new grain offering to Yahveh.
[LEV.23.17] From your dwellings, you shall bring bread as a wave offering, two-tenths of an ephah. It shall be fine flour, leavened, baked as firstfruits to Yahveh.
[LEV.23.18] And you shall bring near upon the bread seven lambs without blemish, yearlings, and one bull, son of a cow, and two rams. They shall be a burnt offering to Yahveh, and their grain offering and their drink offering, a fire of a pleasing aroma to Yahveh.
[LEV.23.19] And you shall make one male goat for a sin offering, and two lambs, sons of a year, for a sacrifice of peace offerings.
[LEV.23.20] And the priest will wave them over the bread of the first fruits as a wave offering before Yahveh, over two lambs. They will be holiness to Yahveh for the priest.
[LEV.23.21] And you shall call it, on this very day, a sacred assembly it will be for you. All work and labor you shall not do. A statute for all time in all your settlements, for your generations.
[LEV.23.22] And in your shortening of the harvest of your land, do not finish the corner of your field in your shortening, and the gleaning of your harvest do not gather. For the poor and for the foreigner you shall leave them. I am Yahveh, the Gods, your God.
[LEV.23.23] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[LEV.23.24] Speak to the children of Israel, saying, "In the seventh month, on the first of the month, there shall be a day of rest for you, a remembrance of the blowing, a holy convocation."
[LEV.23.25] All work and service you shall not do, and you shall bring near a fire offering to Yahveh.
[LEV.23.26] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[LEV.23.27] But on the tenth of the seventh month, this is the Day of Atonements. It will be a holy assembly for you, and you shall afflict your souls, and you shall offer a fire offering to Yahveh.
[LEV.23.28] And every work you shall not do on this very day, for it is the day of atonements, being for the purpose of atonement for you before Yahveh, your Gods.
[LEV.23.29] For every person that does not afflict itself on this very day, will be cut off from its people.
[LEV.23.30] And every soul that does every work on the substance of this day, and I will destroy that soul from within its people.
[LEV.23.31] All work you shall not do, a statute of forever to your generations in all your dwellings.
[LEV.23.32] The Sabbath is a day of complete rest for you, and you shall afflict your souls on the ninth of the month, from evening to evening you shall keep your Sabbath.
[LEV.23.33] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[LEV.23.34] Speak to the children of Israel, saying, on the fifteenth day of the seventh month is the festival of booths for seven days to Yahveh.
[LEV.23.35] On the first day, it is a convocation of holiness. All work and service you shall not do.
[LEV.23.36] Seven days you shall bring near a burnt offering to Yahveh. On the eighth day, a sacred assembly shall be for you, and you shall bring near a burnt offering to Yahveh. It is the conclusion; all work you shall not do.
[LEV.23.37] These are the appointed times of Yahveh, which you shall call holy assemblies to offer a fire offering to Yahveh, an ascent offering and a grain offering, a sacrifice and libations, a matter of each day in its day.
[LEV.23.38] Apart from the Sabbaths of Yahveh, and apart from your gifts, and apart from all your vows, and apart from all your donations which you give to Yahveh.
[LEV.23.39] However, on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you gather in the produce of the land, you shall celebrate the feast of Yahveh for seven days. The first day shall be a day of rest, and the eighth day shall be a day of rest.
[LEV.23.40] You shall take for yourselves on the first day the fruit of beautiful trees, branches of palm trees, and branches of thick trees, and river willows, and you shall rejoice before Yahveh, your Gods, for seven days.
[LEV.23.41] And you shall celebrate it as a festival to Yahveh for seven days in the year, a statute forever for your generations, in the seventh month you shall celebrate it.
[LEV.23.42] In the booths you will dwell for seven days. All the citizens in Israel will dwell in the booths.
[LEV.23.43] So that your generations may know that in booths I settled the children of Israel when I brought them out of the land of Egypt. I am Yahveh, the Gods of you.
[LEV.23.44] And Moses spoke of the appointed times of Yahveh to the children of Israel.
LEV.24
[LEV.24.1] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[LEV.24.2] Command the sons of Israel, and let them bring to you pure, beaten olive oil for the lamp, to cause a continual light to ascend.
[LEV.24.3] From the outside of the covering of the testimony in the tent of meeting, Aaron shall arrange them from evening until morning before Yahveh continually, a statute forever to your generations.
[LEV.24.4] He will arrange the lamps on the pure lampstand before Yahveh always.
[LEV.24.5] And you shall take fine wheat flour and you shall bake it, twelve loaves. Two tenths will be the amount of the one loaf.
[LEV.24.6] And you shall put them, two stacks, six from the stack, on the pure table before Yahveh.
[LEV.24.7] And you shall put pure frankincense upon the table, and it shall be for bread as a memorial, an offering to Yahveh.
[LEV.24.8] On the day of the Sabbath, on the day of the Sabbath, it will be arranged before Yahveh continually from the children of Israel, a covenant for all time.
[LEV.24.9] And it will be for Aaron and his sons, and they will eat it in a holy place, for it is most holy for him from the offerings of Yahveh, a perpetual statute.
[LEV.24.10] And there went out a son of an Israelite woman, and his father was an Egyptian man, among the sons of Israel. And there was a quarrel in the camp between the son of the Israelite woman and an Israelite man.
[LEV.24.11] And the son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name and cursed. And they brought him to Moses. And his mother’s name was Shelomit, daughter of Divri, of the tribe of Dan.
[LEV.24.12] And they placed him in the guardhouse, to clear a path for them according to the word of Yahveh.
[LEV.24.13] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[LEV.24.14] Take the curser outside the camp, and let all who heard place their hands upon his head, and let the entire congregation stone him to death.
[LEV.24.15] And to the children of Israel you shall speak, saying: Each man, if he curses his God, he will bear his sin.
[LEV.24.16] And one who pronounces the name of Yahveh shall surely be put to death. All the congregation shall stone him, as the stranger, as the citizen. In pronouncing the name, shall he be put to death.
[LEV.24.17] And if a man strikes any human being, dying he shall be put to death.
[LEV.24.18] Whoever strikes the life of an animal will surely repay it, life for life.
[LEV.24.19] And a person, if he causes a defect to his neighbor, according to what he did, so it shall be done to him.
[LEV.24.20] Break for break, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. As one gives a defect to a person, so shall it be given to them.
[LEV.24.21] And whoever strikes an animal will surely repay for it, and whoever strikes a human shall be put to death.
[LEV.24.22] One judgement shall be for you, like the stranger, like the citizen it shall be, for I am Yahveh, the Gods.
[LEV.24.23] And Moses spoke to the Israelites, and they brought out the blasphemer outside the camp and stoned him with stones. And the Israelites did as Yahveh commanded Moses.
LEV.25
[LEV.25.1] And Yahveh spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai to say:
[LEV.25.2] Speak to the children of Israel and say to them: When you come to the land that I am giving to you, then the land will rest, a Sabbath for Yahveh.
[LEV.25.3] Six years you will sow your field and six years you will prune your vineyard, and you will gather its produce.
[LEV.25.4] And in the seventh year shall be a rest, a rest of ceasing work for the land, a rest to Yahveh. You shall not sow your field, and you shall not prune your vineyard.
[LEV.25.5] And the gleanings of your harvest you shall not reap, and the grapes of your vine you shall not gather. A year of rest shall it be for the land.
[LEV.25.6] And it will be that the Sabbath of the land is for you, for eating, for you and for your servant and for your female servant and for your hired worker and for your resident alien, the sojourners who are with you.
[LEV.25.7] And to your livestock, and to the animal that is in your land, all its harvest will be for eating.
[LEV.25.8] And you shall count for yourself seven sets of seven years, seven years seven times, and there will be for you days of seven sets of years, nine and forty years.
[LEV.25.9] And you shall cause the ram's horn to sound a shout in the seventh month, on the tenth of the month, on the day of atonements, you shall cause the ram's horn to sound throughout all your land.
[LEV.25.10] You shall sanctify the year of fifty years, and you shall proclaim liberty in the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a Jubilee for you, and you shall return, each man to his possession, and each man you shall return to his family.
[LEV.25.11] The Jubilee is the year of the fiftieth year, and it will be for you. You shall not sow, and you shall not reap its aftergrowth, and you shall not gather its gleanings.
[LEV.25.12] For the jubilee will be holy to you; from the field you will eat its produce.
[LEV.25.13] In the year of this Jubilee, you will each return to his possession.
[LEV.25.14] And if you sell a sale to your neighbor, or buy from the hand of your neighbor, do not oppress man his brother.
[LEV.25.15] According to the number of years after the Jubilee, you shall purchase from your neighbor. According to the number of crops, it shall be sold to you.
[LEV.25.16] According to the abundance of years, its possessions will increase, and according to the scarcity of years, its possessions will decrease, for it is by the number of harvests that it sells to you.
[LEV.25.17] And you shall not oppress a person his neighbor, and you shall fear from your God, for I am Yahveh, your Gods.
[LEV.25.18] And you will do my statutes, and you will keep my judgements, and you will do them, and you will dwell upon the land securely.
[LEV.25.19] And the land will give its fruit, and you will eat to fullness, and you will dwell in safety upon it.
[LEV.25.20] And if you say, "What shall we eat in the seventh year, when we do not sow and do not gather in our produce?"
[LEV.25.21] And I commanded my blessing to you in the sixth year, and it will make the produce for three years.
[LEV.25.22] And you will sow the eighth year, and you will eat from the old produce until the ninth year, until the coming of its produce, you will eat old.
[LEV.25.23] And the land shall not be sold to perpetuity, for to me the land belongs, for strangers and sojourners you are with me.
[LEV.25.24] And in all land that you possess, redemption you will give to the land.
[LEV.25.25] For if your brother becomes impoverished, and sells his possession, then his near redeemer shall come to him and redeem the sale of your brother.
[LEV.25.26] And a man, if he has no redeemer, and his hand reaches out and finds enough for his redemption.
[LEV.25.27] And he calculated the price of his merchandise and returned the excess to the man who sold to him, and he returned to his possession.
[LEV.25.28] And if his hand does not find sufficiency to return it to him, then his sale will be in the hand of the buyer of it, until the year of the Jubilee, and it will go out in the Jubilee, and he will return to his possession.
[LEV.25.29] And if a man sells a dwelling place in a walled city, then his redemption shall be until the end of the year of its selling. Days shall be his redemption.
[LEV.25.30] And if it is not redeemed until a full year is completed, then the house which is in the city which has no wall will pass into perpetuity to the one who bought it for his generations. It will not revert in the Jubilee.
[LEV.25.31] And the houses of the courtyard enclosures which do not have a wall surrounding them upon the field of the land shall be counted. Redemption shall be his, and in the Jubilee it will be released.
[LEV.25.32] And the cities of the Levites, the houses of the cities of their possession, will be a perpetual redemption to the Levites.
[LEV.25.33] And whoever redeems from the Levites, and exits from a sold dwelling and city, its possession in the Jubilee, because the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession within the children of Israel.
[LEV.25.34] And the fields of the open country around their cities shall not be sold, for it is a possession for all time to them.
[LEV.25.35] And if your brother becomes weak, and his hand falls with you, then you shall strengthen him, treating him as a temporary resident and an inhabitant, and he shall live with you.
[LEV.25.36] Do not take from him interest and profit, and you shall fear your Gods, and let the life of your brother be with you.
[LEV.25.37] You shall not give your silver to him with interest, and with increase you shall not give your food.
[LEV.25.38] I am Yahveh, the Gods of you, who has brought you out from the land of Egypt, to give to you the land of Canaan, to be to you for Gods.
[LEV.25.39] And if your brother becomes impoverished with you, and is sold to you, you shall not make him work the work of a slave.
[LEV.25.40] Like a hired worker, like a resident alien he will be with you. Until the year of the Jubilee he will work with you.
[LEV.25.41] And he will depart from among your people, he and his sons with him, and he will return to his family and to the inheritance of his ancestors he will return.
[LEV.25.42] For they are my servants, those whom I brought out of the land of Egypt. They shall not be sold as servants.
[LEV.25.43] Do not oppress him with hardship, and you shall fear from your God.
[LEV.25.44] And your servants and your handmaids, who will be for you, from the nations who are around you, from them you shall buy servant and handmaid.
[LEV.25.45] And also from the descendants of the residents dwelling with you, you will acquire them, and from their families who are with you, who were born in your land, and they will be for you as possessions.
[LEV.25.46] And you shall inherit them for your children after you, as a possession for eternity, in them you shall serve. And with your brothers, the children of Israel, each with his brother, you shall not oppress him with excessive labor.
[LEV.25.47] And if the hand of a resident alien or sojourner is insufficient amongst you, and your brother is impoverished with him, then he shall be sold to the resident alien or sojourner amongst you, or to the family of origin of the resident alien.
[LEV.25.48] After being sold, redemption will be his. One of his brothers will redeem him.
[LEV.25.49] Or a relative, or the son of my father’s brother will redeem us, or one of his relatives from his flesh, from his family will redeem us, or if a hand reaches to redeem, we will be redeemed.
[LEV.25.50] And he will reckon with the one who bought him, from the year of his sale to him, until the year of the Jubilee. And the money of his sale will be in number of years, like the days of a hired worker he will be with him.
[LEV.25.51] If still many years pass, then he will restore his redemption with the money from his acquisition.
[LEV.25.52] And if a little remains of the years until the year of the Jubilee, and he calculates for himself according to the number of his years, he shall return the redemption of his property.
[LEV.25.53] A hired worker, year by year, will be with him. He will not oppress him with hardship in your sight.
[LEV.25.54] And if he is not redeemed by these means, then he shall go out in the year of the Jubilee, he and his sons with him.
[LEV.25.55] For the sons of Israel are to me servants, my servants they are, those whom I brought out of the land of Egypt. I am Yahveh, your Gods.
LEV.26
[LEV.26.1] You shall not make for yourselves idols, or a carved image, or a standing stone. You shall not set up for yourselves any such thing, and you shall not place a stone of shame in your land to prostrate yourselves before it, for I am Yahveh, your Gods.
[LEV.26.2] You shall keep my Sabbaths, and you shall revere my sanctuary. I am Yahveh.
[LEV.26.3] If in my statutes you walk, and my commandments you keep, and them you do.
[LEV.26.4] And I will give your rains in their time, and the land will give its produce, and the tree of the field will give its fruit.
[LEV.26.5] And rain will ensure for you the late harvest, and the late harvest will ensure the sowing, and you will eat your bread to fullness, and you will dwell securely in your land.
[LEV.26.6] And I will give peace in the land, and you will lie down, and there will be no one making afraid. And I will quiet the wild beast, evil animal, from the land, and sword will not pass through your land.
[LEV.26.7] And you will pursue your enemies, and they will fall before you by the sword.
[LEV.26.8] And five hundred of you will chase a thousand, and a thousand of you will chase ten thousand, and your enemies will fall before you to the sword.
[LEV.26.9] I will turn to you, and I will make you fruitful, and I will multiply you, and I will establish my covenant with you.
[LEV.26.10] And you will eat the old, the very old, and before the new, you will bring it forth.
[LEV.26.11] And I will give my dwelling in your midst, and my soul will not recoil from you.
[LEV.26.12] And I will walk among you, and I will be to you the Gods, and you will be to me a people.
[LEV.26.13] I, Yahveh, the Gods your, that I brought you out from the land of Egypt from being slaves to them, and I broke the yokes of your burden, and I led you uprightly.
[LEV.26.14] And if you do not listen to me and you do not do all these commandments...
[LEV.26.15] And if you refuse my statutes, and if your soul abhors my judgements, so as not to do all my commandments, to break my covenant.
[LEV.26.16] Even I will do this to you, and I will visit upon you with wasting, the wasting and the burning, destroying eyes and causing sorrow of soul. And you will sow your seed in vain, and your enemies will eat it.
[LEV.26.17] And I will set my face toward you, and you will be struck before your enemies. And your haters will tremble toward you, and you will flee, and there will be no pursuer after you.
[LEV.26.18] And if, even to these things, you do not listen to me, then I will add to afflicting you seven times for your sins.
[LEV.26.19] And I will break the pride of your strength, and I will give your names like iron, and your land like bronze.
[LEV.26.20] And it will be complete for emptiness your wisdom, and you will not give your land its yield, and the tree of the land will not give its fruit.
[LEV.26.21] And if you walk with me as companions and are unwilling to listen to me, then I will add to you affliction seven times according to your sins.
[LEV.26.22] And I will send among you the animal of the field, and it will bereave you, and it will destroy your livestock, and it will diminish you, and your ways will be empty.
[LEV.26.23] And if you do not agree to me in these things, and you will walk with me cold.
[LEV.26.24] And I will walk even I with you in distress, and I will strike you even I seven times for your sins.
[LEV.26.25] And I will bring a sword of avenging vengeance of the covenant upon you, and you will be gathered to your cities, and I will send a pestilence within you, and I will give you into the hand of the enemy.
[LEV.26.26] In my breaking of the staff of bread for you, ten women will bake your bread in one oven, and they will return your bread by weight. You will eat, and you will not be satisfied.
[LEV.26.27] And if in this you do not listen to me, and you walk with me in hostility.
[LEV.26.28] And I will walk with you in the heat of my anger, and even I will discipline you seven times for your sins.
[LEV.26.29] And you will eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters you will eat.
[LEV.26.30] And I will destroy your high places, and I will cut off your idols, and I will give your carcasses upon the carcasses of your idols, and my soul will abhor you.
[LEV.26.31] And I will give your cities to ruin, and I will destroy your sanctuaries, and I will not smell the scent of your pleasing things.
[LEV.26.32] And I will destroy the earth, and desolation will come upon it for your enemies who dwell in it.
[LEV.26.33] And I will empower you with the nations, and I will chase after you with a sword, and your land will be desolate, and your cities will be ruin.
[LEV.26.34] Then the land will be pleased with her Sabbaths all the days of her desolation, and you will be in the land of your enemies. Then the land will rest and be pleased with her Sabbaths.
[LEV.26.35] All the days of the desolation, it will rest, because it did not rest in your sabbaths, in your dwelling upon it.
[LEV.26.36] And those who remain among you, I will bring fear into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, and I will chase them with a sound like a blowing leaf, and they will flee like a fleeing sword, and they will fall, and there will be no pursuer.
[LEV.26.37] And they will stumble, each man against his brother, as before a sword, and a pursuer will be of no one, and there will not be for you a recovery before your enemies.
[LEV.26.38] And you will be lost among the nations, and the land of your enemies will consume you.
[LEV.26.39] And those who remain of you will perish in their iniquity in the lands of your enemies, and even with the iniquities of your fathers will they perish with them.
[LEV.26.40] And they will confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers in their deceit with which they have deceived me, and also with which they walked with me in coldness.
[LEV.26.41] Also, I, God, will go with them in my anger, and I will bring them to the land of their enemies. Or then will their heart, the uncircumcised, be humbled, and then they will accept their iniquity.
[LEV.26.42] And I will remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham, I will remember, and the land I will remember.
[LEV.26.43] And the land will be left empty by them, and it will enjoy its periods of rest in desolation because of them. And they will suffer the consequences of their wickedness, because and because they refused my judgments, and their souls loathed my laws.
[LEV.26.44] And even also this, while they are in the land of their enemies, I have not rejected them, nor abhorred them to destroy them, to break my covenant with them, for I am Yahveh, the Gods, their God.
[LEV.26.45] And I will remember for them the covenant of their ancestors, which I brought them out of the land of Egypt before the eyes of the nations, to be for them the Gods, I am Yahveh.
[LEV.26.46] These are the laws, and the rules, and the teachings that Yahveh gave between us and between the sons of Israel at Mount Sinai by the hand of Moses.
LEV.27
[LEV.27.1] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[LEV.27.2] Speak to the Israelites and say to them: If anyone makes a remarkable vow, dedicating souls to Yahveh according to your valuation.
[LEV.27.3] And it will be that your valuation, the male, from twenty years of age and until sixty years of age, and it will be that your valuation is fifty shekels of silver in the shekel of the holy.
[LEV.27.4] And if she is a female, then her value shall be thirty shekels.
[LEV.27.5] And if from son of five years and until son of twenty years, and it will be your valuation the male twenty shekels and to the female ten shekels.
[LEV.27.6] And if from a month old until a five-year-old child, then the valuation of the male shall be five shekels of silver, and for the female, your valuation shall be three shekels of silver.
[LEV.27.7] And if from a son of sixty years and upwards, if male, then your valuation will be fifteen shekels, and for a female ten shekels.
[LEV.27.8] And if it is that he is poor, less than your valuation, and you bring him before the priest, and the priest shall assess him according to what the hand of the one who vows can attain. The priest shall assess him.
[LEV.27.9] And if an animal, which they offer as a sacrifice to Yahveh, then all that one gives from it to Yahveh will be holy.
[LEV.27.10] He will not replace it, nor will he exchange it, good for bad or bad for good. And if one exchanges, let him exchange beast for beast, and it shall be his, and its replacement shall be holy.
[LEV.27.11] And if all animals are unclean, which they do not bring from it as a sacrifice to Yahveh, then he shall set the animal before the priest.
[LEV.27.12] And the priest shall value it, between good and between bad, according to the priest’s valuation, so shall it be.
[LEV.27.13] And if a redeemer will redeem her, then he will add its fifth to your valuation.
[LEV.27.14] And a man, if he sanctifies his house holy to Yahveh, and the priest will value it, between good and bad, as the priest will value it, so it will stand.
[LEV.27.15] And if the one who consecrated it will redeem his house, then he shall add a fifth of the silver value of it to it, and it shall be his.
[LEV.27.16] And if from his possessed field someone dedicates to Yahveh, then its valuation will be according to the measure of its sowing; a homer of barley seed at fifty shekels of silver.
[LEV.27.17] If, from the law of the Jubilee, he dedicates his field, its value shall be established according to your assessment.
[LEV.27.18] And if, after the Jubilee, one consecrates his field, then the priest shall calculate for him the money according to the remaining years until the year of the Jubilee, and it will be deducted from your assessment.
[LEV.27.19] And if a redeemer redeems the field, the field that is dedicated, then he shall add one-fifth of the silver of its assessed value upon it, and it shall return to him.
[LEV.27.20] And if he does not redeem the field, and if he sells the field to another man, he will not redeem it anymore.
[LEV.27.21] And it will be that the field, in its release in the Jubilee, will be holy to Yahveh, as the field of the devoted thing to the priest, his possession it will be.
[LEV.27.22] And if it is a field of his purchase, which is not from the field of his possession, he shall dedicate it to Yahveh.
[LEV.27.23] And the priest shall calculate for him the amount of the value until the year of the Jubilee, and he shall give the value on that day as holy to Yahveh.
[LEV.27.24] In the year of the jubilee, the field will return to the one who purchased it from him, to the one to whom the possession of the land belongs.
[LEV.27.25] And all of your value will be in the holy shekel, twenty gerahs will be the shekel.
[LEV.27.26] But the firstborn of an animal, which is the first to be born to Yahveh from livestock, no person shall consecrate it. Whether it is a bull or a sheep, it belongs to Yahveh.
[LEV.27.27] And if in the unclean livestock it is redeemed according to your valuation, and a fifth will be added to it. And if it is not redeemed, it will be sold according to your valuation.
[LEV.27.28] But any offering of devotion which a person dedicates to Yahveh from all that they possess, from humans and livestock, and from fields of their inheritance, shall not be sold, nor shall it be redeemed. Every offering of devotion is holy of holies to Yahveh.
[LEV.27.29] Every ban that is banned by the person shall not be redeemed; death shall be put to death.
[LEV.27.30] And all of the tithe of the land, from seed of the land and from fruit of the tree, is for Yahveh. It is holy for Yahveh.
[LEV.27.31] And if one will redeem a person from his possession, he will add a fifth to it.
[LEV.27.32] And all tenth of the cattle and sheep, all that passes under the tenth staff, shall be holy to Yahveh.
[LEV.27.33] Yahveh will not differentiate between good and evil, and will not exchange it. But if someone exchanges it, then it and its replacement will be holy, and it will not be redeemed.
[LEV.27.34] These are the commandments that Yahveh commanded to Moses to the children of Israel at Mount Sinai.
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NUM.1
[NUM.1.1] And Yahveh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on the first day of the second month of the second year after they had departed from the land of Egypt, to say.
[NUM.1.2] Lift up the head of all the congregation of the children of Israel, by their families, to the house of their fathers, in a numbering by the names of every male according to their skulls.
[NUM.1.3] From a son of twenty years and upward, every one who goes out for the army in Israel, you shall count them for their armies, you and Aaron.
[NUM.1.4] And with you, they will be, each man to a tribe, each man a head to the house of his fathers, he is.
[NUM.1.5] And these are the names of the men who will stand with you, for Reuben, Elitzur, son of Shde'ur.
[NUM.1.6] To Shimon, Shelumiel, son of Tzurishaddai.
[NUM.1.7] To Judah, Nachshon son of Amminadav.
[NUM.1.8] To Issachar, Natan'el, son of Tsū'ār.
[NUM.1.9] To Zibullun, Eli’av son of Chelon.
[NUM.1.10] To the sons of Joseph, to Ephraim, Elishama, son of Ammihud; to Manasseh, Gamliel, son of Pedahzur.
[NUM.1.11] Benjamin, destruction, son of Gideon.
[NUM.1.12] To Dan, Achiezer, son of a people of freedom.
[NUM.1.13] Belonging to Pag'ia'el, son of Akhran.
[NUM.1.14] To Gad, Elyasahf son of Deu'el.
[NUM.1.15] To Naphtali, the last born, son of Eye-nan.
[NUM.1.16] These are the called of the assembly, chiefs of tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands of Israel, they are.
[NUM.1.17] And Moses and Aaron took these men who were appointed by names.
[NUM.1.18] And they gathered the entire community on the first of the second month, and they recorded them by their families to the house of their fathers, in a number of names from a son of twenty years and upward, by their heads.
[NUM.1.19] As Yahveh commanded Moses, he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.
[NUM.1.20] And the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, had this genealogy, by families, by ancestral houses, by a numbering of names, by heads, every male who was twenty years old and upward, everyone who went out to the army.
[NUM.1.21] Their countings for the tribe of Reuben were six and forty thousand and five hundred.
[NUM.1.22] To the sons of Simeon, their generations, to their families, to the house of their fathers, their census by number of names, every male from a son of twenty years and upward, everyone who goes out to the army.
[NUM.1.23] Their countings for the tribe of Simeon were nine and fifty thousand and three hundred.
[NUM.1.24] To the sons of Gad, these are their generations, according to their families, according to the house of their fathers. By number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, everyone who goes out for the army.
[NUM.1.25] Their countings were assigned to the tribe of Gad, five and forty thousand, and six hundreds, and fifty.
[NUM.1.26] Regarding the sons of Judah, here are their generations according to their families, according to their fathers' houses. The number of names, from a son of twenty years and upwards, of everyone who goes out into the army.
[NUM.1.27] Their count for the tribe of Judah was seventy-four thousand and six hundred.
[NUM.1.28] To the sons of Issachar, their generations to their families, to the house of their fathers, by number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, everyone who goes out to the army.
[NUM.1.29] Their countings to the tribe of Issachar were four and fifty thousand and four hundred.
[NUM.1.30] To the sons of Zebulun, their generations to their families, to the house of their fathers, by number of names from a son of twenty years and upward, all who go out in the army.
[NUM.1.31] Their counts for the tribe of Zebulun were seventy-five thousand and four hundred.
[NUM.1.32] To the sons of Joseph, to the sons of Ephraim, their generations, to their families, to the house of their fathers, by number of names, from a son of twenty years and upwards, all who go out for army.
[NUM.1.33] Their countings to the tribe of Ephraim are forty thousand and five hundred.
[NUM.1.34] To the sons of Manasseh, their generations, to their families, to the house of their ancestors, in a count of names from a son of twenty years and upwards, everyone who goes forth to the army.
[NUM.1.35] Their countings for the tribe of Manasseh were two and thirty thousand and two hundred.
[NUM.1.36] To the sons of Benjamin, these are their generations, by their families, to the house of their fathers. A count of names, from a son of twenty years and upwards, everyone who goes out to the army.
[NUM.1.37] Their countings for the tribe of Benjamin were thirty-five thousand and four hundred.
[NUM.1.38] To the sons of Dan, these are their generations, to their families, to the house of their fathers. By the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upwards, all who go out for the army.
[NUM.1.39] Their countings were for the tribe of Dan: two and sixty thousand and seven hundred.
[NUM.1.40] To the sons of Asher, their lineage, to their families, to the house of their fathers, by number of names from a son of twenty years and upwards, everyone who goes out for warfare.
[NUM.1.41] Their count for the tribe of Asher was one and forty thousand and five hundred.
[NUM.1.42] The sons of Naphtali, their generations by their clans, by their ancestral homes, in a number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, everyone who goes out for the army.
[NUM.1.43] Their countings for the tribe of Naphtali were three and fifty thousand and four hundred.
[NUM.1.44] These are the countings that Moses and Aaron and the leaders of Israel counted, twelve men, one man for each ancestral house they were.
[NUM.1.45] And all the counts of the sons of Israel were to the house of their fathers, from a son of twenty years and upward, all who go out in the army in Israel.
[NUM.1.46] And all of those counted were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.
[NUM.1.47] And the Levites, to the tribe of their fathers, were not counted among them.
[NUM.1.48] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[NUM.1.49] But you shall not count the staff of Levi, and you shall not take a census of their individuals among the sons of Israel.
[NUM.1.50] And you shall appoint the Levites over the tent of testimony, and over all its utensils, and over all that belongs to it. They shall carry the tent and all its utensils, and they shall serve it, and they shall encamp around the tent.
[NUM.1.51] And when the Tabernacle is moved, the Levites shall take it down. And when the Tabernacle is set up, the Levites shall erect it. And the stranger who approaches shall be put to death.
[NUM.1.52] And the sons of Israel will camp, each over their camp and each over their standard by their armies.
[NUM.1.53] And the Levites will camp around the tent of testimony, and there will not be anger upon the assembly of the children of Israel, and the Levites will guard the watch of the tent of testimony.
[NUM.1.54] And the Israelites did according to all that Yahveh commanded to Moses, so they did.
NUM.2
[NUM.2.1] And Yahveh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying.
[NUM.2.2] Each man will be over his standard, with the symbols of his fathers’ house, and the sons of Israel will encamp opposite, surrounding the Tent of Meeting on all sides.
[NUM.2.3] And those who encamp towards the east have the banner of the camp of Judah for their armies, and the leader of the sons of Judah is Nachshon son of Amminadav.
[NUM.2.4] His army and those counted among them were seventy-four thousand and six hundred.
[NUM.2.5] And those who encamp over him are the tribe of Issachar, and the leader for the sons of Issachar is Netanel son of Tsofar.
[NUM.2.6] His host and his appointed officials were four thousand five hundred and four hundred.
[NUM.2.7] The staff of Zebulun, and the leader of the sons of Zebulun, is Eli'av son of Chelon.
[NUM.2.8] His army and commands were seven and fifty thousand and four hundred.
[NUM.2.9] All the counted of the camp of Judah were one hundred thousand and eighty thousand and six thousand and four hundred for their armies. They shall go first.
[NUM.2.10] The standard of the camp of Reuben was to the south for their armies, and the leader for the sons of Reuben was Elitzur, son of Shdeiur.
[NUM.2.11] His host and his appointed ones are six and forty thousand, and five hundred.
[NUM.2.12] And those who encamp over it are the tribe of Simeon, and the leader to the sons of Simeon is Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai.
[NUM.2.13] His army and his officers totaled nineteen and fifty thousand and three hundred.
[NUM.2.14] And the staff of Gad, and the leader for the descendants of Gad, was Elyasaf, son of Reuel.
[NUM.2.15] And his army and their officers, five and forty thousand and six hundred and fifty.
[NUM.2.16] All the counts to the camp of Reuben were one hundred thousand and one thousand five hundred, fifty thousand and four hundred fifty for their armies. The seconds will go forth.
[NUM.2.17] And the Tent of Meeting moved with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camps, just as they camped, so they will move, each man with what is by his hand, according to their standards.
[NUM.2.18] The standard of the camp of Ephraim for their armies faced south, and the leader of the descendants of Ephraim was Elishama son of Ammihud.
[NUM.2.19] And his army and his officers were forty thousand and five hundred.
[NUM.2.20] And upon him was the staff of Manasseh, and a leader for the sons of Manasseh was Gamliel, son of Redemption of a Rock.
[NUM.2.21] His army and their officers numbered two and thirty thousand, and two hundred.
[NUM.2.22] And the staff of Benjamin, and the leader of the sons of Benjamin, Avidan, son of Gideon.
[NUM.2.23] And his army and their officers were five and thirty thousand and four hundred.
[NUM.2.24] All the counted to the camp of Ephraim are one thousand and eight thousand and one hundred for their armies, and the third will set out.
[NUM.2.25] The standard of the camp of Dan was to the north concerning their armies, and Ahiezer, son of Ammishaddai, was the leader of the children of Dan.
[NUM.2.26] His army and their officers were two and sixty thousand and seven hundred.
[NUM.2.27] And those encamping over it are the tribe of Asher, and the leader to the children of Asher is Pagiel son of Achran.
[NUM.2.28] And his host and their officials were one, forty thousand and five hundred.
[NUM.2.29] And the staff of Naphtali, and the leader to the sons of Naphtali, Ahira, son of Enan.
[NUM.2.30] His army and their numbered officials were three and five thousand, and four hundred.
[NUM.2.31] All the counted men of the camp of Dan are one hundred thousand and seven thousand five hundred, six hundred last to travel under their banners.
[NUM.2.32] These are the census numbers of the children of Israel to the house of their fathers, all the census numbers of the camps to their armies: six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.
[NUM.2.33] And the Levites were not counted among the children of Israel, as Yahveh commanded to Moses.
[NUM.2.34] And the sons of Israel did according to all that Yahveh commanded Moses. Thus they encamped by their flags and thus they traveled, each according to his families, according to the house of his ancestors.
NUM.3
[NUM.3.1] And these are the origins of Aaron and Moses, on the day that Yahveh spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai.
[NUM.3.2] And these are the names of the sons of Aaron, the firstborn: Nadav and Avihu, Elazar and Itamar.
[NUM.3.3] These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests who were anointed, that their hand was filled to act as priests.
[NUM.3.4] And Nadab and Abihu died before Yahveh, by offering strange fire before Yahveh in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children. Then Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests before their father Aaron.
[NUM.3.5] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[NUM.3.6] Bring near the staff of Levi, and you shall set it before Aaron my Lord the priest, and it shall serve him.
[NUM.3.7] And they will keep the guard duty of him, and the guard duty of all the congregation, before the tent of meeting, to perform the service of the tabernacle.
[NUM.3.8] And they shall guard all the vessels of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the children of Israel to serve the service of the Tabernacle.
[NUM.3.9] And you shall give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons. They are given, they are given to him, from the sons of Israel.
[NUM.3.10] And Aaron and his sons you will appoint, and they will guard their priesthood. And the stranger who approaches will be put to death.
[NUM.3.11] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[NUM.3.12] And behold, I have taken the Levites from among the sons of Israel instead of all the firstborn, the opening of the womb from the sons of Israel, and the Levites shall be to me.
[NUM.3.13] For all the firstborn are mine. In the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated to myself all the firstborn in Israel, from man to beast. They will be mine, I am Yahveh.
[NUM.3.14] And Yahveh spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai, saying:
[NUM.3.15] Count the sons of Levi to their fathers’ houses, to their families, every male from a month old and upward, you shall count them.
[NUM.3.16] And Moses counted them according to the word of Yahveh, as he had been commanded.
[NUM.3.17] And these were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, Kehat, and Merari.
[NUM.3.18] And these are the names of the sons of Gershon, to their families: to Libni and Shimi.
[NUM.3.19] And the sons of Kehath, to their families: Amram and Yitzhar, Chevron and Uzzi'el.
[NUM.3.20] And the descendants of Merari, by their families, are Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites, according to their ancestral houses.
[NUM.3.21] To Gershon, the family of the Libnites and the family of the Shimeites, these are the families of the Gershonites.
[NUM.3.22] Their countings were in number of all male, from son of one month and upward. Their countings were seven thousands and five hundreds.
[NUM.3.23] The families of the Gershonites will camp after the dwelling toward the west.
[NUM.3.24] And the leader of the family group of the Gershonites was Elyasaf, son of Lael.
[NUM.3.25] And the guard duty of the sons of Gershon was in the tent of meeting, the tabernacle and the tent – its covering and the screen for the doorway of the tent of meeting.
[NUM.3.26] And the coverings of the courtyard, and the screen of the entrance of the courtyard, which is over the dwelling and over the altar all around, and its cords for all its service.
[NUM.3.27] And the families of the ʿAmrami, and the families of the Yizhari, and the families of the Ḥevroni, and the families of the ʿAziʾeli – these are the families of the Kehati.
[NUM.3.28] In the number of all males, from a month old and upward, were eight thousand and six hundred keepers of the guard over the holy things.
[NUM.3.29] The families of the descendants of Kehat will encamp on the south side of the tabernacle.
[NUM.3.30] And the leader of the house of father for the families of the Kehati was Elitzaphan son of Uziel.
[NUM.3.31] You shall guard the ark, and the table, and the lampstand, and the altars, and the vessels of holiness, which served in them, and the screen, and all his service.
[NUM.3.32] And the chief of the chiefs of the Levites was Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, in charge of the guards of the duty of the holy things.
[NUM.3.33] To Merari, the family of Machli and the family of Mushi: these are the families of Merari.
[NUM.3.34] And their counted ones were by number, every male from a month old and upward, six thousand and one hundred.
[NUM.3.35] And the prince of the father's house for the families of the Merari, Tsoori-el son of ə-vee-chai-il, they will camp on the north side of the dwelling.
[NUM.3.36] And the appointed guard duty of the sons of Merari was the boards of the sanctuary, and its bars, and its pillars, and its fastenings, and all its equipment, and all its work.
[NUM.3.37] And the pillars of the courtyard all around, and their lords, and their pegs, and their ropes.
[NUM.3.38] And those encamped before the Tabernacle, facing the Tent of Meeting, toward the east were Moses, and Aaron, and his sons, guarding the watch of the sanctuary for the watch of the children of Israel. And the stranger who draws near shall be put to death.
[NUM.3.39] All the commands of the Levites which Moses and Aaron commanded according to the mouth of Yahveh, to their families, every male from a month old and upwards, were two and twenty thousand.
[NUM.3.40] And Yahveh said to Moses, count all firstborn males of the sons of Israel, from one month old and upwards, and take the number of their names.
[NUM.3.41] And you shall take the Levites to me, I am Yahveh, instead of every firstborn among the children of Israel, and their livestock instead of every firstborn among the livestock of the children of Israel.
[NUM.3.42] And Moses counted, as Yahveh commanded him, all the firstborn among the sons of Israel.
[NUM.3.43] And it was, all firstborn males in number of names from a month and upwards for their counting, twelve thousand, three and seventy and two hundred.
[NUM.3.44] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[NUM.3.45] Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and their animals instead of their animals. The Levites will be mine; I am Yahveh.
[NUM.3.46] And those redeemed of the thirty, and the seventy, and the two hundred, who were remaining beyond the Levites from the firstborn sons of Israel.
[NUM.3.47] You shall take five, five shekels for the skull, in the shekel of the holy place you shall take twenty gerahs of the shekel.
[NUM.3.48] And you shall give the silver to Aaron and to his sons as ransoms for those counted among them.
[NUM.3.49] And Moses took the silver of the redemption money from those who had been counted concerning the redeemed of the Levites.
[NUM.3.50] From the firstborn sons of Israel he took the silver, five and sixty and three hundred and one thousand in the shekel of the sanctuary.
[NUM.3.51] And Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and his sons according to the word of Yahveh, as Yahveh commanded Moses.
NUM.4
[NUM.4.1] And Yahveh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying.
[NUM.4.2] Lift up the heads of the sons of Kehath from within the sons of Levi, to their families, to the house of their fathers.
[NUM.4.3] From age thirty years and upward, and until age fifty years, all who came to the army to do work in the tent of meeting.
[NUM.4.4] This is the service of the sons of Kehat in the tent of meeting, the holiest of sacred things.
[NUM.4.5] And Aaron and his sons came when the camp journeyed, and they took down the veil of the screen, and they covered with it the Ark of the Testimony of God.
[NUM.4.6] And they will give a covering of tachash skin upon it, and they will spread a garment of fine blue linen from above, and they will put [it] within.
[NUM.4.7] And upon the table of the faces they will spread a garment of blue, and they will place upon it the bowls and the plates and the pitchers and the vessels for pouring, and the bread of the continual will be upon it always.
[NUM.4.8] And they spread upon them a garment of crimson dye, scarlet, and they covered it with a covering of badger skin, and they placed its clasp.
[NUM.4.9] And they shall take a blue covering and cover the lampstand of the light and its lamps and its snuffers and its pans, and all the vessels of oil with which they serve it.
[NUM.4.10] And they shall give it and all its vessels to the covering of badger skin, and they shall give it upon the poles.
[NUM.4.11] And upon the golden altar they shall spread a garment of blue, and they shall cover it with a covering of tachash leather, and they shall place its hooks.
[NUM.4.12] And they shall take all the vessels of the service which serve in the holy place, and they shall put them upon a garment of blue, and they shall cover them with a covering of badger skin, and they shall put them upon the carrying pole.
[NUM.4.13] And they shall enrich the altar and spread a garment of crimson upon it.
[NUM.4.14] And they gave upon it all its tools that served upon it with them, the pans, the forks, and the basins and the sprinkling vessels, all the tools of the altar. And they spread upon it a covering of badger skin and they put within it.
[NUM.4.15] And Aaron and his sons finished covering the holy things and all the vessels of the holy things when the camp moved. And after this, the sons of Kohath shall come to carry, and they shall not touch the holy things and die. These are the burdens of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting.
[NUM.4.16] And the responsibility of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, was the oil of the lamp and the incense of the spices and the continual meal offering and the anointing oil. The responsibility included all of the tabernacle and all that was in it, in holiness and with its vessels.
[NUM.4.17] And Yahveh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying.
[NUM.4.18] Do not destroy the tribe of families of the Qhati from within the Levites.
[NUM.4.19] And this you must do for them, and they will live, and not die, when they approach the holy of holies. Aaron and his sons will come, and they will assign them, each man to his service and to his burden.
[NUM.4.20] And they shall not come to see its consumption of the holiness, and they will die.
[NUM.4.21] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[NUM.4.22] Lift up the heads of the sons of Gershon, also they, to their ancestral house, to their families.
[NUM.4.23] From the son of thirty years and upward until the son of fifty years you will count them, every one who comes to be mustered for the army to do service in the tent of meeting.
[NUM.4.24] This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve and to carry.
[NUM.4.25] And they shall carry the curtains of the tabernacle and the tent of meeting, its covering and the covering of the badger skin which is upon it from above, and the screen of the opening of the tent of meeting.
[NUM.4.26] And the courts and the screen for the gate of the court that is on the tabernacle and on the altar, all around, and their cords and all the tools of their service and all that shall be made for them, they shall serve.
[NUM.4.27] According to the direction of Aaron and his sons, all the work of the sons of Gershon will be for all their loads, and for all their work. And you shall oversee them in a keeping of all their loads.
[NUM.4.28] This is the service of the families of the Gershonites in the tent of meeting, and their duty was under the oversight of Ithamar, son of Aaron, the priest.
[NUM.4.29] The descendants of Merari, to their families, to the house of their fathers you shall count them.
[NUM.4.30] From the son of thirty years and upward, even until the son of fifty years, you shall count them, every one coming to the army to perform the service of the tent of meeting.
[NUM.4.31] And this is the accounting of their offering for all their work in the tent of meeting: the boards of the dwelling, and its bars, and its pillars, and my Lord.
[NUM.4.32] And the pillars of the court around, and their lords, and their pegs, and their cords, for all their utensils and for all their work, and by names you shall inventory the utensils of the burden of their carrying.
[NUM.4.33] This is the service of the families of the descendants of Merari, for all their services in the tent of meeting, under the direction of Itamar, son of Aaron, the priest.
[NUM.4.34] And Moses and Aaron and the leaders of the congregation counted the sons of the Kehathites by their families and to the house of their ancestors.
[NUM.4.35] From age thirty and upward, until age fifty, all who come to the army are to work in the tent of meeting.
[NUM.4.36] And their numberings were according to their families: thousands seven hundred and five hundred.
[NUM.4.37] These are the counts of the families of Qahat, all those who served in the tent of meeting. These were counted by Moses and Aaron according to the word of Yahveh by the hand of Moses.
[NUM.4.38] And the records of the descendants of Gershon, to their families and to the house of their ancestors.
[NUM.4.39] From age thirty and upward, until age fifty, all who come to the army are to work in the tent of meeting.
[NUM.4.40] And their countings were to their families, according to the house of their fathers, two thousand and six hundred and thirty.
[NUM.4.41] These are the assignments of the families of the Gershonites, all those who worked in the tent of meeting, which Moses and Aaron assigned according to the word of Yahveh.
[NUM.4.42] The recordings of the families of the sons of Merari, to their families, to the house of their ancestors.
[NUM.4.43] From age thirty and upward, until age fifty, all who come to the army are to work in the tent of meeting.
[NUM.4.44] And their counts were to their families, three thousands and two hundred.
[NUM.4.45] These are the census records of the families descended from Merari, which Moses and Aaron counted according to the word of Yahveh, through Moses.
[NUM.4.46] All the appointments that Moses and Aaron and the leaders of Israel appointed to the Levites, to their families and to their ancestral houses.
[NUM.4.47] From a son of thirty years and upward, and until a son of fifty years, all who come to serve the work of service and the work of burden in the Tent of Meeting.
[NUM.4.48] And their count was eight thousands and five hundreds and eighty.
[NUM.4.49] According to the word of Yahveh, He commanded them through the hand of Moses, each person according to his service and his burden. And His commands, which Yahveh commanded Moses.
NUM.5
[NUM.5.1] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[NUM.5.2] Command the children of Israel that they send from the camp every person with a skin disease and every person with a discharge and every unclean person for the soul.
[NUM.5.3] You shall send both male and female waste outside the camp, and you shall send them. They shall not defile the camp where Yahveh dwells within.
[NUM.5.4] And the children of Israel did so, and they sent them outside the camp, as Yahveh spoke to Moses, so did the children of Israel.
[NUM.5.5] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[NUM.5.6] Speak to the children of Israel: whether a man or a woman, if anyone commits any sin of humanity and acts unfaithfully against Yahveh, then guilt will be upon that person’s soul.
[NUM.5.7] And they shall confess their sin that they have done, and he shall return his guilt on his head, and a fifth of it shall be added to it, and he shall give it to the one whom he wronged.
[NUM.5.8] And if there is no redeemer for the man to return the guilt offering to him, the guilt offering which is returned belongs to Yahveh, to the priest, besides the ram of atonement, by which atonement is made for him.
[NUM.5.9] And all offering to all holy things of the sons of Israel that they bring near to the priest, to him it will be.
[NUM.5.10] And each man’s dedications shall be his own. Each man who gives to the priest shall be his.
[NUM.5.11] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[NUM.5.12] Speak to the children of Israel and you shall say to them, "If a man lies with a woman and betrayal happens to him through her."
[NUM.5.13] And the man lay with her in the act of sowing seed, and it was hidden from the eyes of the woman, and it was concealed, and she was defiled, and there was no witness in her, and she was not seized.
[NUM.5.14] And a spirit of jealousy passed over him, and he became jealous of his wife, and she was defiled. Or, a spirit of jealousy passed over him, and he became jealous of his wife, and she was not defiled.
[NUM.5.15] The man shall bring his wife to my Lord, and he shall bring her offering with her: a tenth of an epha of barley flour, without oil and without incense. For it is a grain offering of jealousy, a memorial offering, reminding of iniquity.
[NUM.5.16] And the priest shall bring it near, and he shall set it before Yahveh.
[NUM.5.17] And the priest will take holy waters in a pottery vessel, and from the dust that will be on the ground of the tabernacle, the priest will take and put it into the waters.
[NUM.5.18] The priest shall set the woman before Yahveh, and he shall uncover the woman’s head, and he shall place upon her hands the grain offering of remembrance. It is a jealousy offering. And the water of bitterness that brings about cursing shall be in the hand of the priest.
[NUM.5.19] And the priest shall cause her to swear an oath, and he shall say to the woman, "If no man has lain with you, and if you have not defiled yourself for another man, then you are clean from these bitter, curse-inducing waters.
[NUM.5.20] And you, because you have deviated with another man, and because you have become unclean, a man has given to you his lying down apart from your husband.
[NUM.5.21] And the priest shall cause the woman to swear the oath of the curse. And the priest shall say to the woman, “May Yahveh make you a curse and an oath within your people, by making your thigh fall and your belly swell.”
[NUM.5.22] And these bitter waters will enter your insides to cause distress in your abdomen and to weaken your thighs. And the woman will say, 'Truly, so be it, truly, so be it.'
[NUM.5.23] And the priest will write these curses in the book, and he will sprinkle upon the water of the bitter ones.
[NUM.5.24] And he gave the woman the water of bitterness, the water causing bitterness, and the water causing bitterness entered her, to become bitterness.
[NUM.5.25] And the priest shall take from the hand of the woman the offering of jealousy, and he shall wave the offering before Yahveh, and he shall bring it near to the altar.
[NUM.5.26] And the priest will take from the grain offering its memorial portion, and will offer it up on the altar, and afterward will pour water onto the fire, onto the water.
[NUM.5.27] And they shall give her the waters, and if she becomes unclean and acts unfaithfully towards her husband, then the waters of bitterness that cause cursing shall enter her body, and her abdomen will swell and her thigh will fall. And the woman shall be a curse among her people.
[NUM.5.28] And if the woman has not become unclean, and she is pure, then she shall be cleansed, and she shall sow seed.
[NUM.5.29] This is the law of jealousy: if a woman acts in place of her husband with another woman, and is defiled.
[NUM.5.30] Or a man over whom a spirit of jealousy passes, and he becomes jealous of his wife, and he shall present the woman before Yahveh, and the priest shall do to her all of this instruction.
[NUM.5.31] And the man will be cleansed from guilt, and that woman will bear her guilt.
NUM.6
[NUM.6.1] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[NUM.6.2] Speak to the children of Israel and say to them: If a man or a woman is extraordinarily inclined to make a vow, a vow of a Nazirite, it is to dedicate themselves to Yahveh.
[NUM.6.3] He will pour out wine and strong drink. He will not drink the sour wine or the sour strong drink, and he will not drink any residue of grapes. He will not eat fresh grapes or dried grapes.
[NUM.6.4] All the days of his separation, he shall not eat anything made from the vine of wine, from kernels even to skins.
[NUM.6.5] All the days of the vow, he is to let the hair of his head grow long. No razor shall pass upon his head until the completion of the days that he dedicates to Yahveh, he will be holy, the growth of the hair of his head.
[NUM.6.6] All the days of the dedication are to Yahveh; he shall not come upon a dead person.
[NUM.6.7] He shall not defile himself for his father and for his mother, for his brother and for his sister, in their death, for the Gods of his father are a crown upon his head.
[NUM.6.8] All the days of the Nazirite’s vow are dedicated to Yahveh.
[NUM.6.9] And if someone dies suddenly upon him, then he will become unclean, and he will make the hair of his head unclean. And he will shave his head on the day of his purification, on the seventh day he will shave it.
[NUM.6.10] And on the eighth day, he shall bring two turtle doves, or two young pigeons, to the priest, to the entrance of the tent of meeting.
[NUM.6.11] And the priest will make one for a sin offering and one for a burnt offering, and will atone for him because of that which he sinned against the soul, and will sanctify his head on that day.
[NUM.6.12] And he shall dedicate to Yahveh the days of his separation, and he shall bring a lamb, one year old, as a guilt offering. And the first days shall be invalidated, for his separation was defiled.
[NUM.6.13] And this is the law of the Nazirite: in the day of completion of his days of vow, he will bring himself to the entrance of the tent of appointment.
[NUM.6.14] And he shall bring near his offering to Yahveh: a lamb, son of its year, perfect, one, for a burnt offering, and a female lamb, daughter of its year, perfect, for a sin offering, and a ram, one, perfect, for peace offerings.
[NUM.6.15] And a basket of unleavened breads of fine flour, cakes mixed with oil, and wafers of unleavened bread anointed with oil, and their grain offering and their drink offerings.
[NUM.6.16] And the priest will bring near before Yahveh, and he will make his sin offering and his burnt offering.
[NUM.6.17] And he shall make the ram a peace offering to Yahveh, upon a basket of unleavened bread, and the priest shall make his grain offering and his drink offering.
[NUM.6.18] And the Nazirite shaves at the opening of the tent of meeting the head of his Nazirite vow, and takes the hair of the head of his Nazirite vow and puts it upon the fire that is under the sacrifice of peace offerings.
[NUM.6.19] And the priest will take the arm in its completeness from the ram, and one cake of unleavened bread from the basket, and one thin cake of unleavened bread, and give them upon the palms of the Nazirite after he has shaved his vow.
[NUM.6.20] And the priest shall wave them as a wave offering before Yahveh; it is holy to the priest, regarding the chest of the wave offering and regarding the thigh of the contribution. And after this, the Nazirite shall drink wine.
[NUM.6.21] This is the law of the Nazirite, who vows: their offering to Yahveh, because of their vow, is in addition to what their hand can afford. According to the terms of their vow, which they vow, so they shall do, according to the law of their vow.
[NUM.6.22] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[NUM.6.23] Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, "Thus you shall bless the children of Israel: say to them,"
[NUM.6.24] May Yahveh bless you and may Yahveh keep you.
[NUM.6.25] May Yahveh shine His face to you and may He grant you favor.
[NUM.6.26] May Yahveh lift His face toward you and establish peace for you.
[NUM.6.27] And they will put my name on the sons of Israel, and I will bless them.
NUM.7
[NUM.7.1] And it was on the day Moses finished setting up the tabernacle, and he anointed it and consecrated it, and all its furnishings, and the altar and all its furnishings, and he anointed them and consecrated them.
[NUM.7.2] And the leaders of Israel, chiefs of their clans, they were leaders of the tribes, they who stood upon the counts brought near offerings.
[NUM.7.3] And they brought their offerings before Yahveh: six oxen of the herd and twelve cattle, a cart for each of the two leaders and a bullock for each. And they offered them before the dwelling.
[NUM.7.4] And Yahveh said to Moses, saying:
[NUM.7.5] Take from them, and they will be for the service of the service of the tent of meeting, and you will give them to the Levites, each according to his work.
[NUM.7.6] And Moses took the carts and the livestock, and he gave them to the Levites.
[NUM.7.7] And two of the carts and four of the cattle He gave to the sons of Gershon, according to their work.
[NUM.7.8] And he gave four of the carts and eight of the oxen to the sons of Merari, according to their work, in the hand of Itamar, son of Aaron, the priest.
[NUM.7.9] And to the sons of Qahat, He did not give. For the service of the holy things was upon them, they would carry it upon the shoulder.
[NUM.7.10] And the leaders brought the dedication of the altar on the day it was anointed, and the leaders brought their offerings before the altar.
[NUM.7.11] And Yahveh said to Moses, "Let one leader offer his offering for each day, for the dedication of the altar."
[NUM.7.12] And it happened, the one offering on the first day his offering, Nachshon son of Amminadav for the tribe of Judah.
[NUM.7.13] And his offering was one silver basin, weighing thirty shekels and one hundred, one silver spoon weighing seventy shekels according to the shekel of the holy place. Both were full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering.
[NUM.7.14] One handful, eleven gold full of frankincense.
[NUM.7.15] One bull, a young bull, one ram, one lamb, a son of its year, for a burnt offering.
[NUM.7.16] One goat of goats is for a sin offering.
[NUM.7.17] And for the sacrifice of peace offerings: two head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, five lambs one year old. This is the offering of Nachshon, son of Amminadav.
[NUM.7.18] On the second day, Nethanel son of Zuar, a leader of Issachar, offered a sacrifice.
[NUM.7.19] Bring near his offering: one silver basin, one hundred thirty shekels in weight. One silver sprinkler, seventy shekels in the weight of the holy. Both of them are full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering.
[NUM.7.20] One handful, eleven gold full of frankincense.
[NUM.7.21] One bull, a young bull, one ram, one lamb, a son of its year, for a burnt offering.
[NUM.7.22] One goat of goats is for a sin offering.
[NUM.7.23] And for the peace offering, cattle two, rams five, bulls five, lambs one year old five. This is the offering of Netanel, son of Zuar.
[NUM.7.24] On the third day, a leader for the children of Zebulun, Eli'av son of Chelon.
[NUM.7.25] His offering was one silver basin, one hundred thirty shekels in weight. There was also one silver sprinkler, seventy shekels in the weight of the sanctuary. Both were filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering.
[NUM.7.26] One handful, eleven gold full of frankincense.
[NUM.7.27] One bull, a young bull, one ram, one lamb, a son of its year, for a burnt offering.
[NUM.7.28] One goat of goats is for a sin offering.
[NUM.7.29] And for the peace offering, two cattle, five rams, five fattened cattle, five lambs, sons of a year, this is the offering of Eliav, son of Chelon.
[NUM.7.30] On the fourth day, the prince for the sons of Reuben was Elizur, son of Shedeur.
[NUM.7.31] His offering was one silver basin, one hundred thirty shekels in weight. There was also one silver sprinkler, seventy shekels in the weight of the sanctuary. Both were filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering.
[NUM.7.32] One handful, eleven gold full of frankincense.
[NUM.7.33] One bull, a young bull, one ram, one lamb, a son of its year, for a burnt offering.
[NUM.7.34] One goat of goats is for a sin offering.
[NUM.7.35] And for the sacrifice of peace, two bulls, five rams, five male goats, five sheep one year old. This is the offering of E-lee-tzoor son of Sh'de-yoor.
[NUM.7.36] On the fifth day, the prince for the sons of Simeon was Shelumiel, son of Zurishaddai.
[NUM.7.37] His offering was one silver basin, one hundred thirty shekels in weight. There was also one silver sprinkler, seventy shekels in the weight of the sanctuary. Both were filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering.
[NUM.7.38] One handful, eleven gold full of frankincense.
[NUM.7.39] One bull, a young bull, one ram, one lamb, a son of its year, for a burnt offering.
[NUM.7.40] One goat of goats is for a sin offering.
[NUM.7.41] And for the sacrifice of peace offerings, cattle two, rams five, bulls five, lambs of the year five, this is the offering of Shlumiel son of Zurishaddai.
[NUM.7.42] On the sixth day, the leader to the sons of Gad was Elyasaf son of Deu'el.
[NUM.7.43] His offering was one silver basin, one hundred thirty shekels in weight. There was also one silver sprinkler, seventy shekels in the weight of the sanctuary. Both were filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering.
[NUM.7.44] One handful, eleven gold full of frankincense.
[NUM.7.45] One bull, a young bull, one ram, one lamb, a son of its year, for a burnt offering.
[NUM.7.46] One goat of goats is for a sin offering.
[NUM.7.47] And for the peace offering, two cattle, five rams, five goats, five lambs, one year old – this is the offering of Elyasaph, son of Deuel.
[NUM.7.48] On the seventh day, a leader for the sons of Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud.
[NUM.7.49] His offering was one silver basin, one hundred thirty shekels in weight. There was also one silver sprinkler, seventy shekels in the weight of the sanctuary. Both were filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering.
[NUM.7.50] One handful, eleven gold full of frankincense.
[NUM.7.51] One bull, a young bull, one ram, one lamb, a son of its year, for a burnt offering.
[NUM.7.52] One goat of goats is for a sin offering.
[NUM.7.53] And for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five lambs, one year old. This is the offering of Elisama, son of Ammihud.
[NUM.7.54] On the eighth day, a leader for the descendants of Manasseh: Gamliel, son of Pedah Tzur.
[NUM.7.55] His offering was one silver basin, one hundred thirty shekels in weight. There was also one silver sprinkler, seventy shekels in the weight of the sanctuary. Both were filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering.
[NUM.7.56] One handful, eleven gold full of frankincense.
[NUM.7.57] One bull, a young bull, one ram, one lamb, a son of its year, for a burnt offering.
[NUM.7.58] One goat of goats is for a sin offering.
[NUM.7.59] And for the sacrifice of peace offerings: two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs one year old. This is the offering of Gamliel, son of Pedatzur.
[NUM.7.60] On the ninth day, the chieftain for the sons of Benjamin was Avidan son of Gideon.
[NUM.7.61] His offering was one silver basin, one hundred thirty shekels in weight. There was also one silver sprinkler, seventy shekels in the weight of the sanctuary. Both were filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering.
[NUM.7.62] One handful, eleven gold full of frankincense.
[NUM.7.63] One bull, a young bull, one ram, one lamb, a son of its year, for a burnt offering.
[NUM.7.64] One goat of goats is for a sin offering.
[NUM.7.65] And for the peace offering, cattle two, rams five, bulls five, lambs one year old five. This is the offering of Avidan son of Gideon.
[NUM.7.66] On the tenth day, the leader of the sons of Dan was Ahiezer, son of Ammishaddai.
[NUM.7.67] His offering was one silver basin, one hundred thirty shekels in weight. There was also one silver sprinkler, seventy shekels in the weight of the sanctuary. Both were filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering.
[NUM.7.68] One handful, eleven gold full of frankincense.
[NUM.7.69] One bull, a young bull, one ram, one lamb, a son of its year, for a burnt offering.
[NUM.7.70] One goat of goats is for a sin offering.
[NUM.7.71] And for the peace offering sacrifice, two steers, five rams, five male goats, five one-year-old lambs. This is the offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
[NUM.7.72] On the twelfth day, a leader for the sons of Asher, Pagiel son of Akran.
[NUM.7.73] His offering was one silver basin, one hundred thirty shekels in weight. There was also one silver sprinkler, seventy shekels in the weight of the sanctuary. Both were filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering.
[NUM.7.74] One handful, eleven gold full of frankincense.
[NUM.7.75] One bull, a young bull, one ram, one lamb, a son of its year, for a burnt offering.
[NUM.7.76] One goat of goats is for a sin offering.
[NUM.7.77] And for the peace offering, two cattle, five rams, five bulls, five lambs, yearlings, five. This is the offering of Pagi-el, son of Achran.
[NUM.7.78] On the twelfth day, the prince for the sons of Naphtali was Achira son of Einan.
[NUM.7.79] His offering was one silver basin, one hundred thirty shekels in weight. There was also one silver sprinkler, seventy shekels in the weight of the sanctuary. Both were filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering.
[NUM.7.80] One handful, eleven gold full of frankincense.
[NUM.7.81] One bull, a young bull, one ram, one lamb, a son of its year, for a burnt offering.
[NUM.7.82] One goat of goats is for a sin offering.
[NUM.7.83] And for the peace offering sacrifice, cattle two, rams five, bulls five, lambs yearlings five. This is the offering of Achi-ra, son of Ei-nan.
[NUM.7.84] This is the dedication of the altar on the day it was anointed, coming from the leaders of Israel: twelve silver basins, twelve silver sprinkling basins, and twelve golden bowls.
[NUM.7.85] One hundred and thirty shekels is the weight of the one basin in silver, and seventy shekels is the weight of the one pouring vessel in silver. All the silver of the vessels totals two thousand and four hundred shekels of the sanctuary.
[NUM.7.86] There are twelve golden bowls, filled with incense, ten shekels per bowl according to the weight of the sanctuary. All the gold of the bowls totals two hundred shekels.
[NUM.7.87] All the cattle were for the burnt offering: twelve young bulls, twelve lambs one year old, and their grain offering; and twelve male goats for a sin offering.
[NUM.7.88] And all the cattle for the peace offerings were twenty-four bulls, rams sixty, steers sixty, lambs one-year-olds sixty. This is the dedication of the altar after He anointed it.
[NUM.7.89] And when Moses went into the tent of meeting to speak with Yahveh, he heard the voice speaking to him from above the mercy seat which was upon the ark of the testimony, between the two cherubim, and it spoke to him.
NUM.8
[NUM.8.1] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[NUM.8.2] Speak to Aaron and you will say to him: In your raising up of the lamps before the face of the lampstand, seven lamps shall shine.
[NUM.8.3] And Aaron did so, before the face of the menorah, he raised its lamps as Yahveh commanded to Moses.
[NUM.8.4] And this is the work of the menorah: hammered gold, extending to its thigh, even to its blossom. It was hammered work. Like the appearance that Yahveh showed to Moses, so did he make the menorah.
[NUM.8.5] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[NUM.8.6] Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and you shall purify them.
[NUM.8.7] And thus you shall do to them for their purification: sprinkle this water of sin offering upon them, and you shall pass a razor upon all their flesh, and you shall wash their garments, and you shall be purified.
[NUM.8.8] And they shall take a bull, a young bull, and its grain offering, fine flour mixed with oil, and a second bull, a young bull, you shall take for a sin offering.
[NUM.8.9] And you shall bring the Levites near before the tent of meeting, and you shall assemble all the congregation of the children of Israel.
[NUM.8.10] And you shall bring near the Levites before Yahveh, and the sons of Israel shall lay their hands on the Levites.
[NUM.8.11] And Aaron lifted up the Levites as an offering before Yahveh from the Israelites, and they would be for the service of the service of Yahveh.
[NUM.8.12] And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bulls, and you shall make one a sin offering and one a burnt offering to Yahveh, to atone for the Levites.
[NUM.8.13] And you shall set up the Levites before Aaron and before his sons, and you shall wave them as a wave offering to Yahveh.
[NUM.8.14] And you shall separate the Levites from among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be for God.
[NUM.8.15] And after that, the Levites will come to serve at the tent of meeting, and you shall purify them, and you shall present them as a wave offering.
[NUM.8.16] For they are given, they are given to me from among the sons of Israel, in place of the ransom for every womb, the firstborn of all from among the sons of Israel. I have taken them for myself.
[NUM.8.17] For all the firstborn are mine among the sons of Israel, in man and in beast. In the day I struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated them to myself.
[NUM.8.18] And I took the Levites in place of every firstborn among the children of Israel.
[NUM.8.19] And I gave the Levites, given to Aaron and his sons from among the Israelites, to serve the service of the Israelites in the Tent of Meeting, and to atone for the Israelites. And there will not be a plague among the Israelites when the Israelites approach the holy place.
[NUM.8.20] And Moses and Aaron and all the congregation of the children of Israel did for the Levites everything that Yahveh commanded Moses to do for the Levites, and so the children of Israel did for them.
[NUM.8.21] The Levites became unclean, and they washed their garments. Then Aaron waved them as an offering before Yahveh. Aaron made atonement for them to purify them.
[NUM.8.22] And after this, the Levites came to perform their service in the tent of meeting before Aaron and before his sons, as Yahveh commanded Moses concerning the Levites. Thus they did for them.
[NUM.8.23] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[NUM.8.24] This is that which belongs to the Levites: from the son of twenty-five years and upward shall come to the army of the army in the service of the tent of meeting.
[NUM.8.25] And from the age of fifty years, one will return from the army of the service and will not serve again.
[NUM.8.26] And they will serve their brothers in the tent of meeting, to keep guard duty, and they will not perform service. Thus you will do for the Levites in their watches.
NUM.9
[NUM.9.1] And Yahveh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai in the second year after their going out from the land of Egypt, in the first month, saying:
[NUM.9.2] And the children of Israel will make the Passover at its appointed time.
[NUM.9.3] On the fourteenth day of this month, between the evenings, you shall do it in its appointed time, according to all its statutes and according to all its judgments you shall do it.
[NUM.9.4] And Moses spoke to the children of Israel for doing the Passover.
[NUM.9.5] And they did the Passover in the first, on the fourteenth day of the month, between the evenings, in the wilderness of Sinai, as all that Yahveh commanded to Moses, so did the children of Israel.
[NUM.9.6] And there were men who were unclean for a human soul, and they were unable to make the Passover on that day. And they drew near before Moses and before Aaron on that day.
[NUM.9.7] And these men said to him, "We are unclean because of a human life, why are we prevented from offering the sacrifice of Yahveh at its appointed time among the people of Israel?"
[NUM.9.8] And he said to them, Moses, "Stand, and I will hear what the Yahveh commands to you."
[NUM.9.9] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[NUM.9.10] Speak to the people of Israel, saying, "Anyone who is unclean because of a corpse, or who is on a distant journey, whether for themselves or for their generations, shall make the Passover to Yahveh."
[NUM.9.11] In the second month, on the fourteenth day, between the evenings, they will do it. They will eat it with unleavened bread and with bitter herbs.
[NUM.9.12] They must leave nothing of it until morning, and they must not break any of its bones. They must do everything according to the rules of the Passover.
[NUM.9.13] And the man who is pure and was not on a journey, and ceased to make the Passover, and that soul shall be cut off from his people, because the sacrifice to Yahveh he did not offer at its appointed time, his sin shall bear that man.
[NUM.9.14] And if a non-citizen dwells with you and makes a Passover to Yahveh, according to the rule of the Passover and according to its judgment, so let them do. Let there be one rule for you and for the non-citizen and for the citizen of the land.
[NUM.9.15] And on the day when He established the Tabernacle, the cloud covered the Tabernacle as a tent of testimony, and in the evening it would be upon the Tabernacle as the appearance of fire until morning.
[NUM.9.16] So it will always be: the cloud will cover it, and the appearance of fire at night.
[NUM.9.17] And according to when the lifting of the cloud occurred from above the tent, afterward the sons of Israel would travel. And in the place where the cloud would dwell there the sons of Israel would camp.
[NUM.9.18] At the command of Yahveh, the children of Israel will go, and at the command of Yahveh they will encamp. All the days that the cloud will rest upon the tabernacle, they will encamp.
[NUM.9.19] And upon the thick cloud over the tabernacle remained many days, and the sons of Israel kept the charge of Yahveh and did not journey.
[NUM.9.20] And there are times that the cloud will be over the tabernacle for a number of days. According to the word of Yahveh they will camp, and according to the word of Yahveh they will journey.
[NUM.9.21] And it happened that the cloud was from evening until morning, and the cloud would lift in the morning, and they traveled, or by day and by night, and the cloud would lift and they traveled.
[NUM.9.22] If days or months or years the cloud remained prolonged over the tabernacle to dwell upon it, the sons of Israel shall camp, and they shall not travel. And in its lifting, they shall travel.
[NUM.9.23] According to the mouth of Yahveh they camped, and according to the mouth of Yahveh they traveled. They kept the appointed duties of Yahveh, according to the mouth of Yahveh, in the hand of Moses.
NUM.10
[NUM.10.1] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[NUM.10.2] Make for yourself two silver trumpets, skillfully made, and they will be for you for calling the assembly and for journeys of the camps.
[NUM.10.3] And you shall sound in them, and all the congregation shall assemble to me at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
[NUM.10.4] And if they sound the trumpets together, and the leaders of the thousands of Israel gather to God.
[NUM.10.5] And you shall sound a blast, and the camps that are encamped toward the east shall move.
[NUM.10.6] And you shall sound a second prolonged blast, and the camps that are encamped shall set out to the south. A prolonged blast they shall sound for their journeys.
[NUM.10.7] And when assembling the community, you shall sound the shofar, and you shall not sound a prolonged wail.
[NUM.10.8] And the sons of Aaron, the priests, will sound with the trumpets, and it will be for you as a statute forever, to your generations.
[NUM.10.9] And when you go to war in your land against the enemy who opposes you, and you blow the trumpets, then remember before Yahveh, the Gods, and you will be saved from your enemies.
[NUM.10.10] And in the day of your joy, and in your appointed feasts, and at the beginnings of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings. And they shall be for you a remembrance before the Gods, I am Yahveh, your Gods.
[NUM.10.11] And it came to pass in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth of the month, that the cloud lifted up from above the tent of testimony.
[NUM.10.12] And the sons of Israel journeyed on their journeys from the Wilderness of Sinai, and the cloud of the Gods settled over the Wilderness of Paran.
[NUM.10.13] And they journeyed in the first month by the word of Yahveh by means of Moses.
[NUM.10.14] And the standard of the camp of the children of Judah went first in their armies, and over his army was Nahshon son of Amminadab.
[NUM.10.15] And over the army of the tribe of Issachar was Netanel, son of Tzuar.
[NUM.10.16] And over the army was the staff of the members of Zebulun, Eli'av son of Chelon.
[NUM.10.17] And the Tabernacle was taken down, and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari travelled, carrying the Tabernacle.
[NUM.10.18] And the standard of the camp of Reuben set out with their armies, and over his army was Elitzur son of Shedeur.
[NUM.10.19] And upon the army, the staff of the sons of Simeon, Shlumiel, son of Tzoori, Shadaee.
[NUM.10.20] And upon the army, the tribe of the sons of Gad, Elyasaf, son of Dewuel.
[NUM.10.21] And the Kehatites, carriers of the sanctuary, traveled, and they set up the sanctuary until they arrived.
[NUM.10.22] And the standard of the camp of the sons of Ephraim went forth to their armies, and Elishama son of Ammihud was over his army.
[NUM.10.23] And over the army of the tribe of Manasseh was Gamliel son of Pedah Tzur.
[NUM.10.24] And over the army, the division of the sons of Benjamin, Avidan son of Gideon.
[NUM.10.25] And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan moved, gathering to all the camps to their armies, and over his army was Ahiezer, son of Ammi, God.
[NUM.10.26] And upon the host, the standard of the sons of Asher, Pagie’el son of Akran.
[NUM.10.27] And upon the army, the tribe of the sons of Naphtali, Achira son of Einan.
[NUM.10.28] These are the journeys of the children of Israel according to their armies, and they journeyed.
[NUM.10.29] And Moses said to Hobab, son of Reuel the Midianite, the father-in-law of Moses, "We are traveling to the place that Yahveh has said He would give to you. Come with us, and we will do good to you, because Yahveh has spoken good concerning Israel."
[NUM.10.30] And he said to him, "I will not go, because only to my land and to my birthplace will I go."
[NUM.10.31] And he said, "Please do not abandon us, for it is because you knew our favor in the wilderness, and you will be to us as eyes."
[NUM.10.32] And it will be that if you go with us, and it will be that the goodness that Yahveh does with us, we will do goodness for you.
[NUM.10.33] And they journeyed from the mountain of Yahveh for three days, and the Ark of the Covenant of Yahveh was traveling before them for three days, to seek a resting place for themselves.
[NUM.10.34] And a cloud, Yahveh, was over them during the day while they journeyed from the camp.
[NUM.10.35] And it happened, as the Ark was carried, that Moses said, "Arise, Yahveh, and let Your enemies be scattered, and let those who hate You flee before You."
[NUM.10.36] In his dwellings, he will say, "Return, Yahveh, myriads of thousands of Israel."
NUM.11
[NUM.11.1] And the people were like those who complain, evil in the ears of Yahveh. And Yahveh heard, and his anger was kindled, and a fire from Yahveh burned among them and consumed the edge of the camp.
[NUM.11.2] And the people cried out to Moses, and Moses prayed to Yahveh, and the fire subsided.
[NUM.11.3] And he called the name of that place Burning, because fire from Yahveh burned in them.
[NUM.11.4] And the mixed multitude that was within them desired a strong craving, and they returned and also the children of Israel wept, and they said, "Who will feed us meat?"
[NUM.11.5] We remember the fish that we ate in Egypt freely, and also the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic.
[NUM.11.6] And now, our soul is dry; there is nothing except to the one who supports, our eyes.
[NUM.11.7] And Haman was like a seed of the gadfly, and his eye was like the eye of a fish.
[NUM.11.8] The people wandered and gathered, and ground in the hand mills, or they crushed in the mortar, and boiled in the pot, and made it into cakes. And its taste was like the taste of oil.
[NUM.11.9] And in the descending of the dew upon the camp at night, the manna will descend upon it.
[NUM.11.10] And Moses heard the people weeping, each one to the entrance of their family’s tent. And the anger of Yahveh became very great, and it appeared bad to Moses.
[NUM.11.11] And Moses said to Yahveh, "Why have you done evil to your servant, and why have I not found favor in your eyes, to place the burden of all of this people upon me?"
[NUM.11.12] Is it I who bore all of this people? If I brought them forth, then you say to me, “Carry them in your bosom, as a wet nurse carries a nursing infant upon the ground,” to the land to which I swore to their ancestors?
[NUM.11.13] From where will I obtain meat to give to all of this people, since they will weep over me and say, "Give us meat so that we may eat?"
[NUM.11.14] I cannot alone carry all of this people, because it is too heavy for me.
[NUM.11.15] And if this is how you treat me, kill me, please kill me, if I have found grace in your eyes, and let me not see my misery.
[NUM.11.16] And Yahveh said to Moses, "Gather for me seventy men from the elders of Israel, those you know are elders of the people and its officers. And you shall bring them to the tent of meeting, and they shall stand there with you."
[NUM.11.17] And I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take from the spirit that is upon you and place it upon them, and they will bear with you in the burden of the people, and you will not bear it alone.
[NUM.11.18] And to the people you will say, "Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, and you will eat meat, for you have wept in the ears of Yahveh, saying, "Who will provide meat for us to eat, for it was good for us in Egypt?" And Yahveh will give you meat, and you will eat it."
[NUM.11.19] You will not eat one day, and you will not eat two days, and you will not eat five days, and you will not eat ten days, and you will not eat twenty days.
[NUM.11.20] Until a month of days, until that which irritates you comes forth from your nostrils, and it will be to you as offspring. Because you have rejected Yahveh who is within you, and you have wept before him, saying, “Why have you caused us to depart from Egypt?”
[NUM.11.21] And Moses said, "Six hundred thousand men are the people who are with me, and you have said that meat you will give to them, and they will eat it for a month of days."
[NUM.11.22] Will the sheep and cattle be slaughtered for them, and will it be enough for them? If all the fish of the sea are gathered for them, will it be enough for them?
[NUM.11.23] And Yahveh said to Moses, "Is the hand of Yahveh limited? Now you will see if my words come to pass, if not."
[NUM.11.24] And Moses went out and spoke to the people the words of Yahveh, and he gathered seventy men from the elders of the people and stationed them around the tent.
[NUM.11.25] And Yahveh descended in a cloud and spoke to him. And he took from the spirit that was on him and put it on the seventy men, the elders. And it happened, as the spirit rested on them, that they prophesied, and they did not cease.
[NUM.11.26] Two men remained in the camp, the name of one was Eldad, and the name of the second was Meidad. The spirit rested upon them, and they were among those listed, but they did not go out of the tent, and they prophesied in the camp.
[NUM.11.27] And the young man ran and told Moses and said, "Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp."
[NUM.11.28] And Joshua, son of Nun, a servant of Moses from among his chosen ones, answered, "My Lord Moses, shame them."
[NUM.11.29] And Moses said to Yahveh, "Are you jealous for me? And oh that all of Yahveh’s people were prophets, that Yahveh would put his spirit upon them!"
[NUM.11.30] And Moses returned to the camp, he and the elders of Israel.
[NUM.11.31] And a wind traveled from the presence of Yahveh, and it brought quail from the sea. And it cast them upon the camp, as much as a day’s journey, and as much as a day’s journey around the camp. And it was about two cubits high upon the surface of the land.
[NUM.11.32] And the people rose all that day and all the night and all the day after, and they gathered the manna that was diminished, gathering ten homers. And they spread for themselves a surface around the camp.
[NUM.11.33] The meat was still in their mouths, before it was cut off, and indeed, Yahveh was angry with the people, and Yahveh struck the people with a very great plague.
[NUM.11.34] And he called the name of that place Graves of Longing, because there they buried the people who were longing.
[NUM.11.35] From the graves of desire, the people traveled to settlements, and they were in the settlements.
NUM.12
[NUM.12.1] And Miriam and Aaron spoke to Moses concerning the woman from Cush whom he took, for he took a woman from Cush.
[NUM.12.2] And they said, “Did Yahveh only speak through Moses? Did he not also speak to us?” And Yahveh heard.
[NUM.12.3] And the man Moses was exceedingly humble, more than all people who are upon the earth.
[NUM.12.4] And Yahveh said suddenly to Moses, and to Aaron, and to Miriam, "Come forth, the three of you, to the tent of meeting." And the three of them went forth.
[NUM.12.5] And Yahveh descended in a pillar of cloud, and He stood at the entrance of the tent. And Yahveh called Aaron and Miriam, and the two of them came out.
[NUM.12.6] And he said, "Please listen to my words. If there is a prophet among you, Yahveh will make himself known to him in a vision, or I will speak to him in a dream."
[NUM.12.7] Not so is my servant Moses. He is faithful in all my house.
[NUM.12.8] Mouth to mouth I will speak with it, and in appearance, not in riddles, and the likeness of Yahveh he will behold. And why did you not fear to speak in my servant, in Moses?
[NUM.12.9] And the anger of Yahveh burned in them, and he departed.
[NUM.12.10] And the cloud departed from above the tent. And behold, Miriam was leprous, white like snow. And Aaron turned toward Miriam, and behold, she was leprous.
[NUM.12.11] And Aaron said to Moses, "by my Lord, please do not put sin upon us, for the foolishness we have committed and for the sin we have done."
[NUM.12.12] Please, do not let it be like the dead, that in its going out from its mother’s womb, and half of its flesh was consumed.
[NUM.12.13] And Moses cried out to Yahveh to say, "Oh God, please heal her."
[NUM.12.14] And Yahveh said to Moses, "And her father shall declare her affliction before her. Will she not be considered unclean for seven days? You shall isolate her for seven days outside the camp, and after that she shall be gathered back in."
[NUM.12.15] And Miriam was shut outside the camp for seven days, and the people did not travel until Miriam was gathered back in.
[NUM.12.16] And after the people traveled from Hazerot, they encamped in the Wilderness of Paran.
NUM.13
[NUM.13.1] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[NUM.13.2] Send for yourselves men, and let them go around and explore the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the children of Israel. One man, one man from each tribe of their ancestors you shall send, all of them leaders among them.
[NUM.13.3] And Moses sent them from the Wilderness of Paran by the command of Yahveh. All of them were men, heads of the children of Israel, they were.
[NUM.13.4] And these are their names, to the tribe of Reuben, Shemuel, son of Zakur.
[NUM.13.5] Concerning the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat was the son of Chori, who judged.
[NUM.13.6] To the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jipunnne.
[NUM.13.7] To the staff of Issachar, a son of Joseph will deliver.
[NUM.13.8] To the tribe of Ephraim, Joshua son of Nun.
[NUM.13.9] To the tribe of Benjamin, Paltiel son of Raphuah.
[NUM.13.10] For the tribe of Zebulun, Gadiel, son of Sodi.
[NUM.13.11] To the staff of Joseph, to the staff of Manasseh, a kid, son of a horse.
[NUM.13.12] To the standard of Dan, People of God, son of Gmaliy.
[NUM.13.13] To the staff of Asher, Setur, son of Michael.
[NUM.13.14] To the standard of Naphtali, Nachbi son of Wafsi.
[NUM.13.15] Concerning the tribe of Gad, Redeemer son of Machi.
[NUM.13.16] These are the names of the men that Moses sent to scout the land, and Moses called Hoshea son of Nun, Joshua.
[NUM.13.17] And Moses sent them to scout the land of Canaan and said to them, "Ascend this way towards the south, and you will go up to the mountain."
[NUM.13.18] And you will see the land, what it is, and the people dwelling upon it. Is it strong, or is it weak? Is it few, or is it many?
[NUM.13.19] And what is the land in which he dwells, is it good or is it bad? And what are the cities in which he dwells, are they in open camps or in fortresses?
[NUM.13.20] And what is the land? Is the land fertile or barren? Is there a tree in it or not? And you shall strengthen yourselves and take fruit from the land, and the days will be the days of the first ripe grapes.
[NUM.13.21] And they went up and they spied out the land, from the desert of Tsin to Rehob, to enter Hamat.
[NUM.13.22] They went up into the South and came to Hebron. And there were Achiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, sons of Anak. And Hebron was built seven years before Tzouan of Egypt.
[NUM.13.23] And they came up to the valley of Eschol, and cut from there a branch with one cluster of grapes. And they carried it on a pole between two of them, and also some pomegranates and some figs.
[NUM.13.24] To that place he called the stream of the cluster, because of the cluster which the sons of Israel cut from there.
[NUM.13.25] And they returned from the journey of the land at the end of forty days.
[NUM.13.26] And they went and came to Moses and to Aaron and to all the assembly of the children of Israel to the desert of Paran, to Qadesh. And they returned to them word, and to all the assembly, and they showed them the fruit of the land.
[NUM.13.27] And they related to him, and they said, "We came to the land that you sent us to, and also, it flows with milk and honey, and this is its produce."
[NUM.13.28] Therefore, that the people dwelling in the land are strong, and the cities are with fortifications very great, and we also saw there the offspring of the Anakim.
[NUM.13.29] Amalek dwells in the land of the South, and the Hittite and the Jebusite and the Amorite dwell in the hill country, and the Canaanite dwells by the sea and by the side of the Jordan.
[NUM.13.30] And Caleb quieted the people to Moses and said, "Let us go up, and we will inherit it, because we are able to conquer it."
[NUM.13.31] And the men who went up with him said, "We are not able to ascend to the people, for they are stronger than us."
[NUM.13.32] And they brought forth a report about the land which they had scouted to the children of Israel, saying, "The land which we passed through to scout it is a land that consumes its inhabitants, it is so, and all the people that we saw within it are men of stature."
[NUM.13.33] And there we saw the Nephilim, sons of Anak, of the Nephilim, and we were in our sight like locusts, and so we were in their sight.
NUM.14
[NUM.14.1] And the entire congregation lifted up their voice, and they gave their voice, and the people wept in that night.
[NUM.14.2] And they complained against Moses and against Aaron, all the children of Israel. And they said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt, or in this wilderness, if only we had died!”
[NUM.14.3] And why does Yahveh bring us to this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and children will become plunder. Would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?
[NUM.14.4] And they said, man to his brother, "Let us appoint a leader, and we will return to Egypt."
[NUM.14.5] And Moses and Aaron fell upon their faces before all the assembly of the community of the people of Israel.
[NUM.14.6] Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, from among those who scouted the land, tore their clothes.
[NUM.14.7] And they said to all the assembly of the children of Israel, saying, "The land which we passed through in it to scout it is good, the land is very, very good."
[NUM.14.8] If Yahveh desires good for us and brings us to this land, and gives it to us, a land which is flowing with milk and honey.
[NUM.14.9] But do not rebel against Yahveh, and do not fear the people of the land, for they are our provision. A shadow has departed from them, and Yahveh is with us. Do not fear them.
[NUM.14.10] And all the assembly said to stone them with stones, and the glory of Yahveh appeared in the tent of meeting to all the children of Israel.
[NUM.14.11] And Yahveh said to Moses, "Until when will this people provoke Me, and until when will they not believe in Me, with all the signs that I have done among them?"
[NUM.14.12] I will humble them with pestilence and disinherit them, and I will make you into a great and mighty nation than them.
[NUM.14.13] And Moses said to Yahveh, "And the Egyptians will hear that you have brought up this people with your power from within it."
[NUM.14.14] And they said to the one who dwells in this land, "Hear, for you are Yahveh among this people, as eye has seen you, Yahveh, and your cloud stands over them, and in a pillar of cloud you go before them during the day, and in a pillar of fire at night."
[NUM.14.15] And you will strike down this people as one man, and the nations who have heard of your name will say…
[NUM.14.16] Because of Yahveh's lack of ability to bring this people to the land which He swore to them, He destroyed them in the wilderness.
[NUM.14.17] And now may the power of my Lord grow, as you spoke declaring it.
[NUM.14.18] Yahveh is patient and great in loving-kindness, bearing iniquity and transgression, yet He does not acquit the guilty. He visits the iniquity of fathers upon children, to the third and fourth generations.
[NUM.14.19] Pardon, please, the sin of this people according to the greatness of Your kindness, and as You carried this people from Egypt and until now.
[NUM.14.20] And Yahveh said, "I have forgiven, according to your word."
[NUM.14.21] But truly, I am alive, and the glory of Yahveh will fill all the earth.
[NUM.14.22] For all the people who see my glory and my signs that I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, they tested me this ten times and they did not hear my voice.
[NUM.14.23] If they see the land that God swore to their ancestors, and all those who hate God will not see it.
[NUM.14.24] And my servant Caleb had a different spirit with him, and he fully followed after me, and I will bring him to the land that he went there, and his offspring will inherit it.
[NUM.14.25] And the Amalekite and the Canaanite dwell in the valley. Tomorrow, turn and go for yourselves into the wilderness, by way of the Red Sea.
[NUM.14.26] And Yahveh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying.
[NUM.14.27] Until when will this bad community complain against me? I have heard the complaints of the sons of Israel because they complain against me.
[NUM.14.28] Say to them, "As I live, declares Yahveh, if not as you have spoken in my ears, so will I do to you."
[NUM.14.29] In this wilderness, your bodies will fall, and all those counted of you, according to all your numbers, from twenty years old and upward, who have complained against me.
[NUM.14.30] If you come to the land which I have lifted my hand in oath to settle you in it, but only Caleb son of Yefuneh and Joshua son of Nun.
[NUM.14.31] And your corpses, which you spoke of as plunder, will be. And I will bring them, and they will know the land that you rejected within it.
[NUM.14.32] And your bodies, you will fall in this wilderness.
[NUM.14.33] And your children will be shepherds in the wilderness for forty years, and they will carry your unfaithfulness until your bodies are completed in the wilderness.
[NUM.14.34] For the number of the days that you searched the land, forty days, a day for a year, you will bear your iniquities, forty years, and you will know my wanderings.
[NUM.14.35] I, Yahveh, have spoken. If I do not do this to all this evil congregation, those who rebel against me in this desert, they will perish there and die.
[NUM.14.36] And the men whom Moses sent to explore the land returned and complained to him before all the assembly, to bring forth an evil report about the land.
[NUM.14.37] And the men who spread a bad report about the land died in the plague before Yahveh.
[NUM.14.38] And Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh lived from those men who went to scout the land.
[NUM.14.39] And Moses spoke these words to all the children of Israel, and the people mourned greatly.
[NUM.14.40] And they rose early in the morning and went up to the top of the mountain to say, "Here we are, and we will go up to the place that Yahveh said, for we have sinned."
[NUM.14.41] And Moses said, "Why this are you crossing the mouth of Yahveh, and it will not succeed?"
[NUM.14.42] Do not go up, for Yahveh is not in your midst, and you will be struck down before your enemies.
[NUM.14.43] For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and you will fall by the sword, because you have turned back from following Yahveh, and Yahveh will not be with you.
[NUM.14.44] And they ascended to ascend to the head of the mountain, and the Ark of the Covenant of Yahveh and Moses did not move from the midst of the camp.
[NUM.14.45] And the Amalekite and the Canaanite, the one dwelling in that hill country, descended and struck them and defeated them until destruction.
NUM.15
[NUM.15.1] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[NUM.15.2] Speak to the sons of Israel, and you will say to them that when you come to the land of your dwellings, which God gives to you.
[NUM.15.3] And you will make a sacrifice to Yahveh, a burnt offering or a sacrifice for a vow, or a free-will offering, or on your appointed feasts, to make a pleasing aroma to Yahveh, from the cattle or from the sheep.
[NUM.15.4] And the one bringing near his offering shall bring it near to Yahveh: a grain offering of fine flour, a tenth of an ephah, mixed with a fourth of the hin of oil.
[NUM.15.5] And wine for the drink offering, a fourth of a hin, you shall make upon the burnt offering or for the sacrifice, for the one lamb.
[NUM.15.6] Or to the strength you shall make an offering of fine flour, two tenths of an ephah, mixed with oil, a third of the hin.
[NUM.15.7] And wine, for the libation, a third of the hin, you shall bring near a pleasing aroma to Yahveh.
[NUM.15.8] And if you make an ox or bull as a burnt offering or a slaughter offering, or according to a vow, or as a peace offering to Yahveh.
[NUM.15.9] And he shall bring near upon the bull an offering of fine flour, three tenths, mixed with oil, half the hin.
[NUM.15.10] And wine you shall bring near for the libation, half the hin. It is a pleasing smell to Yahveh.
[NUM.15.11] Thus shall it be done for the one ox, or for the one ram, or for the one sheep among the lambs, or among the goats.
[NUM.15.12] As the number that you make, so you will do to the one, according to their number.
[NUM.15.13] All the citizen will do these things to bring near a fire offering, a pleasing smell to Yahveh.
[NUM.15.14] And if a stranger lives with you, or is among you for generations, and makes a work of a pleasing smell to Yahveh, as you do, so shall he do.
[NUM.15.15] The congregation has one decree for you and for the foreign resident. It is a perpetual decree for your generations, just as you are, so shall the foreign resident be before Yahveh.
[NUM.15.16] One instruction and one justice will be for you, and for the stranger who dwells with you.
[NUM.15.17] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[NUM.15.18] Speak to the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land that I am bringing you to there.
[NUM.15.19] And it will be, in your eating of the produce of the land, that you lift up a contribution to Yahveh.
[NUM.15.20] The beginning of your doughs, a cake you shall lift up as a contribution, like the contribution of the threshing floor, so you shall lift it up.
[NUM.15.21] From the beginning of your produce, you shall give a contribution to Yahveh for your generations.
[NUM.15.22] And if you err and do not perform all these commandments that Yahveh spoke to Moses.
[NUM.15.23] All that Yahveh commanded to you by the hand of Moses, from the day that Yahveh commanded, and onward to your generations.
[NUM.15.24] And it will be, if unintentionally a sin has been committed by the community, and the entire community does a young bull, a son of a cow, one for a burnt offering, for a pleasing smell to Yahveh, and its grain offering and its drink offering as the law specifies, and a goat of goats, one for a sin offering.
[NUM.15.25] And the priest makes atonement for all the community of the children of Israel, and forgiveness is granted to them, because it was an error. And they brought their offering as a fire offering to Yahveh, and their sin was before Yahveh because of their error.
[NUM.15.26] And let it be forgiven to all the assembly of the children of Israel and to the stranger who dwells among them, because it was done in error by all the people.
[NUM.15.27] And if a life, one, sins in error, and brings a goat, a daughter of her year, for a sin offering.
[NUM.15.28] And the priest will make atonement for the person who has erred unintentionally in their sin, before Yahveh, to atone for them and forgiveness will be granted to them.
[NUM.15.29] The citizen among the children of Israel, and the stranger who dwells among them, shall have one law, for one who acts in error.
[NUM.15.30] And the soul that does an act with a high hand against Yahveh, whether of the citizens or of the foreigner, blasphemes Yahveh, and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
[NUM.15.31] For the word of Yahveh has been scorned and His commandments transgressed, utterly cut off shall be that person, its iniquity is upon it.
[NUM.15.32] And the Israelites were in the wilderness, and they found a man gathering wood on the day of the Sabbath.
[NUM.15.33] And they brought him, those who found him gathering wood, to Moses and to Aaron and to all the assembly.
[NUM.15.34] And they placed him in the guardhouse, for he has not departed. What will be done to him?
[NUM.15.35] And Yahveh said to Moses, “Dying he shall die, the man. Stone him with stones, all the congregation, outside the camp.”
[NUM.15.36] And they brought him out, all the community, outside the camp, and they stoned him with stones, and he died, as Yahveh commanded to Moses.
[NUM.15.37] And Yahveh said to Moses, saying:
[NUM.15.38] Speak to the children of Israel and tell them: "Make for yourselves tassels on the corners of your garments for your generations. And they shall put a thread of blue on the tassel of the corner."
[NUM.15.39] And it will be for you as a tassel, and you will see it and remember all the commands of Yahveh and do them. And you will not stray after your heart and after your eyes, for which you are unfaithful.
[NUM.15.40] So that you remember and do all my commandments, and you will be holy to the Gods.
[NUM.15.41] I, Yahveh, the Gods your, who I brought out you from the land of Egypt to be to you to Gods, I, Yahveh, the Gods your.
NUM.16
[NUM.16.1] And Korach, son of Yitzhar, son of Kehat, son of Levi, took, and Datan and Aviram, sons of Eli’av, and On, son of Peleth, sons of Reuben.
[NUM.16.2] And men from the sons of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the congregation, those who proclaim the assembly, renowned men, stood before Moses.
[NUM.16.3] And they gathered against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, "Enough! For all the congregation, all of them are holy, and Yahveh is among them. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the congregation of Yahveh?"
[NUM.16.4] And Moses heard, and he fell on his face.
[NUM.16.5] And He spoke to Korah and to all his assembly, saying: "In the morning, Yahveh will know those who are His and those who are holy, and He will bring them near to Himself, and He will bring near those whom He chooses to Himself."
[NUM.16.6] Do this: Take for yourselves pans belonging to Korah and all of his assembly.
[NUM.16.7] And you shall put fire in them and lay incense upon them before Yahveh tomorrow. And it will be that the man whom Yahveh chooses is the holy one; a great blessing to you, sons of Levi.
[NUM.16.8] And Moses said to Korah, "Hear you all, sons of Levi."
[NUM.16.9] Is it too little for you all that the Gods of Israel have distinguished you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to the Gods, to perform the service of the tabernacle of Yahveh, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them?
[NUM.16.10] And He brought you near, and all your brothers, the descendants of Levi, with you, and you sought also the priesthood.
[NUM.16.11] Therefore, you and all your assembly, those who complain against Yahveh, and what about Aaron that you complain about him?
[NUM.16.12] And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and they said, "We will not ascend."
[NUM.16.13] Is it too little that the Gods brought us up from a land flowing with milk and honey to cause us to die in the wilderness? Why does my Lord now assert rule over us, and also assert rule over us?
[NUM.16.14] Is it not God who did not bring us to a land flowing with milk and honey and give to us an inheritance of field and vineyard? The eyes of those people are against us; we will not go up.
[NUM.16.15] And it burned Moses very much, and he said to Yahveh, "Do not turn to their offering. I did not carry one donkey from among them, nor did I harm anyone from among them."
[NUM.16.16] And Moses said to Korach, "You and all your assembly be before Yahveh. You and they and Aaron, tomorrow."
[NUM.16.17] And you shall take, each man his firepan, and you shall place incense upon them, and you shall bring them before Yahveh, each man his firepan, fifty and two hundred firepans. And you and Aaron, each man his firepan.
[NUM.16.18] And each man took his fire holder, and they placed fire on them, and they put incense on the fire. And they stood at the entrance of the tent of meeting, and Moses and Aaron were there.
[NUM.16.19] And Korach gathered against them the entire assembly to the entrance of the tent of meeting, and the glory of Yahveh appeared to the entire assembly.
[NUM.16.20] And Yahveh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying.
[NUM.16.21] Separate yourselves from within this congregation, and I will consume them like a moment.
[NUM.16.22] And they fell upon their faces and said, "God, the Gods of the spirits of all flesh, if one person sins, will you become angry with the entire community?"
[NUM.16.23] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[NUM.16.24] Speak to the assembly, saying, "Let them gather around the dwelling of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram."
[NUM.16.25] And Moses rose up and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel went after him.
[NUM.16.26] And He spoke to the congregation saying, "Turn aside, please, from over the tents of these wicked people, and do not touch anything that is theirs, lest you be swept away in all of their sin."
[NUM.16.27] They came up from around the tabernacle of Korah, and Dathan and Abiram went out, standing at the entrance of their tents, and their wives and their sons and their little ones.
[NUM.16.28] And Moses said, "By this you will know that Yahveh sent me to do all these works, because it did not originate from my heart."
[NUM.16.29] If all of humanity should die, and a judgment of all of humanity is appointed upon them, Yahveh did not send me.
[NUM.16.30] And if a creation is created, Yahveh will create it, and the earth will open its mouth and swallow them and all that belongs to them, and they will descend alive to Sheol. And you will know that these people are despised by Yahveh.
[NUM.16.31] And it happened, as he finished speaking all these words, that the land which was under them split apart.
[NUM.16.32] And the earth opened its mouth, and it swallowed them and their houses, and all the people who belonged to Korah, and all the possessions.
[NUM.16.33] They descended, and all that belonged to the living ones, into Sheol, and the earth covered them, and they perished from within the assembly.
[NUM.16.34] And all the people of Israel that were around them fled at their sound, for they said, for fear the land would swallow us.
[NUM.16.35] And fire came out from Yahveh, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men who were offering the incense.
NUM.17
[NUM.17.1] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[NUM.17.2] Say to Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, that he should remove the censers from among the burning, and scatter the fire afar, because they are holy.
[NUM.17.3] And they made the basins of the sin offerings from their persons, and made them beaten work of metal for a covering to the altar, because they offered them before Yahveh, and they were sanctified, and they will be for a sign to the children of Israel.
[NUM.17.4] And Eleazar the priest took the bronze basins that the leaders had offered and hammered them out as a covering for the altar.
[NUM.17.5] A reminder for the children of Israel, that no man who is foreign, not from the seed of Aaron, should approach to offer incense before Yahveh, and that he should not be like Korah and his company, as Yahveh spoke by the hand of Moses to them.
[NUM.17.6] And all the congregation of the children of Israel complained from the next day against Moses and against Aaron, saying, "Did you kill the people of Yahveh?"
[NUM.17.7] And it came to pass, when the congregation had assembled against Moses and against Aaron, that they turned towards the tent of meeting, and behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of Yahveh was seen.
[NUM.17.8] And Moses and Aaron came to the front of the tent of meeting.
[NUM.17.9] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[NUM.17.10] Raise them up from within this assembly, and I will consume them as a moment, and they fell on their faces.
[NUM.17.11] And Moses said to Aaron, "Take the fire holder and place fire upon it from above the altar, and put incense, and quickly go to the congregation and make atonement for them, for wrath has come forth from before Yahveh, the plague has begun."
[NUM.17.12] And Aaron took as Moses spoke, and ran into the midst of the congregation, and behold, the plague had begun among the people. And he offered the incense and made atonement for the people.
[NUM.17.13] And he stood between the dead and between the living, and the plague was stopped.
[NUM.17.14] And there were the dead in the plague fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides the dead concerning the matter of Korah.
[NUM.17.15] And Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance of the tent of meeting, and the plague was stopped.
[NUM.17.16] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[NUM.17.17] Speak to the children of Israel, and take from them a staff, a staff for the house of father from all of their leaders, twelve staffs. Write each man’s name on his staff.
[NUM.17.18] And you will write the name of Aaron on the staff of Levi, because it is one staff for the head of their ancestral house.
[NUM.17.19] And you shall place it in the tent of meeting, before the testimony, that Yahveh will meet with you there.
[NUM.17.20] And it will be, the man whom I choose, his staff will blossom. And I will remove from above myself the complaints of the sons of Israel, which they are filling with against you.
[NUM.17.21] Moses spoke to the Israelites, and they gave to him, all of their leaders, a staff for leader one, a staff for leader one, for house of fathers of them, twelve staffs, and the staff of Aaron among their staffs.
[NUM.17.22] And Moses placed the staffs before Yahveh within the tent of testimony.
[NUM.17.23] And it was on the next day that Moses came to the tent of testimony, and behold, the staff of Aaron for the house of Levi had budded, and it put forth a blossom and bore almonds.
[NUM.17.24] And Moses brought out all the staffs before Yahveh to all the children of Israel, and they saw and each man took his staff.
[NUM.17.25] And Yahveh said to Moses, "Return the staff of Aaron before the Testimony for safekeeping, as a sign for the rebellious people, and may their complaints cease from before me, and they shall not die."
[NUM.17.26] And Moses did as Yahveh commanded him, thus he did.
[NUM.17.27] And the Israelites said to Moses, saying, “Indeed, we are failing, we are lost, all of us are lost.”
[NUM.17.28] All who approach, all who approach the dwelling place of Yahveh will die. Is it that you will surely perish?
NUM.18
[NUM.18.1] And Yahveh said to Aaron, "You, and your sons, and your father’s house with you, shall bear the sin of the sanctuary. And you, and your sons with you, shall bear the sin of your priesthood."
[NUM.18.2] And also bring near with you your brother, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, and let them accompany you and serve you, and you and your sons with you, before the tent of the testimony.
[NUM.18.3] And they shall keep your watch and the watch of all the tent. But to the vessels of holiness and to the altar, they shall not draw near, and they shall not die, neither they nor you.
[NUM.18.4] And they will be associated with you, and they will guard the guarding of the Tent of Meeting for all the work of the Tent, and a foreigner will not approach to you.
[NUM.18.5] And you shall keep the keeping of the holy place and the keeping of the altar, and there shall be no more wrath upon the children of Israel.
[NUM.18.6] And I have taken your brothers, the Levites, from among the sons of Israel for you, as a gift given to Yahveh, to perform the service of the tent of meeting.
[NUM.18.7] And you and your sons with you shall guard your priesthood for all matters of the altar and for the inner sanctuary, and you shall perform service. A gift I give your priesthood, and the stranger who approaches shall be put to death.
[NUM.18.8] And Yahveh spoke to Aaron, and I have surely given to you the guardianship of the offerings of my sacred things, to all the holy things of the children of Israel, I have given them to you for anointing, and to your sons as a perpetual statute.
[NUM.18.9] This will be yours as a sanctuary of the most holy things, from the fire. All of their sacrifices, for every grain offering, and for every sin, and for every guilt offering, which they return to Yahveh, are most holy for you, and for your sons.
[NUM.18.10] You shall eat it in the holiness of the holy of holies. Every male shall eat it; holy shall it be to you.
[NUM.18.11] And this is to you, the heave offering of their gifts, for all the wave offerings of the children of Israel. To you I have given them, and to your sons, and to your daughters, with you, for a statute forever. Every pure person in your house shall eat it.
[NUM.18.12] All the best of the wine, and all the best of the new wine and the grain, their firstfruits that they give to Yahveh, to you I have given.
[NUM.18.13] The firstfruits of all that is in their land, which they bring to Yahveh, will be yours. All that is pure in your house will consume it.
[NUM.18.14] All that is devoted in Israel will be to Yahveh.
[NUM.18.15] All firstborn from every womb of all flesh that they offer to Yahveh, both in humankind and in animals, will be yours. However, you will redeem the firstborn of humankind and you will redeem the firstborn of the unclean animal.
[NUM.18.16] And his redemption from a son of a month you shall redeem by your valuation in silver, five shekels in the shekel of the holy place, twenty gerah it is.
[NUM.18.17] However, the firstborn of a bull, or the firstborn of a sheep, or the firstborn of a goat, you shall not redeem. They are holy. You shall sprinkle their blood on the altar and burn their fat as a burnt offering, a pleasing aroma to Yahveh.
[NUM.18.18] And their flesh will be yours, like the appearance of the wave offering, and the shoulder of the right side will be yours.
[NUM.18.19] All consecrated contributions that the children of Israel lift up to Yahveh, I have given to you, and to your sons, and to your daughters with you, as a statute forever. It is a covenant of salt forever before Yahveh, to you and to your offspring with you.
[NUM.18.20] And Yahveh said to Aaron, "In their land you will not inherit, and a portion will not be yours within them. I am your portion and your inheritance within the children of Israel."
[NUM.18.21] And to the sons of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithe in Israel as an inheritance, in place of their service that they serve the service of the tent of meeting.
[NUM.18.22] And the sons of Israel will not approach still to the Tent of Meeting to bear sin to die.
[NUM.18.23] And the Levite will perform the service of the tent of meeting, and they will bear their own iniquity. This is a statute forever for your generations, and among the children of Israel, they shall not inherit an inheritance.
[NUM.18.24] For the tithe of the Israelites, which they raise to Yahveh as a contribution, I have given to the Levites as an inheritance. Therefore, I have said to them among the Israelites, they will not inherit an inheritance.
[NUM.18.25] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[NUM.18.26] And to the Levites you will speak, and you will say to them, “Because you will take from the children of Israel the tenth which I have given to you from them as your inheritance, you shall lift up from it a contribution to Yahveh, a tenth of the tenth.”
[NUM.18.27] And your contribution will be reckoned to you as grain from the threshing floor, and as fullness from the winepress.
[NUM.18.28] Thus, you also shall lift up the contribution to Yahveh from all of your tithes that you take from the sons of Israel, and you shall give from it the contribution to Yahveh to Aaron the priest.
[NUM.18.29] From all of your gifts, you shall lift up all the offering of Yahveh from all its fat, its holy portion from it.
[NUM.18.30] And you shall say to them, ‘When you lift up the best of your produce from it, it shall be counted for the Levites as a harvest from a threshing floor and a harvest from a winepress.’
[NUM.18.31] And you will eat it in every place, you and your house, for it is a reward to you, a payment for your service in the tent of meeting.
[NUM.18.32] And you shall not bear sin upon it in lifting them, its fat from it, and you shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, and you shall not die.
NUM.19
[NUM.19.1] And Yahveh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying.
[NUM.19.2] This is the statute of the Law that Yahveh commanded, saying, "Speak to the children of Israel, and let them bring to you a red cow, complete and without blemish, upon which a yoke has not come."
[NUM.19.3] And you shall give it to Eleazar the priest, and he shall take it outside the camp, and slaughter it before his face.
[NUM.19.4] And Eleazar the priest shall take from its blood with his finger, and he shall sprinkle toward the face of the tent of meeting from its blood seven times.
[NUM.19.5] And he will burn the heifer before his eyes, its skin and its flesh and its blood upon its spreading, he will burn.
[NUM.19.6] And the priest will take cedar wood and hyssop and a scarlet worm and cast them into the burning of the red heifer.
[NUM.19.7] And the priest shall wash his garments and bathe his flesh in water, and after that he shall come to the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until the evening.
[NUM.19.8] And the one who burns it will wash his garments in water, and he will wash his flesh in water, and will be unclean until evening.
[NUM.19.9] And a pure person shall gather the ashes of the heifer and place them outside the camp in a pure place. And it shall be for the congregation of the children of Israel for safekeeping for the water of purification; it is a purification from sin.
[NUM.19.10] And the one gathering the ashes of the heifer must wash his garments and be impure until evening. And this shall be for the children of Israel and for the stranger residing within them as a statute forever.
[NUM.19.11] The one who touches death, to every soul of man, and is unclean for seven days.
[NUM.19.12] He will atone for it on the third day and will be purified on the seventh day. And if he does not atone for it on the third day and on the seventh day, he will not be purified.
[NUM.19.13] Everyone who touches a dead body, a person who dies, and does not cleanse the dwelling of Yahveh is impure, and that soul will be cut off from Israel, because the waters of purification were not sprinkled upon him. He will remain impure, his impurity is within him.
[NUM.19.14] This is the law: when a man dies in a tent, all who come to the tent and all who are in the tent will be unclean for seven days.
[NUM.19.15] And every vessel that is open, upon which there is no twisted thread attached, is unclean.
[NUM.19.16] And all that touches on the face of the field, in the open country with a sword, or with death, or with the bone of a human, or with a grave, will be impure for seven days.
[NUM.19.17] And they shall take for the impure one from the dust of the burning of the sin offering, and shall put living waters upon it to a vessel.
[NUM.19.18] And one shall take hyssop and dip it in water, a pure person, and sprinkle upon the tent and upon all the vessels and upon the persons who were there and upon the one who touched bone or a corpse or a dead body or a grave.
[NUM.19.19] And the pure one shall sprinkle upon the unclean one on the third day and on the seventh day, and he shall cleanse himself on the seventh day, and wash his garments and bathe in the water, and be clean in the evening.
[NUM.19.20] And a person who becomes impure and does not cleanse themselves will have their life cut off from within the community, for they have defiled the sanctuary of Yahveh. The waters of purification were not thrown upon them; impure they remain.
[NUM.19.21] And it will be for them as a statute forever. And whoever touches the water of impurity will wash his garments, and whoever touches the water of impurity will be unclean until evening.
[NUM.19.22] And all that touches it, the impure one will become impure. And the soul that touches it will become impure until the evening.
NUM.20
[NUM.20.1] The sons of Israel, the entire congregation, entered the wilderness of Tzin in the first month and the people settled in Kadesh. There, Miriam died and was buried there.
[NUM.20.2] And there was not water for the assembly, and they gathered themselves against Moses and against Aaron.
[NUM.20.3] And the people rebelled against Moses, and they said, "Would that we had died in the dying of our brethren before Yahveh!"
[NUM.20.4] And why have you brought the assembly of Yahveh into this desert to die there, we, and in our cities?
[NUM.20.5] And why have you brought us up from Egypt, to bring us to this bad place? It is not a place for seed, or fig, or vine, or pomegranate, and there is no water to drink.
[NUM.20.6] And Moses and Aaron came before the congregation to the entrance of the tent of meeting, and they fell on their faces. And the glory of Yahveh was seen to them.
[NUM.20.7] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[NUM.20.8] Take the staff and gather the congregation, you and Aaron your brother, and you will speak to the rock before their eyes, and it will give its waters. And you will bring forth for them water from the rock, and you will give to drink to the congregation and their livestock.
[NUM.20.9] And Moses took the staff from before Yahveh, as He commanded him.
[NUM.20.10] And Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly before the rock, and said to them, "Hear now, you rebels! Shall we bring forth water for you from this rock?"
[NUM.20.11] And Moses lifted his hand and struck the rock with his staff twice, and much water came out, and the congregation drank, and their thirst was quenched.
[NUM.20.12] And Yahveh said to Moses and to Aaron, because you did not believe in me to sanctify me before the eyes of the sons of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this congregation to the land which I gave to them.
[NUM.20.13] These are the waters of Meribah, because the children of Israel contended with Yahveh, and Yahveh sanctified Himself in them.
[NUM.20.14] And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, thus said your brother Israel: you have known all the hardship that has found us.
[NUM.20.15] And our ancestors descended into Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt for many days. And the Egyptians made things bad for us, and for our ancestors.
[NUM.20.16] We cried out to Yahveh, and He heard our voice, and He sent an angel and brought us out of Egypt. And behold, we are now at Kadesh, a city at the end of your boundary.
[NUM.20.17] Let us please pass through your land. We will not pass through field or vineyard, and we will not drink water from a well. We will go by the king’s road, not turning to the right or to the left, until we have passed your territory.
[NUM.20.18] And he said to him, Edom, "You shall not pass through me, lest with a sword I go out to meet you."
[NUM.20.19] And the sons of Israel said to him, "We will ascend through your land. If I and my livestock drink of your waters, then I will give you payment for them. Only I will not pass through with my feet."
[NUM.20.20] And he said, "Do not pass through." And Edom came out to meet him with a heavy people and a strong hand.
[NUM.20.21] And Edom refused to allow Israel to pass through their territory. And Israel turned away from them.
[NUM.20.22] And they journeyed from Kadesh, and all the congregation of the sons of Israel came to the foot of Mount Hor.
[NUM.20.23] And Yahveh said to Moses and to Aaron, in the mountain, at the border of the land of Edom, to say:
[NUM.20.24] Aaron will be gathered to his people, because he will not come to the land that I gave to the sons of Israel, because you rebelled against my mouth at the waters of Meribah.
[NUM.20.25] Take Aaron and Eleazar, his son, and bring them up the mountain, up the mountain.
[NUM.20.26] And you shall strip Aaron of his garments and clothe his son Eleazar with them. And Aaron shall be gathered and die there.
[NUM.20.27] And Moses did as Yahveh commanded, and they ascended Mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.
[NUM.20.28] And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and he clothed them upon Eleazar, his son. And Aaron died there at the head of the mountain. And Moses and Eleazar descended from the mountain.
[NUM.20.29] And the congregation all saw that Aaron had ceased to live, and they mourned for Aaron for thirty days, all the house of Israel.
NUM.21
[NUM.21.1] And the Canaanite, the king of Arad who dwells in the Negev, heard that Israel came by the way of the Ataarim. And he fought against Israel and took captives from them.
[NUM.21.2] And Israel vowed a vow to Yahveh, and said, "If you will give this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities."
[NUM.21.3] And Yahveh heard the voice of Israel, and gave them the Canaanites, and devoted them and their cities to destruction, and called the name of the place Devotion.
[NUM.21.4] And they journeyed from the foot of the mountain, by the way of the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom, and the soul of the people grew short in the way.
[NUM.21.5] And the people spoke to the Gods and to Moses, asking, "Why have you brought us up from Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no bread and there is no water, and our souls are weary of this poor food."
[NUM.21.6] And Yahveh sent among the people the snakes, the fiery ones, and they bit the people, and many people of Israel died.
[NUM.21.7] And the people came to Moses and said, "We have sinned, for we spoke against Yahveh and against you. Pray to Yahveh that he will remove the snakes from us." And Moses prayed for the people.
[NUM.21.8] And Yahveh said to Moses, "Make for yourself a serpent and put it on a pole, and it will be that every bitten one who sees it will live."
[NUM.21.9] And Moses made a serpent of bronze, and he placed it upon the standard. And it will be, if a serpent bites a man, and he looks at the bronze serpent, then he will live.
[NUM.21.10] And the children of Israel journeyed and they camped in Oboth.
[NUM.21.11] They journeyed from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim in the wilderness that is before Moab, from the east of the sun.
[NUM.21.12] From there they traveled and they camped in the valley of Zared.
[NUM.21.13] From there they traveled and camped on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness emerging from the border of the Amorites, for the Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and between the Amorites.
[NUM.21.14] Therefore, it will be said in the book of the wars of Yahveh, about Vahev in the ravine, and about the ravines of Arnon.
[NUM.21.15] And the valley of the streams, which settled to dwell in a city, and leaned to the border of Moab.
[NUM.21.16] From there it is the well that Yahveh said to Moses, "Gather the people and I will give them water."
[NUM.21.17] Then Israel will sing this song concerning me, about the well that we dug.
[NUM.21.18] A well was dug by leaders, and they dug it, the nobles of the people, with a law staff and with their supports, and as a gift from the desert.
[NUM.21.19] And from Matana, Nachliel, and from Nachliel, the high places.
[NUM.21.20] And from the heights of the valley that is in the field of Moab, the top of Pisgah, and it overlooked over the face of the wilderness.
[NUM.21.21] And Israel sent messengers to Sihon, the king of the Amorite, to say something.
[NUM.21.22] I will pass through your land. We will not turn aside into field or vineyard. We will not drink water from a well. We will go by the king's road, until we pass your border.
[NUM.21.23] And Sihon did not grant Israel passage through his border. Then Sihon gathered all his people and went out to meet Israel in the wilderness, and he came to Jahatza and fought with Israel.
[NUM.21.24] And Israel struck him by the sword, and they inherited his land from the Arnon up to the Jabbok, up to the Ammonites, because strong is the border of the Ammonites.
[NUM.21.25] And Israel took all of these cities, and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon and in all of its towns.
[NUM.21.26] For Heshbon is the city of Sichon, the king of the Amorites, and he fought with the first king of Moab. Then he took all of his land from his hand, up to the Arnon.
[NUM.21.27] Therefore the builders will say, "Come to Heshbon, and it will be built and established, the city of Sihon."
[NUM.21.28] For fire went out from Heshbon, a flame from the city of Siyhon. It consumed the city of Moab, the lords of the heights of Arnnon.
[NUM.21.29] Woe to you, Moab, you have been destroyed. Your people, like Chemosh, have been given as refugees, and your daughters have been taken into captivity to the king of the Amorites, Sichon.
[NUM.21.30] And destruction came to Hesbon, until Dibon, and we have destroyed until Nophah, which is until Medeba.
[NUM.21.31] And Israel settled in the land of the Emori.
[NUM.21.32] And Moses sent scouts to Jaazer, and they captured its towns. And he inherited the Amorites who were there.
[NUM.21.33] And they turned and went up by the way to Bashan. And Og, king of Bashan, came out to meet them, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.
[NUM.21.34] And Yahveh said to Moses, "Do not fear him, for I have given him into your hand, and all his people and his land. And you shall do to him as you did to Sihon, king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon."
[NUM.21.35] And they struck him, and his sons, and all his people, until they left him no survivor, and they inherited his land.
NUM.22
[NUM.22.1] The Israelites journeyed and settled in the plains of Moab, beyond the Jordan, across from Jericho.
[NUM.22.2] And Balak, son of Tzipor, saw all that Israel had done to the Emori.
[NUM.22.3] Moab was greatly afraid of the people, for they were many. Therefore, Moab arose against the sons of Israel.
[NUM.22.4] And Moab said to the elders of Midian, "Now the assembly will lick up all that is around us, as an ox licks up all the green of the field." And Balak, son of Zippor, was king of Moab at that time.
[NUM.22.5] And he sent messengers to Balaam son of Beor, who lived in Pethor, which is by the river, in the land of his people, to call to him, saying, “Behold, a people has come out of Egypt. Behold, they have covered the eye of the land, and they dwell opposite me.”
[NUM.22.6] And now, please, curse this people for me, because he is too great for me. Perhaps I can strike him, and drive him from the land. For I know that whoever you bless is blessed, and whoever you curse is cursed.
[NUM.22.7] And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian, with diviners in their hand, went to Balaam and they spoke to him the words of Balak.
[NUM.22.8] And he said to them, "Stay here tonight, and I will return a word to you, as Yahveh speaks to me." And the leaders of Moab sat with Bileam.
[NUM.22.9] The Gods came to Bilam and said, "Who are these men with you?"
[NUM.22.10] Bileam said to the Gods, "Balak, son of Tzipor, the king of Moab, has sent for me."
[NUM.22.11] Behold, the people who are coming out of Egypt. They have covered the eye of the land. Now, come and give to me a portion of them, perhaps I may be able to fight with them and I will drive them out.
[NUM.22.12] And the Gods said to Balaam, "Do not go with them, do not curse the people, for He is blessed."
[NUM.22.13] And Bileam rose in the morning and said to the officials of Balak, “Go to your land, because Yahveh refused for me to go with you.”
[NUM.22.14] And the leaders of Moab arose and came to Balak, and they said, "Bileam has refused to go with us."
[NUM.22.15] And Balak still added and sent many important officials from these.
[NUM.22.16] And they came to Bilaam and said to him, "Thus says Balak, son of Tzippor: Please do not refuse to go to me."
[NUM.22.17] Truly, I will greatly honor God, and all that God says to me, I will do. Now, therefore, give glory to me concerning this people.
[NUM.22.18] Then Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak, "If Balak were to give me a house full of silver and gold, I could not transgress the mouth of Yahveh, my God, to do anything small or great."
[NUM.22.19] And now, please sit here also with you tonight, and I will know what more Yahveh will speak with me.
[NUM.22.20] And the Gods came to Balaam at night, and said to him, "If men have come to call to you, rise and go with them, and you shall only do the thing which I speak to you."
[NUM.22.21] And Balaam rose in the morning, and he prepared his donkey, and went with the leaders of Moab.
[NUM.22.22] The Gods were angered because he was walking, and an angel of Yahveh stationed himself in the road as an adversary to him. He was riding on a donkey, and his two young men were with him.
[NUM.22.23] And the donkey saw the angel of Yahveh standing in the road, and his sword was drawn in his hand. And the donkey turned from the road and went into the field. And Balaam struck the donkey to turn it onto the road.
[NUM.22.24] And a messenger of Yahveh stood in the path of the vineyards, a wall from this side and a wall from that side.
[NUM.22.25] And the donkey saw the angel of Yahveh, and she pressed against the wall, and she pressed Balaam’s foot against the wall, and he added to strike her.
[NUM.22.26] And an angel of Yahveh continued his journey and stood in a narrow place, which has no path to turn to the right or to the left.
[NUM.22.27] And the donkey saw the angel of Yahveh, and it lay down under Balaam. And Balaam’s anger burned, and he struck the donkey with the staff.
[NUM.22.28] And Yahveh opened the mouth of the donkey, and it said to Bileam, "What have I done to you that you have struck me these three times?"
[NUM.22.29] And Bileam said to the donkey, "Because you have mistreated me, if there were a sword in my hand, now I would have killed you."
[NUM.22.30] And the donkey said to Balaam, "Am I not your donkey, upon whom you have ridden from your youth until this day? Have I consistently sought to do this to you?" And he said, "No."
[NUM.22.31] And Yahveh revealed the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of Yahveh standing in the road, and his sword was drawn in his hand. And he bowed and prostrated himself to the ground.
[NUM.22.32] And he said to him, "An angel of Yahveh said, "For what reason have you struck your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out to be an adversary, for the way was hindering me."
[NUM.22.33] And the donkey saw me, and she bowed before me. This is with three legs. Perhaps she bowed before me because now even you, I have killed, and her I have revived.
[NUM.22.34] And Balaam said to the angel of Yahveh, "I have sinned, for I did not know that you were standing against me in the way. And now, if it is evil in your eyes, I will return."
[NUM.22.35] And the angel of Yahveh said to Balaam, "Go with the men, and only speak the word that I will speak to you." And Balaam went with the officials of Balak.
[NUM.22.36] And Balak heard that Bil'am had come, and he went out to meet him to the city of Moab, which is upon the border of Arnon, which is at the edge of the border.
[NUM.22.37] And Balak said to Balaam, “Did I not send to you, to call you? Why have you not come to me? Truly, can I not honor you?”
[NUM.22.38] And Balaam said to Balak, behold, I have come to you now. Is it possible for me to speak anything except the word that the Gods will put in my mouth, that I will speak?
[NUM.22.39] And Bileam went with Balak, and they came to the city of encampments.
[NUM.22.40] And Balak sacrificed cattle and sheep, and he sent them to Balaam and to the officials who were with him.
[NUM.22.41] And it was in the morning, and Balak took Bileam and brought him up to the heights of Baal, and he saw from there the extent of the people.
NUM.23
[NUM.23.1] And Bil'am said to Balak, "Build for me here seven altars, and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams."
[NUM.23.2] And Balak did as Balaam spoke, and Balak and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on the altar.
[NUM.23.3] Then Balaam said to Balak, "Stand by your offering while I go. Perhaps the Gods will encounter me and show me something, which I will then tell you." And he went with his staff.
[NUM.23.4] And the Gods encountered Balaam, and said to him, "I have prepared seven altars, and I will offer an ox and a ram on the altar."
[NUM.23.5] And Yahveh placed a word in the mouth of Balaam, and He said, "Return to Balak, and you shall speak thus."
[NUM.23.6] And he returned to him, and behold, he was standing over his burnt offering: he and all the leaders of Moab.
[NUM.23.7] And he took up his discourse and said, From Aram Balak, the king of Moab, has guided me, from the mountains of the east. Come, curse for me Jacob, and come, rage against Israel.
[NUM.23.8] What have I struck, has God not struck? And what have I cried out, has Yahveh not become angry?
[NUM.23.9] For from the head of rocks we will see him, and from the heights we will behold him. Behold, the people will dwell in solitude, and among the nations they will not be accounted.
[NUM.23.10] Who has counted the dust of Jacob, and numbered the divisions of Israel? May my soul die the death of the righteous, and may my end be like theirs.
[NUM.23.11] And Balak said to Bileam, "What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and behold, you have blessed them!"
[NUM.23.12] And he answered and said, "Surely, that which Yahveh puts in my mouth, that I will keep to speak."
[NUM.23.13] And Balak said to him, "Come now with me to another place, from which you will see them from there. You will see only a portion of them, and not all of them, and bless me from there."
[NUM.23.14] And he took the field of watchers to the head of the peak, and he built seven altars and he offered a bullock and a ram on the altar.
[NUM.23.15] And he said to Balak, "Stand here by your offering, and I will encounter here."
[NUM.23.16] And it happened that Yahveh appeared to Balaam, and He put a word in his mouth, and He said, "Return to Balak, and thus you will speak."
[NUM.23.17] And he came to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab were with him. And Balak said to him, "What has spoken Yahveh?"
[NUM.23.18] And he lifted up his parable and said, "Rise, Balak, and hear. Listen to me, my Lord, my son Tzippor."
[NUM.23.19] Not a man is God and will lie, and a son of man and will repent. That one says and will not do, and speaks and will not establish it.
[NUM.23.20] Behold, I have taken the blessing and I bless, and I will not return it.
[NUM.23.21] God did not regard iniquity in Jacob, and God did not see trouble in Israel. Yahveh, his Gods, are with him, and the shout of a king is in him.
[NUM.23.22] God brought them out of Egypt, like the calves of a wild ox for him.
[NUM.23.23] For no divination is in Jacob, nor enchantment in Israel. At this time it will be said to Jacob and to Israel, what has God wrought?
[NUM.23.24] Behold, a people will rise up like a lion, and a male lion will roar. They will not rest until they have eaten their fill of prey, and will drink the blood of the slain.
[NUM.23.25] And Balak said to Bileam, "Even displeasure you will not accept from us, and a blessing you will not bestow upon us."
[NUM.23.26] And Balaam answered and said to Balak, "Did I not speak to you, saying, 'All that Yahveh speaks, that I will do?'"
[NUM.23.27] And Balak said to Balaam, "Come now, let me take you to another place, perhaps it will be right in the eyes of the Gods and they will accept it for me from there."
[NUM.23.28] And Balak took Balaam to the head of Peor that overlooks the face of the wilderness.
[NUM.23.29] And Bil'am said to Balak, "Build for me here seven altars, and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams."
[NUM.23.30] And Balak did as Bileam had said, and he caused a bull and a ram to ascend upon the altar.
NUM.24
[NUM.24.1] And Balaam saw that it was good in Yahveh’s eyes to bless Israel, and he did not go as at other times to seek omens. And he set his face toward the wilderness.
[NUM.24.2] And Balaam lifted his eyes and saw Israel dwelling according to their tribes, and the spirit of the Gods was upon him.
[NUM.24.3] He lifted his discourse and said, "The declaration of Bileam, son of Beor, and the declaration of the man whose eye is closed."
[NUM.24.4] A declaration of the one who hears the words of God, who is a seer of visions from the Almighty, who will envision a falling one and one with open eyes.
[NUM.24.5] How good are your tents, Jacob, your dwellings, Israel.
[NUM.24.6] Like streams that are planted, like gardens by a river, like tents that Yahveh planted, like cedars by waters.
[NUM.24.7] Waters will drip from his bucket, and he will sow his seed in abundant waters, and his kingdom will be lifted up from the rooftop, and his kingdom will be exalted.
[NUM.24.8] God brought them out of Egypt, like the horns of a wild ox for him. He will consume nations, his enemies, and their bones will be crushed, and his arrows will pierce.
[NUM.24.9] He kneels, he lies down like a lion and a young lion; who will rouse him? Blessed are those who bless him, and cursed are those who curse him.
[NUM.24.10] The anger of Balak burned toward Bil’am, and he struck his hands together, and Balak said to Bil’am, “To curse my enemies I called you, and behold, you have blessed, blessing them three times.”
[NUM.24.11] And now, flee to your place. I said, "I will surely honor you," but behold, Yahveh has withheld honor from you.
[NUM.24.12] And Balaam said to Balak, “Did I not also speak to your messengers, whom you sent to me, to say?”
[NUM.24.13] If Balak will give me the fullness of his house of silver and gold, I cannot transgress the mouth of Yahveh to do good or evil of my own accord, but whatever Yahveh will speak to him, I will speak.
[NUM.24.14] And now, behold, here I am going to my people. Let me advise you regarding what this people will do to your people in the latter days.
[NUM.24.15] He lifted his discourse and said, "The declaration of Bileam, son of Beor, and the declaration of the man whose eye is closed."
[NUM.24.16] The declaration of one who hears the words of God and knows the knowledge of the Most High, whose visions come from the Almighty, will see falling and revealed things with open eyes.
[NUM.24.17] We will see it, but not now. We will make complete, but not soon. Your path, a star from Jacob, will arise. And a tribe will rise from Israel and shatter the borders of Moab, and utterly destroy all the descendants of Seth.
[NUM.24.18] And Edom will be an inheritance, and the inheritance will be Seir, to its enemies, and Israel will do valor.
[NUM.24.19] And it will descend from Jacob, and the Gods will destroy a remnant from the city.
[NUM.24.20] And he saw Amalek and he lifted his oracle and he said, "The beginning of nations is Amalek, and his end is until destruction."
[NUM.24.21] And he saw the Kenite and raised his parable, and said, "Strong is your dwelling, and place your nest in the rock."
[NUM.24.22] For if this is to be the case that you wander restlessly, to what extent will the land of Asshur hold you captive?
[NUM.24.23] And he lifted his parable and said, “Woe, who will live from the increase of God?”
[NUM.24.24] And islands from the hand of Kittim, and they oppressed Assyria, and they oppressed Eber, and also he, to destruction.
[NUM.24.25] And Bil’am rose and went and returned to his place, and also Balak went to his way.
NUM.25
[NUM.25.1] And Israel settled in Shittim, and the people began to commit sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab.
[NUM.25.2] And she called the people to the sacrifices of the gods of them, and the people ate, and they bowed down to the gods of them.
[NUM.25.3] And Israel clung to Baal Peor, and the anger of Yahveh burned against Israel.
[NUM.25.4] And Yahveh said to Moses, "Take all the leaders of the people and execute them to Yahveh before the sun, and the wrath of Yahveh will turn away from Israel."
[NUM.25.5] And Moses said to the judges of Israel, "Kill each man his people who cling to Baal of Peor."
[NUM.25.6] And behold, a man from the sons of Israel came and brought the Midianite to his brothers before the eyes of Moses and before the eyes of all the assembly of the sons of Israel, and they were weeping at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
[NUM.25.7] And Phinehas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, saw, and he rose from within the congregation and took a spear in his hand.
[NUM.25.8] And he came after the Israelite man and woman to their tent and pierced both of them, the Israelite man and the woman, to their tent. And the plague was stopped from over the children of Israel.
[NUM.25.9] And the dead in the plague were twenty-four thousand.
[NUM.25.10] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[NUM.25.11] Phinehas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron, the priest, restrained my anger from upon the sons of Israel by his zeal for my zeal within them, and I did not destroy the sons of Israel by my zeal.
[NUM.25.12] Therefore say, “Here I am, giving to him my covenant of peace.”
[NUM.25.13] And it will be for him and for his offspring after him, a covenant of priesthood forever, instead of his zealousness for the Gods and his atonement for the children of Israel.
[NUM.25.14] And the name of the man of Israel who struck the Midianite woman is Zimri son of Salua, a prince of the clan of the Shimoni.
[NUM.25.15] And the name of the woman who was struck, the Midianite, is Kazbi, daughter of Tzur. She is the head of the families of Midian.
[NUM.25.16] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[NUM.25.17] Bind the Midianites, and you will strike them.
[NUM.25.18] For they are adversaries to you, the sons of deceit, those who led you astray concerning Peor, and concerning the daughter of a prince of Midian, her sister who was struck on the day of the plague concerning Peor.
[NUM.25.19] And it was after the plague.
NUM.26
[NUM.26.1] And Yahveh said to Moses and to Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, saying:
[NUM.26.2] Raise the head, that is, count all the congregation of the sons of Israel, from twenty years and upwards, to the house of their fathers, every one who goes out to the army in Israel.
[NUM.26.3] And Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke to them in the plains of Moab, by the Jordan, near Jericho, saying:
[NUM.26.4] From those twenty years old and upward, as Yahveh commanded Moses and the sons of Israel, those exiting from the land of Egypt.
[NUM.26.5] Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, the sons of Reuben are Hanokh, the family of Hanokh to Palu, the family of Palu.
[NUM.26.6] To the family of Khetsron, to the family of Karmi.
[NUM.26.7] These are the families of the Reubenites, and their counts were forty-three thousand and seven hundred and thirty.
[NUM.26.8] And the sons of Pallu are Eliav.
[NUM.26.9] And the sons of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. These were Dathan and Abiram, called from the congregation, who commanded against Moses and against Aaron in the assembly of Korah, in their lifting up their hands against Yahveh.
[NUM.26.10] And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, and Korah, when the congregation died, when the fire consumed two hundred and fifty men, and they became a sign.
[NUM.26.11] And the sons of Korah did not die.
[NUM.26.12] The sons of Simeon, to their families: to Nemu’el, the family of the Nemu’elites; to Yamin, the family of the Yaminites; to Yakhin, the family of the Yakhinites.
[NUM.26.13] To Zerach, the family of Zerach; to Shaul, the family of Shaul.
[NUM.26.14] These are the families of the Simeonites: twenty-two thousand and two hundred.
[NUM.26.15] The sons of Gad, according to their families, to the north, the family of the northerners, to Chaggi, the family of the Chaggites, to Shuni, the family of the Shunites.
[NUM.26.16] To my ear, the family of my ear; to my city, the family of my city.
[NUM.26.17] To Arod, the family of the Arodites; to Areli, the family of the Areilites.
[NUM.26.18] These are the families of the sons of Gad according to their census: forty thousand and five hundred.
[NUM.26.19] The sons of Judah were Er and Onan, and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
[NUM.26.20] And the sons of Judah were to their families: to Shelah the family of the Shelani, to Peretz the family of the Partzi, to Zerach the family of the Zarachi.
[NUM.26.21] And the sons of Perez were to Chesron, the family of the Chesronite, to Hamul, the family of the Hamulite.
[NUM.26.22] These are the families of Judah, according to their census: sixty-one thousand, five hundred.
[NUM.26.23] The descendants of Issachar, to their families: Toolua, the family of the Tooluites; to Fuva, the family of the Punites.
[NUM.26.24] To the family of those from Ya-shuv, to the family of those from Shim-ron.
[NUM.26.25] These are the families of Issachar according to their census: four and sixty thousand and three hundred.
[NUM.26.26] The descendants of Zebulun, to their families: to Sered, the family of Sered; to Elon, the family of Elon; to Yahhle’el, the family of Yahhle’el.
[NUM.26.27] These are the families of the Zebulunites for their census: sixty thousand and five hundred.
[NUM.26.28] The sons of Joseph, to their families, were Manasseh and Ephraim.
[NUM.26.29] The sons of Manasseh belonged to Machir, the family of Machir. And Machir fathered Gilead, establishing the family of Gilead.
[NUM.26.30] These are the descendants of Gilead: Iezer, a family of the Iezerites, for a portion of the Helkites.
[NUM.26.31] And Ashriel, the family of the Ashrieli, and Shechem, the family of the Shikmi.
[NUM.26.32] And the destroyer, family of the destroyer, and Hepher, family of Hepher.
[NUM.26.33] And Zelaphchad, son of Hepher, had no sons, but only daughters. The names of the daughters of Zelaphchad are Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
[NUM.26.34] These are the families of Manasseh, and their countings are two and fifty thousand and seven hundred.
[NUM.26.35] These are the descendants of Ephraim according to their families: the family of Shutelach, the family of Bekher, the family of Tachan.
[NUM.26.36] And these are the descendants of Shutalah, to Eran, the family of the Eranite.
[NUM.26.37] These are the family groups of the descendants of Ephraim, according to their census: two and thirty thousand and five hundred. These are the descendants of Joseph, according to their family groups.
[NUM.26.38] The sons of Benjamin, to their families: to Belea, the family of the Baleans; to Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites; to Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites.
[NUM.26.39] To the polishing, the family of the polishers; to the coast, the family of the coasters.
[NUM.26.40] And the descendants of Bela were Ard and Naaman. The family of Ard came from Naaman, and the family of Naaman came from Naaman.
[NUM.26.41] These are the sons of Benjamin, to their families, and their counts are five and forty thousand and six hundred.
[NUM.26.42] These are the sons of Dan to their families, to Shucham the family of the Shuchamite. These are the families of Dan to their families.
[NUM.26.43] All the families of the Shuhamites, according to their counts, were four and sixty thousand and four hundred.
[NUM.26.44] The descendants of Asher, to their families: to Yimnah, family of Yimnah; to Yishvi, family of Yishvi; to Bria, family of Bria.
[NUM.26.45] To the descendants of Bria, to the clan of the Hevri, to Malkiel, to the clan of the Malkielites.
[NUM.26.46] And the name of the daughter of Asher is Sarah.
[NUM.26.47] These are the families of the descendants of Asher according to their census: three and fifty thousand and four hundred.
[NUM.26.48] The descendants of Naphtali, according to their families, to Yachze’el, the family of Yachze’el’s, to Guni, the family of Guni’s.
[NUM.26.49] To the family of the one who formed, to repay the family of the one who completed.
[NUM.26.50] These are the families of Naphtali to their families, and their counted ones were five and forty thousand and four hundred.
[NUM.26.51] These are the censuses of the descendants of Israel: six hundred thousand and a thousand, seven hundred and thirty.
[NUM.26.52] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[NUM.26.53] To these, the land shall be divided as inheritance by the number of names.
[NUM.26.54] To the many, you will increase his inheritance, and to the few, you will diminish his inheritance. To each man will his inheritance be given according to his count.
[NUM.26.55] But by lot the land will be divided, and they will inherit by the names of the tribes of their fathers.
[NUM.26.56] According to the lot, its inheritance will be divided between much and little.
[NUM.26.57] And these are the assignments of the Levites to their families: to Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; to Kehat, the family of the Kehatites; to Merari, the family of the Merarites.
[NUM.26.58] These are the families of Levi: the family of the Libni, the family of the Chevroni, the family of the Machli, the family of the Mushi, and the family of the Karchi. And Kehat fathered Amram.
[NUM.26.59] And the name of Amram’s wife was Yokheved, daughter of Levi, who bore him children in Egypt. And she bore to Amram Aaron, and Moses, and their sister Miriam.
[NUM.26.60] And he bore to Aaron Nadab and Ahvee-ah-hoo-ah, El-ah-zah-r and ee-tah-mahr.
[NUM.26.61] And Nadab and Abihu died in their offering of strange fire before Yahveh.
[NUM.26.62] And their registered number was 23,000, every male from one month old and upward, because they had not been registered among the sons of Israel, because an inheritance had not been given to them among the sons of Israel.
[NUM.26.63] These are the commands of Moses and Eleazar the priest, who recorded them for the children of Israel in the plains of Moab, across from Jericho by the Jordan.
[NUM.26.64] And in these, there was no person from the counts of Moses and Aaron the priest, who counted the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.
[NUM.26.65] For Yahveh said to them, "They will die in the wilderness, and no person of them will remain, except Caleb son of Yiphuneh and Joshua son of Nun."
NUM.27
[NUM.27.1] And the daughters of Zelaphchad, son of Hepher, son of Gil’ad, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, approached concerning the families of Manasseh, son of Joseph. And these are the names of his daughters: Machlah, No’ah, and Chaglah, and Milkah, and Tirtzah.
[NUM.27.2] And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the leaders, and before all the congregation, near the opening of the tent of meeting, to say.
[NUM.27.3] Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not among the assembly of those who revolted against Yahveh in the assembly of Korach, for he died because of his sin, and he had no sons.
[NUM.27.4] Why should the name of our father be removed from within his family, since he has no son? Grant to us a possession within the brothers of our father.
[NUM.27.5] And Moses brought the judgement before Yahveh.
[NUM.27.6] And Yahveh said to Moses, saying:
[NUM.27.7] Indeed, the daughters of Zelaphchad speak truthfully. You shall give to them an inheritance of possession among the brothers of their father, and you shall transfer the inheritance of their father to them.
[NUM.27.8] And to the children of Israel you shall speak, saying, "If a man dies and a son he does not have, then you shall pass on his inheritance to his daughter."
[NUM.27.9] And if there is no son to him, then you shall give his inheritance to his brothers.
[NUM.27.10] And if there are no brothers to him, then you shall give his inheritance to the brothers of his father.
[NUM.27.11] And if there are no brothers to his father, then you shall give his inheritance to his relative who is nearest to him from his family, and that relative shall inherit it. And it shall be for the sons of Israel as a statute of justice, as Yahveh commanded Moses.
[NUM.27.12] And Yahveh said to Moses, "Ascend to the mountain of the Avarim, and see the land that I gave to the children of Israel."
[NUM.27.13] And you will see it, and you will be gathered to your people, even you, as Aaron, your brother, was gathered.
[NUM.27.14] As you rebelled against my mouth in the wilderness of Zin, in the strife of the assembly, to sanctify me in the waters before their eyes, those are the waters of the strife of Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.
[NUM.27.15] And Moses spoke to Yahveh, saying:
[NUM.27.16] Yahveh, the Gods of the spirits, will judge all flesh. Each person will be judged according to the assembly.
[NUM.27.17] Who goes out before them and who comes before them, who leads them out and who brings them in, and the congregation of Yahveh will not be like sheep that have no shepherd.
[NUM.27.18] And Yahveh said to Moses, "Take for yourself Joshua son of Nun, a man in whom is spirit, and you shall place your hand upon him."
[NUM.27.19] And you shall cause him to stand before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation, and you shall command him before their eyes.
[NUM.27.20] And you shall give from your glory upon him, so that all the congregation of the sons of Israel shall hear.
[NUM.27.21] And before Eleazar the priest he shall stand, and he shall ask for him in judgement concerning the Urim before Yahveh. According to his mouth they shall go out and according to his mouth they shall come in, he and all the sons of Israel with him, and all the congregation.
[NUM.27.22] And Moses did as Yahveh commanded him, and he took Joshua and set him before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation.
[NUM.27.23] And he strengthened his hands upon him, and he commanded him, as Yahveh spoke by the hand of Moses.
NUM.28
[NUM.28.1] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[NUM.28.2] Command the sons of Israel and say to them, "My offering, my bread for my fire, a pleasing aroma of my pleasing aroma you shall keep to offer to me at its appointed time."
[NUM.28.3] And you shall say to them, "This is the offering which you shall bring to Yahveh: two unblemished lambs, sons of one year, daily as a continual burnt offering."
[NUM.28.4] And you shall do one lamb in the morning, and you shall do the second lamb between the evenings.
[NUM.28.5] And a tenth of the efah of fine wheat flour for the offering, mixed with pressed oil, a fourth of the hin.
[NUM.28.6] The continual burnt offering, the offering made on Mount Sinai, was for a pleasing aroma, an offering by fire to Yahveh.
[NUM.28.7] And pour out a quarter of a hin for the one lamb in the holy tent. Offer a drink offering of strong drink to Yahveh.
[NUM.28.8] And you shall make the second lamb between the evenings, like the meal offering of the morning, and its drink offering you shall make, a fire offering, a pleasing aroma to Yahveh.
[NUM.28.9] And on the day of the Sabbath, two lambs, one year old, perfect, and two tenths of flour as an offering, mixed with oil, and a libation.
[NUM.28.10] The burnt offering of the Sabbath, on the Sabbath, upon the burnt offering of the continual, and its drink offering.
[NUM.28.11] And at the heads of your months you shall offer a burnt offering to Yahveh: two bulls, sons of cattle, and one ram, one lamb, sons of a year, seven perfect ones.
[NUM.28.12] And three tenths of fine flour as an offering mixed with oil for the one bull, and two tenths of fine flour as an offering mixed with oil for the one ram.
[NUM.28.13] And one tenth, one tenth of fine flour, as a grain offering, mixed with oil, for the one lamb, a burnt offering, a pleasing aroma, a fire offering to Yahveh.
[NUM.28.14] And their pour offerings shall be half of the hin for the bull, and a third of the hin for the ram, and a fourth of the hin for the lamb—wine. This is the burnt offering of the month, in its month, for the months of the year.
[NUM.28.15] And one goat of goats shall be for a sin offering to Yahveh, upon the continual burnt offering it shall be made, and its drink offering.
[NUM.28.16] And in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, is the Passover to Yahveh.
[NUM.28.17] And on the fifteenth day of this month, a festival of seven days, unleavened bread shall be eaten.
[NUM.28.18] On the first day, it is a convocation of holiness. All work and service you shall not do.
[NUM.28.19] And you shall bring near a burnt offering to Yahveh: two bulls, sons of cattle, and one ram, and seven lambs, sons of the year. They shall be without blemish for you.
[NUM.28.20] And their grain offering will be fine flour mixed with oil, three-tenths for the bull and two-tenths for the ram, you shall make.
[NUM.28.21] You shall make a tenth, a tenth, for the one lamb out of the seven lambs.
[NUM.28.22] And one male goat as a sin offering to atone for you.
[NUM.28.23] Apart from the offering of the morning, which is to the offering of the continual, you shall make these things.
[NUM.28.24] These things you shall make for the day, seven days, bread of fire, a pleasing aroma to Yahveh, over the continual burnt offering it shall be made, and its drink offering.
[NUM.28.25] And on the seventh day, a sacred gathering will be for you. All work is not to be done by you.
[NUM.28.26] And on the day of Firstfruits, when you bring a new grain offering to Yahveh during your weeks, let it be a holy assembly to you. All work of labor you shall not do.
[NUM.28.27] And you shall bring near a burnt offering, a pleasing aroma to Yahveh: two bulls, sons of cattle, one ram, and seven lambs, sons of the year.
[NUM.28.28] And their grain offering shall be fine flour mixed with oil, three-tenths for the one bull, two-tenths for the one ram.
[NUM.28.29] A tenth, a tenth, for the one lamb, to the seven lambs.
[NUM.28.30] One goat of the goats is for atonement for you.
[NUM.28.31] Apart from the continual burnt offering and his grain offering, you shall make perfect ones for you, and their libations.
NUM.29
[NUM.29.1] And in the seventh month, on the first of the month, there will be a holy assembly for you. All work you shall not do. It will be a day of the sounding of the horn for you.
[NUM.29.2] And you shall make a burnt offering, for a pleasing aroma to Yahveh: one bull of the cattle, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year, without blemish.
[NUM.29.3] And their meal offering shall be fine flour mixed with oil, three tenths for the bull, and two tenths for the ram.
[NUM.29.4] And ten, one to the lamb, the one to seven of the lambs.
[NUM.29.5] And one male goat as a sin offering, to make atonement for you.
[NUM.29.6] Apart from the burnt offering of the new month and its grain offering, and the continual burnt offering and its grain offering, and their libations according to their rule, for a pleasing aroma, a fire offering to Yahveh.
[NUM.29.7] And on the tenth of this seventh month, a sacred assembly will be for you, and you shall afflict your souls, all work you shall not do.
[NUM.29.8] And you shall bring near a burnt offering to Yahveh, a pleasing aroma: one bull of the herd, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year. They shall be without blemish for you.
[NUM.29.9] And their offering is flour mixed with oil, three tenths for the bull, two tenths for the one ram.
[NUM.29.10] A tenth, a tenth, for the one lamb, to the seven lambs.
[NUM.29.11] One goat of the goats shall be a sin offering, apart from the sin offering of the Day of Atonement, and the continual burnt offering, and its grain offering, and their drink offerings.
[NUM.29.12] And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, a sacred assembly it shall be for you, all work of servitude you shall not do; and you shall celebrate a festival for Yahveh for seven days.
[NUM.29.13] And you shall bring near a burnt offering, a fire with a pleasing smell to Yahveh. Thirteen bulls, sons of cattle, two rams, fourteen lambs, sons of a year, they shall be without blemish.
[NUM.29.14] And their grain offering shall be fine flour mixed with oil, three-tenths for the one bull, for three bulls, two-tenths for the one ram, for two rams.
[NUM.29.15] And a tenth of a tenth is for the one ram, for fourteen sheep.
[NUM.29.16] And one goat, a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering, its grain offering, and its drink offering.
[NUM.29.17] And on the second day, young bulls, sons of cattle, twelve; rams, two; lambs, sons of a year, fourteen, without blemish.
[NUM.29.18] And their grain offering and their libations were to the bulls, to the rams, and to the lambs, according to their number as the rule.
[NUM.29.19] And one male goat as a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering and its grain offering and their drink offerings.
[NUM.29.20] On the third day, twelve young bulls and two rams, fourteen yearlings without blemish, are required.
[NUM.29.21] And their grain offering and their libations were to the bulls, to the rams, and to the lambs, according to their number as the rule.
[NUM.29.22] And one goat for a sin offering, besides the regular burnt offering and its grain offering and its drink offering.
[NUM.29.23] And on the fourth day, ten bulls, two rams, and fourteen yearlings, without blemish, were offered.
[NUM.29.24] Their grain offering and their libations were for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, in their number according to the rule.
[NUM.29.25] And one goat, a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering, its grain offering, and its drink offering.
[NUM.29.26] And on the fifth day, nine young bulls, two rams, fourteen year-old lambs, all without blemish.
[NUM.29.27] And their grain offering and their libations were to the bulls, to the rams, and to the lambs, according to their number as the rule.
[NUM.29.28] And one goat for a sin offering, besides the regular burnt offering and its grain offering and its drink offering.
[NUM.29.29] And on the sixth day, there were eight young bulls and two rams, fourteen lambs, perfect ones.
[NUM.29.30] And their grain offering and their libations were to the bulls, to the rams, and to the lambs, according to their number as the rule.
[NUM.29.31] And one male goat as a sin offering, besides the complete burnt offering with its grain offering and its drink offering.
[NUM.29.32] On the seventh day, seven bulls and two rams, and fourteen lambs, sons of one year, perfect ones, are to be offered.
[NUM.29.33] And their grain offering and their libations were for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, according to their ordinance.
[NUM.29.34] And one goat as a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering, its grain offering, and its drink offering.
[NUM.29.35] On the eighth day, a gathering will be for you. All work and service you shall not do.
[NUM.29.36] And you shall bring near a burnt offering, a fire with a pleasant scent to Yahveh: one bull and one ram, seven yearlings without blemish.
[NUM.29.37] Their grain offering and their libations were for the bull, for the ram, and for the lambs, according to their number as the judgment.
[NUM.29.38] And one goat for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering and its grain offering and its drink offering.
[NUM.29.39] These things you shall do for Yahveh during your appointed times, in addition to your vows and your freewill offerings, for your burnt offerings and for your grain offerings and for your libations and for your peace offerings.
NUM.30
[NUM.30.1] And Moses said to the children of Israel, according to all that Yahveh commanded to Moses.
[NUM.30.2] And Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes to the sons of Israel, saying, "This is the thing that Yahveh commanded."
[NUM.30.3] If a man vows a vow to Yahveh, or swears an oath to bind a binding upon his soul, he shall not break his word, according to all that proceeds from his mouth he will do.
[NUM.30.4] And a woman, if she vows a vow to Yahveh, and restricts herself by a restriction in her father’s house during her youth…
[NUM.30.5] And her father heard her vow, and confirmed that which she vowed upon her soul, and her father remained silent to her. And all her vows will stand, and all that she vowed upon her soul will stand.
[NUM.30.6] And if her father approves of her in the day he hears of her vows, then any commitment she made to herself will not stand, and Yahveh will forgive her, because her father approves of her.
[NUM.30.7] And if it will be that a woman makes a vow, and her vows are upon her, or a declaration from her lips which she has forbidden upon her soul.
[NUM.30.8] And if a man hears his wife in the day that she hears it, and holds his peace to her, then her vows will stand, and that which she has bound upon her soul will be established.
[NUM.30.9] And if, on a day, a woman hears her husband, he will release her from the vow that is upon her, and from the expression of her lips that she restricted upon her soul, and Yahveh will forgive her.
[NUM.30.10] And a vow from a widow and a divorced woman, all that she forbade upon herself will stand upon her.
[NUM.30.11] And if a woman belonging to her husband vows, or restricts a restriction upon herself with an oath.
[NUM.30.12] And if a man hears the vow of his wife, and keeps silent to her, not invalidating it, then all her vows will stand, and any restriction she has placed upon herself will stand.
[NUM.30.13] And if the husband loosens them, on the day she hears, every utterance of her lips concerning her vows, and concerning the restriction of her soul, it shall not stand. Her husband has loosened them, and Yahveh will forgive her.
[NUM.30.14] Every vow and every oath of restriction to afflict a person, her husband shall establish it and her husband shall annul it.
[NUM.30.15] And if the silent one remains silent to her, her husband, from day to day, and he establishes all of her vows, or all of her prohibitions that are upon her, he establishes them, because he remained silent to her on the day he heard it.
[NUM.30.16] And if the bull makes them flawed after hearing, and it will bear its guilt.
[NUM.30.17] These are the laws that Yahveh commanded to Moses, concerning the relationship between a man and his wife, and between a father and his daughter while she is young and in her father’s house.
NUM.31
[NUM.31.1] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[NUM.31.2] Avenge the Israelites from the Midianites, after which you will be gathered to your people.
[NUM.31.3] And Moses spoke to the people, saying, “Prepare for yourselves men for the army, and they shall go against Midian to give the vengeance of Yahveh on Midian.”
[NUM.31.4] A thousand for the tribe, a thousand for the tribe, to all the tribes of Israel you shall send to the army.
[NUM.31.5] And were delivered from the thousands of Israel, one thousand to each tribe, twelve thousand battle pioneers.
[NUM.31.6] And Moses sent them, a unit to the tribe for the army, them and Pinhas son of Eleazar the priest for the army, and the holy vessels and the trumpets of the sounding in his hand.
[NUM.31.7] And they seized upon Midian, as Yahveh commanded Moses, and they killed all male.
[NUM.31.8] And they killed the kings of Midian upon their slain, Evi and Rekem and Tzur and Hur and Reva, five kings of Midian, and they killed Bileam the son of Beor with the sword.
[NUM.31.9] And the sons of Israel took captive the women of Midian and their children, and all their livestock and all their possessions, and all their armed forces they plundered.
[NUM.31.10] And all their cities in their settlements, and all their strongholds, they burned with fire.
[NUM.31.11] And they took all the spoil and all the captured goods with the people and with the livestock.
[NUM.31.12] And they brought to Moses and to Eleazar the priest and to the assembly of the children of Israel the captives and the livestock and the plunder to the camp, to the plains of Moab which are across the Jordan near Jericho.
[NUM.31.13] And Moses and Eleazar the priest and all the leaders of the congregation went out to meet them outside the camp.
[NUM.31.14] And Moses became angry at the appointed commanders of the army, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds who had come from the army of warfare.
[NUM.31.15] And Moses said to them, "Did you revive all the females?"
[NUM.31.16] Indeed, they were for the sons of Israel, by the word of Bileam, to cause transgression against Yahveh concerning Peor. And there was a plague in the community of Yahveh.
[NUM.31.17] And now, kill every male among the infants, and every woman knowing a male for lying with, kill.
[NUM.31.18] And all the infants with the women who have not known lying with a male, let them live for you.
[NUM.31.19] And you, camp outside the camp for seven days. Everyone who kills a soul and everyone who touches a corpse will purify yourselves on the third day and on the seventh day, you and your captives.
[NUM.31.20] And every garment, and every leather vessel, and every work of goatskin, and every wooden vessel, you shall purify yourselves.
[NUM.31.21] And Eleazar the priest said to the soldiers who are coming to war, "This is the law of the Torah which Yahveh commanded to Moses."
[NUM.31.22] But only the gold and the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead.
[NUM.31.23] Every thing that comes in the fire, you shall pass through the fire and it will be pure, but it will be cleansed in the waters of impurity. And all that does not come in the fire, you shall pass through the waters.
[NUM.31.24] And you will wash your clothes on the seventh day and purify yourselves, and after that, you will come to the camp.
[NUM.31.25] And Yahveh said to Moses, saying:
[NUM.31.26] Lift up the head of the count of the captives, among the people and among the animals. You and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the fathers of the congregation, shall do this.
[NUM.31.27] And you shall divide the purchase between those who grasp the war, those going out to the army, and between all the congregation.
[NUM.31.28] And you shall lift up a covering for Yahveh from the men of war who go out to the army, one person’s worth from five hundred of the people and from the cattle and from the donkeys and from the sheep.
[NUM.31.29] You shall take from their half, and you shall give to Eleazar the priest a contribution to Yahveh.
[NUM.31.30] And from the half of the sons of Israel, you shall take one, held from the fifty, from the man, from the cattle, from the donkeys, and from the sheep, from all livestock. And you shall give them to the Levites, guards of the watch over the tabernacle of Yahveh.
[NUM.31.31] And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as Yahveh commanded Moses.
[NUM.31.32] And the count of the remainder of the plunder that the people of the army plundered was sheep, six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand.
[NUM.31.33] And the camels were two and seventy thousands.
[NUM.31.34] And donkeys, one and sixty thousand.
[NUM.31.35] And the souls of humankind, from among the women who have not known a male bed, every soul was two and thirty thousand.
[NUM.31.36] And the division was a portion of those going out in the army, the number of the sheep being three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred.
[NUM.31.37] And the tax to Yahveh from the livestock was six hundred and seventy.
[NUM.31.38] And the cattle were six and thirty thousand, and their tax to Yahveh was two and seven.
[NUM.31.39] And the donkeys were thirty thousand and five hundred, and their tax to Yahveh was one and sixty.
[NUM.31.40] And the souls of humankind are sixteen thousand, and their offering to Yahveh are two and thirty souls.
[NUM.31.41] And Moses gave the tax of the Gods to Eleazar the priest, as the Gods commanded Moses.
[NUM.31.42] And from half of the people of Israel, which Moses crossed over from the men who go forth to war.
[NUM.31.43] And half of the congregation from the flock was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand, seven thousands and five hundred.
[NUM.31.44] And in the morning, six and thirty thousands.
[NUM.31.45] And donkeys, thirty thousand and five hundred.
[NUM.31.46] And the soul of man is sixteen thousand.
[NUM.31.47] And Moses took from half of the children of Israel the possession, one from every fifty, from the person and from the livestock, and he gave them to the Levites, guards of the watch over the tent of Yahveh, as Yahveh commanded Moses.
[NUM.31.48] And they approached Moses, the leaders who are for the thousands of the army, leaders of the thousands and leaders of the hundreds.
[NUM.31.49] And they said to Moses, "Your servants have taken the count of the men of war who are under our command, and no one was missing from among them."
[NUM.31.50] We brought near the offering of Yahveh, each one who found gold vessels – armlets, bracelets, rings, earrings, and necklaces – to atone for our souls before Yahveh.
[NUM.31.51] And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from them, all crafted items.
[NUM.31.52] And all the gold of the offering which they contributed to Yahveh was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels, from the chiefs of the thousands and from the chiefs of the hundreds.
[NUM.31.53] The men of the army plundered, each for himself.
[NUM.31.54] And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from the commanders of the thousands and the hundreds, and they brought it to the tent of meeting, as a memorial for the children of Israel before Yahveh.
NUM.32
[NUM.32.1] And the livestock was numerous for the sons of Reuben and for the sons of Gad, exceedingly great. And they saw the land of Jaazer and the land of Gilead, and behold, the place was a place for livestock.
[NUM.32.2] The sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben came and said to Moses and to Eleazar the priest and to the leaders of the congregation, saying:
[NUM.32.3] Atarot and Dibon and Ya’azer and Nimrah and Hesbon and Ele’aleh and S’vam and Nevo and Be’on.
[NUM.32.4] The land that Yahveh struck before the assembly of Israel is a land of livestock, and it is livestock for your servants.
[NUM.32.5] And they said, "If we have found favor in your eyes, may this land be given to your servants for possession. Do not pass us over across the Jordan."
[NUM.32.6] And Moses said to the sons of Gad and to the sons of Reuben, will your brothers come to the war, and will you dwell here?
[NUM.32.7] And why do you discourage the heart of the sons of Israel from entering the land that Yahveh has given to them?
[NUM.32.8] Thus did your ancestors do, in sending them from the holy place of burning to see the land.
[NUM.32.9] And they went up to the valley of Eshkol and saw the land. And they discouraged the heart of the sons of Israel, so that they would not enter the land that Yahveh had given to them.
[NUM.32.10] And the anger of Yahveh burned on that day, and he swore saying:
[NUM.32.11] If the men ascending from Egypt, those who are twenty years of age or older, see the land that I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, they have not followed me.
[NUM.32.12] Except for Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun, they fully followed Yahveh.
[NUM.32.13] And the anger of Yahveh burned against Israel, and He caused them to wander in the wilderness for forty years, until the completion of all the generation that does evil in the eyes of Yahveh.
[NUM.32.14] And behold, you have risen in place of your fathers, an increase of sinful people to add still more to the wrath of Yahveh toward Israel.
[NUM.32.15] For if you return behind Him, He will still add to leave you in the wilderness, and you will corrupt all this people.
[NUM.32.16] They approached him and said, "We will build stone walls for our livestock here, and cities for our children."
[NUM.32.17] And we will build enclosures for our livestock before we lead the children of Israel to their place, and we will dwell in the fortified cities, protecting ourselves from the inhabitants of the land.
[NUM.32.18] We will not return to our houses until the sons of Israel have each possessed his inheritance.
[NUM.32.19] For we will not inherit with them beyond the Jordan, and onward, because our inheritance has come to us from beyond the Jordan, eastward.
[NUM.32.20] And he said to them, Moses, "If you will do this thing, if you will escape before Yahveh to war."
[NUM.32.21] And it will happen for you that all the fighting men cross the Jordan before Yahveh, until He causes them to inherit their enemies from before His face.
[NUM.32.22] And the land will be conquered before Yahveh, and afterwards you will return, and you will be cleansed from Yahveh and from Israel. And this land will be yours as a possession before Yahveh.
[NUM.32.23] And if you do not do so, behold, you have sinned to Yahveh, and know your sin which will find you.
[NUM.32.24] Build cities for your infants and enclosures for your flocks. And what goes forth from your mouths, you will do.
[NUM.32.25] And the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben said to Moses, saying, "Your servants will do as my Lord commands."
[NUM.32.26] Our children, our wives, our livestock, and all our animals will be there in the towns of Gilead.
[NUM.32.27] And your servants will pass, all the vanguard of the army, before Yahveh for war, as my Lord speaks.
[NUM.32.28] And Moses commanded them, Eleazar the priest, and Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes to the sons of Israel.
[NUM.32.29] And Moses said to them, "If the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben cross the Jordan with you, every armed man for war before Yahveh, and the land is conquered before you, then you shall give to them the land of Gilead as a possession."
[NUM.32.30] And if scouts do not go with you, and they settle among you in the land of Canaan...
[NUM.32.31] And the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben answered, saying, "That which Yahveh spoke to your servants, thus we will do."
[NUM.32.32] We will cross as pioneers before Yahveh into the land of Canaan, and our inherited possession will be with us on the other side of the Jordan.
[NUM.32.33] And Moses gave to them, to the descendants of Gad and to the descendants of Reuben, and to half the tribe of Manasseh, son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sichon, king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og, king of Bashan. This was the land, with its cities, within the boundaries of the cities of the land all around.
[NUM.32.34] And the descendants of Gad built Deevon and A-ta-rot and A-ro-air.
[NUM.32.35] And Atrot Shophan and Ya’zer and Yagbahah.
[NUM.32.36] And the city of Nimrah and the city of Haran, fortified cities and enclosures for flocks.
[NUM.32.37] And the descendants of Reuben built Heshbon and Eleale and Kiryataim.
[NUM.32.38] And Nebo and Baal Meon, turnings of name, and Sivmah. And they called by names the names of the cities which they built.
[NUM.32.39] And the descendants of Machir, son of Manasseh, went to Gilead and they captured it, and they inherited the Amorites who were in it.
[NUM.32.40] And Moses gave the Gilead to Machir son of Manasseh, and he settled in it.
[NUM.32.41] And Jair, son of Manasseh, went and captured their towns, and he called them the towns of Jair.
[NUM.32.42] And Nobah went and captured Kenat and her daughters, and he called her Nobah in his name.
NUM.33
[NUM.33.1] These are the journeys of the sons of Israel who departed from the land of Egypt with their armies, by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
[NUM.33.2] And Moses wrote down their departures for their journeys according to Yahveh, and these are their journeys for their departures.
[NUM.33.3] And they traveled from Ramses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the month, on the day after the Passover, the children of Israel departed with a strong hand before the eyes of all Egypt.
[NUM.33.4] And Egypt buried those whom Yahveh struck among them, every firstborn. And Yahveh performed judgements upon their gods.
[NUM.33.5] And the sons of Israel traveled from Ramses, and they camped at Succoth.
[NUM.33.6] They journeyed from Succoth, and they camped at Etham, which is at the edge of the wilderness.
[NUM.33.7] And they journeyed from that place, and they turned towards the region of Chirot, which is near the Lord of the North, and they camped before a tower.
[NUM.33.8] And they departed from before Pihahiroth and crossed through the midst of the Sea of the Wilderness, and they went a way of three days in the wilderness of Etham, and they encamped in Marah.
[NUM.33.9] And they traveled from Marah, and they came to Elim. And in Elim were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there.
[NUM.33.10] And they traveled from Eilim and they camped by the Sea of Reeds.
[NUM.33.11] They journeyed from the Sea of Reeds, and they camped in the Wilderness of Sin.
[NUM.33.12] And they journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, and they encamped at Dophkah.
[NUM.33.13] And they journeyed from Defkah and they camped in Alush.
[NUM.33.14] And they journeyed from Alush and encamped in Rephidim, and there was no water there for the people to drink.
[NUM.33.15] And they traveled from Rephidim, and they camped in the desert of Sinai.
[NUM.33.16] And they journeyed from the Desert of Sinai and they encamped at the Graves of Craving.
[NUM.33.17] And they journeyed from the graves of the desire, and they camped in Hatzrot.
[NUM.33.18] And they journeyed from Hazeroth and they camped in Rithmah.
[NUM.33.19] They journeyed from Rithmah and they camped at Rimmon-Parez.
[NUM.33.20] And they journeyed from Mirimon Paretz, and they camped in Livnah.
[NUM.33.21] And they journeyed from Libnah and they encamped in Risah.
[NUM.33.22] And they journeyed from Risa and they encamped at Qhalata.
[NUM.33.23] And they journeyed from Kehelata and they encamped in the mountain of Shaper.
[NUM.33.24] And they journeyed from the mountain of Shipher, and they camped at Haradah.
[NUM.33.25] And they journeyed from Charadah, and they encamped at Makhelot.
[NUM.33.26] And they journeyed from Makhelot, and they encamped in Tachath.
[NUM.33.27] And they journeyed from below, and they encamped in Tahrah.
[NUM.33.28] And they journeyed from Terah, and they camped in Mitkah.
[NUM.33.29] And they journeyed from Metqah and they encamped in Chashmonah.
[NUM.33.30] And they journeyed from Hashmonah, and they encamped at Moserot.
[NUM.33.31] And they journeyed from Moserot, and they encamped in Bene Ya'akan.
[NUM.33.32] They journeyed from the sons of Ya'akan and they encamped in the valley of the Kidgad.
[NUM.33.33] And they journeyed from the mount of the kid and they camped in Yatvatah.
[NUM.33.34] And they journeyed from Yatbata, and they encamped in Avrona.
[NUM.33.35] And they journeyed from Avrona, and they camped in Etzion Gever.
[NUM.33.36] And they journeyed from Etzion-Gever, and they camped in the desert of Zin, it is Kadesh.
[NUM.33.37] They journeyed from Kadesh, and they encamped in Hor haHar, at the edge of the land of Edom.
[NUM.33.38] And Aaron the priest ascended to Hor the mountain at the command of Yahveh, and he died there in the year forty after the departure of the children of Israel from the land of Egypt, in the fifth month, on the first of the month.
[NUM.33.39] And Aaron was son of twenty-three and one hundred years at his death in the mountain.
[NUM.33.40] And the Canaanite, king of Arad, heard, and he dwelt in the South in the land of Canaan at the coming of the sons of Israel.
[NUM.33.41] And they journeyed from Mount Hor, and they encamped in Tzalomona.
[NUM.33.42] And they journeyed from Mitsalmonah, and they encamped in Punon.
[NUM.33.43] And they journeyed from Pnon, and they camped in Ovot.
[NUM.33.44] And they journeyed from Ovot, and they camped in the valleys of the Avaim, near the border of Moab.
[NUM.33.45] And they journeyed from Iyim, and they encamped in Dibon Gad.
[NUM.33.46] And they journeyed from Dibon Gad, and they encamped in Baalmon of Diblataymah.
[NUM.33.47] And they journeyed from Almanah Diblathaimah, and they camped in the mountains of the Abarim before Nebo.
[NUM.33.48] And they journeyed from the mountains of the Abarim, and they encamped in the plains of Moab, across from Jericho by the Jordan.
[NUM.33.49] And they camped upon the Jordan, from the house of the destroyers until Abel the acacia trees, in the plains of Moab.
[NUM.33.50] And Yahveh spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab, concerning the Jordan, near Jericho, saying:
[NUM.33.51] Speak to the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them that you are passing over the Jordan to the land of Canaan.
[NUM.33.52] You will dispossess all the inhabitants of the land before you, and you will destroy all their abominations. You will destroy all the images of their castings, and you will utterly destroy all their high places.
[NUM.33.53] And you will inherit the land and you will dwell in it, for to you I have given the land to inherit it.
[NUM.33.54] And you will inherit the land by lot to your families, in abundance you will increase his inheritance, and to the few you will diminish his inheritance, according to where the lot falls to him, that shall be his. You will inherit according to the tribes of your ancestors.
[NUM.33.55] And if you do not dispossess the inhabitants of the land before you, then what you leave of them will be as thorns in your eyes and as pricks in your sides, and they will harass you in the land where you dwell.
[NUM.33.56] And it will be, as I imagined to do to them, I will do to you.
NUM.34
[NUM.34.1] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[NUM.34.2] Command the children of Israel, and you shall say to them, "You are coming to the land of Canaan. This is the land that will fall to you as an inheritance, the land of Canaan with its borders."
[NUM.34.3] And it will be your southern extent from the desert of Tzin by the hand of Edom, and it will be your southern boundary from the end of the Salt Sea eastward.
[NUM.34.4] And the boundary will turn for you from the south to the ascent of scorpions, and it will pass by Tzin. And its exits will be from the south to Kadesh Barnea, and it will go out to Hazar-addar and pass by Atsmon.
[NUM.34.5] And the boundary will turn from Atzmon, a possession of Egypt, and its outlets will be to the sea.
[NUM.34.6] And the boundary of the sea, and the sea, the great sea, will be your boundary. And this boundary of the sea will be for you.
[NUM.34.7] And this will be to you the northern boundary, from the Great Sea, you will go up to the mountain.
[NUM.34.8] From the mountain of God, you will descend with heat. And the flows from the border will be deflected sideways.
[NUM.34.9] And the boundary will go out to Zifron, and its extensions will be the district of Einan. This will be to you the northern boundary.
[NUM.34.10] And you will long for a territory to the east, from the area of Hazer Enan and Shfamah.
[NUM.34.11] And the boundary went down from the family of Rivlah from the east to the spring, and the boundary went down and touched the shoulder of the Sea of Kinneret eastward.
[NUM.34.12] And the boundary will descend to the Jordan River, and its outlets will be the Salt Sea. This will be your land, to its boundaries all around.
[NUM.34.13] And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, "This is the land which you shall inherit by lot, which Yahveh commanded to give to nine tribes and half a tribe."
[NUM.34.14] For they took the staff of the children of Reuben to the house of their fathers, and the staff of the children of Gad to the house of their fathers, and half the staff of Manasseh took their inheritance.
[NUM.34.15] They took their inheritance eastward beyond the Jordan, near Jericho: two staffs and half a staff.
[NUM.34.16] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[NUM.34.17] These are the names of the men who will inherit the land for you: Elazar the priest, and Joshua son of Nun.
[NUM.34.18] And you shall take one leader, one leader, from one tribe to inherit the land.
[NUM.34.19] And these are the names of the men for the tribe of Judah: Caleb, son of Yipuneh.
[NUM.34.20] And to the staff of the descendants of Simeon was Samuel, son of Ammihood.
[NUM.34.21] To the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad, son of Kislon.
[NUM.34.22] And for the tribe of the sons of Dan, the leader was Bukki son of Yagli.
[NUM.34.23] To the sons of Joseph, to the tribe of the sons of Manasseh, a leader, Khani'el son of Efod.
[NUM.34.24] And to the tribe of the sons of Ephraim, a leader, Kemuel son of Shifthan.
[NUM.34.25] And to the staff of the descendants of Zebulun was a leader, Elitzaphan son of Parnach.
[NUM.34.26] And to the tribe of the sons of Issachar was leader Palteiel, son of Azzan.
[NUM.34.27] And to the staff of the sons of Asher was a leader, Ahiehudo, son of Shlomi.
[NUM.34.28] And to the tribe of the sons of Naphtali was a leader, Pedahael son of Ammihud.
[NUM.34.29] These are the commands that Yahveh gave to the sons of Israel to inherit in the land of Canaan.
NUM.35
[NUM.35.1] And Yahveh spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab, concerning the Jordan, near Jericho, saying:
[NUM.35.2] Command the sons of Israel, and let them give to the Levites from the inheritance they possess cities for dwelling, and pasture land for the cities and their surroundings you shall give to the Levites.
[NUM.35.3] And the cities will be for them to dwell in, and their suburbs will be for their livestock and for their possessions, and for all their animals.
[NUM.35.4] And the areas surrounding the cities which you give to the Levites shall extend a thousand cubits from the wall of the city and outward on all sides.
[NUM.35.5] You will measure it outside the city, the side toward the east two thousand cubits, and the side toward the south two thousand cubits, and the side toward the west two thousand cubits, and the side toward the north two thousand cubits, and the city will be within. This will be to them, the open areas of the cities.
[NUM.35.6] And the cities which you will give to the Levites, the six cities of refuge which you will give to the one fleeing there, the manslayer, and upon them you will give forty-two cities.
[NUM.35.7] All the cities that you give to the Levites are forty-eight cities, them and their pasturelands.
[NUM.35.8] And the cities which you will give from the possession of the sons of Israel, from the much you will increase, and from the little you will decrease. Each man according to his inheritance which he will inherit, will give from his cities to the Levites.
[NUM.35.9] And Yahveh spoke to Moses to say.
[NUM.35.10] Speak to the Israelites and you will say to them that you are crossing the Jordan into the land of Canaan.
[NUM.35.11] And you shall designate for yourselves cities; cities of refuge they shall be for you. And a killer, one who strikes a life in error, shall flee there.
[NUM.35.12] And the cities will be to you as a refuge from the avenger of blood, and the slayer will not die until he stands before the congregation for judgment.
[NUM.35.13] And the cities that you will give, six cities of refuge they will be for you.
[NUM.35.14] And three cities you shall give beyond the Jordan, and three cities you shall give in the land of Canaan. These cities shall be places of refuge.
[NUM.35.15] To the sons of Israel, and to the foreigner, and to the resident alien within them, these six cities shall be for refuge, to flee there, everyone who strikes a soul by mistake.
[NUM.35.16] And if with a tool of iron he strikes him and he dies, a killer he is. Death he shall die, the killer.
[NUM.35.17] And if with a stone in the hand that causes death he strikes him and he dies, the murderer is he. Death must be given to the murderer.
[NUM.35.18] Or, with a tool of wood in hand, in which he dies he struck him and he dies, the killer he is. Dying death will be killed the killer.
[NUM.35.19] The redeemer of the blood, it is he who will kill the murderer when he meets him; it is he who will kill him.
[NUM.35.20] And if in hatred he pushes, or he throws upon him with injustice and he dies.
[NUM.35.21] Or, if he struck him with animosity by his hand and he died, death shall be put to death, the striker is a killer, he is the redeemer of the blood; the redeemer of the blood shall put the killer to death when he meets him.
[NUM.35.22] And if suddenly, without enmity, he pushed him, or he threw upon him all implements without a chase.
[NUM.35.23] Or in every stone which causes death without being seen, and it fell upon him and he died, and he was not an enemy to him, nor did he seek his harm.
[NUM.35.24] And the congregation shall judge between the one who struck and between the redeemer of the blood, according to these judgments.
[NUM.35.25] And the community will rescue the murderer from the hand of the avenger of blood, and the community will return him to the city of his refuge to which he fled, and he will reside there until the death of the High Priest who was anointed with the holy oil.
[NUM.35.26] And if he goes out, the killer goes outside the boundary of the city of refuge that he flees to there.
[NUM.35.27] And the redeemer of the blood finds him outside the boundary of the city of refuge, and the redeemer of the blood kills the murderer; there is no blood guilt for him.
[NUM.35.28] For he will dwell in the city of his refuge until the death of the great priest. And after the death of the great priest, the manslayer will return to the land of his possession.
[NUM.35.29] And these will be for you as statutes of justice for your generations in all your settlements.
[NUM.35.30] All who strike a soul according to witnesses will kill the killer, and one witness will not be sufficient for a soul to die.
[NUM.35.31] You shall not take ransom for a soul of a murderer, who is wicked to die, for death he shall be put to death.
[NUM.35.32] And you shall not accept a ransom to allow one who has fled to a city of refuge to depart, to return and dwell in the land until the death of the priest.
[NUM.35.33] And you shall not defile the land in which you are, for the blood is what defiles the land, and the land will not be cleansed of the blood that was shed on it except by the blood of its shedder.
[NUM.35.34] And you shall not defile the land in which you dwell, in which I dwell, for I am Yahveh, dwelling within the children of Israel.
NUM.36
[NUM.36.1] And the heads of the families approached, from the family of the descendants of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, from the families of the descendants of Joseph, and they spoke before Moses and before the leaders, heads of families for the children of Israel.
[NUM.36.2] And they said, "My Lord commanded Yahveh to give the land as an inheritance by lot to the sons of Israel. And my Lord commanded by Yahveh to give the inheritance of our brother Tzelafchad to his sons."
[NUM.36.3] And they will be as one with the sons of the tribes of the sons of Israel as wives, and their inheritance will be reduced from the inheritance of our ancestors, and added to the inheritance of the tribe to which they become connected, and from the lot of our inheritance it will be diminished.
[NUM.36.4] And if the Jubilee becomes for the children of Israel and their inheritance is added to the inheritance of the tribe to which they belong, then their inheritance will be decreased from the inheritance of the tribe of our ancestors.
[NUM.36.5] And Moses commanded the Israelites according to the word of Yahveh, saying, "Thus are the tribes of the sons of Joseph good."
[NUM.36.6] This is the word that Yahveh commanded to the daughters of Zelaphchad, saying, let what is good in their eyes be to them as wives, but to the family of the tribe of their father, they shall be as wives.
[NUM.36.7] And you shall not cause an inheritance to turn aside to the children of Israel from tribe to tribe, for each man shall cling to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers, the children of Israel.
[NUM.36.8] And every daughter who inherits a possession from the tribes of the sons of Israel shall be to one from the family of the tribe of her father, so that the sons of Israel may inherit, each a possession of his fathers.
[NUM.36.9] And you shall not turn an inheritance from tribe to tribe, for each person shall cling to the inheritance of his own tribe; the tribes of the children of Israel shall adhere to their own inheritances.
[NUM.36.10] As Yahveh commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Tslaphchad.
[NUM.36.11] And Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milkah, and Noah were the daughters of Zelaphhad. They were to be wives to the sons of their uncle.
[NUM.36.12] From the families of the sons of Manasseh, son of Joseph, daughters were born, and their inheritance was upon the tribe of their father’s family.
[NUM.36.13] These are the commandments and the judgments that God commanded through the hand of Moses to the children of Israel in the plains of Moab, beyond the Jordan near Jericho.
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DEU.1
[DEU.1.1] These are the words that Moses spoke to all of Israel beyond the Jordan, in the wilderness, in the Arabah, opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazerot, and Di-zahab.
[DEU.1.2] Eleven days from Chorev, along the Mountain of Seir, until Qadesh Barnea.
[DEU.1.3] And it happened in forty years, in the twelfth month, on the first of the month, that Moses spoke to the children of Israel according to all that Yahveh commanded him to them.
[DEU.1.4] After having struck Sihon, king of the Amorites, who dwells in Kheshbon, and Og, king of Bashan, who dwells in Ashtarot in Edrei.
[DEU.1.5] Beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, Moses desired to explain this Law, saying:
[DEU.1.6] Yahveh, the Gods, spoke to us at Horeb, saying, "You have dwelt here long enough at this mountain."
[DEU.1.7] Turn and go from there, and travel to the mountain of the Amorites and to all their neighbors, in the Arabah, in the mountain, in the lowlands, in the Negev, and in the coastal plain, the land of the Canaanites and Lebanon, up to the great river, the river Euphrates.
[DEU.1.8] Behold, I have given before you the land. Come and possess the land which Yahveh has sworn to your ancestors, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to them and to their offspring after them.
[DEU.1.9] And I said to you at that time, "I am unable alone to bear you."
[DEU.1.10] Yahveh, the Gods of you, have multiplied you, and now you are today like the stars of the heavens for multitude.
[DEU.1.11] Yahveh, the Gods of your fathers, will increase you as numerous as you are, a thousand times over, and bless you just as He promised.
[DEU.1.12] How can I bear your burden alone, and your load, and your strife?
[DEU.1.13] Bring to you men who are wise, understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will appoint them as your leaders.
[DEU.1.14] You answered me and you said, "Good is the thing that you spoke to do."
[DEU.1.15] And I took the heads of your tribes, men who were wise and well-known, and I gave them as leaders over you: leaders of thousands, leaders of hundreds, leaders of fifties, leaders of tens, and officers for your tribes.
[DEU.1.16] And I commanded your judges at that time, saying, "Hear among your brothers, and you shall judge justly between a man and his brother and between the sojourner."
[DEU.1.17] You shall not recognize faces in judgment. As the small, so the great, you shall listen. You shall not be afraid because of any person, for the judgment belongs to the Gods. And the matter that is difficult for you, you shall bring near to me, and I will listen to it.
[DEU.1.18] And I commanded you at that time all the things that you will do.
[DEU.1.19] And we departed from Horeb and went into all the great and terrifying wilderness which you saw, by way of the mountain of the Amorites, as Yahveh, our God, commanded us, and we came until Kadesh Barnea.
[DEU.1.20] And I said to you, you have come to the mountain of the Emori, which Yahveh the Gods of us gives to us.
[DEU.1.21] See, Yahveh, the Gods, has given the land before you. Go up and possess it, just as Yahveh, the Gods of your ancestors, spoke to you. Do not fear, and do not be dismayed.
[DEU.1.22] And you all came near to me, and you said, “Let us send men before us, and let them search for us the land, and let them bring back to us word about the path by which we shall go, and about the cities to which we shall come.”
[DEU.1.23] And the matter pleased me, and I took from you twelve men, one man for each tribe.
[DEU.1.24] And they turned and ascended the mountain, and they came until the Valley of Eshkol, and they scouted it.
[DEU.1.25] And they took with their hand from the fruit of the land, and they brought it down to us, and they returned to us a report and said, "Good is the land that Yahveh, our Gods, gives to us."
[DEU.1.26] And you refused to ascend, and you rebelled against the command of Yahveh, your Gods.
[DEU.1.27] You became angry in your tents, and you said, "In hatred of Yahveh toward us, Yahveh brought us out of the land of Egypt to give us into the hand of the Amorites to destroy us."
[DEU.1.28] Why are we going up? Our brothers have disheartened our hearts, saying, "The people are great and tall compared to us. The cities are great and the fortresses are in the heavens. Also, we have seen the sons of Anak there."
[DEU.1.29] And I said to you, you shall not tremble, and you shall not be afraid of them.
[DEU.1.30] Yahveh, the Gods of your people, who goes before you, He will fight for you, as all that He did with you in Egypt before your eyes.
[DEU.1.31] And in the wilderness that you saw, where Yahveh, the Gods, carried you as a man carries his son, throughout all the way that you walked until you came to this place.
[DEU.1.32] And in this word, you do not believe in Yahveh, the Gods your.
[DEU.1.33] The one who walks before you in the way to scout for you a place to camp, in fire at night to see you in the way which you go in it, and in a cloud daytime.
[DEU.1.34] And Yahveh heard the voice of your words, and He became angry, and He swore to say.
[DEU.1.35] If a man sees among these people this evil generation, the good land which I swore to give to your fathers…
[DEU.1.36] Besides me, Caleb son of Jephunneh, he will see it, and to him I will give the land which he walked in, and to his sons, because he completed following Yahveh.
[DEU.1.37] Even against me Yahveh has been angered because of you all, to say, “Also you will not enter there.”
[DEU.1.38] Yehoshua son of Nun, who stands before you, is the one who will go there. Strengthen him, for he will cause Israel to inherit the land.
[DEU.1.39] And your offspring, concerning whom you said to plunder, will be, and your sons who do not know today good and evil, they will come there, and to them I will give it, and they will inherit it.
[DEU.1.40] And you all, turn for yourselves and go through the wilderness by way of the Sea of Reeds.
[DEU.1.41] And you answered and said to me, "We have sinned to Yahveh." We will go up and we will fight as all that Yahveh the Gods commanded us. And each man girded his weapons of war and we were ready to ascend the mountain.
[DEU.1.42] And Yahveh said to me, "Tell them, 'Do not go up, and do not fight, for I am not in the midst of you. And you will not be struck down before your enemies.'
[DEU.1.43] And I spoke to you, but you did not listen. And you rebelled against the mouth of Yahveh, becoming arrogant and ascending the mountain.
[DEU.1.44] And the Amorite who dwells in that hill country went out against you and pursued you, as the bees do, and they struck you in Seir until Chorma.
[DEU.1.45] And you turned and wept before Yahveh, but Yahveh did not hear your voices, and Yahveh did not pay attention to you.
[DEU.1.46] And you dwelt in Kadesh for many days, as the days that you had dwelt.
DEU.2
[DEU.2.1] And we turned and traveled through the wilderness by way of the Red Sea, as Yahveh spoke to me, and we went around the mountain of Seir for many days.
[DEU.2.2] And Yahveh said to me, "Say..."
[DEU.2.3] Much to you, turn around this mountain. Turn to you, north.
[DEU.2.4] And to the people, command to say: You are passing by the border of your brothers, the sons of Esau, who dwell in Seir. And they shall fear you, and you shall be very careful.
[DEU.2.5] Do not provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even enough for a foot to tread, because I have given Mount Seir as an inheritance to Esau.
[DEU.2.6] Food you will obtain from them with money, and you will eat. Also, water you will obtain from them with money, and you will drink.
[DEU.2.7] For Yahveh, the God of you, has blessed you in all the work of your hands. Yahveh knew your going through the great wilderness this one, these forty years. Yahveh, the God of you, was with you, you have not lacked anything.
[DEU.2.8] And we passed by our brothers, the children of Esau, the ones dwelling in Seir, from the way of the Arabah, from Elath and from Ezion-geber. We turned and passed through the way of the wilderness of Moab.
[DEU.2.9] And Yahveh said to me, "Do not distress Moab, nor provoke them to war, because I will not give you any of their land as an inheritance, for I have given the land of Ar to the sons of Lot as an inheritance."
[DEU.2.10] The Emim dwelt there in the past, a people great and numerous and tall like the Anakim.
[DEU.2.11] The Rephaim will be counted also as the Anakim, and the Moabites will call them Emim.
[DEU.2.12] And in Seir the Horites lived previously, and the descendants of Esau inherited it and destroyed them from before them, and they settled in their place, as Israel did to the land of their inheritance, which Yahveh gave to them.
[DEU.2.13] Now rise and cross for yourselves the stream Zared, and we will cross the stream Zared.
[DEU.2.14] And the days that we walked from Kadesh Barnea until we crossed the Zered Brook were thirty-eight years, until the completion of the passing of the entire generation of fighting men from within the camp, as Yahveh had sworn to them.
[DEU.2.15] And also the hand of Yahveh was with them to strike them down from within the camp until they were finished.
[DEU.2.16] And it happened, when all the men of war had finished dying from among the people.
[DEU.2.17] And Yahveh spoke to me, to say.
[DEU.2.18] You are passing over today the border of Moab, the city of Ar.
[DEU.2.19] And you shall not approach the sons of Ammon. Do not harass them and do not stir up conflict with them, because I will not give any of the land of the sons of Ammon to you as inheritance, for I have given it as inheritance to the sons of Lot.
[DEU.2.20] The land of the Rephaim will be accounted also it, the Rephaim dwelt in it before, and the Ammonites will call them Zamzumim.
[DEU.2.21] A great and numerous and tall people, like the Anakim, and Yahveh destroyed them before them, and they inherited their land and dwelt in their place.
[DEU.2.22] As the Gods did for the descendants of Esau, those who dwell in Seir, having destroyed the Chori from before them, and they inherited and settled in their place, even until this day.
[DEU.2.23] And the Avvim who were living in the courtyards up to Gaza, the Captorim who came from Captor, they were destroyed, and the Captorim settled in their place.
[DEU.2.24] Rise up, depart, and cross the Arnon River. See, I have given into your hand Sichon, king of Heshbon the Amorite, and his land, beginning at Rash. And engage him in warfare.
[DEU.2.25] On this day I will establish my covenant, and place my fear and reverence upon the face of the peoples under all the heavens, so that when they hear the Gods’ name, they will tremble and be dismayed before the Gods.
[DEU.2.26] And I sent messengers from the eastern desert to Sihon, king of Heshbon, with words of peace, to say.
[DEU.2.27] I will pass through your land, the path, the path I will go. My right hand and my left will not be restrained.
[DEU.2.28] Food for money will break me, and I will eat, and water for money you will give to me and I will drink. I will only pass with my feet.
[DEU.2.29] As the descendants of Esau, who dwell in Seir, did to me, and the Moabites, who dwell in Ar, until I cross the Jordan to the land that Yahveh, the Gods our God, is giving to us.
[DEU.2.30] And Sihon, king of Heshbon, did not allow us to pass through his land, for Yahveh, the Gods, had hardened his spirit and strengthened his heart, so that he would be given into your hand, as is happening today.
[DEU.2.31] And Yahveh said to me, "Behold, I have begun to give before you Sihon and his land. The beginning is rash, to sift through his land."
[DEU.2.32] And Sichon went out to meet us, he and all his people for battle. Yahveh went out.
[DEU.2.33] And Yahveh, the Gods our, gave him/it before us, and we struck him/it and his sons and all his people.
[DEU.2.34] We captured all of their cities at that time, and we devoted to destruction every city of the dead, and the women and the children. We left no survivor.
[DEU.2.35] Only the beasts did we plunder for ourselves, and the spoil of the cities that we captured.
[DEU.2.36] From Aroer, which is on the edge of the Arnon River, and the city that is in the river, even to Gilead, there was no city that was strong from it. All of this Yahveh, the Gods of our ancestors, gave before us.
[DEU.2.37] Only to the land of the sons of Ammon you did not approach, all the region of the brook Jabbok and the cities of the mountain, and all that Yahveh, the Gods our, commanded.
DEU.3
[DEU.3.1] Then we turned and went up by the way to Bashan, and Og, king of Bashan, came out to meet us with all his people to battle at Edrei.
[DEU.3.2] And Yahveh said to me, "Do not fear him, for into your hand I have given him, and all his people, and his land. And you shall do to him as you did to Sihon, the king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon."
[DEU.3.3] And Yahveh, our Gods, gave into our hands also Og, the king of Bashan, and all his people. And we struck him until we left him with no remaining survivor.
[DEU.3.4] And we captured all of its cities at that time. There was no city that we did not take from them, sixty cities, all the territory of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
[DEU.3.5] All these are cities with formations of high walls, gates, and bolts, apart from the cities of the Perazzi, which are very many.
[DEU.3.6] And we utterly destroyed them, as we had done to Sihon, king of Heshbon. We enacted the ban upon every dying city: the women and the little ones.
[DEU.3.7] And all the livestock and the spoils of the cities were plundered for us.
[DEU.3.8] And at that time we took the land from the hand of two kings of the Amorites who were on the other side of the Jordan, from the wadi Arnon to mount Hermon.
[DEU.3.9] The Sidonians call Mount Chermon Siryon, and the Amorites call it S’nir.
[DEU.3.10] All the cities of the plain, and all the Gilead, and all the Bashan, until Salekha and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in the Bashan.
[DEU.3.11] For only Og, king of Bashan, remained of the leftover Rephaim. Behold, his bed is an iron bed; is this not in Rabbah of the people of Ammon? It is nine cubits long and four cubits wide, according to the cubit of a man.
[DEU.3.12] And the land this we inherited at the time that was from Aroer, which is on the river Arnon, and half of the mountain Gilead, and its cities, I gave to Reuben and to Gad.
[DEU.3.13] And the remainder of Gilead and all of Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to the half tribe of Manasseh. All of the region of Argov, to all of Bashan, that land will be called the land of the Refaim.
[DEU.3.14] Ya'ir, son of Manasseh, took all the region of Argob, up to the border of the Geshurites and the Ma'achites, and he called them by his name, the settlements of Ya'ir, until this day.
[DEU.3.15] And to Machir I gave the Gilead.
[DEU.3.16] And to Reuben and Gad, I gave from the Gilead and up to the Arnon River, within the river and its border, and up to the Jabbok River, the river serving as a border with the descendants of Ammon.
[DEU.3.17] And the desert and the Jordan and the boundary from Kinneret and to the desert sea, the salt sea, under the vineyards of Pisgah eastward.
[DEU.3.18] I commanded you at that time, saying: Yahveh, the Gods of you, has given to you this land to inherit. Strong warriors will go forward before your brothers, the children of Israel, all men of valor.
[DEU.3.19] Only your women, your children, and your livestock – I have known that you have great livestock. They will dwell in your cities that I have given to you.
[DEU.3.20] Until Yahveh allows your brothers to be like you, and they also inherit the land that Yahveh, the Gods of you, gives to them beyond the Jordan River, you will each return to the inheritance that I have given to you.
[DEU.3.21] And to Joshua I commanded at that time, saying, “Your eyes have seen all that Yahveh, the Gods your, has done to these two kings. Thus will Yahveh do to all the kingdoms that you are about to pass through.”
[DEU.3.22] Do not fear them, for Yahveh, the Gods your God, is the one who fights for you.
[DEU.3.23] And I pleaded to Yahveh at that time, saying:
[DEU.3.24] My Lord Yahveh, you have begun to show your servant your greatness and your strong hand. Who is a god in the heavens and on the earth who will do as your works and as your power?
[DEU.3.25] I request to cross over and to see the good land which is beyond the Jordan, this good mountain and Lebanon.
[DEU.3.26] And Yahveh became angered with me on your behalf, and did not listen to me. And Yahveh said to me, "Enough for you, do not continue to speak to me any further concerning this matter."
[DEU.3.27] Ascend to the head of Pisgah, and lift up your eyes toward the sea, toward the north, toward the south, and toward the east, and see with your eyes, for you will not cross this Jordan.
[DEU.3.28] And command Joshua and strengthen him and encourage him, because he will pass before this people, and he will cause them to inherit the land that you will see.
[DEU.3.29] And we camped in the valley opposite the house of Peor.
DEU.4
[DEU.4.1] And now, Israel, listen to the laws and to the judgments which I teach you to do, in order that you may live and you shall come and inherit the land which Yahveh, the Gods of your fathers, is giving to you.
[DEU.4.2] Do not add to the word that I command you, and do not subtract from it. Keep the commandments of Yahveh, the Gods of you, which I command you.
[DEU.4.3] Your eyes have seen what Yahveh did at Baal Peor, for every man who followed Baal Peor was destroyed by Yahveh, your God, from among you.
[DEU.4.4] And you who are clinging to Yahveh, the Gods who are your God, are all alive today.
[DEU.4.5] Behold, I have taught you laws and judgements, as Yahveh, the Gods, commanded me to do, within the land that you are going there to inherit.
[DEU.4.6] And you will keep and do, for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the eyes of the peoples who will hear all these laws, and they will say, “Surely this is a wise and insightful nation, this great people.”
[DEU.4.7] For which great nation has the Gods close to it, as Yahveh, our God, is to us in all our calling to Him?
[DEU.4.8] And which nation is great, to whom belong statutes and judgements that are righteous, like all of this law that I am giving before you today?
[DEU.4.9] Only guard yourself and greatly guard your life lest you forget the things that your eyes saw and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life, and you shall make them known to your sons and to the sons of your sons.
[DEU.4.10] It was a day when you stood before Yahveh, the Gods, at Horeb, when Yahveh said to me, "Gather the people to me, and I will let them hear my words, so that they may learn to fear me all the days they live on the land, and their children will learn to do the same."
[DEU.4.11] You drew near and stood beneath the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire up to the heart of the heavens, darkness, cloud, and mist.
[DEU.4.12] And Yahveh spoke to you from within the fire, a voice of words you are hearing, and an appearance you are not seeing, except for a voice.
[DEU.4.13] And He told you about His covenant that He commanded you to do, the Ten Words, and He wrote them upon two tablets of stone.
[DEU.4.14] And Yahveh commanded me at that time to teach you laws and judgements, so that you may perform them in the land that you are crossing over there to inherit.
[DEU.4.15] And you shall very much guard your souls, for you did not see any image on the day that Yahveh spoke to you at Horeb from within the fire.
[DEU.4.16] Lest you corrupt yourselves, and you make for yourselves an idol, the image of every symbol, a form of male or female.
[DEU.4.17] The pattern of all beasts that are on the earth is the pattern of all birds with wings that fly in the heavens.
[DEU.4.18] The form of all creatures that move on the land is the form of all fish that are in the waters under the land.
[DEU.4.19] And beware lest you lift your eyes to the heavens and see the sun and the moon and the stars, all the host of the heavens, and be led astray and bow down to them and serve them, which Yahveh, the Gods, your God has apportioned to all the peoples under all the heavens.
[DEU.4.20] And God took you all, and He brought you all out from the furnace of iron, from Egypt, to be for Him a people, an inheritance, as this day.
[DEU.4.21] And Yahveh was angered with me because of your words, and Yahveh swore that I would not cross the Jordan River and not enter the good land which Yahveh, your Gods, is giving to you as an inheritance.
[DEU.4.22] For I am dying in this land, I will not cross the Jordan. But you will cross, and you will inherit this good land.
[DEU.4.23] Guard yourselves lest you forget the covenant of Yahveh, the Gods, which He made with you, and do not make for yourselves an image of anything that Yahveh, the Gods, has commanded you.
[DEU.4.24] For Yahveh, the Gods of you, is a consuming fire. He is a God of jealousy.
[DEU.4.25] For you will bear sons and the sons of sons, and you will dwell in the land, and you will corrupt it. And you will make a carved image in the likeness of everything, and you will do evil in the eyes of Yahveh, the Gods of your ancestors, to provoke Him.
[DEU.4.26] I testify to you today regarding the heavens and regarding the earth that you will perish quickly from upon the land which you are crossing the Jordan River to inherit. You will not prolong days upon it, for you will be utterly destroyed.
[DEU.4.27] And Yahveh will scatter you all among the peoples, and you will remain few in number among the nations which Yahveh will lead you there.
[DEU.4.28] And you will serve there the Gods, the work of the hands of man, wood and stone, which will not see and will not hear, and will not eat and will not smell.
[DEU.4.29] And you will seek from there Yahveh, the God of you, and you will find, because you will seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
[DEU.4.30] In distress to you, and all these things will find you in the latter days, and you will return to Yahveh, your God, and you will listen to His voice.
[DEU.4.31] For God is compassionate, Yahveh, the Gods your God will not abandon you, and will not destroy you, and will not forget the covenant with your fathers that He swore to them.
[DEU.4.32] Ask, please, of the former days, which were before you, from the day the Gods created Adam on the earth, and to the farthest end of the heavens, and to the farthest end of the heavens: has anything like this great thing happened, or has anything like it been heard?
[DEU.4.33] Did the people hear the voice of the Gods speaking from within the fire, as you heard? And it came to pass.
[DEU.4.34] Or did the Gods attempt to come and take a nation for themselves from among a nation, through tests, signs, wonders, warfare, with a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terrors, just as Yahveh, your Gods, did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
[DEU.4.35] You have seen to know that Yahveh is the Gods, there is no other besides Him.
[DEU.4.36] From the heavens, the Gods made you hear a voice to discipline you, and upon the earth, the Gods showed you their great fire, and you heard their words from within the fire.
[DEU.4.37] And because God loved your fathers and chose their descendants after them, He brought you out before His face with His great power from Egypt.
[DEU.4.38] To dispossess nations great and powerful from before you, to bring you, to give to you their land as an inheritance as this day.
[DEU.4.39] And you shall know today, and you shall return it to your heart, that Yahveh is the Gods in the heavens from above and over the earth from below. There is no other.
[DEU.4.40] And you shall keep His statutes and His commandments that I command you today, that it may go well with you and with your sons after you, and that you may lengthen your days upon the land that Yahveh, your God, gives to you all your days.
[DEU.4.41] Then Moses will set apart three cities on the other side of the Jordan, east of the sun.
[DEU.4.42] To flee there is the killer, who will kill his neighbor unintentionally, and he did not hate him from yesterday the third day, and he will flee to one of the cities of the Gods and live.
[DEU.4.43] And Betzer in the wilderness, in the plain land, was given to Reuben, and Ramot in Gilead was given to Gad, and Golan in Bashan was given to Manasseh.
[DEU.4.44] And this is the law that Moses placed before the sons of Israel.
[DEU.4.45] These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spoke to the children of Israel in their going out from Egypt.
[DEU.4.46] Beyond the Jordan, in the valley facing Beit Peor, in the land of Sichon, king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Chesbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel struck when they departed from Egypt.
[DEU.4.47] And they inherited the land and the land of Oug, king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan, eastern.
[DEU.4.48] From Aroer, which is on the edge of the stream Arnon, and to Mount Sion, it is Hermon.
[DEU.4.49] And all the wilderness across the Jordan, eastward, and to the Sea of the Wilderness, under Ashdot the Summit.
DEU.5
[DEU.5.1] And Moses called to all of Israel and said to them, “Listen, Israel, to the statutes and to the judgements that I, God, am speaking in your ears today. And you shall learn them and you shall keep them to do them.”
[DEU.5.2] Yahveh, the Gods our God, cut a covenant with us at Horeb.
[DEU.5.3] God did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with us, who are all alive here today.
[DEU.5.4] God spoke face to face with you all on the mountain from within the fire.
[DEU.5.5] I stand between Yahveh and you at that time to tell you the word of Yahveh, for you feared because of the fire and did not go up the mountain to say anything.
[DEU.5.6] I am Yahveh, the Gods your, who I brought you out from the land of Egypt from the house of slaves.
[DEU.5.7] There will not be for you other Gods in my presence.
[DEU.5.8] You shall not make for yourself a carved image of anything that is in the heavens above, or that is on the earth below, or that is in the waters under the earth.
[DEU.5.9] Do not bow down to them and do not serve them, for I am Yahveh, the Gods of your God, a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, and on the third generation, and on the fourth generation of those who hate Me.
[DEU.5.10] And making kindness for generations to those who love [the Gods] and to those who keep [the Gods’] commandments.
[DEU.5.11] You shall not bear the name of Yahveh, your Gods, to falsehood, because Yahveh will not clear the one who bears his name to falsehood.
[DEU.5.12] Guard the day of the Sabbath to make it holy, as Yahveh the Gods your God commanded you.
[DEU.5.13] Six days you will work and you will do all your work.
[DEU.5.14] And the seventh day is a Sabbath for Yahveh, your God. You shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter or your male servant or your female servant or your ox or your donkey or any of your animals or the foreigner who is within your gates, so that your male servant and your female servant may rest as you do.
[DEU.5.15] And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and Yahveh, your Gods, brought you out from there with a strong hand and an outstretched arm. Therefore, Yahveh, your Gods, commands you to observe the day of the Sabbath.
[DEU.5.16] Honor your father and your mother, as Yahveh, the Gods your, commands you, that your days may be lengthened and that it may go well with you upon the land which Yahveh, the Gods your, gives to you.
[DEU.5.17] You shall not murder.
[DEU.5.18] And you shall not commit adultery.
[DEU.5.19] And you shall not steal.
[DEU.5.20] And you shall not answer falsely against your companion.
[DEU.5.21] And you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, and you shall not intensely desire your neighbor’s house, their field, their servant, their maid, their ox, their donkey, and everything that is your neighbor’s.
[DEU.5.22] These words Yahveh spoke to all of your assembly at the mountain, from within the fire, the cloud, and the darkness, a great voice, and it did not cease. And he wrote them on two stone tablets and gave them to me.
[DEU.5.23] And it came to pass, when you heard the voice from within the darkness, and the mountain was burning with fire, that you all, the heads of your tribes and your elders, approached my Lord.
[DEU.5.24] And you said, behold, Yahveh, the Gods our, has shown us His glory and His greatness, and we heard His voice from within the fire. This day we saw that the Gods speak to the man and he lives.
[DEU.5.25] And now, why should we die, if this great fire consumes us? If we continue to listen to the voice of Yahveh, our God, will we still die?
[DEU.5.26] For who among all flesh has heard the voice of the Gods, living, speaking from within the fire as we have, and lived?
[DEU.5.27] Come near and listen to all that Yahveh the Gods will say. And you will speak to us all that Yahveh the Gods will say to you, and we will listen and we will do.
[DEU.5.28] And Yahveh heard the voice of your words when you spoke to me, and Yahveh said to me, “I have heard the voice of the words of this people, all that they spoke to you was good.”
[DEU.5.29] Who would grant that their heart would be this for them, to fear Yahveh and to keep all my commands all the days, so that it might go well with them and with their children forever.
[DEU.5.30] Go, say to them, return for yourselves to your tents.
[DEU.5.31] And you, here stand with me, and I will speak to you all the commandments and the statutes and the judgments which you will learn, and they will do in the land which I am giving to them for inheritance.
[DEU.5.32] And you shall keep to do as Yahveh, your Gods, commanded you. You shall not turn right and left.
[DEU.5.33] In all the way that Yahveh, the Gods, commanded you, you shall walk, in order that you may live, and it shall be good for you, and you shall lengthen your days in the land that you shall inherit.
DEU.6
[DEU.6.1] And this is the command, the statutes, and the judgements that Yahveh, the Gods of your ancestors, commanded to teach you, to do in the land that you are crossing to possess.
[DEU.6.2] In order that you fear Yahveh, your God, to keep all of his statutes and his commandments which I command you, you and your son and your grandson, all the days of your life, and in order that your days may be lengthened.
[DEU.6.3] And you, Israel, listen and keep to do what will be good for you, and through which you will greatly increase, as Yahveh, the Gods of your ancestors, spoke to you about a land flowing with milk and honey.
[DEU.6.4] Hear, Israel, Yahveh, the Gods are our Gods, Yahveh is one.
[DEU.6.5] And you shall love Yahveh, your Gods, with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength.
[DEU.6.6] And it will be, these words that I command you today will be upon your heart.
[DEU.6.7] And you shall sharpen them upon your sons, and you shall speak in them when you sit in your house and when you walk on the road, and when you lie down and when you rise.
[DEU.6.8] You shall bind them as a sign upon your hand, and they will be as reminders between your eyes.
[DEU.6.9] You shall write on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
[DEU.6.10] And it will be that when Yahveh, your God, brings you to the land that He swore to your ancestors, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to you, great and good cities that you did not build.
[DEU.6.11] And houses will be full of all good things which you did not fill, and hewn cisterns which you did not hew, vineyards and olive groves which you did not plant, and you will eat and be satisfied.
[DEU.6.12] Guard yourself lest you forget Yahveh, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery.
[DEU.6.13] You shall fear Yahveh, the Gods of you, and you shall serve him, and in his name you shall swear.
[DEU.6.14] You shall not walk after other Gods, from the Gods of the peoples which are around you.
[DEU.6.15] For God is jealous, Yahveh, your Gods, is in your midst, lest the anger of Yahveh, your Gods, burn against you, and destroy you from the face of the land.
[DEU.6.16] Do not test Yahveh, the Gods of you, as you tested in Massah.
[DEU.6.17] Guard, you shall guard, the commands of Yahveh, the Gods, and his testimonies and his statutes that he commanded you.
[DEU.6.18] And you shall do what is right and the good in the eyes of Yahveh, so that it may go well with you, and you shall come and inherit the good land that Yahveh swore to your ancestors.
[DEU.6.19] To repel all your enemies from before you, as Yahveh spoke.
[DEU.6.20] For it will be that your son asks you tomorrow, saying, "What are the testimonies, the statutes, and the ordinances that Yahveh, the Gods of our ancestors, commanded to you?"
[DEU.6.21] And you shall say to your son, "Slaves we were to Pharaoh in Egypt, and Yahveh brought us out of Egypt with a strong hand."
[DEU.6.22] And Yahveh gave signs and wonders, great and terrible, in Egypt, to Pharaoh and to all his house, before our eyes.
[DEU.6.23] And He brought us out from there, in order to bring us to give to us the land that He swore to our ancestors.
[DEU.6.24] And Yahveh commanded us to do all these statutes to revere Yahveh, our God, for our well-being all our days, to keep us alive as this day.
[DEU.6.25] Righteousness will be for us, because we will guard ourselves to do all this commandment before Yahveh, the Gods, our God, as He commanded us.
DEU.7
[DEU.7.1] For Yahveh, your God, will bring you to the land that you are going there to possess, and will dispossess many nations before you: the Hittites and the Girgashites and the Amorites and the Canaanites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and more numerous than you.
[DEU.7.2] And Yahveh, your Gods, will give them before you, and you shall strike them. You shall utterly devote them to destruction. You shall not make a covenant with them, and you shall not show them mercy.
[DEU.7.3] And you shall not marry with them. Your daughter, you shall not give to his son, and his daughter, you shall not take for your son.
[DEU.7.4] For if Yahveh removes your son from following me, and they serve the Gods others, then the wrath of Yahveh will be upon you, and He will destroy you quickly.
[DEU.7.5] But if you do this for them, tear down their altars, break their pillars, cut down their sacred groves, and burn their carved images in fire.
[DEU.7.6] For you are a holy people to Yahveh, the Gods who are yours. Yahveh, the Gods who are yours, chose you to be a people who are special to God, from all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.
[DEU.7.7] It was not because of your multitude from among all the peoples that Yahveh desired you and chose you, because you are the fewest from among all the peoples.
[DEU.7.8] For because Yahveh loves you and to keep the oath that Yahveh swore to your ancestors, Yahveh brought you out with a strong hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery from the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt.
[DEU.7.9] And you will know that Yahveh, the Gods your God, is God, the faithful God, who keeps the covenant and lovingkindness for those who love him and for those who keep his commands, for a thousand generations.
[DEU.7.10] And He repays His haters directly to their face to destroy them. He will not delay repayment to His hater; directly to his face He will repay him.
[DEU.7.11] And you shall keep the commandment, and the statutes, and the judgments that I command you today to do them.
[DEU.7.12] And it will be, because you listen to these judgements and keep them, and do them, that Yahveh, the Gods of your ancestors, will keep the covenant and the kindness sworn to your ancestors for you.
[DEU.7.13] And I will love you, and I will bless you, and I will increase you. I will bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your land, your grain and your wine and your oil. I will bless the cattle of your herds and the sheep of your flocks on the land which I swore to your ancestors to give to you.
[DEU.7.14] Blessed you will be from all peoples, there will not be barren ones and barren females in you, and in your livestock.
[DEU.7.15] And Yahveh will remove from you all sickness, and all the bad afflictions of Egypt which you knew, He will not place them upon you, but will give them to all who hate you.
[DEU.7.16] And you shall consume all the peoples that Yahveh, the Gods, your God gives to you; you shall not show pity on them, and you shall not serve their gods, for it is a snare to you.
[DEU.7.17] Because you will say in your heart, "These nations are more numerous than I, how can I dispossess them?"
[DEU.7.18] Do not fear them. Remember, recall what Yahveh, the Gods, did to Pharaoh and to all of Egypt.
[DEU.7.19] The great wonders that your eyes have seen, the signs, the marvels, and the mighty hand and the outstretched arm, by which Yahveh, the Gods, brought you out—Yahveh, the Gods, will do the same for all the peoples whom you fear.
[DEU.7.20] And also, Yahveh, your God, will send the skin disease upon them until the remaining and the hidden ones are destroyed from before you.
[DEU.7.21] Do not fear them, for Yahveh, the Gods your, is in the midst of you. God is great and fearsome.
[DEU.7.22] And Yahveh, your Gods, will drive out the nations, the Gods, from before you little by little. You will not be able to destroy them quickly, lest the beasts of the field multiply against you.
[DEU.7.23] He will give them to you, Yahveh, the Gods of your people, before you, and Yahveh will confuse them with great confusion until their destruction.
[DEU.7.24] And He will give their kings into your hand, and you will destroy their name under the heavens. No man will stand before you until you destroy them.
[DEU.7.25] You shall burn the carved images of the Gods of other people in fire. Do not desire silver and gold that is with them, and you shall not take it for yourself, lest you be ensnared by it. For it is an abomination to Yahveh, your God.
[DEU.7.26] And you shall not bring an abomination into your house, and you shall be devoted to destruction like it. You shall utterly detest it, and you shall utterly abhor it, because it is devoted to destruction.
DEU.8
[DEU.8.1] All the commandments that I, God, command you today you shall keep to do, in order that you may live and increase and you shall come and inherit the land that Yahveh swore to your ancestors.
[DEU.8.2] And you shall remember all the way that Yahveh, the Gods, has led you for forty years in the wilderness, in order to afflict you, to test you, to know what is in your heart, whether you will keep his commands, or not.
[DEU.8.3] And He afflicted you and He made you hungry, and He fed you the manna that you did not know, nor did your ancestors know, in order to make you understand that not by bread alone does mankind live, but by everything that comes from the mouth of Yahveh does mankind live.
[DEU.8.4] Your garment has not worn out from upon you, and your feet have not swollen. This is forty years.
[DEU.8.5] And you will know with your heart that, as a man disciplines his son, Yahveh, the Gods, your, disciplines you.
[DEU.8.6] And you shall keep the commandments of Yahveh, the Gods of you, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.
[DEU.8.7] For Yahveh, the Gods your, is bringing you to a good land, a land of streams of water, springs, and depths going out in the valley and in the mountain.
[DEU.8.8] A land of wheat and barley, and vine and fig, and pomegranate. A land of olive oil and honey.
[DEU.8.9] It is a land that you will not eat bread in poverty, nothing will be lacking in it. It is a land whose stones are iron, and from whose mountains you will excavate copper.
[DEU.8.10] And you will eat and be full, and you will bless Yahveh, the Gods, because of the good land that He has given to you.
[DEU.8.11] Guard yourself, lest you forget Yahveh, the Gods. Do not fail to keep their commands, their ordinances, and their statutes, which I command you today.
[DEU.8.12] Lest you eat and become full, and build good houses and dwell within them.
[DEU.8.13] And your cattle and your sheep will increase, and silver and gold will increase to you, and all that is yours will increase.
[DEU.8.14] And your heart will be lifted up, and you will forget Yahveh, your Gods, the one who brought you out of the land of Egypt from the house of slaves.
[DEU.8.15] The one who led you in the great and terrifying wilderness, snake, fiery serpent, and scorpion, and thirst, where there was no water, the one who brought forth water for you from the rock of Chalamish.
[DEU.8.16] The one who fed you manna in the wilderness, which your ancestors did not know, did so in order to test you, and in order to try you, to do good for you in your future.
[DEU.8.17] And you will say in your heart, "My strength and the power of my hand has made this strength for me."
[DEU.8.18] And you shall remember Yahveh, your Gods, because He gives you the strength to gain wealth, in order to establish His covenant that He swore to your ancestors on this day.
[DEU.8.19] And it will be if you forget Yahveh, your God, and you follow after other Gods and serve them and bow down to them, I testify against you today that you will surely perish.
[DEU.8.20] Like the nations that Yahveh destroys before you, so you will be destroyed because you do not listen to the voice of Yahveh, your God.
DEU.9
[DEU.9.1] Hear, Israel! You are crossing today the Jordan to inherit nations great and mighty than you. Cities great and fortified places to the heavens.
[DEU.9.2] A people great and tall, descendants of Anak, that you knew and you heard. Who will stand before the descendants of Anak?
[DEU.9.3] And you will know today that Yahveh, the Gods, your God, is the one who goes before you as a consuming fire. He will destroy them, and He will subdue them before you. And you will dispossess them and utterly destroy them quickly, as Yahveh has spoken to you.
[DEU.9.4] Do not say in your heart, when Yahveh your God drives them out before you, “It is because of my righteousness that Yahveh has given me possession of this land,” or “It is because of the wickedness of these nations that Yahveh dispossesses them before you.”
[DEU.9.5] It is not because of your righteousness, and not because of the uprightness of your heart, that you are coming to inherit their land. For it is because of the wickedness of these nations that Yahveh, your God, is dispossessing them from before you, and to fulfill the word that Yahveh swore to your ancestors, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
[DEU.9.6] And you shall know that it is not by your righteousness that Yahveh, the Gods of you, gives to you the land, the good land this, to inherit; because a stubborn people you are.
[DEU.9.7] Remember, do not forget, what provoked the anger of Yahveh, the Gods, in the wilderness, from the day that you departed from the land of Egypt until your arrival at this place. You were rebellious with Yahveh.
[DEU.9.8] And at Horeb, you angered Yahveh, and Yahveh became angry with you to destroy you.
[DEU.9.9] When I ascended the mountain to take the stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant that Yahveh made with you, I remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights. I ate no bread and drank no water.
[DEU.9.10] And Yahveh God gave to me the two stone tablets, written with the finger of the Gods, and on them were all the words that Yahveh God spoke with you on the mountain from within the fire in the day of the assembly.
[DEU.9.11] And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights that Yahveh God gave to me the two stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant.
[DEU.9.12] And Yahveh said to me, "Rise, go down quickly from here, for my people, whom I brought out of Egypt, have corrupted themselves. They have quickly turned aside from the path that I commanded them, and they have made a molten image for themselves."
[DEU.9.13] And Yahveh said to me to say, "I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stubborn people."
[DEU.9.14] Release them from me, and I will destroy them, and I will erase their name from under the heavens. And I will make you into a great and numerous nation than them.
[DEU.9.15] I turned and descended from the mountain, and the mountain was burning with fire, and two tablets of the covenant were upon my two hands.
[DEU.9.16] And I saw, and behold, you have sinned against Yahveh, your Gods. You made for yourselves a calf, a graven image. You quickly turned aside from the way which Yahveh commanded you.
[DEU.9.17] And I grasped the two tablets, and I threw them from above my two hands, and I broke them before your eyes.
[DEU.9.18] And I fell before Yahveh as at the first, forty days and forty nights. I did not eat bread and I did not drink water because of all your sins, because you had sinned by doing evil in the eyes of Yahveh, to provoke him.
[DEU.9.19] For I feared because of the anger and the wrath that Yahveh was angry against you to destroy you, and Yahveh heard me even at that time.
[DEU.9.20] And with Aaron, Yahveh became very angry to destroy him. And I prayed also for Aaron at that time.
[DEU.9.21] And the sin you committed, which was making the calf, I took and burned it with fire. And I ground it very finely, until it was as fine as dust. And I cast its dust into the stream descending from the mountain.
[DEU.9.22] At Taberah, at Massah, and at the graves of craving, you provoked the Gods.
[DEU.9.23] And when Yahveh sent you from Kadesh Barnea, saying, “Go up and possess the land that I have given to you,” you rebelled against the mouth of Yahveh, your Gods, and you did not believe in Him, nor did you listen to His voice.
[DEU.9.24] You have been rebels with Yahveh from the day I knew you.
[DEU.9.25] And I fell prostrate before Yahveh for forty days and forty nights, because Yahveh said He would destroy you.
[DEU.9.26] And I prayed to Yahveh, and I said, "My Lord, Yahveh, do not destroy your people and your inheritance, which you redeemed with your strength, which you brought out of Egypt with a strong hand."
[DEU.9.27] Remember your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Do not focus on the stubbornness of this people, and on their wickedness, and on their sin.
[DEU.9.28] Lest they say, the land from which You brought us out is not able to sustain us, and it is from Your hatred of them that You brought them out to cause their death in the wilderness.
[DEU.9.29] And they are your people and your inheritance, which you brought out with your great power and your outstretched arm.
DEU.10
[DEU.10.1] At that time, Yahveh said to me, "Make for yourself two stone tablets like the previous ones, and ascend to me the mountain. And you shall make for yourself an ark of wood."
[DEU.10.2] And I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets that you broke, and you shall put them in the ark.
[DEU.10.3] And I made a chest of acacia wood, and I carved two stone tablets like the first, and I ascended the mountain, and the two tablets were in my hand.
[DEU.10.4] And He wrote on the tablets, like the writing the first, the Ten Commandments, which Yahveh spoke to you on the mountain from within the fire, in the day of the assembly. And Yahveh gave them to me.
[DEU.10.5] I turned and descended from the mountain, and I placed the tablets in the Ark which I made, and they were there as Yahveh commanded me.
[DEU.10.6] And the sons of Israel journeyed from the wells of the descendants of Jacob to Moserah. There Aaron died and was buried there, and Eleazar, his son, served as priest in his stead.
[DEU.10.7] From there they traveled from the Gudgodah, and from the Gudgodah the land became good, a land of flowing waters.
[DEU.10.8] At that time, Yahveh distinguished the tribe of Levi to carry the Ark of the Covenant of Yahveh, to stand before Yahveh to serve Him and to bless in His name, even to this day.
[DEU.10.9] Therefore, there was no portion or inheritance for Levi with his brothers. Yahveh Himself is their inheritance, as Yahveh, your God, spoke to him.
[DEU.10.10] And I stood on the mountain as in the former days, forty days and forty nights, and Yahveh listened to me also at that time. Yahveh did not desire to destroy you.
[DEU.10.11] And Yahveh said to me, "Rise, go on a journey before the people, and they will come and inherit the land which I swore to their fathers to give to them."
[DEU.10.12] And now, Israel, what does Yahveh, your Gods, ask of you? It is not a physical offering, but to fear Yahveh, your Gods, to walk in all of Yahveh’s ways, and to love Yahveh, and to serve Yahveh, your Gods, with all your heart and with all your soul.
[DEU.10.13] To keep the commandments of Yahveh and His statutes, which I command you today, is for your good.
[DEU.10.14] Behold, to Yahveh the Gods of you are the heavens and the heavens of heavens, the earth and everything that is in it.
[DEU.10.15] Only in your fathers did Yahveh desire to love them, and He chose in their seed after them, in you from all the peoples, as this day.
[DEU.10.16] And you will remove the foreskin of your hearts, and your necks you will no longer make stiff.
[DEU.10.17] For Yahveh, the Gods of you, is the God of the Gods, and my Lord of Lords, the God the Great, the Mighty, and the Awesome, who does not show favoritism and does not accept a bribe.
[DEU.10.18] The Gods make justice for the orphan and the widow, and love the sojourner to give to him bread and clothing.
[DEU.10.19] And you shall love the stranger, because strangers you were in the land of Egypt.
[DEU.10.20] You shall fear Yahveh, the Gods your God, Him you shall serve, and in Him you shall cling, and by His name you shall swear.
[DEU.10.21] He is your praise, and he is the Gods of you, who did with you the greatnesses and the terrors these which saw your eyes.
[DEU.10.22] Seventy souls, your ancestors, descended into Egypt. And now, Yahveh, the Gods, has made you numerous, like the stars of the heavens.
DEU.11
[DEU.11.1] And you shall love Yahveh, the Gods, your God, and you shall keep their keeping, their statutes, their judgements, and their commandments all of your days.
[DEU.11.2] And you will know today that it is not your children who have known and seen the discipline of Yahveh, the Gods of your people, but the greatness of Yahveh, His strong hand, and His outstretched arm.
[DEU.11.3] And the signs of Yahveh and his works which he did within Egypt for Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and to all his land.
[DEU.11.4] And what God did to the military of Egypt, to their horses and to their chariots, which God flooded with the waters of the Red Sea upon them while they pursued after you, God destroyed them until this day.
[DEU.11.5] And that which the Gods did for you in the wilderness, until you came to this place.
[DEU.11.6] And as for what the Gods did to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, son of Reuben, the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, and their houses, and their tents, and all that belonged to them, in the midst of all Israel.
[DEU.11.7] For your eyes have seen all the work of Yahveh the great which he did.
[DEU.11.8] And you shall keep all the commandments that I, God, command you today, in order that you may be strong and come and inherit the land that you are crossing over there to inherit it.
[DEU.11.9] And in order that you may lengthen your days upon the land that Yahveh swore to your ancestors to give to them and to their offspring, a land flowing with milk and honey.
[DEU.11.10] For the land to which you go to possess is not like the land of Egypt from which you came, where you sowed your seed and irrigated with your feet like a garden of vegetables.
[DEU.11.11] And the land that you are crossing there to inherit it, land of hills and valleys, to the rain of the heavens it will drink water.
[DEU.11.12] The land that Yahveh, the Gods of your people, seeks out is under constant observation. The eyes of Yahveh, the Gods of your people, are upon it from the beginning of the year until its end.
[DEU.11.13] And it will be, if you will surely hear to my commandments, which I command you today, to love Yahveh, the Gods, your God, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
[DEU.11.14] And I will give the rain of your land in its time, the early rain and the late rain. And you will gather in your grain, your wine, and your oil.
[DEU.11.15] And I will give grass in your field to your livestock, and you will eat and be full.
[DEU.11.16] Guard yourselves lest your heart tempt you, and you turn aside and serve the Gods others, and prostrate yourselves to them.
[DEU.11.17] And the anger of Yahveh will burn upon you, and he will restrain the heavens so there will be no rain, and the land will not give its produce. And you will perish quickly from the good land which Yahveh is giving to you.
[DEU.11.18] And you shall place these words of mine upon your heart and upon your soul, and you shall bind them as a sign upon your hand, and they shall be as appendages between your eyes.
[DEU.11.19] And you shall teach them to your children, speaking of them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, and when you lie down and when you rise.
[DEU.11.20] You shall write upon the doorposts of your house and upon your gates.
[DEU.11.21] So that your days and the days of your children may increase upon the land which Yahveh swore to your fathers to give to them, as the days of the heavens upon the earth.
[DEU.11.22] But if you diligently keep all these commandments that I am commanding you to do, to love Yahveh, your Gods, to walk in all of Yahveh’s ways, and to cling to Yahveh.
[DEU.11.23] And Yahveh will dispossess all these nations before you, and you will inherit nations greater and more powerful than yourselves.
[DEU.11.24] All the place that your feet step in will be to you, from the desert and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, and to the sea, the last sea, will be your boundary.
[DEU.11.25] No one will stand firm before you. Your fear and your dread Yahveh, the Gods of you, will place upon the face of all the land that you tread in, just as He has spoken to you.
[DEU.11.26] Behold, I am giving before you today a blessing and a curse.
[DEU.11.27] The blessing that you will hear, to the commands of Yahveh, the Gods of you all, that I command you all today.
[DEU.11.28] And the curse, if you do not listen to the commands of Yahveh, the Gods, and you turn aside from the way that I command you today, to go after other Gods that you do not know, then a curse will fall upon you.
[DEU.11.29] And it will be that when Yahveh, the Gods of your ancestors, brings you to the land that you are about to enter and possess, you shall pronounce the blessing upon Mount Gerizim and the curse upon Mount Eibal.
[DEU.11.30] Are they not on the other side of the Jordan, following the way of the setting sun, in the land of the Canaanite who dwells in the Arabah, opposite Gilgal, near the oaks of Moreh?
[DEU.11.31] Because you are about to cross the Jordan to come and inherit the land that Yahveh, the Gods of you, gives to you, and you will inherit it and you will dwell in it.
[DEU.11.32] And you shall keep to do all the statutes and all the judgments, which I am giving before you today.
DEU.12
[DEU.12.1] These are the laws and the judgments that you shall keep to do in the land that Yahveh, the Gods, gave to your fathers to you to inherit all the days that you are living on the land.
[DEU.12.2] You shall cause to perish all the places where the nations whom you dispossess served their gods, on the high mountains and on the hills, and under every flourishing tree.
[DEU.12.3] You will shatter their altars, and you will break their pillars. You will burn their asherah poles in fire, and you will cut down the images of their gods. You will destroy their name from that place.
[DEU.12.4] You shall not make it like this to Yahveh, your Gods.
[DEU.12.5] But to the place that Yahveh will choose from all your tribes, to put His name there for His dwelling you will seek, and you will come there.
[DEU.12.6] And you shall bring there your burnt offerings and your sacrifices and your tithes and the contribution from your hand and your vows and your voluntary offerings and the firstborn of your cattle and your sheep.
[DEU.12.7] And you will eat there before Yahveh, the Gods, and rejoice in all the work of your hands, you and your households, which Yahveh, the Gods, has blessed you.
[DEU.12.8] You shall not do like all that we do here today, each person according to all that is right in his eyes.
[DEU.12.9] For you have not yet come to the rest and to the inheritance that Yahveh, the Gods of you, are giving to you.
[DEU.12.10] And you shall cross the Jordan, and you shall dwell in the land that Yahveh, the Gods of you, will cause you to inherit, and He will give you rest from all your enemies around, and you shall dwell in safety.
[DEU.12.11] And it will be, the place that Yahveh the Gods will choose to dwell in His name, there you shall bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes and the contribution of your hand, and all the choice of your vows that you vow to Yahveh.
[DEU.12.12] You shall rejoice before Yahveh, the Gods, yourselves, and your sons and your daughters, and your servants and your female servants, and the Levite who is at your gates, for he has no portion or inheritance with you.
[DEU.12.13] Guard yourself, lest you offer your burnt offerings in every place that you see.
[DEU.12.14] But in the place that Yahveh will choose within one of your tribes, there you shall bring up your burnt offerings, and there you shall do all that I command you.
[DEU.12.15] Only in every desire of your soul you shall slaughter and eat meat as a blessing of Yahveh the Gods who has given to you in all your settlements. The impure and the pure shall eat it, like a gazelle and like a deer.
[DEU.12.16] Only the blood you shall not eat; on the earth you shall pour it out like water.
[DEU.12.17] You shall not be able to eat within your gates the tithe of your grain, and your wine, and your oil, and the firstborn of your cattle and your sheep, and all your vows that you vow, and your freewill offerings, and the contribution of your hand.
[DEU.12.18] But you shall eat it before Yahveh, the Gods, in the place that Yahveh, the Gods, choose to be set apart. You, your son, your daughter, your servant, and your female servant, and the Levite who is within your gates, shall rejoice before Yahveh, the Gods, in all to which you put your hand.
[DEU.12.19] Guard yourself, lest you forsake the Levi all your days upon your land.
[DEU.12.20] Because Yahveh, the Gods, will expand your border as He spoke to you, and you will say, ‘I will eat meat,’ because your soul desires to eat meat, in all the desire of your soul you shall eat meat.
[DEU.12.21] If the place that Yahveh your Gods chooses to put His name is far from you, then you shall sacrifice from your cattle and from your flock, which Yahveh has given to you, as He has commanded you. And you shall eat in your gates with all your desire.
[DEU.12.22] But as one eats the gazelle and the deer, so will it be eaten. The unclean and the clean will eat it together.
[DEU.12.23] Only strengthen yourself to not eat the blood, for the blood is the life, and you will not eat the life with the flesh.
[DEU.12.24] You shall not eat it; you shall pour it upon the earth like water.
[DEU.12.25] You shall not eat it, so that it may be good for you and for your sons after you, because you will do what is right in the eyes of Yahveh.
[DEU.12.26] Only your holy things which will be to you, and your vows, you will carry and you will come to the place which Yahveh will choose.
[DEU.12.27] And you shall do your burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon the altar of Yahveh, your God, and the blood of your sacrifices shall be poured out upon the altar of Yahveh, your God, and the flesh you shall eat.
[DEU.12.28] Keep and listen to all these words that I command you, so that it may be good for you and for your children after you forever, because you do the good and the right in the eyes of Yahveh your God.
[DEU.12.29] For Yahveh, the Gods of your people, will utterly destroy the nations which you are about to come and possess before you, and you will inherit them and dwell in their land.
[DEU.12.30] Guard yourself lest you stray after them, after their destruction from before you. And lest you seek their gods, to say, "How do these nations worship their gods?" and I will do so as well.
[DEU.12.31] Do not do like that to Yahveh, your God, because all the abominations that Yahveh hates, they did to their gods, even burning their sons and their daughters in the fire to their gods.
DEU.13
[DEU.13.1] Everything that I, God, command you, that you will keep to do. You shall not add to it, and you shall not diminish from it.
[DEU.13.2] For if a prophet or dreamer should arise among you, and he gives to you a sign or a wonder...
[DEU.13.3] And the sign and the wonder that was spoken to you will come to pass: you will go after other gods that you do not know, and you will serve them.
[DEU.13.4] Do not listen to the words of that prophet, or to the one who has that dream, for Yahveh, the Gods, is testing you to know whether you love Yahveh, the Gods, with all your heart and with all your soul.
[DEU.13.5] After Yahveh, the Gods of you, go, and revere Him, and keep His commands, and listen in His voice, and serve Him, and cling to Him.
[DEU.13.6] And that prophet, or that dreamer of that dream, shall be put to death, because he spoke falsehood against Yahveh, your Gods, the one who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from a house of slavery, to lead you astray from the path that Yahveh, your Gods, commanded you to walk in. And you shall remove the evil from your midst.
[DEU.13.7] Because your brother, the son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your friend who is like your soul, will entice you in secret, saying, "Let us go and serve other gods that you and your fathers have not known."
[DEU.13.8] From the Gods of the peoples who surround you, those who are near to you or those who are far from you, from the end of the earth and to the end of the earth.
[DEU.13.9] Do not desire for him, and do not listen to him, and do not pity your eye upon him, and do not spare, and do not cover up for him.
[DEU.13.10] For the killed one, you will kill him, your hand will be upon him first to put him to death, and the hand of all the people afterward.
[DEU.13.11] You shall stone him to death because he sought to lead you astray from above Yahveh, the Gods, your God, the one who brought you out of the land of Egypt from the house of slavery.
[DEU.13.12] And all Israel will hear and they will fear, and they will not continue to do this bad thing among you.
[DEU.13.13] For you will hear concerning one of your cities that Yahveh, the Gods, gives to you to dwell there, to say:
[DEU.13.14] Men, sons of worthlessness, came forth from among you and persuaded the inhabitants of their city, saying, "Let us go and serve other gods that you have not known."
[DEU.13.15] And you will seek, and you will investigate, and you will inquire diligently, and behold, the truth, the correct matter is that this abomination has been done among you.
[DEU.13.16] Strike, strike the inhabitants of that city with the sword. Devote it to destruction, and all that is in it, and its animals with the sword.
[DEU.13.17] And all of its plunder you shall gather into the middle of its broad place, and you shall burn with fire the city and all of its plunder completely for Yahveh, the Gods of you, and it shall be a mound of ruins forever, it shall not be built again.
[DEU.13.18] And nothing of the devoted things should stick to your hand, so that Yahveh may turn from the heat of his anger and give you mercy and have compassion on you and increase you as he swore to your ancestors.
[DEU.13.19] For if you listen to the voice of Yahveh, your Gods, to keep all of His commandments that I command you today, to do the right thing in the eyes of Yahveh, your Gods.
DEU.14
[DEU.14.1] You are children of Yahveh, your Gods. You shall not make cuttings on yourselves, nor shall you make a bald spot between your eyes for the dead.
[DEU.14.2] For the people are holy to Yahveh, their Gods, and in them Yahveh has chosen to be to Himself a special people from all the peoples that are on the face of the earth.
[DEU.14.3] You shall not eat every abomination.
[DEU.14.4] This is the beast that you may eat: the ox, the sheep, lambs, and the goat.
[DEU.14.5] The deer and the gazelle and the wild ox and the wild bull and the wild cow and the wild ox and the mountain goat.
[DEU.14.6] And every animal that splits a hoof and chews the cud with two hoofs, rumination bringing up the cud in the animal, that you shall eat.
[DEU.14.7] But this you shall not eat from those who chew the cud or from those who have split hooves that are fully cleaved: the camel and the rabbit and the rock badger, for they chew the cud but have not fully split the hoof; they are unclean for you.
[DEU.14.8] And the pig, because it splits the hoof, it is so, and it does not chew the cud, is unclean to you. You shall not eat of their flesh, and you shall not touch their carcasses.
[DEU.14.9] You will eat this, from all that is in the waters, all that has fin and scale you will eat.
[DEU.14.10] And all that does not have a fin and scales you shall not eat. It is impure to you.
[DEU.14.11] Every pure bird you may eat.
[DEU.14.12] And this is that you shall not eat from them: the eagle, and the vulture, and the osprey.
[DEU.14.13] And the seeing, and the Existing One, and the Existing One to its kind.
[DEU.14.14] And all raven to its species.
[DEU.14.15] And the female ostrich, and the hoopoe, and the seagull, and the kite, according to its kind.
[DEU.14.16] The vulture and the owl and the nightjar.
[DEU.14.17] And the priestly duty and the compassion and the peace.
[DEU.14.18] And the stork, and the heron according to its kind, and the cormorant, and the bat.
[DEU.14.19] And all creeping things of the flying ones are unclean to you. You shall not eat them.
[DEU.14.20] All clean birds you will eat.
[DEU.14.21] You shall not eat any repulsive animal. To the foreigner who is within your gates, you may give it, and they may eat it, or you may sell it to a non-Israelite, for you are a holy people to Yahveh, the Gods. You shall not boil a young goat in the milk of its mother.
[DEU.14.22] You shall tithe all the yield of your seed that comes out of the field, year after year.
[DEU.14.23] And you shall eat before Yahveh, the Gods, in the place that He chooses to cause His name to dwell there, the tithe of your grain, your wine, and your oil, and the firstborn of your cattle and your sheep, so that you may learn to revere Yahveh, the Gods, all your days.
[DEU.14.24] And if the way is too long for you, because you cannot carry it, because the place which Yahveh your Gods chooses to put His name there is far from you, then Yahveh your Gods will bless you.
[DEU.14.25] And you will give with the silver, and you will bind the silver in your hand, and you will go to the place that Yahveh the Gods will choose in it.
[DEU.14.26] And you shall give the silver for all that your soul desires, for cattle and for sheep, for wine and for strong drink, and for all that your soul asks of you. And you shall eat there before Yahveh, the Gods, and you and your house shall rejoice.
[DEU.14.27] And the Levite who is at your gates, do not abandon him, for he has no portion or inheritance with you.
[DEU.14.28] At the end of three years, you will bring out all the tithe of your produce, in that year, and you will leave it at your gates.
[DEU.14.29] And the Levite shall come, for he has no portion or inheritance with you, and the foreigner and the orphan and the widow who are within your gates shall eat and be satisfied, so that Yahveh, the Gods, your God, may bless you in all the work of your hands that you do.
DEU.15
[DEU.15.1] At the end of seven years, you will make a release.
[DEU.15.2] And this is the matter of the release: release every owner of a debt of the hand, that he releases his neighbor and his brother. He shall not exact from his neighbor and from his brother, for it is called the release to Yahveh.
[DEU.15.3] You will surely press the foreigner, and whatever will belong to you, your brother, you will release your hand.
[DEU.15.4] Certainly, there will not be a poor person among you, for Yahveh will bless you in the land that Yahveh, your God, is giving to you as an inheritance.
[DEU.15.5] But if you will hear, you will hear in the voice of Yahveh, your God, to keep to do all of this commandment that I command you today.
[DEU.15.6] Because Yahveh, the Gods of you, blesses you as He has spoken. And you will cause many nations to be defeated, but you will not be defeated, and you will rule over many nations, and no one will rule over you.
[DEU.15.7] If there is a poor person among your brothers in one of your towns in the land that Yahveh the Gods gives to you, do not harden your heart or close your hand from your poor brother.
[DEU.15.8] For you will open your hand to him and you will provide for him enough of the lack which he will lack to him.
[DEU.15.9] Guard yourself lest a wicked matter be in your heart, saying, "The seventh year, the year of release, is near," and your eye be evil towards your poor brother, and you do not give to him. And he will cry out to Yahveh against you, and sin will be in you.
[DEU.15.10] A giving you will give to him, and your heart will not be grieved in your giving to him, because of this thing Yahveh, the Gods, will bless you in all your work and in all that your hand sends forth.
[DEU.15.11] For the poor will not cease to be within the land, therefore I command you to say: you will open, you will open your hand to your brother, to your poor one, and to your poor one in your land.
[DEU.15.12] For if your brother, a Hebrew, or your sister, a Hebrew, is sold to you, and serves you six years, in the seventh year you will send him or her free from with you.
[DEU.15.13] And if you send him away free from your people, you will not send him away empty.
[DEU.15.14] You shall generously give to him from your sheep, and from your threshing floor, and from your winepress, what Yahveh the Gods has blessed you with, you shall give to him.
[DEU.15.15] And you shall remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and Yahveh, the Gods, redeemed you. Therefore, I command you this instruction today.
[DEU.15.16] And it will be that when he says to you, "I will not depart from you," because he loves you and your household, because it is good for him with you.
[DEU.15.17] And you shall take the awl and put it through his ear and to the doorpost, and he shall be to you a servant forever. And also to your female servant you shall do thus.
[DEU.15.18] It should not be difficult in your eyes when you send him away free from among you, for his service to you for six years should be considered as double the wage of a hired worker, and Yahveh the Gods will bless you in all that you do.
[DEU.15.19] All the firstborn that are born in your cattle and in your sheep, the male, you shall consecrate to Yahveh, your Gods. You shall not work with the firstborn of your bull, and you shall not shear the firstborn of your sheep.
[DEU.15.20] Before Yahveh, your Gods, you shall eat it year by year in the place that Yahveh will choose, you and your house.
[DEU.15.21] And if there is a defect in it, a crushed testicle or blindness, any bad flaw, you shall not sacrifice it to Yahveh, the Gods your God.
[DEU.15.22] In your gates you will consume it, the impure one and the pure one together, like a gazelle and like a deer.
[DEU.15.23] Only his blood you shall not eat; on the earth you shall pour it out like water.
DEU.16
[DEU.16.1] Observe the month of spring, and you shall make the Passover sacrifice to Yahveh, the Gods of you. Because in the month of spring, Yahveh, the Gods of you, brought you out of Egypt at night.
[DEU.16.2] And you shall sacrifice the Passover to Yahveh, the Gods of you, from sheep and cattle, in the place which Yahveh will choose to cause his name to dwell there.
[DEU.16.3] You shall not eat anything leavened with him for seven days; you shall eat unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, because in haste you departed from the land of Egypt, in order that you remember the day of your departure from the land of Egypt all the days of your life.
[DEU.16.4] And no leaven shall be seen within all your territory for seven days. And none of the meat which you sacrifice in the evening on the first day shall remain until the morning.
[DEU.16.5] You shall not be able to sacrifice the Passover at one of your gates, which Yahveh, the Gods of you, gives to you.
[DEU.16.6] But only at the place that Yahveh, your Gods, choose to establish His name shall you sacrifice the Passover in the evening, at the setting of the sun, the appointed time of your departure from Egypt.
[DEU.16.7] And you will cook and eat in the place that Yahveh, the Gods your [belonging to you], chooses, and you will turn in the morning and go to your tents.
[DEU.16.8] For six days you will eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there will be a sacred assembly for Yahveh, the Gods of you; you shall not do any work.
[DEU.16.9] Seven weeks you shall count for yourself, from the beginning of the sickle in the standing grain, you shall begin to count seven weeks.
[DEU.16.10] And you shall make the Festival of Weeks for Yahveh, the Gods, from the offering of your hand, which you shall give, as Yahveh, the Gods, blesses you.
[DEU.16.11] And you shall rejoice before Yahveh the Gods, you and your son and your daughter and your servant and your female servant and the Levite who is at your gates and the foreigner and the orphan and the widow who are within you, at the place that Yahveh the Gods chooses to make his name dwell there.
[DEU.16.12] And you will remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and you will keep and do these laws.
[DEU.16.13] You shall make for yourself the festival of Booths for seven days, in your gathering from your threshing floor and from your winepress.
[DEU.16.14] And you shall rejoice in your festival, you and your son and your daughter and your servant and your handmaid, the Levite and the stranger and the orphan and the widow who are at your gates.
[DEU.16.15] Seven days you shall celebrate for Yahveh, the Gods, in the place that Yahveh will choose. For Yahveh, the Gods, will bless you in all your harvest and in all the work of your hands, and you shall be only joyful.
[DEU.16.16] Three times in the year, every male of yours shall appear before the face of Yahveh the Gods in the place that He will choose, during the Feast of Unleavened Bread, and during the Feast of Weeks, and during the Feast of Booths. And they shall not appear before the face of Yahveh empty-handed.
[DEU.16.17] A man’s gift is like the blessing of Yahveh, the Gods of your God, which He gave to you.
[DEU.16.18] Judges and officers you shall appoint for yourself in all your cities, which Yahveh, your God, gives to you for your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.
[DEU.16.19] You shall not incline judgment, you shall not recognize faces, and you shall not take a bribe, because the bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and distorts the words of the righteous.
[DEU.16.20] Righteousness, righteousness you shall pursue, in order that you may live, and you shall inherit the land which Yahveh the Gods your God gives to you.
[DEU.16.21] You shall not plant for yourself a sacred pole, any tree, near the altar of Yahveh, the Gods, who is your God, that you make for yourself.
[DEU.16.22] And you shall not establish for yourself a pillar, which Yahveh your Gods hated.
DEU.17
[DEU.17.1] Do not sacrifice to Yahveh, your God, an ox or a sheep that has a defect, any kind of blemish, for it is an abomination to Yahveh, your God.
[DEU.17.2] For if one is found in your cities, in one of your gates, a man or a woman who does evil in the eyes of Yahveh, the Gods of you, to break the covenant…
[DEU.17.3] And he went and served the Gods other than Himself, and he bowed down to them, even to the sun or to the moon or to all the host of the heavens which I did not command.
[DEU.17.4] And it will be told to you, and you will hear, and you will diligently seek, and behold, true truth, the thing was done, this abomination in Israel.
[DEU.17.5] And you shall bring out that man or that woman who did this evil thing to your gates, that man or that woman, and you shall stone them with stones until they die.
[DEU.17.6] According to the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, the condemned one shall be put to death. He shall not be put to death according to the mouth of one witness.
[DEU.17.7] The hand of the witnesses will be upon him first to kill him, and the hand of all the people afterwards. And you shall remove the evil from among you.
[DEU.17.8] If a matter appears difficult for you in judgment, between bloodshed and bloodshed, between legal case and legal case, or between affliction and affliction – words of disputes at your gates – then you shall rise and go to the place that Yahveh the Gods of your people chooses.
[DEU.17.9] And you shall come to the priests, the Levites, and to the judge who will be in those days, and you shall inquire, and they will tell you the matter of the judgment.
[DEU.17.10] And you shall do according to the word that they will tell you, from that place that Yahveh will choose, and you shall keep to do according to all that they will teach you.
[DEU.17.11] According to the law that they teach you, and according to the judgement that they say to you, you will do. You will not turn aside from the word that they tell you, right and left.
[DEU.17.12] And the man who acts with presumption to not listen to the priest standing to serve there, Yahveh your God, or to the judge, that man shall die, and you shall purge the evil from Israel.
[DEU.17.13] And all the people will hear and will fear, and they will not act presumptuously again.
[DEU.17.14] When you come to the land that Yahveh the Gods your God gives to you, and you inherit it and settle in it, then you will say, "I will set a king over myself, like all the nations that are around me."
[DEU.17.15] A king you shall set over yourselves, one whom Yahveh, the Gods of you, chooses in him, from among your brothers you shall set a king over yourselves. You shall not be able to give over yourselves a foreigner, one who is not your brother.
[DEU.17.16] Only do not greatly increase horses for yourselves, and do not return the people to Egypt for the purpose of increasing horses. And Yahveh said to you, "Do not add to returning on this path anymore."
[DEU.17.17] And he shall not multiply wives for himself, and his heart shall not turn aside. And silver and gold shall not increase to him greatly.
[DEU.17.18] And it will be, as he sits on the throne of his kingdom, that he will write for himself a second copy of this law on a scroll before the priests the Levites.
[DEU.17.19] And it will be with him, and he will call in it all the days of his life, so that he may learn to fear Yahveh, the Gods, his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes by doing them.
[DEU.17.20] That he not raise his heart above his brothers, and that he not turn from the commandment to the right or to the left, so that he and his sons may have long days upon his kingdom among the people of Israel.
DEU.18
[DEU.18.1] There will not be for the priests, the Levites, any portion or inheritance with Israel. They will eat the offerings to Yahveh, and that will be His inheritance.
[DEU.18.2] And there will not be for him an inheritance among his brothers. Yahveh is his inheritance, as he spoke to him.
[DEU.18.3] And this will be the due of the priests from the people, from those who slaughter the sacrifice, whether ox or sheep, and he shall give to the priest the arm and the fat covering the entrails and the covered parts.
[DEU.18.4] The beginning of your grain, your wine, and your oil, and the beginning of the shearing of your sheep, you shall give to Yahveh.
[DEU.18.5] Because Yahveh, the Gods of you, has chosen from all of your tribes to stand and serve in the name of Yahveh, He and His sons, for all days.
[DEU.18.6] And if a Levite comes from one of your gates, from all of Israel, where he resides, and he comes with all the desire of his soul to the place that Yahveh chooses.
[DEU.18.7] And they will serve in the name of Yahveh, the Gods of their people, like all their brothers, the Levites, who stand there before Yahveh.
[DEU.18.8] A portion like a portion they will eat, separately from his possessions upon the fathers.
[DEU.18.9] Because you are coming to the land that Yahveh, your God, is giving to you, you must not learn to do the abominations of those nations.
[DEU.18.10] Let not be found among you one who causes their son or their daughter to pass through the fire, a diviner of divination, a soothsayer, one who observes signs, or a witch.
[DEU.18.11] A charmer joins with a charmer, one who asks consults a ventriloquist, and a diviner knows, and those who inquire go to the dead.
[DEU.18.12] For the detestable things are an abomination to Yahveh. And because of these detestable things, Yahveh, your God, will dispossess them from before you.
[DEU.18.13] Complete you will be with Yahveh, your Gods.
[DEU.18.14] Because these nations, which you are about to dispossess, listen to diviners and to sorcerers, but Yahveh, your God, has not given you such things.
[DEU.18.15] A prophet from among you, from your brothers, like me, Yahveh your God will raise up for you. To him you will listen.
[DEU.18.16] You requested all that you asked of Yahveh the God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, saying, "I will no longer hear the voice of Yahveh the God, and I will no longer see this great fire, and I will not die."
[DEU.18.17] And Yahveh said to me, "They have done well in that which they spoke."
[DEU.18.18] A prophet I will raise up for them from among their brothers like you, and I will put my words into his mouth, and he will speak to them all that I command.
[DEU.18.19] And it will be, the man who does not listen to my words, who speaks in my name, I will require it from him.
[DEU.18.20] But the prophet who adds to speak a word in my name, that which I did not command him to speak, and who speaks in the name of other Gods, that prophet will die.
[DEU.18.21] And if you say in your heart, "How will we know the thing that Yahveh has not spoken?"
[DEU.18.22] That which a prophet speaks in the name of Yahveh, and the thing does not occur, and does not come to pass, that word was not spoken by Yahveh. If the prophet spoke presumptuously, do not be afraid of him.
DEU.19
[DEU.19.1] For when Yahveh the Gods will destroy the nations that Yahveh the Gods gives to you, and you inherit their lands and dwell in their cities and in their houses.
[DEU.19.2] Three cities you shall set apart for yourself within your land which Yahveh, your Gods, is giving to you to inherit.
[DEU.19.3] You shall prepare the way, and measure out the border of your land that Yahveh the Gods will cause you to inherit, and it shall be a refuge there for every slayer.
[DEU.19.4] And this is the matter of the murderer who flees there and lives: who strikes his neighbor without knowledge, and he did not hate him formerly.
[DEU.19.5] And whoever goes with his companion into the forest to cut down trees, and the head of his axe is loosened from the handle while swinging it to cut the tree, and it flies off and strikes his companion, and he dies, that man shall flee to one of these cities and live.
[DEU.19.6] Lest the redeemer of blood pursue the manslayer, because his heart may grow warm, and he may overtake him, because the way is long and he may strike him down, a soul. And to him there is no judgment of death, because he does not hate him from yesterday and the day before.
[DEU.19.7] Therefore, I command you to say: You shall set apart three cities for yourself.
[DEU.19.8] And if Yahveh the Gods of your ancestors expands your border, as He swore to your ancestors, and gives to you all the land that He spoke of giving to your ancestors.
[DEU.19.9] If you keep all this commandment to do it, that I command you today, to love Yahveh, your God, and to walk in His ways all the days, then He will add to you yet three cities upon these three.
[DEU.19.10] And innocent blood must not be shed within your land that Yahveh the Gods your gives to you as an inheritance, and bloods will be upon you.
[DEU.19.11] And if there is a man who hates his fellow and lies in wait for him and rises up against him and strikes him a life and he dies, and the one who struck him flees to one of the cities of the Gods.
[DEU.19.12] And the elders of his city shall send him back, and they shall take him from there, and they shall give him into the hand of the redeemer of blood, and he shall die.
[DEU.19.13] Do not spare your pity on him, and you will utterly destroy the blood of the innocent from Israel, and it will be good for you.
[DEU.19.14] You shall not move the boundary marker of your neighbor, which the first ones marked in your inheritance which you will inherit in the land which Yahveh, your God, gives to you to inherit.
[DEU.19.15] A single witness may not stand against a person for any iniquity and for any sin, for any offense that a person commits. The matter must stand by the mouth of two witnesses or by the mouth of three witnesses.
[DEU.19.16] For a witness of violence will rise against a person to accuse him, and it will rule.
[DEU.19.17] And the two men who have the dispute stood before Yahveh, before the priests and the judges who will be in those days.
[DEU.19.18] And the judges will seek carefully, and behold, the false witness, the witness is false, he testified against his brother.
[DEU.19.19] And you will do to him as he planned to do to his brothers, and you will burn the evil from within you.
[DEU.19.20] And the remaining ones will hear and fear, and they will not continue to do again like this evil thing among you.
[DEU.19.21] And you shall not spare your eye. Soul for soul, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
DEU.20
[DEU.20.1] Because you go out to war against your enemies, and you see horse and chariot, a great people greater than you, do not fear them, because Yahveh, the Gods, is with you, the one who brought you up from the land of Egypt.
[DEU.20.2] And it will be, as you approach the warfare, the priest will approach and speak to the people.
[DEU.20.3] And he said to them, "Listen, Israel, you are near today to a battle against your enemies. Let not your heart be slack, do not be afraid, and do not be hasty, and do not be terrified before them."
[DEU.20.4] For Yahveh, the Gods of your people, walks with you to fight for you with your enemies to save you.
[DEU.20.5] And the officials spoke to the people saying, "Who is the man who has built a new house and has not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his home, lest he die in the war, and another man dedicate it for him."
[DEU.20.6] And who is the man who plants a vineyard and does not enjoy it? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in war, and another man enjoy it.
[DEU.20.7] And who is the man who has betrothed a woman and has not taken her? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in war, and another man take her.
[DEU.20.8] And the officials continued to speak to the people, and said, "Who is the man who is fearful and soft of heart? Let him go and return to his house." And let him not weaken the heart of his brothers as his heart is weakened.
[DEU.20.9] And it happened, when the officers had finished speaking to the people, that the commanders of the armies inspected the people.
[DEU.20.10] For when you approach a city to fight upon it, you will call to it for peace.
[DEU.20.11] And it will be, if peace meets you, and it opens to you, and it will be all the people found within it will be to you as tribute and will serve you.
[DEU.20.12] And if she does not complete peace with you, and she makes war with you, then you shall press hard upon her.
[DEU.20.13] And Yahveh, the Gods of you, will give it into your hand, and you will strike all its males by the sword.
[DEU.20.14] Only the women, the children, the livestock, and all that will be in the city – all its plunder will be yours. And you will eat the plunder of your enemies which Yahveh your Gods gave to you.
[DEU.20.15] Thus you shall do to all the cities that are very distant from you, which are not from the cities of these nations; they are.
[DEU.20.16] But from the cities of these peoples that Yahveh, your God, is giving to you as an inheritance, you shall not let any living being continue to live.
[DEU.20.17] For you shall utterly destroy them—the Hittite and the Amorite, the Canaanite and the Perizzite, the Hivite and the Jebusite—as Yahveh, your God, has commanded you.
[DEU.20.18] For the sake of not teaching you to do like all their abominations, which they did to their gods, and you sin to Yahveh, your Gods.
[DEU.20.19] Because you will surround a city for many days to wage war against it to capture it, you shall not destroy its trees by swinging an axe against them, for from them you will eat, and you shall not cut them down, for the tree of the field is like a person, coming before you in the siege.
[DEU.20.20] Only the tree which you know is not a tree for eating, that one you will destroy and cut down. And you will build a siege against the city which is making war with you until its fall.
DEU.21
[DEU.21.1] If a body is found in the land that Yahveh the Gods of your people gives to you for inheritance, fallen in the field, and it is not known who struck him down,
[DEU.21.2] And your elders and your judges will go out and measure to the cities which are around the emptiness.
[DEU.21.3] And it will be that the city nearest to the slain one, and the elders of that city will take a calf of cattle which has not been worked, which has not drawn in a yoke.
[DEU.21.4] And the elders of that city will bring down the calf to the strong valley, in which it will not be worked or sown, and they will behead there the calf in the valley.
[DEU.21.5] And the priests, the sons of Levi, shall approach, for in them Yahveh, the Gods of your God, has chosen to serve Him and to bless in the name of Yahveh. And by their mouth shall be all dispute and all affliction.
[DEU.21.6] And all the elders of that city who are near the slain one will wash their hands on the beheaded calf in the stream.
[DEU.21.7] And they answered and said, "Our hands did not spill this blood, and our eyes did not see it."
[DEU.21.8] Atonement for your people Israel, whom you redeemed, Yahveh, and do not give innocent blood among your people Israel, and let the blood be atoned for them.
[DEU.21.9] And you will remove the innocent blood from among you, because you do the right thing in the eyes of Yahveh.
[DEU.21.10] Because you go out to war against your enemies, and Yahveh, the Gods of you, gives them into your hand, and you take captives.
[DEU.21.11] And when you see in the captivity a woman of beautiful form, and you desire her, and you take for yourself as a wife.
[DEU.21.12] And you shall bring her into the inside of your house, and shave her head, and you shall make her fingernails.
[DEU.21.13] And he shall remove the garment of her captivity from upon her, and she shall dwell in your house and weep for her father and for her mother for a month of days, and after that you shall come to her and possess her, and she shall be to you as a wife.
[DEU.21.14] And it will be, if you do not desire her, and you release her to her soul, and you shall not sell her for money, you shall not exploit her, because you have afflicted her.
[DEU.21.15] If a man has two wives, one loved and one hated, and they bear him sons, the firstborn son will belong to the hated one.
[DEU.21.16] And it will be, in the day he gives inheritance to his sons, that which will be his, he will not be able to distinguish the son of the beloved before the son of the hated, the firstborn.
[DEU.21.17] For the firstborn son of the hated one, he will recognize to give to him a double portion in all that is found to him, for he is the beginning of him, to him the right of the firstborn.
[DEU.21.18] For if there will be to a man a son rebellious and defiant, he does not listen to the voice of his father and to the voice of his mother, and they will discipline him and he will not listen to them.
[DEU.21.19] And his father and his mother will seize him, and they will bring him out to the elders of his city and to the gate of his place.
[DEU.21.20] And they will say to the elders of their city, "This son of ours is rebellious and defiant. He does not listen to our voice. He is a glutton and a drunkard."
[DEU.21.21] And all the people of his city shall stone him with stones until he dies, and you shall remove the evil from among you. And all of Israel shall hear and fear.
[DEU.21.22] And if there is in a man sin, a judgment of death, and he will be put to death, and you will hang him on a tree.
[DEU.21.23] Do not leave its corpse on the tree, but you must bury it that day, for whoever is hanged is cursed by the Gods. And you shall not defile your land, which Yahveh, your Gods, gives to you as an inheritance.
DEU.22
[DEU.22.1] You shall not ignore the ox of your brother, or his sheep that have strayed, and pretend not to know of them. You shall return them to your brother.
[DEU.22.2] And if your brother is not near you, and you do not know him, then you shall bring him into your house, and he shall be with you until your brother inquires after him, and you shall return him to him.
[DEU.22.3] And thus you shall do for his donkey, and thus you shall do for his garment, and thus you shall do for every lost thing of your brother which you lose from him and find it: you shall not be able to ignore it.
[DEU.22.4] You shall not see your brother’s donkey or his ox falling in the road and conceal yourself from them. You shall raise it up with him.
[DEU.22.5] It will not be that a tool of a man is upon a woman, and a man will not wear a garment of a woman, for an abomination to Yahveh, the Gods your God, is all who do these.
[DEU.22.6] If a bird’s nest happens before you on the road, in any tree or on the ground, with young birds or eggs, and the mother sits on the young or on the eggs, you must not take the mother from the young.
[DEU.22.7] Send, you will send away the mother, and the sons you will take for yourself, so that it may be good for you, and you will lengthen days.
[DEU.22.8] Because you build a new house, and you make a parapet for your roof, and you must not place bloodshed in your house, for the falling one will fall from it.
[DEU.22.9] You shall not sow your vineyard with mixed seeds, lest you sanctify the fullness of the seed which you sow and the yield of the vineyard.
[DEU.22.10] You shall not plow with an ox and a donkey together.
[DEU.22.11] You shall not wear a garment of mixed fibers, wool and linen together.
[DEU.22.12] You shall make tassels for yourself on the four corners of your covering with which you cover yourself.
[DEU.22.13] For if a man takes a woman and goes to her, and then hates her...
[DEU.22.14] And he placed upon her false accusations and he brought out upon her a bad name. And he said, “I took this woman and I drew near to her, and I did not find for her virginity.”
[DEU.22.15] And the father of the young woman and her mother shall take her, and they shall bring out the virgin of the young woman to the elders of the city at the gate.
[DEU.22.16] And the father of the girl said to the elders, "I gave my daughter to this man for a wife, and he hated her."
[DEU.22.17] And behold, he put forth accusations speaking, “I did not find your daughter a virgin, but these are the virgins of my daughter.” And they spread the garment before the elders of the city.
[DEU.22.18] And the elders of that city will take the man, and they will discipline him.
[DEU.22.19] And they shall punish him with one hundred silver pieces, and they shall give [them] to the father of the maiden, because he brought a bad name upon the virgin of Israel. And she shall not be his wife, he may not send her away all his days.
[DEU.22.20] And if the thing is true, virgins will not be found for the young woman.
[DEU.22.21] And they shall bring the young woman out to the entrance of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death with stones, and she shall die, because she committed an abomination in Israel by committing adultery with her father’s house. And you shall purge the evil from among you.
[DEU.22.22] For if a man is found lying with a woman in the act of her husband’s, and they both die, the man lying with the woman and the woman, then you shall remove the evil from Israel.
[DEU.22.23] For if a young woman, a virgin, is betrothed to a man, and a man finds her in the city and lies with her…
[DEU.22.24] And you shall bring both of them out to the gate of that city and stone them with stones until they die, the young woman because she did not cry out in the city, and the man because he abused his neighbor’s wife, and you shall purge the evil from among you.
[DEU.22.25] And if a man finds the young woman who is betrothed in the field, and the man holds her and lies with her, then the man who lies with her alone shall die.
[DEU.22.26] And to the young woman, do not do anything. There is no death penalty for the young woman, because as a man rises up against his fellow and murders a life, so is this matter.
[DEU.22.27] For in the field she was found, the betrothed young woman cried out, and there is no savior to her.
[DEU.22.28] For if a man finds a young woman, a virgin, who is not pledged to another, and he seizes her and lies with her, and it is discovered:
[DEU.22.29] And let the man who lies with her give fifty silver to the father of the girl, and she shall not be a wife to him because he has humiliated her. He may not send her away all his days.
DEU.23
[DEU.23.1] No man will take the wife of his father, and no one will uncover the edge of his father.
[DEU.23.2] Someone with a crushed testicle will not enter, and someone with a cut lip will not enter, into the assembly of Yahveh.
[DEU.23.3] A bastard will not enter the assembly of Yahveh. Also, a tenth generation will not enter to him in the assembly of Yahveh.
[DEU.23.4] An Ammonite and a Moabite shall not enter the assembly of Yahveh. Also, the tenth generation shall not enter to them in the assembly of Yahveh forever.
[DEU.23.5] Regarding the matter that did not come to pass for you with bread and with water on the way in your going out from Egypt, and regarding the matter that hired upon you Bileam son of Beor from Pethor of Aram Naharayim to curse you.
[DEU.23.6] And Yahveh, the Gods of your people, would not listen to Bileam, and Yahveh, the Gods of your people, turned the curse into a blessing for you, because Yahveh, the Gods of your people, loves you.
[DEU.23.7] Do not seek their peace or their good all of your days, forever.
[DEU.23.8] Do not abhor an Edomite, for he is your brother. Do not abhor an Egyptian, for you were a sojourner in his land.
[DEU.23.9] Descendants who are born to them, a third generation will come into the assembly of Yahveh.
[DEU.23.10] For when you go out to camp against your enemies, you will be guarded from all evil thing.
[DEU.23.11] For if there will be a man who will not be pure from an occurrence of the night, he will go out to the outside of the camp, he will not come within the camp.
[DEU.23.12] And it will be, at the turning of evening, he will wash in the waters, and when the sun sets, he will come into the midst of the camp.
[DEU.23.13] And a place will be for you outside the camp, and you will go out there outside.
[DEU.23.14] And a stake shall be to you upon your ear, and it will be when you sit outside that you dig in it, and you shall return and cover your waste.
[DEU.23.15] For Yahveh, the Gods your, walks in the midst of your camp to save you and to give your enemies before your face. And your camp will be holy, and He will not see in you anything shameful, and He will turn away from behind you.
[DEU.23.16] Do not hand over a slave to my Lord, who flees to you from the presence of my Lord.
[DEU.23.17] With you, one will dwell within you, in the place that the Gods choose, at one of your gates, with goodness to him. You shall not despise him.
[DEU.23.18] There shall not be a temple prostitute among the daughters of Israel, and there shall not be a temple prostitute among the sons of Israel.
[DEU.23.19] Do not bring the price of a prostitute or the price of a dog to fulfill a vow in the house of Yahveh, the Gods, for both are an abomination to Yahveh, the Gods.
[DEU.23.20] You shall not lend to your brother interest in silver, interest in food, interest in every thing that lends.
[DEU.23.21] Do not lend with interest to a foreigner, and do not lend with interest to your brother, in order that Yahveh, your Gods, may bless you in all the work of your hand upon the land that you go to possess.
[DEU.23.22] For if you vow a vow to Yahveh, your God, do not delay in paying it, because Yahveh, your God, will certainly seek it from you among your people, and it will be a sin upon you.
[DEU.23.23] And if you stop making vows, there will be no sin within you.
[DEU.23.24] Guard the words of your mouth and fulfill what you vowed to Yahveh, your Gods, a voluntary offering which you spoke with your mouth.
[DEU.23.25] If you come into the vineyard of your friend and eat grapes as your soul desires, to your fill, and you do not give to your vessels, then…
[DEU.23.26] When you come into the standing grain of your neighbor, and you gather the ears of grain with your hand, and a sickle you shall not wave upon the standing grain of your neighbor.
DEU.24
[DEU.24.1] If a man takes a wife, and she is his, then it will be, if he does not find favor in her eyes, because he has found in her a nakedness of a thing, then he shall write to her a document of severance and give it into her hand and send her away from his house.
[DEU.24.2] And she will go out from her house, and she will walk and become the wife of another man.
[DEU.24.3] And the husband will hate her and write for her a certificate of divorce and give it into her hand and send her from his house, or if the husband dies, the one who took her for a wife.
[DEU.24.4] Her first husband will not be able to take her back to be his wife after she has been defiled, for it is an abomination to Yahveh. And she will not cause the land to sin, the land that Yahveh, the Gods, your God gives to you as an inheritance.
[DEU.24.5] For if a man takes a new wife, he will not go out in the army, and he will not take upon himself any matter. He will be exempt to his house for one year, and he will rejoice his wife that he has taken.
[DEU.24.6] It is not weakening, the chariot and rider, for a soul is the one weakening it.
[DEU.24.7] If a man is found kidnapping a person from his brothers, from the children of Israel, and he oppresses him and sells him, then the kidnapper dies, and you will purge the evil from among you.
[DEU.24.8] Guard yourself regarding the touch of leprosy, to guard greatly and to do all that the priests the Levites will instruct you, as I commanded you, you will guard to do.
[DEU.24.9] Remember what Yahveh the Gods of your people did to Miriam on the journey when you exited Egypt.
[DEU.24.10] That you deposit a pledge with your neighbor, you shall not come to his house to seize his pledge.
[DEU.24.11] You shall stand outside, and the man who carries it within will bring the pledge out to you.
[DEU.24.12] And if a man is poor, you shall not sleep with his pledge.
[DEU.24.13] You shall certainly return to him the pledge as the sun sets, and he will lie down in peace and bless you, and righteousness will be yours before Yahveh, the Gods.
[DEU.24.14] You shall not oppress a hired worker, poor and needy, from your brothers or from the stranger who is in your land, at your gates.
[DEU.24.15] On that day you must give their wage, and the sun should not set upon it, because they are poor and carry their own life. And they will not call out to you against Yahveh, and there will be sin upon you.
[DEU.24.16] Fathers should not die for the sins of sons, and sons should not die for the sins of fathers. Each person will die for his own sin.
[DEU.24.17] Do not incline judgment towards the sojourner, the orphan, and do not seize the garment of the widow.
[DEU.24.18] And you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and Yahveh, the Gods, redeemed you from there. Therefore, I command you to do this thing.
[DEU.24.19] Because you harvest your harvest in your field, and you forget a measure in the field, you must not return to take it. It will be for the stranger, the orphan, and the widow. So that Yahveh, the Gods, your God, may bless you in all the work of your hands.
[DEU.24.20] If you beat your olive tree, you shall not thoroughly glean after you. It will be for the sojourner, the orphan, and the widow.
[DEU.24.21] When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, do not go about after them. It will be for the stranger, for the orphan, and for the widow.
[DEU.24.22] And you will remember that a slave you were in the land of Egypt. Therefore, I command you to do this thing.
DEU.25
[DEU.25.1] For there will be a dispute between people, and they will approach the judgement, and they will judge them, and they will declare the righteous one righteous, and they will declare the wicked one wicked.
[DEU.25.2] And it will be, if the son of striking is wicked, and the judge causes him to fall, and strikes him before him, according to his wickedness, in a counted number.
[DEU.25.3] Forty he may strike, but he shall not add. Lest he add to strike him beyond these, a great strike, and your brother will be shamed before your eyes.
[DEU.25.4] You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out grain.
[DEU.25.5] For if brothers dwell together and one of them dies, and he has no son, his deceased wife shall not go outside to another man. Her husband’s brother shall come to her and take her to himself as a wife, and he shall become her husband’s replacement.
[DEU.25.6] And it will be that the firstborn that you bear will stand upon the name of his brother the dead, and his name will not be wiped out from Israel.
[DEU.25.7] And if the man does not desire to take his brother’s widow, then his brother’s widow shall go up to the gate to the elders and say, “My brother’s husband does not desire to raise up a name for his brother in Israel.” He did not desire to fulfill the duty of his brother.
[DEU.25.8] And the elders of his city called to him, and they spoke to him. And he stood and said, "I did not desire to take it."
[DEU.25.9] And his wife's sister-in-law will approach him before the elders, and she will remove his sandal from off his foot, and she will spit in his face, and she will answer and say, "Thus it will be done to the man who does not build up his brother's house."
[DEU.25.10] And His name will be called in Israel, house of champion the young man.
[DEU.25.11] Because men fight together, each with his brother, and the wife of one approaches to save her husband from the hand of the one striking him, and she sends out her hand and holds onto his genitals.
[DEU.25.12] And she will complete her hand, your eye will not pity.
[DEU.25.13] It will not be yours to have stone and stone in your pocket, large and small.
[DEU.25.14] It will not be for you to have in your house an ephah and an ephah, large and small.
[DEU.25.15] A complete and just stone will be to you, a complete and just measure will be to you. In order that your days may be lengthened upon the land which Yahveh the Gods your God gives to you.
[DEU.25.16] For the detestation of Yahveh, the Gods of your people, is everything that does these things; all who commit injustice.
[DEU.25.17] Remember what Amalek did to you on the journey when you exited from Egypt.
[DEU.25.18] The one who afflicted you on the road, and who trailed you with all those causing you to stumble, while you were tired and worn out, did not fear the Gods.
[DEU.25.19] And it will be, when Yahveh, the Gods, gives you rest from all your enemies around you in the land that Yahveh, the Gods, is giving to you as an inheritance to possess, you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under the heavens. You shall not forget.
DEU.26
[DEU.26.1] And it will be that when you come to the land that Yahveh, the Gods, your God is giving to you as an inheritance, and you inherit it, and you dwell in it.
[DEU.26.2] And you shall take from the first of all the fruit of the land which you bring from your land, which Yahveh the Gods your God gives to you, and you shall put it in a basket. And you shall go to the place which Yahveh the Gods your God shall choose to dwell His name there.
[DEU.26.3] And you shall come to the priest who is in those days, and you shall say to him, "I have declared today to Yahveh, the Gods of your ancestors, that I have come to the land that Yahveh swore to our ancestors to give to us."
[DEU.26.4] And the priest will take the contribution from your hand and he will put it before the altar of Yahveh, the Gods of you.
[DEU.26.5] And you shall answer and say before Yahveh your God, "My father was a wandering Aramean, who descended into Egypt and sojourned there with a small number of people. And he became there a great, mighty, and numerous nation."
[DEU.26.6] The Egyptians made us afraid and oppressed us, and they gave upon us hard labor.
[DEU.26.7] We cried out to Yahveh, the Gods of our fathers, and Yahveh heard our voice and saw our affliction, our toil, and our distress.
[DEU.26.8] And Yahveh brought us out of Egypt by a strong hand and by an outstretched arm, and with great terror, and with signs and with wonders.
[DEU.26.9] And He brought us to this place, and He gave to us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.
[DEU.26.10] And now, behold, I have brought the first of the fruit of the land which you gave to me, Yahveh, and you shall set it before Yahveh, your God, and you shall prostrate yourself before Yahveh, your God.
[DEU.26.11] And you shall rejoice in all the good that Yahveh the Gods has given to you, and to your house. You, and the Levites, and the foreigner who is among you.
[DEU.26.12] Because you will complete to give the tithe of all your produce in the third year, the year of the tithe, and you will give it to the Levite, to the stranger, to the orphan, and to the widow, and they will eat at your gates and be satisfied.
[DEU.26.13] And you shall say before Yahveh, the Gods, \“I have set apart the sacred things from the house, and also I have given them to the Levites, to the stranger, to the orphan, and to the widow, according to all the commandments of the Gods that you commanded me. I have not deviated from your commandments, nor have I forgotten them."
[DEU.26.14] I have not eaten from it while in mourning, and I have not burned any of it in impurity, nor have I given any of it to the dead. I have heard the voice of Yahveh, my God, and I have done all that you commanded me.
[DEU.26.15] Look down from Your holy dwelling from the heavens and bless Your people, Israel, and the land which You have given to us, as You swore to our ancestors, a land flowing with milk and honey.
[DEU.26.16] Today, Yahveh, your Gods, commands you to do these laws and these judgments. And you shall keep and do them with all your heart and with all your soul.
[DEU.26.17] You have declared today that Yahveh is to be your God, to walk in the ways of the Gods, and to keep their statutes, commandments, and judgments, and to listen to their voice.
[DEU.26.18] And Yahveh has declared you today to be to Him a chosen people, as He spoke to you, and to keep all of His commandments.
[DEU.26.19] And to make you the Most High over all the nations which He made, for glory and for a name and for splendor, and to be you a holy people to Yahveh, your God, as He spoke.
DEU.27
[DEU.27.1] And Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, "Guard all the commandments that I am commanding you today."
[DEU.27.2] And it will be, in the day that you cross the Jordan, to the land that Yahveh, your God, gives to you, that you shall establish for yourself large stones and you shall plaster them with plaster.
[DEU.27.3] And you shall write upon them all the words of this law when you cross over into the land that Yahveh the Gods of you gives to you, a land flowing with milk and honey, as Yahveh the Gods of your ancestors spoke to you.
[DEU.27.4] And it will be, in your crossing of the Jordan, that you will establish these stones that I command you today on Mount Ebal, and you will cover them with plaster.
[DEU.27.5] And you will build there an altar to Yahveh, the Gods, an altar of stones. You will not lift up iron on them.
[DEU.27.6] You shall build with complete stones the altar of Yahveh, your God, and you shall offer upon it burnt offerings to Yahveh, your God.
[DEU.27.7] And you shall sacrifice peace offerings and eat there, and you shall rejoice before Yahveh, your Gods.
[DEU.27.8] And you shall write upon the stones all the words of this law thoroughly.
[DEU.27.9] And Moses and the priests, the Levites, spoke to all Israel, saying, "Be silent and listen, Israel! Today you have become a people for Yahveh, your God."
[DEU.27.10] And you will hear in the voice of Yahveh, the Gods your God, and you will do his commandments and his statutes that I command you today.
[DEU.27.11] And Moses commanded the people on that day to say.
[DEU.27.12] These will stand to bless the people on Mount Gerizim when you cross the Jordan: Shimone, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin.
[DEU.27.13] And these shall stand upon the curse on Mount Ebal: Reuven, Gad and Asher, and Zvulun, Dan and Naphtali.
[DEU.27.14] And the Levites responded and said to every man of Israel with a loud voice.
[DEU.27.15] Cursed is the man who makes an idol and a molten image, an abomination of Yahveh, the work of the hands of a craftsman, and places it in secret. And all the people will answer and say, "Amen."
[DEU.27.16] Cursed is the one who dishonors his father and his mother, and all the people said, "Amen."
[DEU.27.17] Cursed is the one who moves the boundary marker of their neighbor, and all the people said, "Amen."
[DEU.27.18] Cursed is the one who causes the blind to stumble on the path, and all the people said, "Amen!"
[DEU.27.19] Cursed is the staff of justice for the fatherless sojourner and the widow; and all the people said, "Amen."
[DEU.27.20] Cursed is the one who lies with his father's wife, for he has revealed the skirt of his father, and all the people said, "Amen."
[DEU.27.21] Cursed is the one who lies with any animal, and all the people said, "Amen."
[DEU.27.22] Cursed is he who lies with his sister, daughter of his father, or daughter of his mother, and all the people said, "Truly!"
[DEU.27.23] Cursed is the one who lies with his mother-in-law, and all the people said, “Amen.”
[DEU.27.24] Cursed is the one who strikes his neighbor in secret, and all the people said, "Truly!"
[DEU.27.25] Cursed is the one who takes a bribe to strike the life of innocent blood, and all the people said, "Amen."
[DEU.27.26] Cursed is the one who does not establish the words of this Law to do them, and all the people said, "Amen."
DEU.28
[DEU.28.1] And it will be, if you diligently listen to the voice of Yahveh, the Gods, to keep to do all His commands, which I command you today, then Yahveh, the Gods, will give you supremacy over all nations of the earth.
[DEU.28.2] And all these blessings will come upon you and overtake you, because you listen to the voice of Yahveh, your God.
[DEU.28.3] Blessed are you in the city, and blessed are you in the field.
[DEU.28.4] Blessed be the fruit of your womb, and the fruit of your land, and the fruit of your livestock. May your thousands increase, and may your flocks be abundant.
[DEU.28.5] Blessed is the stretching out of your power and your service.
[DEU.28.6] Blessed are you when you come in, and blessed are you when you go out.
[DEU.28.7] May Yahveh give your enemies who rise up against you as stricken before you. They will come at you by one way, and they will flee before you by seven ways.
[DEU.28.8] Yahveh will command the blessing to be with you in your storehouses and in all that you do. And may He bless you in the land that Yahveh, your God, gives to you.
[DEU.28.9] Yahveh will establish you as a holy people, as He swore to you, if you keep the commands of Yahveh, your Gods, and walk in His ways.
[DEU.28.10] And all the peoples of the earth will see that the name of Yahveh is called upon you, and they will fear you.
[DEU.28.11] And may Yahveh leave for you good things in the fruit of your womb, and in the fruit of your livestock, and in the fruit of your land, upon the land which Yahveh swore to your fathers to give to you.
[DEU.28.12] Yahveh will open for you his good treasure, the heavens, to give rain to your land in its time, and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow.
[DEU.28.13] And Yahveh will make you the head and not the tail. You will be only above, and not below, because you listen to the commands of Yahveh, the Gods your God, which I command you today to keep and to do.
[DEU.28.14] And you shall not turn aside from any of the things which I am commanding you today, to the right hand or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
[DEU.28.15] And it will be, if you do not listen to the voice of Yahveh, the God of you, to keep to do all of his commandments and his statutes, which I command you today, then all these curses will come upon you and overtake you.
[DEU.28.16] Cursed are you in the city and cursed are you in the field.
[DEU.28.17] Cursed is the crocodile and its young.
[DEU.28.18] Cursed is the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground, your offspring and the she-goats of your livestock.
[DEU.28.19] Cursed are you when you come in, and cursed are you when you go out.
[DEU.28.20] Yahveh will send upon you the curse, the confusion, and the rebuke in all that you do, until your destruction and your ruin come quickly because of the wickedness of your deeds, because you have forsaken me.
[DEU.28.21] May Yahveh adhere to you concerning the matter until its completion with you, from the land which you have come to inherit.
[DEU.28.22] Yahveh will strike you with the fever and with inflammation, and with burning, and with itching, and with the sword, and with blight, and with rust; and they will pursue you until your destruction.
[DEU.28.23] And your heavens, which are above your head, will be bronze, and the earth which is beneath you will be iron.
[DEU.28.24] Yahveh will give the rain of your land as dust and powder from the heavens, descending upon you until your destruction.
[DEU.28.25] Yahveh will deliver you into defeat before your enemies. You will face them from one direction, and flee from seven directions before them. And you will become a terror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
[DEU.28.26] And your corpse will be food for all bird of the heavens and for beast of the land, and there is no one to frighten it away.
[DEU.28.27] Yahveh will strike Egypt with boils, and with tumors, and with scab, and with sores, which you will not be able to heal.
[DEU.28.28] He will strike you, Yahveh, in madness and in blindness and in confusion of heart.
[DEU.28.29] And you will be groping at midday, as the blind gropes in the darkness, and you will not succeed in your ways. And you will be merely exploited and plundered all your days, and there will be no deliverer.
[DEU.28.30] A woman will be betrothed, and another man will possess her. A house she will build, and she will not dwell in it. A vineyard she will plant, and she will not profane it.
[DEU.28.31] Your bull is slaughtered before your eyes, and you will not eat from it. Your donkey is stolen from before you, and it will not return to you. Your sheep are given to your enemies, and there is no savior for you.
[DEU.28.32] Your sons and your daughters are given to another people, and your eyes see them perishing all day, and there is not for God a hand of yours.
[DEU.28.33] The fruit of your land and all of your labor will be eaten by a people that you do not know, and you will be only oppressed and broken all the days.
[DEU.28.34] And you will be overwhelmed from the sight of your eyes that you will see.
[DEU.28.35] Yahveh will strike you with harmful sores upon the knees and upon the legs, which you will not be able to heal, from the sole of your foot even to your crown.
[DEU.28.36] Yahveh will lead you, and the king you establish over you, to a nation that you and your ancestors did not know, and there you will serve the Gods, others, of wood and stone.
[DEU.28.37] And you will become a wonder, a proverb, and a taunt among all the peoples whom Yahveh leads you there.
[DEU.28.38] You will bring forth many seeds into the field, and you will gather little, for the locust will consume us.
[DEU.28.39] Vineyards you will plant and work them, and wine you will not drink and not store, for the worm will consume it.
[DEU.28.40] Olives will be yours in all your boundaries, and oil you shall not anoint, because your olives will be shaken off.
[DEU.28.41] Sons and daughters you will bear, but they will not be yours, for they will go into captivity.
[DEU.28.42] All your trees and the fruit of your land, Yahveh possesses the shadow.
[DEU.28.43] The stranger that is within you will rise upon you, step by step, and you will descend below, step by step.
[DEU.28.44] He, Yahveh, will go with you, and you will not go with Him. He, Yahveh, will be the head, and you will be the tail.
[DEU.28.45] And all these curses will come upon you, pursuing you and overtaking you, until you are destroyed, because you did not listen to the voice of Yahveh, your God, to keep His commandments and His statutes which He commanded you.
[DEU.28.46] And it will be in you as a sign and as a wonder, and in your seed until forever.
[DEU.28.47] Instead of having served Yahveh, the Gods, your, with joy and with a good heart, in abundance of all things.
[DEU.28.48] And you will serve the enemies whom Yahveh sends against you, with hunger and with thirst and with nakedness and with lack of everything. And He will place a yoke of iron upon your neck until He destroys you.
[DEU.28.49] Yahveh will lift up against you a nation from far away, from the end of the earth, as an eagle circles before it descends to its prey, a nation whose language you will not understand.
[DEU.28.50] A strong-faced nation, which does not show favor to the elder, nor will it spare the young one.
[DEU.28.51] And you will eat the produce of your livestock and the produce of your land until you are destroyed, leaving for you no grain, no wine, and no oil. Your thousands of livestock and your goats will be consumed, until they destroy you.
[DEU.28.52] And He will confine you at all your gates until the descent of your high walls and the strongholds in which you trust throughout your land. And He will confine you at all your gates throughout your land, which Yahveh, the Gods, your God, has given to you.
[DEU.28.53] And you will eat the fruit of your womb, the flesh of your sons and your daughters, which Yahveh the Gods gave to you, in the siege and in the distress that your enemy causes to you.
[DEU.28.54] The soft man in you, and the delight is very great. His eye will observe his brother, and the wife of his bosom, and the remainder of his sons that he will leave.
[DEU.28.55] From giving to one of them from the flesh of their sons, which one will eat, without leaving anything for them at all, in siege and in distress, which your enemy will cause you at all your gates.
[DEU.28.56] Her softness is in you, and her delight, whose foot has not tested anything on the earth from delight and from longing. She will cast her eye on a man of her embrace, and on her son, and on her daughter.
[DEU.28.57] And in her distress, the one coming forth between her legs, and in her sons whom she bears, for she will eat them in lack of everything, in secrecy, in a siege and in hardship, which your enemy will cause you at your gates.
[DEU.28.58] If you do not observe to do all the words of this instruction that are written in this book, to fear this revered and awesome name, Yahveh your Gods.
[DEU.28.59] And Yahveh will perform wonders, your plagues and the plagues of your offspring, great and faithful plagues, and evil and faithful diseases.
[DEU.28.60] And God will restore to you all the diseases of Egypt which you feared before them, and they will cling to you.
[DEU.28.61] Also, every sickness and every plague which is not written in this book of the Law, Yahveh will remove from upon you until your destruction.
[DEU.28.62] And you will remain in few numbers, instead of how you were, like the stars of the heavens for many, because you did not hear the voice of Yahveh, the Gods of you.
[DEU.28.63] And it will be, as Yahveh rejoiced over you to do you good and to multiply you, so Yahveh will rejoice over you to destroy you and to annihilate you, and you will be removed from the land that you came to inherit.
[DEU.28.64] And Yahveh will scatter you among all the peoples, from the end of the earth to the end of the earth, and you will serve there other Gods that you and your fathers have not known, wood and stone.
[DEU.28.65] Among those nations, you will not find relief, and there will be no rest for the sole of your foot. And Yahveh will grant you there a trembling heart, exhaustion of eyes, and anguish of soul.
[DEU.28.66] And your lives will be hanging before you, and you will fear night and day, and you will not believe in your lives.
[DEU.28.67] In the morning you will say, “If only it were evening,” and in the evening you will say, “If only it were morning,” from the fear of your heart that you fear and from the sight of your eyes that you see.
[DEU.28.68] And Yahveh will return you to Egypt by ships, along the path that I told you, you will not see it again. And you will be sold there to your enemies for slaves and for handmaids, and there will be no buyer.
[DEU.28.69] These are the words of the covenant that Yahveh commanded Moses to establish with the people of Israel in the land of Moab, besides the covenant that He established with them at Horeb.
DEU.29
[DEU.29.1] And Moses called to all Israel and said to them, "You have seen all that Yahveh did before your eyes in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh and to all his servants and to all his land."
[DEU.29.2] The great journeys that your eyes saw, those are the signs and the great wonders.
[DEU.29.3] And Yahveh has not given to you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, until this day.
[DEU.29.4] And I led you all forty years in the wilderness. Your garments did not wear out from upon you, and your sandals did not wear out from upon your feet.
[DEU.29.5] You have not eaten bread, nor have you drunk wine or strong drink, in order that you may know that I, Yahveh, am your God.
[DEU.29.6] And you came to this place, and Sichon, king of Heshbon, and Og, king of Bashan, came out to meet us for battle, and we defeated them.
[DEU.29.7] And we took their land and we gave it for an inheritance to Reuben and to Gad and to half the tribe of Manasseh.
[DEU.29.8] And you will keep the words of the covenant this, and you will do them, in order that you will make prosper all that you do.
[DEU.29.9] You are standing today, all of you, before Yahveh, your Gods, your heads, your tribes, your elders, and your officers, all the men of Israel.
[DEU.29.10] Your children, your wives, and your sojourner who is in the midst of your camp, from he who chops your wood even to he who draws your water, are exempt.
[DEU.29.11] Regarding your crossing, in the covenant of Yahveh, your God, and in his oath, that Yahveh, your God, makes with you today.
[DEU.29.12] For the purpose of establishing you today as a people, and He will be to you as the Gods, as He spoke to you, and as He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
[DEU.29.13] And not with you alone am I making this covenant and this oath.
[DEU.29.14] For those who are here with us today, standing before Yahveh the Gods our, and those who are not here with us today.
[DEU.29.15] For you know that we lived in the land of Egypt, and that we passed through in the midst of the nations which you passed through.
[DEU.29.16] And you saw their abominations and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were with them.
[DEU.29.17] Lest there be among you a man or a woman or a family or a tribe whose heart turns today away from Yahveh, our Gods, to go and serve the gods of those nations, lest there be among you a root that bears a head and becomes a curse.
[DEU.29.18] And it will be, when he hears the words of this curse, that he will bless himself in his heart, saying, "Peace will be with me, for I will walk with the strength of my heart, in order to fully quench my thirst."
[DEU.29.19] Yahveh will not forgive him, because then Yahveh’s anger will smoke, and His jealousy will come upon that person, and all the curse written in this book will settle upon him. And Yahveh will erase his name from under the heavens.
[DEU.29.20] And Yahveh has set him apart for evil from all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant written in this book of the Law.
[DEU.29.21] And the last generation, your children, who will arise after you, and the foreigner who will come from a distant land, will see the strikes of that land and its plagues, which Yahveh has made sick within it.
[DEU.29.22] Brimstone and salt burned all its land, it will not be sown and it will not sprout, and no grass will grow in it, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah. Admah and Zeboim, which Yahveh overthrew in His anger and in His wrath.
[DEU.29.23] And all the nations will say, "Why has Yahveh done this to this land? What has provoked this great wrath?"
[DEU.29.24] And they will say concerning that they abandoned the covenant of Yahveh, the God of their fathers, which He made with them when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.
[DEU.29.25] They went and served the Gods other than themselves, and they bowed down to them. These were the Gods whom they had not known, and to whom no inheritance was given.
[DEU.29.26] And the anger of Yahveh burned towards that land, to bring upon it all the curses written in this book.
[DEU.29.27] And Yahveh removed them from their land with anger and with wrath and with great indignation, and he cast them to another land as is this day.
[DEU.29.28] The hidden things are to Yahveh, our Gods, and the revealed things are to us and to our sons, forever, to do all the words of this law.
DEU.30
[DEU.30.1] And it will be that when all these things come upon you, the blessing and the curse that I have put before you, you will bring them back to your heart among all the nations where Yahveh your God has dispersed you there.
[DEU.30.2] And you shall return to Yahveh, the Gods, and you shall listen to His voice, as all that I command you today, you and your children, with all your heart and with all your soul.
[DEU.30.3] And Yahveh the Gods will return your exile, and will have mercy on you, and will return and gather you from all the peoples that Yahveh the Gods your scattered there.
[DEU.30.4] If your scattering should be to the farthest reaches of the heavens, from there Yahveh, your God, will gather you, and from there he will take you.
[DEU.30.5] And Yahveh, your Gods will bring you to the land which your ancestors inherited, and you shall inherit it. And He will make good with you, and multiply you beyond your ancestors.
[DEU.30.6] And Yahveh the Gods your will fill your heart and the heart of your descendants to love Yahveh the Gods your with all your heart and with all your soul, so that your lives may continue.
[DEU.30.7] And Yahveh, the Gods of you, will give all of these curses upon your enemies and upon those who hate you, who pursued you.
[DEU.30.8] And you will return and you will hear the voice of Yahveh, and you will do all of his commandments that I command you today.
[DEU.30.9] And Yahveh, the Gods, your God will bless all the work of your hands, the fruit of your womb, the fruit of your livestock, and the fruit of your land for good. For Yahveh will return to rejoice over you for good, as he rejoiced over your ancestors.
[DEU.30.10] For if you listen to the voice of Yahveh, the Gods, to keep His commandments and His statutes that are written in this book of the law, if you return to Yahveh, the Gods, with all your heart and with all your soul…
[DEU.30.11] For this commandment that I command you today is not wondrous from you, and it is not distant.
[DEU.30.12] It is not in the heavens, saying, "Who will ascend for us to the heavens and take it for us and make us hear it, and we will do it?"
[DEU.30.13] And it is not from beyond the sea, to say, "Who will cross to us beyond the sea and take it for us, and make us hear it, and we will do it?"
[DEU.30.14] For near to you is the thing, very much in your mouth and in your heart to do it.
[DEU.30.15] Behold, I have set before you today the life and the good, and the death and the evil.
[DEU.30.16] This is what I command you today: to love Yahveh, the Gods, to walk in their ways, and to keep their commands, their statutes, and their judgments. Then you will live and increase, and Yahveh, the Gods, will bless you in the land that you are entering to inherit.
[DEU.30.17] And if your heart turns and you do not listen, then you will be driven away, and you will bow down to the Gods others and serve them.
[DEU.30.18] I have declared to you today that you will be utterly ruined. You will not lengthen your days upon the land which you are crossing the Jordan to go to inherit.
[DEU.30.19] I witness to you today the heavens and the earth. Life and death I have set before you, the blessing and the curse. And you shall choose life, so that you may live, you and your offspring.
[DEU.30.20] To love Yahveh, the Gods, is to hear His voice and to cling to Him, for He is your life and the length of your days, to dwell upon the land that Yahveh swore to your ancestors, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to them.
DEU.31
[DEU.31.1] And Moses went and spoke these words to all Israel.
[DEU.31.2] And he said to them, "I am one hundred and twenty years old today. I am no longer able to go out or come in. And Yahveh said to me, "You shall not cross this Jordan."
[DEU.31.3] Yahveh, the Gods, is the one who goes before you. He will destroy these nations before you, and you will inherit them. Joshua is the one who goes before you, as Yahveh spoke.
[DEU.31.4] And Yahveh will do to them as Yahveh did to Sichon and to Og, kings of the Amorites, and to their land, which Yahveh destroyed.
[DEU.31.5] And Yahveh will give them before you, and you will do to them according to all the commandment that I commanded you.
[DEU.31.6] Be strong and courageous. Do not fear and do not be dismayed before them, for Yahveh, the Gods, is your God. He walks with you; He will not forsake you, and He will not abandon you.
[DEU.31.7] And Moses called to Joshua and said to him before all Israel, "Be strong and courageous, for you will bring this people to the land that Yahveh swore to their fathers to give to them, and you will inherit it to them."
[DEU.31.8] And Yahveh, it is He who walks before you, He will be with you. He will not forsake you, and He will not abandon you. Do not fear, and do not be dismayed.
[DEU.31.9] And Moses wrote this law, and he gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi who carry the ark of the covenant of Yahveh, and to all the elders of Israel.
[DEU.31.10] And Moses commanded them to say, "At the end of seven years, in the time of the year of the release, in the festival of booths."
[DEU.31.11] When all Israel comes to see the face of Yahveh, their God, in the place that He chooses, you will read this Law aloud before all Israel within their hearing.
[DEU.31.12] Assemble the people, the men and the women and the children and the foreigner who is within your gates, so that they may hear and so that they may learn and fear Yahveh, the Gods your God, and keep to do all the words of this law.
[DEU.31.13] And your children, who have not known Yahveh, the Gods, will hear and learn to fear Yahveh, the Gods of you all, all the days that you all live on the land that you all cross the Jordan River to possess.
[DEU.31.14] And Yahveh said to Moses, "Behold, the days of your life are approaching to die. Call Joshua, and you two shall stand in the tent of meeting, and I will command him." And Moses and Joshua went and stood in the tent of meeting.
[DEU.31.15] And Yahveh appeared in the tent in a pillar of cloud, and the pillar of the cloud stood at the entrance of the tent.
[DEU.31.16] And Yahveh said to Moses, "Behold, you will lie down with your ancestors, and this people will rise up and stray after the gods of the foreign land that they enter, among them, and they will forsake me and break the covenant that I made with them."
[DEU.31.17] And my anger will burn against him on that day, and I will abandon them and hide my face from them, and it will be for consuming, and misfortunes and troubles will find him. And he will say on that day, “Is it not because there are no Gods within me that these misfortunes have found me?”
[DEU.31.18] And I will surely hide my face on that day because of all the evil that they did, for they turned to the gods other.
[DEU.31.19] And now, write for yourselves this song, and teach it to the Israelites. Put it in their mouths, so that this song may be for the Gods as a testimony among the Israelites.
[DEU.31.20] For I will bring them to the land which I swore to their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey. And they will eat and be satisfied and grow fat, and then they will turn to other Gods and worship them, and provoke me, and break my covenant.
[DEU.31.21] And it will be that when you find him with many troubles and distresses, this song will answer before him as a witness that it will not be forgotten from the mouth of his offspring, because I know the inclination of his heart that he is doing today before I bring him to the land that I swore.
[DEU.31.22] And Moses wrote this song in that day, and he taught it to the children of Israel.
[DEU.31.23] And He commanded Joshua son of Nun, and said, “Be strong and courageous, for you will bring the sons of Israel into the land which I swore to them. And I will be with you.”
[DEU.31.24] And it was, when Moses had finished writing the words of this law on a scroll, until it was complete.
[DEU.31.25] And Moses commanded the Levites, those carrying the ark of the covenant of Yahveh, saying:
[DEU.31.26] Take this book of the law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of Yahveh, the Gods of you, and it will be there for you as a witness.
[DEU.31.27] For I have known your stubbornness and your hard neck. Indeed, while I am still alive with you today, you are rebellious with Yahveh, and even after my death.
[DEU.31.28] Gather to me all the elders of your tribes and your officials, and I will speak these words in their ears, and I will testify in them, calling the heavens and the earth to witness.
[DEU.31.29] For I know after my death that you will corrupt yourselves, and you will stray from the path that I commanded you, and I will call misfortune upon you in the latter days, because you will do evil in the eyes of Yahveh to provoke him with the work of your hands.
[DEU.31.30] And Moses spoke to all the assembly of Israel the words of this song until it was complete.
DEU.32
[DEU.32.1] Listen, the heavens, and I will speak, and the earth will hear the words of my mouth.
[DEU.32.2] My teaching will drip like rain; my word will flow like dew. Like showers upon the grass and like rivulets upon the herb.
[DEU.32.3] Because I will proclaim the name of Yahveh, let us bring forth greatness to the Gods of our people.
[DEU.32.4] The Rock is perfect in His work, for all His ways are just. God is faithful and there is no wrong. Righteous and just is He.
[DEU.32.5] Corruption is for him, flawed are his children, a crooked generation and a twisted one.
[DEU.32.6] Is it to Yahveh that you repay this? A foolish people, and not wise. Is He not your father who created you? Is it not He who formed you and established you?
[DEU.32.7] Remember days of old. Consider the years of generation after generation. Ask your father, and he will tell you. The elders, and they will say to you.
[DEU.32.8] When the Most High apportioned the nations among the sons of Adam, when he separated the sons of humankind, he set the boundaries of peoples according to the number of the sons of Israel.
[DEU.32.9] For a portion belongs to Yahveh, and His people are that portion, and Jacob is the cord of His inheritance.
[DEU.32.10] He will find him in a land of wilderness, and in an empty, desolate waste He will cry out wilderness. He will surround him, He will understand him, He will guard him as the pupil of His eye.
[DEU.32.11] Like an eagle stirs up its nest, it hovers over its young. It spreads its wings, takes him, and carries him on its back.
[DEU.32.12] Yahveh alone guides us, and there is no foreign god with Him.
[DEU.32.13] He will cause them to ride on the heights of the land, and they will eat the produce of the fields. He will give them honey from the rock, and oil from the flinty rock.
[DEU.32.14] The fat of cattle and the fat of sheep, with the fat of rams and bulls, sons of Bashan, and kids, with the fat of the kidneys of wheat, and grape blood you shall drink wine.
[DEU.32.15] And Yeshurun prospered and rebelled. You became fat, you became thick, you covered yourself. And he abandoned the God who made him, and he despised the rock of his salvation.
[DEU.32.16] They provoke him with foreigners, they anger him with abominations.
[DEU.32.17] They sacrifice to demons, not to God. The Gods they do not know have recently come; your ancestors did not acknowledge them.
[DEU.32.18] Rock, you forsake your child, and you forget God, your maker.
[DEU.32.19] And Yahveh saw, and was displeased from anger with his sons and his daughters.
[DEU.32.20] And He said, 'I will hide My face from them. I will see what their end is, for they are a generation of overturning, sons in whom there is no trust.'
[DEU.32.21] They were jealous of nothing, and they angered me with their vanities, and I will make them jealous with no people, with a foolish nation I will provoke them.
[DEU.32.22] For a fire blazes in my anger, and it has burned down to the lowest underworld. It devours the land and its produce, and it sets ablaze the foundations of the mountains.
[DEU.32.23] I will gather misfortunes upon them. My arrows I will consume in them.
[DEU.32.24] The waters of hunger, and the burning fevers, and a bitter deadly blow, and the teeth of wild beasts I will send upon them, with the wrath of the crawling things of the dust.
[DEU.32.25] From outside, the sword will consume, and from the inner rooms, terror. Both the young man and the virgin, the suckling with the old man will be affected.
[DEU.32.26] I said, I will wipe them out; I will cause to cease from mankind their memory.
[DEU.32.27] Were it not for the anger of an enemy to restrain itself, lest my enemies not recognize it, lest they say, "Our own hand is exalted," and not Yahveh acted all this.
[DEU.32.28] For a nation is perishing, its counsel is lost, and there is no understanding in them.
[DEU.32.29] If only they had been wise, they would have understood this, they would have known for their future.
[DEU.32.30] How can one pursue a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, unless their protector has sold them, and Yahveh has delivered them up?
[DEU.32.31] For not as our God is their god, and our enemies are put to shame.
[DEU.32.32] For their vine is from Sodom, their vineyard from Gomorrah. Their grapes are grapes of poison; clusters of bitterness for them.
[DEU.32.33] The wrath of dragons is their wine, and the head of serpents is fierce.
[DEU.32.34] Is He not hidden with me, sealed in my treasures?
[DEU.32.35] Vengeance is mine, and I will repay, at the time their feet stumble. For near is the day of their calamity, and swift are the plans for them.
[DEU.32.36] For Yahveh will judge His people, and He will have compassion on His servants, for He sees that power is gone and there is no fortress and they are forsaken.
[DEU.32.37] And he said, "Where are the Gods, the rock in whom they trust?"
[DEU.32.38] That which is the fat of his sacrifices they eat, they drink the wine of their offerings, they will rise and they will help you, let protection be upon you.
[DEU.32.39] Behold now that I, I am He, and there are no Gods with me. I kill and I revive, I crush and I heal, and there is no rescuer from my hand.
[DEU.32.40] For I will lift up my hands to the heavens, and I will say, "Living am I forever."
[DEU.32.41] If I sharpen the flash of my sword, and grasp with judgment my hand, I will return vengeance to my enemies, and to those who hate me, I will fully recompense.
[DEU.32.42] I will sharpen my arrows from blood, and my sword will devour flesh from the blood of the slain and captives from the heads of the young of the enemy.
[DEU.32.43] Sing aloud, nations, His people, for the blood of His servants will be avenged, and vengeance He will return to His enemies, and He will atone for His land, His people.
[DEU.32.44] And Moses came and spoke all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he and Joshua son of Nun.
[DEU.32.45] And Moses finished speaking all these words to all Israel.
[DEU.32.46] And He said to them, "Set your heart to all the words that I testify to you today, which you will command your children to keep to do all the words of this law."
[DEU.32.47] For it is not an empty word to you, for it is your lives, and by this word you will lengthen your days upon the land which you are crossing the Jordan there to inherit.
[DEU.32.48] And Yahveh spoke to Moses at this time, saying:
[DEU.32.49] Ascend to this mountain of the wanderers, Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, across from Jericho, and see the land of Canaan, which I, Yahveh, am giving to the children of Israel as a possession.
[DEU.32.50] And you will die on the mountain where you ascend there, and be gathered to my people, as my brother Aaron died on Hor the mountain, and was gathered to his people.
[DEU.32.51] Because you rebelled against me among the children of Israel at the waters of quarrel at Qadesh in the desert of Tzin, because you did not sanctify me among the children of Israel.
[DEU.32.52] For from opposite you will see the land, and there you will not go to the land which I give to the sons of Israel.
DEU.33
[DEU.33.1] And this is the blessing that blessed Moses, a man of the Gods, the children of Israel before his death.
[DEU.33.2] And Yahveh said, coming from Sinai, and shining forth from Seir, to them he appeared from Mount Paran, and he came with myriads of holiness from his right hand, with fiery law to them.
[DEU.33.3] Affection loves nations, all of my holy ones are in your hand, and they are struck at your feet. He will carry your words.
[DEU.33.4] Instruction commanded to us Moses, an inheritance of the community of Jacob.
[DEU.33.5] And there was a king in Israel, when the heads of the people came together, the tribes of Israel.
[DEU.33.6] May Reuben live, and may he not die; and may his posterity be numerous.
[DEU.33.7] And this concerns Judah, and he said, “Hear, Yahveh, the voice of Judah, and bring his people to him. His hands are sufficient for him, and help will come from his enemies.”
[DEU.33.8] And to Levi He said, "Your choices and your bright lights are for a pious man, the one whom you tested at Massah and contended with over the waters of Meribah."
[DEU.33.9] The one who says to their father and to their mother, “I have not known you,” and to their brothers, they do not recognize them, and to their children, they do not know them, because they have kept your word and they will keep your covenant.
[DEU.33.10] They will teach Your judgements to Jacob, and Your law to Israel. They will place incense before Your nostrils, and a complete offering upon Your altar.
[DEU.33.11] Bless Yahveh, His strength, and may You be pleased with the work of His hands. Crush the loins of those who rise up against Him, and may those who hate Him not rise.
[DEU.33.12] To Benjamin he said, "The beloved of Yahveh will dwell securely. Yahveh will hover over him all day, and will dwell between his shoulders."
[DEU.33.13] And to Joseph he said, "Blessed is Yahveh, his land, from the fullness of the heavens, from the dew, and from the deep that lies below."
[DEU.33.14] And from the direction of sunrise come yields, and from the direction of the expulsion of the moon they come.
[DEU.33.15] From the head of the ancient mountains, and from the prominence of the age’s hills.
[DEU.33.16] And from the back of the land and its fullness, and the desire of the one dwelling in the bush, it will come to the head of Joseph, and to the crown of a nazirite among his brothers.
[DEU.33.17] The firstborn of his bull possesses glory to him, and his horns are the horns of a wild ox. With them he will gore peoples together to the ends of the earth, and they are the multitudes of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.
[DEU.33.18] And to Zebulun he said, “Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out, and Issachar within your tents.”
[DEU.33.19] Nations will call to the mountain there, and they will sacrifice sacrifices of righteousness, for an abundance of days will be enjoyed, and the overflow of hidden wealth.
[DEU.33.20] And to Gad He said, "Blessed is the one who enlarges Gad, like a lion who dwells, and who tears the arm, even the crown of the head."
[DEU.33.21] And he saw the beginning for himself, for there was a portion of a lawgiver’s boundary. And the heads of the people came, the righteousness of Yahveh they did, and his judgements with Israel.
[DEU.33.22] And to Dan he said, "Dan is a lion's cub, he will leap from Bashan."
[DEU.33.23] And to Naphtali he said: "Naphtali is full of satisfaction, and filled with the blessing of Yahveh. He will possess the sea and the south as his inheritance."
[DEU.33.24] And to Asher he said, "Blessed among sons is Asher. May his brothers be pleased with him, and may his foot be dipped in oil."
[DEU.33.25] Iron and bronze are your sandals, and like your days is your dissolution.
[DEU.33.26] There is no God like Israel’s God, who rides the heavens with your help, and whose majesty is in the clouds.
[DEU.33.27] The dwelling of the Gods of ancient times is from under the arms of eternity, and he drove the enemy away from before you, and he said, "Destroy!"
[DEU.33.28] And Israel dwelt securely alone, the hope of Jacob, towards the land of grain and wine, also its heavens will drip with dew.
[DEU.33.29] Blessed are you, Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by Yahveh? He is your shield and your strength, and the sword of your pride. Your enemies will be put to shame by you, and you will tread upon their heights.
DEU.34
[DEU.34.1] And Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, the top of Pisgah, which is before Jericho. And Yahveh showed him all the land, the Gilead until Dan.
[DEU.34.2] And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah to the last sea.
[DEU.34.3] And the south and the Arabah, the valley of Jericho, city of the palm trees, until Zozar.
[DEU.34.4] And Yahveh said to him, "This is the land which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, 'To your seed I will give it. I have shown it to you with your eyes, and there you shall not pass over."
[DEU.34.5] And there Moses, servant of Yahveh, died in the land of Moab according to the word of Yahveh.
[DEU.34.6] And he buried him in the valley in the land of Moab, opposite the house of Peor, and no one knew his burial place until this day.
[DEU.34.7] And Moses, son of one hundred and twenty years at his death, did not dim his eye, and did not wane his strength.
[DEU.34.8] And the sons of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab for thirty days. And the days of weeping, the mourning for Moses, were completed.
[DEU.34.9] And Joshua, son of Nun, was full of the spirit of wisdom, because Moses had laid his hands upon him, and the children of Israel listened to him, and they did as Yahveh commanded Moses.
[DEU.34.10] And there has not arisen another prophet in Israel like Moses, who Yahveh knew face to face.
[DEU.34.11] To all the signs and the wonders that Yahveh sent to perform in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh and to all his servants and to all his land.
[DEU.34.12] And to all the strong hand and to all the great terror that Moses did before the eyes of all Israel.
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JOS.1
[JOS.1.1] And it came to pass after the death of Moses, servant of Yahveh, and Yahveh said to Joshua, son of Nun, who served Moses, to say:
[JOS.1.2] Moses, my servant, has died. And now, rise, cross this Jordan, you and all these people, to the land that I am giving to them, to the children of Israel.
[JOS.1.3] Every place that the sole of your foot will step upon, I have given to you, as I spoke to Moses.
[JOS.1.4] From the wilderness and this Lebanon, and as far as the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites and as far as the Great Sea toward the setting of the sun, it will be your boundary.
[JOS.1.5] No one will stand firm before you all the days of your life, as I was with Moses. I will be with you. I will not leave you, and I will not forsake you.
[JOS.1.6] Be strong and be courageous, for you will inherit this people the land that I swore to their ancestors to give to them.
[JOS.1.7] But be strong and courageous to guard and do all the law which my Lord commanded you, Moses my servant. Do not turn aside from it to the right or to the left, in order that you may prosper in all that you go.
[JOS.1.8] This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, and you shall meditate on it day and night, in order that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then your way will succeed, and then you will be insightful.
[JOS.1.9] Did I not command you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed, for Yahveh the Gods, your God, will be with you in all that you do.
[JOS.1.10] And Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying:
[JOS.1.11] Pass through the midst of the camp and command the people, saying, “Prepare provisions for yourselves, for in three days you will cross this Jordan to go to inherit the land that Yahveh, the Gods of you, gives to you for possessing it.”
[JOS.1.12] And to Reuben, and to Gad, and to the half of the tribe of Manasseh, Joshua said, to say.
[JOS.1.13] Remember the word that Moses, the servant of Yahveh, commanded you, saying, “Yahveh, your Gods, will grant you rest and will give you this land.”
[JOS.1.14] Your women, your children, and your livestock will dwell in the land that Moses gave to you beyond the Jordan. And you will cross, armed, before your brothers, all the valiant warriors, and you will help them.
[JOS.1.15] Until Yahveh grants rest to your brothers as He has granted it to you, and they too inherit the land that Yahveh, the Gods, gives to them, then you shall return to the land of your inheritance and possess it, the land that Moses, the servant of Yahveh, gave to you beyond the Jordan, to the east of the sun.
[JOS.1.16] And they answered to Joshua, saying, "Everything that you have commanded us, we will do, and to everywhere that you will send us, we will go."
[JOS.1.17] As we heard to Moses, so we will listen to you. Only let Yahveh, the Gods, be with you, as Yahveh was with Moses.
[JOS.1.18] Every man who rebels against your command and does not hear your words, to all that you command him, he shall be put to death. Only, be strong and courageous.
JOS.2
[JOS.2.1] And Joshua son of Noon sent two men as spies from Shittim, saying, "Go, see the land and Jericho." And they went and came to the house of a woman who was a prostitute, and her name was Rahab, and they stayed there.
[JOS.2.2] And he said to the king of Jericho, saying, “Behold, men have come here tonight from the children of Israel to dig the land.”
[JOS.2.3] And the king of Jericho sent to Rahab saying, "Bring out the men who have come to you, who have come to your house, because they have come to search all the land."
[JOS.2.4] And the woman took the two men and hid them. And she said, "Yes, the men came to me, and I did not know from where they are."
[JOS.2.5] And the gate was closed in the darkness, and the people went out. I did not know where the people went. Pursue quickly after them, that you may overtake them.
[JOS.2.6] And she raised God, the baby, and she hid him in the woven baskets among the reeds which were prepared for her upon the river.
[JOS.2.7] And the men pursued after them along the way of the Jordan, upon the fords, and they closed the gate after that the pursuers had gone after them.
[JOS.2.8] And they had not yet lain down when she went up upon them, upon the roof.
[JOS.2.9] And she said to the men, “I know that Yahveh has given you the land, and that your terror has fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land are melting away before you.”
[JOS.2.10] For we have heard that Yahveh dried up the waters of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and that you did to the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon and Og, whom you utterly destroyed.
[JOS.2.11] And we heard, and our hearts melted, and no spirit rose in any man before you, for Yahveh, your Gods, is the Gods in the heavens from above and upon the earth from below.
[JOS.2.12] And now, swear to me by Yahveh, because you have shown kindness to me. And you also shall show kindness to the house of my father, and you shall give to me a sign of truth.
[JOS.2.13] And you will revive my father and my mother and my brothers and my sisters and all that belongs to them, and you will deliver our souls from death.
[JOS.2.14] The men said to her, "Our lives are forfeit in place of yours if you do not reveal our words. And it will be, when Yahveh gives us the land, that we will deal with you with kindness and truth."
[JOS.2.15] And she lowered them with a rope through the window, for her house was in the wall, and on the wall she dwells.
[JOS.2.16] And she said to them, "Go to the mountain, lest the pursuers encounter you. And you hide there for three days until the return of the pursuers, and after, you go on your way."
[JOS.2.17] And the men said to her, "We are clean from this oath that you have made us swear."
[JOS.2.18] Behold, we are coming into the land. Tie the hope of this second cord to the window by which you let us down, and gather to your home your father, your mother, your brothers, and all of your father's household.
[JOS.2.19] And it will be, all who go out from the doors of your house outside, their blood will be upon their head, and we will be blameless. And all who will be with you in the house, their blood will be upon our heads, if a hand is upon him.
[JOS.2.20] And if you will tell this, our word, then we will be clean from your oath which you have sworn us.
[JOS.2.21] And she said, “According to your words, so it is.” And she sent them away, and they went. And she tied the second expectation in the window.
[JOS.2.22] And they went and came to the mountain and dwelt there for three days until the pursuers returned. And the pursuers sought in every way, and they did not find them.
[JOS.2.23] And the two men returned and descended from the mountain, and they passed through and came to Joshua son of Nun, and they told him all the findings that were with them.
[JOS.2.24] And they said to Joshua, "Because Yahveh has given all the land into our hands, and also all the inhabitants of the land have become disheartened before us."
JOS.3
[JOS.3.1] And Joshua rose early in the morning, and they departed from Shittim, and came to the Jordan. He and all the children of Israel camped there before they crossed.
[JOS.3.2] And it happened at the end of three days, and the officers passed through the midst of the camp.
[JOS.3.3] And they commanded the people, saying, "As you see the Ark of the Covenant of Yahveh your Gods and the Levitical priests carrying it, you shall move from your place and follow after it."
[JOS.3.4] But distant will be between you and it, like two thousand cubits in measure. Do not approach it, so that you may know the way by which you will go, for you have not passed by this way yesterday and the day before.
[JOS.3.5] And Joshua said to the people, "Sanctify yourselves, for tomorrow Yahveh will do wonders among you."
[JOS.3.6] And Joshua said to the priests, "Carry the Ark of the Covenant and go before the people." And they carried the Ark of the Covenant and went before the people.
[JOS.3.7] And Yahveh said to Joshua, "This day I will begin to establish your greatness in the eyes of all Israel, that they will know that as I was with Moses, I will be with you."
[JOS.3.8] And you shall command the priests, those carrying the Ark of the Covenant, to say this: As you come to the edge of the waters of the Jordan, you shall stand in the Jordan.
[JOS.3.9] And Joshua said to the children of Israel, "Gather here and hear the words of Yahveh, your Gods."
[JOS.3.10] And Joshua said, "By this you will know that God is alive among you, and He will certainly dispossess from before you the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Hivite and the Perizzite and the Girgashite and the Amorite and the Jebusite."
[JOS.3.11] Behold, the Ark of the covenant, my Lord of all the land, is crossing before you in the Jordan.
[JOS.3.12] And now, take for yourselves twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one man, one man for each tribe.
[JOS.3.13] And it will be, like standing, the soles of the feet of the priests carrying the Ark of Yahveh, my Lord of all the land, in the waters of the Jordan. The waters of the Jordan will be cut off, the waters descending from above, and they will stand, a heap, one.
[JOS.3.14] And it happened, as the people moved from their tents to cross the Jordan, and the priests carrying the Ark of the Covenant were before the people.
[JOS.3.15] And when those carrying the Ark came to the Jordan, and the feet of the priests carrying the Ark dipped into the edge of the waters, the Jordan overflowed all its banks throughout all the days of harvest.
[JOS.3.16] And the waters descending from above stood as one heap, very far away at Adam the city, which is beside Zartan. And the descending to the Sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were cut off. And the people passed over against Jericho.
[JOS.3.17] And the priests who carried the Ark of the Covenant of Yahveh stood in the midst of the Jordan River. And all of Israel crossed over in the midst of the Jordan River, until all the nation had finished crossing over the Jordan.
JOS.4
[JOS.4.1] And it happened, as all the nations had finished crossing the Jordan, that Yahveh said to Joshua, saying:
[JOS.4.2] Take for yourselves from the people twelve men, one man one man from each tribe.
[JOS.4.3] And command them saying: Take for yourselves from this place, from within the Jordan, from where the feet of the priests stand, twelve stones prepared. And you shall carry them with you and place them in the lodging where we will stay tonight.
[JOS.4.4] And Joshua called to the twelve men that he had prepared from the sons of Israel, one man, one man from each tribe.
[JOS.4.5] And Joshua said to them, "Cross before the ark of Yahveh, the Gods of you, into the midst of the Jordan, and let each person take one stone upon their shoulder, for a count of the tribes of the sons of Israel."
[JOS.4.6] So that this may be a sign among you, when your children ask tomorrow saying, “What do these stones mean to you?”
[JOS.4.7] And you shall say to them, concerning the waters that were cut off from the waters of the Jordan, because of the Ark of the covenant of Yahveh, when it passed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off; and these stones shall be a memorial to the sons of Israel forever.
[JOS.4.8] So the sons of Israel did as Joshua commanded, and they took twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, as Yahveh spoke to Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel. And they carried them with them to the lodging place, and they placed them there.
[JOS.4.9] And Joshua set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan. They were placed under the position of the feet of the priests, those carrying the ark of the covenant, and they remained there until this day.
[JOS.4.10] And the priests carrying the Ark were standing within the Jordan until completion of all the matter that Yahveh commanded Yehoshua to speak to the people, according to all that Moshe had commanded Yehoshua, and the people hastened and they crossed over.
[JOS.4.11] And it happened, when all the people had finished passing, that the Ark of Yahveh and the priests passed before the people.
[JOS.4.12] And the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and half the tribe of Manasseh crossed over, armed, before the sons of Israel, as Moses had spoken to them.
[JOS.4.13] As forty thousand prepared soldiers crossed before Yahveh to wage war toward the plains of Jericho.
[JOS.4.14] On that day, Yahveh increased Joshua’s stature in the eyes of all Israel, and they saw him as they had seen Moses all the days of his life.
[JOS.4.15] And Yahveh said to Joshua, saying:
[JOS.4.16] Command the priests, those carrying the ark of the testimony, and Yahveh will cause them to ascend from the Jordan.
[JOS.4.17] And Joshua commanded the priests, saying, "Go up from the Jordan."
[JOS.4.18] And it happened, as the priests carrying the Ark of the Covenant of Yahveh stepped into the midst of the Jordan, that the waters were cut off, and the pile of water stood firm. And the waters of the Jordan returned to their place, and they went on as before, over all its banks.
[JOS.4.19] And the people went up from the Jordan on the tenth of the first month, and they camped at Gilgal at the edge of the east of Jericho.
[JOS.4.20] And Joshua set up these twelve stones which they took from the Jordan at Gilgal.
[JOS.4.21] And he said to the sons of Israel, "to say this: What these stones are, your sons will ask their fathers tomorrow."
[JOS.4.22] And you shall tell your children, saying, “Israel passed over on the dry land, the Jordan, this one.”
[JOS.4.23] Which Yahveh, your Gods, dried up the waters of the Jordan before you, until you passed over, as Yahveh, your Gods, did to the Red Sea, which He dried up before us, until we passed over.
[JOS.4.24] In order that all peoples of the earth may know the hand of Yahveh, for it is strong, in order that they may fear Yahveh, their Gods, all their days.
JOS.5
[JOS.5.1] And it happened, when all the kings of the Amorites who were on the side of the Jordan toward the sea, and all the kings of the Canaanites who were by the sea, heard that Yahveh had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the children of Israel until we crossed, that their hearts melted, and there was no more spirit in them because of the children of Israel.
[JOS.5.2] At that time, Yahveh said to Joshua, "Make for yourself flint knives, and go back and circumcise the sons of Israel a second time."
[JOS.5.3] And Joshua made for himself flint knives, and he circumcised the sons of Israel to the hill of the uncircumcised.
[JOS.5.4] And this is the thing that happened to Joshua: all the people that went out of Egypt, the males, all the men of war, died in the wilderness on the way in their going out of Egypt.
[JOS.5.5] For all the people who came out were circumcised. But all the people who were born in the wilderness on the way in their going out from Egypt were not circumcised.
[JOS.5.6] For forty years the children of Israel walked in the wilderness, until all the men of war who left Egypt were gone, those who had not listened to the voice of Yahveh. Concerning them, Yahveh had sworn that He would not show them the land that Yahveh had sworn to their ancestors to give to us, a land flowing with milk and honey.
[JOS.5.7] And he established their sons in their place, Joshua circumcised them, for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them on the way.
[JOS.5.8] And it happened, as all the nations had completed circumcision, that they sat in their place in the camp until they were healed.
[JOS.5.9] And Yahveh said to Joshua, "Today I have revealed the disgrace of Egypt from over you." And he called the name of that place Gilgal, until this very day.
[JOS.5.10] And the sons of Israel camped at Gilgal, and they made the Passover sacrifice on the fourteenth day of the month in the evening in the plains of Jericho.
[JOS.5.11] And they ate from the produce of the land, from the day after the Passover, unleavened breads and roasted grain, on this very day.
[JOS.5.12] And the manna ceased from the next day when they ate from the produce of the land, and there was no longer manna for the children of Israel. And they ate from the produce of the land of Canaan in that year.
[JOS.5.13] And it happened, while Joshua was at Jericho, that he lifted his eyes and saw, and behold a man was standing before him, and his sword was drawn in his hand. And Joshua went to him and said to him, "Are you for us, or for our enemies?"
[JOS.5.14] And he said, "No, for I am the commander of the army of Yahveh, now I have come." And Joshua fell to the ground before his face and bowed, and said to him, "What does my Lord speak to his servant?"
[JOS.5.15] And the commander of the army of Yahveh said to Joshua, "Remove your sandal from upon your foot, for the place upon which you stand is holy." And Joshua did so.
JOS.6
[JOS.6.1] And Jericho was shut and barred against the sons of Israel. No one was leaving and no one was entering.
[JOS.6.2] And Yahveh said to Joshua, "See, I have given into your hand Jericho and its king, the mighty warriors of the strength."
[JOS.6.3] And you shall circle the city, all the men of war, circling the city once. So shall you do for six days.
[JOS.6.4] And seven priests will carry seven horns of the jubilee before the Ark, and on the seventh day you will circle the city seven times, and the priests will blow with the horns.
[JOS.6.5] And it will be, when it is drawn with the horn of the jubilee, when you hear the sound of the shofar, that all the people will shout with a great shout, and the wall of the city will fall down under it, and the people will go up, every man against it.
[JOS.6.6] And Joshua, son of Nun, called to the priests and said to them, "Lift up the Ark of the Covenant, and let seven priests carry seven trumpets of ram’s horns before the Ark of Yahveh."
[JOS.6.7] And they said to the people, "Go through and surround the city, and let the vanguard pass before the ark of Yahveh."
[JOS.6.8] And it happened, as Joshua spoke to the people, that seven priests carrying seven jubilee horns proceeded before Yahveh and blew on the horns, and the ark of the covenant of Yahveh went after them.
[JOS.6.9] And the vanguard goes before the priests, they blow the trumpets, and the rear guard goes behind the ark, going and blowing the trumpets.
[JOS.6.10] And Joshua commanded the people, saying, “Do not shout, and do not make a sound with your voices, and let no word go forth from your mouths until the day I say to you, ‘Shout!’ and then you will shout.”
[JOS.6.11] And he caused the Ark of Yahveh to circle the city once, and the army came to the camp and spent the night in the camp.
[JOS.6.12] And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests carried the ark of Yahveh.
[JOS.6.13] And seven priests are carrying seven ram’s horns of jubilee before the ark of Yahveh, walking and blowing the horns. And the leader is walking before them, and the rear guard is walking behind the ark of Yahveh, walking and blowing the horns.
[JOS.6.14] And they circled the city on the second day once, and they returned to the camp. Thus they did for six days.
[JOS.6.15] And it came to pass on the seventh day that they arose early, as the rising of dawn, and they circled the city according to this ordinance seven times. Only on that day did they circle the city seven times.
[JOS.6.16] And it came to pass on the seventh time they blew the priests with the trumpets, and Joshua said to the people, "Shout, for Yahveh has given to you the city."
[JOS.6.17] And the city will be a destruction, it is, and all that is in it for Yahveh. Only Rahab the prostitute will live, she and all who are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.
[JOS.6.18] And you alone, guard yourselves from the devoted things, lest you devote and take from the devoted things, and place the camp of Israel under the devoted, and defile it.
[JOS.6.19] And all silver and gold and the tools of copper and iron are holy to Yahveh. The treasure of Yahveh will come.
[JOS.6.20] And the people were greatly distressed, and they blew the trumpets. And it happened when the people heard the sound of the trumpets, that the people shouted a great shout, and the wall fell under it. And the people went up into the city, each against his position, and they captured the city.
[JOS.6.21] And they devoted to destruction everything that was in the city, from man to woman, from young boy to old man, and also the ox, the sheep, and the donkey, by the sword.
[JOS.6.22] And to the two men who were spying out the land, Joshua said, "Go into the house of this prostitute, and bring out from there the woman and all that belongs to her, just as you swore to her."
[JOS.6.23] And the young men, the spies, came and brought out Rahab and her father and her mother and her brothers and all that belonged to her and all her families, and they placed them outside the camp of Israel.
[JOS.6.24] And the city they burned with fire, and all that was in it. Only the silver and the gold, and the vessels of copper and iron, they gave as treasure to the house of Yahveh.
[JOS.6.25] And Joshua kept alive Rahab the prostitute and her father’s house and all that she had. And she lived among the Israelites until this day, because she hid the messengers that Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
[JOS.6.26] Joshua swore at that time, saying, “Cursed is the man before Yahveh who rises and rebuilds this city, Jericho. With his firstborn he will lay its foundation, and with his youngest he will set up its gates.”
[JOS.6.27] And it was that Yahveh was with Joshua, and his reputation was in all the land.
JOS.7
[JOS.7.1] And the sons of Israel acted treacherously with regard to the ban, and Achan son of Karmi son of Zabdi son of Zerah from the tribe of Judah took from the ban, and the anger of Yahveh was kindled against the sons of Israel.
[JOS.7.2] And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven from the east, to Beth-el, and said to them, saying, "Go up and scout the land." And the men went up and scouted Ai.
[JOS.7.3] And they returned to Joshua and said to him, “Let not all the people go up; rather, let two thousand men or three thousand men go up and strike Ai. Do not trouble all the people there, for they are few.”
[JOS.7.4] And three thousand men ascended from the population to that place, and they fled before the men of Ai.
[JOS.7.5] And they struck from them, the men of Ai, thirty and six men, and they pursued them before the gate until the ravines, and they struck them in the descent. And the heart of the people melted, and it became as water.
[JOS.7.6] And Joshua tore his garments and fell upon his face to the earth before the Ark of Yahveh until the evening, he and the elders of Israel, and they raised dust upon their heads.
[JOS.7.7] And Joshua said, "Alas, my Lord Yahveh, why have you caused this people to cross the Jordan, to give us into the hand of the Amorites to destroy us? Would that we had remained on the other side of the Jordan!"
[JOS.7.8] With my Lord, what shall I say after that Israel turned a stubborn neck before his enemies?
[JOS.7.9] And the Canaanites will hear, and all inhabitants of the land, and they will turn against us, and they will destroy our name from the land. And what will you do for the sake of your great name?
[JOS.7.10] And Yahveh said to Joshua, "Rise for yourself. Why this are you falling on your face?"
[JOS.7.11] Israel sinned, and also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them. And also they took from the devoted thing, and also they stole, and also they denied, and also they put [it] in their vessels.
[JOS.7.12] And the sons of Israel were not able to stand before their enemies, their backs they turned before their enemies, because they had become a devoted thing. I will not continue to be with you unless you destroy the devoted thing from among you.
[JOS.7.13] Rise, sanctify the people, and say, "Sanctify yourselves for tomorrow, for thus says Yahveh, the God of Israel: A ban is among you, Israel. You will not be able to stand before your enemies until you remove the ban from among you."
[JOS.7.14] You will approach in the morning by your tribes, and the tribe that Yahveh chooses will approach by families, and the family that Yahveh chooses will approach by houses, and the house that Yahveh chooses will approach by men.
[JOS.7.15] And it will be that the captured in the ban shall be burned with fire, both him and all that he has, because he has transgressed the covenant with Yahveh and because he has done an abomination in Israel.
[JOS.7.16] Joshua rose early in the morning, and he brought the Israelites forward by their tribes, and the tribe of Judah took the lead.
[JOS.7.17] And he brought the family of Yahveh near, and he captured the family of those of Zarch, and he brought the family of those of Zarch among the men, and Zavdi was captured.
[JOS.7.18] And he brought the house of his belonging near to the strong men, and Achan son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah of the tribe of Judah was captured.
[JOS.7.19] And Joshua said to Achan, "my son, place honor to Yahveh, the God of Israel, and give to him acknowledgement. And tell me now what you have done; do not hide it from me."
[JOS.7.20] And Achan answered Joshua and said, “Truly, I have sinned to Yahveh, the God of Israel, and this and this I have done.”
[JOS.7.21] I saw in the plunder a garment from Shinar, one that was good, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a tongue of gold, one of fifty shekels in weight. I desired them and took them, and behold, they were hidden in the ground inside my tent, and the silver was underneath it.
[JOS.7.22] And Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent, and behold, it was hidden in his tent, and the silver was beneath it.
[JOS.7.23] And they took them from within the tent and brought them to Joshua and to all the Israelites, and they presented them before Yahveh.
[JOS.7.24] And Joshua took Achan son of Zerah, and the silver, and the cloak, and the tongue of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his ox, and his donkey, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had, and all of Israel with him, and they brought them up to the Valley of Achor.
[JOS.7.25] And Joshua said, "What trouble have you brought upon us? May Yahveh bring trouble upon you on this day." And all Israel stoned him with stones, and they burned them with fire, and they stoned them with stones.
[JOS.7.26] And they raised up over him a great heap of stones, even to this day. And Yahveh turned back from the heat of his anger. Therefore, the name of that place was called 'The Valley of Trouble', even to this day.
JOS.8
[JOS.8.1] And Yahveh said to Joshua, "Do not fear and do not be dismayed. Take with you all the people of war, and arise, go up against Ai. See, I have given into your hand the king of Ai and his people and his city and his land."
[JOS.8.2] And you shall do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king, only its plunder and its livestock you shall spoil for yourselves. Set for yourself an ambush for the city from behind it.
[JOS.8.3] And Joshua rose, and all the people of the battle, to go up against Ai. And Joshua chose thirty thousand men, valiant warriors, and sent them out at night.
[JOS.8.4] And he commanded them, saying, "See, you are lying in wait to the city from behind the city. Do not be far from the city very much, and all of you will be ready."
[JOS.8.5] And I, and all the people who are with me, will approach the city. And it will be that if they come out to meet us as they did previously, we will flee before them.
[JOS.8.6] And they will go after us until we have rectified them from the city, because they will say, "They are fleeing before us," as it was in the beginning, and we will flee before them.
[JOS.8.7] And you will rise from the ambush and you will inherit the city, and Yahveh, the Gods your God, will give it into your hand.
[JOS.8.8] And it will be, as you seize the city, you shall set the city ablaze with fire, according to the word of Yahveh you shall do. See, I have commanded you.
[JOS.8.9] And Joshua sent them, and they went toward the west, and they settled between Bethel and Ai, from the sea toward Ai. And Joshua spent the night that night among the people.
[JOS.8.10] And Joshua rose early in the morning, and he assessed the people, and he went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to the city Ai.
[JOS.8.11] And all the people of war who were with him went up, and they approached and came against the city, and they camped north of the valley. And the valley was between them and the city.
[JOS.8.12] And he took about five thousand men and he placed them as an ambush between Bethel and between Ai from the west towards the city.
[JOS.8.13] And the people set all the camp which is north of the city, and its rear is south of the city. And Joshua went within the valley that night.
[JOS.8.14] And it happened, when the king of Ai saw, that they hastened and rose early and the people of the city went out to meet Israel for battle, he and all his people to the appointed time before the Arabah, and he did not know that an ambush was waiting for him from behind the city.
[JOS.8.15] Then Joshua and all Israel touched themselves before them, and they fled by the way of the wilderness.
[JOS.8.16] And all the people who were in the city cried out to pursue after them, and they pursued after Joshua, and they were cut off from the city.
[JOS.8.17] And no man remained in Ai and Bethel who did not go after Israel, and they abandoned the city open, and they pursued after Israel.
[JOS.8.18] And Yahveh said to Joshua, "Point the spear which is in your hand toward Ai, for into your hand I will give it." And Joshua pointed the spear which was in his hand toward the city.
[JOS.8.19] And the scout rose quickly from his place and ran with extended hands, and they came to the city and captured it quickly, and they hastened and set the city on fire.
[JOS.8.20] And the people of Ai turned after them and saw, and behold, smoke from the city rose to the heavens. And there were no hands among them to escape here and there, and the people fleeing to the wilderness turned back to the pursuer.
[JOS.8.21] And Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambushers had seized the city, and that smoke from the city had ascended. Therefore they returned and struck the people of Ai.
[JOS.8.22] And these went out from the city to meet them, and they became among Israel, these on this side and these on that side, and they struck them until he left to them no survivor and no escapee.
[JOS.8.23] And with the king of Ai you captured alive, and they brought him near to Joshua.
[JOS.8.24] And it happened, when Israel finished killing all the inhabitants of Ai in the field and in the wilderness where they pursued them, that all of them fell by the sword until completion. And all of Israel returned to Ai and struck it with the sword.
[JOS.8.25] And it happened that all who fell on that day, from man even to woman, were twelve thousand – all the people of Ai.
[JOS.8.26] Joshua did not withdraw his hand, which he had stretched out with the spear, until he had destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
[JOS.8.27] Only the beasts and the plunder of that city did Israel plunder for themselves, according to the word of Yahveh, which He commanded to Joshua.
[JOS.8.28] And Joshua burned the city of Ai, and he made it a perpetual heap, a ruin, until this day.
[JOS.8.29] And they hanged the king of Ai on a tree until the time of evening. And when the sun went down, Joshua commanded, and they took his corpse down from the tree and threw it at the opening of the gate of the city. And they raised over him a large pile of stones, which remains until this day.
[JOS.8.30] Then Joshua will build an altar to Yahveh, the God of Israel, on Mount Ebal.
[JOS.8.31] As Moses, the servant of Yahveh, commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the Teaching of Moses, an altar of stones, whole, upon which no iron was lifted, and upon it they offered burnt offerings to Yahveh, and they sacrificed peace offerings.
[JOS.8.32] And he wrote there on the stones a copy of the Law of Moses, which he had written for the children of Israel.
[JOS.8.33] And all of Israel, its elders, its officials, and its judges, stood on this side and on that side of the Ark, facing the priests, the Levites, who carried the Ark of the covenant of Yahveh. Like the foreigner and the citizen, half faced toward Mount Gerizim and half toward Mount Ebal, as Moses, the servant of Yahveh, had commanded to bless the people of Israel initially.
[JOS.8.34] And after that, he called out all the words of the Law, the blessing and the curse, according to all that is written in the book of the Law.
[JOS.8.35] There was not a word of all that Moses commanded that Joshua did not read before the entire assembly of Israel, including the women, the children, and the alien who lived among them.
JOS.9
[JOS.9.1] And it happened, when all the kings who were beyond the Jordan, in the mountains, in the lowland, and along all the coast of the Great Sea, facing Lebanon – the Hittite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivvite, and the Jebusite – heard about it…
[JOS.9.2] And they gathered together to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one mouth.
[JOS.9.3] And the inhabitants of Gibeon heard that which Joshua did to Jericho and to Ai.
[JOS.9.4] And also they made deceit, and they went and presented themselves as traders, and they took old sacks for their donkeys, and old wineskins, torn and patched.
[JOS.9.5] Their sandals were worn out and their clothing was tattered on their feet, and worn garments were on them. All of their provision of food had become dried up and spotted.
[JOS.9.6] And they went to Joshua to the camp of Gilgal and said to him and to the man of Israel, “We have come from a distant land. And now, make a covenant with us.”
[JOS.9.7] And the man of Israel said to the Hivite, "Perhaps you dwell amongst us? And how can I make a covenant with you?"
[JOS.9.8] And they said to Joshua, "We are your servants." And Joshua said to them, "Who are you, and from where do you come?"
[JOS.9.9] And they said to him, "From a very distant land, your servants have come for the name of Yahveh, the Gods of you, for we have heard reports and all that was done in Egypt."
[JOS.9.10] And all that was done to the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan, to Sichon, king of Heshbon, and to Og, king of Bashan, who were associated with Ashtaroth.
[JOS.9.11] And they said to us, "Our elders and all the inhabitants of our land, to say, 'Take in your hand provisions for the way, and go to meet them. And you will say to them, 'Your servants we are.' And now make with us a covenant."
[JOS.9.12] This is our food, warm, which we prepared from our houses in the day of our going out to go to you, and now, behold, it is dry, and it became spots.
[JOS.9.13] And these are the leakages of the wine that we filled into new containers, and behold, they have split. And these are our provisions, and our shoes are worn out from much of the journey, very much.
[JOS.9.14] And the men took from their catch, and they did not ask the mouth of Yahveh.
[JOS.9.15] And Joshua made peace with them, and he established a covenant with them for their continued existence, and the leaders of the congregation swore to them.
[JOS.9.16] And it came to pass at the end of three days, after they had made a covenant for themselves, and they heard that they were near to him, and near to him they were dwelling.
[JOS.9.17] The sons of Israel traveled and came to their cities on the third day, and their cities were Giv'on, and Hakfirah, and Be'rot, and Kiryat Yearim.
[JOS.9.18] And the sons of Israel did not strike them, because the leaders of the congregation had sworn an oath to them in Yahveh, the God of Israel. And all the congregation complained against the leaders.
[JOS.9.19] And all the leaders said to all the congregation, "We swore to them by Yahveh, the Gods of Israel. And now, we cannot touch them."
[JOS.9.20] This we will do for them and revive them, and there will not be wrath upon us regarding the oath which we swore to them.
[JOS.9.21] And they said to them, the leaders, "May they live." And they became woodcutters and water carriers for all the congregation, as the leaders had spoken to them.
[JOS.9.22] And Yehoshua called to them and spoke to them, saying, "Why have you deceived us, saying, 'We are very distant from you,' while you dwell within us?"
[JOS.9.23] And now, you are cursed, and no servant, woodcutter, or water carrier will be found among you to serve the house of the Gods.
[JOS.9.24] They answered Joshua, and said, “It has been told to your servants that Yahveh, your God, commanded Moses, his servant, to give you the entire land and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land before you. And we are very afraid for our lives because of you, and we will do this thing.”
[JOS.9.25] And now, we are in your hand, as is good and as is right in your eyes to do for us, do.
[JOS.9.26] And he did thus to them, and he saved them from the hand of the sons of Israel, and did not kill them.
[JOS.9.27] And Joshua gave them on that day, woodcutters for wood and drawers of water for the assembly, and for the altar of Yahveh until this day, to the place that will be chosen.
JOS.10
[JOS.10.1] And it came to pass when my Lord, the righteous, king of Jerusalem, heard that Yehveh had captured Ai and devoted it to destruction, as he had done to Jericho and its king, so he did to Ai and its king. And when the inhabitants of Givon had made peace with the Israelites, they remained among them.
[JOS.10.2] And they feared greatly, because the city of Gibeon was a great city, like one of the cities of the kingdom, and because it was greater than the Ai, and all its people were warriors.
[JOS.10.3] Adoni-tzedek, the king of Jerusalem, sent to Hoham, the king of Hebron, and to Pir’am, the king of Yarmut, and to Yafia, the king of Lakish, and to Devir, the king of Eglon, saying…
[JOS.10.4] Come to God and help me, and we will strike Givon, for it has made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.
[JOS.10.5] And they gathered and went up: five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Yarmut, the king of Lakish, the king of Eglon, they and all their camps. And they camped on Gibeon and fought against it.
[JOS.10.6] And the people of Gibeon sent to Joshua, to the camp at Gilgal, saying, "Do not withdraw your hand from your servants, quickly come up to us, and save us and help us, for all the kings of the Amorites who dwell in the mountains have gathered against us."
[JOS.10.7] And Joshua went up from the Gilgal, he and all the people of the fighting with him, and all the valiant ones of the strength.
[JOS.10.8] And Yahveh said to Joshua, "Do not fear them, for I have given them into your hand. No man from them will stand before you."
[JOS.10.9] And he came to them, Joshua, suddenly, all the night having ascended from Gilgal.
[JOS.10.10] Yahveh dismayed them before Israel, and He struck them with a great defeat at Gibeon. He pursued them by the way of the ascent to Beit-Choron, and He struck them until Azekah and until Makedah.
[JOS.10.11] And it happened, as they fled from before Israel, they were at the descent of Beit-Horon. Then Yahveh threw upon them large stones from the heavens, even to Azekah, and many died. Those who died by the stones of the hail were more numerous than those whom the sons of Israel killed with the sword.
[JOS.10.12] Then Joshua spoke to Yahveh on the day that Yahveh delivered the Amorites before the sons of Israel. And he said before the eyes of Israel, "Sun, be still over Gibeon, and moon, stand still in the Valley of Aijalon!"
[JOS.10.13] And the sun was still, and the moon stood still, until a nation avenges its enemies. Is this not written in the Book of the Upright? And the sun stood in the middle of the sky and did not hurry to finish the day.
[JOS.10.14] And there was no day like that before it or after it, for Yahveh to hear the voice of a man, for Yahveh fought for Israel.
[JOS.10.15] And Joshua and all of Israel with him returned to the camp at Gilgal.
[JOS.10.16] And five of the kings fled, and they hid in the cave in Makkedah.
[JOS.10.17] And it was told to Joshua, saying, "Five kings have been found hiding in the cave in Makkedah."
[JOS.10.18] And Joshua said, "Roll large stones to the mouth of the cave, and deposit men upon them to guard them."
[JOS.10.19] And you, do not stand still. Pursue after your enemies and strike their rear. Do not allow them to enter into their cities, for Yahveh, the Gods your God, has given them into your hand.
[JOS.10.20] And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had struck them a very great strike until completion, that the survivors survived from them, and they came to the fortified cities.
[JOS.10.21] And the entire people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makedah in peace. No one among the children of Israel restrained their tongue against anyone.
[JOS.10.22] And Joshua said, "Open the mouth of the cave and bring out to me these five kings from the cave."
[JOS.10.23] And they did so, and they brought out to him these five kings from the cave: the king of Jerusalem, the king of Chevron, the king of Yarmut, the king of Lakish, and the king of Eglon.
[JOS.10.24] And it happened, as they brought these kings to Joshua, that Joshua called to all the people of Israel and said to the officers of the men of war, “Those who go with me, come near, and place your feet on the necks of these kings.” And they came near and placed their feet on their necks.
[JOS.10.25] And he said to them, Joshua, "Do not fear, and do not be dismayed. Be strong and be courageous, for thus Yahveh will do to all your enemies whom you are fighting against them."
[JOS.10.26] And Joshua struck them after that, and he killed them, and he hung them on five trees, and they remained hanging on the trees until the evening.
[JOS.10.27] And it came to pass, at the time of the setting of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and he brought them down from the trees and cast them into the cave where they had hidden themselves. And they set large stones at the mouth of the cave, until this very day.
[JOS.10.28] And Makkedah, Joshua captured on that day, and he struck it with the sword, and its king he utterly destroyed, them, and every living being that was in it, he left no survivor. And he did to the king of Makkedah as he had done to the king of Jericho.
[JOS.10.29] And Joshua crossed, and all of Israel with him, from Makdah to Libnah, and he fought with Libnah.
[JOS.10.30] And Yahveh also gave that one into the hand of Israel, and its king, and struck it according to the sword, and all the life that was in it, He left no survivor in it. And He did to its king as He had done to the king of Jericho.
[JOS.10.31] And Joshua and all of Israel with him crossed from Libnah to Lachish, and they camped against it, and they fought against it.
[JOS.10.32] And Yahveh gave Lachish into the hand of Israel, and they captured it on the second day, and they struck it with the sword, and all the life that was in it, as all that they did to Libnah.
[JOS.10.33] Then Horam, king of Gezer, came up to help Lachish, and Joshua struck him and his people until he left him no survivor.
[JOS.10.34] And Joshua crossed over, and all of Israel with him, from Lakish to Eglon, and they camped against it, and they fought against it.
[JOS.10.35] And they captured her on that day, and they struck her with the sword, and all the soul that was in her on that day they devoted to destruction, as all that he did to Lachish.
[JOS.10.36] And Joshua and all Israel went up from Eglon to Hebron, and they fought against it.
[JOS.10.37] They captured her and struck her according to the sword, and her king, and all her cities, and every living being that was in her, they left no survivor, as everything they did to Eglon. And they devoted her to destruction, and every living being that was in her.
[JOS.10.38] And Joshua returned, and all of Israel with him, to Debir, and they fought against it.
[JOS.10.39] And he captured it, and its king, and all its cities, and he struck them with the edge of the sword, and he devoted to destruction every soul that was in it, leaving no survivor. As he did to Chevron, so he did to Devirah and its king, and as he did to Livnah and its king.
[JOS.10.40] And Joshua struck all the land, the hill country and the Negev and the Shephelah and the Arabah, and all their kings, leaving no survivor. And he utterly destroyed every living soul, as Yahveh, the God of Israel, commanded.
[JOS.10.41] And Joshua struck them from Kadesh Barnea and until Gaza, and all the land of Goshen and until Gibeon.
[JOS.10.42] And all these kings and their land Joshua captured at one time, for Yahveh, the God of Israel, fought for Israel.
[JOS.10.43] And Joshua and all of Israel with him returned to the camp at Gilgal.
JOS.11
[JOS.11.1] And it happened, when Jabin, king of Hazor, heard, that he sent to Jobab, king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaf.
[JOS.11.2] And to God, the kings, from the north, in the mountain and in the wilderness, south, Kinneret, and in the lowland, and in the regions of Dor, from the sea.
[JOS.11.3] The Canaanite, from the east and from the west, and the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite are in the mountain, and the Hivite is under Hermon in the land of Mizpah.
[JOS.11.4] And they went out, they and all their camp with them, a numerous people as the blue that is upon the face of the sea for multitude, and horses and chariots very many.
[JOS.11.5] And all these kings made a covenant, and they came and camped together by the waters of Merom to fight with Israel.
[JOS.11.6] And Yahveh said to Joshua, "Do not fear them, because tomorrow at this time I will give all of them defeated before Israel. You will hamstring their horses, and you will burn their chariots in fire."
[JOS.11.7] And Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, upon them, upon the waters of Merom, suddenly, and they fell among them.
[JOS.11.8] And Yahveh gave them into the hand of Israel, and they struck them and pursued them to Great Zidon and to the watercourses and to the Valley of Mizpeh eastward. And they struck them until they left them no survivor.
[JOS.11.9] And Joshua did to them as Yahveh had commanded him: he hamstrung their horses, and he burned their chariots with fire.
[JOS.11.10] And Joshua returned at that time and captured Hazor, and he struck down its king with the sword, because Hazor previously was the head of all these kingdoms.
[JOS.11.11] And they struck all the life that was in it according to the sword of the ban, no breath remained, and the city they burned with fire.
[JOS.11.12] And Joshua captured all the cities of these kings and all their kings. And he struck them according to the sword, utterly destroying them, as Yahveh’s servant Moses had commanded.
[JOS.11.13] But all the cities that stood on mounds, Israel did not burn them, except Chazor alone, which Joshua burned.
[JOS.11.14] And all the plunder of these cities and the livestock, the sons of Israel plundered for themselves. But they struck all the people with the sword until their destruction of them. They left no soul remaining.
[JOS.11.15] As Yahveh commanded Moses his servant, so Moses commanded Joshua, and so Joshua did. He did not remove a word from all that Yahveh commanded Moses.
[JOS.11.16] And Joshua took all of this land: the mountain and all the South and all the land of Goshen and the lowlands and the Arabah and the mountain of Israel and its lowlands.
[JOS.11.17] From the smooth mountain, ascending to Seir, and up to Baal Gad in the Valley of Lebanon, beneath Mount Hermon, all of their kings were captured, and Yahveh struck them down and killed them.
[JOS.11.18] Many days did Joshua make war against all these kings.
[JOS.11.19] There was no city that made peace with the children of Israel except for the Hivites, inhabitants of Gibeon. They took all others in warfare.
[JOS.11.20] For it was from Yahveh that the strengthening of their hearts came, for the sake of facing the war against Israel, in order to utterly destroy them, so that they should have no place of refuge. This was in order to destroy them, as Yahveh commanded Moses.
[JOS.11.21] And Joshua came at that time and destroyed the Anakim from the mountain, from Chevron, from Devir, from Anav, and from all the mountain of Judah, and from all the mountain of Israel, with their cities. Joshua devoted them to destruction.
[JOS.11.22] No Anakim remained in the land of the sons of Israel, only in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod did they remain.
[JOS.11.23] And Joshua took all the land, as all that Yahveh spoke to Moses; and Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions to their tribes; and the land rested from war.
JOS.12
[JOS.12.1] And these are the kings of the land whom the children of Israel struck, and they inherited their land, east of the Jordan River, from the Arnon River to Mount Hermon, and all the Arabah eastward.
[JOS.12.2] Sihon, king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, ruled from Aroer, which is on the bank of the Arnon river, within the river, and half of the Gil'ad, and up to the Yavok river, the river being the boundary of the descendants of Ammon.
[JOS.12.3] And the Arabah to the sea of Kinrot towards the east, and to the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, towards the east, by way of the house of desolations, and from Miteiman, south of Ashdoth Happisgah.
[JOS.12.4] And the boundary of Og, king of Bashan, was from the descendants of the Rephaim, the one who dwelt in Ashtaroth and in Edrei.
[JOS.12.5] He rules in Mount Hermon and in Salcah and in all Bashan, up to the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half of Gilead, the border of Sihon, king of Heshbon.
[JOS.12.6] Moses, the servant of Yahveh, and the children of Israel struck them, and Moses, the servant of Yahveh, gave it as an inheritance to Reuben, and to Gad, and to half the tribe of Manasseh.
[JOS.12.7] And these are the kings of the land whom Joshua struck, and the sons of Israel, west of the Jordan River, from Baal Gad in the Valley of Lebanon, and up to the smooth mountain ascending towards Seir. And Joshua gave it to the tribes of Israel as an inheritance, according to their divisions.
[JOS.12.8] On the mountain and in the lowland and in the Arabah and in the ravines and in the wilderness and in the south, the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
[JOS.12.9] The king of Jericho is one, the king which is from the side of Bethel is one.
[JOS.12.10] The king of Jerusalem is one, and the king of Hebron is one.
[JOS.12.11] One king of Yarmut, one king of Lakish.
[JOS.12.12] The king of Eglon was one, the king of Gezer was one.
[JOS.12.13] A king of Debir is one, a king of Geder is one.
[JOS.12.14] One king of Charmah, one king of Arad.
[JOS.12.15] The king of Livnah is one, and the king of Adulam is one.
[JOS.12.16] The king of Maqedah was one, and the king of Beit-el was one.
[JOS.12.17] One king of the apple, one king of Cheper.
[JOS.12.18] The king of Afeq is one. The king of Lasharon is one.
[JOS.12.19] The king of Madon is one, the king of Chatzor is one.
[JOS.12.20] The king of Shimron is one, the king of Akshaf is one.
[JOS.12.21] The king of Ta'anakh is one. The king of Megiddo is one.
[JOS.12.22] The king of Qedesh is one, the king of Yaqneum to Carmel is one.
[JOS.12.23] A king belongs to one generation, a king of nations belongs to one assembly.
[JOS.12.24] The king of Tirtzah was one, and all the kings were thirty and one.
JOS.13
[JOS.13.1] Joshua was old, having lived many days, and Yahveh said to him, "You have become old, having lived many days, and the land remains very much to be inherited."
[JOS.13.2] This is the land that remains, all the regions of the Philistines and all of the Geshurites.
[JOS.13.3] From the Shichor, that is before Egypt, and up to the border of Ekron northward to the Canaanite, are reckoned five chiefs of the Philistines: the Gazite, the Ashdodite, the Ashkelonite, the Gittite, the Ekronite, and the Avvite.
[JOS.13.4] From Teiman, all the land of the Canaanites, and the cave which belongs to the Sidonians, up to Aphek, up to the border of the Amorites.
[JOS.13.5] And the land, the border, and all Lebanon, east of the sun, from Baal Gad, under Mount Hermon, until the entrance of Hamath.
[JOS.13.6] All those who dwell in the mountains, from Lebanon to the watercourses, all the Sidonians – I, Yahveh, will dispossess them before the children of Israel. Only the Philistines will remain for Israel as an inheritance, as I commanded you.
[JOS.13.7] And now, divide this land as an inheritance to nine tribes and half the tribe of Manasseh.
[JOS.13.8] With him, the Reubenites and the Gadites took their inheritance, which Moses gave to them beyond the Jordan eastward, as Moses, the servant of Yahveh, gave to them.
[JOS.13.9] From Aroer, which is on the bank of the Arnon river, and the city which is within the river, and all the plain from Medeba to Dibon.
[JOS.13.10] And all the cities of Sihon, the king of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon until the border of the descendants of Ammon.
[JOS.13.11] And Gilead and the border of the Geshurites and Maacah and all of Mount Hermon and all of Bashan up to Salecah.
[JOS.13.12] All the kingdom of Og in Bashan, which he ruled in Ashtaroth and in Edrei, he remained from the remnant of the Refaim, and Moses struck them and inherited them.
[JOS.13.13] And the descendants of Israel did not cause the Geshurites and the Maacathites to be dispossessed. Therefore, Geshur and Maacath dwelt among the descendants of Israel until this day.
[JOS.13.14] Only to the tribe of Levi did He not give an inheritance; those are Yahveh, God of Israel, as their inheritance, as He spoke to them.
[JOS.13.15] And Moses gave a staff to the descendants of Reuben, to their families.
[JOS.13.16] And the boundary for them was from Aroer, which is on the edge of the stream Arnon, and the city which is within the stream, and all the plain to Medeba.
[JOS.13.17] Hesbon and all its cities which are in the plain, Dibon and the heights of Baal, and the house of Baal of Meon.
[JOS.13.18] And Yahveh will go forth from the eastern regions, and from the opening.
[JOS.13.19] And Kiryatayim and Sivmah and the fortress of the dawn in the mountain of the valley.
[JOS.13.20] And the house of Pehor and Ashdoth the height and the house of the desolations.
[JOS.13.21] And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdoms of Sihon, the king of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon, whom Moses struck, and the princes of Midian, Evi and Rekem and Tzur and Chur and Reva, princes of Sihon who inhabited the land.
[JOS.13.22] And the children of Israel killed Balaam, son of Beor, the diviner, with the sword to their corpses.
[JOS.13.23] And it was the boundary of the sons of Reuben the Jordan, and this boundary is the inheritance of the sons of Reuben to their families, the cities and their courtyards.
[JOS.13.24] And Moses gave to the tribe of Gad to the people of Gad, to their families.
[JOS.13.25] And the boundary was for them to Ya’azer and all the cities of the Gilead, and half the land of the sons of Ammon, up to Aro’er, which is before Rabbah.
[JOS.13.26] From Mecheshbon to the height of the watchtower, and to Betonim, and from the two camps to the border of Lidvir.
[JOS.13.27] And in the valley, the place of Ram, and the place of Nimrah, and Sukkot, and Zaphon, was the remainder of the kingdom of Sihon, king of Heshbon, the Jordan and the border up to the edge of the Sea of Kinneret, across the Jordan eastward.
[JOS.13.28] This is the inheritance of the descendants of Gad, according to their families: the cities and their courtyards.
[JOS.13.29] And Moses gave to half the tribe of Manasseh, and it was to half the tribe of the sons of Manasseh to their families.
[JOS.13.30] And their boundary was from the camps, all the Bashan, all the kingdom of Og, king of the Bashan, and all the settlements of Jair which are in the Bashan, sixty cities.
[JOS.13.31] And half of Gilead, and Ashtarot, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were to the descendants of Machir, son of Manasseh, to half of the descendants of Machir, to their families.
[JOS.13.32] These are the ones Moses received in the plains of Moab, beyond the Jordan, Jericho eastward.
[JOS.13.33] And to the tribe of Levi, Moses did not give an inheritance. Yahveh, the Gods of Israel, is their inheritance, as He spoke to them.
JOS.14
[JOS.14.1] And these are those who received inheritance, the descendants of Israel, in the land of Canaan, those who received them were Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun and the heads of the fathers of the tribes for the descendants of Israel.
[JOS.14.2] By lot their inheritance came to be, as Yahveh commanded by the hand of Moses to nine tribes and half a tribe.
[JOS.14.3] For Moses gave an inheritance of two tribes and half a tribe from beyond the Jordan, and he did not give an inheritance to the Levites among them.
[JOS.14.4] For the sons of Joseph had two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim, and they did not give a portion to the Levites in the land, but only cities to dwell in, and their pasturelands for their livestock and their possessions.
[JOS.14.5] As Yahveh commanded Moses, so the Israelites did, and they divided the land.
[JOS.14.6] The sons of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal, and Caleb, the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, said to him, "You know the thing that Yahveh spoke to Moses, the man of the Gods, concerning me and concerning you at Kadesh Barnea."
[JOS.14.7] I am forty years old when Moses, the servant of Yahveh, sent me from the holy place of Barnea to scout the land, and I returned to him a report as was in my heart.
[JOS.14.8] And my brothers, who went up with me, dismayed the heart of the people, but I completed following Yahveh, the Gods.
[JOS.14.9] And Moses swore on that day, saying, "If you do not possess the land your feet have walked upon, it will not be for you an inheritance, and for your sons forever, because you have followed Yahveh, the Gods."
[JOS.14.10] And now, behold, Yahveh has kept me alive as He spoke. This is forty-five years since Yahveh spoke this word to Moses, when Israel walked in the wilderness. And now, behold, today I am eighty years old.
[JOS.14.11] Still I today am strong as in the day Moses sent me, as my strength then and as my strength now, for war and to go out and to come in.
[JOS.14.12] And now, give to me this mountain that Yahveh spoke of on that day, for you heard on that day that giants are there and great cities are fortified. Perhaps Yahveh will be with me, and I will dispossess them, as Yahveh spoke.
[JOS.14.13] And Joshua blessed him, and he gave Hebron to Caleb son of Yifuneh as an inheritance.
[JOS.14.14] Therefore, Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, to this day, because he filled his actions following Yahveh, the God of Israel.
[JOS.14.15] And the name of Hebron formerly was the city of Arba, that was a great man among the Anakim. And the land was quiet from war.
JOS.15
[JOS.15.1] And it happened, the lot fell to the tribe of the sons of Judah, to their families, toward the border of Edom, the wilderness of Zin southward, from the end of Teman.
[JOS.15.2] And it was their boundary, the south, from the end of the salt sea, from the tongue turning southward.
[JOS.15.3] And he went out toward the south, to the ascent of scorpions, and he passed through Tsinnah, and he ascended from the south to Qadesh Barnea. And he passed through Chetzron and he ascended to Adarah, and he surveyed the land.
[JOS.15.4] And you shall pass through Atzmonah, and a wadi shall emerge from Egypt, and the outflows of the border will face the sea. This will be your southern border.
[JOS.15.5] And the boundary toward the east is the Salt Sea, to the end of the Jordan. And the boundary toward the side of the north is from the coastline of the sea, from the end of the Jordan.
[JOS.15.6] And the boundary goes up to the place of Chaglaha, and it passes from the north to the place of the Araba, and the boundary goes up to the stone at Bohan, son of Reuben.
[JOS.15.7] And the boundary goes up to D'vira, from the valley of trouble, and northward it turns to the Gilgal, which is opposite the ascent of Adummim, which is south of the stream. And the boundary passes to the waters of the spring of the sun, and its exits are to the spring of Rogel.
[JOS.15.8] And the boundary went up from the valley of the son of Hinnom to the shoulder of the Jebusite, from the south, it is Jerusalem. And the boundary went up to the head of the mountain which is facing the valley of Hinnom towards the sea, which is at the end of the valley of the Rephaim northward.
[JOS.15.9] And the description of the boundary is from the head of the mountain to the spring of the waters of Nephthoah, and it goes out to the cities of the mountain of Ephron. And the description of the boundary is Baalah; it is Kiryath-yearim.
[JOS.15.10] And the boundary will turn from Baalath toward the sea, and it will pass to the shoulder of the mountain of the forests from the north; it is Kesalon. And it will descend to Beit-Shemesh, and it will pass to Timnah.
[JOS.15.11] And the boundary goes out to the shoulder of Ekron northward, and the marking of the boundary is Shikronah, and it passes the mountain of Baal, and it goes out to Yavne’el. And the exits of the boundary are to the sea.
[JOS.15.12] And the boundary of the sea, the great sea, and this boundary is the boundary of the descendants of Judah, surrounding their families.
[JOS.15.13] And to Caleb, son of Jephunneh, He gave a portion within the children of Judah, according to the mouth of Yahveh to Joshua. It was Kiryat Arba, the father of Anak, which is Hebron.
[JOS.15.14] And Caleb inherited from there three sons of the Anakim: Sheshai, and Achiman, and Talmai, born of the Anakim.
[JOS.15.15] And he ascended from there to the inhabitants of Devir, and the name of Devir formerly was Kiryat-Sefer.
[JOS.15.16] And Caleb spoke, saying, “Whoever strikes the city of Kiryat Sefer and captures it, to him I will give my daughter Aksah as wife.”
[JOS.15.17] And Othniel captured it, son of Kenaz, brother of Caleb, and he gave to him Achsah, his daughter, as a wife.
[JOS.15.18] And it happened, upon her arrival, that she turned him aside to ask from her father’s field, and she fell from upon the donkey. And Caleb said to her, "What is the matter with you?"
[JOS.15.19] And she said, "Give me a blessing, because God has given me the Negev land, and give me springs of water." And God gave her upper springs and lower springs.
[JOS.15.20] This is the inheritance of the tribe of Judah to their families.
[JOS.15.21] And the cities were from the extremity of the tribe of Judah to the border of Edom in the Negev: Kabtzael, Eder, and Yahgur.
[JOS.15.22] And Qinah, and Dimonah, and Adeadah.
[JOS.15.23] Kadesh and Hatzor, it is given.
[JOS.15.24] Zif and Telem and Be'alot.
[JOS.15.25] And Khatsor was fortified, and the cities of Khetsron, it is Khatsor.
[JOS.15.26] The people and the hearing and the birth.
[JOS.15.27] And Khasar and Gad and Hashmon and the house of Palet.
[JOS.15.28] And Hatzar, Fox, and Beer Seven, and Bizyoth, her.
[JOS.15.29] Baalah and Iyim and Atzem.
[JOS.15.30] And Tolad and K’sil and Charmah.
[JOS.15.31] Tziklag and Madmannah and Sansannah.
[JOS.15.32] Levot, Shilchim, Ayin, and Rimmon—all the cities—totaled twenty-nine, and their territories.
[JOS.15.33] I am brought low and destroyed, and distressed and impoverished.
[JOS.15.34] Forsaken and a spring of gardens, an apple tree, and the eyes.
[JOS.15.35] Yarmut and Adulam, Soko and Azeka.
[JOS.15.36] And the gates and the eternal places and the enclosure and the enclosures, cities fourteen and their surrounding areas.
[JOS.15.37] A port and a new one, and a tower of Gad.
[JOS.15.38] And Dileean and the lookout and Yakteel.
[JOS.15.39] Lakish and Batzkat and Eglon.
[JOS.15.40] And grain and bread and provision.
[JOS.15.41] Ugderot, the house of Dagon, and Nama and Makeda – these are cities, sixteen in number, and their territories.
[JOS.15.42] Livnah and Ether and Smoke.
[JOS.15.43] And open, and make smoke rise, and set up.
[JOS.15.44] And Keelah and Akhzib and Maraashah, cities were nine and their territories.
[JOS.15.45] Ekron and her daughters and her enclosures.
[JOS.15.46] Yahveh smote all that was under the power of Ashdod and its territories.
[JOS.15.47] Ashdod, with its towns and surrounding areas, and Gaza, with its towns and surrounding areas, extend to the stream of Egypt, and the sea is the border and boundary.
[JOS.15.48] And in the hill, Shamir and Yatir and Soko.
[JOS.15.49] And Dan and the city of Sannah, it is Devir.
[JOS.15.50] Grapes and clusters of grapes and the poor.
[JOS.15.51] Goshen, Choloh, and Giloh are cities, eleven in total, and their territories.
[JOS.15.52] Be mixed, and be exalted, and be relied upon.
[JOS.15.53] And Yanem and the house of the apple and Afeqah.
[JOS.15.54] And Kumtah and Kiryat Arba, it is Hebron, and Ziyor, cities, nine, and their territories.
[JOS.15.55] Maon, Carmel, and Zif, and Yuta.
[JOS.15.56] God will sow, he will be insignificant, and he will be forsaken.
[JOS.15.57] The Cainites had Giv'ah and Timnah, cities, ten, and their courtyards.
[JOS.15.58] Chalchul, Beit-Tzur and Gedor.
[JOS.15.59] The cave and the house of Anoth, and Eltekon, are six cities and their territories.
[JOS.15.60] The city of Baal, it is the city of forests and the many cities, two cities and their courtyards.
[JOS.15.61] In the wilderness, the house of the Arabah, Midian and Sukkoth.
[JOS.15.62] Nivshan and the City of Salt and the Spring of Gedi are six cities and their territories.
[JOS.15.63] And the Jebusites, inhabitants of Jerusalem, the people of Judah were not able to dispossess them, and the Jebusite dwelt with the people of Judah in Jerusalem until this day.
JOS.16
[JOS.16.1] And the lot went out to the sons of Joseph from the Jordan, to the waters of Jericho, eastward, the wilderness ascending from Jericho on the mountain towards Beit-el.
[JOS.16.2] And he went out from the house of God to Luz, and he passed to the border of the territory of Atarot.
[JOS.16.3] And it descended to the sea, to the boundary of the Japletites, to the boundary of Lower Beit-Horon, and to Gazer. And its outlets were to the sea.
[JOS.16.4] And the sons of Joseph inherited, Manasseh and Ephraim.
[JOS.16.5] And the boundary of the descendants of Ephraim according to their families was eastward, from Atrot Adar to Beit Choron Elyon.
[JOS.16.6] And the boundary went out toward the sea, the constriction from the north, and the boundary turned eastward toward Shiloh, and it passed by from the east toward Yanohah.
[JOS.16.7] And he descended from Yanoach to Atarot and Naarah, and encountered Jericho, and crossed the Jordan.
[JOS.16.8] From the Apple, the boundary will go towards the sea, the Cana stream, and its exits will be towards the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim according to their families.
[JOS.16.9] And the cities that were set apart for the descendants of Ephraim within the inheritance of the descendants of Manasseh – all the cities and their courtyards.
[JOS.16.10] And they did not dispossess the Canaanite who was dwelling in Gezer, and the Canaanite dwelt among Ephraim until this day, and became a tribute-worker.
JOS.17
[JOS.17.1] And the lot fell to the tribe of Manasseh, because they were the firstborn of Joseph. To Machir, the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war, Gilead and Bashan belonged to him.
[JOS.17.2] And it came to pass concerning the descendants of Manasseh who remained, to their families, to the descendants of Aviezer, and to the descendants of Helek, and to the descendants of Asriel, and to the descendants of Shekhem, and to the descendants of Hefer, and to the descendants of Shmida. These are the descendants of Manasseh, son of Joseph, the males to their families.
[JOS.17.3] And to Zelophehad, son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, there were not sons to him, but only daughters. And these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
[JOS.17.4] And they drew near before Eleazar the priest and before Joshua son of Nun and before the leaders to say, "Yahveh commanded Moses to give to us an inheritance among our brothers." And he gave to them according to the mouth of Yahveh an inheritance among the relatives of their father.
[JOS.17.5] And the boundaries of Manasseh were ten, apart from the land of Gilead and the Bashan, which are beyond the Jordan.
[JOS.17.6] For the daughters of Manasseh also inherited an inheritance among their sons, and the land of Gilead was to the sons of Manasseh who remained.
[JOS.17.7] And the boundary of Manasseh was from Asher, the narrows facing Shechem, and the boundary went to the right to the inhabitants of the spring of apples.
[JOS.17.8] For Manasseh was land Apple, and Apple to the border of Manasseh to the sons of Ephraim.
[JOS.17.9] And the boundary went down to the Kana Stream, to the south, to the stream, these cities belonging to Ephraim, within the cities of Manasseh. And the boundary of Manasseh was from the north to the stream, and its exits were to the sea.
[JOS.17.10] Southward to Ephraim and northward to Manasseh, and the sea was its border. And in Asher they will encounter from the north, and in Issachar from the east.
[JOS.17.11] And it happened to Manasseh in Issachar and in Asher, Beit-Shaan and its towns, and Yivleam and its towns, and the inhabitants of Doresh and its towns, and the inhabitants of Ein-Dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns, these were the three regions.
[JOS.17.12] And the sons of Manasseh were not able to inherit these cities, and the Canaanite was willing to dwell in this land.
[JOS.17.13] And it happened that the children of Israel grew strong, and they gave the Canaanite to tax, and they did not dispossess him from his inheritance.
[JOS.17.14] And the sons of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, "Why have you given to me one portion and one boundary, while I am a great people, up until now has Yahveh blessed me?"
[JOS.17.15] And Joshua said to them, "If you are a great people, go up for yourself to the forest and make for yourself there in the land of the Perizzites and the Rephaim, because Mount Ephraim is close to you."
[JOS.17.16] The sons of Joseph said, "We cannot find the stronghold, and iron chariots among all the Canaanites who live in the land of the valley, concerning those in Beth-shean and its settlements, and concerning those in the Valley of Jezreel."
[JOS.17.17] And Joshua said to the house of Joseph, to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, "You are a great people, and great strength is yours. There will not be for you one lot."
[JOS.17.18] For the mountain will be yours because it is a forest, and you made it. Its produce will be yours, for you will inherit from the Canaanite, for he has chariots of iron, for he is strong.
JOS.18
[JOS.18.1] And all the congregation of the children of Israel gathered at Shiloh, and they caused the Tent of Meeting to dwell there, and the land was subdued before them.
[JOS.18.2] And they remained among the sons of Israel, who did not divide their inheritance, seven tribes.
[JOS.18.3] And Joshua said to the sons of Israel, "Until when will you be slack to come to inherit the land which Yahveh the Gods gave to you, your fathers?"
[JOS.18.4] Bring for yourselves three men for the tribe, and I will send them. They will rise and walk in the land, and they will write about it according to their inheritance, and they will come to me.
[JOS.18.5] And they will divide it into seven portions. Judah will stand over its boundary from the south, and the house of Joseph will stand over their boundary from the north.
[JOS.18.6] And you will write out the land into seven portions, and you will bring them to me, and I will cast lots for you here before Yahveh the Gods our God.
[JOS.18.7] For there is no portion for the Levites among you, for the priesthood of Yahveh is their inheritance. And Gad and Reuben and half the tribe of Manasseh took their inheritance across the Jordan eastward, which Moses, the servant of Yahveh, gave to them.
[JOS.18.8] And the men rose and went, and Joshua commanded the ones who go to write the land, saying, "Go and walk through the land and write it, and return to me, and then I will cast lots for you before Yahveh in Shiloh."
[JOS.18.9] And the men went and traversed the land, and they recorded it for cities into seven portions on a scroll, and they came to Joshua at the camp Shiloh.
[JOS.18.10] And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before Yahveh, and Joshua divided the land to the children of Israel according to their divisions.
[JOS.18.11] And the lot came up for the tribe of Benjamin to their families, and the border of their lot came forth between the sons of Judah and between the sons of Joseph.
[JOS.18.12] And the border was for them to the side of the north from the Jordan. And the border went up to the shoulder of Jericho from the north and went up the mountain to the sea. And its exits were the desert of Beit Aven.
[JOS.18.13] And the boundary passed from there to Luzah, to the shoulder of Luzah southward; it is Beth-El. And the boundary descended to Atrot Addar, upon the mountain which is south of lower Beth-Horon.
[JOS.18.14] And the form of the boundary shall turn toward the shore of the sea, south from the mountain that is opposite the face of Beth Horon, south. And its exits shall be to Kiriath Baal, that is Kiriath Yearim, a city of the children of Judah. This is the shore of the sea.
[JOS.18.15] And the south corner from the end of the city Yearim, and the boundary goes toward the sea, and goes out to the spring of the waters of Nephtohach.
[JOS.18.16] And the boundary descended to the end of the mountain, which is facing the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is in the valley of the giants, northward. And the valley of Hinnom descended to the shoulder of the Jebusite, southward. And the spring of Rogel descended.
[JOS.18.17] And he departed from the north and went out to the valley of the sun and went to Gilgal, which is opposite the ascent of Adummim, and he descended to the stone of Bohan, son of Reuben.
[JOS.18.18] And he passed by the shoulder facing the Arabah towards the north, and he descended into the Arabah.
[JOS.18.19] And the boundary shall pass to the shoulder of the house of Chaglah northward, and its outlets shall be the boundary to the tongue of the salt sea northward, to the end of the Jordan southward. This is the boundary of the south.
[JOS.18.20] And the Jordan will border it to the eastern side. This is the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin to its borders around to their families.
[JOS.18.21] And the cities will be to the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, to their families: Jericho, and Beit-Chaglah, and the Valley of Ketzitz.
[JOS.18.22] And the house of the Arabah, and Tsemarayim, and the house of God.
[JOS.18.23] And the Avvim and the heifer and dust.
[JOS.18.24] And Kefar of the Ammonites and Haphni and Geba, twelve cities and their territories.
[JOS.18.25] Giv'on and the Ramah and wells.
[JOS.18.26] And the Lookout, and the Young Lion, and the Exit.
[JOS.18.27] And Rekem and Yirpe’el and Tar’alah.
[JOS.18.28] And the rib of the highest, and the Jebusites, is Jerusalem, a hill of cities, fourteen and their surrounding areas. This is the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin to their families.
JOS.19
[JOS.19.1] And the second lot came forth to Simeon, for the tribe of the sons of Simeon according to their families. And their inheritance was within the inheritance of the sons of Judah.
[JOS.19.2] And it was for them in their inheritance, Beer-sheva and Sheva and Moladah.
[JOS.19.3] And it possesses a fox and is worn away and has strength.
[JOS.19.4] And God brings forth and with something small and with wrath.
[JOS.19.5] And Tsiklag, and the house of chariots, and the courtyard of horses.
[JOS.19.6] And the house of those belonging to them, and the rulers of cities, thirteen, and their territories.
[JOS.19.7] The eye of the pomegranate, and the incense, and smoke, cities four and their courtyards.
[JOS.19.8] And all the courtyards that are around these cities reached up to the owner of the well of Ramath Negev. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, for their families.
[JOS.19.9] From the portion of the descendants of Judah was the inheritance of the descendants of Simeon, for the portion of the descendants of Judah was greater than theirs, and the descendants of Simeon inherited within their portion.
[JOS.19.10] And the third lot came up to the sons of Zebulun, to their families. And the boundary of their inheritance was to Sarid.
[JOS.19.11] And their boundary ascended to the sea and Mar'elah, and it encountered Dabashat, and it proceeded to the stream that is before Yacneam.
[JOS.19.12] And he will return from the remnant eastward, from where the sun rises, to the border of Kisloh Tabor. And he will go out to the Dabrat and ascend to Yafia.
[JOS.19.13] And from there he passed eastward, Gittah, Chefer, Ittah, Katzin, and he went out from Rimmon the described, the valley.
[JOS.19.14] And the boundary will turn it from the north to Khanaton, and its outward reaches will be the valley of He May Increase God.
[JOS.19.15] Kattat, Nahalal, Simron, Idaleh, and Beit Lacham are cities – twelve in total, and their territories.
[JOS.19.16] This is the inheritance of the descendants of Zebulun, to their families: these cities and their courtyards.
[JOS.19.17] To Issachar the fourth lot came out, for the sons of Issachar to their families.
[JOS.19.18] And their boundary was Yizre'elah, and ha-K'sulot, and Shunem.
[JOS.19.19] And Chafarayim and Shiyyon and Anacharath.
[JOS.19.20] And Noah multiplied, and livestock, and possessions.
[JOS.19.21] Remet, and the spring of gardens, and the clear spring, and the house of shattering.
[JOS.19.22] And the boundary reached Tabor and Shachatzomah and Beit Shemesh, and the outlets of their boundary were toward the Jordan. Cities sixteen and their villages.
[JOS.19.23] This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Issachar to their families: the cities and their courtyards.
[JOS.19.24] And the lot, the fifth, came forth to the tribe of Asher, to their families.
[JOS.19.25] And their boundary was the portion of Chali, and Beten, and Akhshaf.
[JOS.19.26] And Alamlech and Amad and Mishal and he encountered at Carmel the sea and in Shichor to Libnah.
[JOS.19.27] And it returns from the eastern side to the house of Dagon, and encounters Zebulun and the valley of Yiftach-El towards the north, to the house of the valley and Neiel, and goes out to Kavul from the left.
[JOS.19.28] And Evron and Revhov and Chammon and Kana, to Sidon the Great.
[JOS.19.29] And the border returns to the height and to the city fortified of rock, and the border returns to shelter, and its exits will be to the sea from the region of Akhzivah.
[JOS.19.30] And Uma and Afek and Rechov, cities, twenty and two, and their territories.
[JOS.19.31] This is the inheritance of the tribe of Asher to their families: these cities and their courtyards.
[JOS.19.32] To the descendants of Naphtali the sixth lot fell, to the descendants of Naphtali according to their families.
[JOS.19.33] And their boundary was from Chelef, from Elon at the springs, and Adam-i the breach, and Yavne’el up to Lakum. And their exits were toward the Jordan.
[JOS.19.34] And the boundary turns toward the sea, to the peaks of Tabor, and from there goes out to Hukoka, and encounters Zebulun from the south, and encounters Asher from the west, and encounters Judah, with the Jordan River to the east of the sun.
[JOS.19.35] And the cities of fortification, the strongholds, are Tzer, and Khammat, Raqqat, and Kinnaret.
[JOS.19.36] And Adamah and Haramah and Chatzor.
[JOS.19.37] Holiness, and Edrei, and the spring of Hazor.
[JOS.19.38] And they saw the tower of God, Choram, and the house of Anath, and the house of Shamesh, cities, nineteen, and their courtyards.
[JOS.19.39] This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali to their families: the cities and their courtyards.
[JOS.19.40] To the tribe of the sons of Dan, to their families, the seventh lot went out.
[JOS.19.41] And the boundary of their inheritance was Tzarea, and Eshtaol, and the city of the sun.
[JOS.19.42] And Sha'alav'bin and Ayalon and Yitlah.
[JOS.19.43] And Aylon, and Timnatah, and Ekron.
[JOS.19.44] And God-tekeh and Gibton and Baalath.
[JOS.19.45] And Judah, and the children of Barak, and Gat-rimmon.
[JOS.19.46] And the waters of the Yarkon and the Rakkon, with the border facing Jaffa.
[JOS.19.47] And the border of the sons of Dan went out from them, and the sons of Dan went up and fought with Leshem and they captured it, and they struck it with the sword and they inherited it and they settled in it, and they called Leshem Dan, like the name of Dan their father.
[JOS.19.48] This is the inheritance of the tribe of Dan to their families: these cities and their courtyards.
[JOS.19.49] They finished possessing the land to its boundaries, and the people of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua son of Nun among them.
[JOS.19.50] According to the word of Yahveh, they gave to him the city which he asked for, Timnat-Serach in the hill country of Ephraim, and he built the city and settled in it.
[JOS.19.51] These are the allotments that were inherited by Elazar the priest, and Joshua son of Nun, and the chiefs of the tribes of the sons of Israel, by lot in Shilo before Yahveh, before the entrance of the tent of meeting. And they finished dividing the land.
JOS.20
[JOS.20.1] And Yahveh spoke to Joshua, saying...
[JOS.20.2] Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, "Give to yourselves the cities of refuge, as I spoke to you by the hand of Moses."
[JOS.20.3] To flee there is for a slayer, one who kills a soul by mistake, without knowledge, and they will be for you as a refuge from the avenger of blood.
[JOS.20.4] And he shall flee to one from the cities these and he shall stand opening gate the city and he shall speak in the ears of elders the city that his words and they shall gather him the city to them and they shall give to him a place and he shall dwell with them.
[JOS.20.5] And if a blood avenger pursues after him, and they do not surrender the murderer into his hand, because he struck his neighbor without knowledge, and he did not hate him from long ago.
[JOS.20.6] And he shall live in that city until his standing before the assembly for judgment, until the death of the great priest which will be in those days. Then the manslayer shall return and come to his city and to his house, to the city from which he fled.
[JOS.20.7] And they consecrated Kedesh in the Galil, on the mountain of Naftali, and Shekhem on the mountain of Efraim, and Kiryat Arba, it is Chevron, on the mountain of Yehudah.
[JOS.20.8] And beyond the Jordan, eastward from Jericho, they gave Betzer in the wilderness, in the plain, from the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead from the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan from the tribe of Manasseh.
[JOS.20.9] These were the cities of refuge for all the sons of Israel and for the foreigner residing among them, to which anyone who accidentally caused a soul to die could flee. And they should not die by the hand of the redeemer of the blood until they stand before the community.
JOS.21
[JOS.21.1] The heads of the fathers of the Levites approached Eleazar the priest, and Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes to the sons of Israel.
[JOS.21.2] And they spoke to them in Shiloh, in the land of Canaan, saying, "Yahveh commanded through Moses to give to us cities for dwelling and their pasturelands for our livestock."
[JOS.21.3] And the Israelites gave to the Levites, from their inheritance, to the command of Yahveh, these cities and their territories.
[JOS.21.4] The lot went out to the families of the Kohathites. And it came to pass for the sons of Aaron the priest, from among the Levites, from the tribe of Judah, and from the tribe of Simeon, and from the tribe of Benjamin, by lot, cities thirteen.
[JOS.21.5] And to the sons of Kohath, the remainders from the families of the tribe of Ephraim and from the tribe of Dan and from half the tribe of Manasseh, cities were given by lot, ten cities.
[JOS.21.6] And to the descendants of Gershon, from the families of the tribe of Issachar, and from the tribe of Asher, and from the tribe of Naphtali, and from half the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, cities were given by lot, thirteen cities.
[JOS.21.7] To the descendants of Merari, to their families, were given cities, twelve, from the tribe of Reuben, and from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zebulun.
[JOS.21.8] And the Israelites gave to the Levites these cities and their territories, as Yahveh commanded by the hand of Moses through the casting of lots.
[JOS.21.9] And they gave from the tribe of the descendants of Judah and from the tribe of the descendants of Simeon these cities which will be called by name.
[JOS.21.10] And it was to the sons of Aaron, from the families of the Kehati from the sons of Levi, for to them was the lot first.
[JOS.21.11] And they gave to them the city of Kiryat Arba, father of Anak, it is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah, and its surrounding territory around it.
[JOS.21.12] And the field of the city, and its courtyards, they gave to Caleb son of Jephunneh in his possession.
[JOS.21.13] And to the sons of Aaron the priest, they gave the city of refuge for the one who unintentionally killed another, namely Chevron and its territory, and Livnah and its territory.
[JOS.21.14] And Yatir and its pasture lands, and Eshtemoa and its pasture lands.
[JOS.21.15] And Holon, and her open country, and Dvir, and her open country.
[JOS.21.16] And Ayin and its pasture lands, and Yutta and its pasture lands, and Beit Shemesh and its pasture lands, were cities—nine in number—from the territories of these two tribes.
[JOS.21.17] And from the tribe of Benjamin, Gibon and its territory, and Geva and its territory.
[JOS.21.18] Anatot and its territory, and Almon and its territory, are cities, four in number.
[JOS.21.19] All the cities of the descendants of Aaron the priests were thirteen cities and their territories.
[JOS.21.20] And to the families of the sons of Kehath, the Levites who remained from the sons of Kehath, it was that the cities of their lot were from the tribe of Ephraim.
[JOS.21.21] And they gave to them the city of refuge for the one who kills unintentionally, Shekhem, and its pasturelands in the mountain of Ephraim, and Gezer and its pasturelands.
[JOS.21.22] And Kibtsayim and its territory, and Beit Choron and its territory, are cities, four in number.
[JOS.21.23] And from the staff of Dan, the territory of Eltekeh and its pasture, the territory of Gibton and its pasture.
[JOS.21.24] Ayalon and its territories, Gat-Rimmon and its territories, are four cities.
[JOS.21.25] And from the half of the tribe of Manasseh, you shall have Taanach and its territory, and Gat-rimmon and its territory. These are cities, two in number.
[JOS.21.26] All the cities, and their territories, were for the families of the survivors of Kehat.
[JOS.21.27] And to the descendants of Gershon from the families of the Levites, from half the tribe of Manasseh, they gave the city of refuge for the manslayer, Golan in Bashan, and its territory, and Be'eshtra and its territory, two cities.
[JOS.21.28] And from the staff of Issachar, Kishyon and its pasture, Dabrat and its pasture.
[JOS.21.29] And Yarmut and its pasture lands, and Ein Gannim and its pasture lands, four cities.
[JOS.21.30] And from the tribe of Asher, [belonged] Mishal and its territory, and Avdon and its territory.
[JOS.21.31] The portion and its open space, and the street and its open space, cities four.
[JOS.21.32] And from the tribe of Naphtali, there is the city of refuge for the one who flees, Kedesh in the Galilee, and its pasture lands, and Hamot-Doar, and its pasture lands, and Kartan, and its pasture lands, three cities.
[JOS.21.33] All the cities of the Gershonites, to their families, thirteen cities and their territories.
[JOS.21.34] And to the families of the sons of Merari, the Levites who remained, from the tribe of Zebulun, they gave Yacneum and its pasture lands, and Qarta and its pasture lands.
[JOS.21.35] Dimnah and its territory, Nahalal and its territory, are cities, four in number.
[JOS.21.36] And from the staff of Reuben, Betzer and its pasture lands, and Yahhatzah and its pasture lands.
[JOS.21.37] As for the east and its pasture lands, and as for Meiphaat and its pasture lands, there are four cities.
[JOS.21.38] And from the staff of Gad, the city of refuge for the one fleeing, the heights in Gilead and its territory, and the two camps and its territory.
[JOS.21.39] Hesbon and its territories, Ya'zer and its territories, all cities, four.
[JOS.21.40] All the cities for the descendants of Merari, to their families, the remaining ones from the families of the Levites, and it happened that their allotment was twelve cities.
[JOS.21.41] All the cities of the Levites were within the possession of the sons of Israel, forty-eight cities and their suburbs.
[JOS.21.42] Let these cities be city by city, and their open fields around them. Thus it shall be for all these cities.
[JOS.21.43] And Yahveh gave to Israel all the land which He swore to give to their fathers, and they inherited it and dwelt in it.
[JOS.21.44] And Yahveh gave them rest on every side, according to all that He had sworn to their fathers. And no person stood against them from all their enemies, for Yahveh gave all their enemies into their hands.
[JOS.21.45] Not a single word of all the good things that Yahveh spoke to the house of Israel has failed; everything has come about.
JOS.22
[JOS.22.1] Then Joshua called to the Reubenites and to Gad, and to half the tribe of Manasseh.
[JOS.22.2] And he said to them, "Did you keep all that Moses, the servant of Yahveh, commanded you? And did you listen to my voice for all that I commanded you?"
[JOS.22.3] You have not abandoned your brothers for many days until this day, and you have kept the keeping of the commandment of Yahveh, the Gods.
[JOS.22.4] And now, may Yahveh the Gods of you allow your brothers as He spoke to them. And now, turn and go to your tents, to the land of your possession which Moses, the servant of Yahveh, gave to you beyond the Jordan.
[JOS.22.5] But diligently guard yourselves to do the commandment and the law which Moses, servant of Yahveh, commanded to you, to love Yahveh, your Gods, and to walk in all of His ways and to keep His commandments and to cling to Him, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
[JOS.22.6] And Joshua blessed them and sent them away, and they went to their tents.
[JOS.22.7] And to half the tribe of Manasseh, Moses gave in Bashan, and to half of it, Joshua gave with their brothers beyond the Jordan River to the west. And also, Joshua sent them to their tents and blessed them.
[JOS.22.8] And He said to them, saying, "Return to your tents with many possessions, and with very much livestock, with silver and with gold, with bronze and with iron, and with very many garments. Divide the plunder of your enemies with your brothers."
[JOS.22.9] And they returned and went, the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and half the tribe of Manasseh, from the sons of Israel from Shiloh which is in the land of Canaan, to go to the land of Gilead, to the land of their possession which they had possessed, according to the word of Yahveh by the hand of Moses.
[JOS.22.10] And they came to the monuments of the Jordan, which are in the land of Canaan, and the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and half the tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by the Jordan, a great altar for a display.
[JOS.22.11] And the children of Israel heard, saying, "Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and half the tribe of Manasseh have built an altar opposite the land of Canaan, toward the regions of the Jordan, on the side of the children of Israel."
[JOS.22.12] The Israelites heard, and all the assembly of the Israelites gathered at Shiloh, to go up against them for war.
[JOS.22.13] And the sons of Israel sent to the sons of Reuben, and to the sons of Gad, and to half the tribe of Manasseh to the land of Gilead, Pinchhas the son of Eleazar the priest.
[JOS.22.14] And ten leaders with him, one leader one leader for a family for all the tribes of Israel, and each man head of his father's house, they were for the thousands of Israel.
[JOS.22.15] And they came to the sons of Reuben and to the sons of Gad and to half the tribe of Manasseh to the land of Gilead. And they spoke with them to say.
[JOS.22.16] Thus said all the congregation of Yahveh: "What is this transgression that you have committed against the Gods of Israel, to turn back today from following Yahveh, by building for yourselves altars for Jeroboam today before Yahveh?"
[JOS.22.17] Is our sin of Peor insignificant, from which we have not purified ourselves until this day? And the plague was in the assembly of Yahveh.
[JOS.22.18] And you will return today from after Yahveh, and it will be that you will rebel today against Yahveh, and tomorrow Yahveh will be angry with all the congregation of Israel.
[JOS.22.19] And if the land you possess becomes defiled, then cross over to the land possessed by Yahveh, where the dwelling place of Yahveh resides, and settle among us. And do not rebel against Yahveh, and do not rebel against us. When you build yourselves altars, do not make them in place of the altar of Yahveh, your God.
[JOS.22.20] Is it not Achan, son of Zerach, who acted treacherously in the matter of the ban, and thus wrath came upon all the community of Israel? And he was one man who did not perish because of his iniquity.
[JOS.22.21] And the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and half the tribe of the Manasseh spoke to the heads of the thousands of Israel.
[JOS.22.22] God, the Gods, Yahveh, God, the Gods, Yahveh, He knows, and Israel He will know. If in rebellion or if in transgression against Yahveh, do not save us this day.
[JOS.22.23] To build for us an altar, to return from following Yahveh, and if to offer upon it a burnt offering and a grain offering, and if to make upon it sacrifices of peace offerings, Yahveh, He will request.
[JOS.22.24] And if not from concern about something we did this, to say, ‘Tomorrow, your children will say to our children, ‘What is this to you, and to Yahveh, the God of Israel?’
[JOS.22.25] A boundary, Yahveh has given between us and between you, children of Reuben and children of Gad, the Jordan. You have no portion with Yahveh, and your children will cause our children not to fear Yahveh.
[JOS.22.26] And we said, "Let us do for ourselves to build the altar, not for a burnt offering and not for a sacrifice."
[JOS.22.27] For this is a witness between us and between you, and between our generations after us, to serve the service of Yahveh before Him, with our burnt offerings and with our sacrifices and with our peace offerings, and let not your sons say tomorrow to our sons, "You have no share in Yahveh."
[JOS.22.28] And we said, it will be, that when they say to us, and to our generations tomorrow, what is the purpose of this altar? We will say, behold the form of the altar of Yahveh which our ancestors made, not for a burnt offering, and not for a sacrifice, for it is a witness between us and between you.
[JOS.22.29] God forbid that we should rebel against Yahveh and return today to follow after Yahveh to build an altar for a burnt offering, a grain offering, and a sacrifice, besides the altar of Yahveh God, which is before His dwelling place.
[JOS.22.30] And Phineas the priest, and the leaders of the congregation, and the heads of the thousands of Israel who were with him, heard the words that the descendants of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh spoke, and it was pleasing in their eyes.
[JOS.22.31] And Phinehas, son of Eleazar the priest, said to the descendants of Reuben, and to the descendants of Gad, and to the descendants of Manasseh: “Today we have known that Yahveh is among us, because you have not rebelled against Yahveh in this transgression. Therefore, you have delivered the descendants of Israel from the hand of Yahveh.”
[JOS.22.32] And Pinchhas son of Eleazar the priest and the leaders returned from the children of Reuben and from the children of Gad, from the land of Gilead to the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel. And they spoke to them a matter.
[JOS.22.33] And the thing was good in the eyes of the sons of Israel, and the sons of Israel blessed the Gods. And they did not say to go up against them with an army to destroy the land which the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad dwell in.
[JOS.22.34] And the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad called the altar ‘Witness,’ for it is a witness between us. For Yahveh is the Gods.
JOS.23
[JOS.23.1] And it came to pass after many days, after Yahveh had given rest to Israel from all their enemies on every side, and Joshua was old, advanced in years.
[JOS.23.2] And Joshua called to all Israel, to its elders and to its heads and to its judges and to its officers, and he said to them, "I have grown old, I have come in days."
[JOS.23.3] And you have seen all that Yahveh the Gods of you has done for all these nations before you, for it is Yahveh the Gods of you who fights for you.
[JOS.23.4] See, I have caused the nations that remain, these, to fall to you as inheritance for your tribes, from the Jordan and all the nations that I have destroyed, and the great sea, the entrance of the sun.
[JOS.23.5] And Yahveh, the Gods of you, He will drive them away from before you, and He will dispossess them from before you, and you shall inherit their land, as Yahveh, the Gods of you, spoke to you.
[JOS.23.6] And you will strengthen yourselves greatly to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the Law of Moses, not turning aside from it to the right or to the left.
[JOS.23.7] Do not enter into these nations, these who remain among you. And do not remember the name of their gods, nor make oaths to them, nor serve them, nor worship before them.
[JOS.23.8] But if in Yahveh the Gods your you will cling, as you have done until this day.
[JOS.23.9] And Yahveh dispossessed nations on account of you, great and mighty nations, and no person stood before you until this day.
[JOS.23.10] One man from among you will pursue a thousand, for Yahveh, the Gods your, is the one who fights for you, as He spoke to you.
[JOS.23.11] And you shall carefully guard your lives for the love of Yahveh, the Gods of you.
[JOS.23.12] For if you return and cling to the remainder of these nations that remain with you, and you marry among them and come into them, and they come into you, then...
[JOS.23.13] Know and understand that Yahveh, the Gods, your God, will not continue to disinherit these nations from before you, and they will become for you a snare and a trap and a scourge on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you are destroyed from upon the good land that Yahveh, the Gods, your God, has given to you.
[JOS.23.14] And behold, I am going today on the way of all the land, and you will know with all your heart and with all your soul that not one word of all the good things that Yahveh the Gods spoke to you has fallen to the ground. All have come to you, not one thing has fallen from it.
[JOS.23.15] And it will be, just as all the good thing which Yahveh the Gods spoke to you comes upon you, so Yahveh will bring upon you all evil, until He destroys you from upon the good land which Yahveh the Gods gave to you.
[JOS.23.16] When you cross over the covenant of Yahveh, the Gods who commanded you, and you walk and serve other gods, and bow down to them, then the anger of Yahveh will burn against you, and you will quickly be destroyed from the good land that He gave to you.
JOS.24
[JOS.24.1] And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and he called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and they stood before the Gods.
[JOS.24.2] And Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says Yahveh, the God of Israel, Beyond the river dwelt your ancestors from of old, Terah, father of Abraham, and father of Nahor, and they served other Gods.”
[JOS.24.3] And I took your father, Abraham, from beyond the river, and I led him throughout the land of Canaan, and I multiplied his offspring, and I gave him Isaac.
[JOS.24.4] And I gave to Isaac Jacob and Esau, and I gave to Esau Mount Seir to possess it, and Jacob and his sons descended to Egypt.
[JOS.24.5] And I sent Moses and Aaron, and I struck Egypt as I had done within it, and afterwards I brought you out.
[JOS.24.6] And I brought your ancestors out of Egypt, and you came to the sea, and Egypt pursued after your ancestors with chariots and horsemen toward the Red Sea.
[JOS.24.7] They cried out to Yahveh, and Yahveh placed darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them and covered it, and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt, and you dwelt in the wilderness for many days.
[JOS.24.8] And I brought you to the land of the Amorites who dwell beyond the Jordan, and they fought with you. And I gave them into your hand, and you inherited their land, and I destroyed them before you.
[JOS.24.9] And Balak, son of Tzipor, king of Moab, rose up and fought against Israel. And he sent and called to Balaam, son of Beor, to curse you.
[JOS.24.10] And I did not desire to listen to Bileam, and Baruch blessed you, and I delivered you from his hand.
[JOS.24.11] And you crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho. And the lords of Jericho, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, fought against you. And I gave them into your hand.
[JOS.24.12] And I sent the hornet before you, and it drove them out from before you, two kings of the Amorites. Not by your sword, and not by your bow.
[JOS.24.13] And I gave to you a land which you did not toil in, and cities which you did not build, and you dwell in them. Vineyards and olive trees which you did not plant, you eat.
[JOS.24.14] And now, see Yahveh and serve him with completeness and with truth, and remove the Gods that your fathers served beyond the river and in Egypt, and serve Yahveh.
[JOS.24.15] And if it is evil in your eyes to serve Yahveh, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve: whether the Gods whom your ancestors served, who were beyond the river, or the Gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve Yahveh.
[JOS.24.16] And the people answered and said, “Far be it from us to forsake Yahveh to serve the Gods others.”
[JOS.24.17] For Yahveh, the Gods who are ours, is the one who brought us up and our ancestors from the land of Egypt, from a house of slavery, and who did before our eyes these great signs, and He protected us in all the way that we walked in it, and among all the peoples that we passed through among them.
[JOS.24.18] And Yahveh expelled all the peoples and the Amorites dwelling in the land before us. Also we will serve Yahveh because He is our God.
[JOS.24.19] And Joshua said to the people, "You will not be able to serve Yahveh, because the Gods are holy. God is jealous; God will not bear your iniquity and your sins."
[JOS.24.20] If you abandon Yahveh and serve the Gods of strangers, then he will return and cause evil to you, and he will destroy you after he had done good to you.
[JOS.24.21] And the people said to Joshua, "No, for Yahveh we will serve."
[JOS.24.22] And Joshua said to the people, "You are witnesses to yourselves that you have chosen Yahveh for yourselves to serve him." And they said, "Witnesses!"
[JOS.24.23] And now, remove the foreign gods which are in your midst, and incline your hearts to Yahveh, God of Israel.
[JOS.24.24] And the people said to Joshua, "We will serve Yahveh, our Gods, and we will hear in his voice."
[JOS.24.25] And Joshua made a covenant with the people in that day, and he set for them law and judgment in Shechem.
[JOS.24.26] And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of the Gods, and he took a large stone and set it up there under the oak tree that was in the sanctuary of Yahveh.
[JOS.24.27] And Joshua said to all the people, "Behold, this stone will be among us as a witness, for it has heard all the words of Yahveh that He spoke with us. And it will be among you as a witness, lest you deny your Gods."
[JOS.24.28] And Joshua sent the people, each to his inheritance.
[JOS.24.29] And it happened after these things that Joshua son of Nun, servant of Yahveh, died, being one hundred and ten years old.
[JOS.24.30] And they buried him within the border of his inheritance, in Timnah-Serah, which is in the mountain of Ephraim, north of the mountain of Gaash.
[JOS.24.31] And Israel served Yahveh all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who prolonged their days after Joshua, and who knew all the works of Yahveh that He did for Israel.
[JOS.24.32] And the bones of Joseph, which the sons of Israel brought up from Egypt, they buried in Shechem, in the portion of the field that Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for one hundred pieces of silver. And it became an inheritance for the sons of Joseph.
[JOS.24.33] And Eleazar, son of Aaron, died, and they buried him in the hill of Phinehas, his son, which had been given to him in the mountain of Ephraim.
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JDG.1
[JDG.1.1] And it came to pass after the death of Joshua that the sons of Israel inquired of Yahveh, saying, "Who among us shall go up first against the Canaanites to fight against them?"
[JDG.1.2] And Yahveh said, "Judah will ascend. Behold, I have given the land into his hand."
[JDG.1.3] And Judah said to his brother Simeon, "Come with me in my lot, and we will fight against the Canaanite, and I will also go with you in your lot." And Simeon went with him.
[JDG.1.4] And Judah went up, and Yahveh gave the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand, and they struck them at Bezek, ten thousand men.
[JDG.1.5] And they found my Lord at Bezek, and they fought with him. And they struck the Canaanite and the Perizzite.
[JDG.1.6] And my Lord Bezek fled, and they pursued after him. And they seized him, and they cut off the tendons of his hands and his feet.
[JDG.1.7] And Adonai-Bezek said, "Seventy kings had their thumbs and big toes cut off, and they gathered scraps under my table. As I have done, so God has repaid me." And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
[JDG.1.8] And the descendants of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and they captured it, and they struck it down according to the edge of the sword, and they sent the city with fire.
[JDG.1.9] And after, the descendants of Judah went down to fight with the Canaanites, the dweller of the mountain, and the south, and the lowland.
[JDG.1.10] And Judah went to a Canaanite who dwelt in Hebron. And the name of Hebron previously was the city of Arba. And they struck down Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai.
[JDG.1.11] And he went from there to the inhabitants of Devir, and the name of Devir previously was Kiryat Sefer.
[JDG.1.12] And Caleb spoke, saying, “Whoever strikes the city of Kiryat Sefer and captures it, to him I will give my daughter Aksah as wife.”
[JDG.1.13] And Othniel, son of a keeper, brother of Caleb the small one, captured it. And he gave to him the daughter of his as a wife.
[JDG.1.14] And it happened in her coming, and she turned him to ask from her father the field, and she fell from upon the donkey. And Caleb said to her, “What is to you?”
[JDG.1.15] And she said to him, "Give me a blessing, for the land of the Negev you have given to me, and give to me springs of water." And Caleb gave to her both the upper spring and the lower spring.
[JDG.1.16] And the children of the Kenites, the father-in-law of Moses, came up from the City of Palms with the children of Judah from the Wilderness of Judah, which is south of Arad, and they went and settled among the people.
[JDG.1.17] And Judah went with his brother Simeon, and they struck down the Canaanite who lived in Zefat. And they utterly destroyed it, and called the name of the city Charmah.
[JDG.1.18] And Judah conquered Gaza and its territory, and Ashkelon and its territory, and Ekron and its territory.
[JDG.1.19] And it happened that Yahveh was with Judah, and he possessed the hill country, because he did not dispossess the inhabitants of the valley, for they had iron chariots.
[JDG.1.20] And they gave to Caleb Hebron, as Moses had spoken. And he dispossessed from there the three sons of Anak.
[JDG.1.21] And the Jebusites who lived in Jerusalem, the children of Benjamin did not dispossess. So the Jebusites dwelt with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem until this day.
[JDG.1.22] And the house of Joseph went up, also they, to Bethel, and Yahveh was with them.
[JDG.1.23] And the people of the house of Joseph settled in the house of God, and the name of the city formerly was Loze.
[JDG.1.24] And the watchmen saw a man leaving from the city, and they said to him, “Please show us the entrance of the city, and we will do kindness with you.”
[JDG.1.25] And they showed them the entrance to the city, and they struck the city with the sword. And the man and his entire family they sent away.
[JDG.1.26] And the man went to the land of the Hittites and built a city and called its name Luz. It is its name until this day.
[JDG.1.27] And Manasseh did not dispossess Beit Shean and its towns, and Ta'anach and its towns, and the dwellers of Dor and its towns, and the dwellers of Yivleam and its towns, and the dwellers of Megiddo and its towns. And the Canaanite was willing to dwell in this land.
[JDG.1.28] And it was that when Israel became strong, he made the Canaanites subject to labor, and he did not dispossess them.
[JDG.1.29] And Ephraim did not dispossess the Canaanite who dwelled in Gezer, and the Canaanite dwelt among him in Gezer.
[JDG.1.30] Zebulun did not dispossess the dwellers of Kitron and the dwellers of Nahalol. The Canaanite lived among them, and they became subject to tax.
[JDG.1.31] That which God did not dispossess were the inhabitants of Acco, and the inhabitants of Zidon, and Achlav, and Achziv, and Khelbah, and Apik, and Rechov.
[JDG.1.32] And the Asherite settled among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land, for they did not dispossess them.
[JDG.1.33] Naphtali did not dispossess the inhabitants of Beit Shemesh and the inhabitants of Beit Anat, and he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land. And the inhabitants of Beit Shemesh and Beit Anat were to them as tribute.
[JDG.1.34] And the Amorites constricted the children of Dan in the hill country, because they did not allow them to descend to the valley.
[JDG.1.35] And the Amorite was willing to dwell in the mountain of clay, in Ayalon, and in Sha'alvim. And the hand of the house of Joseph became strong, and they became tribute.
[JDG.1.36] And the boundary of the Amorites is from above the scorpions, from the rock and upward.
JDG.2
[JDG.2.1] And an angel of Yahveh ascended from the Gilgal to the Bochim. And he said, "I will bring you all up from Egypt and I brought you all to the land which I swore to your ancestors, and I said, I will not break my covenant with you forever."
[JDG.2.2] And you shall not cut a covenant with the inhabitants of this land. Their altars you will destroy, and you did not listen to my voice. What is this you have done?
[JDG.2.3] And also I said, I will not drive them out from before you, and they will be for you as neighbors, and their gods will be to you as a snare.
[JDG.2.4] And it happened, as the angel of Yahveh spoke these words to all the sons of Israel, that the people lifted up their voices and wept.
[JDG.2.5] And they called the name of that place Weepers, and they sacrificed there to Yahveh.
[JDG.2.6] And Joshua sent the people, and the sons of Israel went, each to his inheritance to possess the land.
[JDG.2.7] And the people served Yahveh all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who lived long after Joshua, who saw all the great works that Yahveh did for Israel.
[JDG.2.8] And Joshua, son of Nun, servant of Yahveh, died at the age of one hundred and ten years.
[JDG.2.9] And they buried him within the border of his inheritance, in Timnat-heres, in the mountain of Ephraim, north of the mountain Gaash.
[JDG.2.10] And also, all that generation was gathered to their ancestors, and another generation arose after them, who did not know Yahveh, and also did not know the deed that He did for Israel.
[JDG.2.11] And the Israelites did evil in the eyes of Yahveh, and they served the Baals.
[JDG.2.12] And they abandoned Yahveh, the Gods of their ancestors, the one who brought them out of the land of Egypt. And they went after other gods, the gods of the peoples who were around them, and they bowed down to them, and they angered Yahveh.
[JDG.2.13] And they abandoned Yahveh and served Baal and Ashtoreth.
[JDG.2.14] And Yahveh burned with anger toward Israel, and he gave them into the hand of oppressors, and they oppressed them. And he sold them into the hand of their enemies all around, and they could no longer stand before their enemies.
[JDG.2.15] In all that they did, the hand of Yahveh was among them for harm, as Yahveh had spoken and as Yahveh had sworn to them. And Yahveh greatly afflicted them.
[JDG.2.16] And Yahveh raised up judges, and He saved them from the hand of their oppressors.
[JDG.2.17] And also, they did not listen to their judges, for they committed spiritual adultery by following other gods and worshipped them. They quickly turned away from the path their ancestors walked, failing to hear the commands of Yahveh. They did not do so.
[JDG.2.18] And because Yahveh has raised up judges for them, and Yahveh will be with the judge, and will save them from the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge, because Yahveh will relent from their groaning because of their oppressors and those who harass them.
[JDG.2.19] And it will be, at the death of the judge, that the people will return and corrupt themselves from their ancestors by going after other gods to serve them and to worship them. They did not turn away from their deeds and from their harsh way.
[JDG.2.20] And Yahveh was angered at Israel and said, "Because this nation transgressed My covenant, which I commanded to their fathers, and they did not listen to My voice."
[JDG.2.21] Also I will not continue to disinherit anyone from among the nations that Joshua left and died.
[JDG.2.22] So that God might test them, Israel, are they the keepers of the way of Yahveh, to walk in it as their ancestors kept it, if not?
[JDG.2.23] And Yahveh allowed these nations not to be quickly dispossessed, and did not give them into the hand of Joshua.
JDG.3
[JDG.3.1] And these are the nations that Yahveh left to test them with, that is, Israel; all who did not know all the wars of Canaan.
[JDG.3.2] Only for the sake of knowledge of the generations of the children of Israel, to teach them war, only that which previously they did not know.
[JDG.3.3] Five rulers of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites, inhabit the mountain of Lebanon, from Mount Baal Hermon to the entrance of Hamath.
[JDG.3.4] And they were for tests in them, Israel, to know whether they will hear the commands of Yahveh which He commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.
[JDG.3.5] And the descendants of Israel settled in the midst of the Canaanites, the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
[JDG.3.6] And they took their daughters for themselves as wives, and their daughters they gave to their sons, and they served the Gods.
[JDG.3.7] And the Israelites did evil in the eyes of Yahveh, and they forgot Yahveh, their God, and they served the Baals and the Asherahs.
[JDG.3.8] And Yahveh burned with anger towards Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Kushan the Wicked, king of Aram of the Rivers, and the sons of Israel served Kushan the Wicked for eight years.
[JDG.3.9] And the sons of Israel cried out to Yahveh, and Yahveh raised up a deliverer for the sons of Israel, and delivered them through Atniel, son of Kenaz, brother of Caleb, who was younger than he.
[JDG.3.10] And the spirit of Yahveh was upon him, and he judged Israel, and he went out to war, and Yahveh gave Cushan-Rishathaim, king of Aram, into his hand, and his hand prevailed over Cushan-Rishathaim.
[JDG.3.11] And the land was quiet for forty years, and Atniel son of Kenaz died.
[JDG.3.12] And the children of Israel continued to do evil in the eyes of Yahveh. And Yahveh strengthened Eglon, king of Moab, over Israel, because they did evil in the eyes of Yahveh.
[JDG.3.13] And God gathered to himself the sons of Ammon and Amalek, and went and struck Israel, and inherited the city of palms.
[JDG.3.14] And the Israelites served Eglon, king of Moab, for eighteen years.
[JDG.3.15] And the sons of Israel cried out to Yahveh, and Yahveh raised up a deliverer for them, Ehud son of Gera, son of the left-handed man, a man of the left hand, and the sons of Israel sent a tribute by his hand to Eglon, king of Moab.
[JDG.3.16] And he made for himself Ehud a sword, and to it two edges, short its length, and he girded it under his garments upon his right thigh.
[JDG.3.17] And he brought the tribute near to Eglon, king of Moab, and Eglon was a very stout man.
[JDG.3.18] And it happened, when he finished offering the offering, that he sent the people, those carrying the offering.
[JDG.3.19] And he returned from the images which are at Gilgal, and said, ‘A secret word to you from the king.’ And he said, ‘Hush,’ and all those standing around him went away from him.
[JDG.3.20] And Ehud came to him, and he was sitting in the upper room of the cooling which belonged to him alone. And Ehud said, "A word of the Gods to you!" And he arose from the seat.
[JDG.3.21] And Ehud sent his left hand, and he took the sword from upon his right thigh, and he thrust it into his belly.
[JDG.3.22] And also the standing one came after the flame, and he closed the flesh behind the flame, because he did not draw the sword from his belly, and the pardon went forth.
[JDG.3.23] And Ehud went out from the presence chamber and he closed the doors of the upper room behind him, and he locked them.
[JDG.3.24] And he went out, and his servants came, and they saw, and behold, the doors of the upper room were locked. And they said, "Surely he has only bound his feet in the cold chamber."
[JDG.3.25] They waited until they were ashamed, and behold, my Lord was not opening the doors of the upper room. They took the key and opened them, and behold, their Lord was fallen to the earth, dead.
[JDG.3.26] And Ehud escaped until they hesitated, and he passed the images and escaped the cuttings.
[JDG.3.27] And it came to pass in his coming, and he blew with the shofar on Mount Ephraim, and the sons of Israel descended with him from the mountain, and he was before them.
[JDG.3.28] And he said to them, "Pursue after me, for Yahveh has given your enemies, the Moabites, into your hands." And they went after him and captured the fords of the Jordan to Moab, and they did not allow anyone to pass through.
[JDG.3.29] And they struck Moab at that time, like ten thousand men, all the fat ones and all the valiant men, and no man escaped.
[JDG.3.30] And Moab submitted on that day under the hand of Israel, and the land rested for eighty years.
[JDG.3.31] And after him was Shamgar, son of Anat, and he struck the Philistines, six hundred men, with an ox goad. And also he saved Israel.
JDG.4
[JDG.4.1] And the Israelites continued to do evil in the eyes of Yahveh, and Ehud died.
[JDG.4.2] And Yahveh sold them into the hand of Jabin, king of Canaan, who ruled in Hazor. And the commander of his army was Sisera, and he lived in Harosheth of the nations.
[JDG.4.3] The Israelites cried out to Yahveh because nine hundred chariots of iron belonged to him, and He allowed the Israelites to be harshly oppressed for twenty years.
[JDG.4.4] And Deborah, a woman, a prophetess, wife of torches, she judged Israel in that time.
[JDG.4.5] And she sat under the palm tree, Deborah, between Ramah and between Bethel in the mountain of Ephraim. And the sons of Israel ascended to her for judgment.
[JDG.4.6] And she sent and called for Barak, son of Abinoam, from Kedesh Naphtali. And she said to him, “Has not Yahveh, the Gods of Israel, commanded you to go and draw up on Mount Tabor, and to take with you ten thousand men from the sons of Naphtali and from the sons of Zebulun?”
[JDG.4.7] I will draw Sisera, commander of Jabin’s army, and his chariot and his multitude toward you at the Kishon River, and I will give him into your hand.
[JDG.4.8] And Barak said to her, "If you will go with me, then I will go, and if you will not go with me, I will not go."
[JDG.4.9] And she said, "Go, for this is the way Yahveh will go with you. However, the glory will not be yours on the path you are walking, because Yahveh will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman." Then Deborah rose and went with Barak to Kedsha.
[JDG.4.10] And Barak called out to Zebulun and to Naphtali to Kedesh, and ten thousand men went up with him. And Deborah went up with him.
[JDG.4.11] And Heber the Kenite separated from Cain, from the descendants of Chovav, Moses’ father-in-law, and he pitched his tent near the oak in Za’nanim, which is near Kadesh.
[JDG.4.12] And they told Sisera that Barak, son of Abinoam, had ascended Mount Tabor.
[JDG.4.13] Then Sisera called forth all of his nine hundred iron chariots and all the people who were with him, from the craftsman of the nations to the wadi Kishon.
[JDG.4.14] And Deborah said to Barak, "Rise, for this is the day that Yahveh has given Sisera into your hand. Has not Yahveh gone before you?" And Barak descended from Mount Tabor, and ten thousand men followed after him.
[JDG.4.15] Yahveh overwhelmed Sisera and all the chariots and all the camp by the sword before Barak, and Sisera descended from his chariot and fled on his feet.
[JDG.4.16] Barak pursued after the chariots and after the camp until the craftsman of the nations. And all the camp of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword, not one remained.
[JDG.4.17] And Sisera fled on foot to the tent of Jael, wife of Heber the Kenite, because peace was between Jabin, king of Hazor, and between the house of Heber the Kenite.
[JDG.4.18] And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and she said to him, "Turn aside, my Lord, turn aside to me. Do not fear." And he turned aside to her, to the tent, and she covered him with the blanket.
[JDG.4.19] And God said to her, "Give me, please, a little water, for I am thirsty." And she opened the dairy vessel and gave him to drink, and she covered him.
[JDG.4.20] And he said to her, "Stand at the entrance of the tent, and it will be, if a man comes and asks you, 'Is there a man here?' and you will say, 'No'.
[JDG.4.21] And Jael, the wife of Heber, took the tent peg and the mallet in her hand, and she came to him slowly. And she drove the tent peg through his temples into the earth, and he was sleeping and weary, and he died.
[JDG.4.22] And behold, lightning pursued Sisera, and Jael went out to meet him, and said to him, "Come, and I will show you the man whom you are seeking." And he went to her. And behold, Sisera was fallen, dead, and the tent peg was in his temple.
[JDG.4.23] And the Gods subdued Yavim, the king of Canaan, before the sons of Israel on that day.
[JDG.4.24] The hand of the Israelites advanced, going and being difficult for Jabin, king of Canaan, until that they destroyed Jabin, king of Canaan.
JDG.5
[JDG.5.1] And Deborah sang, and Barak son of Avinoam, on that day, saying:
[JDG.5.2] In the breaking of constraints in Israel, by the free will offering of the people, bless Yahveh.
[JDG.5.3] Listen, kings! Pay attention, officials! I am Yahveh, I will sing! I will praise to Yahveh, the God of Israel.
[JDG.5.4] Yahveh, when you went out from Seir, as you stepped through the field of Edom, the earth shook. Also, the heavens dripped, and the clouds dripped water.
[JDG.5.5] The mountains melted before Yahveh. This is Sinai, before Yahveh, the God of Israel.
[JDG.5.6] In the days of Shamgar son of Anat, in the days of Jael, the roads ceased, and those walking paths will walk winding routes.
[JDG.5.7] Cease your extravagant displays in Israel, desist until I, Yahveh, arose, Deborah arose, a mother in Israel.
[JDG.5.8] He will choose the Gods new things then, for you, gates, a shield if it is seen, and a spear in forty thousand in Israel.
[JDG.5.9] To my heart belong the lawgivers of Israel, the volunteers among the people. Bless Yahveh.
[JDG.5.10] Riders on white donkeys, those who sit on Midian, and those who walk on the road, they converse.
[JDG.5.11] From the sound of splitters between channels, there they will give the righteousnesses of Yahveh, the righteousnesses of His person in Israel. Then the people of Yahveh will come down to the gates.
[JDG.5.12] Arise, arise, Deborah, arise, arise, speak a song. Arise, Barak, and take your captives, son of Avinoam.
[JDG.5.13] Then a survivor descends to the powerful people. Yahveh descends to me with the mighty ones.
[JDG.5.14] From Ephraim, their origin is among the Amalekites, following you, Benjamin, among your peoples. From Machir descended lawgivers, and from Zebulun, those who draw the lot.
[JDG.5.15] And Sarai of Issachar was with Deborah, and Issachar likewise with Barak in the valley, he sent messengers at his feet. Among the divisions of Reuben were great determined hearts.
[JDG.5.16] Why did you sit between the judgments to hear the shrieks of the flocks, divisions of Reuben, great searches of the heart?
[JDG.5.17] Gilead dwells beyond the Jordan, and Dan asks why it dwells among ships, having settled on the shore of seas and upon its bays it will reside.
[JDG.5.18] Zebulun, a people who scorn their own lives to die, and Naphtali are upon the heights of the field.
[JDG.5.19] Kings came, they fought. Then the kings of Canaan fought at the waters of Megiddo. They did not take silver as plunder.
[JDG.5.20] From the heavens they fought. The stars fought from their courses with Sisera.
[JDG.5.21] The stream of Qishon, they have seized it, the stream of the ancient ones, the stream of Qishon, you will tread, my soul, with strength.
[JDG.5.22] Then the hoofs of horses struck the ground, galloping, galloping, his powerful ones.
[JDG.5.23] Curse Meroz, said the messenger of Yahveh. Curse its inhabitants, for they did not come to the aid of Yahveh, to the aid of Yahveh with the warriors.
[JDG.5.24] Blessed among women is Jael, wife of Heber the Kenite. Blessed in the tent is she among women.
[JDG.5.25] Waters were asked for, milk was given, in a cup of magnificent ones butter was presented.
[JDG.5.26] Her hand reached for the stake and she extended it, and her right hand struck the workers. She struck Sisera, pierced his head, and crushed it, and she passed the stake through his temple.
[JDG.5.27] Between her feet he knelt and fell, he lay down. Between her feet he knelt and fell, where he knelt, there he fell, spoiled.
[JDG.5.28] Because of the window, she looked and wailed, Sisera’s mother. Because of the lattice, she asked, "Why is his chariot so delayed in coming? Why are the sounds of his chariots delayed?"
[JDG.5.29] The wisdoms of her commanders answer, even she returns her sayings to her.
[JDG.5.30] Surely they will find and divide the spoils: valuable cloth, the Gods’ mercies, to the head of a man; colored cloth to Sisera; ornamented cloth, the Gods’ mercies, to the necks of those taken captive.
[JDG.5.31] So shall all your enemies perish, Yahveh, and those who love you will be as the rising of the sun with His strength, and the land will be quiet for forty years.
JDG.6
[JDG.6.1] And the sons of Israel did the evil in the eyes of Yahveh, and Yahveh gave them into the hand of Midian for seven years.
[JDG.6.2] And the hand of Midian became strong against Israel, because of Midian the people of Israel made for themselves the valleys that are in the mountains, and the caves, and the strongholds.
[JDG.6.3] And it will be, if Israel sows, that Midian and Amalek and the people of Kedar will come up against him.
[JDG.6.4] And they camped upon them and destroyed the harvest of the land until you reach Gaza, and they will not leave any sustenance in Israel, and sheep and ox and donkey.
[JDG.6.5] For they and their livestock will ascend, and their tents will come, like locusts for multitude. And for them and their camels there is no number. And they came into the land to destroy it.
[JDG.6.6] And Israel was greatly weakened because of Midian, and the people of Israel cried out to Yahveh.
[JDG.6.7] And it came to pass that the Israelites cried out to Yahveh concerning Midyan.
[JDG.6.8] And Yahveh sent a man, a prophet, to the children of Israel, and He said to them, “Thus says Yahveh, the Gods of Israel: I have brought you up from Egypt, and I have led you out of the house of slaves.”
[JDG.6.9] And I delivered you from the hand of Egypt, and from the hand of all who oppressed you, and I drove them out before you, and I gave to you their land.
[JDG.6.10] And I said to you, I am Yahveh, the Gods your God. Do not fear the gods of the Amorites, whose land you are dwelling in, and you did not listen to my voice.
[JDG.6.11] And an angel of Yahveh came and sat under the oak that was in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash, the father of Uzzi. Gideon, his son, was beating out wheat in the winepress to hide it from the Midianites.
[JDG.6.12] And a messenger of Yahveh appeared to him, and said to him, "Yahveh is with you, mighty warrior."
[JDG.6.13] And Gideon said to him, "By my Lord, if Yahveh is with us, then why has this happened to us? Where are all of his wonders that our ancestors told us about, saying, "Did not Yahveh bring us up from Egypt?" And now Yahveh has abandoned us and given us into the hand of Midian."
[JDG.6.14] And Yahveh turned toward him and said, "Go with your strength, this one, and you will deliver Israel from the hand of Midian. Did I not send you?"
[JDG.6.15] And he said to God, "My Lord, how can I save Israel? Behold, my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the youngest in my father’s house."
[JDG.6.16] And Yahveh said to him, "Because I will be with you, and you will strike Midyan as a single man."
[JDG.6.17] And he said to him, "If, indeed, I have found favor in your eyes, then do a sign for me that you are speaking with me."
[JDG.6.18] Please do not depart from here until I come to you and bring out my gift, and I place it before God. And he said, "I will sit until your return."
[JDG.6.19] And Gideon came and made a young goat and an omer of unleavened flour, the meat he put in the basket, and the broth he put in the pot, and he brought it out to him under the oak tree, and he presented it.
[JDG.6.20] And an angel of the Gods said to him, "Take the meat and the unleavened breads and place them on this rock, and pour out the broth." And he did so.
[JDG.6.21] And an angel of Yahveh sent forth the end of the staff which was in his hand, and he touched the flesh and the unleavened bread, and fire arose from the rock and consumed the flesh and the unleavened bread, and an angel of Yahveh departed from their sight.
[JDG.6.22] And Gideon saw that the angel of Yahveh he was, and Gideon said, "Oh, my Lord Yahveh, because of this I have seen the angel of Yahveh face to face."
[JDG.6.23] And He said to you, "Yahveh gives peace to you. Do not fear, you shall not die."
[JDG.6.24] And Gideon built there an altar to Yahveh, and he called it 'Yahveh is Peace' until this day, it still exists in Ofrah, the town of my father, Joash.
[JDG.6.25] And it came to pass on that night, and Yahveh said to him, "Take the bull that belongs to your father and the second bull that is seven years old, and you will destroy the altar of Baal that belongs to your father, and the Asherah pole that is upon it you will cut down."
[JDG.6.26] And you will build an altar to Yahveh, the God, on top of this stronghold, in the arrangement. And you will take the second bullock and offer a burnt offering on the wood of the Asherah which you will cut down.
[JDG.6.27] And Gideon took ten men from his servants and he did as Yahveh spoke to him. And it came to pass that he feared his father's house and the men of the city from doing it during the day, so he did it at night.
[JDG.6.28] And the men of the city arose early in the morning, and behold, the altar of the Baal was broken down, and the Asherah which was upon it was cut down, and the second bull was offered upon the altar which was built.
[JDG.6.29] And they said, man to his fellow, “Who did this thing?” And they investigated and inquired, and they said, “Gideon, the son of Joash, did this thing.”
[JDG.6.30] And the people of the city said to Yoash, "Bring out your son and let him die, because he broke the altar of Baal and because he cut down the Asherah that was upon it."
[JDG.6.31] And Yoash said to all who stood against him, “Will you contend for Baal, or will you save him? Whoever contends for him shall be put to death by morning, unless God himself contends for him, for he has shattered his altar.”
[JDG.6.32] And he called him on that day Yerubael, saying, "May the Lord contend with you, for he has shattered his altar."
[JDG.6.33] And all of Midian and Amalek and the people of Kedar were gathered together, and they crossed over and encamped in the Valley of Jezreel.
[JDG.6.34] And the spirit of Yahveh clothed Gideon, and he blew upon the shofar, and Avi-ezer called out after him.
[JDG.6.35] And messengers he sent throughout Manasseh, and also he proclaimed after them. And messengers he sent to Asher, and to Zebulun, and to Naphtali, and they went up to meet them.
[JDG.6.36] And Gideon said to the Gods, "If you have a savior by my hand to deliver Israel, as you have spoken,"
[JDG.6.37] Behold, I present the fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If dew will be on the fleece alone, and on all the land it is dry, then I will know that deliverance is by my hand to save Israel as you have spoken.
[JDG.6.38] And so it was, and he rose early the next day, and he squeezed the fleece. And he wrung out dew from the fleece, filling the bowl with water.
[JDG.6.39] And Gideon said to the Gods, "Do not let your anger burn against me, and I will speak. Let me test, just this one time, with the fleece. Let the fleece be dry, and let there be dew on the ground alone, and let there be dew on all the earth."
[JDG.6.40] And the Gods made it so that night, and there was heavy dew upon the gizzah alone, and there was dew upon all the land.
JDG.7
[JDG.7.1] And Yerubbael, that is Gideon, and all the people who were with him, rose early and camped by the spring of Harod. And the camp of Midian was to the north of the hill of Moreh in the valley.
[JDG.7.2] And Yahveh said to Gideon, "The people who are with you are too many for me to give Midian into their hand, lest Israel boast against me, saying, 'My own hand has saved me.'"
[JDG.7.3] And now, call out to the ears of the people, saying, "Who is fearful and trembling, let him return from Mount Gilead." And twenty-two thousand of the people returned, while ten thousand remained.
[JDG.7.4] And Yahveh said to Gideon, "The people are still numerous. Bring them down to the water, and I will test them for you there. And it will be that whoever I tell you, ‘This one shall go with you,’ that one shall go with you, and whoever I tell you, ‘This one shall not go with you,’ that one shall not go."
[JDG.7.5] And he brought the people down to the water, and Yahveh said to Gideon, "Everyone who laps from the water with his tongue, as a dog laps, you shall set apart by himself. And everyone who kneels on his knees to drink, you shall set aside."
[JDG.7.6] And it happened, the number of the lappers with their hand to their mouth was three hundred men, and all the rest of the people bowed on their knees to drink water.
[JDG.7.7] And Yahveh said to Gideon, "With three hundred of the men who lap water, I will save you, and I will give Midian into your hand. And all the people will each go to his place."
[JDG.7.8] And they took the supplies of the people in their hands, and their trumpets, and they sent every man of Israel to his tent. And three hundred men held firm. And the camp of Midian was to him beneath in the valley.
[JDG.7.9] And it was in that night, and the Gods said to him, "Arise, descend into the camp, for I have given him into your hand."
[JDG.7.10] And if you fear to descend, descend you and bring your maidens to the camp.
[JDG.7.11] And you will hear what they speak, and afterwards your hands will be strengthened, and you will descend into the camp. Then he descended, and his young female servant, to the edge of the armed men who were in the camp.
[JDG.7.12] And Midian and Amalek and all the people of the East fell in the valley as locusts for multitude, and for their camels there is no number, like the sand which is upon the shore of the sea for multitude.
[JDG.7.13] And Gideon came, and behold, a man was telling his companion a dream. And he said, "Behold, I dreamt a dream, and behold, a loaf of barley bread was rolling into the camp of Midian. And it came until the tent, and he struck it, and it fell, and he overturned it upward, and the tent fell."
[JDG.7.14] And his companion responded, saying, "This is nothing other than the sword of Gideon, son of Joash, an Israelite man. The Gods gave it into his hand to defeat Midian and all of the camp."
[JDG.7.15] And it happened, when Gideon heard the number of the dream and its interpretation, that he prostrated himself and returned to the camp of Israel and said, "Arise, for Yahveh has given the camp of Midian into your hand."
[JDG.7.16] And he divided the three hundred men into three leaders, and he gave trumpets into the hand of all of them, and empty jars, and torches inside the jars.
[JDG.7.17] And the Gods said to them, "You will see from me, and thus you will do. And behold, I am coming at the end of the camp, and it will be as I do, thus you will do."
[JDG.7.18] And I will blow the trumpet, I, and all who are with me, and you will blow the trumpets also, all around the entire camp. And you will say to Yahveh and to Gideon.
[JDG.7.19] And Gideon came, and one hundred men who were with him, to the edge of the camp at the head of the middle watch. And they roused the guards, and they blew on the trumpets and scattered the pitchers that were in their hands.
[JDG.7.20] And the three leaders blew the trumpets and broke the jars, and they held the torches in their left hands and the trumpets in their right hands to blow, and they called for a sword belonging to Yahveh and to Gideon.
[JDG.7.21] And individuals stood each under him, surrounding the camp. And all the camp ran and shouted and they fled.
[JDG.7.22] Three hundred ram's horns were sounded, and Yahveh placed a sword in the hand of each man against his companion, and throughout the entire camp. Then the camp fled as far as Beit Hashitta, Tzereratah, as far as the edge of Abel Meholah, toward Tavat.
[JDG.7.23] And Israel cried out from Naphtali and from Asher and from all Manasseh, and they pursued after Midyan.
[JDG.7.24] Gideon sent messengers throughout all the mountain of Ephraim, saying, "Come down to meet Midian and capture for yourselves the waters as far as Beth-Barah and the Jordan River." Then every man of Ephraim cried out and captured the waters as far as Beth-Barah and the Jordan River.
[JDG.7.25] And two leaders of Midian captured Orev and Ze'ev. And they killed Orev at the Rock of Orev, and Ze'ev they killed at the Winepress of Ze'ev. And they pursued to Midian, and the heads of Orev and Ze'ev they brought to Gideon from beyond the Jordan.
JDG.8
[JDG.8.1] And they said to him, a man of Ephraim, "What is this thing you have done to us, in not calling to us, because you went to fight against Midian?" And they contended with him strongly.
[JDG.8.2] And he said to them, "What have I now done for you? Is it not good that the gleanings of Ephraim are better than the harvest of Abiezer?"
[JDG.8.3] With your hands, the Gods gave the leaders of Midian – Oreb and Zeeb – into your power. What ability did I have to do as much as you have done? Then, their spirit departed from them when I spoke this word.
[JDG.8.4] And Gideon went to the Jordan, crossing over, he and three hundred of the men who were with him, tired and pursuing.
[JDG.8.5] And he said to the men of Succoth, "Please give a little bread for the people who are following me, for they are tired, and I am pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian."
[JDG.8.6] And the princes of Sukkot said, "Will you now offer sacrifice and contributions in your hand, for bread was given to your army?"
[JDG.8.7] And Gideon said, "Therefore, if Yahveh will put the sacrifice and the unleavened cakes into my hand, then I will destroy the flesh of your offering on the thorns of the wilderness and on the juniper trees."
[JDG.8.8] Then he went up from there to Pnu'el, and he spoke to them thus, and the men of Pnu'el answered him as the men of Sukkot had answered him.
[JDG.8.9] And he said also to the people of Pnu-el, saying, “Upon my safe return, I will build this tower.”
[JDG.8.10] And the offering and the images in Baqarquor, and their camps with them, were fifteen thousand in total, all the remainder from all the camps of the descendants of the East. And the fallen were one hundred and twenty thousand men who drew the sword.
[JDG.8.11] And Gideon went up the way of those who dwell in tents, from the east to Novach and to Yagbahah, and he struck the camp, and the camp was safe.
[JDG.8.12] And Zebah and Zalmunna fled, and He pursued after them. And He captured two kings of Midian, namely Zebah and Zalmunna, and all the camp was struck with terror.
[JDG.8.13] And Gideon, son of Yoash, returned from the battle from above the hill.
[JDG.8.14] And a young man was captured from the people of Sukkot, and they questioned him. And he wrote to the rulers of Sukkot and to its elders, seventy-seven men.
[JDG.8.15] And he came to the men of Succoth and said, "Behold, a sacrifice and cakes. Will you truly scorn me by saying, ‘Give a sacrifice and cakes now into my hand,’ since I have given to your men who are exhausted, bread?"
[JDG.8.16] And he took the elders of the city, and the thorns of the wilderness, and the nettles, and he discerned the people of Succoth with them.
[JDG.8.17] And he shattered the tower of Pnu'el and he killed the people of the city.
[JDG.8.18] And he said to Zebah and to Tzalmunnah, "Where are the men whom you killed on Tabor?" And they said, "As you are, so were they; each one according to the appearance of the sons of the king."
[JDG.8.19] And he said, "My brothers, the sons of my mother, they are, living Yahveh, if you had spared them, I would not have killed you."
[JDG.8.20] And he said to Yeter, his firstborn, "Rise up, kill them." But the young man did not draw his sword, because he feared, for he was still a youth.
[JDG.8.21] And Zevach and Tsalmuna said, "Rise, you, and confront us, for as a man is his strength." And Gideon rose and killed Zevach and Tsalmuna, and he took the crescents that were on the necks of their camels.
[JDG.8.22] And the men of Israel said to Gideon, "Rule over us, also you, and your son, and the son of your son, because you have saved us from the hand of Midian."
[JDG.8.23] And Gideon said to them, "I will not rule over you, nor will my son rule over you. Yahveh will rule over you."
[JDG.8.24] And he said to them, "Gideon will ask a question of you, and you will give me each man an earring from his plunder, because they have earrings of gold, as they are Ishmaelites."
[JDG.8.25] And they said, "Given, given." And they spread out the garment, and they cast there, each man the nose ring of his plunder.
[JDG.8.26] And the weight of the gold ornaments that were asked for was one thousand and seven hundred gold, besides the ornaments and the pendants and the garments of purple that were upon the kings of Midian, and besides the necklaces that were upon the necks of their camels.
[JDG.8.27] And Gideon made it an ephod and placed it in his city, Ophrah, and all Israel prostituted themselves after it there. And it became a trap for Gideon and for his house.
[JDG.8.28] And Midian was humbled before the sons of Israel, and they did not add to lift up their head. And the land rested for forty years in the days of Gideon.
[JDG.8.29] And Yerubba'al, son of Yo'ash, went and dwelt in his house.
[JDG.8.30] And to Gideon were seventy sons who came forth from his thigh, because many women were his.
[JDG.8.31] And his concubine who was in Shechem bore to him also a son, and he set his name as Abimelech.
[JDG.8.32] And Gideon son of Yoash died in a good old age, and he was buried in the tomb of Yoash his father in Afrah, father of the one who helps.
[JDG.8.33] And it came to pass, when Gideon died, that the sons of Israel returned and prostituted themselves after the Baals, and they appointed for themselves a Baal of the covenant for the Gods.
[JDG.8.34] And the Israelites did not remember Yahveh, the Gods, the one who rescued them from the hand of all their enemies on every side.
[JDG.8.35] And they did not show kindness to the house of Jerubbael Gideon, like all the goodness that was done with Israel.
JDG.9
[JDG.9.1] And Abimelech, son of Jerubbaal, went to Shechem to his mother’s brothers, and he spoke to them and to all the family of his mother’s house, to say:
[JDG.9.2] Please, speak to the ears of all the lords of Shechem: What is good for you? To have seventy men rule over you, all sons of Jerubbaal, or to have one man rule over you? And remember that I am your bone and your flesh.
[JDG.9.3] And the brothers of his mother spoke about him to all the landowners of Shechem, all these things. And their hearts inclined after Abimelech, because they said, “Our brother, he is.”
[JDG.9.4] And they gave to him seventy pieces of silver from the house of the covenant maker, and Abimelech hired with them empty and reckless people, and they went after him.
[JDG.9.5] And he went to the house of his father, Ophrah, and he killed his brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal, seventy men on one stone, and Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, remained, for he had hidden himself.
[JDG.9.6] And all the owners of Shechem and all the house of Millo gathered, and they went and they crowned Abimelech as king, with God located at the oak which is in Shechem.
[JDG.9.7] They told Jotham, and he went and stood at the top of Mount Gerizim. He raised his voice and called out, and said to them, "Listen to me, leaders of Shechem, and may the Gods listen to you."
[JDG.9.8] The trees went walking, to anoint a king upon them, and they said to the olive, "Let your kingship be over us."
[JDG.9.9] And he said to them, "The olive has ceased its produce, that in me the Gods and men may honor. And I will go to wander over the trees."
[JDG.9.10] And the trees said to the fig tree, "Go, be my king over us."
[JDG.9.11] And the fig tree said to them, "I have ceased my sweetness and my good yield, and I will go to wander upon the trees."
[JDG.9.12] And the trees said to the vine, "Go, you are my king over us."
[JDG.9.13] And the vine said to them, “I have stopped producing my wine, which makes glad the Gods and people, and I will go to sway upon the trees.”
[JDG.9.14] And all the trees said to the palm tree, "Go, you be king over us."
[JDG.9.15] And the thorn bush said to the trees, "If truly you are anointing me as king over you, come, take shelter in my shade. But if not, fire will come forth from the thorn bush and consume the cedars of Lebanon."
[JDG.9.16] And now, if you have truly and completely acted, and you have made Abimelech king, and if you have acted kindly with Jerubbaal and with his house, and if you have compensated him fairly for his work to him.
[JDG.9.17] Who fought for you, my father, and threw his life before you, and rescued you from the hand of Midian.
[JDG.9.18] And you rose up against the house of my father today and killed his sons, seventy men, on one stone. And you made Abimelech, son of his female servant, king over the lords of Shechem, because he is your brother.
[JDG.9.19] And if, in truth and with completeness, you have dealt with Yerubbaal and with his house this day, rejoice in Avimelech, and may he also rejoice in you.
[JDG.9.20] And if fire does not come from Abimelech and consume the lords of Shechem and Abimelech’s house, and fire does not come from the lords of Shechem and from Abimelech’s house and consume Abimelech.
[JDG.9.21] And Yotham ran, and he fled and went to Erah, and he dwelt there because of Abimelech, his brother.
[JDG.9.22] And Abimelech ruled over Israel for three years.
[JDG.9.23] And the Gods sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the lords of Shechem, and the lords of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech.
[JDG.9.24] Seventy sons of Jerubbael came to enact vengeance, and their blood would be placed upon Abimelech, their brother, who killed them, and upon the leaders of Shechem who strengthened his hand to kill his brothers.
[JDG.9.25] And the lords of Shechem set ambushes for him on the summits of the mountains, and they robbed everyone who passed by them on the road. And the matter was reported to Avimelech.
[JDG.9.26] And Gaal son of Ebed and his brothers came and crossed through Shechem, and they trusted in the masters of Shechem.
[JDG.9.27] And they went out into the field and harvested their vineyards and trod them, and they made revelries, and they came to the house of the Gods and ate and drank, and they cursed Abimelech.
[JDG.9.28] And Gaal, son of Ebed, said, "Why should we serve him? Is he not the son of Jerubbaal and Zebul, a caretaker of his people? Serve the people of the father of a donkey; why then should we serve him?"
[JDG.9.29] Who would give this people into my hand, and I would remove Abimelech? And he said to Abimelech, "Great is your army, and they go forth."
[JDG.9.30] And Zevul, the ruler of the city, heard the words of Ga'al son of the servant, and his anger was stirred.
[JDG.9.31] And he sent messengers to Abimelech in support, saying, "Behold, Gaal son of Ebed and his brothers are coming to Shechem, and they are currently besieging the city against you."
[JDG.9.32] And now, arise you at night, and the people who are with you, and lie in wait in the field.
[JDG.9.33] And it will be in the morning, as the sun rises, that you will attack the city. And behold, he and the people who are with him will come out to meet you, and you will do to him according to what your hand finds.
[JDG.9.34] And Abimelech rose, and all the people who were with him, during the night, and they lay in wait against Shechem, in four heads.
[JDG.9.35] And Gaal, the son of Ebed, went out and stood in the opening of the city gate, and Abimelech and the people who were with him arose from the west.
[JDG.9.36] Ga'al saw the people and said to Zevul, "Look, a people is descending from the heads of the mountains." And Zevul said to him, "Are you seeing the shadow of the mountains as if they were people?"
[JDG.9.37] And he added more speech and said, “Behold, a people are descending from the land of Tabor, and one head is coming from the way of Elon-meonenim.”
[JDG.9.38] And Zevul said to him, "Where is the mouth that says, 'Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him?' Is this not the people whom you rejected? Go now and fight against them."
[JDG.9.39] And Ga'al went before the lords of Shechem and he fought with Abimelech.
[JDG.9.40] And Abimelech pursued him, and he fled before him. And many fallen warriors fell until the entrance of the gate.
[JDG.9.41] And Abimelech settled in Arumah, and Zebul drove out Gaal and his brothers from the dwelling in Shechem.
[JDG.9.42] And it was on the next day that the people went out to the field, and they told it to Abimelech.
[JDG.9.43] And he took the people and divided them into three leaderships, and he lay in wait in the field. And he saw, and behold, the people were going out from the city. And he arose against them and struck them.
[JDG.9.44] And Abimelech and the leaders who were with him spread out and stood in the opening of the city gate, and two leaders spread out against all who were in the field and they struck them.
[JDG.9.45] And Abimelech fought against the city all that day, and he captured the city and the people who were in it, and he smashed the city and sowed it with salt.
[JDG.9.46] And all the masters of the tower of Shechem heard, and they came to the fortress, the house of God of the covenant.
[JDG.9.47] And it was told to Abimelech that all the lords of the tower of Shechem had gathered.
[JDG.9.48] And Avimelech went up to Mount Tzalmon, he and all the people who were with him. And Avimelech took the axes in his hand, and cut branches of trees, and carried them, and placed them on his shoulder. And he said to the people who were with him, "What have you seen me do? Hurry and do as I have done."
[JDG.9.49] And all the people gathered, each man to his place, and they went after Abimelech. And they placed themselves upon the fortress and set the fortress ablaze upon them. And all the men of the tower of Shechem also died, like a thousand men and women.
[JDG.9.50] And Abimelech went to Thebez, and he camped in Thebez, and he captured it.
[JDG.9.51] And the tower of strength was within the city, and all the men and the women, and all the owners of the city, fled there and closed it behind them, and they went up onto the roof of the tower.
[JDG.9.52] And Abimelech came until the tower, and he fought against it, and he drew near to the entrance of the tower to set it ablaze with fire.
[JDG.9.53] And one woman threw an upper millstone on the head of Abimelech, and she crushed his skull.
[JDG.9.54] And he called quickly to the young man carrying his tools, and said to him, "Draw your sword and kill me, lest they say to me a woman killed him." And his young man stabbed him, and he died.
[JDG.9.55] And the Israelites saw that Abimelech was dead, and each person went to his place.
[JDG.9.56] And the Gods inflicted evil on Abimelech, which he did to his father, to kill seventy of his brothers.
[JDG.9.57] And all the evil of the people of Shechem the Gods brought upon them, and the curse of Jotham son of Jerubbaal came upon them.
JDG.10
[JDG.10.1] And there arose after Abimelech to save Israel, Tolah son of Puah son of Dodo, a man of Issachar, and he lived in Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim.
[JDG.10.2] And he judged Israel for twenty-three years, and he died and was buried in Shamir.
[JDG.10.3] And after him, Jair the Gileadite rose up, and he judged Israel for twenty and two years.
[JDG.10.4] And there were thirty sons riding on thirty cities, and thirty cities were for them; for them they will be called the villages of Ya'ir until this day, which are in the land of the Gilead.
[JDG.10.5] And Ya'ir died, and he was buried in Kamon.
[JDG.10.6] And the sons of Israel continued to do what was evil in the eyes of Yahveh, and they served the Baals and the Ashtoreths, and the gods of Aram, and the gods of Sidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the sons of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and they abandoned Yahveh and did not serve Him.
[JDG.10.7] And Yahveh's anger burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the sons of Ammon.
[JDG.10.8] And they shook and oppressed the sons of Israel for eighteen years in that year, all the sons of Israel who were across the Jordan, in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.
[JDG.10.9] And the sons of Ammon crossed the Jordan to fight also with Judah and with Benjamin and with the house of Ephraim, and they greatly distressed Israel.
[JDG.10.10] The Israelites cried out to Yahveh, saying, "We have sinned to you, and because we have abandoned the Gods and we have worshipped the Baals."
[JDG.10.11] And Yahveh said to the children of Israel, "Is it not from Egypt, and from the Amorites, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines that you were delivered?"
[JDG.10.12] The Sidonians and the Amalekites and the Maonites pressured you, and you cried out to me, and I saved you from their hand.
[JDG.10.13] And you abandoned me and served other Gods, therefore I will not continue to save you.
[JDG.10.14] Go and cry out to the Gods which you have chosen in them. They will save you in time of your distress.
[JDG.10.15] And the sons of Israel said to Yahveh, "We have sinned. Do for us as all the goodness is in your eyes, but please save us this day."
[JDG.10.16] And they removed the gods of the foreigner from among them, and they served Yahveh, and its soul shortened through the labor of Israel.
[JDG.10.17] And the people of Ammon cried out, and they encamped in Gilead. And the people of Israel assembled, and they encamped in Mizpah.
[JDG.10.18] And the people, the leaders of Gilead, each said to his fellow, "Who is the man who is willing to fight against the sons of Ammon? He will be as head for all the inhabitants of Gilead."
JDG.11
[JDG.11.1] And Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty hero, and he was the son of a woman who was a prostitute, and Gilead fathered Jephthah.
[JDG.11.2] And Gilead’s wife bore him sons, and the sons of the woman grew up, and they drove Jephthah away, and they said to him, "You will not inherit in our father’s house, for you are the son of another woman."
[JDG.11.3] And Yiftach fled from before his brothers, and he settled in the land of Tov. And worthless men gathered to Yiftach, and they went out with him.
[JDG.11.4] And it happened in days that the descendants of Ammon fought with Israel.
[JDG.11.5] And it happened, as the people of Ammon fought with the people of Israel, that the elders of Gilead went to take Jephthah from the land of Tob.
[JDG.11.6] And they said to Jephthah, “Come and be our leader, and we will fight against the sons of Ammon.”
[JDG.11.7] And Jepthah said to the elders of Gilead, "Do you not hate me and expel me from the house of my father? And why have you come to me now when you are in distress?"
[JDG.11.8] And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, "Therefore now we have returned to you, and you will go with us, and we will fight against the sons of Ammon. And you will be for us as head over all the inhabitants of Gilead."
[JDG.11.9] And Yiftach said to the elders of Gilead, "If you return me to fight against the people of Ammon, and Yahveh gives them into my hand, then I will be to you as head."
[JDG.11.10] And the elders of Gilead said to Yiftach, "Yahveh, Yahveh will be hearing our disputes, if not according to your word, so we will do."
[JDG.11.11] And Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people set him over them as a head and an officer. And Jephthah spoke all his words before Yahveh at Mizpah.
[JDG.11.12] And Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the descendants of Ammon, saying, "What is to me and to you, since you have come to me to fight in my land?"
[JDG.11.13] And the king of the people of Ammon said to the messengers of Jephthah, "Because Israel took my land as they came up from Egypt, from the Arnon and up to the Jabbok and up to the Jordan, now restore them peacefully."
[JDG.11.14] And he added still, and he sent messengers to the king of the people of Ammon.
[JDG.11.15] And he said to him, "Thus says Yifta: Israel has not taken the land of Moab, and the land of the sons of Ammon."
[JDG.11.16] Because of their ascent from Egypt, Israel went into the wilderness until the Red Sea, and they came to Qadeshah.
[JDG.11.17] And Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, "Please let me pass through your land." And the king of Edom did not listen. And also to the king of Moab he sent, and he refused. And Israel settled in Kadesh.
[JDG.11.18] And he went into the wilderness and circled the land of Edom and the land of Moab. And he came from the east of the sun to the land of Moab and they camped across the Arnon. And they did not come into the border of Moab, for the Arnon is the border of Moab.
[JDG.11.19] And Israel sent messengers to Sihon, the king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon, and Israel said to him, “Please, let us pass through your land to our place.”
[JDG.11.20] And Sichon did not believe Israel to pass through his border, and Sichon gathered all his people, and they camped at Yahatzah, and he fought with Israel.
[JDG.11.21] And Yahveh, the Gods of Israel, gave Sichon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they struck them. And Israel inherited all the land of the Amorites, who inhabited that land.
[JDG.11.22] And they inherited all the territory of the Amorites from the Arnon and to the Yabbok, and from the desert and to the Jordan.
[JDG.11.23] And now, Yahveh, the Gods of Israel, has dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and you will inherit them.
[JDG.11.24] Is it not the land that Kemosh, your God, gives you that you will possess? And is it not all the land that Yahveh, our God, disinherited from before us that we will possess?
[JDG.11.25] And now, is it good, is it good for you, Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Is the multitude a great multitude with Israel? Should I fight, should I fight against them?
[JDG.11.26] While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and in its towns, and in Aroer and in its towns, and in all the cities which are by the Arnon, three hundred years, why did you not save them at that time?
[JDG.11.27] And I have not sinned against you, and you do evil with me to fight with me. May Yahveh, the judge, judge today between the sons of Israel and between the sons of Ammon.
[JDG.11.28] And the king of the Ammonites did not hear the words of Jephthah that he sent to him.
[JDG.11.29] And the spirit of Yahveh came upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh, and he passed through Mizpah of Gilead, and from Mizpah of Gilead the sons of Ammon passed.
[JDG.11.30] And Jephthah vowed a vow to Yahveh, and he said, "If you will give the sons of my people into my hand,"
[JDG.11.31] And it will be, the one who goes out, who goes out from the doors of my house to meet me upon my return in peace from the people of Ammon, and he will be for Yahveh, and I will offer him as a burnt offering.
[JDG.11.32] And Jephthah went to the Ammonites to fight with them, and Yahveh gave them into his hand.
[JDG.11.33] And he struck them from Aroer and up to Boach from Minnit, twenty cities, and up to Abel Keramim, a very great strike. And the sons of Ammon were humbled before the sons of Israel.
[JDG.11.34] And Jephthah came to Mizpah, to his house, and behold, his daughter came out to meet him with drums and with dances. And she was unique; he had no son or daughter from him.
[JDG.11.35] And it happened, when he saw her, that he tore his clothes, and he said, "Alas, my daughter, you have crushed me, you have brought me to ruin! And you were involved in my trouble. And I have opened my mouth to Yahveh, and I cannot return."
[JDG.11.36] And she said to him, "God, your father opened your mouth to Yahveh. Do for me as that which came from your mouth after that Yahveh has wreaked vengeance for you from your enemies, from the people of Ammon."
[JDG.11.37] And she said to her father, "Let this thing be done for me: relax from me for two months, and I will go and descend to the mountains and I will weep over my virginity, I and my companions."
[JDG.11.38] And he said to the woman, and he sent her away for two months. And she went, she and her companions, and she lamented her virginity on the mountains.
[JDG.11.39] And it happened, after two months, that she returned to her father, and he did for her the vow which he had vowed. And she did not know a man, and this became a law in Israel.
[JDG.11.40] From days to days, the daughters of Israel would go to lament for the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite, four days in the year.
JDG.12
[JDG.12.1] And a man of Ephraim cried out and passed northward, and they said to Jephthah, "Why did you cross over to fight with the sons of Ammon, and did not call upon us to go with you? Your house we will burn upon you with fire."
[JDG.12.2] And Jephthah said to them, “I and my people were at strife, and the people of Ammon greatly opposed us. And I called upon you, and you did not deliver me from their hand.”
[JDG.12.3] And I saw that you are not a savior, and I placed my life in my hand, and I crossed over to the sons of Ammon, and Yahveh gave them into my hand. And why have you come up to me today to fight with me?
[JDG.12.4] And Jephthah gathered all the men of Gilead and fought against Ephraim, and the men of Gilead struck Ephraim because the fleeing men of Ephraim said, "You are Gilead, inside Ephraim, inside Manasseh."
[JDG.12.5] And Gilead captured the fords of the Jordan River leading to Ephraim, and it happened that when the fugitives of Ephraim would say, “Let me cross,” the men of Gilead would say to him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” And he said, “No.”
[JDG.12.6] And they said to him, "Say now, 'shibolet'." And he said, "sibolet." And he was not able to pronounce it correctly. And they seized him, and they slaughtered him at the fords of the Jordan. And 42,000 fell at that time from Ephraim.
[JDG.12.7] And Jephthah judged Israel for six years, and Jephthah the Gileadite died, and he was buried in the cities of Gilead.
[JDG.12.8] And Ehud judged after him Israel, a left-handed man from the house of bread.
[JDG.12.9] And it was to him thirty sons and thirty daughters. He sent the daughters outward, and he brought thirty daughters to his sons from outward. And he judged Israel for seven years.
[JDG.12.10] And Ivtsan died, and he was buried in the house of bread.
[JDG.12.11] And he judged after him Israel, Elon the Zebulonite, and he judged Israel ten years.
[JDG.12.12] And Elon the Zebulunite died, and he was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.
[JDG.12.13] And he judged after him, Israel, Avdon son of Hillel the Pir'atonite.
[JDG.12.14] And there were to him forty sons and thirty grandsons, riding on seventy cities, and he judged Israel for eight years.
[JDG.12.15] And Avdon, son of Hillell the Pirathonite, died and was buried in Pirathon, in the land of Ephraim, on Mount Amalek.
JDG.13
[JDG.13.1] And the Israelites continued to do evil in the eyes of Yahveh, and Yahveh gave them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years.
[JDG.13.2] And there was a man, one from Zorah, from the family of the Danite, and his name was Manoah, and his wife was barren, and she had not borne a child.
[JDG.13.3] And an angel of Yahveh appeared to the woman and said to her, "Behold, you are barren and have not given birth, yet you will become pregnant and give birth to a son."
[JDG.13.4] And now, guard yourself, please, and do not drink wine and strong drink, and do not eat any unclean thing.
[JDG.13.5] For you are pregnant and will bear a son, and no razor shall come up upon his head, for the boy will be a Nazirite to the Gods from the womb, and he will begin to save Israel from the hand of the Philistines.
[JDG.13.6] And the woman came and said to her husband, saying, "A man of the Gods came to me, and his appearance was like the appearance of a messenger of the Gods, very frightening. And I did not ask him where this was, and he did not tell me his name."
[JDG.13.7] And He said to me, "You are pregnant and you will give birth to a son. And now, do not drink wine or strong drink, and do not eat anything unclean, for the boy will be a Nazirite to the Gods from the womb until the day of his death."
[JDG.13.8] And Manoah pleaded to Yahveh, and said, "My Lord, the man of the Gods whom you sent, may he come again to us and teach us what we should do with the boy who is born."
[JDG.13.9] And the Gods heard the voice of Manoah’s wife, and an angel of the Gods came again to the woman, while she was sitting in the field, and Manoah, her husband, was not with her.
[JDG.13.10] And the woman quickly ran and told her husband, and she said to him, "Behold, the man has appeared to me, the one who came to me in the day."
[JDG.13.11] And Manoah rose and went after his wife, and he came to the man, and he said to him, "Are you the man who spoke to the woman?" And he said, "I am."
[JDG.13.12] And Manoach said, "Now let your words come to pass. What will be the manner of life of the boy and his actions?"
[JDG.13.13] And the angel of Yahveh said to Manoah, "From everything that I said to the woman, it shall be observed."
[JDG.13.14] From all that proceeds from the vine of wine, you shall not eat, and wine and strong drink you shall not drink, and all impurity you shall not eat. All that I have commanded you, you shall keep.
[JDG.13.15] And Manoah said to the messenger of Yahveh, "Please restrain yourself, and let us make a young goat before you."
[JDG.13.16] And the angel of Yahveh said to Manoah, "If you restrain me, I will not eat of your bread, and if you make an ascent to Yahveh, it shall ascend. For Manoah did not know that this angel was an angel of Yahveh."
[JDG.13.17] And Manoah said to the messenger of Yahveh, “What is your name, because your word will come to pass and we will honor you?”
[JDG.13.18] And he said to him, "Angel of Yahveh, why do you ask for my name, and it is wonderful?"
[JDG.13.19] And Manoach took the kid of the goats and the offering, and he went up to the rock to Yahveh, and it is wondrous to do, and Manoach and his wife are watching.
[JDG.13.20] And it happened upon the rising of the flame from upon the altar to the heavens, and the messenger of Yahveh ascended in the flame of the altar, and Manoah and his wife were seeing, and they fell upon their faces to the ground.
[JDG.13.21] And no longer did an angel of Yahveh appear to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that the angel of Yahveh it was.
[JDG.13.22] And Manoah said to his wife, "Surely we die, because the Gods have seen us."
[JDG.13.23] Then his wife said to him, "Does Yahveh desire to kill us? If so, He would not have accepted a burnt offering and a grain offering from our hand, nor would He have shown us all of these things. And now, He has not made such a thing known to us."
[JDG.13.24] And the woman bore a son, and she called his name Samson. And the boy grew, and Yahveh blessed him.
[JDG.13.25] And the breath of Yahveh began to act within the camp of Dan, between Tzare'ah and Eshta'ol.
JDG.14
[JDG.14.1] And Samson went down to Timnah, and he saw a woman in Timnah from among the daughters of the Philistines.
[JDG.14.2] He went up and told his father and his mother, and said, "I saw a woman in Timnah, from among the daughters of the Philistines. And now, take her for me as a wife."
[JDG.14.3] And his father and his mother said to him, "Is there not a woman among the daughters of your brothers and among all my people, a woman to take? Why then would you go to take a woman from the uncircumcised Philistines?" And Samson said to his father, "Get her for me, for she is right in my eyes."
[JDG.14.4] And his father and his mother did not know that it was from Yahveh. They thought he was seeking figs from the Philistines. And at that time, the Philistines were ruling over Israel.
[JDG.14.5] And Samson went down, and his father and his mother to Timnah. And they came until the vineyards of Timnah, and behold, a young lion of the lions was roaring toward him.
[JDG.14.6] And the spirit of Yahveh came upon him, and he tore the lion apart as one tears a young goat. And there was nothing in his hand. And he did not tell his father or his mother about what he had done.
[JDG.14.7] And he descended and spoke to the woman, and she was pleasing in the eyes of Samson.
[JDG.14.8] And he returned after days to take it, and he went to see the carcass of the lion. And behold, a gathering of bees was in the body of the lion and honey.
[JDG.14.9] He lowered it to his hands, and he went walking and eating, and he went to his father and to his mother, and he gave it to them and they ate. And he did not tell them that the honey came from the carcass of the lion.
[JDG.14.10] And Avihu went down to the woman, and Samson made a feast there, for thus did the young men do.
[JDG.14.11] And it was, when they saw him, that they took thirty young men and they were with him.
[JDG.14.12] And Samson said to them, “Please, let me propose a riddle to you. If you can tell it to me within seven days of the feast, and you find it, then I will give you thirty tunics and thirty changes of clothing.”
[JDG.14.13] And if you are unable to tell me, then you yourselves shall give to me thirty linens and thirty sets of clothing. And Judah said to him, "Your riddle, we will hear it."
[JDG.14.14] And he said to them, "From eating came food, and from the strong came sweetness, and they were unable to tell the riddle for three days."
[JDG.14.15] And it came to pass on the seventh day, and they said to Samson’s wife, "Entice your husband and tell us the riddle, lest we burn you and your father’s house with fire. Have we not called you? Isn't it so?"
[JDG.14.16] And the wife of Samson wept over him, and she said, "You only hate me, and you have not loved me. You posed the riddle to the sons of my people, and you did not tell it to me." And he said to her, "Behold, I did not tell it to my father and to my mother, and to you I will tell it."
[JDG.14.17] And she wept for him for seven days, which was the time of the feast for them. And it happened on the seventh day that he told her that he afflicted her, and she revealed the riddle to the people of her nation.
[JDG.14.18] And the people of the city said to him on the seventh day, before the pottery was broken, "What is sweeter than honey, and what is stronger than a lion?" And he said to them, "If you had not plowed with my young bull, you would not have found my riddle."
[JDG.14.19] And the spirit of Yahveh strengthened him, and he went down to Ashkelon and struck thirty of them, and he took their loincloths and gave the loincloths to those who posed the riddles, and his anger burned, and he went up to his father's house.
[JDG.14.20] And the woman of Samson was a spy for him, who spied for him.
JDG.15
[JDG.15.1] And it came to pass in the days of the wheat harvest that Samson visited his wife with garments of goats. And he said, "I will go to my wife into the chamber." But her father did not allow him to enter.
[JDG.15.2] And her father said, "Say, I have said that you hate her, and I gave her to your evil. Is not her younger sister good in place of her? Let her be to you instead of her."
[JDG.15.3] And he said to them, Samson, "I have now avenged myself upon the Philistines, for I do evil with them."
[JDG.15.4] And Samson went and captured three hundred foxes, and he took torches, and he turned tail to tail, and he put one torch between the two tails in the middle.
[JDG.15.5] And he burned fire with torches and he sent it into the fields of the Philistines, and he burned from Gadish and to Kamah and to the vineyard of Zayit.
[JDG.15.6] The Philistines said, "Who did this?" And they said, "Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, for he took his wife and gave her to another man." Then the Philistines came up and burned her and her father with fire.
[JDG.15.7] And Samson said to them, "If you do this thing, then if I take vengeance upon you, afterward I will stop."
[JDG.15.8] And God struck them on the thigh with a great strike. And Yahveh descended and sat in the shade of an eagle's rock.
[JDG.15.9] And the Philistines came up and encamped in Judah, and they spread out in the valley.
[JDG.15.10] And the men of Judah said, "Why have you come against us?" And they said, "We have come to bind Samson against us, to do to him as he did to us."
[JDG.15.11] Three thousand men descended from Judah to the cliff of the rock of the eagle. They said to Samson, "Do you not know that the Philistines rule over us? And what is it that you have done to us?" And he said to them, "As they did to me, so I have done to them."
[JDG.15.12] And they said to him, "We have come down to bind you and to give you into the hand of the Philistines." And Samson said to them, "Swear to me that you will not harm me yourselves."
[JDG.15.13] And they said to him, saying, "No, for a binding has your binding been, and we will give you into their hand, and the killer will not kill you." And they bound him with two new ropes, and they hoisted him up from the rock.
[JDG.15.14] He came as far as Lehi, and the Philistines shouted to meet him. Then the spirit of Yahveh descended upon him, and the cords that were on his arms became like flax that has been burned in a fire, and they melted from off his hands.
[JDG.15.15] And he found the jawbone of a donkey, fresh, and he sent his hand and took it, and he struck with it a thousand men.
[JDG.15.16] And Samson said, "With the jawbone of the donkey, a donkey's jawbone, I struck a thousand men."
[JDG.15.17] And it happened when he finished speaking, that he threw the jawbone from his hand. And he called that place the height of the jawbone.
[JDG.15.18] And he became very thirsty, and he called to Yahveh and said, "You have given into the hand of your servant this great deliverance. But now I will die of thirst and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised."
[JDG.15.19] And the Gods split the hollow which was in Lehi, and water came out of it, and he drank, and his spirit returned and he lived. Therefore he called its name the spring of the one who calls out, which is in Lehi, until this day.
[JDG.15.20] And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines for twenty years.
JDG.16
[JDG.16.1] And Samson went to Gaza, and he saw there a woman, a prostitute, and he went to her.
[JDG.16.2] To the Philistines they said, "Samson has come here." So they surrounded and lay in wait for him all the night at the gate of the city, and they kept silent all the night, saying, "Until the light of morning, and we will kill him."
[JDG.16.3] And Samson lay until the middle of the night, and he rose in the middle of the night and seized the door leaves of the gate of the city, and the two gateposts, and carried them away with the crossbars, and placed them upon his shoulders, and he went up to the peak of the mountain which is facing Hebron.
[JDG.16.4] And it came to pass after these things that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, and her name was Dela-ilah.
[JDG.16.5] And the leaders of the Philistines went up to her, and said to her, "Reveal his secret to us, and see what makes his strength so great, and how we may overpower him. And we will bind him and torment him. And we will give to you, each of us, one thousand one hundred pieces of silver."
[JDG.16.6] And Delilah said to Samson, "Reveal to me now, in what your strength is great, and in what way you might be bound to overpower you."
[JDG.16.7] And he said to her, Samson, "If they bind me with seven fresh tendons that have not decayed, and I become weak, then I will be like any other man."
[JDG.16.8] And the leaders of the Philistines went up to her, seven of the remaining warriors, strong men who had not been harmed. And they bound him with them.
[JDG.16.9] And the one lying in wait sat to her in the room, and she said to him, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" And he tore the ropes, as one tears the wick of a lamp when it smells fire, and his strength was not known.
[JDG.16.10] And Delilah said to Samson, "Behold, you have mocked me, and you have spoken lies to me. Now, please tell me in what way you may be bound."
[JDG.16.11] And he said to her, “If you bind me with new ropes that have not been worked, I will become sick, and I will be like one of humankind.”
[JDG.16.12] And Delilah took new ropes and bound him with them, and she said to him, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" And the one lying in wait was sitting in the room, and he broke them from off his arms as a thread.
[JDG.16.13] And Delilah said to Samson, “Until now you have mocked me and spoken falsely to me. Tell me, I implore you, by what means can you be bound?” And he said to her, “If you weave together the seven braids of my head with the loom, then I will become weak.”
[JDG.16.14] And she struck at the tent peg, and she said to him, "The Gods are upon you, Samson." And he awoke from his sleep and pulled down the tent peg, the long one, and the weaving.
[JDG.16.15] And she said to him, "How can you say, 'I have loved you,' while your heart is not with me? This is the third time you have mocked me, and you have not told me in what way your strength is great."
[JDG.16.16] And it happened that she afflicted him with her words all the days, and she compelled him, and his soul grew short to die.
[JDG.16.17] And he told her all that was in his heart and said to her, "Teacher, it has not come upon my head, because a Nazirite to the Gods I am from the womb of my mother. If I am shaved, and strength departs from me, and I become weak, then I will be like any other man."
[JDG.16.18] And Delilah saw that he had told her all that was in his heart, and she sent and called to the leaders of the Philistines, saying, “Come up this time, for he has told me all that is in his heart.” And the leaders of the Philistines came up to her, and they brought silver in their hands.
[JDG.16.19] And she let him rest on her knees, and she called to the man, and she shaved the seven braids of his head, and she began to afflict him, and his strength left him.
[JDG.16.20] And she said, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson." And he awoke from his sleep and said, "I will go out as at other times and act as before." And he did not know that Yahveh had departed from upon him.
[JDG.16.21] The Philistines seized him, and they gouged out his eyes. They brought him down to Gaza and bound him with bronze, and he became a grinder in the house of prisoners.
[JDG.16.22] And the hair of his head began to grow, as when it was shaved.
[JDG.16.23] And the leaders of the Philistines gathered to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon, their god, and to rejoice. And they said, "Our god has delivered Samson, our enemy, into our hand."
[JDG.16.24] And the people saw it, and they praised the Gods of them, for they said, “Our God has given into our hand our enemies and the destroyer of our land, and the one who multiplied our slain.”
[JDG.16.25] And it happened, when their hearts were good, that they said, "Call for Samson, and let him amuse us." So they called for Samson from the house of prisoners, and he amused them, and they stationed him between the pillars.
[JDG.16.26] And Samson said to the young man holding him, "Release me, and let me lean on the pillars upon which the house is established, and I will lean upon them."
[JDG.16.27] And the house was full of the men and the women, and there were all the captains of the Philistines. And on the roof, about three thousand men and women were viewing, at the amusement of Samson.
[JDG.16.28] And Samson called to Yahveh, and he said, "My Lord Yahveh, remember me, please, and strengthen me, please, only this time, the Gods, and let me avenge one revenge from my two eyes on the Philistines."
[JDG.16.29] And Samson grasped the two pillars of the middle, upon which the house stood, and he leaned upon them. One was in his right hand and one was in his left hand.
[JDG.16.30] And Samson said, “Let my life perish with the Philistines,” and he bent with strength, and the house fell upon the rulers and upon all the people that were in it. And the dead that he killed in his death were many more than those that he killed in his life.
[JDG.16.31] His brothers and all his father’s house went down and took him, and they brought him up and buried him between Tzareah and Esht’aol, in the tomb of Manohah, his father. And he judged Israel for twenty years.
JDG.17
[JDG.17.1] And there was a man from the region of Ephraim, and his name was Mikayhu.
[JDG.17.2] And he said to his mother, "One thousand one hundred pieces of silver that were taken from you are with me, and you also said in my hearing, 'See, the silver is with me; I took it.'" And his mother said, "Blessed be my son to Yahveh."
[JDG.17.3] And he restored the one thousand and one hundred pieces of silver to his mother. And his mother said, "The dedicated thing, I have dedicated the silver to Yahveh from my hand to my son to make a sculpted image and a molten form. And now I will return it to you."
[JDG.17.4] And he returned the silver to his mother, and his mother took two hundred pieces of silver and gave them to the craftsman, and he made from it a carved image and a cast idol, and it was in the house of Micah.
[JDG.17.5] And the man Micah had for himself a house of the Gods, and he made an ephod and teraphim, and he filled the hand of one of his sons, and he became for him a priest.
[JDG.17.6] In those days, there was no King in Israel. Each person did what was right in their own sight.
[JDG.17.7] And there was a young man from Bethlehem of Judah, from the family of Judah, and he was a Levite and he lived there.
[JDG.17.8] And the man went from the city from Bethlehem of Judah to dwell in wherever he finds, and he came to the hill country of Ephraim until the house of Micah to make his way.
[JDG.17.9] Then Micah said to him, "From where do you come?" And he said to him, "I am a Levite from Bethlehem of Judah, and I am going to dwell wherever I may find a place."
[JDG.17.10] And Micah said to him, "Stay with me, and be to me a father and a priest. And I will give to you ten pieces of silver per year, and the value of garments, and your sustenance." And the Levite went.
[JDG.17.11] And the Levite was willing to host the man, and the young man was to him as one of his sons.
[JDG.17.12] And Micah filled the hand of the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and this was in the house of Micah.
[JDG.17.13] And Micah said, "Now I know that Yahveh will be good to me, because He has provided a Levite to be my priest."
JDG.18
[JDG.18.1] In those days, there was no king in Israel, and in those days the tribe of Dan sought for itself an inheritance to dwell in, because an inheritance had not fallen to it until that day among the tribes of Israel.
[JDG.18.2] And the people of Dan sent five men from their families, men of strength from Zareah and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land and to search it. And they said to them, “Go, search the land.” And they came to Mount Ephraim, up to the house of Micah, and they lodged there.
[JDG.18.3] They were with the house of Micah, and they recognized the voice of the young Levite. So they turned there and said to him, "Who brought you here, and what are you doing in this place, and what is your purpose here?"
[JDG.18.4] And he said to them, "Thus and thus has Micah done for me. He hired me, and I became a priest for him."
[JDG.18.5] And they said to him, “Please ask by the Gods, and we will know if our way, which we are walking on, will succeed.”
[JDG.18.6] And the priest said to them, “Go in peace, before Yahveh, in the way that you will walk in it.”
[JDG.18.7] Five men went and arrived at Laish, and they saw the people who were within it, dwelling securely like the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and confident. There was nothing troubling the land, possessing a crown, and they were distant from the Sidonians, and they had no dealings with any man.
[JDG.18.8] And they came to their brothers, Tza-re-ah and Esh-ta-ol, and their brothers said to them, "What are you doing?"
[JDG.18.9] And they said, "Rise up and let us go up to them, for we have seen the land, and behold, it is very good, and you, those who made us afraid, do not be sluggish in going to inherit the land."
[JDG.18.10] As you come, you will come to a people who trust, and the land is spacious. For the Gods have given it into your hands, a place where there is no lack of any thing in the land.
[JDG.18.11] They journeyed from there, the family of the Danite, from Zareah and from Eshtaol, six hundred men, armed with weapons of warfare.
[JDG.18.12] And they went up and encamped in Kiryat Yearim, which is in Judah. Therefore, they called that place "the camp of Dan" until this day. Behold, it is near Kiryat Yearim.
[JDG.18.13] And they passed from there to Mountain Ephraim, and they came until the house of Micah.
[JDG.18.14] And five men who went to scout the land responded to their brothers and said, “Do you know that there are an efod and terafim, a sculpted image and a cast image in these houses? Now consider what you will do.”
[JDG.18.15] And they turned toward Shammah and came to the house of the young man, the Levite, the house of Micah, and they asked him about his peace.
[JDG.18.16] And six hundred men, armed with their weapons of war, were standing at the gate, those from the descendants of Dan.
[JDG.18.17] And the five men who went to scout the land went there and took the image, and the ephod, and the household idols, and the molten image. And the priest stood at the opening of the gate, while six hundred men were girt with weapons of war.
[JDG.18.18] And these came to the house of Micah, and they took the sculpted idol of the ephod, and the household gods, and the graven image. And the priest said to them, "What are you doing?"
[JDG.18.19] And they said to him, “The quiet one, place your hand upon your mouth and go with us, and be to us as a father and as a priest. Is it good to be a priest for the house of one man, or to be a priest for a tribe and a family in Israel?”
[JDG.18.20] It pleased the heart of the priest, and he took the ephod and the teraphim and the idol, and he came into the midst of the people.
[JDG.18.21] They turned and walked, and they placed their little ones, their livestock, and their possessions before them.
[JDG.18.22] They distanced themselves from the house of Micah, and the people who were in the houses who were with the house of Micah cried out and pursued the sons of Dan.
[JDG.18.23] And they called to the sons of Dan, and they turned their faces, and they said to Micah, "What is it with you that you have cried out?"
[JDG.18.24] And he said, "Have you taken the Gods that I made, and the priests, and gone? What remains for me? And what is this you say to me? What is your purpose?"
[JDG.18.25] And the descendants of Dan said to him, "Do not let your voice be heard with us, lest angry men encounter you and you gather your life and the lives of your household."
[JDG.18.26] And the sons of Dan went on their way, and Micah saw that they were stronger than he, and he turned and returned to his house.
[JDG.18.27] And they took what Micah had made, and the priest who was his, and they came upon Laish, upon a people quiet and confident. And they struck them with the sword, and they burned the city with fire.
[JDG.18.28] And there is no rescuer, for it is far from Zidon, and they have no matter with humankind, and it is in the valley that belongs to the house of Rekhov, and they built the city and dwelt in it.
[JDG.18.29] And they called the name of the city Dan, by the name of Dan, their father, who was born to Israel. And also, to the man, the name of the city was the first one.
[JDG.18.30] And the sons of Dan established for themselves the carved image, and Jonathan son of Gershom son of Manasseh, he and his sons, were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day the land was exiled.
[JDG.18.31] And they set for themselves the idol that Micah made, all the days that the house of the Gods was in Shiloh.
JDG.19
[JDG.19.1] And it came to pass in those days that there was no king in Israel. And there was a man of Levi who lived in the hill country of Mount Ephraim, and he took for himself a woman as a concubine from Bethlehem of Judah.
[JDG.19.2] And she committed adultery against him, his concubine, and she went from him to the house of her father, to the house of Bethlehem of Judah. And she was there for days, four months.
[JDG.19.3] And the woman’s husband arose and went after her to speak to her heart to return her, and her servant was with him and a pair of donkeys. And she brought him to her father’s house, and the girl’s father saw him and rejoiced to meet him.
[JDG.19.4] And his wife’s father strengthened him, the father of the young woman, and he stayed with him for three days. And they ate and drank, and they spent the night there.
[JDG.19.5] And it came to pass on the fourth day that they rose early in the morning and arose to go, and the father of the young woman said to her husband, "Strengthen your heart with bread, and afterward you shall go."
[JDG.19.6] And they sat and ate, both of them together, and they drank. And the father of the young woman said to the man, "Please be willing to stay the night, and may your heart be glad."
[JDG.19.7] And the man rose to go, and his father-in-law pleaded with him, and he returned and stayed there for the night.
[JDG.19.8] And he rose early in the morning on the fifth day to go; and the father of the young woman said, "strengthen now your heart, and delay until the day turns"; and they both ate.
[JDG.19.9] Then the man arose to go, he and his concubine and his servant, and his father-in-law, the father of the young woman, said to him, "See now, the day is drawing to a close. Please stay the night here. Let the camping spots be for your rest here, and may it be good in your heart. And you will rise early tomorrow for your journey, and you will go to your tent."
[JDG.19.10] And the man refused to stay, so he rose and went and came until he was opposite Jebus, that is Jerusalem, and with him were a pair of donkeys saddled, and his concubine was with him.
[JDG.19.11] They were with the Jebusites, and the day was very far along. Then the young man said to my Lord, “Come, let us turn aside to this city of the Jebusites and spend the night within it.”
[JDG.19.12] And he said to him, "my Lord, do not turn aside to a foreign city which is not of the sons of Israel there, and we will pass until Gibeah."
[JDG.19.13] And he said to his servant, "To you and to us, let us approach one of the places, either Gibeah or Ramah."
[JDG.19.14] They passed over and they went, and the sun set for them near the hill belonging to Benjamin.
[JDG.19.15] And they turned aside there to go to lodge in Gibeah. And they entered and sat in the open space of the city, and no man gathered them to lodge at home.
[JDG.19.16] And behold, an old man came from his work from the field at evening, and the man was from the hill country of Ephraim, and he lived in Gibeah, and the people of the place were sons of the right hand.
[JDG.19.17] And he lifted his eyes and saw the man the stranger in the street of the city. And the man the old one said, "Where do you go and from where do you come?"
[JDG.19.18] And he said to them, "We are travelers from Bethlehem of Judah, to the outskirts of Mount Ephraim. From there I went to Bethlehem of Judah, and I am going to the house of Yahveh, and no one has invited me home."
[JDG.19.19] And also straw and also fodder there is for our donkeys, and also bread and wine there is for me and for my servant and for the young man with my servants. There is no lack of anything at all.
[JDG.19.20] And the old man said, "Peace to you, only all your lack is upon me, only do not beg in the street."
[JDG.19.21] And he brought them to his house, and he provided fodder for the donkeys, and they washed their feet, and they ate and they drank.
[JDG.19.22] They hardened their hearts, and behold, the men of the city, men of worthlessness, surrounded the house, striking the door. They said to the man, the owner of the house, the elder, saying, “Bring out the man who came into your house, and we will know him.”
[JDG.19.23] And the man, owner of the house, went out to them and said to them, "Do not fear, my brothers. After this man has come into my house, do not do this disgrace!"
[JDG.19.24] Behold, the virgin and her concubine; take them, and do to them as is good in your eyes. But to this man, do not do this evil thing.
[JDG.19.25] And the men refused to listen to him, and the man held fast to his concubine, and they went out to meet them. And they knew her, and they mistreated her all night until morning, and they sent her away at the rising of the sun.
[JDG.19.26] And the woman came to the faces of the morning, and she fell at the opening of the house of the man, whose my Lord was there until the light.
[JDG.19.27] And his Lord arose in the morning and opened the doors of the house and went out to go on his way, and behold, the woman, his concubine, was falling at the opening of the house, with her hands on the threshold.
[JDG.19.28] And he said to her, "Rise and let us go," and there was no answer. And he took her upon the donkey, and the man rose and went to his place.
[JDG.19.29] And he came to his house and took a knife and grasped his concubine and dissected her into her bones, into twelve portions, and he dispatched her throughout all the border of Israel.
[JDG.19.30] And it will be that every one who sees it will say, "It did not happen, and it was not seen like this," from the day the children of Israel ascended from the land of Egypt until this day. Place it upon yourselves for counsel and speak of it.
JDG.20
[JDG.20.1] Then all the Israelites went out, and the assembly gathered as one person from Midian to Beersheba and the land of Gilead, to Yahveh at Mitzpah.
[JDG.20.2] And the corners of all the people, all the tribes of Israel, were stationed in an assembly of the Gods, four hundred thousand men, footmen drawing their swords.
[JDG.20.3] And the sons of Benjamin heard that the sons of Israel had gone up to Mizpah. And the sons of Israel said, "Speak, how has this evil come to pass?"
[JDG.20.4] And the man, the Levite, man of the woman who was murdered, answered and said, "I came, I and my concubine, to the hill-country which belongs to Benjamin to lodge."
[JDG.20.5] They rose up against me, the men of Gibeah, and surrounded the house at night, intending to kill me. And they abused my concubine, and she died.
[JDG.20.6] And I seized my concubine and I humiliated her, and I sent her throughout all the fields of the inheritance of Israel, because they did a scheme and an outrage in Israel.
[JDG.20.7] Behold, all of you children of Israel, bring to yourselves a matter and counsel here.
[JDG.20.8] And all the people stood as one man to say, "We will not each go to his tent, and we will not each turn back to his house."
[JDG.20.9] And now, this is the matter which is done for Gibeah, upon her by lot.
[JDG.20.10] And we will take ten men for every hundred for all the tribes of Israel, and one hundred for every thousand, and one thousand for every ten thousand, to obtain provisions for the people, to do so as they come to Gibeah Benjamin, according to all the outrage that was done in Israel.
[JDG.20.11] And all the people of Israel gathered to the city as one person, united.
[JDG.20.12] And the tribes of Israel sent men to all the tribes of Benjamin, saying, "What is this evil which has happened to you?"
[JDG.20.13] And now, give the men, sons of Belial, who are in Gibeah, and put them to death, so that evil may be purged from Israel. But Benjamin refused to listen to the voice of their brothers, the sons of Israel.
[JDG.20.14] And the men of Benjamin gathered from the cities of Gibeah to go out to war with the people of Israel.
[JDG.20.15] On that day, the descendants of Benjamin were counted from the cities, twenty-six thousand men capable of wielding a sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah who were counted, seven hundred young warriors.
[JDG.20.16] From all these people, seven hundred skilled men were chosen who are left-handed. All of these are slingers who aim at a hair's breadth with a stone and they will not miss.
[JDG.20.17] And the men of Israel were counted separately from Benjamin, four hundred thousand men, each drawing the sword, all of them men of war.
[JDG.20.18] And they rose and went to Bethel and asked of the Gods. And the sons of Israel said, "Who shall go up for us first in the battle against the sons of Benjamin?" And Yahveh said, "Judah shall go up first."
[JDG.20.19] And the sons of Israel rose in the morning and encamped on the hill.
[JDG.20.20] And a man of Israel went to war with Benjamin, and the men of Israel prepared war with them against Gibeah.
[JDG.20.21] And the sons of Benjamin went out from Gibeah, and they corrupted Israel on that day, twenty-two thousand men in the land.
[JDG.20.22] And the people strengthened themselves, each Israelite, and they added to prepare for battle in the place where they had prepared there on the first day.
[JDG.20.23] And the sons of Israel went up and wept before Yahveh until evening, and they inquired of Yahveh, saying, “Should I continue to approach the battle with the sons of Benjamin, my brother?” And Yahveh said, “Go up against him.”
[JDG.20.24] And the Israelites approached the Benjaminites on the second day.
[JDG.20.25] And Benjamin went out to meet them from Gibeah on the second day. And they further destroyed among the children of Israel, another eighteen thousand men of the land, all these drawers of the sword.
[JDG.20.26] And all the sons of Israel and all the people went up to Bethel, and they wept and sat there before Yahveh, and they fasted on that day until evening, and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before Yahveh.
[JDG.20.27] And the sons of Israel inquired of Yahveh, and there was the ark of the covenant of the Gods in those days.
[JDG.20.28] Phinehas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron, stood before Yahveh in those days, saying, "Should I still go out to war with the descendants of Benjamin, my brother, or should I stop?" And Yahveh said, "Go up, for tomorrow I will give them into your hand."
[JDG.20.29] And Israel set ambushes to the Gibeah around.
[JDG.20.30] The sons of Israel went up against the sons of Benjamin on the third day, and they arranged themselves against Gibeah, time after time.
[JDG.20.31] And the sons of Benjamin went out to meet the people who had departed from the city. And they began to strike down casualties among the people, repeatedly along the roads, one road ascending to Beit El and another to Giv'ata, in the field. Thirty men acted on behalf of Israel.
[JDG.20.32] And the sons of Benjamin said, "They are struck down before us, as previously." And the sons of Israel said, "We will flee and separate ourselves from the city to the roads."
[JDG.20.33] And all the men of Israel rose from their place and arranged themselves at Baal Tamar, and the ambush of Israel was emerging from his place from the cave of Gibeon.
[JDG.20.34] And they came from opposite Giv'ah, ten thousand men, valiant from all Israel, and the war was heavy, and they did not know that evil touched them.
[JDG.20.35] And Yahveh struck Benjamin before Israel, and the sons of Israel destroyed people of Benjamin on that day, twenty-five thousand and one hundred men, all of these drawing swords.
[JDG.20.36] The sons of Benjamin saw that they were defeated, and all the people of Israel provided a place for Benjamin, because they trusted in the ambush that they had set at Gibeah.
[JDG.20.37] And the ambushers hastened and spread out toward the hill, and the ambushers drew and struck all of the city according to the sword.
[JDG.20.38] And the appointed time was for the man of Israel with the lurking ambush, a lifting to raise a burden of smoke from the city.
[JDG.20.39] And Israel turned in the battle, and Benjamin began to strike down slain among the men of Israel, about thirty men, for they said, "Surely only a fainting is afflicting him before us, as in the first battle."
[JDG.20.40] And the lifting began to rise from the city, a pillar of smoke, and Benjamin turned behind him, and behold, the entire city ascended to the heavens.
[JDG.20.41] And a man of Israel turned and a man of Benjamin became frightened because he saw that evil had touched him.
[JDG.20.42] And they turned toward the face of the man of Israel to the way of the wilderness, and the war overtook him, and those from the cities destroyed him from within.
[JDG.20.43] They surrounded Benjamin, they chased him, a rest guided him until before Gibeah, from the east.
[JDG.20.44] And eighteen thousand men fell from Benjamin; all these were warriors.
[JDG.20.45] Then they turned and fled to the rock of the pomegranate, and they harassed him in the paths with five thousand men. And they pursued after him to Gideom, and they struck from him two thousand men.
[JDG.20.46] And it was that all those skilled from Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men who drew the sword on that day, all these were men of valor.
[JDG.20.47] And they turned and fled into the wilderness to the Rock of Pomegranate, six hundred men, and they dwelt at the Rock of Pomegranate for four months.
[JDG.20.48] And the man of Israel returned to the sons of Benjamin and struck them with the sword, from the city of peace to the animal, to everything that was found. Also, every city that was found, they sent with fire.
JDG.21
[JDG.21.1] And a man of Israel swore at Mizpah, saying, "No man among us will give his daughter to Benjamin as a wife."
[JDG.21.2] And the people came to the house of God and dwelt there until evening before the Gods, and they lifted their voice and wept a great weeping.
[JDG.21.3] And they said, "Why has Yahveh, the Gods of Israel, allowed this to happen in Israel, to count today from Israel only one tribe?"
[JDG.21.4] And it came to pass on the next day, that the people rose early, and they built there an altar, and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.
[JDG.21.5] And the children of Israel said, "Who is the one who did not ascend to the assembly from all the tribes of Israel before Yahveh? For the great oath was against the one who did not ascend before Yahveh to Mizpah, saying, ‘Let him surely die.’"
[JDG.21.6] And the sons of Israel comforted Benjamin, their brother, and they said, "Today, one tribe is cut off from Israel."
[JDG.21.7] What shall we do with the remaining women? And we have sworn to Yahveh not to give our daughters to them as women.
[JDG.21.8] And they said, "Is there anyone from the tribes of Israel who has not come up to Yahveh at Mizpah?" And behold, no one had come to the camp from Jabesh Gilead to the assembly.
[JDG.21.9] And he counted the people, and behold, there was no man among those dwelling in Javesh Gilead.
[JDG.21.10] And the congregation sent there twelve thousand men from the sons of strength, and they commanded them, saying, "Go and strike down the dwellers of the dry land of Gilead with the sword, and also the women and the little ones."
[JDG.21.11] And this is the thing that you will do: every male and every female knowing a bed of male, you shall utterly destroy them.
[JDG.21.12] And they found from the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead four hundred virgin girls, who had not known a man for lying with a male. And they brought them to the camp at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.
[JDG.21.13] And the entire assembly sent, and they spoke to the sons of Benjamin who were at the Rock of Rimmon. And they called to them, offering peace.
[JDG.21.14] And Benjamin returned at that time, and the women gave to them, those who were alive from the wives of Jabesh Gilead, and they did not find for them a suitable match.
[JDG.21.15] And the people were sorry for Benjamin, because Yahveh had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
[JDG.21.16] And the elders of the congregation said, "What shall we do for the remaining women, because a woman has been destroyed from Benjamin?"
[JDG.21.17] And they said, "An inheritance of the escaped ones for Benjamin, and a tribe shall not be blotted out from Israel."
[JDG.21.18] And we are not able to give them wives from our daughters, because the children of Israel have sworn, saying, "Cursed is he who gives a wife to Benjamin."
[JDG.21.19] And they said, "Behold, the festival of Yahveh is in Shiloh, from days to days, which is north of Beit-el, eastward where the sun rises, on the path going up from Beit-el to Shechem, and south to Libnah."
[JDG.21.20] And he commanded the sons of Benjamin, saying, "Go and lie in wait in the vineyards."
[JDG.21.21] And you will see, and behold, if the daughters of Shiloh go out to dance in the dances, then you will go out from the vineyards and seize for yourselves each man a wife from among the daughters of Shiloh, and you will go to the land of Benjamin.
[JDG.21.22] And it will be that when their fathers or their brothers come to us, we will say to them, "Show favor to them, for we did not take any man's wife in the war, for it is not you who gave them now, do not blame us."
[JDG.21.23] And the sons of Benjamin did so, and they took wives according to their number from among the dancers who had been stolen. And they went and returned to their inheritance, and they built the cities and dwelt in them.
[JDG.21.24] And the sons of Israel departed from there at that time, each man to his tribe and to his family. And they went out from there, each man to his inheritance.
[JDG.21.25] In those days there was no King in Israel. Every person did what was correct in his eyes.
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1SA.1
[1SA.1.1] And there was one man from the Ramathaim-watchers, observing from Mount Ephraim, and his name was God-owned, son of Respect, son of High, son of Good, son of Lookout, an Ephrathite.
[1SA.1.2] And to him were two wives, the name of one was Hannah, and the name of the second was Peninnah. And to Peninnah were born children, but to Hannah, there were no children.
[1SA.1.3] And the man would go up from his city, day after day, to worship and to sacrifice to Yahveh of hosts in Shiloh. And there the two sons of Eli, Chafni and Pinchas, were priests to Yahveh.
[1SA.1.4] And it happened on that day, and Elkanah sacrificed, and he gave portions to Peninnah his wife, and to all his sons and his daughters.
[1SA.1.5] And to Hannah, may He give one small portion, because He loves Hannah, and Yahveh has closed her womb.
[1SA.1.6] And her distress has caused her also to be angry because of her affliction, for Yahveh has closed against her compassion.
[1SA.1.7] And thus she will do year by year, according to her ascent to the house of Yahveh, thus you will cause her displeasure, and she will weep, and she will not eat.
[1SA.1.8] And Elkanah, her husband, said to Hannah, "Why do you weep, and why do you not eat, and why is your heart bad? Am I not better to you than ten sons?"
[1SA.1.9] And Hannah rose after she had eaten in Shiloh, and after she had drunk. And Eli the priest was sitting on the chair near the doorpost of the temple of Yahveh.
[1SA.1.10] And she was bitterly distressed in soul, and she prayed upon Yahveh, and she wept, weeping.
[1SA.1.11] And she vowed a vow and said, "Yahveh of hosts, if you truly see the misery of your female servant and remember me, and do not forget your female servant, then grant your female servant offspring of people. And I will dedicate him to Yahveh all the days of his life, and a priest will not rise up over his head."
[1SA.1.12] And it will be that because she has multiplied her prayers before Yahveh, her husband shall guard her mouth.
[1SA.1.13] And Hannah, she was speaking about her heart, only her lips were moving and her voice was not heard. And Eli thought of her as drunk.
[1SA.1.14] And the Gods said to them, to me, until when will you make yourselves intoxicated? Remove your wines from upon me.
[1SA.1.15] And Hannah answered and said, "Not my Lord, I am a woman who is bitter of spirit. I have not drunk wine or strong drink, but I pour out my soul before Yahveh."
[1SA.1.16] Do not give your female servant before the daughter of wickedness, for because of the abundance of my conversation and my anger, I have spoken until now.
[1SA.1.17] And He answered to me, and said, "Go in peace, and the Gods of Israel will give your request which you asked from Him."
[1SA.1.18] And she said, "May your handmaid find favor in your eyes." And the woman went on her way and ate, and her face was no longer sad.
[1SA.1.19] They rose early in the morning and bowed down before Yahveh, then they returned and came to their house at Ramathah. Elkanah knew Hannah, his wife, and Yahveh remembered her.
[1SA.1.20] And it came to pass, after the days had passed, that Hannah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Samuel, for from Yahveh I asked him.
[1SA.1.21] And the man Elkanah went with his whole household to sacrifice to Yahveh the yearly sacrifice and his vow.
[1SA.1.22] And Hannah did not return, because she said to her husband, "I will remain until the boy is weaned, and I will bring him, and he will appear before Yahveh, and he will dwell there forever."
[1SA.1.23] And Elkanah, her husband, said to her, "Do what is good in your eyes, remain until you wean him." But may Yahveh establish His word. And the woman remained and nursed her son until she weaned him.
[1SA.1.24] And she brought him with her, as she had vowed, with bulls three and one ephah of flour and a skin of wine, and she brought him to the house of Yahveh Shiloh, and the boy was a boy.
[1SA.1.25] And they slaughtered the calf, and they brought the young man to Eli.
[1SA.1.26] And she said, "My Lord, as your life lives, my Lord, I am the woman standing with you here to pray to Yahveh."
[1SA.1.27] I prayed for this young man, and Yahveh gave to me my request which I asked from Him.
[1SA.1.28] And also I gave him to Yahveh all the days that he was Saul to Yahveh, and they bowed down there to Yahveh.
1SA.2
[1SA.2.1] And Hannah prayed and said, “My heart exults in Yahveh. My horn is exalted in Yahveh. My mouth is wide against my enemies, for I rejoice in your salvation.”
[1SA.2.2] There is no holy one like Yahveh, for there is none besides you, and there is no rock like our Gods.
[1SA.2.3] Do not multiply speaking exalted things, let excess come forth from your mouths, for God knows knowledges, and falsehoods are not devised by Him.
[1SA.2.4] The bow of heroes is broken, and the weak have armed themselves with strength.
[1SA.2.5] The full are hired for bread, and the hungry cease. Until the barren one gives birth to seven, and the one with many sons is desolate.
[1SA.2.6] Yahveh causes to die and causes to live. Yahveh causes to descend to the underworld and causes to ascend.
[1SA.2.7] Yahveh grants inheritance and enriches. He humbles, even exalts.
[1SA.2.8] He raises up the poor from dust and lifts up the needy from the refuse heap, to seat them with nobles and He will inherit them a throne of glory. For to Yahveh belong the ends of the earth, and He has set the world upon them.
[1SA.2.9] He will guard the feet of his pious ones, and the wicked will be struck down in darkness, for not by strength will a man prevail.
[1SA.2.10] Yahveh, they will strike down those who contend with Him. Yahveh will thunder in the heavens. Yahveh will judge the ends of the earth. And He will give strength to His king, and elevate the horn of His anointed one.
[1SA.2.11] And Elkanah went to Ramathah, to his house, and the boy was ministering to Yahveh before Eli the priest.
[1SA.2.12] And the sons of Eli were sons of worthlessness, they did not know Yahveh.
[1SA.2.13] And the judgment of the priests belongs to the people. Every man who sacrifices a sacrifice, and a young man of the priest comes, [taking] the boiled flesh of the sacrifice, and the fork of three teeth [is] in his hand.
[1SA.2.14] And he shall strike the basin, or the pot, or the cooking vessel, or the clay vessel; everything that the fork brings up, the priest shall take it in that. Thus shall they do for all Israel who come there to Shiloh.
[1SA.2.15] Also, before they offer the fat, a young priest comes and says to the man who is sacrificing, "Give raw meat to roast for the priest, and do not let him take from you boiled meat, but only living [meat]."
[1SA.2.16] And the man said to him, “A young animal you shall offer as a burnt offering today, and take for yourself as your soul desires. And he said to him, “Now you shall give, and if not, I have taken it by force.”
[1SA.2.17] And the sin of the young men was very great before Yahveh, because the people despised the offering of Yahveh.
[1SA.2.18] And Samuel was serving before the face of Yahveh, a young man wearing a linen ephod.
[1SA.2.19] And his mother will make for him a small garment, and she will bring it to him day by day as she ascends with her husband to offer the days’ sacrifice.
[1SA.2.20] And blessed was Elkanah and his wife, and he said, "May Yahveh grant you offspring from this woman, in place of the request which she asked of Yahveh." And they went to their place.
[1SA.2.21] For Yahveh visited Hannah, and she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. And the young man Samuel grew up with Yahveh.
[1SA.2.22] And Eli was very old, and he heard all that his sons did to all Israel, and about their lying with the women who assembled at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
[1SA.2.23] And he said to them, "Why do you do such things of which I hear evil words from all these people?"
[1SA.2.24] Not my sons, for the report that I hear is not good: those who cause the people of Yahveh to transgress.
[1SA.2.25] If a person sins against another person, and pleads to the Gods, and if a person sins against Yahveh, who will plead to Him? And they will not listen to the voice of their father, for Yahveh desires to kill them.
[1SA.2.26] And the boy Samuel was walking and growing, and he was good, both with Yahveh and with people.
[1SA.2.27] And a man of the Gods came to Eli, and he said to him, “Thus says Yahveh: ‘Did I reveal myself to your ancestral house when they were in Egypt, to the house of Pharaoh?’”
[1SA.2.28] And I will choose him from all the tribes of Israel to be a priest for me, to ascend my altar to burn incense, to carry the ephod before me, and I gave to the house of your father all the offering of the people of Israel.
[1SA.2.29] Why do you despise my sacrifice and my offering, which I commanded in the dwelling place? And you honor your sons more than me, to heal them from the first of all the offerings of Israel to my people.
[1SA.2.30] Therefore, says Yahveh, the God of Israel, I said that your house and the house of your father will walk before me forever. But now, says Yahveh, far be it from me that I should do such a thing! For I will honor those who honor me, and those who despise me will be brought low.
[1SA.2.31] Behold, days are coming and I will cut off your arm and the arm of the house of your father from being old in your house.
[1SA.2.32] And you shall observe a narrow dwelling of the Gods in all that they do for Israel, and there will not be an old person in your house for all your days.
[1SA.2.33] And no man will destroy from among my altar to extinguish your eyes and to make your soul prosper, and all the increase of your house will die as men.
[1SA.2.34] And this is the sign to you that will come to the two sons of you, to Hophni and Phinehas. On one day both of them will die.
[1SA.2.35] And I will establish for myself a faithful priest, as he acts according to my heart and within my soul. And I will build for him a faithful house, and he will walk before my anointed one all of his days.
[1SA.2.36] And it will be that every one remaining in your house will come to worship Yahveh, to obtain silver and a loaf of bread. And he will say, “Please accept me among one of the priesthoods, to eat bread.”
1SA.3
[1SA.3.1] And the young person Samuel served Yahveh before Eli, and the word of Yahveh was rare in those days; there was no easily received vision.
[1SA.3.2] And it happened on that day that Eli was lying in his place, and his eyes began to grow dim, so that he could not see.
[1SA.3.3] And the lamp of the Gods had not yet been extinguished, and Samuel was lying in the temple of Yahveh, where the ark of the Gods was.
[1SA.3.4] And Yahveh called to Samuel and said, "Here I am."
[1SA.3.5] And he ran to God and said, "Here I am, because you called to me." And God said, "I did not call. Lie down again." And he went and lay down.
[1SA.3.6] And Yahveh added, still calling Samuel, and Samuel rose and went to Eli and said, "Here I am, because you called me." And Eli said, "I did not call, my son, lie down again."
[1SA.3.7] And Samuel had not yet known Yahveh, and the word of Yahveh had not yet been revealed to him.
[1SA.3.8] And Yahveh continued to call Samuel in the third instance, and he arose and went to Eli, and said, "Here I am, for you have called me." And Eli understood that Yahveh was calling the boy.
[1SA.3.9] And God said to Samuel, "Go, lie down, and it will be that if He calls to you, you will say, ‘Speak, Yahveh, for your servant is listening.’" And Samuel went and lay down in his place.
[1SA.3.10] And Yahveh came and stood, and called repeatedly, "Samuel, Samuel." And Samuel said, "Speak, for your servant is hearing."
[1SA.3.11] And Yahveh said to Samuel, "Behold, I am doing a thing in Israel, that everyone who hears it, their two ears will ring."
[1SA.3.12] On that day, I will raise up against God all that I spoke to his house, from the beginning to the end.
[1SA.3.13] And I will tell him that I am the judge of his house forever, because of the iniquity that he knew, that his sons are cursing him, and he did not restrain them.
[1SA.3.14] Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli, if the iniquity of the house of Eli is atoned for by sacrifice and offering forever.
[1SA.3.15] And Samuel lay until morning, and he opened the doors of the house of Yahveh. And Samuel feared to tell the vision to Eli.
[1SA.3.16] And Eli called Samuel, and Samuel said, "My son," and he said, "Here I am."
[1SA.3.17] And he said, "What is the word that was spoken to you? Please do not hide anything from me. Thus will the Gods do for you, and thus will they add, if you hide any word from me of all the word that was spoken to you."
[1SA.3.18] And Samuel told him all the things, and did not hide anything from him. And he said, "Yahveh is the one who will do what is good in His eyes."
[1SA.3.19] Samuel grew, and Yahveh was with him, and not any of his words fell to the ground.
[1SA.3.20] And all of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, knew that Samuel was trustworthy as a prophet of Yahveh.
[1SA.3.21] And Yahveh continued to make Himself known in Shiloh, for Yahveh revealed Himself to Samuel in Shiloh through a word from Yahveh.
1SA.4
[1SA.4.1] And the word of Samuel came to all Israel, and Israel went out to meet the Philistines for war, and they camped by the stone of help, and the Philistines camped in Afek.
[1SA.4.2] And the Philistines prepared against Israel, and the battle failed, and Israel was defeated before the Philistines, and they struck in the array in the field like four thousand men.
[1SA.4.3] And the people came to the camp, and the elders of Israel said, "Why has Yahveh struck us down today before the Philistines? Let us take to ourselves from Shiloh the Ark of the Covenant of Yahveh, and let it come into our midst, and save us from the hand of our enemies."
[1SA.4.4] And the people sent to Shiloh, and they carried from there the Ark of the covenant of Yahveh, the God of armies, who sits upon the cherubim. And there were the two sons of Eli with the Ark of the covenant of the Gods, Hophni and Phinehas.
[1SA.4.5] And it was, as the Ark of the Covenant of Yahveh came to the camp, that all Israel shouted a great shout, and the land shook.
[1SA.4.6] The Philistines heard the sound of the shouting, and they said, "What is this great sound of shouting in the camp of the Hebrews?" And they knew that the ark of Yahveh had come to the camp.
[1SA.4.7] And the Philistines saw, because they said, "The Gods came to the camp." And they said, "Woe to us, for such a thing has not happened before."
[1SA.4.8] Woe to us, who will save us from the hand of the Gods, the mighty ones? These are the Gods who struck Egypt with every plague in the wilderness.
[1SA.4.9] Strengthen yourselves and be Philistine men, lest you serve the Hebrews as they served you, and you will be men and you will fight.
[1SA.4.10] The Philistines fought, and they defeated Israel, and each man fled to his tent. And the defeat was very great, and thirty thousand foot soldiers fell from Israel.
[1SA.4.11] And the ark of the Gods was taken, and the two sons of Eli died, Chafni and Pinchas.
[1SA.4.12] And a man from Benjamin ran from the formation and came to Shiloh on that day, and his garments were torn, and dust was on his head.
[1SA.4.13] And he came, and behold, God was sitting on the chair beside the road near Metzepeh, for his heart was anxious concerning the Ark of the Gods. And the man came to tell in the city, and all the city cried out.
[1SA.4.14] And my God heard the sound of the crying, and he said, "What is this sound of the multitude?" And the man quickly came and told my God.
[1SA.4.15] And Eli was a son of ninety and eight years, and his eyes had diminished, and he was not able to see.
[1SA.4.16] And the man said to Eli, "I am the one who has come from the battle line, and I have fled from the battle line today." And Eli said, "What is the matter with my son?"
[1SA.4.17] And the messenger answered and said, "Israel has fled before the Philistines, and also a great plague was among the people, and also your two sons have died, Hophni and Phinehas, and the Ark of the Gods has been captured."
[1SA.4.18] And it happened as he remembered the Ark of the Gods, that he fell from his chair backward near the gate, and his neck broke, and he died, because the man was old and heavy. And he had judged Israel for forty years.
[1SA.4.19] And Phineas’ wife completed her pregnancy and was in labor, and she heard the report concerning the taking of the Ark of the Gods and the death of her father-in-law and her husband. And she bent over and gave birth, for her anxieties overwhelmed her.
[1SA.4.20] And at the time of her death pangs, the standing ones spoke to her, saying, "Do not fear, for a son you have birthed." And she did not answer, and her heart was not comforted.
[1SA.4.21] And she called the boy ‘Not Glory’, saying, ‘The glory has departed from Israel, because of the taking of the Ark of the Gods, and because of my daughter-in-law and her husband.’
[1SA.4.22] And she said, "Glory has departed from Israel, for the ark of the Gods has been taken."
1SA.5
[1SA.5.1] And the Philistines took the Ark of the Gods, and they brought it from Stone of the Help, Ashdod.
[1SA.5.2] The Philistines took the Ark of the Gods and brought it to the house of Dagon, and they set it beside Dagon.
[1SA.5.3] And the Ashdodites rose early on the next day, and behold, Dagon had fallen face down to the ground before the Ark of Yahveh. And they took Dagon and returned him to his place.
[1SA.5.4] And they rose early in the morning, on the next day, and behold, Dagon had fallen face down to the ground before the Ark of Yahveh, and the head of Dagon and both of its hand portions were cut off at the threshold, only Dagon’s torso remained upon it.
[1SA.5.5] Therefore, the priests of Dagon and all those who come to the house of Dagon will not step on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod, until this day.
[1SA.5.6] And the hand of Yahveh was heavy upon the Ashdodites, and he destroyed them, and he struck them with tumors, Ashdod and its territories.
[1SA.5.7] And the men of Ashdod saw this and said, "The ark of the Gods of Israel must not dwell with us, for the hand of the Gods has been harsh upon us and upon Dagon, our Gods."
[1SA.5.8] So they sent and gathered all the lords of the Philistines to them, and they said, "What should we do with the ark of the Gods of Israel?" And they said, "Let Gath take the ark of the Gods of Israel." And they moved the ark of the Gods of Israel.
[1SA.5.9] And it happened after they turned him around, that the hand of Yahveh was upon the city, causing a very great turmoil, and Yahveh struck the people of the city, from the small even to the great, and boils broke out upon them.
[1SA.5.10] And they sent away the Ark of the Gods to Ekron. And it happened, when the Ark of the Gods came to Ekron, that the people of Ekron cried out, saying, "Turn to me the Ark of the God of Israel, that it may kill me and my people!"
[1SA.5.11] They sent messengers and gathered all the leaders of the Philistines, and they said, "Send away the chest of the Gods of Israel, and let it return to its place, so that it may not kill me and my people, because a commotion of death was in all the city. Very heavy was the hand of the Gods there."
[1SA.5.12] And the men who did not die were struck with boils, and the cry of the city rose to the heavens.
1SA.6
[1SA.6.1] And it happened that the Ark of Yahveh was in the field of the Philistines for seven months.
[1SA.6.2] The Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, "What should we do with the Ark of Yahveh? Tell us how we should send it to its place."
[1SA.6.3] And they said, "If you are sending away the Ark of the Gods of Israel, do not send it away empty, but surely return to them a trespass offering. Then you will be healed, and it will be known to you why the hand of the Gods does not depart from you."
[1SA.6.4] And they said, "What shall we return to them?" And they said, "Five golden tumors and five golden mice, because there is one plague for all of them and for your leaders."
[1SA.6.5] You shall make images of the rodents and the mice that are destroying the land, and you shall give glory to the Gods of Israel. Perhaps this will cause Yahveh to lessen His hand from you, from your gods, and from your land.
[1SA.6.6] And why are you hardening your hearts as Egypt and Pharaoh hardened theirs? Did they not mistreat them, and then send them away so that they departed?
[1SA.6.7] And now, take and make one new cart and two ascending cows which have not had a yoke upon them. And you shall bind the cows to the cart and return their calves from behind them home.
[1SA.6.8] You shall take the Ark of Yahveh and place it upon the cart, and the golden objects that you returned to it, you shall place as a guilt offering in the box beside it, and you shall send it, and it shall go.
[1SA.6.9] And you will see if the path of its boundary goes up to the house of the sun. He has done this great evil to us. And if not, we will know that His hand has not touched us, that it was an accident that happened to us.
[1SA.6.10] And the men did so, and they took two mature heifers and they tied them to the cart, and their sons were all in the house.
[1SA.6.11] And they placed the Ark of Yahveh upon the cart, and the box, and the golden mice, and the images of their rats.
[1SA.6.12] And the cows went straight on the road, on the road to the city of Beit Shemesh, walking on one path, they walked and lowed, and did not turn to the right or to the left, and the leaders of the Philistines were walking behind them until the border of the city of Beit Shemesh.
[1SA.6.13] And the house of Shemesh was harvesting a harvest of wheat in the valley, and they lifted their eyes and saw the Ark, and they rejoiced to see it.
[1SA.6.14] And the cart came to the field of Joshua, the house of the sun, and it stood there. And there was a great stone. And they split the wood of the cart, and the oxen they offered as a burnt offering to Yahveh.
[1SA.6.15] And the Levites brought down the Ark of Yahveh and the chest which was with it, within which were vessels of gold, and they placed it upon the great stone. And the men of Beth Shemesh offered up burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices on that day to Yahveh.
[1SA.6.16] And five leaders of the Philistines saw, and they returned to Ekron on that day.
[1SA.6.17] And these are the golden growths that the Philistines returned as a guilt offering to Yahveh: one to Ashdod, one to Gaza, one to Ashkelon, one to Gat, and one to Ekron.
[1SA.6.18] And the mice of gold marked the number of all the cities of the Philistines for the five rulers, from a fortified city and to the village of the Parzites, and to Abel the Great, where they left the Ark of Yahveh until this day in the field of Yehoshua in Beit-ha'shimeshi.
[1SA.6.19] And Yahveh struck the men of Beit Shemesh because they saw the Ark of Yahveh. And Yahveh struck the people, seventy men and fifty thousand men. And the people mourned, because Yahveh struck the people with a great strike.
[1SA.6.20] And the people of Beth-Shemesh said, "Who is able to stand before Yahveh, the Gods, the Holy One? And to whom shall it go from us?"
[1SA.6.21] And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kiryat Yearim, saying, "Return, Philistines, the ark of Yahveh, and come up and take it to yourselves."
1SA.7
[1SA.7.1] And the men of Kiryat Yearim came and brought up the Ark of Yahveh, and they brought it to the house of Abinadav in Gibeah. And they consecrated Eleazar, his son, to guard the Ark of Yahveh.
[1SA.7.2] And it came to pass from the day the Ark rested in Kiryat-yearim that the days increased and became twenty years, and all the house of Israel followed Yahveh.
[1SA.7.3] And Samuel said to all the house of Israel, "If with all your hearts you are returning to Yahveh, remove the gods of the foreigner from among you, and the Ashtoreths. Prepare your hearts for Yahveh and serve only Yahveh, and Yahveh will save you from the hand of the Philistines."
[1SA.7.4] And the Israelites removed the Baals and the Ashtarots, and they served Yahveh alone.
[1SA.7.5] And Samuel said, "Gather all of Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to Yahveh for you."
[1SA.7.6] The people gathered at Mizpah, and they drew water and poured it out before Yahveh. They fasted on that day, and said there, “We have sinned to Yahveh.” And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah.
[1SA.7.7] And the Philistines heard that the children of Israel had assembled at Mizpah. And the commanders of the Philistines went up against Israel. And the children of Israel heard, and they feared before the Philistines.
[1SA.7.8] And the sons of Israel said to Samuel, "Do not be silent from him, from shouting to Yahveh, our God, and may he save us from the hand of the Philistines."
[1SA.7.9] And Samuel took one fat lamb and offered it as a complete burnt offering to Yahveh. And Samuel cried out to Yahveh for Israel, and Yahveh answered him.
[1SA.7.10] And Samuel was offering the burnt offering, and the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel, and Yahveh thundered with a great voice on that day against the Philistines, and He confused them, and they were struck before Israel.
[1SA.7.11] And the men of Israel went out from Mizpah, and they pursued the Philistines, and they struck them as far as under Beth-Car.
[1SA.7.12] And Samuel took one stone and placed it between Mizpah and Shen, and he called its name 'Stone of Help,' and said, 'Up to this point Yahveh has helped us.'
[1SA.7.13] And the Philistines were subdued, and they did not add to come again into the territory of Israel. And the hand of Yahveh was with the Philistines all the days of Samuel.
[1SA.7.14] And the cities that the Philistines had taken from Israel returned to Israel, from Ekron and up to Gath, and Israel rescued their territories from the hand of the Philistines. And peace came to be between Israel and the Amorites.
[1SA.7.15] And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.
[1SA.7.16] And he walked each year, year by year, and circled Beit El, and the Gilgal, and the Mizpah, and he judged Israel throughout all these places.
[1SA.7.17] And his turning was to the heights, for there was his dwelling place, and there he judged Israel. And he built there an altar to Yahveh.
1SA.8
[1SA.8.1] And it happened, as Samuel grew old, that he appointed his sons as judges for Israel.
[1SA.8.2] And the name of his firstborn son was Yoel, and the name of his second was Aviyah. Judges in the well of emptiness.
[1SA.8.3] And his sons did not walk in his ways, but they turned after gain, and they took bribes, and they perverted justice.
[1SA.8.4] And all the elders of Israel gathered and came to Samuel at Ramathah.
[1SA.8.5] And they said to him, "Behold, you have grown old, and your sons have not walked in your ways. Now, appoint for us a king to judge us like all the nations."
[1SA.8.6] And the thing was displeasing in the eyes of Samuel, as they said, "Give us a king to judge us." And Samuel prayed to Yahveh.
[1SA.8.7] And Yahveh said to Samuel, "Listen to the voice of the people, to everything they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from ruling over them."
[1SA.8.8] According to all the deeds that they have done from the day I brought them up from Egypt until this day, they have abandoned me and served the Gods others. Thus, they do also to you.
[1SA.8.9] And now, hear their voice, but know that the witness will testify concerning them, and you shall declare to them the judgement of the king who will reign over them.
[1SA.8.10] And Samuel said all the words of Yahveh to the people who were asking him for a king.
[1SA.8.11] And he said, "This will be the decree of the king who will reign over you: your sons he will take and put for him in his chariot and in his cavalry, and they will run before his chariot."
[1SA.8.12] And to appoint for him leaders of thousands and leaders of fifties, and to have someone plow his plowing and to harvest his harvest, and to make his implements of warfare and his implements of chariots.
[1SA.8.13] And your daughters they will take for weavers and for cooks and for bakers.
[1SA.8.14] And your fields and your vineyards and your good olive trees will be taken and given to his servants.
[1SA.8.15] And your seeds and your vineyards will tithe, and will give to his officials and to his servants.
[1SA.8.16] And he will take your servants and your handmaids and your good young men and your donkeys, and he will make them for his work.
[1SA.8.17] Your flocks will give a tenth, and you will be to him as servants.
[1SA.8.18] And you will cry out on that day before your king, whom you have chosen for yourselves, and Yahveh will not answer you on that day.
[1SA.8.19] And the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel, and they said, "No, but rather a king will be over us."
[1SA.8.20] And we would be like all the nations, and our king would judge us, and he would go out before us, and we would fight our battles.
[1SA.8.21] And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he spoke them into the ears of Yahveh.
[1SA.8.22] And Yahveh said to Samuel, "Listen to their voice, and you shall make for them a king." And Samuel said to the people of Israel, "Go, each man to his city."
1SA.9
[1SA.9.1] And there was a man from the son of the right hand, and his name was Kish, son of Aviel, son of Tzror, son of Bechorat, son of Aphich, son of a man of the right hand, a mighty warrior.
[1SA.9.2] And to him a son was born, and his name was Saul, a young man and good, and there was no man from the sons of Israel better than him, from his shoulders and upward he was taller than all the people.
[1SA.9.3] And the donkeys of Kish, the father of Shaul, were lost. And Kish said to Shaul, his son, "Take now one of the young men with you, and arise, go, seek the donkeys."
[1SA.9.4] And he passed through the mountain of Ephraim, and he passed through the land of Shalisha, and they did not find [him]. And he passed through the land of Shaalim, and there was none, and he passed through the land of Jemini, and they did not find [him].
[1SA.9.5] They came to the land of Zuph, and Saul said to his servant who was with him, "Come, and let us return, lest my father cease from concerning himself with the donkeys and worry for us."
[1SA.9.6] And he said to him, "Behold, there is a man of God in this city, and this man is honored. Everything that he speaks will come about. Now, let us go there, perhaps he will tell us the way we should go, the way we have walked upon."
[1SA.9.7] And Saul said to his servant, “Behold, we go, but what shall we bring to the man? For the bread is finished from our supplies, and there is no gift to bring to the man of the Gods. What do we have with us?”
[1SA.9.8] And the young man continued to plead with Saul, and said, "Behold, a quarter shekel of silver is found in my hand, and I will give it to a member of the Gods, and he will tell us what our way is."
[1SA.9.9] Formerly in Israel, thus says the man in his going to inquire of the Gods, "Come and let us go to the seer, for to the prophet today will be called formerly the seer."
[1SA.9.10] And Saul said to his young man, "Is your idea good? Let us go." And they went to the city where the man of the Gods was.
[1SA.9.11] They went up toward the city, and they found young women going out to draw waters. They said to them, “Is the seer here with you?”
[1SA.9.12] And they answered them and said, "There is, behold, before you, hasten now, for today the city will come, for the sacrifice is today for the people on the high place."
[1SA.9.13] As you come to the city, so you will find him before he goes up to the raised place to eat, for the people will not eat until he comes, for he will bless the sacrifice, after which the called ones will eat. And now, go up, for you will find him today, you will find him.
[1SA.9.14] And they went up to the city, they were coming within the city, and behold, Samuel was going out to meet them to go up to the high place.
[1SA.9.15] And Yahveh revealed to Samuel’s ear, one day before Saul came, to say.
[1SA.9.16] Now, tomorrow I will send to you a man from the land of Benjamin, and I will anoint him to be a leader over my people Israel, and he will save my people from the hand of the Philistines, for I have seen my people, for their cry has come to me.
[1SA.9.17] And Samuel saw Saul, and Yahveh answered him, "Behold, the man of whom I told you, this one will restrain my people."
[1SA.9.18] And Saul approached Samuel within the gate and said, “Tell me, please, which is the house of the seer?”
[1SA.9.19] And Samuel answered Saul and said, “I am the seer. Come up before me to the high place, and we will eat together today. And I will send you away in the morning, and I will tell you everything that is in your heart.”
[1SA.9.20] And concerning the lost ones to you, today, three days, do not set your heart upon them, for they have been found. And to whom is all the desire of Israel, is it not to you, and to all the house of your father?
[1SA.9.21] And Saul responded and said, "Isn't it true that I am my prominent one from the smallest of the tribes of Israel, and my family is the youngest of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? And why did you speak to me like this matter?"
[1SA.9.22] And Samuel took Saul and his young man, and he brought them to the chamber, and he gave them a place at the head of those who were called, and they were about thirty men.
[1SA.9.23] And Samuel said to the cook, "Give the portion that I gave to you, that which I said to you, put it with you."
[1SA.9.24] Then the butcher raised the leg and the upper portion and placed it before Saul, and he said, "Behold, the remaining portion is set before you to eat, for to the appointed time it has been kept for you, saying, 'I have called the people.'" So Saul ate with Samuel on that day.
[1SA.9.25] And they descended from the elevated place of the city, and he spoke with Saul upon the roof.
[1SA.9.26] They awoke early, and as dawn was breaking, Samuel called to Saul from the roof, saying, "Rise, and I will send you forth." Then Saul rose and both he and Samuel went outside.
[1SA.9.27] They are descending to the edge of the city, and Samuel said to Saul, "Say to the young man, and let him pass before us." And he passed. And you, stand as today, and I will make you hear the word of God.
1SA.10
[1SA.10.1] And Samuel took the flask of oil and poured it on his head, and he kissed him. And he said, "Behold, that Yahveh has anointed you over His inheritance as a leader."
[1SA.10.2] As you went today from my standing place, and you found two men with the burial of Rachel in the territory of Benjamin near Zelzah, and they will say to you, “The donkeys which you went to seek have been found.” And behold, your father abandoned the matters of the donkeys and worried for you, saying, “What shall I do for my son?”
[1SA.10.3] You will then pass from there and proceed further, and you will come until Elon Tabor, and there, three men will find you ascending to the Gods at Bethel. One is carrying three kids, and one is carrying three measures of bread, and one is carrying a wineskin of wine.
[1SA.10.4] And they will ask for peace to you, and they will give to you two loaves, and you will take from their hand.
[1SA.10.5] After that, you will come to the hill of the Gods, where the lookouts of the Philistines are stationed. And when you arrive at the city, you will encounter a company of prophets descending from the high place, and before them will be a harp, a tambourine, a flute, and a lyre, and they will be prophesying.
[1SA.10.6] And the spirit of Yahveh will succeed upon you, and you will prophesy with them, and you will be changed into another man.
[1SA.10.7] And it will be, that when these signs come to you, do for yourself what your hand finds to do, because the Gods are with you.
[1SA.10.8] And you shall descend before me to Gilgal, and behold, I, Yahveh, am descending to you to accept burnt offerings, to sacrifice peace offerings. Seven days you shall wait until I come to you, and I will inform you what you are to do.
[1SA.10.9] And it came to pass, as he turned his shoulder to go from Samuel, that God changed his heart to be another, and all these signs came to pass on that day.
[1SA.10.10] And he came there to Gibeah, and behold, a group of prophets were coming towards him, and the spirit of the Gods came upon him, and he prophesied among them.
[1SA.10.11] And it happened that all who knew him from yesterday and the day before yesterday saw, and behold, he was prophesying with the prophets. And the people said, each to his neighbor, "What is this that has happened to the son of Kish? Has Saul also become one of the prophets?"
[1SA.10.12] And a man from there answered, “And who are his ancestors?” Therefore it became a saying: “Is Saul also among the prophets?”
[1SA.10.13] And he finished prophesying, and he came to the high place.
[1SA.10.14] And uncle Saul said to him and to his servant, "Where did you go?" And they said, "To seek the donkeys, and we saw that they are not here, and we came to Samuel."
[1SA.10.15] And Saul’s uncle said, “Please tell me what Samuel said to you.”
[1SA.10.16] And Saul said to his uncle, "Tell us, has it been told to us that the donkeys have been found? And concerning the matter of the kingdom, he did not tell him that Samuel had spoken of it."
[1SA.10.17] And Samuel called to the people toward Yahveh at the Mitzpah.
[1SA.10.18] And He said to the children of Israel, "Thus says Yahveh, the Gods of Israel: I have brought up Israel from Egypt, and I delivered you from the hand of Egypt and from the hand of all the kingdoms that oppressed you."
[1SA.10.19] And you today have rejected the Gods who is a deliverer to you from all your evils and troubles, and you said to him, "Surely a king you will set over us." And now, stand before Yahveh by your tribes and by your thousands.
[1SA.10.20] And Samuel brought near all the tribes of Israel, and the tribe of Benjamin was captured.
[1SA.10.21] And he brought near the tribe of Benjamin to its families, and the family of Matri was drawn. And Sha'ul, son of Kish, was drawn, and they sought him, and he was not found.
[1SA.10.22] And they inquired again of Yahveh, "Will another man come here?" Then Yahveh said, "Behold, he is hidden among the utensils."
[1SA.10.23] And they ran and took him from there, and he established himself among the people, and he became taller than all the people from his shoulders and upward.
[1SA.10.24] And Samuel said to all the people, "Have you seen whom Yahveh has chosen, for there is none like him among all the people?" And all the people were afraid and said, "Long live the king!"
[1SA.10.25] And Samuel spoke to the people concerning the law of the kingdom, and he wrote it in a book, and he placed it before Yahveh, and Samuel sent all the people, each man to his home.
[1SA.10.26] And also Saul went to his house at Gibeah, and the soldiers went with him, those whose hearts the Gods had touched.
[1SA.10.27] And the sons of worthlessness said, "How can this one save us?" And they despised it, and did not bring a tribute to it. And it was as one who is silenced.
1SA.11
[1SA.11.1] And Nachash the Ammonite went up, and he encamped over Jabesh Gilead. And all the men of Jabesh spoke to Nachash, saying, "Cut a covenant with us, and we will serve you."
[1SA.11.2] And the Ammonite said to them, "With this I will cut for you, with a deficiency of every right eye, and I will place it as a reproach upon all Israel."
[1SA.11.3] And the elders of Jabesh Gilead said to him, "Grant us seven days, and we will send messengers throughout the territory of Israel. If no one saves us, then we will come out to you."
[1SA.11.4] And the angels came to the town of Saul, and they spoke the words in the ears of the people. And all the people lifted their voices and they wept.
[1SA.11.5] And behold, Saul came after the cattle from the field, and Saul said, "What is with the people that they weep?" And they told him the words of the men of Jabesh.
[1SA.11.6] And the Spirit of the Gods overpowered Saul upon hearing these words, and his anger became very great.
[1SA.11.7] And he took a pair of oxen and cut them into pieces, and sent them throughout all the territory of Israel by the hand of the messengers, saying, "Whoever does not follow Saul and Samuel, so shall it be done to their livestock." And the fear of Yahveh fell upon the people, and they came out as one.
[1SA.11.8] And He counted them at Bazek, and there were three hundred thousand sons of Israel, and thirty thousand men of Judah.
[1SA.11.9] And they said to the messengers who came, “Thus you shall say to the man of Yavish Gilead: ‘Tomorrow will be your deliverance in the heat of the sun.’” And the messengers came and told the men of Yavish, and they rejoiced.
[1SA.11.10] And the men of Jabesh-Gilead said, "Tomorrow we will come out to you, and you may do to us all that is good in your eyes."
[1SA.11.11] And it came to pass on the next day that Saul set the people into three divisions. And they came within the camp at the morning watch and struck the Ammonites until the heat of the day. And it was, the remaining ones, and they were scattered, and there did not remain among them two together.
[1SA.11.12] And the people said to Samuel, "Who is the one who said that Saul would reign over us? Bring forth the man, and we will kill him."
[1SA.11.13] And Saul said, "No man will die on this day, for today Yahveh has made salvation in Israel."
[1SA.11.14] And Samuel said to the people, "Go, and let us go to Gilgal, and there we will renew the kingship."
[1SA.11.15] And all the people went to Gilgal, and they made Saul king there before Yahveh in Gilgal, and they sacrificed peace offerings there before Yahveh. And Saul and all the people of Israel rejoiced greatly there.
1SA.12
[1SA.12.1] And Samuel said to all of Israel, "Behold, I have heard your voice in all that you said to me, and I have made a king over you."
[1SA.12.2] And now, behold, the king walks before you, and I have grown old and feeble, and my sons are with you. And I have walked before you from my youth until this day.
[1SA.12.3] See, I will answer before Yahveh and before the Messiah. Regarding whose ox have I taken, and whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I defrauded, whom have I oppressed, and from whose hand have I accepted a bribe to cover my eyes? I will restore it to you.
[1SA.12.4] And they said, "You did not oppress us, and you did not exploit us, and you did not take from the hand of any man anything."
[1SA.12.5] And he said to them, "Witness is Yahveh among you, and witness is his anointed one this day, because nothing has been found in my hand." And he said, "Witness!"
[1SA.12.6] And Samuel said to the people, "Yahveh, who did [create] Moses and Aaron, and who brought up your fathers from the land of Egypt."
[1SA.12.7] And now, stand firm and I will judge with you before Yahveh all the righteous acts of Yahveh that He did with you and your ancestors.
[1SA.12.8] As Jacob came to Egypt, your ancestors cried out to Yahveh. And Yahveh sent Moses and Aaron, and they brought your ancestors out of Egypt and settled them in this place.
[1SA.12.9] And they forgot Yahveh, their Gods, and they sold them into the hand of Sisra, commander of the army of Khatzor, and into the hand of the Pelishtim, and into the hand of the King of Moab, and they fought with them.
[1SA.12.10] They cried out to Yahveh and said, "We have sinned, for we have abandoned Yahveh and worshiped the Baals and the Ashtarts. Now deliver us from the hand of our enemies, and we will worship you."
[1SA.12.11] And Yahveh sent Yeru-ba-al and Be-dan and Yif-tach and Shmu-el, and He rescued you from the hand of your enemies all around, and you dwelt in safety.
[1SA.12.12] You saw that the serpent, king of the people of Ammon, came against you, and you said to me, "No, a king shall not rule over us." But Yahveh, the Gods of you, are your king.
[1SA.12.13] And now, behold, the king which you have chosen, which you have asked, behold, Yahveh has given to you a king.
[1SA.12.14] If you fear Yahveh and serve Him, and listen to His voice, and do not rebel against the mouth of Yahveh, then you also, and the king who reigns over you after Yahveh, your God, will prosper.
[1SA.12.15] And if you do not listen to the voice of Yahveh and you rebel against the mouth of Yahveh, then the hand of Yahveh will be upon you and upon your fathers.
[1SA.12.16] Also now, establish yourselves and see this great thing that Yahveh is doing before your eyes.
[1SA.12.17] Is today not the time for the wheat harvest? I will call to Yahveh, and He will give sounds and rain. Know and see that your wickedness is great, which you have done in the eyes of Yahveh, in asking for yourselves a king.
[1SA.12.18] And Samuel called to Yahveh, and Yahveh gave voices and rain on that day. And all the people feared greatly Yahveh and Samuel.
[1SA.12.19] And all the people said to Samuel, "Pray for your servants to Yahveh, your God, and let us not die, for they will add evil to all our sins by asking for a king."
[1SA.12.20] And Samuel said to the people, "Do not fear, for you yourselves have done all this evil. But do not turn away from after Yahveh, and serve Yahveh with all your heart."
[1SA.12.21] And you shall not turn away, for after emptiness, which does not profit and does not save, for emptiness they are.
[1SA.12.22] For Yahveh will not abandon his people because of his great name, for Yahveh was pleased to make you for himself a people.
[1SA.12.23] Also, far be it from me to sin to Yahveh, to cease to pray for you. And I will teach you in the way of goodness and uprightness.
[1SA.12.24] But fear Yahveh and serve Him truly with all your heart, for you have seen what He has greatly done with you.
[1SA.12.25] And if you do evil, also you and also your king will add to it.
1SA.13
[1SA.13.1] Saul was a year old when he became king, and he reigned over Israel for two years.
[1SA.13.2] And Saul chose for himself three thousand from Israel. Two thousand were with Saul at Michmash and on the mountain of Bethel, and one thousand were with Jonathan at Gibeah of Benjamin. And the rest of the people he sent each man to his tent.
[1SA.13.3] And Jonathan struck the commander of the Philistines who was in Geba, and the Philistines heard. And Saul blew the shofar throughout the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear!”
[1SA.13.4] And all Israel heard and said, "Saul struck down the champion of the Philistines, and also Israel was humbled by the Philistines." Then the people cried out after Saul at Gilgal.
[1SA.13.5] The Philistines assembled to fight with Israel: thirty thousand chariots and six thousand horsemen, and the people were as numerous as the sand that is by the sea. They went up and encamped in Michmash, facing Beth-aven.
[1SA.13.6] And the man of Israel saw that distress was upon him, because the people were drawing near. And the people hid themselves in the caves and in the ravines and among the rocks and in the towers and in the pits.
[1SA.13.7] And the Hebrews crossed the Jordan into the land of Gad and Gilead, while Saul was still at Gilgal, and all the people were anxious following him.
[1SA.13.8] He appointed seven days for the meeting that Samuel had, and Samuel did not come to Gilgal. Therefore the people scattered from him.
[1SA.13.9] And Saul said, "Bring near to me the burnt offering and the peace offerings." And the burnt offering was offered.
[1SA.13.10] And it happened, when he had finished offering the offering, and behold, Samuel came, and Saul went out to meet him to receive a blessing.
[1SA.13.11] And Samuel said, "What have you done?" And Saul said, "Because I saw that the people were scattering from me, and you did not come at the appointed days, and the Philistines had assembled from Michmash."
[1SA.13.12] And I said, "Now let the Philistines come down to me at Gilgal." And the face of Yahveh, I have not transgressed. And I restrained myself, and I offered the burnt offering.
[1SA.13.13] And Samuel said to Saul, "You have been foolish. You did not keep the commandments of Yahveh, the Gods your God, that He commanded you. Because now, Yahveh has prepared your kingdom for Israel forever."
[1SA.13.14] And now, your kingdom will not stand. Yahveh sought for Himself a man after His heart, and Yahveh commanded him to be a leader over His people, because you did not keep that which Yahveh commanded you.
[1SA.13.15] And Samuel arose and went up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin, and Saul counted the people who were present with him, six hundred men.
[1SA.13.16] And Saul and Jonathan his son and the people found with them were sitting in Gibeah of Benjamin, and the Philistines encamped in Michmash.
[1SA.13.17] And the destroyer came out from the camp of the Philistines with three heads. The first head turned toward the road of Afrah, toward the land of Shual.
[1SA.13.18] And one head will face the direction of the house of Choron, and one head will face the direction of the boundary overlooking the valley of the jackals in the wilderness.
[1SA.13.19] And a smith will not be found in all the land of Israel, because the Philistines said, lest the Hebrews make sword or spear.
[1SA.13.20] And all Israel and the Philistines went down to sharpen each man his plowshare and his mattock and his axe and his plowshare.
[1SA.13.21] And the tar will be for the mouths of the plows and for the axes and for the three-toothed picks and for the carding tools and to set the spur.
[1SA.13.22] And it will be on the day of war, and no sword and no spear will be found in the hand of all the people who are with Saul and with Jonathan. But a sword and a spear will be found for Saul and for Jonathan his son.
[1SA.13.23] And a camp of the Philistines went out to the crossing at Michmash.
1SA.14
[1SA.14.1] And it came to pass on that day that Jonathan son of Saul said to the young man carrying his weapons, "Come, and let us cross over to the outpost of the Philistines which is beyond the pass." And he did not tell his father.
[1SA.14.2] And Saul sat at the edge of Gibeah, under the pomegranate tree that is in Migron, and the people who were with him numbered six hundred men.
[1SA.14.3] And Ahijah, son of Ahitub, brother of Ichabod, son of Pinchas, son of Eli, a priest of Yahveh in Shiloh, was carrying the ephod, and the people did not know that Jonathan had gone.
[1SA.14.4] And between the passages which Jonathan sought to cross over to the outpost of the Philistines was a tooth of the rock from the side this way, and a tooth of the rock from the side that way, and the name of one was Bozez, and the name of the other was Seneh.
[1SA.14.5] The sentinel, the one distressed, is from the north opposite Mikmash, and the other one is from the south opposite Gava.
[1SA.14.6] And Jonathan said to the young man carrying his weapons, "Come, let us cross over to the outpost of these uncircumcised. Perhaps Yahveh will act for us, because there is no limitation to Yahveh's power to save, whether with many or with few."
[1SA.14.7] And he said to him, the carrier of his tools, “Do all that is in your heart. Turn to your desire, for I am with you as is your heart.”
[1SA.14.8] And Jonathan said, "Behold, we are crossing over to the men and we will reveal ourselves to them."
[1SA.14.9] If they say to us, "Be silent until we come to you," and stand beneath us, we will not ascend to them.
[1SA.14.10] And if they say, "They have come up against us and against us, because the Gods have given them into our hands," and this is a sign to us.
[1SA.14.11] And the two of them revealed themselves to the Philistine station, and the Philistines said, "Behold, the Hebrews are coming out from the caves where they hid themselves there."
[1SA.14.12] And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armor-bearer, and they said, "Come up to us, and we will tell you something." Then Jonathan said to his armor-bearer, "Go after me, for Yahveh has given them into the hand of Israel."
[1SA.14.13] And Jonathan went upon his hands and upon his feet, and the carrier of his equipment followed behind him. And they fell before Jonathan, and the carrier of his equipment died following him.
[1SA.14.14] And it came to pass, the first plague that Jonathan and his armor bearer struck down was around twenty men, similar in size to a half-acre field.
[1SA.14.15] And there was a trembling in the camp, in the field, and among all the people, those who were stationed and those who plundered. They trembled, even they, and the land shook, and it became a trembling of the Gods.
[1SA.14.16] And the watchers saw to Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin, and behold, the multitude melted away and went, and there was commotion.
[1SA.14.17] And Saul said to the people who were with him, "Please count and see who has gone from among us." And they counted, and behold, Jonathan and his weapon carrier were not present.
[1SA.14.18] And Saul said to Ahijah, "Bring near the ark of the Gods, for the ark of the Gods was there on that day with the people of Israel."
[1SA.14.19] And it came to pass, while Saul was speaking to the priest, and the multitude that was in the camp of the Philistines went and grew great, that Saul said to the priest, "Withdraw your hand."
[1SA.14.20] And Saul cried out, and all the people who were with him came until the battle, and behold, there was a sword of a man against his companion, a very great confusion.
[1SA.14.21] And the Hebrews were to the Philistines as yesterday and the day before yesterday, those who went up with them around the camp. And also, they were to be with Israel, with Saul and Jonathan.
[1SA.14.22] And all the people of Israel who were hiding in Mount Ephraim heard that the Philistines had fled, and they also pursued after them in battle.
[1SA.14.23] And Yahveh saved Israel on that day, and the battle passed beyond the house of Avon.
[1SA.14.24] And a man of Israel approached on that day, and Saul declared to the people, saying, "Cursed is the man who eats bread until evening, and I will avenge myself on my enemies." And all the people did not taste bread.
[1SA.14.25] And all the land went into the forest, and it was honey on the face of the field.
[1SA.14.26] And the people went into the forest, and behold, there was honey. And no one extended his hand to his mouth, for the people feared the oath.
[1SA.14.27] And Jonathan did not listen to the oath his father made to the people. And he sent the end of the staff which was in his hand, and dipped it in the jar of honey. And he put his hand to his mouth, and his eyes saw.
[1SA.14.28] And a man from the people responded and said, “The oath, the oath your father swore to the people, saying, ‘Cursed is the man who eats bread today,’ and the people despaired.”
[1SA.14.29] And Jonathan said, "Because my father has disturbed the land, see now that my eyes have become bright, because I tasted a little of this honey."
[1SA.14.30] Indeed, if only the people had eaten today from the plunder of their enemies that they found, for now the blow upon the Philistines has not increased.
[1SA.14.31] And they struck the Philistines on that day from Mikmash and Ayalon, and the people were very tired.
[1SA.14.32] And the people made a mistake, and they took sheep and cattle and young cattle, and they slaughtered [them] on the ground, and the people ate with the blood.
[1SA.14.33] And they told Saul, saying, "Behold, the people are sinning against Yahveh to eat with the blood." And he said, "You have transgressed! Bring to me today a large stone!"
[1SA.14.34] And Saul said, "Scatter among the people and tell them, ‘Each of you bring to me your ox and each of you bring your sheep. Slaughter them there and eat, and do not sin against Yahveh by eating blood.’" And all the people each brought their ox in their hand that night and slaughtered them there.
[1SA.14.35] And Saul built an altar to Yahveh, he began to build an altar to Yahveh.
[1SA.14.36] And Saul said, "Let us go after the Philistines at night, and raid among them until the morning light, and let not one man be left among them." And they said, "Whatever seems good in your eyes, do." And Saul said, "The priest, come near, inquire here of the Gods.
[1SA.14.37] And Saul asked of the Gods, "Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will the Gods deliver them into the hand of Israel?" And the Gods did not answer him on that day.
[1SA.14.38] And Saul said, “Gather here, all corners of the people, and know and see in what the sin was today.”
[1SA.14.39] For living Yahveh, the savior of Israel, if it is with Jonathan my son, then let him die; and there is no one who answers him from all the people.
[1SA.14.40] And Saul said to all Israel, "You will be one servant, and I and Jonathan my son will be another servant. And the people said to Saul, "Do what is good in your eyes."
[1SA.14.41] And Saul said to Yahveh, the Gods of Israel, "Be complete." And Jonathan and Saul and the people went out.
[1SA.14.42] And Saul said, "Let us cast lots between me and Jonathan my son." And Jonathan was identified by the lot.
[1SA.14.43] And Saul said to Jonathan, "Tell me what you have done." And Jonathan told him. And he said, "I tasted a little honey with the end of the staff that is in my hand. Surely I will die."
[1SA.14.44] And Saul said, "So may the Gods do, and so may they add, if Jonathan does not die."
[1SA.14.45] And the people said to Saul, “Shall Jonathan die, who has wrought this great deliverance in Israel?” Far be it! May God live, if a single hair of his head falls to the ground. For with God he has wrought this day.” And the people rescued Jonathan, and he did not die.
[1SA.14.46] And Saul returned after the Philistines, and the Philistines went to their place.
[1SA.14.47] And Saul seized the kingship over Israel, and he fought around against all his enemies: with Moab, and with the sons of Ammon, and with Edom, and with the kings of Zobah, and with the Philistines, and with all to whom he turned and did evil.
[1SA.14.48] And he performed strength, and he struck Amalek, and he rescued Israel from the hand of the one who despoiled them.
[1SA.14.49] And the sons of Saul were Jonathan, Ishvi, and Malkishua. And the names of his two daughters were: the name of the firstborn was Merab, and the name of the younger was Michal.
[1SA.14.50] And the name of Saul’s wife is Akhino’am, daughter of Akhima’atz, and the name of the chief of his army is Aviner, son of Ner, the uncle of Saul.
[1SA.14.51] And Kish is the relation of Saul, and Ner is the relation of Avner, son of Abi’el.
[1SA.14.52] And the war was strong against the Philistines all the days of Saul. And Saul saw every man who was a hero, and every son of strength, and he gathered them to him.
1SA.15
[1SA.15.1] And Samuel said to Saul, "The Gods sent me to anoint you as king over his people, over Israel. And now, hear the voice of the words of Yahveh."
[1SA.15.2] Thus says Yahveh of the Hosts, I have judged what Amalek did to Israel, what positioned itself for them on the way, as they ascended from Egypt.
[1SA.15.3] Now go, and strike the Amalekites, and utterly destroy all that belongs to them, and do not show mercy upon them. You shall kill, from man to woman, from infant to nursing child, from ox to sheep, from camel to donkey.
[1SA.15.4] And Saul heard the people and counted them in groups of foot soldiers: two hundred thousand foot soldiers, and ten thousand men of Judah.
[1SA.15.5] And Saul came until the city of Amalek, and he struck down the people in the stream.
[1SA.15.6] And Saul said to the Kenite, "Go, depart, descend from among the Amalekites, lest I gather you with them." And you have shown kindness to all the sons of Israel in their ascent from Egypt. And the Kenite departed from among the Amalekites.
[1SA.15.7] And Saul struck Amalek, from Chavilah going toward Shur, which is toward Egypt.
[1SA.15.8] And he seized Agag, the king of Amalek, alive, and all the people he utterly destroyed by means of the sword.
[1SA.15.9] And Saul and the people had compassion on Agag and on the best of the sheep and the cattle, and on the young animals, and on the goods, and on all that was good, and they refused to devote them to destruction. And all the insignificant spoils, those they utterly destroyed.
[1SA.15.10] And it happened, the word of Yahveh came to Samuel, declaring:
[1SA.15.11] I regretted that I made Saul king, because he turned away from following me and did not establish my words. This grieved Samuel, and he cried out to Yahveh all night.
[1SA.15.12] And Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, and it was told to Samuel, saying, “Saul has come to the Carmel region.” And behold, he extends to him a hand, and he turns and passes through, and descends to Gilgal.
[1SA.15.13] And Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said to him, "Blessed are you to Yahveh. I have fulfilled the word of Yahveh."
[1SA.15.14] And Samuel said, "What is this sound of sheep in my ears, and the sound of cattle that I am hearing?"
[1SA.15.15] And Saul said, "Bring to me the people of Amalek, but show mercy on the best of the sheep and the cattle, in order to sacrifice to Yahveh, the Gods of your people, and utterly destroy everything that remains."
[1SA.15.16] And Samuel said to Saul, "Stop, and I will tell you what Yahveh spoke to me tonight." And they said to him, "Speak!"
[1SA.15.17] And Samuel said, “Is it not so that you are small in your own eyes, the head of the tribes of Israel? And Yahveh has anointed you as king over Israel.”
[1SA.15.18] And Yahveh sent you on a path, and said, "Go and utterly destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, and wage war against them until their completion."
[1SA.15.19] And why did you not hear in the voice of Yahveh, and turn to the plunder, and do the evil in the eyes of Yahveh?
[1SA.15.20] And Saul said to Samuel, "I heard the voice of Yahveh, and I went on the path that Yahveh sent me. And I have brought Agag, the king of Amalek, and I have utterly destroyed Amalek."
[1SA.15.21] And the people took sheep and cattle from the plunder, the first of the devoted thing, to sacrifice to Yahveh, the Gods your God, in Gilgal.
[1SA.15.22] And Samuel said, "Is the desire of Yahveh in burnt offerings and sacrifices, or in hearing the voice of Yahveh? Behold, hearing is good, to obey is better than the fat of rams."
[1SA.15.23] Because the sin of divination is rebellion and wickedness, and idolatry is urged upon you, since you have rejected the word of Yahveh, Yahveh has rejected you from being king.
[1SA.15.24] And Saul said to Samuel, "I have sinned, for I have transgressed the mouth of Yahveh and your words, for I feared the people and I listened to their voice."
[1SA.15.25] And now, please bear my sin, and return with me, and I will prostrate myself to Yahveh.
[1SA.15.26] And Samuel said to Saul, "I will not return with you, because you have rejected the word of Yahveh, and Yahveh has rejected you from being king over Israel."
[1SA.15.27] And Samuel turned to go, and Saul seized the edge of his robe, and it tore.
[1SA.15.28] And Samuel said to him, "Yahveh has torn the kingdom of Israel from over you this day, and has given it to a companion of yours who is better than you."
[1SA.15.29] And also, the eternity of Israel will not lie, and will not regret, for not a man is He to regret.
[1SA.15.30] And he said, "I have sinned now, honor me, please, before the elders of my people and before Israel, and return with me, and I will worship Yahveh, the God of you."
[1SA.15.31] And Samuel returned after Saul, and Saul bowed down to Yahveh.
[1SA.15.32] And Samuel said, "Bring to me Agag, the king of Amalek." And Agag went to him. And Agag said, "Indeed, the bitterness of death has passed from me."
[1SA.15.33] And Samuel said, "As women have lamented for your sword, so will women lament for your mother." And Samuel hewed Agag before Yahveh in Gilgal.
[1SA.15.34] And Samuel went to Ramah, and Saul went up to his house in Gibeah of Saul.
[1SA.15.35] And Samuel did not see Saul again until the day of his death, because Samuel grieved for Saul. And Yahveh regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel.
1SA.16
[1SA.16.1] And Yahveh said to Samuel, “How long are you mourning for Saul, while I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I send you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have seen among his sons a king for me.”
[1SA.16.2] And Samuel said, "How shall I go? Saul will hear and kill me." So Yahveh said, "Take a calf of the cows with your hand, and you will say, 'I have come to sacrifice to Yahveh.'"
[1SA.16.3] And you shall call to Jesse concerning the sacrifice, and I will make known to you what you are to do, and you shall anoint for me what I tell you.
[1SA.16.4] And Samuel did what Yahveh had spoken. And he came to Bethlehem, and the elders of the city trembled to meet him. And he said, "Peace be with your coming."
[1SA.16.5] And he said, "Peace to the sacrifice to Yahveh I have come. Sanctify yourselves and you shall come with me in the sacrifice." And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and he called to them for the sacrifice.
[1SA.16.6] And it happened, in their coming, that he saw Eliab, and he said, “Only against Yahveh is His anointed one.”
[1SA.16.7] And Yahveh said to Samuel, "Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, for I have rejected him. For it is not as a human sees, because a human sees with the eyes, and Yahveh sees with the heart."
[1SA.16.8] And Jesse called to Abinadab and brought him before Samuel, and he said, "Even this one Yahveh has not chosen."
[1SA.16.9] And Jesse brought him there, and he said, “Also in this one, Yahveh has not chosen.”
[1SA.16.10] And Jesse passed his seven sons before Samuel, and Samuel said to Jesse, "Yahveh has not chosen in these."
[1SA.16.11] And Samuel said to Jesse, "Are these all the young men?" And he said, "There remains yet the youngest, and behold, he keeps the sheep." And Samuel said to Jesse, "Send and bring him to me, for we will not begin until he comes here.
[1SA.16.12] And he sent and brought him, and he was reddish with beautiful eyes and of good appearance. And Yahveh said, "Rise, anoint him, for this is the one."
[1SA.16.13] And Samuel took the flask of oil and anointed him among his brothers. And the spirit of Yahveh rushed upon David from that day and upward. And Samuel arose and went to Ramah.
[1SA.16.14] And the spirit of Yahveh departed from Saul, and an evil spirit came upon him from Yahveh.
[1SA.16.15] And the servants of Saul said to him, “Behold, surely a spirit from the Gods is troubling you.”
[1SA.16.16] Please say, may our Lord allow your servants to seek a man who knows how to play the harp, and it will be when an evil spirit of the Gods is upon you, that he will play with his hand, and it will be good for you.
[1SA.16.17] And Saul said to his servants, "Please see to me a man skilled to play music, and you bring him to me."
[1SA.16.18] And one of the young men answered and said, "Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse, from the house of Bethlehem, who knows how to play, and is a mighty warrior, a man of war, and wise in speech, and a handsome man, and Yahveh is with him."
[1SA.16.19] And Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, "Send to me your son David, who is with the sheep."
[1SA.16.20] And Jesse took a donkey, bread, and a skin of wine, and one young goat of the goats, and he sent it by the hand of David, his son, to Saul.
[1SA.16.21] And David came to Saul and stood before him, and Saul loved him very much, and he became his armor-bearer.
[1SA.16.22] And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, "Let David now stand before me, for he has found favor in my eyes."
[1SA.16.23] And it came to pass, when the spirit of the Gods came upon Saul, that David took the lyre and played with his hand. And Saul was soothed, and it was good for him, and the spirit of the evil one departed from upon him.
1SA.17
[1SA.17.1] And the Philistines gathered their camps for war, and they assembled at Socoh, which belongs to Judah, and they camped between Socoh and Azekah without bloodshed.
[1SA.17.2] And Saul and the people of Israel gathered and camped in the Valley of God, and they prepared for war against the Philistines.
[1SA.17.3] And the Philistines were standing toward the mountain on this side, and Israel was standing toward the mountain on this side, and the valley was between them.
[1SA.17.4] And a man of the valleys went out from the camps of the Philistines, Goliath his name, from Gath. His height was six cubits and a span.
[1SA.17.5] And a helmet of copper was on his head, and armor of scales was what he wore, and the weight of the armor was five thousand shekels of copper.
[1SA.17.6] And a bronze forehead was upon his legs, and a bronze spear was between his shoulders.
[1SA.17.7] And the arrow of his spear is like a weaver’s shuttle, and the blade of his spear six hundred weights of iron, and the carrier of the shield walks before him.
[1SA.17.8] And he stood and called out to the formations of Israel and said to them, "Why do you go out to arrange for war? Is it not I who am the Philistine and you are servants to Saul? Bless yourselves each one and come down to me."
[1SA.17.9] If anyone is able to fight with the Gods and my Lord and defeat them, then we will be servants to you. But if I am able to defeat them and strike them down, then you will be servants to the Gods and my Lord, and you will serve us.
[1SA.17.10] And the Philistine said, "I have defied the camps of Israel this day. Give to me a man, and we will fight together."
[1SA.17.11] And Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistines, and they trembled and feared greatly.
[1SA.17.12] And David, son of a man of Ephrath, this one from the house of Bethlehem Judah, and his name is Jesse, and to him were eight sons. And the man, in the days of Saul, was old, coming among the people.
[1SA.17.13] And the three sons of Jesse the great went after Saul to war. And the names of his three sons who went to the war were Eliab the firstborn, and his second, Abinadav, and the third, Shammah.
[1SA.17.14] And David is the youngest, and three of the greater ones went after Saul.
[1SA.17.15] And David went and returned from Saul to tend the flock of his father in Bethlehem.
[1SA.17.16] And the Philistine stepped forward, morning and evening, and he established himself for forty days.
[1SA.17.17] And Jesse said to David his son, "Take now to your brothers this measure of roasted grain and ten loaves of this bread, and go to the camp to your brothers."
[1SA.17.18] And you shall bring these ten portions of the fat to the prince of the thousands, and you shall visit your brothers for peace, and you shall take their pledges.
[1SA.17.19] And Saul and they, and all the men of Israel, were fighting with the Philistines in the Valley of the Oak.
[1SA.17.20] And David rose early in the morning and abandoned the flock to a keeper, and he took and went, as Jesse commanded him. And he came to the encampment, and the army going out to the battle line, and they shouted before the war.
[1SA.17.21] And Israel and the Philistines prepared a battle array against a battle array.
[1SA.17.22] And David abandoned the tools from his possession into the hand of the keeper of the tools, and he ran to the battle line, and he came and asked concerning his brothers for their well-being.
[1SA.17.23] And he was speaking with them, and behold, a man from the valleys ascends, Goliath the Philistine by name, from the caves of the Philistines. And he spoke these words, and David heard.
[1SA.17.24] And all the people of Israel, when they saw the man, fled before him and feared greatly.
[1SA.17.25] Then a man of Israel said, "Have you seen this man who is ascending to insult Israel? And it will be that the man who strikes him down, the king will enrich him with great wealth and will give his daughter to him, and he will make his family free in Israel."
[1SA.17.26] And David said to the men standing with him, "What shall be done to the man who strikes down this Philistine and removes disgrace from over Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the formations of the living Gods?"
[1SA.17.27] And the people said to him, "Thus it will be done to the man who strikes us."
[1SA.17.28] And Eliab, his brother, heard him speaking to the men, and Eliab’s anger burned against David, and he said, “Why have you come down, and upon whom have you abandoned the little flock in the wilderness? I know your wickedness, and the evil of your heart, for to see the battle you have come down.”
[1SA.17.29] And David said, "What have I done now? Is it not a thing?"
[1SA.17.30] He turned from beside him to face another and said this thing. The people responded with a thing like the first thing.
[1SA.17.31] And they heard the words that David spoke, and they told before Saul, and he took him.
[1SA.17.32] And David said to Saul, "Let not the heart of man fall on account of him. Your servant will go and fight with this Philistine."
[1SA.17.33] And Saul said to David, "You will not be able to go to fight with this Philistine, for you are a young man, and he is a man of war from his youth."
[1SA.17.34] And David said to Saul, “A shepherd was your father’s servant with the sheep, and came the lion and the bear, and he carried off a sheep from the flock.”
[1SA.17.35] And I will go after him, and I will strike him, and I will rescue from his mouth. And he rose up against me, and I strengthened myself by his beard, and I struck him, and I killed him.
[1SA.17.36] Also, the lion and the bear my servant struck down, and now this uncircumcised Philistine will be as one of them, for he has insulted the territories of the living Gods.
[1SA.17.37] And David said, "Yahveh, who delivered me from the hand of the lion and from the hand of the bear, He will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine." And Saul said to David, "Go, and Yahveh will be with you."
[1SA.17.38] And Saul clothed David with his coat, and he gave a helmet of bronze upon his head, and he clothed him with armor.
[1SA.17.39] And David fastened his sword over his garments and was willing to go, because he had not tested it. And David said to Saul, “I cannot go in these, because I have not tried them.” And David removed them from upon himself.
[1SA.17.40] And he took his staff in his hand and he chose for himself five smooth stones from the stream and he put them in the bag of the shepherd which belonged to him and in his sling and his sling was in his hand and he approached the Philistine.
[1SA.17.41] And the Philistine went, going and drawing near to David, and the man carrying the spear went before him.
[1SA.17.42] And the Philistine looked and saw David and he despised him, because he was a young man and ruddy, with a handsome appearance.
[1SA.17.43] And the Philistine said to David, "Am I a dog that you come to me with clubs?" And the Philistine cursed David by the gods of David.
[1SA.17.44] And the Philistine said to David, "Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the heavens and to the beasts of the field."
[1SA.17.45] And David said to the Philistine, "You come to me with sword and with spear and with javelin, and I come to you in the name of Yahveh of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied."
[1SA.17.46] This day, Yahveh will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you, and I will remove your head from upon you, and I will give the corpses of the camp of the Philistines this day to the birds of the sky and to the beasts of the earth, and all the earth will know that there are Gods for Israel.
[1SA.17.47] And all this assembly will know that it is not by sword or spear that Yahveh will save. For the battle belongs to Yahveh, and He will give you into our hands.
[1SA.17.48] And it happened that when the Philistine arose and went and approached to meet David, David hurried and ran into the battle line to meet the Philistine.
[1SA.17.49] And David sent his hand to the tool and he took a stone from there and he hurled and he struck the Philistine to his forehead and the stone sank in his forehead and he fell on his face to the earth.
[1SA.17.50] And David strengthened himself against the Philistine with the sling and with the stone, and he struck the Philistine and killed him, and a sword was not in the hand of David.
[1SA.17.51] And David ran and stood before the Philistine, and he took his sword and drew it from its sheath and killed him, and he cut off his head with it. And the Philistines saw that their champion was dead and they fled.
[1SA.17.52] And the people of Israel and Judah arose, and they caused a commotion, and they pursued the Philistines until reaching the valley and until the gates of Ekron. And they scattered the corpses of the Philistines along the road to Shaaraim and until Gat and until Ekron.
[1SA.17.53] And the Israelites returned from pursuing after the Philistines, and they plundered their camps.
[1SA.17.54] And David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem. And his weapons he placed in his tent.
[1SA.17.55] And when Saul saw David going out to meet the Philistine, he said to Avner, commander of the army, “Whose son is this young man, Avner?” And Avner said, “As your life is dear, O king, I do not know.”
[1SA.17.56] And the king said, "Ask you, son of whom is this youth?"
[1SA.17.57] And when David returned from striking down the Philistines, Avner took him and brought him before Saul, and the head of the Philistine was in his hand.
[1SA.17.58] And Saul said to him, "Who are you, young man, son of whom are you?" And David said, "I am the son of your servant Jesse, from the house of Bethlehem."
1SA.18
[1SA.18.1] And it happened, when he had finished speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was bound to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved David as his own soul.
[1SA.18.2] And Saul took him on that day, and he did not allow him to return to his father’s house.
[1SA.18.3] And Jonathan and David made a covenant in his love for him as his soul.
[1SA.18.4] And Jonathan stripped off the coat that was on him and gave it to David, and he gave his tunic, and even his sword, and even his bow, and even his belt.
[1SA.18.5] And David went out in all that Saul sent him to do, and he proved skillful, and Saul appointed him over the men of war. And he was good in the eyes of all the people, and also in the eyes of Saul’s servants.
[1SA.18.6] And it happened, in their coming, upon David’s return from defeating the Philistines, that the women came out from all the cities of Israel to Shur and the dances to meet Saul the king, with drums, with rejoicing, and with rattles.
[1SA.18.7] And the women who celebrate responded, and they said: "Saul struck in his thousands, and David in his tens of thousands."
[1SA.18.8] And it greatly displeased Saul, and this matter was evil in his eyes, and he said, "They have given to David ten thousands, and to me they have given the thousands, and still to him, only the kingdom."
[1SA.18.9] And it happened that Saul committed evil against David from that day and onwards.
[1SA.18.10] And it happened on the next day that a bad spirit of the Gods prevailed upon Sha'ul, and he prophesied within the house, while David played with his hand as day by day, and the spear was in the hand of Sha'ul.
[1SA.18.11] And Saul threw the spear, and he said, “I will strike David and at the wall.” And David turned from his face twice.
[1SA.18.12] And Saul feared before David, because Yahveh was with him, and from with Saul had departed.
[1SA.18.13] And Saul removed him from among his people, and he appointed him a commander of a thousand. And he went out and came before the people.
[1SA.18.14] And it happened that David was successful in all his ways, and Yahveh was with him.
[1SA.18.15] And Saul saw that it was a spirit very skilled, and he feared it.
[1SA.18.16] And all of Israel and Judah loved David, because he was always with them.
[1SA.18.17] And Saul said to David, behold, my larger daughter Merab, I will give her to you as a wife, but you must become for me a man of valor and fight the battles of Yahveh. And Saul said, ‘Let not my hand be against him, but let the hand of the Philistines be against him.’
[1SA.18.18] And David said to Saul, "Who am I, and what is my life, the family of my father in Israel, that I should be a son-in-law to the king?"
[1SA.18.19] And it happened at the time of giving Merab, daughter of Saul, to David, but she was given to Adriel the Meholathite to be a wife.
[1SA.18.20] And Michal, the daughter of Saul, loved David. And they told Saul, and the matter was good in his eyes.
[1SA.18.21] And Saul said, "I will give her to him, and she will be a snare to him, and the hand of the Philistines will be against him." And Saul said to David, "You will become related to me today by bringing two hundred Philistine foreskins."
[1SA.18.22] And Saul commanded his servants, "Speak to David as follows: Behold, the king desires you, and all of his servants love you. Now, marry the king’s daughter."
[1SA.18.23] And the servants of Saul spoke these words to David, and David said, "Does it seem trivial in your eyes to marry the king? And I am a poor man, and insignificant."
[1SA.18.24] And the servants of Saul told him, saying, "David spoke these words."
[1SA.18.25] And Saul said, "Tell David this: ‘The king does not desire a bride-price of money, but rather one hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to avenge the enemies of the king.’" And Saul considered causing David to fall by the hand of the Philistines.
[1SA.18.26] And David’s servants told him these things, and the matter was right in David’s eyes to marry the king’s daughter, and the days had not yet been fulfilled.
[1SA.18.27] And David rose and went, he and his men, and he struck the Philistines, two hundred men. And David brought their foreskins, and he filled them for the king to marry the king’s daughter. And Saul gave to him Michal his daughter as a wife.
[1SA.18.28] And Saul saw and knew that Yahveh is with David, and Michal, the daughter of Saul, loved him.
[1SA.18.29] And Saul continued to seek David, and Saul became the enemy of David all the days.
[1SA.18.30] And the rulers of the Philistines went out, and it happened at their going out that David was more successful than all of Saul’s servants, and his name became very great.
1SA.19
[1SA.19.1] And Saul spoke to Jonathan, his son, and to all his servants to kill David. And Jonathan, son of Saul, greatly desired David.
[1SA.19.2] Jonathan told David, saying, "My father Saul is seeking to put you to death. And now, please be careful in the morning, and you will sit in hiding, and conceal yourself."
[1SA.19.3] And I will go out and stand by my father in the field where you are, and I will speak to you through my father, and I will see what happens and tell you.
[1SA.19.4] And Jonathan spoke well of David to Saul his father and said to him, "May the king not sin against his servant David, for he has not sinned against you, and indeed, his actions are very good for you."
[1SA.19.5] And he placed his life in his hand, and he struck the Philistine, and Yahveh made a great salvation for all Israel. You saw and rejoiced, and why do you sin with the blood of the innocent to kill David without cause?
[1SA.19.6] And Saul heard the voice of Jonathan, and Saul swore, "Life of Yahveh, if he dies!"
[1SA.19.7] And Jonathan called to David and Jonathan told David all these things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was before him as yesterday and the day before.
[1SA.19.8] And the war continued to be, and David went out and he fought with the Philistines, and he struck them with a great blow, and they fled before him.
[1SA.19.9] And the spirit of Yahveh was bad towards Saul, and he was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand, and David was playing the lyre with his hand.
[1SA.19.10] And Saul sought to strike David with a spear, and at the wall. And he escaped from before Saul, and he struck the spear at the wall. And David fled and escaped by night, he.
[1SA.19.11] And Saul sent messengers to the house of David to watch it and to kill him in the morning. And Michal, David’s wife, told David, saying, "If you do not flee and save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be put to death."
[1SA.19.12] And Michal let David down through the window, and he went and fled and escaped.
[1SA.19.13] And Michal took the household idols and placed them on the bed, and she placed the statue of a goat on its head, and she covered it with the cloth.
[1SA.19.14] And Saul sent messengers to take David, and she said, "He is ill."
[1SA.19.15] And Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, "Bring him up to me on the bed to kill him."
[1SA.19.16] The messengers came, and behold, the household idols were near the bed, and a male goat was atop its head.
[1SA.19.17] And Saul said to Michal, "Why have you deceived me in this way and sent my enemy away, so that he escaped?" And Michal said to Saul, "He said to me, 'Let me go, why should I kill you?'"
[1SA.19.18] And David fled and escaped, and he came to Samuel at Ramah and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went, and they settled in Novot.
[1SA.19.19] And it was told to Saul, saying, "Behold, David is with Noad, the prophetess, in Ramah."
[1SA.19.20] And Saul sent messengers to take David. And he saw the company of prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing among them. And the spirit of the Gods was upon the messengers of Saul, and they prophesied also.
[1SA.19.21] And they told Saul, and he sent other messengers, and they also prophesied. And Saul added, and he sent thirty messengers, and they also prophesied.
[1SA.19.22] And he also went to Ramah and came to the great well which is in the field, and he asked and said, "Where are Samuel and David?" And he said, "Behold, they are in Navot at Ramah."
[1SA.19.23] And he went there to Nevot in Baramah, and it was upon him, even he, the spirit of the Gods. And he walked, walking, and he prophesied until his coming to Nevot in Baramah.
[1SA.19.24] And he also stripped off his clothes and prophesied also before Samuel, and fell naked all that day and all that night. Therefore they say, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”
1SA.20
[1SA.20.1] And David fled from Nob to Ramah, and he came and said before Jonathan, "What have I done? What is my iniquity, and what sin have I committed before your father, that he seeks my life?"
[1SA.20.2] And he said to him, "Surely, you will not die! See, my father does a great thing or a small thing, and does not reveal it to my ear. Why would my father hide this matter from me? This is not so!"
[1SA.20.3] And David swore again and said, "Know, know that your father is aware I have found favor in your eyes." And he said, "Let Jonathan not know this, lest he be grieved. But as Yahveh lives, and as your life lives, there is but a step between me and death."
[1SA.20.4] And Jonathan said to David, "What does your soul say, and I will do it for you?"
[1SA.20.5] And David said to Jonathan, "Behold, the new month is tomorrow, and I will sit and sit with the king to eat. And you will send me away, and I will hide in the field until the evening of the third day."
[1SA.20.6] If your father-in-law intends to redeem you, as is his right, then you should tell him that David desires to run to Bethlehem, his city, because there are sacrifices of days there for all the family.
[1SA.20.7] If thus He says, ‘Good is peace to your servant,’ and if His anger burns to him, then know that the evil is finished from with Him.
[1SA.20.8] And you will do mercy upon your servant, because in the covenant of Yahveh you have brought your servant with you. And if there is perversity within me, kill me yourself, and even my father. Why have you brought me to this?
[1SA.20.9] And Jonathan said, "Far be it from you! For if I know, I will know that the evil is finished from with my father to come upon you, and not it I will tell to you."
[1SA.20.10] And David said to Jonathan, "Who will tell me, or what will your father answer?"
[1SA.20.11] And Jonathan said to David, "Come, and let us go out into the field." And both of them went out into the field.
[1SA.20.12] And Jonathan said to David, "Yahveh, the Gods of Israel, because I will inquire of my father about this time tomorrow, and behold, it will be good for David. And if not at that time, I will send word to you and reveal it to your ear."
[1SA.20.13] Thus may Yahveh do to Jonathan, and thus may He add, because my father has done evil to you. I will reveal something to your ear, and I will send you away, and you shall go in peace, and may Yahveh be with you as He was with my father.
[1SA.20.14] And not if I am still alive, and you will not do with me kindness Yahveh, and I will not die.
[1SA.20.15] And do not cut off your lovingkindness from with my house forever, and do not, by Yahveh cutting off the enemies of David, allow anyone to remain upon the face of the earth.
[1SA.20.16] And Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, and Yahveh sought from the hand of the enemies of David.
[1SA.20.17] And Jonathan added to reaffirm his covenant with David, with his love for him, for the love of his soul, he loved him.
[1SA.20.18] And he said to him, "Tomorrow is the New Moon, and you are to present yourself, because your usual place will be empty."
[1SA.20.19] And you shall descend very deeply and come to the place where you hid yourself on the day of the doing. And you shall sit near the stone of Azel.
[1SA.20.20] And I aim three of the arrows towards sending them to me for a target.
[1SA.20.21] And behold, I will send the young man to you to find the arrows. If I say to the young man, "Here are the arrows, take them, and it is peace for you," then take him, and go, for it is peace for you, and there is no harm from Yahveh.
[1SA.20.22] And if I say to the young man, “Behold, the arrows are from you, and go,” because Yahveh has sent you.
[1SA.20.23] And the word that we spoke, I and you, behold, Yahveh is between me and you forever.
[1SA.20.24] And David hid himself in the field. And it was the month, and the king sat down to eat bread.
[1SA.20.25] And the king sat on his throne, time after time, toward the wall. And Jonathan arose, and Avner sat by the side of Saul, and the place of David was kept empty.
[1SA.20.26] And Saul spoke nothing that day, for he said, "It is an accident; he is not pure, because he is not pure."
[1SA.20.27] And it came to pass on the second month, and David’s place was checked. And Saul said to Jonathan his son, “Why did the son of Jesse not come yesterday or today to the bread?”
[1SA.20.28] And Jonathan answered Saul, "David asked permission from my standing until the house of Bethlehem."
[1SA.20.29] And he said, "Release me now, for our family has a sacrifice in the city, and my brother commanded me to be there. And now, if I have found favor in your eyes, please release me, and I will see my brother." Therefore, he did not come to the king’s table.
[1SA.20.30] Saul’s anger burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of rebellion, of rebelliousness, did I not know that you choose the son of Jesse to your shame, and to the shame of the nakedness of your mother?”
[1SA.20.31] For all the days that the son of Jesse lives on the earth, you will not find peace, nor will your kingdom. And now, send and take him to me, for he is a son of death.
[1SA.20.32] And Jonathan answered Saul, his father, and said to him, “Why will someone be put to death for what he has done?”
[1SA.20.33] And Saul cast the spear at him to strike him. And Jonathan knew that it was finished from with his father to kill David.
[1SA.20.34] Jonathan rose from the table, filled with anger, and did not eat bread on the second day of the month, for he was upset at David because his father had shamed him.
[1SA.20.35] And it was in the morning, and Jonathan went out to the field for a meeting with David, and a young boy was with him.
[1SA.20.36] And he said to his servant, "Run, find the arrows that I am sending." The servant ran, and he shot the arrow past it.
[1SA.20.37] And the young man came to the place of the arrow, which Jonathan had shot. And Jonathan called after the young man, and said, "Is not the arrow yours, and go further?"
[1SA.20.38] And Jonathan called after the young male, "Quickly, hurry, do not delay!" And the young male attendant of Jonathan gathered the arrows and came to my Lord.
[1SA.20.39] Now the young man did not know anything, but Jonathan and David knew the matter.
[1SA.20.40] And Jonathan gave his equipment to the attendant who belonged to him, and he said to him, "Go, bring news from the city."
[1SA.20.41] The young man came, and David rose from near the south and fell to his faces to the ground and prostrated three times. And they kissed each man his friend and they wept each man his friend until David grew great.
[1SA.20.42] And Jonathan said to David, "Go in peace, for we have both sworn in the name of Yahveh, saying, 'May Yahveh be between me and you, and between my seed and your seed, forever.'
1SA.21
[1SA.21.1] And he rose and went, and Jonathan entered the city.
[1SA.21.2] And David came to Nob, to Achimelech the priest. And Achimelech was afraid when he met David and said to him, "Why are you alone, and is there no one with you?"
[1SA.21.3] And David said to Achimelech the priest, the king commanded me concerning a matter, and said to me, "Let no one know anything about the matter that I am sending you, and that I have commanded you." And I know the young men to a certain location, unnamed.
[1SA.21.4] And now, what is there under your hand? Give five breads into my hand, or whatever is found.
[1SA.21.5] Then the priest responded to David and said, "There is no common bread under my hand, but there is sacred bread, if the young men have kept themselves pure from women."
[1SA.21.6] Then David responded to the priest and said to him, "If the young men have kept themselves from women from yesterday until today, then the vessels of the young men are considered holy. Even though this is a common time, may today consecrate the vessels."
[1SA.21.7] And the priest gave to him holy things, because there was no bread there, except the bread of the Presence that was removed from before Yahveh, to put warm bread on the day of its taking.
[1SA.21.8] And there was a man among the servants of Saul on that day, held present before Yahveh, and his name was Doeg the Edomite, a powerful shepherd who belonged to Saul.
[1SA.21.9] And David said to Ahimelech, "Is there not here under your hand a spear or a sword? For neither my sword nor my equipment have I taken in my hand, for the thing of the king was necessary."
[1SA.21.10] And the priest said, "The sword of Goliath the Philistine, which you struck down, behold, it is wrapped in cloth behind the ephod. If you will take it for yourself, take it, for there is no other like it in this place." And David said, "There is nothing like it, give it to me."
[1SA.21.11] And David rose and fled on that day from before Saul, and he came to Achish, king of Gat.
[1SA.21.12] And the servants of Achish said to him, “Is this not David, the king of the land? Is this not the one for whom they rejoice in dances, saying, ‘Saul struck down his thousands, and David his tens of thousands?’”
[1SA.21.13] And David put these things in his heart, and he greatly feared before Achish, king of Gath.
[1SA.21.14] He changed it in their eyes, and he walked proudly with their hand, and he improved upon the doors of the gate, and his spittle descended to his beard.
[1SA.21.15] And Achish said to his servants, "Behold, you see a man acting crazy. Why have you brought him to me?"
[1SA.21.16] I am lacking in the sane, because you have brought this to cause me to go mad over it. Should this come into my house?
1SA.22
[1SA.22.1] And David went from there and fled to the cave of Adullam. And his brothers and all his family heard and went down to him there.
[1SA.22.2] And they gathered to him every man in distress, and every man who had a debt, and every man who was bitter of soul, and he became a leader over them, and they were with him like four hundred men.
[1SA.22.3] And David went from there from Ziph in Moab and said to the king of Moab, “Please let my father and my mother go out with you, until I know what the Gods will do to me.”
[1SA.22.4] And they found favor with the face of the king of Moab, and they dwelt with him all the days that David was in the stronghold.
[1SA.22.5] And Gad the prophet said to David, "Do not dwell in the fortress. Go and enter the land of Judah." And David went and entered the forest of Hareth.
[1SA.22.6] And Saul heard that David was known, and the men who were with him. And Saul sat in Gibeah under the pomegranate tree in Ramah, and his spear was in his hand, and all his servants stood around him.
[1SA.22.7] And Saul said to his servants who were standing around him, "Listen now, my supporters! Also to all of you, the son of Jesse will give fields and vineyards. To all of you, he will appoint leaders of thousands and leaders of hundreds."
[1SA.22.8] Because all of you have conspired against me, and none reveals to my ear regarding the council of my son with the son of Jesse, and none among you is weak towards me and reveals to my ear, because my son has established my servant against me as an ambusher like this day.
[1SA.22.9] And Doeg the Edomite answered, and he was standing with the servants of Saul, and he said, "I saw the son of Jesse come to Ahimelech son of Ahitub."
[1SA.22.10] And he asked of Yahveh, and Yahveh gave him game. And the sword of Goliath the Philistine, Yahveh gave to him.
[1SA.22.11] And the king sent to call Ahimelech son of Ahitub the priest, and all of his family, the priests who were in Nob. And they all came to the king.
[1SA.22.12] And Saul said, "Please listen, son of Ahituv." And he said, "Here I am, my Lord."
[1SA.22.13] And Saul said to him, "Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse, in giving to him bread and a sword, and asking of him with the Gods to rise against me as an ambush this day?"
[1SA.22.14] Then Ahimelech answered the king and said, "Who among all your servants is as faithful as David, and the king's son-in-law, who goes at your command and is honored in your house?"
[1SA.22.15] Today I have begun to inquire of him about the Gods. Far be it from me that the king should place a matter upon his servant, concerning all the house of my father. For your servant knows nothing at all of this, whether small or great.
[1SA.22.16] And the king said, "You shall surely die, Achimelech, and all the house of your father."
[1SA.22.17] And the king said to the runners who were standing by him, "Go around and kill the priests of Yahveh, for their hand is also with David, and because they knew that he is fleeing, yet they did not reveal it to my ear. And the servants of the king did not wish to extend their hand to strike the priests of Yahveh."
[1SA.22.18] And the king said to Doeg, "Turn around you and strike the priests." And Doeg the Edomite turned around and he struck them, and he killed on that day eighty-five men carrying an ephod of linen.
[1SA.22.19] And Nob, city of the priests, he struck by the sword, from man to woman, from infant to nursing child, and ox and donkey and sheep by the sword.
[1SA.22.20] And one son escaped to Ahimelech, son of Ahitub, and his name was Abiathar, and he fled after David.
[1SA.22.21] And Evyatar told David that Saul killed the priests of Yahveh.
[1SA.22.22] And David said to Abiathar, "I knew on that day that Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would tell Saul. I spared every life in your father's house."
[1SA.22.23] Stay with me, do not fear, for whoever seeks my life seeks your life also. For you are my guard with me.
1SA.23
[1SA.23.1] And they told David, saying, "Indeed, the Philistines are fighting at Keilah, and they are ravaging the threshing floors."
[1SA.23.2] And David asked of Yahveh, saying, "Should I go and strike these Philistines?" And Yahveh said to David, "Go and strike the Philistines and you shall deliver Keilah."
[1SA.23.3] And the men of David said to him, behold, we are here in Judah, afraid. And also if we go to Qe'ilah, to the encampments of the Philistines...
[1SA.23.4] And David added still to ask of Yahveh, and Yahveh answered him and said, "Rise, descend to Qe'ilah, for I am giving the Philistines into your hand."
[1SA.23.5] And David and his men went to Keilah and fought with the Philistines. And he drove away their livestock, and struck them with a great blow. And David delivered the inhabitants of Keilah.
[1SA.23.6] And it happened in the fleeing of Avyatar, son of Akhimelekh, to David at Keilah, that the efod descended into his hand.
[1SA.23.7] It was reported to Saul that David had come to Keilah. And Saul said, "The Gods have made it clear to me that he is confined, unable to enter the city without the gates and bolts being opened."
[1SA.23.8] And Saul listened to all the people to go to battle, to descend to Qe'ilah to pursue David and to his men.
[1SA.23.9] And David knew that Saul was secretly planning evil against him, and he said to Abiathar the priest, "Bring near the ephod."
[1SA.23.10] And David said, "Yahveh, the Gods of Israel, you have truly heard your servant, for Saul is seeking to come to Keilah to destroy the city on my account."
[1SA.23.11] Will the people of Keilah hand me over into his hand? Will Saul descend as your servant, Yahveh the Gods of Israel, has heard? Please tell your servant. And Yahveh said, Saul will descend.
[1SA.23.12] And David said, "Will the lords of Keilah betray me and my men into the hand of Saul?" And Yahveh said, "They will betray [you]."
[1SA.23.13] And David and his men rose up, about six hundred men, and they went out from Keilah and walked where they walked. And it was told to Saul that David had escaped from Keilah, and he ceased to go out.
[1SA.23.14] And David dwelt in the wilderness in the strongholds, and he dwelt in the mountain in the wilderness of Zif. And Saul sought him all the days, and the Gods did not give him into his power.
[1SA.23.15] And David saw that Saul had gone out to seek his life, and David was in the wilderness of Ziph, in the woods.
[1SA.23.16] And Jonathan, son of Saul, rose and went to David in the woodland, and he strengthened David’s hand in the Gods.
[1SA.23.17] And God said to him, "Do not fear, for the hand of Saul, my father, will not find you, and you will reign over Israel, and I will be to you as a second. Also, Saul, my father, knows this."
[1SA.23.18] And the two of them made a covenant before Yahveh, and David dwelt in the orchard, and Jonathan went to his house.
[1SA.23.19] And the Ziphites went up to Saul at the hill, saying, “Isn’t David hiding with us in the strongholds in the forest at the hill of the acacia, which is on the right hand of the wilderness?”
[1SA.23.20] And now, to all the desire of your soul, the king, allow it to descend. And surrender him to us into the hand of the king.
[1SA.23.21] And Saul said, "You are blessed to Yahveh, for you have had compassion on me."
[1SA.23.22] Come now, prepare more and know and see the place where His foot will be. Who has seen it there, for God said to me, "Covered it will be."
[1SA.23.23] And see and know all the hidden places where it hides, and return to me truthfully, and I will walk with you. And it will be, if it is in the land, that I will search for it throughout all the thousands of Judah.
[1SA.23.24] And they rose up and went to Ziph, toward Saul, and David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah, to the right of the wasteland.
[1SA.23.25] And Saul and his men went to search, and they told David, and he descended to the rock and settled in the wilderness of Maon. And Saul heard this and pursued David into the wilderness of Maon.
[1SA.23.26] And Saul went from the side of the mountain this way, and David and his men from the side of the mountain this way. And David was hasty to depart from before Saul, and Saul and his men were pursuing David and his men to seize them.
[1SA.23.27] And a messenger came to Saul, saying, "Hurry and go, for the Philistines have spread out over the land."
[1SA.23.28] And Saul returned from the pursuit after David, and he went to meet the Philistines. Therefore, they called that place 'the Rock of Divisions'.
1SA.24
[1SA.24.1] And David went up from there and dwelt in the strongholds of Ein Gedi.
[1SA.24.2] And it was, as Saul returned from after the Philistines, and they told to him, saying, behold, David is in the wilderness of Ein Gedi.
[1SA.24.3] And Saul took three thousand chosen men from all Israel, and he went to seek David and his men near the rocks of the wild goats.
[1SA.24.4] And he came to the enclosures of the sheep along the road, and there was a cave, and Saul came to relieve his feet, and David and his men sat in the sides of the cave.
[1SA.24.5] And the men of David said to him, "Behold, today is the day that Yahveh said to you, 'Behold, I will give your enemies into your hand, and you will do to him as it is good in your eyes.'" And David rose and cut off the corner of Saul’s robe in the field.
[1SA.24.6] And it happened after that, and the heart of David struck him because he cut the corner belonging to Saul.
[1SA.24.7] And he said to his men, "May it never be to me from Yahveh, if I do this thing to my Lord, to the anointed of Yahveh, to send my hand against him, for the anointed of Yahveh he is."
[1SA.24.8] And David strengthened his men with words, and he did not allow them to rise up against Saul. And Saul rose from the cave and went on the way.
[1SA.24.9] And David rose afterward and went out from the cave and called after Saul, saying, "My Lord, the king." And Saul looked behind him, and David bowed his face to the ground and prostrated himself.
[1SA.24.10] And David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of man, saying, ‘Behold, David seeks your evil’?”
[1SA.24.11] Behold, today your eyes have seen what Yahveh has given to you today in the cave, and he said to kill you. But I had compassion on you, and I said, 'I will not raise my hand against my Lord, for he is the anointed one of Yahveh.'
[1SA.24.12] And my father, see, even see the edge of your cloak is in my hand, for I cut off the edge of your cloak, and I did not kill you. Know and see that there is no evil or wrongdoing in my hand, and I have not sinned against you. But you are hunting my soul, you are taking it.
[1SA.24.13] Yahveh will judge between me and you, and Yahveh will avenge me from you. My hand will not be upon you.
[1SA.24.14] As the Ancient One will say, wickedness will come forth from the wicked ones, and my hand will not be against you.
[1SA.24.15] After whom did the king of Israel come forth? After whom are you pursuing? Are you pursuing a dead dog? Are you pursuing a single flea?
[1SA.24.16] And it will be that Yahveh will be as a judge, and will judge between me and you. And Yahveh will see and will plead my case, and will judge me from your hand.
[1SA.24.17] And it happened, when David had finished speaking these things to Saul, that Saul said, “Is this your voice, son of David?” Then Saul raised his voice and wept.
[1SA.24.18] And God said to David, "You are righteous with me, because you have repaid me goodness, and I have repaid you evil."
[1SA.24.19] And you have declared today that what you did to me was good, that Yahveh delivered me into your hand, and you did not kill me.
[1SA.24.20] And if a man finds his enemy, and you send him away on a good path, then Yahveh will repay you with goodness instead of this day that you have done for me.
[1SA.24.21] And now, behold, I have known that the messenger will rule, and the kingdom of Israel has been established in your hand.
[1SA.24.22] And now, swear to me by Yahveh, if you will destroy my descendants after me, and if you will annihilate my name from the house of my father.
[1SA.24.23] And David swore to Saul, and Saul went to his house. And David and his men went up to the stronghold.
1SA.25
[1SA.25.1] And Samuel died, and all Israel gathered and mourned for him, and they buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose and descended to the wilderness of Paran.
[1SA.25.2] And a man was in Maon, and his work was at Carmel. And the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep and one thousand goats. And it happened, in shearing his flock at Carmel.
[1SA.25.3] And the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife was Abigal. And the woman was good of understanding and fair of form, and the man was harsh and bad in his deeds, and he was as a dog.
[1SA.25.4] And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.
[1SA.25.5] And David sent ten young men, and David said to the young men, "Go up to Carmel, and you will come to Nabal, and you will ask for him in my name for well-being."
[1SA.25.6] And you shall say thus to your life: May you be peace, and may your house be peace, and may all that belongs to you be peace.
[1SA.25.7] And now I have heard that those who shear you are causing you harm. Now, the shepherds who belonged to you were with us, and we did not shame them, nor was anything at all lost to them all the days they were in the vineyard.
[1SA.25.8] Ask your young men, and let them tell you, and may the young men find favor in your eyes, because a good day has come upon us. Please give whatever your hand finds to your servants and to your son, to David.
[1SA.25.9] And David’s young men came and spoke to Nabal as all these words in the name of David, and they rested.
[1SA.25.10] And Nabal responded to the servants of David, and he said, "Who is David, and who is the son of Jesse? Today there are many servants breaking free, each man from before his lord."
[1SA.25.11] And I will take my bread and my water, and the slaughter which I slaughtered for my shearers, and I will give it to the people, whom I do not know from where they are.
[1SA.25.12] And the young men of David turned and returned and came and told him all these things.
[1SA.25.13] And David said to his men, "Gird each man his sword." And they girded each man his sword, and David also girded his sword. And they went up after David, four hundred men, and two hundred sat upon the supplies.
[1SA.25.14] And to Abigail, the wife of Nabal, a young man, one of the servants, told, saying, “Behold, David sent messengers from the wilderness to bless our Lord, and he was generous to them.”
[1SA.25.15] And the men are good to us greatly, and they have not shamed us, and they have not visited us with anything at all all the days of our walking with them while we were in the field.
[1SA.25.16] A wall was around us, both night and day, all the days that we were with them, shepherding the flock.
[1SA.25.17] And now know and see what you should do, because the wickedness has come to completion against my Lord and against all of his house, and he is a worthless son speaking to him.
[1SA.25.18] And Abigail hastened and took two hundred loaves of bread and two skins of wine and five sheep fattened and five seahs of roasted grain and one hundred raisins and two hundred cakes of figs and she placed them on the donkeys.
[1SA.25.19] And she said to her servants, "Pass before me." Behold, I am coming after you. And she did not tell her husband, Nabal.
[1SA.25.20] And it came to pass, she was riding on the donkey and descending in the secret of the mountain, and behold, David and his men were descending to meet her, and she met them.
[1SA.25.21] And David said, "Truly, I guarded all that belonged to him with falsehood in the wilderness, and nothing was missing from all that was his, not even a small amount. Yet, evil has been repaid to me in place of good."
[1SA.25.22] Thus may the Gods do to the enemies of David, and thus may they increase if I leave any of all that belongs to him until morning, urinating on the wall.
[1SA.25.23] And Abigail saw David, and she hurried and descended from upon the donkey, and she fell to the face of David upon her face, and she prostrated herself to the earth.
[1SA.25.24] And she fell upon his feet and said, “Behold, I, my Lord, have done wrong. Please let your servant speak in your ears, and hear the words of your servant.”
[1SA.25.25] Please, my Lord, do not set your heart against me. Regarding this worthless man, do not consider him based on his name, for as his name is, so is he – a fool is his name, and foolishness is with him. And I am your servant; I did not see the young men your Lord sent.
[1SA.25.26] And now, my Lord, as Yahveh lives and your soul lives, because Yahveh has restrained you from coming with blood, and may He save your hand for yourself. And now may your enemies become as outcasts, and those who seek evil against my Lord.
[1SA.25.27] And now, this blessing that your servant has brought to my Lord, and it will be given to the young men who walk with my Lord.
[1SA.25.28] Please bear the transgression of your servant. For Yahveh will do what He does for my Lord, a faithful house. For my Lord fights in the wars of Yahveh, and evil will not be found in you during your days.
[1SA.25.29] And humankind rose up to pursue you, and to seek your soul, and the soul of my Lord will be bound up in the bundle of life with Yahveh, the Gods of you, and the soul of your enemies will be flung into the palm of the sling.
[1SA.25.30] And it will be that Yahveh will do for my Lord according to all that He has spoken concerning the goodness towards you, and He will command you to be a leader over Israel.
[1SA.25.31] Let not this be to you a stumbling, and a stumbling of heart to my Lord, and to shed blood without cause, and to save my Lord for him. And may Yahveh be good to my Lord, and remember your servant.
[1SA.25.32] And David said to Abigail, "Blessed is Yahveh, the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me."
[1SA.25.33] And blessed is your purpose, and blessed are you, which completed me this day from coming in blood, and may you save my hand to me.
[1SA.25.34] But the living Yahveh, the Gods of Israel, is the one who prevented me from evil to you. For if you had not hastened and come to meet me, surely a fool would have remained until the light of the morning, urinating on the wall.
[1SA.25.35] And David took from her hand that which she had brought to him, and to her he said, "Peace to your house. See, I have heard your voice, and I have shown you favor."
[1SA.25.36] And Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, he was holding a feast in his house, like the feast of a king, and Nabal’s heart was good because of it, and he was drunk to excess. And she did not tell him any matter, either small or great, until the light of the morning.
[1SA.25.37] And it was in the morning, at the going out of the wine from Naval, and his wife told him these things, and his heart died within him, and he became like stone.
[1SA.25.38] And it was, as ten days had passed, that Yahveh afflicted Nabal, and he died.
[1SA.25.39] And David heard that Nabal had died, and he said, “Blessed be Yahveh, who has greatly avenged the wrong done to me by the hand of Nabal, and who has protected my servant from harm. And Yahveh has returned the evil of Nabal upon his own head.” And David sent messengers and spoke to Abigail, to take her for himself as a wife.
[1SA.25.40] And the servants of David came to Abigail the Carmelitess and spoke to her, saying, "David sent us to you to take you for him as a wife."
[1SA.25.41] And she rose and bowed with her face to the ground, and said, "Behold, your maidservant is for a maid to wash the feet of the servants of my Lord."
[1SA.25.42] And Abigail quickly rose and rode upon the donkey, with her five young women walking beside her. And she went after the messengers of David, and she became for him a wife.
[1SA.25.43] And David took Ahinoam from Jezreel, and she also became one of two wives to him.
[1SA.25.44] And Saul gave Michal, his daughter, the wife of David, to Palti son of Laish, who was from Gallim.
1SA.26
[1SA.26.1] And the Ziphites came to Saul at the height, to say, “Surely David is hiding at the height of the acacia, before the wilderness.”
[1SA.26.2] And Saul rose and went down to the Wilderness of Ziph, and with him were three thousand young men of Israel to seek David in the Wilderness of Ziph.
[1SA.26.3] And Saul camped at Gilgal, which is before the wilderness, by the road. And David was sitting in the wilderness. And he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness.
[1SA.26.4] And David sent spies, and he learned that Saul came to Nachon.
[1SA.26.5] And David rose and came to the place where Saul had camped, and David saw the place where Saul lay, and Avner son of Ner, commander of his army, and Saul was lying in the circle, and the people were camped around him.
[1SA.26.6] And David answered and said to Achimelech the Hittite and to Avishai son of Zeruyah, brother of Yoav, saying, “Who will descend with me to Saul to the camp?” And Avishai said, “I will descend with you.”
[1SA.26.7] And David and Abishai came to the people at night, and behold, Saul was lying asleep within the circle, and his spear was stuck in the ground by his head. And Abner and the people were lying around him.
[1SA.26.8] And Avishai said to David, "The Gods have delivered your enemy today into your hand, and now let me strike him once with the spear and finish him off, and I will not leave him alive."
[1SA.26.9] And David said to Abishai, "Do not destroy him, for who has sent his hand against the anointed of Yahveh, and be blameless?"
[1SA.26.10] And David said, "Living Yahveh, but if Yahveh will strike me, or my day comes and I die, or I descend in battle and perish..."
[1SA.26.11] Far be it from me, from Yahveh, to extend my hand against Yahveh's anointed one. And now, please take the spear that is at his head, and the flask of water, and let us go.
[1SA.26.12] And David took the spear and the water jug from the head of Saul, and they went away, and no one saw, and no one knew, and no one awoke, for they were all sleeping, for a sleep from Yahveh had fallen upon them.
[1SA.26.13] And David crossed the crossing and stood on the head of the mountain from a distance. Very great was the place between them.
[1SA.26.14] And David called to the people and to Abner son of Ner, saying, "Will you not answer, Abner?" And Abner answered and said, "Who are you that you called to the king?"
[1SA.26.15] And David said to Avner, "Are you not a man, and is there anyone like you in Israel? And why did you not guard your Lord the king, for one of the people came to destroy the king, your Lord?"
[1SA.26.16] That thing which you have done is not good. Yahveh lives, for you are children of death, since you did not guard your Lords, your anointed one of Yahveh. And now, behold the king’s spear and the swelling of the waters from his head.
[1SA.26.17] And Saul knew the voice of David, and he said, "Is this your voice, my son, David?" And David said, "My voice, my Lord, the king."
[1SA.26.18] And he said, “Why is this, my Lord, pursuing after your servant? For what have I done, and what evil is in my hand?”
[1SA.26.19] And now, please let my Lord the king hear the words of your servant. If Yahveh has stirred you up against me, may the moon bring an offering. And if humankind has cursed me before Yahveh, because they have banished me today from attaching myself to the inheritance of Yahveh, saying, “Go, serve other Gods,”
[1SA.26.20] And now, may my blood not fall to the ground before the face of Yahveh, for the king of Israel has gone out to seek one louse, as one who calls pursues in the mountains.
[1SA.26.21] And Saul said, "I have sinned, return, son of David, because no harm will come to you anymore, considering how precious my life is in your eyes today. Behold, I have been foolish and have greatly erred."
[1SA.26.22] And David responded and said, "Behold, the spear of the king, and let one of the young men cross over and take it."
[1SA.26.23] And Yahveh will return to the man his righteousness and his faithfulness, which Yahveh has given you today in hand, and I refused to send my hands against the anointed one of Yahveh.
[1SA.26.24] And behold, as your soul has grown this day in my eyes, so may my soul grow in the eyes of Yahveh, and may He deliver me from all distress.
[1SA.26.25] And Saul said to David, "Blessed are you, my son David. Also, you will do deeds, and also you will be able to succeed." And David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place.
1SA.27
[1SA.27.1] And David said to his heart, “Now I will gather all my strength for a single day with the hand of Saul. It is not good for me, for Saul will despair from pursuing me into the land of the Philistines, and Saul will lose hope of searching for me anymore throughout all the border of Israel, and I will escape from his hand.”
[1SA.27.2] And David rose up and crossed over, he and six hundred men who were with him, to Achish son of Maach, king of Gath.
[1SA.27.3] And David settled with Achish in Gath, he and his men, each man with his household. David and his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelit and Abigail, the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
[1SA.27.4] And it was told to Saul that David had fled to Gat, and he would not seek him anymore.
[1SA.27.5] And David said to Achish, "If, please, I have found favor in your eyes, give me a place in one of the countryside cities, and I will dwell there. And why should your servant dwell in the royal city with you?"
[1SA.27.6] And Achish gave it to him on that day, Ziklag. Therefore, Ziklag belonged to the kings of Judah until this day.
[1SA.27.7] And the number of the days that David lived in the field of the Philistines was days and four months.
[1SA.27.8] And David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites and the Girzites and the Amalekites, because these were dwelling in the land from of old, from Shurah and unto the land of Egypt.
[1SA.27.9] And David struck the land, and no man or woman lived. And he took sheep, cattle, donkeys, camels, and clothing. Then he returned and came to Achish.
[1SA.27.10] And Achish said, "Have you not strayed today?" And David said, "Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Yarhamelite, and against the south of the Kenite."
[1SA.27.11] And a man and a woman should not keep alive David to bring Gath to say, lest they tell about us to say, thus did David and thus is his judgement all the days that he sat in the field of the Philistines.
[1SA.27.12] And Achish trusted in David, saying, "He has greatly angered his people, Israel, and he will be my servant forever."
1SA.28
[1SA.28.1] And it happened in those days that the Philistines gathered their camps for a military force to fight against Israel. And Achish said to David, "Do you know, do you understand that with me you will go in the camp, you and your men?"
[1SA.28.2] And David said to Achish, “Therefore you will know what your servant will do.” And Achish said to David, “Therefore I will appoint you as a guard to my head for all of your days.”
[1SA.28.3] And Samuel died, and all Israel mourned for him, and they buried him in Ramah and in his city. And Saul removed the soothsayers and the mediums from the land.
[1SA.28.4] The Philistines gathered and came, and they camped in Shunem. Then Saul gathered all of Israel, and they camped in Gilboa.
[1SA.28.5] And Saul saw the army of the Philistines, and he feared, and his heart trembled greatly.
[1SA.28.6] And Saul asked of Yahveh, but Yahveh did not answer him, neither by direct communication, nor in dreams, nor by the Urim, nor by the prophets.
[1SA.28.7] And Saul said to his servants, "Seek for me a woman who has a spirit of divination, and I will go to her and inquire of her." And his servants said to him, "Behold, a woman who has a spirit of divination is in Ein Dor."
[1SA.28.8] And Saul disguised himself and wore other clothes, and he went, he and two men with him, and he came to the woman at night. And he said, “Please divine for me with the medium, and bring up for me the one I will say to you.”
[1SA.28.9] And the woman said to him, "Behold, you know what Saul did, how he eradicated the mediums and the spiritists from the land. And why are you seeking my life to kill me?"
[1SA.28.10] And he swore to her, Saul, by Yahveh, saying, "May Yahveh live, if iniquity finds you in this matter."
[1SA.28.11] Then the woman said, "To whom shall I raise him for you?" And he said, "To Samuel, raise him to Yahveh.
[1SA.28.12] And the woman saw Samuel and cried out with a loud voice, and the woman said to Saul, saying, "Why have you deceived me, and you are Saul?"
[1SA.28.13] And the king said to her, "Do not fear, for what did you see?" And the woman said to Saul, "I saw the Gods ascending from the earth."
[1SA.28.14] And he said to her, "What is his appearance?" And she said, "An old man is ascending, and he is wrapped in a robe." And Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he bowed his face to the ground and prostrated himself.
[1SA.28.15] And Samuel said to Saul, "Why have you disturbed me by bringing me here?" And Saul said to him, "I am greatly distressed, and the Philistines are fighting against me, and the Gods have turned away from me and no longer answer me, not even by the hand of the prophets, nor in dreams. Therefore, I called to you to tell me what I should do."
[1SA.28.16] And Samuel said, "Why do you ask me, when Yahveh has turned away from over you, and your favor has departed?"
[1SA.28.17] And God did to him as he spoke through my hand, and Yahveh tore the kingdom from your hand and gave it to your companion, David.
[1SA.28.18] Because you did not hear in the voice of Yahveh, and you did not do the anger of Him with Amalek, therefore this thing has Yahveh done for you this day.
[1SA.28.19] And Yahveh will also give Israel into your hand, to the Philistines, and tomorrow you and your sons will be with me, and Yahveh will also give the camp of Israel to the Philistines.
[1SA.28.20] And Saul hastened and fell completely to the earth, and he feared very much from the words of Samuel. Also, strength was not in him, for he did not eat bread all the day and all the night.
[1SA.28.21] And the woman came to Saul and saw that he was greatly afraid. And she said to him, "Behold, your servant has heard your voice and I have placed my life in my hand and I have heard the words that you spoke to me."
[1SA.28.22] And now, please also you hear in the voice of your maidservant, and I will put before you bread and eat, and may there be strength in you because you will walk on the road.
[1SA.28.23] And he refused and said, "I will not eat." And his servants broke into him, and also the woman. And he listened to their voice and rose from the earth and sat upon the bed.
[1SA.28.24] And the woman made a calf-shaped image in the house, and she hastened and slaughtered it. And she took flour and kneaded it and baked it into unleavened breads.
[1SA.28.25] And she approached before Saul and before his servants, and they ate. And they arose and went in that night.
1SA.29
[1SA.29.1] And the Philistines gathered all their camps at Afekah, and Israel encamped at the spring which is in Jezreel.
[1SA.29.2] The commanders of the Philistines were passing by in hundreds and thousands, and David and his men were passing by in the rear with Achish.
[1SA.29.3] And the leaders of the Philistines said, "What are these Hebrews doing?" And Achish said to the leaders of the Philistines, "Is this not David, the servant of Saul, king of Israel, who has been with me for days or years? And I have not found any wrongdoing in him from the day he fell until this day.
[1SA.29.4] The leaders of the Philistines became angry with him, and the leaders of the Philistines said to him, "Return the man, and let him return to the place you appointed him, there. He must not descend with us into battle, and he must not be an adversary to us in battle. With what will this one appease my Lord? Is it not with the heads of these men?"
[1SA.29.5] Is this not David, to whom they sang in dances, saying, "He struck Saul in his thousands, and David in his tens of thousands."
[1SA.29.6] And Achish called to David and said to him, “As Yahveh lives, you are upright and good in my eyes. Your coming and going with me in the camp is good, for I have found no wrong in you from the day you came to me until this day. And in the eyes of the commanders you are not well regarded.”
[1SA.29.7] And now return and go in peace, and do not make evil in the eyes of the commanders of the Philistines.
[1SA.29.8] And David said to Achish, “What have I done, and what have you found wrong with your servant, from the day I came before you until this day? Surely I have not come, and I have fought against the enemies of my Lord the king.”
[1SA.29.9] And Achish answered and said to David, "I know that you are good in my eyes, like an angel of the Gods. But the leaders of the Philistines have said, 'He shall not go up with us in battle.'
[1SA.29.10] And now, wake up early in the morning, and your Lord’s servants who came with you, and you will wake up early in the morning with light for you, and go.
[1SA.29.11] And David, he rose early, he and his men, to go in the morning to return to the land of the Philistines, and the Philistines went up to Yizre'el.
1SA.30
[1SA.30.1] And it happened, when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had raided the Negev and Ziklag, and struck Ziklag and burned it with fire.
[1SA.30.2] They captured the women who were in it, from the young to the old, they did not kill anyone. They treated them and went on their way.
[1SA.30.3] And David and his men came to the city, and behold, it was burned with fire, and their wives and their sons and their daughters were captured.
[1SA.30.4] And David and the people who were with him raised their voices and wept until there was no strength remaining in them to weep.
[1SA.30.5] And two of David’s wives were captured: Akhinoam the Yizre’elite and Avigail, the wife of Naval the Karmeli.
[1SA.30.6] And great distress came to David, because the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was embittered, each man concerning his sons and his daughters. And David strengthened himself in Yahveh, the Gods.
[1SA.30.7] And David said to Abiatar the priest, son of Akhimelech, "Bring to me the ephod." And Abiatar brought the ephod to David.
[1SA.30.8] And David asked of Yahveh, saying, "Shall I pursue after this raiding party? Will I surely overtake them?" And Yahveh said to him, "Pursue, for you will surely overtake, and you will rescue."
[1SA.30.9] And David went, he and six hundred men who were with him, and they came until the Valley of Sorek. And the remaining ones stood.
[1SA.30.10] And David pursued, he and four hundred men. And two hundred men stood, those who were lagging behind from crossing the Besor stream.
[1SA.30.11] And they found an Egyptian man in the field, and they took him to David, and they gave him bread, and he ate, and they gave him water to drink.
[1SA.30.12] And they gave to him a slice of date cake and two raisins, and he ate, and his spirit returned to him, because he had not eaten bread and had not drunk water for three days and three nights.
[1SA.30.13] And David said to him, "Who are you, and from where have you come?" And the Egyptian boy said, "I am an Egyptian, a servant to a man of the Amalekites. My Lord has left me because I have been sick for three days today."
[1SA.30.14] We raided the Negev of the Kerethites, and against those belonging to Judah, and against the Negev of Caleb, and we burned Ziklag with fire.
[1SA.30.15] And he said to him, David, "Will you bring me down to this regiment?" And he said, "Swear to me by the Gods that you will not kill me or surrender me into the hand of my Lord, and I will bring you down to this regiment."
[1SA.30.16] And he brought him down, and behold, they were scattered across the face of all the land, eating and drinking and celebrating with all the great plunder that they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah.
[1SA.30.17] And David struck them from the dawn until the evening on the following day, and no man escaped from them, except four hundred men, young ones, who rode on camels and they fled.
[1SA.30.18] And David rescued all that the Amalekites had taken, and David rescued his two wives.
[1SA.30.19] And nothing was lacking to them, from the smallest to the greatest, even to sons and daughters and possessions, and even to all that they had taken for themselves. David restored everything.
[1SA.30.20] And David took all the sheep and the cattle, they drove them before that livestock, and they said, "This is David’s spoil."
[1SA.30.21] And David came to the two hundred men who were lagging behind, having followed David. And he settled them in the Besor Valley, and they went out to meet David and to meet the people who were with him. And David approached the people and asked about their peace.
[1SA.30.22] Then all the evil men and scoundrels among the men who went with David said, "Because they did not go with me, we should not give them any of the plunder that we rescued. Instead, let each man take his wife and his sons and go away."
[1SA.30.23] And David said, "Do not do so, my brothers. What Yahveh has given to us and guarded for us, and has given the host that came against us into our hand..."
[1SA.30.24] And who will listen to you regarding this matter, because it is like the share of the one descending into war, and like the share of the one sitting with the equipment – they will divide it together.
[1SA.30.25] And it was from that day and onward that He placed it as law and as judgment for Israel until this day.
[1SA.30.26] And David came to Tziqlag and sent from the spoil to the elders of Judah to his companion, saying, "Behold, to you is a blessing from the spoil of the enemies of Yahveh."
[1SA.30.27] To that which is the house of God, and to that which is the heights of the south, and to that which is Yatir.
[1SA.30.28] And to that which is in Arer, and to that which is in Siphmah, and to that which is in Eshtemoa.
[1SA.30.29] And to that which belongs to the Recabites, and to that which belongs in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to that which belongs in the cities of the Kenites.
[1SA.30.30] And to which is Charmah, and to which is the pit of smoke, and to which is Atach.
[1SA.30.31] And to the one in Hebron, and to all the places where David walked, he and his men were there.
1SA.31
[1SA.31.1] And the Philistines are fighting in Israel, and the men of Israel fled before the Philistines, and the slain fell on the mountain of Gilboa.
[1SA.31.2] The Philistines clung to Saul and his sons. Then the Philistines struck down Jonathan, and Abinadav, and Malkishua, the sons of Saul.
[1SA.31.3] And the warfare became heavy to Saul, and the Moorish people found him – men with the bow – and he greatly feared the Moorish people.
[1SA.31.4] And Saul said to his armor-bearer, "Draw your sword and pierce me with it, lest these uncircumcised men come and pierce me and abuse me." But his armor-bearer would not, for he was very afraid. And Saul took the sword and fell upon it.
[1SA.31.5] And the armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, and he also fell on his sword and died with him.
[1SA.31.6] And Saul died, and his three sons, and the bearer of his weapons, also all his people died together on that day.
[1SA.31.7] And the men of Israel saw those who were across the valley and those who were across the Jordan, that the men of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons had died. So they abandoned the cities and fled, and the Philistines came and settled in them.
[1SA.31.8] And it came to pass on the next day that the Philistines came to plunder the slain, and they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
[1SA.31.9] They cut off his head and stripped his internal organs, and they sent them throughout the land of the Philistines around for meat to the house of their idols and to the people.
[1SA.31.10] And they placed his disgrace in the house of ashtarot, and they impaled his corpse on the wall of the house of shan.
[1SA.31.11] And the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead heard that which the Philistines did to Saul.
[1SA.31.12] Then every valiant man arose and went all night, and they took the corpse of Saul and the corpses of his sons from the wall of Beit Shan, and they came to Yavash and burned them there.
[1SA.31.13] And they took his bones, and they buried them under the oak in Shechem, and they mourned for seven days.
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2SA.1
[2SA.1.1] And it happened after the death of Saul, and David returned from striking down the Amalekites, and David settled in Ziklag for two days.
[2SA.1.2] And it happened on the third day, and behold, a man came from the camp of Saul, and his garments were torn, and dust was upon his head. And it was in his coming to David that he fell to the earth and prostrated himself.
[2SA.1.3] And David said to him, "Where do you come from?" And he said to him, "I have escaped from the camp of Israel."
[2SA.1.4] And he said to David, "What happened, please tell me the matter?" And he said, "The people fled from the battle, and also many fell from the people and died, and also Saul and Jonathan, his son, are dead."
[2SA.1.5] And David said to the young man who told him, "How did you know that Saul and Jonathan his son had died?"
[2SA.1.6] And the young man said to the one who told him, “I was called, I was called, on the mountain of Gilboa. And behold, Saul was leaning on his spear, and behold, the chariot and the horsemen overtook him.”
[2SA.1.7] And he turned behind him, and he saw me, and he called to me, and I said, "Here I am."
[2SA.1.8] And he said to me, "Who are you?" And he said to him, "I am an Amalekite."
[2SA.1.9] And he said to me, "Please stand by me and kill me, for the stroke has seized me, because as long as my soul is within me."
[2SA.1.10] And I stood upon him and killed him, for I knew that he would not live after his fall. And I took the crown which was on his head and the armlet which was on his arm, and I brought them to my Lord here.
[2SA.1.11] And David grasped his garments and tore them, and also all the men who were with him.
[2SA.1.12] They lamented and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and for Jonathan his son and for the people of Yahveh and for the house of Israel because they fell by the sword.
[2SA.1.13] And David said to the young man who told him, "Where do you come from?" And he said, "I am the son of a man, a Ger Amalekite.
[2SA.1.14] And he said to him, David, "How did you not fear to send your hand to destroy the anointed one of Yahveh?"
[2SA.1.15] And David called to one of the young men and said, "Go, strike him." And he struck him, and he died.
[2SA.1.16] And David said to him, "Your blood is upon your head, for your mouth answered against you, saying, 'I killed the anointed one of Yahveh.'"
[2SA.1.17] And David composed this lament about Saul and about Jonathan his son.
[2SA.1.18] And he said to teach the children of Judah the bow. Behold, it is written upon the Book of the Upright.
[2SA.1.19] The gazelle, Israel, is profaned upon your heights. How have warriors fallen?
[2SA.1.20] Do not tell in Gath, do not announce in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised be glad.
[2SA.1.21] The mountains of Gilboa, may they have no dew and no rain upon you, and fields of offerings. For there was defiled the shield of heroes, the shield of Saul, without an anointed one with oil.
[2SA.1.22] From the blood of slain ones, from the fat of heroes, Jonathan’s bow did not retreat backwards, and Saul’s sword will not return empty.
[2SA.1.23] Saul and Jonathan, the beloved and the pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not separated. They were swift like eagles and strong like lions.
[2SA.1.24] The daughters of Israel to Saul with weeping, those who clothed you with scarlet and with purple, completing ornaments of gold upon your garments.
[2SA.1.25] How have heroes fallen within the war! Jonathan is slain on your heights.
[2SA.1.26] I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan. You were very pleasant to me. Your love for me was wonderful, more than the love of women.
[2SA.1.27] How have the strong ones fallen, and the tools of war been lost?
2SA.2
[2SA.2.1] And it happened after this, and David asked of Yahveh to say, "Shall I go up to one of the cities of Judah?" And Yahveh said to him, "Go up." And David said, "Where shall I go up?" And Yahveh said, "Hebron."
[2SA.2.2] And David went up there, and also his two wives, Akhinoam of Yizreel and Avigail, wife of Naval of Carmel.
[2SA.2.3] And David brought up his men who were with him, each man and his household, and they settled in the cities of Hebron.
[2SA.2.4] And the people of Judah came and anointed David there as king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, "The people of Jabesh Gilead, who buried Saul."
[2SA.2.5] And David sent messengers to the people of Jabesh Gilead and said to them, "Blessed are you to Yahveh, that you did this kindness with your lord, with Saul, and you buried him."
[2SA.2.6] And now, Yahveh will make kindness and truth with you, and also I will do this goodness with you, that you did this thing.
[2SA.2.7] And now, strengthen your hands and be warriors, for your lord Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah has anointed me as king over them.
[2SA.2.8] And Abner, son of Ner, commander of the army that belonged to Saul, took the man Ish-boshet, son of Saul, and he moved him to Mahanaim.
[2SA.2.9] And he anointed him, God of Gilead and God of the Assyrian and God of Israel, and over Ephraim and over Benjamin and over Israel, all of it.
[2SA.2.10] A man of shame, son of Saul, was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned for two years. But the house of Judah followed David.
[2SA.2.11] And it was the number of the days that David was king in Chevron over the house of Judah: seven years and six months.
[2SA.2.12] And Avner son of Ner and the servants of Ish-boshet son of Shaul went out from the camps of Givona.
[2SA.2.13] And Joab, son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David went out and met them at the pool of Gibeon together, and these sat on the pool from this side, and these sat on the pool from that side.
[2SA.2.14] And Avner said to Yoav, "Let the young men now rise and play before us." And Yoav said, "Let them rise."
[2SA.2.15] And they rose and crossed in number, twelve for Benjamin, and for the man Boshet son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.
[2SA.2.16] And each man held the head of his companion and his sword was at the side of his companion, and they fell together. And he called that place 'The Section of the Rocks' which is in Giv'on.
[2SA.2.17] And the war was very hard on that day, and Avner and the men of Israel were defeated before the servants of David.
[2SA.2.18] And there were three sons of Zeruiah: Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel. And Asahel was swift of foot, like one of the gazelles that are in the field.
[2SA.2.19] Asahel pursued after Avner, and he did not turn to go to the right, and to the left, from after Avner.
[2SA.2.20] And Avner turned behind him and said, "Are you Asahel?" And he said, "I am."
[2SA.2.21] And Abner said to him, “Turn to your right, or turn to your left, and seize for yourself one of the young men and take for yourself his garment’s skirt.” But Asahel refused to turn away from following after him.
[2SA.2.22] And Avner still added, saying to Asahel, "Turn away from behind me. Why would you strike me to the ground, and how will I show my face to Yoav your brother?"
[2SA.2.23] But he refused to turn aside, and Abner struck him with the back of the spear at the fifth rib, so the spear went out from his back, and he fell there and died. And everyone who came to the place where he fell died, and the rest stood.
[2SA.2.24] And Joab and Abishai pursued after Avner, and the sun was setting, and they came until the hill of Ama, which is over the face of the pass, the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.
[2SA.2.25] The sons of Benjamin gathered after Abner, and they became as one group, and they stood at the head of one hill.
[2SA.2.26] And Avner called to Yoav and said, "Will the sword eat forever? Do you not know that bitterness will be in the end? And until when will you not tell the people to return from following their brothers?"
[2SA.2.27] And Joab said, “Living are the Gods, that if you had not spoken, then from the morning the people would have gone home, each man from behind his brother.”
[2SA.2.28] And Yoav sounded the trumpet, and all the people stood, and they did not pursue Israel anymore, and they did not add to fighting anymore.
[2SA.2.29] And Abner and his men went in the Arabah all the night, and they crossed the Jordan, and they went all the division, and they came to Mahanaim.
[2SA.2.30] And Joab returned after Abner, and he gathered all the people, and they were counted from the servants of David, nineteen men. And God did it.
[2SA.2.31] And the servants of David struck those from Benjamin and the people of Avner, three hundred and sixty men died.
[2SA.2.32] They carried Asahel and buried him in the tomb of his father, which is Bethlehem. And Joab and his men walked all night, and the dawn shone for them at Hebron.
2SA.3
[2SA.3.1] And the war was long between the house of Saul and between the house of David. And David went and was strong, and the house of Saul went and became weak.
[2SA.3.2] And they bore sons to David in Hebron, and his firstborn was Amnon to Ahinoam the Jezreelitess.
[2SA.3.3] And his second was Kil'av, the wife of Avigal the Carmelite, and the third was Avshalom, son of Ma'akha, daughter of Talmai, king of Gshur.
[2SA.3.4] And the fourth was my Lord knows, son of Khaggit, and the fifth was Judged, son of Avital.
[2SA.3.5] And the sixth, she conceives for David a young cow, this one will be born to David in Chevron.
[2SA.3.6] And it came to pass, in the being of the war between the house of Saul and between the house of David, and Avner was strengthening himself in the house of Saul.
[2SA.3.7] And Saul had a concubine, and her name was Rizpah, daughter of Aiah. And he said to Avner, "Why did you go to my father’s concubine?"
[2SA.3.8] And Avner was very angry at the words of Ishboshet, and he said, "Is my head a dog’s that I should be against Judah? Today I will do kindness for the house of Saul your father, to his brothers, and to his friends, and I did not put you in the hand of David. Why do you now require punishment for the sin of the woman?"
[2SA.3.9] Thus may the Gods do to Avner, and may they add to him, because as Yahveh swore to David, so will I do to him.
[2SA.3.10] To transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and to establish the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan and to Beersheba.
[2SA.3.11] And David was no longer able to return a word to Abner from his fear of him.
[2SA.3.12] And Avner sent messengers to David under him, saying, "To whom does the land belong?" Saying, "You have made a covenant with me, and behold, my hand is with you to turn all of Israel to you."
[2SA.3.13] And he said, "Good, I will cut a covenant with you, but one thing I ask of you: do not see my face unless you bring Michal, daughter of Saul, with you when you come to see my face."
[2SA.3.14] And David sent messengers to Ishboshet son of Saul, saying, "Give my wife Michal, whom I betrothed to me, in exchange for one hundred foreskins of the Philistines."
[2SA.3.15] And the man sent Shame away, and he took her from a man, from the son of Heart, Delivered by God.
[2SA.3.16] And he went with her, her husband walking and weeping behind her until the young men. And Abner said to him, "Go back." And he returned.
[2SA.3.17] And the word of Abner was with the elders of Israel, saying, "You have been seeking David to be king over you both yesterday and the day before yesterday."
[2SA.3.18] And now, do this, for Yahveh has said to David, saying, "By the hand of David, my servant, save my people Israel from the hand of the Philistines and from the hand of all their enemies."
[2SA.3.19] And Abner also spoke to Benjamin, and Abner also went to speak to David in Chevron, all that was good in the eyes of Israel and in the eyes of all the house of Benjamin.
[2SA.3.20] And Avner came to David in Hebron, and with him were twenty men. And David made a feast for Avner and for the men who were with him.
[2SA.3.21] And Abner said to David, "I will arise and go and gather all of Israel to my Lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you, and you may reign over all that your soul desires." And David sent Abner, and he went in peace.
[2SA.3.22] And behold, the servants of David and Joab came from the army and brought with them a great spoil. And Avner was not with David in Hebron, for he had sent him away and he went in peace.
[2SA.3.23] And Yoav and all the army who were with him came and they told Yoav, saying, Avner, son of Ner, has come to the king, and he sent him away, and he went in peace.
[2SA.3.24] And Yoav came to the king and said, "What have you done? Behold, Avner has come to you, why did you send him? And he went, going."
[2SA.3.25] You knew Avner, son of Ner, because he came to test you and to know your going out and your coming in, and to know all that you do.
[2SA.3.26] And Yo'av went out from with David, and he sent messengers after Avner, and they brought him back from the cistern. And David did not know.
[2SA.3.27] And Avner returned to Chevron, and Yoav drew him into the midst of the gate to speak with him privately. And Chamish struck him there, and he died in blood. Asa-el, his brother.
[2SA.3.28] And David heard of it after a time, and he said, "I am innocent, and my kingdom is innocent with Yahveh forever from the blood of Avner son of Ner."
[2SA.3.29] May running afflictions be upon the head of Joab, and upon all the house of his father, and may a genital discharge and skin disease and one who holds a pledge and one falling by the sword and lack of bread not be wiped out from the house of Joab.
[2SA.3.30] And Joab and Abishai, his brother, killed Avner on account of that he killed Asahel, their brother, in Gibeon in war.
[2SA.3.31] And David said to Yoav and to all the people who were with him, “Tear your clothes and put on sackcloth, and lament before Avner.” And the king David walked behind the bier.
[2SA.3.32] And they buried Abner in Hebron, and the king raised his voice and wept to the grave of Abner, and all the people wept.
[2SA.3.33] And the king inquired of Avner, and said, "Is Avner behaving like a fool? May Avner die like Nabal!"
[2SA.3.34] Your hand is not bound and your feet were not brought to bronze as you fell before sons of wickedness. And all the people added to weeping over him.
[2SA.3.35] And all the people came to join David to bring him bread while it was still day. And David swore, saying, “Thus may the Gods do to me, and add to it, if I should taste bread or anything else before the sun comes.”
[2SA.3.36] And all the people recognized it, and it was good in their eyes, like all that the king did was good in the eyes of all the people.
[2SA.3.37] And all the people and all of Israel knew on that day that it was not from the king to cause the death of Avner son of Ner.
[2SA.3.38] And the king said to his servants, "Do you not know that a prince and a great one has fallen this day in Israel?"
[2SA.3.39] And I today am tender and anointed king, and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are stronger than I. May Yahveh repay the doer of evil according to his wickedness.
2SA.4
[2SA.4.1] And the son of Saul heard that Abner had died in Hebron, and his hands became weak, and all Israel were dismayed.
[2SA.4.2] And two men, commanders of units, were sons of Saul. The name of one was Baanah, and the name of the second was Rechab, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, from the descendants of Benjamin, because Beeroth is also counted among the settlements of Benjamin.
[2SA.4.3] The Beerahites fled to Gittaim, and they became dwellers there until this day.
[2SA.4.4] And to Jonathan, son of Saul, was born a son with impaired legs, five years old when the report of Saul and Jonathan from Jezreel arrived. His nurse carried him and she fled, and he fell and became lame, and his name was called Mephiboshet.
[2SA.4.5] And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rekhab and Baanah, went as the day was hot to the house of a man, Boshet, and he was lying on his midday bed.
[2SA.4.6] And behold, they came even into the midst of the house, those taking wheat, and they struck him, Hamosh, to the fifth part of his body. And Rekhab and Baanah, his brothers, escaped.
[2SA.4.7] And they came to the house, and he was lying on his bed in the room where he rested. And they struck him and killed him. And they removed his head and took his head and went by way of the desert all night.
[2SA.4.8] And they brought the head of Ishboshet to David in Hevron, and they said to the king, "Behold, the head of Ishboshet, son of Saul, your enemy, who sought your life. And Yahveh has given to my Lord the king vengeance this day against Saul and his offspring."
[2SA.4.9] And David responded to Rekab and to Baanah, the brothers, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and he said to them, "As Yahveh lives, who has redeemed my soul from all distress!"
[2SA.4.10] For the one who told me, saying, ‘Behold, Saul is dead,’ and he was like a messenger to my eyes, so I seized him and killed him in Ziklag, which I had given to him as good news.
[2SA.4.11] Indeed, because wicked men killed a righteous man in his house, on his bed, and now, shall I not demand his blood from your hands? And I will destroy you from the land.
[2SA.4.12] And David commanded the young men, and they killed them. And they cut off their hands and their feet, and hung them upon the pool in Hebron. And they took the head of Ishboshet, and buried it in the tomb of Abner in Hebron.
2SA.5
[2SA.5.1] And all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron, and they said, “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.
[2SA.5.2] Also yesterday and the day before yesterday, while Saul was king over us, it was you who brought out and brought in Israel. And Yahveh said to you, "It is you who will shepherd my people Israel, and you will be a leader over Israel."
[2SA.5.3] And all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and the king David made a covenant with them at Hebron before Yahveh, and they anointed David as king over Israel.
[2SA.5.4] Son of thirty years was David when he reigned. Forty years he reigned.
[2SA.5.5] In Khevron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.
[2SA.5.6] And the king went with his men to Jerusalem against the Jebusite who inhabited the land, and he said to David, saying, "You will not enter here unless the blind and the lame remove you, saying, 'David will not enter here.'"
[2SA.5.7] And David captured the fortress of Zion. It is the city of David.
[2SA.5.8] And David said on that day, "Everyone who strikes a Jebusite and touches the pipe, and the lame and the blind, are hated by the soul of David. Therefore, they say, 'A blind man and a lame man shall not come into the house.'
[2SA.5.9] And David sat in the fortress, and he called it the City of David. And David built around it, from the filling and inward.
[2SA.5.10] And David went, walking and growing, and Yahveh, the Gods of hosts, was with him.
[2SA.5.11] And Hiram, king of Tyre, sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and workers in wood, and workers in stone for walls, and they built a house for David.
[2SA.5.12] And David knew that Yahveh had prepared him to be king over Israel, and that he had raised up his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.
[2SA.5.13] And David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem after his arrival from Hebron, and more sons and daughters were born to David.
[2SA.5.14] And these are the names of the children born to him in Jerusalem: Shamu'a, and Shovav, and Natan, and Shlomo.
[2SA.5.15] And God will choose Elishua, and Nefeg, and Yafia.
[2SA.5.16] And God hears, and God knows, and God delivers.
[2SA.5.17] The Philistines heard that they had anointed David as king over Israel, and all the Philistines came up to seek David. David heard this, and he went down to the stronghold.
[2SA.5.18] The Philistines came, and they scattered in the valley of the Rephaim.
[2SA.5.19] And David inquired of Yahveh, saying, "Should I go up against the Philistines? Will you deliver them into my hand?" And Yahveh said to David, "Go up, for I will certainly give the Philistines into your hand."
[2SA.5.20] And David came to Baal Peratzim, and he struck them there. And David said, “Yahveh has burst through my enemies before me, like a bursting forth of waters.” Therefore, he called the name of that place Baal Peratzim.
[2SA.5.21] They abandoned there their images of gods, and David and his men took them.
[2SA.5.22] And the Philistines still continued to ascend, and they were abandoned in the valley of the Rephaim.
[2SA.5.23] And David asked of Yahveh, and he said, "Do not ascend. Turn around behind them, and you will come upon them from before in the thorny regions."
[2SA.5.24] And it will be, when you hear the sound of marching at the tops of the weeping willows, then you shall decide, for then Yahveh will go before you to strike the camp of the Philistines.
[2SA.5.25] And David did so, as Yahveh commanded him, and he struck the Philistines from Geba to reaching Gezer.
2SA.6
[2SA.6.1] And David still added all the young men in Israel, thirty thousand.
[2SA.6.2] And David arose and went, and all the people who were with him, from the towns of Judah to bring up from there the Ark of the Gods, which is called by the name of the name Yahveh of hosts, who dwells upon the cherubim.
[2SA.6.3] They lowered the Ark of the Gods onto a new cart and carried it from the house of Abinadav which is in Gibeah. And Uzza and Ahio, the sons of Abinadav, drove the new cart.
[2SA.6.4] And they carried him from the house of Abinadav, which is in Gibeah, with the ark of the Gods, and his brother walked before the ark.
[2SA.6.5] And David and all the house of Israel were rejoicing before Yahveh with all trees of cypress, and with harps and with lyres and with drums and with sistrums and with cymbals.
[2SA.6.6] And they came until the threshing floor of Nachon, and Uzza reached out to the ark of the Gods and grasped it, because the oxen stumbled.
[2SA.6.7] And Yahveh burned with anger at Uzzah, and struck him there, the Gods, upon the Ark. And he died there with the Ark of the Gods.
[2SA.6.8] And David was grieved because Yahveh had breached in Uzza, and he called that place 'Breach of Uzza,' even to this day.
[2SA.6.9] And David saw Yahveh on that day, and he said, "How will the ark of Yahveh come to me?"
[2SA.6.10] And David did not consent to remove the Ark of Yahveh to the city of David, and David inclined it to the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.
[2SA.6.11] And the Ark of Yahveh remained in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite for three months, and Yahveh blessed Obed-Edom and all his household.
[2SA.6.12] And it was reported to King David, saying, "Yahveh has blessed the house of Obed Edom and all that he has, because of the Ark of the Gods." Then David went and brought up the Ark of the Gods from the house of Obed Edom, the city of David, with joy.
[2SA.6.13] And it happened, as the carriers of the Ark of Yahveh went six paces, that he sacrificed a bull and a fattened animal.
[2SA.6.14] And David danced with all strength before Yahveh, and David was girded with a linen ephod.
[2SA.6.15] And David and all the house of Israel were bringing up the ark of Yahveh with shouting and with the sound of a horn.
[2SA.6.16] And it came to pass, the ark of Yahveh came to the city of David. And Michal, daughter of Saul, looked out through the window and she saw King David leaping and twirling before Yahveh, and she held him in contempt in her heart.
[2SA.6.17] And they brought the Ark of Yahveh and placed it in its place inside the tent that David had pitched for it. And David offered burnt offerings before Yahveh and peace offerings.
[2SA.6.18] And David finished offering the burnt offering and the peace offerings, and he blessed the people in the name of Yahveh of hosts.
[2SA.6.19] And he apportioned to all the people, to all the multitude of Israel, to each man and to each woman, to each man one loaf of bread and one measure of oil, and one measure of fine flour. And all the people went, each to his house.
[2SA.6.20] And David returned to bless his house, and Michal, daughter of Saul, came out to meet David and said, "How honored is the king of Israel today, who has revealed himself today before the eyes of the female servants of his servants, as one of the foolish ones reveals himself!"
[2SA.6.21] And David said to Michal, "Before Yahveh, who chose me over your father and all of your father's house, to appoint me as a leader over the people of Yahveh, over Israel, I will play before Yahveh."
[2SA.6.22] I will be made still more insignificant than this, and I will be humbled in my eyes, and with the maids that you spoke of, I will be honored with them.
[2SA.6.23] And to Michal, the daughter of Saul, there was no child to her until the day of her death.
2SA.7
[2SA.7.1] And it happened, when the king sat in his house, that Yahveh gave him rest on every side from all his enemies.
[2SA.7.2] And the king said to Nathan the prophet, "See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, and the ark of the Gods dwells within the tent."
[2SA.7.3] And Nathan said to the king, "All that is in your heart, go do, because Yahveh is with you."
[2SA.7.4] And it came to pass in that night, and the word of Yahveh came to Nathan, saying.
[2SA.7.5] Go and say to my servant, to David, "Thus says Yahveh: Will you build for me a house to dwell in?"
[2SA.7.6] For I have not sat in a house from the day I brought the sons of Israel up from Egypt, even until this day, and I have been walking in a tent and in a sanctuary.
[2SA.7.7] In all that I walked among all the sons of Israel, did I speak a word to one of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to pasture my people, Israel, saying, "Why have you not built for me a house of cedars?"
[2SA.7.8] And now, thus you shall say to my servant David, thus says Yahveh of hosts, I have taken you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be a leader over my people over Israel.
[2SA.7.9] And I will be with you in all where you have walked, and I will cut off all of your enemies from before you, and I will make for you a name great, like the name of the great ones that are in the land.
[2SA.7.10] And I will establish a place for my people, for Israel, and I will plant them, and they will dwell beneath it, and they will not be shaken anymore, and the children of wrongdoing will not add to oppressing him as in the beginning.
[2SA.7.11] And from the day that I commanded judges over my people Israel, I will give you rest from all your enemies. And Yahveh will reveal to you that Yahveh will build a house for you.
[2SA.7.12] Because your days will be fulfilled, and you will lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who will come forth from your womb, and I will establish his kingdom.
[2SA.7.13] He will build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of His kingdom forever.
[2SA.7.14] I will be to him as a father, and he will be to me as a son, in that when he transgresses, I will chastise him with the rod of humans and with the afflictions of human sons.
[2SA.7.15] And my loving-kindness will not depart from you, as I removed it from Saul, whom I removed from before your face.
[2SA.7.16] And your house, and your kingdom, will be steadfast forever before you. Your throne will be firm forever.
[2SA.7.17] In accordance with all these things and all this vision, Nathan spoke to David.
[2SA.7.18] And King David came and sat before Yahveh, and he said, "Who am I, my Lord Yahveh, and who is my house, that you have brought me until here?"
[2SA.7.19] And you have considered this also small in your eyes, my Lord Yahveh, and you spoke even to the house of your servant for the distance. And this is the instruction of mankind, my Lord Yahveh.
[2SA.7.20] And what more can David still speak to you? And you have known your servant, my Lord Yahveh.
[2SA.7.21] Because of your word and according to your heart, you did all this greatness to make known your servant.
[2SA.7.22] Therefore you have grown great, my Lord Yahveh, for there is none like you, and there are no Gods besides you, in all that we have heard with our ears.
[2SA.7.23] And who is like your people, like Israel, a single nation on earth, for whom the Gods went to redeem a people and to establish a name for themselves, and to do for you the greatness and the terrors on your land, before the face of your people, whom you redeemed for yourself from Egypt, nations and their gods.
[2SA.7.24] You established for yourself your people Israel, for yourself as a people forever, and you, Yahveh, were to them the Gods.
[2SA.7.25] And now, Yahveh, the Gods, the word that you spoke concerning your servant and his house, may you establish it forever, and do as you have spoken.
[2SA.7.26] And may Your name grow forever, to say, Yahveh of hosts, the Gods over Israel, and the house of Your servant David will be established before You.
[2SA.7.27] For you are Yahveh, God of armies, God of Israel, who revealed to the ear of your servant, saying, "I will build a house for you." Therefore, your servant's heart found the ability to pray to you this prayer.
[2SA.7.28] And now, my Lord Yahveh, You are the Gods, and Your words will be truth. And You spoke to Your servant about this goodness.
[2SA.7.29] And now, be pleased and bless the house of your servant, to be forever before you, for you are my Lord, Yahveh, who has spoken, and by your blessing, the house of your servant will be blessed forever.
2SA.8
[2SA.8.1] And it came to pass after these things that David struck the Philistines and he subdued them. And David took the royal standard from the hand of the Philistines.
[2SA.8.2] And he struck Moab, and he measured them with a rope, laying them on the ground, and he measured two ropes to kill, and a full rope to let live. And Moab became to David as servants, bearers of tribute.
[2SA.8.3] And David struck Hadad-ezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, when he went to regain his power at the river Parath.
[2SA.8.4] And David captured from them one thousand and seven hundred horsemen and twenty thousand foot soldiers. And David disabled all the chariots, and left remaining from them one hundred chariots.
[2SA.8.5] And Aram from Damascus came to help Hadad-ezer, the king of Zobah, and David struck Aram, twenty-two thousand men.
[2SA.8.6] And David placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and Aram became to David for servants bearing tribute. And Yahveh saved David in all that he went.
[2SA.8.7] And David took the golden shields that were to the servants of Hadadezer and he brought them to Jerusalem.
[2SA.8.8] From the fortresses and cities of Hadadezer, King David took a very great amount of bronze.
[2SA.8.9] And Toi, king of Hamath, heard that David struck all the army of Hadadezer.
[2SA.8.10] And Toi sent his son Joram to King David to ask about his well-being and to bless him because he had fought against Hadadezer and struck him down, for Hadadezer was a man of war. And in his hand were vessels of silver and vessels of gold and vessels of bronze.
[2SA.8.11] Also, those things King David dedicated to Yahveh, with the silver and the gold which he had dedicated from all the nations which he conquered.
[2SA.8.12] From Aram and from Moab and from the sons of Ammon and from the Philistines and from Amalek and from the spoil of Hadad-ezer son of Rechob, king of Tzovah.
[2SA.8.13] And David made a name for himself in his return from striking Aram in the Valley of Salt, eighteen thousand.
[2SA.8.14] And he placed fortresses in Edom, and he put fortresses throughout Edom. And it happened that all of Edom were servants to David. And Yahveh saved David in all that he went.
[2SA.8.15] And David reigned over all Israel, and David did justice and righteousness for all his people.
[2SA.8.16] And Yoav, son of Tzeruya, was over the army, and Yehoshapat, son of Achilud, was a recorder.
[2SA.8.17] And Zadok, son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech, son of Ebyatar, were priests, and Seryah was a scribe.
[2SA.8.18] And Benaiah, son of Yahveh knows, and I will silence, and I will scatter. And the sons of David were priests.
2SA.9
[2SA.9.1] And David said, “Is there yet anyone remaining of the house of Saul, that I may show kindness to him for the sake of Jonathan?”
[2SA.9.2] And to the house of Saul was a servant, and his name was Ziba. And they called to him to David, and the king said to him, "Are you Ziba?" And he said, "Your servant am I."
[2SA.9.3] And the king said, "Is there still any man of the house of Sha-ul to whom I might show kindness for the sake of the Gods?" And Tzi-vah said to the king, "There is still a son of Yo-na-tan who has impaired legs."
[2SA.9.4] And the king said to him, "Where is he?" And Tzi-vah said to the king, "Behold, he is in the house of Ma-chir, son of Am-mee-el, and there is no false thing.
[2SA.9.5] And the king David sent and took him from the house of Machir son of Ammiel, a man of words.
[2SA.9.6] And Mephibosheth son of Jonathan son of Saul came to David and fell upon his face and bowed. And David said to Mephibosheth, and he said, "Behold, your servant."
[2SA.9.7] And David said to him, “Do not fear, because I will do kindness with you for the sake of Jonathan your father, and I will restore to you all the field of Saul your father, and you will eat bread at my table always.”
[2SA.9.8] And he prostrated himself and said, "What, your servant? For why have you turned to the dead dog which is like me?"
[2SA.9.9] And the king called to Tziba, the servant of Saul, and said to him, "All that was Saul’s and all of his household, I have given to the son of my Lord."
[2SA.9.10] And you will serve Him by working the land, you and your sons and your servants, and you will bring forth produce. And it will be that for the son of my Lord, there will be bread, and he will eat it. And Mefiboshet, the son of my Lord, will continually eat bread at my table. And to Ziba will be fifteen sons and twenty servants.
[2SA.9.11] And Tzi-vah said to the king, “As everything my Lord the king commands his servant, so shall your servant do. And Me-fi-boshet eats at my table as one of the king’s sons.”
[2SA.9.12] And to Mephibosheth, the son of a small one, and his name is Micah, and all the dwelling place of the house of Ziba are servants to Mephibosheth.
[2SA.9.13] And Mephiboshet dwells in Jerusalem, for he continually eats at the table of the king. And he is lame in both his feet.
2SA.10
[2SA.10.1] And it happened after this, that the king of the sons of Ammon died, and Khanun his son reigned in his place.
[2SA.10.2] And David said, "I will certainly do kindness with Hanun son of Nahash, just as his father did kindness with me." And David sent to comfort Hanun by the hand of his servants to his father. And the servants of David came to the land of the people of Ammon.
[2SA.10.3] And the leaders of the sons of Ammon said to Hanun, their Lord, ‘The one who honors your father in your eyes is David, for he has sent you comforters.’ ‘Did he not send them to you to investigate the city, to spy it out, and to overthrow it? David sent his servants to you for this purpose.’
[2SA.10.4] And Hanun took the servants of David and shaved half of their beards, and he cut off half of their garments to the waist, and he sent them away.
[2SA.10.5] And they told David, and he sent toward them, because the men were very distressed. And the king said, "Remain in the wilderness until your beards grow, and you will return."
[2SA.10.6] And the Ammonites saw that they were defeated by David, and the Ammonites sent and hired Aram of Beit-Rechov and Aram of Tzova, twenty thousand foot soldiers, and the king of Ma'acha, one thousand men, and good men, twelve thousand men.
[2SA.10.7] And David heard, and he sent Joab and all the mighty army.
[2SA.10.8] The sons of Ammon went out and arranged war at the opening of the gate, and Aram Tsoba, Rechov, Ish Tob, and Ma'achah by themselves in the field.
[2SA.10.9] And Joab saw that the battle line was to him from within and from behind. And he chose from all the young men of Israel and arranged to meet Aram.
[2SA.10.10] And he gave the remainder of the people into the hand of Abshai, his brother, and he arranged to meet the sons of Ammon.
[2SA.10.11] And he said, "If Aram is stronger than me, then it will be my salvation. And if the sons of Ammon become stronger than you, then I will go to save you."
[2SA.10.12] Be strong, and let us be strengthened for our people, and for the cities of the Gods, and Yahveh will do the good in His eyes.
[2SA.10.13] And Yoav and the people who were with him approached to battle with the Arameans, and they fled before him.
[2SA.10.14] And the people of Ammon saw that Aram had fled, and they fled from before Avishai, and they came to the city. And Yoav returned from over the people of Ammon and came to Jerusalem.
[2SA.10.15] And Aram saw that they had been defeated before Israel, and they assembled together.
[2SA.10.16] And Hadadezer sent, and brought out Aram that is beyond the river, and his army came, and the commander of Hadadezer’s army was before them.
[2SA.10.17] And it was told to David that Joab had gathered all of Israel and they crossed the Jordan River and came to Helam. And Aram arrayed themselves to meet David, and they fought with him.
[2SA.10.18] And Aram fled before Israel, and David killed from Aram seven hundred chariots and forty thousand horsemen, and he struck the commander of his army, and he died there.
[2SA.10.19] And all the kings, servants of Hadadezer, saw that they were defeated before Israel, and they made peace with Israel and served them. And Aram saw to save still the sons of Ammon.
2SA.11
[2SA.11.1] And it happened at the turn of the year, at the time of the departure of the messengers, that David sent Joab and his servants with him and all of Israel. They destroyed the descendants of Ammon, and they besieged Rabbah. And David sat in Jerusalem.
[2SA.11.2] And it came to pass at the time of evening that David rose from upon his resting place and walked upon the roof of the king's house. And he saw a woman bathing from upon the roof, and the woman was very good to look upon.
[2SA.11.3] And David sent, and he inquired about the woman, and he said, "Isn't this Bathsheba, daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?"
[2SA.11.4] And David sent messengers and took her, and she came to him and he lay with her. And she, having been purified from her impurity, returned to her house.
[2SA.11.5] And the woman became pregnant, and she sent and told David, and she said, "Pregnant am I."
[2SA.11.6] And David sent to Joab, "Send to me Uriah the Hittite." And Joab sent Uriah to David.
[2SA.11.7] And Uriah came to him, and David asked for the well-being of Joab, and for the well-being of the people, and for the well-being of the war.
[2SA.11.8] And David said to Uriah, "Go down to your house and wash your feet." And Uriah went out from the house of the king, and the king's provision went out after him.
[2SA.11.9] And Uriah lay down at the entrance to the house of the king, with all the servants of my Lord, and he did not go down to his house.
[2SA.11.10] And they told David, saying, "Uriah did not come down to his house." And David said to Uriah, "Is it not from a journey that you have come? Why did you not come down to your house?"
[2SA.11.11] And Urijah said to David, “The Ark, and Israel, and Judah are residing in tents, and my Lord Joab and the servants of my Lord are encamped in the field. Therefore, I will not go to my house to eat, drink, and lie with my wife. As you live and as your life is, I will not do such a thing.”
[2SA.11.12] And David said to Uriah, "Stay here also today and tomorrow, and I will send you home." And Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day and the next.
[2SA.11.13] And David called to him, and he ate before Yahveh and drank. And he honored him. And he went out in the evening to lie down with the servants of my Lord, and he did not go down to his house.
[2SA.11.14] And it was in the morning, and David wrote a letter to Joab, and he sent it by the hand of Uriah.
[2SA.11.15] And he wrote in the book to say, "Bring Uriyah before the face of the strong war, and you shall return from behind him, and he shall be struck and die."
[2SA.11.16] And it happened while Joab was guarding the city, that he sent Uriah to the place which he knew had strong men there.
[2SA.11.17] And the men of the city went out and they fought against Yo'av. And some of the people fell from the servants of David, and also Uriah the Hittite died.
[2SA.11.18] And Yoav sent, and he told David all the words of the war.
[2SA.11.19] And he commanded the angel, saying, "When you finish all the words of the war, speak to the king."
[2SA.11.20] And it will be, if the anger of the king rises and he says to you, "Why did you approach the city to fight? Did you not know what would be thrown down from the wall?"
[2SA.11.21] Who struck Abimelech, son of Jerubbeshet? Was it not a woman who cast a millstone upon him from the wall, and he died in Tebetz? Why have you come to the wall, and said, "Even your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead?"
[2SA.11.22] And the angel went and came and told David everything that Joab had sent to him.
[2SA.11.23] And the messenger said to David, "because the people have grown strong against us, and they went out to meet us in the field, and we were able to advance upon them up to the entrance of the gate."
[2SA.11.24] And the Moraim saw the servants of me from above the wall, and the servants of the king died. Also, my servant Uriah the Hittite is dead.
[2SA.11.25] And David said to the messenger, "Thus you shall say to Joab: ‘Do not let this matter displease you, for thus and thus shall the sword devour. Strengthen your warfare against the city and destroy it, and strengthen yourself.’
[2SA.11.26] And the wife of Uriyah heard that Uriyah, a man, had died, and she mourned for her husband.
[2SA.11.27] And the mourning passed, and David sent and brought her to his house, and she became his wife, and she bore him a son. But the thing that David had done was evil in the eyes of Yahveh.
2SA.12
[2SA.12.1] And Yahveh sent Nathan to David, and he came to him and said to him, "There were two men in one city, one rich and one poor."
[2SA.12.2] To the rich one, there were sheep and cattle in very great abundance.
[2SA.12.3] And to the poor man there was nothing, except one small lamb that he purchased and sustained with life, and it grew up with him and with his sons together, from his bite it would eat and from his cup it would drink, and in his lap it would lie, and it became to him like a daughter.
[2SA.12.4] And Helek came to the rich man, and desired to take from his sheep and from his cattle, to prepare for the guest coming to him. And he took the lamb of the man, the poor one, and he made it for the man coming to him.
[2SA.12.5] And the anger of David burned greatly against the man, and he said to Nathan, “Alive is Yahveh, that the man who does this is a son of death.”
[2SA.12.6] And the lamb he will repay four times because of that he did this thing, and upon that he did not have compassion.
[2SA.12.7] And Nathan said to David, "You are the man. Thus says Yahveh, the God of Israel: I anointed you to be king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul."
[2SA.12.8] And I gave to you the house of your lord and the women of your lord into your bosom, and I gave to you the house of Israel and Judah. And if it is little, I will add to you priestesses and priests.
[2SA.12.9] Why have you despised the word of Yahveh to do evil in His eyes? You struck Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and you took his wife for yourself as a wife, and you killed him with the sword of the sons of Ammon.
[2SA.12.10] And now, the sword will not depart from your house forever, because you have despised Yahveh and you took the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.
[2SA.12.11] Thus says Yahveh, behold, I am raising up evil against you from your house, and I will take your wives before your eyes, and I will give them to your neighbor, and he will lie with your wives before this sun.
[2SA.12.12] For you made it in secret, and I will do this thing against all Israel and against the sun.
[2SA.12.13] And David said to Nathan, "I have sinned to Yahveh." And Nathan said to David, "Also, Yahveh has taken away your sin; you will not die."
[2SA.12.14] Indeed, because you have utterly despised the enemies of Yahveh in this matter, also, the son born to you will utterly die.
[2SA.12.15] Then Nathan went to David’s house, and Yahveh afflicted the child that Bathsheba, Uriah’s wife, bore to David, and the child became sick.
[2SA.12.16] And David sought the Gods on behalf of the young man, and David fasted and came in and stayed and lay on the ground.
[2SA.12.17] And the elders of his house rose up against him, to establish him from the land. But he refused, and did not share bread with them.
[2SA.12.18] And it happened on the seventh day that the child died, and the servants of David were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, because they said, "Behold, while the child was alive, we spoke to him, and he did not listen to our voice, so how shall we tell him the child is dead and he will do evil?"
[2SA.12.19] And David saw that his servants were whispering, and David understood that the child was dead. And David said to his servants, "Is the child dead?" And they said, "Dead."
[2SA.12.20] And David rose from the ground and washed and anointed himself and changed his garments and entered the house of Yahveh and he worshipped and he entered to his house and he asked and they set before him bread and he ate.
[2SA.12.21] His people said to him, "What is this thing that you have done? Because of the child being alive, you fasted and you wept, and when the child died, you arose and you ate bread."
[2SA.12.22] And he said, while the child was still living, I fasted and I wept, for I said, who knows if Yahveh will show favor to me and the child will live?
[2SA.12.23] And now, why am I deprived, this is why I fast? Will the food return to me still? I go to him, and he will not return to me.
[2SA.12.24] And David comforted Bathsheba, his wife, and he went to her and lay with her, and she bore a son, and he called his name Solomon, and Yahveh loved him.
[2SA.12.25] And He sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and He called his name Yedidiyah for the sake of Yahveh.
[2SA.12.26] And Yoav fought against Rabbah of the people of Ammon, and he captured the city of kingship.
[2SA.12.27] And Joab sent messengers to David, and he said, "I fought at Rabbah, and I captured the city of water."
[2SA.12.28] And now, gather the remainder of the people and set [them] upon the city and capture it, lest I capture the city and my name be called upon it.
[2SA.12.29] And David gathered all the people and went to Rabbah, and he fought against it, and he captured it.
[2SA.12.30] And he took the crown of their king from upon his head, and its weight was a talent of gold and a precious stone, and it was upon the head of David. And a very great amount of the plunder of the city was brought out.
[2SA.12.31] And he brought out the people who were in it and put them in saws, and in iron threshing implements, and in iron axes, and he made them work with these. Thus he did to all the cities of the people of Ammon, and David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
2SA.13
[2SA.13.1] And it was after these things, and to Absalom, son of David, a beautiful sister, and her name was Tamar, and Amnon, son of David, loved her.
[2SA.13.2] And it formed in Amnon’s heart to begin, because of Tamar his sister, for she was a virgin. And it appeared wonderful in the eyes of Amnon to do something for her.
[2SA.13.3] And Amnon had a friend, and his name was Jonadab, son of Shimea, brother of David. And Jonadab was a very wise man.
[2SA.13.4] And he said to him, "Why are you so weak, son of the king, morning by morning? Will you not tell me?" And Amnon said to him, "I love Tamar, the sister of Absalom, my brother."
[2SA.13.5] Then Yhonadav said to her, "Lie on your bed and pretend to be ill, and your father will come to see you. Then you will say to him, 'Please let Tamar, my sister, bake bread for me and prepare it before my eyes, so that I may see it and eat from her hand.'"
[2SA.13.6] And Amnon lay down and became sick, and the king came to see him. And Amnon said to the king, “Please let Tamar my sister come and prepare two cakes for my eyes, and I will take them from her hand.”
[2SA.13.7] And David sent Tamar home, saying, "Go now to the house of Amnon, your brother, and prepare the food for him."
[2SA.13.8] And Tamar went to the house of Amnon her brother, and he was lying down. And she took flour and kneaded it, and she formed cakes, and baked them before his eyes.
[2SA.13.9] And she took the servant and presented it before him, and he refused to eat. And Amnon said, "Remove every man from before me." And every man went out from before him.
[2SA.13.10] And Amnon said to Tamar, "Bring the food to the room, and I will eat from your hand." And Tamar took the foods that she made and brought them to Amnon her brother to the room.
[2SA.13.11] And she drew near to him to eat, and he strengthened in her and said to her, "Come, lie down with me, my sister."
[2SA.13.12] And she said to him, "Do not afflict me, my brother, because such a thing is not done in Israel. Do not do this outrage!"
[2SA.13.13] And I, where will I go to carry my disgrace? And you will be like one of the worthless ones in Israel. And now please speak to the king, for he will not restrain me from you.
[2SA.13.14] And he did not desire to hear her voice. And he strengthened himself against her and humbled her, and he lay with her.
[2SA.13.15] And Amnon hated her with a great hatred, for the hatred which he hated her with was greater than the love which he loved her with. And Amnon said to her, “Get up and go!”
[2SA.13.16] And she said to him, "Do not do this great evil from after what you have done with me by sending me away." And he refused to listen to her.
[2SA.13.17] And he called to his servant, and he said, "Please send this one away from my presence to the outside, and lock the door behind her."
[2SA.13.18] And upon her was a patterned tunic, for thus would dress the daughters of the king, the virgins, with cloaks. And his servant, the outer one, took her out, and he locked the door behind her.
[2SA.13.19] And Tamar took ashes and placed them upon her head, and tore the garment of patterns which was upon her. And she placed her hand upon her head and went walking and cried out.
[2SA.13.20] And Absalom spoke to her, saying, "Your brother Amnon was with you, and now, my sister, be silent concerning your brother, he is the one. Do not set your heart upon this matter." And Tamar sat in silence, and the house of Absalom, her brother, was desolate.
[2SA.13.21] And the king David heard all these words, and he was very angry to him.
[2SA.13.22] And Absalom did not speak with Amnon, whether for evil or for good, because Absalom hated Amnon on account of the matter that Amnon humiliated Tamar, his sister.
[2SA.13.23] And it came to pass after two years of days that shearers were shearing for Absalom in Baal Hazor, which is with Ephraim. And Absalom called for all the sons of the king.
[2SA.13.24] And Absalom came to the king and said, "Behold, now shearers are for your servant. Please let the king and his servants go with your servant."
[2SA.13.25] And the king said to Avshalom, "Not, my son, let us all not go, and not be honored upon you." And he broke away from him and refused to go, and his father blessed him.
[2SA.13.26] And Absalom said, "Let not Amnon, my brother, go with us." And the king said to him, "Why should Amnon go with you?"
[2SA.13.27] And Absalom sent out with him Amnon and all the sons of the king.
[2SA.13.28] And Absalom commanded his young men, saying, "See now, when Amnon's heart is good with wine, and I say to you, 'Strike Amnon and put him to death,' do not fear. Surely I have commanded you, be strong, and be men of valor."
[2SA.13.29] And Absalom’s young men did to Amnon as Absalom had commanded. And all the king’s sons arose and each rode upon his mule, and they fled.
[2SA.13.30] And they were on the way, and the report came to David saying, “Avshalom struck all the sons of the king, and none remained from them.”
[2SA.13.31] And the king rose and he tore his clothes and he lay on the ground, and all his servants were standing with torn clothes.
[2SA.13.32] And Yonadav, the son of Shimeah, brother of David, responded and said, "Let not my Lord say that all the young men, sons of the king, should be killed, for Amnon alone is dead. For it was by the command of Absalom that this was determined, from the day he humiliated Tamar, his sister."
[2SA.13.33] And now, let not my Lord the king put it into his heart to say that all the sons of the king have died, but only Amnon alone is dead.
[2SA.13.34] And Absalom fled and the young man, the watcher of his eyes, lifted his eyes and saw, and behold, a great people walking after him from the side of the mountain.
[2SA.13.35] And Yonadav said to the king, "Behold, the sons of the king have come, as the word of your servant, so it was."
[2SA.13.36] And it happened, when he finished speaking, that the sons of the king came, and they raised their voice and wept, and also the king and all his servants wept with very great weeping.
[2SA.13.37] And Absalom fled and went to Talmai son of Amichur, the king of Geshur. And he mourned for his son all the days.
[2SA.13.38] And Absalom fled and went to Geshur, and he remained there for three years.
[2SA.13.39] And David the king ceased to pursue Absalom, because he grieved over Amnon, because he died.
2SA.14
[2SA.14.1] And Joab, son of Zeruiah, knew that the heart of the king was toward Absalom.
[2SA.14.2] And Yo'av sent to Tekoa and took from there a wise woman, and said to her, "Please mourn, and put on garments of mourning, and do not anoint yourself with oil, and be like a woman who has mourned for many days, mourning for the dead."
[2SA.14.3] And you will come to the king and speak to him as this matter, and Yoav put the words in her mouth.
[2SA.14.4] And the woman from Tekoa said to the king, and she fell upon her face to the ground and prostrated herself, and she said, "Save my Lord!"
[2SA.14.5] And the king said to her, "What do you desire?" And she responded, "But I am a widow, and my husband has died."
[2SA.14.6] And to your servant woman, two sons were born, and they struggled with each other in the field, and there was no rescuer between them, and the one brother struck the other and killed him.
[2SA.14.7] And behold, all the family rose up against your female servant and said, “Give us the one who struck his brother, and we will put him to death for the life of his brother whom he killed, and we will also destroy the inheritor, and we will extinguish the glowing ember that remains, so that no name is left for my man, and no remnant remains on the face of the earth.
[2SA.14.8] And the king said to the woman, "Go to your house, and I will command concerning you."
[2SA.14.9] Then the woman from Tekoa said to the king, "Regarding me, my Lord the king, the wrongdoing is mine, and regarding the house of my father. But the king and his throne are innocent."
[2SA.14.10] And the king said, “The one who speaks to you, bring him to me, and he will not touch you anymore.”
[2SA.14.11] And she said, "May the king remember Yahveh, your Gods, from multiplying as a redeemer of blood for destruction, and may they not destroy my sons." And he said, "As Yahveh lives, not one hair of your son shall fall to the ground."
[2SA.14.12] And the woman said, "May your handmaid speak something to my Lord the king?" And he said, "Speak!"
[2SA.14.13] And the woman said, "Why have you considered this thing against the people of God? And why has the king spoken this matter as if it were a transgression, without intending for the king to restore the banished one?"
[2SA.14.14] For we die, and like water that is poured out upon the earth, it is not gathered back. And my Lord does not lift up a soul, and He calculates thoughts, so that a castaway is not rejected from among us.
[2SA.14.15] And now, because I have come to speak to the king, my Lord, this word, because the people may see me, your servant said, "May I speak to the king? Perhaps the king will do the word of his faithful one."
[2SA.14.16] For the king will listen to save the woman who is his from the hand of the man, to destroy me and my son together from the inheritance of the Gods.
[2SA.14.17] And the servant girl said, "May the word of my Lord the king be for rest, because as an angel of the Gods, so my Lord the king listens to good and to evil. And Yahveh, your God, may be with you."
[2SA.14.18] And the king answered and said to the woman, "Please do not hide anything from me, concerning what I am about to ask you." And the woman said, "My Lord, the king, may He speak."
[2SA.14.19] And the king said, "Was Joab with you in all of this?" And the woman answered and said, "May your life be assured, my Lord the king. Do not think or cause harm, for your servant Joab is the one who commanded me, and he put all of these words in the mouth of your handmaid."
[2SA.14.20] Because of the circumstances surrounding the matter, your servant Joab did this thing. And my Lord is wise, like the wisdom of an angel of the Gods, to know everything that is in the land.
[2SA.14.21] And the king said to Yoav, "Behold, I have done this thing, and you go, return the young man, Avshalom."
[2SA.14.22] And Joab fell to his face to the ground, and he bowed down and blessed the king. And Joab said, “Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your eyes, my Lord the king, in that the king has done the thing of his servant.”
[2SA.14.23] And Joab arose and went to Geshur, and Joab brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
[2SA.14.24] And the king said, “Turn to your house, and may your face not see mine.” And Avshalom turned to his house, and the face of the king did not see.
[2SA.14.25] And there was no man in all Israel to be praised as greatly as Absalom, from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.
[2SA.14.26] And when he shaves his head, it will be at the completion of days, for the days during which he shaves, because it is heavy upon him, and he shaves it. And he will weigh the hair of his head, two hundred shekels with the stone of the king.
[2SA.14.27] And they bore to Absalom three sons and one daughter, and her name was Tamar. She was a woman beautiful of appearance.
[2SA.14.28] And Absalom sat in Jerusalem for two years, and the face of the king he did not see.
[2SA.14.29] And Absalom sent to Joab to go to the king, but he was unwilling to come to him. And he sent again a second time, but he was unwilling to come.
[2SA.14.30] And he said to his servants, "Look at the portion of Yoav that is in my hand, and for him there are wheat fields. Go and I will ignite it with fire." And the servants of Avshalom ignited the portion with fire.
[2SA.14.31] And Joab rose and came to Absalom’s house and said to him, “Why did your servant ignite the portion which is mine with fire?”
[2SA.14.32] And Absalom said to Joab, “Behold, I sent to you, saying, ‘Come here, and I will send you to the king, saying, ‘Why did I come from Geshur? It is good for me still to be there.’ And now let me see the face of the king, and if there is wrongdoing in me, he should put me to death.”
[2SA.14.33] And Joab came to the king and told him. And he called to Absalom, and Absalom came to the king and bowed himself to him, face to the ground before the king. And the king kissed Absalom.
2SA.15
[2SA.15.1] And it came to pass after these things that Avshalom made for himself a chariot and horses, and fifty men ran before him.
[2SA.15.2] And Absalom rose early and stood by the side of the way of the gate. And it happened that every man who had a dispute to come to the king for judgment, Absalom called to him and said, "From what city are you?" And he said, "I am a servant of yours, from one of the tribes of Israel."
[2SA.15.3] And he said to him, Absalom, behold, your matter is good and truthful, and there is no one who listens to you from the king.
[2SA.15.4] And Absalom said, "Who will appoint me as a judge in the land, so that all men who have a dispute or judgement will come to me, and I will deliver justice to them?"
[2SA.15.5] And it will be within a man to prostrate himself before him, and he will extend his hand and strengthen him, and he will kiss him.
[2SA.15.6] And Absalom did this thing to all Israel, to those who came for judgement to the king, and Absalom stole the heart of the men of Israel.
[2SA.15.7] And it came to pass at the end of forty years, and Absalom said to the king, “Let me go, and I will pay my vows which I vowed to Yahveh in Hebron.”
[2SA.15.8] For a vow my servant vowed while I sat in Geshur in Aram, to say, if Yahveh will return and restore me, I will serve Yahveh.
[2SA.15.9] And the king said to him, "Go in peace." And he rose and went to Hebron.
[2SA.15.10] And Avshalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “When you hear the sound of the shofar, then you shall say, ‘Avshalom reigns in Chevron.’”
[2SA.15.11] And two hundred people went from Jerusalem, called and going in innocence, and they did not know anything.
[2SA.15.12] And Absalom sent Ahithophel the Gilite, the counselor of David, from his city Giloh while he was sacrificing the sacrifices. And the conspiracy became strong, and the people kept going and increasing with Absalom.
[2SA.15.13] And the messenger came to David to say, "The desire of the people of Israel is for someone other than Absalom."
[2SA.15.14] And David said to all his servants who were with him in Jerusalem, "Rise, and let us flee, for there will be no escape for us from Absalom. Hurry and go, lest he quickly overtake us and bring disaster upon us, and strike the city with the sword."
[2SA.15.15] And the servants of the king said to the king, "Whatever my Lord the king chooses, behold, your servants are here."
[2SA.15.16] And the king went out, with all his house walking, and the king abandoned ten women, concubines, to guard the house.
[2SA.15.17] And the king went out, and all the people followed at his feet, and they stood at the distant house.
[2SA.15.18] And all of his servants pass by his hand, and all those I have destroyed, and all those I have delivered, and all of the Hittites, six hundred men who came on foot from Gath, pass before the face of the king.
[2SA.15.19] And the king said to Ittai the Gittite, "Why would you go also with us? Return and sit with the king, for you are a stranger and also an exile to your place."
[2SA.15.20] Yesterday I appealed to you, and today I implore you to go with us. And I go on the path I am going. Return and bring your brothers with you, acting with kindness and truth.
[2SA.15.21] And Ittai answered the king and said, "As Yahveh lives, and as my Lord the king lives, truly, wherever my Lord the king may be, there will your servant be, whether for death or for life."
[2SA.15.22] And David said to Ittai, "Go and pass over." And Ittai passed over with me, the Gittite, and all his people, and all the children who were with him.
[2SA.15.23] And all the land is weeping, a great sound, and all the people are passing. And the king is passing in the valley of Kidron, and all the people are passing on the face of the way to the wilderness.
[2SA.15.24] And behold, also Tsadoq and all the Levites were with him, carrying the Ark of the Gods, and they poured water on the Ark of the Gods, and Evyatar went up until all the people had passed from the city.
[2SA.15.25] And the king said to Zadok, "Return the Ark of the Gods to the city. If I find favor in the eyes of Yahveh, then Yahveh will bring me back and show me it and its dwelling place."
[2SA.15.26] And if He says thus, "I did not desire you," behold, I will do for myself what is good in His eyes.
[2SA.15.27] And the king said to Tzadok the priest, “Do you see, have you observed if the city has returned in peace? And Achimaatz, your son, and Jehohanan, son of Evyatar, two of your sons are with you.”
[2SA.15.28] See, I will tarry in the passes of the wilderness until a word comes from you to declare to me.
[2SA.15.29] And Zadok and Abiathar returned the ark of the Gods to Jerusalem, and they settled there.
[2SA.15.30] And David was ascending up the slope of the Mount of Olives, ascending and weeping, and his head was covered, and he was walking barefoot. And all the people who were with him covered each of their heads and they ascended, ascending and weeping.
[2SA.15.31] And David declared, saying, "Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom." And David said, "Please let Yahveh frustrate the counsel of Ahithophel."
[2SA.15.32] And it happened that David came until the peak where he would worship the Gods, and behold, to meet him came Chushi the Arkite, his garment torn and dust on his head.
[2SA.15.33] And he said to him, David, “If you have transgressed with me, and you have been upon me as a burden.”
[2SA.15.34] And if the city returns and you say to Absalom, "Your servant I am, the king I will be, the servant of your father, and I have been from then until now, and I am your servant," and you carry out for me the counsel of Ahitophel.
[2SA.15.35] And isn’t Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, with you there? So, whatever you hear from the king’s house, you shall tell to Zadok and to Abiathar, the priests.
[2SA.15.36] Behold, there with them are two sons of them, Achimaatz to Zadok and Jehohanan to Ebiyar. And you shall send them by their hands to me, every matter that you hear.
[2SA.15.37] And Hushai, the friend of David, came to the city, and Absalom came to Jerusalem.
2SA.16
[2SA.16.1] And David passed a little beyond the ascent, and behold, Ziba the servant of Mephiboshet came to meet him, and two saddled donkeys with two hundred loaves of bread and one hundred raisins and one hundred cakes and a wineskin of wine upon them.
[2SA.16.2] And the king said to Ziba, "What are these for?" And Ziba said, "The donkeys are for the king’s house to ride, and the provisions are for sustenance, and the summer fruit is for the young men to eat, and the wine is for the weary to drink in the wilderness.
[2SA.16.3] And the king said, "Where is the son of my Lord?" And Ziba said to the king, "Behold, he is sitting in Jerusalem, for he said, 'Today, the house of Israel will restore to me the kingdom of my father.'"
[2SA.16.4] And the king said to Tziba, "Behold, to you is all that belonged to Mefi-boshet." And Tziba said, "I have prostrated myself; may I find favor in your eyes, my Lord, the king."
[2SA.16.5] And the king, David, came until Bahurim, and behold, a man came out from the family of the house of Saul, and his name was Shimei, son of Gera. He came out and cursed.
[2SA.16.6] And they pelted David and all the servants of the king David, and all the people and all the heroes from his right side and from his left side with stones.
[2SA.16.7] And thus said Shimei in his cursing: “Go out, go out, man of the bloods, and man of worthlessness!”
[2SA.16.8] Yahveh will return upon you all the bloodshed of the house of Saul, for which you reigned in its place. And Yahveh has given the kingdom into the hand of Absalom, your son. And now you are in distress, because you are a man of blood.
[2SA.16.9] And Abishai, son of Zeruiah, said to the king, “Why would this dead dog curse my Lord the king? Please let me cross over and remove its head.”
[2SA.16.10] And the king said, "What concern is it to me and to you, sons of Zeruya, that you curse? For Yahveh said to him, 'Curse David,' and who can say why you have done this?"
[2SA.16.11] And David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, my son who has come forth from my womb is seeking my life. And even now, my favorite son, let him be, and let him curse, for Yahveh has commanded him to do so.”
[2SA.16.12] Perhaps Yahveh will see my affliction, and Yahveh will return good to me instead of its curse this day.
[2SA.16.13] And David and his men went on the road, and Shimei went walking on the side of the mountain, opposite them, walking, and he cursed and threw stones at him, opposite him, and threw dust into the dust.
[2SA.16.14] And the king came, and all the people who were with him were weary, and he rested there.
[2SA.16.15] And Absalom and all the people, every man of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel was with him.
[2SA.16.16] And it happened, as Hushai the Arkite came, a friend of David, to Absalom, and Hushai said to Absalom, "May the king live, may the king live."
[2SA.16.17] And Avshalom said to Chushi, "This is your kindness to your friend, why did you not go with your friend?"
[2SA.16.18] And Hushai said to Absalom, "No, for what Yahveh has chosen, and this people, and all the men of Israel, with him I will not be, and with him I will dwell."
[2SA.16.19] And the second, to whom should I serve? Is it not before his son? As I served before your father, so will I be before you.
[2SA.16.20] And Avshalom said to Achitophel, "Bring advice to you, what shall we do?"
[2SA.16.21] And Achitophel said to Absalom, "Go to the concubines of your father, whom he left to watch over the house, and let all of Israel hear that you have humiliated your father, and the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened."
[2SA.16.22] And they set up the tent for Avshalom on the roof, and Avshalom came to the concubines of his father before the eyes of all Israel.
[2SA.16.23] And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was as if one asked of the Gods. Thus, all the counsel of Ahithophel was good, both to David and to Absalom.
2SA.17
[2SA.17.1] And Achitophel said to Absalom, “Please let me choose twelve thousand men, and I will rise and pursue after David tonight.”
[2SA.17.2] And I will go against him, and he will grow weary and his hands will become weak, and I will terrify him, and all the people who are with him will flee. And I will strike the king by himself.
[2SA.17.3] And I will return all the people to you, as the whole, the man whom you seek; all the people will be peace.
[2SA.17.4] And the matter was right in the eyes of Absalom, and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel.
[2SA.17.5] And Absalom said, "Please call also Hushai the Arkite, and we will hear what is in his mouth, also he."
[2SA.17.6] And Hushai came to Absalom, and Absalom said to him, saying, “Is this the thing that Ahithophel spoke? Should we do his word, or not? You speak.”
[2SA.17.7] And Hushai said to Absalom, "The counsel which Achitophel advised is not good at this time."
[2SA.17.8] And Hushai said, "You know your father and his men, that they are mighty warriors and men of courage. Like a grief-stricken bear in the field, your father is a man of war, and he will not allow harm to come to the people."
[2SA.17.9] Behold, now he is hidden in one of the hiding places or in one of the places, and it will be when one falls among them at first, and the listener hears and says, "There was a plague among the people who followed Absalom."
[2SA.17.10] And also, he is a son of strength, whose heart is like a lion; he melts, he melts; because all of Israel knows that your father was mighty, and valiant men were with him.
[2SA.17.11] For I have decided that all of Israel will be gathered to you, from Dan to Beersheba, like the sand that is on the sea, for multitude, and your face goes in battle.
[2SA.17.12] And we will go to God in one of the places where he is found, and we will fall upon him as the dew falls upon the ground, and there will remain in him, nor in all the people who are with him, even one.
[2SA.17.13] And if a city refuses to be taken, all of Israel will attach ropes to that city and we will drag it to the valley until nothing is found there, not even a small bundle.
[2SA.17.14] And Absalom and all the people of Israel said, "The counsel of Hushai the Archite is good, surpassing the counsel of Ahithophel." And Yahveh commanded to nullify the good counsel of Ahithophel, for the purpose of Yahveh bringing evil upon Absalom.
[2SA.17.15] And Hushai said to Zadok and to Abiathar, the priests, "This and that is what Achitophel has advised Absalom and the elders of Israel, and this and that is what I have advised."
[2SA.17.16] And now send quickly and tell David, saying, do not delay tonight in the plains of the wilderness, and also pass through, lest trouble come upon the king and all the people who are with him.
[2SA.17.17] And Jonathan and Ahimaaz were standing by the well of Rogel, and the servant girl went and told them, and they went and told King David that they were unable to show themselves to enter the city.
[2SA.17.18] And a young man saw them and told Absalom, and the two of them went quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim, and he had a well in his courtyard, and they descended there.
[2SA.17.19] And the woman took, and spread the covering over the face of the well, and she spread the refesh upon it, and nothing was known.
[2SA.17.20] The servants of Absalom came to the woman's house and said, "Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan?" The woman said to them, "They have crossed over the brook Kidron." They searched, but did not find them, and returned to Jerusalem.
[2SA.17.21] And it was, after they had gone, they ascended from the well and went, and they told King David, and they said to David, "Arise and cross the waters quickly, for thus advised upon you Achitophel."
[2SA.17.22] And David rose, and all the people who were with him, and they crossed the Jordan until the light of morning, until not one was missing, who did not cross the Jordan.
[2SA.17.23] And Ahitophel saw that his counsel was not done, and he harnessed his donkey and arose and went to his house, to his city. And he commanded his household, and he strangled himself and died, and he was buried in the tomb of his father.
[2SA.17.24] And David came to the camp, and Absalom crossed the Jordan, he, and all the people of Israel with him.
[2SA.17.25] And Absalom set Amasa in place of Joab over the army. And Amasa was the son of a man, and his name was Ithra the Israelite, who came to Abigail, daughter of Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, mother of Joab.
[2SA.17.26] And Israel and Avshalom camped in the land of the Gilead.
[2SA.17.27] And it happened, when David came to his camp, that Shobi son of Nahash came from Rabbah of the Ammonites, and Machir son of Amiel filled with a word, and Barzilai the Gileadite came from spies.
[2SA.17.28] A couch and coverings, and pottery vessels, and wheat and barley and flour and roasted grain, and beans and lentils and roasted grain.
[2SA.17.29] And honey and butter and sheep and cattle they brought to David and to the people who were with him, to eat, for the people said, 'We are hungry and weary and thirsty in the wilderness.'
2SA.18
[2SA.18.1] And David counted the people who were with him, and he appointed commanders of thousands over them and commanders of hundreds.
[2SA.18.2] And David sent out a third of the people with Joab, and a third of the people with Abishai son of Zeruiah, brother of Joab, and a third of the people with Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the people, "I will go out with you also."
[2SA.18.3] And the people said, "Do not go out, for unless we flee, they will not pay attention to us. And if half of us die, they will still not pay attention to us, because now we are like ten thousand, and now it is good that we be for you from the city as helpers."
[2SA.18.4] And he said to them, "Whatever is good in your eyes, I will do." And the king stood by the gate, and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands.
[2SA.18.5] And the king commanded Yoav, and Avishai, and Ittai, saying, "Be gentle with the boy for Absalom." And all the people heard the commands of the king to all the officials concerning Absalom.
[2SA.18.6] And the people went out into the field to meet Israel, and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim.
[2SA.18.7] And there they struck the people of Israel before the servants of David, and there the plague was great on that day, twenty thousand.
[2SA.18.8] And the war was scattered across the face of all the land, and the forest increased to consume the people, as the sword had consumed [them] on that day.
[2SA.18.9] And Absalom was reached by the servants of David, and Absalom was riding upon the donkey, and the donkey came under the covering of the oak, the large one, and he held his head in the oak, and it was given between the heavens and the earth, and the donkey which was under him passed through.
[2SA.18.10] And one man saw and told to Joab, and said, "Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in the oak tree."
[2SA.18.11] And Yoab said to the man who told him, “Behold, you have seen it! Why did you not strike him there to the ground? And upon me it will be to give to you ten pieces of silver and one belt.”
[2SA.18.12] The man said to Joab, "Surely I will not weigh out on my hands a thousand pieces of silver, nor will I stretch out my hand against the king’s son. For the king has commanded me, and Abishai, and Ittai, saying, ‘Guard the young man Absalom from harm.’
[2SA.18.13] And I have made deceit in his soul, and every word will not be refuted from the king, and you will stand opposite.
[2SA.18.14] And Yoav said, "No, I will not wait for you." And he took three spears in his hand and thrust them into the heart of Avshalom while he was still alive, into the heart of the terebinth.
[2SA.18.15] And ten young men, carrying the weapons of Yoav, turned and struck Avshalom, and they killed him.
[2SA.18.16] And Yoav sounded the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel, because Yoav had spared the people.
[2SA.18.17] They took Absalom and cast him into the forest, to the great pit. They erected a very large heap of stones upon him. And all Israel fled, every man to his tent.
[2SA.18.18] And Absalom took and set up for himself a monument in his lifetime, which was in the Valley of the King, because he said, “I have no son to remember my name.” And he called the monument by his name, and it was called Absalom’s Hand until this day.
[2SA.18.19] And Achimeatz, son of Zadok, said, "Let me now run and bring the good news to the king, for Yahveh has judged him from the hand of his enemies."
[2SA.18.20] And Joab said to him, "You are not a man of good news today, and you will bring news on another day. Today you shall not bring news, because upon him is the death of the king’s son."
[2SA.18.21] And Yoav said to the Kushite, "Go, tell the king what you have seen." And the Kushite bowed to Yoav and ran.
[2SA.18.22] And Ahimaaz added, saying to Joab, "May I also run, please, after the Cushite?" And Joab said, "Why are you running, my son? There is no news to be found."
[2SA.18.23] And it was as if he said, ‘I will run!’ And he said to him, ‘Run!’ And Ahimaatz ran by way of the valley and passed over the Cushite.
[2SA.18.24] And David was sitting between the two gates, and the watchman went to the roof of the gate, to the wall, and he lifted his eyes and saw, and behold, a man was running alone.
[2SA.18.25] And the watchman called out and told the king, and the king said, "Is the good news only in his mouth alone?" And he went, going and drawing near.
[2SA.18.26] And the watchman saw another man running, and the watchman called to the gatekeeper, and said, “Behold, a man is running alone!” And the king said, “Also this one is a messenger.”
[2SA.18.27] And the watchman said, "I see the running of the first, like the running of Ahimaaz, son of Zadok." And the king said, "This man is good, and good news will come through him."
[2SA.18.28] And Achimeatz called out and said to the king, "Peace." And they bowed before the king, face to the ground. And he said, "Blessed be Yahveh, the Gods of your God, who has delivered those who raised their hand against my Lord, the king."
[2SA.18.29] And the king said, "Peace to the young man concerning Absalom." And Ahimaaz said, "I saw a great multitude being sent out with the servant of the king, Joab, and with your servant, and I did not know what it was concerning."
[2SA.18.30] And the king said, “Turn and establish yourself here.” And he turned and he stood.
[2SA.18.31] And behold, the Cushite came and said, "Let it be announced to my Lord the king that Yahveh has judged you today from the hand of all those who rise up against you."
[2SA.18.32] And the king said to the Cushite, "Is there peace for the young man, for Absalom?" And the Cushite said, "May the enemies of 'my Lord the king' be like that young man, and all who rise up against you for evil."
2SA.19
[2SA.19.1] And the king trembled, and he went up to the upper room of the gate and wept. And thus he said as he went: "My son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Oh, that I had died instead of you, Absalom, my son, my son!"
[2SA.19.2] And it was told to Yoav, behold, the king was weeping and mourning over Avshalom.
[2SA.19.3] And the deliverance on that day became mourning for all the people, because the people heard on that day, saying, "The king is grieved for his son."
[2SA.19.4] And the people crept into the city on that day, as the ashamed people creep when fleeing in war.
[2SA.19.5] And the king turned down his face, and the king cried out with a great voice, "My son Avshalom! Avshalom, my son, my son!"
[2SA.19.6] And Joab came to the king’s house and said, “Today you have shamed the faces of all your servants who escape with your life today, and the life of your sons and your daughters, and the life of your wives, and the life of your concubines.”
[2SA.19.7] To love your enemies and to hate your friends, because you have declared today that you have no rulers and no servants. Because I have known today that Absalom is not alive and all of us today are dying, because then it is right in your eyes.
[2SA.19.8] And now, arise, go out, and speak to the hearts of my servants, for Yahveh has sworn that you will not go out if a man spends the night with you tonight. And this will be evil to you from all the evil that has come upon you from your youth until now.
[2SA.19.9] The king rose and sat at the gate, and they told all the people, saying, "Behold, the king is sitting at the gate!" Then all the people came before the king, and Israel retreated each man to his tents.
[2SA.19.10] And it happened that all the people were in discussion amongst all the tribes of Israel, saying, "The king saved us from the hand of our enemies, and he delivered us from the hand of the Philistines. And now he has fled from the land because of Absalom."
[2SA.19.11] And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, died in the war. And now, why are you silent in returning the king?
[2SA.19.12] And the king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, "Speak to the elders of Judah, saying, 'Why are you the last to return the king to his house?' And the report from all Israel came to the king at his house.
[2SA.19.13] You are my brothers, you are of my bones and of my flesh. Why would you be the last to bring back the king?
[2SA.19.14] And to Amasa you will say, “Do you not understand that my very self and my flesh are involved with this? Thus will the Gods do to me and add to it if you do not become my army commander for all my days, in place of Joab.”
[2SA.19.15] And the heart of all the men of Judah inclined as one man, and they sent to the king, saying, "Return, you and all your servants."
[2SA.19.16] The king returned and came until the Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal to go to meet the king, to escort the king across the Jordan.
[2SA.19.17] And Shimei son of Gera, son of the Heminite, who was among the choice men, hastened and descended with a man of Judah to meet King David.
[2SA.19.18] And one thousand men were with him from Benjamin, and Ziba, a young man of Saul’s house, and his fifteen sons, and twenty of his servants were with him. And they crossed the Jordan before the king.
[2SA.19.19] And the passing one, the Passing, went to the one who passes through the house of the king, and to do what is good in his eyes. And Shimei, son of Gera, fell before the king while he was passing over the Jordan.
[2SA.19.20] And he said to the king, "Do not consider wrongdoing for me, my Lord, and do not remember the error that your servant made on the day that my Lord the king departed from Jerusalem, to set the king's heart against it."
[2SA.19.21] For your servant knows that I have sinned, and behold, I have come today, first of all the house of Joseph, to meet my Lord the king.
[2SA.19.22] And Abishai, son of Zeruiah, responded and said, "Should Shimei not be put to death instead of this, because he cursed the anointed one of Yahveh?"
[2SA.19.23] And David said, "What connection do I have with you, sons of Zeruiah, that you would be adversaries to me today? Today, a man will die in Israel, for did I not know that today I am king over Israel?"
[2SA.19.24] And the king said to Shimei, "You will not die." And the king swore to him.
[2SA.19.25] And Mephiboshet, son of Saul, went down to meet the king, and he had not cared for his feet or his beard, and he had not washed his clothes from the day the king returned until the day he came in peace.
[2SA.19.26] And it happened, when he came to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said to him, "Why did you not go with me from Mefiboshet?"
[2SA.19.27] And my Lord the king said to your servant, “Deceive me!” Because your servant said, “Let me have a donkey to ride, and I will go to my Lord the king, because your servant is tired.”
[2SA.19.28] And he spied in your servant, to my Lord the king, and my Lord the king is like an angel of the Gods, and do the good in your sight.
[2SA.19.29] For there was not any of my father’s house except men of death to my Lord the King, and you have set your servant among those who eat at your table. What more righteousness do I have, and to cry again to the King?
[2SA.19.30] And the king said to him, "Why do you continue to speak your words? I have said that you and Tsiba will divide the field."
[2SA.19.31] And Mephibosheth said to the king, “May I also forfeit everything, now that my Lord the king has returned safely to his house.”
[2SA.19.32] And Barzilai the Gileadite descended from Rogelim and he passed the king across the Jordan to send the king across the Jordan.
[2SA.19.33] And Barzilai was a very old man, son of eighty years, and he sustained the king in his sojourn in Mahanaim, for a great man he was, very much so.
[2SA.19.34] And the king said to Barzilai, "You shall go with me, and I will provide for you with me in Jerusalem."
[2SA.19.35] And Barzilai said to the king, "How many are the days of my life, that I might ascend with the king to Jerusalem?"
[2SA.19.36] I am eighty years old today. Will I still be able to distinguish between good and evil, if my servant tastes what I eat and what I drink, if I still hear the voices of singers and singing girls? And why should my servant continue to be a burden to my Lord the King?
[2SA.19.37] Almost your servant will go over the Jordan to the king, and why will the king reward me with this reward?
[2SA.19.38] Please let your servant remain and die in my city, with the grave of my father and my mother. And behold, your servant will pass through with my Lord, the king, and do for him what is good in your eyes.
[2SA.19.39] And the king said, "I will let you pass as one esteemed, and I will do good for you according to what is pleasing in your eyes, and all that you choose upon me, I will do for you."
[2SA.19.40] And all the people crossed the Jordan, and the king crossed over. And the king kissed Barzillai and blessed him, and he returned to his place.
[2SA.19.41] And the king crossed over Gilgal, and Chiman crossed over with him, and all the people of Judah and they crossed over with the king, and also half the people of Israel.
[2SA.19.42] And behold, all the people of Israel came to the king and said to the king, “Why have our brothers, the men of Judah, stolen you, and brought the king and his household across the Jordan? And all the people of David were with him.”
[2SA.19.43] Then all the people of Judah answered the people of Israel, "Because the king is near to us, and why is this a source of anger for you concerning this matter? Have we eaten from the king, or has he elevated us?"
[2SA.19.44] And the man of Israel responded to the man of Judah and said, "Ten hands I have with the king, and also with David, I am from you. And why have you diminished me, and why was my first word not for me to return my king?" And the matter of the man of Judah was harsh from the matter of the man of Israel.
2SA.20
[2SA.20.1] And there was called a man of worthlessness, and his name was Sheba, son of Bichri, a man of the right hand; and he blew the trumpet and said, “We have no portion in David, and no inheritance for us in the son of Jesse.” Every man to his tents, Israel!
[2SA.20.2] And all the men of Israel went with David, following Sheba, son of Bichri. And the men of Judah stuck to their king, from the Jordan and up to Jerusalem.
[2SA.20.3] And David came to his house in Jerusalem, and the king took ten women, concubines, that he had left to guard the house, and he placed them in a house of guarding, and he provided for them, and he did not go to them. And they remained bound until the day of their death, a widowhood of life.
[2SA.20.4] And the king said to Amasa, "Summon for me the men of Judah within three days, and you remain here."
[2SA.20.5] And Amasa went to summon Judah, and he delayed from the appointed time that he had set.
[2SA.20.6] And David said to Abishai, "Now it will be evil for us if Sheba, son of Bichri, finds cities with walls and saves our eyes." You, take the servants of my Lord and pursue after him, lest he find for himself cities with fortifications and protect our vision.
[2SA.20.7] And the men of Yo'av went out after him, and Chereti and Peleti and all the heroes, and they went out from Jerusalem to pursue after Sheva, son of Bikri.
[2SA.20.8] They were with the great stone that is in Gibeah, and Amasa came before them. Joab was girded with his clothing, and he went out with his sword drawn and fastened at his waist in its sheath, and he went out, and something fell.
[2SA.20.9] And Joab said to Amasa, "Is peace with you, my brother?" And Joab seized the right hand of Joab with the beard of Amasa to kiss him.
[2SA.20.10] And Amasa was not guarded against the sword that was in the hand of Yoav, and Yoav struck him with it to the fifth rib, and poured out his insides upon the earth, and did not hesitate for him, and he died. And Yoav and Avishai his brother pursued after Sheba son of Bichri.
[2SA.20.11] And a man stood against him from the young men of Joab, and he said, "Who desires Joab, and who is for David after Joab?"
[2SA.20.12] And Amasa was rolling in blood within the road, and the man saw that all the people had stopped, and he turned Amasa off the road into the field, and threw a garment over him as all who came upon him saw, and he stood.
[2SA.20.13] As the thought came from the way, every man went after Joab to pursue Sheba, son of Bichri.
[2SA.20.14] And he passed through all the tribes of Israel, Abel and the house of Maachah, and all the regions, and they comforted him, and they came after him.
[2SA.20.15] And they came and fortified against him at Abel Beth Maacah. And they poured a ramp toward the city, and it stood against the wall. And all the people who were with Joab were destroying to bring down the wall.
[2SA.20.16] And a wise woman from the city called out, "Hear, hear! Please say to Yoav, 'Come near until here, and I will speak to you.'"
[2SA.20.17] And he drew near to her, and the woman said, "Are you Yoav?" And he said, "I am." And she said to him, "Please listen to the words of your servant." And he said, "I am listening."
[2SA.20.18] And she said, speaking, “Speak, let them speak first, saying, ‘Who is to be inquired of – a spirit from Abel?’ And so it was done.”
[2SA.20.19] I am the peace of the faithful of Israel. You seek to kill a city and a nation in Israel. Why would you swallow the inheritance of Yahveh?
[2SA.20.20] And Yoav answered and said, “Far be it from me, far be it from me to weaken, and far be it from me to destroy.”
[2SA.20.21] That is not the thing, for a man from the mountain of Ephraim, Sheba son of Bichri is his name, raised his hand against the king, against David. Give him alone, and I will go up from the city. And the woman said to Joab, “Behold, his head is cast to you over the wall.”
[2SA.20.22] And the woman came to all the people with wisdom, and they cut off the head of Sheba, son of Bichri, and they threw it to Yoav, and he sounded the shofar, and they scattered from over the city, each man to his tent. And Yoav returned to Jerusalem to the king.
[2SA.20.23] And Yoav was over all the army of Israel, and Benayah son of Yehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites.
[2SA.20.24] And Adoram was over the tribute, and Yoshaphat son of Achilud was the recorder.
[2SA.20.25] And Shaya the scribe, and Tsadoq and Evyatar were priests.
[2SA.20.26] And also Ira the Jari was a priest to David.
2SA.21
[2SA.21.1] And there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year. And David sought the face of Yahveh. And Yahveh said to Saul and to the house of blood, concerning that he killed the Gibeonites.
[2SA.21.2] The king called to the Gibeonites and said to them, “And the Gibeonites are not of the children of Israel, but are remnant of the Amorites. And the children of Israel have sworn an oath to them. And Saul sought to strike them, because of his jealousy for the children of Israel and Judah.”
[2SA.21.3] And David said to the Gibeonites, "What shall I do for you, and with what shall I atone? And bless the inheritance of Yahveh."
[2SA.21.4] And the Gibeonites said to him, "I have no silver and no gold with Saul and with his house, and we have no man to kill in Israel." And he said, "What are you saying? What shall I do for you?"
[2SA.21.5] And they said to the king, "The man who has destroyed us and who plotted against us is being wiped out from being established throughout all the border of Israel."
[2SA.21.6] Give to us seven men from his sons, and we will deliver them to Yahveh at Givah, the chosen place of Yahveh. And the king said, “I will give [them].”
[2SA.21.7] And the king showed mercy to Mefiboshet son of Jonathan son of Saul, because of the oath of Yahveh which was between them, between David and between Jonathan son of Saul.
[2SA.21.8] And the king took the two sons of Rizpah, daughter of Aiah, who she bore to Saul: Armoni and Mefibosheth. And he took the five sons of Michal, daughter of Saul, who she bore to Adriel, son of Barzillai the Meholathite.
[2SA.21.9] And he gave them into the hand of the Gibeonites, and they raised them up on the mountain before Yahveh, and they fell seven together, and they were killed in the days of the first harvest, the beginning of the barley harvest.
[2SA.21.10] And Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, took the cloth and spread it for them toward the rock, from the beginning of harvest until rain fell from the sky. And she did not allow birds of the sky to rest upon them during the day, nor beasts of the field at night.
[2SA.21.11] And it was reported to David concerning that which Rizpah daughter of Aiah, concubine of Saul, had done.
[2SA.21.12] And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the people of Jabesh Gilead, who had stolen them from the open space of Beth Shan, where the Philistines had hung them on the day the Philistines struck down Saul on Gilboa.
[2SA.21.13] And he brought up from there the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son, and they gathered the bones of the executed.
[2SA.21.14] And they buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the land of Benjamin, in the shade, in the tomb of Kish his father, and they did all that the king commanded. And Elohim favored the land afterward.
[2SA.21.15] And there was yet another war of the Philistines against Israel. And David went down, and his servants with him, and they fought against the Philistines, and David grew tired.
[2SA.21.16] And Ishbi-benob resided in Nob, among the offspring of the Rephaim, and the weight of his spear was three hundred shekels of bronze, and he was wearing a new belt, and he said to strike David.
[2SA.21.17] And Abishai son of Zeruiah helped him, and he struck the Philistine and killed him. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, "You will not go out with us to war anymore, and you will not extinguish the light of Israel."
[2SA.21.18] And it came to pass after that, there was still war at Gob with the Philistines. Then Sivkhai the Hushathite struck Saph, who was of the descendants of the Rephaim.
[2SA.21.19] And the war continued at Gob with the Philistines, and Elhanan, son of Jaare-oregim the weaver, from Bethlehem, struck Goliath the Gittite. And the shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s shuttle.
[2SA.21.20] And there was yet another battle in Gath, and there was a man of Madoon, and the fingers of his hands and the fingers of his feet were six and six, twenty-four in number, and he also was born to Haraphah.
[2SA.21.21] He insulted Israel, and Jonathan, the son of Shimei, brother of David, struck him.
[2SA.21.22] And these four were born to Haraph in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.
2SA.22
[2SA.22.1] And David spoke to Yahveh the words of this song on the day that Yahveh delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.
[2SA.22.2] And said Yahveh, "My rock, and my fortress, and my refuge for me."
[2SA.22.3] The Gods of my rock, I will trust in Him. My shield and the horn of my salvation, my fortress and my refuge, my savior, from violence You will save me.
[2SA.22.4] Praised be the one I will call Yahveh, and from my enemies I will be saved.
[2SA.22.5] For the breaking of death has overwhelmed me, and torrents of the not-worthless have swallowed me.
[2SA.22.6] The pains of the underworld surround me; the snares of death are before me.
[2SA.22.7] When I am in distress, I call upon Yahveh, and to the Gods I call. And He heard my voice from His palace, and my cry in His ears.
[2SA.22.8] And the land churned and trembled. The foundations of the heavens will tremble, and they churned because it burned with anger to Him.
[2SA.22.9] Smoke ascended in his nostrils, and fire devours from his mouth. Embers blazed from him.
[2SA.22.10] And the heavens bent, and the Gods descended, and mist was under their feet.
[2SA.22.11] And he rode on a cherub and he flew, and he appeared on the wings of wind.
[2SA.22.12] And He placed darkness around Him, shelters of the crawlers of water, heavy clouds.
[2SA.22.13] From the brightness before him, coals of fire blazed.
[2SA.22.14] Yahveh will thunder from the heavens, and the Most High will give his voice.
[2SA.22.15] And he sent arrows and scattered them, thunder, and he roared.
[2SA.22.16] The channels of the sea were exposed, and the foundations of the earth were revealed by the rebuke of Yahveh, from the breath of the wind of his anger.
[2SA.22.17] He will send from height, He will take me. He will draw me out from many waters.
[2SA.22.18] May He save me from my powerful enemy, from my haters, for they have become strong against me.
[2SA.22.19] He will come before me in the day of my distress, and it was Yahveh who was a support to me.
[2SA.22.20] He who goes out to spaciousness delivers me, for He desires in me.
[2SA.22.21] May Yahveh recompense me according to my righteousness, and may He return to me according to the greatness of my hands.
[2SA.22.22] For I have kept the ways of Yahveh, and I have not acted wickedly from the Gods.
[2SA.22.23] For all of His judgments are before me, and His laws are not restrained from it.
[2SA.22.24] And I will be complete to Him, and I will keep myself from my sin.
[2SA.22.25] And Yahveh returned to me as my righteousness, as my reward before his eyes.
[2SA.22.26] With the pious one, the Gods will act piously. With the mighty one, the Gods will act perfectly.
[2SA.22.27] With the foolish you will be foolish, and with the stubborn you will twist.
[2SA.22.28] And the afflicted people, I will save, and your eyes upon the haughty, I will cast down.
[2SA.22.29] For you are my lamp, Yahveh, and Yahveh will brighten my darkness.
[2SA.22.30] For in weeping I will run into the Gods, and I will leap over a wall.
[2SA.22.31] The God is perfect in His way, the word of Yahveh is refined, He is a shield to all those who trust in Him.
[2SA.22.32] For who is God besides Yahveh? And who is the rock besides the Gods our?
[2SA.22.33] The God is my fortress, strength, and His ways are perfect.
[2SA.22.34] He makes his feet equal like deer, and upon my high places he will establish me.
[2SA.22.35] God teaches my hands for war, and He has bent a copper bow, my arms.
[2SA.22.36] And you gave to me the shield of your salvation, and your humility makes me great.
[2SA.22.37] You widen my steps beneath me, and my ankles have not stumbled.
[2SA.22.38] I will pursue my enemies and I will destroy them, and I will not return until they are finished.
[2SA.22.39] And I will eat them, and I will crush them, and they will not rise, and they fell under my feet.
[2SA.22.40] And the force scattered me to battle, it will subdue those who stand up under me.
[2SA.22.41] And my enemies, you have placed under my control; those who hate me, and I have destroyed them.
[2SA.22.42] They cry out, and there is no deliverer. To Yahveh they call, and he did not answer them.
[2SA.22.43] And I will laugh at them as dust of the earth, like clay of streets I will crush them, I will trample them.
[2SA.22.44] And the Gods delivered me from the conflicts of my people, the Gods will preserve me to be a head of nations, a people I did not know will serve the Gods.
[2SA.22.45] The children of strangers will deny me, but an ear will hear me.
[2SA.22.46] The sons of strangers will glean and they will gird themselves from their possessions.
[2SA.22.47] Living is Yahveh, and blessed is my rock. Exalted are the Gods, the rock of my salvation.
[2SA.22.48] The God, the giver of revenge to me, and the one who brings down peoples under me.
[2SA.22.49] You bring me out from my enemies, and from those who rise against me you lift me up. From a man of violence you save me.
[2SA.22.50] Therefore I will praise you, Yahveh, among the nations, and to your name I will sing.
[2SA.22.51] God increases salvations for His kingdom, and does kindness to His anointed, to David and to his offspring forever.
2SA.23
[2SA.23.1] And these are the words of David, the last ones. Thus speaks David, son of Jesse, and thus speaks the man who was established over the anointed one, the Gods of Jacob, and the pleasant singer of Israel.
[2SA.23.2] The wind of Yahveh spoke to me, and His word is upon my tongue.
[2SA.23.3] The Gods of Israel said to me, "Speak, the Rock of Israel. A ruler over humankind, a righteous ruler, a ruler by the fear of the Gods."
[2SA.23.4] And as light of morning, the sun will shine, a morning not clouded with brightness from rain, grass springs forth from the earth.
[2SA.23.5] For not thus is my house with God, for an everlasting covenant He has established for me, prepared in everything and preserved. For all my salvation and all my desire, He will not bring forth.
[2SA.23.6] And behold, the God with us will be as a thorn rejected by all of them, because not by hand will they take.
[2SA.23.7] And anyone who touches them will be filled with iron and wood of a spear, and they will be burned with fire by sitting.
[2SA.23.8] These are the names of the mighty warriors who were of David, dwelling in the assembly of the wise ones. The head of the third was Adino the Eznite, who killed over eight hundred of the slain at one time.
[2SA.23.9] And after him, Elazar, son of my uncle, son of my brother, with three heroes with David, when they fought against the Philistines, they gathered there for war, and all the men of Israel went up.
[2SA.23.10] He rose and struck the Philistines until his hand was weary and his hand stuck to the sword, and Yahveh brought about a great deliverance on that day. And the people returned after him, only to plunder.
[2SA.23.11] And after him was Shammah, son of Agee, the mountain dweller, and the Philistines assembled for a battle. And there was a portion of the field that was full of lentils, and the people fled before the Philistines.
[2SA.23.12] And he stood firm within the portion, and he rescued it, and he struck the Philistines. And Yahveh worked a great salvation.
[2SA.23.13] Thirty of the thirty leaders descended and came to the harvest, to David, at the cave of Adullam. The life forces of the Philistines were encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.
[2SA.23.14] And David was then in the stronghold, and the camp of the Philistines was then at Bethlehem.
[2SA.23.15] And David longed and said, "Who will give me to drink water from the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate?"
[2SA.23.16] And the three warriors broke through the camp of the Philistines and drew water from the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate. And they carried it and brought it to David, but he would not drink it. And he poured it out to Yahveh.
[2SA.23.17] And he said, "May it never be to me, Yahveh, that I have done this! Is this the blood of people who go after their lives, and I refused to drink it? These did it – three heroes."
[2SA.23.18] And Abishai, brother of Joab son of Zeruiah, he was the leader of the thirty, and he raised his spear against three hundred slain. And he had a name among the three.
[2SA.23.19] From the three, this one is more honored, and became a ruler for them, and did not come until the three.
[2SA.23.20] And Ubnayah, son of Jehoiada, son of a man named Ish-Hai, a man of many accomplishments from Kabtsael, he struck two of the leaders of Moab. And he went down and struck the lion within the pit on a day of snow.
[2SA.23.21] And he struck an Egyptian man, the one who was observing, and in the hand of the Egyptian was a spear. And he descended upon him with a staff and seized the spear from the hand of the Egyptian, and he killed him with his spear.
[2SA.23.22] These deeds did Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and to him was a name among three mighty warriors.
[2SA.23.23] From the thirty, he was honored, and to the three he did not come, and David placed him under his command.
[2SA.23.24] God did a deed concerning my brother Joab, thirty, Elhanan son of my relative in Bethlehem.
[2SA.23.25] There, the trembling one, the Gods, the trembling one.
[2SA.23.26] Khelets, from the family of Pelati, was Ira, son of Ikesh, the Tekoite.
[2SA.23.27] Aviezer, the Anatotite, my intelligent one from Hushah.
[2SA.23.28] Salmon, the brother, is my friend, the one who yields.
[2SA.23.29] Fat, son of Ba'anah, the dripping one; Se'itai, son of Rivai, from the hill country of the sons of Benjamin.
[2SA.23.30] The sons of Yahveh built Pir'atoniy. Hiddai is from the streams of Ga'ash.
[2SA.23.31] My Father is strength, the Arvatite, the determination of the merciful one.
[2SA.23.32] Elyachba, the sons of the old Jonathan.
[2SA.23.33] Shamah the mountain dweller, Akhiahm son of Sharar the mountain dweller.
[2SA.23.34] God of Might, son of Achazbai, son of the Maacathite. Peace, son of brother of foolishness, the Gilohite.
[2SA.23.35] The division of Carmel, the openings of the Arabah.
[2SA.23.36] He will redeem the son of Nathan from hardship, my savior has turned toward me, my little goat.
[2SA.23.37] Tselek the Ammonite, whom I have carried, Sennacherib, bearers of the equipment of Yoav son of Tsuruya.
[2SA.23.38] The city, the second one, scrapes the second one.
[2SA.23.39] Uriyah the Hittite, all thirty and seven.
2SA.24
[2SA.24.1] And Yahveh added to His anger against Israel, and Yahveh stirred up David among them, to say, "Go, count Israel and Judah."
[2SA.24.2] And the king said to Yoav, the commander of the army who was with him, "Please run through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan and even to Beersheba, and count the people, so that I may know the number of the people."
[2SA.24.3] And Yoav said to the king, "May Yahveh, your Gods, increase the people a hundredfold, as they are, and may the eyes of my Lord the king see it. Why does my Lord the king desire this thing?"
[2SA.24.4] And the king's command was firm to Joab, and to the commanders of the army. And Joab and the commanders of the army went out before the king to count the people, the people of Israel.
[2SA.24.5] And they crossed the Jordan and camped at Aroer, on the right of the city which is within the great river, and at Jaazer.
[2SA.24.6] And the Gileadites came, and to the land of the people under them, new territory; and the Danites came, by way of, and around Sidon.
[2SA.24.7] They came to the fortress of Tyre and all the cities of the Hivites and the Canaanites, and they went out toward the south of Judah, to Beer Sheba.
[2SA.24.8] And they wandered throughout all the land, and they came from the end of nine new months and twenty days to Jerusalem.
[2SA.24.9] And Joab gave the count of the census of the people to the king. And Israel numbered eight hundred thousand men of valor who could draw the sword, and the men of Judah numbered five hundred thousand men.
[2SA.24.10] And David's heart struck him afterward, and he counted the people. And David said to Yahveh, "I have greatly sinned in what I have done. And now, Yahveh, please remove the guilt of your servant, for I have acted very foolishly."
[2SA.24.11] And David arose in the morning, and a word from Yahveh was to Gad the prophet, who was David’s seer, to speak.
[2SA.24.12] Go and speak to David, thus says Yahveh: "Three things I will take from you. Choose one of them, and I will do it to you."
[2SA.24.13] And Gad came to David and told him, and said to him: "Will seven years of famine come to you in your land, or three months of being pursued by your enemies, and they chase after you, or will there be three days of plague in your land? Now know and see what I will return to the one who sent me a word."
[2SA.24.14] And David said to Gad, "I am very distressed; let me fall, please, into the hand of Yahveh, for His mercies are many, but let me not fall into the hand of man."
[2SA.24.15] And Yahveh gave a plague in Israel from the morning until the appointed time, and seventy thousand men died of the people, from Dan to Beersheba.
[2SA.24.16] And He sent His hand, the angel, to Jerusalem to destroy it, and Yahveh regretted the evil, and He said to the angel who destroys among the people, "Enough now, restrain your hand!" And an angel of Yahveh was with the threshing floor of Avarna the Jebusite.
[2SA.24.17] And David said to Yahveh when he saw the angel striking the people, “Behold, I have sinned and I have done wrong, and these sheep—what have they done? Let your hand be upon me and upon my father’s house instead.”
[2SA.24.18] And Gad came to David on that day and said to him, "Go up and build an altar to Yahveh on the threshing floor of Araunyah the Jebusite."
[2SA.24.19] And David went up, according to the word of Gad, as Yahveh commanded.
[2SA.24.20] And Araunah looked and saw the king and his servants passing by him. And Araunah went out and bowed to the king, his face to the ground.
[2SA.24.21] And Araunah said, "Why has my Lord the king come to your servant?" And David said, "To buy from you the threshing floor, to build an altar to Yahveh, and to cause the plague to stop over the people."
[2SA.24.22] And Aravnah said to David, "Take and ascend, my Lord the king, good in your eyes. See, the cattle for a burnt offering, and the threshing floors, and the instruments of the cattle for wood."
[2SA.24.23] All was given by Araunah the king to the king. And Araunah said to the king, "May Yahveh, your God, be pleased with you."
[2SA.24.24] And the king said to Araunah, "No, for I will certainly buy it from you for a price, and I will not ascend to Yahveh, my God, with burnt offerings that are without cost." And David purchased the threshing floor and the cattle for fifty shekels of silver.
[2SA.24.25] And there David built an altar to Yahveh, and he offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. And Yahveh answered prayers for the land, and the plague was stopped from over Israel.
1KI
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1KI.1
[1KI.1.1] And the king David was old, advanced in years, and they covered him with garments, but they could not warm him.
[1KI.1.2] And his servants said to him, "Let us seek for my Lord the king a young virgin girl. And she will stand before my Lord the king and become his attendant. And she will lie in your lap and warm my Lord the king."
[1KI.1.3] And they sought a beautiful young woman throughout all the territory of Israel, and they found Abishag the Shunammite, and they brought her to the king.
[1KI.1.4] And the young woman was very beautiful, and she became a servant to the king, and served him. And the king did not know her.
[1KI.1.5] And Adonijah, son of Haggith, began to elevate himself, saying, "I will reign." And he made for himself a chariot and horses, and fifty men runners before him.
[1KI.1.6] And his father did not make him rejoice from his days, saying, "Why did you do this?" And also, he was very handsome in appearance, and she bore him after Absalom.
[1KI.1.7] And his words were with Joab, son of Zeruiah, and with Ebaiatar the priest, and they helped after Adonijah.
[1KI.1.8] And Tsadoq the priest, and Benayah son of Yeho-yad, and Natan the prophet, and Shimei and Rei, and the warriors belonging to David, were not with Adonijah.
[1KI.1.9] And Adonijah sacrificed sheep and cattle and a fattened animal with the Stone of Zohelet, which is near the Eye Rogel. And he called all his brothers, the sons of the king, and to all the people of Judah, the servants of the king.
[1KI.1.10] And he did not call for Natan the prophet, and Benayahu, and the mighty ones, and Shlomoh his brother.
[1KI.1.11] And Nathan said to Bathsheba, mother of Solomon, saying, “Have you not heard that Adonijah, son of Haggit, has become king, and our Lord David does not know?”
[1KI.1.12] And now, go, let me counsel you, please, with counsel, and I will deliver your life and the life of your son Solomon.
[1KI.1.13] Go and come to the king David and say to him, "Are you not my Lord, the king, who swore to your servant, saying that Solomon, your son, would reign after you, and he would sit upon your throne? Why then has Adonijah reigned, my Lord?"
[1KI.1.14] Behold, still you are speaking there with the king, and I will come after you and I will fulfill your words.
[1KI.1.15] And Bathsheba came to the king’s chamber, and the king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was serving the king.
[1KI.1.16] Bathsheba bowed and prostrated herself to the king, and the king said, "What is it that you want?"
[1KI.1.17] And she said to him, "My Lord, you swore by Yahveh, your God, to your handmaid that Solomon, your son, would reign after me, and he will sit on my throne."
[1KI.1.18] And now behold, Adoniyah has reigned, and now my Lord the king has not known.
[1KI.1.19] And he sacrificed a bull and fattened cattle and sheep in abundance, and he called to all the sons of the king, and to Ev'yatar the priest, and to Yoav, commander of the army, but he did not call to Solomon, my servant.
[1KI.1.20] And you, my Lord the King, the eyes of all Israel are upon you to tell them who will sit on the throne of my Lord the King after him.
[1KI.1.21] And it will be, when my Lord the king lies down with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be sinners.
[1KI.1.22] And see, she is still speaking with the king, and the prophet Nathan came.
[1KI.1.23] And they told to the king, saying, "Behold, Nathan the prophet has come before the king, and he bowed upon his face to the ground."
[1KI.1.24] And Nathan said, "My Lord the king, you stated that Adonijah would reign after you, and he would sit upon your throne."
[1KI.1.25] For today he came down, and he sacrificed an ox and fattened livestock in abundance. And he called to all the sons of the king, and to the commanders of the army, and to Aviatar the priest, and they were eating and drinking before him. And they said, "Long live the king, Adonijah!"
[1KI.1.26] And to me, I, your servant, and to Zadok the priest, and to Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and to Solomon your servant, was no call made.
[1KI.1.27] If this matter came from my Lord the king, and you did not make it known to your servant, who will sit on the throne of my Lord the king after him?
[1KI.1.28] And the king David responded and said, "Call for Bathsheba for me." And she came before the king and stood before the king.
[1KI.1.29] And the king swore and said, "God lives, who has redeemed my soul from all distress."
[1KI.1.30] For as I swore to you by Yahveh, the Gods of Israel, saying, 'Surely Solomon, your son, will reign after me, and he will sit upon my throne in my place,' so I will certainly do this day.
[1KI.1.31] And Bathsheba bowed with her face to the ground, and she prostrated herself to the king, and she said, "May my Lord the king David live forever."
[1KI.1.32] And the king David said, "Call for Zadok the priest, and for Nathan the prophet, and for Benaiah the son of Jehoiada." And they came before the king.
[1KI.1.33] And the king said to them, "Take with you the servants of your Lord, and have Solomon, my son, ride upon the mule which is mine, and bring him down to Gihon."
[1KI.1.34] And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anointed him there as king over Israel. And you shall blow the horn and say, “May the king Solomon live!”
[1KI.1.35] And you shall go up after him, and he shall come and sit on my throne, and he shall reign in my place. And I have commanded him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.
[1KI.1.36] And Benayah, son of Yehoyada, responded to the king and said, "Amen. Thus says Yahveh, the Gods of my Lord the king."
[1KI.1.37] As Yahveh was with my Lord the king, so may Yahveh be with Solomon, and may He increase his throne from the throne of my Lord the king David.
[1KI.1.38] And Tzadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and the Kerethi, and the Pelethi went down. And they caused Solomon to ride upon the mule of King David. And they led him to Gihon.
[1KI.1.39] And Tzadok the priest took the horn of oil from the tent and anointed Solomon. And they blew the shofar, and all the people said, “May King Solomon live!”
[1KI.1.40] And all the people went after him, and the people were profaning with flutes, and rejoicing with great joy, and the earth cleaved with their voices.
[1KI.1.41] And Adonijah heard, and all those summoned who were with him, and they finished eating. And Joab heard the sound of the shofar, and he said, "Why does the sound of the city roar?"
[1KI.1.42] He was still speaking, and behold, Yonatan, son of Evyatar the priest, arrived. Adoniyahu said to him, "Come, for you are a man of valor and you bring good tidings."
[1KI.1.43] And Jonathan answered and said to Adoniyah, "But our Lord the king David has caused Solomon to reign."
[1KI.1.44] And the king sent with him Tsadoq the priest, and Natan the prophet, and B’naya-hu son of Y’hoyada, and the Kereti and the Pelethi. And they mounted him upon the king’s mule.
[1KI.1.45] And they anointed him, Tzadok the priest and Nathan the prophet, to be king at the Gihon. And they went up from there rejoicing, and it thundered, the city. It is the sound that you heard.
[1KI.1.46] And also Solomon sat on the throne of the kingdom.
[1KI.1.47] And also came the servants of the king to bless our Lord the king David, saying: May the Gods do good to the name of Solomon from your name, and may they increase his throne from your throne. And the king bowed down upon the bed.
[1KI.1.48] And also thus said the king: Blessed be Yahveh, the God of Israel, who has given today one who sits on my throne, and my eyes see it.
[1KI.1.49] And they trembled, and arose, all who were called belonging to my Lord Adonijah, and they went each man to his way.
[1KI.1.50] His Lord feared from Solomon, and he rose and went, and he grasped at the horns of the altar.
[1KI.1.51] And it was told to Solomon, saying, "Behold, Adonijah fears King Solomon, and behold, he has grasped the horns of the altar, saying, "Please swear to me today, King Solomon, that you will not kill your servant with the sword."
[1KI.1.52] And Solomon said, "If she is a son of valor, she will not fall sick. And if wickedness is found in her, she will die."
[1KI.1.53] And the king, Solomon, sent and had him brought down from upon the altar, and he came and prostrated himself before the king, Solomon. And Solomon said to him, "Go to your house."
1KI.2
[1KI.2.1] The days of David drew near to death, and he commanded Solomon, his son, to say:
[1KI.2.2] I am walking in the way of all the land, and you will strengthen yourself, and you will become a man.
[1KI.2.3] And you shall keep the keeping of Yahveh, your God, to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, His commandments, and His judgments, and His testimonies, as it is written in the teaching of Moses, so that you may understand all that you do and all to which you turn.
[1KI.2.4] For the sake of Yahveh establishing the word that He spoke to me, saying, “If your children keep their ways, to walk before Me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul,” then He says, “No one will be cut off from you, a man from the throne of Israel.”
[1KI.2.5] And you also know what Joab, son of Zeruiah, did to me – what he did to the two army commanders of Israel, Avner, son of Ner, and Amasa, son of Jether, whom he killed. And he treated the bloodshed as if it were a peaceful matter, and he put the blood money in his belt, which was around his waist, and on his shoes, which were on his feet.
[1KI.2.6] And you will do according to your wisdom, and his gray hair will not descend to the grave in peace.
[1KI.2.7] And you shall do kindness for the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and they shall be among those who eat at your table, for thus they drew near to me when I fled from Absalom, your brother.
[1KI.2.8] And behold, with you is Shimei son of Gera, son of the right-handed, from among the valiant men, and he cursed me with a severe curse on the day I went from the camps. And he descended to meet me at the Jordan, and I swore to him by Yahveh, saying, "If I kill you with the sword..."
[1KI.2.9] And now do not absolve him, for a wise man you are, and you have known that which you will do to him, and bring down his dignity in the blood of Sheol.
[1KI.2.10] And David lay down with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David.
[1KI.2.11] And the years that David reigned over Israel were forty years. In Hebron he reigned seven years, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years.
[1KI.2.12] And Solomon sat on the throne of David his father, and his kingdom was greatly established.
[1KI.2.13] And Adonijah, son of Haggith, came to Bathsheba, mother of Solomon, and she said, "Is it peace that brings you here?" And he said, "Peace."
[1KI.2.14] And a word was said to you, and you said, "Speak."
[1KI.2.15] And he said, "Do you know that the kingship was mine, and that all of Israel turned their faces to me to reign? But the kingship turned and became my brother's, for it was from Yahveh for him."
[1KI.2.16] And now, one question I ask from you, do not turn away my face, and she said to him, "Speak."
[1KI.2.17] And he said, "Say now to King Solomon that he not refuse you, and that he give to me Avishag the Shunammite as a wife."
[1KI.2.18] And Bathsheba said, "Good, I will speak to the king on your behalf."
[1KI.2.19] And Bathsheba came to King Solomon to speak to him concerning Adonijah. And the king rose to meet her, and bowed to her, and he sat on his throne, and he placed a throne for the mother of the king, and she sat at his right hand.
[1KI.2.20] And she said, "One small request I ask of you. Do not turn your face from me." And the king said to her, "Ask my mother, for I will not turn your face away from me."
[1KI.2.21] And she said, "She will be given to my Lord Adoniyahu, your brother, as a wife."
[1KI.2.22] And the king Solomon answered and said to his mother, "Why do you ask about requesting Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? And ask for him the kingdom, for he is my older brother than I. And to him, and to Evyatar the priest, and to Yoav son of Zeruiah it belongs."
[1KI.2.23] And the king Solomon swore by Yahveh, saying, "Thus may the Gods do to me, and thus may they add, if Adonijah did not speak this matter from his soul. My Lord spoke this thing sincerely."
[1KI.2.24] And now, the living Yahveh, which prepared me and seated me on the throne of David my father, and which made for me a house as he spoke, for today AdoniYahu shall die.
[1KI.2.25] And the king Solomon sent by the hand of Benayah son of Jehoiada, and he struck him, and he died.
[1KI.2.26] And to Abiathar the priest, the king said, "Anatot, go to your fields, for you are a man marked for death, and on this day I will not kill you, because you carried the Ark of my Lord Yahveh before David, my father, and because you fasted as my father fasted."
[1KI.2.27] And Solomon banished Abijatar from being a priest to Yahveh, to fulfill the word of Yahveh that He spoke concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.
[1KI.2.28] And the report came to Yoav that Yoav had turned after Adoneeyah, and had not turned after Avshalom. So Yoav fled to the tent of Yahveh, and held onto the horns of the altar.
[1KI.2.29] It was reported to King Solomon that Joab had fled to the tent of Yahveh and was there, at the altar. Therefore, Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, saying, "Go, strike him down!"
[1KI.2.30] And Benayahu went to the tent of Yahveh and said to him, "Thus says the king, 'Come out!'" And he said, "No, for here I will die." And Benayahu returned to the king with a message, saying, "Thus spoke Yoav and thus he responded to me."
[1KI.2.31] And the king said to him, "Do as has been spoken, strike him, and bury him. And you will remove the blood of innocence that Yoav shed from upon me and from upon the house of my father."
[1KI.2.32] And Yahveh will return his blood upon his head, because he struck down two men who were righteous and good in comparison to him, and he killed them with the sword. And the father of David did not know Avner son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa son of Yeter, commander of the army of Judah.
[1KI.2.33] And their blood will return upon the head of Joab and upon the head of his descendants forever. But for David and his descendants and to his house and to his throne there will be peace forever from Yahveh.
[1KI.2.34] And Benayah, he son of Yehoyada, went up, and he encountered him, and he killed him, and he buried him in his house in the wilderness.
[1KI.2.35] And the king appointed Bena-yah-hu son of Ye-ho-yad-a in his place over the army, and the king appointed Tsadoq the priest in place of Ev-ya-tar.
[1KI.2.36] And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, "Build for yourself a house in Jerusalem, and you shall dwell there, and you shall not go out from there here and there."
[1KI.2.37] And it will be on the day of your departure, and when you cross the Kidron stream, you will know, you will certainly know, that you will surely die; your blood will be on your head.
[1KI.2.38] And Shimei said to the king, "The matter is good, as my Lord the King has spoken, so will your servant do." And Shimei lived in Jerusalem for many days.
[1KI.2.39] And it happened, at the end of three years, that two servants fled to Shimei, to Achish son of Maachah, king of Gath, and they told Shimei, saying, "Behold, your servants are in Gath."
[1KI.2.40] And Shimei rose and saddled his donkey, and he went to Gath to seek his servants. And Shimei went and brought his servants from Gath.
[1KI.2.41] And it was reported to Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gat and he had returned.
[1KI.2.42] The king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, "Did I not make you swear by Yahveh, and did I not solemnly warn you, saying, 'On the day you depart and go anywhere and everywhere, know for certain that you will die?'" And Shimei said to me, "The thing you said is good; I have heard it."
[1KI.2.43] And why did you not keep the oath of Yahveh and the command that I commanded to you?
[1KI.2.44] And the king said to Shimei, "You know all the evil that your heart knew, which you did to David, my father. And Yahveh will return your evil upon your head."
[1KI.2.45] And the king Solomon is blessed, and the throne of David will be established before Yahveh forever.
[1KI.2.46] And the king commanded Bena-yah-hu son of Ye-ho-yad-a, and he went out and struck him, and he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Shlo-mo.
1KI.3
[1KI.3.1] And Solomon allied himself with Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he took Pharaoh’s daughter, and he brought her to the city of David until he finished building his house and the house of Yahveh, and the wall of Jerusalem around.
[1KI.3.2] But the people were sacrificing on the high places, for a house had not been built for the name of Yahveh until those days.
[1KI.3.3] And Solomon loved Yahveh, to walk in the statutes of David his father, but only on the high places he sacrificed and offered incense.
[1KI.3.4] And the king went to Gibeah to sacrifice there, for it was the great high place. One thousand burnt offerings Solomon would offer upon that altar.
[1KI.3.5] In Gibeon, Yahveh appeared to Solomon in a dream of the night, and the Gods said, "Ask what I shall give to you."
[1KI.3.6] And Solomon said, "You have done with my servant David, my father, great kindness, just as he walked before you in truth and in righteousness and with a sincere heart toward you, and you have kept for him this great kindness, and you have given him a son sitting on his throne, as this day."
[1KI.3.7] And now, Yahveh, the Gods, you have made your servant king in place of my father David, and I am a young and small boy, not knowing how to go out or come in.
[1KI.3.8] And your servant, within your people which you have chosen, a great people which cannot be numbered and cannot be recounted from abundance.
[1KI.3.9] And you will give to your servant a heart that listens to judge your people, to understand between good and evil, for who is able to judge your people, this heavy population?
[1KI.3.10] And the thing was good in the eyes of my Lord because Solomon asked for this thing.
[1KI.3.11] And the Gods said to him, "Because you asked for this thing, and you did not ask for many days for yourself, and you did not ask for wealth for yourself, and you did not ask for the life of your enemies, but you asked for understanding to hear judgment."
[1KI.3.12] See, I have done according to your words. See, I have given you a heart of wisdom and understanding. That like you, there was not before you, and after you, there will not arise like you.
[1KI.3.13] And also, that which you did not ask, I have given to you, also wealth and honor, that there was not a man like you among the kings all your days.
[1KI.3.14] And if you walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as walked David your father, and I will lengthen your days.
[1KI.3.15] And Solomon awoke, and behold, it was a dream. And he went to Jerusalem and stood before the Ark of the Covenant of my Lord, and he offered burnt offerings and made peace offerings, and he made a feast for all his servants.
[1KI.3.16] Then two women, prostitutes, came to the king, and they stood before him.
[1KI.3.17] And the woman spoke, saying to my Lord, "I am, and this woman is, both dwelling in one house, and I bore with her in the house."
[1KI.3.18] And it happened on the third day after my birth that this woman also gave birth, and we together have no stranger with us in the house, except for the two of us in the house.
[1KI.3.19] And the son of this woman died on the night which she lay on him.
[1KI.3.20] And she arose in the middle of the night and took my son from me, and your handmaid was sleeping, and she laid him in her bosom, and she laid her dead son in my bosom.
[1KI.3.21] And I arose in the morning to nurse my son, and behold, he was dead. And I observed him in the morning, and behold, it was not my son that I bore.
[1KI.3.22] And the other woman said, "No, for my living son is the one, and your son is the dead one." And this one said, "No, for your son is the dead one, and my son is the living one." And they spoke before the king.
[1KI.3.23] And the king said, "This is what she says: This one is my living son, and your son is the dead one." And this is what she says: "No, for your son is the dead one, and my son is the living one."
[1KI.3.24] And the king said, "Take a sword for me." And they brought the sword before the king.
[1KI.3.25] And the king said, "Divide the living child into two parts, and give one half to one woman, and the other half to the other woman."
[1KI.3.26] And the woman whose living son was with the king said, “Because her compassion was stirred for her son,” and she said, “My Lord, give to her the living child, and do not kill the dead one.” And this she says, both to me and to you, there shall be no decree.
[1KI.3.27] And the king answered and said, "Give to her the living child, and do not kill the dead one. She is his mother."
[1KI.3.28] And all of Israel heard the judgment that the king judged, and they feared before the king, because they saw that the wisdom of the Gods was in him to do justice.
1KI.4
[1KI.4.1] And it was that the king Solomon was king over all Israel.
[1KI.4.2] And these are the officials who belong to him: Azaryahu, son of Tzadok, the priest.
[1KI.4.3] Elihoref and Achiyya, sons of Shisha, were scribes. Yehoshaphat, son of Achilud, was the recorder.
[1KI.4.4] And Uvinyahu, son of Yehoyada, was over the army, and Tzadoq and Evyatar were priests.
[1KI.4.5] And Azaryahu, son of Nathan, was over the officials, and Zavud, son of Nathan, was a priest, a friend of the king.
[1KI.4.6] And Achishar was over the house, and my Lord Exalted, son of Avda, was over the work.
[1KI.4.7] And for Solomon, twelve officials were stationed over all Israel, and they supplied the king and his house. One month of the year would be upon each one to provide sustenance.
[1KI.4.8] And these are their names, son of Chur in the mountain of Ephraim.
[1KI.4.9] The son of piercing, at the end, and at the fox dens, and the house of the sun, and Eilon, the house of Chanan.
[1KI.4.10] A son of kindness has come with ten thousands, he dwells with them, and all the land searches for him.
[1KI.4.11] The son of Abinadav took as his wife Ta-fat, the daughter of Shlomo, from the region of Dor.
[1KI.4.12] Ba'ana son of Akhilud, Ta'anakh and Megiddo, and all the area of She'an which is near Tzartanah, below Yizre'el, from She'an to Abel Mehola, even beyond to the area of Yakme'am.
[1KI.4.13] A son of a man in the heights of Gilead, to him belonged the settlements of Jair, son of Manasseh, who was in Gilead. To him belonged the region of Argov which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with wall and bronze bolt.
[1KI.4.14] Akhinadav, son of Iddo, was from Machanaymah.
[1KI.4.15] Achimaatz, son of Naphtali, also took Basmat, daughter of Solomon, as a wife.
[1KI.4.16] Baana, son of Hushai, of Asher, and at the ascents.
[1KI.4.17] Yhoshafat, son of Paruch, in Issachar.
[1KI.4.18] Shimei, son of Elah, is of Benjamin.
[1KI.4.19] A man, the son of Uri, was in the land of Gilead, a land belonging to Sichon, the king of the Amorites, and to Og, the king of Bashan, and one leader was in the land.
[1KI.4.20] Judah and Israel are many like the sand that is upon the sea for multitude, eating and drinking and rejoicing.
1KI.5
[1KI.5.1] And Solomon was ruling over all the kingdoms from the river, the land of the Philistines, and up to the border of Egypt. They were bringing tribute and serving Solomon all the days of his life.
[1KI.5.2] And it happened that the food of Solomon for one day was thirty kor of fine wheat flour and sixty kor of flour.
[1KI.5.3] Ten cattle, fat and well-fed, and twenty cattle as companions, and one hundred sheep, besides deer and gazelle, and wild oxen and strong ones.
[1KI.5.4] For he ruled in all the lands beyond the river, from Tiphsah and to Gaza, over all the kings of the lands beyond the river. And peace was to him from all his enemies all around.
[1KI.5.5] And Judah and Israel dwelt securely, each man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.
[1KI.5.6] And it was to Solomon forty thousand stalls for horses, and twelve thousand charioteers.
[1KI.5.7] And these officials provided for King Solomon and for all who approached the table of King Solomon, a new thing each day. Nothing was lacking.
[1KI.5.8] And the barley straw and the chaff they will bring for the horses and for the riders to the place that will be there, each person according to their judgment.
[1KI.5.9] And the Gods gave wisdom to Solomon, and understanding in great measure, and a large mind like the sand that is on the shore of the sea.
[1KI.5.10] And the wisdom of Solomon increased beyond the wisdom of all the people of the East and beyond all the wisdom of Egypt.
[1KI.5.11] And he became wiser than all men, than Ethan the Ezrahite and Heman and Calcol and Darda, the sons of Mahol, and his name was in all the nations around.
[1KI.5.12] And he spoke three thousand parables, and his song was five thousand.
[1KI.5.13] And he spoke about the trees, from the cedar which is in Lebanon, and to the hyssop that comes out of the wall. And he spoke about the animal and about the bird, and about the crawling things and about the fish.
[1KI.5.14] And they came from all the peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all the kings of the earth who had heard his wisdom.
[1KI.5.15] And Hiram, king of Tyre, sent his servants to Solomon, because he heard that they had anointed him as king in place of his father. For Hiram loved David all his days.
[1KI.5.16] And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying:
[1KI.5.17] You knew David, my father, because he was not able to build a house for the name of Yahveh, the Gods, because of the warfare which surrounded him, until Yahveh subdues them under the soles of His feet.
[1KI.5.18] And now Yahveh, the Gods of mine, has given rest to me on every side. There is no adversary, and there is no bad encounter.
[1KI.5.19] And behold, I say to build a house for the name of Yahveh, the Gods, as Yahveh spoke to David my father, saying, “Your son, whom I will give in your place upon your throne, he will build the house for my name.”
[1KI.5.20] And now, command that cedar logs be cut for me from Lebanon, and my servants will be with your servants, and the wages of my servants I will give to you, as all that you say. For you know that there is no one among us who knows how to cut trees like the Sidonians.
[1KI.5.21] And it happened, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly. And he said, “Blessed is Yahveh today, who has given to David a wise son over this great people.”
[1KI.5.22] And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, "I have heard what you sent to me. I will do all your desire with cedar trees and with cypress trees."
[1KI.5.23] My servants will bring down from Lebanon to the sea, and I will set them as ships on the sea, to the place to which you will send them, and there they will be broken, and you will carry, and you will do my desire to give bread to my house.
[1KI.5.24] And it happened that Hiram gave to Solomon trees of cedar and trees of cypress, all his desire.
[1KI.5.25] And Solomon gave to Hiram twenty thousand kors of ground wheat for his house, and twenty kors of pressed oil. Thus Solomon gave to Hiram year by year.
[1KI.5.26] And Yahveh gave wisdom to Solomon, as He had spoken to him. And there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and they made a covenant, both of them.
[1KI.5.27] And King Solomon imposed a labor draft from all of Israel, and the draft consisted of thirty thousand men.
[1KI.5.28] And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand each month, in shifts. A month they would be in Lebanon, and two months in his house. And my Lord Adoniram was over the tax.
[1KI.5.29] And it was to Solomon seventy thousand porters, and eighty thousand stone hewers in the mountain.
[1KI.5.30] Besides the officials who were stationed for Solomon, who were over the work, there were three thousand and three hundred rulers among the people who did the work.
[1KI.5.31] And the king commanded, and they brought large stones, valuable stones, to found the house, stones that were hewn.
[1KI.5.32] And the builders of Solomon and the builders of Hiram and the stonecutters prepared the timbers and the stones to build the house.
1KI.6
[1KI.6.1] And it happened in the eightieth year and four hundred years after the sons of Israel left the land of Egypt, in the fourth year, in the month of Ziv, which is the second month of Solomon’s reign over Israel, and he built the house for Yahveh.
[1KI.6.2] And the house that King Solomon built for Yahveh was sixty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in width, and thirty cubits in height.
[1KI.6.3] And the hall, before the sanctuary of the house, was twenty cubits in length, facing the width of the house, ten cubits was its width, facing the house.
[1KI.6.4] And he made for the house windows that were transparent and sealed.
[1KI.6.5] And he built on the wall of the house chambers around, the walls of the house around to the temple and to the inner sanctuary, and he made chambers around.
[1KI.6.6] The lower outlet was five cubits wide, and the middle one was six cubits wide, and the third one was seven cubits wide, because recesses were given to the house around the outside, so as not to grip the walls of the house.
[1KI.6.7] And the house in its building, a perfect stone was laid; and hammers and axes, every iron tool, was not heard in the house in its building.
[1KI.6.8] The opening of the rib to the shoulder of the right side of the house, and carriers will ascend to the midsection, and from the midsection to the thirds.
[1KI.6.9] And he built the house and he finished it, and he covered the house with panels and beams of cedar.
[1KI.6.10] And he built the ceiling over the entire house, five cubits was its height. And he held the house with cedar timbers.
[1KI.6.11] And it came to pass, the word of Yahveh to Solomon, declaring:
[1KI.6.12] This house that you are building, if you walk in my statutes and do my judgements, and keep all my commandments to walk in them, then I will establish my word with you, which I spoke to David your father.
[1KI.6.13] And I, Yahveh, will dwell among the Israelites, and I will not abandon my people Israel.
[1KI.6.14] And Solomon built the house and he finished it.
[1KI.6.15] And he built the walls of the house from within with planks of cedars, from the ground of the house up to the walls of the upper room, he covered wood from within. And he covered the ground of the house with planks of firs.
[1KI.6.16] And he built twenty cubits from the flanks of the house with boards of cedar, from the ground to the walls, and he built for himself within the house a sanctuary for the holy of holies.
[1KI.6.17] And forty cubits was the size of the house, it is the sanctuary before us.
[1KI.6.18] And cedar wood to the house inward, carvings of buds and ornaments of blossoms, all cedar wood, no stone is seen.
[1KI.6.19] And the inner sanctuary within the house, from the inside, he prepared to place there the Ark of the Covenant of Yahveh.
[1KI.6.20] And before the sanctuary were twenty cubits in length and twenty cubits in width, and twenty cubits its height. And it was overlaid with gold, covered shut. And he covered an altar of cedar.
[1KI.6.21] And Solomon overlaid the house inside with gold, finished gold. And he overlaid panels of gold before the inner sanctuary, and he overlaid it with gold.
[1KI.6.22] And all the house was covered in gold, until completion of all the house, and all the altar which belongs to the inner sanctuary was covered in gold.
[1KI.6.23] And he made in the innermost sanctuary two cherubim of olive wood, ten cubits was their height.
[1KI.6.24] And five amots was the length of the wing of the one cherub, and five amots was the length of the wing of the second cherub. Ten amots was the measurement from the extremities of its wings to the extremities of its wings.
[1KI.6.25] And ten cubits was the measure of the second cherub, one measure and one extent to both cherubs.
[1KI.6.26] The stature of the one cherub was eleven cubits, and so was the stature of the second cherub.
[1KI.6.27] And He placed the cherubim within the inner chamber, and they spread out the wings of the cherubim, and the wing of one touched the wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall, and their wings toward the inside of the chamber touched wing to wing.
[1KI.6.28] And he covered the cherubim with gold.
[1KI.6.29] And all the walls of the house around were woven with reliefs of skillfully made cherubim and palm trees and blossoms of flowers within and without.
[1KI.6.30] And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, inside and to the outside.
[1KI.6.31] And the opening to the inner sanctuary he made, doors of trees of oil, the strength doorposts fifth.
[1KI.6.32] And there were two doors of olive wood, and on them carvings of cherubs and palm trees and open flowers, and it was covered with gold. And the gold was applied to the cherubs and to the palm trees.
[1KI.6.33] And thus He made for the opening of the sanctuary, doorposts of olive wood, from a fourth.
[1KI.6.34] And there were two doors of cedar wood, each having two leaves. One door had panels, and two bolts; and the second door had panels.
[1KI.6.35] And he overlaid with cherubs and palm trees, and blossoms of lilies, and an overlaying of gold, beaten out upon the engraving.
[1KI.6.36] And he built the inner courtyard with three rows of cut stone and a row of cut cedars.
[1KI.6.37] In the fourth year, the house of Yahveh was founded in the month of Ziv.
[1KI.6.38] And in the year the first eleven, in the month Bul, it is the month the eighth, the house was finished for all his things and for all his judgments. And he built it seven years.
1KI.7
[1KI.7.1] And Solomon built his house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.
[1KI.7.2] And he built the house of the forest of Lebanon, one hundred cubits its length, and fifty cubits its width, and thirty cubits its height. It was upon four rows of columns of cedars, and cedar beams were upon the columns.
[1KI.7.3] And it was covered with cedar from above upon the sides which are upon the pillars, forty and five, five cubits the row.
[1KI.7.4] And appearances, three rows, and a vision to a vision, three times.
[1KI.7.5] And all the doorways and the doorposts were square, flush, and facing chamber to chamber three times.
[1KI.7.6] And the hall with the pillars he made fifty cubits its length and thirty cubits its width. And a hall was upon their faces, and pillars, and a covering upon their faces.
[1KI.7.7] And the chamber of the throne upon which he will judge there, the chamber of judgement he made, and it was covered with cedar from the ground up to the ground.
[1KI.7.8] And his house where he dwelt there, the inner court was from the house of the hall, like this work was. And a house he will make for the daughter of Pharaoh which Solomon took, like this hall.
[1KI.7.9] All these Gods are precious stones, according to finished stone measurements, cut with the cutter, from the house and outside, and from the foundation up to the upper corners, and from the outside up to the great court.
[1KI.7.10] And it was founded with valuable stones, large stones, stones of ten cubits and stones of eight cubits.
[1KI.7.11] And from above, stones are precious according to measurements of cut stone and cedar.
[1KI.7.12] And the great court all around had three rows of cut stone, and a row of cedar. And for the court, the inner house of Yahveh, and for the hall of the house.
[1KI.7.13] And the king Solomon sent and brought Hiram from Tyre.
[1KI.7.14] He is the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in bronze. He was filled with wisdom and with understanding and with knowledge to do every kind of work in bronze, and he came to King Solomon and did all his work.
[1KI.7.15] And He formed the two pillars of bronze, eighteen cubits the height of the one pillar, and a wrap of twelve cubits will wrap around the second pillar.
[1KI.7.16] And two capitals he made to put upon the heads of the pillars, cast copper. Five cubits was the height of the one capital, and five cubits was the height of the second capital.
[1KI.7.17] Wreaths, the work of wreaths, and chains, the work of chains, were for the capitals that were on top of the pillars. Seven were for the capital, one, and seven were for the capital, the second.
[1KI.7.18] And he made the pillars and two rows around the netting, to cover the capitals that are on the heads of the pomegranates. And thus he made it for the second capital.
[1KI.7.19] And the capitals which are upon the heads of the pillars are work of lilies in the hall, four cubits.
[1KI.7.20] And capitals were on the two pillars, also above, opposite the belly, which is toward the latticework. And the pomegranates were two hundred rows around on the second capital.
[1KI.7.21] And he set up the pillars for the porch of the temple, and he set up the right pillar, and he called its name Yachin, and he set up the left pillar, and he called its name Boaz.
[1KI.7.22] And upon the top of the pillars was work of lilies, and the work of the pillars was completed.
[1KI.7.23] And he made the sea of cast metal, ten cubits from edge to edge, completely round, and five cubits in height. And a line of thirty cubits encircled it all around.
[1KI.7.24] And wheels were from under the extremities of it, turning around. Ten cubits was the measurement, encircling the sea all around. Two rims the wheels were, cast from his casting.
[1KI.7.25] It stood upon twelve oxen, with three faces toward the north and three faces toward the sea, and three faces toward the south and three faces toward the east. And the sea was above them, and all that was behind them faced the house.
[1KI.7.26] And his body was a handbreadth, and the edge of his lip like the work of the edge of a cup flower, a lily. Thousands a homer it will contain.
[1KI.7.27] And he made the stands, ten of bronze. Four cubits was the length of each stand, and four cubits its width, and three cubits its height.
[1KI.7.28] And this is the work of the structure, frameworks for them, and frameworks between the boards.
[1KI.7.29] And on the panels which are between the steps, lions, oxen and cherubim, and on the steps themselves, likewise above and below the lions and the oxen, are structures, carved work.
[1KI.7.30] And four bronze wheels were for the one machine, and bronze rims. And four were its steps, like supports for them, under the basin. The supports were cast opposite a man.
[1KI.7.31] And its mouth from the house of the crowning and up to the one cubit, and its mouth was round, the work of a craftsman, one cubit and a half of a cubit. And also upon its mouth were carvings, and its frameworks were squares, not round.
[1KI.7.32] And the four wheels were under the frames, and the appearance of the wheels was like a machine, and the height of one wheel was a cubit and half a cubit.
[1KI.7.33] And the works of the wheels were like the work of a wheel of the chariot. Their rims and their heights and their spokes and their tires, all were solid.
[1KI.7.34] And four shoulders of God, four corners of the one machine from the machine are its shoulders.
[1KI.7.35] And on the top of the machine, half a cubit was its height, round and surrounding. And on the top of the machine were its handles, and its frameworks came from it.
[1KI.7.36] And he opened upon the tablets their hands, and upon their borders cherubs, lions and palm trees, like the appearance of a man and around about.
[1KI.7.37] In this way he made the ten coverings, joined as one, according to one measure, one standard for all of them.
[1KI.7.38] And he made ten bronze basins, forty baths being the capacity of the one basin, each basin being four ammah in size. One basin upon the one stand, for the ten stands.
[1KI.7.39] And He placed the supports, five on the shoulder of the house on the right, and five on the shoulder of the house on the left. And the sea He placed on the shoulder of the house on the right, facing forward towards the south.
[1KI.7.40] And Hiram made the basins, and the pillars, and the pails, and Hiram finished doing all the work that he did for King Solomon’s house of Yahveh.
[1KI.7.41] There are two pillars, and the capitals on top of the pillars are two. Also, there are two lattices to cover the two capitals that are on top of the pillars.
[1KI.7.42] And the pomegranates, four hundred, for the two screens, two rows of pomegranates for the one screen, to cover the two globes of the crowns which are on the faces of the pillars.
[1KI.7.43] And the ten stands, and the ten basins upon the stands.
[1KI.7.44] And the sea, the one, and the cattle, twelve under the sea.
[1KI.7.45] And the pots, and the basins, and the sprinkling vessels, and all the vessels of the temple which Hiram made for King Solomon for the house of Yahveh, were of beaten bronze.
[1KI.7.46] In the plain of the Jordan, the king poured them out upon the accumulation of the land, between Sukkot and between Tzartan.
[1KI.7.47] And Solomon placed all the vessels due to an exceedingly great quantity; the weight of the bronze was not investigated.
[1KI.7.48] And Solomon made all the furnishings that were in the house of Yahveh, the golden altar, and the table on which was the bread of the Presence, gold.
[1KI.7.49] And the lamps, five from the right and five from the left, before the speaking place, were worked gold, and the flower, and the lamps, and the snuffers were gold.
[1KI.7.50] And the coverings and the musical instruments and the sprinklers and the closures and the striking tools were gold, overlaid. And the knobs were for the doors of the inner house, for the holy of holies, for the doors of the house, to the temple, of gold.
[1KI.7.51] And all the work was completed that the king Solomon had done on the house of Yahveh. And Solomon brought the holy things of David his father, the silver and the gold and the vessels, and he placed them in the treasuries of the house of Yahveh.
1KI.8
[1KI.8.1] Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the families of the children of Israel, to King Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Yahveh from the city of David, which is Zion.
[1KI.8.2] And all the men of Israel gathered to King Solomon in the month of Ethanim, during the festival, it being the seventh month.
[1KI.8.3] And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests carried the Ark.
[1KI.8.4] And they carried up the ark of Yahveh and the tent of meeting and all the holy vessels that were in the tent, and the priests and the Levites carried them up.
[1KI.8.5] And King Solomon and all the assembly of Israel who were gathered to him, with him before the Ark, offered sacrifices of sheep and cattle, which could not be counted nor measured because of their abundance.
[1KI.8.6] And the priests brought the Ark of the covenant of Yahveh to its place, to the inner sanctuary of the house, to the most holy place, under the wings of the cherubim.
[1KI.8.7] For the cherubim were spreading wings to the place of the ark, and the cherubim settled upon the ark and upon its carrying poles from above.
[1KI.8.8] And the lengths of the cherubim were extended, and the heads of the cherubim were seen from the holy place over the face of the ark, and they were not seen outside. And they were there until this day.
[1KI.8.9] There was not in the Ark, only the two tablets of stone which Moses placed there in Horeb, which Yahveh cut with the children of Israel in their going out of the land of Egypt.
[1KI.8.10] And it happened, at the exit of the priests from the holy place, and the cloud filled the house of Yahveh.
[1KI.8.11] And the priests were unable to stand to serve before the cloud, because the glory of Yahveh filled the house of Yahveh.
[1KI.8.12] Then Solomon said, "Yahveh said He would dwell in the darkness."
[1KI.8.13] I have built a house of exaltation for you, a place for your dwelling forever.
[1KI.8.14] The king turned his face and blessed all the assembly of Israel, and all the assembly of Israel stood.
[1KI.8.15] And he said, "Blessed be Yahveh, the Gods of Israel, who spoke with his mouth through David, my father, and by his hand he fulfilled to say."
[1KI.8.16] From the day that I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a house for my name to be there. Instead, I chose David to be over my people Israel.
[1KI.8.17] And it was with the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Yahveh, the Gods of Israel.
[1KI.8.18] And Yahveh said to David, my father, because it was with your heart to build a house for my name, you did well, for it was with your heart.
[1KI.8.19] Only you will not build the house, but your son, the one coming out from your loins, he will build the house for my name.
[1KI.8.20] And Yahveh raised up his word that he spoke, and I arose in place of David my father, and I sat upon the throne of Israel as Yahveh had spoken. And I built the house for the name of Yahveh, the God of Israel.
[1KI.8.21] And I set there a place for the Ark, where is the covenant of Yahveh, which He made with our ancestors in bringing them out of the land of Egypt.
[1KI.8.22] And Solomon stood before the altar of Yahveh facing all the assembly of Israel, and he stretched out his hands toward the heavens.
[1KI.8.23] And Yahveh, the God of Israel, said, "There is none like the Gods in the heavens above and on the earth below, keeping the covenant and showing kindness to your servants who walk before the Gods with all their heart."
[1KI.8.24] Which you kept to your servant David, my father, what you spoke to him, and you spoke with your mouth and with your hand you fulfilled like this day.
[1KI.8.25] And now, Yahveh, the Gods of Israel, keep for your servant David, my father, that which you spoke to him, saying, "No man will be cut off from before you, sitting on the throne of Israel, but only if your sons keep their way to walk before me, as you walked before me."
[1KI.8.26] And now, the Gods of Israel, may your word be confirmed, which you spoke to your servant David, my father.
[1KI.8.27] Indeed, do the Gods dwell on the earth? Behold, the heavens and the heavens of heavens cannot contain you, nor can this house which I have built.
[1KI.8.28] And you will turn to the prayer of your servant and to his supplication, Yahveh, my Gods, to listen to the shout and to the prayer which your servant prays before you today.
[1KI.8.29] Let your eyes be open towards this house, night and day, towards the place where God has said God’s name will be, to hear the prayer that your servant will pray towards this place.
[1KI.8.30] And you shall hear the supplication of your servant and your people Israel, who will pray toward this place. And you will listen from the place of your dwelling, from the heavens, and you shall hear and forgive.
[1KI.8.31] Regarding what a man sins against his fellow, and carries an oath concerning it, to confirm it, and the oath comes before your altar in this house.
[1KI.8.32] And you will hear the heavens and you will do, and you will judge your servants to condemn the wicked one, to give his way upon his head, and to declare the righteous one righteous, to give to him according to his righteousness.
[1KI.8.33] When your people Israel are struck before an enemy because they sin against you, and they return to you and confess your name and pray and plead with you in this house,
[1KI.8.34] And you will hear the heavens and you will forgive for the sin of your people Israel, and you will return them to the land which you gave to their fathers.
[1KI.8.35] If the heavens are closed and there is no rain because they have sinned against you, and they pray toward this place and confess your name, and turn from their sins, then you will answer them.
[1KI.8.36] And you, Yahveh, will hear the heavens and forgive the sin of your servants and your people Israel, because you direct the good way that they walk in, and you will give rain upon your land which you gave to your people as an inheritance.
[1KI.8.37] Hunger will be in the land, and plague will be, and blasting of the greenness, locust and destruction will be. Because He has formed an enemy for him in the land of his cities, every sore and every sickness.
[1KI.8.38] Every prayer, every supplication, which will be for every person, for all your people Israel, such that they know a man’s affliction of heart, and he spreads his hands toward this house.
[1KI.8.39] And you, Yahveh, will hear from the heavens, the place of your dwelling, and you will forgive, and do, and give to each person according to all of their ways, as you know the heart of each one. For you alone know the heart of all the children of humanity.
[1KI.8.40] In order that they may fear you all the days that they live upon the face of the earth, which you gave to our fathers.
[1KI.8.41] And also, God, the foreigner who is not of your people, Israel, is he, and he comes from a distant land for the sake of your name.
[1KI.8.42] Because they hear of your great name and of your strong hand and of your outstretched arm, and they come and pray towards this house.
[1KI.8.43] You will hear the heavens, the place of your dwelling, and you will do according to all that the foreigner calls to you, in order that all peoples of the earth may know your name, to fear you as your people Israel does, and to know that your name is proclaimed upon this house that I have built.
[1KI.8.44] When your people go to war against their enemy, on the path you send them, and they pray to Yahveh, pray towards the city you have chosen, and the house I built for your name.
[1KI.8.45] And the heavens heard their prayer and their supplication, and you will do their judgement.
[1KI.8.46] For they will sin against you, because there is no person who does not sin. And you will be angry with them and give them into the hands of their enemy, and their captors will return them to the land of the enemy, distant or near.
[1KI.8.47] And they will turn their hearts towards God in the land where they were captured there, and they will return and plead with you in the land of those who hold them captive, saying, “We have sinned and acted perversely, we have done evil.”
[1KI.8.48] And they will return to God with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies, where they were taken captive, and they will pray to God towards the way of their land which God gave to their ancestors, the city which God chose, and the house which I built for God’s name.
[1KI.8.49] And you shall hear the heavens, the place of your dwelling, their prayer and their supplication, and you shall do their justice.
[1KI.8.50] And you will forgive your people who have sinned against you, and for all of their transgressions which they have transgressed against you, and you will give them to compassion before their captors, and may they show compassion.
[1KI.8.51] For your people and your inheritance, they are, that you brought out from Egypt from within the furnace of iron.
[1KI.8.52] May your eyes be open to the supplication of your servant, and to the supplication of your people Israel, to hear them in all their calling to you.
[1KI.8.53] For you have set them apart for yourself as a possession from all peoples of the land, as you spoke through the hand of Moses your servant, in bringing out our fathers from Egypt, my Lord Yahveh.
[1KI.8.54] And it happened, when Solomon had finished praying to Yahveh, this entire prayer and supplication, he rose from before the altar of Yahveh, kneeling upon his knees, and his hands were outstretched to the heavens.
[1KI.8.55] And he stood and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a great voice, to say.
[1KI.8.56] Blessed is Yahveh, who gave rest to his people Israel, according to all that he spoke. Not one word of all his good word which he spoke by the hand of Moses his servant has fallen.
[1KI.8.57] May Yahveh, our Gods, be with us, as He was with our fathers. Let Him not abandon us, and let Him not forsake us.
[1KI.8.58] To incline our hearts to God, to walk in all of God’s ways, and to keep God’s commandments, God’s statutes, and God’s judgments, which God commanded our ancestors.
[1KI.8.59] And may these my words that I have pleaded before Yahveh be near to Yahveh, our God, day and night, to do the justice of Your servant and the justice of Your people Israel, a matter of day in its day.
[1KI.8.60] For the purpose of all peoples of the land knowing that Yahveh is the Gods, there is none other.
[1KI.8.61] And it will be that your heart will be complete with Yahveh, the Gods, our God, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments as this day.
[1KI.8.62] And the king and all Israel with him were sacrificing a sacrifice before Yahveh.
[1KI.8.63] And Solomon sacrificed the sacrifice of peace offerings that he sacrificed to Yahveh: cattle, twenty and two thousand, and sheep, one hundred and twenty thousand. And the king and all the children of Israel consecrated the house of Yahveh.
[1KI.8.64] On that day the king sanctified the inner court that was before the house of Yahveh, for he had made there the burnt offering and the grain offering and the fat portions of the peace offerings. This is because the bronze altar that was before Yahveh was too small to contain the burnt offering and the grain offering and the fat portions of the peace offerings.
[1KI.8.65] And Solomon made the festival at that time, and all Israel was with him, a great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath to the stream of Egypt, before Yahveh, the Gods of our ancestors, for seven days and seven days, fourteen days.
[1KI.8.66] On the eighth day, he dismissed the people, and they blessed the king and went to their tents, joyful and good of heart, concerning all the goodness that Yahveh had done for David his servant and for Israel his people.
1KI.9
[1KI.9.1] And it happened when Solomon finished building the house of Yahveh and the house of the king, and all the desire of Solomon which he wished to do.
[1KI.9.2] And Yahveh appeared to Solomon a second time, as He had appeared to him in Gibeon.
[1KI.9.3] And Yahveh said to him, "I have heard your prayer and your supplication, which you made before me. I have sanctified this house which you have built, to put my name there forever, and my eyes and my heart shall be there all the days."
[1KI.9.4] And you, if you walk before me as David your father walked, with a pure heart and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded you, my statutes and my judgements you shall keep.
[1KI.9.5] And I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever, as I spoke to David your father, saying, 'No one will be cut off from you as a man on the throne of Israel.'
[1KI.9.6] If you return, you and your children, away from me, and do not keep my commandments and my statutes which I gave before you, then you will walk and serve other gods, and you will bow down to them.
[1KI.9.7] And I will cause Israel to be cut off from above the face of the land that I gave to them, and the house that I consecrated to My name, I will send from above My face. And Israel will be for a parable and for a taunt among all the peoples.
[1KI.9.8] And this house will be supreme. Everyone who passes by it will be astonished and will whistle. And they will say, "What has Yahveh done like this to this land and to this house?"
[1KI.9.9] And they will say, concerning their abandonment of Yahveh, the Gods, who brought their ancestors out of the land of Egypt, that they held fast to other Gods, and bowed down to them, and served them. Therefore, Yahveh brought upon them all this evil.
[1KI.9.10] And it came to pass at the end of twenty years that Solomon built two houses, the house of Yahveh and the house of the king.
[1KI.9.11] Hiram, king of Tyre, carried Solomon with cedar trees and cypress trees and with gold to all that he desired. Then the king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.
[1KI.9.12] And Hiram went out from Tyre to see the cities that Solomon had given to him, and they were not right in his eyes.
[1KI.9.13] And he said, "What are these cities which you gave to me, my brother?" And he called them the land of Kaboul until this day.
[1KI.9.14] And Hiram sent to the king one hundred and twenty weight of gold.
[1KI.9.15] And this is the matter of the work that King Solomon raised up to build the house of Yahveh and his house, and the terraces, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Chatzor, and Megiddo, and Gazer.
[1KI.9.16] Pharaoh, king of Egypt, went up and captured Gezer, and he burned it with fire, and he killed the Canaanite who lived in the city. And he gave it as gifts to his daughter, the wife of Solomon.
[1KI.9.17] And Solomon built Gazer and the city of Horon the lower.
[1KI.9.18] And Baal’s place and Tamar in the desert in the land.
[1KI.9.19] And also every city of the poor that belonged to Solomon, and the cities of chariots, and the cities of horsemen, and the desire of Solomon which he desired to build in Jerusalem and in Lebanon and in all the land of his rule.
[1KI.9.20] All the people remaining from the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivvite, and the Jebusite, who are not from the children of Israel, they are.
[1KI.9.21] Their sons, who remained after them in the land, whom the sons of Israel were not able to devote to destruction, and Solomon compelled to forced labor until this day.
[1KI.9.22] And from the sons of Israel, Solomon did not give a slave, for they were people of war, and his servants and his officers and his third-rank officials and the commanders of his chariots and his horsemen.
[1KI.9.23] These are the supervisors who were over the work for Solomon: five hundred and fifty rulers over the people who did the work.
[1KI.9.24] But the daughter of Pharaoh went up from the City of David to her house that she had built for herself. Then it was that she built the filling.
[1KI.9.25] And Solomon offered three times in the year burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar which he built for Yahveh, and he offered incense with that which was before Yahveh, and he completed the house.
[1KI.9.26] And I, King Solomon made ships at Ezion-geber, which is Elot, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.
[1KI.9.27] And Hiram sent his servants, the shipmen who know the sea, with the servants of Solomon.
[1KI.9.28] They came to Ophir and took from there gold, four hundred and twenty units of weight. They brought it to King Solomon.
1KI.10
[1KI.10.1] And the Queen of Sheba heard about the reputation of Solomon, for the name of Yahveh, and she came to test him with riddles.
[1KI.10.2] And she came to Jerusalem with very great force, camels carrying spices and very much gold and precious stone. And she came to Solomon and spoke to him all that was in her heart.
[1KI.10.3] And Solomon told her all of her matters. There was no matter hidden from the king that he did not tell her.
[1KI.10.4] And the Queen of Sheba saw all the wisdom of Solomon and the house that he built.
[1KI.10.5] His food and his table, the sitting of his servants, the standing of his ministers, their clothing, their drink, and the offering which goes up to the house of Yahveh – and there was no more spirit in it.
[1KI.10.6] And she said to the king, "Truth was the thing that I heard in my land, concerning your words and concerning your wisdom."
[1KI.10.7] And I did not believe the reports until I came and my eyes saw, and behold, not half was told to me. You have added wisdom and goodness to the report which I heard.
[1KI.10.8] Blessed are your people, blessed are your servants, these who stand before God continually, those who hear your wisdom.
[1KI.10.9] May Yahveh, the Gods, your God, be blessed, because He desires to set you upon the throne of Israel. This is due to the love Yahveh has for Israel forever, and He has appointed you as king to perform justice and righteousness.
[1KI.10.10] And she gave to the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold, and very many spices, and precious stone. No spice like that spice came again in abundance, that the Queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
[1KI.10.11] And also Hiram, who carried gold from Ophir, brought from Ophir a great many almug trees and precious stone.
[1KI.10.12] The king made structures of algum wood as supports for the house of Yahveh and for the king’s house, also harps and lyres for the singers. Such algum wood had not come to be seen before that day.
[1KI.10.13] And the king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire which she asked, besides what he had given to her according to the hand of king Solomon. And she turned and went to her land, she and her servants.
[1KI.10.14] And the weight of the gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred sixty-six talents of gold.
[1KI.10.15] Besides the men of Tarshish and the trade of the merchants, and all the kings of the Arabah and the officials of the land.
[1KI.10.16] And the king Solomon made two hundred shields of beaten gold, six hundred shields of gold are overlaid on each shield.
[1KI.10.17] And three hundred shields of gold, overlaid with gold, three manehs of gold shall be applied to the one shield, and the king gave them to the house of the forest of Lebanon.
[1KI.10.18] And the king made a great throne of ivory, and he overlaid it with refined gold.
[1KI.10.19] Six ascents are for the throne, and a round head for the throne is behind it, and arms from here and from there to the place of sitting, and two lions are standing near the arms.
[1KI.10.20] And twelve lions were standing there on the six steps, on this side and on that side. Such a thing has not been done for any kingdoms.
[1KI.10.21] And all the vessels for drinking of King Solomon were gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were gold, securely stored. No silver was considered of value in the days of Solomon at all.
[1KI.10.22] Because I, Tarshish, am for the king by the sea, with I, Hiram, after three years will come I, Tarshish, carrying gold and silver, ivory, monkeys, and peacocks.
[1KI.10.23] And the king Solomon grew greater than all the kings of the earth in wealth and in wisdom.
[1KI.10.24] And all the earth sought the face of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which the Gods gave in his heart.
[1KI.10.25] And they bring each man his offering, silver vessels and gold vessels, peace offerings, and weapons, and spices, horses and donkeys, a matter of year by year.
[1KI.10.26] And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen, and there were for him one thousand and four hundred chariots and twelve thousand horsemen, and he stationed them in the cities of the chariots and with the king in Jerusalem.
[1KI.10.27] And the king gave the silver in Jerusalem as stones, and he gave the cedars as the plane trees that are in the lowland in abundance.
[1KI.10.28] And the finding of the horses which belong to Solomon was from Egypt, and traders of the king will take horses from a gathering place at a price.
[1KI.10.29] And they ascended and took chariots from Egypt, six hundred of silver and horses, fifty and one hundred. And so with all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram, by their hand they took them out.
1KI.11
[1KI.11.1] And King Solomon loved many foreign women, and the daughter of Pharaoh, Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, Hittites.
[1KI.11.2] From the nations concerning which Yahveh said to the people of Israel, "Do not enter into them, and they shall not enter into you," surely they will turn your hearts after their gods. With them, Solomon adhered out of love.
[1KI.11.3] And there were wives, chiefs, seven hundred, and concubines, three hundred, and his wives turned his heart.
[1KI.11.4] And it happened in the time of Solomon’s old age, his wives turned his heart after the Gods other than them, and his heart was not complete with Yahveh, his God, as the heart of David, his father, was.
[1KI.11.5] And Solomon followed after Ashtoret, the gods of the Sidonians, and after Milkom, the abomination of the Ammonites.
[1KI.11.6] And Solomon did evil in the eyes of Yahveh, and he did not fully follow Yahveh as his father David had.
[1KI.11.7] Then Solomon built a high place to Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, on the mountain which is opposite Jerusalem, and to Molech, the abomination of the people of Ammon.
[1KI.11.8] And so he did for all of his foreign wives, offering incense and building shrines to their gods.
[1KI.11.9] And Yahveh became angry with Solomon, because Solomon’s heart had turned away from Yahveh, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice.
[1KI.11.10] And he commanded to him concerning this matter, not to go after other gods, and he did not keep that which Yahveh commanded.
[1KI.11.11] And Yahveh said to Solomon, "Because this was with you, and you did not keep my covenant and my laws that I commanded upon you, torn I will tear the kingdom from upon you, and I will give it to my servant."
[1KI.11.12] But during your days, I will not do it, for the sake of David, your father. From the hand of your son, I will tear it away.
[1KI.11.13] But only all the kingdom I will not tear. One tribe I will give to your son, for the sake of David my servant, and for the sake of Jerusalem which I have chosen.
[1KI.11.14] And Yahveh raised up Satan to be an adversary to Solomon, even Hadad the Edomite, from the seed of the king, he being in Edom.
[1KI.11.15] And it came to pass, when David was at Edom, while Joab, commander of the army, went up to bury the slain, that he struck every male in Edom.
[1KI.11.16] For six months Joab remained there, and all Israel, until they had finished destroying every male in Edom.
[1KI.11.17] And Hadad fled, he and Edomite men, from the servants of his father with him to come to Egypt. And Hadad was a young boy.
[1KI.11.18] And they rose up from Midian and came to Paran, and they took men with them from Paran and came to Egypt to Pharaoh, king of Egypt. And he gave to him a house and food, saying to him, and land he gave to him.
[1KI.11.19] And Hadad found favor in the eyes of Pharaoh greatly, and he gave him a woman, the sister of his wife, the sister of Tachpenes the noblewoman.
[1KI.11.20] And she bore to him a sister, Tachpenes, and she had Genuvat, her son, and Tachpenes nursed him within the house of Pharaoh, and Genuvat became one of the sons of Pharaoh within the house of Pharaoh.
[1KI.11.21] And Hadad heard in Egypt that David had lain down with his fathers and that Joab, the commander of the army, had died. And Hadad said to Pharaoh, "Release me, and I will go to my land."
[1KI.11.22] And he said to him, Pharaoh, that what are you lacking with me, and behold you are seeking to go to your land? And he said to him that you shall send me forth.
[1KI.11.23] And the Gods raised up an adversary against him, Rezon son of Eliada, who had fled from Hadad-ezer king of Zobah, my Lord.
[1KI.11.24] And men gathered around him, and he became a commander of a troop in the killing of those by David. And they went to Damascus and settled in it, and they reigned in Damascus.
[1KI.11.25] And the adversary was to Israel all the days of Solomon, and the evil that Hadad did, and he afflicted Israel, and he reigned over Aram.
[1KI.11.26] And Jeroboam, son of Nebat, an Ephrathite from Zeredah, and the name of his mother was Zeruah, a widow, was a servant to Solomon. And he lifted up his hand against the king.
[1KI.11.27] And this is the matter that took action with the king Solomon: he built the terrace, and he closed the breach of the city of David, his father.
[1KI.11.28] And the man Jeroboam was capable. And Solomon saw the young man because he was doing work, and he appointed him over all the forced labor of the house of Joseph.
[1KI.11.29] And it happened at that time that Jeroboam departed from Jerusalem, and Ahijah the Shilonite, the prophet, found him on the road. He was covering himself with a new cloak, and the two of them were alone in the field.
[1KI.11.30] And Ahijah seized the new garment that was upon him, and he tore it into twelve pieces.
[1KI.11.31] And He said to Jeroboam, "Take for yourself ten portions, for thus says Yahveh, the God of Israel, "Behold, I am tearing the kingdom from the hand of Solomon, and I will give to you ten of the tribes."
[1KI.11.32] And one tribe will be for him, for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen in it from all the tribes of Israel.
[1KI.11.33] Because they abandoned me and prostrated themselves before Ashtoret, the god of the Sidonians, to Kemosh, the god of Moab, and to Milkom, the god of the people of Ammon, and they did not walk in my ways to do what is right in my eyes, and my statutes and my judgments, like David, their ancestor.
[1KI.11.34] And I will not take the entire kingdom from his hand, for I will set a leader all the days of his life, for the sake of David my servant, whom I have chosen, who kept my commandments and my statutes.
[1KI.11.35] And I will take the kingdom from the hand of his son, and I will give it to you, the ten tribes.
[1KI.11.36] And I will give to him a single tribe, so that he might be a light for my servant David all the days, in my presence in Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen for myself to put my name there.
[1KI.11.37] And you I will take, and you will rule in all that your soul desires, and you will be king over Israel.
[1KI.11.38] And it will be, if you listen to all that I command you, and walk in my ways, and do what is right in my eyes by keeping my statutes and commandments, as David, my servant, did, then I will be with you, and I will build for you a faithful house, as I built for David, and I will give to you Israel.
[1KI.11.39] And I will answer the seed of David for this reason, but not for all days.
[1KI.11.40] And Solomon sought to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose and fled to Egypt, to Shishak, king of Egypt, and he was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.
[1KI.11.41] And the remainder of the words of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written upon the book of the words of Solomon?
[1KI.11.42] And the days that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel were forty years.
[1KI.11.43] And Solomon lay down with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his father. And Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.
1KI.12
[1KI.12.1] And Rechab'am went to Shechem, because all Israel came to Shechem to make him king.
[1KI.12.2] And it happened, when Jeroboam son of Nebat heard, while he was still in Egypt, who had fled from the presence of King Solomon, that Jeroboam settled in Egypt.
[1KI.12.3] And they sent and called to him, and Yarav'am and all the assembly of Israel came and spoke to Rechav'am, saying…
[1KI.12.4] Your father has hardened the yoke upon us, and you now make light from the service of your father the harsh and from his yoke the heavy which he put upon us, and we will serve you.
[1KI.12.5] And he said to them, "Go still three days and return to me," and the people went.
[1KI.12.6] And King Rehoboam consulted the elders who had stood before the face of Solomon his father while he was living, saying, "How do you advise responding to these people with a matter?"
[1KI.12.7] And they spoke to him, saying, "If today you will be a servant to this people, and you will serve them and answer them, and you will speak good words to them, then they will be your servants all of the days."
[1KI.12.8] And he abandoned the counsel of the elders who counseled him, and he sought counsel from the young men who grew up with him, those who stand before him.
[1KI.12.9] And he said to them, "What are you counseling, and we will respond to this people, regarding what they spoke to me, saying, ‘The burden is lightened from the yoke that your father placed upon us.’"
[1KI.12.10] And the children who grew up with him spoke to him, saying, "Thus you shall say to this people who have spoken to you, saying, 'Your father has made our yoke heavy.' And you, make it lighter from upon us." Thus you shall speak to them: 'My smallness is heavier than the loins of my father.'
[1KI.12.11] And now, my father has placed a heavy yoke upon you, and I will add to your yoke. My father will discipline you with rods, and I will discipline you with scorpions.
[1KI.12.12] And Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king had spoken, saying, "Return to me on the third day."
[1KI.12.13] And the king answered the people harshly, and he abandoned the counsel of the elders who advised him.
[1KI.12.14] And he spoke to them like the advice of children, saying, "My father has made your burden heavy, and I will add to your burden. My father will discipline you with rods, and I will discipline you with scorpions."
[1KI.12.15] And the king did not listen to the people, for it was a cause from Yahveh, in order that Yahveh might establish the word that Yahveh spoke by the hand of Ahijah the Shilohite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.
[1KI.12.16] And all Israel saw that the king would not listen to them, and the people returned a word to the king, saying, "What share do we have in David, and no inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your tents, Israel! Now, see your house, David!" And Israel went to their tents.
[1KI.12.17] And the sons of Israel who resided in the cities of Judah, and Rechabam reigned over them.
[1KI.12.18] And King Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the tax, and all Israel stoned him with stones, and he died. And King Rehoboam strengthened himself to ascend into the chariot to flee to Jerusalem.
[1KI.12.19] And Israel transgressed in the house of David, even until this day.
[1KI.12.20] And it happened, when all Israel heard that Yarav'am had returned, that they sent for him and called him to the assembly, and they made him king over all Israel. There was no one remaining from the house of David, except for the tribe of Judah alone.
[1KI.12.21] And Rehoboam came to Jerusalem and gathered all the house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin, one hundred and eighty thousand young men equipped for war, to fight with the house of Israel, to restore the kingdom to Rehoboam, son of Solomon.
[1KI.12.22] And it came to pass, the word of the Gods came to Shmayah, a man of the Gods, to say.
[1KI.12.23] Say to Rechabam, son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the rest of the people, saying:
[1KI.12.24] Thus says Yahveh: Do not go up, and do not fight against your brothers, the children of Israel. Return, each one to his house, for from me has this matter come. And they heard the word of Yahveh, and they returned to go as the word of Yahveh instructed.
[1KI.12.25] And Jeroboam built Shechem on the mountain of Ephraim and lived in it. And he went out from there and built Penuel.
[1KI.12.26] And Jeroboam said in his heart, "Now the kingdom will return to the house of David."
[1KI.12.27] If this people goes up to offer sacrifices in the house of Yahveh in Jerusalem, and the heart of this people turns back to their lords, to Rechav'am, the king of Judah, then they will kill me, and they will return to Rechav'am, the king of Judah.
[1KI.12.28] And the king consulted, and he made two calves of gold. And he said to them, "Enough for you from ascending to Jerusalem, behold, your gods, Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt."
[1KI.12.29] And he put the one in the house of God, and the one he gave in Dan.
[1KI.12.30] And it happened that this thing became a sin, and the people went before the one as far as Dan.
[1KI.12.31] And he made houses of high places and he made priests from among the people, who were not from the sons of Levi.
[1KI.12.32] And Jeroboam made a festival in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like the festival that was in Judah. And he went up to the altar, thus did he in Bethel to sacrifice to the calves that he had made. And he stationed in Bethel the priests of the high places that he had made.
[1KI.12.33] And Jeroboam went up to the altar that he had made in Bethel on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, in the month that he devised from his own heart. And he made a festival for the sons of Israel, and he went up to the altar to offer sacrifices.
1KI.13
[1KI.13.1] And behold, a man of God came from Judah, with a word from Yahveh to the house of Bethel. And Jeroboam was standing by the altar to offer incense.
[1KI.13.2] And he called out to the altar in the name of Yahveh, and he said, "Altar, altar, thus says Yahveh: Behold, a son is born to the house of David, Josiah is his name, and he will sacrifice upon you the priests of the high places who make offerings upon you, and human bones will be burned upon you."
[1KI.13.3] And He will give on that day a sign, saying, "This is the sign that Yahveh spoke of: behold, the altar will be torn, and the ashes which are upon it will be poured out."
[1KI.13.4] And it came to pass, when the king heard the word of a man of the Gods who called out against the altar in the house of El, that Yarav-am extended his hand from above the altar to say, "Seize him!" And the hand which he extended against him became withered, and he could not return it to himself.
[1KI.13.5] And the altar was torn, and the offering was poured out from the altar, like a sign which the man of the Gods gave by the word of Yahveh.
[1KI.13.6] The king responded and said to the man of God, "Please, turn your face to Yahveh, your God, and pray for me, so that my hand may return to me." And the man of God turned his face to Yahveh, and the hand of the king returned to him, and it was as before.
[1KI.13.7] And the king spoke to the man of the Gods, "Come with me to the house and eat a meal, and I will give to you a gift."
[1KI.13.8] And the man of the Gods said to the king, "If you give to me half of your house, I will not come with you, and I will not eat bread and I will not drink water in this place."
[1KI.13.9] Thus commanded me by the word of Yahveh to say, you shall not eat bread, and you shall not drink water, and you shall not return on the path that you walked.
[1KI.13.10] And he went by another way, and did not return by the way that he came to the house of God.
[1KI.13.11] And one prophet, an old man, sat in Bethel, and his son came and told him all the deeds that the man of the Gods had done today in Bethel, the things that he spoke to the king, and they told them to their father.
[1KI.13.12] And their father spoke to them, "Which path did he walk?" And his sons saw the path that the man of the Gods walked, the one who came from Judah.
[1KI.13.13] And he said to his sons, "Tie the donkey for me." And they tied the donkey for him, and he rode upon it.
[1KI.13.14] And he went after the man of the Gods, and found him sitting under the tree. And he said to him, "Are you the man of the Gods who came from Judah?" And he said, "I am."
[1KI.13.15] And he said to him, "Go with me to the house, and eat bread."
[1KI.13.16] And he said, "I am not able to return with you, and I am not able to come with you. And I will not eat bread, and I will not drink water with you in this place."
[1KI.13.17] For a word came to me from Yahveh: you shall not eat bread and you shall not drink water there. You shall not return to go by the way that you walked in it.
[1KI.13.18] And he said to him, "Also I am a prophet like you, and an angel spoke to me in the word of Yahveh to say, 'Return him with you to your house, and he will eat bread and he will drink water, because Yahveh has deceived him.'"
[1KI.13.19] And he returned with him, and he ate bread in his house, and he drank water.
[1KI.13.20] And it happened, they were sitting at the table, and then the word of Yahveh came to the prophet who sent them back.
[1KI.13.21] And he called to the man of God who came from Judah to say, "Thus says Yahveh: Because you have opposed the mouth of Yahveh, and you have not kept the commandment that Yahveh, your God, commanded you."
[1KI.13.22] And she returned and ate bread and drank water in the place where God spoke to her, “Do not eat bread and do not drink water.” Your body will not come to the grave of your fathers.
[1KI.13.23] And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread and after he had drunk, that he saddled the donkey for the prophet who had sent him back.
[1KI.13.24] And he went, and a lion found him on the road, and killed him. And his corpse was thrown on the road, and the donkey stood beside it, and the lion stood beside the corpse.
[1KI.13.25] And behold, men were passing by and they saw the carcass thrown in the road and the lion standing near the carcass. And they came and spoke in the city where the old prophet dwells in it.
[1KI.13.26] And the prophet who turned him from the way heard. And the man of God said, “This is the one who defied the mouth of Yahveh.” And Yahveh gave him to the lion, and it broke him and killed him, according to the word of Yahveh that He had spoken to him.
[1KI.13.27] And he spoke to his sons to say, "Bind the donkey for me," and they bound it.
[1KI.13.28] And he went and found the corpse of him thrown in the road, and a donkey and the lion were standing near the corpse. The lion had not eaten the corpse, and it had not broken the donkey.
[1KI.13.29] And the prophet took the corpse of the man of the Gods and placed him upon the donkey, and he returned, and he came to the city of the old prophet to mourn and to bury him.
[1KI.13.30] And he laid his corpse in his grave, and they lamented over him, saying, "Alas, my brother!"
[1KI.13.31] And it happened after they buried him, that he said to his sons, saying, “When I die, bury me in the tomb where the man of the Gods is buried. Place my bones near his bones.”
[1KI.13.32] For it will certainly be the thing that was proclaimed by the word of Yahveh upon the altar that is in the house of Bethel, and upon all the houses of the high places that are in the cities of Samaria.
[1KI.13.33] After this matter, Jeroboam did not turn back from his evil way, and he returned and made priests of the high places from among all the people, anyone whose hand was inclined to do it, and these became priests of the high places.
[1KI.13.34] And it happened in this matter that it was a sin for the house of Jeroboam, and to cause it to cease and to destroy it from the face of the earth.
1KI.14
[1KI.14.1] At that time, Aviyah, son of Yarav'am, became sick.
[1KI.14.2] And Jeroboam said to his wife, "Rise now, and disguise yourself, so they will not know that you are the wife of Jeroboam, and go to Shiloh. There is Ahijah the prophet, he spoke to me concerning kingship over this people."
[1KI.14.3] And you shall take in your hand ten breads and sweets, and a bottle of honey, and you shall come to him. He will tell to you what will be for the boy.
[1KI.14.4] And she did so, the wife of Jeroboam, and she arose and went to Shiloh, and she entered the house of Ahijah. And Ahijah, he was not able to see, for his eyes were dimmed with age.
[1KI.14.5] And Yahveh said to Ahijah, "Behold, the wife of Jeroboam is coming to ask a matter from you concerning her son, for he is sick. Speak to her thus and thus. And it will be, when she comes, that she disguises herself."
[1KI.14.6] And it happened, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet as she came to the doorway, that he said, "Come in, wife of Jeroboam. Why is it that you disguise yourself? And I have been sent to you with a hard thing."
[1KI.14.7] Go, speak to Jeroboam, saying thus says Yahveh, the Gods of Israel. Because I raised you up from among the people, and appointed you a leader over my people Israel.
[1KI.14.8] And I tore the kingdom from the house of David, and I gave it to you. And you were not like my servant David, who kept my commands and who walked after Yahveh with all his heart, to do only what is right in my eyes.
[1KI.14.9] And you chose to do, from all that was before you, and you went and made for yourself other Gods and graven images to provoke me, and you cast me behind your back.
[1KI.14.10] Therefore, behold, I am bringing evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and I will cut off from Jeroboam one who urinates against a wall that is closed and abandoned in Israel, and I will sweep away after the house of Jeroboam as one sweeps dung until there is nothing remaining.
[1KI.14.11] Dogs will eat those who die under Jeroboam in the city, and the birds of the sky will eat those who die in the field, for Yahveh has spoken.
[1KI.14.12] And you, arise and go to your house. As your feet come to the city, the child will die.
[1KI.14.13] And all of Israel shall lament for him and bury him, because this alone came to Jeroboam to the grave, since a good thing was found in him to Yahveh, the Gods of Israel, within the house of Jeroboam.
[1KI.14.14] And Yahveh will raise up for him a king over Israel, who will destroy the house of Jeroboam this day, and what also now?
[1KI.14.15] And Yahveh will strike Israel as a reed is bent in the water, and he will uproot Israel from over the good land that he gave to their ancestors and their offspring beyond the river, because they made their idols, provoking Yahveh.
[1KI.14.16] And Yahveh will give Israel over because of the sins of Jeroboam, which he committed, and which he caused Israel to commit.
[1KI.14.17] And the wife of Jeroboam rose and went and came to Tirzah. She came to the threshold of the house, and the young man was dead.
[1KI.14.18] And they buried him, and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word of Yahveh which he spoke through the hand of his servant, Achiya the prophet.
[1KI.14.19] And the remaining deeds of Jeroboam, that which he fought and that which he reigned, are written upon the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
[1KI.14.20] And the days that Jeroboam reigned were twenty-two years, and he lay down with his ancestors, and Nadab his son reigned in his place.
[1KI.14.21] And Rehoboam, son of Solomon, reigned in Judah, being forty-one years old when Rehoboam began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city that Yahveh had chosen to put his name there from all the tribes of Israel. And the name of his mother was Naamah the Ammonite.
[1KI.14.22] And Judah did what was evil in the eyes of Yahveh, and they provoked Yahveh’s jealousy more than all that their ancestors had done, because of their sins which they committed.
[1KI.14.23] And they also built for themselves high places and pillars and sacred poles on every high hill and under every lush tree.
[1KI.14.24] And also, a sacred prostitute was in the land. They acted like all the abominations of the nations that Yahveh had dispossessed from before the children of Israel.
[1KI.14.25] And it happened in the fifth year of the reign of King Rechav'am, Shishak, king of Egypt, came up against Jerusalem.
[1KI.14.26] And he took the treasures of the house of Yahveh, and the treasures of the house of the king, and he took everything. And he took all the golden shields that Solomon had made.
[1KI.14.27] And the king Rechav'am made bronze shields in their place, and he entrusted them to the officers of the runners, the guards, at the entrance to the king's house.
[1KI.14.28] And it happened, whenever the king entered the house of Yahveh, the runners would carry them and return them to the chamber of the runners.
[1KI.14.29] And the rest of the words of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the Days for the kings of Judah?
[1KI.14.30] And war was between Rechabam and between Yarav'am all the days.
[1KI.14.31] And Rehoboam lay down with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And the name of his mother was Naama the Ammonite. And Abijam his son reigned in his place.
1KI.15
[1KI.15.1] And in the year eighteen of the reign of Jeroboam, son of Nebat, Abijam reigned over Judah.
[1KI.15.2] He reigned for three years in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother is Ma'achah, daughter of Avishalom.
[1KI.15.3] And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he did before him, and his heart was not complete with Yahveh the Gods, like the heart of his father David.
[1KI.15.4] For the sake of David, Yahveh, his God, gave to him a field in Jerusalem, to establish his son after him, and to make Jerusalem stand.
[1KI.15.5] That David did the right thing in the eyes of Yahveh, and did not turn away from all that Yahveh commanded him all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriyah the Hittite.
[1KI.15.6] And war was between Rechabam and between Yarav’am all the days of his life.
[1KI.15.7] And the remainder of the words of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written on the book of the words of the days for the kings of Judah? And war was between Abijam and between Jeroboam.
[1KI.15.8] And Abijam lay down with his ancestors, and they buried him in the city of David. And Asa his son reigned in his place.
[1KI.15.9] In the twentieth year of Jeroboam, king of Israel, Asa became king of Judah.
[1KI.15.10] And forty and one years he reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother was Ma'akhah daughter of Avishalom.
[1KI.15.11] And Asa did what was right in the eyes of Yahveh, as his father David did.
[1KI.15.12] And the Gods passed through and removed the abominations from the land, and He removed all the idols which His fathers had made.
[1KI.15.13] And also he removed his mother Maacah from the position of queen, because she had made a statue for Asherah. And Asa cut down her statue and burned it in the stream of Kidron.
[1KI.15.14] And the high places did not disappear, only the heart of Asa was complete with Yahveh all his days.
[1KI.15.15] And he brought the sacred things of his father, and his sacred things to the temple of Yahveh: silver, and gold, and vessels.
[1KI.15.16] And war was between Asa and between Baasha, king of Israel, all their days.
[1KI.15.17] And Baasha, king of Israel, went against Judah, and he built the Ramah, in order that she not give outgoing and coming to Asa, king Judah.
[1KI.15.18] And Asa took all the silver and the gold remaining in the treasuries of the house of Yahveh and the treasuries of the house of the king, and he gave them into the hand of his servants, and the king Asa sent them to Ben-hadad son of Tabrimmon son of Hezion, the king of Aram, who resided in Damascus, saying:
[1KI.15.19] A covenant between me and you, between my father and your father. Behold, I have sent to you a bribe of silver and gold. Go, break your covenant with Baasha, king of Israel, and he will remove the threat from me.
[1KI.15.20] And Ben-Hadad listened to the king Asa, and he sent his army commanders, those belonging to him, against the cities of Israel, and he struck Iyyon and Dan and Abel-beth-maacah and all the cities of Kinroth upon all the land of Naphtali.
[1KI.15.21] And it happened, when Baasha heard, that he ceased from building the fortress, and he dwelt in Tirzah.
[1KI.15.22] And the king Asa proclaimed to all of Judah that there was none pure, and they carried the stones of Ramah and its trees, which Baasha had built. And the king Asa built in them Gibeon of Benjamin and the Watchtower.
[1KI.15.23] And the rest of all the words of Asa, and all his strength, and all that he did, and the cities that he built, are they not written on the book of the words of the days for the kings of Judah? Only in the time of his old age, he was sick with his feet.
[1KI.15.24] And Asa lay down with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father. And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place.
[1KI.15.25] And Nadab, son of Jeroboam, reigned over Israel in the year two to Asa, king of Judah. And he reigned over Israel for two years.
[1KI.15.26] And he did the evil in the eyes of Yahveh, and he walked in the way of his father, and in his sin, by which he caused Israel to sin.
[1KI.15.27] And Baasha conspired against him, on Nadab, son of Achijah, for the house of Issachar, and Baasha struck him, in Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines, and Nadab and all Israel were besiegers upon Gibbethon.
[1KI.15.28] And he caused Baasha to die in the third year of Asa, king of Judah, and he reigned in his place.
[1KI.15.29] And it came to pass, as he reigned, that he struck all the house of Jeroboam. He did not leave any soul to Jeroboam until he had destroyed it, according to the word of Yahveh, which he spoke by the hand of his servant Ahijah the Shilonite.
[1KI.15.30] Concerning the sins of Jeroboam, which he committed, and which he caused Israel to commit, in his anger, which provoked Yahveh, the God of Israel.
[1KI.15.31] And the remainder of the words of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not written on the book of the words of the days to the kings of Israel?
[1KI.15.32] And war existed between Asa and between Baasha, king of Israel, all their days.
[1KI.15.33] In the year three of Asa, king of Judah, Baasha son of Ahijah reigned over all Israel in Tirzah for twenty-four years.
[1KI.15.34] And he did the evil in the eyes of Yahveh, and he walked in the way of Yarav'am, and in his sin, which caused Israel to sin.
1KI.16
[1KI.16.1] And it happened, the word of Yahveh came to Yehua, son of Chanani, upon Baasha, saying:
[1KI.16.2] Because I lifted you from the dust and appointed you leader over my people Israel, yet you walked in the way of Yarav'am and caused my people Israel to sin, provoking me with their sins.
[1KI.16.3] Indeed, I will kindle after Baasha and after his house, and I will give your house like the house of Yarav'am son of Nevat.
[1KI.16.4] The one who dies for Baasha in the city will be eaten by the dogs, and the one who dies for him in the field will be eaten by the birds of the heavens.
[1KI.16.5] And the remaining accounts of Baasha and what he did, and his power, are they not written on the book of the chronicles for the kings of Israel?
[1KI.16.6] And he lay down with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah. And Elah, his son, reigned in his place.
[1KI.16.7] And also, by the hand of Yehu son of Chanani the prophet, the word of Yahveh was to Baasha and to his house, and concerning all the evil that he had done in the eyes of Yahveh, to provoke Him by the work of his hands, to be like the house of Jeroboam, and concerning the fact that He struck him.
[1KI.16.8] In the year twenty-six of Asa, king of Judah, Ela, son of Baasha, reigned over Israel in Tirzah for two years.
[1KI.16.9] And his servant Zimri, captain of half the chariots, conspired against him. Now he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, which is on the house in Tirzah.
[1KI.16.10] And Zimri came and struck him and killed him in the year twenty-seven of Asa, king of Judah, and he reigned in his place.
[1KI.16.11] And it happened in his kingship, as he sat on his throne, he struck all the house of Baasha, he did not leave to him any male descendant who might urinate against a wall, and his relatives and his friend.
[1KI.16.12] And Zimri destroyed all the house of Baasha, according to the word of Yahveh, which He spoke to Baasha by the hand of Jehu the prophet.
[1KI.16.13] God [includes] all the sins of the making, and these sins [are] within them, those who sinned and those who caused Israel to sin, to anger Yahveh, the God of Israel, with their vanities.
[1KI.16.14] And the remainder of the words of these things, and everything that he did, are they not written upon the book of the words of the days for the kings of Israel?
[1KI.16.15] In the twenty-seventh year of Asa, king of Judah, Zimri reigned for seven days in Tirzah, and the people were encamped at Gibton, which belongs to the Philistines.
[1KI.16.16] And the people who were encamped heard, saying, "Zimri has conspired, and he also struck the king." And all of Israel made Omri, commander of the army, king over Israel on that day in the camp.
[1KI.16.17] And Omri and all of Israel with him ascended from Gibbethon, and they besieged Tirzah.
[1KI.16.18] And it happened, when Zimri saw that the city was captured, that he came to the palace of the king, and he burned upon it the house of the king with fire, and he died.
[1KI.16.19] Because of the sins he committed, sins against Yahveh, by doing evil in the eyes of Yahveh, by walking in the way of Yarav'am and in his sin that he did, to make Israel sin.
[1KI.16.20] And the rest of the words of Zimri, and the conspiracy that he formed, are they not written on the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
[1KI.16.21] Then the people of Israel will divide into two halves. Half of the people was after Tibni son of Ginat to make him king, and the other half was after Omri.
[1KI.16.22] The people who followed Amri strengthened the people who followed Tivni son of Ginat, and Tivni died, and Amri reigned.
[1KI.16.23] In the thirty-first year of Asa’s reign as king of Judah, Omri reigned over Israel for twelve years. He reigned for six years in Tirzah.
[1KI.16.24] And he purchased the mountain Shomron from Eshemer with silver in Kikkarim. And he rebuilt the mountain, and he called the name of the city that he built upon the name of Eshemer, my Lord of the mountain Shomron.
[1KI.16.25] And Omri did evil in the eyes of Yahveh, and he worsened more than all who were before him.
[1KI.16.26] And he walked in all the way of Jeroboam, son of Nebat, and in his sins, which caused Israel to sin, to provoke Yahveh, the God of Israel, with their vanities.
[1KI.16.27] And the rest of the words of Omri, which he did, and his strength which he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
[1KI.16.28] And Omri lay down with his ancestors, and he was buried in Samaria, and Ahab his son reigned in his place.
[1KI.16.29] And Ahab, son of Omri, reigned over Israel in the year thirty-eight of Asa, king of Judah. And Ahab, son of Omri, reigned over Israel in Samaria for twenty-two years.
[1KI.16.30] And Ahab, son of Omri, did evil in the eyes of Yahveh more than all who were before him.
[1KI.16.31] And it came to pass, it was a disgrace for his walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat. And he took a wife, even Jezebel, daughter of Ethbaal, king of Sidon, and he went and served Baal and bowed down to him.
[1KI.16.32] And he raised an altar to Baal, the house of Baal, which he built in Samaria.
[1KI.16.33] And Ahab made the Asherah pole, and Ahab added to do to provoke Yahveh, the God of Israel, more than all the kings of Israel who were before him.
[1KI.16.34] In his days, Hieel built the house of God, that is, Jericho. He laid its foundation through Aaviriam, his firstborn, and set up its doors through Segiyv, his youngest. This was done according to the word of Yahveh, which He spoke through the hand of Joshua son of Nun.
1KI.17
[1KI.17.1] And Elijah the Tishbite, a resident of Gilead, said to Ahab, "As Yahveh lives, the Gods of Israel, before whom I have stood, if these years will not have dew and rain except according to my word."
[1KI.17.2] And it happened, the word of Yahveh came to him, saying.
[1KI.17.3] Go from here and turn for yourself eastward, and you will hide in the stream Kerit, that is on the face of the Jordan.
[1KI.17.4] And it will be that you will drink from the stream, and I commanded the ravens to sustain you there.
[1KI.17.5] And he went and did according to the word of Yahveh, and he went and settled in the valley of Kerith, which is over against Jordan.
[1KI.17.6] And the ravens bring to him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening, and from the stream he will drink.
[1KI.17.7] And it happened after a period of days that the stream dried up, for there was no rain in the land.
[1KI.17.8] And it happened, the word of Yahveh came to him, saying.
[1KI.17.9] Rise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. Behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to supply you with provisions.
[1KI.17.10] And he rose and went to Zarephath and came to the entrance of the city. And behold, there was a widow woman gathering sticks. And he called to her and said, "Please take for me a little water in the vessel, and I will drink."
[1KI.17.11] And she went to take, and the Gods called to her and said, "Bring now to me bread in your hand."
[1KI.17.12] And she said, “As Yahveh lives, the God of you, if I have any small amount, except a handful of flour in the jar and a little oil in the pot, then behold, I am gathering two pieces of wood and I will come and make it for myself and my son, and we will eat it and die.”
[1KI.17.13] And he said to her, "Elijah, do not fear. Come, do as you have said, but do for me from there a small cake at first, and bring it out to me, and to you, and to your son, you will do in the end."
[1KI.17.14] For thus said Yahveh, the Gods of Israel: as the flour will not be used up, and the supply of the oil will not lack, until the day Yahveh gives rain upon the face of the earth.
[1KI.17.15] And she went and did according to the word of Elijah, and she ate, she and her household, for days.
[1KI.17.16] The jar of flour was not used up, and the supply of the oil was not lacking, according to the word of Yahveh that he spoke by the hand of Elijah.
[1KI.17.17] And it happened after these things that the son of the woman, the owner of the house, became sick, and his sickness was very strong until there remained no breath in him.
[1KI.17.18] And she said to Elijah, "What is to me and to you, man of the Gods? You have come to me to remind me of my sins and to cause my son to die."
[1KI.17.19] And he said to her, "Give me your son." And he took him from her lap and brought him up to the upper room where he sits, and he laid him on his bed.
[1KI.17.20] And he called to Yahveh and said, "Yahveh, my Gods, did you also desire to do evil by causing the death of her son, with whom I dwell?"
[1KI.17.21] And he stretched himself out upon the child three times, and called out to Yahveh, and said, “Yahveh, my Gods, please restore the life of this child into his body.”
[1KI.17.22] And Yahveh heard in the voice of Elijah, and the life of the child returned within him, and he lived.
[1KI.17.23] And Elijah took the child and brought him down from the upper room of the house and gave him to his mother. And Elijah said, "See, your son lives!"
[1KI.17.24] And the woman said to Elijah, "Now this I know, that you are a man of the Gods, and the word of Yahveh in your mouth is truth."
1KI.18
[1KI.18.1] And it happened after many days that a word from Yahveh came to Elijah in the third year, saying, "Go, show yourself to Ahab, and I will give rain upon the face of the land."
[1KI.18.2] And Elijah went to show himself to Ahab, and the famine was strong in Samaria.
[1KI.18.3] And Ahab called to Obadiah, who was over the house, and Obadiah was very fearful of Yahveh.
[1KI.18.4] And it happened in the destruction of Jezebel of the prophets of Yahveh, and Obadiah took one hundred prophets and hid them, fifty men in the cave, and sustained them with bread and water.
[1KI.18.5] And Ahab said to Obadiah, "Go into the land to all the sources of water and to all the streams. Perhaps pasture will be found, and we may keep horses and mules alive, and not destroy any of the livestock."
[1KI.18.6] And they divided the land to them for crossing it. Achav walked on one path alone, and Ovadyahu walked on one path alone.
[1KI.18.7] And it happened, Obadiah was on the way, and behold, Elijah came to meet him. And he recognized him and fell on his face, and he said, "Are you this, my Lord Elijah?"
[1KI.18.8] And he said to him, “I go, say to your Lord, behold, God is Yahveh.”
[1KI.18.9] And he said, "What sin have I committed, that you are giving your servant into the hand of Ahab to kill me?"
[1KI.18.10] Alive is Yahveh, the Gods of you, if there is a nation and a kingdom which my Lord has not sent there to seek you, and they say 'no,' and make the kingdom and the nation swear that they will not find you.
[1KI.18.11] And now you are saying, go, say to my Lord, behold, my God is Yahveh.
[1KI.18.12] And it will be that I go from before you, and the spirit of Yahveh will carry you to a place I do not know. And I will come to tell Ahab, but he will not find you, and he will kill me instead. And your servant fears Yahveh from his youth.
[1KI.18.13] Was my Lord not told of what I did in killing Jezebel, and of the prophets of Yahveh? And I hid from the prophets of Yahveh one hundred men, fifty and fifty men, in the cave, and I fed them bread and water.
[1KI.18.14] And now you are saying, "Go, say to your Lord, "Behold, it is Elijah!" And I will be killed for this."
[1KI.18.15] And Elijah said, “Living is Yahveh of armies, that I stood before him, for today I will see him.”
[1KI.18.16] And Obadiah went to meet Ahab and he told him. And Ahab went to meet Elijah.
[1KI.18.17] And it was, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, “Are you this one who troubles Israel?”
[1KI.18.18] And he said, "I have not disturbed Israel, but you and the house of your father, in that you have abandoned the commands of Yahveh, and you have gone after the Baals."
[1KI.18.19] And now, send and gather to me all of Israel to Mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal, four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of Asherah, four hundred, those who eat at the table of Jezebel.
[1KI.18.20] And Ahab sent throughout all the sons of Israel, and he gathered the prophets to Mount Carmel.
[1KI.18.21] Then Elijah approached all the people and said, "How long will you hesitate between two opinions? If Yahveh the Gods is your God, then follow Him, and if Baal is your God, then follow him." And the people did not answer him a word.
[1KI.18.22] And Elijah said to the people, "I have remained a prophet of Yahveh alone, and the prophets of Baal are four hundred and fifty men."
[1KI.18.23] And let them give to us two bulls, and let them choose for themselves one bull, and let them cut it into pieces, and let them place it on the wood, and let them not put fire. And I will do with the other bull, and I will place it on the wood, and I will not put fire.
[1KI.18.24] And you will call in the name of your Gods, and I will call in the name of Yahveh. And it will be, the God who answers with fire, He is the God. And all the people answered and said, "Good is the word."
[1KI.18.25] And Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, "Choose for yourselves one bull and prepare it first, because you are the many. And call in the name of your gods, and fire you shall not set."
[1KI.18.26] And they took the bull which He had given to them and prepared it. And they called in the name of Baal from morning until noon, saying, “Baal, answer us!” But there was no sound, and no one responded. And they leaped upon the altar which they had made.
[1KI.18.27] And it happened at midday, and Elijah mocked them, and said, "Call out with a loud voice, for God is he. Perhaps he is conversing, or perhaps he is attending to other matters, or perhaps he is on a journey. Maybe he is sleeping and needs to be awakened."
[1KI.18.28] And they called out in a great voice, and they struggled according to their judgement with swords and spears, until shedding blood upon them.
[1KI.18.29] And it happened as the heat of the afternoon passed, and they prophesied until the time of the ascent of the offering, and there was no sound, and there was no one answering, and there was no attention.
[1KI.18.30] And Elijah said to all the people, "Come to me." And all the people came to him, and he repaired the altar of Yahveh, which was broken.
[1KI.18.31] And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, because a word from Yahveh had been to him, saying, “Israel will be your name.”
[1KI.18.32] And he built the altar from stones in the name of Yahveh, and he made a trench like a house of two measures of seed around the altar.
[1KI.18.33] And he arranged the trees, and he dissected the ox, and he placed it on the trees.
[1KI.18.34] And the messenger said, "Fill four vessels with water and pour it on the burnt offering and on the wood." And the messenger said, "Repeat!" And they repeated. And the messenger said, "Triple!" And they tripled.
[1KI.18.35] And the waters went around to the altar, and also the trench was filled with water.
[1KI.18.36] And it happened, as the meal offering was being presented, that Elijah the prophet approached and said, "Yahveh, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known today that you are God in Israel, and that I am your servant, and I have done all these things at your word."
[1KI.18.37] Answer me, Yahveh, answer me, and let this people know that you are Yahveh the Gods, and that you have turned their hearts backwards.
[1KI.18.38] And fire from Yahveh fell and consumed the burnt offering and the wood and the stones and the dust and the water that was in the trench completely.
[1KI.18.39] And all the people saw, and they fell on their faces, and they said, "Yahveh is the Gods, Yahveh is the Gods."
[1KI.18.40] And Elijah said to them, "Seize the prophets of Baal, let no one escape from them." And they seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the Kishon Valley, and he slaughtered them there.
[1KI.18.41] And Elijah said to Ahab, "Go, eat and drink, for the sound of a multitude of rain is coming."
[1KI.18.42] And Ahab went to eat and to drink, and Elijah went to the top of Carmel and he bent low to the earth and he placed his face between his knees.
[1KI.18.43] And God said to my servant, "Please go up now and look toward the sea." And he went up and looked and said, "There is nothing." And God said, "Return and look seven times."
[1KI.18.44] And it happened in the seventh year, and Yahveh said, "Behold, a small cloud like the palm of a man is ascending from the sea." And Yahveh said, "Go, say to Ahab, ‘Bind and come down,’ and let the rain not restrain it."
[1KI.18.45] And it was until now, and until now, and the heavens darkened with clouds and wind, and there was great rain, and Ahab mounted and went to Jezreel.
[1KI.18.46] And the hand of Yahveh was with Elijah, and he strengthened his body, and he ran before Ahab until he reached Jezreel.
1KI.19
[1KI.19.1] And Ahab told Jezebel everything that Elijah had done, and everything that he had killed all the prophets with the sword.
[1KI.19.2] And Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, "Thus may the Gods do, and thus may they add, that by this time tomorrow I will make your life as the life of one of them."
[1KI.19.3] And he saw and rose and went toward his destination, and he came to the well of Sheva which belongs to Judah, and he left his young servant there.
[1KI.19.4] And he walked in the wilderness a day's journey, and he came and sat under a broom tree. And he asked for his soul to die, and he said, "Enough now, Yahveh, take my soul, for I am not better than my fathers."
[1KI.19.5] And he lay down and slept under one broom tree. And behold, this angel touched him and said to him, "Get up, eat."
[1KI.19.6] And he looked, and behold, his heads were a floor of tiles and a spreading of waters. And he ate and he drank, and he returned and he lay down.
[1KI.19.7] And the angel of Yahveh returned a second time and touched him, and said, "Arise, eat, for the way is greater than you."
[1KI.19.8] And he rose, and he ate, and he drank, and he went by the strength of that food for forty days and forty nights, until the mountain of the Gods, Horeb.
[1KI.19.9] And he went there to the cave and spent the night there. And behold, the word of Yahveh was to him, and he said to him, "What are you doing here, Elijah?"
[1KI.19.10] And Elijah said, "I have been zealous for Yahveh, the God of hosts, because the sons of Israel have forsaken your covenant, they have destroyed your altars, and they have killed your prophets with the sword, and I remained alone, and they sought to take my life."
[1KI.19.11] And He said, "Go out and stand on the mountain before Yahveh, and behold, Yahveh will pass by, and a great and strong wind, breaking the mountains and shattering the rocks, will be before Yahveh. Yahveh is not in the wind, and after the wind an earthquake, but Yahveh is not in the earthquake."
[1KI.19.12] And after the shaking, fire came, but not the fire of Yahveh. And after the fire, a quiet, small voice.
[1KI.19.13] And it happened, when Elijah heard, that he covered his face with his cloak, and he went out and stood at the opening of the cave. And behold, a voice to him, and it said, "What to you here, Elijah?"
[1KI.19.14] And Elijah said, "I am zealous for Yahveh, the God of hosts, because the sons of Israel have forsaken your covenant, destroyed your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. And I remain alone, and they seek to take my life."
[1KI.19.15] And Yahveh said to him, "Go, return to your way, to the desert of Damascus. And you will come and you will anoint Hazael as king over Aram."
[1KI.19.16] And you shall anoint Jehu son of Nimshi as king over Israel, and you shall anoint Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel-meholah as prophet in your place.
[1KI.19.17] And it will be that the one who escapes from the sword of Hazael, Jehu will kill, and the one who escapes from the sword of Jehu, Elisha will kill.
[1KI.19.18] And I will leave in Israel seven thousand, all whose knees have not bowed to Baal, and all whose mouths have not kissed him.
[1KI.19.19] And he went from there and found the Elisha son of Shaphat, and he was plowing with twelve pairs of oxen before him, and he was with the twelfth. And Elijah passed over to him and threw his cloak over him.
[1KI.19.20] And he abandoned the cattle and ran after Elijah, and said, “Let me please kiss my father and my mother, and then I will go after you.” And he said to him, “Go, return, for what have I done to you?”
[1KI.19.21] And he returned after him and took the pair of cattle and sacrificed it, and with the vessels of the cattle he cooked the meat and gave it to the people and they ate. And he arose and went after Elijah and served him.
1KI.20
[1KI.20.1] And Ben-Hadad, king of Aram, gathered all his army, and thirty-two kings were with him, and horses and chariots. And he went up and besieged Samaria, and he fought against it.
[1KI.20.2] And he sent messengers to Ahab, king of Israel, to the city.
[1KI.20.3] And he said to him, thus says Ben-Hadad: Your silver and your gold are to me. And your wives and your good sons are to them.
[1KI.20.4] And the king of Israel answered and said, "According to your word, my Lord the king, to you I and all that is mine belong."
[1KI.20.5] And the messengers returned and said, “Thus says Ben-Hadad, saying, ‘Because I sent to you saying, your silver and your gold and your wives and your sons you shall give to me.’
[1KI.20.6] If not, about tomorrow I will send my servants to you, and they will search your house and the houses of your servants, and all the desire of your eyes they will place in their hand and they will take.
[1KI.20.7] And the king of Israel called to all the elders of the land, and he said, “Know now and see that this evil is sought. For he sent to me for my wives and for my sons, and for my silver and for my gold, and I did not withhold from him.”
[1KI.20.8] And they said to him, all the elders and all the people, "Do not listen, and do not desire it."
[1KI.20.9] And he said to the messengers of Ben-Hadad, "Say to my Lord the king, all that you sent to your servant previously, I will do, but this matter I am unable to do." And the messengers went and returned this message to him.
[1KI.20.10] And Ben-Hadad sent a message to him, and said, “May the Gods do so to me, and add to me, if I do not demand every single thing from you. If I do not require that the dust of Samaria be given to each person under my command.”
[1KI.20.11] And the King of Israel responded and said, "Speak! Let not the girded one boast like one opening a way."
[1KI.20.12] And it happened, when he heard this report, while he was drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, that he said to his servants, “Position yourselves!” And they positioned themselves around the city.
[1KI.20.13] And behold, one prophet approached King Ahab of Israel, and he said, “Thus says Yahveh: “Have you seen all this great multitude? Behold, I am giving it into your hand today, and you will know that I am Yahveh.””
[1KI.20.14] And Ahab said, "Who?" And Yahveh said, "By the young men of the princes of the provinces." And he said, "Who will entice the war?" And he said, "You."
[1KI.20.15] And he counted the young men, princes of the states, and they were two hundred and thirty. And after them, he counted all the people, all the sons of Israel, seven thousand.
[1KI.20.16] And they went out at noon, and Ben Hadad was drinking intoxicating liquor in the tents, he and the kings, thirty and two, a king assisting him.
[1KI.20.17] And the young men of the leaders of the states went out first, and Ben Hadad sent and told him, saying, "Men have come out from Samaria."
[1KI.20.18] And he said, "If they have gone out for peace, capture living ones. And if they have gone out for war, capture living ones."
[1KI.20.19] And these exited from the city: young men of the leaders of the lands, and the army that was after them.
[1KI.20.20] And they struck each man his opponent, and Aram fled. And Israel pursued them, and Ben-hadad, king of Aram, escaped on horses and horsemen.
[1KI.20.21] And the king of Israel went out and struck the horses and the chariots, and he defeated Aram with a great blow.
[1KI.20.22] The prophet approached the king of Israel and said to him, "Go, strengthen yourself, and know and see what you will do, for at the turn of the year the king of Aram will rise up against you."
[1KI.20.23] The servants of the king of Aram said to him, "The Gods of the hills are their Gods, and therefore they are stronger than us. However, let us fight them on the plain, if we are not stronger than them."
[1KI.20.24] And do this thing: remove the kings, each from his place, and put officials in their stead.
[1KI.20.25] And you will acquire for yourself strength like the strength of those who fell from you, and horses like horses, and chariots like chariots, and we will fight them on the plain, if we are not stronger than them. And he listened to their voice and did so.
[1KI.20.26] And it happened at the return of the year, and Ben-Hadad mustered Aram, and he went up to Afekah for war with Israel.
[1KI.20.27] And the sons of Israel were counted and provisioned, and they went to meet them, and the sons of Israel camped opposite them like two flocks of goats, and Aram filled the land.
[1KI.20.28] Then a man of the Gods approached the king of Israel and said, "Thus says Yahveh, because the Arameans have said, 'Yahveh is the God of the hills, but not the God of the valleys,' therefore I will give this great multitude into your hand, and you will know that I am Yahveh."
[1KI.20.29] And these camped facing these for seven days. And it happened on the seventh day that the battle approached, and the sons of Israel struck Aram with one hundred thousand foot soldiers in one day.
[1KI.20.30] And the remainders fled to Afekah toward the city, and the wall fell upon twenty-seven thousand men of the remainders, and Ben-Hadad fled and came into the city, room by room.
[1KI.20.31] And his servants said to him, "Behold, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are truly kings of kindness. Let us now put sackcloth upon our loins and ropes upon our heads, and let us go to the king of Israel; perhaps he will spare your life."
[1KI.20.32] They girded sacks at their loins and ropes on their heads, and they came to the king of Israel and said, "Your servant, Ben-hadad, says, ‘May my life be spared!’" And he said, "Is he still alive, my brother?"
[1KI.20.33] And the men divined and they hurried and they decided concerning him, and they said, "Your brother is Ben-Hadad." And he said, "Go, take him." And Ben-Hadad went out to meet him and he brought him up onto the chariot.
[1KI.20.34] And God said to him, "The cities that my father took from your father, I will return, and districts I will set for you in Damascus, as my father set in Samaria, and I will send a covenant with you." And a covenant was made with him, and he was sent away.
[1KI.20.35] And one man from among the sons of the prophets said to his fellow, "By the word of Yahveh, strike me, please." And the man refused to strike him.
[1KI.20.36] And he said to him, "Because you did not listen to the voice of Yahveh, behold, you are going from me, and the lion will strike you." And he went from beside him, and the lion found him and struck him.
[1KI.20.37] And a man found another man, and he said, "Strike me, please." And the man who strikes struck him, and he bruised him.
[1KI.20.38] And the prophet went and stood to the king on the road, and he disguised himself with dust on his eyes.
[1KI.20.39] Now the king was passing by, and he cried out to the king, and said, "My servant went into battle, and behold, a man turned aside and brought a man to me and said, 'Guard this man; if he is missed, he will be missed, and your life will be for his life, or a talent of silver will be weighed out.'"
[1KI.20.40] And it happened, your servant was doing this and that, and he was not present. And the king of Israel said to him, "Thus is your judgement; you have decided it."
[1KI.20.41] And he hastened and removed the ashes from upon his eyes, and the king of Israel knew that he was from the prophets.
[1KI.20.42] And he said to him, thus says Yahveh: because you released the man of Cherem from your possession, your life will be in place of his life, and your people in place of his people.
[1KI.20.43] And the king of Israel went to his house, displeased and angry, and he came to Samaria.
1KI.21
[1KI.21.1] And it happened after these things that there was a vineyard belonging to Naboth the Jezreelite, which was in Jezreel, near the palace of Ahab, king of Samaria.
[1KI.21.2] And Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, "Give me your vineyard, and let it be for me as a vegetable garden, because it is near my house. And I will give you in its place a vineyard better than it. If it is pleasing in your eyes, I will give you silver, the price of it."
[1KI.21.3] And Nabot said to Achav: "Perish the thought from Yahveh that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you."
[1KI.21.4] And Ahab went to his house, sullen and angry, concerning the matter that Naboth the Yizreelite had spoken to him, saying, "I will not give to you the inheritance of my fathers." And he lay down upon his bed and turned his face away, and he did not eat bread.
[1KI.21.5] And she came to him, Jezebel his wife, and she spoke to him, "What is this, that your spirit has departed, and you are not eating bread?"
[1KI.21.6] And he spoke to her, because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite and said to him, "Give me your vineyard for money, or if it pleases you, I will give you a vineyard in its place." And he said, "I will not give you my vineyard."
[1KI.21.7] And she said to him, Jezebel, his wife, "You now will make kingdom over Israel. Rise, eat bread, and it will be good to your heart. I will give to you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite."
[1KI.21.8] And she wrote letters in the name of Ahab, and she sealed them with his seal, and she sent the letters to the elders and to the honorable men who were in his city, concerning Naboth.
[1KI.21.9] And she wrote in the books, declaring, "Proclaim a fast, and position Naboth at the head of the people."
[1KI.21.10] And they will cause two men, sons of worthlessness, to sit against him, and they will testify against him, saying, "You have blessed the Gods and the king." And they will bring him out and stone him, and he will die.
[1KI.21.11] And the men of his city, the elders and the honorable ones who dwelled in his city, did as Jezebel had sent to them, as it is written in the books that she had sent to them.
[1KI.21.12] Proclaim a fast, and establish Navot at the head of the people.
[1KI.21.13] And the two men, sons of worthlessness, came and sat before him, and the people of worthlessness testified against Naboth before the people, saying, "Naboth has blessed the Gods and the king." And they took him outside the city and stoned him with stones, and he died.
[1KI.21.14] And they sent to Jezebel, saying, "Slander Naboth so that he dies."
[1KI.21.15] And it happened when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned and died, that Jezebel said to Ahab, “Go, possess the vineyard of Naboth the Izreelite, which he refused to give to you for money, because Naboth is not alive, for he is dead.”
[1KI.21.16] And it happened, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab arose to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Izreelite to take possession of it.
[1KI.21.17] And it happened, the word of Yahveh came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying:
[1KI.21.18] Rise, go down to meet Ahab, the king of Israel, who is in Samaria. Behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, where he has gone down to seize its possession.
[1KI.21.19] And you shall speak to him, saying, thus says Yahveh: Have you murdered, and also dispossessed? And you shall speak to him, saying, thus says Yahveh: In the place where dogs licked the blood of Nabot, dogs will lick your blood, even you.
[1KI.21.20] And Ahab said to Elijah, "Have you found me, my enemy?" And he said, "I have found you, because you have given yourself over to doing evil in the eyes of Yahveh."
[1KI.21.21] Behold, I am bringing disaster to you, and I will utterly destroy after you, and I will cut off Ahab, one who urinates against a wall, and a remnant, and forsaken in Israel.
[1KI.21.22] And I will give your house like the house of Jeroboam son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha son of Ahijah, to the anger that you provoked, and you caused Israel to sin.
[1KI.21.23] And also, Yahveh spoke to Jezebel, saying, "The dogs will eat Jezebel in the portion of Israel."
[1KI.21.24] The one who dies concerning Ahab in the city, the dogs will eat. And the one who dies in the field, the birds of the heavens will eat.
[1KI.21.25] But there was none like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the eyes of Yahveh, who incited him, Jezebel his wife.
[1KI.21.26] And he greatly abhorred to walk after the idols, as all that the Amorites did, whom Yahveh dispossessed from before the children of Israel.
[1KI.21.27] And it was when Ahab heard these words that he tore his garments and put sackcloth upon his flesh and fasted and lay in the sackcloth and he walked slowly.
[1KI.21.28] And it came to pass that a word of Yahveh came to Elijah the Tishbite, to say.
[1KI.21.29] Have you seen that Ahab has submitted before me, because he has submitted before me? I will not bring evil in his days, but in the days of his son I will bring evil upon his house.
1KI.22
[1KI.22.1] And they dwelt for three years, and there was no war between Aram and between Israel.
[1KI.22.2] And it happened in the third year, that Yehoshaphat, king of Judah, went down to the king of Israel.
[1KI.22.3] And the king of Israel said to his servants, "Do you know that the heights of Gilead belong to us, and that we are considering taking it from the hand of the king of Aram?"
[1KI.22.4] And he said to Yehoshaphat, "Will you go with me to war at Ramot Gilead?" And Yehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, "As you are to me, so am I to you, as my people are to your people, as my horses are to your horses."
[1KI.22.5] And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, "Please seek today the word of Yahveh."
[1KI.22.6] And the king of Israel gathered the prophets, about four hundred men, and said to them, “Shall I go to battle against Ramoth Gilead, or shall I refrain?” And they said, “Go, and Yahveh will give the king’s enemy into his hand.”
[1KI.22.7] And Jehoshaphat said, "Is there not here a prophet of Yahveh still, and may we inquire of him?"
[1KI.22.8] And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "Is there still one more man to seek counsel from Yahveh on account of Him? And I hate him, for he does not prophesy good things for me, only evil. Micah son of Imlah. And Jehoshaphat said, "The king should not speak thus."
[1KI.22.9] And the king of Israel called to one court official, and he said, "Quickly, bring Mikayehu, the son of Yimlah."
[1KI.22.10] And the king of Israel and Yoashafat, king of Judah, were sitting, each on his throne, clothed in robes, at the entrance to the gate of Samaria, and all the prophets were prophesying before them.
[1KI.22.11] And Zedekiah, son of Canaan, made iron horns. And he said, "Thus says Yahveh: With these you will gore Aram until their destruction."
[1KI.22.12] And all the prophets prophesy thus, saying, "Go up to the heights of Gilead and succeed, and Yahveh will give victory into the hand of the king."
[1KI.22.13] And the angel who went to summon Micah spoke to him, saying, "Behold, the words of the prophets are generally good to the king. May your words also be like the word of one of them, and you will speak good things."
[1KI.22.14] And Mikayhu said, "Lives Yahveh, that which Yahveh tells me, that I will speak."
[1KI.22.15] And he came to the king, and the king said to him, "Micah, should you go to Ramoth Gilead to war, or should we refrain?" And he said to him, "Go up and succeed, and Yahveh will give victory into the hand of the king."
[1KI.22.16] And the King said to him, "How many times must I make you swear that you will not speak to me except with truth in the name of Yahveh?"
[1KI.22.17] And he said, "I have seen all Israel scattered to the mountains like sheep that have no shepherd." And Yahveh said, "They will not return to their lords, but each man will return to his house in peace."
[1KI.22.18] And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "Did I not say to you that no prophet should prophesy good things to me, but only evil?"
[1KI.22.19] And he said, therefore, hear the word of Yahveh. I have seen Yahveh sitting on his throne, and all the army of the heavens standing by him, from his right and from his left.
[1KI.22.20] And Yahveh said, "Who will entice Ahab so that he will go up and fall in Ramoth Gilead?" And one said, "This one will say this, and that one will say this."
[1KI.22.21] And the spirit went out and stood before Yahveh, and he said, “I will deceive him.” And Yahveh said to him, “In what manner?”
[1KI.22.22] And he said, "May I go out and be a misleading spirit in the mouth of all his prophets?" And he said, "Go out and mislead, and you will certainly be able to do so."
[1KI.22.23] And now, behold, Yahveh has given a false spirit into the mouths of all your prophets. And Yahveh has spoken evil against you.
[1KI.22.24] Then Tzidqiyahu, son of Kenanah, approached and struck Mikhyahu on the jaw, and said, "How has the spirit of Yahveh passed from me to speak to you?"
[1KI.22.25] And Mikayhu said, "You will see on that day when someone goes room by room to hide."
[1KI.22.26] And the king of Israel said, "Take Mikhayehu and return him to Amon, official of the city, and to Yoash, son of the king."
[1KI.22.27] And you shall say, 'Thus says the king: Put this one in the house of prison, and feed him bread of pressure and water of pressure, until my return in peace.'
[1KI.22.28] And Mikhayhu said, "If you return in peace, Yahveh has not spoken to me." And he said, "Hear, all peoples!"
[1KI.22.29] And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, ascended to the heights of Gilead.
[1KI.22.30] And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "Disguise yourself and go into battle, and you wear your clothes." And the king of Israel disguised himself and went into battle.
[1KI.22.31] The king of Aram commanded the commanders of the chariots that belong to him, thirty and two, saying, "Do not fight with the small or the great, but only with the king of Israel alone."
[1KI.22.32] And it happened, when the commanders of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, "Surely, the king of Israel is this one!" and they turned against him to fight. And Jehoshaphat cried out.
[1KI.22.33] And it happened, when the commanders of the chariots saw that he was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing after him.
[1KI.22.34] And a man drew his bow completely and struck the king of Israel between the breastplates and between the armor. And he said to his charioteer, “Turn your hand and pull me out of the camp, for I am weakening.”
[1KI.22.35] And the battle rose on that day, and the king was positioned in the chariot facing Aram, and he died in the evening, and he poured the blood of the wound onto the lap of the chariot.
[1KI.22.36] And the glory passed through the camp as the sun set, saying, "Each person to their city, and each person to their land."
[1KI.22.37] And the king died, and he came to Samaria, and they buried the king in Samaria.
[1KI.22.38] And the chariot washed upon the pool of Samaria, and the dogs licked his blood, and the prostitutes washed themselves, according to the word of Yahveh which he spoke.
[1KI.22.39] And the remainder of the words of Ahab, and all that he did, and the house of ivory which he built, and all the cities which he built, are they not written upon the book of the words of the days for the kings of Israel?
[1KI.22.40] And Ahab lay down with his ancestors, and Ahaziah his son reigned in his place.
[1KI.22.41] And Jehoshaphat, son of Asa, reigned over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab, king of Israel.
[1KI.22.42] Yehoshaphat, son of thirty and five years in his kingship, and twenty and five years he reigned in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother is Azubah, daughter of Shilchi.
[1KI.22.43] And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father, he did not turn from them, to do the right thing in the eyes of Yahveh.
[1KI.22.44] But the high places had not departed, still the people were sacrificing and making offerings on the high places.
[1KI.22.45] And Yehoshaphat completed with the king of Israel.
[1KI.22.46] And the rest of the words of Jehoshaphat, and his valor which he did, and which he fought – are they not written on the book of the chronicles for the kings of Judah?
[1KI.22.47] And the remainder of the dedicated things that remained in the days of Asa, his father, he removed from the land.
[1KI.22.48] And there is no king standing in Edom, a king.
[1KI.22.49] Yehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, and did not go, because the ships were broken at Etzion Gever.
[1KI.22.50] Then Achaziah, son of Ahab, said to Jehoshapat, "Let my servants go with your servants in ships." And Jehoshapat refused.
[1KI.22.51] And Jehoshaphat lay down with his fathers, and he was buried with his fathers in the city of David, his father. And Jehoram, his son, reigned in his place.
[1KI.22.52] Achaz-yahu, son of Achav, reigned over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Yehoshafat, king of Judah, and he reigned over Israel for two years.
[1KI.22.53] And he did evil in the eyes of Yahveh, and he walked in the way of his father and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Yarav'am son of Nevat, who caused Israel to sin.
[1KI.22.54] And he served the Baal and prostrated himself to him, and he angered Yahveh, the God of Israel, as all that his father had done.
2KI
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2KI.1
[2KI.1.1] And Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.
[2KI.1.2] And Ahaziah fell through the lattice in his upper room, which is in Samaria, and he became sick. And he sent messengers and said to them, "Go, inquire of Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron, if I will recover from this sickness."
[2KI.1.3] And an angel of Yahveh spoke to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, “Rise, go down to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria. And speak to them, ‘Is there truly no God in Israel? Why do you go to inquire of Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron?’”
[2KI.1.4] Therefore, thus says Yahveh: the bed upon which you have ascended, you shall not descend from it, for death you will die. And Elijah went away.
[2KI.1.5] And the messengers returned to him, and he said to them, "What is this that you have returned?"
[2KI.1.6] Then they said to him, “A man came to meet us and said to us, ‘Go, return to the king who sent you, and speak to him thus: this is what Yahveh says: ‘Is there no God in Israel that you send to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore, the bed on which you have ascended, you shall not descend from it, for you shall die.’”
[2KI.1.7] And he spoke to them, "What is the judgement of the man who came to meet you? And he spoke these things to you."
[2KI.1.8] And they said to him, "A man, owner of hair, and a belt of leather, a belt around his waist." And he said, "Elijah the Tishbite is he."
[2KI.1.9] And he sent to him a captain of fifty and his fifty. And he went up to him, and behold, he was sitting on the top of the mountain. And he spoke to him, the man of the Gods. The king spoke, "Descend!"
[2KI.1.10] And Elijah answered and spoke to the captain of fifty. If I am a man of the Gods, may fire descend from the heavens and consume you and your fifty. And fire descended from the heavens and consumed him and his fifty.
[2KI.1.11] Then he returned and sent to him another captain of fifty with his fifty men. And he answered and spoke to him, the man of the Gods, thus says the king: quickly, descend.
[2KI.1.12] And Elijah responded and spoke to them, "If a man of the Gods I am, fire will descend from the heavens and consume you and your fifty. And fire of the Gods descended from the heavens and consumed him and his fifty."
[2KI.1.13] And he returned and sent a captain of fifty, with his thirty, and his fifty. And the captain of fifty went up and came, and bowed on his knees before Elijah, and pleaded with him, and spoke to him, ‘Man of the Gods, please consider my life, and the lives of these fifty of your servants, valuable in your eyes.’
[2KI.1.14] Behold, fire descended from the heavens and consumed the two captains of fifty, and their fifty men. And now, may my life be precious in your eyes.
[2KI.1.15] And a messenger of Yahveh spoke to Elijah, "Go down, do not fear before him." And he rose and went down to the king.
[2KI.1.16] And He spoke to him, thus says Yahveh, because you sent messengers to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, is there not a god in Israel to inquire of regarding a matter? Therefore, the bed upon which you ascended, you shall not descend from it, for you will surely die.
[2KI.1.17] And he died as the word of Yahveh, which spoke Elijah, and Yehoram reigned in his place, in the second year of Yehoram son of Yehoshaphat, king of Judah, because there was no son to him.
[2KI.1.18] And the rest of the words of Ahaziah, that which he did, are they written on the book of the words of the days to the kings of Israel?
2KI.2
[2KI.2.1] And it happened, in Yahveh lifting up Elijah in the whirlwind to the heavens, that Elijah and Elisha went from Gilgal.
[2KI.2.2] And Elijah said to Elisha, "Please sit here, for Yahveh has sent me to Bethel." And Elisha said, "As Yahveh lives, and as your life lives, if I should leave you." And they descended to Bethel.
[2KI.2.3] The sons of the prophets who were in Bethel went to Elisha and said to him, "Do you know that today Yahveh is taking your lord from over your head?" And he said, "Yes, I also know. Be silent."
[2KI.2.4] And Elijah said to Elisha, "Remain here, please, for Yahveh has sent me to Jericho." And he said, "As the life of Yahveh lives, and as your life lives, if I leave you." And they went to Jericho.
[2KI.2.5] And the sons of the prophets who were in Jericho came near to Elisha and said to him, "Do you know that today Yahveh will take your lord from above your head?" And he said, "Yes, I also know. Be silent."
[2KI.2.6] And he said to him, "Elijah, sit here, for Yahveh has sent me to the Jordan." And he said, "As Yahveh lives, and as your life lives, if I abandon you." And the two of them went.
[2KI.2.7] And fifty men from the sons of the prophets went and stood opposite from afar, and two of them stood upon the Jordan.
[2KI.2.8] And Elijah took his cloak and rolled it up, and he struck the waters, and they were divided here and there, and both of them crossed on dry land.
[2KI.2.9] And it happened as they were crossing, that Elijah said to Elisha, "Ask what I shall do for you before I am taken from your presence." And Elisha said, "Please let a double portion of your spirit be upon me."
[2KI.2.10] And he said, "You have made asking difficult. If you see me taken from you, let it be so to you, and if not, it will not be."
[2KI.2.11] And it happened, they were walking, going and speaking, and behold, a chariot of fire and horses of fire separated between the two of them, and Elijah ascended in the whirlwind into the heavens.
[2KI.2.12] And Elisha was seeing, and behold, he was crying, "My father, my father, the chariot of Israel and its horsemen!" And he did not see him anymore. And he grasped his garments, and he tore them into two pieces.
[2KI.2.13] And he lifted up the cloak of Elijah which had fallen from upon him, and he turned and stood on the bank of the Jordan.
[2KI.2.14] And he took the mantle of Elijah that had fallen from him, and he struck the water and said, "Where is Yahveh, the God of Elijah?" Also, he struck the water, and it was divided here and there, and Elisha crossed over.
[2KI.2.15] And the sons of the prophets who were in Jericho saw him from a distance, and they said, "The spirit of Yahveh, Elijah's God, has come upon Elisha." And they went to meet him and bowed to the ground before him.
[2KI.2.16] And they said to him, "Behold, there are fifty of your servants, valiant men, who will go now and seek your Lord, lest the spirit of Yahveh carries him away and throws him onto one of the mountains or into one of the valleys." And he said, "Do not send them."
[2KI.2.17] They urged him until he was ashamed, and he said, "Send them away." So they sent fifty men, and they sought for three days, but they did not find him.
[2KI.2.18] And they returned to him, and he was sitting in Jericho. And he said to them, "Did I not say to you, 'Do not go?'"
[2KI.2.19] And the men of the city said to Elisha, "Behold, as my Lord sees, the location of the city is good, but the water is bad and the land is barren."
[2KI.2.20] And he said, "Bring to me a new basin, and put salt in it." And they brought it to him.
[2KI.2.21] And he went to the source of the waters and cast salt there, and he said, “Thus says Yahveh: I have healed these waters, and there will no longer be death or destruction from them.”
[2KI.2.22] And the waters were healed until this day, according to the word of God-inspired-one, as he spoke.
[2KI.2.23] And he went up from there to the house of God, and he was ascending on the road, and small boys went out from the city and mocked him, and they said to him, "Go up, bald one! Go up, bald one!"
[2KI.2.24] And he turned behind him and saw them, and he cursed them in the name of Yahveh. And two bears came out of the forest and tore forty-two of them apart.
[2KI.2.25] And he went from there to the mountain of the vineyard, and from there he returned to Samaria.
2KI.3
[2KI.3.1] And Joram, son of Ahab, reigned over Israel in Samaria, in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, and he reigned for twelve years.
[2KI.3.2] And he did the bad thing in the eyes of Yahveh, but not like his father and like his mother. And he removed the monument of Baal which his father made.
[2KI.3.3] Only in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin, does he remain attached; he has not turned away from them.
[2KI.3.4] And Meshac, king of Moab, was a shearer, and he returned to the king of Israel one hundred thousand lambs and one hundred thousand rams, wool.
[2KI.3.5] And it happened, when Ahab died, that the king of Moab transgressed against the king of Israel.
[2KI.3.6] And the king Jehoram went out on that day from Samaria, and he counted all of Israel.
[2KI.3.7] He went and sent to Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, saying, "The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me against Moab to wage war?" And he said, "I will go up; I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses."
[2KI.3.8] And he said, "Which is the way that we go up?" And he said, "The way of the wilderness of Edom."
[2KI.3.9] The king of Israel and the king of Judah and the king of Edom went, and they circled around for seven days. There was no water for the camp, or for the livestock that were with them.
[2KI.3.10] And the king of Israel said, "Ah, for Yahveh has called these three kings to be given into the hand of Moab."
[2KI.3.11] And Jehosophat said, "Is there not here a prophet of Yahveh by whom we may inquire of Yahveh?" And one of the servants of the king of Israel answered, "Here is Elisha, the son of Shaphat, who poured water on the hands of Elijah."
[2KI.3.12] And Jehoshaphat said, "There is it, a word from Yahveh." Then the king of Israel descended to him, and Jehoshaphat, and the king of Edom.
[2KI.3.13] And Elisha said to the king of Israel, "What connection do I have to you? Go to the prophets of your father and to the prophets of your mother." And the king of Israel said to him, "No, for Yahveh called for these three kings to give them into the hand of Moab."
[2KI.3.14] And Elisha said, "The living Yahveh, the Gods of hosts, before whom I stand, surely, if not for the face of Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, I would not look at you, nor would I see you."
[2KI.3.15] And now, take for me a musician, and it will be as the musician plays, and the hand of Yahveh was upon him.
[2KI.3.16] And he said, "Thus says Yahveh: Make this stream reservoirs, reservoirs."
[2KI.3.17] For thus says Yahveh, you will not see wind, and you will not see rain, but that stream will be filled with water, and you will drink, and your livestock will drink, and your beasts will drink.
[2KI.3.18] And this is easy in the eyes of Yahveh, and he will give Moab into your hand.
[2KI.3.19] And you will strike every fortified city and every chosen city, and you will fell every good tree, and you will stop up every spring of water, and you will ruin every good portion with stones.
[2KI.3.20] And it was in the morning, as the meal offering was rising, and behold, waters were coming from the direction of Edom, and the land filled with the waters.
[2KI.3.21] And all Moab heard that the kings had risen up to fight against them. Therefore, they cried out, every man who was girded with a belt and was prepared for battle, and they stood upon the border.
[2KI.3.22] They rose early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the waters, and the people of Moab saw the waters opposite them red like blood.
[2KI.3.23] And they said, "This blood is the sword by which the kings are destroyed. And they struck, each man his companion, and now to the plunder of Moab."
[2KI.3.24] They came to the camp of Israel, and the Israelites rose and struck Moab, and they fled from before them. They entered it and struck Moab.
[2KI.3.25] And the cities they will destroy, and every good portion of land they will cast away, each his stone filling it. And every spring of water will be stopped up, and every good tree they will fell, until leaving its stones in the wall of the craftsman. And the slingers surrounded it and they struck it.
[2KI.3.26] And the king of Moab saw that the war was strong against him. And he took with him 700 men who drew swords to breach the king of Edom, but they did not succeed.
[2KI.3.27] And he took his son, the firstborn, who would reign under him, and he brought him up as a burnt offering on the wall. And there was great wrath upon Israel, and they departed from over him, and they returned to the land.
2KI.4
[2KI.4.1] And one woman, from the wives of the sons of the prophets, cried out to Elisha, saying, "Your servant, my husband, is dead, and you know that your servant feared Yahveh. Now, the creditor has come to take my two sons to be slaves to him."
[2KI.4.2] And he said to her, "Elisha, what shall I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house?" And she said, "My servant has nothing in the house except a jar of oil."
[2KI.4.3] And he said, "Go, ask for yourself vessels from the outside, from all your neighbors. Do not hold back any empty vessels."
[2KI.4.4] And you shall come and shut the door behind you and behind your sons, and you shall pour upon all these vessels, and you shall carry away the fullness.
[2KI.4.5] And she went from him, and she closed the door behind her and behind her sons. They were presenting offerings to her, and she was pouring.
[2KI.4.6] And it happened, when the vessels were full, that she said to her son, “Bring near to me yet another vessel.” And he said to her, “There is no more vessel.” And the oil stopped.
[2KI.4.7] And she came and told the man of the Gods, and he said, "Go, sell the oil and pay your debts, and you and your sons will live on what remains."
[2KI.4.8] And it happened on a day that Elisha went to Shunem, and there was a great woman, and she insisted that he eat bread. And it happened that whenever he passed by, he would turn aside to Shunem to eat bread.
[2KI.4.9] And she said to her husband, "See, I have known that the Gods are a holy man. He is always passing over us."
[2KI.4.10] Let us make, then, a small upper room of the wall, and we will set for him there a bed and a table and a chair and a lampstand, and it will be when he comes to us, he will turn aside there.
[2KI.4.11] And it was the day, and he came there, and he went to the upper room, and he lay down there.
[2KI.4.12] And he said to Gehazi, my servant, "Call the Shunammite, this one." And he called to her, and she stood before him.
[2KI.4.13] And he said to him, "Say to her, 'See, you have caused us all this anxiety. What shall be done for you?' Is there anything to discuss with the king, or with the commander of the army?' And she said, 'I dwell among my people.'
[2KI.4.14] And he said, "What is to be done for her?" And Gehazi said, "But she has no son, and her husband is old."
[2KI.4.15] And he said, "Call her!" And he called her, and she stood in the doorway.
[2KI.4.16] And he said, "At this time next year you will embrace a son." And she said, "My Lord, man of the Gods, do not lie to your maidservant.
[2KI.4.17] And the woman conceived, and she bore a son at the appointed time, as at this time of life, which God spoke to her through Elisha.
[2KI.4.18] And the boy grew, and it was the day, and he went out to his father with the harvesters.
[2KI.4.19] And he said to his father, "My head, my head." And he said to the boy, "Carry him to his mother."
[2KI.4.20] And he lifted him up and brought him to his mother, and he sat on her knees until noon, and he died.
[2KI.4.21] And she rose and laid him on the bed of the man of the Gods, and she closed behind him, and she went out.
[2KI.4.22] And she called to her husband and said, "Please send me one of the young men and one of the donkeys, so that I may run to the man of the Gods and I will return."
[2KI.4.23] And he said, "Why are you going to him today? It is not the New Moon, and it is not the Sabbath." And she said, "Peace."
[2KI.4.24] And she equipped the donkey and said to the young woman, "Drive and go, do not stop for me to ride, unless I have said to you."
[2KI.4.25] And she went and came to the man of God, to the mountain of Carmel. And it happened, when the man of God saw her from afar, that he said to Gehazi, his servant, "Behold, this is the Shunammite woman."
[2KI.4.26] Now, run quickly to meet her and say to her, "Is peace to you? Is peace to your husband? Is peace to the child?" And she said, "Peace."
[2KI.4.27] And she came to the man of the Gods, to the mountain, and she held fast to his feet. And Geichazi drew near to push her away. And the man of the Gods said, "Release her, for her soul is bitterly grieved to her." And Yahveh concealed it from me, and He did not tell me.
[2KI.4.28] And she said, "Have I been given a son by my Lord? Did not my Lord say, "You shall not be cast away by me?"
[2KI.4.29] And he said to Gehazi, "Gird your waist and take my staff in your hand and go. If anyone meets you, do not bless him, and if anyone blesses you, do not answer him. And you shall place my staff upon the face of the young man."
[2KI.4.30] And the mother of the boy said, "Living Yahveh and living your soul, if I leave you!" And he rose and went after her.
[2KI.4.31] And Gehazi passed before them, and he placed the staff upon the face of the young boy, and there was no voice and there was no hearing. And he returned to meet him, and he told him, saying, “The young boy has not awakened.”
[2KI.4.32] And Elisha came into the house, and behold, the boy was dead, lying on his bed.
[2KI.4.33] And he came and closed the door for the two of them, and he prayed to Yahveh.
[2KI.4.34] And he went up and lay upon the child, and he placed his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands, and he breathed upon him, and the flesh of the child warmed.
[2KI.4.35] And he returned and went in the house, one here and one here, and he went up and touched him. And the boy touched his eyes until seven times, and the boy opened his eyes.
[2KI.4.36] And he called to Gehazi and said, "Call this Shunammite woman." And he called her, and she came to him. And he said, "Take your son."
[2KI.4.37] And she came and fell upon his feet, and she bowed to the ground, and she lifted her son, and she exited.
[2KI.4.38] And Elisha returned to Gilgal, and there was a famine in the land. And the sons of the prophets were sitting before him. And he said to his servant, "Put the large pot on the fire, and cook a stew for the sons of the prophets."
[2KI.4.39] And one man went out to the field to gather stalks, and he found a vine of the field, and he gathered from it clusters of the field, filling his garment with them. And he came and chopped them into the pot of the stew, for they did not know.
[2KI.4.40] And they poured for the people to eat, and it happened as they ate from the stew that they cried out and said, "Death is in the pot, man of the Gods!" and they could not eat.
[2KI.4.41] And he said, "Take flour and throw it into the pot." And he said, "Pour for the people and let them eat, and there was no bad thing in the pot."
[2KI.4.42] And a man came from Baal Shalisha and brought to the Gods bread of firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and grain in its husk. And he said, "Give it to the people so they may eat."
[2KI.4.43] And his servant said, "What shall I give before a hundred people?" And he said, "Give it to the people, and let them eat, and there will be leftovers, for thus said Yahveh: Eat, and there will remain."
[2KI.4.44] And he gave before them, and they ate, and they had leftovers according to the word of Yahveh.
2KI.5
[2KI.5.1] And Naaman was a commander of the army of the king of Aram, a great man in the eyes of my Lord, and held in high esteem, for through him Yahveh had given deliverance to Aram. And the man was a mighty warrior, a leper.
[2KI.5.2] And the Aramites went out in raiding parties, and they took captive a small girl from the land of Israel, and she became before the wife of Naaman.
[2KI.5.3] And she said to her mistress, "My Lord will be restored from his affliction if he goes before the prophet who is in Samaria. Then the Gods will take him from his leprosy."
[2KI.5.4] And he came and told my Lord, saying, "Thus and thus spoke the young woman who is from the land of Israel."
[2KI.5.5] And the king of Aram said, "Go, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel." And he went and took in his hand ten weights of silver, and six thousand of gold, and ten changes of garments.
[2KI.5.6] And the book was brought to the king of Israel, saying, "Now that this book has come to you, behold, I have sent to you my servant Naaman, and I will heal him of his leprosy."
[2KI.5.7] And it happened when the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his garments and said, "The Gods are the one to kill and to revive, because this one sends to me to gather a man from his affliction of leprosy. For truly know and see that this is a provocation against me."
[2KI.5.8] And it happened when Elisha, a man of the Gods, heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, "Why have you torn your clothes? Let him come to me now, and he will know that there is a prophet in Israel."
[2KI.5.9] And Naaman came with his horse and with his chariot, and he stood at the opening of the house to Elisha.
[2KI.5.10] And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, "Go, and wash yourself seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will return to you, and be clean."
[2KI.5.11] Naaman became angry and went away. He said, “Behold, I thought that he would surely come out to me and stand and call upon the name of Yahveh, his God, and wave his hand over the place to heal the leper.
[2KI.5.12] Is not the lushness and abundance of the rivers of Damascus better than all the waters of Israel? Would I not wash in them and be purified? And he turned and went away in anger.
[2KI.5.13] And his servants came near and spoke to him, and they said, "My Lord spoke a great thing to you. Will you not do it? And also, he said to you, 'Wash and become clean.'
[2KI.5.14] And he went down and dipped himself in the Jordan seven times, according to the word of the man of the Gods, and his flesh returned like the flesh of a young boy, and he was healed.
[2KI.5.15] And he returned to the man of God, he and all his camp, and he came and stood before him, and he said, "Behold, now I know that there are no Gods in all the earth except in Israel. And now, please take a blessing from your servant."
[2KI.5.16] And he said, "The living Yahveh, before whom I stood, if I take anything, then let him insist that I take it," and he refused.
[2KI.5.17] And Naaman said, "Please, do not grant to your servant carrying a pair of mules’ load of earth, for your servant will no longer make an offering or sacrifice to other gods, but only to Yahveh."
[2KI.5.18] Regarding this matter, may Yahveh forgive your servant when my Lord comes to the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leans on my hand, and I bow down at the house of Rimmon. In my bowing down at the house of Rimmon, may Yahveh please forgive your servant regarding this matter.
[2KI.5.19] And he said to him, "Go in peace." And he went from with him a portion of the earth.
[2KI.5.20] And Gehazi, the servant of Elisha, a man of the Gods, said, "Behold, my Lord has spared this Syrian, Naaman, from taking payment from his hand for what he brought. As the life of Yahveh is present, I will certainly run after him and take something from him."
[2KI.5.21] And Gechazi pursued Naaman. And Naaman saw him running after him, and he fell from above the chariot to meet him. And he said, "Is it peace?"
[2KI.5.22] And he said, "Peace. My Lord sent me to say, 'Behold, now these two young men have come to me from the mountain of Ephraim, from among the sons of the prophets. Please give them a talent of silver and two changes of clothing.'
[2KI.5.23] And Naaman said, "Please accept two donkey-loads." And he tore open his clothing, and created two loads of silver, and two sets of garments. And he gave them to his two young men, and they carried them before him.
[2KI.5.24] And he came to the God’s height, and he took from their hands, and he inspected the house, and he sent the men away, and they went.
[2KI.5.25] And he came and stood before my Lord, and Elisha said to him, “Did Gehazi go?” And he said, “My servant did not go anywhere, and did not proceed in any direction.”
[2KI.5.26] And he said to him, "My heart did not follow as a man turns from his chariot to greet you." May it be time to accept the silver, and to accept garments, and olive trees, and vineyards, and sheep, and cattle, and male servants and female servants?"
[2KI.5.27] And the leprosy of Naman will cling to you, and to your seed forever. And a leper went out from before him, white as snow.
2KI.6
[2KI.6.1] The sons of the prophets said to Elisha, "Behold, the place where we are living before you is too narrow for us."
[2KI.6.2] Let us go to the Jordan, and each person take from there one beam of wood, and we will make for ourselves a place to sit there. And he said, "Go."
[2KI.6.3] And the one said, "Please, let me go, God, your servants." And he said, "I will go."
[2KI.6.4] And he went with them, and they came to the Jordan, and they cut the trees.
[2KI.6.5] And it happened, one caused the beam and the iron to fall into the water, and he cried out and said, "Alas, my Lord!" and he was Saul.
[2KI.6.6] And the man of the Gods said, "Where did it fall?" And he showed him the place, and he cut a tree and threw it there, and the iron floated.
[2KI.6.7] And he said, "Lift yourself up!" And he extended his hand and took him.
[2KI.6.8] And the king of Aram was warring against Israel, and he consulted with his servants, saying, "To a certain place, I will station my forces."
[2KI.6.9] And a man of the Gods sent to the king of Israel, saying, "Be careful not to cross this place, because Aram is there, preparing for battle."
[2KI.6.10] And the king of Israel sent to the place that the man of the Gods had told him, warning him to be careful and to guard himself there, not once and not twice.
[2KI.6.11] The heart of the king of Aram was stirred over this matter, and he called to his servants and said to them, "Will you not tell me who among us has been communicating with the king of Israel?"
[2KI.6.12] And one of his servants said, "No, my Lord the king, because Elisha the prophet who is in Israel will tell the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom."
[2KI.6.13] And he said, "Go and see how it is, and I will send and take it for myself." And it was reported to him, saying, "Behold, it is in Dothan."
[2KI.6.14] And he sent there horses and chariots and a heavy army, and they came at night and surrounded the city.
[2KI.6.15] And the servant of the man of the Gods rose to get up, and he went out, and behold, an army surrounded the city with horses and chariots. And his young man said to him, "Alas, my Lord, what shall we do?"
[2KI.6.16] And he said, "Do not fear, for many are those with us compared to them."
[2KI.6.17] And Elisha prayed and said, "Yahveh, please open his eyes that he may see." And Yahveh opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw. And behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.
[2KI.6.18] And they came down to him, and Elisha prayed to Yahveh, and said, “Please strike this nation with blindness.” And Yahveh struck them with blindness, according to the word of Elisha.
[2KI.6.19] And Elisha said to them, "This is not the way, and this is not the city. Come after me, and I will lead you to the man you are seeking." And he led them to Samaria.
[2KI.6.20] And it came to pass, as they came to Samaria, that Elisha said, "Yahveh, open the eyes of these ones so that they may see." And Yahveh opened their eyes, and they saw. And behold, it was within Samaria.
[2KI.6.21] And the king of Israel said to Elisha, when he saw them, "Shall I strike, shall I strike my father’s people?"
[2KI.6.22] And he said, "Do not strike those you have captured with your sword and with your bow. You strike, put bread and water before them, and let them eat and drink, and let them go to their lord."
[2KI.6.23] He dug for them a large well, and they ate and drank, and he sent them on their way, and they went to their lords. And the bands of Aram did not continue to come into the land of Israel.
[2KI.6.24] And it happened after that, and Ben-Hadad, king of Aram, gathered all his camp and went up and besieged Samaria.
[2KI.6.25] And there was a great famine in Samaria, and behold, enemies besieged it until a donkey’s head was sold for eighty pieces of silver and a quarter of a kab of carob pods was sold for five pieces of silver.
[2KI.6.26] And it happened, the king of Israel was walking upon the wall, and a woman cried out to him, saying, "Save, my Lord the king!"
[2KI.6.27] And he said, "Let not Yahveh save you. From where will I save you? From the threshing floor, or from the winepress?"
[2KI.6.28] And the king said to her, "What do you desire?" And the woman said, "This woman told me, 'Give your son, and let us eat him today, and let us eat my son tomorrow.'"
[2KI.6.29] And we cooked my son and we ate him, and I said to her on the following day, "Give me your son, and we will eat him." And she hid her son.
[2KI.6.30] And it happened, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he tore his garments. And he was passing over the wall, and the people saw, and behold, the sackcloth was on his flesh from within.
[2KI.6.31] And he said, "Thus may the Gods do to me, and thus may they add, if the head of Elisha son of Shapat stands upon him today."
[2KI.6.32] And Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. And he sent a man before him, before the messenger came to him. And he said to the elders, “Do you see that the son of the murderer has sent someone to remove my head? See, when the messenger comes, close the door and press against it with force. Is not the sound of the feet of my Lord behind him?”
[2KI.6.33] He was still speaking with them, and behold, the angel descended to him, and he said, "Behold, this evil is from Yahveh. What further waiting is expected for Yahveh?"
2KI.7
[2KI.7.1] And Elisha said, "Hear the word of Yahveh. Thus says Yahveh: About tomorrow, a seah of fine wheat flour will be sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley will be sold for a shekel, at the gate of Samaria."
[2KI.7.2] Then the third official of the king, leaning on his hand, said to the man of the Gods, "Behold, Yahveh is making whirlwinds in the heavens. Will this thing happen?" And he said, "Behold, you will see with your eyes, and from there you shall not eat."
[2KI.7.3] And four men were lepers at the opening of the gate, and they said, each one to his fellow, "What are we sitting here for until we die?"
[2KI.7.4] If we say, 'We will enter the city,' and the famine is in the city, and we die there, and if we sit here and we die, and now go and let us fall to the camp of Aram, if they let us live, we will live, and if they kill us, we will die.
[2KI.7.5] They rose at midnight to come to the camp of Aram, and they came to the edge of the camp of Aram, and behold, there was no one there.
[2KI.7.6] And my Lord made the camp of Aram hear the sound of chariots, the sound of horses, the sound of a great army, and they said, one to another, "Behold, the king of Israel has hired the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Egypt to come against us."
[2KI.7.7] They arose and fled in the whirlwind, abandoning their tents and their horses and their donkeys, the camp as it was, and they fled for their lives.
[2KI.7.8] These lepers came to the edge of the camp and entered one tent, where they ate and drank. They took from there silver and gold and clothing, and they went and hid it. They returned and came to another tent, and they took from there and went and hid it.
[2KI.7.9] And they said, one to his fellow, "It is not right what we are doing this day. This day is a day of tidings, and we are keeping silent, and we waited until the light of morning, and we found iniquity. And now let us go and we will tell the house of the King."
[2KI.7.10] They came and called to the gatekeeper of the city, and they told them, saying, "We went to the camp of Aram, and behold, there was no one there, and no voice of man, but the horse was tethered and the donkey was tethered, and the tents were as they were."
[2KI.7.11] And the gatekeepers called out, and they told inside the house of the king.
[2KI.7.12] The king rose during the night and said to his servants, "Let me now tell you what Aram has done to us. They know that we are hungry, and so they departed from the camp to conceal themselves in the field, saying, 'If they exit the city, we will seize them alive and bring them back to the city.'"
[2KI.7.13] Then one of his servants responded and said, "Please let them take five of the horses that remain, those that are left within [the area]. They are like all the multitude of Israel that remain within [the area]. They are like all the multitude of Israel that are finished. Let us send them and see."
[2KI.7.14] And they took two chariots with horses, and the king sent after the camp of Aram, saying, "Go and see."
[2KI.7.15] And they went after them until the Jordan, and behold, all the way was full of garments and vessels that Syria had thrown in their haste. And the messengers returned and told the king.
[2KI.7.16] And the people went out and plundered the camp of Aram. And a measure of fine flour was worth a shekel, and two measures of barley were worth a shekel, according to the word of Yahveh.
[2KI.7.17] Now the king appointed the third officer, who leaned on the gate, and the people trampled him at the gate, and he died, as the man of the Gods had spoken, when the man of the Gods had spoken during the king’s descent to him.
[2KI.7.18] And it happened, as a man of the Gods spoke to the king, saying, "Two measures of barley for a shekel and a measure of fine flour for a shekel will be the price tomorrow at the gate of Samaria."
[2KI.7.19] Then the third responded to the man of the Gods and said, "Behold, Yahveh is making whirlpools in the heavens. Will this thing be?" And he said, "You will see it with your eyes, and from there you will not eat."
[2KI.7.20] And it was thus to him, and the people trampled him at the gate, and he died.
2KI.8
[2KI.8.1] And Elisha spoke to the woman who had revived her son, saying, "Rise, and go, you and your household, and dwell wherever you may dwell, for Yahveh has proclaimed a famine, and it will also come upon the land for seven years."
[2KI.8.2] And the woman rose and did according to the word of the Gods, and she went, she and her household, and she dwelt in the land of the Philistines for seven years.
[2KI.8.3] And it came to pass at the end of seven years, and the woman returned from the land of the Philistines, and she went out to cry out to the king concerning her house and her field.
[2KI.8.4] And the king spoke to Gehazi, servant of the man of the Gods, saying, "Relate to me, please, all the great things that Elisha has done."
[2KI.8.5] And it happened that he was telling the king about that which he had revived the dead, and behold, the woman who had revived her son was crying out to the king regarding her house and regarding her field. And Gehazi said, "my Lord, the king, this is the woman and this is her son whom Elisha revived."
[2KI.8.6] And the king asked the woman, and she told him. And the king gave her one eunuch, saying, "Return all that is hers, and all the produce of the field from the day she left the land until now."
[2KI.8.7] And Elisha came to Damascus, and Ben-Hadad, king of Aram, was sick. And it was told to him, saying, “The man of the Gods has come here.”
[2KI.8.8] And the king said to Hazael, "Take a gift in your hand and go to meet the man of God, and inquire of Yahveh through him, saying, 'Will I recover from this illness?'"
[2KI.8.9] And Hazael went to meet him, and he took a gift in his hand, and all the good things of Damascus as a burden of forty camels, and he came and stood before him, and he said, "Your son, Ben-Hadad, king of Aram, sent me to you to say, ‘Will he live from this illness?’"
[2KI.8.10] And Elisha said to him, "Go, say to her, 'Your son will not live.'" And Yahveh showed me that the boy will surely die.
[2KI.8.11] And he set his face, and he placed it until shame, and the man of the Gods wept.
[2KI.8.12] And Hazael said, "Why is my Lord weeping?" And he said, "Because I know the evil you will do to the people of Israel: you will send fire against their strongholds and kill their young men with the sword, and you will crush their babies, and rip open their pregnant women."
[2KI.8.13] And Hazael said, "What is your servant, the dog, that he should do this great thing?" And Elisha said, "Yahveh has shown me to you that you will become king over Aram."
[2KI.8.14] And he went from Elisha and came to my Lord and said to him, "What said to you Elisha?" And he said, "He said to me, 'You will live.'"
[2KI.8.15] And it happened on the next day, and the one who buries took [him] and dipped [him] in the water, and he spread [something] over his face, and he died, and Chaza'el reigned in his place.
[2KI.8.16] And in the fifth year of Joram son of Ahab, king of Israel, and of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, Joram son of Jehoshaphat became king of Judah.
[2KI.8.17] He was thirty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for eight years in Jerusalem.
[2KI.8.18] And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as they had done in the house of Ahab, because the daughter of Ahab had been to him as a wife, and he did what was evil in the eyes of Yahveh.
[2KI.8.19] And Yahveh was not willing to destroy Judah, for the sake of David his servant, as he had said to him to give a lamp to his sons for all days.
[2KI.8.20] In Judah’s days, Edom transgressed from under the rule of Judah, and they installed a king over them.
[2KI.8.21] And Joram went to Tza-i-rah, and all the chariots were with him. And he arose at night and struck Edom who surrounded him, and the captains of the chariots. And the people fled to their tents.
[2KI.8.22] And Edom rebelled from under the hand of Judah, until this day. Then Livnah will rebel in that time.
[2KI.8.23] And the remaining words of Joram and all that he did, are they not written on the book of the days of the kings of Judah?
[2KI.8.24] And Joram lay down with his fathers, and he was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And Ahaziah his son reigned in his place.
[2KI.8.25] In the year twelve, during the reign of Jehoram son of Ahab, king of Israel, Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.
[2KI.8.26] Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he began his kingship, and he reigned for one year in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Athaliah, daughter of Omri, king of Israel.
[2KI.8.27] And he went in the way of the house of Ahab, and he did evil in the eyes of Yahveh, like the house of Ahab, for he is the son-in-law of the house of Ahab.
[2KI.8.28] And Joram, son of Ahab, went to war with Hazael, king of Aram, at Ramoth Gilead. And the Arameans struck Joram.
[2KI.8.29] Then King Joram returned to Jezreel to be healed from the wounds that the Arameans inflicted upon him at Ramah, when he fought against King Hazael of Aram. And Ahaziah, son of King Joram of Judah, went down to see Joram, son of Ahab, in Jezreel, because he was sick.
2KI.9
[2KI.9.1] And Elisha the prophet called to one of the sons of the prophets, and said to him, "Gird your loins and take this flask of oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth Gilead."
[2KI.9.2] And you shall go there, and see there Yehu’a, son of Yehoshafat, son of Nimshi. And you shall go and raise him up from among his brothers, and you shall bring him a chamber within a chamber.
[2KI.9.3] And you shall take the jar of oil and pour it upon his head, and you shall say, ‘Thus says Yahveh, I have anointed you as king over God’s Israel.’ And you shall open the door and flee, and do not delay.
[2KI.9.4] And the young man, the young man, the prophet, went to Ramot Gilead.
[2KI.9.5] And he came, and behold, the chiefs of the force were sitting. And a message was spoken to me by the officer. And Jehu said, "To which one of us are you speaking?" And the message was spoken to me by the officer.
[2KI.9.6] And he rose and came into the house, and he poured the oil upon his head, and he said to him, “Thus says Yahveh, the Gods of Israel, I have anointed you to be king over the people of Yahveh, over Israel.”
[2KI.9.7] And you shall strike down the house of Ahab, my Lord, and I will avenge the blood of my servants the prophets and the blood of all servants of Yahveh by the hand of Jezebel.
[2KI.9.8] And all the house of Ahab will be destroyed, and I will cut off from Ahab anyone who urinates against a wall, and he will be confined and left unnamed in Israel.
[2KI.9.9] And I will give the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha son of Ahijah.
[2KI.9.10] And the dogs will eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there is no one to bury her. Then someone opened the gate and ran away.
[2KI.9.11] And Jehu went out to the servants of my Lord, and said to him, “Is it peace? Why has this madman come to you?” And he said to them, “You know the man and his talk.”
[2KI.9.12] And they said, "A lie! Tell us now!" And he said, "Thus and thus Yahveh said to me, saying, "Thus says Yahveh: I have anointed you as king over the people of Israel."
[2KI.9.13] They hurried and each took his garment and placed it under him on the ascent, and they sounded the shofar and said, “Yahveh has made Yehu king.”
[2KI.9.14] And Jehu son of Jehoshaphat son of Nimshi allied himself with Joram, and Joram was guarding Ramoth Gilead, he and all Israel, against Hazael king of Aram.
[2KI.9.15] And King Jehoram returned to Jezreel to heal from the wounds that the Arameans inflicted upon him in the fighting against Hazael, king of Aram. And Jehu said, "If anyone has a soul, let no fugitive escape from the city to go and report what is happening in Jezreel."
[2KI.9.16] And Jehu rode and went to Jezreel, because Joram was lying there, and Ahaziah, king of Judah, went down to see Joram.
[2KI.9.17] And the watchman stood upon the tower in Jezreel, and he saw the force of Jehu as he came. And he said, "A force I see!" And Jehoram said, "Take a horseman and send him to meet them, and say, ‘Is it peace?’
[2KI.9.18] And the horse rider went to meet him and said, "Thus says the king, is it peace?" And Jehu said, "What do you have to do with me, and peace, turn behind me." And the watchman reported, saying, "The messenger has come as far as them and has not returned."
[2KI.9.19] And the king sent a second horseman, and he came to them and said, "Thus says the king: Peace." And Jehu said, "What is this to you, and turn back behind me?"
[2KI.9.20] And the watchman told, saying, "He came to them, and he did not return. And the manner is like the manner of Jehu son of Nimshi, for he will act in madness."
[2KI.9.21] And Jehoram said, "Bind!" And they bound his chariot. And Jehoram, king of Israel, and Ahaziah, king of Judah, each in his chariot, went out to meet Jehu. And they found him in the plot of Naboth the Jezreelite.
[2KI.9.22] And it happened when Jehoram saw Jehu, that he said, “Is all well, Jehu?” And he said, “What well-being when the adulteries of Jezebel, your mother, and her many sorceries remain?”
[2KI.9.23] And Jehoram turned his hands and fled, and he said to Ahaziah, "It was a deception, Ahaziah."
[2KI.9.24] And Yahveh filled his hand with the bow and struck Jehoram between the arms, and the arrow exited from his heart, and he bowed in his chariot.
[2KI.9.25] And he said to Bidkar, "Take three portions of silver, and throw it into the plot of field belonging to Naboth the Jezreelite, because I remember, and you remember, riders in pairs following Ahab his father. And Yahveh has placed this burden upon him."
[2KI.9.26] If I have not seen the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons yesterday, says Yahveh, then I will repay you in this portion, says Yahveh. And now, lift him up and throw him in the portion, according to the word of Yahveh.
[2KI.9.27] And Ahaziah, king of Judah, saw and fled by the way of the garden. And Jehu pursued after him, and said, "Strike him also in the chariot at the ascent of Gur, the place of Ibleam." And he fled to Megiddo and died there.
[2KI.9.28] And his servants carried him to Jerusalem, and they buried him in his burial place with his fathers in the city of David.
[2KI.9.29] And in the eleventh year, Ahaziah, son of Ahab, reigned over Judah.
[2KI.9.30] And Jehu came to Jezreel, and Jezebel heard of it, and she put paint on her eyes and improved the appearance of her head, and she peered out through the window.
[2KI.9.31] And Jehu came to the gate, and she said, "Is it peace? Zimri has killed my Lord."
[2KI.9.32] And he lifted his face to the window and said, "Who is with me, who?" And two or three eunuchs looked toward him.
[2KI.9.33] And he said, "Let her head go", and they let her head go, and he poured out her blood against the wall and against the horses, and they trampled her.
[2KI.9.34] And he came and ate and drank, and he said, “Please attend to this cursed one and bury her, for she is a daughter of a king.”
[2KI.9.35] And they went to the tomb, and they did not find within it, but only the skull and the feet and the palms of the hands.
[2KI.9.36] They returned and told him, and said, "The word of Yahveh is this: concerning the portion of Jezreel, dogs will eat the flesh of Jezebel."
[2KI.9.37] And your corpse, Jezebel, will be like a field on the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel, that they will not say, "This is Jezebel."
2KI.10
[2KI.10.1] And to Ahab, seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria, to the leaders of Israel, the elders, and to the household servants of Ahab, saying:
[2KI.10.2] And now, as this document comes to you, with you are the sons of your Lords, and with you are the chariots and the horses, and a fortified city and the weapons.
[2KI.10.3] And you will see the good and the upright from among the sons of your lords, and you will place them on the throne of their father, and you will wage war against the house of your lords.
[2KI.10.4] And they feared greatly, greatly, and they said, "Behold, two kings did not stand before him, and how shall we stand?"
[2KI.10.5] And they sent messengers to Jehu, those who were in authority over the house and those who were in authority over the city, and the elders and the officials, to say, “Your servants we are, and everything you say to us we will do. We will not make any man king; do what is good in your eyes.”
[2KI.10.6] And he wrote to them a second letter, saying, "If you are for me and listen to my voice, take the heads of the men of your masters and come to me now tomorrow at Jezreel. And seventy men, sons of the king, and the dignitaries of the city, bring them to me."
[2KI.10.7] And it happened when the book came to them, they took the sons of the king and slaughtered seventy men. They placed their heads in baskets and sent them to Yizrealah.
[2KI.10.8] And the angel came and told him, saying, "Bring the heads of the king’s sons, and he said, "Place them as two groups at the opening of the gate until the morning."
[2KI.10.9] And it happened in the morning, and he went out and stood, and he said to all the people, "Righteous ones, you are! Behold, I bound my Lord and I killed him, and who struck down all these?"
[2KI.10.10] Therefore know that the decree of Yahveh will not fall to the earth which Yahveh spoke concerning the house of Ahab, and Yahveh did what Yahveh spoke through the hand of Yahveh’s servant Elijah.
[2KI.10.11] And Jehu struck all who remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, even all his great men and his acquaintances and his priests, until he left him no survivor.
[2KI.10.12] And he rose up, and he went, and he walked to Samaria. It is the house of oppression of the shepherds, along the way.
[2KI.10.13] And Jehu found the relatives of Ahaziah, king of Judah, and he said, "Who are you?" And they said, "We are the relatives of Ahaziah, and we have come down to offer peace to the sons of the king and to the sons of the noblewoman."
[2KI.10.14] And he said, "Seize them as living beings!" And they seized them as living beings, and they slaughtered them into the pit, the pit of Eked, forty and two men, and did not leave any person of them.
[2KI.10.15] Then he departed from there and found Jehonadab son of Rechab coming to meet him, and he blessed him and said to him, “Is your heart right, as my heart is with your heart?” And Jehonadab said, “It is, and it is.” Offer your hand. And he gave his hand, and Jehu brought him up with him into the chariot.
[2KI.10.16] And he said, "Go with me and see with my zeal to Yahveh, and they rode him in his chariot."
[2KI.10.17] And he came to Samaria, and struck all those remaining to Achav in Samaria, until he destroyed them, according to the word of Yahveh that he spoke to Elijah.
[2KI.10.18] And Jehu gathered all the people and said to them, "Ahab served the Baal a little. Jehu will serve him much."
[2KI.10.19] And now, summon all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests to me, let no one be missing, for a great sacrifice to Baal is for me. Everyone who is summoned shall not live, and Jehu did this in the valley in order to destroy the servants of Baal.
[2KI.10.20] And Jehu said, "Sanctify a gathering for Baal," and they proclaimed it.
[2KI.10.21] And Jehu sent out throughout all Israel, and all worshippers of the Baal came, and there did not remain a man who did not come. And they came to the house of the Baal, and the house of the Baal was filled, completely full.
[2KI.10.22] And he said to the one who was over the wardrobe, "Bring forth clothing for all the servants of Baal." And he brought forth the clothing to them.
[2KI.10.23] And Jehu and Jehohanan, son of Rechab, entered the house of Baal, and said to the worshippers of Baal, “Search and see, lest there be here with you any of the servants of Yahveh, but only the servants of Baal alone.”
[2KI.10.24] And they came to do sacrifices and burnt offerings, and Yahveh set for himself eighty men outside. And the man said, “The person who escapes from the men whom I am bringing against you, their life will be forfeit in place of their life.”
[2KI.10.25] And it happened, when he had finished doing the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the runners and the officers, “Come, strike! Let no man escape!” And they struck them according to the sword, and the runners and the officers threw them, and he went to the city, house of Baal.
[2KI.10.26] And they took out the pillars of the house of the Baal and burned them.
[2KI.10.27] And they smashed the standing stone of Baal, and they smashed the temple of Baal, and they made it a heap of ruins until this day.
[2KI.10.28] And Yahveh destroyed the Baal from Israel.
[2KI.10.29] Only the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he caused Israel to sin, did Jehoahaz not turn away from following them. These were the golden calves that were in Bethel and that were in Dan.
[2KI.10.30] And Yahveh said to Jehu, "Because you have done well in doing what is right in my eyes, according to all that was in your heart, you acted concerning the house of Ahab, the sons of the four groups will sit for you on the throne of Israel."
[2KI.10.31] And Jehu did not keep to walk in the law of Yahveh, the Gods of Israel, with all his heart. He did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam, who caused Israel to sin.
[2KI.10.32] In those days, Yahveh began to diminish Israel, and Hazael struck them throughout all the border of Israel.
[2KI.10.33] From the Jordan, east of the sun, all the land of the Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites and the Manassites, from Aroer which is on the stream Arnon, and the Gilead and the Bashan.
[2KI.10.34] And the remaining accounts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all of his strength, are they not written on the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
[2KI.10.35] And Jehu lay down with his ancestors, and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz, his son, reigned in his place.
[2KI.10.36] And the days that Jehu reigned over Israel were twenty and eight years in Samaria.
2KI.11
[2KI.11.1] And Athaliah, mother of Ahaziah, saw that her son had died, and she rose up and destroyed all the seed of the kingdom.
[2KI.11.2] And Yehoshava, daughter of King Yoram and sister of Ahaziah, took Yoash son of Ahaziah and stole him from among the sons of the king who were being put to death, and she also took his nurse with him into the bedroom. And they hid him from Atalyahu, and he was not killed.
[2KI.11.3] And it came to pass, she was with her in the house of Yahveh, hiding for six years, and Athaliah was reigning over the land.
[2KI.11.4] And in the seventh year, Jehoiada sent and took the commanders of the hundreds, the Kerethi and the Pelethites, and brought them to him to the house of Yahveh. And he made a covenant with them and caused them to swear an oath in the house of Yahveh, and he showed them the king’s son.
[2KI.11.5] And he commanded them, saying, "This is the thing that you will do: the third of you who come on the Sabbath, and those who guard the watch of the house of the king."
[2KI.11.6] And the third [division] at the gate of Sur, and the third [division] at the gate after the runners, and you shall maintain the watch of the house as a tax.
[2KI.11.7] And the two hands among you, all those departing from the Sabbath, and they will keep the watch over the house of Yahveh to the king.
[2KI.11.8] And you shall surround the king on all sides, each man with his weapons in his hand, and whoever comes to the guards shall be put to death. And they shall be with the king at his going out and at his coming in.
[2KI.11.9] And the captains of the hundreds did everything as Jehoiada the priest had commanded. They each took their men who came on the Sabbath, along with those who went out on the Sabbath, and they came to Jehoiada the priest.
[2KI.11.10] And the priest gave the spears and the leadership positions to the captains of the hundreds, which were for King David, while in the house of Yahveh.
[2KI.11.11] And the runners stood, each with his tools in his hand, from the shoulder of the right house to the shoulder of the left house, relating to the altar and the house, surrounding the king.
[2KI.11.12] And he brought out the son of the king, and he gave upon him the crown and the testimony, and they made him king and anointed him. And they struck hands and said, "May the king live!"
[2KI.11.13] And Athaliah heard the noise of the people, and she came to the people at the house of Yahveh.
[2KI.11.14] And she saw, and behold, the king stood upon the pillar, as was his right to judge, and the officials and the trumpeters were toward the king, and all the people of the land rejoiced and blew the trumpets. And Athaliah tore her garments and cried out, “Conspiracy! Conspiracy!”
[2KI.11.15] And Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the commanders of the force, and said to them, "Bring her out from among [the people]. And whoever follows her, let him be killed with the sword, for the priest said, ‘Do not defile the temple of Yahveh.’
[2KI.11.16] And they laid hands upon her, and she entered the way of the access of the horses, the king's house, and she died there.
[2KI.11.17] And Yoada made the covenant between Yahveh and between the king and between the people to be a people belonging to Yahveh, and between the king and between the people.
[2KI.11.18] And all the people of the land came to the house of Baal and tore it down, breaking his altars thoroughly and shattering his images. They killed the gift of the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest set orders upon the house of Yahveh.
[2KI.11.19] And he took the chiefs of the hundreds and the guards and the runners and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the house of Yahveh, and they came through the gate of the runners to the house of the king, and he sat on the throne of the kings.
[2KI.11.20] And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet, and they killed Athaliah with a sword in the house of the king.
2KI.12
[2KI.12.1] Seven years old was Yehoash when he became king.
[2KI.12.2] In the seventh year of Jehu, Jehoash became king, and he reigned for forty years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Zibiah, from Beersheba.
[2KI.12.3] And Yoash did what was upright in the eyes of Yahveh all his days, that Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
[2KI.12.4] Only the high places did not depart, still the people were sacrificing and making offerings on the high places.
[2KI.12.5] And Joash said to the priests, "All the holy silver that is brought to the house of Yahveh, silver of passage from each person, silver of lives, its value, all the silver that rises in the heart of a person to bring to the house of Yahveh..."
[2KI.12.6] The priests shall take for themselves from their acquaintances, and they shall maintain the house’s inspection for all that is found there in inspection.
[2KI.12.7] And it came to pass in the twenty-third year of King Yahveh, the priests did not strengthen the break of the house.
[2KI.12.8] And the king Jehoash called for the priest Jehoiada and for the priests, and he said to them, "Why are you not strengthening the Temple? And now, do not take money from those who offer sacrifices, for you shall give it all for the Temple repairs."
[2KI.12.9] And the priests refused to take money from the people, and they refused to strengthen the house’s foundation.
[2KI.12.10] And Jehoiada the priest took one chest and cut a hole in its door, and he put it beside the altar on the right as a man enters Yahveh’s house, and the priests, the keepers of the threshold, deposited all the money brought into Yahveh’s house there.
[2KI.12.11] And it happened, when they saw that there was much silver in the chest, that the king’s scribe and the chief priest came up, and they sealed and counted the silver that was found in the house of Yahveh.
[2KI.12.12] And they gave the refined silver into the hand of those who did the work, those who were appointed over the house of Yahveh. And they brought it out to the woodworkers and the stone masons who were making the house of Yahveh.
[2KI.12.13] And to those who gathered materials, and to the stone cutters, and to those who bought wood, and to the quarry stones, to strengthen the facade of the house of Yahveh, and to everyone who went out to work on the building to strengthen it.
[2KI.12.14] But no silver trumpets are to be made for the house of Yahveh. Golden and silver instruments brought to the house of Yahveh are not to be created.
[2KI.12.15] For to those who do the work, it will be given to them, and they will strengthen in the house of Yahveh.
[2KI.12.16] And they should not consider the people who give the silver into their hands to give to those who do the work, because they are doing it faithfully.
[2KI.12.17] Silver of guilt offerings and silver of sin offerings shall not be brought into the house of Yahveh; they will be for the priests.
[2KI.12.18] Then Hazael, king of Aram, will go up and fight against Gath, and he will capture it. And Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.
[2KI.12.19] And Jehoash, king of Judah, took all the holy things that Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah, kings of Judah and his ancestors, had dedicated, and their holy things, and all the gold that was found in the treasuries of the house of Yahveh and the house of the king, and he sent it to Hazael, king of Aram, and he went up from Jerusalem.
[2KI.12.20] And the remainder of the words of Yoash, and all that he did, are they not written upon the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
[2KI.12.21] And his servants rose up and bound a conspiracy, and they struck Yoash in the house of Mil-lo, the one descending to Silla.
[2KI.12.22] And Yoazavad son of Shimeat, and Yoazavad son of Shomer, his servants struck him and he died, and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David, and Amaziah his son reigned in his place.
2KI.13
[2KI.13.1] In the twenty-third year, during the reign of Joash son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, Jehoahaz son of Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria for seventeen years.
[2KI.13.2] And he did evil in the eyes of Yahveh, and he went after the sin of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin; he did not depart from it.
[2KI.13.3] And the anger of Yahveh burned against Israel, and He gave them into the hand of Hazael, king of Aram, and into the hand of Ben-Hadad, son of Hazael, for all of their days.
[2KI.13.4] And Jehoahaz sought favor with Yahveh, and Yahveh heard him, because Yahveh saw the distress of Israel, because the king of Aram distressed them.
[2KI.13.5] And Yahveh gave Israel a deliverer, and they went out from under the hand of Aram, and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents as before.
[2KI.13.6] But they did not turn away from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, with which I made Israel sin, in which they walked. And also, the Asherah remained standing in Samaria.
[2KI.13.7] For he did not leave for Jehoahaz people, but only fifty horsemen and ten chariots and ten thousand foot soldiers, for the king of Aram destroyed them and made them like dust that is trodden.
[2KI.13.8] And the remainder of the words of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and his power, are they not written on the book of the words of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
[2KI.13.9] And Jehoahaz lay down with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria. And Joash, his son, reigned in his place.
[2KI.13.10] In the year thirty-seven to Jehoash, king of Judah, Jehoash son of Jehoahaz reigned over Israel in Samaria for sixteen years.
[2KI.13.11] And he did evil in the eyes of Yahveh; he did not turn away from all the sins of Yarav-am son of Nevat, who caused Israel to sin, in them he walked.
[2KI.13.12] And the rest of the words of Yoash, and all that he did, and his valor, which he fought with Amaziah, king of Judah, are they not written on the book of the words of the days for the kings of Israel?
[2KI.13.13] And Yoash lay down with his ancestors, and Yarav'am sat upon his throne. And Yoash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.
[2KI.13.14] And Elisha was sick with his sickness, in which he would die, and Joash, king of Israel, went down to him and wept upon his face, and said, "My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and its horsemen!"
[2KI.13.15] And he said to him, Elisha, "Take a bow and arrows." And he took to himself a bow and arrows.
[2KI.13.16] And he said to the king of Israel, "Arm your hand on the bow." And he armed his hand. And Elisha placed his hands on the hands of the king.
[2KI.13.17] And he said, "Open the window eastward," and he opened it. And Elisha said, "Shoot!" and he shot. And Elisha said, "An arrow of deliverance to Yahveh, and an arrow of deliverance against Aram, and you shall strike Aram in the plain until they are finished."
[2KI.13.18] And he said, "Take the arrows." And he took them. And he said to the king of Israel, "Strike the ground!" And he struck it three times, and he stood.
[2KI.13.19] And the man of the Gods became angry with him, and said, "Strike Aram five or six times, then you struck Aram to completion. And now you will strike Aram three times."
[2KI.13.20] And Elisha died and they buried him, and bands of Moab will come into the land in the year.
[2KI.13.21] And it happened, they were burying a man, and behold, they saw the army, and they threw the man into the tomb of Elisha. And he went and touched the bones of Elisha, and he lived and stood on his feet.
[2KI.13.22] And Hazael, the king of Aram, oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.
[2KI.13.23] Yahveh rested with them and had mercy on them, and He turned toward them, for the sake of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. And He did not desire to destroy them, nor did He cast them away from before His face until now.
[2KI.13.24] And Hazael, king of Aram, died, and the son of Hadad, his son, reigned in his place.
[2KI.13.25] And Joash, son of Jehoahaz, returned and took the cities from the hand of Ben-Hadad, son of Hazael, which he had taken from the hand of Jehoahaz, his father, in war. Three times Joash struck him and restored the cities of Israel.
2KI.14
[2KI.14.1] In the year two, during the reign of Yo'ash son of Yo'achaz, king of Israel, Amatz'yahu son of Yo'ash reigned as king of Judah.
[2KI.14.2] He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Yehoyedadin, from Jerusalem.
[2KI.14.3] And he did what was right in the eyes of Yahveh, but not like David his father, as Yoash his father had done.
[2KI.14.4] Only the high places did not depart, still the people were sacrificing and making offerings on the high places.
[2KI.14.5] And it happened, as the kingdom became strong in his hand, that he struck his servants who struck his father, the king.
[2KI.14.6] And the people of Machah were not killed, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, which Yahveh commanded, saying, "Fathers shall not be put to death for sons, nor sons for fathers; each person shall be put to death for their own sin."
[2KI.14.7] He struck Edom in the valley of salt, ten thousands, and he seized the rock in the war, and he called its name Yakte'el until this day.
[2KI.14.8] Then Amatziah sent messengers to Jehoash son of Jehoachaz son of Jehu, the king of Israel, saying, "Come, let us face one another."
[2KI.14.9] And King Jehoash of Israel sent to King Amaziah of Judah, saying, “The thorn bush which is on Lebanon sent to the cedar which is on Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son for a wife.’ And a wild animal of the field which is on Lebanon passed by and trampled the thorn bush.”
[2KI.14.10] Have you struck down Edom and your heart has lifted you up? You have grown arrogant, and remain in your house. Why do you provoke evil, and you will fall, you and Yahveh with you and Judah with you?
[2KI.14.11] And Amatsyahu did not listen, and Yhoash, king of Israel, went up, and they confronted each other, he and Amatsyahu, king of Judah, at the house of Shemesh which belonged to Judah.
[2KI.14.12] And Yahveh rebuked Judah before Israel, and everyone fled to their own tent.
[2KI.14.13] And King Amaziah of Judah, son of Joash, son of Ahaziah, was captured by King Joash of Israel in the house of Shamash. And they came to Jerusalem and he breached the wall of Jerusalem at the gate of Ephraim until the gate of the corner, four hundred cubits.
[2KI.14.14] And he took all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels found in the house of Yahveh and in the treasuries of the house of the king, and the sons of the mixed population, and he returned to Samaria.
[2KI.14.15] And the remainder of the words of Jehoash, what he did and his strength, and what he fought with Amaziah, king of Judah, are they not written on the book of the words of the days for the kings of Israel?
[2KI.14.16] And Jehoash lay down with his fathers and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. And Jeroboam, his son, reigned in his place.
[2KI.14.17] And Amatzjah, son of Yoash, king of Judah, lived after the death of Yoash, son of Yehoachaz, king of Israel, fifteen years.
[2KI.14.18] And the remaining accounts of Amaziah, are they not written on the book of the words of the days for the kings of Judah?
[2KI.14.19] And they conspired against him, a conspiracy in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. And they sent after him to Lachish, and they killed him there.
[2KI.14.20] And they carried him on the horses, and they buried him in Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.
[2KI.14.21] And all the people of Judah took Azariah, and he was sixteen years old, and they made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
[2KI.14.22] He built Eilat and resettled it to Judah after the king lay down with his fathers.
[2KI.14.23] In the fifteenth year of Amaziah son of Joash, king of Judah, Jeroboam son of Joash, king of Israel, began to reign in Samaria for forty-one years.
[2KI.14.24] And he did evil in the eyes of Yahveh, not departing from all the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin.
[2KI.14.25] He returned the border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath to the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word of Yahveh, the Gods of Israel, who spoke by the hand of his servant Jonah, son of Amitai, the prophet, who was from Gath Hepher.
[2KI.14.26] Because Yahveh saw the affliction of Israel, which was very great, and there was no one holding back, and there was no one abandoning, and there was no helper to Israel.
[2KI.14.27] And Yahveh did not act to obliterate the name of Israel from under the heavens, and He saved them by the hand of Yarav’am son of Yo’ash.
[2KI.14.28] And the remainder of the words of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, and the battles that he fought, and how he restored Damascus and Hamath to Judah in Israel—are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel?
[2KI.14.29] And Jeroboam lay down with his fathers, with the kings of Israel, and Zechariah his son reigned in his place.
2KI.15
[2KI.15.1] In the twenty-seventh year to Jeroboam, king of Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah reigned, king of Judah.
[2KI.15.2] He was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for fifty and two years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Yechelyahu from Jerusalem.
[2KI.15.3] And he did the right thing in the eyes of Yahveh, as all that his father Amaziah had done.
[2KI.15.4] Only the high places did not depart, still the people were sacrificing and making offerings on the high places.
[2KI.15.5] And Yahveh touched the king, and he became a leper until the day of his death, and he lived in the house of isolation. And Yotam, the son of the king, was over the house, judging the people of the land.
[2KI.15.6] And the remaining words of Azaryahu, and all that he did, are they not written on the book of the Days for the kings of Judah?
[2KI.15.7] And Azariah lay down with his ancestors, and they buried him with his ancestors in the city of David. And Jotham his son reigned in his place.
[2KI.15.8] In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah, king of Judah, Zechariah, son of Jeroboam, reigned over Israel in Samaria for six months.
[2KI.15.9] And he did evil in the eyes of Yahveh, as his fathers had done. He did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin.
[2KI.15.10] And Shalum, son of Yavesh, conspired against him, and he struck him before the people and killed him, and he reigned in his place.
[2KI.15.11] And the remainder of the words of Zechariah are written on a book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
[2KI.15.12] It is the word of Yahveh that he spoke to Jehu, saying, "Descendants of the fourth generation will sit on the throne of Israel." And so it was.
[2KI.15.13] Peace, son of Jabesh, became king in the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah, king of Judah, and he reigned one month in Samaria.
[2KI.15.14] And Menachem son of Gadi ascended from Tirzah and came to Samaria. And he struck Shelom son of Yavish in Samaria and killed him, and he reigned in his place.
[2KI.15.15] And the remainder of the words of peace and the alliances that were allied, they are written upon the book of the words of the days for the kings of Israel.
[2KI.15.16] Then the Comforter will strike Tifsah, and all that is within it, and its boundaries from Tirtzah, because it did not open, and struck all its breaches, splitting them.
[2KI.15.17] In the thirty-ninth year, to Azariah, king of Judah, Menachem, son of Gadi, reigned over Israel for ten years in Samaria.
[2KI.15.18] And he did evil in the eyes of Yahveh. He did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam, son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin all his days.
[2KI.15.19] Pul, the king of Assyria, came upon the land, and he gave Menahem one thousand kikkars of silver, to be with his hand, to strengthen the kingdom in his hand.
[2KI.15.20] And Menachem took the silver upon Israel, upon all the strong warriors, to give to the king of Assyria, fifty shekels of silver for each man. And the king of Assyria returned and did not stand there in the land.
[2KI.15.21] And the rest of the words of Menachem, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
[2KI.15.22] And Menahem lay down with his fathers, and Pekahiah his son reigned in his place.
[2KI.15.23] In the fiftieth year of Azariah, king of Judah, Pekahiah son of Menahem reigned over Israel in Samaria for two years.
[2KI.15.24] And he did evil in the eyes of Yahveh; he did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin.
[2KI.15.25] And Pekah son of Remalyahu, his officer, conspired against him and struck him in Samaria, in the palace of the king, with Argob and with Arieh. Fifty men from the sons of Gilead were with him, and they killed him. And Pekah reigned in his place.
[2KI.15.26] And the remaining words of Pekahiah and all that he did are written on the book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
[2KI.15.27] In the year fifty-two, to Azariah king of Judah, Pekah son of Remalyahu reigned over Israel in Samaria for twenty years.
[2KI.15.28] And he did the evil in the eyes of Yahveh, he did not turn away from the sins of Yarav'am son of Nevat, who caused Israel to sin.
[2KI.15.29] In the days of Pekah, king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser, king of Assyria, came. He took Iyon and Abel-beth-maacah and Janoh and Kadesh and Hazor and the Gilead and the Galilee, all the land of Naphtali. And he exiled them to Assyria.
[2KI.15.30] And Hoshea, son of God, conspired against Pekah, son of Remalyahu, and he struck him and killed him, and he reigned in his place in the twentieth year of Yotam, son of Uzziyahu.
[2KI.15.31] And the remainder of the words of Pekah and all that he did are written upon a book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
[2KI.15.32] In the year two, during the reign of Pekach son of Remalyahu, king of Israel, Jotham son of Uzziyahu became king of Judah.
[2KI.15.33] He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Yerusha, daughter of Tsadok.
[2KI.15.34] And he did the right thing in the eyes of Yahveh, just as all that his father Uziyahu had done, he did.
[2KI.15.35] But the high places did not disappear; still the people sacrificed and offered incense on the high places. He built the upper gate of the house of Yahveh.
[2KI.15.36] And the rest of the words of Jotham, which he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah?
[2KI.15.37] In those days, Yahveh began to send Rezin, king of Aram, and Pekah son of Remalyahu into Judah.
[2KI.15.38] And Jotham lay down with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David, his father. And Ahaz, his son, reigned in his place.
2KI.16
[2KI.16.1] In the seventeenth year, to Pekah son of Remalyahu, Ahaz son of Jotham became king of Judah.
[2KI.16.2] A son of twenty years Ahaz held the kingdom, and sixteen years he reigned in Jerusalem. And he did not do what was right in the eyes of Yahveh, the Gods, his God, like David his father.
[2KI.16.3] And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and also made his son pass through the fire, like the abominations of the nations whom Yahveh had dispossessed from before the children of Israel.
[2KI.16.4] And he sacrificed and offered incense on the high places, and on the hills, and under every lush tree.
[2KI.16.5] Then Rezin, king of Aram, and Pekah, son of Remalyahu, king of Israel, will go up to Jerusalem for war, and they besieged Ahaz, and they were not able to fight.
[2KI.16.6] At that time, Rezin, king of Aram, restored Elath to Aram, and he displaced the Judeans from Elath. Then Aromaeans came to Elath and settled there, and they continue to dwell there even until this day.
[2KI.16.7] And Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-Pileser, king of Assyria, saying, "I am your servant and your son. Come up and save me from the hand of the king of Aram and from the hand of the king of Israel, who rise up against me."
[2KI.16.8] And Ahaz took the silver and the gold that was found in the house of Yahveh and in the treasuries of the house of the king, and he sent a bribe to the king of Assyria.
[2KI.16.9] And the king of Assyria listened to him, and the king of Assyria went up to Damascus and captured it, and exiled its people to Kir, and he killed Rezin.
[2KI.16.10] And King Ahaz went to meet Tiglath-Pileser, the king of Assyria, in Damascus, and he saw the altar that was in Damascus. Then King Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest a depiction of the altar and its plan, concerning all of its workmanship.
[2KI.16.11] And Uriah the priest built the altar according to all that King Ahaz had sent from Damascus. Thus did Uriah the priest, until King Ahaz came from Damascus.
[2KI.16.12] And the king came from Damascus, and the king saw the altar, and the king approached to the altar, and he went up upon it.
[2KI.16.13] And he offered his burnt offering and his grain offering, and he poured his drink offering, and he splashed the blood of the peace offerings which is his upon the altar.
[2KI.16.14] And the bronze altar that is before Yahveh, he moved it from before the face of the house, from between the altar and between the house of Yahveh, and he put it on the northern side of the altar.
[2KI.16.15] And the king Ahaz commanded Uriah the priest, saying, "Upon the great altar, offer the morning burnt offering and the evening grain offering, and the burnt offering of the king and its grain offering, and the burnt offering of all the people of the land and their grain offerings, and their drink offerings, and all blood of the burnt offering and all blood of the sacrifice, you shall sprinkle upon it. And the bronze altar shall be for me to inspect."
[2KI.16.16] And Uriah the priest did as all that the king Ahaz commanded.
[2KI.16.17] And King Ahaz cut apart the platforms of the machines and removed them from above them, and the basin and the sea he lowered from above the bronze oxen which were underneath it, and he gave it upon a pavement of stones.
[2KI.16.18] And he turned away from the Sabbath structure which they built in the house, and from the outer entrance of the king, turning away from the house of Yahveh because of the king of Assyria.
[2KI.16.19] And the rest of the words of Ahaz, which he did, are they not written on the book of the words of the days for the kings of Judah?
[2KI.16.20] And Ahaz lay down with his ancestors and was buried with his ancestors in the city of David. And Hezekiah, his son, reigned in his place.
2KI.17
[2KI.17.1] In the year twelve of Achaz, king of Judah, Hoshea son of Elah reigned in Samaria over Israel nine years.
[2KI.17.2] And he did the evil in the eyes of Yahveh, but not like the kings of Israel who were before him.
[2KI.17.3] Against him came Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, and Hoshea became his servant, and he paid him tribute.
[2KI.17.4] Now the king of Assyria found a conspiracy in Hoshea, for he had sent messengers to the king of Egypt and did not bring tribute to the king of Assyria yearly. Therefore, the king of Assyria restrained him and imprisoned him in a house of confinement.
[2KI.17.5] And the king of Assyria came up against all the land, and he came up against Samaria, and he besieged it for three years.
[2KI.17.6] In the ninth year of Hosea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and exiled the people of Israel to Assyria. He settled them in Halah, and by the river Gozan, and in the cities of Media.
[2KI.17.7] And it came to pass that the sons of Israel sinned against Yahveh, the Gods who brought them up from the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and they feared other gods.
[2KI.17.8] And they walked in the customs of the nations that Yahveh dispossessed from before the children of Israel, and the kings of Israel who did [these things].
[2KI.17.9] The sons of Israel practiced things that were not true concerning Yahveh, their Gods, and they built for themselves high places in all their cities, from watchtower to fortified city.
[2KI.17.10] And they set up for themselves pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every lush tree.
[2KI.17.11] And they offered sacrifices there on all the high places, like the nations that Yahveh had exiled from before them. And they did evil things to provoke Yahveh.
[2KI.17.12] And they served the idols that Yahveh had said to them, "You shall not do this thing."
[2KI.17.13] And Yahveh declared to Israel and Judah through all of Yahveh’s prophets and all of the seers, saying, "Return from your evil ways and keep Yahveh’s commandments and statutes, as all of the Torah that Yahveh commanded your ancestors, and as I sent to you through the hand of Yahveh’s servants, the prophets."
[2KI.17.14] And they did not listen, and they hardened their necks like the neck of their fathers, who did not believe in Yahveh the Gods.
[2KI.17.15] And they rejected His laws and the covenant which He made with their fathers, and His testimonies which He testified to them. And they went after worthlessness and became worthless, and after the nations which were around them, which Yahveh had commanded them not to do like them.
[2KI.17.16] And they abandoned all the commandments of Yahveh the Gods, and they made for themselves a carved image, two calves, and they made an Asherah pole, and they bowed down to all the host of the heavens, and they served Baal.
[2KI.17.17] And they passed their sons and their daughters through the fire, and they practiced sorceries and they divined, and they sold themselves to do evil in the eyes of Yahveh, to anger him.
[2KI.17.18] And Yahveh became very angry with Israel, and He removed them from before His face. Nothing remained except the tribe of Judah alone.
[2KI.17.19] Even Judah did not keep the commands of Yahveh, the Gods, and they went in the customs of Israel which they had done.
[2KI.17.20] And Yahveh rejected all the offspring of Israel, and He afflicted them, and He delivered them into the hand of oppressors until He cast them from His face.
[2KI.17.21] For Israel tore itself away from the house of David, and they made Jeroboam, son of Nebat, king. And Jeroboam led Israel away from following Yahveh, and he caused them to commit a great sin.
[2KI.17.22] The sons of Israel walked in all the sins that Jeroboam had made, and they did not turn away from them.
[2KI.17.23] Until Yahveh removed Israel from before his face, as he spoke by the hand of all his servants the prophets, and he exiled Israel from his land to Assyria until this day.
[2KI.17.24] And the king of Assyria brought people from Babel, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and he settled them in the cities of Samaria instead of the descendants of Israel. And they inherited Samaria and they dwelt in its cities.
[2KI.17.25] And it happened at the beginning of their dwelling there, they did not see Yahveh. And Yahveh sent lions among them, and they were killing among them.
[2KI.17.26] And they said to the king of Assyria, saying, "The nations which you exiled and settled in the cities of Samaria do not know the law of the god of the land." So he sent lions among them, and they were killing them, because they did not know the law of the god of the land.
[2KI.17.27] And the king of Assyria commanded, saying, "Bring there one of the priests whom you exiled from there, and let him go and dwell there, and let him instruct the judgement of the Gods of the land."
[2KI.17.28] And one of the priests who had been exiled from Samaria came and settled in Bethel. And he became a teacher to them, showing them how to revere Yahveh.
[2KI.17.29] And they were making nation nation their gods, and they placed them in house house of the high places that the Samaritans made, nation nation in their cities, that they dwell there.
[2KI.17.30] And the people of Babel made the booths of daughters, and the people of Cuth made Nergal, and the people of Hamath made Ashima.
[2KI.17.31] And the Avvim made nivchaz and tartak. And the Sfarvim burned their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelch, the gods of the Sfarvim.
[2KI.17.32] And they became fearful of Yahveh, and they appointed for themselves portions of their possessions as priests of the high places, and they made for themselves in the house of the high places.
[2KI.17.33] They were fearful of Yahveh, and they were serving their gods according to the laws of the nations who exiled them from there.
[2KI.17.34] Until this day, they do as the ancient judgments. They do not fear Yahveh, and they do not do according to his statutes and according to his judgments, and according to the law and according to the commandment that Yahveh commanded to the sons of Jacob, whom he named Israel.
[2KI.17.35] And Yahveh made a covenant with them and commanded them, saying, "Do not fear other Gods, and do not worship them, and do not serve them, and do not sacrifice to them."
[2KI.17.36] But only Yahveh, who brought you up from the land of Egypt with great power and an outstretched arm, Him you shall fear, and to Him you shall prostrate yourselves, and to Him you shall sacrifice.
[2KI.17.37] And the statutes and the judgments and the instruction and the commandments which He wrote to you, you shall keep to do all the days, and you shall not fear other Gods.
[2KI.17.38] And the covenant that I made with you, do not forget it, and do not fear other Gods.
[2KI.17.39] Indeed, if you fear Yahveh, the Gods of you, then He will save you from the hand of all your enemies.
[2KI.17.40] And they did not listen, but they are doing as their first judgement was.
[2KI.17.41] And these nations feared Yahveh and served their idols. Also, their children and the children of their children did as their fathers had done, they acted in the same way until this very day.
2KI.18
[2KI.18.1] And it happened in the third year of Hoshea, son of God, king of Israel, that Hizkiyah, son of Achaz, became king of Judah.
[2KI.18.2] He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother was Avi, daughter of Zecharyah.
[2KI.18.3] And he did what was right in the eyes of Yahveh, as all that his father David had done.
[2KI.18.4] He removed the high places and broke the pillars and cut down the Asherah and cut into pieces the bronze serpent that Moses made, for until those days the children of Israel were burning incense to it, and they called it bronze thing.
[2KI.18.5] In Yahveh, the God of Israel, he trusted, and after Him there was none like Him among all the kings of Judah, and those who were before Him.
[2KI.18.6] And he clung to Yahveh, he did not turn aside from behind him, and he kept his commands which Yahveh commanded to Moses.
[2KI.18.7] And Yahveh will be with him in all that he goes out to do, acting wisely, and he rebelled against the king of Assyria and did not serve him.
[2KI.18.8] He struck the Philistines until Gaza and its territories, from the tower of watchmen until the city of the fortress.
[2KI.18.9] And it came to pass in the fourth year of King Hezekiah, it was the seventh year of Hosea son of Elah, king of Israel, that Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, came up against Samaria and besieged it.
[2KI.18.10] And it was captured at the end of three years, in the year six to Chizkiyah. It is the year nine to Hoshea, king of Israel. Samaria was captured.
[2KI.18.11] And the king of Assyria exiled Israel to Assyria, and he settled them in Halah and in Habor, on the river Gozan, and in the cities of Media.
[2KI.18.12] Because they did not listen to the voice of Yahveh the Gods, and they transgressed against the covenant, all that Moses, servant of Yahveh, commanded. They did not listen, and they did not do.
[2KI.18.13] And in the fourteenth year to King Hezekiah, Sennacherib, king of Assyria, ascended against all the cities of Judah, the fortified ones, and he captured them.
[2KI.18.14] And Hezekiah, the king of Judah, sent to the king of Assyria, to Lachish, saying, "I have sinned; turn from upon me that which you put upon me, I will bear it." And the king of Assyria imposed upon Hezekiah, the king of Judah, three hundred weights of silver and thirty weights of gold.
[2KI.18.15] And Hezekiah gave all the silver that was found in the house of Yahveh and in the treasuries of the house of the king.
[2KI.18.16] At that time, Hezekiah cut off the doors of the temple of Yahveh and the coverings that Hezekiah, king of Judah, had overlaid them with, and he gave them to the king of Assyur.
[2KI.18.17] And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rab-saris and Rab-shakeh from Lachish to the king Hezekiah with a heavy force to Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem, and they went up and came and stood in the conduit of the upper pool, which is on the road to the Washerman’s Field.
[2KI.18.18] They called to the king, and he sent out to them Elyakim son of Chilkiyahhu, who is over the house, and Shevna the scribe, and Yoach son of Asaf the recorder.
[2KI.18.19] And Rabshaqeh said to them, "Say now to Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the great king, the king of Assyur: ‘What is this confidence in which you trust?’”
[2KI.18.20] You said it was only talk, counsel and strength for war. Now, on whom did you trust, seeing as you have rebelled against me?
[2KI.18.21] Now, behold, you have trusted in the support of this broken reed, in Egypt, which a man will lean on, and it comes into his hand and pierces it. So Pharaoh, king of Egypt, will be to all who trust in him.
[2KI.18.22] And if you say to me, "To Yahveh, the Gods of our ancestors, we trust," is this not He who caused Hezekiah to remove the high places and the altars, and said to Judah and to Jerusalem, "Before this altar you shall worship in Jerusalem?"
[2KI.18.23] And now, please become friends with my Lord, the king of Assyria, and I will give you a thousand horses, if you are able to give riders on them.
[2KI.18.24] And how could you turn your face away from even one of my Lord's smallest servants, and instead trust in Egypt for chariots and horsemen?
[2KI.18.25] Now, have I come up to this place apart from Yahveh to destroy it? Yahveh said to me, "Go up to this land and destroy it."
[2KI.18.26] And Eliakim, son of Hilkiah, and Shebnah and Joah said to the chief cupbearer, "Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, for we understand it, and do not speak to us in Judean within the hearing of the people who are on the wall."
[2KI.18.27] And he said to them, "The great commander has sent me to you and to your lord to say, 'My lord has sent me to speak these words: Will you not eat your own refuse and drink your own urine with you, people of Jerusalem?'"
[2KI.18.28] And Rab-shakeh stood and called out in a loud voice in the Judean language, and he spoke and said, "Listen to the word of the great king, the king of Assyria."
[2KI.18.29] Thus says the king, let not Hezekiah deceive you, for not is he able to deliver you from his hand.
[2KI.18.30] And let Hezekiah not make you trust in Yahveh, saying, "Yahveh will deliver us!" And this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.
[2KI.18.31] Do not listen to Chizkiyah, for thus says the king of Assyur: "Make a blessing for me, and come out to me. Each person may eat from his own vine and fig tree, and drink from his own well."
[2KI.18.32] Until I come and take you to a land like your land, a land of grain and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive oil and honey, so that you may live and not die. And do not listen to Hezekiah, for he incites you, saying, “Yahveh will save us.”
[2KI.18.33] Surely, save, the Gods of the nations, each person their own land, from the hand of the king of Ashur.
[2KI.18.34] Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? For they have not delivered Samaria from my hand.
[2KI.18.35] Who among all the Gods of the lands has delivered their land from my hand? For Yahveh will deliver Jerusalem from my hand.
[2KI.18.36] And the people were silent and did not answer him anything, for the commandment of the king is to say, "You shall not answer him."
[2KI.18.37] And Elyakim son of Chilkiyah, who was over the house, and Shebnah the scribe, and Yoach son of Asaph the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their garments torn, and they told him the words of Rav-shakeh.
2KI.19
[2KI.19.1] And it happened, when King Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes and covered himself with sackcloth, and he went into the house of Yahveh.
[2KI.19.2] And he sent Elyakim who is over the house, and Shevnna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered in sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet, son of Amoz.
[2KI.19.3] And they said to him, "Thus says Hizkiyah: This day is a day of distress and rebuke and oppression. For sons have come to the point of breach, and there is no strength for childbirth."
[2KI.19.4] Perhaps Yahveh, the Gods of you, will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, which he sent the king of Assyria, my Lord, to blaspheme against the living Gods, and will prove with words what Yahveh, the Gods of you, has heard, and you will carry a prayer for the sake of the remnant that is found.
[2KI.19.5] And the servants of the king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
[2KI.19.6] And Isaiah said to them, "Thus you shall say to your Lord: Thus says Yahveh: Do not fear because of the words that you have heard, the words with which the young men of the king of Assyria have insulted me."
[2KI.19.7] Behold, I give into him a spirit, and he will hear a rumor and return to his land, and I will overthrow him with a sword in his land.
[2KI.19.8] And the chief cupbearer returned and found the king of Assyria fighting at Libnah, for he had heard that he had departed from Lachish.
[2KI.19.9] And he heard concerning Tirhakah, king of Kush, to say, "Behold, he has gone out to fight with you." And he returned and sent messengers to Hezekiah, to say:
[2KI.19.10] Thus you shall say to Hezekiah, king of Judah: "Do not let your God deceive you, in whom you trust, saying, 'Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.'"
[2KI.19.11] Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria did to all the lands, to their destruction, and you will be rescued.
[2KI.19.12] Will the Gods of the nations save them, those whom my fathers corrupted: Gozan and Haran, and Rezeph and the people of Eden who were in Telassar?
[2KI.19.13] Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?
[2KI.19.14] And Hezekiah took the books from the hand of the messengers and read them. Then he went up to the house of Yahveh and Hezekiah spread them before Yahveh.
[2KI.19.15] And Hezekiah prayed before Yahveh and said: “Yahveh, God of Israel, who dwells among the cherubim, you are the God alone, over all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made the heavens and the earth.”
[2KI.19.16] Incline, Yahveh, your ear and listen. Open, Yahveh, your eyes and see. And listen to the words of Sanherib which he sent to insult the living Gods.
[2KI.19.17] Truly, Yahveh has destroyed the nations and their lands by the kings of Assyria.
[2KI.19.18] And they will offer their gods to the fire, for they are not gods, but the work of the hands of man, wood and stone, and they will destroy them.
[2KI.19.19] And now, Yahveh, our Gods, please save us from his hand, and may all the kingdoms of the earth know that you are Yahveh, the Gods alone.
[2KI.19.20] And Isaiah son of Amos was sent to Hezekiah to say, "Thus says Yahveh, the Gods of Israel, concerning the prayer you made to me about Sennacherib, king of Assyria: I have heard it."
[2KI.19.21] This is the word that Yahveh spoke concerning it: Scorn is for you, mockery is for you, virgin daughter of Zion. After you, the daughter of Jerusalem shook her head.
[2KI.19.22] Whom have you mocked and reviled, and against whom have you raised your voice, and have you lifted your eyes in height against the holy one who contends with Israel?
[2KI.19.23] By the hand of your messengers, you have dishonored my Lord, and you said, “I have ascended the heights of the mountains, the slopes of Lebanon, and I will cut down its cedar heights, choosing its finest cypress trees. And I will come to a lodging place at the edge of a forest like Carmel.”
[2KI.19.24] I have dug and drunk from foreign waters, and I will destroy all the rivers of siege with the sole of my foot.
[2KI.19.25] Have you not heard from afar? The Gods made it long ago, in ancient times, and fashioned it. Now the Gods have brought it forth, and it will be for astonishment, desolate ruins, cities in structures.
[2KI.19.26] And those who dwell there are powerless, cut off and they were ashamed. They became grass of the field and tender grass, grass of the rooftops and withering before rising.
[2KI.19.27] And your sitting, and your going out, and your coming in, I have known, and your agitation to me, God.
[2KI.19.28] Because you have angered God to me, and your peace has come to my ears, I have set my constraint in your face and my rebuke with your lips, and I will return you by the way that you came in it.
[2KI.19.29] And this is the sign for you: you will eat what grows up by itself during the year, and you will eat what sprouts during the second year, and during the third year you will sow and you will reap and you will plant vineyards and you will eat their fruit.
[2KI.19.30] And the escapees of the house of Judah who remain will take root downwards, and it will make fruit upwards.
[2KI.19.31] For from Jerusalem a remnant will come forth, and those who escape from Mount Zion. The zealousness of Yahveh will accomplish this.
[2KI.19.32] Therefore thus says Yahveh to the king of Assyria: He shall not come into this city, nor shall he shoot an arrow there, nor shall he advance his shield against it, nor shall he pour a siege ramp upon it.
[2KI.19.33] On the path that he comes on it, he will return, and to this city he will not come, says Yahveh.
[2KI.19.34] I will defend this city for salvation, for my sake, and for the sake of David, my servant.
[2KI.19.35] And it happened on that night, and an angel of Yahveh went out and struck the camp of Assyria with one hundred eighty-five thousand. And they awoke in the morning, and behold, they were all corpses, dead.
[2KI.19.36] And he departed and went, and Sennacherib, king of Assyria, returned and settled in Nineveh.
[2KI.19.37] And it happened that he was bowing down to the house of Nisroch, the Gods of his deity, and to Adrammelech and Serezer, and they struck him with the sword, and they escaped to the land of Ararat. And Esar-haddon, his son, reigned in his place.
2KI.20
[2KI.20.1] In those days, Hezekiah became ill and near death, and Isaiah, the son of Amoz, the prophet, came to him. And he said to him, "Thus says Yahveh: 'Set your house in order, for you shall die and not live.'"
[2KI.20.2] And he turned his face towards the wall, and he prayed to Yahveh to say:
[2KI.20.3] Please, Yahveh, remember how I have walked before You in truth and with a whole heart, and I have done what was good in Your eyes. And Hezekiah wept a great weeping.
[2KI.20.4] And it happened, Isaiah did not leave the city of Tikhonah, and the word of Yahveh was to him to say.
[2KI.20.5] Return and say to Hezekiah, who is the leader of my people, “Thus says Yahveh, the God of David, your father, ‘I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears. Behold, I will heal you. On the third day, you will go up to the temple of Yahveh.’”
[2KI.20.6] And I will add to your days fifteen years, and I will deliver you from the hand of the king of Assyur, and I will defend this city for my sake and for the sake of David my servant.
[2KI.20.7] And Yahveh is salvation said, "Take a fig cake, and they took and placed it upon the boil, and it healed."
[2KI.20.8] And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "What is a sign that Yahveh will heal me, so that I may go up to the house of Yahveh on the third day?"
[2KI.20.9] And Isaiah said, "This is the sign to you from Yahveh, that Yahveh will do the thing which he spoke. Behold, the shadow shall go back ten degrees, if it returns ten degrees."
[2KI.20.10] And Hezekiah said, "Is it easy for the shadow to descend ten degrees? No, but may the shadow return ten degrees."
[2KI.20.11] And Isaiah the prophet called to Yahveh, and Yahveh returned the shadow upon the steps that had descended upon the steps of Ahaz, going backwards ten steps.
[2KI.20.12] At that time, Berodach Baladan, son of Baladan, king of Babel, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard that Hezekiah was ill.
[2KI.20.13] And Hezekiah listened to them and showed them all the house of his stores, the silver and the gold and the spices and the good oil and the house of his tools, and all that was found in his treasuries. There was no thing that Hezekiah did not show them in his house and in all his kingdom.
[2KI.20.14] And Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah and said to him, "What did these people say, and from where did they come to you?" And Hezekiah said, "They came from a distant land, from Babylon."
[2KI.20.15] And he said, "What have you seen in my house?" And Hezekiah said, "They have seen all that is in my house. There was nothing which you have not seen in my treasuries."
[2KI.20.16] And Isaiah said to Hezekiah, "Hear the word of Yahveh."
[2KI.20.17] Behold, days are coming and everything that is in your house, and what your ancestors have stored up to this day, will be carried away to Babylon. Nothing will remain, says Yahveh.
[2KI.20.18] And from your sons who go out from you, those you bear will be taken, and they will be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
[2KI.20.19] And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "Good is the word of Yahveh that you have spoken." And he said, "Will there not be peace and truth in my days?"
[2KI.20.20] And the remainder of the words of Hezekiah and all his strength, and what he did concerning the pool and concerning the elevated channel, and how he brought the water to the city, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
[2KI.20.21] And Hezekiah lay down with his ancestors, and Manasseh his son reigned in his place.
2KI.21
[2KI.21.1] The son of twelve years was Manasseh when he reigned, and fifty and five years he reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother was Hefzi-bah.
[2KI.21.2] And he did evil in the eyes of Yahveh, like the abominations of the nations that Yahveh dispossessed from before the children of Israel.
[2KI.21.3] And he returned and rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed, and he raised up altars to Baal, and he made an Asherah, as had made Ahab king of Israel, and they prostrated themselves to all the host of the heavens, and they served them.
[2KI.21.4] And he built altars in the house of Yahveh, which Yahveh said would happen in Jerusalem – that Yahveh would put Yahveh’s name there.
[2KI.21.5] And he built altars to all the host of the heavens in the two courtyards of the house of Yahveh.
[2KI.21.6] And he caused his son to pass through the fire, and practiced divination and sorcery, and acted as a necromancer and consulted spirit mediums. He greatly multiplied doing evil in the eyes of Yahveh, to provoke anger.
[2KI.21.7] And he put the statue of the Asherah which he had made in the house which Yahveh had said to David and to Solomon his son, in this house and in Jerusalem which I had chosen from all the tribes of Israel, I will put my name forever.
[2KI.21.8] And I will no longer cause the foot of Israel to wander from the land that I gave to their ancestors, but only if they keep to do according to all that I commanded, and according to all the law that I commanded them through my servant Moses.
[2KI.21.9] And they did not listen, and Manasseh led them astray to do evil, from the nations which Yahveh had destroyed before the sons of Israel.
[2KI.21.10] And Yahveh spoke through the hand of his servants, the prophets, to say this.
[2KI.21.11] Because Manasseh, king of Judah, did these abominations, he did evil more than all that the Amorites did who were before him, and he caused Judah to sin with his idols.
[2KI.21.12] Therefore, thus says Yahveh the Gods of Israel: Behold, I am bringing disaster upon Jerusalem and Judah, that all those who hear will have two ears ringing.
[2KI.21.13] And I will incline against Jerusalem the line of Samaria and the plumb line of the house of Ahab, and I will wipe out Jerusalem as one wipes out a plate, wiping it clean, and I will turn it over upon its face.
[2KI.21.14] And I will abandon the remnant of my inheritance, and I will give them into the hand of their enemies, and they will be plunder and oppression to all their enemies.
[2KI.21.15] Because they did evil in my eyes, and they were provoking me from the day that their fathers came out of Egypt and until this day.
[2KI.21.16] And also, Manasseh shed much innocent blood, until he filled Jerusalem mouth to mouth, apart from the sin that he caused Judah to commit, to do evil in the eyes of Yahveh.
[2KI.21.17] And the remainder of the words of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, are they not written on the book of the words of the days to the kings of Judah?
[2KI.21.18] And Manasseh lay down with his fathers, and he was buried in the garden of his house, in the garden of Uzza. And Ammon his son reigned in his place.
[2KI.21.19] Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for two years in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother was Meshullemeth, daughter of Haruz from Yatbah.
[2KI.21.20] And he did the evil in the eyes of Yahveh, as did Menasheh his father.
[2KI.21.21] And he went in all the way that walked his father, and he served the carved images that served his father, and he prostrated himself to them.
[2KI.21.22] And he abandoned Yahveh, the God of his ancestors, and he did not walk in the way of Yahveh.
[2KI.21.23] The servants of Ammon conspired against him, and they killed the king in his house.
[2KI.21.24] And the people of the land struck all those who conspired against King Ammon, and the people of the land made Yoashiyahu, his son, king in his place.
[2KI.21.25] And the rest of the deeds of Ammon that he did, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles for the kings of Judah?
[2KI.21.26] And he buried him in his burial place in the garden of Uzza, and Yoashiyahu his son reigned in his place.
2KI.22
[2KI.22.1] A son of eight years was Josiah when he began to reign, and thirty-one years he reigned in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother was Jediah, daughter of Adiah from Betzek.
[2KI.22.2] And he did the right thing in the eyes of Yahveh, and he walked in all the way of his father David, and he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.
[2KI.22.3] And it happened in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of Yahveh to say:
[2KI.22.4] Go to Hilkiah the High Priest and give to him the silver that was brought to the house of Yahveh, which the doorkeepers collected from the people.
[2KI.22.5] And let it be given into the hand of those who do the work, those who are appointed in the house of Yahveh, and let them give it to those who do the work who are in the house of Yahveh, to strengthen and repair the structure.
[2KI.22.6] To the craftsmen and to the bricklayers and to the wall builders and to buy wood and stones from the quarry to strengthen the house.
[2KI.22.7] But the silver given by their hand will not be counted against them, because they do things in faith.
[2KI.22.8] And Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, "I found the book of the law in the house of Yahveh." And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan and read it.
[2KI.22.9] And Shaphan the scribe came to the king and reported to the king a matter and said, "Your servants have melted the silver that was found in the house, and they have given it into the hand of the workers who are entrusted with the house of Yahveh."
[2KI.22.10] And Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, "Hilkiah the priest gave me a scroll, and Shaphan read it before the king."
[2KI.22.11] And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the book of Yahveh’s Law, that he tore his garments.
[2KI.22.12] And the king commanded Khilkiyah the priest, and Akhikam the son of Shapan, and Akhbor the son of Mikayah, and Shapan the scribe, and Asayah the servant of the king, to say:
[2KI.22.13] Come, let us seek Yahveh for myself and for the people and for all of Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found. For great is the wrath of Yahveh that has been kindled against us because our ancestors did not listen to the words of this book, to do according to all that is written upon us.
[2KI.22.14] And Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Akhbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Hulda the prophetess, the wife of Shallum, son of Tikvah, son of Harhas, the keeper of the garments. And she dwelt in Jerusalem in the second district, and they spoke to her.
[2KI.22.15] And she said to them, "Thus says Yahveh, the God of Israel: Say to the man who sent you to me,"
[2KI.22.16] Thus says Yahveh, indeed I am bringing calamity to this place and upon its inhabitants, all the words of the book that the king of Judah read.
[2KI.22.17] Because they abandoned me and burned incense to the Gods, others, in order to make me angry with all the work of their hands, my wrath will blaze in this place and it will not be extinguished.
[2KI.22.18] And to the king of Judah, who sends you to inquire of Yahveh, thus you shall say to him: Thus says Yahveh, the God of Israel, the words which you have heard.
[2KI.22.19] Because of your tender heart, and because you submitted to Yahveh upon hearing the word that I spoke concerning this place and its inhabitants—that it should be for desolation and a curse—you tore your garments and wept before me, and I, too, have heard this declaration of Yahveh.
[2KI.22.20] Therefore, behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your graves in peace. And your eyes shall not see all the evil that I will bring upon this place. And they returned the word to the king.
2KI.23
[2KI.23.1] And the king sent, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
[2KI.23.2] And the king went up to the house of Yahveh, and every man of Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests and the prophets, and all the people, from the small to the great. And he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of Yahveh.
[2KI.23.3] The king stood on the platform and cut the covenant before Yahveh to go after Yahveh and to keep his commandments, his testimonies, and his statutes with all his heart and with all his soul. To establish the words of this covenant, which are written on this book, all the people stood by the covenant.
[2KI.23.4] The king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the other priests, and the guards of the threshold, to bring out from the temple of Yahveh all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for Asherah, and for all the host of heaven. Then he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and he carried the dust of them to the house of El.
[2KI.23.5] And I will cause the priests to cease, those whom the kings of Judah appointed, and they burned incense at the high places in the cities of Judah, and those who turn aside in Jerusalem, and those who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, to the moon, to the constellations, and to all the host of heaven.
[2KI.23.6] And he brought out the Asherah from the house of Yahveh, from outside Jerusalem, to the Kidron Valley, and he burned it in the Kidron Valley and ground it to dust. And he cast its dust upon the grave of the people.
[2KI.23.7] And he smashed the houses of the sacred ones which were in the house of Yahveh, which the women wove there as houses for Asherah.
[2KI.23.8] And he brought all the priests from the cities of Judah, and he defiled the high places where the priests had offered sacrifices from Geba to Beersheba. And he shattered the high places at the gates, those that Joshua the officer had opened at the gate, the one overseen by Shmuel, a man at the city gate.
[2KI.23.9] However, the priests of the high places shall not ascend to the altar of Yahveh in Jerusalem, but they will eat unleavened bread among their brothers.
[2KI.23.10] And you shall defile Tophet, which is in the valley of the sons of Hinnom, so that no person causes their son or their daughter to pass through the fire to Molech.
[2KI.23.11] And he stopped the horses which the kings of Judah had given to the sun from the entrance of the house of Yahveh, to the chamber of Natan the king’s eunuch which was in the outer courts, and the chariots of the sun he burned with fire.
[2KI.23.12] And the altars that were on the rooftops, the upper rooms of Ahaz that the kings of Judah had made, and the altars that Manasseh had made in the two courtyards of the house of Yahveh, the king shattered them. And he ran from there and cast their dust into the Kidron Valley.
[2KI.23.13] And concerning the high places that are on the face of Jerusalem, which are to the right of the Mount of Corruption, which Solomon, king of Israel, built for Ashtoret, the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, and for Milkom, the abomination of the people of Ammon, the king defiled.
[2KI.23.14] And he shattered the standing stones, and he cut down the wooden poles, and he filled their place with bones of man.
[2KI.23.15] And also, the altar that is in Bethel, the high place that Jeroboam son of Nebat made, which caused Israel to sin, also that altar and that high place he smashed, and he burned the high place, grinding it to dust, and he burned the Asherah.
[2KI.23.16] And Josiah turned and saw the tombs that were there on the mountain, and he sent and took the bones from the tombs and burned them on the altar, and he defiled it, according to the word of Yahveh, as proclaimed by the man of the Gods, as he had proclaimed these things.
[2KI.23.17] And he said, "What is this sign that I see?" And the people of the city said to him, "He is the man of the Gods who came from Judah. And he has proclaimed against the things that you did upon the altar, house of El."
[2KI.23.18] And he said, "Let him be, let no man move his bones; and they filled his bones with the bones of the prophet who came from Shomron."
[2KI.23.19] And also every house of the high places that was in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the Gods, Yoashiyu removed. And he did to them according to all the deeds that he had done in the house of Bethel.
[2KI.23.20] And he sacrificed all the priests of the shrines who were there, upon the altars, and he burned the bones of mankind upon them, and he returned to Jerusalem.
[2KI.23.21] And the king commanded all the people, saying, "Make the Passover to Yahveh, their Gods, as it is written on this book of the covenant."
[2KI.23.22] For this Passover has not been done from the days of the judges, who judged Israel, and all the days of the kings of Israel and the kings of Judah.
[2KI.23.23] For only in the eighteenth year of King Yoashiyah was this Passover made for Yahveh in Jerusalem.
[2KI.23.24] And also the spirit mediums and the soothsayers and the household idols and the graven images and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, in the city of Josiah, in order to establish the words of the Torah written on the scroll that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of Yahveh.
[2KI.23.25] And like him there was no king before him who turned to Yahveh with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his strength, according to all the law of Moses. And after him there did not arise anyone like him.
[2KI.23.26] But Yahveh has not turned from His great wrath, which burned against Judah, because of all the provocations with which Manasseh provoked Him.
[2KI.23.27] And Yahveh said, "Also, I will remove Judah from before my face, as I removed Israel. And I will reject the city which I chose, Jerusalem, and the house about which I said, 'My name shall be there.'
[2KI.23.28] And the remainder of the words of Josiah and all that he did, are they not written on the book of the words of the days for the kings of Judah?
[2KI.23.29] In his days, Pharaoh Necho, king of Egypt, went up against the king of Assyria, by the Euphrates River. And the king, Josiah, went to meet him. And he killed him at Megiddo upon seeing him.
[2KI.23.30] His servants carried him dead from Megiddo and brought him to Jerusalem and buried him in his burial place. Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and anointed him and made him king in place of his father.
[2KI.23.31] The son of twenty-three years, Yehovahaz, in his kingship, and three months he reigned in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother is Chamutal, daughter of Yirmeyahu from Libnah.
[2KI.23.32] And he did the evil in the eyes of Yahveh, like all that his fathers did.
[2KI.23.33] And Pharaoh imprisoned him in Riblah, in the land of Hamath, while ruling in Jerusalem. And he imposed a penalty on the land of one hundred measures of silver and one measure of gold.
[2KI.23.34] And Pharaoh Necho made Eliakim, son of Josiah, king in place of his father Josiah. And he altered his name to Jehoiakim. And he took Jehoahaz and brought him to Egypt, and he died there.
[2KI.23.35] And the silver and the gold, Jehoiakim gave to Pharaoh, but he valued the land to give the silver according to the word of Pharaoh. Each person, according to his valuation, gave the silver and the gold, to give to Pharaoh as tribute from the people of the land.
[2KI.23.36] Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Zevidah, daughter of Pedayah from Romah.
[2KI.23.37] And he did the evil in the eyes of Yahveh, like all that his ancestors did.
2KI.24
[2KI.24.1] In his days, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, rose to power, and Jehoiakim was his servant for three years. Then he turned back and rebelled against him.
[2KI.24.2] And Yahveh sent against him the troops of the Chaldeans, and the troops of the Arameans, and the troops of Moab, and the troops of the sons of Ammon, and he sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of Yahveh that he spoke by the hand of his servants the prophets.
[2KI.24.3] But according to the mouth of Yahveh it came to pass in Judah, to remove from before his face because of the sins of Manasseh, as all that he did.
[2KI.24.4] And also, the blood of the innocent that was shed, and it filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and Yahveh did not desire to forgive.
[2KI.24.5] And the remainder of the words of Jehoiakim and all that he did, are they not written on the book of the words of the days for the kings of Judah?
[2KI.24.6] And Jehoiakim lay down with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.
[2KI.24.7] And the king of Egypt did not add again to going out from his land, because the king of Babel took from the stream of Egypt up to the river Euphrates all that was to the king of Egypt.
[2KI.24.8] A son of eighteen years, Jehoiakin, in his reign, and three months he reigned in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother was Nehkushta, daughter of Elnatan from Jerusalem.
[2KI.24.9] And he did the evil in the eyes of Yahveh, like all that his father did.
[2KI.24.10] At that time, the servants of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, went up to Jerusalem, and the city came under siege.
[2KI.24.11] And Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came against the city, and his servants surrounded it.
[2KI.24.12] And King Jehoiakin of Judah went out to the King of Babel, he and his mother and his servants and his officials and his eunuchs. And the King of Babel took him in the eighth year of his kingdom.
[2KI.24.13] And he brought out from there all the treasures of the house of Yahveh, and the treasures of the house of the king. And he cut up all the golden vessels that Solomon, king of Israel, had made in the temple of Yahveh, as Yahveh had spoken.
[2KI.24.14] And he will exile all of Jerusalem, and all of the rulers, and all of the mighty men of the army, ten thousand exiles, and all of the craftsmen and the smiths. None remained except the poor of the people of the land.
[2KI.24.15] And he exiled Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the mother of the king, and the wives of the king, and his officials, and the powerful men of the land. He led them into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.
[2KI.24.16] And all the men of valor, seven thousand, and the craftsman and the smith, one thousand, all were valiant warmakers, and the king of Babylon brought them into exile to Babylon.
[2KI.24.17] And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, his uncle, king in his place, and he turned his name to Zedekiah.
[2KI.24.18] Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Hamital, daughter of Jeremiah from Libnah.
[2KI.24.19] And he did evil in the eyes of Yahveh, like all that Jehoiakim did.
[2KI.24.20] For upon the wrath of Yahveh it was in Jerusalem and in Judah, until He removed them from before His face. And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
2KI.25
[2KI.25.1] And it happened in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, he and all his army came against Jerusalem and camped upon it, and they built against it a ramp all around.
[2KI.25.2] And the city came into the siege, until twelve years to the king Tzidkiyahou.
[2KI.25.3] On the ninth of the month, the famine strengthened in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.
[2KI.25.4] And the city broke open, and all the men of war fled by night through the gate between the two walls, which are by the king’s garden. And the Chaldeans were around the city on all sides. And he went toward the Arabah.
[2KI.25.5] And the force of the Babylonians pursued after the king, and they overtook him in the plains of Jericho. And all of his force scattered from above him.
[2KI.25.6] And they seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, and they spoke with him concerning judgement.
[2KI.25.7] And his sons Zedekiah they slaughtered before his eyes, and the eyes of Zedekiah they blinded, and they bound him with bronze, and they brought him to Babylon.
[2KI.25.8] And in the fifth month, on the seventh of the month, it was the nineteenth year of the reign of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, that Nebuzaradan, chief of executioners, servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem.
[2KI.25.9] And he burned the house of Yahveh, and the house of the king, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great house he burned with fire.
[2KI.25.10] And the walls of Jerusalem around, all the force of the Chaldeans broke, which were many slaughterers.
[2KI.25.11] And Nebuzaradan, chief executioner, exiled the remainder of the people who remained in the city, and the fallen who had fallen upon the king of Babel, and the remainder of the multitude.
[2KI.25.12] And from the doorway of the land, many slaughterers remained for vine dressers and for wine pressers.
[2KI.25.13] And they broke the bronze pillars which were in the house of Yahveh, and the basins, and the bronze sea which was in the house of Yahveh. The Babylonians carried away their bronze to Babylon.
[2KI.25.14] And the pots and the bowls and the pans and the ladles and all the bronze vessels which they served in them, they took.
[2KI.25.15] And the basins and the sprinkling vessels, those of gold, gold, and those of silver, silver, the chief cook took.
[2KI.25.16] The pillars were two, the sea was one, and the carts which Solomon made for the house of Yahveh, there was no weight measured for the bronze of all these implements.
[2KI.25.17] Eighteen cubits was the height of the one pillar, and bronze was upon its capital. Three cubits was the height of the capital, and there was a network and pomegranates around the capital, all bronze. And these were for the second pillar, upon the network.
[2KI.25.18] And the chief of the cooks took S'rayah, the chief priest, and Tz'fanyahu, the second priest, and three keepers of the gate.
[2KI.25.19] And from the city he took one eunuch, who is an official over the men of war, and five men who are among those who see the face of the king, who were found in the city, and the scribe, chief of the army, the commander of the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land who were found in the city.
[2KI.25.20] And he took them, Nebuzaradan, the chief executioner, and he led them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.
[2KI.25.21] And the king of Babylon struck them and killed them at Riblah in the land of Hamath, and he exiled Judah from its land.
[2KI.25.22] And the people who remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, had left, he appointed Gedalyahu, son of Achikam, son of Shaphan, over them.
[2KI.25.23] And all the leaders of the armies and the men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah, and they came to Gedaliah in Mizpah. Ishmael son of Nethaniah and Johanan son of Kareah and Sarayah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite and Jazaniah son of Maacath, they and their men.
[2KI.25.24] And Gedalyahu swore to them and to their men, and he said to them, "Do not fear the servants of the Chaldeans. Dwell in the land and serve the king of Babel, and it will be well with you."
[2KI.25.25] And it happened in the seventh month that Ishmael son of Nethaniah son of Elishama, from the seed of the kingdom, came with ten men with him, and they struck down Gedalyah, and he died, and the Jews and the Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.
[2KI.25.26] And all the people, from the youngest to the greatest, and the captains of the armies, stood up and came to Egypt, because they feared before the Chaldeans.
[2KI.25.27] And it came to pass in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiakin, king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh of the month, that Evil-Merodach, king of Babylon, in the year of his reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiakin, king of Judah, from the house of imprisonment.
[2KI.25.28] And he spoke good things to him, and he gave his throne above the thrones of the kings who were with him in Babylon.
[2KI.25.29] And he shall let his hair grow upon him, and he shall eat bread continually before Yahveh all the days of his life.
[2KI.25.30] And his meal, a continual meal, was given to him from the king, a matter of day by day, all the days of his life.
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ISA.1
[ISA.1.1] The vision of Isaiah, son of Amos, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, the kings of Judah.
[ISA.1.2] Hear, heavens, and listen, earth, for Yahveh spoke: “Sons I raised and I exalted, and they have transgressed against me.”
[ISA.1.3] The ox knows its buyer, and the donkey understands its master, but Israel does not know my people, they do not consider.
[ISA.1.4] Woe to the sinful nation, the people burdened with iniquity, offspring of evil, sons who corrupt! They have forsaken Yahveh, they have abhorred the Holy One of Israel, they have turned their backs.
[ISA.1.5] Upon what are you still smitten? Why do you continue to add to affliction, all heads for sickness and all hearts faint?
[ISA.1.6] From foot to head, there is no soundness in him. There is a wound and a bruise, and a fresh blow. It has not been bandaged, nor bound, and has not been softened with oil.
[ISA.1.7] Your land is desolate, your cities are burned by fire, and your land, before your eyes, is being consumed by foreigners, and it is desolate like an overthrow by foreigners.
[ISA.1.8] And a remnant of the daughter of Zion will remain like a shelter in a vineyard, like a hiding place in a cucumber patch, like a besieged city.
[ISA.1.9] If not for Yahveh of hosts leaving a remnant for us, we would almost have been like Sodom. We would have resembled Amorah.
[ISA.1.10] Hear the word of Yahveh, officials of Sedom. Listen to the law of our Gods, people of Amorah.
[ISA.1.11] Why are so many sacrifices offered to me, says Yahveh? I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fattened animals. I did not desire the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.
[ISA.1.12] For when you come to see my face, who requested this from your hand? Trample my courtyards.
[ISA.1.13] You shall not continue to bring a gift of emptiness; a detestable smoke offering, it is to me. Month and Sabbath, call a convocation; I cannot bear iniquity and festivals.
[ISA.1.14] Your new moons and your appointed times my soul hates; they were to me trouble. I am weary of bearing them.
[ISA.1.15] And when you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you, even though you increase prayer, I am not hearing. Your hands are full of blood.
[ISA.1.16] Wash yourselves, be clean, remove evil deeds from before my eyes. Cease the evil.
[ISA.1.17] Learn well, seek judgment, make prosperous the oppressed, judge the orphan, plead the case of the widow.
[ISA.1.18] Come now, and let us reason, says Yahveh. If your sins are like the years, they will become white like snow. If they are red like crimson, they will become like wool.
[ISA.1.19] If you desire and you listen, the good land you will eat.
[ISA.1.20] And if you refuse and you rebel, the sword will consume you, for the mouth of Yahveh spoke.
[ISA.1.21] How has the city become a prostitute, a faithful city full of justice and righteousness, where justice resided? And now murderers dwell within it.
[ISA.1.22] Your silver became to dross, your gold was mingled in the waters.
[ISA.1.23] Your leaders are rebellious and your companions are thieves; all of them love bribery and pursue profits. They will not judge the orphan, and the case of the widow will not come to them.
[ISA.1.24] Therefore, declares the Lord Yahveh of armies, the powerful one of Israel, woe, I will comfort from Egypt, and I will avenge from my enemies.
[ISA.1.25] And I will turn my hand upon you, and I will refine completely your impurities, and I will remove all your alloys.
[ISA.1.26] And I will restore your judges as in the first time, and your counselors as at the beginning. After this, you will be called City of Righteousness, a Faithful City.
[ISA.1.27] Zion in judgement will be redeemed, and her returnees in righteousness.
[ISA.1.28] And the breaking of rebels and sinners together, and those who forsake Yahveh will be consumed.
[ISA.1.29] For you will be ashamed of the Gods that you desired, and you will dig up the gardens that you chose.
[ISA.1.30] For you will be like the Gods, withered in their leaves, and like a garden to which there is no water.
[ISA.1.31] And compassion will be to a flame, and his work to a spark, and both of them will burn together, and there is no one who extinguishes.
ISA.2
[ISA.2.1] The word that Isaiah son of Amos saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
[ISA.2.2] And it will be, in the latter days, surely established will be the mountain, the house of Yahveh, at the head of the mountains, and it will be lifted up above the hills, and all the nations will flow to it.
[ISA.2.3] And many nations will go and say, "Come, let us go up to the mountain of Yahveh, to the house of the God of Jacob, and He will teach us His ways, and we will walk in His paths." For from Zion will go forth teaching, and the word of Yahveh from Jerusalem.
[ISA.2.4] And God will judge between the nations and instruct many peoples. And they will forge their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. No nation will lift up a sword against another nation, nor will they learn warfare anymore.
[ISA.2.5] House of Jacob, come and let us walk in the light of Yahveh.
[ISA.2.6] For you have abandoned your people, the house of Jacob, for they have filled themselves from the ancient times, and are behaving like the Philistines, and will increase in the children of foreigners.
[ISA.2.7] And his land was filled with silver and gold, and there is no limit to his treasures. And his land was filled with horses, and there is no limit to his chariots.
[ISA.2.8] And the land was filled with idols, to the work of their hands they would bow down, to that which their fingers made.
[ISA.2.9] And Adam was humbled, and man was brought low, and do not lift up to them.
[ISA.2.10] Enter the rock and hide in the dust, from the fear of Yahveh and from the splendor of his majesty.
[ISA.2.11] The eyes of the height of man are humbled, and low is the height of men, and Yahveh alone is exalted in that day.
[ISA.2.12] For the day belongs to Yahveh of hosts, against all that is proud and high, and against all that is lifted up and humbled.
[ISA.2.13] And upon all the cedars of the Lebanon, the lofty ones and the raised ones, and upon all the oaks of the Bashan.
[ISA.2.14] And upon all the mountains, the high ones, and upon all the hills, the lifted up ones.
[ISA.2.15] And upon every high tower and upon every wall with a fortress.
[ISA.2.16] And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all the wares of the delight.
[ISA.2.17] And the height of man will be humbled, and the exalted will be brought low, and Yahveh alone will be lifted up in that day.
[ISA.2.18] And the Gods, vanity will they change.
[ISA.2.19] And they will come into caves of rocks and into recesses of dust because of the fear of Yahveh and from the splendor of His glory when He rises to shake the earth.
[ISA.2.20] On that day, the human will cast away the idols of silver and the idols of gold, which they made for themselves to prostrate themselves, to dig for moles and for bats.
[ISA.2.21] To enter into the openings of the cliffs and in the branches of the rocks, because of the fear of Yahveh and from the splendor of His majesty when He rises to shake the earth.
[ISA.2.22] Cease for yourselves from the human, that breath is in his nose. For by what is he esteemed?
ISA.3
[ISA.3.1] For behold, my Lord Yahveh of armies removes support from Jerusalem and from Judah, a prop and a support; all prop of bread and all prop of water.
[ISA.3.2] Strong and a man of war, judge and prophet and diviner and elder.
[ISA.3.3] A captain of fifty, with a dignified appearance, and a counselor, and wise in the skills of craftsmen, and understanding of secrets.
[ISA.3.4] And I will give young men as their leaders, and deceits will rule over them.
[ISA.3.5] And the people will approach, man to man, and man to his companion, the young man will revere the old man, and the insignificant one will revere the honored one.
[ISA.3.6] For if a man seizes the garment of his brother within their family house, let him become an officer for us, and let this stumbling block be under your hand.
[ISA.3.7] He will lift up on that day, saying, "I will not be a bandager, and in my house there is no bread, and there is no garment. Do not appoint me an official of the people."
[ISA.3.8] Because Jerusalem stumbled and Judah fell, because their tongue and their deeds were against Yahveh, provoking the eyes of His glory.
[ISA.3.9] The knowing of their faces answered within them, and their sin was like that of Sodom, they did not hide it. Woe to their souls, for they fully repaid evil to them.
[ISA.3.10] Say that the righteous are good, for the fruit of their deeds they will eat.
[ISA.3.11] Woe to the wicked one, evil, for the recompense of his hands will be done to him.
[ISA.3.12] My people, their oppressors act corruptly, and women rule over them. My people, those who claim to bless you are deceivers, and the paths of your ways have been swallowed.
[ISA.3.13] Standing for the dispute is Yahveh, and standing for judgment are the peoples.
[ISA.3.14] Yahveh will come in judgment with the elders of His people and their rulers. And you have filled your houses with the stolen goods of the poor.
[ISA.3.15] Your angels you oppress my people, and the faces of the poor you grind. Declaration of my Lord Yahveh hosts.
[ISA.3.16] And Yahveh said, "Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with heads held high, and with winking eyes, walking and making a tinkling sound with their ornaments, and with their feet they delay."
[ISA.3.17] And my Lord has bared the crown of the daughters of Zion, and Yahveh has revealed their shame.
[ISA.3.18] On that day, my Lord will remove the anklets, and the bracelets, and the crescent-shaped ornaments.
[ISA.3.19] The droplets and the songs and the poisonings.
[ISA.3.20] The diviners, the observers of omens, the enchantments, the houses of souls, and the whisperings.
[ISA.3.21] The rings and the nose rings.
[ISA.3.22] The woven coverings and the coverings, the wraps and the coverings of tapestry.
[ISA.3.23] And the coverings, and the sheets, and the veils, and the cloths.
[ISA.3.24] And it will be, instead of perfume, sweet cane will be, and instead of a belt, a pierced state will be, and instead of intricate work, baldness will be, and instead of decorative braiding, a sackcloth girdle will be, because of beauty.
[ISA.3.25] They will fall by the sword, and your strength will be in war.
[ISA.3.26] And they mourn, and mourned are her gates, and it is cleansed for the land to dwell.
ISA.4
[ISA.4.1] And seven women will hold to one man on that day, saying, "We will eat our own food and wear our own clothing, but let your name be called upon us. Take away our shame."
[ISA.4.2] On that day, the sprout of Yahveh will be for splendor and for glory, and the fruit of the land will be for pride and for majesty, for the remnant of Israel.
[ISA.4.3] And it will be that the remaining in Zion and the remaining in Jerusalem will be said to be holy. All who are written for life will be in Jerusalem.
[ISA.4.4] If my Lord washes away the filth of the daughters of Zion and the blood of Jerusalem from within her, with a spirit of judgment and with a spirit of fire.
[ISA.4.5] And Yahveh created upon every place of Mount Zion and upon the assembly of it, a cloud by day and smoke and a shining fire, a flame by night, for upon all glory there is a covering.
[ISA.4.6] And the booth will be for shade during the day from the heat, and for a refuge and a concealment from a stream and from the rain.
ISA.5
[ISA.5.1] I will now sing to my beloved, a song of my beloved concerning his vineyard. His vineyard was to my beloved in the fertile land.
[ISA.5.2] He strengthened himself, and he fortified himself, and he planted a vineyard. He built a tower within it, and also hewed a wine vat in it. He hoped to make wine, and he worked with deception.
[ISA.5.3] And now, residents of Jerusalem and people of Judah, please judge between me and my vineyard.
[ISA.5.4] What still to do to my vineyard, and I did not do in it? Why did I hope to do grapes, and it did in thorns?
[ISA.5.5] And now I will inform you of what I do to my vineyard. I will remove its hedge, and it will become a burning. Its wall is broken, and it will become for trampling.
[ISA.5.6] And I will make it a secure place, it will not be pruned, and it will not fail. A thorn will rise, and a waste will flourish, and upon the clouds I will command to rain upon it rain.
[ISA.5.7] For the vineyard of Yahveh of hosts is the house of Israel, and the man of Judah is a planting, a delight for Yahveh. And he hoped for justice, but behold, oppression, for righteousness, but behold, a cry!
[ISA.5.8] Woe to those who reach house by house, field by field, they shall offer it until there is nowhere, and you shall return by yourselves to the midst of the land.
[ISA.5.9] In my ears, Yahveh of Hosts: if not, will homes not be numerous for desolation, great and good without an inhabitant?
[ISA.5.10] For ten pairs of oxen yoking a vineyard will make one measure, and seed of a chomer will make an eifah.
[ISA.5.11] Woe to those who rise early to pursue strong drink, and those who linger until evening, inflamed by wine.
[ISA.5.12] And there will be harp and lyre, tambourine and flute, and wine for their drinking, and they will not regard the work of Yahveh, nor will they see the work of His hands.
[ISA.5.13] Therefore my people are removed without knowledge, and its glory dies of hunger, and its multitude is withered with thirst.
[ISA.5.14] Therefore, Sheol has expanded its soul, and opened its mouth without boundary. And Yahveh’s majesty, multitude, and tumult descended, and joy is in it.
[ISA.5.15] And God scattered humankind and he lowered person, and the eyes of the proud will be lowered.
[ISA.5.16] And Yahveh of hosts was exalted in righteousness, and the God the Holy is sanctified in righteousness.
[ISA.5.17] And lambs will pasture according to their desire, and dwellers will eat swords that were fattened.
[ISA.5.18] Woe to those who draw iniquity with ropes of falsehood, and their sin is like the spokes of the wagon.
[ISA.5.19] Those who say, "May it hasten, may He hasten His work, in order that we may see, and it may draw near and come, the counsel of the holy one of Israel, and we may know."
[ISA.5.20] Woe to those who say that evil is good and that good is evil, who put darkness in place of light and light in place of darkness, who put bitterness in place of sweetness and sweetness in place of bitterness.
[ISA.5.21] Woe to those who consider themselves wise in their own eyes, and intelligent in their own regard.
[ISA.5.22] Behold, warriors to drink wine and men of strength to pour out strong drink!
[ISA.5.23] Those who declare the wicked righteous do so because of a bribe, and the righteousness of righteous people is removed from him.
[ISA.5.24] Therefore, like straw, a tongue of fire will consume them, and the trembling of a flame will decay their root, like decay it will be. And their blossoms will rise like dust, because they have refused the law of Yahveh of armies, and have despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
[ISA.5.25] Therefore, the anger of Yahveh was kindled against his people, and he stretched out his hand against them and struck them, and the mountains trembled, and their corpses became like refuse in the middle of the streets. In all of this, his anger did not turn back, and still his hand is stretched out.
[ISA.5.26] And one will lift a banner for the nations from a distance, and will whistle to it from the edge of the earth, and behold, quickly a voice will come.
[ISA.5.27] There is no weariness and there is no stumbling in him. He does not slumber and he does not rest. His belt is not loosened and the lace of his shoes is not broken.
[ISA.5.28] Which arrows are sharp, and all of his bows are drawn. The hooves of his horses are regarded like flint, and his wheels are like a whirlwind.
[ISA.5.29] It roars to him like a lion, and roars like the lions. It groans and seizes prey, it lets fall, and there is no deliverer.
[ISA.5.30] And they will groan upon him in that day, like the roaring of the sea, and it will look at the earth, and behold, constrained darkness and light, darkness in its shadows.
ISA.6
[ISA.6.1] In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw my Lord sitting on a high and exalted throne, and the train of my Lord’s robe filled the temple.
[ISA.6.2] Seraphim are standing above Yahveh. Six wings belong to each one, six wings. With two they cover their faces, and with two they cover their feet, and with two they fly.
[ISA.6.3] And one called to another, and said, “Holy, holy, holy is Yahveh of armies. The glory of him fills all the earth.”
[ISA.6.4] And the pillars and thresholds shook from the voice of the one proclaiming, and the house filled with smoke.
[ISA.6.5] And I said, “Woe to me, for I am likened to a man with impure lips, and I dwell among a people with impure lips, for my eyes have seen the King, Yahveh of armies.”
[ISA.6.6] And one of the Gods approached me from among the seraphs, and in his hand was a glowing coal, which he took with tongs from upon the altar.
[ISA.6.7] And he touched my mouth, and he said, behold, this coal has touched your lips, and your iniquity will depart, and your sin will be atoned for.
[ISA.6.8] And I heard the voice of my Lord saying, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?" And I said, "Here I am, send me."
[ISA.6.9] Go and say to these people: Hear, hearing, and do not understand. And see, seeing, and do not know.
[ISA.6.10] God intends to make insensitive the heart of this people, and make their ears heavy, and blind their eyes, lest they see with their eyes and hear with their ears and their heart understands and they return and God heals them.
[ISA.6.11] And I said, ‘Until when, my Lord?’ And He said, ‘Until cities lie empty of inhabitants and houses empty of people, and the land is utterly desolate.’
[ISA.6.12] And Yahveh made humanity distant, and the abandonment became great in the midst of the land.
[ISA.6.13] And also in her is Asherah, and it will return and become for burning, like an oak and like a poplar, which in its falling leaves have a standing pillar in them. A holy seed is her standing pillar.
ISA.7
[ISA.7.1] And it happened in the days of Achaz son of Yotam son of Uzziyahu, king of Judah, that Rezin, king of Aram, and Pekah son of Remalyahu, king of Israel, came up to Jerusalem to wage war against it, and were not able to fight against it.
[ISA.7.2] And it was told to the house of David, saying, Aram has settled upon Ephraim. And his heart and the heart of his people were moved, like the swaying of trees of the forest before the wind.
[ISA.7.3] And Yahveh said to Isaiah, "Go now to meet Ahaz, you and Shear-Yashuv your son, to the end of the channel of the upper pool, to the path of the field of the washerman."
[ISA.7.4] And you will say to him, ‘Be watchful and be quiet. Do not be afraid, and let not your heart be faint because of the two smoking tails of those fiery gods. Choose now Resin, and Aram, and the son of Remalyahu.’
[ISA.7.5] Because Aram has counselled evil against you, Ephrayim and the son of Ramaliah are saying.
[ISA.7.6] Let us go up into Judah and gather its possessions, and divide them among ourselves, and let us make a king within it, even the son of Tabael.
[ISA.7.7] Thus my Lord Yahveh says, "You will not rise, and you will not be."
[ISA.7.8] For Damascus is the head of Aram, and Rezin is the head of Damascus. And within sixty-five years, Ephraim will be broken from being a people.
[ISA.7.9] And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is the son of Remalyahu. If you do not believe, you will not be believed.
[ISA.7.10] And Yahveh added, speaking to Achaz, to say.
[ISA.7.11] Ask for yourself a sign from with Yahveh, your Gods. Ask a profound question, or raise it up above.
[ISA.7.12] And Ahaz said, "I will not ask, and I will not test Yahveh."
[ISA.7.13] And he said, "Listen, house of David. Is it a small thing for you to lend people assistance, that you also taunt the Gods?"
[ISA.7.14] Therefore, my Lord He will give to you a sign: behold, the young woman is with child and will give birth to a son, and you shall call his name ‘With-Us God’.
[ISA.7.15] Warmth and honey he will eat, according to his knowing he rejects the evil and he chooses the good.
[ISA.7.16] Because before the young child knows to refuse evil and choose good, the land, which you forsake, will be forsaken because of its two rulers.
[ISA.7.17] Yahveh will bring upon you, and upon your people, and upon your father's house, days that have not come since the day Ephraim turned away from Judah, even the king of Assyria.
[ISA.7.18] And it will be on that day that Yahveh will whistle for the fly that is at the end of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
[ISA.7.19] And they will come and rest, all of them, in the valleys of the ravines, and in the clefts of the rocks, and in all the thorns, and in all the leafy places.
[ISA.7.20] On that day, my Lord will shave beyond the River, the king of Assyria, the head and the hair of the legs. And also the beard you will remove.
[ISA.7.21] And it will be on that day that a man will raise a calf of cattle and two sheep.
[ISA.7.22] And it will be that from a great abundance of produce, people will eat butter, for butter and honey people will eat, all that remains within the land.
[ISA.7.23] And it will be on that day, every place where there is a vine will be a place where a thousand vines are worth a thousand pieces of silver to the guard and to the waterer it will be.
[ISA.7.24] He will come there with arrows and with the bow, for the whole land will become a snare and a trap.
[ISA.7.25] And all the mountains that are in the foothold will vanish. Fear of the flint and the shale will not come there. And it will be for the pasture of the ox, and for the trampling of the sheep.
ISA.8
[ISA.8.1] And Yahveh said to me, "Take for yourself a large scroll and write upon it with a human stylus, concerning a swift spoil that is quickly plundered."
[ISA.8.2] And I will call for myself faithful witnesses, even Uriyah the priest, and Zechariah son of Yevrechiyah-hu.
[ISA.8.3] And I approached the prophetess, and she conceived and bore a son. And Yahveh said to me, "Call his name Swift Spoil Hastening Loot."
[ISA.8.4] For before the young one knows to call ‘my father’ and ‘my mother,’ he will carry the strength of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria before the king of Assyria.
[ISA.8.5] And Yahveh added speaking to me, saying.
[ISA.8.6] Because this people has refused the waters of Siloah, which go slowly, and they seek the favor of Rezin and the son of Remalyahu.
[ISA.8.7] Therefore, behold, my Lord is bringing up against them the waters of the river, the mighty and the many, against the king of Assyria and all his glory. And it will rise over all its channels and go over all its banks.
[ISA.8.8] And a flood passed through Judah, overflowing and passing over up to the neck; and it came to pass that its stretched-out wings filled the breadth of your land with us, God.
[ISA.8.9] Behold, peoples, and gird yourselves, and listen, all far countries! Arm yourselves and gird yourselves, arm yourselves and gird yourselves!
[ISA.8.10] Plan counsel and let it be broken; speak a word and it will not stand, for God is with us.
[ISA.8.11] For thus says Yahveh to me, like the strength of the hand, and He will discipline me by a craft in the way of this people to say.
[ISA.8.12] Do not say, "a binding together," regarding all that this people says is a binding together, and do not let his terror cause you fear, nor show him reverence.
[ISA.8.13] You shall sanctify Yahveh of hosts, and He is your dread, and He is your amazement.
[ISA.8.14] And it will be for a sanctuary, and for a stone of stumbling, and for a rock of stumbling, for the two houses of Israel, for a snare and for a hidden danger for the one who dwells in Jerusalem.
[ISA.8.15] And many will stumble in them, and they will fall, and be broken, and be pierced, and be captured.
[ISA.8.16] Rock of testimony, sealed is instruction through my learning.
[ISA.8.17] And I have waited for Yahveh, the one who hides His face from the house of Jacob, and I hope to Him.
[ISA.8.18] Behold, I and the children that God gave to me are for signs and for wonders in Israel, from God of armies who dwells in Mount Zion.
[ISA.8.19] And if they say to you, "Seek to the fathers and to the mediums, the chirpers and the murmurers," surely a people should seek their God for life, not to the dead.
[ISA.8.20] To instruction and to testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, to it there is no dawn.
[ISA.8.21] And hardship and hunger will pass through her. And it will be that when he is hungry and angered, he will curse his king and the Gods, and he will turn his face upward.
[ISA.8.22] And God looks upon the earth, and behold, trouble and darkness cover a wandering cloud, and darkness is rejected.
[ISA.8.23] For it is not a flight for that which is secured to her, as in the first time, the land of Zebulun was light, and the land of Naphtali as well, but later, it became heavy, the way across the Jordan, the region of the nations.
ISA.9
[ISA.9.1] The people walking in darkness saw a great light. Those dwelling in the land of the shadow of death experienced light shining upon them.
[ISA.9.2] You have increased the nation, but you have not increased the joy. They rejoice before Yahveh as in the joy of the harvest, as those who exult in their portion of the plunder.
[ISA.9.3] For it is the yoke of his burden and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of the ruler in him that you have broken, like the day of Midian.
[ISA.9.4] For all destruction destroys with a shaking, and a garment is rolled in bloods, and it will be for a burning, a devouring fire.
[ISA.9.5] For a child is born to us, a son is given to us, and the government is upon his shoulder. And his name will be called Wonder, Counselor, God, Mighty, My Father is Strength, Prince of Peace.
[ISA.9.6] To increase the governance and for peace, there is no end upon the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to support it with justice and with righteousness, from now and forever. The zeal of Yahveh of hosts will accomplish this.
[ISA.9.7] A word my Lord sent to Jacob, and it happened in Israel.
[ISA.9.8] And the whole people will know, Ephraim and those who dwell in Samaria, with pride and with greatness of heart, saying:
[ISA.9.9] The stones have fallen, and hewn stone will be built. The sycamore trees have been cut down, and we will replace them with cedars.
[ISA.9.10] And Yahveh elevated the adversaries of Rezin against him, and He will stir up conflict among his enemies.
[ISA.9.11] Syria from the front, and the Philistines from the rear, and they consumed Israel with every mouth. Despite all of this, my Lord's anger did not turn away, and still, His hand is outstretched.
[ISA.9.12] And the people did not return until the one striking them did, and they did not seek Yahveh of hosts.
[ISA.9.13] And Yahveh cut off from Israel the head and the tail, the lion's mane and the young calf, in one day.
[ISA.9.14] An elder and one with a distinguished face is the head, and a prophet, a teacher of falsehood, is the tail.
[ISA.9.15] And those considered blessed by this people were deceived, and their blessings were destroyed.
[ISA.9.16] Therefore, my Lord will not rejoice in their young men, and he will not have compassion on his orphans and his widows, for they are all profane and evil, and every mouth speaks perversity. In spite of all this, his wrath has not turned back, and his hand remains stretched out.
[ISA.9.17] Because a fire of wickedness has burned, juniper and cypress it consumes, and it ignited in the thickets of the forest, and the pride became smoke.
[ISA.9.18] In the wrath of Yahveh the Gods, the land is consumed, and the people were like a consuming fire, man to his brother they will not spare.
[ISA.9.19] He determined hardship on the right hand and hunger, and He consumed misfortune on the left hand, and they were not full. A man will eat the flesh of his arm.
[ISA.9.20] Menashsheh provoked Ephraim, and Ephraim provoked Menashsheh. Together they acted against Judah. Despite all this, Yahveh’s anger was not turned away, and still his hand was outstretched.
ISA.10
[ISA.10.1] Woe to the lawgivers who enact laws of iniquity, and to the writers who write misery!
[ISA.10.2] To turn aside the judgment of the poor, and to rob the justice of the needy of my people, to be widows their spoil, and they will plunder the orphans.
[ISA.10.3] And what will you do on a day of visitation and devastation that comes from afar? Upon whom will you flee for help, and where will you leave your glory?
[ISA.10.4] He will not bend beneath the captive, and beneath the slain they will fall. Even with all of this, His anger has not turned back, and still His hand is stretched out.
[ISA.10.5] Woe to Assyria, the rod of my wrath, and the rod of Him is in their hand, my fury.
[ISA.10.6] I will send a nation of the profane, and I will command a people of my strong one to seize plunder and despoil loot, and to make them a trampling, like dust of streets.
[ISA.10.7] And he does not so imagine, and his heart does not so plan, for to destroy is in his heart, and to cut off nations, not few.
[ISA.10.8] For he will say, "Is it not true that kings rule together?"
[ISA.10.9] Is it not as with Karkemish that it will befall us? Or is it not as with Arpad that Hamath will be? Or is it not as with Damascus that Samaria will be?
[ISA.10.10] As my hand found the kingdoms of the false gods and their carved images from Jerusalem and from Samaria.
[ISA.10.11] Is it not as I did to Samaria and its idols? Thus I will do to Jerusalem and its idols.
[ISA.10.12] And it will be that when my Lord completes all of His work on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the greatness of the heart of the king of Assyria, and upon the splendor of the lifting up of his eyes.
[ISA.10.13] For He said, "By the strength of my hand I made, and by my wisdom, for I understood. And I will bind the borders of nations and I have despoiled their futures. And I will bring down the dwellers like the strong."
[ISA.10.14] And I found, like a nest, my hand for the strength of the nations, and like gathering abandoned eggs across all the land, I gathered them. And there was no wandering wing, no opening mouth, and no chirping.
[ISA.10.15] Would the axe boast against the one who cuts with it? Or would the saw magnify itself against the one who guides it? Like one who wields a scepter and the one who lifts it high, like mountains, a rod is not a tree.
[ISA.10.16] Therefore, my Lord Yahveh of armies will send hunger with his fatness. And under his glory, it will burn, it will burn, like the burning of fire.
[ISA.10.17] And the light of Israel will be fire, and his holiness will be flame. It will burn and consume its abundance and its protection in one day.
[ISA.10.18] And the glory of the forest and of Carmel will consume from the soul even to the flesh, and it will be like a fleeing pillar.
[ISA.10.19] And the rest of the trees of the forest will be a number, and a young man will write them.
[ISA.10.20] And it will be on that day that the remnant of Israel and the escapees of the house of Jacob will no longer rely on the one who strikes them, but will rely on Yahveh, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
[ISA.10.21] The remnant returns, the remnant of Jacob, to God the strong.
[ISA.10.22] But if your people Israel are as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall return. Complete destruction, thoroughly done, will be a flood of righteousness.
[ISA.10.23] For it is finished and it is decreed, my Lord Yahveh of armies is making in the midst of all the earth.
[ISA.10.24] Therefore, thus says my Lord Yahveh of hosts: Do not fear, my people dwelling in Zion, from Assyria. With a rod it will strike you, and its staff it will lift up against you, in the way of Egypt.
[ISA.10.25] For still a very small amount and the anger will be complete, and my nostrils are against their ruin.
[ISA.10.26] And Yahveh will stir up against him the armies of a whip, as the blow against Midian at the rock of Oreb, and His staff will be over the sea, and they will carry Him on the way of Egypt.
[ISA.10.27] And it will be, in that day, the burden will be removed from upon your shoulder, and the yoke from upon your neck, and the rope of the yoke will be from before oil.
[ISA.10.28] He went up to Aiyat, passed through Migron, and deposited his possessions in Mikmash.
[ISA.10.29] They crossed Ma'avarah, the hill which was a lodging for us. Great anxiety, the hill of Saul, they fled.
[ISA.10.30] Shout for joy, your voice, daughter of waves! Listen to the poor woman’s answers!
[ISA.10.31] The Dammeh people wandered, and the inhabitants of Gebim became strong.
[ISA.10.32] Still today, in mourning to stand, he will wave his hand, mountain of the house of Zion, hill of Jerusalem.
[ISA.10.33] Behold, the my Lord Yahveh of hosts is branching splendor in the land, and the high of stature will be cut down, and the high ones will be brought low.
[ISA.10.34] And the entanglements of the forest will be cut off with iron, and Lebanon will fall with power.
ISA.11
[ISA.11.1] And a shoot will come forth from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from its roots will flourish.
[ISA.11.2] And the spirit of Yahveh will rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and strength, the spirit of knowledge and the fear of Yahveh.
[ISA.11.3] And smell with reverence for Yahveh, and not according to the appearance of his eyes will he judge, and not according to the hearing of his ears will he rebuke.
[ISA.11.4] And Yahveh will judge the poor with justice, and He will rebuke the humble of the earth with fairness. And He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, and with the breath of His lips He will slay the wicked.
[ISA.11.5] And righteousness will be a belt around his waist, and faithfulness will be a belt around his hips.
[ISA.11.6] And the wolf will dwell with the lamb, and the leopard with the young goat will lie down, and the calf and the lion cub and the young bull together, and a small boy will guide them.
[ISA.11.7] And the cow and the bear will graze together, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like an ox.
[ISA.11.8] And the suckling plays upon the young wild ox, and upon the den of the viper, the weaned one rests his hand quietly.
[ISA.11.9] They will not cause harm and they will not destroy on all my holy mountain, because the land is filled with knowledge of Yahveh, as waters cover the sea.
[ISA.11.10] And it will be in that day that the root of Jesse, who stands as a signal for nations, to him nations will seek, and his rest will be glory.
[ISA.11.11] And it will be on that day that my Lord will add a second hand to purchase the remainder of his people, those who remain from Assyria and from Egypt and from Pathros and from Cush and from Elam and from Shinar and from Hamath and from the islands of the sea.
[ISA.11.12] And will lift a banner to the nations, and will gather the dispersed of Israel, and will gather the scattered of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
[ISA.11.13] And the rivalry of Ephraim will depart, and the adversaries of Judah will be cut off. Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah, and Judah will not oppress Ephraim.
[ISA.11.14] They will fall upon the shoulder of the Philistines together, they will plunder the descendants of Esau, Edom and Moab by the work of their hand, and the sons of Ammon according to their report.
[ISA.11.15] And Yahveh will raise His tongue against the Sea of Egypt, and He will wave His hand over the river with His wind, and He will strike it into seven streams, and He will drive it back with the east wind.
[ISA.11.16] And there will be a highway for the remnant of my people who will remain from Assyria, as it was for Israel in the day of their going up from the land of Egypt.
ISA.12
[ISA.12.1] And you will say on that day, I will thank you, Yahveh, for you were angry with me. Your anger will return, and you will comfort me.
[ISA.12.2] Behold, God my salvation, I will trust and I will not fear, for my strength and my song is Yahveh, Yahveh, and He has been for me for salvation.
[ISA.12.3] You will draw water with joy from the wells of the salvation.
[ISA.12.4] And you will say in that day, give thanks to Yahveh, call upon His name, make known His deeds among the nations, remember that His name is exalted.
[ISA.12.5] Sing praise to Yahveh, for he has done glorious things. This is known throughout all the earth.
[ISA.12.6] Shout for joy and sing, you who dwell in Zion, for great is the Gods in your midst, the holy one of Israel.
ISA.13
[ISA.13.1] The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah son of Amos envisioned.
[ISA.13.2] Upon the mountain of the mouth, lift up a signal. Raise a voice for them. Wave a hand and they will come through the openings of generous people.
[ISA.13.3] I commanded to my holiness, and also I called my heroes before me, those exulting in my pride.
[ISA.13.4] A sound of a multitude in the mountains, resembling a great people; a sound of uproar of kingdoms of nations being gathered. Yahveh of hosts is inspecting an army for war.
[ISA.13.5] Coming ones from a distant land, from the edge of the heavens, Yahveh and the tools of His anger are coming to devastate all the land.
[ISA.13.6] Rejoice, for near is the day of Yahveh! Like a flood from the Powerful One it will come.
[ISA.13.7] Therefore all hands will become weak and every heart of humanity will melt.
[ISA.13.8] And the plants and the cords will seize, like a woman in labor they will tremble, each person will be astonished at his companion, and their faces will be like the faces of flames.
[ISA.13.9] Behold, the day of Yahveh is coming, harsh and destructive, with fierce anger, to lay the land desolate and destroy its sins from it.
[ISA.13.10] For the stars of the heavens and their hosts will not shine their light. Darkness will cover the sun as it rises, and the moon will not cause its light to glow.
[ISA.13.11] I will visit upon the world evil, and upon the wicked, their iniquity. And I will stop the pride of the arrogant, and the haughtiness of oppressors I will humble.
[ISA.13.12] I value humankind more than gold, and a human being more than the finest gold of Ophir.
[ISA.13.13] Therefore, the heavens are angered and the earth shakes from its place, in the wrath of Yahveh of hosts, and in the day of the fury of his wrath.
[ISA.13.14] And it will be that like a gazelle that is driven away, and like sheep, and there is no gatherer. Each man will turn to his people, and each man will flee to his land.
[ISA.13.15] All that exists will be pierced, and all that is finished will fall by the sword.
[ISA.13.16] And their infants will be dashed before their eyes; they will ravage their houses, and their women will be carried away into captivity.
[ISA.13.17] Behold, I will arouse against them Madai, which people will not consider silver, and will not desire gold.
[ISA.13.18] The bows of young men will be shattered, and they will not have mercy on children. Their eyes will not spare.
[ISA.13.19] And Babylon will be like a gazelle among the kingdoms, beauty of pride of the Chaldeans, as when the Gods overturned Sodom and Gomorrah.
[ISA.13.20] You will not dwell there forever, and you will not reside there until generation after generation. No wanderer will pitch there, and shepherds will not make their flocks lie down there.
[ISA.13.21] And ostriches will lie down there, and jackals will fill their homes, and daughters of the ostrich will dwell there, and he goats will dance there.
[ISA.13.22] And sea monsters will answer concerning their widowed dwellings, and dragons in palaces of pleasure. And near is her coming, and her days will not be prolonged.
ISA.14
[ISA.14.1] For Yahveh will have compassion on Jacob and will choose again among Israel, and He will settle them on their land. Strangers will join them, and they will be added to the house of Jacob.
[ISA.14.2] And the peoples will take them and bring them to their place, and they will dwell in the house of Israel upon the land of Yahveh as servants and handmaids. And they will become captives to their captors, and they will be ruled by their oppressors.
[ISA.14.3] And it will be in the day that Yahveh gives you rest from your distress and from your anger, and from the hard work that was worked upon you.
[ISA.14.4] And you shall carry this proverb concerning the king of Babylon and you shall say, “How has ceased the ruler, how has ceased acclaim!”
[ISA.14.5] Yahveh has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers.
[ISA.14.6] God strikes peoples with might, a striking not relenting, God rules in anger over nations, pursued without holding back.
[ISA.14.7] The land rested and was quiet. All the land burst forth with singing.
[ISA.14.8] Also, the fir trees rejoice for you, the cedars of Lebanon. Since you have rested, the woodcutter will not ascend against us.
[ISA.14.9] The place of the dead trembles beneath you, to meet your coming. Awaken for you the spirits, all the prepared ones of the land. Raise up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
[ISA.14.10] All of them will answer and say to you, "Even you have become sick like us; you have been likened to us."
[ISA.14.11] Your pride is brought down to the pit. The corpses of your mighty ones are laid low. A worm will be spread beneath you, and your covering will be maggots.
[ISA.14.12] How have you fallen from the heavens, Heylel son of the dawn? You have been cut down to the earth, weakness over nations.
[ISA.14.13] And you have said in your heart, "I will ascend to the heavens, I will go above the stars of God, I will raise my throne, and I will sit on the mount of assembly in the sides of the north."
[ISA.14.14] I will ascend to the heights of the cloud. I will resemble the highest God.
[ISA.14.15] Indeed, God of the grave, you will descend to the hollows of the pit.
[ISA.14.16] Your seers will look intently to you, they will consider you. Is this the man who provokes the land, who shakes kingdoms?
[ISA.14.17] God set the world like a desert and its cities ruined. Its prisoners were not opened from their homes.
[ISA.14.18] All the kings of the nations, all of them, lay in glory, each man in his house.
[ISA.14.19] And you have cast from your grave, as a despised sprout, clothed with the slain, bearing sword, descending to stones of a pit, like a defeated carcass.
[ISA.14.20] You shall not make a covenant with them or intermarry with them, for your land has been corrupted by the people, whom Yahveh has slain. No offspring of those who do evil will be remembered forever.
[ISA.14.21] They prepared a destruction for their sons because of the sin of their fathers. They will not stand and inherit the land, and they will not fill the face of the world with cities.
[ISA.14.22] And I will rise up against them, declares Yahveh of armies, and I will destroy Babel’s name, and its remnant, and grandson, and great-grandson, declares Yahveh.
[ISA.14.23] And I will make it a desolation, a laughingstock, and places of waters. And I will sweep it with a broom of destruction, says Yahveh of hosts.
[ISA.14.24] Yahveh, the one possessing armies, swore, saying, "If not as I imagined, then it would be, and as I advised, it will stand."
[ISA.14.25] To break Assyria in my land, and upon the mountains I will trample it. And its yoke will depart from over them, and its burden will be removed from off its shoulder.
[ISA.14.26] This is the counsel, the emphatic counsel, over all the land, and this is the hand stretched out over all the nations.
[ISA.14.27] For Yahveh of the Hosts has planned, and who can invalidate it? And His extended hand, who can reverse it?
[ISA.14.28] In the year of the death of the king Ahaz, this prophecy was.
[ISA.14.29] Do not rejoice, Philistia, all of you, for the staff of your crushing force is broken. For from the root of a serpent a viper will emerge, and its fruit will be a flying, fiery serpent.
[ISA.14.30] And the firstborn of the poor and the needy will graze securely. But I will make the root of your existence hungry, and your remnant will be killed.
[ISA.14.31] Howl, gate, and cry out, city. Philistia is utterly destroyed, all of you, for smoke comes from the north, and there is no solitary one at its festivals.
[ISA.14.32] What response will the messengers of a nation give, because Yahveh has established Zion, and in her will dwell the poor of his people?
ISA.15
[ISA.15.1] An oracle concerning Moab: For in the night, the city of Moab was plundered and became silent, and in the night, the fortress of Moab was plundered and became silent.
[ISA.15.2] The cities have ascended, and Dibon, the high places, for weeping. On Nebo and on Medeba, Moab will wail. Every head is bald, every beard is torn off.
[ISA.15.3] In its courtyards, they wore sackcloth; upon its roofs and in its streets, all wail, going down with weeping.
[ISA.15.4] And Heshbon cried out, and Elealeh, until their voice was heard to Jahaz. Therefore, the raiders of Moab will wail, his soul trembles for him.
[ISA.15.5] My heart cries out to Moab. Its fleeing is even to Tsore. A three-year-old cow! For the ascending of the tablet with weeping will ascend in it. For the way of Choronaim, a cry of breaking they will pour out.
[ISA.15.6] For the waters of the reeds will be destroyed; because the grass is dried up, the fresh growth has perished, and there was no greenery.
[ISA.15.7] Therefore a greater thing was done, and their appointed task they will carry upon the wadis of the Arabs.
[ISA.15.8] For the outcry has encircled the territory of Moab, even to Eglayim it has wailed, and to the well of Ayalim it has wailed.
[ISA.15.9] For the waters of Dimon are filled with blood, for I will place additions upon Dimon, for the fleeing of the corpse of Moab, a lion, and for the remnant of the land.
ISA.16
[ISA.16.1] Send a lamb, ruler of the land, from a rock of the wilderness, to the mountain, daughter of Zion.
[ISA.16.2] And they will be like a wandering bird whose nest is cast off; the daughters of Moab will be passages to the Arnon.
[ISA.16.3] Bring counsel, make intercession. Put your shadow throughout all of the night, in the midst of noon. Hide the exiled, let the wanderer not reveal.
[ISA.16.4] May the scattered of Moab dwell with you, let the God be a hiding place for them from the destroyer. Because the oppressor has ceased, devastation is finished, and those who trample have been removed from the land.
[ISA.16.5] And it is prepared in lovingkindness the throne, and He sits upon it in truth in the tent of David, judging and seeking justice, and swiftly establishing righteousness.
[ISA.16.6] We have heard of the majesty of Moab, it is very haughty. Its pride and its majesty, and its boastfulness, are not true, they are falsehoods.
[ISA.16.7] Therefore, Moab will wail for Moab, all of it will wail. For the cuttings of the vine, ponder a wall of carvings, only those who are afflicted.
[ISA.16.8] For the fields of Heshbon are desolate, the vine of Sibmah is struck; the lords of nations have wounded its branches, they reached to Jaazer; they strayed into the wilderness, its shoots were abandoned, they crossed the sea.
[ISA.16.9] Therefore I will weep with weeping, over the vineyard of its thorn, I lengthen my tears, to Heshbon and to Elealeh, for because of your summer fruit and because of your harvest, destruction has fallen.
[ISA.16.10] And joy and gladness are gathered away from the Carmel and in the vineyards there will be no shouting, there will be no rejoicing. Wine in the winepresses will not be trodden; the treader will not tread. I have silenced the treading.
[ISA.16.11] Therefore, my inward parts murmur towards Moab like a harp, and my innermost self is like a silent wall.
[ISA.16.12] And it will be that when it is seen that Moab is weary, he will come to its sanctuary to pray, and he will not be able.
[ISA.16.13] This is the word that Yahveh spoke to Moab from of old.
[ISA.16.14] And now Yahveh spoke to say, in three years, like two hired workers, and the glory of Moab will be disgraced among all the great multitude. And a remnant very small will not be great.
ISA.17
[ISA.17.1] Behold, Damascus is a burden. It will be a ruin, a place of falling.
[ISA.17.2] The abandoned cities of Aroer will be for the flocks to lie down in, and there will be no one to trouble them.
[ISA.17.3] And a fortress will be captured from Ephraim, and a kingdom from Damascus, and the remainder of Aram. For the glory of the children of Israel will be. Thus says Yahveh of hosts.
[ISA.17.4] And it will be on that day that the glory of Jacob will diminish, and from the fat of his flesh it will become thin.
[ISA.17.5] And it will be as when one gathers the harvest of ripened grain, and his sowing of ears of grain is reaped. And it will be as one gleans ears of grain in the valley of the giants.
[ISA.17.6] And there will remain in it a few young shoots, like someone shaking an olive tree, two or three olives on the top branch, and four or five on the smaller branches. Fruitful, says Yahveh, the God of Israel.
[ISA.17.7] In that day humankind will look to its maker, and their eyes will look to the Holy One of Israel.
[ISA.17.8] And the Gods will not regard the altars, the work of his hands, and what his fingers made, the Gods will not see, and the Asherim and the sun images.
[ISA.17.9] On that day, the fortified cities will be as abandoned by the forester, and the Amorites whom they abandoned before the sons of Israel, and it shall be a desolation.
[ISA.17.10] Because you have forgotten the Gods of your salvation, and you have not remembered the rock of your strength, therefore you will plant pleasing plantings and you will sow a foreign branch.
[ISA.17.11] On the day you are planted, you will flourish, and in the morning your seed you will cause to bloom. An offering of harvest on the day of possession, and the pain of humankind.
[ISA.17.12] Behold, a multitude of nations, many, like the roaring of seas, they will roar, and a tumult of nations, like the roar of mighty waters, they will raise up.
[ISA.17.13] To the nations it is as the sound of abundant waters that they will be carried, and He will rebuke them, and they will flee from a distance. They will be pursued like chaff of the mountains before the wind and like a rolling thing before a storm.
[ISA.17.14] At dusk, behold, it is gone, before morning it is not. This is the portion of those who plunder and the fate of those who spoil.
ISA.18
[ISA.18.1] Behold, land of ringing wings, which is beyond the rivers of Kush.
[ISA.18.2] The one sending messengers across the sea and in ships of gum upon the face of the waters, go, swift messengers to a stretched-out and beaten people, to a terrifying people from beyond, and beyond that, a people line by line and founded, whose land rivers have scorned.
[ISA.18.3] All who dwell in the world and those who reside on the earth will see as it is like a banner raised on mountains, and you will hear as it is like the sounding of a shofar.
[ISA.18.4] For thus said Yahveh to me, "I will be quiet and I will look from my place, like the heat of sun upon light, like dew of morning in the heat of harvest."
[ISA.18.5] Because before the harvest, the bloom of the flower appears, and unripe fruit will become a bloom, and he will cut the tender vines with pruning hooks and remove the sap which he will sprinkle.
[ISA.18.6] They will abandon it together to the birds of the mountains and to the beasts of the earth, and the birds will finish it, and all the beasts of the earth on it will harass.
[ISA.18.7] At that time, a lineage will be brought to Yahveh of Hosts, a people stretched and terrified, and from a people fearsome beyond it and beyond it, a nation line upon line and thoroughly established, whose land rivers have traversed, to the place of the name of Yahveh of Hosts, Mount Zion.
ISA.19
[ISA.19.1] The oracle concerning Egypt: Behold, Yahveh is riding on a swift cloud and is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble before Him, and the heart of Egypt will melt within it.
[ISA.19.2] And I, Yahveh, will cause conflict in Egypt, in Egypt. And they will fight, each person against their brother, and each person against their companion, city against city, kingdom against kingdom.
[ISA.19.3] The spirit of Egypt will be broken within it, and its counsel will become foolish. They will seek the idols, and the mediums, and the necromancers, and the fortune tellers.
[ISA.19.4] I will restrain Egypt by the hand of my Lords, a hard ruler, and a powerful king will rule over them, says the Lord Yahveh of hosts.
[ISA.19.5] And waters will be poured out from the sea, and the river will be ruined and will be dry.
[ISA.19.6] And the rivers have weakened, they have become thin, and the streams of distress have been destroyed. The reed and the bulrush have withered.
[ISA.19.7] Infestations will be on the Nile, on the mouth of the Nile, and all seed of the Nile will dry up, blown away, and there will be none.
[ISA.19.8] And we, the fishermen, and they lamented, all those casting hooks into the river, and those spreading nets on the face of the waters are dismayed.
[ISA.19.9] Those who work with flax, the workers of reeds, and the weavers of skilled crafts will be put to shame.
[ISA.19.10] And her drinkers will be crushed, all who make strong drink, deep of the soul.
[ISA.19.11] But the foolish are the chiefs of Zoan, the wise counselors of Pharaoh; their counsel is foolish. How can you say to Pharaoh, ‘I am the son of wise men, the son of ancient kings?’
[ISA.19.12] Where, then, are your wise ones? Let them tell you, and let them know what Yahveh of hosts has counselled concerning Egypt.
[ISA.19.13] The leaders of Zoan were made to err, and the leaders of Noph were misled, and they deceived Egypt, scattering her tribes.
[ISA.19.14] Yahveh placed within them a spirit of confusion, and he caused Egypt to be misled in all that they did, as a drunkard is misled in his vomit.
[ISA.19.15] And there will not be for Egypt a deed that the head does and the tail, a rush basket and papyrus reeds.
[ISA.19.16] On that day, Egypt will be like women. And they will be anxious and afraid because of the waving of the hand of Yahveh of hosts, which is the one who waves it over them.
[ISA.19.17] And the land of Judah will become to Egypt for a dread. All that remembers it will fear because of the counsel of Yahveh of hosts, who is devising a plan against it.
[ISA.19.18] On that day, there will be five cities in the land of Egypt speaking the language of Canaan, and they will swear oaths to Yahveh of hosts. The city of destruction will be named as one of them.
[ISA.19.19] On that day there will be an altar to Yahveh within the land of Egypt, and a pillar near its border to Yahveh.
[ISA.19.20] And it will be a sign and a witness to Yahveh of hosts in the land of Egypt, because when they cry out to Yahveh from the face of oppressors, Yahveh will send to them a savior and a great one, and Yahveh will deliver them.
[ISA.19.21] And Yahveh will make himself known to Egypt, and Egypt will know Yahveh on that day. And they will serve a sacrifice and a grain offering, and they will vow a vow to Yahveh and they will pay it.
[ISA.19.22] And Yahveh will afflict Egypt with affliction and healing, and they will return to Yahveh, and He will listen to them and heal them.
[ISA.19.23] On that day, there will be a path from Egypt to Assyria, and Assyria will come into Egypt, and Egypt will go into Assyria, and Egypt will serve Assyria.
[ISA.19.24] On that day, Israel will be the third to Egypt and to Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the land.
[ISA.19.25] The one who blessed them is Yahveh of hosts, saying, “Blessed is my people, Egypt, and the work of my hands, Assyria, and my inheritance is Israel.”
ISA.20
[ISA.20.1] In the year that Tartan came to Ashdod, when Sargon, king of Assyria, sent him, he fought against Ashdod and captured it.
[ISA.20.2] At that time, Yahveh spoke through the hand of Isaiah, son of Amoz, saying, "Go, and loosen the sack from your loins, and remove your sandal from your foot." And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.
[ISA.20.3] And Yahveh said, "As my servant Isaiah walked naked and barefoot for three years, it will be a sign and a wonder upon Egypt and upon Kush."
[ISA.20.4] Thus the king of Assyria will treat the captives of Egypt and the exile of Cush, young men and elders, naked and barefoot, and their bodies will be exposed to the shame of Egypt.
[ISA.20.5] And they will be cut off and ashamed from distress of their faces, and from Egypt your splendor.
[ISA.20.6] And the inhabitant of this city will say on that day, “Behold, this is our gaze, which we have given for help to be saved from before the king of Assyria, and how will we escape?”
ISA.21
[ISA.21.1] An oracle concerning the desert of the sea, storms in the south to sweep through, coming from the desert, from a terrible land.
[ISA.21.2] A harsh vision has been revealed to me. The traitor is treacherous, and the plunderer plunders upon Elam, my rock, and Madai. All their groaning I have silenced.
[ISA.21.3] Therefore, trembling has filled my loins, and pangs have taken hold of me, like the pangs of a woman in labor. I am dismayed from hearing, and terrified from sights.
[ISA.21.4] My heart has wandered, division at my appointed time. The breath of my desire He has set for me as dread.
[ISA.21.5] Prepare the table, look at the viewing. Eat and drink. Rise, the rulers, and draw the shield.
[ISA.21.6] For thus said my Lord to me: Go, stand as the watcher, who sees, he will tell.
[ISA.21.7] And he saw a chariot, a pair of horses, a chariot of a donkey, a chariot of a camel. And he listened with much listening.
[ISA.21.8] And He called, a lion, upon the watchtower. "My Lord," I am standing always by day, and upon my guard, I am standing all the nights.
[ISA.21.9] And behold, this came a chariot of a man, a pair of horsemen, and he answered and said, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon, and all the images of her gods he broke to the ground."
[ISA.21.10] My meditation and the son of my granary, that which I heard from Yahveh of hosts, the God of Israel, I have declared to you.
[ISA.21.11] A lifting from Dumah. God calls out to me from Seir. A watchman, what word? A watchman, what is being spoken?
[ISA.21.12] The watcher says to you, "You are morning and also night. If you seek with diligence, return to them."
[ISA.21.13] An oracle concerning Arabia: In the forest of Arabia, we spend the night along the paths of Dedan.
[ISA.21.14] To meet the thirsty one, waters were prepared by the dwellers of the land of Teiman. They went before the wanderer with his bread.
[ISA.21.15] For because of swords they wandered, because of a drawn sword, and because of a drawn bow, and because of the burden of war.
[ISA.21.16] For thus my Lord God says to me, while still a year like the years of one who is hired, all the glory of Kedar will be finished.
[ISA.21.17] And the rest of the number of archers, the heroes of the descendants of Kedar, will become few, for Yahveh, the God of Israel, has spoken.
ISA.22
[ISA.22.1] An oracle concerning the valley of vision: Where do you walk, since you have all ascended to the rooftops?
[ISA.22.2] Salvation is full; the city is bustling, a city that is joyful. Your ruins are not from the wounds of a sword, and not from those dying in war.
[ISA.22.3] All your officials wandered together from strength, they were bound. All those found among you were bound together and fled from afar.
[ISA.22.4] Therefore I have said, listen to me, I will make myself bitter in weeping. Do not hasten to comfort me because of the devastation of the daughter of my people.
[ISA.22.5] For it is a day of confusion and destruction and chaos to my Lord Yahveh of hosts in the Valley of Vision. The mountains quake and cry out to the mountain.
[ISA.22.6] And Elam raised a banner with the vehicles of people, horsemen, and Kir raised a shield of terror.
[ISA.22.7] And it came to pass that from the choicest of your people, the vehicles were filled, and the horsemen drank, they drank at the gate.
[ISA.22.8] And Yahveh revealed the defense of Judah, and they looked on that day to the weaponry of the house of the forest.
[ISA.22.9] And you saw the breaches of the city of David, because they were numerous, and you gathered the waters of the lower pool.
[ISA.22.10] And you counted the houses of Jerusalem, and you crushed the houses for fortifying the wall.
[ISA.22.11] And a purification pool you shall make between the walls, for the waters of the old pool. And you shall not look at those making it, and you shall not see its creator from afar.
[ISA.22.12] And my Lord Yahveh of Hosts called in that day to weeping and to lamentation, and to shaving the head, and to wearing sackcloth.
[ISA.22.13] And behold, joy and happiness, the killed cattle and slaughtered sheep, eat meat and drink wine, eat and drink, for tomorrow we will die.
[ISA.22.14] And it was revealed in my ears, Yahveh of hosts, if this sin is atoned for you until you die, said my Lord Yahveh of hosts.
[ISA.22.15] Thus says my Lord Yahveh of hosts: Go to this official, Shebnah, who is over the house.
[ISA.22.16] What do you do here, and to whom do you belong here, that you have hewn a tomb for yourself here? My hewn is in the heights, his tomb I have carved in the rock, a dwelling place for him.
[ISA.22.17] Behold, Yahveh shakes you, a tossing strong man, and wraps you with wrapping.
[ISA.22.18] It conceals, it will conceal you, a concealed glory like a sphere to a wide land. There you will die, and there the chariots of your glory will be a shame to the house of my Lord.
[ISA.22.19] And I will strike you from your station and from your standing, it will destroy you.
[ISA.22.20] And it will be on that day that I will call to my servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah.
[ISA.22.21] And I will clothe him with your robe and strengthen his turban with your sash, and I will give your authority into his hand. And he will be a father to those dwelling in Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.
[ISA.22.22] And I have given the key of the house of David on his shoulder, and he opens and there is no one who closes, and he closes and there is no one who opens.
[ISA.22.23] I will strike it as a peg in a faithful place, and it will be as a throne of glory for the house of his father.
[ISA.22.24] And they hung upon him all the glory of his family, the ornaments and the decorations, all small vessels from the vessels of the basins, even to all the perishable vessels.
[ISA.22.25] On that day, says Yahveh of hosts, the stake that is firmly planted in a reliable place will be struck down, and it will be cut off and fall, and the burden upon it will be removed, for Yahveh has spoken.
ISA.23
[ISA.23.1] The burden concerning Tyre: Wail, ships of Tarshish, for they have been plundered from their house, from their harbor, from the land of the Kittim it has been revealed to them.
[ISA.23.2] Be silent, you dwellers of the island. The merchant of Sidon who crosses the sea fills it with goods.
[ISA.23.3] And in many waters, a black seed, a harvest of the river, its produce, and it became a commerce for nations.
[ISA.23.4] Sidon, be ashamed, because the sea has said, "The sea is my strength," to declare, "I have not been changed, and I have not given birth, and I have not raised young men. I have exalted young women."
[ISA.23.5] As Egypt hears, they will tremble, as the news of Tyre is heard.
[ISA.23.6] Go beyond Tartessus, celebrate you dwellers of the isle.
[ISA.23.7] Is this joy for you, from the days of old? Her feet will bring it from afar to dwell.
[ISA.23.8] Who planned this against Tyre, the city adorned with a crown? For its merchants are princes, and its Canaanite people are esteemed among the lands.
[ISA.23.9] Yahveh of Hosts has decided to dishonor the pride of all beauty, and to bring low all the honored of the earth.
[ISA.23.10] Your Hebrew man, your land is like a river; the daughter of Tarshish has no anchorage anymore.
[ISA.23.11] His hand stretched out over the sea, stirring up kingdoms. Yahveh commanded to Canaan to destroy its strongholds.
[ISA.23.12] And he said, "I will no longer add to your rejoicing, you oppressed virgin, daughter of Sidon. Rise, go over against me. Even there, there will be no rest for you."
[ISA.23.13] Behold, the land of the Chaldeans, this people did not exist. Assyria founded it for monuments. They established it in its strength, they stirred up its palaces, it set them for ruin.
[ISA.23.14] Alas, ships of Tarshish! For your fortresses have been plundered.
[ISA.23.15] And it will be on that day that Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years, as the days of one king. After the completion of seventy years, it will be to Tyre as the song of the prostitute.
[ISA.23.16] Take a harp, surround this city of the prostitute who has been forgotten. Play well, increase the song, so that you may remember.
[ISA.23.17] And it will be, at the end of seventy years, Yahveh will attend to Tyre, and she will return to prosperity, and she will prostitute herself with all the kingdoms of the earth on the face of the earth.
[ISA.23.18] And it will be, her merchandise and her offering will be holiness to Yahveh. It shall not be stored up, and it shall not be saved, for it will be the merchandise of those who dwell before Yahveh, to eat their fill and to provide ancient covering.
ISA.24
[ISA.24.1] Behold, Yahveh empties the earth and it is emptied; and He twists its face and He scatters its inhabitants.
[ISA.24.2] And it will be as the people, as the priest, as the servant, as my Lord, as the maidservant, as her mistress, as the buyer, as the seller, as the lender, as the borrower, as the creditor, as one who bears in him.
[ISA.24.3] The land will be devastated, it will be devastated, and it will be spoiled, it will be spoiled, for Yahveh spoke this word.
[ISA.24.4] Withered, ruined is the land. Desolate, ruined is the world. Wretched are the heights of the people of the land.
[ISA.24.5] And the land is corrupted under its inhabitants, because they transgressed laws, violated law, and broken the eternal covenant.
[ISA.24.6] Therefore, a curse consumed the land, and the inhabitants of it became guilty. Therefore, the inhabitants of the land were worn away, and frail man remained few.
[ISA.24.7] But new wine is withered, the vine has decayed, all the joys of the heart sigh.
[ISA.24.8] The rejoicing of drums has ceased, the noise of joyful people has stopped, the rejoicing of the lyre has ceased.
[ISA.24.9] In song, they will not drink wine. Let him say strong drink to those who drink it.
[ISA.24.10] The city of emptiness is broken, every house is shut from within.
[ISA.24.11] A cry goes out against the wine in the streets. Woe to all joy; rejoicing of the land is removed.
[ISA.24.12] A remnant remains in the city there, and Sh’iyah will strike the gate.
[ISA.24.13] For thus it will be in the midst of the land, among the peoples, as one who gleans olives, as gleanings when the grape harvest is finished.
[ISA.24.14] They will lift up their voice, they will sing, in the strength of Yahveh they will exult from the sea.
[ISA.24.15] Therefore, let the isles glorify Yahveh, the name of Yahveh, the God of Israel.
[ISA.24.16] From the edge of the earth, songs we have heard, beauty for the righteous, and I said, 'It is a mystery to me, it is a mystery to me, woe to me!' Betrayers have betrayed, and the clothing of betrayers has betrayed.
[ISA.24.17] Terror and terror and terror are upon you, inhabitant of the land.
[ISA.24.18] And the fleeing from the fear will fall into the pit, and the one ascending from within the pit will be captured in the snare. For snares from height have been opened, and the foundations of the earth have shaken.
[ISA.24.19] The Shepherd has made the land tremble. The land is broken. The land is shaken.
[ISA.24.20] The Earth reels and wobbles like a drunkard, and it staggers like a full vat. The wrongdoing is heavy upon it, and it has fallen and will not rise again.
[ISA.24.21] And it will be on that day that Yahveh will judge the host of the heights in the heights, and upon the kings of the earth on the earth.
[ISA.24.22] And let a gathering of prisoners be brought to the pit, and let it be shut with a confining structure, and after many days they will be reviewed.
[ISA.24.23] The moon will be ashamed, and the sun will be abashed, because Yahveh of hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before its elders will be glory.
ISA.25
[ISA.25.1] Yahveh, the Gods, you are. I will exalt you, I will praise your name, for you have done wonders, counsels from afar, and faithfulness are true.
[ISA.25.2] For you have set a city to be a heap, a fortress as a form for devastation, a palace for strangers from a city that will never be rebuilt.
[ISA.25.3] Therefore, a strong people will honor you. The city of nations, the powerful ones, will fear you.
[ISA.25.4] For you were a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in their distress, a refuge from a torrent, a shade from the desert heat. For the wind of the powerful is like a breaching wall.
[ISA.25.5] Like Horeb in Zion, the clamor of the Gods will be subdued. Like Horeb in the shadow of a cloud, He will answer the mighty ones.
[ISA.25.6] And Yahveh of Hosts will make for all the nations on that mountain a feast of fats, a feast of wines, fats well-soaked, wines refined.
[ISA.25.7] And a covering will swallow up this mountain, the covering over all the peoples, and the covering poured out over all the nations.
[ISA.25.8] God has swallowed death for eternity, and my Lord Yahveh will wipe away the tear from upon all faces and will remove the disgrace of His people from upon all the earth, for Yahveh has spoken.
[ISA.25.9] And it will be said on that day, behold, the Gods is this one for whom we hoped, and he will save us. This one is Yahveh for whom we hoped. We will rejoice and be glad in his salvation.
[ISA.25.10] For the hand of Yahveh will rest on this mountain, and Moab will be crushed beneath it, as straw is crushed in the water of a threshing floor.
[ISA.25.11] And he spread his hands in his midst, as one spreads himself to prostrate, and he humbled his pride with the palms of his hands.
[ISA.25.12] And from the fortress, the high place of your walls, he has corrupted, he has humbled, he has reached to the earth until dust.
ISA.26
[ISA.26.1] On that day, this song will be sung in the land of Judah: A strong city for us, salvation will place walls and a rampart.
[ISA.26.2] Open the gates, and let a righteous nation enter, keeping loyalties.
[ISA.26.3] The formation that is close will shape peace, peace, because in you is trust.
[ISA.26.4] Trust in Yahveh forever, for Yahveh is the Rock of the ages.
[ISA.26.5] For He destroys those who dwell in high places, the exalted city He will bring low, He will bring it even to the earth, He will reach it even to dust.
[ISA.26.6] You will trample with your foot the feet of the humble, and with your steps over the lacking.
[ISA.26.7] The path to the righteous one is from straightness; straight is the circuit of the righteous one, it will be leveled.
[ISA.26.8] Even the way of your judgments, Yahveh, I hope for you. For your name and for your remembrance is the desire of my soul.
[ISA.26.9] My soul has desired you in the night; also my spirit within me will seek you. For as your judgements are to the land, righteousness have learned the inhabitants of the world.
[ISA.26.10] The wicked person did not learn righteousness. In the land of uprightness, they will stumble, and they will not see the majesty of Yahveh.
[ISA.26.11] Yahveh, you raise your hand; let them not see. They will see, and they will be ashamed. The zeal of a people—even the fire of your enemies will consume them.
[ISA.26.12] Yahveh will bring peace to us, for you have also wrought all of our works for us.
[ISA.26.13] Yahveh, the Gods our above, my Lords besides you; only with you will we remember your name.
[ISA.26.14] The dead will not live, and the healed will not rise. Therefore, You have commanded, and You have destroyed them, and You have caused all remembrance of them to perish.
[ISA.26.15] You have increased the nation, Yahveh. You have increased the nation, you have glorified it. You have removed all the ends of the earth.
[ISA.26.16] Yahveh remembered you in distress, the oppressed for a secret discipline to them.
[ISA.26.17] Like a pregnant woman who draws near to give birth, she begins to cry out in her pains, so we were before you, Yahveh.
[ISA.26.18] We are pregnant, we have pained, like one who gives birth to the spirit of salvations. We will not make the earth, and the inhabitants of the world will not fall.
[ISA.26.19] Your dead will live, my corpses will arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in dust, for the dew of lights is your dew, and the land will cast down the relaxed ones.
[ISA.26.20] Go, my people, enter into your rooms and close your doors behind you. Hide yourselves for almost a moment, until the wrath passes.
[ISA.26.21] For behold, Yahveh goes forth from his place to judge the iniquity of those who dwell in the land upon it. And the land will reveal the blood, and it will no longer cover over her slain.
ISA.27
[ISA.27.1] On that day, Yahveh will punish with his hard and great and strong sword upon the wandering serpent Leviathan, and upon the twisted serpent Leviathan, and he will slay the dragon which is in the sea.
[ISA.27.2] In that day, the Gods afflicted her vineyard.
[ISA.27.3] I, Yahveh, watch over her for moments; I irrigate her, lest He condemn upon her; night and day I guard her.
[ISA.27.4] There is no wrath within me. May someone give me a protector in the battle, that I might be safe in it. I would set it ablaze, and burn everything together.
[ISA.27.5] Or, may he strengthen in my stronghold; he will make peace for me; peace he will make for me.
[ISA.27.6] Those who come will take root as Jacob, and will put forth shoots and blossom as Israel, and they will fill the face of the world with produce.
[ISA.27.7] As the one striking, does he who strikes him strike him? As killing, does he kill his slain?
[ISA.27.8] In a tempest, when it is sent forth, it roars. God murmured in the spirit of the strong one in the day from the east.
[ISA.27.9] Therefore, by this shall the sin of Jacob be atoned, and this is all the result of removing his sin: by him scattering all the stones of the altar like scattered valley stones, the idols and sun images will not stand.
[ISA.27.10] For a city in a fortress is isolated, beautiful, dismissed and abandoned, like the desert. There the calf will graze, and there it will lie down, and its branches are finished.
[ISA.27.11] In shame will its harvest be broken, women coming to light it. For it is not a people of understanding. Therefore, the one who makes it will not have mercy on them, and the one who forms it will not show favor.
[ISA.27.12] And it will be on that day that Yahveh will thresh the wheat of the river, up to the stream of Egypt, and you will be gathered one by one, children of Israel.
[ISA.27.13] And it will be on that day that the great trumpet will be sounded, and the lost ones will come from the land of Assyria and the scattered ones from the land of Egypt, and they will worship Yahveh on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.
ISA.28
[ISA.28.1] Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the withered wreath, the beauty of their splendor, which is on the head of a rich valley, those struck by Yahveh.
[ISA.28.2] Behold, strong and mighty is my Lord, like a stream of hailstones, hair of the cold, like a stream of great waters, overflowing, he has placed into the land by hand.
[ISA.28.3] With feet, you have trampled the crown of the pride of the drunkards of Ephraim.
[ISA.28.4] And there will be a withering tassel, a delight in its splendor, which is upon the head of a valley of richness, like its first fruit before summer. Whoever the seer sees it, while it is yet in his hand, he will swallow it.
[ISA.28.5] On that day, Yahveh of hosts will be for a beautiful crown and for a glorious turban for the remnant of His people.
[ISA.28.6] And to a spirit of judgment, to the one sitting on the judgment, and to power, those who restore war to a fortification.
[ISA.28.7] And also these have reeled with wine and have erred with strong drink. The priest and the prophet have reeled with strong drink, they are swallowed up by wine, they have erred from the strong drink, they have reeled in vision, they have broken folly.
[ISA.28.8] For all surfaces are full of vomit and filth, without a place.
[ISA.28.9] From whom comes instruction, and from whom does one understand a report? Those weaned from milk, ancient in understanding.
[ISA.28.10] For command to command, command to command, line to line, line to line, a little here, a little there.
[ISA.28.11] For with mocking lips and with another tongue He will speak to this people.
[ISA.28.12] That which He said to them is this: Let the rest be allowed to the weary, and this the refreshing. And I will not come to hear.
[ISA.28.13] And it will be to them the word of Yahveh, precept upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, a little here, a little there, in order that they may go and stumble backwards, be broken, be snared, and be captured.
[ISA.28.14] Therefore, listen! The word of Yahveh to the men of Latzon, the rulers of this people who are in Jerusalem.
[ISA.28.15] Because you have said, 'We have cut a covenant with death, and with Sheol we have made a vision,' a sweeping flood will not come to us, for we have made deceit our refuge and hidden in falsehood.
[ISA.28.16] Therefore, thus says my Lord Yahveh: Behold, I will found in Zion a stone, a stone that tests the cornerstone, a precious foundation, a foundation. The believer will not be ashamed.
[ISA.28.17] And I will set judgment to a line, and righteousness to a weight, and let hail come, a covering of falsehood, and a shelter of waters will overflow.
[ISA.28.18] And your covenant will make void death, and your vision of the underworld will not arise. A flood, a sweeping flood, because it will pass over, and you will become for it to be trampled.
[ISA.28.19] From time to time he will take you, because morning by morning Yahveh will pass in the day and in the night, and there will only be terror, a hearing of reports.
[ISA.28.20] For the covering is short from stretching, and the wrap is narrow like being gathered.
[ISA.28.21] For as a rugged mountain will Yahveh rise, as the valley of Gibeon will he tremble, to do his work, strange is his work, and to perform his worship, alien is his worship.
[ISA.28.22] And now, do not mock, lest your discipline become strong, for it is finished and decreed. I have heard from my Lord Yahveh of hosts concerning all the land.
[ISA.28.23] Listen and hear my voice. Be attentive and hear my word.
[ISA.28.24] Will all who plow today to sow open and prepare their ground?
[ISA.28.25] Behold, if she turns her face, and scatters flax and cumin he will scatter, and puts wheat in a row and barley marked, and millet to its boundary.
[ISA.28.26] And they will turn to the Gods for judgement, they will instruct us.
[ISA.28.27] For not by something ridged will the grain be crushed, and a wheel of a cart will not be turned on cumin. For by a rod will the grain be struck, and cumin by a staff.
[ISA.28.28] Bread is crushed, for he will certainly crush him, not forever. And the multitude, the wheel of his chariot, and his horsemen will not crush him.
[ISA.28.29] Even this has come from Yahveh of hosts. He has perfected counsel, and increased understanding.
ISA.29
[ISA.29.1] Woe, Ari’el, Ari’el, the city of Hanah, David. Count year upon year, festivals will be completed.
[ISA.29.2] I will harass the Ariel, and it will be forsaken and afflicted. And it will be to me as the Ariel.
[ISA.29.3] And I will encamp as a circle upon you, and I will besiege you with a garrison, and I will raise up fortresses upon you.
[ISA.29.4] And you will be humbled from the land of your speaking, and from dust you will lay low your word. And it will be like a ghost from the land your voice, and from the dust your word will whistle.
[ISA.29.5] And it will be like fine dust, the multitude of your enemies, and like chaff passing by, the multitude of oppressors. And it will be suddenly, unexpectedly.
[ISA.29.6] From Yahveh of the armies it is inspected, with thunder and with noise and a great voice, a storm and a tempest, and a flame of fire consuming.
[ISA.29.7] And it will be like a dream, a vision of the night, a multitude of all the nations arrayed against Ariel, and all those who besiege it, and its fortress, and those who afflict it.
[ISA.29.8] And it will be as when a hungry person dreams of eating, and behold, they eat, and they awake and their soul is empty. And as when a thirsty person dreams of drinking, and behold, they drink, and they awake and behold, they are weary and their soul still thirsts. Thus will be the multitude of all the nations gathering against the mountain of Zion.
[ISA.29.9] Be astonished and be amazed, revel and exult! Drink deeply, but not of wine, become intoxicated, but not with strong drink.
[ISA.29.10] For Yahveh has poured a spirit of sleep upon you and has strengthened your eyes, upon the prophets and upon your heads, the visionaries, he has covered.
[ISA.29.11] And a vision of everything happened to you, like the words of the sealed book, which they will give to the knower of the book, saying, "Read this!" And he said, "I cannot, for it is sealed."
[ISA.29.12] And the book was given because he did not know a book, to say, "Please read this," and he said, "I did not know a book."
[ISA.29.13] And my Lord said, "Because this people approaches me with their mouth and honors me with their lips, while their heart is far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment taught by men."
[ISA.29.14] Therefore, behold, I will continue to astonish this people with wonders and miracles, and the wisdom of their wise ones will be lost, and the understanding of their insightful ones will be hidden.
[ISA.29.15] Alas, those who delve deep from Yahveh to hide counsel, and their deeds will be in darkness. And they said, "Who sees us, and who knows us?"
[ISA.29.16] Will you turn yourselves and say, 'As clay, the maker will consider it?' For a creation will say to its maker, 'He did not make me,' and the pot will say to its potter, 'He did not understand.'
[ISA.29.17] Is it not a small amount of time, and it will return to Lebanon to Carmel, and Carmel will be counted as forest?
[ISA.29.18] And they will hear in that day, the deaf, words of a book, and from darkness and from gloom, the eyes of the blind will see.
[ISA.29.19] And the humble will increase in Yahveh with joy, and the poor of mankind will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
[ISA.29.20] For the strong ones are finished, and the mocker is destroyed, and all those diligently practicing wrongdoing are cut off.
[ISA.29.21] Those who cause people to sin with a word, and to the one who corrects at the gate, they will be hardened. And they turned the righteous one into emptiness.
[ISA.29.22] Therefore, thus says Yahveh to the house of Jacob, who redeemed Abraham: now Jacob will not be ashamed, and now his face will not grow pale.
[ISA.29.23] For in seeing his children, the work of my hands, they will sanctify my name within them, and they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and they will revere the God of Israel.
[ISA.29.24] And those erring in spirit will know understanding, and the arrogant will learn a lesson.
ISA.30
[ISA.30.1] Woe, rebellious children, says Yahveh, to make counsel and not from me, and to pour out a molded image and not from my spirit, so that sin may be added to sin.
[ISA.30.2] Those going down to Egypt did not ask for strength in the stronghold of Pharaoh, nor did they seek refuge in the shadow of Egypt.
[ISA.30.3] And it will be to you, Pharaoh’s stronghold, a source of shame, and the shelter in the shadow of Egypt, a cause for reproach.
[ISA.30.4] For they were chiefs in Tzoan, and their messengers arrive, they come.
[ISA.30.5] All those who bring ruin upon the people will not profit them. They will not be help, and they will not profit, for it is to shame and also to reproach.
[ISA.30.6] A burden of beasts of the south, in a land constricted and arid. The lion and the jackal are among them; even the viper and the flying serpent take flight. They carry it on the shoulders of the blind, their strength, and on the humps of camels, their treasures, but it will not profit the people.
[ISA.30.7] And Egypt is futility and emptiness, they will help with nothing. Therefore, I have called this one Rahav; they dwell in stillness.
[ISA.30.8] Now come, write it on a tablet with them and on a book of law, and it will be for a final day forever, to the world.
[ISA.30.9] For the people are rebellious, children who are stubborn. Children have refused to listen to the instruction of Yahveh.
[ISA.30.10] Which they said to the seers, "You shall not see," and to the diviners, "You shall not foretell to us true things. Speak to us smooth things, foretell deceptions."
[ISA.30.11] Turn away from the path, turn aside from the way, cause to cease before us the Holy One of Israel.
[ISA.30.12] Therefore, thus says the Holy One of Israel: Because you have rejected this thing, and you have trusted in oppression and deceit, and you have leaned on it.
[ISA.30.13] Therefore, this wickedness will be to you like a breach falling, bursting forth in a high wall, that suddenly and unexpectedly its breaking will come.
[ISA.30.14] And it will be broken like the breaking of a lyre by makers, ruin will not spare. And no craftsman will be found in its striking to repair it, to cut fire from a smoldering place, and to reveal waters from a reservoir.
[ISA.30.15] For thus says my Lord Yahveh, the Holy One of Israel: In returning and rest you will be saved; in quietness and confidence your strength will be, and you will not be willing to go.
[ISA.30.16] And you said, "Not because, for on horses we will flee; therefore you will flee. And on chariots we will ride; therefore your pursuers will be swift."
[ISA.30.17] A thousand will flee at the rebuke of one, and a thousand will flee at the rebuke of five, until you remain like a single pillar on the top of the mountain and a small shelter on the hill.
[ISA.30.18] And therefore, Yahveh will wait to show favor to you, and therefore He will exalt to have mercy on you, for the Gods of justice is Yahveh. Blessed are all who trust in Him.
[ISA.30.19] For the people will dwell in Zion and Jerusalem. They will not weep. The gracious one will favor you to the sound of your cry, as it hears, I will answer.
[ISA.30.20] And my Lord will give you bread of distress and water of thirst, and your teachers will no longer conceal themselves from you, and your eyes will see your teachers.
[ISA.30.21] And your ears will hear a word from behind you saying, "This is the way, go in it, for you will believe, and for you will understand."
[ISA.30.22] And you will defile the silver coverings of your idols and the gold coverings of your molten images. You will cast them away like refuse. Go, say to him.
[ISA.30.23] And God will give rain for your seed that you sow into the land, and bread from the yield of the land, and it will be rich and oily. Your livestock will graze on that day as a spacious field.
[ISA.30.24] And the thousands and the residents who work the land will eat unleavened bread, those who sow in the open fields and on the threshing floors.
[ISA.30.25] And it will be upon every high mountain and upon every lifted hill that floods will swallow water in the day of great killing with the falling of towers.
[ISA.30.26] And it will be that the light of the moon will be like the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times as much as the light of seven days, on the day that Yahveh binds the breaking of his people, and the striking of his blow he will heal.
[ISA.30.27] Behold, the name of Yahveh comes from afar, burning with wrath, and a heavy burden. His lips are full of anger, and His tongue is like a consuming fire.
[ISA.30.28] And His wind is like a rushing stream, up to the neck it will divide nations with a worthless sieve, and a deceitful bridle on the cheeks of peoples.
[ISA.30.29] The song will be for you, like a consecrated night of festival, and joy of the heart as one who walks with a flute to come to the mountain of Yahveh, to the rock of Israel.
[ISA.30.30] And Yahveh will cause to hear the glory of his voice, and the lifting of his arm he will show, in the anger of wrath, and a flame of devouring fire. A breath and a storm and a stone of hail.
[ISA.30.31] Because of the voice of Yahveh, Assyria will be terrified, and my Lord will strike it with a rod.
[ISA.30.32] And it will be that every passing of a staff of foundation that Yahveh places upon someone will be with drums and harps, and with wars of a wave he will fight with it.
[ISA.30.33] For it is prepared from yesterday to kindle, even it is prepared for the king. Its hearth is deepened, its width expanded; a multitude of wood and fire. The breath of Yahveh is like a stream of sulfur, burning within it.
ISA.31
[ISA.31.1] Woe to those who descended to Egypt for help, trusting that horses would save them, and they placed their trust in many chariots and mighty horsemen. They did not heed the Holy One of Israel, nor did they seek Yahveh.
[ISA.31.2] And also he was wise, and Yahveh brought evil, and he did not remove his words. And he rose up against the house of the wicked, and against the help of those who work iniquity.
[ISA.31.3] Egypt is a human being, and not God, and their horses are flesh and not spirit. And Yahveh will extend his hand, and the helper will fail, and the supporter will fall, and together all of them will be destroyed.
[ISA.31.4] For thus says Yahveh to me, as the lion and the cub roar over their prey, whoever calls to them will not be afraid, and from their noise they will not answer. So Yahveh of hosts will descend to armies upon Mount Zion and upon its hill.
[ISA.31.5] As birds fly, so will Yahveh, the host of armies, protect Jerusalem. He will guard and deliver, pass through and rescue.
[ISA.31.6] Return to that which they have deepened rule for the sons of Israel.
[ISA.31.7] For on that day people will reject the idols of silver and the idols of gold, those which your hands have made for yourselves as sin.
[ISA.31.8] And Assyria will fall by the sword, not a man, and the sword, not humankind, will devour it. And it will flee from the face of the sword, and its young men will be for tribute.
[ISA.31.9] And his rock will pass through the valley, and cut off his princes from before him, says Yahveh, who has light for him in Zion and a furnace for him in Jerusalem.
ISA.32
[ISA.32.1] Indeed, a king will reign for righteousness, and rulers will govern for justice.
[ISA.32.2] And the man will be as one hiding from the wind, and a shelter from a stream, as channels of water in Zion, as the shadow of a heavy rock in a weary land.
[ISA.32.3] And the eyes of those who see will not stray, and the ears of those who hear will listen.
[ISA.32.4] And to the heart of the zealous ones, understanding comes quickly to know, and the tongue of stammerers is hastened to speak clearly.
[ISA.32.5] It will no longer be that the foolish are called generous, and it will not be said of the wasteful that they are ruins.
[ISA.32.6] For a fool speaks foolishness, and his heart works iniquity, planning deceit and speaking falsehoods to Yahveh. He empties the soul of the hungry and withholds drink from the thirsty.
[ISA.32.7] All his tools are wicked, he devises plans to destroy the humble with words of falsehood and speaks unjustly to the needy with perverted judgment.
[ISA.32.8] And a generous one determined generous deeds, and he will arise over generous deeds.
[ISA.32.9] Comfortable women, rise and hear my voice. Trusting daughters, listen attentively to my word.
[ISA.32.10] Days upon years will tremble, strongholds will shake, for the harvest is completed, and will not return.
[ISA.32.11] Let fear pierce complacency. Let confidence tremble. Let security be loosened, and bareness be revealed, and let binding be upon the loins.
[ISA.32.12] They mourn over the Almighty Gods, over fields of desire, over a fruitful vine.
[ISA.32.13] Upon the land of my people, a thorn of shamir will arise, for upon all the houses of Masos, a joyful city.
[ISA.32.14] For the palace is abandoned, the multitude of the city is forsaken. A ruin and desolation it has become, among caves for all time, a delight of wild animals, a pasture for flocks.
[ISA.32.15] Even until spirit pours upon us from the heights, and it will be that wilderness becomes a vineyard, and a vineyard will be considered a forest.
[ISA.32.16] And justice will dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness will dwell in Carmel.
[ISA.32.17] And the work of righteousness will be peace, and the service of righteousness will be quietness and security forever.
[ISA.32.18] And my people will dwell in settlements of peace, and in dwellings of security, and in resting places of tranquility.
[ISA.32.19] And in rain, in the descent of the forest, and in the lowland, the city will be humbled.
[ISA.32.20] Blessed are you who sow upon all waters, who let loose the foot of the ox and the donkey.
ISA.33
[ISA.33.1] Woe to the plunderer, and you will not be plundered, and to the betrayer, and you will not be betrayed. As you support the plunderer, you will be plundered, and as your actions are to betray, you will be betrayed.
[ISA.33.2] Yahveh, be gracious to us. To you we hope. Be your arm in the mornings, even our salvation in the time of distress.
[ISA.33.3] From the sound of the multitude, peoples were scattered. From your height, nations were broken and scattered.
[ISA.33.4] And your plunder will be gathered as a gathering of the locust, like a watering of valleys overflowing in it.
[ISA.33.5] Exalted is Yahveh, for He dwells in the heights. He fills Zion with justice and righteousness.
[ISA.33.6] And the faithfulness of your times will be strength of salvations, wisdom and knowledge. The fear of Yahveh is his treasure.
[ISA.33.7] Behold, the people of Er'elam cried out beyond the messengers of peace, and they will weep bitterly.
[ISA.33.8] They have abandoned paths, transgressors have passed over ways, they have violated the agreement, they have despised cities; mankind did not consider.
[ISA.33.9] But desolate is the land, it has withered, Lebanon has perished. It was as the Sharon plain, and the oaks of Bashan and Carmel.
[ISA.33.10] Now I will rise, says Yahveh. Now I will be exalted. Now I will lift up.
[ISA.33.11] Become pure of uncleanness, you will bear weakness. Your spirit, fire will consume you.
[ISA.33.12] And the peoples will be as smelting pots filled with thorns, withered and dried, which will be kindled in the fire.
[ISA.33.13] Hear, you distant ones, what the Gods have done, and know, you near ones, my power.
[ISA.33.14] The sinners feared in Zion, and trembling seized the profane ones. Who can dwell with us, with consuming fire? Who can dwell with us, with everlasting flames?
[ISA.33.15] One who walks in righteousness and speaks with uprightness refuses dishonest profit from oppression. They shake their hands from supporting bribery, stop their ear from hearing bloodshed, and close their eyes from seeing evil.
[ISA.33.16] He will dwell in the heights, in fortresses of rocks, His refuge. His bread is given, His waters are faithful.
[ISA.33.17] A king, in his beauty, your eyes will see. He will see a distant land.
[ISA.33.18] Will your heart ponder terror? Where is the scribe? Where is the one who weighs? Where is the scribe of the towers?
[ISA.33.19] Concerning the people, the bold people you will not see; a people with deep language, a language incomprehensible from hearing, a language that is mocked, a language without understanding.
[ISA.33.20] Behold Zion, the city of our appointed meeting. Your eyes shall see Jerusalem, a dwelling of tranquility. A tent that will not move, its stakes will not be removed forever, and all its cords will not be broken.
[ISA.33.21] For if there is a mighty Yahveh for us, a place of rivers, rivers wide of hands, do not go in it in a ship, and the mighty one will not cross it.
[ISA.33.22] For Yahveh is our judge, Yahveh is our lawgiver, Yahveh is our king; He will save us.
[ISA.33.23] They have abandoned your ropes; they have not strengthened your mast; they have not extended your sail. Then division happened until the plunder increased; they have despoiled, they have plundered.
[ISA.33.24] And not will he say, "My neighbor is sick," the people dwelling in it are carrying sin.
ISA.34
[ISA.34.1] Draw near, nations, to hear, and to nations, listen! Let the earth hear, and its fullness, let the world and all its offspring hear.
[ISA.34.2] For wrath belongs to Yahveh against all the nations, and heat against all their armies. He has devoted them to destruction, He has given them to slaughter.
[ISA.34.3] Their assemblies will be thrown down, and their corpses will ascend as a sin offering, and the mountains will melt from their blood.
[ISA.34.4] And all the host of the heavens will melt, and will roll up like a scroll of the heavens, and all of their host will wither, like withering of a leaf from a vine and like a dried fig.
[ISA.34.5] For my sword is quenched in the heavens, behold, it will descend upon Edom and upon the people of Chermi for judgement.
[ISA.34.6] A sword for Yahveh is filled with blood, it is saturated with fat, from the blood of lambs and young bulls, from the fat of the kidneys of rams, because this is a sacrifice for Yahveh in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
[ISA.34.7] And wild oxen will descend with them, and young bulls with the powerful ones, and the land will be saturated with blood, and their dust with the fat of the crushed.
[ISA.34.8] For a day of vengeance belongs to Yahveh, a year of recompense for the quarrel of Zion.
[ISA.34.9] And her rivers will become asphalt, and her dust sulfur, and her land will become burning asphalt.
[ISA.34.10] Night and day it will not be extinguished. Forever its smoke will ascend. From generation to generation it will be destroyed. For eternity of eternities, no one passes through it.
[ISA.34.11] They will possess it; the owl and the porcupine will dwell in it; the owl and the raven will nest in it. And a line of emptiness and stones of desolation will be stretched over it.
[ISA.34.12] Its ruins, and there is no kingdom there; they will call it by name, and all its rulers will become nothing.
[ISA.34.13] And her palaces will appear as ruins, thorns and prickles in her strongholds. And it will be a dwelling for jackals, a grassland for the daughters of the ostrich.
[ISA.34.14] And goats encountered wild donkeys, and a goat called out to its companion. But there the night creature calmed itself and found rest for itself.
[ISA.34.15] There she made a nest and laid eggs, and they hatched and she incubated them in her protection. But there, the young birds gathered with their companion.
[ISA.34.16] Seek from above the book of Yahveh, and read. None will be missing from among them, nor will any woman lack her companion, for His mouth commanded it and His spirit gathered them.
[ISA.34.17] And He cast lots for them, and His hand divided it to them by the cord. Forever they will inherit it, for generation and generation they will dwell in it.
ISA.35
[ISA.35.1] Desolation will be made joyful and dryness will rejoice, and the Arabah will exult and bloom like the lily.
[ISA.35.2] She will blossom and flourish and rejoice, also she rejoices and sings for joy. The glory of Lebanon has been given to her, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of Yahveh, the splendor of the Gods.
[ISA.35.3] Strengthen the hands that are weak and make firm the knees that are failing.
[ISA.35.4] Say to those who are faint of heart, be strong, do not fear. Behold, your Gods will come with vengeance, reward is the Gods, it is they who will come and save you.
[ISA.35.5] Then the eyes of blind ones will be opened, and the ears of deaf ones will be opened.
[ISA.35.6] Then he will leap like a deer, he will skip, and sing with the tongue of the mute, because waters have split in the desert and streams in the Arabah.
[ISA.35.7] And the heat will become a lake, and thirst to springs of water. In the dwelling of jackals, grass will lie down, to reed and bulrushes.
[ISA.35.8] And there will be a path and a way, and that way of the sacred one will be called to it. No impure one will cross upon it, and it will be for them. One walking the path, and even fools, will not stray.
[ISA.35.9] There will not be there a lion, and a predator of beasts will not rise up. No terrifying animal will be found there, and the redeemed will walk.
[ISA.35.10] And the redeemed of the Gods will return and come to Zion with joyful song, and the joy of forever will be upon their heads. They will attain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing will flee.
ISA.36
[ISA.36.1] And it happened in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, that King Sennacherib of Assyria campaigned against all the fortified cities of Judah, and he captured them.
[ISA.36.2] And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh, a commander, to Jerusalem to the king Hezekiah with a heavy force. And he stood in the channel of the upper pool, on the path of the field of the washerman.
[ISA.36.3] And Elyakim, son of Chilkiyah, who was over the house, and Shevna the scribe, and Yoach son of Asaf the recorder, came out to meet him.
[ISA.36.4] And Rabshakeh said to them, "Say now to Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria: What is this confidence in which you have trusted?’"
[ISA.36.5] I said, only words of my lips, counsel and strength for war. Now, upon whom have you trusted, for you have rebelled against me?
[ISA.36.6] Behold, you have trusted in a broken reed, in Egypt. Whoever leans on it will have it pierce his hand; thus Pharaoh, King of Egypt, will be to all who trust in him.
[ISA.36.7] And if you say to me, "Trust in Yahveh, the Gods our God," is He not the one who removed the high places of Chizkiyah and his altars, and said to Judah and to Jerusalem, "Before this altar you shall worship?"
[ISA.36.8] And now, please challenge my Lord the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses if you are able to provide riders for them.
[ISA.36.9] And how could you turn your face away from the official of one of my Lord’s smaller servants, and instead trust in Egypt for chariots and horses?
[ISA.36.10] And now, have I come up onto this land apart from Yahveh? Yahveh said to me, ‘Go up onto this land and destroy it.’
[ISA.36.11] And Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to Rabshakeh, "Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, for we hear. And do not speak to us in Hebrew in the ears of the people who are on the wall."
[ISA.36.12] And Rabshakeh said, "The Gods, your Lord, and the Gods have sent me to speak these words to you. Is it not to the people who are sitting on the wall that my Lord has sent me to speak, so that you may eat your own refuse and drink your own urine with you?"
[ISA.36.13] And Rabshakeh stood and called out in a loud voice in Judean, and he said, "Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria!"
[ISA.36.14] Thus says the king: Let not Hizkiyyahu save you, for he will not be able to save you.
[ISA.36.15] And let not Hezekiah make you trust in Yahveh, saying, "Yahveh will save us." This city will not be given into the hand of the king of Ashur.
[ISA.36.16] Do not listen to Hezekiah, for thus says the king of Assyur: Make a blessing for me, and come out to me, and each person will eat from their own vine and each person will eat from their own fig tree, and each person will drink from their own well.
[ISA.36.17] Until I come, and I take you to a land like your land, a land of grain and wine, a land of bread and vineyards.
[ISA.36.18] Lest Hezekiah incite you to say, "Will Yahveh save us?" Have the gods of the nations each saved their land from the hand of the king of Assyria?
[ISA.36.19] Where are the Gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the Gods of Sepharvayim? And did they deliver Samaria from my hand?
[ISA.36.20] Which of the gods of all these lands have rescued their land from my hand? For Yahveh will rescue Jerusalem from my hand.
[ISA.36.21] And they were silent, and they did not answer him a word, because the command of the king was to say, "Do not answer him."
[ISA.36.22] And Eliakim son of Chilkiyah, who was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Yoach son of Asaf the recorder came to Hezekiah with torn garments, and they told him the words of Rabshakeh.
ISA.37
[ISA.37.1] And it happened, when King Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes and covered himself with sackcloth, and he went into the house of Yahveh.
[ISA.37.2] And he sent Elyakim who is over the house, and Shevna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sacks, to Isaiah son of Amos the prophet.
[ISA.37.3] And they said to him, "Thus says Hizkiyah: This day is a day of distress and rebuke and oppression. For sons have come to the point of breach, and there is no strength for childbirth."
[ISA.37.4] Perhaps Yahveh, the Gods, will hear the words of the chief cupbearer, which the king of Assyur sent to revile the living Gods, and will prove through the words that Yahveh, the Gods, has heard. And you shall offer a prayer on behalf of the remnant that remains.
[ISA.37.5] And the servants of the king Hizkiyah came to Isaiah.
[ISA.37.6] And Isaiah said to them, "Thus you shall say to your lord: Thus says Yahveh, do not fear because of the words which you have heard, those with which the young men of the king of Assyria have reviled me."
[ISA.37.7] Behold, I give into him a spirit, and he will hear a rumor, and he will return to his land, and I will overthrow him with a sword in his land.
[ISA.37.8] And the chief cupbearer returned and found the king of Assyria fighting at Libnah, for he had heard that he had departed from Lachish.
[ISA.37.9] And he heard about Tirhakah, king of Kush, saying, "He went out to fight with you." And he heard and he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying:
[ISA.37.10] Thus say to Hezekiah, king of Judah: Do not let your Gods deceive you, the ones in whom you trust, by saying, "Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria."
[ISA.37.11] Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria did to all the lands, to utterly destroy them, and you will be saved.
[ISA.37.12] Deliver them, the Gods of the nations, who corrupted my fathers, at Gozan and Haran, and at Retsef and the people of Eden who were in Telassar.
[ISA.37.13] Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sfarvayim, Henah and Ivvah?
[ISA.37.14] And Hezekiah took the scrolls from the hand of the messengers, and he read them. Then he went up to the house of Yahveh, and Hezekiah spread them before Yahveh.
[ISA.37.15] And Hezekiah prayed to Yahveh, saying:
[ISA.37.16] Yahveh of Hosts, the God of Israel, who dwells among the cherubim, you are the Gods alone, to all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.
[ISA.37.17] Incline, Yahveh, Your ear and listen. Open, Yahveh, Your eyes and see. And listen to all the words of Sancheirib, who sent [them] to revile the living God.
[ISA.37.18] Truly, Yahveh has caused the kings of Assyria to destroy all the lands and their land.
[ISA.37.19] And he will give their gods to the fire, because they are not the Gods, but the work of the hands of man, wood and stone, and he will destroy them.
[ISA.37.20] And now, Yahveh, our Gods, save us from his hand, and let all the kingdoms of the earth know that you are Yahveh alone.
[ISA.37.21] And Isaiah, son of Amoz, was sent to Chizkiyah to say, "Thus says Yahveh, the Gods of Israel, that because you prayed to me concerning Sancheyriv, king of Assyria..."
[ISA.37.22] This is the word that Yahveh spoke concerning it: Scorn is for you, mockery is for you, virgin daughter of Zion. After you, the daughter of Jerusalem shook her head.
[ISA.37.23] Whom have you reproached and insulted? And against whom have you lifted up your voice, and raised your eyes on high to the Holy One of Israel?
[ISA.37.24] By the hand of your servants you have dishonored my Lord, and you say, “Because of the multitude of my chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, the slopes of Lebanon, and I will cut down its cedar stature from among its choice cypress, and I will come to the heights of its peak, the forest of Carmel.”
[ISA.37.25] I dug and I drank water, and I destroyed all the streams of a siege with the sole of my foot.
[ISA.37.26] Have you not heard of it from afar? I made it in days of old, and I formed it. Now I have brought it to pass, and it will be for wasting waves, steadfast cities in forms.
[ISA.37.27] And their dwellers are weak of hand, cut down and shamed. They were grass of the field and tender grass, hay of rooftops and a wasteland before it rises.
[ISA.37.28] I have known your sitting, your going out, and your coming in, and your trembling to me.
[ISA.37.29] Because you have agitated God towards me, and your complacency has risen to my ears, I have set stinging in your nose and touching on your lips, and I will return you on the way that you came in it.
[ISA.37.30] And this is the sign for you: in the first year, you will eat what grows up spontaneously; and in the second year, you will eat what grows fuller; and in the third year, you will sow and reap and plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
[ISA.37.31] And the escapees of the house of Judah who remain will take root downwards, and it will make fruit upwards.
[ISA.37.32] For from Jerusalem a remnant and those who escape will come forth from Mount Zion. The zeal of Yahveh of hosts will accomplish this.
[ISA.37.33] Therefore, thus says Yahveh to the king of Assyria: "He will not come against this city, nor will he shoot an arrow there, nor will a shield advance against it, and he will not pour a ramp upon it."
[ISA.37.34] In the way that he came, he will return, and to this city he will not come, declaration of Yahveh.
[ISA.37.35] And I will defend this city for salvation, for my sake and for the sake of David my servant.
[ISA.37.36] And an angel of Yahveh went forth and struck the camp of Assyria, one hundred and eighty-five thousand. And they arose in the morning, and behold, all were corpses, dead.
[ISA.37.37] And he departed and went, and Sennacherib, king of Assyria, returned and settled in Nineveh.
[ISA.37.38] And it came to be that he was prostrating himself at the house of Nisroch, the Gods of his father, and Adrammelech and Sar-etser, his sons, were struck with the sword, and they escaped to the land of Ararat. And Esar-haddon, his son, reigned in his place.
ISA.38
[ISA.38.1] In those days, Hezekiah became ill and was near death. And Isaiah, son of Amotz the prophet, came to him and said to him, “Thus says Yahveh: ‘Set your house in order, for you will die and not live.’”
[ISA.38.2] And Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and he prayed to Yahveh.
[ISA.38.3] And he said, "Please, Yahveh, remember how I have walked before you in truth and with a whole heart, and I have done what was good in your eyes." And Hezekiah wept a great weeping.
[ISA.38.4] And it happened, the word of Yahveh to Isaiah, saying.
[ISA.38.5] Go and say to Hezekiah, “Thus says Yahveh, the God of David, your father: “I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your days.””
[ISA.38.6] From the hand of the king of Assyria I will deliver you, and this city, and I will defend this city.
[ISA.38.7] And this is to you the sign from Yahveh, that Yahveh will do the thing that He spoke.
[ISA.38.8] Indeed, I will cause the shadow of the steps to return, which descended on the steps of Achaz by the sun in the afternoon, ten degrees. And the sun returned ten degrees on the steps which it had descended.
[ISA.38.9] A letter to Hezekiah, King of Judah, when he was sick, and he recovered from his sickness.
[ISA.38.10] I have said in my days, I will go at the gates of the grave. I have reckoned the remainder of my years.
[ISA.38.11] I said, I will not see Yahveh, Yahveh in the land of the living. I will not look upon man anymore, with those who are finished.
[ISA.38.12] My generations travel and are revealed from me as a shepherd's tent. I have guarded my life as a weaver guards his work from weakness. I am worn out from day until night, but God completes me.
[ISA.38.13] I have set it before morning, like a lion, so he breaks all my bones. From day until night you complete me.
[ISA.38.14] Like a stork, so I chirp. I moan like a dove. My eyes are weak from looking upwards. My Lord has wearied me, my beloved.
[ISA.38.15] What shall I speak, and what shall He say to me? He has done it. I recount all my years upon the bitterness of my soul.
[ISA.38.16] My Lord will live upon them, and to all within them, the lives of my spirit. And heal me and revive me.
[ISA.38.17] Behold, peace is Lord to me, Lord, and you have desired my soul from corruption, without end, because you have cast behind your back all my sins.
[ISA.38.18] For the underworld will not thank you, death will not praise you. Those descending into the pit will not acknowledge your truth.
[ISA.38.19] Living, living is He, Yahveh, who knows you as I know you today. A father to sons, He will declare to your truth.
[ISA.38.20] Yahveh, save me, and we will sing my songs all the days of our lives within the house of Yahveh.
[ISA.38.21] And Isaiah said, "They will carry a fig leaf of figs, and they will smear it on the boil, and it will live."
[ISA.38.22] And Hezekiah said, "What sign is there that I should go up to the house of Yahveh?"
ISA.39
[ISA.39.1] At that time, Merodach Baladan, son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah. And he heard that Hezekiah was sick, so he was strengthened.
[ISA.39.2] And Hezekiah rejoiced to them, and he showed them the house of his treasures, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the good oil, and all the vessels of his house, and all that was found in his treasuries. There was nothing that Hezekiah did not show them in his house and in all his dominion.
[ISA.39.3] And Isaiah the prophet came to the king Hezekiah, and said to him, "What have these men said, and from where have they come to you?" And Hezekiah said, "They have come to me from a distant land, from Babylon."
[ISA.39.4] And he said, "What have you seen in your house?" And Hezekiah said, "They have seen all that is in my house. There was nothing that I have not shown to them in my treasuries."
[ISA.39.5] And Isaiah said to Hezekiah, "Hear the word of Yahveh of hosts."
[ISA.39.6] Behold, days are coming, and all that is in your house, and all that your ancestors have accumulated until this day, will be carried to Babylon. Nothing will remain, says Yahveh.
[ISA.39.7] And from your sons who come forth from you, those you will bear, they will be taken, and they will be eunuchs in the temple of the king of Babel.
[ISA.39.8] And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "Good is the word of Yahveh that you have spoken." And he said, "May there be peace and truth in my days."
ISA.40
[ISA.40.1] Comfort, comfort, my people, says your Gods.
[ISA.40.2] Speak to the heart of Jerusalem and call out to its Gods, for its army is full. For her iniquity is pleased with, for she has taken from the hand of Yahveh double in all her sins.
[ISA.40.3] A voice is calling in the wilderness, make way for Yahveh. Make straight in the Arabah a path for the Gods.
[ISA.40.4] Every valley will be lifted up, and every mountain and hill will be made low. And the crookedness will become a plain, and the ridges will become a valley.
[ISA.40.5] And the glory of Yahveh will be revealed, and all flesh will see together, because the mouth of Yahveh has spoken.
[ISA.40.6] A voice says, "Call!" And I said, "What shall I call?" All flesh is grass, and all of its goodness is like the flower of the field.
[ISA.40.7] The grass has withered, the blossom has faded, for the breath of Yahveh has blown upon it. Indeed, the people are like the grass.
[ISA.40.8] The grass is dried up, the blossom is withered, but the words of the Gods our shall endure forever.
[ISA.40.9] On the high mountain, to you who brings good news to Zion, raise your voice with strength, you who brings good news to Jerusalem. Raise it, do not fear. Say to the cities of Judah, behold, your Gods are coming.
[ISA.40.10] Indeed, my Lord Yahveh will come with strength, and his arm will rule for him. Indeed, his reward is with him, and his work is before him.
[ISA.40.11] As a shepherd shepherds his flock, with his arm he gathers lambs, and in his bosom he carries them. He leads the weak.
[ISA.40.12] Who measured the water with his span, and the heavens with a span? Who measured all the dust of the earth with a third, and weighed the mountains and hills with scales?
[ISA.40.13] Who can prepare the Spirit of Yahveh, and which man will make his counsel known?
[ISA.40.14] Whom does one counsel and understand, and teach him in the way of justice, and teach him knowledge, and the way of understandings he will make known to him.
[ISA.40.15] Behold, the nations are as dust crushed, and are considered as a speck of dust on the scales. Behold, the coastlands are as a drop that is taken away.
[ISA.40.16] And Lebanon does not have sufficient wood for burning, and its beasts do not have sufficient sacrifice.
[ISA.40.17] All the nations are as nothing before him; from emptiness and void they are accounted to him.
[ISA.40.18] And to what do you compare God, and what form will you ascribe to him?
[ISA.40.19] The image the artisan cast, and the refiner will overlay it with gold, and the refiner will form strips of silver.
[ISA.40.20] A contribution of wood that will not rot, he will choose. A wise craftsman he will seek for himself, to prepare an idol that will not be moved.
[ISA.40.21] Do you not know? Do you not hear? Was it not told to you from the beginning? Did you not understand the foundations of the earth?
[ISA.40.22] The one seated upon the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like locusts. The one who stretches out the heavens like a thinness, and extends them like a tent for dwelling.
[ISA.40.23] The Giver makes powerful ones into nothingness. He made judges of the earth into emptiness.
[ISA.40.24] Even they were not planted, even they were not sown, even they did not take root in the land. And also a breath blew upon them and they withered, and a storm will carry them away like straw.
[ISA.40.25] And to what God do you compare me, and to what is God equal? Someone declares, "Holy!"
[ISA.40.26] Lift up your eyes to the heights and see who created these things, the one who brings forth their host by number, calling to everyone by name, with abundant strength and mighty power, not a single one is missing.
[ISA.40.27] Why does Jacob say, and why does Israel speak, asserting that my ways are hidden from Yahveh and that justice passes from the Gods?
[ISA.40.28] Have you not known, or have you not heard? The Gods of all time, Yahveh, is the creator of the ends of the earth. Yahveh does not grow weary and does not become tired. There is no searching of his understanding.
[ISA.40.29] The Gods give strength to the weary, and to those who have no strength, He will increase power.
[ISA.40.30] And young men will become weak and they will tire, and young men will stumble weakly.
[ISA.40.31] And those who wait for Yahveh will exchange their strength, they will grow strong like eagles. They will run and not be weary, they will walk and not faint.
ISA.41
[ISA.41.1] Be silent to me, nations, and let peoples exchange strength. Let them draw near, then they will speak together for the judgment is approaching.
[ISA.41.2] Who roused from the east righteousness? He calls him to his foot. He gives before him nations and kings; they descend. He gives like dust his sword, like a scattered reed his bow.
[ISA.41.3] May He pursue them with peace. A path by their feet may He not come.
[ISA.41.4] Who acts and does, calling the generations from the beginning? I am Yahveh, the first, and I am He with the future ones.
[ISA.41.5] The islands saw and feared. The ends of the earth trembled. They approached and came.
[ISA.41.6] A person will help his companion, and to his brother he will say, "Be strong!"
[ISA.41.7] The craftsman strengthened the goldsmith, the smoother strengthened the hammer. One says to the glue, 'it is good,' and he secured it with nails so it would not move.
[ISA.41.8] And you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, offspring of Abraham, my beloved.
[ISA.41.9] The one whom I have strengthened from the ends of the earth and called from its nobles, to that one I say, "You are my servant. I have chosen you, and I have not rejected you."
[ISA.41.10] Do not fear, for with you I am. Do not be dismayed, for I am your Gods. I have strengthened you, even I have helped you, even I have upheld you with the right hand of my righteousness.
[ISA.41.11] Behold, they will be ashamed and disgraced, all the foreigners concerning you. They will be as nothing, and the men of your contention will perish.
[ISA.41.12] You will seek them, and not find them, the people of your seeking will be like nothing and like emptiness, the people of your conflict.
[ISA.41.13] For I, Yahveh, the Gods your God, am holding your right hand, the one saying to you, "Do not fear, for I have helped you."
[ISA.41.14] Do not fear, remnant of Jacob, dying of Israel, for I, Yahveh, have helped you. Thus says Yahveh, and your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
[ISA.41.15] Behold, I have set you as a new, sharp threshing sledge, owner of teeth. You will thresh the mountains and crush them, and you will make the hills like chaff.
[ISA.41.16] You will scatter them, and wind will carry them, and a storm will spread them. And you will rejoice in Yahveh, in the holy one of Israel you will boast.
[ISA.41.17] The poor and the needy are seeking water, and there is none. Their tongues are withered with thirst. I, Yahveh, will answer them. The God of Israel will not forsake them.
[ISA.41.18] I will open sources for rivers, and within valleys, springs. I will set the desert to a pool of water, and a land of dryness to outlets of water.
[ISA.41.19] I will give in the wilderness the cedar and the acacia and the oil tree. I will place in the Arabah the cypress, it will thrive and the pine will flourish together.
[ISA.41.20] For the purpose that they may see and know and set their minds to and understand together, that the hand of Yahveh has done this, and the Holy One of Israel created it.
[ISA.41.21] Draw near, your disputes, says Yahveh. Present your strengths, says the King of Jacob.
[ISA.41.22] Let them bring and declare to us what happened in the former times – what are they? Declare them, and let us set them in our heart, and let us know their end, or let the coming things make us hear.
[ISA.41.23] Tell the letters backward, and we will know that you are the Gods, even if you also do good and do evil, and we are deceived, and we see together.
[ISA.41.24] Indeed, you are from nothingness, and your deeds are from emptiness. An abomination will choose in you.
[ISA.41.25] I have stirred from the north, and he will come from the sunrise, he will call in my name, and officials will come like clay, and like a potter molds, he will trample clay.
[ISA.41.26] Who declared it from the beginning, and we knew it? And who told us beforehand, and we said, ‘Righteous’? There is no one who declares it, no one who proclaims it, and no one who hears your words.
[ISA.41.27] First to Zion, behold, behold! And to Jerusalem, I will give a herald.
[ISA.41.28] And I looked, and there was no person, and among these things, there was no counselor. And I asked them, and they returned a word.
[ISA.41.29] Indeed, all of them are worthlessness; their deeds are nothing. Wind and emptiness are their offerings.
ISA.42
[ISA.42.1] Behold, my servant, I will support in him. My chosen one desired my soul. I have given my spirit upon him. He will bring forth justice to the nations.
[ISA.42.2] He will not cry out, and he will not lift up [his voice], and he will not make his voice heard outside.
[ISA.42.3] A crushed reed will not break, and a smoldering wick will not be extinguished. Truth will bring forth judgment.
[ISA.42.4] He will not grow weak, nor will He flee, until He establishes justice on the Earth, and the islands will wait for the instruction of Yahveh.
[ISA.42.5] Thus says the God Yahveh, the Creator of the heavens and the one stretching them, the one spreading out the earth and its contents, giving breath of life to the people upon it, and spirit to those who walk in it.
[ISA.42.6] I, Yahveh, called you in righteousness, and I will hold you with your hand, and I will guard you, and I will give you for a covenant to a people, for a light to nations.
[ISA.42.7] To open the eyes of the blind, to release a prisoner from confinement, to liberate those who dwell in darkness from a house of imprisonment.
[ISA.42.8] I, Yahveh, am that is my name, and my glory I will not give to another, and my praise to idols.
[ISA.42.9] The former things have come, and the new things I declare to you, before they sprout, I will make you hear.
[ISA.42.10] Sing to Yahveh a new song, His praise from the end of the earth. Those who descend to the sea and its fullness, the islands and their inhabitants, should offer praise.
[ISA.42.11] Let the wilderness and its towns lift up their voices. The Kedarites will dwell in courtyards. Let the dwellers of the rock rejoice. They will cry out from the tops of the mountains.
[ISA.42.12] They will set His glory to Yahveh, and His praise they will declare in the islands.
[ISA.42.13] Yahveh will go forth like a mighty one. As a man of war, he will rouse zeal. He will cry out, yes, he will show himself strong over his enemies. He will prevail.
[ISA.42.14] I have been quiet from eternity, I will continue to be silent, I will restrain myself, like a woman in labor, I will puff, I will be astonished and I will pant together.
[ISA.42.15] I will destroy the mountains and the hills, and all their vegetation will wither. And I will make the rivers to dryness, and the lakes will wither.
[ISA.42.16] And I will lead the blind by a way they do not know, and on paths they have not known I will walk them. I will put darkness before them for light, and crooked places for straightness. These things I have done, and I have not abandoned them.
[ISA.42.17] They will retreat backwards and be covered in shame, those who trust in the idol, those who say to the molded image, "You are our Gods."
[ISA.42.18] The deaf ones, hear, and the blind ones, look to see.
[ISA.42.19] Who is blind if not my servant, and who is deaf if not my messenger that I send? Who is blind if not one who is paid, and blind like the servant of Yahveh?
[ISA.42.20] You have seen many things, and you will not retain them. Your ears are open, and it will not be heard.
[ISA.42.21] Yahveh desires for the sake of righteousness. He will magnify the law and make it glorious.
[ISA.42.22] And they are a pillaged and devastated people, the mouth is upon the young men, all of them, and in houses of confinement they hid. They became plunder, and there is no rescuer from devastation, and there is no one saying, "Restore!"
[ISA.42.23] Who among you will listen to this, pay attention, and hear to the latter end?
[ISA.42.24] Who gave Jacob and Israel to plunderers? Is it not Yahveh? We have sinned against Him, and have not walked in His ways, nor listened to His instruction.
[ISA.42.25] And the Gods poured His wrath, His fury upon him, and the power of warfare. And it blazed around him, and he did not know. And it burned within him, and he did not set it to heart.
ISA.43
[ISA.43.1] And now, thus says Yahveh, your creator Jacob, and your former Israel: Do not fear, for I have redeemed you. I have called you by your name; you belong to me.
[ISA.43.2] For when you pass through the waters, I am with you, and in the rivers they will not sweep you away. Because you walk in fire, you will not be burned, and the flame will not burn in you.
[ISA.43.3] For I, Yahveh, the Gods your God, am holy Israel, your savior. I have given your ransom Egypt, Kush, and Seba instead of you.
[ISA.43.4] Because you are precious in my eyes, you are honored, and I love you. I will give a person in place of you, and nations in place of your life.
[ISA.43.5] Do not fear, for I am with you. From my father I will bring your offspring, and from the west I will gather you.
[ISA.43.6] I say to the north, give, and to the south, do not restrain. Bring my sons from afar, and my daughters from the end of the earth.
[ISA.43.7] All that is called by my name, and for my glory, the Gods created it. The Gods formed it, indeed the Gods made it.
[ISA.43.8] God brought forth a people who are blind but have eyes, and deaf but have ears to them.
[ISA.43.9] All the nations gather together and assemble to nations. Who among them can declare this, and make known to us the former things? Let them give their witness and be justified, and let them hear and say truth.
[ISA.43.10] You are my witnesses, declares Yahveh, and the servants that I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me, no God was created, and after me, no God will be.
[ISA.43.11] I, I am Yahveh, and there is no savior besides me.
[ISA.43.12] I have declared, and I have saved, and I have proclaimed, and there is no stranger among you. You are my witnesses, says Yahveh, and I am God.
[ISA.43.13] Also from today, I am Yahveh, and there is no one who delivers from my hand. I will act, and who can reverse it?
[ISA.43.14] Thus says Yahveh, your redeemer, the holy one of Israel: For your sake I have sent Babylon and brought down all its bars, and the Chaldeans I have brought in ships with their wailing.
[ISA.43.15] I, Yahveh, am the holy one of you, the creator of Israel, your king.
[ISA.43.16] Thus says Yahveh, the one giving a path in the sea and a path in powerful waters.
[ISA.43.17] The one who brings forth chariot and horse, strength and power, together they lie down and will not rise. They are crushed like flax; they are extinguished.
[ISA.43.18] Do not remember former things, and ancient things do not consider.
[ISA.43.19] Behold, I am making a new thing; now it sprouts, do you not know it? Also, I will put a way in the desert, and rivers in the wasteland.
[ISA.43.20] Honor me, beast of the field, dragons and daughters of the ostrich, for I have given waters, rivers in the desert to water my people, my chosen ones.
[ISA.43.21] This people I formed for myself, they will recount my praise.
[ISA.43.22] And you have not called upon me, Jacob, for you have wearied me, Israel.
[ISA.43.23] You have not brought to me sheep for your burnt offerings, and you have not honored me with your sacrifices. I have not served you with a meal offering, and I have not wearied you with incense.
[ISA.43.24] You did not buy for me with silver a cane, and the fat of your sacrifices did not satisfy me. But you enslaved me with your sins, and you wearied me with your iniquities.
[ISA.43.25] I, I, Yahveh is wiping away your transgressions for my sake, and your sins I will not remember.
[ISA.43.26] Remember me; let us contend together. Tell it, that you may be justified.
[ISA.43.27] Your first father sinned, and your advocates transgressed in me.
[ISA.43.28] And I will profane the leaders of holiness, and I will give Jacob and Israel over to insults.
ISA.44
[ISA.44.1] And now, hear, Jacob, my servant, and Israel, I have chosen in him.
[ISA.44.2] Thus says Yahveh, your maker and your former from the womb, Yahveh will help you. Do not fear, my servant Jacob, and Yishurun, whom I have chosen.
[ISA.44.3] For I will pour water on the thirsty, and streams will flow on the dry land. I will pour my spirit on your seed, and I will bless your offspring.
[ISA.44.4] And they will grow among the grasses like Arabs upon streams of water.
[ISA.44.5] This one will say, "I am to Yahveh," and this one will call in the name of Jacob, and this one will write his hand to Yahveh, and in the name of Israel he will encamp.
[ISA.44.6] Thus says Yahveh, the King of Israel, and its Redeemer, Yahveh of Hosts: I am the First and I am the Last, and apart from me there are no Gods.
[ISA.44.7] And who is like me, can proclaim it and make it known and arrange it for me, from the beginning of a people for all time, and those who will come will declare it to them.
[ISA.44.8] Do not fear and do not tremble. Have I not already foretold you and declared it, and you are my witnesses? Is there a God besides me, and is there a rock not known by me?
[ISA.44.9] All makers of carved images are emptiness, and their cherished things will not profit them. Their witnesses are they themselves, and they will not see or know, so that they may be ashamed.
[ISA.44.10] Who forms God and a molten image that does not profit?
[ISA.44.11] Behold, all of his companions will be ashamed, and they are mute from mankind. They will gather, all of them will stand, they will fear, they will be ashamed together.
[ISA.44.12] A craftsman works iron with a forge and acts with bellows and with shaping tools he forms it, and he forms it with an arm of strength. Also hungry and without strength, he does not drink water and he becomes weary.
[ISA.44.13] An artisan of woods stretched a line, he shapes it with a tool, he makes it with cutting tools and with a compass he forms it. And he makes it like the form of a man, like the splendor of mankind, to dwell in a house.
[ISA.44.14] To cut for himself cedars, and he took Tirzah and Elon, and he strengthened himself with the trees of the forest, planting cypress, and rain will grow.
[ISA.44.15] And it was to a man for burning, and he took from them and melted it, also he poured, and he baked bread, also he made a god and they prostrated themselves. He made it an image and they worshipped it.
[ISA.44.16] Half of it is burned in fire, on half of it flesh consumes, he scorches roast and is satisfied. Even it becomes hot, and he says, “Brother, I have warmed, I have seen light.”
[ISA.44.17] And the remainder of them made for God an image of their making; they will worship it and bow down, and pray to it, and say, “Save me, for you are my God!”
[ISA.44.18] They do not know, and they do not understand, for it is marred from the sights of their eyes and from the understanding of their hearts.
[ISA.44.19] He will not return it to his heart, nor knowledge, nor understanding to say: “I have burned half of it in fire, and also I baked bread on its embers. I roast meat and eat. And furthermore, I will make an abomination, I will make an idol from any tree.”
[ISA.44.20] A shepherd of ash, whose heart is inclined, has bent it. And they will not save their own soul, and they will not say, “Surely, falsehood is in my right hand.”
[ISA.44.21] Remember these things, Jacob, and Israel, for you are my servant. I formed you to be a servant to me; you are Israel. Do not forget me.
[ISA.44.22] I have wiped out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a cloud. Turn to me, for I have redeemed you.
[ISA.44.23] Sing aloud, heavens, because Yahveh has made them. Shout, depths of the earth. Let the mountains burst forth with song, the forest and every tree within it, because Yahveh has redeemed Jacob and will glory in Israel.
[ISA.44.24] Thus says Yahveh, your redeemer, and your creator from the womb. I am Yahveh, He who does all. He who stretches the heavens alone, He who spreads out the earth from Himself.
[ISA.44.25] The interpreter of omens of false signs and the magicians, Yahveh mocks. He turns the wise backwards, and He makes their knowledge foolish.
[ISA.44.26] The one who establishes the word of his servant, and completes the counsel of his messengers, is the one who says to Jerusalem, "You will be inhabited," and to the cities of Judah, "You will be built," and I will raise up her ruins.
[ISA.44.27] The one saying to the image, "My sword! And your rivers are dried up!"
[ISA.44.28] The one who says to Cyrus, "You are my shepherd, and all that I desire will be completed," and to say to Jerusalem, "You will be rebuilt, and the temple will be founded."
ISA.45
[ISA.45.1] Thus says Yahveh to his anointed one, to Cyrus, whose hand I have strengthened, to subdue nations before him and to loosen the loins of kings. I will open before him doors, and gates will not be closed.
[ISA.45.2] I will go before you, and the Gods will declare glory. I will break doors of bronze and cut off bolts of iron.
[ISA.45.3] And I will give to you treasures of darkness and hidden things of secrets, in order that you may know that I am Yahveh, the one who calls by your name, God of Israel.
[ISA.45.4] For the sake of my servant Jacob and Israel, my chosen one, I called you by your name; I will recognize you, and you did not know me.
[ISA.45.5] I am Yahveh, and there is no other besides me. There are no gods. I strengthened you, and you did not know me.
[ISA.45.6] So that they will know, from where the sun rises and from where it sets, that nothing exists apart from me. I am Yahveh, and there is no other.
[ISA.45.7] The former of light and creator of darkness, the maker of peace and creator of evil – I am Yahveh, maker of all these.
[ISA.45.8] Let the heavens drip from above, and let the clouds drip justice. Let the earth open, and let salvation sprout, and let righteousness sprout together. I, Yahveh, have created it.
[ISA.45.9] Woe to the potter, greater than his creator! Is the work deaf to the work of earth? Will the clay say to its creator, "What are you doing?" And will your work have no hands to it?
[ISA.45.10] Behold, are you saying to a father what he brings forth, and to a woman what she begins?
[ISA.45.11] Thus says Yahveh, the Holy One of Israel and its creator: The signs have questioned me concerning my sons, and they have commanded me regarding the work of my hands.
[ISA.45.12] I made the earth, and humanity I created upon it. I, my hands stretched out the heavens, and all their host I commanded.
[ISA.45.13] I have stirred him up with righteousness, and all his ways I will make straight. He will build my city and send forth my exile, not for a price, nor for a bribe, said Yahveh of hosts.
[ISA.45.14] Thus says Yahveh. The toil of Egypt, and the merchandise of Cush, and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall pass through you, and they shall be yours, following after you they shall go, in fetters they shall pass, and to you they shall prostrate themselves, to you they shall pray. Surely, in you is God, and there is no other, no emptiness of gods.
[ISA.45.15] Indeed, you are the hidden God, the Gods of Israel, a savior.
[ISA.45.16] Be ashamed, and also be dismayed, all of them. They walked together in shame, the skilled craftsmen.
[ISA.45.17] Israel is saved in Yahveh, salvation for ages; you will not be ashamed, and you will not be disgraced, forever and ever.
[ISA.45.18] For thus says Yahveh, creator of the heavens, He is the Gods, former of the earth and maker, He established it not formless, but created it to be inhabited; I am Yahveh, and there is no other.
[ISA.45.19] I did not speak in secret, nor did I say to the descendants of Jacob to seek emptiness. I am Yahveh, speaking righteousness, declaring what is upright.
[ISA.45.20] Gather together and come, collide as one, exiles of the nations. Those who carry the wood of their carved image and pray to God will not be saved.
[ISA.45.21] Declare and present your case, and let us together take counsel. Who proclaimed this from ancient times, who foretold it long ago? Is it not I, Yahveh, and there is no other God besides me? A righteous God and a savior, there is none besides me.
[ISA.45.22] Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth, for I am God and there is no other.
[ISA.45.23] By me I have sworn, a word of righteousness went forth from my mouth and shall not return, for to me every knee shall bend, every tongue shall swear.
[ISA.45.24] Surely, Yahveh has said to me, "righteousness and strength". His enemies will come and be ashamed, all those foreign in him.
[ISA.45.25] In Yahveh all the offspring of Israel will be vindicated, and all will glory.
ISA.46
[ISA.46.1] Bel bent, Nebo collapsed; their idols became for beast and for animal. Your carriers are loaded, a burden to the weary.
[ISA.46.2] They collapsed, they bowed together, they were not able to escape the burden, and their soul went into captivity.
[ISA.46.3] Listen to me, house of Jacob, and all remnant of house of Israel. Those burdened from my belly, those carried from my womb.
[ISA.46.4] And even to old age, I am He, and even to gray hairs, I will carry. I have made and I will carry and I will bear and I will deliver.
[ISA.46.5] To whom do you make the Gods similar, and equate them? And to what do you make the Gods a likeness, and become similar?
[ISA.46.6] The traders exchange gold from their pouch and silver on the scale; they hire an artisan and he makes a god. They worship it, and they prostrate themselves.
[ISA.46.7] They will lift him up on the shoulder, they will carry him, and they will lay him down beneath him, and he will stand from his place, and will not cease. He will even cry out to them, and they will not answer him, they will not save him from his distress.
[ISA.46.8] Remember this and restore yourselves. Return the transgressors to the heart.
[ISA.46.9] Remember the former things from the world, for I am God, and there is no other of the Gods, and none like me.
[ISA.46.10] The declaimer reveals the end from the beginning, and from ancient times, things not yet done. The declaimer says, "My counsel will stand, and I will do all of my will."
[ISA.46.11] The caller from the east, like a bird of prey from a distant land, is someone whose counsel I have spoken. I have also brought it to pass, for I created it and I will also accomplish it.
[ISA.46.12] Listen to me, you strong of heart, those distant from righteousness.
[ISA.46.13] I have brought near my righteousness; it will not be distant, and my salvation will not delay. And I will give in Zion salvation, to Israel my glory.
ISA.47
[ISA.47.1] Descend and sit in the dust, virgin daughter of Babylon. Sit upon the ground, for the throne of the daughter of the Chaldeans will no longer exist. For they will not continue to call you tender and delicate.
[ISA.47.2] Take fragrances, and grind wheat for me. Reveal your neck, uncover your braid, reveal your leg. Be a Hebrew woman of rivers.
[ISA.47.3] Your nakedness will be revealed, and you will also see your disgrace. Vengeance I will take, and I will not spare humankind.
[ISA.47.4] Our redeemer is Yahveh of armies, His name. Holy is Israel.
[ISA.47.5] Be silent, Dumam, and come into the darkness, daughter of the Chaldeans, for you will no longer be called mistress of kingdoms.
[ISA.47.6] I was angry at my people, I profaned my inheritance, and I gave them into your hand. I did not set compassion for them, on the elderly I made your yoke very heavy.
[ISA.47.7] And you said, 'Forever I will be a lady, until you did not set these upon your heart, you did not remember my end.'
[ISA.47.8] And now, hear this, you who dwell securely, who say in your heart, “I and my power are all that exist; I will not sit as a widow, and I will not experience loss.”
[ISA.47.9] And these two of God will come to you in a moment on one day: being a widow and being childless. Fully formed, they will come upon you with the abundance of your witchcraft, with the intensity of your enemies, greatly.
[ISA.47.10] You trusted in your wickedness, and you said, "There is no one who sees me." Your wisdom and your knowledge, they have led you astray. And you said in your heart, "I and nothingness are all that remain."
[ISA.47.11] And evil will come upon you, you will not know its dawn, and ruin will fall upon you, you will not be able to atone for it, and devastation will come upon you suddenly, you will not know it.
[ISA.47.12] Stand now among your companions and with the abundance of your enchantments, in that you have toiled from your youth. Perhaps you will be able to help, perhaps you will succeed.
[ISA.47.13] I am weary with the abundance of your counsels. May they stand and save you. The array of heavens, those who see in the stars, declare to the new moons that which will come upon you.
[ISA.47.14] Behold, they were like straw, which the fire consumed; they will not save their lives from the hand of the flame. There is no coal for them to warm themselves, nor light for them to sit against it.
[ISA.47.15] So they have been to you, that you labored for, your merchants from your youth, each man to wandering they have strayed, there is no savior of you.
ISA.48
[ISA.48.1] Hear this, house of Jacob, those who are called by the name of Israel, and who came from Judah. Those who swear by the name of Yahveh and by the Gods of Israel do not remember truthfully, nor justly.
[ISA.48.2] For it is called from the holy city, and it relies on the Gods of Israel. Yahveh of armies is His name.
[ISA.48.3] The beginnings, from the beginning, the Gods declared, and from my mouth they came forth, and I will hear them. Suddenly I did, and they came.
[ISA.48.4] From my knowing that you are hard, and a tendon of your neck is of iron, and your forehead is of bronze.
[ISA.48.5] And I declared to you from then, before it came, I made you hear to prevent you from saying, ‘My strength made it,’ and my images and my libations commanded it.
[ISA.48.6] You have heard this all, and will you not tell? I have made new things heard to you from now, and hidden things, and you did not know.
[ISA.48.7] Now they have come into being, and not from then, and not previously have you heard. Lest you say, "Indeed, I knew it."
[ISA.48.8] Also you have not listened, also you have not known, also from that time your ear has not been opened, because I have known that you will betray and a sinner calls out to you from the womb.
[ISA.48.9] For the sake of my name, I will extend my anger, and I will seal my glory for you, so as not to destroy you.
[ISA.48.10] Behold, I have refined you, not with silver. I have chosen you as the firstborn of my misery.
[ISA.48.11] For my sake, for my sake, I will do it, for how could I wait? And my glory I will not give to another.
[ISA.48.12] Listen to me, Jacob, and Israel, who are called by my name. I am He, I am the first, also I am the last.
[ISA.48.13] Even my hand founded earth, and my right hand spread out the heavens. I call to them, and they will stand together.
[ISA.48.14] Gather yourselves, all of you, and listen. Who among them declared these things? Yahveh loves them and will do his desire in Babel, and his arm among the Chaldeans.
[ISA.48.15] I, I have spoken, and I also called him. I brought him, and I will cause his way to succeed.
[ISA.48.16] Come near to me and listen to this: not from the beginning in secret did I speak, from the time of God's being there I am; and now, my Lord Yahveh has sent me and God's spirit.
[ISA.48.17] Thus says Yahveh, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. I am Yahveh, the Gods of you, teaching you to benefit, guiding you on the path you walk.
[ISA.48.18] If you had listened to my commands, then Yahveh would have made your peace like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.
[ISA.48.19] And it was like sand, your seed, and your offspring from your womb like the sand of the sea. His name will not be cut off and will not be annihilated before my face.
[ISA.48.20] Go out from Babel, flee from the Chaldeans. With a voice of rejoicing, declare, announce this: Yahveh has brought forth his servant Jacob. Say, "Yahveh has redeemed my servant Jacob."
[ISA.48.21] And they did not thirst in the dry places where He led them; water He caused to flow from the rock for them, and He split the rock, and water flowed.
[ISA.48.22] There is no peace, said Yahveh to the wicked.
ISA.49
[ISA.49.1] Listen, islands, to me, and pay attention, nations from afar! Yahveh called me from the womb; from the innards of my mother, He remembered my name.
[ISA.49.2] And He put my mouth like a sharp sword in the shadow of His hand, He hid me. And He made me as a clear arrow in His quiver, He hid me.
[ISA.49.3] And he said to me, "My servant, Israel, in you I will glorify myself."
[ISA.49.4] And I said, "I have toiled for nothing, and for emptiness I have labored, and my strength I have spent in vanity. Truly, my judgment is with Yahveh, and my work is with the Gods."
[ISA.49.5] And now, Yahveh says, my creator formed me from the womb to be a servant to him, to restore Jacob to him, and Israel will not be gathered. And I will be honored in the eyes of Yahveh, and my God was my strength.
[ISA.49.6] And He said, "It is of lesser importance for you to be my servant, to establish the tribes of Jacob and the leaders of Israel to return. And I will give you to be a light to the nations, to be my salvation to the end of the earth."
[ISA.49.7] Thus says Yahveh, the Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One: “To despise a soul, to abhor a nation, to make them servants to rulers, kings will see and rise, officials will stand and bow down, for the sake of Yahveh, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, and he has chosen you.”
[ISA.49.8] Thus says Yahveh: In a time of favor, I answered you, and in a day of salvation, I aided you. I will preserve you and establish you as a covenant with the people to rebuild the land and to inherit desolate places.
[ISA.49.9] Saying to the prisoners, "Go out, to those who are in darkness, be exiled. They will graze on the roads, and their pasture will be on every hill.
[ISA.49.10] They will not hunger, and they will not thirst, nor will the scorching heat strike them, and the sun will not harm them, for the Gods will guide them and lead them to springs of water.
[ISA.49.11] And I will set all the mountains for the way, and my paths will be exalted.
[ISA.49.12] Behold, these are coming from afar, and behold, these are coming from the north and from the south, and these are coming from the land of Sinim.
[ISA.49.13] Rejoice, heavens, and be glad, earth! Let the mountains burst into song, for Yahveh has comforted his people and will have compassion on his afflicted.
[ISA.49.14] And Zion said, "Yahveh has forsaken me, and my Lord has forgotten me."
[ISA.49.15] Can a woman forget her newborn immediately after giving birth? Even if they could, I will not forget you.
[ISA.49.16] Indeed, upon my palms I have etched you. Your walls are continually before me.
[ISA.49.17] Hurry, your sons, those who ruin you and those who lay waste to you will depart from you.
[ISA.49.18] Lift up your eyes around and see, all of them have gathered and come to you. I live, says Yahveh, for all of them you will wear like an ornament and bind like a bride.
[ISA.49.19] For your ruins and your desolations and the land of your breaking, for now you will bring forth an inhabitant, and those who consumed you will be far away.
[ISA.49.20] Still they will say in your ears, the sons of your dwelling, "The space is constricted for me. Approach me and I will sit."
[ISA.49.21] And you will say in your heart, "Who bore these for me, while I am bereaved and dismissed, exiled and turned away? And who raised these? Behold, I alone remain. Where are these now?"
[ISA.49.22] Thus says my Lord Yahveh, behold, I will lift my hand to nations, and I will raise my signal to peoples, and they will bring your sons from the outside, and your daughters will be carried on the shoulder.
[ISA.49.23] And kings will be your nurses, and their princesses will give you suck. The face of the earth will bow down to you, and the dust of your feet will be licked. And you will know that it is Yahveh who has done this, whose expectations will not be in vain.
[ISA.49.24] Will spoil be taken from a mighty one, and if a righteous captive exists, will he be released?
[ISA.49.25] Thus says Yahveh: Even the captives of the strong will be taken, and the spoil of the strong will escape. And I will contend with your adversaries, and I will save your children.
[ISA.49.26] And I will feed your mourners with their own flesh, and they will be drunk with their own blood. Then all flesh will know that I, Yahveh, am your savior and redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
ISA.50
[ISA.50.1] Thus says Yahveh: Where is the certificate of dismissal of your mother, which I sent her? Or who among your womenfolk have I sold you to? Indeed, you were sold because of your iniquities, and your mother was sent away because of your transgressions.
[ISA.50.2] Why have I come, and there is no person who calls, and there is no one who answers? Is my hand too short to redeem, or is there no strength within me to save? Behold, with my rebuke I devastate the sea, I make rivers a wilderness, their fish become rotten from a lack of water, and they die of thirst.
[ISA.50.3] I clothe the heavens in darkness, and I set sackcloth as their covering.
[ISA.50.4] My Lord Yahveh has given me a tongue of learning, to know how to respond to the weary word. He awakens me each morning, He awakens my ear to hear instruction.
[ISA.50.5] My Lord Yahveh opened an ear to me, and I did not rebel, nor did I retreat.
[ISA.50.6] My body I gave to the strikers, and my cheeks to those who slap. I did not hide my face from shame and spitting.
[ISA.50.7] And my Lord Yahveh will help me, therefore I am not dismayed. Therefore I have set my face like flint, and I know that I will not be ashamed.
[ISA.50.8] Near is the one justifying me, who will contend with me? Let us stand together, who is the owner of my judgement that will approach me?
[ISA.50.9] Behold, my Lord Yahveh will help me. Who is he who will condemn me? Behold, all of them will wear out like clothing; a moth will eat them.
[ISA.50.10] Who among you fears Yahveh, and listens to the voice of His servant? This is the one who walks in darkness, and has no light within themselves. Let them trust in the name of Yahveh and rely on their God.
[ISA.50.11] Behold, you all are those who pierce fire, those who prepare sparks. Come, consume your fire and sparks that originated from my hand, so you may lie down in a fabrication.
ISA.51
[ISA.51.1] Listen to me, those who pursue righteousness, those who seek Yahveh. Look to the rock from which you were hewn, and to the quarry from which you were dug.
[ISA.51.2] Look to Abraham, your father, and to Sarah. Because I called him as one, and I will bless him, and I will increase him.
[ISA.51.3] For Yahveh has regretted Zion, has regretted all of her ruins, and has made her wilderness like Eden and her wasteland like the garden of Yahveh. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the sound of song.
[ISA.51.4] Listen to me, my people, and to my nation, give ear. For law will go forth from me, and my justice I will calm for light to nations.
[ISA.51.5] Near is my righteousness, my salvation has come forth, and my arm will judge the nations. To me, the coastlands will look, and to my arm they will trust.
[ISA.51.6] Lift up your eyes to the heavens and look down to the earth below, for the heavens are like smoke, melting away, and the earth is like a garment, wearing out. And those who dwell on it will die in the same way. But my salvation will be forever, and my righteousness will not be removed.
[ISA.51.7] Listen to me, you who know righteousness, people with my instruction in their hearts. Do not fear the reproach of humanity, and do not be dismayed by their insults.
[ISA.51.8] For as a garment consumes them, the moth, and as wool, the worm. And my righteousness will be forever, and my salvation to generation after generation.
[ISA.51.9] Awake, awake! Put on your strength, arm of Yahveh! Awake, as in days of old, generations of eternity! Is it not you who broke Rahav, who shook the dragon?
[ISA.51.10] Is it not you who destroyed the sea, the waters of the great deep? The one who set a path through the depths of the sea for those delivered to pass.
[ISA.51.11] And the redeemed of Yahveh will return and come to Zion with joy, and everlasting joy will be upon their heads. Joy and gladness will reach them; sorrow and sighing have fled.
[ISA.51.12] I, I am the one who comforts you. Who are you, and why do you fear a mortal who dies, and a son of man whose life is as grass that is given?
[ISA.51.13] And you have forgotten Yahveh, your maker, the one who stretched out the heavens and founded the earth. And you fear constantly all day because of the wrath of the oppressor, as if it were established to destroy. And where is the wrath of the oppressor now?
[ISA.51.14] He who is quick to rise to provide for himself will not die prematurely, nor will he lack sustenance.
[ISA.51.15] And I, Yahveh, the Gods your God, agitate the sea, and its waves roared. Yahveh of Hosts is His name.
[ISA.51.16] I placed my words in her mouth, and I covered her in the shadow of my hand, to plant the heavens and to found the earth, and to say to Zion, “You are my people.”
[ISA.51.17] Awaken, awaken, rise, Jerusalem, which you have drunk from the hand of Yahveh the cup of His wrath. You have fully drunk the dregs of the cup of intoxication.
[ISA.51.18] There is no one who guides her from all the children she bore, and there is no one who sustains in her care from all the children she raised.
[ISA.51.19] Double they call to you. Who will cause you to rest? The devastation and the shattering and the hunger and the sword – who will console you?
[ISA.51.20] Your sons are stunned, lying at the head of every street, like a basket of firstfruits full of the wrath of Yahveh, the rebuke of the Gods.
[ISA.51.21] Therefore, hear now this: afflicted and drunken, and not from wine.
[ISA.51.22] Thus says your Lord Yahveh, and your Gods will contend for my people. Behold, I have taken from your hand the cup of trembling, the cup of the wine of my wrath. You will not add to drink it again.
[ISA.51.23] And I will put her into the hand of those who touched you, those who said to your soul, "Prostrate and let us pass," and you will be made like the ground beneath the back, and like a path for those who pass by.
ISA.52
[ISA.52.1] Awaken, awaken, clothe yourself in your strength, Zion, clothe yourself in garments of your splendor, Jerusalem, the holy city, for the uncircumcised and the unclean will no longer enter you again.
[ISA.52.2] Shake yourself from dust, arise, you captive Jerusalem! Become loose from the chains of your neck, you captive daughter of Zion!
[ISA.52.3] For thus says Yahveh: you were sold for nothing, and you will not be redeemed with money.
[ISA.52.4] For thus says my Lord Yahveh, Egypt descended my people initially to dwell there, and Assyria oppressed them in nothing.
[ISA.52.5] And now, what is this to me, says Yahveh, because my people are taken for nothing? Their rulers will glorify themselves, says Yahveh, and my name is blasphemed all day long.
[ISA.52.6] Therefore, let my people know my name. Therefore, in that day, they will know that I am the one speaking. Behold, I am.
[ISA.52.7] How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of the one who announces peace, the one who announces good news, the one who announces salvation! Saying to Zion, “Your God is king!”
[ISA.52.8] The voice of your watchmen lift up a voice together, they will sing for joy, because eye to eye they will see the return of Yahveh to Zion.
[ISA.52.9] Burst forth and rejoice together, O ruins of Jerusalem, for Yahveh has comforted His people, He has redeemed Jerusalem.
[ISA.52.10] Yahveh uncovered his holy arm to the eyes of all the nations, and all the ends of the earth saw the salvation of our Gods.
[ISA.52.11] Turn away, turn away, go out from there! Do not touch the impure! Go out from within! Purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of Yahveh.
[ISA.52.12] Because you will not go out in haste, and you will not go in flight, because Yahveh walks before you, and the Gods of Israel will gather you.
[ISA.52.13] Behold, my servant will act wisely, he will be lifted up and raised, and he will be very exalted.
[ISA.52.14] As many have made you desolate, so corruption comes from a man’s appearance and his form from the sons of man.
[ISA.52.15] Thus will God reveal many nations upon him, and kings will leap at their mouth, for what has not been told to them they saw, and what they have not heard they understood.
ISA.53
[ISA.53.1] Who has believed our report, and on whom has the arm of Yahveh been revealed?
[ISA.53.2] And he grew up as a sprout before him, and as a root out of dry land. He had no form and no splendor that we should look at him. He was not visually appealing, and he was desired.
[ISA.53.3] Despised and cut off from people, a man of sorrows and acquainted with sickness, and whose face is hidden from him, he is despised and we did not account him.
[ISA.53.4] Indeed, our illnesses he bore, and our pains he carried. And we counted him stricken, smitten by the Gods, and afflicted.
[ISA.53.5] And he forgives our transgressions, crushed by our iniquities. The discipline for our wholeness was upon him, and by his injury we are healed.
[ISA.53.6] All of us, like sheep, wander, each to his own way, we turn, and Yahveh caused to meet him with the iniquity of all of us.
[ISA.53.7] He is brought, and he answers not, nor does he open his mouth. As a lamb to slaughter he is led, and as a sheep before its shearers is silenced, nor does he open his mouth.
[ISA.53.8] From confinement and from judgment, one is taken, and who will plead for their generation? For it was decreed from the land of the living, an affliction to them because of the sin of my people.
[ISA.53.9] And He gave the wicked ones their grave, and the wealthy one in his deaths, because He did not commit violence, and no deceit was in his mouth.
[ISA.53.10] And Yahveh desires the humbling of the oppressed, if you offer an atonement for your soul, you will see descendants and prolong your days, and the desire of Yehovah will prosper in your hand.
[ISA.53.11] He will see satisfaction from the toil of his soul, and by his knowledge he will justify the righteous, my servant, to many, and he will bear their iniquities.
[ISA.53.12] Therefore I will divide to him among many, and great ones will divide spoil. Instead of that he caused his soul to death, and with wrongdoers he was counted, and he bore the sin of many, and to wrongdoers he will make recompense.
ISA.54
[ISA.54.1] Sing, barren one who has not given birth! Burst forth into song and shout for joy, for you have not suffered pain! For many are the children of the desolate one, more than the children of the married one, says Yahveh.
[ISA.54.2] Widen the place of your tent, and let the curtains of your dwellings be stretched. Do not restrain, lengthen your cords and strengthen your stakes.
[ISA.54.3] For to the right and to the left you will burst forth, and your offspring will inherit nations, and they will inhabit ruined cities.
[ISA.54.4] Do not fear, for you will not be ashamed, and do not be disgraced, for you will not be humiliated. The shame of your youth will be forgotten, and the reproach of your widowhood you will not remember anymore.
[ISA.54.5] For your husband is your maker, Yahveh of hosts is His name, and your redeemer is the Holy One of Israel, God of all the earth will He be called.
[ISA.54.6] For as a woman forsaken and with a grieving spirit Yahveh has called you, and as a wife of youth because you have been rejected, your Gods have said.
[ISA.54.7] In a small moment, I abandoned you, and in great mercies, I will gather you.
[ISA.54.8] In the fullness of anger, I hid my face from you for a moment, but with lovingkindness forever, I have had compassion on you, says your redeemer, Yahveh.
[ISA.54.9] For this is to me the waters of Noah, which I have sworn will not pass again over the earth. So I have sworn from wrath upon you and from rebuke of you.
[ISA.54.10] For the mountains will move and the hills will be shaken, but my loving kindness from you will not move, and my covenant of peace will not fail, says your compassionate one, Yahveh.
[ISA.54.11] Afflicted and storm-tossed, not comforted, surely I will establish your stones with softness and lay your foundations with sapphires.
[ISA.54.12] And I will make the tops of your suns, and your gates, like stones of sling, and all your borders like stones of desire.
[ISA.54.13] And all your children will be taught by Yahveh, and great peace will be with your children.
[ISA.54.14] In righteousness the Gods will establish me. They will keep me distant from oppression, because you will not fear, and from terror, because it will not draw near to you.
[ISA.54.15] Indeed, a sojourner will dwell, nothing of me. Who sojourns with you, upon you will fall.
[ISA.54.16] Behold, I created the craftsman blowing in the fire of coal, and one who brings forth a tool for his work. And I created the destroyer to ruin.
[ISA.54.17] Every tool created against you will not prosper, and every tongue that rises against you in judgment you will declare guilty. This is the inheritance of the servants of Yahveh, and their righteousness is from me, says Yahveh.
ISA.55
[ISA.55.1] Attention, all who are thirsty, come to the waters! And whoever has no silver, come, break and eat! Come, break and eat without silver and without price, wine and milk.
[ISA.55.2] Why do you weigh out silver without bread, and your labor without satisfaction? Hearken, listen to the Gods, and eat goodness, and delight your souls in rich nourishment.
[ISA.55.3] Incline your ears and come to God. Listen, and your soul will live, and I will make a covenant with you, an everlasting covenant, the steadfast loves of David, the trustworthy ones.
[ISA.55.4] Indeed, I have given him as a witness to the nations, a leader and a commander to the nations.
[ISA.55.5] Indeed, a people who do not know will call, and a people who have not known you will run toward you, for the sake of Yahveh, your God, and for the Holy One of Israel, because of your glory.
[ISA.55.6] Seek Yahveh while He is found, call upon Him while He is near.
[ISA.55.7] Let the wicked abandon his way, and the man of iniquity his thoughts, and let him return to Yahveh, and He will have mercy on him, and to the Gods, for He multiplies to forgive.
[ISA.55.8] For not my thoughts are your thoughts, and not your ways are my ways, declares Yahveh.
[ISA.55.9] For the heavens are high above the earth, so my ways are high above your ways and my thoughts above your thoughts.
[ISA.55.10] For as the rain and the snow come down from the heavens and do not return there, but nourish the earth and cause it to produce and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater,
[ISA.55.11] So will be my word that goes forth from my mouth; it will not return to me empty. But if he does what I desire, and prospers what I sent him.
[ISA.55.12] For with joy you will go out, and with peace you will be brought back. The mountains and the hills will burst forth with joyful sound before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.
[ISA.55.13] Instead of the thorn will grow a fir tree, and instead of the nettle will grow a myrtle. And it will be for Yahveh, for a name, for a sign forever, it will not be cut off.
ISA.56
[ISA.56.1] Thus says Yahveh: Keep justice and do righteousness, for near is My salvation to come, and My righteousness to be revealed.
[ISA.56.2] Blessed is the person who does this, and a child of humanity who holds to it: guarding the Sabbath from profaning it, and guarding their hand from doing any evil.
[ISA.56.3] And let not a son of a foreigner who has associated with Yahveh say, "Yahveh will surely distinguish me from above His people." And let not a eunuch say, "Indeed, I am a dry tree."
[ISA.56.4] For thus says Yahveh to the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths and who choose that which I have desired, and who hold fast to my covenant.
[ISA.56.5] And I will give them in my house and within my walls a hand and a name good, better than sons and than daughters, a name for all time I will give to him, which shall not be extinguished.
[ISA.56.6] And the children of the foreigner who attach themselves to Yahveh to serve Him and to love the name of Yahveh, to be to Him for servants: all who guard the Sabbath from profaning it and hold fast to My covenant.
[ISA.56.7] And I will bring them to the mountain, my holiness, and I will make them rejoice in the house of my prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be pleasing upon my altar, for my house will be called a house of prayer for all the peoples.
[ISA.56.8] Declares my Lord Yahveh, the one who gathers the dispersed of Israel, still I will gather upon him to his gatherings.
[ISA.56.9] All the beasts of the field came to eat all the beasts in the forest.
[ISA.56.10] The watchmen are blind, all of them do not know. All of them are like silent dogs, they cannot bark. Visionaries are lying down, lovers of sleep.
[ISA.56.11] And the dogs, with unrestrained souls, do not know fullness, and they, the shepherds, do not understand understanding. All of them have turned to their way, each to his own gain from its end.
[ISA.56.12] I will bring wine with me, and we will drink strong drink together, and such will be the day tomorrow, greater very much.
ISA.57
[ISA.57.1] The righteous one is lost, and no one considers it. And people of kindness are gathered without understanding, because of the evil, the righteous one is gathered.
[ISA.57.2] May peace come. May they rest upon their couches. The one walking goes straight ahead in their ways.
[ISA.57.3] And you, draw near here, sons of Onan, seed of an adulterer, and you committed adultery.
[ISA.57.4] Against whom do you groan? Against whom do you widen your mouth, lengthening your tongue? Are you not children of transgression, seed of falsehood?
[ISA.57.5] Those who comfort themselves worship the Gods under every fresh tree, those who slaughter the children in the valleys under the limbs of the rocks.
[ISA.57.6] In the portions of the stream are your portions, they are, they are your lot. Also to them you poured a libation, you offered an offering. Upon these Gods I will find comfort.
[ISA.57.7] Upon the mountain, high and prominent, I placed your resting place. Even there you ascended to offer a sacrifice.
[ISA.57.8] And after the door and the doorpost, I placed your remembrance, because from me was your revelation and you rose. I expanded your dwelling place and you made for yourself from them. You loved their dwelling place - a strong hand saw it.
[ISA.57.9] And you consulted the king with oil, and you multiplied your potions, and you sent your messengers to a distant place, and you humbled yourself to Sheol.
[ISA.57.10] In the abundance of your ways you have toiled, you did not say, “despair!” The life of your hand you have found, therefore you have not grown weak.
[ISA.57.11] And who do you worry about and fear, seeing that you lie, and you did not remember me, you did not set me on your heart? Am I not the planner from eternity, and do you not fear me?
[ISA.57.12] I will declare your righteousness, and your deeds, and they will not profit you.
[ISA.57.13] When you cry out, your gatherings will rescue you, and the wind will carry them all away, taking the empty husk. But the one who takes refuge in Yahveh will inherit the land and possess the holy mountain.
[ISA.57.14] And it was said, "Clear the way, clear the way! Remove obstacle from the way of my people!"
[ISA.57.15] For thus says the High and Exalted One, the one dwelling forever, holy is his name. He dwells in the heights and is holy. And with the crushed and humble in spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the crushed ones.
[ISA.57.16] For I will not quarrel forever, and I will not be angry for eternity, for a spirit from before me will overwhelm, and breaths I have made.
[ISA.57.17] By iniquity and with his greed I was angry and I struck him. I will hide, and I will be angry, and he went, returning in the way of his heart.
[ISA.57.18] I have seen his ways, and I will heal him. I will comfort him, and I will fully recompense consolations to him and to his mourners.
[ISA.57.19] The Creator of a new lip declares, "Peace, peace, to the far off and to those near," says Yahveh, "and I will heal them."
[ISA.57.20] And the wicked are driven like the sea, because the quiet will not be able, and they drive away from their waters scum and sediment.
[ISA.57.21] There is no peace, the Gods declared to the wicked.
ISA.58
[ISA.58.1] Call out in your throat, do not restrain yourself, like a shofar raise your voice, and declare to my people their transgression, and to the house of Jacob their sin.
[ISA.58.2] And they shall seek me day by day, and desire knowledge of my ways, as a nation which has done righteousness, and has not abandoned the justice of the Gods. They shall ask me for laws of justice, and desire closeness to the Gods.
[ISA.58.3] Why have we fasted, and you have not seen it? Why have we afflicted ourselves, and you do not know? Truly, on the day of your fasting, you find your desire, and all your oppressions are exhausted.
[ISA.58.4] Behold, for rivalry and for contention you fast, and to strike with a wicked fist. Do not fast as you do today, to make your voice heard on high.
[ISA.58.5] Is this what will be a fast I choose, a day for a man to afflict his soul? To bow the head like a reed and to place sackcloth and ashes beneath him? Is this what you call a fast, and a day pleasing to Yahveh?
[ISA.58.6] Is not this the fast that I choose: to open the bonds of wickedness, to release those who are bruised, to send the oppressed free, and to break every yoke?
[ISA.58.7] Is it not so that you spread out your bread to the hungry, and bring the poor and afflicted into your house? If you see someone naked, will you not cover them, and will you not ignore your own flesh?
[ISA.58.8] Then it will cleave open like the dawn, your duration and your extension will quickly sprout, and your righteousness will walk before you; the glory of Yahveh will gather you.
[ISA.58.9] Then you will call, and Yahveh will answer; you cry out, and He says, "Behold, I am!" If you remove iniquity from within you, send forth a finger and speak falsehood.
[ISA.58.10] You will nourish the hungry with your being and you will satisfy an afflicted soul. And your light will arise in darkness, and your darkness will be as noon.
[ISA.58.11] Yahveh will continually guide you and satisfy your soul with abundance, and your bones will flourish. You will be like a well-watered garden, and like a spring of water whose waters do not lie.
[ISA.58.12] And they will build from you ruins of forever, foundations of generation to generation they will arise, and they will call you one who mends the breach, restorer of paths to dwell.
[ISA.58.13] If you restrain your foot from pursuing your desires on my holy day, and you call the Sabbath a delight honoring the holy Yahveh, and you honor it by not following your ways, by not seeking your desire, and you speak a word.
[ISA.58.14] Then you will find delight in Yahveh, and I will make you ride on the heights of the earth, and I will feed you the inheritance of Jacob, your father, because the mouth of Yahveh has spoken.
ISA.59
[ISA.59.1] Indeed, the hand of Yahveh is not short to save, and his ear is not heavy to hearing.
[ISA.59.2] But it is your iniquities that have separated between you and your Gods, and your sins have hidden faces from you, preventing them from hearing.
[ISA.59.3] For your hands are redeemed in blood, and your fingers are in iniquity. Your lips speak falsehood, and your tongue utters perversity.
[ISA.59.4] There is no one calling for justice, and there is no judgment in faithfulness. They trust in emptiness and speak falsehood. The pregnant one conceives toil, and brings forth wickedness.
[ISA.59.5] Eggs of a viper are broken open, and weavers of spider webs will weave. The one who eats from their eggs will die, and the hatched snake will bite.
[ISA.59.6] Their creations will not be clothing, and they will not cover themselves with their creations. Their creations are works of iniquity, and acts of violence are in their hands.
[ISA.59.7] Their feet run to evil, and they hasten to pour out innocent blood. Their thoughts are thoughts of wickedness, spoil and destruction are in their paths.
[ISA.59.8] The path of peace they did not know, and there is no justice in their circles. Their paths are twisted for them; everyone walking in it does not know peace.
[ISA.59.9] Therefore, justice is distant from us, and righteousness will not reach us. We hoped for light, and behold, it is darkness. We walk in shadows.
[ISA.59.10] They stumble like the blind against a wall, and like those who should be able to see, they stumble. We have stumbled at noon like a shadow at evening, like the dead.
[ISA.59.11] We groan like bears, all of us, and moan like doves. We hope for justice, but there is none, and salvation is distant from us.
[ISA.59.12] For our transgressions are many before you, and our sins have answered against us. For our transgressions are with us, and we recognize our iniquities.
[ISA.59.13] The sinful one and the denier of Yahveh, and the one who turns away from behind the Gods of our ancestors, speaks of oppression and perversion. They conceive and bring forth from the heart words of falsehood.
[ISA.59.14] And justice is pushed back, and righteousness stands far away, because truth has stumbled in the street, and uprightness is unable to come in.
[ISA.59.15] And truth was absent, and evil flourished wildly, and Yahveh saw and it displeased Him in His eyes because there was no justice.
[ISA.59.16] And he saw that there was no man, and he was dismayed because there was no one to intervene. Therefore, his own arm brought salvation to him, and his righteousness sustained him.
[ISA.59.17] And Righteousness He put on as armor, and a helmet of Salvation upon His head, and garments of Vengeance He put on as robes, and He covered Himself as a cloak with Zeal.
[ISA.59.18] As God acts in deeds, so God will repay wrath to his adversaries, retribution to his enemies, to the coastlands God will repay retribution.
[ISA.59.19] And they will fear the name of Yahveh from the west, and from the rising of the sun they will fear His glory, because He will come like a narrow river, the wind of Yahveh surging within it.
[ISA.59.20] And he will come to Zion, a redeemer, and to those returning from transgression in Jacob, declares Yahveh.
[ISA.59.21] And this is the covenant I make with them, said Yahveh: My spirit that is upon you, and my words that I have put in your mouth will not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your offspring, nor from the mouth of the offspring of your offspring, said Yahveh, from now and forever.
ISA.60
[ISA.60.1] Arise, shining one, for your light has come, and the glory of Yahveh has shined upon you.
[ISA.60.2] For behold, the darkness will cover the earth, and darkness will be upon the nations, but upon you Yahveh will rise, and His glory will be seen upon you.
[ISA.60.3] And nations will go to brightness, and kings to the splendor of your rising.
[ISA.60.4] Lift up your eyes around you and see, all of them are gathered, they come to you. Your sons come from afar, and your daughters will be carried on the shoulder.
[ISA.60.5] Then you will see and become radiant, and fear and your heart will be greatly broadened, because a multitude like a sea will turn upon you, the force of nations will come to you.
[ISA.60.6] A train of camels will cover you, the firstfruits of Midian and Ephah. All of them will come from Sheba, bearing gold and frankincense, and they will proclaim the praises of Yahveh.
[ISA.60.7] All the flocks of Kedar will gather to you. The rams of Nebaioth will serve you. They will ascend on the desire of my altar, and the house of my glory I will glorify.
[ISA.60.8] Who are these, like doves flying, and like doves to their roosts?
[ISA.60.9] For to me the islands are waiting, and the ships of Tarshish at the first, to bring your sons from afar, with their silver and their gold, for the name of Yahveh, the God of you, and for the Holy One of Israel, because your splendor.
[ISA.60.10] And foreigners will build your walls, and their rulers will serve you, for in my anger I struck you, and according to my will I had mercy on you.
[ISA.60.11] And you shall open your gates perpetually, day and night, they shall not be closed, to bring to you a force of nations and their kings, being led as prisoners.
[ISA.60.12] For the nation and the kingdom that will not serve God will be destroyed, and the nations will be utterly ruined.
[ISA.60.13] The glory of Lebanon will come to you, fir you will adorn and cedar together to beautify the place of my sanctuary and the place of my feet I will honor.
[ISA.60.14] And they will go to you, bowed down, the children of those who afflicted you, and they will prostrate themselves at the palms of your feet, all those who hated you. And they will call you ‘the city of Yahveh, Zion, the Holy One of Israel’.
[ISA.60.15] Instead of your being forsaken and hated, and there being no passerby, I have set you to glory forever, a joy to generation and generation.
[ISA.60.16] And you will suck the milk of nations, and you will nurse at the breast of kings. And you will know that I, Yahveh, am your savior and your redeemer, the mighty one of Jacob.
[ISA.60.17] Instead of the copper I will bring gold, and instead of the iron I will bring silver, and instead of the trees I will bring copper, and instead of the stones iron. And I will make your commands peace, and your rulers righteousness.
[ISA.60.18] Violence will no longer be heard in your land, despoiling and breaking will not occur within your borders, and salvation will be called your walls, and praise your gates.
[ISA.60.19] There will no longer be the sun for light during the days, and the brightness of the moon will not illuminate you. And Yahveh will be to you a light forever, and your Gods will be your glory.
[ISA.60.20] Your sun will not come again, and your moon will not be gathered up, for Yahveh will be for you a light forever, and the days of my mourning will be completed.
[ISA.60.21] And your people, all of them are righteous; forever they will inherit the land, a planting of my planting, the work of my hands, to glorify.
[ISA.60.22] The small one will become a thousand, and the young one a mighty nation. I am Yahveh; in its time, I will hasten it.
ISA.61
[ISA.61.1] The spirit of my Lord Yahveh is upon me, because Yahveh has anointed me to proclaim good news to the humble, to heal the brokenhearted, to call to the captives freedom, and to the prisoners release.
[ISA.61.2] To proclaim a year of favor to Yahveh and a day of vengeance to the Gods, to comfort all who mourn.
[ISA.61.3] To appoint to those who mourn in Zion to give to them beauty instead of ashes, oil of joy instead of grief, a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair, and to call them oaks of righteousness, a planting of Yahveh to glorify Himself.
[ISA.61.4] And they will build ruins of eternity, desolations of former times, and they will establish them. And they will renew cities of ruin, desolations generation after generation.
[ISA.61.5] And foreigners will stand and pasture your flocks, and the sons of strangers will be your farmers and your vinedressers.
[ISA.61.6] And you priests, you will be called. Servants of the Gods, it will be said to you: You will eat the strength of nations and you will boast in their honor.
[ISA.61.7] Instead of your shame, a double portion, and for disgrace, they will sing of a double portion of their inheritance. Therefore, in their land, they will inherit a double portion. Eternal joy will be theirs.
[ISA.61.8] For I, Yahveh, love justice and hate robbery and iniquity. And I will give them their recompense truthfully, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
[ISA.61.9] And their seed shall be known among the nations, and their offspring within the peoples. All who see them will recognize them, for they are the seed blessed by Yahveh.
[ISA.61.10] I will greatly rejoice in Yahveh, my soul will exult in my Gods, for He has clothed me in garments of salvation and covered me with a robe of righteousness. As a bridegroom adorns himself with finery and as a bride decks herself with her jewels.
[ISA.61.11] For as the earth brings forth its sprout, and as a garden causes its seeds to sprout, so my Lord Yahveh will bring forth righteousness and praise before all the nations.
ISA.62
[ISA.62.1] For the sake of Zion, I will not be silent, and for the sake of Jerusalem, I will not be still, until righteousness goes forth brightly and her salvation burns like a torch.
[ISA.62.2] And nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory, and they will call you a new name, which the mouth of Yahveh will establish.
[ISA.62.3] And you will be a crown of beauty in the hand of Yahveh, and a turban of kingship in the palm of the Gods.
[ISA.62.4] It will no longer be said to you, ‘Forsaken,’ and to your land it will no longer be said, ‘Desolate.’ For you will be called ‘My Delight’ and to your land ‘Married.’ Because Yahveh delights in you and your land will be possessed.
[ISA.62.5] For if a young man lies with a virgin, your sons will lie with you, and the rejoicing of a bridegroom over a bride will be glad upon you, your Gods.
[ISA.62.6] On your walls, Jerusalem, I have appointed watchmen, all the day and all the night, perpetually they will not be silent; those who remember Yahveh, be not silent to you.
[ISA.62.7] And do not give Him peace until He establishes and until He makes Jerusalem praise in the land.
[ISA.62.8] Yahveh swears by His right hand and by the strength of His arm, that I will not give your grain as food to your enemies, and that foreigners will not drink your wine, which you have toiled to produce.
[ISA.62.9] For those who gather him will consume him, and they will praise Yahveh. And those who are gathered by him will drink him in the courts of the holy one.
[ISA.62.10] Pass through, pass through at the gates! Clear the way for the people! Pave, pave the path! Remove stones from the way! Lift up a banner over the nations!
[ISA.62.11] Behold, Yahveh has caused to hear to the end of the earth: say to the daughter of Zion, behold, your salvation is coming! Behold, his reward is with him, and his work is before his face.
[ISA.62.12] And they will be called the holy people, redeemed by Yahveh, and to you will be called sought out, a city not forsaken.
ISA.63
[ISA.63.1] Who is this who comes from Edom, with garments stained red from Bozrah? This one is splendid in his apparel, treading with great power. I speak in righteousness, much to save.
[ISA.63.2] Why is your clothing red, and why are your garments like one treading in a winepress?
[ISA.63.3] I have trodden fruit alone, and there is no one with me among the nations. And I will tread them in my anger, and I will crush them in my fury. And their victory will be upon my garments, and I will redeem all my clothing.
[ISA.63.4] For a day of vengeance is in my heart, and the year of my redemption has come.
[ISA.63.5] And I look, and there is no helper, and I am desolate, and there is no supporter. And my arm saved me, and my fury is what supported me.
[ISA.63.6] And I will bring nations to my anger, and I will pay them back with my wrath. And I will bring down to the earth their inheritance.
[ISA.63.7] The loving kindnesses of Yahveh I will remember, the praises of Yahveh I will recount, according to all that Yahveh has done for us. And great is the goodness to the house of Israel that He has shown them, according to His mercies and according to the abundance of His loving kindnesses.
[ISA.63.8] And he said, "Only my people they are, sons who will not lie, and it came to be a savior for them."
[ISA.63.9] In all their distress, He was not distressed, and the angel of His face saved them. In His love and in His compassion, He redeemed them. He lifted them and carried them all the days of forever.
[ISA.63.10] And they rebelled and hardened their hearts against the spirit of His holiness, and He turned to be an enemy to them; He fought with them.
[ISA.63.11] And he remembered the days of old, Moses and his people. Where is the one who brought them up from the sea, the shepherd of his flock? Where is the one who placed his holy spirit within them?
[ISA.63.12] The Gods lead to the right hand of Moses, an arm of the Gods’ splendor. The Gods cleave the waters before them, to make a name for the Gods for all time.
[ISA.63.13] He leads them in the depths, like a horse in the wilderness; they will not stumble.
[ISA.63.14] Like the beast descending into the valley, the breath of Yahveh will lead it. So you lead your people, to make a name for yourself through glory.
[ISA.63.15] Look from heaven and see your high place and your splendor. Where is your zeal and your strength? The tumult of your inward parts and your compassion have restrained themselves from me.
[ISA.63.16] For you are our father, for Abraham did not know us, and Israel did not recognize us. You, Yahveh, are our father, our redeemer from eternity, your name is.
[ISA.63.17] Why do you obscure, Yahveh, from your ways? Why do you harden our hearts from your reverence? Turn back, for the sake of your servants, the tribes of your inheritance.
[ISA.63.18] For a short time, your holy people possessed [the land], and our enemies have trampled your sanctuary.
[ISA.63.19] We have been from eternity, the Gods have not ruled over us, your name has not been called upon them. If you were to tear open the heavens and descend, before your presence the mountains would melt.
ISA.64
[ISA.64.1] As you test fire, melting water, you will demand fire to make your name known to your adversaries. Before you, nations will tremble.
[ISA.64.2] In your doing of terrors, we did not expect that mountains would flow from before your face.
[ISA.64.3] From forever, they have not heard, they have not listened, an eye has not seen. The Gods, apart from you, will do things for those who wait for them.
[ISA.64.4] You encountered the people and the one who does righteousness will remember you in your ways. Indeed, you were angry, and we sinned against you forever, and we will be saved.
[ISA.64.5] And we became unclean, all of us, and like a garment of menstrual cloths, all our righteousnesses. And we withered, all of us, like a leaf, and our iniquities, like wind, will carry us away.
[ISA.64.6] And there is no one calling upon your name, no one awakening to hold onto you, because you have hidden your face from us, and our strength has failed in the hand of our iniquities.
[ISA.64.7] And now, Yahveh, you are our Father. We are the substance, and you are our maker. All of us are the work of your hand.
[ISA.64.8] Do not be furious, Yahveh, exceedingly, and do not forever remember iniquity. Behold, look, please, at your people, all of us.
[ISA.64.9] Your holy cities have become a wilderness, Zion has become a wilderness, Jerusalem is desolate.
[ISA.64.10] Our sacred house and our glory, where our ancestors praised you, has become a burning of fire, and all our desires have become destruction.
[ISA.64.11] Will you restrain yourself upon these Gods, Yahveh? Will you be silent and respond to us exceedingly?
ISA.65
[ISA.65.1] I was sought without being asked, I was found by those who did not seek me. I said, "Here I am, here I am," to a nation that does not call on my name.
[ISA.65.2] I have spread my hands all day to a rebellious people, those who walk a path that is not good, after their own thoughts.
[ISA.65.3] The people who provoke the Gods continually before my face, they sacrifice in the gardens and they burn incense on the whitewashed stones.
[ISA.65.4] The ones who dwell in the graves and in the rocks will spend the night. The ones who eat the flesh of swine, and whose vessels contain abominations.
[ISA.65.5] Those who say, "Draw near to me," do not approach me, because I have sanctified you. These are smoke in my nostrils, a burning fire all day.
[ISA.65.6] Indeed, a writing is before me. I will not conceal, but I have repaid and I have repaid for their bosom.
[ISA.65.7] “Your iniquities and the iniquities of your fathers together,” said Yahveh, “those who burned offerings on the mountains and on the hills have insulted me, and I will deliver the result of their actions to their own embrace.”
[ISA.65.8] Thus says Yahveh: As one might find sweet wine within a cluster and be told, "Do not destroy it, for blessing is in it," so will I do for the sake of My servants, so as not to destroy everything.
[ISA.65.9] And I will bring forth seed from Jacob and an inheritor from Judah. They will possess the land, my chosen ones, and my servants will dwell there.
[ISA.65.10] And the Sharon plain will become a pasture for sheep, and the valley of Achor will become a resting place for cattle, for my people who seek me.
[ISA.65.11] And you, those abandoning Yahveh, those forgetting the holy mountain, are those preparing a table for fortune, and those filling cups with intoxicating drink.
[ISA.65.12] I will surely count you to the sword and all of you for slaughter you will be subdued, because I called and you did not answer, I spoke and you did not hear, and you did evil in my eyes, and in that which I did not desire, you chose.
[ISA.65.13] Therefore thus says my Lord Yahveh: Behold, my servants will eat, but you will hunger. Behold, my servants will drink, but you will thirst. Behold, my servants will rejoice, but you will be ashamed.
[ISA.65.14] Behold, my servants will sing from goodness of heart, and you will cry out from pain of heart, and from breaking of spirit you will wail.
[ISA.65.15] And you will place your names on an oath for my chosen ones, and my Lord Yahveh will cause death. And to his servants, another name will be called.
[ISA.65.16] The one who blesses in the land will be blessed by the Gods of Amen, and the one who swears in the land will swear by the Gods of Amen, because the former troubles are forgotten and because they are hidden from the eyes.
[ISA.65.17] For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth, and the former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.
[ISA.65.18] For only rejoice and be glad forever, that I am creating, for behold, I am creating Jerusalem as joy, and her people as delight.
[ISA.65.19] And I will rejoice in Jerusalem and be glad in my people, and the sound of weeping and the sound of outcry will no longer be heard in it.
[ISA.65.20] There will not still be from there an age of days, and the elder that does not fill his days. Because the youth, son of one hundred years, will die, and the sinner, son of one hundred years, will be cursed.
[ISA.65.21] And they built houses and they dwelled in them, and they planted vineyards and they ate their fruit.
[ISA.65.22] They will not build and another will dwell, they will not plant and another will eat, because like the days of the tree are the days of my people, and the work of their hands will be worn out among my chosen ones.
[ISA.65.23] They will not toil for nothing, nor will they bear children for ruin, for they are the seed of those blessed by Yahveh, and their offspring are with them.
[ISA.65.24] And it will be, before they call, and I, Yahveh, will answer. Still they are speaking, and I, Yahveh, will hear.
[ISA.65.25] A wolf and a lamb will graze as one, and a lion will eat straw like an ox, and a serpent will have dust for its food. They will not cause harm, and they will not destroy, on all my holy mountain, says Yahveh.
ISA.66
[ISA.66.1] Thus says Yahveh, "The heavens are my throne, and the earth is the footstool of my feet. Which house will you build for me, and which place will be my rest?"
[ISA.66.2] And all these things my hand has made, and all these things are the declaration of Yahveh. And to this one I will look, to the humble and contrite in spirit, and I will tremble at my words.
[ISA.66.3] The one slaughtering the bull is like one striking a man. The one sacrificing the lamb is like one wringing the neck of a dog. The one offering a grain offering with the blood of a pig is like one remembering incense. The one who blesses iniquity is like one who desires their abominations. They have also chosen their own ways, and their souls desire their abominations.
[ISA.66.4] Also I will choose deceitful plans for them, and I will bring their dwellings upon them, because I called and there was no answer, I spoke and they did not listen. They did evil in my eyes, and in what I did not desire, they chose.
[ISA.66.5] Listen to the word of Yahveh, you who tremble at His word. Your brothers, those who hate you, and those who reject you will say things for the sake of My name, that Yahveh may be honored, and we will see your joy, while they will be ashamed.
[ISA.66.6] A sound of roaring comes from the city, a sound from the sanctuary; the voice of Yahveh is recompensing full measure to his enemies.
[ISA.66.7] Before a woman begins to give birth, before a cord comes to her, and she brings forth a male.
[ISA.66.8] Who has heard of such a thing? Who has seen these things? Is a land able to give birth in one day, or a nation to be born at once? For Zion is in labor, and she has given birth to her sons.
[ISA.66.9] Is it I who break and not bring forth, says Yahveh? If I bring forth and restrain, says your Gods.
[ISA.66.10] Rejoice with Jerusalem and exult in her, all who love her. Rejoice with her in gladness, all who once mourned for her.
[ISA.66.11] So that you may be purified and be satisfied from the breasts of her comforts, so that you may draw out and delight from the abundance of her glory.
[ISA.66.12] Thus says Yahveh: Behold, I will incline toward her as a river of peace and as a rushing stream, the glory of nations. And you will suckle and be carried on the side, and you will be delighted on the knees.
[ISA.66.13] As a man whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you, and in Jerusalem you will be comforted.
[ISA.66.14] And you will see, and your heart will rejoice, and your bones will flourish like the grass. And the hand of Yahveh will be known to his servants, and his anger will be known to his enemies.
[ISA.66.15] Surely, Yahveh comes in fire, and his chariots are a whirlwind, to return his anger with heat and his rebuke with flames of fire.
[ISA.66.16] For Yahveh will judge in fire, and with His sword against all flesh, and many will be the slain of Yahveh.
[ISA.66.17] Those who sanctify themselves and those who purify themselves to the gardens, one after another within, eaters of the flesh of the pig, and that which is abhorrent, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, declares Yahveh.
[ISA.66.18] And I am their works and their thoughts, come to gather all the nations and the languages, and they will come and see my glory.
[ISA.66.19] And I will set a sign among them, and I will send survivors from among them to the nations: to Tarshish, to Pul, to Lud, archers of Tubal and Javan, to the distant coastlands, who have not heard about my name and have not seen my glory. And they will declare my glory among the nations.
[ISA.66.20] And they shall bring all your brothers from all the nations, an offering to Yahveh, with horses and chariots and with livestock and with mules and with carts, to the holy mountain of Jerusalem, says Yahveh, just as the sons of Israel bring the offering in vessels that are pure, to the house of Yahveh.
[ISA.66.21] And also from them I will take for the priests and for the Levites, said Yahveh.
[ISA.66.22] For as the new heavens and the new earth which I am making stand before me, says Yahveh, so will your offspring and your name stand.
[ISA.66.23] And it will be, from month to month, in its month, and from Sabbath to Sabbath, in its Sabbath, that all flesh will come to prostrate themselves before me, said Yahveh.
[ISA.66.24] And they will come forth and see the corpses of the people who transgress against me, for their worm will not die and the fire will not be extinguished, and they will be a terror to all flesh.
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JER.1
[JER.1.1] The words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, from the priests who are in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin.
[JER.1.2] That the word of Yahveh was to him in the days of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
[JER.1.3] And it happened in the days of Jehoiakim, son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the completion of twelve years for Zedekiah, son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the exile of Jerusalem in the fifth month.
[JER.1.4] And it happened, the word of Yahveh came to me to say.
[JER.1.5] Before I fashioned you within the womb, I knew you, and before you exited from the womb, I consecrated you. A prophet to the nations, I appointed you.
[JER.1.6] And I said, "Ah, my Lord Yahveh, behold, I have not known a thing, for I am a young man."
[JER.1.7] And Yahveh said to me, "Do not say, 'I am a young man,' for to all wherever I send you, you will go, and everything I command you, you will speak."
[JER.1.8] Do not fear before them, because with you I am to save you, declares Yahveh.
[JER.1.9] And Yahveh sent out His hand and touched my mouth, and Yahveh said to me, "Behold, I have put My words in your mouth."
[JER.1.10] Behold, this day I have appointed you over the nations and over the kingdoms to tear out and to break down, to destroy and to ruin, to build and to plant.
[JER.1.11] And it came to pass, the word of Yahveh came to me to say, "What do you see, Jeremiah?" And I said, "I see a branch of an almond tree.
[JER.1.12] And Yahveh said to me, "You have done well to see, because I am watchful regarding my words to do them."
[JER.1.13] And the word of Yahveh came to me a second time, saying, "What do you see?" And I said, "I see a boiling pot, and its face is toward the north."
[JER.1.14] And Yahveh said to me, "From the north, the evil will come forth upon all who dwell in the land."
[JER.1.15] For behold, I call to all the families of the kingdoms of the north, says Yahveh, and they will come and each will give his throne at the entrance to the gates of Jerusalem, and upon all its walls around, and upon all the cities of Judah.
[JER.1.16] And I will speak my judgments upon them, concerning all of their evil, because they have forsaken me and sacrificed to the Gods others, and they have bowed down to the work of their hands.
[JER.1.17] And you will strengthen your loins, and you will rise, and you will speak to them all that I command you. Do not be afraid before them, lest I cause you to stumble before them.
[JER.1.18] And indeed, I have given you today to be a fortified city, and to be a pillar of iron, and to be walls of bronze over all the land, to the kings of Judah, to their officials, to its priests, and to the people of the land.
[JER.1.19] And they will fight against you, and they will not be able to overcome you, because I am with you, declares Yahveh, to save you.
JER.2
[JER.2.1] And it happened, the word of Yahveh came to me to say.
[JER.2.2] Go and proclaim to the ears of Jerusalem, saying, "Thus says Yahveh: I have remembered for you the kindness of your youth, the love of your betrothals, your following after me in the wilderness, in a land not sown."
[JER.2.3] The consecrated portion belonging to Israel is for Yahveh, the first fruits of the harvest. All those who eat of it will incur guilt; evil will come upon them, declares Yahveh.
[JER.2.4] Hear the word of Yahveh, house of Jacob, and all families of the house of Israel.
[JER.2.5] Thus says Yahveh, "What wrongdoing did your ancestors find in me, for they distanced themselves from me and went after futility and were deceived?"
[JER.2.6] And they did not say, "Where is Yahveh who brought us up from the land of Egypt?" He led us through the wilderness, through a land of desert, through a dry land, and through a shadowed death, through a land where no one has passed, and no person has dwelt.
[JER.2.7] And I brought you to the land of the vineyard to eat its fruit and goodness. And you came and defiled my land, and my inheritance you made an abomination.
[JER.2.8] The priests did not say, "Where is Yahveh?" And those who grasp the law did not know me. And the shepherds transgressed against me. And the prophets prophesied in the name of Baal, and after not being helpful, they went astray.
[JER.2.9] Therefore, I will still contend with you, declares Yahveh, and with the children of your children I will contend.
[JER.2.10] For pass through the lands of the Kittim and see, and dispatch to Kedar and understand very intently, and see, indeed, it has been such.
[JER.2.11] Did a nation exchange the Gods, and they are not Gods? And my people exchanged His glory for no profit.
[JER.2.12] Let the heavens tremble at this, and let the sword be greatly shaken, declares Yahveh.
[JER.2.13] For my people have done two bad things: they have forsaken Yahveh, the source of living waters, to dig wells for themselves, broken wells which cannot hold the waters.
[JER.2.14] Is the servant Israel, if born in the house, why was he given as plunder?
[JER.2.15] Against him roar the young lions; they gave their voice, and they laid waste his land to desolation. His cities were burned without an inhabitant.
[JER.2.16] Also, the sons of Nof and Tachpanhes will graze you, the crown of your head.
[JER.2.17] Should you not do this for yourselves? You have abandoned Yahveh, the Gods, at a time when He was leading you on the path.
[JER.2.18] And now, what journey to the way of Egypt is there to drink from the waters of Shichor, and what journey to the way of Assyria is there to drink from the waters of the river?
[JER.2.19] Your affliction will discipline you, and your captivities will correct you, and you will know and see that it was evil and bitter to abandon Yahveh, your God, and I did not fear you, says my Lord Yahveh of armies.
[JER.2.20] For from forever I have broken your yoke, I have loosened your bonds. And you said, 'I will not serve.' Because on every high hill and under every lush tree you lie with a prostitute.
[JER.2.21] And I, I planted you a vine, entirely seed of truth, and how have you turned to me rows of a foreign vine?
[JER.2.22] For if you wash yourself with natron and increase purity for yourself, your iniquity will be stained before me, declares my Lord Yahveh.
[JER.2.23] How can you say you have not been defiled after going after the lords? You have not walked with them. Consider your way in the valley. Know what you have done. A young female camel readily seeks its mate’s path.
[JER.2.24] The wild ox longs for the desert, in the desire of its soul it has longed for its delight. Who will return it? All who seek it will not grow weary; they will find it in its time.
[JER.2.25] Restrain your foot from being bare and your throat from thirst. And you said, "Adultery is not wrong because I have loved strangers and I will go after them."
[JER.2.26] As the shame of a thief is when he is found, so will the house of Israel be shamed. They are their kings, their officials, and their priests, and their prophets.
[JER.2.27] They say to the tree, “You are my father,” and to the stone, “You bore me,” for they have turned their back to me and not their face, and in the time of their distress they will say, “Rise and save us.”
[JER.2.28] And where are the Gods that you made for yourself? Will they stand up and save you in a time of your trouble? For the number of your cities were the Gods of Judah.
[JER.2.29] Why do you quarrel with God, all of you? You have all transgressed against me, says Yahveh.
[JER.2.30] In vain I struck your sons; they did not accept correction. Your sword devoured your prophets like a destroying lion.
[JER.2.31] You are the generation, see the word of Yahveh. Was I a wilderness to Israel, or a land of darkness? Why does my people say, "We have descended and will not come to you again?"
[JER.2.32] Can a young woman forget her ornament, or a bride her jewelry? Likewise, my people have forgotten me for days without number.
[JER.2.33] What good will you make of your ways when seeking love? Therefore, I also have taught your ways to include the bad things.
[JER.2.34] Also, upon your wings was found the blood of souls of the poor and innocent. I did not find it in secret, but openly, concerning all of these things.
[JER.2.35] And you stated that I am pure, but the anger of God has returned from against me. Behold, I will judge you based on your statement, 'I have not committed a wrong.'
[JER.2.36] Why do you hasten so much to change your way? You will also be ashamed by Egypt, as you were ashamed by Assyria.
[JER.2.37] Even from this you will go out, and your hands will be upon your head, for Yahveh has rejected your trust, and you will not succeed with them.
JER.3
[JER.3.1] To say, indeed a man will send away his wife, and she will go from him and will be the wife of another man, will he return to her again? Surely not will that land commit adultery, and you have committed adultery with many lovers and return to me, says Yahveh.
[JER.3.2] Lift up your eyes to the crossroads and see where you have not strayed. You have sat by the roads for them, like a desert wanderer. And you have flattered the land with your adulteries and your wickedness.
[JER.3.3] The multitude held back, and no prince existed, and the glory of a prostitute’s forehead was for you, you refused all of them.
[JER.3.4] Surely, have I not called my father champion of my youth? You are.
[JER.3.5] Will God continue forever, if God maintains actions eternally? See, I have spoken, and you have done evil things and you will fail.
[JER.3.6] And Yahveh said to me in the days of King Josiah, “Have you seen what has done unfaithfulness, Israel? It is a way upon every high mountain and below every flourishing tree, and there it has prostituted itself.”
[JER.3.7] And I said, after she had done all these things to me, "Return to me," but she did not return. And her sister, Judah, saw her betrayal.
[JER.3.8] I saw that concerning all the deeds that Israel had committed in unfaithfulness, I had sent her away and given her a certificate of divorce. And Judah, her sister, did not fear treachery. So she went and also committed unfaithfulness.
[JER.3.9] And it will be from all of her unfaithfulness that she has defiled the land, and she has committed adultery with stone and with wood.
[JER.3.10] And even in all of this, treachery has not returned to me, her sister Judah, with all of her heart, but with falsehood, says Yahveh.
[JER.3.11] And Yahveh said to me, "The righteousness of her soul errs from Israel, from the betrayal of Judah."
[JER.3.12] Go and proclaim these words northward, and say: "Return, O restored Israel," declares Yahveh. "I will not turn my face away from you, for I am gracious," declares Yahveh. "I will not be perpetually angry."
[JER.3.13] Indeed, know your iniquity, for you have rebelled against Yahveh, your Gods. And you have scattered your ways to strangers, under every green tree, and you have not heard my voice, says Yahveh.
[JER.3.14] Return, sons, wayward ones, says Yahveh, for I have been a husband to you, and I have taken you, one from a city and two from a family, and I will bring you to Tziyon.
[JER.3.15] And I will give to you shepherds according to my heart, and they will pasture you with knowledge and understanding.
[JER.3.16] And it will be, when you multiply and increase in the land in those days, says Yahveh, that they will no longer say, "The ark of the covenant of Yahveh." And it will not come into their heart, nor will they remember it, nor seek it, and it will not be made again.
[JER.3.17] In that time, they will call Jerusalem the throne of Yahveh, and all the nations will gather to her in the name of Yahveh to Jerusalem, and they will no longer go after the dominion of their evil hearts.
[JER.3.18] In those days, the house of Judah will go over the house of Israel, and they will come together from the land of the north onto the land that I inherited to your ancestors.
[JER.3.19] And I have said, “How shall I establish you among offspring, and I will give to you a desired land, an inheritance of the splendor of the armies of nations?” And I have said, “You shall call me Father, and after me, you shall not return.”
[JER.3.20] Truly, a woman has betrayed from evil; thus, you have betrayed me, house of Israel, declares Yahveh.
[JER.3.21] A voice is heard upon the lips, the weeping and pleas of the children of Israel, for they have perverted their ways and forgotten Yahveh, the Gods.
[JER.3.22] Return, sons of the wayward. I will heal your waywardness. Here we are, we come to you, for you are Yahveh, our Gods.
[JER.3.23] Indeed, falsehood is found among the hills, a multitude of mountains. Indeed, salvation for Israel is in Yahveh, our God.
[JER.3.24] And shame consumed the labor of our ancestors from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
[JER.3.25] We lie down in our shame, and our shame covers us, for we have sinned against Yahveh the Gods, we and our fathers, from our youth until this day, and we have not heard the voice of Yahveh the Gods.
JER.4
[JER.4.1] If Israel returns, says Yahveh, return to me. And if you remove your abominations from before my face, and do not waver.
[JER.4.2] And you shall swear, ‘Living Yahveh,’ in truth, with justice and with righteousness. And through Him nations will be blessed, and through Him they will be praised.
[JER.4.3] For thus says Yahveh to the people of Judah and to Jerusalem: Prepare ground for yourselves, and do not sow among thorns.
[JER.4.4] Circumcise yourselves for Yahveh, and remove the foreskins of your hearts, you men of Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, lest the fire of my wrath go forth and burn, and there be no quencher because of the wickedness of your deeds.
[JER.4.5] Declare in Judah and in Jerusalem, make it heard and say, and sound the trumpet in the land. Call out, fill your hands and say, “Assemble and come to the cities of fortification!”
[JER.4.6] Raise the banner on Zion, be strong, do not be still, for evil I am bringing from the north, and great ruin.
[JER.4.7] A lion has risen from the thicket, and a destroyer of nations has traveled from its place to lay your land to desolation, your cities will be desolate from lack of an inhabitant.
[JER.4.8] Because of this, gird yourselves with sackcloth and lament, and wail, for the fierceness of the wrath of Yahveh has not turned from him.
[JER.4.9] And it will be on that day, declares Yahveh, the heart of the king and the heart of the officials will be destroyed, and the priests will be dismayed, and the prophets will be astonished.
[JER.4.10] And I said, "Alas, my Lord Yahveh, surely you have caused this people and Jerusalem to err, saying, "Peace will be to you," while the sword reaches to the soul."
[JER.4.11] At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, "A spirit of clear lips in the desert, a way for the daughter of my people. Not to sow, and not to rebuild."
[JER.4.12] A spirit full from these will come to me now. Also, I will speak judgments upon them.
[JER.4.13] Behold, as clouds He rises, and covering is His chariots. Swift as eagles are His horses. Woe to us, for we are plundered by Yahveh.
[JER.4.14] I wash the evil of your heart, Jerusalem, in order that you be saved. Until when will you dwell within you with thoughts of your affliction?
[JER.4.15] For a voice announces from Dan, and declares wrongdoing from the mountain of Ephraim.
[JER.4.16] Remember the nations, behold, proclaim concerning Jerusalem, watchmen are coming from a distant land, and they gave their voice upon the cities of Judah.
[JER.4.17] Like watchmen of a field, they were around her from all sides, because you provoked me, says Yahveh.
[JER.4.18] Your ways and your deeds have brought these consequences upon you. This is your evil, because it is bitter, because it has touched to your heart.
[JER.4.19] My bowels, my bowels! I am wracked with the walls of my heart. It resounds within me, and I cannot be silent, for my soul has heard the sound of the shofar, the shout of war.
[JER.4.20] Break upon break is called, for the whole land has been plundered. Suddenly my tents have been plundered, in a moment my curtains.
[JER.4.21] How long will I observe a banner, and hear the sound of the shofar?
[JER.4.22] For the foolishness of my people, they do not know me. They are foolish children, and not understanding. They are wise for evil, and do not know for good.
[JER.4.23] I saw the land, and behold, it was formless and empty, and to the heavens, and there was no light of them.
[JER.4.24] I saw the mountains, and behold, they were shaking, and all the hills were ruined.
[JER.4.25] I saw, and behold, there was no human, and all the birds of the heavens have flown away.
[JER.4.26] I saw, and behold, the Carmel, the desert, and all its cities were shattered before Yahveh, before the fierceness of his anger.
[JER.4.27] For thus said Yahveh: Desolation will be all the land, and I will not do any further creation.
[JER.4.28] Because of this, the earth will mourn, and the heavens above will darken, because I spoke my thoughts and did not regret them, and I will not return from it.
[JER.4.29] From the sound of a horseman and one stretching a bow, the whole city has fled. They entered the caves and climbed into the crevices. The whole city is abandoned, and there is no person inhabiting it.
[JER.4.30] And you, devastated one, what have you done that you clothe yourself in crimson, that you adorn yourself with jewelry of gold, that you paint your eyes with powder in vain? You beautify yourself in vain. Those who once loved you have rejected you. They will seek after Yahveh.
[JER.4.31] For a voice of weakness I have heard, distress like one rebuked. The voice of the daughter of Zion will wail, she will spread her hands. Woe to me, for my soul is weary for those who slay.
JER.5
[JER.5.1] Wander in the streets of Jerusalem and see, and know, and seek in its thoroughfares if you find a man, if there is anyone doing justice, seeking faithfulness, and I will forgive her.
[JER.5.2] And if they say, "Yahveh is living," then they will swear falsely.
[JER.5.3] Yahveh, your eyes do not seek faithfulness. You struck them, yet they did not grow sick. You consumed them for refusing correction. They hardened their faces like stone, refusing to return.
[JER.5.4] And I said, "They are only weak, they are ruined because they do not know the way of Yahveh, the justice of the Gods."
[JER.5.5] I will go to the great ones and speak with them, for they know the way of Yahveh, the justice of the Gods. But they, together, have broken the yoke and discarded discipline.
[JER.5.6] Therefore, a lion from the forest has struck them, a wolf of the desert will ravage them, a leopard will watch over their cities. Anyone who goes out from here will be torn apart, because their sins have multiplied and their strongholds have become fortified.
[JER.5.7] Why do you send to me your sons who have forsaken me, and they swore without the Gods? And I will make them full, and they have committed adultery, and they grow up in a house of prostitution.
[JER.5.8] Horses equipped in the morning were there, and each man will rejoice with his wife.
[JER.5.9] Will I not punish these things, declares Yahveh? And even if a nation acts in this manner, my self will not seek vengeance.
[JER.5.10] Go up to her burnt offerings and destroy them, and completely finish them; do not make any ruins. Remove her idols, for they do not belong to Yahveh.
[JER.5.11] For betrayal has been dealt to me by the house of Israel, and by the house of Judah, declares Yahveh.
[JER.5.12] Because they denied Yahveh, and they said, "It is not He," and disaster will not come upon us, and we will not see sword or famine.
[JER.5.13] And the prophets will be as wind, and the word is not in them. Thus will it be done to them.
[JER.5.14] Therefore, thus says Yahveh, the Gods of hosts: Because you have spoken this thing, behold, I am placing My words in your mouth as fire, and this people will be as wood, and they will be consumed.
[JER.5.15] Behold, I bring upon you a nation from afar, house of Israel, declares Yahveh. This nation is powerful; this nation is from of old; this nation, you will not know his language, and you will not understand what he speaks.
[JER.5.16] His mouth is like an open grave, all of them are heroes.
[JER.5.17] Your harvest will be eaten, and your bread will be consumed by your sons and your daughters. Your flock and your cattle will be eaten. Your vines and your figs will be withered. Your fortified cities, in which you trusted, will be devastated with the sword.
[JER.5.18] And also in those days, says Yahveh, I will not do completely with you.
[JER.5.19] And it will be that when you say, "What has Yahveh, the Gods, done for us with all these things?", you shall say to them, "As you abandoned me and served foreign Gods in your land, so you will serve strangers in a land not your own."
[JER.5.20] Declare this in the house of Jacob, and make it heard in Judah, saying:
[JER.5.21] Hear now this, foolish people, and there is no understanding. They have eyes, but they do not see. They have ears, but they do not hear.
[JER.5.22] Do not fear my signs, says Yahveh, if you are not afraid before me, because I have set the sand as a border for the sea, a decree forever, and it will not cross over. The waves roared, but they could not overcome, and they raged, but they did not cross over.
[JER.5.23] And to this people was a heart rebellious and disobedient. They turned away and they went.
[JER.5.24] And they did not say in their hearts, "Let us fear Yahveh, the Gods, who gives rain and dew and the early harvest in its time." May He maintain for us the appointed times of harvest, according to His laws.
[JER.5.25] Your iniquities turned away these things, and your sins withheld the good from you.
[JER.5.26] For the wicked ones have been found among my people, upright as a deception, deceivers have set up a destroyer, men will capture.
[JER.5.27] Like a cage full of bird, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they grew and became wealthy.
[JER.5.28] They acted with arrogance and did wrong, and they transgressed in wicked dealings. They did not judge, they did not judge the cause of the orphan, and they prospered by it. And they did not judge the cause of the poor.
[JER.5.29] Upon these will I not visit punishment, says Yahveh. Nor will my soul avenge itself against a nation like this.
[JER.5.30] Astonishment and ruin became in the land.
[JER.5.31] The prophets prophesied falsely, and the priests ruled by their hand, and my people loved it this way. What will you do at the end of it?
JER.6
[JER.6.1] The Benjaminites acted courageously from within Jerusalem, and in Tekoa they blew the ram's horn, and over the House of the Vineyard they lifted a signal, for evil is peering from the north and a great breaking is coming.
[JER.6.2] I likened beauty and delight to the daughter of Zion.
[JER.6.3] To the Gods she will come, shepherds and their flocks. They will pitch tents around her. Each will tend to his own affairs.
[JER.6.4] Sanctify war upon it, rise up and let us go forth at midday. Woe to us, for the day has turned, for the shadows of evening are lengthening.
[JER.6.5] Rise up and let us go up at night and destroy her palaces.
[JER.6.6] For thus says Yahveh of hosts: They have made a plan and will pour out a mound upon Jerusalem. It is the city that is visited, all of it oppression within it.
[JER.6.7] As one digs a well for its waters, so has evil been dug for it. Violence and destruction will be heard within it, always before my face, sickness and strike.
[JER.6.8] I will strip Jerusalem, lest my soul strike from you, lest I set you a waste, a land not inhabited.
[JER.6.9] Thus says Yahveh of hosts, the weak will toil like a vine, the remnant of Israel. Bring back your hand like a gatherer on baskets.
[JER.6.10] To whom shall I speak and testify, and to whom will they listen? Behold, their ears are uncircumcised, and they cannot listen. Behold, the word of Yahveh has been for them a disgrace; they do not desire it.
[JER.6.11] And the wrath of Yahveh, I have filled it, I am weary, it consumes. Pour it out on the infant outside, and on the secret gathering of young men together, because even a man with a woman will be taken, an old man with a full life will be captured.
[JER.6.12] And they will turn their homes to others, fields and wives together, because you have stretched out my hands against the inhabitants of the land, says Yahveh.
[JER.6.13] For from the youngest to the eldest, all of them are seeking profit with profit, and from the prophet to the priest, all of them are making lies.
[JER.6.14] And they healed the brokenness of my people easily, saying, "Peace, peace," but there is no peace.
[JER.6.15] Be ashamed, for you have done an abomination. Also, shame will not come to them, and they will not know the tools. Therefore, they will fall with those who fall, and stumble in the time I visit them, says Yahveh.
[JER.6.16] Thus says Yahveh: Stand on the roads and see, and ask for the paths of forever, which is the good way, and walk in it, and find rest for your souls. And they said, we will not go.
[JER.6.17] And I will raise up watchmen upon you who listen to the sound of the trumpet, and they said, "We will not listen."
[JER.6.18] Therefore, hear, nations, and know the congregation that is in them.
[JER.6.19] Hear, Earth! Behold, I am bringing evil to this people, the fruit of their thoughts, because they did not listen to my words, and they refused my teaching.
[JER.6.20] Why is this to me, frankincense from Sheba? And good cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not to my liking, and your sacrifices are not pleasing to me.
[JER.6.21] Therefore, thus says Yahveh: behold, I am giving to this people stumbling blocks, and they will stumble upon them. Fathers and sons together, neighbor and friend will be destroyed.
[JER.6.22] Thus says Yahveh: Behold, a people is coming from the land of the north, and a great nation will awaken from the regions of the land.
[JER.6.23] Bow and javelin they will possess, cruel is he and they will not have mercy. Their voice is like the sea, it will roar, and upon horses they will ride, arranged like a man for war, upon you, daughter of Zion.
[JER.6.24] We heard the hearing of it, our hands were weakened, distress held us fast, strength like a birthing woman.
[JER.6.25] Do not go out into the field, and do not walk in the road, because the sword of the enemy causes terror from all around.
[JER.6.26] Daughter of my people, gird yourself with sackcloth and roll in the dust. A unique lament make for yourself, a mourning of bitterness, because suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.
[JER.6.27] A test I have given to you amongst my people as a stronghold, and you will know, and you will test their ways.
[JER.6.28] All of them are princes of transgressors, walking slanderers, copper and iron. All of them are destroyers; they are.
[JER.6.29] The forge is blown from its fire, lead for nothing the refiner refines, and evil was not removed.
[JER.6.30] Silver was loathed; they called to them because Yahveh rejected them.
JER.7
[JER.7.1] The word that was to Jeremiah was from Yahveh to say.
[JER.7.2] Stand in the gate of the house of Yahveh, and proclaim there this message, and say, "Hear the word of Yahveh, all Judah who are coming in through these gates to worship Yahveh."
[JER.7.3] Thus says Yahveh of Hosts, the Gods of Israel. Improve your ways and your deeds, and I will settle you in this place.
[JER.7.4] Do not trust in false words, saying, "The Temple belongs to Yahveh, the Temple belongs to Yahveh, the Temple belongs to Yahveh," they are.
[JER.7.5] For if you make good your ways and your deeds, if you do, you will do justice between a man and between your neighbor.
[JER.7.6] You shall not oppress a sojourner, an orphan, or a widow. You shall not shed innocent blood in this place, and you shall not go after other gods to your detriment.
[JER.7.7] And I will dwell with you in this place in the land which I have given to your ancestors, from forever and to forever.
[JER.7.8] Behold, you are trusting in words of the falsehood so as not to be of use.
[JER.7.9] Does one steal, murder, commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods that you have not known?
[JER.7.10] And you will come and stand before me in the house that is called by my name, and you will say, ‘We are saved,’ so that you may do all these abominations.
[JER.7.11] The cave of Paritzim was this house upon which my Name has been called in your eyes. Also, I, behold, have seen, says Yahveh.
[JER.7.12] Go now to the place that is mine, which is in Shiloh, where I caused my name to dwell at first, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of my people Israel.
[JER.7.13] And now, because you have done all these deeds, says Yahveh, I have spoken to you early and often, and I spoke, but you did not listen. And I called to you, but you did not answer.
[JER.7.14] And I will do to the house where my name is called, where you trust, and to the place I gave to you and your fathers, as I did to Shiloh.
[JER.7.15] And I will cast you away from before my face, as I cast away all your brothers, all the descendants of Ephraim.
[JER.7.16] And you, do not pray for this people, and do not lift up for them a cry and a prayer, and do not encounter me, because I will not hear you.
[JER.7.17] Do your eyes not see what they are doing in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem?
[JER.7.18] The sons are gathering wood, and the fathers are building the fire, and the women are kneading dough to make cakes for the queen of heaven, and people are pouring libations to the Gods other than Yahveh, in order to make me angry.
[JER.7.19] My signs, they provoke. Says Yahveh. Surely they do not act for the sake of the shame of their faces?
[JER.7.20] Therefore, thus says my Lord Yahveh, behold, my wrath and my fury are poured out upon this place, upon humankind and upon the livestock, and upon the trees of the field and upon the fruit of the land, and it will burn, and it will not be extinguished.
[JER.7.21] Thus says Yahveh, the Gods of hosts, the God of Israel: Count your burnt offerings upon your altars, and eat meat.
[JER.7.22] For I did not speak to your ancestors, and I did not command them on the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning matters of a whole burnt offering and sacrifice.
[JER.7.23] But it is this thing that I commanded them, saying: ‘Hearken to my voice, and I will be to you the Gods, and you will be to me a people. And you will walk in every way that I command you, so that it may go well with you.’
[JER.7.24] And they did not listen, and they did not incline their ear, and they went in counsels in stubbornness of their wicked heart, and they became backwards and not forwards.
[JER.7.25] From the day your ancestors came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have sent to you all my servants the prophets early morning and I sent them.
[JER.7.26] And they did not hear to me, and they did not incline their ear, and they hardened their neck, they worsened from their fathers.
[JER.7.27] And you will speak to them all these words, but they will not listen to you. And you will call to them, and they will not answer you.
[JER.7.28] And you shall say to them, "This is the people that did not listen to the voice of Yahveh the Gods, nor did they take correction. Faithfulness has been lost, and has been cut off from their mouths."
[JER.7.29] Cast off your ornaments and throw them away, and lift up a lamentation to your lips, for Yahveh has refused and has forsaken the generation of your youth.
[JER.7.30] For the people of Judah have done evil in my eyes, says Yahveh. They have placed their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it.
[JER.7.31] And they built the high places of Tophet, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire. This is something the Gods did not command, and it did not come into the Gods’ mind.
[JER.7.32] Therefore, behold, days are coming, declares Yahveh, and it will no longer be said, "Topheth" and "Valley of the Son of Hinnom," but rather "Valley of Slaughter," and they will bury in Topheth because there will be no other place.
[JER.7.33] And the corpses of this people will be for food to the birds of the sky and to the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to disturb them.
[JER.7.34] And I will cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the sound of joy and the sound of gladness, the sound of a groom and the sound of a bride, for to ruin will be the land.
JER.8
[JER.8.1] At that time, Yahveh declares, "They will take the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of their officials, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem from their graves."
[JER.8.2] And they will be spread out for the sun, and for the moon, and for all the host of the heavens, which they loved and which they served and which they followed and which they inquired of and which they prostrated themselves before. They shall not be gathered, and they shall not be buried. As refuse upon the face of the earth they will be.
[JER.8.3] And they will choose death over life, for all the remnant who remain from that wicked family, in all the places where I have driven them. Thus says Yahveh of hosts.
[JER.8.4] And you shall say to them, thus says Yahveh: Will they fall, and not rise? If he returns, will he not return?
[JER.8.5] Why has this people returned to Jerusalem, a continually rebellious one? They have held fast to deceit and refused to return.
[JER.8.6] I listened and I heard. They do not speak thus. No one feels regret for their evil, to say, "What have I done?" Everyone returns to their own desires, like a horse rushing into war.
[JER.8.7] Also, the stork in the heavens has known its seasons, and the turtle dove and the swift and the crane have kept the time of their arrival, but my people have not known the justice of Yahveh.
[JER.8.8] How do you say, ‘We are wise,’ while the law of Yahveh is with us? Indeed, behold, a falsehood has been made by the pen of false scribes.
[JER.8.9] The wise ones are ashamed, they trembled and were captured. Behold, they refused in the word of Yahveh, and what wisdom is to them?
[JER.8.10] Therefore, I will give their women to others, and their fields to inheritors, for from the least to the greatest, all of them practice greedily profiteering, from prophet to priest, all of them do falsehood.
[JER.8.11] And they healed the brokenness of the daughter of my people with ease, saying, "Peace, peace," and there is no peace.
[JER.8.12] Be ashamed, for they did an abomination. Even shame they will not feel, and their ruin they did not know. Therefore, they will fall with the falling, in the time of their visitation they will stumble, said Yahveh.
[JER.8.13] I will gather, I gather them, says Yahveh. There are no grapes in the vine, and there are no figs in the fig tree, and the leaf is withered, and I give to them that they will pass through.
[JER.8.14] On what basis do we sit? Let us gather and go to the fortified cities, and let us be silent there, for Yahveh, the Gods, have made us drink from the cup of ruin because we have sinned against Yahveh.
[JER.8.15] Wait for peace, and there is no good. At a time of healing, behold, it is now.
[JER.8.16] From Dan, we heard the snorting of his horses, from the sound of the shouting of his strong men. The whole land shook, and they came and consumed the land and its fullness, city and its inhabitants.
[JER.8.17] Behold, I am sending among you snakes, vipers, which have no charm, and they will bite you, declares Yahveh.
[JER.8.18] I have caused sorrow to be silent upon me. My heart is faint.
[JER.8.19] Behold, the sound of a cry of the daughter of my people comes from a distant land. Yahveh is not in Zion, and if a queen is not in her, why have they angered me with their idols and with the vanities of strangers?
[JER.8.20] The harvest has passed, the summer is finished, and we are not saved.
[JER.8.21] Because of the breaking of the daughter of my people, I have broken. I have been grieved; there you have made me hold fast.
[JER.8.22] There is no balm in Gilead. If there is no healer there, why has the balm of my people’s daughter not come up?
[JER.8.23] Who would give that my head were water and my eyes a source of tears, and I would weep day and night for the slain of my people.
JER.9
[JER.9.1] Who would grant to me a lodging of travelers in the wilderness, and I will leave my people and go from among them, for all of them are adulterers, an assembly of faithless ones.
[JER.9.2] They have trodden down their tongue, their bow is falsehood, and not to faithfulness have they become powerful in the land, for from evil to evil they have proceeded, and they have not known me, says Yahveh.
[JER.9.3] Each man, guard yourselves from his neighbor, and do not trust every brother. For every brother is a supplanter like Jacob, and every friend is a gossip who goes around.
[JER.9.4] And a person deceives his fellow, and they do not speak truth. They have taught their tongue to speak words of perversion, they are weary.
[JER.9.5] Your dwelling is in the midst of deceit, in deceit they refused knowledge of me, declares Yahveh.
[JER.9.6] Therefore, thus says Yahveh of hosts, behold, I will refine them and I will test them, for how will I do because of the daughter of my people?
[JER.9.7] An arrow drawn speaks deceit; with his mouth he speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he plans an ambush.
[JER.9.8] Against these, will I not visit them, says Yahveh? If with a nation such as this, my soul will not take vengeance.
[JER.9.9] Upon the mountains I will lift lamentation and wailing, and upon the pleasant places of the wilderness a dirge, for they have been scorched without a man passing through, and they have not heard the sound of livestock. From the birds of the heavens even to the beast, they have wandered, they have gone.
[JER.9.10] And I will give Jerusalem to nations, a dwelling of jackals. And the cities of Judah I will give desolate, without inhabitant.
[JER.9.11] Who is the wise person who understands this? And who is the one to whom the mouth of Yahveh has spoken, that they might declare it? Why has the land been ruined, burned like a desert with no one passing through?
[JER.9.12] And Yahveh said, regarding their abandoning my instruction, which I gave before them, and they did not hear my voice, and they did not walk in it.
[JER.9.13] They went after the weakness of their hearts and after the Gods Baal that their fathers taught them.
[JER.9.14] Therefore thus says Yahveh Hosts, God of Israel, behold, I will feed this people with worthlessness, and I will give them water of gall to drink.
[JER.9.15] I will scatter them among the nations that did not know them or their fathers. And I will send the sword after them until I finish them.
[JER.9.16] Thus says Yahveh of Hosts, consider carefully and call out to the diviners, and let them come; and send to the wise women, and let them come.
[JER.9.17] They hastened and poured upon us a wailing, and our eyes descended with tears, and our eyelids will drip water.
[JER.9.18] For a sound of groaning is heard from Zion. How we are laid waste, we are greatly ashamed, for we have forsaken the land, for they have cast off our dwellings.
[JER.9.19] For the women heard the word of Yahveh, and may your ears take the word of his mouth, and may you teach your daughters to wail, and a woman lamented to her friend.
[JER.9.20] For death has come up into our dwellings, it came into our strongholds to cut off infant from outside, young men from the open spaces.
[JER.9.21] Speak thus, declares Yahveh: The corpse of man will fall as stubble on the face of the field, and as gleaned grain after the reaper, and there is no one who gathers.
[JER.9.22] Thus says Yahveh: Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, and let not the strong man boast in his strength. Let not the rich man boast in his riches.
[JER.9.23] But if anyone wishes to boast, let them boast in this: that they understand and know Yahveh. For I am Yahveh, the one who acts with loving-kindness, justice, and righteousness on the Earth. For in these things I delight, says Yahveh.
[JER.9.24] Behold, days are coming, declares Yahveh, and I will punish upon all nations the uncircumcised.
[JER.9.25] Against Egypt, and against Judah, and against Edom, and against the people of Ammon, and against Moab, and against all the corners of the land, those dwelling in the wilderness. For all the nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel have uncircumcised hearts.
JER.10
[JER.10.1] Hear the word which Yahveh spoke to you, house of Israel.
[JER.10.2] Thus says Yahveh: Do not learn the way of the nations, and do not observe the signs of the heavens as signs. For the nations will be dismayed from them.
[JER.10.3] For the statutes of the nations are futility. Because a tree from the forest he has cut down, the work of the hands of a craftsman with a carving tool.
[JER.10.4] With silver and with gold they beautify it; with nails and with tools they strengthen it, and it will not be removed.
[JER.10.5] Like rigid palm trees, they are, and they do not speak. They are carried, being carried, for they do not walk. Do not fear them, for they will not harm. And even goodness is not in them.
[JER.10.6] There is none like Yahveh. You are great, and your name is great in power.
[JER.10.7] Who would not fear you, King of the nations, for such power belongs to you? For among all the wise men of the nations and all their kingdoms, there is none like Yahveh.
[JER.10.8] And in one instant they will burn and fail. The discipline of vanities is wood.
[JER.10.9] Silver, hammered, is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Ophaz, the work of a craftsman and the hands of a jeweler. Blue dye and crimson dye are for their garments, the work of wise people, all of them.
[JER.10.10] And Yahveh, the Gods, is truth. He is the living Gods and eternal king. From His anger, the earth will tremble, and nations will not endure His wrath.
[JER.10.11] Now you will say to them, the Gods of heaven and earth they did not make will perish from the land and from under heaven, these.
[JER.10.12] The one making the earth by His power, the one preparing the world by His wisdom, and by His understanding, the one stretched out the heavens.
[JER.10.13] At the sound of Your voice, a multitude of waters in the heavens arose, and clouds ascended from the end of the earth. Lightning You made for rain, and wind went forth from Your treasures.
[JER.10.14] All humankind will become withered from knowledge; every craftsman will be ashamed of his idol, because the drink offering to it is falsehood, and there is no breath within them.
[JER.10.15] Breath they are, works of deceptions. At the time of their visitation, they will perish.
[JER.10.16] It is not like these a portion belonging to Jacob, for the creator of everything is He, and Israel is the tribe of His inheritance. Yahveh of hosts is His name.
[JER.10.17] Gather from your land, Canaanites, you who dwell in the stronghold.
[JER.10.18] For thus says Yahveh: Behold, I will entangle the inhabitants of the land at this time, and I will cause distress upon them, so that they may find something.
[JER.10.19] Woe to me because of my breaking! My inheritance is a blow, and I said, "Surely this is my sickness, and I will bear it."
[JER.10.20] My tent is destroyed, and all my cords are cut off. My sons have gone out from me, and they are not present. There is no one who bends my tent anymore, and no one who raises my curtains.
[JER.10.21] For the shepherds have been destroyed, and they did not seek Yahveh. Therefore they did not understand, and all their flocks were scattered.
[JER.10.22] A report has come, and a great noise from the land to the north, to set the cities of Judah to desolation, a dwelling place for jackals.
[JER.10.23] I have known Yahveh, for not to man is his way, not to a person who walks and prepares his steps.
[JER.10.24] Discipline me, Yahveh, but only with justice. Do not with your wrath, lest you reduce me to nothing.
[JER.10.25] Pour out your wrath upon the nations that did not know you, and upon families that did not call in your name, because they devoured Jacob and devoured him and finished him, and destroyed his dwelling place.
JER.11
[JER.11.1] The word that was to Jeremiah was from Yahveh to say.
[JER.11.2] Listen to the words of this covenant, and you will speak to the person of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
[JER.11.3] And you shall say to them, thus says Yahveh, the God of Israel: Cursed is the man who will not hear the words of this covenant.
[JER.11.4] Which I commanded to your fathers in the day I brought them out of the land of Egypt from the furnace of iron, saying, "Hear my voice and you will do them, all that I command you, and you will be to me a people, and I will be to you the Gods."
[JER.11.5] To establish the oath that I swore to your ancestors, to give to them a land flowing with milk and honey, as this day is, I responded and said, ‘Amen, Yahveh.’
[JER.11.6] And Yahveh said to me, "Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, 'Hear the words of this covenant, and you shall do them.'
[JER.11.7] For the witness, the testimonies I testified to your fathers in the day I brought them up from the land of Egypt, and until this day, rise early and testify to say, "Hear my voice!"
[JER.11.8] And they did not listen, and they did not incline their ear, and each person walked in the stubbornness of their evil heart. And I brought upon them all the words of this covenant that I commanded them to do, and they did not do them.
[JER.11.9] And Yahveh said to me, "A plot has been found in a man of Judah and in the inhabitants of Jerusalem."
[JER.11.10] They bear the guilt of the sins of their first ancestors, who refused to listen to my words. And they went after other gods to serve them. They have broken the covenant I made with their ancestors, the house of Israel and the house of Judah.
[JER.11.11] Therefore, thus says Yahveh: Behold, I am bringing evil to them from which they will not be able to escape, and they will cry out to me, but I will not hear them.
[JER.11.12] And the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem will go and cry out to the Gods to whom they offer incense to them, and salvation will not save them in their time of trouble.
[JER.11.13] For the number of your cities became your gods, Judah, and the number of streets in Jerusalem you established altars to shame, altars to offer incense to Baal.
[JER.11.14] And you, do not pray for this people, and do not lift up for them a joyful cry and a prayer, for I will not hear at the time they call to me for their evil.
[JER.11.15] What has my friend done in my house, accomplishing the many plots? And holy flesh will pass over you, for then you will rejoice in your disaster.
[JER.11.16] An olive tree, lush and beautiful in its fruit, Yahveh has called your name. To a great sound, God kindled a fire on it, and its branches feed.
[JER.11.17] And Yahveh, the Gods of hosts, who planted you, has spoken evil concerning you, because of the evil of the house of Israel and the house of Judah, who did to provoke me to anger by offering incense to Baal.
[JER.11.18] And Yahveh informed me, and I knew. Then He showed me their deeds.
[JER.11.19] And I, like a lamb for the slaughter, was unaware that they had devised destructive plans against me. They felled the tree with its fruit, and removed it from the land of the living, and its name will not be remembered anymore.
[JER.11.20] And Yahveh of hosts judges righteousness, examining kidneys and heart. I will see your vengeance upon them, for to you I revealed my quarrel.
[JER.11.21] Therefore, thus says Yahveh concerning the men of Anatot, those who seek your life, saying, "You should not prophesy in the name of Yahveh, and you should not die by our hand."
[JER.11.22] Therefore, thus says Yahveh of hosts, behold, I will punish them. The young men will die by the sword, and their sons and their daughters will die by famine.
[JER.11.23] And a remnant will not be for them, for I will bring evil to the people of Anathoth, the year of their visitation.
JER.12
[JER.12.1] Righteous are you, Yahveh, for I contend with you. Only judgements will I speak to you. Why does the way of the wicked succeed? Why do all betrayers prosper?
[JER.12.2] You planted, and even its root will grow, and they will make fruit. You are near in their mouths, and far from their inner thoughts.
[JER.12.3] And you, Yahveh, have known me; you have seen me, and you have tested my heart with you. Will you prepare them like sheep for slaughter, and dedicate them to the day of killing?
[JER.12.4] Until when will the land mourn, and the grass of all the field dry up, from the evil of its inhabitants? Beasts and birds have perished, because they said, “He will not see our end.”
[JER.12.5] For your feet have run and become weary, and how will you compete with the horses? And in a land of peace, you trust, and how will you do in the pride of the Jordan?
[JER.12.6] For even your brothers and your father’s house, even they have dealt falsely with you. Even they have called after you completely. Do not trust them, for they will speak good things to you.
[JER.12.7] I have forsaken my house, I have left my inheritance. I have given the delight of my soul into the hand of her enemies.
[JER.12.8] She was to me my inheritance as a lion in the forest. She gave herself to me with her voice, therefore I hate her.
[JER.12.9] The eagle has colored my inheritance to me. The eagle is around it. Go, gather all the animals of the field, bring them for eating.
[JER.12.10] Many shepherds corrupted my vineyard, they trampled my portion. They gave the portion of my delight to a desert wasteland.
[JER.12.11] She has made it a desolation, mourning is upon me because of the desolation. Every living thing has been extinguished from the land, because no one has put it upon their heart.
[JER.12.12] Upon all borders in the desert, destroyers have come, because a sword belonging to Yahveh devours from one end of the land even to the other end of the land. There is no peace for all flesh.
[JER.12.13] They sow wheat, and they reap thorns. Their efforts do not profit them, and they are ashamed of their harvests because of the anger of Yahveh.
[JER.12.14] Thus says Yahveh concerning all the wicked neighbors who encroach upon the inheritance that I gave to my people, Israel: Behold, I will shatter them from off their land, and I will shatter the house of Judah from within them.
[JER.12.15] And it will be, after I have broken them, that I will return and have compassion on them, and I will return each man to his inheritance and each man to his land.
[JER.12.16] And it will be, if they learn to teach the ways of my people to swear by the name of the living Yahveh, as they taught my people to swear by Baal, then they will be established within my people.
[JER.12.17] And if they do not listen, then I will tear out that nation, tear it out and destroy it, says Yahveh.
JER.13
[JER.13.1] Thus says Yahveh to me: Go and acquire for yourself a linen sash, and you shall place it upon your waist, and you shall not bring it into the waters.
[JER.13.2] And I bought the rope, as the word of Yahveh, and I placed it upon my waist.
[JER.13.3] And it happened, the word of Yahveh came to me a second time, saying.
[JER.13.4] Take the belt which you purchased, that which is on your loins, and arise, go to the Nile, and hide it there in a cleft of the rock.
[JER.13.5] I went and hid him in the River, as Yahveh commanded me.
[JER.13.6] And it happened after the end of many days, and Yahveh said to me, "Rise up, go to Perathah, and take from there the sash that I commanded you to hide there."
[JER.13.7] And I went to Parath and I dug and I took the sash from the place where I had hidden it there. And behold, the sash was ruined; it would not be of use to anyone.
[JER.13.8] And it happened, the word of Yahveh came to me to say.
[JER.13.9] Thus says Yahveh, completely I will destroy the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.
[JER.13.10] This evil people refuses to hear my words, walking in the stubbornness of their heart, and they went after other gods to serve them and to worship them. Therefore, may this belt not prosper for anyone.
[JER.13.11] For just as a belt clings to the waist of a man, so I have clung to all the house of Israel and all the house of Judah, says Yahveh, to be to me for a people, and for a name, and for glory, and for splendor, and they did not listen.
[JER.13.12] And you shall say to them this thing: Thus says Yahveh, the Gods of Israel: Every wine vessel shall be filled with wine. And they shall say to you, "Is it not known to us that every wine vessel shall be filled with wine?"
[JER.13.13] And you shall say to them, thus says Yahveh, behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, and the kings who sit on David’s throne, and the priests and the prophets and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with intoxication.
[JER.13.14] They will be shattered, each person to his brother, and the fathers and the sons together, says Yahveh. I will not spare, nor will I feel pity, nor will I show mercy from destroying them.
[JER.13.15] Hear, and listen! Do not be haughty, for Yahveh has spoken.
[JER.13.16] Give honor to Yahveh, the Gods of you, before darkness arrives, and before your feet are bruised upon the mountains of ruin. And should you hope for light, it will become like death, and hope will be like a veil.
[JER.13.17] And if you do not listen to her in secret, my soul will weep because of pride, and a tear will flow, and my eye will shed a tear, for the flock of Yahveh has been captured.
[JER.13.18] Say to the king and to the powerful woman, ‘Humble yourselves and sit, for the crown of your splendor has descended from your heads.’
[JER.13.19] The cities of the south are closed and there is no opener. The exile of Judah is all the exile of completeness.
[JER.13.20] Lift up your eyes and see, those coming from the north. Where is the flock given to you, the flock of your glory?
[JER.13.21] What will you say when Yahveh inspects you, and you have taught them about Yahveh, becoming leaders? Will ropes not seize you, like a woman giving birth?
[JER.13.22] And if you say in your heart, "Why have the Gods called to me?", it is because of the abundance of your sins that your coverings have been revealed, and your strengths have been consumed.
[JER.13.23] Can an Ethiopian change his skin, and a leopard its spots? Likewise, are you able to do good, you who are practiced in evil?
[JER.13.24] And I will scatter them like straw passing to the wind of the desert.
[JER.13.25] This is your destiny, the portion allotted to you from me, says Yahveh, because you have forgotten me and trusted in falsehood.
[JER.13.26] And also I have uncovered your coverings upon your faces, and your shame will be seen.
[JER.13.27] Your adulteries and your celebrations were a plot of your whoring, upon the hills in the field I saw your abominations. Woe to you, Jerusalem, you will not be purified. After how much longer?
JER.14
[JER.14.1] That the word of Yahveh was to Jeremiah concerning the matters of the hardships.
[JER.14.2] Lamentation belongs to Judah, and her gates are filled with distress; they are darkened to the land, and the shout of Jerusalem has ascended.
[JER.14.3] And those possessing power sent their tools to the waters, they came upon the backs of the waters, they did not find water, they returned with their tools empty. They were ashamed and humiliated and covered their heads.
[JER.14.4] Because of the ground being cursed, since there was no rain in the land, the farmers are ashamed and cover their heads.
[JER.14.5] For even a doe in the field gave birth and abandoned her calf, for there was no pasture.
[JER.14.6] And the wild donkeys stood on the heights, panting for wind like serpents. Their eyes failed because there was no grass.
[JER.14.7] If our iniquities have answered us, Yahveh, do it for the sake of Your name, because our transgressions have multiplied to You, we have sinned.
[JER.14.8] The hope of Israel saves him in a time of distress. Why will you be like a stranger in the land, and like a guest who pitches his tent for the night?
[JER.14.9] Why will you be like a stunned man, like a hero not able to save? And you, Yahveh, are among us, and your name is called upon us. Do not abandon us.
[JER.14.10] Thus says Yahveh to the people: indeed they loved to wander with their feet, they did not refrain. And Yahveh did not desire them. Now Yahveh will remember their iniquity and will visit their sins.
[JER.14.11] And Yahveh said to me, "Do not pray for this people for good."
[JER.14.12] For if they fast, I do not hear their wailing, and if they offer a burnt offering and a grain offering, I do not desire them. Rather, with the sword and with famine and with pestilence, I, Yahveh, will diminish them.
[JER.14.13] And I said, "Ah, my Lord Yahveh, behold, the prophets are saying to them, "You will not see a sword, and famine will not be to you, because I will give true peace to you in this place."
[JER.14.14] And Yahveh said to me, "The prophets are speaking falsely in my name. I did not send them, and I did not command them, and I did not speak to them. They are prophesying to you based on false visions and through divination, enchantment, and the deceptive imaginings of their hearts."
[JER.14.15] Therefore thus says Yahveh concerning the prophets who prophesy in my name, whom I have not sent. And they say, 'Sword and famine will not be in this land!' By sword and famine those prophets will be finished.
[JER.14.16] And the people who they are prophesying to will be cast out into the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword, and there will be no one to bury them, them, their wives, and their sons and their daughters. And I will pour out their wickedness upon them.
[JER.14.17] And you shall say to them this thing: may my eyes descend with tears night and day, and let them not be silent, for a great breaking is broken, the virgin daughter of my people, a wound inflicted very much.
[JER.14.18] If I go to the field, behold, those slain by the sword, and if I come to the city, behold, the sicknesses of famine. Because even a prophet and a priest trade with the land, and they do not know.
[JER.14.19] Have you utterly rejected Judah? Is your soul disgusted with Zion? Why have you struck us, and there is no healing for us? We hope for peace, and there is no good, and for a time of healing, and behold, it is unfavorable.
[JER.14.20] We have known Yahveh our wickedness, the guilt of our fathers, for we have sinned to you.
[JER.14.21] Do not curse for the sake of your name, do not degrade the throne of your glory. Remember, do not tear your covenant with us.
[JER.14.22] Is there among the vanities of the nations one who can fulfill things, and if the heavens provide rains, is it not you, Yahveh, the Gods, our God, to whom we look, for you have done all these things?
JER.15
[JER.15.1] And Yahveh said to me, "If Moses and Samuel were to stand before me, my spirit is not towards this people; send them away from before my face, and let them go."
[JER.15.2] And it will be that when they say to you, "Where shall we go?", you shall say to them, "Thus says Yahveh: Whoever is for death, to death; and whoever is for the sword, to the sword; and whoever is for famine, to famine; and whoever is for captivity, to captivity."
[JER.15.3] And I will visit upon them four families of swords to kill, and dogs to carry away, and the birds of the sky and the beasts of the earth to consume and to destroy, says Yahveh.
[JER.15.4] I will give them for a terror to all the kingdoms of the earth because of Manasseh son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, on account of what he did in Jerusalem.
[JER.15.5] For who will pity you, Jerusalem, and who will comfort you? And who will inquire to ask about your peace?
[JER.15.6] You have forsaken me, says Yahveh. You will go behind, and I have set my hand upon you and I will destroy you. I am weary, console yourselves.
[JER.15.7] And I will scatter them toward the east at the gates of the land. I have consumed, I have destroyed my people, from their ways they did not return.
[JER.15.8] The Gods strengthened me against their widows from a long period of days. I brought ruin to them upon a young mother, a destroyer at noon. I cast upon her suddenly a city and destruction.
[JER.15.9] A nation in distress gives birth to seven; her life force is exhausted, her sun has set in the midst of the day, she is shamed and digs a pit, and I will give their remnant to the sword before their enemies, says Yahveh.
[JER.15.10] Woe to me, my mother, for you bore me to a quarrelsome man and a contentious man for all the land. I have not been supported, and no one has supported me; everyone curses me.
[JER.15.11] Yahveh said, "Have I not served you for good? Have I not met with you in a time of evil and in a time of distress concerning the enemy?"
[JER.15.12] Does iron originate from iron, from the north, and copper?
[JER.15.13] Your strength and your treasures I will give to plunder freely, and in all your sins, and in all your territories.
[JER.15.14] And I will lead your enemies into a land you have not known, for a fire is kindled in my nostrils upon you; it will be kindled.
[JER.15.15] You know, Yahveh, remember me and visit me, and take vengeance for me on those who pursue me. Do not prolong your anger toward me. Understand that I have brought reproach upon you.
[JER.15.16] Your words were found by me, and I consumed them, and Your words became to me for joy and for gladness of my heart, because my Lord’s name was called upon me, Yahveh, the Gods of armies.
[JER.15.17] I have not sat in the secret gatherings of those who play, and I did not rejoice before your hand. I have sat alone, for anger has filled me.
[JER.15.18] Why has my pain been eternal, and my wound grievous? Why is healing not forthcoming? It has become for me like a deceptive well, water that is not trustworthy.
[JER.15.19] Therefore, thus says Yahveh: if you return, I will restore you and you will stand before me. And if you bring forth precious things from those who practice divination, it will be for you. They will return to you, but you will not return to them.
[JER.15.20] I will make you a wall of bronze for this people, and they will fight against you, but they will not be able to overcome you, because I am with you to save you and to deliver you, says Yahveh.
[JER.15.21] And I will save you from the hand of the evil ones, and I will redeem you from the grasp of the oppressors.
JER.16
[JER.16.1] And it happened, the word of Yahveh came to me to say.
[JER.16.2] You shall not take a woman for yourself, and there shall not be sons and daughters to you in this place.
[JER.16.3] Thus says Yahveh concerning the sons and the daughters who are born in this place, and concerning their mothers who give birth to them, and concerning their fathers who beget them in this land.
[JER.16.4] Those who cause plagues will die; they will not be mourned, and they will not be buried. They will be as refuse on the face of the earth. They will be consumed by the sword and by hunger, and their corpses will be food for the birds of the sky and for the beasts of the earth.
[JER.16.5] For thus says Yahveh: Do not enter the house of divination, and do not go to mourn them, and do not extend kindness to them, for I have gathered my peace from among this people, says Yahveh, the kindness and the compassion.
[JER.16.6] And the great ones and the small ones will die in this land; they will not be buried. And there will be no lamentation for them, nor will they make cuts or shave their heads for them.
[JER.16.7] And they shall not extend comfort to them during mourning, to comfort them concerning the dead, and they shall not drink to them a cup of consolations concerning their father and concerning their mother.
[JER.16.8] And into a house of feasting you shall not enter to sit with them to eat and to drink.
[JER.16.9] For thus says Yahveh, the Gods of hosts, the God of Israel: Indeed, I will cause to cease from this place, before your eyes and in your days, a voice of gladness and a voice of joy, a voice of a groom and a voice of a bride.
[JER.16.10] And it will be that when you tell this people all of these things, they will say to you, "Why has Yahveh spoken all this great evil against us? What is our iniquity, and what is our sin, that we have sinned against Yahveh, the Gods?"
[JER.16.11] And you shall say to them, concerning that your ancestors abandoned me, declares Yahveh, and they went after other gods and served them and prostrated themselves to them, and they abandoned me and did not keep my instruction.
[JER.16.12] And you have acted worse than your fathers, and behold, you are each walking after the desire of your evil heart, so as not to listen to God.
[JER.16.13] And I will cast you from upon this land onto the land that you do not know, you and your fathers. And you will serve there the Gods, others, day and night, which I will not give to you favor.
[JER.16.14] Therefore, behold, days are coming, declares Yahveh, and it will no longer be said, "As Yahveh lives," who brought up the children of Israel from the land of Egypt.
[JER.16.15] But if Yahveh lives, who brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north and from all the lands where He drove them, and who will restore them to their land, which He gave to their ancestors.
[JER.16.16] Behold, I send many fishers, says Yahveh, and they will fish. And after that, I will send many hunters, and they will hunt from over every mountain and from over every hill, and from the ravines of the rocks.
[JER.16.17] For my eyes are on all their ways, and they are not hidden from before me, and their wickedness is not kept secret from before my eyes.
[JER.16.18] And I will surely repay, first and second, their iniquity and their sin, for profaning my land with the carcasses of their abominations and their detestations. They filled my inheritance.
[JER.16.19] Yahveh is my strength and my fortress, my refuge in a day of distress. Nations will come to you from the ends of the earth and say, "Our ancestors inherited only falsehood, futility, and nothing that profits."
[JER.16.20] Should we make mankind like the Gods? But they are not the Gods.
[JER.16.21] Therefore, behold, I will declare to them at this time, I will declare to them my hand and my might, and they will know that my name is Yahveh.
JER.17
[JER.17.1] The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron and with a point of sapphire, engraved upon the tablet of their heart and upon the horns of your altars.
[JER.17.2] Remember their children’s altars and their Asherah poles on a flourishing tree, on the high hills.
[JER.17.3] Your mountains in the field, your strength, all your treasures I will give to plunder. Your heights with sin, in all your borders.
[JER.17.4] You will place it, and in you will be your inheritance which I gave to you, and I will make you serve your enemies in the land which you did not know. Because a fire you have kindled in my anger, forever it will be kindled.
[JER.17.5] Thus says Yahveh, cursed is the man who trusts in mankind and makes flesh his strength, and whose heart turns away from Yahveh.
[JER.17.6] And it will be like a juniper in the desert, and it will not see when good comes, and dryness will dwell in the wilderness, a salty land, and it will not be inhabited.
[JER.17.7] Blessed is the man who trusts in Yahveh, and Yahveh will be his trust.
[JER.17.8] And it will be like a tree planted by water, and by a stream it will send out its roots, and it will not see when heat comes, and its leaves will be fresh, and in the year of drought it will not worry, and it will not cease from doing fruit.
[JER.17.9] The heart deceives above all, and a human being he is; who can know him?
[JER.17.10] I, Yahveh, search the heart, test the kidneys, and to each person I will give according to his ways, the fruit of his deeds.
[JER.17.11] One who gathers possessions and does not have offspring, one who makes wealth and not with justice, in the half of his days he will abandon it, and in his end he will be worthless.
[JER.17.12] The throne of glory is high from the beginning, a place, the sanctuary of ours.
[JER.17.13] The hope of Israel is Yahveh. All who forsake you will be ashamed. Their sufferings will be written upon the earth, because they have forsaken the source of living waters, which is Yahveh.
[JER.17.14] Heal me, Yahveh, and I will be healed. Save me, and I will be saved, for my praise is to you.
[JER.17.15] Behold, they say to me, "Where is the word of Yahveh? Please let it come!"
[JER.17.16] And I did not desire to follow after you, and I did not crave a day of hardship. You know the outcome of my lips was before your face.
[JER.17.17] Do not be for me a refuge; you are my refuge in a day of evil.
[JER.17.18] Let my pursuers be ashamed, and I will not be ashamed. Let them be dismayed, and I will not be dismayed. I will bring a bad day upon them, and a double breaking I will break them.
[JER.17.19] Thus says Yahveh to me: Go and stand at the gate where the people’s kings enter and where they exit, and at all the gates of Jerusalem.
[JER.17.20] And you shall say to them, "Hear the word of Yahveh, kings of Judah, and all of Judah, and all those dwelling in Jerusalem, those coming in at these gates."
[JER.17.21] Thus says Yahveh, guard yourselves with your lives, and do not carry a burden on the day of the Sabbath, and you shall bring it to the gates of Jerusalem.
[JER.17.22] And you shall not carry a burden out of your houses on the day of the Sabbath, and all work you shall not do, and you shall sanctify the day of the Sabbath as I commanded your ancestors.
[JER.17.23] And they did not hear, and they did not incline their ear, and they stiffened their neck so as not to hear, and so as not to take discipline.
[JER.17.24] And it will be, if you will surely listen to me, says Yahveh, to not bring a burden through the gates of this city on the day of the Sabbath, and to keep holy the day of the Sabbath, to not do any work on it.
[JER.17.25] And kings and officials will come through the gates of this city, sitting on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses – they and their officials, each a person from Judah and residents of Jerusalem. And this city will dwell forever.
[JER.17.26] And they came from the cities of Judah and the surroundings of Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the lowlands, and from the mountains, and from the south, bringing burnt offerings and sacrifices and grain offerings and incense, and those who bring thank offerings to the house of Yahveh.
[JER.17.27] And if you do not listen to me, to sanctify the day of the Sabbath and to not carry a burden and come at the gates of Jerusalem on the day of the Sabbath, then I will kindle a fire at its gates and it will consume the palaces of Jerusalem, and it will not be extinguished.
JER.18
[JER.18.1] The word that was to Jeremiah was from Yahveh to say.
[JER.18.2] Rise and descend to the house of the potter, and there I will let you hear my words.
[JER.18.3] And I descended to the house of the potter, and behold him making work upon the stones.
[JER.18.4] And the vessel that he makes will be ruined in the hand of the potter, and he will return and make it another vessel, as seems good to the potter to make.
[JER.18.5] And it happened, the word of Yahveh came to me to say.
[JER.18.6] Is this creator not able to do something for you, house of Israel, says Yahveh? Behold, like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, house of Israel.
[JER.18.7] In a moment I speak about a nation and about a kingdom, to uproot and to destroy, and to cause to perish.
[JER.18.8] And that nation will return from its evil, which I spoke concerning it, and the Gods will relent from the evil which I considered to do to it.
[JER.18.9] At a moment, my Lord will speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant.
[JER.18.10] And he does the evil in my eyes, in order not to hear my voice, and I regret about the good which I said to do for him.
[JER.18.11] And now, please say to the man of Judah and to those who dwell in Jerusalem, saying, "Thus says Yahveh: Behold, I am creating evil upon you and devising a plan against you. Return now, each person from their bad way, and improve your paths and your deeds."
[JER.18.12] And they will declare despair, because after our thoughts we will follow, and each person will do what is evil in their own heart.
[JER.18.13] Therefore, thus says Yahveh: Please ask the nations, who has heard of such a thing? A great horror has been done by the virgin of Israel.
[JER.18.14] Will snow depart from the rock of fields to Lebanon, or will foreign, cold waters cease flowing?
[JER.18.15] Because my people have forgotten me, they offer sacrifices in emptiness. And they have caused themselves to stumble in their ways, onto pathways of forever, to walk pathways, a way not paved.
[JER.18.16] To make their land a desolation, a whistling forever. Every one who passes upon it will be astonished and will shake his head.
[JER.18.17] Like a wind from the east, I will pour them out before the enemy. Their rear I will show, and not their faces, in the day of their dismay.
[JER.18.18] And they said, "Come, let us devise plans against Jeremiah, because instruction will not be lost from a priest, and counsel from a wise man, and a word from a prophet. Come, let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not listen to any of his words."
[JER.18.19] Listen, Yahveh, to me and hear the voice of my adversary.
[JER.18.20] Is repayment for good evil? For they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember when I stood before you to speak good concerning them, to turn your wrath away from them.
[JER.18.21] Therefore give their sons to hunger and cause them to wander by the sword, and may their wives be bereft and widows, and their men will be slain by death, their young men struck by the sword in war.
[JER.18.22] A cry will be heard from their houses, because I will bring a sudden army against them. For they have dug a pit to capture me, and they have hidden snares for my feet.
[JER.18.23] And you, Yahveh, have known all their counsel against me, to death. Do not forgive their wickedness, and do not erase their sin from before your presence. And let them be tripped up before you in the time of your anger; do it to them.
JER.19
[JER.19.1] Thus says Yahveh: Go and acquire a bottle-maker potter, and from the elders of the people, and from the elders of the priests.
[JER.19.2] And you shall go out to the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to the opening of the gate of the potter, and you shall proclaim there the words that I will speak to you.
[JER.19.3] And you shall say, "Hear the word of Yahveh, kings of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem. Thus says Yahveh of hosts, God of Israel: Behold, I am bringing disaster upon this place, so that the ears of everyone who hears it will ring."
[JER.19.4] Because they abandoned me and disregarded this place, and sacrificed in it to other gods that they and their ancestors did not know, and the kings of Judah filled this place with the blood of innocents.
[JER.19.5] And they built the high places of Baal to burn their children in the fire as burnt offerings to Baal, which my Lord did not command, nor did my Lord speak, nor did it come upon the heart of my Lord.
[JER.19.6] Therefore, behold, days are coming, says Yahveh, and this place will no longer be called The Tophet and The Valley of the Son of Hinnom, but rather The Valley of Slaughter.
[JER.19.7] I will destroy the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place. I will strike them down with the sword before their enemies and by the hand of those who seek their lives. I will give their corpses as food to the birds of the sky and to the beasts of the earth.
[JER.19.8] And I will set this city to desolation and to a hissing; everyone passing upon it will be astonished and will hiss upon all its wounds.
[JER.19.9] And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters. And each person will eat the flesh of his neighbor in the siege and in the distress that their enemies will bring upon them, and those who seek their lives.
[JER.19.10] And you shall break the flask before the eyes of the people walking with you.
[JER.19.11] And you shall say to them, 'Thus says Yahveh of Hosts, 'In this way will I break this people and this city, as one breaks the vessels of a potter, which cannot be repaired again. And in Tophet they will be buried, for there will be no other place for burial.’
[JER.19.12] Thus will I do to the place this, declares Yahveh, and to its inhabitants, and to give this city like Topheth.
[JER.19.13] And the houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will be like the place of Tophet, which is defiled, for all the houses where they burned incense on their rooftops to all the host of the heavens and poured drink offerings to the Gods other than Yahveh.
[JER.19.14] And Jeremiah came from the Tophet, which Yahveh had sent him there to prophesy. And he stood in the court of the house of Yahveh and said to all the people.
[JER.19.15] Thus says Yahveh of Hosts, God of Israel: Behold, I am bringing upon this city and all its towns all the evil that I have spoken against it, for they have hardened their necks so as not to hear my words.
JER.20
[JER.20.1] And Pashchur, son of Immer, the priest, and he was an official, a leader in the house of Yahveh, heard Jeremiah prophesy these things.
[JER.20.2] And Pashhur struck Jeremiah the prophet, and he put him on the stocks which are at the upper gate of Benjamin, which is at the house of Yahveh.
[JER.20.3] And it happened on the next day, that Pashhur took Jeremiah out of the stocks. And Jeremiah said to him, “Yahveh did not call your name Pashhur, but Terror All Around.”
[JER.20.4] For thus says Yahveh, behold, I am giving you to terror for yourself and for all who seek you, and they will fall by the sword of their enemies, and your eyes will see it. And all of Judah I will give into the hand of the king of Babel, and they will be exiled to Babylon and struck with the sword.
[JER.20.5] And I will give all the strength of this city, and all its labor, and all its splendor, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah into the hand of their enemies, and they will plunder them and take them, and bring them to Babylon.
[JER.20.6] And you, Pashhur, and all the dwellers of your house will go into captivity, and Babylon you will come to, and there you will die, and there you will be buried, you and all those who love you, to whom you prophesied falsely.
[JER.20.7] You misled me, Yahveh, and I fell. You strengthened me, and you overcame. I became ridicule all day, all of them mocking me.
[JER.20.8] For every time I speak, I cry out violence and destruction, I call for ruin; because the word of Yahveh has become to me for reproach and for derision all day long.
[JER.20.9] And I said, "I will not remember him, and I will not speak his name anymore." And it will be in my heart like a burning fire, contained within my bones. And I am weary of containing it, and I cannot.
[JER.20.10] For I have heard the report of many, terror from all sides. Let them tell it, and let us tell it – all people consider me peaceful, guardians of my sides. Perhaps they will be enticed and we can overcome him, and we will take our vengeance from him.
[JER.20.11] And Yahveh has made me like a strong warrior, therefore my pursuers will stumble and will not overcome. They will be greatly ashamed because they did not understand; everlasting disgrace will not be forgotten.
[JER.20.12] And Yahveh, the God of hosts, tests the righteous, observing kidneys and heart. I will see your vengeance upon them, because to you I have revealed my quarrel.
[JER.20.13] Sing to Yahveh, praise Yahveh, because he saved the soul of the poor one from the hand of evildoers.
[JER.20.14] Cursed is the day on which I was born; the day my mother bore me, let it not be blessed.
[JER.20.15] Cursed is the man who announced to my father, saying, "A male child will be born to you!" May he rejoice in his rejoicing.
[JER.20.16] And that man will be like the cities that Yahveh overturned and did not relent from. And he will hear a cry in the morning and an alarm at noontime.
[JER.20.17] That you have not killed me from the womb, and you were to me my mother, my grave, and your compassion you have made pregnant forever.
[JER.20.18] Why did I come out from the womb to see toil and sorrow, and my days were consumed in shame?
JER.21
[JER.21.1] The word that was to Jeremiah from Yahveh, when King Zedekiah sent Pashhur son of Malkijah and Zephaniah son of Maaseiah the priest to him, to say:
[JER.21.2] Please inquire on our behalf of Yahveh, for Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, is fighting against us. Perhaps Yahveh will do for us according to all of His wonders, and lift from us.
[JER.21.3] And Jeremiah said to them, "Thus you shall say to Zedekiah."
[JER.21.4] Thus says Yahveh, the Gods of Israel. Behold, I am turning the instruments of war that are in your hand against the king of Babel and the Kasdim, the enemies who are against you from outside the wall, and I will gather them into this city.
[JER.21.5] And I, Yahveh, will fight with you with a stretched out hand and with a strong arm, and with anger, and with hot rage, and with great fury.
[JER.21.6] And I will strike the inhabitants of this city, and the human, and the animal with a great plague; they will die.
[JER.21.7] And after this, says Yahveh, I will give King Zedekiah of Judah and his servants and the people and those remaining in this city over to the plague, the sword, and the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of those seeking their lives. And he will strike them down by the sword, he will not spare them, he will not pity, and he will not have mercy.
[JER.21.8] And to this people you shall say, "Thus says Yahveh: Behold, I am giving before you the way of life and the way of death."
[JER.21.9] The one who sits in this city will die by the sword and by famine and by pestilence. And the one who goes out and falls upon the Chaldeans, the enemies who are against you, will live, and his life will be for plunder.
[JER.21.10] For I have set my faces toward this city to bring about evil and not good, says Yahveh. It will be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will set it ablaze with fire.
[JER.21.11] And to the house of the king of Judah, listen to a word from Yahveh.
[JER.21.12] To the house of David, thus says Yahveh: Judgment will come with the morning, and you shall rescue the stolen from the hand of the oppressor. Lest the fire of my wrath breaks forth and burns, and there is no one to extinguish it because of the evil of their deeds.
[JER.21.13] Indeed, to you dwells the valley, the straight rock, says Yahveh. Those saying, "Who will fear upon us, and who will come into our dwellings?"
[JER.21.14] I will certainly visit upon you the fruit of your deeds, says Yahveh. And I will kindle a fire in the forest, and it will devour everything around it.
JER.22
[JER.22.1] Thus said Yahveh, descend to the palace of Judah and you shall speak there this word.
[JER.22.2] And you shall say, "Hear the word of Yahveh, the king of Judah, who sits upon the throne of David. This is to you and your servants and your people who are coming through these gates."
[JER.22.3] Thus says Yahveh: Do justice and righteousness, and rescue stolen property from the hand of the oppressor. Do not wrong the stranger, the orphan, and the widow; do not exploit them. And do not shed innocent blood in this place.
[JER.22.4] If you do this thing, kings will come through the gates of this house and sit on David’s throne, riding in chariots and on horses, he and his servants and his people.
[JER.22.5] And if you do not listen to these words, I have sworn, declares Yahveh, that this house will become a ruin.
[JER.22.6] For thus says Yahveh concerning the house of the king of Judah: "Gilead is mine, it is like the crown of Lebanon. If you do not remain loyal to me, I will make it a desert, and its cities will not be inhabited."
[JER.22.7] And I have sanctified against you destroyers, each man and his tools, and they will cut down the choice of your cedars, and throw them upon the fire.
[JER.22.8] And many nations will pass by over this city and they will say, man to his fellow, "What has Yahveh done like this to this great city?"
[JER.22.9] And they will say, concerning that they abandoned the covenant with Yahveh, their Gods, and they prostrated themselves to other Gods, and they served them.
[JER.22.10] Do not weep for the dead one, and do not wail for him. Weep, weep for the one who goes, for he will not return again and see the land of his birth.
[JER.22.11] For thus says Yahveh to Shallum, son of Josiah, king of Judah, who reigns in place of his father Josiah: having departed from that place, he will not return there again.
[JER.22.12] For in the place where they exiled him, there he will die, and this land he will not see again.
[JER.22.13] Woe to the one who builds his house without righteousness and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his neighbor work for free, and does not give him his wages.
[JER.22.14] The one saying, "I will build for myself a house of measurements, and spacious upper rooms, and he will cut windows for it, and cover it with cedar, and anoint it with fragrant oil."
[JER.22.15] Do you rule because you compete with your father, the cedar? Did he not eat and drink and do justice and righteousness? If so, then it was good for him.
[JER.22.16] To judge the poor and the needy is then good. Is not this the knowledge of me, says Yahveh?
[JER.22.17] Because your eyes and your heart are only upon your gain, and upon pouring out the blood of the innocent, and upon the oppression and upon doing violence.
[JER.22.18] Therefore, thus says Yahveh to Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah: They shall not lament for him. Woe to my brother, and woe to my sister! They shall not lament for him. Woe to my Lord, and woe to those who honor him!
[JER.22.19] The burial of a donkey shall be its burial; drag it and cast it from there to the gates of Jerusalem.
[JER.22.20] Go to the Lebanon and cry out, and in Bashan give your voice, and cry out from Abarim, for all your loves are broken.
[JER.22.21] I spoke to you in your tranquility, I said, "I will not hear." This is your way from your youth, for you did not listen to my voice.
[JER.22.22] All who pasture you will drive away the wind, and those you love will go into captivity, for then you will be ashamed and dismayed because of all your harm.
[JER.22.23] I have dwelt in Lebanon, I have nested in the cedars. How pleasant are you to me, when cords come to you, strength like a woman giving birth.
[JER.22.24] I live, declares Yahveh, for if Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, were a seal on my right hand, then from there I would correct you.
[JER.22.25] And I will give you into the hand of those who seek your soul, and into the hand of him in whose presence you dwell, and into the hand of Nevukhadretzar, king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans.
[JER.22.26] And I will cast you and your mother who gave birth to you upon another land where you were not born, and there you will die.
[JER.22.27] And upon the land which they carry their lives to return there, there they will not return.
[JER.22.28] Sadness, despised and scattered, this man Cain, as a tool, there is no desire for him. Why was he cast down and his seed thrown upon the land that they did not know?
[JER.22.29] Land, land, land! Hear the word of Yahveh!
[JER.22.30] Thus says Yahveh: Write this man as sterile, a man who will not prosper in his days. For no one will prosper from his seed, a man sitting on the throne of David, and ruling still in Judah.
JER.23
[JER.23.1] Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter my flock, declares Yahveh.
[JER.23.2] Therefore, thus says Yahveh, the Gods of Israel, concerning the shepherds who shepherd my people: You have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and you have not cared for them. Behold, I will hold you accountable for the evil of your deeds, says Yahveh.
[JER.23.3] And I will gather the remnant of my flock from all the lands where I scattered them, and I will return them to their pasture, and they will flourish and multiply.
[JER.23.4] And I will raise up shepherds over them, and they will pasture them. They will no longer fear, nor will they be dismayed, and they will not be lost. Declares Yahveh.
[JER.23.5] Behold, days are coming, declares Yahveh, and I will raise up a righteous branch for David. A king will reign, and he will be wise, and he will do justice and righteousness on earth.
[JER.23.6] In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell in security. And this is the name by which he will be called: Yahveh our righteousness.
[JER.23.7] Therefore, behold, days are coming, declares Yahveh, and they will no longer say, "The living Yahveh" who brought the children of Israel up from the land of Egypt.
[JER.23.8] For if Yahveh lives, the one who brought up and the one who brought back the descendants of the house of Israel from the northern land and from all the lands to which I drove them, they will dwell upon their land.
[JER.23.9] To the prophets, my heart is broken within me, and all my bones tremble. I became like a man drunk, and like one overcome by wine, because of Yahveh and because of the words of His holiness.
[JER.23.10] For adultery has filled the land, for because of the Gods the land mourns. The oases of the wilderness have dried up, and their way is evil, and their power is false.
[JER.23.11] For even the prophet and the priest corrupt; even in my house I found their wickedness, says Yahveh.
[JER.23.12] Therefore, their way will be to them like slipperiness in darkness; they will be driven and will fall within it, for I will bring evil upon them, the year of their judgment, declares Yahveh.
[JER.23.13] And among the prophets of Samaria I saw a wonder: they prophesied concerning Baal and they led my people, Israel, astray.
[JER.23.14] And concerning the prophets of Jerusalem, I have seen obscenity, adultery, and walking in lies, and they strengthened the hands of evildoers, so no one would turn from his wickedness. They have all become to me like Sodom, and its inhabitants like Gomorrah.
[JER.23.15] Therefore, thus says Yahveh of armies concerning the prophets: Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and I will give them water of gall to drink, because corruption has proceeded from the prophets of Jerusalem throughout the land.
[JER.23.16] Thus says Yahveh of hosts: Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you, they are deceiving you. They speak the vision of their heart, not from the mouth of Yahveh.
[JER.23.17] They say, "Say to those who hate, 'Yahveh speaks peace to you.'" And all who walk in the stubbornness of their heart say, "No evil will come upon you."
[JER.23.18] For who has stood in the secret counsel of Yahveh and seen and heard His word? Who has listened to My words and heard?
[JER.23.19] Behold, the storm of Yahveh has gone forth, and a whirling storm will fall upon the head of the wicked.
[JER.23.20] The anger of Yahveh will not return until he completes it and until he establishes the plans of his heart. In the last days, you will understand it with understanding.
[JER.23.21] I did not send the prophets, and yet they ran. I did not speak to them, and yet they prophesied.
[JER.23.22] And if they kept my secret, and proclaimed my words to my people, and turned them back from their bad way and from the evil of their deeds…
[JER.23.23] The Gods are near, I declare, Yahveh, and not the Gods from afar.
[JER.23.24] If a man hides in secret places, and I do not see him, says Yahveh, truly, do not I fill heaven and earth, says Yahveh?
[JER.23.25] I have heard what the prophets who prophesied in my name said, and it is falsehood, saying, “I dreamed, I dreamed.”
[JER.23.26] How long will there be in the heart of the prophets prophecies of falsehood and prophets of deceit of their heart?
[JER.23.27] Those who plan to cause my people to forget my name through their dreams, recounting to each other what they have dreamed, have, as their ancestors did, forgotten my name in connection with Baal.
[JER.23.28] The prophet who relates a dream, let him relate a dream, and as for the one with whom my word is, let him speak my words truthfully. What is straw compared to grain? says Yahveh.
[JER.23.29] Is not this how my words are, declares Yahveh, and like a hammer that shatters rock?
[JER.23.30] Therefore, behold, I, Yahveh, declare that I am against the prophets. They are stealers of my words, each one from his neighbor.
[JER.23.31] Behold, I, Yahveh, am against the prophets who take their tongue and speak oracles.
[JER.23.32] Behold, I am against those who prophesy false dreams, declares Yahveh. They tell them, and mislead my people with their lies and their visions. And I did not send them, nor did I command them, and they will not profit this people, declares Yahveh.
[JER.23.33] And if this people asks you, or a prophet, or a priest, saying, “What is the lifting of Yahveh?” then you shall say to them, “What is the lifting?” and I will abandon you, declares Yahveh.
[JER.23.34] And the prophet, and the priest, and the person who says a burden from Yahveh, I will punish that man and upon his house.
[JER.23.35] Thus you shall say, each to his fellow, and each to his brother, what has Yahveh answered, and what has Yahveh spoken?
[JER.23.36] And the burden of Yahveh, do not remember it anymore, for the burden will be to each person a word of their own. And you have twisted the words of the living Gods, Yahveh of hosts, our God.
[JER.23.37] Thus say to the prophet: “What answered you, Yahveh, and what spoke Yahveh?”
[JER.23.38] And if you say, "The burden of Yahveh," therefore thus says Yahveh: because you have spoken this word, "The burden of Yahveh," I have sent to you, saying, do not say, "The burden of Yahveh."
[JER.23.39] Therefore, behold, here I am, and I will forget you, carrying you away, and I will abandon you, and the city which I gave to you and to your fathers, from before my face.
[JER.23.40] And I will give upon you a disgrace of forever, and shame of forever, which will not be forgotten.
JER.24
[JER.24.1] Yahveh showed me, and behold, two baskets of ripe figs were placed before the temple of Yahveh, after that Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, exiled Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the officials of Judah, and the craftsman and the smith from Jerusalem, and brought them to Babylon.
[JER.24.2] The basket, one, figs good very, like the figs of the first ripe. And the basket, one, figs bad very, that will not be eaten because of their badness.
[JER.24.3] And Yahveh said to me, "What do you see, Jeremiah?" And I said, "Figs. The good figs are very good, and the bad figs are very bad, so much so that they cannot be eaten."
[JER.24.4] And it happened, the word of Yahveh came to me to say.
[JER.24.5] Thus says Yahveh, the Gods of Israel: As these good figs are, so will I recognize the exile of Judah, whom I have sent from this place to the land of Babylonia for good.
[JER.24.6] And I will set my eyes upon them for good, and I will return them upon this land. And I will build them, and I will not destroy, and I will plant them, and I will not pluck them up.
[JER.24.7] And I will give them a heart to know me, for I am Yahveh. And they will be to me a people, and I will be to them the Gods, for they will return to me with all their heart.
[JER.24.8] And as the bad figs that cannot be eaten because of their rottenness, so says Yahveh, thus will I give King Zedekiah of Judah and his officials and the remnant of Jerusalem who remain in this land, and those who dwell in the land of Egypt.
[JER.24.9] I will give them as a terror, as evil, to all the kingdoms of the earth, as a disgrace and as a proverb, as a taunt and as a curse, in all the places where I will drive them.
[JER.24.10] And I will send among them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, until their completion from above the land that I gave to them and to their fathers.
JER.25
[JER.25.1] The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah was this: it happened in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, son of Josiah, king of Judah, which was also the first year of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon.
[JER.25.2] That which spoke Jeremiah the prophet upon all the people of Judah and upon all the dwellers of Jerusalem to say:
[JER.25.3] From the thirteenth year of Josiah, son of Amon, king of Judah, until this day, the word of Yahveh has been with me for twenty-three years, and I have spoken to you early and often, but you have not listened.
[JER.25.4] And Yahveh sent to you all His servants the prophets early and repeatedly, but you did not hear, and you did not incline your ears to hear.
[JER.25.5] To say, "Please, every person turn back from his or her bad way, and from the evil of your deeds, and return to the land that Yahveh gave to you and your ancestors, from forever and to forever."
[JER.25.6] And do not go after other Gods to serve them and to worship them, and do not anger me with the work of your hands, and I will not bring disaster upon you.
[JER.25.7] And you did not listen to God, says Yahveh, in order to make me angry with the work of your hands, to your detriment.
[JER.25.8] Therefore, thus says Yahveh of hosts: because you have not listened to my words.
[JER.25.9] Behold, I am sending and I will take all the families of the north, says Yahveh, and also Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, my servant, and I will bring them upon this land and upon its inhabitants and upon all these surrounding nations. And I will utterly destroy them, and I will make them a desolation, a hissing, and ruins forever.
[JER.25.10] And I will cause to cease from them the sound of joy and the sound of gladness, the sound of a bridegroom and the sound of a bride, the sound of grinding and the light of a lamp.
[JER.25.11] And all this land will become ruin and desolation, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.
[JER.25.12] And it will be, when the completion of seventy years arrives, that I will visit upon the king of Babylon and upon that nation, thus says Yahveh, their iniquity, and upon the land of the Chaldeans, and I will set it to everlasting desolation.
[JER.25.13] And I will bring upon that land all my words that I spoke against it, all the written in this book that prophesied Jeremiah against all the nations.
[JER.25.14] For they served the Gods, also they, many nations and great kings. And I will repay them according to their actions and according to the work of their hands.
[JER.25.15] For thus says Yahveh, the Gods of Israel, to me: "Take the cup of the wine of wrath from my hand, and make him drink of it all the nations to which I send you to them."
[JER.25.16] And they will lament, and they will be agitated, and they will behave wildly because of the sword that I am sending among them.
[JER.25.17] And I took the cup from the hand of Yahveh, and I gave all the nations to drink, those that Yahveh sent me to.
[JER.25.18] Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, and its kings and its officials, to give them for ruin, for desolation, for a hiss and for a curse, as this day.
[JER.25.19] And Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and his servants, and his officials, and all his people.
[JER.25.20] And all the plain, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Gaza, and Ekron, and the remainder of Ashdod.
[JER.25.21] Edom and Moab and the children of Ammon.
[JER.25.22] And all the kings of Tyre, and all the kings of Sidon, and all the kings of the islands who are across the sea.
[JER.25.23] And Dedan and Teima and Buz and all the ends of Peah.
[JER.25.24] And all the kings of Arab, and all the kings of the desert who dwell in the desert.
[JER.25.25] And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Eylam, and all the kings of Maday.
[JER.25.26] And all the kings of the north, both near and far, everyone to his brother, and all the kingdoms of the land which are on the face of the earth, and the king of Sheshach will drink after them.
[JER.25.27] And you shall say to them, "'Sokoh' says Yahveh of hosts, the Gods of Israel: Drink and become intoxicated, and fall, and do not rise again, because of the sword which I am sending among you."
[JER.25.28] And it will be that when they refuse to take the cup from your hand to drink, then you will say to them, “Thus says Yahveh of hosts, drink, you will drink again.”
[JER.25.29] For behold, in the city where my name is called upon it, I will begin to pardon evil, and you, you will be cleansed; you will not be cleansed, for I am calling a sword upon all who dwell in the land, says Yahveh of hosts.
[JER.25.30] And you shall prophesy to them all these words and say to them, “Yahveh roars from on high and from his holy dwelling place lets out his voice. He roars, he roars over his land, a shout like those treading grapes, it answers to all who dwell on the earth.”
[JER.25.31] A tumult has come to the end of the earth, for there is a dispute belonging to Yahveh among the nations. He will judge all flesh. The wicked ones He has given to the sword, says Yahveh.
[JER.25.32] Thus says Yahveh of Hosts, behold, evil is going out from nation to nation, and a great storm will be roused from the regions of the land.
[JER.25.33] And those slain by Yahveh will be, on that day, from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be lamented, and they will not be gathered, and they will not be buried. They will be as refuse on the face of the earth.
[JER.25.34] Wail, you shepherds, and cry out, and roll in the dust, you powerful ones of the flock, for your days are full to be slaughtered, and your scattering is coming, and you will fall like a desirable vessel.
[JER.25.35] And escape will be lost from the shepherds, and deliverance from the powerful owners of the flock will not occur.
[JER.25.36] The voice of the shepherds' cry and the wailing of the powerful of the flock, for Yahveh devastates their pasture lands.
[JER.25.37] And the beauty of peace will be diminished because of the intensity of Yahveh's anger.
[JER.25.38] He abandoned it like a lion forsakes his shelter, for their land was made desolate because of the anger of the dove and because of the anger of His face.
JER.26
[JER.26.1] In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came from Yahveh to say:
[JER.26.2] Thus says Yahveh, "Stand in the courtyard of Yahveh’s house, and you shall speak to all the cities of Judah that come to worship in Yahveh’s house, all the words that I have commanded you to speak to them. Do not diminish a word."
[JER.26.3] Perhaps they will hear and return, each one from his evil way, and I will relent concerning the evil that I intend to do to them because of the evil of their deeds.
[JER.26.4] And you shall say to them, "Thus says Yahveh: if you do not listen to me to walk in my teaching that I gave before you..."
[JER.26.5] To hear about the words of my servants the prophets that I am sending to you, and early I sent, and you did not hear.
[JER.26.6] And I will give this house like Shiloh, and this city I will give to a curse to all the nations of the earth.
[JER.26.7] And the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of Yahveh.
[JER.26.8] And it happened, when Jeremiah finished speaking all that God commanded him to speak to all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people seized him, saying, “You shall surely die.”
[JER.26.9] Why do you trust in the name of Yahveh, saying like Shiloh will be this house, and this city will be ruined without a resident? And all the people gathered to Jeremiah in the house of Yahveh.
[JER.26.10] And the leaders of Judah heard these words, and they went from the king’s house to the house of Yahveh, and they sat at the entrance of the new gate of Yahveh.
[JER.26.11] And the priests and the prophets said to the leaders and to all the people, saying, “A sentence of death to this man, because he prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your ears.”
[JER.26.12] And Jeremiah said to all the rulers and to all the people, saying, "Yahveh sent me to prophesy to this house and to this city all the words that you have heard."
[JER.26.13] And now improve your ways and your deeds, and hear in the voice of Yahveh, the Gods, your God, and may Yahveh relent from the evil that He spoke against you.
[JER.26.14] And I, here I am in your hand, do to me as good and as right in your eyes.
[JER.26.15] But you will certainly know that if those who cause death are the ones doing it, it is because you yourselves are shedding innocent blood, both upon yourselves and upon this city and its inhabitants. For truly, Yahveh sent me to you to speak all these words in your ears.
[JER.26.16] The leaders and all the people said to the priests and to the prophets, "This man does not deserve a sentence of death, for he spoke in the name of Yahveh, our Gods."
[JER.26.17] And men rose up from among the elders of the land, and they spoke to all the assembly of the people, saying:
[JER.26.18] Mikayah, the one who received inheritance, prophesied in the days of Hizkiyah, king of Judah. And he said to all the people of Judah, saying, "Thus says Yahveh of Hosts: Zion will be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem will become heaps of rubble, and the mountain of the house will become high places for a forest."
[JER.26.19] The dying were dying, Hezekiah, king of Judah, and all of Judah. Did they not fear Yahveh? And they turned their faces to Yahveh, and Yahveh relented from the evil that He spoke against them. But we are doing great evil to our own souls.
[JER.26.20] And also there was a man who was prophesying in the name of Yahveh, Uriyahu son of Shemayahu, from the city of the forests. And he prophesied against this city and against this land, like all the words of Jeremiah.
[JER.26.21] And the king Jehoiakim and all his warriors and all the officials heard his words, and the king sought to put him to death. And Uriah heard, and he feared, and he fled, and he went to Egypt.
[JER.26.22] And the king Jehoiakim sent men to Egypt, Elnatan son of Achbor, and men with him to Egypt.
[JER.26.23] They brought Uriah out of Egypt and brought him to King Jehoiakim, and they struck him with a sword and threw his corpse to the graves of the people’s sons.
[JER.26.24] And the hand of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, was with Jeremiah, so that they would not give him into the hand of the people to kill him.
JER.27
[JER.27.1] In the beginning of the kingdom of Jehoiakim, son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from Yahveh to say:
[JER.27.2] Thus says Yahveh to me: "Make for yourself restraining devices and yokes, and you shall place them upon your neck."
[JER.27.3] And you shall send them to the king of Edom and to the king of Moab and to the king of the people of Ammon and to the king of Tyre and to the king of Sidon by the hand of messengers who are coming to Jerusalem to Zedekiah, king of Judah.
[JER.27.4] And you shall command them to say to their lords, "Thus says Yahveh of Hosts, the God of Israel: Thus you shall say to your lords."
[JER.27.5] I made the earth, the human, and the animal which is on the face of the earth with my great power and with my stretched out arm, and I gave it to who is right in my eyes.
[JER.27.6] And now, I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, my servant, and I have also given the animals of the field to him as his servant.
[JER.27.7] And all the nations will serve him, and his son, and the son of his son, until the time of his land comes, even him. And many nations and great kings will serve in him.
[JER.27.8] And it will be that the nation and the kingdom that do not serve him, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and that do not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, will be struck with the sword, with famine, and with pestilence, declares Yahveh, until I have finished them by his hand.
[JER.27.9] And you, do not listen to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dream interpreters, nor to your soothsayers, nor to your sorcerers, who are saying to you, saying, ‘Do not serve the king of Babylon.’
[JER.27.10] That falsehoods they prophesy to you, in order to remove you from your land, and I will cast you away, and you will perish.
[JER.27.11] And the nation that brings its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serves him, I will allow it to remain on its land, declares Yahveh, and it shall serve there and dwell in it.
[JER.27.12] And to Zedekiah, king of Judah, I, God, spoke all these words, saying, bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him and his people, and live.
[JER.27.13] Why should you and your people die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence, as Yahveh has spoken to the nation that will not serve the king of Babel?
[JER.27.14] And do not listen to the words of the prophets who say to you, saying, "Do not serve the king of Babylon," for it is a falsehood that they prophesy to you.
[JER.27.15] For I did not send them, says Yahveh, and yet they prophesy in my name falsely, in order to mislead you, and you and the prophets prophesying to you will be destroyed.
[JER.27.16] And to the priests and to all of this people I spoke, saying, “Thus says Yahveh: Do not listen to the words of your prophets who prophesy to you, saying, “Behold, the vessels of the temple of Yahveh will soon be restored from Babylon,” for they are prophesying falsehood to you.”
[JER.27.17] Do not listen to them; serve the king of Babylon and live. Why should this city be ruined?
[JER.27.18] And if they are prophets, or if there is a word of Yahveh with them, let them encounter Yahveh of hosts, so that the remaining vessels may not come into the house of Yahveh and the house of the king of Judah and into Jerusalem by Babel.
[JER.27.19] For thus says Yahveh of Hosts to the pillars, and to the sea, and to the machines, and to the rest of the vessels remaining in this city.
[JER.27.20] That Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, did not take when he exiled Jeconiah, son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the residents of Judah and Jerusalem.
[JER.27.21] For thus says Yahveh of Hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the remaining vessels in the house of Yahveh and the house of the king of Judah and Jerusalem.
[JER.27.22] Babylon will be brought, and there they will be, until the day Yahveh visits them, declares Yahveh, and I will bring them up and restore them to this place.
JER.28
[JER.28.1] And it happened in that year, at the beginning of the kingdom of Zedekiah, king of Judah, in the fourth year, in the fifth month, that Hananiah son of Azzur, the prophet, who was from Gibeah, said to me in the house of Yahveh, before the eyes of the priests and all the people, saying:
[JER.28.2] Thus says Yahveh, the Gods of armies, the God of Israel, saying, "I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon."
[JER.28.3] Within two years of days, I will return to this place all the vessels of the house of Yahveh, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took from this place and brought to Babylon.
[JER.28.4] And as for Yekhanyahu son of Y'hoyakim, king of Judah, and all the exile of Judah who have come to Babylon, I will return them to this place, says Yahveh, for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.
[JER.28.5] And Jeremiah the prophet said to Hananiah the prophet, before the eyes of the priests and before the eyes of all the people standing in the house of Yahveh.
[JER.28.6] And Jeremiah the prophet said, "Amen, thus will do Yahveh. Yahveh will establish your words that you prophesied, to restore the vessels of the temple of Yahveh and all the exiled people from Babylon to this place."
[JER.28.7] But hear now this word that I speak in your ear and in the ears of all the people.
[JER.28.8] The prophets who were before me and before you, from the world of old, prophesied to many lands and to great kingdoms, concerning war, and concerning evil, and concerning things to come.
[JER.28.9] The prophet who will prophesy for peace, when the word of the prophet comes to pass, then the prophet will be known as one whom Yahveh truly sent.
[JER.28.10] And Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from the neck of Jeremiah the prophet, and he broke it.
[JER.28.11] And Hananiah said before the eyes of all the people, saying, “Thus says Yahveh: Thus will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, within two years from off the neck of all the nations.” And Jeremiah the prophet went on his way.
[JER.28.12] And it came to pass, the word of Yahveh to Jeremiah, after Chananyah the prophet broke the yoke from off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet, saying:
[JER.28.13] Go and say to Chananyah, thus says Yahveh: You have broken wooden beams, and you shall make iron beams in their place.
[JER.28.14] For thus says Yahveh of hosts, the Gods of Israel: I have given an iron yoke upon the neck of all these nations, to serve Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and to serve him. And also, I have given the beasts of the field to him.
[JER.28.15] And Jeremiah the prophet said to Hananiah the prophet, "Listen closely, Hananiah. Yahveh did not send you, and you have reassured this people with a falsehood."
[JER.28.16] Therefore, thus says Yahveh: behold, here I am sending you away from the face of the earth. This year you will die, because you spoke to Yahveh.
[JER.28.17] And Chananya the prophet died in that year, in the seventh month.
JER.29
[JER.29.1] And these are the words of the book which Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the remainder of the elders of the exile, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people, whom Nebukhadnetzar exiled from Jerusalem to Babylon.
[JER.29.2] After the departure of King Jehoiachin, and the important woman, and the eunuchs, the officials of Judah and Jerusalem, and the craftsman and the metalworker from Jerusalem.
[JER.29.3] Through the hand of Elasah son of Shaphan and Gemariah son of Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, to Babylon, to say:
[JER.29.4] Thus says Yahveh of Hosts, the Gods of Israel, to all of the exile whom I exiled from Jerusalem to Babylon.
[JER.29.5] Build yourselves houses and dwell, and plant gardens and eat their fruit.
[JER.29.6] Take wives and bear sons and daughters. And take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to men, and let them bear sons and daughters. And multiply there, and do not diminish.
[JER.29.7] And seek the well-being of the city to which I, Yahveh, have exiled you, and pray for it to Yahveh. For in its well-being will be your well-being.
[JER.29.8] For thus says Yahveh, the Gods of hosts, the God of Israel: Do not let your prophets who are among you deceive you, and do not listen to your dreams that you dream.
[JER.29.9] For they prophesy falsely to you in my name, I did not send them, declares Yahveh.
[JER.29.10] For thus says Yahveh, that according to the completion of Babylon’s years, seventy in number, I will visit you, and I will fulfill upon you My good promises to return you to this place.
[JER.29.11] For I have known the thoughts that I think about you, says Yahveh. Thoughts of peace, and not for evil, to give you an end and hope.
[JER.29.12] You will call to me, and you will walk with me, and you will pray to me, and I will hear to you.
[JER.29.13] And you will seek me, and you will find me, for you will inquire of me with all your heart.
[JER.29.14] I will be found by you, says Yahveh, and I will restore your captivity. I will gather you from all the nations and from all the places where I have scattered you, says Yahveh, and I will bring you back to the place from which I exiled you.
[JER.29.15] Because you said that Yahveh raised up prophets in Babylon.
[JER.29.16] Thus says Yahveh to the king sitting on the throne of David, and to all the people sitting in this city: Your brothers who did not go out with you into exile.
[JER.29.17] Thus says Yahveh of hosts, behold, I am sending among them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence. And I will make them like the spoiled figs that are too rotten to eat.
[JER.29.18] And I will pursue them with the sword, with famine, and with pestilence, and I will give them to be a terror to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse and a desolation, to be a whistling and a reproach in all the nations where I have driven them.
[JER.29.19] Because they did not listen to my words, says Yahveh, after I sent to them my servants the prophets early and repeatedly, and you did not listen, says Yahveh.
[JER.29.20] And you, hear the word of Yahveh, all of the exile that I sent from Jerusalem to Babel.
[JER.29.21] Thus says Yahveh of Hosts, the Gods of Israel, to Ahab son of Kolayah and to Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, the prophets who prophesied to you falsely in my name: Behold, I am giving them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babel, and I will strike them down before your eyes.
[JER.29.22] And a curse will be taken from them to apply to all the exile of Judah who are in Babylon, saying, "May Yahveh make you like Tzidkiyahu and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon cursed with fire."
[JER.29.23] Because they committed an atrocity in Israel, and they committed adultery with the wives of their companions, and they spoke a false word in my name, a command I did not give them, and I, Yahveh, know and bear witness.
[JER.29.24] And to Shma’yahu, the prophet, you will say this.
[JER.29.25] Thus says Yahveh of Hosts, the Gods of Israel, saying: Because you sent letters in your name to all the people who are in Jerusalem, and to Tzefanyah son of Ma'aseiyah the priest, and to all the priests, saying...
[JER.29.26] Yahveh gave you the position of priest in place of Jehoiada the priest, to be an official in the house of Yahveh overseeing every madman and prophet, and you shall give him to the turning place and the dungeon.
[JER.29.27] And now, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah the Anathothite, the prophet who proclaims against you?
[JER.29.28] For thus Babel sent to us, saying, 'It is long; build houses and dwell in them, and plant gardens and eat their fruit.'
[JER.29.29] And Tzfanya the priest read this scroll in the ears of Yeremyahu the prophet.
[JER.29.30] And it came to pass, the word of Yahveh to Jeremiah, saying:
[JER.29.31] Send to all of the exile, saying, thus says Yahveh to Shma'yah the seeing: because Shma'yah has prophesied to you, and I did not send him, and he has made you confident on falsehood.
[JER.29.32] Therefore, thus says Yahveh: Behold, I will visit Shma'ayah the prophet and his offspring. There shall be no man of his among the people, and he shall not see the good that I will do for My people, says Yahveh, for he has spoken against Yahveh.
JER.30
[JER.30.1] The word that was to Jeremiah was from Yahveh to say.
[JER.30.2] Thus says Yahveh, the Gods of Israel: Write for yourself all the words that I have spoken to you into a book.
[JER.30.3] For behold, days are coming, says Yahveh, and I will return the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, says Yahveh, and I will bring them back to the land which I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.
[JER.30.4] And these are the words that Yahveh spoke to Israel and to Judah.
[JER.30.5] For thus says Yahveh, a voice of trembling we have heard, terror and there is no peace.
[JER.30.6] Please ask now and see if a male gives birth. Why have I seen every man with his hands upon his loins like a woman giving birth, and all faces have turned to greenness?
[JER.30.7] Woe, for great is that day, without parallel to it, and it is a time of distress for Jacob, and from it he will save.
[JER.30.8] And it will be on that day, declares Yahveh of hosts, that I will break the yoke from off your neck and I will snap your bonds. And foreigners will no longer serve in it.
[JER.30.9] And they will serve Yahveh, their Gods, and David, their king, whom I have established for them.
[JER.30.10] And you, do not fear, my servant Jacob, says Yahveh, and do not be dismayed, Israel, for behold, I will save you from afar, and your offspring from their land of captivity. And Jacob will return and be secure, and live in peace, and there will be no one to frighten him.
[JER.30.11] For I am with you, declares Yahveh, to save you. For I will make a complete end of all the nations among which I have scattered you, but I will not make a complete end of you. And I will discipline you for judgement, but I will not cleanse you.
[JER.30.12] For thus says Yahveh: A human to break you, a possession is your blow.
[JER.30.13] There is no judgment for Dan for Mazor. Healing does not ascend for you. You do not have any.
[JER.30.14] All your lovers have forgotten you; none will seek you anymore, for I have struck you with the blow of an enemy, a harsh correction, because of the abundance of your sins. Your sins have grown exceedingly strong.
[JER.30.15] What do you cry out about concerning your destruction, mortal man, regarding your pain? Because of the abundance of your iniquities, your sins have grown strong. I have done these things to you.
[JER.30.16] Therefore, all those who eat you will be eaten, and all your enemies will go into captivity. And your despoilers will be for desolation, and all your plunderers I will give to plunder.
[JER.30.17] For I will ascend a length for you, and from your wounds I will heal you, says Yahveh. For they have called you rejected, Zion is she, there is no one who seeks her.
[JER.30.18] Thus says Yahveh: Behold, I will return the captivity of the tents of Jacob, and I will have mercy on their dwellings. A city will be built upon its ruin, and a palace will dwell upon its justice.
[JER.30.19] Thanksgiving and the sound of rejoicing will go forth from them, and I will increase them, they will not be diminished. I will honor them, they will not be grieved.
[JER.30.20] And his descendants will be like the ancient past, and his assembly will be established before me, and I, Yahveh, will visit upon all who oppress him.
[JER.30.21] And it will be that his might is from him, and his governance will come forth from his closeness. And I will bring him near, and he will approach me. For who is this who has pledged his heart to approach me? Says Yahveh.
[JER.30.22] And you will be to me a people, and I will be to you the Gods.
[JER.30.23] Behold, the storm of Yahveh has burst forth; a tempest is rolling. It will pour down upon the heads of the wicked.
[JER.30.24] The burning of God’s anger will not return until he does it, and until he establishes the plans of his heart. In the latter days, you will understand it.
JER.31
[JER.31.1] At that time, declares Yahveh, I will be to the Gods for all families of Israel, and they will be to me for a people.
[JER.31.2] Thus says Yahveh: I have found favor with a people, survivors of the sword, in the wilderness, and they go to quiet Israel.
[JER.31.3] From afar Yahveh appeared to me, and I loved you with an eternal love. Therefore, I drew you with loving-kindness.
[JER.31.4] Still I will build, and you will be built, young woman of Israel. Still you will adorn your drums, and you will go out in dance of those who play.
[JER.31.5] Still you will plant vineyards in the mountains of Samaria. Planters planted, and they profaned.
[JER.31.6] For there is a day when the preserved ones will call upon Mount Ephraim, “Arise, and let us go up to Zion, to Yahveh, our God.”
[JER.31.7] For thus says Yahveh: Sing for Jacob, rejoice, and shout among the nations. Proclaim and say, ‘Save Yahveh your people, even the remnant of Israel.’
[JER.31.8] See, I am bringing them from the land of the north, and I will gather them from the corners of the earth. Among them will be the blind and the lame, the pregnant and the one giving birth, together. A large assembly will return there.
[JER.31.9] They come weeping, and with supplications I will lead them. I will lead them to streams of water on a straight path, and they will not stumble in it, for I have been to Israel a father, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
[JER.31.10] Hear the word of Yahveh, nations, and declare it in the islands from afar, and say, "The scattered of Israel will gather them, and will keep them as a shepherd keeps his flock."
[JER.31.11] For Yahveh redeemed Jacob and rescued him from a hand stronger than his.
[JER.31.12] And they will come and rejoice in the heights of Zion, and they will flow toward the goodness of Yahveh concerning grain and concerning wine and concerning oil and concerning sheep and concerning cattle. And their souls will be like a well-watered garden, and they will add no more grief again.
[JER.31.13] Then the maiden will rejoice in dancing, and the young men and the elders together, and I will turn their mourning to joy, and I will comfort them, and I will make them glad from their sorrow.
[JER.31.14] I will satisfy the souls of the priests with abundance, and my people will be filled with my goodness, says Yahveh.
[JER.31.15] Thus says Yahveh, a voice is heard in Ramah, a sound of lamentation and bitter weeping. Rachel weeps for her children, she refuses to be comforted for her children because they are no more.
[JER.31.16] Thus says Yahveh: Restrain your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears, for there is a reward for your work, says Yahveh, and you will return from the land of the enemy.
[JER.31.17] And there is hope for your future, says Yahveh, and the children will return to their land.
[JER.31.18] I have surely heard Ephraim. You have disciplined me, and I allowed myself to be disciplined, like an unaccustomed calf. Restore me, and I will return, for you are Yahveh, the Gods.
[JER.31.19] For after my return, I regretted, and after my being known, I doubted regarding my thigh. I was ashamed, and also dismayed, for I carried the reproach of my youth.
[JER.31.20] Behold, is Ephraim my cherished one? Or is he a child for amusement? For every time I speak of him, I remember him still. Therefore, my insides ache for him, I will have compassion on him. Thus says Yahveh.
[JER.31.21] Set up for yourself landmarks, put for yourself signals, put your heart to the path, the way I walked. Return, virgin of Israel, return to your cities these.
[JER.31.22] Until when will you hide yourself, the daughter who rebels? For Yahveh has created new female in the land, a female who will turn around a man.
[JER.31.23] Thus says Yahveh of Hosts, the God of Israel. Again, they will utter this statement in the land of Judah and in its cities, when I restore those taken captive. May Yahveh bless you, the dwelling place of righteousness, the holy mountain.
[JER.31.24] And Judah will dwell in it, and all its cities together, farmers and travelers with the flock.
[JER.31.25] For I have quenched the weary soul, and I have filled every grieving soul.
[JER.31.26] Because of this, I have awakened and I have seen, and my sleep is pleasant to me.
[JER.31.27] Indeed, days are coming, says Yahveh, and I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with seed of humankind and seed of animal.
[JER.31.28] And it will be as I diligently labored among them to crush and to shatter, to ruin and to destroy and to do harm, so I will diligently labor among them to build and to plant, says Yahveh.
[JER.31.29] In those days, they will no longer say, "The fathers ate sour grapes, and the sons' teeth are set on edge."
[JER.31.30] But if a man dies in his sin, every man who eats the improperly prepared meat will have his teeth ruined.
[JER.31.31] Indeed, days are coming, declares Yahveh, and I will cut a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
[JER.31.32] It is not the covenant that I made with their ancestors on the day I strengthened them by their hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, which they broke, and I was possessive over them, says Yahveh.
[JER.31.33] For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says Yahveh: I have given my instruction within them, and upon their hearts I will write it. And I will be to them for God, and they will be to me for a people.
[JER.31.34] And they will no longer teach each person his neighbor, and each person his brother, saying, "Know Yahveh!" For all of them will know me, from the smallest to the greatest, declares Yahveh, for I will forgive their iniquity and their sin I will not remember ever.
[JER.31.35] Thus says Yahveh, the giver of the sun for light to the days, the ordinances of the moon and stars for light to the night. He agitates the sea, and its waves roar. Yahveh of hosts is his name.
[JER.31.36] If these laws are removed from before me, says Yahveh, then the seed of Israel will cease to be a nation before me for all days.
[JER.31.37] Thus says Yahveh, if the heavens above can be measured and the foundations of the earth investigated below, then I will reject all the descendants of Israel for all that they have done, says Yahveh.
[JER.31.38] Behold, days says Yahveh, and the city will be built for Yahveh from the tower of Chanan'el to the gate of the corner.
[JER.31.39] And yet another expectation of the measurement goes forth against it, upon the hill of Garev, and it circles Go’atah.
[JER.31.40] And all the valley of the corpses, and the fertilizer, and all the remnants, up to the Kidron Brook, up to the corner of the Horse Gate eastward, will be holy to Yahveh. It will not be torn down and it will not be destroyed forever.
JER.32
[JER.32.1] The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahveh in the tenth year of Zedekiah, king of Judah, was also the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar.
[JER.32.2] And then the force of the king of Babylon surrounded Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was imprisoned in the courtyard of the prison, which belonged to the house of the king of Judah.
[JER.32.3] Because Zedekiah, king of Judah, was imprisoned, he was asked, "Why do you continue to prophesy, saying, 'Thus says Yahveh, 'Behold, I am giving this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and it will be captured?'"
[JER.32.4] And Zedekiah, king of Judah, will not escape from the hand of the Chaldeans, for he is given to be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and his mouth will speak with his mouth, and his eyes will see his eyes.
[JER.32.5] Babylon will take Zedekiah and there he will be until I visit him, says Yahveh. Because if you fight against the Chaldeans, you will not succeed.
[JER.32.6] And Jeremiah said, "The word of Yahveh was to me to say:"
[JER.32.7] Behold, Hanameel the son of Shalum, your relative, comes to you to say, "Purchase for yourself the field that is in Anathoth, for you have the right of redemption to buy it."
[JER.32.8] And Chanamel, the son of my relative, came to me, as the word of Yahveh was to the courtyard of the gate. And he said to me, "Please purchase the field that is in Anathoth, which is in the land of Benjamin, for the right of inheritance belongs to you, and the right of redemption belongs to you. Purchase it for yourself, and I will know that the word of Yahveh is this."
[JER.32.9] And I bought the field from Chanam'el, my relative, who is in Anathoth, and I weighed to him the money, seven shekels and ten of the money.
[JER.32.10] And I wrote in the scroll and I sealed it and I testified witnesses and I weighed the silver with scales.
[JER.32.11] And I took the book of the account, the sealed commandment and the statutes and the revealed things.
[JER.32.12] And I gave the deed of purchase to Baruch son of Neriah, son of Machseiah, before the eyes of Hanameel, my relative, and before the eyes of the witnesses who were writing in the deed of purchase, before the eyes of all the Jews who were residing in the courtyard of the prison.
[JER.32.13] And I commanded Baruch before their eyes, saying.
[JER.32.14] Thus says Yahveh, the God of the armies of Israel: Take these documents—this book of the livestock records, the sealed document, and this open document—and place them in a clay vessel, so that they may endure for many days.
[JER.32.15] For thus says Yahveh of hosts, the God of Israel: Still houses and fields and vineyards will be bought in this land.
[JER.32.16] And I prayed to Yahveh after I dictated the book of records to Baruch son of Neriah, saying...
[JER.32.17] Ah, my Lord Yahveh, behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and by Your outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for You.
[JER.32.18] The One making lovingkindness to thousands, and repaying the iniquity of fathers to the bosom of their children, after them, the God, the great, the mighty, Yahveh of hosts is his name.
[JER.32.19] Great is the counsel and abundant the schemes, that your eyes are open to all the ways of humankind, to give to each person according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds.
[JER.32.20] Because you performed signs and wonders in the land of Egypt until this day, and in Israel, and among humankind, you made a name for yourself as is done this day.
[JER.32.21] And you brought out your people, the Israelites, from the land of Egypt, with signs and with wonders and with a strong hand and with an outstretched arm and with great terror.
[JER.32.22] And she gave to them the land this, that you swore to their fathers to give to them, land flowing milk and honey.
[JER.32.23] They came and possessed it, but they did not listen to your voice, nor did they walk in your teachings. They did not do all that you commanded them to do, and so you brought upon them all of this evil.
[JER.32.24] Behold, the ramps have come, to the city for capture. And the city was given into the hand of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it, because of the sword and the famine and the pestilence. And as you spoke, it happened, and behold, you see.
[JER.32.25] And you said to me, "my Lord Yahveh, acquire for yourself the field with silver, and let witnesses testify, and the city was given into the hand of the Chaldeans."
[JER.32.26] And it happened, the word of Yahveh came to Jeremiah, saying:
[JER.32.27] Indeed, I am Yahveh, the Gods of all living beings. Will anything be too wonderful for me?
[JER.32.28] Therefore, thus says Yahveh, behold, I am giving this city into the hand of the Chaldeans and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babel, and it will be taken.
[JER.32.29] And the Chaldeans who fought against this city came, and they set this city on fire and burned it, and the houses on whose roofs they burned incense to Baal and poured libations to other Gods, for the purpose of making me angry.
[JER.32.30] For the people of Israel and the people of Judah were only doing evil in my eyes from their youth, for the people of Israel were only provoking me with the work of their hands, declares Yahveh.
[JER.32.31] For upon my face and upon my wrath has this city been to me, from the day they built it until this day, to remove it from before my face.
[JER.32.32] Over all the evil of the sons of Israel and the sons of Judah, which they did to provoke me, they – their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets – and the man of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
[JER.32.33] They turned their backs to me and did not look toward me, and I taught the Gods to them, and I taught, but they do not hear to take correction.
[JER.32.34] And they placed their abominations in the house which is called with my name upon it, to defile it.
[JER.32.35] And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire to Molech, which I did not command, and it did not come upon my heart to do this abomination, for the purpose of causing Judah to sin.
[JER.32.36] Now therefore, thus says Yahveh, the Gods of Israel, to this city of which you say, 'It is given into the hand of the king of Babel, it will be by sword and by famine and by plague.'
[JER.32.37] See, I will gather them from all the lands where I have driven them, in my anger and in my wrath and in great fury. And I will bring them back to this place, and I will settle them securely.
[JER.32.38] And they will be to me a people, and I will be to them the Gods.
[JER.32.39] And I will give them one heart and one way to fear me all their days, for their good and the good of their children after them.
[JER.32.40] I will cut a covenant of forever with them, that I will not return from after them to do good to them, and I will give my fear in their hearts, so as not to turn away from me.
[JER.32.41] I will rejoice for them to do good to them, and I will plant them in this land truly with all my heart and with all my soul.
[JER.32.42] For thus says Yahveh: just as I have brought to this people all this great evil, so I will bring upon them all the good that I speak of.
[JER.32.43] And we will buy the field in this land, which you say is desolate, lacking people and animals, given into the hand of the Chaldeans.
[JER.32.44] They will purchase fields with silver, and a deed must be written, sealed, and attested to by witnesses, in the land of Benjamin and the areas around Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, the cities of the mountains, the cities of the lowlands, and the cities of the Negev, for I will restore their captivity, says Yahveh.
JER.33
[JER.33.1] And it happened that a word from Yahveh came to Jeremiah a second time, while he was still imprisoned in the courtyard of the guardhouse, saying:
[JER.33.2] Thus says Yahveh making, Yahveh forming it to prepare it, Yahveh is His name.
[JER.33.3] Call to me, and I will answer you, and I will declare to you great things and mysteries that you have not known.
[JER.33.4] For thus says Yahveh the Gods of Israel, concerning the houses of this city and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah that have been broken down to the ramparts and to the sword.
[JER.33.5] They come to fight against the Chaldeans, and to fill with bodies the corpses of humankind that I struck down in My anger and with My wrath, and from which I hid My face from this city because of all their evil.
[JER.33.6] Behold, I will raise up for her wholeness and healing and medicines, and I will reveal to them a crown of peace and truth.
[JER.33.7] And I will restore the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel, and I will build them as in the beginning.
[JER.33.8] And I will purify them from all their iniquity that they have sinned against me, and I will forgive all their iniquities that they have sinned against me, and that they have rebelled against me.
[JER.33.9] And it will be to me for a name of joy, for praise, and for glory to all nations of the earth, who will hear of all the goodness that I do for them, and they will fear and tremble because of all the goodness and because of all the peace that I do for her.
[JER.33.10] Thus says Yahveh, again will be heard in this place, which you say is ruin, without human and without animal, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, the breaths without human and without inhabitant and without animal.
[JER.33.11] A sound of joy and a sound of happiness, the sound of a groom and the sound of a bride; a sound of those saying, "Give thanks to Yahveh of hosts, for Yahveh is good, for his lovingkindness is forever." They bring thanksgiving to the house of Yahveh, for Yahveh says, "I will restore the captivity of the land as it was in the beginning."
[JER.33.12] Thus says Yahveh of hosts: Still there will be in this place desolation, from want of man and until beast, and in all its cities a dwelling of shepherds, places for flocks to lie down.
[JER.33.13] In the cities of the mountain, in the cities of the lowlands, and in the cities of the south, and in the land of Binyamin, and around Jerusalem, and in the cities of Yehudah, the flocks will still pass by the hand of a counter, said Yahveh.
[JER.33.14] Indeed, days are coming, says Yahveh, and I will establish the good word which I spoke to the house of Israel and to the house of Judah.
[JER.33.15] In those days and at that time, I will cause a sprout of righteousness to grow for David, and he will do justice and righteousness in the land.
[JER.33.16] In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell in security. And this is what Yahveh will call her: "Our Righteousness".
[JER.33.17] For thus says Yahveh: there will not be lacking to David a man sitting on the throne of the house of Israel.
[JER.33.18] And to the priests, the Levites, no man shall be cut off before God by offering a burnt offering and presenting a grain offering and doing a sacrifice all the days.
[JER.33.19] And it happened, the word of Yahveh to Jeremiah, saying:
[JER.33.20] Thus says Yahveh, if you break my covenant this day and my covenant this night, and not to be day and night in their season.
[JER.33.21] Also, my covenant will be broken with David my servant, that he will not have a reigning son on his throne, and the Levites the priests, my servants.
[JER.33.22] Which is not to be numbered, the host of the heavens, and not to be measured, the sand of the sea, so will I increase the descendants of David, my servant, and the Levites, those who serve me.
[JER.33.23] And it came to pass, the word of Yahveh to Jeremiah, saying:
[JER.33.24] Have you not seen what this people has spoken, saying that the two families which Yahveh chose, He has rejected, and that My people will no longer be a nation before them?
[JER.33.25] Thus says Yahveh: If I had not made a covenant with day and with night, the laws of heaven and earth would not have been established by me.
[JER.33.26] Also, the seed of Jacob and David my servant I will reject, a selection from their seed, rulers to the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, because I will restore their captivity and I will have compassion.
JER.34
[JER.34.1] The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahveh, and Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and all his army and all the kingdoms of the earth under his rule, and all the peoples, were fighting against Jerusalem and against all its cities, saying:
[JER.34.2] Thus says Yahveh, the Gods of Israel. Go and say to Zedekiah, king of Judah, and say to him, thus says Yahveh: Behold, I am giving this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and it will be burned with fire.
[JER.34.3] And you will not escape from his hand, for seized you will be seized, and into his hand you will be delivered. And your eyes will see the eyes of the king of Babel, and his mouth will speak to your mouth, and Babel will come.
[JER.34.4] Indeed, hear the word of Yahveh, Zedekiah, king of Judah. Thus says Yahveh to you: you shall not die by the sword.
[JER.34.5] In peace you will die, and like the burnings of your fathers, the kings of old who were before you, so will they burn for you, and may my Lord be the one to lament for you, for a word is this that I have spoken, declares Yahveh.
[JER.34.6] And Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Zedekiah, king of Judah, all these words in Jerusalem.
[JER.34.7] And the army of the king of Babylon fought against Jerusalem and against all the cities of Judah that remained, to Lachish and to Azekah, for they remained as fortified cities of Judah.
[JER.34.8] The word that was to Jeremiah from Yahveh, after the king Zedekiah made a covenant with all the people who were in Jerusalem, to proclaim freedom to them.
[JER.34.9] To release a person his servant, and a person his maidservant, the Hebrew man and the Hebrew woman as free people, so that they do not serve them to a Jew, his brother, as a person.
[JER.34.10] And all the leaders and all the people who had entered into the covenant heard. They were instructed to send each man his male servant and each man his female servant away as free people, so that they should no longer serve them. And they heard and sent them away.
[JER.34.11] And they returned after this, and they returned the servants and the handmaids which they had sent free, and they subdued them to servants and handmaids.
[JER.34.12] And it happened, the word of Yahveh came to Jeremiah from Yahveh, saying:
[JER.34.13] Thus says Yahveh, the Gods of Israel. I made a covenant with your ancestors on the day I brought them out of the land of Egypt, from a house of slavery, saying:
[JER.34.14] At the end of seven years, you shall send each man his Hebrew brother who is sold to you, and he shall serve you six years, and you shall let him go free from you. But your ancestors did not listen to me, nor did they incline their ear.
[JER.34.15] You have returned today and done what is right in the eyes of Yahveh, to proclaim freedom, man to his fellow, and you have made a covenant before me in the house which is called my name upon it.
[JER.34.16] And you returned and profaned the name of God, and you returned, each man his servant and each man his handmaid, whom you had sent free for their own souls, and you subdued them to be to you servants and handmaids.
[JER.34.17] Therefore, thus says Yahveh: You did not listen to me to proclaim freedom, each man to his brother, and each man to his friend. Behold, I call to you to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine, and I will give you as a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
[JER.34.18] And I will give the men passing through my covenant, who did not establish the words of the covenant which they made before me, the calf which they cut in two, and they passed between its halves.
[JER.34.19] The officials of Judah and the officials of Jerusalem, the eunuchs and the priests, and all the people of the land, those passing between the two calves.
[JER.34.20] And I will give them into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of those who seek their lives. And their corpses will become food for birds of the heavens and for beasts of the earth.
[JER.34.21] And Zedekiah, king of Judah, and his officials, I will give into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their lives, and into the hand of the army of the King of Babylon who are ascending against you.
[JER.34.22] Behold, I command, says Yahveh, and I will return them to this city, and they will fight against it and conquer it, and I will set it ablaze with fire. And the cities of Judah I will give as a wasteland, without an inhabitant.
JER.35
[JER.35.1] The word that was to Jeremiah from Yahveh in the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying:
[JER.35.2] Go to the house of the Rekabites and speak with them, and bring them to the house of Yahveh, to one of the chambers, and give them wine.
[JER.35.3] And I took Ya’azanyahu, son of Yirmeyahu, son of Chavatzinya, and his brothers, and all his sons, and all the house of the Rechabites.
[JER.35.4] And I brought them to the house of Yahveh, to the chamber of the sons of Hanan son of Yigdal'yahu, a man of the Gods, which is near the chamber of the officials, which is above the chamber of Ma'aseyah son of Shallum, the doorkeeper.
[JER.35.5] And I gave before the sons of the house of the Rechabites bowls full of wine and cups, and I said to them, "Drink the wine."
[JER.35.6] And they said, "We will not drink wine, because Yonadav son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying, "You shall not drink wine, you and your sons, forever."
[JER.35.7] And you will not build a house, and you will not sow seed, and you will not plant a vineyard, and there will not be for you possessions, because you will dwell in tents all your days, in order that you may live many days on the face of the land which you are dwelling in there.
[JER.35.8] And we listened to the voice of Jehonadab son of Rechab, our father, to everything that he commanded us, to not drink wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, and our daughters.
[JER.35.9] And not to build houses for our dwelling, and a vineyard and a field and sowing will not be for us.
[JER.35.10] And we dwelt in the tents, and we heard and we did all that our Lord Yonadav, our father, commanded us.
[JER.35.11] And it happened, in the ascending of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, toward the land, that we said, "Come and let us go to Jerusalem because of the army of the Chaldeans, and because of the army of Aram." And we settled in Jerusalem.
[JER.35.12] And it came to pass, the word of Yahveh to Jeremiah, saying:
[JER.35.13] Thus says Yahveh of hosts, the Gods of Israel: Go and say to every man of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem: Will you not take correction and listen to my words? says Yahveh.
[JER.35.14] The words of Jonadab son of Rechab were established, the one who commanded his sons not to drink wine, and they did not drink it until this day, because they heard the command of their father. And I have spoken to you early and often, and you have not listened to me.
[JER.35.15] And I sent to you all of My servants the prophets, early and repeatedly, saying, “Please, each one of you, turn from your evil ways and make your actions good, and do not go after other gods to serve them. Return to the land that I gave to you and to your ancestors.” But you did not incline your ears, and you did not listen to Me.
[JER.35.16] Because the sons of Jehonadav son of Rechab established the command of their father which he commanded them, and this people did not listen to me.
[JER.35.17] Therefore, thus says Yahveh, the Gods of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I am bringing to Judah and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have spoken against them, because I spoke to them, and they did not listen, and I called to them, and they did not answer.
[JER.35.18] And to the house of the Rechabites, Jeremiah said, "Thus says Yahveh of Hosts, the God of Israel: Because you have listened to the command of Jehonadab, your father, and have kept all his commands and have done according to everything that he commanded you,"
[JER.35.19] Therefore, thus says Yahveh the Gods of Hosts, God of Israel: No man will be cut off to Jonadab son of Rechab, standing before me all the days.
JER.36
[JER.36.1] And it happened in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, son of Josiah, king of Judah, that this word was to Jeremiah from Yahveh to say:
[JER.36.2] Take for yourself a scroll of a book and write upon it all the words that I have spoken to you concerning Israel and concerning Judah and concerning all the nations from the day that I spoke to you in the days of Josiah and until this day.
[JER.36.3] Perhaps the house of Judah will hear all the evil that I intend to do to them, so that each one will turn from their evil way, and I will forgive their iniquity and their sin.
[JER.36.4] And Jeremiah called to Baruch, son of Neriah, and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of Yahveh that He spoke to him on a scroll.
[JER.36.5] And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, "I am imprisoned; I am not able to enter the house of Yahveh."
[JER.36.6] And you shall come, and you shall read from the scroll that you wrote from my mouth, the words of Yahveh to the ears of the people, the house of Yahveh, on a day of fasting, and also to the ears of all Judah who have come from their cities, you shall read to them.
[JER.36.7] Perhaps their supplication will fall before Yahveh, and they will return, each one from his wicked way, for great is the anger and the wrath that Yahveh spoke to this people.
[JER.36.8] And Baruch, son of Neriah, did everything that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, to read from the scroll of the words of Yahveh in the house of Yahveh.
[JER.36.9] And it happened in the fifth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, in the ninth month, that a fast was called before Yahveh by all the people in Jerusalem, and by all the people who came from the cities of Judah to Jerusalem.
[JER.36.10] And Baruch read in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of Yahveh, in the chamber of Gemariah son of Shaphan the scribe, in the upper court, at the opening of the gate of the house of Yahveh, to the ears of all the people.
[JER.36.11] And Mikhayahu, son of Gemaryahu, son of Shapan, heard all the words of Yahveh from above the book.
[JER.36.12] And the king's house descended to the chamber of the scribe, and behold, there all the officials were seated: Elishama the scribe, and Delayah, son of Shma'yahu, and Elnatan, son of Achbor, and Gmaryahu, son of Shafan, and Tzidqiyahu, son of Chananyahu, and all the officials.
[JER.36.13] And he told them, Micaiah, all the things that he heard when Baruch read in the scroll before the ears of the people.
[JER.36.14] Then all the officials sent to Baruch, the Judean son of Netanyahu, son of Shelemyahu, son of Cush, saying, "Take the scroll which you read in the hearing of the people, and take it in your hand, and go." And Baruch son of Neriyahu took the scroll in his hand and came to them.
[JER.36.15] And they said to him, "Sit now, and read to us with our ears." And Baruch read to them with their ears.
[JER.36.16] And it happened, when they heard all the words, that they feared, each one to his neighbor. And they said to Baruch, “The one who declares to the king, tell the king all these words.”
[JER.36.17] And they asked Baruch, saying, "Please tell us how you wrote down all these words from his mouth."
[JER.36.18] And he said to them, "Blessed is the one who will call to me all these things, and I will write on the book with ink."
[JER.36.19] And the officials said to Baruch, "Go, hide yourself and Jeremiah, and let no one know where you are."
[JER.36.20] They came to the king’s courtyard and entrusted the scroll to the chamber of Elishama the scribe. Then they told the king all the things.
[JER.36.21] And the king sent Yehudi to take the scroll, and he took it from the chamber of Elishama the scribe. And Yehudi read it in the hearing of the king and in the hearing of all the officials who stood above the king.
[JER.36.22] And the king was sitting in the winter house in the ninth month, and the fire was burning before him.
[JER.36.23] And it was when Yahveh was read, three doors and four, they would be torn with the cutting tool of the scribe and thrown to the fire which is of the hearth, until finished all the scroll on the fire which is on the hearth.
[JER.36.24] And they did not fear, and they did not tear their garments: the king and all his servants, those hearing all these words.
[JER.36.25] And also Elnatan, and Delayahuhu, and Gemaryahu encountered the king, so as not to burn the scroll, and he did not listen to them.
[JER.36.26] And the king commanded Yirachme'el son of the king and Serayahuh son of Azria'el and Shelemyahu son of Avde'el to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet, and Yahveh hid them.
[JER.36.27] And it came to pass, a word of Yahveh to Jeremiah, after the king had burned the scroll and the words which Baruch had written from the mouth of Jeremiah, saying:
[JER.36.28] Return and take for yourself another scroll, and write upon it all the previous words that were upon the first scroll, which Yehoyakim, king of Judah, burned.
[JER.36.29] And to Jehoiakim, king of Judah, you shall say, "Thus says Yahveh: You burned this scroll, asking why it was written upon it, saying, 'Let the king of Babylon come and devastate this land and remove from it people and animals.'"
[JER.36.30] Therefore, thus says Yahveh concerning Yeho’yakim, king of Judah: there will not be anyone for him to sit on the throne of David, and his corpse will be thrown to the heat in the day and to the cold in the night.
[JER.36.31] And I will visit upon him and upon his descendants and upon his servants their iniquity, and I will bring upon them and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem and upon each man of Judah all the evil that I spoke to them, and they did not listen.
[JER.36.32] And Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to Baruch son of Neriah, the scribe, and he wrote upon it all the words of the book which Jehoiakim, king of Judah, had burned with fire. And furthermore, many more words were added to them.
JER.37
[JER.37.1] And a king, Zedekiah son of Josiah, reigned in place of Kenyah son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, had made king in the land of Judah.
[JER.37.2] And he did not listen, nor did his servants, nor the people of the land, to the words of Yahveh which He spoke through the hand of Jeremiah the prophet.
[JER.37.3] And the king Zedekiah sent Jehoiakim son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah son of Maaseiah the priest to Jeremiah the prophet, to say, “Please pray for us to Yahveh, our Gods.”
[JER.37.4] And Jeremiah came and went among the people, and they did not put him in the stocks.
[JER.37.5] And the strength of Pharaoh went out from Egypt, and the Chaldeans and the urgent ones heard concerning Jerusalem their report, and they went up from Jerusalem.
[JER.37.6] And it came to pass, the word of Yahveh to Jeremiah the prophet, saying:
[JER.37.7] Thus says Yahveh, the Gods of Israel: Thus you shall say to the king of Judah, who sent you to me to seek me out: Behold, the army of Pharaoh, which came to you for help, shall return to its land, Egypt.
[JER.37.8] And the Babylonians will return and they will fight against this city, and they will capture it and they will burn it with fire.
[JER.37.9] Thus says Yahveh: Do not bear your selves, saying, "Certainly the Chaldeans will go away from over us," for they will not go.
[JER.37.10] But if you strike all the army of the Babylonians who fight against you, and any men remain wounded in it, each one will rise in his tent, and they will burn this city with fire.
[JER.37.11] And it will be, when the force of the Chaldeans advances against Jerusalem because of the force of Pharaoh.
[JER.37.12] And Jeremiah went out from Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin, to divide property from there among the people.
[JER.37.13] And he was at the gate of Benjamin, and there was the master of appointments, and his name was Yir'iyahu son of Shelemyah son of Chananyah. And he seized the prophet Jeremiah to say to the Chaldeans, "You are falling."
[JER.37.14] And Jeremiah said, "It is a lie! I do not fall upon the Babylonians." And they did not listen to him. And Pashhur seized Jeremiah and brought him to the officials.
[JER.37.15] And the officials became angry at Jeremiah and struck him, and they put him in the prison house of Jonathan the scribe, because they had decided to put him in the prison house.
[JER.37.16] For Jeremiah came to the house of the pit and to the prisons, and Jeremiah sat there for many days.
[JER.37.17] And the king Zedekiah sent for him, and he took him, and the king asked him in his house, secretly, and said, "Is there any word from Yahveh?" And Jeremiah said, "Yes." And he said, "It will be given into the hand of the king of Babylon."
[JER.37.18] And Jeremiah said to the king Zedekiah, "What sin have I committed against you, and against your servants, and against this people, that you have given me to the house of imprisonment?"
[JER.37.19] And where are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying that the king of Babel would not come against you and against this land?
[JER.37.20] And now, my Lord the king, please consider my supplication before you, and do not return me to the house of Yohonan the scribe, lest I die there.
[JER.37.21] The king Zedekiah commanded, and they placed Jeremiah in the courtyard of the guard. They gave to him a loaf of bread each day from outside the bakers, until all the bread was gone from the city. And Jeremiah lived in the courtyard of the guard.
JER.38
[JER.38.1] And Shphatiah son of Mattan, and Gedalyahu son of Pashhur, and Yuchal son of Shelemyahu, and Pashhur son of Malkiyah heard the words that Jeremiah spoke to all the people, saying:
[JER.38.2] Thus says Yahveh, the one who dwells in this city will die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence. And the one who goes out to the Chaldeans will live, and his life will be for plunder and he will live.
[JER.38.3] Thus says Yahveh. Given, given is this city into the hand of the army of the king of Babel, and it will be captured.
[JER.38.4] Then the officials said to the king, "Let this man now be put to death, for he is healing the hands of the remaining men of war in this city and the hands of all the people, and he speaks to them words such as these. This man does not seek peace for these people, but rather evil."
[JER.38.5] And the king Zedekiah said, "Behold him, he is in your hand, because the king is not able to do anything for you."
[JER.38.6] And they took Jeremiah and threw him into the cistern. Malkijah son of the king, who was in the courtyard of the guardhouse, sent Jeremiah down with ropes. There was no water in the cistern, only mud, and Jeremiah sank in the mud.
[JER.38.7] And a servant of the king of the Cushite heard, a man eunuch, and he was in the house of the king, that they had given Jeremiah to the pit, and the king was sitting at the gate of Benjamin.
[JER.38.8] And a servant of the king went out from the king's house, and he spoke to the king to say.
[JER.38.9] My Lord the king was angered by these men for all that they did to Jeremiah the prophet, for that they threw him into the pit. And he died in his place because of the famine, for there was no bread anymore in the city.
[JER.38.10] And the king commanded the servant of the king the Cushite, saying, "Take from this thirty men, and you shall bring up the prophet Jeremiah from the pit before he dies."
[JER.38.11] And the servant of the king took the men in his hand and came to the house of the king under the treasury and took broken pottery and broken shackles from there and he sent them to Jeremiah to the pit with ropes.
[JER.38.12] And the servant of the king, the Cushite, said to Jeremiah, "Please put in the ropes, under the armpits of your hands, from under the ropes, the rags and the salt." And Jeremiah did so.
[JER.38.13] And they pulled Jeremiah with ropes and they lifted him from the cistern. And Jeremiah sat in the courtyard of the guardhouse.
[JER.38.14] And the king Zedekiah sent and took Jeremiah the prophet to him, to the third entrance which was in the house of Yahveh. And the king said to Jeremiah, “I ask you a matter. Do not conceal anything from me.”
[JER.38.15] And Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, "Surely I will tell you; will you not certainly kill me, and will you not listen to my counsel?"
[JER.38.16] The king, Zedekiah, swore to Jeremiah in secret, saying, "As Yahveh lives, concerning what has been done to us, this life, if I kill you or if I give you into the hand of those men who seek your life."
[JER.38.17] And Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, "Thus says Yahveh, the Gods of hosts, the God of Israel: If you go out to the commanders of the king of Babylon, your life will be spared, and this city will not be burned with fire, and you and your household will live."
[JER.38.18] And if you do not go out to the princes of the king of Babylon, then this city will be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they will burn it with fire, and you will not escape from their hand.
[JER.38.19] And the king Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “I worry about the Jews who have fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they give me into their hand and abuse me.”
[JER.38.20] And Jeremiah said, "They will not give ear. Please listen to the voice of Yahveh, to what I am speaking to you, and it will be good for you, and your soul will live."
[JER.38.21] And if you refuse to let them leave, this is the thing that Yahveh showed me.
[JER.38.22] And behold, all the women who remained in the house of the king of Judah went to the officials of the king of Babylon, and they said, "You have been incited by your peaceful people, and they have caused your feet to sink in the mire and to retreat backward."
[JER.38.23] And all of your wives and all of your sons will be brought out to the Babylonians, and you will not escape from their hand, for you will be seized by the hand of the king of Babylon, and this city you will burn with fire.
[JER.38.24] And Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, "Let no man know these words, and you shall not die."
[JER.38.25] And it will be, when the officials hear that I spoke with you, they will come to you and say to you, “Tell us now what you spoke to the king. Do not conceal anything from him, lest we put you to death.” And what did the king speak to you?
[JER.38.26] And you shall say to them, "I have cast down my plea before the king, in order that he not return me to the house of Jonathan to die there."
[JER.38.27] And all the officials came to Jeremiah and questioned him, and he told them everything the king commanded. And they were silent from him, because the message was not heeded.
[JER.38.28] And Jeremiah sat in the courtyard of the guardhouse until the day that Jerusalem was captured. So it happened as Jerusalem was captured.
JER.39
[JER.39.1] In the ninth year of Zedekiah, King of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, and all his army came to Jerusalem and surrounded it with a siege.
[JER.39.2] In the twelfth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the ninth day of the fourth month, the city was breached.
[JER.39.3] All the chiefs of the king of Babylon came and sat in the middle gate. Nergal, chief of officials, Samgar-nevu, chief of scribes, Rav-saris, chief eunuch, Nergal, chief of officials, Rav-mag, and all the remainder of the chiefs of the king of Babylon.
[JER.39.4] And it happened when Zedekiah, king of Judah, and all the men of war saw, they fled and went out at night from the city by way of the king’s garden through the gate between the walls, and he went out by way of the Arabah.
[JER.39.5] And the force of the Chaldeans pursued after them, and they overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. And they took him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, to Riblah in the land of Hamath, and he spoke with him judgments.
[JER.39.6] And the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes, and the king of Babylon slaughtered all the officials of Judah.
[JER.39.7] And the eyes of Zedekiah he blinded, and he caused him to be taken captive in bronze chains, he led him away to Babylon.
[JER.39.8] And the house of the king and the house of the people, the Babylonians burned with fire, and the walls of Jerusalem they broke.
[JER.39.9] And as for the remainder of the people who remained in the city, and as for the fallen who fell upon it, and as for the remainder of the people who remained, Nebuzar-adan, chief executioner of Babylon, exiled them.
[JER.39.10] And from among the people, the poor ones who had nothing, Nebuzaradan, the chief butcher, left behind in the land of Judah, and he gave to them vineyards and fig trees on that day.
[JER.39.11] And Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, commanded concerning Jeremiah, by the hand of Nebuzaradan, chief of the executioners, to say.
[JER.39.12] Take him as a priest, and place your eyes upon him, and do not make for him anything bad, but if the Gods will speak to you, so do with him.
[JER.39.13] And Nebuzaradan, chief of the executioners, and Nebushazban, chief eunuch, and Nergal, chief official, and all the officials of the king of Babylon, he sent forth.
[JER.39.14] And they sent and took Jeremiah from the courtyard of the prison, and they gave him to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, to take him out to the house, and he dwelt among the people.
[JER.39.15] And the word of Yahveh came to Jeremiah while he was imprisoned in the courtyard of the prison, to say.
[JER.39.16] Go and say to the servant of the Kushite king, saying, 'Thus says Yahveh, the Gods of armies, the God of Israel: Behold, I am bringing my words to this city for evil and not for good, and they will happen before you on that day.'
[JER.39.17] And I will save you in the day that, a declaration of Yahveh, and you will not be given into the hand of the men that you dwell from before.
[JER.39.18] For I will surely deliver you, and you will not fall by the sword, and your life will be for plunder, because you have trusted in me, declares Yahveh.
JER.40
[JER.40.1] The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahveh, after Nebuzaradan, chief of the executioners, sent for him from Ramah while he was bound in chains among all the exiles of Jerusalem and Judah who were being taken to Babylon.
[JER.40.2] And the great chief of cooks took Jeremiah and said to him, "Yahveh, your Gods, spoke of this evil concerning this place."
[JER.40.3] And Yahveh brought about and did as he had spoken, because you have sinned against Yahveh and not listened to his voice, and this thing will be to you.
[JER.40.4] And now, behold, I have opened for you today release from the restraints which are upon your hand. If it is good in your eyes to come with me to Babel, come, and I will set my eye upon you. But if it is bad in your eyes to come with me to Babel, desist. See, all the land is before you, to go to what is good and to what is right in your eyes, go there.
[JER.40.5] And still he had not returned, and went to Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon had appointed over the cities of Judah, and stayed with him among the people, or to whomever is right in your eyes to go, go. And the captain of the guard gave him a meal and a gift and sent him away.
[JER.40.6] And Jeremiah came to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, who was at Mizpah, and he sat with him among the people who remained in the land.
[JER.40.7] And all the captains of the soldiers who were in the field, they and their men, heard that the king of Babel had appointed Gedalyahu son of Achikam over the land, and that he had appointed with him men and women and children, and the poor of the land, those who had not been exiled to Babel.
[JER.40.8] They came to Gedaliah at Mizpah, and Ishmael son of Netanyahu, and Johanan and Jonathan sons of Kareah, and Sarayah son of Tanchumet, and the sons of Efai of Ntophati, and Jezaniah son of Maacati, these and their people.
[JER.40.9] And Gedaliah, son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, swore to them and to their men, saying, "Do not fear the service of the Chaldeans. Remain in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will go well with you."
[JER.40.10] And I, behold, I am sitting at Mizpah to stand before the Babylonians who will come to us. And you, gather wine and summer fruit and oil and put them in your containers, and remain in the cities you have captured.
[JER.40.11] And also all the Jews who were in Moab and among the people of Ammon and in Edom and who were in all the lands heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant to Judah, and that he had appointed over them Gedalyahu son of Achikam son of Shaphan.
[JER.40.12] And all the Jews returned from all the places where they had been scattered, and they came to the land of Judah to Gedalyah at Mitzpah. And they gathered wine and summer fruit in great abundance.
[JER.40.13] And Yohanan son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were in the field, came to Gedalyahu the Mizpah.
[JER.40.14] And they said to him, "Do you know that Baalish, king of the Ammonites, sent Ishmael son of Nethaniah to strike you down, to take your life? And Gedaliah son of Ahikam did not believe them."
[JER.40.15] And Yochanan son of Kareah said to Gedaliah in secret at Mizpah, saying, "Let me go now and strike Ishmael son of Nethaniah, and let no one know why your life is struck, and all Judah who are gathered to you will not scatter, and the remnant of Judah will not perish."
[JER.40.16] And Gedalyahu, son of Achikam, said to Yochanan, son of Kareach, "Do not do this thing, for you speak falsely to Ishmael."
JER.41
[JER.41.1] And it happened in the seventh month that Ishmael son of Netanyahu, son of Elishama, from the seed of the kingdom, and the captains of the king, with ten men with him, came to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah. And they ate bread there together at Mizpah.
[JER.41.2] And Ishmael son of Nethaniah rose up, and the ten men who were with him, and they struck Gedalyahu son of Ahikam son of Shaphan with the sword, and they put him to death. The one whom the king of Babylon had appointed over the land.
[JER.41.3] And Ishmael struck down all the Jews who were with Gedaliah in Mizpah, and the Chaldeans who were found there, and the men of war.
[JER.41.4] And it happened on the second day to kill Gedalyahu, and no one knew.
[JER.41.5] Men came from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria, eighty in number, with shaved chins and torn clothing, and they were mourning. They had a gift offering and incense in their hands to bring to the house of Yahveh.
[JER.41.6] And Ishmael, son of Nethaniah, went out to meet them from Mizpah, walking and walking and weeping. And it happened, when he encountered them, that he said to them, "Go to Gedaliah, son of Ahikam."
[JER.41.7] And it happened, as they came into the city, that Ishmael son of Nathaniah slaughtered them into the pit, he and the men who were with him.
[JER.41.8] And ten men were found among them, and they said to Ishmael, "Do not kill us, because we have hidden treasures in the field: wheat and barley, and oil and honey." And he stopped, and did not kill them among their brothers.
[JER.41.9] And the pit into which Ishmael threw all the corpses of the men whom he struck with the hand of Gedaliah, it was the one that the king Asa made because of Baasha, king of Israel. Ishmael, son of Nethaniah, filled it with slain people.
[JER.41.10] And Ishmael settled all the remainder of the people who were at Mizpah, the daughters of the king, and all the people who remained at Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan, chief of the executioners, had entrusted to Gedaliah son of Ahikam. And Ishmael, son of Nethaniah, settled them and went to pass through to the sons of Ammon.
[JER.41.11] And Yohanan son of Kareach and all the officers of the soldiers who were with him heard about all the evil that Ishmael son of Netanyahu had done.
[JER.41.12] And they took all the men and went to fight with Ishmael son of Nethaniah, and they found him by many waters which are at Gibeah.
[JER.41.13] And it happened, when all the people saw Ishmael, Yohanan the son of Kareah, and all the commanders of the armies who were with him, that they rejoiced.
[JER.41.14] All the people who had followed Ishmael from the watchtower returned and went to Yochanan the son of Kareach.
[JER.41.15] And Ishmael, son of Nethaniah, escaped with eight men from before Johanan, and he went to the sons of Ammon.
[JER.41.16] And Yohanan son of Kareah, and all the officers of the soldiers who were with him, took all the remainder of the people whom Ishmael son of Nethaniah had brought back from the fortress, after he struck down Gedaliah son of Ahikam. These were men of war, women, children, and eunuchs, whom he had brought back from Gibeah.
[JER.41.17] And they went and settled in Gerar, as they desired, which is near Bethlehem, to go and enter Egypt.
[JER.41.18] Because of the Chaldeans, for they were feared because of them, because Ishmael son of Nethaniah struck down Gedaliah son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had appointed over the land.
JER.42
[JER.42.1] And all the captains of the army approached, and Yochanan son of Kareach, and Yizanya son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from small to great.
[JER.42.2] And they said to the prophet Jeremiah, "Please, let our supplication be before you, and pray for us to Yahveh, your God, on behalf of all this remnant, because we are few who remain from many, as your eyes see us."
[JER.42.3] And may Yahveh, the Gods of you, tell us the way that we walk in, and the thing that we do.
[JER.42.4] And Jeremiah said to them, "I have heard. Behold, I am praying to Yahveh, the God of you, according to your words. And it will be that every word that Yahveh answers to you, I will tell to you, I will not withhold any word from you."
[JER.42.5] And they said to Jeremiah, "May Yahveh be with us as a witness to truth and faithfulness. If not everything that Yahveh, your God, sends you to us is true, then we will do as is fitting."
[JER.42.6] Whether good or bad, we will listen to the voice of Yahveh the Gods, to whom we are sending you. This is so that it may go well for us, for we will listen to the voice of Yahveh the Gods.
[JER.42.7] And it came to pass, at the completion of ten days, that the word of Yahveh came to Jeremiah.
[JER.42.8] And he called to Yochanan son of Karech, and to all the commanders of the soldiers who were with him, and to all the people, from the least to the greatest.
[JER.42.9] And he said to them, "Thus says Yahveh, the God of Israel: that which you sent me to him is to overthrow your preparations before him."
[JER.42.10] If you return and dwell in this land, I will build you up and will not tear down; I will plant you and will not pluck up, for the Gods have regretted the evil that I did to you.
[JER.42.11] Do not fear before the king of Babylon, whom you fear. Do not fear him, says Yahveh, for with you I am to save you and to deliver you from his hand.
[JER.42.12] And I will give to you compassion, and will have compassion on you, and will return you to the land of you.
[JER.42.13] And if you say, "We will not dwell in this land, so as not to listen to the voice of Yahveh, the Gods of you."
[JER.42.14] It was said, "No, for we will not go to the land of Egypt, because we will not see war, and the sound of a trumpet will not be heard by us, and we will not hunger for bread, and there we will dwell."
[JER.42.15] And now therefore, hear the word of Yahveh, remnant of Judah. Thus says Yahveh hosts, God of Israel: If you set your faces to go to Egypt and you come to dwell there…
[JER.42.16] And the sword that you fear will reach you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine that you worry about will pursue you there in Egypt, and there you will die.
[JER.42.17] And all the people who set their faces to go to Egypt to live there will die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence. And there will be no survivor or escapee from the evil that Yahveh is bringing upon them.
[JER.42.18] For thus says Yahveh of hosts, the Gods of Israel: Just as I poured out my anger and my wrath upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so will I pour out my wrath upon you when you come to Egypt. And you will become a curse and a shame and a reproach and a byword, and you will not see this place again.
[JER.42.19] Yahveh spoke to you, remnant of Judah: do not go to Egypt. Know, you will know, that I have testified to you this day.
[JER.42.20] For I have been deceived by your souls, because you sent me to Yahveh, the Gods, to say, "Pray for us to Yahveh, the Gods, and as everything Yahveh, the Gods, says, so tell us, and we will do it."
[JER.42.21] And I declared to you today, but you did not listen to the voice of Yahveh, the Gods, and to all that I was sent to you with.
[JER.42.22] And now you will know that by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence you will die, in the place that you desired to go and dwell there.
JER.43
[JER.43.1] And it came to pass, when Jeremiah had finished speaking to all the people all the words of Yahveh the Gods, which Yahveh the Gods had sent to them, all these things.
[JER.43.2] And Azaryah son of Hoshaiah, and Yochanan son of Kareah, and all the defiant men said to Jeremiah, "You speak falsely. Yahveh, our God, did not send you, saying, 'Do not go down to Egypt to live there.'
[JER.43.3] Truly blessed is the son of Neriyah, who is inciting you against us, in order that you might give us into the hand of the Chaldeans to kill us and to exile us to Babel.
[JER.43.4] And Yochan son of Qarech, and all the captains of the army, and all the people did not listen to the voice of Yahveh to dwell in the land of Judah.
[JER.43.5] And Yochanan son of Kareach and all the captains of the armies took the whole remainder of Judah, those who had returned from all the nations where they had been scattered to live in the land of Judah.
[JER.43.6] And the men, and the women, and the children, and the daughters of the king, and every person that Nebuzaradan, the chief executioner, had left behind, namely Gedalyahu son of Ahikam son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch son of Neriah.
[JER.43.7] And they came to the land of Egypt, because they did not listen to the voice of Yahveh, and they came until Tachpanches.
[JER.43.8] And it happened, the word of Yahveh came to Jeremiah, in the district of Tahpanhes, saying:
[JER.43.9] Take large stones in your hand and you will bury them in mortar within the rectangle that is at the entrance to the house of Pharaoh in Tahpanhes, before the eyes of Jewish people.
[JER.43.10] And you shall say to them, “Thus says Yahveh, the armies, the God of Israel: Behold, I am sending and I will take Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, my servant, and I will place his throne above these stones which I have hidden, and he will spread his covering over them.”
[JER.43.11] And it will come and strike the land of Egypt, for those who are to death, to death, and for those who are to captivity, to captivity, and for those who are to the sword, to the sword.
[JER.43.12] And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the Gods of Egypt, and I will burn them and I will destroy them, and I will cover the land of Egypt as a shepherd covers his garment, and he will go out from there in peace.
[JER.43.13] And he broke the pillars of the house of the sun which are in the land of Egypt, and the houses of the Gods of Egypt he will burn with fire.
JER.44
[JER.44.1] The word that came to Jeremiah, to all the Judeans who live in the land of Egypt, those who live in Migdol, and in Tahpanhes, and in Noph, and in the land of Pathros, saying:
[JER.44.2] Thus says Yahveh, the God of armies, the God of Israel: You have seen all the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem and upon all the cities of Judah. And behold, they are in ruins today, and there is no one dwelling in them.
[JER.44.3] Because of the evil that they did to anger me, to go and burn incense, to serve other Gods, whom they did not know, they, you and your fathers.
[JER.44.4] And I sent to you all my servants the prophets, early and sending, to say, “Please do not do this abominable thing which I hated.”
[JER.44.5] And they did not hear, and they did not incline their ear to return from their evil, so as not to offer sacrifices to the Gods others.
[JER.44.6] And my wrath and my nostrils were kindled, and it burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, and they became ruin and desolation like this day.
[JER.44.7] And now, thus says Yahveh, the Gods of hosts, the Gods of Israel: Why are you doing great evil to your own souls, bringing about the destruction of man and woman, infant and nursing child, from within Judah, so that no remnant remains for you?
[JER.44.8] You angered me with the works of your hands, by offering sacrifices to the Gods other than me in the land of Egypt, where you came to dwell. For the purpose of destroying you, and for the purpose of your being a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth.
[JER.44.9] Have you forgotten the evil deeds of your ancestors and the evil deeds of the kings of Judah and their wives, and your own evil deeds and the evil deeds of your wives, which they did in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
[JER.44.10] They have not been crushed until this day, nor have they feared, and they have not walked in my law and in my statutes which I gave before you and before your ancestors.
[JER.44.11] Therefore, thus says Yahveh of Hosts, the God of Israel, behold, I set my face against you for harm, and to destroy all of Judah.
[JER.44.12] And I will take the remainder of Judah who have set their faces to go to the land of Egypt to live there, and all will be finished in the land of Egypt; they will fall by the sword, by famine they will be finished, from small to great, by the sword and by famine they will die, and they will be for a curse, for a desolation, and for a reproach.
[JER.44.13] And I will visit upon those who dwell in the land of Egypt as I visited upon Jerusalem, with the sword, with famine, and with pestilence.
[JER.44.14] And there will be no escape and no survivor among the remnant of Judah who come to dwell there in the land of Egypt, and to return to the land of Judah, for they carry their souls to return to dwell there, because they will not return, but only escapees.
[JER.44.15] And they answered Jeremiah, all the men who knew that their wives make offerings to other Gods, and all the women standing, a great assembly, and all the people who dwell in the land of Egypt in Pathros saying:
[JER.44.16] The word that you spoke to us in the name of Yahveh, we are not listening to you.
[JER.44.17] Because we will certainly do all the word that has come from our mouths, to offer incense to the queen of the heavens, and to pour out drink offerings to her, just as we have done, and our ancestors, our kings, and our officials, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. We were satisfied with bread and we were well, and we have not seen misfortune.
[JER.44.18] And from that time, we stopped offering incense to the Gods of the heavens, and we lacked all drink offerings for their booth. You were completed by the sword and by famine.
[JER.44.19] And because we offer sacrifices to the Queen of Heaven, and pour out libations to her, have we done this entirely apart from our people, intending to provoke her, and have we poured out libations to her?
[JER.44.20] And Jeremiah said to all the people, concerning the men and concerning the women, to all the people answering him a word.
[JER.44.21] Surely you have not forgotten the incense that you burned, have you? The incense burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem - you and your ancestors, your kings and your officials, and the common people. Yahveh remembers them, and it has risen upon His heart.
[JER.44.22] And Yahveh could no longer bear, because of the evil of your deeds, because of the abominations that you did. So your land became a ruin, a desolation, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as it is this day.
[JER.44.23] Because you offered incense and because you sinned against Yahveh, and because you did not listen to the voice of Yahveh, nor did you walk in Yahveh’s instruction, statutes, and testimonies, therefore I have called this evil upon you today.
[JER.44.24] And Jeremiah said to all the people and to all the women, "Hear the word of Yahveh, all Judah who are in the land of Egypt."
[JER.44.25] Thus says Yahveh of hosts, the Gods of Israel, saying, "You and your wives have spoken with your mouths, and with your hands you have fulfilled it, saying, 'We will certainly perform our vows that we vowed, to offer sacrifices to the queen of the heavens, and to pour out drink offerings to her.' Keep your vows, and perform your vows!"
[JER.44.26] Therefore, hear the word of Yahveh, all of Judah who dwell in the land of Egypt. Behold, I swear by my great name, says Yahveh, if my name will still be called in the mouth of every man of Judah, saying, ‘As lives my Lord Yahveh’ in all the land of Egypt.
[JER.44.27] Behold, I am watching over them for evil and not for good, and all the people of Judah who are in the land of Egypt will be finished by the sword and by famine until they are completely consumed.
[JER.44.28] And those who fled by the sword will return from the land of Egypt to the land of Judah, those counted by number. And all the remnant of Judah who came to live in the land of Egypt will know the word: who will arise from among me and from them?
[JER.44.29] And this is the sign to you, a declaration of Yahveh, that I will visit upon you in this place, so that you may know that my words will rise against you for evil.
[JER.44.30] Thus says Yahveh: Behold, I am giving Pharaoh, king of Egypt, into the hand of his enemies and into the hand of those who seek his life, as I gave Zedekiah, king of Judah, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, his enemy and those who seek his life.
JER.45
[JER.45.1] The word which Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch son of Neriah, while he was writing these words on a scroll from the mouth of Jeremiah, was in the fourth year of Yohoakim son of Yoshiyahu, king of Judah, saying:
[JER.45.2] Thus says Yahveh, the Gods of Israel, blessed are you.
[JER.45.3] You have said, "Alas to me, for Yahveh will add sorrow to my pain. I have labored in my sighing, and I have not found rest."
[JER.45.4] Thus you shall say to him, thus says Yahveh: behold, that which I have built, I will tear down, and that which I have planted, I will uproot, and all the land, it is.
[JER.45.5] And you, do not seek great things for yourself, for behold, I am bringing evil upon all flesh, says Yahveh. And I will give your soul as plunder upon all the places which you will go there.
JER.46
[JER.46.1] That the word was from Yahveh to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations.
[JER.46.2] Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaoh Necho, king of Egypt, who came up to the river Euphrates at Carchemish, whom Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, struck in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, son of Josiah, king of Judah.
[JER.46.3] Arrange a shield and a defense, and approach the war.
[JER.46.4] Bind the horses and mount, the horsemen, and array yourselves with helmets. Polish the spears, put on the armor.
[JER.46.5] Why have I seen them defeated, retreating backwards, and their heroes struck down, and they have fled and not turned? Terror is all around, says Yahveh.
[JER.46.6] Let not the weak escape, and let not the strong escape. North by the river Euphrates they stumbled and fell.
[JER.46.7] Who is this, like a rising river, like rivers whose waters surge?
[JER.46.8] Egypt is like a river that will rise, and like rivers the waters will surge. And he said, "I will rise to cover the land with lost cities and their inhabitants."
[JER.46.9] Let the horses go up and let the chariots exult, and let the heroes go out, Kush and Put, grasping shields, and Ludim grasping archers.
[JER.46.10] And that day will belong to my Lord Yahveh of hosts, a day of vengeance to avenge himself on his enemies. The sword will devour and be filled and drink its fill of their blood, for it is a sacrifice to my Lord Yahveh of hosts in the land of the north by the river Euphrates.
[JER.46.11] Go up to Gilead and take balm, virgin daughter of Egypt. In vain I have increased medicines, there is no relief for you.
[JER.46.12] The nations heard your disgrace, and your outcry filled the earth, for powerful warriors stumbled together; both of them fell.
[JER.46.13] The word that Yahveh spoke to the prophet Jeremiah is that Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, will come to strike the land of Egypt.
[JER.46.14] Declare in Egypt, and proclaim in Migdol, and proclaim in Nof and in Tachpanches. Say, ‘Stand firm and prepare for yourself, for a sword has devoured those around you.’
[JER.46.15] Why were your strengths carried away and did not stand, for Yahveh pushed them?
[JER.46.16] Many have stumbled and fallen; also, a person has fallen to his fellow, and they said, "Rise, and let us return to our nation and to the land of our birth, because of the sword of the Ionians."
[JER.46.17] They called there, Pharaoh, king of Egypt, one who passed the appointed time.
[JER.46.18] Truly, I live, says the King, Yahveh of hosts is His name, for like Tabor among the mountains and like Carmel by the sea, it will come.
[JER.46.19] I will make vessels of exile for you, the one who dwells, daughter of Egypt, for it will be a desolation for a desolation, and it will be rescued from lacking an inhabitant.
[JER.46.20] A beautiful heifer of Egypt comes, and an offering comes from the north.
[JER.46.21] Even her wages are within her, like young bulls being fattened, for even they have turned and fled together, they did not stand, for the day of their adversity has come upon them, the time of their judgment.
[JER.46.22] Her voice is like a serpent walking, because with power they walk, and they come to her with axes, like woodcutters of trees.
[JER.46.23] Cut down the forest, says Yahveh, for they are not being investigated because they have multiplied beyond number and there is no count for them.
[JER.46.24] Egypt has been put to shame, given into the hand of the people of the north.
[JER.46.25] Thus says Yahveh of hosts, the God of Israel: Indeed, I will visit judgment upon Ammon from it, and upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt, and upon its gods, and upon its rulers, and upon Pharaoh, and upon those who trust in him.
[JER.46.26] And I will give them into the hand of those seeking their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants. And afterward, you will dwell as in days of old, says Yahveh.
[JER.46.27] And you, do not fear, my servant Jacob, and do not be dismayed, Israel, for behold, I will save you from afar, and your seed from the land of their captivity. And Jacob will return and be quiet and peaceful, and there will be no one to make him afraid.
[JER.46.28] You, do not fear, my servant Jacob, says Yahveh, for I am with you. I will complete finishing among all the nations which I have driven you there, and I will not complete finishing you. I will discipline you for justice, and I will not cleanse you.
JER.47
[JER.47.1] That the word of Yahveh came to the prophet Jeremiah concerning the Philistines before Pharaoh struck Gaza.
[JER.47.2] Thus says Yahveh: Behold, waters are coming from the north, and they will become a torrent stream, and they will overflow the land and its fullness, city and its inhabitants. And people will cry out, and all who dwell in the land will wail.
[JER.47.3] From the sound of the rushing of the hooves of his mighty ones, from the noise of his chariot, the multitude of his wheels, fathers did not turn to sons from weakness of hands.
[JER.47.4] On the day that comes to plunder all the Philistines, to destroy Tyre and Sidon, every surviving helper, because Yahveh plunders the Philistines, the remnant of the island of Caphtor.
[JER.47.5] Come, baldness to Gaza! Ashkelon is likened to the remainder of their valley. How long will you shave yourselves?
[JER.47.6] Alas, sword to Yahveh, until when will you not be quiet? Gather, do not prepare, be calmed, and be silent.
[JER.47.7] How can Ashkelon rest, since Yahveh has commanded her? God has decreed concerning Ashkelon and the seashore there is where he has appointed it.
JER.48
[JER.48.1] To Moab, thus says Yahveh of hosts, the Gods of Israel: Woe to Nebo, for it is despoiled, brought to ruin, captured is Kiryathaim, brought to ruin is the stronghold, and it is destroyed.
[JER.48.2] There is no more glory of Moab. In Cheshbon they have thought evil upon her. Go and cut her off from a nation. Also, the wasting will be silent after you, the sword will go.
[JER.48.3] A voice of a cry from Mekharonayim, desolation and breaking, great.
[JER.48.4] Moab is broken. Let them proclaim a cry of their lamentations.
[JER.48.5] Because the one ascending with the tablets will ascend with weeping, because at the descent of Mount Horonaim, enemies heard the sound of breaking.
[JER.48.6] Flee, deliver your souls, and let them be like the antelope in the wilderness.
[JER.48.7] Because of your trust in your works and in your treasures, even you will be captured. And it will go forth like Kemosh into exile, its priests and its rulers together.
[JER.48.8] And a destroyer will come to every city and city, and no city will escape, and the valley will be ruined and the plain will be devastated, as said Yahveh.
[JER.48.9] Give a token to Moab, for it will be utterly ruined, and its cities will become a wasteland with no one inhabiting them.
[JER.48.10] Cursed is the one who does the work of Yahveh deceitfully, and cursed is the one who restrains the sword from blood.
[JER.48.11] Moab has been at ease since its youth, and it rests within its boundaries. It has not been emptied from vessel to vessel, nor has it gone into exile. Therefore, its taste remains within it, and its scent has not faded.
[JER.48.12] Therefore, behold, days are coming, declares Yahveh, and I will send against him famine and those who waste him, and his vessels will be emptied, and his corpses will be scattered.
[JER.48.13] And Moab will be shamed from Chemosh, as the house of Israel was shamed from the house of El, from their place of trust.
[JER.48.14] How do you say, "We are heroes, and valiant men for battle"?
[JER.48.15] Moab is destroyed, and its cities have been ruined, and the choice of its young men have gone down to the slaughter. Thus declares the King, Yahveh of hosts, His name.
[JER.48.16] Near is the steam of Moab to come, and its ruin is very swift.
[JER.48.17] Wander to him, all around him, and all those who know his name, say, "How has the staff of strength been broken, the scepter of glory shattered?"
[JER.48.18] Descend from your glory, O savior god of Dibon, for the destroyer of Moab has risen against you. They have ruined your strongholds.
[JER.48.19] God of the way, concerning my standing and my observation, she who dwells in desolation: ask for shelter and escape. My saying is, what has become of you?
[JER.48.20] Moab is shamed because it has been struck; let there be a cry in Arnun, for Moab is plundered.
[JER.48.21] And judgment comes to the land of the plain, to Cholon and to Yahatzah, and upon Meofat.
[JER.48.22] And to Dibon and to Nebo and to the house of Diblataim.
[JER.48.23] And upon Kiryatayim and upon the house of Gamul and upon the house of Meon.
[JER.48.24] And upon the cities and upon Bazrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, both the distant ones and the near ones.
[JER.48.25] The horn of Moab has been cut off, and his arm has been broken, a declaration of Yahveh.
[JER.48.26] They have hired him, because against Yahveh he has grown great, and Moab is confident in his arrogance, and he also will be for mockery.
[JER.48.27] And if the amusement was not yours, Israel, if it is found among thieves, for by the words of your mouth it will totter.
[JER.48.28] Abandon the cities and dwell in the rock, you inhabitants of Moab. And be like a dove nesting in the cleft of a narrow opening.
[JER.48.29] We have heard of the height of Moab, it is very proud, its height and its arrogance and the exaltation of its heart.
[JER.48.30] I have known, says Yahveh, His plans, but not so. His creations, not so they did.
[JER.48.31] Therefore, upon Moab I will wail, and to Moab, all of it, I will cry out. To the people of Kir-Heresh it will be known.
[JER.48.32] From my weeping, helper, I will weep for you. The vine, my surrounding, your plantings have passed from sea to sea. Helper has touched at your end and at your gathering a robber has fallen.
[JER.48.33] And joy and gladness will be gathered from Carmel and from the land of Moab, and wine I have stopped from the vineyards; no one will tread; no treading, no treading.
[JER.48.34] From the outcry of Heshbon, to Elaleh, to Yahatz, they gave their voice; from Tzoar to Horonayim, a third calf, for even the waters of leopards will become desolations.
[JER.48.35] And I will silence Moab, declares Yahveh, one who offers sacrifice on a high place and who makes offerings to their gods.
[JER.48.36] Therefore, my heart wails like pipes for Moab, and my heart wails like pipes for the people of Kir-Heresh. Therefore, the remainder of their possessions are lost.
[JER.48.37] For every head is made bald, and every beard is polled. Upon all hands are gatherings, and upon the loins sackcloth.
[JER.48.38] Upon all the rooftops of Moab and in all its streets is lamentation, for I have broken Moab like a vessel in which there is no desire, says Yahveh.
[JER.48.39] How has the daughter of Heshbon ceased? How has Moab turned its back? Moab will be a disgrace and an object of derision to all those around it.
[JER.48.40] For thus says Yahveh: Behold, like an eagle will flap and spread its wings to Moab.
[JER.48.41] The cities are taken, and the strongholds are seized. And it will be on that day that the heart of the warriors of Moab will be like the heart of a woman in distress.
[JER.48.42] And Moab will be destroyed from being a people, because they have acted presumptuously against Yahveh.
[JER.48.43] Fear and terror and destruction are upon you, you who dwell in Moab, declares Yahveh.
[JER.48.44] He who flees from fear will fall into the trap, and he who ascends from the trap will be caught in the snare, for I will bring against her, against Moab, a year of their visitation, says Yahveh.
[JER.48.45] In the shadow of Heshbon, the forces stood with the strength of armies, for a fire went forth from Heshbon and a flame from between Sichon, and it consumed the border of Moab and the height of the people of Sha’on.
[JER.48.46] Woe to you Moab, the people of Chemosh are destroyed, because your sons have been taken into captivity and your daughters into captivity.
[JER.48.47] I will restore the captivity of Moab in the latter days, says Yahveh. Until now is the judgment of Moab.
JER.49
[JER.49.1] To the descendants of Ammon, thus says Yahveh: If Israel has no children, and if there is no heir for it, why then has its king inherited Gad, and its people dwell in its cities?
[JER.49.2] Therefore, behold, days are coming, says Yahveh, and I will cause a war cry to be heard against Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, and it will become a desolate mound, and its daughters will be set ablaze with fire, and Israel will inherit the inheritance of those who possessed it, says Yahveh.
[JER.49.3] Wail, Heshbon, for Ai has been plundered! The daughters of Rabbah cry out! They have girded themselves with sackcloth, they lament, and they wander about in the hedges. For their king will go into exile, his priests and his officials together.
[JER.49.4] Why do you boast in the valleys? Why does your pride overflow, rebellious daughter? Why do you trust in your treasures? Who will come to me?
[JER.49.5] Behold, I am bringing upon you fear, says my Lord Yahveh of hosts, from all around you. And you will be scattered, each person before His face, and there will be no gatherer for the wanderer.
[JER.49.6] And after this, I will return the captivity of the people of Ammon, declares Yahveh.
[JER.49.7] To Edom, thus says Yahveh of Hosts, there is no more wisdom in Teman. Counsel has been lost from its sons, and their wisdom has decayed.
[JER.49.8] Flee, turn, and deeply settle yourselves, inhabitants of Dedan, for the disaster of Esau I have brought upon him at the time I judged him.
[JER.49.9] If grape gatherers come to you, they will not leave immature grapes. If thieves come in the night, they will destroy the harvest.
[JER.49.10] For I have exposed Esau, I have revealed his secrets, and he will not be able to hide. His seed will be ruined, and his brothers, and his neighbors, and there will be none remaining.
[JER.49.11] Your orphans I will sustain, and in me your widows will trust.
[JER.49.12] For thus says Yahveh: behold, those whose judgment is not established will drink from the cup, and they will drink it. And you are He who will be cleansed, you will be cleansed. You will not be cleansed, for you will drink.
[JER.49.13] For I have sworn by myself, says Yahveh, that Bozrah will be for shame, for reproach, for a waste, and for a curse. And all of its cities will be perpetual ruins.
[JER.49.14] A report I have heard from Yahveh, and a messenger among the nations is sent. Gather yourselves and come upon her, and rise up for war.
[JER.49.15] For indeed, small I have made you among the nations, despised among mankind.
[JER.49.16] Your splitting has lifted you up; the pride of your heart has deceived you. You dwell among the rocks of the height, seizing the heights of the hill. Because you elevate your nest like an eagle’s, from there I will bring you down, says Yahveh.
[JER.49.17] And Edom will be to desolation. All who pass over it will be astonished, and it will whistle upon all her wounds.
[JER.49.18] As the overturning of Sodom and Gomorrah and its neighbors, Yahveh said, “No man will dwell there, and no human being will reside in it.”
[JER.49.19] Behold, like a lion, Yahveh will rise up from the pride of the Jordan to the pasture of strength. For I will quiet the lion over them, and who is a man to me that I should appoint him? For who is like me, and who can challenge me? And who is this shepherd who will stand before me?
[JER.49.20] Therefore, hear the counsel of Yahveh, which he planned concerning Edom, and his thoughts, which he considered concerning the inhabitants of Teiman. Will not the young of the flock carry their burdens, or will not their homes be set upon them?
[JER.49.21] From the sound of astonishment, the earth trembled. A cry was heard in the Red Sea, her voice sounded forth.
[JER.49.22] Behold, like an eagle ascends and glides, and spreads its wings over Bozrah, so will the heart of the heroes of Edom be on that day like the heart of a woman in distress.
[JER.49.23] To Damascus, shame belongs, and to Hamath and Arpad. Because a bad report they have heard, they have melted away. Anxiety in the sea is present, it will not be able to be quiet.
[JER.49.24] Damascus has weakened, it has turned to flee, and trembling has taken hold of her. Distress and birth pangs have seized her, like a woman giving birth.
[JER.49.25] How has the city of praise, the city of my delight, not been forsaken?
[JER.49.26] Therefore, her young men will fall in her streets, and all the men of war will become silent in that day, declares Yahveh of hosts.
[JER.49.27] And I will set a fire within the wall of Damascus, and it will consume the palaces of Ben-Hadad.
[JER.49.28] To Kedar and to the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babel, struck down, thus says Yahveh: Rise up, go up to Kedar, and plunder the people of Kedem.
[JER.49.29] They will take their tents and their livestock, they will take their coverings and all their possessions, and they will carry their camels for them, and they will call out around them a refuge.
[JER.49.30] Flee, wander greatly, deeply have you settled, inhabitants of Hatzor, says Yahveh, for Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, has counseled against you, and has thought a thought concerning you.
[JER.49.31] Rise up, go up against a peaceful nation dwelling securely, declares Yahveh. It has no doors, nor bolts. It will dwell alone.
[JER.49.32] And their camels will be for plunder, and their multitude of livestock for spoil, and their silver will be scattered to every wind, the ends of the earth. And from all their ways, I will bring their vapor, says Yahveh.
[JER.49.33] And Hazor will be as a dwelling for dragons, desolate forever. No man will dwell there, nor will any human being reside in it.
[JER.49.34] Which was the word of Yahveh to Jeremiah the prophet to Eilam in the beginning of the kingdom of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying.
[JER.49.35] Thus says Yahveh of Hosts, "Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the beginning of their strength."
[JER.49.36] And I will bring to Elam four spirits from the four corners of the heavens, and I will scatter them to all these spirits, and there will not be any nation that will not come there, the dispersed of the world.
[JER.49.37] And I will humble Elam before their enemies and before those who seek their lives, and I will bring evil upon them, the burning of my anger, says Yahveh. And I will send the sword after them until I have consumed them.
[JER.49.38] And I will set My throne in Elam, and I will destroy from there the king and the officials, says Yahveh.
[JER.49.39] And it will be in the end of the days that I will return the captivity of Elam, declares Yahveh.
JER.50
[JER.50.1] The word that Yahveh spoke to Babel, to the land of the Chaldeans, by the hand of Jeremiah the prophet.
[JER.50.2] Tell to the nations and make known, lift up a banner! Make known, do not conceal! Say: Babylon is captured, Bel is put to shame, broken is Merodach, put to shame are her idols, broken are her images.
[JER.50.3] For a nation has come up against it from the north, and He will lay waste to her land to desolation. And there will be no dweller in it, from man to beast; they have wandered and gone.
[JER.50.4] In those days and at that time, says Yahveh, the people of Israel, they, and the people of Judah will come together. They will walk and weep as they go, and they will seek Yahveh, their God.
[JER.50.5] Zion will seek direction; they will turn their faces toward there. Come and let them accompany Yahveh into an everlasting covenant that will not be forgotten.
[JER.50.6] Lost sheep have become my people. Their shepherds have caused them to wander; they have returned, wandering from mountain to hill. They have forgotten their resting place.
[JER.50.7] All who found them consumed them, and their enemies said they were not guilty, because of the sin they committed against Yahveh, the dwelling place of righteousness, and the hope of their ancestors, Yahveh.
[JER.50.8] Flee from within Babylon and go out from the land of the Chaldeans. And they will be like young goats before flocks.
[JER.50.9] For behold, I am awakening and bringing up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the land of the north, and they will arrange for her capture from there. His arrows will be like those of a skillful hero; he will not return empty.
[JER.50.10] And it will be as Shadrach for plunder, all who plunder it will be satisfied, says Yahveh.
[JER.50.11] For you will rejoice because you will exult, you who have devastated my inheritance, for you will seize like a heifer the threshing floor, and you will bellow like young bulls.
[JER.50.12] Your mother(s) are greatly ashamed, those who birthed you have labored. Behold, the end of nations is a dry wilderness and the plain.
[JER.50.13] From the completion of Yahveh’s anger it will not return, and it will be complete desolation. Everyone passing over Babylon will be astonished and will whistle at all her wounds.
[JER.50.14] Prepare yourselves against Babylon all around, all those who wield the bow; let their hands be against her. Do not spare the arrow, for she has sinned against Yahveh.
[JER.50.15] Shout over her all around! She has given her hand, her foundations have fallen, her walls are ruined, for the vengeance of Yahveh is she, vengeance has been taken on her, as she did, it has been done to her.
[JER.50.16] Cut down is the sower from Babylon, and one grasping a sickle in the time of harvest, because of the sword of Jon. Each man will turn to his people, and each man will flee to his land.
[JER.50.17] A scattered sheep is Israel, lions drove them away. The first consumed them, the king of Assyria, and this last one, his strength, Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon.
[JER.50.18] Therefore, thus says Yahveh, the Gods of Israel: Behold, I will bring judgment upon the king of Babylon and upon his land, as I have brought judgment upon the king of Assyria.
[JER.50.19] And I will restore Israel to their dwelling, and will pasture the Carmel and the Bashan, and on Mount Ephraim and Gilead his soul will be satisfied.
[JER.50.20] In those days and in that time, says Yahveh, the iniquity of Israel will be sought, and it will not be found, and the sins of Judah will be sought and they will not be found, for I will pardon those whom I leave.
[JER.50.21] Upon the land, go up as spies to it, and to the inhabitants of Pekod, destruction and devote to destruction after them, says Yahveh, and do as all that I have commanded you.
[JER.50.22] A voice of war is in the land, and a great breaking exists.
[JER.50.23] How is it cut off and broken, the smiter of all the land? How has Babylon become a ruin among the nations?
[JER.50.24] I have set a snare for you, and you have also been caught, Babylon, and you did not know it. It was found, and you were also seized, because Yahveh has provoked.
[JER.50.25] Yahveh opened His treasure, and He brought out the instruments of His wrath, for it is the work of my Lord Yahveh of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.
[JER.50.26] Approach her at the end of time, open her doors, tear down her structures like cities, and devote her to destruction. Let there be no remnant for her.
[JER.50.27] Destroy all their young cattle; let them descend to the slaughter! Woe to them, for their day has come, the time of their visiting.
[JER.50.28] A sound of escapees and survivors from the land of Babylon comes to declare in Zion the vengeance of Yahveh, the Gods of us, the vengeance of His temple.
[JER.50.29] Announce to Babel that many archers are coming. Let them encamp against her on every side, and let no one escape. Repay Babel for all she has done, and treat her as she has treated others, because she has become arrogant against Yahveh, the Holy One of Israel.
[JER.50.30] Therefore, her young men will fall in her streets, and all the men of her warfare will be silent in that day, declares Yahveh.
[JER.50.31] Behold, I am to you arrogance, declaration of my Lord Yahveh of hosts, for your day has come, the time I have visited you.
[JER.50.32] And arrogance will stumble and fall, and there is no one to raise it up. And I will kindle a fire in its cities, and it will consume all its surroundings.
[JER.50.33] Thus says Yahveh of Hosts, the children of Israel and the children of Judah are oppressed, and all their captors held them, refusing to let them go.
[JER.50.34] Their Redeemer is strong, Yahveh, God of hosts, is his name. He will contend, he will fight the dispute on behalf of his people, in order to quiet the land and agitate the inhabitants of Babel.
[JER.50.35] A sword upon the Chaldeans, declares Yahveh, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon its rulers, and upon its wise men.
[JER.50.36] A sword to the fading ones and they will be dismayed. A sword to her champions and they trembled.
[JER.50.37] A sword against its horses and against its chariots, and against all the strong ones who are within it, and they will become women. A sword against its treasures, and they will be plundered.
[JER.50.38] Chorev, the waters of God within it will become dry, because it is a land of images, and in images they will boast.
[JER.50.39] Therefore, rock hyraxes will dwell among the mother animals, and the daughters of the ostrich will dwell in it. And it will not dwell forever, nor inhabit until generation and generation.
[JER.50.40] As the Gods overturned Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbors, says Yahveh, no person will live there, and no human being will reside in it.
[JER.50.41] Behold, a people comes from the north, and a great nation, and many kings will stir from the ends of the earth.
[JER.50.42] They will hold bow and spear, cruel they are, and they will not have mercy. Their voice is like the sea roaring, and they will ride on horses, arranged like a man for war, against you, daughter of Babylon.
[JER.50.43] The king of Babylon heard the report, and his hands became weak. Distress seized him, and he experienced pain like a woman giving birth.
[JER.50.44] Behold, like a lion it will ascend from the pride of the Jordan to the dwelling of a constant spring. For I will quiet the predators from above them, and who is the man that I will inspect concerning them? For who is like me, and who will appoint me? And who is this shepherd who will stand before me?
[JER.50.45] Therefore, hear the counsel of Yahveh, which He has counseled concerning Babylon, and His thoughts, which He has thought concerning the land of Kasdim. If the young of the flock do not carry them, if He does not set an enclosure over them…
[JER.50.46] From a sound, Babel was seized, the land was shaken, and an outcry among the nations was heard.
JER.51
[JER.51.1] Thus says Yahveh, behold I am stirring up against Babylon and against the inhabitants of Leb Kamai a destroying spirit.
[JER.51.2] And I will send foreigners to Babylon, and they will scatter it, and they will despoil its land, because they were around it on all sides in a day of evil.
[JER.51.3] God will tread, the treader will tread his bow, and God will become boastful in his armor. And do not spare her young men; utterly destroy all her army.
[JER.51.4] And the slain will fall in the land of the Kasdim, and the wounded in its streets.
[JER.51.5] For Israel and Judah are not forsaken by their Gods, by Yahveh of hosts, for their land is full of guilt, away from the holiness of Israel.
[JER.51.6] Flee from within Babylon, and each person save his life. Do not be silent concerning her sin, for it is a time of vengeance to Yahveh. He is repaying her for what she has done.
[JER.51.7] The golden cup of Babel is in the hand of Yahveh. It has made all the earth stagger; the nations have drunk of its wine, and therefore the nations will praise.
[JER.51.8] Suddenly, Babylon fell and was broken. Rejoice over her. Take comfort for her pain, perhaps she will recover.
[JER.51.9] We will heal Babylon, but it was not healed. Abandon it, and let each man go to his land, for its judgement touched the heavens, and it was lifted up to the clouds.
[JER.51.10] Yahveh has brought forth our righteousness. Come, and let us recount the work of Yahveh, our Gods, in Zion.
[JER.51.11] Prepare the arrows, fill the quivers. Yahveh has stirred up the spirit of the kings of Media, for His plan is against Babylon, to destroy it. For this is Yahveh’s vengeance, the vengeance for His temple.
[JER.51.12] To the walls of Babylon, raise a signal! Strengthen the watch, establish watchers, prepare ambushers, for Yahveh has intended, and has done what he spoke to the inhabitants of Babylon.
[JER.51.13] I have dwelled upon many waters, abundant are the treasures, comes your end with your gain.
[JER.51.14] Yahveh, the armies, has sworn by His life that if I have filled man like a vessel, then they will answer against you with a shout.
[JER.51.15] The one making the earth by His power, the one preparing the world by His wisdom, and by His understanding, the one stretched out the heavens.
[JER.51.16] At the sound of Your voice, a multitude of waters was in the heavens, and pillars rose from the end of the earth. Lightning was made for the rain, and a wind came forth from the treasuries of the Gods.
[JER.51.17] All mankind will be consumed by knowledge; every craftsman will be ashamed of their idols, for their molten images are falsehoods and there is no spirit in them.
[JER.51.18] Breath they are, works of deceptions. At the time of their visitation, they will perish.
[JER.51.19] It is not like God these portions of Jacob, for He is the creator of all things, and the tribe is His inheritance. Yahveh, whose name is the commander of the armies, is He.
[JER.51.20] You are the one who breaks things in pieces for me, tools of warfare, and through you I will scatter nations and I will destroy kingdoms.
[JER.51.21] And I will shatter in you, horse and its rider, and I will shatter in you, chariot and its rider.
[JER.51.22] And I will scatter among you man and woman, and I will scatter among you elder and youth, and I will scatter among you young man and young woman.
[JER.51.23] I will shatter in you the shepherd and his flock, I will shatter in you the farmer and his vine, and I will shatter in you the officials and their deputies.
[JER.51.24] And I will repay Babylon, and to all the inhabitants of Babylonia, all their evil that they did in Zion before your eyes, says Yahveh.
[JER.51.25] Behold, I am to you a mountain, the destroyer, says Yahveh, the destroyer of all the land. And I will stretch out my hand upon you, and I will roll you from the rocks, and I will give you to a mountain of burning.
[JER.51.26] And no one will take from you a stone for a corner, and a stone for foundations, because forever desolations will be, says Yahveh.
[JER.51.27] Raise a banner in the land, sound the shofar among the nations, sanctify them for it. Let it be heard among the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint Tipser over it, and bring horses like swift young donkeys.
[JER.51.28] Consecrate for her the kings of Media, its governors and all its officials, and all the land of his rule.
[JER.51.29] And the earth trembled and it shook, because the thoughts of Yahveh have arisen against Babylon, to set the land of Babylon to desolation, without an inhabitant.
[JER.51.30] The heroes of Babel, cease to fight. Dwell in the fortresses. Their strength has perished, they have become as women. They have set fire to her dwellings, and her bolts are broken.
[JER.51.31] A runner runs to meet a runner, and a messenger goes to meet a messenger, to tell the king of Babylon that his city has been completely captured.
[JER.51.32] And the crossings were seized, and they burned the lakes with fire, and the men of the war were terrified.
[JER.51.33] For thus says Yahveh of Hosts, the Gods of Israel: Daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time of threshing. Yet a little while, and the time of her harvest will come.
[JER.51.34] He devoured it completely, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon. He presented empty vessels. He swallowed like a serpent, filling his belly with delicacies. He cast him out.
[JER.51.35] My violence and my flesh say concerning Babel, says the inhabitant of Zion, and my blood to the inhabitants of Chaldea, says Jerusalem.
[JER.51.36] Therefore, thus says Yahveh: Behold, I will make your quarrel great, and I will avenge your vengeance, and I will ruin the sea, and I will dry up its source.
[JER.51.37] And Babylon will become rubble, a dwelling of monsters there, and a whistling from without an inhabitant.
[JER.51.38] Together, like lion cubs, they will roar. They become agitated like the cubs of lions.
[JER.51.39] I will put their drink in a burning place, and I will intoxicate them, in order that they may rejoice and they may sleep a sleep of ages and they will not awaken, says Yahveh.
[JER.51.40] I will bring them down like grain for slaughter, like lambs with young calves.
[JER.51.41] How was Babylon captured, and the praise of all the earth seized? How has Babylon become a ruin among the nations?
[JER.51.42] It rose up against Babylon, the sea, with an abundance of its waves, and it was covered.
[JER.51.43] Her cities became desolations, a land of dryness and a wilderness, a land in which no man dwells, and through which no human passes.
[JER.51.44] And I will visit upon Bel in Babylon and I will take his portion out of his mouth, and no more nations will flow to him. Also, the wall of Babylon has fallen.
[JER.51.45] Go out from within her, my people, and let each person save his own life from the wrath of Yahveh.
[JER.51.46] And lest your hearts become sluggish and you be afraid at the rumor that is heard in the land, and the rumor comes in one year, and after it, the rumor comes in another year, and violence is in the land and ruler over ruler.
[JER.51.47] Therefore, behold, days are coming and I will judge upon the idols of Babylon, and all its land will be ashamed, and all its slain will fall within it.
[JER.51.48] Rejoice over Babylon, heavens and earth and all that is in them, for plunderers will come upon it from the north, says Yahveh.
[JER.51.49] Also, Babylon is to fall, the slain of Israel. Also, to Babylon fell the slain of all the land.
[JER.51.50] Those who escaped from the sword have gone. Do not stand. Remember from afar Yahveh, and let Jerusalem rise upon your hearts.
[JER.51.51] We are ashamed because we have heard reproach, and dishonor has covered our faces, for strangers have come upon the holy places of the house of Yahveh.
[JER.51.52] Therefore, behold, days are coming, says Yahveh, and I will visit punishment upon her idols, and in all her land, a slain one shall groan.
[JER.51.53] For Babylon will ascend to the heavens, and because she will fortify the heights of her strength, plunderers will come against her from me, declares Yahveh.
[JER.51.54] A voice of wailing comes from Babylon, and a great breaking from the land of the Chaldeans.
[JER.51.55] For Yahveh devastates Babylon and destroys from her a great noise, and their waves roar like many waters. The noise of their voice is raised.
[JER.51.56] For a destroyer has come upon her, upon Babylon, and her heroes have been captured; she has broken their bows. For God of recompense, Yahveh, will fully repay.
[JER.51.57] And I will reward her rulers and her wise men, her officials and her deputies, and her mighty men; they will sleep an eternal sleep, and they will not awaken, says the King, Yahveh of hosts, His name.
[JER.51.58] Thus says Yahveh of Hosts: The wide walls of Babylon will crumble, and its high gates will be consumed by fire. And peoples will labor for futility, and nations for fire, and they will be weary.
[JER.51.59] The word that Jeremiah the prophet commanded to Seraiah, son of Neriah, son of Machseiah, when he went to Zedekiah, king of Judah, in Babel, in the fourth year of his reign, and Seraiah was a chief officer.
[JER.51.60] And Jeremiah wrote all the evil that will come to Babylon in a single book, all these words that are written to Babylon.
[JER.51.61] And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, "Your coming to Babylon, and you will see, and you will proclaim all these words."
[JER.51.62] And you shall say, "Yahveh, you have spoken to this place to destroy it, so that there will be no inhabitant in it, either human or animal, for it will be desolations forever."
[JER.51.63] And it will be, when you finish to read the book this, you will bind to it a stone and you will throw it into the river.
[JER.51.64] And you will say, thus Babylon will sink and will not rise before the evil that I am bringing upon her. And they will be weary until here are the words of Jeremiah.
JER.52
[JER.52.1] Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Hamital, daughter of Jeremiah from Libnah.
[JER.52.2] And he did evil in the eyes of Yahveh, like all that Jehoiakim did.
[JER.52.3] For it was because of the anger of Yahveh that this happened to Jerusalem and Judah, continuing until Yahveh cast them away from his face. And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
[JER.52.4] And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, he and all his army came against Jerusalem and camped around it, and they built a ramp against it on every side.
[JER.52.5] And the city came into the siege, until twelve years to the king Tzidkiyahou.
[JER.52.6] In the fourth month, on the ninth of the month, the famine increased in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.
[JER.52.7] And the city broke open, and all the men of war fled and went out of the city by night through a gate between the walls which was near the king’s garden, and the Chaldeans were around the city. And they went through the Arabah.
[JER.52.8] And the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and they captured Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, and all his army scattered from him.
[JER.52.9] And they seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon, to Riblah in the land of Hamath, and he spoke judgments with him.
[JER.52.10] And the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and also slaughtered all the officials of Judah in Riblah.
[JER.52.11] And the eyes of Zedekiah were made blind, and they bound him with bronze chains, and the king of Babel brought him to Babel, and he placed him in the house of custody until the day of his death.
[JER.52.12] And in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month, it was the nineteenth year of the reign of King Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, that Nebuzaradan, the great slaughterer, stood before the King of Babylon in Jerusalem.
[JER.52.13] And he burned the house of Yahveh and the house of the king and all the houses of Jerusalem and all the great house, he burned with fire.
[JER.52.14] And all the walls of Jerusalem around, the entire army of the Babylonians broke down, who were the chief of the slaughterers.
[JER.52.15] And from among the poor of the people and the rest of the people who remained in the city, and those who had fallen who had fallen to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the Ammonites, Nebuzaradan, chief executioner, exiled them.
[JER.52.16] From among the poor of the land, Nebuzaradan, the chief executioner, left vine dressers and those who work the cellars.
[JER.52.17] And they broke the bronze pillars which belonged to the house of Yahveh, and the basins, and the bronze sea which was in the house of Yahveh. The Babylonians carried all their bronze to Babylon.
[JER.52.18] And the pots and the basins and the musical instruments and the sprinklers and the bowls and all the bronze vessels which they served with them, they took.
[JER.52.19] And the vessels for libation, and the pans, and the sprinkling vessels, and the pots, and the lamps, and the ladles, and the strainers, which were of gold, gold, and which were of silver, silver, the chief cook took.
[JER.52.20] The pillars were two, the sea was one, and the oxen were twelve of bronze, which were under the bases that King Solomon made for the house of Yahveh. There was no calculated weight for their bronze; all these vessels were of such great quantity.
[JER.52.21] And the pillars were eighteen cubits in height, the height of one pillar, and a cord of twelve cubits would be wound around it, and its thickness was four fingerbreadths, rounded.
[JER.52.22] And a covering of bronze was upon it, and the height of the covering, one, was five cubits. And a network and pomegranates were on the covering, surrounding everything, bronze. And these were for the second pillar, and pomegranates.
[JER.52.23] And the pomegranates were ninety and six in appearance, all the pomegranates one hundred upon the net around.
[JER.52.24] And the chief cook took Serayah, the priest, the head, and Tzefanyah, the priest, the second, and three keepers of the threshold.
[JER.52.25] From the city, one castrated male was taken, who was an official over the men of war, and seven men from those who see the face of the king, who were found in the city, and the scribe of the commander of the army, the garrison commander, of the common people of the land, and sixty men from the common people of the land who were found within the city.
[JER.52.26] And he took them, Nebuzaradan the chief officer, and he led them to the king of Babylon, to Riblah.
[JER.52.27] And the king of Babylon struck them and killed them at Riblah in the land of Hamath, and exiled Judah from its land.
[JER.52.28] This is the people whom Nebuchadnezzar exiled in the seventh year, Jews, three thousands and twenty three.
[JER.52.29] In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar, eight hundred thirty-two persons from Jerusalem departed.
[JER.52.30] In the year twenty-three of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuzaradan, chief officer, exiled Jews, seven hundred forty-five persons. All persons, four thousand six hundred.
[JER.52.31] And it happened in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin, king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-fifth of the month, that Evil-Merodach, king of Babylon, in the year of his kingdom, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin, king of Judah, and brought him out of the prison house.
[JER.52.32] And he spoke good things to him, and gave his throne above the thrones of kings who were with him in Babylon.
[JER.52.33] And he shall change the linen garments, and he shall eat bread before Yahveh continually all the days of his life.
[JER.52.34] And his portion, a perpetual portion, was given to him from the king of Babel, a matter of a day, daily, until the day of his death, all the days of his life.
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EZK.1
[EZK.1.1] And it happened in the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the month, and I was among the exiled people by the river Kebar, that the heavens opened and I saw visions of the Gods.
[EZK.1.2] On the fifth of the month, it is the fifth year of the exile of the king Yoyachin.
[EZK.1.3] It happened, it happened, a word from Yahveh came to Ezekiel son of Buzi, the priest, in the land of the Chaldeans, by the river Kvar. And there, the hand of Yahveh was upon him.
[EZK.1.4] And I saw, and behold, a stormy wind came from the north, a great cloud and fire flashing, and a brilliance around it. And from within it, like the appearance of gleaming metal from within the fire.
[EZK.1.5] And from within it, the likeness of four living creatures, and this is their appearance: the likeness of a human to them.
[EZK.1.6] And four faces to one, and four wings to one for them.
[EZK.1.7] And their feet were straight feet, and the top of their feet was like the top of a calf’s leg, and they gleamed like the eye of burnished bronze.
[EZK.1.8] And Adam knew, underneath their wings, upon their four sides, and their faces and their wings were toward their four.
[EZK.1.9] Appearances of women to their sister with their wings, they will not turn aside in their walking, but each person will walk straight ahead facing their face.
[EZK.1.10] And the likeness of their faces was the face of a man, and the face of a lion to the right of the four of them, and the face of an ox from the left to the four of them, and the face of an eagle to the four of them.
[EZK.1.11] And their faces and their wings were spread out upwards, to each two joined, and two covering their bodies.
[EZK.1.12] And a person will walk across his face; to where it will be there the wind to walk, he will walk; they will not turn in their walking.
[EZK.1.13] And the likeness of the living creatures was their appearance like burning coals of fire, like the appearance of torches. It is walking among the living creatures, and shining to the fire, and from the fire goes out lightning.
[EZK.1.14] And the living creatures ran and returned, as the appearance of a flash of lightning.
[EZK.1.15] And I saw the living creatures, and behold, one wheel was on the earth near the living creatures, to its four faces.
[EZK.1.16] The appearance of the wheels and their workmanship was like the look of tarshish, and the likeness of all four was unified. Their appearances and their workmanship were as if one wheel were inside another.
[EZK.1.17] Upon the four of their sides in their going they will go, they will not turn in their going.
[EZK.1.18] And above them, and above for them, and fear for them, and their heights are filled with eyes around for the four.
[EZK.1.19] And when the living creatures go, the wheels go with them. And when the living creatures are lifted up from the earth, the wheels are lifted up.
[EZK.1.20] Because there will be where the spirit goes, they go there where the spirit goes, and the rims are lifted toward them, for the spirit of the living is in the rims.
[EZK.1.21] When they go, they will go; and when they stand, they will stand; and when they are lifted up from the earth, the wheels will be lifted up opposite them, for the spirit of the living one is in the wheels.
[EZK.1.22] And an appearance was upon the heads of the living creatures, a firm expanse like the appearance of terrifying ice, stretched out above their heads from above.
[EZK.1.23] And under the expanse, their wings were spread, a woman to her sister, for a man two coverings for them, and for a man two coverings for them, their bodies.
[EZK.1.24] And I heard the sound of their wings, like the sound of many waters, like the sound of the Almighty when they went. A sound of commotion, like the sound of a camp, when they stood, their wings would relax.
[EZK.1.25] And there was a sound from above the expanse which is over their heads, while they stood, causing their wings to flap.
[EZK.1.26] And above the expanse which is over their heads, a likeness of a sapphire stone, the form of a throne. And on the form of the throne, a likeness of a man above it.
[EZK.1.27] And I saw like a form of shimmering metal, like the appearance of fire, the house of it all around. From the appearance of his waist and above, and from the appearance of his waist and below, I saw like the appearance of fire, and brightness was around him.
[EZK.1.28] As the appearance of the rainbow that will be in the cloud in the day of rain, thus is the appearance of the bright one around. It is the appearance of the likeness of the glory of Yahveh. And I saw, and I fell on my face, and I heard a voice speaking.
EZK.2
[EZK.2.1] And God said to me, "Son of man, stand upon your feet and I will speak with you."
[EZK.2.2] And spirit came in me, as God spoke to me, and she stood me on my feet, and I heard one who speaks to me.
[EZK.2.3] And God said to me, "Son of man, I am sending you to the sons of Israel, to nations rebellious, who rebelled against me. They and their fathers have transgressed against me until this very day."
[EZK.2.4] And to sons who are hard of face and strong of heart, I send you to them, and you shall say to them: thus says my Lord Yahveh.
[EZK.2.5] And they, if they listen, or if they refuse, because they are a rebellious house, and they will know that a prophet was among them.
[EZK.2.6] And you, son of man, do not fear them and do not fear their words, for they are rebels and worthless towards you, and you are among scorpions, do not fear their words and do not be dismayed before them, for they are a bitter house.
[EZK.2.7] And you shall speak my words to them, whether they listen or whether they cease. Because rebellious they are.
[EZK.2.8] And you, son of man, hear that which I speak to you. Do not be rebellious like the house of the rebellious. Open your mouth and eat that which I give to you.
[EZK.2.9] And I saw, and behold, a hand extended to me, and behold, in it was a scroll of book.
[EZK.2.10] And it spread itself before me, and it was written on both sides, and written upon it were arguments and reflections and clarity. So it was.
EZK.3
[EZK.3.1] And he said to me, "Son of man, whatever you find, eat. Eat this scroll, and go speak to the house of Israel."
[EZK.3.2] And I opened my mouth, and He fed me with this scroll.
[EZK.3.3] And God said to me, "Son of man, your belly you will eat, and your bowels you will fill with this scroll which I give to you." And I ate it, and it was in my mouth like honey for sweetness.
[EZK.3.4] And God said to me, "Son of man, go, enter into the house of Israel, and you shall speak with my words to them."
[EZK.3.5] For not to a people with a difficult language and heavy tongue are you sent to the family of Israel.
[EZK.3.6] Truly, God has not sent you to many peoples with depths of language and heavy tongues, whose words you will not hear, unless I have sent you to them. They will hear you.
[EZK.3.7] And the house of Israel will not be willing to listen to you, because they are not willing to listen to me. Because all the house of Israel are stubborn and hard of heart, they are.
[EZK.3.8] Behold, I have strengthened your face opposite to their faces, and I have strengthened your forehead opposite to their foreheads.
[EZK.3.9] Like a strong wild ox, I have made your forehead harder than a cliff. Do not fear them, and do not be dismayed before them, for they are the house of my bitterness.
[EZK.3.10] And He said to me, “Son of man, take all my words that I speak to you into your heart, and hear with your ears.”
[EZK.3.11] And you, go, enter into the exile, to the children of your people, and you shall speak to them and say to them, ‘Thus says my Lord Yahveh: If they will listen, and if they will desist.’
[EZK.3.12] And a wind carried me, and I heard behind me a sound of a great noise. Blessed be the glory of Yahveh from His place.
[EZK.3.13] And the sound of the wings of the living creatures was like a woman touching her sister, and the sound of the wheels opposite them, and the sound of a great roaring.
[EZK.3.14] And a spirit carried me and took me, and I went, bitter in the bitterness of my spirit, and the hand of Yahveh was upon me, strong.
[EZK.3.15] And I came to the exile, Tel Aviv, to those dwelling by the river Kebar, and I observed that they were dwelling there, and I sat there for seven days, devastated among them.
[EZK.3.16] And it was, at the completion of seven days, that the word of Yahveh came to me to say.
[EZK.3.17] Son of man, I have made you a watcher for the house of Israel. And you will hear a word from my mouth and you will warn them from me.
[EZK.3.18] When I say to the wicked, "You shall surely die," and do not warn him, and do not speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, so that he may live, he shall die in his iniquity, and I will require his blood at your hand.
[EZK.3.19] And you, because you have warned the wicked one and he has not turned from his wickedness and from his wicked way, he will die in his iniquity. And you, you have saved your own life.
[EZK.3.20] And when a righteous one turns from their righteousness and does wrong, I will place a stumbling block before them. They will die, because I did not warn them concerning their sin. They will die, and their righteousness which they did will not be remembered. And their blood I will require from your hand.
[EZK.3.21] And you, because you warned the righteous not to sin, the righteous, and he has not sinned, his life will live because of carefulness. And you, save your own soul.
[EZK.3.22] And it was upon me, there the hand of Yahveh, and He said to me, "Rise, go out to the valley, and there I will speak with you."
[EZK.3.23] And I arose and went out to the valley, and behold, there the glory of Yahveh was standing, like the glory that I had seen upon the river Kebar, and I fell upon my face.
[EZK.3.24] And a spirit came into me and made me stand upon my feet, and spoke with me and said to me, "Go and hide within your house."
[EZK.3.25] And you, son of man, behold, restraints have been given upon you, and they have bound you within them, and you will not depart from among them.
[EZK.3.26] And I will stick your tongue to your palate, and you will be silent, and you will not be to them a man who rebukes, for they are a house of rebels.
[EZK.3.27] And in my speaking with you, I will open your mouth, and you will say to them, “Thus says my Lord Yahveh: The one who hears will hear, and the one who ceases will cease, for they are a rebellious house.”
EZK.4
[EZK.4.1] And you, son of man, take for yourself a brick, and you shall place it before your face, and you shall engrave upon it a depiction of the city of Jerusalem.
[EZK.4.2] And you shall put a siege upon it, and you shall build against it a ramp, and you shall pour out upon it an embankment, and you shall put upon it encampments, and you shall set around it siege engines.
[EZK.4.3] And you, take for yourself an iron plate, and you will place it as an iron wall between you and the city, and you will prepare your face toward it. And it will be in the siege, and you will besiege upon it. It is a sign to the house of Israel.
[EZK.4.4] And you, lie on your left side, and you shall put the iniquity of the house of Israel upon him. The number of days that you lie upon him, you will bear their iniquity.
[EZK.4.5] And I have given to you the two of their iniquities, according to the number of days, three hundred and ninety days, and you will carry the iniquity of the house of Israel.
[EZK.4.6] And you shall complete these, and you shall lie on your right side for a second time, and you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Judah. Forty days, day for a year, day for a year, I have given to you.
[EZK.4.7] And God, to the siege of Jerusalem, you will prepare your face and your arm uncovered, and you will prophesy upon her.
[EZK.4.8] And behold, I have given burdens upon you, and you shall not turn from your side to your side until the completion of your days of distress.
[EZK.4.9] And you, take for yourself wheat and barley and beans and lentils and millet and spelt, and you shall put them in one container, and you shall make them for yourself as bread, for the number of days that you lie on your side: three hundred and ninety days you shall eat it.
[EZK.4.10] And the food that you eat, in a weight of twenty shekels per day, from time to time you shall eat it.
[EZK.4.11] And waters in measure you will drink, a sixth of the flask, from time to time you will drink.
[EZK.4.12] And you will eat a cake of barley, and it will be burned with lumps of human excrement before their eyes.
[EZK.4.13] And Yahveh said, "Thus the Israelites will eat their bread in uncleanness among the nations where I have driven them there."
[EZK.4.14] And I said, "Alas, my Lord Yahveh, behold, my soul is not unclean, and I have not eaten a carcass or torn flesh from my youth until now, and the flesh of a corpse has not come into my mouth."
[EZK.4.15] And He said to me, "Behold, I have given to you the droppings of the cattle instead of the excrement of mankind, and you shall make your bread upon them."
[EZK.4.16] And He said to me, son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem, and they will eat bread by weight and with worry, and they will drink water by measure and with dismay.
[EZK.4.17] So that they will lack bread and water, and they will be exhausted, man and his brother, and they will melt away in their guilt.
EZK.5
[EZK.5.1] And you, son of man, take for yourself a sharp sword, you shall trim the beards, take it for yourself, and you shall pass it over your head and over your beard, and you shall take for yourself balancing scales of weight and you shall divide them.
[EZK.5.2] A third you will set ablaze within the city when the days of the siege are full, and you will take the third and strike with the sword around it, and the third you will scatter to the wind, and a sword I will let loose after them.
[EZK.5.3] And you will take from there a little in number, and you will gather them in your wings.
[EZK.5.4] And from them you shall still take, and you shall cast those onto the midst of the fire, and you shall burn those in the fire. From it fire shall come to all the house of Israel.
[EZK.5.5] Thus says my Lord Yahveh: This is Jerusalem, I have set it within the nations, and the lands are around it.
[EZK.5.6] And she has spoken wickedness from the nations, and my statutes from the lands which are around her, for they have refused my laws and not walked in my statutes.
[EZK.5.7] Therefore, thus says my Lord Yahveh: because you have become defiled among the nations around you, you have not walked in my statutes, nor have you done my judgments, and you have not acted according to the judgments of the nations around you.
[EZK.5.8] Therefore thus says my Lord Yahveh, behold, I am upon you, even I, and I will do judgements in your midst before the eyes of the nations.
[EZK.5.9] And I will do in you that which I have not done, and that which I will not do like it anymore, because of all your abominations.
[EZK.5.10] Therefore, fathers will eat sons within you, and sons will eat their fathers, and I will execute judgments upon you, and I will scatter all your remainder to every wind.
[EZK.5.11] Therefore I live, says my Lord Yahveh, if I do not avenge the defilement of my sanctuary with all your abominations and all your detestations. And even I will diminish, and will not spare my eyes, and even I will not pity.
[EZK.5.12] A third of you will die by pestilence, and a third will be consumed by famine within you, and a third will fall by the sword around you. And a third I will scatter to every wind, and the sword I will pursue after them.
[EZK.5.13] And my anger is finished, and I have rested my wrath upon them, and I have repented. And they will know that I am Yahveh, for I have spoken in my zeal, in finishing my wrath upon them.
[EZK.5.14] And I will make you a ruin and a reproach among the nations that surround you, before the eyes of all who pass.
[EZK.5.15] And it will be that disgrace and reproach will be a lesson and a desolation to the nations that are around you, by my doing judgements upon you with anger and with wrath and with rebukes of fierce anger. I, Yahveh, have spoken.
[EZK.5.16] In sending my arrows of severe famine among them, which were for destruction, which I will send to destroy you, and famine gathers upon you, and I have broken for you the staff of bread.
[EZK.5.17] And I will send hunger upon you, and a wild beast, and wasting, and pestilence, and blood shall pass through you, and a sword I will bring upon you. I, Yahveh, have spoken.
EZK.6
[EZK.6.1] And it happened, the word of Yahveh came to me to say.
[EZK.6.2] Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy to them.
[EZK.6.3] And you shall say, 'Mountains of Israel, hear the word of my Lord Yahveh. Thus says my Lord Yahveh to the mountains and to the hills, to the valleys and to the lowlands: Behold, I am bringing a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places.'
[EZK.6.4] And your altars will be desolate, and your sun images will be broken, and I will cast your slain before your graven images.
[EZK.6.5] And I will give the bodies of the sons of Israel before their idols, and I will scatter your bones around your altars.
[EZK.6.6] In all your settlements, the cities will be ruined and the high places will be demolished, so that they may be ruined and become desolate, your altars will be destroyed, and your idols will be broken and captured, your images will be cut down, and the works of your hands will be wiped out.
[EZK.6.7] And a fallen one will fall among you, and you will know that I am Yahveh.
[EZK.6.8] And I will allow you to become remnants fleeing the sword among the nations, through your being scattered in the lands.
[EZK.6.9] And remember, you who have escaped, me among the nations where you were captured, how I have broken your hearts, you who committed adultery and turned away from me, and your eyes that followed after your idols, and recognize in your faces the evils you did, all of your abominations.
[EZK.6.10] And they will know that I, Yahveh, did not speak without cause to do this evil to them.
[EZK.6.11] Thus says my Lord Yahveh: Strike with your hand and stamp with your foot, and say aloud to all the evil abominations of the house of Israel, that they will fall by the sword, by hunger, and by pestilence.
[EZK.6.12] Those far from provisions will die, and those near will fall by the sword, and the remaining and the besieged will die by famine, and the Gods will exhaust the Gods’ wrath upon them.
[EZK.6.13] And you will know that I am Yahveh, in that their slain lie among their idols, around their altars, on every high hill, on all the mountaintops, and under every flourishing tree, and under every thick grove – a place where they offered a pleasing fragrance to all their idols.
[EZK.6.14] And I will stretch out my hand upon them, and I will give the land as a desolate and a desolation, from a wasting desert in all their settlements, and they will know that I am Yahveh.
EZK.7
[EZK.7.1] And it happened, the word of Yahveh came to me to say.
[EZK.7.2] And you, son of man, thus says my Lord Yahveh to the land of Israel: The end has come, the end is upon the four corners of the earth.
[EZK.7.3] Now the end is upon you, and I have sent my wrath in you, and I will judge you according to your ways, and I will give upon you all your abominations.
[EZK.7.4] And your eyes will not have compassion upon you, and I will not spare. For your ways I will give upon you, and your abominations will be within you. And you will know that I am Yahveh.
[EZK.7.5] Thus says my Lord Yahveh, one evil is coming.
[EZK.7.6] The end comes, comes the end. It has arrived to you. Behold, it has come.
[EZK.7.7] The message comes to you who dwell on the earth. The time comes, the day is near. There will be tumult, and the mountains will not echo.
[EZK.7.8] Now nearby, I will pour out my wrath upon you, and I will consume my anger in you, and I will judge you according to your ways, and I will give upon you all your abominations.
[EZK.7.9] And my eye will not spare, and I will not have compassion, I will give to you according to your ways, and your abominations will be within you, and you will know that I, Yahveh, am smiting.
[EZK.7.10] Behold, this day, behold it comes forth, the blossom goes forth, the blossom sprouts from the branch, the blossom blooms, the arrogance.
[EZK.7.11] Violence arises as a rod of wickedness, not from them, nor from their multitude, nor from their people, nor is there affliction within them.
[EZK.7.12] In the time, the time has arrived, the day! Let the buyer not rejoice, and let the seller not grieve, for wrath is coming to all the multitude.
[EZK.7.13] For the seller does not return the sale, and life does not return to them while living, for the vision does not return to all the multitude, and a man’s life is not strengthened in his guilt.
[EZK.7.14] Blow the trumpets and prepare everything, yet no one goes to war, for my anger is against all the multitude.
[EZK.7.15] The sword is outside, and the plague and the famine are from within. Those who are in the field the sword will kill, and those who are in the city famine and plague will consume.
[EZK.7.16] And their refugees will escape, and they will be to the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them dying, each person with his iniquity.
[EZK.7.17] All the hands will heal and all the knees will flow with water.
[EZK.7.18] And they will gird themselves with sackcloth, and dust will cover them, and shame will be on every face, and baldness will be on every head.
[EZK.7.19] They will cast their silver into the streets, and their gold will become refuse. Their silver and their gold will not be able to deliver them in the day of Yahveh’s wrath. It will not satisfy their souls, nor fill their bellies, for the stumbling block has been their iniquity.
[EZK.7.20] And I made their brightness a testimony to height, and they set up images of their abominations, their detestations they made within it. Therefore, I have given it to them for pollution.
[EZK.7.21] And I will give it into the hand of strangers for plunder, and to the wicked people of the land for spoil, and they will profane it.
[EZK.7.22] And I turned my face from them, and they profaned my secret places, and breakers entered into it and profaned it.
[EZK.7.23] Carry out the decree, because the land is full of bloodshed, and the city is full of violence.
[EZK.7.24] And I will bring shepherds of nations, and they will inherit their homes. And I will silence the pride of the mighty, and their sanctuaries will be despoiled.
[EZK.7.25] Wrath came, and they sought peace, but there was none.
[EZK.7.26] God will come to God, and hearing will come to hearing, so that it will be. They will seek a vision from a prophet, and law will be lost from the priest, and counsel from the elders.
[EZK.7.27] The king will grieve, and a leader will wear desolation, and the hands of the people of the land will tremble. According to their ways I will do to them, and according to their judgments I will judge them, and they will know that I am Yahveh.
EZK.8
[EZK.8.1] And it came to pass in the sixth year, on the sixth day of the fifth month, while I sat in my house and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of my Lord Yahveh fell upon me there.
[EZK.8.2] And I saw, and behold, an appearance like the appearance of fire from the appearance of his waist and below fire, and from his waist and above, like the appearance of radiance, like the appearance of the glowing metal.
[EZK.8.3] And a form of a hand sent forth, and it took me by a lock of my hair, and a spirit lifted me between the earth and between the heavens and brought me to Jerusalem in visions of the Gods to the opening of the inner gate facing north, where is the seat of the symbol of jealousy, obtained.
[EZK.8.4] And behold, there was the glory of the Gods of Israel, as the appearance that I saw in the valley.
[EZK.8.5] And God said to me, "O son of man, please lift up your eyes towards the north." And I lifted up my eyes towards the north, and behold, near the gate of the altar, was an idol of jealousy, in the temple.
[EZK.8.6] And God said to me, son of man, do you see what they are doing? Great abominations which the house of Israel are doing here, far from my sanctuary? And you will return and see greater abominations.
[EZK.8.7] And he brought me to the doorway of the courtyard, and I saw, and behold, one hole in the wall.
[EZK.8.8] And God said to me, "Son of man, dig, please, in the wall." And I dug in the wall, and behold, one doorway.
[EZK.8.9] And God said to me, "Come and see the abominations, the evils which they are doing here."
[EZK.8.10] I came and I saw, and behold, every form of creeping thing and beast that is an abomination, and all the idols of the house of Israel, were engraved on the wall all around.
[EZK.8.11] And seventy men from the elders of the house of Israel, and Jazanihu, son of Shaphan, was standing among them, standing before them, and each man had his offering in his hand, and a cloud of the smoke of the offering was ascending.
[EZK.8.12] And He said to me, "Have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the darkness, each one in the secret chambers of his heart, for they say, ‘Yahveh does not see us,’ and ‘Yahveh has forsaken the land.’"
[EZK.8.13] And God said to me, "Again you will return, you will see great abominations that they are doing."
[EZK.8.14] And he brought me to the entrance of the gate of the house of Yahveh, which faces north. And behold, there the women were sitting, weeping for Tammuz.
[EZK.8.15] And God said to me, "Have you seen, son of man? You will return and you will see abominations greater than these."
[EZK.8.16] And He brought me to the court of the house of Yahveh, the inner one. And behold, the entrance of the temple of Yahveh was between the hall and between the altar, about twenty-five men behind them toward the temple of Yahveh and their faces toward the east, and they were worshipping toward the east to the sun.
[EZK.8.17] Then Yahveh said to me, "Have you seen, human being, is it a small matter for the house of Yahveh to do the abominations that they have done here, for they have filled the land with violence and they have returned to provoke me? And behold, they are sending the branch to their anger."
[EZK.8.18] And also I will do in wrath, my eye will not spare and I will not have compassion. And they will call in my ears a great voice, and I will not hear them.
EZK.9
[EZK.9.1] And a voice called in my ears, saying, "Approach, those appointed for destruction of the city, and let each man have his tool of destruction in his hand."
[EZK.9.2] And behold, six men are coming from the way of the upper gate, which faces northward, and each man has a vessel for scattering ashes in his hand, and one man among them is clothed in linen garments, and the writing kit of a scribe is at his waist. And they came and stood near the bronze altar.
[EZK.9.3] And the glory of the Gods of Israel was exalted above the cherub that was above it, to the threshold of the house, and he called to the man clothed in linen, whose belt of a scribe was about his waist.
[EZK.9.4] And Yahveh said to him, "Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and you shall put a mark upon the foreheads of the men who sigh and cry over all the abominations which are done within it."
[EZK.9.5] And to these He said with My ears, "Go through the city after him and strike him according to the compassion of your eyes, and do not show mercy."
[EZK.9.6] Kill the old men, the young men, the virgins, and the infants, and the women, for destruction, and do not approach any man on whom is the mark, and from my sanctuary you shall begin. And they began with the old men who were before the house.
[EZK.9.7] And he said to them, "Defile the house and fill the courtyards with slain people, go out, and they will go out and strike the city."
[EZK.9.8] And it was, as they struck, and the remainder remained, I, and I fell upon my face and cried out and said, “Alas, my Lord Yahveh, are you the destroyer of all the remainder of Israel by your pouring out your wrath upon Jerusalem?”
[EZK.9.9] And He said to me, "The sin of the house of Israel and of Judah is exceedingly great. The land is filled with blood, and the city is full of violence, because they say, 'Yahveh has forsaken the land,' and 'Yahveh does not see.'
[EZK.9.10] And even I will not spare my eye, and I will not have compassion on their ways; I have placed [accountability] on their heads.
[EZK.9.11] And behold, the man clothed in linen, the one with a sash around his waist, returns word to say, "I have done as you commanded me."
EZK.10
[EZK.10.1] And I saw, and behold, God of the expanse which was upon the head of the cherubim, like a stone of sapphire, as the appearance of a form of a throne was seen upon them.
[EZK.10.2] And the Gods said to the man clothed in linen, and the Gods said, "Go between the wheels, under the cherub, and fill your hands with burning coals from between the cherubs, and scatter them over the city." And he went into my sight.
[EZK.10.3] And the cherubs were standing to the right of the house as the man entered, and the cloud filled the inner court.
[EZK.10.4] And the glory of Yahveh rose from above the cherub upon the threshold of the temple, and the temple was filled with the cloud, and the courtyard was filled with the brightness of the glory of Yahveh.
[EZK.10.5] And the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard until the outer court, like the sound of God the Almighty when speaking.
[EZK.10.6] And it happened, in commanding the man clothed in linen, saying, "Take fire from between the wheels, from between the cherubim." And he went and stood near the wheel.
[EZK.10.7] And the cherub sent out its hand from between the cherubs toward the fire which was between the cherubs, and it took and gave to the palms of the garments of fine linen. And it took and went out.
[EZK.10.8] And it appeared to the cherubs, a form like the hand of man under their wings.
[EZK.10.9] And I saw, and behold, four wheels near the cherubim. One wheel was near one cherub, and one wheel was near one cherub, and the appearance of the wheels was like the appearance of a sardius stone.
[EZK.10.10] And their appearance was the likeness of one to their four, as the wheel would be within the wheel.
[EZK.10.11] When you go to the four quarters of the land, you shall go; you shall not turn back when going. For wherever the head turns, there you shall go; you shall not turn back while going.
[EZK.10.12] And all of their flesh, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels were filled with eyes around for the four of them, their wheels.
[EZK.10.13] To the wheels, a calling the wheel is in my ears.
[EZK.10.14] And four faces belonged to one. The face of the one was the face of a cherub, and the face of the second was the face of a man, and the third had the face of a lion, and the fourth had the face of an eagle.
[EZK.10.15] And the cherubim lifted themselves up; this is the living creature that I saw by the river Kebar.
[EZK.10.16] And when the cherubim go, the wheels go with them. And when the cherubim lift up their wings to rise above the earth, the wheels do not turn, even they, from beside them.
[EZK.10.17] When they stand, they will stand, and in their height, they will raise them up, because the spirit of the living one is in them.
[EZK.10.18] And the glory of Yahveh went out from above the threshold of the house and stood upon the cherubim.
[EZK.10.19] The cherubim lifted their wings and rose from the earth into my sight as they departed, and the wheels were alongside them. They stood at the entrance to the gate of the temple of Yahveh, the Ancient One, and the glory of the God of Israel was upon them from above.
[EZK.10.20] It is the living creature that I saw under the Gods of Israel by the river Kebar, and I knew that they are cherubs.
[EZK.10.21] Four faces belong to one, and four wings belong to one, and the likeness of human hands is under their wings.
[EZK.10.22] And the likeness of their faces, they are the faces that I saw by the Kebar River, their appearances, and each man goes straight ahead of his face.
EZK.11
[EZK.11.1] And a spirit lifted me and brought me to the gate of the house of Yahveh that faces forward. And behold, at the opening of the gate were twenty-five men. And I saw among them the son of Azur, named Yaazaniah, and the son of Benayah, named Pelatiah, officials of the people.
[EZK.11.2] And God said to me, "Son of man, these men contemplate iniquity and advise evil counsel in this city."
[EZK.11.3] Those saying, "It is not soon that we will build houses," she is the pot, and we are the flesh.
[EZK.11.4] Therefore, prophesy against them. Prophesy, son of man.
[EZK.11.5] And the spirit of Yahveh fell upon me, and He said to me, "Say, thus says Yahveh: 'Thus have you spoken, house of Israel, and the height of your spirits I have known.'
[EZK.11.6] You have multiplied your corpses in this city, and you have filled its open spaces with slain.
[EZK.11.7] Therefore, thus says my Lord Yahveh: The defilements which you placed within it are the flesh, and it is the pot, and I will remove you from within it.
[EZK.11.8] You feared a sword, and a sword my Lord will bring upon you, declares Yahveh.
[EZK.11.9] And I will bring you out from within it, and I will give you into the hand of strangers, and I will do judgements to you.
[EZK.11.10] You will fall by the sword on the border of Israel, and I will judge you. And you will know that I am Yahveh.
[EZK.11.11] It will not be a pot for you, and you will be as flesh within it. To the border of Israel I will judge you.
[EZK.11.12] And you will know that I, Yahveh, am He, because you have not walked in my laws and you have not done my judgments, but you have done as the judgments of the nations that surround you.
[EZK.11.13] And it happened, because of my prophet, that Pelatiah, son of Benaiah, died. And I fell upon my face and cried out with a great voice, and said, “Alas, my Lord Yahveh, you have finished it, completing destruction among the remnant of Israel.”
[EZK.11.14] And it happened, the word of Yahveh came to me to say.
[EZK.11.15] People, your brothers, your brothers, the men of your redemption, and all the house of Israel, all of them, who have said to them, the residents of Jerusalem, "Move far away from Yahveh, for to us the land has been given as inheritance."
[EZK.11.16] Therefore say, thus says my Lord Yahveh, because I have removed them among the nations, and because I have scattered them in the lands, and I will be to them a small sanctuary in the lands where they went.
[EZK.11.17] Therefore say, thus says my Lord Yahveh: And I will gather you from the peoples, and I will collect you from the lands where you were scattered in them, and I will give to you the land of Israel.
[EZK.11.18] And they will go there and remove all of its abominations and all of its detestable things from it.
[EZK.11.19] And I will give them one heart and a new spirit I will put in your midst. And I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and I will give them a heart of flesh.
[EZK.11.20] For the sake of walking in my statutes, and for keeping my judgments, and for doing them, they will be for me as a people, and I will be for them as the Gods.
[EZK.11.21] And regarding the heart, their abominations and their detestations, their heart goes. I have set their way in their head, declaration of my Lord Yahveh.
[EZK.11.22] And the cherubim lifted their wings, and the wheels were alongside them, and the glory of the Gods of Israel was upon them from above.
[EZK.11.23] And the glory of Yahveh ascended from within the city, and stood upon the mountain which is to the east of the city.
[EZK.11.24] And a wind lifted me and brought me to Babylon to the exile in a vision by the spirit of the Gods, and the vision which I had saw ascended from over me.
[EZK.11.25] And I spoke to the exile all the words of Yahveh that He showed me.
EZK.12
[EZK.12.1] And it happened, the word of Yahveh came to me to say.
[EZK.12.2] Son of man, you are dwelling within a house of rebellion, where they have eyes to see, yet do not see, and ears to hear, yet do not hear, for it is a house of rebellion.
[EZK.12.3] And you, son of man, make for yourself tools of exile and exile by day before their eyes, and you will exile from your place to another place before their eyes, perhaps they will see that they are a rebellious house.
[EZK.12.4] And you shall bring out your possessions as the possessions of an exile during the day before their eyes, and you shall go out in the evening before their eyes like one who goes into exile.
[EZK.12.5] Before their eyes, dig for yourself in the wall, and you will bring something out of it.
[EZK.12.6] Before their eyes, you shall carry on your shoulder, and you shall bring forth your possessions. You shall cover your face, and you shall not see the land, for I have made you a sign for the house of Israel.
[EZK.12.7] And I did so as I was commanded. I brought out vessels like the vessels of exile by day, and by night I dug for myself in the wall by hand, bringing them out in darkness. I carried them on my shoulder before their eyes.
[EZK.12.8] And it happened, the word of Yahveh came to me in the morning, to say.
[EZK.12.9] Son of man, did they not say to you, "House of Israel, house of rebellion, what are you doing?"
[EZK.12.10] Say to them, thus says my Lord Yahveh: "This prince, this burden is in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel who are within it."
[EZK.12.11] Say, "I am your sign, as I have done, so it will be done to them, in exile they will go in captivity."
[EZK.12.12] And the leader who is among them will carry on his shoulder the burden and will go out, digging through the wall to bring it out. His face he will cover because he will not see the land with his eye.
[EZK.12.13] And I will spread my net over him, and he will be caught in my snare. And I will bring him to Babylon, land of the Chaldeans, and he will not see it, and there he will die.
[EZK.12.14] And all that are around him are strength, and all his sides I will gird for every direction, and a sword I will pour after them.
[EZK.12.15] And they will know that I, Yahveh, am the one by scattering them among the nations, and I will scatter them in the lands.
[EZK.12.16] And I will leave remaining from them a numbered amount of men, from the sword, from famine, and from pestilence, so that they may tell of all their abominations among the nations to which they come, and they will know that I am Yahveh.
[EZK.12.17] And it happened, the word of Yahveh came to me to say.
[EZK.12.18] Son of Adam, you will eat your bread with trembling, and you will drink your waters with agitation and worry.
[EZK.12.19] And you shall say to the people of the land, “Thus says my Lord Yahveh to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the land of Israel: They will eat their bread with anxiety and drink their water with dismay, so that the land will be emptied of the violence of all those who dwell in it.”
[EZK.12.20] And the inhabited cities will be ruined, and the land will become a wasteland. And you will know that I am Yahveh.
[EZK.12.21] And it happened, the word of Yahveh came to me to say.
[EZK.12.22] Son of man, what is this parable to you concerning the land of Israel, saying, "The days will be lengthened, and all vision will perish."
[EZK.12.23] Therefore, say to them, thus says my Lord Yahveh: I have silenced this parable, and they will no longer rule it in Israel. But speak to them: the days are near, and the word of every vision.
[EZK.12.24] For there will no longer be any false vision or deceptive divination among the house of Israel.
[EZK.12.25] For I, Yahveh, will speak what I will speak, and a thing will be done; do not continue to delay any longer. For in your days I will speak a thing, and I will do it, says my Lord Yahveh.
[EZK.12.26] And it happened, the word of Yahveh came to me to say.
[EZK.12.27] Son of man, behold, the house of Israel says, "The vision that he sees is for many days and for distant times that he prophesies."
[EZK.12.28] Therefore say to them, thus declares my Lord Yahveh: you shall no longer stretch out any of my words. Whatever word I speak will be done, declares my Lord Yahveh.
EZK.13
[EZK.13.1] And it happened, the word of Yahveh came to me to say.
[EZK.13.2] Son of man, prophesy to the prophets of Israel, to those who prophesy. And you shall say to the prophets from their hearts, "Hear the word of Yahveh!"
[EZK.13.3] Thus says my Lord Yahveh, woe upon the prophets, the worthless ones, who go after their spirit and have not seen.
[EZK.13.4] Like foxes among the ruins, your prophets, Israel, were.
[EZK.13.5] You did not ascend to the breaches, and you did not build a wall for the house of Israel to stand in the war in the day of Yahveh.
[EZK.13.6] They have seen falsehood and practiced deceptive divination, those who say, "This is the declaration of Yahveh," but Yahveh did not send them, and they will hope to fulfill a thing.
[EZK.13.7] Have you not seen a false vision, and spoken a lying divination? You say, "This is a declaration of Yahveh", yet I have not spoken.
[EZK.13.8] Therefore, thus says my Lord Yahveh: because you have spoken falsehood and seen a lie, therefore, behold, I am against you, says my Lord Yahveh.
[EZK.13.9] And my hand will be against the prophets who see false visions, and against the diviners who speak falsehood; they will not secretly plot against my people, nor will writings concerning the house of Israel be written by them, and they will not come into the land of Israel. And you will know that I am my Lord Yahveh.
[EZK.13.10] Indeed because, and indeed because they have misled my people by saying, "Peace," when there is no peace, and he builds a wall, and they plaster it with weak material.
[EZK.13.11] Say to the doers of emptiness, and it will fall. There was a sweeping rain, and stones of hail will fall, and a wind of storms will split.
[EZK.13.12] And behold, the wall fell. Will someone not say to you, "Where is the plaster that you plastered?"
[EZK.13.13] Therefore, thus says my Lord Yahveh: and I will split a spirit of storm winds in my anger, and a torrential rain will be in my fury, and stones of hail will be in wrath for destruction.
[EZK.13.14] And I will destroy the wall which you covered with plaster, and I will bring it down to the ground, and its foundation will be revealed, and it will fall, and you will be consumed within it, and you will know that I am Yahveh.
[EZK.13.15] And I have finished my anger on the wall and on those who plaster it, making it worthless. And I will say to you, there is no wall, and there are no plasters on it.
[EZK.13.16] The prophets of Israel who prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and the seers who see visions of peace for her, there is no peace, declares my Lord Yahveh.
[EZK.13.17] And you, son of man, set your face toward the daughters of your people, the ones prophesying from their hearts, and you shall prophesy against them.
[EZK.13.18] And you shall say, “Thus says my Lord Yahveh: “Woe to those who cover with coverings upon all the strength of my hand, and to those who make corners upon the head of every chamber! They will capture souls, the souls will capture for my people, and souls for you will revive.””
[EZK.13.19] They have profaned me among my people with handfuls of barley and with fragments of bread, causing souls that would not have died to die, and giving life to souls that would not have lived, through your falsehoods to my people who hear lies.
[EZK.13.20] Therefore, thus says my Lord Yahveh: behold, I am to your coverings, where you are sheltering the souls to fly. And I will tear them from your arms, and I will send the souls that you are sheltering to fly.
[EZK.13.21] And I will tear down your strongholds, and I will save my people from your hand, and they will no longer be in your hand as a snare. And you will know that I am Yahveh.
[EZK.13.22] Because the heart of the righteous is grieved falsely, and I did not grieve it, and to strengthen the hands of the wicked so they do not return from his evil way, to keep him alive.
[EZK.13.23] Therefore, you will not see visions and you will not practice divination anymore. And I will save my people from your hand, and you will know that I am Yahveh.
EZK.14
[EZK.14.1] And men from the elders of Israel came to me, and they sat before me.
[EZK.14.2] And it happened, the word of Yahveh came to me to say.
[EZK.14.3] Son of man, these people have set up their idols in their hearts, and they have placed a stumbling block of their iniquity before their faces. I will inquire of them, I will inquire of them.
[EZK.14.4] Therefore, speak to them and say to them, thus says my Lord Yahveh: Any man of the house of Israel who elevates his idols to his heart, and places the stumbling block of his sin before his face, and comes to the prophet, I, Yahveh, will answer to him through them concerning his many idols.
[EZK.14.5] So that the Gods might grasp the house of Israel in their hearts, which have turned away from Yahveh with all their idols.
[EZK.14.6] Therefore say to the house of Israel, thus says my Lord Yahveh: Turn back and turn away from above your idols, and from above all your abominations turn away your faces.
[EZK.14.7] For any man from the house of Israel, and from the sojourner who dwells in Israel, who sets his heart to follow after idols and places the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and then comes to the prophet to inquire of me, I, Yahveh, will answer him by me.
[EZK.14.8] And I will turn my face toward that person, and I will establish him as a sign and for wonders, and I will recognize him from within my people. And you will know that I am Yahveh.
[EZK.14.9] And the prophet, if he is deceived and speaks a word, I, Yahveh, deceived that prophet. And I will stretch out my hand upon him, and I will destroy him from within my people Israel.
[EZK.14.10] And they will carry their iniquity, like the iniquity of the one who seeks, like the iniquity of the prophet it will be.
[EZK.14.11] So that the house of Israel may no longer stray from following me, and may no longer defile themselves with all of their sins, they will be my people, and I will be their Gods. This is the declaration of my Lord Yahveh.
[EZK.14.12] And it happened, the word of Yahveh came to me to say.
[EZK.14.13] Son of man, if the land sins against me by a great transgression, I will stretch out my hand against her, and I will break for her the staff of bread, and I will send hunger upon her, and I will cut off from her man and animal.
[EZK.14.14] And these three men will be among them: Noah, Daniel, and Job. They will save their souls by their righteousness, says my Lord Yahveh.
[EZK.14.15] I will cause a wild living creature to pass through the land, and I will destroy it, and it will be a desolation without a passerby before the wild creature.
[EZK.14.16] These three men, as I live, says my Lord Yahveh, if sons or if daughters they save, they alone will be saved, and the land will be desolate.
[EZK.14.17] Or, a sword I will bring upon that land, and I said, a sword will pass through the land, and I will destroy from it humankind and animal.
[EZK.14.18] And these three men who are within it, as I live, says my Lord Yahveh, sons and daughters will not deliver; only they themselves will be delivered.
[EZK.14.19] Or, I will send pestilence to that land, and I have poured out my wrath upon it with blood, to destroy from it man and animal.
[EZK.14.20] And Noah, Daniel, and Job are within it. Truly I live, says my Lord Yahveh, if a son or a daughter can save, they will save themselves by their righteousness.
[EZK.14.21] For thus says my Lord Yahveh, indeed I have sent sword and famine and wild beast and pestilence to Jerusalem, to destroy people and animals from it.
[EZK.14.22] And behold, a remnant remains in it, those who escape with sons and daughters. They are coming to you, and you will see their ways and their deeds, and you will regret the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, all the evil that I have brought upon it.
[EZK.14.23] And they will comfort you, because you will see their ways and their deeds, and you will know that I did not do all that I did in her without reason, says my Lord Yahveh.
EZK.15
[EZK.15.1] And it happened, the word of Yahveh came to me to say.
[EZK.15.2] Son of man, what will become of the tree of the vine among all trees, the pruning which was among the trees of the forest?
[EZK.15.3] Can wood be taken from it to make a work? Or if they take a peg from it, to hang all tools upon it?
[EZK.15.4] Behold, it is given to the fire to consume. The fire consumed its two ends, and its interior is hollowed out. Will it succeed for work?
[EZK.15.5] Indeed, when it is complete, it will not be used for work, even though fire consumed it and it was burned to ashes, and it remains still for work.
[EZK.15.6] Therefore, thus says my Lord Yahveh: Like a vine tree among trees of the forest, which I gave to the fire to consume, so I gave the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
[EZK.15.7] And I will set my presence against them, from the fire they came out, and the fire will consume them, and you will know that I am Yahveh in setting my presence against them.
[EZK.15.8] And I will give the land desolate, because they have transgressed. Says my Lord Yahveh.
EZK.16
[EZK.16.1] And it happened, the word of Yahveh came to me to say.
[EZK.16.2] Son of man, declare to Jerusalem her abominations.
[EZK.16.3] And you will say, ‘Thus says my Lord Yahveh to Jerusalem: ‘Your origins and your birthplaces are from the land of the Canaanite. Your father is the Amorite, and your mother is the Hittite.’
[EZK.16.4] Your birth pangs occurred on the day you were born, your navel cord was not cut, and you were not washed with water for purification. Also, you were not rubbed with salt, and you were not wrapped in swaddling clothes.
[EZK.16.5] An eye did not pity you to do for you one of these things to have compassion on you, and you were cast to the face of the field in loathing of your soul in the day of your being born.
[EZK.16.6] And I passed over you and I saw you rolling in your blood, and I said to you, "Live in your blood!" And I said to you, "Live in your blood!"
[EZK.16.7] I have given you multitudes, like the plant of the field. You multiplied, and you grew, and you came to my side very young. Breasts are prepared, and your hair grew, and you were naked and bare.
[EZK.16.8] And I passed by you and I saw you, and behold, your time was a time of love, and I spread my wings over you and I covered your nakedness, and I swore to you and I entered into a covenant with you, says my Lord Yahveh, and you became mine.
[EZK.16.9] And I washed you with water, and I rinsed your blood from upon you, and I anointed you with oil.
[EZK.16.10] And I will clothe you with embroidery, and I will shoe you with badger skin, and I will bind you with fine linen, and I will cover you with silk.
[EZK.16.11] And I swore to you, my beloved, and I gave ornaments upon your hands and a necklace upon your neck.
[EZK.16.12] And I gave a nose ring upon your nose, and earrings upon your ears, and a crown of splendor upon your head.
[EZK.16.13] And you prepared gold and silver, and your garments were of fine linen and embroidered cloth, and flour and honey and oil you consumed. And you became exceedingly fat and very strong, and you prospered to kingship.
[EZK.16.14] A name has gone out to you among the nations because of your beauty, for it is all my glory that I have put upon you, declares my Lord Yahveh.
[EZK.16.15] And you trusted in your beauty and committed adultery with your name, and you poured out your adulteries upon everyone who passed by.
[EZK.16.16] And you took from your garments and made for yourself elevated, deceptive forms, and you committed spiritual unfaithfulness with them. They will not come, and it will not be.
[EZK.16.17] And you took the vessels of your splendor, of my gold and of my silver, which I gave to you, and you made for yourself images of males, and you committed sexual acts with them.
[EZK.16.18] And you took the garments of embroidery and covered it, and anointed it and I offered incense, I gave it before them.
[EZK.16.19] And my bread which I gave to you – fine flour and oil and honey – I have fed you with it, and I placed it before them as a pleasing aroma, and it came to pass, the declaration of my Lord Yahveh.
[EZK.16.20] And you took your sons and your daughters, whom you bore to me, and you sacrificed them to them for eating. Is a little from your unfaithfulness enough?
[EZK.16.21] And I slaughtered my sons, and I gave them to them in the crossing over.
[EZK.16.22] And I did not remember your abominations and your adulteries. I did not remember the days of your youth, when you were naked and exposed, wallowing in your blood you were.
[EZK.16.23] And it came to pass, after all of your evils, woe, woe to you, declares my Lord Yahveh.
[EZK.16.24] And you built for yourself a height, and you made for yourself an elevation in every street.
[EZK.16.25] God says, "To every street corner you built your exaltation, and you abhorred your beauty, and you spread your legs to every passerby, and you multiplied your prostitution."
[EZK.16.26] You committed adultery with the sons of Egypt, your neighbors, growers of flesh, and you increased your adultery to anger me.
[EZK.16.27] Indeed, I have stretched out my hand upon you and I will diminish your statutes, and I will give you into the soul of your haters, daughters of the Philistines, the shamed from your ways, a disgrace.
[EZK.16.28] You committed adultery with the sons of Ashshur, from not your fullness. And you committed adultery, and also you were not satisfied.
[EZK.16.29] And you multiplied your adulteries to the land of Canaan, like the Chaldeans, and even in this you were not satisfied.
[EZK.16.30] What has polluted your heart, declares my Lord Yahveh, in doing all these things, the deed of a whore who dominates?
[EZK.16.31] Your ruins are at the head of every way, and your elevation I have made in every broad way, and I was not like a prostitute to accept gifts.
[EZK.16.32] The adulterous woman will take strangers in place of her husband.
[EZK.16.33] To all prostitutes, they will give gifts, and you gave your gifts to all your lovers, and you prostrated yourself before them to come to you from all sides through your promiscuity.
[EZK.16.34] And it came to pass in you an overturning from among the women in your adulteries, and after you, no one committed adultery, and in giving gifts, and gifts were not given to you, and you became an overturning.
[EZK.16.35] Therefore, hear, prostitute, the word of Yahveh.
[EZK.16.36] Thus says my Lord Yahveh: Because you poured out your bronze and revealed your nakedness in your adulteries toward your lovers and toward all the abominable idols, and like the blood of your children which you gave to them.
[EZK.16.37] Therefore, behold, I am gathering all your lovers for whom you acted as surety, and all those whom you loved, over all those whom you hated. And I will gather them around you, and I will reveal your nakedness to them, and they will see all your nakedness.
[EZK.16.38] And I will judge you with the judgments of adulterers and shedders of blood, and I will give to you blood of wrath and jealousy.
[EZK.16.39] And I will give you into their hand, and they will destroy your strength, and your heights will be broken. And they will strip you of your clothes, and they will take your ornaments of splendor, and they will leave you naked and bare.
[EZK.16.40] And the community will bring accusations against you, and they will stone you with stones, and they will pierce you with their swords.
[EZK.16.41] And they will burn your houses with fire, and they will do judgments to you before the eyes of many women, and I will silence you from whoring, and also the gift you will not give anymore.
[EZK.16.42] And I will set my wrath in you, and my jealousy will depart from you. And I will be quiet, and I will not be angry anymore.
[EZK.16.43] Because I did not remember the days of your youth, and you were angry at me in all these things, and also I allowed your ways to come upon your head, says my Lord Yahveh, and I did not do the plan concerning all your abominations.
[EZK.16.44] Behold, all the ruling ones over you will rule, to say, like a mother her daughter.
[EZK.16.45] Your mother, you revile her husband and her sons, and your sister’s sister, you, whose people and sons have been reviled. Your mother is a Hittite, and your father an Amorite.
[EZK.16.46] And your greater sister is Samaria, she and her daughters, dwelling on your left; and your smaller sister than you, dwelling on your right, is Sodom and her daughters.
[EZK.16.47] And I did not walk in their ways, nor did I do their abominations. Almost a small thing, and I destroyed from them in all your ways.
[EZK.16.48] I live, says my Lord Yahveh, if Sodom, your sister, has not done as you have done, and her daughters as your daughters.
[EZK.16.49] Behold, this was the iniquity of Sodom, your sister: pride, fullness of food, and complacent tranquility were hers, and to her daughters; and she did not strengthen the hand of the poor and the needy.
[EZK.16.50] And they grew arrogant and they made an abomination before me, and I removed them as I saw.
[EZK.16.51] And Samaria, as half the measure of your sins, has not sinned, and you have increased your abominations from there, and you have justified your sister in all your abominations, in the things that you have done.
[EZK.16.52] Also you, carry your shame that you pleaded for your sister in your sins that you abhorred from them; they will be justified from you. And also you, be ashamed and carry your shame in the righteousness of your sisters.
[EZK.16.53] And I will return the captivity of them, the captivity of Sodom and its daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and its daughters, and the captivity of your captives within them.
[EZK.16.54] So that you may bear your shame and you are ashamed from all that you have done with your comfort towards them.
[EZK.16.55] And your sisters, Sodom and its daughters, will return to their former state, and Samaria and its daughters will return to their former state, and you and your daughters will return to your former state.
[EZK.16.56] And Sodom, your sister, was not for a report in your mouth in the day of your pride.
[EZK.16.57] Before your wickedness is revealed, it is like the dishonor of the daughters of Aram and all those around them, and like the daughters of Philistia who hate you from all sides.
[EZK.16.58] You have carried your schemes and your abominations, declares Yahveh.
[EZK.16.59] For thus says my Lord Yahveh, and I will do to you as I have done: as you have despised the gods to break the covenant.
[EZK.16.60] And I will remember my covenant with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish for you an eternal covenant.
[EZK.16.61] And you will remember your ways, and you will be ashamed in taking your sisters, the greater ones from you, to the smaller ones from you, and I will give them to you as daughters, and not from your agreement.
[EZK.16.62] And I will establish my covenant with you, and you will know that I am Yahveh.
[EZK.16.63] So that you may remember and be ashamed, and no longer have an opening of the mouth before your shame. I will provide atonement for you for all that you have done, says my Lord Yahveh.
EZK.17
[EZK.17.1] And it happened, the word of Yahveh came to me to say.
[EZK.17.2] A son of humankind presents this riddle and a parable to the house of Israel.
[EZK.17.3] And you shall say, ‘Thus says my Lord Yahveh: The great eagle, great of wings, long of feather, full of plumage, whose embroidery is [with it], came to Lebanon and took the crown of the cedar.’
[EZK.17.4] And he cut off the top of its shoots and brought it to the land of Canaan, in a city of merchants he placed it.
[EZK.17.5] And he took seed from the land and placed it in a field of seed. Cause it to sprout upon abundant waters, it sprouted.
[EZK.17.6] And it sprouted, and it became a vine, spreading, low in stature, with its tendrils turning towards him, and its roots will be beneath it. And it became a vine, and it made clusters, and it sent out blossoms.
[EZK.17.7] And there was one large eagle, very large of wing, and abundant in plumage. And behold, this vine bent its roots upon it, and sent its branches to it to water it from the beds of its planting.
[EZK.17.8] God, to a good field, God, to abundant water, she is planted to make a branch and to bear fruit, to be a glorious vine.
[EZK.17.9] Say this: Thus says my Lord Yahveh, it will not prosper. Shall it not uproot its roots and wither its fruit, and dry up all the fat of its growth, so that it withers? It will not be by great planting and with a numerous people to lift it up from its roots.
[EZK.17.10] And behold, a plant – will it thrive? Surely, when the east wind touches it, it will dry up and wither upon its beds of growth it will dry up.
[EZK.17.11] And it happened, the word of Yahveh came to me to say.
[EZK.17.12] Please speak to the rebellious house, do you not know what these are? Say, behold, the king of Babel has come to Jerusalem and has taken its king and its officials and has brought them to him in Babel.
[EZK.17.13] And he took from the seed of the kingdom, and he cut with him a covenant, and he brought him in an oath, and the strong ones of the land he took.
[EZK.17.14] It is to be a kingdom that is low, not to be exalted, to keep his covenant, to endure.
[EZK.17.15] And they rebelled against Him, to send His messengers to Egypt to give to Him horses and a great people. Will it succeed? Will the one doing these things escape, and break a covenant and flee?
[EZK.17.16] “Truly, I live,” declares my Lord Yahveh, “if not in the place of the king who reigns him, who has despised his gods, and who has broken his covenant with him, he will die within Babylon.”
[EZK.17.17] And not by great force and by a numerous assembly will Pharaoh accomplish it in war, by pouring forth a mound and by building a fortification, to destroy many lives.
[EZK.17.18] And this one has despised God and broken covenant, and behold, they have given their power, and all these things they have done, they will not escape.
[EZK.17.19] Therefore, thus says my Lord Yahveh, I live: if not I will bring about that which was despised and my covenant which was broken, and I will place it on his head.
[EZK.17.20] And I will spread my net over him, and he will be caught in my trap, and I will bring him to Babylon and I will judge him there for the transgression that he transgressed against me.
[EZK.17.21] And every place of refuge on all sides will fall by the sword, and the remaining ones will be scattered to every wind. And you will know that I, Yahveh, have spoken.
[EZK.17.22] Thus says my Lord Yahveh: And I will take from the top of the high cedar a tender shoot, and I will pluck from its uppermost branches a soft shoot, and I will plant it on a high and prominent mountain.
[EZK.17.23] On the high mountain of Israel, I will plant it, and it will put forth a branch and yield fruit, and it will become a magnificent cedar. All birds, all winged creatures, will dwell under it, they will make their home in the shade of its branches.
[EZK.17.24] And all the trees of the field will know that I, Yahveh, have humbled the high tree, I have exalted the low tree, I have dried the lush tree, and I have caused the dry tree to flourish. I, Yahveh, have spoken, and I will do it.
EZK.18
[EZK.18.1] And it happened, the word of Yahveh came to me to say.
[EZK.18.2] What do you mean by repeating this proverb throughout the land of Israel, saying, "The fathers eat sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge?"
[EZK.18.3] I live, says my Lord Yahveh, if this parable will still be spoken among you in Israel.
[EZK.18.4] Behold, all the souls are to me they are, as the soul of the father and as the soul of the son to me they are. The soul that sins, it will die.
[EZK.18.5] And a man, if he is righteous and does judgment and righteousness.
[EZK.18.6] God did not partake of the mountains, and his eyes did not look upon the idols of the house of Israel. And he did not defile the wife of his neighbor, and he did not approach a woman in her state of ritual impurity.
[EZK.18.7] And no man shall oppress his neighbor with damage; he will return debt, he will not steal. He will give his bread to the hungry, and cover the naked with a garment.
[EZK.18.8] The Gods will not accept a thing of value, nor will the Gods accept increase. From injustice the Gods will return a hand, and true justice the Gods will do between a person and a person.
[EZK.18.9] In my statutes, you shall walk, and my judgements you shall keep to do truth. Righteous is He; He will live, He will continue to live, says my Lord Yahveh.
[EZK.18.10] And she birthed a son, a wild one shedding blood, and he made a brother from one of these.
[EZK.18.11] And he did not do all these things, for he even consumed towards the mountains, and defiled the wife of his companion.
[EZK.18.12] The afflicted and the impoverished are deceived; they steal plunder, and do not restore what was taken. And to the idols they lift their eyes, they have done an abomination.
[EZK.18.13] If a male gives himself to another male as one does to a woman, both of them have done an abomination. They have taken what is not theirs and shall not live. They shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.
[EZK.18.14] And behold, a son was born, and he saw all the sins his father had done. He perceived them and did not do as a priest would do.
[EZK.18.15] He did not eat upon the mountains, and his eyes did not gaze upon the idols of the house of Israel. He did not defile the wife of his fellow.
[EZK.18.16] And a person did not act deceitfully, did not do harm, and did not steal. He gave his sustenance to the hungry and covered the naked with clothing.
[EZK.18.17] From affliction, he returned his hand, he did not take interest or usury. He did my judgements and walked in my statutes. He will not die for the iniquity of his father; he will live.
[EZK.18.18] His father, because he practiced oppression, committed robbery, robbed his brother, and did that which was not good among his people. And behold, he died in his sin.
[EZK.18.19] And you will say, why should the son bear the wrongdoing of the father? The son practices justice and righteousness, doing all of my decrees, keeping them, and he shall live.
[EZK.18.20] The soul that sins, it will die. A son will not bear the guilt of the father, and a father will not bear the guilt of the son. The righteousness of the righteous will be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked will be upon him.
[EZK.18.21] And the wicked one, if he turns from all his sins that he has done and keeps all the statutes of the Gods and does justice and righteousness, he will live; he will not die.
[EZK.18.22] All of his transgressions that he did will not be remembered for him. In his righteousness that he did, he will live.
[EZK.18.23] Does it please me that the wicked die, declares my Lord Yahveh? Is it not so that life comes when one turns from their ways and lives?
[EZK.18.24] And when a righteous one turns from their righteousness and does wrong, like all the abominations that the wicked do, they will live. But none of the righteous deeds they did will be remembered because of the transgression they committed and the sin they sinned in it, and they will die.
[EZK.18.25] And you will say, "The way of my Lord is not right." Listen, house of Israel, is not My way right? Surely your ways are not right.
[EZK.18.26] When a righteous one turns from his righteousness and does wrong, and dies because of it, then he will die in his wrong which he did.
[EZK.18.27] And when the wicked one returns from the wickedness that they did, and they do justice and righteousness, the Gods will let their soul live.
[EZK.18.28] And he saw and turned back from all his transgressions which he had done. His life he shall live; he shall not die.
[EZK.18.29] And the house of Israel will say, "The way of my Lord is not possible. My ways are not possible for the house of Israel. Is it not so that your ways are not possible?"
[EZK.18.30] Therefore, I will judge each of you according to your ways, house of Israel, declares my Lord Yahveh. Turn, and return from all your transgressions, and sin will not be a stumbling block for you.
[EZK.18.31] Cast away from upon yourselves all your transgressions that you transgressed in them, and make for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. And why should you die, house of Israel?
[EZK.18.32] For I do not desire the death of the dying one, declares my Lord Yahveh, and they should return and live.
EZK.19
[EZK.19.1] And you, carry a lament to the leaders of Israel.
[EZK.19.2] And you will say, "What is your mother to a lion, lying down among young lions? She multiplied her cubs within the villages."
[EZK.19.3] And one of her cubs came up; it was a lion cub, and it learned to tear prey. A human it ate.
[EZK.19.4] And nations heard to him while he was defeated and captured, and they brought him in chains to the land of Egypt.
[EZK.19.5] And she saw that disinherited, her hope was lost, and she took one from her cubs, a lion cub she set him.
[EZK.19.6] And he walked among lions as a young lion was, and he learned to tear flesh, a human being he ate.
[EZK.19.7] And He knew His desolations, and their cities He ruined, and the land became a wasteland, and its fullness from the sound of His roaring.
[EZK.19.8] And the nations placed themselves around him from the countries, and they spread their net in their corruption, and he was seized.
[EZK.19.9] And they put out his eyes and bound him with chains, and they brought him to the king of Babylon. They brought him into the strongholds, so that his voice should not be heard again among the mountains of Israel.
[EZK.19.10] Your mother is like a vine planted by water, fruitful and branching, she was from abundant waters.
[EZK.19.11] There became for him supports of strength toward the clans of rulers, and his stature grew high above his peers. He was seen in his height, in the abundance of his humble origins.
[EZK.19.12] And it was crushed in anger to the earth, it was cast down, and the wind of the east dried up its fruit. Its branches were broken and became dry, the staff of its strength, fire consumed it.
[EZK.19.13] And now, the planted one is in the wilderness, in a land of dryness and thirst.
[EZK.19.14] And fire came forth from the staff of badiah; its fruit it consumed, and there was not in it a staff of strength, a scepter for ruling. It is a lament, and it became a lament.
EZK.20
[EZK.20.1] And it happened in the seventh year, on the fifth of the tenth month, that men from the elders of Israel came to inquire of Yahveh, and they sat before Him.
[EZK.20.2] And it happened, the word of Yahveh came to me to say.
[EZK.20.3] Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel and say to them, thus says my Lord Yahveh: Are you coming to inquire of me? As I live, if I am inquired of for you, says my Lord Yahveh.
[EZK.20.4] Will the Gods judge them? Will a human being judge the abominations of their fathers? They will be informed of those abominations.
[EZK.20.5] And you shall say to them, 'Thus says my Lord Yahveh, 'In the day that I chose Israel and raised my hand to the offspring of the house of Jacob, and made myself known to them in the land of Egypt, and I raised my hand to them, saying, 'I am Yahveh, the Gods, your God.''
[EZK.20.6] On that day, I raised My hand to them, to bring them out of the land of Egypt to the land that I have searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey. It is a beauty to all the lands.
[EZK.20.7] And I said to them, each man, cast away the abominations of your eyes, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt. I am Yahveh, your Gods.
[EZK.20.8] They rebelled against me and refused to listen to me; no one cast away the abominations that they beheld, nor did they abandon the idols of Egypt. And I said, "I will pour out my wrath upon them, to consume my anger within them, in the land of Egypt."
[EZK.20.9] And I acted for the sake of my name, so that I would not profane it in the eyes of the nations among whom they are, so that I would be known to them in their eyes, to bring them out of the land of Egypt.
[EZK.20.10] And I brought them out from the land of Egypt, and I brought them to the wilderness.
[EZK.20.11] And I gave to them my laws, and my judgements I made known to them, that the human does them and lives in them.
[EZK.20.12] And also, I gave My Sabbaths to them, to be as a sign between Me and between them, to know that I, Yahveh, am the One sanctifying them.
[EZK.20.13] They rebelled against me, the house of Israel, in the wilderness, they did not walk in my statutes, and they rejected my judgments, the things a person does and lives by them. They also greatly profaned my Sabbaths. And I said, I will pour out my wrath upon them in the wilderness to destroy them.
[EZK.20.14] And I will make it for the sake of my name, so that not I would let the nations profane it before their eyes, whom I brought out.
[EZK.20.15] And also, I raised my hand against them in the wilderness, so as not to bring them to the land which I gave, a land flowing with milk and honey. It is beautiful among all lands.
[EZK.20.16] Because they have refused my judgments and have not walked in my laws, and they have profaned my Sabbaths, their hearts go after their idols.
[EZK.20.17] And my eyes had compassion on them from their ruin, and I did not make them finished in the wilderness.
[EZK.20.18] And I said to their sons in the wilderness, do not walk in the ways of your ancestors, and do not keep their judgments. And do not defile yourselves with their idols.
[EZK.20.19] I, Yahveh, the Gods of you, go in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them.
[EZK.20.20] And you shall sanctify my Sabbaths, and they shall be a sign between me and you, to know that I am Yahveh, your Gods.
[EZK.20.21] And the sons rebelled against me. They did not walk in my statutes, nor did they keep my judgments to do them, the same that if a man does them, he will live in them. They profaned my Sabbaths. And I said to pour out my wrath upon them to destroy my anger in them in the wilderness.
[EZK.20.22] I will turn back my hand, and I will do it for the sake of my name, so as not to profane it before the eyes of the nations whom I brought out before their eyes.
[EZK.20.23] Also, I have raised my hand to them in the wilderness, to scatter them among the nations, and to sow them in the lands.
[EZK.20.24] Because they did not do my judgments and refused my statutes, and profaned my Sabbaths, their eyes were after the idols of their fathers.
[EZK.20.25] And also I gave to them laws not good, and judgments not that they will live by them.
[EZK.20.26] And I defiled them with their gifts, by causing to pass all firstborn males, so that I might make them guilty, so that they might know that I am Yahveh.
[EZK.20.27] Therefore, speak to the house of Israel, son of man, and you shall say to them, thus says my Lord Yahveh: still this, they insulted me, your ancestors, with their images, they were unfaithful to me.
[EZK.20.28] And I brought them to the land which I swore with my hand to give to them, and they saw every high hill and every thick tree, and they sacrificed there their sacrifices and gave there their anger as offerings, and they placed there the pleasing smell of their offerings, and they poured out there their libations.
[EZK.20.29] And I said to them, "What is the raised place that you are coming to there?" And its name was called ‘raised place’ until this day.
[EZK.20.30] Therefore say to the house of Israel, thus says my Lord Yahveh: You are defiled by the way of your ancestors, and you commit adultery after their abominations.
[EZK.20.31] And in presenting your offerings, when you pass your children through the fire, you defile yourselves for all your idols until this day, and I will seek you out, house of Israel. I live, declares my Lord Yahveh, if I do not seek you out.
[EZK.20.32] And the ascent upon your spirit will not be, that which you say, 'we will be like the nations, like the families of the lands, to serve wood and stone.'
[EZK.20.33] I live, says my Lord Yahveh, if not by a strong hand and a stretched-out arm and with wrath poured out, I will reign over you.
[EZK.20.34] And I will bring you out from the peoples, and I will gather you from the lands where you were scattered among them, with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and with poured out fury.
[EZK.20.35] And I will bring you to a desert of peoples, and I will judge with you there, face to face.
[EZK.20.36] As I judged your ancestors in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will judge with you, says my Lord Yahveh.
[EZK.20.37] And I will pass you all under the rod, and I will bring you all in the tradition of the covenant.
[EZK.20.38] I will curse those who rebel against me and those who transgress against me, removing them from their land and bringing them out. They shall not enter the land of Israel, and you will know that I am Yahveh.
[EZK.20.39] And you, house of Israel, thus says my Lord Yahveh: each person, go and serve your idols. And afterward, if you do not listen to me, do not profane my holy name any longer with your gifts and your idols.
[EZK.20.40] For on the holy mountain, on the high mountain of Israel, says my Lord Yahveh, there all the house of Israel will serve me, all of it, in the land. There I will accept your contributions and the firstfruits of your produce from all your holy things.
[EZK.20.41] I desire a pleasing fragrance from you, in taking you from the peoples, and I will gather you from the lands where you were scattered in them, and I will sanctify myself in you before the eyes of the nations.
[EZK.20.42] And you will know that I, Yahveh, am the one who brings you to the land of Israel, to the land which I raised My hand to give to your ancestors.
[EZK.20.43] And you will remember there your ways and all your dealings that you were defiled in them, and you will mark before you in all your evils that you did.
[EZK.20.44] And you will know that I am Yahveh in doing with you for the sake of my name, not like your ways the evil ones, and like your plots the corrupted ones, house of Israel, declares my Lord Yahveh.
EZK.21
[EZK.21.1] And it happened, the word of Yahveh came to me to say.
[EZK.21.2] Son of man, set your face towards the direction of the south, and cast to the south, and prophesy to the forest of the field of the south.
[EZK.21.3] And you shall say to the forest of the Negev, hear the word of Yahveh: thus says my Lord Yahveh, behold, I will kindle a fire within you, and it shall consume all green trees and all dry trees. It will not be extinguished; the flame will blaze, and all faces from south to north will be scorched.
[EZK.21.4] And all flesh will see that I, Yahveh, have burned it, and it will not be extinguished.
[EZK.21.5] And I said, "Alas, my Lord Yahveh, they are saying to me, 'Is it not that he uses parables?'"
[EZK.21.6] And it happened, the word of Yahveh came to me to say.
[EZK.21.7] Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem and proclaim against the sanctuaries, and prophesy against the land of Israel.
[EZK.21.8] And you shall say to the land of Israel, thus says Yahveh: Behold, I am with you, and I will draw my sword from its scabbard, and I will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked.
[EZK.21.9] Because that I have known from you the righteous and the wicked, therefore my sword will go out from its sheath to all flesh from the south to the north.
[EZK.21.10] And all flesh will know that I, Yahveh, have brought forth my sword from its sheath; it will not return again.
[EZK.21.11] And you, son of man, will groan with a broken waist and with bitterness before their eyes.
[EZK.21.12] And it will be, when they say to you, “Why are you lamenting?” then you will say, “Because of a hearing that it comes, and every heart will melt, and every hand will become weak, and every spirit will be faint, and every knee will flow waters. Behold, it comes, and it will be – the declaration of my Lord Yahveh.”
[EZK.21.13] And it happened, the word of Yahveh came to me to say.
[EZK.21.14] Son of man, prophesy and say, thus says my Lord: Say, "The sword, the sword is sharpened, and also polished."
[EZK.21.15] For the purpose of carrying out a slaughter, a single slaughter, for the sake of there being a flash of moisture, or a lifting up of a rod of offspring, a refusal of every tree.
[EZK.21.16] And he gave it to Martha to grasp in the hand. She had sharpened the sword, and she was prepared to give it into the hand of the executioner.
[EZK.21.17] Cry out and boast, son of man, for it was among my people. It was among all the leaders of Israel. The dwelling place of God's sword was against my people, therefore, prepare yourself.
[EZK.21.18] For a tester exists, and what if, even a rod of correction is not present? Thus says my Lord, Yahveh.
[EZK.21.19] And you, son of man, prophesy and clap hands together, and let the sword be doubled – a third sword. It is the sword of the slain, yes, the great sword of the slain that penetrates them.
[EZK.21.20] For the purpose of causing hearts to mourn and many obstacles before all their gates I have set a sword of destruction. A brother made for a flash, a small amount for slaughter.
[EZK.21.21] Unite yourself with me, set and lean on me. To me are your faces appointed.
[EZK.21.22] And also I will strike hand to hand, and I will rest my wrath. I, Yahveh, have spoken.
[EZK.21.23] And it happened, the word of Yahveh came to me to say.
[EZK.21.24] And you, human being, set for yourself two paths for the sword of the king of Babel to come forth from one land. Two will go forth, and a hand will be raised at the head of the path to the city of Bare'a.
[EZK.21.25] A path is set for a sword to come against Rabbah of the people of Ammon, and against Judah in Jerusalem under siege.
[EZK.21.26] For the king of Babylon stood at the mother of the way, at the head of the two roads, to practice divination. He cast lots with arrows, asked of the teraphim, and saw in the liver.
[EZK.21.27] In his right hand was the weakening of Jerusalem, to establish breaches, to open a mouth for slaughter, to raise a voice with shouting, to establish breaches upon the gates, to pour out a mound for building a ramp.
[EZK.21.28] And it will be to them like a false enchantment in their eyes, oaths, oaths to them, and He remembers iniquity to punish.
[EZK.21.29] Therefore, thus says my Lord Yahveh: Because you remember your iniquity, revealing your transgressions in all your schemes, because you remember, you will be seized by the hand.
[EZK.21.30] And you are a profaned wicked one, prince of Israel, whose day has come in the time of iniquity's end.
[EZK.21.31] Thus says my Lord Yahveh: I will remove the headdress and bring down the crown. This is not that. I will lower the low and raise up the high.
[EZK.21.32] Strength, strength, strength I will place it. Even this was not, until he comes to whom belongs the judgment, and I will give it.
[EZK.21.33] And you, son of man, prophesy and say, thus says my Lord Yahveh to the children of Ammon, and concerning their reproach. And say, "A sword, a sword is drawn for slaughter, sharpened for the killing, in order to flash!"
[EZK.21.34] In visions to you is falsehood, by divination to you is falsehood, to give you to the necks of slain wicked ones, whose day comes in a time of iniquity, an end.
[EZK.21.35] The returning is to Ta’arah, in the place where you were created, in the land of my canals I will judge you.
[EZK.21.36] And I will pour out my wrath upon you in the fire of my fury. I will breathe my anger upon you, and I will give you into the hand of rough men, craftsmen of destruction.
[EZK.21.37] For fire will be for consuming, your blood will be within the land. You will not remember, for I, Yahveh, have spoken.
EZK.22
[EZK.22.1] And it happened, the word of Yahveh came to me to say.
[EZK.22.2] And you, son of man, will you judge? Will you judge the city of blood, and you will declare to it all of its abominations?
[EZK.22.3] And you shall say, thus says my Lord Yahveh: A city that sheds blood within itself – its time has come! And they shall make idols upon it to defile it.
[EZK.22.4] In your blood which you shed, guilt exists, and in your idols which you made, defilement exists. You shortened your days and came to your years. Therefore, I have given you as a reproach to the nations and a derision to all the lands.
[EZK.22.5] Those who are near and those who are far from you will be dishonored because of the profanation of the Name, and there will be great turmoil.
[EZK.22.6] Behold, the leaders of Israel, each with his own seed were with you, in order to shed blood.
[EZK.22.7] Your ancestors dishonored you by mistreating the stranger, and oppression was done among you. The orphan and the widow were exploited by you.
[EZK.22.8] My holiness you have despised, and my Sabbaths you have profaned.
[EZK.22.9] People who spread gossip were within you for the sake of bloodshed, and to the Gods on the mountains they consumed wickedness they made within you.
[EZK.22.10] The nakedness of your father was revealed in you. The uncleanness of the menstrual flow has afflicted you.
[EZK.22.11] And a man did an abomination with the wife of his fellow. And a man defiled his daughter-in-law with impurity. And a man afflicted you by doing with his sister, daughter of his father.
[EZK.22.12] They took a bribe from you in order to shed blood; you took interest and excessive profit, and you exploited your neighbors through oppression, and you forgot me, declares my Lord Yahveh.
[EZK.22.13] And behold, I have struck with my hand toward your excess which you made, and upon your blood which were within you.
[EZK.22.14] Will your heart stand firm if your hands grow strong during the days that I am making you? I am Yahveh, I have spoken, and I will do it.
[EZK.22.15] And I will scatter you among the nations, and I will scatter you in the lands. And I will remove your filth from you.
[EZK.22.16] You will inherit in you before the eyes of nations, and you will know that I am Yahveh.
[EZK.22.17] And it happened, the word of Yahveh came to me to say.
[EZK.22.18] The sons of man have been to me the house of Israel, as a mixture. All of them are copper and tin and iron and lead within a furnace. Impurities, they have been silver.
[EZK.22.19] Therefore, thus says my Lord Yahveh: Because all of you are refuse, therefore I will gather you into Jerusalem.
[EZK.22.20] A gathering of silver and copper and iron and lead and tin, into a furnace, to blow upon it with fire, for refining. Thus, I will gather you in my anger and in my wrath, and I will melt and refine you.
[EZK.22.21] And I will gather you, and I will breathe upon you with the fire of my creation, and you will be melted within it.
[EZK.22.22] Just as silver is melted in a furnace, so will you be melted within it. And you will know that I, Yahveh, have poured out my wrath upon you.
[EZK.22.23] And it happened, the word of Yahveh came to me to say.
[EZK.22.24] Son of man, say to her, "You are land that is not pure. Her body will not be manifested in the day of wrath."
[EZK.22.25] The binding of her prophets is within her, like a roaring lion tearing prey. They have devoured people, and they will take strength and honor. Her widows have increased within her.
[EZK.22.26] Her priests violated my law and profaned my holinesses. They did not distinguish between holy and common, and they did not make known the difference between the unclean and the pure. They hid their eyes from my Sabbaths, and I profaned myself within them.
[EZK.22.27] Her leaders are within her like wolves tearing prey, to shed blood, to destroy souls, for the sake of gain, gain.
[EZK.22.28] Their prophets have devised delusions for them, seers have seen false visions, and diviners have spoken to them falsehoods, saying, 'Thus says my Lord Yahveh,' yet Yahveh did not speak.
[EZK.22.29] The people of the land practice oppression, and they steal stealing. They deceive the poor and the needy, and they oppress the stranger without justice.
[EZK.22.30] And I sought from them a man, a wall-builder, and standing in the breach before me, for the sake of the land, so that it might not be corrupted, and I did not find.
[EZK.22.31] And I poured out my wrath upon them with the fire of my burning, I destroyed them. Their path I placed upon their heads, declaration of my Lord Yahveh.
EZK.23
[EZK.23.1] And it happened, the word of Yahveh came to me to say.
[EZK.23.2] A son of man had two women who were daughters of one mother.
[EZK.23.3] And they committed adultery in Egypt, committing adultery in their youth. There their breasts were crushed, and there they made the breasts of virgins.
[EZK.23.4] Their names were the Great Tent and my Heart is with Him, her sister, and they became mine, and they bore sons and daughters. Their names were Samaria is the Tent and Jerusalem is my Heart.
[EZK.23.5] And she committed adultery under me, and she strayed toward her lovers, toward Assyria, becoming close.
[EZK.23.6] Those dressed in blue, officers and dignitaries, handsome young men, all of them, are horsemen riding horses.
[EZK.23.7] And it gave its sexual immorality to them, choosing the best of the young men of Assyria, all of them, and in all that it delighted in, in all its idols it became defiled.
[EZK.23.8] And she did not abandon her unfaithfulness from Egypt, for they lay with her in her youth, and they made the breasts of her virginity, and they poured their unfaithfulness upon her.
[EZK.23.9] Therefore, I gave her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the people of Assyria, because they delighted in her.
[EZK.23.10] They uncovered her nakedness, and they took her sons and her daughters, and they killed her with the sword. And there became a name for women, and judgments they made upon her.
[EZK.23.11] And her sister Aholibah saw, and she corrupted her youthful passion from her, and her licentiousness from the licentiousness of her sister.
[EZK.23.12] To the sons of Ashur, a display of officials and deputies, close to the garments of wealth, horsemen, riders of horses, young men of desire, all of them.
[EZK.23.13] And I saw that one path had become defiled for both of them.
[EZK.23.14] And she added to her unfaithfulness, and she saw men of a circumcised people on the wall, images of Chaldeans carved in plaster.
[EZK.23.15] They wore girdles around their waists and caps on their heads, their appearance was like the people of Babylon and the Chaldeans, the land of their birth.
[EZK.23.16] And she reacted to them at the sight of her, and she sent messengers to them like the Chaldeans.
[EZK.23.17] And the sons of Babylon came to her for relations with lovers, and they defiled her with their immorality. And she became defiled by them, and her soul loathed them.
[EZK.23.18] And her adultery was revealed, and she revealed her nakedness. And my soul was pierced because of her, as my soul was pierced because of her sister.
[EZK.23.19] And she increased her unfaithfulness, to remember the days of her youth, when she was unfaithful in the land of Egypt.
[EZK.23.20] And the Gods were displeased with their concubines, that their flesh was like the flesh of donkeys, and their seed like the seed of horses.
[EZK.23.21] You remember the form of your youth, by doing deeds in Egypt, your breasts, for the sake of the breasts of your youth.
[EZK.23.22] Therefore, my tent, thus says my Lord Yahveh: Behold, I will stir up your lovers against you, those who have struck your soul from them, and I will bring them against you from all around.
[EZK.23.23] The sons of Babel and all the Chaldeans, Pekod and Shua and Koa, all the sons of Assyria with them, chosen young men of desire, commanders and officers, all of them, thirds and callers, horse riders, all of them.
[EZK.23.24] And forces of chariots and wheels and an assembly of peoples, a spear and a shield and bindings, they will place around you on all sides. And I will give before them judgment, and they will judge you according to their judgments.
[EZK.23.25] And I will put my passion in you, and they will make you in wrath, your nose and your ears will be removed, and your latter end will fall by the sword. They are your sons, and your daughters will be taken, and your latter end will be eaten in fire.
[EZK.23.26] And they will strip you of your garments, and they will take the ornaments of your glory.
[EZK.23.27] I will stop your plans from you, and your infidelity from the land of Egypt, and you will not lift your eyes towards them, and Egypt you will not remember anymore.
[EZK.23.28] For thus says my Lord Yahveh: Behold, I am giving you into the hand of those you hated, into the hand of those who have afflicted your soul from them.
[EZK.23.29] And they will make you hated and take all of your labor and leave you naked and bare, and the nakedness of your adulteries and your immoralities and your adulteries will be revealed.
[EZK.23.30] These things have been done to you because of your spiritual adulteries after nations, on account of your having been defiled with their idols.
[EZK.23.31] In the way of your sister you have walked, and I have given her cup into your hand.
[EZK.23.32] Thus says my Lord Yahveh, you will drink from the cup of your sister. It will be deep and wide, becoming a source of much laughter and scorn, being very large to contain it.
[EZK.23.33] Intoxication and sorrow shall fill your cup, desolation and emptiness, the cup of your sister Samaria.
[EZK.23.34] You will drink, and you will find, and I will scatter your craftsmen, and I will break your breasts. For I have spoken, declares my Lord Yahveh.
[EZK.23.35] Therefore thus says my Lord Yahveh: Because you have forgotten me and you have cast me behind your back, and also you have carried your purpose and your adulteries.
[EZK.23.36] And Yahveh said to me, "Son of man, will you judge Aholah and Aholibah, and declare their abominations to them?"
[EZK.23.37] For they have committed adultery, and there is blood on their hands, and they have committed adultery with their carved images. And even their children, whom they bore to me, they have passed through the fire for food.
[EZK.23.38] Still this they have done to me: they have defiled my sanctuary on that day, and they have profaned my Sabbaths.
[EZK.23.39] And when they slaughtered their sons to their idols, they came to my sanctuary on that day to defile it. And behold, thus they did within my house.
[EZK.23.40] And also, when you send to the men who are coming from afar, to whom a messenger is sent, and behold, they have come to where you have washed and darkened your eyes and adorned yourself with jewelry.
[EZK.23.41] And you shall sit upon a glorious bed, and a prepared table before her. And I will offer incense and my fat I have put upon her.
[EZK.23.42] And the sound of a multitude was within it, and men from many people were brought, returning from the wilderness. And they gave bracelets to their hands and a crown of splendor upon their heads.
[EZK.23.43] And I said to Bala, "Now adulteries will commit its adultery, and it will be so."
[EZK.23.44] And He entered to her as one enters to a woman prostitute. Thus entered the Gods to Ahalah and to Ahilivah, wives of unfaithfulness.
[EZK.23.45] And righteous men will judge them, the judgment of adulteresses and the judgment of shedders of blood, for they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.
[EZK.23.46] For thus says my Lord Yahveh: Bring up an assembly upon them, and give them to terror and to plunder.
[EZK.23.47] And the community will stone them with stones, and they will destroy their bodies with their swords, their sons and their daughters they will kill, and their houses with fire they will burn.
[EZK.23.48] And I will cause wickedness to cease from the land, and all the women will be afflicted, and they will not do according to your plans.
[EZK.23.49] They will direct their schemes against you, and you will bear the sins of your idols, and you will know that I am my Lord Yahveh.
EZK.24
[EZK.24.1] And the word of Yahveh came to me in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth of the month, saying.
[EZK.24.2] Son of man, write for yourself the name of this day, the substance of this day. The king of Babylon set against Jerusalem on the substance of this very day.
[EZK.24.3] And present a parable to the house of the rebellious, and say to them, thus says my Lord Yahveh: "Scour the pot, scour it, and also pour water into it."
[EZK.24.4] Gather her pieces to her, all good portion, thigh and shoulder, choice of bones, full.
[EZK.24.5] The choice of the flock is taken, and also a generation of bones under it. It boils, its boiling, also its bones are cooked within it.
[EZK.24.6] Therefore, thus says my Lord Yahveh: Alas, city of bloodsheds, a pot in which its filth is, and its filth has not departed from within it. To its pieces, to its pieces she has brought forth; no lot has fallen upon her.
[EZK.24.7] For within it was blood, upon the smooth rock she placed it. She did not pour it upon the earth to cover it with dust.
[EZK.24.8] To bring about wrath, to avenge vengeance, I have given the blood upon a smooth rock, so that it not be covered.
[EZK.24.9] Therefore, thus says my Lord Yahveh: Woe to the city of bloodshed! Even I will make great the pyre.
[EZK.24.10] Many of the trees ignite the fire, they burn the fat, the meat, and the stewmaker makes the stew, and the bones will burn.
[EZK.24.11] And set it upon the hot coals, empty, so that it may be consumed and its bronze may burn, and its impurity may melt within it; its affliction shall be completed.
[EZK.24.12] Figs, ruined, and from it no abundance of ruin will go forth, in the fire of its ruin.
[EZK.24.13] In your uncleanness is wickedness, because I have purified you, and you have not purified yourselves from your uncleanness. You will not be purified again until I lay aside my wrath upon you.
[EZK.24.14] I, Yahveh, have spoken, and I will perform it. I will not retract, nor will I relent, and I will not change my mind. You will be judged according to your ways and according to your schemes. Thus says my Lord Yahveh.
[EZK.24.15] And it happened, the word of Yahveh came to me to say.
[EZK.24.16] Son of man, behold, I am taking from you the desire of your eyes by means of a plague. And you shall not lament, and you shall not weep, and your tear shall not come forth.
[EZK.24.17] Lament, be silent for the dead. Do not make mourning. Bind your glory upon yourself, and place your sandals upon your feet. And do not wander to their lips, and do not eat the bread of people.
[EZK.24.18] And I spoke to the people in the morning, and my wife died in the evening, and I did in the morning as Yahveh had commanded me.
[EZK.24.19] And the people said to me, "Is it not that you will tell us what these are to us, because you are doing [them]?"
[EZK.24.20] And I said to them, "The word of Yahveh was to me to say."
[EZK.24.21] Say to the house of Israel, thus says my Lord Yahveh: Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your strength, the delight of your eyes, and the desire of your souls. And your sons and your daughters, which you have forsaken, will fall by the sword.
[EZK.24.22] And you will do as I have done upon their lip, you shall not eat, and bread of men you shall not eat.
[EZK.24.23] And you will not place adornments upon your heads, and sandals upon your feet, you will not lament, and you will not weep. Your fading will be because of your iniquities, and you will groan, each man to his brother.
[EZK.24.24] And it will be that Ezekiel will be to you as a sign, like all that he does, you will do. In her coming, you will know that I am my Lord Yahveh.
[EZK.24.25] And you, son of man, is it not in the day that I took from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and the burden of their soul – their sons and their daughters?
[EZK.24.26] In that day, the survivor will come to you to report to your ears.
[EZK.24.27] On that day, your mouth will be opened to speak what was escaped, and you will speak and not remain silent any longer. And you will be to them a wonder, and they will know that I am Yahveh.
EZK.25
[EZK.25.1] And it happened, the word of Yahveh came to me to say.
[EZK.25.2] Son of man, set your face toward the sons of Ammon and you shall prophesy against them.
[EZK.25.3] And you shall say to the children of Ammon, "Hear the word of my Lord Yahveh. Thus says my Lord Yahveh: Because you have said, 'Aha, against my sanctuary!' because it is profaned, and against the land of Israel because it is desolate, and against the house of Judah because they have gone into exile..."
[EZK.25.4] Therefore, behold, I will give you to the children of the east as an inheritance, and they will dwell in your cities and place their dwellings in you. They will eat your fruit, and they will drink your milk.
[EZK.25.5] And I will give Rabbah as a resting place for camels and the people of Ammon as a resting place for sheep, and you will know that I am Yahveh.
[EZK.25.6] For thus says my Lord Yahveh: because your hand struck and you stamped with your foot, and you rejoice in all your destruction in your soul toward the land of Israel.
[EZK.25.7] Therefore, behold, I have set my hand upon you, and I will give you as plunder to the nations, and I will cut you off from the peoples, and I will destroy you from the lands. I will destroy you, and you will know that I am Yahveh.
[EZK.25.8] Thus says my Lord Yahveh, because Moab and Se'ir have said, "Behold, the house of Judah is like all the nations."
[EZK.25.9] Therefore, behold, here I am, I will open the shoulder of Moab from the cities, from its cities, from its end. A gazelle is the land of the house of desolation, Baal Meon and Kiryataim.
[EZK.25.10] To the sons of Qedem, over the sons of Ammon, and I will give it as an inheritance, so that the sons of Ammon will not be remembered among the nations.
[EZK.25.11] And in Moab I will make judgments, and they will know that I am Yahveh.
[EZK.25.12] Thus says my Lord Yahveh, because Edom acted in taking revenge, in vengeance against the house of Judah, and they have incurred guilt, and they have taken revenge upon them.
[EZK.25.13] Therefore, thus says my Lord Yahveh: I will place my hand upon Edom, and I will destroy from it man and livestock, and I will make it a ruin from Teman, and its villages shall fall by the sword.
[EZK.25.14] And I will give my vengeance on Edom by the hand of my people Israel, and they will do to Edom according to my anger and my fury, and they will know my vengeance, declares my Lord Yahveh.
[EZK.25.15] Thus says my Lord Yahveh: Because the Philistines acted in revenge, and they took vengeance with intense hatred towards the soul, for the purpose of destroying eternal enmity.
[EZK.25.16] Therefore, thus says my Lord Yahveh: Behold, I am stretching out my hand against the Philistines, and I will destroy Crete, and I will eliminate the remnant of the coastline.
[EZK.25.17] And I will do great vengeances upon them in rebukes of wrath, and they will know that I am Yahveh when I put my vengeance in them.
EZK.26
[EZK.26.1] And it happened in the twelfth year, on the first of the month, that the word of Yahveh came to me, saying:
[EZK.26.2] Son of Man, because the Rock has spoken concerning Jerusalem, woe! The doors of the peoples have been lifted up to me, filled with ruin.
[EZK.26.3] Therefore, this is what my Lord Yahveh says: Behold, I am coming against you, Tyre, and I will bring many nations against you, like bringing up the sea to its waves.
[EZK.26.4] And you will corrupt the walls of Tyre and destroy its towers, and I will sweep its dust from it, and I will give it as a bare rock.
[EZK.26.5] A flattened surface of abominations will be in the midst of the sea, for I have spoken, declaration of my Lord Yahveh, and it will become plunder for the nations.
[EZK.26.6] And her daughters, who are in the field, were killed with the sword, and they will know that I am Yahveh.
[EZK.26.7] For thus says my Lord Yahveh, behold, I am bringing against Tyre Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babel, from the north. He is a king of kings, coming with horses and chariots and horsemen, and a great assembly and a numerous people.
[EZK.26.8] Your daughters will be killed in the field with the sword, and a precise blow will be given upon you, and a rampart will be poured out upon you, and a fortification will be raised up against you.
[EZK.26.9] The living will accept the giving of destruction in your walls, and your towers he will shatter with his swords.
[EZK.26.10] The abundance of their horses will cover you with dust. From the sound of horsemen and the wheel and chariot, your walls will tremble when he comes through your gates, like the entrances of a breached city.
[EZK.26.11] With the dashing of his horses, he will trample all your streets. Your people he will kill with the sword, and the fortresses of your strength to the ground will descend.
[EZK.26.12] And they will plunder your strength and pillage your possessions, and they will destroy your walls, and they will shatter your desired houses. And your stones and your trees and your dust they will place within the waters.
[EZK.26.13] And I will cause to cease the abundance of your songs, and the sound of your harps will not be heard anymore.
[EZK.26.14] I will make you a withered rock, a smooth surface of devoted things. You will not be rebuilt ever, for I, Yahveh, have spoken. This is the declaration of my Lord, Yahveh.
[EZK.26.15] Thus says my Lord Yahveh to Tyre: Is it not from the sound of your fall that the islands will tremble, destroyed by slaying and slaying within you?
[EZK.26.16] They will descend from their thrones, all the princes of the sea, and they will remove their robes and strip off their embroidered garments. They will wear trembling and sit upon the earth, and they will be afraid for moments, and they will be silent upon you.
[EZK.26.17] And they shall lift up a lament upon you, and they shall say to you, "How have you perished, you who were inhabited by the sea, the city renowned, which was strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, who gave their terror to all her inhabitants."
[EZK.26.18] Now the islands will tremble on the day of your downfall, and the islands that are in the sea will panic from your appearing.
[EZK.26.19] For thus says my Lord Yahveh, I have set you as a ruined city, like cities that are not inhabited. In bringing up the deep against you, and covering you with the many waters.
[EZK.26.20] And I will bring you down with those descending into the pit to an eternal people, and I will settle you in a land of lower parts, like ruins from of old, with those descending into the pit, so that you will not dwell. And I will give beauty in the land of the living.
[EZK.26.21] Wasted places will you be, and you will not be. And you will be sought, but you will not find again forever, declares my Lord Yahveh.
EZK.27
[EZK.27.1] And it happened, the word of Yahveh came to me to say.
[EZK.27.2] And you, son of man, raise a lament over Tyre.
[EZK.27.3] And you shall say to Tyre, the one sitting at the entrances of the sea, trader of the peoples to many islands, thus says my Lord Yahveh, Tyre, you have said, 'I am complete in beauty!'
[EZK.27.4] After many days, your boundaries are established. Your builders have completed your beauty.
[EZK.27.5] They built for you with pine trees from Senir, and they took cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.
[EZK.27.6] Oaks from Bashan they made from your timbers, your boards they made of durable cypress wood from the islands of Kittim.
[EZK.27.7] Fine linen with embroidery came from Egypt and was to be your covering, to be a standard. Blue dye and purple dye from the islands of Elisha were your covering.
[EZK.27.8] The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were traders for you. Your wise men were masons for you. They were your shipwrights.
[EZK.27.9] The elders of Gebal and its wise ones were in you, holders of your trade. All the ships of the sea and their sailors were in you for the trading of your regions.
[EZK.27.10] Paras, Lud, and Put were in your strength, men of your warfare. Shield and helmet you adorned yourself with; they gave your splendor.
[EZK.27.11] The sons of Arvad, and your forces were around your walls all around, and the Gamadites were in your towers. Their signs they hung around your walls all around. They have marred your beauty.
[EZK.27.12] Tarshish, your merchant, gave your gifts in exchange for the abundance of all wealth, with silver, iron, tin, and lead.
[EZK.27.13] The Greeks, Tubal, and Meshech, they are your merchants, trading in human beings and bronze vessels, they gave to your west.
[EZK.27.14] From the house of Togarmah, they gave your gifts: horses and horsemen and mules.
[EZK.27.15] The descendants of Dan are your traders, many ivory goods from your hands, ivory horns and ebony; they brought back your payment.
[EZK.27.16] Aram, your trader, gave from the abundance of your works, with your wares: purple dye and embroidery, fine linen and figured work, and spices, they gave with your possessions.
[EZK.27.17] Judah and the land of Israel, they are your traders in wheat, spelt, aromatic wine, honey, oil, and balm. They gave these to the west.
[EZK.27.18] Damascus trades with an abundance of your products, from the abundance of all wealth, with the wine of Chelbon and fine wool.
[EZK.27.19] And Dan and Yavvan were destitute, having given to your possessions iron for making idols and cane which was in your west.
[EZK.27.20] The merchants of Dedan trade in garments of luxury for transport.
[EZK.27.21] Dedan and all the chiefs of Qedar, they are the traders with your people, with young cattle and rams and goats. Your traders are with them.
[EZK.27.22] The traders of Sheba and Raamah, they are your traders, in the head of all spice and in all precious stone and gold they gave your possessions.
[EZK.27.23] Harân and Channeh and Eden, the traders of Sheba, Assyria, Kilmad, your merchants.
[EZK.27.24] They are your traders with coverings, in bundles of blue and embroidery, and in treasures of brocade, with ropes bound and packed in your merchandise.
[EZK.27.25] The ships of Tarshish are your merchants from the west, and they became full and very heavy with the heart of the seas.
[EZK.27.26] In many waters they brought you, the carriers brought you; the wind of the east breaks you in the heart of days.
[EZK.27.27] Your possessions and your substance, your tents, your ambassadors and your cords, those who uphold your sides and the ravens over your tents, and all the people of your warfare who are in you and all the assembly who are within you, they will fall into the heart of the seas in the day of your ruin.
[EZK.27.28] At the sound of the outcry of your afflicted ones, places will tremble.
[EZK.27.29] And they will descend from their ships, all those who grasp oars, sailors, all those who handle the ropes of the sea, to the land they will stand.
[EZK.27.30] And they will proclaim upon you with their voices, and they will cry out bitterness, and they will raise dust upon their heads, in ashes they will wallow.
[EZK.27.31] And they will make themselves bald to you, and they will girdle sackcloth, and they will weep to you with bitterness of soul, a bitter lament.
[EZK.27.32] And they will carry your sons as a lament to the Gods, and they will wail over you. Who is like a rock, like Doo-mah, in the midst of the sea?
[EZK.27.33] When your wealth departed from the waters, you satisfied many peoples with the abundance of your possessions, and you enriched the kings of the land with your western territories.
[EZK.27.34] When it broke from waters, in the depths of waters, your decline and all your assembly within it fell.
[EZK.27.35] All the inhabitants of the islands were devastated because of you, and their kings became agitated, darkening their faces.
[EZK.27.36] Merchants among the peoples lamented over you, for you have become ruin and you are not forever.
EZK.28
[EZK.28.1] And it happened, the word of Yahveh came to me to say.
[EZK.28.2] Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, thus says my Lord Yahveh: Because your heart has grown proud, and you have said, ‘I am God, I sit in the seat of the gods in the heart of the seas,’ yet you are a man and not God, your heart has become like the heart of the Gods.
[EZK.28.3] See, you are wise, from Daniel, all hidden things have not been obscured to you.
[EZK.28.4] In your wisdom and in your understanding, you have made for yourself wealth, and you have made gold and silver in your treasures.
[EZK.28.5] In the abundance of your wisdom, in your riches you have multiplied your strength, and your heart became proud in your strength.
[EZK.28.6] Therefore, thus says my Lord Yahveh: because you have made your heart like the heart of the Gods.
[EZK.28.7] Therefore, behold, here I am bringing upon you strangers, oppressors of nations, and they will unsheathe their swords upon the beauty of your wisdom, and they will defile your splendor.
[EZK.28.8] They will bring you down to destruction, and you will die by the wounds of the slain, in the heart of the seas.
[EZK.28.9] Say, "I am the Gods before your slayer," and you are a human, not a God, in the hand of those who profane you.
[EZK.28.10] The deaths of the uncircumcised will come by the hand of foreigners, for I have spoken, says my Lord Yahveh.
[EZK.28.11] And it happened, the word of Yahveh came to me to say.
[EZK.28.12] Son of man, raise a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and say to him, thus says my Lord Yahveh: You are a seal of skill, full of wisdom, and complete in beauty.
[EZK.28.13] In Eden’s garden of the Gods, you were, with every precious stone adorning you: ruby, topaz, and diamond; turquoise, emerald, and jasper; sapphire, amethyst, agate, and gold. The workmanship of your settings and your hollows were within you, prepared on the day you were created.
[EZK.28.14] You, cherub, being anointed as the covering, and I will place you on the holy mountain. You were among stones of fire, you walked.
[EZK.28.15] Complete are you in your ways from the day of your creation until wrongdoing is found in you.
[EZK.28.16] In your abundance, your inner self was filled with violence, and you sinned. Therefore, I profaned you from the mountain of the Gods and destroyed you like a covered cherub among stones of fire.
[EZK.28.17] Your heart became high in your beauty, you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor. To the earth I have cast you, before kings I have given you to be seen by them.
[EZK.28.18] Because of the multitude of your sins and the wickedness of your dealings, you have profaned my sanctuaries. And I will bring forth fire from within you; it will consume you, and I will give you to ashes upon the earth before the eyes of all who see you.
[EZK.28.19] All those knowing you among the peoples were desolate concerning you, in wasting you were, and you are no more forever.
[EZK.28.20] And it happened, the word of Yahveh came to me to say.
[EZK.28.21] Son of man, set your face toward Sidon and prophesy against her.
[EZK.28.22] And you shall say, ‘Thus says my Lord Yahveh, behold, I am against you Sidon, and I will be glorified within you, and they will know that I am Yahveh in my doing of judgments upon her and I will be sanctified in her.’
[EZK.28.23] And I will send plague and blood upon it, in its streets, and the slain will fall within it, and the sword will be around it, and they will know that I, Yahveh, am the one who does this.
[EZK.28.24] And there will no longer be for the house of Israel a thorn causing pain and a thorn inflicting injury from all around them, those who hate them; and they will know that I am my Lord Yahveh.
[EZK.28.25] Thus says my Lord Yahveh, when I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they were scattered, and I will be sanctified in them in the eyes of the nations, and they will dwell on their land which I gave to my servant Jacob.
[EZK.28.26] And they will dwell there securely, and they will build houses and plant vineyards, and they will dwell securely while I enact justice among all the lands surrounding them, and they will know that I am Yahveh, the Gods, their Gods.
EZK.29
[EZK.29.1] In the tenth year, in the tenth, of the twelfth of the month, the word of Yahveh was to me to say.
[EZK.29.2] Son of man, set your face upon Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and prophesy upon him, and upon all of Egypt.
[EZK.29.3] Speak and say this: thus says my Lord Yahveh, behold, I am against you, Pharaoh, king of Egypt, the dragon, the great one, who lies in the midst of your rivers, who said to me, "My river, and I have made it."
[EZK.29.4] And I will give lives in your lives, and I will attach the fish of your river to your scales. And I will bring you up from within your river, and all the fish of your river to your scales will attach.
[EZK.29.5] And I will forsake you, the desert, you and all the fish of your rivers upon the face of the field will fall. You will not be gathered, and you will not be collected for the beasts of the earth and to the birds of the sky I have given you for eating.
[EZK.29.6] And all those dwelling in Egypt will know that I am Yahveh, because they became a support of a broken reed for the house of Israel.
[EZK.29.7] When they grasp at you with your hand, you will run, and you will split for them every shoulder. And when they lean upon you, you will break, and you will establish for them every loin.
[EZK.29.8] Therefore, thus says my Lord Yahveh: behold, I am bringing a sword upon you, and I will destroy mankind and livestock from you.
[EZK.29.9] And the land of Egypt will become a wasteland and a ruin, and they will know that I am Yahveh, because the river said to me, and I did what I said I would.
[EZK.29.10] Therefore, behold, I am to you and to your rivers, and I will give the land of Egypt to ruins of desolation, a waste, from Migdol Syene and to the border of Cush.
[EZK.29.11] No human foot shall pass through it, and no animal foot shall pass through it, and no one shall dwell in it for forty years.
[EZK.29.12] And I will give the land of Egypt to be desolate within lands of the departed, and its cities within cities in ruins will be desolate for forty years. And I will scatter Egypt among the nations, and I will scatter them in the lands.
[EZK.29.13] For thus says my Lord Yahveh, at the end of forty years I will gather Egypt from the peoples that were scattered there.
[EZK.29.14] And I will return the captivity of Egypt, and I will bring them back to the land of Pathros upon the land of their selling. And they will be there a humbled kingdom.
[EZK.29.15] From the kingdoms you will be low, and you will not be elevated again over the nations. And I have lessened them so that they do not rule among the nations.
[EZK.29.16] And there will no longer be for the house of Israel a refuge reminding of guilt when they turn to it after them, and they will know that I am my Lord Yahveh.
[EZK.29.17] And it happened in the twenty-seventh year, on the first day of the first month, that the word of Yahveh came to me, saying…
[EZK.29.18] The son of man, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, made his army perform great labor against Tyre. Every head was shaved, and every shoulder was rubbed bare. There was no wage for him or his army from Tyre, for the labor that he worked upon it.
[EZK.29.19] Therefore, thus says my Lord Yahveh: behold, I am giving the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon. He will carry its wealth, and he will plunder its spoil, and it will be a wage for his army.
[EZK.29.20] The work that he performed in it, to him I have given the land of Egypt, which they made for me, says my Lord Yahveh.
[EZK.29.21] On that day, I will cause a horn to sprout for the house of Israel, and to you I will give an opening of the mouth among them. And they will know that I am Yahveh.
EZK.30
[EZK.30.1] And it happened, the word of Yahveh came to me to say.
[EZK.30.2] Son of man, prophesy and say, thus says my Lord Yahveh: wail, ah, for the day.
[EZK.30.3] For near is the day, and near is the day to Yahveh. It is a day of clouds, a time when nations will be.
[EZK.30.4] And a sword will come upon Egypt, and there will be turmoil in Cush when a slain one falls in Egypt, and its multitude will take, and its foundations will be ruined.
[EZK.30.5] Ethiopia and Put and Lud and all the mixed peoples and Koov and the children of the land of the covenant will fall with them by the sword.
[EZK.30.6] Thus says Yahveh: and the supporters of Egypt will fall, and the pride of its strength will descend from the tower of Seneh. By the sword they will fall within it, declares my Lord Yahveh.
[EZK.30.7] And the lands among souls will be, and their cities among ruined places they will be.
[EZK.30.8] And they will know that I am Yahveh, in that I brought fire upon Egypt and all of its helpers were broken.
[EZK.30.9] On that day, messengers will go out from before the Gods, terrifying and causing a panic in Kush. A dread will be among them on the day of Egypt, for behold, it is coming.
[EZK.30.10] Thus says my Lord Yahveh, and I will subdue the multitude of Egypt by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon.
[EZK.30.11] It and its people are with mighty ones of nations, brought to corrupt the land, and they will unsheathe their swords against Egypt, and they will fill the land with ruin.
[EZK.30.12] And I will give rivers to be desolate, and I will sell the land into the hand of the wicked. And I will destroy the land and its fullness into the hand of strangers. I am Yahveh, I have spoken.
[EZK.30.13] Thus says my Lord Yahveh, and the Gods will destroy idols and will put an end to false gods from Memphis, and no prince from the land of Egypt will remain. And the Gods will place fear in the land of Egypt.
[EZK.30.14] And I will destroy Petros, and I will give fire to Tzoan, and I will make judgments in Noa.
[EZK.30.15] And I have poured out my wrath upon Sin, the stronghold of Egypt, and I will destroy the multitude of No.
[EZK.30.16] And I will give fire to Egypt, sand will devour its waters, a reed will wither, and a marsh will not split open, and the vegetation of its enemies will become withered in the day.
[EZK.30.17] Young men of wickedness and a mouth of falsehood will fall with the sword, and they will go into captivity.
[EZK.30.18] And in concealing yourself, today you have broken the supports of Egypt, and pride has been taken captive in her, her strength has failed. She is a cloud covering her, and her daughters will go into captivity.
[EZK.30.19] And I will perform judgments in Egypt, and they will know that I am Yahveh.
[EZK.30.20] And it happened in the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day of the month, that the word of Yahveh came to me, saying…
[EZK.30.21] The son of man has broken the arm of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and behold, it is not bound to give healing, to put a bandage to bind it, to strengthen it, to grasp a sword.
[EZK.30.22] Therefore, thus says my Lord Yahveh: Behold, I am to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and I will break his arms, both the strong and the broken, and I will cause the sword to fall from his hand.
[EZK.30.23] And I will scatter Egypt among the nations, and I will sow them in lands.
[EZK.30.24] And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and I will give my sword into his hand, and I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and groaning sounds of the wounded will be before him.
[EZK.30.25] And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh will fall. And they will know that I, Yahveh, am the one who gave my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will turn it toward the land of Egypt.
[EZK.30.26] I will scatter Egypt among the nations, and I will disperse them throughout the lands. And they will know that I am Yahveh.
EZK.31
[EZK.31.1] And it happened in the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first day of the month, that the word of Yahveh came to me, saying…
[EZK.31.2] Son of man, say to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and to his multitude: To whom have you likened yourself in your greatness?
[EZK.31.3] Behold, Assyria is like a cedar in Lebanon, beautiful of branch, and its shade is lush and its height is tall. Its crown was among the thick branches.
[EZK.31.4] Waters nurtured it, the deep elevated it. Its rivers walk around its planting, and its canals it sent to all trees of the field.
[EZK.31.5] Therefore, its height was greater than all trees of the field, and its branches multiplied, and its shoots lengthened because of sending out many waters.
[EZK.31.6] In the branches of it, all birds of the heavens nest, and under the fruit of it, all creatures of the field give birth, and in its shadow, all many nations dwell.
[EZK.31.7] It grew in its greatness, in the length of its branches, for its root was to many waters.
[EZK.31.8] Cedar trees did not equal it in the garden of the Gods, cypress trees did not resemble its branches, and almond trees were not like its fruit. Every tree in the garden of the Gods did not equal it in its beauty.
[EZK.31.9] Beautiful I made it, in abundance of its glories, and all the trees of Eden envied it, which was in the garden of the Gods.
[EZK.31.10] Therefore, thus says my Lord Yahveh: Because you have become proud in stature, and He gave its crown among the thick branches, and your heart became proud in your pride.
[EZK.31.11] And I will give him into the hand of a god of the nations. They will do to him according to his wickedness. I will drive him out.
[EZK.31.12] And foreigners, the powerful of nations, cut him down and scattered him to the mountains, and throughout all valleys his places of breaking fell, and his strongholds were shattered throughout all the streams of the land, and all peoples of the land descended from his shade, and he was scattered.
[EZK.31.13] On its falling, all the birds of the heavens will reside, and to his splendor, all the beasts of the field became.
[EZK.31.14] For the purpose that not should become haughty in their stature all trees of water, and not should give their crowns among the clouds, and not should stand to them in their height all drinkers of water, because all of them are given to death to an underworld land within sons of humanity to those descending to a pit.
[EZK.31.15] Thus says my Lord Yahveh, in the day of his descent to Sheol, I lamented and I covered over him the abyss, and I restrained its rivers, and many waters were finished. And I darkened over him Lebanon, and all the trees of the field over him were overcome with gloom.
[EZK.31.16] From the sound of his collapse, I shook the nations, when I brought him down to Sheol, to those descending into the pit. And they rested in the lower land, all the trees of Eden, chosen and good, all who drink water from Lebanon.
[EZK.31.17] Also they will descend with him to the grave, to the hollows of the sword, and his arm will dwell in his shadow among nations.
[EZK.31.18] To whom have you likened yourself in honor and in greatness among the trees of Eden? And you brought down the trees of Eden to a land below, among lowly people to lie among the slain by the sword. He is Pharaoh and all his multitude, says my Lord Yahveh.
EZK.32
[EZK.32.1] And it happened in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first day of the month, that the word of Yahveh came to me, saying:
[EZK.32.2] Son of man, raise a lament over Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and say to him: You have become like a young lion of the nations, and you are like sea monsters in the seas. You have thrust at your rivers, you have troubled the waters with your feet, and you have crushed their rivers.
[EZK.32.3] Thus says my Lord Yahveh: I will spread my net upon you in the assembly of many peoples, and I will bring you up with fervor.
[EZK.32.4] And I will cast you off in the land, on the face of the field I will throw you. And I will settle upon you all the birds of the heavens, and I will satisfy from you the beasts of all the land.
[EZK.32.5] And I will give your flesh upon the mountains, and I will fill the valleys with your corpses.
[EZK.32.6] And I will water your desert with your blood, to the mountains, and the valleys will be filled from you.
[EZK.32.7] And I will cover the heavens with your clouds, and I will darken their stars. The sun I will cover with a cloud, and the moon will not shine its light.
[EZK.32.8] I will dim all lights of light in the heavens upon you, and I will put darkness upon your land, declares my Lord Yahveh.
[EZK.32.9] And I have angered the heart of many nations by bringing the breaking of my people amongst the nations, upon lands they did not know.
[EZK.32.10] And I will lay waste upon you many nations and their kings will be afraid of you like a storm; with the mouth of my sword upon their faces, and they will tremble for moments, each man for his soul, in the day of your fall.
[EZK.32.11] For thus my Lord Yahveh said, "The sword of the king of Babel will come to you."
[EZK.32.12] By swords of strong ones, I will cause your multitude to fall, oppressors of nations, all of them. And they will plunder the pride of Egypt, and all its multitude will be destroyed.
[EZK.32.13] And I will destroy all of her livestock from upon many waters, and the foot of man will not tread again, and the hooves of livestock will not tread.
[EZK.32.14] Then I will irrigate their waters, and their rivers will be like fresh oil, declares my Lord Yahveh.
[EZK.32.15] When I made the land of Egypt desolate, and emptied the land that was full of inhabitants by striking down all who lived in it, they will know that I am Yahveh.
[EZK.32.16] Lamentation it is, and they shall lament her, the daughters of the nations shall mend her for Egypt and for all her multitude they shall mend her, says my Lord Yahveh.
[EZK.32.17] And it happened in the twelfth year, on the fifteenth of the month, that the word of Yahveh came to me, saying.
[EZK.32.18] A son of man will roar over the multitude of Egypt and bring him down, her, and the daughters of nations, mighty ones, to the land of the depths, those who descend into the pit.
[EZK.32.19] From me comes pleasantness, to tread and to lay the uncircumcised ones.
[EZK.32.20] They will fall in the midst of spaces of swords. A sword is given, draw it, and all of its multitude.
[EZK.32.21] The Gods spoke to him, mighty ones from within the underworld, about their helpers. They descended and lay down among the uncircumcised, slain by the sword.
[EZK.32.22] There Ashur and all its people, its surroundings are their graves, all of them slain, those who fall by the sword.
[EZK.32.23] Whose graves are located in the sides of a pit, and whose company was around her burial, all of them corpses fallen by the sword, which the Hittites gave in the land of the living.
[EZK.32.24] There is Elam and all its multitude surrounding its burial place, all of them slain, those falling by the sword, who descended uncircumcised into the lower lands, who gave their confidence in the land of the living, and they carry their shame with those descending into the pit.
[EZK.32.25] Among the slain they laid a bed for her, within all her multitude, her surroundings are their graves. All of them are uncircumcised, pierced by the sword, for their appointed place was given to them in the land of the living, and they who descended into the pit bore their shame among the slain.
[EZK.32.26] There lies Meshek, Tubal, and all their multitude, around them are their graves; all of them are uncircumcised, slain by the sword, for they gave their corpses to the land of the living.
[EZK.32.27] And they will not lie with heroes, fallen with the uncircumcised, who descended into Sheol with their instruments of war, and they placed their swords beneath their heads, and their iniquities were upon their bones, for heroes are cut down in the land of the living.
[EZK.32.28] And you, within uncircumcised ones, you will be broken and you will lie with the slain of the sword.
[EZK.32.29] There, Edom's king and all their princes, who gave with their strength the slain by the sword, they will lie among the uncircumcised and those who descend into the pit.
[EZK.32.30] There the princes of the north, all of them, and all the Sidonians who descended with the slain, in their disgrace, from their might were ashamed, and lay uncircumcised among the slain of the sword, and they carried their shame with those who descend into the pit.
[EZK.32.31] Pharaoh will see them, and he will regret it over all the multitude, the slain by the sword of Pharaoh and all his army, says my Lord Yahveh.
[EZK.32.32] For I have given the bodies to the land of life, and laid them among the uncircumcised, the corpses of the sword of Pharaoh and all his multitude, says my Lord Yahveh.
EZK.33
[EZK.33.1] And it happened, the word of Yahveh came to me to say.
[EZK.33.2] Son of man, speak to the children of your people and say to them: "Land, for I will bring a sword upon it. And the people of the land will take one man from their borders, and they will give him to them as a watchman."
[EZK.33.3] And he saw the sword coming upon the land, and he struck the shofar and warned the people.
[EZK.33.4] And the listener will hear the sound of the shofar, and if he does not take care, a sword will come and take him. His blood will be on his own head.
[EZK.33.5] The sound of the trumpet he heard, and he did not pay attention. His blood will be upon him. But he who pays attention to his soul will escape.
[EZK.33.6] And the watchman, if he sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet, and the people are not warned, and the sword comes and takes a life from among them, he is taken because of his sin, and I will require his blood at the hand of the watchman.
[EZK.33.7] And you, son of man, I have appointed you as a watchman for the house of Israel, and you will hear a word from my mouth, and you will warn them from me.
[EZK.33.8] In my saying to the wicked, "the wicked will die", and you did not speak to warn the wicked from his way, he, the wicked, will die in his wickedness, and his blood I will require from your hand.
[EZK.33.9] And you, because you warned the wicked person from their way to turn back from it, and they did not turn back from their way, they will die in their wickedness. And you have saved your own life.
[EZK.33.10] And you, son of man, say to the house of Israel: 'Thus you have said, saying that our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and in them we waste away. How then shall we live?'
[EZK.33.11] Say to them, "I live," declares my Lord Yahveh, "if I do not desire the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn from their ways and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways, and why should you die, house of Israel?"
[EZK.33.12] And you, son of man, say to the children of your people: The righteousness of the righteous will not rescue them in the day of their transgression, and the wickedness of the wicked will not cause them to fail on the day they return from wickedness. And the righteous one will not be able to live through the day of their sin.
[EZK.33.13] When I say to the righteous one, "He will live," but he trusts in his righteousness and does evil, all his righteous deeds will not be remembered, and in his evil that he did, in it he will die.
[EZK.33.14] And in my saying to the wicked, "Death, you shall surely die," and he returns from his sin, and he does justice and righteousness.
[EZK.33.15] The rope will return to the wicked, he will repay theft. He walked in the laws of life, not to do iniquity. His life he shall live, he shall not die.
[EZK.33.16] All of his sins that he sinned will not be remembered to him. Justice and righteousness he did, his life he will live.
[EZK.33.17] And the sons of your people will say, "The way of my Lord is not possible, and their way is not possible."
[EZK.33.18] If a righteous one turns from his righteousness and does wrong, and dies in it.
[EZK.33.19] And in returning the wicked one from his wickedness, and doing justice and righteousness, upon them he will live.
[EZK.33.20] And you will say, it is not possible that the way of my Lord is unjust; a person according to his ways, I will judge you, house of Israel.
[EZK.33.21] And it happened in the twelfth year, on the fifth of the tenth month, during our exile, that a refugee from Jerusalem came to me saying, "The city has been struck."
[EZK.33.22] And the hand of Yahveh was with me in the evening, before the refugee arrived, and Yahveh opened my mouth until morning. And Yahveh opened my mouth, and I was no longer silent.
[EZK.33.23] And it happened, the word of Yahveh came to me to say.
[EZK.33.24] The son of man, the inhabitants of these ruins in the land of Israel are saying, saying: “Abraham was one, and he inherited the land. But we are many, to us the land was given as an inheritance.”
[EZK.33.25] Therefore say to them, thus says my Lord Yahveh: About the blood you will eat, and your eyes you will lift to your idols, and blood you will spill, and the land will be desolate.
[EZK.33.26] You have persisted upon your sword; you have done an abomination, and a man has defiled his neighbor's wife, and the land will be desolate.
[EZK.33.27] Thus say to them: Thus says my Lord Yahveh, as I live: If not by the sword they fall, and those on the face of the field I have given to the wild animals to eat; and those in the strongholds and in the caves will die of plague.
[EZK.33.28] And I will give the land to be desolate and a desolation, and the pride of its strength will be broken, and the mountains of Israel will be desolate from lack of a passerby.
[EZK.33.29] And they will know that I am Yahveh by giving the land to be desolate and empty because of all the abominations that they have done.
[EZK.33.30] And you, son of man, the sons of your people are speaking of you near the walls and in the doorways of the houses, and one speaks to another, a person to his brother, saying, “Come now and hear what the word is that comes from Yahveh.”
[EZK.33.31] And they will come to you like the coming of a people and they will sit before you, my people, and they will hear your words, and they will not do them. For vanities are in their mouths – they do them after their greed; their heart goes after it.
[EZK.33.32] And you are to them like a song of wonders, beautiful of voice and good at playing, and they will hear your words, but they will not do them.
[EZK.33.33] And in her coming, behold, she comes, and they will know that a prophet was among them.
EZK.34
[EZK.34.1] And it happened, the word of Yahveh came to me to say.
[EZK.34.2] Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and say to them, ‘Shepherds, thus says my Lord Yahveh: ‘Woe to the shepherds of Israel, who have been tending them! Do not the shepherds tend the flock?’
[EZK.34.3] You shall eat the fat and you shall wear the wool. You shall sacrifice the livestock, but you shall not graze the sheep.
[EZK.34.4] You did not strengthen the possessions, and you did not heal the sick, and you did not bind up the injured, and you did not return those who were driven out, and you did not seek the lost. Instead, you descended upon them with force and with hard labor.
[EZK.34.5] And they were scattered without a shepherd, and they became food for all beasts of the field, and they were scattered.
[EZK.34.6] My flock has strayed on all the mountains and on every high hill, and over all the face of the earth my flock has been scattered, and there is no one who seeks and no one who searches.
[EZK.34.7] Therefore, shepherds, hear the word of Yahveh.
[EZK.34.8] As I live, declares my Lord Yahveh, if not because my flock was scattered and became food for every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, and my shepherds did not seek my flock, and the shepherds grazed themselves, but did not graze my flock.
[EZK.34.9] Therefore, the shepherds, hear the word of Yahveh.
[EZK.34.10] Thus says my Lord Yahveh: Behold, the Gods are against the shepherds, and I will seek out my flock from their hand and stop them from grazing the flock, and the shepherds will no longer tend them. And I will rescue my flock from their mouths, and they will no longer be food for them.
[EZK.34.11] For thus my Lord Yahveh says, "Behold, I am, and I will seek my flock and I will visit them."
[EZK.34.12] As I inspect a shepherd his flock on the day of his being among his sheep, so I will inspect my flock, and I will save them from all the places where they were scattered there on a day of cloud and mist.
[EZK.34.13] And I will bring them out from the peoples and I will gather them from the lands and I will bring them to your land and I will pasture them on the mountains of Israel, in the valleys and in all the settlements of the land.
[EZK.34.14] In a good pasture I will pasture them, and on the mountains of high Israel will be their resting place. There they will lie down in a good place, and they will graze on rich pasture towards the mountains of Israel.
[EZK.34.15] I will pasture my sheep, and I will cause them to lie down, declares my Lord Yahveh.
[EZK.34.16] The lost one I will seek, and the wandering one I will bring back, and the broken one I will bind up, and the sick one I will strengthen. And the fat ones and the strong ones I will destroy, I will devastate the land with judgement.
[EZK.34.17] And you are my flock, thus says my Lord Yahveh: Behold, I will judge between sheep and sheep, between rams and he-goats.
[EZK.34.18] Is a little insufficient for you? Will you pasture in the good pasture, and trample the remainder of your pastures with your feet? And will you drink from the watering place of water, and trample the remaining ones with your feet?
[EZK.34.19] My flock will graze in the trampling of your feet, and they will drink in the resting place of your feet.
[EZK.34.20] Therefore thus says my Lord Yahveh to them: Behold, I am, and I will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.
[EZK.34.21] Because on the side and on the shoulder you push, and with your horns you strike all the possessions, until you scatter them to the outside.
[EZK.34.22] And I will save my flock, and they will not be plunder anymore. And I will judge between sheep and sheep.
[EZK.34.23] And I will raise up for them one shepherd, and he will pasture them, my servant David. He will pasture them, and he will be to them for a shepherd.
[EZK.34.24] And I, Yahveh, will be to them the Gods, and my servant David will be a prince among them. I, Yahveh, have spoken.
[EZK.34.25] And I will cut a covenant of peace for them, and I will cause the evil beast to cease from the land, and they will dwell in the wilderness securely, and they will sleep in the forests.
[EZK.34.26] And I will give them as a blessing around my hill, and I will bring down the rain in its time, rains of blessing they will be.
[EZK.34.27] And the tree of the field will give its fruit, and the land will yield its harvest, and they will be secure on their land. And they will know that I am Yahveh, in my breaking of the staffs of ages, and I will deliver them from the hand of those who enslave them.
[EZK.34.28] And they will no longer be contemptible to the nations, and the beasts of the earth will not consume them. And they will dwell securely, and there will be no one to terrify them.
[EZK.34.29] And I will establish for them a plantation for a name, and there will not be anymore gatherers of hunger in the land, and they will not bear the shame of the nations anymore.
[EZK.34.30] And they will know that I, Yahveh, am the Gods with them, and they are my people, the House of Israel, declares my Lord Yahveh.
[EZK.34.31] And you are my flock, the sheep of my pasture. You are humankind. I am the Gods of you, declares my Lord Yahveh.
EZK.35
[EZK.35.1] And it happened, the word of Yahveh came to me to say.
[EZK.35.2] Son of man, set your face toward the mountain Seir, and prophesy against it.
[EZK.35.3] And you shall say to him, thus says my Lord Yahveh, behold, I am to you Mount Seir, and I will stretch out my hand upon you, and I will make you a waste and a desolation.
[EZK.35.4] I will make your cities ruins, and you will be a desolation. And you will know that I am Yahveh.
[EZK.35.5] Because of having an everlasting hatred, you stirred up the Israelites by the sword in their time of affliction, in the time of finished transgression.
[EZK.35.6] Therefore, as I live, declares my Lord Yahveh, for to blood I will do to you, and blood will pursue you. If not blood you hate, then blood will pursue you.
[EZK.35.7] And I will give the mountain Seir to desolation and desolation, and I will cut off from it one who passes and one who returns.
[EZK.35.8] And I will fill your mountains with their ruins, your hills and your valleys, and all your streams with those slain by the sword, they will fall within them.
[EZK.35.9] Desolations forever I will make, and your cities will not be inhabited. And you will know that I am Yahveh.
[EZK.35.10] Because of your saying, the two nations and the two lands will be to me, and you shall inherit them. And Yahveh was there.
[EZK.35.11] Therefore I live, says my Lord Yahveh, and I will do according to your passion and according to your zeal, that you did from your hatred of them, and I will be known in them as I judge you.
[EZK.35.12] And you will know that I, Yahveh, have heard all of your insults, which you spoke concerning the mountains of Israel, saying that they are desolate and given to us for consumption.
[EZK.35.13] You have greatly increased against me with your mouths, and you have offered against me your words. I have heard.
[EZK.35.14] Thus says my Lord Yahveh, as all the land rejoices, desolation I will make for you.
[EZK.35.15] As your joy was to the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so I will do to you. Desolate will be Mount Seir, and all of Edom, and they will know that I am Yahveh.
EZK.36
[EZK.36.1] And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say, "Mountains of Israel, hear the word of Yahveh."
[EZK.36.2] Thus says my Lord Yahveh, because the enemy said against you, "Brotherhood," and in ruins forever it was a possession to us.
[EZK.36.3] Therefore, prophesy and say, "Thus says my Lord Yahveh: Because, indeed because, devastation and a consuming wind will come upon you from all sides, to make you a possession for the remainder of the nations. And you will be the subject of lip and the slander of people."
[EZK.36.4] Therefore, mountains of Israel, listen to the word of my Lord Yahveh. Thus says my Lord Yahveh to the mountains and to the hills, to the valleys and to the ravines, to the desolate ruins and to the abandoned cities, which were for plunder and for ridicule to the remnant of the nations surrounding them.
[EZK.36.5] Therefore, thus says my Lord Yahveh: I have not spoken with the fire of my jealousy concerning the remnant of the nations and concerning Edom as a whole, who gave my land to them as an inheritance with the joy of all their heart and with hatred of soul, for the purpose of driving it for plunder.
[EZK.36.6] Therefore, prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and you shall say to the mountains and to the hills, to the valleys and to the ravines: thus says my Lord Yahveh: behold, I have spoken in my zeal and in my anger, because you have borne the reproach of nations.
[EZK.36.7] Therefore thus says my Lord Yahveh, I have lifted up my hand. If not, the nations which are around you, they will carry their shame.
[EZK.36.8] And you, mountains of Israel, will give your branches, and you will bear your fruit for my people Israel, for the coming is near.
[EZK.36.9] For behold, I am with you, and I will turn to you, and you will serve, and you will be scattered.
[EZK.36.10] And I have multiplied upon you mankind, all the house of Israel as a whole, and you will inhabit the cities, and the ruined places will be rebuilt.
[EZK.36.11] And I have increased upon you human and animal, and they will multiply and be fruitful. And I will settle you as your former settlements, and I will improve from your beginnings, and you will know that I am Yahveh.
[EZK.36.12] And I will lead people of Israel upon you, and they will inherit you, and you will be an inheritance to them, and you will not again cause them to be forgotten.
[EZK.36.13] Thus says my Lord Yahveh: because they are saying to you, 'You will devour people and destroy nations,' so you have become.
[EZK.36.14] Therefore, people, you shall not eat anymore, and your nations you shall not cause to stumble anymore, declares my Lord Yahveh.
[EZK.36.15] And I will no longer listen to the words of the nations, nor will you bear the insults of peoples anymore. And your nation will no longer fail, says my Lord Yahveh.
[EZK.36.16] And it happened, the word of Yahveh came to me to say.
[EZK.36.17] The son of man, the house of Israel, dwells on their land, and they defiled it with their ways and their deeds. Their ways were like the impurity of a menstruating woman before me.
[EZK.36.18] And I poured out my wrath upon them, because of the blood that they shed on the land, and they defiled it with their idols.
[EZK.36.19] And I scattered them among the nations, and they were scattered in the lands. I judged them according to their ways and according to their schemes.
[EZK.36.20] And he went to the nations that had come there and profaned the name of the Holy One by saying to them, "These are the people of Yahveh," and they had come out of His land.
[EZK.36.21] And I had compassion for the name of my holiness which the house of Israel profaned among the nations that went there.
[EZK.36.22] Therefore, say to the house of Israel, thus says my Lord Yahveh: It is not for your sake that I am acting, house of Israel, but for the sake of my holiness, which you have profaned among the nations where you went.
[EZK.36.23] And I have sanctified My great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst. And the nations will know that I am Yahveh, declares my Lord Yahveh, in My sanctification among you.
[EZK.36.24] And I will take you from the nations, and I will gather you from all the lands, and I will bring you to your land.
[EZK.36.25] And I will sprinkle pure water upon you, and you will be purified from all your impurities, and from all your idols I will purify you.
[EZK.36.26] And I will give you a new heart and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.
[EZK.36.27] And my spirit I will put within you, and I will do that which in my laws you walk, and my judgments you keep, and you will do them.
[EZK.36.28] And you shall dwell in the land which I have given to your fathers, and you will be to me as a people, and I will be to you as the Gods.
[EZK.36.29] And I will save you from all of your impurities, and I will call to the grain and I will increase it, and I will not give hunger to you.
[EZK.36.30] And I will increase the fruit of the tree and the yield of the field, so that you will not again take the reproach of hunger among the nations.
[EZK.36.31] You will remember your bad ways and your deeds that are not good, and you will have them engraved before you, concerning your iniquities and concerning your abominations.
[EZK.36.32] Not for your sakes do I do, declares my Lord Yahveh, that it may be known to you, be ashamed and be disgraced because of your ways, House of Israel.
[EZK.36.33] Thus says my Lord Yahveh, on the day I purify you from all your iniquities, and I will restore the cities, and the ruins will be built.
[EZK.36.34] And the land, the breath, will be worked instead of that it was desolate in the sight of every passerby.
[EZK.36.35] And they will say, "This land was like the Garden of Eden, and the cities are ruined, and the people and the destroyed places have settled into forms."
[EZK.36.36] And the nations that remain around you will know that I, Yahveh, have rebuilt the ruins and replanted the desolation. I, Yahveh, have spoken, and I will do it.
[EZK.36.37] Thus says my Lord Yahveh, still this I will inquire of the house of Israel to do for them: I will multiply them like sheep of man.
[EZK.36.38] Like sacred flocks, like the flocks of Jerusalem at their appointed times, so will the ruined cities be filled with human flocks. And they will know that I am Yahveh.
EZK.37
[EZK.37.1] The hand of Yahveh was upon me, and Yahveh carried me out by the breath of Yahveh and set me down in the midst of the valley, and it was full of bones.
[EZK.37.2] And He caused me to pass over them around and around, and behold, very many upon the face of the valley, and behold, they are very dry.
[EZK.37.3] And God said to me, "Son of man, shall these bones live?" And I said, "my Lord Yahveh, you know."
[EZK.37.4] And He said to me, "Prophesy concerning these bones, and you shall say to them, 'Hear the word of Yahveh, you dry bones!'
[EZK.37.5] Thus says my Lord Yahveh to these bones, behold, I am bringing spirit into you, and you will live.
[EZK.37.6] And I will put tendons upon you, and I will raise up flesh upon you, and I will cover you with skin, and I will put breath within you, and you will live. And you will know that I am Yahveh.
[EZK.37.7] And I prophesied as I was commanded, and there was a sound as I prophesied, and behold, a shaking, and bones approached bone to bone.
[EZK.37.8] And I saw, and behold, upon them were young goats and flesh rising like smoke, and it covered upon them a skin from above, and there was no breath within them.
[EZK.37.9] And God said to me, "Prophesy to the wind; prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, ‘Thus says my Lord Yahveh: Come, wind, from the four directions and breathe into these slain ones, and they shall live.’
[EZK.37.10] And I prophesied as I was commanded, and the spirit came into them and they lived, and they stood upon their feet, a very great force indeed.
[EZK.37.11] And he said to me, "Son of man, these bones are all the house of Israel. Behold, they say, ‘Our bones are dry, and our hope is lost. It is decreed for us.’"
[EZK.37.12] Therefore, prophesy and say to them, thus says my Lord Yahveh, behold, I am opening your graves, and I will bring you up from your graves, my people, and I will bring you to the land of Israel.
[EZK.37.13] And you will know that I am Yahveh, in opening your graves, and in bringing you up from your graves, my people.
[EZK.37.14] And I will give my spirit in you, and you will live, and I will place you on your land, and you will know that I am Yahveh. I spoke, and I did, says Yahveh.
[EZK.37.15] And it happened, the word of Yahveh came to me to say.
[EZK.37.16] And you, son of man, take for yourself one piece of wood and write upon it for Judah and for the children of Israel as companions. And take another piece of wood and write upon it for Joseph, the wood of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel as companions.
[EZK.37.17] And bring them near, one to one, to you, to a tree of one, and they will be to oneness in your hand.
[EZK.37.18] And when the sons of your people say to you, "Surely, will you not tell us what these things are to you?"
[EZK.37.19] Speak to them, thus says my Lord Yahveh: Behold, I am taking the wood of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel with it. And I will put them together with the wood of Judah, and they will become one wood in my hand.
[EZK.37.20] And the trees that you will write upon with your hand will be for their eyes.
[EZK.37.21] And speak to them, thus says my Lord Yahveh: Behold, I am taking the sons of Israel from among the nations where they have gone, and I will gather them from all around, and I will bring them to their land.
[EZK.37.22] And I will make them one nation in the land, in the mountains of Israel, and one king will be for them all, as king. And they will no longer be two nations, and they will not be divided again into two kingdoms anymore.
[EZK.37.23] And they will no longer defile themselves again with their idols, and with their abominations, and with all their transgressions. And I will save them from all the places where they have sinned, and I will purify them, and they will be to me for a people, and I will be to them for the Gods.
[EZK.37.24] And my servant David will be king over them, and one shepherd will be for all of them, and they will walk by my laws, and they will keep my statutes, and they will do them.
[EZK.37.25] And they will settle upon the land which I gave to my servant Jacob, in which your ancestors settled, and upon it they and their children and the children of their children will settle forever, and David, my servant, shall be leader for them forever.
[EZK.37.26] I will cut a covenant of peace with them, a covenant forever will be with them. And I will give them, and I will multiply them, and I will place my sanctuary within them forever.
[EZK.37.27] And it will be my dwelling upon them, and I will be to them the Gods, and they will be to me a people.
[EZK.37.28] And the nations will know that I, Yahveh, am the one who sets apart Israel, by having My sanctuary among them forever.
EZK.38
[EZK.38.1] And it happened, the word of Yahveh came to me to say.
[EZK.38.2] Son of man, set your face toward Gog, land of Magog, prince, head of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him.
[EZK.38.3] And you shall say, thus says my Lord Yahveh, behold, I am to you, Gog, prince, head of Meshech and Tubal.
[EZK.38.4] I will restore you, and I will give life into your lives, and I will bring you out, and all your force – horses and riders, clothed in complete equipment, all of them, a great assembly, with shield and with sword, all of them.
[EZK.38.5] Kush spread out, and Put with them; all of them are a shield and a helmet.
[EZK.38.6] Gog and all its surrounding areas, the house of Togarmah, the loins of the north, and all its surrounding areas, many peoples are with you.
[EZK.38.7] Prepare and make ready for yourself, you and all your assembled congregation who are with you, and you shall be for them as a guard.
[EZK.38.8] After many years, it will be accounted for. In the end of the years, it will come to a land restored from the sword, gathered from many nations, on the mountains of Israel, which have been a ruin forever, and it has been brought out from the nations, and all of them will dwell securely.
[EZK.38.9] And you shall rise like a flame, you come like a cloud to cover the land, it will be. You, and all your borders, and many peoples will be with you.
[EZK.38.10] Thus says my Lord Yahveh, and it will be in that day that things will ascend upon your heart, and you will think a bad thought.
[EZK.38.11] And you will say, "These things I will come to do upon the land of the uncircumcised. I will come against the complacent ones, the dwellers in security, all of them dwell without a wall, and they have neither bolt nor doors."
[EZK.38.12] To plunder plunder and to spoil spoil, to return your hand upon ruined settlements and to a people gathered from nations, making livestock and possessions, those who dwell upon the slopes of the land.
[EZK.38.13] Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish and all their villages will say to you, "Have you come to take plunder? Have you gathered a group to loot? To carry off silver and gold, to take livestock and property, to take great plunder?"
[EZK.38.14] Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say to Gog: Thus says my Lord Yahveh: Surely, on that day when my people Israel dwell securely, you will know.
[EZK.38.15] And you shall come from your place, from the regions of the north, you, and many peoples with you, all horsemen, a great assembly and mighty force.
[EZK.38.16] And you will come up against my people Israel like a cloud to cover the land in the latter days. And I will bring you upon my land, for the sake of the nations knowing me through my holiness in you before their eyes, Gog.
[EZK.38.17] Thus says my Lord Yahveh: Are you the one concerning whom I spoke in ancient times through the hand of my servants, the prophets of Israel, who prophesied in those days for years, to bring you against them?
[EZK.38.18] And it will be on that day, on the day that Gog comes against the land of Israel, declares my Lord Yahveh, that my wrath will rise in my anger.
[EZK.38.19] And in my jealousy, I spoke with the fire of my passion, if not on that day, there will be a great shaking upon the land of Israel.
[EZK.38.20] And they trembled before my face, the fish of the sea, and the birds of the heavens, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep on the earth, and all humankind who are on the face of the earth. And the mountains will be destroyed, and the steps will fall, and every wall to the earth will fall.
[EZK.38.21] And I will call a sword upon him, upon all the mountains, declaration of my Lord Yahveh. A sword, man against his brother will be.
[EZK.38.22] And I will contend with him by pestilence and by blood, and torrential rain and ice stones of crystal, fire and brimstone I will rain down upon him, and upon his flanks, and upon numerous peoples who are with him.
[EZK.38.23] And I will magnify Myself, and I will sanctify Myself, and I will be known before the eyes of many nations. And they will know that I am Yahveh.
EZK.39
[EZK.39.1] And you, son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, thus says my Lord Yahveh: Behold, I am turning to you, Gog, prince, chief of Meshech and Tubal.
[EZK.39.2] And I will restore you, and I will rejoice over you, and I will bring you up from the parts of the north, and I will bring you upon the mountains of Israel.
[EZK.39.3] And I will break your bow from the hand of your left, and I will cast down your arrows from the hand of your right.
[EZK.39.4] Upon the mountains of Israel you will fall, and all your surrounding forces, and the peoples who are with you. To a scavenging bird, every wing, and to the beasts of the field, I have given you as food.
[EZK.39.5] Before the field you will fall, for I have spoken, says my Lord Yahveh.
[EZK.39.6] And I will send fire upon Magog and upon the inhabitants of the islands for security, and they will know that I am Yahveh.
[EZK.39.7] And I will make known My holy name in the midst of My people Israel, and I will no longer profane My holy name anymore. And the nations will know that I, Yahveh, am holy in Israel.
[EZK.39.8] Behold, it comes and will become, says my Lord Yahveh. He is the day that I have spoken.
[EZK.39.9] And the inhabitants of the cities of Israel will go out and burn and pierce with weapon and shield, with spear, with bow and with arrows, with staff of hand and with spear, and they will burn among them fire for seven years.
[EZK.39.10] And they will not carry trees from the field, and they will not chop from the forests, for with weaponry they will burn fire, and they will plunder those who plunder them, and they will loot those who loot them. This is the declaration of my Lord Yahveh.
[EZK.39.11] And it will be on that day that I will give to Gog a place there as a grave in Israel, the valley of the passersby, before the sea, and it will block the passersby, and they will bury there Gog and all his multitude, and they will call the valley the multitude of Gog.
[EZK.39.12] And the people of Israel shall bury them, in order to purify the land for seven months.
[EZK.39.13] And all the people of the land will bury, and it will be for them as a memorial for the day of my Lord Yahveh’s glory, says my Lord Yahveh.
[EZK.39.14] And the men of permanence shall separate those who have experienced a death within the land, burying those who have experienced a death and the remaining parts upon the face of the land for purification. At the end of seven months, they shall investigate.
[EZK.39.15] And the passers-by will go through the land and see a human bone, and they will build Zion near it until those who bury him place him in the valley of the multitude of Gog.
[EZK.39.16] And also the name of the city is foundation, and they shall cleanse the land.
[EZK.39.17] And you, son of man, thus says my Lord Yahveh: say to every bird with wings and to all the animals of the field: gather yourselves and come, assemble from all around to the sacrifice that I am sacrificing to you, a great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel, and you will eat flesh and drink blood.
[EZK.39.18] You will eat the flesh of heroes and drink the blood of the princes of the land. Fat rams and goats, young bulls, the best of Bashan, all of them.
[EZK.39.19] And you consumed the fat for fullness, and you drank blood for intoxication from my altar, which I sacrificed for you.
[EZK.39.20] You will be satisfied at my Lord Yahveh's table with horse and chariot, mighty warrior and every man of war, declares my Lord Yahveh.
[EZK.39.21] And I will give my glory among the nations, and all the nations will see my judgement that I have done, and my hand that I have set upon them.
[EZK.39.22] And the house of Israel will know that I am Yahveh, their Gods, from that day and forward.
[EZK.39.23] And the nations will know that through their iniquity the house of Israel was exiled, on account of their unfaithfulness to me. And I hid my face from them and gave them into the hand of their enemies, and they all fell by the sword.
[EZK.39.24] According to their impurity and according to their transgressions, I acted towards them, and I hid my face from them.
[EZK.39.25] Therefore, thus says my Lord Yahveh: Now, I will restore the captivity of Jacob, and I will have compassion on all the house of Israel, and I will be zealous for my holy name.
[EZK.39.26] And they will carry their shame, and all their transgressions that they have transgressed against me, in their dwelling on their land confidently, and there is no one frightening.
[EZK.39.27] In my returning them from the peoples, and I will gather them from the lands of their enemies, and I will sanctify myself in them before the eyes of many nations.
[EZK.39.28] And they will know that I, Yahveh, the Gods, am their God, in that I have exiled them to the nations and gathered them upon their land, and I will not leave any of them there again.
[EZK.39.29] And I will no longer hide My face from them, because I have poured out My spirit upon the house of Israel, declares my Lord Yahveh.
EZK.40
[EZK.40.1] In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, on the New Year, on the tenth of the month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was struck, on this very day the hand of Yahveh was upon me, and he brought me there.
[EZK.40.2] In visions, the Gods brought me to the land of Israel and placed me on a mountain very high, and upon it was like the structure of a city from the south.
[EZK.40.3] And he brought me there, and behold, a man whose appearance was like bronze, with a flaxen cord in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.
[EZK.40.4] And the man spoke to me, son of man, see with your eyes and hear with your ears, and set your heart to all that I show you, for to show you things have you been brought here. Tell all that you see to the house of Israel.
[EZK.40.5] And behold, a wall was outside the building all around, and in the man’s hand was a measuring reed, six cubits by the cubit and a handbreadth, and he measured the width of the building, one reed, and the height, one reed.
[EZK.40.6] And he came to the gate whose face was toward the east, and he went up by its steps. And he measured the lintel of the gate: one reed in width, and another lintel, one reed in width.
[EZK.40.7] And the gate had one reed for length and one reed for width, and between the gates were five cubits. And the threshold of the gate was near the hall of the gate from the house, one reed.
[EZK.40.8] And he measured the portico of the gate from the house with a single reed.
[EZK.40.9] And he measured the porch of the gate, eight cubits, and its two sides were two cubits, and the porch of the gate was from the house.
[EZK.40.10] And the gates, the way of the east, three from here and three from here, one measure for their three, and one measure for the pillars from here and from there.
[EZK.40.11] And he measured the width of the opening of the gate, ten cubits. The length of the gate was thirteen cubits.
[EZK.40.12] And the boundary before the markers is one amah, and one amah is the boundary from here. And the marker is six amahs from here, and six amahs from here.
[EZK.40.13] And he measured the gate from roof of the hall to roof of it, its width twenty-five cubits, opening opposite opening.
[EZK.40.14] And he made the pillars sixty cubits, and to the pillars of the courtyard, the gate, around around.
[EZK.40.15] And on the face of the gate, the front one, before the hall of the inner gate, fifty cubits.
[EZK.40.16] And the windows were closed to the timbers and to them inward to the gate around, around. And so to the upper rooms, and windows around, around inward, and to the lintel of tamarisk.
[EZK.40.17] And He brought me to the outer court, and behold, chambers and a pavement were made around the court on all sides, thirty chambers upon the pavement.
[EZK.40.18] And the flooring to the shoulder of the gates, in relation to the length of the gates, the flooring is the bottom one.
[EZK.40.19] And he measured the width before the lower gate, facing the inner courtyard, from the outside, one hundred cubits toward the east and the north.
[EZK.40.20] And the gate, the one whose face is toward the direction of the north to the outer court, was measured for its length and its width.
[EZK.40.21] And its coming was three from here and three from here, and its thousands and its cubits were like the measure of the first gate. Fifty cubits was its length, and its width was five and twenty in the cubit.
[EZK.40.22] And its windows, and its chambers, and its pillars were according to the measure of the gate, whose face is toward the east, and by seven ascents they would go up to it, and its chambers were before them.
[EZK.40.23] And the gate to the inner court was opposite the gate to the north and to the east, and he measured from gate to gate, one hundred cubits.
[EZK.40.24] And He led me by the way of the south, and behold, a gate by the way of the south, and I measured it, and its posts, according to these measurements.
[EZK.40.25] And windows to him, and to his upper rooms surrounding, surrounding, like these windows, fifty cubits long, and the width is five and twenty cubits.
[EZK.40.26] And ascents of seven offerings are his, and to my Gods before them, and palms to him, one from here and one from here to God.
[EZK.40.27] And the gate to the inner courtyard was in the direction of the south, and he measured from gate to gate in the direction of the south, one hundred cubits.
[EZK.40.28] And he brought me to the inner court at the southern gate, and he measured the southern gate according to these measurements.
[EZK.40.29] And there will be a chamber, and its pillars, and its upper rooms according to these measures, and windows for it and for its upper rooms all around, all around. Fifty cubits will be its length and its breadth twenty-five cubits.
[EZK.40.30] And the Gods surrounding, surrounding, a length of twenty-five cubits and a width of five cubits.
[EZK.40.31] And the portico to the outer court, and palm trees towards him, and eight stairs belonging to him.
[EZK.40.32] And he brought me to the inner court by way of the east, and he measured the gate according to these measurements.
[EZK.40.33] And you shall make a surrounding structure, and Gods and their upper rooms according to these measures, and windows for it and for their upper rooms all around, all around. The length fifty amahs, and the width five and twenty amahs.
[EZK.40.34] And the pillars were to the outer court, and pillars toward God from there and from there, and eight levels of its level.
[EZK.40.35] And He brought me to the gate of the north, and measured according to these measurements of the God.
[EZK.40.36] Its form is of the Gods and of the Gods, and windows surround it on all sides, all sides. The length is fifty cubits, and the width is five and twenty cubits.
[EZK.40.37] And to God is the outer court, and palm trees to God from here and from there, and eight levels to God.
[EZK.40.38] And to the booth, and its opening, at the pillars of the gates, there they will wave the bull offering.
[EZK.40.39] And in the porch of the gate were two tables from here, and two tables from here, to slaughter upon them the burnt offering and the sin offering and the guilt offering.
[EZK.40.40] And to the shoulder from the hollow to the ascent to the opening of the northern gate were two tables, and to the other shoulder which is to the hall of the gate were two tables.
[EZK.40.41] Four tables from here, and four tables from here, to the shoulder of the gate: eight tables upon which they will slaughter.
[EZK.40.42] And there were four tables for the offering, stones of polished work, a length of one and a half cubits and a width of one and a half cubits and a height of one cubit for them, and they will place upon them the utensils with which they will slaughter the offering upon them and the sacrifice.
[EZK.40.43] And the tables, a striking one prepared, are ready in the house all around, all around, and to the tables is the meat of the sacrifice.
[EZK.40.44] And from the outer area to the inner gate, to the chambers of the officers, in the inner court, which is at the side of the northern gate, and their faces toward the southern way, one at the side of the eastern gate, facing the northern way.
[EZK.40.45] And God spoke to me, saying, "This is the chamber whose front is toward the south, for the priests, keepers of the watch of the house."
[EZK.40.46] And the chamber, whose face is toward the north, belonged to the priests, the keepers of the watch over the altar. These are the descendants of Zadok, those brought near from the descendants of Levi to Yahveh to serve him.
[EZK.40.47] And he measured the courtyard, the length one hundred cubits and the width one hundred cubits, square, and the altar was before the house.
[EZK.40.48] And he brought me to the hall of the house, and the Gods measured the hall, five cubits from here and five cubits from here, and the width of the gate was three cubits from here and three cubits from here.
[EZK.40.49] The length of the hall is twenty cubits and its width is twelve cubits, and in the ascents which ascend to it, and pillars to the upper rooms, one from here and one from here.
EZK.41
[EZK.41.1] And he brought me to the temple, and he measured the beams. Six cubits was the breadth from it, and six cubits the breadth from it, the breadth of the tent.
[EZK.41.2] And the width of the opening was ten cubits, and the side posts of the opening were five cubits from here and five cubits from there. And he measured its length as forty cubits and its width as twenty cubits.
[EZK.41.3] And he came inside and measured the door two arm's lengths, and the door six arm's lengths, and the width of the door seven arm's lengths.
[EZK.41.4] And he measured its length twenty cubits, and its width twenty cubits, before the temple. And he said to me, "This is the most holy of holies."
[EZK.41.5] And he measured the wall of the house, six cubits, and the width of the side, four cubits, around and around the house, around.
[EZK.41.6] And the panels, panel to panel, three and thirty times, and they come against the wall of the house for the panels, around and around to be held, and they will not be held in the wall of the house.
[EZK.41.7] And it will be wide and it will spiral upwards, upwards to the sides, for the turning of the house is upwards, upwards, spiraling around, around the house. Therefore, the widening of the house is upwards, and likewise, the lower will rise up to the upper, to the middle.
[EZK.41.8] And I saw the house, high around, around, from the foundations, the sides full of cane, six cubits broad.
[EZK.41.9] Its width, the wall which belongs to the side chamber, to the outside is five cubits, and which is placed, house of side chambers which belongs to the house.
[EZK.41.10] And between the chambers was a width of twenty cubits around the house, around and around.
[EZK.41.11] And an opening of the side for the placed thing, an opening one toward the north and an opening one toward the south. And the width of the area of the placed thing is five cubits around, around.
[EZK.41.12] And the building that is before the region, the side of the sea road, has a breadth of seventy cubits, and the wall of the building has a breadth of five cubits all around, and its length is ninety cubits.
[EZK.41.13] He measured the house, the length one hundred cubits, and the cutting out, and the building, and its walls, the length one hundred cubits.
[EZK.41.14] And the width of the face of the house and the measurement toward the east were one hundred cubits.
[EZK.41.15] And he measured the length of the building toward the face of the section which is behind it, and its corners from here and from here, one hundred cubits. And the inner sanctuary and the chambers of the courtyard.
[EZK.41.16] The books and the windows that are sealed, and the attics, were around their three, opposite the threshold, a smoothing of wood around and around. And the land up to the windows, and the windows were covered.
[EZK.41.17] Upon the upper part of the opening and up to the inner house, and to the exterior, and to all the wall around, around, within and without, are measurements.
[EZK.41.18] And they made cherubim and pomegranates, and a pomegranate between cherub and cherub, and two faces to the cherub.
[EZK.41.19] And the faces of humans to the depictions from it, and the faces of lions to the depictions from it, made around all the building, around and around.
[EZK.41.20] From the earth until above the entrance, the cherubim and the palm trees were made, and the wall of the hall.
[EZK.41.21] The temple has a square doorpost, and the face of the holy place is like an appearance.
[EZK.41.22] The altar was wood, three cubits high, and its length was two cubits, and its corners were for it, and its length and its walls were wood. And God spoke to me, "This is the table which is before Yahveh."
[EZK.41.23] And there were two doors to the temple and to the holy place.
[EZK.41.24] And there were two doors for the doors, two turning doors for the doors, two for one door, and two doors for the other.
[EZK.41.25] And they made on them, to the doors of the sanctuary, cherubs and palms, as they were made to the walls. And wood of tree to the faces of the hall from the outside.
[EZK.41.26] And the windows were closed, and palm-like supports from its front and from its back to the shoulders of the hall, and the sides of the house and the thicknesses.
EZK.42
[EZK.42.1] And He led me out to the outside court, by the way, the way to the north, and He brought me to the chamber which is opposite the section and which is opposite the building, to the north.
[EZK.42.2] Before the length of one hundred cubits is the opening to the north, and the width is fifty cubits.
[EZK.42.3] Opposite the twenty that are to the inner courtyard, and opposite the pavement that is to the outer courtyard, Atik will be toward the face of Atik in the thirties.
[EZK.42.4] And before the halls there is a walking space of ten cubits in width toward the interior, a path of one cubit, and their doorways are toward the north.
[EZK.42.5] And the upper rooms are short, because the older ones are from below and from the foundations, a building.
[EZK.42.6] For they are threefold, and they have no pillars, like the pillars of the courtyards. Therefore, they have been removed from below and from the foundations of the earth.
[EZK.42.7] And the fence which belongs to the outside, opposite the chambers, along the way of the outer court, before the chambers, its length is fifty cubits.
[EZK.42.8] For the length of the courts which are for the outer court is fifty cubits, and behold, on the face of the sanctuary is one hundred cubits.
[EZK.42.9] And from below to the dwelling places of the Gods, the entrance comes from the east in his coming to here, from the outer court.
[EZK.42.10] In the breadth of the enclosure’s fence, a way toward the eastern side and toward the face of the designated area and toward the face of the building for dwellings.
[EZK.42.11] And the way before them was like the appearance of dwellings, which is the way of the north, just as long as it is broad, and all their exits, and like their judgements, and like their openings.
[EZK.42.12] And as the openings of the chambers which are the way of the South, an opening is at the head of the way, a way before the fence of the garden, a way of the East at their entering.
[EZK.42.13] And He said to me, "To the chambers of the north, to the chambers of the south, which are before the designated area, these are the chambers of holiness, where the priests who are close to Yahveh shall eat the most holy of holies. There they shall deposit the most holy of holies, and the grain offering, and the sin offering, and the guilt offering, for the place is holy."
[EZK.42.14] When the priests come, they must not go out from the holy place to the outer court, and there they will leave their garments, those in which they ministered. For these are holy. They will put on other garments and then approach what is for the people.
[EZK.42.15] And he completed the measurements of the inner house and led me out through the gate whose face is toward the east, and his measurement went around and around.
[EZK.42.16] The east wind measured with a measuring reed, five cubits of reeds with a measuring reed around.
[EZK.42.17] The wind of the north was measured as five hundred reeds by the reed of the measurement, all around.
[EZK.42.18] And the wind of the south was measured, five hundred canes with the cane of the measure.
[EZK.42.19] He who surrounds God measured the breadth of the sea, five hundred reeds by the measure of a reed.
[EZK.42.20] By the four directions it measured the wall, around and around. The length was five hundred, and the width was five hundred, in order to distinguish between the holiness and the common.
EZK.43
[EZK.43.1] And the Gods led me to the gate, the gate that faces the direction of the east.
[EZK.43.2] And behold, the glory of the Gods of Israel came from the way of the east, and his voice was like the sound of many waters, and the land shone from his glory.
[EZK.43.3] And like the appearance of the appearance that I saw, like the appearance that I saw when I came to destroy the city, and visions like the appearance that I saw toward the river Kebar, and I fell to my face.
[EZK.43.4] And the glory of Yahveh came to the temple through the gate whose face is toward the east.
[EZK.43.5] And a spirit lifted me and brought me to the inner court. And behold, the house was full of the glory of Yahveh.
[EZK.43.6] And I heard a speaking to me from the house, and a man was standing near me.
[EZK.43.7] And God said to me, "Human, regarding the place of my throne and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell among the children of Israel forever, they will no longer defile the house of Israel with their holy name, and their kings will no longer engage in fornication or lie with the corpses of their kings in their high places."
[EZK.43.8] When they finished building their homes and attached their doorposts next to mine, and the wall was between me and them, they defiled the name of my Holiness with their abominations which they did, and I consumed them in my anger.
[EZK.43.9] Now, let their whoredoms be far away, and the carcasses of their kings from me, and I will dwell within them forever.
[EZK.43.10] You, son of man, tell the house of Israel about the house, and they will be ashamed of their sins, and they will measure out a plan.
[EZK.43.11] And if they are ashamed of all that they have done, the form of the house, and its design, and its exits, and its entrances, and all its appearances, and also all its laws, and all its appearances, and all its teachings, God will reveal these to them, and write them before their eyes, and they will keep all its form and all its laws, and they will make them.
[EZK.43.12] This is the instruction concerning the house, upon the head of the mount. Its entire boundary all around, all around, is most holy, most holy. Behold, this is the instruction concerning the house.
[EZK.43.13] And these are the measurements of the altar in cubits: a cubit, a cubit and a handbreadth, and a sixth of a cubit is the height, and a cubit is its width, and its border to its edge all around is a span of one handbreadth, and this is the top of the altar.
[EZK.43.14] From the belly of the earth to the lower support, there are two cubits in length, and a width of one cubit. And from the smaller support to the larger support, there are four cubits in length, and a width of the cubit.
[EZK.43.15] And the Hare’el is four cubits, and from the Hare’el and upwards, the horns are four.
[EZK.43.16] And the altar was twelve in length and twelve in width, square, to its four quarters.
[EZK.43.17] And the altar was fourteen in length and fourteen in width, towards its four sides, and the border around it was half a cubit, and its height was a cubit around, and its ascent faced towards the east.
[EZK.43.18] And He said to me, "Son of man, thus says my Lord Yahveh: These are the laws of the altar on the day of its making, to offer a burnt offering upon it and to sprinkle blood upon it."
[EZK.43.19] And you shall give to the priests, the Levites, who are from the seed of Zadok, those who are close to me, says my Lord Yahveh, to serve me, a bull, son of the cow, for a sin offering.
[EZK.43.20] And you shall take from its blood and put it on its four horns and on the four corners of the courtyard and on the boundary all around, and you shall cleanse it and atone for it.
[EZK.43.21] And you shall take the bull of the sin offering and burn it at the designated place of the house, outside the temple.
[EZK.43.22] And on the second day, you shall bring forward a male goat, perfect, for a sin offering, and they shall cleanse the altar as they cleansed it with the bull.
[EZK.43.23] When your sin is finished, you will bring near a bull, a son of the cow, complete, and a ram from the flock, complete.
[EZK.43.24] And you shall bring them before Yahveh, and the priests shall cast salt upon them and shall offer them as a burnt offering to Yahveh.
[EZK.43.25] For seven days you shall make a goat for a sin offering each day, and a bull, son of a cow, and a ram from the sheep; they shall be perfect ones.
[EZK.43.26] Seven days they will atone for the altar, and they will purify it, and they will fill his hand.
[EZK.43.27] And they completed the days, so it will be on the eighth day and onward that the priests will perform your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, and my Lord Yahveh will accept you, declares my Lord Yahveh.
EZK.44
[EZK.44.1] And he led me by the way of the gate of the outer sanctuary that faces east, and it was closed.
[EZK.44.2] And Yahveh said to me, "This gate shall be shut; it shall not be opened, and no person shall enter it, for Yahveh, the God of Israel, will come through it. And it shall remain shut."
[EZK.44.3] As for the leader, he is the leader who will sit within it to eat bread before Yahveh. He will come from the way of the hall of the gate, and he will go out by his way.
[EZK.44.4] And he brought me by way of the north gate before the face of the house, and I saw, and behold, the glory of Yahveh filled the house of Yahveh, and I fell before my face.
[EZK.44.5] And Yahveh said to me, "Son of man, set your heart and see with your eyes and hear with your ears all that I speak to you concerning all the statutes of the house of Yahveh, and all of his laws. And you shall set your heart to the entrance of the house at all the exits of the sanctuary."
[EZK.44.6] And you shall say to the house of Israel: thus says my Lord Yahveh: you have had enough of all your abominations, house of Israel.
[EZK.44.7] When you brought in foreigners, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary to defile my house by offering to me the fat and the blood, you broke my covenant and committed all of your abominations.
[EZK.44.8] And you did not keep the keeping of my holy ones, and you appointed yourselves as keepers of my keeping in my sanctuary for you.
[EZK.44.9] Thus says my Lord Yahveh: Every son of a foreigner who is uncircumcised of heart and uncircumcised of flesh shall not come into my sanctuary. To every son of a foreigner who is among the sons of Israel.
[EZK.44.10] But if the Levites have strayed from above me in the errors of Israel, who strayed from above me after their idols, then they will bear their iniquity.
[EZK.44.11] And there will be servants in my sanctuaries, appointed duties at the gates of the house, and servants of the house. They will slaughter the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they will stand before them to serve them.
[EZK.44.12] Because they served them before the idols of others, and they became a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel, therefore I have raised my hand against them, says my Lord Yahveh, and they will bear their own iniquity.
[EZK.44.13] And let no one approach to minister as a priest for God, and let them not draw near to any of God’s holy things—especially to the holy of holies—and they shall bear their disgrace and abominations that they have done.
[EZK.44.14] And I will assign them as guardians of the guard duty of the house, for all his work and for all that is done within it.
[EZK.44.15] And the priests, the Levites, descendants of Zadok, who guarded the watch of my sanctuary during the wanderings of the children of Israel from above me, these shall approach me to serve me, and they shall stand before me to offer to me fat and blood, says my Lord Yahveh.
[EZK.44.16] They will come to my sanctuary, and they will approach my table to serve me, and they will keep my watch.
[EZK.44.17] And it will be, when they come to the gates of the inner court, they will wear garments of linen, and no wool shall ascend upon them in their service at the gates of the inner court, and they shall enter.
[EZK.44.18] Linen turbans shall be upon their heads, and linen trousers shall be upon their loins. They shall not gird themselves with exertion.
[EZK.44.19] And when they go out to the outer court, to the outer court, to the people, they shall remove their garments which they serve in there, and they shall leave them in the chambers of the holiness, and they shall put on other garments, and they shall not make the people holy with their garments.
[EZK.44.20] And their heads they shall not uncover, and they shall not let their hair grow free; they shall cover their heads with a covering.
[EZK.44.21] And Yahveh says all priests shall not drink wine when they come to the inner courtyard.
[EZK.44.22] And a widow and a divorced woman they shall not take for themselves as wives, if not virgins from the seed of the house of Israel. And the widow that will be a widow, from a priest they shall take.
[EZK.44.23] And to my people they will teach between the holy and the profane, and between the unclean and the pure they will know.
[EZK.44.24] And concerning dispute, they, the Gods, will stand to judge according to my judgments, and they will judge him. And they will keep my laws and my statutes at all my appointed times, and they will sanctify my Sabbaths.
[EZK.44.25] And to the corpse of a man, God does not allow one to come to uncleanness; but only to father and to mother and to son and to daughter and to brother and to sister, to one who has not been to a man, they will become unclean.
[EZK.44.26] And after his purification, seven days they will count for him.
[EZK.44.27] And on the day they come to the holiness, to the inner court, to serve in the holiness, he will offer his sin offering. This is a declaration of my Lord Yahveh.
[EZK.44.28] And it will be to them for an inheritance, I am their inheritance, and a possession you shall not give to them in Israel, I am their possession.
[EZK.44.29] The grain offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering, these they will eat, and all that is devoted in Israel will be for them.
[EZK.44.30] And the first of all firstfruits of all, and all the tithe of all from all your tithes, will be to the priests, and the first of your kneading you will give to the priest to place a blessing upon your house.
[EZK.44.31] All carcass and torn animal from the bird and from the livestock, the priests shall not eat.
EZK.45
[EZK.45.1] And when you cause the land to fall by inheritance, you shall lift up an offering to Yahveh, a holiness from the land. Its length shall be twenty-five thousand and its width ten thousand. It is a holiness throughout all its boundary surrounding it.
[EZK.45.2] From this, let there be to the sacred, five hundred in five hundred, a square surrounding, and fifty cubits of a space to it surrounding.
[EZK.45.3] From this measure it shall be, the length twenty-five thousand and the width ten thousand, and in it the sanctuary shall be holiest of holies.
[EZK.45.4] Holy is it from the land, it will be to the priests serving the temple, the offerings to serve Yahveh, and it will be for them a place for homes, and a sanctuary for the temple.
[EZK.45.5] And five and twenty thousand cubits will be the length, and ten thousand cubits the width, for the Levites, the servants of the house, to them as a possession, twenty for districts.
[EZK.45.6] You shall give the possession of the city five thousand in breadth and length, five and twenty thousand, compared to the contribution of the sanctuary. It will be for all the house of Israel.
[EZK.45.7] And to the leader from this and from this, for the contribution of the holy and for the holding of the city, facing the contribution of the holy and facing the holding of the city, from the side of the sea, sea-ward, and from the side of the east, east-ward, and the length in relation to one of the portions, from the boundary of the sea to the boundary of the east.
[EZK.45.8] The land will be for him as possession in Israel, and my princes will no longer oppress my people. And the land they will give to the house of Israel to their tribes.
[EZK.45.9] Thus says my Lord Yahveh: Too much for you, princes of Israel! Remove violence and plunder, and do justice and righteousness. Lift up your exiles from over my people, declares my Lord Yahveh.
[EZK.45.10] Scales of justice and a measure of justice and a tenth of justice may be to you.
[EZK.45.11] The ephah and the homer shall have one standard for measuring the tithe of the material. The greater material is the homer, and the standard of the material, the ephah, shall be relative to the material, the homer.
[EZK.45.12] And the shekel is twenty gerahs. Twenty shekels are five and twenty shekels, ten and five shekels. The maneh will be for you.
[EZK.45.13] This is the contribution that you shall offer: a sixth of the epha from the substance of the wheat, and its sixth of the epha from the substance of the barley.
[EZK.45.14] And the law of the oil, the tenth of the oil, is a tenth of the bat from the olive press. Ten batim are a homer, because ten batim are a homer.
[EZK.45.15] And one lamb from the flock, from the hundreds belonging to the drink offering of Israel, for a grain offering and a burnt offering and a peace offering, to atone for them, declares my Lord Yahveh.
[EZK.45.16] All the people of the land will be God's contribution, this, to the leader in Israel.
[EZK.45.17] And upon the leader will be the burnt offerings and the grain offering and the libation, during the festivals and the new months and the sabbaths, at all appointed times of the house of Israel. He will perform the sin offering and the grain offering and the burnt offering and the peace offerings to atone for the house of Israel.
[EZK.45.18] Thus says my Lord Yahveh, in the first, on the first of the month, you shall take a perfect bullock and you shall atone for the sanctuary.
[EZK.45.19] And the priest shall take from the blood of the sin offering and place it on the doorpost of the house and on the four corners of the courtyard to the altar, and on the doorpost of the gate of the inner court.
[EZK.45.20] And thus you shall do in the seventh month, from a man who errs and from one who is naive, and you shall atone for the house.
[EZK.45.21] In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, the Passover will be for you. It is a festival of weeks of days, and unleavened bread will be eaten.
[EZK.45.22] And the leader will perform, on that day, for himself and for all the people of the land, a bull as a sin offering.
[EZK.45.23] And seven days of the festival, one shall make a burnt offering to Yahveh: seven bulls and seven perfect rams for the day, for seven days, and a sin offering, a goat of the goats, for the day.
[EZK.45.24] And the grain offering shall be an ephah for the bull, and an ephah for the ram; he shall make [it], and oil, a hin for the ephah.
[EZK.45.25] On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, during the festival, he shall do these things for seven days: as a sin offering, as a burnt offering, and as a grain offering, and as a meal offering.
EZK.46
[EZK.46.1] Thus says my Lord Yahveh: the gate of the inner courtyard, facing east, will be closed six days of work, and on the day of the Sabbath it will be opened, and on the day of the month it will be opened.
[EZK.46.2] And the leader came by way of the hall of the gate from the outside, and stood by the doorpost of the gate. And the priests did his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he prostrated himself at the threshold of the gate and departed. And the gate should not be closed until evening.
[EZK.46.3] And the people of the land will prostrate themselves before the gate on the Sabbaths and in the new months before Yahveh.
[EZK.46.4] And the burnt offering that the ruler brings near to Yahveh on the day of the Sabbath is six perfect lambs and a perfect ram.
[EZK.46.5] And a grain offering, an ephah for the ram, and for the lambs a grain offering, a gift from his hand, and oil, a hin for the ephah.
[EZK.46.6] And on the day of the month, a young bull, son of a cow, perfect, and six lambs, and a ram, perfect, shall be.
[EZK.46.7] And what measure for the young bullock and what measure for the ram will he make as a grain offering, and for the lambs according to what his hand obtains? And a hin of oil for the measure.
[EZK.46.8] And when the ruler comes, he will come by way of the hall of the gate, and in his way he will go out.
[EZK.46.9] And when the people of the land come before Yahveh during the festivals, whoever comes through the north gate to worship shall go out through the south gate, and whoever comes through the south gate shall go out through the north gate. They shall not return through the gate by which they came, but shall go out opposite the direction from which they entered.
[EZK.46.10] And the prince will come in among them when they come in, and will go out among them when they go out.
[EZK.46.11] And during the festivals and the appointed times, the meal offering shall be an ephah for the bullock and an ephah for the ram, and for the lambs a gift from the hand. And oil, a hin for the ephah.
[EZK.46.12] And if the prince makes a voluntary offering, a burnt offering or peace offerings, a voluntary offering to Yahveh, then he shall open for him the gate facing the east, and he shall do his burnt offering and his peace offerings as he does on the day of the Sabbath. And he shall go out and close the gate after his departure.
[EZK.46.13] And a lamb, son of its year, complete you shall make as a burnt offering for the day to Yahveh, in the morning, in the morning you shall do it.
[EZK.46.14] And a grain offering you shall make for it in the morning, in the morning, a sixth of an ephah, and oil a third of a hin, to sprinkle upon the fine flour—a grain offering to Yahveh—statutes of forever, continually.
[EZK.46.15] And they shall make the lamb and the meal offering and the oil in the morning, in the morning, a continual burnt offering.
[EZK.46.16] Thus says my Lord Yahveh, if the prince gives a gift to a man from among his sons, it shall be his inheritance to his sons. It shall be their possession in inheritance.
[EZK.46.17] And if someone gives a gift from their inheritance to one of their servants, then it will be his until the year of release, and it will return to the leader, but their inheritance, their sons will have it.
[EZK.46.18] And the leader must not take from the inheritance of the people to enrich themselves from their holdings, from his holding he shall provide an inheritance to his sons, so that my people do not scatter, each one from his holding.
[EZK.46.19] And He brought me to the entrance that is on the shoulder of the gate, to the chambers of holiness, to the priests who turn towards the north. And behold, there was a place at the rear of them, towards the south.
[EZK.46.20] And God said to me, "This is the place where the priests shall boil the guilt offering and the sin offering, where they shall bake the grain offering, so as not to take it out to the outer courtyard to sanctify the people."
[EZK.46.21] And He brought me out to the outer court, and He led me to the four corners of the court. And behold, a court at a corner of the court, a court at a corner of the court.
[EZK.46.22] At the four corners of the courtyard are courts of incense, forty in length and thirty in width, all measured by a single standard.
[EZK.46.23] And a row went around among them, around their four, and cooking installations were made under the rows around.
[EZK.46.24] And He said to me, "These are the house of the cooks, where the servants of the house will cook the sacrifice of the people."
EZK.47
[EZK.47.1] And He returned me to the entrance of the house, and behold, water was coming out from under the threshold of the house, forward, because the face of the house faced east. And the water was descending from under the right shoulder of the house, from the south toward the altar.
[EZK.47.2] And He brought me out by the way of the north gate, and turned me toward the way of the outer gate, toward the way that faces the west, and behold, waters were gushing forth from the right side.
[EZK.47.3] When the man went east with a line in his hand, he measured a thousand cubits, and he led me through the waters of shallowness.
[EZK.47.4] And God measured a thousand and carried me across in the water, water to my knees. And God measured a thousand and carried me across water of my loins.
[EZK.47.5] And he measured a thousand of the river, which I cannot cross, for the waters have risen, the waters of the overflowing river, which cannot be passed.
[EZK.47.6] And God said to me, "Have you seen son of man?" And He led me and He returned me to the bank of the stream.
[EZK.47.7] When I returned, and behold, God was by the bank of the stream, a tree very great from here and from there.
[EZK.47.8] And God said to me, "These waters are going out toward the eastern region, and they will descend upon the Arabah, and they come to the sea, to the outlet sea, and the waters will be healed."
[EZK.47.9] And it will be that every living soul that swarms to all where the streams come will live, and the fish will be very abundant because these waters have come and will heal, and will live all that comes to that stream.
[EZK.47.10] And it will be that fishermen will stand upon it, from Ein Gedi to Ein Eglayim, along the shore of the sea it will be, by kind their fish will be like the fish of the great sea, very great.
[EZK.47.11] When their sores emerge, and they will not heal, they were given over to salt.
[EZK.47.12] And upon the river will rise, upon its bank from this side and from that side, every fruit tree will not wither, and its fruit will not fail for its months, it will ripen because its waters are the ones going out from the sanctuary, and its fruit will be for eating and its leaves for healing.
[EZK.47.13] Thus says my Lord Yahveh: Define the boundary for you to inherit the land for the twelve tribes of Israel. To Joseph, portions.
[EZK.47.14] And you will inherit it, each like his brother, as I raised my hand to give it to your fathers, and this land will fall to you as an inheritance.
[EZK.47.15] And this is the boundary of the land, toward the north from the Great Sea, the route of Chetlon to approach Zedad.
[EZK.47.16] The anger of Berothah, Sivraim, which is between the boundary of Damascus and between the boundary of Chamath, the middle courtyard, which is toward the boundary of Havran.
[EZK.47.17] And it will be, a border from the sea, Chatzor Einon, a border of Damascus, and the north, northward, and a border of Hamath, and the end of the north.
[EZK.47.18] And the edge of the east, between Chaveran and between Damascus and between the Gil'ead and between the land of Israel, the Jordan from the boundary upon the ancient sea, you shall measure. And the edge of the east.
[EZK.47.19] And the corner of the south was Taymanah, from Tamar to the waters of the quarrels of holiness, an inheritance to the great sea, and the corner of Taymanah was its south.
[EZK.47.20] And the coast of the sea, the great sea, is from the border until opposite the entrance of Hamath. This is the coast of the sea.
[EZK.47.21] And you will divide this land to yourselves to the tribes of Israel.
[EZK.47.22] And it will be, you will cause it to be allotted as an inheritance to you, and to the foreigners residing among you, who have borne sons among you, and they will be to you as a citizen among the sons of Israel; with you they will be allotted an inheritance within the tribes of Israel.
[EZK.47.23] And it will be in the tribe where the alien dwells with him, there you shall give his inheritance, says my Lord Yahveh.
EZK.48
[EZK.48.1] And these are the names of the tribes, from the end of the north, towards the way of Chethlon, to enter Hamath, the border of Damascus to the north towards Hamath, and for him the side to the east, the sea, Dan one.
[EZK.48.2] And upon the border of Dan, from the direction of the east to the direction of the sea, which is one.
[EZK.48.3] And upon the border of Asher from the side of the east and until the side of the sea, Naphtali was one.
[EZK.48.4] And on the boundary of Naphtali, from the side of the east until the side of the sea, Manasseh was one.
[EZK.48.5] And upon the border of Manasseh, from the side of the east until the side of the sea, Ephraim is one.
[EZK.48.6] And upon the border of Ephraim, from the side of the east, and until the side of the sea, Reuben was one.
[EZK.48.7] And upon the border of Reuben, from the side of the East to the side of the Sea, Judah is one.
[EZK.48.8] And on the border of Judah, from the eastern side to the western side, there will be the contribution that you offer: twenty-five thousand in width and length, like one of the portions, from the eastern side to the western side, and the temple will be within it.
[EZK.48.9] The contribution that you lift up to Yahveh will have a length of twenty-five thousand and a width of ten thousand.
[EZK.48.10] And to these will be the contribution of the holiness of God for the priests: northward five and twenty thousand, and westward a breadth of ten thousand, and eastward a breadth of ten thousand, and southward a length of five and twenty thousand. And the holy place of Yahveh will be within it.
[EZK.48.11] To the priests, the holy ones, from the sons of Zadok, who kept my charge, who did not stray in the strayings of the sons of Israel, as strayed the Levites.
[EZK.48.12] And it will be for them an offering from the offering of the land, most holy to the boundary of the Levites.
[EZK.48.13] And the Levites, in comparison to the boundary of the priests, had a length of twenty-five thousand and a width of ten thousand. The entire length was twenty-five thousand and the width ten thousand.
[EZK.48.14] They shall not sell from it, nor shall they let it become worthless, nor shall it pass to another. For the first of the land is holy to Yahveh.
[EZK.48.15] And the five thousand remaining in breadth, relative to the twenty-five thousand, all of it is for the city as a dwelling and as an open space. And the city will be within it.
[EZK.48.16] And these are its measurements: the side toward the north is five hundred and four thousand, and the side toward the south is five hundred and four thousand, and from the side toward the east is five hundred and four thousand, and the side toward the sea is five hundred and four thousand.
[EZK.48.17] And the open area belonging to the city will be, to the north, two hundred and fifty, and to the south, two hundred and fifty, and to the east, two hundred and fifty, and to the west, two hundred and fifty.
[EZK.48.18] And the remainder in value will be against the offering of the holiness, ten thousands forward and ten thousands westward, and it will be against the offering of the holiness, and its produce will be for bread for the workers of the city.
[EZK.48.19] And the servant of the city will serve him from all the tribes of Israel.
[EZK.48.20] All the contribution is five and twenty thousand in five and twenty thousand, a fourth you shall lift up the contribution of the holy to the possession of the city.
[EZK.48.21] And the remainder belongs to the prince from this and from this, as a contribution for the holy places and for the possession of the city, facing 25,000 cubits as a contribution until the eastern boundary and southward, facing 25,000 cubits on the southern boundary corresponding to sections for the prince. And the contribution for the holy places and the temple of the house shall be within it.
[EZK.48.22] And from the holdings of the Levites and from the holdings of the city, within that which belongs to the prince, it shall be between the boundary of Judah and between the boundary of Benjamin, that which belongs to the prince.
[EZK.48.23] And the rest of the tribes, from the direction forward to the direction of the sea, Benjamin was one.
[EZK.48.24] And on the boundary of Benjamin, from the side of the east to the side of the sea, Simeon was one.
[EZK.48.25] And upon the boundary of Simon, from the side of the east to the side of the sea, Issachar is one.
[EZK.48.26] And on the boundary of Issachar, from the side of the east until the side of the west, Zebulun is one.
[EZK.48.27] And upon the border of Zebulun, from the side of the east to the side of the sea, is one troop.
[EZK.48.28] And upon the border of Gad, to the side of the south, it is Teimanah. And the border will be from Tamar, from the waters of the contention of Kadesh, an inheritance upon the Great Sea.
[EZK.48.29] This is the land that you apportioned as inheritance to the tribes of Israel, and these are their portions, declares my Lord Yahveh.
[EZK.48.30] And these are the measurements of the city, from the side of north, five hundred and four thousand measurements.
[EZK.48.31] And the gates of the city were named after the tribes of Israel. There were three gates toward the north: the gate of Reuben, one gate; the gate of Judah, one gate; and the gate of Levi, one gate.
[EZK.48.32] And to the side facing east, five hundred and four thousand cubits, and gates, three, and the gate of Joseph, one, the gate of Benjamin, one, the gate of Dan, one.
[EZK.48.33] And the south side was five hundred and four thousand measures, and the gates were three: the gate of Simeon was one, the gate of Issachar was one, and the gate of Zebulun was one.
[EZK.48.34] Five hundred and four thousand leaders came from the region of the Philistines. Their leaders numbered three. One leader came from Gad. One leader came from Asher. One leader came from Naphtali.
[EZK.48.35] Around eighteen thousand, and the name of the city from the day of Yahveh is there.
HOS
HOS.1 • HOS.2 • HOS.3 • HOS.4 • HOS.5 • HOS.6 • HOS.7 • HOS.8 • HOS.9 • HOS.10 • HOS.11 • HOS.12 • HOS.13 • HOS.14
HOS.1
[HOS.1.1] The word of Yahveh that was to Hosea son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam son of Joash, king of Israel.
[HOS.1.2] The beginning of the word of Yahveh to Hosea was this: And Yahveh said to Hosea, "Go, take for yourself a wife of unfaithfulness and children of unfaithfulness, for the land commits unfaithfulness by turning away from Yahveh."
[HOS.1.3] And he went and took Gommer, the daughter of Diblayim, and she conceived and bore him a son.
[HOS.1.4] And Yahveh spoke to him, saying, "Call his name Yizre-el, for yet a little while, and I will visit the bloodshed of Yizre-el upon the house of Jehu, and I will destroy the kingdom of the house of Israel."
[HOS.1.5] And it will be on that day that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Yizreel.
[HOS.1.6] And she conceived again and bore a daughter. And he said to her, “Call her name ‘Not Pitied,’ because I will no longer have compassion on the house of Israel, because I will carry a burden to them.”
[HOS.1.7] And I will have compassion on the house of Judah, and I will save them by Yahveh, their God. And I will not save them with a bow, or with a sword, or with war, with horses, or with horsemen.
[HOS.1.8] And she finished not having compassion, and she conceived, and she bore a son.
[HOS.1.9] And He said, "Call His name 'Not My People', because you are not My people, and I will not be for you."
HOS.2
[HOS.2.1] And it will be that the number of the children of Israel will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured and cannot be counted. And it will be in the place where it was said to them, "You are not my people," it will be said to them, "You are the children of God living."
[HOS.2.2] And the children of Judah and the children of Israel will gather together, and they will appoint for themselves one head, and they will ascend from the land, for great is the day of Yizreel.
[HOS.2.3] Say to your brothers, my people, and to your sisters, compassion.
[HOS.2.4] Contend with your mother, contend, for she is not my wife, and I am not her husband. Remove the adulteries from before her face and the acts of prostitution from between her breasts.
[HOS.2.5] Lest I strip her naked and display her as in the day she was born, and set her like the desert, and make desolate like a dry land, and kill her with thirst.
[HOS.2.6] And for her children I will not have compassion, because they are children of unfaithfulness.
[HOS.2.7] For she has committed adultery with her mother, she has been put to shame with her teachers, for she said, "I will go after my lovers, those who give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, my oil and my drink."
[HOS.2.8] Therefore, behold, here I am, I will corrupt your path with thorns, and I have hedged in her hedge, and you will not find her paths.
[HOS.2.9] And she will pursue her lovers, but will not overtake them, and she will seek them, but will not find them. And she will say, “I will go and return to my first husband, for it was better for me then than it is now.”
[HOS.2.10] And she did not know that I had given to her the grain, the wine, and the oil, and I greatly increased the silver for her, and they made gold for her lord.
[HOS.2.11] Therefore I will return and I will take my grain in its time, and my wine in its appointed time, and I will save my wool and my flax to cover her nakedness.
[HOS.2.12] And now, I will reveal her shame before the eyes of her lovers, and no man will save her from my hand.
[HOS.2.13] And I will cause all gladness to cease, its festivals, its new moons, and it shall rest, and all its appointed times.
[HOS.2.14] And I will destroy her vine and her fig tree, which she said, 'They are mine,' which my lovers gave to me, and I will make them a forest, and the animals of the field will eat them.
[HOS.2.15] And I will remember for her the days of the lords which she burned incense to, when she adorned herself with jewelry and her necklaces, and she went after her lovers, and she forgot me, says Yahveh.
[HOS.2.16] Therefore, behold, I will entice her and I will lead her into the wilderness, and I will speak to her heart.
[HOS.2.17] And I will give to her her vineyards from there, and the valley of trouble to the opening of hope, and she will be given there as the days of her youth, and as the day of her ascent from the land of Egypt.
[HOS.2.18] And it will be on that day, declares Yahveh, that you will call a man your husband, and you will not call me your husband anymore.
[HOS.2.19] And I will remove the names of the gods from their mouths, and they will not be remembered anymore by their names.
[HOS.2.20] And I will make a covenant for them on that day with the animals of the field, and with the birds of the heavens, and with the creatures that crawl on the earth. And the bow, and the sword, and warfare I will break from the land, and I will cause them to lie down in safety.
[HOS.2.21] And I will betroth you to me forever, and I will betroth you to me in righteousness and in justice and in kindness and in mercies.
[HOS.2.22] And I will betroth you to me in faithfulness, and you will know Yahveh.
[HOS.2.23] And it will be on that day that I, Yahveh, will answer, and they, the heavens, will answer the earth.
[HOS.2.24] And the land will respond with the grain and with the wine and with the oil, and they will support Israel.
[HOS.2.25] I will plant her for myself in the land, and I will have mercy on those not previously shown mercy, and I will say to those not my people, ‘You are my people,’ and they will say, ‘the Gods.’
HOS.3
[HOS.3.1] And Yahveh said to me, "Go again, love a woman who is loved by another, yet is an adulteress. As Yahveh loves the children of Israel, even though they turn their faces to other Gods and love cakes of new wine."
[HOS.3.2] And I purchased it for me in fifteen silver, and a khomer of barley and a portion of barley.
[HOS.3.3] And I said to her, “You will dwell with me for many days. Do not commit adultery, and do not belong to any man. And also I will belong to you.”
[HOS.3.4] For many days the sons of Israel will dwell, there being no king and no leader, and there being no sacrifice and no standing stone, and there being no priestly vest and no household idols.
[HOS.3.5] After the Israelites return, they will seek Yahveh, their Gods, and David, their king, and they will fear Yahveh and his goodness in the latter days.
HOS.4
[HOS.4.1] Hear the word of Yahveh, people of Israel, for Yahveh has a dispute with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, and no kindness, and no knowledge of the Gods in the land.
[HOS.4.2] False gods and denial, and murder and theft and adultery have broken forth, and they have touched blood with blood.
[HOS.4.3] Therefore, the Earth will mourn, and all who dwell in it will be dismayed, by the creatures of the field and by the birds of the heavens, and also the fish of the sea will be gathered.
[HOS.4.4] Surely let no man strive, and let no man rebuke, and may your people be like those who contend like a priest.
[HOS.4.5] And you will stumble today, and a prophet with you will also stumble tonight, and I have likened your mother.
[HOS.4.6] My people are likened to those without knowledge, for you, Yahveh, are knowledge, and you have rejected them, and I will reject you from being a priest to me, and you have forgotten the instruction of the Gods; I will forget your children also.
[HOS.4.7] Even the cherubim have sinned against me; their glory I will declare in disgrace.
[HOS.4.8] The sin of my people they will eat, and to their iniquity their soul will bear.
[HOS.4.9] And it will be that the people will be like a priest, and I, Yahveh, will oversee their ways and repay them for their deeds.
[HOS.4.10] And they will eat, but they will not be satisfied. They have hurried, but they will not break forth, because they have abandoned Yahveh to keep [something else].
[HOS.4.11] Unfaithfulness and wine and new wine take the heart.
[HOS.4.12] My people ask in their counsel, and their staff will declare to them, for a spirit of immorality has led astray, and they committed adultery from under their Gods.
[HOS.4.13] They will sacrifice on the heads of the mountains, and they will burn incense on the hills, under oak and pistachio and terebinth, for the shade of them is good. Therefore your daughters will commit adultery and your daughters-in-law will commit fornication.
[HOS.4.14] I will not punish your daughters for their whoring, and I will not punish your wives for their adulteries, because they go with prostitutes and sacrifice with sacred prostitutes. And a people who does not understand will be led astray.
[HOS.4.15] If you are a fornicator, Israel, let not Judah be ashamed, and do not come to Gilgal, nor ascend to the house of Aven, and do not swear, ‘The life of Yahveh.’
[HOS.4.16] For the covering of rebellion has rebelled against Israel. Now Yahveh will pasture them like a young goat in the spacious land.
[HOS.4.17] A league of idols, Ephraim, leave him to himself.
[HOS.4.18] Your princes are rebels, and companions of thieves; all of them love bribes, and chase after rewards. Therefore, the Gods will not judge their cause, or see their righteousness. They bring shame upon their protector.
[HOS.4.19] He binds her spirit with her wings, and they will be ashamed from their altars.
HOS.5
[HOS.5.1] Hear this, you priests, and listen, house of Israel, and you, house of the king, pay attention, because the judgment is for you. For you have become a snare to Mitzpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
[HOS.5.2] And you shall slaughter the distressed goats, those who have become deeply troubled, and I will administer correction to them all.
[HOS.5.3] I have known Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from me, for now you have been unfaithful, Ephraim; Israel is defiled.
[HOS.5.4] They will not give their deeds to return to the Gods, for a spirit of adultery is within them, and they do not know Yahveh.
[HOS.5.5] And the strength of Israel will answer before His face, and Israel and Ephraim will stumble because of their iniquity. Judah also stumbled with them.
[HOS.5.6] With their sheep and with their cattle they will go to seek Yahveh, and they will not find him. Strength is removed from among them.
[HOS.5.7] They have betrayed Yahveh, because they have given birth to foreign sons. Now, a month will consume their portions.
[HOS.5.8] Blow the ram's horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah. Shout in Beth Aven, after you, Benjamin.
[HOS.5.9] Ephraim will be for a reproach on the day of rebuke, within the tribes of Israel, I have declared faithfulness.
[HOS.5.10] The leaders of Judah were like those who remove boundaries, upon them I will pour my anger like water.
[HOS.5.11] Oppressed is Ephraim, broken in judgement, for he was willing to go after a command.
[HOS.5.12] And I am like rot to Ephraim and like a maggot to the house of Judah.
[HOS.5.13] Ephraim saw his weakness, and Judah saw his pain. Ephraim went to Assyria and sent to the king of Jereb. But he was not able to heal you, nor could he cure your pain.
[HOS.5.14] For I am as a jackal to Ephraim, and as a lion to the house of Judah. I, I will tear and go, I will carry and there is no rescuer.
[HOS.5.15] I will certainly return to my place, until they acknowledge their guilt and seek the faces of the Gods. When they are in distress, they will earnestly seek me.
HOS.6
[HOS.6.1] Go, and let us return to Yahveh, for He has torn, and He will heal us; He has wounded, and He will bandage us.
[HOS.6.2] He will make us live from days, on the third day he will establish us, and we will live before his face.
[HOS.6.3] And we will know, we will pursue knowing Yahveh, as the sunrise, certain is its arising; and He will come to us as the rain, as a shower that waters the earth.
[HOS.6.4] What can I do to you, Ephraim? What can I do to you, Judah? And your kindness is like the morning cloud, and like the early dew that goes away.
[HOS.6.5] Therefore, I have prophesied against the prophets, and I have killed them with the words of my mouth, and your judgments will go forth as light.
[HOS.6.6] For lovingkindness is what I desired, and not sacrifice, and knowledge of the Gods is more than burnt offerings.
[HOS.6.7] And they, like a man, crossed the covenant there, they were unfaithful in me.
[HOS.6.8] Gilead is a city of workers of wickedness, covered with blood.
[HOS.6.9] And like the strength of a man of troops, a company of priests, the way to massacre Shechem, because wickedness they did.
[HOS.6.10] In the house of Israel, I have seen lewdness. There, adultery belongs to Ephraim, and Israel is defiled.
[HOS.6.11] Also, Judah pours out a harvest to you, in my return from the captivity of my people.
HOS.7
[HOS.7.1] I will heal Israel, and the iniquity of Ephraim will be revealed, and the wickedness of Samaria. For they have acted falsely, and a thief will come. A multitude will plunder openly.
[HOS.7.2] And they will not say in their heart, "I remember all their evil now. Their deeds surround them before my face they were."
[HOS.7.3] In their wickedness, they will rejoice, the king, and in their deceit, officials.
[HOS.7.4] All of them are adulterers, like a burning oven from the oven; they sit in a city, kneading the dough until its sourness.
[HOS.7.5] The day of our king, the leaders have begun anger from Mayim. He extended his hand against the mockers.
[HOS.7.6] For they drew near like a furnace to their heart within them all the night; they bake them, and in the morning it burns like fire and flame.
[HOS.7.7] All of them will glow like a furnace, and they will consume their judges. All their kings have fallen, and there is no one calling to them to God.
[HOS.7.8] Ephraim among the peoples, he will be mixed. Ephraim was a cake without being turned.
[HOS.7.9] Foreigners ate his strength, and he did not know. Also, gray hair was cast upon him, and he did not know.
[HOS.7.10] And the greatness of Israel responded before His face, and they did not return to Yahveh, their Gods, nor did they seek Him in all of this.
[HOS.7.11] And it happened that Ephraim was like a dove, easily deceived, without understanding. They called to Egypt, and went to Assyria.
[HOS.7.12] As they go, I will spread my net over them, like birds of the sky, I will bring them down. I will restrain them as one hears of the assembly.
[HOS.7.13] Woe to them, because they have wandered from me. Waste will be to them, because they have transgressed against me. And I will pardon them, and they have spoken falsehoods about me.
[HOS.7.14] And they did not cry out to me in their hearts, because they wail on their beds, over grain and wine they will be consumed, they will wander because of me.
[HOS.7.15] And I have disciplined, I have strengthened their power, and to me they will think evil.
[HOS.7.16] They will not remain as they were, like a drawn bow. They will fall by the sword of their leaders, from the fury of their tongue, this is for scorn in the land of Egypt.
HOS.8
[HOS.8.1] God, a horn like an eagle over the house of Yahveh, because they have transgressed my covenant and acted wickedly against my law.
[HOS.8.2] They will cry out to me, my Gods, and Israel will know you.
[HOS.8.3] Israel abandoned what is good and its enemies pursued it.
[HOS.8.4] They crowned, but not by my appointment. They fashioned something, and I did not know. They made idols for themselves with their silver and their gold, so that it may be cut off.
[HOS.8.5] The Gods have abandoned your calves, Samaria. My nose burned with anger in them. Until when will they not be able to attain purity?
[HOS.8.6] For it is Israel that made it, and it is not the Gods who made it. For it will be like shavings, the calf of Samaria.
[HOS.8.7] For wind sows, and storm reaps. There is no growth for him, without making flour. Perhaps he will make weeds, and they will swallow him.
[HOS.8.8] Now, Yahveh has swallowed up Israel, and they are among the nations like a vessel without purpose in it.
[HOS.8.9] For they have gone up to Assyria, a wild animal alone for him. Ephraim has turned to affections.
[HOS.8.10] Also, that they are given among the nations, now I will gather them, and they became few from the burden of the king of rulers.
[HOS.8.11] Indeed, Ephraim made many altars for sin. These altars were for his sin.
[HOS.8.12] I will write for him the abundance of my teaching, as they accounted it like a stranger.
[HOS.8.13] They will sacrifice the sacrifices of the boastful, they will sacrifice flesh and eat. Yahveh did not desire them. Now, He will remember their iniquity and He will visit their sins. They will return to Egypt.
[HOS.8.14] And Israel forgot the one who made them, and they built palaces, and Judah multiplied cities with fortifications. And I sent fire into my cities, and it consumed their palaces.
HOS.9
[HOS.9.1] Do not rejoice, Israel, with gladness like the nations, for you have committed spiritual adultery by loving a gift above your Gods. You have loved measures of grain over all else.
[HOS.9.2] The threshing floor and the wine vat will not prosper, and the wine will be disappointed in it.
[HOS.9.3] They will not dwell in the land of Yahveh, and Ephraim will return to Egypt, and in Assyria they will eat what is unclean.
[HOS.9.4] They shall not pour out wine to Yahveh, and He will not accept their sacrifices. Their sacrifices are bread for themselves, like bread made by bakers for them. All who eat of it will become impure, for this bread is for their own souls and will not enter the house of Yahveh.
[HOS.9.5] What will you do on the day of the appointed time and on the day of the festival of Yahveh?
[HOS.9.6] For behold, those who have gone from the land of Egypt, I will gather them as a collection, and I will bury them. Delight for their silver will stand to inherit it, worms in their tents.
[HOS.9.7] The days of reckoning have come, the days of recompense have come. Let Israel know that the prophet is foolish and the man of vision is mad, because of the abundance of your sin, and great is the hatred.
[HOS.9.8] A watchman over Ephraim, with the Gods; a prophet sets snares on all his ways, and hatred is in the house of the Gods.
[HOS.9.9] They have deepened their corruption like the days of Gibeah. Yahveh will remember their iniquity; He will visit their sins.
[HOS.9.10] Like grapes in the wilderness, I found Israel. As the first fruit of the fig tree in its beginning, I saw your ancestors. They came to Baal-peor and were given over to shame, and they became abominations according to their love.
[HOS.9.11] Ephraim is like a bird, their glory will fly from birth and from the womb, and from conception.
[HOS.9.12] But if they raise up their children, and I destroy them from being human, for woe to them because of the good news that comes from them.
[HOS.9.13] Ephraim, as I have observed concerning Tsor, is like a plant rooted in a beautiful location. And Ephraim will deliver his sons to death.
[HOS.9.14] Give to them, Yahveh, what you will give; give to them a womb of understanding and breasts that are withered.
[HOS.9.15] All their wickedness is in Gilgal, for there I hated them because of the evil of their deeds. From my house I will drive them out; I will not gather their affection. All their leaders are rebellious.
[HOS.9.16] Ephraim has been struck, their root is dry. They will not produce fruit. Also, though they bear, I will destroy the delights of their womb.
[HOS.9.17] The Gods will abhor them because they did not listen to him, and they will be wanderers among the nations.
HOS.10
[HOS.10.1] A vine, a breaker, is Israel. Fruit will be provided for him, according to the abundance of his fruit, he increased to the altars, as good to the land, they improved the pillars.
[HOS.10.2] God has divided their heart now, they will err. He will destroy their altars, He will shatter their standing stones.
[HOS.10.3] For now they will say, "There is no king for us, because they do not fear Yahveh. And what will the king do to us?"
[HOS.10.4] Speak things that are falsehoods, make a covenant, and let justice bloom like a head over the furrows of the field.
[HOS.10.5] The gods of Beth Aven will dwell in the dwellings of Samaria, for his people mourn for him, and his priests rejoice over his honor, because he has departed from them.
[HOS.10.6] Even him to Assyria he will be led, a gift to the king of Jarab. In that year Ephraim will take, and Israel will be ashamed from his counsel.
[HOS.10.7] It seems Samaria, her queen, is like foam on the face of the waters.
[HOS.10.8] And the high places will be utterly ruined because of the sin of Israel. Thorn and thistle will grow on their altars. And they will say to the mountains, ‘Cover us,’ and to the hills, ‘Fall on us.’ Selah.
[HOS.10.9] From the days of Gibeah, Israel has sinned. There they stood, and war will not overtake them at Gibeah concerning the sons of Alvah.
[HOS.10.10] I desired and restrained them, and nations gathered against them while they were in bonds, to injure two of their eyes.
[HOS.10.11] And Ephraim is a trained calf that I have loved to tread, and I have passed over the good of its neck. I will continue to make Ephraim plow, and Judah will sow for Jacob.
[HOS.10.12] Sow for yourselves righteousness, reap according to lovingkindness, plow for yourselves a field, and the time to seek Yahveh until he comes and shows you righteousness.
[HOS.10.13] You have skillfully crafted wickedness, reaped iniquity, consumed the fruit of deceit, because you have trusted in your own way, in the multitude of your mighty ones.
[HOS.10.14] And an uproar will arise among your people, and all your strongholds will be destroyed, like the crushing of Shalman’s house, Arbel, in a day of war. A mother over her children will be shattered.
[HOS.10.15] Thus he did to you, house of God, because of the evil of your evil. At dawn, it appeared, it appeared, king of Israel.
HOS.11
[HOS.11.1] For Israel is a young man whom I loved, and from Egypt I called to my son.
[HOS.11.2] They called to them, and so they walked before them, sacrificing to the lords and offering incense to the images.
[HOS.11.3] And I have trained Ephraim, taking them upon my arms, and they have not known that I have healed them.
[HOS.11.4] With ropes of humankind I will draw you, with affections of love, and I will be to them like those who lift a yoke upon your cheeks, and gently I will consume it.
[HOS.11.5] He will not return to the land of Egypt, and Assyria is their kingship, because they refused to return.
[HOS.11.6] And a sword will be sick upon their cities, and it will consume their vigor, and it will eat from their counsel.
[HOS.11.7] And my people are hanging onto the dwellings of the Gods, and they will call upon God together, but God will not elevate them.
[HOS.11.8] How can I abandon you, Ephraim? How can I deliver you, Israel? How can I leave you like a forsaken land, or set you like a weak flock? My heart has turned within me. Together my compassion is stirred.
[HOS.11.9] I will not do the wrath of my anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim, for God am I and not a man, holy in your midst and I will not come into the city.
[HOS.11.10] After Yahveh they will go; like a lion He will roar, because He will roar, and people will tremble from the west.
[HOS.11.11] They will tremble like a bird from Egypt, and like a dove from the land of Assyria, and I will return them to their houses, says Yahveh.
HOS.12
[HOS.12.1] They surround me with falsehood, Ephraim, and with deceit, house of Israel. And Judah still pursues Yahveh and the holy ones faithfully.
[HOS.12.2] Ephraim shepherds the wind and pursues the eastern wind; all day long falsehood and plunder increase, and they will make a covenant with Assyur, and oil will be carried to Egypt.
[HOS.12.3] And the dispute belongs to Yahveh with Judah, and to reckon upon Jacob according to his ways, according to his deeds Yahveh will return to him.
[HOS.12.4] In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his coming he prevailed over the Gods.
[HOS.12.5] He wrestled with the messenger of God, and he prevailed. He wept and pleaded with him. He will find the Gods at the house of God, and there the Gods will speak with us.
[HOS.12.6] And Yahveh, the Gods of armies, Yahveh, his remembrance.
[HOS.12.7] And you, return to your Gods. Keep kindness and justice, and continually hope in your Gods.
[HOS.12.8] Canaan has in his hand scales of deceit, loving oppression.
[HOS.12.9] And Ephraim said, "Truly, I have become wealthy, I have found strength for myself. All my labor will not find any guilt for me, that is to say, sin."
[HOS.12.10] And I, Yahveh, the Gods your, from the land of Egypt, again I will cause you to dwell in tents, as the days of appointed times.
[HOS.12.11] And I spoke through the prophets, and I multiplied visions, and through the hand of the prophets, I will liken.
[HOS.12.12] If Gilead is iniquity, then it is truly emptiness. Bulls they sacrificed in Gilgal, and also their altars are like heaps of stone upon the mounds of fields.
[HOS.12.13] And Jacob fled the field of Aram, and Israel worked for a woman and guarded with a woman.
[HOS.12.14] And through a prophet, Yahveh raised up Israel from Egypt, and through a prophet, Israel was kept safe.
[HOS.12.15] Ephraim has angered. Bitterness is present. And his blood will not be forgiven him. And his shame, my Lord will return to him.
HOS.13
[HOS.13.1] As Ephraim speaks, he trembles; he bore responsibility in Israel, and he transgressed regarding Baal, and he died.
[HOS.13.2] And now they add to their sin, and they made for themselves a cast image from their silver, according to their understanding, idols, the work of craftsmen, all of them. They say of them, “These sacrifice people!” They will kiss the calves.
[HOS.13.3] Therefore, they will be like a cloud of morning and like dew of the mornings, going; like chaff swept away from the threshing floor and like smoke from the chimney.
[HOS.13.4] And I am Yahveh, the Gods your, from the land of Egypt, and the Gods besides me you shall not know, and a savior, none besides.
[HOS.13.5] I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of desolation.
[HOS.13.6] As they grazed and were filled, they became full, and their heart was lifted up; therefore, they forgot me.
[HOS.13.7] I have been to them like a jackal, like a leopard along the path of Ashur.
[HOS.13.8] I will meet them like a bereaved bear, and I will tear open the closure of their heart, and I will eat them there like a lion, the animal of the field will rip them open.
[HOS.13.9] Israel, you are ruined because in my help you sought help.
[HOS.13.10] I am your King, therefore, and I will save you in all your cities, and your judges that you spoke of, give me a king and princes.
[HOS.13.11] I will give you a king in my anger, and I will take [something] in my passion.
[HOS.13.12] Ephraim’s iniquity is bound up, his sin is hidden.
[HOS.13.13] The pains of childbirth will come to him. He is not a wise son, because the time has not come for him to stand in the challenges of sons.
[HOS.13.14] From the hand of the grave I will redeem them, from death I will rescue them. I am your words of death, I am your grave. Comfort will be hidden from my eyes.
[HOS.13.15] For he is a brother’s son who will spread; the eastern wind, the breath of Yahveh, ascends from the wilderness to wither its source and destroy its spring. He will ravage the treasure of all desirable vessels.
HOS.14
[HOS.14.1] Samaria will be held accountable because it has rebelled against the Gods. Its infants will fall by the sword, they will be shattered, and its pregnant women will be torn open.
[HOS.14.2] Return, Israel, to Yahveh, the Gods your God, for you have stumbled in your iniquity.
[HOS.14.3] Take words with you and return to Yahveh. Say to Him, "May You lift all iniquity and accept what is good, and may we offer the calves of our lips as completion."
[HOS.14.4] Ashur will not save us, nor will we ride upon horses. We will no longer say, "Our Gods," concerning the work of our hands. Rather, the orphan will find compassion in you.
[HOS.14.5] I will heal their turning away, I will love them willingly, because my anger has returned from him.
[HOS.14.6] I will be as the dew to Israel. He will flourish as the lily, and his roots will be as Lebanon.
[HOS.14.7] Let his sprouts go forth, and let his glory be like the olive tree, and let his fragrance be like Lebanon.
[HOS.14.8] They will return, the dwellers in his shadow. The grain will live, and they will flourish like the vine. His memory is like wine of Lebanon.
[HOS.14.9] Ephraim, what more do I have to do with idols? I have answered and protected you. I am like a thriving cypress, and your fruit comes from me.
[HOS.14.10] Who is wise and understands these things? Who is insightful and knows them? For the ways of Yahveh are just, and the righteous will walk in them, but transgressors will stumble in them.
JOL
JOL.1 • JOL.2 • JOL.3 • JOL.4
JOL.1
[JOL.1.1] The word of Yahveh which was to Joel son of Ptu'el.
[JOL.1.2] Hear this, you elders, and pay attention, all inhabitants of the land. Did this occur in your days, or in the days of your ancestors?
[JOL.1.3] Tell it to your children, and your children to their children, and your children to another generation.
[JOL.1.4] The remainder of the grass the locusts ate, and the remainder of the locusts the caterpillars ate, and the remainder of the caterpillars the cankerworm ate.
[JOL.1.5] Wake up, you who are intoxicated, and weep! And wail, all you who drink wine, over the juice, for it is cut off from your mouths.
[JOL.1.6] For a nation has come up against my land, mighty and without number. Its teeth are the teeth of a lion, and tearing claws belong to it.
[JOL.1.7] God has set my vine for devastation and my fig tree for breakage. God has uncovered it and thrown it away. They have whitened its branches.
[JOL.1.8] God is to me like a virgin girded with sackcloth concerning the husband of her youth.
[JOL.1.9] The stopping of the grain offering and the libation from the house of Yahveh occurred. The priests, the servants of Yahveh, mourned.
[JOL.1.10] The field is plundered, mourning is the land, because the grain is plundered, the new wine has dried up, wretched is joy.
[JOL.1.11] The farmers are dismayed, the wine farmers rejoice regarding wheat and barley, because the harvest of the field is lost.
[JOL.1.12] The vine has withered, and the fig tree is blighted. The pomegranate, also the date palm and the apple – all trees of the field have become dry, because joy has dried up from among the children of humankind.
[JOL.1.13] Gird yourselves and wail, the priests, make desolate, servants of the altar. Come, lie down in sackcloth, servants of God, for the offering and libation have been withheld from the house of your God.
[JOL.1.14] Sanctify a fast, proclaim an assembly, gather the elders and all who dwell in the land to the house of Yahveh, the Gods of you, and cry out to Yahveh.
[JOL.1.15] Alas, today, for the day of Yahveh is near, and will come like destruction from the Almighty.
[JOL.1.16] Surely not, before our eyes is joy and gladness being consumed, cut off from the house of the Gods?
[JOL.1.17] The fruits have decayed under their winnowing forks. Treasures have been emptied, storage places destroyed, for the grain has withered.
[JOL.1.18] The livestock groans; the herds of cattle are dismayed, for there is no pasture for them. Also, the flocks of sheep are exhausted.
[JOL.1.19] To you, Yahveh, I call, for fire has consumed the beauty of the wilderness, and the flame has set aflame all the trees of the field.
[JOL.1.20] Also, the wild animals of the field long for you, because the channels of water have become dry and fire has consumed the meadows of the wilderness.
JOL.2
[JOL.2.1] Blow the ram’s horn in Zion, and sound the alarm on the holy mountain, for all who dwell on the earth will tremble, because the day of Yahveh is coming, for it is near.
[JOL.2.2] A day of darkness and gloom, a day of cloud and mist, like dawn spread upon the mountains, a people numerous and powerful, such as has not been from the world’s beginning and will not be again until generations upon generations.
[JOL.2.3] Before Him, fire devoured, and behind Him, flames blazed. The land before Him was like the Garden of Eden, but behind Him, a desolate wilderness. And no escape was for Him.
[JOL.2.4] Like the appearance of horses, so is its appearance, and like riders, so they will run.
[JOL.2.5] Like the sound of chariots on the tops of the mountains, they leap. Like the sound of a flame of fire, devouring straw. Like a mighty people drawn up for war.
[JOL.2.6] The peoples will be afraid because of the presence of Yahveh. Everyone gathers splendor.
[JOL.2.7] As mighty ones they will run, as men of war they will ascend the wall, and each one will walk in their ways, and they will not become weary from their paths.
[JOL.2.8] And a man should not pressure his brother, and each male should walk in his own path, and those who act through haste will fall, and they will not prosper.
[JOL.2.9] In the city they will ravage, on the wall they will run, in the houses they will go up, through the windows they will come like a thief.
[JOL.2.10] Before Yahveh, the land trembled, the heavens shook. The sun and the moon darkened, and the stars gathered their brightness.
[JOL.2.11] And Yahveh gave His voice before His army, for very great is His camp. For powerful is the one who does His word, for great is the day of Yahveh and very terrible, and who can endure Him?
[JOL.2.12] And also now declares Yahveh, return to me with all of your heart, and with fasting and with weeping and with mourning.
[JOL.2.13] Tear your hearts and your garments, and return to Yahveh, your Gods, for He is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and regrets causing harm.
[JOL.2.14] Who knows if God will return and relent, and leave behind a blessing, a gift offering, and a drink offering for Yahveh, the Gods of your people?
[JOL.2.15] Sound the ram's horn trumpet in Zion. Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly.
[JOL.2.16] Gather the people, make them holy, assemble the congregation, gather the elders, gather the infants, and those suckling at the breast. Let the bridegroom go out from his chamber, and the bride from her canopy.
[JOL.2.17] Between the porch and the altar, the priests, servants of Yahveh, will weep, and they will say, "Have mercy, Yahveh, on your people, and do not give your inheritance to disgrace, so that nations will not use them as a proverb. Why should the nations among the peoples ask, 'Where are their Gods?'"
[JOL.2.18] Yahveh was jealous for His land and He had compassion on His people.
[JOL.2.19] And Yahveh responded and said to His people, “Behold, I am sending to you the grain and the wine and the oil, and you shall be satisfied by it. And I will not give you shame anymore among the nations.”
[JOL.2.20] And the northern one I will drive far from over you, and I will push it toward a land of desolation and emptiness. Its face toward the eastern sea, and its end toward the western sea, and it will rise in its fire, and its stench will ascend, because it has increased in doing.
[JOL.2.21] Do not fear, the ground. Rejoice and be glad, for Yahveh has greatly increased what He does.
[JOL.2.22] Do not fear the beasts of the field, for the meadows have flourished in the desert. Because a tree has borne its fruit, the fig and the vine have given their strength.
[JOL.2.23] And you, people of Zion, rejoice and be glad in Yahveh, the Gods of you, because He has given to you the teacher of righteousness, and He sends to you rain, early rain and late rain.
[JOL.2.24] And the granaries will be filled with grain, and the wine vats will overflow with wine and oil.
[JOL.2.25] And I will repay you the years that the locust consumed, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the grasshopper, my great force that I sent upon you.
[JOL.2.26] And you will eat and be full, and you will praise the name of Yahveh, the Gods of you, who has done wondrous things with you, and my people will not be ashamed forever.
[JOL.2.27] And you will know that I am in the midst of Israel, and I, Yahveh, am the Gods of you, and there is no other. And my people will not be ashamed forever.
JOL.3
[JOL.3.1] And it will be after this, that I will pour out my spirit upon all people, and your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams, and your young men will see visions.
[JOL.3.2] And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids, in those days I will pour out my spirit.
[JOL.3.3] And I will give signs in the heavens and on the earth: blood and fire, and columns of smoke.
[JOL.3.4] The sun will turn to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the day of Yahveh, the great and the terrible.
[JOL.3.5] And it will be that all who call upon the name of Yahveh will be saved, for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as Yahveh has said, and among the survivors whom Yahveh calls.
JOL.4
[JOL.4.1] For behold, in those days and in that time, that I will return the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem.
[JOL.4.2] I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, and I will judge them there on behalf of my people and my inheritance, Israel, whom they scattered among the nations and whose land they divided.
[JOL.4.3] And God of my people, they cast lots, and they gave the boy to a prostitute, and they sold the girl for wine, and they drank.
[JOL.4.4] And also, what are you to me, Tyre and Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? The recompense you are offering, you are offering it to me. And if you are offering recompense to me, quickly and swiftly I will repay your recompense upon your heads.
[JOL.4.5] That which is my silver and my gold you have taken, and my best valuables you have brought to your temples.
[JOL.4.6] And the sons of Judah and the sons of Jerusalem, you sold to the sons of the Greeks, in order to remove them from their territory.
[JOL.4.7] Behold, I will stir them up from the place where you sold them there, and I will return your reward on your heads.
[JOL.4.8] And I will surely sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the people of Judah, and they will sell them as captives to a distant nation, because Yahveh has spoken this.
[JOL.4.9] Proclaim this among the nations, sanctify war. Awaken the heroes, let them draw near, let them go up, all men of the war.
[JOL.4.10] Write with your hands for swords, and let your songs be for spears. The weak one will say, "I am a hero."
[JOL.4.11] Make and come, all the nations from around, and gather yourselves there, the placing of Yahveh, your heroes.
[JOL.4.12] Let the nations awaken and go up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, because there Yahveh will sit to judge all the nations around.
[JOL.4.13] Send out the roller, for the harvest is ripe. Come, go down, for the winepress is full. Let the vats be emptied, for their wickedness is great.
[JOL.4.14] Multitudes, multitudes are in the valley of decision, for near is the day of Yahveh in the valley of decision.
[JOL.4.15] The sun and the moon grew dark, and the stars gathered their light.
[JOL.4.16] And Yahveh will roar from Zion and will give his voice from Jerusalem, and the heavens and the earth will tremble. And Yahveh is a refuge for his people and a stronghold for the children of Israel.
[JOL.4.17] And you will know that I, Yahveh, the Gods, am your God, dwelling in Zion, the holy mountain. And Jerusalem will be holy, and foreigners will not pass through it again.
[JOL.4.18] And it will be on that day that the mountains will drip with sweetness, and the hills will flow with milk, and all the channels of Judah will go with water, and a spring from the house of Yahveh will go out and water the valley of the acacias.
[JOL.4.19] Egypt will be to desolation, and Edom will be to a desolate wilderness, because of the violence of the children of Judah, who shed innocent blood in their land.
[JOL.4.20] And Judah will dwell forever, and Jerusalem for generation and generation.
[JOL.4.21] And I will cleanse their blood, I will not cleanse it. And Yahveh dwells in Zion.
AMO
AMO.1 • AMO.2 • AMO.3 • AMO.4 • AMO.5 • AMO.6 • AMO.7 • AMO.8 • AMO.9
AMO.1
[AMO.1.1] The words belong to Amos, who was among the shepherds from Tekoa. He saw visions concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah, king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the shaking.
[AMO.1.2] And Yahveh said, "From Zion will Yahveh roar, and from Jerusalem will Yahveh give voice. The green pastures of the shepherds will mourn, and the crown of Carmel will become dry."
[AMO.1.3] Thus says Yahveh, concerning three transgressions of Damascus, and four that I will not turn back: because they have threshed Gilead with instruments of iron.
[AMO.1.4] And I will send fire into the house of Hazael, and it will consume the palaces of Ben-Hadad.
[AMO.1.5] And I will break the bolt of Damascus, and I will cut off the inhabitant from the valley of wickedness, and the supporter of the rod from the house of Eden. And the people of Aram will go into exile to Kir, says Yahveh.
[AMO.1.6] Thus says Yahveh, regarding three transgressions of Gaza, and regarding four I will not relent. Regarding their exile, a complete exile to surrender them to Edom.
[AMO.1.7] And I will send fire upon the wall of Gaza, and it will consume its palaces.
[AMO.1.8] And I will cut off the one who dwells in Ashdod, and the one who supports the tribe from Ashkelon, and I will turn my hand against Ekron, and the remnant of the Philistines will perish. Thus says my Lord Yahveh.
[AMO.1.9] Thus says Yahveh, concerning three offenses of Tyre, and concerning four I will not revoke them, concerning their delivering up to exile a complete exile to Edom, and they did not remember the covenant of brothers.
[AMO.1.10] And I will send fire upon the wall of Tyre, and it will consume its palaces.
[AMO.1.11] Thus says Yahveh, concerning three transgressions of Edom, and concerning four, I will not revoke it. Because he pursued his brother with the sword and destroyed compassion, and his anger keeps eternal wrath, his anger will remain forever.
[AMO.1.12] And I will send fire upon Teman, and it will consume the palaces in Bozrah.
[AMO.1.13] Thus says Yahveh, concerning three sins of the descendants of Ammon, and concerning four, I will not revoke it, concerning the valley of acacia trees in Gilead, in order to expand their boundary.
[AMO.1.14] And I will kindle a fire upon the wall of Rabbah, and it will consume its palaces with shouting on a day of war, with a tempest on a day of a storm.
[AMO.1.15] And their king will walk in exile, he and his princes together, said Yahveh.
AMO.2
[AMO.2.1] Thus says Yahveh regarding three transgressions of Moab, and regarding four, I will not revoke it. Because they burned the bones of the king of Edom to cremated remains.
[AMO.2.2] And I will send fire upon Moab, and it will consume the fortresses of the cities. And death will come to Moab with a shout, with the sound of a trumpet.
[AMO.2.3] And I will destroy a judge from within her, and all her leaders I will slay with him, said Yahveh.
[AMO.2.4] Thus says Yahveh: for three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not relent. They have rejected the instruction of Yahveh and have not kept his statutes. They have been misled by the falsehoods their ancestors followed.
[AMO.2.5] And I will send fire in Judah, and it will consume the palaces of Jerusalem.
[AMO.2.6] Thus says Yahveh, concerning three transgressions of Israel, and concerning four, I will not reverse it. Concerning their selling of the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of sandals.
[AMO.2.7] Those who seek upon the dust of the earth with heads of the humble, and the way of the meek they will bend, and each man and his father will go to the young woman, for the purpose of profaning the name of my holy one.
[AMO.2.8] And upon garments they cast ropes near every altar, and fermented wine they drink at the house of their Gods.
[AMO.2.9] And I have destroyed the Amorites before them, which were as tall as cedars and strong as oaks, and I destroyed its fruit from above and its roots from below.
[AMO.2.10] And I, God, have brought you up from the land of Egypt, and I led you in the wilderness for forty years to inherit the land of the Amorites.
[AMO.2.11] And I raised up from your sons prophets and from your chosen young men nazirites. Is it truly the case that this did not happen, sons of Israel? says Yahveh.
[AMO.2.12] And you gave wine to the Nazirites, and you commanded the prophets, saying, "Do not prophesy."
[AMO.2.13] Indeed, I will oppress under you, as the cart, full for it, oppresses the bundle of grain.
[AMO.2.14] And escape will be lost from sound, and the strong will not strengthen his strength, and a mighty warrior will not deliver his life.
[AMO.2.15] And the one grasping the bow will not stand, and swiftness in his feet will not deliver him, and the rider of the horse will not deliver his soul.
[AMO.2.16] And his heart will be strong among the heroes, yet he will flee naked on that day, declares Yahveh.
AMO.3
[AMO.3.1] Hear this word that Yahveh spoke to you, children of Israel, to every family that I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying...
[AMO.3.2] Only you have I known from all the families of the land. Therefore, I will require upon you all your iniquities.
[AMO.3.3] Can two walk together unless they have agreed?
[AMO.3.4] Will a lion roar in the forest when there is no prey for it? Will a young lion give voice from its dwelling, unless it has captured something?
[AMO.3.5] Does a bird fall to a snare on the land, and is there no snare for it? Will a snare rise from the land and capture without capturing?
[AMO.3.6] If a trumpet is sounded in a city, and the people do not tremble, if calamity occurs in a city and Yahveh has not caused it, then something is wrong.
[AMO.3.7] For my Lord Yahveh will not do a thing without revealing its secret to God’s servants, the prophets.
[AMO.3.8] A lion has roared, who will not fear? My Lord Yahveh has spoken, who will not prophesy?
[AMO.3.9] Proclaim upon the palaces in Ashdod, and upon the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, "They gather upon the mountains of Samaria, and see great commotions within it, and exploited people within it."
[AMO.3.10] And they do not know how to do what is right, says Yahveh. Their treasuries are filled with violence and devastation in their palaces.
[AMO.3.11] Therefore, thus says my Lord Yahveh: narrow and surrounding the land. And I will lower your strength from you, and your palaces will be profaned.
[AMO.3.12] Thus says Yahveh, just as a shepherd rescues from the lion’s mouth two legs or even an ear, so will the children of Israel who dwell in Samaria be delivered, at the edge of a bed and in Damascus, on a couch.
[AMO.3.13] Hear and testify in the house of Jacob, declares my Lord Yahveh, the God of the armies.
[AMO.3.14] For in the day that I, Yahveh, visit the transgressions of Israel upon it, I will visit upon the altars of the house of God, and the horns of the altar will be cut off and fall to the earth.
[AMO.3.15] And I will strike the house of winter against the house of summer, and the houses of ivory will perish, and many houses will be utterly destroyed, says Yahveh.
AMO.4
[AMO.4.1] Hear this word, the cattle of Bashan that are in the mountain of Samaria, those who exploit the poor, those who crush the needy, those who say to their lords, "Bring, and we will drink!"
[AMO.4.2] An oath, my Lord Yahveh has sworn in his holiness, that behold, days are coming upon you, and you will be carried away in carrying chairs, and after that, in fishing baskets.
[AMO.4.3] Breaches will go out, a woman against her, and she will be thrown to the mountains. This is the declaration of Yahveh.
[AMO.4.4] Come to the house of God and transgress. Multiply transgression at the Gilgal. And bring your sacrifices in the morning for three days, your tithes.
[AMO.4.5] And you shall offer from unleavened bread a thanksgiving offering, and you shall proclaim vows, make them heard, because thus I have loved you, children of Israel, says my Lord Yahveh.
[AMO.4.6] And also, I gave to you a lack of provisions in all your cities and a scarcity of bread in all your places, and you have not returned to me, thus says Yahveh.
[AMO.4.7] And also, I withheld the rain from you while three months remained until the harvest. And I will rain upon one city, and upon one city I will not rain. One portion will be rained upon, and a portion upon which I will not rain will become dry.
[AMO.4.8] And two or three cities will go to one city to drink water, and they will not be satisfied, and you have not returned to me, says Yahveh.
[AMO.4.9] I struck you with a scorching wind and with mildew. Your gardens and your vineyards, your fig trees and your olive trees, the locust will eat. Yet you have not returned to me, says Yahveh.
[AMO.4.10] I sent plague among you in the way of Egypt, and I killed with the sword your young men, with the captives of your horses. And I brought fire upon your camps, and shame upon you, yet you did not return to me, says Yahveh.
[AMO.4.11] I have turned you as the Gods turned Sodom and Gomorrah. You became as a brand snatched from the fire, yet you have not returned to me, says Yahveh.
[AMO.4.12] Therefore thus I will do for you Israel, because of this I will do for you. Prepare to meet your Gods, Israel.
[AMO.4.13] For behold, the one forming mountains and creating wind, and declaring to mankind what their discourse is, the one making dawn vapor and treading upon the high places of the earth, Yahveh, the Gods of hosts, is His name.
AMO.5
[AMO.5.1] Hear this word which I am bearing towards you, a lament, house of Israel.
[AMO.5.2] She has fallen, she will not rise again. The virgin of Israel is abandoned on her ground, there is no one to raise her up.
[AMO.5.3] For thus says my Lord Yahveh: The city that goes out with a thousand will leave a hundred, and the city that goes out with a hundred will leave ten, to the house of Israel.
[AMO.5.4] For thus says Yahveh to the house of Israel, seek me and live.
[AMO.5.5] And do not seek God at Bethel, and do not go to Gilgal, and do not pass through Beer Sheba, for Gilgal will certainly go into exile, and Bethel will become iniquity.
[AMO.5.6] Seek diligently Yahveh and live, lest a fire blaze like fire in the house of Joseph and consume it, and there be no extinguisher for the house of El.
[AMO.5.7] Those who turn justice into bitterness and righteousness to the earth have cast down.
[AMO.5.8] The one making heat and cold, and turning morning into shadow, darkening day into night, He who calls to the waters of the sea and pours them out upon the face of the earth – Yahveh is His name.
[AMO.5.9] The one bringing destruction will come upon the strong, and destruction will come upon the fortress.
[AMO.5.10] Those who rebuke at the gate are hated, and they will despise one who speaks completely truthfully.
[AMO.5.11] Therefore, because you have been ashamed of the poor and have taken the burden of the strong from him, you will build houses of hewn stone, but you will not dwell in them. You will plant vineyards of delight, but you will not drink of their wine.
[AMO.5.12] For I have known many of your transgressions, and your sins are great. Oppressors of the righteous, takers of bribes, and those who turn away the poor at the gate – I have seen these things.
[AMO.5.13] Therefore the insightful one at that time will be silent, for it is an evil time.
[AMO.5.14] Seek good and not evil, so that you may live. And so it will be. Yahveh, the Gods of armies, is with you as you have stated.
[AMO.5.15] Hate evil and love goodness, and present justice at the gate. Perhaps Yahveh, the God of hosts, will show favor to the remnant of Joseph.
[AMO.5.16] Therefore, thus says Yahveh, the Gods of hosts, my Lord: "In all the streets they will lament, and in all the open places they will say, 'Alas, alas!' And they will call the farmer to mourning, and skilled lamenters to those who know how to wail."
[AMO.5.17] And throughout all the vineyards there is lamentation, because I, Yahveh, will pass through your midst.
[AMO.5.18] Woe to those who desire the day of Yahveh! Why is this for you, the day of Yahveh? It is darkness, and not light.
[AMO.5.19] As a man flees from the lion, and the bear encounters him, and he enters the house and places his hand upon the wall, and the snake bites him.
[AMO.5.20] Is not the day of Yahveh darkness, and not light, and gloom, and not brightness for him?
[AMO.5.21] I have hated, I have despised your festivals, and I will not smell \[with acceptance] in your assemblies.
[AMO.5.22] But if you bring up burnt offerings and your meal offerings, I will not desire them, and I will not look at the fat of your feasts.
[AMO.5.23] Remove from upon me the multitude of your songs, and the music of your stringed instruments I will not hear.
[AMO.5.24] And judgment will flow like waters, and righteousness like a strong stream.
[AMO.5.25] You brought sacrifices and grain offerings to the Gods in the wilderness for forty years, people of Israel.
[AMO.5.26] You will carry the repulsions of your kings and the form of your images, the star of the gods of you, which you made for you.
[AMO.5.27] And I will exile you from here to Damascus, said Yahveh, the Gods of armies, His name.
AMO.6
[AMO.6.1] Woe to those who feel secure in Zion and to those who trust in Mount Samaria! They are the first among the nations, and the house of Israel will come to them.
[AMO.6.2] Go, observe, and then depart from there to Hamath the Great, and descend to Gath of the Philistines. Are these kingdoms better than your own? Is their territory greater than yours?
[AMO.6.3] Those who prepare for an evil day, and you have presented a rod of oppression.
[AMO.6.4] Those who lie on beds of ivory and stretch out on their couches, and eat lambs from the flock and calves from the midst of the pasture.
[AMO.6.5] Those appointed according to the instruction of the seer Samuel, as David had arranged for them, made instruments of song.
[AMO.6.6] Those who drink from bowls of wine and anoint themselves with the best of oils do not grieve for the brokenness of Joseph.
[AMO.6.7] Therefore now the Gods will reveal themselves in the head of nations, and restraint will depart from rulers.
[AMO.6.8] My Lord Yahveh swore by His soul, declares Yahveh, the God of armies, I abhor the pride of Jacob and I hated his palaces, and I will deliver the city and its fullness.
[AMO.6.9] And it will be, if ten people remain in one house and they die.
[AMO.6.10] And he carried and his companion to bring out bones from the house, and said to the one who was in the recesses of the house, "Is anyone still with you?" And he said, "No," and he said, "Silence, because not to mention in the name of Yahveh."
[AMO.6.11] For behold, Yahveh commands, and will smite the great house into shards, and the small house with fissures.
[AMO.6.12] Can horses rush on a rock? Or will someone plow in the mornings? Because you have turned a head of judgement, and fruit of righteousness into a curse.
[AMO.6.13] Those who rejoice for no thing, the saying ones, surely with our strength we took for ourselves power.
[AMO.6.14] For behold, I will raise up a nation against you, house of Israel, declares Yahveh, God of armies. They will oppress you from the entrance of Hamath to the Wadi of Arabia.
AMO.7
[AMO.7.1] Thus my Lord Yahveh showed me, and behold, the Former of lumps in the beginning of the ascents of the barley, and behold, a later harvest after the shearings of the king.
[AMO.7.2] And it will be, if it happens that God exhausts the vegetation of the land, and I say, "my Lord Yahveh, please pardon, who will stand – Jacob? For he is small."
[AMO.7.3] Yahveh felt regret about this; Yahveh said it will not be.
[AMO.7.4] Thus my Lord Yahveh showed me, and behold, my Lord Yahveh is calling for a dispute in fire, and it consumed the great deep, and devoured the portion.
[AMO.7.5] And I said to my Lord Yahveh, "Please cease! Who can stand before Jacob, for he is small?"
[AMO.7.6] Yahveh repented about this thing, also this will not be, said my Lord Yahveh.
[AMO.7.7] Thus He showed me, and behold, my Lord was standing on the wall of the plumb bob, and in His hand was a plumb bob.
[AMO.7.8] And Yahveh said to me, "What do you see, Amos?" And I said, "A plumb line." And my Lord said, "Behold, I am placing a plumb line among my people Israel. I will not again pass by them."
[AMO.7.9] And they will live in the deaths of Isaac, and the sanctuaries of Israel will be desolate. And I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.
[AMO.7.10] And Amaziah, priest of the house of God, sent to Jeraboam, king of Israel, saying: "Amos has conspired against you among the people of Israel; the land cannot contain all his words."
[AMO.7.11] For thus said Amos: Yarabeam will die by the sword, and Israel will be exiled from his land.
[AMO.7.12] And Amaziah said to Amos, "Seer, go, flee away to the land of Judah. Eat bread there, and there prophesy."
[AMO.7.13] And to the house of God, you shall not continue to prophesy, for it is the sanctuary of the king, and a house of the kingdom it is.
[AMO.7.14] And Amos responded and said to Amaziah, "I am not a prophet, and not a son of a prophet, for I am a herdsman and a grower of sycamore figs."
[AMO.7.15] And Yahveh took me from following the sheep, and Yahveh said to me, "Go, prophesy to my people Israel."
[AMO.7.16] And now, hear the word of Yahveh. You are saying, "Do not prophesy against Israel, and do not speak against the house of Isaac."
[AMO.7.17] Therefore thus says Yahveh: Your wife will commit adultery in the city, and your sons and your daughters will fall by the sword. Your land will be measured by a cord and divided, and you yourself will die on unclean land. And Israel will be exiled from its land.
AMO.8
[AMO.8.1] Thus my Lord Yahveh showed me, and behold, a cage of summer.
[AMO.8.2] And He said, "What do you see, Amos?" And I said, "A basket of summer fruit." And Yahveh said to me, "The end has come to my people Israel. I will no longer pass over them."
[AMO.8.3] And let the songs of the temple be silent on that day, says my Lord Yahveh. Many corpses he has cast in every place, the.
[AMO.8.4] Hear this, you who desire the poor one and to silence the humble of the land.
[AMO.8.5] They say, "When will the new month pass, that we may break the restraint, and the Sabbath, that we may open the storehouse, to make the ephah small and the shekel great, and to pervert the scales of deceit?"
[AMO.8.6] To buy the poor and the needy with silver for shoes, and we break a broken staff.
[AMO.8.7] Yahveh has sworn in the strength of Jacob, if I should forget all of their deeds forever.
[AMO.8.8] Will the Earth not tremble because of this, and will every inhabitant within it not mourn? And will all of it not rise like dust and be exiled and be struck like the dust of Egypt?
[AMO.8.9] And it will be, in that day, declares my Lord Yahveh, and I will bring the sun to noon, and I will darken the land in a day of light.
[AMO.8.10] And I will turn your festivals into mourning, and all your songs into a lament. And I will place sackcloth upon every hip, and upon every head baldness. And I will make it like the mourning of an only son, and its end like a bitter day.
[AMO.8.11] Behold, days are coming, says my Lord Yahveh, and I will send a hunger upon the land. It will not be a hunger for bread, nor a thirst for water, but to hear the words of Yahveh.
[AMO.8.12] And they will move from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east; they will wander to seek the word of Yahveh, and they will not find it.
[AMO.8.13] In that day, the beautiful young women and the young men will be overcome by thirst.
[AMO.8.14] Those who swear by the shame of Samaria, and say, "May the life of your God, Dan, be [witness]!" And, "May the life of the way of Beersheba be [witness]!" will fall and not rise again.
AMO.9
[AMO.9.1] I saw my Lord standing by the altar, and He said, "Strike the carved image, and let the idols shake. Shatter them at their tops, and I will kill their remainder with the sword. No escape will be available to them, and no survivor will escape from them."
[AMO.9.2] If they dig down to the underworld, from there my hand will take them. And if they ascend to the sky, from there I will bring them down.
[AMO.9.3] And if they hide on the top of Carmel, from there I will search and take them. And if they conceal themselves from before my eyes in the ground of the sea, from there I will command the serpent, and it will bite them.
[AMO.9.4] And if they go into captivity before their enemies, from there I will command the sword, and I will slay them. And I will set my eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.
[AMO.9.5] And my Lord Yahveh, the commander of armies, touched the land, and it melted, and all its inhabitants mourned. And it rose like a river, all of it, and it sank like the river of Egypt.
[AMO.9.6] The builder in the heavens, His heights and His assembly upon earth He founded. The caller to the waters of the sea, and He poured them out upon the face of the earth. Yahveh is His name.
[AMO.9.7] Is it not the case that you are like the Cushites to me, children of Israel, declares Yahveh? Did I not bring up Israel from the land of Egypt, and the Philistines from Caphtor, and Aram from Kir?
[AMO.9.8] Behold, the eyes of my Lord Yahveh are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from upon the face of the earth, except that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, declares Yahveh.
[AMO.9.9] For behold, I command, and I will shake all the nations with the house of Israel, as one shakes with a sieve, and no clump of earth will fall.
[AMO.9.10] By the sword they will die, all the sinners of my people, those who say, "You will not approach, and you will not hasten evil for us."
[AMO.9.11] On that day, I will raise up the shelter of David, which has fallen, and I will repair their breaches, and I will raise up its ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old.
[AMO.9.12] For the purpose that they may inherit the remnant of Edom and all the nations upon whom my name is called. Thus says Yahveh, the one performing this.
[AMO.9.13] Behold, days are coming, declares Yahveh, when the plowman will approach the reaper, and the one who treads grapes will approach the one who draws the seed, and the mountains will drip juice, and all the hills will swell.
[AMO.9.14] And I will restore the captivity of my people Israel, and they will build cities of ruins and they will dwell, and they will plant vineyards and they will drink their wine, and they will make gardens and they will eat their fruit.
[AMO.9.15] I will plant them upon their land, and they will not be uprooted anymore from upon their land, which I have given to them, says Yahveh, the Gods.
OBA
OBA.1
OBA.1
[OBA.1.1] The vision of Obadiah. Thus says my Lord Yahveh to Edom: A message we have heard from Yahveh, and an envoy among the nations has been sent. Rise up, and let us rise against her for war.
[OBA.1.2] Indeed, I have made you small among the nations, you are greatly despised.
[OBA.1.3] Your heart’s arrogance has made you high, dwelling in the heights of the rock, a lofty abode. Saying in his heart, “Who will bring me down to the earth?”
[OBA.1.4] If you soar like an eagle, and if you set your nest among the stars, from there I will bring you down, says Yahveh.
[OBA.1.5] If thieves come to you, if night robbers, how are you like them? Surely they will steal enough. If gleaners come to you, surely they will leave remnants.
[OBA.1.6] How will Esau search, how will his hidden things sprout forth?
[OBA.1.7] To the boundary they will send you, all the people of your covenant. They will extend, they will finish for you, the people of your peace. They will place your bread, refinement beneath you. There is no understanding in it.
[OBA.1.8] Is it not on that day, declares Yahveh, that I will destroy the wise from Edom and understanding from Mount Esau?
[OBA.1.9] And they will cut down your warriors, Edom, so that a man will be cut off from the mountain of Esau, from destruction.
[OBA.1.10] From the distress of your brother Jacob, you will cover shame, and you will be cut off forever.
[OBA.1.11] In the day of your standing in opposition, in the day of the captivity of foreigners and their strength, and when foreigners came to its gate and they cast lots for Jerusalem, even you are like one of them.
[OBA.1.12] And do not look on the day of your brother in the day of his misfortune, and do not rejoice over the sons of Judah in the day of their destruction, and do not widen your mouth in the day of distress.
[OBA.1.13] Do not enter into the gate of my people on a day of their calamity. Do not you also look upon their evil on a day of calamity. And do not send aid to their army on a day of calamity.
[OBA.1.14] And do not stand at the division to cut off those who remain, and do not shut up those who survive in a day of distress.
[OBA.1.15] For near is the day of Yahveh upon all nations, as what you have done will be done to you, your reward will return upon your head.
[OBA.1.16] For just as you drank upon the holy mountain, so shall all the nations drink continually, and they shall drink and become as though they had not been.
[OBA.1.17] And on Mount Zion there will be deliverance, and it will be a sacred place, and the house of Jacob will inherit their inheritance.
[OBA.1.18] And the house of Jacob will be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau will be stubble. They will ignite among them and consume them, and there will be no survivor remaining for the house of Esau, for Yahveh has spoken.
[OBA.1.19] And the South will inherit Mount Esau, and the lowland will inherit the Philistines, and they will inherit the field of Ephraim and the field of Samaria, and Benjamin will inherit Gilead.
[OBA.1.20] And the exile of this portion for the children of Israel, which is like Canaan, even to France, and the exile of Jerusalem, which is in Spain, they will inherit the cities of the Negev.
[OBA.1.21] And saviors will ascend Mount Zion to judge Mount Esau, and the kingdom will belong to Yahveh.
JON
JON.1 • JON.2 • JON.3 • JON.4
JON.1
[JON.1.1] And it happened, the word of Yahveh to Jonah son of Amitai, saying:
[JON.1.2] Rise, go to Nineveh, the great city, and proclaim against it, for their wickedness has risen up before me.
[JON.1.3] And Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshish from before Yahveh. And he went down to Jaffa and found a ship going to Tarshish, and he gave its fare and went down into it to go with them to Tarshish from before Yahveh.
[JON.1.4] And Yahveh sent a great wind upon the sea, and it was a great storm in the sea, and the ship thought it was going to break.
[JON.1.5] The sailors were afraid, and they cried out, each to his God. And they threw the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten it from upon them. And Jonah went down to the stern of the ship and lay down and slept a deep sleep.
[JON.1.6] Then the ship's captain came near to him and said to him, "What is it to you, are you asleep? Rise, call upon your God! Perhaps the Gods will take thought of us, and we will not perish."
[JON.1.7] And they said, one to his fellow, "Let us go and cast lots, and we will know on whom this evil is upon us." And they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.
[JON.1.8] They said to him, "Tell us now, concerning whom is this evil intended for us? What is your work, and from where did you come? What is your land, and from which people do you originate?"
[JON.1.9] And he said to them, “I am a Hebrew, and I fear Yahveh, the God of the heavens, who made the sea and the dry land.”
[JON.1.10] And the men feared a great fear and they said to him, "What is this that you have done?" For the men knew that he was fleeing before Yahveh, for he had told them.
[JON.1.11] And they said to him, "What should we do for you so that the sea might be quiet above us, because the sea goes and rages?"
[JON.1.12] And he said to them, "Lift me up and cast me into the sea, and the sea will be calm over you, for I know that because of me this great storm is upon you."
[JON.1.13] And the people dug to return to the dry land, but they could not, because the sea goes and is turbulent against them.
[JON.1.14] They called to Yahveh and said, "Please, Yahveh, do not let this man perish, and do not bring innocent blood upon us, for You are Yahveh, and You have done as You desired."
[JON.1.15] And they lifted Jonah and threw him to the sea, and the sea became calm from its anger.
[JON.1.16] And the men feared a great fear of Yahveh, and they sacrificed a sacrifice to Yahveh, and they vowed vows.
JON.2
[JON.2.1] And Yahveh caused a large fish to swallow Jonah, and it happened that Jonah was in the belly of the fish for three days and three nights.
[JON.2.2] And Jonah prayed to Yahveh, his Gods, from the insides of the fish.
[JON.2.3] And he said, "I called from distress to me to Yahveh, and He answered me. From the belly of Sheol, You heard my cry, my voice."
[JON.2.4] And you cast me into a deep place in the heart of the seas, and a river swept around me. All your breakers and your waves passed over me.
[JON.2.5] And I said, I have been banished from before your eyes, but I will continue to look to your holy palace.
[JON.2.6] The waters enveloped me, even to my soul. The deep surrounded me. Seaweed bound to my head.
[JON.2.7] I descended to the sides of the mountains, the earth quaked with its pains on my behalf forever, and you ascended from destruction; my life, Yahveh, the Gods.
[JON.2.8] When my soul overwhelmed me, I remembered Yahveh, and my prayer came to you, to the holy temple of yours.
[JON.2.9] Those who guard worthless illusions, their faithfulness will abandon them.
[JON.2.10] And I will sacrifice to you with a voice of thanksgiving, which I vowed I will repay, the salvation of it to Yahveh.
[JON.2.11] And Yahveh said to the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto the dry land.
JON.3
[JON.3.1] And it happened, the word of Yahveh to Jonah, a second time, saying:
[JON.3.2] Rise, go to Ninveh the great city, and call out to her the proclamation that I speak to you.
[JON.3.3] Jonah rose and went to Nineveh according to the word of Yahveh. And Nineveh was a great city to the Gods, a walk of three days.
[JON.3.4] And Jonah began to enter the city, walking one day, and he called out and said, "Still forty days and Nineveh will be overthrown."
[JON.3.5] And the men of Nineveh believed in the Gods, and they proclaimed a fast, and they clothed themselves in sackcloth, from their greatest to their smallest.
[JON.3.6] And the word touched the king of Nineveh, and he rose from his throne and removed his robe from upon him, and he covered sackcloth, and he sat upon the ashes.
[JON.3.7] And he cried out and said, “From the king and his great ones, this is the decree: Let no man, no animal, no cattle, and no sheep taste anything, let them not graze, and let them not drink water.”
[JON.3.8] And people and animals will cover themselves with sackcloth, and they will call out to the Gods with strength, and each person will return from their bad path and from the violence that is in their hands.
[JON.3.9] Who knows if the Gods will relent and turn from the fierceness of His anger, and not destroy?
[JON.3.10] And the Gods saw their actions, because they turned back from their bad path. And the Gods regretted the evil that they had spoken of doing to them, and did not do it.
JON.4
[JON.4.1] And it was evil in the eyes of God to Jonah, great evil. And it burned to him.
[JON.4.2] And he prayed to Yahveh and said, "Where can I go from Yahveh? Is not this my word, until I am upon the land? Therefore, I went ahead to flee to Tarshish, for I knew that you are God, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abundant in kindness, and you relent from evil."
[JON.4.3] And now, Yahveh, please take my soul from me, for my death is better than my life.
[JON.4.4] And Yahveh said, "Did it please you to be angry?"
[JON.4.5] And Jonah went out from the city and sat to the east of the city. And he made for himself there a shelter and sat under it in the shade until he would see what would happen in the city.
[JON.4.6] And Yahveh the Gods appointed a plant, and it grew up over Jonah to be shade upon his head, to deliver him from his distress. And Jonah rejoiced over the plant with great joy.
[JON.4.7] And the Gods sent a worm at sunrise on the following day, and it struck the gourd, and it withered.
[JON.4.8] And it came to pass, when the sun arose, that the Gods sent a scorching east wind; and the sun beat down upon the head of Jonah so that he fainted, and he asked for his soul to die. And he said, “Death is better to me than life.”
[JON.4.9] And the Gods said to Jonah, is it good that you are greatly displeased about the gourd? And he said, it is good that I am displeased, even to death.
[JON.4.10] And Yahveh said, "Did you have compassion on the gourd, which you did not labor for and did not grow? It was in a night that it was, and in a night it perished."
[JON.4.11] And I will not show compassion on Nineveh the great city, in which are many, more than twelve myriads of people who do not know their right hand from their left, and much livestock.
MIC
MIC.1 • MIC.2 • MIC.3 • MIC.4 • MIC.5 • MIC.6 • MIC.7
MIC.1
[MIC.1.1] The word of Yahveh which was to Micah my inheritance, in the days of Yotam, Achaz, and Yechizqiyah, kings of Yehudah, which he had a vision upon Shomron and Virushalaim.
[MIC.1.2] Listen, all peoples! Pay attention, earth and everything in it! And may my Lord Yahveh be among you as a witness, my Lord from His holy palace.
[MIC.1.3] Behold, surely Yahveh goes forth from his place and will descend and tread upon the heights of the land.
[MIC.1.4] And the mountains will melt beneath him, and the valleys will be split open, like wax before the fire, like water poured out in a descent.
[MIC.1.5] Because of the transgression of Jacob, all of this has come to pass, and because of the sins of the house of Israel, where is the transgression of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? And where are the high places of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem?
[MIC.1.6] I will make Samaria a heap of ruins in the field, for plantings of a vineyard. And I will carry its stones to the valley, and I will uncover its foundations.
[MIC.1.7] And all her carved images will be struck down, and all her ornaments will be burned with fire, and all her idols I will make desolate, for from the ornament of a prostitute she gathered them, and to the ornament of a prostitute they will return.
[MIC.1.8] Because of this, I will wail and I will cry. I will go desolate and naked. I will make a lamentation like jackals, and mourning like daughters of the ostrich.
[MIC.1.9] For oppressed are her wounds, for it came to Judah, it touched to the gate of my people, to Jerusalem.
[MIC.1.10] Concerning Gat, do not announce it; concerning weeping, do not weep. In the house of dust, dust I have rolled in.
[MIC.1.11] A Hebrew woman dwells beautifully, a noble woman in shame has not gone out. A dwelling of small cattle is in grief, the house of holding will take from you his position.
[MIC.1.12] For a change to goodness happened to the dweller in Marah, for evil came down from Yahveh to the gate of Jerusalem.
[MIC.1.13] Harness the chariot to the swift one dwelling in Lachish; she is the beginning of sin, daughter of Zion, for in you were found the transgressions of Israel.
[MIC.1.14] Therefore you will give releases regarding the inheritance of Gat, the houses of Akziv, to Akzav, to the kings of Israel.
[MIC.1.15] Still, the heir of my father to you dwells in Mareshah, to Adulam will come the glory of Israel.
[MIC.1.16] Be bald and stripped upon the sons of your pleasures. Widen your baldness like an eagle, for they have departed from you.
MIC.2
[MIC.2.1] Behold, those who contemplate wickedness and perform evil, upon their couches they will do it, in the light of the morning, for God has power over their hand.
[MIC.2.2] And they coveted fields and stole, and took houses, and oppressed a man and his house, and a person and his inheritance.
[MIC.2.3] Therefore, thus says Yahveh, behold, I am thinking evil concerning this family, which will not make to cease your necks, and you will not go haughtily, for it is an evil time.
[MIC.2.4] On that day, a lament will be sung about you, and alas, alas, alas it is said, "The despoiler has despoiled us, a portion of my people he will exchange! How will he complete for me the restoration of our fields, he will divide!"
[MIC.2.5] Therefore, you shall not have one casting a rope by lot in the assembly of Yahveh.
[MIC.2.6] Do not drip, they will drip. They will not drip for these. Their failures will not be covered.
[MIC.2.7] Is it said, house of Jacob, that the spirit of Yahveh is too short? Or are these his deeds? Will not my words benefit those who walk uprightly?
[MIC.2.8] And yesterday my people were roused by an enemy, before peace, a covering you plunder from those who pass by, with the confidence of those who return from war.
[MIC.2.9] The women of my people, you will be driven out from the house of their delight. From over their infants, you will take their splendor forever.
[MIC.2.10] Arise and go, for not this is the resting place, because of impurity it binds, and a leaping rope exists.
[MIC.2.11] If a man walks with spirit and falsehood, deceivingly turning to you with wine and strong drink, then it will be that he preaches to this people.
[MIC.2.12] I will gather, I will gather Jacob, all of you. I will collect, I will collect the remnant of Israel together. I will place them like sheep in an enclosure, like a flock within the word. They will be exceedingly numerous from mankind.
[MIC.2.13] The breaker ascended before them, they broke through and passed through the gate, and they went out through it. Their king passed before them, and Yahveh was at their head.
MIC.3
[MIC.3.1] And I said, "Hear now, heads of Jacob, and officials of the house of Israel. Is it not to you that knowledge of the justice belongs?"
[MIC.3.2] The haters of good and the lovers of evil, robbers of their skin from over them, and their flesh from over their bones.
[MIC.3.3] And those who ate the remaining of my people, and their skin from upon them they stripped, and their bones they shattered, and they spread it as one would in a pot, and as flesh within a caldron.
[MIC.3.4] Then they will cry out to Yahveh, but He will not answer them, and He will hide His face from them at that time, as their deeds were evil.
[MIC.3.5] Thus says Yahveh concerning the prophets who mislead my people, those who bite with their teeth and call peace, and who will not give action to their words, and who declare war holy upon Him.
[MIC.3.6] Therefore, night is for you, removing vision, and darkness is for you, removing enchantment. And the sun has set upon the prophets, and the day has become gloomy for them.
[MIC.3.7] They will be ashamed, the seers, and the diviners will cover themselves, and all of them will cover their mouths, because there is no answer from the Gods.
[MIC.3.8] But I have filled myself with the strength of the spirit of Yahveh, and with judgment and strength, to declare to Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.
[MIC.3.9] Listen, heads of the house of Jacob and officials of the house of Israel, you who hate justice and pervert all that is right.
[MIC.3.10] One who builds Zion does so with blood, and Jerusalem with perversity.
[MIC.3.11] Their heads judge for a bribe, and their priests instruct for a price, and their prophets divine for money. But we rely on Yahveh, saying, "Surely Yahveh is among us. Evil will not come upon us."
[MIC.3.12] Therefore, because of you, Zion will become a ploughed field, and Jerusalem will be ruins, and the mountain of the house will be like the high places of a forest.
MIC.4
[MIC.4.1] And it will be, at the end of the days, the mountain of Yahveh will be established as the chief of the mountains, and it will be lifted up from the hills, and nations will flow to it.
[MIC.4.2] And many nations will go and say, "Come, let us go up to the mountain of Yahveh and to the house of the God of Jacob, that He may teach us His ways, and we may walk in His paths." For from Zion will law go forth, and the word of Yahveh from Jerusalem.
[MIC.4.3] And Yahveh will judge between many peoples and rebuke mighty nations to a distant land. And they will forge their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. No nation will lift up sword against nation, and they will learn warfare no more.
[MIC.4.4] And they shall dwell, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, and there is none who makes afraid, for the mouth of Yahveh of hosts has spoken.
[MIC.4.5] For all the peoples will walk, each in the name of their gods, and we will walk in the name of Yahveh, our God, forever and ever.
[MIC.4.6] In that day, declares Yahveh, I will gather the lame, and I will gather the scattered, and those whom I have afflicted.
[MIC.4.7] And I will set the rib as a remnant, and the nations to a great nation, and Yahveh will reign over them on Mount Zion from now and forever.
[MIC.4.8] And you are a tower of a strong fold, dim daughter of Zion. Your ornaments you will wear, and the first rule will come, the kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.
[MIC.4.9] Now, why do you cry out and wail? Is the king not among you? If your counselor has perished, for the strength which has sustained you has diminished like a woman in childbirth.
[MIC.4.10] My suffering and my groaning, daughter of Zion, are like a woman giving birth, for now you will go out from the city and dwell in the field, and you will come even to Babel. There you will be rescued. There Yahveh will redeem you from the hand of your enemies.
[MIC.4.11] And now, many nations are gathered against you, saying, "You will defile, and you will look upon Zion with our eyes."
[MIC.4.12] And they did not know the thoughts of Yahveh, and they did not understand his counsel, for he gathered them like a sheaf of the threshing floor.
[MIC.4.13] Rise and thresh, daughter of Zion, because I will make your horns of iron and your hooves of bronze, and you will crush many peoples, and I will devote their wealth to Yahveh and their strength to my Lord, all the land.
[MIC.4.14] Now you will braid distress, poison placed upon us. With a rod they will strike upon the cheek, the judge of Israel.
MIC.5
[MIC.5.1] And you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, are too small to be among the thousands of Judah. From you will come forth for me one to be a ruler in Israel, and his origins are from ancient days, from times of old.
[MIC.5.2] Therefore they will be given until the time of one who has birthed, giving birth; and the remainder of his brothers will return to a position relative to the sons of Israel.
[MIC.5.3] And he will stand and pasture in the strength of Yahveh, in the majesty of the name of Yahveh the Gods, and they will dwell because now He will become great to the ends of the earth.
[MIC.5.4] And it will be this: wholeness, Assyria, because it comes into our land, and because it treads upon our palaces. And we will raise up against it seven shepherds and eight leaders of humankind.
[MIC.5.5] And they will see the land of Assyria with the sword and the land of Nimrod at its openings. And deliver us from Assyria because he comes into our land and because he treads within our borders.
[MIC.5.6] And it will be that the remnant of Jacob will be among many peoples, like dew from Yahveh, like drops of dew on the grass, which no one waits for, nor does anyone hope for to the children of man.
[MIC.5.7] And it will be that the remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the wild animals of the forest, like a young lion among flocks of sheep. When it passes through and tramples and tears, there will be no rescuer.
[MIC.5.8] Lift up your hand against your enemies, and all your enemies will be cut off.
[MIC.5.9] And it will be in that day, says Yahveh, that I will destroy your horses from among you, and I will destroy your chariots.
[MIC.5.10] And I will cut off the cities of your land, and I will destroy all your strongholds.
[MIC.5.11] And I will cut off sorcerers from your hand, and diviners will not be to you.
[MIC.5.12] And I will cut off your carved images and your standing pillars from within you, and you shall not prostrate yourself anymore to the work of your hands.
[MIC.5.13] And I will tear out your fortunes from within you, and I will destroy your cities.
[MIC.5.14] And I will act in anger and in wrath, taking vengeance upon the nations who did not listen.
MIC.6
[MIC.6.1] Listen! To what Yahveh says: Rise and contend with the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice.
[MIC.6.2] Hear, mountains, the dispute of Yahveh, and you foundations of the earth, for the dispute is of Yahveh with His people, and He will contend with Israel.
[MIC.6.3] My people, what have I done to you, and what have I wearied you with? Answer me.
[MIC.6.4] For I have lifted you up from the land of Egypt, and I have redeemed you from the house of slavery, and I have sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
[MIC.6.5] My people, please remember what Balak, king of Moab, advised and what Bileam son of Beor responded to him, from Shittim to Gilgal, in order that you may know the righteousness of Yahveh.
[MIC.6.6] With what shall I approach Yahveh? Shall I humble myself to the Gods of the heights? Shall I approach Him with burnt offerings, with bulls, yearlings?
[MIC.6.7] Would Yahveh be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousands of streams of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my womb for the sin of my soul?
[MIC.6.8] Someone has told you, O human, what is good, and what Yahveh requires of you: only to do justice and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with the Gods.
[MIC.6.9] The voice of Yahveh calls to the city, and those who dwell within it will see the name of God. Listen, staff, and who prepared it?
[MIC.6.10] Still, the possessions of a wicked person are treasures of wickedness, and the strength of desire is consumed by fire.
[MIC.6.11] Shall I weigh wickedness in scales and in a pocket keep stones of deceit?
[MIC.6.12] Which wealthy ones are full of violence, and its inhabitants speak falsehood, and their tongues are deceit in their mouths.
[MIC.6.13] And also, I have caused your striking, the Names, on account of your sins.
[MIC.6.14] You will eat, and you will not be satisfied, and it will wear you down within you, and you will wander, and you will not escape, and what you let fall to the sword, I will give.
[MIC.6.15] You will sow, and not reap. You will tread olives, and not anoint oil, and new wine, and not drink wine.
[MIC.6.16] And let be guarded the statutes of Omri and all the deeds of the house of Ahab, and you will go in their counsel, so that I will make you a desolation, and its inhabitants a hiss, and you will bear the reproach of my people.
MIC.7
[MIC.7.1] Woe to me, for I have been like those who gather after the summer harvest, like the gleanings of the vintage. There is no cluster for me to eat. My soul has desired the first fruits.
[MIC.7.2] The pious are destroyed from the land, and the upright among people are not. All of them lie in wait for blood; man hunts his brother for destruction.
[MIC.7.3] Upon the mountain, palms are laid out seeking goodness. The official asks, and the judge delivers payment. The great one speaks what is good for his soul, and he perverts it.
[MIC.7.4] Their goodness is like honey, rightness from trouble. The day you look for, your appointments come. Now their confusion will be.
[MIC.7.5] Do not believe in a companion, do not trust in a leader, from the bed of your embrace guard the openings of your mouth.
[MIC.7.6] For a son wastes his father, a daughter rises up against her mother, a bride is against her mother-in-law, the enemies of a man are the men of his house.
[MIC.7.7] And I, in Yahveh I wait, I hope to the God of my salvation. He will hear me, my God.
[MIC.7.8] Do not rejoice, my enemy, over me, for I have fallen, I will rise. Because I sit in darkness, Yahveh is light to me.
[MIC.7.9] The anger of Yahveh I will carry, for I have sinned against him. Until he contends my dispute and does my judgment, he will bring me to light. I will see his righteousness.
[MIC.7.10] And you saw my enemy, and covered her with shame, the one who said to me, “Where is Yahveh, the Gods of you?” My eyes now see her downfall. Now she will be for trampling, like clay of the streets.
[MIC.7.11] The day to build your walls, that day will be distant from custom.
[MIC.7.12] The day is coming, and your end will come to my afflicted ones, to Assyria and cities of siege, and to my afflicted of siege, and to the river, and sea from sea, and mountain of the mountain.
[MIC.7.13] And the land will become a desolation upon its inhabitants, from the fruit of their deeds.
[MIC.7.14] Behold, your people, God, with your staff; the flock of your inheritance dwells alone in a forest within Carmel. They will graze in Bashan and Gilead, as in days of old.
[MIC.7.15] As the days of your going out from the land of Egypt, I will show you wonders.
[MIC.7.16] Nations will see and be ashamed of all their strength. They will place a hand upon their mouth, and their ears will become deaf.
[MIC.7.17] They will lick dust like serpents, like creeping things of the earth they will tremble from their foundations. To Yahveh, our Gods, they will fear, and they will be afraid of you.
[MIC.7.18] Who is like God, bearing iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of His inheritance? He does not retain His anger forever, because He desires loving kindness.
[MIC.7.19] God will restore us, God will show mercy, God will subdue our iniquities, and God will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
[MIC.7.20] You will give truth to Jacob, and kindness to Abraham, just as you swore to our fathers from days of old.
NAM
NAM.1 • NAM.2 • NAM.3
NAM.1
[NAM.1.1] The oracle concerning Nineveh is the book of the vision of Nahum, the God of someone.
[NAM.1.2] God is zealous and an avenger, Yahveh is an avenger, and master of wrath, Yahveh avenges to his enemies and He preserves to his adversaries.
[NAM.1.3] Yahveh is slow to anger and great in power, and the pure one will not clear the guilty. Yahveh’s way is in a storm and a whirlwind, and a cloud of dust is at his feet.
[NAM.1.4] God rebuked the sea and dried it up, and He destroyed all the rivers. Desolation came to Bashan and Carmel, and the bloom of Lebanon was made desolate.
[NAM.1.5] The mountains shook from before him, and the hills trembled. The land was lifted up from before his face, and the world, and all who dwell in it.
[NAM.1.6] Before the anger of Yahveh, who can stand, and who can rise up in the heat of His displeasure? His wrath is poured out like a fire, and the rocks are shattered by Him.
[NAM.1.7] Good is Yahveh as a stronghold in a day of distress, and He knows those who trust in Him.
[NAM.1.8] And in a passing flood, he will utterly make its place to be nothing, and darkness will pursue its enemies.
[NAM.1.9] What are you calculating concerning God Yahveh? He completes what He does. Trouble will not rise up a second time.
[NAM.1.10] For until garments are full of moths and their coverings are full of worms, they eat like dry straw that is full.
[NAM.1.11] From you came one who thought evil about Yahveh, one who advised with Belial.
[NAM.1.12] Thus says Yahveh: if it is complete and also many, and also finished and passed away, and I will no longer answer you.
[NAM.1.13] And now, I will break his rod from upon you, and I will sever your disciplines.
[NAM.1.14] And Yahveh will command upon you that no one will sow from your name ever again. From the house of the Gods, I will destroy a carved image and a molded image. I will place your grave as insignificant, for you were light.
NAM.2
[NAM.2.1] Behold, upon the mountains are the feet of one who brings good news, declaring peace. The festivals of Judah, your festivals, are my compensation for my vows, for it will no longer continue to pass through you, worthlessness. All of it is cut off.
[NAM.2.2] The Gods have ascended, spread out before you. Guard the fortress, look to the path. Strengthen the loins, be strong with great strength.
[NAM.2.3] For Yahveh has restored the glory of Jacob like the glory of Israel, for they have become weak and their branches have been corrupted.
[NAM.2.4] His shield are his mighty people, humankind are men of valor, covered in flames of swords on the chariots, on the day of their preparation, and the pine trees were poisoned.
[NAM.2.5] In the streets, the chariots will exult. They will clatter in the broad places. Their appearances are like torches, like flashes of lightning they will rush.
[NAM.2.6] They will remember their powerful ones and will stumble in their ways. Their wall will quickly fall, and the supporter will be defeated.
[NAM.2.7] The gates of the rivers were opened, and the temple vanished.
[NAM.2.8] And they established their lamentation, and their mothers conduct themselves like the sound of doves, beating upon their hearts.
[NAM.2.9] And Nineveh is like a pool of water, from its waters. And those who flee will stand, they will persist, and there is no turning back.
[NAM.2.10] Spoiled silver, spoiled gold, and there is no end to their refinement, honor from all vessels of desire.
[NAM.2.11] It is sought and being sought and thoroughly sought, and a heart melts, and knees become weak, and a quivering in all loins, and the faces of all gather paleness.
[NAM.2.12] Where is the dwelling of the lions and where is their grazing place for the young lions, where a lion and a young lion went, there a lion’s young one dwells and there is none who disturbs.
[NAM.2.13] A lion hunts among its cubs, and suffocates to its young. And it fills its caves with prey, and its dwellings with slain animals.
[NAM.2.14] Behold, I am to you, declares Yahveh of hosts, and I will set her chariot on fire with smoke, and her young lions will eat the sword. And I will cut off from the land your prey, and no longer will the sound of her messengers be heard.
NAM.3
[NAM.3.1] Woe to the city of bloodsheds, all of it is hardness, completely filled. Violence will not cease.
[NAM.3.2] A sound of a whip, and a sound of shaking wheels, and a horse galloping, and a chariot dancing.
[NAM.3.3] Destruction spreads, ascending flames and the brightness of swords and lightning, with an abundance of the slain and the weight of corpses. There is no end to the corpses; they will stumble over their bodies.
[NAM.3.4] From the abundance of the adulteries of an adulteress, favored, a mistress of sorceries, the one selling nations by her adulteries and families by her sorceries.
[NAM.3.5] Behold, I, God, declare says Yahveh of hosts, and I will reveal your skirt upon your face, and I will show nations from afar and kingdoms your shame.
[NAM.3.6] And I will cast abominations upon you, and I will make you into a desolation, and I will set you as a spectacle.
[NAM.3.7] And it will be that all who see you will know it is from you, and they will say, "Destroyed is Nineveh. Who will comfort her? From where will I seek comforters for her?"
[NAM.3.8] Is it better than Ammon, the one dwelling in the rivers, with waters around her, whose strength is the sea from the sea, her wall?
[NAM.3.9] Kush strengthened and Egypt, and there is no limit. Put and Lubim were in your assistance.
[NAM.3.10] Also she went into exile, into captivity. Also her infants will be crushed at the head of all the streets. And upon her honored ones they will cast lots, and all her great ones will be bound in chains.
[NAM.3.11] Also you will rent yourself out to be hidden, also you will seek strength from an enemy.
[NAM.3.12] All of your fortresses are like figs with first fruits. If they stir, they will fall on the mouth of one who eats.
[NAM.3.13] Behold, your people, women within you, to your enemies, opened, they will be opened, the gates of your land. Fire has consumed your bolts.
[NAM.3.14] I will draw water for you from the siege. Strengthen your fortresses. Come into the clay and trample on the strong material. Prepare the foundation.
[NAM.3.15] There fire will consume you, it will destroy you with sword. Fire will consume you like a locust. You will be honored like a locust, I will be honored like a grasshopper.
[NAM.3.16] You have multiplied your merchants from the stars of the heavens; it spreads its wings and flies.
[NAM.3.17] Your outposts are like locusts, and your gatherings like heaps of heaps. Those who camp in the enclosures, on a cold day when the sun shines, wander, and its location is not known where.
[NAM.3.18] Your shepherds, the king of Assyria, have settled. Your strong ones have fallen. Your people are scattered on the mountains, and there is no one to gather them.
[NAM.3.19] There is none like this for your breaking, your inheritance is your strike. All who hear of your name strike their hand against you, for on whom has not your evil consistently passed?
HAB
HAB.1 • HAB.2 • HAB.3
HAB.1
[HAB.1.1] The burden which the prophet Habakkuk saw.
[HAB.1.2] Until when, Yahveh, have I cried out and you do not hear? I cry out to you because of violence, and you do not save.
[HAB.1.3] Why do you show me iniquity, and look upon hardship and destruction and violence before me? And there will be strife and judgment.
[HAB.1.4] Therefore, the law will be void, and justice will not come forth to eternity, for the wicked one overpowers the righteous one. Therefore, perverted judgment will come forth.
[HAB.1.5] See among the nations and look, and be astonished, be amazed, because a work, a work is being done in your days that you will not believe when it is reported.
[HAB.1.6] Surely I am raising up the Chaldeans, the nation, the bitter and the hasty. The one walking to the wide spaces of the land to seize dwellings not to him.
[HAB.1.7] Awesome and terrifying is he. His judgment proceeds from him, and his authority goes forth.
[HAB.1.8] And they were light from leopards, their horses, and sharp from the evening wolves. And they spread their horsemen, and their horsemen come from afar. They will fly like an eagle, eager to eat.
[HAB.1.9] All of it comes for violence, the setting of their faces forward, and it gathered captives like a whirlwind.
[HAB.1.10] And He mocks among the kings, and princes are a plaything to Him. He is a plaything to every fortress, and He gathers dust and lays a trap.
[HAB.1.11] Then the wind passed by, and the guilt of its power was to the Gods.
[HAB.1.12] Are you not from of old, Yahveh, the Gods, my holy ones? Do not perish, Yahveh, for judgment you have appointed, and the rock to prove you have established.
[HAB.1.13] Pure are the eyes from seeing evil, and to behold toil you are not able. Why do you behold betrayers, remaining silent while the wicked swallow the righteous among us?
[HAB.1.14] And humankind was made like the fish of the sea, like creatures that do not rule in it.
[HAB.1.15] He gathers the whole harvest with a threshing fork, he lifts it, he gathers it into his granary, and he stores it in his storage place. Therefore, he will rejoice and be glad.
[HAB.1.16] Therefore he will sacrifice to his destruction and offer incense to his hidden place, because the animal's fat is his portion, and his food is in abundance.
[HAB.1.17] Therefore, will the God empty its quiver and continually slaughter nations, showing no compassion?
HAB.2
[HAB.2.1] Upon my watchpost I will stand, and I will station myself upon the siege works, and I will watch to see what speaks to me, and what I should answer regarding the rebuke.
[HAB.2.2] And Yahveh answered me, and said, "Write the vision and make it clear on the tablets, so that a reader may run with it."
[HAB.2.3] For still there is a vision for the appointed time, and it will breathe at the end of the time, and it will not be false. If it tarries, wait for it, for it will come, it will not delay.
[HAB.2.4] Behold, a perversion is not straight in him, and the righteous one shall live by his faithfulness.
[HAB.2.5] And indeed, the wine is a deceiver, a proud man and he will not be satisfied, whose soul has expanded like the grave, and he is like death and will not be sated. Then he gathers to himself all the nations and collects to himself all the peoples.
[HAB.2.6] Are not these all carried upon him as parables, and pleading as riddles to him? And does he say, "Woe to the one who multiplies not to him, until when, and makes his idleness heavy upon him?"
[HAB.2.7] Surely, will not those who bite you rise up, and those who trouble you become enraged, and you will become broken pieces for them?
[HAB.2.8] Because you have calmed many nations, you will send away all the remainder of the peoples from bloodshed and violence concerning the land, the city, and all who dwell within it.
[HAB.2.9] Woe to the plunderer of unjust gain to his house, to set a nest on high to deliver himself from an evil hand.
[HAB.2.10] You have counselled shame for your house, the ends of many peoples, and the sinner of your soul.
[HAB.2.11] For a stone from the wall will cry out, and a beam from the tree will answer it.
[HAB.2.12] Woe to the builder of a city with bloodsheds and one who establishes a city with iniquity.
[HAB.2.13] Is it not, behold, from Yahveh of hosts that peoples will toil in fire and nations will wear themselves out in emptiness?
[HAB.2.14] For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of Yahveh’s glory, as the waters cover the sea.
[HAB.2.15] Behold, give your companion drink, increase your wrath and even corruption, in order that you may look upon their faces.
[HAB.2.16] You have drunk fully of shame from honor, drink also, and the uncircumcised one. You will turn upon yourself the cup of the right hand of Yahveh, and fullness of shame upon your glory.
[HAB.2.17] For violence of Lebanon will cover you, and the destruction of wild beasts will strike you. From the blood of humans and the violence of the land, a city, and all those who dwell in it.
[HAB.2.18] What benefit does a sculpted image have, since its maker sculpted it? A molten image and a teacher of falsehood, for the maker trusts in their own creation to make silent gods.
[HAB.2.19] Alas, saying to a tree, "Awake!", to a silent stone, "Wake up!" He teaches, behold, he is covered in gold and silver, and no breath is within him.
[HAB.2.20] And Yahveh was in his holy temple, and silence fell over all the land before him.
HAB.3
[HAB.3.1] A prayer to Habakkuk the prophet concerning melodies.
[HAB.3.2] Yahveh, I have heard your name, and I have feared. Yahveh, your work in the midst of the years has quickened. In the midst of the years you will declare, in wrath you will show mercy, and you will remember.
[HAB.3.3] God from Teman will come, and the holy one from Mount Paran. Selah. He covered the heavens with His glory, and His praise filled the earth.
[HAB.3.4] And its brightness will be like light, horns from its hand to it, and there hidden is the strength of its power.
[HAB.3.5] A word will go before Yahveh, and a flash of lightning will emerge at his feet.
[HAB.3.6] He stood and measured the earth; He saw and scattered the nations, and the mountains of ancient times were shattered; the hills of eternity dissolved. His pathways are eternal.
[HAB.3.7] Instead of iniquity, I have seen the tents of Kushan tremble, and the coverings of the land of Midian shake.
[HAB.3.8] Have the rivers burned with Yahveh's anger, or is your anger among the rivers? Or is your strength in the sea? For you ride on your horses, your chariots bring salvation.
[HAB.3.9] The lioness awakens your bow, the oaths of tribes say, Selah. Rivers will cleave the land.
[HAB.3.10] The mountains trembled at seeing you. A stream of waters passed by. The deep gave its voice. Exalted is his hand, he lifted it up.
[HAB.3.11] The sun and the moon stood still, exalted for light; your arrows will go to brightness, and the flash of your spear will illuminate.
[HAB.3.12] In fury God will march upon the land. In anger the Gods will crush nations.
[HAB.3.13] You went forth to save your people, to save your anointed one. You crushed the head in the house of the wicked, exposing the foundation up to the neck. Selah.
[HAB.3.14] You have pierced with arrows the head of the wild donkey. They stir up to scatter me. Their joy is like devouring the afflicted in secret.
[HAB.3.15] You have trodden upon your horses in the sea, a great quantity of waters.
[HAB.3.16] I have heard, and my insides trembled. At the sound, my lips quivered. Decay comes into my bones, and beneath me I shake. I wish for rest on a day of trouble, so that a nation may be delivered.
[HAB.3.17] For the fig tree will not blossom, and there will be no fruit on the vines, the work of the olive will deceive, and the fields will not make food. He has cut off the flock from the fold, and there are no cattle in the stalls.
[HAB.3.18] And I, in Yahveh will rejoice; I will sing in the Gods of my salvation.
[HAB.3.19] Yahveh, my Lord, is my strength, and He set my feet like gazelles, and upon my heights He guides me, to the one who overcomes with my songs.
ZEP
ZEP.1 • ZEP.2 • ZEP.3
ZEP.1
[ZEP.1.1] The word of Yahveh that came to Tzefanyah, son of Kushi, son of Gedalyah, son of Amaryah, son of Chizkiyah, in the days of Yoashyahu, son of Amon, king of Yehudah.
[ZEP.1.2] I will gather, I will gather all from upon the surface of the earth, declares Yahveh.
[ZEP.1.3] I will gather humankind and beasts, I will gather birds of the heavens and fish of the sea, and the stumbling blocks of the wicked. And I will cut off humankind from off the face of the land, says Yahveh.
[ZEP.1.4] And I will extend my hand against Judah, and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and I will eradicate from this place the remaining Baal, the name of the priests with the priests.
[ZEP.1.5] And those worshipping on the rooftops to the host of the heavens, and those swearing allegiance to Yahveh, and those swearing by their king.
[ZEP.1.6] And those who turn back from after Yahveh, and those who did not seek Yahveh and did not inquire of Him.
[ZEP.1.7] Be silent before my Lord Yahveh, for near is the day of Yahveh, for Yahveh has prepared a sacrifice, he has consecrated those he called.
[ZEP.1.8] And it will be on the day of sacrifice to Yahveh that I will judge the officials and the sons of the king, and all those who wear foreign clothing.
[ZEP.1.9] And I will visit judgement upon all who transgress the threshold on that day, those who fill their masters’ houses with violence and deceit.
[ZEP.1.10] And it will be on that day, declares Yahveh, a voice of outcry from the gate of the fish, and a wailing from the second area, and a great breaking from the hills.
[ZEP.1.11] Rejoice, you who dwell in the rock! For all the people of Canaan are like cut off treasures of silver.
[ZEP.1.12] And it will be in that time, I will search Jerusalem with lights, and I will punish the people who are complacent on their watch, those who say in their hearts, "The Gods will not bring good, and the Gods will not bring evil."
[ZEP.1.13] And their strength will be for destruction, and their houses to desolation. They will build houses, and they will not dwell in them. They will plant vineyards, and they will not drink of their wine.
[ZEP.1.14] Near is the day of Yahveh the Great, near and swiftly very. The voice of the day of Yahveh is bitter, crying out there, a mighty one.
[ZEP.1.15] This day is a day of confusion. It is a day of distress and straits. It is a day of desolation and devastation. It is a day of darkness and obscurity, a day of cloud and mist.
[ZEP.1.16] It is a day of the shofar and a loud cry against the fortified cities and against the high towers.
[ZEP.1.17] I will constrict humankind, and they will walk like the blind, because they have sinned against Yahveh. And their blood will be poured out like dust, and their corpses like dung.
[ZEP.1.18] Their silver and their gold will not be able to save them in the day of Yahveh’s passing, and in the fire of His jealousy, all the land will be consumed. For it is finished, and only terrified actions will be done by all the inhabitants of the land.
ZEP.2
[ZEP.2.1] Gather yourselves and gather, the nation is not longed for.
[ZEP.2.2] Before a decree is born, as a sprout passes a day, before the fierce anger of Yahveh comes upon you, before the day of the anger of Yahveh comes upon you.
[ZEP.2.3] Seek Yahveh, all you humble of the earth, who have acted according to His judgment. Seek justice, seek humility, perhaps you will be hidden in the day of Yahveh’s wrath.
[ZEP.2.4] For Ashdod will be forsaken, and Ashkelon to desolation. Ashdod they will drive away at noonday, and Ekron will be uprooted.
[ZEP.2.5] Woe to you who dwell by the sea, people of Crete! The word of Yahveh is against you, Canaan, land of the Philistines. And I will destroy you so that there will be no inhabitant.
[ZEP.2.6] And the rope of the sea will become paths cut off for shepherds and enclosures for flocks.
[ZEP.2.7] And it will be a rope for the remnant of the house of Judah; they will graze upon them, in the houses of Ashkelon, in the evening they will rest. For Yahveh, their Gods, will look after them, and their captivity will return.
[ZEP.2.8] I have heard the insults of Moab and the revilings of the sons of Ammon, who have insulted my people and have become arrogant regarding their territory.
[ZEP.2.9] Therefore, I live, says Yahveh the Gods of hosts, God of Israel, for Moab will be like Sodom, and the sons of Ammon like Gomorrah – a desolation and a ruin, a mine of salt and desolation forever. The remnant of my people will plunder them, and the remainder of nations will inherit them.
[ZEP.2.10] This will be given to them instead of their pride, for they have blasphemed and grown great against the people of Yahveh of hosts.
[ZEP.2.11] Fearful is Yahveh upon them, for he has diminished all the gods of the land, and they will worship him, each from his place, all the islands of the nations.
[ZEP.2.12] Also, you are Cushites whose swords are the defilement of my sword; they are.
[ZEP.2.13] And he will stretch out his hand upon the north, and he will destroy Assyria, and he will make Nineveh for desolation, a wasteland like the desert.
[ZEP.2.14] And flocks will lie down within it, all the beasts of the nation. Both the nettle-plucker and the porcupine will spend the night in its branches. The voice of a singer will be heard at the window, a ruin at the threshold, for her cedar is flourishing.
[ZEP.2.15] This is the joyful city that dwelt in security, the one saying in its heart, “I, and nothing else, still exist.” How has it become a ruin, a lair for beasts! Everyone passing over it will whistle, waving their hand.
ZEP.3
[ZEP.3.1] Behold, fearful and rescued is the city, the dove.
[ZEP.3.2] She did not listen to a voice, she did not take discipline, in Yahveh she did not trust, to her Gods she did not draw near.
[ZEP.3.3] Her leaders are among her, roaring lions. Her judges are jackals of dusk. They did not bring the morning.
[ZEP.3.4] Her prophets are reckless, men of treachery; her priests have profaned the holy, they have done violence to the instruction.
[ZEP.3.5] Yahveh is righteous in her midst; He will not do wrong. Morning by morning He gives judgment to the light; He does not fail, and He does not know wrong, shame.
[ZEP.3.6] I have known nations, their corners have perished, I have devastated their streets so that no one passes. Their cities are desolate, without a person, without an inhabitant.
[ZEP.3.7] I said, "Only fear God, you take discipline, and not be cut off her dwelling, all which I have appointed upon her. Indeed, they hastened to corrupt all their schemes."
[ZEP.3.8] Therefore, wait for me, says Yahveh, for the day of my rising forever. For my judgement is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour my anger upon them – all the burning of my wrath. For in the fire of my jealousy, the whole earth will be consumed.
[ZEP.3.9] For then I will turn to the nations a clear language, so that all may call upon the name of Yahveh to serve him with a united purpose.
[ZEP.3.10] From beyond the rivers of Cush, my treasures, the daughter of Put, they will bring my offerings.
[ZEP.3.11] On that day you will not be ashamed of all your conspiracies against me, because then I will remove from among you those who exult in your pride, and you will no longer be high and mighty on my holy mountain.
[ZEP.3.12] And I will leave remaining within you a people afflicted and weak, and they will take refuge in the name of Yahveh.
[ZEP.3.13] The remnant of Israel will not do injustice, and they will not speak falsehood, and deceit will not be found in their mouths. For they will graze and lie down, and there will be no one to disturb them.
[ZEP.3.14] Sing out, daughter of Tzee-yon, shout for joy, Israel! Rejoice and be glad with all your heart, daughter of Yer-oo-sha-laim!
[ZEP.3.15] Yahveh has removed your judgments, has turned away your enemy, the King of Israel. Yahveh is within you, you will not fear evil anymore.
[ZEP.3.16] On that day it will be said to Jerusalem, "Do not fear, Zion. Do not let your hands be weak."
[ZEP.3.17] Yahveh, the Gods of your people, is in your midst, a mighty savior. He rejoices over you with joy, He quiets with His love, He exults over you with singing.
[ZEP.3.18] Those who touched the appointed time, I gathered from you. They were a burden upon them, disgrace.
[ZEP.3.19] Behold, I will do all your afflictions at that time, and I will save the lame, and the outcast I will gather, and I will place them for praise and for a name in all the land; their shame will be no more.
[ZEP.3.20] At that time, the Gods will bring you, and at the time I gather you, for I will give you a name and praise among all the peoples of the earth, in my returning your captives before your eyes, said Yahveh.
HAG
HAG.1 • HAG.2
HAG.1
[HAG.1.1] In the second year of King Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of Yahveh was with the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying:
[HAG.1.2] Thus says Yahveh of Hosts, saying, "This people have said, 'Now is not the time to rebuild the house of Yahveh.'
[HAG.1.3] And it happened, the word of Yahveh came by the agency of the prophet Haggai, saying:
[HAG.1.4] Is it time for you to sit in your houses, covered with thresholds, while this house lies in ruins?
[HAG.1.5] And now, thus says Yahveh of hosts: Set your hearts upon your ways.
[HAG.1.6] You have sown much, and brought in little. You eat, but are not satisfied. You drink, but are not made drunk. You clothe yourselves, but are not warm. And the one who earns wages earns only to a punctured sack.
[HAG.1.7] Thus says Yahveh of Hosts: Put your hearts upon your ways.
[HAG.1.8] Go up the mountain and you shall bring wood and build the house, and I will be pleased with it and I will be honored, says Yahveh.
[HAG.1.9] Turn to the multitude, and behold, to few. You will bring the house, and I will breathe into it. Why, declares Yahveh of hosts, why is my house, which is ruined, while you run, each man to his house?
[HAG.1.10] Therefore, upon you the heavens will be withheld from rain, and the land will wither its produce.
[HAG.1.11] And I called devastation upon the land and upon the mountains and upon the grain and upon the wine and upon the oil and upon what the earth brings forth and upon humankind and upon the livestock and upon all the labor of hands.
[HAG.1.12] Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, and Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and all the remnant of the people heard the voice of Yahveh their God and the words of the prophet Haggai, as Yahveh their God had sent him. And the people feared Yahveh.
[HAG.1.13] And Haggai, messenger of Yahveh, in the work of Yahveh to the people, said, "I am with you, says Yahveh."
[HAG.1.14] And Yahveh stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the great priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people. So they came and did work in the house of Yahveh, the armies of their Gods.
[HAG.1.15] On the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.
HAG.2
[HAG.2.1] In the seventh year, on the twenty-first of the month, the word of Yahveh was by the hand of Haggai the prophet to say.
[HAG.2.2] Please say to Zerubbabel son of Shaltiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Yehotzadak, the high priest, and to the remainder of the people, to say this:
[HAG.2.3] Who among you remains who saw this house in its former glory? And what do you see it as now? Is it not as nothing in your eyes?
[HAG.2.4] And now be strong, Zerubbabel, says Yahveh, and be strong, Joshua son of Jehotzadak, the high priest, and be strong, all the people of the land, says Yahveh, and do it, for I am with you, says Yahveh of Hosts.
[HAG.2.5] The word that I have made with you in your exiting from Egypt, and my spirit stands within you, do not fear.
[HAG.2.6] For thus says Yahveh of hosts, yet one little thing remains, and I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land.
[HAG.2.7] I will shake all the nations, and the desire of all the nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory, says Yahveh of hosts.
[HAG.2.8] The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, declares Yahveh of hosts.
[HAG.2.9] Great will be the glory of this house, the last, more than the first, says Yahveh of hosts. And in this place I will give peace, declares Yahveh of hosts.
[HAG.2.10] On the twenty-fourth of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of Yahveh came to Haggai the prophet, saying:
[HAG.2.11] Thus said Yahveh of hosts, please ask the priests for law to say.
[HAG.2.12] Behold, if a man carries holy flesh within the wing of his garment, and it touches bread, or stew, or wine, or oil, or any food, does it become holy? And the priests answered, "No."
[HAG.2.13] And Haggai said, "If a ritually unclean person touches any of these things, will they become unclean?" And the priests answered and said, "They will become unclean."
[HAG.2.14] And Haggai answered and said, "Yes, this people and yes, this nation are before Me, declares Yahveh, and yes, all the work of their hands, and what they will offer there is unclean."
[HAG.2.15] And now, put your heart from this day forward, before laying stone upon stone in the temple of Yahveh.
[HAG.2.16] From their being twenty, it came to a heap of ten. It came to the valley to uncover fifty portions, and it became twenty.
[HAG.2.17] I struck you with the blasting, and with the mildew, and with the hail, all the work of your hands, and there is none of you to me, says Yahveh.
[HAG.2.18] Please remember with your heart, from this day and onward, from the day that the foundation of the temple of Yahveh was established, remember with your heart.
[HAG.2.19] Do seeds still sprout in the storage? And concerning the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree, do they not bear fruit? From this day forward, I will bless.
[HAG.2.20] And it happened that the word of Yahveh came a second time to Chaggai on the twenty-fourth of the month, to say this.
[HAG.2.21] Say to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, "I will shake the heavens and the earth."
[HAG.2.22] And I will overturn the thrones of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the nations, and I will overturn chariots and their riders, and horses and their riders will come down, each man with the sword of his brother.
[HAG.2.23] On that day, declares Yahveh of hosts, I will take you, Zerubavel son of Shealtiel, my servant, declares Yahveh, and I will make you like a signet ring, for in you I have chosen, declares Yahveh of hosts.
ZEC
ZEC.1 • ZEC.2 • ZEC.3 • ZEC.4 • ZEC.5 • ZEC.6 • ZEC.7 • ZEC.8 • ZEC.9 • ZEC.10 • ZEC.11 • ZEC.12 • ZEC.13 • ZEC.14
ZEC.1
[ZEC.1.1] In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, a word of Yahveh came to Zechariah, son of Berechiah, son of Ido, the prophet, saying:
[ZEC.1.2] Yahveh's wrath was upon your fathers; wrath.
[ZEC.1.3] And you shall say to them, thus says Yahveh of hosts, return to me, declares Yahveh of hosts, and I will return to you, says Yahveh of hosts.
[ZEC.1.4] Do not be like your ancestors, whom the earlier prophets called to, saying, "Thus says Yahveh of Hosts: 'Please turn back from your evil ways and your evil deeds.'" But they did not listen, and they did not give heed to me, says Yahveh.
[ZEC.1.5] Where are your ancestors? And do the prophets live forever?
[ZEC.1.6] But my words and my statutes, which I commanded to my servants the prophets, did not your ancestors attain? And they returned and said, “As Yahveh of hosts planned to do to us, according to our ways and according to our deeds, so He did with us.”
[ZEC.1.7] On the twenty-fourth day of the twelfth month, which is the month of Shvat, in the second year of Darius, there was a word from Yahveh to Zechariah, son of Berechiah, son of Iddo, the prophet, saying:
[ZEC.1.8] I saw in the night, and behold, a man riding upon a red horse, and he was standing among the myrtles that are in the restricted area. And behind him were red horses, speckled horses, and white horses.
[ZEC.1.9] And I said, "What are these, my Lord?" And he said to me, "The angel speaking with me, I see you. What are these?"
[ZEC.1.10] And the man standing between the myrtles responded, saying, "These are those whom Yahveh sent to walk in the land."
[ZEC.1.11] And they answered the angel of Yahveh who was standing among the myrtle trees, and they said, "We walked throughout the land, and indeed all the land is inhabited and quiet."
[ZEC.1.12] And the messenger of Yahveh answered and said, "Yahveh of hosts, how long will you not show mercy to Jerusalem and to the cities of Judah, with which you have been angry for seventy years?"
[ZEC.1.13] And Yahveh answered the messenger who speaks good words to me, words of comfort.
[ZEC.1.14] And the angel speaking to me said, "Cry out, saying, thus says Yahveh of Hosts: I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion, a great jealousy."
[ZEC.1.15] And great fury I am furious against the nations complacent, because little I was angry, and they helped to evil.
[ZEC.1.16] Therefore, this is what Yahveh says: I have returned to Jerusalem with compassion. My house will be rebuilt there, says Yahveh of armies, and hope will be planted upon Jerusalem.
[ZEC.1.17] Still, he called out saying, thus says Yahveh of hosts, still will cities be filled with goodness, and Yahveh will yet again comfort Zion and choose Jerusalem again.
ZEC.2
[ZEC.2.1] And I lifted my eyes and I saw, and behold, four horns.
[ZEC.2.2] And I said to the angel who speaks with me, "What are these?" And he said to me, "These are the horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem."
[ZEC.2.3] And Yahveh showed me four craftsmen.
[ZEC.2.4] And I said, "What are these coming to do?" And he said, declaring, "These are the horns which have scattered Judah, each man not lifting his head. And these have come to terrify them, to break the horns of the nations carrying horns against the land of Judah, to scatter it."
[ZEC.2.5] And I lifted my eyes and I saw, and behold, a man, and in his hand was a measuring line.
[ZEC.2.6] And I said, "Where are you going?" And he said to me, "Go to Jerusalem to learn to see how much is its breadth and how much is its length."
[ZEC.2.7] And behold, the messenger speaking in me is appearing, and another messenger is appearing to meet him.
[ZEC.2.8] And He said to him, "Run, speak to the young man, saying, "Parazoth will dwell, Jerusalem from an abundance of people and animals within it."
[ZEC.2.9] And I will be for her, says Yahveh, a wall of fire all around, and for glory I will be within her.
[ZEC.2.10] Woe, woe, and flee from the land of the north, says Yahveh, for like the four winds of the heavens I have scattered you, says Yahveh.
[ZEC.2.11] Woe, Zion, I have rescued her who dwells in Babel.
[ZEC.2.12] For thus says Yahveh of hosts, after glory He sent me to the nations that plunder you, for he who touches you touches the apple of His eye.
[ZEC.2.13] For indeed, I am raising my hand against them, and they will become plunder for their servants, and you will know that Yahveh of hosts sent me.
[ZEC.2.14] Sing and rejoice, daughter of Zion, for I am coming and I will dwell within you, says Yahveh.
[ZEC.2.15] And many nations will join with Yahveh in that day, and they will be for me as a people, and I will dwell within you, and you will know that Yahveh of hosts sent me to you.
[ZEC.2.16] And Yahveh possessed Judah, his portion, on the land of holiness, and still chose Jerusalem.
[ZEC.2.17] All flesh will be silent before Yahveh, for He is aroused from His holy dwelling.
ZEC.3
[ZEC.3.1] And He showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of Yahveh, and the adversary stood at his right hand to oppose him.
[ZEC.3.2] And Yahveh said to the Adversary, "May Yahveh rebuke you, the Adversary, and may Yahveh rebuke you, the one who chooses Jerusalem. Is this not a brand snatched from the fire?"
[ZEC.3.3] Joshua was dressed in dirty garments and was standing before the messenger.
[ZEC.3.4] And he answered and said to those standing before him, saying, "Remove the soiled garments from upon him." And he said to him, "See, I have transferred your iniquity from upon you, and I will clothe you with robes."
[ZEC.3.5] And I said, "Let them put a pure turban on his head." And they put the pure turban on his head and clothed him with garments, and the angel of Yahveh was standing.
[ZEC.3.6] And an angel of Yahveh spoke to Joshua, saying:
[ZEC.3.7] Thus says Yahveh of armies, if in my ways you walk and if my charge you keep, then also you will judge my house and also you will keep my courts, and I will grant to you walks among those who stand here.
[ZEC.3.8] Hear now, Joshua, the High Priest, you and your companions who sit before you, because you are men of wonder. Because behold, I, Yahveh, am bringing forth My servant, Branch.
[ZEC.3.9] For behold, the stone which I placed before Joshua upon one stone, seven eyes in it, behold, I will unlock its opening, says Yahveh of Hosts, and I will remove the guilt of that land in one day.
[ZEC.3.10] On that day, says Yahveh of hosts, you will call to one another, each man to his fellow, for shelter under the vine and under the fig tree.
ZEC.4
[ZEC.4.1] And the messenger who speaks in me returned, and awakened me like a man who awakens from his sleep.
[ZEC.4.2] And He said to me, "What do you see?" And I said, "I have seen a lampstand of gold, all of it, and a bowl upon its top, and seven lamps are on it, seven and seven are attached to the lamps which are on its top."
[ZEC.4.3] And two olive trees are on her, one from the right of the bowl and one on the left of it.
[ZEC.4.4] And I answered and said to the angel who is speaking to me, saying, "What are these, my Lord?"
[ZEC.4.5] And the angel who was speaking to me responded and said to me, "Do you not know what these are?" And I said, "No, my Lord."
[ZEC.4.6] And he answered and said to me, "This is the word of Yahveh to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit," says Yahveh of hosts.
[ZEC.4.7] Who are you, the mountain, the great one, before Zerubbabel, to level [something]? And you will bring out the stone, the head stone. Successes, grace, grace to her.
[ZEC.4.8] And it happened, the word of Yahveh came to me to say.
[ZEC.4.9] The hands of Zerubbabel will lay the foundation of this house, and his hands will complete it. And you will know that Yahveh of hosts has sent me to you.
[ZEC.4.10] For who has despised the day of small things? And they rejoice and see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel. These seven are the eyes of Yahveh, and they roam throughout the entire land.
[ZEC.4.11] And I answered and said to him, "What are these two olive trees on the right of the lampstand and on the left of it?"
[ZEC.4.12] And I answered a second time and said to him, "What are the two olive shoots that are in the hand of the two golden pipes, from which golden oil drips?"
[ZEC.4.13] And he said to me to say, "Did you not know these things?" And I said, "No, my Lord."
[ZEC.4.14] And he said, "These are the two sons of Hizar, who are standing before my Lord of all the earth."
ZEC.5
[ZEC.5.1] And I turned and lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, a scroll flying.
[ZEC.5.2] And God said to me, "What do you see?" And I said, "I see a scroll flying. Its length is twenty cubits and its width is ten cubits."
[ZEC.5.3] And he said to me, "This is the curse that comes forth upon the face of all the land: for all who steal from this, like this will be cleansed, and all who swear concerning this, like this will be cleansed."
[ZEC.5.4] I will certainly bring it forth, says Yahveh of hosts, and it will come to the house of the thief and to the house of the one who swears falsely in my Lord’s name. It will dwell within that person’s house and destroy it, its timbers and its stones included.
[ZEC.5.5] And the messenger speaking with God went out and said to me, "Please lift your eyes and see what is coming forth from this place."
[ZEC.5.6] And I said, "What is this?" And he said, "This is the rising one coming out." And he said, "This are eyes in all the land."
[ZEC.5.7] And behold, a talent of lead is lifted up, and within it, one woman is sitting.
[ZEC.5.8] And he said, "This is the wickedness," and he threw it into the midst of the ephah, and he threw the stone of lead onto its opening.
[ZEC.5.9] I lifted my eyes and I saw, and behold, two women going out, and a spirit in their wings, and to them were wings like the wings of the stork, and they lifted the ephah between the earth and between the heavens.
[ZEC.5.10] And I said to the angel who is speaking with me, "Where are they leading the ephah?"
[ZEC.5.11] And God said to me, to build a house in the land of Shinar, and he prepared and he laid its foundation there.
ZEC.6
[ZEC.6.1] And I turned, and I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, four chariots coming out from between two mountains, and the mountains were mountains of copper.
[ZEC.6.2] In the first chariot, horses are red, and in the second chariot, horses are black.
[ZEC.6.3] And in the third chariot were white horses, and in the fourth chariot were gray, powerful horses.
[ZEC.6.4] And I answered and said to the angel speaking to me, "What are these, my Lord?"
[ZEC.6.5] And the messenger answered and said to me: "These are the four winds of the heavens going out from standing before my Lord of all the earth."
[ZEC.6.6] In which the black horses emerge to the land of the north, and the white horses went out after them, and the speckled horses went out to the land of the south.
[ZEC.6.7] And the strong ones went out and sought to walk in the land, and He said, "Go, walk in the land," and they walked in the land.
[ZEC.6.8] He called out to me, and He spoke to me, saying, “Behold, those who are going out to the land of the north, leave my spirit in the land of the north.”
[ZEC.6.9] And it happened, the word of Yahveh came to me to say.
[ZEC.6.10] Take from among the exile, from Heldai and from Tobiah and from Yeda'yah. And you shall come on that day and you shall come to the house of Yoshiyah son of Tzefanyah, who came from Babel.
[ZEC.6.11] And you shall take silver and gold, and you shall make crowns, and you shall place them upon the head of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the great priest.
[ZEC.6.12] And you shall say to him, saying, thus says Yahveh of hosts, saying, behold, a man whose name is Branch will grow from there, and from under him a branch will sprout, and he will build the temple of Yahveh.
[ZEC.6.13] And he will build the temple of Yahveh, and he will bear glory, and he will sit and rule on his throne, and a priest will be on his throne with him, and counsel of peace will be between the two of them.
[ZEC.6.14] And the crowns will be for Chelem and for Toviyah and for Yida’yah and for Chen son of Tzefanyahu, as a memorial in the temple of Yahveh.
[ZEC.6.15] Those who are distant will come and build the temple of Yahveh, and you will know that Yahveh of hosts has sent me to you. And it will be, if you listen and obey the voice of Yahveh your God, then things will go well.
ZEC.7
[ZEC.7.1] And it happened in the year of Darius the king, that the word of Yahveh came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, in Kislev.
[ZEC.7.2] And he sent from Bethel Sar-etzer and Regem the king and his men to inquire of the face of Yahveh.
[ZEC.7.3] Saying to the priests who are of the house of Yahveh of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, "Shall I weep in the fifth month, as I have done these many years?"
[ZEC.7.4] And it happened that the word of Yahveh of Hosts came to me, to say.
[ZEC.7.5] Say to all the people of the land and to the priests, saying: 'Because you have fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for seventy years, this fasting is for me, I.'
[ZEC.7.6] And if you eat, and if you drink, are you not the eaters, and are you not the drinkers?
[ZEC.7.7] Is it not the things that Yahveh called forth through the hands of the earlier prophets when Jerusalem was inhabited and peaceful, and its cities were around it, and the Negev and the Shephelah were inhabited?
[ZEC.7.8] And it happened, the word of Yahveh to Zekharyah, to say.
[ZEC.7.9] Thus says Yahveh of hosts, saying, Judge with true judgment, and do kindness and compassion, each man to his brother.
[ZEC.7.10] And do not oppress a widow and an orphan, a stranger and the poor. And do not reckon evil of a fellow man in your hearts.
[ZEC.7.11] And they refused to listen, and they gave a stubborn shoulder, and their ears were made heavy from hearing.
[ZEC.7.12] And they set their hearts as flint so as not to hear the law and the words that Yahveh of hosts sent in his spirit by the hand of the former prophets. And there was great wrath from Yahveh of hosts.
[ZEC.7.13] And it happened, as they called and were not heard, so they will call and I will not listen, said Yahveh of hosts.
[ZEC.7.14] And I will whirl them among all the nations which did not know them, and the land will breathe after them from a passing and a return, and they will make a desirable land into desolation.
ZEC.8
[ZEC.8.1] And it happened, the word of Yahveh of armies, declaring:
[ZEC.8.2] Thus says Yahveh of Hosts, I have felt zeal for Zion, a great zeal, and great wrath, I have felt it for her.
[ZEC.8.3] Thus says Yahveh, I have returned to Zion and will dwell within Jerusalem, and Jerusalem will be called the city of truth, and the mountain of Yahveh of hosts will be the holy mountain.
[ZEC.8.4] Thus says Yahveh of hosts, still will old men and old women sit in the streets of Jerusalem, and a man will have his staff in his hand because of their age.
[ZEC.8.5] And the streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing in its streets.
[ZEC.8.6] Thus says Yahveh of Hosts, surely it will seem wondrous to the eyes of the remnant of this people in those days, and also wondrous to My eyes, declares Yahveh of Hosts.
[ZEC.8.7] Thus says Yahveh of hosts, indeed I will save my people from the land of the rising sun and from the land of the setting sun.
[ZEC.8.8] And I will bring them, and they will dwell within Jerusalem, and they will be to me for a people, and I will be to them for the Gods in truth and in righteousness.
[ZEC.8.9] Thus says Yahveh of Hosts: Strengthen your hands, you who are hearing these words through the prophets on the day the foundation of the Temple of Yahveh of Hosts, the sanctuary, is laid for construction.
[ZEC.8.10] For before those days, the reward for humankind was not, and the reward for the animal was not. And for those going out and those coming in, there was no peace from oppression. Therefore, I will send all humankind, each against their neighbor.
[ZEC.8.11] And now, it is not as the days of old, I am to the remainder of this people, says Yahveh of hosts.
[ZEC.8.12] For the seed of peace will give its fruit, and the land will give its yield, and the heavens will give their dew. And I will grant to the remnant of this people all of these things.
[ZEC.8.13] And it will be, as you were a curse among the nations, house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you, and you will be a blessing. Do not fear, be strong in your hands.
[ZEC.8.14] For thus says Yahveh of Hosts, just as I planned to do harm to you because your ancestors angered me, says Yahveh of Hosts, and I have not regretted it.
[ZEC.8.15] Thus I have sworn, I have planned in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. Do not fear.
[ZEC.8.16] These are the things that you will do: Speak truth, each person to his fellow, truth and justice, judge peace in your gates.
[ZEC.8.17] Do not think evil concerning your neighbor in your hearts, and do not love a false oath, for all these things I hate, declares Yahveh.
[ZEC.8.18] And it happened that the word of Yahveh of Hosts came to me, to say.
[ZEC.8.19] Thus says Yahveh of Hosts: The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth month, and the fast of the seventh month, and the fast of the tenth month will be for the house of Judah for joy and for gladness and for good appointed times, and truth and peace they will love.
[ZEC.8.20] Thus says Yahveh of Hosts, still those who will come are peoples and the inhabitants of many cities.
[ZEC.8.21] And the inhabitants will go to one another to say, "Let us go, let us go, to seek the face of Yahveh and to seek Yahveh of hosts. I also will go."
[ZEC.8.22] And many peoples and great nations will come to seek Yahveh of hosts in Jerusalem, and to seek the face of Yahveh.
[ZEC.8.23] Thus says Yahveh of hosts: In those days, ten men from every language of the nations will grasp the garment of a Jewish man, saying, "Let us go with you, for we have heard the Gods are with you."
ZEC.9
[ZEC.9.1] The burden of the word of Yahveh is concerning the land of Hadrak, and Damascus is the resting place of Yahveh. For to Yahveh, humanity is as the white of the eye, and includes all the tribes of Israel.
[ZEC.9.2] And also, the heat of Egypt will prevail in her, Tyre and Sidon, for wisdom is exceedingly great.
[ZEC.9.3] And Tyre built a fortress for herself, and she accumulated silver like dust, and treasures like clay in the streets.
[ZEC.9.4] Indeed, my Lord will inherit it, and He struck its force in the sea, and it will be consumed in fire.
[ZEC.9.5] Ashkelon, see, and be afraid, and Gaza, and tremble greatly. And Ekron, for its glory is withered. And the king is destroyed from Gaza, and Ashkelon will not dwell.
[ZEC.9.6] And the bastard will dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the strength of the Philistines.
[ZEC.9.7] I will remove the blood from his mouth, and the abominations from between his teeth. Also, a remnant will remain for the Gods, and he will be like a leader in Judah, and Ekron will be conquered.
[ZEC.9.8] And I will establish for my family a memorial from the passing and from those who return, and no oppressor shall pass over them again, for now I have seen with my eyes.
[ZEC.9.9] Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king comes to you, righteous and saving! He is humble, and riding upon a donkey, and upon a young donkey, the son of a female donkey.
[ZEC.9.10] And I will cut off chariots from Ephraim and horses from Jerusalem, and the bow of war will be cut off, and He will speak peace to the nations, and His rule will be from sea to sea and from the river to the ends of the earth.
[ZEC.9.11] Also you, in the blood of your covenant, I have released your prisoners from a pit where there are no waters.
[ZEC.9.12] Return to Bitzaron, prisoners of hope. Even today, the Gods declare a double restoration to you.
[ZEC.9.13] For I have trodden down for myself Judah, I have filled the bow with Ephraim, and I have stirred up your sons, Zion, against the sons of Javan. And I have made you like a mighty sword.
[ZEC.9.14] And Yahveh will appear to them, and will come forth as lightning, its arrow flying. And my Lord, Yahveh, will sound the shofar and will walk in the storms of Teiman.
[ZEC.9.15] Yahveh of Hosts will shield them, and they will eat and conquer stones of sling. And they will drink the wine like wine, and they will be filled like a basin, like the corners of an altar.
[ZEC.9.16] And Yahveh, the Gods, will save them on that day, like a flock of His people, for pieces of a crown will be prominently displayed upon His land.
[ZEC.9.17] For how good and how beautiful are the grain with the young men, and wine flows with the young women.
ZEC.10
[ZEC.10.1] Ask from Yahveh for rain in the time of the late rains. Yahveh makes flashes, and He will give to them rain-showers to each person grass in the field.
[ZEC.10.2] For the household gods speak wickedness, and the diviners see falsehood, and they speak empty dreams; they comfort with emptiness. Therefore, they wandered like sheep, afflicted because there is no shepherd.
[ZEC.10.3] My anger has burned against the shepherds, and I will pay attention to the flocks. For Yahveh of armies has attended to his flock, the house of Judah, and will set them as a war horse in battle.
[ZEC.10.4] From him comes the corner, from him the stake, from him the bow of war. From him will come forth all leaders together.
[ZEC.10.5] And they will be like brave warriors, breaking through in mud walls in war, and they fought because Yahveh was with them, and they shamed riders of horses.
[ZEC.10.6] And I will strengthen the house of Judah and the house of Joseph, I will save them, and I will restore them because I have had compassion on them. And they will be as if I had not forsaken them, for I am Yahveh, the Gods, their God, and I will answer them.
[ZEC.10.7] And they will be like a mighty warrior, Ephraim, and their hearts will rejoice as with wine, and their children will see and rejoice. Their hearts will exult in Yahveh.
[ZEC.10.8] I will sing joyfully to them and I will gather them, for they are the redeemed ones, and they will multiply like the sea multiplied.
[ZEC.10.9] And I will scatter them among the peoples, and in the distant lands they will remember Me, and they will cause their sons to live, and they will return.
[ZEC.10.10] And I will return them from the land of Egypt and from Assyria I will gather them, and to the land of Gilead and Lebanon I will bring them, and there will not be found for them anything lacking.
[ZEC.10.11] And He passed through the sea causing distress, and He struck the sea with waves, and they dried up all the depths of the river. And He brought low the pride of Assyria, and the staff of Egypt will be humbled.
[ZEC.10.12] And I will make strong ones, and in His name they will walk, declares Yahveh.
ZEC.11
[ZEC.11.1] Open, Lebanon, your doors, and fire will consume your cedars.
[ZEC.11.2] Shining one, cypress, because the cedar has fallen, those mighty ones have been plundered. Praise, oaks of Bashan, because the forest of the fortress has come down.
[ZEC.11.3] The sound of the wailing of the shepherds is because their prestige has been plundered. The sound of the roaring of the lions is because the glory of the Jordan has been plundered.
[ZEC.11.4] Thus says Yahveh the Gods: Shepherd the flock to slaughter.
[ZEC.11.5] As for those who acquire them, Yahveh will kill them, and they will not be blamed. As for those who sell them, they will say, “Blessed is Yahveh, and I will become rich.” And their shepherds will not show compassion on them.
[ZEC.11.6] For I will no longer have compassion on the inhabitants of the land, says Yahveh. And behold, I am bringing humanity so that each person is in the hand of their neighbor and in the hand of their king. And they will destroy the land, and I will not deliver it from their hand.
[ZEC.11.7] I pastured the flock belonging to slaughter, therefore the poor of the flock, and I took for myself two staffs, to one I called Pleasantness, and to one I called Limping, and I pastured the flock.
[ZEC.11.8] And I finished off the three shepherds in one month, and my soul was distressed because of them, and also their souls were sick because of me.
[ZEC.11.9] And I said, I will not care for you. The dying will die, and the defeated will be defeated, and the leftovers will eat the flesh of their companion, woman to woman.
[ZEC.11.10] And I took my staff, my symbolic agreement, and I broke it, to shatter my covenant which I made with all the peoples.
[ZEC.11.11] And it was broken on that day, and indeed the poor of the flock, those who watch over me, will know that the word of Yahveh it is.
[ZEC.11.12] And I said to them, "If it is good in your eyes, bring my wage, and if not, cease." And they weighed out my wage, thirty silver coins.
[ZEC.11.13] And Yahveh said to me, "Throw it to the potter, the beautiful house that I valued above them." And I took thirty pieces of silver and threw it to the potter in the house of Yahveh.
[ZEC.11.14] And I broke my second staff, the bindings, to break the brotherhood between Judah and between Israel.
[ZEC.11.15] And Yahveh said to me, "Again, take for yourself a vessel of a shepherd, a foolish one."
[ZEC.11.16] For behold, I am raising up a shepherd over the land, who will not tend to the young, nor seek the lost. Nor will he heal the broken, nor sustain the standing. But he will eat the flesh of the healthy, and tear apart their limbs.
[ZEC.11.17] Woe to the shepherd, the worthless idol, who abandons the flock! A sword is upon his arm and upon the eye of his right hand. His arm will become dry and will dry up, and the eye of his right hand will become dim and will become dim.
ZEC.12
[ZEC.12.1] The burden of the word of Yahveh concerning Israel, states Yahveh, is that Yahveh stretches out the heavens and founded the earth and creates the spirit of humanity within them.
[ZEC.12.2] Behold, I put Jerusalem as a cup of staggering for all the peoples around, and also on Judah will be in the siege concerning Jerusalem.
[ZEC.12.3] And it will be on that day that I will make Jerusalem a stone of burden for all the peoples. All those who strain to lift it will surely injure themselves. And all the nations of the earth will be gathered against her.
[ZEC.12.4] On that day, says Yahveh, I will strike every horse with astonishment, and its rider with madness. And upon the house of Judah, I will open my eyes, and I will strike all the horses of the nations with blindness.
[ZEC.12.5] And the leaders of Judah said in their hearts, “I will strengthen for myself the inhabitants of Jerusalem in Yahveh, the armies of their Gods.”
[ZEC.12.6] On that day, I will make the leaders of Judah like a furnace of fire among wood and like a burning torch among sheaves, and they will devour to the right and to the left all the nations all around. And Jerusalem will dwell again in its place, in Jerusalem.
[ZEC.12.7] And Yahveh will save the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the one dwelling in Jerusalem will not grow great over Judah.
[ZEC.12.8] On that day, Yahveh will protect those who dwell in Jerusalem. And anyone who stumbles among them on that day will be like David, and the house of David will be like the Gods, like an angel of Yahveh before them.
[ZEC.12.9] And it will be on that day that I, Yahveh, will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
[ZEC.12.10] And I will pour out upon the house of David and upon those who dwell in Jerusalem a spirit of grace and of supplications, and they will look to me for the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only son, and they will lament for him as one laments for a firstborn.
[ZEC.12.11] In that day, the mourning will be great in Jerusalem, like the mourning of Hadad-rimmon in the valley of Megiddo.
[ZEC.12.12] And the land will lament, families, families, alone. The family of the house of David, alone, and their wives, alone. The family of the house of Nathan, alone, and their wives, alone.
[ZEC.12.13] The family of the house of Levi, separately, and their women separately, the family of Shimei, separately, and their women separately.
[ZEC.12.14] All the families that remained were families of families apart, and their wives were apart.
ZEC.13
[ZEC.13.1] On that day, a fountain will be opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for impurity.
[ZEC.13.2] And it will be on that day, declares Yahveh of hosts, that I will utterly destroy the names of the idols from the land, and they will not be remembered anymore. Also, I will remove the prophets and the spirit of impurity from the land.
[ZEC.13.3] And it will be that if a man still prophesies, and his father and his mother, who bore him, say to him, “You shall not live,” because you have spoken falsehood in the name of Yahveh, then his father and his mother, who bore him, will pierce him while he is prophesying.
[ZEC.13.4] And it will be on that day that the prophets will be ashamed, each one from his vision in prophesying, and they will not wear a garment of hair for the purpose of deception.
[ZEC.13.5] And he said, "I am not a prophet, I am a man who works the ground, for God has possessed me from my youth."
[ZEC.13.6] And he said to him, "What are these wounds between your hands?" And he said, "They are from the house of my beloved."
[ZEC.13.7] A sword is stirred up against my shepherd and against the man who is my companion. Thus declares Yahveh of hosts: Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will scatter, and I will turn my hand against the young men.
[ZEC.13.8] And it will be in all the land, says Yahveh, two-thirds in it will be cut off, they will perish, and the third will remain in it.
[ZEC.13.9] And I will bring the third into the fire, and refine them as silver is refined, and test them as gold is tested. He will call out My name, and I will answer him. I have said, 'This is My people,' and he will say, 'Yahveh is my God.'
ZEC.14
[ZEC.14.1] Behold, a day is coming that belongs to Yahveh, and your plunder will be divided among you.
[ZEC.14.2] And I will gather all the nations to Jerusalem for war, and the city will be captured, and the houses will be plundered, and the women will be violated, and half of the city will go into exile, and the remainder of the people will not be cut off from the city.
[ZEC.14.3] And Yahveh will go out and fight against those nations, as He fought in the day of battle.
[ZEC.14.4] And his feet will stand on that day upon the Mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem from the east, and the Mount of Olives will be split from its midpoint eastward and westward, a valley of great size. And half of the mountain will move northward, and half of it southward.
[ZEC.14.5] And you shall flee to the valleys of the mountains, for the valleys of the mountains will reach to Atzal. And you shall flee as you fled from the noise in the days of Uzziah, king of Judah. And Yahveh, the Gods of all holy ones, will come with you.
[ZEC.14.6] And it will be on that day, there will not be light, and precious things will freeze.
[ZEC.14.7] And it will be one day, it is Yahveh who will know it, not day and not night, and it will be at the time of evening that there will be light.
[ZEC.14.8] And it will be on that day that living waters will come out from Jerusalem, half of them to the former sea, and half of them to the latter sea. It will be in summer and in winter.
[ZEC.14.9] And Yahveh will be as king over all the earth on that day, and Yahveh will be one, and His name will be one.
[ZEC.14.10] It will circle all the land as a wasteland, from Gevah to Rimmon south of Jerusalem, and Ramah will dwell beneath it, from the gate of Benjamin until the place of the first gate, until the inner gate, and from the Tower of Hananel until the wine vats of the king.
[ZEC.14.11] And they will dwell in it, and a ban will not be anymore, and Jerusalem will dwell in safety.
[ZEC.14.12] And this will be the plague that Yahveh will inflict upon all the nations that encamped against Jerusalem: their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, and their eyes will dissolve in their sockets, and their tongue will rot in their mouths.
[ZEC.14.13] And it will be on that day that the turmoil of Yahveh will be great among them, and each person will grasp the hand of their companion, and a person’s hand will rise against the hand of their companion.
[ZEC.14.14] And also Judah will fight against Jerusalem, and a force of all the nations will be gathered around, bringing gold and silver and clothes in great abundance.
[ZEC.14.15] And thus will be the plague of the horse, the donkey, the camel, and the donkey, and all the animals that will be in the camps of them, like this plague.
[ZEC.14.16] And it will be that all the remainder of all the nations who come against Jerusalem will go up year by year to worship the King Yahveh of Hosts and to celebrate the Festival of Booths.
[ZEC.14.17] And it will be that those who do not go up from the families of the land to Jerusalem to worship the king, Yahveh of hosts, will not have rain upon them.
[ZEC.14.18] And if the family of Egypt does not ascend and does not come, and the plague is not upon them, the plague that Yahveh will inflict upon the nations who do not ascend to celebrate the festival of Tabernacles will not be upon them.
[ZEC.14.19] This will be the sin offering of Egypt and the sin offering of all the nations who do not go up to celebrate the festival of booths.
[ZEC.14.20] On that day, there will be on the harnesses of the horses, ‘Holy to Yahveh,’ and the basins will be in the house of Yahveh like the bowls before the altar.
[ZEC.14.21] And it will be that every cooking pot in Jerusalem and in Judah will be holy to Yahveh of hosts, and all who previously sacrificed will come and take from them and cook in them, and there will no longer be a Canaanite in the house of Yahveh of hosts on that day.
MAL
MAL.1 • MAL.2 • MAL.3
MAL.1
[MAL.1.1] The burden of the word of Yahveh to Israel, by means of Malachi.
[MAL.1.2] I have loved you, says Yahveh, and you said, "In what way have you loved us?" Is not Esau brother to Jacob? declares Yahveh, yet I loved Jacob.
[MAL.1.3] And I hated Esau, and I made his mountains a wasteland, and his inheritance desolate wildernesses.
[MAL.1.4] Because Edom says, "We are ruined, but we will return and rebuild the ruins," thus says Yahveh of hosts: "They will build, but I will tear down, and they will be called the border of wickedness, and the people against whom Yahveh is angry forever."
[MAL.1.5] And your eyes will see, and you will say, "Yahveh will grow great beyond the border of Israel."
[MAL.1.6] A son honors father, and a servant, my Lord. If I am father, where is my glory? And if I am Lord, where is my reverence? Thus says Yahveh of hosts to you, the priests who despise my name, and you say, 'How have we despised your name?'
[MAL.1.7] Those who present bread on my altar, and you say, “With what have we redeemed you?” – saying that the table of Yahveh is despised.
[MAL.1.8] And if you bring in a blind animal to sacrifice, is that not evil? And if you bring in a lame or diseased animal, is that not evil? Offer it, please, to your governor. Will he be pleased with you? Or will he accept your favor? Says Yahveh of hosts.
[MAL.1.9] And now, please let the face of God turn, and may He have mercy on us from your hand. Was this from you? Will anyone show favor to you? Said Yahveh of hosts.
[MAL.1.10] Who among you will close your doors, and not light fires on my altars for no purpose? I have no desire for you, says Yahveh of hosts, and I will not accept an offering from your hands.
[MAL.1.11] For from where the sun rises, even to where it sets, great is my name among the nations, and in every place a sacrifice is offered and presented to my name, and a pure offering, for great is my name among the nations, says Yahveh of hosts.
[MAL.1.12] And you profane it by saying, "The table of my Lord is disgraced," and its offering is contemptible to eat.
[MAL.1.13] And you will say, "Here is a tenth, and you will reduce it," said Yahveh of Hosts, "and you will bring stolen goods, and the diseased animal, and the ailing, and you will bring the offering, placing it from your hand," said Yahveh.
[MAL.1.14] And cursed is the deceiver who has a male in his flock and vows and sacrifices corruption to my Lord, for I am a great king, says Yahveh of hosts, and my name is terrible among the nations.
MAL.2
[MAL.2.1] And now, this commandment is to the priests.
[MAL.2.2] If you do not listen, and if you do not set to heart to give honor to my name, says Yahveh of hosts, then I will send the curse upon you, and I will revoke your blessings, and I will even revoke them further, because you do not set it to heart.
[MAL.2.3] Behold, I rebuke you, the seed, and I will scatter refuse on your faces, refuse of your celebrations, and he will carry you away to himself.
[MAL.2.4] You will know that I have sent this commandment to you, to be My covenant with Levi, says Yahveh of hosts.
[MAL.2.5] My covenant was with him, life and peace, and I gave them to him as awe. He feared me, and because of my name, he submitted.
[MAL.2.6] The law of truth was in his mouth, and perversity was not found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and he turned back many from wrongdoing.
[MAL.2.7] For the lips of a priest preserve knowledge, and they seek instruction from his mouth, for he is an angel of Yahveh of hosts.
[MAL.2.8] And you have turned aside from the way, you have caused many to stumble in the teaching, you have corrupted the covenant of the Levites, says Yahveh of hosts.
[MAL.2.9] And also I have given you as despised and lowly to all the people, according to my will because you are not keeping my ways, and bearing faces in the teaching.
[MAL.2.10] Is not one father to us all? Did not the God create us? Why does each person betray their brother, profaning the covenant of our ancestors?
[MAL.2.11] Judah betrayed, and an abomination was done in Israel and in Jerusalem, because Judah profaned the holy thing of Yahveh which was loved, and had relations with a foreign daughter.
[MAL.2.12] May Yahveh cut off to the man who does this thing, and causes damage from the tents of Jacob, and brings an offering to Yahveh of hosts.
[MAL.2.13] And this is the second thing you will do: cover the altar of Yahveh with coverings of tears, with weeping and lamentation, from no longer turning to the offering, and taking acceptance from your hand.
[MAL.2.14] And you will say, ‘Concerning what? Why has Yahveh testified between you and the wife of your youth, whom you have been unfaithful to? She was your companion, and the wife of your covenant.’
[MAL.2.15] And not one did it, and the rest of spirit to him. And what does the one seek, the seed of the Gods? Guard yourselves in your spirit and let not the fire of your youth betray you.
[MAL.2.16] For Yahveh, the God of Israel, hates divorce, and he covers iniquity with a garment, says Yahveh of hosts. Guard yourselves, therefore, in spirit, and do not be faithless.
[MAL.2.17] You have wearied Yahveh with your words, and you have said, "In what way have we wearied Him?" By saying that every doer of evil is good in the eyes of Yahveh, and He desires them. Or where is the God of justice?
MAL.3
[MAL.3.1] Behold, I am sending my messenger, and he will clear a path before me, and suddenly the Lord will come to his temple – the God whom you seek, and the angel of the covenant whom you desire – behold, he is coming, says Yahveh of hosts.
[MAL.3.2] And who sustains the day of His coming, and who stands when He reveals Himself? For He is like a fire that refines, and like soap that cleanses.
[MAL.3.3] And the refiner will sit and purify silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and like silver, and they will be for Yahveh, those who present a grain offering with righteousness.
[MAL.3.4] And the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to Yahveh, as in days of old and as in years gone by.
[MAL.3.5] And I will draw near to you for judgment, and I will be a swift witness against those who practice witchcraft, and against those who commit adultery, and against those who swear falsely, and against those who exploit the wages of the hired, the widow, the orphan, and the stranger. And they will not fear me, says Yahveh of hosts.
[MAL.3.6] For I am Yahveh, I have not changed, and you, descendants of Jacob, you have not perished.
[MAL.3.7] You have turned away from the ways of your ancestors and have not kept their laws. Return to me, and I will return to you, says Yahveh of hosts. And you said, "How shall we return?"
[MAL.3.8] Can a person establish boundaries for the Gods, since you establish boundaries for me? And you ask, ‘by what have you established boundaries for me?’ - the tenth and the contribution.
[MAL.3.9] In dismay you are brought to naught, and you determine me, the entire nation.
[MAL.3.10] Bring all the tithe to the house of the treasury, that there may be sustenance in my house. And prove me now with this, says Yahveh of hosts, if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out upon you a blessing until there is no more room.
[MAL.3.11] I will rebuke for you the eater, and it will not destroy for you the fruit of the land. And it will not cause to wither for you the vine in the field, says Yahveh of hosts.
[MAL.3.12] And all the nations will bless you, because you will be a desired land, said Yahveh of hosts.
[MAL.3.13] Be strong against me with your words, said Yahveh, and you said, what have we spoken against you?
[MAL.3.14] You have said that the service of the Gods is false, and what benefit is there that we have kept his ordinances, and that we have walked humbly before Yahveh of armies?
[MAL.3.15] And now, we affirm the arrogant ones, we have even built makers of wickedness, we have also tested the Gods and they escaped.
[MAL.3.16] Then those who revere Yahveh spoke to one another, and Yahveh listened and heard. Consequently, a book of remembrance was written before Him for those who revere Yahveh and for those who consider His name.
[MAL.3.17] And they will be to me, said Yahveh of hosts, for the day that I make them a treasure, and I will have compassion on them as a man will have compassion on his son who serves him.
[MAL.3.18] And you will return and see between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves the Gods and that one who did not serve them.
[MAL.3.19] For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, and all the haughty and all those who do evil will be straw, and a flame will consume them, the coming day, says Yahveh of Hosts, which will not leave for them a root or a branch.
[MAL.3.20] And the sun will rise for you who fear my name, a sun of righteousness, and healing will be in its wings. And you will go out and leap like calves released from the stall.
[MAL.3.21] And you will make the wicked dust under the soles of your feet, in the day that I am doing, said Yahveh of hosts.
[MAL.3.22] Remember the teaching of Moses, my servant, which I commanded to him at Horeb for all Israel, statutes and judgments.
[MAL.3.23] Behold, I am sending to you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the day of Yahveh, which is great and terrible.
[MAL.3.24] And He will return the heart of fathers to sons and the heart of sons to their fathers, lest I come and strike the land with utter destruction.
PSA
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PSA.1
[PSA.1.1] Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked and does not stand in the way of sinners and does not sit in the seat of mockers.
[PSA.1.2] But if his delight is in the law of Yahveh, and he meditates in his law day and night.
[PSA.1.3] And it will be like a tree planted by streams of water, whose fruit will give in its time, and its leaves will not wither, and all that he does will prosper.
[PSA.1.4] Not so are the wicked, but as chaff that the wind drives away.
[PSA.1.5] Therefore, the wicked will not stand in judgement, and sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
[PSA.1.6] For Yahveh knows the way of the righteous, and the way of the wicked will perish.
PSA.2
[PSA.2.1] Why are the nations raging and the peoples devising futility?
[PSA.2.2] The kings of the earth will establish themselves, and the officials are allied, against Yahveh and against his anointed one.
[PSA.2.3] We will break their restraints, and we will cast from him their fathers.
[PSA.2.4] The one sitting in the heavens laughs; my Lord mocks them.
[PSA.2.5] Then God will speak to them in His anger, and in His fury He will terrify them.
[PSA.2.6] And I have poured my king upon Zion, my holy mountain.
[PSA.2.7] I will tell of the statute of Yahveh. God said to me, "You are my son; today I have begotten you."
[PSA.2.8] Ask from me, and I will give nations as your inheritance, and your possession will be the ends of the earth.
[PSA.2.9] You will shatter them with a rod of iron, like the work of a potter, you will break them into pieces.
[PSA.2.10] And now, kings, understand, be warned, judges of the land.
[PSA.2.11] Serve Yahveh with fear and rejoice with trembling.
[PSA.2.12] Accept correction, lest Yahveh become angry, and you perish on the way. For His anger flares up quickly. Blessed are all who take refuge in Yahveh.
PSA.3
[PSA.3.1] A Psalm for David, while he was fleeing from the face of Avshalom, his son.
[PSA.3.2] Yahveh, how many are my enemies! Many are rising against me.
[PSA.3.3] Many are saying to my soul that there is no salvation to Him with the Gods. Selah.
[PSA.3.4] And you, Yahveh, are a shield for me, my glory, and the one lifting up my head.
[PSA.3.5] My voice I call to Yahveh, and He answered me from the mountain of its holiness. Selah.
[PSA.3.6] I lay down, and I slept. I awoke, because Yahveh will support me.
[PSA.3.7] I will not fear from multitudes of people who surround me.
[PSA.3.8] Arise, Yahveh, and save me, my God, for you have struck the cheek of all my enemies and broken the teeth of the wicked.
[PSA.3.9] To Yahveh belongs the salvation, upon your people is your blessing. Selah.
PSA.4
[PSA.4.1] To the one who overcomes, with stringed instruments, a psalm of David.
[PSA.4.2] When I call, answer me, the Gods of my righteousness. In distress, You have given space for me. Be gracious to me and hear my prayer.
[PSA.4.3] How long, sons of man, will you love shame? You pursue emptiness and seek falsehood. Selah.
[PSA.4.4] Know that Yahveh has distinguished kindness for himself; Yahveh will hear when I cry out to him.
[PSA.4.5] Be agitated, and do not sin. Say within your heart while on your bed, and be silent. Selah.
[PSA.4.6] Offer sacrifices of righteousness and trust to Yahveh.
[PSA.4.7] Many say, "Who will show us good? Let your testing be upon us. May the light of your face, Yahveh, be with us."
[PSA.4.8] You have given joy in my heart from the time their grain and their wine became abundant.
[PSA.4.9] In peace, I will lie down together, and I will sleep, for you, Yahveh, are alone. You make me dwell securely.
PSA.5
[PSA.5.1] To the one who conquers, to the possessions, a psalm to David.
[PSA.5.2] My words, listen! Yahveh, understand my thought.
[PSA.5.3] Listen to the voice of my cry, my king and the Gods, for to you I will pray.
[PSA.5.4] Yahveh, in the morning you will hear my voice. In the morning I will arrange for you, and I will wait.
[PSA.5.5] Because God is not pleased with wickedness; evil does not dwell with you.
[PSA.5.6] The mockers will not stand before your eyes, you hated all doers of wrongdoing.
[PSA.5.7] Those speaking falsehood, a man of blood, and deceit, Yahveh despises.
[PSA.5.8] And I, in the abundance of Your kindness, will enter Your house. I will bow down toward Your holy temple, in Your fear.
[PSA.5.9] Yahveh, guide me in your righteousness, so that my enemies may be put to shame before me. May your ways be made known to me.
[PSA.5.10] For there is no truth in his mouth; their insides are ruin, their throats are like an open grave, and their tongues they will make slippery.
[PSA.5.11] I will accuse them; the Gods will cause them to fall from their counsels, in the abundance of their transgressions. I will cast them down, because they have rebelled against you.
[PSA.5.12] And let all those who trust in God rejoice forever, they will sing, and you will shelter over them. And those who love your name will exult in you.
[PSA.5.13] For you will bless the righteous, Yahveh; you will crown them with favor, like a shield.
PSA.6
[PSA.6.1] To the one who conducts, with stringed instruments, upon the eighth, a psalm to David.
[PSA.6.2] Yahveh, do not rebuke me in your anger, and do not discipline me in your wrath.
[PSA.6.3] Have mercy on me, Yahveh, for I am afflicted. Heal me, Yahveh, for my bones are terrified.
[PSA.6.4] And my soul is very terrified, and you, Yahveh, until when?
[PSA.6.5] Return, Yahveh, deliver my soul. Save me because of your loving kindness.
[PSA.6.6] For there is no remembrance of you in death, in the underworld who will acknowledge you?
[PSA.6.7] I have labored with my sighs; I pour out in every night upon my bed. With my tears, I saturate my couch.
[PSA.6.8] Anger made my eyes, and they consumed all my enemies.
[PSA.6.9] Depart from me, all doers of evil, for Yahveh has heard the voice of weeping.
[PSA.6.10] Yahveh heard my supplication. Yahveh will receive my prayer.
[PSA.6.11] Let them be ashamed, and let them be greatly terrified, all enemies. They will return, let them be ashamed in a moment.
PSA.7
[PSA.7.1] This is a passionate song of David, which he sang to Yahveh concerning the words of Kush, son of Yemini.
[PSA.7.2] Yahveh, the Gods, in you I have taken refuge. Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me.
[PSA.7.3] Lest it tear my life like a lion, break through, and there is no rescuer.
[PSA.7.4] Yahveh, the Gods, if I have done this, if there is wrong in my hand.
[PSA.7.5] If I have fully repaid my payment of evil, and I deliver my adversaries empty.
[PSA.7.6] My enemy pursues my soul, and he will lift it up, and trample my life to the earth, and my glory will settle to dust. Selah.
[PSA.7.7] Rise, Yahveh, in Your anger; be lifted up because of the transgressions of my adversaries. And awaken judgment for me, as you have commanded.
[PSA.7.8] The assembly of nations will surround you, and upon them return to the exalted place.
[PSA.7.9] Yahveh will judge peoples; judge me, Yahveh, according to my righteousness and my integrity upon me.
[PSA.7.10] Let the evil of the wicked be finished, and may the righteous be established. May the one who tests hearts and kidneys, the Gods, be righteous.
[PSA.7.11] My shield is upon the Gods, a saver of those upright of heart.
[PSA.7.12] The Gods judge the righteous, and God is angry every day.
[PSA.7.13] If he does not return, he will sharpen his sword; he stretched his bow and prepared it.
[PSA.7.14] And to God He prepares weapons of death, His arrows He will act against those who pursue.
[PSA.7.15] Behold, wickedness is conceived in trouble, and it brings forth falsehood.
[PSA.7.16] He dug a pit and excavated it, and he fell into the pit that he made.
[PSA.7.17] His violence will return on his head, and on the crown of his head his violence will descend.
[PSA.7.18] I will praise Yahveh according to your justice, and I will sing the name of Yahveh the Highest.
PSA.8
[PSA.8.1] To the one leading, upon the Gittith. A psalm to David.
[PSA.8.2] Yahveh, my Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth, in that You place Your glory above the heavens.
[PSA.8.3] From the mouth of infants and sucklings, you established strength for the sake of your enemies, to silence the enemy and those who take vengeance.
[PSA.8.4] For I see your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars which you established.
[PSA.8.5] What is mankind that you remember him, and the son of man that you inspect him?
[PSA.8.6] And you made him a little lower than the Gods, and you adorned him with glory and splendor.
[PSA.8.7] You will make him stumble by the work of your hands. All things will be under his feet.
[PSA.8.8] The small cattle and thousands, all of them, and also the beasts of the field.
[PSA.8.9] Birds of the heavens and fishes of the sea pass through the paths of days.
[PSA.8.10] Yahveh, my Lord, how magnificent is your name in all the earth.
PSA.9
[PSA.9.1] To the victorious one, concerning death, to the son, a psalm of David.
[PSA.9.2] I will praise Yahveh with all my heart. I will recount all your wonders.
[PSA.9.3] I will rejoice and I will exult in you. I will sing your name, the most high.
[PSA.9.4] When my enemies turn backwards, they will stumble and they will perish from before your face.
[PSA.9.5] Because you have done my judgements and my legal cases, you have sat to a throne of a judge of righteousness.
[PSA.9.6] You have rebuked nations, you have destroyed wicked people, you have blotted out their name forever and ever.
[PSA.9.7] The enemy, their swords are finished forever, and cities you have destroyed. Their memory is lost, they are gone.
[PSA.9.8] And Yahveh will forever sit, establishing judgement upon his throne.
[PSA.9.9] And He will judge the world with justice. He will judge the nations with uprightness.
[PSA.9.10] And it will be that Yahveh is a stronghold to the afflicted, a stronghold in times of distress.
[PSA.9.11] And they will trust in you, those who know your name, for you have not forsaken those who seek Yahveh.
[PSA.9.12] Sing praise to Yahveh who dwells in Zion. Declare his deeds among the nations.
[PSA.9.13] For the one who seeks bloodshed, the Gods remember them; they have not forgotten the cry of the afflicted.
[PSA.9.14] Have favor towards me, Yahveh, see my affliction from my enemies. Lift me up from the gates of death.
[PSA.9.15] For the purpose of recounting all your praises at the gates of the daughter of Zion, I will rejoice in your salvation.
[PSA.9.16] The nations sank in ruin they made; in this snare they hid, their foot was captured.
[PSA.9.17] Yahveh is known by the justice He has done with His hands; He strikes the wicked, a contemplation. Selah.
[PSA.9.18] The wicked will return to Sheol, all nations who forget the Gods.
[PSA.9.19] For not forever will the poor one be forgotten, the hope of the humble will not perish forever.
[PSA.9.20] Arise, Yahveh, do not strengthen man. Let nations judge before your face.
[PSA.9.21] Yahveh has set a teaching for them, so that nations may know, for they are humans. Selah.
PSA.10
[PSA.10.1] Why does Yahveh stand far off? Why do you conceal yourself during times of distress?
[PSA.10.2] In the pride of the wicked, the poor are burned. They are seized by these plots which they have planned.
[PSA.10.3] For the wicked one praises himself according to the desire of his soul, and he who scorns blessing, abominates Yahveh.
[PSA.10.4] The wicked man, like his nose is high, will not seek. There are not the Gods in all his plots.
[PSA.10.5] They will hope for His ways at all times, elevated above your judgments against them. He will scatter all His enemies by them.
[PSA.10.6] He said in his heart, it will not decay for generation and generation, which has not failed.
[PSA.10.7] His mouth is full of deceit and trickery; trouble and wickedness are under his tongue.
[PSA.10.8] He sits in the west of courtyards, in secret he will kill the innocent. His eyes are focused on a plan.
[PSA.10.9] He waits in hiding like a lion in a lair. He waits to seize the poor. He seizes the poor in his pull, in his net.
[PSA.10.10] He will crush, he will subdue, and he will fall in his plans with destructions.
[PSA.10.11] He said in his heart, "God has forgotten. He has hidden His face, and will not see it forever."
[PSA.10.12] Rise, Yahveh God, lift your hand! Do not forget the afflicted!
[PSA.10.13] Why does the wicked one despise the Gods? That person has said in their heart, "You shall not inquire."
[PSA.10.14] She saw that you toil and are angry. She intends to give [something] into your hand, yet abandons your portion, leaving you an orphan. You were a helper.
[PSA.10.15] Break the arm of the wicked; and the wicked you will seek for their wickedness, but you will not find it.
[PSA.10.16] Yahveh, the God, is the eternal King. Nations will perish from His land.
[PSA.10.17] The desire of the humble you have heard, Yahveh. You prepare their heart. You incline your ear.
[PSA.10.18] To judge the orphan and widow will not continue anymore, to oppress humanity from the land.
PSA.11
[PSA.11.1] To the chief musician, to David. In Yahveh I have trusted. How do you say to my soul, "Flee like a sparrow?"
[PSA.11.2] For behold, the wicked tread the bow, they have prepared their arrows on the string, to shoot in darkness at the upright of heart.
[PSA.11.3] For the foundations will be ruined. What has the righteous one done?
[PSA.11.4] Yahveh, in His holy temple, Yahveh is in the heavens. His throne is where His eyes behold, and His eyelids test humanity.
[PSA.11.5] Yahveh the Righteous will test and the wicked, and the one who loves violence, his soul hates.
[PSA.11.6] Yahveh will rain snares, fire, and brimstone, and a wind of scorching heat – the portion of their cup.
[PSA.11.7] For righteous is Yahveh, righteousnesses He loves. The upright will behold His face.
PSA.12
[PSA.12.1] To the one leading, upon the eighth, a song to David.
[PSA.12.2] Save Yahveh, for the devoted are finished, for the faithful have ceased from mankind.
[PSA.12.3] Falsehood they speak, each man to his neighbor with deceitful tongues. Hypocritically they speak in heart and heart.
[PSA.12.4] Yahveh will cut off all deceitful lips, a tongue that speaks great things.
[PSA.12.5] Those who said to our tongue, "We will make our lips mighty with us, who is my Lord to us?"
[PSA.12.6] From the devastation of the poor, from the groaning of the needy, now I will rise, says Yahveh. I will set it in salvation; He will breathe for him.
[PSA.12.7] The words of Yahveh are pure words, silver refined completely to the earth, purified seven times.
[PSA.12.8] You, Yahveh, will keep them. You will protect us from this generation forever.
[PSA.12.9] Around the wicked they will walk, like a vine offering its fruit to the children of humankind.
PSA.13
[PSA.13.1] To the victorious one, a psalm of David.
[PSA.13.2] Until when, Yahveh, will you forget me forever? Until when will you hide your face from me?
[PSA.13.3] Until when do I place counsels in my soul? Grief in my heart daily. Until when will my enemy exalt himself over me?
[PSA.13.4] Look, answer me, Yahveh, my God. Illuminate my eyes, lest I sleep the death.
[PSA.13.5] Lest my enemy say, "I overcame him," my enemies will rejoice that I am crushed.
[PSA.13.6] And I have trusted in your lovingkindness. My heart will rejoice in your salvation. I will sing to Yahveh, for He has recompensed me.
PSA.14
[PSA.14.1] To the one who leads, to David, Nabal said in his heart, "There are no Gods. They have corrupted, they have become vile. Folly exists; there is no one who does good."
[PSA.14.2] Yahveh looked down from heaven upon the children of Adam to see if there is anyone insightful, anyone who seeks after the Gods.
[PSA.14.3] Everything has turned away together, they groan. There is no one doing good, not even one.
[PSA.14.4] Do not all doers of wickedness, those who consume my people, eat the bread of Yahveh, and do not call upon Him?
[PSA.14.5] There, they feared dread, for the Gods are in a generation of righteous people.
[PSA.14.6] The counsel of the poor will be put to shame, for Yahveh is his refuge.
[PSA.14.7] Who will bring salvation to Israel from Zion when Yahveh restores the captivity of my people? Jacob will rejoice, and Israel will be glad.
PSA.15
[PSA.15.1] A psalm of David. Yahveh, who will dwell in your tent? Who will reside on your holy mountain?
[PSA.15.2] One who walks blamelessly and acts righteously, and speaks truth in their heart.
[PSA.15.3] He did not spy with his tongue, he did not do evil to his neighbor, and he did not bear reproach upon his relative.
[PSA.15.4] The Gods consider despicable those who are despicable in their eyes, and they honor those who fear Yahveh. Those who swear to do harm will not turn from it.
[PSA.15.5] His silver he did not give with usury, and bribe from the innocent he did not take. One who does these things will not fall forever.
PSA.16
[PSA.16.1] A golden psalm for David. God, guard me, for I have taken refuge in you.
[PSA.16.2] You said to Yahveh, "my Lord, you are good. There is no one like you."
[PSA.16.3] To the holy ones who are in the land, they are, and all my desire is in them.
[PSA.16.4] Their anxieties will increase after they hastened. I did not accept their libations from blood, and I will not carry their names upon my lips.
[PSA.16.5] Yahveh is the portion of my inheritance, and you are my cup. You support my destiny.
[PSA.16.6] Ropes have fallen to me in pleasant places, and even a beautiful inheritance is upon me.
[PSA.16.7] I will bless Yahveh, who has counselled me. Also at nights He has disciplined my inward parts.
[PSA.16.8] I have set Yahveh always before me, for from my right hand I will not stumble.
[PSA.16.9] Therefore my joy is my heart, and my glory revealed itself. Even my flesh will dwell in safety.
[PSA.16.10] For you will not forsake my soul to the underworld, you will not give your loyal one to see corruption.
[PSA.16.11] You make me know the way of life, fullness of joys. Your face is pleasant, in Your right hand is eternity.
PSA.17
[PSA.17.1] A prayer of David. Hear, Yahveh, righteousness! Attend to my joyful cry; listen to my prayer, without deceitful lips.
[PSA.17.2] From before you, my judgment will come forth. Your eyes will see the upright.
[PSA.17.3] You have tested my heart, you have visited me in the night, you have refined me, yet you will find nothing. My plans will not cross my lips.
[PSA.17.4] To the actions of humankind by the speech of your lips, I have kept the ways of the one who breaks loose.
[PSA.17.5] Sustain my supports in your revolutions, may my steps not slip.
[PSA.17.6] I called to you because you will answer me, God. Incline your ear to me; hear my word.
[PSA.17.7] Make wonderful your lovingkindness, O savior of those who trust, from those who rise up against, by your right hand.
[PSA.17.8] Guard me as the pupil of the eye. In the shadow of your wings, hide me.
[PSA.17.9] Because of the wicked, this they pursue to destroy me. My enemies surround my life upon me.
[PSA.17.10] They closed their fatness, their mouth spoke with arrogance.
[PSA.17.11] My destroyers now surround me; their eyes are set to incline me to the earth.
[PSA.17.12] His likeness is like a lion who yearns to tear, and like a young lion who sits in hidden places.
[PSA.17.13] Rise up, Yahveh, towards your face, subdue him. Deliver my life from the wicked one, from your sword.
[PSA.17.14] From the dying, your hand, Yahveh, from decay their portion in life, and your treasures will fill their bellies. They will be satisfied with sons, and they will leave their remainder to their infants.
[PSA.17.15] I, in righteousness, will see your face. I will be satisfied when I awake with your form.
PSA.18
[PSA.18.1] To the one who overcomes, to the servant of Yahveh, to David, who spoke to Yahveh the words of this song on the day Yahveh delivered him from the grasp of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.
[PSA.18.2] And he said, "Your compassion, Yahveh, be strong!"
[PSA.18.3] Yahveh is my rock and my fortress and my refuge, my God is my rock, in Him I will trust. He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my high place.
[PSA.18.4] Praised, I will call Yahveh, and from my enemies I will be saved.
[PSA.18.5] The cords of death have encompassed me, and the streams of Belial have terrified me.
[PSA.18.6] The ropes of the underworld have surrounded me; the snares of death are before me.
[PSA.18.7] In my distress, I will call upon Yahveh and to the Gods I will cry out. He will hear my voice from His palace, and my cry will come into His ears.
[PSA.18.8] And the earth boiled and trembled, and the foundations of the mountains shook. And they boiled because it burned for Him.
[PSA.18.9] Smoke went up in his nose, and fire from his mouth devoured. Embers burned from him.
[PSA.18.10] And the heavens inclined, and descended, and mist was under his feet.
[PSA.18.11] And he rode upon a cherub and he flew, and he appeared upon wings of wind.
[PSA.18.12] He sets darkness as His hiding place; His shelter surrounds Him. The darkness of waters, thick clouds are around Him.
[PSA.18.13] From his brilliance, opposite of him, his clouds passed through, hail and coals of fire.
[PSA.18.14] And Yahveh thundered in the heavens, and the Most High gave out his voice with hail and fiery coals.
[PSA.18.15] And He sent His arrows and scattered them, and there were numerous flashes of lightning and He thundered.
[PSA.18.16] Springs of water were seen, and the foundations of the earth were revealed from your rebuke, Yahveh, from the breath of your nostrils.
[PSA.18.17] Yahveh will send from on high, He will take me. He will pull me from many waters.
[PSA.18.18] He will save me from my enemy who is powerful, and from my haters, for they are too strong for me.
[PSA.18.19] They anticipate me in the day of my distress, and Yahveh was a support to me.
[PSA.18.20] And He brought me out to the open space; He rescues me because He desires in me.
[PSA.18.21] Yahveh will repay me according to my righteousness, according to the work of my hands He will return to me.
[PSA.18.22] Because I have kept the ways of Yahveh, and I have not acted wickedly from the Gods.
[PSA.18.23] For all the judgements of the Gods are before me, and their statutes I will not remove from myself.
[PSA.18.24] And I was complete with him, and I guarded myself from my iniquities.
[PSA.18.25] And Yahveh acted for me as my righteousness, like the strength of my hand before His eyes.
[PSA.18.26] With the devoted one, you will show devotion, and with the complete person, you will be complete.
[PSA.18.27] With a foolish person you will be refined, and with a perverse person you will twist.
[PSA.18.28] For you deliver an afflicted people, and you will lower high eyes.
[PSA.18.29] For you light my lamp, Yahveh, the Gods, you make bright my darkness.
[PSA.18.30] For in you I will run against a multitude, and in the Gods I will leap over a wall.
[PSA.18.31] The God is perfect, His way is complete. The word of Yahveh is refined. He is a shield to all who trust in Him.
[PSA.18.32] For who is God apart from Yahveh? And who is the rock besides our Gods?
[PSA.18.33] The God who disciplines me is strength, and gave perfect my ways.
[PSA.18.34] He makes my feet like those of a doe, and upon my high places He will establish me.
[PSA.18.35] God teaches my hands for war, and my arms bend a bronze bow.
[PSA.18.36] And you gave to me a shield of your salvation, and your right hand sustains me, and your favor makes me great.
[PSA.18.37] The Gods widen my steps beneath me, and my ankles do not slip.
[PSA.18.38] I will pursue my enemies and attain them, and I will not return until their completion.
[PSA.18.39] I will utterly destroy and crush them, and they will not be able to rise. They will fall under my feet.
[PSA.18.40] And you strengthened me with power for battle. You will subdue those who rise up beneath me.
[PSA.18.41] And my enemies you have given to me as the back of their necks, and my haters I will make to perish.
[PSA.18.42] They call for help, and there is no savior upon Yahveh, and He did not answer them.
[PSA.18.43] And I will laugh at them as dust before the wind, as clay in the streets I will spread them.
[PSA.18.44] You deliver me from quarrels of people, you set me as head of nations; a people not known to me will serve me.
[PSA.18.45] When someone hears, they will hear to me; foreigners will deny me.
[PSA.18.46] The sons of foreigners will be weakened and they will be expelled from their boundaries.
[PSA.18.47] Living is Yahveh, and blessed is my rock, and may the Gods of Jesse be exalted.
[PSA.18.48] The God, the one giving revenge to me, and spoke through nations in my place.
[PSA.18.49] My deliverer, from my enemies, and also from those who rise up against me, you lift me up. You save me from a man of violence.
[PSA.18.50] Therefore, I will praise you among the nations, Yahveh, and to your name I will sing.
[PSA.18.51] God increases salvations for his king and does kindness to his anointed, to David and to his seed, forever.
PSA.19
[PSA.19.1] To the victorious one, a psalm of David.
[PSA.19.2] The heavens declare the glory of God, and the work of God’s hands reveals the firmament.
[PSA.19.3] Day to day will bring forth a word, and night to night will reveal knowledge from Yahveh.
[PSA.19.4] There is no speaker and there are no words, without their voice being heard.
[PSA.19.5] In all the land went forth a proclamation, and at the end of the world their words. To the sun, he has set a tent among them.
[PSA.19.6] And he is like a groom going out from his wedding canopy; he shouts for joy like a mighty man to run a path.
[PSA.19.7] From the end of the heavens is his origin, and his circuit is upon their ends, and there is nothing hidden from his anger.
[PSA.19.8] The law of Yahveh is complete, restoring the soul. The testimony of Yahveh is faithful, making the simple wise.
[PSA.19.9] The commandments of Yahveh are upright, rejoicing the heart. The commandment of Yahveh is pure, illuminating the eyes.
[PSA.19.10] The fear of Yahveh is pure and endures forever. The judgements of Yahveh are truth, and are righteous together.
[PSA.19.11] They are more desired than gold and than much fine gold, and sweeter than honey and dripping honeycombs.
[PSA.19.12] Also, your servant is careful in them, in keeping them, because of greatness.
[PSA.19.13] Errors, who understands? Cleanse me from hidden things.
[PSA.19.14] Even the wicked, restrain your servant; let them not rule over me. Then I will be with them, and I will be cleansed from great sin.
[PSA.19.15] Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, Yahveh, my rock and my redeemer.
PSA.20
[PSA.20.1] To the victorious one, a psalm of David.
[PSA.20.2] Yahveh will answer you in a time of distress. The name of the Gods of Jacob will strengthen you.
[PSA.20.3] He will send your help from the holy place, and from Zion He will support you.
[PSA.20.4] He will remember all of your gifts, and your burnt offerings He will enrich. Selah.
[PSA.20.5] He will give to you according to your heart, and He will fulfill all your counsel.
[PSA.20.6] Let us sing in your salvation, and in the name of our Gods we will boast. May Yahveh fill all your desires.
[PSA.20.7] Now I have known that Yahveh will save his anointed one. He will answer him from the heavens of his holiness with strengths. Salvation is his right hand’s.
[PSA.20.8] These are in chariots, and these are in horses, but we in the name of Yahveh, our Gods, will remember.
[PSA.20.9] They knelt and fell, but we arose and were encouraged.
[PSA.20.10] Yahveh, save! The king will answer us in the day we call.
PSA.21
[PSA.21.1] To the victorious one, a psalm of David.
[PSA.21.2] Yahveh, in Your strength, a king will rejoice, and in Your deliverance, how greatly will he exult.
[PSA.21.3] The desire of his heart you gave to him, and you did not restrain his lips. Selah.
[PSA.21.4] For you will meet good blessings ahead of them, you will establish a jewel-crown on his head.
[PSA.21.5] Lives he asked from you, you gave to him; length of days, world and forever.
[PSA.21.6] Great is his glory in your salvation, splendor and majesty you bestow upon him.
[PSA.21.7] Because you will establish blessings for eternity, you will make your face shine with joy.
[PSA.21.8] For the king trusts in Yahveh and in the kindness of the Highest, he will not be moved.
[PSA.21.9] Your hand will find all of your enemies. Your right hand will find your haters.
[PSA.21.10] Set them up like a furnace of fire, at the time of your presence, Yahveh. In his anger he will swallow them up, and the fire will consume them.
[PSA.21.11] The fruit of the womb will be removed from the land, and their seed from among the children of man.
[PSA.21.12] Because evil has turned toward you, they thought a plan, but they were not able.
[PSA.21.13] For you will place Shechem in your abundance, you will grant grace before them.
[PSA.21.14] Be exalted, Yahveh, with your strength. We will sing and psalm your power.
PSA.22
[PSA.22.1] To the one who leads, upon the doe of the dawn, a psalm of David.
[PSA.22.2] God God why have you forsaken me, distant from my salvation, words of my crying out.
[PSA.22.3] My God, I call during the day, and you do not answer. And at night, there is no silence for me.
[PSA.22.4] And you are holy, dwelling in the praises of Israel.
[PSA.22.5] In you, our fathers trusted; they trusted, and you delivered them.
[PSA.22.6] To you they cried out and were saved. In you they trusted and were not ashamed.
[PSA.22.7] And I am a worm, and not a man, a reproach of mankind and despised by the people.
[PSA.22.8] All my seers mock me, they scorn with language, they shake their head.
[PSA.22.9] Roll to God, Yahveh will deliver him. He will rescue him, for He takes pleasure in him.
[PSA.22.10] For you are my protector from the womb, my trust upon the breasts of my mother.
[PSA.22.11] Upon you I have been cast from the womb, from my mother's belly, my God, you are.
[PSA.22.12] Do not distance Yourself from me, for distress is near. For there is no helper.
[PSA.22.13] Many bulls have surrounded me, the strong ones of Bashan have encompassed me.
[PSA.22.14] They have opened their mouth against me, a lion tearing and roaring.
[PSA.22.15] Like waters, I have been poured out, and all my bones are scattered. My heart was like wax, melted within me.
[PSA.22.16] My strength is dried up like dust, and my tongue is glued to my palate, and to the dust of death you will prostrate me.
[PSA.22.17] For dogs have surrounded me, a company of evildoers has encircled me. Like a lion, my hands and my feet.
[PSA.22.18] I will recount all of my bones. They will look, and they will see in me.
[PSA.22.19] They will divide the garments among them, and they will cast lots upon the garments.
[PSA.22.20] And you, Yahveh, do not be far. My God, be quick to help me.
[PSA.22.21] Deliver my soul from the sword, from the hand of a dog, my solitary one.
[PSA.22.22] Deliver me from the mouth of the lion and from the horns of the wild oxen, you answered me.
[PSA.22.23] I will recount your name to my brothers, in the midst of the assembly I will praise you.
[PSA.22.24] You who fear Yahveh, praise Him! All the offspring of Jacob, honor Him, and take refuge with Him, all the offspring of Israel.
[PSA.22.25] For the Gods do not despise, nor abhor the affliction of the poor, nor hides their face from him, and when he pleads to the Gods, they hear.
[PSA.22.26] My praise comes from you in a great assembly. I will pay my vows before those who fear Yahveh.
[PSA.22.27] The humble will eat and be satisfied, those who seek Yahveh will praise Him, may your hearts live forever.
[PSA.22.28] They will remember and return to Yahveh, all the ends of the earth, and they will worship before you, all families of nations.
[PSA.22.29] For to Yahveh belongs the kingdom, and He rules among the nations.
[PSA.22.30] They ate and they bowed down. All the fat of the earth will prostrate themselves before him. All those who descend into dust will bow. And his soul did not live.
[PSA.22.31] Offspring will serve him, it will be recounted to my Lord for the generation.
[PSA.22.32] Let them come and tell of the righteousness of Yahveh to a people who are born, for He did [it].
PSA.23
[PSA.23.1] A psalm belonging to David. Yahveh is my shepherd, I shall not want.
[PSA.23.2] In green pastures, He makes me lie down. Upon the waters of rests, He leads me.
[PSA.23.3] My soul, He restores. He leads me in paths of righteousness for the sake of His name.
[PSA.23.4] Even though I walk in the valley of death shadow, I will not fear evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they will comfort me.
[PSA.23.5] You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You have fattened my head with oil, my cup overflows.
[PSA.23.6] But goodness and loving kindness will pursue me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of Yahveh for the length of days.
PSA.24
[PSA.24.1] A Psalm of David. To Yahveh belong the earth and everything in it, the world and those who live in it.
[PSA.24.2] For it is He who founded it upon the seas and who establishes it upon the rivers.
[PSA.24.3] Who may ascend the mountain of Yahveh, and who may stand in His holy place?
[PSA.24.4] Clean are his hands and pure is his heart, the one who has not falsely pledged his life, and has not sworn to deceit.
[PSA.24.5] He will carry a blessing from Yahveh and righteousness from the Gods of salvation.
[PSA.24.6] This is the generation that seeks, those seeking your face, Jacob. Selah.
[PSA.24.7] Lift up, gates, your heads, and be lifted up, openings of forever, and the king of glory will come.
[PSA.24.8] Who is this King of Glory? Yahveh is strength and mighty. Yahveh is a mighty warrior in battle.
[PSA.24.9] Lift up, gates, your heads, and lift up, openings of forever, and let come the King of the glory.
[PSA.24.10] Who is this, the King of glory? Yahveh of hosts, He is the King of glory. Selah.
PSA.25
[PSA.25.1] To David, to you, Yahveh, my soul I lift up.
[PSA.25.2] My Gods, in you I have trusted. Let me not be ashamed. Let my enemies not rejoice at my expense.
[PSA.25.3] Also, all those who hope to you will not be ashamed; the faithless will be ashamed, empty.
[PSA.25.4] Show me your ways, Yahveh, and teach me your paths.
[PSA.25.5] Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are my God of salvation. I have hoped in you all the day.
[PSA.25.6] Remember your compassion, Yahveh, and your lovingkindness, for they are from eternity.
[PSA.25.7] My sins of youth and my transgressions, do not remember. According to your kindness, remember me to yourself. For the sake of your goodness, Yahveh.
[PSA.25.8] Good and upright is Yahveh, therefore he instructs sinners in the way.
[PSA.25.9] God guides humble people in justice, and He will teach humble people His way.
[PSA.25.10] All the ways of Yahveh are lovingkindness and truth to those who keep his covenant and his testimonies.
[PSA.25.11] For the sake of your name, Yahveh, and you will forgive my iniquity, for great it is.
[PSA.25.12] Who is this man who fears Yahveh? May Yahveh guide him in the path he selects.
[PSA.25.13] His soul will remain in well-being, and his seed will inherit the land.
[PSA.25.14] The secret of Yahveh belongs to those who fear Him, and His covenant to make it known to them.
[PSA.25.15] My eyes are always to Yahveh, for He will extract my feet from the snare.
[PSA.25.16] Turn your face toward me and grant me grace, for I am unique and I am afflicted.
[PSA.25.17] My distresses have become large; deliver me from my tight places.
[PSA.25.18] Behold my affliction and my labor, and bear all my sins.
[PSA.25.19] Behold, my enemies are numerous, and they hate me with violent hatred.
[PSA.25.20] Keep my soul and rescue me. Let me not be ashamed, for I have trusted in you.
[PSA.25.21] Integrity and uprightness you created me with, for I hoped for you.
[PSA.25.22] The Gods will redeem Israel from all his troubles.
PSA.26
[PSA.26.1] To David, judge me Yahveh, for I have walked with my integrity and I have trusted in Yahveh. I will not stumble.
[PSA.26.2] Test me, Yahveh, and refine me. Examine my innermost being and my heart.
[PSA.26.3] For your lovingkindness is before my eyes, and I have walked in your truth.
[PSA.26.4] I have not sat with those offering false counsel, and I will not go with those who conceal.
[PSA.26.5] I hated the assembly of evildoers, and with the wicked I will not dwell.
[PSA.26.6] I will wash my hands in purity, and I will circle around your altar, Yahveh.
[PSA.26.7] To hear in a voice of thanksgiving, and to tell of all your wonders.
[PSA.26.8] Yahveh, I have loved the dwelling of your house, and a place for the tabernacle of your glory.
[PSA.26.9] Do not gather with sinners my soul, and with men of blood my life.
[PSA.26.10] That in their hands is plotting, and their right hand is full of bribe.
[PSA.26.11] And I, in my blamelessness, God, redeem me and have mercy on me.
[PSA.26.12] My foot stood in a plain, in assemblies I will bless Yahveh.
PSA.27
[PSA.27.1] To David. Yahveh is my light and my salvation; from me, I fear. Yahveh is the strength of my life; from me, I am afraid.
[PSA.27.2] When evil people draw near to eat my flesh, my enemies and my adversaries are to me, they stumbled and they fell.
[PSA.27.3] If a camp encamps against me, my heart will not fear. If warfare rises up against me, in this I trust.
[PSA.27.4] One thing I have asked of Yahveh, and that I will seek: that I may dwell in the house of Yahveh all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of Yahveh and to visit His temple.
[PSA.27.5] For He will hide me in a shelter in a day of evil. He will conceal me in the secret place of His tent. In a rock He will lift me up.
[PSA.27.6] And now my head will be exalted over my enemies surrounding me, and I will sacrifice in his tent sacrifices of joyful noise. I will sing and I will psalm to Yahveh.
[PSA.27.7] Hear, Yahveh, my voice when I call, and favor me and answer me.
[PSA.27.8] To you my heart has said, "Seek His face. Your face, Yahveh, I will seek."
[PSA.27.9] Do not hide Your face from me, do not be angry with Your servant, for You have been my help. Do not forsake me, and do not abandon me, the Gods of my salvation.
[PSA.27.10] For my father and my mother have forsaken me, and Yahveh will gather me.
[PSA.27.11] Teach me, Yahveh, your way and guide me in a straight path for the sake of my enemies.
[PSA.27.12] Do not give me into the life of my adversaries, for witnesses of falsehood have risen against me, and they breathe out violence.
[PSA.27.13] If not for believing I would see the goodness of Yahveh in the land of the living.
[PSA.27.14] Hope in Yahveh, be strong, and may Yahveh strengthen your heart, and hope in Yahveh.
PSA.28
[PSA.28.1] To David: To you, Yahveh, I call. My rock, do not be silent to me, lest you be silent from me, and I will be likened with those descending into the pit.
[PSA.28.2] Hear the voice of my supplications in my outcry to you, in lifting my hands to the sanctuary of your holy one.
[PSA.28.3] Do not draw me along with the wicked, and with those who work evil, those who speak peace with their neighbors, yet harbor evil in their hearts.
[PSA.28.4] Give to them according to their actions and according to the evil of their deeds, according to the work of their hands give to them. Return their reward to them.
[PSA.28.5] For they will not bring to nothing the designs of Yahveh, and the works of His hands, they will ruin, and they will not rebuild.
[PSA.28.6] Blessed is Yahveh, for he has heard the voice of my supplications.
[PSA.28.7] Yahveh is my strength and my shield. In Him my heart trusts, and I have been helped. Therefore my heart rejoices, and with my songs I will praise Him.
[PSA.28.8] Yahveh is the strength of his people, and the stronghold of the salvations of his anointed one, he is.
[PSA.28.9] Save your people and bless your inheritance, and pasture them and lift them up forever.
PSA.29
[PSA.29.1] A Psalm to David. Bring to Yahveh, sons of the Gods. Bring to Yahveh glory and strength.
[PSA.29.2] Come to Yahveh, bring the glory of his name. Bow down to Yahveh in the splendor of holiness.
[PSA.29.3] The voice of Yahveh is upon the waters. The God of glory thunders. Yahveh is upon many waters.
[PSA.29.4] The voice of Yahveh is with power, the voice of Yahveh is with glory.
[PSA.29.5] The voice of Yahveh breaks cedars, and Yahveh broke the cedars of Lebanon.
[PSA.29.6] And He made them reel like a calf to Lebanon, and like the son of the re’em.
[PSA.29.7] The voice of Yahveh splits the flames of fire.
[PSA.29.8] The voice of Yahveh makes the wilderness tremble. Yahveh makes the wilderness of Kadesh tremble.
[PSA.29.9] The voice of Yahveh makes the oaks tremble, and reveals the forests, and everything in his temple declares glory.
[PSA.29.10] Yahveh sat at the flood, and Yahveh sat as king forever.
[PSA.29.11] Yahveh will give strength to his people. Yahveh will bless his people with peace.
PSA.30
[PSA.30.1] A psalm, a song of dedication of the house, for David.
[PSA.30.2] I will exalt you, Yahveh, for you have lifted me up, and have not allowed my enemies to rejoice over me.
[PSA.30.3] Yahveh, the Gods, I cried out to you, and you healed me.
[PSA.30.4] Yahveh, You have raised my soul from Sheol. You have revived me from the descent into the pit.
[PSA.30.5] Sing praise to Yahveh, His devout ones, and give thanks in remembrance of His holiness.
[PSA.30.6] For a moment is His anger, life is in His favor. In the evening weeping may tarry, but in the morning joyful song.
[PSA.30.7] And I said in my tranquility, "I will not stir forever."
[PSA.30.8] Yahveh, by Your will, You established it as a mountain of strength. You hid Your face, and I became dismayed.
[PSA.30.9] To you, Yahveh, I will call, and to my Lord, I will plead.
[PSA.30.10] What profit is there in my blood, in my descending to the pit? Will dust praise my Lord? Will someone declare Your truth?
[PSA.30.11] Hear, Yahveh, and grant me favor. Yahveh, be my strength.
[PSA.30.12] You have turned my mourning to dancing for me. You have opened my sack, and you have girded me with joy.
[PSA.30.13] So that glory will sing praise to you, and not be silent, Yahveh, my God, forever I will praise you.
PSA.31
[PSA.31.1] To the victorious one, a psalm of David.
[PSA.31.2] In you, Yahveh, I have trusted, not to be ashamed forever; by your righteousness, deliver me.
[PSA.31.3] Incline God your ear quickly, save me. Be to me as a rock, a stronghold, to a house of fortresses, to save me.
[PSA.31.4] For my rock and my fortress are you, and for the sake of your name, you will guide me and you will lead me.
[PSA.31.5] Bring me out of this net they hid for me, for you are my refuge.
[PSA.31.6] Into Your hand I commit my spirit. You have redeemed me, Yahveh, God of truth.
[PSA.31.7] I have hated the watchers of false emptiness, and I have trusted in Yahveh.
[PSA.31.8] I will rejoice and be glad in your kindness, that you saw my affliction. You knew in the troubles of my soul.
[PSA.31.9] And you did not deliver me into the hand of an enemy, but you established space for my feet.
[PSA.31.10] Have mercy on me, Yahveh, for distress has been made to me in anger. My eyes and my soul and my inward parts are troubled.
[PSA.31.11] For my life is finished in sorrow and my years in sighing. My strength has failed through my iniquity and my bones are consumed.
[PSA.31.12] From all my adversaries I became a reproach, and to my neighbors, greatly so, and a fear to my acquaintances. Those who saw me outside wandered from me.
[PSA.31.13] I have been forgotten like the dead from the heart. I was like a lost vessel.
[PSA.31.14] For I have heard the slander of many from all around, in their establishing together against me, to take my life they have planned.
[PSA.31.15] And I in you have trusted, Yahveh. I said, "My God, you are."
[PSA.31.16] My times are in your hand. Deliver me from the hand of my enemies and from those who pursue me.
[PSA.31.17] Cause your face to shine upon your servant; save me with your kindness.
[PSA.31.18] Yahveh, do not be ashamed because I called to You. Let the wicked be ashamed and become like the grave.
[PSA.31.19] The lips of falsehood conceal speaking against the righteous one, exceedingly with pride and scorn.
[PSA.31.20] How great is your goodness that you have hidden for those who fear you, what you have done for those who trust in you, in contrast to the children of humanity.
[PSA.31.21] You hide them in the secret of your face from the uproar of man. You hide them in a booth from the quarrel of tongues.
[PSA.31.22] Blessed is Yahveh, for He has greatly increased His lovingkindness for me in a city under siege.
[PSA.31.23] And I said in my haste, I have been cast out from before your eyes. Indeed, you have heard the voice of my supplication in my cry to you.
[PSA.31.24] Love Yahveh, all of his faithful ones, for faithful are those whom Yahveh keeps and repays beyond what is deserved, acting with power.
[PSA.31.25] Be strong, and let your heart be strengthened, all those who wait for Yahveh.
PSA.32
[PSA.32.1] To David, a skillful one. Blessed is the one bearing sin, whose transgressions are covered.
[PSA.32.2] Blessed is the man to whom Yahveh does not account iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.
[PSA.32.3] For I have been silent, and my bones are worn out by my groaning all the day.
[PSA.32.4] For day and night your hand is heavy upon me, turning things to destruction by the heats of summer. Selah.
[PSA.32.5] My sin I will acknowledge to you, and my iniquity I did not cover. I said, "I will confess my transgressions to Yahveh," and you bore the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
[PSA.32.6] On account of this, every pious one will pray to you at a time of finding, only that a flood of many waters will not reach him.
[PSA.32.7] You are a hiding place for me from distress; you will press me, the sounds of deliverance will encompass me. Selah.
[PSA.32.8] I will make you wise, and I will illuminate you. In this way you will walk. My eyes will counsel for you.
[PSA.32.9] Do not be like a horse or a donkey, which have no understanding, with bridle and bit to restrain them by force, lest they draw near to you.
[PSA.32.10] Many pains are for the wicked, and lovingkindness will surround the one who trusts in Yahveh.
[PSA.32.11] Rejoice in Yahveh and shout for joy, righteous ones, and sing aloud, all who are upright of heart.
PSA.33
[PSA.33.1] Rejoice, righteous ones, in Yahveh, for the upright praise is fitting.
[PSA.33.2] Give thanks to Yahveh with the harp, with the psaltery, sing to him.
[PSA.33.3] Sing to him a new song, improve the playing with shouting.
[PSA.33.4] For the word of Yahveh is right, and all of His work is with faithfulness.
[PSA.33.5] A lover of righteousness and justice is Yahveh; lovingkindness from Yahveh fills the earth.
[PSA.33.6] By the word of Yahveh the heavens were made, and by the breath of His mouth all of His host.
[PSA.33.7] The one who gathers the containers of the waters of the sea, placing them in the treasuries of the deeps.
[PSA.33.8] All the earth should fear Yahveh, and all who dwell in the world should take refuge in Him.
[PSA.33.9] For he said, and it was. He commanded, and it remained.
[PSA.33.10] Yahveh breaks the plans of nations, bringing to nothing the thoughts of peoples.
[PSA.33.11] The counsel of Yahveh endures forever, the thoughts of his heart to generation and generation.
[PSA.33.12] Happy is the nation whose Yahveh is the Gods, the people He has chosen as an inheritance for Himself.
[PSA.33.13] From the heavens, Yahveh looked and saw all the children of humankind.
[PSA.33.14] From the place of His throne He gazes at all who dwell on the land.
[PSA.33.15] The creator forms their hearts together, the one who understands perceives all of their deeds.
[PSA.33.16] The king is not saved by much strength, nor is a mighty man delivered by much power.
[PSA.33.17] Falsehood is the horse for salvation, and with the abundance of its strength, it will not deliver.
[PSA.33.18] Behold, the eye of Yahveh is to those who fear Him, to those who wait for His kindness.
[PSA.33.19] To save their souls from death and to keep them alive in the famine.
[PSA.33.20] Our soul waited for Yahveh; He is our help and our shield.
[PSA.33.21] For in Him our heart will rejoice, for in the name of the Holy One we trust.
[PSA.33.22] May your lovingkindness, Yahveh, be upon us, as we have hoped to you.
PSA.34
[PSA.34.1] To David, in the time of his feigned madness before Abimelech, and he drove him out, and he went.
[PSA.34.2] I will bless Yahveh at all times; continually His praise will be in my mouth.
[PSA.34.3] In Yahveh my soul will glory. The humble will hear and rejoice.
[PSA.34.4] Grow great to Yahveh with me, and we will exalt his name together.
[PSA.34.5] I sought Yahveh, and He answered me, and from all my distresses He delivered me.
[PSA.34.6] Look to him and be bright, and let not their faces be ashamed.
[PSA.34.7] This poor one called out, and Yahveh heard, and he saved him from all his troubles.
[PSA.34.8] The angel of Yahveh encamps around those who fear Him, and He delivers them.
[PSA.34.9] Taste and see that Yahveh is good. Blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him.
[PSA.34.10] Behold Yahveh, the holy ones. For those who revere Yahveh will lack nothing.
[PSA.34.11] Young lions become weak and hungry, but those who seek Yahveh will not lack any good.
[PSA.34.12] Go to, children, listen to me. I will teach you the fear of Yahveh.
[PSA.34.13] Who is the person who desires life, who loves days to see goodness?
[PSA.34.14] Guard your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking falsehood.
[PSA.34.15] Turn away from evil and do good. Seek peace and pursue it.
[PSA.34.16] The eyes of Yahveh are to the righteous ones, and His ears are to their cry.
[PSA.34.17] The face of Yahveh is against those doing evil, to destroy them from the land of their memory.
[PSA.34.18] They cried out and Yahveh heard, and He saved them from all their troubles.
[PSA.34.19] Yahveh is near to those who are broken of heart, and He will save those who are crushed in spirit.
[PSA.34.20] Numerous evils come to the righteous, but Yahveh will deliver us from all of them.
[PSA.34.21] The keeper of all his bones, not one of them was broken.
[PSA.34.22] Death will come to the wicked and evil, and those who hate the righteous will be held guilty.
[PSA.34.23] Yahveh redeems the soul of his servants, and all those who trust in him will not be condemned.
PSA.35
[PSA.35.1] To David: May Yahveh contend with my adversaries, and fight against my fighters.
[PSA.35.2] Grasp the shield and the protective device, and stand with my assistance.
[PSA.35.3] And the empty one humiliates and closes toward those who pursue me. Say to my soul, "Your salvation, I am."
[PSA.35.4] Let them be ashamed and dismayed, those seeking my soul. Let them retreat backward and dig holes for themselves, those thinking of my evil.
[PSA.35.5] Let them be like chaff before the wind, and an angel of Yahveh will push.
[PSA.35.6] Let their way be darkness and slipperiness, and let the messenger of Yahveh pursue them.
[PSA.35.7] For without cause they have hidden destruction for me, their snare. Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul.
[PSA.35.8] It will come upon him as a disaster that he will not know, and his net that he has hidden will catch him. In disaster he will fall in it.
[PSA.35.9] And my soul will rejoice in Yahveh, it will be strong in his salvation.
[PSA.35.10] All my bones shall declare, "Yahveh, who is like you, rescuing the afflicted from the strong, from himself? And rescuing the poor and needy from the robber."
[PSA.35.11] Let the witnesses of violence stand, that which I did not know they will ask of me.
[PSA.35.12] They will repay me with evil instead of good, a loss for my soul.
[PSA.35.13] And I, in their sickness, my garment is sackcloth. I afflicted my soul by fasting, and my prayer returns upon my bosom.
[PSA.35.14] I have lived as one whose close companion has turned away, like mourning for a mother; dark is my ruin.
[PSA.35.15] And in my side they rejoiced and gathered, they gathered against me the afflicted, and I did not know. They tore and they did not heal.
[PSA.35.16] They have curved mocking to the deriders, twisted [in contempt]. They have gnashed their teeth against me.
[PSA.35.17] My Lord, how long will you look on? Restore my soul from those who cause harm, from the violent, my unique one.
[PSA.35.18] I will praise you in a great assembly, in a mighty people I will laud you.
[PSA.35.19] Let not my enemies rejoice falsely, and let my haters wink without cause.
[PSA.35.20] For they will not speak peace, and upon moments of earth, they will plan words of deceit.
[PSA.35.21] They widened their mouths against me; they said, "It is finished, it is finished!" Our eyes have seen it.
[PSA.35.22] You have seen, Yahveh, do not be silent. My Lord, do not remove yourself from me.
[PSA.35.23] Wake up and arise for my judgment, my Gods and my Lord for my quarrel.
[PSA.35.24] Judge me according to your righteousness, Yahveh, the Gods my God, and do not let them rejoice over me.
[PSA.35.25] Let them not say in their heart, "Indeed, it is our person". Let them not say, "They have swallowed him."
[PSA.35.26] Let them be ashamed and dig, those rejoicing in my evil. Let them wear shame and disgrace, those who magnify themselves against me.
[PSA.35.27] Let those who desire righteousness rejoice and sing, and let them say continually, "Yahveh is great, he who desires peace for his servant."
[PSA.35.28] And my tongue will proclaim your righteousness, your praise all day.
PSA.36
[PSA.36.1] To the one who overcomes, to the servant of Yahveh, to David.
[PSA.36.2] A declaration of transgression to the wicked is in the midst of my heart; there is no fear of the Gods before his eyes.
[PSA.36.3] For God has made it smooth for Himself in His eyes to find his iniquity to hate.
[PSA.36.4] The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit; he has ceased to understand how to do good.
[PSA.36.5] Wrongdoing he contemplates on his couch; he establishes himself on a path not good. Evil he does not reject.
[PSA.36.6] Yahveh, your steadfast love is in the heavens, and your faithfulness reaches even unto the clouds.
[PSA.36.7] Your righteousness is like the mountains of God, your justice is a great deep. Yahveh saves human and animal.
[PSA.36.8] How precious is your lovingkindness, the Gods, and the children of humanity will trust in the shadow of your wings.
[PSA.36.9] They will be satisfied from the abundance of your house, and you will give them drink from the stream of your delights.
[PSA.36.10] For with you is the source of lives, in your light we see light.
[PSA.36.11] Extend your lovingkindness to those who know you, and your righteousness to those upright of heart.
[PSA.36.12] Do not let the foot of pride come to me, and do not let the hand of the wicked shake me.
[PSA.36.13] There the evildoers fell, they were pushed and could not rise.
PSA.37
[PSA.37.1] To David. Do not strive with the evil ones, do not be jealous of those who do iniquity.
[PSA.37.2] For like grass they quickly fade, and like the green plants of the field they wither.
[PSA.37.3] Trust in Yahveh and do good. Dwell in the land and tend faithfulness.
[PSA.37.4] And you will delight upon Yahveh, and he will give to you the desires of your heart.
[PSA.37.5] Roll your way upon Yahveh, and trust upon him, and he will do.
[PSA.37.6] And will bring out your righteousness as light, and your justice like midday.
[PSA.37.7] Be silent to Yahveh and wait for him. Do not be upset by someone who succeeds in their path, or by a person who makes plans.
[PSA.37.8] Release your wrath and abandon hot anger. Do not regret it, but rather to do evil.
[PSA.37.9] For the evil ones will be cut off, and those who wait for Yahveh, they will inherit the land.
[PSA.37.10] And yet a little while, and there will be no wicked one. And you will certainly look at his place, and he is not there.
[PSA.37.11] And the humble ones will inherit the land, and they will delight upon great peace.
[PSA.37.12] The wicked one plots against the righteous one, and grinds his teeth upon him.
[PSA.37.13] My Lord will laugh at him, for he has seen that his day will come.
[PSA.37.14] The wicked have opened their swords, and they draw their bows to cause the poor and the needy to fall, to slaughter those straight of path.
[PSA.37.15] Their swords will come into their heart, and their bows will be broken.
[PSA.37.16] Good is little to the righteous one from a multitude of wicked ones many.
[PSA.37.17] For the arms of the wicked will be broken, and Yahveh sustains the righteous.
[PSA.37.18] Yahveh knows the days of the blameless, and their inheritance will be forever.
[PSA.37.19] They will not be ashamed in a time of badness, and in days of hunger, they will be satisfied.
[PSA.37.20] For the wicked will perish, and the enemies of Yahveh like fat grass are all vanished into smoke, they are all gone.
[PSA.37.21] He lends to the wicked and he will not repay, and the righteous grants grace and gives.
[PSA.37.22] For those blessed by the Gods will inherit the land, and those cursed by the Gods will be cut off.
[PSA.37.23] From Yahveh are the steps of a man established, and Yahveh desires his way.
[PSA.37.24] For he will fall, he will not be moved, for Yahveh supports His hand.
[PSA.37.25] A young person I was, and also I have grown old, and I have not seen a righteous one abandoned, and his offspring seeking bread.
[PSA.37.26] All day long he is gracious and lends, and his seed is to blessing.
[PSA.37.27] Turn away from evil and do good and dwell forever.
[PSA.37.28] For Yahveh loves justice and will not abandon his righteous ones forever; they will be protected, but the seed of the wicked will be cut off.
[PSA.37.29] The righteous will inherit the land and they will dwell on it forever.
[PSA.37.30] The mouth of the righteous will declare wisdom, and his tongue will speak justice.
[PSA.37.31] The laws of the Gods are within their heart, and their steps do not slip.
[PSA.37.32] The wicked one watches the righteous one, and seeks to kill him.
[PSA.37.33] Yahveh will not abandon us in his hand, and he will not condemn us in his judgement.
[PSA.37.34] Hope to Yahveh and keep his way, and he will lift you up to inherit the land. In the destruction of the wicked you will see.
[PSA.37.35] I saw a wicked person who is powerful and flourishes like a healthy citizen.
[PSA.37.36] And he passed by, and behold, he was not there. And I sought him, and he was not found.
[PSA.37.37] Guard them and see what is right, for a peaceful future belongs to a man of uprightness.
[PSA.37.38] The transgressors are destroyed together. The end of the wicked is cut off.
[PSA.37.39] And the salvation of righteous people is from Yahveh. Their fortress is in a time of distress.
[PSA.37.40] And Yahveh helped them, and He delivered them, He delivered them from the wicked ones, and He will save them, because they trusted in Him.
PSA.38
[PSA.38.1] A Psalm for David, for the remembering.
[PSA.38.2] Yahveh, do not rebuke me in your anger, and do not discipline me in your wrath.
[PSA.38.3] For your arrows have pierced me, and your hand has rested upon me.
[PSA.38.4] There is no wholeness in my flesh because of your anger. There is no peace in my bones because of my sin.
[PSA.38.5] For my iniquities have gone beyond my head; like a heavy burden they will oppress me.
[PSA.38.6] Cause my loves to wither because of my foolishness.
[PSA.38.7] I have been afflicted, I am consumed exceedingly. All day I have walked in gloom.
[PSA.38.8] For my strengths are full of wasting, and there is no wholeness in my flesh.
[PSA.38.9] I am scattered and crushed greatly. I have roared from the sighing of my heart.
[PSA.38.10] My Lord, all my desire is before you, and my sighing is not hidden from you.
[PSA.38.11] My heart is reeling; my strength has forsaken me, and even the light of my eyes are not with me.
[PSA.38.12] My lovers and my companions will stand at my side, and my near ones stood from afar.
[PSA.38.13] They have conspired, those seeking my soul, and those seeking my evil speak emptiness and deceptions, all day they contrive.
[PSA.38.14] And I am as a deaf one; I will not hear, and as a mute one, will not open my mouth.
[PSA.38.15] And I was like a man who does not hear, and there are no rebukes in his mouth.
[PSA.38.16] For to you, Yahveh, I have waited. You will answer, my Lord, my God.
[PSA.38.17] For I said, lest they rejoice for me in the stumbling of my foot upon me, they have magnified it.
[PSA.38.18] For I am a ready side, and my pains are always before me.
[PSA.38.19] For my iniquity I will tell, I am anxious concerning my sin.
[PSA.38.20] And my enemies are living, they have grown strong, and my haters have multiplied with lies.
[PSA.38.21] And those repaying evil instead of good will hate me instead of those pursuing good.
[PSA.38.22] Do not forsake me, Yahveh the Gods, do not be far from me.
[PSA.38.23] Be quick to my help, my Lord, my salvation.
PSA.39
[PSA.39.1] To the one who overcomes, to Yedithun, a psalm of David.
[PSA.39.2] I said, I will guard my ways from sin with my tongue, I will place a restraint on my mouth while the wicked one is before me.
[PSA.39.3] I have restrained myself in silence, I have been quiet from good, and my pain is stirred up.
[PSA.39.4] My heart is hot within me, in my inward parts it will burn like fire. I have spoken with my tongue.
[PSA.39.5] Make known to me, Yahveh, the limit of my days and the measure of my years. What is it? Let me know what my end will be.
[PSA.39.6] Behold, you have appointed my days, and you have given my strength as nothing before you. But all breath, all mankind stands. Selah.
[PSA.39.7] Indeed, humankind walks in a form, indeed like vapor they exhale. They gather, but do not know who will collect them.
[PSA.39.8] And now, what I hoped for, my Lord, my expectation is to you. It is you.
[PSA.39.9] Deliver me from all my transgressions. Do not place me in the reproach of a fool.
[PSA.39.10] I am silent, I will not open my mouth, because you have made it so.
[PSA.39.11] Remove from upon me your touch, from the struggle of your hand. I am finished.
[PSA.39.12] In rebukes because of sin, you have disciplined man, and you crush like a moth its beauty. Indeed, breath is all mankind. Selah.
[PSA.39.13] Hear my prayer, Yahveh, and my cry. Pay attention to my tears; do not be silent, for I am a stranger with you, a resident like all my ancestors.
[PSA.39.14] Please cease from me, and I will perish, before I go and I am no more.
PSA.40
[PSA.40.1] To the one who leads, to David, a Psalm.
[PSA.40.2] I waited, I hoped for Yahveh, and he inclined to me and he heard my cry.
[PSA.40.3] And the Gods lifted me from a pit of ruin, from the clay of the abyss, and established my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure.
[PSA.40.4] And He put in my mouth a new song, praise to the Gods of us. Many will see and be afraid, and they will trust in Yahveh.
[PSA.40.5] Blessed is the man who sets Yahveh as his trust, and does not turn to idols and those who pour out lies.
[PSA.40.6] Many things you have done, you, Yahveh, my God. Your wonders and your thoughts are to us, there is no comparison to you. I will declare and I will tell, exceeding number.
[PSA.40.7] Slaughter offerings and grain offerings, my Lord has not desired. Ears you have cut for me. Burnt offerings and sin offerings, you did not ask for.
[PSA.40.8] Then I said, "Behold, I have come; in the scroll of a book it is written about me."
[PSA.40.9] To do your will, my Gods, I have desired, and your law is within my inward parts.
[PSA.40.10] I have declared righteousness in a great assembly. Behold, my lips I will not consume. Yahveh, you have known.
[PSA.40.11] Your righteousness I have not covered within my heart. Your faithfulness and your salvation I have said. I have not concealed your kindness and your truth to a great congregation.
[PSA.40.12] You, Yahveh, do not finish your compassion from me. Your lovingkindness and your faithfulness always sustain me.
[PSA.40.13] For evils have surrounded me without number. My sins have overtaken me, and I could not see it, even from the hairs of my head, and my heart has abandoned me.
[PSA.40.14] Be pleased, Yahveh, to save me. Yahveh, hasten to my help.
[PSA.40.15] Let them be ashamed and dig together, those who seek my soul to finish it. Let them retreat behind and be disgraced, those desiring my evil.
[PSA.40.16] They will place it on their heel, their shame, those who say to me, “Brother? Brother?”
[PSA.40.17] Let them rejoice and be glad in you, all who seek you may say continually, "Yahveh will be great!" Those who love your salvation will proclaim it.
[PSA.40.18] And I, I am poor and needy. My Lord will consider my help, and my deliverance is You. The Gods, my God, do not delay.
PSA.41
[PSA.41.1] To the victorious one, a psalm of David.
[PSA.41.2] Blessed is the one who understands the poor. In a day of evil, Yahveh will deliver him.
[PSA.41.3] Yahveh will keep him and revive him. He will be blessed in the land, and do not give him into the power of his enemies.
[PSA.41.4] Yahveh will support us on a bed of sickness; you have turned all his bed in his sickness.
[PSA.41.5] I have said, "Yahveh, grant me favor. Heal my soul, for I have sinned to you."
[PSA.41.6] My enemies will say evil about me, when will he die and his name be lost?
[PSA.41.7] And if one comes to see a false vision, their heart will gather iniquity for themselves. They will go outside and speak.
[PSA.41.8] Together against me, all my haters whisper. Against me, they plan evil for me.
[PSA.41.9] A worthless thing is poured into it, and whatever lies there will not continue to rise.
[PSA.41.10] Also, a man of my peace, in whom I trusted, eats my bread. He has increased betrayal against me.
[PSA.41.11] And you, Yahveh, be gracious to me and establish me, and I will repay them.
[PSA.41.12] By this I have known that you, God, have desired me, because my enemy will not shout triumphantly over me.
[PSA.41.13] And I, in my completeness, you have supported me, and you have established me before you forever.
[PSA.41.14] Blessed is Yahveh, the Gods of Israel, from forever and to forever. So be it, so be it.
PSA.42
[PSA.42.1] To the director, an insightful poem for the sons of Korah.
[PSA.42.2] As a deer longs for streams of water, so my soul longs for you, the Gods.
[PSA.42.3] My soul is thirsty for the Gods, for the living God. When will I come and see the face of God?
[PSA.42.4] My tears have been my bread, day and night, while they say to me all day long, "Where are your Gods?"
[PSA.42.5] These things I remember, and I will pour out my soul upon myself, for I will pass through the booths, I will proceed to the house of the Gods with a voice of rejoicing and thanksgiving, a multitude celebrating.
[PSA.42.6] Why are you in despair, my soul, and why do you moan over me? Hope in the Gods, for I will yet praise them for the salvation of their presence.
[PSA.42.7] My Gods, my soul prostrates upon you. Because of this, I will remember you from the land of Jordan and the Hermon mountains, from the mountain Mitz’ar.
[PSA.42.8] The deep calls to the deep at the sound of your channels. All your breaches and waves have passed over me.
[PSA.42.9] During the day, Yahveh appoints his lovingkindness, and at night my song is with me, a prayer to the living God.
[PSA.42.10] I say to God, my rock, "Why have you forgotten me? Why are you gloomy, God, under the pressure of my enemy?"
[PSA.42.11] While they break my bones, my adversaries revile me, saying to me all day, "Where are the Gods?"
[PSA.42.12] What troubles you, my soul, and what do you moan upon me? I hope to the Gods, for still I will praise Him, the salvations of my face, and my God.
PSA.43
[PSA.43.1] Judge me, the Gods, and contend my quarrel from a nation not pious, from a man of deceit and wrong, deliver me.
[PSA.43.2] For you are the Gods of my strength, why have you forsaken me? Why do I walk in gloom under pressure from an enemy?
[PSA.43.3] Send your light and your truth; they will guide me. They will bring me to the holy mountain of you, and to the dwellings of you.
[PSA.43.4] And I will come to the altar of the Gods, to the God of my joy and gladness, and I will praise you with a harp, the God, my God.
[PSA.43.5] What troubles you, my soul, and what do you moan upon me? I hope to the Gods, for still I will praise Him, the salvations of my face, and my God.
PSA.44
[PSA.44.1] To the director of music, to the sons of Korah, a skillful contemplation.
[PSA.44.2] The Gods, we heard in our ears; our fathers told us of the work you worked in their days, in days of old.
[PSA.44.3] You, with your hand, dispossessed nations and planted them. You terrified nations and scattered them.
[PSA.44.4] For not with their swords did they inherit the land, and their arm did not save them. But it was your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your face, for you favored them.
[PSA.44.5] You are my King, the Gods. Command salvations for Jacob.
[PSA.44.6] In you, we will overcome our enemies; in your name, we will bring low those who stand against us.
[PSA.44.7] For I do not trust in my bow, and my sword will not save me.
[PSA.44.8] For you have saved us from our enemies, and you have shamed our haters.
[PSA.44.9] We will praise in the Gods all the day, and we will give thanks to your name forever. Selah.
[PSA.44.10] Even God has forsaken and shamed us, and has not gone out with our armies.
[PSA.44.11] You return us back from distress, and our enemies have scattered for them.
[PSA.44.12] You have given us like sheep for food, and among the nations you have scattered us.
[PSA.44.13] You shall not sell your people without wealth, and you shall not increase at their price.
[PSA.44.14] You make us a disgrace to our neighbors, a laughingstock and derision to those around us.
[PSA.44.15] You will set us as a comparison among the nations, a renown among those not of the peoples.
[PSA.44.16] All day my shame is before me, and the shame of my face has covered me.
[PSA.44.17] From the voice of one who tears down and one who reviles, from before an enemy and one who takes revenge.
[PSA.44.18] All of this has come to us, and you, Yahveh, have not forgotten us, and we have not lied in your covenant.
[PSA.44.19] Our heart will not retreat behind, and our steps have turned from your path.
[PSA.44.20] For you have crushed us in the place of dragons, and you have covered over us in the shadow of death.
[PSA.44.21] If we have forgotten the names of the Gods, and we stretch out our hands to a foreign God.
[PSA.44.22] Is it not the Gods who will investigate this, for He knows the secrets of the heart?
[PSA.44.23] Because upon you we have killed all the day, we are counted like sheep for slaughter.
[PSA.44.24] Awake, why do you sleep, my Lord? Wake up! Do not forsake forever.
[PSA.44.25] Why do you hide your face? Do you forget our affliction and our oppression?
[PSA.44.26] For our soul has been humbled to dust, and our inward parts cling to the earth.
[PSA.44.27] Arise, her help is to us, and redeem us for the sake of your kindness.
PSA.45
[PSA.45.1] To the director, upon the lilies, to the sons of Korah, a thoughtful song of loves.
[PSA.45.2] My heart murmurs a good matter. I say, "My work is for the king." My tongue is the pen of a skillful writer.
[PSA.45.3] You are more beautiful than the sons of humankind; grace has been poured onto your lips. Therefore, the Gods have blessed you forever.
[PSA.45.4] Fasten your sword on your thigh, strong one, your splendor and your majesty.
[PSA.45.5] And your glory prospers on a rider on the word of truth and humility of righteousness, and your law [performs] awesome things with your hand.
[PSA.45.6] Your arrows are sharp, peoples will fall beneath you. In the heart of the king’s enemies they will fall.
[PSA.45.7] Your throne, the Gods, is forever and ever. A scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your kingdom.
[PSA.45.8] You loved righteousness, and you hated wickedness. Therefore, the Gods anointed you, your Gods, with oil of gladness above your companions.
[PSA.45.9] Myrrh and chambers of spices, all your garments, are from palaces of ivory, from your delight.
[PSA.45.10] Royal women are among your precious things; she stands adorned with purple at your right hand, in gold from Ophir.
[PSA.45.11] Hear and see, and incline your ear. Forget your people and the house of your father.
[PSA.45.12] And may the king desire your beauty, for he is my Lord of you, and prostrate yourself to him.
[PSA.45.13] In the rock, with an offering, they wait for your faces, the wealthy of the people.
[PSA.45.14] All her glory is within, from woven work of gold in her clothing.
[PSA.45.15] For embroidering, fine linen is brought to the king, with virgins following her, her companions are brought to you.
[PSA.45.16] O Too-val-nah, come with gladness and joy; you may come into the palace of the king.
[PSA.45.17] Instead of your fathers, your sons will be. You will establish them as rulers in all the land.
[PSA.45.18] I will remember your name throughout all generations. Therefore, the peoples will praise you forever and ever.
PSA.46
[PSA.46.1] To the one who overcomes, to the sons of Korah, upon the maidens, a song.
[PSA.46.2] The Gods are to us a refuge and strength. Help is very much found in distresses.
[PSA.46.3] Therefore, we will not fear in the shaking of the land, and in the quaking of the mountains, in the depths of the seas.
[PSA.46.4] Let them roar, let the waters ferment, his waters. Let the mountains tremble in his height. Selah.
[PSA.46.5] The river and its streams make glad the city of the Gods, the holy dwelling of the Most High.
[PSA.46.6] The Gods are in her midst; she will not fall. The Gods will help her at the turning of morning.
[PSA.46.7] Stir, nations, and fall, kingdoms, for Yahveh has given with His voice, and the earth melts.
[PSA.46.8] Yahveh of hosts is with us. He is our refuge, the Gods of Jacob. Selah.
[PSA.46.9] Go, behold the works of Yahveh, which He has set as boundaries in the land.
[PSA.46.10] The one who brings wars to an end, to the end of the land, will break the bow and cut short the spear. The chariots will be burned in fire.
[PSA.46.11] Be still and know, for I am the Gods. I am exalted among the nations, I am exalted in the land.
[PSA.46.12] Yahveh of Hosts is with us. He is our refuge, the God of Jacob. Selah.
PSA.47
[PSA.47.1] To the one who overcomes, to the sons of Korah, a song.
[PSA.47.2] All the peoples, clap your hands, shout for joy to the Gods with a voice of rejoicing.
[PSA.47.3] For Yahveh is the supreme one, fearsome, a great king over all the land.
[PSA.47.4] God will speak to peoples under us and to nations at our feet.
[PSA.47.5] May He choose for us our inheritance, the strength of Jacob, whom He loved. Selah.
[PSA.47.6] The Gods ascended with a shout, Yahveh with the sound of the shofar.
[PSA.47.7] Sing to the Gods, sing! Sing to our king, sing!
[PSA.47.8] For the King of all the earth are the Gods; sing with understanding.
[PSA.47.9] The Gods have reigned over the nations. The Gods dwell on the throne of holiness.
[PSA.47.10] The willing of the peoples were gathered with the God of Abraham, for to the Gods are the protectors of the earth exceedingly exalted.
PSA.48
[PSA.48.1] A song, a psalm, to the sons of Korah.
[PSA.48.2] Great is Yahveh and greatly praised in the city of our Gods, the holy mountain.
[PSA.48.3] Beautiful in appearance, the delight of all the land, is Mount Zion, the flanks of the north, the city of the great king.
[PSA.48.4] The Gods are known in her palaces as a refuge.
[PSA.48.5] For behold, the kings have conspired, they pass by together.
[PSA.48.6] They saw, so they were astonished, they were terrified, they trembled.
[PSA.48.7] Trembling seized them there, strength like a woman giving birth.
[PSA.48.8] In an east wind, the Gods will break the ships of Tarshish.
[PSA.48.9] As we have heard, so we have seen in the city of Yahveh of hosts, in the city of the Gods. The Gods will establish it forever. Selah.
[PSA.48.10] We compare the Gods' kindness within your palace.
[PSA.48.11] As your name, the Gods, so is your glory upon the ends of the earth. Righteousness fills your hand.
[PSA.48.12] Mount Zion shall rejoice, and the daughters of Judah shall sing for joy, because of your judgments.
[PSA.48.13] Surround Zion and encircle it. Recount its towers.
[PSA.48.14] Put it to your hearts for strength; fortify her strongholds, so that you may tell to a following generation.
[PSA.48.15] For this is the Gods, our Gods, forever and ever. He will lead us over death.
PSA.49
[PSA.49.1] To the one who overcomes, to the sons of Korah, a song.
[PSA.49.2] Hear this, all peoples! Listen attentively, all inhabitants of the world!
[PSA.49.3] Even the descendants of humankind and the descendants of man, both rich and poor, are together.
[PSA.49.4] My mouth will speak wisdoms, and the meditations of my heart are understandings.
[PSA.49.5] You, as an illustration, my ear I will open with a harp, my riddle.
[PSA.49.6] Why would I fear in days of evil? Would the iniquity of my heels turn me around?
[PSA.49.7] Those trusting upon their strength, and in the abundance of their wealth, they will boast.
[PSA.49.8] Indeed, no redeemer will redeem any person, nor will anyone give to the Gods a ransom.
[PSA.49.9] And the redemption of their souls is precious, and it shall cease forever.
[PSA.49.10] And it will be everlastingly, he will not see the corruption.
[PSA.49.11] For it will be seen that the wise ones will die together, the fool and the ignorant will be destroyed, and they will leave their strength to others.
[PSA.49.12] Within them are their houses forever, their dwellings for generation and generation. They called them by their names upon the lands.
[PSA.49.13] And humankind will not remain in splendor, but is likened to beasts and are made like them.
[PSA.49.14] This is the way of those who are foolish, it is for them. And after them, they desire it with their mouths. Selah.
[PSA.49.15] Like plants for cutting, death will tremble, and they will descend into it, the righteous to the morning, and their beauty to consume Sheol, despoiled for them.
[PSA.49.16] Indeed, the Gods will redeem my soul from the hand of the underworld, for they will take me. Selah.
[PSA.49.17] Do not fear, because a man becomes rich, because the glory of his house increases.
[PSA.49.18] For he will not take the all in his death, nor will his glory descend after him.
[PSA.49.19] For his soul will bless while he lives, and he will acknowledge you because you do good to you.
[PSA.49.20] Come to the generation of my fathers, forever they will not see light.
[PSA.49.21] Mankind is in glory, yet does not understand. They are likened to animals, and resemble them.
PSA.50
[PSA.50.1] A psalm for Asaf. God, the Gods, Yahveh spoke and called the earth from the rising of the sun until its setting.
[PSA.50.2] From Zion, the complete beauty, the Gods appeared.
[PSA.50.3] Let our Gods come, and let not silence be upon the fire that consumes before them, and a storm exceedingly surrounds them.
[PSA.50.4] Yahveh will call to the heavens from above, and to the earth to judge his people.
[PSA.50.5] Gather for me my devout ones, those who make my covenant concerning the sacrifice.
[PSA.50.6] And the heavens declare your justice, for the Gods are a judge. Pause.
[PSA.50.7] Listen, my people, and I will speak, Israel, and I will testify in you. The Gods, your God, I am.
[PSA.50.8] Not concerning your sacrifices will I reprove you, and your burnt offerings are always before me.
[PSA.50.9] I will not take a bull from your house or rams from your herds.
[PSA.50.10] For to me belong all the living creatures of the forest, the cattle in the mountains of Alev.
[PSA.50.11] I have known all birds of the mountains, and the beasts of the field were with me.
[PSA.50.12] If I were to hunger, I would not say to you, for the world is mine and all that is in it.
[PSA.50.13] The one who eats the meat of prime rams and I drink the blood of young bulls.
[PSA.50.14] Offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the Gods, and fulfill your vows to the Most High.
[PSA.50.15] And call to me on a day of distress, I will rescue you, and you will honor me.
[PSA.50.16] And to the wicked one, the Gods said, "What right do you have to tell of the laws? And you lifted my covenant upon your mouth."
[PSA.50.17] And you hated discipline, and you threw my words behind you.
[PSA.50.18] If you have seen a thief and you associate with him, and with adulterers is your share.
[PSA.50.19] You have sent forth with evil, and your tongue you attach to deceit.
[PSA.50.20] You will dwell with your brother. You will speak with the son of your mother. You will give a pushing.
[PSA.50.21] These things you have done, and I was silent. You have thought to be like the Being. I will reprove you, and I will arrange things before your eyes.
[PSA.50.22] Understand this, you who forget the Gods, lest you are wrecked, and there is no deliverer.
[PSA.50.23] One who sacrifices thanksgiving honors me, and I will establish a path; I will show him salvation from the Gods.
PSA.51
[PSA.51.1] To the victorious one, a psalm of David.
[PSA.51.2] When he came to him, Nathan the prophet, as he came to Bathsheba.
[PSA.51.3] Grant me grace, the Gods, according to your kindness, according to the abundance of your compassion, erase my transgressions.
[PSA.51.4] Increase to wash me from my iniquity and from my sin, purify me.
[PSA.51.5] For my transgressions I know, and my sin is always against me.
[PSA.51.6] To you alone, I have sinned, and I have done evil in your eyes, so that you may be just in your words and be right in your judgment.
[PSA.51.7] Indeed, through transgression I was afflicted, and in sin my mother conceived me.
[PSA.51.8] Indeed, you desired truth in secrets, and in hidden things you will inform me of wisdom.
[PSA.51.9] Cause sin to fall upon me with hyssop and I will be purified. Wash me and make me whiter than snow.
[PSA.51.10] Cause me to hear joy and gladness, let my bones rejoice, because you crushed them.
[PSA.51.11] Hide your face from my sins, and erase all my transgressions.
[PSA.51.12] God, create for me a pure heart and renew a true spirit within me.
[PSA.51.13] Do not cast me away from before your face, and do not take your holy spirit from me.
[PSA.51.14] Return to me the joy of your salvation, and a generous spirit will support me.
[PSA.51.15] I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will return to you.
[PSA.51.16] Deliver me from bloodshed, the Gods, God of my salvation. Let my tongue sing of your righteousness.
[PSA.51.17] My Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise.
[PSA.51.18] For you do not desire sacrifice, and I will not give a burnt offering that pleases you.
[PSA.51.19] Sacrifices to the Gods are a broken spirit, a broken and crushed heart. The Gods will not despise these.
[PSA.51.20] You will act favorably toward Zion with your will. You will build the walls of Jerusalem.
[PSA.51.21] Then you will desire sacrifices of righteousness, burnt offering and complete offering. Then bulls will ascend upon your altar.
PSA.52
[PSA.52.1] To the director of music, a skillful composition belonging to David.
[PSA.52.2] When Doeg the Edomite came, he told Saul and said to him, "David has come to the house of Ahimelech."
[PSA.52.3] What will you boast in wickedness, O mighty one? God's kindness is throughout all the day.
[PSA.52.4] The plans you consider for your tongue are like a polished arrow, making deceit.
[PSA.52.5] You have loved evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking of righteousness. Selah.
[PSA.52.6] You have loved all the words of Baal, with a deceitful tongue.
[PSA.52.7] Also, God will hide you for eternity; He will cut you off and remove you from the tent, and your root from the land of the living. Selah.
[PSA.52.8] And the righteous ones will see and they will fear, and upon him they will laugh.
[PSA.52.9] Behold, the man did not set God as his stronghold, and he trusted in the abundance of his wealth. He relied on his possessions.
[PSA.52.10] And I am like a flourishing olive tree in the house of the Gods. I have trusted in the kindness of the Gods forever and ever.
[PSA.52.11] I will praise you forever, because you have done [these things], and I will hope in your name, because it is good before your faithful ones.
PSA.53
[PSA.53.1] To the one who overcomes, upon a disease, understanding, to David.
[PSA.53.2] Naval said in his heart, "There are no Gods. They have corrupted and become abominable; wickedness exists and no one does good."
[PSA.53.3] The Gods looked down from the heavens upon the sons of man to see if there is one who understands, one who seeks the Gods.
[PSA.53.4] All of it is forsaken together, they groan. There is not one doing good, not even one.
[PSA.53.5] Surely do not the workers of iniquity, those who eat my people, eat the bread of the Gods, and they have not called?
[PSA.53.6] There, they feared a fear that did not exist, for the Gods scattered the bones of the youth. They were shamed because the Gods rejected them.
[PSA.53.7] Who will bring salvation to Israel from Zion when the Gods return the captivity of their people? Then Jacob will rejoice, and Israel will be glad.
PSA.54
[PSA.54.1] To the one who overcomes, with stringed instruments, understanding for David.
[PSA.54.2] When the people of Ziph came, they said to Saul, “Isn’t David hiding with us?”
[PSA.54.3] The Gods, in your name, save me, and in your strength, you will judge me.
[PSA.54.4] The Gods, hear my prayer; listen to the words of my mouth.
[PSA.54.5] For strangers have risen up against me, and violent ones have sought my life. They did not set the Gods before their eyes. Selah.
[PSA.54.6] Behold, the Gods are a helper to me, my Lord in sustaining my soul.
[PSA.54.7] It will return the evil to my enemies with your truth, you have silenced them.
[PSA.54.8] I will sacrifice willingly to you. I will give thanks to your name, Yahveh, because you are good.
[PSA.54.9] For from all distress He saved me, and my eyes have seen my enemies.
PSA.55
[PSA.55.1] To the one who overcomes, with stringed instruments, understanding for David.
[PSA.55.2] Listen, the Gods, to my prayer, and do not ignore my supplication.
[PSA.55.3] Listen to me and answer me. I will sing in my discourse, and I will proclaim.
[PSA.55.4] From the sound of an enemy, in the face of the trouble of the wicked, for they bring guilt upon me and with anger they hate me.
[PSA.55.5] My heart will tremble within me, and fears of death have fallen upon me.
[PSA.55.6] Fear and trembling come into me, and shuddering covers me.
[PSA.55.7] And I said, "Who would give me a wing like a dove, that I might fly and find rest?"
[PSA.55.8] Behold, I will distance wandering, them in the desert. Selah.
[PSA.55.9] Make haste to grant me refuge from a stormy wind and from trouble.
[PSA.55.10] My Lord has swallowed their tongue, for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
[PSA.55.11] Day and night they circle around its walls, and wrongdoing and trouble are within it.
[PSA.55.12] Flows are within her, and will not cease from her expanses within and trickery.
[PSA.55.13] For not an enemy harms me, and not my hater increases against me. And I conceal myself from him.
[PSA.55.14] And you are a mortal man, like me, my champion and my known one.
[PSA.55.15] That together we will sweeten a secret, in the house of the Gods we will walk with passion.
[PSA.55.16] Deliverance from death will descend upon them. The living will descend into the underworld because of the wickedness in their dwellings within them.
[PSA.55.17] I will call to God and Yahveh will save me.
[PSA.55.18] Evening, morning, and noon I speak and groan, and my voice is heard.
[PSA.55.19] God redeemed my life safely from close to me, for many were with me.
[PSA.55.20] God will hear and answer them, and the one who dwells in the ancient place, Selah, for there are no replacements for them, and people will not see the Gods.
[PSA.55.21] He sent forth his hands with his peace, profaning his covenant.
[PSA.55.22] They divided the flatteries of the mouth, and the heart of him was softened. His words were smooth as oil, and they opened.
[PSA.55.23] Cast your burden upon Yahveh, and He will sustain you. He will not allow a righteous one to be permanently overthrown.
[PSA.55.24] And you, the Gods, you bring them down to a pit of destruction, men of violence and deceit; their days will not be lengthened, and I trust in Yahveh.
PSA.56
[PSA.56.1] To the one leading, concerning the silent doves of Rechokim, a Psalm of David, when the Philistines held him in Gat.
[PSA.56.2] Be gracious to me, the Gods, because man has consumed me. All day long a fighter presses me.
[PSA.56.3] My singers pant all the day, because many fighters are for me on high.
[PSA.56.4] In the day of fear, I will trust in God to you.
[PSA.56.5] In the Gods I will praise His word, in the Gods I have trusted, I will not fear. What can flesh do to me?
[PSA.56.6] All day long they devise against me, all their thoughts are for evil.
[PSA.56.7] They will dwell, they will watch over us, they are my heels, they will keep, as hoped my soul.
[PSA.56.8] Because of iniquity, He has delivered them. In anger, the Gods have brought down peoples.
[PSA.56.9] My container, you have counted; you put my tears in my container. Is it not in your book?
[PSA.56.10] Then my enemies will retreat backwards in the day that I call. This I know, because the Gods are with me.
[PSA.56.11] In the Gods I will praise a matter; in Yahveh I will praise a matter.
[PSA.56.12] I have trusted in the Gods; I will not fear. What can a human do to me?
[PSA.56.13] Upon me are the Gods your vows; I will fulfill thanksgivings to you.
[PSA.56.14] Because you have saved my soul from death, have not my feet been kept from slipping, to walk before the Gods in the light of life?
PSA.57
[PSA.57.1] To the one who overcomes, do not destroy, a Psalm of David, written while he fled from Saul, in the cave.
[PSA.57.2] Be gracious to me, the Gods, be gracious to me, for in you my soul finds refuge. And in the shadow of your wings I will trust, until the adversity passes.
[PSA.57.3] I will call upon the Gods highest, to God who finishes upon me.
[PSA.57.4] He will send from the heavens and save me, despite the scorn of those who seek my harm. Selah. The Gods will send His loving-kindness and His truth.
[PSA.57.5] My soul within their heart I will lie, burning. Sons of humanity, their teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue is a sharp sword.
[PSA.57.6] Be exalted upon the heavens, the Gods, upon all the earth is your glory.
[PSA.57.7] A net they prepared for my steps, they bent my soul. They dug a pit before me; they fell into it themselves. Selah.
[PSA.57.8] My heart is prepared, the Gods. My heart is prepared, I will sing and I will psalm.
[PSA.57.9] Wake up, my glory, wake up the harp and the lyre. I will awaken dawn.
[PSA.57.10] I will praise you among the peoples, my Lord. I will sing praise to you, not among the non-peoples.
[PSA.57.11] For great to the heavens is your lovingkindness, and to the heights is your truth.
[PSA.57.12] Be exalted above the heavens, the Gods, above all the earth is your glory.
PSA.58
[PSA.58.1] To the director of music, do not destroy. A psalm of David, a concealment.
[PSA.58.2] Indeed, do the Gods speak justice? Do you judge the just ones, human beings?
[PSA.58.3] Even in the heart, you will do loaves in the land. Violence, your hands will smooth.
[PSA.58.4] The wicked are scattered from the womb; they err from the belly, those speaking lies.
[PSA.58.5] The heat of them is like the likeness of the heat of a snake, like a deaf adder that will block its ear.
[PSA.58.6] The one who will not listen to the voice of those who practice magical arts associates with companions and is wise.
[PSA.58.7] The Gods have broken the teeth of the wicked in their mouths, destroying them like young lions. Yahveh has crushed them.
[PSA.58.8] They are abhorred like water; they walk aimlessly. The Gods will tread on their arrow like it is melting.
[PSA.58.9] Like a snail being consumed, Yahveh walks. A woman falls without seeing the sun.
[PSA.58.10] Before your ships come to shore, like a thorn bush, like living things, like anger, it will deliver us.
[PSA.58.11] The righteous one will rejoice because he has seen vengeance. His steps will be washed in the blood of the wicked one.
[PSA.58.12] And Adam said, "Fruit of the righteous one. But indeed, there are the Gods who judge in the land."
PSA.59
[PSA.59.1] To the one who overcomes, do not destroy! A mikhtam of David, when Saul sent him away, and they guarded the house to kill him.
[PSA.59.2] Rescue me from my enemies, my Gods, and elevate me above those who rise up against me.
[PSA.59.3] Deliver me from works of wickedness and save me from men of bloodshed.
[PSA.59.4] For indeed, they lie in wait for my life; strong ones dwell against me. It is not my transgression, and I have not sinned, Yahveh.
[PSA.59.5] Without wrongdoing, they will be pleased and they will prepare. Wake up to meet me and see.
[PSA.59.6] And you, Yahveh the Gods of hosts, God of Israel, awaken to judge all the nations. Do not pardon any treacherous evildoers. Selah.
[PSA.59.7] They will return in the evening, they will howl like a dog, and they will circle the city.
[PSA.59.8] Indeed, they utter swords with their mouths and with their lips, for who is listening?
[PSA.59.9] And you, Yahveh, will laugh at him. You will mock all nations.
[PSA.59.10] My strength I will keep for you, for the Gods are my fortress.
[PSA.59.11] The Gods of His lovingkindness will go before me. The Gods will show me my enemies.
[PSA.59.12] Do not kill them, lest my people forget your power. Weaken them and bring them low. Our protector, my Lord.
[PSA.59.13] The sin of their mouth is the word of their lips, and they will be caught in their pride, and from boasting and from denial they will relate.
[PSA.59.14] Consume in wrath, consume, and let them be as nothing, and let them know that the Gods rule over Jacob, to the ends of the earth. Selah.
[PSA.59.15] And they will return in the evening, they will whine like a dog, and they will circle the city.
[PSA.59.16] They constantly seek to be satisfied, but if they are not, then they complain.
[PSA.59.17] And I will sing of your strength, and I will shout for joy in the morning about your lovingkindness, for you have been a refuge for me and a fortress in a day of distress for me.
[PSA.59.18] My strength, to you I will sing, for the Gods are my fortress, God of my loving kindness.
PSA.60
[PSA.60.1] To the director of music, concerning the lilies of the witness, a treasure to David for instruction.
[PSA.60.2] When he struck Aram of the Two Rivers and Aram of Tzovah, Joab returned and struck Edom in the Valley of Salt, twelve thousand.
[PSA.60.3] The Gods have forsaken us, the Gods have broken us. You are angered; will you restore us?
[PSA.60.4] You have shaken the earth, you have broken it; its breaks are weak because it has inclined.
[PSA.60.5] You have shown your people difficulty. You have given us wine of poison to drink.
[PSA.60.6] You gave a signal to those who fear you, to be lifted up because of hardship. Selah.
[PSA.60.7] So that your loved ones may be delivered, save with your right hand and answer us.
[PSA.60.8] The Gods spoke in His holiness: "I will rejoice, I will apportion Shechem, and I will measure out the valley of Sukkot."
[PSA.60.9] Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine. Ephraim is the strength of my head. Judah is my lawgiver.
[PSA.60.10] Moab, I will use a basin to wash myself. Upon Edom, I will cast my sandal. Upon Philistia, you shout.
[PSA.60.11] Who will lead me to a besieged city? Who will guide me to Edom?
[PSA.60.12] Is it not you, the Gods, who have abandoned us? And will the Gods not go out with our armies?
[PSA.60.13] Let there be help from distress, and deliverance is vanity for mankind.
[PSA.60.14] With the Gods, we will make power, and He will crush our enemies.
PSA.61
[PSA.61.1] To the one who overcomes, upon the music of David.
[PSA.61.2] Hear, the Gods, my song. Pay attention to my prayer.
[PSA.61.3] From the end of the land, I call to you, when my heart is overwhelmed. In a rock elevated from me, guide me.
[PSA.61.4] For you were a shelter to me, a tower of strength against an enemy.
[PSA.61.5] I will dwell in your tent forever. I will trust in the shelter under your wings. Pause.
[PSA.61.6] For you, the Gods, have heard my vows. You have given an inheritance to those who fear your name.
[PSA.61.7] Days upon days of a king you will add, and his years like generation after generation.
[PSA.61.8] Dwelling forever before the Gods are lovingkindness and truth. Who will preserve them?
[PSA.61.9] Indeed, I will sing your name forever, to fulfill my vows day by day.
PSA.62
[PSA.62.1] To the director of music, according to the hand of Yidutoon, a psalm belonging to David.
[PSA.62.2] But to the Gods, my soul is silent; from Him is my salvation.
[PSA.62.3] Indeed, He is my rock and my salvation. My refuge, I will not be moved greatly.
[PSA.62.4] Until when will you ruin someone by murder, all of you, like a leaning wall, a crushed fence?
[PSA.62.5] But regarding his burden, they counsel to weaken him. They desire falsehood. With their mouth they will bless, and in their heart they will curse. Selah.
[PSA.62.6] But my soul is silent towards the Gods, for my hope comes from Him.
[PSA.62.7] Indeed, He is my rock and my salvation. My fortress, I will not be shaken.
[PSA.62.8] Upon the Gods is my salvation, and my glory. The rock of my strength is my refuge in the Gods.
[PSA.62.9] Trust in him at all times, people, pour out your hearts before the Gods. God is a refuge for us. Selah.
[PSA.62.10] But vapor are the children of humankind, a falsehood the children of man, in scales they go up together. They are vapor together.
[PSA.62.11] Do not trust in oppression and in plunder. Do not become rich with wealth, for it will sprout. Do not set your heart.
[PSA.62.12] One thing the Gods spoke, two things I have heard, for strength belongs to the Gods.
[PSA.62.13] And to you, my Lord, is kindness, for you will repay to each person according to his deeds.
PSA.63
[PSA.63.1] A Psalm for David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.
[PSA.63.2] The Gods, my God, you are the one I seek. My soul is thirsty for you; my flesh longs for you in a dry and weary land, without water.
[PSA.63.3] Within the holiness, I have seen you, to see your strength and your glory.
[PSA.63.4] For your loving-kindness is better than life, my lips will praise Yahveh.
[PSA.63.5] Thus, I will bless you while I live; in your name, I will lift my hands.
[PSA.63.6] Like fat and richness will my soul be satisfied, and my lips will praise with songs of joy, my mouth.
[PSA.63.7] If I have remembered you on my bed, during the night watches I will meditate in you.
[PSA.63.8] For you were a help to me, and in the shadow of your wings I will sing.
[PSA.63.9] My soul has clung to you; your right hand has supported me.
[PSA.63.10] And they will seek my soul for destruction; they will come into the lower parts of the earth.
[PSA.63.11] Yahveh will cause them to flee by the hand of the sword. They will be the portion of foxes.
[PSA.63.12] And the king will rejoice in the Gods; all who swear by them will boast, because the mouth of those who speak falsehood will be stopped.
PSA.64
[PSA.64.1] To the victorious one, a psalm of David.
[PSA.64.2] Hear, the Gods, my voice in my prayer, from the fear of an enemy You will protect my life.
[PSA.64.3] Hide me from the secret of the evil ones, from the trembling of the doers of iniquity.
[PSA.64.4] Those who have sharpened their tongue like a sword, they have drawn their arrows, a bitter word.
[PSA.64.5] The Gods look in secret places completely, and they will suddenly show themselves, and people will not be afraid.
[PSA.64.6] They strengthen evil counsel, they tell of hidden traps. They say, "Who will see them?"
[PSA.64.7] They will seek sacrifices; they will fill desire with hidden things, and the inward parts of a person and a deep heart.
[PSA.64.8] And the Gods lifted up an arrow suddenly; they were struck down.
[PSA.64.9] They caused him to stumble with their tongue upon him, all who see in them will be dismayed.
[PSA.64.10] And all mankind feared, and they told of the work of the Gods, and they understood his doing.
[PSA.64.11] The righteous one will rejoice in Yahveh and take refuge in Him, and all those upright in heart will glorify Him.
PSA.65
[PSA.65.1] To the chief musician, a Psalm of David, a song.
[PSA.65.2] To you is silence praise, the Gods in Zion, and to you will a vow be paid.
[PSA.65.3] The hearer of prayer, to you all flesh will come.
[PSA.65.4] The words of iniquities have grown strong against me. You will cover our transgressions.
[PSA.65.5] Blessed is the one whom you choose and draw near, who may dwell in your courts. We will be satisfied with the goodness of your house, holy is your sanctuary.
[PSA.65.6] Awesome things in righteousness You answer us, the Gods of our salvation. A trust for all the ends of the earth and distant seas.
[PSA.65.7] The one who prepares mountains with his strength girds himself with might.
[PSA.65.8] The one causing praise roars like seas, the roar of their waves, and a multitude to nations.
[PSA.65.9] And the inhabitants of Ketsavot feared Yahveh’s signs, at the exits of morning and evening, and they trembled.
[PSA.65.10] You have visited the earth, and it trembled. You have enriched it with abundance. A river of the Gods is full of waters. You prepare its grain, for thus you have prepared it.
[PSA.65.11] Her furrows drink deeply, a stream irrigates her companies. She is drenched by rains, her growth blesses.
[PSA.65.12] You have crowned the year with your goodness, and your seasons will be full of richness.
[PSA.65.13] The pleasant places of the wilderness will flourish, and the hills will rejoice; they will be encircled.
[PSA.65.14] The rich clothed the flock, and the valleys covered with grain, they rejoiced and also they sing.
PSA.66
[PSA.66.1] To the one leading with uplifted hands, a song, a Psalm. Shout for joy to the Gods, all the earth.
[PSA.66.2] Sing the glory of his name, put the glory of his praise.
[PSA.66.3] Say to the Gods how awesome are your works, in the greatness of your power your enemies will acknowledge you.
[PSA.66.4] All the earth will bow down to you, and sing to you. They will sing your name. Selah.
[PSA.66.5] Go and see the works of the Gods. They are terrible and beyond comprehension regarding the sons of man.
[PSA.66.6] God transformed the sea to dry land, and they will cross by the river on foot. There we will rejoice in Him.
[PSA.66.7] The ruler in his strength is forever. His eyes watch among the nations, the rebellious. They shall not lift up for themselves. Selah.
[PSA.66.8] Bless you nations, the Gods of ours, and cause a voice of His praise to be heard.
[PSA.66.9] The Gods have preserved our lives in life, and did not give our feet to stumble.
[PSA.66.10] For You have tested us, the Gods, You have refined us as a refiner refines silver.
[PSA.66.11] Have you brought us into the stronghold, have you set a crushing at our loins?
[PSA.66.12] You harnessed humanity over us. We came through fire and through water, and the Gods brought us to abundance.
[PSA.66.13] I will come into your house with offerings. I will pay to you my vows.
[PSA.66.14] That my lips were cleaved, and my mouth spoke when I was in distress.
[PSA.66.15] Burnt offerings of fats I will raise to you, with incense of rams. I will make cattle with male goats. Selah.
[PSA.66.16] Come, listen, and I will recount all that the Gods have done for my soul.
[PSA.66.17] To God my mouth called, and exaltation is under my tongue.
[PSA.66.18] If I have seen iniquity in my heart, my Lord will not hear.
[PSA.66.19] Indeed, the Gods heard and listened to my prayer.
[PSA.66.20] Blessed are the Gods that have not removed my prayer and his loving kindness from me.
PSA.67
[PSA.67.1] To the one who overcomes, with stringed instruments, a Psalm, a song.
[PSA.67.2] The Gods may grant us favor and may the Gods bless us. May the Gods illuminate their face with us. Selah.
[PSA.67.3] To know in the land your way, among all nations your salvation.
[PSA.67.4] The peoples will confess to you, the Gods. The peoples, all of them, will confess to you.
[PSA.67.5] They will rejoice and sing for the nations, because Yahveh will judge the nations with uprightness, and for the nations on the Earth you will offer comfort. Selah.
[PSA.67.6] The peoples will confess to you, the Gods. The peoples, all of them, will confess to you.
[PSA.67.7] The land gave its produce. May Yahveh bless us, the Gods, our Gods.
[PSA.67.8] May the Gods bless us, and may all the ends of the earth fear him.
PSA.68
[PSA.68.1] To the chief musician, to David, a psalm, a song.
[PSA.68.2] Let God arise, let the Gods scatter his enemies, and let those who hate him flee from his face.
[PSA.68.3] As smoke flows, it will flow, as melting fat vanishes before fire, so the wicked will perish before the Gods.
[PSA.68.4] And the righteous ones will rejoice, they will exult before the Gods, and they will leap for joy in joy.
[PSA.68.5] Sing to the Gods, psalm His name, exalt to the rider in the plains, in Yahveh is His name, and rejoice before Him.
[PSA.68.6] My father is to orphans and judge to widows, the Gods in dwelling of his holy place.
[PSA.68.7] The Gods cause the solitary ones to dwell in houses, bringing out prisoners with strength. But rebels dwell in a desert.
[PSA.68.8] The Gods, when you went out before your people, in your steps in the wilderness, Selah.
[PSA.68.9] The land trembled, and also the heavens dripped from the presence of the Gods. This is Sinai, from the presence of the Gods, the Gods of Israel.
[PSA.68.10] Rain of freewill offerings you wave, the Gods, your inheritance, and is weary, you have fashioned it.
[PSA.68.11] Your creatures will dwell within it; you will prepare with your goodness for the poor, the Gods.
[PSA.68.12] My Lord will give a word, through the announcers, a great host.
[PSA.68.13] The kings of armies will tremble, they will tremble, and the house will divide the spoil.
[PSA.68.14] If you lie between lips as wings of a dove covered with silver, and her limbs are carved with jade.
[PSA.68.15] When the mountainous one disperses kings in it, snow will fall on Tzalmon.
[PSA.68.16] The mountain of the Gods, the mountain of Bashan, the mountain of height, the mountain of Bashan.
[PSA.68.17] Why do the mountains leap? The proud mountains, the Gods desire them as a place to dwell. Also, Yahveh will dwell forever.
[PSA.68.18] The chariot of the Gods is myriads, thousands of brilliance; my Lord is in them, Sinai in holiness.
[PSA.68.19] You have ascended to the heights; you have led away captivity; you have received gifts from humankind, and even from rebels, to dwell as Yahveh, the Gods.
[PSA.68.20] Blessed is my Lord, day by day He loads us with the God of our salvation. Selah.
[PSA.68.21] The God is to us God for salvations, and to Him my Lord for death deliverances.
[PSA.68.22] But the Gods will crush the head of their enemies, the crown of the head of one walking in their guilt.
[PSA.68.23] My Lord said from Bashan, "I will return, I will return from the depths of the sea."
[PSA.68.24] For the sake of you crushing your foot in blood, the tongues of your dogs from enemies from it.
[PSA.68.25] They saw your ways, the Gods. They saw the ways of my God, my king, in the holy place.
[PSA.68.26] Before the singers, after the stringed instrument players, among the young women, let the tambourine players be.
[PSA.68.27] In assemblies, bless the Gods, Yahveh, from the source of Israel.
[PSA.68.28] There Benjamin, young and a leader, the leaders of Judah appointed. The leaders of Zebulun, the leaders of Naphtali.
[PSA.68.29] Command your Gods, your strength, this strength, the Gods, this you have worked for us.
[PSA.68.30] From your palace, kings will bring gifts to you upon Jerusalem.
[PSA.68.31] A rebuke to the beast among the reeds, a gathering of powerful ones among the calves of the nations, who are reclining among silver desires, whose cravings are for the peoples.
[PSA.68.32] Ethiopians come from Egypt; Cush rushes his hands to the Gods.
[PSA.68.33] The kingdoms of the earth, sing to the Gods. Praise my Lord. Selah.
[PSA.68.34] The rider in the skies of ancient skies, behold, will give with their voice a voice of strength.
[PSA.68.35] Give strength to the Gods over Israel, his pride, and his power is in the heavens.
[PSA.68.36] Awe-inspiring are the Gods, from your sanctuary, God of Israel is He, giving strength and power to the people. Blessed are the Gods.
PSA.69
[PSA.69.1] To the one who prevails, upon the lilies, to David.
[PSA.69.2] Save me, the Gods, for waters have come up to my soul.
[PSA.69.3] I sank in the midst of the deep, and there is no standing. I came into the depths of waters, and the wave overwhelmed me.
[PSA.69.4] I have labored in my calling, my throat is scorched, my eyes are consumed. I long for the Gods.
[PSA.69.5] Numerous have become the hairs of my head, those who hate me without cause have constricted my constraints. My false enemies, because I have not stolen, then I will repay.
[PSA.69.6] The Gods, you knew my foolishness, and my transgressions are not hidden from you.
[PSA.69.7] Let not those who hope in my Lord Yahveh of hosts be put to shame. Let not those who seek you, God of Israel, be disgraced.
[PSA.69.8] For upon you I have borne disgrace, covering shame upon my face.
[PSA.69.9] I was strange to my brothers, and a stranger to the sons of my mother.
[PSA.69.10] For the zeal of your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult you have fallen upon me.
[PSA.69.11] And I wept in the fast, my soul became for reproaches to me.
[PSA.69.12] And I gave my garment as sackcloth, and I became to them as a parable.
[PSA.69.13] They will discuss me, those who dwell at the gate, and songs for those who drink strong drink.
[PSA.69.14] And I, my prayer is to you, Yahveh, a time of favor from the Gods, in the abundance of your kindness. Answer me with the truth of your salvation.
[PSA.69.15] Rescue me from the mud, and do not let me sink. I will be rescued from my enemies and from the depths of waters.
[PSA.69.16] Do not let a flood sweep me away, nor let the deep waters swallow me. And do not let a well gape at me with its mouth.
[PSA.69.17] Answer me, Yahveh, for Your goodness is great, according to the abundance of Your mercies, turn to me.
[PSA.69.18] And do not hide your face from your servant, for I am distressed to me. Quickly, answer me.
[PSA.69.19] Draw near to my soul, the Gods redeem it, for the sake of my enemies, redeem me.
[PSA.69.20] You knew my reproach and my shame, and my disgrace was before you. All my adversaries [were present].
[PSA.69.21] Reproach has broken my heart, and I am weakened. I hoped for wandering, but there was none, and for comforters, but I did not find them.
[PSA.69.22] And they gave bitterness into my gall, and to my thirst they make me drink vinegar.
[PSA.69.23] Let their table be before them as a snare, and for tranquility, let it be for destruction.
[PSA.69.24] May their eyes be darkened from sights, and may their loins be perpetually stumbling.
[PSA.69.25] Pour out your wrath upon them, and may the burning of your anger overtake them.
[PSA.69.26] Let their terror become breath in their tents; let there not be a dweller.
[PSA.69.27] For you are the one who struck and pursued, and to the pain of your slain they will tell.
[PSA.69.28] Grant iniquity for their iniquity, and let them not come in your righteousness.
[PSA.69.29] Let them rejoice from the book of the living, and with the righteous ones let them not be written.
[PSA.69.30] And I am poor and in pain; your salvation, the Gods, will lift me up.
[PSA.69.31] I will praise the name of the Gods with song, and I will magnify Him with thanksgiving.
[PSA.69.32] And it is good to Yahveh than a bull, a bull with horns, splitting apart.
[PSA.69.33] Those who have seen, the humble will rejoice. Seekers of the Gods, and let your hearts live.
[PSA.69.34] For Yahveh hears the poor, and does not despise prisoners.
[PSA.69.35] Praise Yahveh, heavens and earth, seas and all that teems in them.
[PSA.69.36] For the Gods will save Zion and will build the cities of Judah, and people will dwell there and inherit it.
[PSA.69.37] And the offspring of his servants will inherit it, and those who love his name will dwell in it.
PSA.70
[PSA.70.1] To the director of music, to David, to remember.
[PSA.70.2] The Gods to save me, Yahveh to my help, hurry!
[PSA.70.3] Let them be ashamed and dismayed, those seeking my soul. Let them retreat backward and be disgraced, those desiring my evil.
[PSA.70.4] They will return upon their heel because of their shame, those who say, "Brother, brother."
[PSA.70.5] Let them rejoice and be glad in you, all who seek the Gods, and let them constantly say, "God is great," those who love your salvation.
[PSA.70.6] And I am poor and needy, the Gods, hasten to me, my help and my deliverer are you. Yahveh, do not delay.
PSA.71
[PSA.71.1] In Yahveh I have trusted. I will not be ashamed forever.
[PSA.71.2] In your righteousness, you will save me and deliver me. Incline to me your ear and save me.
[PSA.71.3] Be to me a rock, a dwelling place to come continually. You commanded to save me, for my rock and my fortress are you.
[PSA.71.4] My Gods, deliver me from the hand of the wicked one, from the palm of the perverse one and the violent one.
[PSA.71.5] For you are my hope, my Lord Yahveh is my trust from my youth.
[PSA.71.6] On you I have relied from the womb, from the womb of my mother, you are my strength. In you is my praise always.
[PSA.71.7] I was a covering to many, and you are my refuge of strength.
[PSA.71.8] May my mouth be filled with your praise all day, and may your splendor be expressed.
[PSA.71.9] Do not cast me off in the time of old age, when my strength is finished. Do not forsake me.
[PSA.71.10] For my enemies said, and those who guard my life counsel together.
[PSA.71.11] Saying, the Gods have abandoned him, pursue and seize him, for there is no deliverer.
[PSA.71.12] The Gods, do not distance yourself from me. My God, hurry to my help.
[PSA.71.13] Let those who hate my soul be ashamed and consumed. Let them wear reproach and dishonor, those who seek evil for me.
[PSA.71.14] And I will always hope, and I will add to all the praise of you.
[PSA.71.15] My mouth will recount your righteousness all day, your salvation, because I did not know the counts.
[PSA.71.16] I will come with strengths, my Lord Yahveh. I will remember Your righteousness only to You.
[PSA.71.17] The Gods taught me from my youth, and until now I will tell of your wonders.
[PSA.71.18] And also until old age and gray hair, the Gods, do not forsake me, until I declare your arm to a generation, to all who come, your strength.
[PSA.71.19] And your righteousness, the Gods, reaches to the heights, which you did, great things, the Gods. Who is like you?
[PSA.71.20] Which the Gods showed us many troubles and evils, you will restore, you will revive me, and from the depths of the earth you will bring me up.
[PSA.71.21] Let your greatness abound, and encompass me with comfort.
[PSA.71.22] Also I will thank you with the instrument of the harp, your truth, O the Gods. I will sing to you with the lyre, Holy of Israel.
[PSA.71.23] My lips will sing because I will sing to you, and my soul which you have redeemed.
[PSA.71.24] Also, my tongue will proclaim the justice of the Gods all day long, for they will be ashamed because those seeking my evil have plotted a pit.
PSA.72
[PSA.72.1] To Solomon, the Gods give your judgements to a king, and your righteousness to a son of a king.
[PSA.72.2] God will judge your people with righteousness, and God will judge your poor with justice.
[PSA.72.3] The mountains will carry peace to the people, and the hills with righteousness.
[PSA.72.4] The Gods will judge the poor of the people, saving the sons of the impoverished, and subduing the oppressor.
[PSA.72.5] They will fear you with the sun, and before the moon, generation upon generation.
[PSA.72.6] It will descend like rain upon the grass, as the spring rains, a drizzle upon the earth.
[PSA.72.7] The righteous one will flourish in his days, and there will be abundant peace until the moon is no more.
[PSA.72.8] And it descends from sea to sea, and from river to the limits of the earth.
[PSA.72.9] Before him, deserts will bow, and his enemies will lick dust.
[PSA.72.10] The kings of Tarshish and the coastlands will bring gifts. The kings of Sheba and Seba will offer precious spices.
[PSA.72.11] And all kings will bow down to him, and all nations will serve him.
[PSA.72.12] For He will save the poor one who cries out, and the afflicted, and there is no helper to him.
[PSA.72.13] Yahveh shows favor to the poor and the needy, and he will save the lives of the poor.
[PSA.72.14] From within and from violence he will redeem their souls, and he will honor their blood in his eyes.
[PSA.72.15] And may He give him gold of Sheba, and may He pray for him continually all day, may Yahveh bless him.
[PSA.72.16] Let there be fruitful growth in the land, on the tops of the mountains it will flourish vigorously like Lebanon, its fruit, and they will sprout from the city like the grass of the land.
[PSA.72.17] May His name be for all time, before the sun may His name be favored, and may all nations be blessed in Him. All nations will declare Him blessed.
[PSA.72.18] Blessed is Yahveh, the Gods, God of Israel, doing wonders alone.
[PSA.72.19] Blessed is the name of the glory of God forever, and may His glory fill the whole earth. So be it, and so be it.
[PSA.72.20] The prayers of David, son of Jesse, are completed.
PSA.73
[PSA.73.1] A psalm to Asaph: Only good to Israel are the Gods to the pure of heart.
[PSA.73.2] And I, my feet are almost bent, like nothingness my life force is poured out.
[PSA.73.3] For I have been jealous of those who boast, and I will see the peace of the wicked.
[PSA.73.4] For there are no sorrows for their dying, and they are healthy forever.
[PSA.73.5] By the effort of humankind, they are not, and with humankind, they will not touch.
[PSA.73.6] Therefore, you have heaped up pride, a covering of violence is for them.
[PSA.73.7] They departed from the abundance of their eyes, and their thoughts wandered from their heart.
[PSA.73.8] They rise up early and speak wickedness and oppression. From a high place they speak.
[PSA.73.9] They set their mouths in the heavens, and their tongues walk on the earth.
[PSA.73.10] Therefore, he will return his people thither, and the fullness of waters will be found for them.
[PSA.73.11] And they said, "How does God know? And there is knowledge with the Most High."
[PSA.73.12] Behold, these are the wicked ones, and they have attained wealth throughout the world.
[PSA.73.13] Surely in vain have I purified my heart, and I will wash my hands in cleanness.
[PSA.73.14] And I was afflicted all day, and I rebuke in the mornings.
[PSA.73.15] If I say I will recount like this, behold, the generation of your sons, I have betrayed.
[PSA.73.16] And I considered this to know, it is labor in my eyes.
[PSA.73.17] Until I come to the sanctuaries of God, I will understand their end.
[PSA.73.18] But you established portions for the Gods, then you cast them down to ruins.
[PSA.73.19] How they were to ruin, like a moment, they finished, they were completed from wasting away.
[PSA.73.20] Like a dream upon waking, my Lord will plunder the images in the city.
[PSA.73.21] For my heart will become sour, and my kidneys will be shaken.
[PSA.73.22] And I am foolish and do not know. I have been like beasts with you.
[PSA.73.23] And I am always with you; you hold in my right hand.
[PSA.73.24] With your counsel you will guide me, and after glory you will receive me.
[PSA.73.25] Who is there for me in the heavens, and with you I have not desired anything in the land.
[PSA.73.26] My remaining part and my heart are the rock of my heart, and my portion are the Gods forever.
[PSA.73.27] For indeed, those far from you will perish. All who are unfaithful to you will wither.
[PSA.73.28] And truly, closeness to the Gods is good for me. I will trust in my Lord Yahveh; He is my refuge to tell of all Your deeds.
PSA.74
[PSA.74.1] A reflective teaching, to Asaph. Why have the Gods forsaken forever? Why is your anger smoking among the flock of your pasture?
[PSA.74.2] Remember your congregation, which you acquired in the past. You redeemed the tribe of your inheritance. This is Mount Zion, where you have dwelt.
[PSA.74.3] Lift up your steps to the heights of eternity. All wickedness, the enemy, in the holiness.
[PSA.74.4] Your adversaries roar in the midst of your appointed assembly. They have set their signs as signs.
[PSA.74.5] It will be known as one who brings upwards in a tangle of trees with axes.
[PSA.74.6] And at the time of their openings together, with rushing and with many turns, they will resound.
[PSA.74.7] Send forth fire to the land, profane the dwelling of your name.
[PSA.74.8] They said in their hearts, agreeing together, they will burn all the appointed times of God in the land.
[PSA.74.9] Our signs have not been seen. There is no longer a prophet, and no one knows with us until when.
[PSA.74.10] How long will the Gods dishonor an enemy, insulting your name forever?
[PSA.74.11] Why do you return your hand and your right hand from the midst of your laws, and finish them?
[PSA.74.12] And the Gods, my King from ancient times, works salvations within the land.
[PSA.74.13] You shattered the sea with your strength; you broke the heads of dragons on the waters.
[PSA.74.14] You crushed the heads of Leviathan; you will give him as food to a people for crawling creatures.
[PSA.74.15] You split a spring and a stream. You dried up strong rivers.
[PSA.74.16] To you belongs the day, also to you belongs the night. You prepared the light and the sun.
[PSA.74.17] You established all the boundaries of the earth. Summer and winter, you created them.
[PSA.74.18] Remember this: an enemy has reproached Yahveh, and a vile people have despised your name.
[PSA.74.19] Do not give the soul of your pursuit to the beast, do not forget your poor beasts forever.
[PSA.74.20] Look to the covenant, because the darknesses of the earth are full of springs of violence.
[PSA.74.21] Do not return to being crushed and ashamed. The afflicted and the poor will praise your name.
[PSA.74.22] Rise, the Gods, contend your contention. Remember your insults from a scoffer all day.
[PSA.74.23] Do not forget the voice of your adversaries, the uproar of those who rise against you continually ascends.
PSA.75
[PSA.75.1] To the victorious one, do not destroy. A psalm for Asaph, a song.
[PSA.75.2] We thank you, the Gods; we thank you, and your name is near. Tell of your wonders.
[PSA.75.3] For I will take an appointed time, I will judge the upright.
[PSA.75.4] The earth and all its dwellers are consumed. I planned its pillars. Forever.
[PSA.75.5] I said to the boastful, do not boast, and to the wicked, do not lift up your power.
[PSA.75.6] Do not lift up your horns to the heights. Do not speak with an arrogant neck.
[PSA.75.7] For not from the south and not from the west, and not from the desert of mountains.
[PSA.75.8] Because the Gods judge, this one will be humbled, and that one will be lifted up.
[PSA.75.9] For a cup is in the hand of Yahveh, and the wine of wrath is full of dregs. They will cause all the wicked of the earth to drink from it, and they will find its dregs. All the wicked of the earth will drink.
[PSA.75.10] And I will declare forever, I will sing to the God of Jacob.
[PSA.75.11] And all the horns of the wicked ones I will cut off; the horns of the righteous ones will be lifted up.
PSA.76
[PSA.76.1] To the one who conquers, with stringed instruments, a psalm to Asaph, a song.
[PSA.76.2] God is known in Judah, and the Gods’ name is great in Israel.
[PSA.76.3] And it was in Shalom a booth, and his dwelling in Zion.
[PSA.76.4] There he broke the fragments of the bow, the shield and the sword, and war. Selah.
[PSA.76.5] Naor, you are powerful beyond the mountains of the wild.
[PSA.76.6] They behaved foolishly, the brave of heart; their sleep has become light, and they did not find the hands of mighty men.
[PSA.76.7] From your rebuke, the Gods of Jacob are put to sleep, and chariots and horses as well.
[PSA.76.8] You are awesome, you, and who will stand before you from your anger?
[PSA.76.9] From the heavens you caused judgment to be heard. The earth feared and was quiet.
[PSA.76.10] When the Gods rise to judgment, to save all the humble of the earth. Selah.
[PSA.76.11] For the wrath of man acknowledges you, the remainder of wrath will bind itself.
[PSA.76.12] Vow and pay to Yahveh, the Gods of your people. They will bring gifts to all surrounding areas to the fearful one.
[PSA.76.13] A spirit of rulers will be terrifying to the kings of the earth.
PSA.77
[PSA.77.1] To the director of music, on the hand-strings, to Asaph, a Psalm.
[PSA.77.2] My voice to the Gods and I will cry out. My voice to the Gods and may they listen to me.
[PSA.77.3] In the day of my distress, my Lord I sought, my hand was outstretched throughout the night, and did not cease. From a change of mind, comfort my soul.
[PSA.77.4] I will remember the Gods and I will become distressed. I will converse, and my spirit will envelop itself. Selah.
[PSA.77.5] You have taken hold of the watchings of my eyes. I am overwhelmed, and I will not speak.
[PSA.77.6] I have considered days from before, years of eternities.
[PSA.77.7] I remember my songs in the night; with my heart I commune, and my spirit searched.
[PSA.77.8] For eternity, my Lord will abandon, and will not continue to be pleased anymore.
[PSA.77.9] He will end his kindness forever; he completed a word to generation and generation.
[PSA.77.10] Has God forgotten to be gracious? If He has sprung forth in anger, has His compassion ceased? Selah.
[PSA.77.11] And I said, "It is my sickness. Years of the right hand of the Most High."
[PSA.77.12] I will remember the deeds of Yahveh, for I recall Your wonders from of old.
[PSA.77.13] And I will meditate in all your works and in your ways I will talk.
[PSA.77.14] The Gods are in holiness, your ways. Who is God like the Gods?
[PSA.77.15] You, the God, are making wonders known; you have revealed your strength among the peoples.
[PSA.77.16] You have redeemed with an arm your people, sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.
[PSA.77.17] The waters saw the Gods, the waters trembled, even the depths shook.
[PSA.77.18] The waters flow, abundant; the skies gave voice. Even your flints will move.
[PSA.77.19] The voice of your thunder was on the wheel, lightnings shone, the world trembled, and the land shook.
[PSA.77.20] Your path is in the sea, and your ways are in many waters, and your footprints are not known.
[PSA.77.21] You led your people down like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
PSA.78
[PSA.78.1] A skillful song for Asaph: Listen, my people, to my instruction. Incline your ears to the words of God’s mouth.
[PSA.78.2] I will open my mouth in a likeness; I will utter riddles from of old.
[PSA.78.3] That we heard and knew them, and our fathers told to us.
[PSA.78.4] We will not conceal from your children a future generation, those who recount the praises of Yahveh, and his power, and his wonders which he did.
[PSA.78.5] And God established a testimony in Jacob and placed a law in Israel, which He commanded our ancestors to make known to their children.
[PSA.78.6] So that a future generation may know, sons will be born, they will arise and tell to their sons.
[PSA.78.7] And they will place their trust in the Gods, and they will not forget the deeds of God, and they will keep His commands.
[PSA.78.8] And they will not be like their fathers, a rebellious generation and an errant generation, a generation whose heart has not prepared itself, and who has not been faithful to God's spirit.
[PSA.78.9] The sons of Ephraim, those who kiss bow-users, became turned in day of battle.
[PSA.78.10] They did not keep the covenant with the Gods and refused to walk in His instruction.
[PSA.78.11] They forgot his deeds, and his wonders that the Gods showed.
[PSA.78.12] Before their fathers, the Gods did a wonder in the land of Egypt, the field of Zoan.
[PSA.78.13] God split the sea and He led them through it, and He established the waters like a heap.
[PSA.78.14] And He guided them in a cloud by day and all the night in the light of fire.
[PSA.78.15] He cleaves rocks in the wilderness, and He waters the great deeps.
[PSA.78.16] And He brought out streams from the rock, and He caused waters to descend like rivers.
[PSA.78.17] And they continued to add to their sin against God, rebelling against the Most High in secret.
[PSA.78.18] And they tested God in their heart, to ask for food for their soul.
[PSA.78.19] And they spoke to the Gods, saying, "Is God able to set a table in the wilderness?"
[PSA.78.20] Indeed, He struck the rock, and water flowed, and streams will flood. Can He even give bread? If He prepares a provision for His people?
[PSA.78.21] Therefore Yahveh heard and became enraged, and fire blazed up against Jacob, and also wrath ascended against Israel.
[PSA.78.22] For they did not believe in the Gods, and they did not trust in His salvation.
[PSA.78.23] And the Gods commanded the heavens from above, and he opened the gates of the heavens.
[PSA.78.24] And rained upon them man to eat, and grain of the heavens gave to them.
[PSA.78.25] A man eats bread of fatness and sends a portion to them for fullness.
[PSA.78.26] He lifts up the east in the heavens and he leads with his strength the south.
[PSA.78.27] And rained upon them like dust of leftovers, and like birds of many days, winged.
[PSA.78.28] And it fell within his camp, around to his dwellings.
[PSA.78.29] And they ate and were filled very much, and their desire was brought to them.
[PSA.78.30] They had not finished their desire, still they ate it in their mouths.
[PSA.78.31] And even the Gods ascended among them, and killed the fat ones, and brought low the young men of Israel.
[PSA.78.32] Despite all of this, they sinned again, and they did not believe in his wonders.
[PSA.78.33] And their days finished like a vapor, and their years passed in haste.
[PSA.78.34] If they kill him and seek him, and they return and beseech God.
[PSA.78.35] And they remembered that the Gods are my rock, and God, the highest God, is my redeemer.
[PSA.78.36] And they enticed him with their mouth, and with their tongue they lied to him.
[PSA.78.37] And their heart was not upright with Him, and they were not faithful in His covenant.
[PSA.78.38] And He is merciful; He will atone for iniquity, and will not destroy. And He multiplies to return His anger, and will not kindle all of His fury.
[PSA.78.39] And he remembered that they are flesh, breath going and not returning.
[PSA.78.40] How many times did they rebel against Him in the wilderness, and grieve Him in the desolate place?
[PSA.78.41] And they returned and they tested God, and the Holy One of Israel, they confessed.
[PSA.78.42] They have not remembered Yahveh, the Gods, on the day that He redeemed them from distress.
[PSA.78.43] That which performed his signs and his wonders in Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
[PSA.78.44] And Yahveh turned their rivers to blood, and their streams they should not drink.
[PSA.78.45] He will send a swarm upon them and it will consume them, and frogs and it will ruin them.
[PSA.78.46] And He gave their harvest to destruction, and their labor to the locust.
[PSA.78.47] Yahveh will slay their vines with hail, and their fig trees with frost.
[PSA.78.48] And he delivered them to the hail in their city, and their livestock to the pestilences.
[PSA.78.49] He will send among them the burning of His nostrils, constraint, and wrath, and hardship—the sending forth of evil messengers.
[PSA.78.50] He smoothed a path for his anger; he did not spare their souls from death, and he surrendered their life to pestilence.
[PSA.78.51] And Yahveh struck all the firstborn in Egypt, the beginning of plagues in the tents of Ham.
[PSA.78.52] And he journeyed like flocks, my people, and he led them like a flock in the wilderness.
[PSA.78.53] And God comforted them to trust and they were not afraid, and the sea covered their enemies.
[PSA.78.54] And He brought them to the boundary of His holiness, this mountain which His right hand possessed.
[PSA.78.55] And the Gods drove out before them nations, and caused them to fall by the cord of inheritance, and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
[PSA.78.56] And they tested, and they rebelled against the Gods, the Most High, and they did not keep their testimonies.
[PSA.78.57] They turned away and betrayed, like their fathers. They were turned as a bow ready for aiming.
[PSA.78.58] They angered Yahveh on their high places, and with their carved images, they provoked the Gods to jealousy.
[PSA.78.59] He heard the Gods, and became enraged, and greatly abhorred Israel.
[PSA.78.60] And he abandoned the dwelling place at Shiloh, the tent that dwells among humanity.
[PSA.78.61] And he gave his strength to captivity and his glory into the hand of the enemy.
[PSA.78.62] And he gave over his people to the sword, and he became violent within his inheritance.
[PSA.78.63] The young men were consumed by fire, and the young women were not defiled.
[PSA.78.64] His priests fell by the sword, and his widows will not weep.
[PSA.78.65] And my Lord awoke like a sleeper, like a strong one roaring like wine.
[PSA.78.66] And he struck his enemies from behind, he gave to them a shame for all time.
[PSA.78.67] And He despised the tent of Joseph, and He did not choose the tribe of Ephraim.
[PSA.78.68] And He chose the tribe of Judah, the mountain of Zion that He loved.
[PSA.78.69] And he built his sanctuary like heights, like the earth he founded it for eternity.
[PSA.78.70] And the Gods chose David, His servant, and took him from the pens of sheep.
[PSA.78.71] After the Gods brought affliction to Jacob, my people, and to Israel, His inheritance.
[PSA.78.72] And he trembled like a gentle one to his heart, and with understandings of his hands he will comfort.
PSA.79
[PSA.79.1] A Psalm to Asaph. The Gods came, nations into your inheritance, they defiled your holy temple, they made Jerusalem into ruins.
[PSA.79.2] They gave the corpses of Your servants as food to the birds of the heavens, and the flesh of Your loyal ones to the beasts of the earth.
[PSA.79.3] Pour out their blood like water around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury.
[PSA.79.4] We have become a disgrace to our neighbors, a mockery and contempt to those around us.
[PSA.79.5] How long, Yahveh, will you be angry forever? How long will your jealousy burn like fire?
[PSA.79.6] Pour out your wrath upon the nations who have not known you, and upon the kingdoms who have not called upon your name.
[PSA.79.7] For he consumed Jacob, and he destroyed his dwellings.
[PSA.79.8] Do not remember for us former iniquities. May your mercies quickly meet us, for we are greatly impoverished.
[PSA.79.9] Help us, the Gods of our salvation, concerning the glory of your name. And rescue us and atone for our sins for the sake of your name.
[PSA.79.10] Why do the nations say, "Where is God?" Let it be known among the nations before our eyes that vengeance is taken for the spilled blood of your servants.
[PSA.79.11] A prisoner’s sigh comes before you, like the greatness of your arm. Allow the sons of mortality.
[PSA.79.12] And return to our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom, the reproach that they reproached my Lord.
[PSA.79.13] And we are your people, and the sheep of your pasture. We will give thanks to you forever, to generation and generation we will recount your praise.
PSA.80
[PSA.80.1] To the director of music, to the lilies, a testimony to Asaph, a psalm.
[PSA.80.2] The shepherd of Israel, listen! The one who guides as a flock, Joseph, the one seated among the cherubim, appear!
[PSA.80.3] Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh, awaken your strength, and come for her salvation to us.
[PSA.80.4] The Gods restore us, and illuminate your face, and we will be saved.
[PSA.80.5] Yahveh, the Gods of hosts, until when have you acted with the prayer of your people?
[PSA.80.6] He fed them bread of tears, and He made them drink with tears of three.
[PSA.80.7] Please place us as a leader for our neighbors, and may our enemies mock them.
[PSA.80.8] The Gods of armies, return us, and illuminate your face, and we will be saved.
[PSA.80.9] A vine from Egypt you will carry, you will drive out nations, and you planted it.
[PSA.80.10] It turned towards her face, and it rooted its roots, and it filled the land.
[PSA.80.11] The mountains were covered by her shadow, and her branches were like the cedars of God.
[PSA.80.12] You will send her harvest until the sea, and to the river her outlets will go.
[PSA.80.13] Why have you broken her walls and exposed her to all who pass by the way?
[PSA.80.14] It will root up the boar from the forest, and it will graze the vine shoots of the field.
[PSA.80.15] The Gods of hosts, please return and look from the heavens and see, and attend to this vine.
[PSA.80.16] And the branch which the Gods planted with their right hand, and upon a son whom the Gods have established for themselves.
[PSA.80.17] Scorched in fire, swept away, they will perish from the terror of your face.
[PSA.80.18] Let your hand be upon the man of your right hand, upon the son of man you have strengthened for yourself.
[PSA.80.19] And we will not retreat from you. Cause us to live, and we will be called by your name.
[PSA.80.20] Yahveh, the Gods of Hosts, restore us. Cause your face to shine upon us, and we will be saved.
PSA.81
[PSA.81.1] To the one who conquers, upon the Gittite, to Asaph.
[PSA.81.2] Shout for joy to the Gods, our strength. Cry out to the God of Jacob.
[PSA.81.3] Lift up singing and play the tambourine, a pleasant lyre with a lyre.
[PSA.81.4] Blow the ram's horn in the new month, on the full moon, for the day of our festival.
[PSA.81.5] For it is a law for Israel, a judgement belonging to the Gods of Jacob.
[PSA.81.6] A testimony was placed with Joseph when he departed for the land of Egypt; a language that I did not know, I will hear.
[PSA.81.7] I have removed from his shoulder the burden, and his hands will pass from oppression.
[PSA.81.8] In distress you called, and I delivered you. I will answer you in the secret place of thunder. I will test you at the waters of dispute. Selah.
[PSA.81.9] Hear, my people, and I will testify in you. Israel, if you will listen to me.
[PSA.81.10] There will not be a God within you, and you shall not worship a foreign God.
[PSA.81.11] I, Yahveh, the Gods your, am the one who brought you up from the land of Egypt. Widen your mouth and I will fill it.
[PSA.81.12] My people did not hear my voice, and Israel did not consent to me.
[PSA.81.13] And I will send him forth in the willingness of their heart; they will walk in their counsels.
[PSA.81.14] If only my people would listen to me, Israel would walk in my ways.
[PSA.81.15] Almost, I will subdue your enemies, and against their adversaries, I will turn my hand.
[PSA.81.16] The haters of Yahveh will deny Him, and their time will be forever.
[PSA.81.17] And he fed him from the fat of wheat, and from pressed honey, I will satisfy you.
PSA.82
[PSA.82.1] A psalm to Asaph. The Gods stand in the assembly of God. In the midst of the Gods, they will judge.
[PSA.82.2] How long will you all judge iniquity, and toward the faces of the wicked will you all lift up? Selah.
[PSA.82.3] Judge for the poor and the orphan, care for the afflicted and the needy, and justify them.
[PSA.82.4] Deliver the poor and needy from the hand of wicked people; rescue them.
[PSA.82.5] They do not know and they do not understand. In darkness they will walk, and they will stumble. All foundations of the earth will be shaken.
[PSA.82.6] I have said, "You are the Gods, and sons of the Most High, all of you."
[PSA.82.7] Indeed, as humanity you will die, and like one of the rulers you will fall.
[PSA.82.8] Arise, the Gods, and judge the earth, for you will inherit among all the nations.
PSA.83
[PSA.83.1] A song, a psalm for Asaph.
[PSA.83.2] The Gods, do not be like God! Do not be silent, and do not be quiet, God!
[PSA.83.3] For behold, your enemies will be dismayed, and your haters have lifted up their head.
[PSA.83.4] Against your people they will devise secret plans, and they will counsel against your hidden ones.
[PSA.83.5] They said, "Come, let us wipe them out from among the nations, and let the name of Israel not be remembered anymore."
[PSA.83.6] For they have counseled heart together against you, a covenant they will make.
[PSA.83.7] The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites.
[PSA.83.8] Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, Philistia with the dwellers of Tyre.
[PSA.83.9] Also, Assyria allied with them. They were an arm for the sons of Lot. Selah.
[PSA.83.10] Do to them as was done to Midian, as was done to Sisera, as was done to Yavin in the wadi of Kishon.
[PSA.83.11] They will be utterly destroyed before the eyes of the world. They became like the earth.
[PSA.83.12] Their generosity is like a raven and like a vulture, and like a sacrifice and like a deceptive shadow, all their princes.
[PSA.83.13] Which they said was inherited to us, the properties of the Gods.
[PSA.83.14] The Gods will place them as a wheel, like straw before the wind.
[PSA.83.15] Like fire, a forest will burn, and like a flame, it will leap to the mountains.
[PSA.83.16] Thus you will pursue them with your storm, and in your whirlwind you will terrify them.
[PSA.83.17] Let their faces be full of shame, and let them seek Yahveh’s name.
[PSA.83.18] They will be ashamed and terrified forever and ever, and they will dig and be destroyed.
[PSA.83.19] And they will know that You, Your name is Yahveh alone, supreme over all the earth.
PSA.84
[PSA.84.1] To the one leading, upon the Gittite, to the sons of Korah, a psalm.
[PSA.84.2] What are the lovelinesses of your dwelling places, Yahveh of hosts?
[PSA.84.3] My soul has a longing and is even consumed for the courts of Yahveh. My heart and my flesh will rejoice to the living God.
[PSA.84.4] Even a bird finds a house, and a swallow a nest for herself, where she places her young at your altars, Yahveh of hosts, my King and my God.
[PSA.84.5] Blessed are those who dwell in your house, still they will praise you. Sela.
[PSA.84.6] Blessed is the man whose strength is in you, whose ways are in their heart.
[PSA.84.7] Travelers in the valley of weeping will find a spring, and a teacher will cover them also with blessings.
[PSA.84.8] They go from strength to strength; they will appear before the Gods in Zion.
[PSA.84.9] Yahveh, the Gods of Hosts, hear my prayer. Listen, God of Jacob. Selah.
[PSA.84.10] Our shield, see the Gods, and look upon the face of your Messiah.
[PSA.84.11] For a good day in your courts is better than a thousand I have chosen. I prefer to dwell in the house of the Gods rather than to abide in the tents of wickedness.
[PSA.84.12] For the sun and the shield is Yahveh, the Gods. Grace and glory Yahveh will give, Yahveh will not withhold goodness to those walking in integrity.
[PSA.84.13] Yahveh of hosts, blessed is the person who trusts in you.
PSA.85
[PSA.85.1] To the one who overcomes, to the sons of Korah, a song.
[PSA.85.2] You favored, Yahveh, your land; you returned the captivity of Jacob.
[PSA.85.3] You carried the iniquity of your people, you covered all of their sins. Selah.
[PSA.85.4] You have gathered all of your passions; you have turned them back from the heat of your wrath.
[PSA.85.5] Restore us, the God of our salvation, and cause your anger to cease with us.
[PSA.85.6] Will the Gods forever be angry with us? Will you extend your wrath to generation and generation?
[PSA.85.7] Surely you will restore us to life, and your people will rejoice in you.
[PSA.85.8] Show us, Yahveh, your lovingkindness, and give your salvation to us.
[PSA.85.9] I will hear what the Gods will speak, for the Gods will speak peace to their people and to those who are devoted to them, and they will not return to deception.
[PSA.85.10] But near to those who fear Him is salvation, to cause glory to dwell in our land.
[PSA.85.11] Lovingkindness and truth meet. Righteousness and peace kiss.
[PSA.85.12] Truth will sprout from the land, and righteousness will appear from the heavens.
[PSA.85.13] Also, Yahveh will give the good, and our land will give its yield.
[PSA.85.14] Righteousness will walk before his face, and he will establish the way of his steps.
PSA.86
[PSA.86.1] A prayer to David. Incline, Yahveh, your ear and answer me, for I am poor and needy.
[PSA.86.2] Guard my life, because righteous I am. Save your servant. You are my Gods, the one who trusts in you.
[PSA.86.3] Have mercy on me, my Lord, for to you I call all day.
[PSA.86.4] Rejoice the soul of your servant, for to you, my Lord, I lift up my soul.
[PSA.86.5] For you, my Lord, are good and forgiving, and great in lovingkindness to all those who call upon you.
[PSA.86.6] Listen, Yahveh, to my prayer and attend to the voice of my supplications.
[PSA.86.7] In the day of my distress, I will call upon you, for you will answer me.
[PSA.86.8] There is none like you among the Gods, my Lord, and there is none like your works.
[PSA.86.9] All the nations that you have made will come and worship before you, my Lord, and they will honor your name.
[PSA.86.10] For great are you and doing wonders, you are the Gods alone, you.
[PSA.86.11] Teach me, Yahveh, your way that I may walk in your truth. May my heart be united for reverence of your name.
[PSA.86.12] I will praise you, my Lord, the Gods (my), with all my heart, and I will honor your name forever.
[PSA.86.13] For your lovingkindness is great upon me, and you have delivered my soul from the grave below.
[PSA.86.14] The Gods, the arrogant have risen up against me, and an assembly of the violent sought my life, and they did not trust in you before them.
[PSA.86.15] And you, my Lord, are God of compassion and gracious, slow to anger and great in kindness and truth.
[PSA.86.16] Turn your face to me and have mercy on me. Give your strength to your servant, and save the son of your handmaid.
[PSA.86.17] Make a sign with me for goodness, and let my enemies see it and be ashamed, for you, Yahveh, have helped me and comforted me.
PSA.87
[PSA.87.1] A Psalm, a song, for the sons of Korach, its foundation is in the mountains of holiness.
[PSA.87.2] The lover of Yahveh prefers the gates of Zion to all the dwellings of Jacob.
[PSA.87.3] Glories are spoken of you, city of the Gods. Selah.
[PSA.87.4] I will remember Rahab and Babel to those who know. Behold, Philistia and Tyre, with Cush, are born there.
[PSA.87.5] And to Zion it will be said, each man and each person will be born in it, and the Most High will establish it.
[PSA.87.6] Yahveh will record in writing the nations; this one will be born there. Selah.
[PSA.87.7] And singers are like weakened ones, all my sources of life are in you.
PSA.88
[PSA.88.1] A song, a psalm for the sons of Korah, for the one leading, upon sickness, to answer. A teaching of Heman the Ezrahite.
[PSA.88.2] Yahveh, the Gods of my salvation, on the day I cried out in the night, I addressed you.
[PSA.88.3] May my prayer come before you. Incline your ear to my joyful sound.
[PSA.88.4] For my soul is full of evils, and my life has reached the place of the dead.
[PSA.88.5] I have been reckoned with those descending into the pit. I was like a man without strength.
[PSA.88.6] In the deaths, they are free like slain ones lying in the grave, whom you no longer remember, and they were decreed from your hand.
[PSA.88.7] You have caused me to dwell in a pit of the lower parts, in darknesses, in deeps.
[PSA.88.8] Upon me rests your wrath, and all of your breakers you have afflicted. Selah.
[PSA.88.9] You have distanced my acquaintances from me, you have changed me into abominations for them, completely, and I will not go out.
[PSA.88.10] My eyes are failing because of my affliction. I called Yahveh every day. I extend my hands to you.
[PSA.88.11] Will you complete a wonder? If the healed ones rise up, they will thank you. Selah.
[PSA.88.12] Shall your lovingkindness be told in the place of destruction, and your faithfulness in the abyss?
[PSA.88.13] Will your wonder be known in the darkness, and your righteousness in a land of forgetfulness?
[PSA.88.14] And I to you, Yahveh, cried out, and in the morning my prayer will come before you.
[PSA.88.15] Why, Yahveh, do you forsake my soul? Why do you hide your face from me?
[PSA.88.16] I am afflicted, I am weak, and failing from youth. I have carried your mothers like a vapor.
[PSA.88.17] Upon me have passed your rages, your disgusts have made me wither.
[PSA.88.18] Surround me like waters all the day. They encompass me together.
[PSA.88.19] You have removed from me a beloved and companion. My close friends, darkness.
PSA.89
[PSA.89.1] A skillful understanding for Ethan the Ezrahite.
[PSA.89.2] The kindnesses of Yahveh I will sing forever. To every generation I will declare your faithfulness with my mouth.
[PSA.89.3] For I have said that steadfast love will be built forever, and the heavens will establish your faithfulness within them.
[PSA.89.4] I made a covenant to my chosen one, I swore to David my servant.
[PSA.89.5] To eternity I will establish your seed, and I will build for generation to generation your throne. Selah.
[PSA.89.6] And let the heavens praise your wonders, Yahveh. Also, let your faithfulness be known in the assembly of the holy ones.
[PSA.89.7] For who in the heavens can compare to Yahveh? Who is like Yahveh among the sons of the Gods?
[PSA.89.8] God is feared in the assembly of the holy ones, great and awesome above all those around Him.
[PSA.89.9] Yahveh, the Gods of armies, who is like you, mighty one, Yahveh? And your faithfulness surrounds those near you.
[PSA.89.10] You rule in the might of the sea, in lifting its waves, you praise them.
[PSA.89.11] You crushed Rahav as the sea, with the arm of your strength, you scattered your enemies.
[PSA.89.12] To you belong the heavens, and also to you belongs the earth. The world and its fullness, you founded them.
[PSA.89.13] North and South, you created them. Tabor and Hermon will rejoice in your name.
[PSA.89.14] To you belongs an arm with strength. Mighty is your hand, lifted up is your right hand.
[PSA.89.15] Righteousness and justice are the foundation of the throne of God. Loving-kindness and truth will go before the face of God.
[PSA.89.16] Happy are the people who know the sounding of the trumpet, for they will walk in the light of Yahveh's face.
[PSA.89.17] In your name, they will rejoice throughout the day, and in your righteousness, they will be exalted.
[PSA.89.18] For the glory of my strength is with you, and by your will you will lift up our power.
[PSA.89.19] For to Yahveh is our shield, and to the Holy One of Israel is our king.
[PSA.89.20] Then You spoke in a vision to Your faithful ones, and You said, "I have established a helper over a strong one. I have raised up a young man from the people."
[PSA.89.21] I found David, my servant, in my sacred oil, I anointed him.
[PSA.89.22] That my hand establishes with him, even my arm strengthens him.
[PSA.89.23] An enemy will not lift up against him, and a son of iniquity will not afflict him.
[PSA.89.24] And I will cut off his enemies from before him, and those who hate him I will vanquish.
[PSA.89.25] And my faithfulness and my kindness are with him, and in my name you shall lift up his horn.
[PSA.89.26] And I will place my hand in the sea and my right hand in the rivers.
[PSA.89.27] He will call me my father, you are my God, and the rock of my salvation.
[PSA.89.28] Even my strength, I will give him as firstborn, high to the Gods of the land.
[PSA.89.29] Forever I will keep to him my loving-kindness, and my covenant is faithful to him.
[PSA.89.30] And I will set his seed for eternity, and his throne like the days of the heavens.
[PSA.89.31] If his sons abandon my teaching and do not walk according to my judgements.
[PSA.89.32] If my statutes they profane and my commandments they do not keep.
[PSA.89.33] And I will visit with a rod their transgression, and with plagues their iniquity.
[PSA.89.34] And my lovingkindness I will not extinguish from with him, and I will not lie in my faithfulness.
[PSA.89.35] I will not profane my covenant, and the issue of my lips I will not change.
[PSA.89.36] Once I have sworn by my holy one, if to David I will lie.
[PSA.89.37] His seed will be forever, and his throne like the sun is before me.
[PSA.89.38] For as the moon endures forever, so also is the witness in the heavens faithful. Selah.
[PSA.89.39] And you, God, have abandoned and refused, becoming enraged with your Messiah.
[PSA.89.40] You have cast down the covenant with my servant, you have profaned it to the earth, scattering its seed.
[PSA.89.41] You have broken through all of his fences. You have made his strongholds destruction.
[PSA.89.42] All who pass along the way have distressed him; he was a reproach to his neighbors.
[PSA.89.43] Have you lifted up the right hand of their enemies? Have the Gods rejoiced over all their enemies?
[PSA.89.44] Even the rock returns the sword to someone, and does not establish it in war.
[PSA.89.45] You have silenced splendor, and his throne you have driven down to the earth.
[PSA.89.46] You have shortened the days of his youth; you have bestowed shame upon him. Forever.
[PSA.89.47] How long, Yahveh, will you hide yourself forever? How long will your anger burn like fire?
[PSA.89.48] Remember, I, what destruction is about what falsehood you created all sons of human.
[PSA.89.49] Who is the man who will live and not see death? May he deliver his soul from the hand of the underworld. Selah.
[PSA.89.50] Where are your earlier kindnesses, my Lord? You swore to David in your faithfulness.
[PSA.89.51] Remember, my Lord, the reproach of your servants, which I have carried in my bosom among many peoples.
[PSA.89.52] That your enemies have reproached Yahveh, that they have reproached the footsteps of your anointed one.
[PSA.89.53] Blessed is Yahveh forever, amen and amen.
PSA.90
[PSA.90.1] This is a prayer to Moses, the man of the Gods. My Lord, you have been a dwelling place for us, for generation after generation.
[PSA.90.2] Before the mountains were born, and the earth and the world brought forth, from eternity to eternity you are God.
[PSA.90.3] You return humankind to weakness; and she said, “Return, sons of Adam.”
[PSA.90.4] For a thousand years in your eyes are as yesterday that passes, and a watch in the night.
[PSA.90.5] Their dew will be quiet; in the morning, it will pass away like grass.
[PSA.90.6] In the morning it will sprout and pass away; to the evening it will bloom and wither.
[PSA.90.7] For we are finished in your anger, and in your wrath we are terrified.
[PSA.90.8] Cover our iniquities before you. Let our darkness be for the light of your face.
[PSA.90.9] For all our days pass in your aging; we have spent our years like a sigh.
[PSA.90.10] The days of our years are in them seventy years, and if with strength, eighty years, and its majority is labor and wickedness, for fleeting is the person and vanishes.
[PSA.90.11] Who knows the power of your wrath, and as to your fear, your discipline?
[PSA.90.12] To number our days, so acknowledge, and understand a heart of wisdom.
[PSA.90.13] Return, Yahveh, until when? And relent over your servants.
[PSA.90.14] Satisfy us in the morning with your lovingkindness, and we will sing and rejoice all our days.
[PSA.90.15] Rejoice us as the years of our affliction, the years we saw evil.
[PSA.90.16] He will appear to your servants, God, your acts and your glory upon their sons.
[PSA.90.17] May the pleasantness of my Lord, the Gods, be upon us, and establish the work of our hands upon us, and may the work of our hands establish it.
PSA.91
[PSA.91.1] The one who dwells in the secret place of God Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
[PSA.91.2] I say to Yahveh, "You are my refuge and my fortress. My God, I will trust in Him."
[PSA.91.3] For he will save you from the snare of the hunter, from the speech of the wasting disease.
[PSA.91.4] In His bosom Yahveh will cover for you, and under His wings you will find refuge. Shadow and faithfulness are His.
[PSA.91.5] Do not fear from the fear of night, from an arrow flying during the day.
[PSA.91.6] From the desert, Yahveh walks in darkness; from shadow, destruction comes at midday.
[PSA.91.7] He will cause a thousand to fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right; to you they will not approach.
[PSA.91.8] Only look intently in your eyes, and you will see the recompense of the wicked.
[PSA.91.9] For you are Yahveh, my refuge, the Most High; you have set your dwelling.
[PSA.91.10] No evil will happen to you, and a plague will not approach your tent.
[PSA.91.11] For the Gods will command you to guard you in all your ways.
[PSA.91.12] They will carry you on hands, lest you strike your foot against a stone.
[PSA.91.13] Upon the jackal and the viper you will tread. You will crush the lion cub and the dragon.
[PSA.91.14] For in my desire I will deliver him. I will exalt him, because he knew my name.
[PSA.91.15] He will call to me, and I will answer him. I am with him in distress. I will deliver him, and I will honor him.
[PSA.91.16] Length of days I will satisfy him, and I will show him in my salvation.
PSA.92
[PSA.92.1] A psalm, a song for the day of the Sabbath.
[PSA.92.2] It is good to give thanks to Yahveh and to sing praise to your name, most high.
[PSA.92.3] To declare your lovingkindness in the morning, and your faithfulness in the nights.
[PSA.92.4] Regarding the ashor and regarding the navel, regarding the higayon with a lyre.
[PSA.92.5] For you have made me glad, Yahveh, with your acts; with the works of your hands, I will celebrate.
[PSA.92.6] What great are your works, Yahveh. Very deep are your thoughts.
[PSA.92.7] A man lacking understanding will not know, and a fool will not understand this.
[PSA.92.8] When the wicked flourish like grass, and all who work iniquity sprout, it is for their destruction forever.
[PSA.92.9] And you are the exalted one, forever, Yahveh.
[PSA.92.10] For behold, your enemies, Yahveh; behold, your enemies will be destroyed, they will be scattered, all doers of iniquity.
[PSA.92.11] And I raised up the wild oxen, my horns I have filled with fresh oil.
[PSA.92.12] And my eyes looked at those who rise against me, evildoers. Then my ears will hear.
[PSA.92.13] The righteous one will flourish like a palm tree, and will grow strong like a cedar in Lebanon.
[PSA.92.14] The planted ones will be in the house of Yahveh. They will flourish in the courts of the Gods.
[PSA.92.15] Still they will flourish in old age, prosperous and vigorous they will be.
[PSA.92.16] To declare that Yahveh is righteous, my rock, and there is no fault in him.
PSA.93
[PSA.93.1] Yahveh reigns, majesty He has clothed. Yahveh has clothed Himself with strength and girded Himself. Also, He establishes the world, it will not be moved.
[PSA.93.2] Established is your throne from then, from eternity you are.
[PSA.93.3] The rivers carry Yahveh, the rivers carry their voice, the rivers lift up their glory.
[PSA.93.4] From the voices of many mighty waters, the breaking of the sea is mighty. Yahveh is mighty in the heights.
[PSA.93.5] Your testimonies are very faithful; glorious holiness belongs to your house, Yahveh, for the length of days.
PSA.94
[PSA.94.1] God of Vengeances, Yahveh; God of Vengeances appears.
[PSA.94.2] Surely the Judge of the earth will give reward against the arrogant.
[PSA.94.3] How long, the wicked, Yahveh? How long will the wicked rejoice?
[PSA.94.4] They will bring forth, they will speak greatness, they will be full, all doers of iniquity.
[PSA.94.5] Your people, Yahveh, they will crush, and your inheritance, they will afflict.
[PSA.94.6] They will kill the widow and the foreigner, and they will murder the orphans.
[PSA.94.7] And they said, Yahveh will not be seen, and the Gods of Jacob will not be understood.
[PSA.94.8] Understand, simple among the people, and how long will you foolish ones become wise?
[PSA.94.9] Does He who plants an ear not hear? If He who forms an eye does He not see?
[PSA.94.10] Does the one who corrects nations not also reprove? Does the one who teaches humankind knowledge not also instruct?
[PSA.94.11] Yahveh knows the thoughts of humankind, because they are fleeting.
[PSA.94.12] Blessed is the man whom Yahveh disciplines, and from your law you teach him.
[PSA.94.13] To quiet for him from waters of evil, until is consumed for the wicked destruction.
[PSA.94.14] For Yahveh will not abandon his people, and he will not forsake his inheritance.
[PSA.94.15] For until justice returns, judgment will not come, and after it, all who are upright in heart will come.
[PSA.94.16] Who will stand with me against evildoers? Who will establish himself with those who work iniquity?
[PSA.94.17] If not for Yahveh’s help to me, my soul would have almost dwelt in silence.
[PSA.94.18] If I have said my foot is lowered, the lovingkindness of Yahveh will support me.
[PSA.94.19] In multitude of my trembling within me, your consolations delight my soul.
[PSA.94.20] The binding of your throne, the creator of trouble according to law.
[PSA.94.21] They will show favor to the soul of the righteous, and they will declare innocent blood guilty.
[PSA.94.22] And it was that Yahveh was to me a fortress, and my Gods were a rock, my refuge.
[PSA.94.23] And He returns upon them their evil, and in their wickedness He will destroy them. He will destroy them, Yahveh, the Gods, our.
PSA.95
[PSA.95.1] Let us go and sing joyfully to Yahveh. Let us shout for joy to the rock of our salvation.
[PSA.95.2] We will anticipate his face with thankfulness, with songs we will shout to him.
[PSA.95.3] For God is great, Yahveh is great, and a great king over all the gods.
[PSA.95.4] Who has in his hand the searching of the land and the treasures of the mountains belong to him.
[PSA.95.5] Which belongs to God, the sea, and He made it, and the dry land His hands formed.
[PSA.95.6] Come, let us prostrate ourselves and kneel, let us bless before Yahveh, our maker.
[PSA.95.7] For he is our Gods, and we are the people of his pasture, and the flock of his hand. Today, if in his voice you will hear.
[PSA.95.8] Do not harden your hearts like strife, like the day of testing in the wilderness.
[PSA.95.9] Which your fathers tested me, they proved me, and also they saw my works.
[PSA.95.10] For forty years I was angered by the generation, and I said, "They are a people who wander in their hearts, and they did not know my ways."
[PSA.95.11] That I have sworn in my anger, if they come to my rest.
PSA.96
[PSA.96.1] Sing to Yahveh a new song. Sing to Yahveh, all the earth.
[PSA.96.2] Sing to Yahveh, bless His name, declare His salvation from day to day.
[PSA.96.3] Relate to the nations his glory, and to all the peoples, his wonders.
[PSA.96.4] For great is Yahveh and greatly praised is he, awesome is he above all the Gods.
[PSA.96.5] For all the Gods of the peoples are idols, and Yahveh made the heavens.
[PSA.96.6] Splendor and glory are before His face, strength and beauty are in His sanctuary.
[PSA.96.7] Bring families of peoples to Yahveh. Bring honor and strength to Yahveh.
[PSA.96.8] Bring to Yahveh the glory of His name, carry an offering, and come to His courts.
[PSA.96.9] Bow down to Yahveh in the splendor of holiness. Tremble before his face, all the earth.
[PSA.96.10] Say among the nations that Yahveh reigns. Even firmly established is the world, it will not waver. He will judge the nations with uprightness.
[PSA.96.11] Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad. Let the sea roar, and all that is within it.
[PSA.96.12] Let my field rejoice, and all that is in it. Then will all trees of the forest sing.
[PSA.96.13] Before Yahveh, because he comes, because he comes to judge the land, he will judge the world with justice and the peoples with his faithfulness.
PSA.97
[PSA.97.1] Yahveh reigned, the earth will rejoice, many islands will be glad.
[PSA.97.2] Clouds and thick darkness are around Him. Righteousness and justice are the place of His throne.
[PSA.97.3] Fire goes before Him, and it flames around His enemies.
[PSA.97.4] Let its flashes shine upon the world, the world saw, and the earth trembled.
[PSA.97.5] Mountains melted like metal before Yahveh, before my Lord of all the earth.
[PSA.97.6] Let the heavens declare his righteousness, and let all the peoples see his glory.
[PSA.97.7] Let all those who serve idols be ashamed, those who glory in false gods. Bow down to Him, all Gods.
[PSA.97.8] She heard, and Zion rejoiced, and the daughters of Judah were glad because of your judgments, Yahveh.
[PSA.97.9] For you are Yahveh, the highest, over all the earth. Greatly exalted are you over all the Gods.
[PSA.97.10] Those who love Yahveh hate evil; the guardian of the lives of his devoted ones delivers them from the hand of the wicked ones.
[PSA.97.11] Light is sown to the righteous one and to the upright of heart, gladness.
[PSA.97.12] Rejoice, righteous ones, in Yahveh, and give thanks to the remembrance of His holiness.
PSA.98
[PSA.98.1] A psalm, sing to Yahveh a new song, for wonders he has done. Salvation is to him by his right hand, and his holy arm.
[PSA.98.2] Yahveh declared his salvation to the nations. He revealed his righteousness.
[PSA.98.3] Remember his lovingkindness and his faithfulness to the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our Gods.
[PSA.98.4] Shout for joy to Yahveh, all the earth. Break out and rejoice and sing praise.
[PSA.98.5] Sing to Yahveh with a harp, with a harp, and with the sound of a song.
[PSA.98.6] Shout with trumpets and the sound of a ram's horn before the King, Yahveh.
[PSA.98.7] The sea will roar, and all that is within it. The world and those who dwell in it.
[PSA.98.8] The rivers will clap their hands together, and the mountains will sing.
[PSA.98.9] Before Yahveh, for he has come to judge the earth, he will judge the world with justice and peoples with uprightness.
PSA.99
[PSA.99.1] Yahveh reigns; let the peoples tremble. The one who sits among the cherubim, let the earth be shaken.
[PSA.99.2] Yahveh in Zion is great, and He is elevated above all peoples.
[PSA.99.3] They will confess your name is great and terrible, the Gods are holy.
[PSA.99.4] And the strength of the king of judgement, love you have established from uprightness, judgement and righteousness in Jacob, you have done.
[PSA.99.5] Exalt Yahveh, our Gods, and bow down before the glory of His feet. Holy is He.
[PSA.99.6] Moses and Aaron with the priests, and Samuel with those who call upon His name, called to Yahveh, and He answered them.
[PSA.99.7] In a pillar of cloud, Yahveh speaks to them. They guarded his testimonies, and a law he gave to them.
[PSA.99.8] Yahveh, the Gods our, you answered them. You were a carrier to them, and an avenger on their plots.
[PSA.99.9] Exalt Yahveh, our Gods, and bow down before the holy mountain, for Yahveh, our Gods, is holy.
PSA.100
[PSA.100.1] A psalm of thanksgiving. Shout joyfully to Yahveh, all the earth.
[PSA.100.2] Serve Yahveh with joy. Come before him with a joyful sound.
[PSA.100.3] Know that Yahveh is the Gods, He has made us, and not we ourselves are His people, but we are the sheep of His pasture.
[PSA.100.4] Come into His gates with thanksgiving and into His courts with praise. Give thanks to Him and bless His name.
[PSA.100.5] For Yahveh is good forever, His goodness, and to all generations, His faithfulness.
PSA.101
[PSA.101.1] To David, a Psalm. Lovingkindness and justice I will sing to you, Yahveh. I will make music to Yahveh.
[PSA.101.2] I intend to be in a path of integrity. When will the Gods come to me? I will walk in the integrity of my heart within the confines of my house.
[PSA.101.3] I did not create before my eyes a worthless thing; to do deviations, I hated. It will not cling to me.
[PSA.101.4] A twisted heart will depart from me; I do not know wickedness.
[PSA.101.5] Slanderously, I speak against my companion in secret; him I will destroy, the proud of eye and broad of heart. But him, I cannot.
[PSA.101.6] My eyes are on the faithful of the land to dwell with them. One walks in a perfect way, and they will serve me.
[PSA.101.7] One doing deceit, one speaking falsehoods, will not dwell in the midst of my house, nor will they stand before my eyes.
[PSA.101.8] In the mornings, I will destroy all the wicked of the land, to eliminate from the city of Yahveh all the doers of evil.
PSA.102
[PSA.102.1] A prayer of the afflicted one when he is overwhelmed, and before Yahveh he pours out his complaint.
[PSA.102.2] Yahveh, hear my prayer and let my cry come to you.
[PSA.102.3] Do not hide your face from me in a day of distress to me. Incline your ear to me in a day I call. Quickly answer me.
[PSA.102.4] For my days are finished in smoke, and my bones are like a pot that is burned.
[PSA.102.5] My heart has been withered like grass, because I have forgotten to eat my bread.
[PSA.102.6] From the sound of my sighing, it has stuck to my bone, to my flesh.
[PSA.102.7] I likened myself to a wilderness place. I was like a cup of ruins.
[PSA.102.8] I have watched and I will be, like a solitary bird upon a roof.
[PSA.102.9] All day my enemies revile me, they are glorified in me, they have sworn against me.
[PSA.102.10] For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my tears in my drink.
[PSA.102.11] Before your anger and your fury, because the Gods lifted me and cast me down.
[PSA.102.12] My days are like a declining shadow, and I am like dried up grass.
[PSA.102.13] And you, Yahveh, will dwell forever, and your remembrance will be for generation and generation.
[PSA.102.14] You will rise and have mercy on Zion, for the time to favor her has come.
[PSA.102.15] For your servants desired its stones, and they will show grace to us with its dust.
[PSA.102.16] And the nations will fear the name Yahveh, and all the kings of the earth will fear your glory.
[PSA.102.17] For Yahveh built Zion, it has been seen in His glory.
[PSA.102.18] God turned to the prayer of the supplicant and did not despise their prayer.
[PSA.102.19] This will be written for a future generation, and a created people will praise Yahveh.
[PSA.102.20] For he looked down from the height of his holiness, Yahveh from the heavens to the earth he looked.
[PSA.102.21] To hear the groaning of a prisoner, to open the children of death.
[PSA.102.22] To declare the name of Yahveh in Zion and His praise in Jerusalem.
[PSA.102.23] When peoples are gathered together and kingdoms, it is to worship Yahveh.
[PSA.102.24] Affliction answers on the course of his strength, shortness his days.
[PSA.102.25] I say to God: Do not take me away in the midst of my days, throughout the generations of Your years.
[PSA.102.26] Before, You founded the earth, and the work of Your hands, the heavens.
[PSA.102.27] They will perish, and you will stand. And all of them are like a garment; they will wear out like clothing. You will replace them, and they will pass away.
[PSA.102.28] And you are He, and your years will not be finished.
[PSA.102.29] The sons of your servants will dwell, and your seed will prosper before you.
PSA.103
[PSA.103.1] To David: Bless, my soul, Yahveh, and all my inner parts bless His holy name.
[PSA.103.2] Bless, my soul, Yahveh, and do not forget all of his rewards.
[PSA.103.3] The one who pardons all your iniquities, the healer of all your diseases.
[PSA.103.4] The redeemer of my life from corruption, the one who crowns me with loving-kindness and compassion.
[PSA.103.5] The one who satisfies with goodness your youth, you will be renewed like an eagle, your youth.
[PSA.103.6] The one who does righteousness is Yahveh, and justice to all who are defrauded.
[PSA.103.7] He will make known his ways to Moses, to the children of Israel his deeds.
[PSA.103.8] Compassionate and gracious is Yahveh, patient and great in lovingkindness.
[PSA.103.9] God will not contend forever, and God will not be angry forever.
[PSA.103.10] Not according to our sins has God done to us, and not according to our iniquities has he repaid upon us.
[PSA.103.11] For as the height of the heavens is above the earth, so great is His loving-kindness toward those who fear Him.
[PSA.103.12] As far as the east is from the west, the Gods have removed our sins from us.
[PSA.103.13] As a father has compassion upon sons, so Yahveh has compassion upon those who fear Him.
[PSA.103.14] For He knows our formation, remember that we are dust.
[PSA.103.15] Mortal man is like grass; his days are as a sprout of the field. So it sprouts.
[PSA.103.16] For a spirit has passed over him, and he is not; and they will not recognize his place anymore.
[PSA.103.17] And the loving-kindness of Yahveh is from forever and to forever upon those who fear Him, and His righteousness is to the children of children.
[PSA.103.18] To the keepers of the covenant of Yahveh and to those remembering the commandments of the Gods to perform them.
[PSA.103.19] Yahveh in the heavens prepared his throne, and his kingdom rules over everything.
[PSA.103.20] Bless Yahveh, you His angels, mighty warriors of strength, doing His word, to listen to the sound of His word.
[PSA.103.21] Bless Yahveh, all you of his armies, his servants, those who do his will.
[PSA.103.22] Bless Yahveh, all his works, in every place of his rule. Bless, my soul, Yahveh.
PSA.104
[PSA.104.1] Bless my soul, Yahveh. Yahveh, my Gods, you have become very great. You have clothed yourself with splendor and glory.
[PSA.104.2] The one who wraps in light, like a garment. The one who stretches out the heavens like a curtain.
[PSA.104.3] The one who forms in the waters his heights, the one who sets clouds for his riding, the one who walks upon the wings of wind.
[PSA.104.4] The maker of his messengers are winds, his servants are flaming fire.
[PSA.104.5] God founded the earth upon its places, it will not waver forever and ever.
[PSA.104.6] The deep covered it. Waters will stand upon the mountains.
[PSA.104.7] From your rebuke they will flee, from the sound of your thunder they will hasten away.
[PSA.104.8] The mountains will rise, the valleys will descend, to this place that you founded for them.
[PSA.104.9] A boundary you set, they shall not pass over, they shall not return to dwell, to cover the Earth.
[PSA.104.10] The one sending forth springs in the valleys, between the mountains they will walk.
[PSA.104.11] Let all the animals of the field drink. Let the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
[PSA.104.12] Upon them the birds of the heavens will dwell; among the branches they will give voice.
[PSA.104.13] God waters the mountains from their heights. The land is satisfied from the produce of your hands.
[PSA.104.14] God causes grass to sprout for the animal and grass for the service of humankind, to bring forth bread from the land.
[PSA.104.15] And wine will gladden the heart of humankind, causing faces to shine from oil, and bread will sustain the heart of humankind.
[PSA.104.16] The trees of Yahveh will be satisfied, the cedars of Lebanon that He planted.
[PSA.104.17] Which is where birds will nest, the stork in the fir trees, its house.
[PSA.104.18] The high mountains are for the wild goats, the rocks are shelter for the rock badgers.
[PSA.104.19] He made the moon for appointed times, the sun knows its setting.
[PSA.104.20] You establish darkness, and it will be night. In it, all the creatures of the forest will stir.
[PSA.104.21] The young lions roar for prey and seek their food from God.
[PSA.104.22] The sun will rise, they will gather, and to their shelters they will lie down.
[PSA.104.23] Let man go out to his work and to his service until evening.
[PSA.104.24] How numerous are your works, Yahveh, all of them you made with wisdom. The earth is full of your possessions.
[PSA.104.25] This is the sea, large and wide of hands, where teem creatures, and there is not a number of animals, small with great.
[PSA.104.26] There, ships travel; this Leviathan you created for play with it.
[PSA.104.27] All of them will turn to you to have their food given in its time.
[PSA.104.28] You will give to them that they gather. You open your hand, they are satisfied with good.
[PSA.104.29] If you hide your face, they will be dismayed; their spirit will fail, and they will return to dust.
[PSA.104.30] You shall send your breath, they shall be created, and you shall renew the face of the earth.
[PSA.104.31] May the glory of Yahveh be forever. May Yahveh rejoice in his works.
[PSA.104.32] The one who beholds at the earth, and it trembles. He touches at the mountains, and they smoke.
[PSA.104.33] I will sing to Yahveh while I live. I will psalm to the God while I am.
[PSA.104.34] Let my discourse be pleasing to Him. I will rejoice in Yahveh.
[PSA.104.35] May the sinners be finished from the earth, and the wicked no longer be. Bless my soul Yahveh. Praise Yahveh.
PSA.105
[PSA.105.1] Give thanks to Yahveh, call out in His name, and make known His deeds among the peoples.
[PSA.105.2] Sing to him, play music to him, speak of all his wonders.
[PSA.105.3] Praise in the name of His holy one. May the heart of those who seek Yahveh rejoice.
[PSA.105.4] Seek Yahveh and his strength. Seek his face always.
[PSA.105.5] Remember the wonders that the Gods did, the signs and the judgments of his mouth.
[PSA.105.6] The offspring of Abraham, his servant, are the sons of Jacob, his chosen ones.
[PSA.105.7] He is Yahveh, the Gods our, in all the earth are His judgements.
[PSA.105.8] He remembers forever his covenant, a word he commanded to a thousand generations.
[PSA.105.9] Which God made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac.
[PSA.105.10] And he established it for Jacob as a statute, for Israel as an everlasting covenant.
[PSA.105.11] To say to you, the Gods will give the land of Canaan, a portion of your inheritance.
[PSA.105.12] When they are being counted as nearly dwelling within it.
[PSA.105.13] And they walked from nation to nation, from kingdom to another people.
[PSA.105.14] God did not abandon humankind to oppression, and instead, the Gods reproved kings on their behalf.
[PSA.105.15] Do not touch my anointed ones, and do not harass my prophets.
[PSA.105.16] And hunger was called upon the land; all food broke.
[PSA.105.17] He sent someone before them as a servant sold, Joseph.
[PSA.105.18] Afflict with a rope his feet, iron has entered his life.
[PSA.105.19] Until the time of the coming of the word, the saying of Yahveh refines it.
[PSA.105.20] A king sent and released him, a ruler of peoples, and he opened him up.
[PSA.105.21] They have established my Lord as the head of their house, and he rules over all that they own.
[PSA.105.22] To bind his rulers with his self, and his elders they will be wise.
[PSA.105.23] And Israel came to Egypt, and Jacob lived in the land of Ham.
[PSA.105.24] And the Gods multiplied his people greatly, and he made them strong from their enemies.
[PSA.105.25] He turned their heart to hate his people, to plot against his servants.
[PSA.105.26] Moses sent his servant Aaron, the one whom he had chosen.
[PSA.105.27] They placed in them the words of his signs, and wonders in the land of Ham.
[PSA.105.28] God sent darkness and made it dark, and they did not understand his word.
[PSA.105.29] The turning of their waters to blood, and He killed their fish.
[PSA.105.30] Their land swarmed with frogs, even in the chambers of their kings.
[PSA.105.31] And it was declared that a swarm of insects came into all of their territory.
[PSA.105.32] God gave their rains as hail, fire, and flames in their land.
[PSA.105.33] And struck their vineyards and their fig trees, and broke the tree of their boundary.
[PSA.105.34] He said and a multitude came, and it devoured, and there is no number.
[PSA.105.35] And he consumed all the grass in their land, and he consumed the fruit of their land.
[PSA.105.36] And God struck all the firstborn in their land, the beginning for all their power.
[PSA.105.37] And he took them out with silver and gold, and there was no capable person among their tribes.
[PSA.105.38] Egypt rejoiced in their going out, for their fear fell upon them.
[PSA.105.39] God spread out a cloud as a covering, and fire to illuminate the night.
[PSA.105.40] He asked, and he brought his sufficiency, and bread from heaven will satisfy them.
[PSA.105.41] The rock opened, and water flowed. It flowed in the crevices as a river.
[PSA.105.42] For He remembered the holy word, Abraham, His servant.
[PSA.105.43] And God brought out his people with joy, with singing, the chosen ones.
[PSA.105.44] And he gave to them lands of nations, and they will inherit the labor of nations.
[PSA.105.45] Because of this, they will keep his statutes, and they will guard his laws. Praise Yahveh.
PSA.106
[PSA.106.1] Praise Yahveh, give thanks to Yahveh for He is good, for His lovingkindness is forever.
[PSA.106.2] Who can declare the powers of Yahveh? Who can make known all of his praise?
[PSA.106.3] Blessed are the keepers of judgment, doing righteousness at all times.
[PSA.106.4] Remember me, Yahveh, with the good will of your people; attend to me with your salvation.
[PSA.106.5] To see the goodness of your chosen ones, to rejoice in the joy of your nation, to boast with your inheritance.
[PSA.106.6] We have sinned with our fathers, we have done wrong, we have acted wickedly.
[PSA.106.7] Our ancestors in Egypt did not comprehend the wonders of the Gods, they did not remember the abundance of God’s kindness, and they rebelled at the Sea of Reeds.
[PSA.106.8] And He saved them for the sake of His name, to make known His strength.
[PSA.106.9] And God rebuked the Red Sea, and it was destroyed, and He led them in the depths as though it were a desert.
[PSA.106.10] And He saved them from the hand of one who hates, and He redeemed them from the hand of an enemy.
[PSA.106.11] And the waters covered their enemies; not one of them remained.
[PSA.106.12] And they believed in his words, they will sing his praise.
[PSA.106.13] They hastened to forget the Gods’ acts; they did not wait for his counsel.
[PSA.106.14] And they intensely desired a desire in the wilderness, and they tested God in the desolate place.
[PSA.106.15] And he gave to them what they asked for, and he sent a wasting into their souls.
[PSA.106.16] They were envious of Moses in the camp, and Aaron was set apart as holy to Yahveh.
[PSA.106.17] The earth opened and swallowed Dathan, and it covered upon the assembly of Abiram.
[PSA.106.18] And a fire burned in their congregation, a flame blazing against the wicked ones.
[PSA.106.19] They made a calf at Horeb, and they prostrated themselves to an image.
[PSA.106.20] And they exchanged their glory for the form of an ox eating grass.
[PSA.106.21] They forgot God, their savior, the one who does great deeds in Egypt.
[PSA.106.22] Wonderful deeds in the land of Cham, awe-inspiring things upon the Sea of Suf.
[PSA.106.23] And He said to destroy them, were it not for Moses, His chosen one, who stood in the breach before Him, to turn back His wrath from destroying.
[PSA.106.24] And they refused in a desired land, they did not believe to his word.
[PSA.106.25] They stirred up anger within their tents, and they did not listen to the voice of Yahveh.
[PSA.106.26] And he lifted his hand against them, to cause them to fall in the wilderness.
[PSA.106.27] And to scatter their seed among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.
[PSA.106.28] And they clung to the Lord Baal Peor, and they ate sacrifices of the dead.
[PSA.106.29] And they angered the Gods with their deeds, and a plague burst forth in them.
[PSA.106.30] And Phinehas stood and interceded, and the plague stopped.
[PSA.106.31] And it was counted to him as righteousness for generations forever.
[PSA.106.32] And they provoked the Gods at the waters of Meribah, and it displeased Yahveh because of them.
[PSA.106.33] For they rebelled against the spirit, and he expressed it with his lips.
[PSA.106.34] They did not destroy the nations that Yahveh said to them.
[PSA.106.35] And they mixed with the nations, and they learned their deeds.
[PSA.106.36] And they served their idols, and those idols became a snare to them.
[PSA.106.37] And they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons.
[PSA.106.38] And they poured out innocent blood, the blood of their sons and their daughters, which they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was defiled with blood.
[PSA.106.39] And they defiled themselves by their deeds, and were unfaithful in their acts.
[PSA.106.40] And Yahveh burned with anger toward his people, and he abhorred his inheritance.
[PSA.106.41] And He gave them into the hand of nations, and their enemies ruled over them.
[PSA.106.42] Their enemies oppressed them, and they submitted under their power.
[PSA.106.43] Many times He will save them, and they will rebel in their plans, and Yahveh will crush them in their iniquity.
[PSA.106.44] And Yahveh saw their distress and heard the sound of their cry.
[PSA.106.45] And He remembered His covenant to them, and He regretted due to the abundance of His lovingkindness.
[PSA.106.46] And He gave them to compassion before all their captors.
[PSA.106.47] Save us, Yahveh, our Gods, and gather us from among the nations to give thanks to your holy name, to praise with your praise.
[PSA.106.48] Blessed is Yahveh, the Gods of Israel, from eternity and to eternity. And all the people said, "Amen." Praise Yah.
PSA.107
[PSA.107.1] Give thanks to Yahveh, for He is good, for His lovingkindness is everlasting.
[PSA.107.2] The redeemed ones will say, "The Gods, who redeemed them from the hand of the adversary."
[PSA.107.3] From lands they gather, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.
[PSA.107.4] They wandered in the wilderness, in a desolate way; they did not find a city for a dwelling.
[PSA.107.5] They are hungry, they are also thirsty. Their person will be wrapped in them.
[PSA.107.6] And they cried out to Yahveh in their distress, and He will save them from their troubles.
[PSA.107.7] And the Gods guided them on a straight path to walk to a city of habitation.
[PSA.107.8] They will confess to Yahveh His lovingkindness, and His wonders to the children of man.
[PSA.107.9] For He satisfies the yearning soul, and He fills the hungry soul with good.
[PSA.107.10] The dwellers in darkness and the shadow of death, the prisoners of affliction and iron.
[PSA.107.11] For they rebelled against the words of God, and they despised the advice of God Most High.
[PSA.107.12] And they were humbled by the labor of their hearts, they failed, and there was no helper.
[PSA.107.13] And they cried out to Yahveh in the distress to them, from their difficulties he will deliver them.
[PSA.107.14] He will bring them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and He will break their bonds.
[PSA.107.15] They will confess to Yahveh His lovingkindness, and His wonders to the children of man.
[PSA.107.16] For He broke the doors of bronze and severed the bars of iron.
[PSA.107.17] Foolish people suffer from the path of their transgression and from their iniquities they will be afflicted.
[PSA.107.18] All food their selves loathe, and they reached to the gates of death.
[PSA.107.19] And they cried out to Yahveh in the distress to them, from their difficulties he will deliver them.
[PSA.107.20] He will send his word and heal them, and he will deliver from their corruptions.
[PSA.107.21] Give thanks to Yahveh for His kindness, and His wonders to humankind.
[PSA.107.22] And they will sacrifice sacrifices of thanksgiving, and they will recount His deeds with singing.
[PSA.107.23] Those who go down to the sea in ships are those who do work in many waters.
[PSA.107.24] They saw the works of Yahveh and his wonders in the deep.
[PSA.107.25] And he said, and he commanded a spirit of a storm, and its waves were lifted up.
[PSA.107.26] Let the heavens ascend and let the deeps descend. Their being surges with evil.
[PSA.107.27] They will reel and stagger like a drunkard, and all of their wisdom will be swallowed up.
[PSA.107.28] They cried out to Yahveh in distress to them, and from their troubles He will bring them out.
[PSA.107.29] God established a storm to silence, and their waves were subdued.
[PSA.107.30] And they rejoiced because they are silent, and they regretted it towards the desire of their heart.
[PSA.107.31] They will confess to Yahveh His lovingkindness, and His wonders to the children of man.
[PSA.107.32] And they will exalt him in an assembly of people, and in a seat of elders they will praise him.
[PSA.107.33] He will set rivers to desert, and the outlets of water to thirst.
[PSA.107.34] The land yields produce for salt, devastated by those dwelling in it.
[PSA.107.35] He will set the wilderness to a pool of water, and the arid land to sources of water.
[PSA.107.36] And the hungry ones sat there, and they established a city of dwelling.
[PSA.107.37] And they sowed fields and they planted vineyards, and they produced fruit of grain.
[PSA.107.38] And the Gods blessed them and they increased greatly, and their livestock will not be diminished.
[PSA.107.39] And they diminished and were weakened, from a restrainer of evil and sorrow.
[PSA.107.40] The Gods pour contempt upon nobles, and He scattered them in a wasteland where no one steps.
[PSA.107.41] And He exalted the poor from my affliction, and He set families like sheep.
[PSA.107.42] Let the upright ones see and rejoice, and all iniquity has leaped at her mouth.
[PSA.107.43] Who is wise and keeps these things, and who understands the kindnesses of Yahveh?
PSA.108
[PSA.108.1] A song, a psalm, belonging to David.
[PSA.108.2] My heart is prepared, the Gods. I will sing and I will praise, even my glory.
[PSA.108.3] Awaken, the harp and lyre, for I will awaken the dawn.
[PSA.108.4] I will thank you among the peoples, Yahveh, and I will sing praise to you, not among the nations.
[PSA.108.5] For great above the heavens is your lovingkindness, and to the clouds your faithfulness.
[PSA.108.6] Exalt yourself upon the heavens, the Gods, and upon all the earth is your glory.
[PSA.108.7] For the sake of my beloved ones, save with your right hand and answer me.
[PSA.108.8] The Gods spoke in holiness, with joy I will divide Shechem, and I will measure out the valley of Sukkot.
[PSA.108.9] Gilead is mine, Manasseh is mine, and Ephraim is the strength of my head. Judah is my lawgiver.
[PSA.108.10] Moab is my washbasin, over Edom I will throw my sandal. Upon Philistia I will loudly proclaim my triumph.
[PSA.108.11] Who will lead me to a fortified city? Who will guide me to Edom?
[PSA.108.12] Have the Gods not abandoned us, and will the Gods not go out with our armies?
[PSA.108.13] Let us have help from distress, and false is the salvation of a human being.
[PSA.108.14] With the Gods, we will make power, and He will crush our enemies.
PSA.109
[PSA.109.1] To the musical director, a Psalm of David. The Gods, do not be silent regarding my praise.
[PSA.109.2] For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have opened against me, they speak to me with a false tongue.
[PSA.109.3] And words of hatred surrounded me, and they fought against me for nothing.
[PSA.109.4] Instead of my love, they hate me, and I pray.
[PSA.109.5] And they placed evil upon me instead of good, and hatred instead of my love.
[PSA.109.6] Turn over him a wicked one, and let an adversary stand at his right hand.
[PSA.109.7] When the wicked one is judged, he will emerge, and his prayer will be for sin.
[PSA.109.8] His days will be few, and another will take his office.
[PSA.109.9] His sons will be orphans, and his wife a widow.
[PSA.109.10] And Noa and his sons will move, and they will ask, and they will seek from their swords.
[PSA.109.11] He sets a trap for all that is his, and strangers will plunder his labor.
[PSA.109.12] Let there not be one who extends lovingkindness to him, and let there not be one who shows favor to his orphans.
[PSA.109.13] Let their end be to destruction, in a following generation may their name be blotted out.
[PSA.109.14] May the iniquity of his ancestors be remembered to Yahveh, and may the sin of his mother not be blotted out.
[PSA.109.15] Let them be against Yahveh always, and may he cut off their memory from the land.
[PSA.109.16] Because he did not remember to do kindness, and pursued the poor man and the needy, and those with broken hearts to their death.
[PSA.109.17] And he loved a curse, and it came to him, and he did not desire a blessing, and it moved far from him.
[PSA.109.18] And a curse clothed itself like a garment, and came like water into his inward parts, and like oil into his bones.
[PSA.109.19] May it be to him like a garment he wears, and may he always be girded as a sash to her.
[PSA.109.20] This is the act of the adversary from Yahveh, and those who speak evil against my soul.
[PSA.109.21] And you, Yahveh my Lord, make it for me for the sake of Your name, for Your lovingkindness is good, rescue me.
[PSA.109.22] For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
[PSA.109.23] I walked in the shadow of the wings of God, and I was agitated like a grasshopper.
[PSA.109.24] My knees have weakened from fasting, and my flesh has denied nourishment.
[PSA.109.25] And I was a disgrace to them. They will see me, they shake their head.
[PSA.109.26] Help me, Yahveh, my Gods. Save me according to your kindness.
[PSA.109.27] And they will know that this is your hand, you Yahveh have made it.
[PSA.109.28] They will curse, but you, God, will bless. They will rise up and be ashamed, and your servant will rejoice.
[PSA.109.29] Their enemies will wear shame and cover themselves with their disgrace.
[PSA.109.30] I will praise Yahveh greatly with my mouth, and among many I will praise Him.
[PSA.109.31] For he will stand to the right of the poor one to deliver him from the judges of his life.
PSA.110
[PSA.110.1] To David, a psalm. The declaration of Yahveh to my Lord: Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.
[PSA.110.2] God will send forth the scepter of your strength from Zion, so that you may rule among your enemies.
[PSA.110.3] Your people are willing offerings on the day of Yahveh’s power, in the splendor of holiness, from the womb of the morning. To you is the dew of your youth.
[PSA.110.4] Yahveh has sworn, and He will not relent. You are a priest forever, according to My decree regarding Melchizedek.
[PSA.110.5] My Lord is at your right hand; he crushed kings in the day of his wrath.
[PSA.110.6] God will judge among the nations, full of corpses. God crushed the head upon a great land.
[PSA.110.7] He will drink from the stream along the way, therefore he will lift his head.
PSA.111
[PSA.111.1] Praise Yah, I will thank Yahveh with all my heart, in the company of the righteous and the congregation.
[PSA.111.2] The works of Yahveh are great, desired by all who have purpose.
[PSA.111.3] Splendor and glory He acted, and His righteousness stands forever.
[PSA.111.4] Remembrance he made for his wonders. Gracious and compassionate is Yahveh.
[PSA.111.5] God gives provision to those who revere Him. He will remember His covenant forever.
[PSA.111.6] The strength of His works He revealed to His people, to give them the inheritance of nations.
[PSA.111.7] The works of His hand are truth and justice, and all of His commands are reliable.
[PSA.111.8] Supported to eternity, to all time, made with truth and uprightness.
[PSA.111.9] Redemption He sent to His people, He commanded His covenant forever. Holy and fearsome is His name.
[PSA.111.10] The beginning of wisdom is the fear of Yahveh. Good understanding is for all who practice it. His praise stands forever.
PSA.112
[PSA.112.1] Praise Yahveh! Blessed is the person who fears Yahveh, and finds great delight in His commands.
[PSA.112.2] Strong in the land will be his offspring, a generation of righteous ones will be blessed.
[PSA.112.3] Substance and wealth are in his house, and his righteousness stands forever.
[PSA.112.4] Light rises in the darkness for the upright, gracious and merciful and righteous.
[PSA.112.5] Good is the person who is gracious and lends. He will sustain his affairs with justice.
[PSA.112.6] For to eternity the Gods will not be moved. For the memory of eternity, the Righteous One will be.
[PSA.112.7] He will not fear a bad report; his heart is steadfast, confident in Yahveh.
[PSA.112.8] He who trusts in his heart will not fear until the time that he sees his adversaries.
[PSA.112.9] He scatters, He gives to the poor; His righteousness stands forever. His horn will be exalted with glory.
[PSA.112.10] The wicked one will see and anger, his teeth will gnash, and the desire of the wicked ones will perish.
PSA.113
[PSA.113.1] Praise Yah, praise servants of Yahveh, praise the name of Yahveh.
[PSA.113.2] Let the name of Yahveh be blessed, from now and until forever.
[PSA.113.3] From the east of the sun until its setting, the name of Yahveh is praised.
[PSA.113.4] Exalted above all nations is Yahveh. His glory is above the heavens.
[PSA.113.5] Who is like Yahveh, the Gods of us, the one who elevates himself to sit?
[PSA.113.6] The one who humbles to see in the heavens and on the earth.
[PSA.113.7] I raise up from dust the poor. From the ashes he raises the poor one.
[PSA.113.8] To seat me with the generous, with the generous of his people.
[PSA.113.9] The one dwelling, the barren woman of the house, the mother of sons rejoices. Praise Yahveh.
PSA.114
[PSA.114.1] At the going out of Israel from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign speech.
[PSA.114.2] Judah was to holiness, Israel his dominions.
[PSA.114.3] The sea saw and fled. The Jordan will turn backward.
[PSA.114.4] The mountains danced like young rams, and the hills like lambs.
[PSA.114.5] What has happened to you, sea, that you flee? Why has the Jordan turned back?
[PSA.114.6] The mountains will leap like young deer, and the hills like lambs.
[PSA.114.7] It is before my Lord, the affliction of the earth, and it is before the God of Jacob.
[PSA.114.8] The one who turns the rock into a pool of water, and flint into a spring of water.
PSA.115
[PSA.115.1] Not to us, Yahveh, not to us, but for your name give glory, because of your lovingkindness, because of your faithfulness.
[PSA.115.2] Why do the nations say, "Where indeed are their Gods?"
[PSA.115.3] And our Gods in the heavens did all that He desired.
[PSA.115.4] Their crafts are silver and gold, the work of human hands.
[PSA.115.5] Mouths are not to them and they will not speak. Eyes are not to them and they will not see.
[PSA.115.6] They have ears, but they do not hear. They even have noses, but they do not smell.
[PSA.115.7] Their hands will not stop, and their feet will not walk, and they will not utter in their throats.
[PSA.115.8] Like them will be their makers, all who trust in them.
[PSA.115.9] Israel trusts in Yahveh, their strength and their shield is he.
[PSA.115.10] The house of Aaron, trust in Yahveh. Their strength and their shield is He.
[PSA.115.11] Those who fear Yahveh, trust in Yahveh. He is their help and their shield.
[PSA.115.12] Yahveh, remember us, may he bless the house of Israel, may he bless the house of Aaron.
[PSA.115.13] May bless those who fear Yahveh, the small ones with the great ones.
[PSA.115.14] May Yahveh add to you, add to you, and to your sons.
[PSA.115.15] Blessed are you to Yahveh, the maker of the heavens and the earth.
[PSA.115.16] The heavens are the heavens to Yahveh, and the earth He gave to the sons of humankind.
[PSA.115.17] It is not the dead who will praise Yahveh, nor all those who descend into the silence.
[PSA.115.18] And we will bless Yahveh from now and forever. Praise Yahveh.
PSA.116
[PSA.116.1] I have loved because Yahveh will hear my voice, my supplications.
[PSA.116.2] For he inclined his ear to me, and in my days I will call.
[PSA.116.3] Cords of death wrapped around me, and the straits of Sheol found me. Distress and sorrow I found.
[PSA.116.4] And in the name of Yahveh I will call; answer me, Yahveh, deliver my soul.
[PSA.116.5] Yahveh is gracious and righteous, and our Gods are compassionate.
[PSA.116.6] The guard of simpletons is Yahveh, I am poor and to me Yehoshua will bring salvation.
[PSA.116.7] Return, my soul, to your rest, for Yahveh has shown kindness to you.
[PSA.116.8] For you have rescued my life from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from slipping.
[PSA.116.9] I will walk before Yahveh in the lands of the living.
[PSA.116.10] I have believed that I speak. I have answered greatly.
[PSA.116.11] I said in my haste that all mankind is false.
[PSA.116.12] What shall I return to Yahveh, for all the recompense He has given to me?
[PSA.116.13] I will lift up the cup of salvations and I will call upon the name of Yahveh.
[PSA.116.14] My vows I will fulfill to Yahveh, opposite of him, to all his people.
[PSA.116.15] Precious in the eyes of Yahveh is the death of his faithful ones.
[PSA.116.16] Alas Yahveh, for I am your servant, I am your servant, son of your handmaid. You have opened to my discipline.
[PSA.116.17] To you, I will sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and in the name of Yahveh I will call.
[PSA.116.18] My vows I will fulfill to Yahveh, opposite of him, to all his people.
[PSA.116.19] In the courts of the house of Yahveh, within Jerusalem, praise Yahveh.
PSA.117
[PSA.117.1] Praise Yahveh, all the nations. Praise Him, all the peoples.
[PSA.117.2] For his loving kindness is strong over us, and the truth of Yahveh endures forever. Praise Yahveh.
PSA.118
[PSA.118.1] Give thanks to Yahveh, for He is good, for His loving kindness endures forever.
[PSA.118.2] Let Israel now say that His lovingkindness is forever.
[PSA.118.3] Let them say, the house of Aaron, for forever is His kindness.
[PSA.118.4] Let those who fear Yahveh please speak, for Yahveh’s kindness is forever.
[PSA.118.5] From the distress, I called Yahveh. He answered me in the spaciousness, Yahveh.
[PSA.118.6] Yahveh is mine, I will not fear. What can man do to me?
[PSA.118.7] Yahveh is for me among my helpers, and I will see my enemies.
[PSA.118.8] It is good to trust in Yahveh rather than to place confidence in humankind.
[PSA.118.9] It is good to trust in Yahveh than to trust in generous people.
[PSA.118.10] All nations surrounded me in the name of Yahveh, because they acted powerfully.
[PSA.118.11] Surround me, even surround me, in the name of Yahveh, for I will fulfill it.
[PSA.118.12] Surround me like bees, they weaken like the fire of thorns in the name of Yahveh, for I have cherished them.
[PSA.118.13] Someone pushed me to fall, but Yahveh assisted me.
[PSA.118.14] My strength and my song is Yahveh, and He was to me for salvation.
[PSA.118.15] A sound of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous ones. The right hand of Yahveh performs power.
[PSA.118.16] The right hand of Yahveh is exalted. The right hand of Yahveh makes power.
[PSA.118.17] I will not die, but I will live, and I will recount the works of Yahveh.
[PSA.118.18] Discipline, Yahveh has disciplined me, but to death He has not given me.
[PSA.118.19] Open for me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter into them and give thanks to Yahveh.
[PSA.118.20] This is the gate to Yahveh; the righteous ones will enter within it.
[PSA.118.21] I will praise you because you answered me, and you became to me for salvation.
[PSA.118.22] The stone that the builders rejected became the head corner stone.
[PSA.118.23] This was from Yahveh; it is wonderful in our eyes.
[PSA.118.24] This is the day that Yahveh made. We will rejoice and be glad in him.
[PSA.118.25] Please Yahveh, save us, please Yahveh, cause us to prosper.
[PSA.118.26] Blessed is the one coming in the name of Yahveh. We bless you from the house of Yahveh.
[PSA.118.27] God, Yahveh, appeared to us as a festival of binding in rows, up to the horns of the altar.
[PSA.118.28] My God, you are, and I will thank you. My Gods, I will exalt you.
[PSA.118.29] Give thanks to Yahveh, for He is good, for His lovingkindness endures forever.
PSA.119
[PSA.119.1] Blessed are those perfect in the way, those who walk in the instruction of Yahveh.
[PSA.119.2] Blessed are those who keep his witness, with all their heart they will seek Yahveh.
[PSA.119.3] Indeed, they did not act wrongly, but they walked in the ways of the Gods.
[PSA.119.4] You commanded your commands to be kept very much.
[PSA.119.5] My inward parts will prepare my ways to keep your statutes.
[PSA.119.6] Then I will not be ashamed when I look at all of the Gods’ commands.
[PSA.119.7] I will praise you in uprightness of heart, by learning the judgments of your righteousness.
[PSA.119.8] Your laws I will keep. Do not utterly abandon me.
[PSA.119.9] With what means can a young person purify their way, to keep according to the word of Yahveh?
[PSA.119.10] With all my heart, I have sought Yahveh. Do not cause me to stray from your commands.
[PSA.119.11] In my heart I have hidden your word, so that I may not sin to you.
[PSA.119.12] Blessed are you, Yahveh, teach me your statutes.
[PSA.119.13] With my lips I have told all the judgements of your mouth.
[PSA.119.14] In the way of your testimonies, I rejoice as concerning all wealth.
[PSA.119.15] In the commands of the Gods, I will meditate and I will consider the ways of the Gods.
[PSA.119.16] In your statutes I will delight; I will not forget your word.
[PSA.119.17] Reward upon your servant I will endure, and I will keep your word.
[PSA.119.18] Reveal my eyes, and I will look at wonders from your instruction.
[PSA.119.19] A foreigner I am in the land. Do not hide your commandments from me, the Gods.
[PSA.119.20] My soul longs for your judgements at all times.
[PSA.119.21] You have rebuked arrogant, cursed people who stray from your commandments.
[PSA.119.22] Roll away from me reproach and contempt, for I have kept your testimonies.
[PSA.119.23] Also, rulers sat and spoke; my servant meditates in your laws.
[PSA.119.24] Also, your testimonies are my delights, men of my counsel.
[PSA.119.25] My soul clings to the dust; revive me according to your word.
[PSA.119.26] I recounted my ways, and you answered me. Teach me your laws.
[PSA.119.27] The way of your commands, cause me to understand, and I will meditate in your wonders.
[PSA.119.28] My soul is weakened from longing. Establish me according to your word.
[PSA.119.29] Turn away the way of falsehood from me, and grant me favor with your teaching.
[PSA.119.30] I have chosen the way of faithfulness, and I have established the judgments of the Gods.
[PSA.119.31] I have clung to your testimonies, Yahveh. Please do not disgrace me.
[PSA.119.32] I will run in the way of your commandments, because you expand my heart.
[PSA.119.33] Teach me, Yahveh, the way of your laws, and I will keep observance closely.
[PSA.119.34] Give me understanding, and I will hold to your instruction and I will keep it with all my heart.
[PSA.119.35] Guide me in the path of your commands, for in it I have desired.
[PSA.119.36] Incline my heart towards the testimonies of the Gods, and not towards gain.
[PSA.119.37] Turn my eyes away from false sights; revive me according to your path.
[PSA.119.38] The raiser, to your servant, your word, that which is to reverence for you.
[PSA.119.39] Remove my reproach that I have suffered, for your judgements are good.
[PSA.119.40] Behold, I desire your commands. With your righteousness, make me live.
[PSA.119.41] And let your lovingkindness come to me, Yahveh. Your salvation, according to your word.
[PSA.119.42] And I will answer those who contend with me with a word, for I have trusted in your word.
[PSA.119.43] And do not hide from the mouth a word of truth exceedingly, for your judgement have I waited.
[PSA.119.44] And I will keep your law always for ever and to all time.
[PSA.119.45] And I will walk in spaciousness, for I have sought the Gods' commands.
[PSA.119.46] And I will speak concerning your decrees before kings, and I will not be ashamed.
[PSA.119.47] And I will delight in the Gods' commandments that I have loved.
[PSA.119.48] And I will lift my hands toward the commands of you, which I have loved, and I will meditate on the statutes of you.
[PSA.119.49] Remember the word to your servant, concerning that you have hoped for me.
[PSA.119.50] This is my comfort in my affliction, for your word has given me life.
[PSA.119.51] The arrogant have mocked me greatly, but I have not turned away from your instruction.
[PSA.119.52] I have remembered your judgements from forever, Yahveh, and I will take solace in them.
[PSA.119.53] Horror seized me because of the wicked, those abandoning your instruction.
[PSA.119.54] Songs were to me your statutes in the house of my dwelling.
[PSA.119.55] I remembered your name, Yahveh, in the night, and I will keep your instruction.
[PSA.119.56] This was to me because I have kept your commands.
[PSA.119.57] My portion is Yahveh, I said, to keep your words.
[PSA.119.58] I have sought your face with all my heart; grant me favor according to your word.
[PSA.119.59] I have considered my ways, and I will return my feet to the testimonies of you.
[PSA.119.60] I hurried and did not delay to keep your commandments.
[PSA.119.61] The cords of the wicked ones have twisted me, but I have not forgotten your instruction.
[PSA.119.62] At midnights I will rise to give thanks to you concerning the judgements of your righteousness.
[PSA.119.63] A friend I am to all who fear you, and to those who keep your commands.
[PSA.119.64] Your loving kindness, Yahveh, fills the earth. Teach me your laws.
[PSA.119.65] Good have you done with my servant; Yahveh, according to your word.
[PSA.119.66] Good taste and knowledge, teach me, for in the commands of the Gods I have trusted.
[PSA.119.67] Before I am, I wander. And now, I have kept your word.
[PSA.119.68] Good are you, and you do good. Teach me your statutes.
[PSA.119.69] The arrogant attach falsehoods to me, but I keep your commands with all my heart.
[PSA.119.70] My heart has become like melted fat; I have delighted in your law.
[PSA.119.71] It is good for me that I have been afflicted, in order that I may learn the laws of the Gods.
[PSA.119.72] Good to me is the instruction of your mouth from thousands of gold and silver.
[PSA.119.73] Your hands made me, and formed me. Give me understanding, and teach me your commands.
[PSA.119.74] Those who fear you will see me and rejoice, for I have hoped for your word.
[PSA.119.75] I have known Yahveh, for righteous are your judgments, and faithfulness you have answered me.
[PSA.119.76] Let your loving kindness indeed comfort me, as your word is to your servant.
[PSA.119.77] Let your mercies come to me, and I will live, for your teaching is my delight.
[PSA.119.78] Let the arrogant ones be ashamed, for they have twisted falsehoods concerning me. I will speak according to the commands of Yahveh.
[PSA.119.79] They will return to me, those who fear you, and they will know your testimonies.
[PSA.119.80] Let my heart be complete in the Gods’ statutes, in order that I not be ashamed.
[PSA.119.81] My soul has completely waited for your salvation, to your word I have waited.
[PSA.119.82] My eyes are finished looking to your word, to say when you will comfort me.
[PSA.119.83] For I have been as a wanderer in the wandering, your laws I have not forgotten.
[PSA.119.84] How many days remain for your servant? When will you do justice against those who pursue me?
[PSA.119.85] Mockers have made talk for me, which is not your instruction.
[PSA.119.86] All of your commandments are faithfulness, but lies have pursued me. Help me.
[PSA.119.87] Almost they have consumed me in the land, and I have not forsaken your commands.
[PSA.119.88] According to your kindness, God, give me life, and I will keep the testimony of your mouth.
[PSA.119.89] Forever, Yahveh, your word stands firm in the heavens.
[PSA.119.90] For generation and generation, your faithfulness, you established the earth, and it stood.
[PSA.119.91] Today, your judgments stand, for all are your servants.
[PSA.119.92] If not for your teaching, my delight, then I would have perished in my affliction.
[PSA.119.93] Forever, I will not forget your commandments, for in them you have sustained me.
[PSA.119.94] To you, I ask to be saved, because your commands I have sought.
[PSA.119.95] The wicked ones hoped to me to destroy me, your testimonies I will understand.
[PSA.119.96] To every completeness I have seen an end, your command is very spacious.
[PSA.119.97] What I have loved is your instruction, all the day it is my meditation.
[PSA.119.98] From my enemies, you make me wise through your commandments, for it is mine forever.
[PSA.119.99] From all my teachers I have understood, for the testimonies of the Gods are discourse for me.
[PSA.119.100] I have understood from old, because I have kept the Gods’ commands.
[PSA.119.101] From all evil paths, I have restrained my feet, in order that I may keep your word.
[PSA.119.102] I have not turned aside from your judgements, for you are the one who has taught me.
[PSA.119.103] How sweet are your words to my palate, more than honey to my mouth.
[PSA.119.104] From your commands I understand, for this reason I have hated all paths of falsehood.
[PSA.119.105] A lamp is to my foot, your word, and light to my path.
[PSA.119.106] I have sworn and I will fulfill to keep the judgments of your justice.
[PSA.119.107] I have been answered exceedingly. Yahveh, give me life according to your word.
[PSA.119.108] Please accept the offerings of my mouth, Yahveh, and teach me your judgments.
[PSA.119.109] My soul is always in my hand, and I have not forgotten your law.
[PSA.119.110] The wicked ones gave a snare to me, but I did not stray from your commandments.
[PSA.119.111] I have inherited your testimonies forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
[PSA.119.112] I have directed my heart to do the laws of the Gods forever, because of this.
[PSA.119.113] I have hated detestable things, and I have loved your law.
[PSA.119.114] You are my hiding place and my shield. I have hoped for your word.
[PSA.119.115] Turn away from me, evil ones, and I will keep the commandments of the Gods.
[PSA.119.116] Support me according to your word, and I will live, and do not shame me from my expectation.
[PSA.119.117] Sustain me, and I will be saved, and I will be saved always by your laws.
[PSA.119.118] You have forgiven all who stray from your laws, for you have deceived them.
[PSA.119.119] You have cast away the scum, all the wicked ones of the land. Therefore, I have loved your testimonies.
[PSA.119.120] My flesh trembled from your fear, and I feared your judgements.
[PSA.119.121] I have made justice and righteousness. Do not allow me to my oppressors.
[PSA.119.122] Evening, my servant, for good. Let not the arrogant exploit me.
[PSA.119.123] My eyes are consumed waiting for your salvation, and for the word of your righteousness.
[PSA.119.124] Do with your servant according to your loving kindness, and teach me your statutes.
[PSA.119.125] Your servant I am, understand me, and I will know your testimonies.
[PSA.119.126] It is time to do for Yahveh; they have broken your law.
[PSA.119.127] Therefore, I have loved your commandments more than gold and more than fine gold.
[PSA.119.128] Therefore, all of the commandments of all of Israel, I hated every path of falsehood.
[PSA.119.129] The wonders of your testimonies, because of them you have preserved my soul.
[PSA.119.130] The opening of your words illuminates those who have understanding of the naive.
[PSA.119.131] I have opened my mouth and breathed, for I have desired your commands.
[PSA.119.132] God, turn to me and favor me, as is just for those who love your name.
[PSA.119.133] My steps you will establish by your saying, and do not let all wickedness rule over me.
[PSA.119.134] Redeem me from the oppression of man, and I will keep your commands.
[PSA.119.135] May your face shine upon your servant, and teach me your laws.
[PSA.119.136] Streams of water descended from my eyes because they did not keep your instruction.
[PSA.119.137] Righteous you are, Yahveh, and just are your judgements.
[PSA.119.138] You have commanded righteousness, your testimonies, and faithfulness very much.
[PSA.119.139] My jealousy consumes me, because my enemies have forgotten your words.
[PSA.119.140] Your word is very refined, and your servant loves it.
[PSA.119.141] Young I am and despised, the commands of you I have not forgotten.
[PSA.119.142] Your righteousness is righteousness forever, and your law is truth.
[PSA.119.143] Narrowness and distress found me, your commands are my delights.
[PSA.119.144] Righteousness are your testimonies forever. Understand me, and I shall live.
[PSA.119.145] I called with all my heart; answer me, Yahveh. I will keep your statutes.
[PSA.119.146] I called to Yahveh, save me, and I will keep the testimonies of the Gods.
[PSA.119.147] I anticipated in the dawn, and I waited for your words; I longed.
[PSA.119.148] Before my eyes I will keep watch, to converse in your word.
[PSA.119.149] Hear my voice according to your kindness, Yahveh, according to your justice, give me life.
[PSA.119.150] Those who pursue wicked purpose draw near, they have removed themselves from your instruction.
[PSA.119.151] Near you are Yahveh, and all of your commandments are truth.
[PSA.119.152] From of old I have known your testimonies, for forever you Gods have established them.
[PSA.119.153] See my affliction and deliver me, for I have not forgotten your teaching.
[PSA.119.154] Contend in my dispute and redeem me; according to your word, make me live.
[PSA.119.155] Salvation is distant from wicked people, for they did not seek your laws.
[PSA.119.156] Your compassions are many, Yahveh. According to your judgements, give me life.
[PSA.119.157] Many are those pursuing me and my adversaries, but I have not turned from your testimonies.
[PSA.119.158] I saw betrayers, and I contended with those who did not keep the Gods’ word.
[PSA.119.159] Behold, I have loved Your commands, Yahveh, as Your lovingkindness sustains my life.
[PSA.119.160] The beginning of your word is truth, and forever, all your judgment is righteousness.
[PSA.119.161] Chiefs pursue me for nothing, and your words cause fear to my heart.
[PSA.119.162] I rejoice on your word, like one who finds great spoil.
[PSA.119.163] I hated falsehood and I abhorred your teaching, but I loved it.
[PSA.119.164] Seven in a day I have praised you, concerning the judgements of your righteousness.
[PSA.119.165] Great peace to those who love your law, and there is no stumbling block for them.
[PSA.119.166] I hoped for your salvation, Yahveh, and I did your commandments.
[PSA.119.167] My soul has guarded your testimonies, and I love them greatly.
[PSA.119.168] I have kept your commands and your testimonies, for all my ways are before you.
[PSA.119.169] Let my rejoicing draw near before your face, Yahveh, cause me to understand according to your word.
[PSA.119.170] May my supplication come before you, according to your word, rescue me.
[PSA.119.171] My lips desire praise, for the Gods teach me Your laws.
[PSA.119.172] Answer my tongue with your word, for all of your commandments are righteousness.
[PSA.119.173] May your hand be to my help, for your commands I have chosen.
[PSA.119.174] I have desired for your salvation, Yahveh, and your law is my delight.
[PSA.119.175] May my soul live, and may I praise you, and your judgements will help me.
[PSA.119.176] I have wandered like a lost sheep, I seek your servant, for I have not forgotten your commandments.
PSA.120
[PSA.120.1] A song of ascents to Yahveh, in my distress I called, and he answered me.
[PSA.120.2] Yahveh, save my soul from a lying lip and from a deceitful tongue.
[PSA.120.3] What can be given to you, and what can be added to you by a lying tongue?
[PSA.120.4] The arrows of the mighty one are sharp, with burning wood.
[PSA.120.5] Woe to me, for I have dwelt for a long time, residing with the tents of Kedar.
[PSA.120.6] Great abundance dwells with my soul, with the hater of peace.
[PSA.120.7] I am peace, and when I speak, they go to war.
PSA.121
[PSA.121.1] A song of ascents. I will lift my eyes to the mountains. From where will my help come?
[PSA.121.2] My help comes from with Yahveh, the maker of the heavens and the earth.
[PSA.121.3] Do not give your foot to stumbling, do not let your guard sleep.
[PSA.121.4] Behold, the Gods will not slumber, and the Gods will not sleep. The guardian of Israel is ever watchful.
[PSA.121.5] Yahveh guards you. Yahveh is your shadow on the hand of your right hand.
[PSA.121.6] By day the sun will not strike you, and by night the moon.
[PSA.121.7] Yahveh will guard you from all evil, He will guard your soul.
[PSA.121.8] Yahveh will guard your going out and your coming in, from now and forever.
PSA.122
[PSA.122.1] A song of ascents, to David. I rejoiced at those saying to me, "We will go to the house of Yahveh."
[PSA.122.2] Our feet stood within your gates, Jerusalem.
[PSA.122.3] Jerusalem, the built one, is like a city that is joined to itself together.
[PSA.122.4] There they ascended, the tribes, the tribes of Yahveh, as a testimony to Israel, to give thanks to the name of Yahveh.
[PSA.122.5] For there they will sit on thrones for judgment, thrones for the house of David.
[PSA.122.6] Ask for the well-being of Jerusalem. May those who love her prosper.
[PSA.122.7] Let there be peace in your strength, peace in your palaces.
[PSA.122.8] For the sake of my brothers and my friends, I will speak peace to you.
[PSA.122.9] For the sake of the house of Yahveh, the Gods of our people, I desire goodness for you.
PSA.123
[PSA.123.1] A song of the ascents, to you I lift my eyes, the one dwelling in the heavens.
[PSA.123.2] Indeed, as the eyes of servants are to the hand of their Lord, as the eyes of a handmaid are to the hand of her mistress, so are our eyes to Yahveh, the Gods our God, until He grants us grace.
[PSA.123.3] Have mercy on us, Yahveh, have mercy on us, for we have had our fill of contempt.
[PSA.123.4] It is enough that our souls are full of the mockery of the complacent, the contempt for the arrogant.
PSA.124
[PSA.124.1] A song of the ascents, to David. If not for Yahveh who was with us, let Israel say.
[PSA.124.2] If not for Yahveh who was for us, when humanity rose against us, we would have been overcome.
[PSA.124.3] Then lives consumed us, by choosing their wrath with us.
[PSA.124.4] Then the waters flooded us, a portion passed over upon our souls.
[PSA.124.5] Then the destructive waters passed over our lives.
[PSA.124.6] Blessed is Yahveh, that He did not give us as prey to their teeth.
[PSA.124.7] Our souls are like a bird that has escaped from a trap of trappers. The trap is broken, and we have escaped.
[PSA.124.8] Help us in the name of Yahveh, the maker of heavens and earth.
PSA.125
[PSA.125.1] A song of ascents for those who trust in Yahveh, like Mount Zion, it will not be moved; forever He will dwell.
[PSA.125.2] Jerusalem, mountains surround her, and Yahveh surrounds His people from now and unto forever.
[PSA.125.3] For the scepter of the wicked will not rest upon the destiny of the righteous, so that the righteous will not send out their hands with the injustice of it.
[PSA.125.4] Yahveh acts favorably to the good, and to those who are upright in their hearts.
[PSA.125.5] And those who ruin their own foundations, Yahveh will lead them, the workers of wickedness, peace upon Israel.
PSA.126
[PSA.126.1] A song of ascents: When Yahveh restores the return of Zion, we were like dreamers.
[PSA.126.2] Then laughter will fill our mouths and our tongues with song. Then they will say among the nations that Yahveh has greatly increased what He has done with these.
[PSA.126.3] Yahveh has enlarged to do with us, we were happy.
[PSA.126.4] Return, Yahveh, our captivity, like streams in the south.
[PSA.126.5] The sowers with tears will reap with joyful shouting.
[PSA.126.6] Walking he will walk, and weeping he will carry seeds, but he shall return with joyful singing, carrying his sheaves.
PSA.127
[PSA.127.1] A song of ascents, for Solomon. If Yahveh does not build the house, then the builders labor in vain upon it. If Yahveh does not guard the city, then the watchman keeps vigil in vain.
[PSA.127.2] Worthlessness to you, those who rise early, who linger late into the night, eaters of the bread of sorrows. Thus He will grant sleep to His friend.
[PSA.127.3] Behold, the inheritance of Yahveh are sons, the reward, the fruit of the womb.
[PSA.127.4] As arrows in the hand of a hero, so are the sons of the youths.
[PSA.127.5] Blessed is the man whose quiver is filled with them; he will not be ashamed when he speaks to his enemies at the gate.
PSA.128
[PSA.128.1] A song of ascents: Blessed is everyone who fears Yahveh, the one walking in his ways.
[PSA.128.2] The toil of your hands will lead to you eating. Blessed are you, and good for you.
[PSA.128.3] Your wife is like a fruitful vine in the inner rooms of your house. Your sons are like olive plantings around your table.
[PSA.128.4] Behold, thus will a person be blessed who fears Yahveh.
[PSA.128.5] May Yahveh bless you from Zion, and may you see goodness in Jerusalem all the days of your life.
[PSA.128.6] And behold, sons to your sons, peace upon Israel.
PSA.129
[PSA.129.1] A song of ascents. Many troubles have afflicted me from my youth. Let Israel now say.
[PSA.129.2] Many great adversaries have harassed me from my youth, yet they were not able to prevail against me.
[PSA.129.3] Upon backs, diggers have ploughed, extenders have lengthened for their purposes.
[PSA.129.4] Yahveh is righteous; He cuts off the iniquities of the wicked.
[PSA.129.5] Let them be ashamed and retreat backward, all haters of Zion.
[PSA.129.6] They will be like grass on rooftops, which withers early and becomes dried up.
[PSA.129.7] That the reaper did not fill his hand, and his bundle is full.
[PSA.129.8] And the passersby did not say blessings of Yahveh to you. We will bless you in the name of Yahveh.
PSA.130
[PSA.130.1] A song of ascents. From the depths I called to you, Yahveh.
[PSA.130.2] My Lord, hear my voice. May your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.
[PSA.130.3] If iniquities you keep, my Lord, who will stand?
[PSA.130.4] For the forgiveness is with you, so that reverence may be shown.
[PSA.130.5] I have waited for Yahveh, my soul has waited, and I have hoped for His word.
[PSA.130.6] My soul is to my Lord; watchmen for the morning, watchmen for the morning.
[PSA.130.7] Israel should hope toward Yahveh, for with Yahveh is lovingkindness, and with him is much redemption.
[PSA.130.8] And he will redeem Israel from all his iniquities.
PSA.131
[PSA.131.1] A song of ascents, by David. Yahveh, my heart has not become haughty, and my eyes have not become raised in pride. I have not walked in things too great or wonders beyond me.
[PSA.131.2] If I have not been still and silent, my soul is like a weaned child upon its mother, like a weaned child is my soul.
[PSA.131.3] Israel will hope to Yahveh from now and to eternity.
PSA.132
[PSA.132.1] A song of ascents. Remember Yahveh for David, all his afflictions.
[PSA.132.2] Who swore to Yahveh, vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob.
[PSA.132.3] If I come into the tent of my house, if I ascend upon my bed of lying down,
[PSA.132.4] If I grant a moment to my eyes, to my eyelids a sleep.
[PSA.132.5] Even to finding a place for Yahveh, dwellings for the Mighty One of Jacob.
[PSA.132.6] Indeed, her voice is heard in Ephrathah, it is found in the fields of the forest.
[PSA.132.7] We will come to the dwellings of the Gods. We will prostrate ourselves to the glory of His feet.
[PSA.132.8] Rise, Yahveh, to your rest, you and the ark of your strength.
[PSA.132.9] Your priests will wear righteousness, and your pious ones will sing.
[PSA.132.10] Because of David, your servant, do not turn away the face of your anointed.
[PSA.132.11] Yahveh swore to David a truth: he will not return from it, from the fruit of your body. I will establish a throne for you.
[PSA.132.12] If your sons keep my covenant and my testimonies, this I will teach them, and also their sons forever they will sit for your throne.
[PSA.132.13] For Yahveh has chosen Zion, He desired it to be a dwelling place for Himself.
[PSA.132.14] This is my rest forever. Here I will dwell, for I desired it.
[PSA.132.15] Her provision I will bless, and I will continually bless. Her poor ones I will satisfy with bread.
[PSA.132.16] Her priests will clothe salvation, and her devout ones will sing, they will greatly sing.
[PSA.132.17] There I will cause a horn to grow for David. I have prepared a lamp for my anointed one.
[PSA.132.18] I will clothe my enemies in shame, and a crown of violence will sprout upon him.
PSA.133
[PSA.133.1] A song of the ascents, to David. Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to sit together in unity.
[PSA.133.2] The good oil descends upon the head, down upon the beard, the beard of Aaron, that descends according to its measures.
[PSA.133.3] Like the dew of Hermon, which descends upon the mountains of Zion, for there Yahveh has appointed the blessing: life until the world.
PSA.134
[PSA.134.1] Behold, bless Yahveh, all servants of Yahveh who stand in the house of Yahveh during the nights.
[PSA.134.2] Lift up your hands in holiness, and bless Yahveh.
[PSA.134.3] May Yahveh bless you from Zion, the maker of the heavens and the earth.
PSA.135
[PSA.135.1] Praise Yah, praise the name of Yahveh, praise the servants of Yahveh.
[PSA.135.2] Those who are standing in the house of Yahveh, in the courts of the house of the Gods our God.
[PSA.135.3] Praise Yahveh, for good is Yahveh. Sing to His name, for pleasant it is.
[PSA.135.4] For Jacob chose for himself Yahveh, and Israel as his treasured possession.
[PSA.135.5] For I have known that Yahveh is great, and my Lord is above all the Gods.
[PSA.135.6] All that Yahveh desired, Yahveh did in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and all the depths.
[PSA.135.7] The raiser of winds from the ends of the earth makes lightnings for rain, bringing forth wind from his treasures.
[PSA.135.8] That Yahveh struck the firstborn of Egypt, from man until animal.
[PSA.135.9] God sent signs and wonders in the midst of Egypt, to Pharaoh and to all his servants.
[PSA.135.10] Who struck many nations and killed powerful kings.
[PSA.135.11] To Sihon, the king of the Amorites, and to Og, the king of Bashan, and to all the kingdoms of Canaan.
[PSA.135.12] And God gave their land as an inheritance, an inheritance to Israel, His people.
[PSA.135.13] Yahveh, Your name is for eternity, Yahveh, Your remembrance is for generation to generation.
[PSA.135.14] For Yahveh will judge his people, and upon his servants he will have compassion.
[PSA.135.15] The carved images of the nations are silver and gold, the work of the hands of man.
[PSA.135.16] Mouths are not to them and they will not speak. Eyes are not to them and they will not see.
[PSA.135.17] They have ears, but they will not listen. Also, there is no breath in their mouths.
[PSA.135.18] Like them will be their makers, all who trust in them.
[PSA.135.19] Family Israel, bless Yahveh; Family Aaron, bless Yahveh.
[PSA.135.20] The house of Levi, bless Yahveh. Those who fear Yahveh, bless Yahveh.
[PSA.135.21] Blessed is Yahveh from Zion, who dwells in Jerusalem. Praise Yahveh.
PSA.136
[PSA.136.1] Give thanks to Yahveh, for He is good, for His loving kindness endures forever.
[PSA.136.2] Give thanks to the God of the Gods, for His lovingkindness is forever.
[PSA.136.3] Give thanks to my Lord, the Lords, for His lovingkindness is forever.
[PSA.136.4] To the one performing wonders great, alone, because His lovingkindness is eternal.
[PSA.136.5] The maker of the heavens did so with understanding, because His lovingkindness is forever.
[PSA.136.6] The Gods stretched out the earth over the waters, for His lovingkindness is eternal.
[PSA.136.7] To the one who makes great lights, because His lovingkindness is forever.
[PSA.136.8] As for the sun, it is for rule during the day, for His steadfast love is eternal.
[PSA.136.9] As for the moon and the stars, they are for rulers in the night, for His loving kindness is forever.
[PSA.136.10] To the one striking Egypt with their firstborn, for forever is his kindness.
[PSA.136.11] And Israel was brought forth from within them, because for eternity is the kindness of Yahveh.
[PSA.136.12] By a strong hand and an extended arm, for forever is His lovingkindness.
[PSA.136.13] To the one who divides the Red Sea into divisions, for forever is His lovingkindness.
[PSA.136.14] And He will lead Israel through it, for His lovingkindness is everlasting.
[PSA.136.15] And I will overthrow Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea, for His lovingkindness is eternal.
[PSA.136.16] For leading my people in the wilderness, because the Gods’ loving kindness is forever.
[PSA.136.17] To the one who strikes kings, great ones, because His lovingkindness is eternal.
[PSA.136.18] And Yahveh killed powerful kings because his steadfast love is forever.
[PSA.136.19] To Sichon, king of the Amorites, because his kindness is for all time.
[PSA.136.20] And to Og, king of Bashan, for forever is his kindness.
[PSA.136.21] And He gave their land as an inheritance, because His kindness is forever.
[PSA.136.22] An inheritance to Israel, His servant, for His lovingkindness is forever.
[PSA.136.23] That in our fullness, the Gods remember us, for forever is his kindness.
[PSA.136.24] And He tore us away from our adversaries, for forever is His loving kindness.
[PSA.136.25] The Gods give food to all living creatures, for forever is His kindness.
[PSA.136.26] Give thanks to God the heavens, for forever is His lovingkindness.
PSA.137
[PSA.137.1] By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat, and even wept in remembering Zion.
[PSA.137.2] We hang our harps upon the Arabs, in the midst of them.
[PSA.137.3] For then our captors asked us for words of song and our despoilers for rejoicing. Sing to us from the song of Zion.
[PSA.137.4] How shall we sing the song of Yahveh on foreign land?
[PSA.137.5] If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget.
[PSA.137.6] May my tongue cling to my palate if I do not remember you, Jerusalem, or if I do not make Jerusalem the forefront of my joy.
[PSA.137.7] Remember Yahveh concerning the children of Edom and their day in Jerusalem, those who say, “Tear down, tear down, even to its foundation within it.”
[PSA.137.8] Daughter of Babel, the devastated one, blessed is the one who will repay to you your recompense that you recompensed to us.
[PSA.137.9] Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rock.
PSA.138
[PSA.138.1] To David. I will thank you with all my heart. Before the Gods I will sing to you.
[PSA.138.2] I will worship toward your holy temple, and I will praise your name for your lovingkindness and for your truth. For you have magnified above all your name your word.
[PSA.138.3] In the day that I called, and You answered me, You made me tremble in my soul with strength.
[PSA.138.4] They will praise you, Yahveh, all the kings of the earth, for they have heard the words of your mouth.
[PSA.138.5] And they will sing in the ways of Yahveh, for great is the glory of Yahveh.
[PSA.138.6] For Yahveh is high and regards the humble, and knows the proud from a distance.
[PSA.138.7] If God is with me in the midst of distress, God will revive me. Despite my enemies, God will send your hand, and your right hand will save me.
[PSA.138.8] Yahveh will complete it for me, Yahveh, your lovingkindness endures forever. Do not abandon the works of your hands.
PSA.139
[PSA.139.1] To the director of music, to David, a Psalm. Yahveh has searched me, and He knows me.
[PSA.139.2] You knew my sitting and my rising. The Gods understood for my friend from afar.
[PSA.139.3] My paths and my dwelling you have scattered, and all my ways you have endangered.
[PSA.139.4] For there is no utterance on my tongue, indeed Yahveh has known everything.
[PSA.139.5] Behind and before, the Gods have distressed me, and have laid their hand upon me.
[PSA.139.6] Wonder is the knowledge from me, it is too elevated for me to comprehend.
[PSA.139.7] Where can I go from the spirit of God, and where can I flee from before his face?
[PSA.139.8] If I ascend to the heavens, there you are, and if I lie down in the grave, you are there.
[PSA.139.9] I will lift up the wings of the dawn, and I will dwell in the farthest part of the sea.
[PSA.139.10] Also there, your hand will guide me, and your right hand will hold me.
[PSA.139.11] And I said, "But darkness covers me, and night is light in me."
[PSA.139.12] Also, darkness will not darken from you, and night will shine like day, like darkness, like light.
[PSA.139.13] For you have acquired my inner organs, you have shielded me in the belly of my mother.
[PSA.139.14] I will thank You, because awesome deeds I have perceived, wonderful are Your works, and my soul knows very much.
[PSA.139.15] It is not hidden from you, my being, that I made it in secret, I skillfully wrought it in the depths of the earth.
[PSA.139.16] My eyes saw your lump, and on your book all of them are written, days were they fashioned, and not one was among them.
[PSA.139.17] And to me, what are the value of your companions, God? What is the strength of their leaders?
[PSA.139.18] I will recount them from all multitudes; I have awakened, and I am still with you.
[PSA.139.19] If you kill God, wicked ones, and bloody men turn away from me.
[PSA.139.20] Those who will say to you with a deceitful plan have carried away your cities falsely.
[PSA.139.21] Surely, do not those who hate you, Yahveh, will I hate, and those who rise up against you, will I quarrel?
[PSA.139.22] The completion of hatred is hatred to enemies; they have been my enemies.
[PSA.139.23] Search me, God, and know my heart. Test me, and know my thoughts.
[PSA.139.24] And see if the way that is being done exists, and guide me in the path of forever.
PSA.140
[PSA.140.1] To the victorious one, a psalm of David.
[PSA.140.2] Deliver me, Yahveh, from the wicked man, rescue me from the violent man.
[PSA.140.3] Those who think evil in heart, every day they dwell on wars.
[PSA.140.4] They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent, the venom of enchantment is under their lips. Selah.
[PSA.140.5] Guard me, Yahveh, from the hand of the wicked, and deliver me from the man of violence. Those who have thought to cast down my steps are the ones from whom I seek protection.
[PSA.140.6] The proud have hidden a trap for me, and ropes they have spread, a net near the wheel. Snares they have set for me. Selah.
[PSA.140.7] I said to Yahveh, my God, you are. Listen, Yahveh, to the voice of my supplication.
[PSA.140.8] Yahveh, my Lord, is the strength of my salvation. He is a shelter for my head in the day of warfare.
[PSA.140.9] Do not give, Yahveh, the desires of the wicked. Do not allow their plans to succeed; let them not be exalted. Selah.
[PSA.140.10] The head of my encircler is toil, their lips will cover it.
[PSA.140.11] Let glowing coals be inclined upon them; he will cast them down in disturbances, and they will not rise.
[PSA.140.12] A man of speech will not prosper on the earth, a man of violence and evil will be destroyed for fleeting things.
[PSA.140.13] I have known that Yahveh will do justice for the afflicted, judgment for the poor.
[PSA.140.14] But the righteous ones will thank to your name, and the upright ones will dwell before your face.
PSA.141
[PSA.141.1] A Psalm of David. Yahveh, I called to you, hasten to me. Listen to my voice when I call upon you.
[PSA.141.2] May my prayer be prepared as incense before you. The lifting of my hands is an evening offering.
[PSA.141.3] May God guard my lips, may God preserve the needy.
[PSA.141.4] Do not allow my heart to be led to an evil thing, to be involved in deceits with wickedness against men who work iniquity, and do not let me fight with their comforts.
[PSA.141.5] He has delivered me, the righteous, with loving-kindness, and He has instructed me with oil on my head. Let not my head refuse, for yet my prayer is in their evil.
[PSA.141.6] They fell by the hand of the rock, their judges, and they heard my words because they were pleasant.
[PSA.141.7] Like one who splits and one who pierces through the earth, our bones are scattered to the mouth of Sheol.
[PSA.141.8] For to you, Yahveh, my Lord, my eyes look up. In you I have taken refuge; do not destroy my soul.
[PSA.141.9] Guard me from the hand of a snare they devise to me, and from snares of workers of wrongdoing.
[PSA.141.10] The wicked will stumble into their own snares, together. I will be there until I pass through.
PSA.142
[PSA.142.1] This is a prayer of understanding for David while he was in the cave.
[PSA.142.2] My voice I cry out to Yahveh; my voice I plead to Yahveh.
[PSA.142.3] I will pour out my talking before him. My distress I will tell before him.
[PSA.142.4] When my spirit wraps itself around me, and you, my Lord, have known my paths; in this way I will walk, a trap is hidden for me.
[PSA.142.5] Behold to the right and see, and I have no acquaintance. Lost is escape from me; no one seeks my life.
[PSA.142.6] I cried to you, Yahveh. I said, "You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living."
[PSA.142.7] Listen to my wailing, because my poverty is very great. Rescue me from those who pursue me, because they are strong against me.
[PSA.142.8] Bring my soul out of confinement to give thanks for your name. The righteous will crown me, because you will repay me.
PSA.143
[PSA.143.1] A Psalm of David. Yahveh, hear my prayer, listen to my supplication. Answer me in your faithfulness, in your righteousness.
[PSA.143.2] And do not enter with judgement against your servant, for no living thing will be righteous before you.
[PSA.143.3] For an enemy pursued my soul, He crushed my life to the earth. He made me sit in darkness like those of forever.
[PSA.143.4] And a spirit enveloped me. Within me, my heart will be stunned.
[PSA.143.5] I have remembered days from old, I have meditated on all your deeds. In the work of your hands, I will commune.
[PSA.143.6] I have stretched out my hands to you; my soul is like a weary land to God. Selah.
[PSA.143.7] Answer me quickly, Yahveh, my spirit is exhausted. Do not hide your face from me, or I will be likened to those who descend into the pit.
[PSA.143.8] Make me hear your lovingkindness in the morning, for in you have I trusted. Teach me the path in which to walk, for to you have I lifted up my soul.
[PSA.143.9] Deliver me from my enemies, Yahveh. To you, I place my trust.
[PSA.143.10] Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. May your spirit, which is good, guide me in an upright land.
[PSA.143.11] For the sake of your name, Yahveh, you make me live. In your righteousness, you will bring out my soul from distress.
[PSA.143.12] And by your steadfast love, you will restrain my enemies and you have destroyed all the adversaries of my soul, for I am your servant.
PSA.144
[PSA.144.1] To David: Blessed is Yahveh, my rock, the one who teaches my hands for battle, my fingers for war.
[PSA.144.2] My loving-kindness and my fortress, my refuge and my deliverance, is my protector, and in him I trust. The one who pastures my people is beneath me.
[PSA.144.3] Yahveh, what is man that you know him, son of mankind that you consider him?
[PSA.144.4] Adam is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.
[PSA.144.5] Yahveh, the heavens are yours, and you descend. You touch the mountains, and they smoke.
[PSA.144.6] Break the lightning and scatter them. Send your arrows and destroy them.
[PSA.144.7] Send your hand from the height and split me open, and rescue me from many waters, from the hand of foreign sons.
[PSA.144.8] That which their mouth spoke is falsehood and their right hand is a hand of falsehood.
[PSA.144.9] The Gods, a new song I will sing to you, with a ten-stringed harp I will sing with strings to you.
[PSA.144.10] The giver of salvation to the kings, the one who rescues David, his servant, from a wicked sword.
[PSA.144.11] Deliver me and rescue me from the hand of foreigners, whose mouths speak falsehood and whose hand is a false power.
[PSA.144.12] That our sons are as plants grown in their youth, our daughters are as hewn cornerstones, the form of a temple.
[PSA.144.13] Our storehouses are full, producing from kind to kind. Our flocks are thousands of well-fed animals in our courtyards.
[PSA.144.14] Our champions are surrounded, there is no breach, and there is no leaving, and there is no outcry in our streets.
[PSA.144.15] Blessed is the people for whom this is so. Blessed is the people whose Gods are Yahveh.
PSA.145
[PSA.145.1] Praise to David. I will exalt you, my God, the King, and I will bless your name forever and ever.
[PSA.145.2] Each day I will bless you, and I will praise your name forever and to eternity.
[PSA.145.3] Great is Yahveh and exceedingly praised, and to the greatness of Him there is no investigation.
[PSA.145.4] Generation to generation will praise Your works, and Your power they will declare.
[PSA.145.5] Glory recounts the glory of your splendor, and I will speak of your wonders.
[PSA.145.6] And your strength and your terrors they will declare, and your greatness I will recount.
[PSA.145.7] A remembrance of your great goodness they will declare, and about your righteousness they will sing for joy.
[PSA.145.8] Gracious and merciful is Yahveh, slow to anger and great in kindness.
[PSA.145.9] Yahveh is good to all, and His compassion is over all His works.
[PSA.145.10] They will thank you, Yahveh, all your works, and your faithful ones will bless you.
[PSA.145.11] They will say of your kingdom's glory, and they will speak of your strength.
[PSA.145.12] To make known to humankind His powers, and the honor of the splendor of His kingdom.
[PSA.145.13] Your kingdom, the kingdom of all worlds, and your sovereignty is in every generation and generation.
[PSA.145.14] Yahveh supports all who fall, and straightens all who are bowed down.
[PSA.145.15] The eyes of all look to you, God, and you give them their food in its time.
[PSA.145.16] The one who opens Your hand and satisfies the desire of every living thing.
[PSA.145.17] The righteous Yahveh is in all of His ways, and kind in all of His works.
[PSA.145.18] Yahveh is near to all who call upon Him, to all who call upon Him in truth.
[PSA.145.19] The will of those who fear Him, He will do; and their shouting, He will hear, and He will save them.
[PSA.145.20] Yahveh watches over all those who love Him, and He will destroy all the wicked.
[PSA.145.21] The praise of Yahveh my mouth will declare, and will bless all flesh with His holy name forever and ever.
PSA.146
[PSA.146.1] Praise Yahveh. Praise, my soul, Yahveh.
[PSA.146.2] I will praise Yahveh during my life, and I will sing to the Gods while I still exist.
[PSA.146.3] Do not trust in nobles, in a son of man, for there is no deliverance to him.
[PSA.146.4] It will go out, his spirit, it will return to the earth. On that day, his works will perish.
[PSA.146.5] Blessed is he who asked Jacob, with his help, his confidence is upon Yahveh his Gods.
[PSA.146.6] The maker of the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, is the keeper of truth forever.
[PSA.146.7] The one making judgment for the oppressed, giving bread to the hungry, Yahveh releases the bound.
[PSA.146.8] Yahveh opens the eyes of the blind, Yahveh lifts up the bent over, Yahveh loves the righteous ones.
[PSA.146.9] Yahveh keeps the strangers, the orphan and the widow he encourages, and the way of the wicked ones he perverts.
[PSA.146.10] Yahveh will reign forever, your Gods, Zion, for generation to generation. Praise Yahveh.
PSA.147
[PSA.147.1] Praise Yahveh, for good is the psalm of the Gods our. For pleasant and beautiful is praise.
[PSA.147.2] Yahveh is the builder of Jerusalem. He will gather the scattered ones of Israel.
[PSA.147.3] The healer to the broken of heart, and binds up to their sorrows.
[PSA.147.4] The One who counts number to the stars, to all of them He calls names.
[PSA.147.5] Great is my Lord and great in power, to his understanding there is no number.
[PSA.147.6] The one who encourages the humble is Yahveh. The one who brings the wicked to the ground is Yahveh.
[PSA.147.7] Answer to Yahveh with thanksgiving, sing to our Gods with a harp.
[PSA.147.8] The one covering the heavens in clouds, the one preparing rain for the earth, the one causing grass to sprout on the mountains.
[PSA.147.9] The Gods give food to the animal, to the young of the raven which cry out.
[PSA.147.10] God does not desire the strength of the horse. God is not pleased with the legs of the man.
[PSA.147.11] Yahveh desires those who fear Him, those who wait for His lovingkindness.
[PSA.147.12] Praise Jerusalem to Yahveh. Hallelujah to your Gods, Zion.
[PSA.147.13] For strengthen the bolts of your gates, may the Gods bless your sons within you.
[PSA.147.14] The name, your boundaries will have peace. The richness of wheat will satisfy you.
[PSA.147.15] The one sending His word to earth, until quickly His word will run.
[PSA.147.16] The giver causes snow to fall like wool and frost to scatter like ash.
[PSA.147.17] He casts ice like crumbs before His coldness; who will stand?
[PSA.147.18] He will send his word and melt them; he will send his breath, and waters will flow.
[PSA.147.19] The revealer tells his words to Jacob, and his statutes and his judgments to Israel.
[PSA.147.20] He has not done such things for any nation, and judgements were not known to them. Praise Yahveh.
PSA.148
[PSA.148.1] Praise Yahveh! Praise the Gods from the heavens! Praise Him in the heights!
[PSA.148.2] Praise Yahveh, all his messengers. Praise Yahveh, all his hosts.
[PSA.148.3] Praise Him, sun and moon. Praise Him, all stars of light.
[PSA.148.4] Praise Yahveh, you heavens. And you waters that are above the heavens.
[PSA.148.5] Praise the name of Yahveh, for he commanded and they were created.
[PSA.148.6] And he established them to the eternity, to the eternity, a decree given, and it will not pass away.
[PSA.148.7] Praise Yahveh from the earth, you sea creatures and all the depths.
[PSA.148.8] Fire and hail, snow and smoke, the wind, a storm, are doing His command.
[PSA.148.9] The mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars.
[PSA.148.10] The living being and all livestock, swarming creatures and birds with wing.
[PSA.148.11] The kings of the land and all the nations, the rulers and all the judges of the land.
[PSA.148.12] Young men, also young women, elders with young lads.
[PSA.148.13] Praise the name of Yahveh, for His name is exalted alone. Glory belongs to Him over the earth and the heavens.
[PSA.148.14] And He lifted up a horn for His people, praise to all His faithful ones, to the children of Israel, a people close to Him. Praise Yahveh.
PSA.149
[PSA.149.1] Praise Yah, sing to Yahveh a new song. His praise is in the assembly of the devout.
[PSA.149.2] Israel will rejoice in the Gods’ doing, and the sons of Zion will exult in their king.
[PSA.149.3] Praise His name in dancing, with drum and lyre they will sing to Him.
[PSA.149.4] Because Yahveh desires his people, he will beautify the humble with salvation.
[PSA.149.5] Let the faithful rejoice in glory, they will sing upon their beds.
[PSA.149.6] Heights of God are in their throats, and a sword of mouths is in their hands.
[PSA.149.7] To do vengeance upon the nations, rebukes upon the non-nations.
[PSA.149.8] To bind their rulers with shackles, and their important people with chains of iron.
[PSA.149.9] To do judgment among them as it is written, this glory is for all who are faithful to Him. Praise Yahveh.
PSA.150
[PSA.150.1] Praise Yahveh, praise God in his holiness. Praise him in the expanse of his power.
[PSA.150.2] Praise you him with his strengths. Praise you him according to the abundance of his greatness.
[PSA.150.3] Praise Him with the sounding of the ram’s horn, praise Him with the harp and with the lyre.
[PSA.150.4] Praise you him with a drum and with a dance. Praise you him with strings and with a pipe.
[PSA.150.5] Praise Yahveh with the sounds of hearing. Praise Yahveh with the sounds of trumpeting.
[PSA.150.6] All the soul will praise Yahveh. Praise you all, Yahveh.
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PRO.1
[PRO.1.1] The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel.
[PRO.1.2] To know wisdom and discipline, to understand words of understanding.
[PRO.1.3] Take discipline of understanding, righteousness and judgment, and what is right.
[PRO.1.4] To give to the inexperienced cunning, and to the young man knowledge and purpose.
[PRO.1.5] The wise one will hear and add to learning, and the discerning one acquires plans.
[PRO.1.6] To understand a proverb and a riddle, the words of the wise ones and their riddles.
[PRO.1.7] The reverence of Yahveh is the beginning of knowledge; wisdom and discipline, fools despise.
[PRO.1.8] Hear, my son, the discipline of your father, and do not abandon the instruction of your mother.
[PRO.1.9] Because the hearts of the Gods are favor to your head, and ornaments to your throat.
[PRO.1.10] My son, if sinners entice you, do not bring it.
[PRO.1.11] If they say, "Come with us, we will plot for blood, we will lie in wait for the innocent without cause."
[PRO.1.12] They are swallowed up like Sheol, the living and the perfect ones, like those descending into a pit.
[PRO.1.13] All wealth, valuable, is found. It fills our houses with plunder.
[PRO.1.14] Your lot will fall among us, for one pocket will be for all of us.
[PRO.1.15] My son, do not walk in the way of them. Restrain your foot from their path.
[PRO.1.16] For their feet will run toward evil, and they will hasten to shed blood.
[PRO.1.17] For gratuitously is the net cast in the eyes of every winged creature.
[PRO.1.18] And they lie in wait for blood, concealing it for their souls.
[PRO.1.19] So are the ways of all who acquire gain with violence; it will be taken from those who possess it.
[PRO.1.20] The wisdoms proclaim outside, in the streets she gives her voice.
[PRO.1.21] At the head of the walls, you will proclaim at the openings of the gates in the city. Her sayings, she will say.
[PRO.1.22] How long will the naive love the naive and the mockers desire it for themselves, and will the foolish hate knowledge?
[PRO.1.23] You all will return to my rebuke. Behold, I will express my spirit to you. I will make known my words to you.
[PRO.1.24] Because I called and you refused, I stretched out my hand, and there is no one who listens.
[PRO.1.25] And you have broken all of my counsel, and my reproof you have not accepted.
[PRO.1.26] Also, I will laugh in your calamity, and I will mock at the coming of your fear.
[PRO.1.27] When hardship comes, and your fear and your terror are like a storm arriving, when distress and anguish come upon you…
[PRO.1.28] Then they will call upon me, and I will not answer. They will seek me, and they will not find me.
[PRO.1.29] Instead, because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of Yahveh.
[PRO.1.30] They did not wish for my counsel, they despised all my reproof.
[PRO.1.31] And they will eat from the fruit of their way, and they will be filled from their counsel.
[PRO.1.32] For the turning away of fools will kill them, and the tranquility of fools will destroy them.
[PRO.1.33] And whoever listens to the Gods will dwell in security, and a person will be at ease from the fear of evil.
PRO.2
[PRO.2.1] My son, if you accept my words and guard my commands with you, they will be kept safe.
[PRO.2.2] To listen to wisdom, you incline your ear, and to understanding, you incline your heart.
[PRO.2.3] For if to understanding you call, to discernment you will give your voice.
[PRO.2.4] If you seek as silver, and as hidden treasures you search, then you will seek.
[PRO.2.5] Then you will understand the fear of Yahveh, and knowledge of the Gods you will find.
[PRO.2.6] For Yahveh will give wisdom from his mouth, knowledge and understanding.
[PRO.2.7] A refuge for the upright is salvation, a shield for those who walk with integrity.
[PRO.2.8] To keep the paths of justice and he will keep the way of the devout ones.
[PRO.2.9] Then you will understand righteousness and justice and uprightness, and all courses will be good.
[PRO.2.10] For when wisdom enters your heart and knowledge is pleasing to your soul.
[PRO.2.11] A plan will guard you; understanding will preserve you.
[PRO.2.12] To save you from a bad way, from a man speaking subversions.
[PRO.2.13] The abandoners of paths of uprightness go to walk in ways of darkness.
[PRO.2.14] Those who are glad to do evil will rejoice in turnings of evil.
[PRO.2.15] That their ways are twisted and despised in their courses.
[PRO.2.16] To save you from a strange woman, from a foreign woman, her words have made smooth.
[PRO.2.17] The one who forsakes her beloved and her companion, and has forgotten the covenant of the Gods.
[PRO.2.18] For its house has bowed down to death, and its cycles to the healers.
[PRO.2.19] All those coming to her will not return, and they will not attain the ways of life.
[PRO.2.20] In order that you will walk in the way of good ones, and you will keep the ways of the righteous ones.
[PRO.2.21] For the righteous will inhabit the land, and the blameless will remain in it.
[PRO.2.22] The wicked will be cut off from the land, and the treacherous will be swept away from it.
PRO.3
[PRO.3.1] My son, do not forget my teaching, and let my commands form your heart.
[PRO.3.2] For length of days and years of life and peace, they will add to you.
[PRO.3.3] Lovingkindness and truth, do not abandon them. Bind them around your throat, and write them on the tablet of your heart.
[PRO.3.4] May you find favor and good understanding in the eyes of the Gods and man.
[PRO.3.5] Trust in God Yahveh with all your heart, and to your understanding do not rely.
[PRO.3.6] In all your ways, know Yahveh, and He will straighten your paths.
[PRO.3.7] Do not be wise in your own eyes. Fear Yahveh and turn away from evil.
[PRO.3.8] Healing will be for your flesh and drink for your bones.
[PRO.3.9] Honor Yahveh with your possessions, and with the first of all your produce.
[PRO.3.10] And your storehouses will be full of abundance, and new wine will burst forth from your winepresses.
[PRO.3.11] The correction of Yahveh, my son, do not despise, and do not loathe his instruction.
[PRO.3.12] For those whom Yahveh will love, He will rebuke, and as a father is pleased with a son, so He acts.
[PRO.3.13] Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, and the man produces understanding.
[PRO.3.14] For her trade is good, more than the trade of silver, and her produce is better than refined gold.
[PRO.3.15] Precious is she inwardly, and all your desires will not compare to her.
[PRO.3.16] Length of days is in her right hand, wealth and glory are in her left hand.
[PRO.3.17] Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
[PRO.3.18] The tree of life, she is to those holding to it, and its supporters are blessed.
[PRO.3.19] Yahveh, with wisdom, founded the earth, established the heavens with understanding.
[PRO.3.20] In the knowing of the Gods, the deeps were split open, and the skies will drip dew.
[PRO.3.21] My son, do not let them slip from your eyes; guard sound judgement and purpose.
[PRO.3.22] May there be lives to your soul and grace to your throats.
[PRO.3.23] Then you will go securely in your way, and your feet will not be stumbled.
[PRO.3.24] If you lie down, you will not fear, and having lain down, your sleep will be pleasant.
[PRO.3.25] Do not fear sudden terror, and from the destruction of the wicked, for it will come.
[PRO.3.26] For Yahveh will be in your trust, and will guard your steps from a snare.
[PRO.3.27] Do not withhold good from those to whom it belongs, when it is within the power of God to enable you to act.
[PRO.3.28] Do not say to your friend, "Go and return, and tomorrow I will give [it]", when there is already [it] with you.
[PRO.3.29] Do not secretly plot evil against your neighbor, and he dwells securely with you.
[PRO.3.30] Do not continue with mankind without cause, if he has not repaid you evil.
[PRO.3.31] Do not be jealous of a man of violence, and do not choose in all his ways.
[PRO.3.32] For the abomination of Yahveh is wickedness, and with the upright Yahveh shares secrets.
[PRO.3.33] The curse of Yahveh is in the house of the wicked one, and the dwelling of the righteous ones will be blessed.
[PRO.3.34] With mockers, the Gods mock, and to the humble, they give favor.
[PRO.3.35] The glory the wise will inherit, and the foolish raise disgrace.
PRO.4
[PRO.4.1] Hear, sons, the discipline of your father, and listen to know understanding.
[PRO.4.2] For a good teaching I have given to you, do not abandon my teaching.
[PRO.4.3] For I was a son to my father, tender and unique before my mother.
[PRO.4.4] And He showed me, and He said to me, "Let my words be supported in your heart. Keep my commands and live."
[PRO.4.5] Acquire wisdom, acquire understanding. Do not forget, and do not stray from the words of my mouth.
[PRO.4.6] Do not abandon her, and she will guard you. Love her, and she will protect you.
[PRO.4.7] The beginning of wisdom is to acquire wisdom, and with all that you acquire, acquire understanding.
[PRO.4.8] Weave her basket, and it will lift you up. It will honor you, for it will embrace you.
[PRO.4.9] You will give to your head a garland of favor, a crown of glory will protect you.
[PRO.4.10] Hear, my son, and take my words, and they will increase to you years of life.
[PRO.4.11] In the way of wisdom, I have instructed you. I have guided you in pathways of uprightness.
[PRO.4.12] As you walk, your stride will not be formed by mishap, and if you run, you will not stumble.
[PRO.4.13] Hold fast to instruction, do not let it go. Guard it, for it is your life.
[PRO.4.14] Do not enter into the way of the wicked ones, and do not prosper in the way of the wicked ones.
[PRO.4.15] Do not pass through his wildness; pour out from above him and go through.
[PRO.4.16] For they will not sleep if they do not fear the Gods, and their sleep is stolen if they do not stumble.
[PRO.4.17] For they fought for bread of wickedness, and they drink wine of violence.
[PRO.4.18] And the way of the righteous ones is like shining light, going and light until a perfect day.
[PRO.4.19] The way of the wicked is like darkness; they do not know in what they will stumble.
[PRO.4.20] My son, listen to my words. Incline your ear to my sayings.
[PRO.4.21] Do not let them slip away from your eyes; guard them within your heart.
[PRO.4.22] For lives are to those who find them, and healing to all of its flesh.
[PRO.4.23] Above all guarding, guard your heart, for from it are the issues of life.
[PRO.4.24] Remove from yourself the distortion of mouth, and distance deceitful lips from yourself.
[PRO.4.25] Your eyes will look in front of you, and your eyelids will straighten opposite you.
[PRO.4.26] Make level the circle of your feet, and all your ways will be established.
[PRO.4.27] Do not set your right hand, and do not set your left hand. Remove your foot from evil.
PRO.5
[PRO.5.1] My son, listen to my wisdom; incline your ear to my understanding.
[PRO.5.2] To guard plots and the knowledge of your speech, the Gods will preserve.
[PRO.5.3] For the lips of a stranger drip like a distillation, and her words are smooth like oil from her palate.
[PRO.5.4] And its end is bitter like wormwood, sharp like a sword of mouths.
[PRO.5.5] Her feet descend to death; the grave supports her steps.
[PRO.5.6] The way of life, lest you stray. Its circles wander, you will not know.
[PRO.5.7] And now, sons, hear to me, and do not stray from the words of my mouth.
[PRO.5.8] Remove your path from her and do not approach the entrance of her house.
[PRO.5.9] Lest you give your glory to others, and your strength to a cruel one.
[PRO.5.10] Lest strangers satisfy your strength, and your idols be in the house of a foreigner.
[PRO.5.11] And you will groan in your end, when your flesh is consumed and your remnant remains.
[PRO.5.12] And you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart loathed rebuke.”
[PRO.5.13] And I did not hear the voice of my instructors, and to my teachers I did not incline my ear.
[PRO.5.14] I was almost in all evil, within a congregation and an assembly.
[PRO.5.15] Drink water from your well, and flowing water is coming from within your well.
[PRO.5.16] Your springs will flow outward in the streets, streams of water.
[PRO.5.17] They will be only to you, and there are not to strangers with you.
[PRO.5.18] Let your source be blessed, and rejoice from the woman of your youth.
[PRO.5.19] The doe of loves, and the young goat of grace. May her breasts constantly satisfy you. With her love, you will be delighted forever.
[PRO.5.20] And why does my son err with a stranger and embrace the bosom of a foreign woman?
[PRO.5.21] For the ways of a person are before the eyes of Yahveh, and all of their turnings are directed by Him.
[PRO.5.22] His iniquities will trap the wicked one, and with ropes of his sin he will be held fast.
[PRO.5.23] He will die without discipline, and in great folly he will err.
PRO.6
[PRO.6.1] My son, if you have become surety for your friend, you have pledged your hands to the stranger.
[PRO.6.2] You have stumbled with the sayings of your mouth, you have been snared with the sayings of your mouth.
[PRO.6.3] Therefore, do this, my son, and be saved, because you have come into the palm of your companion. Go, humble yourself and fear your companion.
[PRO.6.4] Do not give sleep to your eyes, and do not give slumber to your eyelids.
[PRO.6.5] Be rescued like a gazelle from a hand, and like a bird from the hand of a fowler.
[PRO.6.6] Go to the ant, you lazy one, see its ways and become wise.
[PRO.6.7] Which has no officer, taskmaster, and ruler.
[PRO.6.8] It prepares in the summer its food; it stores in the harvest its eating.
[PRO.6.9] Until when, lazy one, will you lie? When will you rise from your sleep?
[PRO.6.10] A little of years, a little of sleeps, a little of folding of hands to lie down.
[PRO.6.11] And he will come as one walking, your head, and your lack, like a man who shields.
[PRO.6.12] The man without God is a man of worthlessness, walking in perversity of mouth.
[PRO.6.13] One who signals with the eye speaks with the foot, and teaches with the fingers.
[PRO.6.14] Perversions are in their heart; they practice evil at all times. They dispatch quarrels.
[PRO.6.15] Therefore, suddenly a vapor will come; suddenly it will be broken, and there is no healing.
[PRO.6.16] These six things Yahveh hates, and seven are abominations to his soul.
[PRO.6.17] Eyes lifted up to a false tongue, and hands shedding innocent blood.
[PRO.6.18] A heart plows up thoughts of wickedness, and feet are quick to run to evil.
[PRO.6.19] He breathes out falsehoods, a false witness, and he sends strife between brothers.
[PRO.6.20] Guard, my son, the commandments of your father, and do not abandon the instruction of your mother.
[PRO.6.21] Bind them on your heart always, and fasten them on your throat.
[PRO.6.22] In your walking, it will guide you. In your lying down, it will guard you. And at your rising, it will converse with you.
[PRO.6.23] For a commandment is a lamp, and teaching is light, and the way of life is discipline and instruction.
[PRO.6.24] To guard you from an evil woman, from a portion of a foreign tongue.
[PRO.6.25] Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not be led astray by her appearance.
[PRO.6.26] For a woman who is a prostitute, up to the price of a loaf of bread, and a married woman, a precious soul will be captured.
[PRO.6.27] Would a man hold fire in his embrace, and would his clothes not be burnt?
[PRO.6.28] If a man walks on the live coals, and his feet are not burned.
[PRO.6.29] Indeed, one who comes to the wife of his companion will not be cleansed. All who touch her will not be forgiven.
[PRO.6.30] Do not rebuke the thief, for he steals to fill himself, for he is hungry.
[PRO.6.31] And if it is found, he will pay seven times all the wealth of his house; he will give it.
[PRO.6.32] An adulterous man, foolish, destroys his own soul; he will bring this about.
[PRO.6.33] A plague and shame he will find, and his disgrace will not be wiped away.
[PRO.6.34] For the jealousy is the wrath of a person, and He will not pity in the day of vengeance.
[PRO.6.35] The Gods will not show favor to any bribe, and will not accept it, because you increase the offering.
PRO.7
[PRO.7.1] My son, guard my sayings, and you will keep my commands treasured with you.
[PRO.7.2] Guard my commandments and live, and regard my teaching as the pupil of your eye.
[PRO.7.3] Bind them on your fingers, write them on the tablet of your heart.
[PRO.7.4] Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," and to understanding, you will call her by name.
[PRO.7.5] To guard you from a foreign woman, from the words of a stranger, her words have been made smooth.
[PRO.7.6] For in the window of my house, through my window, I looked.
[PRO.7.7] And I saw suddenly, understanding among children, a young man lacking heart.
[PRO.7.8] The one passing in the market by a corner, and along the path by her house he will proceed.
[PRO.7.9] In a breath at evening, in the pupil of night, and darkness.
[PRO.7.10] And behold, a woman came to meet him, placing a prostitute and a heart of stone.
[PRO.7.11] She is murmuring and rebellious; her feet will not find rest in her house.
[PRO.7.12] Time after time outside, time after time in the streets, and by every corner he will lie in wait.
[PRO.7.13] And she strengthened herself with him and kissed him. She lifted her face and said to him.
[PRO.7.14] Sacrifices of completeness are upon me. Today I have completed my vows.
[PRO.7.15] Therefore, I went out to meet you, to seek your face, and I found you.
[PRO.7.16] Coverings I have overlaid my couch, carvings of fine linen from Egypt.
[PRO.7.17] My couch is made of drops of resin, myrrh, tents, and cinnamon.
[PRO.7.18] Come, let us be satisfied with loves until morning. We will delight ourselves in beloveds.
[PRO.7.19] For the man is not in his house; he went by a road from afar.
[PRO.7.20] The bundle of the silver he took in his hand for the day the throne will come into his house.
[PRO.7.21] You have hidden it in much taking, with a portion of your lips you will drive him away.
[PRO.7.22] He walks after her suddenly, like an ox to slaughter he will come, and like a simpleton to correction the foolish one.
[PRO.7.23] Until an arrow pierces his strength, like a bird quickly to a snare, and he does not know that it is in his own soul.
[PRO.7.24] And now, sons, listen to me, and listen to the words of my mouth.
[PRO.7.25] Do not let your heart follow God’s way, do not stray in her paths.
[PRO.7.26] For many slain ones she has caused to fall, and mighty are all her slain.
[PRO.7.27] The ways of Sheol are her house, descending to the chambers of death.
PRO.8
[PRO.8.1] Does not wisdom call out, and does not understanding give her voice?
[PRO.8.2] Wisdom is standing at the head of the heights, upon the way, in the house of the paths.
[PRO.8.3] They sang by the gates, according to the wall, at the entrances of openings.
[PRO.8.4] To you men, I will call, and my voice to the sons of man.
[PRO.8.5] Understand, simpletons, cunning, and fools, perceive understanding.
[PRO.8.6] Listen, for as leaders I will speak, and the opening of my lips are straight.
[PRO.8.7] For truth my palate will consider, and my lips will abhor wickedness.
[PRO.8.8] With righteousness, all the words of my mouth; there is no twisting in them, nor crookedness.
[PRO.8.9] All of them are present to the one who understands, and righteous to the finders of knowledge.
[PRO.8.10] Take my discipline and do not take silver, and knowledge from a diligent, chosen person.
[PRO.8.11] For goodness, wisdom is from pearls, and all desirable things do not compare with it.
[PRO.8.12] I am wisdom, I have dwelt with trickery, and knowledge of plans I find.
[PRO.8.13] The fear of Yahveh is hatred of evil, pride and arrogance, and the way of evil, and the mouth of deceptions I have hated.
[PRO.8.14] Counsel and intelligence are mine. I have understanding, and to me belongs strength.
[PRO.8.15] Through me, kings will reign, and rulers will decree righteousness.
[PRO.8.16] Through me, chiefs will sing, and nobles, all judges of justice.
[PRO.8.17] I love those who love, and those who seek me will find Yahveh.
[PRO.8.18] Wealth and glory are with me, abundant riches and righteousness.
[PRO.8.19] Good is my fruit from toil and from amber, and my yield from chosen silver.
[PRO.8.20] In the way of righteousness I will walk, within paths of justice.
[PRO.8.21] To cause an inheritance to my lovers there is, and their treasuries I will fill.
[PRO.8.22] Yahveh acquired me as the beginning of His work, ancient are His works from of old.
[PRO.8.23] From forever I have been established from the beginning, from the earliest times of earth.
[PRO.8.24] When there were no deeps, I formed them, when there were no springs abundant in water, I made them.
[PRO.8.25] Before the mountains were established, I created before the hills.
[PRO.8.26] Not yet had the Gods made the earth and its boundaries, and the tops of the dust of the world.
[PRO.8.27] When he prepared the heavens, there I was. By his law, he drew a circle on the face of the deep.
[PRO.8.28] In strengthening the skies from above, with power, the eyes of the deep.
[PRO.8.29] When He established the sea by its decree, and waters would not cross its mouth, in its decree are the foundations of the earth.
[PRO.8.30] And I was with Him as one trusted, and I was delight day by day, playing before His face at all times.
[PRO.8.31] God plays in the world of Earth, and humanity is my delight.
[PRO.8.32] And now, sons, listen to me, and blessed are those who will keep my ways.
[PRO.8.33] Hear discipline and be wise, and do not be scattered.
[PRO.8.34] Blessed is the person who listens to God, to diligently attend to the posts of the Gods' doors day by day, to guard the doorposts of the Gods' openings.
[PRO.8.35] For my finding is lives, and pleasure came from Yahveh.
[PRO.8.36] And the sinner wastes his life, all his haters loved death.
PRO.9
[PRO.9.1] Wisdom built her house; she has carved its seven pillars.
[PRO.9.2] She slaughtered a sacrifice, she slaughtered it. She poured out her wine, and even she prepared her table.
[PRO.9.3] She sent her young female servants to call out upon the high places of the city.
[PRO.9.4] Who is it that my mouth will be turned away from here? A foolish one says to him.
[PRO.9.5] Go to and eat with my bread, and drink with the wine I have prepared.
[PRO.9.6] Abandon fools and live, and be blessed in the way of understanding.
[PRO.9.7] One who disciplines a scoffer takes shame for himself, and one who corrects a wicked person receives a blemish.
[PRO.9.8] Do not correct a scoffer, lest he hate you. Correct a wise one, and he will love you.
[PRO.9.9] Give to the wise one and he will become even wiser. Make known to the righteous one and he will add a lesson.
[PRO.9.10] The beginning of wisdom is the fear of Yahveh, and knowledge of the holy ones is understanding.
[PRO.9.11] For in me your days will increase, and years of life will be added to you.
[PRO.9.12] If you have become wise, you have become wise to yourself, and you have mocked only to yourself you will carry.
[PRO.9.13] A woman of foolishness is noisy, naive, and does not know what.
[PRO.9.14] And she will sit at the opening of her house, upon a seat elevated by the roadside.
[PRO.9.15] To call to passersby, the straight ones, their paths.
[PRO.9.16] Who is foolish, let him be corrected here, and a lacking-heart person, and she says to him.
[PRO.9.17] Stolen waters are sweet, and secretly obtained bread is pleasant.
[PRO.9.18] And he did not know that healers are there in the depths of Sheol, those who are called by its name.
PRO.10
[PRO.10.1] The proverbs of Solomon, a son of the wise, will make a father glad, and a son who is foolish is the anguish of his mother.
[PRO.10.2] Treasures of wickedness will not profit, and righteousness will deliver from death.
[PRO.10.3] Yahveh will not make the soul of a righteous one hungry, and the desire of the wicked He will push away.
[PRO.10.4] The head of one doing a skillful hand, and the hand of skillful ones will enrich.
[PRO.10.5] One who gathers in summer is a wise son, but one who sleeps during harvest is a shaming son.
[PRO.10.6] Blessings are upon the head of the righteous one, and the mouths of the wicked ones will be covered by violence.
[PRO.10.7] The remembrance of the righteous is for a blessing, and the name of the wicked will rot.
[PRO.10.8] A wise of heart will take commandments, and a foolish one with lips will be caught.
[PRO.10.9] One walking in integrity will walk securely, and a crooked one in his ways will be known.
[PRO.10.10] A winking eye gives grief, and a fool’s lips bring bruising.
[PRO.10.11] The source of life is the mouth of the righteous one, and the mouth of the wicked ones will cover violence.
[PRO.10.12] Hatred stirs up quarrels, and love covers all transgressions.
[PRO.10.13] Upon the lips of an understanding one, wisdom is found, and a staff upon the back of one lacking heart.
[PRO.10.14] The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool is near to ruin.
[PRO.10.15] Wealth, a rich city of strength, crushes the poor into fragments.
[PRO.10.16] The work of the righteous one is for life, and the yield of the wicked one is for sin.
[PRO.10.17] The way to life keeps discipline, and one who abandons correction leads astray.
[PRO.10.18] One who conceals hatred with lying lips, and spreads slander, that person is a fool.
[PRO.10.19] In abundance of words, wickedness will not cease, and a wise person restrains his lips.
[PRO.10.20] Refined silver is for the tongue of the righteous; the heart of the wicked is like refined metal.
[PRO.10.21] The lips of the righteous will nourish many, and fools will die for lacking heart.
[PRO.10.22] The blessing of Yahveh is what enriches, and sorrow is not added with it.
[PRO.10.23] Mockery is for the foolish one to do a plot, and wisdom is for the man of understanding.
[PRO.10.24] The dwelling of the wicked will come to it, and he will give the desire of the righteous ones.
[PRO.10.25] As the passing of a storm, there is no wicked one, and the righteous one is the eternal foundation.
[PRO.10.26] As vinegar to teeth and as smoke to eyes, so is the lazy one to his senders.
[PRO.10.27] The fear of Yahveh adds days, and the years of the wicked will be shortened.
[PRO.10.28] The expectation of the righteous is joy, and the hope of the wicked will perish.
[PRO.10.29] A fortress is for the upright, the way of Yahveh, and destruction for those who do wickedness.
[PRO.10.30] The righteous will not waver forever, and the wicked will not dwell in the land.
[PRO.10.31] The mouth of the righteous will flourish with wisdom, and the tongue of perversions will be cut off.
[PRO.10.32] The lips of the righteous know favor, and the mouth of the wicked speaks perversions.
PRO.11
[PRO.11.1] Scales of deceit are an abomination to Yahveh, but a complete stone is His desire.
[PRO.11.2] Insolence arrives, and dishonor comes, and wisdom is with the humble.
[PRO.11.3] The completeness of the upright, God will guide them, and the rejection of the treacherous, God will destroy them.
[PRO.11.4] Wealth will not profit on a day of wrath, and righteousness will deliver from death.
[PRO.11.5] The righteousness of the complete one makes his path straight, and in his wickedness the wicked one will fall.
[PRO.11.6] The righteousness of righteous people will save them, and with the faithless, they will be caught.
[PRO.11.7] In the death of a wicked person, hope is lost, and the expectation of strength has perished.
[PRO.11.8] The righteous one is delivered from trouble, and the wicked one comes in his place.
[PRO.11.9] With the mouth of deceit, one corrupts a neighbor, and with the knowledge of the righteous, they are delivered.
[PRO.11.10] In the goodness of the righteous, a city rejoices, and in the destruction of the wicked, there is joy.
[PRO.11.11] Through the blessing of the righteous, a covenant is established, and through the mouth of the wicked, it is ruined.
[PRO.11.12] One who despises his neighbor is lacking in understanding, and a man of understandings will remain silent.
[PRO.11.13] One walking as a gossip reveals a secret, but a faithful spirit conceals a thing.
[PRO.11.14] A people will fall when there are no plans, but there is salvation in a multitude of counselors.
[PRO.11.15] Evil will fear because a stranger has guaranteed. And one hating is striking into one who trusts.
[PRO.11.16] Favor will support honor, and powerful people will support wealth.
[PRO.11.17] One who repays his life with kindness is a man of loving-kindness, and one who troubles his own flesh is cruel.
[PRO.11.18] The wicked one does a false action, and sowing righteousness, the reward is truth.
[PRO.11.19] So righteousness is for life, and the pursuer of evil is for his death.
[PRO.11.20] The abomination of Yahveh is the perverse in heart, and his desire is the upright in way.
[PRO.11.21] Wickedness is not cleansed by covering it up with wickedness; but the offspring of the righteous are delivered.
[PRO.11.22] A golden nose ring in the snout of a pig is like a beautiful woman who lacks discernment.
[PRO.11.23] The desire of the righteous is only good, but the hope of the wicked is wrath.
[PRO.11.24] There is one who scatters and still adds more, and one who holds back from what is right, but only to lack.
[PRO.11.25] A soul blessed is well-supplied, and also he refreshes and shows the way.
[PRO.11.26] The one who withholds grain will have it gathered up to a nation, and blessing to the head of the one who breaks it.
[PRO.11.27] One who seeks good will seek favor, and one who seeks evil will have evil come to him.
[PRO.11.28] He who trusts in his wealth will fall, and the righteous will flourish like a leaf.
[PRO.11.29] One who troubles his house will inherit wind, and a foolish servant belongs to the wise of heart.
[PRO.11.30] The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and the taker of souls is wise.
[PRO.11.31] Behold, the righteous one in the land will be rewarded, even because the wicked and the sinner [exist].
PRO.12
[PRO.12.1] A lover of discipline is a lover of knowledge, and one who hates correction is brutish.
[PRO.12.2] Good will produce favor from Yahveh, but a man of evil purposes will act wickedly.
[PRO.12.3] A human will not prosper in wickedness, and the root of the righteous will not be moved.
[PRO.12.4] A woman of strength is a crown to her husband, and like decay in his bones is she who causes shame.
[PRO.12.5] The thoughts of the righteous are what is right, but the plans of the wicked are deceit.
[PRO.12.6] The words of the wicked ones lie in wait for blood, and the mouth of the righteous ones will save them.
[PRO.12.7] God will overthrow the wicked ones, and they will not be. And the house of the righteous ones will stand.
[PRO.12.8] According to his understanding, a man will be praised, and a heart will become one to be scorned.
[PRO.12.9] It is good to be consumed and a servant to Him, than to honor oneself and lack bread.
[PRO.12.10] The knowing one, the righteous one, knows the soul of his creature, and the compassions of the wicked are cruel.
[PRO.12.11] The worker of his land will be satisfied with bread, and the pursuer of empty things lacks sense.
[PRO.12.12] The wicked one desires an ambush of evil ones, and the root of the righteous ones he will give.
[PRO.12.13] By the transgression of lips is a snare of evil, and a righteous person comes out from distress.
[PRO.12.14] From the fruit of a person’s mouth, he will be satisfied with good, and the reward of the hands of man will return to him.
[PRO.12.15] The path of a fool is right in his eyes, and one who listens to counsel is wise.
[PRO.12.16] A fool is known by his anger in the day, and one who covers dishonor is naked.
[PRO.12.17] Truth will cause faithfulness to bloom, and it will declare righteousness. A witness to falsehoods is deceit.
[PRO.12.18] There is splitting like the wounds of a sword, and the tongue of the wise provides healing.
[PRO.12.19] The speech of truth is established forever, and until a time of quiet, the speech of falsehood.
[PRO.12.20] Deception is in the heart of those who plan evil, and joy for those who counsel peace.
[PRO.12.21] Evil will not happen to the righteous, and the wicked have filled themselves with evil.
[PRO.12.22] The abomination of Yahveh is the lips of falsehood, and those who do faithfulness are pleasing to His will.
[PRO.12.23] Humankind is naked, covering knowledge, and the heart proclaims the worthlessness of fools.
[PRO.12.24] The hand of craftsmen will rule, and a contribution will be for sacrifice.
[PRO.12.25] Worry in the heart of a man weakens him, but a good thing makes him rejoice.
[PRO.12.26] More than his companion is the righteous one, and the way of the wicked ones will mislead them.
[PRO.12.27] Deceitful gain will not endure, and the wealth of humankind, valuable and diligent, is lasting.
[PRO.12.28] In the path of righteousness are lives, and the path of the way of non-existence.
PRO.13
[PRO.13.1] A wise son accepts his father's discipline, but a scorner does not listen to correction.
[PRO.13.2] From the fruit of a person’s mouth, good will be consumed. And the soul of betrayers, violence.
[PRO.13.3] He who guards his mouth keeps his soul. He who opens wide his lips finds destruction for himself.
[PRO.13.4] The soul of the desiring one is without, and the soul of the diligent is enriched.
[PRO.13.5] A word of falsehood the righteous one will hate, and the wicked one will wither and be disgraced.
[PRO.13.6] Righteousness constrains a complete way, and wickedness distorts sin.
[PRO.13.7] There is one who becomes rich, yet possesses nothing. There is one who becomes impoverished, yet has great wealth.
[PRO.13.8] The life of a man is a ransom for his wealth, but the poor did not hear a rebuke.
[PRO.13.9] The light of the righteous ones will rejoice, and the light of the wicked ones will be extinguished.
[PRO.13.10] Only through arrogance will he give a finding, and to counselors, wisdom.
[PRO.13.11] Wealth from worthlessness diminishes, and a collector by hand increases.
[PRO.13.12] Hope is a prolonged sickness of heart, and the tree of life is a desired appearance.
[PRO.13.13] Whoever despises the word will be harmed by it, and whoever fears a commandment will be recompensed.
[PRO.13.14] The instruction of the wise is a source of life, to turn away from the traps of death.
[PRO.13.15] Good understanding gives favor, and the way of faithless people is strong.
[PRO.13.16] All the shrewd will act with knowledge, and a fool will spread folly.
[PRO.13.17] A wicked messenger will fall in wickedness, and a messenger of faithfulness heals.
[PRO.13.18] The Beginning and the Complete Gods repay discipline, and he who guards correction will be honored.
[PRO.13.19] Desire becomes pleasant to the self, and the disgust of fools is to turn away from evil.
[PRO.13.20] One who walks with the wise becomes wise, and one who tends fools will fare badly.
[PRO.13.21] Sins pursue evil, and to righteous people, goodness will be recompensed.
[PRO.13.22] Good is the inheritance of children's children, and stored up for the righteous one is the strength of a sinner.
[PRO.13.23] Many consume the produce of the chiefs, and some perish without justice.
[PRO.13.24] One who withholds his rod hates his son, but one who loves him shows discipline.
[PRO.13.25] The righteous one eats until his soul is full, and the bellies of the wicked will lack.
PRO.14
[PRO.14.1] The wisdom of women builds her house, and foolishness will destroy it with her own hands.
[PRO.14.2] One who walks in uprightness fears Yahveh, and one whose ways are crooked despises him.
[PRO.14.3] In the mouth of a fool is a rod of arrogance, and the lips of the wise ones you will keep.
[PRO.14.4] When there are no thousands of a desired clean one, and a great yield is with the strength of an ox.
[PRO.14.5] A witness of faithfulness will not lie, and he proclaims lies, a false witness.
[PRO.14.6] He who scoffs sought wisdom, and did not find it. But knowledge is readily available to the understanding one.
[PRO.14.7] Go away from the face of a foolish man, and you will not know the lips of knowledge.
[PRO.14.8] The wisdom of the cunning understands his path, and the foolishness of fools is deception.
[PRO.14.9] Fools utter guilt, but favor is among the upright.
[PRO.14.10] The heart knows the bitterness of its self, and into his joy a stranger will not intrude.
[PRO.14.11] The house of wicked people will be destroyed, and the dwelling of righteous people will flourish.
[PRO.14.12] There is a way that is straight before a man, and its end is ways of death.
[PRO.14.13] Even in laughter, the heart will ache; and afterward, joy will be anguish.
[PRO.14.14] He will satisfy understanding from his ways, and a good man from his presence.
[PRO.14.15] A naive one will believe everything, and an astute one will understand falsehood.
[PRO.14.16] The wise person fears and turns away from evil, but the foolish person is full of pride and trusts in himself.
[PRO.14.17] One who is short of breath will make foolishness, and a man of plots will be hated.
[PRO.14.18] Fools inherit foolishness, and the naive will crown knowledge.
[PRO.14.19] The wicked bow down before the good, and the wicked are upon the gates of the righteous.
[PRO.14.20] Also, the poor will hate his fellow poor, and many love the rich.
[PRO.14.21] One who despises their neighbor sins, and blessed is he who shows favor to the poor.
[PRO.14.22] Surely those who plot evil are not fools? And kindness and truth, those who plot good.
[PRO.14.23] Concerning all counsel, there will be excess, and the words of lips are only for lack.
[PRO.14.24] The crown of the wise is their wealth, and the foolishness of fools is foolishness.
[PRO.14.25] The rescuer of lives is a witness to truth, and blows falsehoods away with deceit.
[PRO.14.26] In reverence of Yahveh is trusted strength, and to his sons will be shelter.
[PRO.14.27] The fear of Yahveh is a source of life, to turn away from snares of death.
[PRO.14.28] Among many peoples is the glory of the king, and among no nation is the destruction of worthlessness.
[PRO.14.29] Great is the patience of the Gods, and great is their understanding, but quick to anger is one who lifts up foolishness.
[PRO.14.30] The lives of fleshy things are a healing heart, and the decay of bones is jealousy.
[PRO.14.31] Oppression of the poor is a disgrace to the one who does it, and honoring him shows favor to the poor person.
[PRO.14.32] In his ruin, the wicked one will be rejected, and the one who takes refuge in mortality is the righteous one.
[PRO.14.33] In the heart of understanding, wisdom dwells, and in the midst of fools, it is known.
[PRO.14.34] Righteousness elevates a nation, and kindness atones for the sins of nations.
[PRO.14.35] The will of the king is toward a wise servant, and his transgression will be shameful.
PRO.15
[PRO.15.1] A gentle answer returns anger, and a harsh word stirs up wrath.
[PRO.15.2] The speech of the wise ones improves knowledge, and the mouth of the foolish ones expresses folly.
[PRO.15.3] In every place, the eyes of Yahveh are watching the wicked and the good.
[PRO.15.4] Restorative language is a tree of life, and soothing is in it for a broken spirit.
[PRO.15.5] A foolish one despises the discipline of his father, but the one who guards reproof will become prudent.
[PRO.15.6] The house of the righteous is great strength, and the yield of the wicked is disturbed.
[PRO.15.7] The lips of the wise ones scatter knowledge, and the heart of fools is not right.
[PRO.15.8] The sacrifice of the wicked ones is an abomination to Yahveh, and the prayer of the righteous ones is His desire.
[PRO.15.9] The abomination of Yahveh is the way of the wicked, and one who pursues righteousness, He will love.
[PRO.15.10] Bad instruction is for one who abandons the path. One who hates correction will die.
[PRO.15.11] The underworld and destruction are against Yahveh, even because the hearts of humanity are [filled with them].
[PRO.15.12] One who scoffs does not desire correction; to the wise, he will not go.
[PRO.15.13] A rejoicing heart makes faces good, and in sadness of heart, the spirit is weakened.
[PRO.15.14] The heart of one who is wise seeks knowledge, and the attention of fools attends to foolishness.
[PRO.15.15] All the days of affliction are evil, and a good heart is always a feast.
[PRO.15.16] Good is a little in the fear of Yahveh than great treasure and turmoil in it.
[PRO.15.17] A meal of greens and love there is better than a fat bull with hatred in it.
[PRO.15.18] A man of anger provokes a quarrel, and length of anger quiets strife.
[PRO.15.19] The path of the lazy is like a tangled thorn bush, and the way of the righteous is smoothed out.
[PRO.15.20] A son of wisdom will make his father glad, and a foolish man despises his mother.
[PRO.15.21] Foolishness brings joy to one lacking understanding, and a man of discernment will set your paths straight.
[PRO.15.22] Revealing plans results in ruin, but with many counselors, things will be established.
[PRO.15.23] Joy to a man is in a reply fitting to his mouth, and a word in its time, how good.
[PRO.15.24] The way of life is upward to the intelligent one, so that one may turn away from the grave below.
[PRO.15.25] The house of the humble, Yahveh will establish, and He will establish the boundary of the widow.
[PRO.15.26] The detestable things to Yahveh are evil thoughts, and pure are pleasant words.
[PRO.15.27] He who disrupts his household, exploits by exploitation, and hates gifts shall live.
[PRO.15.28] The heart of the righteous one considers how to respond, and the mouth of the wicked brings forth evils.
[PRO.15.29] God is distant from the wicked ones, and the prayer of the righteous ones He will hear.
[PRO.15.30] The light of the eyes will gladden the heart. Good news will nourish bone.
[PRO.15.31] The ear hearing correction of life will rest among the wise.
[PRO.15.32] He who breaks discipline repays himself with ruin, but he who hears correction gains understanding.
[PRO.15.33] The fear of Yahveh is the discipline of wisdom, and before honor is humility.
PRO.16
[PRO.16.1] The plans are in the heart of humankind, and the response is from Yahveh to the tongue.
[PRO.16.2] All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but Yahveh searches the hearts.
[PRO.16.3] Roll your deeds toward Yahveh, and your thoughts will be established.
[PRO.16.4] All the work of Yahveh is for his purpose, and even wickedness exists for a day of evil.
[PRO.16.5] The detestable thing to Yahveh is all who are proud, together they will not be cleansed.
[PRO.16.6] By lovingkindness and truth, iniquity is atoned for, and by the fear of Yahveh, one turns away from evil.
[PRO.16.7] In the desires of Yahveh are the ways of a man, and even his enemies He makes peace with him.
[PRO.16.8] Good is a little with justice, than an abundance of gains without judgment.
[PRO.16.9] The heart of humankind considers its path, and Yahveh establishes its steps.
[PRO.16.10] A declared truth is upon the lips of a king; with justice, his mouth will not err.
[PRO.16.11] Scales and weights of justice belong to Yahveh; all the stones of the bag are his work.
[PRO.16.12] The abhorrence of kings is doing wickedness, for through righteousness a throne will be established.
[PRO.16.13] The pleasure of rulers is lips of righteousness, and a speaker of the righteous will be loved.
[PRO.16.14] The wrath of a king is messengers of death, and a wise man will appease it.
[PRO.16.15] The light of the face of the king of lives, and his will is as the last drops of rain.
[PRO.16.16] To acquire wisdom is good more than diligence, and to acquire understanding is chosen more than silver.
[PRO.16.17] The path of the righteous turns away from evil. He who guards his soul protects his way.
[PRO.16.18] Before the breaking of height, and before the failure of a proud spirit.
[PRO.16.19] Good is humility with the afflicted, more than one who divides spoil with the proud.
[PRO.16.20] One who understands a matter will find goodness, and blessed is he who trusts in Yahveh.
[PRO.16.21] To the wise of heart, discernment will be called. And sweetness of lips adds to instruction.
[PRO.16.22] The source of lives has understanding with him, and the discipline of the foolish is foolishness.
[PRO.16.23] The heart of the wise understands his mouth, and upon his lips it adds teaching.
[PRO.16.24] Honey, honey – the words of pleasantness are sweet to the soul and healing to the bone.
[PRO.16.25] There is a way that is straight before a man, and its end is ways of death.
[PRO.16.26] A life toiling has toiled for him, because he has bent his word upon him.
[PRO.16.27] A man without worth prepares evil, and upon his lips is like burning fire.
[PRO.16.28] A man of turning sends forth dispute, and a contentious one separates a friend.
[PRO.16.29] A man of violence will entice his companion, and he will lead him on a path not good.
[PRO.16.30] The one who presses his eyes to think plans, narrows his lips to complete evil.
[PRO.16.31] A crown of glory is the grayness of old age; it will be found in the way of righteousness.
[PRO.16.32] Good is patience from strength, and one who rules his spirit is better than one who captures a city.
[PRO.16.33] The lot will be cast into the lap, and all decision is from Yahveh.
PRO.17
[PRO.17.1] Good is bread in a desolate place, and peace within it, than a house full of sacrifices of strife.
[PRO.17.2] A wise servant will rule over a shameful son, and among brothers, he will divide an inheritance.
[PRO.17.3] A refiner is for silver and a furnace is for gold, and Yahveh tests hearts.
[PRO.17.4] From evil, the Gods listen concerning speech of wickedness. Falsehood, the Gods nourish on the tongue of falsehoods.
[PRO.17.5] One who mocks the poor reviles his maker. One who rejoices in calamity will not be guiltless.
[PRO.17.6] A crown of elders, sons of sons, and the glory of sons belongs to their fathers.
[PRO.17.7] It is not fitting for a fool to have boastful speech, and even because for a generous person speech of falsehood is not proper.
[PRO.17.8] A stone of grace, the gift in the eyes of his masters, to all that he turns, God will grant understanding.
[PRO.17.9] The one who covers transgression seeks love, and the one who spreads discord separates a chief.
[PRO.17.10] Instead of rebuke with understanding, to strike a foolish person a hundred times.
[PRO.17.11] But the rebellious one seeks evil, and a cruel messenger will be sent to him.
[PRO.17.12] A mourning bear meets a man, and a fool is lost in their folly.
[PRO.17.13] The one who restores evil instead of good, evil will not cease from his house.
[PRO.17.14] One who twists water, the beginning of a dispute, and before the dispute becomes known, it is forsaken.
[PRO.17.15] Declaring the wicked righteous and condemning the righteous is an abomination to Yahveh, both of them.
[PRO.17.16] Why is this value in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom and a heart of nothing?
[PRO.17.17] At all times, one who loves the bad, and a brother is born to distress.
[PRO.17.18] A person lacking understanding strikes his hand, becoming a guarantor, a pledge before his companion.
[PRO.17.19] The lover of transgression loves calamity. He elevates his opening to seek ruin.
[PRO.17.20] A stubborn heart will not find good, and one who turns with his tongue will fall into evil.
[PRO.17.21] A parent brings forth a fool for sorrow to himself, and the father of a worthless one will not rejoice.
[PRO.17.22] A glad heart is good for the body, and a broken spirit dries up the marrow.
[PRO.17.23] A bribe from the power of a wicked one he will take, to incline the ways of justice.
[PRO.17.24] The presence of understanding looks toward wisdom, but the eyes of a fool are at the end of the earth.
[PRO.17.25] Wrath to his father is a foolish son, and rebellion to the one who bore him.
[PRO.17.26] Even for a man, it is not good to strike generous people for their righteousness.
[PRO.17.27] He who restrains God's words understands knowledge, and a man of calm temperament possesses understanding.
[PRO.17.28] Even a fool who is silent will be considered wise, and one who seals his lips is discerning.
PRO.18
[PRO.18.1] For desire, he seeks separation, and in all completeness, he will be revealed.
[PRO.18.2] A fool does not desire wisdom, but only the revealing of his heart.
[PRO.18.3] When the wicked one comes, disgrace also comes, and with dishonor comes reproach.
[PRO.18.4] Deep waters are the words of a man; a flowing stream is the source of wisdom.
[PRO.18.5] To lift the face of the wicked is not good, to incline the righteous in judgment.
[PRO.18.6] The lips of a fool will enter into quarrel, and his mouth will call for blows.
[PRO.18.7] The mouth of a fool is destruction for him, and his lips are a trap for his soul.
[PRO.18.8] The words of Nirgan are like those who are afflicted, and they descended into the chambers of the belly.
[PRO.18.9] Also a healer in his work, but he is to the Lord of destruction.
[PRO.18.10] A tower of strength is the name of Yahveh. In it the righteous will run, and be exalted.
[PRO.18.11] Wealth, rich is the city of strength, and a wall is exalted in its refuge.
[PRO.18.12] Before a shattering, the heart of a man will be lifted up, and before honor comes humility.
[PRO.18.13] One who answers a word before it is heard, it is folly to him, and shame.
[PRO.18.14] The spirit of a person sustains their sickness, and who will carry the spirit of one who is weak?
[PRO.18.15] An understanding heart acquires knowledge, and an ear seeks the knowledge of the wise ones.
[PRO.18.16] A gift to a man will expand for him, and before great ones it will lead him.
[PRO.18.17] The righteous one, being first in the quarrel, his fellow will come and investigate him.
[PRO.18.18] The Midianites will determine the lot, and will separate between the mighty ones.
[PRO.18.19] My brother, my soul is from a city of strength, and the voluntaries are like a breaking in a palace.
[PRO.18.20] From the fruit of a man’s mouth, his belly will be filled. The harvest of his lips will fill him.
[PRO.18.21] Death and life are in the hand of the tongue, and those who love her will eat her fruit.
[PRO.18.22] He who finds a woman finds good, and he finds favor from Yahveh.
[PRO.18.23] Supplications will speak the poor, and the rich will answer boldly.
[PRO.18.24] A man of companions to become friendly, and there is a friend clinging from a brother.
PRO.19
[PRO.19.1] Good is the poor person walking in wholeness, more than one whose speech is twisted, and he is a fool.
[PRO.19.2] Even without knowing one’s life is not good, and rushing in steps is sinning.
[PRO.19.3] The foolishness of mankind distorts his path, and his heart resents Yahveh.
[PRO.19.4] Wealth adds many friends, and a poor person will be separated from their companion.
[PRO.19.5] A false witness will not be cleansed, and one who breathes out lies will not escape.
[PRO.19.6] Many will seek the favor of the generous one, and every wicked one gives a gift to a person.
[PRO.19.7] All the brothers of the poor man hate him, and indeed those who pretended to shepherd him have distanced themselves from him. Those who pursue words are not truly his.
[PRO.19.8] The one who acquires the heart of a lover of his soul keeps understanding to find good.
[PRO.19.9] A false witness will not be cleared, and he who breathes out falsehoods will perish.
[PRO.19.10] Delight is not fitting for a fool, even as ruling is for a servant over flesh.
[PRO.19.11] The intelligence of humankind lengthens anger, and its glory passes over transgression.
[PRO.19.12] God roars like a lion with fury, the King, and His will is like dew upon the grass.
[PRO.19.13] The foolish son troubles his father, and a leaking cistern torments a woman.
[PRO.19.14] A house and wealth are the inheritance of fathers, and an intelligent woman is from Yahveh.
[PRO.19.15] Sloth causes drowsiness to fall, and a negligent soul will hunger.
[PRO.19.16] One who guards a commandment guards his life. One who despises his ways will die.
[PRO.19.17] Yahveh is a lender who shows favor to the poor, and he will repay them for it.
[PRO.19.18] Discipline your son, for there is hope, and to death do not bring him. Do not despair.
[PRO.19.19] A portion of wrath is carrying punishment, but if you rescue and still add, then more will be provided.
[PRO.19.20] Hear advice and receive discipline so that you will be wise in your future.
[PRO.19.21] Many thoughts are in a person’s heart, but the counsel of Yahveh is what will stand.
[PRO.19.22] The desire of humanity is his kindness, and goodness of the humble is better than from a false man.
[PRO.19.23] The fear of Yahveh is for life, and the satisfied one will rest, evil will not visit him.
[PRO.19.24] The lazy person placed his hand in the dish, and even to his mouth he will not return it.
[PRO.19.25] A mocker receives correction with blows, and a simpleton is deceived. But correction for a wise one is understanding of knowledge.
[PRO.19.26] The destroyer of a father causes a mother to flee, a son who shames, and diminishes.
[PRO.19.27] Stop, my son, listening to instruction, so that you may stray from words of knowledge.
[PRO.19.28] A worthless witness declares judgment, and the mouth of the wicked consumes wickedness.
[PRO.19.29] Judgments are prepared for scoffers and blows for the body of fools.
PRO.20
[PRO.20.1] The mocker despises the wine, and all who wander in it will not be wise.
[PRO.20.2] He roars like a lion, the terror of a king, overwhelmed with error, his soul is in anguish.
[PRO.20.3] Honor belongs to the man who dwells away from strife, and every fool will be revealed.
[PRO.20.4] From winter, a lazy one will not plow. He will ask at harvest, and there is nothing.
[PRO.20.5] Deep waters are counsel in a person’s heart, and a discerning person will draw it out.
[PRO.20.6] Many a man will be called by his kindness, but who will find a man of faithfulness?
[PRO.20.7] One who walks in completeness is righteous. Blessed are his sons after him.
[PRO.20.8] The king sits on a throne of judgment, scattering all evil with His eyes.
[PRO.20.9] Who will say, "I have succeeded, I have purified my heart from my sin?"
[PRO.20.10] A stone and a stone, an efah and an efah, are an abomination to Yahveh, and also both of them.
[PRO.20.11] Also, by his actions a young man will be distinguished, whether his action is pure or his action is upright.
[PRO.20.12] An ear that hears and an eye that sees, Yahveh made both of them.
[PRO.20.13] Do not love sleep, lest you become impoverished. Open your eyes to ensure you have sufficient bread.
[PRO.20.14] Evil, evil, says the purchaser, and as he departs, then Yahveh will boast.
[PRO.20.15] There exists gold and many pearls, and valuable vessels of knowing.
[PRO.20.16] Take his garment because a stranger has guaranteed it, and for foreigners is his debt.
[PRO.20.17] One mixes a lie as bread for a man, and afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.
[PRO.20.18] Thoughts are prepared with counsel, and war is waged with schemes.
[PRO.20.19] The revealer of a secret goes about as a gossip, and his lips should not be mingled with.
[PRO.20.20] The one who curses his father and his mother, his light will be extinguished in darkness, darkness.
[PRO.20.21] A possession troubled in the first, and its end will not be blessed.
[PRO.20.22] Do not say, "I will repay evil"; hope for Yahveh, and Yahveh will save you.
[PRO.20.23] An abomination to Yahveh is stone and stone, and balances of deceit are not good.
[PRO.20.24] The steps of a man are from Yahveh, and a man, what can he understand of his path?
[PRO.20.25] A man's trap receives holiness, and after vows, to examine.
[PRO.20.26] The wise king scatters the wicked ones and he sits upon them as a wheel.
[PRO.20.27] The lamp of Yahveh is the soul of humankind, searching all the inner chambers of the body.
[PRO.20.28] Lovingkindness and truth create a king, and his throne is supported by lovingkindness.
[PRO.20.29] The glory of young men is their strength, and the splendor of old men is gray hair.
[PRO.20.30] Wounds are a crack that crushes within, and blows to the chambers of the belly.
PRO.21
[PRO.21.1] The streams of water are the heart of the king, in the hand of Yahveh. He directs it according to all that He desires.
[PRO.21.2] Every way of a man is right in his eyes, and Yahveh examines the hearts.
[PRO.21.3] To do righteousness and justice is chosen by Yahveh more than altar.
[PRO.21.4] Exalted eyes and a wide heart are a light for the wicked to sin.
[PRO.21.5] Thoughts pursued diligently are only for abundance, and every tree is only for lack.
[PRO.21.6] One who acts with treasures using a false tongue scatters vanity; they are seekers of death.
[PRO.21.7] Destruction will come upon the wicked, for they refused to do justice.
[PRO.21.8] The Gods detest the way of a perverse man and find his work abhorrent.
[PRO.21.9] It is good to sit on the corner of a roof than with the wife of Midianites, and in the house of a companion.
[PRO.21.10] The soul of the wicked desires evil; his companion will not be favored in his eyes.
[PRO.21.11] Through discipline, the naive will become wise, and through understanding, the wise will acquire knowledge.
[PRO.21.12] Understanding belongs to the righteous for a household of wicked ones. He perverts the wicked to evil.
[PRO.21.13] He who closes his ear to the cry of the poor one, also he will call, and he will not be answered.
[PRO.21.14] A gift given in secret appeases wrath, and a bribe inwardly covers fierce anger.
[PRO.21.15] Joy to the righteous to do justice, and terror to the doers of evil.
[PRO.21.16] The human strays from the way of understanding, and he will rest among the healers.
[PRO.21.17] A man lacking joy loves wine and oil, he will not become wealthy.
[PRO.21.18] A ransom for the righteous is wicked, and in place of the upright ones, a betrayer.
[PRO.21.19] Good is dwelling in a desert land, from a woman of quarrels and wrath.
[PRO.21.20] Treasure and pleasantness and oil are in the mind of the wise, but a fool will swallow a man.
[PRO.21.21] One who pursues righteousness and lovingkindness will find life, righteousness, and honor.
[PRO.21.22] A city of heroes has ascended with wisdom, and has descended with strength and confidence.
[PRO.21.23] One who guards his mouth and his tongue guards himself from troubles of his soul.
[PRO.21.24] The arrogant one, whose name is scorner, makes transgression with defiant arrogance.
[PRO.21.25] The desire of the lazy person kills him, for he has refused his hands to do work.
[PRO.21.26] All day long the wicked one desired a desire, and the righteous one will give and not hold back.
[PRO.21.27] The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination, even because he brings it with deceit.
[PRO.21.28] A false witness will perish, and a person who listens forever will speak.
[PRO.21.29] The wicked man is bold in the face of God, but the upright one, he establishes his ways.
[PRO.21.30] There is no wisdom, and there is no understanding, and there is no counsel against Yahveh.
[PRO.21.31] A horse is prepared for a day of war, and for Yahveh is the salvation.
PRO.22
[PRO.22.1] A chosen name is better than abundant wealth; more than silver and more than gold, favor is good.
[PRO.22.2] The rich one and the poor one meet; Yahveh makes all of them.
[PRO.22.3] The vulnerable one saw evil and hid, and the simpletons passed by and were punished.
[PRO.22.4] Because of humility, the fear of Yahveh results in wealth, and honor, and life.
[PRO.22.5] Snares are traps in the way of the crooked. One who guards his soul will keep himself far from them.
[PRO.22.6] Dedicate the young person according to his way, even when he grows old, he will not depart from it.
[PRO.22.7] A rich one in possessions will rule, and a servant to a debtor to a man who lends.
[PRO.22.8] The one who sows iniquity will reap wickedness, and the staff of his fury will be consumed.
[PRO.22.9] He who has a good eye will be blessed, because he gave his food to the poor.
[PRO.22.10] Expel the mocker, and rejection will depart, and justice will be established, and shame will come.
[PRO.22.11] One who loves a pure heart has grace on his lips, and his companion is a king.
[PRO.22.12] The eyes of Yahveh guard knowledge, and they distort the words of the faithless one.
[PRO.22.13] The lazy person says, "A lion is outside, in the midst of the streets; I will be slaughtered."
[PRO.22.14] A pit, deep is the mouth of strangers; the zealous anger of Yahveh will fall there.
[PRO.22.15] Foolishness is bound in the heart of a young man, but the rod of discipline will drive it away from him.
[PRO.22.16] Oppressing the poor to increase one's own wealth, giving only to the rich but to those in want.
[PRO.22.17] Incline your ear, and listen to the words of the wise ones, and you will set your heart to my knowledge.
[PRO.22.18] For it is pleasant that you keep them in your belly; they will dwell together upon your lips.
[PRO.22.19] To be in Yahveh should be your trust. I have declared to you today, even you.
[PRO.22.20] Have I not written to you in three counsels and knowledge?
[PRO.22.21] To make you know the hardship of the words of truth, to return the words of truth to those who send you.
[PRO.22.22] Do not steal from the poor one because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate.
[PRO.22.23] For Yahveh will contend the case of them, and will establish those who set themselves against them, a life.
[PRO.22.24] Do not seek the anger of the Baal, and do not come to a man of wrath.
[PRO.22.25] Lest you thoroughly learn his ways, and you take a snare for your soul.
[PRO.22.26] Do not be among those who strike palms, among fools placing your trusts.
[PRO.22.27] If it is not to you to pay, why take your couch from under you?
[PRO.22.28] Do not move the boundary of forever which your fathers made.
[PRO.22.29] Have you seen a man skillful in his work, who stands before kings, but does not stand before the dark ones?
PRO.23
[PRO.23.1] Because you will sit to consume your ruler, understanding you will understand that which is before you.
[PRO.23.2] And you shall place a knife in your throat, if a living soul you are.
[PRO.23.3] Do not desire to his delicacies, and it is bread of falsehoods.
[PRO.23.4] Do not strive to become rich from your understanding. Cease.
[PRO.23.5] Will your eyes wander in it, and is it not there? Because he has made wings for himself, like an eagle, and he will fly to the heavens.
[PRO.23.6] Do not fight the bread of evil eye, and do not desire its flavors.
[PRO.23.7] For just as a gate to his soul, so he eats and drinks he will say to you, but his heart is not with you.
[PRO.23.8] You have eaten the trap, you have vomited it up, and you have corrupted your pleasant words.
[PRO.23.9] Do not speak to a fool, for he will despise your words of wisdom.
[PRO.23.10] Do not move the boundary of forever, and do not enter the fields of orphans.
[PRO.23.11] For their redeemer is strong. He will contend their dispute with you.
[PRO.23.12] Bring discipline to your heart and words of knowledge to your ear.
[PRO.23.13] Do not withhold discipline from a young one, for striking him with a rod will not cause death.
[PRO.23.14] You, with a rod, will guide them, and His soul you will deliver from Sheol.
[PRO.23.15] My son, if your heart is wise, my heart will rejoice, also I.
[PRO.23.16] And let my inner self rejoice in speaking your truths.
[PRO.23.17] Let not your heart be jealous of sinners, but rather in the fear of Yahveh all the day.
[PRO.23.18] But if there is a future, your hope will not be cut off.
[PRO.23.19] Hear you, my son, and be wise, and be blessed in the way of your heart.
[PRO.23.20] Do not be among those who drink wine, among those who devour meat to them.
[PRO.23.21] For those who go around as captors and ravagers will inherit, and I will clothe the poor with softness.
[PRO.23.22] Listen to your father, this is your child, and do not despise because your mother is old.
[PRO.23.23] Truth, acquire, and do not sell it. Wisdom and discipline and understanding.
[PRO.23.24] Joy will rejoice, my father of the righteous, birthing the wise, and he will rejoice in him.
[PRO.23.25] Your father will rejoice, and your mother, and the one who bore you will rejoice.
[PRO.23.26] Give your heart to me, and let your eyes be pleased with my ways.
[PRO.23.27] Because a deep pit is a prostitute, and a narrow well is an unfaithful one.
[PRO.23.28] Even she quickly lies in wait, and betrayers to mankind you will add.
[PRO.23.29] To whom is woe? To whom is destruction? To whom are contentions? To whom is corruption? To whom are wounds without cause? To whom is causeless affliction?
[PRO.23.30] To those who delay over the wine, to those who go to seek out mixed wine.
[PRO.23.31] Do not look at wine when it reddens, when it gives in the pouch of the eye. He will walk in straightness.
[PRO.23.32] His end will be like a serpent biting, and like a viper he will spread.
[PRO.23.33] Your eyes will see strangers, and your heart will speak perversions.
[PRO.23.34] And you will be like one who lies in the heart of the sea, and like one who lies at the head of a rope.
[PRO.23.35] Strike me without wellness, beat me without I knew. When will I awaken? I will continue to seek after him again.
PRO.24
[PRO.24.1] Do not be jealous of evil people, and do not desire to be with them.
[PRO.24.2] For devastation ponders in their heart, and the exertion of their lips will speak.
[PRO.24.3] With wisdom a house is built, and with understanding it is established.
[PRO.24.4] And in knowledge of chambers, they will be filled – all treasure, precious and delightful.
[PRO.24.5] A man of wisdom is with strength, and a man of understanding strengthens power.
[PRO.24.6] For with schemes you will make for yourself war, and deliverance with an abundance of counselor.
[PRO.24.7] Heights for the fool are wisdoms; at the gate he will not open his mouth.
[PRO.24.8] One who calculates to do evil to him, they will call master of plots.
[PRO.24.9] A plan of foolishness is sin, and for humankind, to scorn a person is an abomination.
[PRO.24.10] You have relaxed on the day of distress, when your strength is constricted.
[PRO.24.11] Rescue those taken to death, and those given to slaughter, if you restrain yourself.
[PRO.24.12] If you say, "Indeed, He does not know us," does not He understand the thoughts of your hearts? He guards your life and He knows. And He will repay mankind according to their actions.
[PRO.24.13] Eat, my son, honey because it is good, and let honeycomb be sweet upon your palate.
[PRO.24.14] So, know wisdom for yourself if you find it, and there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
[PRO.24.15] Do not lie in wait, wicked one, to the dwelling of the righteous. Do not plunder his resting place.
[PRO.24.16] For seven times the righteous one will fall, and he will rise. And the wicked will stumble in evil.
[PRO.24.17] When your enemies fall, do not rejoice, and when they stumble, do not let your heart be glad.
[PRO.24.18] Lest Yahveh see and something be bad in our eyes, and he return his wrath from upon us.
[PRO.24.19] Do not compete with the evil ones. Do not be jealous of the wicked.
[PRO.24.20] For there will not be an end to evil, the light of the wicked will be extinguished.
[PRO.24.21] Fear Yahveh, sons and king. Do not associate with enemies.
[PRO.24.22] For suddenly vapor will arise, and its second appearance, who knows?
[PRO.24.23] Also these, to the wise, recognizing faces in judgment is not good.
[PRO.24.24] Someone says to the wicked one, "You are righteous." Peoples will hate him, and nations will despise him.
[PRO.24.25] And to the rebukers it will be pleasant, and upon them a blessing of good will come.
[PRO.24.26] Lips will greet the one returning correct words.
[PRO.24.27] Prepare your work outside, and make it ready in the field for yourself. Afterward, you will build your house.
[PRO.24.28] Do not be a witness without cause to your neighbor, and do not entice him with your lips.
[PRO.24.29] Do not say, "As he has done to me, so I will do to him." I will repay to each person according to their deeds.
[PRO.24.30] I passed by the field of a lazy man, and by the vineyard of a man lacking heart.
[PRO.24.31] And behold, it went, all of it with wrinkles, covering its face, worn out, and the enclosure of its stones was broken down.
[PRO.24.32] And I beheld, I did something to my heart, I saw, I took correction.
[PRO.24.33] A little of years, a little of sleeps, a little of folding of hands to lie down.
[PRO.24.34] And you will come walking, and your lacks as a man with a shield.
PRO.25
[PRO.25.1] Also, these are the proverbs of Solomon that the men of Hezekiah, king of Judah, copied.
[PRO.25.2] The glory of the Gods conceals a matter, and the glory of kings investigates a matter.
[PRO.25.3] The heavens are to the height, and the earth to the depth, and the heart of kings has no investigation.
[PRO.25.4] The silver was melted, and the impurities came out to the refiner as an object.
[PRO.25.5] The devising of wickedness is before the king, and his throne will be established in righteousness.
[PRO.25.6] Do not boast before a king, and do not stand in a place of great ones.
[PRO.25.7] For it is good to say to you these things, rather than to humble you before a noble person, the one your eyes have seen.
[PRO.25.8] Do not go out quickly to a quarrel, lest what will you do in the end? With tools you will harm your friend.
[PRO.25.9] Your quarrel is a quarrel with your neighbor, and do not reveal another secret.
[PRO.25.10] Lest your loving kindness be heard by one who will not return your words.
[PRO.25.11] Apples of gold are in settings of silver, a word spoken upon his face.
[PRO.25.12] A golden nose ring and an engraved temple are a correction for the wise, on the ear that listens.
[PRO.25.13] Like the settling of snow in the day of harvest, so is a faithful payment to those who send it, and the soul of my Lord will repay.
[PRO.25.14] Chiefs and spirit and rain are nonexistent. No one should glory in a false gift.
[PRO.25.15] With length of patience, an officer will be persuaded, and a soft tongue will break the backbone.
[PRO.25.16] Honey you have found, eat your fill, lest you become full and vomit it up.
[PRO.25.17] Make your interests weighty over the house of your friend, lest he satisfy you, and he hate you.
[PRO.25.18] One spreads and a sword and a piercing arrow, a man responds to his neighbor with a false witness.
[PRO.25.19] A tooth of a companion, and a slipping foot, is trust in a deceiver in a day of distress.
[PRO.25.20] A ruined garment in a day of cold, sourness on what remains, and singing of songs about an evil heart.
[PRO.25.21] If your enemy is hungry, feed him bread, and if your enemy is thirsty, give him water.
[PRO.25.22] For burning coals you forge upon his head, and Yahveh will repay to you.
[PRO.25.23] The wind of the north brings forth rain, and angry faces to a hidden tongue.
[PRO.25.24] It is good to dwell on a corner of a roof, rather than to dwell with a wife of quarrels, and in a house with a companion.
[PRO.25.25] Cold waters for a weary soul, and good news from a distant land.
[PRO.25.26] A relaxed spring and a source of pollution: the righteous person falls before the wicked person.
[PRO.25.27] To consume honey in abundance is not good, and to investigate their glory is glory.
[PRO.25.28] A city breached has no wall. A person who has no restraint of spirit.
PRO.26
[PRO.26.1] As snow in summer and as rain in harvest, so is honor not fitting for a fool.
[PRO.26.2] As a young bird wanders, as a sparrow flies, so a curse without cause will not come.
[PRO.26.3] A lash for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of those exhibiting foolishness.
[PRO.26.4] Do not answer a fool according to his foolishness, lest you also become like him.
[PRO.26.5] Answer the fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.
[PRO.26.6] One who trips up legs drinks violence, sending words by the hand of a fool.
[PRO.26.7] Dripping are legs from a limp, and governing is in the mouth of fools.
[PRO.26.8] As one places a stone in a sling, so the Gods give honor to a fool.
[PRO.26.9] Wisdom rises in the hand of a drunkard, and dominion is in the mouth of fools.
[PRO.26.10] Great is the one who accomplishes all, and one who hires a fool hires those who pass by.
[PRO.26.11] Like a dog returns to its vomit, a fool repeats his foolishness.
[PRO.26.12] You have seen a man wise in his eyes, hope for a fool is from him.
[PRO.26.13] The lazy one said, ‘I am decaying on the way, for a lion is among the broad places.’
[PRO.26.14] The door will turn on its hinge, and the lazy one on his bed.
[PRO.26.15] The lazy one hides his hand in the dish, and is too weary to bring it to his mouth.
[PRO.26.16] A wise lazy person, in his perception, finds those who give reason burdensome.
[PRO.26.17] One who holds onto the ears of Caleb, passing over from conceiving upon a quarrel not his own.
[PRO.26.18] Like one who walks, the Gods send sparks, arrows, and death.
[PRO.26.19] Indeed, a man deceived his friend, and said, "Was I not merely playing?"
[PRO.26.20] When there are no trees, fire will be extinguished, and when there is no mourner, lament will cease.
[PRO.26.21] Coal is to embers, and wood is to fire, and a man is to stirring up strife.
[PRO.26.22] The words of Nirgan are like those who are afflicted, and they descended into the chambers of the belly.
[PRO.26.23] Silver covered with dross is upon the craftsman, burning lips and a wicked heart.
[PRO.26.24] With his lips the hater will be known, and within him he will place deception.
[PRO.26.25] For if He favors with His voice, do not trust in him, for seven abominations are in his heart.
[PRO.26.26] Hatred conceals itself with deception, its wickedness is revealed in the assembly.
[PRO.26.27] The one who digs a pit will fall in it, and the stone he rolls will return to him.
[PRO.26.28] A tongue of falsehood the righteous hate, and a smooth mouth makes rejection.
PRO.27
[PRO.27.1] Do not boast in tomorrow, for you will not know what a day will bring forth.
[PRO.27.2] A foreigner will praise Yahveh, and not through your mouth. A stranger will praise Yahveh, and not through your lips.
[PRO.27.3] The weight of a stone and the lifting of sand, and the anger of a fool, is heavier than both of them.
[PRO.27.4] The cruelty of anger and the flood of wrath, and who will stand before jealousy?
[PRO.27.5] Good is open correction from hidden love.
[PRO.27.6] The wounds of a lover are faithful, and the kisses of a hater are answered.
[PRO.27.7] A satisfied soul despises honey, and a hungry soul finds all bitterness sweet.
[PRO.27.8] As a bird wanders from its nest, so a person wanders from his place.
[PRO.27.9] Oil and incense make the heart glad, and the sweetness of a companion is from one's own counsel.
[PRO.27.10] Do not forsake your friend and the companion of your father, and do not disregard the house of your brother in the day of your distress. A near neighbor is good, more than a distant brother.
[PRO.27.11] Wise, my son, and rejoice my heart, and I will return the mocker’s word.
[PRO.27.12] The naked one saw misfortune hidden. Simpletons passed by and were punished.
[PRO.27.13] Take his garment, because he has guaranteed a stranger for a foreign woman, and it is his rope.
[PRO.27.14] The one blessing his companion with a loud voice in the early morning will have that blessing counted as a curse to him.
[PRO.27.15] A leak harasses in a cold day, and a wife of quarrels is overcome.
[PRO.27.16] The one who hides her, hides the north wind, and the oil of my right hand will proclaim.
[PRO.27.17] Iron by iron is sharpened, and a man is sharpened by the presence of his companion.
[PRO.27.18] One who carefully tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and one who guards my Lord will be honored.
[PRO.27.19] As water reflects water, so the heart of a person reflects another person.
[PRO.27.20] The underworld and destruction will not be satisfied, and the eyes of humankind will not be satisfied.
[PRO.27.21] A refiner is for silver, and a furnace is for gold, and a person by the praise of him.
[PRO.27.22] If you grind the fool in the mortar among the crushed grains in the upper millstone, you will not cease from above his foolishness.
[PRO.27.23] You will know, you will acknowledge the presence of your flock. Place your heart among the flocks.
[PRO.27.24] For not forever will glory endure, and not for every generation will a crown remain.
[PRO.27.25] The late harvest is revealed, and the grass appears, and the herbs of the mountains are gathered.
[PRO.27.26] Rams will be for your clothing, and the price of a field is young goats.
[PRO.27.27] And sufficient quantity of goat's milk for your bread, for the bread of your house, and life for your young women.
PRO.28
[PRO.28.1] The wicked have fled, and there is no one pursuing them. But the righteous are confident like a lion.
[PRO.28.2] Because of the transgression of the land, many of its rulers suffer, and if a person has understanding and knows, then Yahveh will extend kindness.
[PRO.28.3] A man of power, ruinous and oppressing the poor, is like a sweeping rain, and there is no bread.
[PRO.28.4] Those abandoning instruction will praise the wicked, and those guarding instruction will reside among them.
[PRO.28.5] Men of evil will not understand judgment, and those who seek Yahveh will understand all.
[PRO.28.6] Good is the poor one who walks in integrity, more than one who is crooked in their ways, and he is rich.
[PRO.28.7] The Guardian of Instruction, a son understanding, and a shepherd of fools will destroy his father.
[PRO.28.8] One who increases their wealth through interest and profit, will have the poor gathered to them.
[PRO.28.9] The one who turns his ear away from hearing instruction, even his prayer is an abomination.
[PRO.28.10] The Gods oversee righteous ones in the way of evil; in his corruption, he will fall, and blameless ones will inherit goodness.
[PRO.28.11] A wise man in his opinion is a rich man, and a poor man with understanding will investigate him.
[PRO.28.12] When the masters rejoice, great is the splendor. And when the wicked ones rise, mankind is obscured.
[PRO.28.13] One who covers his transgressions will not succeed, but one who confesses and abandons them will be shown mercy.
[PRO.28.14] Blessed is the person who fears constantly, and the one who hardens his heart will fall into misfortune.
[PRO.28.15] A lion roaring and a bear lying in wait, a wicked ruler over a poor people.
[PRO.28.16] A leader is lacking in understandings and abundant in oppressions. Those who hate gain will lengthen days.
[PRO.28.17] Humankind, exploited to the point of endangering life, will flee until a pit. Let no one support him.
[PRO.28.18] One walking with completeness will be saved by Yahveh, and one whose ways are twisted will fall at once.
[PRO.28.19] The one who works his land will be satisfied with bread, but the one pursuing emptiness will be satisfied with ruin.
[PRO.28.20] A person of many faiths and blessings, and quick to become rich, will not be cleansed.
[PRO.28.21] Showing favoritism is not good, and a man will transgress concerning a piece of bread.
[PRO.28.22] A person with a wicked eye is dismayed by wealth, and does not know that lack will come to him.
[PRO.28.23] He who corrects mankind finds grace after one who causes the tongue to slip.
[PRO.28.24] One who steals from their father and mother and says, "There is no offense," a destroyer is a companion to that person.
[PRO.28.25] A generous spirit provokes oppression, but one who trusts upon Yahveh will be prospered.
[PRO.28.26] The one trusting in his heart is foolish, and the one walking with wisdom will be delivered.
[PRO.28.27] God gives to the poor one, lacking nothing, and raises His eyes against many proud people.
[PRO.28.28] When the wicked rise, humanity will hide, and when they perish, the righteous will increase.
PRO.29
[PRO.29.1] A person who resists rebuke is stubborn, and he will suddenly be broken, and there is no healing.
[PRO.29.2] When there is an abundance of righteous ones, the people will rejoice, and in the rule of the wicked one, the people will sigh.
[PRO.29.3] A man loving wisdom makes his father glad, and one who frequents prostitutes destroys wealth.
[PRO.29.4] A king will establish the land with justice, and a person will destroy it with contributions.
[PRO.29.5] A man is slippery toward his companion, he spreads a net for his steps.
[PRO.29.6] In the transgression of a bad man is a snare, but the righteous thrive and rejoice.
[PRO.29.7] The knowing one, the righteous one, understands the judgments of the poor ones, but the wicked one will not understand knowledge.
[PRO.29.8] The men of the city will proclaim the city, and the wise ones will return anger.
[PRO.29.9] A wise man judges a foolish man, and he rages and mocks, and there is no relief.
[PRO.29.10] Bloody men hate integrity, and the righteous seek his life.
[PRO.29.11] All of the spirit of a fool goes out, and the wise person will praise it later.
[PRO.29.12] The ruler listens to a false matter, and all of their servants are wicked.
[PRO.29.13] A poor man and a cunning man met, and Yahveh illuminates the eyes of both of them.
[PRO.29.14] The king judges with truth among the poor. His throne will endure forever.
[PRO.29.15] A rod and correction give wisdom, and a dismissed young man shames his mother.
[PRO.29.16] In an abundance of wicked ones, transgression will increase, and righteous ones will see when they fall.
[PRO.29.17] Discipline your son, and he will give you rest, and he will give provisions to your soul.
[PRO.29.18] Without vision, the people will be unrestrained, and blessed is the keeper of the law.
[PRO.29.19] Discipline through words will not come to the servant, because he understands, and there is no reply.
[PRO.29.20] You have seen a man quick in his words, hope for a fool comes from him.
[PRO.29.21] He indulges his servant from youth, and his future will be ruin.
[PRO.29.22] A man of anger stirs up strife, and one who possesses great wrath is full of transgression.
[PRO.29.23] The pride of humankind will humble it, and a humble spirit will support honor.
[PRO.29.24] One who shares with a thief hates the person’s life. The Gods will hear this and not tell.
[PRO.29.25] The anxiety of humankind puts a snare, but one who trusts in Yahveh will be secure.
[PRO.29.26] Many seek the face of a ruler, but judgment for each man comes from Yahveh.
[PRO.29.27] The detestation of righteous people is a wicked person, and the detestation of the wicked is one upright in path.
PRO.30
[PRO.30.1] The sayings of Agur, son of Jakeh, are the declaration of the man to Itiel and Ukal.
[PRO.30.2] Truly, I am foolish from among humankind, and understanding of man is not to me.
[PRO.30.3] And I have not learned wisdom, and knowledge of the holy ones I will know.
[PRO.30.4] Who has ascended to heaven and descended? Who has gathered the wind in his hands? Who has confined the water in a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is the name of his son, that you may know?
[PRO.30.5] Every word of the Gods is refined. He is a shield to those who trust in Him.
[PRO.30.6] Do not add to his words, lest the Gods prove you false.
[PRO.30.7] Two things I have asked from you; do not withhold them from me before I die.
[PRO.30.8] Vanity and a false word, remove them from me. Poison and wealth, do not give to me. Cause me to be fed with bread of sustenance.
[PRO.30.9] I fear that I become satisfied, and then I deny, and I say, “Who is Yahveh?” And I fear that I become impoverished, and I steal, and I seize the name of the Gods.
[PRO.30.10] Do not slander a servant to their Lord, lest he curse you, and you be found guilty.
[PRO.30.11] A generation will curse its father, and will not bless its mother.
[PRO.30.12] A pure generation in His eyes, and from their wickedness they have not washed.
[PRO.30.13] A generation, their eyes are haughty and their eyelids are raised.
[PRO.30.14] A generation whose teeth are ruins and whose jaws crush, to consume the poor from the land and the needy from humankind.
[PRO.30.15] The leech has two daughters of possession, three will not satisfy them, and four they will not declare as their own.
[PRO.30.16] The underworld and the restrainer of compassion, the earth has not become full of water, and fire has not declared wealth.
[PRO.30.17] An eye mocks a father and despises the care of a mother. Ravens of the valley will call her name, and the sons of the eagle will eat her.
[PRO.30.18] Three of them were wondrous to me, and four I did not know.
[PRO.30.19] The way of the eagle is in the skies, the way of the snake is upon a rock, the way of a ship is in the heart of the sea, and the way of a man is with a young woman.
[PRO.30.20] Thus is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats and wipes her mouth, and says, "I have not done iniquity."
[PRO.30.21] Under three, the earth trembled, and under four, it cannot become stable.
[PRO.30.22] Instead of a servant, for he will reign, and a worthless person, for he will be satisfied with bread.
[PRO.30.23] Instead of hatred, because she will be wed, and a female slave, because you will possess her mistress.
[PRO.30.24] Four they are, small ones of the earth, and they are wise, very wise.
[PRO.30.25] The ants are a people not strong, and they prepare their bread in the summer.
[PRO.30.26] Rock badgers are a people not mighty, and they made their home in the rock.
[PRO.30.27] There is no king to the locust, and all of its divider went out.
[PRO.30.28] The ruin will be grasped with hands, and it is in the palaces of the king.
[PRO.30.29] Three of them are good steppers, and four are good goers.
[PRO.30.30] The lion is powerful among the animals, and it will not turn back from anything.
[PRO.30.31] A swallow, twins, or a he-goat, and a king with Alkum.
[PRO.30.32] If you have behaved foolishly in haughtiness, and if you have plotted hand to mouth.
[PRO.30.33] For as the pressing of milk brings forth butter, and the pressing of anger brings forth blood, so the pressing of nostrils brings forth strife.
PRO.31
[PRO.31.1] These are the words of Lemuel, a king, an oracle that his mother instructed him with.
[PRO.31.2] What is in my womb, and what fruit is in me, and what fruit fulfills my vows?
[PRO.31.3] Do not give your strength to women, and do not let your ways destroy messengers.
[PRO.31.4] Not to the kings, to Moel, not to the kings, drink wine, and to the rulers, drink strong drink.
[PRO.31.5] Lest he drink and forget the law, and change the justice due to all the sons of the afflicted.
[PRO.31.6] Give strong drink to the one who is failing, and wine to the one who has a bitter soul.
[PRO.31.7] He will drink and forget his wickedness, and his labor will not be remembered again.
[PRO.31.8] Open your mouth for the voiceless, to judgement for all the sons of loss.
[PRO.31.9] Open your mouth, judge with righteousness and judgement for the afflicted and the poor.
[PRO.31.10] A woman of valor, who will find her? And her value is far beyond pearls.
[PRO.31.11] The heart trusts in her owner, and spoils will not be lacking.
[PRO.31.12] His repayment is good and not evil, all the days of your life.
[PRO.31.13] She sought wool and flax, and she made with willingness using her hands.
[PRO.31.14] She was like the ships of a merchant, bringing her bread from a distance.
[PRO.31.15] And she rose while it was still night and she gave food to her house, and a portion to her female servants.
[PRO.31.16] She devised a plan for a field and she took it. From the fruit of her hands, she planted a vineyard.
[PRO.31.17] She girded her waist with strength, and she strengthened her arms.
[PRO.31.18] She found enjoyment because her trade was good. Her lamp will not be extinguished in the night.
[PRO.31.19] Her hands sent themselves into the basin, and her palms supported the beam.
[PRO.31.20] Her palm she spread to the poor, and her hand she stretched to the needy.
[PRO.31.21] Do not fear for your house because of the snow, for all of your house is clothed in years.
[PRO.31.22] Coverings she made for her, linen and purple for her garment.
[PRO.31.23] He is known at the gates, with her husband, in his presence with the elders of the land.
[PRO.31.24] She made linen and she sold it, and she gave a belt to the Canaanite.
[PRO.31.25] Strength and glory are her clothing, and she laughs to the future day.
[PRO.31.26] Her mouth she opened with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness was upon her tongue.
[PRO.31.27] Watchfulness concerns the ways of her house, and bread of laziness you will not eat.
[PRO.31.28] Her sons stood and made her prosper, her owner and they praised her.
[PRO.31.29] Many daughters have done valor, and you have surpassed them all.
[PRO.31.30] Falsehood is grace, and vanity is beauty, but a woman who fears Yahveh is the one who will be praised.
[PRO.31.31] Give to her from the fruit of her hands, and let her deeds praise her at the gates.
JOB
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JOB.1
[JOB.1.1] A man was in the land of Uz, Job was his name. And that man was complete and upright, and feared the Gods and turned away from evil.
[JOB.1.2] And seven sons and three daughters were born to him.
[JOB.1.3] And his livestock was seven thousand sheep and three thousand camels and five hundred yoke of oxen and five hundred donkeys and a very large number of servants. And this man was great above all the children of the east.
[JOB.1.4] And their sons walked and made a feast at the house of each man on his day. And they sent and called to their three sisters to eat and drink with them.
[JOB.1.5] Now it happened when the days of the feast had completed their course, that Job sent and sanctified his sons, and he arose early in the morning and offered burnt offerings according to their number. For Job said, “Perhaps my sons have sinned, and blessed the Gods in their hearts.” Thus did Job continually.
[JOB.1.6] And it was the day, and the sons of the Gods came to stand before Yahveh, and the adversary also came among them.
[JOB.1.7] And Yahveh said to the Satan, "From where do you come?" And the Satan answered Yahveh and said, "From wandering about on the Earth and walking through it."
[JOB.1.8] And Yahveh said to the satan, “Have you set your heart upon my servant Job, because there is none like him in the earth, a blameless and upright man who fears the Gods and turns away from evil?”
[JOB.1.9] And the accuser answered to Yahveh and said, 'Does Job fear the Gods for no cause?'
[JOB.1.10] Did you not provide for him, for his house, and for all that belongs to him all around? You blessed the work of his hands, and his livestock has multiplied across the land.
[JOB.1.11] But now, please send your hand and touch all that belongs to him. If a blessing does not occur before your face, then he has not blessed you.
[JOB.1.12] And Yahveh said to the Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your hand, only do not stretch out your hand against him.” And the Satan went forth from the presence of Yahveh.
[JOB.1.13] And it happened on the day that his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their firstborn brother.
[JOB.1.14] And a messenger came to Job and said, "The cattle were digging, and the donkeys were grazing with them."
[JOB.1.15] And Sh'va fell upon them and took them, and the young men they struck with the sword. And I alone escaped to tell you.
[JOB.1.16] Still this one was speaking, and this one came and said, "Fire from the Gods fell from the heavens and burned in the flock and in the young men and consumed them, and I alone escaped to tell you."
[JOB.1.17] Still this one was speaking, and this one came and said, "The Chaldeans placed three heads and spread out upon the camels and took them, and they struck the young men with the sword. And I alone escaped to tell you."
[JOB.1.18] Even to this one speaking, and this one came and said, "Your sons and your daughters are eating and drinking wine in the house of their firstborn brother."
[JOB.1.19] And behold, a great wind came from across the wilderness, and it touched the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men and they died, and I alone escaped to tell you.
[JOB.1.20] And Job rose, and he tore his robe, and he shaved his head, and he fell to the ground, and he worshipped.
[JOB.1.21] And he said, "Naked I came forth from my mother’s womb, and naked I shall return there. Yahveh gave, and Yahveh has taken away. Blessed be the name of Yahveh."
[JOB.1.22] Despite all this, Job did not sin and did not give a false accusation to the Gods.
JOB.2
[JOB.2.1] And it happened on the day that the sons of the Gods came to present themselves before Yahveh, and the adversary also came among them to present himself before Yahveh.
[JOB.2.2] And Yahveh said to the Satan, "Where do you come from?" And the Satan answered Yahveh and said, "From roaming the earth I come, and from walking around in it."
[JOB.2.3] And Yahveh said to the Satan, "Have you set your heart upon my servant Iyov? Because there is none like him in the land, a man blameless and upright, one who fears the Gods and turns away from evil, and he still maintains his integrity. And you have incited me against him to destroy him without cause."
[JOB.2.4] Then the accuser answered Yahveh and said: "Skin for skin, and all that a man has he will give for his life."
[JOB.2.5] But send now your hand and touch his bone and his flesh. If not, may he bless you.
[JOB.2.6] And Yahveh said to the adversary, “Behold, it is in your hand, but guard his soul.”
[JOB.2.7] And the accuser went out from the presence of Yahveh, and he struck Job with an evil disease from the sole of his foot to his crown.
[JOB.2.8] And he took a potsherd to scrape himself with, and he was sitting in the midst of the ashes.
[JOB.2.9] And his wife said to him, "Are you still holding to your innocence? Bless the Gods and die!"
[JOB.2.10] And he said to her, "Speak one of the foolish things, and also we will accept the good from the Gods, but we will not accept the evil. In all of this, Iyov did not sin with his lips."
[JOB.2.11] And the three friends of Job heard about all the evil that had come upon him, and they came, each from his place. Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Na’amathite, and they made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.
[JOB.2.12] And they lifted their eyes from afar, and they did not recognize him. And they raised their voice, and they wept. And each person tore his upper garment and threw dust upon their heads toward the heavens.
[JOB.2.13] And they sat with him on the land for seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke to him a word, for they saw that the pain was very great.
JOB.3
[JOB.3.1] After this, Job opened his mouth and he cursed his day.
[JOB.3.2] And Job answered and he said.
[JOB.3.3] May the day I was born be lost, and may the night say, ‘A curse on humankind.’
[JOB.3.4] That day there will be darkness, the Gods will not seek it from above, and light will not appear upon it.
[JOB.3.5] Darkness will cover him, and the shadow of death will dwell upon him. A cloud will swallow him, like the bitterness of a day.
[JOB.3.6] May that night not have darkness taken from it, may it not come together in the days of the year, may it not come by the number of months.
[JOB.3.7] Behold, this night will be barren. Let no joyful sound come into it.
[JOB.3.8] They will compress it, the cursers of the day, the future ones, stirring up Leviathan.
[JOB.3.9] Let the stars darken, the stars that are poured out. They wait for light, and there is none. And may not see even with the eyelids of dawn.
[JOB.3.10] For he did not close the doors of my womb, and he hid trouble from my eyes.
[JOB.3.11] Why was I not allowed to die from the womb, to come forth from the belly and perish?
[JOB.3.12] Why have blessings been placed before me, and what are the All-Powerful, for you have afflicted me?
[JOB.3.13] For now I lie down and am quiet. I sleep, then will rest for me.
[JOB.3.14] With kings and counselors of the land, the builders of ruins for themselves.
[JOB.3.15] Or with rulers, gold to them, those who fill their houses with silver.
[JOB.3.16] Or will I be like something hidden, not existing? Like infants, I have not seen light.
[JOB.3.17] There the wicked have ceased to rage, and there the labors of strength will rest.
[JOB.3.18] Together, the prisoners are quiet, and no one hears the voice of one who drives them.
[JOB.3.19] Small and great, there He is, and a servant free from my Lord.
[JOB.3.20] Why does Yahveh give labor and life to the bitter in soul?
[JOB.3.21] The awaiting ones to death, and it is not, and they dig for it from treasures.
[JOB.3.22] The rejoicing ones upon gladness will grow old because they find a grave.
[JOB.3.23] To the man whose way is hidden, the God shields him.
[JOB.3.24] For before my bread my groaning will come, and my roarings were consumed like water.
[JOB.3.25] Because fear has frightened me, and it has appeared to me, and that which I dreaded has come to me.
[JOB.3.26] I have not been quiet, and I have not been still, and I have not rested, and anger came.
JOB.4
[JOB.4.1] And Eliphaz, the Temanite, answered and said.
[JOB.4.2] Has a word ever been spoken to you that would not tire, and in speaking, who is able to restrain themselves?
[JOB.4.3] Behold, you have afflicted many, and you strengthen weakened hands.
[JOB.4.4] Failure establishes your words, and you strengthen kneeling weaknesses.
[JOB.4.5] For now it will come to you, and the Gods will touch your hand, and you will be afraid.
[JOB.4.6] Is not the fear of God your trust, your hope, and the perfection of your ways?
[JOB.4.7] Please remember who it is that is pure and has been destroyed, and where are the upright gathered?
[JOB.4.8] As I have seen those who cultivate iniquity and those who sow trouble, they will reap it themselves.
[JOB.4.9] From the breath of the God, they will perish, and from the wind of his anger, they will be consumed.
[JOB.4.10] The roaring of a lion and the sound of a howling, and the teeth of young lions were shattered.
[JOB.4.11] The lion does not perish without prey, and the offspring of the lion will be scattered.
[JOB.4.12] And a word to me is stolen, and my ear took a rumor from him.
[JOB.4.13] With shiverings from visions of the night, when dormancy falls upon people.
[JOB.4.14] Fear called to me, and trembling, and the abundance of my bones it frightened.
[JOB.4.15] And a wind will pass over my face, making the hair of my flesh stand on end.
[JOB.4.16] He will stand, but I will not recognize his appearance. It is like an image before my eyes, a silence and a voice I will hear.
[JOB.4.17] Can humanity become righteous from the Gods? Or will a man be pure from the one who made him?
[JOB.4.18] Indeed, he does not trust in his servants, and he will place praise among his messengers.
[JOB.4.19] Even the dwellers in strong houses, whose foundations are in dust, He will crush before the ash.
[JOB.4.20] From morning until evening they will be smitten, without possessions forever they will perish.
[JOB.4.21] Is it not so that they will not journey among them and die, and not with wisdom?
JOB.5
[JOB.5.1] Call out now, is there one who answers you? And from whom among the holy ones will you turn?
[JOB.5.2] For to a fool Yahveh will slay like a fly, and a simpleton zeal will destroy.
[JOB.5.3] I saw a fool establishing roots, and I destroyed their prosperity suddenly.
[JOB.5.4] His sons are distanced from salvation, and they are oppressed at the gate, and there is no deliverer.
[JOB.5.5] That which the harvest of the hungry will eat, and to hidden stores he will take it; and he craves dried up strength.
[JOB.5.6] For wickedness does not go out from dust, and toil does not sprout from the earth.
[JOB.5.7] For humankind is brought forth to toil, and the sons of violence will elevate themselves as the lofty.
[JOB.5.8] However, I will seek to God and to the Gods I will present my case.
[JOB.5.9] The one who performs great deeds, and there is no search of them, wonders without number.
[JOB.5.10] The giver of rain on the face of the earth and the sender of waters on the face of streets.
[JOB.5.11] To set the humble to height and to lift up the gloomy to salvation.
[JOB.5.12] The planning of uncovered thoughts will not succeed by the resourcefulness of their hands.
[JOB.5.13] The one who traps captures wise people in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the twisted is swiftly ruined.
[JOB.5.14] Days will meet darkness, and midnight will grope at noon.
[JOB.5.15] And He saved from sword from their mouth and from the hand of the strong one, the poor one.
[JOB.5.16] And hope came to the poor, and her spirit leaped within her.
[JOB.5.17] Behold, happy is the person whom God instructs, and do not despise the discipline of the Gods.
[JOB.5.18] For it is he who will cause pain and he will bind up, he will crush and his hand will heal.
[JOB.5.19] In six distresses the Gods will deliver you, and in seven evil will not touch you.
[JOB.5.20] In hunger, the Gods redeem you from death, and in war, from the hand of the sword.
[JOB.5.21] Hide yourself with a whip of the tongue, and do not fear destruction, because it will come.
[JOB.5.22] You will laugh at ruin and at fear, and do not fear from the living things of the earth.
[JOB.5.23] For with the stones of the field is your covenant, and the animals of the field are at peace with you.
[JOB.5.24] And you will know that peace is in your dwelling, and you will inspect your possessions, and you will not sin.
[JOB.5.25] And you will know that many is your seed, and your generations are like the grass of the land.
[JOB.5.26] You will come with weariness to God's grave, as a sheaf is gathered in its season.
[JOB.5.27] Behold, this they have investigated, indeed it is, she hears, and you know to yourself.
JOB.6
[JOB.6.1] And Job answered and he said.
[JOB.6.2] If a weight were weighed as dust, my God would be in the scales, and they would carry together.
[JOB.6.3] For now, from among the days, Yahveh will be honored. Therefore, my words are for the people.
[JOB.6.4] For the arrows of the Almighty are with me, whose wrath drinks my spirit. The sorrows of God will arrange me.
[JOB.6.5] Does a wild donkey bray over grass? Or does an ox concern itself with another’s fodder?
[JOB.6.6] Can tasteless food be eaten without salt? Is there any taste in the dream-like softness?
[JOB.6.7] They refuse to touch my soul, they are as my food.
[JOB.6.8] Who would grant that my request come, and may the Gods grant my hope.
[JOB.6.9] And God will, the Gods will crush me, his hand, and will shatter me.
[JOB.6.10] And still became my compassion, and I was overcome with sickness. It will not relent, because I have not concealed words of holiness.
[JOB.6.11] What is my strength, that I should hope? And what is my limit, that I should prolong my soul?
[JOB.6.12] If the strength of stones is my strength, if my flesh is bronze.
[JOB.6.13] Is my help not within me, and is strength cast away from me?
[JOB.6.14] To give to one’s neighbor lovingkindness, and the fear of the All-Powerful God will abandon [him].
[JOB.6.15] My brothers have dealt treacherously, like a stream, as the channel of streams passes by.
[JOB.6.16] The darkenings come from the offspring of frost; upon them, snow will conceal itself.
[JOB.6.17] In the time when they are shattered, their substance is broken. In their heat, they are crushed from their place.
[JOB.6.18] They strayed from the paths of their ways, they will go up into emptiness, and they will be lost.
[JOB.6.19] Look to the ways of Tema and the walks of Sheba. Hope to them.
[JOB.6.20] Be ashamed, for they trusted and came to its depths, and they dug it up.
[JOB.6.21] For now, you have become those who will not see terror, and you have feared.
[JOB.6.22] Did I say, "Give to me," and bribe with your strength for me?
[JOB.6.23] Deliver me from the hand of my enemy, and redeem me from the hand of oppressors.
[JOB.6.24] Teach me, and I will be silent, and understand what I have gone astray in to me.
[JOB.6.25] What words of uprightness are delightful, and what one who proves will convict from you?
[JOB.6.26] Do you proceed with words you devise, and to nothingness do you speak the words of a man?
[JOB.6.27] Indeed, upon the orphan do the Gods fall, and you plunder your companions.
[JOB.6.28] And now, be willing to turn to me, and before your faces, if I deceive.
[JOB.6.29] Please return, let there not be injustice, and return still to righteousness.
[JOB.6.30] Is there wickedness in my tongue, or does my understanding not grasp the thing?
JOB.7
[JOB.7.1] Is not a host to man upon the earth, and are his days like those of a hired man?
[JOB.7.2] Like a servant longs for shadow, and like a hired worker hopes for his wages.
[JOB.7.3] Thus, I have inherited for myself months of emptiness and nights of toil from them for myself.
[JOB.7.4] If I lie down and say, "When will I rise from evening, and I have been filled with restlessness until morning?"
[JOB.7.5] My flesh clothed itself with a worm, and it became as soft dust. My skin trembled, and it was loathed.
[JOB.7.6] My days were finished from me, and they finished in nothingness of hope.
[JOB.7.7] Remember that the spirit of my life will not return my eyes to see good.
[JOB.7.8] You will not regard my witness, your eyes at me, and I am not.
[JOB.7.9] The cloud is finished, and it went. So is someone descending to Sheol; he will not return.
[JOB.7.10] He will not return again to his house, and he will not be recognized again in his place.
[JOB.7.11] Also I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the distress of my spirit. I will lament in the bitterness of my soul.
[JOB.7.12] Am I the sea, or a dragon, for you will set a guard upon me?
[JOB.7.13] For I have said, "You will comfort my bed; you will bear in my talk my couch."
[JOB.7.14] And it frightened me in dreams, and from visions it demanded of me.
[JOB.7.15] And I chose a camp for my soul, death from my bones.
[JOB.7.16] I have refused to live forever. Cease from me, for my days are vapor.
[JOB.7.17] What is humankind that you should magnify him, and why should you set your heart to him?
[JOB.7.18] You tested us frequently, at moments You examine us.
[JOB.7.19] How long will you not incline from me? Will you not relax me until I swallow my saliva?
[JOB.7.20] I have sinned. What shall I do? To you, the guardian of man? Why have you set me as a wanderer to you? And I will be to myself a burden.
[JOB.7.21] And why do you not bear my transgression and pass over my iniquity, for now I shall lie down to dust, and you will seek me out, and I am not?
JOB.8
[JOB.8.1] And Bildad the Shuhite answered, and he said.
[JOB.8.2] To where do these speak, and a great spirit, the words of your mouth?
[JOB.8.3] Will the God deliver justice, and if the Almighty, will He deliver righteousness?
[JOB.8.4] If your children have sinned against him, then he will send them by the hand of their transgression.
[JOB.8.5] If you will return to God and plead with the Almighty.
[JOB.8.6] If pure and upright you are, for now Yahveh will shine upon you, and will repay the watchfulness of your righteousness.
[JOB.8.7] And your beginning will be of distress, and your end will greatly increase.
[JOB.8.8] For please ask of the first generation and grant favor to investigate their fathers.
[JOB.8.9] For we were once here, and now we do not know it, for the shadow of our days is upon the earth.
[JOB.8.10] Will they not instruct you? Will they not tell you? And from their hearts, will they not bring forth words?
[JOB.8.11] Can a heap exist without being threshed? Can vegetation flourish without water?
[JOB.8.12] Its growth is still in its early stage; it will not be gathered, and before all the grass it will dry.
[JOB.8.13] So are the ways of all who forget God, and the hope of the godless will be lost.
[JOB.8.14] That which crushes flax and the house of the spider is its security.
[JOB.8.15] He will lean on his house, and he will not stand. He will hold fast to it, and he will not rise.
[JOB.8.16] Fresh it is before the sun, and on its garden will its suckers come forth.
[JOB.8.17] Upon a riverbank its roots will be tangled, a house of stones it will see.
[JOB.8.18] If he swallows us up from his place, and denies it, I have not seen you.
[JOB.8.19] Indeed, he is the joy of his way, and another will grow from dust.
[JOB.8.20] Behold, God will not despise integrity, and will not sustain the hand of evil ones.
[JOB.8.21] Until laughter fills your mouth and your lips shout for joy.
[JOB.8.22] Those who hate you will wear shame, and the dwelling of the wicked will not be.
JOB.9
[JOB.9.1] And Job answered and he said.
[JOB.9.2] Truly, I have known that so, but how will humankind be righteous with God?
[JOB.9.3] If He desires to contend with him, He will not answer him, one from among ten thousand thousands.
[JOB.9.4] Wise of heart and strong of power, who has hardened against him and prospered?
[JOB.9.5] The mover of the mountains is not known, which he overturned in his anger.
[JOB.9.6] The one who provokes the earth from its place, and the pillars of Yahveh will be shaken.
[JOB.9.7] The one saying to the clay, "Do not shine," and concerning stars, he seals them.
[JOB.9.8] God stretches out the heavens by himself, and treads upon the summits of the sea.
[JOB.9.9] The Gods make Ashur foolish and desolate, and Teman’s rooms deserted.
[JOB.9.10] The Gods are doing greatness until there is no search, and wonders until there is no number.
[JOB.9.11] Indeed, it will pass over me and I will not see. And it will change, and I will not understand it to him.
[JOB.9.12] Behold, if the Gods seize, who will restore us? Who will say to Him, "What are you doing?"
[JOB.9.13] God will not return His anger; beneath it, the helpers of Rahav have forgotten.
[JOB.9.14] Indeed, for I will answer him, I will choose my words with him.
[JOB.9.15] If I am righteous, I will not answer to my judge, but I will plead.
[JOB.9.16] If I called and He answered me, I will not believe that He listens to my voice.
[JOB.9.17] The one who refines me is the one who multiplies my wounds gratuitously.
[JOB.9.18] He will not give me my spirit to return, for He will satisfy me with bitterness.
[JOB.9.19] If to power is strong behold and if to judgment who will guide me?
[JOB.9.20] If I justify my mouth, the Gods will condemn me. I am whole, and He has perverted me.
[JOB.9.21] I am complete. I do not know my soul. I despise my life.
[JOB.9.22] One it is, therefore I have said, complete and wicked, he consumes.
[JOB.9.23] If a young man dies suddenly, is it a mockery of the innocent?
[JOB.9.24] The land is given into the hand of the wicked; the faces of its judges will be covered. If not, then who is there?
[JOB.9.25] My days have become light from a running; those who flee will not see goodness.
[JOB.9.26] They have passed with the ships of Ayveh, as an eagle will swoop over its food.
[JOB.9.27] If I say, "I have forgotten my conversation," I will forsake my face, and I will be distressed.
[JOB.9.28] I have feared all idols; I know that I will not be cleansed.
[JOB.9.29] I toil, why is this a vanity of weariness?
[JOB.9.30] If I have washed in water of snow, and I have purified my hands in a well?
[JOB.9.31] Then in corruption you will immerse me, and you will despise my payments.
[JOB.9.32] For not a man is like me; we will come together in judgement.
[JOB.9.33] There is not a rebuker between us; may he place his hand upon the two of us.
[JOB.9.34] May He restrain His rod from upon me, and may His wrath not require anything of me.
[JOB.9.35] I will speak, and I will not fear him, for thus I stand with me.
JOB.10
[JOB.10.1] My soul has been seized in my life. I will forsake my speech to me. I will speak with bitterness, my soul.
[JOB.10.2] I say to the Gods, do not condemn me. Show me why you contend with me.
[JOB.10.3] Is it good for you that you oppress, that you despise the labor of your hands, and that you appear upon the counsel of the wicked?
[JOB.10.4] Eyes of flesh to you, if like sights of a human you will see.
[JOB.10.5] As to the length of a human's days, if your years are like the days of a strong man.
[JOB.10.6] For you seek my iniquities, and you will search for my sins.
[JOB.10.7] According to your knowledge, I will not do evil, and there is no one who can rescue me from your hand.
[JOB.10.8] Your hands formed me and you made me, together around, and you shaped me.
[JOB.10.9] Remember, please, that as clay you have made me, and into dust you will return me.
[JOB.10.10] Is it not as milk that the Gods melt me, and as cheese that my Lord freezes me?
[JOB.10.11] Skin and flesh you clothe me with, and with bones and sinews you cover me.
[JOB.10.12] Lives and lovingkindness you have done with me, and your command has kept my spirit.
[JOB.10.13] And these you have hidden in your heart; I have known that this is with you.
[JOB.10.14] If I have sinned, and you have guarded me, and from my iniquity you will not cleanse me.
[JOB.10.15] If I have acted wickedly, let it be to me, and if I have acted righteously, I will not lift my head. Let fullness of shame be mine, and let me see my affliction.
[JOB.10.16] And I am weary like the darkness hunts me, and you return, you will wonder in me.
[JOB.10.17] The Gods renew your witnesses before me, and increase like your strength with me. Alternations and armies are with me.
[JOB.10.18] And why from the womb did you bring me forth? I waste away, and eyes do not see me.
[JOB.10.19] As I have not been, I will not be; from womb to grave, I am lost.
[JOB.10.20] Is it not a little that my days will cease, that the Gods will set a little from me, and I will weep a little?
[JOB.10.21] Before I go and do not return to the land of darkness and the shadow of death.
[JOB.10.22] The land is faint like darkness, the shadow of death, and not ordered, and it spreads like darkness.
JOB.11
[JOB.11.1] And Tsofar the Naamati answered, and he said.
[JOB.11.2] Most words will not receive a response, but a person who speaks skillfully will be justified.
[JOB.11.3] You, the Inspector of the dead, cause them to be silent, and you mock, and there is no one who can deliver them.
[JOB.11.4] And she said, "Remember me, and may I be blessed in your eyes."
[JOB.11.5] But if only the God would speak and open his lips with you.
[JOB.11.6] And the Gods will reveal to you mysteries of wisdom, because manifold is soundness and understanding, and know that the God will deliver you from your iniquity.
[JOB.11.7] If you search, you will find the Gods; if you continue searching until the very end, you will find the Mountain God.
[JOB.11.8] What can you accomplish, heights of the heavens? What can you understand, deep from the pit?
[JOB.11.9] Its length is from land to measurement, and its breadth is from beyond the sea.
[JOB.11.10] If it changes and is hidden, and is gathered and concealed, who will restore it to us?
[JOB.11.11] Because he knows empty things, and sees wickedness, but does not consider.
[JOB.11.12] And a foolish man will gain understanding, and a wild fool will be born as a man.
[JOB.11.13] If you have prepared your heart and you have extended your hand to it.
[JOB.11.14] If wrongdoing is in your hand, remove it far, and do not let perversity dwell in your tents.
[JOB.11.15] For then you will lift your face from defect and you will be steadfast and you will not fear.
[JOB.11.16] For you will forget labor, as water that has passed, you will remember.
[JOB.11.17] And from Egypt will rise up destruction, a sweeping away like the morning it will be.
[JOB.11.18] And you trusted that there is hope, and you dug for security, you will lie down.
[JOB.11.19] And you will sprawl, and there is no terrifier, and many have profaned your face.
[JOB.11.20] And the eyes of the wicked will perish, and their refuge is lost from them, and their hope is a snare of the soul.
JOB.12
[JOB.12.1] And Job answered and he said.
[JOB.12.2] Indeed, for you are a people and with you wisdom will die.
[JOB.12.3] Also, to me, a heart like yours does not differ. I am not different from you, and who is not like these Gods?
[JOB.12.4] S’chok said to his friend, “I will be calling to God,” and God answered him. S’chok is a righteous, blameless person.
[JOB.12.5] A torch is contemptible to complacent wealth, prepared for appointed pilgrimage festivals.
[JOB.12.6] Tents will be given to robbers, and security to those who provoke God, that which God brought about with his hand.
[JOB.12.7] And now, please ask the beasts and the wild oxen, and the birds of the heavens, and it will tell you.
[JOB.12.8] Or a discourse to the land and your instruction, and the fish of the sea will recount to you.
[JOB.12.9] Who does not know among all these things that the hand of Yahveh has done this?
[JOB.12.10] Who in whose hand is the life force of all living, and the spirit of all humankind.
[JOB.12.11] Is not the ear the one who discerns words, and does not the palate taste for the one who eats?
[JOB.12.12] In old age is wisdom, and the length of days is understanding.
[JOB.12.13] With him is wisdom and strength; to him belong counsel and understanding.
[JOB.12.14] Indeed, Yahveh destroys and does not rebuild. He seals upon a man and does not open.
[JOB.12.15] Behold, God restrains the waters, and they dry up. And He sends them, and they turn the land.
[JOB.12.16] With him is strength and ability. To him belongs the one who wanders and the one who makes a mistake.
[JOB.12.17] The one leading counselors brings ruin, and judges, Yahveh is praised.
[JOB.12.18] Discipline of kings he revealed, and he bound a sash at their loins.
[JOB.12.19] He leads away priests, plundered, and distorts officials.
[JOB.12.20] He removes speech from the trustworthy and he will take discernment from the elders.
[JOB.12.21] The one who pours out contempt upon the nobles and turns aside streams with weakness.
[JOB.12.22] The revealer of depths from darkness, and brings forth death’s shadow to the light.
[JOB.12.23] He lifts up the nations and destroys them. He scatters the nations and comforts them.
[JOB.12.24] God removes the hearts of the leaders of the people of the land, and he causes them to wander in a wasteland not trodden.
[JOB.12.25] They grope for darkness, and not for light, and they reel like a drunkard.
JOB.13
[JOB.13.1] Indeed, all has been seen by my eyes, all has been heard by my ears, and it has been understood by it.
[JOB.13.2] According to your knowing, I have known also me. I am not falling from you.
[JOB.13.3] But I will speak to God, and I desire to reprove the Gods.
[JOB.13.4] But however, you all cling to falsehood, physicians of false gods, all of you.
[JOB.13.5] Who wishes that the silent ones would be silent, and that it would be wisdom for you?
[JOB.13.6] Please hear my rebuke, and attend to the many words from my lips.
[JOB.13.7] Would you speak injustice to God, and would you speak deceit to Him?
[JOB.13.8] Will you lift up your faces to the faces of the Gods, or will you contend with God?
[JOB.13.9] Is it good that the Gods test you? If you would mock a man, would you mock the Gods?
[JOB.13.10] God will reprove you all if you carry yourselves in secret face.
[JOB.13.11] Surely the Gods have sought you, and their fear will fall upon you.
[JOB.13.12] Your memories are like parables of ashes, in relation to dust, your condition.
[JOB.13.13] Be silent from me, and I will speak, and Yahveh will pass over me. How long?
[JOB.13.14] Upon what shall I bear my flesh with my teeth, and my soul shall I place in my hand?
[JOB.13.15] Behold, if the Gods will kill me, I will not hope. But my ways I will prove toward the face of Yahveh.
[JOB.13.16] Also, He is for my salvation, for before His face a deceiver will not come.
[JOB.13.17] Hear, hearing, my words, and receiving them in your ears.
[JOB.13.18] Behold, now I have prepared judgment. I have known that I will be righteous.
[JOB.13.19] Who is it that will contend with Yahveh? For now I will be silent and waste away.
[JOB.13.20] But do not make two things with me; then before your face I will not hide.
[JOB.13.21] Your hand, distance yourself from above me, and your dread, do not seek me.
[JOB.13.22] And call, and I will be. Or speak, and return to me.
[JOB.13.23] How many are my iniquities and sins? Reveal to me my rebellions and my sin.
[JOB.13.24] Why do you hide your face and reckon me as an enemy to you?
[JOB.13.25] The lifting up, by wind, of terror, and the dried straw you will pursue.
[JOB.13.26] For if you write down my bitternesses, and inherit me with the wrongdoings of my youth.
[JOB.13.27] And you will place my feet in the field, and you will guard all my ways; upon the roots of my feet you will investigate.
[JOB.13.28] And he is like rottenness, he will waste away; like a garment, moths eat him.
JOB.14
[JOB.14.1] Man, born of woman, is short of days and full of anger.
[JOB.14.2] As a sprout emerges and flourishes, it flees like a shadow and will not endure.
[JOB.14.3] Even on this, you have opened your eyes and you bring me into judgment with you.
[JOB.14.4] Who would give a pure one from an impure one? Not one.
[JOB.14.5] If engraved are His days, the number of His months with you, His laws you have done, and it shall not fail.
[JOB.14.6] Attend to him, and he will cease, until he is pleased, like a hired worker for his day.
[JOB.14.7] For there is hope for the tree, if it is cut down, and yet it will sprout, and its young shoot will not cease.
[JOB.14.8] If its root becomes old in the land, and its trunk will die in the dust.
[JOB.14.9] From the fragrance of waters it will blossom, and it will make a harvest as something planted.
[JOB.14.10] And a man will die, and he weakened, and man perished to nothing.
[JOB.14.11] The waters departed from the sea, and the river will be ruined and will be dry.
[JOB.14.12] And a man lies down and does not rise up until without heavens they do not awaken, and they do not become alert from their sleep.
[JOB.14.13] Who would grant that in Sheol you conceal me, that you hide me until your anger returns? You set for me a boundary and you remember me.
[JOB.14.14] If a man dies, will he live all the days of my host? Will I wait until my replacement comes?
[JOB.14.15] Call, and I will answer you, for the work of your hands you will long for.
[JOB.14.16] For now, you will count my steps, but you will not keep watch on my sins.
[JOB.14.17] My transgressions are sealed in a bundle, and my iniquities have fallen upon me.
[JOB.14.18] And eternally, the falling mountain will perish, and the rock will be moved from its place.
[JOB.14.19] Stones are worn away by water, their sediment washed away as dust of the earth, and you have caused the hope of humankind to perish.
[JOB.14.20] You will strike him down for eternity, and he walked, changing his appearance, and you sent him away.
[JOB.14.21] His sons will honor him, and he will not know. They will distress him, and he will not understand it to them.
[JOB.14.22] But his flesh upon him will ache, and his soul upon him will mourn.
JOB.15
[JOB.15.1] And Eliphaz, the Temanite, answered and said.
[JOB.15.2] The wise one will answer with knowledge of spirit, and he will fill his belly with spices.
[JOB.15.3] Reproof in word will not succeed, and words will not benefit in them.
[JOB.15.4] Even you cause fear and diminish conversation before God.
[JOB.15.5] For your iniquity trains your mouth, and you choose a tongue of the deceitful.
[JOB.15.6] Your mouth will condemn you, and not I, and your lips will testify against you.
[JOB.15.7] Thus says Yahveh, "The first Adam you were formed, and before the hills, you made them."
[JOB.15.8] In the secret, the Gods you will hear, and wisdom will reach to you.
[JOB.15.9] What do you know that we do not know? You understand, but it is not with us. He understands.
[JOB.15.10] Also, the Ancient One, also the Aged One are with us. Greater than your father in days.
[JOB.15.11] Is it small from you, comforts God, and a word spoken slowly with you?
[JOB.15.12] What will your heart take, and what will your eyes plot?
[JOB.15.13] For you will return to God your spirit, and you will bring forth words from your mouth.
[JOB.15.14] What is humankind that it might find favor, and how might one born of a woman be righteous?
[JOB.15.15] Indeed, in his holiness he does not believe, and the heavens did not prove innocent in his eyes.
[JOB.15.16] Indeed, for abhorred and rejected is the person who drinks iniquity like water.
[JOB.15.17] Your brother, listen to me, and this I have seen, and I will tell.
[JOB.15.18] Those who are wise will declare it, and they did not hide it from their fathers.
[JOB.15.19] To them alone was given the land, and no stranger passed within them.
[JOB.15.20] All the days of the wicked are in anguish, and the number of their years is stored up for the tyrant.
[JOB.15.21] A sound of fears is in his ears. While peace exists, a destroyer will come upon him.
[JOB.15.22] He will not believe again from my darkness, and he will watch towards a sword.
[JOB.15.23] He wanders, seeking bread, whether it is known that certainty is in his hand, a day of darkness.
[JOB.15.24] It will consume him with distress and affliction; it will surround him like a king destined for the boiling pot.
[JOB.15.25] Truly, he has inclined his hand to God, and through the Almighty he will become strong.
[JOB.15.26] He will run towards God with his neck exposed, in the thick of his shields.
[JOB.15.27] Because he covered his face with his fat, and he made a mouth upon a rock.
[JOB.15.28] And cities remained ruined, houses not inhabited for them, which they had prepared for wanderers.
[JOB.15.29] He will not become wealthy, and his force will not arise, and he will not incline to the land from them.
[JOB.15.30] It will not depart from my darkness, its suckling will dry up, the flame will turn away, and it will turn away in the breath of his mouth.
[JOB.15.31] Do not trust in falsehood, lest you be deceived, because falsehood will be his recompense.
[JOB.15.32] Their days are not filled, and their coverings are not refreshed.
[JOB.15.33] God pines like a vine in his flesh, and he casts like an olive its bloom.
[JOB.15.34] For the community of the profane is a heap, and fire has consumed the tents of bribery.
[JOB.15.35] The conception labors with pain, and bears iniquity. And their womb prepares deceit.
JOB.16
[JOB.16.1] And Job answered and he said.
[JOB.16.2] I have heard many of all of you who are weary from labor.
[JOB.16.3] Is there a limit to empty words, or what makes you bitter, because you respond?
[JOB.16.4] Also, I will speak as you do to you, if there is your soul instead of my soul, I will reveal to you with words, and I will stir up to you with the strength of my head.
[JOB.16.5] I will strengthen you with my mouth, and let my lips restrain themselves.
[JOB.16.6] If I speak, my pain will not be lessened, and if I cease, how shall I go forward?
[JOB.16.7] But now, please cause the destruction of all my assembly to stop.
[JOB.16.8] You have made me a witness, and strength has arisen within me to respond before me.
[JOB.16.9] His nostrils tear, and He has hated me. He grates upon me with His teeth. My enemies will sharpen His eyes toward me.
[JOB.16.10] They have opened wide their mouths against me; with disgrace they struck my cheeks. Together, they are filled against me.
[JOB.16.11] He will betray me to God, to worthlessness, and by the hand of the wicked He will tear me.
[JOB.16.12] Peaceful I was, and the Gods shook me, and seized me by the neck, and the Gods broke me, and the Gods established me for a purpose.
[JOB.16.13] They surround me, my many enemies. They split open my kidneys and do not pity. They pour my bitterness onto the earth.
[JOB.16.14] He will break through me, a breakthrough upon a breakthrough. He will rush upon me as a hero.
[JOB.16.15] I have sewn a sack upon my skin, and I have rolled in the dust my horn.
[JOB.16.16] My face is marred by murmuring from my weeping, and upon my eyelids is the shadow of death.
[JOB.16.17] Not violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.
[JOB.16.18] Land, do not cover my blood, and let there not be a place for my cry.
[JOB.16.19] Also now, behold, my witness is in the heavens and my witness is in the heights.
[JOB.16.20] My advocate, my friend, to the Gods my eye flows.
[JOB.16.21] And he will prove against a man with the Gods, and a son of man to his companion.
[JOB.16.22] For the years of a number will come, and I will not return to walk the path.
JOB.17
[JOB.17.1] My spirit is wounded, my days have flowed away, graves are for me.
[JOB.17.2] If not associated with me, my eyes will wander in their multitudes.
[JOB.17.3] Please place my security with you. Who is the one who will guarantee for me?
[JOB.17.4] Because their heart you have hidden from understanding, therefore you will not lift them up.
[JOB.17.5] As a share, he will tell of his companions, and the eyes of his sons will be consumed.
[JOB.17.6] And He presented me to rule peoples, and destruction I will be before.
[JOB.17.7] And it struck from the weariness of my eyes, and my forms were all like a shadow.
[JOB.17.8] The righteous ones will rejoice because of this, and the pure ones will be roused because of the profane ones.
[JOB.17.9] And the righteous one will grasp his way, and purity of hands will add strength.
[JOB.17.10] However, all of you turn back and please come, and I will not find anyone wise among you.
[JOB.17.11] My days have passed, my plans were broken, the teaching of my heart.
[JOB.17.12] Night to day they will establish, light near before darkness.
[JOB.17.13] If I hope for the underworld as my home, in darkness I have padded my couch.
[JOB.17.14] To destruction I have called my father, you are my mother, and my sister to deceit.
[JOB.17.15] And where is God? And who will restore my hope?
[JOB.17.16] In the place of the grave you will descend, together on the dust you will rest.
JOB.18
[JOB.18.1] And Bildad the Shuhite answered, and he said.
[JOB.18.2] Until when will you place ends for words? Understand, and after, we will speak.
[JOB.18.3] Why are we counted like livestock? Are we hidden in your eyes?
[JOB.18.4] The tearer out of his life, in his anger for your sake, will forsake the land and move a rock from its place.
[JOB.18.5] Also, the light of the wicked ones will be extinguished, and a spark of its oil will not reach.
[JOB.18.6] Light is darkness in his dwelling, and his lamp upon him will fade.
[JOB.18.7] They will form his steps, and they will reject his counsel.
[JOB.18.8] For he is sent into a net regarding his foot, and he will walk upon a snare.
[JOB.18.9] One will grasp at a trap at the heel and will hold snares against them.
[JOB.18.10] It is hidden in the land, a snare, and his trap is upon the path.
[JOB.18.11] Around, in his time, consumed wastes, and it scattered to his feet.
[JOB.18.12] Let hunger be to him, and misfortune be ready for his side.
[JOB.18.13] It consumes in abundance his skin, it consumes in abundance his flesh, and its firstborn is death.
[JOB.18.14] He will separate him from his tent, from his confidence, and he will march him forth to a king of wastes.
[JOB.18.15] You will dwell in his tent, without harm to him; he will not scatter sulfur upon his dwelling.
[JOB.18.16] From under its roots they will become dry, and from above its harvest will be filled.
[JOB.18.17] His memory has perished from the earth, and there is no name to him among the living.
[JOB.18.18] They have driven him from light to darkness, and banished him from the world.
[JOB.18.19] There are no sons for him, and no grandson among his people, and there is no survivor in their settlements.
[JOB.18.20] Upon its day, the latecomers breathed, and the early ones seized hair.
[JOB.18.21] But these are dwellings of iniquity, and this is a place the Gods have not known.
JOB.19
[JOB.19.1] And Job answered and he said.
[JOB.19.2] Until when will you ponder my soul, and crush me with words?
[JOB.19.3] This is ten times you will make me feel shame; you will not be ashamed, you will recognize me.
[JOB.19.4] And even truly I have erred; with me let accusation lie regarding my error.
[JOB.19.5] If indeed you magnify against me, and you reprove against me my disgrace.
[JOB.19.6] Know therefore that the Gods have perverted me, and my snare has encompassed upon me.
[JOB.19.7] Indeed, I cry out against violence, and I am not answered. I call for help, and there is no justice.
[JOB.19.8] My path is walled, and I will not cross it, and on my paths He will place darkness.
[JOB.19.9] My glory it stripped from above me, and it removed a crown from my head.
[JOB.19.10] You surround me on all sides, and I walk. And he lifts my hope like a tree.
[JOB.19.11] And His anger burned against me, and He counted me to Himself like His enemies.
[JOB.19.12] Together, their armies came and they trampled upon my paths, and they encamped around my tent.
[JOB.19.13] My brothers from above have become distant, and my acquaintances have only scattered from me.
[JOB.19.14] Be silent, my close friends, and my acquaintances forget me.
[JOB.19.15] Those who dwell in my house and my handmaids, as a stranger you will consider me. A stranger I was in their eyes.
[JOB.19.16] To my servant I called, and he will not answer. With my mouth I will plead with him.
[JOB.19.17] My spirit is strange to my wife, and I have favored the sons of my womb.
[JOB.19.18] Also, fools have despised me. I will arise, and they will speak of me.
[JOB.19.19] All who abhor my secrets, and this is what I have loved – they were changed within me.
[JOB.19.20] In my nakedness and in my flesh, my bone clings, and I deliver myself with the skin of my teeth.
[JOB.19.21] Be gracious to me, be gracious to me, you my friends, for the hand of the God has touched me.
[JOB.19.22] Why do you pursue me like God, and are you not satisfied with my flesh?
[JOB.19.23] Oh that someone would give my strength, and they would be written as words! Oh that someone would give [strength] in the book, and they would be engraved!
[JOB.19.24] With a pen of iron and ore, forever it will be mined from the rock.
[JOB.19.25] And I know my redeemer lives, and the last one will rise upon the dust.
[JOB.19.26] And after my skin, they will pierce this, and from my flesh I will see the God.
[JOB.19.27] That I will behold for myself, and my eyes have seen, and it was not a stranger. My innermost being was consumed within me.
[JOB.19.28] For if you say, "What is pursued to him, and the root of the thing is found in me?"
[JOB.19.29] Dwell for yourselves before the sword, for wrath is the iniquities of the sword, in order that you may know the Gods.
JOB.20
[JOB.20.1] And Tsofar the Na’amati answered and said.
[JOB.20.2] Therefore, my heart will restore me, and because of my feeling, it is in me.
[JOB.20.3] I will hear instruction from my understanding, and a spirit from my discernment will answer me.
[JOB.20.4] Do you know this thing from me, from me? From me, I placed humanity upon the land.
[JOB.20.5] For the joyful shout of the wicked is near, and the gladness of the ungodly lasts but a moment.
[JOB.20.6] If he ascends to the heavens, his stature; and his head will reach to the cloud.
[JOB.20.7] It will be rolled away forever, and those who see it will say, "Where is it?"
[JOB.20.8] Like a dream it flies away, and it is not found. And it is like a vision of the night.
[JOB.20.9] The eye has flowed, and you will not add to it, nor will you return it to its place.
[JOB.20.10] His sons will favor the poor ones, and his hands will return strength.
[JOB.20.11] His bones are full of hay, and with him you will lie down on dust.
[JOB.20.12] If he sweetens evil in his mouth, the Gods will destroy it under his tongue.
[JOB.20.13] He will pity her and not abandon her, and he will restrain her within his palate.
[JOB.20.14] Their food within their bowels is overturned, the bitterness of serpents is within them.
[JOB.20.15] Power swallowed it and vomited it up. From its belly, God will inherit it.
[JOB.20.16] The head of vipers will be crushed, its tongue will be killed.
[JOB.20.17] Let not be seen the divisions of rivers of streams of honey and butter.
[JOB.20.18] The restoring Yahveh returns toil, and will not wear out. As strength is for its reward, and will not faint.
[JOB.20.19] For he crushes the abandoned, seizes their house, and it will not be rebuilt.
[JOB.20.20] For he does not know peace within himself, and he will not save his beloved.
[JOB.20.21] There is no survivor to eat it, therefore its goodness will not diminish.
[JOB.20.22] When the completion of his desire arrives to him, every hand of a worker will benefit him.
[JOB.20.23] May there be fullness in his belly, he will send burning anger upon him, and Yahveh will rain upon them with their harvest.
[JOB.20.24] He will flee from an iron weapon; a bronze bow will replace it.
[JOB.20.25] He drew forth and went out from Gebah, and a flash came from Maror. Yahveh will walk upon them, the Emim.
[JOB.20.26] All darkness is hidden to his stores, a fire will consume it, a fire not blown. A remnant will be afraid in his dwelling.
[JOB.20.27] Let the heavens reveal his iniquity, and let the earth rise up for him.
[JOB.20.28] His storehouse reveals his harvest, stored in the day of his wrath.
[JOB.20.29] This is the portion of a wicked person from the Gods, and the inheritance of what he says is from God.
JOB.21
[JOB.21.1] And Job answered and he said.
[JOB.21.2] Hear, hearing my words, and let this be your consolations.
[JOB.21.3] Lift me up, and I will speak, and after my speaking, you will mock.
[JOB.21.4] Am I speaking to man? And if so, why would my Lord not restrain my spirit?
[JOB.21.5] Turn to me and be silent, and place a hand upon your mouth.
[JOB.21.6] And if I remember, and I am afraid, and a trembling seizes my flesh.
[JOB.21.7] Why do the wicked live? They increase, and also prevail in strength.
[JOB.21.8] Their offspring are present before them, with them, and their descendants are before their eyes.
[JOB.21.9] Peace is in their houses, away from fear, and the rod of God is not upon them.
[JOB.21.10] His bull is strong, and it will not be unproductive. His cow bears young, and does not miscarry.
[JOB.21.11] They will send away their mourning like sheep, and their children will dance.
[JOB.21.12] Carry the shoulder box and the harp, and rejoice to the sound of the pipe.
[JOB.21.13] They will grow old in prosperity, and in a moment they will be terrified in the underworld.
[JOB.21.14] And they said to God, "Turn from us, for we do not desire knowledge of your ways."
[JOB.21.15] What is the benefit of serving the One of the Mountain, and what profit is there in approaching him?
[JOB.21.16] Indeed, their goodness is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked ones is far from me.
[JOB.21.17] How many lights of the wicked will be extinguished, and destruction will come upon them? Portions will be allotted in his anger.
[JOB.21.18] Let them be as writing before the wind, and as chaff stolen by the storm.
[JOB.21.19] The God will guard his sons, him. He will repay to him, and he will know.
[JOB.21.20] May their eyes see as it is, and from the heat of the Almighty, it will drink.
[JOB.21.21] For what is his desire in his house after him, and the number of his new things were counted?
[JOB.21.22] Will the God teach knowledge, and will He, being on high, judge?
[JOB.21.23] This one will die in essence of foolishness, all of him tranquil and peaceful.
[JOB.21.24] Its inward parts are full of fat, and the marrow of its bones is watered.
[JOB.21.25] And this one will die in a bitter soul, and will not eat of the good.
[JOB.21.26] Together upon dust they will lie down, and the maggot will cover them.
[JOB.21.27] Indeed, I know your thoughts, and plots against me you will desire.
[JOB.21.28] Indeed, you will say, "Where is the dwelling of the generous, and where are the dwellings of the wicked?"
[JOB.21.29] Have you not asked the travelers, and will you not recognize their signs?
[JOB.21.30] For to the day of Yahveh, evil will be darkened; to the day of transgressions, they will be carried away.
[JOB.21.31] Who can declare to Yahveh His ways, and He has made them? Who will repay to Him?
[JOB.21.32] And he goes to the graves of Yuval, and upon the threshing floor he will be vigilant.
[JOB.21.33] His strengths are the turbulences of a valley, and after him all mankind will seek. Before him there is no number.
[JOB.21.34] And how do you comfort me with vanity, and your answers remain above?
JOB.22
[JOB.22.1] And Eliphaz the Temanite responded, and he said.
[JOB.22.2] Does the God risk a person, because the God dwells with the intelligent?
[JOB.22.3] Is the desire of the Gods that you be righteous, and if payment, that you set straight your ways?
[JOB.22.4] Will your fear prove you? Yahveh will come with you in judgment.
[JOB.22.5] Is your evil not great, and are there no limits to your transgressions?
[JOB.22.6] Because your brother schemes against you for no reason, you strip the naked of their garments.
[JOB.22.7] Not waters will you give to the weary, and from the hungry you will hold back bread.
[JOB.22.8] And a person with strength for himself is the land, and one with a lifted face will dwell in it.
[JOB.22.9] Widows you have sent away with nothing, and the strength of orphans will be crushed.
[JOB.22.10] Therefore, snares are around you and terror will strike you suddenly.
[JOB.22.11] Or darkness you will not see, and an abundance of waters will cover you.
[JOB.22.12] Is it not God who is high above the heavens, and do you not see the tops of the stars, because they are elevated?
[JOB.22.13] And you will say, what does God know beyond thick darkness? Will He judge?
[JOB.22.14] Clouds are a covering to him, and he will not be seen. The circle of the heavens will walk.
[JOB.22.15] You will keep the eternal way, which the walkers of wickedness trod.
[JOB.22.16] Which was established before its time, their foundation was poured before the river flowed.
[JOB.22.17] Those who say to God, "Turn away from us," and what will the God of the Mountain do to them?
[JOB.22.18] And he filled their homes with good, and the counsel of the wicked is distant from me.
[JOB.22.19] Let the righteous ones see and rejoice, and let the pure ones mock them.
[JOB.22.20] If not our rising is finished, then the remainder will be devoured by fire.
[JOB.22.21] Be agreeable with him, and repay good produce with them.
[JOB.22.22] Indeed, take instruction from his mouth, and place his words in your heart.
[JOB.22.23] If you return even to the Almighty, it will be built. You distance iniquity from your tent.
[JOB.22.24] And it shall be set upon dust in a fortress, and upon a rock of streams, gold.
[JOB.22.25] And it will be that the All-Powerful God is in your distresses, and abundance of silver is to you.
[JOB.22.26] For then you will delight upon the Breasts, and you will lift up your face to the Gods.
[JOB.22.27] You will pray to him, and he will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.
[JOB.22.28] And you will decree a saying, and it will arise for you, and upon your ways light will shine.
[JOB.22.29] Because they humbled, and you say, "Pride!" and lowered eyes to Joshua.
[JOB.22.30] He will deliver the innocent one, and escape in the pit of your hands.
JOB.23
[JOB.23.1] And Job answered and he said.
[JOB.23.2] Also today my complaint is bitter. My hand is heavy upon my sighing.
[JOB.23.3] Who gives that I knew and I find him? I will go until the dwelling place of the Gods.
[JOB.23.4] I will prepare a judgment before him, and my mouth I will fill with rebukes.
[JOB.23.5] I will know words, He will answer me, and I will understand what He says to me.
[JOB.23.6] The blessing-power contends with me. It is not only he who will put within me.
[JOB.23.7] There, righteousness is present with him, and I will deliver forever from the judge.
[JOB.23.8] Indeed, I seek in the past, and He is not there. And in the future, and I do not perceive Him.
[JOB.23.9] Samuel, while doing it, did not seize the right hand, and I will not see.
[JOB.23.10] For Yahveh knows the path of my being, he has tested me, like gold I will come forth.
[JOB.23.11] In prosperity my steps were held, I kept his path and did not stray.
[JOB.23.12] The commands of the Gods’ lips, and I will not deviate from their laws. I have treasured the words of the Gods’ mouth.
[JOB.23.13] And he, in one purpose, who can restrain him? And his soul desired, and he did.
[JOB.23.14] For he will complete my laws, and many priesthoods with him.
[JOB.23.15] Therefore, I will be afraid of God from his face. I will understand, and I will fear from him.
[JOB.23.16] And God made my heart tremble, and the Almighty terrified me.
[JOB.23.17] For I was not delivered from the face of darkness, and from the face of a covering of obscurity.
JOB.24
[JOB.24.1] Why were the times of the Powerful One not hidden, and did those who know not see His days?
[JOB.24.2] They reached the boundaries, a stolen flock, and they grazed.
[JOB.24.3] Donkeys will drive orphans, they will harness the ox of a widow.
[JOB.24.4] They will incline the poor ones from your path, together they are sheltered, poor of the land.
[JOB.24.5] Lo, the wild donkeys go out into the wilderness by their action, seeking to hunt. The wilderness is food for the boys.
[JOB.24.6] In the field, at night they will be reaped, and the vineyard of the wicked they will glean.
[JOB.24.7] Naked we will dwell without clothing, and there is no covering in the cold.
[JOB.24.8] From the stream of the mountains, they will be moistened, and from lack of shelter, they embraced the rock.
[JOB.24.9] They will steal from the plunder of the orphan, and against the afflicted they will plot.
[JOB.24.10] Naked they walked without clothing, and hungry, they carried an omer.
[JOB.24.11] Between their lines they will make white, vats they trod, and they thirsted.
[JOB.24.12] From the city of the dead, they will groan, and the souls of slain people will cry out. The Gods will not place a prayer.
[JOB.24.13] They were rebellious against light. They did not recognize the ways of the Gods, nor did they dwell in their paths.
[JOB.24.14] With the light will rise a murderer, to kill the poor and the needy, and at night he will be like a thief.
[JOB.24.15] And the eye of an adulterer keeps watch for a chance, saying, "An eye will not return to me"; and he hides his face.
[JOB.24.16] They dig in darkness for houses during the day, marking them for themselves, not knowing light.
[JOB.24.17] For together, morning is for them, shadow of death. For he will perceive destruction, shadow of death.
[JOB.24.18] God is light upon the face of the waters. Their portion in the land will be cursed. He will not allow the way of vineyards.
[JOB.24.19] Dryness, even heat, steals the waters of snow, and Sheol has sinned.
[JOB.24.20] May compassion forget him, and may pleasantness become corruption. He will not be remembered, and he will be broken like a perverted tree.
[JOB.24.21] A friend does not cause the barren to give birth, and does not do good for the widow.
[JOB.24.22] And he draws out champions with his strength, he will rise and not believe in life.
[JOB.24.23] He will give to him security and he will rely, and his eyes are upon their ways.
[JOB.24.24] Lift up a little, and it is not, and the Gods will be filled like all that leaps, and like the head of wheat, they will be filled.
[JOB.24.25] And if not my mouth, who will prove me a liar and render my words of no effect?
JOB.25
[JOB.25.1] And Bildad the Shuhite answered, and he said.
[JOB.25.2] The mastery and the fear are with him. The maker of completeness is in his heights.
[JOB.25.3] Is there a number to the armies of the Gods? And upon whom will not their counselor rise?
[JOB.25.4] And how can a person be justified with God, and how can the offspring of a woman achieve righteousness?
[JOB.25.5] Indeed, until the moon, and it did not shine, and the stars did not appear bright in his eyes.
[JOB.25.6] Indeed, for humankind is a worm, and the son of man is a worm.
JOB.26
[JOB.26.1] And Job answered and he said.
[JOB.26.2] What help have you given without strength? You have saved with an arm that is not strong.
[JOB.26.3] What have you counseled without wisdom and understanding, which you have made known abundantly?
[JOB.26.4] Who did you tell words to, and whose breath went out from you?
[JOB.26.5] The giants will tremble under the waters, and their inhabitants.
[JOB.26.6] Naked is the underworld before it, and there is no covering for destruction.
[JOB.26.7] The Gods stretch the north upon the void, and hang the earth upon nothing.
[JOB.26.8] The adversary of waters is in his clouds, and the cloud did not break open beneath them.
[JOB.26.9] God grasps the face of his throne, and spreads his clouds upon it.
[JOB.26.10] A statute concerning a festival is upon the surface of waters until the completion of light with darkness.
[JOB.26.11] The pillars of the heavens totter, and they reel from his rebuke.
[JOB.26.12] By His power the sea trembled, and by His understanding He crushed Rahav.
[JOB.26.13] By the spirit of the Gods, the heavens were adorned. The hand of the Gods created a breakthrough with the serpent.
[JOB.26.14] Indeed, these are the limits of his ways, and what a small portion of his words are heard. And the thunder of his power—who can understand?
JOB.27
[JOB.27.1] And Job added his discourse, and he said.
[JOB.27.2] The living God has removed my judgment, and the mountains have made my soul bitter.
[JOB.27.3] For as long as my breath is in me, and the breath of the Gods is in my nostrils.
[JOB.27.4] If my lips speak iniquity and my tongue utter deceit...
[JOB.27.5] Absolutely not, if I were to justify you until I perish; I will not remove my integrity from myself.
[JOB.27.6] With my righteousness, I have strengthened it, and I will not loosen it. My heart will not be grieved for my days.
[JOB.27.7] Let it be like the wicked is my enemy, and let my stirrers-up be like wrongdoing.
[JOB.27.8] For what is the hope of the godless when it prospers, for the Gods will reward his life?
[JOB.27.9] His cry God will hear, for distress comes upon him.
[JOB.27.10] If someone delights in Shaddai, then he will call upon God at all times.
[JOB.27.11] I will teach you by the hand of God, who is with the Almighty, I will not conceal it.
[JOB.27.12] Behold, you all have seen. And why is this breath wasted by you?
[JOB.27.13] This is the portion of a wicked person with God, and the inheritance of oppressors will be taken from Shaddai.
[JOB.27.14] If his sons increase for the sword, and his offspring are not satisfied with bread.
[JOB.27.15] His remnant will be buried in death, and his widows will not weep.
[JOB.27.16] If he gathers like dust silver and like clay he prepares clothing.
[JOB.27.17] Yahveh will establish and the righteous will wear, and pure silver he will distribute.
[JOB.27.18] He built his house like a moth, and he made a booth as a keeper.
[JOB.27.19] A rich person will lie down, and will not be gathered. Their eyes open, and they are no more.
[JOB.27.20] You will overtake it like waters wearing away; at night a storm overtook it.
[JOB.27.21] The east wind will lift it, and it will go, and he will carry it away from its place.
[JOB.27.22] And He will cast it upon him and will not show mercy from His hand, he will flee in the wind.
[JOB.27.23] He will pour out his hands upon them, and he will whistle upon him from his place.
JOB.28
[JOB.28.1] For there is a source for the silver, and a place where the gold is refined.
[JOB.28.2] Iron will be taken from dust, and stone will cast bronze.
[JOB.28.3] An end is set to darkness, and to every completion He searches. A stone of darkness and the shadow of death.
[JOB.28.4] A stream has burst forth from among the forgotten people, leaking from humankind, and moving.
[JOB.28.5] Land from it will come out bread, and beneath it will be overturned like fire.
[JOB.28.6] The place is with sapphire stones, and gold dust belongs to him.
[JOB.28.7] The path is not known to the eagle, and the eye of the vulture has not seen it.
[JOB.28.8] He was not guided by the sons of arrogance, and arrogance did not overcome him.
[JOB.28.9] In Ba-chalamish, he stretched out his hand, he overturned from the root of the mountains.
[JOB.28.10] In the rocks, rivers He split, and all glory His eye saw.
[JOB.28.11] From the tears of rivers, binding embraces obscurity, and causes light to emerge.
[JOB.28.12] And as for wisdom, from where can it be found? And what place is for understanding?
[JOB.28.13] Humankind does not know its value, and it will not be found in the land of the living.
[JOB.28.14] The deep said, "It is not within me," and the sea said, "It is not with me."
[JOB.28.15] No payment will be given for it, and its price will not be weighed in money.
[JOB.28.16] Do not trade in brightness for gold from Ofir, with precious beryl and sapphire.
[JOB.28.17] It will not be valued by gold and crystal, and its exchange is a vessel of lapis lazuli.
[JOB.28.18] Heights and crystals will not be remembered, and the value of wisdom is greater than pearls.
[JOB.28.19] Wisdom cannot be valued with the coral of Kush, nor with pure cleansing, it will not be prized.
[JOB.28.20] And from where will wisdom come? And where is the place of understanding?
[JOB.28.21] And it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and from the birds of the heavens it is concealed.
[JOB.28.22] Destruction and Death stated; we heard its report in our ears.
[JOB.28.23] The Gods understood her way, and He knew her place.
[JOB.28.24] For He looks to the ends of the earth; He sees under all the heavens.
[JOB.28.25] To make a weight for the wind and you will measure water with a measure.
[JOB.28.26] When the Gods make a statute for the rain and a path for the thunder's voices.
[JOB.28.27] Then Yahveh saw it and told it. Yahveh prepared it, and also investigated it.
[JOB.28.28] And He said to the man, behold, the fear of my Lord is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.
JOB.29
[JOB.29.1] And Job added his discourse, and he said.
[JOB.29.2] May someone give me like the months of old, like the days the Gods will preserve me.
[JOB.29.3] In the dimming of the lamp upon my head, for its light I walk in darkness.
[JOB.29.4] As I was in the days of my rebuke, in the secret place of the Gods over my tents.
[JOB.29.5] While the Almighty was with me, my young men surrounded me.
[JOB.29.6] The washings of my walkings are in heat, and a molded rock stands with me, streams of oil.
[JOB.29.7] When I go out through the gate upon the walls, in the street, I establish my seat.
[JOB.29.8] Young men have seen me and hid themselves, and elders arose and stood.
[JOB.29.9] The rulers restrained themselves with speech, and they place a hand to their mouth.
[JOB.29.10] The voice of the leaders is hidden, and their tongue cleaves to their discernment.
[JOB.29.11] For an ear heard and it confirmed me, and an eye saw and it witnessed to me.
[JOB.29.12] For I rescue the afflicted who cries out, and the orphan, and there is no helper to him.
[JOB.29.13] The blessing of the perishing one may come upon me, and I will make the heart of the widow rejoice.
[JOB.29.14] Righteousness I have clothed, and it has clothed me, like a robe and a turban of my judgment.
[JOB.29.15] I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame, I am.
[JOB.29.16] A father I am to the poor, and a dispute I have not known, I will investigate it.
[JOB.29.17] And I will break the snares of iniquity, and from his teeth I will cast torn pieces.
[JOB.29.18] And I said, with my family I waste away, and like the sea I increase days.
[JOB.29.19] My root is opened to the waters, and dew will remain on my harvest.
[JOB.29.20] My glory is new with me, and I will draw my bow in my hand to replace it.
[JOB.29.21] They have heard to me, and they wait, and they restrain themselves for the Gods’ counsel.
[JOB.29.22] After my words, they will not sleep, and upon them my words will fall.
[JOB.29.23] And they shall desire me like rain, and their mouths have opened to dew.
[JOB.29.24] I will laugh at them, they will not believe, and they will not cast down the light of my face.
[JOB.29.25] I will choose their ways, and I will sit as head and dwell like a king in the assembly, as mourners comfort themselves.
JOB.30
[JOB.30.1] And now, young men mock me, for days that I refused their fathers, to be placed with the dogs of my flock.
[JOB.30.2] Even the strength of their hands, why is it for me upon them that it has perished completely?
[JOB.30.3] In lack and in the palms, a rough mass of the lifeblood has burned. Yesterday was destruction and desolation.
[JOB.30.4] The gleaners filled their hands with shrub leaves and rue roots for food.
[JOB.30.5] From within they will be driven out. They will cry out against them like a thief.
[JOB.30.6] In the ravine of streams, to dwell are diggers of dust and caves.
[JOB.30.7] Between speeches they will groan, beneath a sword they will be attached.
[JOB.30.8] The descendants of Naval, also the descendants of Beli-shem, were removed from the land.
[JOB.30.9] And now, their song I was, and I became for them as a word.
[JOB.30.10] You all abhor me, be distant from me, and before my face you have not restrained emptiness.
[JOB.30.11] Because Jethro opened his mouth, and Yahveh answered me, and restraint was sent from before me.
[JOB.30.12] On the right hand they flourish, my feet will arise and dispatch; and they have established upon me the paths of their strength.
[JOB.30.13] They have abandoned my paths for emptiness, and they are not helpful to them. There is no helper for them.
[JOB.30.14] A spacious breach they will come under devastation; they rolled themselves.
[JOB.30.15] That which has turned against me pursues me like a wind of scattering, and as pain passes away, so has my salvation.
[JOB.30.16] And now, you pour out my soul upon me; the days of my affliction seize me.
[JOB.30.17] Night has torn my bones from above me, and my veins will not rest.
[JOB.30.18] In abundance of strength, He will adorn Himself with my garments, like my hands a tunic He will gird me.
[JOB.30.19] Show me severity, and I resemble dust and ashes.
[JOB.30.20] I cry out to God, and God does not answer me. I stand, and God considers me.
[JOB.30.21] You will turn to be cruel to me, with the strength of your hand, you will harbor hatred against me.
[JOB.30.22] Lift me up to spirit, mount me and strengthen me, restore me.
[JOB.30.23] For I know that death will restore me, and to a house of appointed time for all living.
[JOB.30.24] But not with it will he send a hand, if by his word is help to them.
[JOB.30.25] If I have not wept for the hardship of the day, my soul has grieved for the needy one.
[JOB.30.26] For I hoped for good, and evil came. And I waited for light, and darkness came.
[JOB.30.27] My innards boil, and did not become still before me, my days.
[JOB.30.28] Gloomy I walked without favor. I stood in the assembly, I will cry out.
[JOB.30.29] A brother I was to dragons, and a companion to the daughters of the ostrich.
[JOB.30.30] My skin is pale from above, and my bones burn from within me.
[JOB.30.31] And it came to pass, for mourning my lyre, and my pipes for the sound of weeping.
JOB.31
[JOB.31.1] A covenant I have made before my eyes, and what will I observe concerning a young woman?
[JOB.31.2] What portion belongs to the Gods from above, and what inheritance belongs to Shaddai from the heights?
[JOB.31.3] Is not strength for perversity, and alienation for the workers of wickedness?
[JOB.31.4] Is it not he who will see my ways, and will count all my steps?
[JOB.31.5] If I have walked with vanity, and deceit has ensnared my steps.
[JOB.31.6] Weigh me in balances of justice, and may the Gods know my integrity.
[JOB.31.7] If Assyria turns away from the path, and walks after my eyes, and if their heart clings to emptiness, then...
[JOB.31.8] I will sow, and another will eat, and my growth will take root.
[JOB.31.9] If my heart is drawn to a woman, and I have lain in wait at the entrance of my friend.
[JOB.31.10] You will grind to another my wife, and upon her others will bow.
[JOB.31.11] For it is imagination, and it is iniquity of the Philistines.
[JOB.31.12] For fire is to ruin, it will consume, and in all my produce it will root out.
[JOB.31.13] If I refuse judgment concerning my servant and my handmaid in their multitude when they are with me.
[JOB.31.14] What shall I do when God rises, and what shall I answer when he visits?
[JOB.31.15] Did not God make me in the belly, and establish us in one womb?
[JOB.31.16] If I restrain myself from the desire of the poor, and I consume the eyes of a widow.
[JOB.31.17] And I eat my bread alone, and I do not eat an orphan from it.
[JOB.31.18] For from youth you have raised me like a father, and from my mother’s womb you have sustained me.
[JOB.31.19] If I see a destroyed one without clothing and there is no covering for the poor one.
[JOB.31.20] If they do not bless me with offspring, and from the fleece of my lambs it will become warm.
[JOB.31.21] If I lift up my hand upon an orphan, for I see my help at the gate.
[JOB.31.22] My shoulder will fall from my shoulder blade, and my arm will be broken from its socket.
[JOB.31.23] For the terror of God is upon me, and I cannot bear his burden.
[JOB.31.24] If I have set gold as my confidence and said to silver, ‘You are my refuge,’
[JOB.31.25] If I rejoice because my strength is great and because my hand has found greatness.
[JOB.31.26] If I see light that is shining, and the moon is precious as it goes.
[JOB.31.27] And he swore in secret to my heart, and she kissed my hand to my mouth.
[JOB.31.28] Also, it is my iniquity of escape, for I have denied God from above.
[JOB.31.29] If I rejoice in the misfortune of my enemies, and I awaken because evil was found for him, then…
[JOB.31.30] And I did not give to sin my palate to ask in the Gods his soul.
[JOB.31.31] If not, we will tell my husband that we and my son brought the game, and if he asks for a large amount of it, we will not be satisfied.
[JOB.31.32] Outside, a stranger will not spend the night; to the traveler, my doors I will open.
[JOB.31.33] If I have covered my transgression like a man, to hide my iniquity in my heart...
[JOB.31.34] For I tremble before the multitude great and the scorn of families will humble me, and I will not go out of the opening.
[JOB.31.35] Who would give to me a listener to me? Indeed, my will is that the Almighty will answer me, and a book be written concerning the man of my quarrel.
[JOB.31.36] If not upon my shoulder I will carry him, I will bind him with crowns to me.
[JOB.31.37] The number of my steps I will tell him, like a telling I will bring near.
[JOB.31.38] If upon me my land will cry out, and together its furrows they will weep.
[JOB.31.39] If I have consumed strength without payment, and I have diminished life from its owner.
[JOB.31.40] Instead of sin, strength will come forth, and instead of barley, grass will come. The words of Job are complete.
JOB.32
[JOB.32.1] And these three men ceased to contend with Job, for he is righteous in their eyes.
[JOB.32.2] And the anger of God, son of Barachel the Buzite from the family of Ram, burned against Iyyov. His anger was over Iyyov’s righteousness, feeling that his soul was righteous because of the Gods.
[JOB.32.3] In three of their friends, his anger burned because they did not find an answer, and they judged Job.
[JOB.32.4] And God-is-God waited for Job to speak, because the old ones were older than him in days.
[JOB.32.5] And Elihu saw that there was no response from the three men, and his anger burned.
[JOB.32.6] And Elihu, son of Barachel the Buzite, responded, saying, "I am young in days, and you are old. Therefore, I was hesitant and afraid to reveal my thoughts to you."
[JOB.32.7] I said, days will speak and an abundance of years will know wisdom.
[JOB.32.8] Indeed, it is a breath in humankind, and the breath of the Almighty understands them.
[JOB.32.9] Not many will be wise, and elders will understand judgment.
[JOB.32.10] Therefore I said, "Hear to me, I will declare my knowledge, even I."
[JOB.32.11] Indeed, I have waited for your words, I listen until your understandings, until you investigate words.
[JOB.32.12] And concerning you, I have considered, and behold, there is no one to reprove Job, answering his words from among you.
[JOB.32.13] Lest you say, "We have found wisdom; God will defend us, not a man."
[JOB.32.14] And God did not arrange words to me, and in your sayings, I will not return it to him.
[JOB.32.15] They did not respond, still they repeated words from them.
[JOB.32.16] And I waited because they would not speak, because they stood and did not answer anymore.
[JOB.32.17] I will answer, even I. My portion, I will experience. My knowledge, even I will know.
[JOB.32.18] For I have filled with words, a spirit has afflicted my belly.
[JOB.32.19] Behold, my belly is like wine that will not be opened; like new bottles it will be split.
[JOB.32.20] I will speak, and it will become spacious to me. I will open my lips and I will answer.
[JOB.32.21] Please, do not let me lift up the face of a man, and to humankind I will not show favor.
[JOB.32.22] For I did not know him, almost he carried me, he makes me.
JOB.33
[JOB.33.1] And now, Job, hear my words, and listen to all my sayings.
[JOB.33.2] Behold, surely I have opened my mouth, she spoke with my tongue in my palate.
[JOB.33.3] The uprightness of my heart are my sayings, and the knowledge of my lips makes my speech clear.
[JOB.33.4] The breath of God made me, and the breath of the Almighty God will revive me.
[JOB.33.5] If you are able to return me, let its worth stand before me.
[JOB.33.6] Indeed, I am like your palm to the God, from clay have I been formed, even I.
[JOB.33.7] Behold, my possession does not demand anything of you, and my coercion upon you will not be honored.
[JOB.33.8] Indeed, you said to my ear, and a voice of words I will hear.
[JOB.33.9] Pure am I without transgression, innocent am I, and there is no iniquity to me.
[JOB.33.10] Indeed, wanderings have found me. He will reckon me as an enemy to Him.
[JOB.33.11] He will place my feet on the rock, and He will guard all my ways.
[JOB.33.12] Indeed, this is not righteousness, I will answer you, for the Gods will be greater than humanity.
[JOB.33.13] Why do people contend with God, for He will not answer any of His words?
[JOB.33.14] For God speaks in one way, and will not correct it if spoken in two.
[JOB.33.15] In a dream, a vision of the night when sleep falls upon people, in slumber upon a bed.
[JOB.33.16] Then will Yahveh reveal the understanding of people, and will seal their discipline.
[JOB.33.17] To remove humankind's doing and pride from a man, it will conceal.
[JOB.33.18] Yahveh will save his soul from ruin, and his life from passing into destruction.
[JOB.33.19] And he will be strong with fatness on his resting place, and an abundance of his bones is solid.
[JOB.33.20] And they made their creatures unclean for food, and their soul found enjoyment in desires.
[JOB.33.21] His flesh will be finished from my sight, and his bones will be hidden, not seen.
[JOB.33.22] And his soul drew near to destruction, and his life was towards the destroyers.
[JOB.33.23] If there is a messenger upon him, an advocate, one from ten thousand, to declare righteousness to a human.
[JOB.33.24] And He graciously dealt with us, and He said, "Redeem him from the descent of corruption. I have found a ransom."
[JOB.33.25] His flesh will become firm from youth; he will return to the days of his youth.
[JOB.33.26] He pleaded to God, the Gods, and they accepted him, and demonstrated favor with rejoicing, and returned his righteousness to mankind.
[JOB.33.27] He proclaimed to the people, "I have sinned, and indeed I have perverted what is right, and it is not worth anything to me."
[JOB.33.28] God redeems my soul from a passage through corruption, and my life will see the light.
[JOB.33.29] Lo, all these things God will do twice, three times with a man.
[JOB.33.30] To restore his soul from the pit of destruction, to light in the light of the life.
[JOB.33.31] Listen, Job, hear me. Be silent, and I will speak.
[JOB.33.32] If there are words, return to me. Speak, for I have desired your righteousness.
[JOB.33.33] If you do not hear me, be silent, and I will teach you wisdom.
JOB.34
[JOB.34.1] And Elihu answered and said.
[JOB.34.2] Listen, wise ones, to the words; and those knowing, give ear to me.
[JOB.34.3] For the ear tests words, and the palate tastes to eat.
[JOB.34.4] A chosen judgment is for us, we will know among us what is good.
[JOB.34.5] Because Job said, "I am righteous, and God has removed my justice."
[JOB.34.6] Regarding my judgement, I deceive man. My arrow is without offense.
[JOB.34.7] Who is a man like Job, that he drinks mockery like water?
[JOB.34.8] And he goes down to associate with workers of iniquity, and to walk with men of wickedness.
[JOB.34.9] For he said that a man will not endanger himself by desiring things with the Gods.
[JOB.34.10] Therefore, you who have understanding, listen to me: far be it from God that evil originates with Him, and from the Mighty One that wrongdoing comes forth.
[JOB.34.11] Because the work of a person will repay to him, and according to the way of a man, it will meet him.
[JOB.34.12] Surely indeed, God will not do wrong, and the Powerful One will not pervert justice.
[JOB.34.13] Who appointed the land upon him, and who established the whole world?
[JOB.34.14] If God sets his heart to it, his spirit and his breath God will gather to himself.
[JOB.34.15] All flesh will perish together, and humankind will return to dust.
[JOB.34.16] And if understanding you hear this, then listen to the voice of my words.
[JOB.34.17] The anger hates judgement and will restrain it, and if a righteous great one is present, you will condemn them.
[JOB.34.18] The speaker says to the king, Wickedness, to the generous ones.
[JOB.34.19] The one who does not show favor to rulers and was not known to recognize the poor, for the work of his hands is all.
[JOB.34.20] For in a moment they will die, and at midnight people will be in turmoil, they will pass away, and valiant men will be removed, not by human hand.
[JOB.34.21] For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and all of his steps he sees.
[JOB.34.22] There is not darkness and there is not a shadow of death, for evildoers cannot hide there.
[JOB.34.23] For not upon a man will he set anymore to go to God by suit.
[JOB.34.24] The Gods raise up the powerful, but their investigation is not discoverable, and He establishes others in their place.
[JOB.34.25] Therefore, the Gods shall know their servants, and shall turn [their world] to night, and they shall be crushed.
[JOB.34.26] Instead of the wicked, their ruin is in place of companions.
[JOB.34.27] Because of this, they turned away from behind Yahveh, and they did not understand all of his ways.
[JOB.34.28] To bring upon him the cry of the poor one and the cry of the needy ones, Yahveh will hear.
[JOB.34.29] And He stills, and who condemns? And He hides His face, and who justifies us? And upon a nation and upon mankind together.
[JOB.34.30] The kingdom of man is deceptive, originating from the snares of the people.
[JOB.34.31] For God to God I have said I have lifted up, I will not destroy.
[JOB.34.32] Without seeing, you instruct me. If wickedness I have acted, I will not add to it.
[JOB.34.33] Those who dwell with you will repay you, because you have refused and because you choose and not I, and what do you know? Speak.
[JOB.34.34] Men of heart will say to me, and a wise man hears to me.
[JOB.34.35] Job does not speak with knowledge, and his words are not with understanding.
[JOB.34.36] My father will test Job forever concerning repayments among people of wrongdoing.
[JOB.34.37] For he will add transgression to his sin, provoking the Gods between us. And he will increase his words against God.
JOB.35
[JOB.35.1] And Elijah answered and he said.
[JOB.35.2] Is this what you have considered as judgement? Have you said, "My righteousness comes from God"?
[JOB.35.3] For when you say, "What danger is there for you? What benefit will come from my sin?"
[JOB.35.4] I will restore things to you, and your companions with you.
[JOB.35.5] Behold the heavens and see, and behold the clouds are high above you.
[JOB.35.6] If you have sinned, what will you do concerning God? And if your transgressions have multiplied, what will you do to God?
[JOB.35.7] If you have justified yourself, what will you give to Him? Or what can be taken from your hand?
[JOB.35.8] To a person like you, your wickedness belongs, and to humankind, your righteousness belongs.
[JOB.35.9] From abundance of those exploited, they cry out, seeking salvation from the power of many.
[JOB.35.10] And he did not say, "Where is the God making, giving songs in the night?"
[JOB.35.11] Our speech from the beasts of the land and from the birds of the heavens will make us wise.
[JOB.35.12] There they will cry out, and He will not answer, because of the power of the evil ones.
[JOB.35.13] Surely worthlessness will not be heard by God, and the Almighty will not deliver.
[JOB.35.14] Even if you say you do not return to him, judgment is before him, and you will waste away for him.
[JOB.35.15] And now, because it is not that the Gods visited his anger, and did not know regarding the transgression greatly.
[JOB.35.16] And Job opened his mouth in emptiness, without knowledge he will declare words.
JOB.36
[JOB.36.1] And Elijah added, and he said.
[JOB.36.2] A little for me, and I will declare you, for still words remain for the God.
[JOB.36.3] I will lift up my thoughts to the distance, and to my works I will give righteousness.
[JOB.36.4] For truly, not a falsehood is your word; complete is understanding with you.
[JOB.36.5] Behold, God is great and He does not reject the strength of the heart; great is the power of the heart.
[JOB.36.6] The wicked one will not live, and justice for the poor ones he will give.
[JOB.36.7] God will not diminish His presence from the righteous, and the kings to the throne He seated them forever, and He exalts them.
[JOB.36.8] And if those bound are among the thorns, they will be caught by ropes of affliction.
[JOB.36.9] And He told them of their acts and their transgressions, that they will become strong.
[JOB.36.10] And revealed were their ears to correction, and he said that they would return from wickedness.
[JOB.36.11] If they listen and serve, they will complete their days with goodness, and their years in delights.
[JOB.36.12] And if they do not listen to what is sent, they will pass through, and they will perish like one without knowledge.
[JOB.36.13] And those who are faint of heart will place anger, they will not be saved, because you have bound them.
[JOB.36.14] Let the young men die; and let their souls live in the holy places.
[JOB.36.15] He will deliver the poor with their affliction, and he will reveal to their ears in distress.
[JOB.36.16] And even if you have been incited from the mouth of a narrowness to a wide place that is not firm underneath it, and your table is full of richness.
[JOB.36.17] And the judgment of the wicked is completed, judgment and justice will support it.
[JOB.36.18] For wrath, lest the Gods turn you away in fullness, and much atonement does not find you.
[JOB.36.19] Does your deliverance equal not being in distress, and all of the efforts of your strength?
[JOB.36.20] Do not seek at any time to ascend over peoples beneath them.
[JOB.36.21] Guard yourself, do not turn to wickedness, for this you have chosen from affliction.
[JOB.36.22] Behold, God will elevate with His strength. Who is like Him, a teacher?
[JOB.36.23] Who appointed his path, and who stated that you acted perversely?
[JOB.36.24] Remember that when you prosper, it is because of the deeds of the men who were powerful.
[JOB.36.25] All humankind has seen in God, and humanity gazes from afar.
[JOB.36.26] Indeed, God is exalted and not known. The number of his years is not known, and no investigation is possible.
[JOB.36.27] For the drops of water will be diminished, and rain will be poured out upon the land.
[JOB.36.28] Which the skies pour, they refresh upon many people.
[JOB.36.29] Even if he understands the dissolving of his clouds, changes to his shelter.
[JOB.36.30] Behold, He spreads out His light over him, and the roots of the sea He covered.
[JOB.36.31] For in them the Gods will judge nations, giving food to the satisfied.
[JOB.36.32] With hands, the Gods covered light, and commanded it upon it in a collision.
[JOB.36.33] He will declare about him, his friend, livestock, even concerning an ascending offering.
JOB.37
[JOB.37.1] Even to this, my heart will be distressed, and it will depart from its place.
[JOB.37.2] Hear, hearing, in anger his voice, and pondering from his mouth will come forth.
[JOB.37.3] Under all the heavens He will extend Himself, and His light will be upon the extremities of the earth.
[JOB.37.4] After him, a voice will roar, it will thunder in the voice of his glory, and he will not overtake them, for his voice will be heard.
[JOB.37.5] God will roar with his voice, wonders performing, great things doing, and not known.
[JOB.37.6] For to the snow He says, "Be, Earth!" and rain, downpours, rain of His strength.
[JOB.37.7] In the hand of every person it will be sealed, for knowing all the people of His doing.
[JOB.37.8] And a living thing came to the desert and it will dwell in its shelters.
[JOB.37.9] From the chamber will come a storm, and from the south, cold.
[JOB.37.10] Frost is given from the breath of God, and the breadth of waters in a pouring out.
[JOB.37.11] Even his creation tires the Father; he spreads a cloud of his light.
[JOB.37.12] And He, causes turning, changing by His plans for actions; all that He commands upon the face of the world, the earth does.
[JOB.37.13] If to a rod, if to land, if to lovingkindness, he finds it.
[JOB.37.14] Listen to this, Job. Stand and consider the wonders of God.
[JOB.37.15] Will you know in some of the Gods over them, and will light appear in their cloud?
[JOB.37.16] Do you know about the mysteries of the clouds? Do wonders complete knowledge possess?
[JOB.37.17] Which your garments are red in treading the land of the South.
[JOB.37.18] God stretches out with the heavens, strong like a polished mirror.
[JOB.37.19] Inform us what we should say to him. We will not prepare before the darkness.
[JOB.37.20] Is it told to God that I speak? If someone says that it is wasted?
[JOB.37.21] And now, they have not seen the bright light, it is in the heavens. And a wind passed and purified them.
[JOB.37.22] Gold will come from the north upon the terrible majesty of the God.
[JOB.37.23] The Almighty cannot be found. Abundant strength and judgment and abundance of righteousness He will not answer.
[JOB.37.24] Therefore, let men fear Yahveh. All wise men will not understand.
JOB.38
[JOB.38.1] And Yahveh answered Job from the whirlwind, and He said.
[JOB.38.2] Who is this who darkens counsel with words without knowledge?
[JOB.38.3] Strengthen yourself like a man, and I will ask you, and tell me.
[JOB.38.4] Where were you when the foundation of the earth was laid? Tell me, if you understand.
[JOB.38.5] Who set its measurements so that you may know, or who stretched a line over it?
[JOB.38.6] Upon what have my Lord's foundations been established, or who has hurled the cornerstone?
[JOB.38.7] They sang together, the morning stars, and all the sons of the Gods shouted for joy.
[JOB.38.8] And he covered with coverings sea, in his strength from womb he comes forth.
[JOB.38.9] In my covering is cloud for his clothing, and darkness is his wrapping.
[JOB.38.10] And I broke my laws upon him, and I put a bolt and doors.
[JOB.38.11] And I said, "Come up to here, and do not add any more, and there may be placed in the pride of your waves."
[JOB.38.12] Your days commanded the morning; you knew its place of dawn.
[JOB.38.13] To grasp at the edges of the land, and may the wicked be shaken from it.
[JOB.38.14] You will turn like wax for a seal, and they will stand firm like a garment.
[JOB.38.15] And light will be withheld from the wicked, and the arm of the mighty will be broken.
[JOB.38.16] Have you brought [something] even to the recesses of the sea, and in the search of the deep have you walked?
[JOB.38.17] Have the gates of death been revealed to you, and will you see the gates of deep shadow of death?
[JOB.38.18] Have you considered to the expanses of the earth? Declare if you have known all of it.
[JOB.38.19] Which way does light dwell, and darkness, which is its place?
[JOB.38.20] For you will take him to his boundary, and for you will understand the paths to his house.
[JOB.38.21] You have known that then you will be born, and the number of your days are many.
[JOB.38.22] Have you brought to the treasures of snow, and do you see the treasures of hail?
[JOB.38.23] That I have restrained for a time of distress, for a day of approaching war.
[JOB.38.24] Which way will the light split and scatter eastward upon the land?
[JOB.38.25] Who divided the flood channel and made a way for the voices of the strong one?
[JOB.38.26] To cause rain to fall on land where there is no person, a wilderness where no human is present.
[JOB.38.27] To satisfy destruction and ruin, and to cause growth to sprout forth grass.
[JOB.38.28] Does rain have a father, or who brings forth the drops of dew?
[JOB.38.29] From what womb has the ice come forth, and who has given birth to the frost of the heavens?
[JOB.38.30] Like stone, the waters will hide, and the face of the deep will be gathered.
[JOB.38.31] Binding are the delicacies of desire, or attractions entice a fool to open himself.
[JOB.38.32] Will you bring forth sprouts in their time, and will a woman comfort her sons?
[JOB.38.33] Do you know the laws of the heavens? If you place its rule on the earth?
[JOB.38.34] Are you willing to raise your voice to the cloud, and will an abundance of water cover you?
[JOB.38.35] Will you send with lightnings, and they will go, and will they say to you, "Here we are?"
[JOB.38.36] Who put wisdom in the depths, or who gave understanding to the ostrich?
[JOB.38.37] Who can number the clouds with wisdom, and who can make the flasks of the heavens lie down?
[JOB.38.38] In the squeezing of dust to firmness, and clumps will stick together.
[JOB.38.39] Would you lie in wait for a lion for its torn flesh, and would beasts fill the young lions?
[JOB.38.40] For they will seek refuge in the shelters, they will sit in the booth for themselves as a trap.
[JOB.38.41] Who prepares for the raven its prey, for its young ones cry out to God? They wander, not finding food.
JOB.39
[JOB.39.1] Have you known the time for the rock goats to give birth, or do you observe the deer in labor?
[JOB.39.2] You will count months until they are filled, and you will know the time for her birth.
[JOB.39.3] Their children will kneel; they will divide; their birth pangs will be released.
[JOB.39.4] Their sons dream of multiplying in the wilderness. They depart and do not return to them.
[JOB.39.5] Who released the wild donkey free, and who loosened the bonds of the onager? Who has set them free?
[JOB.39.6] Which I have made the desert his house, and his dwellings a salty waste.
[JOB.39.7] Isaac to the Gods a fortress, deliverances to an oppressor will not hear.
[JOB.39.8] Abundance of mountains is its pasture, and after all greenness, he will seek.
[JOB.39.9] Will Yahveh return, my friends, if they linger on your desire?
[JOB.39.10] Will the wild ox consent to labor in the furrow of its richness? Or will it plow the valleys after you?
[JOB.39.11] Do you trust in him because his power is great, and will you abandon your labor to him?
[JOB.39.12] Do you believe in Him that your offspring will return, and your granary will be gathered?
[JOB.39.13] The wing of rejoicing is restrained if a vow is fully made and extended.
[JOB.39.14] For you abandon the ground with her eggs, and on dust you warm them.
[JOB.39.15] And she forgot her wandering foot, and the animal of the field tramples her.
[JOB.39.16] Her children have hardened her without reward. Her labor is to emptiness, without causing concern.
[JOB.39.17] For it was God who gave wisdom, and He did not divide it stingily with understanding.
[JOB.39.18] Now, in the height, she soars, mocking the horse and its rider.
[JOB.39.19] Will you give strength to the horse? Will you clothe its neck with a mane?
[JOB.39.20] They will cause it to tremble like a locust, the splendor of whose power is terror.
[JOB.39.21] They will dig in the valley and rejoice in strength, then they will go out to meet weaponry.
[JOB.39.22] Isaac laughs at dread and does not fear, and does not turn back before the sword.
[JOB.39.23] Upon him you will see ruin, flame of a blade, and a spear and a javelin.
[JOB.39.24] With trembling and shaking, the earth will move, and they will not believe it is the sound of a shofar.
[JOB.39.25] By means of the ram’s horn, the brother says, and from afar it smells war; thunder of rulers and a shout.
[JOB.39.26] From your understanding, does the goshawk spread his wings to the south?
[JOB.39.27] If upon your mouth it will elevate an eagle, and if it will lift its nest.
[JOB.39.28] The rock will dwell and lodge upon the tooth of the rock and a stronghold.
[JOB.39.29] From there, he dug a provision, his eyes will look from a distance.
[JOB.39.30] And his young ones will swarm with blood, and where the slain are, there he is.
JOB.40
[JOB.40.1] And Yahveh answered Job and said.
[JOB.40.2] Is much with the All-Powerful to discipline? The God will answer the one who reproves.
[JOB.40.3] And Iyov answered Yahveh, and he said.
[JOB.40.4] Indeed, my voice is restrained. What shall I answer you, for my hand has been put to my mouth.
[JOB.40.5] I have spoken once, and I will not answer again, and twice, I will not add anything further.
[JOB.40.6] And Yahveh answered Job from the whirlwind and said.
[JOB.40.7] Strengthen yourself like a man at your loins, and I will ask you, and tell me.
[JOB.40.8] Will you even pervert my judgement, condemn me so that you may be righteous?
[JOB.40.9] And if an arm is like God to you, and in a voice like Him you hear, then you will tremble.
[JOB.40.10] Clothe Yourself now with majesty and height, and glory and splendor shall clothe You.
[JOB.40.11] May the desire of your heart be for the end of iniquities and your anger, and may you see every proud one and humble him.
[JOB.40.12] Behold, all the proud ones, God will humble them, and will crush the wicked under them.
[JOB.40.13] You hide them in dust, together. Their faces are covered in the hidden place.
[JOB.40.14] And also I will praise you, for you save for you your right hand.
[JOB.40.15] Behold, indeed the beasts which I have provided with you will eat fodder like cattle.
[JOB.40.16] Behold, now his strength is in his sides, and his power in the muscles of his belly.
[JOB.40.17] May his tail be like cedar, and the sinews of his fear be made strong.
[JOB.40.18] His bones are channels of bronze, and his limbs are like molten iron.
[JOB.40.19] He is the beginning of God’s ways. The one making will bring near his sword.
[JOB.40.20] For the mountains will carry things to Him, and all the animals of the field will play there.
[JOB.40.21] Under shadows he will lie down, in the secret place of a reed and in a crevice.
[JOB.40.22] He will shelter them; shadows will cover him. They will surround him; the lurking places of the stream will be around him.
[JOB.40.23] Indeed, the river will exploit, it will not dismay. He trusts because the Jordan will swell to its mouth.
[JOB.40.24] In His eyes, He will take them, with hooks He will pierce their nose.
[JOB.40.25] You pull Leviathan with a hook, and with a rope you sink its tongue.
[JOB.40.26] Will you place a halter in the nose, and with a rod will you pierce the jaw?
[JOB.40.27] Will the Gods multiply supplications to you, if my Lord speaks gently to you?
[JOB.40.28] Can a covenant be known with him? Can he be taken as a servant forever?
[JOB.40.29] Will you play with him like a bird, and bind him to your young women?
[JOB.40.30] The diggers will dig upon it, and they will divide it between the Canaanites.
[JOB.40.31] May it be full with nets of skin, and with the shimmer of fish, its head.
[JOB.40.32] Place your hand upon him, remember battle, and do not increase it.
JOB.41
[JOB.41.1] Behold, his hope is disappointed. Will it also be thrown onto the appearances of God?
[JOB.41.2] He is not compassionate because He awakens, and who is He that will stand before me?
[JOB.41.3] Who preceded me, and I will repay under all the heavens to him for me?
[JOB.41.4] I will not be silent regarding his wonders, and the speech of his might, and the beauty of his worth.
[JOB.41.5] Who revealed the face of his garment, in doubling his restraint? Who will come?
[JOB.41.6] Who has opened the doors of His faces? Terror surrounds His teeth.
[JOB.41.7] A valley brings forth channels of defenses, shut with a seal of narrowness.
[JOB.41.8] One with one will approach, and spirit will not come between them.
[JOB.41.9] A person will cling to his brother, they will be interwoven and will not be separated.
[JOB.41.10] The flashes of Yahveh shine with light, and His eyes are like the eyelids of dawn.
[JOB.41.11] From God’s mouth, flames will go forth, like kindlings of fire they will be emitted.
[JOB.41.12] From his nostrils smoke will go out, like a puffed up furnace and a swirling mass.
[JOB.41.13] His soul blazes with coals, and flame will come forth from his mouth.
[JOB.41.14] Strength will dwell in His neck, and pestilence will be crushed before my Lord.
[JOB.41.15] Wonders of his flesh cling, cast upon him, it will not be removed.
[JOB.41.16] His heart is formed like stone and is formed like a lower millstone.
[JOB.41.17] From their setting, the Gods will dwell. From breakers, they will be atoned for.
[JOB.41.18] A sword reaches him without rising again, a spear of warfare and a shield.
[JOB.41.19] He will consider straw to be iron, and rotten wood to be bronze.
[JOB.41.20] He will not escape the bowman, for the bow is turned against him, and the stones of the sling have become his undoing.
[JOB.41.21] Like straw, they account the arrow, and he laughs at noise like a spear.
[JOB.41.22] Beneath it are the sharp tools of an artisan. It will spread a carving upon clay.
[JOB.41.23] It will boil like a pot of destruction; the sea it will set like a lye.
[JOB.41.24] After him, a light will shine; a path he will consider, and the deep will be for old age.
[JOB.41.25] There is none like God on earth. The Gods fashioned for themselves to not be dismayed.
[JOB.41.26] He sees all the proud. My Lord is king over all those of arrogance.
JOB.42
[JOB.42.1] And Iyov answered Yahveh, and he said.
[JOB.42.2] I have known that all you are able, and no plan will be restrained from you.
[JOB.42.3] Who is this one concealing counsel without knowledge? Therefore, I have declared it, but I do not understand. Marvels are beyond me, and I do not know them.
[JOB.42.4] Please listen, and I will speak. I will ask you, and you will tell me.
[JOB.42.5] To the hearing of an ear, I have heard you, and now, my eyes have seen you.
[JOB.42.6] Therefore I reject and have repented, on dust and ashes.
[JOB.42.7] And it happened after Yahveh spoke these words to Iyyov, that Yahveh said to Elifaz the Temanite, "My anger burns against you and against your two friends, because you did not speak to me correctly as my servant Iyyov did."
[JOB.42.8] And now, take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, and go to my servant Iyov, and offer a burnt offering on his behalf. And my servant Iyov will pray for you, for if I regard his face, I will not act foolishly with you, because you have not spoken truthfully to me as my servant Iyov has.
[JOB.42.9] And Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Na’amathite went, and they did as Yahveh had spoken to them. And Yahveh lifted up the face of Job.
[JOB.42.10] And Yahveh restored the captivity of Job when he prayed on behalf of his friend, and Yahveh added to all that belonged to Job, doubling it.
[JOB.42.11] And all his brothers and all his sisters and all who knew him formerly came to him and ate bread with him in his house. And they consoled him and comforted him over all the evil that Yahveh had brought upon him. And each person gave him one piece of money and each person one golden nose ring.
[JOB.42.12] And Yahveh blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning, and there were to him fourteen thousand sheep and six thousand camels and a thousand yoke of oxen and a thousand donkeys.
[JOB.42.13] And it was to him seven sons and three daughters.
[JOB.42.14] And he called the name of the first, Yemimah, and the name of the second, Ketzi-ah, and the name of the third, Horn of Soot.
[JOB.42.15] And women as beautiful as the daughters of Job were not found in all the land, and their father gave an inheritance to them among their brothers.
[JOB.42.16] And Job lived after this one hundred and forty years, and he saw his sons and his sons’ sons, four generations.
[JOB.42.17] And Iyov died, old and having lived many days.
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SNG.1
[SNG.1.1] The song of the songs which belongs to Solomon.
[SNG.1.2] Kiss me from the kisses of his mouth, for your loves are better than wine.
[SNG.1.3] The aroma of your oils is good; your name is like poured-out oil. Therefore, young women love you.
[SNG.1.4] Draw me after you, desired one. The king has brought me into his chambers. Let us rejoice and be glad in you. We will remember your loves, from wine that is straight, they loved you.
[SNG.1.5] I am dark, yet beautiful, daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.
[SNG.1.6] Do not look at me, for I am darkened by the sun. The sons of my mother despised me. They made me a guard over the vineyards. I did not guard my own vineyard.
[SNG.1.7] Tell me, that my soul loves. Where do you graze? Where do you rest at midday? Why am I as one who veils herself over the flocks of your companions?
[SNG.1.8] If you do not know your beauty among women, go following the flocks, and pasture your young goats near the dwellings of the shepherds.
[SNG.1.9] To my horse, in the chariots of Pharaoh, I have compared you, my companion.
[SNG.1.10] May your life be pleasing with necklaces, your neck with beads.
[SNG.1.11] Golden scrolls are made for you, with settings of the silver.
[SNG.1.12] While the king is at his banquet, myrrh gave off its fragrance.
[SNG.1.13] A cluster of myrrh, my beloved is to me, he will spend the night among the breasts.
[SNG.1.14] The cluster of vine blossoms belongs to my beloved for me in the vineyards of Ein Gedi.
[SNG.1.15] Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved. Behold, you are beautiful, your eyes are doves.
[SNG.1.16] Indeed, you are beautiful, my beloved, and pleasant. Even our couch is flourishing.
[SNG.1.17] The beams of our houses are cedars, and our panels are cedars.
SNG.2
[SNG.2.1] I am the lily of Sharon, the lily of the valleys.
[SNG.2.2] As a rose among the thorns, so is my beloved among the daughters.
[SNG.2.3] Like an apple among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the sons. I desired to sit in his shadow, and his fruit is sweet to my palate.
[SNG.2.4] Bring me to the house of the wine, and let its love cover me.
[SNG.2.5] Support me with apples, refresh me with the apples, for I am sick with love.
[SNG.2.6] His left is under my head, and His right embraces me.
[SNG.2.7] I have sworn to you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the hosts, or by the gazelles of the field, if you do not stir it up, and if you do not awaken the love until it desires.
[SNG.2.8] The voice of my beloved, behold, this one comes, leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
[SNG.2.9] My beloved is like a gazelle, or like a young deer of the deer. Behold, this one is standing behind our walls, looking from the windows, peeking through the crevices.
[SNG.2.10] My beloved answered and said to me, "Arise for yourself, my companion, my beautiful one, and go!"
[SNG.2.11] For behold, the cloud is passing, the rain has passed, it is going away.
[SNG.2.12] The sprouts were seen in the land, the time of singing has arrived, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.
[SNG.2.13] The fig tree has put forth its early fruit, and the vines have given fragrance. Rise, for you, my beloved, my beautiful one, and come to me.
[SNG.2.14] My dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the shelter of the crag, let me see your appearance, let me hear your voice. For your voice is pleasant and your appearance is beautiful.
[SNG.2.15] They have seized for us foxes, foxes, small ones that destroy vineyards, and our vineyards are in ruin.
[SNG.2.16] My beloved is to me, and I am to him, the shepherd among the lilies.
[SNG.2.17] Until the day becomes cool and the shadows flee, turn your face to me, my beloved, like a gazelle or a young stag of the deer upon the mountains of dividing.
SNG.3
[SNG.3.1] Upon my bed in the nights, I sought the one whom my soul loves. I sought them, and did not find them.
[SNG.3.2] Indeed, I will rise and go around the city, in the marketplaces and in the streets. I will seek the one whom my soul loves. I have sought her, and I have not found her.
[SNG.3.3] The watchmen circling in the city found me, the one whom my soul loves. You have seen her.
[SNG.3.4] I had almost passed by them until I found the one my soul loves. I held them and I will not let them go, until I brought them home to the house of my mother, and to the room of my conception.
[SNG.3.5] I have sworn to you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the hosts, or by the gazelles of the field, if you do not stir it up, and if you do not awaken the love until it desires.
[SNG.3.6] Who is this one that comes up from the wilderness like columns of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, from all the powders of the perfumer?
[SNG.3.7] Behold, the bed of Solomon, sixty heroes around it, from the heroes of Israel.
[SNG.3.8] All of them are gripping swords, trained in war, each man has his sword upon his thigh, from fear of the nights.
[SNG.3.9] The king Solomon made for himself a carrying chair from the trees of the Lebanon.
[SNG.3.10] Its pillars He made of silver, its covering of gold, its litter of purple. Its interior was paved with love, from the daughters of Jerusalem.
[SNG.3.11] Go out and see, daughters of Zion, with King Solomon, with the crown his mother adorned him with on the day of his wedding and on the day of the joy of his heart.
SNG.4
[SNG.4.1] Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved. Behold, you are beautiful. Your eyes are like doves from behind your temples. Your hair is like a flock of goats that have descended from Mount Gilead.
[SNG.4.2] Your teeth are like a flock of neatly arranged sheep that have come up from the washing, all of them matching, and there is none among them that is different.
[SNG.4.3] Like a thread, your lips, and your words are pleasant; like a slice of pomegranate, your temples, from behind your neck.
[SNG.4.4] Like the tower of David, your neck is built with battlements. A thousand shields are hung upon it, all the standards of the heroes.
[SNG.4.5] Your two mountains are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle, grazing among the lilies.
[SNG.4.6] Until the day cools and the shadows flee, I will go to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of frankincense.
[SNG.4.7] All of you are beautiful, my beloved, and there is no blemish in you.
[SNG.4.8] Come with me from Lebanon, O bride. Come with me from Lebanon, come and sing. Sing from the top of Amanah, from the top of Sinar and Cheremon, from the dwellings of lions, from the mountains of leopards.
[SNG.4.9] You have captivated my sister, my bride. You have captivated me with one of your eyes, with one ornament from your temples.
[SNG.4.10] How beautiful are your beloved ones, my sister, bride! How good are your beloved ones, more than wine, and the fragrance of your oils more than all spices.
[SNG.4.11] Honey drips from your lips, my beloved. Honey and milk are under your tongue. And the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.
[SNG.4.12] A garden, locked, my sister, a bride; a wave, locked, a sealed spring.
[SNG.4.13] Your offerings are an orchard of pomegranates, with fruit of orchards, like gardens with spikenard.
[SNG.4.14] Calamus and saffron, cinnamon and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense, myrrh and galbanum, with the best of all spices.
[SNG.4.15] A spring of gardens, a well of living waters, and they flow from Lebanon.
[SNG.4.16] Awake, north wind, and come, south wind! Breathe upon my garden, may its spices pour forth! My beloved will come to my garden, and will eat the fruit of my pomegranates.
SNG.5
[SNG.5.1] I have come to my garden, my sister, my bride. I have blended my myrrh with my spices. I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey. I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, friends. Drink and become intoxicated, beloveds.
[SNG.5.2] I am sleeping, but my heart is awake. Listen, my beloved is knocking. Open to me, my sister, my companion, my perfect dove. My head is filled with dew, and my locks with drops of the night.
[SNG.5.3] I have stripped my tunic, how shall I put it on again? I have washed my feet, how shall I make them unclean?
[SNG.5.4] My beloved has sent his hand from the opening, and my insides are melting upon him.
[SNG.5.5] I have risen, I, to open for my beloved, and my hands drip with myrrh, and my fingers with flowing myrrh upon the handles of the bolt.
[SNG.5.6] I opened to my beloved, and my beloved slipped away and passed by. My soul went forth when he spoke. I sought him, but did not find him. I called to him, and he did not answer me.
[SNG.5.7] Those who found me, the watchmen circling the city, struck me; they wounded me. They took my cloak from upon me, the watchmen of the walls.
[SNG.5.8] I have sworn to you, daughters of Jerusalem: If you find my beloved, what will you say to him that I am sick with love?
[SNG.5.9] What is your beloved more than another beloved, most beautiful among women? What is your beloved more than another beloved, that you have so pledged us?
[SNG.5.10] My beloved is bright and red, prominent from among ten thousand.
[SNG.5.11] His head is like the color of refined gold, and his curls are black and coiled like a raven.
[SNG.5.12] His eyes are like doves over streams of water, washing in milk, sitting over fullness.
[SNG.5.13] His life is like a garden of spices, towers of perfumed mixtures. His lips are lilies, dripping myrrh, transcending.
[SNG.5.14] His hands are rollers of gold, filled with tarshish. His innards are ivory, overlaid with sapphires.
[SNG.5.15] Its legs are pillars of flax, founded upon foundations of turquoise. Its appearance is like Lebanon, flourishing like cedar trees.
[SNG.5.16] His palate is sweetness, and all of him is desire. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, daughters of Jerusalem.
SNG.6
[SNG.6.1] Where has my beloved gone, the beautiful among women? Where has my beloved turned, and may we seek him with you?
[SNG.6.2] My beloved descended to my garden, to the beds of fragrance, to graze in the gardens and to gather lilies.
[SNG.6.3] I belong to my beloved, and my beloved belongs to me. The shepherd is among the lilies.
[SNG.6.4] Beautiful you are, my beloved, like Tirzah, beautiful like Jerusalem, awesome like banners.
[SNG.6.5] Turn away your eyes from before me, for they have intimidated me. Your hair is like a flock of goats that have descended from Gil’ad.
[SNG.6.6] Your teeth are like a flock of sheep that have come up from the washing, all of them being alike, and none are missing among them.
[SNG.6.7] Like a section of the pomegranate are your temples, seen through your braids.
[SNG.6.8] Sixty they are wives, and eighty concubines, and maidens there is no number.
[SNG.6.9] One is my dove, my perfect one. One is she to her mother. Pure is she to her who bore her. The daughters saw her and praised her. Queens and concubines and they celebrated her.
[SNG.6.10] Who is this one looking out like the dawn, beautiful as the moon, bright as the sun, terrible as banners?
[SNG.6.11] To the garden of the walnut I descended to see in the streams of the stream, to see if the blossoming of the vine has happened, if the pomegranates have budded.
[SNG.6.12] I did not know that my soul had set me among the willing chariots of my people.
SNG.7
[SNG.7.1] Return, return, O the Shulamite, return, return, and we will gaze at you. What will you gaze at in the Shulamite, like the dance of the camps?
[SNG.7.2] How beautiful are your steps in shoes, O noble daughter! Your thighs are like curved jewels, the work of an artist’s hands.
[SNG.7.3] Your neck is like a basin of the crescent moon, may there be no lack of mixture. Your belly is a heap of wheat enclosed by lilies.
[SNG.7.4] Your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle.
[SNG.7.5] Your neck is like an ivory tower. Your eyes are pools in Heshbon, at the gate of the daughter of many. Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon, looking toward Damascus.
[SNG.7.6] Your crowning glory is upon you like Carmel, and your locks are like purple. A king is restricted in the courtyards.
[SNG.7.7] How beautiful and how delightful is love, daughter of pleasures.
[SNG.7.8] This is your stature, it is like the palm tree, and your breasts are like clusters.
[SNG.7.9] I said, 'I will climb the date palm, I will grasp its branches.' May your breasts be like clusters of the grape vine, and the scent of your breath like apples.
[SNG.7.10] And your paleness is like good wine, flowing to my beloved, to the upright. One speaks to the lips of those who sleep.
[SNG.7.11] I belong to my beloved, and his desire is for me.
[SNG.7.12] Come, my beloved, let us go out to the field, let us lodge in the villages.
[SNG.7.13] We will go to the vineyards in the early morning, let us see if the vine has blossomed, if the flower has opened, if the pomegranates have budded. There I will give my beloved to you.
[SNG.7.14] The mandrakes give forth fragrance, and at our doors are all kinds of delightful fruits, both new and old. My beloved, I have reserved the best for you.
SNG.8
[SNG.8.1] Who would give you as a brother to me, one who nurses the breasts of my mother? I would find you in the open country, I would kiss you, and they would not despise me.
[SNG.8.2] I will lead you, I will bring you to the house of my mother. Teach me. I will give you to drink spiced wine, from the juice of my pomegranate.
[SNG.8.3] His left is under my head, and His right will embrace me.
[SNG.8.4] I have sworn to you, daughters of Jerusalem: what do you stir up, and what do you awaken the love until it desires?
[SNG.8.5] Who is this one rising from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I awakened you under the apple tree. There, your affection was bound to your mother, there it was bound at your birth.
[SNG.8.6] Place me like a seal upon your heart, like a seal upon your arm. For strong is love, like death; hard is jealousy; its flames are flames of fire, a blazing fire.
[SNG.8.7] Many waters are unable to extinguish the love, and rivers will not overwhelm it. If a man gives all the wealth of his house for love, it will be considered a despising to him.
[SNG.8.8] A sister to us is young, and she has no breasts. What should we do for our sister on the day it is discussed about her?
[SNG.8.9] If it is a wall, we will build upon it a tower of silver, and if it is a door, we will fortify upon it a plank of cedar.
[SNG.8.10] I am a wall, and the All-Powerful is like towers. Then I was in his eyes like a finder of peace.
[SNG.8.11] A vineyard was to Solomon in Baal Hamon, he gave the vineyard to the keepers. Each man will bring in its fruit one thousand silver.
[SNG.8.12] My vineyard is before you, the thousand to Solomon and two hundred to the guards of its fruit.
[SNG.8.13] The one sitting in the gardens, companions are listening to your voice. Let me hear it.
[SNG.8.14] Behold, my beloved, and resemble yourself to a gazelle or to a young stag of the deer upon the mountains of spices.
RUT
RUT.1 • RUT.2 • RUT.3 • RUT.4
RUT.1
[RUT.1.1] And it came to pass in the days when the judges judged, and there was a famine in the land. Then a man from Bethlehem of Judah went to sojourn in the fields of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons.
[RUT.1.2] And the name of the man was God-ruled, and the name of his wife was my delight, and the name of his two sons was sickly and wasting, Ephratites from Bethlehem Judah. And they came to the fields of Moab and were there.
[RUT.1.3] And Elimelech, a God-king man of Naomi, died, and she remained with her two sons.
[RUT.1.4] They took for themselves wives from the Moabites, the name of one was Orpah, and the name of the second was Ruth, and they settled there for about ten years.
[RUT.1.5] And they died, also both Mahlon and Chilion, and the woman remained from two sons of hers and from her husband.
[RUT.1.6] And she arose, she and her daughters-in-law, and she returned from the fields of Moab, because she heard in the fields of Moab that Yahveh had visited His people to give them bread.
[RUT.1.7] And she went out from the place which was there, and her two daughters-in-law with her, and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah.
[RUT.1.8] And Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, "Go, return, each of you to her mother's house. May Yahveh do kindness with you, as you have done with the dead and with me."
[RUT.1.9] May Yahveh give to you, and may you find rest, a woman in her husband’s home. And she kissed them, and she raised their voices, and they wept.
[RUT.1.10] And they said to her, "Because you are with us, we will return to your people."
[RUT.1.11] And Naomi said, "Return, my daughters, why would you go with me? Are there still sons for me in my womb, so that they may be men for you?"
[RUT.1.12] I have returned my daughters to you, for I am too old to be with a man. For I said, 'I have hope,' and indeed, I was with a man last night and have also borne sons.
[RUT.1.13] Are these considered until they grow? Are these anchored so as not to be for a man, only my daughters? Because it is very bitter to me from you, because Yahveh’s hand has acted upon me.
[RUT.1.14] And they raised their voices and wept again, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her.
[RUT.1.15] And she said, "Behold, your sister-in-law has returned to her people and to her Gods. Return after your sister-in-law."
[RUT.1.16] And Ruth said, "Do not plead with me to leave you, to turn back from following you, for wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you lodge, I will lodge. Your people are my people, and your Gods are my Gods."
[RUT.1.17] In the place where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. Thus may Yahveh do to me, and thus may he add, for death will separate between me and you.
[RUT.1.18] And she saw that she was striving to go with her, and she ceased to speak to her.
[RUT.1.19] And they both went until they arrived at Bethlehem. And it happened, when they arrived at Bethlehem, that all the city was stirred up about them. And they said, "Is this Naomi?"
[RUT.1.20] And she said to them, "Do not call me Naomi. Call me Mara, because the Powerful One has been very bitter to me."
[RUT.1.21] I have gone out full, but Yahveh has returned me empty. Why do you call me Naomi? Yahveh has answered me with adversity, and Shaddai has made my life bitter.
[RUT.1.22] And Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabite, her daughter-in-law with her, the returning ones from the fields of Moab, and they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of the harvest of barley.
RUT.2
[RUT.2.1] And to Naomi it was known of a man, a capable hero from the family of Elimelech, and his name was Boaz.
[RUT.2.2] And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, "Let me go, please, to the field, and I will glean in the fields after those who have reaped. Perhaps I may find favor in his eyes." And she said to her, "Go, my daughter.
[RUT.2.3] And she went and came and gleaned in the field after the harvesters. And it happened by chance that the section of the field belonged to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.
[RUT.2.4] And behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem and said to the reapers, "Yahveh is with you." And they said to him, "May Yahveh bless you."
[RUT.2.5] And Boaz said to his servant who stood over the harvesters, "To whom is this young woman?"
[RUT.2.6] And the young man standing with the reapers answered, "She is a Moabite girl who returned with Naomi from the fields of Moab."
[RUT.2.7] And she said, "Let me, please, gather after the harvesters and collect among the sheaves." And she came and stood from the morning until now. This little time she has rested in the house.
[RUT.2.8] And Boaz said to Ruth, "Have you not heard, my daughter? Do not go to glean in another field, and also do not depart from here. And so you will remain close with my young women."
[RUT.2.9] Your eyes should be on the field which is being harvested, and you should walk behind them. Did I not command the young men not to touch you? And you should be thirsty and walk to the vessels and drink from what the young men draw.
[RUT.2.10] And she fell upon her face and bowed to the ground and said to God, "Why have I found favor in Your eyes to acknowledge me, and I am a foreigner?"
[RUT.2.11] And Boaz responded and said to her, "It has been told to me of all that you have done for your mother-in-law after the death of your husband, and you have left your father and your mother and the land of your birth and you have gone to a people that you did not know yesterday and the day before."
[RUT.2.12] Yahveh will repay your deeds, and your reward will be complete from Yahveh, the God of Israel, because you have come to take refuge under His wings.
[RUT.2.13] And she said, "I have found grace in your eyes, my Lord, because you have comforted me, and because you have spoken to the heart of your handmaid. And I will not be like one of your handmaids."
[RUT.2.14] And Boaz said to her, "Come here at the time of eating, and eat from the bread, and dip your bread in the vinegar." And she sat beside the reapers. And he provided her with roasted grain, and she ate and was satisfied and had some left over.
[RUT.2.15] And she rose to glean, and Boaz commanded his young men, saying, “Also, gather among the sheaves, and do not shame her.”
[RUT.2.16] And also you will let her glean from the gleanings, and you will leave some for her to gather, and you will not rebuke her.
[RUT.2.17] And she gleaned in the field until evening, and she beat what she gleaned, and it was like an ephah of barley.
[RUT.2.18] And she lifted herself and went to the city, and her mother-in-law saw that which she had gathered. And she took out and gave to her that which was left from her satisfaction.
[RUT.2.19] And she said to her mother-in-law, "Where did you glean today, and with whom did you work? May the one who acknowledges you be blessed." And she told her mother-in-law all that she had done with him, and she said, "The name of the man with whom I worked today is Boaz."
[RUT.2.20] And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, "Blessed is He to Yahveh, that He has not forsaken His lovingkindness to the living and the dead." And Naomi said to her, "The man is close to us; he is our relative, a redeemer."
[RUT.2.21] And Ruth the Moabite said, "Also, it has been said to me to cling to the young men who are mine until they finish all the harvest that is mine."
[RUT.2.22] And Naomi said to Ruth, her daughter-in-law, “It is good that you go with my young women, and they will not harm you in another field.”
[RUT.2.23] And she clung to the young women of Boaz to glean, until the completion of the harvest of the barley and the harvest of the wheat, and she remained with her mother-in-law.
RUT.3
[RUT.3.1] And she said to her, Naomi, her mother-in-law, "My daughter, should I not seek a resting place for you, one that will be good for you?"
[RUT.3.2] And now, surely do you not know Boaz, that you were with his young women? Behold, he is winnowing the barley on the threshing floor tonight.
[RUT.3.3] And you shall wash and anoint yourself, and you shall put your garments upon you, and I will go down to the upper room. Do not make yourself known to any man until he finishes to eat and to drink.
[RUT.3.4] And it will be, when he lies down, that you will know the place where he will lie, and you will come and uncover his ankles, and you will lie with him, and he will tell you what you should do.
[RUT.3.5] And she said to her, "All that you say, I will do."
[RUT.3.6] And she descended to the threshing floor, and she did according to all that her mother-in-law had commanded her.
[RUT.3.7] And Boaz ate and drank, and his heart was good, and he went to lie down at the end of the pile. And Ruth came, and uncovered his feet, and lay down.
[RUT.3.8] And it was in the middle of the night, and the man became afraid and awoke. And behold, a woman was lying at his feet.
[RUT.3.9] And he said, "Who are you?" And she said, "I am Ruth, your handmaid, and you have spread your cloak over your handmaid, for you are the redeemer."
[RUT.3.10] And he said, “Blessed are you to Yahveh, my dwelling. You have done well, your recent kindness is greater than the earlier kindness, in not going after young men, whether poor or rich.”
[RUT.3.11] And now, my daughter, do not fear. All that you say I will do for you, for all the gate of my people know that you are a woman of valor.
[RUT.3.12] And now, for truly, but a redeemer I am, and also there is a redeemer near than me.
[RUT.3.13] Stay tonight, and it will be in the morning, if he redeems you, he will redeem you well. And if he does not desire to redeem you, then I will redeem you, I, as Yahveh lives. Lie down until morning.
[RUT.3.14] And she lay at his feet until morning, and she rose early, before any person knew his companion, and he said, “Let it not be known that a woman came to me.”
[RUT.3.15] And he said, "Bring the wiping cloth which is upon you, and I will hold it, and you will hold it." And he measured six measures and placed them upon it, and he entered the city.
[RUT.3.16] And she came to her mother-in-law, and she said, "Who are you, my daughter?" And she told her all that the man had done for her.
[RUT.3.17] And she said, "These six measures of barley, the Gods gave to me, because he said, 'Do not come back empty to your mother-in-law.'
[RUT.3.18] And she said, "Sit still, my son, until you know how the thing will fall, for the man will not be quiet unless the thing is finished today."
RUT.4
[RUT.4.1] And Boaz went up to the gate and sat there. And behold, the redeemer passed by, the one of whom Boaz had spoken. And Boaz said, "Turn aside, sit here, so-and-so, so-and-so." And he turned aside and sat down.
[RUT.4.2] And he took ten men from the elders of the city and said, "Sit here," and they sat.
[RUT.4.3] And he said to the redeemer, "The portion of the field which belonged to our brother Elimelech, Naomi the one who returned from the fields of Moab has sold."
[RUT.4.4] And I said, "Let me reveal my ear to you, saying, 'Buy against those who dwell and against the elders of my people. If you redeem, redeem, and if he does not redeem, tell me, and I will know that there is none besides you to redeem, and I will follow after you.'" And he said, "I will redeem."
[RUT.4.5] And Boaz said, on the day you acquired the field from the hand of Naomi, and from Ruth the Moabite, the wife of the deceased, you have purchased it to raise up the name of the deceased upon his inheritance.
[RUT.4.6] And the redeemer said, "I cannot redeem for myself, lest I destroy my inheritance. Redeem for yourself, you, my redemption, for I cannot redeem."
[RUT.4.7] And this was the custom formerly in Israel concerning redemption and concerning exchange, to confirm every matter: a man removed his sandal and gave it to his neighbor, and this was the certification in Israel.
[RUT.4.8] And the redeemer said to Boaz, "Acquire for yourself!" And he removed his sandal.
[RUT.4.9] And Boaz said to the elders and all the people, "You are witnesses today that I have acquired all that belonged to Elimelech and all that belonged to Chilyon and Mahlon from the hand of Naomi."
[RUT.4.10] And also, I have acquired Ruth the Moabite, wife of Mahlon, for myself as a wife, to establish the name of the deceased upon his inheritance, and that the name of the deceased may not be cut off from among his brothers, and from the gate of his place. You are witnesses today.
[RUT.4.11] And all the people who were at the gate, and the elders as witnesses, said, “May Yahveh make the woman who is coming into your home like Rachel and Leah, who both built up the house of Israel. And may you become powerful in Ephrathah, and may your name be remembered in Bethlehem.”
[RUT.4.12] And may your house be like the house of Perez, who Tamar bore to Judah, from the seed that Yahveh will give to you, from this young woman.
[RUT.4.13] And Boaz took Ruth, and she became to him as a wife, and he came to her, and Yahveh gave to her pregnancy, and she bore a son.
[RUT.4.14] And the women said to Naomi, "Blessed be Yahveh, who has not left you without a redeemer today. May his name become great in Israel."
[RUT.4.15] And it will be for you to restore a soul and to nourish your old age, for your widow whom you loved has given birth to a daughter, who is good for you than seven sons.
[RUT.4.16] And Naomi took the child and nursed him on her lap, and she became a nurse to him.
[RUT.4.17] And the neighbors called him by name, saying, "A son has been born to Naomi." And they called his name Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.
[RUT.4.18] And these are the generations of Perez. Perez brought forth Chesron.
[RUT.4.19] And Khetsron brought forth Ram, and Ram brought forth Amminadav.
[RUT.4.20] And Amminadav brought forth Nachshon, and Nachshon brought forth Salmah.
[RUT.4.21] And Salmon brought forth Boaz, and Boaz brought forth Oved.
[RUT.4.22] And Obed bore Ishai, and Ishai bore David.
LAM
LAM.1 • LAM.2 • LAM.3 • LAM.4 • LAM.5
LAM.1
[LAM.1.1] How does the city sit alone, great of people she was, like a widow? Great among the nations I ruled, in provinces she was for tribute.
[LAM.1.2] She weeps, she will weep at night, and her tear is on her cheek. She has no comforter from all her lovers. All her friends betrayed her; they became to her enemies.
[LAM.1.3] Judah was exiled from affliction and from much servitude. She dwelt among the nations and found no rest, for all her pursuers overtook her in distress.
[LAM.1.4] The ways of Zion mourn, without those who come to the appointed time. All her gates are desolate. Her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is bitter to herself.
[LAM.1.5] Her adversaries became the head of her enemies, for Yahveh has devised against the multitude of her transgressions. Her infants went into captivity before her adversary.
[LAM.1.6] And all the glory departed from the daughter of Zion. Her leaders were like deer who did not find pasture, and they went without strength before the pursuer.
[LAM.1.7] Remember, Jerusalem, the days of your affliction and rebellion, all your cherished things that were from ancient times when your people fell into the hand of an adversary, and there was no helper for you. Adversaries saw you and mocked your ruin.
[LAM.1.8] Sin, sin committed Jerusalem. Therefore, she became as one set apart. All those who honored her have poured contempt upon her, because they saw her nakedness. Also, she sighs and turned back.
[LAM.1.9] Her impurity is in her outskirts; she did not remember her future, and she descended into wonders. There is no comforter for her. See, Yahveh, my affliction, for my enemy has grown great.
[LAM.1.10] God extended God's hand against all that is desired by them, for God saw nations coming into God's sanctuary, which God commanded should not be entered by any in the assembly for God.
[LAM.1.11] All of the people sigh, seeking bread. They gave their valued possessions for food, to restore their lives. See Yahveh, and look, for I have been made insignificant.
[LAM.1.12] Not to you all, all those who pass by. Look and see if there is pain like my pain, that which was done to me, that which Yahveh thought on in the day of his fierce anger.
[LAM.1.13] From on high, the Gods sent fire into my bones, and it descended. They spread a net for my feet, turned me backward, gave me ruin. All day long I am afflicted.
[LAM.1.14] The burden of my sins is carried by his hand, they are loosened and rise upon my neck, weakening my strength. My Lord has given me into a hand from which I cannot rise.
[LAM.1.15] Let loose all my strong ones, my Lord, in my womb. An appointed time was called against me to break my young men. Gat was trodden by my Lord to the virgin daughter of Judah.
[LAM.1.16] Over these things I weep, my eyes pour forth water, because the comforter is far from me, the restorer of my soul. My children have become desolate, because the enemy has become strong.
[LAM.1.17] Zion has spread herself out with her own hands; there is no comforter to her. Yahveh has commanded that Jacob’s enemies surround him. Jerusalem has become an outcast among them.
[LAM.1.18] The righteous one is Yahveh, for I have provoked his will. Please hear, all peoples, and see my pain: my young women and my young men have gone into captivity.
[LAM.1.19] I called to my lovers, and they have thrown me. The priests and the elders in the city are withered, for they sought food for themselves and restored their souls.
[LAM.1.20] Behold, Yahveh, for I am distressed; my insides are in turmoil, my heart is overturned within me. Indeed, I have become extremely bitter; outside, a sword has pierced my body at home, like death.
[LAM.1.21] They heard that I sighed, there is no comforter for me. All my enemies heard of my misfortune, they rejoiced because you did it. You brought a day of disaster, and they will be like me.
[LAM.1.22] Let all their wickedness come before your face, and act against them as you have acted against me for all my transgressions, for my sighs are many and my heart is weak.
LAM.2
[LAM.2.1] How has my Lord covered with darkness, or shown intense anger, toward the daughter of Zion, casting her down from heaven to earth, the splendor of Israel? And He did not remember the impression of His feet in the day of His anger.
[LAM.2.2] My Lord swallowed up and did not spare all the pleasant things of Jacob. He destroyed in his anger the strongholds of the daughter of Judah, reached the land, and profaned the kingdom and its princes.
[LAM.2.3] He pruned my chosen ones, and all the strength of Israel he turned back from the face of the enemy. And he burned in Jacob like a flame, consuming everything around.
[LAM.2.4] He bent His bow like an enemy standing firm, like an adversary, and He killed all the desires of the eye in the tent of the daughter of Zion. He poured out the fire of His anger.
[LAM.2.5] It happened that my Lord was as an enemy, consuming Israel, consuming all its strongholds, destroying its fortresses. And he caused desolation to the land of Judah, lamentation and misery.
[LAM.2.6] And he has ravaged like a garden his dwelling place, he has destroyed its appointed time; Yahveh has forgotten the appointed feasts and the Sabbath in Zion, and the king and the priest have provoked his wrath with the fury of his anger.
[LAM.2.7] My Lord has forsaken his altar, profaned his sanctuary, and surrendered the walls of her palaces to the enemy. A sound was given in the house of Yahveh as on a day of festival.
[LAM.2.8] Yahveh decided to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion. He stretched a line, and did not return his hand from ruin. And the dust and the wall together were dismayed.
[LAM.2.9] They sank in the land, her gates. Destroyed and broken were her bolts, her queen and her princes among the nations. There is no instruction, and even her prophets did not find a vision from Yahveh.
[LAM.2.10] They sit to the land, they are silent, the elders of the daughter of Zion. They raise dust on their heads, they wear sacks. They lower their heads to the land, the young women of Jerusalem.
[LAM.2.11] My eyes are consumed with tears, my bowels boil. My glory is poured out upon the earth because of the breaking of my people’s daughter. When an infant and a suckling are enveloped in the streets of the city.
[LAM.2.12] They will say to their mothers, "Where is the grain and where is the wine? In their loss of adornment, it is like emptiness in the squares of the city, in the pouring out of their souls to the bosom of their mothers."
[LAM.2.13] What shall I testify to you? What may I compare to you, O daughter of Jerusalem? What may I equate to you and comfort you, virgin daughter of Zion? For great is your breaking like the sea, who can heal you?
[LAM.2.14] Your prophets have seen for you falsehood and emptiness, and have not uncovered concerning your iniquity to return your captivity. And they have seen for you burdens of falsehood and delusions.
[LAM.2.15] All those passing by wring their hands because of you. They hiss and shake their heads over the daughter of Jerusalem. Is this the city they call the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the land?
[LAM.2.16] They have opened their mouths against you, all your enemies; they have hissed and gnashed their teeth, saying, "We have swallowed [him/her]!" Truly, this is the day we hoped for; we have found it, we have seen it.
[LAM.2.17] Yahveh did that which He planned, according to the word He commanded from ancient times – destruction, and He did not have mercy. An enemy rejoiced over you, raising up the horn of your adversary.
[LAM.2.18] Their heart cried out to my Lord; wall of the daughter of Zion, let a stream of tears descend day and night. Do not give yourself rest, do not be silent, daughter of your eye.
[LAM.2.19] Arise, shout at night to the head of the watches. Pour out like water your heart before the face of my Lord. Lift up to him your hands on the souls of your children, wrapped in hunger at the head of all the streets.
[LAM.2.20] Behold Yahveh, and look to whom you have done such a thing! If women eat their fruit, young infants, or if a priest and prophet are killed in the temple of my Lord, is this what you have done?
[LAM.2.21] They lie to the earth in the streets, young man and old man, my virgins and my young men have fallen by the sword. You have killed in the day of your anger, you have slaughtered, you have not spared.
[LAM.2.22] It will be called as a day of assembly from around me, and there will not have been in the day of the anger of Yahveh a survivor and a remnant of those whom I have nurtured and multiplied; my enemies, all of them, will be finished.
LAM.3
[LAM.3.1] I, the man, saw my suffering with the rod of his chastisement.
[LAM.3.2] Darkness guided me and led, and not light.
[LAM.3.3] Surely in me Yahveh will turn His hand all day.
[LAM.3.4] Consumption is in my flesh and my skin; my bones have been broken.
[LAM.3.5] He built upon me, and he encircled my head and weariness.
[LAM.3.6] In darknesses He placed me, like the dead of all time.
[LAM.3.7] He has enclosed against me, and I will not go out. He has made it heavy, I have been weighed down.
[LAM.3.8] Also, that I cry out and plead, my prayer is blocked.
[LAM.3.9] God has enclosed my ways with strong stone, God has made my paths crooked.
[LAM.3.10] A bear lies in wait, he is to me a lion in secret places.
[LAM.3.11] My ways have rebelled, and the Gods have broken me, making me a ruin.
[LAM.3.12] He stretched his bow and stationed me like an arrow to the bow.
[LAM.3.13] He brought forth my sons in my wombs from refuse.
[LAM.3.14] I was mockery to all my people, their music was all day.
[LAM.3.15] You have saturated me with bitternesses, you have drenched me to drink gall.
[LAM.3.16] And he ground my teeth in gravel, he has darkened me in dust.
[LAM.3.17] And she abandoned wholeness from my soul; I abandoned good.
[LAM.3.18] And I said, my permanence is lost and my hope is from Yahveh.
[LAM.3.19] Remember my affliction and my oppression for affliction and my head.
[LAM.3.20] Remember, you will remember, and you will lament upon my soul.
[LAM.3.21] This is what I will bring back to my heart, therefore I will hope.
[LAM.3.22] The steadfast loves of Yahveh are not finished, for His mercies do not end.
[LAM.3.23] New are they each morning, great is your faithfulness.
[LAM.3.24] My portion is Yahveh, my soul has said. Therefore I will hope to him.
[LAM.3.25] Good is Yahveh to hope, to the soul you seek Him.
[LAM.3.26] Good is to hope, and to be silent for the salvation of Yahveh.
[LAM.3.27] Good for the man is that he carries a burden in his youth.
[LAM.3.28] He will dwell alone and be silent, for he has taken it upon himself.
[LAM.3.29] May he give his mouth to the dust, perhaps there is hope.
[LAM.3.30] He will give to the one who strikes him his cheek to be satisfied with reproach.
[LAM.3.31] For my Lord will not abandon forever.
[LAM.3.32] For if He ponders and has mercy according to the abundance of His mercy.
[LAM.3.33] For he did not restrain his heart, and he fathered the children of another man.
[LAM.3.34] To crush under his feet all prisoners of the land.
[LAM.3.35] To turn aside the judgment of a man against the face of the Most High.
[LAM.3.36] That a person distorts a dispute, my Lord has not seen.
[LAM.3.37] Who is this who speaks, and why has my Lord not commanded it?
[LAM.3.38] From the mouth of God the Highest, evil will not go forth, and the good.
[LAM.3.39] What does a living man contend about concerning his sin?
[LAM.3.40] Let us search our ways and let us examine, and let us return to Yahveh.
[LAM.3.41] Let us lift up our heart with our hands to God in the heavens.
[LAM.3.42] We have transgressed and we have rebelled. You have not forgiven.
[LAM.3.43] You raged in anger, and you pursued us. You killed, and you did not spare.
[LAM.3.44] God concealed Himself in a cloud for you, beyond the reach of prayer.
[LAM.3.45] You have covered us with disgust and reproach in the midst of the peoples.
[LAM.3.46] They have opened their mouth against us, all our enemies.
[LAM.3.47] Fear and trembling have become ours, destruction and the breaking.
[LAM.3.48] Streams of waters will descend from my eyes upon the breaking of the daughter of my people.
[LAM.3.49] My eyes flow, and do not cease from the streams.
[LAM.3.50] Until He looks intently and sees, Yahveh from the heavens.
[LAM.3.51] My eye has longed for my soul from all the daughters of my city.
[LAM.3.52] Tsod is pursued by enemies for no reason, like a bird.
[LAM.3.53] They thirsted by the pit of living waters, and they blocked the stone with it.
[LAM.3.54] The waters have covered my head, I said, I am cut off.
[LAM.3.55] I called your name, Yahveh, from the pit of the depths.
[LAM.3.56] My voice you have heard. Do not conceal your ear to my relief, to my cry.
[LAM.3.57] You drew near in the day that I called to you, you said, "Do not fear."
[LAM.3.58] You have greatly multiplied, my Lord, the strifes of my soul. You have redeemed my life.
[LAM.3.59] You have seen, Yahveh, my wickedness. You have judged my cause.
[LAM.3.60] You have seen all of their vengeance, all of their thoughts are to me.
[LAM.3.61] You have heard their reproach, Yahveh. All their thoughts are concerning me.
[LAM.3.62] The lips of those who stand against me and their thoughts are upon me all day.
[LAM.3.63] You sit and you stand, look! I am their song.
[LAM.3.64] You will return to them the recompense of Yahveh according to the work of their hands.
[LAM.3.65] You will give to them a protection of the heart, your terror to them.
[LAM.3.66] You will pursue in wrath and destroy them from under the skies of Yahveh.
LAM.4
[LAM.4.1] How is gold devalued, does the good mark despise change? Sacred stones will be scattered at the beginning of every crossroads.
[LAM.4.2] The descendants of Zion, the precious ones, the highly valued ones with gold, how have they been regarded as pottery shards, the work of the hands of a potter?
[LAM.4.3] Even sea creatures have exposed the breast, they have nursed their young; the daughter of my people has acted cruelly, like ostriches in the wilderness.
[LAM.4.4] Like a nursing infant’s tongue clings to his palate in thirst, infants are asking for bread, but there is no one to provide for them.
[LAM.4.5] The eaters of delicacies breathed their last in the courtyards. The faithful ones embraced refuse upon a worm.
[LAM.4.6] And the wickedness of my people grew great, more than the sin of Sodom, which was overturned like a moment, and hands did not touch her.
[LAM.4.7] May their dedication be pure as snow, whiter than milk. May their bones glow like pearls, a sapphire their creation.
[LAM.4.8] Darkness was from blackness, their form. They were not known in the streets. Pale was their skin upon their bones, dry it was like a tree.
[LAM.4.9] Better are those pierced by the sword than those wasted by hunger, for they waste away, pierced, from the yield of the fields.
[LAM.4.10] The hands of compassionate women cooked their children. They became wild animals for them, in the shattering of the daughter of my people.
[LAM.4.11] Yahveh completed his anger, he poured out his fury. He kindled a fire in Zion, and it consumed its foundations.
[LAM.4.12] The rulers of the land did not believe, and all the dwellers of the world did not believe, that trouble and an enemy would come to the gates of Jerusalem.
[LAM.4.13] The sins of the prophets, the iniquities of the priests, are those who shed the blood of righteous people within her.
[LAM.4.14] The blind are moved in the streets, they are redeemed by blood, without being able to touch their garments.
[LAM.4.15] Turn away from the unclean! Call out to them! Turn away, turn away! Do not touch, for they are shining and they shake. They say among the nations, "They will not continue to dwell!"
[LAM.4.16] The face of Yahveh has divided them; he will no longer look upon them. The face of the priests did not lift up, the elders did not show grace.
[LAM.4.17] Our witness is finished, our eyes look to our help in vain. In our expectation, we have waited for a nation that will not save.
[LAM.4.18] They lie in wait for our steps, the rulers in our broad places. Our end draws near, our days are complete, for our end has come.
[LAM.4.19] Swift were our pursuers, from the eagles of the sky. Upon the mountains they pursued us. In the wilderness they lay in wait for us.
[LAM.4.20] The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of Yahveh, is trapped in their corruptions, that which we said: "We will live in the shadow of the nations."
[LAM.4.21] Rejoice and be glad, daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz. Even to you will pass the cup; you will become drunk and unsteady.
[LAM.4.22] Your iniquity is finished, daughter of Zion; it will not add to your exile. The Gods noted your iniquity, daughter of Edom, and revealed your sins.
LAM.5
[LAM.5.1] Remember Yahveh what happened to us. Look and see our disgrace.
[LAM.5.2] Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to foreigners.
[LAM.5.3] We were orphans, there was no father, our mothers were like widows.
[LAM.5.4] We drink our waters with silver, and our trees are brought at a price.
[LAM.5.5] On our necks we were pursued, we were weary, no rest was given to us.
[LAM.5.6] Egypt gave a hand to Assyria to be full of bread.
[LAM.5.7] Our ancestors sinned; they are not here. We bear their iniquities.
[LAM.5.8] Servants have ruled over us, and there is no one who frees us from their hand.
[LAM.5.9] In our soul, a prophet provides our food before the sword of the desert.
[LAM.5.10] Our skin is like a furnace, scorched because of the heat waves of hunger.
[LAM.5.11] Women in Zion were afflicted, young women in the cities of Judah.
[LAM.5.12] Rulers were hung by their power, and the presence of elders did not shine.
[LAM.5.13] The young men carried millstones, and young men failed in the wood.
[LAM.5.14] Elders are from the gate of Sabbath, and youths are from their music.
[LAM.5.15] Our joy has ceased to our heart, it has turned to mourning, our celebration.
[LAM.5.16] The crown of our heads has fallen. Woe to us, for we have sinned.
[LAM.5.17] Because of this, our heart has faded. Because of these things, our eyes have darkened.
[LAM.5.18] On Mount Zion, that is desolate, the foxes walk in it.
[LAM.5.19] You, Yahveh, will reside forever. Your throne is for generation and generation.
[LAM.5.20] Why, forever, will you Gods forget us? Why will you Gods abandon us for the length of days?
[LAM.5.21] Restore us, Yahveh, to you, and we will return. Renew our days as before.
[LAM.5.22] But if indeed you have rejected us, and become exceedingly angry against us, then...
ECC
ECC.1 • ECC.2 • ECC.3 • ECC.4 • ECC.5 • ECC.6 • ECC.7 • ECC.8 • ECC.9 • ECC.10 • ECC.11 • ECC.12
ECC.1
[ECC.1.1] The words of the assembler, son of David, king in Jerusalem.
[ECC.1.2] Vapor, vapors said the gatherer, vapor, vapors, everything is vapor.
[ECC.1.3] What advantage does a human being have in all their labor, that they should toil under the sun?
[ECC.1.4] A generation goes and a generation comes, and the earth stands forever.
[ECC.1.5] And the sun rises, and the sun sets, and to its place it yearns, shining it is there.
[ECC.1.6] Going to the south and circling to the north, circling, circling, going is the wind, and around its surroundings returns the wind.
[ECC.1.7] All the streams flow to the sea, and the sea is not full. To the place where the streams flow, they return to flow.
[ECC.1.8] All the words are tiresome; no person is able to speak fully. The eye will not be satisfied with seeing, and the ear will not be filled with hearing.
[ECC.1.9] What was, is what will be, and what is done, is what will be done. And there is nothing new under the sun.
[ECC.1.10] There is a thing that says, "Behold, this is new!" It already was from eternity, which was before us.
[ECC.1.11] There is no remembrance for those who came before, and also for those who will be, there will not be remembrance for them, even if they will be the last.
[ECC.1.12] I, Qohelet, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
[ECC.1.13] And I gave my heart to seek and to explore with wisdom all that has been done under the heavens. It is a bad affair that the Gods gave to the sons of humankind to wrestle with it.
[ECC.1.14] I saw all the works that were done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and a chasing of wind.
[ECC.1.15] Something twisted is not able to be corrected, and a deficiency is not able to be compensated for.
[ECC.1.16] I spoke to my heart, saying, "Behold, I have increased and I have added wisdom over all that was before me over Yerushalayim, and my heart has seen much wisdom and knowledge."
[ECC.1.17] And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and foolishness. I learned that even this is a striving of the spirit.
[ECC.1.18] For in a great amount of wisdom there is great anger, and adding knowledge adds pain.
ECC.2
[ECC.2.1] I said to myself, "Let me now offer with joy and see with favor, and indeed, even it is worthlessness."
[ECC.2.2] To laugh, I said, what is praised, and to joy, what is this you do?
[ECC.2.3] I decided in my heart to draw out pleasure with wine and to lead with wisdom and to grasp at foolishness, until I see what is good for the children of humanity which they do under the heavens, the number of days of their lives.
[ECC.2.4] I have made my works great. I have built for myself houses, and I have planted for myself vineyards.
[ECC.2.5] I made for myself gardens and orchards, and I planted in them a tree of every fruit.
[ECC.2.6] I made for myself reservoirs of waters to water from them a forest growing trees.
[ECC.2.7] I acquired slaves and slave girls, and household members were mine. Also, I had much livestock – cattle and sheep – more than all who were before me in Jerusalem.
[ECC.2.8] I have gathered for myself also silver and gold, and treasures of kings and of the nations. I have made for myself male singers and female singers, and the pleasures of humankind, concubines and concubines.
[ECC.2.9] And I grew and increased beyond all that was before me in Jerusalem, also my wisdom remained with me.
[ECC.2.10] And all that my eyes asked for, I did not hold back from them. I did not restrain my heart from any joy, because my heart rejoiced in all my labor, and this has been my portion from all my toil.
[ECC.2.11] And I turned, I, in all the work that my hands have done, and in the labor that I have labored to do, and behold, all is breath and a chasing of wind, and there is no profit under the sun.
[ECC.2.12] And I turned, I, to see wisdom and folly and meaninglessness, because what is the human who comes after the king, that which has already been done by those before?
[ECC.2.13] And I saw that there is an advantage to wisdom over foolishness, for the advantage of light over darkness.
[ECC.2.14] The wise have their eyes in their head, and the foolish walk in darkness. And I also know that one event can befall everyone.
[ECC.2.15] And I said in my heart, like the happening of the fool also happens to me, and why did I become wise then more? And I spoke in my heart that also this is absurdity.
[ECC.2.16] For there is no remembrance of the wise with the foolish forever. When the days come, everything will be forgotten, and how will the wise one die with the foolish one?
[ECC.2.17] And I hate the lives, because bad to me is the work that was done under the sun, because everything is vanity and a striving after wind.
[ECC.2.18] And I have hated all my labor that I perform under the sun, that I will leave it for the person who will be after me.
[ECC.2.19] And who knows whether a person will be wise or a fool, and will rule over all the labor I have done, and over the wisdom in which I have acted under the sun? Even this also is vanity.
[ECC.2.20] I have wearied myself, I, to despair my heart over all the labor that I toiled under the sun.
[ECC.2.21] For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skill, and to a man who did not labor in it, He will give him a portion. Even this is vanity and a great evil.
[ECC.2.22] For what benefit is there to humankind for all their labor and the thoughts of their heart, seeing that they toil under the sun?
[ECC.2.23] For all his days are pains and anger, his concern is unrest. Even at night, his heart does not rest. And even this is vanity.
[ECC.2.24] There is no good in a man that he eats and drinks and makes his soul glad. Good is in his labor. Also this I have seen, that it is from the hand of the Gods.
[ECC.2.25] For who can deliver and who can help except from God?
[ECC.2.26] For to the human who is good in his sight, God has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, and to the sinner God has given a task to gather and to collect to give to the good before the Gods. Even this is vanity and a chasing after wind.
ECC.3
[ECC.3.1] For everything there is a time, and a time for every purpose under the heavens.
[ECC.3.2] There is a time to give birth, and a time to die. There is a time to plant, and a time to uproot what is planted.
[ECC.3.3] There is a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to break down and a time to build.
[ECC.3.4] There is a time to weep, and a time to laugh. There is a time for lamentation, and a time for dancing.
[ECC.3.5] There is a time to throw stones, and a time to gather stones. There is a time to embrace, and a time to distance oneself from embrace.
[ECC.3.6] There is a time to seek and a time to lose, a time to keep and a time to cast away.
[ECC.3.7] There is a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak.
[ECC.3.8] There is a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.
[ECC.3.9] What advantage does the doer have in that he labors?
[ECC.3.10] I saw the matter that the Gods gave to the children of humanity to investigate in it.
[ECC.3.11] He made everything beautiful in its time. Also, He gave the world in their heart, so that the human will not find the work which the Gods made from the beginning and to the end.
[ECC.3.12] I have known that there is no good in them, but to rejoice and to do good in life.
[ECC.3.13] And also all the human who eats and drinks and sees good in all his labor, it is a gift from the Gods.
[ECC.3.14] I have known that all that the Gods do will be forever. Upon it there is nothing to add, and from it there is nothing to subtract. And the Gods did that they may see before His face.
[ECC.3.15] What has been already is, and what is to be already has been, and the Gods will seek the pursued.
[ECC.3.16] And also I saw under the sun a place of justice, there is wickedness, and a place of righteousness, there is the wicked.
[ECC.3.17] I said in my heart that the righteous one and the wicked one the Gods will judge, for a time for every purpose, and for every work there is.
[ECC.3.18] I said to myself concerning the word of mankind, to test them with the Gods, and to see if they are beasts to them.
[ECC.3.19] For the fate of the sons of man and the fate of the beast are the same, one fate is to them, as one dies so dies the other, and they have one breath. The advantage of the man over the beast is nothing, for all is futility.
[ECC.3.20] The all goes to the place one. The all was from the dust, and the all returns to the dust.
[ECC.3.21] Who knows the spirit of the sons of the Adam, whether it goes up above? And the spirit of the beast, whether it descends below to the earth?
[ECC.3.22] And I have seen that there is no good other than that the man should rejoice in his works, for it is his portion. For who will bring him to see what will be after him?
ECC.4
[ECC.4.1] And I will return, and I will see all the oppressed ones that are done under the sun. And behold, the tears of the oppressed ones, and they have no comforter, and from the hand of their oppressors is strength, and they have no comforter.
[ECC.4.2] And I praise the dead who already died, from the living, who are still living.
[ECC.4.3] And good, more than both of them, is what did not exist in Eden, what did not see the evil deed that was done under the sun.
[ECC.4.4] And I have seen all labor and all skill in the work people do, for it is the envy of a man for his neighbor. Also, this is meaningless and a chasing after wind.
[ECC.4.5] The fool embraces his hands and eats his own flesh.
[ECC.4.6] Good is the fullness of a palm of rest, than the fullness of both hands of toil and vexation of spirit.
[ECC.4.7] And I will return, I, and I will see breath under the sun.
[ECC.4.8] There is one, and there is not a second, also neither son nor brother is to him, and there is no end to all his labor. Also his eyes do not become satisfied with wealth, and to whom am I laboring and depriving myself of good? Also this is vanity and a bad affair it is.
[ECC.4.9] Good are the two than the one, that they have a good reward by their work.
[ECC.4.10] But if they fall, the one raises his friend. And if the one falls, there is no second to raise him.
[ECC.4.11] Also if two lie down, and warmth is to them, and to one, how will warmth be?
[ECC.4.12] And if the one attacks, the two will stand against him, and the twisted cord will not be broken quickly.
[ECC.4.13] Good is a poor child and wise, than a king who is old and foolish, who did not know to beware anymore.
[ECC.4.14] For from the house of the prisoners he went out to reign. For also in his kingdom was he born poor.
[ECC.4.15] I have seen all the lives walking under the sun, with the second child who will stand in their place.
[ECC.4.16] There is no end to all the people, to all that was before them, and even those who come after will not rejoice in it, because even this is vanity and a fleeting thought.
[ECC.4.17] Guard your feet as you go to the house of the Gods, and be not close to hear the sacrifice of the foolish, for they do not know how to do evil.
ECC.5
[ECC.5.1] Do not be hasty with your mouth and your heart, do not hasten to bring forth a word before the Gods, because the Gods are in the heavens and you are on the earth. Therefore let your words be few.
[ECC.5.2] For the dream comes with much matter, and a voice speaks foolishly with many words.
[ECC.5.3] As you vow a vow to the Gods, do not delay to pay it, for there is no desire in the fools for that which you vow, pay it completely.
[ECC.5.4] Good that you will not vow, than that you vow and not pay.
[ECC.5.5] Do not give your mouth to cause sin to your flesh, and do not say before the messenger that it was an error. Why would the Gods be angry at your voice and destroy the work of your hands?
[ECC.5.6] For in abundance of dreams and emptinesses and many words, for it is the Gods that one must fear.
[ECC.5.7] If you see oppression of the poor and the seizing of justice and righteousness in the nation, do not be astonished at the matter, for a higher one watches over the higher one, and higher ones are above them.
[ECC.5.8] Superior is the land in all things; she is a king to a cultivated field.
[ECC.5.9] One who loves silver will not be satisfied with silver, and one who loves abundance will not have yield. Also, this is vanity.
[ECC.5.10] In the abundance of goodness, its consumers increased, and what skill is there for its owners, except the seeing of their eyes?
[ECC.5.11] Sweet is the sleep of the worker, whether little or much they eat, and fullness does not allow the rich person to sleep.
[ECC.5.12] There is an evil sickness I have seen under the sun: wealth kept for its owners to its harm.
[ECC.5.13] And the wealth that was his perished through a bad matter, and he beget a son, and there was nothing at all in his hand.
[ECC.5.14] As he came out from the womb of his mother, naked he will return to go as he came, and nothing he will carry with his labor that he goes in his hand.
[ECC.5.15] And also this is bad, an affliction, all the time that it comes, so it goes, and what advantage is there to him that he labors for the wind?
[ECC.5.16] Also, all his days he will eat in darkness, and there will be much anger, and his sickness and wrath.
[ECC.5.17] Behold, that which I have seen is good, and that it is beautiful to eat and to drink and to see goodness in all of his labor that he labors under the sun – the number of days of his life that the Gods have given to him, for it is his portion.
[ECC.5.18] Also, every person to whom the Gods have given wealth and possessions, and to whom they have given authority to eat from them and to carry their portion and to rejoice in their labor, this is a gift from the Gods.
[ECC.5.19] Because not many will remember the days of his life, because the Gods respond in the joy of his heart.
ECC.6
[ECC.6.1] There is evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is great upon humankind.
[ECC.6.2] A man to whom the Gods have given wealth, possessions, and honor, and to whom nothing is lacking in his soul from all that he desires, yet the Gods do not allow him to eat from it – a foreigner will eat it. This is vanity and a bad affliction it is.
[ECC.6.3] If a man bears one hundred and many years, and his days are many, and his soul is not satisfied with the good, and also there was no burial for him, I have said it is good than the fallen.
[ECC.6.4] For in vapor it comes, and in darkness it goes. And in darkness his name will be covered.
[ECC.6.5] Also, the sun has not known, and does not know, comfort for this one from this one.
[ECC.6.6] And if one lived a thousand years twice, and did not see goodness, is it not true that all go to one place?
[ECC.6.7] All the effort of the human is for his benefit, and also the soul will not be filled.
[ECC.6.8] Indeed, what is more for the wise than for the foolish? What does the poor know to walk against life?
[ECC.6.9] Good is the seeing of eyes compared to the pursuing of desire; also this is futility and emptiness of spirit.
[ECC.6.10] What has been is the one whose name has already been called and is known as a human, and he will not be able to contend with the one who is stronger than him.
[ECC.6.11] For there are many things that increase futility. What more is there for the man?
[ECC.6.12] For who knows what is good for humankind in life, the number of days of a transient life, and to do them as a shadow? Who will tell humankind what will be after it, under the sun?
ECC.7
[ECC.7.1] Good is a name from oil that is good, and a day of death is better than a day of birth.
[ECC.7.2] It is good to go to a house of mourning, rather than to go to a house of feasting, for that is the end of all humankind, and the living should give it to their heart.
[ECC.7.3] Good is anger from laughter, for with a bad face, the heart will be improved.
[ECC.7.4] The heart of the wise is in a house of mourning, and the heart of fools is in a house of joy.
[ECC.7.5] It is good to hear the reprimand of the wise, more than a man hearing the song of fools.
[ECC.7.6] For as the sound of pots under pots is, so is the mockery of the fool, and also this is meaninglessness.
[ECC.7.7] For oppression makes the wise foolish, and it destroys the heart of giving.
[ECC.7.8] Good is the end of a matter from its beginning, good is patience from arrogance.
[ECC.7.9] Do not be dismayed in your spirit to anger, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
[ECC.7.10] Do not say, "What was is better than what is now," for you did not ask about this from wisdom.
[ECC.7.11] Good is wisdom with property, and more to those who see the sun.
[ECC.7.12] For in the shadow of wisdom, in the shadow of silver, and the excellence of knowledge, wisdom gives life to its possessors.
[ECC.7.13] Behold the work of the Gods, for who is able to correct what has been twisted?
[ECC.7.14] In a day of goodness, be with goodness, and in a day of badness, see. Also this, opposite of this, the Gods made, because of the word that the human will not find anything after him.
[ECC.7.15] I have seen everything under the sun, in days of futility. There is a righteous one who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked one who prolongs life in his wickedness.
[ECC.7.16] Do not be excessively righteous, and do not become more wise. Why will you bring ruin upon yourself?
[ECC.7.17] Do not amass much wealth and do not be foolish. Why would you die before your time?
[ECC.7.18] Good is that you grasp this one, and also do not remove your hand from that one, because the one who fears the Gods will drive them all out.
[ECC.7.19] Wisdom gives strength to the wise one more than ten rulers who were in the city.
[ECC.7.20] For humanity is not righteous on the earth, that someone does good and does not sin.
[ECC.7.21] Even to all the words that they speak, do not give your heart, that you do not hear your servant cursing you.
[ECC.7.22] That also many times your heart has known, which also you cursed others.
[ECC.7.23] All of this I have tried with wisdom. I said, "I am wise," and it is far from me.
[ECC.7.24] Distant is what was, and deep, deep, who will find him?
[ECC.7.25] Old men I, and my heart to know and to search, and to seek wisdom and reasoning, and to know wickedness and stupidity, and foolishness are empty.
[ECC.7.26] And I find her more bitter than death, this woman, who is traps and snares, her heart is bound. It is good before the Gods to escape from her, and a sinner will be caught by her.
[ECC.7.27] Behold, this I have found, says the Preacher, one to one, to find an account.
[ECC.7.28] Which my soul still seeks, and has not found: one man from a thousand I have found, and in all these, a woman I have not found.
[ECC.7.29] Alone, see this, I have found, that the Gods made the human upright, and they sought many reckonings.
ECC.8
[ECC.8.1] Who is like the wise one, and who knows the interpretation of a word? The wisdom of humankind causes one's face to shine, and the strength of one's face is altered.
[ECC.8.2] I keep the mouth of a king, and regarding the matter of the oath of the Gods.
[ECC.8.3] Do not be afraid in his presence, walk with him. Do not stand regarding evil, for all that he desires, he will do.
[ECC.8.4] In which the word of the king is dominion, and who will say to him what you will do?
[ECC.8.5] A keeper of commandment will not know a bad thing, and a time and judgement the heart of a wise one knows.
[ECC.8.6] For to all purpose there is a time and judgement, for the misfortune of the human is great upon him.
[ECC.8.7] For we do not know what will be, for as it will be, who will tell it to him?
[ECC.8.8] No one rules over the wind to confine the wind, and there is no rule in the day of death, and there is no sending forth in war, and a wicked person will not deliver his master.
[ECC.8.9] I saw all of this, and I gave my heart to every work that has been done under the sun. It was a time when the human ruled over the human to his detriment.
[ECC.8.10] And so I have seen the wicked buried, and they came, and from a holy place they walked, and they were forgotten in the city where they had done such things. Also, this is futility.
[ECC.8.11] Which sayings of deeds of evil are not quickly done, therefore the heart of the sons of humankind is full in them to do evil.
[ECC.8.12] Which a sinner does evil, a little at a time, and prolongs it to himself; for I also know that it will be good to those who fear the Gods, which they fear before Him.
[ECC.8.13] And goodness will not be to the wicked, and they will not lengthen days like a shadow, because they do not fear the Gods.
[ECC.8.14] There is futility which is done on the earth, that there are righteous ones to whom comes as the doing of the wicked, and there are wicked ones to whom comes as the doing of the righteous. I have said that even this is futility.
[ECC.8.15] And I praised joy, for there is nothing good for a person under the sun except to eat and to drink and to be joyful, and it will accompany him in his labor, the days of his life, which the Gods have given to him under the sun.
[ECC.8.16] As I have given my heart to know wisdom and to see the matter that is done on the earth, for also by day and by night sleep is not in their eyes.
[ECC.8.17] And I have seen all the work of the Gods, because humanity is unable to find the work that has been done under the sun, for the reason that humanity labors to search and does not find. And even if a wise person claims to know, they will be unable to find it.
ECC.9
[ECC.9.1] For all of this I have put into my heart, to explore all of this: that the righteous and the wise and their servants all fall into the hand of the Gods. Also, love and hate, humankind does not know everything that is before them.
[ECC.9.2] Everything happens as it happens to everyone, one chance for the righteous and for the wicked, for the good and for the pure, and for the impure, and for the one who sacrifices and for the one who does not sacrifice, as good as the sinner, the one who swears as the oath fears.
[ECC.9.3] This is bad in all that is done under the sun, because one event befalls everyone, and also the heart of the sons of man is full of evil and madness is in their hearts during their lives, and afterwards to the dead.
[ECC.9.4] That whoever is chosen to all the living there is security, that to a living dog it is good than the dead lion.
[ECC.9.5] For the lives know that they will die, and the dead do not know anything at all. Neither do they have any further reward, for their memory is forgotten.
[ECC.9.6] Also their love, also their hatred, also their jealousy have already perished, and they have no portion anymore forever in all that was done under the sun.
[ECC.9.7] Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a good heart, for the Gods have already been pleased with your works.
[ECC.9.8] Always let your garments be white, and may oil not be lacking upon your head.
[ECC.9.9] Behold, life with a wife whom you have loved, all the days of your vanity which He has given to you under the sun, all the days of your vanity, for that is your portion in life and in your toil which you perform under the sun.
[ECC.9.10] All that your hand finds to do with your strength, do it, for there is no work, no planning, no knowledge, and no wisdom in the grave to which you are going there.
[ECC.9.11] I have seen under the sun that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor wealth to the understanding, nor favor to those who know. For time and chance happen to everyone.
[ECC.9.12] For also, the human does not know their fate, like fish that are seized in a bad trap, and like birds that are held in a snare. So, the children of the human are likened to a bad time, when it falls upon them suddenly.
[ECC.9.13] Also this I have seen is wisdom under the sun and great it is to me.
[ECC.9.14] A small city, and few people were in it, and a great king came against it and surrounded it, and he built large fortifications on it.
[ECC.9.15] And he found in it a poor man, wise, and he delivered the city with his wisdom. And mankind did not remember that poor man.
[ECC.9.16] And I said, "I am good wisdom over strength, and the wisdom of the poor person is despised, and their words are not heard."
[ECC.9.17] The words of the wise ones are heard with calmness, from the shouting of a ruler over the fools.
[ECC.9.18] Goodness is better than weapons, and one sinner destroys much goodness.
ECC.10
[ECC.10.1] The flies of death will dry up and bring forth a pharmacist’s oil, which is more valuable than wisdom and than the honor of foolishness, even a little.
[ECC.10.2] The heart of the wise is to the right, and the heart of the foolish is to the left.
[ECC.10.3] And also, in the way when the foolish one walks, his heart is lacking, and he says to everyone, "He is foolish."
[ECC.10.4] If a spirit of the ruler rises upon you, do not settle in your place, because a healer will leave great sins.
[ECC.10.5] There is evil that I have seen under the sun, like an error that proceeds from before the ruler.
[ECC.10.6] The wisdom is given to many in the heights, and the wealthy will reside in the low places.
[ECC.10.7] I saw servants on horses, and rulers walking like servants on the earth.
[ECC.10.8] The one who digs a pit will fall into it, and the one who breaks a fence will be bitten by a snake.
[ECC.10.9] One who carries stones shapes them. One who cleaves trees establishes them in them.
[ECC.10.10] If the iron is blunt, and it does not restore the edge, then strength will increase, and an advantage of the fitted is wisdom.
[ECC.10.11] If the deceiver bites you without warning, then there is no advantage to the master of language.
[ECC.10.12] The words of the mouth of the wise are favor, and the lips of the fool will swallow him.
[ECC.10.13] The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness, and the end of his mouth is evil delusion.
[ECC.10.14] And the foolish one will increase words. The human does not know what will be, and what will be after him, who will tell him?
[ECC.10.15] The labor of the fools will weary them, that they do not know how to go to a city.
[ECC.10.16] To you, God, is the land whose king is a youth, and your princes in the morning will eat.
[ECC.10.17] Happy is the land whose king is a son of the free, and whose princes eat in time with power, and not with shame.
[ECC.10.18] Through lazinesses, misfortune will be destroyed, and in lowliness of hands, the house will drip.
[ECC.10.19] Those who make bread are mocked, and wine will gladden life, and the silver will suffice for everything.
[ECC.10.20] Also, do not curse the king, even in your thought, and do not curse the wealthy in the chambers of your bed. For the bird of the heavens will carry the voice, and the owner of wings will tell the matter.
ECC.11
[ECC.11.1] Send your bread upon the face of the waters, for in abundance of days you will find it.
[ECC.11.2] Give a portion to seven and also to eight, for you do not know what misfortune will come upon the land.
[ECC.11.3] If the clouds are filled with rain on the land, they will empty, and if a tree falls in the south, or if in the north, the place where the tree falls, there will be Yahveh.
[ECC.11.4] One who watches the wind will not sow, and one who looks at the clouds will not reap.
[ECC.11.5] As you do not know the way of the wind, as bones in the full womb, so you will not know the work of the Gods which they will do with all things.
[ECC.11.6] In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening do not rest your hand, for you do not know which will prosper, this one or that one, and if both are equally good.
[ECC.11.7] And the light is sweet, and it is good for the eyes to see the sun.
[ECC.11.8] For if a person lives many years, let him rejoice in all of them, and let him remember the days of darkness, for many will come, all that is vanity.
[ECC.11.9] Rejoice, young man, in your youth, and let it be good for your heart in the days of your youth. And walk in the ways of your heart and in the sights of your eyes, and know that upon all these things the Gods will bring you in judgment.
[ECC.11.10] And remove anger from your heart and remove evil from your flesh, for youth and the dawn are vanity.
ECC.12
[ECC.12.1] Remember your creators in the days of your youth, before the days of adversity come, and the years draw near when you will say, "I have no delight in them."
[ECC.12.2] Until that the sun not darken and the light and the moon and the stars and will return the clouds after the rain.
[ECC.12.3] On the day that the keepers of the house will become weak, and the men of valor will stumble, and the grinding mills will cease because they are few, and the viewing places will darken in the towers.
[ECC.12.4] And the doors will be closed in the market at the sound of the mill, and he will rise to the sound of the bird, and all daughters of song will sing.
[ECC.12.5] Also from on high will they be seen, and the timid ones in the way. And the almond will sprout, and the locust will wither, and the mourning dove will bring forth. For the man walks to the house of his world, and the mourners go around the market.
[ECC.12.6] Until the cord of silver is not distant, and the lump of gold runs, and a jar is broken upon the spring, and the wheel runs to the pit.
[ECC.12.7] And the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to the Gods which gave it.
[ECC.12.8] Vapor, vapors said the Preacher, everything is vapor.
[ECC.12.9] And further, that the Gatherer was wise, he additionally taught knowledge to the people and carefully weighed matters, investigated, and corrected many proverbs.
[ECC.12.10] The Teacher sought to find words of delight, and to write the uprightness of words of truth.
[ECC.12.11] The words of the wise are like goads, and like pegs planted in the gatherings of masters. They were given from one shepherd.
[ECC.12.12] And more than them, son, be wary of making many books. There is no end, and much speech brings weariness to the flesh.
[ECC.12.13] The conclusion of the matter is that everything has been considered. You must fear the Gods and keep their commandments, for this is the whole of humankind.
[ECC.12.14] For God will bring all deeds into judgment upon all hidden things, whether they are good or bad.
EST
EST.1 • EST.2 • EST.3 • EST.4 • EST.5 • EST.6 • EST.7 • EST.8 • EST.9 • EST.10
EST.1
[EST.1.1] And it happened in the days of Ahasuerus, he is Ahasuerus the reigning from India and to Cush, seven and twenty and one hundred provinces.
[EST.1.2] In those days, when the king Achashveroosh sat upon the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the capital.
[EST.1.3] In the third year of his reign, he made a feast for all his officials and servants, displaying the power of Persia and Media, the Persians, and the officials of the provinces before him.
[EST.1.4] He showed me wealth, the glory of His kingdom, and the splendor of the beauty of His greatness, many days—eighty and one hundred days.
[EST.1.5] And when these days were completed, the king made a feast for all the people who were found in Shushan the capital, from the greatest to the smallest, a feast of seven days in the courtyard of the garden of the king’s palace.
[EST.1.6] White linen, cotton, and blue are held together by ropes of mud and purple, on rolls of silver and pillars of fine linen. Beds of gold and silver are on a floor of beaten and fine linen, where people tread and merchants trade.
[EST.1.7] And they would drink with vessels of gold, and vessels from different vessels, and wine of kingship abundant as the hand of the king.
[EST.1.8] And the practice as law is that there is no compulsion, because thus the king established over all the master of his house to do as is the desire of each man.
[EST.1.9] And also Queen Vashti made a banquet for women in the house of the kingdom which belonged to King Ahasuerus.
[EST.1.10] On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was good because of wine, he said to Mehuman, "Bring Bizta, Harbona, Bigta, Avagta, Zetar, and Charchas, the seven eunuchs who minister before the face of King Achashveroosh."
[EST.1.11] To bring Queen Vashti before the king with a royal crown, to show the peoples and the officials her beauty, for she is good to look upon.
[EST.1.12] And the queen Vashti refused to come at the word of the king, which was in the hand of the eunuchs. And the king became very angry, and his wrath burned within him.
[EST.1.13] And the king said to the wise ones, those who know the times, thus is the matter of the king before all who know law and judgment.
[EST.1.14] And the one close to him was Kershna Setar, from the land of Tarshish. Meres Marsna Memukan, seven officials of Persia and Media, who see the face of the king and sit first in the kingdom.
[EST.1.15] According to the decree, what is to be done with Queen Vashti because she did not do the word of King Ahasuerus by the hand of the eunuchs?
[EST.1.16] And Memukan said before the king and the officials, "It is not only against the king that Vashti the queen has acted wrongly, but against all the officials and against all the peoples who are in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus’ kingdom."
[EST.1.17] For a word of the queen went out to all women, to dishonor their husbands in their eyes, saying, "The king, Achashverosh, said to bring the queen Vashti before him, and she did not come."
[EST.1.18] And on this day, the maids of Persia and Media will report what the queen said to all the king's officials, and it will be understood as humiliation and wrath.
[EST.1.19] If it is pleasing to the king, let a decree go forth from before him, and may it be written in the laws of Persia and Media, so that it may not pass that Vashti may not come before the king Achashverosh, and the king may give his kingdom to a companion who is better than her.
[EST.1.20] And we will hear the proclamation of the king that he will do in all his kingdom, because it is great. And all the women will give honor to their husbands, from the important to the unimportant.
[EST.1.21] And the thing pleased the king and the officials. And the king did according to the word of Memuchan.
[EST.1.22] And he sent letters to all the provinces of the king, to province and province according to its writing, and to people and people according to their language, so that every person would be ruler in his house and speak in the language of his people.
EST.2
[EST.2.1] After these things, when the wrath of the king Ahasuerus subsided, he remembered Vashti and what she did, and what had been decreed upon her.
[EST.2.2] And the king’s young men, his servants, said, "Let us seek for the king young women who are good in appearance."
[EST.2.3] And the king commanded officials throughout the provinces of his kingdom to gather every virgin girl who was beautiful in appearance to Shushan the capital, to the house of the women, into the hand of Hegai the eunuch of the king, who was in charge of the women, and they would give them their cosmetics.
[EST.2.4] And the young woman who is good in the eyes of the king will reign in place of Vashti, and the matter was good in the eyes of the king, and he did so.
[EST.2.5] There was a Judean man in Shushan the capital, and his name was Mordechai, son of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin.
[EST.2.6] Who God exiled from Jerusalem with the exile that God exiled with Jeconiah, king of Judah, who God exiled, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon.
[EST.2.7] And it happened that he nurtured Hadassah, she is Esther, daughter of his uncle, because she had no father and no mother. And the young woman was beautiful in form and good to look at. And upon the death of her father and her mother, Mordechai took her to himself as a daughter.
[EST.2.8] And it happened when the word of the king and his law were heard, and when many young women were gathered to Shushan the capital, into the hand of Hegai, then Esther was taken to the king’s house, into the hand of Hegai, guardian of the women.
[EST.2.9] And the young woman was pleasing in his eyes, and she carried grace before him. And he hastened to bestow her dowry and her offerings to give to her, and the seven maidens suitable to give to her from the house of the king. And he provided for her and her maidens for the comfort of the house of women.
[EST.2.10] Esther did not tell of her people, and of her place of birth, for Mordechai had commanded her that she should not tell.
[EST.2.11] And in each day and day, Mordechai walked before the courtyard of the house of the women, to know the peace of Esther, and what will be done with her.
[EST.2.12] And when the turn of a young woman and a young woman came to go to King Ahasuerus, after it had been for her according to the custom of the women, twelve months, because thus would be filled the days of their beautification: six months with the oil of myrrh and six months with the perfumes and with the cosmetics of the women.
[EST.2.13] And in this, the young woman came to the king. All that she says will be granted to her to come with her from the house of women until the house of the king.
[EST.2.14] In the evening she came, and in the morning she returned to the house of the women, to the hand of Sha'ashgaz, the eunuch of the king, guardian of the concubines. She shall not come again to the king unless the king desires her and she is called by name.
[EST.2.15] And when the month of Esther, daughter of Abihail, uncle of Mordechai, arrived, the one he had taken as his daughter to come to the king, she requested nothing except what Hegai, the king’s eunuch, keeper of the women, would say. And Esther found favor in the eyes of all who saw her.
[EST.2.16] And Esther was taken to the king Ahasuerus, to the house of his kingdom, in the tenth month, which is the month Tebet, in the seventh year of his kingdom.
[EST.2.17] And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she found favor and kindness before his eyes above all the young women, and he placed a royal crown upon her head, and he made her queen in place of Vashti.
[EST.2.18] And the king made a great feast for all his officials and servants, the feast of Esther. And he granted rest to the provinces, and he gave a portion as the king willed.
[EST.2.19] And in gathering young women a second time, and Mordechai is sitting at the gate of the king.
[EST.2.20] Esther did not reveal her origin or her people, as Mordechai commanded her, and Esther did what Mordechai said, as she had been doing in trusting him.
[EST.2.21] In those days, Mordechai was sitting at the king’s gate. Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs who were gatekeepers, became angry, and they sought to lay a hand upon King Ahasuerus.
[EST.2.22] And the matter was known to Mordechai, and he told Queen Esther. And Esther said to the king in the name of Mordechai.
[EST.2.23] And the word was sought, and it was found, and they hanged two upon a tree, and it was written in the book of the days before the king.
EST.3
[EST.3.1] After these things, King Ahasuerus elevated Haman, son of Hamdata the Agagite, and he raised him up. He then set his seat above all the officials who were with him.
[EST.3.2] And all the servants of the king who were at the gate of the king were bowing and prostrating to Haman, because thus the king had commanded him. And Mardokhai did not bow, nor did he prostrate.
[EST.3.3] And the servants of the king, who were at the gate of the king, said to Mordechai, "Why do you transgress the command of the king?"
[EST.3.4] And it happened, as they spoke to him day after day, and he did not listen to them, they told Haman, to see if the words of Mordechai would stand, because they had informed them that he is a Jew.
[EST.3.5] And Haman saw that Mordechai was not bowing and prostrating himself to him, and Haman was filled with wrath.
[EST.3.6] And he despised in his eyes to harm Mordechai alone, because they told him of the people of Mordechai, and Haman sought to destroy all the Jews who are in all the kingdom of Achashverosh, the people of Mordechai.
[EST.3.7] In the first month, that is the month of Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Achashveroosh’s reign, Pur, that is the lot, was cast before Haman from day to day and from month to month, twelve months, that is the month of Adar.
[EST.3.8] And Haman said to King Ahasuerus, "There is a people, one nation, scattered and separated among all the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom, and their laws are different from all other people, and they do not follow the laws of the king. And it is not worth it to the king to let them continue."
[EST.3.9] If it is good in the king’s eyes, let it be written to destroy them, and ten thousand talents of silver I will weigh out by the hands of those who do the work, to bring it to the king’s treasury.
[EST.3.10] And the king removed his ring from upon his hand, and he gave it to Haman, son of Hamedatha the Agagi, enemy of the Jews.
[EST.3.11] And the king said to Haman, "The silver is given to you, and the people to do with it as is good in your eyes."
[EST.3.12] And the scribes of the king were called in the first month, on the thirteenth day of the month, and it was written according to all that Haman commanded to the satraps of the king and to the governors over each province, to the officials of the people and each province, according to the language of each people. The writing was in the name of King Ahasuerus, and it was sealed with the signet ring of the king.
[EST.3.13] And we will send letters by the hand of the runners to all the provinces of the king, to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate all the Jews, from youth to old age, infant and women, on one day – the thirteenth of the month of twelve, that is the month of Adar – and their possessions for plunder.
[EST.3.14] The writing is opened to give law in every land and nation, revealed to all peoples, to be prepared for this day.
[EST.3.15] The runners went forth, pushed along by the word of the king, and the law was given in Shushan the capital. And the king and Haman sat down to drink, and the city of Shushan was troubled.
EST.4
[EST.4.1] And Mordechai knew all that was done, and Mordechai tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes. And he went out into the midst of the city and cried out a great and bitter cry.
[EST.4.2] And he came until before the gate of the king, for there is no entering the gate of the king in clothing of sackcloth.
[EST.4.3] And in every province and province, a place where the word of the king and his law arrive, great mourning is for the Jews, and fasting and weeping and wailing, sackcloth and ashes are spread among many.
[EST.4.4] And young women of Esther and her attendants came and told her, and the queen was greatly agitated. And she sent garments to dress Mordechai and to remove his sackcloth from upon him, but he did not accept.
[EST.4.5] And Esther called to the eunuch of the king’s servants who was stationed before her, and she commanded him concerning Mordecai, to learn what this was and for what this was.
[EST.4.6] And Hatách went to Mordechai, to the square of the city, which is before the king's gate.
[EST.4.7] And Mordecai told her all that had happened to him, and the account of the money that Haman had said he would weigh out against the treasures of the king concerning the Jewish people to destroy them.
[EST.4.8] And concerning the copy of the writing of the decree that was given in Shushan to destroy them, he gave it to him, to show Esther and to tell her, and to command upon her to come to the king to plead with him and to request before him on behalf of her people.
[EST.4.9] And Hathach came and told Esther the words of Mordechai.
[EST.4.10] And Esther said to Hataq, and she commanded him to Mardukay.
[EST.4.11] All the servants of the king and the people of the king’s provinces know that every man and every woman who comes to the inner court without being summoned – that is, not called – has a single decree of death, except that if the king extends to him the golden scepter, he shall live. And I have not been summoned to come to this king for thirty days.
[EST.4.12] And they told Mordechai the words of Esther.
[EST.4.13] And Mordechai said to reply to Esther, do not imagine in yourself to escape the house of the king from all the Judeans.
[EST.4.14] But if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jewish people from another place, and you and your father's house will perish. And who knows if you have attained royal status for such a time as this?
[EST.4.15] And Esther said to reply to Mordecai.
[EST.4.16] Go, assemble all the Jews who are found in Shushan, and fast for me, and do not eat and do not drink for three days, night and day. Also, I and my attendants will fast in the same way. And then I will go to the king, which is not according to the custom. And if I perish, I perish.
[EST.4.17] And Mordechai went and did all that Esther commanded him.
EST.5
[EST.5.1] And it came to pass on the third day that Esther put on her royalty and stood in the courtyard of the king's house, the inner one, opposite the king's house, and the king sat on his throne of royalty in the house of royalty, opposite the entrance of the house.
[EST.5.2] And it happened, when the king saw Queen Esther standing in the courtyard, that she found favor in his eyes. And the king extended to Esther the golden scepter which was in his hand. And Esther approached and touched the top of the scepter.
[EST.5.3] And he said to her, the king, "What do you desire, Esther the queen, and what is your request, up to half the kingdom, and it will be given to you?"
[EST.5.4] And Esther said, “If it is good to the king, may the king and Haman come today to the feast which I made for him.”
[EST.5.5] And the king said, "Hurry Haman to do the word of Esther." And the king and Haman came to the banquet that she made.
[EST.5.6] And the king said to Esther at the wine feast, "What is your request, and it will be given to you? And what is your desire, even up to half the kingdom, and it will be done."
[EST.5.7] And Esther answered and said, "My asking and my request."
[EST.5.8] If I have found favor in the eyes of the king, and if it is good to the king to grant my request and to do my petition, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I will make for them, and tomorrow I will do according to the word of the king.
[EST.5.9] And Haman went out on that day rejoicing and with a good heart. And when Haman saw Mordechai at the king’s gate, and he did not rise or tremble before him, Haman was filled with rage against Mordechai.
[EST.5.10] And Haman was dismayed, and he went to his house, and he sent for and brought his friends and Zeresh his wife.
[EST.5.11] And he told them of the glory of his wealth and the multitude of his sons, and of all that the king had magnified him, and of what was lifted him up over the leaders and the servants of the king.
[EST.5.12] And Haman said, "Indeed, Queen Esther has not brought the king with her to the banquet that she prepared, but only me. And also tomorrow am I called with the king to her."
[EST.5.13] And all of this is not worth anything to me at any time that I see Mordechai the Jew sitting at the gate of the king.
[EST.5.14] And Zeresh, his wife, said to him, and all his lovers: "Make a tree, tall, fifty cubits. And in the morning, say to the king: let him hang Mordecai upon it. And come with the king to the banquet, rejoicing." And the matter was good in Haman’s eyes, and he made the tree.
EST.6
[EST.6.1] That night, the king’s sleep was disturbed, and he said, "Bring the book of records, the words of the days," and they were read before the king.
[EST.6.2] And a writing was found which Mordechai had revealed concerning Bigthana and Teresh, two eunuchs of the king, who were among the doorkeepers, who had sought to lay a hand upon King Ahasuerus.
[EST.6.3] And the king said, "What has been done to honor Mordechai for this?" And the king’s young men, his servants, said, "Nothing has been done with him."
[EST.6.4] And the king said, "Who is in the court?" And Haman came to the outer court of the house of the king to say to the king, to hang Mordechai on the tree which he had prepared for him.
[EST.6.5] And the king's young men said to him, "Behold, Haman stands in the court." And the king said, "Let him come in."
[EST.6.6] And Haman came and said to the king, "What should be done for the man whom the king desires to honor?" And Haman said in his heart, "To whom would the king want to give greater honor than to me?"
[EST.6.7] And Haman said to the king, “A man whom the king desires honor for…”
[EST.6.8] They shall bring garments of royalty that the king wore in them, and a horse that the king rode upon, and a crown of royalty that was given on his head.
[EST.6.9] And the garment and the horse were given into the hand of a man from among the king’s officials, the Parthians, and they dressed the man whom the king desired to honor. And they caused him to ride upon the horse through the streets of the city, and they proclaimed before him, “Thus it shall be done for the man whom the king desires to honor.”
[EST.6.10] And the king said to Haman, "Quickly take the robe and the horse as you spoke of, and do so to Mordechai the Jew, who sits at the king's gate. Do not omit anything from all that you spoke."
[EST.6.11] And Haman took the clothing and the horse, and he clothed Mordechai, and he caused him to ride in the street of the city, and he proclaimed before him, “Thus shall it be done to the man whose honor the king desires.”
[EST.6.12] And Mordechai returned to the gate of the king, and Haman was driven to his house, mourning and having his head covered.
[EST.6.13] And Haman recounted to Zeresh his wife and to all his friends all that had happened to him. And they said to him, his wise men and Zeresh his wife, “If Mordechai is from the seed of the Jews, before whom you have begun to fall, you will not be able to overcome him, for you yourself will fall before him.”
[EST.6.14] They were still speaking with him when the eunuchs of the king arrived, and they hurried to bring Haman to the feast that Esther had prepared.
EST.7
[EST.7.1] And the king and Haman came to drink with Queen Esther.
[EST.7.2] And the king said to Esther, also on the second day at the wine feast, "What is your request, Esther the queen, and it shall be given to you? And what is your request, up to half the kingdom, and it shall be done?"
[EST.7.3] And Queen Esther answered and said, "If I have found favor in your eyes, the king, and if it is good to the king, let my life be granted to me by my request, and my people by my asking."
[EST.7.4] For we have been sold, I and my people, for destruction, to kill, and to perish. But if we had been sold as slaves and handmaids, I would have remained silent, for the harm caused by an adversary is not equal to the damage to the king.
[EST.7.5] And the king Ahasuerus said, and he said to Esther the queen, "Who is this one, and which one is he, who has filled his heart to do thus?"
[EST.7.6] And Esther said, "This man, a distress and an enemy, is Haman the wicked one." And Haman was terrified before the king and the queen.
[EST.7.7] And the king rose in his wrath from the wine feast to the garden of the pavilion, and Haman stood to request his life from Queen Esther, for he saw that evil was completed for him from the king.
[EST.7.8] And the king returned from the garden of the pavilion to the house of the wine drinking, and Haman fell upon the couch upon which Esther was. And the king said, "Is it also to subdue the queen with me in the house?" The matter came forth from the mouth of the king, and the face of Haman covered itself.
[EST.7.9] And Harbonah, one of the eunuchs, said before the king, "Also, behold, the tree that Haman made for Mordechai, who spoke well concerning the king, is standing in Haman’s house, tall fifty cubits." And the king said, "Hang him upon it!"
[EST.7.10] And they hung Haman on the tree which he had prepared for Mordechai. And the king’s wrath subsided.
EST.8
[EST.8.1] On that day, the king Ahasuerus gave to Esther the queen the house of Haman, the tormentor of the Judeans. And Mordechai came before the king, for Esther had informed him what was for her.
[EST.8.2] And the king removed his signet ring, which he had transferred from Haman, and he gave it to Mordechai. And Esther placed Mordechai over the house of Haman.
[EST.8.3] And Esther added and spoke before the king, and she fell before his feet, and she wept and pleaded with him to turn away the evil of Haman the Agagite and his plan which he thought upon the Judeans.
[EST.8.4] And the king extended the golden scepter to Esther, and Esther rose and stood before the king.
[EST.8.5] And she said, "If it pleases the king, and if I have found favor in his eyes, and if the matter is proper before the king, and if I am favorable in his eyes, let it be written to return the letters – the plan of Haman, son of Hamedata the Agagite, who wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all the provinces of the king."
[EST.8.6] For how can I endure, and see the evil that will come upon my people? And how can I endure, and see in the destruction of my homeland?
[EST.8.7] And the king Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther and to Mordechai the Jew: Behold, the house of Haman I have given to Esther, and him they hanged on the tree because he stretched out his hand against the Jews.
[EST.8.8] And you, write to the Jews as is good in your eyes, in the name of the king and seal it with the signet ring of the king, for any writing that is written in the name of the king and sealed with the signet ring of the king should not be reversed.
[EST.8.9] And the scribes of the king wrote at that time, in the third month, that is, the month of Sivan, on the twenty-third day of it. And it was written according to all that Mar-do-chai had commanded to the Judeans, and to the satraps and the governors and the princes of the provinces, from India to Cush, one hundred and twenty-seven provinces, province by province, to each people in their language. And to the Judeans, according to their writing and in their language.
[EST.8.10] And he wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus, and he sealed it with the signet ring of the king, and he sent letters by the hand of the messengers on horses, riders of the swift, the Ahashtaranim, sons of the Ramachim.
[EST.8.11] Who gave the king to the Jews, who in every city and city to assemble and to stand for their lives, to destroy and to kill and to annihilate all the power of people and nation, those who oppress them, infants and women, and their possessions to plunder.
[EST.8.12] On one day, in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth of the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar.
[EST.8.13] The opening of the writing is to give law in every province and nation, revealed to all peoples, and for the Jews to be prepared for this day to take vengeance on their enemies.
[EST.8.14] The runners, riders of chariots, and those riding camels went forth, panicked and hurried, because of the word of the king, and the decree was given in Shushan the capital.
[EST.8.15] And Mordechai went out from before the king in clothing of royalty, blue and white, and a large gold crown, and fine linen crimson and purple. And the city of Susa rejoiced and was glad.
[EST.8.16] To the Jewish people was light and joy and gladness and honor.
[EST.8.17] And in every province and province, and in every city and city, wherever the word of the king and his law arrive, there is joy and gladness for the Jewish people, a feast and a good day. And many of the peoples of the land become Jewish, for the fear of the Jewish people falls upon them.
EST.9
[EST.9.1] And in the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar, on the thirteenth day of it, the thing arrived – the word of the king and his law to be done on the day when the enemies of the Jews thought to dominate them, and it was reversed, that the Jews themselves would dominate their haters.
[EST.9.2] The Jews assembled in their cities in every province of King Ahasuerus, to lay hands on those who sought their harm. And no one stood against them, for their fear fell upon all the peoples.
[EST.9.3] And all the officials of the provinces, the satraps, the governors, and those who perform the work of the king, raised up the Jews, for the fear of Mordechai fell upon them.
[EST.9.4] For Mordechai was great in the king’s house, and his name was going forth in all the provinces, for the man Mordechai was going and becoming great.
[EST.9.5] And the Jews struck all their enemies with a blow of the sword, and with slaughter and destruction, and they did to those who hated them according to their will.
[EST.9.6] And in Shushan the capital, the Judeans killed and destroyed five hundred people.
[EST.9.7] And Parshandata, and Dalfon, and Aspata.
[EST.9.8] And Poratah and Adalyah and Aridatah.
[EST.9.9] And the livestock, and the fields, and the herds, and the wealth.
[EST.9.10] Ten sons of Haman, son of Hamdata, tormentor of the Judeans, they killed, and in the plunder they did not send out their hand.
[EST.9.11] On that day, the number of those killed in Shushan the capital came before the king.
[EST.9.12] And the king said to Esther the queen in Shushan the capital, "They shall kill the Jews and destroy five hundred men and the ten sons of Haman in the other provinces of the king. What did they do? And what is your request, and it shall be given to you? And what is your additional request, and it shall be done?"
[EST.9.13] And Esther said, "If it is good to the king, let it also be granted to the Jews who are in Shushan to do according to the law of this day, and let the ten sons of Haman be hanged upon the tree."
[EST.9.14] And the king said to do so, and a law was given in Shushan, and the ten sons of Haman they hanged.
[EST.9.15] The Jews who were in Shushan gathered, also on the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and they killed three hundred men in Shushan. And they did not extend their hand to the plunder.
[EST.9.16] And the rest of the Jews who were in the provinces of the king assembled and stood up for their lives, and found rest from their enemies, and killed their haters, five and seventy thousand. And they did not lay their hand on the spoil.
[EST.9.17] On the thirteenth day of the month Adar, and there will be rest on the fourteenth day of it, and make that day a day of feasting and joy.
[EST.9.18] And the Jews who were in Shushan gathered on the thirteenth of it, and on the fourteenth of it, and they rested on the fifteenth of it, and they made that day a feast and joy.
[EST.9.19] Therefore, the Jews who lived in unwalled towns made the fourteenth day of the month Adar a time of joy and a feast, a good day, and the sending of portions each man to his neighbor.
[EST.9.20] And Mordechai wrote these things, and he sent letters to all the Jews who were in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, those who were near and those who were far.
[EST.9.21] To establish for them to be doing the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day in it, in every year and year.
[EST.9.22] As were the days in which the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month that was turned for them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning to a good day, to make them days of feasting and joy, and sending portions man to his fellow, and gifts to the poor.
[EST.9.23] And the Jews accepted what they had begun to do, and what Mordechai had written to them.
[EST.9.24] For Haman, son of Hamdata, the Agagite, enemy of all the Jews, thought about the Jews to destroy them, and he cast pur, it the lot, to destroy them and to destroy them.
[EST.9.25] And when she came before the king, it was said that with the scroll would return the evil thought which he thought against the Jews upon his head, and they hanged him and his sons upon the tree.
[EST.9.26] Therefore, they called these days Purim, because of the lot. Therefore, concerning all the words of this letter, and what they saw concerning this, and what reached them.
[EST.9.27] The Jewish people established and accepted upon themselves, and upon their offspring, and upon all who join with them, that they would not fail to perform these two days according to what is written and according to their appointed time in every year and year.
[EST.9.28] And these days will be remembered and observed in every generation and generation, family and family, nation and nation, city and city. And these days of Purim will not pass from among the Jewish people, and their remembrance will not cease from their offspring.
[EST.9.29] And Esther the queen, daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew wrote with all force to uphold this second letter of Purim.
[EST.9.30] And he sent letters to all the Jews, to seven and twenty and one hundred provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, words of peace and truth.
[EST.9.31] To fulfill the days of Purim these, in their times, as fulfilled upon them Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen, and as they fulfilled upon their lives and upon their seed, the words of the fasts and their outcry.
[EST.9.32] And the declaration of Esther established the matters of these Purims, and it was written in the book.
EST.10
[EST.10.1] And the king imposed a tax upon the land and the islands of the sea.
[EST.10.2] And all the work of the seal and his strength, and the account of the greatness of Mordechai, whom the king fostered, are they not written on the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?
[EST.10.3] For Mordechai the Jew was second to King Achashverosh, and great among the Jews, and pleasing to many of his people, seeking good for his people, and speaking peace to all his offspring.
DAN
DAN.1 • DAN.2 • DAN.3 • DAN.4 • DAN.5 • DAN.6 • DAN.7 • DAN.8 • DAN.9 • DAN.10 • DAN.11 • DAN.12
DAN.1
[DAN.1.1] In the year three, to the reign of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem and he besieged it.
[DAN.1.2] And my Lord gave into his hand Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and some of the vessels of the house of the Gods, and he brought them to the land of Shinar, to the house of his Gods, and he brought the vessels to the house of the treasure of his Gods.
[DAN.1.3] And the king said to Ashpenaz, his chief eunuch, to bring some of the sons of Israel, and of the seed of the kings, and of the nobles.
[DAN.1.4] Children in whom there is no blemish, and of good appearance, and skillful in all wisdom, and knowing knowledge, and understanding science, and in whom is strength to stand in the palace of the king, and to teach them book and language of the Chaldeans.
[DAN.1.5] And the king assigned to them a matter of daily allowance from the storehouse of the king and from his wines, to increase them for three years, and some of them will stand before the king.
[DAN.1.6] And it was among them, from the sons of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah.
[DAN.1.7] And he placed names for them, and he placed for Daniel, Beltshatzar, and for Hananiah, Shadrach, and for Mishael, Meishach, and for Azariah, a servant of Nego.
[DAN.1.8] And Daniel set in his heart that he would not defile himself with the king’s delicacies and with the wine of his drinking. And he requested from the chief of the eunuchs that he not defile himself.
[DAN.1.9] And the Gods gave Daniel favor and compassion before the chief of the eunuchs.
[DAN.1.10] And the chief of the eunuchs said to Daniel, "I am afraid of my Lord the king, who has appointed your food and your drink. Why do you appear before him with faces more displeased than those of the young men of your age? This will put my head at risk with the king."
[DAN.1.11] And Daniel said to the chief eunuch, who the king appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.
[DAN.1.12] Please grant your servants ten days, and they will give us some of the standing grain to eat, and water to drink.
[DAN.1.13] And let them be seen before you, our visions, and the vision of the children eating the king’s cakes. And as you see, do with your servants.
[DAN.1.14] And he listened to them regarding this matter, and he tested them for ten days.
[DAN.1.15] And after a portion of ten days, their appearance was good and their bodies healthy, from among all the young men who ate the bread of the king.
[DAN.1.16] And the servant was carrying the goblet and wine from their drinking, and giving seeds to them.
[DAN.1.17] And the young men, these four in number, God gave them understanding and knowledge in all writings and wisdom. And Daniel understood all visions and dreams.
[DAN.1.18] And after a few days, as the king had commanded them to bring, the chief of the eunuchs brought them before Nebuchadnezzar.
[DAN.1.19] And the king spoke with them, and none were found among all of them like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, and they stood before the king.
[DAN.1.20] And all the matter of wisdom and understanding that the king sought from them, he found it to be ten times greater than all the magicians and sorcerers who were in all his kingdom.
[DAN.1.21] And it happened, Daniel, until the year one to Cyrus the king.
DAN.2
[DAN.2.1] And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, and his spirit was troubled, and his sleep departed from him.
[DAN.2.2] And the king said to call the magicians and the enchanters and the sorcerers and the Chaldeans to tell the king his dreams. And they came and stood before the king.
[DAN.2.3] And he said to them, "The king, I dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream."
[DAN.2.4] And the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Aramaic, saying, "O king, eternal life to you! Tell your servants the dream, and we will reveal the interpretation."
[DAN.2.5] The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, “The word is known from me that if you do not make the dream known to me and its interpretation, assuredly you will be slain, and your houses will be made ruins.”
[DAN.2.6] And behold, the dream and its interpretation that the declarations would be gifts and spoils and great honor you will receive from me. To them the dream and its interpretation, the declarations.
[DAN.2.7] Answer, responses, and they said, “The king said, ‘Let a dream be told to my servant, and the interpretation is revealed.’”
[DAN.2.8] The king answered and said, "From the steadfast God I knew that the time you are selling is all acceptance, that you have seen, that was revealed to me the thing."
[DAN.2.9] This, these dreams, do not reveal to me. One is your law and the word is falsehood and corruption, you have brought to the saying before me. Until the time is changed, to them, dreams, say to me, and I will know that the interpretation you will reveal to me.
[DAN.2.10] Answer me, like the Chaldeans before the king, and tell me: there is no person on earth who can reveal the meaning of the king’s word, except the Gods who are able to reveal it. This is because every great king and ruler has asked a similar question of every magician and diviner and Chaldean.
[DAN.2.11] And the matter that the queen asked was precious, and another is not with me, that I should show it before the queen. To them are the Gods who dwell with flesh, it is not with me.
[DAN.2.12] The whole matter, the judgment, the king said in haste and with great wrath, saying to the magicians, to all the wise men of Babylon:
[DAN.2.13] And a decree went forth, and the wise men were being killed, and they brought Daniel and his companions for the killing.
[DAN.2.14] Then Daniel responded, giving the writing and its understanding to Arioch, the chief executioner of the king, who had gone out to kill the wise men of Babylon.
[DAN.2.15] He answered and said to Aryoch, official of the king, "For what reason is this matter urgent before the king?" Then Aryoch revealed the matter to Daniel.
[DAN.2.16] And Daniel spoke regarding the vision from the king, of the time that will be given to him, and the interpretation to declare to the king.
[DAN.2.17] Then Daniel went to his house and told Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, my companions, the matter.
[DAN.2.18] Compassions were requested before the Gods of heaven, concerning the secret of this thing, that Daniel and his companions with the rest of the wise men of Babylon were not able to understand.
[DAN.2.19] Truly, to Daniel, in a vision of the night, a mystery was revealed. Truly, Daniel blessed God of heaven.
[DAN.2.20] Daniel answered and said to him, "His name is of the God, blessed from world to world, of whom wisdom and power belong."
[DAN.2.21] And He changes the times and the seasons, He removes kings and establishes kings. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who understand.
[DAN.2.22] He revealed the depths and hidden places, knowing what is in darkness, and light dwells with Him.
[DAN.2.23] To God, the God of my fathers, praise and glorification belong. For wisdom and power Yahveh gave to me. And now you have made known to me that the word of the king is what you have revealed to me.
[DAN.2.24] All authority concerning this matter, Daniel has over the chief of the wise men, who were appointed by the king to destroy the wise men of Babylon. He departed, and spoke thus to the wise men of Babylon: Do not destroy the wise men before the king, and let the interpretation be revealed to the king.
[DAN.2.25] Then Aryoch, greatly disturbed, offered to tell Daniel before the king, and he said to him, “The king has sought a man from among the exiles of Judah who can explain the meaning of the dream to the king.”
[DAN.2.26] The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name is Belteshazzar, “Are you able to understand the dream that I saw and to make its interpretation known to me?”
[DAN.2.27] Daniel answered before the king and said, "The mystery that the king asks could not be known by the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, or the diviners. They were unable to reveal the mystery to the king."
[DAN.2.28] But there is a God who reveals secrets and makes known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will be in the latter days. Your dream, and the visions of your head upon your bed, these are what he has made known.
[DAN.2.29] You, king, your thoughts have ascended upon your couch. What is to be after this, and revealed are the mysteries of your glory, what is to be.
[DAN.2.30] And I, not with wisdom that is in me from all living things, the secret of this was revealed to me. To them concerning the word, the interpretation to the king the Jews will tell, and the thoughts of your heart you will know.
[DAN.2.31] You, king, saw, and gods, one image, strong, an image like it, great, and its splendor was more, standing before you, and its appearance was frightful.
[DAN.2.32] It is an image whose head is of good gold, and its arms are of silver, its belly and its thighs are of bronze.
[DAN.2.33] Its legs are of iron, its legs are from among those of iron, and from among those of clay.
[DAN.2.34] Behold, I saw until a stone was decreed which was not by hands, and it crushed the image upon its feet, which were of iron and clay, and the multitude was broken apart.
[DAN.2.35] In that time, they struck together iron, brass, copper, silver, and gold, and they were blind from the roots of the earth. And they lifted up a great spirit, and no place was found for them. And the stone that struck the image became a great mountain, and the fullness of the land.
[DAN.2.36] Now the dream, and the interpretation of it was said before the king.
[DAN.2.37] You, king, are a king of kings, of whom God of the heavens has given the kingdom, strength, and power and glory.
[DAN.2.38] And over all the land, the sons of man, the beast of the land and the bird of the heavens, God gave into your hand, and to make you rule over all of them. You are the head of gold.
[DAN.2.39] And after it is broken, a kingdom will rise after it from the land. And a third kingdom will rise after it, that which will rule over all the land.
[DAN.2.40] And the kingdom of Rebia will be strong like iron, crushing all things, for iron strengthens and shatters all. And like iron that shatters all these things, it will crush and destroy.
[DAN.2.41] And this I saw: my feet and my fingers among broken pottery and among iron. The dominion will be divided, and from the standing place of iron, it will become within it – all because of what I saw, iron mixed with clay.
[DAN.2.42] And the toe of my foot from them is iron and from them is clay. From a portion of the kingdom it will be strong, and from it it will be broken.
[DAN.2.43] What you have seen is iron mixed with mud. They mix to be in the seed of people, and they will not adhere, this with this. Like this, iron will not mix with clay.
[DAN.2.44] And in the days when a king exists, the Gods will establish a kingdom of heaven that will not be destroyed, and its kingdom will not cease from another people. It will crush and increase all these kingdoms, and it will stand for eternities.
[DAN.2.45] All that you have seen, the stone that was cut out not by hands, and the refining of iron, copper, tin, silver, and gold – God has shown great glory to the king what will be after this. And He has established a dream, and its interpretation is reliable.
[DAN.2.46] At that time, King Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face and worshipped Daniel, and said to sacrifice to him, an offering and pleasant aromas.
[DAN.2.47] The king answered Daniel and said, “From the decree that your God is the God of gods, a Lord of lords, and a revealer of mysteries, you were able to reveal this mystery.”
[DAN.2.48] My judge, the king, to Daniel, my master, and he gave a reward of great honor and he made him rule over all the province of Babylon, and many governors over all the wise men of Babylon.
[DAN.2.49] And Daniel asked of the king, and he appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego over the affairs of the province of Babylon. And Daniel pleased my Lord.
DAN.3
[DAN.3.1] Nebuchadnezzar king made an image of gold. Its height was sixty cubits, and its width was six cubits. He set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
[DAN.3.2] And Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to assemble the prefects, officials, satraps, governors, treasurers, those who consult, inspectors, and all the rulers of the province to come for the dedication of the statue which Nebuchadnezzar the king established.
[DAN.3.3] Then the satraps, the prefects, the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the judges, and all the rulers of the provinces gathered for the dedication of the statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up, and they stood to face the statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
[DAN.3.4] And a herald called with strength to them, saying to the peoples and to the tongues.
[DAN.3.5] In the time that you hear the sound of a horn, shouting, a lyre, a harp, a flute, a symphony, and all kinds of singing, you will fall down and worship the image of gold which King Nebuchadnezzar set up.
[DAN.3.6] And whoever will not fall and worship the Gods during that time will be thrown into a blazing furnace.
[DAN.3.7] Everything that has been decreed, at a certain time, so that all the peoples hear the sound of the horn, the pipe, the lyre, the harp, and all kinds of musical instruments, all the peoples, nations, and languages will fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king has established.
[DAN.3.8] All who accept judgment, in time, draw near, the men of Chaldea, and they ate their portions of the Judeans.
[DAN.3.9] Answer and say to Nebuchadnezzar, the king: May the king live for all time.
[DAN.3.10] They, the king, have commanded that all men who hear the sound of the horn, flute, sackbut, psaltery, and pipe, and all kinds of music, will fall and worship the image of gold.
[DAN.3.11] And whoever does not fall and worships will be warmed to your redemption by a light that has kindled.
[DAN.3.12] With me are Jewish men whom you have appointed over the service of the Babylonian state: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. These men did not yield to you, O king, regarding your gods, nor did they worship the golden image which you established.
[DAN.3.13] At that time, Nebuchadnezzar, in rage and fury, said to the satraps, to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. At that time, the strong men of them were before the king.
[DAN.3.14] Nebuchadnezzar answered and said to them, “Is it truly to my God that you refuse to worship, and to the golden image which I have established that you do not prostrate yourselves?”
[DAN.3.15] Now, behold, there are future times when you will hear the sound of a horn, a shriek, a lyre, a harp, and a symphony, and all instruments of song. You will prostrate yourselves and worship the image that is made. But if you do not worship it at that time, you will be given a bright burning light for your redemption. And who is the God who will deliver you from this?
[DAN.3.16] Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, "We do not fear to return to your command."
[DAN.3.17] Lo, with me are the Gods of us whom we worship, who is able to deliver us from your fire that has been kindled, and from the hand of the king who will deliver.
[DAN.3.18] And behold, it is not known to become for you a king of your gods. We do not serve, and we will not worship the image of gold that you have set up.
[DAN.3.19] Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with fury, and the form of his face changed. He commanded that a statue be made of himself, and he ordered that it be set up on the plain of Dura. He spoke and said to the heralds to proclaim that every people and nation should bow down to the statue he had made, lest they be cast into a fiery furnace.
[DAN.3.20] And to the men, the heroes of strength, who are strong, it is said to Khafatah, to Shadrakh, to Meishakh and to Aved, go to Mirme and to Atun, a burning will be kindled to them.
[DAN.3.21] At that time, the strong men went towards you in their armor, their hammers, their swords, and their clothing, and their height for reaching a blazing fire.
[DAN.3.22] Everyone accepts the judgment, the king’s word is thought. They are which is greater, men like them. They drew near to Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and they killed many of the captors, the fire’s light.
[DAN.3.23] And my strong men, these they threw: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego fell into the pit of fiery flame prepared for destruction.
[DAN.3.24] My Lord Nebuchadnezzar, the king, answered and rose in haste. He said to those who were speaking, "Truly, three men I cast into the fiery furnace, and they answered and said to the king, 'Stand firm, O king!'"
[DAN.3.25] And it answered and said, "This is the answer: I saw four strong men walking in the glow, and binding is not with them. And the fourth, which is fourth, is like a son of the Gods."
[DAN.3.26] At that time, Nebuchadnezzar approached the opening of the fiery furnace and asked, "Why are Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego not bowing down?" They answered and said, "The God we serve is able to deliver us." Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego came out of the midst of the fire.
[DAN.3.27] And they gathered together Achashdarpenah, Signeh, and Pahvatah, and the words of the king they saw concerning men who do not have power over fire in their bodies, and the hair of their heads was not singed, and their garments were not changed, and the smell of fire was not upon them.
[DAN.3.28] Nebuchadnezzar answered and said, “Blessed be the Gods of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who sent their angel and delivered their servants who trusted in them, rescuing them from the fire and showing the power of their deliverance. Therefore, I decree that no one is to speak against the Gods of these men, or to offer worship to any god other than the Gods themselves.”
[DAN.3.29] And from me, let a taste be set, that every people, nation, and language will say, ‘Peace upon the Gods of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego!’ Their houses will be made desolate, and their dwellings will be ruined, for all who speak against the Gods. For there is no other god who is able to deliver salvation like this one.
[DAN.3.30] At that time the king prospered Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, making them important in the province of Babylon.
[DAN.3.31] Nebuchadnezzar, king, to all peoples, nations, and languages dwelling in all the earth: May peace increase to you.
[DAN.3.32] You come and you wonder at that which worked with me, the Gods on high. Beautiful before me is to experience.
[DAN.3.33] How great are you, how much grandeur, and how strong! Your kingdom is an eternal kingdom, and your rule is with generation and generation.
DAN.4
[DAN.4.1] I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at peace in my house and I prospered in my palace.
[DAN.4.2] Dreams I saw, and they cause me terror; and thoughts upon my couch, and visions from my head make me tremble.
[DAN.4.3] And from me let understanding be given to those wise men of Babylon, that the interpretation of the dream may be known to me.
[DAN.4.4] In that time, the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers spoke dreams, and I said to them, "Tell me the interpretation, for it is not known to me."
[DAN.4.5] And after these things, a vision came before me, Daniel, who is named Beltshazzar, like the name of the Gods, and a spirit of the Gods was in him. And the vision before him spoke.
[DAN.4.6] Belteshazzar, great among the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the Gods is in you, and all mystery is not hidden from you. Tell me of the visions of the dreams that you saw, and declare its interpretation.
[DAN.4.7] And the visions of my head upon my couch, behold I saw, and there rose a tree in the midst of the land, and its height was exceedingly high.
[DAN.4.8] The tree is great and strong, and its height reaches to the heavens, and its sight extends to the end of all the land.
[DAN.4.9] His shade is beautiful and his fruit is abundant, and he is food for all his creatures. Beneath him wild animals will nest, and in his branches birds of the heavens will dwell, and from him all flesh will be nourished.
[DAN.4.10] Behold, I was seeing visions in my head while on my bed, and there was a holy city that descended from heaven.
[DAN.4.11] One called in strength, and thus said, "The Gods, make a tree mighty and cut its branches. Strip its bark and carry its wood. Let a beast come from beneath it and birds from its branches."
[DAN.4.12] However, the root of its origin is in the earth, captured and in iron and the serpent, according to the creation. And it will be watered by the dew of heaven, and with the beasts it shares its portion in the grass of the earth.
[DAN.4.13] His heart will be changed from a man, and a heart of an animal will be given to him, and seven periods of time will pass over him.
[DAN.4.14] A decree from a city, a saying and a holy question have been asked, extending until people know the life that rules above in the kingdom of humanity. And to the one who plans, it will be given, and the humble of people will raise it up.
[DAN.4.15] I have had a dream, and my spirit troubles me. I, the king, Nebuchadnezzar, and you, Beltshazzar, are able to interpret dreams. Tell me all about what my wise men of my kingdom could not interpret to me, and you possess a spirit of the Gods that is holy within you.
[DAN.4.16] Then Daniel, whose name was Belshazzar, was greatly disturbed for a moment, and his thoughts terrified him. The king answered and said to Belshazzar, "Let the dream and its interpretation not frighten you." Daniel answered and said, "My lord, let the dream be for your enemies, and its interpretation for your cities."
[DAN.4.17] The tree of that which you saw is great and strong, and its height reaches to heaven, and its sight is to all the earth.
[DAN.4.18] Its foliage is beautiful and its branches are strong, and it is food for all creatures. Beneath it, wild animals will dwell, and in its branches, birds of the heavens will nest.
[DAN.4.19] You are the King of the many and are powerful, and your multitude is many, and stretches to the heavens, and your rule to the end of the earth.
[DAN.4.20] And this one saw a king, a city and a holy one descending from heaven, and said, “Cut down the tree and bind it. Break its root in the earth. Shatter it with chains of iron and bronze. Let it be stained with the fall of heaven, and with the beast, let its portion be until seven times will pass upon it.”
[DAN.4.21] The judgment, the interpretation is of the king, and the decree of the high one is that the fall is upon the vision of the king.
[DAN.4.22] And to you will be fleeing from people, and with the beasts of the field, your dwelling will be, and grass like oxen will you eat, and dew of the heavens will be your drink for you. And seven times will pass over you until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of people, and to whom He will give it.
[DAN.4.23] And they said to Mishbak, the essential root of the tree is that your kingdom exists for you, because you know that the rulers are heaven.
[DAN.4.24] Therefore, may your king, my messenger, improve things for you, and may your sins be released through justice, and may your transgressions be answered with mercy. Indeed, length will be for your peace.
[DAN.4.25] All the word is upon King Nebuchadnezzar.
[DAN.4.26] For a portion of months, twelve, walking was upon the palace of the kingdom of Babylon.
[DAN.4.27] I, the king, said, "Is this not the great Babylon which I built for the house of the kingdom with the strength and glory of my majesty?"
[DAN.4.28] Still a word from the mouth of the king, a voice from heaven fell to you, saying, Nebuchadnezzar the king, your kingdom is removed from you.
[DAN.4.29] And from people you will be driven, and with wild animals will be your dwelling. Grass like cattle you will eat, and seven times will pass over you, until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of people, and to whomever he chooses he will give it.
[DAN.4.30] At that time, the matter came upon Nebuchadnezzar, and he was troubled from people and he ate grass like oxen, and with the dew of the heavens he became drenched, until his hair grew long like eagles’ and his nails like birds’ claws.
[DAN.4.31] For the length of my days, I, Nebuchadnezzar, my eyes were lifted to the heavens, and my understanding returned to me, and blessings to the Most High, and praises to the Living of the World, and the glory of his reign is an eternal reign, and his kingdom is with generation and generation.
[DAN.4.32] And all the inhabitants of the earth are considered valuable, and like a command, they work with the force of the heavens and the inhabitants of the earth. And there is no one who can wipe it away with a hand and say to it, “What have you done?”
[DAN.4.33] In that time, understanding will return to me, and with it, the glory of my kingdom, its splendor, and its magnificence will return to me. And divine words will be given to me, and my chief counselors will seek me out. And the establishment of my kingdom will occur, and more abundance than before will be added to me.
[DAN.4.34] Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of Heaven, whose servants are strong and whose ways are just, and He is able to humble those who walk in pride.
DAN.5
[DAN.5.1] Belshatzar the king made a great feast for his nobles, a thousand strong, and drank wine before the thousand.
[DAN.5.2] Belshazzar said, "While tasting the wine, let us bring the vessels of gold and silver that Nebuchadnezzar, his father, took from the temple in Jerusalem, and let the king and his nobles and his concubines drink from them."
[DAN.5.3] At that time, there were manners of gold that came out from the temple of the house of God of Jerusalem, and the king and his nobles used them for their banquets and celebrations.
[DAN.5.4] The people offered wine and praised the Gods of gold and silver, of bronze, iron, wood and stone.
[DAN.5.5] In that hour, fingers of a man’s hand appeared and it wrote facing the plaster on the plaster of the wall of the palace of the king, and the king saw the writing of the writing.
[DAN.5.6] Forever, the King, his splendor, his second, and his companions will fear. And the fruits of the date palm are spread out, and his chariots, each to each, are aligned.
[DAN.5.7] The king commanded with force to bring the magicians, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. The king answered and said to the wise men of Babylon: "Whoever can read the writing and explain to me its interpretation, purple garments will he wear and a gold chain will be around his neck, and he will rule third in the kingdom."
[DAN.5.8] Decrees have come up to all the wise men of the king, and they could not read the writing or know its interpretation for the king.
[DAN.5.9] Now King Belshazzar became very pale, and his splendor changed upon him, and his nobles were terrified.
[DAN.5.10] The queen received the words of the king and his governors to the house of drinking. I, the king, consulted, and the king said for all time, "Life! Do not fear your thoughts, and your appearance do not change."
[DAN.5.11] Itai is a man in your kingdom who possesses the spirit of the Gods, holy within him. And in the days of your father, he shone and was understood, and wisdom like the wisdom of the Gods was found in him. And your father, King Nebuchadnezzar, had many scribes, astrologers, and Chaldeans who issued decrees; your father, the king, established the kingdom.
[DAN.5.12] All that concerns the spirit of abundance and understanding and knowledge, he has made known to me the interpretations of dreams, visions, and mysteries. This was found in Daniel, the king who put his name as Belteshazzar. Now Daniel will be called, and he will reveal the interpretation.
[DAN.5.13] Then Daniel stood before the king. The king responded and said to Daniel, "Are you Daniel, one of the children of the exile of Judah, whom my father, the king, was from, from Judah?"
[DAN.5.14] And you will listen to the voice that comes to you from the spirit of the Gods within you, and it will shine, and you will understand it, and surpassing wisdom has been found in you.
[DAN.5.15] And now, my wise ones and my seers have come forward, concerning that which was written, they read it, and its interpretation to make known to me. And they cannot reveal the interpretation of the word to make known.
[DAN.5.16] And hear to you that you are able to provide interpretation for interpretation and writing for reading. Now, this you are able to write for reading, and its interpretation to make known to me. Purple you will wear, and the ornament of gold upon your neck, and three you will rule in the kingdom.
[DAN.5.17] Then Daniel answered and said before the king, "May your gift be for yourself, and may you give your kingdoms to others. However, the writing was read to the king, and the interpretation I will make known."
[DAN.5.18] You, king, the Gods on high have given to Nebuchadnezzar your father, a kingdom, dominion, glory, and majesty.
[DAN.5.19] From the abundance that He gave to him, all peoples, nations, and languages were crying and trembling before His presence, for the army of Yahveh was killing, and the army of Yahveh was smiting, and the army of Yahveh was raising up, and the army of Yahveh was bringing low.
[DAN.5.20] And his heart was lifted up, and his spirit became strong, for a decree of his removal. He was removed from the throne of his kingdom, and his glory was transferred from him.
[DAN.5.21] And from the sons of mankind was a man who associated with beasts, and his heart was with animals. He dwelt with those who roamed the fields, and he ate grass like cattle. And from the dew of the heavens, rain nourished him, until he knew that the supreme God ruled over the kingdom of mankind, and until he obeys, God will establish authority over him.
[DAN.5.22] And you, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, because you have known that all dominion belongs to the Gods.
[DAN.5.23] And above the sight of the heavens you have been exalted, and to the powers of the house of them, they were before you, and you and your masters, you have cast your lot and to your favor, strong drink you have poured for them, and to the gods of silver and gold, copper and iron, stone which do not see and do not hear and do not know, you have praised, and to the gods of your life that are in their hand and all your ways are for them, you have not returned.
[DAN.5.24] In that time, before him, a messenger bore a decree of authority, and this writing was inscribed.
[DAN.5.25] And the weighing, the writing that was writings, mena, mena, tekel, and divided.
[DAN.5.26] Judgment is the interpretation of the word, it comes from God, your kingdom, and complete it.
[DAN.5.27] It is complete, its completeness in the balances, and was found lacking.
[DAN.5.28] Spread, the spreading of your kingdom, and it will be given to Media and Persia.
[DAN.5.29] At that time, Belshazzar said, "They shall clothe Daniel in purple, and place a necklace of gold upon his neck, and they shall proclaim about him that he should be third in the kingdom."
[DAN.5.30] In it, in the night, Yahveh killed Belshazzar, the king of the Babylonians.
DAN.6
[DAN.6.1] And Darius the Mede received the kingship, in the year sixty-two.
[DAN.6.2] A document was issued before Darius, and he established over the kingdom one hundred and twenty satraps, which should be in all the kingdom.
[DAN.6.3] And Gods from among them, three chiefs, of whom Daniel was one, those who were chief of the magicians, these gave to them understanding, and the king will not be harmed.
[DAN.6.4] My Lord Daniel judged, and he was contending with Sarchaya and Achashdarpanaya, because a superior spirit was in him, and the king did establish him over all the kingdom.
[DAN.6.5] Now the satraps sought a fault in Daniel from the side of the kingdom, and Achashdarpenayya and the other officials desired to find a reason to condemn Daniel. But no fault or corruption could be found in him, for he was trustworthy, and no error or corruption was discovered concerning him.
[DAN.6.6] Now these powerful men were saying that it was not found with Daniel, this was revealed to him above all of them by the command of their God.
[DAN.6.7] These satraps and Akhashtarf’naya felt about the king, and thus they said to him, “Darius, king, live forever.”
[DAN.6.8] Then all the rulers, governors, satraps, officials, and prefects gathered and said to the king, "Let a decree be made that for thirty days anyone who makes a petition to any god or man shall be thrown into the lions’ den."
[DAN.6.9] Now, the king, establish a decree and have a writing made that it not be changed, according to the law of the Medes and the Persians, that it not be altered.
[DAN.6.10] All that is received, that which King Darius wrote, a decree, and he sealed it.
[DAN.6.11] And Daniel, because he knew of writings about his house, and opened windows toward Jerusalem, and three times in the day he blessed upon his blessing and prayed and gave thanks before the God, all concerning what had been done from before his ancestors.
[DAN.6.12] At that time, the mighty men felt and forgot, and Daniel requested and pleaded before the God.
[DAN.6.13] Then come close and say before the king concerning the decree of the king: Is it not a decree that anyone who makes a request of any god other than the king for thirty days shall be thrown to the lions? The king answered and said: The matter is established according to the law of Media and Persia which cannot be altered.
[DAN.6.14] Then they answered and said before the king, that Daniel, who is from the exiles of Judah, does not give you, O king, any reason for complaint, nor does he break the decree that you established. They requested three days to consider his request.
[DAN.6.15] My Lord, the king, as the matter was heard, exalted him in fire, and upon Daniel he put worthlessness for their destruction. And even to the height of the sun he was striving for their deliverance.
[DAN.6.16] At that time, the mighty ones felt this about the king, and they said to the king, “Know, O king, that the law of Media and Persia is that every decree and establishment that the king establishes cannot be changed.”
[DAN.6.17] At that time the king said, "I make a decree that Daniel may be thrown into the pit of the lions." Then the king answered and said to Daniel, "Your God that you serve regularly, he will deliver you."
[DAN.6.18] And you will be a sharp stone, and it will be placed upon the mouth of a pit, and the king will seal it with his ring, and with the ring of the nobles, that the decree shall not be changed by Daniel.
[DAN.6.19] Then the king went to his palace, and a good garment was not put upon him, and his appearance was not pleasing before him, and his years were not pleasing upon him.
[DAN.6.20] In the time of the king, with commands, he will rise in brightness, and in haste he went to the pit of lions.
[DAN.6.21] As he drew near to the pit, the king answered to Daniel in a sorrowful voice, "Daniel, servant of the living God, was your God, whom you serve continually, able to deliver you from the lions?"
[DAN.6.22] Indeed, Daniel, the king spoke with you concerning eternal life.
[DAN.6.23] The Gods sent a messenger and shut the mouth of the lion, and no harm came to me at all, because righteousness was found before them. And also, the king did not bind me.
[DAN.6.24] At that time, the king, exalted and good, said to Daniel, "Throw him into the pit!" And Daniel was lifted from the pit, and no rope was found on him, because he believed in the Gods.
[DAN.6.25] And the king said, "Let these men who ate the portion of Daniel be thrown to the pit of the lions!" They, their sons, and their wives did not die in the land of the pit until the lions ruled over them, and all their possessions were crushed.
[DAN.6.26] In that time, Darius the king wrote to all peoples and nations, and to their languages, those who dwell in all the land: may your peace increase.
[DAN.6.27] From my presence let a standard be set, that in all my dominion and kingdom everyone who speaks against the God of Daniel will be terrified and cast out. Because He is the living God, and He endures forever, and His kingdom will not be destroyed, and His dominion has no end.
[DAN.6.28] The one who delivers and saves, and who did a deed for Daniel, and you will marvel in the heavens and on the earth, because the one who delivers delivered Daniel from the hand of the lions.
[DAN.6.29] And Daniel prospered in the kingdom of Darius and in the kingdom of Cyrus of Persia.
DAN.7
[DAN.7.1] In the first year of Belshazzar, king of Babel, Daniel had a dream and visions entered his head while he was lying on his bed. At that time, Daniel wrote down the essence of the words, he said.
[DAN.7.2] Daniel answered and said, "Behold, I saw in a vision with the night, and behold, four spirits of the heavens were emerging to the great sea."
[DAN.7.3] And four living creatures, great, ascended from the sea, each different from each.
[DAN.7.4] From the east, it was like a lion, and it had wings of an eagle to it. I saw until its wings were plucked, and it was lifted from the earth and stood upon its feet like a human, and a human heart was given to it.
[DAN.7.5] And I beheld another beast, resembling a bear, and to a leopard it stood. And it had three things in its mouth between its teeth, and they said to it, "Arise and eat much flesh."
[DAN.7.6] In the fourth year, this was, and I saw after a leopard, and to it were bodies of four birds upon its back. And four heads to the living creature, and Yahveh gives to it power.
[DAN.7.7] After these things, I saw in visions of the night, and behold, a fourth beast, fearsome and terrifying and very strong, with iron teeth that devoured and crushed, and its feet trampled everything. And it was different from all the other animals that had been before it, and it had ten horns.
[DAN.7.8] I was observing, and behold, a later, smaller horn ascended between them. And three of the former horns were uprooted from before it. And behold, this horn had eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking great things.
[DAN.7.9] Behold, I was seeing until thrones were cast, and the ancient of days was sitting. His clothing was like snow, white, and the hair of his head was like clean wool. The throne of him had flames of light, and its wheels were burning light.
[DAN.7.10] A river of light goes forth and issues from before the Gods. Thousands of thousands serve it, and myriads upon myriads stand before it. Judgment will sit, and books will be opened.
[DAN.7.11] I saw formerly from a sound of great abundance which a horn proclaims. I saw until the killing of the animal and its body was destroyed, and it gave a flame of fire.
[DAN.7.12] And the remaining animals ruled, and their lives were lengthened to a time and an age.
[DAN.7.13] Behold, I was seeing in visions of the night, and I saw with clouds of the heavens. Like a son of man he was, and ancient of days was his throne, and they drew near to him.
[DAN.7.14] And to him he gives dominion, and glory, and kingship, and all peoples, nations, and languages will worship him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which will not pass away, and his kingship, which will not be overthrown.
[DAN.7.15] My exhaustion of spirit, I, Daniel, was astonished in a vision, and the visions of my head terrified me.
[DAN.7.16] Closeness approached to one of the ancient ones, and a foundation was established from him upon all the land. And he said to me, "He will reveal the meaning of the words to me."
[DAN.7.17] These beasts are great that are four. Four kings will arise from the earth.
[DAN.7.18] And they will receive the kingdom of the holy superiors, and they will improve the kingdom until the world, and until worlds of worlds.
[DAN.7.19] And then, a setting for the army against the beast, the fourth, which was second from all of them. It inspired greater fear, its teeth of iron and its claws of a serpent. It ate fine flour and the remainder it crushed with its feet.
[DAN.7.20] And on its horns were ten, which were on its head, and another which ascended, and three fell before it. And the horn which remained and eyes to it, and a mouth speaking noisy things, and its appearance was great from its companions.
[DAN.7.21] Behold, I was seeing and a horn of it made battle with the holy ones, and it was able against them.
[DAN.7.22] Until the time, the Ancient of Days gives judgment to the holy ones of the Most High, and the time comes, and the kingdom is given to the holy ones.
[DAN.7.23] Thus says the living creature of the fourth kind: A kingdom of the fourth will be in the land that hates from all kingdoms, and it will eat all the land, and it will crush it, and it will break it.
[DAN.7.24] And projections of ten from her kingdom, ten kings will arise, and another will arise after them, and he will hate the former ones, and three kings he will humble.
[DAN.7.25] And words against the highest he will speak, and to the holy of the highest he will wear away. And he will consider times and law for a second time, and it will be given into his hand until a time, times, and half a time.
[DAN.7.26] And judgement will be established, and its rule will be a delight for destruction and for dismay until the end.
[DAN.7.27] And the dominion and power and greatness of the kingdom which is under all the heavens He has given to the holy people of the Most High. His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominion is His, and they shall worship and obey Him.
[DAN.7.28] Until now, the end of the matter is this: I, Daniel, am strong, and my visions terrify me, and my splendor changes upon me, and the matter remains in my heart.
DAN.8
[DAN.8.1] In the year three of the rule of Belshatzar the king, a vision was seen to me, I, Daniel, after the vision seen to me at the beginning.
[DAN.8.2] I saw in a vision, and it happened as I was seeing, and I was in Shushan the capital which is in Elam the land. I saw in a vision, and I was upon Ubal, perhaps.
[DAN.8.3] I lifted my eyes and I saw, and behold, one ram standing before the thicket, and he had horns, and the horns were high, and one horn was higher than the other, and the higher one rose last.
[DAN.8.4] I saw the ram butting southward and northward and toward the west, and no living creatures could stand before it, and there is no rescuer from its hand, and it did as it pleased and became great.
[DAN.8.5] And I was understanding, and behold, a he-goat of the goats comes from the west over the face of all the land, and there is not touching of the land. And the he-goat has a horn seen between his eyes.
[DAN.8.6] And he came until the ram, the lord of the horns, which I saw standing before the mound. And he ran towards him with the strength of his power.
[DAN.8.7] And I saw it arriving near the ram, and the ram became distressed toward it, and it struck the ram and broke both of its horns. And there was no strength in the ram to stand before it, and it threw it to the ground and trampled it, and there was no rescuer for the ram from its hand.
[DAN.8.8] And the male goat grew very great. And like its strength, the large horn was broken, and four horns arose in its place, toward the four winds of the heavens.
[DAN.8.9] And from one of them came forth a horn, one from the small one, and it grew exceedingly towards the south, and towards the east, and towards the splendid one.
[DAN.8.10] And it grew until the army of the heavens, and it cast down earth from the army and from the stars, and it trampled them.
[DAN.8.11] And until the commander of the army became great, and from him the continual lifting up, and a place of his holy place was cast down.
[DAN.8.12] And an army will be given authority over the continual sacrifice because of transgression, and truth will be cast down to the earth, and it will be done and succeed.
[DAN.8.13] And I heard one holy one speaking, and he said to one holy one who is speaking, "Until when concerning the continuous vision, and the desolation caused by transgression? It will cause holiness and an army to be trampled."
[DAN.8.14] And God said to me, until evening and morning are two thousand and three hundred, and holiness will be declared righteous.
[DAN.8.15] And it came to pass, in creating me, Daniel, the vision, and I sought understanding, and behold, one was standing before me, as the appearance of a man.
[DAN.8.16] And I heard a voice of a man between the willows, and he called and said, "Gabriel, the son of the vision, explain the vision."
[DAN.8.17] And he came near to Amdee, and upon his coming I was terrified, and I fell upon my face. And he said to me, "The son of man, for at the time of the end of the vision."
[DAN.8.18] And while speaking with me, I fell upon my face to the earth. And someone touched me and set me upright on my feet.
[DAN.8.19] And he said, "Behold, I will declare to you that will be in the end of the wrath, for to an appointed time of the end."
[DAN.8.20] The ram that you saw, lord of horns, is the kings of Media and of Persia.
[DAN.8.21] And the goat, the hairy one, is the king of Greece, and the great horn that is between its eyes is the first king.
[DAN.8.22] And the broken one, and it stood, four under it, four kingdoms from a nation will stand, and not by its power.
[DAN.8.23] And in the end of their kingdom, as those who act transgressively, a king bold of face and understanding riddles will stand.
[DAN.8.24] And the Gods strengthened their power, and not by their strength, and destroyed marvels, and succeeded and did, and destroyed mighty ones and holy people.
[DAN.8.25] And upon his intelligence, and he succeeds with deceit in his hand, and in his heart he will grow, and in peace he will corrupt many. And upon the ruler of rulers he will stand, and with no strength in his hand he will be broken.
[DAN.8.26] And the appearance of the evening and the morning, that was said is truth, and you, seal the vision for many days.
[DAN.8.27] And I, Daniel, was weak and became sick for days, and I arose and did the work of the king, and I was dismayed over the vision, and no one understood.
DAN.9
[DAN.9.1] In the first year of Darius, son of Ahasuerus, from the seed of Media, who reigned over the kingdom of the Chaldeans.
[DAN.9.2] In the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the books the number of years that was the word of Yahveh to Jeremiah the prophet, to fulfill the devastation of Jerusalem: seventy years.
[DAN.9.3] And I turned my face to my Lord the Gods to seek prayer and supplications with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.
[DAN.9.4] And I prayed to Yahveh, my God, and I confessed, and I said, “Please, my Lord, the God, the great and the awesome one, the keeper of the covenant and the kindness to those who love him and to those who keep his commandments.”
[DAN.9.5] We have sinned and done perversely, and acted wickedly and rebelled, and turned aside from your commands and from your judgements.
[DAN.9.6] And we did not listen to your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name, to our kings, our leaders, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.
[DAN.9.7] Righteousness belongs to my Lord, and shame to us, on this day, to the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, those nearby and those far away, in all the lands where you have dispersed them, because of their transgression and because they have transgressed against you.
[DAN.9.8] Yahveh is to us a shame of the face to our kings, to our leaders, and to our ancestors, because we have sinned to you.
[DAN.9.9] To my Lord, the Gods of us, the mercies and the pardons, because we rebelled in Him.
[DAN.9.10] And we did not listen to the voice of Yahveh, the Gods of our people, to walk in the laws that He gave before us by the hand of His servants, the prophets.
[DAN.9.11] And all Israel has crossed over Your covenant and turned away from hearing Your voice. Therefore, the curse and the oath which are written in the law of Moses, the servant of the Gods, have fallen upon us, for we have sinned against Him.
[DAN.9.12] And the Gods established his words that he spoke upon us, and concerning our judges who judged us, to bring great evil upon us – evil that had not been done under all the heavens as it was done in Jerusalem.
[DAN.9.13] As it is written in the law of Moses, all of this evil has come upon us, and we have not sought the face of Yahveh the Gods to turn from our iniquity and to gain understanding of your truth.
[DAN.9.14] Yahveh diligently focused on evil and brought it upon us, for Yahveh, our God, is righteous in all the deeds that He has done, and we did not listen to His voice.
[DAN.9.15] And now, my Lord, the Gods who brought out your people from the land of Egypt with a strong hand, and you made for yourself a name as this day, we have sinned, we have acted wickedly.
[DAN.9.16] My Lord, according to all your righteousness, please turn away your anger and your wrath from your city Jerusalem, the holy mountain, because of our sins and the transgressions of our ancestors, Jerusalem and your people are a reproach to all who surround us.
[DAN.9.17] And now, hear, our Gods, to the prayer of your servant and to his supplications, and let shine your face upon your temple, the desolate, for the sake of my Lord.
[DAN.9.18] Incline, my Gods, your ear and hear, open your eyes and see our desolations, and the city that is called by your name. For not upon our righteousnesses do we cause our supplications to fall before you, but upon your abundant mercies.
[DAN.9.19] My Lord, hear. My Lord, forgive. My Lord, listen and do. Do not delay, for your sake, my Gods, because your name is called on your city and on your people.
[DAN.9.20] And still I was speaking and praying and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and I was casting my supplication before Yahveh, my God, upon the holy mountain, my God.
[DAN.9.21] And still I was speaking in prayer, and the man Gavriel, who I saw in a vision at the beginning, was flying in flying, touching me like the time of the evening offering.
[DAN.9.22] He built and spoke with me, and he said, "Daniel, now I have come to give you understanding."
[DAN.9.23] At the beginning of your supplications, a word went forth, and I have come to declare that you are desired. Understand in the word and perceive in the vision.
[DAN.9.24] Seventy weeks are decreed concerning your people and concerning your holy city, to finish the transgression, to seal sins, to atone for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness. To seal vision and prophet, and to anoint the most holy place.
[DAN.9.25] And you will know and understand from the origin of the matter, to return and to build Jerusalem until the Messiah, the leader. Seventy weeks and sixty-two weeks will pass, and it will return and be built, a street and a wall, in the stress of the times.
[DAN.9.26] And after the weeks, sixty-two, the Messiah will be cut off and have nothing, and the city and the sanctuary will be destroyed by the people of the coming leader. And its end will be by a flood, and until the end of war, desolations are determined.
[DAN.9.27] And the Gods will strengthen a covenant with many, one week and half a week will cause the stopping of sacrifice and offering, and upon the wing of abominations desolation will be, and until completion, and what has been determined will be poured out upon desolation.
DAN.10
[DAN.10.1] In the third year of Cyrus, King of Persia, a matter was revealed to Daniel, who was called Beltshazzar. The matter was truth, and involved a great army, and Daniel understood the matter and insight was with him in the vision.
[DAN.10.2] In those days, I, Daniel, was mourning for three weeks of days.
[DAN.10.3] I have not eaten pleasant bread, and meat and wine have not come into my mouth, and I have not anointed myself with perfume until the fulfillment of three weeks of days.
[DAN.10.4] And on the twenty-fourth day of the first month, I was by the side of the great river, it is Chidekel.
[DAN.10.5] And I lifted my eyes and I saw, and behold, one man clothed with fine linen, and his waist was girded with a sash of gold.
[DAN.10.6] His body was like cedar wood, and his face was like the appearance of lightning, and his eyes were like torches of fire, and his arms and his legs were like polished bronze. And the sound of his words was like the sound of a multitude.
[DAN.10.7] And I, Daniel, alone saw the vision, and the people who were with me did not see the vision. But a great dread fell upon them, and they fled and hid.
[DAN.10.8] And I remained alone, and I saw this great vision, and no strength remained in me, and my glory was turned upon me to destruction, and I did not restrain strength.
[DAN.10.9] And I heard the sound of his words, and as I heard the sound of his words, I was asleep with my face to the ground and my face to the ground.
[DAN.10.10] And behold, a hand touched me, and it made me tremble upon my knees, and the palms of my hands.
[DAN.10.11] And Daniel, a man of desires, said to me, concerning the words that I speak to you, stand in your place, for now I have sent to you. And in his speaking with me about this matter, I stood trembling.
[DAN.10.12] And He said to me, "Do not fear, Daniel, for from the first day that you gave your heart to understand and to afflict yourself before your Gods, your words were heard, and I have come with your words."
[DAN.10.13] And a ruler of the kingdom of Persia stood against me for twenty-one days, and behold, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me. And I remained there with the kings of Persia.
[DAN.10.14] And I have come to make you understand that which will happen to your people in the end of the days, for still a vision is to the days.
[DAN.10.15] And in speaking with me, like these words, I gave my face to the ground and I was silent.
[DAN.10.16] And behold, a likeness of humanity touched my lips, and I opened my mouth and spoke, and I said to the one standing before me, "my Lord, in the vision my joints turned upon me, and I did not restrain strength."
[DAN.10.17] And how is it possible for a servant of my Lord to speak with my Lord? And from now on, I have no strength within me, and no breath remains within me.
[DAN.10.18] And he added and touched at me as the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me.
[DAN.10.19] And He said, "Do not fear, valued one. Peace be to you. Be strong, be strong. As He spoke with me, I strengthened myself, and I said, "My Lord, for You have strengthened me."
[DAN.10.20] And he said, "Do you know why I have come to you? Now I will return to fight with the prince of Persia. And I go forth, and behold, the prince of Javan comes."
[DAN.10.21] But I will tell you the inscription in true writing, and there is not one who strengthens with me concerning these things, except Michael, your prince.
DAN.11
[DAN.11.1] And I, in the year one to Darius the Mede, stood to strengthen and to be a fortress to him.
[DAN.11.2] And now, I will tell you the truth. Behold, still three kings are standing concerning Persia, and the fourth will become richer than all. And with his strength in his wealth, he will stir up everything concerning the kingdom of Greece.
[DAN.11.3] And a strong king will arise and rule a great governance, and he will do as he desires.
[DAN.11.4] When it stands, its kingdom will be broken and scattered to the four winds of the heavens, and not to its end, and not like the rule that it ruled, because its kingdom will be shattered, and to others besides these.
[DAN.11.5] And the king of the Negev and from his rulers will become strong, and will become strong upon him and will exert governance, a great governance from his governance.
[DAN.11.6] And after years they will be allied, and a daughter of the king of the South will come to the king of the North to establish righteousness. And the strength of the arm will not restrain, and it will not stand firm. She, and those who bring her, and her offspring, and those who support her will be given at the appointed times.
[DAN.11.7] And a shoot will stand from the root of its stock like a reed, and it will come to the army and it will come to the fortress of the king of the north and it will act against them and it will make them strong.
[DAN.11.8] And also their Gods, with their princes, with their desirable vessels, silver and gold, will bring by captivity to Egypt. And he will stand for years from the king of the north.
[DAN.11.9] And he came into the kingdom of the king of the south and he returned to his land.
[DAN.11.10] And in it they will be stirred up, and they will gather a multitude of many soldiers. And in it, come, and it will flood and pass over, and it will return and they will contend until its stronghold.
[DAN.11.11] And the king of the South became bitter, and he went out and fought with him, with the king of the North, and he established a great multitude, and the multitude was given into his hand.
[DAN.11.12] And the multitude will be lifted up in heart, and will cause thousands to fall, and will not be strengthened.
[DAN.11.13] And the king of the north will return and establish a great multitude greater than the first, and at the end of the times of years he will come, coming with a great force and with great wealth.
[DAN.11.14] And in those times many will stand against the king of the Negev, and the sons of the powerful people of your people will strive to establish a vision, and they will fail.
[DAN.11.15] And a king from the north will come and pour out a ramp, and he will capture a city of fortresses. And the armies of the south will not stand, and his chosen people, and there is no strength to resist.
[DAN.11.16] And the coming one will do as the Gods will, and there is no one standing before him. And he will stand in the land of the gazelle, and all will be finished by his hand.
[DAN.11.17] And he will set his intention to act with the strength of all his kingdom, and the upright will be with him, and he will do it. And he will give the wife to him for destruction, and she will not remain, and not for him will she be.
[DAN.11.18] And he will establish his face towards islands and capture many, and he will cause the officer’s disgrace to rest with him, without his disgrace he will return to him.
[DAN.11.19] And he will set his face toward the strongholds of his land, and he will stumble and fall, and will not be found.
[DAN.11.20] And it will stand against its dominion, overcoming the brightness of the kingdom. And in few days it will be broken, and not in anger, and not in war.
[DAN.11.21] And he will stand upon his wing in disgrace, and they did not give him royal honor. And he came in peace, and he strengthened the kingdom in smoothness.
[DAN.11.22] The arms of the flood will be flooded before Him and they will be broken, and also a leader of the covenant.
[DAN.11.23] And from the joining with God, he will make deceit, and rise and become strong with a small nation.
[DAN.11.24] He will come in peace and in the wealth of nations, and he will do what his fathers and the fathers of his fathers did not do, plundering and spoiling and carrying off possessions to his people. He will devise his thoughts upon the fortresses, until the appointed time.
[DAN.11.25] And his strength and heart will be kindled against the king of the Negev with a great force, and the king of the Negev will challenge to war with a great and mighty force exceedingly. And he will not stand, for they will devise plans against him.
[DAN.11.26] And those who eat the bread of betrayal will shatter it, and its strength will be washed away, and many fallen ones will fall.
[DAN.11.27] The hearts of the two kings are inclined to evil, and they will speak falsehoods at one table, but it will not succeed, because the end of the appointed time is not yet here.
[DAN.11.28] And he will return to his land with great wealth, and his heart will be upon a sacred covenant, and he will do and return to his land.
[DAN.11.29] At the appointed time, it will return and come to the South, and it will not be as the first time nor as the last time.
[DAN.11.30] They will come into it, Citiumites and Nitahites, and it will be profaned. Then Yahveh will return and become angry at the one who breaks the sacred covenant, and will act. Then Yahveh will return and understand concerning those who abandon the sacred covenant.
[DAN.11.31] Foreigners from him will stand, and they will profane the temple, the fortress, and they will remove the continual sacrifice, and they will put the abomination, making it desolate.
[DAN.11.32] And those who cause covenants to be broken will show favor in portions, and the people who know my Gods will strengthen and they will do.
[DAN.11.33] And the skillful of the people will cause many to understand, and they will stumble with the sword and with the flame, in captivity and with plunder, for days.
[DAN.11.34] And when they stumble, a little help will assist them, and many will accompany them in the slippery places.
[DAN.11.35] And even from the wise ones, they will stumble to refine in them, and to clarify and to whiten until the time of the end, for it still has an appointed time.
[DAN.11.36] And he will do according to his will, the king, and he will be exalted and grow great above all Gods, and against the God of gods he will speak wonders, and he will succeed until the completion of wrath, because what has been decreed will be done.
[DAN.11.37] And concerning the gods of his ancestors, he will not understand, and concerning the desires of women, and concerning every god, he will not understand, for over all he will grow great.
[DAN.11.38] And to the Gods of fortresses, honor will be given on their wings, and to the God who was not known to his ancestors, honor will be given with gold and with silver and with precious stone and with treasures.
[DAN.11.39] And he made fortifications and strongholds with a god who is foreign, the one he knew would increase honor, and he will make them rule over many, and he will divide the land for a price.
[DAN.11.40] And in the time of the end, there will be a collision with him, the king of the south, and the king of the north will rage against him with chariots and horsemen and many ships, and he will come into the lands and flood them and pass through.
[DAN.11.41] And he will come into the land of the gazelle, and many will stumble. But these will escape from his hand: Edom and Moab, and the beginning of the children of Ammon.
[DAN.11.42] And He will extend His hand over the lands, and the land of Egypt will not be for an escape.
[DAN.11.43] And he ruled over the treasures of the gold and the silver, and over all the desirable possessions of Egypt, and Lubim, and Cush, by his power.
[DAN.11.44] And news of him will cause terror from the east and from the north, and he will emerge in great wrath to destroy and to devote many to destruction.
[DAN.11.45] And he will plant the tents of Afadno between the seas and Mount Holy-Tzvi, and he will go to its end, and there is no helper for him.
DAN.12
[DAN.12.1] And in that time, Michael the great prince who stands over the children of your people will stand. And it will be a time of distress that has not been from the being of a nation until that time. And in that time, your people will be delivered, all those found written in the book.
[DAN.12.2] And many of those who sleep in the earth of dust will awake. These will be for life of the world, and these for disgrace to contempt of the world.
[DAN.12.3] And the insightful will shine like the brilliance of the heavens, and those who justify many will be like the stars forever and ever.
[DAN.12.4] And you, Daniel, seal up the words and close the book until the time of the end. Many will hurry to and fro, and the knowledge will increase.
[DAN.12.5] And I, Daniel, saw, and behold, two others were standing, one there to the bank of the river, and one there to the bank of the river.
[DAN.12.6] And he said to the man clothed in linen who is above the waters of the river, "Until when is the end of the wonders?"
[DAN.12.7] And I heard the man clothed in linen who was above the waters of the river, and he raised his right hand and his left hand to the heavens, and he swore by the life of the world that it would be for a time, times, and half a time, and when the scattering of the hand of the holy people is finished, all these things will be completed.
[DAN.12.8] And I heard, and did not understand, and I said, "my Lord, what is the outcome of these things?"
[DAN.12.9] And He said, "Go Daniel, for the words are sealed and locked until the time of the end."
[DAN.12.10] Many will be purified and refined, and tested. The wicked will continue to sin, and all the wicked will not understand, but those with understanding will understand.
[DAN.12.11] And from the time that the continual sacrifice is removed, and that an abomination causing desolation is placed, there will be one thousand two hundred and ninety days.
[DAN.12.12] Blessed is the one who waits and toils for one thousand three hundred thirty and five days.
[DAN.12.13] And you, go to the end, and you will rest, and you will stand to your allotted portion to the end of the days.
EZR
EZR.1 • EZR.2 • EZR.3 • EZR.4 • EZR.5 • EZR.6 • EZR.7 • EZR.8 • EZR.9 • EZR.10
EZR.1
[EZR.1.1] And in the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, to fulfill the word of Yahveh from the mouth of Jeremiah, Yahveh stirred the spirit of Cyrus, king of Persia, and he caused a voice to pass throughout all his kingdom, and also in writing, saying:
[EZR.1.2] Thus says Cyrus, king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth, Yahveh, the Gods of the heavens, has given to me, and He has commanded me to build for Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
[EZR.1.3] Who among you will have their God with them, and will go up to Jerusalem which is in Judah, and will build the house of Yahveh, the God of Israel? He is the Gods who is in Jerusalem.
[EZR.1.4] And all that remains from all the places where he lived, the people of those places will carry it back, with silver and with gold and with property and with livestock, along with the voluntary offering, to the house of the Gods which is in Jerusalem.
[EZR.1.5] And the heads of the fathers rose up, concerning Judah and Benjamin, and the priests and the Levites, to encourage all the people of the Gods to go up to build the house of Yahveh, which is in Jerusalem.
[EZR.1.6] And all around them they strengthened themselves with their hands, with vessels of silver and gold, with property and livestock and valuables, besides all that they volunteered.
[EZR.1.7] And the king, Cyrus, brought out the vessels of the house of Yahveh, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought out from Jerusalem, and he placed them in the house of the Gods.
[EZR.1.8] And Cyrus, the king of Persia, brought them out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and he numbered them to Sheshbazzar the prince for Judah.
[EZR.1.9] And these are their number: thirty jars of gold, one thousand jars of silver, twenty-nine changes.
[EZR.1.10] Thirty gold weights, two silver weights, four hundred and ten vessels, and a thousand other items.
[EZR.1.11] All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hundred. All of these Sheshbatzar brought up with those who came up from Babylon to Jerusalem.
EZR.2
[EZR.2.1] And these are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exile, whom Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, had exiled to Babylon, and they returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each man to his city.
[EZR.2.2] Those who came with Zerubbabel are Yeshua, Nehemyah, Serayah, Re'elayah, Mardokai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Ba'anah, the number of the men of the people Israel.
[EZR.2.3] The descendants of Perush were one thousand seven hundred and two.
[EZR.2.4] The sons of Shapatyah numbered three hundreds, seventy, and two.
[EZR.2.5] The descendants of Arach numbered seven hundred and seventy.
[EZR.2.6] The descendants of Pahath Moab who came to Joshua numbered two thousand eight hundred and twelve.
[EZR.2.7] The descendants of God were one thousand two hundred fifty and four.
[EZR.2.8] The descendants of Zattu numbered nine hundred and forty-five.
[EZR.2.9] The descendants of Zaki numbered seven hundred and sixty.
[EZR.2.10] The sons of my descendants are six hundred and forty two.
[EZR.2.11] The descendants of Bebai numbered six hundred and twenty-three.
[EZR.2.12] The descendants of Azgad numbered one thousand two hundred and twenty.
[EZR.2.13] The descendants of my Lord Adonikam were six hundred and sixty-six.
[EZR.2.14] The descendants of Bigvai are one thousand, fifty, and six.
[EZR.2.15] The descendants of Adin were four hundred and fifty four.
[EZR.2.16] The descendants of Ater, who were of Hizkiyah, numbered ninety and eight.
[EZR.2.17] The descendants of Betzai numbered three hundred and twenty-three.
[EZR.2.18] The descendants of Yorah numbered one hundred and twelve.
[EZR.2.19] The descendants of Hashum numbered two hundred and twenty-three.
[EZR.2.20] The sons of Gibar were ninety and five.
[EZR.2.21] The people of the house of bread numbered one hundred twenty-three.
[EZR.2.22] The men of Netofah numbered fifty-six.
[EZR.2.23] The people of Anatot numbered one hundred twenty-eight.
[EZR.2.24] The descendants of Azmavet numbered forty-two.
[EZR.2.25] The people of the town of the forests, Kefirah and the wells, were seven hundred and forty-three.
[EZR.2.26] The descendants of Ramah and Geba numbered six hundred and twenty-one.
[EZR.2.27] The men of Mikmas numbered one hundred and twenty-two.
[EZR.2.28] The men of the house of God and Ai numbered two hundred and thirty-three.
[EZR.2.29] The sons of Nebo are fifty and two.
[EZR.2.30] The descendants of Magbish were one hundred and fifty-six.
[EZR.2.31] The descendants of Elam, another thousand two hundred fifty and four.
[EZR.2.32] The sons of Charim were three hundred and twenty.
[EZR.2.33] The descendants of Lod numbered seven hundred and twenty-five.
[EZR.2.34] The people of Jericho numbered three hundred forty-five.
[EZR.2.35] The descendants of Senah numbered three thousand and six hundred and thirty.
[EZR.2.36] The priests, descendants of Jedayah, went to the house of Yeshua. There were nine hundred and seventy-three of them.
[EZR.2.37] The descendants of Imer numbered one thousand, fifty, and two.
[EZR.2.38] The descendants of Pashhur numbered one thousand two hundred forty-seven.
[EZR.2.39] The descendants of Harim numbered one thousand and seventeen.
[EZR.2.40] The Levites, sons of Yeshua and Qidmiel, were seventy and four to the sons of Hodaviah.
[EZR.2.41] The musicians, descendants of Asaf, were one hundred and twenty-eight.
[EZR.2.42] The descendants of the gatekeepers are the descendants of Shalom, the descendants of Ater, the descendants of Talmon, the descendants of Akkup, the descendants of Chatita, the descendants of Shobai. All totaled one hundred thirty-nine.
[EZR.2.43] The servants, descendants of Tsicha, descendants of Chasufa, descendants of Tabauot.
[EZR.2.44] The sons of Keros, the sons of Si’aha, the sons of Padon.
[EZR.2.45] The sons of Lebanah, the sons of Chagavah, the sons of Akuv.
[EZR.2.46] The sons of Hagab, the sons of Shamlab, the sons of Hanan.
[EZR.2.47] The sons of Gideil, the sons of Gachar, the sons of Re’ayah.
[EZR.2.48] The sons of Rezin, the sons of Neqoda, the sons of Gazzam.
[EZR.2.49] The descendants of Uzza, the descendants of Paseach, the descendants of Besai.
[EZR.2.50] The sons of Asnah, the sons of Me'yinim, the sons of Nepisim.
[EZR.2.51] The descendants of Bakbuk, the descendants of Chakupa, the descendants of Charhur.
[EZR.2.52] The descendants of Batselut, the descendants of Mechida, the descendants of Charsha.
[EZR.2.53] The children of Barkos, the children of Sisra, and the children of Tamach.
[EZR.2.54] The sons of Netziach, the sons of Chatifa.
[EZR.2.55] The descendants of the servants of Solomon are the descendants of Sotai, the descendants of the scribe, the descendants of Pruda.
[EZR.2.56] The descendants of Yaelah, the descendants of Darkon, the descendants of Gidel.
[EZR.2.57] The descendants of Shpatyah, the descendants of Chatil, the descendants of Pokheret of the gazelles, the descendants of Ami.
[EZR.2.58] All the officials and the sons of Solomon’s servants numbered three hundred ninety-two.
[EZR.2.59] And these are the ones who came from Tel Melach, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addan, and Immer. And they could not declare their fathers’ house and their descendants, if they were from Israel.
[EZR.2.60] The descendants of Delaia, the descendants of Toviya, the descendants of Nekoda, six hundred and fifty-two.
[EZR.2.61] And from the sons of the priests, the sons of Hobayah, the sons of Kots, the sons of Barzilai, who took a wife from the daughters of Barzilai the Gileadite, and they were called by his name.
[EZR.2.62] These sought their record of those claiming lineage, and they were not found, and they removed them from the priesthood.
[EZR.2.63] And the treasurer said to them that they should not eat from the holy of holies until a priest stands for the Urim and the Thummim.
[EZR.2.64] All of the assembly, as one, were four thousand, plus a thousand, three hundred, sixty.
[EZR.2.65] Besides their servants and their handmaids, these were seven thousand, three hundred, thirty and seven, and to them were singers, two hundred.
[EZR.2.66] Their horses were seven hundred and thirty-six, and their mules were two hundred and forty-five.
[EZR.2.67] Their camels numbered four hundred and thirty-five. Donkeys numbered six thousand seven hundred and twenty.
[EZR.2.68] And from the heads of the fathers, upon their coming to the house of Yahveh which is in Jerusalem, they volunteered to the house of the Gods to establish it in its place.
[EZR.2.69] They gave to the treasury for the work, according to their ability: gold darics, seven thousand; silver weights, five thousand; and priestly garments, one hundred.
[EZR.2.70] And the priests and the Levites and some from the people and the singers and the gatekeepers and the Nethinim settled in their cities. And all Israel settled in their cities.
EZR.3
[EZR.3.1] And the seventh month arrived, and the people of Israel were in the cities, and the people gathered as one to Jerusalem.
[EZR.3.2] And Yeshua son of Yotzadak rose up, and his priestly brothers, and Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and his brothers, and they built the altar of the Gods of Israel, to offer burnt offerings upon it, as it is written in the instruction of Moses, the man of the Gods.
[EZR.3.3] And they struck the altar upon its foundations, because of fear from the peoples of the lands. And they offered burnt offerings to Yahveh, burnt offerings in the morning and in the evening.
[EZR.3.4] And they made the feast of booths as it is written, and a burnt offering day by day, in number, according to the ordinance of the matter of day by its day.
[EZR.3.5] And after this, a continual burnt offering, and for the new moons, and for all the appointed times of the Gods the holy ones, and for everyone who volunteers a gift to Yahveh.
[EZR.3.6] On the first day of the seventh month, they began to offer burnt offerings to Yahveh, and the temple of Yahveh had not been founded.
[EZR.3.7] And they gave silver to the stonecutters and to the artisans, and food and drink and oil to the Sidonians and the Tyrians, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea at Jaffa, as a commission from Cyrus, King of Persia, upon them.
[EZR.3.8] And in the second year of their coming to the house of the Gods to Jerusalem, in the second month, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Yeshua son of Jozadak and the rest of their brothers, the priests and the Levites, and all who had come from the exile to Jerusalem, appointed the Levites from the age of twenty years and upwards to supervise the work on the house of Yahveh.
[EZR.3.9] And Yeshua stood with his descendants and his brothers, Kadmeil and his descendants, descendants of Judah, as one forever, over the one doing the work in the house of the Gods, descendants of Henadad, their descendants and their brothers, the Levites.
[EZR.3.10] And the builders established the temple of Yahveh, and the priests stood clothed with trumpets, and the Levites, sons of Asaph, with cymbals, to praise Yahveh by the hand of David, king of Israel.
[EZR.3.11] And they answered with praise and with thanksgiving to Yahveh, for He is good, for forever is His kindness upon Israel. And all the people shouted a great shout with praise to Yahveh upon the foundation of the house of Yahveh.
[EZR.3.12] And many of the priests and the Levites and heads of the families, the elders, who had seen the first temple in its foundation, this temple appeared in their eyes, weeping with a great voice, and many with shouting in joy to lift up a voice.
[EZR.3.13] And the people do not recognize the sound of a shout of joy, but instead the sound of weeping of the people, for the people are shouting a great shout and the sound is heard to a great distance.
EZR.4
[EZR.4.1] And the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the returnees from exile were building a temple for Yahveh, the God of Israel.
[EZR.4.2] And they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of the families, and said to them, “Let us build with you, for as you, we seek the Gods of you, and we have not sacrificed from the days of Esar-haddon, king of Assyria, who brought us here.”
[EZR.4.3] And Zerubbabel and Joshua and the other heads of families said to the people of Israel, "It is not for you alone, nor for us, to build a house for the Gods. For we will build together for Yahveh, the God of Israel, as King Cyrus, king of Persia, commanded us."
[EZR.4.4] And it happened that the people of the land were weakening the hands of the people of Judah, and frustrating them in building.
[EZR.4.5] And those who pay them attention are counselors to frustrate their counsel all the days of Cyrus king of Persia and until the kingdom of Darius king of Persia.
[EZR.4.6] And in the kingdom of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his kingdom, they wrote slander against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.
[EZR.4.7] And in the days of Artaxerxes, Rehum, Shimshai, and the rest of their associates wrote a letter to Artaxerxes, king of Persia. The letter and its translation were written in Aramaic.
[EZR.4.8] Rekhum and Shimshai Safra wrote a letter concerning Jerusalem to Artaxerxes, the king, as it was.
[EZR.4.9] Edayin is compassionate, possessing discernment and judgment. His servants write and proclaim, and all his intentions are righteous. His dominion is over the kingdoms of peoples, and he has appointed all the inhabitants of the earth. He is sovereign over the nations, and has elevated all of his people. He is the ruler of all, and has made Babylon and its people subject to him, and he is king over all of Elam.
[EZR.4.10] And the rest of the people that the great and noble Asnappar exiled, he settled them in the city of Samaria, and the rest beyond the river, and K’enet.
[EZR.4.11] D'nah discovered the letter that they sent upon him, upon Artaxerxes the king. Your servants, a man beyond the river, now.
[EZR.4.12] Know, to the king, that the Jews who came up from your land have come to Jerusalem and are building the rebellious city, and they are setting up the walls, and they are laying the foundation of the Temple.
[EZR.4.13] Now it is known to the king that your city is being built and its walls will be completed, free of charge, and the people were not given harm, and also the kings did not harm.
[EZR.4.14] Now all the voices of the angels of glory said, "I cannot see the interpretation because of me. Send and make it known to the king."
[EZR.4.15] Let it be examined in the book of remembrance of your ancestors, and let it be found in the book of remembrance, and you will know that the city of yours is a rebellious city and causes harm to rulers and nations, and workers serve within it from the day of the world. Because of this, the city of yours will be ruined.
[EZR.4.16] We report to the king that your city is being built, and its wall is being completed, before this, there is no portion beyond the river that is yours.
[EZR.4.17] A dispatch the king sent to Rekhum, to El-teem, and to Shimshay the scribe, and to their associates who dwell in Samaria, and to those beyond the river, peace, and now.
[EZR.4.18] We changed that you sent upon us, an explainer of a proclamation before me.
[EZR.4.19] From me, set a flavor, and they visit and they forget concerning your city, from the day of the world, it is exalted above kings, and rebellion and building are done in it.
[EZR.4.20] Powerful kings existed over Jerusalem, and rulers dominated all beyond the river, and the measure of tribute was given to them.
[EZR.4.21] Now, complete the purpose for nothing regarding the strength of you, and the city of you will not be built until a purpose from me is completed.
[EZR.4.22] And the cautious ones were peaceful towards the land. Why should ropes cause damage to the rulers?
[EZR.4.23] A message from the writing, the letter of Rehum and Shimshai, the scribe and their companions, they went with haste to Jerusalem against the Jews and they nullified it by decree and by force.
[EZR.4.24] At that time, the work on the house of God which is in Jerusalem was ceased, and it remained ceased until the second year of the reign of Darius, king of Persia.
EZR.5
[EZR.5.1] And Haggai the prophet and Zechariah son of Idoa prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and in Jerusalem, in the name of the God of Israel, upon them.
[EZR.5.2] At that time, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Yeshua son of Jozadak and their leaders began to build the house of God in Jerusalem, and with them were the prophets of God, helping them.
[EZR.5.3] At that time, a governor came upon them, a governor beyond the river, and with him were cavalry and a force, and he questioned them, saying to them, "Who authorized you to build this house and to complete it?"
[EZR.5.4] Until this, I said to them, what are the names of the strong men that build building upon building?
[EZR.5.5] And the eyes of the Gods were upon the captives of Judah, and they did not cease until the matter reached Darius, Yahveh. Then, decrees were issued concerning the matter.
[EZR.5.6] A decree of a letter that was sent by Tatnay, governor beyond the river, written in its detail and its conditions, an explanation beyond the river, to Darius the king.
[EZR.5.7] They sent a message to him, and a riddle was written within it to King Darius, complete peace.
[EZR.5.8] Yediy’a went to the king, we went to Judah, to the land for the house of the great God. And he built stone rubble, and others placed it within the walls. And the work which you know was done and prospered in their hands.
[EZR.5.9] Now we asked the captives to you like this, we said to them, "Who put for you understanding of this house to build, and we returned to complete it?"
[EZR.5.10] And also, their names we asked of them for your knowledge, that the names of the men who are at their heads are written.
[EZR.5.11] Thus says the word, they have returned to say, "We are the servants of God of heaven and earth, and the builders of the house that was built from ancient times for many years, and kings to Israel, great they built and perfected it."
[EZR.5.12] Because of this, God angered our ancestors, and God gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon the Chaldean. And he destroyed their house, and he exiled their people to Babylon.
[EZR.5.13] Now, in the first year of Cyrus, king of Babylon, Cyrus the king set a decree that they should build the house of God.
[EZR.5.14] And also the number of items from the house of God, of gold and of silver, that Nebukadnetzar took from the temple in Jerusalem and brought to the temple in Babylon, Cyrus, the king, took from the temple in Babylon and gave to Sheshbazzar, whose name is governor.
[EZR.5.15] And he said to him, "These are my signs. Look for a single young woman from among them in the sanctuary which is in Jerusalem, and the house of God will be built in its place."
[EZR.5.16] Edayin Sheshbatzar, your emissary, Yahveh sent as a gift to rebuild the house of the God of Jerusalem. From Edayin until now, it is being built and is not finished.
[EZR.5.17] And now, behold, it is upon the king, good. It has been investigated in the house of the treasury of the king, complete, that in Babylon. Behold, I have it, that from Cyrus the king, he appointed taste (authority/charge) to build the house of God of you in Jerusalem. And let the king's favor on this matter be sent upon us.
EZR.6
[EZR.6.1] In that time, Darius the king established a decree, and they searched in the house of the library, which is the archive, and they found it complete in Babylon.
[EZR.6.2] And a scroll was found in Akmeta, in the city of the kingdom of Media. And thus is written within it, the chronicle.
[EZR.6.3] In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a decree: "Let the house of God be built in Jerusalem, let the house be rebuilt, a place where sacrifices are offered. Its foundation shall be sixty cubits in length, and sixty cubits in width."
[EZR.6.4] Offerings of stone, circular in form, three in number, and an offering of a new ram, and what goes forth from the house of the king will be given.
[EZR.6.5] And also the count of the house of God, of the gold and the silver, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple in Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, they shall return, and he brought them back to the temple in Jerusalem to its place, and under the house of God.
[EZR.6.6] Now, you gave the governor beyond the river a written decree, and its writing was explained, which was beyond the river. They were distant from that place.
[EZR.6.7] Return to devote yourselves to building the house of the God of your nation. Command the people of Judah and the captives of Judah that the house of the God of your nation be built in its place.
[EZR.6.8] And from yourselves appoint a taste, for what you will do with the companions of Judah, to you, for building the house of God of you. And from the possessions of the king, which is the measure beyond the river, a spending will be given to the men of you, that it not be canceled.
[EZR.6.9] And what coarse grain and sons of the bull and rams and lambs for the offering to the God of Heaven, wheat, salt, wine and anointing, as the statement of the priests of Jerusalem, that it be given to them day by day, not ceasing.
[EZR.6.10] These are the offerings brought near, pleasing to God of heaven, and prayers to the living king and his son.
[EZR.6.11] From my hand, let there be a taste of judgment, that all people who declare this saying will be estranged from their house, and a watchful one will be destroyed upon it, and their house will be desolated, it will be made upon this saying.
[EZR.6.12] And the Gods who dwell completely will destroy every king and people who extend their hand to damage the house of the Gods which is in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have issued a decree that this shall be done.
[EZR.6.13] Edaiyn, you give the command concerning those beyond the river, regarding the document of Boznay and its contents, to receive that Darius the king sent like this, as Asparna did.
[EZR.6.14] And the remaining Judeans built and prospered, following the prophecy of the prophet Haggai and Zechariah, son of Iddo, and they built and completed the work according to the command of the God of Israel, and according to the decree of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, king of Persia.
[EZR.6.15] And the place issued a decree on the third day of the month Adar, which was the sixth year of the kingship of Darius the king.
[EZR.6.16] And the children of Israel, the priests and the Levites and the rest of the children of the exile, dedicated the house of God this with joy.
[EZR.6.17] And bring near, for the dedication of the house of God, young bulls one hundred, rams two hundred, lambs four hundred, and he-goats for a sin offering upon all Israel twelve, according to the count of the tribes of Israel.
[EZR.6.18] And the priests established themselves according to their divisions, and the Levites according to their departments, to perform the service of God in Jerusalem, as written in the book of Moses.
[EZR.6.19] And the sons of the exile made the Passover on the fourteenth of the first month.
[EZR.6.20] For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves as one, all of them were pure, and they slaughtered the Passover sacrifice for all the children of the exile, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.
[EZR.6.21] And the children of Israel, those returned from the exile, and all who separated themselves from the impurity of the peoples of the land, ate and came to seek Yahveh, the God of Israel.
[EZR.6.22] And they made the feast of unleavened bread for seven days with joy, because Yahveh rejoiced them and turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of the Gods, the God of Israel.
EZR.7
[EZR.7.1] And after these things, in the kingdom of Artachshasta, king of Persia, Ezra, son of Serayah, son of Azaryah, son of Chilkiyah.
[EZR.7.2] Son of peace, son of Tsadoq, son of Achitoov.
[EZR.7.3] The son of Amaryah, the son of Azaryah, the son of Merayot.
[EZR.7.4] Son of Zerachyah, son of Uzzi, son of Bukki.
[EZR.7.5] The son of Avishua, the son of Pinkhas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, the head priest.
[EZR.7.6] He is Ezra who came from Babylon, and he is a swift scribe in the teaching of Moses, which Yahveh the Gods of Israel gave. And the king granted to him, according to the hand of Yahveh his God which was upon him, all that he requested.
[EZR.7.7] And they went up from the sons of Israel, and from the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the gatekeepers, and the Nethinim to Jerusalem in the year seven to Artaxerxes the king.
[EZR.7.8] And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month. It was the seventh year to the king.
[EZR.7.9] For on the first day of the first month, he began the ascent from Babel, and on the first day of the fifth month, he came to Jerusalem, as the good hand of the Gods was upon him.
[EZR.7.10] For Ezra prepared his heart to seek the law of Yahveh and to do it, and to teach statute and justice in Israel.
[EZR.7.11] And this is the text of the decree that the king Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe: a scribe of the commandments of Yahveh and His statutes concerning Israel.
[EZR.7.12] Artaxerxes, king of kings, sends this to Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of God of the heavens, having completed it and as it is written.
[EZR.7.13] From me, put provisions, so that all who volunteer in my kingdom from the people of Israel, and the priests and Levites, may go with you to Jerusalem with Yahveh.
[EZR.7.14] All who are in charge, from beyond the king and his seven advisors, have been sent to investigate the people of Judah and Jerusalem, concerning the law of your God that is in your power.
[EZR.7.15] And to the temple, silver and gold of the king and his nobles they volunteered to the God of Israel who are dwelling in Jerusalem.
[EZR.7.16] And all the silver and all the gold that was found in all the land of Babylon, with the voluntary contributions of the people and the priests, contributed to the house of the gods in Jerusalem.
[EZR.7.17] All those who accept this have ropes of silver, male animals, and their gifts and libations. And they will bring them near on the altar of the house of their gods in Jerusalem.
[EZR.7.18] And what good comes to you and your brothers concerning remaining silver and gold, for the purpose of making? Serve the gods of your fathers.
[EZR.7.19] And the offerings that are given to you for worship in the house of God, present them completely before God in Jerusalem.
[EZR.7.20] And the remainder of the plunder belonging to the house of your god, which will fall to you as a gift, you shall give from the house of the king’s treasures.
[EZR.7.21] And from me, behold, Artaxerxes, the king, issues a decree to all the treasurers beyond the river, that whatever Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, asks of you, shall be done speedily.
[EZR.7.22] Equivalent to one hundred shekels of silver, and equivalent to one hundred kors of grain, and equivalent to one hundred baths of wine, and equivalent to one hundred baths of oil, and salt which is not specified.
[EZR.7.23] All of this is according to the reason of God of Heaven that is done as a decree for the house of God of Heaven, why should there be wrath upon the kingdom of the king and his offspring?
[EZR.7.24] And to all it is known that all the priests and Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, the servants, and the worshippers of the house of God of that time, no complaint or walking about will have power over them.
[EZR.7.25] And you are a helper, as is the wisdom of the Gods, who is in your hand, to judge and to be judges who will be judges for all the people who are beyond the river, for all who know the laws of the Gods, and those who do not know, you shall make known.
[EZR.7.26] And all that does not carry out the law of your God and the law of your king, a decree of judgment will be carried out from it. It is to die, it is to impalement, it is to confiscate property, and it is to imprisonment.
[EZR.7.27] Blessed is Yahveh, the Gods of our fathers, who gave this thing in the heart of the king to honor the house of Yahveh which is in Jerusalem.
[EZR.7.28] And upon me was turned favor before the king and his counselors, and to all the powerful officers of the king. And I strengthened myself because the hand of Yahveh my God was upon me, and I gathered from Israel leaders to ascend with me.
EZR.8
[EZR.8.1] And these are the heads of their fathers and their lineage, those who came up with me in the kingdom of Artaxerxes the king from Babel.
[EZR.8.2] From the sons of Pinchas, Gershom. From the sons of Itamar, Daniel. From the sons of David, Hattush.
[EZR.8.3] From the descendants of Sh’khanyah, among the descendants of Par’osh was Z’kharyah, and with him a record was made of one hundred and fifty males.
[EZR.8.4] From the sons of Pahath Moab came Eliyo'enay, son of Zerachyah, and with him were two hundred males.
[EZR.8.5] From the descendants of Sh’khanyah, son of Yakhazi’el, and with him were three hundred of the males.
[EZR.8.6] And from the sons of Adin, a servant, son of Jonathan, and with him fifty of the males.
[EZR.8.7] And from the sons of Elam was Isaiah, son of Atalyah, and with him were seventy of the males.
[EZR.8.8] And from the sons of Shpatyah, Zevadyah son of Mikhael, and with him eighty of the males.
[EZR.8.9] From the sons of Joab, Obadiah son of Jeiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen of the men.
[EZR.8.10] And from the sons of Shlomit, the son of Yosefya, and with him were one hundred and sixty of the males.
[EZR.8.11] And from the sons of Bebai, Zechariah, son of Bebai, and with him were twenty-eight males.
[EZR.8.12] And from the sons of Azgad, Yochanan son of the small one, and with him were one hundred and ten males.
[EZR.8.13] And from the descendants of my Lord Adonikam were later ones, and these are their names: Elipelet, Ye'iel, and Shma'yah. And with them were sixty males.
[EZR.8.14] And from the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabood, with him seventy males.
[EZR.8.15] And I gathered them to the river that comes to Ahava, and we camped there for three days. And I understood among the people, and among the priests, and among the descendants of Levi, I did not find anyone there.
[EZR.8.16] And I sent to Eliezer, to Ariel, to Shemaiah, to Elnatan, to Yariv, to Elnatan, to Nathan, to Zechariah, and to Meshullam, leaders; and to Yoyariv and to Elnatan, understanders.
[EZR.8.17] I planned to send them to your head, with the money of the place, and I will put words in their mouths to speak to your head, your brothers, who are provided with the money of the place, to bring to us servants for the house of the Gods.
[EZR.8.18] And they brought to us, according to the hand of the Gods which is good to us, a man of understanding from the sons of Machli, son of Levi, son of Israel, and Sharebyah and his sons and his brothers, eighteen.
[EZR.8.19] And with Chashavyah, and with him Yeshayah from the sons of Merari, his brothers and their sons, twenty.
[EZR.8.20] And from the designated ones that David and the officials had given for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty designated ones were all recorded by names.
[EZR.8.21] And I proclaimed there a fast by the river Ahava, to afflict ourselves before the Gods, to ask of them a straight path for us and for our little ones and for all our possessions.
[EZR.8.22] For I was ashamed to ask the king for soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy on the road, for we said to the king, "The hand of our God is upon all who seek Him for good, and His strength and His wrath are upon all who forsake Him."
[EZR.8.23] We fasted and sought from the Gods concerning this, and the Gods answered us.
[EZR.8.24] And I appointed twelve from the chiefs of the priests to serve with Zerubbabel and Jeshua, and ten with them from their brothers.
[EZR.8.25] And I weighed out for them the silver and the gold and the vessels, a contribution of the house of our Gods. The king and his advisors and his officials and all Israel who were present lifted it up.
[EZR.8.26] And I weighed into their hand silver, six hundred and fifty talents, and vessels of silver, one hundred talents. Gold, one hundred talents.
[EZR.8.27] Twenty plates of gold for the beams, and two polished bronze vessels, desirable like gold.
[EZR.8.28] And I said to them, "You are holy to Yahveh, and the vessels are holy. And the silver and the gold are a freewill offering to Yahveh, the God of your ancestors."
[EZR.8.29] Be diligent and keep watch until you present things before the leaders of the priests and the Levites, and the leaders of the fathers of Israel in Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of Yahveh.
[EZR.8.30] And the priests and the Levites received a weight of the silver and the gold and the utensils to bring to Jerusalem to the house of the Gods.
[EZR.8.31] We departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month to go to Jerusalem, and the hand of the Gods was upon us, and they rescued us from the grasp of enemies and ambushers on the road.
[EZR.8.32] And we came to Jerusalem and we sat there for three days.
[EZR.8.33] And on the fourth day, the silver and the gold and the vessels were weighed in the house of the Gods, by the hand of Meremot son of Uriah the priest, and with him Eleazar son of Pinchas, and with them Jozabad son of Joshua and Noeadiah son of Binnuy the Levites.
[EZR.8.34] By number, by weight, for everything, and all the weight was written in that time.
[EZR.8.35] Those coming from the captivity, the people of the exile, offered burnt offerings to the Gods of Israel: twelve bulls for all of Israel, nine and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve goats for a sin offering. All were a burnt offering to Yahveh.
[EZR.8.36] And they gave the decrees of the king to the satraps of the king and the officials beyond the river, and they raised up the people and the house of the Gods.
EZR.9
[EZR.9.1] And when these things were completed, the officials approached me, saying, "The people of Israel, the priests, and the Levites have not distinguished themselves from the peoples of the lands, behaving like the abominations of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite, the Ammonite, the Moabite, the Egyptian, and the Amorite."
[EZR.9.2] For they took daughters for themselves and for their sons, and mingled the holy seed with the peoples of the lands. And the hand of the rulers and the deputies was involved in this transgression initially.
[EZR.9.3] And when I heard this word, I tore my garments and my cloak, and I shaved the hair of my head and my beard, and I sat desolate.
[EZR.9.4] And to me all who are anxious concerning the words of the Gods of Israel regarding the transgression of the exile will gather. And I sit desolate until the time of the evening offering.
[EZR.9.5] And at the evening offering, I arose from my fast, and having torn my garments and my coat, I knelt upon my knees and extended my hands to Yahveh, my Gods.
[EZR.9.6] And I said, the Gods, I am ashamed and humiliated to lift my face toward you, for our sins are many, rising above our head, and our guilt has grown up to the heavens.
[EZR.9.7] From the days of our ancestors, we have been in great guilt even to this day, and because of our sins, we have been given over—our kings, our priests—into the hand of the kings of the lands, by the sword, by captivity, by plunder, and by shame of face, as is this day.
[EZR.9.8] And now, almost at this moment, there has been a plea from Yahveh, the Gods, to leave us a remnant, and to give us a foothold in a holy place, to illuminate our eyes, the Gods, and to give us a little life in our servitude.
[EZR.9.9] For we are servants, and in our servitude, our Gods have not abandoned us. And they extended kindness to us before the kings of Persia, to give us sustenance to elevate the house of our Gods and to rebuild its ruins, and to give us a defense in Judah and in Jerusalem.
[EZR.9.10] And now, what shall we say to the Gods after this, because we have abandoned your commands?
[EZR.9.11] Which you commanded through the hand of your servants the prophets to say: "The land that you are coming to inherit is a land of uncleanness. It is unclean due to the uncleanness of the peoples of the lands. With their abominations they have filled it from mouth to mouth with their impurity."
[EZR.9.12] And now, do not give your daughters to their sons, and do not take their daughters for your sons. And do not seek their peace or their goodness forever. So that you may become strong and you may consume the goodness of the land, and you may inherit it for your children forever.
[EZR.9.13] And after all that has come upon us by our evil deeds and by our great guilt, for you, the Gods are our, have withheld from below our iniquity, and you have given us such a deliverance.
[EZR.9.14] Shall we return to breaking your commandments and marrying among these detestable peoples? Will not the Gods be unfaithful to us until total destruction, leaving no remnant or escape?
[EZR.9.15] Yahveh, the Gods of Israel, you are righteous, for we have remained a remnant as of this day. Here we are before you in our guilt, for we cannot stand before you regarding this.
EZR.10
[EZR.10.1] And as Ezra prayed and confessed, he wept and prostrated himself before the house of the Gods. A very large assembly from Israel – men, women, and children – gathered to him, for the people wept very much.
[EZR.10.2] And Shecaniah, son of Jehiel, from the descendants of Ulam, responded and said to Ezra, "We have been unfaithful to the Gods, and we have taken wives from the foreign women of the peoples of the land. And now, there is hope for Israel regarding this."
[EZR.10.3] And now, a covenant is cut with the Gods to bring out all the women and those born from them, according to the counsel of my Lord, and those who are anxious according to the commandment of God, and it shall be done as the instruction states.
[EZR.10.4] Rise up, for the word is upon you, and we are with you. Be strong and do.
[EZR.10.5] And Ezra rose and caused the leaders of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel to swear to do according to this matter, and they swore.
[EZR.10.6] And Ezra rose before the house of the Gods, and went to the chamber of John son of Eliashib. And he went there, he did not eat bread and he did not drink water, for he was grieving over the transgression of the exile.
[EZR.10.7] And they caused a message to pass throughout Judah and Jerusalem to all of the exiled people, to gather at Jerusalem.
[EZR.10.8] And everything belonging to anyone who does not come within three days, according to the counsel of the officials and the elders, will be utterly destroyed, all of their possessions. And that person will be cut off from the assembly of the exiles.
[EZR.10.9] And all the people of Judah and Benjamin gathered in Jerusalem for three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth of the month. And all the people sat in the open square of the house of the Gods, shaken by the word and by the rains.
[EZR.10.10] And Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, "You have transgressed, and you have married foreign women to add to the guilt of Israel."
[EZR.10.11] And now give thanks to Yahveh, the Gods of your fathers, and do his will. And separate yourselves from the peoples of the land and from the foreign women.
[EZR.10.12] And the entire assembly answered and said with a loud voice, "Yes, according to your words upon us to do."
[EZR.10.13] But the people were many, and the time was rainy, and there is no strength to stand outside, and the work is not for one day and not for two, for we have multiplied in transgression regarding this matter.
[EZR.10.14] Let our leaders stand before all the assembly, and all those in our cities who have taken foreign women, let them come at appointed times, and with them, the elders of each city and its judges, until the anger of the Gods is turned away from us, until this matter is addressed.
[EZR.10.15] But Yoneitan son of Asha'el and Yakhzeya son of Tikvah stood on this matter, and Mshulam and Shavtai the Levite helped them.
[EZR.10.16] And they did so, the children of the exile, and Ezra the priest separated men, heads of the fathers, to their father's houses, and all by names. And they settled on one day, in the tenth month, according to the word of Darius.
[EZR.10.17] And they finished settling all the people who had married foreign women until the first day of the first month.
[EZR.10.18] And it was found among the descendants of the priests, those who had settled foreign women, from among the descendants of Joshua son of Jozadak and his brothers: Maaseiah and Eliezer and Jareeb and Gedalyah.
[EZR.10.19] And the men gave their hands to put away their wives, and guilty men offered a ram of the flock for their guilt.
[EZR.10.20] And from the sons of Emmer, Hanani and Zebadya.
[EZR.10.21] And from the descendants of Harim: Maaseyah, and Eliyah, and Shmaeyah, and Yichiel, and Uzziyah.
[EZR.10.22] And from the sons of Pashhur: God has answered, God's work, God has heard, God has given, He establishes, and God has made.
[EZR.10.23] And from the Levites were Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelayah. It is Kelita who opened Judah and Eliezer.
[EZR.10.24] And from among the singers, Eliashiv, and from among the gatekeepers, Shalom, Telem, and Uri.
[EZR.10.25] And from Israel, from the sons of Parosh, Ramiah, and Yiziah, and Malkiah, and Miyamim, and Eleazar, and Malkiah, and Benayah.
[EZR.10.26] And from the descendants of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jihiael, and Abdi, and Iremoht, and Eliyah.
[EZR.10.27] And from the sons of Zathua, Eliyoenai, Eliyashib, Mattanyahu, Veiremot, Zabad, and Aziza.
[EZR.10.28] And from the sons of Bebai: Jehohanan, Chanan’yah, Zabai, and Atlai.
[EZR.10.29] And from the sons of the sons, Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiyah, Yashuv and Sheal of Yeramot.
[EZR.10.30] And from the sons of Pahath Moab: Adnah and Khalal, Benayah, Maaseyah, Mattanyah, Betzalel, Binnui, and Manasseh.
[EZR.10.31] And the sons of Charim: Eli’ezer, Yishiyah, Malkiyah, Sh’maiyah, Shim’on.
[EZR.10.32] Binyamin, King Shmaryah.
[EZR.10.33] From the descendants of Hashum: Matnay, Matatah, Zabad, Elipelet, Yiremay, Menash-she, Shim-ei.
[EZR.10.34] From the sons of my son, Maadai, Amram and Uel.
[EZR.10.35] The sons of Yahveh, the daughter of Yahveh, and entirely him.
[EZR.10.36] And trembling belongs to God Yahveh.
[EZR.10.37] A gift, a gift, and they did.
[EZR.10.38] And build, building, Shimei.
[EZR.10.39] And Shelemiah and Natan and Adaiyah.
[EZR.10.40] My treasures, my flesh, my kidneys: you have wonderfully made them.
[EZR.10.41] God helps, Yahveh is peace, Yahveh guards.
[EZR.10.42] Peace to Amaryah, to Yossef.
[EZR.10.43] From the sons of Nebo: Yiel, Mattityah, Zavad, Zvina, Yaddo, and Yoel, son of Ayah.
[EZR.10.44] All these Gods took foreign wives, and some of them had wives and bore sons.
NEH
NEH.1 • NEH.2 • NEH.3 • NEH.4 • NEH.5 • NEH.6 • NEH.7 • NEH.8 • NEH.9 • NEH.10 • NEH.11 • NEH.12 • NEH.13
NEH.1
[NEH.1.1] The words of Nehemyah son of Hakhal’yah. It came to pass in the month of Kislev in the twentieth year, and I was in Shushan the capital.
[NEH.1.2] And Hanani, one of my brothers, came, and men from Judah, and I asked them concerning the Jewish refugees who remained from the captivity and concerning Jerusalem.
[NEH.1.3] And they said to me, “Those who remained, those who were left from the captivity, are in great distress and disgrace in the land. Also, the wall of Jerusalem is breached, and its gates have been burned with fire.”
[NEH.1.4] And it was, when I heard these words, that I sat and wept and mourned days, and I was fasting and praying before the Gods of the heavens.
[NEH.1.5] And I said, "I beseech you, Yahveh, God of the heavens, the God, the great and the awesome, keeper of the covenant and lovingkindness to those who love him and to those who keep his commandments."
[NEH.1.6] Please let your ears be attentive and your eyes open to hear the prayer of your servant, which I am praying before you today, both day and night, on behalf of the children of Israel, your servants, and confessing the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against you, and I and the house of my father have sinned.
[NEH.1.7] We have broken, we have broken covenant with you, and we have not kept the commandments, the statutes, and the judgements that you commanded to Moses, your servant.
[NEH.1.8] Remember, please, the matter that you commanded to Moses, your servant, saying, "You will be spread; I will scatter you among the peoples."
[NEH.1.9] And you will return to God, and keep My commands, and do them, if your scattered ones are in the end of the heavens, from there I will gather them, and I will bring them to the place that I have chosen to cause My name to dwell there.
[NEH.1.10] And they are your servants and your people, whom you redeemed by your great power and by your strong hand.
[NEH.1.11] Please, my Lord, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant and to the prayer of your servants who desire to fear your name, and please prosper your servant today and give him favor before this man. And I was the drink-giver to the king.
NEH.2
[NEH.2.1] And it happened in the month of Nisan, in the year twenty to Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him. And I took the wine and gave it to the king, and I was not displeasing before him.
[NEH.2.2] And the king said to me, "Why are your face bad, and you are not sick? This is not sickness, but evil of heart. And I feared greatly."
[NEH.2.3] And I said to the king, the king, may he live forever, why has my face not found favor, considering that the city of my ancestors’ tombs is ruined and its gates have been consumed by fire?
[NEH.2.4] And the king said to me, "What is it that you request?" And I will pray to the Gods of the heavens.
[NEH.2.5] And I said to the king, "If it pleases the king, and if your servant finds favor in your eyes, that you would send me to Judah, to the city of the graves of my fathers, and I will build it."
[NEH.2.6] And the king said to me, and the advisor who sat with him, "Until when will your journey be, and until when will you return?" And it was good in the eyes of the king, and he sent me, and I gave to him a timeframe.
[NEH.2.7] And I said to the king, "If it is good to the king, let letters be given to me concerning investigations beyond the river, which will allow me to go until I come to Judah."
[NEH.2.8] And a letter to Asaph, keeper of the orchard belonging to the king, that he may give to me timbers to build the gates of the capital city, belonging to the house, and to the wall of the city, and to the house that I will enter. And the king gave to me according to the good hand of the Gods upon me.
[NEH.2.9] I went to the officials beyond the river and gave them the king’s letters. The king also sent with me chiefs of the army and horsemen.
[NEH.2.10] And Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the servant the Ammonite heard, and great evil became evil to them, that a man had come to seek good for the children of Israel.
[NEH.2.11] And I came to Jerusalem and I was there for three days.
[NEH.2.12] I arose at night, I and a few men with me, and I did not tell anyone what the Gods were giving into my heart to do for Jerusalem. There was no animal with me, except for the animal that I rode upon.
[NEH.2.13] And I went out by the gate of the valley at night, and toward the face of the spring of the dragon, and toward the gate of the refuse. And I was breaking through the walls of Jerusalem, which had been breached, and its gates were consumed by fire.
[NEH.2.14] And I passed by the gate of the spring and by the pool of the king, and there was no place for an animal to pass under me.
[NEH.2.15] And I went up by the stream at night and I contemplated on the wall and I returned and I came through the gate of the valley and I returned.
[NEH.2.16] And the officials did not know where I had gone, nor what I was doing, and to the Jews, and to the priests, and to the guards, and to the officials, and to the others doing the work, even until now, I have not told.
[NEH.2.17] And I said to them, "Do you see the evil that we are in, that Jerusalem is ruined and its gates are burned with fire? Go and let us build the wall of Jerusalem, so that we will no longer be a reproach."
[NEH.2.18] And I told them of the hand of the Gods which is good to me, and also of the words of the king which he spoke to me. And they said, "Let us rise up and build," and they strengthened their hands for the good.
[NEH.2.19] And Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the Ammonite servant, and Geshem the Arab heard of it, and they mocked us and despised us. And they said, "What is this thing that you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?"
[NEH.2.20] And I spoke to them, saying, "The God of the heavens will succeed for us, and we, His servants, will rise and rebuild. But to you there is no portion, nor righteousness, nor remembrance in Jerusalem."
NEH.3
[NEH.3.1] And Elyashiv, the chief priest, and his brothers, the priests, rose up and built the gate of the sheep. They sanctified it, and they set up its doors, and they sanctified it up to the Tower of the Hundred, even up to the Tower of Hananel.
[NEH.3.2] And by his hand, the men of Jericho built. And by his hand, Zakur son of Imri built.
[NEH.3.3] And the gate of the fish, the sons of Senaah built it. They called it, and they set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars.
[NEH.3.4] And through their hand Yahveh strengthened Meremot son of Uriah son of the Thorn, and through their hand Yahveh strengthened Mishulam son of Berechiah son of Meshezabe’el, and through their hand Yahveh strengthened Tzaddok son of Baana.
[NEH.3.5] And by their hand, the Tekoites strengthened themselves, and their leaders did not bring their necks into the service of their lords.
[NEH.3.6] And they strengthened the old gate; Yoada son of Paseach and Meshulam son of Besodya. They called to it, and they set up its doors and its bolts and its bars.
[NEH.3.7] And by their hand, the Gods established Meltiah the Gibbonite and Jadon the Meronothite, men of Gibeon and Mizpah, to the position of governor beyond the river.
[NEH.3.8] By his hand, Uzziel, son of Charhayah, strengthened the goldsmiths. And by his hand, Chananyah, son of Harakachiyim, strengthened it. And they strengthened Jerusalem until the broad wall.
[NEH.3.9] And through their hand, Yahveh strengthened Refayah son of Hur, leader of half the district of Jerusalem.
[NEH.3.10] And by their hand, strengthened Yedayah son of Kharumaf, and opposite his house, by his hand, strengthened Hattush son of Khashavnyah.
[NEH.3.11] A second portion Malkiyah son of Harim took possession of, and Hashshuv son of Pakhat of Moab, and the tower of the ovens.
[NEH.3.12] And by his hand, peace was strengthened, the son of the sorcerer, a leader of half the district of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.
[NEH.3.13] As for the gate of the valley, Chanun fortified it, and the inhabitants of Zanokh built it. They set up its doors, its locks, and its bolts, and one thousand cubits on the wall, until the gate of the overflow.
[NEH.3.14] And Malkiyah, son of Rekhav, leader of the district of Beit Hakerem, strengthened the gate of the refuse dump. He himself will build it and set up its doors, its bars, and its bolts.
[NEH.3.15] And Shalun, son of Kol-Chozeh, a leader of Pelech Hammitzpah, fortified the gate of the Eye. He will rebuild it and dedicate it, and he will set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars. And he fortified the wall of the pool of Shelah, which is by the King’s garden, up to the steps that descend from the city of David.
[NEH.3.16] After him, Nehemiah son of Azbuz, a leader of half the district of Bet Zur, held it, extending as far as the tombs of David, and to the pool which was made, and to the house of the heroes.
[NEH.3.17] After him, the Levites strengthened Rekhum son of Bani. Through him, Khashavyah, commander of half of the division of Qeilah, strengthened his division.
[NEH.3.18] His brothers supported after him the son of khenadad, commander of half the region of qeilah.
[NEH.3.19] And he strengthened the hand of Ezer, son of Joshua, commander of the watchtower, a second measure opposite the ascent of the weaponry.
[NEH.3.20] After him, the portion was strengthened by Baruch, son of Zabai, a second measurement from the portion until the entrance of the house of Eliashib, the great priest.
[NEH.3.21] After that, he measured the measurements, son of Uriah, son of the thorn, a second measurement from the entrance of the house of Eliashib and to the end of the house of Eliashib.
[NEH.3.22] And after him, the priests, the men of the valley, strengthened him.
[NEH.3.23] After him, Binyamin strengthened and was important over their house. After him, Azar'yah son of Ma'aseyahu son of Ananyah strengthened, near his house.
[NEH.3.24] After him, his son continued building, Ben-Henedad’s son, a second measure, from the house of Azariah to the corner and to the turning.
[NEH.3.25] Palal, son of Uzai, was positioned opposite the edge, and the tower extending from the house of the upper king, which belongs to the courtyard of the enclosure. Following him was Pedayah, son of Parosh.
[NEH.3.26] And the Nethinim lived in the Ophel, opposite the gate of the waters, toward the east, and the tower projecting.
[NEH.3.27] After him, the trumpeters held a second measurement from opposite the large tower that comes out, and up to the wall of the Ophel.
[NEH.3.28] Above the gate of the horses, the priests held positions, each one facing his house.
[NEH.3.29] After him, Tsadoq son of Immer held authority over his house. And after him, Shma'yah son of Shkhan'yah held the position of guard of the eastern gate.
[NEH.3.30] After Hananyah son of Shelemyah and Hanun son of Tzalaf held the sixth measurement as a second portion, following them Meshulam son of Berekhyah held it against his debt.
[NEH.3.31] After he strengthened Malkiyya, son of the goldsmith, until the house of the Nethinim and the merchants, opposite the gate of the inspection and until the upper corner.
[NEH.3.32] And between the ascent of the corner and the gate of the sheep, the craftsmen and the merchants kept watch.
[NEH.3.33] And it happened, as Sanballat heard that we are building the wall, that it grieved him, and he was very angry, and he mocked the Jews.
[NEH.3.34] And he said before his brothers and the army of Samaria, and he said, "What are the miserable Jews doing? Will they abandon something for them? Will they sacrifice? Will they destroy the temple in a day? Will they revive the stones from piles of dust, and are those stones burned?"
[NEH.3.35] And Tobiah the Ammonite was with him, and he said, "Even if a fox should climb up, it would breach the wall of their stones."
[NEH.3.36] Hear, our Gods, because we have become a reproach, and return their insults to their heads, and give them as plunder in a land of captivity.
[NEH.3.37] And do not cover over their iniquity, and do not wipe away their sin before your face, for they have provoked before the builders.
[NEH.3.38] And we built the wall, and it was joined, all the wall to its half. And it was heart to the people to finish.
NEH.4
[NEH.4.1] And it happened, as Sanballat and Toviyah and the Arabs and the Ammonites and the Ashdodites heard that a great length had risen to the walls of Jerusalem, because the breaches began to be stopped, that they were very angry with them.
[NEH.4.2] And they all conspired together to come to fight against Jerusalem, and to make trouble for it.
[NEH.4.3] We prayed to the Gods ours, and we established a guard upon them day and night against them.
[NEH.4.4] And Judah said, "The strength of those who carry burdens has failed, and there is a great amount of dust, and we are not able to build on the wall."
[NEH.4.5] And our enemies said, "They will not know, and they will not see, until we come within them and kill them, and cause us to cease the work."
[NEH.4.6] And it happened, as the Jews who lived near them came, and they said to us ten times from all the places that you return to us.
[NEH.4.7] I positioned a standing place under the location behind the wall in the open country, and I positioned the people by families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
[NEH.4.8] And I saw and I stood and I said to the skilled craftsmen and to the officials and to the rest of the people: Do not fear because of them. Remember my Lord, the great and the awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
[NEH.4.9] And it happened, when our enemies heard that it was known to us, the Gods frustrated their plan. And all of us returned to the wall, each to his work.
[NEH.4.10] And it was from that day that half of the young men did the work, and their half held the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the armor, and the leaders were after all the house of Judah.
[NEH.4.11] The builders on the wall, and those carrying the burden, are laborers. With one hand they do the work, and with the other they strengthen the shield.
[NEH.4.12] And the builders, each one with their sword bound on their hip, and builders; and the one blowing the shofar is with me.
[NEH.4.13] And I said to the Chorites and to the overseers and to the rest of the people: "The work is much and wide. And we will separate ourselves upon the wall, distant, each one from his brother."
[NEH.4.14] In the place where you hear the sound of the trumpet, there you shall gather to us. The Gods will fight for us.
[NEH.4.15] And we are doing the work, and half of them are holding the spears from the ascending of dawn until the exiting of the stars.
[NEH.4.16] Also at that time I said to the people, "Each man and his boy will spend the night within Jerusalem, and the night will be for us as a guard, and the day as work."
[NEH.4.17] And I, and my brothers, and my young men, and the men of the guard who are with me, we have not removed our garments, and each has withheld water.
NEH.5
[NEH.5.1] And the outcry of the people and their wives was great to their Jewish brothers.
[NEH.5.2] And there are those who say, "Our sons and our daughters are many, and we will take grain and eat and live."
[NEH.5.3] And there are those who say, "Our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses, we are inheriting, and we will take grain in the famine."
[NEH.5.4] And there are those who say, "We have given silver according to the standard of the king for our fields and our vineyards."
[NEH.5.5] And now, the flesh of our brothers is like our own flesh, and their sons are like our sons. And behold, we are conquering our sons and our daughters for slaves, and some of our daughters are being conquered, and God has no hand in it, and our fields and our vineyards belong to others.
[NEH.5.6] And it burned to me greatly, as I heard their shouting and these words.
[NEH.5.7] My heart reigned over me, and I contended with the officials and the deputies, and I said to them, "Each person carries the burden of another; you bear [it]." And I appointed a great assembly over them.
[NEH.5.8] And I said to them, "We have purchased our Jewish brothers who were sold to the nations for our own gain. And you also shall sell your brothers to us, and they shall be sold to us." And they were silent and found no answer.
[NEH.5.9] And he said, "It is not good the thing that you are doing. Do you not walk in fear of our Gods, away from the shame of the nations, our enemies?"
[NEH.5.10] And also I, and my brothers, and my young men, with women among us, possessing silver and grain, let us not abandon this request.
[NEH.5.11] Return to them right now their fields, their vineyards, their olive trees, and their houses, and from the silver, the grain, the wine, and the oil that you consume in them.
[NEH.5.12] And they said, “We will return, and from them we will not seek [help]. Thus, we will do as you say.” And I called the priests, and I made them swear to do this thing.
[NEH.5.13] Also, my womb has been shaken, and I said, "Thus may the Gods shake every man who does not establish this matter from his house and from his labor, and thus may it be shaken and empty." And all the assembly said, "Amen," and they praised Yahveh, and the people did according to this matter.
[NEH.5.14] Also, from the day that He commanded me to be a governor in the land of Judah, from the year twenty until the year thirty-two of King Artaxerxes, twelve years, my brothers and I did not eat the bread of the governor.
[NEH.5.15] And the officers who were before me burdened the people, and they took from them bread and wine, after that silver, shekels worth forty, and also their young men ruled over the people. But I did not do so because of the fear of the Gods.
[NEH.5.16] And also in the work of this wall, I strengthened it, and a field we did not acquire, and all my young men were gathered there on the work.
[NEH.5.17] And the Jews and the officials were one hundred and fifty men, and those who came to us from the nations surrounding us were at our table.
[NEH.5.18] And it happened that was made for one day, one bull and six chosen sheep, and birds were made for me. And between ten days, there was wine in abundance. And with this, I did not request bread of the lessened portion, because the work was heavy upon these people.
[NEH.5.19] Remember to me, my Gods, for good, all that I have done for this people.
NEH.6
[NEH.6.1] And it happened, as I listened to Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies, because I had built the wall and no breach remained in it, even until that time, I had not set up doors in the openings.
[NEH.6.2] And Sanballat and Geshem sent to me saying, "Come and let us meet together in the villages of the valley of Ono," and they are thinking to do evil to me.
[NEH.6.3] And I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work, and I am not able to descend. Why would the work cease as I rest, and I descend to you?”
[NEH.6.4] They sent this message to me four times, and I returned the same message to them.
[NEH.6.5] And Sanballat sent to me this matter for the fifth time his servant, and an open letter in his hand.
[NEH.6.6] It is written among the nations that they hear the builders intend to rebel. Therefore you are building the wall, and you will be their king, as these things are said.
[NEH.6.7] And also, prophets were established to proclaim against you in Jerusalem, saying, "A king of Judah." And now, let the king listen to these words. And now, come, and let us consult together.
[NEH.6.8] And I sent to him to say, "It will not be like these things that you say, for it is from your heart that you devise them."
[NEH.6.9] Because they all fear us, saying, "They will relax their hands from the work and it will not be done," now strengthen my hands.
[NEH.6.10] And I came to the house of Shemaiah, son of Delaiah, son of Mehitabel, and he was restrained. And he said, "Let us go to the house of the Gods, into the sanctuary, and let the doors of the sanctuary be shut, because they are coming to kill you, and at night they are coming to kill you."
[NEH.6.11] And I said, "The man like me will flee, and who is like me who will come into the sanctuary and live? I will not enter."
[NEH.6.12] And I realized, and behold, the Gods did not send him, because the prophecy spoke about me, and Tobiah and Sanballat hired him.
[NEH.6.13] It is for the sake of compensation that he is doing this, for the sake of being afraid and doing as requested, and I have sinned. This will be to their discredit, for the sake of them being able to revile me.
[NEH.6.14] Remember, the Gods, Tobiah and Sanballat according to their deeds, these things. And also remember Noadiah the prophetess and the other prophets who feared Yahveh.
[NEH.6.15] And the wall was completed on the twenty-fifth of Elul, in fifty and two days.
[NEH.6.16] And it came to pass, when all our enemies heard and all the nations around us saw, that they fell greatly in their eyes, and they knew that from the Gods of us this work was done.
[NEH.6.17] Also in those days the people of Judah multiplied their letters concerning Tobiah, and what came to Tobiah, they sent to them.
[NEH.6.18] For many in Judah are those who have sworn an oath to Him, because he is a groom to Shkhan-yah son of Arach, and Yehochanan his son has taken the daughter of Mishulam son of Berech-yah.
[NEH.6.19] Also, his good things they were saying before me, and his words they were relaying to him. Letters Toviyah sent to frighten me.
NEH.7
[NEH.7.1] And it happened, as the wall was built, that I set up the doors, and the gatekeepers and the singers and the Levites were appointed.
[NEH.7.2] And I commanded Chanani, my brother, and Chananyah, the officer of the city, concerning Jerusalem, because he is like a man of truth, and reveres the Gods above many.
[NEH.7.3] And he said to them, "Do not open the gates of Jerusalem until the heat of the sun, and until they stand, drive the bolts and hold them fast. And let the watchmen, inhabitants of Jerusalem, be stationed, each in his guard, and each opposite his house."
[NEH.7.4] And the city is wide with hands and great, and the people are few within it, and there are no houses built.
[NEH.7.5] And the Gods gave to my heart, and I gathered the leaders and the officials and the people for a census. And I found a record of the census of those who ascended in the first instance, and I found writing within it.
[NEH.7.6] These are the people of the land who returned from the captivity of the exile, whom Nebukhadnetzar, king of Babel, had exiled, and they returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, each man to his city.
[NEH.7.7] Those coming with Zerubbabel are Yeshu'a, Nechemyah, Azaryah, Ra'amyah, Nachmani, Marduchay, Bilshan, Misperet, Bigvai, Nachum, Ba'anah, the number of men of the people of Israel.
[NEH.7.8] The descendants of Par’osh were one thousand one hundred seventy-two.
[NEH.7.9] The sons of Shapatyah numbered three hundreds, seventy, and two.
[NEH.7.10] The descendants of Arah numbered six hundred and fifty-two.
[NEH.7.11] The descendants of Pahath Moab came to the sons of Yeshua and Yoav, two thousand and eight hundred eighteen men.
[NEH.7.12] The descendants of God were one thousand two hundred fifty and four.
[NEH.7.13] The descendants of Zattu numbered eight hundred and forty-five.
[NEH.7.14] The descendants of Zaki numbered seven hundred and sixty.
[NEH.7.15] The descendants of Binu were six hundred and forty eight.
[NEH.7.16] The descendants of Bebai numbered six thousand, twenty, and eight.
[NEH.7.17] The descendants of Azgad numbered two thousand three hundred and twenty.
[NEH.7.18] The descendants of my Lord Adonikam numbered six thousand, sixty, and seven.
[NEH.7.19] The descendants of Bigvai numbered six thousand and seven.
[NEH.7.20] The descendants of Adin were six hundred and fifty-five.
[NEH.7.21] The descendants of Ater, belonging to Hezekiah, were ninety-eight.
[NEH.7.22] The descendants of Hashum numbered three hundred and twenty-eight.
[NEH.7.23] The sons of Beitzei numbered three hundred and twenty-four.
[NEH.7.24] The descendants of Harif numbered one hundred and two.
[NEH.7.25] The sons of Giv’on are ninety and five.
[NEH.7.26] The men of Bethlehem and Netophah numbered one hundred eighty and eight.
[NEH.7.27] The people of Anatot numbered one hundred twenty-eight.
[NEH.7.28] The men of the town of Azmavet were forty and two.
[NEH.7.29] The men of Town of Forests, Kefirah, and Beerot numbered seven hundred forty and three.
[NEH.7.30] The men of Rama and Geba numbered six hundred and twenty-one.
[NEH.7.31] The men of Mekmas numbered one hundred and twenty-two.
[NEH.7.32] The men of the house of God and of Ai numbered one hundred twenty-three.
[NEH.7.33] The men of Nevo, another fifty and two.
[NEH.7.34] The descendants of Elam, another thousand two hundred fifty and four.
[NEH.7.35] The sons of Charim were three hundred and twenty.
[NEH.7.36] The people of Jericho numbered three hundred forty-five.
[NEH.7.37] The sons of Lod, Ḥāḏîḏ, and ʾŌnō numbered seven hundred and twenty-one.
[NEH.7.38] The members of the Sna’ah family numbered three thousand nine hundred and thirty.
[NEH.7.39] The priests, descendants of Jedayah, went to the house of Yeshua. There were nine hundred and seventy-three of them.
[NEH.7.40] The descendants of Imer numbered one thousand, fifty, and two.
[NEH.7.41] The descendants of Pashhur numbered one thousand two hundred forty-seven.
[NEH.7.42] The people of Charim numbered one thousand seven hundred and ten.
[NEH.7.43] The Levites, the sons of Yeshua to Qadmi'el, to the sons of Hodvah, seventy and four.
[NEH.7.44] The singers, sons of Asaph, were one hundred and forty-eight.
[NEH.7.45] The gatekeepers, sons of Shalloom, sons of Ater, sons of Talmon, sons of Akoov, sons of Chatita, sons of Shobay, one hundred thirty and eight.
[NEH.7.46] Those who returned, the descendants of Zichah, the descendants of Chasufah, the descendants of Tabauot.
[NEH.7.47] The sons of Keiros, the sons of Si’a, the sons of Padon.
[NEH.7.48] The descendants of Lebanah, the descendants of Chagavah, the descendants of Shalmai.
[NEH.7.49] The sons of Khanan, the sons of Gidel, the sons of Gachar.
[NEH.7.50] The sons of Re'ayah, the sons of Retzin, the sons of Nekoda.
[NEH.7.51] The sons of Gazam, the sons of Uza, the sons of Paseach.
[NEH.7.52] The descendants of Besai, the descendants of Me’unim, the descendants of Nefushsim.
[NEH.7.53] The descendants of Bakbuk, the descendants of Hakupa, the descendants of Harhur.
[NEH.7.54] The sons of Batselit, the sons of Mekhida, the sons of Kharsha.
[NEH.7.55] The children of Barkos, the children of Sisra, and the children of Tamach.
[NEH.7.56] The sons of Netziach, the sons of Chatifa.
[NEH.7.57] The descendants of the servants of Solomon, the descendants of Sotai, the descendants of Soferet, the descendants of Prida.
[NEH.7.58] The sons of Yaela, the sons of Darkon, the sons of Gidel.
[NEH.7.59] The descendants of Shfatya, the descendants of Chatil, the descendants of Pokheret of the gazelles, the descendants of Ammon.
[NEH.7.60] All the Nethinim and the descendants of Solomon's servants numbered three hundred ninety-two.
[NEH.7.61] And these are the ones who ascended from Tel Melach, Tel Charsha, Keruv, Adon, and Immer. And they were unable to declare their fathers’ houses or their seed, whether they were of Israel.
[NEH.7.62] The descendants of Delaiah, the descendants of Tobiah, the descendants of Neqodah: six hundred and forty-two.
[NEH.7.63] And from the priests, the descendants of Chovayah, the descendants of Ha-Kotz, the descendants of Barzilai, who took a wife from the daughters of Barzilai the Gileadite, and something was called by their name.
[NEH.7.64] These sought their records of those who are genealogized, and they were not found, and they were removed from the priesthood.
[NEH.7.65] And the treasurer said to them that they should not eat from the most holy things until the priest was available with the Urim and Thummim.
[NEH.7.66] All the assembly, as one, were four thousands and thousands, three hundreds and sixty.
[NEH.7.67] Besides their servants and handmaids, these are seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven, and to them are singers, two hundred and forty-five, and singing women.
[NEH.7.68] Four hundred thirty-five camels, six thousand seven hundred and twenty donkeys.
[NEH.7.69] And some of the heads of the families gave to the work. The Tirshata gave to the treasury gold darics, one thousand mizrakot, fifty priestly robes, thirty and five hundred.
[NEH.7.70] And from the heads of the fathers they gave to the treasury for the work gold, daric coins, two thousand, and silver, manehs, two thousand and two hundred.
[NEH.7.71] And those who gave the remainder of the people gave gold darics two thousands, and silver manas thousands, and tunics of the priests sixty and seven.
[NEH.7.72] The priests and the Levites and the gatekeepers and the singers and from the people and the Nethinim and all Israel settled in their cities. And the seventh month arrived, and the sons of Israel were in their cities.
NEH.8
[NEH.8.1] And all the people assembled as one man to the open space before the Water Gate, and they said to Ezra the scribe, "Bring the book of the Law of Moses, which Yahveh commanded to Israel."
[NEH.8.2] And Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly, from man to woman, and everyone understanding to hear it, on one day of the seventh month.
[NEH.8.3] And he called before the open space which is before the water gate, from morning until midday, opposite the men and the women and those who understand, and the ears of all the people were to the book of the Law.
[NEH.8.4] And Ezra the scribe stood upon a tower of wood that they had made for the word. And standing near him were Mattityah and Shema and Anayah and Uriah and Hilkiah and Maaseiah on his right, and on his left were Pedayah and Mishael and Malkijah and Hashum and Hashbadana, Zechariah and Meshullam.
[NEH.8.5] And Ezra opened the book before the eyes of all the people, for he was above all the people. And as he opened it, all the people stood.
[NEH.8.6] And Ezra blessed Yahveh, the Gods the Great, and all the people answered, "Amen, amen," lifting their hands, and they bowed and prostrated themselves to Yahveh with their faces to the ground.
[NEH.8.7] And Yeshua and the sons of and Sheravyah, Yamin Akuv Shabbatai, Hodiyah Ma'aseyah Klita Azaryah Yozavad Hanan Pelayah, and the Levites, make the people understand the Law, and the people are in their place.
[NEH.8.8] And they read in the book in the instruction of the Gods, explained, and they placed understanding, and they understood in the reading.
[NEH.8.9] And Nehemiah, who is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest, the scribe, and the Levites who understand the people, said to all the people, "Today is holy to Yahveh, your Gods. Do not grieve and do not weep, for all the people are weeping as they hear the words of the law."
[NEH.8.10] And He said to them, “Go, eat of the rich foods and drink of the sweet drinks, and send portions to those who have nothing prepared, for this day is holy to my Lord. And do not be grieved, for the joy of Yahveh is your strength.”
[NEH.8.11] And the Levites silenced all the people to say, "Be silent, because the day is holy, and do not be grieved."
[NEH.8.12] And all the people went to eat and to drink and to send gifts and to make great rejoicing, for they understood the words that were made known to them.
[NEH.8.13] And on the second day, the heads of the fathers gathered with all the people, the priests, and the Levites, to Ezra the scribe, to gain understanding of the words of the Law.
[NEH.8.14] And they found it written in the Torah that Yahveh commanded through the hand of Moses, that the sons of Israel should dwell in booths during the festival in the seventh month.
[NEH.8.15] And those who will cause to be heard and will carry a voice in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, to say: "Go out to the mountain and bring branches of olive and branches of pine tree and branches of myrtle and branches of palm trees and branches of thick trees to make shelters as it is written."
[NEH.8.16] The people went out and brought materials, and they made for themselves shelters, each one on their roof and in their courtyards, and in the courtyards of the house of the Gods, and in the open space of the Water Gate, and in the open space of the Ephraim Gate.
[NEH.8.17] And all the assembly of those returned from the captivity made booths and dwelt in the booths, for they had not done so since the days of Joshua son of Nun until that day. And there was great joy, exceedingly.
[NEH.8.18] And he read from the book of the Law of the Gods day by day, from the first day to the last day. And they made a festival of seven days, and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, as the judgment decreed.
NEH.9
[NEH.9.1] On the twenty-fourth day of this month, the people of Israel gathered in fasting and in sackcloth, and dust was upon them.
[NEH.9.2] And the descendants of Israel separated themselves from all the children of strangers, and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their ancestors.
[NEH.9.3] They stood in their place and read from the book of the Law of Yahveh, the Gods, for a quarter of the day, and for a quarter of the day they confessed and worshipped Yahveh, the Gods.
[NEH.9.4] And Yeshua rose to lead the Levites, and with him were Bani, Kadmiel, Shivanya, Bunni, Sherebya, and Bani Kenani. And they cried out with a great voice to Yahveh, their God.
[NEH.9.5] And the Levites said, Yeshua and Kadmiel, the sons of Hashvanyahu, Sheravyah, Hodyah, Shvanyahu, and Ptachyah, “Rise and bless Yahveh, your Gods, from the world until the world, and bless the name of your glory, and exalted above all blessing and praise.”
[NEH.9.6] You are Yahveh alone. You have made the heavens, heavens of heavens, and all their host, the earth and all that is upon it, the seas and all that is within them. And you give life to all of them, and the host of the heavens prostrates itself to you.
[NEH.9.7] You are Yahveh, the Gods, who chose Abram and brought him forth from Ur of the Chaldeans, and you gave his name as Abraham.
[NEH.9.8] And you found the heart of him faithful before you, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, to give to his offspring, and you have established your words, for you are righteous.
[NEH.9.9] And the Gods saw the affliction of our ancestors in Egypt, and the Gods heard their cry by the Red Sea.
[NEH.9.10] And you gave signs and wonders against Pharaoh and all his servants and against all the people of his land, because you knew that they acted rebelliously against them. And you made for yourself a name, like today.
[NEH.9.11] And the sea you split before them, and they crossed within the sea on dry ground. And their pursuers you cast into the depths like a stone in mighty waters.
[NEH.9.12] And in a pillar of cloud you led them by day, and in a pillar of fire by night, to illuminate for them the way in which they would walk.
[NEH.9.13] And upon Mount Sinai you descended and spoke with them from heaven, and you gave them just laws and true teachings, statutes, and good commandments.
[NEH.9.14] And the Sabbath, your holiness, you made known to them, and commandments and statutes and law you commanded to them by the hand of Moses, your servant.
[NEH.9.15] And God gave them bread from heaven for their hunger, and God brought forth water from a rock for their thirst. And God said to them, "Come to inherit the land that God has raised God’s hand to give to you."
[NEH.9.16] And they and our ancestors provoked, and they hardened their necks, and they did not listen to your commands.
[NEH.9.17] And they refused to listen, and they did not remember your wonders that you had done with them. And they hardened their necks and gave their heads to return to their servitude in Egypt. And you, God, are a God of forgiveness, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abundant in kindness, and you have not abandoned them.
[NEH.9.18] Even because they made for themselves a calf, an idol, and they said, "This is your God who brought you up from Egypt," and they did great abominations.
[NEH.9.19] And you, with your many mercies, did not abandon them in the wilderness. The pillar of cloud did not depart from above them during the day to guide them on the way, and the pillar of fire at night to illuminate for them, and the way that they would walk in it.
[NEH.9.20] And your good spirit you gave to make them wise, and your sustenance you did not withhold from their mouths, and water you gave them for their thirst.
[NEH.9.21] And for forty years you sustained yourselves in the wilderness, they did not lack anything, their clothes did not wear out, and their feet did not swell.
[NEH.9.22] And she gave to them kingdoms and peoples, and she divided them according to their portions, and they inherited the land of Sichon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og, king of Bashan.
[NEH.9.23] And you increased their sons like the stars of the heavens, and you brought them to the land that you spoke to their fathers to come to inherit.
[NEH.9.24] And the sons came and inherited the land, and it subdued before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gave them into their hand, and their kings and the peoples of the land, to do with them as they desired.
[NEH.9.25] They conquered cities with fortifications and fertile land, and they inherited houses full of all good things, hewn cisterns, vineyards, olive trees, and trees for food in abundance. They ate and were satisfied, they prospered, and they were delighted in your great goodness.
[NEH.9.26] And they refused and they rebelled against you, and they cast your law behind their backs, and they killed your prophets who testified to them to return them to you, and they did great abominations.
[NEH.9.27] You gave them into the hand of their enemies, and the enemies oppressed them. But in the time of their distress, they will cry out to you, and you will hear from heaven. And according to your many compassions, you will give them saviors, and you will save them from the hand of their enemies.
[NEH.9.28] And as is their habit, they will return to doing evil before you, and you abandoned them into the hand of their enemies, and they descended into hardship because of them, and they will return and cry out to you, and you from the heavens will hear and rescue them according to your abundant compassions, repeatedly.
[NEH.9.29] And you desired to turn them back to your instruction, but they deliberately acted wrongly and did not listen to your commands, and they sinned against your judgments within them, something that a person does and lives by them. And they presented a rebellious shoulder and their necks became stiff, and they did not listen.
[NEH.9.30] And you drew upon them many years and instructed them in your spirit by the hand of your prophets, and they did not listen. And you gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.
[NEH.9.31] And with your abundant mercies you did not destroy them, and you did not abandon them, for God is gracious and merciful, you are.
[NEH.9.32] And now, the Gods, our God, the great God, the mighty and awesome one, the keeper of the covenant and loving-kindness, do not lessen before you all the affliction that has found us, to our kings, to our officials, to our priests, to our prophets, to our ancestors, and to all your people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until this day.
[NEH.9.33] And you, God, are righteous concerning all that has come upon us, because you have done what is true, and we have become wicked.
[NEH.9.34] And our kings, our officials, our priests, and our ancestors did not do your instruction, nor did they listen to your commands, and to your testimonies which you testified concerning them.
[NEH.9.35] And they, in their kingdom, and in your great goodness which you gave to them, and in the large and fertile land which you gave before them, did not serve you, and did not turn from their evil deeds.
[NEH.9.36] Indeed, we are today slaves, and the land that you gave to our fathers to eat its fruit and its goodness, indeed we are slaves upon it.
[NEH.9.37] The increase has come to the kings that you gave power over us because of our sins, and they rule over our bodies and our livestock according to their desire, and we are in great distress.
NEH.10
[NEH.10.1] And in all of this, we are cutting a covenant and writing, and upon the seal are our leaders, our Levites, our priests.
[NEH.10.2] And concerning the seals, Nehemiah the appointed one, son of Hakalyah, and Zedekiah.
[NEH.10.3] S’rayah, ‘Azaryah, Yirm’yah.
[NEH.10.4] Pashhur, Amarayah, Malkiyah.
[NEH.10.5] Khattoosh Shevanyahu, the Kingship.
[NEH.10.6] Devoted things are the heights of Obadiah's servant.
[NEH.10.7] Daniyel's garden is blessed.
[NEH.10.8] Meshoolam, the son of AviyYah, is from the right hand.
[NEH.10.9] Maaziah, Bilgah, Shmaiah, these are the priests.
[NEH.10.10] And the Levites, and Yeshua son of Azanya, they built from the sons of Chenadad, Kadmiel.
[NEH.10.11] And their brothers said, “This day the Gods read wonderfully and graciously.”
[NEH.10.12] Mikha, Revokh, Khashavyah.
[NEH.10.13] Remember Zakkoor, She-rev-yah, and Shvahn-yah.
[NEH.10.14] Praise, my sons, our sons.
[NEH.10.15] The heads of the people: Parosh, the governor of Moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani.
[NEH.10.16] Buniy Azgad of Bebay
[NEH.10.17] My Lord is within my body, delicate.
[NEH.10.18] Ater, Hizqiyah, and Azzur.
[NEH.10.19] May wickedness be acknowledged in his bile, in his intestines.
[NEH.10.20] Sharp is Anatot with holes.
[NEH.10.21] Extravagance is compensated for, like a pig.
[NEH.10.22] Meshezabel, Tsadoq, and Yaddooah are known.
[NEH.10.23] Delivered, grace, answered.
[NEH.10.24] Hoshea, gracious of Yahveh, was important.
[NEH.10.25] The whisperer divides, it returns.
[NEH.10.26] The compassionate one considers his work.
[NEH.10.27] And Achiyahu, grace, a cloud.
[NEH.10.28] Reign has come with devotion.
[NEH.10.29] And the rest of the people – the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the Nethinim – and all who separated from the peoples of the lands came to the law of the Gods, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, all who know and understand.
[NEH.10.30] Those who maintain power over their brothers come with curses and oaths to walk in the law of the Gods, which was given by the hand of Moses, servant of the Gods, and to keep and do all the commandments of Yahveh, our Lord, and His judgments and statutes.
[NEH.10.31] And which, we have not given our daughters to the peoples of the land, and their daughters we have not taken to our sons.
[NEH.10.32] And the people of the land who bring the merchandise and every remnant on the day of the Sabbath to sell, we will not take from them on the Sabbath and on a holy day. And we will abandon the seventh year, and release the claim of every hand.
[NEH.10.33] And we established requirements upon ourselves to give one-third of the shekel in the year for the service of the house of the Gods.
[NEH.10.34] For the bread of the arrangement, and the meal offering of the continual, and for the burnt offering of the continual, the Sabbaths of the new months, for the appointed feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings, to atone for Israel, and all the work of the house of our God.
[NEH.10.35] And the lots were cast among the priests, the Levites, and the people to bring wood offerings to the house of God, to the house of our ancestors, at appointed times year by year, to burn on the altar of Yahveh, God, as it is written in the law.
[NEH.10.36] And to bring the first fruits of our land and the first fruits of all the fruit of every tree, year by year, to the house of Yahveh.
[NEH.10.37] And the firstborn of our livestock and our animals, as it is written in the Instruction, and the firstborn of our cattle and our sheep/goats to bring to the house of our Gods to the priests who serve in the house of our Gods.
[NEH.10.38] And the first of our doughs, and our offerings, and the fruit of every tree, wine and oil, we give to the priests to the chambers of the house of God, and a tenth of our land to the Levites. And they, the Levites, are the ones who collect the tenth in all the cities of our service.
[NEH.10.39] And the priest, a son of Aaron, will be with the Levites when the Levites take the tenth of the tenth. And the Levites will bring the tenth of the tenth to the house of our Gods, to the chambers, to the house of the treasure.
[NEH.10.40] For to the rooms will the children of Israel and the children of Levi bring the contribution of the grain, the wine, and the oil. And there, the vessels of the temple and the priests who serve, the gatekeepers and the singers will be supported. And we will not abandon the house of God.
NEH.11
[NEH.11.1] And the leaders of the people sat in Jerusalem, and the remainder of the people cast lots to bring one from the ten to dwell in Jerusalem, the holy city, and nine of the portions in the cities.
[NEH.11.2] And the people blessed all the men who volunteered to dwell in Jerusalem.
[NEH.11.3] And these are the heads of the province who dwelt in Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah each man dwelt on his possession in their cities. Israel – the priests and the Levites and the temple servants and the descendants of Solomon’s servants – dwelt there.
[NEH.11.4] And in Jerusalem they dwelt, from the sons of Judah and from the sons of Benjamin. From the sons of Judah: Atayah, son of Uzziyah, son of Zecharyah, son of Amaryah, son of Shfatyah, son of Mahalale'el, from the sons of Perez.
[NEH.11.5] And the deeds of the son of Baruch, the son of all who sees, the son of Chazayah, the son of Adayah, the son of Yoyariv, the son of Zechariah, the son of the Shilonite.
[NEH.11.6] All the descendants of Perez who dwelt in Jerusalem were four hundred sixty and eight valiant men.
[NEH.11.7] And these are the sons of Benjamin: Salua, son of Meshulam, son of Yoed, son of Pedayah, son of Qolayah, son of Maaseiyah, son of Itiel, son of Yishayah.
[NEH.11.8] And following him were my slingers, nine hundred and twenty-eight.
[NEH.11.9] And Yoel, son of Zichri, was appointed official over them, and Yehuda, son of the hated one, was over the city as deputy.
[NEH.11.10] From the priests, Yedayah, son of Yoyarib, Yakin.
[NEH.11.11] Sərayah, son of Ḥilqiyyah, son of Məšullām, son of Ṣādōq, son of Mərayyōt, son of ʾăḥīṭūḇ, was an official of the house of the Gods.
[NEH.11.12] And their brothers were doing the work for the house, eight hundred and twenty-two. And Adayah, son of Jerocham, son of Pelalyah, son of Amtzi, son of Zechariah, son of Pashchur, son of Malkijah.
[NEH.11.13] And his brothers were chiefs to fathers, two hundred and forty-two, and Amashsai son of Azarel son of Achzai son of Mishlemot son of Immer.
[NEH.11.14] And their brothers, valiant warriors, numbered one hundred twenty-eight, and Zavdiel, son of the leaders, was appointed over them.
[NEH.11.15] And from the Levites, Shmaiah, son of Hashuv, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabyah, son of Bunni.
[NEH.11.16] And Shebtai and Jozabad were over the outer work of the house of the Gods, from the heads of the Levites.
[NEH.11.17] And Mattaniah son of Micah son of Zabdiel son of Asaph was the head of the beginning to give thanks to Yahveh, and Bakbukiah was second among his brothers, and Abda son of Shammua son of Galal son of Yedithun.
[NEH.11.18] All the Levis in the holy city were two hundred and eighty-four.
[NEH.11.19] And the gatekeepers Akkub Talmon and their brothers the guards at the gates numbered one hundred seventy two.
[NEH.11.20] And the rest of Israel, the priests and the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, each in his inheritance.
[NEH.11.21] And the servants lived in Ophel, and in Tziha, and in Gishpa, over the servants.
[NEH.11.22] Those appointed among the Levites in Jerusalem were Uzi son of Bani son of Chashavyah son of Matanyah son of Mikha, from the descendants of Asaf the singers, before the work of the Gods’ house.
[NEH.11.23] For the command of the king is upon them, and an arrangement exists for the singers, a matter of day by day.
[NEH.11.24] And Uftachyah, son of M’shizav’el, from the descendants of Zerach, son of Judah, was placed by the king’s hand to be over all matters for the people.
[NEH.11.25] And to the courtyards in their fields, from the descendants of Judah, they settled in Kiryat Arbah and its villages, and in Dibon and its villages, and in Kabtzael and its courtyards.
[NEH.11.26] And in Joshua and in birth and in the house of deliverance.
[NEH.11.27] And in Chatzar, the fox, and in Beer Sheva, and with its daughters.
[NEH.11.28] And in Tzee-klag and in Meh-kho-nah and in its daughters.
[NEH.11.29] And in Eye of the Pomegranate, and in Leprosy, and in Yarmut.
[NEH.11.30] They abandoned Adulam and its surrounding areas, Lakish and its fields, Azekah and its towns, and they camped from Beersheba to the Valley of Hinnom.
[NEH.11.31] And the people of Benjamin were from Gebah, from Kemash, from Ayah, and from Betel, and its associated settlements.
[NEH.11.32] Anatot, Nob, Ananyah.
[NEH.11.33] Khazor, Ramah, and the two Gittahs.
[NEH.11.34] New gazelles are prominent.
[NEH.11.35] Not God and its likeness, valley of the craftsmen.
[NEH.11.36] And from the Levites were divisions to Judah and to Benjamin.
NEH.12
[NEH.12.1] And these are the priests and Levites who came up with Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, and Yeshua: Serayah, Yirmeyah, and Ezra.
[NEH.12.2] Yahveh has said, my king, oppressor.
[NEH.12.3] The dwelling of Yahveh is compassionate to the heights.
[NEH.12.4] Iddo struck Aviyyah.
[NEH.12.5] From my right, his passing is with a cry.
[NEH.12.6] The one who hears, and the one who descends in contention, the one who knows.
[NEH.12.7] Deep valley, Hilqiyah, Yeda'yah, these are the heads of the priests and their brothers in the days of Yeshua.
[NEH.12.8] And the Levites: Yeshua, son of Kadmiel, Sheravyah, Judah, Matanya, were over the treasuries; he and his brothers.
[NEH.12.9] And they bound and humbled their brothers before them for watches.
[NEH.12.10] And Yeshua begot YoYaqim, and YoYaqim begot Elyashiv, and Elyashiv begot YoYada.
[NEH.12.11] And Yoade brought forth Yonatan, and Yonatan brought forth Yaddua.
[NEH.12.12] And in the days of Yo-yah-keem, there were priests, heads of the fathers, for Serayah, Merayah, to Yirmeyah, Chananyah.
[NEH.12.13] To Ezra, Meshullam, to Amarya, Yahveh is gracious.
[NEH.12.14] To the messengers of Jonathan, to Shvanya, to Joseph.
[NEH.12.15] To devote to destruction is my Lord, to observe my inheritance.
[NEH.12.16] To Iddoe, to Zekaryah, to Gintan, Meshullam.
[NEH.12.17] To Aviyah, remember to Minyamin, to Moadeeyah, Peeltay.
[NEH.12.18] To Bilgah, to Shemaiah, Yahveh has given Jonathan.
[NEH.12.19] And even to my adversary, my waist is for knowing my strength.
[NEH.12.20] For ruin, my ruin, to the depths, beyond.
[NEH.12.21] Belonging to the Living One, Yahveh has reckoned, Yahveh knows, Yahveh has given.
[NEH.12.22] The Levites, in the days of Elyashib, Joiada, and Jaddua, were written as heads of fathers’ houses. And the priests were over the kingdom of Darius the Persian.
[NEH.12.23] The sons of Levi, heads of the fathers, are written on the book of words of the days, and until the days of Yochanan son of Elyashiv.
[NEH.12.24] And the heads of the Levites were Chashavyah, Sheravyah, and Yeshua son of Kadmiel, and their brothers, before them, to praise, to give thanks, by the command of David, the man of the Gods, a watch against a watch.
[NEH.12.25] Mattanyahu, and Bakbukyah, Obadyah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, watchmen, gatekeepers, guard duty, in the assembly of the gates.
[NEH.12.26] These were in the days of Yoyakim son of Yeshua son of Yotzadak, and in the days of Nechemyah the governor, and Ezra the priest the scribe.
[NEH.12.27] And in the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, they sought the Levites from all their places to bring them to Jerusalem to perform dedication and joy and with thanksgiving and with song, cymbals, harps, and lyres.
[NEH.12.28] And the sons of the singers gathered, from the Arabah surrounding Jerusalem and from the districts of Netophath.
[NEH.12.29] And from the house of Gilgal, and from the fields of Geba and Azmavet, because the singers built courtyards for themselves around Jerusalem.
[NEH.12.30] The priests and the Levites purified themselves, and they purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.
[NEH.12.31] And I brought up the leaders of Judah from above the wall, and I stationed two great towers and walkways to the right from above the wall, to the gate of the refuse.
[NEH.12.32] And Hoshea, and half of the leaders of Judah, went after them.
[NEH.12.33] And Azaryah, help from Yahveh, and Ezrah, and Meshullam.
[NEH.12.34] Judah and Benjamin and Shemaiah and Jeremiah.
[NEH.12.35] And from the sons of the priests, of the trumpets, Zekaryahu, son of Yonatan, son of Shmaeya, son of Matanya, son of Mikaya, son of Zakur, son of Asaf.
[NEH.12.36] And his brothers, Shmaiah and Azar'el, were among the singers and players of instruments. Netanel and Judah, Chanani, with instruments of song of David, man of the Gods, and Ezra the scribe were before them.
[NEH.12.37] And upon the gate of the Eye and before them they went up by the ascents of the City of David, up to the wall, from above the house of David and until the gate of the Waters eastward.
[NEH.12.38] And the second confession goes to Moal, and I am behind it, and half of the people are above the wall, above the tower of the ovens, and to the broad wall.
[NEH.12.39] And from above the Gate of Ephraim and on the Old Gate and on the Fish Gate and the Tower of Hananel and the Tower of the Hundred, and until the Sheep Gate, and they stood at the Water Gate.
[NEH.12.40] And the two pillars stood in the house of the Gods, and I, and half of the officials, were with me.
[NEH.12.41] And the priests to Yakim, Ma'aseyah, Minyamin, Mikayah, to Yo'einai, Zekaryah, Hananyah, with the trumpets.
[NEH.12.42] And Maaseiah and Shemaiah and Eleazar and Uzzi and Jehohanan and Malkijah and Eilam and Azer, and the singers led, and Jizrahiah the official.
[NEH.12.43] And they sacrificed great sacrifices on that day, and they rejoiced, for the Gods rejoiced them with a great rejoicing, and also the women and the children rejoiced. And the rejoicing of Jerusalem was heard from afar.
[NEH.12.44] And on that day, men were appointed over the storehouses for the contributions, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather them into the fields of the cities for the priests and for the Levites, because the joy of Judah was with the priests and with the Levites who were standing.
[NEH.12.45] And they kept the duties of their Gods, and the duty of purity, and the singers, and the gatekeepers, as the command of David, Solomon his son.
[NEH.12.46] For in the days of David and Asaph, from ancient times, were the heads of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving to the Gods.
[NEH.12.47] And all Israel, in the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah, were giving contributions to the singers and the gatekeepers, a daily matter, and they were dedicating them to the Levites, and the Levites were dedicating them to the sons of Aaron.
NEH.13
[NEH.13.1] On that day, it was read from the book of Moses before the people, and it was found written within it that no Ammonite or Moabite should enter the assembly of the Gods forever.
[NEH.13.2] For the Gods did not provide the sons of Israel with bread and water. Therefore, they hired Bileam to curse them, but our Gods reversed the curse and made it a blessing.
[NEH.13.3] And it happened, as they heard the Law, that they distinguished all the mixed multitude from Israel.
[NEH.13.4] And before this, Eliashib the priest was placed in the chamber of the house of our Gods, near Tobiah.
[NEH.13.5] And he made for himself a large chamber, and there they were placing the grain offering, the incense, and the vessels, and the tenth of the grain, the wine, and the oil – the commandment of the Levites, the singers, and the gatekeepers – and the contribution of the priests.
[NEH.13.6] And in all of this, I was not in Jerusalem, for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes, king of Babel, I came to the king, and at the end of days, I was questioned by the king.
[NEH.13.7] And I came to Jerusalem and understood the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, to make for him a room in the courts of the house of the Gods.
[NEH.13.8] It was greatly displeasing to me, and I cast all the vessels of Tobijah’s house outside from the chamber.
[NEH.13.9] And I said, and they purified the chambers, and I returned there the vessels of the house of the Gods, the offering and the incense.
[NEH.13.10] And I knew that the counts of the Levites had not been given, and the Levites and the singers performing the work fled, each to his field.
[NEH.13.11] I contended with the officials, and I said, "Why is the house of the Gods forsaken?" And I gathered them and set them upon their station.
[NEH.13.12] And all of Judah brought the tenth of the grain, and the wine, and the oil to the treasuries.
[NEH.13.13] And the treasury was upon the treasures of Shelemyah the priest and Zadok the scribe and Pedayah of the Levites, and by their hand, Chanan son of Zakur son of Matanyah. Because they were counted as trustworthy, and upon them to distribute to their brothers.
[NEH.13.14] Remember for me, my Gods, regarding this, and do not blot out my kindnesses that I did in the house of my Gods and in their guards.
[NEH.13.15] In those days, I saw in Judah merchants crowding the roads on the Sabbath, bringing in heaps and loading them onto donkeys, and even wine, grapes, and figs, and every kind of burden, and bringing them to Jerusalem on the day of the Sabbath. And I testified on a day of harvest gathering.
[NEH.13.16] And the people of Tzora settled there, bringing anxiety and all kinds of merchandise, and selling on the Sabbath to the people of Judah and in Jerusalem.
[NEH.13.17] I contended with the people of Judah and said to them, "What is this evil thing that you are doing, and profaning the day of the Sabbath?"
[NEH.13.18] Have not your ancestors done thus, and did the Gods bring all this evil upon us and upon this city? And you add wrath upon Israel by profaning the Sabbath.
[NEH.13.19] And it happened, as the gates of Jerusalem were closing before the Sabbath, that I said, and the doors were shut, and I said, that they should not be opened until after the Sabbath. And from my young men I stationed guards on the gates, so that no burden should come in on the day of the Sabbath.
[NEH.13.20] The merchants and sellers of all wares complained outside Jerusalem, once and a second time.
[NEH.13.21] I warned them, and I said to them, "Why are you idle against the wall? If you do nothing, I will use force against you. From that time, they have not come on the Sabbath."
[NEH.13.22] And I said to the Levites, those who will be purifying and coming, guarding the gates, to sanctify the Sabbath day. Also this, remember for me, my Gods, and have mercy upon me according to the greatness of Your kindness.
[NEH.13.23] Also in those days I saw the Jews settling women who were from Ashdod, from Ammon, and from Moab.
[NEH.13.24] Half of their people speak the language of Ashdod, and they do not know how to speak the language of Judah. It is the language of various peoples.
[NEH.13.25] I contended with them and I cursed them, and I struck men from among them and I spoke to them, and I made them swear by the Gods, if you give your daughters to their sons, and if you take from their daughters for your sons, then it shall be.
[NEH.13.26] Was it not because of these things that Solomon, king of Israel, sinned? And among many nations there was no king like him, and he was beloved by the Gods. And the Gods gave him as king over all Israel. Also, the foreign women caused him to sin.
[NEH.13.27] And to you, will there be obedience to do all this great evil, to transgress against the Gods, to allow foreign women to dwell?
[NEH.13.28] And from the sons of Yoiedah, the son of Eliashib the high priest, he became the husband of Sanballat the Horonite, and I removed him from my presence.
[NEH.13.29] Remember for them, my Gods, the redeemers of the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and the Levites.
[NEH.13.30] And I will purify them from all impurity, and I will establish guard duties for the priests and for the Levites, each man in his work.
[NEH.13.31] And for the offering of trees at appointed seasons, and for the firstfruits, remember for me the Gods for good.
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1CH.1
[1CH.1.1] Adam, Shet, Enosh.
[1CH.1.2] Keynan, praise of God, descended.
[1CH.1.3] Enoch fathered Methuselah, who fathered Lamech.
[1CH.1.4] Noah, the name Ham and Japheth.
[1CH.1.5] The sons of Japheth are Gomar and Magog and Madai and Javan and Tubal and Meshech and Tiras.
[1CH.1.6] And the sons of Gomer are Ashkenaz and Difat and Togarmah.
[1CH.1.7] And the sons of Javan are Elishah and Tarshishah, Kittim and Rodanim.
[1CH.1.8] The sons of Ham are Kush and Egypt and Put and Canaan.
[1CH.1.9] And the sons of Cush are Sevah and Chavila and Savta and Rema and Savteka. And the sons of Rema are Shva and Dadan.
[1CH.1.10] And Cush fathered Nimrod. He began to be a mighty one in the land.
[1CH.1.11] Egypt brought forth the Ludeans and the Anamites and the Lehabites and the Naphtuhites.
[1CH.1.12] And the Patrusians and the Kasluchians, which came forth from there, the Philistines, and the Kaftorians.
[1CH.1.13] And Canaan fathered Sidon, his firstborn, and also Heth.
[1CH.1.14] And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite.
[1CH.1.15] And the Hivvite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite.
[1CH.1.16] And the Arvadi, and the Tzemari, and the Chamati.
[1CH.1.17] The sons of Shem are Eilam and Ashur and Arpachshad and Lud and Aram and Utz and Chol and Geter and Meshech.
[1CH.1.18] And Arpakhshad fathered Shalak, and Shalak fathered Ever.
[1CH.1.19] And to Eber were born two sons, the name of the one was Division, because in his days the land was divided, and the name of his brother was Jactan.
[1CH.1.20] And Joktan fathered Almodad, and Shelef, and Hatzarmavet, and Yarach.
[1CH.1.21] And with the glory, and with strength, and with the palm tree.
[1CH.1.22] And Eyval and Avime'el and Shva.
[1CH.1.23] And Ophir, and Chavilah, and Yovav, all these are descendants of Yaktan.
[1CH.1.24] Shem sent forth Arpakhshad.
[1CH.1.25] Behold, beyond the division.
[1CH.1.26] Serug, Nahor, Terah.
[1CH.1.27] Abram is Abraham.
[1CH.1.28] The sons of Abraham are Isaac and Ishmael.
[1CH.1.29] These are the generations of them. The firstborn of Ishmael is Nebayot, and Qedar, and Adbeel, and Mivsam.
[1CH.1.30] Watchman, what of the report concerning Duma? What of the burden concerning Dadan? What concerning Teima?
[1CH.1.31] Yetur, nafish, and kademah – these are the sons of Ishmael.
[1CH.1.32] And the sons of Keturah, Abraham’s concubine, bore Zimran, and Yakshan, and Medan, and Midyan, and Yishbak, and Shoah. And the sons of Yakshan were Sheba and Dedan.
[1CH.1.33] And the sons of Midian are Eiphah and Epher and Hanoch and Abida and Elda. All these are sons of Keturah.
[1CH.1.34] And Abraham bore Isaac, the sons of Isaac were Esau and Israel.
[1CH.1.35] The sons of Esau are Eliphaz, Reu'el, Yush, Ya'lam, and Korach.
[1CH.1.36] The sons of Eliphaz are Teiman and Omar, Tsephi and his descendants, Kenaz and Timna and Amalek.
[1CH.1.37] The sons of Re’u’el rested at Zerach, Shamma, and Mizah.
[1CH.1.38] And the sons of Seir are Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan.
[1CH.1.39] And the sons of Lotan are Hori and Homam, and the sister of Lotan is Timna.
[1CH.1.40] The descendants of Shobal are Aliyan, umanachat, and Eival, Shfee and Onam. The descendants of Tsib'on are Ayah and Anah.
[1CH.1.41] The descendants of Anah Diyshon are the descendants of Diyshon: Chamran, Eshban, Yitran, and Keran.
[1CH.1.42] The descendants of Etser are Bilhan and Zaavan, and Yaakan. The descendants of Dishon are Utz and Aaran.
[1CH.1.43] And these are the kings who ruled in the land of Edom before a king-king of the sons of Israel. Belah, son of Beor, and the name of his city was Dinhabah.
[1CH.1.44] And Balak died, and Jobab, son of Zerach from Bazrah, reigned in his place.
[1CH.1.45] And Yovav died, and Chusham reigned in his place, being from the land of the Teimani.
[1CH.1.46] And Husham died, and Hadad, son of Bedad, reigned in his place, the one who struck Midian in the fields of Moab, and the name of his city was Ayot.
[1CH.1.47] And Hadad died, and Shamlah reigned in his place, coming from the east.
[1CH.1.48] And Shamlah died, and Saul reigned in his place, from the regions of the river.
[1CH.1.49] And Saul died, and under him reigned Lord of Grace, son of Achbor.
[1CH.1.50] Baal Hanan died, and Hadad reigned in his place. The name of his city was Pa’i, and the name of his wife was Mehitabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mei Zahav.
[1CH.1.51] And Hadad died, so the chiefs of Edom were Chief Timna, Chief Alya, and Chief Yetet.
[1CH.1.52] Chief Aholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon.
[1CH.1.53] The leader Qenaz, the leader Teiman, the leader Mivtzar.
[1CH.1.54] The chief Magdiel, the chief Iram, these are the chiefs of Edom.
1CH.2
[1CH.2.1] These are the sons of Israel: Reuven, Shimeon, Levi and Yehudah, Yissakhar and Zvulun.
[1CH.2.2] Dan, Yosef and Binyamin, Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
[1CH.2.3] The sons of Judah were Er, Onan, and Shelah. Three were born to him from Bat-Shua the Canaanite. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the eyes of Yahveh, and Yahveh killed him.
[1CH.2.4] And Tamar, his daughter-in-law, bore to him Peretz and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
[1CH.2.5] The sons of Peretz are Chetzron and Chamul.
[1CH.2.6] And the sons of Zerach are Zimri and Eitan and Heiman and Chalkol and Darah, all of them five.
[1CH.2.7] And the sons of Carmi troubled, troubling Israel, who acted faithlessly with the devoted thing.
[1CH.2.8] And the sons of Eitan were Azaryah.
[1CH.2.9] And the sons of Chet'zron who were born to him are Yerahm'el, and Ram, and K'luvay.
[1CH.2.10] And Ram gave birth to Amminadav, and Amminadav gave birth to Nachshon, a prince of the sons of Judah.
[1CH.2.11] And Nachshon bore Salma, and Salma bore Boaz.
[1CH.2.12] And Boaz brought forth Obed, and Obed brought forth Jesse.
[1CH.2.13] And my man bore his firstborn, Eli-av, and Avi-nadav the second, and Shime-a the third.
[1CH.2.14] Nathaniel, the fourth, Radai, the fifth.
[1CH.2.15] Bone, the sixth, David, the seventh.
[1CH.2.16] And their sisters were Tzeruya and Avigail, and the sons of Tzeruya were Avshai, Yoav, and Asael, three in number.
[1CH.2.17] And Abigail bore Amasa, and the father of Amasa was the remainder of the Ishmaelites.
[1CH.2.18] And Caleb, son of Hezron, fathered Azubah, a woman, and Jerioth. And these are their sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.
[1CH.2.19] And Azubah died, and Caleb took for himself Ephrah, and she bore to him Hur.
[1CH.2.20] And Hoor bore Uri, and Uri bore Betzalel.
[1CH.2.21] And after, Chesron came to the daughter of Machir, the father of Gilead, and he took her as his wife, and he was sixty years old. And she bore to him Segub.
[1CH.2.22] Segub begat Jair, and there were twenty-three cities for him in the land of Gilead.
[1CH.2.23] And Geshur and Aram took the settlements of Jair from them, and Kenath and its daughters, sixty cities. All these were sons of Machir, father of Gilead.
[1CH.2.24] And after the death of Hezron in Caleb Ephratah, and Hezron’s wife was Abijah, and she bore to him Ashhur, the father of Tekoa.
[1CH.2.25] And the sons of Jerahmeel, the firstborn of Hezron, who was the firstborn, were Ram, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Achiyyah.
[1CH.2.26] And there was another wife to Jerachmiel, and her name was Atarah. She is the mother of Onam.
[1CH.2.27] And the sons of Ram, the firstborn of Yerachmayel, were Maatz and Yameen and Ehker.
[1CH.2.28] And the descendants of Onan were Shamay and Yadah, and the sons of Shamay were Nadav and Avishur.
[1CH.2.29] And the name of Abishur’s wife was Avihayil, and she bore to him Achban and Molid.
[1CH.2.30] And the sons of Nadab are Seled and Apaim. And Seled died having no sons.
[1CH.2.31] And the sons of Afayim are Yishai, and the sons of Yishai are Sheshan, and the sons of Sheshan are Achlai.
[1CH.2.32] And the sons of Jada, brother of Shammai, are Jeter and Jonathan. Then Jeter died without sons.
[1CH.2.33] And the sons of Jonathan were Pelet and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerachmeel.
[1CH.2.34] And there were no sons for Sheshan, only daughters, and Sheshan had an Egyptian servant, and his name was Yarchea.
[1CH.2.35] And Sheshan gave his daughter to Yarhau, his servant, as a wife, and she bore him Attai.
[1CH.2.36] And Atay brought forth Natan, and Natan brought forth Zavad.
[1CH.2.37] And Zavad brought forth Eflal, and Eflal brought forth Obed.
[1CH.2.38] And Oved fathered Yehu, and Yehu fathered Azaryah.
[1CH.2.39] And Azaryah fathered Chaletz and Chaletz fathered Elasa.
[1CH.2.40] And God-Elasah fathered Sismai, and Sismai fathered Shalloom.
[1CH.2.41] And Shallum brought forth Yikamya, and Yikamya brought forth Elishama.
[1CH.2.42] And the sons of Caleb, brother of Jerahmeel, Meshah was his firstborn; he was the father of Ziph. And the sons of Maresha, the father of Hebron.
[1CH.2.43] And the descendants of Chevron are Korach, and Tafuch, and Rekem, and Shama.
[1CH.2.44] And Shema bore Rakham, my father bore Yarkam, and Rekem bore Shamay.
[1CH.2.45] And the son of name is habitation, and habitation is the father's house of rock.
[1CH.2.46] And Ephah, the concubine of Caleb, bore Haran, and Motza, and Gazez. And Haran bore Gazez.
[1CH.2.47] And the sons of Judah are: Regem, and Yotham, and Geshan, and Pelet, and Eiphah, and Shaaf.
[1CH.2.48] Kaleb's concubine Ma'akhah bore Shever and Tirhana.
[1CH.2.49] And Shaaf, father of Madmannah, she bore Shiva, father of Machbenah, and father of Givah. And the daughter of Caleb was Achsah.
[1CH.2.50] These were the sons of Caleb, son of Chur, the firstborn of Ephratah. Shoval was the father of Kiryat Yearim.
[1CH.2.51] Salmah, descendant of the family of Lacham, was associated with the family of Gader.
[1CH.2.52] And there were sons to Shobal, the father of the city of forests, the seer who saw half of the resting places.
[1CH.2.53] And the families of Kiryat Yearim, the Yitri, and the Puti, and the Shumati, and the Mishra’i, from these came the Tzara’ati and the Eshta’uli.
[1CH.2.54] The descendants of Salma are from Bethlehem, Netofati, Atrot, the house of Yoav, and a portion of the priestly offerings were allotted to the lepers.
[1CH.2.55] And families of scribes resided in Jaabez; the Tir’atim, the Shima’atim, the Suchatim – those are the Kinizzites who came from Hamath, the father of the house of Rechab.
1CH.3
[1CH.3.1] And these were the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: the firstborn, Amnon, to Achinoam the Jezreelitess, the second, Daniel, to Abigail the Carmelitess.
[1CH.3.2] The third was Absalom, son of Maakha, daughter of Talmai, king of G'shur. The fourth was Adoniya, son of Khaggit.
[1CH.3.3] The fifth was Shpatyah to Avital, the sixth was Yitre’am to Egla, his wife.
[1CH.3.4] Six were born to him in Hebron, and he reigned there for seven years and six months. And for thirty-three years he reigned in Jerusalem.
[1CH.3.5] And these were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimeah, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon, four to Shua, daughter of Ammiel.
[1CH.3.6] And may He choose, and may He hear God, and may God deliver.
[1CH.3.7] And the brightness, and the ornaments, and the beauty are gone.
[1CH.3.8] And Elishemah and Eliada and Elipelet, nine.
[1CH.3.9] All the sons of David, besides the sons of concubines and Tamar, their sister.
[1CH.3.10] And the son of Solomon, Rehoboam, Abijah his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son.
[1CH.3.11] Yoram, his son, Achazyahu, his son, Yoash, his son.
[1CH.3.12] Amatsyahu, his son Azaryahu, his son Yotam.
[1CH.3.13] Achaz, his son Chizkiyahu, his son Menashe, his son.
[1CH.3.14] Amon, his son Yoshiyahu, his son.
[1CH.3.15] And the sons of Josiah, the firstborn was Yochanan, the second was Yhoyakeem, the third was Tzidkiyahu, the fourth was Shallum.
[1CH.3.16] The sons of Yehojakim: Yechaniah is his son, and Tzidkiyah is his son.
[1CH.3.17] And the sons of Jeconiah were prisoners, Shealtiel was his son.
[1CH.3.18] And Malchiram and Pedayah and Shenazar, Yahveh will raise up Hoshama and Nedabyah.
[1CH.3.19] The sons of Pedaiah were Zerubavel and Shimei. The son of Zerubavel was Meshullam and Chananyah, and Shlomit was their sister.
[1CH.3.20] Hashuvah, and Ohel, and Berekhyah, and Khasadyah, Yahveh dwells with favor, five.
[1CH.3.21] And the son of Chananya is Peltaya and Isaiah, sons of Refaya, sons of Arnan, sons of Obadya, sons of Sh'kanya.
[1CH.3.22] And the descendants of Shachanyah are Shmaya, and the descendants of Shmaya are Chattush, and Yigal, and Bariach, and Neriah, and Shafat, six in number.
[1CH.3.23] And the son of Ne'aryah, Elyoeinai, and Hizkiyah, and Azrikam, were three.
[1CH.3.24] And the sons of God is with me were those who praised Yahveh, and Elyashiv, and Pelayah, and Akub, and Yochanan, and D'layah, and Anani, seven in number.
1CH.4
[1CH.4.1] The sons of Judah are Perez, Chesron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.
[1CH.4.2] And Reayah, son of Shoval, brought forth Yahat, and Yahat brought forth Ahumai and Lahad. These are the families of the Tzare'ati.
[1CH.4.3] And these are the origin of Eytam, Yizre'el, Yishma, Ydbash, and the name of their sister is Hatzlelfoni.
[1CH.4.4] Upenuel, father of Gedor, and Eezer, father of Chusha. These are the sons of Chur, the firstborn of Efraatah, father of Beith Lachem.
[1CH.4.5] And to Ashhur, the father of Tekoa, there were two women: Khela and Naarah.
[1CH.4.6] And she bore to him Naarah, Achuzam and Chefer and Teemni and Haachashtari. These are the sons of Naarah.
[1CH.4.7] And the sons of Halah are Tseret, Yetzohar, and Ethan.
[1CH.4.8] And Kots bore Anuv and the Tzovevah, and these are the families descended from the son of Harum.
[1CH.4.9] And it was that Jabez was honored more than his brothers, and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, "For I have borne him with pain."
[1CH.4.10] And Jaabez called to the Gods of Israel, saying, "If you bless me and expand my border, and your hand is with me, and you keep me from evil so that I do not experience pain," then the Gods brought about what he had asked.
[1CH.4.11] And Kloov, the brother of Shookhah, bore Makhheer. He is the father of Eshton.
[1CH.4.12] And Eshton bore the family of Rafa, and Paseach, and Techinnah, the father of the city of the Snake. These are the men of Recha.
[1CH.4.13] And the sons of Kenaz are Atniel and Srayah, and the sons of Atniel are Chatat.
[1CH.4.14] And the dwellings brought forth Afrah, and Serayah brought forth Joab, father of the valley of craftsmen, for craftsmen they were.
[1CH.4.15] And the descendants of Caleb, son of Jephunneh, inhabited these cities: N'am and Kenaz. And the descendants of those people and Kenaz.
[1CH.4.16] And the sons of Jehallelel are Zif and Ziphah, Tiryah and Asharel.
[1CH.4.17] And the son of Ezrah, Yeter, and Mered, and Epher, and Yalon. And she conceived Miryam, and Shammai, and Yishbah, the daughter of my father Eshtmoah.
[1CH.4.18] And his Jewish wife bore Yered, father of Gedor, and Chever, father of Sokho, and Yekutiel, father of Zanokh. And these are the sons of Bitya, daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mared took.
[1CH.4.19] And the sons of the woman Hodyah, the sister of Nakham, the father of Keilah is Haggarmi, and Esht’moa is the Ma’akhati.
[1CH.4.20] And the descendants of Simeon are Amnon and Rinah, son of Hanan and Tilon. And the descendants of Ishi are Zochet and son of Zochet.
[1CH.4.21] The sons of Shelah, son of Judah, are Er, father of Lecha, and Ladah, father of Maresha. The families of the house of the work of the Butz belong to the house of Ashbea.
[1CH.4.22] And Yoqim and the men of Cozeba and Yoash and Saraph who possessed things for Moab, and Yashubi for them, and the ancient matters.
[1CH.4.23] Those are the makers, and dwellers among plantings, and fence-builders. With the king in his work they dwell there.
[1CH.4.24] The sons of Simeon are Nemuel and Yamin, Yariv, Zerach, Sha'ul.
[1CH.4.25] Completeness, son of fragrance, son of report, son of.
[1CH.4.26] And the sons of Mishma: Hammuel his son, Zakkhur his son, Shimei his son.
[1CH.4.27] And to Shimei were sixteen sons and six daughters, and to his brothers were not many sons, and all their family did not multiply greatly like the children of Judah.
[1CH.4.28] And they settled in Beer-sheva, and in Moladah, and in Hatzor the fox.
[1CH.4.29] And in confusion, and in strength, and in generations.
[1CH.4.30] And in Betuel, and in Beharmah, and in Betsiklag.
[1CH.4.31] And in the house of chariots and in the courtyard of horses and in the house of the well and in the two gates, these are their cities until the reign of David.
[1CH.4.32] And their courts were with pillars and windows of pomegranates, and carvings and smoke. Five structures.
[1CH.4.33] And all their settlements which are around these cities, up to Baal, these were their settlements, and they established themselves among them.
[1CH.4.34] And he will restore and he will reign and he will save, son of Amaziah.
[1CH.4.35] And Yoel, and Yahu son of Yoshibyah, son of S'rayah, son of A'shiel.
[1CH.4.36] And El-yo-ei-nai and Ya-a-ko-vah and Yish-o-chai-yah and A-sai-yah and A-di-el and Yis-i-mi-el and Be-na-yah.
[1CH.4.37] And Ziza, son of Shif'i, son of Allon, son of Yedayah, son of Shimri, son of Shmayah.
[1CH.4.38] These are the ones coming in the names of leaders by their families, and the house of their fathers multiplied greatly.
[1CH.4.39] And they went to the entrance of Gedor, as far as the eastern side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks from the Gods.
[1CH.4.40] And they found pasture that was rich and good, and the land was spacious and open, and it was quiet and peaceful, because the people who dwelt there previously were gone.
[1CH.4.41] And these writings came by name in the days of Hezekiah, king of Judah, and they struck down their tents and the springs that were found there, and they devoted them to destruction until this day, and they settled in their place, for it was pasture for their flocks there.
[1CH.4.42] And from them, from the descendants of Simeon, men went to Mount Seir, five hundred in number. Paltiah and his young men, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, sons of Ishi, were at their head.
[1CH.4.43] And they struck the remainder of the survivors to the Amalekites, and they settled there until this day.
1CH.5
[1CH.5.1] And the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, for he is the firstborn, and in his profaning the concubines of his father, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph, son of Israel, and not to acknowledge the birthright.
[1CH.5.2] For Judah prevailed among his brothers and became a leader from among them, and the birthright was given to Joseph.
[1CH.5.3] The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, are Chanokh and Pallu, Chetzron and Karmi.
[1CH.5.4] The sons of Yoel, Shma'ayah is his son, Gog is his son, and Shime'i is his son.
[1CH.5.5] Mikah is the son of Re'ayah, who is the son of Ba'al.
[1CH.5.6] Be’erah, son of no, who was exiled by Tilgat-Pilneser, the king of Ashur, is a leader to the Reubenites.
[1CH.5.7] And his brothers, to their families, in accounting for their origins, the head was Yeiel and Zecharayahu.
[1CH.5.8] And Ubelah, son of Azaz, son of Shema, son of Joel, he dwells in Aroer, even to Nevo, and Baal Meon.
[1CH.5.9] And to the east they settled until they reached the desert, from beyond the Euphrates River, for their livestock had increased in the land of Gilead.
[1CH.5.10] And in the days of Saul, they made war with the Hagrites, and they fell into their hand. And they settled in their tents on all sides of the east to Gilead.
[1CH.5.11] And the descendants of Gad sat in the land of Bashan until Salcah.
[1CH.5.12] Yoel the head, and his lip the second, and Yaanei judged in Bashan.
[1CH.5.13] And his brothers, to the house of their father, were Mikhael and Meshullam and Sheva and Yori and Yaekan and Zia and Eiver, seven in number.
[1CH.5.14] These are the sons of Avikhayil, son of Khuri, son of Yarokh, son of Gilead, son of Mikhael, son of Yeshishai, son of Yakhdo, son of Booz.
[1CH.5.15] My brother is a son of Avdi’el, a son of Guni, the head of their fathers’ house.
[1CH.5.16] And they settled in Gilead, in Bashan, and in its towns, and in all the pastures of Sharon on their boundaries.
[1CH.5.17] All of them conspired in the days of Jotham, king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam, king of Israel.
[1CH.5.18] The sons of Reuben and Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, from among the valiant men, were men who carried shield and sword, and were skilled archers and trained in warfare. There were forty-four thousand and seven hundred and sixty soldiers.
[1CH.5.19] And they made war with the Hagrites, and Yitur and Nafish and Nodav.
[1CH.5.20] And they helped them, and gave their enemies into their hands – the Hagrites and all who were with them – because they cried out to the Gods in the war, and the Gods answered them because they trusted in the Gods.
[1CH.5.21] They captured their livestock: fifty thousand camels, two hundred and fifty thousand sheep and cattle, two thousand donkeys, and one hundred thousand people.
[1CH.5.22] For many slain have fallen, because of the Gods of war, and others have settled in their place until the exile.
[1CH.5.23] And the sons of half the tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land, from Bashan to Baal Hermon, and Sneer, and Mount Hermon. They multiplied.
[1CH.5.24] And these are the heads of their ancestral houses: and Efer and Yish’i and Eliel and Azri’el and Yirmiyah and Hodavyah and Yachdi’el, men of valorous strength, men of renown, heads of their ancestral houses.
[1CH.5.25] They transgressed against the Gods of their ancestors and were unfaithful, following after the gods of the peoples of the land, which God had destroyed from before them.
[1CH.5.26] The Gods of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul, king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgat Pilneser, king of Assyria, and they exiled Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh. They brought them to Chalach, Habor, Hara, and the river Gozan, up to this day.
[1CH.5.27] The sons of Levi are Gershon, Kehat, and Merari.
[1CH.5.28] And the descendants of Kehat are Amram, Yitzhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
[1CH.5.29] And the sons of Amram were Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons of Aaron were Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Itamar.
[1CH.5.30] God is my help brought forth Pinhas. Pinhas brought forth Avishua.
[1CH.5.31] And Avishua bore Bukki, and Bukki bore Uzzi.
[1CH.5.32] And Ooziz brought forth Zerachiah, and Zerachiah brought forth Merayoth.
[1CH.5.33] Bitterness bore AcommandedbyGod, and AcommandedbyGod bore Agoodbrother.
[1CH.5.34] And Achituv brought forth Tzadok, and Tzadok brought forth Achimaatz.
[1CH.5.35] And Akhimaatz bore Azarya, and Azarya bore Yokhanan.
[1CH.5.36] And Yochanan birthed Azaryah, he who served as priest in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem.
[1CH.5.37] And Azaryah begat Amaryah, and Amaryah begat Achituv.
[1CH.5.38] And Achituv brought forth Tzadok, and Tzadok brought forth Shalum.
[1CH.5.39] And Shalum brought forth Chilkiyah, and Chilkiyah brought forth Azaryah.
[1CH.5.40] And Azaryah fathered S'rayah, and S'rayah fathered Y'hozadak.
[1CH.5.41] Jehoiachin went in the exiles that Yahveh brought about concerning Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
1CH.6
[1CH.6.1] The sons of Levi are Gershom, Kehat, and Merari.
[1CH.6.2] And these are the names of the sons of Gershom, to sons and Shimei.
[1CH.6.3] And the sons of Kehat are Amram and Yizhar and Chevron and Uzziel.
[1CH.6.4] The sons of Merari are Mahli and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites to their fathers.
[1CH.6.5] To Gershom, to my son, his son is Jachath, his son is Zimmah, his son.
[1CH.6.6] Yoach son of, Ido son of, Zerach son of, Yeatray son of.
[1CH.6.7] The sons of Kehath: Amminadav his son, Korach his son, Asir his son.
[1CH.6.8] God possesses his son and he adds his son and prisoner his son.
[1CH.6.9] Instead of his son, Uri'el his son, Uzziyah his son, and Sha'ul his son.
[1CH.6.10] And the sons of God are Amsai and Achimot.
[1CH.6.11] Elkana, sons of Elkana, Tzofay his son, and Nachath his son.
[1CH.6.12] My God is Father, his son, God has compassion, his son, God has possessed, his son.
[1CH.6.13] And the sons of Samuel, the firstborn and the second, and Abijah.
[1CH.6.14] The sons of Merari: Mahli, his son Livni, his son Shimei, his son Uzah.
[1CH.6.15] Shimeah, his son was Chaggiyah, his son was Asayah.
[1CH.6.16] And these are those whom David appointed to lead worship with song at the house of Yahveh, from the time the Ark rested.
[1CH.6.17] And there were singing Levites before the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, in song, until the daughters of Solomon built the house of Yahveh in Jerusalem. And they stood according to their appointed duties in their service.
[1CH.6.18] And these are those who stand, and their sons, from the sons of the Qahathites: Heman the singer, son of Joel, son of Samuel.
[1CH.6.19] The son of Elkana, the son of Yerocham, the son of Eli'el, the son of Toach.
[1CH.6.20] Son of Tsiph, son of God-established, son of grasping, son of bearing.
[1CH.6.21] Son of Elkana, son of Yoel, son of Azaryah, son of Tzfanya.
[1CH.6.22] Son of Tachat, son of Asir, son of Evyasahf, son of Korach.
[1CH.6.23] The son of Yitzhar, the son of Kehat, the son of Levi, the son of Yisrael.
[1CH.6.24] And his brother Asaf, who stands at his right hand, Asaf son of Berechiah son of Shimeah.
[1CH.6.25] Son of Mikhael, son of Baaseiyah, son of Malkiyah.
[1CH.6.26] Son of Etnee, son of Zerach, son of Adayah.
[1CH.6.27] Son of Eitan, son of Zimah, son of Shimei.
[1CH.6.28] The son of Yahhat, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
[1CH.6.29] And the descendants of Merari, their brothers, were on the left side. Eitan, son of Kish, son of Abdi, son of Malluch.
[1CH.6.30] The son of Khashavyah, the son of Amatsyah, the son of Khilkiyah.
[1CH.6.31] The son of Amtsi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer.
[1CH.6.32] The son of Machli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
[1CH.6.33] And their brothers, the Levites, are assigned to all the work of the tabernacle, house of the Gods.
[1CH.6.34] And Aaron and his sons were offering incense upon the altar of the burnt offering and upon the altar of incense, for all the work of holiness, the most holy things, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses, the servant of the Gods, commanded.
[1CH.6.35] And these are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, and Abishua his son.
[1CH.6.36] Bukki is my son, Uzzi is my son, Zerachyah is my son.
[1CH.6.37] Bitter, his son, is Amarayah, his son, is Achituv, his son.
[1CH.6.38] Tsadoq, his son Akhimeatz.
[1CH.6.39] And these are their settlements for their allotments within their boundaries, to the sons of Aaron, to the family of the Qhati, for to them was the lot.
[1CH.6.40] And they gave to them Hebron in the land of Judah, and its surroundings surrounding it.
[1CH.6.41] And the field of the city, and her courtyards, they gave to Caleb, son of Jephunneh.
[1CH.6.42] And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge: Chevron and Livnah and their territories, and Yatir and Eshtemoa and their territories.
[1CH.6.43] And its strength and its courts, the sanctuary and its courts.
[1CH.6.44] And the Ashan, and its open spaces, and the house of the sun, and its open spaces.
[1CH.6.45] From the staff of Benjamin, Gebah and its territories, and Alemeth and its territories, and Anatoth and its territories, all their cities, thirteen cities according to their families.
[1CH.6.46] And to the sons of Kehat, the remainder from the family of the tribe from half the tribe of Half-Manasseh, cities were given by lot, ten cities.
[1CH.6.47] And to the descendants of Gershom, to their families, were given cities from the tribe of Issachar and from the tribe of Asher and from the tribe of Naphtali and from the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
[1CH.6.48] To the sons of Merari, to their families, from the tribe of Reuben and from the tribe of Gad and from the tribe of Zebulun, by lot, twelve cities.
[1CH.6.49] And the sons of Israel gave to the Levites the cities and their territories.
[1CH.6.50] And they gave by lot from the tribe of the descendants of Judah, and from the tribe of the descendants of Simeon, and from the tribe of the descendants of Benjamin, these cities which they will call by names.
[1CH.6.51] And from the families of the sons of Kehat, it was that the cities of their boundaries were from the tribe of Ephraim.
[1CH.6.52] And they gave to them the cities of refuge, Shechem and its territories in the mountain of Ephraim, and Gezer and its territories.
[1CH.6.53] And Yakmeam, and its fields, and the house of Horon, and its fields.
[1CH.6.54] And Ayalon and its pasturelands, and Gat-Rimmon and its pasturelands.
[1CH.6.55] And from the half of the tribe of Manasseh, were given the territories of Aner and its pastures, and the territories of Bileam and its pastures, to the family of the descendants of Kehat who remained.
[1CH.6.56] To the sons of Gershom, from the family of half the tribe of Manasseh, they gave Golan in Bashan and its territories, and Ashtaroth and its territories.
[1CH.6.57] And from the tribe of Issachar, Kedesh and its territories, and Davrat and its territories.
[1CH.6.58] And the heights, and their open spaces, and their flocks, and their open spaces.
[1CH.6.59] And from the tribe of Asher, dominion and its pasture lands, and Avdon and its pasture lands.
[1CH.6.60] And its laws, and her open fields, and its street, and her open fields.
[1CH.6.61] And from the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee and its territories, and Hammon and its territories, and Kiryatayim and its territories.
[1CH.6.62] To the sons of Merari who remained, from the tribe of Zebulun, belonged Rimmono and its pastures, and Tabor and its pastures.
[1CH.6.63] And beyond the Jordan, Jericho, to the east of the Jordan, from the tribe of Reuben, is Betzer in the desert and its territories, and Yahatz and its territories.
[1CH.6.64] And the eastern parts, and her pastures, and the appearance, and her pastures.
[1CH.6.65] And from the staff of Gad, the heights in Gilead and its pastures, and the double camps and its pastures.
[1CH.6.66] And Heshbon and its territories, and Ya’zeir and its territories.
1CH.7
[1CH.7.1] And to the sons of Issachar, Tolah and Pua, Jashub and Shimron, are four.
[1CH.7.2] The sons of Tolah were Uzi, Refayah, Reiel, Yahmai, Yibsam, and Shmuel. These were the heads of their ancestral houses, to Tolah, valiant warriors of strength, according to their generations. Their number in the days of David was twenty-two thousand and six hundred.
[1CH.7.3] And the sons of Uzi are Yizrahiah, and the sons of Yizrahiah are Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Yishiyah, five heads altogether.
[1CH.7.4] And upon them, according to their generations, to the house of their fathers, companies of the army of warfare, thirty and six thousand, because they multiplied women and children.
[1CH.7.5] And their brothers, for all the families of Issachar, were warriors, eighty and seven thousand. They were counted in total.
[1CH.7.6] Benjamin, Belah, and Becher, and Jediael, are three.
[1CH.7.7] And the sons of Bela were Etzvon, and Uzi, and Uzziel, and Yirimot, and Iri, five chiefs of fathers, mighty warriors. And they were registered, twenty-two thousand and thirty-four.
[1CH.7.8] And the sons of Becher are Zemirah, and Yoash, and Eliezer, and Elyoeinai, and Amri, and Iremoh, and Aviyah, and Anatot, and Alamet. All of these are sons of Becher.
[1CH.7.9] And they numbered according to their generations the heads of the houses of their fathers, heroes of the army, twenty thousand and two hundred.
[1CH.7.10] And the sons of Jediael were Bilhan, and the sons of Bilhan were Yaeesh and Benjamin and Ayhood and K’nahanah and Zaytan and Tarshish and Ahishahar.
[1CH.7.11] All these are descendants of Yediy’ael, to the heads of families, mighty soldiers. Seven hundred and two hundred went out as an army to the war.
[1CH.7.12] And they were poured out and covered, people of the city, darkened people of another.
[1CH.7.13] The sons of Naphtali are Yachz’iel, and Guni, and Yetzer, and Shalum, sons of Bilhah.
[1CH.7.14] The sons of Manasseh, Ashriel, whom his concubine, the Aramean woman, bore, bore Machir, the father of Gilead.
[1CH.7.15] Makhir took a wife, and her name was Maakah. The other name was Zelaphhad, and he had daughters.
[1CH.7.16] And Maacah, the wife of Machir, gave birth to a son, and she called his name Peresh, and the name of his brother was Sheresh, and their sons were Ulam and Rakem.
[1CH.7.17] And the sons of Ulam, of Dan, these are the sons of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh.
[1CH.7.18] And his sister, the important woman, bore Eeshhod and Aviezer and Mahlah.
[1CH.7.19] And the sons of Shemida were Ahian, and Shechem, and Lekhi, and Aniam.
[1CH.7.20] And the sons of Ephraim were Shuthalah, and Bred his son, and instead of his son, and Eleadah his son, and instead of his son.
[1CH.7.21] And Zabad his son and Shutelah his son and Ezer and Elead, and the people of Gath who were born in the land, killed them because they descended to take their livestock.
[1CH.7.22] And their father mourned for Ephraim many days, and his brothers came to comfort him.
[1CH.7.23] And he went to his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. And he called his name Briah, because hardship was in his house.
[1CH.7.24] And in Biteh She’erah, she built the lower city of Horon and the upper city, and Ozen She’erah.
[1CH.7.25] A weakness descends upon my son, and a burning fever, and a devastating blow upon my son, and a consumption descends upon my son.
[1CH.7.26] La'edan, his son was Ammihud, his son was Elishama.
[1CH.7.27] Non, son of Yehoshua, son of...
[1CH.7.28] Their possessions and settlements were at the house of God and its villages, and to the east, Naaran, and to the west, Gezer and its villages, and Shechem and its villages, until Ayya and its villages.
[1CH.7.29] And through the descendants of Manasseh were Beit-Shaan and its villages, Ta'anach and its villages, Megiddo and its villages, Dor and its villages. In these places dwelt the descendants of Joseph, son of Israel.
[1CH.7.30] The sons of Asher are Imnah and Yishvah and Yishvi and Bria and Sarah, their sister.
[1CH.7.31] And the descendants of Bri’ah were Chever and Mal’kiel. He is the father of Birzavit.
[1CH.7.32] And Heber bore Yaphelet, and Shomer, and Khotam, and Shu’a, and Shu’a was their sister.
[1CH.7.33] And the sons of Japheth are Passach and Vimhal and Ashvat. These are the sons of Japheth.
[1CH.7.34] And the sons of Shem, and my brother multiplied, Yahveh and Aram.
[1CH.7.35] The son of Helem, his brother, is Tsofakh, and Yimna, and Shelesh, and Amal.
[1CH.7.36] The sons of Tsophah are Suach, and Charnepher, and Shu'al, and Beri, and Yimrah.
[1CH.7.37] Betser and Hoed and Shama and Shelsha and Yitran and Be’era.
[1CH.7.38] And the sons of Jether are Jefuneh and Pispa and Era.
[1CH.7.39] And the sons of Ula were Arah, and Chaniel, and Ritzyah.
[1CH.7.40] All these are the sons of Asher, heads of the fathers’ houses, chosen, heroes of the army, heads of the leaders. And they prepared themselves for the army in war. Their number of men was twenty-six thousand.
1CH.8
[1CH.8.1] And Benjamin birthed Bela, his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third.
[1CH.8.2] Nokhah is the fourth and Rafa is the fifth.
[1CH.8.3] And there were sons to Balak: Adar, Gera, and Avi-hud.
[1CH.8.4] And Avishua and Naaman and Achoch.
[1CH.8.5] And the gecko and the lizard and the chameleon.
[1CH.8.6] And these are the sons of Ehud. These are the leaders of the ancestral families to the inhabitants of Geba, and they exiled them to Manahath.
[1CH.8.7] Na’aman and Achiyaha and Gera, he was the hero, and he bore Uzza and Achichud.
[1CH.8.8] And Shacharayim bore in the field of Moab from his sending them, the Chushim, and Ba'ara, his wives.
[1CH.8.9] And he fathered from a time, his wife, Yo-vav, and Tziv-yah, and May-shah, and Mal-kam.
[1CH.8.10] And counsel and strength and deceit, these are his sons, the heads of the fathers.
[1CH.8.11] And from Khushim, he brought forth Avee-toov and El-pa-al.
[1CH.8.12] And the sons of Elpaal are Ei-ver and Mish-am and Sha-med. He built O-no and Lod, and its settlements.
[1CH.8.13] And they heard, they, the leaders of the fathers, to the inhabitants of Ayalon. They drove out the inhabitants of Gat.
[1CH.8.14] And Achyo, Shashak, and Viremot.
[1CH.8.15] And Zvadya, and Arad, and Ader.
[1CH.8.16] And Mikhael and Yishpah and Yokha, sons of Beryah.
[1CH.8.17] And Zevadya, and Meshulam, and Khizki, and Khaveyr.
[1CH.8.18] And may God guard them, and may the Gods cause them to flourish, and may Yahveh restore the descendants of Elpaal.
[1CH.8.19] And Joakim, and Zachary, and Zabdiel.
[1CH.8.20] And my God, and the shadow of God, and God is high.
[1CH.8.21] And Adayah, and Berayah, and Shimrat, sons of Shim'i.
[1CH.8.22] And Yishpan, and Eiver, and God's God.
[1CH.8.23] And Avdon and Zichri and Chanan.
[1CH.8.24] And Hanan's God, and Eilam's God, and the one who answers Yahveh.
[1CH.8.25] And Yifdeh and Pniel, sons of Shashak.
[1CH.8.26] And Shamshrai and Shacharyah and Atalyah.
[1CH.8.27] And Yareshyah and Eliyah and Zichri, sons of Yeroham.
[1CH.8.28] These are the chiefs of families according to their lineages, chiefs. These dwelt in Jerusalem.
[1CH.8.29] And in Gibon lived Avi Gibon, and the name of his wife was Maakah.
[1CH.8.30] And his firstborn son was Avdon, and Tsoor, and Kish, and the Lord, and Nadav.
[1CH.8.31] Enclose, and sustain life, and remember.
[1CH.8.32] The descendants of Meclot fathered Shemah, and these also dwelt opposite their brothers in Jerusalem with their brothers.
[1CH.8.33] And Ner brought forth Kish, and Kish brought forth Saul, and Saul brought forth Jonathan, and also Malchi-shua, and Avinadav, and Eshba'al.
[1CH.8.34] And the son of Jonathan quarreled with Baal, and the one who quarreled with Baal fathered Micah.
[1CH.8.35] And the sons of Micah were Pithon and Melek and Tahrea and Ahaz.
[1CH.8.36] And Achaz begat Jehoadah, and Jehoadah begat ‘Alemeth, and ‘Azmaveth, and Zimri, and Zimri begat Motza.
[1CH.8.37] And Moza bore Binaa. Rafa was his son, Elasa was his son, and Atzel was his son.
[1CH.8.38] And to Atzel were six sons, and these are their names: Azrikam, the firstborn, and Yishmael and Sha'aryah and Ovad-yah and Chanan. All of these are the sons of Atzel.
[1CH.8.39] And the sons of Esau’s brother, but his firstborn was Yehush the second, and Eliphelet the third.
[1CH.8.40] And the sons of Ulām were men of valor, skilled archers, and they increased sons and sons of sons, one hundred and fifty in all, all these from the sons of Benjamin.
1CH.9
[1CH.9.1] And all of Israel were registered, and behold, their names are written upon the book of the kings of Israel. And Judah was exiled to Babylon in that time.
[1CH.9.2] And the inhabitants, the first ones, who in their holdings in their cities, Israel, the priests, the Levites and the Nethinim.
[1CH.9.3] And in Jerusalem they will dwell, from the sons of Judah and from the sons of Benjamin and from the sons of Ephraim and Manasseh.
[1CH.9.4] Ootai, son of Ammihud, son of Amri, son of Imri, son of Banaymin, sons of Peretz, son of Judah.
[1CH.9.5] From those of Shiloh, the firstborn did and his sons.
[1CH.9.6] And from the sons of Zerach, Jeuel, and their brothers, six hundred and ninety.
[1CH.9.7] And from the sons of Benjamin, Sallu son of Meshullam, son of Hodaviah, son of Hasnuah.
[1CH.9.8] And Yivne was the son of Yeroham, and Elah was the son of Uzi, the son of Mikri, and Meshullam was the son of Shiftai, the son of Reu’el, the son of Yivne.
[1CH.9.9] And their brothers, according to their generations, were nine hundred and fifty-six. All these were men, heads of fathers to the house of their fathers.
[1CH.9.10] And from the priests were Yedayah, Yhoiarib, and Yakin.
[1CH.9.11] And Azaryah, son of Chilqiyyah, son of Meshullam, son of Tzadok, son of Meryot, son of Achituv, was leader of the house of the Gods.
[1CH.9.12] And Adayah, son of Yerocham, son of Pashchur, son of Malkiyyah, and Ma'asai, son of Adiel, son of Yachzerah, son of Meshullam, son of Meshillemit, son of Immer.
[1CH.9.13] And their brothers were leaders of the houses of their ancestors, one thousand and seven hundred and sixty heroes of strength, performing the work of service of the house of the Gods.
[1CH.9.14] And from the Levites, Shmaiyah, son of Hashuv, son of Azrikam, son of Hashavyah from the descendants of Merari.
[1CH.9.15] And in the morning, the craftsman and the rolling, and Mattaniah son of Micah son of Zekri son of Asaf.
[1CH.9.16] And Obadiah, son of Shmaiyah, son of Galal, son of Yedutun, and Berekhyah, son of Asah, son of Elkanah, the one dwelling in the courtyards of Netofati.
[1CH.9.17] And the gatekeepers were Shalom, and Akuv, and Talmon, and Achiman, and Achiehem. Shalom was the chief.
[1CH.9.18] And even to here, at the gate of the king eastward, they are the gates for the encampments of the sons of Levi.
[1CH.9.19] And Shallum, son of Qore’a, son of Eviasaf, son of Qorach, and his brothers, to the family of his father, the Korahites, were appointed to the work of service, guardians of the thresholds to the Tent, and their fathers were on guard at the camp of Yahveh, guardians of the entrance.
[1CH.9.20] And Phinehas, son of Eleazar, was a leader over them previously, with Yahveh being with him.
[1CH.9.21] Zekharyah, son of Meshlemyah, was the gatekeeper of the opening to the tent of appointment.
[1CH.9.22] All of the chosen ones, gatekeepers at the thresholds, were two hundred and twelve. They were stationed within their courtyards. It was David and Samuel the seer who established them, based on their faithfulness.
[1CH.9.23] And they and their sons were stationed on the gates to the house of Yahveh, to the house of the tent, for the watches.
[1CH.9.24] Four directions will be the gates: east, sea, north, and south.
[1CH.9.25] And their brothers came to the courts for seven days, at a time, with these.
[1CH.9.26] For through faithfulness, those four brave ones of the gatekeepers are Levites, and they were over the rooms and over the treasuries of the house of the Gods.
[1CH.9.27] And around the house of the Gods they will dwell, for guarding is upon them. And they are in possession of the key, and each morning they will maintain watch each morning.
[1CH.9.28] And from them upon the vessels of the work, for in number they will bring them, and in number they will take them out.
[1CH.9.29] And from them were appointed officials over the items and over all the sacred items, and over the fine flour and the wine and the oil and the frankincense and the spices.
[1CH.9.30] And from the sons of the priests were those who mixed the preparations for the spices.
[1CH.9.31] And Mattityahu, from the Levites, he is the firstborn of Shallum the Karkhite, in trustworthiness regarding the deeds of the Chevitites.
[1CH.9.32] And from the sons of Kehati, from among their brothers, was the responsibility for the bread of the presentation, to prepare Sabbath, Sabbath.
[1CH.9.33] And these are the singers, heads of the fathers to the Levites, in the chambers of the singers, for day and night was upon them in the work.
[1CH.9.34] These are the heads of the fathers to the Levites according to their generations, heads. These dwelt in Jerusalem.
[1CH.9.35] And in Giv-ohn they lived, the father of Giv-ohn Yee-oo-ayl, and the name of his wife was Mah-ah-kah.
[1CH.9.36] And his firstborn son was Avdon, and Tsoor, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadav.
[1CH.9.37] And Gedor, and Achyov, and Zechariah, and Mikhlot.
[1CH.9.38] And Miklot bore their name, and even they dwelt near their brothers in Jerusalem with their brothers.
[1CH.9.39] And Ner begot Kish, and Kish begot Sha’ul, and Sha’ul begot Yehohanan, and also Malchi-shua, and Avinadav, and Eshba’al.
[1CH.9.40] And the son of Yeho-natan disputed with the Lord, and the one who disputes with the Lord gave birth to Mikha.
[1CH.9.41] And the sons of Micah were Pithon, and Melech, and Takhereah.
[1CH.9.42] And Achaz bore Ya'arah, and Ya'arah bore Alamet and Azmavet and Zimri, and Zimri bore Motza.
[1CH.9.43] And Moza bore Binea. And Refayah, his son, bore Elasah, his son. And Atzel, his son.
[1CH.9.44] And to Atzel were six sons, and these are their names: Azrikam, the firstborn, and Ishmael, and Shaaryah, and Obadyah, and Hanan. These are the sons of Atzel.
1CH.10
[1CH.10.1] And the Philistines fought against Israel, and each man of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fallen warriors fell on Mount Gilboa.
[1CH.10.2] And the Philistines stuck close behind Saul and behind his sons, and the Philistines struck down Jonathan and Abinadav and Malkishua, sons of Saul.
[1CH.10.3] And the battle became heavy upon Saul, and the archers found him with their bows, and he trembled from the archers.
[1CH.10.4] And Saul said to his weapon carrier, "Draw your sword and pierce me with it, lest these uncircumcised ones come and mistreat me." But his weapon carrier would not, for he feared greatly. Then Saul took the sword and fell upon it.
[1CH.10.5] And the carrier of his weapons saw that Saul was dead, and he also fell upon the sword and died.
[1CH.10.6] And Saul died, and his three sons, and all of his family died together.
[1CH.10.7] And all the people of Israel who were in the valley saw that they had fled, and that Saul and his sons had died. So they abandoned their cities and fled, and the Philistines came and settled in them.
[1CH.10.8] And it was on the next day that the Philistines came to raid the slain, and they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
[1CH.10.9] They stripped him, and they carried his head and his limbs, and they proclaimed it in the land of the Philistines, going around to proclaim it to their idols and to the people.
[1CH.10.10] And they placed its implements in the house of the Gods, and they impaled its head in the house of Dagon.
[1CH.10.11] And all the people of Jabesh Gilead heard all that the Philistines did to Saul.
[1CH.10.12] And every man of valor rose, and they carried the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons, and they brought them to Yavish. And they buried their bones under the tree in Yavish, and they fasted seven days.
[1CH.10.13] And Saul died because of his transgression, the one he committed against Yahveh, concerning the word of Yahveh which he did not keep. And also, Saul came to a necromancer to inquire.
[1CH.10.14] And he did not seek Yahveh, and Yahveh caused him to die. And he turned the kingdom to David, son of Yishai.
1CH.11
[1CH.11.1] Then all of Israel gathered to David at Hebron, declaring, "Behold, we are of your bone and your flesh."
[1CH.11.2] Yesterday and the day before yesterday, even when Saul was king, you are the one who leads out and brings in Israel. And Yahveh, the Gods, said to you, "You will shepherd my people Israel, and you will be a leader over my people Israel."
[1CH.11.3] And all the elders of Israel came to the king in Hebron, and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before Yahveh. And they anointed David as king over Israel, as the word of Yahveh was by the hand of Samuel.
[1CH.11.4] And David went, and all of Israel went to Jerusalem, it is Jebus, and there the Jebusites, inhabitants of the land, were.
[1CH.11.5] And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, "You will not come in here." And David captured the fortress of Zion; it is the city of David.
[1CH.11.6] And David said, "Everyone who strikes down a Jebusite first will be head and ruler." And Joab, son of Zeruiah, went up first, and he became head.
[1CH.11.7] And David dwelt in the fortress, therefore they called it City of David.
[1CH.11.8] And he built the city around, from the foundation and until the surrounding, and Yoav will revive the remainder of the city.
[1CH.11.9] And David went, walking and growing, and Yahveh of Hosts was with him.
[1CH.11.10] And these are the heads of the mighty men who were with David, those who strengthened him in his kingdom with all Israel, to make him king, as the word of Yahveh concerning Israel stated.
[1CH.11.11] And these are the number of the mighty men who were with David. Yashaveam, son of Hakhmoni, was the head of the thirty. He roused his spear against three hundred slain at one time.
[1CH.11.12] And after him was Elazar, son of his relative, the brother; he was among the three mighty warriors.
[1CH.11.13] He was with David at the Pass of Damim, and the Philistines had assembled there for battle. The section of the field was filled with cherubs, and the people fled from before the Philistines.
[1CH.11.14] And they stood in the midst of the portion, and they saved it, and they struck the Philistines, and Yahveh saved a great salvation.
[1CH.11.15] And three from the thirty descended onto the rock to David, to the Cave of Adullam, and the camp of the Philistines was encamped in the Valley of the Rephaim.
[1CH.11.16] And David was then in the stronghold, and the Philistines were then stationed in Bethlehem.
[1CH.11.17] And David desired and said, "Who will give me water from the well of Bethlehem which is at the gate?"
[1CH.11.18] And the three broke through the camp of the Philistines and drew water from the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate, and carried it and brought it to David. But David would not drink it, and he poured it out to Yahveh.
[1CH.11.19] And he said, “It is unthinkable to me from God to do such a thing. Shall I drink the blood of these men with their lives? For with their lives they brought it, and I refused to drink it. This is what the three mighty men did.”
[1CH.11.20] And Abshai, the brother of Joab, he was a head of the three, and he raised his spear against three hundred slain, and he did not place his name among the three.
[1CH.11.21] From the three, among two he was honored, and it was for them a ruler, and to the three he did not come.
[1CH.11.22] B’naya, son of Y’hoyo’da, son of a man of valor, from Kabtza’el, struck two of Ariel of Moab. He descended and struck the lion within the pit on a day of snow.
[1CH.11.23] And he struck the Egyptian man, a man of five cubits in measurement, and in the hand of the Egyptian was a spear like a weaver’s shuttle. And he went down to him with a club, and he seized the spear from the hand of the Egyptian, and he killed him with his spear.
[1CH.11.24] These things did Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and to him was a name among the three heroes.
[1CH.11.25] From the thirty, behold, he is honored. He did not enter among the three. And David appointed him to his command.
[1CH.11.26] And the mighty of the warriors, God made my brother Yoav, Elchanan, son of his relative, from Bethlehem.
[1CH.11.27] The names of the mountains are the strength of the unknown one.
[1CH.11.28] Ee-rah, son of ee-kesh the Tekoite, Ah-vee-eh-zer the Anathothite.
[1CH.11.29] The rose of my beloved is to me, my brother.
[1CH.11.30] The dripping of my bitterness is corrosion, son of understanding, the dripping.
[1CH.11.31] Itay, son of My Quarrel, from the region of the descendants of Benjamin, is Sevanyahu, of the Per’aton.
[1CH.11.32] Khurai, from the streams of the turbulent one, Saviel of the Arabah.
[1CH.11.33] The strong purpose of the chosen people belongs to Eliyavvah the Sha'alboni.
[1CH.11.34] The sons of the Name, the Gizoniy, Jonathan son of Shagei the mountain dweller.
[1CH.11.35] Akhyam, son of Sakhar the mountaineer, and Elipal, son of Ur.
[1CH.11.36] Khefer the seller, my brother, the one known as.
[1CH.11.37] Khetsroh the Carmelite, Naharai, son of Ezbai.
[1CH.11.38] Yoel, my brother, Natan, chosen son of Hagri.
[1CH.11.39] Tselek the Ammonite, my charioteers, the Hebrew carrying the equipment of Yoav son of Tzeruyah.
[1CH.11.40] The city, the second one, scrapes the second one.
[1CH.11.41] Uriyah the Hittite was Zabed, son of Achlai.
[1CH.11.42] Adina, son of Shiza, the Reubenite, was the head of the Reubenites, and thirty were under his command.
[1CH.11.43] Khanan, son of Maakah, and Yoshaphat the discerning one.
[1CH.11.44] Uzziyahu the Ashtarite heard, and Yoael, sons of Chotham the Aruerite.
[1CH.11.45] Knowing-God son of Shimree, and Yocha his brother, the Titzite.
[1CH.11.46] My God is God, the one who understands, and my fourth, and Yo-sha-vyah, sons of God is pleasant, and Yith-mah the Mo-avi.
[1CH.11.47] God-God, and worker, and Yahveh-God, the commander.
1CH.12
[1CH.12.1] And these are those who came to David at Ziklag, still held back because of Saul son of Kish, and they were among the warriors, helpers in the war.
[1CH.12.2] Those who draw the bow, right-handed and left-handed, with stones and with arrows with the bow, were relatives of Saul from Benjamin.
[1CH.12.3] The chief Akhiezer and Yoash, sons of the Shma'ah the Gib'onite, and Zizael and Pelet, sons of Azmavet, and Brakha, and Yehu the Anatite.
[1CH.12.4] And Ishmaiah the Gibbonite was a mighty warrior among the thirty, and he was over the thirty.
[1CH.12.5] And Jeremiah and Yakhaziel and Yokhanan and Yozabad, the Gederati.
[1CH.12.6] Eluza-i, Veirimot, and Velya-hu, and guarding-him and judging-him, the sharp one.
[1CH.12.7] God-named, and Yahveh-is-salvation, and God-helps, and God-helps, and Yahveh-has-returned, the bald ones.
[1CH.12.8] And Yoelah and Zevadiah, sons of Yerocham, are from the enclosure.
[1CH.12.9] And from the Gadites, warriors were separated to David, to the stronghold of the wilderness, valiant of force, men of the army for war, those arranging shield and spear, and faces of lion, their faces, and like gazelles upon the mountains for swiftness.
[1CH.12.10] Help the first, the servant of God the second, my God is father the third.
[1CH.12.11] From Mishman, the fourth, Jeremiah, the fifth.
[1CH.12.12] You will come, the sixth, God-God, the seventh.
[1CH.12.13] Yochanan, the eighth, and Elzabed, the ninth.
[1CH.12.14] Jeremiah, the tenth, appointed Simkhabanni in the tenth month.
[1CH.12.15] These are the sons of Gad, leaders of the army. One for a hundred, the lesser, and the greater for a thousand.
[1CH.12.16] These are those who crossed the Jordan in the first month, and it overflowed over all its banks, and they drove away all the plains people to the east and to the west.
[1CH.12.17] And people came from the people of Benjamin and Judah to the fortress to David.
[1CH.12.18] And David went out before them and answered and said to them, "If you have come to me in peace to help me, may there be a united heart with you. But if you come to betray me to my enemies without cause, may the God of our ancestors see it and judge."
[1CH.12.19] And a spirit clothed Amassai, head of the third rank, to you, David, and with you, son of Jesse, peace, peace to you, and peace to your helper, because your help are your Gods. And David accepted them, and he gave them at the heads of the battalion.
[1CH.12.20] And from Manasseh, some fell to David when he came with the Philistines against Saul to war, and they did not help them. For the commanders of the Philistines had sent him away, saying, "Let him fall upon the head of my Lord Saul."
[1CH.12.21] While going to Ziklag, they fell upon him: Adnah, Jozabad, Yidiel, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Ziltay. These were the heads of thousands who belonged to Manasseh.
[1CH.12.22] And they helped with David’s army, for they were all valiant warriors, and they became leaders in the army.
[1CH.12.23] For at the time of day, day by day, they come to David for help, until his camp is as large as the camp of the Gods.
[1CH.12.24] And these are the numbers of the heads of the advance guard of the army who came to David in Hebron to turn the kingdom of Saul over to him according to the word of Yahveh.
[1CH.12.25] The descendants of Judah, bearers of shields and spears, were six thousand and eight hundred front lines of the army.
[1CH.12.26] From the descendants of Simeon, mighty warriors for military service, seven thousand and one hundred.
[1CH.12.27] From the descendants of the Levite, four thousand and six hundred.
[1CH.12.28] And Jehoiada, the ruler, was with Aaron, and with him were three thousand and seven hundred.
[1CH.12.29] And Zadok was a young man, a valiant warrior, and the leaders of his father's house numbered twenty-two.
[1CH.12.30] And from the sons of Benjamin, brothers of Saul, were three thousand, and until now their numbers have increased as guards performing guard duty at the house of Saul.
[1CH.12.31] And from the descendants of Ephraim, twenty thousand and eight hundred valiant warriors, men of renown according to the houses of their fathers.
[1CH.12.32] And from half the tribe of Manasseh, eighteen thousand were counted by names to come and make David king.
[1CH.12.33] And from the sons of Issachar were those who had understanding of times, to know what Israel ought to do. Their leaders were two hundred, and all their brothers were according to their direction.
[1CH.12.34] From Zebulun go forth fighting men, arraying battle lines with all implements of war, fifty thousand, and equipped without hesitation and with resolve.
[1CH.12.35] And from Naphtali were leaders, one thousand, with them Betzinah and Hanit, thirty and seven thousand.
[1CH.12.36] And from the Danites, arrangers of war, twenty-eight thousand and six hundred.
[1CH.12.37] And from Asher came forth an army to prepare for war, forty thousand.
[1CH.12.38] And from beyond the Jordan, from the Reubenites and the Gadites and half the tribe of Manasseh, were in all instruments of war one hundred and twenty thousand.
[1CH.12.39] All these were men of war, helpers of battle formation, who came to Hebron with a whole heart to make David king over all Israel, and also all the remnant of Israel came with one heart to make David king.
[1CH.12.40] And they were there with David for three days, eating and drinking, for their brothers had prepared for them.
[1CH.12.41] And also those near to them, even up to Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, bring bread on donkeys and on camels and on oxen, and food: fine flour, raisins, wine and oil, and cattle and sheep in abundance, for there is joy in Israel.
1CH.13
[1CH.13.1] And David consulted with the commanders of the thousands and the hundreds, to every leader.
[1CH.13.2] And David said to all the assembly of Israel, "Is it good in your eyes, and from Yahveh, the Gods of us, that a raid be sent against our brothers who remain in all the lands of Israel, and with them the priests and the Levites in the cities of their dwellings, and that they gather to us?"
[1CH.13.3] And we will carry the Ark of the Gods of us to us, because we did not seek it in the days of Saul.
[1CH.13.4] And the whole assembly said to do thus, for the thing appeared right in the eyes of all the people.
[1CH.13.5] And David gathered all of Israel from the brook of Egypt and even to the entrance of Hamath to bring the Ark of the Gods from Kiryat Yearim.
[1CH.13.6] And David and all of Israel went up to Baalah, to Kiryat Yearim which belongs to Judah, to bring up from there the Ark of the Gods. Yahveh dwells among the cherubim, whose name is called.
[1CH.13.7] And they mounted the Ark of the Gods upon a new cart from the house of Abinadav, and Uzza and his brother were leading with the cart.
[1CH.13.8] And David and all of Israel were playing music before the Gods with all strength, and with songs, and with lyres, and with harps, and with drums, and with sistrums, and with trumpets.
[1CH.13.9] And they came up to the threshing floor of Kidon, and Uzza extended his hand to grasp the Ark, because the oxen stumbled.
[1CH.13.10] And the anger of Yahveh burned against Uzzah, and he struck him because he extended his hand to the Ark. And he died there before the Gods.
[1CH.13.11] And David was displeased because Yahveh had caused a breach at Uzzah. And he called that place 'Breach of Uzzah', even to this day.
[1CH.13.12] And David feared the Gods on that day, saying, "How might I bring the ark of the Gods to myself?"
[1CH.13.13] And David did not remove the Ark to himself to the City of David, and he moved it to the house of Oved the Edomite the Gittite.
[1CH.13.14] And the Ark of the Gods resided with the house of Obed-Edom in his house for three months, and Yahveh blessed the house of Obed-Edom and all that belonged to him.
1CH.14
[1CH.14.1] And Hiram, the king of Tyre, sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and stone workers, and wood workers, to build for him a house.
[1CH.14.2] And David knew that Yahveh had prepared him to be king over Israel, that his kingdom was exalted for the sake of his people, Israel.
[1CH.14.3] And David took more wives in Jerusalem, and David bore more sons and daughters.
[1CH.14.4] And these are the names of the sons who were to him in Jerusalem: Shamu’a, and Shovav, Natan, and Shlomoh.
[1CH.14.5] And He will choose, my deliverance, and my escape.
[1CH.14.6] And the brightness, and the ornaments, and the beauty are gone.
[1CH.14.7] And God hears, and God knows, and God delivers.
[1CH.14.8] And the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over all Israel, and all the Philistines went up to seek David. And David heard, and he went out before them.
[1CH.14.9] The Philistines came, and they spread out in the Valley of the Rephaim.
[1CH.14.10] And David asked of the Gods, saying, “Shall I go up against the Philistines, and will they be given into my hand?” And Yahveh said to him, “Go up, and I will give them into your hand.”
[1CH.14.11] They went up to Baal-Perazim, and David defeated them there. Then David said, "The Gods have broken through my enemies by my hand, like a breakthrough of waters." Therefore, they called the name of that place Baal-Perazim.
[1CH.14.12] And they abandoned there their Gods, and David said, and they were burned with fire.
[1CH.14.13] And the Philistines continued, and they raided in the valley.
[1CH.14.14] And David inquired yet again of the Gods, and the Gods said to him, "Do not go up against them. Turn away from them, and come upon them from the direction of the acacia trees."
[1CH.14.15] And it will be, when you hear the sound of the marching pace at the tops of the acacia trees, then you will go forth into battle, for the Gods have gone before you to strike down the camp of the Philistines.
[1CH.14.16] And David did as the Gods commanded him, and he struck the camp of the Philistines from Geba and up to Gezer.
[1CH.14.17] And the name of David went out in all the lands, and Yahveh gave his fear upon all the nations.
1CH.15
[1CH.15.1] And he made for himself houses in the city of David, and he prepared a place for the Ark of the Gods, and he pitched a tent for him.
[1CH.15.2] Then David said, "Do not carry the Ark of the Gods, but let the Levites carry it, because Yahveh chose them to carry the Ark of Yahveh and to serve Him forever."
[1CH.15.3] And David gathered all of Israel to Jerusalem to bring up the Ark of Yahveh to its place, which he had prepared for it.
[1CH.15.4] And David gathered the sons of Aaron and the Levites.
[1CH.15.5] To the sons of Kehat, Uriel the leader, and his brothers, one hundred and twenty.
[1CH.15.6] To the sons of Merari: Asayah the ruler and his brothers, two hundred and twenty.
[1CH.15.7] To the sons of Gershom, Joel the official, and his brothers, one hundred and thirty.
[1CH.15.8] To the sons of Elizaphan, Shma'ayah the officer and his brothers, two hundred.
[1CH.15.9] The sons of Chevron are Eli'el the officer and his brothers, eighty in number.
[1CH.15.10] To the sons of Uziel, Amminadav the officer, and his brothers, one hundred and twelve.
[1CH.15.11] And David called to Zadok and to Evyatar, the priests, and to the Levites, to Uriel, Asayah, Joel, Shmaya, Eliel and Amminadav.
[1CH.15.12] And He said to them, "You are the heads of the fathers of the Levites. Sanctify yourselves, you and your brothers, and bring up the ark of Yahveh, the Gods of Israel, to the place I have prepared for it."
[1CH.15.13] For formerly, you were not the ones who caused Yahveh, the Gods our God, to break forth within us, for we did not seek him as is right.
[1CH.15.14] And the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to carry up the Ark of Yahveh, God of Israel.
[1CH.15.15] And the sons of the Levites carried the Ark of the Gods, as Moses commanded, according to the word of Yahveh, upon their shoulders with the poles upon them.
[1CH.15.16] And David said to the leaders of the Levites, "Appoint your brothers as the singers with instruments of music – harps and lyres and cymbals – making a sound to raise a voice of joy."
[1CH.15.17] And the Levites established Heman, son of Joel, and from his brothers, Asaph, son of Berechiah, the sons of Merari, their brothers, Ethan, son of Kushaiah.
[1CH.15.18] And with them were their brothers, the secondary ones: Zekharyahu son of Ya'azie'el, and Shmiramot, and Yihie'el, and Unni, Eli'av, and Benayahu, and Ma'aseyahu, and Mattityahu, and Eliphlehu, and Mikneyahu, and Oved Edom, and Ye'iel, the gatekeepers.
[1CH.15.19] And the singers, Heyman, Asaf, and Eitan, with cymbals of copper, to sound them.
[1CH.15.20] And Ozkharyah and Aziel and Shmiramot and Hiel and Ooni and Eli'av and Maaseyahoo and Bnavahoo with stringed instruments upon the alamot.
[1CH.15.21] And Mattityahu and Eliphalehu and Mikneiah and Obed Edom and Iiel and Azaziah, with harps on the eighth, for eternity.
[1CH.15.22] And Chenanyahu, the leader of the Levites, was in charge of the burden, managing the burden because he understands it.
[1CH.15.23] And Berechiah and Elkanah were gatekeepers to the Ark.
[1CH.15.24] And Shbanyehu and Yoshaphat and Netanel and Amasi and Zekaryahu and Benayahu and Eliezar, the priests, blew the trumpets before the Ark of the Gods. And Obed Edom and Yichiyah were gatekeepers for the Ark.
[1CH.15.25] And it happened that David and the elders of Israel and the commanders of thousands were going to bring up the ark of the covenant of Yahveh from the house of Oved-Edom with joy.
[1CH.15.26] And it happened by the help of the Gods, the Levites carrying the Ark of the covenant of Yahveh, and they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.
[1CH.15.27] And David was girded with a linen garment, and all the Levites who bore the Ark, and the singers, and Kenaniah the chief of the singers, were also present. And on David was an ephod of linen.
[1CH.15.28] And all Israel was bringing up the Ark of the Covenant of Yahveh with shouting, and with the sound of the ram’s horn, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making noise with harps and lyres.
[1CH.15.29] And it came to pass, the Ark of the Covenant of Yahveh came even to the city of David. And Michal, daughter of Saul, looked out from the window and saw King David dancing and playing, and she despised him in her heart.
1CH.16
[1CH.16.1] And they brought the Ark of the Gods and set it within the tent that David had pitched for them. And they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Gods.
[1CH.16.2] And David finished offering the burnt offering and the peace offerings, and he blessed the people in the name of Yahveh.
[1CH.16.3] And he distributed to every man of Israel, from a man and up to a woman, to a man a portion of bread and a portion and a sixth portion.
[1CH.16.4] And he placed before the ark of Yahveh, from the Levites, those who serve, and to remember and to give thanks and to praise Yahveh, the God of Israel.
[1CH.16.5] Asaf the chief and his associate Zekaryah, Yei'el, Shmiramot, Hihi'el, Mattityah, Eli'av, Benayahu, Oved Edom, and Yei'el played with instruments of harps and lyres. Asaf, among the cymbal players, made sound.
[1CH.16.6] And Bunayahu and Yeheziel, the priests, sounded trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of the Gods.
[1CH.16.7] On that day, then David gave publicly to give thanks to Yahveh, by the hand of Asaph and his brothers.
[1CH.16.8] Give thanks to Yahveh, proclaim in his name, and make known his deeds among the peoples.
[1CH.16.9] Sing to him, chant to him, and speak of all his wonders.
[1CH.16.10] Praise yourselves in the name of the holy Yahveh. The heart of those who seek Yahveh will rejoice.
[1CH.16.11] Seek Yahveh and his strength. Seek his face always.
[1CH.16.12] Remember the wonders that he did, his signs and the judgements of his mouth.
[1CH.16.13] The seed of Israel is the servant of God, the sons of Jacob are the chosen ones.
[1CH.16.14] He, Yahveh, the Gods our, enacts His judgements in all the land.
[1CH.16.15] Remember forever His covenant, a word the Gods commanded to a thousand generations.
[1CH.16.16] That which God made with Abraham and his oath to Isaac.
[1CH.16.17] And he established it for Jacob as a law, for Israel as an everlasting covenant.
[1CH.16.18] To say to you, I will give the land of Canaan, the portion of your inheritance.
[1CH.16.19] In becoming numerous, almost like residents in it.
[1CH.16.20] And they walked from nation to nation and from kingdom to another people.
[1CH.16.21] He did not allow anyone to oppress them, and he rebuked kings on their account.
[1CH.16.22] Do not touch my anointed ones and do not cause trouble for my prophets.
[1CH.16.23] Sing to Yahveh, all the earth. Declare his salvation from day to day.
[1CH.16.24] Tell among the nations His glory, and in all the peoples His wonders.
[1CH.16.25] For Yahveh is great and highly praised, and He is awesome above all Gods.
[1CH.16.26] For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but Yahveh made the heavens.
[1CH.16.27] Splendor and glory are before Yahveh; strength and joy are with Him.
[1CH.16.28] Bring to Yahveh families of peoples, bring to Yahveh honor and strength.
[1CH.16.29] Bring to Yahveh the glory of His name. Lift up a gift offering and come before Him. Bow down to Yahveh in the splendor of holiness.
[1CH.16.30] Tremble before His face, all the land. Even the world will be established; it will not be moved.
[1CH.16.31] Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth exult, and let them say among the nations that Yahveh has reigned.
[1CH.16.32] The sea will thunder, and its fullness. The field will rejoice, and everything that is in it.
[1CH.16.33] Then the trees of the forest will sing before Yahveh, for He came to judge the earth.
[1CH.16.34] Give thanks to Yahveh, for he is good, for his loving kindness is everlasting.
[1CH.16.35] And say, 'Save us, the Gods of our salvation, and gather us and deliver us from the nations, to give thanks to the name of your holiness, to boast in your praise.'
[1CH.16.36] Blessed is Yahveh, the Gods of Israel, from the world and until the world; and all the people said, “Amen,” and praised Yahveh.
[1CH.16.37] And they left there before the Ark of the Covenant of Yahveh, to Asaph and his brothers, to minister before the Ark continually, each day in its day.
[1CH.16.38] The servant of Edom and their brothers were sixty and eight. The servant of Edom, son of Yedithun, and Chosa were to the gatekeepers.
[1CH.16.39] And Zadok the priest and his brother priests were before the tabernacle of Yahveh, on the high place that is in Gibeah.
[1CH.16.40] To offer burnt offerings to Yahveh upon the altar for burnt offerings continually in the morning and in the evening, and according to all that is written in the law of Yahveh, which He commanded upon Israel.
[1CH.16.41] And with them were Heyman and Idutun, and the rest of the chosen ones who were designated by names to give thanks to Yahveh, for eternally is His lovingkindness.
[1CH.16.42] And with them were Heman and Idutun, trumpets and cymbals for sounding, and instruments of song of the Gods, and the sons of Idutun to the gate.
[1CH.16.43] And all the people went, each to his house. And David turned to bless his house.
1CH.17
[1CH.17.1] And it happened, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, "Behold, I sit in a house of cedar, and the Ark of the covenant with Yahveh is under coverings."
[1CH.17.2] And Nathan said to David, "Do all that is in your heart, for the Gods are with you."
[1CH.17.3] And it was in that night, and a word from the Gods came to Nathan to say.
[1CH.17.4] Go and say to David, my servant, thus says Yahveh: "You will not build a house for me to inhabit."
[1CH.17.5] For I have not dwelt in a house from the day that I brought up Israel until this day, and I have been from tent to tent and from sanctuary to sanctuary.
[1CH.17.6] In all places where I walked throughout all Israel, did I speak to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to tend to my people, saying, "Why did you not build for me a house of cedars?"
[1CH.17.7] And now, thus say to my servant David: ‘Thus said Yahveh of hosts: I have taken you from the threshing floor, from following the sheep, to be a leader over my people Israel.’
[1CH.17.8] And I will be with you in all where you have walked, and I will destroy all your enemies before you, and I will make for you a name like the name of the great ones who are in the land.
[1CH.17.9] I will set a place for my people Israel, and I will plant them, and they will dwell beneath it. They will no longer be shaken, and the children of perversity will not add to destroying them, as in the beginning.
[1CH.17.10] And in the days when I commanded judges over my people Israel, and I subdued all of your enemies, and I revealed this to you, then a house will be built for you by Yahveh.
[1CH.17.11] And it will be, when your days are full to go with your fathers, that I will establish your seed after you, who will be from your sons, and I will prepare his kingdom.
[1CH.17.12] He will build a house for me, and I will establish His throne forever.
[1CH.17.13] I will be to him a father, and he will be to me a son. And my lovingkindness I will not remove from him, as I removed it from those who were before you.
[1CH.17.14] And I will establish him in my house and in my kingdom until the world, and his throne will be secure until the world.
[1CH.17.15] Like all these words and like all this vision, thus Nathan spoke to David.
[1CH.17.16] And King David came and sat before Yahveh, and he said, "Who am I, Yahveh, the Gods, and who is my house, that you have brought me to this place?"
[1CH.17.17] And this thing seems small in your eyes, the Gods, and you have spoken concerning the house of your servant to a distant place. And you have seen me as a worm of humankind, Yahveh, the Gods.
[1CH.17.18] What more can David still add to you for honor, your servant? And you have known your servant.
[1CH.17.19] Yahveh, because of your servant and as you desired, you have done all this greatness to make known all the greatnesses.
[1CH.17.20] Yahveh, there is none like you, and there are no Gods besides you, in all that we have heard with our ears.
[1CH.17.21] And who is like your people Israel, one nation on earth, before whom the Gods walked to redeem a people for themselves, to establish for you a name of greatness and awesomeness, to drive out from before your people nations whom you redeemed from Egypt.
[1CH.17.22] And you gave your people Israel to you as a people forever, and you, Yahveh, were to them as the Gods.
[1CH.17.23] And now, Yahveh, may the word that you have spoken concerning your servant and his house be established forever, and do as you have spoken.
[1CH.17.24] And may it be so, and may your name grow to forever, to say, Yahveh of hosts, the God of Israel, the Gods to Israel, and the house of David, your servant, is prepared before you.
[1CH.17.25] For you, my Gods, revealed to the ear of your servant to build a house for him, therefore your servant has found [cause] to pray before you.
[1CH.17.26] And now, Yahveh, you are the Gods, and you have spoken this goodness to your servant.
[1CH.17.27] And now, you have been pleased to bless the house of your servant, to be forever before you, because you are Yahveh who has blessed and is blessed forever.
1CH.18
[1CH.18.1] And it was after that, and David struck the Philistines and subdued them. And he took Gath and its daughters from the hand of the Philistines.
[1CH.18.2] And he struck Moab, and Moab became servants to David, bearers of tribute.
[1CH.18.3] And David struck Hadad-ezer, the king of Zobah, in its heat, in his going to establish his hand in the river Euphrates.
[1CH.18.4] And David took from them one thousand chariots and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand foot soldiers. And David hamstrung all the chariots, and he left one hundred chariots remaining from them.
[1CH.18.5] And Aram came to Damascus to help Hadadezer, the king of Zobah, and David struck Aram, twenty-two thousand men.
[1CH.18.6] And David set a garrison in Aram, in Damascus, and Aram became servants to David, bearers of tribute. And Yahveh saved David in all that he went.
[1CH.18.7] And David took the gold insignia which were upon the servants of Hadad-ezer, and he brought them to Jerusalem.
[1CH.18.8] And from the kitchen and from the cities of Hadadezer, David took bronze in very great quantity. With it, Solomon made the bronze sea, and the pillars, and all the bronze implements.
[1CH.18.9] And To'u, king of Hamath, heard that David had defeated all the army of Hadad'ezer, king of Zobah.
[1CH.18.10] And Hadadezer sent his son to King David to ask about his well-being and to bless him because he had fought against Hadadezer and defeated him, for Hadadezer was a man of wars, lost and wandering. And all implements of gold and silver and bronze were his.
[1CH.18.11] Also those, King David dedicated to Yahveh, with the silver and the gold that he carried from all the nations: from Edom, and from Moab, and from the Ammonites, and from the Philistines, and from the Amalekites.
[1CH.18.12] And Abshai, son of Zeruiah, struck Edom in the Valley of Salt, eighteen thousand.
[1CH.18.13] And he placed garrisons in Edom, and all of Edom became servants to David. And Yahveh saved David in all that he went.
[1CH.18.14] And he, David, reigned over all Israel, and it was that he was doing justice and righteousness to all his people.
[1CH.18.15] And Yoav, son of Tzeruya, was over the army, and Yehoshapat, son of Achilud, was a recorder.
[1CH.18.16] And Tsadoq, son of Akhtuv, and Avimelech, son of Evyatar, were priests, and Shavsha was a scribe.
[1CH.18.17] And Ubnayahu son of Jehoiada was over the Kereti and the Pelethi, and the first sons of David were in the service of the king.
1CH.19
[1CH.19.1] And it happened after this, that Nakhash, king of the sons of Ammon, died, and his son reigned in his place.
[1CH.19.2] And David said, "I will do kindness for Hanun son of Nahash, because his father did kindness for me." And David sent messengers to comfort him regarding his father. And the servants of David came to the land of the people of Ammon, to Hanun, to comfort him.
[1CH.19.3] And the officials of the sons of Ammon said to Chanoon, who honored David regarding your father in your eyes, because he sent you comforters, did not his servants come to you to investigate and overturn and spy out the land?
[1CH.19.4] And Hanun took the servants of David and shaved them, and he cut their garments at the hip, up to the thigh, and he sent them away.
[1CH.19.5] And they went and told David about the men, and he sent to meet them, for the men were very distressed. And the king said, "Remain in Birzah until your beards grow, and then return."
[1CH.19.6] And the sons of Ammon saw that they had angered David, and Hanun and the sons of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire for themselves from Aram of the Rivers and from Aram of Ma'achah and from Tzobah, chariots and horsemen.
[1CH.19.7] They hired for themselves two and thirty thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people, and they came and encamped before Medeba. And the sons of Ammon were gathered from their cities and came to war.
[1CH.19.8] And David heard and he sent Joab and all the army of the mighty ones.
[1CH.19.9] The sons of Ammon went out, and they arranged a war at the opening of the city. And the kings who came, positioned themselves alone in the plain.
[1CH.19.10] And Joab saw that the nature of the war was against him on all sides. And he chose from all the young men in Israel and arranged to meet Aram.
[1CH.19.11] And the remainder of the people, God gave into the hand of Avshai, his brother, and they arranged themselves to meet the people of Ammon.
[1CH.19.12] And he said, "If Syria is stronger than I, it will be to me for salvation, and if the sons of Ammon are stronger than you, I will save you."
[1CH.19.13] Be strong, and let us strengthen ourselves for the sake of our people and for the sake of the cities of the Gods, and Yahveh, the good in his eyes, will do.
[1CH.19.14] And Joab and the people who were with him approached before Aram for battle, and they fled before him.
[1CH.19.15] And the sons of Ammon saw that Aram had fled, and they also fled before Avshai, the brother of Yoav, and they came to the city, and Yoav came to Jerusalem.
[1CH.19.16] And Aram saw that they had been defeated before Israel, and they sent messengers and brought out all Aram that was beyond the river, and the commander of the army of Hadadezer was before them.
[1CH.19.17] And it was told to David, and he gathered all Israel, and he crossed the Jordan, and he came to them, and he arranged his forces against them. And David arranged his forces to meet Aram for war, and they fought with him.
[1CH.19.18] And Aram fled before Israel, and David killed of Aram seven thousand chariots and forty thousand men on foot, and the commander of the army he killed.
[1CH.19.19] And the servants of Hadadezer saw that they had been defeated before Israel, and they made peace with David and served him. And Aram no longer desired to save the children of Ammon.
1CH.20
[1CH.20.1] And it happened at the time of the year when kings go out, at the time of departure of the kings, that Joab led the army and devastated the land of the descendants of Ammon and he came and besieged Rabbah, and David was sitting in Jerusalem, and Joab struck Rabbah and he ruined it.
[1CH.20.2] And David took the crown of the king from upon his head, and he found it weighed a talent of gold, and within it was a precious stone. And it became upon the head of David, and the plunder of the city he brought out very much.
[1CH.20.3] And the people who were in it he brought out, and he made them saw with saws, and he made them cut with picks of iron, and with axes, and thus did David to all the cities of the sons of Ammon. And David returned, and all the people went to Jerusalem.
[1CH.20.4] And it happened after those things, that a battle took place at Gezer with the Philistines. Then Sibbekai the Hushathite struck Siffai from the descendants of the Rephaim, and they were subdued.
[1CH.20.5] And there was still war with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Yaour struck Lachmi, brother of Goliath the Gittite. And the wood of his spear was like a weaver’s shuttle.
[1CH.20.6] And there was yet another battle at Gath, and there was a man from Gath whose fingers were six on each hand, twenty-four in total. And he also was born to the Rapha.
[1CH.20.7] And he harshly acted against Israel, and Yahveh-Jonathan, son of Shimea, brother of David, struck him.
[1CH.20.8] God was brought forth to heal in Gath, and fell into the hand of David and into the hand of his servants.
1CH.21
[1CH.21.1] And the adversary stood against Israel, and he incited David to number Israel.
[1CH.21.2] And David said to Joab and to the leaders of the people, "Go, count Israel from Beersheba to Dan, and bring the number to me, so that I may know the count of them."
[1CH.21.3] And Joab said, "Joseph, may Yahveh be multiplied for the people a hundredfold. Is not my Lord the king? All of them are my Lord’s servants. Why does my Lord seek this? Why should it be for guilt to Israel?"
[1CH.21.4] And the word of the king was strong against Yo’av, and Yo’av went out and walked throughout all Israel, and he came to Jerusalem.
[1CH.21.5] And Joab gave the number of the census of the people to David. And all of Israel numbered a thousand thousands and a hundred thousand men drawing sword, and Judah numbered four hundred and seventy thousand men drawing sword.
[1CH.21.6] And Levi and Benjamin were not inspected among them, because the word of the king was detestable to Yoav.
[1CH.21.7] It displeased the Gods regarding this matter, and they struck Israel.
[1CH.21.8] And David said to the Gods, "I have greatly sinned in that I did this thing, and now please remove the guilt of your servant, for I have been very foolish."
[1CH.21.9] And Yahveh spoke to Gad, the seer of David, to say.
[1CH.21.10] Go and you shall speak to David, to say, "Thus says Yahveh: Three I offer to you. Choose one from them, and I will do it for you."
[1CH.21.11] And Gad came to David and said to him, “Thus says Yahveh, accept this for you.”
[1CH.21.12] If there are three years of famine, or if for three months you are consumed by your enemies, and the sword of your enemy is used to destroy, or if for three days the sword of Yahveh and a plague come upon the land, and the angel of Yahveh destroys throughout the territory of Israel, and now consider what I should return to the one who sent me this message.
[1CH.21.13] And David said to Gad, "I am greatly distressed. Please let me fall into the hand of Yahveh, for his mercies are very great, but let me not fall into the hand of man."
[1CH.21.14] And Yahveh gave a plague in Israel, and seventy thousand people fell from Israel.
[1CH.21.15] And the Gods sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it, and as the Gods saw the destruction, Yahveh regretted the evil and said to the angel who was destroying, "Enough now, restrain your hand." And an angel of Yahveh was standing with the threshing floor of Arnan the Jebusite.
[1CH.21.16] And David lifted his eyes and saw the angel of Yahveh standing between the earth and between the heavens, and his sword was drawn in his hand, extended over Jerusalem. And David and the elders fell, covered with sackcloth upon their faces.
[1CH.21.17] And David said to the Gods, "Did I not say, 'Count the people?' And I am the one who has sinned, and I have done evil indeed. But what have these sheep done? Yahveh, my God, please let your hand be against me and my father's house, but not against your people, for a plague."
[1CH.21.18] And the angel of Yahveh said to Gad to say to David that David should go up and establish an altar to Yahveh in the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
[1CH.21.19] And David acted according to the word of Gad, that which he spoke in the name of Yahveh.
[1CH.21.20] And Arnan returned and saw the messenger of the Gods and his four sons with him were hiding, and Arnan was threshing wheat.
[1CH.21.21] And David came to Arnan, and Arnan looked and saw David, and he went out from the threshing floor and prostrated himself to David, face to the ground.
[1CH.21.22] And David said to Arnan, "Give to me the place of the threshing floor, and I will build upon it an altar to Yahveh. Give it to me for a full price in silver, and may the plague be restrained from the people."
[1CH.21.23] And Araunah said to David, “Take it for yourself, and let my Lord the King do what is good in his eyes. See, I have given the cattle for burnt offerings, and the wood for the structures, and the wheat for the grain offering; I have given it all.”
[1CH.21.24] And the king, David, said to Ornan, "No, for truly I will acquire it with a full price. For I will not take what is yours to offer to Yahveh, and to offer a burnt offering without cost."
[1CH.21.25] And David gave to Arnan at the place shekels of gold, weight six hundred.
[1CH.21.26] And David built there an altar to Yahveh, and he offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. And he called out to Yahveh, and Yahveh answered him with fire from the heavens upon the altar of the burnt offering.
[1CH.21.27] And Yahveh said to the angel, "Return his sword to its scabbard."
[1CH.21.28] At that time, when David saw that Yahveh had answered him at the threshing floor of Arnan the Jebusite, he sacrificed there.
[1CH.21.29] And the tabernacle of Yahveh, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt offering at that time, was on the high place in Gibeah.
[1CH.21.30] And David was not able to go before him to inquire of the Gods, because he was afraid of the sword of the messenger of Yahveh.
1CH.22
[1CH.22.1] And David said, "This is the house of Yahveh, the Gods, and this is the altar for a burnt offering to Israel."
[1CH.22.2] And David said to bring together the foreigners who are in the land of Israel, and he stationed stonecutters to hew stones of quality for building the house of the Gods.
[1CH.22.3] And iron, for a great quantity, for the nails for the gates and for the fittings, David prepared. And bronze, for a great quantity, there was no weight.
[1CH.22.4] And trees of cedars without number, for the Sidonians and the Tyrians brought trees of cedars in abundance to David.
[1CH.22.5] And David said to Solomon, my son, you are a young and tender boy, and the house is to be built to Yahveh to enlarge it upwards for a name and for splendor to all the lands. Prepare for him now, and David made preparations in abundance before his death.
[1CH.22.6] And he called to Solomon his son, and he commanded him to build a house to Yahveh, the Gods of Israel.
[1CH.22.7] And David said to Solomon, my son, it was with my heart to build a house for the name of Yahveh, my Gods.
[1CH.22.8] And it came to pass, a word of Yahveh came to me, saying, "You have spilled much blood and made great wars. You shall not build a house for my name, because you have spilled many bloods upon the land before me."
[1CH.22.9] Behold, a son is born to you; he will be a man of peace, and I will grant him peace from all his enemies around. For his name will be Solomon, and I will give peace and quiet upon Israel in his days.
[1CH.22.10] He will build a house for my name, and He will be to me for a son, and I to Him for a father, and I have prepared His throne over Israel forever.
[1CH.22.11] Now, my son, may Yahveh be with you, and you will succeed, and you will build the house of Yahveh, your Gods, as was spoken to you.
[1CH.22.12] But Yahveh will give to you wisdom and understanding, and will command you over Israel, and to keep the law of Yahveh, your God.
[1CH.22.13] Then you will succeed if you are careful to do the laws and the judgements that Yahveh commanded Moses for Israel. Be strong and courageous, do not fear, and do not be dismayed.
[1CH.22.14] And behold, in my affliction I have prepared for the house of Yahveh gold, a hundred thousand talents, and silver, a thousand thousand talents. And for the bronze and the iron, there was no measured weight, for it was abundant. And wood and stones I have prepared, and upon them you shall add.
[1CH.22.15] And with you are many doers of work, carvers and artisans of stone and wood, and every skillful person in all work.
[1CH.22.16] As for gold, silver, bronze, and iron, there is no limit to their quantity. Rise and do it, and may Yahveh be with you.
[1CH.22.17] And David commanded all the leaders of Israel to assist Solomon, his son.
[1CH.22.18] Is not Yahveh, the Gods with you? And has He not given you rest on every side? For He has given into my hand the inhabitants of the land, and the land has been conquered before Yahveh and before His people.
[1CH.22.19] Now give your hearts and your souls to seek Yahveh, your God, and rise up and build the temple of Yahveh, the Gods, to bring the ark of the covenant of Yahveh and the holy vessels of the Gods to the house being built in the name of Yahveh.
1CH.23
[1CH.23.1] And David was old and saturated with days, and he made Solomon, his son, king over Israel.
[1CH.23.2] And he gathered all the leaders of Israel, the priests, and the Levites.
[1CH.23.3] And the Levites were counted, from a son of thirty years and upwards, and the number of their counted heads, to men, was thirty and eight thousand.
[1CH.23.4] From these, for the work on the house of Yahveh, were twenty-four thousand officers and six thousand judges.
[1CH.23.5] And four thousand gatekeepers and four thousand who praise Yahveh with the instruments that I made for praising.
[1CH.23.6] And David divided groups among the descendants of Levi, to Gershon, to Kehat, and to Merari.
[1CH.23.7] To Gerushni, to Ehdan, and to Shim-ee.
[1CH.23.8] The sons of La'adan, the head, are Yechiel, and Zetham, and Yoel. There were three.
[1CH.23.9] The sons of Shimei are Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran – these are three. These are the heads of the fathers to Ladan.
[1CH.23.10] And the sons of Shimei are Yaḥat, Zinā, and Vi’ush, and Veriya. These are the sons of Shimei, four in number.
[1CH.23.11] And Yachat, the firstborn, and Ziza, the second, and Vi-ush and Beriah did not multiply children, and they became for a house of ancestors for one reckoning.
[1CH.23.12] The sons of Kehath are Amram, Yitzhar, Chevron, and Uzzi’el, four in number.
[1CH.23.13] The sons of Amram were Aaron and Moses. And Aaron was set apart to consecrate him and his sons as most holy to Yahveh forever, to offer incense before Yahveh, to serve him, and to bless in his name forever.
[1CH.23.14] And Moses, a man of the Gods, his sons will be called by the tribe of Levi.
[1CH.23.15] The sons of Moses are Gershom and Eliezer.
[1CH.23.16] The sons of Gershom, Sh’vu’el is the chief.
[1CH.23.17] And the descendants of Eliezer were Rehavya the chief, and Eliezer did not have other descendants, and the descendants of Rehavya became many to a greater extent.
[1CH.23.18] The descendants of Yitzhar were Shlomit, the chief.
[1CH.23.19] The sons of Chevron are Yeriyahu, the firstborn, Amarya, the second, Yahaziel, the third, and Yiqamʿam, the fourth.
[1CH.23.20] The sons of Uzziel are Micah the first and Yishiyah the second.
[1CH.23.21] The sons of Merari are Machli and Mushi. The sons of Machli are Eleazar and Kish.
[1CH.23.22] And Elazar died, and he had no sons, only daughters. And the sons of Kish, his brothers, took them as wives.
[1CH.23.23] The sons of Mushi are Mahli, Eder, and Yeremot, three in number.
[1CH.23.24] These are the sons of Levi, according to the houses of their fathers, the heads of the fathers, according to their registration, by the count of names, by their skulls, those doing the work for the service of the house of Yahveh, from a son of twenty years and upward.
[1CH.23.25] For David said that Yahveh, the God of Israel, has chosen his people and will dwell in Jerusalem until forever.
[1CH.23.26] And also, the Levites are not permitted to carry the tabernacle and all its vessels for its service.
[1CH.23.27] Because in the last words of David, they are the number of the children of Levi from twenty years old and upward.
[1CH.23.28] For their station is by the sons of Aaron, to serve the house of Yahveh, concerning the courts and concerning the chambers, and concerning the purification of all holy things, and the work of serving the house of the Gods.
[1CH.23.29] And for bread of the arrangement, and for fine flour for a grain offering, and for wafers of unleavened bread, and for the frying pan, and for the pot, and for all measure and standard.
[1CH.23.30] And to stand in the morning, in the morning, to give thanks and to praise to Yahveh, and so in the evening.
[1CH.23.31] And to all the ascending offerings, offerings to Yahveh, to the Sabbaths, to the new months, and to the appointed festivals, according to number as a decree upon them, continually before Yahveh.
[1CH.23.32] And they shall keep the keeping of the tent of meeting and the keeping of the holy things, and the keeping of the sons of Aaron, their brothers, for the service of the house of Yahveh.
1CH.24
[1CH.24.1] And to the sons of Aaron, their divisions. The sons of Aaron are Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Itamar.
[1CH.24.2] And Nadab and Abihu died before their father. They had no sons. And Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.
[1CH.24.3] And David and Zadok divided them from the sons of Eleazar and Achimelech from the sons of Ithamar for their oversight in their service.
[1CH.24.4] And the descendants of Eleazar were many leaders among the men from the descendants of Itamar, and they allocated them to the descendants of Eleazar, leaders to father's houses, sixteen, and to the descendants of Itamar to their father's houses, eight.
[1CH.24.5] They divided them by lots, these with these, because they were leaders of holiness and leaders of the Gods from the descendants of Eleazar and from the descendants of Itamar.
[1CH.24.6] And Shma’ayah, son of Nethanel, the scribe from the Levites, wrote these things before the king and the officials, and Zadok the priest, and Achimelech son of Abiathar, and the heads of the fathers’ houses for the priests and for the Levites. One fathers’ house was held by Eleazar and another fathers’ house was held by Ithamar.
[1CH.24.7] And the first lot came forth to Yo-ha-reev, to Li-da-ay-ah the second.
[1CH.24.8] The third allotment is for the fourth families of the Seorim.
[1CH.24.9] To Malkiyah, the fifth, to Miyamin, the sixth.
[1CH.24.10] To pierce the seventh, to Aviyah the eighth.
[1CH.24.11] To Yeshua, the ninth, to Shchenanyahu, the tenth.
[1CH.24.12] To Eliyashiv, eight ten, to Yakim, two ten.
[1CH.24.13] To the covering, thirteen; to Yeshev'av, fourteen.
[1CH.24.14] Bilhah was fifteen years old when she had children, and Bilhah was sixteen years old when she had children.
[1CH.24.15] To the pig, seventeen; to scatter, eighteen.
[1CH.24.16] To Pethahiah, nineteen, to Ezekiel, the twentieth.
[1CH.24.17] To Yachin, one and twenty, to Gamul, two and twenty.
[1CH.24.18] Twenty-three belonged to Delaiah and twenty-four belonged to Maaziah.
[1CH.24.19] These are the commands concerning their service, to enter the house of Yahveh according to their judgments, by the hand of Aaron, their father, as Yahveh, the Gods of Israel, commanded him.
[1CH.24.20] And to the sons of Levi who remained, the sons of Amram, Shuvael, to the sons of Shuvael, Yechedyahu.
[1CH.24.21] To Rehaviah, to the sons of Rehaviah, the chief is Ishiah.
[1CH.24.22] To the creator of Shlomot, to the sons of Shlomot, he will strike.
[1CH.24.23] The sons of Yeriyahu are Amar'yahu, the second; Yachazi'el, the third; Yeqam'am, the fourth.
[1CH.24.24] The sons of Uziel, Mikah, to the sons of Mikah, keep watch.
[1CH.24.25] My brother Mikhah assigned to the sons of Yishiyah, Zekharyahu.
[1CH.24.26] The descendants of Merari are Machli and Mushi, the sons of Ya’aziyahu, his son.
[1CH.24.27] The descendants of Merari were for Aziah, his son, and Soham, and Zakur, and Ivri.
[1CH.24.28] To Machlee, God-helper, and there were no sons to him.
[1CH.24.29] To Kish, the sons of Kish, Moon God.
[1CH.24.30] And the descendants of Mushi are Machli and Eider and Vereemot. These are the descendants of the Levites, belonging to the families of their ancestors.
[1CH.24.31] And they also cast lots, opposite their brothers, the sons of Aaron, before David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers’ houses for the priests and for the Levites, fathers of the chiefs, opposite their younger brother.
1CH.25
[1CH.25.1] And David and the leaders of the army set apart the descendants of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun, the prophets, to serve with lyres, harps, and cymbals. And the number of those skilled in the work of their service was substantial.
[1CH.25.2] To the sons of Asaph: Zakur, and Joseph, and Netanyahu, and Asarelah, sons of Asaph, through the hand of Asaph, the prophet, through the hand of the king.
[1CH.25.3] The sons of Yedutun were Gedalyahu, Tzri, Yisha’yahu, Khashavyahu, and Mattityahu, six in number. Through the hand of their father, Yedutun, they proclaimed with the kinor declarations of gratitude and praise to Yahveh.
[1CH.25.4] To the Heimanites, the sons of Heiman: Bukkiyah, Mattanyahu, Uziel, Shebuael, Virimot, Hananyah, Hanani, Eliata. I have raised Gidalti, and I have exalted him. Ezer Yashbekashah, Malloti, hotir, machaziot.
[1CH.25.5] All these are sons of Heman, the seer of the king, in the words of the Gods to exalt the horn. And the Gods gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
[1CH.25.6] These things were done by the hand of their father in song, in the house of Yahveh, with cymbals, harps, and lyres for the service of the house of the Gods, by the hand of the king, Soasaf, Yedutun, and Heiman.
[1CH.25.7] And their number with their relatives, those trained in singing for Yahveh, all who understood, was two hundred and eighty-eight.
[1CH.25.8] They cast lots for the watch, in relation to the small one as to the great one, understanding with a student.
[1CH.25.9] And the first lot fell to Asaph, to Joseph, Gedalyahu the second. This included himself, his brothers, and his sons, numbering twelve.
[1CH.25.10] The third are remembered, his sons and his brothers, twelve in number.
[1CH.25.11] The fourth to Yitree, his sons and his brothers, were twelve.
[1CH.25.12] The fifth, Netanyahu, had his sons and his brothers, twelve in number.
[1CH.25.13] The sixth, his bouquet, his sons and his brothers, twelve.
[1CH.25.14] Let Israel swear by his sons and his brothers, twelve in number.
[1CH.25.15] The eighth, Isaiah, had twelve sons and brothers.
[1CH.25.16] The ninth, Mattanyahu, had twelve sons and brothers.
[1CH.25.17] The rich one, Shimei, had twelve sons and brothers.
[1CH.25.18] Twelve were the sons of Azarel, and twelve were his brothers.
[1CH.25.19] The twelve were the sons and the brothers of Chashavyah, twelve in number.
[1CH.25.20] Three sons were to Ashael, and twelve were his brothers.
[1CH.25.21] Mattityahu had fourteen sons and twelve brothers.
[1CH.25.22] There were fifteen sons belonging to Remot and twelve of his brothers.
[1CH.25.23] To sixteen, the sons of Chanan'yahu and his brothers, twelve.
[1CH.25.24] Seventeen of their sons and their brothers were twelve.
[1CH.25.25] To eight, a departure, to Chanani, his sons, and his brothers, two, a departure.
[1CH.25.26] To nine and ten, his sons, and to two and ten, his brothers.
[1CH.25.27] To Eliyatha, twenty sons and two brothers.
[1CH.25.28] He left twenty-one sons and twenty-four of his brothers.
[1CH.25.29] I have grown up his sons and his brothers to twenty-two and twenty-four.
[1CH.25.30] To Machazioth belonged twenty-three sons and twelve brothers.
[1CH.25.31] I have elevated assistance for twenty-four of his sons and twelve of his brothers.
1CH.26
[1CH.26.1] For the divisions, for the gatekeepers, for the vigilant ones, Mesh-el-em-ya-hu son of Kore, from the sons of Asaf.
[1CH.26.2] And to Meshlemyahu were born sons: Zekharyahu, the firstborn; Yedieael, the second; Zevadyahu, the third; and Yatniael, the fourth.
[1CH.26.3] Eylam, the fifth, Yochanan, the sixth, and Elyhoeinai, the seventh.
[1CH.26.4] And to the servant Edom, sons: Shmaeyah the firstborn, Yohosavad the second, Yoach the third, and Sachar the fourth, and Netanel the fifth.
[1CH.26.5] The people of God, the sixth, Yissachar, the seventh, Pe'ultai, the eighth, for the Gods blessed them.
[1CH.26.6] And to Shmaiah his son, sons were born, the rulers to the house of their father, for they are heroes of power.
[1CH.26.7] The sons of Shmaiah are Atni, and Raphael, and Obed Elzabad, their brothers are men of valor: Elijah and Smachyahhu.
[1CH.26.8] All these are from the sons of Obed Edom, they and their sons and their brothers, each man a valorous one in strength for service, sixty and two to the servant of Edom.
[1CH.26.9] And to Meshlemyahu, sons and brothers, sons of valor, eighteen.
[1CH.26.10] And for a refuge from the sons of Merari, sons, Shimri, my Lord, the head, because there was no firstborn, and his father appointed him as head.
[1CH.26.11] Hilqiyahu the second, Tvalyahu the third, Zekharyahu the fourth, all sons and brothers to Hoseh, there are thirteen.
[1CH.26.12] To these are the divisions of the gates, to the heads of the strong men, the shifts opposite their brothers, to serve in the house of Yahveh.
[1CH.26.13] And they cast lots, as to the small and as to the great, according to the houses of their fathers, to a gate and to a gate.
[1CH.26.14] And the lot fell eastward to Shelemyahu, and Zechariah his son, a counselor in wisdom, they cast lots, and his lot came out north.
[1CH.26.15] To the servant of Edom, the south, and to his descendants, a house of gatherings.
[1CH.26.16] To the lookouts and to the refuge toward the west, with the gate of sending away, on the ascending path, guard post opposite guard post.
[1CH.26.17] Six Levites to the east, four Levites to the north, four Levites to the south, and two Levites for those assembling.
[1CH.26.18] To the suburb, to the west, four to the road, two to the suburb.
[1CH.26.19] These are the divisions of the gatekeepers for the descendants of Korah and for the descendants of Merari.
[1CH.26.20] And the Levites, Achiyahu, were over the treasuries of the house of the Gods and to the treasuries of the holy things.
[1CH.26.21] The sons of Leadan, sons of the Gershunite, for Leadan: heads of the fathers, for Leadan the Gershunite, Yəḥiʾêlî.
[1CH.26.22] The sons of Yechiae'li, Zeitam and Yo'el his brother, were over the treasuries of the house of Yahveh.
[1CH.26.23] To the family of Amram, to the family of Yitzhar, to the family of Chevron, to the family of Azie'el.
[1CH.26.24] And Shvueil, son of Gershom, son of Moses, was a leader over the treasures.
[1CH.26.25] And his brothers belonged to Eliezer, Rechavyahu was his son, and Ishayahu was his son, and Yoram was his son, and Zichri was his son, and Shlomot was his son.
[1CH.26.26] Solomon and his brothers were in charge of all the treasures of the holy things that King David and the heads of the fathers had dedicated for the commanders of the thousands and the hundreds, and for the commanders of the army.
[1CH.26.27] From the wars and from the plunder, you dedicate to strengthen the house of Yahveh.
[1CH.26.28] And all who were sanctified: Samuel the seer, and Saul son of Kish, and Abner son of Ner, and Joab son of Zeruiah, all who sanctified by the hand of Shlomit and her brothers.
[1CH.26.29] Layitzhari, Kenanyahu, and his sons were appointed to the outside work over Israel, as officers and judges.
[1CH.26.30] To the Hebronite, Hashavyahu, and his brothers, valiant men, one thousand and seven hundred, were assigned to the command of Israel westward, beyond the Jordan, for all the work of Yahveh and for the service of the king.
[1CH.26.31] To the Hebronite, Jeriah was the chief, to the Hebronite, to his descendants, to ancestral lineages, in the year forty, to the reign of David, they were sought out, and strong warriors were found among them in Jaazer of Gilead.
[1CH.26.32] And his brothers, capable men, were two thousand five hundred heads of families, and David the king appointed them over the Reubenites and the Gadites and half the tribe of Manasseh to oversee all matters concerning the Gods and matters concerning the king.
1CH.27
[1CH.27.1] Now the children of Israel, according to their numbers, the heads of the fathers, and the commanders of the thousands and the hundreds, and their officers, who served the king in all matters of the divisions, both incoming and outgoing, month by month for all the months of the year, one division was twenty-four thousand.
[1CH.27.2] Concerning the first allotment, in the first month, Yashav'am son of Zavdi'el was settled, and concerning his allotment were twenty-four thousand.
[1CH.27.3] From the sons of Peretz was the first to all commanders of the armies for the first month.
[1CH.27.4] And concerning the division of the second month, my uncle and his division, and the portions of the leader, and concerning his division, twenty-four thousand.
[1CH.27.5] The captain of the army for the third month was B’naiyahu, son of Yehoyada, the priest, chief, and concerning his division, twenty four thousand.
[1CH.27.6] He, Benayah, was a mighty warrior of the Thirty and over the Thirty, and his portion was Amizabad, his son.
[1CH.27.7] On the fourth of the fourth month, God made Joab, my brother, and Zabadiah his son do this. Twenty-four thousand were levied on his dispute.
[1CH.27.8] It was the fifth of the month, the fifth, the leader of Shamhut of the rising, and concerning his allotment, twenty and four thousand.
[1CH.27.9] The sixth, to the sixth month, Ira son of Ikeysh the Tequ'i, and concerning his division, twenty four thousand.
[1CH.27.10] On the seventh of the seventh month, a descendant named 'the unnamed one' of the children of Ephraim, and over his portion, twenty four thousand.
[1CH.27.11] On the eighth of the eighth month, the gathering of the appointed one was toward the sunrise, and regarding his division, twenty-four thousand Gods.
[1CH.27.12] On the ninth of the ninth month, Aviezer the Anathothite was assigned to the son of my right hand, and upon his division, twenty four thousand.
[1CH.27.13] The tenth, to the month the tenth, the early drippings to my flowering. And upon his allotment, twenty and four thousand.
[1CH.27.14] On the twelfth day of the twelfth month, B'naya the census taker took a census of the people of Ephraim, and concerning their portion, there were twenty four thousand.
[1CH.27.15] The twelfth, for the second twelfth of the month, was Heldai the Netophathite for Ethaniel. And concerning his division, there were twenty-four thousand.
[1CH.27.16] And upon the tribes of Israel, to Reuben a leader, Eli'ezer son of Zichri; to the Shalamites, Shfat'yahu son of Ma'acha.
[1CH.27.17] To Levi, Hashabyah son of Qemu'el, to Aaron, Zadok.
[1CH.27.18] To Judah, Elihu from the brothers of David; to Issachar, Omri, son of Mikhael.
[1CH.27.19] To Zebulun, Yishma'yahu son of Obadiah. To Naphtali, Yerimot son of Azriel.
[1CH.27.20] To the sons of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Azaz'yahu. To half the tribe of Manasseh, Yoel son of Pedayahhu.
[1CH.27.21] To the half-tribe of Manasseh, Gilead: Yido, son of Zekharyahu; Selvinyamin, son of Avner.
[1CH.27.22] To judge, helped by God, son of God has compassion, these are the leaders of the tribes of Israel.
[1CH.27.23] And David did not take a count of them, of those twenty years old and younger, for Yahveh had said to increase the people of Israel like the stars of the heavens.
[1CH.27.24] Yoav, son of Tzruyah, commenced the counting, but did not complete it. And it came to pass through this that anger fell upon Israel, and the total did not increase in the records of the days for King David.
[1CH.27.25] And over the treasures of the king was Azmavet son of Adi'el, Su'al the treasurer in the field, in the cities and in the villages and in the towers, Yehonatan son of Uzziyahu.
[1CH.27.26] And upon those who do the work of the field, for the service of the land, is my helper, son of Keluv.
[1CH.27.27] And over the vineyards was Shimei of Ramah, and over the vineyards, to the wine storage places, was Zavdi of Shiphmi.
[1CH.27.28] And concerning the olives and the sycamore trees which are in the lowland, Ba-al hanan the Gederaite is overseeing the oil reserves, Yoash.
[1CH.27.29] And upon the livestock, the herdsmen in Sharon, are the judgments of the Sharonite. And upon the livestock in the valleys, judged Ben-Adlai.
[1CH.27.30] And over the camels, the Ishmaelite will lead, and over the donkeys, the Meronothites will lead.
[1CH.27.31] And upon the flock will drive the Hagrite, all these chiefs of the property which belong to King David.
[1CH.27.32] And Jonathan, the friend of David, was a counselor, an insightful man and a scribe. And Hiel, son of Hakmoni, was with the sons of the king.
[1CH.27.33] And Achitofel was advisor to the king, and Suchushai the Archite was companion of the king.
[1CH.27.34] And after Achitofel, Yevo'adaya son of Benayah, and Evyatar, and the army chief to the king, Yo'av.
1CH.28
[1CH.28.1] And David gathered all the leaders of Israel – the leaders of the tribes, and the leaders of the divisions serving the king, and the leaders of thousands and the leaders of hundreds, and the leaders of all the property and livestock belonging to the king and to his sons, with the eunuchs and the heroes, and to every hero of valor – to Jerusalem.
[1CH.28.2] And King David rose to his feet and said, "Hear me, my brothers and my people. I am with my heart to build a house of rest for the Ark of the Covenant of Yahveh and for the resting of the feet of the Gods, and I have prepared to build."
[1CH.28.3] And the Gods said to me, "Do not build a house for my name, because you are a man of war and have shed blood."
[1CH.28.4] And Yahveh, the Gods of Israel, chose me from all my father’s house to be king over Israel forever, because in Judah Yahveh chose a leader, and in the house of Judah, my father’s house, and among the sons of my father, Yahveh desired me to reign over all Israel.
[1CH.28.5] And from all my sons, because many sons Yahveh has given to me, and Yahveh has chosen Solomon, my son, to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of Yahveh over Israel.
[1CH.28.6] And he said to me, "Solomon, your son, is the one who will build my house and my courts, for I have chosen him for myself as a son, and I will be to him as a father."
[1CH.28.7] I have prepared His kingdom until forever, if he strengthens himself to do My commandments and My judgments as this day.
[1CH.28.8] And now, before the eyes of all Israel, the assembly of Yahveh, and in the ears of our Gods, guard and seek out all the commands of Yahveh, our Gods, in order that you may inherit the good land and cause your children to inherit it after you, forever.
[1CH.28.9] And you, Solomon, my son, know the Gods of your father and serve them with a whole heart and a willing soul, because Yahveh searches all hearts and understands every inclination of thought. If you seek them, they will be found by you, and if you abandon them, they will forsake you forever.
[1CH.28.10] Behold now, for Yahveh has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary, and do!
[1CH.28.11] And David gave to Solomon his son the plan of the hall and his houses, his treasuries, his upper rooms, his inner rooms, and the house of atonement.
[1CH.28.12] And the pattern of everything that was in the spirit with him was for the courts of the house of Yahveh, and for all the chambers around, for the treasuries of the house of the Gods and for the treasuries of the holy things.
[1CH.28.13] And for the divisions of the priests and the Levites, and for all the work of service in the house of Yahveh, and for all the tools of service in the house of Yahveh.
[1CH.28.14] To the gold by weight, to the gold for all the instruments of service and work. To all the instruments of silver by weight, for all the instruments of service and work.
[1CH.28.15] And the weight for the golden lampstands and their lamps was gold, by the weight of a lampstand and a lampstand and their lamps. And for the silver lampstands by weight for a lampstand and their lamps, according to the workmanship of a lampstand and a lampstand.
[1CH.28.16] And the gold by weight for the tables that are set out, table and table, and silver for the silver tables.
[1CH.28.17] And the forks, and the sprinkling vessels, and the bowls were pure gold. And for the forks of the gold, by weight for a fork and a fork, and for the forks of the silver by weight for a fork and a fork.
[1CH.28.18] And for the altar of incense, refined gold by weight, and for the form of the chariot, the cherubim, gold to spread out and cover over the ark of the covenant of Yahveh.
[1CH.28.19] Everything is written by the hand of Yahveh upon me, and all the works of the pattern are understood.
[1CH.28.20] And David said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and be courageous, and do it. Do not fear and do not be dismayed, for Yahveh, the Gods, my Gods are with you. He will not forsake you, and He will not abandon you, until you have finished all the work of serving the house of Yahveh.”
[1CH.28.21] And behold, the divisions of the priests and the Levites are for all the work of the house of the Gods, and with you in every task for every generous person with wisdom for every work, and the officials and all the people are for all your words.
1CH.29
[1CH.29.1] And David the King said to all the assembly, “Solomon my son, the Gods have chosen one, a young and tender boy. And the work is great, for the temple is not for humankind, but for Yahveh, the Gods.”
[1CH.29.2] And with all my strength, I prepared for the house of the Gods: gold for gold, and silver for silver, and copper for copper, iron for iron, and wood for wood, stones of shoham and fillings, stones of pukh and embroidery, and every precious stone and stones of shayish in abundance.
[1CH.29.3] And further, in my willingness for the house of the Gods, I have a treasured possession: gold and silver. I gave to the house of the Gods more than all that I prepared for the holy house.
[1CH.29.4] Three thousand talents of gold from the gold of Ophir and seven thousand talents of refined silver to overlay the walls of the houses.
[1CH.29.5] For gold, for gold, and for silver, for silver, and for every work by the hand of craftsmen, and who volunteers to fill his hand today to Yahveh?
[1CH.29.6] And the chiefs of the fathers, and the chiefs of the tribes of Israel, and the chiefs of the thousands and the hundreds, and to the chiefs of the king's work, they volunteered.
[1CH.29.7] And they gave for the service of the house of the Gods gold, five thousand kikkarim and adarkonim in abundance, and silver ten thousand kikkarim, and bronze in abundance and eight thousand kikkarim, and iron one hundred thousand kikkarim.
[1CH.29.8] And those found with stones gave them to the treasury of the house of Yahveh, by the hand of Yehiel the Gershunite.
[1CH.29.9] And the people rejoiced over their willingness, because they contributed willingly to Yahveh with a complete heart, and also King David rejoiced with great joy.
[1CH.29.10] And David blessed Yahveh before the eyes of all the assembly, and David said, “Blessed are you, Yahveh, the Gods of Israel, our Father, from eternity and to eternity.”
[1CH.29.11] To you, Yahveh, belong the greatness, the strength, the splendor, the eternity, and the glory, for all in the heavens and on the earth are yours, Yahveh. Yours is the kingdom, and you are exalted above all heads.
[1CH.29.12] And the wealth and the glory are before you, and you rule over all, and in your hand is strength and might, and in your hand is to magnify and to strengthen all.
[1CH.29.13] And now, our Gods, we give thanks to you, and we praise for the name of your glory.
[1CH.29.14] And for who am I and who are my people, that we should restrain strength to volunteer like this? For everything is from you, and from your hand we have given to you.
[1CH.29.15] For we are sojourners before you, and residents as all our ancestors were. Our days are like a shadow upon the earth, and there is no hope.
[1CH.29.16] Yahveh, the Gods our God, all this multitude which has prepared us to build for you a house for the name of your holiness, it is from your hand, and to you belongs all.
[1CH.29.17] And I have known the Gods that you examine the heart, and you will accept uprightness. I have volunteered with all these things with uprightness of my heart, and now your people who are found here I have seen with joy to volunteer to you.
[1CH.29.18] Yahveh, the Gods of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our fathers, keep this forever, to the inclination of the thoughts of the heart of your people, and prepare their hearts toward you.
[1CH.29.19] And to Solomon, my son, give a complete heart to keep the commandments of the Gods, their testimonies, and their statutes, and to do everything, and to build the temple that the Gods have prepared.
[1CH.29.20] And David said to all the assembly, "Bless, please, Yahveh, the Gods of you." And all the assembly blessed Yahveh, the Gods of their fathers, and they bowed and prostrated themselves to Yahveh and to the king.
[1CH.29.21] And they sacrificed sacrifices to Yahveh, and they offered burnt offerings to Yahveh on the day following that day: a thousand bulls, a thousand rams, a thousand sheep, and their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel.
[1CH.29.22] And they ate and they drank before Yahveh on that day with great joy, and they made Solomon son of David king again, and they anointed to Yahveh as leader and to Zadok as priest.
[1CH.29.23] And Solomon sat on the throne of Yahveh as king instead of David his father, and he succeeded, and all Israel listened to him.
[1CH.29.24] And all the rulers and the heroes and also all the sons of king David gave hand under king Solomon.
[1CH.29.25] And Yahveh increased Solomon to greatness in the sight of all Israel, and gave to him the splendor of kingship that had not been over any king before him over Israel.
[1CH.29.26] And David, son of Jesse, reigned over all Israel.
[1CH.29.27] And the days which he reigned over Israel were forty years. In Hebron he reigned seven years, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three.
[1CH.29.28] And he died in a good old age, full of days, with wealth and honor, and Solomon his son reigned in his place.
[1CH.29.29] And the words of David the king, the first ones and the last ones, are written upon the words of Samuel the seer, and upon the words of Nathan the prophet, and upon the words of Gad the seer.
[1CH.29.30] With all His kingdom and His power, and the times that have passed over Him and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the lands.
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2CH.1
[2CH.1.1] And Solomon, son of David, strengthened himself over his kingdom, and Yahveh, his Gods, were with him, and they made him great.
[2CH.1.2] And Solomon said to all Israel, to the leaders of the thousands and hundreds, and to the judges, and to every leader, to all Israel, heads of the fathers.
[2CH.1.3] And Solomon and all the assembly with him went to the high place which is in Gibeon, for there was the tent of meeting of the Gods which Moses, the servant of Yahveh, had made in the wilderness.
[2CH.1.4] But David brought up the Ark of the Gods from Kiryat Yearim, while he was preparing for himself David, for he had prepared a tent for it in Jerusalem.
[2CH.1.5] And the altar of bronze, which Bezalel son of Uri son of Hur made, he placed before the tabernacle of Yahveh, and Solomon and the assembly inquired about it.
[2CH.1.6] And Solomon went up there upon the bronze altar before Yahveh, which was for the tent of meeting, and he offered upon it burnt offerings, one thousand.
[2CH.1.7] In that night, the Gods appeared to Solomon and said to him, "Ask what I should give you."
[2CH.1.8] And Solomon said to the Gods, "You have shown great lovingkindness to my father David, and you have made me king in his place."
[2CH.1.9] Now Yahveh, the Gods, may your word be confirmed with David my father, because you have made me king over a great people like the dust of the earth.
[2CH.1.10] Now, give me wisdom and understanding, and allow me to go before this people, and I will judge them, for who will judge your people, this great people?
[2CH.1.11] And the Gods said to Solomon, "Because this was with your heart, and you did not ask for wealth, possessions, honor, or the lives of your enemies, and also you did not ask for many days, but you asked for wisdom and knowledge, to judge my people, whom I have made you king over."
[2CH.1.12] Wisdom and knowledge are given to you, and wealth and property and honor I will give to you, such as was not to kings who were before you, and after you there will not be such.
[2CH.1.13] And Solomon came to the high place which is in Gibeon, Jerusalem, before the tent of meeting, and he reigned over Israel.
[2CH.1.14] And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen, and there were to him one thousand and four hundred chariots and twelve thousand horsemen, and he stationed them in the cities of the chariots and with the king in Jerusalem.
[2CH.1.15] And the king gave the silver and the gold in Jerusalem as stones, and the cedar trees he gave as the shikmim trees which are in the lowlands in abundance.
[2CH.1.16] And the finding of the horses which belong to Solomon was from Egypt, and the gathering of the merchants of the king, from the gathering they will take at a price.
[2CH.1.17] And they went and took from Egypt chariots at six hundred shekels of silver, and horses at one hundred and fifty. And so with all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram, they took by their hand.
[2CH.1.18] And Solomon said he would build a house for the name of Yahveh and a house for his kingdom.
2CH.2
[2CH.2.1] And Solomon numbered seventy thousand men as carriers and eighty thousand men as stonecutters in the mountain, and supervisors over them, three thousand and six hundred.
[2CH.2.2] And Solomon sent to Hiram, king of Tyre, saying, "As you did with David, my father, and sent to him cedar trees to build for him a house in which to dwell...
[2CH.2.3] Behold, I am building a house for the name of Yahveh, my God, to consecrate it to Him, to offer before Him fragrant spices, and a continual arrangement, and burnt offerings in the morning and in the evening, on the Sabbaths, at the new moons, and on the appointed feasts of Yahveh, my God, forever for Israel.
[2CH.2.4] And the house that I am building is great, for great are the Gods our than all the Gods.
[2CH.2.5] And who has the strength to build a house for the Gods, because the heavens and the heavens of heavens cannot contain Him? And who am I that I should build a house for the Gods, if not to offer sacrifices before Him?
[2CH.2.6] And now send to me a skilled artisan to work with gold and silver and copper and iron and purple dye and crimson dye and blue dye, and someone knowing how to engrave intricate designs, with the wise people who are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father prepared.
[2CH.2.7] And send to me cedar logs, cypress trees, and algum trees from Lebanon, for I have known that your servants know how to cut trees of Lebanon, and behold, my servants are with your servants.
[2CH.2.8] And to prepare for me wood in abundance, for the house which I am building is great and wondrous.
[2CH.2.9] And behold, to the woodcutters and to those who cut the trees I have given wheat as strikes to your servants, measures of twenty thousand, and barley, measures of twenty thousand. And wine, measures of twenty thousand, and oil, measures of twenty thousand.
[2CH.2.10] And Hiram, king of Tyre, said in a writing, and he sent it to Solomon: Because Yahveh loves His people, He has given you as king over them.
[2CH.2.11] And Hiram said, “Blessed is Yahveh, the Gods of Israel, who has made the heavens and the earth. Blessed is Yahveh who has given to King David a wise son, knowing intelligence and discernment, who will build a house for Yahveh and a house for his kingdom.”
[2CH.2.12] And now, I have sent a wise man, one who knows understanding, to Huram, my father.
[2CH.2.13] A son of a woman from the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, knows how to work with gold and with silver, with bronze, with iron, with stones and with wood, with purple, with blue dye, with fine linen and with crimson. He is able to open every artwork and to devise every plan that is given to him, with your wise men and the wise men of my Lord David, your father.
[2CH.2.14] And now, the Hittites and the Shurites, the oil and the wine that my Lord said he will send to his servants.
[2CH.2.15] And we will cut trees from Lebanon according to all your need, and we will bring them to you on rafts by way of the sea of Jaffa, and you will bring them up to Jerusalem.
[2CH.2.16] And Solomon counted all the non-Israelite men who were in the land of Israel, after the counting which his father David had counted, and they found one hundred and fifty thousand, and three thousand, and six hundred.
[2CH.2.17] And he made from them seventy thousand bearers and eighty thousand quarrymen in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to work the people.
2CH.3
[2CH.3.1] And Solomon began to build the house of Yahveh in Jerusalem, on Mount Moriah, which had appeared to David, his father, which he had prepared in the place of David, at the threshing floor of Arnan the Jebusite.
[2CH.3.2] And he began to build in the second month, in the second period of that month, in the fourth year of his reign.
[2CH.3.3] And these are the foundations Solomon laid to build the house of the Gods. The length, in the first measurement, was sixty cubits, and the width was twenty cubits.
[2CH.3.4] And the chamber which is over the length, over the width of the house, is twenty cubits long, and the height is one hundred and twenty. And he overlaid it on the inside with pure gold.
[2CH.3.5] And the great house was covered with cedar trees, and they covered it with good gold, and palm trees and chains were raised upon it.
[2CH.3.6] And he covered the house with valuable stone for beauty, and the gold was gold of fine linen.
[2CH.3.7] And he covered the house, the beams, the thresholds, and its walls and its doors with gold. And he opened cherubim upon the walls.
[2CH.3.8] And he made the House of Holiness, the Holies, its length across the width of the House, twenty cubits, and its width, twenty cubits. And he overlaid it with good gold, six hundred talents.
[2CH.3.9] And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold, and the pillars were covered with gold.
[2CH.3.10] And he made in the house of holiness, the holies, two cherubim, carved work, and he covered them with gold.
[2CH.3.11] And the wings of the cherubim, their length was twenty cubits. One wing was to five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house, and the other wing was five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.
[2CH.3.12] And the wing of one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house, and the other wing was five cubits, clinging to the wing of the other cherub.
[2CH.3.13] The wings of these cherubim are spread twenty cubits, and they stand on their feet with their faces toward the house.
[2CH.3.14] And he made the curtain blue and purple and crimson and fine linen, and he raised cherubim upon it.
[2CH.3.15] And he made two pillars before the house, thirty-five cubits in length, and the capital that was on their heads was five cubits.
[2CH.3.16] And he made chains in the inner sanctuary, and he put them on the top of the pillars. And he made one hundred pomegranates, and he put them on the chains.
[2CH.3.17] And he set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the right and one on the left. And he called the name of the right one Yachin, and the name of the left one Boaz.
2CH.4
[2CH.4.1] And he made an altar of copper, twenty cubits its length, and twenty cubits its breadth, and ten cubits its height.
[2CH.4.2] And he made the sea, cast solid, ten cubits from lip to lip, circular all around, and five cubits its height, and a line of thirty cubits encompassed it all around.
[2CH.4.3] And the likeness of oxen was under it, surrounding it, surrounding it, encircling it. Ten cubits was the measurement around, surrounding the sea. Two rows of the oxen were cast in solid form.
[2CH.4.4] They stood upon twelve oxen, three faces toward the north, and three faces toward the south, and three faces toward the west, and three faces toward the east, and the sea was above them, and all their rears were toward the house.
[2CH.4.5] And his form was swelling, and his lips like the work of a cup's rim, a lily's flower. He holds three thousand houses, and is able to contain them.
[2CH.4.6] And he made ten basins and placed five on the right and five on the left, for washing in them the work of the burnt offering; with these they would wash their hands. And the sea was for washing for the priests in it.
[2CH.4.7] And he made the golden lampstands, ten, according to their design, and he placed them in the sanctuary, five on the right and five on the left.
[2CH.4.8] And he made ten tables, and he placed five in the sanctuary from the right and five from the left. And he made one hundred golden sprinkling vessels.
[2CH.4.9] And he made the court of the priests, and the great court. And doors for the court, and their doors were overlaid with bronze.
[2CH.4.10] And the sea, God gave from the shoulder of His right, eastward, opposite the south.
[2CH.4.11] And Hiram made the basins and the bowls and the funnels. Hiram was skilled in casting the work that he did for King Solomon in the house of the Gods.
[2CH.4.12] There were two pillars, and two round masses and two crowns upon the heads of the pillars, two lattices to cover the two round masses, which were upon the heads of the pillars.
[2CH.4.13] And the pomegranates, four hundred for the two networks, two rows of pomegranates for the one network, to cover the two crowning knobs which are on the faces of the pillars.
[2CH.4.14] And the carts He made, and the basins He made upon the carts.
[2CH.4.15] And one sea, and twelve cattle under it.
[2CH.4.16] And the spouts and the basins and the ladles and all their utensils Huram made for King Solomon for the house of Yahveh, refined bronze.
[2CH.4.17] In the plain of the Jordan, the king poured them out in the fatness of the earth, between Sukkoth and between Zeredathah.
[2CH.4.18] And Solomon made all these utensils in great abundance, because the weight of the bronze was not investigated.
[2CH.4.19] And Solomon made all the furnishings that were in the house of the Gods, and the altar of gold, and the tables, and upon them the bread of the presence.
[2CH.4.20] And the menorahs and their lamps, to arrange them according to order before the inner sanctuary, pure gold.
[2CH.4.21] And the blossoms and the lamps and the portions are gold, they are vessels of gold.
[2CH.4.22] And the sprinkling vessels, and the pitchers, and the basins, and the snuffers were gold, sealed. And the opening of the house, its inner doors were to the holy of holies, and the doors of the house to the temple were gold.
2CH.5
[2CH.5.1] And all the work was completed that Solomon had made for the house of Yahveh. Then Solomon brought the holy things of David his father, and the silver and the gold and all the vessels, and he placed them in the treasuries of the house of the Gods.
[2CH.5.2] Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the chiefs of the fathers' houses of the children of Israel, to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Yahveh from the city of David, that is Zion.
[2CH.5.3] And all the people of Israel gathered to the king during the festival, which is the seventh month.
[2CH.5.4] And all the elders of Israel came, and the Levites lifted the Ark.
[2CH.5.5] And they brought up the Ark, and the Tent of Meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the Tent. The priests, the Levites, brought them up.
[2CH.5.6] And King Solomon and all the assembly of Israel who were gathered to him before the Ark offered sacrifices of sheep and cattle, which could not be counted or numbered because of their abundance.
[2CH.5.7] And the priests brought the ark of the covenant of Yahveh to its place, to the inner sanctuary of the house, to the most holy place, under the wings of the cherubim.
[2CH.5.8] And the cherubim were spreading wings over the place of the Ark, and the cherubim covered over the Ark and over its cover from above.
[2CH.5.9] And the cherubim extended their wings, and the heads of the cherubim were seen from above the Ark, facing the inner sanctuary, and they were not seen outside. And they are there still, until this day.
[2CH.5.10] There was nothing in the Ark except the two tablets which Moses placed there, the ones that Yahveh made a covenant with the people of Israel when they departed from Egypt.
[2CH.5.11] And it happened when the priests exited the holy place, that all the priests who were present had become holy. There was no need to maintain divisions.
[2CH.5.12] And the Levites, the singers, for all, for Asaph, for Heman, for Yedutun, and for their sons and their brothers, were clothed in fine linen, with cymbals, and with harps, and with lyres, standing east of the altar, and with them were priests, one hundred and twenty trumpeters with trumpets.
[2CH.5.13] And it came to pass as one for the trumpeters and for the singers to make heard one sound to praise and to give thanks to Yahveh, and like mountains was the sound from the trumpets and the cymbals and the instruments of song, and in praising Yahveh for He is good, for His loving kindness is forever. And the house was filled with a cloud, the house of Yahveh.
[2CH.5.14] And the priests could not stand to serve because of the cloud, for the glory of Yahveh filled the house of the Gods.
2CH.6
[2CH.6.1] Then Solomon said, "Yahveh has said to dwell in the mist."
[2CH.6.2] And I have built a house of Zebul for you, and a place for your dwelling forever.
[2CH.6.3] And the king turned his face and blessed all the assembly of Israel, and all the assembly of Israel stood.
[2CH.6.4] And he said, "Blessed is Yahveh, the Gods of Israel, who spoke with His mouth through David, my father, and filled with power using His hands to say."
[2CH.6.5] From the day that I brought out my people from the land of Egypt, I have not selected a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a house for my name to be there, and I have not selected a man to be a leader over my people Israel.
[2CH.6.6] And I, Yahveh, chose Jerusalem to be the place of my name there, and I chose David to be over my people Israel.
[2CH.6.7] And it was with the heart of David his father to build a house for the name of Yahveh, the God of Israel.
[2CH.6.8] And Yahveh said to David, "Because it was with your heart to build a house for my name, you have done well, because it was with your heart."
[2CH.6.9] Only you will not build the house, for your son who comes from your loins, he will build the house for the name of Yahveh.
[2CH.6.10] And Yahveh raised up his word which he spoke, and I arose in place of my father David, and I sat on the throne of Israel, as Yahveh had spoken. And I built the house for the name of Yahveh, the God of Israel.
[2CH.6.11] And I placed there the Ark, which contains the covenant of Yahveh, which He made with the children of Israel.
[2CH.6.12] And he stood before the altar of Yahveh facing all the assembly of Israel, and he stretched out his hands.
[2CH.6.13] Now Solomon made a bronze basin, and he placed it within the court. It was five cubits long and five cubits wide, and three cubits high. He stood before it, and blessed on his knees before all the assembly of Israel, and he extended his hands toward the heavens.
[2CH.6.14] And Yahveh, the Gods of Israel, said, "There is none like the Gods in the heavens and on the earth, keeping the covenant and the kindness to your servants who walk before you with all their heart."
[2CH.6.15] Which you have kept to your servant David my father, that which you spoke to him, and you speak with your mouth and with your hand you have fulfilled as this day.
[2CH.6.16] And now, Yahveh, the Gods of Israel, guard for your servant David, my father, that which you spoke to him, saying, “May no man be cut off from before me, sitting on the throne of Israel, but only if your sons keep their way, to walk in my law, as you walked before me.”
[2CH.6.17] And now, Yahveh, the Gods of Israel, may your word be confirmed, that which you spoke to your servant David.
[2CH.6.18] Truly, will the Gods dwell with humanity on the Earth? Behold, the heavens and the heavens of heavens are not able to contain you. And truly, this house which I have built is not sufficient for you.
[2CH.6.19] You will turn to the prayer of your servant and to his supplication, Yahveh, my Gods, to hear the shouting and the prayer which your servant prays before you.
[2CH.6.20] May your eyes be open towards this house, day and night, towards the place where God has said to place God's name, to listen to the prayer that your servant will pray towards this place.
[2CH.6.21] And you will hear the supplications of your servant and your people Israel, who will pray toward this place. And you will listen from your dwelling place, from the heavens, and you will hear and forgive.
[2CH.6.22] If a man sins against his neighbor, and his neighbor places an oath upon him to make him swear, and that oath comes before your altar in this house...
[2CH.6.23] And you will hear from the heavens and act, and you will judge your servants, to return to the wicked, to give his way upon his head, and to justify the righteous, to give to him according to his righteousness.
[2CH.6.24] And if your people Israel are struck before an enemy because they have sinned against you, and they return and acknowledge your name, and pray and plead before you in this house, then…
[2CH.6.25] And you will hear from the heavens and you will forgive the sin of your people Israel, and you will return them to the land that you gave to them and to their fathers.
[2CH.6.26] When the heavens are restrained and there is no rain because they have sinned against you, and they pray to this place and confess your name from their sin, they will turn back, so that you may answer them.
[2CH.6.27] And you will hear the heavens and forgive the sin of your servants and your people Israel, because you direct them onto the good path that they walk upon, and you will give rain upon your land, which you have given to your people to inherit.
[2CH.6.28] Hunger will be in the land because there will be a plague. Because there will be blight and mildew, locusts and destruction. This will be because enemies have fashioned them in the land of its gates. Every sore and every sickness will come to pass.
[2CH.6.29] Every prayer, every supplication, which will be for every person and for all Your people Israel, who will know each person’s pain and sorrow, and will extend their hands toward this house.
[2CH.6.30] And you will hear from the heavens, the place of your dwelling, and you will pardon, and you will give to the person according to all their ways, as you know the heart. For you alone know the heart of the children of humankind.
[2CH.6.31] In order that they may fear you and walk in your ways all the days that they live on the face of the earth, which you gave to our ancestors.
[2CH.6.32] And also to the foreigner who is not from your people Israel, if he comes from a distant land for the sake of your great name, and your strong hand, and your outstretched arm, they will come and pray to this house.
[2CH.6.33] And you will hear from the heavens, from the place of your dwelling, and you will do according to all that the foreigner calls to you, so that all the peoples of the earth may know your name, and to fear you as your people Israel does, and to know that your name is called upon this house that I have built.
[2CH.6.34] For when your people go out to war against their enemies along the path that you will send them, and they pray toward me along this city that you have chosen and the house that I have built for your name.
[2CH.6.35] And you shall hear from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and you shall do their judgment.
[2CH.6.36] Because they will sin against you, because there is no person who does not sin, and you will become angry with them, and you will give them before an enemy, and their captors will take them to a land far or near.
[2CH.6.37] And they will return it to their heart in the land where they were captives, and they will return and plead with you in the land of their captivity, saying, "We have sinned, we have acted perversely, and we have done wickedness."
[2CH.6.38] And they will return to You with all their heart and with all their soul, in the land of their captivity where You led them, and they will pray toward their land which You gave to their ancestors, and toward the city which You chose, and toward the house which I built for Your name.
[2CH.6.39] And you will hear from the heavens, from the place of your dwelling, their prayer and their pleas, and you will do their judgment, and you will forgive your people who have sinned against you.
[2CH.6.40] Now, may the Gods have your eyes open and your ears attentive to the prayer of this place.
[2CH.6.41] And now, arise, Yahveh, the Gods, to provide rest for us, you and the Ark of your strength. May your priests, who are devoted to Yahveh, the Gods, clothe themselves with salvation, and may your pious ones rejoice in goodness.
[2CH.6.42] Yahveh, the Gods, do not turn away the face of your anointed one. Remember the kindnesses to David, my servant.
2CH.7
[2CH.7.1] And when Solomon finished praying, the fire descended from the heavens and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices. And the glory of Yahveh filled the temple.
[2CH.7.2] And the priests could not come into the house of Yahveh, for the glory of Yahveh filled the house of Yahveh.
[2CH.7.3] And all the sons of Israel saw the descent of the fire and the glory of Yahveh upon the house, and they bowed their faces to the ground upon the floor and prostrated themselves, and gave thanks to Yahveh, for He is good, for His lovingkindness endures forever.
[2CH.7.4] And the king and all the people were sacrificing a sacrifice before Yahveh.
[2CH.7.5] And the king Solomon sacrificed the sacrifice of cattle, two thousand, and sheep, one hundred and twenty thousand. And the king and all the people dedicated the house of the Gods.
[2CH.7.6] And the priests were standing at their duties, and the Levites with instruments of song of Yahveh, which David the king made to give thanks to Yahveh, for His lovingkindness is forever, with the praise of David in their hands, and the priests were blowing trumpets before them, and all of Israel was standing.
[2CH.7.7] And Solomon dedicated the inner court that was before the house of Yahveh, because he had made there the burnt offerings and the fat of the peace offerings. For the bronze altar that Solomon had made was not able to contain the burnt offering and the grain offering and the fat offerings.
[2CH.7.8] And Solomon made the festival at that time for seven days, and all of Israel was with him, a very great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of Egypt.
[2CH.7.9] And they made an assembly on the eighth day, for they had made the dedication of the altar for seven days, and the festival was for seven days.
[2CH.7.10] And on the twenty-third day of the seventh month, he sent the people to their tents, rejoicing and with good hearts, because of the goodness that Yahveh had done for David and Solomon and for Israel, his people.
[2CH.7.11] And Solomon finished the House of Yahveh and the house of the king, and all that was in Solomon’s heart to do in the House of Yahveh and in his house, he completed successfully.
[2CH.7.12] And Yahveh appeared to Solomon at night, and said to him, "I have heard your prayer, and I have chosen this place for Myself, to be a house of sacrifice."
[2CH.7.13] Behold, I will restrain the heavens and there will be no rain, and behold, I will command the locust to eat the land, and if I send plague among my people.
[2CH.7.14] If my people, those who are called by my name upon them, humble themselves, and they will pray, and they will seek my face, and they will return from their ways, the evil ones, then I will hear from the heavens, and I will forgive their sin, and I will heal their land.
[2CH.7.15] Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayer of this place.
[2CH.7.16] And now, I have chosen and sanctified this house to be my name there forever, and my eyes and my heart will be there all the days.
[2CH.7.17] And you, if you walk before me as David, your father, walked, and to do according to all that I have commanded you, and you will keep my statutes and my judgments.
[2CH.7.18] And I will establish your throne of kingdom, as I made a covenant to David your father, to say, it will not be cut off to you a man ruling in Israel.
[2CH.7.19] And if you will turn, you, and forsake my statutes and my commandments that I gave before you, and you will walk and serve other gods, and you will prostrate yourselves to them.
[2CH.7.20] I will uproot them from over my land which I gave to them, and this house which I have sanctified for my name, I will cast off from before my face, and I will give it as a proverb and a byword among all the peoples.
[2CH.7.21] And this house, which was supreme to all who passed by it, will be a wonder, and they will say, “How did Yahveh do such a thing to this land and to this house?”
[2CH.7.22] And they will say, concerning their abandonment of Yahveh, the God of their ancestors, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, that they held to other gods and bowed down to them and served them. Therefore, God brought all this evil upon them.
2CH.8
[2CH.8.1] And it came to pass at the end of twenty years that Solomon built the house of Yahveh and his own house.
[2CH.8.2] And the cities that Huram gave to Solomon, Solomon built them, and he settled the children of Israel there.
[2CH.8.3] And Solomon went to Hamath Zobah, and he strengthened himself against it.
[2CH.8.4] And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the poor cities that he built with strength.
[2CH.8.5] And he built the Upper City Choron and the Lower City Choron, cities of a fortress, walls, doors, and bars.
[2CH.8.6] And Baalath, and all the cities of refuge which were Solomon’s, and all the cities of chariots, and the cities of horsemen, and all the desire of Solomon which he desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his rule.
[2CH.8.7] All the people remaining from the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite, who were not from Israel, they are.
[2CH.8.8] From their sons who remained after them in the land that the sons of Israel did not consume, Solomon imposed a tax until this day.
[2CH.8.9] And from the children of Israel, whom Solomon did not give to servants for his work, because they were men of war, and captains of his thirds, and captains of his chariots, and his horsemen.
[2CH.8.10] And these are the officials who are stationed and belong to King Solomon, five hundred who were the rulers over the people.
[2CH.8.11] And Solomon brought the daughter of Pharaoh from the City of David to the house that he had built for her, for he said, "No woman shall reside for me in the house of David, King of Israel, because they are sacred, those to whom the Ark of Yahveh came."
[2CH.8.12] Then Solomon offered burnt offerings to Yahveh on the altar of Yahveh that he had built before the hall.
[2CH.8.13] And concerning the matter, day by day, to ascend, as the command of Moses, for Sabbaths and for months and for appointed times, three times in the year: in the festival of Unleavened Bread and in the festival of Weeks and in the festival of Booths.
[2CH.8.14] And he established, as the judgment of his father David, the divisions of the priests for their service, and the Levites for their watches to praise and to serve opposite the priests, to speak day by day, and the gatekeepers in their divisions for gate and gate, because thus was the commandment of David, a man of the Gods.
[2CH.8.15] And they did not deviate from the command of the king concerning the priests and the Levites regarding all matters and the treasuries.
[2CH.8.16] And all the work of Solomon was completed until the day the foundation of the house of Yahveh was laid, and until it was finished. The house of Yahveh was complete.
[2CH.8.17] Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Elot on the shore of the sea in the land of Edom.
[2CH.8.18] And Hiram sent to him, by his servants, ships and sailors who knew the sea. And they came with Solomon’s servants to Ophir, and they took from there four hundred and fifty weights of gold, and they brought it to King Solomon.
2CH.9
[2CH.9.1] And the queen of Sheba heard about the renown of Solomon, and she came to test Solomon with riddles in Jerusalem with a very great force, and camels bearing spices and gold in abundance and precious stone. And she came to Solomon and spoke with him everything that was with her heart.
[2CH.9.2] And Solomon told her all her matters, and no matter was hidden from Solomon that he did not tell her.
[2CH.9.3] And the queen of Sheba saw the wisdom of Solomon and the house that he built.
[2CH.9.4] The food of the table, and the seating of the servants, and the standing of those who minister, and their garments, and their drinks, and their garments, and the upper room, which one ascends into the house of Yahveh, and there was no spirit in it anymore.
[2CH.9.5] And she said to the king, "The truth of the word that I heard in my land concerning your words and concerning your wisdom is true."
[2CH.9.6] And I did not believe the things they said about you until I came and my eyes saw it, and behold, not even half the extent of your wisdom was told to me. You have added to the report which I heard.
[2CH.9.7] Blessed are your people, and blessed are your servants, these who stand before you always and hear your wisdom.
[2CH.9.8] May Yahveh, the Gods, be blessed, your God, who desired you to be placed on the throne as king for Yahveh, the Gods, through the love the Gods have for Israel, to establish them forever. And has given you rule over them as king, to do what is right and just.
[2CH.9.9] And she gave to the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices in very great abundance, and precious stone. And there was no spice like that which the queen of Sheba gave to the king Solomon.
[2CH.9.10] Also, the servants of Hiram and the servants of Solomon, who brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stone.
[2CH.9.11] And the king made supports of algum trees for the house of Yahveh and for the house of the king, and harps and lutes for the singers, and such as these had not been seen previously in the land of Judah.
[2CH.9.12] And King Solomon gave to the Queen of Sheba all her desire which she asked, besides what she brought to the king. And she turned and went to her land, she and her servants.
[2CH.9.13] And the weight of the gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty-six kikkarim of gold.
[2CH.9.14] Apart from the men of Tarshish and the merchants, bringing, and all the kings of Arab and the officials of the land, bringing gold and silver to Solomon.
[2CH.9.15] And King Solomon made two hundred shields of beaten gold, and six hundred shields of beaten gold would ascend upon the one shield.
[2CH.9.16] And three hundred shields were overlaid with gold, three hundred gold pieces being applied to the one shield, and the king gave them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
[2CH.9.17] And the king made a great throne of ivory, and he overlaid it with pure gold.
[2CH.9.18] There are six steps leading up to the throne, and a covering of gold on the throne, with holdings and armrests on either side of the place of sitting, and two lions are standing near the armrests.
[2CH.9.19] And twelve lions were standing there on the six steps, from this side and that side. Such a thing has not been done for any kingdom.
[2CH.9.20] And all the drinking vessels of the king were gold, and all the vessels of the house of Lebanon’s forest were gold, sealed. There was no silver considered of worth in the days of Solomon at all.
[2CH.9.21] For the ships of the king go to Tarshish with the servants of Huram, one every three years. The ships of Tarshish carry gold and silver, ivory, monkeys and peacocks.
[2CH.9.22] And King Solomon grew beyond all kings of the land in wealth and wisdom.
[2CH.9.23] And all the kings of the earth sought the face of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which the Gods gave in his heart.
[2CH.9.24] And they bring each one his offering, silver vessels and gold vessels, and gifts of well-being, weapons and spices, horses and mules, a matter of year by year.
[2CH.9.25] And it was to Solomon four thousand stables for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. And he stationed them in the cities of the chariots and with the king in Jerusalem.
[2CH.9.26] And it was that the ruler reigned over all the kings, from the river and to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.
[2CH.9.27] And the king gave the silver in Jerusalem as stones, and he gave the cedars as the plane trees that are in the lowland in abundance.
[2CH.9.28] And they brought forth horses from Egypt to Solomon, and from all the lands.
[2CH.9.29] And the remainder of the words of Solomon, the first ones and the last ones, are they not written on the words of Nathan my Lord's prophet and on the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite and in the visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam son of Nebat?
[2CH.9.30] And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel for forty years.
[2CH.9.31] And Solomon lay down with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David, his father. And Rehoboam, his son, reigned in his place.
2CH.10
[2CH.10.1] And Rehoboam went to Shechem, because all of Israel came to Shechem to make him king.
[2CH.10.2] And it happened that when Jeroboam son of Nebat heard, and he was in Egypt, who had fled from before Solomon the king, then Jeroboam returned from Egypt.
[2CH.10.3] They sent and called to him, and Jeroboam and all Israel came, and they spoke to Rechav'am, saying:
[2CH.10.4] Your father made our yoke hard, and now make light the labor of your father, the harsh one, and his yoke, the heavy one, that he gave upon us, and we will serve you.
[2CH.10.5] And he said to them, "Three more days and return to me." And the people went.
[2CH.10.6] And King Rechabam consulted with the elders who had stood before Solomon his father while he was living, saying, "How do you advise responding to this people with a matter?"
[2CH.10.7] And they spoke to him, saying, “If it will be good to this people and you find favor with them, and you speak good things to them, they will be your servants all of their days.”
[2CH.10.8] And he abandoned the counsel of the elders who advised him, and he sought counsel from the young men who grew up with him, those who stand before him.
[2CH.10.9] And he said to them, "What are you consulting, and we will return a word to this people, that they spoke to me, saying, 'God from the burden that your father gave upon us?'"
[2CH.10.10] And the children who grew up with him spoke to him, saying, "Thus you shall say to the people who have spoken to you, saying, "Your father made our yoke heavy upon us, but you will lighten it for us." Thus you shall say to them, "My littleness is thicker than the loins of my father."
[2CH.10.11] And now, my father has loaded upon you a heavy burden, and I will add to your burden. My father will discipline you with rods, and I with scorpions.
[2CH.10.12] And Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king had spoken, saying, "Return to me on the third day."
[2CH.10.13] And the king answered them harshly, and the king Rechav-am abandoned the advice of the elders.
[2CH.10.14] And He spoke to them according to the counsel of the children, saying, "I will make your yoke heavy, and I will add to it. Your father will discipline you with rods, and I will with scorpions."
[2CH.10.15] And the king did not listen to the people, for there was a circumstance from the Gods, in order that Yahveh might establish His word, which He spoke through the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.
[2CH.10.16] And all Israel, because the king did not listen to them, returned to the king saying, “What portion do we have in David, and no inheritance in the son of Jesse? Each man to his tents, Israel!” Now, see your house, David. And all Israel went each man to his tents.
[2CH.10.17] And the people of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah, and Rehoboam reigned over them.
[2CH.10.18] And King Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the tax, and the people of Israel stoned him with stones until he died. And King Rehoboam strengthened himself to go up into the chariot to flee to Jerusalem.
[2CH.10.19] They transgressed, Israel, in the house of David until this day.
2CH.11
[2CH.11.1] And Rehoboam went to Jerusalem and assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, one hundred and eighty thousand young men making war, to fight with Israel, to return the kingdom to Rehoboam.
[2CH.11.2] And it happened, the word of Yahveh came to Shma’yahu, a man of the Gods, to say.
[2CH.11.3] Say to Rechav'am, son of Shlomo, king of Judah, and to all of Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying:
[2CH.11.4] Thus says Yahveh: Do not go up, and do not fight against your brothers. Return, each man to his house, for this matter comes from me. And they heard the words of Yahveh, and they turned back from following Yarav'am.
[2CH.11.5] And Rechabam settled in Jerusalem, and he built cities for defense in Judah.
[2CH.11.6] And he built Beit-lechem and Eitam and Tekoa.
[2CH.11.7] And the place of Rock and the Booth and Adulam.
[2CH.11.8] And Gat, and Maresha, and Zif.
[2CH.11.9] And Adorayim, and Lakish, and Azekah.
[2CH.11.10] And Tzarah and Ayalon and Chevron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin, are cities of fortresses.
[2CH.11.11] And he strengthened the fortifications, and he gave leaders within them, and stores of food, and oil, and wine.
[2CH.11.12] And in every city and city were fortifications and spears, and he strengthened them exceedingly. And Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.
[2CH.11.13] And the priests and the Levites, who were in all Israel, assembled around it from all their territory.
[2CH.11.14] For the Levites had abandoned their pasture lands and their inheritance, and they went to Judah and to Jerusalem, because Yarav'am and his sons had neglected them from being priests to Yahveh.
[2CH.11.15] And he set up priests for the high places, and for the goat idols, and for the calf idols that he made.
[2CH.11.16] And after them, from all the tribes of Israel, those giving their hearts to seek Yahveh, the God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to sacrifice to Yahveh, the God of their ancestors.
[2CH.11.17] And they strengthened the kingdom of Judah and they empowered Rehoboam, son of Solomon, for three years, because they walked in the way of David and Solomon for three years.
[2CH.11.18] And Rechavam took for himself a wife, Mahalat, daughter of Jerimot, son of David, and Avihayil, daughter of Eli'av, son of Jesse.
[2CH.11.19] And she bore to him sons, Yehush, and Shmaryah, and Zaham.
[2CH.11.20] And after her, he took Maacah, daughter of Absalom, and she bore him Aviyah and Attai and Zizah and Shlomit.
[2CH.11.21] And Rechabam loved Maacah, daughter of Absalom, from all his wives and his concubines, for he took eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and he fathered twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.
[2CH.11.22] And Rechav-am established Aviyah, son of Ma-achah, as a leader among his brothers, because it was his intention to make him king.
[2CH.11.23] And he built and broke open from all his storehouses to all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, to every walled city, and he gave them the food in abundance, and he asked for a multitude of wives.
2CH.12
[2CH.12.1] And it came to pass, as the kingdom of Rehoboam was prepared and as his power grew, he abandoned the teaching of Yahveh, and all of Israel was with him.
[2CH.12.2] And it happened in the fifth year of King Rehoboam’s reign that Shishak, king of Egypt, came up against Jerusalem, for they had transgressed against Yahveh.
[2CH.12.3] There were one thousand two hundred chariots and sixty thousand horsemen. The number of the people who came with him from Egypt was countless, including Libyans, Sukkians, and Cushites.
[2CH.12.4] He captured the cities of the fortresses which belong to Judah, and he came until Jerusalem.
[2CH.12.5] And the prophet Ushma’yah came to Rechav’am and the leaders of Judah who had gathered to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and he said to them, “Thus says Yahveh: You have abandoned me, and also I have abandoned you into the hand of Shishak.”
[2CH.12.6] And the leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves, and they said, "Yahveh is righteous."
[2CH.12.7] And when Yahveh saw that they had submitted, the word of Yahveh came to Shmaiah, saying, "You have submitted, I will not destroy you, and I will give you almost an escape, and my anger will not fall upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak."
[2CH.12.8] For they will be servants, and they will know my service and the service of the kingdoms of the lands.
[2CH.12.9] And Shishak, king of Egypt, went up against Jerusalem and he took the treasures of the house of Yahveh and the treasures of the house of the king. He took all of it and he took the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
[2CH.12.10] And the king Rechav-am made, instead of them, shields of bronze, and he appointed, by the hand of officers of the runners, the guards at the entrance to the house of the king.
[2CH.12.11] And it happened, every time the king went to the house of Yahveh, the runners would bring them and return them to the station of the runners.
[2CH.12.12] And in His humbling, He returns from Him, Yahveh’s anger, and not to destroy for completeness. And also in Judah were good things.
[2CH.12.13] And the king, Rehoboam, strengthened himself in Jerusalem and reigned, for Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign and seventeen years he reigned in Jerusalem, the city that Yahveh had chosen to place His name there from all the tribes of Israel. And his mother’s name was Naama the Ammonite.
[2CH.12.14] And he did evil, for his heart was not prepared to seek Yahveh.
[2CH.12.15] And the words of Rechav'am, the earlier ones and the later ones, are they not written in the words of Shma'yah the prophet and Ido the seer for clarification? And the conflicts of Rechav'am and Yarav'am, all the days.
[2CH.12.16] And Rehoboam lay down with his fathers and was buried in the city of David. And Abijah his son reigned in his place.
2CH.13
[2CH.13.1] In the year of eighteen of the king Yarav'am, Aviyah reigned over Judah.
[2CH.13.2] For three years he reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother was Mikayahhu, daughter of Uriel, from Giv'ah. And there was war between Aviyah and between Yarav'am.
[2CH.13.3] And Abijah secured the war with a force of valiant warriors of war, four hundred thousand men, chosen. Jeroboam arrayed against him a war with eight hundred thousand men, chosen, valiant warriors.
[2CH.13.4] And Abijah stood upon the mountain of Tzemaraim, which is in the mountain of Ephraim, and he said, “Hear me, Jeroboam, and all Israel.”
[2CH.13.5] Is it not to you that it is known that Yahveh, the God of Israel, gave a kingdom to David over Israel forever, and a covenant of salt to him and to his sons?
[2CH.13.6] And Jeroboam, son of Nebat, a servant of Solomon, son of David, rose up and rebelled against my Lord.
[2CH.13.7] And people, empty ones, sons of worthlessness, gathered against him and they strengthened themselves against Rechav'am, son of Shlomo. And Rechav'am was a young man and tender of heart, and he did not strengthen himself before them.
[2CH.13.8] And now you say to strengthen yourselves against the kingdom of Yahveh by the hand of the descendants of David, and you are a very large multitude, and with you are golden calves, which Jeroboam made for you as the Gods.
[2CH.13.9] Have you not rejected the priests of Yahveh, the descendants of Aaron and the Levites? And did you make priests for yourselves like the peoples of the lands, everyone who brings to fill his hand with a bull, a calf of the herd, and seven rams? And so it became that they were priests to no Gods.
[2CH.13.10] And we, Yahveh, the Gods, have not forsaken Him, and priests are serving to Yahveh, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites in the work.
[2CH.13.11] And those offering burnt offerings to Yahveh in the morning, in the morning, and in the evening, in the evening, and incense of spices, and arranging loaves of bread on the pure table, and the golden lampstand, and its lamps to burn in the evening, in the evening, for we keep the watch of Yahveh, our God, but you have abandoned him.
[2CH.13.12] And behold, with us is the Gods at the head, and their priests, and the trumpets of the sounding, to sound against you, children of Israel. Do not fight with Yahveh, the God of your ancestors, for you will not succeed.
[2CH.13.13] And Jeroboam turned the ambush to come from behind them, and they were before Judah, and the ambush was behind them.
[2CH.13.14] And Judah turned, and behold, war was before them and behind them. And they cried out to Yahveh, and the priests were blowing trumpets.
[2CH.13.15] And the men of Judah shouted, and as the men of Judah shouted, the Gods struck Jeroboam and all of Israel before Abijah and Judah.
[2CH.13.16] And the people of Israel fled from before Judah, and the Gods gave them into their hand.
[2CH.13.17] And they struck in them, Abijah and his people, a great slaughter. And fell slain from Israel, five hundred thousand men, brave ones.
[2CH.13.18] The descendants of Israel submitted at that time, and the descendants of Judah strengthened themselves, because they relied on Yahveh, the God of their ancestors.
[2CH.13.19] And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and he captured cities from him, Beit-El and its towns, and Yishana and its towns, and Efron and its towns.
[2CH.13.20] And the strength of Jeroboam was no longer restrained in the days of Abijah. And Yahveh humbled him, and he died.
[2CH.13.21] And Abijah strengthened himself, and he took for himself fourteen wives, and he fathered twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.
[2CH.13.22] And the remainder of the words of Abijah, and his ways, and his deeds are written in the commentary of the prophet Ido.
[2CH.13.23] And Abijah lay down with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David. And Asa, his son, reigned in his place. In his days, the land was quiet for ten years.
2CH.14
[2CH.14.1] And Asa did what was good and what was upright in the eyes of Yahveh, his Gods.
[2CH.14.2] And he removed the altars of the foreign gods and the high places. And he broke the standing stones and he cut down the groves.
[2CH.14.3] And he said to Judah, to seek Yahveh, the God of their ancestors, and to do the law and the commandment.
[2CH.14.4] And he removed from all cities of Judah the high places and the shrines, and the kingdom quieted before him.
[2CH.14.5] And he built fortified cities in Judah, because the land was quiet and there was no war with him in these years, because Yahveh allowed it to him.
[2CH.14.6] And Judah said, "Let us build these cities, and let us surround them with a wall, and towers, and gates, and bolts, while the land is still before us. For we sought Yahveh, the Gods, we sought and Yahveh granted us peace on every side." And they built and they succeeded.
[2CH.14.7] Now, it happened for Asa, there was strength carrying a shield and a spear. From Judah, three hundred thousand. Shield bearers of Benjamin and bowmen, two hundred and eighty thousand. All these were valiant warriors.
[2CH.14.8] And he, Zerach the Cushite, went out against them with an army of one hundred thousand and three hundred chariots, and he came until Marisha.
[2CH.14.9] And Asa went out to meet him, and they arranged for battle in the valley of Tsfatah to Maresha.
[2CH.14.10] And Asa called to Yahveh, the Gods, and said, "Yahveh, there is no one with you to help between the many and the powerless. Help us, Yahveh, the Gods, for we rely on you, and in your name we have come against this multitude. Yahveh, the Gods, you are the one; do not restrain your hand with humankind."
[2CH.14.11] And Yahveh struck the Kushites before Asa and before Judah, and the Kushites fled.
[2CH.14.12] Asa and the people who were with him pursued them to Gerar, and the Cushites fell with no means of recovery, for they were broken before Yahveh and before his army. And they carried away plunder in very great abundance.
[2CH.14.13] And they struck all the cities surrounding Gerar, because the fear of Yahveh was upon them, and they plundered all the cities, for there was great plunder within them.
[2CH.14.14] And also, the tents of the livestock were struck, and they captured sheep in abundance and camels. And they returned to Jerusalem.
2CH.15
[2CH.15.1] And Azaryahu son of Oded had upon him the spirit of the Gods.
[2CH.15.2] He went before Asa and said to him, "Listen to me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin. Yahveh is with you while you are with Him. And if you seek Him, He will be found by you. But if you abandon Him, He will abandon you."
[2CH.15.3] And many days for Israel without the Gods of truth and without a teaching priest and without law.
[2CH.15.4] And they turned back in their distress to Yahveh, the God of Israel, and they sought Him, and He was found by them.
[2CH.15.5] And in those times, there is no peace for those who go out and for those who come in, for many confusions are upon all who dwell in the lands.
[2CH.15.6] They will be struck, nation against nation and city against city, for the Gods have filled it with all distress.
[2CH.15.7] And you, be strong, and let not your hands be weak, for there is reward for your work.
[2CH.15.8] And when Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he was strengthened and removed the abominations from all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and from the cities he had captured from Mount Ephraim. And he renewed the altar of Yahveh that was before the hall of Yahveh.
[2CH.15.9] And he gathered all of Judah, and Benjamin, and the foreigners who were with them from Ephraim, and Manasseh, and from Simeon, because they had fallen upon him from Israel in great numbers, seeing that Yahveh, their God, was with him.
[2CH.15.10] And they gathered in Jerusalem in the third month of the year fifteen to the reign of Asa.
[2CH.15.11] They sacrificed to Yahveh on that day from the spoil, bringing seven hundred cattle and seven thousand sheep.
[2CH.15.12] And they came into the covenant to seek Yahveh, the Gods of their ancestors, with all their heart and with all their soul.
[2CH.15.13] And all who do not seek Yahveh, the God of Israel, will be put to death, from the youngest to the oldest, to both man and woman.
[2CH.15.14] And they swore to Yahveh with a voice great and with shouting, and with trumpets and with ram's horns.
[2CH.15.15] And all Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they swore with all their heart and sought it with all their desire, and Yahveh found them. And Yahveh gave them peace on every side.
[2CH.15.16] And also Maacah, mother of Asa the king, he removed from being queen mother, because she had made a grotesque image for the Asherah. And Asa cut down her grotesque image, and crushed it to dust, and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
[2CH.15.17] And the high places did not depart from Israel, only the heart of Asa was complete all his days.
[2CH.15.18] And he brought the holy things of his father and his own holy things to the house of the Gods, silver and gold and vessels.
[2CH.15.19] And war was not until the year thirty and five of the reign of Asa.
2CH.16
[2CH.16.1] In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign, Baasha, king of Israel, went up against Judah and built Ramah, so that no one might go out or come in to Asa, king of Judah.
[2CH.16.2] And Asa took out silver and gold from the treasuries of the house of Yahveh and the house of the king, and he sent to Ben-Hadad, king of Aram, who dwelt in Damascus, saying...
[2CH.16.3] Behold, I have sent to you silver and gold. Go, release your covenant with Baasha, king of Israel, and let him rise above me.
[2CH.16.4] And the son of Hadad listened to the king Asa, and he sent the commanders of the soldiers who belonged to him to the cities of Israel, and they struck Iyon and Dan and Abel Mayim and all the store cities of Naphtali.
[2CH.16.5] And it was, when Basha heard, that he ceased from building the Ramah, and he stopped his work.
[2CH.16.6] And Asa the king took all of Judah, and they carried the stones and the trees which had been used in the building by Baesha. And he built with them Geba and Mizpah.
[2CH.16.7] And at that time, the seer Hanani came to Asa, king of Judah, and said to him, “Because you leaned on the king of Aram and did not lean on Yahveh, your God, therefore the army of the king of Aram escaped from your hand.”
[2CH.16.8] Were not the Cushites and the Lubites a great army, with many chariots and horsemen, exceedingly numerous? Yet, because you leaned on Yahveh, He delivered them into your hand.
[2CH.16.9] For Yahveh, His eyes roam throughout all the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully His. You have been set apart because of this. For from now on, there will be wars with you.
[2CH.16.10] And Asa was angry at the seer, and he put him in the house of confinement, because his anger was with him about this. And Asa crushed some of the people at that time.
[2CH.16.11] And behold, the words of Asa, the early ones and the late ones, are written on the book of the Gods of Judah and Israel.
[2CH.16.12] Asa became ill in the thirty-ninth year of his reign, and his sickness was severe, reaching up into his legs. Even in his sickness, he did not seek Yahveh, but sought help from physicians.
[2CH.16.13] And Asa lay down with his ancestors, and he died in the forty-first year of his reign.
[2CH.16.14] And they buried him in his tombs, which he had dug for himself in the city of David. And they laid him on the couch which was filled with spices and aromatics, compounded with skill in a compounding vessel. And they burned for him a burning great to an extreme extent.
2CH.17
[2CH.17.1] And Yehoshaphat, his son, reigned in his place, and he strengthened himself over Israel.
[2CH.17.2] And He gave strength in all the cities of Judah, the fortified ones, and He appointed commanders in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa’s father had captured.
[2CH.17.3] And Yahveh was with Yehoshapat, because he walked in the ways of David his father, the first ones, and did not seek the Lords.
[2CH.17.4] For he sought after the Gods of his father and walked in his commandments, and not like the deeds of Israel.
[2CH.17.5] And Yahveh prepared the kingdom in his hand, and all of Judah gave tribute to Yehoshapat, and he had wealth and honor in abundance.
[2CH.17.6] And his heart was lifted up in the ways of Yahveh, and he also removed the high places and the sacred poles from Judah.
[2CH.17.7] And in the third year of his reign, he sent his officials, Ben-chai-il, and to Ovad-yah, and to Zachar-yah, and to Netan-el, and to Mi-ka-yah-hu, to teach in the cities of Judah.
[2CH.17.8] And with them were the Levites, Shemayahu, and Netanyahu, and Zevadyahu, and Asa'el, and Shmiramot, and Yonatan, and Adoniya, and Toviyahu, and Tov Adoniya, the Levites, and with them were Eliysha'ma and Yhoram, the Priests.
[2CH.17.9] And they taught in Judah, and with them was a book of the law of Yahveh, and they traveled in all the cities of Judah and taught the people.
[2CH.17.10] And there was the fear of Yahveh upon all the kingdoms of the lands surrounding Judah, and they did not fight with Jehoshaphat.
[2CH.17.11] And from the Philistines they brought to Jehoshaphat a tribute and silver as a burden. Also, the Arabians brought to him sheep, rams, seven thousand and seven hundred, and female goats, seven thousand and seven hundred.
[2CH.17.12] And it was, Jehoshaphat walked and grew increasingly, and he built in Judah fortresses and cities of refuge.
[2CH.17.13] He had a great amount of work in the cities of Judah, and men of warfare, valiant ones of strength, were in Jerusalem.
[2CH.17.14] And these are their appointments according to the houses of their fathers, for Judah, leaders of thousands, Adnah the leader, and with him were valiant warriors, three hundred thousand.
[2CH.17.15] And through the hand of Yohanan the ruler, with him were two hundred and eighty thousand.
[2CH.17.16] And through his agency, Amasyah son of Zichri, the volunteer for Yahveh, and with him were two hundred thousand valiant warriors.
[2CH.17.17] And from Benjamin, a hero of strength, Elyada, and with him were two hundred thousand archers and shield bearers.
[2CH.17.18] And with him was Jehozadab, and with him one hundred and eighty thousand soldiers of the army’s vanguard.
[2CH.17.19] These are the servants of the king, besides those that the king appointed in the fortified cities throughout all Judah.
2CH.18
[2CH.18.1] And it came to pass that Yahveh had given wealth and honor to Jehoshaphat in great abundance, and he allied himself with Ahab.
[2CH.18.2] And he went down at the end of years to Ahab in Samaria, and Ahab sacrificed to him sheep and cattle in abundance, and to the people who were with him. And he persuaded him to go up to the heights of Gilead.
[2CH.18.3] And Ahab, king of Israel, said to Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, "Will you go with me to Ramoth Gilead?" And he said to him, "As is for you, so is for me, and as your people are, so are my people, and I will be with you in the battle."
[2CH.18.4] And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, "Please seek today the word of Yahveh."
[2CH.18.5] The king of Israel gathered the prophets, four hundred men, and said to them, “Should I go to Ramoth Gilead to fight, or should I refrain?” They said, “Go, and may the Gods put the enemy into the hand of the king.”
[2CH.18.6] And Yehoshaphat said, "Is there not here a prophet to Yahveh still, and let us inquire from him?"
[2CH.18.7] And the king of Israel said to Jehoshapat, "Is there still one man through whom we may inquire of Yahveh? But I hate him, because he never prophesies good things for me. All his days, he prophesies evil. He is Micah son of Imlah." And Jehoshapat said, "Let the king not say such a thing."
[2CH.18.8] And the king of Israel called to one officer and said, "Quickly, bring Mika son of Yimlah."
[2CH.18.9] And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, sat, each on his throne, clothed in robes, and sat in the threshing floor, at the opening of the gate of Samaria, and all the prophets prophesied before them.
[2CH.18.10] And he made for himself, Zedekiah son of Canaan, horns of iron, and he said, "Thus says Yahveh: With these you will gore Aram until their completion."
[2CH.18.11] And all the prophets prophesy thus, saying, upon the heights of Gilead it will succeed, and Yahveh will give it into the hand of the king.
[2CH.18.12] And the angel who went to call Mikha’yhu spoke to him, saying, "Behold, the words of the prophets are uniformly good to the king, and may your word be as one of theirs, and you shall speak good."
[2CH.18.13] And Mikayhu said, "Living Yahveh, that whatever my Gods will say, that I will speak."
[2CH.18.14] And he came to the king, and the king said to him, "Mikah, will you go to Ramot Gilead to wage war, or will you desist?" And he said, "Go up and succeed, and it will be granted into your hands."
[2CH.18.15] And the king said to him, "How many times must I make you swear that you will speak only truth in the name of Yahveh?"
[2CH.18.16] And he said, “I have seen all Israel scattered on the mountains like sheep that have no shepherd.” And Yahveh said, “These will not return to their masters, but each person will return to his home in peace.”
[2CH.18.17] And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "Did I not say to you that no prophet would prophesy good concerning me, but only evil?"
[2CH.18.18] And he said, therefore, hear the word of Yahveh. I have seen Yahveh sitting on his throne, and all the army of the heavens were standing on his right and on his left.
[2CH.18.19] And Yahveh said, "Who will entice Ahab king of Israel to go up and fall at Ramoth Gilead?" And He said, "This one says thus, and this one says thus."
[2CH.18.20] And the spirit went out and stood before Yahveh, and he said, “I will deceive him.” And Yahveh said to him, “In what manner?”
[2CH.18.21] And he said, "I will go out and I will be a spirit of falsehood in the mouth of all his prophets." And he said, "You will entice, and also you will succeed. Go out and do so."
[2CH.18.22] And now, behold, Yahveh has given a spirit of falsehood into the mouths of your prophets, and Yahveh has spoken evil against you.
[2CH.18.23] And Zedekiah, son of Kenaanah, approached and struck Micah on the cheek, and said, "Which is this way that the spirit of Yahveh passed from me to speak to you?"
[2CH.18.24] And Mikhayhu said, "You are seeing in that day that you will enter a room within a room to hide."
[2CH.18.25] And the king of Israel said, "Take Micaiah and return him to Ammon, official of the city, and to Joash, son of the king."
[2CH.18.26] And you will say, ‘Thus says the king: Put this one in the prison house, and give him bread of distress and water of distress until my return in peace.’
[2CH.18.27] And Mikhayhu said, "If you return in peace, Yahveh has not spoken through me." And he said, "Hear, all peoples!"
[2CH.18.28] And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, went to Ramoth Gilead.
[2CH.18.29] The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "Disguise yourself and go into battle, and you wear your clothes." The king of Israel disguised himself, and they both went into battle.
[2CH.18.30] Now the king of Aram commanded his chariot commanders, saying, "Do not fight with anyone, whether small or great, but only with the king of Israel alone."
[2CH.18.31] And it happened, when the commanders of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, "He is the King of Israel!" and they turned to fight against him. Then Jehoshaphat cried out, and Yahveh helped him, and God turned them away from him.
[2CH.18.32] And it was, when the commanders of the chariots saw that there was no king of Israel, that they turned from after him.
[2CH.18.33] And a man drew his bow intending to strike, and he struck the king of Israel between the breastplates and the armor. Then he said to the chariot driver, "Turn your hand and bring me out of the camp, for I am becoming weak."
[2CH.18.34] And the war arose on that day, and the king of Israel was standing in the chariot facing Aram until evening, and he died at the time the sun was setting.
2CH.19
[2CH.19.1] And Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, returned to his house in Jerusalem in peace.
[2CH.19.2] Then Yahu son of Chanani the seer went out and said to King Yehoshapat, "Is it right to help the wicked and to love those who hate Yahveh? Because of this, anger is upon you from before Yahveh."
[2CH.19.3] But good words are found with you, because you have burned the Asherah poles from the land and prepared your heart to seek the Gods.
[2CH.19.4] And Jehoshaphat resided in Jerusalem, and he returned and led the people from Beer Sheba to Mount Ephraim, and he brought them back to Yahveh, the God of their ancestors.
[2CH.19.5] And he established judges in the land, in all the cities of Judah, the fortresses, to each city.
[2CH.19.6] And he said to the judges, "See what you are doing, for you are not judging for man, but for Yahveh, and He is with you in the matter of judgement."
[2CH.19.7] And now, let the fear of Yahveh be upon you. Keep and do, for there is not with Yahveh our Gods iniquity, and acceptance of faces, and taking of bribes.
[2CH.19.8] And also in Jerusalem, Jehoshaphat established Levites, and the priests, and from the heads of the fathers' houses for Israel, for judgment of Yahveh and for dispute. And they returned to Jerusalem.
[2CH.19.9] And he commanded them to say, "Thus you will do, in the fear of Yahveh, in faith, and with a complete heart."
[2CH.19.10] And every dispute that comes to you from your brothers who dwell in your cities, whether it concerns bloodshed or law, statute or ordinance, or judgment, you shall carefully investigate. And you shall warn them, and they shall not cause guilt to fall upon Yahveh. And wrath will be upon you and upon your brothers. Thus you shall do, and you shall not cause guilt to fall upon yourselves.
[2CH.19.11] And behold, Amar’yahu the priest is over you for every matter of Yahveh, and Zvadayu son of Yishm’ael the leader for the house of Judah, for every matter of the king, and Levite officers are before you. Be strong and do it, and may Yahveh be with the good.
2CH.20
[2CH.20.1] And it happened after these things that the descendants of Moab and the descendants of Ammon, and with them from the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat for war.
[2CH.20.2] And they came and told Jehoshaphat, saying, “A great multitude is coming against you from beyond the sea from Aram, and they are now in Hatzotson Tamar, which is Ein Gedi.”
[2CH.20.3] And it happened that Jehoshaphat set his face to seek Yahveh, and he called for a fast over all Judah.
[2CH.20.4] And Judah gathered to seek from Yahveh, and they came from all the cities of Judah to seek Yahveh.
[2CH.20.5] And Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem in the house of Yahveh, before the new court.
[2CH.20.6] And Yahveh, the Gods of our ancestors, said, "Are You not the Gods in the heavens? You rule over all the kingdoms of the nations, and in Your hand is power and might. There is no one with You to oppose You."
[2CH.20.7] Is it not you, the Gods, who dispossessed the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel, and gave it to the seed of Abraham, your lover, forever?
[2CH.20.8] And they settled in it, and they built for you in it a sanctuary for your name, saying.
[2CH.20.9] If evil comes upon us – sword, judgment, plague, and famine – we will stand before this temple and before you, because your name is in this temple, and we will cry out to you from our distress, and you will hear and save.
[2CH.20.10] And now, behold, the sons of Ammon, and Moab, and Mount Seir, which you did not give to Israel to enter into them in their coming from the land of Egypt, because they turned away from them and you did not destroy them.
[2CH.20.11] And behold, they are repaying to us by coming to drive us out from Your inheritance that You have caused us to inherit.
[2CH.20.12] Our Gods, will you not judge them? For there is no strength in us before this great multitude that is coming upon us, and we do not know what we should do, for our eyes are upon you.
[2CH.20.13] And all of Judah stood before Yahveh, also their children, their wives, and their sons.
[2CH.20.14] And Yachaziel, son of Zecharyahu, son of B’nayah, son of Yeiel, son of Matanyahu, the Levite, from the sons of Asaf, had the spirit of Yahveh upon him within the assembly.
[2CH.20.15] And he said, “Listen, all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and King Jehoshaphat. Thus says Yahveh to you: Do not fear and do not be dismayed because of the large multitude. For the battle is not yours, but belongs to the Gods.”
[2CH.20.16] Tomorrow, descend upon them. Behold, here they are ascending at the ascent of the Tzitz, and you will find them at the end of the brook, facing the desert Yeruel.
[2CH.20.17] It is not for you to fight in this matter. Take your stand, remain calm, and see the salvation of Yahveh with you, O Judah and Jerusalem. Do not fear and do not be dismayed. Tomorrow, go out before them, and Yahveh will be with you.
[2CH.20.18] And Jehoshaphat bowed his face to the ground, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before Yahveh to worship Yahveh.
[2CH.20.19] And the Levites, from the descendants of Kehat and from the descendants of Korah, rose up to praise Yahveh, the God of Israel, with a loud voice and with lifting up.
[2CH.20.20] They rose early in the morning and went out into the Desert of Tekoa. And as they departed, Joshua stood and said, "Hear me, Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in Yahveh, your God, and be steadfast in that belief. Believe in his prophets and you will succeed."
[2CH.20.21] And he consulted with the people and appointed singers to Yahveh and those who praise to the splendor of holiness, to go out before the army, and they say, "Give thanks to Yahveh, for his steadfast love is forever."
[2CH.20.22] And when they began to sing and praise, Yahveh provided ambushers against the sons of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who came against Judah, and they were routed.
[2CH.20.23] And the sons of Ammon and Moab stood against the dwellers of Mount Seir to utterly destroy and annihilate. And when they had finished with the dwellers of Seir, they helped each other to destroy.
[2CH.20.24] And Judah went to the watchtower in the wilderness, and they turned to face the multitude. And behold, there were corpses fallen to the land, and there was no survivor.
[2CH.20.25] Jehoshaphat and his people went to plunder the spoils. They found in them a great abundance, possessions, livestock, and valuable items. They took for themselves beyond what they could carry. And there were three days while they plundered the spoils, for it was abundant.
[2CH.20.26] And on the fourth day they gathered to the Valley of Blessing, for there they blessed Yahveh. Therefore, they called the name of that place Valley of Blessing until this day.
[2CH.20.27] And all the men of Judah and Jerusalem, with Jehoshaphat at their head, returned to Jerusalem with joy, because Yahveh had made them glad by delivering them from their enemies.
[2CH.20.28] And they came to Jerusalem with harps and with lyres and with trumpets to the house of Yahveh.
[2CH.20.29] And there came a fear of the Gods upon all the kingdoms of the lands, upon hearing that Yahveh fought with the enemies of Israel.
[2CH.20.30] And the kingdom of Jehoshaphat was quiet, and his Gods allowed him to rest on every side.
[2CH.20.31] And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah, being thirty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for twenty-five years in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother was Azubah, daughter of Shilhi.
[2CH.20.32] And he walked in the way of his father Asa, and did not turn aside from it, to do the right thing in the eyes of Yahveh.
[2CH.20.33] But the high places did not cease, and still the people had not prepared their heart for the Gods of their ancestors.
[2CH.20.34] And the rest of the words of Jehoshaphat, the first and the last, are written in the words of Jehu son of Hanani, who put them on the book of the kings of Israel.
[2CH.20.35] And after that, King Yehoshaphat of Judah allied himself with King Achaziah of Israel. He did evil things.
[2CH.20.36] And he associated him with himself to make ships to go to Tarshish, and they made ships in Etzion Gever.
[2CH.20.37] And Eliezer, the son of his relative, prophesied against Jehoshaphat in Mareshah, saying, “Because you allied yourself with Ahaziah, Yahveh has broken your deeds, and the ships were shattered and could not go to Tarshish.”
2CH.21
[2CH.21.1] And Jehoshaphat lay down with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And Jehoram, his son, reigned in his place.
[2CH.21.2] And to him were brothers, the sons of Yahvehshafat: Azaryah and Jihiael and Zechariah and Azaryah and Michael and Shfatiah. All these were the sons of Yahvehshafat, king of Israel.
[2CH.21.3] And their father gave them many gifts, to silver and to gold and to ornaments, with fortified cities in Judah. And the kingdom he gave to Yehoram because he is the firstborn.
[2CH.21.4] And Jehoram rose up upon the kingdom of his father, and he strengthened himself, and he killed all his brothers with the sword, and also the officials of Israel.
[2CH.21.5] At the age of thirty-two years, Jehoram began to reign, and he reigned for eight years in Jerusalem.
[2CH.21.6] And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as they had done in the house of Ahab, for the daughter of Ahab was his wife, and he did what was evil in the eyes of Yahveh.
[2CH.21.7] And Yahveh was not willing to destroy the house of David, for the sake of the covenant that Yahveh cut with David, and as Yahveh had said to give to him land and to his sons for all days.
[2CH.21.8] In his days, Edom rebelled from under the authority of Judah, and they appointed a king over them.
[2CH.21.9] And Jehoram passed with his commanders and all the chariots with him, and it happened he arose at night and he struck Edom surrounding him and the commanders of the chariots.
[2CH.21.10] And Edom rebelled from under the hand of Judah until this day. Then Livnah will rebel at that time from under his hand, because he has forsaken Yahveh, the God of his ancestors.
[2CH.21.11] Also he made high places in the mountains of Judah, and he provoked the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and he drove away Judah.
[2CH.21.12] And a letter came to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, "Thus says Yahveh, the God of David your father: because you have not walked in the ways of Yehoshafat your father and in the ways of Asa, king of Judah."
[2CH.21.13] And she went in the way of the kings of Israel, and she was unfaithful to Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, like the unfaithfulness of the house of Ahab. And also, your brothers from your father’s house, who were better than you, you killed.
[2CH.21.14] Behold, Yahveh strikes a great plague among your people, and among your sons, and among your wives, and all your possessions.
[2CH.21.15] And you have many diseases in the sickness of your bowels, until your bowels come out from the sickness, days on days.
[2CH.21.16] And Yahveh stirred up the spirit of the Philistines and the Arabs, who were with the Cushites.
[2CH.21.17] And they went up into Judah and broke through it, and they captured all the property found belonging to the house of the king, also his sons and his wives. And no son remained to him, except Jehoahaz, a small son of his sons.
[2CH.21.18] And after all this, Yahveh struck him in his inwards with sickness beyond healing.
[2CH.21.19] And it happened after some days, as the time of the end came, for two days his insides came out with disease, and he died from bad illnesses. And his people did not make a burning for him, like the burning of his fathers.
[2CH.21.20] He was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned for eight years in Jerusalem. He walked not after desire, and they buried him in the city of David, and not in the tombs of the kings.
2CH.22
[2CH.22.1] And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, his youngest son, king in his place, because the raiding party in Arabia had killed all the former leaders at the camp. And Ahaziah, son of Jehoram, king of Judah, reigned.
[2CH.22.2] The son of forty and two years was Ahaziah in his reign, and one year he reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother was Ataliah, daughter of Omri.
[2CH.22.3] Also he walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor to do wickedness.
[2CH.22.4] And he did what was evil in the sight of Yahveh, as was the house of Ahab, for they were his counselors after the death of his father to destroy him.
[2CH.22.5] Also, he went according to their counsel, and he went with Jehoram son of Ahab, king of Israel, to wage war against Hazael, king of Aram, at Ramoth Gilead. And the Ramites struck Jehoram.
[2CH.22.6] And he returned to recover in Jezreel, because the wounds which they struck him with at Ramah, in his fighting with Hazael, king of Aram, and Azariah, son of Jehoram, king of Judah, descended to see Jehoram, son of Ahab, in Jezreel, because he was sick.
[2CH.22.7] And from the Gods came the ruin of Ahaziah, to go to Joram. And when he arrived, he went out with Joram to meet Jehu son of Nimshi, whom Yahveh had anointed to destroy the house of Ahab.
[2CH.22.8] And it was, as Jehu judged with the house of Ahab, and he found the princes of Judah and the sons of the brothers of Ahaziah serving Ahaziah, and he killed them.
[2CH.22.9] And they sought Ahaziah, and they captured him, and he was hiding in Samaria. And they brought him to Jehu, and they killed him. And they buried him, for they said, "He is the son of Jehoshaphat," who sought Yahveh with all his heart, and there should be no strength remaining to the house of Ahaziah to maintain the kingdom.
[2CH.22.10] And Athaliah, mother of Ahaziah, saw that her son was dead, and she rose up and spoke to all the seed of the kingdom to the house of Judah.
[2CH.22.11] And Jehoşebat, daughter of the king, took Joash, son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the sons of the king who had died. And she gave him and his nurse in the bedroom, and Jehoşebat, daughter of the king, wife of Jehoiada the priest, hid him, for she was the sister of Ahaziah, from Athaliah, and she did not kill him.
[2CH.22.12] And it happened that they were with the Gods in the house of the Gods, hiding for six years, and Athaliah reigned over the land.
2CH.23
[2CH.23.1] And in the seventh year, Jehoiada strengthened himself, and he took the commanders of hundreds to help Azariah son of Jeroham, and Ishmael son of Jehohanan, and Azariah son of Obed, and Maaseiah son of Adajah, and Elishafat son of Zichri, with him in the covenant.
[2CH.23.2] They turned in Judah and gathered the Levites from all the cities of Judah, and the heads of the fathers to Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.
[2CH.23.3] And all the congregation made a covenant in the house of the Gods with the king, and he said to them: behold, the son of the king will reign, as Yahveh spoke concerning the sons of David.
[2CH.23.4] This is the thing that you shall do: the third of you who come on the Sabbath to the priests and to the Levites, to the gates of the thresholds.
[2CH.23.5] And the third were in the house of the king, and the third were at the gate of the foundation, and all the people were in the courts of the house of Yahveh.
[2CH.23.6] And let no one enter the house of Yahveh, except the priests and the servants who belong to the Levites, they shall enter because they are holy, and all the people shall keep the keeping of Yahveh.
[2CH.23.7] And the Levites will surround the king all around, each with his weapons in his hand. And whoever comes to the house will be killed. And they will be with the king when he comes in and when he goes out.
[2CH.23.8] And the Levites and all of Judah did as all that Jehoiada the priest commanded. And they took each man his men, those who came on the Sabbath and those who departed on the Sabbath, for Jehoiada the priest had not released the divisions.
[2CH.23.9] And Jehoiada the priest gave to the captains of the hundreds the spears and the shields and the weapons which belonged to King David, which were in the house of the Gods.
[2CH.23.10] And he stationed all the people, and each man extended his hand from the shoulder of the house on the right side to the shoulder of the house on the left side, toward the altar and toward the house, around the king.
[2CH.23.11] And they brought out the son of the king and gave upon him the crown and the testimony and they made him king, and Yehoyada and his sons anointed him, and they said, “Long live the king!”
[2CH.23.12] And Athaliah heard the sound of the people running and the praisers of the king, and she came to the people at the house of Yahveh.
[2CH.23.13] And she saw, and behold, the king was standing on his pillar at the gate, and the officials and the trumpets were with the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets, and the musicians with instruments of music, and those proclaiming to praise. And Athaliah tore her garments and said, "Conspiracy, conspiracy!"
[2CH.23.14] And Yoheyada the priest brought out the captains of the hundreds and the commanders of the army, and said to them, "Bring her out from the courtyard, and the one who comes after her will be killed with the sword, because the priest said, 'Do not kill her within the house of Yahveh.'
[2CH.23.15] They laid hands upon her, and she came to the entrance of the horse gate, to the king's house, and they put her to death there.
[2CH.23.16] And Jehoiada made a covenant between himself, and between all the people, and between the king, to be a people to Yahveh.
[2CH.23.17] And all the people came to the house of Baal, and they dismantled it, and they broke its altars and its images, and they killed the gift of the priest of Baal before its altars.
[2CH.23.18] And Jehoiada appointed the duties of the house of Yahveh into the hand of the priests the Levites, who David had divided concerning the house of Yahveh, to offer burnt offerings to Yahveh as it is written in the Law of Moses with joy and with song, by the hand of David.
[2CH.23.19] And he stationed the gatekeepers at the gates of the house of Yahveh, and let no unclean one enter anything.
[2CH.23.20] And they took the chiefs of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the house of Yahveh. And they came within the upper gate of the king’s house, and they seated the king upon the throne of the kingdom.
[2CH.23.21] And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was silent, and they killed Athaliah with the sword.
2CH.24
[2CH.24.1] A son of seven years, Yoash, became king, and he reigned for forty years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Tzivyah, from Beer Sheva.
[2CH.24.2] And Yoash did what was right in the eyes of Yahveh all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
[2CH.24.3] And Jehoiada took wives for himself, two, and he had sons and daughters.
[2CH.24.4] And it happened after these things, it was with the heart of Yoash to renew the house of Yahveh.
[2CH.24.5] And he gathered the priests and the Levites and said to them, "Go out to the cities of Judah and collect money from all of Israel to strengthen the house of your Gods year by year. And you, hasten to do the thing." But the Levites did not hasten.
[2CH.24.6] And the king called for Jehoiada the head, and said to him, "Why did you not inquire of the Levites to bring the assessment of Moses, servant of Yahveh, from Judah and from Jerusalem, for the tent of testimony?"
[2CH.24.7] For Athaliah the wicked, her sons broke into the house of the Gods, and also they made all the holy things of the house of Yahveh for the Baals.
[2CH.24.8] And the king said, and they made one chest, and they placed it at the gate of the house of Yahveh, outside.
[2CH.24.9] And they proclaimed in Judah and in Jerusalem to bring to Yahveh the offering of Moses, servant of the Gods, concerning Israel in the wilderness.
[2CH.24.10] And all the officials and all the people rejoiced, and they brought and cast offerings into the Ark until it was full.
[2CH.24.11] And it happened, at the time of bringing the chest to the command of the king, by the hand of the Levites, and upon their seeing that the silver was abundant, then the king’s scribe and the official of the chief priest came, and they resealed the chest and carried it and returned it to its place. Thus they did, day by day, and they gathered silver in abundance.
[2CH.24.12] The king and Jehoiada gave instruction to the one who does the work of service of the house of Yahveh, and they were hiring stonecutters and craftsmen to renew the house of Yahveh, and also metalworkers of iron and copper to strengthen the house of Yahveh.
[2CH.24.13] And the builders completed the work, and the work became extensive in their hands, and they established the house of the Gods according to its design, and they strengthened it.
[2CH.24.14] And when they had finished, they brought the money before the king and Jehoiada, along with the rest of the silver. They made utensils for the house of Yahveh, utensils for service, ascending offerings, and bowls, as well as utensils of gold and silver. And ascending offerings continued to be made in the house of Yahveh continually all the days of Jehoiada.
[2CH.24.15] And Jehoiada grew old and lived a full life and he died, one hundred and thirty years old in his death.
[2CH.24.16] And they buried him in the City of David with the kings, because he did good in Israel, and with the Gods and with his house.
[2CH.24.17] And after the death of Jehoiada, the leaders of Judah came and bowed to the king. Then the king heard them.
[2CH.24.18] And they abandoned the house of Yahveh, the Gods of their ancestors, and they served the Asherim and the idols. And there was wrath upon Judah and Jerusalem because of this, their guilt.
[2CH.24.19] And God sent prophets to them, to return them to Yahveh. And they testified among them, but they did not listen.
[2CH.24.20] And the spirit of the Gods clothed Zachariah, son of Jehoiada, the priest, and he stood above the people and said to them, “Thus says the Gods: Why are you transgressing the commandments of Yahveh and will not succeed? Because you have forsaken Yahveh, and Yahveh has forsaken you.”
[2CH.24.21] They conspired against him, and they stoned him with stones by command of the king in the courtyard of the house of Yahveh.
[2CH.24.22] And Yo'ash the king did not remember the kindness that Y'hoyada his father had done for him, and he killed his son. And as he did, he said, "Yahveh will see and inquire."
[2CH.24.23] And it happened in the time of the year that the army of Aram came against him, and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and they destroyed all the leaders of the people from among the people, and all the plunder they sent to the king of Damascus.
[2CH.24.24] Because with few people they came, the army of Aram, and Yahveh gave into their hand an army for great abundance, because they abandoned Yahveh, the God of their ancestors, and they made Yo’ash judges.
[2CH.24.25] And you departed from him, for he had many infirmities. His servants conspired against him, with the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and they killed him on his bed, and he died. And they buried him in the City of David, and they did not bury him in the tombs of the kings.
[2CH.24.26] And these are the ones who allied with him: Zav-ad son of Shim-at the Ammonite, and Yo-za-vad son of Shim-rit the Moabite.
[2CH.24.27] And his sons and the burden upon him, and the foundation of the house of the Gods are written upon the commentary of the book of kings, and Amaziah his son reigned in his place.
2CH.25
[2CH.25.1] At twenty-five years of age, Amatzayah reigned, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother was Yeho’adan from Jerusalem.
[2CH.25.2] And he did the right thing in the eyes of Yahveh, but not with a whole heart.
[2CH.25.3] And it came to pass, as the kingdom became strong against him, that he killed his servants, those who had struck his father, the king.
[2CH.25.4] And their sons were not killed, for as it is written in the Torah in the book of Moses, that Yahveh commanded, saying, “Fathers shall not die for sons, nor sons for fathers. Each person shall die for his own sin.”
[2CH.25.5] And Amatsyahu gathered Judah and set them up by fathers’ houses for commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, for all Judah and Benjamin. And he numbered them from the age of twenty years and upward, and he found them three hundred thousand young men, an army going forth, holding spear and shield.
[2CH.25.6] And he hired from Israel one hundred thousand valiant warriors with one hundred weights of silver.
[2CH.25.7] And a man of the Gods came to him saying, "The king, do not go with you, army of Israel, because Yahveh is not with Israel, all descendants of Ephraim."
[2CH.25.8] But if you go, do strong for the war, the Gods will cause you to stumble before the enemy, for there is strength in the Gods to help and to cause to stumble.
[2CH.25.9] And Amaziah said to the man of God, "What should I do with the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel?" And the man of God said, "Yahveh is able to give to you much more than this."
[2CH.25.10] And Amatziah separated them into a regiment that came to him from Ephraim to go to their place. And their anger was very great against Judah, and they returned to their place in burning wrath.
[2CH.25.11] And Amatsyahu strengthened himself and led his people, and he went to the Valley of Salt and struck the descendants of Seir, ten thousand.
[2CH.25.12] And ten thousand lives returned, the children of Yahveh, and he brought them to the head of the rock, and he cast them from the head of the rock, and all were broken.
[2CH.25.13] And the sons of the division that Amaziah, king, returned to him for war, they spread out into the cities of Judah from Samaria and up to Beit Horon. And they struck from among them three thousand, and they plundered a great plunder.
[2CH.25.14] And it happened, after Amaziah came from defeating the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the people of Seir and set them up for himself as the Gods, and before them he would worship and to them he would offer sacrifices.
[2CH.25.15] And the anger of Yahveh was kindled against Amatsyahu, and he sent a prophet to him and said to him, “Why have you sought the Gods of the people who have not rescued their people from your hand?”
[2CH.25.16] And it happened while he spoke to him, that he said to him, “The counselor of the king has given you rest. Why are you being struck?” And the prophet ceased, and said, “I know that the Gods advised to destroy you, because you did this, and you did not listen to my advice.”
[2CH.25.17] And Amatzayahu, king of Judah, consulted and sent to Yoash son of Yehoachaz son of Yehu, king of Israel, saying to you, "Let us see faces."
[2CH.25.18] Now King Joash of Israel sent a message to King Amaziah of Judah, saying, "The thistle which I sent to the cedar in Lebanon, I sent to say, 'Give your daughter to my son for a wife.'" But a wild animal that was in Lebanon trampled the thistle.
[2CH.25.19] You have said, 'Behold, I have struck Edom, and my heart has lifted itself up to magnify myself.' Now, remain in your house. Why do you provoke evil, so that you and Judah with you will fall?
[2CH.25.20] And Amatsyah did not listen, because it is from the Gods, for the purpose of delivering them into a hand, because they sought the god of Edom.
[2CH.25.21] And Yoash, king of Israel, went up, and he and Amatsyahu, king of Judah, saw each other’s faces in the house of the sun, which belongs to Judah.
[2CH.25.22] And Judah was rebuked before Israel, and each person fled to his own tent.
[2CH.25.23] And Joash, king of Israel, captured Amatziah, king of Judah, son of Joash, son of Jehoahaz. He took him to Jerusalem, and broke through the wall of Jerusalem, from the gate of Ephraim to the turning gate, four hundred cubits.
[2CH.25.24] And all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the Gods with the servant of Edom, and the treasures of the house of the king, and the sons of the mixed peoples, returned to Samaria.
[2CH.25.25] And Amatziah, son of Yoash, king of Judah, lived after the death of Yoash, son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel, for fifteen years.
[2CH.25.26] And the remainder of the accounts of Amatsyahu, the earlier and the later, are they not written on the book of the kings of Judah and Israel?
[2CH.25.27] And from the time that Amatsyah turned away from following Yahveh, they formed a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. They sent after him to Lachish and killed him there.
[2CH.25.28] And they carried him on the horses, and they buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah.
2CH.26
[2CH.26.1] And all the people of Judah took Uzziah, and he was sixteen years old, and they made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
[2CH.26.2] He built Eilot and restored it to Judah, after the king lay down with his fathers.
[2CH.26.3] Uzziah was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for fifty-two years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Yecheliyah, from Jerusalem.
[2CH.26.4] And he did the right thing in the eyes of Yahveh, as all that his father Amaziah had done.
[2CH.26.5] And it happened, to seek the Gods in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in seeing the Gods, and in the days that he sought Yahveh, the Gods caused him to prosper.
[2CH.26.6] And he went out and fought the Philistines, and he broke through the wall of Gath, and the wall of Yavneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and he built cities in Ashdod and among the Philistines.
[2CH.26.7] And the Gods helped him against the Philistines and against the Arabians who dwell in Gur-baal and the Meunim.
[2CH.26.8] And the Ammonites gave a tribute to Uzziah, and his name went until the entrance of Egypt, because he became strong to a high degree.
[2CH.26.9] And Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem, on the corner gate and on the valley gate and on the corner, and he strengthened them.
[2CH.26.10] And he built towers in the wilderness, and he dug many cisterns, because he had a great deal of livestock. And in the lowlands and in the plains there were farmers and vinedressers, in the mountains and in Carmel, because he loved the land.
[2CH.26.11] And it was for Uzziah a strength, doing warfare, going out with an army in formation, according to the number of their registration, by the authority of Joel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer, by the authority of Hananiah, officials of the king.
[2CH.26.12] The whole number of the heads of the fathers to valiant warriors is thousands and six hundreds.
[2CH.26.13] By their hand was an army host of three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred warriors with the strength of power to help the king against the enemy.
[2CH.26.14] And he prepared for them, Uzziah, for all the army, shields and spears and helmets and coats of mail and bows and stones for slings.
[2CH.26.15] And he made calculations in Jerusalem, thoughts of a calculator, to be upon the towers and upon the corners, to shoot with arrows and with large stones. And his name went out far away, for he greatly helped until he was strong.
[2CH.26.16] And as his power increased, his heart was lifted up until he became corrupt, and he transgressed against Yahveh, his Gods. And he went to the temple of Yahveh to offer incense upon the altar of incense.
[2CH.26.17] And he came after him, Azaryahu the priest, and with him were priests for Yahveh, eighty valiant men.
[2CH.26.18] And they stood against Uzziah the king and said to him, "It is not for you, Uzziah, to offer incense to Yahveh, for it is for the priests, the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated, to offer incense. Depart from the sanctuary, for you have transgressed and it is not for you to have honor from Yahveh God."
[2CH.26.19] And Uzziah became zealous, and in his hand was incense to offer. And his zeal was with the priests, and leprosy shone forth on his forehead before the priests in the house of Yahveh, over the altar of incense.
[2CH.26.20] And he turned to him, Azaryahu the chief priest and all the priests, and behold, he was a leper on his forehead. So they rushed him from there, and even he was urged to leave, because Yahveh afflicted him.
[2CH.26.21] And it happened that Uzziah the king was leprous until the day of his death, and he lived in the house of separation, leprous, because he was cut off from the house of Yahveh. And Jotham his son was over the king’s house, judging the people of the land.
[2CH.26.22] And the rest of the words of Uzziah, the first things and the last things, were written by Isaiah son of Amos, the prophet.
[2CH.26.23] And Uzziah lay down with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of burial which belongs to the kings, for they said, "He was diseased," and Jotham his son reigned in his place.
2CH.27
[2CH.27.1] Jotham was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Yerusha, daughter of Zadok.
[2CH.27.2] And he did what was right in the eyes of Yahveh, as all that his father Uzziah had done, only he did not go into the temple of Yahveh. And still the people corrupted themselves.
[2CH.27.3] He built the gate of the house of Yahveh the highest, and he built the wall of the Ophel to a great extent.
[2CH.27.4] And cities God built in the mountain of Judah, and in the craftsmen God built fortresses and towers.
[2CH.27.5] And he fought with the king of the people of Ammon and strengthened himself against them, and the people of Ammon gave to him one hundred talents of silver and ten thousand measures of wheat and barley, ten thousand. This is what the people of Ammon returned to him in the second and third years.
[2CH.27.6] And Yotham strengthened himself because he prepared his ways before Yahveh, the Gods, his.
[2CH.27.7] And the remainder of the words of Jotham, and all of his wars, and his ways, are written upon the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
[2CH.27.8] A son of twenty and five years he was in his kingdom, and six and sixteen years he reigned in Jerusalem.
[2CH.27.9] And Jotham lay down with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David. And Ahaz, his son, reigned in his place.
2CH.28
[2CH.28.1] A son of twenty years, Ahaz took the kingdom, and sixteen years he reigned in Jerusalem. And he did not do what was right in the eyes of Yahveh, like David his father.
[2CH.28.2] And he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and also made idols for the Baals.
[2CH.28.3] And he made offerings by fire in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, and he burned his sons in the fire, as were the abominations of the nations, which Yahveh had dispossessed from before the children of Israel.
[2CH.28.4] And he sacrificed and offered incense on the high places, and on the hills, and under every lush tree.
[2CH.28.5] And Yahveh, the Gods of him, gave him into the hand of the king of Aram, and they struck him and took from him a great captivity, and they brought it to Damascus. And also he was given into the hand of the king of Israel, and he struck him a great blow.
[2CH.28.6] And Pekah, son of Remaliah, killed one hundred and twenty thousand in Judah in one day, all valiant warriors, because they had abandoned Yahveh, the God of their ancestors.
[2CH.28.7] And Zichri, a powerful man of Ephraim, killed Maaseiah son of the king, and Azrikam, governor of the house, and Elkanah, second to the king.
[2CH.28.8] And the sons of Israel took captive from their brothers two hundred thousand women, sons, and daughters, and also great plunder, they plundered from them, and they brought the plunder to Samaria.
[2CH.28.9] And there was a prophet to Yahveh, Oded was his name, and he went out before the army that was coming to Samaria, and he said to them: “Behold, in the wrath of Yahveh, the God of your ancestors, over Judah, He has delivered them into your hands, and you have killed among them with fury until it reached the heavens.”
[2CH.28.10] And now, you people of Judah and Jerusalem are saying that you will conquer servants and handmaids for yourselves. Is it not the case that you yourselves bear guilt before Yahveh, your Gods?
[2CH.28.11] And now, hear me, and return the captivity which you have captured from your brothers, for the burning anger of Yahveh is upon you.
[2CH.28.12] And men rose up from the heads of the sons of Ephraim: Azaryahu, son of Yehohanan; Berechyahu, son of Mishlemot; Yichizqiya, son of Shallum; and Amasa, son of Hadlai, concerning those coming from the army.
[2CH.28.13] And they said to them, "Do not bring the captives here, because you are saying that guilt to Yahveh falls upon us, to add to our sins and to our guilt. For the guilt is great for us, and there is fierce anger towards Israel."
[2CH.28.14] And the scout abandoned the captives and the plunder before the officers and all the assembly.
[2CH.28.15] And the men who were pierced with names took the captives and clothed all their nakedness from the plunder. And they clothed them and shod them and fed them and watered them and protected them and led them on donkeys for all who were weak, and they brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brothers, and they returned to Samaria.
[2CH.28.16] At that time, the king Ahaz sent to the kings of Assyria to help him.
[2CH.28.17] And still the Edomites came, and they struck against Judah, and they took captives.
[2CH.28.18] And the Philistines raided the cities of the lowlands and the south of Judah, and they captured Beit Shemesh and Ayalon and HaGderot and Soko and its villages, and Timna and its villages, and Gimzo and its villages, and they settled there.
[2CH.28.19] For Yahveh subdued Judah because of Achaz, the king of Israel, for he trespassed against Judah and acted unfaithfully against Yahveh.
[2CH.28.20] And Tiglath-Pileser, the king of Assyria, came against him, and he afflicted him, and did not strengthen him.
[2CH.28.21] Indeed, Ahaz apportioned the temple of Yahveh, and the palace of the king, and the possessions of the officials to the king of Assyria, and not for his own assistance.
[2CH.28.22] And in the time of his distress, he increasingly turned to Yahveh. He is the King, Ahaz.
[2CH.28.23] And he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus, who were striking him, and he said, "Because the gods of the kings of Aram are helping them, I will sacrifice to them, and they will help me." And they became for him a way to cause him to stumble, and for all Israel.
[2CH.28.24] And Ahaz gathered the items of the house of the Gods, and he broke the items of the house of the Gods, and he closed the doors of the house of Yahveh, and he made for himself altars at every corner in Jerusalem.
[2CH.28.25] And in every city and city of Judah, he made high places to offer incense to the Gods, other ones, and he angered Yahveh, the God of his ancestors.
[2CH.28.26] And the remainder of his words, and all of his ways, the first and the last, are written upon a book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
[2CH.28.27] And Ahaz lay down with his ancestors, and they buried him in the city of Jerusalem, for they did not bring him to the tombs of the kings of Israel. And Hezekiah, his son, reigned in his place.
2CH.29
[2CH.29.1] Hezekiah reigned, being twenty-five years old, and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother was Aviyah, daughter of Zekharyahu.
[2CH.29.2] And he did the right thing in the eyes of Yahveh, as all that his father David did.
[2CH.29.3] He, in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of Yahveh and he strengthened them.
[2CH.29.4] And he brought the priests and the Levites, and assembled them to the courtyard of the east.
[2CH.29.5] And he said to them, "Hear me, Levites. Now, purify yourselves and purify the house of Yahveh, the God of your fathers, and take out the unclean thing from the holy place."
[2CH.29.6] For our ancestors acted treacherously, and they did evil in the eyes of Yahveh, our God, and they abandoned Him. And they turned their faces from the dwelling of Yahveh, and they gave a stubborn neck.
[2CH.29.7] Also, they closed the doors of the hall and extinguished the lights, and they did not burn incense, and they did not bring up a burnt offering in the holy place to the Gods of Israel.
[2CH.29.8] And there was the wrath of Yahveh upon Judah and Jerusalem, and He gave them to terror, to desolation, and to a whistling sound, as you see with your eyes.
[2CH.29.9] And behold, our fathers fell by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity because of this.
[2CH.29.10] Now, with my heart I will make a covenant with Yahveh, the God of Israel, and may He return from me the burning of His anger.
[2CH.29.11] Sons, do not be deceived now, for Yahveh has chosen you to stand before Him, to serve Him, and to be servants to Him, and offerers.
[2CH.29.12] And the Levites, Mahath son of Amasai and Joel son of Azaryahu, arose from the descendants of the Kehati. And Kish son of Abdi and Azaryahu son of Yehalel-el arose from the descendants of the Merari. And Yoach son of Zimmah and Eden son of Yoach arose from the Gershuni.
[2CH.29.13] And from the descendants of Elitzapan are Shimri and Yio'el, and from the descendants of Asaph are Zicharyahu and Matanya'hu.
[2CH.29.14] And from the sons of Heman, Yehuael and Shimei. The eighth, sons of Yedutun, Shmaeyah and Uzziel.
[2CH.29.15] And they gathered their brothers, and they sanctified themselves, and they came as the command of the king, in the words of Yahveh, to purify the house of Yahveh.
[2CH.29.16] The priests came inside the house of Yahveh to purify it, and they carried out all the impurity that they found in the sanctuary of Yahveh to the courtyard of the house of Yahveh. Then the Levites received it to carry it out to the Kidron Valley, outside.
[2CH.29.17] And they completed it on the first day of the first month to purify it, and on the eighth day of the month, they came to the hall of Yahveh, and they purified the house of Yahveh for eight days, and on the sixteenth day of the first month, they finished it.
[2CH.29.18] They came inside to King Hezekiah and said, "We have purified everything in the house of Yahveh, the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the table of presentation and all its utensils."
[2CH.29.19] And all the vessels that King Ahaz had neglected during his reign in his trespass, they prepared and they sanctified, and they are before the altar of Yahveh.
[2CH.29.20] And Hezekiah the king rose early and gathered the leaders of the city, and he went up to the house of Yahveh.
[2CH.29.21] And they brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats as a sin offering for the kingdom, for the temple, and for Judah. And they said to the sons of Aaron, the priests, to offer them on the altar of Yahveh.
[2CH.29.22] And they slaughtered the oxen, and the priests received the blood and threw it upon the altar, and they slaughtered the rams and threw the blood upon the altar, and they slaughtered the lambs and threw the blood upon the altar.
[2CH.29.23] And they brought the goats of the sin offering before the king and the assembly, and they placed their hands upon them.
[2CH.29.24] And the priests slaughtered them, and they sprinkled their blood on the altar to atone for all of Israel, for the king had said to all of Israel regarding the burnt offering and the sin offering.
[2CH.29.25] And he stationed the Levites in the house of Yahveh with cymbals, with harps and with lyres, according to the command of David and Gad the seer of the king and Nathan the prophet, for the command was with Yahveh, with his prophets.
[2CH.29.26] And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.
[2CH.29.27] And Hezekiah said to bring up the burnt offering to the altar. And at the time the burnt offering began, so began the song to Yahveh and the trumpets, by the hand of the instruments of David, king of Israel.
[2CH.29.28] And all the assembly was bowing down, and the singers were singing, and the trumpets were sounding, all until the completion of the offering.
[2CH.29.29] And when the ascent was completed, the king and all those found with him bowed down.
[2CH.29.30] And Hezekiah the king and the officials said to the Levites to praise Yahveh with the words of David and Asaph the seer. And they praised until joy was present, and they bowed down and worshipped.
[2CH.29.31] And Hezekiah responded and said, "Now you have filled your hand to Yahveh, gather and bring sacrifices and thank offerings to the house of Yahveh." And the congregation brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and everyone generous of heart brought burnt offerings.
[2CH.29.32] And the number of the ascent offerings that the congregation brought was: seventy cattle, one hundred rams, two hundred lambs, for a burnt offering to Yahveh, all these.
[2CH.29.33] And the sacred cattle were six hundred, and the sheep three thousand.
[2CH.29.34] Only the priests were few, and they could not strip all the burnt offerings. So their brothers, the Levites, strengthened them until the completion of the work, and until the priests were consecrated. For the Levites were upright of heart regarding consecration from the priests.
[2CH.29.35] And also a burnt offering in abundance, with the fats of the peace offerings and with the drink offerings for the burnt offering, and it constituted the service of the house of Yahveh.
[2CH.29.36] And Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced over the preparation the Gods made for the people, because the matter happened suddenly.
2CH.30
[2CH.30.1] And Hezekiah sent messengers to all Israel and Judah, and he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh, to come to the house of Yahveh in Jerusalem, to do Passover to Yahveh, the God of Israel.
[2CH.30.2] And the king consulted with his officials and all the assembly in Jerusalem to observe the Passover in the second month.
[2CH.30.3] For they were unable to perform it at that time, for the priests had not consecrated themselves fully, and the people had not assembled to Jerusalem.
[2CH.30.4] And the thing was right in the eyes of the king and in the eyes of all the assembly.
[2CH.30.5] And they established a matter to cause a voice to go out throughout all Israel, from Beersheba and up to Dan, to come to do Passover to Yahveh, the Gods of Israel, in Jerusalem, because not in large numbers had they done it as it is written.
[2CH.30.6] The runners carried the letters from the hand of the king and his officials throughout all Israel and Judah, according to the command of the king, saying: "People of Israel, return to Yahveh, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant that remains to you from the hand of the kings of Assyria."
[2CH.30.7] And do not be like your fathers and like your brothers, who transgressed against Yahveh, the Gods of their fathers, and He gave them to desolation, as you see.
[2CH.30.8] Now do not stiffen your necks like your fathers did. Give hand to Yahveh and come to His sanctuary that He has sanctified forever, and serve Yahveh, your Gods, and He will return the fierceness of His anger from you.
[2CH.30.9] For when you return to Yahveh, your brothers and your children will find mercy before those who held you captive, and to return to this land. For Yahveh, your Gods, is gracious and compassionate, and will not hide his face from you if you return to him.
[2CH.30.10] And the messengers were passing from city to city in the land of Ephraim and Manasseh and up to Zebulon, and they were making fun of them and ridiculing them.
[2CH.30.11] But men from Asher and from Manasseh and from Zebulun submitted, and they came to Jerusalem.
[2CH.30.12] Also, in Judah was the hand of the Gods to give to them one heart to do the commands of the king and the officials concerning Yahveh.
[2CH.30.13] And the people assembled in Jerusalem, many to make the festival of unleavened bread in the second month. A very large assembly they were.
[2CH.30.14] And they arose and removed the altars that were in Jerusalem, and all the incense burners they removed and cast to the valley of Kidron.
[2CH.30.15] And they slaughtered the Passover on the fourteenth of the second month, and the priests and the Levites felt remorse and sanctified themselves, and they brought burnt offerings to the house of Yahveh.
[2CH.30.16] And they stood upon their standing place according to their judgment, according to the law of Moses, a man of the Gods. The priests threw the blood from the hand of the Levites.
[2CH.30.17] For many in the assembly had not sanctified themselves, and the Levites were slaughtering the Passover offerings for all who were not pure, in order to consecrate them to Yahveh.
[2CH.30.18] For a multitude of the people was great from Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun, they had not purified themselves. Because they ate the Passover offering without ritual cleansing. For Hezekiah prayed on their behalf, saying, "Yahveh, the Good One, may provide atonement for them."
[2CH.30.19] All of his heart he prepared to seek the Gods, Yahveh, the God of his ancestors, and not like the purity of the holy things.
[2CH.30.20] And Yahveh heard Yechizqiyahu, and healed the people.
[2CH.30.21] Now the children of Israel who were found in Jerusalem made the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with great joy, and they praised Yahveh day by day; the Levites and the priests with instruments of strength to Yahveh.
[2CH.30.22] And Hezekiah spoke to the heart of all the Levites who had understanding, good discernment for Yahveh. And they ate the appointed time for seven days, offering sacrifices of peace offerings, and confessing to Yahveh, the God of their ancestors.
[2CH.30.23] And all the assembly decided to make another seven days, and they made seven days of rejoicing.
[2CH.30.24] For Hezekiah, king of Judah, brought to the assembly a thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep. And the rulers brought to the assembly a thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep. And the priests consecrated themselves in abundance.
[2CH.30.25] And all the assembly of Judah rejoiced, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the assembly who came from Israel, and the foreigners who came from the land of Israel, and those who dwelt in Judah.
[2CH.30.26] And there was great joy in Jerusalem, for such had not been in Jerusalem since the days of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel.
[2CH.30.27] And the priests the Levites stood and blessed the people, and it was heard in their voices, and their prayer came to the dwelling of his holiness to the heavens.
2CH.31
[2CH.31.1] And when all of this was completed, all of Israel who were found went to the cities of Judah. They broke the pillars, cut down the Asherah poles, smashed the high places, and destroyed the altars throughout all of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh, until there was nothing left. And all the sons of Israel returned, each man to his inheritance and to his cities.
[2CH.31.2] And Hezekiah established the divisions of the priests and the Levites according to their divisions, each man according to the work of his service, for the priests and for the Levites, for the burnt offering and for the peace offerings, to serve and to give thanks and to praise at the gates of the camps of Yahveh.
[2CH.31.3] And the king’s appointed portion from his possessions was for the burnt offerings, for the burnt offerings of the morning and the evening, and for the burnt offerings for the Sabbaths, and for the New Moons, and for the appointed festivals, as it is written in the Instruction of Yahveh.
[2CH.31.4] And he said to the people, to the dwellers in Jerusalem, to give a portion to the priests and the Levites, so that they may be strong in the law of Yahveh.
[2CH.31.5] And when the matter was designated, the sons of Israel increased in bringing the firstfruits of grain, new wine, oil, and honey, and all the produce of the field, and the tithe of everything they brought in abundance.
[2CH.31.6] And the sons of Israel and Judah, those dwelling in the cities of Judah, they also brought a tithe of the cattle and flock, and a tithe of dedicated offerings, the most holy things to Yahveh, their God. They brought them and placed them in heaps, heaps.
[2CH.31.7] In the third month, they began the foundations, and in the seventh month, they finished.
[2CH.31.8] And Hezekiah and the officials came and saw the piles, and they blessed Yahveh and his people Israel.
[2CH.31.9] And Hezekiah inquired regarding the priests and the Levites regarding the heaps.
[2CH.31.10] And Azaryahu, the chief priest of the house of Zadok, said to him, “From the beginning of the tithes, the house of Yahveh has eaten and been satisfied, and there remains a great surplus, for Yahveh has blessed his people. And the remaining surplus belongs to the multitude.
[2CH.31.11] And Hezekiah said to the Levites to prepare for sacrifices in the house of Yahveh, and they prepared.
[2CH.31.12] And they brought the contribution, and the tithe, and the holy things, in faithfulness. And over them was appointed as leader Konanyahu the Levite, and Shimei, the brother of Achiyahu, as assistant.
[2CH.31.13] And Heziel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Yirimoth, and Yozabad, and Eliel, and Yismachiah, and Mahath, and Benayah were officials under the hand of Conaniah and Shemay his brother, in the census of Hezekiah the king, and Azaryahu was official over the house of the Gods.
[2CH.31.14] And Ben-yimnah the Levite, the gatekeeper on the east side, called out concerning the voluntary offerings for the Gods, to give the contribution to Yahveh, and the most holy of the holy things.
[2CH.31.15] And through his hand, Eden, and Minyamin, and Yeshua, and Shmaeyahu, and Amaryahu, and Shkhanyahu acted in the cities of the priests with faithfulness to give to their brothers in divisions, both the great and the small.
[2CH.31.16] Apart from those who were registered among the males, from three years old and upward, who came to the house of Yahveh to speak day by day, to perform their service in their shifts, according to their divisions.
[2CH.31.17] And the assignment of the priests to the house of their fathers, and the Levites from age twenty years and upward, in their duties, in their divisions.
[2CH.31.18] And to dwell with all of their families, their wives, and their sons and their daughters, for the entire assembly, because through their faith they will become holy, holiness.
[2CH.31.19] And to the sons of Aaron, the priests, in the fields of the designated areas of their cities, in every city and every city, people were designated by names to give offerings to every male among the priests, and to all those registered among the Levites.
[2CH.31.20] And Hezekiah did thus in all Judah, and he did what was good and what was right and what was truth before Yahveh, the Gods.
[2CH.31.21] And in every work that he began in the service of the house of the Gods, and in the instruction, and in the commandment, to seek his Gods with all his heart, he did, and he succeeded.
2CH.32
[2CH.32.1] After these words and this truth, Sennacherib, king of Assyria, came and entered Judah, and he encamped against the fortified cities. He said to the people of Libnah, “Come to me!”
[2CH.32.2] And Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was coming, and his face was toward war against Jerusalem.
[2CH.32.3] And he consulted with his rulers and his warriors to block the waters of the springs that are outside the city, and they helped him.
[2CH.32.4] A large people gathered and stopped up all the springs and the flowing stream within the land, saying, "Why should the kings of Assyria come and find abundant water?"
[2CH.32.5] And he strengthened and built all the broken wall, and he ascended to the towers, and outside of the wall, another wall he strengthened, and he strengthened the filling of the city of David, and he made a provision for the multitude and shields.
[2CH.32.6] And he gave leaders of wars upon the people, and he gathered them to him to the open space of the city gate, and he spoke to the heart of them to say.
[2CH.32.7] Be strong and take courage! Do not fear and do not be dismayed before the king of Assyria and before all the multitude that is with him, for with us are the Gods, more than with him.
[2CH.32.8] With him is an arm of flesh, but with us is Yahveh the Gods, to help us and to fight our battles. So the people trusted on the words of Hezekiah, king of Judah.
[2CH.32.9] After this, Sennacherib, king of Assyria, sent his servants to Jerusalem, and he himself was at Lachish, with all his rule with him, against Hezekiah, king of Judah, and against all Judah who were in Jerusalem, to say:
[2CH.32.10] Thus says Sennacherib, king of Assyria: "Upon what are you trusting, and why are you remaining in the siege of Jerusalem?"
[2CH.32.11] Behold, does not Hezekiah incite you to give yourselves to death by hunger and thirst, saying, "Yahveh, our God, will save us from the hand of the king of Assyria?"
[2CH.32.12] Is it not he, Hezekiah, who removed his high places and his altars? And he said to Judah and to Jerusalem, saying, "You will worship before one altar, and upon it you will offer incense."
[2CH.32.13] Do you not know what I and my ancestors have done to all the peoples of the lands? Were the gods of the lands able to deliver their land from my hand?
[2CH.32.14] Who among the gods of these nations, whom my ancestors utterly destroyed, is able to save their people from my hand? Surely, your gods are not able to save you from my hand.
[2CH.32.15] And now, let Hezekiah not deceive you, and let him not mislead you in this way, and do not trust him, for he will not be able to deliver you. Every god of every nation and kingdom will not be able to save his people from my hand and the hand of my fathers. Indeed, your gods will not save you from my hand.
[2CH.32.16] And still the servants spoke about Yahveh the Gods and about Hezekiah, his servant.
[2CH.32.17] And he wrote letters to blaspheme against Yahveh, the God of Israel, and to say concerning Him, saying, "As the gods of the nations of the lands who have not delivered their people from my hand, so the God of Hezekiah will not deliver His people from my hand."
[2CH.32.18] And they called out in a great voice, the Judeans, to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to make them afraid and to terrify them, in order that they might capture the city.
[2CH.32.19] And they spoke to the god of Jerusalem as they would speak to the gods of the peoples of the land, a work of human hands.
[2CH.32.20] And Hezekiah the king and Isaiah son of Amos the prophet prayed regarding this matter, and the heavens cried out.
[2CH.32.21] And Yahveh sent an angel and struck down every mighty warrior, leader, and official in the camp of the king of Assyria, and he returned to his land in shame. And he entered his god's house, and his own sons struck him down with the sword there.
[2CH.32.22] And Yahveh saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib, king of Assyria, and from everyone else, and He delivered them on every side.
[2CH.32.23] And many brought an offering to Yahveh to Jerusalem, and gifts to Hezekiah, king of Judah. And afterward he presented them before the eyes of all the nations.
[2CH.32.24] In those days, Hezekiah became ill unto death. And he prayed to Yahveh, and said to him, "And Yahveh gave him a sign."
[2CH.32.25] And Hezekiah did not return due acknowledgement to Yahveh, because his heart was lifted up. Therefore, anger came upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem.
[2CH.32.26] Hezekiah humbled himself, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did so as well, and the anger of Yahveh did not come upon them in the days of Hezekiah.
[2CH.32.27] And it was to Hezekiah wealth and honor very much, and treasures he made for himself of silver and of gold and of precious stone and of spices and of shields and of all desirable vessels.
[2CH.32.28] And portions for the needy for harvests of grain and wine and oil and pens for all livestock and animals and flocks for enclosures.
[2CH.32.29] And he made cities for him, and livestock, sheep and cattle in abundance, because the Gods gave to him possessions very great.
[2CH.32.30] And he, Hezekiah, blocked the outlet of the upper waters of Gihon and he straightened them down to the west to the city of David, and Hezekiah succeeded in all his work.
[2CH.32.31] And thus, the representatives of the rulers of Babylon, who send to him to inquire about the miracle that occurred in the land, have abandoned the Gods to test him, to know all that is in his heart.
[2CH.32.32] And the rest of the words of Hezekiah and his kindnesses are written in the vision of Isaiah son of Amos the prophet, on the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
[2CH.32.33] And Hezekiah lay down with his fathers, and they buried him in the upper part of the tombs of the sons of David. And honor they made for him in his death, all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And Manasseh his son reigned in his place.
2CH.33
[2CH.33.1] A son of twelve years, Manasseh, in his kingship, and fifty and five years he reigned in Jerusalem.
[2CH.33.2] And he did the evil in the eyes of Yahveh, like the abominations of the nations that Yahveh had dispossessed from before the children of Israel.
[2CH.33.3] And he returned and rebuilt the high places that his father, Yechezkiyah, had broken down. And he erected altars to the Baals and made Asherah poles, and he bowed down to all the host of the heavens, and he served them.
[2CH.33.4] And he built altars in the house of Yahveh, which Yahveh had said would be in Jerusalem, forever will be my name.
[2CH.33.5] And he built altars to all the host of the heavens in the two courtyards of the house of Yahveh.
[2CH.33.6] And he passed his sons through the fire in the valley of Ben-Hinnom, and practiced divination and soothsaying and witchcraft, and used necromancy and spirit mediums. He greatly multiplied doing evil in the eyes of Yahveh to provoke Him.
[2CH.33.7] And he put the graven image that he made in the house of the Gods, which God said to David and to Solomon his son, in this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel, I will put my name forever.
[2CH.33.8] And I will no longer remove the foot of Israel from the land that I established for your ancestors, only if they keep to do all that I have commanded, to all the law and the statutes and the judgments in the hand of Moses.
[2CH.33.9] And Manasseh caused Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to do evil, worse than the nations that Yahveh had destroyed before the sons of Israel.
[2CH.33.10] And Yahveh spoke to Manasseh and to his people, but they did not listen.
[2CH.33.11] And Yahveh brought against them the army commanders who belonged to the king of Assyria, and they captured Manasseh with hooks and bound him with bronze shackles, and they took him to Babylon.
[2CH.33.12] And as it was for him to diminish an offering before the face of Yahveh, the Gods, he greatly humbled himself before the face of the Gods of his fathers.
[2CH.33.13] And he prayed to him, and he answered him, and he heard his supplication, and he restored him to Jerusalem to his kingdom. And Manasseh knew that Yahveh is the Gods.
[2CH.33.14] And after this, he built an outer wall for the city of David, westward to the Gihon, along the stream, and to enter by the Fish Gate, and he went around the Ophel, and he made it very high. And he placed commanders of the army in all the fortified cities of Judah.
[2CH.33.15] And he removed the gods of the foreigners and the idol from the house of Yahveh, and all the altars which he built on the mountain of the house of Yahveh and in Jerusalem, and he threw them outside the city.
[2CH.33.16] And he established the altar of Yahveh, and he sacrificed upon it sacrifices of peace offerings and thanksgiving offerings. And he said to Judah, "Worship Yahveh, the God of Israel."
[2CH.33.17] But still the people are sacrificing at the high places, only to Yahveh, their Gods.
[2CH.33.18] And the rest of the words of Manasseh, and his prayer to God, and the words of the seers who spoke to him in the name of Yahveh, the God of Israel, are recorded concerning the kings of Israel.
[2CH.33.19] His prayer and He answered him, and all his sin and transgression, and the places that he built in them, high places, and he erected the Asherah poles and the idols before the Canaanites, behold, they are written on the words of the seer.
[2CH.33.20] And Manasseh lay down with his ancestors, and they buried him in his house. And Amon his son reigned in his place.
[2CH.33.21] A son of twenty and two years, Amon was as king, and two years he reigned in Jerusalem.
[2CH.33.22] And he did what was wrong in the eyes of Yahveh, as his father Menasseh had done. And to all the idols that his father Menasseh had made, he sacrificed to Ammon and served it.
[2CH.33.23] And he did not humble himself before Yahveh as his father Manasseh had humbled himself, because he, Ammon, increased guilt.
[2CH.33.24] And his servants conspired against him, and they killed him in his house.
[2CH.33.25] And the people of the land struck down all those who conspired against King Ammon, and the people of the land made Yoashiyahu, his son, king in his place.
2CH.34
[2CH.34.1] The son of eight years was Josiah when he reigned, and thirty-one years he reigned in Jerusalem.
[2CH.34.2] And he did the right thing in the eyes of Yahveh, and he walked in the ways of David his father, and he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.
[2CH.34.3] And in the eighth year of his reign, while he was still a young man, he began to inquire of the Gods of David, his father. And in the twelfth year, he began to purify Judah and Jerusalem from the high places and the Asherim and the carved images and the molten images.
[2CH.34.4] They shattered before him the altars of the Baals and the sun images that were above them. Gideon broke and pulverized the Asherah poles, the images, and the carved images, and he threw [them] upon the faces of the tombs of those who sacrificed to them.
[2CH.34.5] And the bones of the priests burned upon their altars, and he purified Judah and Jerusalem.
[2CH.34.6] And in the cities of Manasseh, and of Ephraim, and of Simeon, and even unto Naphtali, on the mountains surrounding their areas.
[2CH.34.7] And he shattered the altars, and the sacred poles, and the idols. He crushed them to dust, and he cut down all the sun images throughout the land of Israel, and he returned to Jerusalem.
[2CH.34.8] In the eighteenth year of his reign, to purify the land and the house, he sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah, who was a city official, and Yoach son of Yoachaz, the secretary, to strengthen the house of Yahveh the Gods.
[2CH.34.9] And they came to Hilkiah the great priest and gave the silver that had been brought to the house of the Gods, which the Levites, the gatekeepers, had collected from the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and from all the remnant of Israel, and from all Judah and Benjamin. And they returned to Jerusalem.
[2CH.34.10] And they gave it into the hand of the doers of the work, those who were appointed in the house of Yahveh. And the doers of the work, those who do work in the house of Yahveh, gave it to examine and strengthen the house.
[2CH.34.11] And they gave to the craftsmen and to the builders to buy stones of quarry and wood for joining and to build the houses that the kings of Judah had destroyed.
[2CH.34.12] And the men were working with faithfulness in the task, and they were entrusted with responsibility together. And Obadiah of the Levites, from the descendants of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, from the descendants of Kehath, were appointed for all time. And the Levites, all skilled in instruments of song.
[2CH.34.13] And concerning the carriers of burdens and those who supervise all those who do work for the service and the service, and from the Levites, scribes and officers and gatekeepers.
[2CH.34.14] And when they were bringing out the money that was brought into the house of Yahveh, Hilkiah the priest found a book of the law of Yahveh in the hand of Moses.
[2CH.34.15] And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, "I have found the book of the Law in the house of Yahveh." And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan.
[2CH.34.16] Shaphan brought the book to the king, and then he spoke to the king again, saying, "All that has been given into the hands of your servants, they are doing."
[2CH.34.17] And they weighed the silver that was found in the house of Yahveh, and they gave it into the hand of those appointed and into the hand of those doing the work.
[2CH.34.18] And Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, "A scroll Hilkiah the priest gave to me." And Shaphan read in it before the king.
[2CH.34.19] And it happened, when the king heard the words of the Law, that he tore his garments.
[2CH.34.20] And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the servant of the king, saying:
[2CH.34.21] Go, seek Yahveh for my sake and for the sake of the remnant in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found, for great is the wrath of Yahveh that has been poured out upon us, because our ancestors did not keep the word of Yahveh to do according to all that is written in this book.
[2CH.34.22] And Hilkiah went, and those who the king sent to the prophetess Hulda, wife of Shalum son of Tokhat son of Chasrah, keeper of the garments, and she was sitting in Jerusalem in the second area, and they spoke to her like this.
[2CH.34.23] And she said to them, "Thus says Yahveh, the Gods of Israel: Say to the man who sent you to me,"
[2CH.34.24] Thus says Yahveh, behold, I am bringing disaster upon this place and its inhabitants, all the words written on the scroll that were read before the king of Judah.
[2CH.34.25] Because they abandoned me and worshipped other Gods, in order to anger me with all the works of their hands, my wrath will be poured out in this place and it will not be quenched.
[2CH.34.26] And to the king of Judah, who sends you to inquire of Yahveh, you shall say to him: “Thus says Yahveh, the Gods of Israel: concerning the things you have heard,
[2CH.34.27] Because your heart is tender and you have humbled yourself before the Gods when you heard their words concerning this place and its inhabitants, and you humbled yourself before me and tore your clothes and wept before me, even I have heard, says Yahveh.
[2CH.34.28] Behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your graves in peace. And your eyes will not see all the evil that I bring upon this place and upon its inhabitants. And they returned to the king a word.
[2CH.34.29] And the king sent and gathered all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
[2CH.34.30] The king went up to the house of Yahveh, and every man of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem went with him, along with the priests and the Levites and all the people, from the greatest to the least. And he read in their hearing all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of Yahveh.
[2CH.34.31] And the king stood in his place and made the covenant before Yahveh to go after Yahveh and to keep His commandments, His testimonies, and His statutes with all his heart and with all his soul, to do the words of the covenant written on this book.
[2CH.34.32] And all who were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin stood. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made a covenant with the Gods, the God of their fathers.
[2CH.34.33] And Josiah removed all the abominations from all the lands that belonged to the descendants of Israel. And he compelled all who were found in Israel to serve Yahveh, their God, all his days. They did not turn aside from following Yahveh, the God of their ancestors.
2CH.35
[2CH.35.1] And Josiah made Passover in Jerusalem to Yahveh, and they slaughtered the Passover on the fourteenth of the first month.
[2CH.35.2] And the priests stood at their duties, and they strengthened them for the service of the house of Yahveh.
[2CH.35.3] And he said to the Levites, those skilled in understanding to all Israel, the holy ones to Yahveh, "Bring the Ark of the Holiness into the house that Solomon, son of David, king of Israel, built. You shall not bear a load upon your shoulder. Now, serve Yahveh, your God, and his people, Israel."
[2CH.35.4] And prepare for the homes of your ancestors according to your divisions, in the writing of David, king of Israel, and in the writing of Solomon, his son.
[2CH.35.5] And they stood in the holy place in divisions according to the house of their fathers, to your brothers, the sons of the people, and the allotment of the house of the fathers was to the Levites.
[2CH.35.6] And you shall slaughter the Passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare it for your brothers, to do as the word of Yahveh in the hand of Moses.
[2CH.35.7] And Josiah provided sheep, lambs, and kids of goats, all for the Passovers, to all who were present in the number of thirty thousand, and cattle, three thousand. These were from the wealth of the king.
[2CH.35.8] And their leaders gave a freewill offering to the people, to the priests, and to the Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jihiel, leaders of the house of the Gods, gave to the priests for the Passover sacrifices, one thousand and six hundred, and cattle, three hundred.
[2CH.35.9] And Kohanan, and Shmaya, and Natanel, his brothers, and Hashabyah, and Yiel, and Yozabad, leaders of the Levites, raised up for the Levites for the Passovers five thousand head of cattle, and oxen five hundred.
[2CH.35.10] And the work was completed, and the priests stood in their places, and the Levites in their divisions, as the command of the king.
[2CH.35.11] And they slaughtered the Passover, and the priests threw [it] from their hand, and the Levites were stripping [it].
[2CH.35.12] And they brought the whole burnt offering for their appointed times, to divisions by father’s house to the sons of the people, to offer to Yahveh, as it is written in the book of Moses, and thus to the cattle.
[2CH.35.13] And they cooked the Passover in the fire according to the ordinance, and the holy things they cooked in pots and in cauldrons and in pans, and they distributed to all the sons of the people.
[2CH.35.14] And after they prepared for them and for the priests, for the priests, sons of Aaron, in offering the burnt offering and the fat portions until night. And the Levites prepared for them and for the priests, sons of Aaron.
[2CH.35.15] And the singers, the sons of Asaph, were in their stations according to the command of David and Asaph and Heman and Jeduthun, who saw the king and the gatekeepers for gate and gate, they do not have to turn away from their service, because their brothers the Levites had prepared for them.
[2CH.35.16] And all the service of Yahveh was completed on that day, to keep the Passover and offer burnt offerings on the altar of Yahveh, according to the commandment of King Josiah.
[2CH.35.17] The descendants of Israel who were present kept the Passover at that time, and the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days.
[2CH.35.18] And no Passover was made like this in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet, and all the kings of Israel did not do like the Passover that Josiah did, and the priests and the Levites and all Judah and Israel who were found, and the residents of Jerusalem.
[2CH.35.19] In eighteen years of the reign of Josiah, this Passover was celebrated.
[2CH.35.20] After all of this, which Josiah had prepared concerning the temple, Necho, king of Egypt, went up to wage war at Carchemish upon the Euphrates. And Josiah went out to confront him.
[2CH.35.21] And he sent messengers to him, saying, "What do I and you have, king of Judah? Not against you is this day, for to the house of warfare have I gone. And the Gods said to my commander, ‘Stop yourself from the Gods who are with me, and let not any destroy you.’
[2CH.35.22] And Josiah did not turn his face from him, for he disguised himself to fight him, and he did not listen to the words of reproach from the mouth of the Gods, and he came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.
[2CH.35.23] The singers warned the king Yoashiyahu, and the king said to his servants, "Remove me, for I am very sick."
[2CH.35.24] And his servants brought him down from the chariot, and they placed him on a secondary chariot which was his, and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died and was buried in the burial places of his ancestors. And all of Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.
[2CH.35.25] Jeremiah lamented over Josiah, and all the leaders and the prophetesses joined in their lamentations over Josiah until this day. They established it as a law for Israel, and they are written on the lamentations.
[2CH.35.26] And the remainder of the words of Josiah, and his kindnesses, are as it is written in the law of Yahveh.
[2CH.35.27] And his first words and his last words are written on the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
2CH.36
[2CH.36.1] And the people of the land took Jehoahaz, the son of Josiah, and they made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father.
[2CH.36.2] Aged twenty-three years, Yoachaz reigned as king, and three months he reigned in Jerusalem.
[2CH.36.3] And the king of Egypt removed him to Jerusalem, and he punished the land with one hundred weights of silver and one weight of gold.
[2CH.36.4] And the king of Egypt made Eliakim, his brother, king over Judah and Jerusalem, and he changed his name to Jehoiakim. And Pharaoh took Yoahaz, his brother, and brought him to Egypt.
[2CH.36.5] Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. And he did evil in the eyes of Yahveh, his Gods.
[2CH.36.6] Upon him, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babel, ascended and he took him captive in bronze, to lead him to Babel.
[2CH.36.7] And the vessels of the temple of Yahveh, Nebuchadnezzar brought to Babylon, and he put them in his temple in Babylon.
[2CH.36.8] And the rest of the words concerning Yahveh-Joachim and his abominations which he did, and what was found against him, are written upon the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. And Yahveh-Joachim’s son, Yahveh-Joachin, reigned in his place.
[2CH.36.9] Jehoiakim was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for three months and ten days in Jerusalem. And he did evil in the eyes of Yahveh.
[2CH.36.10] And in the seventh year, the king Nebuchadnezzar sent and brought to Babylon the desirable vessels of the temple of Yahveh. And he made Zedekiah, his brother, king over Judah and Jerusalem.
[2CH.36.11] Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
[2CH.36.12] And he did evil in the sight of Yahveh, the Gods, and did not submit before Jeremiah the prophet, from the mouth of Yahveh.
[2CH.36.13] And also, King Nebuchadnezzar rebelled, who had sworn by the Gods, and he stiffened his neck and hardened his heart from turning to Yahveh, the God of Israel.
[2CH.36.14] Also, all the chiefs of the priests and the people greatly increased in committing transgression, like all the abominations of the nations, and they defiled the house of Yahveh, which He had sanctified in Jerusalem.
[2CH.36.15] And Yahveh, the Gods of their ancestors, sent against them in the hand of his messengers, early and repeatedly, because he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling.
[2CH.36.16] And they were provoking the messengers of the Gods, and despising His words, and mocking His prophets, until the anger of Yahveh rose against His people until there was no healing.
[2CH.36.17] And he went up against them, the king of the Babylonians, and he killed their young men with the sword in their house of the holy place, and he did not spare any young man or virgin, old person or frail one. All he gave into his hand.
[2CH.36.18] And all the utensils of the house of the Gods, both the great and the small, and the treasures of the house of Yahveh, and the treasures of the king and his officials – all Babylon brought.
[2CH.36.19] And they burned the house of the Gods, and they broke the wall of Jerusalem, and all her palaces they burned with fire, and all the desirable vessels of her to destroy.
[2CH.36.20] And the remnant was exiled from the sword to Babylon, and they became servants for him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia.
[2CH.36.21] To fulfill the word of Yahveh in the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land is satisfied with its Sabbaths, all the days of the desolation it rested to fulfill seventy years.
[2CH.36.22] And in the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, to fulfill the word of Yahveh by the mouth of Jeremiah, Yahveh stirred up the spirit of Cyrus, king of Persia, and he caused a voice to pass throughout all his kingdom, and also in writing, saying:
[2CH.36.23] Thus says Cyrus, king of Persia: Yahveh, the God of the heavens, has given to me all the kingdoms of the earth, and He has commanded me to build for Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who among you is from His people? May Yahveh, his God, be with him, and let him go up.
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MAT.1
[MAT.1.1] The book of the origin of Jesus the Anointed, son of David, son of Abraham.
[MAT.1.2] Abram begat Isaac, and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob begat Judah and his brothers.
[MAT.1.3] Judah fathered Pha-res and Za-ra from Tamar. Pha-res fathered Hes-rom, and Hes-rom fathered A-ram.
[MAT.1.4] And Aram fathered Aminadab, and Aminadab fathered Naasson, and Naasson fathered Salmon.
[MAT.1.5] Salmon however fathered Boaz from Rachab. Boaz however fathered Iobed from Ruth. Iobed however fathered Jesse.
[MAT.1.6] Jesse, however, begat David the king. And David begat Solomon from the wife of Uriah.
[MAT.1.7] Solomon and he fathered Rehoboam, and Rehoboam he fathered Abijah, and Abijah he fathered Asa.
[MAT.1.8] Asaph, however, fathered Iosaphat. Iosaphat, however, fathered Ioram. Ioram, however, fathered Oziahn.
[MAT.1.9] And Uzziah fathered Joatham, and Joatham fathered Ahaz, and Ahaz fathered Hezekiah.
[MAT.1.10] Hezekiah and he fathered Manasseh, and Manasseh and he fathered Amos, and Amos and he fathered Josiah.
[MAT.1.11] And Yoshiyas begat Yechonyan and his brothers during the relocation to Babylon.
[MAT.1.12] After the relocation to Babylon, Iechonias bore Salathiel, and Salathiel bore Zorobabel.
[MAT.1.13] Zorobabel also fathered Abiud, and Abiud also fathered Eliakim, and Eliakim also fathered Azor.
[MAT.1.14] Azor however fathered the Sadok, Sadok however fathered the Achim, Achim however fathered the Elioud.
[MAT.1.15] Eliud produced Eleazar, and Eleazar produced Matthan, and Matthan produced Jacob.
[MAT.1.16] Jacob, however, fathered Yosef, the husband of Mariam, from whom was born Yeshua, who is called Christ.
[MAT.1.17] Therefore, all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations, and from David to the exile to Babylon are fourteen generations, and from the exile to Babylon to the Christ are fourteen generations.
[MAT.1.18] And so was the origin of Jesus Christ. When Mary, his mother, was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found to be having a child from the holy spirit.
[MAT.1.19] And Joseph, her husband, being a righteous man and not wishing to publicly expose her, intended to secretly release her.
[MAT.1.20] And while he was considering this, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying: Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary, your wife, for what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.
[MAT.1.21] She will bear a son, and you will call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.
[MAT.1.22] And all of this happened so that would be fulfilled what was spoken by my Lord through the prophet, saying...
[MAT.1.23] Behold, the virgin will have in her womb and will give birth to a son, and they will call his name Emmanuel, which is interpreted ‘the God with us’.
[MAT.1.24] And having risen from sleep, Joseph did as the messenger of Yahveh commanded him, and he took his wife.
[MAT.1.25] And he did not know her until she bore a son, and he called the name of him Jesus.
MAT.2
[MAT.2.1] And when Yeshoo was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, magi from the east came to Jerusalem.
[MAT.2.2] Saying, "Where is the one who has been born, the King of the Jews? For we saw His star in the east and we have come to worship Him."
[MAT.2.3] And when the king Herod heard, he was shaken, and all Jerusalem with him.
[MAT.2.4] And having gathered together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ would be born.
[MAT.2.5] And they said to him, “in Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it has been written through the prophet.”
[MAT.2.6] And you, Bethlehem, land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler, who will shepherd my people Israel.
[MAT.2.7] Then Herod, secretly having called the wise men, ascertained from them the time of the appearing star.
[MAT.2.8] And having sent them to Bethlehem, he said: 'Going, investigate carefully concerning the child; and when you find him, report to me, so that I also may come and worship him.'
[MAT.2.9] And those who heard of the king went, and behold, the star which they saw in the east led them, until coming it stood above where the child was.
[MAT.2.10] And having seen the star, they rejoiced with very great joy.
[MAT.2.11] And having come to the house, they saw the young child with Mary, his mother, and having fallen down, they worshiped him. And having opened their treasures, they brought gifts to him: gold and frankincense and myrrh.
[MAT.2.12] And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed by another route to their own country.
[MAT.2.13] And when they had departed, behold, an angel of God appears in a dream to Joseph, saying: “Arise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you. For Herod is about to seek the child to destroy him.”
[MAT.2.14] And the one having been raised took the child and his mother at night and departed into Egypt.
[MAT.2.15] And he was there until the end of Herod, so that might be fulfilled what was spoken by my Lord through the prophet, saying, "From Egypt I called my son."
[MAT.2.16] Then Herod, having seen that he had been mocked by the Magi, became very angry, and having sent out orders, he destroyed all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all its territories from two years old and younger, according to the time which he had accurately determined from the Magi.
[MAT.2.17] Then was fulfilled that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet, saying...
[MAT.2.18] A voice was heard in Ramah, a weeping and great lamentation; Rachel is weeping for her children, and she will not be comforted, because they are no more.
[MAT.2.19] And after Herod had died, behold, an angel of the Lord appears in a dream to Joseph in Egypt.
[MAT.2.20] Saying: Having awakened, receive the child and his mother and go into the land of Israel. For those seeking the life of the child are dead.
[MAT.2.21] And the one having risen took the child and the mother of him and entered into land of Israel.
[MAT.2.22] And having heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he feared to go there. But having been warned in a dream, he departed into the regions of Galilee.
[MAT.2.23] And having come, he settled in a city called Nazareth, so that might be fulfilled what was spoken through the prophets that a Nazorean would be called.
MAT.3
[MAT.3.1] And in those days, John the Baptist appeared, proclaiming in the wilderness of Judea.
[MAT.3.2] And saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of the heavens is near.
[MAT.3.3] For this is the one spoken of through Isaiah the prophet, saying: ‘A voice of one crying in the wilderness, prepare the way for Yahveh, make straight his paths.’
[MAT.3.4] And John himself had a garment from the hairs of a camel and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.
[MAT.3.5] Jerusalem and all of Judea and all the area around the Jordan went forth to him.
[MAT.3.6] And they were being baptized in the Jordan river by him, confessing their sins.
[MAT.3.7] And seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them: offspring of vipers, who indicated to you to flee from the coming wrath?
[MAT.3.8] Therefore, produce fruit that is worthy of repentance.
[MAT.3.9] And do not suppose to say within yourselves, ‘We have as father Abraham.’ For I tell you that the God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham.
[MAT.3.10] Now the axe is already at the root of the trees. Therefore, every tree that does not produce good fruit is cut off and thrown into the fire.
[MAT.3.11] I, however, baptize you in water for repentance. But the one coming after me is more powerful than I, of whom I am not worthy to carry the sandals. He himself will baptize you in holy spirit and fire.
[MAT.3.12] Behold, the winnowing fork is in his hand, and he thoroughly cleans his threshing floor, and he gathers his wheat into his storehouse, but the chaff he burns with unquenchable fire.
[MAT.3.13] Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan, to John, to be baptized by him.
[MAT.3.14] And John was restraining him, saying, “I have a need from you to be baptized, and do you come to me?”
[MAT.3.15] Having responded, Jesus said to him, “Let it happen now, for in this way it is proper for us to fulfill all that is right.” Then he permitted him.
[MAT.3.16] And when Jesus had been baptized, immediately he rose from the water. And behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the spirit of God descending like a dove, and coming upon him.
[MAT.3.17] And behold, a voice from the heavens saying: "This is my son, the beloved, in whom I was pleased."
MAT.4
[MAT.4.1] Then Jesus was led into the wilderness by the spirit to be tempted by the devil.
[MAT.4.2] And having fasted for forty days and forty nights, afterward he hungered.
[MAT.4.3] And having come near, the one testing said to him: "If a son you are of God, say that these stones become breads."
[MAT.4.4] And having answered, he said, "It is written: 'Man will not live upon bread alone, but upon every word proceeding through the mouth of God.'"
[MAT.4.5] Then the adversary takes him into the holy city and stationed him on the wing of the temple.
[MAT.4.6] And he said to Him, "If you are a son of God, cast yourself down, for it is written that to His angels He will command concerning you, and they will lift you up on their hands, lest you strike your foot against a stone."
[MAT.4.7] Jesus said to him, "It is written again, you shall not test my Lord the God of you."
[MAT.4.8] Again, the devil takes him to a very high mountain and shows him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.
[MAT.4.9] And he said to him, "I will give you all these things if you fall and worship me."
[MAT.4.10] Then Jesus said to him, "Go away, Satan, for it is written: ‘You shall worship Yahveh your God, and you shall serve Him alone.’
[MAT.4.11] Then the Devil releases him, and behold, angels approached and ministered to him.
[MAT.4.12] And hearing that John had been delivered up, Jesus departed into Galilee.
[MAT.4.13] And leaving Nazareth, he came and settled in Capernaum by the sea, in the territories of Zebulun and Naphtali.
[MAT.4.14] That might be fulfilled what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying...
[MAT.4.15] The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, the way to the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Nations.
[MAT.4.16] The people who were sitting in darkness saw a great light, and light dawned for those who were sitting in a land and the shadow of death.
[MAT.4.17] From that time, Jesus began to proclaim and to say: "Repent, for the kingdom of the heavens has drawn near.
[MAT.4.18] And as he walked beside the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, the one called Peter, and Andrew, the brother of Simon, throwing a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.
[MAT.4.19] And he says to them, "Come behind me, and I will make you fishers of people."
[MAT.4.20] And they, immediately having left the nets, followed him.
[MAT.4.21] And having gone from there, He saw other two brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of him, in the boat with Zebedee the father of them preparing their nets, and He called to them.
[MAT.4.22] And they, having left the boat and their father, followed him.
[MAT.4.23] And he went about in all of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every weakness among the people.
[MAT.4.24] And the report of him went into all Syria, and they brought to him all those badly having various sicknesses and torments, even those demonized, those moonstruck, and those paralyzed, and he healed them.
[MAT.4.25] And many crowds followed him from Galilee and Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judea and beyond the Jordan.
MAT.5
[MAT.5.1] And seeing the crowds, he went up onto the mountain, and while he was seated, his students came to him.
[MAT.5.2] And having opened his mouth, he was teaching them, saying...
[MAT.5.3] Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of the heavens.
[MAT.5.4] Blessed are those who mourn, for they themselves will be comforted.
[MAT.5.5] Blessed are the gentle, for they themselves will inherit the land.
[MAT.5.6] Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
[MAT.5.7] Happy are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
[MAT.5.8] Blessed are those clean of heart, because they will see the God.
[MAT.5.9] Blessed are those who make peace, for they will be called sons of God.
[MAT.5.10] Blessed are those who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for to them belongs the kingdom of the heavens.
[MAT.5.11] Blessed are you when people insult you, and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil things against you, falsely, for the sake of Yahveh.
[MAT.5.12] Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, because your reward is great in the heavens. For in this way they persecuted the prophets who came before you.
[MAT.5.13] You all are the salt of the earth. But if the salt becomes foolish, by what will it be salted? It is no longer useful for anything if it is thrown outside and trampled upon by people.
[MAT.5.14] You are the light of the world. A city situated upon a mountain is not able to hide itself.
[MAT.5.15] And they do not ignite a lamp and place it under a basket, but upon the lampstand, and it shines for all those in the house.
[MAT.5.16] Thus, may your light shine before people, so that they may see your good works and may glorify your Father who is in the heavens.
[MAT.5.17] Do not suppose that I have come to loosen the law or the prophets; I have not come to loosen, but to fulfill.
[MAT.5.18] Truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not even the smallest letter or one stroke of a letter will by no means pass away from the Law until all things are fulfilled.
[MAT.5.19] Whoever, therefore, loosens even one of these commands, the least of them, and teaches people thus, least will he be called in the kingdom of the heavens. But whoever does and teaches, that one great will be called in the kingdom of the heavens.
[MAT.5.20] For I tell you that unless your righteousness is more abundant than that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter the Kingdom of the Heavens.
[MAT.5.21] You have heard that it was spoken to those of old, "You shall not kill." Anyone who kills will be subject to judgment.
[MAT.5.22] But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment. And whoever says to his brother, ‘fool,’ will be liable to the council. And whoever says, ‘you senseless one,’ will be liable to hell, which is the fire.
[MAT.5.23] If therefore you offer your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you
[MAT.5.24] Leave there your gift before the altar and go first and become reconciled with your brother, and then having come, offer your gift.
[MAT.5.25] Be favorably inclined towards your opponent quickly, until you are with him in the process, lest your opponent deliver you to the judge and the judge to the officer and you are thrown into prison.
[MAT.5.26] Truly, I say to you, you will not go out from there until you give back the last quadrans.
[MAT.5.27] You have heard that it was spoken, 'You shall not commit adultery.'
[MAT.5.28] But I say to you all that everyone who looks at a woman to desire her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
[MAT.5.29] But if your right eye causes you to stumble, remove it and throw it away from yourself; for it is better for you that one of your members perish and not that all of your body be thrown into Gehenna.
[MAT.5.30] And if your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away from you. For it is better for you that one of your members perish and not for all of your body to go into Gehenna.
[MAT.5.31] And it was said: Whoever releases his wife, let him give to her a dismissal.
[MAT.5.32] But I tell you that anyone who dismisses his wife, except on the grounds of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery. And whoever marries a dismissed woman commits adultery.
[MAT.5.33] Again, you have heard that it was said to those of ancient times, you shall not swear falsely, but you shall return your oaths to my Lord.
[MAT.5.34] But I say to you not to swear at all, nor in the heaven, for it is the throne of God.
[MAT.5.35] Do not build a house, or make a place for sacrifice, on the earth, because it is the footstool of His feet, nor into Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great King.
[MAT.5.36] And do not swear by your head, for you are unable to make even one hair white or black.
[MAT.5.37] Let your word be yes yes, or no no; anything more than these comes from the evil one.
[MAT.5.38] You have heard that it was stated: God for God, and tooth for tooth.
[MAT.5.39] I also say to you not to resist the evil one. But whoever strikes you on your right jaw, turn to him the other one.
[MAT.5.40] And to the one wanting to sue you and take your inner garment, allow him also your outer robe.
[MAT.5.41] And whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two.
[MAT.5.42] To the one asking of you, give, and do not turn away the one wanting to borrow from you.
[MAT.5.43] You heard that it was stated, 'Love your neighbor, and hate your enemy.'
[MAT.5.44] I however say to you: love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.
[MAT.5.45] So that you may become sons of your father who is in the heavens, because He causes His sun to rise on the wicked and the good and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
[MAT.5.46] If, then, you love those loving you, what reward do you possess? Do not also the tax collectors do this same thing?
[MAT.5.47] And if you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing? Do not even the nations do the same?
[MAT.5.48] Therefore, you all should be complete as your Father who is in heaven is complete.
MAT.6
[MAT.6.1] Pay attention to your righteousness, do not practice it before people in order to be seen by them. If, however, you do not do this, you will not have reward from your Father who is in the heavens.
[MAT.6.2] Therefore, whenever you practice charity, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be praised by people. Truly I say to you, they have received their reward.
[MAT.6.3] And as you are doing charity, let your left hand not know what your right hand does.
[MAT.6.4] So that your charity may be in the hidden place, and your Father who is seeing in the hidden place will repay to you.
[MAT.6.5] And when you pray, you will not be as the hypocrites, for they love to stand in the synagogues and in the corners of the marketplaces praying, so that they may appear to people. Truly I say to you, they have received their reward.
[MAT.6.6] But you, when you pray, enter into your private chamber and, having closed your door, pray to your father who is in secret; and your father who sees in secret will repay you.
[MAT.6.7] And while praying, do not babble as the nations do, for they suppose that in their much speaking they will be heard.
[MAT.6.8] Therefore, do not become like them, for your Father knows the things you require before you ask of Him.
[MAT.6.9] Therefore, pray you thus: Our Father, who is in the heavens, may your name be sanctified.
[MAT.6.10] Let the kingdom of God come. May the will of God be done, as in heaven and on earth.
[MAT.6.11] Give to us today the bread that is to come.
[MAT.6.12] And forgive us our debts, just as we have forgiven our debtors.
[MAT.6.13] And do not bring us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
[MAT.6.14] For if you forgive people for their wrongdoings, then the Gods will also forgive you, your Father, the heavenly one.
[MAT.6.15] But if you do not forgive people, then your Father, God, will not forgive your wrongdoings.
[MAT.6.16] When you fast, do not become like the actors gloomy, for they disfigure their faces so that they may appear to people to be fasting. Truly I say to you, they have received their reward.
[MAT.6.17] And you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face
[MAT.6.18] So that you do not appear to people to be fasting, but to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will give back to you.
[MAT.6.19] Do not accumulate for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.
[MAT.6.20] And you must treasure up for yourselves treasures in Heaven, where neither decay nor consumption destroys, and where thieves do not dig through or steal.
[MAT.6.21] For where the treasure is, there also will be the heart.
[MAT.6.22] The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is simple, all of your body will be luminous.
[MAT.6.23] But if your eye is evil, all of your body will be dark. Therefore, if the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness.
[MAT.6.24] No one is able to serve two lords; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will resist the one and despise the other. You are not able to serve the Gods and wealth.
[MAT.6.25] Therefore, I say to you: do not worry about your soul what you will eat, or what you will drink, nor about your body what you will wear. Is not the soul more than the food, and the body than the clothing?
[MAT.6.26] Look to the birds of the sky, because they do not sow or reap or gather into storehouses, and your Father who is in heaven nourishes them. Are not you much more different from them?
[MAT.6.27] And who among you, being worried, is able to add one cubit to his lifespan?
[MAT.6.28] And concerning clothing, what do you worry about? Consider how the lilies of the field grow: they do not toil, nor do they spin.
[MAT.6.29] But I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself as one of these.
[MAT.6.30] But if God thus clothes the grass of the field, which exists today and is thrown into an oven tomorrow, won’t God much more provide for you, those with little faith?
[MAT.6.31] Therefore, do not be anxious, saying, "What shall we eat?" or "What shall we drink?" or "What shall we wear?"
[MAT.6.32] For all these nations seek things, but your Father in heaven knows that you need all these things.
[MAT.6.33] Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
[MAT.6.34] Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Sufficient is the evil of the day for the day.
MAT.7
[MAT.7.1] Do not judge, so that you are not judged.
[MAT.7.2] For by what judgement you judge, by that judgement you will be judged, and by what measure you measure, by that measure it will be measured to you.
[MAT.7.3] But why do you observe the splinter in your brother’s eye, and do you not perceive the beam in your own eye?
[MAT.7.4] How will you say to your brother, "Let me remove the splinter from your eye," and behold, the beam is in your own eye?
[MAT.7.5] Hypocrite, cast out first the beam from your eye, and then you will see clearly to cast out the splinter from the eye of your brother.
[MAT.7.6] Do not give what is holy to the dogs, and do not throw your pearls before the pigs, lest they trample them under their feet and, turning, they attack you.
[MAT.7.7] Ask, and it will be given to you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened to you.
[MAT.7.8] For every one who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one knocking it will be opened.
[MAT.7.9] Or who is among you, a man, whom his son will ask for bread, and he will not give a stone to him?
[MAT.7.10] Or even, if he asks for a fish, will he not give a snake to him?
[MAT.7.11] If you, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Father in the heavens give good things to those who ask Him?
[MAT.7.12] Therefore, whatever things you desire that people do for you, do those same things for them. For this is the Law and the Prophets.
[MAT.7.13] Enter through the narrow gate, because wide is the gate and broad is the road leading to destruction, and many are those who enter through it.
[MAT.7.14] How narrow is the gate, and pressured is the road leading to the life, and few are those finding it.
[MAT.7.15] Be cautious of the false prophets, who come to you in the clothing of sheep, but inside are wolves seizing.
[MAT.7.16] From their fruits you will know them. Do they gather grapes from thorns or figs from thistles?
[MAT.7.17] So every tree that is good produces good fruit, but the rotten tree produces evil fruit.
[MAT.7.18] A good tree is unable to make bad fruit, nor is a rotten tree able to make good fruit.
[MAT.7.19] Every tree not producing good fruit is cut off and is thrown into the fire.
[MAT.7.20] Therefore, you will surely know them by their fruits.
[MAT.7.21] Not everyone who says to me, "my Lord, my Lord," will enter the kingdom of the heavens, but the one doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens.
[MAT.7.22] Many will say to me on that day, "my Lord, my Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many powerful deeds in your name?"
[MAT.7.23] And then I will confess to them that I never knew you. Depart from me, those working lawlessness.
[MAT.7.24] Therefore, everyone who hears my words and does them will be likened to a wise man who built his house upon the rock.
[MAT.7.25] And the rain descended, and the rivers came, and the winds blew, and they struck against that house, and it did not fall, for it had been founded upon the rock.
[MAT.7.26] And everyone who hears my words and does not do them will be likened to a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand.
[MAT.7.27] And the rain descended and the rivers came and the winds blew and attacked that house, and it fell and its fall was great.
[MAT.7.28] And it happened when Jesus finished these words, the crowds were astonished at his teaching.
[MAT.7.29] For he was teaching them as having authority, and not as their scribes.
MAT.8
[MAT.8.1] And as he descended from the mountain, many crowds followed him.
[MAT.8.2] And behold, a leper having approached worships him, saying: "my Lord, if you wish, you are able to cleanse me."
[MAT.8.3] And extending the hand, he touched him, saying: "I desire, be cleansed!" And immediately the leprosy was cleansed from him.
[MAT.8.4] And Jesus said to him, "See that you tell no one, but go show yourself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded as a testimony to them."
[MAT.8.5] And when he entered Kapernaum, a centurion came to him, requesting something of him.
[MAT.8.6] And saying, "my Lord, my child has been laid in the house, paralyzed, and is being greatly tormented."
[MAT.8.7] And he says to him, "I, having come, will heal him."
[MAT.8.8] And responding, the centurion said: my Lord, I am not worthy that you should come under my roof, but simply say the word, and my servant will be healed.
[MAT.8.9] For I also am a man under authority, having soldiers under my command. And I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes, and to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.
[MAT.8.10] Now, having heard this, Jesus marveled, and said to those following him, "Truly I say to you, I have not found such faith even in Israel."
[MAT.8.11] But I say to you that many will come from the east and the west and recline with God Abraham and God Isaac and God Jacob in the kingdom of the heavens.
[MAT.8.12] But the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
[MAT.8.13] And Jesus said to the centurion, "Go, as you have believed, may it be done for you." And the servant of him was healed in that hour.
[MAT.8.14] And having come, Jesus into the house of Peter saw the mother-in-law of him lying and burning.
[MAT.8.15] And she touched the hand of him, and the fever released him, and he arose and served her.
[MAT.8.16] When evening came, they brought to Him many possessed by demons, and He drove out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were having difficulties.
[MAT.8.17] So that might be fulfilled what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying: “He himself took our weaknesses, and he bore our sicknesses.”
[MAT.8.18] And seeing the crowd around him, Jesus commanded them to depart to the other side.
[MAT.8.19] And having come near, one scribe said to Him, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you may depart."
[MAT.8.20] And Jesus says to him: the foxes have dens and the birds of the sky have lodgings, but the son of man does not have where to recline his head.
[MAT.8.21] Another of the students said to him: my Lord, allow me first to go away and bury my father.
[MAT.8.22] And Jesus says to him, “Follow me and allow the dead to bury their own dead.”
[MAT.8.23] And entering to him into the boat, the disciples followed him.
[MAT.8.24] And behold, a great earthquake happened in the sea, so that the ship was covered by the waves, but he was sleeping.
[MAT.8.25] And having approached, they raised him up, saying: "my Lord, save us, we are perishing."
[MAT.8.26] And he says to them, "Why are you afraid, those with little faith?" Then, having risen, he rebuked the winds and the sea, and there became a great calm.
[MAT.8.27] And the people wondered, saying, "What kind of one is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?"
[MAT.8.28] And when he came to the other side, into the region of the Gadarenes, two people afflicted by spirits met him, coming out of the tombs. They were very difficult, so that no one was able to pass by on that road.
[MAT.8.29] And behold, they cried out, saying, "What to us and to you, son of God? Did you come here before the time to torment us?"
[MAT.8.30] And a large herd of pigs was grazing far from them.
[MAT.8.31] And the spirits pleaded with him, saying, "If you cast us out, permit us to go into the herd of the pigs."
[MAT.8.32] And he said to them, “Go.” And those having gone out departed into the pigs, and behold, the whole herd rushed down the cliff into the sea and died in the waters.
[MAT.8.33] And the shepherds fled, and having gone to the city, they reported all things, and the events of those being demon-possessed.
[MAT.8.34] And behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus, and having seen him, they pleaded with him that he might go away from their borders.
MAT.9
[MAT.9.1] And having gone into a boat, he crossed over and came into his own city.
[MAT.9.2] And behold, they offered to Him a paralyzed man lying on a cot. And seeing the faith of them, Jesus said to the paralyzed man: Have courage, child, your sins are forgiven.
[MAT.9.3] And behold, some of the scribes said to themselves, "This one is blaspheming."
[MAT.9.4] And seeing the thoughts of them, Jesus said: "Why do you think evil thoughts in your hearts?"
[MAT.9.5] For which is easier, to say, "Your sins are released to you," or to say, "Rise and walk?"
[MAT.9.6] So that you may know that the Son of Man has power on the earth to release sins – then he says to the paralytic: having risen, take up your bed and go into your house.
[MAT.9.7] And having risen, he departed to his house.
[MAT.9.8] And when the crowds had seen, they feared and glorified the God giving such authority to people.
[MAT.9.9] And as Jesus was passing by, he saw a man sitting at the customs post, Matthew by name, and he says to him: "Follow me." And rising, he followed him.
[MAT.9.10] And it happened while He was reclining in the house, and behold, many tax collectors and sinners came, reclining with Jesus and His disciples.
[MAT.9.11] And seeing this, the Pharisees said to the disciples of him: "Why does your teacher eat with the tax collectors and sinners?"
[MAT.9.12] But the one who heard said, "The strong do not have need of a doctor, but those who are unwell do."
[MAT.9.13] Having gone, learn what this means: I desire mercy and not sacrifice. For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.
[MAT.9.14] Then the disciples of John approached him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not?"
[MAT.9.15] And Jesus said to them: “Are the sons of the bridegroom able to mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.”
[MAT.9.16] No one puts a patch of new cloth on an old garment, for the new patch will pull away from the old, and a worse tear will be made.
[MAT.9.17] And they do not pour new wine into old containers; but if they do, the containers will be torn, and the wine will spill, and the containers will be ruined. Rather, they pour new wine into new containers, and both are preserved.
[MAT.9.18] While he was saying these things to them, behold, a ruler came and worshiped him, saying that his daughter had just died, but coming to him, place your hand upon her and she will live.
[MAT.9.19] And having risen, Jesus followed him, and his students followed him.
[MAT.9.20] And behold, a woman who had been bleeding for twelve years, having approached from behind, touched the fringe of his garment.
[MAT.9.21] He was saying to himself, if only I touch the garment of him, I will be saved.
[MAT.9.22] And Jesus, turning and seeing her, said: "Be encouraged, daughter. Your faith has saved you." And the woman was saved from that hour.
[MAT.9.23] And having come, Jesus entered into the house of the ruler and having seen the flute players and the crowd being agitated.
[MAT.9.24] He said, "Go away, for she is not dead, but sleeps." And he mocked them.
[MAT.9.25] And when the crowd was sent away, she took hold of her hand, and the small bird was roused.
[MAT.9.26] And this report went out into all that land.
[MAT.9.27] And following alongside from there to Jesus, two blind men followed, crying out and saying, "Have mercy on us, son of David."
[MAT.9.28] And as he came into the house, the blind ones approached him, and Jesus says to them: "Do you believe that I am able to do this?" They say to him: "Yes, my Lord."
[MAT.9.29] Then, he touched their eyes, saying, "According to your belief, let it happen to you."
[MAT.9.30] And their eyes were opened. And Jesus rebuked them, saying: "See that no one knows!"
[MAT.9.31] And those who went out proclaimed about him in all that land.
[MAT.9.32] And as they were leaving, behold, they presented to him a man who was deaf and was being controlled by a demon.
[MAT.9.33] And after the demon was cast out, the deaf person spoke. And the crowds marveled, saying, "Such a thing has never appeared in Israel before."
[MAT.9.34] But the Pharisees said that he casts out the demons by the ruler of the demons.
[MAT.9.35] And Jesus went through all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every weakness.
[MAT.9.36] And seeing the crowds, He felt compassion for them, because they were harassed and thrown about like sheep not having a shepherd.
[MAT.9.37] Then he said to his students: the harvest is much, but the workers are few.
[MAT.9.38] Therefore, earnestly pray to my Lord of the harvest, so that he may send out workers into his harvest.
MAT.10
[MAT.10.1] And having called his twelve disciples, He gave to them authority over unclean spirits, so that they might cast them out and heal all sickness and all weakness.
[MAT.10.2] The names of the twelve apostles are these: first Simon, the one called Peter, and Andrew, his brother, and Jacob, the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother.
[MAT.10.3] Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the tax collector, James the son of Alphaeus and Thaddaeus.
[MAT.10.4] Simon, a Canaanite, and Judas, the Iscariot, the one who also betrays him.
[MAT.10.5] These twelve Jesus sent out, commanding them, saying: Do not go into the way of nations, and do not enter into city of Samaritans.
[MAT.10.6] And go rather to the sheep that are lost, of the house of Israel.
[MAT.10.7] And going, proclaim, saying that the kingdom of the heavens is near.
[MAT.10.8] Heal the weak, raise up the dead, cleanse those with leprosy, and cast out demons. You received freely, therefore give freely.
[MAT.10.9] Do not acquire gold, nor silver, nor bronze for your belts.
[MAT.10.10] Do not take a bag for the road, nor two tunics, nor sandals, nor a staff, for the worker is worthy of his sustenance.
[MAT.10.11] Into whichever city or village you enter, examine who within it is worthy, and remain there until you depart.
[MAT.10.12] And when entering the house, greet the people within.
[MAT.10.13] And if a house is worthy, may your peace come upon it, but if it is not worthy, may your peace return to you.
[MAT.10.14] If anyone will not receive you or hear your words, departing from that house or that city, shake the dust from your feet.
[MAT.10.15] Truly, I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgement than for that city.
[MAT.10.16] Behold, I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore, become wise as the snakes and pure as the doves.
[MAT.10.17] Be wary from people, for they will deliver you to councils and in their synagogues they will flog you.
[MAT.10.18] And you will be burdened by rulers and kings because of me, for a witness to them and to the nations.
[MAT.10.19] But when they deliver you up, do not be anxious about how or what you should say, for it will be given to you in that hour what you should say.
[MAT.10.20] For it is not you who are speaking, but the Spirit of your Father who is speaking in you.
[MAT.10.21] And a brother will deliver up a brother to death, and a father a child, and children will rise up against parents and will kill them.
[MAT.10.22] And you will be hated by all because of the name of me. But the one enduring to the end, this one will be saved.
[MAT.10.23] When they persecute you in this city, flee to another. For truly I say to you, you will not have completed going through the cities of Israel until the son of man comes.
[MAT.10.24] No student is above the teacher, nor is any servant above their Lord.
[MAT.10.25] It is enough for the student to become as their teacher, and the servant as their lord. If they have called the master of the house Beezelzevul, how much more so those who belong to his household.
[MAT.10.26] Therefore do not fear them, for nothing is covered that will not be uncovered, and nothing hidden that will not be known.
[MAT.10.27] The things I say to you in the darkness, say in the light, and the things you hear in the ear, proclaim upon the rooftops.
[MAT.10.28] And do not be afraid of those who are killing the body, but are not able to kill the soul; rather, be more afraid of the one who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
[MAT.10.29] Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground without your Father.
[MAT.10.30] And also, the hairs of your heads, all of them have been numbered by the Gods.
[MAT.10.31] Therefore, do not be afraid; you exceed many birds.
[MAT.10.32] Therefore, whoever confesses in me before people, I also will confess in him before my Father who is in the heavens.
[MAT.10.33] Whoever denies me before people, I will also deny that person before my Father who is in the heavens.
[MAT.10.34] Do not think that I came to cast peace upon the earth. I did not come to cast peace, but a sword.
[MAT.10.35] I came therefore to divide a person against their father and a daughter against their mother and a wife against their mother-in-law.
[MAT.10.36] And the enemies of the man are his households.
[MAT.10.37] The one who loves a father or a mother above me is not worthy of me, and the one who loves a son or a daughter above me is not worthy of me.
[MAT.10.38] And whoever does not take his cross and follows behind me is not worthy of me.
[MAT.10.39] Whoever finds his own life will lose it, and whoever loses his own life for the sake of me will find it.
[MAT.10.40] The one receiving you receives me, and the one receiving me receives the one having sent me.
[MAT.10.41] The one receiving a prophet as a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, and the one receiving a righteous person as a righteous person will receive a righteous person's reward.
[MAT.10.42] And whoever gives a drink to one of these little ones, a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, he will not lose his reward.
MAT.11
[MAT.11.1] And it came to pass when Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he departed from there for the purpose of teaching and proclaiming in their cities.
[MAT.11.2] And John, hearing in the prison about the works of the Messiah, sent through his students.
[MAT.11.3] He said to him, "Are you the one who is coming, or should we expect another?"
[MAT.11.4] And having answered, Jesus said to them: Having gone, report to John that which you hear and that which you see.
[MAT.11.5] The blind regain sight and the lame walk, those afflicted with leprosy are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised and the poor proclaim the good news.
[MAT.11.6] And blessed is the one who does not take offense in me.
[MAT.11.7] And as these were going, Jesus began to say to the crowds concerning John: "Why did you go out into the wilderness to look at him? A reed shaken by the wind?"
[MAT.11.8] But why did you come out to see? A person dressed in soft things? Behold, those wearing soft things are in the houses of kings.
[MAT.11.9] But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet.
[MAT.11.10] This is concerning what has been written: behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will construct your way before you.
[MAT.11.11] Truly, I say to you, no one born of women has arisen greater than John the Baptist. However, the smallest one in the Kingdom of the heavens is greater than he.
[MAT.11.12] From the days of John the Baptizer until now, the kingdom of the heavens is being forcefully taken, and those who exert force are seizing it.
[MAT.11.13] For all the prophets and the Law prophesied until John.
[MAT.11.14] And if you wish to receive it, this one is Elijah who is about to come.
[MAT.11.15] The one having ears let him hear.
[MAT.11.16] With what shall I compare this generation? It is like children who sit in the marketplaces and call to each other.
[MAT.11.17] They say: "We wailed to you, and you did not dance. We mourned, and you did not grieve."
[MAT.11.18] For Yahveh, John neither ate nor drank, and they say: "He has a demon."
[MAT.11.19] The Son of Man has come, eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Behold, a person who is a glutton and a wine drinker, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ And wisdom was vindicated by her deeds.
[MAT.11.20] Then he began to reproach the cities in which the most of his powers had come to be, because they did not change their minds.
[MAT.11.21] Woe to you, Chorazin, woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the powers that were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
[MAT.11.22] But I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.
[MAT.11.23] And you, Kaparnaum, will you not be lifted up to heaven? Will you not descend to Hades? For if the powers that were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
[MAT.11.24] But I say to you that it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom on the day of judgement than for you.
[MAT.11.25] At that time, responding, Jesus said: "I confess to you, Father, Lord of heaven and of earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to infants."
[MAT.11.26] Yes, the Father, that this way good pleasure happened before you.
[MAT.11.27] All things have been handed over to me by my God, and no one truly knows the Son except my God, and no one knows my God except the Son and whoever the Son wishes to reveal Him to.
[MAT.11.28] Come to me, all those who labor and are burdened, and I, Yahveh, will give you rest.
[MAT.11.29] Take my yoke upon yourselves and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
[MAT.11.30] For the yoke of mine is good and the burden of mine is light.
MAT.12
[MAT.12.1] At that time, Jesus went through the grain fields on the Sabbath. And his disciples became hungry and began to pluck ears of grain and to eat.
[MAT.12.2] But the Pharisees, having seen this, said to him, "Behold, your disciples are doing what is not permitted to do on the Sabbath."
[MAT.12.3] And he said to them, "Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and those who were with him?"
[MAT.12.4] How did he enter the house of God and eat the bread of the offering, which it was not permitted for him to eat, nor for those with him, unless for the priests alone?
[MAT.12.5] Or have you not read in the Law that the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are without cause for blame?
[MAT.12.6] But I say to you that the Gods’ power is greater here.
[MAT.12.7] For if you knew what it is that God desires: mercy I want, and not sacrifice. You would not have condemned the innocent.
[MAT.12.8] My Lord is of the Sabbath, the son of humankind.
[MAT.12.9] And having gone from there, he came into their synagogue.
[MAT.12.10] And behold, a man had a withered hand. And they questioned him, saying, "Is it permissible on the Sabbaths to heal?" So that they might accuse him.
[MAT.12.11] And he said to them: Who among you is a man who has one sheep, and if it falls into a pit on the Sabbaths, will he not grasp it and raise it up?
[MAT.12.12] How much does a human differ from a sheep? Therefore, it is permissible to do good things on the Sabbaths.
[MAT.12.13] Then he said to the man, “Extend your hand.” And he extended it, and it was restored to health like the other.
[MAT.12.14] And when the Pharisees had gone out, they took counsel against him, so that they might destroy him.
[MAT.12.15] And Jesus, knowing this, withdrew from that place. And a great crowd followed him, and he healed them all.
[MAT.12.16] And he rebuked them that they should not make him openly known.
[MAT.12.17] That might be fulfilled what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying...
[MAT.12.18] Behold, my son whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom my soul delights. I will place my spirit upon him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations.
[MAT.12.19] He will not strive, nor will he cry out, nor will anyone hear his voice in the broad places.
[MAT.12.20] God will not break a bruised reed, nor will God extinguish a smoldering wick, until God brings forth justice to victory.
[MAT.12.21] And the nations will hope in the name of God.
[MAT.12.22] Then one brought to him a blind and deaf man possessed by a demon, and he healed him, so that the deaf man could speak and see.
[MAT.12.23] And all the crowds were astonished, and they were saying: Is it possible that this one is the son of David?
[MAT.12.24] But the Pharisees, having heard, said, "This one does not cast out the demons except through Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons."
[MAT.12.25] Knowing their thoughts, He said to them: Every kingdom divided against itself becomes desolate, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand.
[MAT.12.26] And if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?
[MAT.12.27] And if I cast out the demons by Beelzeboul, by what do your sons cast them out? Therefore, you yourselves will be judged.
[MAT.12.28] But if I cast out the demons by the spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has arrived among you.
[MAT.12.29] How is it possible for anyone to enter the house of the strong one and seize his possessions, if not first they bind the strong one? And then they will plunder his house.
[MAT.12.30] The one who is not with me is against me, and the one who does not gather with me scatters.
[MAT.12.31] Therefore I say to you, every sin and insult will be forgiven to the people, but the insult against the Spirit will not be forgiven.
[MAT.12.32] And whoever says a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven to him. But whoever says a word against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven to him, neither in this age nor in the age to come.
[MAT.12.33] Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree rotten and its fruit rotten, for the tree is known by its fruit.
[MAT.12.34] How are you, offspring of vipers, able to speak good things, being evil? For from the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.
[MAT.12.35] The good person brings forth good things from the store of good, and the bad person brings forth bad things from the store of bad.
[MAT.12.36] But I say to you that every useless statement that people speak, they will give an accounting concerning it in a day of judgment.
[MAT.12.37] For from your words you will be justified, and from your words you will be condemned.
[MAT.12.38] Then some of the scribes and Pharisees responded to him, saying, "Teacher, we desire to see a sign from you."
[MAT.12.39] And the one responding said to them: “An evil and adulterous generation seeks a sign, and a sign will not be given to it except the sign of Jonah the prophet.”
[MAT.12.40] Just as Jonah was in the belly of the large fish for three days and three nights, so will the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.
[MAT.12.41] The men of Nineveh will rise in judgment with this generation and will condemn it, because they repented to the proclamation of Jonah, and behold, there is one greater than Jonah here.
[MAT.12.42] A queen from the south will arise in the judgement with this generation, and she will condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, there is someone greater than Solomon here.
[MAT.12.43] And when the unclean spirit leaves from the person, it goes through waterless places seeking rest, and it does not find it.
[MAT.12.44] Then he says, "I will return to my house from where I came out, and having come, I find it unoccupied, swept, and adorned."
[MAT.12.45] Then it goes and takes with itself seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and having entered, it dwells there, and the final state of that person becomes worse than the first. Thus it will be with this evil generation.
[MAT.12.46] While he was still speaking to the crowds, behold, his mother and his brothers were standing outside, seeking to speak with him.
[MAT.12.47] And someone told him, "Behold, your mother and your brothers are standing outside seeking to speak with you."
[MAT.12.48] And the one responding said to the one speaking to him: "Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?"
[MAT.12.49] And stretching out his hand upon the disciples, he said, "Behold, my mother and my brothers!"
[MAT.12.50] For whoever does the will of my Father who is in the heavens, the same is my brother and my sister and my mother.
MAT.13
[MAT.13.1] On the day that, having gone out, Jesus of the house sat beside the sea.
[MAT.13.2] And many crowds gathered to him, so that he, entering into a boat to sit, and all the crowd stood on the shore.
[MAT.13.3] And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying: Behold, the sower went out to sow.
[MAT.13.4] And in sowing it, some fell beside the road, and having come, the birds ate them.
[MAT.13.5] But other seeds fell onto the rocky places where they did not have much soil, and immediately they sprouted because they did not have depth of soil.
[MAT.13.6] And when the sun rose, it was scorched, and because it did not have a root, it dried up.
[MAT.13.7] And others fell upon the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.
[MAT.13.8] And other fell on the good ground and gave fruit, some one hundred, others sixty, and others thirty.
[MAT.13.9] The one having ears let him hear.
[MAT.13.10] And having come near, the disciples said to Him, "Why do You speak to them in parables?"
[MAT.13.11] And the one responding said to them that it has been granted to you to know the secrets of the kingdom of the heavens, but to those others it has not been granted.
[MAT.13.12] For whoever has, to him will be given, and he will overflow. But whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.
[MAT.13.13] Therefore, in parables I speak to them, because seeing they do not perceive, and hearing they do not understand.
[MAT.13.14] And the prophecy of Isaiah which says is being fulfilled to them: you will hear with your hearing and not understand, and looking, you will look and not perceive.
[MAT.13.15] For the heart of this people has become thick, and they have heard heavily with their ears, and they have closed their eyes, lest they see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn back, and God will heal them.
[MAT.13.16] But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.
[MAT.13.17] Truly, for I say to you that many prophets and righteous ones desired to see what you are seeing, and they did not see it, and to hear what you are hearing, and they did not hear it.
[MAT.13.18] Therefore, you all hear the parable of the sower.
[MAT.13.19] For everyone who hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in their heart. This is the one who was sown by the path.
[MAT.13.20] But the one who is sown upon the rocky places, this one is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy.
[MAT.13.21] However, it does not have a root in itself, but is temporary. And when tribulation or persecution arises because of the message, it immediately stumbles.
[MAT.13.22] But the one who sows among the thorns, this one is the one who hears the word, and the care of the age and the deceit of riches choke the word, and he becomes fruitless.
[MAT.13.23] But the one who sows on the good ground is the one who hears the word and understands it, who then produces fruit, sometimes a hundredfold, sometimes sixtyfold, and sometimes thirtyfold.
[MAT.13.24] Another parable He spoke to them, saying: The kingdom of the heavens is likened to a man sowing good seed in his field.
[MAT.13.25] And while people were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and then departed.
[MAT.13.26] When then the grain sprouted and produced fruit, then appeared also the weeds.
[MAT.13.27] And having come, the servants of the house-master said to him, "my Lord, did you not sow good seed in your field? From where then does it have weeds?"
[MAT.13.28] And he said to them: An enemy man did this. And the slaves said to him: Do you therefore want us, having gone, to gather them?
[MAT.13.29] But he said, "No, lest, while gathering the weeds, you uproot the wheat with them."
[MAT.13.30] Allow both to grow together until the harvest, and in the time of the harvest I will say to the harvesters: Gather first the weeds and bind them into bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my storage.
[MAT.13.31] He presented another parable to them, saying: "The Kingdom of the Heavens is similar to a mustard seed, which a person having taken, sowed in their field."
[MAT.13.32] It is smaller than all seeds, but when it grows, it is larger than the vegetables, and it becomes a tree, so that the birds of the sky may come and dwell in its branches.
[MAT.13.33] Another parable He spoke to them: the kingdom of the heavens is like leaven, which having taken a woman hid in three measures of flour until all was leavened.
[MAT.13.34] All these things Yahveh’s salvation spoke in stories to the crowds, and without stories he spoke nothing to them.
[MAT.13.35] So that may be fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet, saying, "I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter things hidden from the foundation of [the world]."
[MAT.13.36] Then, having dismissed the crowds, he went into the house. And his disciples came to him, saying, "Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field."
[MAT.13.37] And the one answering said, "The one sowing the good seed is the son of mankind."
[MAT.13.38] And the field is the world, and the good seed these are the sons of the kingdom. But the weeds these are the sons of the evil one.
[MAT.13.39] Now, the enemy who sowed them is the accuser, and the harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are messengers.
[MAT.13.40] Just as weeds are gathered and burned with fire, so it will be at the end of the age.
[MAT.13.41] The son of the human being will send out his messengers, and they will gather from his realm all things causing stumbling and those doing lawlessness.
[MAT.13.42] And they will throw them into the furnace of fire. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.
[MAT.13.43] Then the righteous will shine as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Whoever has ears should listen.
[MAT.13.44] It is like this: the Kingdom of the Heavens is a treasure hidden in a field, which a man, having found, concealed, and from the joy of it goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
[MAT.13.45] Again, the rule of the heavens is like a man, a trader, seeking fine pearls.
[MAT.13.46] And having found one exceedingly valuable pearl, he went and did everything that he possessed, and he purchased it.
[MAT.13.47] Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like a net thrown into the sea and gathering from every kind.
[MAT.13.48] When it was completed, having hauled them onto the shore and having sat down, they collected the good things into containers, but they threw the bad things out.
[MAT.13.49] Thus it will be at the completion of the age: the messengers will come forth and they will delimit the wicked from among the righteous.
[MAT.13.50] And they will throw them into the furnace of fire; there will be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.
[MAT.13.51] Have you understood all of these things?
[MAT.13.52] But he said to them, because of this, every scribe instructed in the kingdom of the heavens is like a man who is a master of a house, who brings forth from his treasure things new and old.
[MAT.13.53] And it happened when the Jesus finished these parables, he departed from there.
[MAT.13.54] And having come into the country of his origin, he taught them in the meeting place of their assembly, so that they were filled with astonishment and said: “From where does this one have this wisdom and these powers?”
[MAT.13.55] Is this not the son of the carpenter? Is not his mother called Mary, and are not his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?
[MAT.13.56] And are not his sisters all with us? Then from where did this one receive all these things?
[MAT.13.57] And they were caused to stumble in him. But Jesus said to them: There is not a prophet without honor, except in his homeland and in his house.
[MAT.13.58] And He did not make many powers there because of their disbelief.
MAT.14
[MAT.14.1] In that time, Herod the tetrarch heard the report about Jesus.
[MAT.14.2] And he said to his children, “This is John the Baptist; he was raised from the dead, and because of this, the powers are working within him.”
[MAT.14.3] For Herod, having seized John, bound him and placed him in prison because of Herodias, the wife of Philip, his brother.
[MAT.14.4] For John said to him, "It is not allowed for you to have her."
[MAT.14.5] And wanting to kill him, they feared the crowd, because they regarded him as a prophet.
[MAT.14.6] And it happened during the birthday celebrations of Herod that the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst, and she pleased Herod.
[MAT.14.7] Therefore, with an oath, he confessed to her that he would give whatever she may ask.
[MAT.14.8] And the one having been brought forward by her mother says, "Give to me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist."
[MAT.14.9] And being distressed, the king, because of the oaths and those reclining with him, commanded that it be given.
[MAT.14.10] And having sent, they beheaded John in the prison.
[MAT.14.11] And his head was carried on a plate and was given to his wife, and she carried it to his mother.
[MAT.14.12] And having approached, the disciples of him lifted the corpse and buried him, and having come, they reported to Jesus.
[MAT.14.13] And having heard, Jesus departed from there in a boat to a desolate place privately. And the crowds, having heard, followed him on foot from the cities.
[MAT.14.14] And having gone out, he saw a great crowd, and he felt compassion for them, and he healed those who were sick among them.
[MAT.14.15] As evening arrived, his disciples came to him saying, “This place is desolate, and the time has already passed. Release the crowds, so they may go into the villages to buy themselves food.”
[MAT.14.16] And the Jesus said to them: They do not have need to go away; give to them yourselves to eat.
[MAT.14.17] And they said to him: "We do not have here except five breads and two fish."
[MAT.14.18] And he said, "Bring them here to me."
[MAT.14.19] And having commanded the crowds to recline on the grass, having taken the five loaves and the two fish, looking up to heaven, he blessed them and having broken them, he gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples to the crowds.
[MAT.14.20] And they all ate and were filled, and they took the abundance of the fragments, twelve baskets full.
[MAT.14.21] And those eating were men, about five thousand, without women and children.
[MAT.14.22] And immediately he compelled the disciples to enter the boat and to advance him to the other side, until he might dismiss the crowds.
[MAT.14.23] And having dismissed the crowds, he ascended the mountain to pray privately. But as evening was becoming, he was alone there.
[MAT.14.24] Now the ship was already many stadiums from the land, being tormented by the waves, for the wind was opposing it.
[MAT.14.25] And in the fourth watch of the night, he came to them, walking toward the sea.
[MAT.14.26] And the disciples, seeing him walking on the sea, were disturbed, saying that it is a phantom, and from the fear they cried out.
[MAT.14.27] And immediately, the Gods spoke to them, saying, “Be courageous, I am; do not be afraid.”
[MAT.14.28] Having answered him, Peter said: "my Lord, if you are Yahveh, command me to come to you upon the waters."
[MAT.14.29] And he said, "Come." And descending from the ship, Peter walked about upon the waters and came towards Jesus.
[MAT.14.30] And seeing the wind [strong], he became afraid, and having begun to be swamped, he cried out saying: my Lord, save me.
[MAT.14.31] Immediately, Jesus stretching out the hand grasped him and says to him, "Little faith, why did you hesitate?"
[MAT.14.32] And as they were ascending into the ship, the wind became violent.
[MAT.14.33] And those in the boat worshipped him, saying, "Truly, you are the son of God."
[MAT.14.34] And having crossed through, they came onto the land into Gennesaret.
[MAT.14.35] And having come to know him, the men of that place sent throughout all that surrounding region, and they brought to him all who were having a bad time.
[MAT.14.36] And they pleaded with Yahveh that they might only touch the fringe of his garment, and as many as touched were saved.
MAT.15
[MAT.15.1] Then Pharisees and scribes from Jerusalem approached Yeshua, saying...
[MAT.15.2] Why do your students transgress the handing down of the older ones? For they do not cleanse the hands of themselves whenever bread they are eating.
[MAT.15.3] And having answered, he said to them, "Why also do you transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition?"
[MAT.15.4] For God said, "Honor the father and the mother, and one who speaks evil of father or mother shall die by death."
[MAT.15.5] And you all say: Whoever tells the father or the mother, ‘A gift, whatever you will benefit from, is from me,’
[MAT.15.6] He will not honor his father, and you have made the word of God of no effect through your tradition.
[MAT.15.7] Hypocrites, Isaiah spoke well concerning you when he said…
[MAT.15.8] These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are distant from me.
[MAT.15.9] They honor me in vain, teaching as doctrines the commands of humans.
[MAT.15.10] Having called the crowd to himself, he said to them, "Listen, and understand."
[MAT.15.11] It is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth that defiles a person.
[MAT.15.12] Then, having come near, the disciples said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees, having heard the word, were caused to stumble?”
[MAT.15.13] And having answered, he said, “Every planting which my Father in heaven did not plant will be uprooted.”
[MAT.15.14] Let them be. They are blind guides of blind ones. And if a blind one guides a blind one, both will fall into a pit.
[MAT.15.15] And having responded, Peter said to him, "Explain the parable to us, this one."
[MAT.15.16] And He said, “Are even those at the height of importance among you without understanding?”
[MAT.15.17] Do you not understand that everything entering the mouth goes into the belly and is expelled into the toilet?
[MAT.15.18] And the things proceeding out of the mouth come out of the heart, and those things defile the person.
[MAT.15.19] For out of the heart they come, evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual immoralities, thefts, false testimonies, and blasphemies.
[MAT.15.20] These are the things that defile the person, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the person.
[MAT.15.21] And having gone out from there, the Jesus withdrew to the regions of Tyre and Sidon.
[MAT.15.22] And behold, a Canaanite woman from those regions came out and was crying out, saying, “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely demon-possessed.”
[MAT.15.23] But he did not answer her a word. And having come near, his students asked him, saying: "Send her away, because she cries behind us."
[MAT.15.24] And having answered, he said, "I was not sent except to the sheep that are lost of the house of Israel."
[MAT.15.25] And the one coming worships him, saying: "my Lord, help me."
[MAT.15.26] But the one responding said: It is not good to take the bread of the children and throw it to the dogs.
[MAT.15.27] And she said, "Yes, my Lord, for even the dogs eat from the crumbs that fall from their lords’ tables."
[MAT.15.28] Then, having answered, Jesus said to her: “Woman, great is your faith. Let it be to you as you desire.” And his daughter was healed from that hour.
[MAT.15.29] And having gone from there, the Jesus came near to the sea of Galilee, and having ascended to the mountain, he sat there.
[MAT.15.30] And many crowds approached Yahveh, bringing with them those who were lame, blind, paralyzed, and deaf, and many others. They laid them at the feet of El Shaddai, and Yahveh healed them, demonstrating the power of the Gods.
[MAT.15.31] So the crowd marveled at the deaf speaking, the paralyzed becoming healthy, and the lame walking, and the blind seeing. And they glorified the God of Israel.
[MAT.15.32] And Jesus, calling to him his disciples, said, “I have compassion for the crowd, because they have already been waiting for me for three days, and they have nothing to eat. And I do not wish to send them away hungry, lest they collapse on the road.”
[MAT.15.33] And the disciples said to him, "From where would we obtain in the wilderness enough loaves to satisfy such a crowd?"
[MAT.15.34] And he says to them, Jesus: "How many breads do you have?" And they said: "Seven and a few small fishes."
[MAT.15.35] And having commanded the crowd to recline upon the earth
[MAT.15.36] He took the seven loaves and the fish, and having given thanks, he broke them and gave to the disciples, and the disciples to the crowds.
[MAT.15.37] And everyone ate and was filled. And the remaining of the broken pieces they collected into seven full baskets.
[MAT.15.38] And those eating were four thousand men, without women and children.
[MAT.15.39] And having dismissed the crowds, he went up into the boat and came into the region of Magadan.
MAT.16
[MAT.16.1] And having approached, the Pharisees and the Sadducees, testing him, asked him to show a sign from heaven to them.
[MAT.16.2] But responding, he said to them: "When evening arrives, you state, 'Good weather,' because the sky is becoming red."
[MAT.16.3] And in the morning: today there will be a chill, for the sky is reddening with freezing cold. You know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but are you unable to discern the signs of the times?
[MAT.16.4] A wicked and adulterous generation seeks a sign, and a sign will not be given to it unless the sign of Jonah. And having left them, he departed.
[MAT.16.5] And having come, the disciples forgot to take the breads.
[MAT.16.6] And Jesus said to them: “See and pay attention from the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
[MAT.16.7] And they were reasoning among themselves, saying that they had not taken loaves.
[MAT.16.8] Knowing also Yahveh said, "What are you contemplating among yourselves, you of little faith, that you do not have breads?"
[MAT.16.9] Do you not yet understand, nor remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets you received?
[MAT.16.10] Did you not even take the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many small fish did you take?
[MAT.16.11] How do you not understand that I did not speak to you concerning loaves? But pay attention away from the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
[MAT.16.12] Then they understood that He did not say to beware of the leaven of breads, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
[MAT.16.13] And when Jesus came into the regions of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, "What do people say that I, the son of humanity, am?"
[MAT.16.14] And they said, some John the Baptizer, others Elijah, still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.
[MAT.16.15] He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?"
[MAT.16.16] Responding, Simon Peter said, "You are the Christ, the son of God, the living one."
[MAT.16.17] And having answered, Jesus said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon son of John, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in the heavens.”
[MAT.16.18] And I also say to you that you are Stone, and upon this stone I will build my community, and the gates of the underworld will not overpower it.
[MAT.16.19] I will give to you the keys to the kingdom of the heavens, and whatever you bind on the earth will be bound in the heavens, and whatever you loose on the earth will be loosed in the heavens.
[MAT.16.20] Then he instructed the disciples that they should tell no one that he is the Messiah.
[MAT.16.21] From that time, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes and be killed, and on the third day be raised.
[MAT.16.22] And having taken him, the Peter began to rebuke him, saying: "Have mercy on you, my Lord; this will not be to you."
[MAT.16.23] Now having turned, he said to Peter: "Go behind me, Satan. You are a stumbling block to me, because you do not think about the things of God, but about the things of people."
[MAT.16.24] Then Yeshua said to his students: if anyone wishes to come behind me, let him deny himself and let him lift his own cross and let him follow me.
[MAT.16.25] For whoever wishes to preserve their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for the sake of Yahveh will find it.
[MAT.16.26] For what benefit will there be to a person if they gain the whole world and their soul is harmed? Or what will a person give as an exchange for their soul?
[MAT.16.27] For the son of the human being is about to come in the glory of his father with the angels of himself, and then he will give to each one according to the deed of himself.
[MAT.16.28] Truly I say to you that there are some of those standing here who will not taste death until they see the son of man coming in his kingdom.
MAT.17
[MAT.17.1] And after six days, Jesus takes Peter and James and John his brother, and leads them up to a high mountain in private.
[MAT.17.2] And he was transformed before them, and his face shone as the sun, and his clothes became white as the light.
[MAT.17.3] And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, conversing with him.
[MAT.17.4] And responding, Peter said to Jesus: "my Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you wish, I will make three dwellings here, one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah."
[MAT.17.5] While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and behold, a voice from the cloud saying: "This is my son, the beloved, in whom I am well pleased; listen to him."
[MAT.17.6] And having heard, the disciples fell upon their faces and they feared greatly.
[MAT.17.7] And Jesus approached, and having touched them, he said: "Rise up, and do not fear."
[MAT.17.8] Having lifted up their eyes, they saw no one except Jesus alone.
[MAT.17.9] And as they were descending from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, "Tell no one the vision until the son of man is raised from the dead."
[MAT.17.10] And the disciples asked him, saying, "What then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"
[MAT.17.11] And the one responding said, "Elijah will indeed come and the Gods will restore everything."
[MAT.17.12] But I say to you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but they did to him whatever they wanted. Thus, the Son of Man will also suffer at their hands.
[MAT.17.13] Then the disciples understood that he was speaking about John the Baptist, and he said this to them.
[MAT.17.14] And having come to the crowd, a man approached to him, kneeling before him.
[MAT.17.15] And saying: my Lord, have mercy on my son, because he is suffering fits and experiencing harm; for he often falls into the fire and he often falls into the water.
[MAT.17.16] And they brought him to your disciples, and they were not able to heal him.
[MAT.17.17] And having answered, Jesus said, "O unbelieving and twisted generation, how long will I be with you? How long will I bear with you? Bring him here to me."
[MAT.17.18] And Jesus rebuked it, and the demon went out from him, and the boy was healed from that hour.
[MAT.17.19] Then, having come near, the students said to Jesus privately: "Why were we unable to drive it out?"
[MAT.17.20] But he said to them, because of the little faith of you, truly I say to you, if you have faith like a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.
[MAT.17.22] As they were gathering together in Galilee, Jesus said to them: "The son of man is about to be handed over into the hands of men."
[MAT.17.23] And they will kill him, and on the third day he will be raised. And they were greatly grieved.
[MAT.17.24] And when they came to Capernaum, those who collected the two-drachma tax approached Peter and said, "Does your teacher not pay the two-drachma tax?"
[MAT.17.25] He says, "Yes." And having come into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, "What do you think, Simon? Do the kings of the earth receive taxes or customs duties from their own children or from strangers?
[MAT.17.26] And having said, "From those who are other," Jesus said to them, "Therefore truly free are the sons."
[MAT.17.27] So that we do not cause them to stumble, having gone to the sea, cast a hook, and take the first fish that rises, and having opened its mouth, you will find a coin of silver. Having taken that one, give it to them in place of me and you.
MAT.18
[MAT.18.1] At that hour, the students came to Jesus, saying, "Who, then, is greatest in the kingdom of the heavens?"
[MAT.18.2] And having called a child to himself, he stood him in the midst of them.
[MAT.18.3] And He said, truly I tell you, if you do not turn and become as little children, you will not enter the kingdom of the heavens.
[MAT.18.4] Therefore, whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of the heavens.
[MAT.18.5] And whoever receives one child of this kind upon the name of me, receives me.
[MAT.18.6] Therefore, if anyone causes one of these little believers to stumble, it is more profitable for him that a large millstone be hung around his neck and he be sunk in the open sea.
[MAT.18.7] Woe to the world from the causes of stumbling; for it is necessary that causes of stumbling come, but woe to the person through whom the cause of stumbling comes.
[MAT.18.8] But if your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away from you. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than with two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire.
[MAT.18.9] And if your eye causes you to stumble, remove it and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye than to have two eyes and be cast into the valley of fire.
[MAT.18.10] Behold, do not despise one of these little ones; for I say to you that their angels in the heavens continually behold the face of my Father who is in the heavens.
[MAT.18.12] What do you think? If someone has one hundred sheep and one of them wanders off, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go to seek the wandering one?
[MAT.18.13] And if it happens that he finds it, truly I say to you that he rejoices over it more than over ninety-nine that did not go astray.
[MAT.18.14] Thus, it is not the will before the Gods of your my Lord who is in the heavens that one of these small ones be destroyed.
[MAT.18.15] But if your brother sins against you, go and privately rebuke him between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.
[MAT.18.16] But if he does not listen, take with you yet one or two, so that every word may be established by the mouth of two witnesses or three.
[MAT.18.17] But if they do not listen to you, tell the community. And if they do not listen even to the community, let them be to you as the foreigner and the tax collector.
[MAT.18.18] Truly I say to you: whatever you bind on the earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loosen on the earth will be loosened in heaven.
[MAT.18.19] Again, [amen] I say to you that if two of you agree on Earth concerning any matter that they may request, it will come to pass for them from my Father who is in heaven.
[MAT.18.20] For where two or three are gathered into my name, there I, Yahveh, am in the middle of them.
[MAT.18.21] Then coming forward, Peter said to him: "My Lord, how many times will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?"
[MAT.18.22] Jesus says to him: "I do not say to you until seven times, but until seventy times seven."
[MAT.18.23] Therefore, the Kingdom of the Heavens was likened to a man who is a king, who desired to reckon an account with his servants.
[MAT.18.24] And as he began to settle accounts, one debtor was brought before him who owed ten thousand talents.
[MAT.18.25] And having not the means to repay, the Lord commanded him to sell the woman and the children and everything that he has, and to give it back.
[MAT.18.26] Therefore, falling down, the servant worships him, saying, "Be patient with me, and I will repay all to you."
[MAT.18.27] Being moved with compassion, my Lord released that servant, and forgave him the loan.
[MAT.18.28] And when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants, who owed him one hundred coins. And seizing him, he began to choke him, saying, “Give back what you owe!”
[MAT.18.29] Therefore, having fallen down, the fellow servant begged him, saying, "Be patient with me, and I will give back to you."
[MAT.18.30] And he was not willing, but having gone, they placed him into prison until he repays the debt.
[MAT.18.31] Therefore, when his fellow servants saw what had happened, they were deeply grieved and came, clearly stating everything that had occurred to their Lord.
[MAT.18.32] Then, having summoned him, his Lord says to him: "Wicked servant, I have forgiven you all that debt, because you pleaded with me."
[MAT.18.33] Was it not right that you also show compassion to your fellow slave, as I showed compassion to you?
[MAT.18.34] And being angered, my Lord handed him over to the tormentors until he gives back all that is owed.
[MAT.18.35] Thus, my Father in heaven will also do to you, if each one of you does not forgive your brother from your hearts.
MAT.19
[MAT.19.1] And it came to pass when Jesus finished these words, he departed from Galilee and came into the boundaries of Judea beyond the Jordan.
[MAT.19.2] And crowds followed him, and he healed them there.
[MAT.19.3] And Pharisees approached Him, testing Him, and saying: Is it permitted to a man to divorce his wife for any reason?
[MAT.19.4] And the one having answered said, "Did you not read that the creator from the beginning made them male and female?"
[MAT.19.5] And he said: because of this, a man will leave his father and his mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two of them will become one flesh.
[MAT.19.6] So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what the God has joined together, let no man separate.
[MAT.19.7] They said to him, "What then did Moses command concerning giving a book of departure and releasing her?"
[MAT.19.8] He said to them that Moses allowed you to divorce your wives because of your hardened hearts, but from the beginning it was not so.
[MAT.19.9] But I tell you that whoever releases his wife, not on account of sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery.
[MAT.19.10] His disciples said to him: “If this is the reason a man separates from a woman, it is not beneficial to marry.”
[MAT.19.11] And he said to them, not all are able to receive this word, but to whom it has been given.
[MAT.19.12] For there are gelded ones who were born so from their mother’s womb, and there are gelded ones who were gelded by people, and there are gelded ones who gelded themselves for the kingdom of the heavens. Whoever is able to accept this, let him accept it.
[MAT.19.13] Then they brought children to him so that he might place his hands on them and pray. But the students rebuked those who brought them.
[MAT.19.14] Now Jesus said, "Allow the children and do not prevent them from coming to me, for such people are those for whom the kingdom of the heavens is intended."
[MAT.19.15] And having placed the hands on them, he departed from there.
[MAT.19.16] And behold, one having approached to him said: "Teacher, what good thing must I do so that I may have eternal life?"
[MAT.19.17] And he said to him, "Why do you ask me about the good? One is the Good. But if you wish to enter into life, keep the commands."
[MAT.19.18] He says to him, "Which ones?" And Jesus said, "You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not bear false witness."
[MAT.19.19] Honor the father and the mother, and you will love the neighbor of yours as yourself.
[MAT.19.20] He said to him, the young man, "I have kept all these things. What do I still lack?"
[MAT.19.21] Ieesoos said to him, "If you wish to be complete, go and sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in the heavens, and come, follow me."
[MAT.19.22] And when the young man heard the word, he departed grieving, for he was having many possessions.
[MAT.19.23] And Iesous said to his students: "Truly, I say to you that it is difficult for a rich person to enter into the kingdom of the heavens."
[MAT.19.24] Again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter into the kingdom of God.
[MAT.19.25] And having heard, the disciples were exceedingly astonished, saying, “Who is able to be saved?”
[MAT.19.26] And looking at them, Jesus said: "This is impossible by people, but all things are possible by the Gods."
[MAT.19.27] Then responding, Peter said to Him, “Behold, we have abandoned everything and have followed you. What, then, will be for us?”
[MAT.19.28] Now Jesus said to them: "Truly I say to you that you, those who have followed me, in the rebirth, when the son of humanity sits on a throne of his glory, you will sit also on twelve thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel."
[MAT.19.29] And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for the sake of the name of God will receive a hundredfold in return and will inherit eternal life.
[MAT.19.30] Many will be first who are last, and last who are first.
MAT.20
[MAT.20.1] For like a man is the kingdom of the heavens to a householder who went out early in the morning to hire workers into his vineyard.
[MAT.20.2] Having agreed with the workers for one denarius per day, he sent them into his vineyard.
[MAT.20.3] And having gone out around the third hour, he saw others standing in the marketplace, unoccupied.
[MAT.20.4] And to those he said, "Go, and you also into the vineyard, and whatever is just I will give to you."
[MAT.20.5] And they departed. But returning at the third and ninth hour, they did the same thing again.
[MAT.20.6] And about the eleventh hour, having gone out, he found others standing. And he says to them, "Why do you stand here idle all the day?"
[MAT.20.7] They say to him, "No one has employed us." He says to them, "Go, and you also enter the vineyard."
[MAT.20.8] And when evening came, my Lord of the vineyard said to his manager: "Call the workers and give them their wages, beginning with the last and going to the first."
[MAT.20.9] And those who came about the eleventh hour received for each a denarius.
[MAT.20.10] And those who came first thought that they would receive more, and they received a denarius each, they themselves.
[MAT.20.11] Having received something, they complained against the householder.
[MAT.20.12] saying, "These last ones worked one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have carried the burden of the day and the scorching heat."
[MAT.20.13] But responding to one of them, he said, "Friend, I do you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for one denarius?"
[MAT.20.14] Take your payment and go. But I also want to give to this last worker as much as I give to you.
[MAT.20.15] Or is it not permissible for me to do what I want with what is mine? Or is your eye evil because I am good?
[MAT.20.16] Thus, those last will be first, and those first will be last.
[MAT.20.17] And as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside privately, and on the way he said to them.
[MAT.20.18] Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the son of the human one will be handed over to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death.
[MAT.20.19] And they will hand him over to the nations for the purpose of mocking and flogging and crucifying, and on the third day he will be raised.
[MAT.20.20] Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, worshipping and asking something from him.
[MAT.20.21] And he said to her, "What do you want?" She said to him, "Say that these two sons of mine may sit, one at your right hand and one at your left hand in your kingdom."
[MAT.20.22] And having answered, Jesus said, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink?" And they said to him, "We are able."
[MAT.20.23] He said to them, “You may drink from my cup, but to sit at my right hand and at my left is not mine to give, but is for those whom my Father has prepared.”
[MAT.20.24] And having heard, the ten were indignant about the two brothers.
[MAT.20.25] And Jesus, having called them to himself, said: "You know that the rulers of the nations dominate over them, and the great ones exercise authority over them."
[MAT.20.26] It will not be like this among you, but whoever wishes to become great among you will be a servant to you.
[MAT.20.27] And whoever desires to be first among you will be the servant of you all.
[MAT.20.28] Just as a human being did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his soul as a ransom in place of many.
[MAT.20.29] And as they were departing from Jericho, a large crowd followed him.
[MAT.20.30] And behold, two blind men were sitting beside the road, having heard that Jesus is passing by, and they cried out, saying, “Have mercy on us, my Lord, son of David.”
[MAT.20.31] But the crowd rebuked them, so that they would be silent. And they cried out all the more, saying, “Have mercy on us, my Lord, son of David.”
[MAT.20.32] And standing, Jesus called out to them and said, "What do you want me to do for you?"
[MAT.20.33] They said to him, "my Lord, may our eyes be opened."
[MAT.20.34] Being moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes, and immediately they looked up and followed him.
MAT.21
[MAT.21.1] And when they approached Jerusalem and came into Bethphage to the mountain of olives, then Jesus sent two disciples.
[MAT.21.2] Saying to them, "Go into the village that is opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with it. Having untied them, bring them to me."
[MAT.21.3] And if anyone tells you something, you should say that my Lord has a need, and immediately send them away.
[MAT.21.4] And this came to pass, so that might be fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet, saying...
[MAT.21.5] Say to the daughter of Zion: Behold, your king comes to you, meek and having mounted upon a donkey and upon a colt, the son of those used for riding.
[MAT.21.6] And having gone, the disciples did as Jesus instructed them.
[MAT.21.7] They brought the donkey and the colt, and they placed the garments upon them, and he sat upon them.
[MAT.21.8] Now, the great crowd spread their own garments on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.
[MAT.21.9] Now the crowds who were leading him forward and those who followed were shouting, saying: “Salvation to the son of David! Blessed is the one coming in the name of my Lord! Salvation in the highest!”
[MAT.21.10] And upon him entering into Jerusalem, all the city was shaken, saying, "Who is this?"
[MAT.21.11] And the crowds were saying, "This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth of Galilee."
[MAT.21.12] And Jesus entered the temple and he cast out all those selling and buying in the temple, and he overthrew the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling the doves.
[MAT.21.13] And he said to them: "It is written: 'My house will be called a house of prayer,' but you are making it a cave of robbers."
[MAT.21.14] And blind people and those who were lame approached to him in the temple, and he healed them.
[MAT.21.15] And when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonders that he did, and the children crying out in the temple, and saying, ‘Hosanna to the son of David,’ they were angered.
[MAT.21.16] And they said to him, “Do you hear what these ones are saying?” And Jesus said to them, “Yes. Have you never read that from the mouth of infants and those nursing God prepares praise?”
[MAT.21.17] And leaving them, he went out outside of the city to Bethany and he concealed himself there.
[MAT.21.18] And when He had returned to the city, He was hungry.
[MAT.21.19] And seeing one fig tree by the road, he came to it, and found nothing on it except leaves only, and he says to it: “Never again may fruit come from you for all time.” And the fig tree withered immediately.
[MAT.21.20] And having seen this, the disciples were amazed, saying, "How immediately was the fig tree dried up?"
[MAT.21.21] And having responded, Jesus said to them: Truly I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if to this mountain you say: Be lifted up and be thrown into the sea, it will happen.
[MAT.21.22] And all things whatever you might ask in the prayer believing, you will receive.
[MAT.21.23] And having come into the temple, they approached him while he was teaching, the chief priests and the elders of the people, saying, "By what authority do you do these things, and who gave to you this authority?"
[MAT.21.24] Having responded, Jesus said to them: "I will ask you also one question. If you tell it to me, I also will tell you by what authority I do these things."
[MAT.21.25] From where did the baptism of John originate? Was it from heaven or from people? And they reasoned amongst themselves, saying, "If we say it is from heaven, he will say to us, 'Why then did you not believe him?'"
[MAT.21.26] But if we say that the source is from people, we fear the crowd, for all have John as a prophet.
[MAT.21.27] And having answered to Jesus, they said, "We do not know." Then he said to them, also himself, "Nor do I tell you in what authority I do these things."
[MAT.21.28] What do you all think? A human had two offspring. And having approached the first, he said: Offspring, go today and work in the vineyard.
[MAT.21.29] And the one having responded said, "I do not wish to, but later having regretted it, he departed."
[MAT.21.30] And having approached the other, he said in the same way. But the one having answered said, "I, my Lord, and I did not go away."
[MAT.21.31] Who of the two did the will of the Father? They say, "The first one." Jesus says to them, "Truly I say to you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are advancing ahead of you into the kingdom of God."
[MAT.21.32] For John came to you on a path of righteousness, and you did not believe him. But the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. And you, having seen this, did not later feel regret for not believing him.
[MAT.21.33] Listen to another parable. There was a man who was a master of the house, who planted a vineyard and put a fence around it. He dug a winepress within it and built a tower. He then leased it to farmers and departed.
[MAT.21.34] But when the time of the fruits drew near, he sent his servants to the farmers to receive his fruits.
[MAT.21.35] And the farmers, having taken his slaves, flogged some of them, killed some of them, and stoned some of them.
[MAT.21.36] Again, he sent other servants, more numerous than the first, and they did to them similarly.
[MAT.21.37] Later, he sent to them his son, saying, "They will be ashamed of my son."
[MAT.21.38] And the farmers, seeing the son, said to themselves, “This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and let us have his inheritance.”
[MAT.21.39] And having taken him, they cast him outside the vineyard and killed him.
[MAT.21.40] When then the Lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those farmers?
[MAT.21.41] They say to him: 'God will utterly destroy the wicked, and will give the vineyard to other farmers, who will give to God the fruits in their seasons.'
[MAT.21.42] Jesus said to them: "You have never read in the Scriptures: ‘A stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This comes from my Lord and is wondrous in our eyes.’"
[MAT.21.43] Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of the God will be taken from you and given to a nation producing its fruits.
[MAT.21.44] And the one falling on this stone will be shattered. But on whatever it falls, it will grind to powder.
[MAT.21.45] And having heard his parables, the chief priests and the Pharisees recognized that he was speaking about them.
[MAT.21.46] And seeking to seize him, the crowds feared, because they had him as a prophet.
MAT.22
[MAT.22.1] And having responded, the Jesus again said to them, saying.
[MAT.22.2] The Kingdom of the Heavens is like a human king who made wedding preparations for his son.
[MAT.22.3] And he sent out his servants to call those who had been called to the weddings, and they did not wish to come.
[MAT.22.4] Again, he sent other servants, saying, "Tell those who were called, 'Behold, my best is prepared, my oxen and the fattened beasts are roasted, and all things are ready. Come to the wedding!"'
[MAT.22.5] But those who were negligent departed, one to his own field, and another to his own trade.
[MAT.22.6] And the remaining ones, having seized his slaves, insulted and killed them.
[MAT.22.7] Now the king was enraged, and sending his armies, he destroyed those murderers and burned their city.
[MAT.22.8] Then the Gods say to their servants: "The wedding is ready, but those who were called were not worthy."
[MAT.22.9] Therefore, go to the exits of the roads, and call as many as you find into the weddings.
[MAT.22.10] And having gone out, those servants gathered into the roads all whom they found, wicked and good. And the wedding was filled with those reclining.
[MAT.22.11] And having entered, the king, to behold those reclining, saw there a man not clothed in a garment of marriage.
[MAT.22.12] And he says to him, "Companion, how did you enter here not having a garment of the wedding?" And he was speechless.
[MAT.22.13] Then the king said to the servants: Having bound his feet and hands, cast him out into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth there.
[MAT.22.14] For many are called, but few are chosen.
[MAT.22.15] Then, having gone away, the Pharisees took counsel regarding how they might trap him in speech.
[MAT.22.16] And they sent to him their students with the Herodians, saying: "Teacher, we know that you are truthful and that you teach the way of God in truth, and you do not care about anyone, for you do not regard the face of people."
[MAT.22.17] Therefore, tell us what you think: is it permissible to give tax to Caesar, or not?
[MAT.22.18] Now that Yeshua knew the wickedness of them, he said, "Why do you test me, hypocrites?"
[MAT.22.19] Show me the coin of Caesar. And they brought to him a denarius.
[MAT.22.20] And he said to them: Whose is this image and the inscription?
[MAT.22.21] They said to him, "Caesar." Then he said to them, "Render therefore the things of Caesar to Caesar, and the things of God to God."
[MAT.22.22] And having heard, they wondered, and having left him, they went away.
[MAT.22.23] On that day, Sadducees came to him, saying there is no resurrection, and they questioned him.
[MAT.22.24] They said, "Teacher, Moses stated: If a person dies having no children, the brother of that person shall marry the wife of that person, and raise up offspring for the brother of that person."
[MAT.22.25] There were seven brothers with us. And the first took a wife and died, having no offspring, and left his wife to his brother.
[MAT.22.26] Likewise, also the second and also the third, even to the seven.
[MAT.22.27] The Later One, of All, died, the Woman.
[MAT.22.28] Therefore, in the resurrection, whose wife will one of the seven be? For they all had her.
[MAT.22.29] Having answered, Jesus said to them: You are mistaken, not knowing the writings, nor the power of God.
[MAT.22.30] For in the resurrection, they neither marry, nor are they given in marriage, but are as angels in the heavens.
[MAT.22.31] And concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by the Gods, saying?
[MAT.22.32] I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. God is not a god of the dead, but of the living.
[MAT.22.33] And having heard, the crowds were amazed at the teaching of him.
[MAT.22.34] And the Pharisees, hearing that Yahveh silenced the Sadducees, gathered together in the same place.
[MAT.22.35] And one from among them, a legal expert, was testing Him.
[MAT.22.36] Teacher, which commandment is greatest in the Law?
[MAT.22.37] And he said to him: You shall love my Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.
[MAT.22.38] This is the great and first commandment.
[MAT.22.39] And the second is like it: you will love your neighbor as yourself.
[MAT.22.40] Upon these two commands hangs all the law and the prophets.
[MAT.22.41] And when the Pharisees had been gathered together, the Jesus questioned them.
[MAT.22.42] He said: "What do you all think about the Messiah? Whose son is he?" They said to him: "The son of David."
[MAT.22.43] He says to them: How then does David in spirit call him my Lord, saying...
[MAT.22.44] The Lord said to my lord, "Sit at my right hand, until I place your enemies under your feet."
[MAT.22.45] If therefore David calls him my Lord, how is he the son of him?
[MAT.22.46] And no one was able to respond a word to him, and no one dared from that day to question him any longer.
MAT.23
[MAT.23.1] Then the Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his students.
[MAT.23.2] Saying, "The scribes and the Pharisees sat in the seat of Moses."
[MAT.23.3] Therefore, whatever they may tell you to do, do and observe it; but do not behave according to their actions. For they say one thing but do not do it.
[MAT.23.4] They bind and impose heavy and difficult loads upon the shoulders of people, yet they themselves will not move them with a finger.
[MAT.23.5] And all the works they do, they do for the sake of being seen by people. For they widen the amulets of them and they enlarge the fringes.
[MAT.23.6] And they love the first couches at the suppers and the first seats in the synagogues.
[MAT.23.7] And the greetings in the marketplaces, and to be called by people, 'Rabbi'.
[MAT.23.8] You, however, must not be called teacher; for one is your teacher, and all of you are brothers.
[MAT.23.9] And do not call any person 'father' to yourselves on the earth, for there is one Father to you who is in Heaven.
[MAT.23.10] And do not be called teachers, for your one teacher is the Messiah.
[MAT.23.11] But the greater among you will be a servant to you.
[MAT.23.12] And whoever raises up themselves will be lowered, and whoever lowers themselves will be raised up.
[MAT.23.13] Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you are closing the kingdom of the heavens to people. Because you yourselves do not go in, and you do not allow those who are going in to enter.
[MAT.23.15] Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you travel around the sea and the dry land to make one convert, and when he is made, you make him a son of hell twice as much as yourselves.
[MAT.23.16] Woe to you, guides who are blind. You say, "If anyone swears by the temple, there is no consequence." But if anyone swears by the gold within the temple, they are obligated to pay.
[MAT.23.17] Foolish ones and blind ones, for who is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold?
[MAT.23.18] And whoever swears at the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears concerning a gift above it, owes.
[MAT.23.19] Blind ones, for what is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift?
[MAT.23.20] Therefore, the one who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything that is above it.
[MAT.23.21] And the one who swears in the temple swears by it and by the one who dwells in it.
[MAT.23.22] The one who swears, swears by Heaven, and by the throne of God, and by the one who is sitting upon it.
[MAT.23.23] Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you faithfully give a tenth of the mint and the dill and the cumin, but you have abandoned the more important matters of the law, which are judgment and mercy and faithfulness. It was necessary to do these things, and not to abandon those.
[MAT.23.24] The guides are blind, those who filter the gnat, but swallow the camel.
[MAT.23.25] Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you cleanse the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.
[MAT.23.26] Blind Pharisees, first cleanse the interior of the cup, so that its exterior may also become clean.
[MAT.23.27] Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you are like decorated tombs. They appear beautiful on the outside, but inside they are full of dead bones and all uncleanness.
[MAT.23.28] Thus also you, outwardly indeed appear righteous to people, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
[MAT.23.29] Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you construct the tombs of the prophets and beautify the monuments of the righteous ones.
[MAT.23.30] And you say: 'If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in the blood of the prophets.'
[MAT.23.31] Therefore, testify to yourselves that you are sons of those who killed the prophets.
[MAT.23.32] And you all will fill the measure of your fathers.
[MAT.23.33] Vipers' offspring, how will you flee from the judgment of Gehenna?
[MAT.23.34] Therefore, behold, I am sending to you prophets and wise people and scribes. From among them you will kill and crucify and from among them you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from city to city.
[MAT.23.35] So that all righteous blood shed on the earth may come upon you, from the blood of Abel the righteous one to the blood of Zachariah, son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
[MAT.23.36] Truly, I say to you, these things all will come upon this generation.
[MAT.23.37] Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one killing the prophets and stoning those sent to her, how many times I wished to gather your children together, as a bird gathers her young under her wings, yet you did not wish it.
[MAT.23.38] Behold, your house is forgiven to you, deserted.
[MAT.23.39] For I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, ‘Blessed is the one who comes in the name of my Lord.’
MAT.24
[MAT.24.1] And having gone out, the Jesus was walking, and the disciples of him approached to show to him the buildings of the temple.
[MAT.24.2] But answering, he said to them, "Do you not see all these things? Truly I say to you, not one stone here will be left upon another, which will not be destroyed."
[MAT.24.3] While he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, his disciples approached him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the completion of the age?"
[MAT.24.4] And having responded, Jesus said to them: "Be careful that no one deceives you."
[MAT.24.5] For many will come in my name saying, "I am the anointed one," and they will mislead many.
[MAT.24.6] You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See to it that you do not become alarmed, for these things must happen, but it is not yet the end.
[MAT.24.7] A nation will rise against a nation, and a kingdom against a kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.
[MAT.24.8] And all these things are the beginning of the Gods’ pangs.
[MAT.24.9] Then they will deliver you into tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all the nations because of my name.
[MAT.24.10] And then many will be stumbled, and they will deliver up one another, and they will hate one another.
[MAT.24.11] And many false prophets will rise and they will mislead many people.
[MAT.24.12] And because the lawlessness increases, the love of many will grow cold.
[MAT.24.13] But the one having persevered to the end will be saved.
[MAT.24.14] And this good news of the kingdom will be proclaimed in all the inhabited earth as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.
[MAT.24.15] Therefore, when you see the abomination of desolation which was spoken of through the prophet Daniel standing in the holy place, let the one who reads understand.
[MAT.24.16] Then, those who are in Judea, let them flee to the mountains.
[MAT.24.17] The one on the roof should not come down to take possessions from his house.
[MAT.24.18] And the one who is in the field must not turn back to take his garment.
[MAT.24.19] Woe to those who have in womb and to those who are nursing in those days.
[MAT.24.20] And pray that your flight may not occur in winter, nor on a Sabbath.
[MAT.24.21] For then there will be tribulation great, such as has not happened from the beginning of the world until now, nor will it happen.
[MAT.24.22] And if those days were not shortened, no living being would be saved; but for the sake of the chosen ones, those days will be shortened.
[MAT.24.23] Then if anyone says to you, "Behold, here is the anointed one," or, "Behold, there," do not believe.
[MAT.24.24] For false messiahs and false prophets will arise and they will give signs great and wonders so that they might mislead, if possible, even the chosen ones.
[MAT.24.25] Behold, I have told you all beforehand.
[MAT.24.26] If therefore they say to you, 'Behold, it is in the wilderness,' do not go out. Behold, it is in the storehouses, do not believe.
[MAT.24.27] For just as lightning comes from the east and appears to the west, so will be the coming of the son of the human.
[MAT.24.28] Wherever the corpse is, there the eagles will assemble.
[MAT.24.29] Immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from the heavens, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
[MAT.24.30] And then the sign of the son of the human being will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth will be cut, and they will see the son of the human being coming upon the clouds of the sky with power and much glory.
[MAT.24.31] And He will send His messengers with a great trumpet, and they will gather together His chosen ones from the four winds, from the ends of the heavens to their ends.
[MAT.24.32] And from the fig tree learn the comparison: when its branch already becomes tender and the leaves sprout forth, know that summer is near.
[MAT.24.33] Thus also you, when you see all these things, know that near is upon the doors.
[MAT.24.34] Truly I say to you that this generation will not pass away until all these things happen.
[MAT.24.35] The heavens and the earth will pass away, but God’s words will not pass away.
[MAT.24.36] However, concerning that day and hour, no one knows it, not even the messengers of the heavens, nor the son, if not the father alone.
[MAT.24.37] As indeed were the days of Noah, so will be the presence of the Son of Man.
[MAT.24.38] For as it was in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark.
[MAT.24.39] And they did not know until the flood came and took all, so will be the presence of the son of the human.
[MAT.24.40] Then two will be in the field, one will be taken and one will be left.
[MAT.24.41] Two truths are in the mill. One is taken, and one is left behind.
[MAT.24.42] Therefore, watch, because I do not know which day your Lord is coming.
[MAT.24.43] Now understand this: if the house master knew at what guard the thief comes, he would have stayed awake and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.
[MAT.24.44] Therefore you also become ready, because at what hour you do not expect, the son of the human being comes.
[MAT.24.45] Who, then, is the faithful servant and the wise one whom the Lord has established over the household of himself, to give to them the nourishment at the proper time?
[MAT.24.46] Blessed is that servant whom their Lord, when arriving, will find doing so.
[MAT.24.47] Truly I say to you that on all that exists with him, he will establish him.
[MAT.24.48] But if that wicked servant says in his heart, "My Lord is delaying his coming,"
[MAT.24.49] And he begins to strike his fellow servants, and he eats and drinks with the drunkards.
[MAT.24.50] The Lord of that servant will come on a day he does not expect, and at an hour he does not know.
[MAT.24.51] And He will divide him into two parts and place his portion with the pretenders. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
MAT.25
[MAT.25.1] Then, the kingdom of the heavens will be like ten young women, who, having taken their lamps, went out to meet the bridegroom.
[MAT.25.2] And five of them were foolish and five were wise.
[MAT.25.3] For the foolish ones, having taken their lamps, did not take oil with themselves.
[MAT.25.4] And the wise ones took oil in the vessels with the lamps of themselves.
[MAT.25.5] And as the bridegroom was delayed, all of them became drowsy and sat down.
[MAT.25.6] In the middle of the night, a cry occurred: behold, the bridegroom is coming, go out to meet him.
[MAT.25.7] Then all those young women rose and adorned their own lamps.
[MAT.25.8] And the foolish ones said to the wise ones: "Give to us from your oil, for the lamps of us are going out."
[MAT.25.9] And the intelligent ones responded, saying: Perhaps it will not be sufficient for us and for you. Rather, go to those who are selling and buy for yourselves.
[MAT.25.10] And as they were departing, the bridegroom came to obtain, and the prepared ones entered with him into the wedding, and the door was shut.
[MAT.25.11] Later, the remaining virgins arrive, saying, "my Lord, my Lord, open to us."
[MAT.25.12] And the one having answered said: “Truly I say to you, I do not know you.”
[MAT.25.13] Therefore, be watchful, for I do not know the day, nor the hour.
[MAT.25.14] Just as a man, when departing, called his own servants and entrusted his possessions to them,
[MAT.25.15] And to whom on the one hand gave five talents, to whom but two, to whom but one, to each according to the own power, and he departed.
[MAT.25.16] Having departed, the one who received the five talents worked with them and gained five more.
[MAT.25.17] Similarly, the one who profited from the two others.
[MAT.25.18] And the one having received it went and dug ground and hid the silver of his Lord.
[MAT.25.19] After a long time, the Lord of those servants comes and settles an account with them.
[MAT.25.20] And having come forward, the one who had received the five talents offered five additional talents, saying: "my Lord, you delivered five talents to me. Behold, I have earned five more talents."
[MAT.25.21] Then my Lord said to him, "Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will appoint you over many. Enter into the joy of your Lord."
[MAT.25.22] Having come near, also the one with the two talents said: "My Lord, you entrusted two talents to me. Look, I have earned two more talents."
[MAT.25.23] Then my Lord said to him, "Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will appoint you over many. Enter into the joy of your Lord."
[MAT.25.24] And also, the one who had received the one talent came forward and said, "my Lord, I knew you to be a hard person, reaping where you did not sow and gathering from where you did not scatter."
[MAT.25.25] And having feared, having gone away, I hid your talent in the ground. See, you have your thing.
[MAT.25.26] Having answered, my Lord of him said to him: "Wicked servant and slothful, you knew that I reap where you did not sow and I gather from where you did not scatter?"
[MAT.25.27] Therefore, you should have placed my silver with the bankers, and upon my return, I would have received my own with interest.
[MAT.25.28] Therefore, take the talent from him and give it to the one having the ten talents.
[MAT.25.29] For to the one who has everything, more will be given, and he will have an abundance. But from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.
[MAT.25.30] And throw out the useless servant into the darkness the outer. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
[MAT.25.31] When then comes the son of the human in the glory of himself, and all the messengers with him, then he will sit upon a throne of his glory.
[MAT.25.32] And all the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate them from one another, just as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
[MAT.25.33] And He will set the sheep on the right of Himself, and the goats on the left.
[MAT.25.34] Then the king will say to those at his right hand, “Come, you who are blessed by my father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the beginning of the world.”
[MAT.25.35] For I was hungry, and you gave me food to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me drink. I was a stranger, and you welcomed me.
[MAT.25.36] Naked and you clothed me, I was weak and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.
[MAT.25.37] Then the righteous will answer to Him, saying: "my Lord, when did we see you being hungry and we fed you, or you being thirsty and we gave you drink?"
[MAT.25.38] When did we see you as a stranger and gather with you, or naked and clothe you?
[MAT.25.39] But when did we see you weakened or in prison and come to you?
[MAT.25.40] And responding, the king will say to them: “Truly I tell you, to the extent that you did it for one of these my brothers, the least of them, you did it to me.”
[MAT.25.41] Then he will say to those from the blessed, "Go away from me, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire that was prepared for the devil and his angels."
[MAT.25.42] For I was hungry and you did not give me food to eat, I was thirsty and you did not give me drink.
[MAT.25.43] I was a stranger, and you did not bring me in. I was naked, and you did not clothe me. I was sick, and in prison, and you did not visit me.
[MAT.25.44] Then they also will answer, saying: "my Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not serve you?"
[MAT.25.45] Then he will respond to them, saying: “Truly, I tell you, to the extent that you did not do for one of these least ones, you did not do even for my Lord.”
[MAT.25.46] And these ones will be released into eternal punishment, but the righteous ones into eternal life.
MAT.26
[MAT.26.1] And it came to pass when Jesus completed all these words, he said to his disciples.
[MAT.26.2] Know that after two days the Passover takes place, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.
[MAT.26.3] Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered into the courtyard of the chief priest named Kaiaphah.
[MAT.26.4] And they deliberated together in order that they may seize Jesus by deceit and they may kill him.
[MAT.26.5] And they said, "Do not do this during the feast, so that a disturbance does not arise among the people."
[MAT.26.6] And Jesus being in Bethany in the house of Simon who had a skin disease,
[MAT.26.7] A woman approached to him, having a jar of very costly perfume, and she poured it upon his head while he was reclining.
[MAT.26.8] And when the disciples saw this, they became indignant, saying, "Why this waste?
[MAT.26.9] For this thing was able to be done much and to be given to the poor.
[MAT.26.10] Knowing indeed Yeshua said to them: "What labor do you offer to the woman? For a good work she has done for me."
[MAT.26.11] For you always have the poor people with yourselves, but you do not always have me.
[MAT.26.12] For she poured this oil on my body in order to bury me, she did.
[MAT.26.13] Truly I say to you, wherever this good news is proclaimed in all the world, it will also be spoken of what she has done, as a remembrance of her.
[MAT.26.14] Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests.
[MAT.26.15] He said, "What are you willing to give me, and I will hand him over to you?" And they set for him thirty silver pieces.
[MAT.26.16] And from that time, they sought an opportunity that they might deliver him.
[MAT.26.17] And on the first of the unleavened breads, the disciples came to Jesus, saying, "Where do you wish us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?"
[MAT.26.18] And He said: Go into the city to the specified one and say to him: The teacher says: My time is near, with you I will do the Passover with my students.
[MAT.26.19] And the disciples did as Jesus arranged for them, and they prepared the passover.
[MAT.26.20] And when evening had come, he reclined with the twelve.
[MAT.26.21] And while they were eating, Yahveh said, "Truly I say to you that one from among you will deliver me up."
[MAT.26.22] And being greatly grieved, they began each one to say to him, "Is it I, my Lord?"
[MAT.26.23] And the one who responded said, "The one who immersed their hand with me in the bowl, that one will hand me over."
[MAT.26.24] The Son of Man goes as it is written about him. Woe to that man through whom the Son of Man is betrayed. It would have been good for him if that man had not been born.
[MAT.26.25] Responding, Judas, the one handing him over, said: "Is it I, teacher?" He said to him: "You have said so."
[MAT.26.26] While they were eating, Jesus took bread and, having blessed it, broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take, eat, this is my body.”
[MAT.26.27] And having taken a cup and given thanks, he gave it to them, saying: Drink from it, all of you.
[MAT.26.28] For this is the blood of the covenant concerning many, being poured out for forgiveness of sins.
[MAT.26.29] But I say to you, I will no longer drink of this product of the vine until that day when I drink it anew with you in the kingdom of God, my Father.
[MAT.26.30] And having praised, they went out into the mountain of olives.
[MAT.26.31] Then Jesus said to them: All of you will be caused to stumble because of me this night, for it is written: ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’
[MAT.26.32] And after being raised, I will lead you into the Galilee.
[MAT.26.33] Having answered, Peter said to him, “If all are caused to stumble in you, I will never be caused to stumble.”
[MAT.26.34] Jesus said to him, "Truly I say to you that in this night before a rooster crows three times, you will disown me."
[MAT.26.35] Peter said to him, "Even if it is necessary for me to die with you, I will not disown you." Similarly, all the disciples said this.
[MAT.26.36] Then Jesus comes with them into a place called Gethsemane and says to the disciples: Sit here until having gone there I pray.
[MAT.26.37] And having taken Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and greatly distressed.
[MAT.26.38] Then he says to them: "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Remain here and keep watch with me."
[MAT.26.39] And having gone a little further, he fell upon his face, praying and saying: "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you."
[MAT.26.40] And he comes to the disciples and finds them sleeping, and he says to Peter: “Were you not able to stay awake with me for even one hour?”
[MAT.26.41] Be watchful and pray, so that you do not enter into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.
[MAT.26.42] Again a second time, having departed, he prayed, saying: my Father, if it is not possible for this to pass unless I drink it, let your will be done.
[MAT.26.43] And having come again, He found them sleeping, for the eyes of them were weighed down.
[MAT.26.44] And having left them again, he departed and prayed for a third time, saying the same word again.
[MAT.26.45] Then he came to the disciples and said to them: “Sleep now, the rest of the time, and rest. Behold, the hour is near, and the son of the human being will be delivered into the hands of sinners.”
[MAT.26.46] Wake up, let us go. See, the one betraying me is near.
[MAT.26.47] And while he was still speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a large crowd with swords and clubs from the chief priests and elders of the people.
[MAT.26.48] And the one handing him over gave them a sign, saying: "Whomever I show affection to, that one is he; hold onto him."
[MAT.26.49] And immediately approaching to Yeshua, she said, "Greetings, my teacher," and kissed him.
[MAT.26.50] But Jesus said to him, "Friend, do what you have come to do." Then, coming forward, they laid their hands on Jesus and seized him.
[MAT.26.51] And behold, one of those with Jesus, extending the hand, severed the sword of him, and striking the servant of the high priest, removed from him the ear.
[MAT.26.52] Then Jesus said to him, "Return your sword to its place, for all those who take up a sword will perish by the sword."
[MAT.26.53] Or do you think that I am unable to appeal to my Father, and He will immediately station more than twelve legions of messengers for me?
[MAT.26.54] How then must the writings be fulfilled, seeing that it is necessary for this to come to pass?
[MAT.26.55] In that hour, Jesus said to the crowds: "As to a robber, did you come out with swords and clubs to seize me? Every day I sat in the temple teaching, and you did not arrest me."
[MAT.26.56] This whole thing has happened so that the writings of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples, having left him, fled.
[MAT.26.57] And those who held Jesus took him to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.
[MAT.26.58] And Peter followed him from a distance, up to the courtyard of the chief priest, and having entered inside, he sat with the servants, to see the outcome.
[MAT.26.59] Now the chief priests and the whole council were seeking false witness against Jesus, so that they might put him to death.
[MAT.26.60] And not having found many approaching false witnesses, later two approached.
[MAT.26.61] They said, "This one stated, 'I am able to dismantle the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.'
[MAT.26.62] And standing up, the high priest said to him, "Do you not answer anything to what these people are testifying against you?"
[MAT.26.63] And Jesus was silent. And the high priest said to him: “I adjure you by the living God to tell us if you are the Christ, the son of God.”
[MAT.26.64] Jesus said to him, "You have spoken." But I say to you, from now on you will see the son of man sitting at the right hand of power and coming on the clouds of heaven.
[MAT.26.65] Then the chief priest tore his garments, saying, “He has blasphemed. What further need have we of witnesses? Behold, now you have heard the blasphemy.”
[MAT.26.66] What do you think? And those who responded said, "He is guilty of death."
[MAT.26.67] Then they spat in his face and struck him, and the others reviled him.
[MAT.26.68] They said, "Prophesy to us, Christ, who is the one who struck you?"
[MAT.26.69] And Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. And a young female servant came to him, saying: "And were you also with Jesus the Galilean?"
[MAT.26.70] And he denied it before everyone, saying, "I do not know what it is that you speak of."
[MAT.26.71] And having gone out to the gate, he saw another, and says to those there: "This one was with Jesus the Nazarene."
[MAT.26.72] And again, he denied with an oath that he does not know the man.
[MAT.26.73] And after a short time, those standing nearby said to Peter: "Truly, you too are from among them, for your manner of speaking makes you apparent."
[MAT.26.74] Then he began to curse and to swear that he did not know the man. And immediately a rooster crowed.
[MAT.26.75] And Peter remembered the word of Jesus having said that before a rooster calls out three times, he would disown me. And having gone outside, he wept bitterly.
MAT.27
[MAT.27.1] And when morning arrived, all the chief priests and the elders of the people held a council against Jesus, so that they might put him to death.
[MAT.27.2] And having bound him, they led him away and delivered him to Pilate, the governor.
[MAT.27.3] Then, seeing that Jesus had been condemned, Judas, the one handing him over, regretting it, turned the thirty silver coins over to the chief priests and the elders.
[MAT.27.4] Saying: "They sinned by delivering the blood of an innocent one." But they said, "What concern is this to us? You will see."
[MAT.27.5] And having thrown the silver coins into the temple, he departed, and having gone, he hanged himself.
[MAT.27.6] And the chief priests, having received the silver, said, "It is not permissible to put it into the treasury, because it is the price of blood."
[MAT.27.7] And having taken counsel, they purchased from those present the field of the potter for the burial of the foreigners.
[MAT.27.8] Therefore, that field was called 'Field of Blood' until today.
[MAT.27.9] Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “And they took the thirty silver coins, the price of the one who was valued, whom they valued from the sons of Israel.”
[MAT.27.10] And they gave them into the field of the potter, as my Lord commanded to me.
[MAT.27.11] And Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor questioned him, saying, "Are you the king of the Jews?" And Jesus said, "You say so."
[MAT.27.12] And while he was being accused by the chief priests and elders, he responded with nothing.
[MAT.27.13] Then Pilate says to him, "Do you not hear how many things they testify against you?"
[MAT.27.14] And he did not answer to him, not even one word, so that the leader greatly wondered.
[MAT.27.15] And according to the festival, the governor used to release one prisoner to the crowd, whom they wanted.
[MAT.27.16] And at that time, they had a prisoner who was notably called Jesus Barabbas.
[MAT.27.17] Therefore, having gathered them together, Pilate said to them: "Which one do you want me to release to you, Jesus Barabbas or Jesus who is called the Anointed One?"
[MAT.27.18] For they knew that because of envy they delivered him.
[MAT.27.19] While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent a message to him, saying, “Have nothing to do with that righteous man. I have suffered much today in a dream because of him.”
[MAT.27.20] And the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds that they should request Barabbas, and that they should destroy Jesus.
[MAT.27.21] Having answered, the leader said to them, "Which one do you want me to release from the two?" And they said, "Barabbas."
[MAT.27.22] Pilate said to them, "What then should I do with Jesus, who is called the Anointed One?" All responded, "Crucify him!"
[MAT.27.23] Now he said, "For what evil has he done?" And they cried out all the more, saying, "Let him be crucified!"
[MAT.27.24] When Pilate saw that it accomplished nothing, but a disturbance was growing, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this man’s blood. You yourselves will see to it.”
[MAT.27.25] And having answered, all the people said: "His blood is on us and on our children."
[MAT.27.26] Then he released Barabbas to them, but after flogging Jesus, he handed him over so that he might be crucified.
[MAT.27.27] Then the soldiers of the ruler, having taken Jesus to the palace, gathered the entire cohort against him.
[MAT.27.28] And having stripped him, they put a scarlet cloak around him.
[MAT.27.29] And having woven a crown out of thorns, they placed it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand, and kneeling before him, they mocked him, saying: “Hail, king of the Jews!”
[MAT.27.30] And having spat at him, they took the reed and struck at the head of him.
[MAT.27.31] And when they mocked him, they stripped him of the cloak and clothed him in his own garments and led him away to be crucified.
[MAT.27.32] And those going out found a man of Cyrene named Simon. They compelled him to carry his cross.
[MAT.27.33] And having come into a place being called Golgotha, which is the place of the skull being called.
[MAT.27.34] They gave him wine that was mixed with bile, and after tasting it, he did not want to drink.
[MAT.27.35] Having crucified him, they divided his garments, casting lots.
[MAT.27.36] And sitting, they guarded him there.
[MAT.27.37] And they placed upon his head the accusation against him, written: "This is Jesus, the king of the Judeans."
[MAT.27.38] Then they impale together with him two robbers, one on the right side and one on the left.
[MAT.27.39] And those passing by blaspheme him, shaking their heads.
[MAT.27.40] And saying, "The one destroying the temple and building it in three days, save yourself, if you are the son of God, and come down from the cross."
[MAT.27.41] Also, the chief priests, mocking with the scribes and elders, said…
[MAT.27.42] He saved others, but he is unable to save himself. He is the King of Israel; let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe in him.
[MAT.27.43] Having trusted in God, let the Gods deliver him now if they wish him to; for he said that he is a son of God.
[MAT.27.44] And also, the robbers who were crucified with him were reviling him.
[MAT.27.45] And from the sixth hour darkness came to be over all the land until the ninth hour.
[MAT.27.46] And about the ninth hour, Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, "God God, why have you abandoned me?" This is because, my God, my God, for what reason have you left me?
[MAT.27.47] And some of those standing there, having heard, were saying that it is Elijah who is calling.
[MAT.27.48] And immediately, one ran from among them and, having taken a sponge, filled it with vinegar and, placing it on a reed, was giving it to him.
[MAT.27.49] And the rest said, "Allow us to see if Elijah comes to save them."
[MAT.27.50] And Yahveh is salvation cried out again with a loud voice, and released the spirit.
[MAT.27.51] And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn from above to below into two, and the earth was shaken, and the rocks were split.
[MAT.27.52] And the memorials were opened, and many bodies of those having fallen asleep, the holy ones, were raised up.
[MAT.27.53] And having departed from the memorials after the rising of him, they entered into the holy city and they appeared to many.
[MAT.27.54] And the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus, having seen the earthquake and what had occurred, feared greatly, saying, “Truly, this one was Son of God.”
[MAT.27.55] And there were many women present, watching from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee to minister to him.
[MAT.27.56] In which were Mary the Magdalene and Mary, the mother of Jacob, and Joseph, mother, and the mother of the sons of Zebedaios.
[MAT.27.57] When evening had come, a wealthy man from Arimathea arrived, his name was Joseph, who was also a disciple to Jesus.
[MAT.27.58] This one having come to Pilate requested the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered that it be given.
[MAT.27.59] And having taken the body, Joseph wrapped him in a clean linen cloth.
[MAT.27.60] And he placed it in his new memorial which he carved in the rock, and having rolled a great stone to the door of the memorial, he departed.
[MAT.27.61] Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting facing the tomb.
[MAT.27.62] And on the day following, which is after the preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together to Pilate.
[MAT.27.63] Saying, "my Lord, we remember that that deceiver said while still living, 'After three days I will rise again.'"
[MAT.27.64] Therefore, command that the tomb be secured until the third day, lest his disciples come and steal him, and tell the people, "He has risen from the dead," and the last deception will be worse than the first.
[MAT.27.65] Pilate said to them, "You have a guard; go, secure it as you understand how to do so."
[MAT.27.66] And those having gone secured the tomb, sealing the stone with the guard.
MAT.28
[MAT.28.1] Late on the Sabbath, as it was dawning on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to observe the tomb.
[MAT.28.2] And behold, a great earthquake happened, for an angel of my Lord descending from heaven and approaching rolled away the stone and sat upon it.
[MAT.28.3] And his appearance was like lightning, and his garment was white like snow.
[MAT.28.4] And from his fear, those who keep him were shaken, and they became like dead ones.
[MAT.28.5] And having answered, the angel said to the women: "Do not be afraid, you. For I know that you seek Jesus, the one who was crucified."
[MAT.28.6] He is not here, for he has risen just as he said. Come, see the place where he was lying.
[MAT.28.7] And quickly go and tell his students that God has been raised from among the dead, and behold, God leads you into Galilee, there you will see God. Behold, I told you.
[MAT.28.8] And having departed quickly from the tomb, with fear and great joy, they ran to announce to his disciples.
[MAT.28.9] And behold, Jesus met with them, saying, "Rejoice!" But the women having come near, held his feet and worshipped him.
[MAT.28.10] Then Yayveh said to them: "Do not fear. Go, tell my brothers that they should go into Galilee, and there they will see me."
[MAT.28.11] As they were going, behold, some of the guard came to the city and reported to the chief priests all that had happened.
[MAT.28.12] And having been gathered together with the elders, they also received counsel and gave a substantial amount of silver to the soldiers.
[MAT.28.13] Saying, "Tell everyone that his students came during the night and stole him while we were sleeping."
[MAT.28.14] And if this is heard by the ruler, we will persuade him, and we will make you without anxieties.
[MAT.28.15] And those who received the silver did as they were taught. And this word was proclaimed among the Judeans until today.
[MAT.28.16] And the eleven disciples went to Galilee to the mountain where Jesus had appointed them to go.
[MAT.28.17] And having seen him, they worshiped, and others doubted.
[MAT.28.18] And having come near, the Jesus spoke to them, saying: All authority was given to me in heaven and on the earth.
[MAT.28.19] Therefore, having gone, make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit.
[MAT.28.20] They were teaching them to keep all things which I commanded to you, and behold, I am with you all the days until the completion of the age.
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[MRK.1.1] The beginning of the good news of Jesus the Anointed, the son of the God.
[MRK.1.2] As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way.
[MRK.1.3] A voice of one calling out in the wilderness says, "Prepare the way for Yahveh, and make his paths straight."
[MRK.1.4] John became one baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for forgiveness of sins.
[MRK.1.5] And all the land of Judea and all those from Jerusalem were coming to him, and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.
[MRK.1.6] And John was wearing hairs of a camel and a girdle of skin around his waist, and he was eating locusts and wild honey.
[MRK.1.7] And he proclaimed, saying: "The one more powerful than I is coming after me, to whose sandals I am not able to stoop and loosen the strap."
[MRK.1.8] I baptized you with water, but He will baptize you with holy spirit.
[MRK.1.9] And it happened in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized into the Jordan by John.
[MRK.1.10] And immediately, ascending out of the water, he saw the heavens splitting, and the spirit as a dove descending into him.
[MRK.1.11] And a voice came from the heavens: You are the son of my Lord, the beloved, in you I took pleasure.
[MRK.1.12] And immediately the spirit throws him into the wilderness.
[MRK.1.13] And he was in the wilderness for forty days, being tempted by the Satan, and he was with the wild animals, and the angels ministered to him.
[MRK.1.14] And after John was surrendered, Jesus came into Galilee proclaiming the good news of God.
[MRK.1.15] And saying that the time is fulfilled and the kingdom of God is near, repent and believe in the good news.
[MRK.1.16] And walking alongside the sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and Andrew, the brother of Simon, casting into the sea, for they were fishermen.
[MRK.1.17] And he said to them, Jesus: "Come behind me, and I will make you become fishers of people."
[MRK.1.18] And immediately, having left the nets, they followed him.
[MRK.1.19] And going a little further, He saw James, son of Zebedee, and John, his brother, and them in the boat preparing the nets.
[MRK.1.20] And immediately he called to them. And having left their father, Zebedee, in the boat with the hired workers, they went after him.
[MRK.1.21] And they went into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbaths having entered into the synagogue, he was teaching.
[MRK.1.22] And they were astonished by his teaching, for he was teaching them as having authority, and not as the scribes.
[MRK.1.23] And immediately, in their synagogue, there was a man in an unclean spirit, and he cried out.
[MRK.1.24] He said, "What to us and to you, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are: the holy one of God."
[MRK.1.25] And Jesus rebuked it, saying, "Be silent, and come out of him."
[MRK.1.26] And the unclean spirit tore him, and crying out with a great voice, they went out from him.
[MRK.1.27] And they all were astonished, so as to discuss with themselves, saying: "What is this? It is a new teaching with authority, and to the unclean spirits, it commands, and they obey it.
[MRK.1.28] And the sound of him went forth immediately everywhere into the whole district of Galilee.
[MRK.1.29] And immediately, having departed from the synagogue, they came to the home of Simon and Andrew with James and John.
[MRK.1.30] And the mother-in-law of Simon was lying down with a fever, and immediately they tell him about her.
[MRK.1.31] And having approached, he raised her up, grasping her hand, and the fever released her, and she served them.
[MRK.1.32] As evening arrived, when the sun set, they brought to him all who were suffering badly and those who were demon-possessed.
[MRK.1.33] And the whole city was gathered together toward the gate.
[MRK.1.34] And he healed many who were suffering with various diseases, and he cast out many demons, and he did not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.
[MRK.1.35] And early, in the very late night, having risen, he went out and departed to a desolate place, and there he prayed.
[MRK.1.36] And Simon pursued him and those with him.
[MRK.1.37] And I found him, and they said to him that all seek you.
[MRK.1.38] And he says to them, "Let us go elsewhere into the villages that possess [people], so that I may also proclaim there. For this is why I have come forth."
[MRK.1.39] And he came proclaiming into their synagogues throughout all of Galilee and casting out the demons.
[MRK.1.40] And a leper comes to him, begging him, and kneeling, and saying to him that if he wishes, he is able to cleanse me.
[MRK.1.41] And, being moved with compassion, He extended His hand and touched him and says to him: 'I will, be cleansed.'
[MRK.1.42] And immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed.
[MRK.1.43] And being angered at it, immediately Yahveh cast it out.
[MRK.1.44] And He said to him, “Behold, tell no one anything, but go show yourself to the priest and offer concerning your cleansing what Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”
[MRK.1.45] And the one who had gone out began to preach much and to proclaim the word, so that he could no longer enter a city openly, but was outside in desolate places. And people were coming to him from everywhere.
MRK.2
[MRK.2.1] And having entered again into Capernaum after days, it was heard that he is in a house.
[MRK.2.2] And many were gathered together so that there was no longer room, not even toward the door, and He was speaking the word to them.
[MRK.2.3] And they come, carrying to him a paralyzed man being carried by four.
[MRK.2.4] And being unable to bring him to Yahveh because of the crowd, they removed the roof where he was, and having dug through the tiles, they lowered the mat where the paralyzed man was lying.
[MRK.2.5] And having seen the faith of them, Jesus says to the paralyzed one: “Child, your sins are released.”
[MRK.2.6] And there were some of the scribes sitting there and reasoning in their hearts.
[MRK.2.7] What is this one saying in this way? He blasphemes! Who is able to forgive sins if not one, the God?
[MRK.2.8] And immediately, Jesus knew through his spirit that this is what they were reasoning within themselves. He said to them, “What is this that you are reasoning in your hearts?”
[MRK.2.9] Which is easier: to say to the paralyzed man, "Your sins are forgiven," or to say, "Rise up and take your mat and walk?"
[MRK.2.10] So that you may know that the Son of Man has authority to release sins on the earth – he says to the paralytic.
[MRK.2.11] To you I say, rise up, take up your bed and go into your house.
[MRK.2.12] And he was raised and immediately taking up the bed went out before all, so that all were astonished and glorified the God, saying, "We have never seen anything like this."
[MRK.2.13] And He went out again beside the sea, and all the crowd began to come to Him, and He taught them.
[MRK.2.14] And while walking, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the customs post, and he says to him: "Follow me." And rising, he followed him.
[MRK.2.15] And it happened that he rested in his house, and many tax collectors and sinners came near to Jesus and his students, for there were many who followed him.
[MRK.2.16] And the scribes of the Pharisees, seeing that he eats with sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, “Is it the case that he eats with tax collectors and sinners?”
[MRK.2.17] And hearing this, Iesous says to them that those who are strong do not have a need of a doctor, but those who are unwell do. I did not come to call the righteous, but the sinful.
[MRK.2.18] And the disciples of John and the Pharisees were fasting. And they came and said to him, "Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?"
[MRK.2.19] And Jesus said to them, "Are the sons of the wedding celebration unable to fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they are unable to fast."
[MRK.2.20] And days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast on that day.
[MRK.2.21] No one sews a patch of new cloth onto an old garment. If they do, the new patch will shrink and tear the old garment, and the tear will become worse.
[MRK.2.22] And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. If they do not, the wine will burst the wineskins, and the wine will be lost and the wineskins ruined. But new wine into new wineskins.
[MRK.2.23] And it came to pass to him in the Sabbaths to be passing by through the grain fields, and his disciples began a road to make, plucking the ears of grain.
[MRK.2.24] And the Pharisees said to him: Behold what they are doing on the Sabbaths, which is not permitted.
[MRK.2.25] And he says to them: "You have never read what God did when David had need and he himself and those with him were hungry."
[MRK.2.26] How did he enter the house of God during the time of Abiathar, my Lord priest, and eat the breads of the offering, which it is not permitted to eat unless the priests, and also gave to those who were with him?
[MRK.2.27] And he was saying to them, "The Sabbath was made for the human, and not the human for the Sabbath."
[MRK.2.28] Therefore, my Lord is the Son of Man and of the Sabbath.
MRK.3
[MRK.3.1] And He entered again into the synagogue, and there was a man there having a withered hand.
[MRK.3.2] And they were watching him, if he would heal him on the Sabbaths, so that they might accuse him.
[MRK.3.3] And he said to the man who had the dry hand: "Rise into the midst."
[MRK.3.4] And he said to them: Is it permitted on the Sabbaths to do good, or to do evil, to save a life, or to kill? And they remained silent.
[MRK.3.5] And having looked upon them with wrath, lamenting over the hardening of their hearts, He says to the man, "Extend your hand." And he extended it, and his hand was restored.
[MRK.3.6] And having gone out, the Pharisees immediately with the Herodians were conferring counsel against him, so that they might destroy him.
[MRK.3.7] And the Jesus with the students of him withdrew toward the sea, and a very large crowd from the Galilee [followed], and from Judea.
[MRK.3.8] And from Jerusalem and from Idumea and beyond the Jordan and around Tyre and Sidon a very great multitude, having heard what things he was doing, came to him.
[MRK.3.9] And he said to his disciples that a small boat should remain close to him because of the crowd, so they should not press upon him.
[MRK.3.10] For he healed many, so that they fell before him, desiring to touch him, as many as possessed whips.
[MRK.3.11] And the spirits, the unclean ones, when they beheld him, they fell to him and cried out, saying that you are the son of God.
[MRK.3.12] And He rebuked them many times so that they would not make Him evident.
[MRK.3.13] And he ascends to the mountain and calls to those whom he wanted, and they went to him.
[MRK.3.14] And he made twelve, whom he named apostles, that they should be with him and that he might send them to proclaim.
[MRK.3.15] And to have authority to cast out the demons.
[MRK.3.16] And he made the twelve, and he gave a name to Simon, Peter.
[MRK.3.17] And James son of Zebedee, and John brother of James, and He gave them a nickname, Boanerges, which is sons of thunder.
[MRK.3.18] And Andrew and Philip and Bartholomew and Matthew and Thomas and Jacob the son of Alphaeus and Thaddaeus and Simon the Canaanite.
[MRK.3.19] And Judah Iscariot, who also delivered him up.
[MRK.3.20] And he comes into a house, and a crowd gathers again, so that they are not able to eat even bread.
[MRK.3.21] And having heard, those near him went out to seize him, for they were saying that he has lost his mind.
[MRK.3.22] And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying that Beelzeboul possesses and that in the ruler of the demons, he casts out the demons.
[MRK.3.23] And having called them forth, Yahveh spoke to them in parables, saying: "How is it possible for Satan to cast out Satan?"
[MRK.3.24] And if a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom is not able to stand.
[MRK.3.25] And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.
[MRK.3.26] And if the Adversary rises against himself and is divided, he is not able to stand, but has an end.
[MRK.3.27] But no one is able to enter the house of the strong one and plunder his possessions unless he first binds the strong one, and then he will plunder his house.
[MRK.3.28] Truly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven to the sons of men, and all blasphemies whatever they blaspheme.
[MRK.3.29] Whoever blasphemes against the holy spirit does not have forgiveness to the age, but is guilty of eternal sin.
[MRK.3.30] Because they were saying that he has an unclean spirit.
[MRK.3.31] And his mother and his brothers came, and those standing outside sent to him, calling to him.
[MRK.3.32] And a crowd sat around him, and they said to him: Behold, your mother and your brothers and your sisters are seeking you outside.
[MRK.3.33] And having answered to them, he says, “Who is my mother and the brothers my?”
[MRK.3.34] And looking around at those seated in a circle around him, he said, "Behold, my mother and my brothers."
[MRK.3.35] For whoever does the will of God, this one is my brother and my sister and my mother.
MRK.4
[MRK.4.1] And again he began to teach beside the sea, and a great crowd gathered to him, so that he entered a boat and sat in the sea, and the whole crowd was on the land by the sea.
[MRK.4.2] And he was teaching them in many parables, and he was saying to them within his teaching.
[MRK.4.3] Listen. Behold, the one sowing has gone out to sow.
[MRK.4.4] And it became in the sowing, the one fell beside the road, and came the birds and devoured it.
[MRK.4.5] And another fell upon the rocky place where it did not have much soil, and immediately it sprouted because it did not have depth of soil.
[MRK.4.6] And when the sun rose, it was burned, and because it did not have a root, it withered.
[MRK.4.7] And another fell into the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it did not yield fruit.
[MRK.4.8] And others fell on the good ground and yielded fruit, increasing and growing, and brought forth thirty and sixty and a hundred.
[MRK.4.9] And he was saying, “Whoever has ears, let him hear.”
[MRK.4.10] And when it happened privately, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.
[MRK.4.11] And he said to them: "To you has been given the mystery of the kingdom of the God. But to those outside, all things are happening in parables."
[MRK.4.12] So that those seeing may see, and not perceive; and those hearing may hear, and not understand, lest they turn back and be forgiven.
[MRK.4.13] And He says to them, do you not know this parable, and how will you know all the parables?
[MRK.4.14] The one sowing the word sows.
[MRK.4.15] And these are the ones alongside the way, where the message is sown, and when they hear it, immediately the adversary comes and takes away the message that was sown into them.
[MRK.4.16] And these are the ones sown on rocky ground, who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy.
[MRK.4.17] And they do not have root in themselves, but are temporary. Then, when affliction or persecution occurs because of the word, they immediately stumble.
[MRK.4.18] And others are those who are sown into the thorns. These are those who heard the word,
[MRK.4.19] And the anxieties of the age, and the deception of wealth, and the desires concerning other things, flowing in, choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
[MRK.4.20] And those are the ones on the good ground, who hear the word and receive it and bear fruit, some thirty, some sixty, and some one hundred.
[MRK.4.21] And Yahveh said to them: Does the lamp not come so that it may be placed under the basket or under the bed? Not so that it may be placed on the lampstand?
[MRK.4.22] For truly, there is nothing hidden that it might not be revealed, nor was anything made secret except that it should come into the open.
[MRK.4.23] If anyone has ears, let him hear.
[MRK.4.24] And he said to them: Behold, what you hear! In whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you, and it will be added to you.
[MRK.4.25] For whoever has, to him will be given; and from whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.
[MRK.4.26] And he said, "Thus is the kingdom of God, as a man throws the seed on the ground."
[MRK.4.27] And one sleeps and rises night and day, and the seed sprouts and lengthens as he himself does not know.
[MRK.4.28] The earth produces crops on its own, first grass, then the ear of grain, then full grain in the ear.
[MRK.4.29] When the fruit is given over, immediately the sickle is sent forth, because the harvest has arrived.
[MRK.4.30] And he said, "How shall we compare the Kingdom of God, or in what manner shall we set its comparison?"
[MRK.4.31] As a mustard seed, which when it is sown on the earth is smaller than all the seeds on the earth,
[MRK.4.32] And when it is sown, it rises and becomes greater than all the vegetables and makes large branches, so that the birds of the sky may be able to dwell under its shade.
[MRK.4.33] And with many such parables, he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear.
[MRK.4.34] And Yahveh did not speak to them except through parables, but to his own students he explained everything privately.
[MRK.4.35] And He says to them, in that day evening having come, let us cross to the other side.
[MRK.4.36] And having left the crowd, they take him as he was in the boat, and other boats were with him.
[MRK.4.37] And a great whirlwind of wind came to be, and the waves threw themselves upon the ship, so that the ship was already being filled.
[MRK.4.38] And he himself was in the stern upon the headrest sleeping. And they rouse him and say to him: “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?”
[MRK.4.39] And having been roused, he rebuked the wind and said to the sea: "Be silent, be muzzled." And the wind was hushed, and there became a great calm.
[MRK.4.40] And he said to them, “Why are you fearful? Do you not yet have faith?”
[MRK.4.41] And they feared a great fear and said to one another, "Who really is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?"
MRK.5
[MRK.5.1] And having come into the other side of the sea, into the region of the Gerasenes.
[MRK.5.2] And having gone out of him from the ship, immediately met him from the tombs a man in an unclean spirit.
[MRK.5.3] He who had a dwelling among the remembrances, and no chain was able to bind him anymore.
[MRK.5.4] Because of him, he was often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains and the fetters were torn apart by him and crushed, and no one was able to subdue him.
[MRK.5.5] And throughout all night and day, he was in the memorials and on the mountains, crying out and cutting himself with stones.
[MRK.5.6] And having seen Jesus from afar, he ran and worshipped Him.
[MRK.5.7] And crying out with a great voice, it says: "What to me and to you, Jesus, son of God the highest? I adjure you by God, do not torment me."
[MRK.5.8] For he was saying to him, "Go out, the spirit, the unclean one, from the man."
[MRK.5.9] And he questioned him, "What is your name?" And he said to him, "Legion is my name, because we are many."
[MRK.5.10] And they pleaded with him much that he would not send them out of the region.
[MRK.5.11] And there, near the mountain, a large herd of pigs was grazing.
[MRK.5.12] And they begged him, saying, "Send us into the pigs, that we may enter into them."
[MRK.5.13] And He permitted them. And when the unclean spirits had departed, they entered into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the cliff into the sea, about two thousand in number, and they were drowned in the sea.
[MRK.5.14] And the shepherds fled and reported it to the city and to the fields, and they came to see what the thing which happened was.
[MRK.5.15] And they come to Jesus and observe the demon-possessed man sitting, clothed, and thinking clearly, the one who had possessed the legion, and they became afraid.
[MRK.5.16] And those who saw recounted to them how it happened to the demon-possessed one and concerning the pigs.
[MRK.5.17] And they began to urge him to depart from their region.
[MRK.5.18] And as he was entering into the boat, the demon-possessed one begged him that he might be with him.
[MRK.5.19] And He did not release him, but says to him: “Go into your house to your people and tell them all that the Master has done for you, and how He has had mercy on you.”
[MRK.5.20] And he departed and began to proclaim in the Decapolis what the Gods had done for him, the Jesus, and all were amazed.
[MRK.5.21] And having crossed through in the boat again to the other side, a great crowd was gathered upon him, and was by the sea.
[MRK.5.22] And one of the leaders of the synagogues comes, named Jairus, and seeing him, falls toward the feet of him.
[MRK.5.23] And he pleads with him, saying many things that my daughter is very badly off, so that having come you may lay your hands on her so that she may be saved and live.
[MRK.5.24] And he departed with him. And a large crowd followed after him, and they were crushing him.
[MRK.5.25] And a woman being in a flow of blood for twelve years...
[MRK.5.26] And having suffered many things from many doctors and having spent all that was hers, she received no benefit, but rather came to be worse.
[MRK.5.27] Having heard concerning Jesus, she came in the crowd behind, and touched the edge of his garment.
[MRK.5.28] For he said that if I touch even his garment, I will be saved.
[MRK.5.29] And immediately, the spring of her blood was dried up, and she knew in her body that she was healed from the scourging.
[MRK.5.30] And immediately Jesus, knowing in himself the power from himself going out, turning in the crowd, said, "Who touched my clothing of me?"
[MRK.5.31] And the disciples were saying to him: Do you see the crowd crushing you, and you say: Who touched me?
[MRK.5.32] And he was looking around to see the one having done this thing.
[MRK.5.33] Now the woman, being afraid and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell before him and told him all the truth.
[MRK.5.34] And he said to her: "Daughter, your faith has saved you. Go into peace and be healthy from your affliction."
[MRK.5.35] While he was still speaking, people came from the leader of the synagogue, saying that your daughter has died. Why do you still trouble the teacher?
[MRK.5.36] And Jesus, having heard the word being spoken, says to the synagogue leader: "Do not be afraid, only believe."
[MRK.5.37] And He did not allow anyone to accompany Him, unless it was Peter and James and John, the brother of James.
[MRK.5.38] And they came to the house of the synagogue leader, and observed a great disturbance and people weeping and shouting loudly.
[MRK.5.39] And having entered, He says to them, "Why are you making a disturbance and weeping? The child has not died, but is sleeping."
[MRK.5.40] And he laughed at him. But he cast out everyone, and took the father of the child and the mother and those with them, and entered where the child was.
[MRK.5.41] And having taken the hand of the child, he says to her: "Little girl, I say to you, arise."
[MRK.5.42] And immediately the boy stood and walked, for he was twelve years old. And they were amazed at once by great amazement.
[MRK.5.43] And he strictly charged them concerning many things, so that no one might know of this, and he said it had been given to her to eat.
MRK.6
[MRK.6.1] And he went out from there and he comes into the homeland of his, and they follow him, the disciples of his.
[MRK.6.2] And it being a Sabbath, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many hearing were astonished, saying: "From where does this one have these things, and who is the wisdom given to this one, and the powers like these happening through his hands?"
[MRK.6.3] Is this not the craftsman, the son of Mary and brother of James and Joseph and Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us? And they were scandalized by him.
[MRK.6.4] And Jesus said to them that a prophet is not dishonored except in his country and among his relatives and in his house.
[MRK.6.5] And he was unable there to do any power, if not by laying hands on a few sick people, he healed them.
[MRK.6.6] And he was marveling because of the unbelief of them. And he went around the villages around, teaching.
[MRK.6.7] And he calls the twelve and began to send them out two by two, and he gave to them authority over the spirits of the unclean.
[MRK.6.8] And he instructed them that they should lift nothing into the way except a staff alone, not bread, not a bag, not copper into the belt.
[MRK.6.9] However, you should not wear sandals, and you should not put on two tunics.
[MRK.6.10] And he said to them, wherever you enter a house, remain there until you depart from that place.
[MRK.6.11] And if any place does not receive you, nor listen to you, departing from there, shake off the dust that is under your feet as a testimony against them.
[MRK.6.12] And having gone out, they proclaimed so that people may repent.
[MRK.6.13] And many demons they cast out, and with oil they anointed many sick people and they healed them.
[MRK.6.14] And the king Herod heard, for it became apparent his name, and they were saying that John the Baptizer had been raised from the dead and because of this the powers were acting within him.
[MRK.6.15] And others were saying that Elijah is here; and others were saying that a prophet, like one of the prophets, is here.
[MRK.6.16] And having heard, Herod said: "The John whom I decapitated, this one has been raised."
[MRK.6.17] For Herod himself, having sent, seized John and bound him in prison because of Herodias, the wife of Philip, his brother, because he had married her.
[MRK.6.18] For John was saying to Herod that it is not permitted for you to possess the wife of your brother.
[MRK.6.19] But Herodias harbored intent toward him, and she wanted to kill him, and she was unable to.
[MRK.6.20] For Herod feared John, knowing him to be a righteous man and a holy one, and he protected him, and having heard many things from him, he was perplexed, and gladly he listened to him.
[MRK.6.21] And when a suitable day arrived, Herod made a dinner for those celebrating his birth, for his greatest ones and for the commanders of thousands and for the first ones of Galilee.
[MRK.6.22] And when the daughter of Herodias came in and danced, she pleased Herod and those reclining with him. The king said to the girl, "Ask me whatever you want, and I will give it to you."
[MRK.6.23] And he swore to her that if you ask me, I will give to you until half of my kingdom.
[MRK.6.24] And having gone out, she said to her mother, "What shall I ask for?" And she said, "The head of John the Baptizer."
[MRK.6.25] And entering immediately with urgency to the king, she requested saying: “I desire that you yourself give to me on a platter the head of John the Baptizer.”
[MRK.6.26] And having become deeply grieved, the king, because of the oaths and those committed to him, did not wish to invalidate her.
[MRK.6.27] And immediately, the king sent a guard and commanded him to bring the head to him. And having gone, he beheaded him in the prison.
[MRK.6.28] And he brought the head of him upon a tablet, and gave it to the basket-carrier, and the basket-carrier gave it to the mother of him.
[MRK.6.29] And having heard, the disciples of him came and raised the fallen body of him and placed it in a memorial.
[MRK.6.30] And the apostles gathered to Yeshua, and they reported to Him everything they had done and everything they had taught.
[MRK.6.31] And he said to them, "Come you yourselves apart to a lonely place, and rest a little." For those coming were many, and those going were many, and there was not even opportunity to eat.
[MRK.6.32] And having departed, they were in the boat into a desolate place privately.
[MRK.6.33] And I saw them going, and many recognized them, and on foot they gathered there from all the cities, and someone went before them.
[MRK.6.34] And having gone out, he saw a large crowd, and he felt compassion for them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd, and he began to teach them many things.
[MRK.6.35] And already a great hour having come, his students approached him, saying that deserted is the place and already a great hour.
[MRK.6.36] Release them, so that having gone into the surrounding fields and villages, they may buy for themselves what they may eat.
[MRK.6.37] And the one who responded said to them, "Give to them yourselves to eat." And they said to him, "Should we go and buy two hundred denarius worth of bread and give it to them to eat?
[MRK.6.38] And he said to them: "How many loaves do you have? Go and see." And having learned, they said: "Five, and two fish."
[MRK.6.39] And he commanded them to recline for all meals upon the green grass.
[MRK.6.40] And they fell, creatures creatures, by the hundred and by the fifty.
[MRK.6.41] And having taken the five loaves and the two fish, looking up to the sky, he blessed them and broke the loaves, and gave to the disciples that they might distribute to them, and he divided the two fish among all.
[MRK.6.42] And everyone ate and was filled.
[MRK.6.43] And they took up broken pieces, fillings of twelve baskets, and also from the fish.
[MRK.6.44] And the ones eating the loaves were five thousand men.
[MRK.6.45] And immediately, he compelled his disciples to enter into the boat and to go ahead to the other side towards Bethsaida, until he dismisses the crowd.
[MRK.6.46] And having dismissed them, he went away into the mountain to pray.
[MRK.6.47] And as evening came, the ship was in the middle of the sea, and he alone was on the land.
[MRK.6.48] And having seen them being tormented in their rowing, for the wind was against them, during the fourth watch of the night someone comes toward them, walking on the sea, and intended to pass by them.
[MRK.6.49] And those who saw him walking upon the sea thought that it was an apparition, and they shouted.
[MRK.6.50] For all of them saw him and were disturbed. But he immediately spoke to them, and says to them: “Be strong, I am; do not be afraid.”
[MRK.6.51] And he went up to them onto the ship, and the wind began to blow. And they were greatly astonished within themselves.
[MRK.6.52] For they did not understand concerning the loaves, but their heart was hardened.
[MRK.6.53] And having crossed through, they came to the land into Gennesaret and drew near to the shore.
[MRK.6.54] And having gone out of them from the ship, immediately knowing him.
[MRK.6.55] I travelled through all that land, and they began to bring those who were unwell around to their beds, wherever I heard that someone existed.
[MRK.6.56] And wherever he entered into villages or into cities or into fields, they placed the sick in the marketplaces and begged him that even if they might touch the edge of his garment, they would be healed. And as many as touched him were saved.
MRK.7
[MRK.7.1] And the Pharisees and some of the scribes are gathered to him, having come from Jerusalem.
[MRK.7.2] And having seen some of his students that they were eating the loaves with common hands, that is, unwashed hands, they questioned it.
[MRK.7.3] For the Pharisees and all the Jews, if they do not thoroughly wash their hands, they do not eat, holding to the tradition of the elders.
[MRK.7.4] And if they do not immerse themselves after coming from the marketplace, they do not eat, and there are many other things they have received to hold, immersions of cups and jugs and copper vessels [and beds].
[MRK.7.5] And the Pharisees and the scribes questioned him, asking, "Why do not your disciples walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat the bread with common hands?"
[MRK.7.6] But he said to them, Isaiah prophesied well concerning you, you hypocrites, as it is written that this people honors me with their mouths, but their hearts are far from me.
[MRK.7.7] They honor me in vain, teaching as doctrines the commands of humans.
[MRK.7.8] You abandon the command of God, while you hold the tradition of humans.
[MRK.7.9] And He was saying to them: You nicely invalidate the command of God, in order that you may establish your tradition.
[MRK.7.10] For Moses said, "Honor your father and your mother, and: He who speaks evil of father or mother shall surely be put to death."
[MRK.7.11] But you say, 'If a person says to their father or their mother, 'Corban,' which is to say, a gift, anything that would benefit me from you is dedicated to the Gods,'
[MRK.7.12] You will no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother.
[MRK.7.13] You invalidate the word of the Gods with the tradition handed down to you, and you do many such similar things.
[MRK.7.14] And having called the crowd again, he said to them, “Listen to me, all, and understand.”
[MRK.7.15] There is nothing outside of a human being that, entering into him, is able to defile him, but what proceeds from within a human being are the things that defile the human being.
[MRK.7.17] And when he entered into a house from the crowd, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.
[MRK.7.18] And He said to them, "Are you also without understanding? Do you not perceive that everything entering a person from the outside cannot defile him?"
[MRK.7.19] Because it does not enter into his heart, but into the belly, and goes out into the toilet, cleansing all the foods?
[MRK.7.20] He said that what comes from within a person, that is what makes the person unclean.
[MRK.7.21] For truly, from within the heart of people, the evil thoughts come forth: sexual immorality, thefts, and murders.
[MRK.7.22] Adulteries, greed, wickedness, deceit, unrestrained behavior, an evil eye, irreverence, arrogance, and foolishness.
[MRK.7.23] All these evils proceed from within and defile the person.
[MRK.7.24] Then, having risen, he went into the borders of Tyre. And having entered a house, he did not want anyone to know, and he was unable to hide.
[MRK.7.25] But immediately, a woman who had heard about him, whose daughter possessed an unclean spirit, came and fell at his feet.
[MRK.7.26] And the woman was Greek, a Syrophoenician by family. And she asked him to cast out the demon from her daughter.
[MRK.7.27] And he said to her, ‘Let first the children be filled, for it is not beautiful to take the bread of the children and throw it to the puppies.’
[MRK.7.28] And she answered and said to him, "my Lord, and the little dogs beneath the table eat from the crumbs of the children."
[MRK.7.29] And He said to her, "Because of this utterance, go. The demon has gone out from the daughter of yours."
[MRK.7.30] And having departed to her house, she found the child lying on the bed, and the demon had departed.
[MRK.7.31] And again, having gone out from the borders of Tyre, he came through Sidon to the sea of Galilee within the midst of the borders of Decapolis.
[MRK.7.32] And they bring to Him a deaf man and a mute man and they beg Him that He may place His hand upon him.
[MRK.7.33] And having taken him from the crowd into private, he put his fingers into his ears, and after spitting, touched his tongue.
[MRK.7.34] And looking up to the sky, he sighed and said to him: "Be opened," which is to say, "Let be opened."
[MRK.7.35] And immediately, his hearings (ears) were opened, and the bond of his tongue was loosened, and he spoke correctly.
[MRK.7.36] And he instructed them that they should tell no one. But as much as he instructed them, they proclaimed it even more excessively.
[MRK.7.37] And they were exceedingly astonished, saying, "God has done all things well, and is making the deaf hear and the mute speak."
MRK.8
[MRK.8.1] In those days again, a large crowd being present and not having anything to eat, having called the disciples, he says to them.
[MRK.8.2] I feel compassion for the crowd, because for three days now they have been waiting for me and they have nothing to eat.
[MRK.8.3] And if I release them, fasting to their home, they will be robbed on the road. And some of them have come from far away.
[MRK.8.4] And the disciples responded to Yahveh, saying, "From where would anyone be able to obtain enough bread here in the wilderness to satisfy these people?"
[MRK.8.5] And He asked them, "How many loaves do you have?" And they said, "Seven."
[MRK.8.6] And he commanded the crowd to recline upon the ground, and having taken the seven loaves, giving thanks, he broke them and gave them to his disciples so that they might distribute, and they set them before the crowd.
[MRK.8.7] And they had a few small fish, and having blessed them, he said to also give these away.
[MRK.8.8] And they ate and were filled, and they took up the remainders of the breaking, seven baskets.
[MRK.8.9] And they were about four thousand. And he released them.
[MRK.8.10] And immediately, he went into the boat with his disciples and came into the parts of Dalmanoutha.
[MRK.8.11] And the Pharisees went out and began to discuss with Him, seeking from Him a sign from the heavens, testing Him.
[MRK.8.12] And sighing in his spirit, he says: "Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly, I say to you, a sign will not be given to this generation."
[MRK.8.13] And having let them go again, he went into the other side.
[MRK.8.14] And they forgot to take breads, and if not one bread they did not have with themselves in the boat.
[MRK.8.15] And he was separating it to them, saying, "See, look from the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod."
[MRK.8.16] And they were reasoning to one another that loaves they do not have.
[MRK.8.17] And knowing, he says to them, “What are you discussing concerning the fact that you do not have loaves?” Do you still not perceive, and do you not understand? Have you made your hearts hardened?
[MRK.8.18] Do you not see, having eyes? And do you not hear, having ears? And do you not remember?
[MRK.8.19] When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments did you gather? They said to Him, "Twelve."
[MRK.8.20] When the seven were brought to the four thousand, of how many baskets were the fillings of fragments gathered? And they say to him, "Seven."
[MRK.8.21] And he was saying to them: "Do you not yet understand?"
[MRK.8.22] And they come to Bethsaida. And they bring to him a blind man and they ask him that he might touch him.
[MRK.8.23] And having taken the hand of the blind one, he led him outside the village, and having spat into his eyes, having placed his hands upon him, he asked him, "Do you see anything?"
[MRK.8.24] And having looked up, he was saying: "I see the people, that as trees I see them walking."
[MRK.8.25] And again, he put his hands upon the eyes of him, and he looked through, and he was restored, and he looked at everything clearly.
[MRK.8.26] And he sent him into his house, saying, do not even enter the village.
[MRK.8.27] And Jesus went out, and his disciples with him, into the villages of Caesarea belonging to Philip. And on the road, he questioned his disciples, saying to them: "What do people say that I am?"
[MRK.8.28] And they said to him, saying that John the Baptizer, and others Elijah, and others that he is one of the prophets.
[MRK.8.29] And he asked them, "Who do you say that I am?" Having responded, Peter says to him, "You are the anointed one (Messiah)."
[MRK.8.30] And he rebuked them in order that they should say nothing to anyone about him.
[MRK.8.31] And he began to teach them that it is necessary for the son of man to suffer many things and to be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and to be killed and after three days to rise.
[MRK.8.32] And with boldness he spoke the word. And having approached, Peter began to rebuke him.
[MRK.8.33] But turning around and seeing his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said: "Go behind me, Satan, because you are not thinking about the things of God, but the things of humans."
[MRK.8.34] And having called the crowd together with his students, he said to them, “If anyone desires to follow after me, let him deny himself and let him lift his cross and let him follow me.”
[MRK.8.35] For whoever wishes to save their life will lose it; and whoever loses their life for my sake and the good news will save it.
[MRK.8.36] For what benefit is it for a person to gain the whole world and to lose their own soul?
[MRK.8.37] What indeed would a person give as an exchange for their soul?
[MRK.8.38] For whoever should be ashamed of me and my words in this generation, which is adulterous and sinful, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
MRK.9
[MRK.9.1] And he said to them, truly I say to you that there are some here of those standing who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of the Gods come in power.
[MRK.9.2] And after six days, Iesous takes Petros and Iakovos and Ioannes and leads them to a high mountain, privately, alone. And he was transformed before them.
[MRK.9.3] And his garments became shining white, very brightly, as no washer on the earth is able to whiten thus.
[MRK.9.4] And God appeared to them with Moses and they were speaking with Jesus.
[MRK.9.5] And answering, Peter said to Jesus: "Teacher, it is good for us to be here, and we will make three dwellings, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah."
[MRK.9.6] For they did not know what to answer, because they had become terrified.
[MRK.9.7] And it came to be, a cloud overshadowing them, and it came to be, a voice from the cloud: This one is the son of my Lord, the beloved, listen to him.
[MRK.9.8] And suddenly, having looked around, they no longer saw anyone, but Jesus only with themselves.
[MRK.9.9] And as they descended from the mountain, He commanded them that they should tell no one what they had seen, unless when the son of humanity rises from the dead.
[MRK.9.10] And they held the word to themselves, conversing with one another about what it is to rise from among the dead.
[MRK.9.11] And they asked him, saying that the scribes claim that it is necessary for Elijah to come first.
[MRK.9.12] And he said to them, Elijah, having come first, will restore all things, and how it is written concerning the Son of Man that he might suffer many things and be humbled?
[MRK.9.13] But I say to you that Elijah also has come, and they did to him whatever they wanted, just as it is written about him.
[MRK.9.14] And, having come to the disciples, they saw a large crowd around them, and scribes discussing with them.
[MRK.9.15] And immediately, all the crowd having seen him were amazed, and running to, greeted him.
[MRK.9.16] And he questioned them: What are you discussing with them?
[MRK.9.17] And one from the crowd answered to him, "Teacher, I brought my son to you, having a spirit that makes him unable to speak."
[MRK.9.18] And wherever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth and grinds his teeth and becomes rigid, and I said to your disciples that they should cast it out, and they were not able.
[MRK.9.19] And responding, he said to them, "O faithless generation, how long will I remain with you? How long will I tolerate you? Bring him to me."
[MRK.9.20] And they brought him to him. And when the spirit saw him, it immediately convulsed him, and he fell to the ground, rolling and foaming at the mouth.
[MRK.9.21] And he questioned his father: How much time is it since this happened to him? And the father said: From childhood.
[MRK.9.22] And often, and they cast him into fire and into water, that he might be destroyed. But if it is possible, help us, having compassion on us.
[MRK.9.23] And Jesus said to him, "If you are able, all things are possible to the one who believes."
[MRK.9.24] Immediately, the father of the child was saying: "I believe. Help my lack of faith."
[MRK.9.25] And seeing that a crowd was gathering, Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it: "You spirit that makes one speechless and deaf, I command you, depart from him and do not ever enter into him again."
[MRK.9.26] And crying out and convulsing greatly, he went out, and it became as if dead, so that many were saying that he had died.
[MRK.9.27] And the Jesus, having seized the hand of him, raised him up, and he stood up.
[MRK.9.28] And having entered into a house, his disciples privately asked Yahveh, "Why were we not able to cast him out?"
[MRK.9.29] And He said to them, "This kind is able to be driven out by nothing unless in prayer."
[MRK.9.30] And having departed from there, they passed through Galilee, and they did not wish anyone to know.
[MRK.9.31] He was teaching His students, and He said to them that the son of the human will be delivered into the hands of humans, and they will kill him, and having been killed, He will rise again after three days.
[MRK.9.32] And they did not understand the saying, and they feared to ask him.
[MRK.9.33] And having come into Capernaum, and being in the house, he asked them: "What are you reasoning in the way?"
[MRK.9.34] And they were silent, for they had debated with one another on the road about who was greater.
[MRK.9.35] And having sat down, he called to the twelve and said to them: If anyone wishes to be first, let him be last of all and a servant to all.
[MRK.9.36] And having taken a child, he set it in the midst of them, and embracing it, he said to them…
[MRK.9.37] Whoever receives one of these little children on my name, receives me. And whoever receives me, does not receive me, but the one who sent me.
[MRK.9.38] John said to him, "Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we forbade him, because he does not follow with us."
[MRK.9.39] And Jesus said: "Do not hinder him. For there is no one who will perform a power in the name of my Lord and quickly be able to speak evil against me."
[MRK.9.40] For whoever is not with us is against us.
[MRK.9.41] For whoever gives one of you a cup of water in the name that you are of the Christ, truly I say to you that he will not lose his reward.
[MRK.9.42] And whoever causes one of these little believers to stumble, it is better for him that a donkey millstone be around his neck and he be thrown into the sea.
[MRK.9.43] And if your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than having two hands to depart into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire.
[MRK.9.45] And if your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is good for you to enter into life lame, rather than having both feet and being cast into Gehenna.
[MRK.9.47] And if your eye causes you to stumble, remove it; it is good for you to enter the kingdom of the Gods with one eye, than to have two eyes and be thrown into Geenna.
[MRK.9.48] Where their worm does not cease dying, and the fire is not extinguished.
[MRK.9.49] For all will be tested by fire.
[MRK.9.50] Good is the salt; but if the salt loses its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt within yourselves and make peace with one another.
MRK.10
[MRK.10.1] And from there, having risen, he comes into the boundaries of Judea, and beyond the Jordan, and crowds accompany him again, and as he was accustomed, again he taught them.
[MRK.10.2] And having come forward, the Pharisees questioned him, asking if it is lawful for a man to release a woman, testing him.
[MRK.10.3] And the one having responded said to them: What did Moses command to you?
[MRK.10.4] And they said: Moses permitted a man to write a document of dismissal and release her.
[MRK.10.5] And Jesus said to them, "God wrote this commandment to you because of the hardness of your hearts."
[MRK.10.6] From the beginning of creation, He made them male and female.
[MRK.10.7] Because of this, a man will leave his father and his mother, and will cling to his wife.
[MRK.10.8] And the two will become into one flesh, so no longer are they two but one flesh.
[MRK.10.9] Therefore, what God has joined together, let no human being separate.
[MRK.10.10] And into the house again, the disciples questioned him about this.
[MRK.10.11] And He says to them: Whoever releases his wife and marries another commits adultery with that other woman.
[MRK.10.12] And if she, having released her husband, marries another, she commits adultery.
[MRK.10.13] And they offered to Yahveh children so that He might touch them. But the students rebuked them.
[MRK.10.14] Now, seeing this, Jesus became indignant and said to them, "Allow the children to come to me; do not hinder them, for to such as these belongs the kingdom of the God.
[MRK.10.15] Truly I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a child will not enter it.
[MRK.10.16] And embracing them, he blessed, placing the hands upon them.
[MRK.10.17] And as He was going out onto the road, one ran up and, kneeling before Him, asked Him: "Teacher, good one, what must I do to inherit life everlasting?"
[MRK.10.18] But Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good except the One God."
[MRK.10.19] You know the commands: do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not deprive, honor your father and your mother.
[MRK.10.20] And he said to him, "Teacher, all these things I have guarded from my youth."
[MRK.10.21] Now Jesus, looking at him, loved him and said to him, "You still lack one thing. Go, sell all that you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."
[MRK.10.22] And the saddened one, regarding the word, departed grieving, for he had many possessions.
[MRK.10.23] And having looked around, the Jesus says to the students of him, "How difficult for those having the monies to enter into the kingdom of the God!"
[MRK.10.24] Now the students were astonished at the words of him. And Jesus, having answered again, says to them: Children, how difficult it is to enter the kingdom of the God.
[MRK.10.25] It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.
[MRK.10.26] And they were very astonished, saying to themselves: And who is able to be saved?
[MRK.10.27] Having looked at them, Jesus says: Impossible by people, but not impossible by God, for all things are possible by God.
[MRK.10.28] Peter began to say to him: Behold, we have abandoned all things and have followed you.
[MRK.10.29] He said, "Yes, truly I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for the sake of me and for the sake of the good message, but that he will receive a hundred times as much in this time, and in the age to come eternal life."
[MRK.10.30] If you do not receive a hundredfold now in this time, a house, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and fields, along with persecutions, then you will receive life eternal in the age that is coming.
[MRK.10.31] Many will be first, last, and the last will be first.
[MRK.10.32] And they were on the road going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was leading them, and they were amazed, but those following were afraid. And having taken the twelve again, he began to tell them the things that would happen to him.
[MRK.10.33] For behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the son of the human being will be handed over to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death and hand him over to the nations.
[MRK.10.34] And they will mock him, and they will spit upon him, and they will flog him, and they will kill him, and after three days he will rise again.
[MRK.10.35] And they came near to him, James and John, the sons of Zebedee, saying to him, “Teacher, we wish that whatever we may ask you, you do for us.”
[MRK.10.36] And he said to them, "What do you wish me to do for you?"
[MRK.10.37] And they said to him, "Give to us that one of you sits at your right and one at your left in your glory."
[MRK.10.38] And Jesus said to them, "Do you not know what you are asking? Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?"
[MRK.10.39] And they said to him, "We are able." And Jesus said to them, "You will drink from the cup that I drink, and you will be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with."
[MRK.10.40] And as for the seating at my right hand or at my left, it is not mine to give, but to those for whom it has been prepared.
[MRK.10.41] And having heard, the ten began to be indignant concerning Jacob and John.
[MRK.10.42] And having called them to himself, Jesus said to them, "You know that those appearing to rule over the nations dominate them, and the great ones among them exercise authority over them."
[MRK.10.43] But it is not so with you. Rather, whoever desires to be great among you will be a servant to you.
[MRK.10.44] And whoever among you desires to be first will be the servant of all.
[MRK.10.45] And for the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
[MRK.10.46] And they come to Jericho. And as he goes out from Jericho, and his disciples, and a sufficient crowd, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, blind and begging, was sitting by the way.
[MRK.10.47] And having heard that Jesus the Nazarene is, he began to cry out and to say: "Son of David, Jesus, show me mercy."
[MRK.10.48] And many urged him to be silent, but he cried out much more, saying, "Son of David, have mercy on me."
[MRK.10.49] And standing, Jesus said: Call him. And they call the blind man, saying to him: Be brave, rise, he calls for you.
[MRK.10.50] And the one having cast off his garment leaped and came to Yahveh.
[MRK.10.51] And responding to Him, Jesus said: "What do you want me to do for you?" And the blind man said to Him: "My teacher, that I may see again."
[MRK.10.52] And Jesus said to him, "Go, your faith has saved you." And immediately he regained his sight and followed him on the way.
MRK.11
[MRK.11.1] And when they drew near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, toward the mountain of the olives, he sent two of his students.
[MRK.11.2] And he says to them: Go into the village that is opposite you, and immediately upon entering it you will find a young male donkey tied up, upon which no human has ever sat. Untie it and bring it.
[MRK.11.3] And if anyone says to you, “What are you doing?” say, “My Lord has need of it,” and he will immediately send that person back here.
[MRK.11.4] And having gone, I found a young servant bound at a door outside on the street, and they loosen him.
[MRK.11.5] And some of those standing there said to them: "What are you doing, releasing the animal?"
[MRK.11.6] And they said to them as the Jesus said, and they released them.
[MRK.11.7] And they bring the donkey to Jesus, and they cast upon him their garments, and he sat upon it.
[MRK.11.8] And many spread their clothing into the way, and others, having cut branches from the fields.
[MRK.11.9] And those who led the way and those who followed were shouting, “Hosanna!” Blessed is the one who comes in the name of Yahveh.
[MRK.11.10] Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David. Hosanna in the highest places.
[MRK.11.11] And he entered into Jerusalem into the holy place, and having looked around at everything, it being already evening of the hour, he departed into Bethany with the twelve.
[MRK.11.12] And on the next day, after they had gone out from Bethany, Yahveh caused one of them to be hungry.
[MRK.11.13] And having seen a fig tree from afar, possessing leaves, he came, if perhaps he might find anything on it. And having come to it, he found nothing except leaves, for the time was not the season for figs.
[MRK.11.14] And responding, he said to her: from you, never again will anyone eat fruit into the age. And his disciples were listening.
[MRK.11.15] And they come into Jerusalem. And having entered into the temple, he began to cast out those selling and those buying in the temple, and the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling the doves he overturned.
[MRK.11.16] And He did not allow that anyone should carry vessels through the temple.
[MRK.11.17] And He was teaching, and He said to them: “Is it not written that the house of God will be called a house of prayer for all the nations? But you have made it a cave of robbers.”
[MRK.11.18] And the chief priests and the scribes heard, and they sought how to destroy him. For they feared him, because all the crowd was amazed by his teaching.
[MRK.11.19] And when it became late, they went out from outside the city.
[MRK.11.20] And as they were passing by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered from its roots.
[MRK.11.21] And having remembered, Peter says to him: 'Teacher, look, the fig tree which you cursed has withered.'
[MRK.11.22] And having answered, the Jesus says to them: Have faith of God.
[MRK.11.23] Truly I say to you that whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and be thrown into the sea,’ and does not waver in their heart, but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them.
[MRK.11.24] Therefore I say to you, all things whatever you pray for and ask for, believe that you have received them, and they will be to you.
[MRK.11.25] And when you stand praying, forgive if you have anything against anyone, so that also your Father who is in the heavens will forgive you your offenses.
[MRK.11.27] And they come again to Jerusalem. And while he was walking in the temple, the chief priests and the scribes and the elders come to him.
[MRK.11.28] And they said to him, "In what authority do you do these things? Or who gave to you the authority this, so that you may do these things?"
[MRK.11.29] And Jesus said to them: I will ask you one question, and you will answer me, and I will tell you in what authority I do these things.
[MRK.11.30] Was John’s baptism from heaven or from people? Answer me.
[MRK.11.31] And they were reasoning with themselves, saying: "If we should say, 'from heaven,' He will say, 'Why then did you not believe Him?'"
[MRK.11.32] But if we say, from people? – they feared the crowd, for they all had John, truly, that he was a prophet.
[MRK.11.33] And responding to Jesus, they say: "We do not know." And Jesus says to them: "Nor do I tell to you in what authority I do these things.
MRK.12
[MRK.12.1] And he began to speak to them in parables: A man planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a winepress and built a tower and leased it to farmers and departed.
[MRK.12.2] And he sent to the farmers at the time a servant, so that from the farmers he might receive from the produce of the vineyard.
[MRK.12.3] And having taken him, they flogged him, and sent him away empty.
[MRK.12.4] And again, he sent to them another servant. And that one they beat the head of, and dishonored.
[MRK.12.5] And another he sent, and they killed that one as well, and many others, some of whom they dishonored, and some they killed.
[MRK.12.6] Still, he had one beloved son. He sent him last to them, saying that they would be ashamed of my son.
[MRK.12.7] Then those farmers said to themselves that this one is the inheritor. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.
[MRK.12.8] And having taken him, they killed him and cast him outside the vineyard.
[MRK.12.9] What then will the Lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the farmers and give the vineyard to others.
[MRK.12.10] Neither have you read this scripture: the stone which the builders rejected, this has become the head of the corner.
[MRK.12.11] This came to be from my Lord, and it is wonderful in our sight.
[MRK.12.12] And they sought to seize him, and they feared the crowd, for they knew that toward them the story he had spoken. And leaving him, they departed.
[MRK.12.13] And they send to him some of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, so that they might trap him with speech.
[MRK.12.14] And coming, they said to him: “Teacher, we know that you are truthful and you do not care about anyone; for you do not regard the face of people, but you teach the way of God in truth. Is it permitted to give a tax to Caesar, or not? Shall we give, or shall we not give?”
[MRK.12.15] Now the one knowing their hypocrisy said to them: “Why do you test me?” Bring to me a denarius so that I may see.
[MRK.12.16] And they brought it. And he says to them: Whose image is this, and whose inscription? And they said to him: Caesar's.
[MRK.12.17] And Jesus said to them: Give back the things of Caesar to Caesar, and give back the things of God to God. And they were amazed at him.
[MRK.12.18] And the Sadducees came to him, who say that resurrection does not exist, and they questioned him, saying...
[MRK.12.19] Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife, but does not leave a child, then his brother should take the wife and raise up offspring to his brother.
[MRK.12.20] Seven brothers were, and the first took a wife and, dying, did not leave seed.
[MRK.12.21] And the second took her, and he died, not leaving seed. And the third likewise.
[MRK.12.22] And the seven did not leave offspring. Last of all, the woman died.
[MRK.12.23] In the resurrection, when they rise, whose wife will she be? For the seven had her as a wife.
[MRK.12.24] Jesus said to them, "Is this not why you are mistaken, because you do not know the writings nor the power of God?"
[MRK.12.25] When people rise from the dead, they do not marry, nor are they given in marriage, but rather they are as angels in the heavens.
[MRK.12.26] And concerning the dead, that they rise again, did you not read in the book of Moses, regarding the bush, how God said to him, "I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?"
[MRK.12.27] God is not of the dead, but of the living. You are greatly mistaken.
[MRK.12.28] And having come near, one of the scribes, hearing them debating, seeing that he responded well to them, questioned him: "Which is the first commandment of all?"
[MRK.12.29] Yeshua responded saying, "First is this: Hear, Israel, my Lord the Gods of us, my Lord is one."
[MRK.12.30] And you will love the Lord your God from all of your heart, and from all of your soul, and from all of your mind, and from all of your strength.
[MRK.12.31] This is the second one: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than this.
[MRK.12.32] And the scribe said to him, "Well, teacher, you have truthfully said that one is, and there is no other except him."
[MRK.12.33] And to love God with all of your heart and with all of your understanding and with all of your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.
[MRK.12.34] And the Jesus, seeing him that he responded intelligently, said to him: "You are not far from the kingdom of God." And no one dared to question him any longer.
[MRK.12.35] And responding, Jesus was saying while teaching in the temple: “How do the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?”
[MRK.12.36] He himself, David, said in the Holy Spirit, "Said Yahveh to my Lord, sit at my right hand, until I place your enemies under your feet."
[MRK.12.37] David himself says, "He is my Lord". So, from where is He a son to him? And the great crowd listened to him gladly.
[MRK.12.38] And in his teaching he was saying: Watch out from the scribes who want to walk in robes and greetings in the marketplaces.
[MRK.12.39] And first seats in the assemblies and first reclining positions in the suppers.
[MRK.12.40] Those who consume the homes of widows, while offering lengthy prayers as a facade, will receive a more severe judgment.
[MRK.12.41] And having sat facing the treasury, he was watching how the crowd throws copper into the treasury. And many rich people threw in much.
[MRK.12.42] And a certain poor widow came and put in two small coins, which amount to a quadrans.
[MRK.12.43] And having called his disciples, he said to them: Truly I say to you that this widow, this poor one, has put in more than all those throwing [money] into the treasury.
[MRK.12.44] For all of them cast from their abundance, but this one cast all that she had from her deficiency, all her life.
MRK.13
[MRK.13.1] And as he was going out from the temple, one of his students said to him, “Teacher, behold what stones and what buildings!”
[MRK.13.2] And Jesus said to him, "Do you see these great buildings? Not at all will one stone here be left on another stone which will not be destroyed."
[MRK.13.3] And as he sat on the Mount of Olives, facing the holy place, Peter and James and John and Andrew questioned him privately.
[MRK.13.4] Tell us, when will these things be, and what is the sign when all these things are about to be completed?
[MRK.13.5] Now the Gods began to say to them: Be careful that no one deceives you.
[MRK.13.6] Many will come in the name of 'I am,' saying, 'I am,' and they will deceive many.
[MRK.13.7] When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed. It is necessary for these things to happen, but the end is not yet.
[MRK.13.8] For nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be earthquakes in various places, and there will be famines. These are the beginning of birth pains.
[MRK.13.9] But watch yourselves: they will deliver you up to councils and to synagogues; you will be flogged and you will stand before governors and kings because of me, as a testimony to them.
[MRK.13.10] And into all the nations, first it is necessary to proclaim the good message.
[MRK.13.11] And when they deliver you up, do not be anxious about what you will say, but say whatever is given to you in that hour. For it is not you who are speaking, but the Holy Spirit.
[MRK.13.12] And a brother will hand over a brother to death, and a father a child, and children will rise up against parents and kill them.
[MRK.13.13] And you will be hated by all because of the name of me. But the one enduring until the end, this one will be saved.
[MRK.13.14] And when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it is not supposed to be, let the one who understands, understand. Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
[MRK.13.15] The one on the roof should not descend, nor should anything be brought from his house.
[MRK.13.16] And the one who goes into the field must not turn back to gather his garment.
[MRK.13.17] Woe to those who have in womb and to those who are nursing in those days.
[MRK.13.18] Pray that it may not come to pass during the season of cold.
[MRK.13.19] For those days will be tribulation such as has not been from the beginning of the creation which the God created until now, and will not be.
[MRK.13.20] And if my Lord had not shortened the days, no flesh would have been saved; but for the chosen ones whom He selected, He shortened the days.
[MRK.13.21] And then, if anyone to you says, "Behold, here is the anointed one," or, "Behold, there he is," do not believe it.
[MRK.13.22] False messiahs and false prophets will rise up and they will give signs and wonders toward the deceiving, if possible, of the chosen ones.
[MRK.13.23] But you, look: I have already said everything to you.
[MRK.13.24] But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light.
[MRK.13.25] And the stars will be falling from the heavens, and the powers that are in the heavens will be shaken.
[MRK.13.26] And then they will see the son of the human being coming in clouds with much power and glory.
[MRK.13.27] And then the Gods will send the angels and will gather the chosen ones from the four winds, from the edge of the earth to the edge of heaven.
[MRK.13.28] And from the fig tree learn the comparison; when its branch already becomes tender and the leaves sprout forth, know that summer is near.
[MRK.13.29] So also, you, when you see these things happening, know that the near one is at the doors.
[MRK.13.30] Truly I say to you that this generation will not pass away until all these things happen.
[MRK.13.31] The heavens and the earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
[MRK.13.32] And concerning that day or that hour, no one knows, not even the messengers in heaven, nor the son, if not the father.
[MRK.13.33] Behold, be vigilant, for you do not know when the time will be.
[MRK.13.34] As a man traveling leaves his house and gives the authority to each of his servants for his work, and he commanded the doorkeeper that he may watch.
[MRK.13.35] Therefore be watchful, for you do not know at what hour your Lord of the house will come, whether late or midnight or at cockcrow or early morning.
[MRK.13.36] May the one who comes not find you sleeping.
[MRK.13.37] But to you all I say, be watchful.
MRK.14
[MRK.14.1] Now the Passover and the unleavened breads were after two days. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how, having seized him by deception, they might kill him.
[MRK.14.2] For they were saying, "Not during the feast, lest there be a disturbance among the people."
[MRK.14.3] And while he was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, while he was reclining, a woman came having a jar of perfumed oil of nard, very costly, having broken the jar she poured it on his head.
[MRK.14.4] And there were some who were angered towards themselves, concerning why this loss of the ointment occurred.
[MRK.14.5] It was possible for this ointment to have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and given to the poor, and they were becoming angry with her.
[MRK.14.6] And Jesus said, "Let her be; what troubles do you provide to her? She did a good work in me."
[MRK.14.7] For you always have with you the poor, and whenever you wish, you are able to do good to them, but you will not always have me.
[MRK.14.8] The spices that he had, he prepared, anticipating the need to anoint my body for the burial.
[MRK.14.9] Truly, I say to you, wherever the good news is proclaimed to the whole world, what she has done will also be spoken in remembrance of her.
[MRK.14.10] And Judas Iscariot, the one of the twelve, went to the chief priests in order that he might deliver him to them.
[MRK.14.11] And those who heard were pleased and promised to give him money. And he sought how conveniently to hand him over.
[MRK.14.12] And on the first day of unleavened bread, when the Passover was being sacrificed, His disciples said to Him: "Where do You wish us to go and prepare so that You may eat the Passover?"
[MRK.14.13] And he sends two of his students and says to them: Go into the city, and a man carrying a water jar will meet you; follow him.
[MRK.14.14] And wherever you enter, say to the housemaster that the teacher says, "Where is the room where I might eat the Passover with my students?"
[MRK.14.15] And he himself will show to you the great upper room, furnished and ready, and there prepare it for us.
[MRK.14.16] And the disciples went out and came into the city and found things as He had said to them, and they prepared the Passover.
[MRK.14.17] And after evening came, he came with the twelve.
[MRK.14.18] And as they were reclining and eating, Jesus said: "Truly I tell you that one among you will hand me over, the one who is eating with me."
[MRK.14.19] They began to distress and say to him, one at a time: “Is it not I?”
[MRK.14.20] And he said to them, "One of the twelve, the one dipping with me into the bowl."
[MRK.14.21] For the son of man goes, as it is written about him. Woe to that man through whom the son of man is betrayed. It would be good for that man if he had not been born.
[MRK.14.22] And while they were eating, having taken bread, he blessed it, he broke it, and he gave it to them, and he said: "Take, this is my body."
[MRK.14.23] And having taken a cup, having given thanks, he gave it to them, and they all drank from it.
[MRK.14.24] And he said to them: "This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many."
[MRK.14.25] Truly, I say to you that I will no longer drink of the produce of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.
[MRK.14.26] And having praised, they went out into the mountain of the olive trees.
[MRK.14.27] And Jesus said to them that all of you will be caused to stumble, because it has been written, "I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered."
[MRK.14.28] But after the raising of me, I will lead you into Galilee.
[MRK.14.29] And Peter said to him, if even all will be caused to stumble, but not I.
[MRK.14.30] And Jesus says to him: "Truly I say to you that you today, on this night, before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times."
[MRK.14.31] And he spoke exceedingly, "If it is necessary for me to die with you, I will not deny you." And in the same way all of them also said.
[MRK.14.32] And they come to a place whose name is 'Oil Press', and he says to his disciples: ‘Sit here until I pray.’
[MRK.14.33] And he takes Peter and James and John with him, and he began to be amazed and to speak.
[MRK.14.34] And He says to them: "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Remain here and watch."
[MRK.14.35] And having gone forward a little, he fell upon the ground and prayed that, if it is possible, the hour might pass from him.
[MRK.14.36] And he was saying: Father, the Gods, all things are possible for you. Take away this cup from me, but not what I desire, but what you desire.
[MRK.14.37] And he comes and finds them sleeping, and he says to Peter: "Simon, are you sleeping? Were you not able to stay awake for even one hour?"
[MRK.14.38] Be watchful and pray, so that you do not come into temptation; for the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.
[MRK.14.39] And again, having gone away, he prayed, saying the same words.
[MRK.14.40] And again having come, he found them sleeping, for their eyes were weighed down, and they did not know what to answer to him.
[MRK.14.41] And he comes a third time and says to them: sleep now, and rest. It is enough. The hour has come. Behold, the son of humanity is being handed over into the hands of the sinful.
[MRK.14.42] Rise up, let us go. Behold, the one handing me over is near.
[MRK.14.43] And immediately, while He was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, arrives, and with him a crowd with swords and clubs from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.
[MRK.14.44] And he gave the one delivering him a sign to them, saying: Whoever I kiss, that one is the one, hold him and lead him away safely.
[MRK.14.45] And having come, immediately having approached to him, she says, "Teacher," and she kissed him.
[MRK.14.46] And the people placed the hands on him and they held him.
[MRK.14.47] And one of those standing by, having drawn the sword, struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.
[MRK.14.48] And having answered, the Jesus said to them: "Did you go out as to a robber with swords and clubs to seize me?"
[MRK.14.49] Each day I was with you in the temple, teaching, and you did not restrain me, but this happened so that the scriptures might be fulfilled.
[MRK.14.50] And having left him, they all fled.
[MRK.14.51] And a young man was following him, wrapped in a linen cloth upon nakedness, and they were holding him.
[MRK.14.52] And the one leaving behind the linen cloth fled naked.
[MRK.14.53] And they brought Jesus to the high priest, and all the high priests and the elders and the scribes assembled.
[MRK.14.54] And the Peter from a distance followed him until inside into the courtyard of the chief priest, and he was sitting together with the servants, and being warmed toward the light.
[MRK.14.55] Now the chief priests and the whole council sought testimony against Jesus to the end of killing him, and they did not find any.
[MRK.14.56] For many gave false witness against him, and the testimonies were not equal.
[MRK.14.57] And some, having risen, bore false witness against him, saying...
[MRK.14.58] That we heard him saying that I will destroy this temple that is handmade, and in three days I will build another not handmade.
[MRK.14.59] And not even in this way was the testimony of them equal.
[MRK.14.60] And rising, the chief priest into the middle questioned Jesus, saying: “Do you not answer anything concerning what these ones testify against you?”
[MRK.14.61] And He was silent and did not answer anything. Again the high priest questioned Him and said to Him, “Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?”
[MRK.14.62] And Iesous said, "I am, and you will see the son of the man from the right, sitting at the power, and coming with the clouds of the sky."
[MRK.14.63] Now the chief priest, having torn his robes, says: "What further need have we of witnesses?"
[MRK.14.64] You have heard the blasphemy. What is your assessment? And they all judged him guilty and deserving of death.
[MRK.14.65] And some began to spit on him and to cover his face and to slap him, and they said to him, "Prophesy!" and the servants took blows and inflicted them on him.
[MRK.14.66] And with Peter being below in the courtyard, one of the servant girls of the chief priest comes.
[MRK.14.67] And having seen Peter being warmed, having looked at him, she says, "And you also were with the Nazarene, Jesus."
[MRK.14.68] And he denied, saying, "I do not know, and I do not understand what you are saying." And he went out outside into the courtyard [and a rooster crowed].
[MRK.14.69] And the young girl, seeing him, began again to say to those standing by that this one is from among them.
[MRK.14.70] But he again denied it. And after a short time, those who were standing around again said to Peter: “Truly, you are from among them, for you are also a Galilean.”
[MRK.14.71] And he began to curse and to swear that he does not know the man whom you say.
[MRK.14.72] And immediately, from the second time, a rooster cried out. And Peter remembered the saying as Jesus had said to him that before a rooster cries out twice or thrice, you will deny me. And having cast [something], he wept.
MRK.15
[MRK.15.1] And immediately in the morning, having formed a council, the chief priests together with the elders and scribes and the whole Sanhedrin, having bound Jesus, led him away and delivered him to Pilate.
[MRK.15.2] And Pilate questioned Him, “Are You the king of the Jews?” And responding to him, He says, “You say so.”
[MRK.15.3] And the chief priests accused him of many things.
[MRK.15.4] And Pilate again questioned him, saying, "Does he not answer anything? See how many things they accuse him of!"
[MRK.15.5] Now Jesus no longer answered anything, so that Pilate marveled.
[MRK.15.6] And during the festival, they released to them one prisoner whom they requested.
[MRK.15.7] And there was the one called Barabbas, bound with those who instigated rebellion, those who committed murder during the rebellion.
[MRK.15.8] And as the crowd went up, they began to ask as he had done for them.
[MRK.15.9] And Pilate responded to them, saying, “Do you want me to release to you the king of the Judeans?”
[MRK.15.10] For he came to know that the chief priests delivered him up through envy.
[MRK.15.11] And the chief priests incited the crowd so that they might release Barabbas to them.
[MRK.15.12] But Pilate, having answered again, said to them: What then should I do with the one you call the king of the Jews?
[MRK.15.13] And again, they shouted, "Crucify him!"
[MRK.15.14] But Pilate said to them, "For what evil deed has he done?" And they cried out all the more, "Crucify him!"
[MRK.15.15] And Pilate, desiring to give the crowd what they wanted, released Barabbas to them, and delivered Jesus, having flogged him, to be crucified.
[MRK.15.16] And the soldiers led him inside the courtyard, which is the palace, and they summoned the whole cohort.
[MRK.15.17] And they clothe him in purple, and having woven a crown of thorns, they place it upon his head.
[MRK.15.18] And they began to greet him, rejoicing, "King of the Judeans!"
[MRK.15.19] And they struck his head with a reed, and they spat upon him, and having bent their knees, they worshiped him.
[MRK.15.20] And when they mocked him, they stripped him of the purple and clothed him in his own garments. And they lead him out to crucify him.
[MRK.15.21] And they compel a certain one, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming from the field, the father of Alexander and Rufus, that he might carry his cross.
[MRK.15.22] And they bring him to the Golgotha place, which is interpreted as Skull Place.
[MRK.15.23] And they gave to him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it.
[MRK.15.24] And they crucified him, and they divided his garments, casting lots upon them to determine who would take what.
[MRK.15.25] And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.
[MRK.15.26] And the written notice explaining the reason for his crucifixion was posted above him: 'The King of the Jews.'
[MRK.15.27] And with him, they crucify two robbers, one from the right and one from his left.
[MRK.15.29] And those passing by were blaspheming against him, shaking their heads and saying: "Behold, the one destroying the temple and building it in three days!"
[MRK.15.30] Save yourself, by coming down from the cross.
[MRK.15.31] Also, the chief priests, mocking each other with the scribes, said, “He saved others, but he is unable to save himself.”
[MRK.15.32] The Messiah, the king of Israel, descend now from the cross, so that we may see and believe. And those crucified with him taunted him.
[MRK.15.33] And having become the sixth hour, darkness became over all the land until the ninth hour.
[MRK.15.34] And at the ninth hour, Jesus cried out with a loud voice, "God, God, why have you abandoned me?"
[MRK.15.35] And some of those standing by, having heard it, said, "Behold, Elijah is calling!"
[MRK.15.36] And someone ran and, having filled a sponge with sour wine, placed it around a reed and was offering it to him, saying, "Let us see if Elijah comes to take him down."
[MRK.15.37] And Jesus, having released a great voice, breathed out.
[MRK.15.38] And the covering of the temple was torn into two, from above down to below.
[MRK.15.39] Now, seeing the centurion who was standing opposite him, that he breathed out in this way, he said, “Truly this man was a son of God.”
[MRK.15.40] And there were also women observing from a distance, among whom were Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James the lesser and the mother of Joseph and Salome.
[MRK.15.41] And when he was in Galilee, they followed him and ministered to him, and many other women who went up with him to Jerusalem.
[MRK.15.42] And already evening having come, because it was preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath,
[MRK.15.43] Having come, Joseph, the one from Arimathea, a respectable councilor, who himself was also awaiting the kingdom of God, having dared, entered to Pilate and requested the body of Jesus.
[MRK.15.44] Now Pilate wondered if he was already deceased, and having summoned the centurion, he asked him if he had died some time before.
[MRK.15.45] And knowing from the centurion, he gifted the body to Joseph.
[MRK.15.46] And having purchased a linen cloth, having lowered him, he wrapped him in the linen cloth and he placed him in a memorial that was carved out of stone and he rolled a stone upon the door of the memorial.
[MRK.15.47] And Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of Joseph, were observing where it had been placed.
MRK.16
[MRK.16.1] And as the Sabbath passed, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome purchased spices, so that they might come to anoint him.
[MRK.16.2] And very early, on the first of the weeks, they came to the memorial as the sun was rising.
[MRK.16.3] And they were saying to themselves, "Who will roll away for us the stone from the door of the memorial?"
[MRK.16.4] And having looked up, they behold that the stone has been rolled away; for it was very great.
[MRK.16.5] And having entered into the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a white garment, and they were amazed.
[MRK.16.6] And he said to them: "Do not be startled. You are seeking Jesus of Nazareth, the one who was crucified. He has risen, he is not here. Behold, the place where they put him."
[MRK.16.7] But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going before you into Galilee. There you will see him, just as he said to you.
[MRK.16.8] And having gone out, they fled from the memorial place, for trembling had seized them and astonishment. And they told no one anything, for they were afraid. But they quickly declared all the things commanded to those around Peter. And after these things, Jesus himself sent through them the holy and imperishable proclamation of eternal salvation, from sunrise to sunset. Amen.
[MRK.16.9] Now, having risen early on the first day of the week, Yahveh appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom He had cast out seven demons.
[MRK.16.10] That one, having gone, reported to those who were with her, who were grieving and weeping.
[MRK.16.11] And they, having heard that she lives and was seen by them, believed.
[MRK.16.12] After these things, it appeared to two of them while they were walking into a field, in another form.
[MRK.16.13] And those who had gone away announced to the rest, but even those ones did not believe.
[MRK.16.14] After these things, when they were reclining, He appeared to them and rebuked their disbelief and hardness of heart, because those who had seen Him raised up did not believe.
[MRK.16.15] And he said to them, having gone into the whole world, proclaim the good news to all creation.
[MRK.16.16] The one who believes and is baptized will be saved, but the one who does not believe will be condemned.
[MRK.16.17] And these signs will accompany those who have believed: in the name of God, they will cast out demons, and they will speak with new tongues.
[MRK.16.18] And in the hands, snakes lift themselves up, and even if they drink of something deadly, they will not harm them. They will place hands upon the sick, and they will have wellness.
[MRK.16.19] Now, the Lord Jesus, after speaking to them, was taken up into the heaven and sat at the right hand of the God.
[MRK.16.20] And they, having gone out, proclaimed everywhere, with the Lord working with and confirming the word through the signs that followed.
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[LUK.1.1] Because Many Attempted to arrange a narrative about the Things Fully Known in us of Matters.
[LUK.1.2] As those who saw with their own eyes handed down to us, and having become servants of the Word.
[LUK.1.3] It seemed good to me also, having carefully followed all things from the beginning, to write to you, most excellent God-lover.
[LUK.1.4] So that you may know the certainty of the teachings you have been instructed in.
[LUK.1.5] It happened in the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah from the priestly division of Abijah, and a woman belonging to him was from the daughters of Aaron, and the name of her was Elizabeth.
[LUK.1.6] And both were righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord without blemish.
[LUK.1.7] And they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and both of them were advanced in their days.
[LUK.1.8] And it happened while he served as a priest in the order of his appointed shift, facing the God.
[LUK.1.9] According to the custom of the priesthood, he obtained by lot the task of burning incense, having entered into the temple of my Lord.
[LUK.1.10] And all the multitude was of the people praying outside at the hour of the incense offering.
[LUK.1.11] And an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing from the right of the altar of incense.
[LUK.1.12] And Zacharias was disturbed, seeing, and fear fell upon him.
[LUK.1.13] And the angel said to him: "Do not fear, Zachariah, because your supplication has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will give birth to a son to you, and you will call his name John."
[LUK.1.14] And joy will be to you, and exultation, and many will rejoice upon the birth of him.
[LUK.1.15] For he will be great before Yahveh, and he will not drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the holy spirit even from the womb of his mother.
[LUK.1.16] And many of the sons of Israel will turn to my Lord, the God of them.
[LUK.1.17] And he himself will come before him in spirit and power of God, to turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the disobedient to the thought of the righteous, to prepare for my Lord a people made ready.
[LUK.1.18] And Zacharias said to the messenger: "How will I know this? For I am old and my wife has advanced in her days."
[LUK.1.19] And having answered, the angel said to him: "I am Gabriel, the one who stands before God, and I was sent to speak to you and to announce these things to you."
[LUK.1.20] And behold, you will be silent and unable to speak until the day these things happen, because of which you did not believe in my words, which will be fulfilled in their own time.
[LUK.1.21] And the people were waiting for Zachariah, and they were marveling at his delay in the temple of them.
[LUK.1.22] And having gone out, he was not able to speak to them, and they recognized that he had seen a vision in the temple. And he continued gesturing to them, and remained deaf.
[LUK.1.23] And it happened, as the days of his service were completed, he departed into his house.
[LUK.1.24] And after those days, Elizabeth, the wife of him, conceived and concealed herself for five months, saying...
[LUK.1.25] Because thus my Lord has done for me in the days which He saw to remove my disgrace among people.
[LUK.1.26] And in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee, which has the name Nazareth.
[LUK.1.27] To a virgin betrothed to a man whose name is Joseph, from the house of David, and the name of the virgin is Mary.
[LUK.1.28] And having entered to her, he said, "Rejoice, having been graced, my Lord is with you."
[LUK.1.29] And she, because of the message, became disturbed and was contemplating what this greeting could be.
[LUK.1.30] And the angel said to her, "Do not fear, Mary, for you have found grace with the God."
[LUK.1.31] And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you will call his name Jesus.
[LUK.1.32] This one will be great and will be called a son of the Most High, and my Lord God will give to him the throne of David, his father.
[LUK.1.33] And he will reign over the house of Jacob into the ages, and of his kingdom there will be no end.
[LUK.1.34] And Mary said to the messenger: “How is this possible, since I do not know a man?”
[LUK.1.35] And responding, the messenger said to her: The holy spirit will come upon you, and the power of the most high will overshadow you. Therefore also, the one being born, holy, will be called son of God.
[LUK.1.36] And behold, Elizabeth, your relative, has also conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month for her who is called barren.
[LUK.1.37] That nothing will be impossible with the God, every word.
[LUK.1.38] And Mary said, "Behold, the slave of Yahveh. Let it be to me according to the word of my Lord." And the angel departed from her.
[LUK.1.39] And Mary, rising in these days, went with haste to a city in the hill country of Judah.
[LUK.1.40] And he entered into the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth.
[LUK.1.41] And it came to pass, as Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby stirred in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
[LUK.1.42] And she proclaimed with a great cry and said, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb."
[LUK.1.43] And from where will this be, that the mother of my Lord comes to me?
[LUK.1.44] Behold, for as the sound of your greeting came to my ears, the infant leaped in my belly with joy.
[LUK.1.45] And blessed is the one who believed, for there will be completion to that which was spoken to her by my Lord.
[LUK.1.46] And Mary said, "My soul magnifies the Gods."
[LUK.1.47] And my spirit rejoiced on the God, my savior.
[LUK.1.48] Because God looked upon the lowliness of his servant. For behold, from now on all generations will consider me blessed.
[LUK.1.49] Because the powerful one has done great things for me, and holy is the name of him.
[LUK.1.50] And the mercy of him is into generations and generations, to those fearing him.
[LUK.1.51] He made power in his arm, and he scattered the haughty by the thought of their hearts.
[LUK.1.52] Yahveh has deposed rulers from their thrones and has exalted the humble.
[LUK.1.53] The hungry ones, God filled with good things, and the wealthy ones, God sent away empty.
[LUK.1.54] God received Israel, His child, to remember mercy.
[LUK.1.55] As God spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his seed for the age.
[LUK.1.56] And Mary remained with her for about three months, and then returned to her own house.
[LUK.1.57] And to Elizabeth the time of her giving birth was fulfilled, and she gave birth to a son.
[LUK.1.58] And those who lived nearby and her relatives heard that my Lord had magnified his mercy with her, and they rejoiced with her.
[LUK.1.59] And it happened on the eighth day that they came to circumcise the child, and they called him by the name of his father, Zacharias.
[LUK.1.60] And his mother responded, saying, "No, rather he will be called John."
[LUK.1.61] And they said to her that there is no one from your family who is called by this name.
[LUK.1.62] And he was inquiring within himself what God would want to be called.
[LUK.1.63] And having requested a writing tablet, he wrote, saying: John is his name. And all were amazed.
[LUK.1.64] And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue, and he spoke while blessing the God.
[LUK.1.65] And it came to pass that fear fell upon all those dwelling around them, and in all the mountainous region of Judea, all these words were being spread about.
[LUK.1.66] And all who heard placed it in their hearts, saying: What then will this child be? For the hand of my Lord was with him.
[LUK.1.67] And Zacharias, the father of him, was filled with the spirit of the holy one and prophesied saying.
[LUK.1.68] Blessed is my Lord, the God of Israel, because he visited and made redemption for his people.
[LUK.1.69] And raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of David, his son.
[LUK.1.70] As God spoke through the mouth of the holy ones, the prophets, from eternity.
[LUK.1.71] Salvation is from enemies of ours and from the hand of all those who hate us.
[LUK.1.72] To do mercy with the fathers of us, and to remember the covenant holy of him.
[LUK.1.73] An oath which was sworn to Abraham, our father, to give to us…
[LUK.1.74] Having been rescued without fear from the hand of enemies, to serve Him.
[LUK.1.75] In holiness and righteousness before Him all of the days of our lives.
[LUK.1.76] And you also, child, will be called prophet of the Most High. For you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways.
[LUK.1.77] to give knowledge of salvation to his people in forgiveness of their sins
[LUK.1.78] Through the inner feelings of mercy of our God, in which He will visit us, a rising from on high.
[LUK.1.79] To reveal to those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, in order to guide our feet into a way of peace.
[LUK.1.80] And the child grew and became strong in spirit, and was in the wilderness until the day of their revealing to Israel.
LUK.2
[LUK.2.1] And it came to pass in those days that a decree went forth from Caesar Augustus to enroll the whole world.
[LUK.2.2] This enrollment came about first when Quirinius was governing Syria.
[LUK.2.3] And all were travelling to be registered, each to his own city.
[LUK.2.4] And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, into Judea, to the town of David which is called Bethlehem, because he was from the house and family line of David.
[LUK.2.5] To be registered with Mary, the one betrothed to him, being pregnant.
[LUK.2.6] And it happened while they were there, the days for her to give birth had come to completion.
[LUK.2.7] And she bore her son, the firstborn, and wrapped him in cloths, and laid him in a manger, because there was not a place for them in the lodging.
[LUK.2.8] And there were shepherds in the same country, herding and guarding the watches of the night over their flock.
[LUK.2.9] And a messenger of my Lord stood by them, and the glory of my Lord shone upon them, and they feared a great fear.
[LUK.2.10] And the messenger said to them: "Do not fear, for indeed, I announce to you great joy which will be for all the people."
[LUK.2.11] That a savior was born to you today, who is the anointed one, Lord, in the city of David.
[LUK.2.12] And this is the sign to you: you will find a baby wrapped and lying in a manger.
[LUK.2.13] And suddenly it came to be with the angel, a multitude of a heavenly army praising the God and saying...
[LUK.2.14] Glory to the highest God, and peace on earth to people of goodwill.
[LUK.2.15] And it came to pass, as the angels went from them into heaven, the shepherds spoke to one another: "Let us go now to Bethlehem and see this word which has come to pass, which my Lord made known to us."
[LUK.2.16] And they came hurrying and they found the Mary and the Joseph and the baby lying in the manger.
[LUK.2.17] And having seen, they recognized concerning the word that was spoken to them concerning this child.
[LUK.2.18] And all those having heard marveled about the things spoken by the shepherds to them.
[LUK.2.19] And Mary kept all these sayings, pondering them in her heart.
[LUK.2.20] And the shepherds returned glorifying and praising the God regarding all things which they heard and saw, just as He spoke to them.
[LUK.2.21] And when eight days were fulfilled for his circumcision, his name was called Jesus, which was called by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
[LUK.2.22] And when the days of their purification were fulfilled according to the law of Moses, they brought him into Jerusalem to present to the Lord.
[LUK.2.23] As it is written in the law of my Lord, that every male opening the womb will be called holy to my Lord.
[LUK.2.24] And to give a sacrifice according to what is said in the law of my Lord, a pair of turtle doves or two sickly pigeons.
[LUK.2.25] And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and reverent, awaiting the calling of Israel, and a holy spirit was upon him.
[LUK.2.26] And it was declared to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he sees the anointed one, Lord.
[LUK.2.27] And he came in the spirit into the holy place, and in bringing in the parents the child Jesus to do them according to the custom of the law concerning him.
[LUK.2.28] And he received himself into the embraces and blessed the God and said.
[LUK.2.29] Now you release your servant, my Lord, according to your word in peace.
[LUK.2.30] Because my eyes have seen the salvation of you.
[LUK.2.31] I have prepared it before the face of all the peoples.
[LUK.2.32] Light exists for a revealing to the nations and for the glory of your people, Israel.
[LUK.2.33] And his father and his mother were being amazed at the things spoken about him.
[LUK.2.34] And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, the mother of this one: Behold, this one lies for the fall and the rising of many in Israel, and as a sign to be opposed.
[LUK.2.35] And a sword will also pass through her soul – so that the thoughts from many hearts may be revealed.
[LUK.2.36] And there was Anna, a prophetess, daughter of Phanuel, from the tribe of Asher. This woman was advanced in days, having lived with a man for years seven from the virginity of her.
[LUK.2.37] And she was a widow until years eighty-four, who did not depart from the temple worshipping with fastings and prayers night and day.
[LUK.2.38] And at that very hour, having stood up, she confessed to God and spoke about Him to all those expecting redemption in Jerusalem.
[LUK.2.39] And as they completed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee into their own city, Nazareth.
[LUK.2.40] And the child was growing and becoming strong, being filled with wisdom, and the favor of God was upon him.
[LUK.2.41] And his parents traveled yearly to Jerusalem for the festival of Passover.
[LUK.2.42] And when it happened that He was twelve years old, they went up according to the custom of the festival.
[LUK.2.43] And when the days were completed, as they were returning, Jesus the child remained in Jerusalem, and his parents did not know it.
[LUK.2.44] Thinking indeed they were among the assembly, they came a day's journey and sought him among the relatives and the acquaintances.
[LUK.2.45] And not having found him, they returned to Jerusalem, seeking him.
[LUK.2.46] And it happened after three days that I found him in the temple seated among the teachers, listening to them and questioning them.
[LUK.2.47] And all those listening to him were astonished at the understanding and at the responses of him.
[LUK.2.48] And having seen him, they were amazed, and his mother said to him: "Child, what have you done to us in this way? Behold, your father and I were distressed, seeking you."
[LUK.2.49] And he said to them, “Why are you seeking me? Did you not know that it is necessary for me to be in the affairs of my Father?”
[LUK.2.50] And they did not understand the word which he spoke to them.
[LUK.2.51] And God descended with them and came to Nazareth and was subjected to them. And his mother preserved all the words in her heart.
[LUK.2.52] And Jesus was growing in wisdom and stature and favor with God and people.
LUK.3
[LUK.3.1] And in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governing Judea, and Herod was governing Galilee, and Philip, his brother, was governing Ituraea and the territory of Trachonitis, and Lysanius was governing Abilene.
[LUK.3.2] During the time of the chief priest Annas and Caiaphas, a message from the Gods came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness.
[LUK.3.3] And he came into all the surrounding area of the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for a release of wrongdoings.
[LUK.3.4] As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: a voice of one crying in the wilderness: prepare the way of my Lord, make straight the paths of Him.
[LUK.3.5] Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be lowered. And the crooked places shall become straight, and the rough places shall become smooth roads.
[LUK.3.6] And all flesh will see the salvation of God.
[LUK.3.7] He was saying therefore to the crowds going out to be baptized by him, "children of vipers, who indicated to you how to escape from the future anger?"
[LUK.3.8] Therefore, produce fruits worthy of repentance, and do not begin to say within yourselves, ‘We have as father Abraham.’ For I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.
[LUK.3.9] And now, also, the ax is lying at the root of the trees. Therefore, every tree not producing good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
[LUK.3.10] And the crowds were asking him, saying, "What therefore should we do?"
[LUK.3.11] And having responded, he said to them: The one having two garments let him give to the one not having, and the one having foods let him do likewise.
[LUK.3.12] And having come, tax collectors desired to be baptized, and they said to him, "Teacher, what should we do?"
[LUK.3.13] And he said to them, "Do nothing beyond what has been ordered to you."
[LUK.3.14] And they questioned him, and the soldiers saying, “What shall we do also?” And he said to them, “Do not disturb anyone and do not falsely accuse anyone, and be content with your wages.”
[LUK.3.15] And while the people were waiting and all were reasoning in their own hearts about John, whether he might be the Christ?
[LUK.3.16] John responded, saying to everyone: "I indeed baptize you with water, but the one stronger than I is coming. I am not worthy to untie the sandal strap of that one. That one will baptize you in holy spirit and fire."
[LUK.3.17] Behold, the winnowing fork is in His hand, to thoroughly clean His threshing floor, and to gather the wheat into His storage, but the chaff He will burn with unquenchable fire.
[LUK.3.18] Indeed, then, and with other things urging, the Gods proclaimed the good news to the people.
[LUK.3.19] And Herod the tetrarch was being questioned by him concerning Herodias, the wife of his brother, and concerning all the evil deeds that Herod had done.
[LUK.3.20] He added this to all things, and he closed John up in prison.
[LUK.3.21] And it happened, as all the people were being baptized, and Yahveh Jesus was also being baptized and praying, that the heavens opened.
[LUK.3.22] And the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form as a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven: “You are the son of my Lord, the beloved, in you I take pleasure.”
[LUK.3.23] And he himself was Jesus beginning as thirty years, being a son, as was supposed, of Joseph of Eli.
[LUK.3.24] of Maththat of Levi of Melchi of Iannai of Ioseph
[LUK.3.25] of Mattathias of Amos of Naum of Hesli of Nangai
[LUK.3.26] of Maath, of Matthatiu, of Semein, of Iosekh, of Iodaa
[LUK.3.27] John of Rhesa of Zorobavel of Salathiel of Neri
[LUK.3.28] Melki, Addi, Qosam, Elmadan, and Hoor.
[LUK.3.29] of Joshua of my God has helped of to be exalted of Mahthat of attached
[LUK.3.30] of Simeon of Judah of Joseph of Jonam of Eliakim
[LUK.3.31] of Malki of Minna of Mattathias of Nathan of David
[LUK.3.32] of Jesse of Job of Boaz of Salmon of Nahshon
[LUK.3.33] of Aminadab, of Admin, of Arni, of Esrom, of Phares, of Judah
[LUK.3.34] of Jacob, of Isaac, of Abraham, of Terah, of Nahor
[LUK.3.35] of Serukh of Ragau of Falek of Ever of Salah
[LUK.3.36] of Kainam, of Arphaxad, of Shem, of Noeh, of Lamech
[LUK.3.37] of Mathusala, of Enoch, of Iared, of Maleleel, of Kainan
[LUK.3.38] of Enos of Seth of Adam of God.
LUK.4
[LUK.4.1] Yesous, however, full of the holy spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the spirit in the wilderness.
[LUK.4.2] For forty days he was tempted by the tempter. And he did not eat anything during those days, and when they were completed, he hungered.
[LUK.4.3] Then the devil said to him, "If you are a son of God, say to this stone that it may become bread."
[LUK.4.4] And Jesus responded to him, "It is written that not on bread alone will the human live."
[LUK.4.5] And having led him, he showed to him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
[LUK.4.6] And the accuser said to him, “To you I will give all this authority and their glory, because it has been handed over to me, and to whomever I wish, I give it.”
[LUK.4.7] Therefore, if you worship before God, everything will be yours.
[LUK.4.8] And responding, Jesus said to him: "It is written: 'You shall worship my Lord, the God of you, and to him alone you shall render service."
[LUK.4.9] He brought him to Jerusalem and stationed him on the wing of the temple, and said to him, "If you are a son of God, cast yourself from here down."
[LUK.4.10] For it is written that to the messengers of him, it is fulfilled concerning you to guard you.
[LUK.4.11] And that upon hands they lift you up, lest at any time you strike your foot against a stone.
[LUK.4.12] And having answered, Jesus said to him, "It is said: You shall not test my Lord the God your."
[LUK.4.13] And having completed all the test, the Devil departed from him until a time.
[LUK.4.14] And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee. And a report went out throughout all the surrounding area concerning him.
[LUK.4.15] And he was teaching in their synagogues, being glorified by all.
[LUK.4.16] And he came to Nazareth, where he had been raised, and he entered according to his custom on the day of the Sabbaths into the synagogue, and he stood up to read.
[LUK.4.17] And a scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him, and opening the scroll, he found the place where it had been written.
[LUK.4.18] The Spirit of Yahveh is upon me, because of which He anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor, and He sent me to proclaim release to captives and restoration of sight to the blind, and to send the broken free in release.
[LUK.4.19] To proclaim a year pleasing to my Lord.
[LUK.4.20] And having struck the book, giving it to the attendant, he sat down, and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him.
[LUK.4.21] And he began to say to them that today this writing is fulfilled in your ears.
[LUK.4.22] And all bore witness to him and were marveling at the words of grace that were proceeding from his mouth, and they said, "Is this not the son of Joseph?"
[LUK.4.23] And he said to them: “You will certainly say to me this parable: ‘Physician, heal yourself.’ Whatever things we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in your homeland.”
[LUK.4.24] And he said, "Truly I tell you that no prophet is acceptable in his own country."
[LUK.4.25] But I say to you truthfully, many widows were in the days of Elijah in Israel, when the sky was closed for three years and six months, as a great famine came upon all the land.
[LUK.4.26] And to none of them was Elijah sent, except to Sarepta of Sidonia, to a widow woman.
[LUK.4.27] And there were many who had skin disease in Israel during the time of Elisha the prophet, and not one of them was cleansed unless it was Naaman the Syrian.
[LUK.4.28] And all were filled with wrath in the synagogue, hearing these things.
[LUK.4.29] And having risen up, they cast him outside of the city and led him until the eyebrow of the mountain upon which their city was built, so that they might throw him down.
[LUK.4.30] He himself, however, was going through the midst of them and continuing on.
[LUK.4.31] And he descended into Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and he was teaching them on the Sabbaths.
[LUK.4.32] And they were astonished at the teaching of him, that the word of him was in authority.
[LUK.4.33] And in the synagogue there was a man having a spirit of a demon unclean, and he cried out with a voice great.
[LUK.4.34] Ha! What concern is there between us and you, Jesus of Nazareth? Did you come to destroy us? I know who you are, the holy one of God.
[LUK.4.35] And Jesus rebuked it, saying, “Be silent, and come out of him.” And the demon threw him into the middle and departed from him, having harmed him at all.
[LUK.4.36] And amazement came upon all, and they spoke together to one another, saying, "Who is this, that with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they depart?"
[LUK.4.37] And a sound was proceeding from around him into all place of the surrounding area.
[LUK.4.38] And having risen from the synagogue, he entered into the house of Simon. And the mother-in-law of Simon was being held by a great fever, and they asked him concerning her.
[LUK.4.39] And having stood over her, he rebuked the fever, and it released her. Immediately, she rose and served them.
[LUK.4.40] As the sun was setting, everyone who had those afflicted with various illnesses brought them to him. And he, laying his hands on each of them, healed them.
[LUK.4.41] And demons were going out from many, shouting and saying that You are the Son of God. And rebuking them, He did not allow them to speak, because they knew that He was the Christ.
[LUK.4.42] And when the day arrived, having gone out, he journeyed to a deserted place. And the crowds sought him and came to him and held him back, so that he would not depart from them.
[LUK.4.43] And he said to them, “I must also proclaim the good news of the kingdom of God to other cities, because for this purpose I was sent.”
[LUK.4.44] And he was proclaiming to the synagogues of Judea.
LUK.5
[LUK.5.1] And it happened that, as the crowd pressed against him and heard the word of God, he himself was standing by the lake of Gennesaret.
[LUK.5.2] And he saw two boats standing by the lake, and the fishermen having come down from them were washing the nets.
[LUK.5.3] And having gone into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, he asked him to take him a little distance from the land. And having sat from the boat, he taught the crowds.
[LUK.5.4] And as he finished speaking, he said to Simon: Return to the depth and loosen your nets for a catch.
[LUK.5.5] And responding, Simon said: "Master, we toiled all night and caught nothing, but at your word I will lower the nets."
[LUK.5.6] And having done this, they enclosed a multitude of fish, many, and the nets of them were torn.
[LUK.5.7] And they bowed down to those sharing the other ship, so that those coming would join with them. And they came and filled both ships until they began to sink.
[LUK.5.8] And seeing Simon Peter fell to the knees of Jesus, saying: "Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, my Lord."
[LUK.5.9] For amazement surrounded him and all who were with him, concerning the abundance of the fish they had taken.
[LUK.5.10] And likewise Jacob and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were companions with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon: "Do not fear; from now on you will be a fisher of people."
[LUK.5.11] And having brought the ships onto the land, they left everything and followed him.
[LUK.5.12] And it came to pass, being in one of the cities, that behold, a man full of leprosy; and seeing Jesus, falling on his face, he pleaded with him, saying, "my Lord, if you wish, you are able to cleanse me."
[LUK.5.13] And extending the hand, he touched him, saying, “I desire, may you be cleansed!” And immediately, the leprosy departed from him.
[LUK.5.14] And He commanded him to tell no one, but, having departed, show yourself to the priest and bring an offering concerning your purification as Moses ordered, as a witness to them.
[LUK.5.15] And the message about him was spreading further, and large crowds were gathering to hear and to be healed from their illnesses.
[LUK.5.16] He was withdrawing into the wildernesses and praying.
[LUK.5.17] And it came to be on one of the days that he was teaching, and there were sitting Pharisees and teachers of the law who had come from every town of Galilee and Judea and Jerusalem. And the power of Yahveh was to heal him.
[LUK.5.18] And behold, men were carrying on a bed a man who was paralyzed, and they were seeking to bring him in and place him before Him.
[LUK.5.19] And not finding a way to bring him in through the crowd, having gone up onto the roof through the tiles, they lowered him with the mat into the middle in front of Jesus.
[LUK.5.20] And having seen the faith of them, he said, "Man, your sins are forgiven to you."
[LUK.5.21] And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason with one another, saying, "Who is this one who speaks blasphemies? Who is able to forgive sins except the one God alone?"
[LUK.5.22] And knowing the thoughts of them, Yahveh-given Jesus responded, saying to them, “What are you deliberating in your hearts?”
[LUK.5.23] Which is easier, to say, 'your sins are released to you,' or to say, 'rise up and walk?'
[LUK.5.24] But so that you may know that the Son of Humanity has authority on Earth to forgive sins – He said to the paralyzed man: I say to you, rise, and taking up your bed, go into your house.
[LUK.5.25] And immediately, rising before them, having gotten up from where he was lying, he went to his home, glorifying the God.
[LUK.5.26] And a trance took all, and they glorified the God, and they were filled with fear, saying that we have seen remarkable things today.
[LUK.5.27] And after these things, he went out and observed a tax booth with the name Levi sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him: "Follow me."
[LUK.5.28] And having left everything, rising, he follows him.
[LUK.5.29] And he made a great feast for Levi in his house, and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others who were reclining with him.
[LUK.5.30] And the Pharisees and the scribes of them were murmuring to the disciples of Him, saying, "Why with the tax collectors and the sinners do you eat and drink?"
[LUK.5.31] And having responded, Jesus said to them: ‘Those who are healthy do not have need of a physician, but those who are unwell do.’
[LUK.5.32] I have not come to call righteous people, but sinners to repentance.
[LUK.5.33] And they said to him, the disciples of John fast often and make requests similarly, and also those of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink.
[LUK.5.34] And Jesus said to them: Are you unable to make the sons of the wedding celebration fast, while the groom is with them?
[LUK.5.35] Days will come, and when the bridegroom is taken away from them, then they will fast on those days.
[LUK.5.36] He was also speaking a parable to them, saying that no one tears a piece from a new garment and places it on an old garment. If he does not, he will tear the new one, and the piece from the new one will not agree with the old one.
[LUK.5.37] And no one throws new wine into old wineskins. But if not, the new wine will tear the wineskins, and itself will be poured out, and the wineskins will be lost.
[LUK.5.38] But new wine must be put into new wineskins, lest the wineskins burst and the wine be spilled.
[LUK.5.39] And no one drinking old wine desires new wine, for he says, 'The old is good.'
LUK.6
[LUK.6.1] And it happened on a Sabbath that he was walking through fields of grain, and his disciples were picking and eating the stalks with their hands.
[LUK.6.2] Indeed, some of the Pharisees said, "What are you doing that is not permitted on the Sabbaths?"
[LUK.6.3] And responding to them, Jesus said: "Have you not also read what David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him?
[LUK.6.4] As he entered the house of God and, having taken the breads of the offering, ate and gave to those with him, which it is not permissible for anyone to eat unless only the priests?
[LUK.6.5] And he was saying to them, "my Lord is of the Sabbath, the son of the man."
[LUK.6.6] And it happened on another Sabbath that he went into the synagogue and taught. And a man was there whose right hand was dried up.
[LUK.6.7] The scribes and the Pharisees were watching him, if he heals on the Sabbath, so that they may find an accusation against him.
[LUK.6.8] But he knew their thoughts, and he said to the man who had a dry hand: "Rise and stand in the middle." And having risen, he stood.
[LUK.6.9] And Jesus said to them: I ask you, is it permissible on the Sabbath to do good, or to do harm, to save a soul, or to destroy it?
[LUK.6.10] And having looked at all of them, he said to him: "Extend your hand." And he did so, and his hand was restored.
[LUK.6.11] They, however, were filled with foolishness and discussed with one another what they should do to Yeshua.
[LUK.6.12] And it came to pass in those days that he went out into the mountain to pray, and he continued through the night in the prayer of the Gods.
[LUK.6.13] And when the day came, he spoke to his students, and selecting twelve from among them, he named them apostles.
[LUK.6.14] Simon, whom he also named Peter, and Andrew, the brother of him, and Jacob and John and Philip and Bartholomew.
[LUK.6.15] And Matthew and Thomas and James, son of Alphaeus, and Simon, the one called the Zealot.
[LUK.6.16] And Judas, the son of Jacob, and Judas Iscariot, who became the betrayer.
[LUK.6.17] And descending with them, he stood on a level place, and a large crowd of his disciples, and a great multitude of the people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the coastal region of Tyre and Sidon.
[LUK.6.18] The ones having come were to hear of him and to be healed from their diseases, and the ones being troubled by unclean spirits were being healed.
[LUK.6.19] And the whole crowd sought to touch him, because power from him was going forth and it healed everyone.
[LUK.6.20] And he himself lifting up his eyes to his disciples said: Blessed are the poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
[LUK.6.21] Happy are those who hunger now, because you will be filled. Happy are those who weep now, because you will laugh.
[LUK.6.22] Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you, and reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, because of the son of man.
[LUK.6.23] Rejoice on that day and leap for joy, for your reward is great in the heavens. For in the same way did their fathers do to the prophets.
[LUK.6.24] But woe to you who are rich, because you have received your comfort.
[LUK.6.25] Woe to you who are filled now, for you will hunger. Woe to you who are laughing now, for you will mourn and weep.
[LUK.6.26] Woe to you when everyone speaks well of you, for their ancestors did the same thing to the false prophets.
[LUK.6.27] But I say to you who are listening: love your enemies, and do good to those who hate you.
[LUK.6.28] Bless those who curse you, pray concerning those who harass you.
[LUK.6.29] To the one striking you on the jaw, offer also the other. And from the one taking your garment and your tunic, do not hinder them.
[LUK.6.30] To everyone who asks of you, you give, and from the one taking your things, do not demand.
[LUK.6.31] And as you wish the people may do to you, do similarly to them.
[LUK.6.32] And if you love those who love you, what grace is to you? For even the sinners love those who love themselves.
[LUK.6.33] And if you do good to those doing good to you, what grace is to you? And the sinners do the same.
[LUK.6.34] And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive back, what grace is there for you? Even sinners lend to sinners so that they may receive back the same amount.
[LUK.6.35] But love your enemies and do good, and lend to them, hoping for nothing in return. And your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because God is kind even to the unthankful and the evil.
[LUK.6.36] Become compassionate, just as your Father is compassionate.
[LUK.6.37] And do not judge, and you will not be judged; and do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Release, and you will be released.
[LUK.6.38] Give, and it will be given to you; a good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and overflowing, they will give into your embrace; for with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured back to you.
[LUK.6.39] And he also spoke a saying to them: Is it possible for a blind one to guide a blind one? Will not both fall into a pit?
[LUK.6.40] A disciple is not above the teacher, but everyone will be perfected as his teacher.
[LUK.6.41] But what do you see, the splinter that is in the eye of your brother, yet you do not perceive the beam that is in your own eye?
[LUK.6.42] How are you able to say to your brother, "Brother, allow me to remove the splinter in your eye," while you yourself do not perceive the beam in your own eye? Hypocrite, first remove the beam from your own eye, and then you will clearly see to remove the splinter in your brother’s eye.
[LUK.6.43] For a tree is not making good fruit rotten, nor again is a rotten tree making fruit good.
[LUK.6.44] For each tree is known by its own fruit, because one does not gather figs from thorns, nor do they harvest grapes from brambles.
[LUK.6.45] The good person from the good treasure of the heart speaks good, and the evil person from the evil speaks evil. For from the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
[LUK.6.46] What then do you call me, 'my Lord, my Lord,' and do not do what I say?
[LUK.6.47] Everyone who comes to me and hears my words and does them, I will show to you to whom he is similar.
[LUK.6.48] It is like a person building a house, who dug and went deep and laid a foundation upon the rock. When a flood occurred, the river rushed against that house, and it was not able to shake it because it had been well built.
[LUK.6.49] But the one who hears and does not do is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation, upon which the river rushed, and immediately it collapsed and the break of that house became great.
LUK.7
[LUK.7.1] Because he fulfilled all the words of his speech to the hearing of the people, he entered into Capernaum.
[LUK.7.2] And a servant of a certain centurion was suffering greatly and was about to die, and he was honored by him.
[LUK.7.3] Having heard about Jesus, he sent elders of the Jews to him, asking him that he might come and save his servant.
[LUK.7.4] And those who came to Jesus earnestly requested of Him, saying that He is worthy to grant this.
[LUK.7.5] For God loves our nation, and it was God who built the synagogue for us.
[LUK.7.6] And Jesus went with them. Now when He was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to Him, saying to Him, "Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy that you should come under my roof;"
[LUK.7.7] Therefore, I did not even deem myself worthy to come to you. But say a word, and my child will be healed.
[LUK.7.8] And for I am a human being under authority, having soldiers under myself, and I say to this one, "Go!" and he goes, and to another, "Come!" and he comes, and to my slave, "Do this!" and he does.
[LUK.7.9] And having heard these things, Jesus marveled, and turning to the crowd following him, said to them, “I say to you, I have not found such faith even in Israel.”
[LUK.7.10] And having returned to the house, those who were sent found the servant being well.
[LUK.7.11] And it came to pass, in the following days, that he went into a city called Nain, and his disciples were proceeding with him, and a very large crowd.
[LUK.7.12] And as he drew near to the gate of the city, behold, a deceased only son was being carried out to his mother, and she herself was a widow, and a substantial crowd of the city was with her.
[LUK.7.13] And having seen her, the Lord was moved with compassion on her, and said to her, "Do not weep."
[LUK.7.14] And having approached, he touched the body, and those carrying it stood still, and he said: ‘Young man, to you I say, rise!’
[LUK.7.15] And the dead one sat up and began to speak, and Yahveh gave her to her mother.
[LUK.7.16] And fear took hold of them all, and they glorified God, saying that a great prophet had been raised up among us, and that God had visited his people.
[LUK.7.17] And this word went out in all Judea concerning him, and into all the surrounding region.
[LUK.7.18] And the disciples of John reported to John about all these things. And John, having called for two certain of his disciples, said to them…
[LUK.7.19] He sent to my Lord, saying, "Are you the one who is coming, or should we look for another?"
[LUK.7.20] And when the men came to him, they said, "John the Baptizer sent us to you, saying, 'Are you the one who is coming, or should we expect another?'"
[LUK.7.21] At that hour, the Gods healed many from illnesses and afflictions and from evil spirits, and granted sight to many who were blind.
[LUK.7.22] And having responded, He said to them: Go and report to John what you have seen and heard: the blind regain their sight, the lame walk, those with skin diseases are cleansed, and the deaf hear. The dead are raised, and the poor receive good news.
[LUK.7.23] And blessed is the one who does not take offense in me.
[LUK.7.24] And after the angels of John departed, he began to speak to the crowds concerning John: "Why did you go out into the wilderness to look at something? A reed shaken by the wind?"
[LUK.7.25] But what did you come out to see? A person dressed in soft garments? Behold, those who are in garments of glory and luxury are in kingdoms.
[LUK.7.26] But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet.
[LUK.7.27] This is concerning what is written: Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will construct your way before you.
[LUK.7.28] I say to you, no one born of women is greater than John; but the smallest in the Kingdom of the Gods is greater than he.
[LUK.7.29] And all the people, having heard, and the tax collectors justified the God, having been baptized with the baptism of John.
[LUK.7.30] But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the purpose of God for themselves, not having been baptized by God.
[LUK.7.31] To what, then, shall I compare the people of this generation, and to what are they like?
[LUK.7.32] They are like children who sit in the marketplace and call out to each other, saying what they say: "We have played the flute for you, and you did not dance. We have lamented, and you did not weep."
[LUK.7.33] John the Baptizer has come, not eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, "He has a demon."
[LUK.7.34] The Son of Man has come, eating and drinking, and you say, 'Look, a man who is a glutton and a drinker, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!'
[LUK.7.35] And wisdom was justified by all of her children.
[LUK.7.36] Now a certain one of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him, and having entered into the house of the Pharisee, he reclined.
[LUK.7.37] And behold, a woman who was a sinner in the city, and knowing that she was reclining in the house of the Pharisee, brought an alabaster jar of perfumed oil.
[LUK.7.38] And having stood behind beside his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with tears and she wiped them with the hairs of her head, and she kissed his feet and she anointed with perfume.
[LUK.7.39] And when the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, reasoning, "If this one were a prophet, he would know who and what kind of woman this is who touches him, that she is a sinner."
[LUK.7.40] And responding, Jesus said to him: “Simon, I have something to say to you.” And he said: “Teacher, say it,” he responded.
[LUK.7.41] There were two debtors to a certain lender. One owed five hundred denarii, and the other owed fifty.
[LUK.7.42] He was pleased, because neither of them was able to repay to both. Which one of them, then, loved him more?
[LUK.7.43] Simon responded and said, "I assume that to whomever the Gods have granted greater favor..." And he said to him, "You have judged rightly."
[LUK.7.44] And turning toward the woman at Simon's place, he said, “Do you see this woman? You did not give me water for my feet when I entered the house, but she has drenched my feet with her tears and wiped them with the hair of her head.”
[LUK.7.45] You did not give me a kiss; but this one, from whose house I came, did not cease kissing my feet.
[LUK.7.46] God did not anoint my head, but this one has anointed my feet with myrrh.
[LUK.7.47] For this reason, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven, because she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, little does he love.
[LUK.7.48] And he said to her, "Your sins are forgiven to you."
[LUK.7.49] And those reclining began to say among themselves: Who is this one who also releases wrongdoings?
[LUK.7.50] And he said to the woman, "Your faith has saved you; go into peace."
LUK.8
[LUK.8.1] And it came to pass at that time, and he himself went through city and village, proclaiming and announcing the kingdom of the Gods, and the twelve were with him.
[LUK.8.2] And there were certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and sicknesses, Mary, who is called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out.
[LUK.8.3] And Joanna, the wife of Chousa, who was a manager for Herod, and Susanna, and many others, were ministering to them from their possessions.
[LUK.8.4] And as a large crowd gathered and those from the city were coming to him, he spoke through a parable.
[LUK.8.5] The sower went out to sow his seed. And while he was sowing, some fell beside the road and was trampled, and the birds of the sky ate it.
[LUK.8.6] And another fell on the rock, and a seedling withered because it did not have moisture.
[LUK.8.7] And another fell in the midst of the thorns, and the thorns growing together choked it.
[LUK.8.8] And another fell into the good ground and made a harvest producing a hundredfold. Saying these things, he called out: Whoever has ears, let him listen.
[LUK.8.9] And the disciples asked Him what this parable might be.
[LUK.8.10] But he said, "It has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the others in parables, so that seeing they may not see and hearing they may not understand."
[LUK.8.11] And this parable is so: the seed is the word of the God.
[LUK.8.12] Now those beside the way are the ones having heard, and then the tempter comes and takes the word from the heart of them, so that, not having believed, they might be saved.
[LUK.8.13] And those who are on the rock, those who when they hear receive the word with joy, and these have no root, those who believe for a time and in a time of trial fall away.
[LUK.8.14] And the one that fell among the thorns, these are the ones who heard, and are choked by cares and wealth and pleasures of life, and do not bring to completion.
[LUK.8.15] And those in the good earth, these are the ones who, having heard the word in a good and good heart, hold onto it and bear fruit in patience.
[LUK.8.16] No one lights a lamp and covers it with a container or places it under a bed, but places it on a lampstand, so that those who enter may see the light.
[LUK.8.17] For truly, there is nothing hidden that will not become revealed, nor anything secret that will not be known and come into the open.
[LUK.8.18] Therefore, see how you listen; for to the one who has, it will be given to him; and from the one who does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him.
[LUK.8.19] And his mother and his brothers came near to him, and they were not able to reach him because of the crowd.
[LUK.8.20] And it was reported to him: “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, desiring to see you.”
[LUK.8.21] But responding, he said to them: “My mother and my brothers are these, those who hear the word of God and do it.”
[LUK.8.22] And it happened on one of the days that He went into a boat, along with His students, and He said to them: "Let us go across to the other side of the lake," and they were propelled forward.
[LUK.8.23] And as they were sailing, Yahveh awoke. And a scourge of wind descended into the lake, and they were filling, and they were in danger.
[LUK.8.24] And having come near, they awakened him, saying, "my Lord, my Lord, we are being destroyed." And the one awakened rebuked the wind and the swelling of the water, and they ceased, and there was calm.
[LUK.8.25] And he said to them, "Where is your faith?" Being afraid, they wondered, saying to one another, "Who then is this, that he even commands the winds and the water, and they obey him?"
[LUK.8.26] And they sailed to the land of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee.
[LUK.8.27] And as he went out to the land, a man from the city met him, possessing spirits, and for a considerable time he did not wear clothing, nor did he dwell in a house, but in the tombs.
[LUK.8.28] And seeing Jesus, he cried out and fell down before Him, and in a loud voice he said, "What to me and to you, Jesus, son of God the Most High? I beg you, do not torment me."
[LUK.8.29] For he commanded the unclean spirit to depart from the man. Because for many times it seized him, and he bound it with chains and shackles, guarding it, and tearing the bonds, it drove him by the demon into the wildernesses.
[LUK.8.30] And Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" And he said, "Legion, because many demons have entered into me."
[LUK.8.31] And they were urging him that he not command them to go into the abyss.
[LUK.8.32] And there was there a herd of pigs, a sufficient number, grazing on the mountain. And they pleaded with him to allow them to go into those animals, and he allowed them.
[LUK.8.33] And when the demons had departed from the man, they entered into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the cliff into the lake and were drowned.
[LUK.8.34] Having seen it, the shepherds fled and announced it into the city and into the fields.
[LUK.8.35] And he went out to see what had occurred, and came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had departed, clothed and thinking clearly, sitting at the feet of Jesus, and they became afraid.
[LUK.8.36] And those who saw announced to them how the demon-possessed one was saved.
[LUK.8.37] And the whole multitude from the region of the Geraseans asked him to depart from them, because they were holding a great fear; and he, going into a boat, returned.
[LUK.8.38] And the man from whom the demons had departed begged to be with him. And he released him, saying…
[LUK.8.39] Turn back to your house and relate all the things that God has done for you. And he went throughout the whole city proclaiming all the things that Jesus has done for him.
[LUK.8.40] And in the turning back of Jesus, the crowd received him; for all were expecting him.
[LUK.8.41] And behold, a man came whose name was Jairus, and this man was a ruler of the synagogue. And falling at the feet of Jesus, he pleaded with him to enter his house.
[LUK.8.42] Because a sole daughter was with him, as she was twelve years old, and she was dying. And as he went, the crowds followed him.
[LUK.8.43] And a woman being in a flow of blood from years twelve, who [having exhausted all her life on doctors] was not able from anyone to be healed.
[LUK.8.44] Having come near from behind, she touched the fringe of his garment, and immediately the flow of her blood stopped.
[LUK.8.45] And Jesus said, "Who is it that touched me?" And as everyone denied it, Peter said, "Master, the crowds are pressing against you and jostling you.
[LUK.8.46] And Jesus said, "Someone touched me, for I knew a power had gone out from me."
[LUK.8.47] And when the woman saw that she had not been overlooked, she approached Yahveh trembling, and because of the reason she touched him, she reported to all the people that she was healed immediately.
[LUK.8.48] And he said to her, "Daughter, your faith has saved you. Go into peace."
[LUK.8.49] While he was still speaking, someone comes from the synagogue leader, saying that your daughter has died. Do not bother the teacher anymore.
[LUK.8.50] And Jesus, having heard, responded to him, "Do not fear, only believe, and you will be saved."
[LUK.8.51] And having come to the house, God did not allow anyone to enter with God, except Peter and John and James and the father of the child and the mother.
[LUK.8.52] And all were weeping and wailing over her. But He said, "Do not weep, for she has not died, but is sleeping."
[LUK.8.53] And they laughed at him, knowing that he had died.
[LUK.8.54] And he himself, having seized her hand, cried out, saying, "The child, rise!"
[LUK.8.55] And the life force of her returned, and she immediately rose, and someone ordered that food be given to her.
[LUK.8.56] And her parents were astonished; but he commanded them not to tell anyone about what had happened.
LUK.9
[LUK.9.1] Having called together the twelve, He gave to them power and authority over all the demons and to heal diseases.
[LUK.9.2] And he sent them to proclaim the reign of God and to heal the sick.
[LUK.9.3] And He said to them, "Take nothing into the way, neither a staff, nor a bag, nor bread, nor money, nor even two tunics to have."
[LUK.9.4] And into whatever house you enter, there you shall remain, and from there you shall depart.
[LUK.9.5] And as for whoever does not receive you, leaving that city, shake off the dust from your feet as a testimony against them.
[LUK.9.6] And as they went out, they went through the villages, proclaiming the good news and healing everywhere.
[LUK.9.7] And Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening, and he was perplexed because it was being said by some that John had been raised from the dead.
[LUK.9.8] And some say that Elias appeared, while others say that a prophet of the ancients has risen.
[LUK.9.9] Herod said, "I beheaded John. But who is this person about whom I hear these things?" And he sought to see him.
[LUK.9.10] And having returned, the apostles recounted to him all that they had done. And taking them, he withdrew privately into a city called Bethsaida.
[LUK.9.11] And the crowds, knowing, followed him; and having accepted them, he spoke to them concerning the kingdom of the God, and those having a need for healing, he healed.
[LUK.9.12] And the day began to decline. Then the twelve came near and said to him, "Release the crowd, so that they may go into the surrounding villages and fields to lodge and find provisions, for we are here in a desolate place."
[LUK.9.13] And he said to them, "Give to them yourselves to eat." But they said, "There are not with us more than five loaves and two fish, unless we should go and buy food for all this people."
[LUK.9.14] For there were as men, five thousand in number. And he said to his disciples: Have them recline in groups as fifty.
[LUK.9.15] And they did so, and laid all down.
[LUK.9.16] Having taken the five loaves and the two fish, looking up to the heaven, he blessed them, and broke them, and gave to the disciples to distribute to the crowd.
[LUK.9.17] And we ate, and all were filled, and the abundance remaining to them was taken up into twelve baskets of broken pieces.
[LUK.9.18] And it came to pass while he was being praying privately, his disciples gathered to him, and he questioned them saying: "What do the crowds say that I am?"
[LUK.9.19] But those who answered said, "John the Baptizer", others said, "Elijah", and others that a prophet of the ancients has risen.
[LUK.9.20] And he said to them, “Who do you say that I am?” And Peter, answering, said, “The Messiah of the Gods.”
[LUK.9.21] And having rebuked them, he ordered that no one should speak of this.
[LUK.9.22] He said that it is necessary for the son of man to suffer greatly and to be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and to be killed and on the third day to be raised again.
[LUK.9.23] He was saying also to everyone: If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his own cross daily and follow me.
[LUK.9.24] For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for my sake, that one will save it.
[LUK.9.25] For what benefit is there for a person to gain the entire world, yet lose themselves, or be damaged?
[LUK.9.26] For whoever should be ashamed of me and my words, that one the Son of Man will be ashamed of when he comes in the glory of himself and of the Father and of the holy angels.
[LUK.9.27] But I tell you truly, there are some of those standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God.
[LUK.9.28] And it happened after these words, as if eight days passed, and having taken Peter and John and Jacob, he went up to the mountain to offer prayers.
[LUK.9.29] And it came to be, while he was praying, the appearance of his face different, and his clothing white gleaming.
[LUK.9.30] And behold, two men were speaking with him, who were Moses and Elijah.
[LUK.9.31] Those who appeared in glory said the departure of him, which he was about to complete in Jerusalem.
[LUK.9.32] But Peter and those with him were weighed down by sleep. Having awakened, they saw the glory of Yahveh and the two men standing with Him.
[LUK.9.33] And it came to pass, as they were separating from him, Peter said to Jesus: "Master, it is good for us to be here, and we will make three shelters, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah," not knowing what he was saying.
[LUK.9.34] And while he was saying these things, a cloud came and overshadowed them, and they feared to enter the cloud.
[LUK.9.35] And a voice came from the cloud saying: "This is my son, the chosen one; listen to him."
[LUK.9.36] And when the voice came to be, Jesus was found alone. And they became silent, and they told nothing to anyone in those days regarding anything they had seen.
[LUK.9.37] And it came to pass on the following day, as they descended from the mountain, a great crowd met him.
[LUK.9.38] And behold, a man from the crowd cried out, saying, "Teacher, I implore you to look upon my son, because he is unique to me."
[LUK.9.39] And behold, a spirit takes him, and suddenly he shouts and convulses himself with foam, and with difficulty it departs from him, shattering him.
[LUK.9.40] And I pleaded with your disciples that they might cast him out, and they were not able.
[LUK.9.41] And having responded, Jesus said: “O faithless and twisted generation, how long will I remain with you, and endure you? Bring here your son.”
[LUK.9.42] And as he was still approaching, the spirit tore him and convulsed him violently. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit and healed the boy, and returned him to his father.
[LUK.9.43] And all were astonished at the greatness of the God. While all were marveling at everything that He did, He said to His students:
[LUK.9.44] Put these words into your ears. For the son of the human is about to be delivered into the hands of humans.
[LUK.9.45] And they did not understand that saying, and it was concealed from them, so that they might not perceive it, and they were afraid to question him about that saying.
[LUK.9.46] And a thought entered into them, concerning who might be the greatest among themselves.
[LUK.9.47] Now Jesus, knowing the reasoning of their hearts, having taken a child, set it before himself.
[LUK.9.48] And he said to them: Whoever accepts this child in the name of my God, accepts me. And whoever accepts me, accepts the one who sent me. For the smallest among all of you is the greatest.
[LUK.9.49] And John responded, saying, "One who stands above, we saw someone in your name casting out demons, and we forbade him, because he does not follow with us."
[LUK.9.50] And Yeshua said to him, "Do not hinder him, for whoever is not with you is for you."
[LUK.9.51] And it came to pass, when the days of His being taken up were being fulfilled, that He Himself set His face to go to Jerusalem.
[LUK.9.52] And he sent messengers before his face. And having gone, they entered into a village of Samaritans as to prepare for him.
[LUK.9.53] And they did not receive him, because his face was going towards Jerusalem.
[LUK.9.54] And when the disciples, James and John, had seen this, they said, "my Lord, do you wish us to say that fire should come down from heaven and consume them?"
[LUK.9.55] And having turned, he rebuked them.
[LUK.9.56] And they went to another village.
[LUK.9.57] And as they were traveling on the road, one person said to him, "I will follow you wherever you depart."
[LUK.9.58] And Jesus said to him, "The foxes have dens, and the birds of the heaven have lodging places, but the son of the human does not have where to recline his head."
[LUK.9.59] He said also to another, "Follow me." And the other said, "my Lord, allow me to go first to bury my father."
[LUK.9.60] And he said to him, "Allow the dead to bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God."
[LUK.9.61] And another also said, "I will follow you, my Lord, but first allow me to bid farewell to those in my house."
[LUK.9.62] And Jesus said to him, "No one, having laid a hand to a plow and looking backwards, is fit for the kingdom of God."
LUK.10
[LUK.10.1] And after these things, Yahveh showed forth another seventy [two], and sent them out by twos [two] before his face into every city and place where he intended to come.
[LUK.10.2] He was saying also to them: "The harvest is great, but the workers are few. Therefore, ask the Lord of the harvest that he may send out workers into his harvest."
[LUK.10.3] Go. Look, I am sending you as lambs in the midst of wolves.
[LUK.10.4] Do not carry a satchel, do not carry a cloak, do not carry sandals, and do not greet anyone along the road.
[LUK.10.5] If you should enter a house, first say: "Peace to this house."
[LUK.10.6] And if there is a son of peace there, your peace will rest upon him. But if not, it will return to you.
[LUK.10.7] But remain in that house, eating and drinking what they provide to you, for the worker is worthy of their wages. Do not move from house to house.
[LUK.10.8] And into whatever city you enter, and they receive you, eat the things being set before you.
[LUK.10.9] And you will heal those who are sick in it, and you will say to them, "The kingdom of God has drawn near to you."
[LUK.10.10] Into whatever city you enter and they do not receive you, having gone out into the squares of it, say:
[LUK.10.11] And we will wipe off the dust that has stuck to us from your city before your feet. But know this, that the kingdom of God has drawn near.
[LUK.10.12] I say to you that it will be more tolerable for Sodom in that day than for that city.
[LUK.10.13] Woe to you, Chorazin, woe to you, Bethsaida! Because if the powers that were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have long ago sat in sackcloth and ashes and repented.
[LUK.10.14] But to Tyre and Sidon, it will be more tolerable in the day of judgment than to you.
[LUK.10.15] And you, Capernaum, will you not be raised up to heaven? Until you descend to Hades.
[LUK.10.16] The one who hears you hears me, and the one who rejects you rejects me. But the one who rejects me rejects the one who sent me.
[LUK.10.17] And the seventy [two] returned with joy, saying, "my Lord, and the demons submit to us in your name."
[LUK.10.18] And he said to them, "I beheld the Satan as lightning falling from the heaven."
[LUK.10.19] Behold, I have given to you the authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means harm you.
[LUK.10.20] However, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits submit to you, but instead rejoice that your names are written in the skies.
[LUK.10.21] At that very hour, he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said: “I give thanks to you, Father, my Lord of heaven and of earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants. Yes, Father, for this was your good pleasure.”
[LUK.10.22] All things have been delivered to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is except my Father, and who my Father is except the Son, and to whomever the Son wishes to reveal it.
[LUK.10.23] And turning to the disciples privately, he said, "Blessed are the eyes that are seeing what you are seeing."
[LUK.10.24] For I say to you, many prophets and kings wished to see what you are seeing, and they did not see it, and to hear what you are hearing, and they did not hear it.
[LUK.10.25] And behold, a legal expert arose, testing him, saying, "Teacher, what must I do to inherit life everlasting?"
[LUK.10.26] And he said to him, "What is written in the Law? How do you read it?"
[LUK.10.27] And responding, He said: You shall love my Lord the God of you from all of your heart and in all of your soul and in all of your strength and in all of your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.
[LUK.10.28] And he said to him, "You have responded correctly. Do this and you will live."
[LUK.10.29] And the one wishing to justify himself said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"
[LUK.10.30] Having received, Yeshua said: "A man was descending from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among robbers, who also stripped him and inflicted wounds, then departed leaving him half-dead."
[LUK.10.31] And by chance, a certain priest was descending on that road, and upon seeing him, he passed by on the opposite side.
[LUK.10.32] And likewise also a Levite, having come to the place, having seen him, passed by on the other side.
[LUK.10.33] And a Samaritan, someone traveling, came down to him and, seeing his condition, the Gods were moved with compassion.
[LUK.10.34] And having approached, he revealed the wounds of him, pouring on oil and wine, and having placed him on his own animal, he led him to an inn and took care of him.
[LUK.10.35] And on the next day, having cast out [money], he gave two coins to the innkeeper and said, "Care for him, and whatever you may spend, I will repay to you upon my return."
[LUK.10.36] Which of these three appears to you to have been near the one who fell among the robbers?
[LUK.10.37] And he said, "The one who showed mercy to him." Then Jesus said to him, "Go, and you do the same."
[LUK.10.38] And as they journeyed, He Himself entered into a certain village. And a woman, named Martha, received Him.
[LUK.10.39] And here was a sister called Mary, who having sat down at the feet of the Lord was hearing His word.
[LUK.10.40] Now Martha was distracted by much serving. And standing, she said to the Lord, "Does it not matter to you that my sister has left me alone to serve? Tell her, therefore, to help me."
[LUK.10.41] Having answered, he said to her, Yahveh: "Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things."
[LUK.10.42] But one thing is necessary. For Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her.
LUK.11
[LUK.11.1] And it came to pass while he was in a certain place praying, as he ceased, one of his students said to him: "my Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his students."
[LUK.11.2] And he said to them, when you pray, say: "My father, may your name be made holy. May your kingdom come.
[LUK.11.3] Give to us our bread for tomorrow, each day.
[LUK.11.4] And release to us the sins of us, and for we ourselves release to everyone owing to us, and not you lead us into temptation.
[LUK.11.5] And he said to them, which one of you will have a friend and go to him at midnight and say to him, "friend, lend me three loaves?"
[LUK.11.6] Because my friend has arrived to me from the road, and I do not have that which I may entrust to him.
[LUK.11.7] And he, responding from within, says: "Do not cause me trouble. The door is already shut, and my children are with me in bed. I am unable to rise and give to you."
[LUK.11.8] I say to you, even if he will not give to him when rising because of being a friend of his, yet due to the shamelessness of him, rising he will give to him as much as he needs.
[LUK.11.9] And I say to you, ask and it will be given to you, seek and you will find, knock and it will be opened to you.
[LUK.11.10] For every one who asks receives, and the one searching finds, and to the one knocking, it will be opened.
[LUK.11.11] Who among you, if a son asks his father for a fish, will give him a snake instead?
[LUK.11.12] And if he requests existence, will the Gods give to him a scorpion?
[LUK.11.13] If you, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Father in heaven give the holy spirit to those who ask him?
[LUK.11.14] And he was casting out a demon, and it was also mute. But when the demon had gone out, the deaf man spoke, and the crowds were amazed.
[LUK.11.15] And some of them said, "He casts out the demons by the power of Beelzeboul, the ruler of the demons."
[LUK.11.16] And others, attempting to test him, sought a sign from heaven from him.
[LUK.11.17] Now He, knowing their thoughts, said to them: Every kingdom divided against itself becomes desolate, and a house falls upon a house.
[LUK.11.18] And if even Satan is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? Because you say that I cast out the demons by the power of Beelzeboul.
[LUK.11.19] But if I cast out the demons by means of Beelzeboul, by what means do your sons cast them out? Therefore, you yourselves will be the judges.
[LUK.11.20] But if I cast out the demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has arrived among you.
[LUK.11.21] When the strong one, fully armed, guards his own courtyard, his possessions are in peace.
[LUK.11.22] And when someone stronger arrives and conquers him, he takes away his full armor upon which he relied, and he distributes his plunder.
[LUK.11.23] The one who is not with me is against me, and the one who does not gather with me scatters.
[LUK.11.24] When the unclean spirit departs from the person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest and not finding it; then it says, “I will return to my house from which I came.”
[LUK.11.25] And having come, she finds her having been anointed and having been adorned.
[LUK.11.26] Then it goes and brings other spirits, more evil than itself, seven in number, and having entered, it dwells there. And the final state of that person becomes worse than the first.
[LUK.11.27] And it happened while He was speaking these things, a voice from the crowd called out to Him, saying, “Blessed is the womb that carried You and the breasts that You suckled.”
[LUK.11.28] But he said, indeed blessed are those hearing the word of God and keeping it.
[LUK.11.29] And with the crowds gathering, he began to say: "This generation is an evil generation; it seeks a sign, and a sign will not be given to it except the sign of Jonah."
[LUK.11.30] Just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of Man be to this generation.
[LUK.11.31] A queen of the south will rise in the judgment with the men of this generation, and she will judge them, because she came from the farthest reaches of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, there is someone greater than Solomon here.
[LUK.11.32] Men from Nineveh will stand in judgement with this generation and will condemn it, because they repented due to the proclamation of Jonah. Behold, there is more [impact] than Jonah here.
[LUK.11.33] No one having lit a lamp puts it into a hidden place [or under a basket], but rather on a lampstand, so that those entering may see the light.
[LUK.11.34] The lamp of your body is your eye. When your eye is simple, then your whole body is bright. But when it is evil, your body is also dark.
[LUK.11.35] Therefore, beware lest the light that is in you be darkness.
[LUK.11.36] Therefore, if your body is completely luminous, having no part that is dark, it will be luminous entirely, as when a lamp illuminates you with a flash.
[LUK.11.37] And while He was speaking, a Pharisee requested that He dine with him. Having entered, he reclined.
[LUK.11.38] Now the Pharisee, having seen it, was amazed that he had not first been baptized before the best.
[LUK.11.39] And my Lord said to them: "Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and the plate, but within you are filled with robbery and wickedness."
[LUK.11.40] Foolish ones, did not the one who made the outside and the inside also make them?
[LUK.11.41] However, give what you possess as mercy, and behold, all things are clean to you.
[LUK.11.42] But alas to you, the Pharisees, for you tithe mint and rue and every vegetable, and yet you pass by judgment and the love of God. These things it was necessary to do, and those not to neglect.
[LUK.11.43] Woe to you Pharisees, for you love the first seats in the assemblies and the greetings in the trading places.
[LUK.11.44] Woe to you, for you are like the monuments of the unseen, and the people walking upon them do not know.
[LUK.11.45] And having answered, one of the lawyers said to him, “Teacher, by saying these things, you are insulting us.”
[LUK.11.46] And he said, "Woe to you also, legal experts, because you load people with burdens difficult to carry, and you yourselves do not touch those burdens, even with one of your fingers."
[LUK.11.47] Woe to you, for you construct the memorials of the prophets, yet your fathers were the ones who killed them.
[LUK.11.48] Therefore, you all are witnesses and you approve of the works of your fathers, for they killed them, but you build.
[LUK.11.49] Therefore, also the wisdom of God said, "I will send to them prophets and apostles, and from them they will kill and persecute."
[LUK.11.50] That the blood of all the prophets which has been spilled from the foundation of the world, from this generation, may be sought.
[LUK.11.51] From the blood of Abel until the blood of Zechariah, the one being destroyed between the altar and the house – yes, I say to you, it will be demanded from this generation.
[LUK.11.52] Woe to you, the legal experts, for you took the key of knowledge; you yourselves have not entered, and you hindered those entering.
[LUK.11.53] And after his departure from there, the scribes and the Pharisees began intensely to hold him, and to silence him concerning many things.
[LUK.11.54] They lay in wait for him, to hunt for something from his mouth.
LUK.12
[LUK.12.1] When the multitudes gathered together, so that they trampled on one another, Yahveh began to speak to his students first, saying, "Be careful of yourselves from the leaven, which is hypocrisy, of the Pharisees."
[LUK.12.2] And nothing hidden is that not will be revealed, and a hidden thing is that not will be known.
[LUK.12.3] And concerning those things which you said in darkness, they will be heard in the light, and what you spoke to the ear in the private rooms will be proclaimed upon the roofs.
[LUK.12.4] But I say to you, my friends, do not fear those who are able to kill the body, and after that have no more that they are able to do.
[LUK.12.5] And I will show you whom you should fear; fear the one who, after killing, has the authority to cast into Gehenna. Yes, I say to you, fear that one.
[LUK.12.6] Are not five sparrows sold for two small coins? And not one of them is forgotten before the God.
[LUK.12.7] But also, all the hairs of your heads are numbered. Do not fear, for you are of more value than many sparrows.
[LUK.12.8] But I say to you, everyone who confesses me before people, and the son of man will confess that person before the angels of God.
[LUK.12.9] And the one having denied me before the people will be denied before the angels of God.
[LUK.12.10] And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven. But to the one who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven.
[LUK.12.11] And when they bring you to the assemblies and the rulers and the powers, do not worry about how or what you will defend yourselves or what you will say.
[LUK.12.12] For the holy spirit will teach you in that very hour what it is necessary to say.
[LUK.12.13] And someone from the crowd said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to share the inheritance with me."
[LUK.12.14] But he said to him, "Person, who established me as a judge or a divider among you?"
[LUK.12.15] And he said to them: See and guard yourselves from all greed, because not in the abundance of anyone’s possessions is his life found, from the things which he has.
[LUK.12.16] And he said a parable to them, saying: Of a certain man, wealthy, the land prospered.
[LUK.12.17] And he was reasoning within himself, saying, "What shall I do, because I have nowhere to gather my fruits?"
[LUK.12.18] And he said, "I will do this: I will tear down my barns and will build larger ones, and there I will gather all the grain and my good things."
[LUK.12.19] And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have many good things stored up for many years. Rest, eat, drink, and be joyful."
[LUK.12.20] And God said to him: "Foolish one, tonight your life will be demanded of you from you. And what you have prepared, to whom will it be?"
[LUK.12.21] Thus, the one storing up for himself and not becoming wealthy towards God.
[LUK.12.22] And he said to his disciples, "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your soul as to what you will eat, nor about your body as to what you will wear."
[LUK.12.23] For the soul is more than nourishment, and the body than clothing.
[LUK.12.24] Understand the ravens that they do not sow nor reap, to whom there is no storehouse nor barn, and the God nourishes them: how much more do you differ from the birds?
[LUK.12.25] And who among you, by being anxious, is able to add even one cubit to their lifespan?
[LUK.12.26] If therefore you are not able even to do the least, why do you worry about the remaining things?
[LUK.12.27] Consider the lilies, how they grow: they do not toil, nor do they spin. And I say to you, not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these.
[LUK.12.28] But if God so clothes the grass that is in the field today and tomorrow is thrown into a furnace, how much more will God provide for you, those of little faith?
[LUK.12.29] And you, do not seek what you will eat and what you will drink, and do not become anxious.
[LUK.12.30] For all the nations of the world seek these things, but your Father knows that you have need of these things.
[LUK.12.31] But seek the kingdom of the Gods, and these things will be added to you.
[LUK.12.32] Do not fear, the small flock, because your Father has been pleased to give to you the kingdom.
[LUK.12.33] Sell your possessions and give charity. Make for yourselves pouches that do not become old, a treasure that is imperishable in the heavens, where a thief does not approach, nor does moth destroy.
[LUK.12.34] For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
[LUK.12.35] Let your loins be fastened and your lamps burning.
[LUK.12.36] And you also be like people awaiting their own lord when he will depart from the wedding, so that when he comes and knocks, they might immediately open to him.
[LUK.12.37] Blessed are those servants whom, having come, their Lord will find watching. Truly I say to you that he will gird himself and recline them, and having gone around, will minister to them.
[LUK.12.38] If he comes in the second watch, or in the third watch, and finds things as they are, blessed are those people.
[LUK.12.39] And know this, that if the householder knew at what hour the thief comes, he would not allow his house to be broken into.
[LUK.12.40] And you all become prepared, because the hour you do not know, the son of the man comes.
[LUK.12.41] And Peter said, "my Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or also to everyone?"
[LUK.12.42] And my Lord said, "Who, then, is the faithful manager, the wise one, whom my Lord will appoint over his household to give them their allotment in due time?"
[LUK.12.43] Blessed is that servant whom, having come, his Lord will find doing thus.
[LUK.12.44] Truly I say to you that on all those existing to him, he will establish him.
[LUK.12.45] But if that servant says in his heart, "My Lord is delaying his coming," and begins to strike the male servants and the female servants, and to eat and drink and become drunk,
[LUK.12.46] The Lord will come upon that servant in a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not know, and will divide him, placing his portion with the unbelievers.
[LUK.12.47] That one, and the servant knowing the will of my Lord his, and not having prepared or acted according to the will of his Lord, will receive many punishments.
[LUK.12.48] But the one who did not know, doing things worthy of blows will receive few. To everyone to whom much was given, much will be demanded from him, and to whom much was entrusted, they will ask even more from him.
[LUK.12.49] Fire I came to cast upon the earth, and what I wish is already kindled.
[LUK.12.50] I have a baptism with which to be baptized, and how am I constrained until it is completed.
[LUK.12.51] Do you think that Yahveh has come to give peace on Earth? No, I tell you, but rather division.
[LUK.12.52] For from now on, five will be divided in one house, three against two, and two against three.
[LUK.12.53] A father will be divided against a son, and a son against a father; a mother against a daughter, and a daughter against a mother; a mother-in-law against her bride, and a bride against her mother-in-law.
[LUK.12.54] He was also saying to the crowds: Whenever you see a cloud rising in the west, immediately say that rain is coming, and it happens thus.
[LUK.12.55] And whenever a south wind is blowing, you say that there will be heat, and it happens.
[LUK.12.56] You pretenders, you know how to examine the appearance of the earth and the sky. Why then do you not know how to examine this time?
[LUK.12.57] But why do you not judge the righteous thing from yourselves?
[LUK.12.58] For as you go with your opponent to the ruler, give effort to be released from him on the way, lest he drag you to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer, and the officer put you in prison.
[LUK.12.59] I tell you, you shall absolutely not depart from there until you have given back even the very smallest coin.
LUK.13
[LUK.13.1] And some were present at that time, reporting to him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.
[LUK.13.2] And responding, he said to them: Do you think that these Galileans were sinners more than all other Galileans, because these things happened to them?
[LUK.13.3] No, I tell you, but if you all do not change your minds alike, you will all be destroyed.
[LUK.13.4] Do you think that those eighteen, on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, became debtors to all the people who dwell in Jerusalem more than others?
[LUK.13.5] Absolutely not, I tell you, but if you do not all repent in the same way, you will all be destroyed.
[LUK.13.6] He was also speaking this parable: A certain person had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and did not find any.
[LUK.13.7] And he said to the vineyard worker: “Behold, for three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree and have not found any. Cut it down, lest it also exhausts the land.”
[LUK.13.8] And the one having answered says to him, "my Lord, forgive her and this year, until I dig around her and cast dung."
[LUK.13.9] If indeed it makes fruit into the future, but if not, you will prune it.
[LUK.13.10] And it was, while teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbaths.
[LUK.13.11] And behold, a woman possessing a spirit of weakness for eighteen years, and she was bent over and unable to fully straighten up.
[LUK.13.12] And seeing her, Jesus spoke and said to her: "Woman, you are released from your weakness."
[LUK.13.13] And He placed His hands upon her, and immediately she was restored and glorified the God.
[LUK.13.14] And the leader of the synagogue, being angered that Jesus healed on the Sabbath, said to the crowd that six days are those in which it is necessary to work. Therefore, coming in those days, be healed, and not on the day of the Sabbath.
[LUK.13.15] And the Lord responded to them and said: "You hypocrites, does each of you not untie your ox or your donkey from the stall on the Sabbath and lead it to water?
[LUK.13.16] And this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan bound, behold, for eighteen years, was it not necessary to release her from this bondage on the day of the Sabbath?
[LUK.13.17] And while he was saying these things, all those who opposed him were overpowered, and the whole crowd rejoiced at all the glorious things being done by him.
[LUK.13.18] He said therefore, "To what is the kingdom of God similar, and to what should I compare it?"
[LUK.13.19] It is similar to a mustard seed, which having taken, a man threw into his garden, and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the sky nested in its branches.
[LUK.13.20] And again he said, "To what shall I compare the kingdom of God?"
[LUK.13.21] It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour until the whole was leavened.
[LUK.13.22] And He was traveling through cities and villages, teaching, and making a journey to Jerusalem.
[LUK.13.23] And someone said to Him, "my Lord, are few being saved?" And He said to them...
[LUK.13.24] Strive to enter through the narrow gate, because many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able to.
[LUK.13.25] From when the house master arises and shuts the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock on the door, saying, “my Lord, open to us,” and responding, he will say to you, “I do not know from where you are.”
[LUK.13.26] Then you will begin to say, “We ate and drank before you, and you taught in our public squares.”
[LUK.13.27] And someone will say to you, "I do not know from where you are. Depart from me, all workers of unrighteousness."
[LUK.13.28] There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, while you yourselves are thrown outside.
[LUK.13.29] And they will come from the east and the west and from the north and the south, and they will be reclined in the kingdom of God.
[LUK.13.30] And behold, the last who will be first, and the first who will be last.
[LUK.13.31] At that very hour, some Pharisees came to him, saying, "Go out and depart from here, because Herod desires to kill you."
[LUK.13.32] And He said to them: Go and tell this fox: Behold, I cast out demons and I complete healings today and tomorrow and on the third day I am perfected.
[LUK.13.33] But it is necessary for me to go on today and tomorrow and the day following, because it is not possible for a prophet to be destroyed outside of Jerusalem.
[LUK.13.34] Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how many times I wished to gather your children as a bird gathers its young under its wings, and you did not wish it.
[LUK.13.35] Behold, your house is being released to you. I tell you, you will not see me until the time comes when you say, ‘Blessed is the one who comes in the name of my Lord.’
LUK.14
[LUK.14.1] And it came to pass, in his going into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on the Sabbath, to eat bread, that they were observing him.
[LUK.14.2] And behold, there was a man who was dropsical before him.
[LUK.14.3] And responding, Jesus said to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying: Is it lawful on the Sabbath to heal, or not?
[LUK.14.4] And they became quiet. And having approached, he healed him and released him.
[LUK.14.5] And He said to them, "Which of you has a son or an ox that will fall into a well, and will not immediately lift him out on the day of the Sabbath?"
[LUK.14.6] And the Gods were not able to answer to these things.
[LUK.14.7] He was speaking a parable to those who were called, continuing to explain how the first fruits were being selected, saying to them...
[LUK.14.8] Whenever you are summoned by someone to a wedding, do not recline into the foremost place, in case someone more honorable than you has been summoned by him.
[LUK.14.9] Having come, the one who calls to you and to him will say to you: Give a place to this one, and then he will begin to possess the final place with disgrace.
[LUK.14.10] But when you are invited, go and recline in the last place, so that when the one who invited you comes, they may say to you, “Friend, go up higher.” Then you will have honor in the presence of all who are reclining with you.
[LUK.14.11] Because everyone who elevates himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.
[LUK.14.12] And He was also saying to the one who had invited Him: When you prepare a fine meal or a supper, do not call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your relatives, nor wealthy neighbors, lest they also invite you back and a repayment may be made to you.
[LUK.14.13] But when you make a feast, call the poor, the inexperienced, the lame, and the blind.
[LUK.14.14] And blessed you will be, because they do not have the ability to repay you, for repayment will be made to you in the resurrection of the righteous.
[LUK.14.15] And having heard these things, someone from among those who were reclining said to him, "Blessed is whoever will eat bread in the kingdom of God."
[LUK.14.16] And he said to him, “A person makes a great dinner, and he invited many.”
[LUK.14.17] And he sent his servant at the time of dinner to say to those invited, "Come, for it is already prepared."
[LUK.14.18] And they began, one by one, to ask to be excused. The first one said to him: “I purchased a field, and I have a need to go out and see it. I ask you, allow me to be excused.”
[LUK.14.19] And another said, “I have purchased five yoke of oxen, and I am going to test them. I ask you, have me excused.”
[LUK.14.20] And another said, “I married a woman, and because of this, I am not able to come.”
[LUK.14.21] And having come, the servant announced these things to the Lord of him. Then, having become angry, the master of the house said to the servant of him: Go quickly into the broad places and streams of the city, and bring in here the poor and unsuccessful, and the blind and the lame.
[LUK.14.22] And the servant said: "my Lord, what you commanded has happened, and there is still a place."
[LUK.14.23] And my Lord said to the servant: Go out onto the roads and the hedges and compel them to enter, so that my house may be filled.
[LUK.14.24] For I tell you that none of those men who are called will taste of my supper.
[LUK.14.25] And large crowds continued to walk with him. Then, turning, he said to them...
[LUK.14.26] If anyone comes to me and does not hate their father and their mother and their wife and their children and their brothers and their sisters, even also their own life, they cannot be my student.
[LUK.14.27] Whoever does not carry his own cross and comes behind me, is not able to be my student.
[LUK.14.28] For who among you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to finish it?
[LUK.14.29] Lest anyone lay a foundation and be unable to complete it, all who observe will begin to mock him.
[LUK.14.30] They were saying that this man began to build, and was not able to complete it.
[LUK.14.31] Or what king, marching to encounter another king, would not first sit down and deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand to meet the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
[LUK.14.32] And if that is not possible, while still being distant, he sends an embassy to ask about matters concerning peace.
[LUK.14.33] Therefore, everyone from among you who does not renounce all of his own possessions cannot be my disciple.
[LUK.14.34] Therefore, good is the salt. But if even the salt becomes foolish, by what will it be made savory?
[LUK.14.35] Nor is it into earth, nor into manure, suitable it is. They cast it out. The one having ears, let him listen.
LUK.15
[LUK.15.1] And there were continually drawing near to him all the tax collectors and the sinners to listen to him.
[LUK.15.2] And the Pharisees and the scribes were murmuring, saying that this one welcomes sinners and eats with them.
[LUK.15.3] And he said to them, saying this parable.
[LUK.15.4] Which person among you, having one hundred sheep and losing one from among them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the lost one until he finds it?
[LUK.15.5] And having found it, he placed it upon his shoulders, rejoicing.
[LUK.15.6] And having come into the house, he calls together the friends and the neighbors, saying to them: "Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost."
[LUK.15.7] I tell you that in this way there will be joy in the heaven over one sinner repenting, or over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance.
[LUK.15.8] Or what woman, having ten coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and search diligently until she finds it?
[LUK.15.9] And having found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, "Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma which I had lost."
[LUK.15.10] Thus, I say to you, joy becomes present in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who is repenting.
[LUK.15.11] He stated that a person possessed two sons.
[LUK.15.12] And the younger of them said to the father: "Father, give to me the portion of the substance that falls to me." And the father divided to them the livelihood.
[LUK.15.13] And after not many days, having gathered all his possessions, the younger son departed to a distant land, and there he scattered his substance, living wastefully.
[LUK.15.14] And when he had spent everything, a powerful famine came upon that land, and he himself began to be in need.
[LUK.15.15] And having gone, he attached himself to one of the citizens of that land, and he sent him into his fields to graze pigs.
[LUK.15.16] And he desired to be filled from the horns which the pigs ate, and no one gave to him.
[LUK.15.17] But having come to himself, he said: “How many hired workers of my father have plenty of bread, while I here perish from hunger?”
[LUK.15.18] Having risen, I will go to my Father and I will say to him: Father, I have sinned to the heavens and before you.
[LUK.15.19] I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me as one of your hired workers.
[LUK.15.20] And having risen, he came to his own father. But while he was still far away, his father saw him and was moved with compassion, and running he fell upon his neck and kissed him.
[LUK.15.21] And the son said to him, "Father, I have sinned against the sky and before you, I am no longer worthy to be called your son."
[LUK.15.22] And the father said to his servants: "Quickly bring forth the first robe and put it on him, and give a ring into his hand and sandals onto his feet."
[LUK.15.23] And bring the calf, the nourished one, sacrifice it, and eating, let us rejoice.
[LUK.15.24] Because this, my son, was dead and he lived again, he was lost and he was found. And they began to rejoice.
[LUK.15.25] And indeed, his elder son was in the field. And as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing.
[LUK.15.26] And having called to one of the children, he asked what these things might be.
[LUK.15.27] But he said to him, "Your brother has come, and your father has sacrificed the fattened calf, because he received him being healthy."
[LUK.15.28] He was angered, and was not willing to enter, but his father, having gone out, beseeches him.
[LUK.15.29] But he responded, saying to his God: "Behold, for many years I serve you, and I have never transgressed your command. And you have never given to me a young goat that I might rejoice with my friends."
[LUK.15.30] But when this son of yours, who has devoured your livelihood with prostitutes, came home, you sacrificed for him the fattened calf.
[LUK.15.31] And he said to him, "Child, you are continually with me, and all of my possessions are yours."
[LUK.15.32] It was necessary to be joyful and to rejoice, because your brother was dead and is living again, and was lost and has been found.
LUK.16
[LUK.16.1] He was also saying to the students: There was a certain man who was wealthy, and he had a steward. This one was reported to him as squandering his possessions.
[LUK.16.2] And having called out to him, he said to him: “What is this that I hear about you? Give an account of the management of your possessions, for you are no longer able to manage.”
[LUK.16.3] And he said to himself, the manager, “What shall I do, for my Lord is taking the management from me? I am not able to dig, and I am ashamed to beg.”
[LUK.16.4] I have known what to do, so that when I am removed from the management of possessions, they will receive me into their homes.
[LUK.16.5] And having called each one of the debtors of my Lord, he said to the first, "How much do you owe to my Lord?"
[LUK.16.6] And he said: "One hundred measures of oil." And he said to him: "Take your letters and sitting quickly, write fifty."
[LUK.16.7] Then to another he said, "But how much do you owe?" And he said, "A hundred measures of wheat." The lord said to him, "Take your bond and write eighty."
[LUK.16.8] And the Lord praised the manager of unrighteousness, because he had acted wisely. For the children of this age are wiser in relation to their own generation than the children of light are.
[LUK.16.9] And I say to you, make for yourselves friends from the wealth of unrighteousness, so that when it fails, they may receive you into the eternal dwellings.
[LUK.16.10] The faithful one is faithful in the least and in the much, and the one in the least is unjust and in the much is unjust.
[LUK.16.11] If, therefore, in the unjust Mammon you have not been faithful, who will trust you with the true?
[LUK.16.12] And if you have not been trustworthy with that which belongs to another, who will give to you that which is your own?
[LUK.16.13] No servant is able to serve two lords; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You are not able to serve God and wealth.
[LUK.16.14] And these things all the Pharisees, being lovers of money, were deriding him.
[LUK.16.15] And he said to them, "You are the ones who justify yourselves before people, but God knows the hearts of you. For what is esteemed highly among people is an abomination before God."
[LUK.16.16] The Law and the Prophets were until John; from that time the reign of God is proclaimed as good news, and everyone strives to enter it.
[LUK.16.17] It is easier for the heaven and the earth to pass away than for one small part of the Law to fail.
[LUK.16.18] Everyone who releases his wife and marries another commits adultery, and anyone who marries one having been released from a husband commits adultery.
[LUK.16.19] And there was a man who was rich, and he clothed himself in purple and fine linen, living joyfully and splendidly each day.
[LUK.16.20] And a poor man, by name Lazarus, was laid at his gate, having been carried.
[LUK.16.21] And desiring to be filled from the things falling from the table of the wealthy one, but also the dogs coming licked his wounds.
[LUK.16.22] And it came to pass that the poor one died and was carried away by the angels into the lap of Abraham. And the rich one also died and was buried.
[LUK.16.23] And while in the realm of the dead, lifting up his eyes, being in torments, he sees Abraham from afar and Lazarus in the embrace of him.
[LUK.16.24] And he, crying out, said: "Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus so that he may wet the tip of his finger with water and cool my tongue, for I am in agony in this flame."
[LUK.16.25] And Abraham said: Child, remember that you received your good things in your life, and Lazarus likewise his bad things. But now he is being comforted, while you are in pain.
[LUK.16.26] And in all these things, a great chasm is established between us and you, so that those desiring to cross from here to you are not able, nor do they pass through from there to us.
[LUK.16.27] And he said, therefore I ask you, my Father, that you would send him to the home of my Father.
[LUK.16.28] For I have five brothers, so that I may testify to them, in order that they also do not come into this place of torment.
[LUK.16.29] And Abraham said: "They have Moses and the prophets; let them listen to them."
[LUK.16.30] But he said, "No, Father Abraham, but if anyone goes from the dead to them, they will repent."
[LUK.16.31] And He said to him, “If Moses and the prophets they do not listen to, not even if one from the dead rises will they be persuaded.”
LUK.17
[LUK.17.1] But he said to his disciples: It is impossible for causes of stumbling not to come, however woe to the one through whom they come.
[LUK.17.2] It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea than to cause one of these little ones to stumble.
[LUK.17.3] Watch yourselves. If your brother sins, reprove him, and if he repents, forgive him.
[LUK.17.4] And if seven times in the day he sins against you and seven times he returns to you saying, 'I repent,' you will forgive him.
[LUK.17.5] And the apostles said to my Lord: add faith to us.
[LUK.17.6] And the Lord said, "If you have faith like a mustard seed, you would say to this sycamore tree, 'Be uprooted and be planted in the sea,' and it would obey you."
[LUK.17.7] Now, who among you, having a servant plowing or shepherding, would say to that servant upon his returning from the field, "Immediately go and rest?"
[LUK.17.8] But would he not say to him, "Prepare what I may dine on, and having girded yourself, serve me until I eat and drink, and after these things, you will eat and drink?"
[LUK.17.9] Does not the servant deserve favor from the one who commanded him, having done the things commanded?
[LUK.17.10] So also you, whenever you have done all the things commanded to you, say that you are useless servants, what we were obligated to do we have done.
[LUK.17.11] And it happened as they traveled toward Jerusalem, and he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.
[LUK.17.12] And as he entered into a village, ten leprous men met him, who stood afar off.
[LUK.17.13] And they raised a voice, saying, "Jesus, master, have mercy on us."
[LUK.17.14] And seeing, he said to them: Go and show yourselves to the priests. And it came to pass in their going, they were cleansed.
[LUK.17.15] And one from among them, having seen that he was healed, turned back with a loud voice praising the God.
[LUK.17.16] And he fell on his face near the feet of him, thanking to him, and he was a Samaritan.
[LUK.17.17] And having answered, Jesus said, "Were not the ten cleansed? Where are the nine?"
[LUK.17.18] Were they not found turning to be able to give glory to God unless this outsider?
[LUK.17.19] And he said to him: Having risen, go. The faith of you has saved you.
[LUK.17.20] Having been questioned by the Pharisees as to when the kingdom of the God will come, he answered them and said, "The kingdom of the God does not come with observation,"
[LUK.17.21] Nor will they say, ‘Here it is,’ or ‘There it is,’ for the kingdom of God is within you.
[LUK.17.22] And Yahveh said to his students: "Days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Mankind, and you will not see it."
[LUK.17.23] And they will say to you, "Behold, it is there, or behold, it is here!" Do not go away, nor pursue it.
[LUK.17.24] For as the lightning flashing from under the heaven shines to under the heaven, so will be the son of the man [in the day of him].
[LUK.17.25] First, it is necessary for him to suffer many things and to be rejected by this generation.
[LUK.17.26] As it happened in the days of Noah, so it will be in the days of the son of man.
[LUK.17.27] They ate, they drank, they married, and they were given in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed all.
[LUK.17.28] Likewise, as it happened in the days of Lot: they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built.
[LUK.17.29] Now on the day Lot departed from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from the sky, and it destroyed all.
[LUK.17.30] According to the same things it will be on the day the son of the human is revealed.
[LUK.17.31] On that day, whoever is on the roof, and their belongings are in the house, must not come down to take them, and whoever is in the field, similarly, must not return behind.
[LUK.17.32] Remember the woman Lot.
[LUK.17.33] Whoever seeks to preserve their life force will lose it, but whoever loses their life force will make it alive.
[LUK.17.34] I tell you, on that night there will be two on one bed; one will be taken and the other left.
[LUK.17.35] There will be two truths, both existing at the same time. The one will be taken, and the other one will be left.
[LUK.17.37] And responding, they say to Him, "Where, my Lord?" And He said to them, "Wherever the body is, there also the eagles will be gathered."
LUK.18
[LUK.18.1] He was telling them a parable about the need to always pray to the Gods and to not be disheartened.
[LUK.18.2] Saying: "Who is a judge in any city, one not fearing God and not respecting people?"
[LUK.18.3] Now, there was a widow in that city, and she kept coming to him, saying, "Avenge me against my adversary."
[LUK.18.4] And he did not want to for a time. But after these things he said within himself, “If even the God I do not fear, nor am I ashamed before man,”
[LUK.18.5] For this reason, because of providing to me labor this widow, I will avenge her, so that not coming to an end, she continually plead with me.
[LUK.18.6] And the Lord said, "Hear what the judge of injustice says."
[LUK.18.7] But will not God make vengeance for His chosen ones who cry out to Him day and night, and is He not patient with them?
[LUK.18.8] I say to you that the Gods will bring about their vengeance swiftly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith upon the Earth?
[LUK.18.9] And he also said to some who trusted in themselves that they are righteous and despise the others, this parable.
[LUK.18.10] Two people went up to the holy place to pray: one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
[LUK.18.11] The God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of people, robbers, unjust individuals, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.
[LUK.18.12] I fast twice a week, and I tithe all that I acquire.
[LUK.18.13] And the tax collector, standing far off, did not want to even lift his eyes to heaven, but he struck his chest, saying, “God, have mercy on me, the sinner.”
[LUK.18.14] I say to you, this one descended being-declared-righteous into his house alongside that one; because everyone who raises himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be raised.
[LUK.18.15] And they offered to Him also the infants, so that He might touch them. But seeing this, the disciples rebuked those people.
[LUK.18.16] And Jesus called them to himself, saying, “Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them, for of such are the Gods’ kingdom.”
[LUK.18.17] Truly I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a child will not enter into it.
[LUK.18.18] And a certain ruler questioned him, saying, "Teacher, what must I do to inherit life everlasting?"
[LUK.18.19] And Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good except for one, who is God."
[LUK.18.20] You know the commands: You shall not commit adultery, you shall not murder, you shall not steal, you shall not bear false witness, honor your father and your mother.
[LUK.18.21] And he said, "I have guarded all these things from youth."
[LUK.18.22] And having heard this, Jesus said to him: “Still one thing is lacking to you. Sell all that you have and distribute it to the poor, and you will have treasure in the heavens. Then come, follow me.”
[LUK.18.23] And the one hearing these things became exceedingly sad; for he was wealthy very much.
[LUK.18.24] And seeing him, Jesus, having been deeply saddened, said, "How difficult it is for those having monies to enter into the kingdom of God."
[LUK.18.25] It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter into the kingdom of the Gods.
[LUK.18.26] And those who heard said, "Who is able to be saved?"
[LUK.18.27] And he said, "The impossible with people is possible with the God."
[LUK.18.28] And Peter said, "Behold, we have left our possessions and have followed you."
[LUK.18.29] And he said to them, “Truly I say to you that no one is who has left a house or a wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God
[LUK.18.30] Whoever does not receive many times as much in this time and in the age that is coming, eternal life.
[LUK.18.31] And taking the twelve, he said to them, behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that has been written by the prophets concerning the Son of Man will be completed.
[LUK.18.32] Indeed, he will be handed over to the nations, and he will be mocked and insulted and spat upon.
[LUK.18.33] And having flogged him, they will kill him, and on the third day he will rise.
[LUK.18.34] And they did not understand these things, and this saying was hidden from them, and they did not know the things being said.
[LUK.18.35] And it came to pass, as He drew near to Jericho, there was a certain blind man sitting by the way, pleading.
[LUK.18.36] And having heard of a crowd passing by, he inquired what this might be.
[LUK.18.37] And they reported to him that Yeshua, the Nazarene, was passing by.
[LUK.18.38] And he cried out, saying: "Jesus, son of David, have mercy on me."
[LUK.18.39] And those who were leading urged him to be silent, but he cried out much more: Son of David, have mercy on me.
[LUK.18.40] Now, having stood, Jesus commanded him to come to Him. And when he drew near, Jesus questioned him.
[LUK.18.41] What is it that you want me to do for you? And he said, "my Lord, so that I may see."
[LUK.18.42] And Jesus said to him: Look up. Your faith has saved you.
[LUK.18.43] And immediately he looked up and followed him, glorifying the God. And all the people, having seen, gave praise to the God.
LUK.19
[LUK.19.1] And having entered, he went through the Jericho.
[LUK.19.2] And behold, a man by the name called Zacchaeus, and he was a chief tax collector and he himself rich.
[LUK.19.3] And he sought to see Jesus, who He is, and could not from the crowd, because he was small in age.
[LUK.19.4] And running ahead, he went up into a sycamore tree so that he might see him, because he was about to pass by that place.
[LUK.19.5] And as he came to the place, looking up, Jesus said to him: “Zacchaeus, hasten to come down, for today it is necessary for me to remain in your house.”
[LUK.19.6] And having hastened, he descended and received him, rejoicing.
[LUK.19.7] And having seen, all were murmuring, saying that with a sinful man He entered to destroy.
[LUK.19.8] And standing, Zacchaeus said to my Lord: "Behold, half of my possessions, Lord, I give to the poor, and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I restore it four times over."
[LUK.19.9] And Jesus said to him, "Today, salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham."
[LUK.19.10] For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which is lost.
[LUK.19.11] While they were listening to these things, he added a parable because he was near Jerusalem and it seemed to them that the kingdom of God was about to appear immediately.
[LUK.19.12] Therefore he said, "There was a man of noble birth who journeyed to a distant land to receive for himself a kingdom and then to return."
[LUK.19.13] Having called ten of his servants, he gave to them ten minas, and he said to them: "Do business with what I give to you until my coming."
[LUK.19.14] And the citizens of him hated him and sent an embassy behind him, saying: “We do not want this one to rule over us.”
[LUK.19.15] And it came to pass when he returned, having received the kingdom, that he said to have summoned to him these servants to whom he gave the silver, so that he might know what they have done.
[LUK.19.16] And it happened that the first one said, "my Lord, your mina has yielded ten minas."
[LUK.19.17] And he said to him, “Well done, good servant, because you have been faithful in a very small matter. Be having authority over ten cities.”
[LUK.19.18] And the second came, saying: "Your mina, my Lord, has produced five minas."
[LUK.19.19] And he said also to this one, "You shall become ruler over five cities."
[LUK.19.20] And the other one came, saying: "my Lord, behold, the talent which you had, I have kept deposited in a cloth."
[LUK.19.21] I feared you, for a strict human you are, taking up what you did not place and reaping what you did not sow.
[LUK.19.22] He said to him, "I will judge you from out of your own mouth, wicked servant. Did you know that I am a strict person, taking up what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?"
[LUK.19.23] And why did you not give to me the silver upon a table? And I having come with interest would have done it.
[LUK.19.24] And to those standing nearby he said: "Take from him the mina and give it to the one having the ten minas."
[LUK.19.25] And they said to him, "my Lord, he has ten talents."
[LUK.19.26] I say to you that to everyone who has, will be given, but from the one who does not have, even what they have will be taken away.
[LUK.19.27] But bring my enemies, those who did not want me to rule over them, here and slaughter them before me.
[LUK.19.28] And having said these things, he went on ahead, ascending to Jerusalem.
[LUK.19.29] And it happened as he drew near to Bethphage and Bethany, toward the mountain called the Mount of Olives, that he sent out two of the disciples.
[LUK.19.30] Saying: Go into the village opposite you, in which, after entering, you will find a colt tied, upon which no one of people has ever sat, and having untied it, bring it.
[LUK.19.31] And if anyone asks you why you are untying them, thus you shall say, that Yahveh has a need.
[LUK.19.32] And having departed, the messengers found things as He had said to them.
[LUK.19.33] While they were loosening him, his lords said to them, “Why are you releasing him?”
[LUK.19.34] And they said that the Lord of him has need.
[LUK.19.35] And they led him to Yahveh saves, and having thrown their garments upon the pole, they elevated Yahveh saves onto it.
[LUK.19.36] As he was proceeding, they were spreading their garments in the way.
[LUK.19.37] As he was already near the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began, rejoicing, to praise God in a loud voice concerning all the powers they had seen.
[LUK.19.38] They were saying: "Blessed is the one coming, the king in the name of my Lord. Peace in heaven and glory in the highest places."
[LUK.19.39] And some of the Pharisees from the crowd said to him, "Teacher, rebuke your disciples."
[LUK.19.40] And responding, he said, “I tell you, if these become silent, the stones will cry out.”
[LUK.19.41] And as He approached, seeing the city, He wept over it.
[LUK.19.42] He was saying that if you had known in this day, also, the things concerning peace, now it is hidden from your eyes.
[LUK.19.43] For days will come upon you, and your enemies will dig a trench against you and will surround you and will press in on you from every side.
[LUK.19.44] And they will level you and your children within you, and they will not allow one stone upon another within you, because you did not know the time of your oversight.
[LUK.19.45] And having entered into the holy place, he began to cast out those who were selling.
[LUK.19.46] Saying to them, "It is written, and it will be that my Father’s house will be a house of prayer, but you have made it a cave of robbers."
[LUK.19.47] And he was teaching each day in the temple. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking to destroy him, and also the leaders of the people.
[LUK.19.48] And they were not finding what to do, for the entire people were hanging on, listening to him.
LUK.20
[LUK.20.1] And it happened on one of the days, while he was teaching the people in the temple and proclaiming the good news, the chief priests and the scribes along with the elders stood near.
[LUK.20.2] And they said to him, “Tell us, in what authority do you do these things, or who is the one giving you this authority?”
[LUK.20.3] And having responded, he said to them, "I will also ask you a question, and you will tell me."
[LUK.20.4] Was John's baptism from the Gods, or was it from people?
[LUK.20.5] And they reasoned among themselves, saying that if we say, “It is from heaven,” he will say, “Why did you not believe him?”
[LUK.20.6] But if we say it originates from people, all the people will stone us, for they are convinced John is a prophet.
[LUK.20.7] And they answered that they did not know from where.
[LUK.20.8] And Jesus said to them, "Nor do I tell you by what authority I do these things."
[LUK.20.9] And he began to speak this parable to the people: A certain person planted a vineyard and leased it to farmers, and then departed for a sufficient amount of time.
[LUK.20.10] And at a time, the landowner sent a servant to the farmers, so that from the fruit of the vineyard they might give to him. But the farmers sent him away, having struck him empty.
[LUK.20.11] And he decided to send another servant. But they also struck him and dishonored him, and they sent him away empty.
[LUK.20.12] And he determined to send a third; but they, wounding also this one, cast him out.
[LUK.20.13] And the Lord of the vineyard said, "What shall I do? Shall I send my beloved son? Perhaps they will feel shame for him."
[LUK.20.14] And having seen him, the farmers were deliberating with each other, saying: "This one is the heir. Let us kill him, in order that our inheritance may become ours."
[LUK.20.15] And having cast him out outside of the vineyard, they killed him. Therefore, what will the Lord of the vineyard do to them?
[LUK.20.16] He will come and destroy these farmers and give the vineyard to others. And having heard this, they said, "Let this not happen!"
[LUK.20.17] And looking at them, he said: “What then is this that is written: ‘A stone that the builders rejected, this has become the head of the corner’?”
[LUK.20.18] Every one who falls upon that stone will be broken. And on whoever it falls, it will grind him to powder.
[LUK.20.19] And the scribes and the chief priests sought to impose upon him their hands at that very hour, and they feared the people, for they knew that to them he spoke this parable.
[LUK.20.20] And having observed, they sent in hidden ones pretending themselves to be righteous, so that they might seize upon his speech, in order to deliver him to the authority and the power of the ruler.
[LUK.20.21] And they questioned him, saying: “Teacher, we know that you speak and teach correctly, and you do not show partiality, but you teach the way of the God truthfully.”
[LUK.20.22] Is it right for us to give a tax to Caesar, or is it not?
[LUK.20.23] And having understood their cleverness, he said to them.
[LUK.20.24] Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription does it have? And they said, "Caesar's."
[LUK.20.25] But he said to them, therefore give back the things of Caesar to Caesar and the things of the God to the God.
[LUK.20.26] And they were not able to grasp his words before the people, and marveling at his response, they fell silent.
[LUK.20.27] And some of the Sadducees, those who were arguing against resurrection not being, questioned him.
[LUK.20.28] They were saying, "Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if a man’s brother dies having a wife, and this one is childless, then the brother of him should take the wife and raise up seed to his brother."
[LUK.20.29] Seven brothers therefore existed, and the first, having taken a wife, died childless.
[LUK.20.30] And the second
[LUK.20.31] And the third took her, and likewise also the seven did not leave behind children, and they died.
[LUK.20.32] After this, the woman died.
[LUK.20.33] Therefore, concerning the woman in the resurrection, whose wife will she be? For the seven brothers possessed her as a wife.
[LUK.20.34] And Jesus said to them: The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage,
[LUK.20.35] But those who are considered worthy to attain that age and the resurrection from the dead do not marry, nor are they given in marriage.
[LUK.20.36] Nor indeed are they still able to die, for they are like angels and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.
[LUK.20.37] For indeed the dead are raised, and Moses testified at the bush, as He says, my Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
[LUK.20.38] God is not a God of dead ones, but a God of living ones, for all live to him.
[LUK.20.39] And having responded, some of the scribes said, "Teacher, you have spoken well."
[LUK.20.40] For he no longer dared to ask him anything.
[LUK.20.41] And he said to them, "How is it that they say the Christ is the son of David?"
[LUK.20.42] For David himself says in the book of Psalms, "My Lord said to my Lord, ‘Sit at my right hand.’
[LUK.20.43] Until I place your enemies under the footstool of your feet.
[LUK.20.44] David therefore calls my Lord, and how is He son of Him?
[LUK.20.45] As the whole crowd was listening, he said to his disciples.
[LUK.20.46] Be cautious of the scribes who desire to walk in robes, and who love greetings in the marketplaces, and the first seats in the synagogues, and the first places at the dinners.
[LUK.20.47] The ones consuming the houses of widows and making lengthy prayers under the pretense of piety, these ones will receive a greater judgment.
LUK.21
[LUK.21.1] And having looked up, he saw those casting their gifts into the treasury, and these gifts were plentiful.
[LUK.21.2] And someone saw a poor widow depositing two small coins there.
[LUK.21.3] And he said: truly I tell you that this widow, this poor one, has contributed more than all of them.
[LUK.21.4] For all of these contributed from their abundance into the gifts, but she, from her want, contributed all of the life which she possessed.
[LUK.21.5] And some people saying concerning the Temple that it was adorned with good stones and votive offerings, He said...
[LUK.21.6] These things that you observe will come to be days in which not a stone will be left upon a stone which will not be destroyed.
[LUK.21.7] And they questioned him, saying, "Teacher, when will these things be, and what is the sign when these things are about to happen?"
[LUK.21.8] But he said: "Look, do not be deceived, for many will come using my name saying: ‘I am,’ and: the time is near. Do not follow after them.
[LUK.21.9] But when you hear of wars and upheavals, do not be discouraged. For it is necessary that these things happen first, however, the end does not follow immediately.
[LUK.21.10] Then he said to them: A nation will rise up against a nation, and a kingdom against a kingdom.
[LUK.21.11] Great earthquakes will certainly be, and famines in various places, and plagues will exist. Also, terrors and great signs from the heavens will be.
[LUK.21.12] But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to gatherings and prisons, being brought before rulers and leaders for the sake of the name of God.
[LUK.21.13] It will become for you as a testimony.
[LUK.21.14] Therefore, place in your hearts not to pre-plan a defense.
[LUK.21.15] For I will give to you a mouth and wisdom, which the opponents opposing you will not be able to withstand or contradict, all of them.
[LUK.21.16] And you will be handed over by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and they will put to death some of you.
[LUK.21.17] And you will be hated by all on account of the name of God.
[LUK.21.18] And not a hair from your heads will be lost.
[LUK.21.19] In your patience, you have acquired your souls.
[LUK.21.20] But when you see Jerusalem encircled by camps of soldiers, then understand that its desolation has drawn near.
[LUK.21.21] Then, let those in Judea flee to the mountains, and let those in the midst of it depart, and let those in the countryside not enter it.
[LUK.21.22] That these are the days of vengeance, for all the written things may be fulfilled.
[LUK.21.23] Woe to those who carry within their bellies and to those who nurse during those days, for there will be great distress upon the land and wrath toward this people.
[LUK.21.24] And they will fall by the mouth of swords and will be taken captive into all nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled upon by nations, until times of nations are completed.
[LUK.21.25] And signs will be in the sun and the moon and the stars, and on the earth a gathering of nations will be in distress with the sound of the sea and of waves.
[LUK.21.26] People will lose their spirit from fear and the expectation of those things coming upon the inhabited earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
[LUK.21.27] And then they will see the son of the human coming in a cloud with power and much glory.
[LUK.21.28] And when these things begin to happen, raise yourselves up and lift up your heads, because near is your redemption.
[LUK.21.29] And he spoke a parable to them: Behold the fig tree and all the trees.
[LUK.21.30] When things already appear, observing from themselves, know that summer is already near.
[LUK.21.31] Thus, you also, when you see these things happening, understand that the kingdom of God is near.
[LUK.21.32] Truly I say to you that this generation will not pass away until all things happen.
[LUK.21.33] The heavens and the earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
[LUK.21.34] Pay attention to yourselves, lest your hearts become burdened with revelry and drunkenness and the cares of life, and that day come upon you suddenly.
[LUK.21.35] Like a snare, for it will come upon all those who are facing the surface of all the earth.
[LUK.21.36] Be watchful therefore in all times, praying that you may be able to overcome, to escape all these things which are about to happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.
[LUK.21.37] And it happened that during the days, he was teaching in the holy place, and during the nights, going out, he stayed in the mountain called Olives.
[LUK.21.38] And all the people rose early to go to him in the temple to hear him.
LUK.22
[LUK.22.1] Now the festival of unleavened breads, being called Passover, was drawing near.
[LUK.22.2] And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might destroy him, for they feared the people.
[LUK.22.3] And Satan entered into Judas, the one called Iscariot, being from the number of the twelve.
[LUK.22.4] And having gone, he conversed with the chief priests and the commanders about how to hand him over to them.
[LUK.22.5] And they rejoiced and agreed to give him silver.
[LUK.22.6] And he confessed, and he sought an opportunity to deliver him up to them apart from the crowd.
[LUK.22.7] And the day of the Gods of unleavened things arrived, in which it was required to sacrifice the Passover.
[LUK.22.8] And he sent Peter and John, saying, "Having gone, prepare the Passover for us so that we may eat."
[LUK.22.9] And they said to him, "Where do you wish us to make preparations?"
[LUK.22.10] And he said to them: Behold, upon your entering into the city, a man carrying a pottery water jar will meet you. Follow him to the house into which he enters.
[LUK.22.11] And you will say to the housemaster of the house: ‘My teacher says to you: Where is the guest room where I may eat the Passover with my students?’
[LUK.22.12] And that one will show you a large upper room that is furnished. There, make preparations.
[LUK.22.13] And having gone, they found as he had said to them, and they prepared The Passover.
[LUK.22.14] And when the hour arrived, he ascended and the apostles were with him.
[LUK.22.15] And he said to them: "I greatly desired this Passover to eat with you before I suffer."
[LUK.22.16] For I say to you that I will not eat it until the kingdom of God is fulfilled.
[LUK.22.17] And having received the cup, giving thanks, he said: "Take this and divide it among yourselves."
[LUK.22.18] For I say to you, that I will not drink from now on from the produce of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.
[LUK.22.19] And having taken bread, giving thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying: "This is my body which is given on your behalf; do this in remembrance of me."
[LUK.22.20] And the cup likewise after the meal, saying: This cup is the new covenant in my blood that is being poured out for you.
[LUK.22.21] But behold, the hand of the one delivering me is with me on the table.
[LUK.22.22] Because the son of the human is proceeding according to what was determined, but woe to that human through whom he is handed over.
[LUK.22.23] And they began to discuss with themselves who then is the one from amongst them who is about to do this.
[LUK.22.24] And it came to be that rivalry arose among them, concerning who of them appeared to be greater.
[LUK.22.25] But he said to them: the kings of the nations rule over them, and those who have authority among them are called benefactors.
[LUK.22.26] But you, do not act in this way. Rather, let the greater one among you become as the younger one, and let the leader become as the servant.
[LUK.22.27] For who is greater, the one who is reclining or the one who is serving? Is it not the one who is reclining? But I am among you as the one who is serving.
[LUK.22.28] You, however, are those who have remained with me in my trials.
[LUK.22.29] And I appoint to you, as my Father appointed to me a kingdom.
[LUK.22.30] That you might eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
[LUK.22.31] Simon Simon, behold, the satan requested you for the purpose of sifting as the wheat.
[LUK.22.32] I, however, pleaded concerning you, that your faith not disappear; and you, at some time having turned back, provide support to your brothers.
[LUK.22.33] And he said to him, "Yahveh, with you I am ready both into prison and into death to go."
[LUK.22.34] And he said, "I tell you, Peter, a rooster will not crow today until you have disowned knowing me three times."
[LUK.22.35] And he said to them, "When I sent you without a bag, and sandals, and shoes, did you lack anything?" And they said, "Nothing."
[LUK.22.36] And he said to them, "But now, let the one having a bag take it, and likewise a pouch, and the one not having should sell his garment and buy a sword."
[LUK.22.37] For I tell you that this which is written must be fulfilled in me, namely, that I am counted with lawbreakers. And indeed, the completion concerning me also has its end.
[LUK.22.38] And they said, "my Lord, behold, here are two swords." And He said to them, "It is enough."
[LUK.22.39] And having gone out, he traveled according to the custom to the mountain of the olive trees, and they followed him, and the students.
[LUK.22.40] And being upon the place, he said to them: Pray not to enter into temptation.
[LUK.22.41] And he himself was torn away from them as a stone’s throw, and having bent his knees, he prayed.
[LUK.22.42] Saying, "God, if you wish, take away this cup from me. But not my will, rather may your will be done."
[LUK.22.43] And an angel appeared to him from heaven, strengthening him.
[LUK.22.44] And having become in struggle, he prayed more intensely. And his sweat became as clots of blood descending upon the earth.
[LUK.22.45] And having risen from the prayer, having come to the disciples, he found them sleeping from the sorrow.
[LUK.22.46] And He said to them, "Why are you sleeping? Rise up and pray, so that you do not enter into temptation."
[LUK.22.47] While he was still speaking, behold, a crowd arrived, and the one called Judas, one of the twelve, was leading them and approached Jesus to kiss him.
[LUK.22.48] And Jesus said to him, "Judas, will you betray the son of the human being with a kiss?"
[LUK.22.49] And having seen what was about to happen, those around him said, "my Lord, if we should strike with a sword?"
[LUK.22.50] And one from among them struck the servant of the chief priest, and took away his right ear.
[LUK.22.51] And responding, Jesus said, "Let it be until this." And having touched the ear, he healed him.
[LUK.22.52] And Jesus said to the chief priests, the captains of the temple, and the elders who had come to him, “Have you come out against me as against a robber, with swords and clubs?”
[LUK.22.53] While I was with you daily in the holy place, you did not extend your hands towards me. However, this is your time and the authority of darkness.
[LUK.22.54] Having seized him, they led and brought him into the house of the high priest. And Peter follows from a distance.
[LUK.22.55] And having kindled a fire in the midst of the courtyard, Peter sat among them.
[LUK.22.56] And seeing him, a certain young girl, seated near the light, having looked at him, said, 'And this one was with him.'
[LUK.22.57] And he denied, saying, "I do not know him, woman."
[LUK.22.58] And after a short while, another one, having seen him, said: “And you are also from among them.” But Peter said: “Man, I am not.”
[LUK.22.59] And after a time, another one asserted, saying: truly, this one also was with him, for he is also a Galilean.
[LUK.22.60] And Peter said, "Man, I do not know what you are saying." And while he was still speaking, a rooster cried out.
[LUK.22.61] And turning, the Lord looked at Peter, and Peter remembered the word of the Lord as he had said to him, "Before a rooster crows today, you will deny me three times."
[LUK.22.62] And having gone out outside, he cried bitterly.
[LUK.22.63] And the men who continually held him mocked him, deriding him.
[LUK.22.64] And having covered him, they questioned him, saying, "Prophesy, who is the one who struck you?"
[LUK.22.65] And they were uttering many irreverent things and saying them to Him.
[LUK.22.66] And as the day came, the council of the people was assembled, also the chief priests and the scribes, and they brought him into their council chamber.
[LUK.22.67] They were saying, "If you are the Anointed One, tell us." But He said to them, "If I tell you, you will not believe.
[LUK.22.68] If I ask, you all will not answer at all.
[LUK.22.69] From now on, the son of humanity will be sitting at the right hand of the power of God.
[LUK.22.70] And they all said, "Are you then the son of God?" And he said to them, "You say that I am."
[LUK.22.71] And others said, “What need have we of further testimony? For we ourselves heard it from his mouth.”
LUK.23
[LUK.23.1] And having risen, the whole of their crowd led him to Pilate.
[LUK.23.2] And they began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man perverting our nation, and forbidding people to give taxes to Caesar, and claiming himself to be a king."
[LUK.23.3] And Pilate questioned him, saying, "Are you the king of the Jews?" And responding to him, he said, "You say."
[LUK.23.4] But Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, "I find no cause for an accusation in this man."
[LUK.23.5] Now those who were powerful were saying that he was raising up the people, teaching throughout all of Judea, and having begun from Galilee, he came to this place.
[LUK.23.6] Pilate, having heard this, asked if the man is a Galilean.
[LUK.23.7] And having understood that it is from the authority of Herod, he sent him back to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem during these days.
[LUK.23.8] Now Herod, having seen Jesus, was very glad, for he had for a long time wished to see him, because of the things he had heard concerning him, and he hoped to see some sign done by him.
[LUK.23.9] And Pilate questioned him at length, but he answered him nothing at all.
[LUK.23.10] And the chief priests and the scribes were accusing him intensely.
[LUK.23.11] And having utterly despised him, Herod with his soldiers mocked him, having clothed him in a bright garment, and sent him back to Pilate.
[LUK.23.12] And they became friends, both Herod and Pilate, on that very day, having previously existed in hostility toward one another.
[LUK.23.13] Pilate, then, having called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people...
[LUK.23.14] He said to them, "Bring forward to me this man who is turning the people away, and behold, investigating before you all, I have found no cause in this man for the things of which you accuse him."
[LUK.23.15] But not even Herod sent him back to us, for he found nothing worthy of death having been done by him.
[LUK.23.16] Having taught him, I will release him.
[LUK.23.18] And they cried out completely, saying: "Take this one, and release Barabbas to us."
[LUK.23.19] Someone was involved in a certain disturbance that occurred in the city and, having been struck down, was in the prison.
[LUK.23.20] And again Pilate spoke to them, wishing to release Jesus.
[LUK.23.21] And the others were shouting, saying: "Crucify him! Crucify him!"
[LUK.23.22] And the third time he said to them: "For what evil has this one done? I have found no cause of death in him. Therefore, having disciplined him, I will release him."
[LUK.23.23] And they continued with loud voices, requesting that he be crucified, and their voices overcame.
[LUK.23.24] And Pilate decided that their request should happen.
[LUK.23.25] And he released the one who, because of insurrection and murder, had been thrown into prison, whom they were asking for, but he delivered Jesus over to their will.
[LUK.23.26] And as they led him away, having seized a certain Simon of Cyrene coming from the field, they placed upon him the cross to carry behind Jesus.
[LUK.23.27] And he was followed by a very great crowd of the people and of women, who were lamenting and mourning for him.
[LUK.23.28] Turning toward them, Jesus said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me. Rather, weep for yourselves and for your children."
[LUK.23.29] Because behold, days are coming in which they will say, “Blessed are the barren women and the wombs that have not given birth and the breasts that have not nursed.”
[LUK.23.30] Then they will begin to say to the mountains, "Fall on us," and to the hills, "Cover us."
[LUK.23.31] Because they do these things in the wet wood, what will happen in the dry?
[LUK.23.32] And also two other wrongdoers were led with him to be destroyed.
[LUK.23.33] And when they came to the place called Skull, there they crucified him and the wrongdoers, one on the right of him and one on the left.
[LUK.23.34] Now Jesus was saying, "God, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." While dividing his garments, they cast lots.
[LUK.23.35] And the people stood, watching. Moreover, the rulers were also continually deriding, saying, “He has saved others; let him save himself, if this one is the anointed one of God, the chosen one.”
[LUK.23.36] And they mocked him, and the soldiers, approaching, were offering vinegar to him.
[LUK.23.37] And they were saying, "If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself."
[LUK.23.38] And there was also an inscription on him: “This is the king of the Jews.”
[LUK.23.39] And one of the criminals who were hanging blasphemed him, saying, "Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us."
[LUK.23.40] But the other, rebuking him, said, “Do you not even fear the God, that you are in the same judgement?”
[LUK.23.41] And we, indeed, rightly, for worthy are the things we did, receive. But this one did nothing improper.
[LUK.23.42] And he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom."
[LUK.23.43] And he said to him, “Truly to you I say, today you will be with me in paradise.”
[LUK.23.44] And it was already about the sixth hour, and darkness came over all the land until the ninth hour.
[LUK.23.45] And when the sun failed, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from the middle.
[LUK.23.46] And having cried out with a loud voice, Jesus said: "Father, into your hands I entrust my spirit." And having said this, he breathed out.
[LUK.23.47] And having seen that which happened, the centurion glorified the God, saying, "Truly, this man was righteous."
[LUK.23.48] And all the crowds who came along, having beheld the things that happened, beating their breasts, turned away.
[LUK.23.49] And all those known to him stood at a distance, and the women who had followed him from Galilee observed these things.
[LUK.23.50] And behold, a man by the name of Joseph existed, being a counselor, and a good and righteous man.
[LUK.23.51] This one was not established with their purpose and their doing – from Arimathaea, city of the Judeans, who welcomed the kingdom of God.
[LUK.23.52] This one, having come to Pilate, requested the body of Yahveh is salvation.
[LUK.23.53] And having lowered him, he wrapped him in a linen cloth and he placed him in a carved tomb in which no one had ever previously been laid.
[LUK.23.54] And it was the day of Preparation, and the Sabbath came into being.
[LUK.23.55] And the women, who had come together with him from Galilee, followed closely and beheld the tomb and how his body was laid.
[LUK.23.56] And having turned back, they prepared spices and perfumes. And the Sabbath, they rested according to the commandment.
LUK.24
[LUK.24.1] And on the one of the Sabbaths, very early, they came to the memorial carrying what they had prepared of spices.
[LUK.24.2] I found the stone rolled away from the memorial.
[LUK.24.3] However, when they entered, they did not find the body of my Lord Jesus.
[LUK.24.4] And it came to pass while they were pondering about this, behold, two men stood near them in clothing that flashed.
[LUK.24.5] And as they became fearful and lowered their faces to the ground, they said to them, “Why do you seek the living one among the dead?
[LUK.24.6] He is not here, but has been raised. Remember how God spoke to you while he was still in Galilee.
[LUK.24.7] Saying that the son of the human being must be handed over into the hands of sinful people and be crucified, and rise on the third day.
[LUK.24.8] And they remembered the words of Yahveh.
[LUK.24.9] And having returned from the memorial, they reported everything to the eleven and to all the others.
[LUK.24.10] And Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Maria the daughter of Jacob and the others were with them. They said these things to the apostles.
[LUK.24.11] And these words appeared before them like torches, and they did not believe in them.
[LUK.24.12] And Peter, having risen, ran to the tomb and, having bent over, sees the burial cloths alone, and he departed to himself, marveling at the thing having occurred.
[LUK.24.13] And behold, two of them were walking on that day to a village distant sixty stadia from Jerusalem, which is named Emmaus.
[LUK.24.14] And they spoke to one another concerning all these things that had occurred.
[LUK.24.15] And it happened while they were conversing and debating, Jesus himself drew near and walked along with them.
[LUK.24.16] And their eyes were held back from recognizing him.
[LUK.24.17] And he said to them, "What are these words that you throw back and forth against one another while walking about?" And they became gloomy.
[LUK.24.18] And one, responding, named Cleopas, said to him: "Do you alone reside as a stranger in Jerusalem, and did you not know the things that happened within it during these days?"
[LUK.24.19] And he said to them, "What?" And they said to him, "Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who became a man, a prophet, powerful in deed and word before God and all the people."
[LUK.24.20] As they delivered him to the chief priests and our rulers for a judgement of death, and they crucified him.
[LUK.24.21] We however hope that He is the one who will redeem Israel, but in truth with all of these things, He spends this third day from when these things happened.
[LUK.24.22] But also certain women from among us have deviated from us, becoming early risers at the monument.
[LUK.24.23] And not finding His body, they came saying, and they claimed to have seen a vision of angels, who are saying that He lives.
[LUK.24.24] And some of those with us went to the memorial and found it as the women had said, but they did not see him.
[LUK.24.25] And He said to them, “O senseless ones and slow of heart to believe in all things that the prophets spoke.”
[LUK.24.26] Was it not necessary for the anointed one to suffer, and to enter into his own glory?
[LUK.24.27] And beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he explained to them in all the writings the things concerning himself.
[LUK.24.28] And they drew near to the village where they were going, and he himself pretended to continue on further.
[LUK.24.29] And they surrounded him, saying, "Remain with us, for it is toward evening, and the day has already declined." And he entered to remain with them.
[LUK.24.30] And it happened, while he was reclining with them, having taken the bread, he blessed it and, breaking it, gave it to them.
[LUK.24.31] And their eyes were opened, and they recognized him. And he became unseen from among them.
[LUK.24.32] And they said to one another: "Was not our heart burning within us as Yahveh spoke to us on the road, as Yahveh opened our understanding of the writings?"
[LUK.24.33] And having risen at that hour, they returned to Jerusalem and found the eleven and those with them gathered together.
[LUK.24.34] It was said that my Lord truly rose and appeared to Simon.
[LUK.24.35] And they were explaining the things that happened on the journey, and how He was recognized to them in the breaking of the bread.
[LUK.24.36] And while these things they were saying, he himself stood in the middle of them and says to them: “Peace to you.”
[LUK.24.37] Being frightened and having become fearful, it seemed to them they were observing a spirit.
[LUK.24.38] And He said to them, “Why are you shaken, and why do considerations ascend in the heart of you?”
[LUK.24.39] Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Feel me and see, because a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you behold me having.
[LUK.24.40] And having said this, he showed them the hands and the feet.
[LUK.24.41] And still, as they did not believe, even from the joy and wonder, Yahveh said to them: "Do you have anything to eat here?"
[LUK.24.42] And they gave to him a portion of the cooked fish.
[LUK.24.43] And having taken it, he ate before them.
[LUK.24.44] And he said to them: These are the words of me which I spoke to you while being with you, that it is necessary for all things written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and Psalms concerning me to be fulfilled.
[LUK.24.45] Then God opened their minds so that they might understand the writings.
[LUK.24.46] And he said to them that it has been written for the Messiah to suffer and to rise from among the dead on the third day.
[LUK.24.47] And that repentance for forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
[LUK.24.48] You are witnesses of these things.
[LUK.24.49] And behold, I send the promise of my father to you. But you, remain in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.
[LUK.24.50] And he led them out until near Bethany, and raising his hands, he blessed them.
[LUK.24.51] And it happened, while they were blessing him, something separated from them and ascended into the sky.
[LUK.24.52] And they, having worshipped Him, returned to Jerusalem with great joy.
[LUK.24.53] And they were always in the temple praising God.
JHN
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JHN.1
[JHN.1.1] In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was toward the God, and God was the Word.
[JHN.1.2] This one was in the beginning with the God.
[JHN.1.3] All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him, not even one thing came into being. That which came into being was.
[JHN.1.4] In Him was life, and the life was the light of people.
[JHN.1.5] And the light in the darkness shines, and the darkness it did not overcome.
[JHN.1.6] A man came into being, sent from God, and his name was John God-favored.
[JHN.1.7] This one came for the purpose of testimony so that he might testify concerning the Light, so that all may believe through him.
[JHN.1.8] That one was not the light, but that he might testify about the light.
[JHN.1.9] The Light, the true one, illuminates every person who comes into the world.
[JHN.1.10] In the world was, and the world through him was made, and the world him did not know.
[JHN.1.11] He came into his own possessions, and his own people did not receive him.
[JHN.1.12] As many as received him, he gave to them authority to become children of the God, to those believing into the name of him.
[JHN.1.13] These ones were not born of blood, nor from the desire of flesh, nor from the will of a man, but they were born of God.
[JHN.1.14] And the Word became flesh and tabernacled among us, and we beheld the glory of it, glory as of an only begotten one from the father, full of grace and truth.
[JHN.1.15] John testifies concerning him and shouted, saying: "This is the one about whom I spoke: the one who comes after me has become before me, for he was first before me."
[JHN.1.16] For from the fullness of his, we all received, and grace instead of grace.
[JHN.1.17] That the law was given through Moses, the grace and the truth came into being through Jesus Christ.
[JHN.1.18] God, no one has seen at any time; the unique God who is in the bosom of the father, He has explained Him.
[JHN.1.19] And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to him to ask him: "Who are you?"
[JHN.1.20] And he confessed and did not deny, and he confessed that I am not the Messiah.
[JHN.1.21] And they questioned him, "What then? Are you Elijah?" And he said, "I am not." Are you the Prophet? And he answered, "No."
[JHN.1.22] Therefore they said to him, "Who are you? So that we may give a response to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?"
[JHN.1.23] He said, "I am the voice of one shouting in the wilderness, make straight the way of the Lord, as Isaiah the prophet said."
[JHN.1.24] And there were those who had been sent from the Pharisees.
[JHN.1.25] And they questioned him and said to him: "Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Anointed One, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?"
[JHN.1.26] Yochanan responded to them, saying: "I baptize in water; one stands among you whom you do not know."
[JHN.1.27] The one coming after me, of whom I am not worthy that I may untie the strap of his sandal.
[JHN.1.28] These things happened in Bethany, across from the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
[JHN.1.29] On the next day, he sees Jesus coming to him and says, "Behold, the lamb of God, the one taking away the sin of the world."
[JHN.1.30] This is the one concerning whom I said, 'A man comes after me who was before me, for he was first.'
[JHN.1.31] And I did not know Him, but that He might be revealed to Israel, for this reason I came baptizing in water.
[JHN.1.32] And John testified, saying that I beheld the spirit descending as a dove from heaven and it remained upon him.
[JHN.1.33] And I did not know Him, but the One who sent me to baptize in water said to me, “On whomever you see the Spirit descending and remaining, that one is the one who baptizes in holy Spirit.”
[JHN.1.34] And I saw and bear witness that this one is the son of God.
[JHN.1.35] On the next day, again John stood and two of his disciples.
[JHN.1.36] And looking at Jesus walking, he says: Behold, the lamb of God.
[JHN.1.37] And the two students heard him speaking and they followed to Jesus.
[JHN.1.38] Turning, Jesus saw them following and said to them: "What are you seeking?" They said to him: "My Lord, the one called, when translated, Teacher, where do you dwell?"
[JHN.1.39] He said to them, "Come and you will see." Therefore, they came and saw where Yahveh dwells, and they remained with him that day. The hour was approximately ten.
[JHN.1.40] Now Andrew was the brother of Simon Peter, being one of the two who heard from John and followed him.
[JHN.1.41] This one first finds his own brother Simon, and he says to him: "We have found the Messiah, which is interpreted, Christ."
[JHN.1.42] He brought him to Jesus. Looking at him, Jesus said, "You are Simon, the son of John. You will be called Cephas, which is interpreted as Peter."
[JHN.1.43] On the next day, a desire arose to go out into Galilee, and he finds Philip. And Jesus says to him: "Follow me."
[JHN.1.44] And Philip was from Bethsaida, out of the city of Andrew and Peter.
[JHN.1.45] Philip finds Nathanael and says to him, "The one Moses wrote about in the Law and the Prophets have we found: Jesus, son of Joseph, the one from Nazareth."
[JHN.1.46] And he said to Nathanael, "Is it possible for anything good to come from Nazareth?" Philip says to him, "Come and see."
[JHN.1.47] Jesus saw Nathaniel coming toward him, and he said about him, "Behold, truly an Israelite is one in whom deceit does not exist."
[JHN.1.48] Nathaniel said to him, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered and said to him, "Before Philip called you, I saw you existing under the fig tree."
[JHN.1.49] Nathanael responded to Him, "Rabbi, You are the Son of the God, You are King of Israel."
[JHN.1.50] Yeshua responded and said to him, "I told you that I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You will see greater things than these."
[JHN.1.51] And He says to him, "Truly, truly I say to you, you will see the heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the son of man."
JHN.2
[JHN.2.1] And on the day the third, a wedding became in Cana of Galilee, and was the mother of Jesus there.
[JHN.2.2] And Jesus and his students were called to the wedding.
[JHN.2.3] And when the wine was lacking, the mother of Jesus says to him, "They do not have wine."
[JHN.2.4] And Jesus says to her, “What business is it to me and to you, woman? My hour has not yet come.”
[JHN.2.5] His mother says to the servants, "Whatever he tells you, do it."
[JHN.2.6] There were six stone water jars lying there for the purification of the Judeans, holding two or three measures each.
[JHN.2.7] Jesus says to them: Fill the water jars with water. And they filled them up to the top.
[JHN.2.8] And he said to them, "Now draw, and carry to my Lord of the banquet, and they brought it."
[JHN.2.9] And when the master of ceremonies tasted the water that had become wine, and did not know from where it came, the servants knew those who had drawn the water. The master of ceremonies calls to the bridegroom.
[JHN.2.10] And he says to him, every person first sets the good wine, and when they are intoxicated, the lesser. You have kept the good wine until now.
[JHN.2.11] He made this the beginning of the signs, Yeshua in Cana of Galilee, and He revealed His glory, and His students believed into Him.
[JHN.2.12] After this, he went down to Capernaum, himself, and his mother and his brothers and his disciples, and they remained there not many days.
[JHN.2.13] And the Passover of the Jews was near, and the Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
[JHN.2.14] And He found in the temple those selling oxen and sheep and doves and the money changers sitting.
[JHN.2.15] And having made a whip from cords, he drove out all from the temple, both the sheep and the cattle. And he poured out the money of the money changers and he overturned the tables.
[JHN.2.16] And to those selling the doves, Yahveh said, "Remove these things from here, do not make the house of my Father a house of trade."
[JHN.2.17] The disciples remembered that it had been written: "The zeal for the house of the Gods consumes me."
[JHN.2.18] Therefore the Judeans responded and said to him, "What sign do you demonstrate to us that you are doing these things?"
[JHN.2.19] Yeshua responded and said to them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up."
[JHN.2.20] Therefore the Jews said, "This temple took forty-six years to construct, and you will raise it up in three days?"
[JHN.2.21] But he was speaking concerning the temple of his body.
[JHN.2.22] Therefore, when he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that this is what he had said, and they believed in the scripture and in the word which Jesus said.
[JHN.2.23] And as it was in Jerusalem during the Passover, in the feast, many believed in the name of the one, observing the signs that the one was doing.
[JHN.2.24] But Yeshua himself did not place his trust in them, because he knew all people.
[JHN.2.25] And that it was not necessary for anyone to bear witness concerning the man, for he himself was knowing what was in the man.
JHN.3
[JHN.3.1] And there was a man from among the Pharisees, Nicodemus by name, a ruler of the Jews.
[JHN.3.2] This one came to him at night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you have come from God, teacher. For no one is able to do these signs that you do, unless God is with him."
[JHN.3.3] Yeshua responded and said to him: Truly, truly I say to you, if anyone is not born from above, they are unable to see the kingdom of the Gods.
[JHN.3.4] Nicodemus said to Him: "How is it possible for a person to be born being old? It is not possible to enter the womb of their mother a second time and be born, is it?"
[JHN.3.5] Jesus responded: "Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone is not born from water and spirit, they are unable to enter into the kingdom of the God."
[JHN.3.6] That which has been born out of the flesh is flesh, and that which has been born out of the spirit is spirit.
[JHN.3.7] Do not marvel that I said to you that it is necessary for you to be born from above.
[JHN.3.8] The spirit breathes where it wishes, and you hear its voice, but you do not know from where it comes or where it goes. Thus is every one who is born of the spirit.
[JHN.3.9] Nicodemus responded and said to him, "How are these things able to come into being?"
[JHN.3.10] Yeshua responded and said to him, "Are you the teacher of Israel and do you not know this?"
[JHN.3.11] Truly, truly I say to you that what we know, we speak, and what we have seen, we testify to, and you do not accept our testimony.
[JHN.3.12] If I have spoken to you about earthly matters and you do not believe, how will you believe if I speak to you about heavenly matters?
[JHN.3.13] And no one has ascended into the heaven unless the one descending from the heaven, the son of the man.
[JHN.3.14] And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so it is necessary that the son of the human being be lifted up.
[JHN.3.15] That all the one believing in him may have life eternal.
[JHN.3.16] For thus God loved the world, so that he gave the unique son, that everyone who believes into him should not perish but have life eternal.
[JHN.3.17] For God did not send the son into the world that he might judge the world, but that the world might be saved through him.
[JHN.3.18] The one believing into him is not judged. But the one not believing is already judged, because he has not believed into the name of the only born son of God.
[JHN.3.19] And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world and people loved the darkness more than the light. For their deeds were evil.
[JHN.3.20] For every one who is doing wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, so that his works might not be exposed.
[JHN.3.21] And the one doing truth comes to the light, so that his works might be revealed, because they were worked in God.
[JHN.3.22] After these things, Jesus and his students came to the land of Judea, and there they lived with them, and he baptized.
[JHN.3.23] And John was baptizing in Aenon near Salim, because there were many waters there, and people were coming and were being baptized.
[JHN.3.24] John had not yet been thrown into the prison.
[JHN.3.25] And so a questioning arose from the disciples of John together with a Judean concerning purification.
[JHN.3.26] And they came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, the one who was with you beyond the Jordan, about whom you have testified, behold, this one baptizes, and everyone is coming to him.”
[JHN.3.27] John responded and said: A human is not able to receive even one thing unless it is given to him from the heavens.
[JHN.3.28] You yourselves bear witness to me that I said that I am not the Messiah, but that I have been sent before him.
[JHN.3.29] The one having the bride is the bridegroom. But the friend of the bridegroom, the one standing and hearing him, rejoices greatly because of the voice of the bridegroom. Therefore, this joy of mine is fulfilled.
[JHN.3.30] It is necessary that that one increases, and that I decrease.
[JHN.3.31] The one coming from above is above all. The one being from the earth is of the earth and speaks from the earth. The one coming from the heavens is above all.
[JHN.3.32] The one who has seen and heard, this one testifies, and no one receives his testimony.
[JHN.3.33] The one having received his testimony sealed that the God is true.
[JHN.3.34] For the one God sent speaks the words of God, because the Spirit does not give in measure.
[JHN.3.35] The Father loves the Son, and all things He has given into the hand of Him.
[JHN.3.36] Whoever believes in the son has eternal life. But whoever disobeys the son will not see life, instead the wrath of God remains on him.
JHN.4
[JHN.4.1] Therefore, when Jesus knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John
[JHN.4.2] And truly, Jesus himself was not baptizing, but his disciples.
[JHN.4.3] He left Judea and went again to Galilee.
[JHN.4.4] It was necessary for him to go through Samaria.
[JHN.4.5] Therefore, he comes to a city of Samaria called Suchar, near the place which Jacob gave to Joseph, his son.
[JHN.4.6] And there was a well belonging to Jacob. Now Jesus, having become weary from the journey, sat thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
[JHN.4.7] A woman comes from Samaria to draw water. Jesus says to her, "Give me to drink."
[JHN.4.8] For the disciples of him were released into the city so that they might buy food.
[JHN.4.9] Therefore, the woman, the Samaritan, said to him: “How are you, being a Jew, asking a drink from me, a Samaritan woman being? For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.”
[JHN.4.10] Yeshua responded and said to her: "If you had known the gift of God and who is the one saying to you, 'Give to me to drink,' you would have asked of him, and he would have given to you living water."
[JHN.4.11] She said to him, "my Lord, you do not have a drawing vessel, and the well is deep. From where then do you have this living water?"
[JHN.4.12] Are you not greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and he himself drank from it, and his sons, and his livestock?
[JHN.4.13] Yeshua responded and said to her: Everyone who drinks from this water will thirst again.
[JHN.4.14] Whoever drinks from the water that I give to him will never thirst into the age, but the water that I give to him will become in him a source of water flowing into life eternal.
[JHN.4.15] She said to him, "my Lord, give me of this water, so that I may not thirst, nor need to come here to draw water."
[JHN.4.16] Yahveh says to her, "Go, call your husband, and come here."
[JHN.4.17] The woman responded and said to him, "I do not have a husband." Jesus said to her, "You have spoken well that I do not have a husband."
[JHN.4.18] For you have had five men, and the one you now have is not your man. You have spoken truthfully about this.
[JHN.4.19] The woman said to him: "my Lord, I perceive that you are a prophet."
[JHN.4.20] Our fathers worshipped on this mountain, and you say that Jerusalem is the place where it is necessary to worship.
[JHN.4.21] Jesus said to her, “Believe me, woman, for an hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.”
[JHN.4.22] You worship that which you do not know. We worship that which we know, for the salvation is from the Judeans.
[JHN.4.23] But a time is coming, and is now here, when the true worshippers will worship the father in spirit and in truth. For the father seeks such worshippers who worship him.
[JHN.4.24] God is spirit, and those who worship the God must worship in spirit and in truth.
[JHN.4.25] The woman said to Him: "I know that the Messiah is coming, who is called the Anointed One; when that one comes, He will declare all things to us."
[JHN.4.26] He says to her, the Jesus, "I am the one speaking to you."
[JHN.4.27] And upon this, the disciples of Yahveh came and were astonished that he was speaking with a woman. However, no one said, "What are you seeking, or what are you saying with her?"
[JHN.4.28] Therefore, the woman left her water jar and went into the city and says to the people.
[JHN.4.29] Come, see the man who told me all the things that I have done. Is this one the Christ?
[JHN.4.30] They went out from the city and were coming towards him.
[JHN.4.31] In the meantime, the disciples asked him, saying, "Teacher, eat."
[JHN.4.32] And he said to them, "I have a nourishment to eat which you do not know."
[JHN.4.33] So the disciples said to one another, "Has no one brought something for him to eat?"
[JHN.4.34] Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of the one who sent me, and to finish his work."
[JHN.4.35] Are you not saying that there are still four months until the harvest comes? Look, I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the lands, because they are white for harvest. Already...
[JHN.4.36] The one harvesting receives a wage, and gathers fruit for life eternal, so that the one sowing may rejoice together with the one harvesting.
[JHN.4.37] For in this, the statement is true that another is the one sowing and another is the one reaping.
[JHN.4.38] I sent you to reap that which you did not labor; others labored and you have entered into their labor.
[JHN.4.39] And from that city many believed in him, the Samaritans, because of the word of the woman who testified, saying that he told me all the things that I have done.
[JHN.4.40] Therefore, when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to remain with them; and he remained there for two days.
[JHN.4.41] And very many more believed because of the word of him.
[JHN.4.42] They said to the woman, “We no longer believe through your words, for we ourselves have heard and know that this one truly is the savior of the world.”
[JHN.4.43] After those two days, he departed from there into Galilee.
[JHN.4.44] For Jesus Himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.
[JHN.4.45] Therefore, when he came into Galilee, the Galileans accepted him, having seen all the things that he did in Jerusalem during the feast, and because they themselves had also come to the feast.
[JHN.4.46] Therefore, he came again to Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a royal official whose son was becoming ill in Capernaum.
[JHN.4.47] Having heard that Jesus had come from Judea into Galilee, this man went to him and asked that he come down and heal his son, for he was about to die.
[JHN.4.48] Therefore Jesus said to him, "If you do not see signs and wonders, you will not believe."
[JHN.4.49] He said to Him, the royal official: "my Lord, descend before my child dies."
[JHN.4.50] Jesus said to him, "Go, your son lives." The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and he departed.
[JHN.4.51] Now, as he was descending, his servants met him, saying that his child lives.
[JHN.4.52] So he asked them about the time when he felt better. They told him that the fever had left him at the seventh hour yesterday.
[JHN.4.53] Therefore, the Father knew in that hour in which Jesus said to him, "Your son lives!", and he himself believed, and his entire household believed as well.
[JHN.4.54] This, then, again a second sign did Yesous make having come from Judea into Galilee.
JHN.5
[JHN.5.1] After these things, there was a feast of the Judeans, and Jesus ascended to Jerusalem.
[JHN.5.2] And there is in Jerusalem, by the sheep gate, a pool which is called Bethzatha in Hebrew, possessing five porticoes.
[JHN.5.3] In this place lay a multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame, and dried up.
[JHN.5.5] And there was a man there who had thirty-eight years, being in his infirmity.
[JHN.5.6] Seeing the man lying there, and knowing that he had been ill for a long time, Jesus said to him, “Do you wish to become healthy?”
[JHN.5.7] The sick man responded to him, "my Lord, I have no person to place me into the pool when the water is stirred, so that I may be put in. While I am coming, another descends before me."
[JHN.5.8] Jesus says to him: "Rise, take up your mat, and walk."
[JHN.5.9] And immediately the man became healthy and he took up his cot and he walked. Now it was the Sabbath on that day.
[JHN.5.10] Therefore, the Jews said to the one who had been healed: "It is the Sabbath, and it is not permitted for you to lift your mat."
[JHN.5.11] And he responded to them, "The One who made me healthy, that One said to me, 'Take up your mat and walk.'"
[JHN.5.12] They asked him, “Who is the man who told you, ‘Lift up your mat and walk?’”
[JHN.5.13] And the one healed did not know who it is, for Jesus slipped away while a crowd was in the place.
[JHN.5.14] After these things, Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, “Look, you have become healthy, do not sin any longer, so that nothing worse may happen to you.”
[JHN.5.15] The man departed and announced to the Judeans that Jesus is the one who made him well.
[JHN.5.16] And because of this, the Judeans pursued Jesus, for He was doing these things on the Sabbath.
[JHN.5.17] And Jesus answered them: "My Father is working until now, and I also am working."
[JHN.5.18] Therefore, the Judeans more earnestly sought to kill him, because he did not only break the Sabbath, but also called God his own father, making himself equal with God.
[JHN.5.19] Therefore Jesus responded and said to them: truly, truly I say to you, the Son is unable to do anything from himself unless he sees Yahveh doing it. For whatever things that one does, the Son also does likewise.
[JHN.5.20] For the Father loves the Son and shows him all things that himself does, and greater works than these he will show to him, so that you may marvel.
[JHN.5.21] Just as the Father raises the dead and gives life, so also the Son gives life to whomever He wills.
[JHN.5.22] For even Father God does not judge anyone, but has given all judgment to the Son God.
[JHN.5.23] So that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.
[JHN.5.24] Truly, truly I say to you, that the one hearing my word and believing the one who sent me has eternal life and does not come into judgement, but has passed from death into life.
[JHN.5.25] Truly, truly I say to you that a time is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those hearing will live.
[JHN.5.26] For just as the Father has life in himself, so also has the Father given the Son to have life in himself.
[JHN.5.27] And authority was given to him to do judgment, because Son of Man he is.
[JHN.5.28] Do not be amazed at this, because an hour is coming in which all those who are in the memorials will hear the voice of him.
[JHN.5.29] And those having done the good things will go forth into a resurrection of life, but those having done the evil things will go forth into a resurrection of judgment.
[JHN.5.30] I am not able to do anything from myself. As I hear, I judge, and my judgement is just, because I do not seek my will, but the will of the one who sent me.
[JHN.5.31] If I witness concerning myself, my witness is not truthful.
[JHN.5.32] Another is the one witnessing concerning me, and I know that true is the testimony which witnesses concerning me.
[JHN.5.33] You sent messengers to John, and he testified to the truth.
[JHN.5.34] I however not from a human the testimony receive, but these things I say so that you might be saved.
[JHN.5.35] That one was the light that is burning and shining, and you all desired to rejoice for an hour in his light.
[JHN.5.36] And I possess the testimony that is greater than that of John: for the works which the Father has given to me that I may complete them, these very works which I do testify concerning me that the Father sent me.
[JHN.5.37] And the Father who sent me, that one has testified concerning me. You have not heard his voice at any time, nor have you seen his form.
[JHN.5.38] And you do not have the word of God remaining in you, because you do not believe the one God sent.
[JHN.5.39] You examine the writings, because you think in them you have eternal life. And those writings are the ones that testify about me.
[JHN.5.40] And you do not want to come to me in order that you may have life.
[JHN.5.41] I do not receive glory from people.
[JHN.5.42] However, I have come to know you, that you do not have the love of God within yourselves.
[JHN.5.43] I have come in the name of my Father, and you do not receive me. If another comes in his own name, you will receive that one.
[JHN.5.44] How are you able to believe, receiving glory from one another, and do you not seek the glory from the only God?
[JHN.5.45] Do not suppose that I will accuse you to the Father. It is the accuser of you, Moses, in whom you hoped.
[JHN.5.46] For if you believe Moses, you would believe me also, because he wrote about me.
[JHN.5.47] But if you do not believe in the writings of that one, how will you believe in my words?
JHN.6
[JHN.6.1] After these things, Jesus went beyond the Sea of Galilee, near Tiberias.
[JHN.6.2] And a large crowd followed him, because they were witnessing the signs that he was doing on those who were ill.
[JHN.6.3] He went up into the mountain, and there he sat with his students.
[JHN.6.4] And the Passover was near, the feast of the Judeans.
[JHN.6.5] Therefore, lifting up his eyes, Jesus, having beheld that a great crowd is coming toward him, says to Philip: "From where shall we buy loaves of bread so that these people may eat?"
[JHN.6.6] But this he said, testing her, because the God knew what he was about to do.
[JHN.6.7] Philip answered him, "Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them so that each one may receive a little."
[JHN.6.8] One of his students said to him, “Andreas, the brother of Simon Petros.”
[JHN.6.9] There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two small fish. But what is this among so many?
[JHN.6.10] Jesus said, "Make the people recline." And there was much grass in the place. Therefore, the men reclined in number, as five thousand.
[JHN.6.11] Therefore, Jesus took the breads and, having given thanks, distributed them to those reclining similarly, and also from the small fish as much as they wished.
[JHN.6.12] And as they were filled, he said to his students: "Gather up the remaining broken pieces, so that nothing is lost."
[JHN.6.13] Therefore, they gathered and filled twelve baskets with the fragments from the five barley loaves that remained over to those who had eaten.
[JHN.6.14] Therefore, the people, having seen the sign that he did, said that this one truly is the prophet who comes into the world.
[JHN.6.15] Therefore, Yesous, knowing that they were intending to come and seize him so that they might make him a king, withdrew again to the mountain by himself.
[JHN.6.16] And as evening became, his disciples went down onto the sea.
[JHN.6.17] And having gone aboard a boat, they were travelling across the sea to Capernaum. And darkness had already come, and Jesus had not yet come to them.
[JHN.6.18] And the sea was stirred up by a blowing great wind.
[JHN.6.19] Therefore, having sailed about twenty-five or thirty stadia, they observe Jesus walking on the sea and becoming near the boat, and they became afraid.
[JHN.6.20] But He says to them, "I am. Do not fear."
[JHN.6.21] They wished, therefore, to receive him into the ship, and immediately the ship was upon the land to which they were going.
[JHN.6.22] The day after, the crowd standing across from the sea saw that there was no other small boat there except one, and that Yahveh Jesus did not enter into the boat with his students, but only his students went away.
[JHN.6.23] Other boats came from the Sea of Galilee near the place where they ate the bread after the Lord gave thanks.
[JHN.6.24] When therefore the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor his students, they themselves went into the boats and came to Capernaum, seeking the Jesus.
[JHN.6.25] And having found him across the sea, they said to him, "Teacher, when did you arrive here?"
[JHN.6.26] Jesus answered them and said, “Truly, truly I say to you, you seek me not because you saw signs, but because you ate from the loaves and were filled.”
[JHN.6.27] Work not for the food that perishes, but for the food that remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For the Father has sealed this one with God.
[JHN.6.28] Therefore I said to him, "What must we do so that we may work the works of God?"
[JHN.6.29] Jesus responded and said to them, "This is the work of God, that you should believe into the one that He sent."
[JHN.6.30] So they said to him: what sign, then, are you doing so that we might see it and believe in you? What work are you performing?
[JHN.6.31] Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: He gave them bread from the sky to eat.
[JHN.6.32] Therefore Jesus said to them, truly, truly I tell you, Moses did not give you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the bread from heaven, the true one.
[JHN.6.33] For the bread of God is the one coming down from the heaven, and giving life to the world.
[JHN.6.34] Therefore I said to him, "my Lord, always give us this bread."
[JHN.6.35] Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. The one coming to me will not ever be hungry, and the one believing in me will not ever thirst at any time."
[JHN.6.36] But I told you that you have also seen me, and you do not believe.
[JHN.6.37] All things that my Father gives to me will come to me, and the one coming to me I will not cast out.
[JHN.6.38] Because I descended from the sky not in order to do the will that is my own, but the will of the one who sent me.
[JHN.6.39] And this is the will of the one who sent me, that everything which he has given to me I should not lose from him, but raise it up on the last day.
[JHN.6.40] For this is the desire of God, my Father, that everyone who gazes upon the son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.
[JHN.6.41] Therefore the Jews were questioning among themselves because he said, "I am the bread that descended from heaven."
[JHN.6.42] And they said, "Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whom we know, his father and his mother? How then does he say that he descended from the heaven?"
[JHN.6.43] Yeshua responded and said to them, "Do not murmur amongst yourselves."
[JHN.6.44] No one is able to come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up on the last day.
[JHN.6.45] It is written in the prophets, and all will be taught by the Gods. Everyone who hears from my Lord and learns comes to me.
[JHN.6.46] And not that anyone has seen the Father, except the one who exists from the God, this one has seen the Father.
[JHN.6.47] Truly, truly I say to you, the one believing has eternal life.
[JHN.6.48] I am the bread of the life.
[JHN.6.49] Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness and died.
[JHN.6.50] This one is the bread that comes down from the heaven, so that someone may eat from it and not die.
[JHN.6.51] I am the God, the living bread, who came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, they will live forever. And the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world.
[JHN.6.52] Therefore, the Jews struggled with one another, saying, "How is it possible for this one to give us his body to eat?"
[JHN.6.53] Therefore Iesous said to them: Truly, truly I say to you, if you do not eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life in yourselves.
[JHN.6.54] The one eating my flesh and drinking my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.
[JHN.6.55] For my flesh is true eating, and my blood is true drinking.
[JHN.6.56] The one eating of my flesh and drinking of my blood remains in me, and I remain in him.
[JHN.6.57] As the living God sent me, and I live through the God, so also will the one who eats me live through me.
[JHN.6.58] This is the bread that descended from the heavens, not as our ancestors ate and died; whoever eats this bread will live into the age.
[JHN.6.59] He said these things while teaching in Capernaum.
[JHN.6.60] Therefore, many of his students having heard him said: "This word is harsh; who is able to listen to it?"
[JHN.6.61] Now Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples were murmuring about him, said to them: Is this causing you to stumble?
[JHN.6.62] If therefore you behold the son of humanity ascending to where was the prior existence?
[JHN.6.63] The spirit is the one making alive; the flesh profits nothing. The words which I have spoken to you are spirit and life are.
[JHN.6.64] But there are some of you who do not believe. For Jesus knew from the beginning who those were who did not believe and who is the one who will hand him over.
[JHN.6.65] And he said: "Because of this I have told you that no one is able to come to me unless it is given to him from the Gods.
[JHN.6.66] From this, many from among his students went behind, and no longer walked with him.
[JHN.6.67] Therefore Jesus said to the twelve: "Do you also want to go away?"
[JHN.6.68] Simon Peter responded to him: "my Lord, to whom shall we go? You possess sayings of life everlasting."
[JHN.6.69] And we have believed and have come to know that you are the holy one of God.
[JHN.6.70] Jesus answered them, "Did I not choose you, the twelve? And one of you is a devil."
[JHN.6.71] He was saying to Judah, Simon’s Iscariot, for this one was destined to hand him over, one from among the twelve.
JHN.7
[JHN.7.1] And after these things, Jesus was walking around in Galilee, for he did not want to walk around in Judea, because the Judeans were seeking to kill him.
[JHN.7.2] And the feast of the Jews, the tent-dwelling, was near.
[JHN.7.3] Therefore, his brothers said to him, "Go from here and go into Judea, so that your disciples may also see the works that you do."
[JHN.7.4] For no one does anything in secret and also seeks to be in openness. If you are doing these things, reveal yourself to the world.
[JHN.7.5] Not even his brothers believed into him.
[JHN.7.6] Therefore, Jesus said to them: "My appointed time has not yet arrived, but your appointed time is always prepared."
[JHN.7.7] The world is unable to hate you, but it hates me, because I testify about it that its works are evil.
[JHN.7.8] You ascend to the feast. I do not ascend to this feast, because my time has not yet been fulfilled.
[JHN.7.9] And having said these things, He remained in Galilee. Yahveh.
[JHN.7.10] And when his brothers went up to the festival, then he also went up, not openly, but in secret.
[JHN.7.11] Now the Jews were seeking him during the festival and were saying, "Where is that one?"
[JHN.7.12] And much murmuring was about him among the crowds. Some were saying that he is good, while others were saying: no, but he misleads the crowd.
[JHN.7.13] However, no one spoke openly concerning him because of the fear of the Judeans.
[JHN.7.14] Now, in the midst of the festival, Jesus ascended to the holy place and he was teaching.
[JHN.7.15] Therefore, the Jews were marveling, saying, "How does this one know letters without having learned?"
[JHN.7.16] Therefore, Jesus responded to them and said: “My teaching is not from me, but from the one who sent me.”
[JHN.7.17] If anyone wishes to do the will of God, they will know concerning the teaching whether it is from God or I speak from myself.
[JHN.7.18] The one speaking from themselves seeks their own glory. But the one seeking the glory of the one who sent them, that one is true, and there is no injustice in them.
[JHN.7.19] Did Moses give the law to you? And does no one from among you do the law? Why do you seek to kill me?
[JHN.7.20] The crowd responded: "You have a demon. Who is trying to kill you?"
[JHN.7.21] Yeshua responded and said to them: "I have done one work, and all of you marvel at it."
[JHN.7.22] Therefore, Moses gave you circumcision – not because it comes from Moses, but from the ancestors – and on the Sabbath a person is circumcised.
[JHN.7.23] If a person receives circumcision on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses is not broken, why are you angry with me because I made a whole healthy person on the Sabbath?
[JHN.7.24] Do not judge according to appearance, but judge the just judgement.
[JHN.7.25] Therefore, some of those from Jerusalem were saying, "Is this not the one whom they seek to kill?"
[JHN.7.26] And behold, he speaks openly and they say nothing to him. Perhaps the rulers truly understand that this one is the Messiah?
[JHN.7.27] But we know from where this one originates. But the Christ, when he comes, no one will know from where he originates.
[JHN.7.28] Therefore, Jesus cried out in the temple while teaching and saying: “You also know me, and you know where I am from. But I did not come of myself, rather, the One who sent me is true, whom you do not know.”
[JHN.7.29] I know him, that I am from near him and that one sent me.
[JHN.7.30] They therefore sought to seize him, and no one placed a hand upon him, because his time had not yet come.
[JHN.7.31] From the crowd, many believed into him, and they were saying: "The Anointed One, when he comes, will he do more signs than those this one has done?"
[JHN.7.32] The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things about him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent servants so that they might seize him.
[JHN.7.33] Therefore Jesus said, "I am still with you for a little time, and then I will go to the one who sent me."
[JHN.7.34] Seek me, and you will not find me, and where I am, you are not able to come.
[JHN.7.35] Therefore, the Jews said to one another, "Where does this one intend to go, since we will not find him? Does he intend to go to the dispersion of the Greeks and teach the Greeks?"
[JHN.7.36] Who is this who spoke? Seek me, and you will not find me, and wherever I am, you are unable to come?
[JHN.7.37] And on the last day, the great day of the festival, Jesus stood and cried out, saying: If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink.
[JHN.7.38] The one believing into me, as the scripture said, rivers from the inner being of him will flow of living water.
[JHN.7.39] And this He said concerning the spirit which those believing into Him were about to receive: for spirit was not yet, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.
[JHN.7.40] Therefore, having heard these words from the crowd, they said: “This one truly is the prophet.”
[JHN.7.41] Some said, "This one is the Christ," but others said, "Does not the Christ come from Galilee?"
[JHN.7.42] Did not the scripture say that from the seed of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David was, comes the Anointed One?
[JHN.7.43] Therefore, a division happened in the crowd because of him.
[JHN.7.44] And some wished to seize him from among them, but no one laid the hands upon him.
[JHN.7.45] Therefore, the officials came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them: “Why did you not bring him [Jesus] to us?”
[JHN.7.46] The servants responded, "No one ever spoke in this way before."
[JHN.7.47] Therefore the Pharisees answered them, "Have you also been deceived?"
[JHN.7.48] Did anyone from among the rulers believe in him, or from among the Pharisees?
[JHN.7.49] But this crowd, who do not know the law, are accursed.
[JHN.7.50] Nicodemus says to them, the one who came to him previously, being one from among them.
[JHN.7.51] Does the law judge humanity if it does not first hear from God and know what God does?
[JHN.7.52] They answered and said to him: "Are you also from Galilee? Examine and see that a prophet has not arisen from Galilee."
[JHN.7.53] And each one went to his house.
JHN.8
[JHN.8.1] And Jesus went into the mountain of olives.
[JHN.8.2] And early in the morning, again he came to the holy place, and all the people came to him, and sitting down, he taught them.
[JHN.8.3] And the scribes and the Pharisees bring a woman who has been caught in adultery, and having set her in the midst,
[JHN.8.4] They said to him, "Teacher, this woman was seized while committing adultery."
[JHN.8.5] And in the law, Moses commanded us to stone such people. So what do you say?
[JHN.8.6] And this they were saying, testing him, in order that they might have to accuse him. And Jesus, having bent down, was writing into the ground with the finger.
[JHN.8.7] And as they continued questioning him, he bent down and said to them: “Let the one among you who has not sinned throw a stone at her first.”
[JHN.8.8] And again, having bent down, he was writing into the earth.
[JHN.8.9] And those who heard were going out one by one, beginning from the elders, and he remained alone, and the woman being in the middle.
[JHN.8.10] And having bent over, the Jesus said to her, "Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?"
[JHN.8.11] And she said, "No one, my Lord." And Jesus said, "Neither do I condemn you. Go, and from now on sin no more."
[JHN.8.12] Again therefore to them spoke Jesus saying: I am the light of the world: he who follows me not shall walk in the darkness, but he shall have the light of life.
[JHN.8.13] Therefore the Pharisees said to him: “You testify about yourself; your testimony is not true.”
[JHN.8.14] Yeshua responded and said to them: "If I testify about myself, my testimony is true, for I know from where I came and where I am going. But you do not know from where I come or where I am going."
[JHN.8.15] You all judge according to the flesh, but I do not judge anyone.
[JHN.8.16] And if I judge, then my judgement is truly valid, because I am not alone, but I and the Father who sent me are one.
[JHN.8.17] And in the law of you it has been written that two people's testimony is true.
[JHN.8.18] I am the one witnessing concerning myself, and the Father who sent me also witnesses concerning me.
[JHN.8.19] They said therefore to Him, "Where is your God, your father?" Jesus responded, "You do not know me, nor do you know my God, my Father. If you had known me, you would also have known my God, my Father."
[JHN.8.20] These sayings He spoke in the treasury, teaching in the temple, and no one seized Him, because His time had not yet come.
[JHN.8.21] Therefore, he said to them again: I am going, and you will seek me, and in your sin, you will die. Wherever I am going, you are not able to come.
[JHN.8.22] Therefore the Jews said, "Does he intend to kill himself, because he says, 'Wherever I go, you cannot come?'"
[JHN.8.23] And He said to them: "You are from below, but I am from above. You are of this world, but I am not of this world."
[JHN.8.24] Therefore I say to you that you will die in your sins. For if you do not believe that I am, you will die in your sins.
[JHN.8.25] Therefore they said to him, “Who are you?” Jesus said to them, “The beginning of what I also speak to you?”
[JHN.8.26] I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you, but the one who sent me is true, and I speak to the world those things which I heard from him.
[JHN.8.27] They did not know that the Father to them was saying.
[JHN.8.28] Therefore Jesus said to them: When you lift up the son of the human, then you will know that I am, and from myself I do nothing, but as the father taught me, these things I speak.
[JHN.8.29] And the one who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, because I always do the things that are pleasing to the Gods.
[JHN.8.30] While these things were being said by him, many believed in him.
[JHN.8.31] Then Jesus spoke to the Jews who had trusted in him, saying, "If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples."
[JHN.8.32] And you will know the truth, and the truth will liberate you.
[JHN.8.33] They responded to him, "We are the offspring of Abraham, and we have never been slaves to anyone. How then do you say that you will be made free?"
[JHN.8.34] Jesus responded to them: "Truly, truly I say to you that everyone who does sin is a slave of sin."
[JHN.8.35] However, the slave does not remain in the household for the age, the son remains for the age.
[JHN.8.36] If therefore the son frees you, you will truly be free.
[JHN.8.37] I know that you are the seed of Abraham, but you seek to kill me, because my word does not fit within you.
[JHN.8.38] What I have seen from the Father, I speak. Therefore, you also do what you have heard from the Father.
[JHN.8.39] They responded and said to him, "Our father Abraham is." Jesus says to them, "If you are children of Abraham, you do the works of Abraham."
[JHN.8.40] Now you are seeking to kill a man who has spoken the truth to you, which he heard from God. Abraham did not do this.
[JHN.8.41] You do the works of the father of you. They said then to him: We were not born from sexual immorality, one father we have, the God.
[JHN.8.42] Jesus said to them: If God the Father of you was, you would have loved me. For I came forth from God and have come. Nor did I come from myself, but that one sent me.
[JHN.8.43] Why do you not recognize my speech? Because you are unable to hear my message.
[JHN.8.44] You are from the father, the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. That one was a man-killer from the beginning, and in the truth he did not stand, because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks the falsehood, he speaks from his own possessions, because he is a liar and the father of him is also.
[JHN.8.45] But I, that the truth I speak, you do not believe me.
[JHN.8.46] Who among you convicts me of sin? If I speak truth, why do you not believe me?
[JHN.8.47] The one who is from God hears the words of God. This is why you do not hear, because you are not from God.
[JHN.8.48] The Judeans responded and said to him: "Are we not speaking correctly when we say that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?"
[JHN.8.49] Jesus responded: "I do not have a demon, but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me."
[JHN.8.50] I, however, do not seek my glory. There is the one seeking and judging.
[JHN.8.51] Truly, truly I say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he will not see death into the age.
[JHN.8.52] Therefore, the Jews said to him, "Now we know that you have a demon. Abraham died, and so did the prophets. Yet you say, ‘If anyone keeps my word, they will not taste death forever.’
[JHN.8.53] Are you not greater than our God Abraham, who died? And the Gods also died. What are you declaring yourself to be?
[JHN.8.54] Yehoshua responded: If I glorify myself, my glory amounts to nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, the one whom you declare is God of you.
[JHN.8.55] And you have not known him, but I know him. And if I were to say that I do not know him, I would be like you, a liar. But I know him, and I keep his word.
[JHN.8.56] Abraham, the father of you all, rejoiced that he might see my day, and he saw it and was glad.
[JHN.8.57] Therefore the Jews said to him, "You are not yet fifty years old, and you have seen Abraham?"
[JHN.8.58] Yahveh said to them, "Truly, truly I say to you, before Abraham came into being, I am."
[JHN.8.59] Therefore, they sought stones in order to throw upon him. But Jesus hid himself and went out from the temple.
JHN.9
[JHN.9.1] And passing by, He saw a man blind from birth.
[JHN.9.2] And they asked him, his students, saying: 'Teacher, who sinned, this one or his parents, so that blind he would be born?'
[JHN.9.3] Jesus responded: "This one did not sin, nor did his parents, but so that the works of God might be revealed in him."
[JHN.9.4] We must work the works of the one who sent me while the day is. The night is coming when no one is able to work.
[JHN.9.5] When I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
[JHN.9.6] Having said these things, he spat on the ground and made mud from the spittle, and he anointed their eyes with the mud.
[JHN.9.7] And he said to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, which is interpreted as 'sent'." Therefore, he departed and washed, and he came seeing.
[JHN.9.8] Therefore, the neighbors and those who had previously observed him, because he was a beggar, were saying: "Is this not the one who used to sit and beg?"
[JHN.9.9] Some said that this one is, others said: not, but one similar to him is. That one said that I am.
[JHN.9.10] Therefore they said to him, "How were your eyes opened?"
[JHN.9.11] That man, the one called 'Yahveh is salvation', made mud and anointed my eyes, and told me to go and wash in the pool of Siloam. So I went and washed, and I regained my sight.
[JHN.9.12] And they said to him, "Where is that one?" He says, "I do not know."
[JHN.9.13] They bring him to the Pharisees, the one who used to be blind.
[JHN.9.14] Now it was a Sabbath on which day Jesus made mud and opened his eyes.
[JHN.9.15] Again therefore they asked him, and the Pharisees said, "How did you regain your sight?" But he said to them, "Mud was placed upon my eyes, and I washed, and I see."
[JHN.9.16] Therefore, some of the Pharisees said: "This man is not from God, because he does not keep the Sabbath." But others said: "How can a sinful human do such signs?" And there was a division among them.
[JHN.9.17] Therefore, they said to the blind man again, "What do you say about him, that he opened your eyes?" And he said, "He is a prophet."
[JHN.9.18] Therefore, the Jews did not believe concerning him that he had been blind and had regained his sight, until they called out to his parents, the one who had regained his sight.
[JHN.9.19] And they asked them, saying, "Is this your son, whom you say was born blind? How then is he now seeing?"
[JHN.9.20] Therefore, his parents responded and said, "We know that this one is our son, and that he was born blind."
[JHN.9.21] But now, how he sees, we do not know, or who opened his eyes, we do not know. Question him; he has an age; he himself will speak concerning himself.
[JHN.9.22] These things his parents said because they were fearing the Judaeans; for already the Judaeans had decided that if anyone should confess Jesus as the Messiah, he would become excluded from the synagogue.
[JHN.9.23] Therefore his parents said that he has reached maturity, question him yourselves.
[JHN.9.24] Therefore, they called out to the man who was blind a second time, and said to him: “Give glory to the God.” We know that this man is a sinner.
[JHN.9.25] He answered therefore, "I do not know if he is a sinner. One thing I know: that having been blind, I now see."
[JHN.9.26] Therefore they said to him, "What did Yahveh do to you? How did Yahveh open your eyes?"
[JHN.9.27] He answered them: "I have already told you, and you did not listen. What again do you wish to hear? Or do you also wish to become disciples of him?"
[JHN.9.28] And they reviled him and said, "You are a student of that one, but we are students of Moses."
[JHN.9.29] We know that God spoke to Moses, but we do not know from where this man is.
[JHN.9.30] The man responded and said to them, "Indeed, the remarkable thing is that you do not know from where he comes, yet he has opened my eyes."
[JHN.9.31] We know that the Gods do not listen to sinners, but if anyone is God-fearing and does the Gods’ will, the Gods listen to that person.
[JHN.9.32] From eternity it has not been heard that anyone opened the eyes of one born blind.
[JHN.9.33] If not, this one is not from God, he is unable to do anything.
[JHN.9.34] They responded and said to him, "Were you born entirely in sins, and are you teaching us?" And they cast him out.
[JHN.9.35] Yesous heard that they had cast him out, and having found him, he said: "Do you believe in the Son of Man?"
[JHN.9.36] He answered and said, "And who is the Lord, that I might believe into him?"
[JHN.9.37] Jesus said to him, "And you have seen God, and the one speaking with you is that God."
[JHN.9.38] And he said, "I believe, my Lord," and he worshiped him.
[JHN.9.39] And Jesus said, "I have come for judgment into this world, in order that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind."
[JHN.9.40] Those with him heard these things from the Pharisees and said to him, "Are we also blind?"
[JHN.9.41] Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would not have sin. But now you say that you see, so your sin remains."
JHN.10
[JHN.10.1] Truly, truly I say to you, the one not entering through the gate into the courtyard of the sheep, but climbing from another place, that one is a thief and a robber.
[JHN.10.2] But the one entering through the door is a shepherd of the sheep.
[JHN.10.3] This gatekeeper opens the gate, and the sheep hear the voice of him. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
[JHN.10.4] When he casts out all his own possessions, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice.
[JHN.10.5] However, they will not follow a stranger, but they will flee from him, because they do not know the sound of the stranger’s voice.
[JHN.10.6] This saying, Jesus spoke to them, but they did not understand what that He was speaking to them.
[JHN.10.7] Therefore Jesus said again: "Truly, truly I tell you that I am the door of the sheep."
[JHN.10.8] All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.
[JHN.10.9] I am the door. Through me, if anyone enters, they will be saved and will come in and go out and will find pasture.
[JHN.10.10] The thief comes only in order to steal and sacrifice and destroy; I have come in order that they might have life, and might have abundance.
[JHN.10.11] I am the shepherd, the good one. The shepherd, the good one, places his soul for the sheep.
[JHN.10.12] The hired worker, who is not a shepherd, for whom the sheep are not his own, observes the wolf coming and abandons the sheep and flees – and the wolf seizes them and scatters them.
[JHN.10.13] That a hired one is, and it does not concern him about the sheep.
[JHN.10.14] I am the God, the good shepherd, and I know my own, and my own know me.
[JHN.10.15] Just as the Father knows me, and I know the Father, and I place my soul for the sake of the sheep.
[JHN.10.16] And I have other sheep which are not of this fold; those also I must bring, and they will hear my voice, and they will become one flock, one shepherd.
[JHN.10.17] Because of this, my Father loves me, for I place my soul, so that again I may receive it.
[JHN.10.18] No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This commandment I have received from my Father.
[JHN.10.19] A split happened again among the Jews because of these words.
[JHN.10.20] And many of them were saying, "He has a demon and is raving. Why do you listen to Him?"
[JHN.10.21] Others were saying, "These words are not from someone possessed by a spirit. Is it possible for a spirit to open the eyes of the blind?"
[JHN.10.22] It came to pass at that time the dedication was in Jerusalem, winter was.
[JHN.10.23] And Jesus walked in the temple in the colonnade of Solomon.
[JHN.10.24] So the Jewish people surrounded him and said to him: "Until when will you take our lives? If you are the Messiah, tell us openly."
[JHN.10.25] Jesus responded to them: “I have told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in the name of God, these testify concerning me.”
[JHN.10.26] But you do not believe, because you are not of my Lord's sheep.
[JHN.10.27] The sheep that are mine listen to my voice, and I know them, and they follow after me.
[JHN.10.28] And I give to them life eternal, and they will not at all perish into the age, and no one will snatch them from my hand.
[JHN.10.29] My Father, who gave to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch away from the hand of the Father.
[JHN.10.30] I and the Gods are one.
[JHN.10.31] The Jews picked up stones again in order that they may stone him.
[JHN.10.32] Jesus answered them: "Many good works I have shown to you from the Father. For which of these works are you trying to stone me?"
[JHN.10.33] The Jewish people responded to him, "We are not stoning you for a good work, but for blasphemy, and because you, being a human, make yourself the Gods."
[JHN.10.34] Jesus answered them, "It is not written in your law that I said, 'You are the Gods?'"
[JHN.10.35] If to those He said 'gods,' to whom the word of God came, and scripture cannot be broken,
[JHN.10.36] You say that I blaspheme because I stated, 'I am a son of God', but the Father has consecrated me and sent me into the world.
[JHN.10.37] If I do not perform the works of my God, do not believe me.
[JHN.10.38] But if I do them, even if you do not believe me, believe the works, so that you may know and truly know that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.
[JHN.10.39] They sought him again to seize him, and he went out from the hand of them.
[JHN.10.40] And he went again across the Jordan River to the place where John was first baptizing, and he remained there.
[JHN.10.41] And many came to him and said that John indeed did no sign, but all the things that John said about this one were true.
[JHN.10.42] And many believed into him there.
JHN.11
[JHN.11.1] And there was a sick man, Lazarus from Bethany, from the village of Mary and Martha, her sister.
[JHN.11.2] Now Mary was the one who anointed my Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her own hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.
[JHN.11.3] Therefore, the sisters sent to Him, saying: "my Lord, behold the one whom you love is sick."
[JHN.11.4] And having heard this, Jesus said, "This illness is not toward death, but is concerning the glory of God, so that the son of God may be glorified through it."
[JHN.11.5] And Yeshua loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
[JHN.11.6] So, when he heard that he was sick, then he stayed in the place where he was for two days.
[JHN.11.7] Then after this, he says to the students: "Let us go into Judea again."
[JHN.11.8] The disciples said to him, "Rabbi, the Judeans recently tried to stone you. Why are you going back there again?"
[JHN.11.9] Yehshua responded: "Are not twelve hours of the day? If anyone walks in the day, they do not stumble, because they see the light of this world."
[JHN.11.10] But if anyone walks in the night, they stumble, because the light is not in them.
[JHN.11.11] These things He said, and after these things He says to them: "Lazarus, our friend, has fallen asleep, but I am going so that I may awaken him."
[JHN.11.12] Therefore the disciples said to him, "My Lord, if he is sleeping, will he be saved?"
[JHN.11.13] And Jesus spoke concerning his death, but they thought that he was speaking about the sleep of sleep.
[JHN.11.14] Then therefore, Jesus said to them frankly: "Lazarus has died."
[JHN.11.15] And I rejoice on account of you, that you believe, that I was not there, but we will lead [others] to him.
[JHN.11.16] Therefore Thomas, called Twin, said to his fellow students: "Let us also go, so that we may die with him."
[JHN.11.17] Having come therefore, Jesus found him having already been four days in the tomb.
[JHN.11.18] Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadium lengths distant.
[JHN.11.19] Many from the Jews came to Martha and Mary, so that they might comfort them concerning the brother.
[JHN.11.20] Therefore Martha, when she heard that Yeshua is coming, went to meet him. But Miriam sat in the house.
[JHN.11.21] Therefore Martha said to Yahveh: "my Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died."
[JHN.11.22] But also now I know that whatever you ask of the God, the God will give to you.
[JHN.11.23] Jesus says to her: "The brother of yours will rise again."
[JHN.11.24] Martha said to him: "I know that he will be raised in the resurrection in the final day."
[JHN.11.25] Yahveh said to her: “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, even if they die, will live.”
[JHN.11.26] And all who are living and believing into me will never die into the age. Do you believe this?
[JHN.11.27] She says to him, “Yes, my Lord, I have believed that you are the Christ, the son of God, the one who comes into the world.”
[JHN.11.28] And having said this, she went away and called Mary, her sister, secretly saying: "The teacher is present and is calling you."
[JHN.11.29] And she, when she heard it, quickly rose and came toward him.
[JHN.11.30] But Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was still in the place where Martha had met him.
[JHN.11.31] Therefore, the Judeans who were with her in the house and were comforting her, seeing Mary quickly rose and went out, followed her, supposing she was going to the memorial to weep there.
[JHN.11.32] Therefore, Mary, as she came to where Jesus was, seeing him, fell at his feet, saying to him: "My Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died."
[JHN.11.33] Therefore, when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had gathered with her weeping, he became intensely angry in spirit and disturbed himself.
[JHN.11.34] And he said, "Where have you placed him?" They say to him, "my Lord, come and see."
[JHN.11.35] Jesus wept.
[JHN.11.36] Therefore the Jewish people said, "Behold how my Lord loves him!"
[JHN.11.37] And some of them said, "Was this one not able, the one who opened the eyes of the blind person, to also do this, so that this one might not die?"
[JHN.11.38] Therefore, Jesus again, being deeply moved within himself, comes to the memorial. Now, it was a cave, and a stone was lying upon it.
[JHN.11.39] Jesus says: Lift the stone. The sister of the one who died, Martha, says to him: my Lord, he is already stinking, for he has been dead four days.
[JHN.11.40] Jesus said to her, "Did I not tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?"
[JHN.11.41] They therefore removed the stone. And Jesus raised His eyes upward and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me.”
[JHN.11.42] I, however, knew that you always hear me, but because of the crowd standing around, I said it, so that they would believe that you sent me.
[JHN.11.43] And having said these things, he cried out with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out!"
[JHN.11.44] The deceased one went out, bound with cloths on his feet and his hands. A cloth was wrapped around his face. Yeshua says to them: Release him and let him go.
[JHN.11.45] Therefore, many from the Judeans who came to Miriam and having observed what she did, believed in him.
[JHN.11.46] And some of them departed to the Pharisees and related to them what Jesus had done.
[JHN.11.47] Therefore, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council and said, "What are we doing that this man performs many signs?"
[JHN.11.48] If we allow him to continue in this way, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away our place and our nation.
[JHN.11.49] And one of them, Caiaphas, being the high priest of that year, said to them: "You do not know anything at all."
[JHN.11.50] Nor do you reckon that it profits you for one person to die for the people, and not the whole nation perish.
[JHN.11.51] But this he did not say on his own initiative; rather, being high priest of that year, he prophesied that Jesus was about to die for the nation.
[JHN.11.52] And not for the nation only, but also that the children of God, those scattered, He might gather into one.
[JHN.11.53] Therefore, from that day, they deliberated that they might kill him.
[JHN.11.54] Therefore, Jesus no longer walked openly among the Judeans, but departed from that place into the region near the wilderness, to a city named Ephraim, and there he remained with his disciples.
[JHN.11.55] And the Passover of the Judeans was near, and many ascended to Jerusalem from the countryside before the Passover so that they might purify themselves.
[JHN.11.56] Therefore, they were seeking Jesus, and they were saying to one another, while standing in the temple: What do you think? That he will not come to the festival?
[JHN.11.57] Now the chief priests and the Pharisees gave commands, so that if anyone knew where he is, he should report it, in order that they might seize him.
JHN.12
[JHN.12.1] Therefore, Jesus came to Bethany six days before the Passover, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus raised from among the dead.
[JHN.12.2] Therefore, they made a dinner for him there, and Martha served. Lazarus was one of those reclining with him.
[JHN.12.3] Therefore, Mary, having taken a pound of fragrant oil of nard, very precious, anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped the feet of him with the hair of her head; and the house was filled from the scent of the oil.
[JHN.12.4] And Judas, the one called Iscariot, one from among his disciples, said to him, the one who was about to betray him.
[JHN.12.5] Why was this fragrant oil not sold for three hundred coins and the money given to the poor?
[JHN.12.6] And he said this not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief and, having the money bag, he carried the contents.
[JHN.12.7] Therefore Jesus said, "Release him, so that he may keep it to the day of my burial."
[JHN.12.8] For you always have the poor with yourselves, but you do not always have me.
[JHN.12.9] Therefore, the crowd, a large number of Judeans, realized that he was there, and they came not because of Jesus alone, but also so that they might see Lazarus, the one whom he raised from the dead.
[JHN.12.10] Now the chief priests deliberated so that they might also kill Lazarus.
[JHN.12.11] Because of him, many of the Judeans departed and believed in Jesus.
[JHN.12.12] On the next day, the large crowd that came to the festival, having heard that Jesus is coming to Jerusalem...
[JHN.12.13] They took the palm branches of the date palms and went out to meet him, and they shouted, “Hosanna!” Blessed is the one coming in the name of my Lord, and the king of Israel.
[JHN.12.14] Now Jesus, having found a young donkey, sat upon it, as it is written.
[JHN.12.15] Do not be afraid, daughter of Zion; behold, your king comes, sitting on a young donkey.
[JHN.12.16] These things the disciples did not know about him at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about him and they did these things to him.
[JHN.12.17] Therefore the crowd who was with him testified when he called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead.
[JHN.12.18] Therefore, the crowd met him because they heard that this sign he had made.
[JHN.12.19] Therefore, the Pharisees said to themselves: Observe that you do not profit anything. Behold, the world has gone after him.
[JHN.12.20] And there were some Greeks who were traveling up in order that they might worship in the festival.
[JHN.12.21] Therefore, these people approached Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and they asked him, saying: "my Lord, we wish to see Jesus."
[JHN.12.22] Philip comes and says to Andrew, "Andrew is coming, and Philip is coming, and they are saying to Jesus."
[JHN.12.23] And Jesus responds to them, saying: The hour has come that the son of man might be glorified.
[JHN.12.24] Truly truly I say to you, if the grain of wheat does not fall to the ground and die, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much fruit.
[JHN.12.25] The one who loves their life destroys it, and the one who hates their life in this world will guard it for eternal life.
[JHN.12.26] If anyone serves me, let them follow me, and wherever I am, there also will be my servant. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor them.
[JHN.12.27] Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour. But for this reason I came into this hour.
[JHN.12.28] Father, may your name be glorified. Therefore, a voice came from the heaven, and I glorified, and again I will glorify.
[JHN.12.29] Therefore, the crowd standing and listening said that a thunder had occurred. Others said that a messenger had spoken to him.
[JHN.12.30] Yeshua responded and said, "This voice was not made for me, but for you."
[JHN.12.31] Now judgement is upon this world. Now the ruler of this world will be cast out outside.
[JHN.12.32] And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all to myself.
[JHN.12.33] But this he said, indicating by what death he was about to die.
[JHN.12.34] Therefore the crowd responded to him, “We have heard from the Law that the anointed one remains forever, and how do you say that it is necessary for the son of man to be lifted up? Who is this son of man?”
[JHN.12.35] Therefore Jesus said to them: “A little time remains for the light to be among you. Walk as you have the light, so that darkness does not overtake you; and the one walking in the darkness does not know where he is going.”
[JHN.12.36] As you have the light, believe in the light, so that you might become sons of light. Jesus spoke these things, and having gone away, hid himself from them.
[JHN.12.37] And although he had done so many signs before them, they did not believe in him.
[JHN.12.38] So that the word of Isaiah the prophet may be fulfilled, which he said: "my Lord, who has believed our hearing? And to whom has the arm of my Lord been revealed?"
[JHN.12.39] Therefore, they were unable to believe, because Isaiah had again said this:
[JHN.12.40] He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, so that they may not see with their eyes and perceive with their heart and turn, and I will heal them.
[JHN.12.41] These things Isaiah said, that he saw the glory of him, and he spoke concerning him.
[JHN.12.42] However, many of the rulers also believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess it, so that they would not be excluded.
[JHN.12.43] They loved the glory of people more than they loved the glory of the God.
[JHN.12.44] Yesous cried out and said: “Whoever believes in me does not believe in me, but believes in the one who sent me.”
[JHN.12.45] And the one who observes me observes the one who sent me.
[JHN.12.46] I, light, have come into the world, so that everyone who believes into me may not remain in the darkness.
[JHN.12.47] And if anyone hears my words and does not guard them, I do not judge that person; for I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world.
[JHN.12.48] The one who dishonors me and does not accept my words has the one judging them; the word which I spoke, that one will judge them on the last day.
[JHN.12.49] That I do not speak from myself, but the Father who sent me has given to me a command as to what to say and what to speak.
[JHN.12.50] And I know that his command is eternal life. Therefore, what I say, I say as my Father has spoken to me; this is what I say.
JHN.13
[JHN.13.1] Now before the feast of the Passover, Jesus knew that his time had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved those who were his own in the world, he loved them to the end.
[JHN.13.2] And while supper was taking place, the devil having already cast into the heart [of Judas], in order that he might deliver [Jesus], Judas Simon’s Iscariot.
[JHN.13.3] Knowing that the Father has given all things into his hands and that he came forth from God and is going to God.
[JHN.13.4] He rose from the supper and put aside his clothes, and having taken a towel, he tied it around himself.
[JHN.13.5] Then he poured water into the washbasin and began to wash the feet of the disciples, and to wipe them with the towel which was wrapped around his waist.
[JHN.13.6] Therefore he came to Simon Peter. He said to him, "my Lord, will you wash my feet?"
[JHN.13.7] Yeshua responded and said to him: What I do, you do not know now, but you will know after these things.
[JHN.13.8] Peter said to Him, “Never, absolutely never, will you wash my feet for all time.” Jesus answered him, “If I do not wash you, you will not have a portion with me.”
[JHN.13.9] Simon Peter said to my Lord: "Please, not only my feet, but also my hands and my head."
[JHN.13.10] Jesus says to him, "The one who has bathed does not have need, except to wash the feet, but is clean completely. And you are clean, but not all."
[JHN.13.11] He knew the one who would hand him over. For this reason, he said that not all of you are pure.
[JHN.13.12] Therefore, when he had washed their feet, and having taken his garments, resumed his place, he said to them: Know what it is that I have done for you?
[JHN.13.13] You call me, the Teacher, and the Lord, and you speak rightly, for I am.
[JHN.13.14] If therefore I, the Lord and the teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.
[JHN.13.15] For I have given to you an example, that as I did to you, you also may do.
[JHN.13.16] Truly, truly I say to you, no servant is greater than their lord, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent them.
[JHN.13.17] If you know these things, you are blessed if you practice them.
[JHN.13.18] I am not speaking about all of you. I know the certain ones I have chosen. But this is so that the scripture may be fulfilled: the one eating my bread has lifted his heel against me.
[JHN.13.19] From now I tell you before it happens, so that when it happens you may believe that I am.
[JHN.13.20] Truly, truly I say to you, the one who receives anyone I send receives me, and the one who receives me receives the one who sent me.
[JHN.13.21] Having said these things, the Jesus was troubled in spirit, and he testified and said, “Truly, truly I say to you that one from among you will deliver me.”
[JHN.13.22] The disciples were looking at one another, being perplexed about what he says.
[JHN.13.23] There was one of his disciples reclining at the side of Yahveh, whom Yahveh loved.
[JHN.13.24] Therefore, Simon Peter nodded to find out who he might be, concerning whom he was speaking.
[JHN.13.25] Therefore, that one fell upon the chest of Jesus, and says to him: "my Lord, who is it?"
[JHN.13.26] Jesus responded, “That one is to whom I will dip the bread and give to him.” Therefore, having dipped the bread, he takes and gives to Judas, Simon’s Iskariot.
[JHN.13.27] And after the bread, then Satan entered into him. Therefore Jesus said to him: "What you do, do quickly."
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[JHN.13.29] For some thought, since Judas had the common purse, that Jesus was saying to him, "Purchase what we have need of for the feast, or give something to the poor."
[JHN.13.30] Therefore, after he took the piece of bread, he went out immediately. And it was night.
[JHN.13.31] Therefore, when he went out, Jesus said, "Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and the God has been glorified in him."
[JHN.13.32] If God has glorified him in himself, then God will glorify him in himself, and immediately will glorify him.
[JHN.13.33] Children, for a little while yet I am with you. Seek me, and as I said to the Judeans that wherever I go you are unable to come, and to you also I say now.
[JHN.13.34] I give a new command to you, that you love each other, as I loved you, that you also love each other.
[JHN.13.35] By this all people will know that you are disciples of me, if you have love among yourselves.
[JHN.13.36] Simon Peter said to my Lord: "Where are you going?" Jesus responded to him: "Wherever I go, you are not able to follow me now, but you will follow afterward."
[JHN.13.37] Peter said to him, "Yahveh, why am I unable to follow you at this time? I will give my life for you."
[JHN.13.38] Jesus responds: "Will you place your soul for me? Truly, truly I say to you, a rooster will not crow until you deny me three times."
JHN.14
[JHN.14.1] Do not let your heart be troubled. Believe into the God and believe into me.
[JHN.14.2] In the house of my Father are many dwellings. But if it were not so, I would have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you.
[JHN.14.3] And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, so that where I am, you also may be.
[JHN.14.4] And where I go, you know the way.
[JHN.14.5] Thomas said to him, "my Lord, we do not know where you are going. How are we able to know the way?"
[JHN.14.6] He said to him, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the father except by me."
[JHN.14.7] If you have come to know me, you will also come to know my Father. And from this time forward, you will come to know him, and you have seen him.
[JHN.14.8] Philip said to Him: "my Lord, show us the God, and it is enough for us."
[JHN.14.9] Yeshua said to him, "Have I been with you for so long, and you still have not known me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How then do you say, 'Show us the Father?'"
[JHN.14.10] Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The statements which I speak to you, I do not speak from myself, but the Father who remains in me does the works of himself.
[JHN.14.11] Believe me that I am in the God, and the God is in me. But if not, believe on account of the works themselves.
[JHN.14.12] Truly truly I say to you, the one believing into me the works which I do that one also will do and greater than these will do, because I am going towards the Father.
[JHN.14.13] And whatever you may ask in my name, that I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
[JHN.14.14] If anyone asks anything of God, God will do it.
[JHN.14.15] If you love me, you will keep my commands.
[JHN.14.16] And I will ask the God, and another helper will God give to you, so that God may be with you for the age.
[JHN.14.17] The spirit of the truth, which the world is not able to receive, because it does not behold it nor know it; you know it, because it remains with you and will be in you.
[JHN.14.18] I will not leave you as destitute ones, I am coming to you.
[JHN.14.19] In a little while, the world will no longer behold me, but you all will behold me, because I live and you all will live.
[JHN.14.20] On that day you will know that I am in my Father and you are in me and I am in you.
[JHN.14.21] The one having my commands and keeping them, that one is the one loving me. But the one loving me will be loved by my Father, and I will love that one and reveal myself to that one.
[JHN.14.22] Judas, not the Iscariot, said to my Lord, "What has happened that you intend to reveal yourself to us and not to the world?"
[JHN.14.23] Jesus responded and said to him, "If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and the Father will love him, and we will come to him, and we will make our dwelling place with him."
[JHN.14.24] Whoever does not love me does not keep my words, and the message that you hear is not mine, but of the Father who sent me.
[JHN.14.25] I have spoken these things to you while remaining among you.
[JHN.14.26] And the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, that one will teach you all things and will remind you of all things that I have spoken to you.
[JHN.14.27] I leave peace to you, I give to you my peace. Not as the world gives, I give to you. Let your heart not be troubled, nor let it be fearful.
[JHN.14.28] You have heard that I said to you, I am going away and I will return to you. If you loved me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I am.
[JHN.14.29] And now I have said to you before it happens, so that when it happens, you may believe.
[JHN.14.30] I will no longer speak many things with you, for comes the ruler of the world. And in me, he has nothing.
[JHN.14.31] But so that the world may know that I love the Father, and just as the Father commanded me, thus I do. Rise, let us go from here.
JHN.15
[JHN.15.1] I am the vine, the true one, and my father is the farmer.
[JHN.15.2] All branch in me not bearing fruit removes it, and all the fruit bearing cleanses it so that it may bear more fruit.
[JHN.15.3] Already, you are pure through the Word which Yahveh has spoken to you.
[JHN.15.4] Remain in me, and I will remain in you. Just as a branch is unable to bear fruit from itself unless it remains in the vine, so neither are you able to bear fruit unless you remain in me. Yahveh speaks these words.
[JHN.15.5] I am the vine, you are the branches. The one remaining in me and I in him, this one bears much fruit, because without me you are not able to do nothing.
[JHN.15.6] If someone does not remain in me, they were thrown outside as the branch, and they dried up, and they gather them, and they throw them into the fire, and it burns.
[JHN.15.7] If you remain in me and my words remain in you, whatever you ask will be for you.
[JHN.15.8] In this, my Father was glorified, so that you will bear much fruit and you will become learners to me.
[JHN.15.9] As the God loved me, and I also loved you all; remain in the love that is mine.
[JHN.15.10] If you keep my commands, you will remain in the love of me, as I kept the commands of my father and I remain of him in the love.
[JHN.15.11] These things I have spoken to you, so that my joy may be in you and your joy may be made complete.
[JHN.15.12] This is the commandment, the one of my Lord, that you love one another as I have loved you.
[JHN.15.13] No one has a love greater than this, that someone may lay down his soul for his friends.
[JHN.15.14] You are friends of my God if you do what my God commands you.
[JHN.15.15] I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know what his Lord does. But I have called you friends, because I have made known to you all things that I have learned from my Father.
[JHN.15.16] You did not choose me, but I chose you and I appointed you that you might go and bear fruit, and that your fruit may remain, that whatever you ask the Father in my name he may give to you.
[JHN.15.17] These things I command to you, that you may love one another.
[JHN.15.18] If the world hates you, know that Yahveh hated you first.
[JHN.15.19] If you were of the world, the world would love what is its own. But because you are not of the world, but I, Yahveh, have chosen you from the world, on account of this the world hates you.
[JHN.15.20] Remember the word that I told to you: a servant is not greater than his Lord. If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.
[JHN.15.21] But they will do all these things to you because of my name, for they do not know the one who sent me.
[JHN.15.22] If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin. But now they have no pretense concerning their sin.
[JHN.15.23] The one who hates me also hates my Father.
[JHN.15.24] If I had not done the works among them which no one else did, they would not have sin. But now they have seen and they have hated both me and my Father.
[JHN.15.25] But that the word may be fulfilled which is written in their law, that they hated me without cause.
[JHN.15.26] When the Advocate whom I will send to you from the Father comes, the Spirit of Truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will testify about me.
[JHN.15.27] And you also testify that from the beginning you are with me.
JHN.16
[JHN.16.1] These things I have spoken to you, so that you may not stumble.
[JHN.16.2] They will cast you out of synagogues. But the hour is coming when everyone who kills you will believe they are offering worship to God.
[JHN.16.3] And they will do these things because they did not know the Gods, nor even me.
[JHN.16.4] But these things I have spoken to you, so that when their time comes, you may remember that I told you. However, I did not tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.
[JHN.16.5] Now then, I go to the one having sent me, and no one from among you asks me, where you go?
[JHN.16.6] But because I have spoken these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.
[JHN.16.7] But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go. For if I do not go, the Called One to your side will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.
[JHN.16.8] And having come, that one will convict the world regarding sin and regarding righteousness and regarding judgment.
[JHN.16.9] Concerning sins, that they do not believe into me.
[JHN.16.10] Concerning righteousness, that I am going to the Father and you will see me no longer.
[JHN.16.11] Concerning judgment, that the ruler of this world has been judged.
[JHN.16.12] Still, I have many things to say to you, but you are not able to bear them now.
[JHN.16.13] But when that one comes, the spirit of the truth, it will guide you in all truth. For it will not speak from itself, but whatever it hears, it will speak, and it will declare to you things that are coming.
[JHN.16.14] That one will glorify me, because from of me will he take, and will announce to you.
[JHN.16.15] All things that the Father has are mine; for this reason I said that from myself he receives and declares to you.
[JHN.16.16] A little while, and you will no longer behold me, and again a little while, and you will see me.
[JHN.16.17] Therefore, the students of Yahveh said to one another, "What is this that He says to us, 'a little while and you will not see me,' and again, 'a little while and you will see me?' And, 'that I am going to the Father?'"
[JHN.16.18] Therefore they said, "What is this [that he says] the small one? We do not know what he speaks."
[JHN.16.19] Jesus knew that they desired to question him, and he said to them: "Concerning this you are seeking among yourselves what I stated, 'a short time and you will not perceive me, and again a short time and you will perceive me?'"
[JHN.16.20] Truly, truly, I tell you that you will cry and lament, and the world will be glad. You will be saddened, but your sadness will become joy.
[JHN.16.21] The woman, when she gives birth, has sorrow, because her time has come. But when she brings forth the child, she no longer remembers the distress on account of the joy that a human has been born into the world.
[JHN.16.22] And you therefore now indeed sorrow have; again however I will see you, and joy will be of your heart, and the joy of you no one takes away from you.
[JHN.16.23] And in that day you will ask me nothing. Truly, truly I say to you, if anything you ask the Father in my name he will give to you.
[JHN.16.24] Until now you have asked for nothing in the name of God. Ask, and you will receive, so that your joy may be full.
[JHN.16.25] I have spoken these things to you in figurative language. A time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figurative language, but I will openly declare to you about the Father.
[JHN.16.26] On that day, you will ask in my name, and I am not telling you that I will request the Gods concerning you.
[JHN.16.27] For the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came forth from God.
[JHN.16.28] I exited from the father and I came into the world. Again, I leave the world and I journey to the father.
[JHN.16.29] The disciples of him said, "Behold, now in openness you speak and no proverb you say."
[JHN.16.30] Now we know that you know all things, and you have no need that anyone ask you. In this we believe that you came forth from God.
[JHN.16.31] Yeshua responded to them: Are you only now believing?
[JHN.16.32] Behold, an hour is coming and has arrived that each of you will scatter to your own places and will leave me alone. And I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
[JHN.16.33] These things I have spoken to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation, but be courageous, I have conquered the world.
JHN.17
[JHN.17.1] These things Jesus spoke, and lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said, "Father, the hour has come. Glorify your son, so that the son may glorify you."
[JHN.17.2] As you gave to him authority over all flesh, so that all that you gave to him, he may give to them eternal life.
[JHN.17.3] And this is the eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and whom you sent, Jesus Christ.
[JHN.17.4] I glorified you on the earth, having finished the work which you gave to me that I might do.
[JHN.17.5] And now, glorify me, you, Father, with yourself, the glory which you had before the world came to be with you.
[JHN.17.6] I have revealed Your name to the people whom You gave to me from the world. They were Yours, and You gave them to me, and they have kept Your word.
[JHN.17.7] Now they have understood that everything which you, God, have given to me is from you.
[JHN.17.8] Because the statements which you gave to me, I gave to them, and they received them and truly knew that they came from you, and they believed that you sent me.
[JHN.17.9] I ask on behalf of these, and not on behalf of the world. I ask on behalf of those you have given to me, because they are yours.
[JHN.17.10] And all that is my is yours, and all that is yours is my, and I have been glorified in them.
[JHN.17.11] And I am no longer in the world, and they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, guard them in your name which you gave to me, so that they may be one just as we are.
[JHN.17.12] When I was with them, I guarded them in the name of God which you gave to me, and I kept them safe, and not one of them perished except for the son of destruction, so that the writing might be fulfilled.
[JHN.17.13] But now I am coming to you, and I say these things in the world so that they may have my joy completed in themselves.
[JHN.17.14] I gave to them your word, and the world hated them, because they are not from the world, just as I am not from the world.
[JHN.17.15] I do not ask that you take them from the world, but that you keep them from the evil one.
[JHN.17.16] They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
[JHN.17.17] Sanctify them in the truth. Your word is truth.
[JHN.17.18] Just as my Father sent me into the world, and I sent them into the world.
[JHN.17.19] And for them I sanctify myself, so that they also may be sanctified in truth.
[JHN.17.20] And not concerning these things only do I pray, but also concerning those believing through the word of them into me.
[JHN.17.21] That all may be one, as you, God, are in me and I in you, that they also may be in us, that the world may believe that you sent me.
[JHN.17.22] And I have given the glory that You gave to me, I have given to them, so that they may be one, just as We are one.
[JHN.17.23] I am in them, and you are in me, so that they may be made complete into one. This is so that the world may know that you sent me, and you loved them just as you loved me.
[JHN.17.24] Father, concerning what You have given to me, I desire that where I am, they also should be with me, so that they may behold the glory that is mine, which You have given to me because You loved me before the world was founded.
[JHN.17.25] Righteous God, and the world has not known you, but I have known you, and these ones have come to know that you sent me.
[JHN.17.26] And I made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known, so that the love with which you loved me may be in them also, and I may be in them.
JHN.18
[JHN.18.1] Having said these things, Jesus went out with his disciples across the stream of Kidron to a garden, into which he and his disciples entered.
[JHN.18.2] And he knew, Judas, who would hand him over, the place that Jesus was often gathered there with his students.
[JHN.18.3] Now Judas, having taken a band of soldiers and servants of the chief priests and of the Pharisees, comes there with torches and lamps and weapons.
[JHN.18.4] Jesus, knowing all things coming upon them, went out and said to them, "Who are you seeking?"
[JHN.18.5] They responded to him, “Jesus the Nazarene.” He says to them, “I am.” And Judas, the one betraying him, was also standing with them.
[JHN.18.6] Therefore, when He said to them, "I am", He departed to the rear, and they fell to the ground.
[JHN.18.7] Again therefore he questioned them: whom do you seek? And they said: Jesus the Nazarene.
[JHN.18.8] Jesus responded, saying to you that I am. If therefore you seek me, let these go.
[JHN.18.9] That the word which He spoke might be fulfilled, that of those whom you have given to me, I have not lost any of them from among them.
[JHN.18.10] Simon therefore, Peter, possessing a sword, drew it and struck the servant of the chief priest, and severed his right ear. And the name of the servant was Malchus.
[JHN.18.11] Therefore Jesus said to Peter: Put your sword into its sheath. The cup that my Father has given to me, will I not drink from it?
[JHN.18.12] Therefore, the cohort and the centurion and the servants of the Judeans apprehended Jesus and bound him.
[JHN.18.13] And they led Him to Annas first. For he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was the high priest of that year.
[JHN.18.14] Caiaphas, who advised the Judeans that it is advantageous for one man to die for the people.
[JHN.18.15] And Simon Peter and another disciple followed Jesus. Now this disciple was known to the high priest, and he entered with Jesus into the courtyard of the high priest.
[JHN.18.16] And Peter was standing near the gate outside. Therefore, the other disciple, the one known to the high priest, went out and said to the gatekeeper, and he brought Peter in.
[JHN.18.17] Therefore, the young female servant, the gatekeeper, said to Peter: "Are you also one of this man's students?" He said to her: "I am not."
[JHN.18.18] And the servants and the attendants had made a charcoal fire, because there was cold, and they were warming themselves. And also Peter was with them, standing and warming himself.
[JHN.18.19] Therefore, the chief priest questioned Jesus concerning his disciples and concerning his teaching.
[JHN.18.20] Jesus responded to them: I have spoken boldly to the world; I have always taught in the synagogue and in the temple, where all the Jews gather, and I have spoken nothing in secret.
[JHN.18.21] Why do you ask me? Ask those who have heard what I spoke to them. Behold, these know what I have said.
[JHN.18.22] Now, when he had said these things, one of the servants standing by gave Jesus a slap, saying, "Is this how you respond to the chief priest?"
[JHN.18.23] Yahveh saves responded to him: “If I have spoken wrongly, bear witness to the wrong. But if I have spoken rightly, why do you strike me?”
[JHN.18.24] Therefore, Annas sent him, bound, to Caiaphas, the high priest.
[JHN.18.25] And Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. Therefore, I said to him, "Are you also one of their disciples?" He denied it and said, "I am not."
[JHN.18.26] One of the servants of the chief priest said, "Are you not related to the one whose ear Peter cut off? Did I not see you with him in the garden?"
[JHN.18.27] Then again Peter denied, and immediately a rooster crowed.
[JHN.18.28] Therefore, they brought Jesus from Caiaphas's house to the governor's residence. It was early morning, and they themselves did not enter the governor's residence, so that they would not become unclean, but rather eat the Passover.
[JHN.18.29] Therefore Pilate went outside to them and said, "What charge do you bring against this man?"
[JHN.18.30] They answered and said to him, "If he was not doing evil things, we would not have handed him over to you."
[JHN.18.31] Therefore Pilate said to them: "You take him and judge him according to your law." The Jewish people said to him: "It is not permissible for us to kill anyone."
[JHN.18.32] So that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spoke signifying by what death he was about to die.
[JHN.18.33] Pilate therefore again entered into the praetorium and called out to Jesus, and said to Him: "Are you the king of the Judeans?"
[JHN.18.34] Yehshua responded: "Is this your own thought, or have others told you concerning me?"
[JHN.18.35] Pilate responded: "Am I a Jew? It is your nation and the chief priests who delivered you to me. What have you done?"
[JHN.18.36] Yeshua responded: The kingdom belonging to me is not from this world. If the kingdom belonging to me were from this world, my servants would struggle so that I would not be handed over to the Judeans. But now the kingdom belonging to me is not from here.
[JHN.18.37] Therefore Pilate said to him: Are you then a king? Jesus answered: You say that I am a king. I was born for this purpose and I have come into the world for this purpose, to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.
[JHN.18.38] Pilate said to Him: "What is truth?" And having said this, he went out again to the Jews and said to them: "I find no charge against Him at all."
[JHN.18.39] Now it is your custom that I release one prisoner to you during the Passover. Do you therefore want me to release to you the ruler of the Judeans?
[JHN.18.40] Therefore they cried out again, saying, "Not this one, but Barabbas." And Barabbas was a robber.
JHN.19
[JHN.19.1] Then Pilate took Jesus and he flogged him.
[JHN.19.2] And the soldiers, having woven a crown out of thorns, placed it upon his head and wrapped him in a purple garment.
[JHN.19.3] And they came to him and said, “Greetings, the king of the Jews!” and they gave him strikes.
[JHN.19.4] And Pilate went out again outside and says to them: Behold, I lead him out to you, that you may know that I find no charge in him.
[JHN.19.5] Therefore, Jesus went outside, carrying the thorny crown and the purple garment. And he says to them: Behold, the human.
[JHN.19.6] Therefore, when they saw him, the chief priests and the officials shouted, saying: "Crucify, crucify!" Pilate said to them: "You yourselves take him and crucify him, for I do not find any cause for punishment in him."
[JHN.19.7] The Jews answered him, "We have law, and according to the law, he must die, because he made himself the son of God."
[JHN.19.8] Therefore, when Pilate heard this word, he became much more afraid.
[JHN.19.9] And he entered again into the governor’s residence and says to Jesus: “From where are you?” But Jesus gave him no answer.
[JHN.19.10] Therefore Pilate said to him: "Do you not speak to me? Do you not know that I have the authority to release you, and I have the authority to crucify you?"
[JHN.19.11] Jesus responded to him, “You had no authority over me at all unless it had been given to you from above. Therefore, the one who handed me over to you has a greater sin.
[JHN.19.12] Because of this, Pilatus sought to release him. But the Judeans cried out, saying, “If you release this man, you are not a friend of Caesar. Everyone who makes himself a king speaks against Caesar.”
[JHN.19.13] Therefore, when Pilate had heard these words, he brought Jesus outside and sat upon a judgment seat in a place called the Stone Pavement, but in the Hebrew tongue it is called Gabbatha.
[JHN.19.14] Now it was the day of preparation for the Passover, and the hour was about the sixth. And he says to the Judeans: Behold, your king.
[JHN.19.15] Therefore, they cried out: "Take him away, take him away, crucify him!" Pilate said to them: "Shall I crucify your king?" The chief priests answered: "We have no king except Caesar."
[JHN.19.16] Then therefore, God delivered him to them that he might be crucified. Therefore, they took Jesus.
[JHN.19.17] And carrying to himself the cross, he went out to the place called Place of the Skull, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Golgotha.
[JHN.19.18] Where they crucified him, and with him two others, one on each side, with Jesus in the middle.
[JHN.19.19] And Pilate also wrote a title and placed it on the cross. It was written: "Jesus the Nazarene, the king of the Judeans."
[JHN.19.20] Therefore, many of the Jews read this title, for the place where Jesus was impaled was near the city; and it was written in the language of the Hebrews, in the language of the Romans, and in the language of the Greeks.
[JHN.19.21] Therefore, the chief priests of the Judeans said to Pilate: "Do not write, 'The King of the Judeans,' but rather that he himself said, 'I am King of the Judeans.'"
[JHN.19.22] Pilate responded: What I have written, I have written.
[JHN.19.23] So the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments and made four parts, a part to each soldier, and the tunic. Now the tunic was without a seam, woven from the top throughout.
[JHN.19.24] Therefore they said to one another, "Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it to determine who shall have what," so that the writing might be fulfilled which says, "They divided my garments among themselves, and for my clothing they cast lots." The soldiers then did these things.
[JHN.19.25] And they stood near the cross of Jesus, his mother and the sister of his mother, Mary the one belonging to Clopas, and Mary the Magdalene.
[JHN.19.26] Therefore, seeing the mother and the student standing nearby whom he loved, Jesus says to the mother: Woman, behold your son.
[JHN.19.27] Then he said to the disciple: Behold, your mother! And from that hour, the disciple took her into his own residence.
[JHN.19.28] After this, knowing that all things were now completed, so that the writing might be fulfilled, Jesus says, "I thirst."
[JHN.19.29] A vessel containing sour wine was lying there. Therefore, having wrapped a sponge full of the sour wine with hyssop, they brought it to his mouth.
[JHN.19.30] When therefore Jesus received the vinegar, he said, "It is finished." And having inclined his head, he surrendered the spirit.
[JHN.19.31] Therefore, the Jewish people, since it was the day of Preparation so that the bodies may not remain on the crosses during the Sabbath, for that Sabbath was a very important day, asked Pilate that they might take down their legs and remove them.
[JHN.19.32] Then the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first, and of the other one who was crucified with him.
[JHN.19.33] And having come to Jesus, as they had already seen that he was dead, they did not bother his legs.
[JHN.19.34] But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced him in the side, and immediately blood and water came out.
[JHN.19.35] And the one who saw has testified, and his testimony is true, and he knows that he speaks truthfully, so that you also might believe.
[JHN.19.36] For these things happened so that the writing might be fulfilled: none of his bones will be broken.
[JHN.19.37] And again, another writing says, they will look to the one whom they pierced.
[JHN.19.38] And after these things, Joseph from Arimathea questioned Pilate, being a student of Jesus hidden because of the fear of the Jewish people, so that he might take the body of Jesus. And Pilate permitted it. Therefore he came and took the body of him.
[JHN.19.39] And Nikodemos also came, the one who had come to him by night at first, carrying a mixture of myrrh and aloe, approximately one hundred pounds in weight.
[JHN.19.40] Therefore, they took the body of Jesus and bound him with linen cloths, with the spices, as is the custom of the Jews to bury.
[JHN.19.41] And there was in the place where he was impaled a garden, and in the garden a new memorial, into which no one had ever been placed.
[JHN.19.42] Therefore, because of the preparation of the Judeans, since the memorial was near, they put Jesus there.
JHN.20
[JHN.20.1] And on the first of the weeks, Mary, the Magdalene, comes early while darkness is still being, to the memorial, and she sees the stone having been moved from the memorial.
[JHN.20.2] Therefore, he ran and came to Simon Peter and to the other student whom Jesus loved, and said to them, "They have taken my Lord from the tomb, and we do not know where they have placed him."
[JHN.20.3] Then Peter and the other disciple began to go to the tomb.
[JHN.20.4] And the two ran together, and the other disciple ran ahead faster than Peter and came first to the tomb.
[JHN.20.5] And bending down, he looks at what is lying, but nonetheless did not enter.
[JHN.20.6] Therefore, Simon Peter also comes, following him, and he enters into the memorial, and he beholds the cloths lying.
[JHN.20.7] And the cloth that was on his head was not lying with the cloths, but was rolled up separately in one place.
[JHN.20.8] Then also entered the other disciple, the one who came first to the tomb, and he saw and believed.
[JHN.20.9] For they had not yet understood the scripture that it was necessary for him to rise from the dead.
[JHN.20.10] Then the disciples went again to Him.
[JHN.20.11] And Mary stood near the memorial outside, weeping. As therefore she wept, she bent down towards the memorial.
[JHN.20.12] And he beholds two messengers in white ones sitting, one toward the head and one toward the feet, where the body of Jesus was lying.
[JHN.20.13] And those men said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?" She said to them, "They have taken my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him."
[JHN.20.14] Having said these things, she turned back and observed Jesus standing, and she did not know that Jesus it is.
[JHN.20.15] Jesus says to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?" She, supposing that he is the gardener, says to him, "My Lord, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will take him."
[JHN.20.16] Jesus says to her, "Mary." Turning, she says to Him in Hebrew, "Rabboni," which is translated as "teacher."
[JHN.20.17] Jesus said to her, "Do not touch me, for I have not yet gone up to the Father. But go to my brothers and tell them, 'I am going up to my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.'
[JHN.20.18] Mary Magdalene comes, announcing to the disciples that she saw the Lord, and these things she said to them.
[JHN.20.19] And when it was evening on that day, the first of the Sabbaths, and the doors were shut where the disciples were gathered because of fear of the Judeans, Jesus came and stood in the midst and says to them: "Peace to you."
[JHN.20.20] And having said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Therefore, the students rejoiced having seen my Lord.
[JHN.20.21] Therefore he said to them again, peace to you. Just as the Father has sent me, I also send you.
[JHN.20.22] And having said this, he breathed and says to them: Receive the holy spirit.
[JHN.20.23] If to anyone you release the sins, they are released to them; if to anyone you retain, they are retained.
[JHN.20.24] Thomas, one of the twelve, the one called Twin, was not with them when Jesus arrived.
[JHN.20.25] Therefore, the other students told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see in his hands the impression of the nails, and I put my finger into the impression of the nails, and I put my hand into his side, I will not believe.”
[JHN.20.26] And after eight days again the disciples of him were inside, and Thomas was with them. Comes the Jesus of the doors being shut and stood in the middle and said: peace to you.
[JHN.20.27] And then he said to Thomas, "Bring your finger here, and see my hands, and bring your hand and put it into my side, and do not become unbelieving, but believing instead.
[JHN.20.28] Thomas responded and said to Him, "You are my Lord and my God."
[JHN.20.29] Jesus said to him, "Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen, and yet still believe."
[JHN.20.30] Indeed, Jesus performed many other signs before his disciples, which are not recorded in this book.
[JHN.20.31] And these things are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and so that believing, you may have life in the name of Him.
JHN.21
[JHN.21.1] After these things, Jesus revealed himself again to the students by the sea of Tiberias, and he revealed himself in this way.
[JHN.21.2] Simon Peter, Thomas who is called the Twin, Nathaniel who is from Cana of Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee were together, and also two other disciples of his.
[JHN.21.3] Simon Peter said to them, "I am going fishing." They said to him, "We will come with you." They went out and got into the boat, and during that night they caught nothing.
[JHN.21.4] But as it was already early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore, yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus.
[JHN.21.5] Therefore, Jesus said to them: "Children, do you have anything to eat?" They responded to him: "No."
[JHN.21.6] And he said to them, "Cast the net to the right side of the boat, and you will find [fish]." They cast it therefore, and were no longer able to draw it in because of the abundance of the fish.
[JHN.21.7] Therefore, that disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “My Lord is He.” Simon Peter, upon hearing that My Lord is He, put on his outer garment, for he was naked, and threw himself into the sea.
[JHN.21.8] And the other disciples came in the small boat, for they were not far from the land, but about two hundred cubits, drawing the net of the fish.
[JHN.21.9] Therefore, as they departed into the land, they observed a charcoal fire lying, and a fish placed upon it, and bread.
[JHN.21.10] Jesus says to them, "Bring from the fishes which you have caught now."
[JHN.21.11] Then Simon Peter went up and hauled the net onto the land, which was full of large fish, one hundred and fifty-three in all. And with that many present, the net did not tear.
[JHN.21.12] Jesus said to them: "Come forth and prove yourselves." But no one of the disciples dared to question Him: "Who are you?" Knowing that He is my Lord.
[JHN.21.13] Jesus comes and takes the bread and gives to them, and the fish likewise.
[JHN.21.14] This is already the third time that Jesus was revealed to the disciples, having risen from the dead.
[JHN.21.15] Therefore, when they had breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter: Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these? He said to him: Yes, my Lord, you know that I love you. Jesus said to him: Tend my little sheep.
[JHN.21.16] Yahveh said to him again a second time: Simon, son of John, do you love me? He said to him: Yes, my Lord, you know that I have affection for you. Yahveh said to him: Shepherd my sheep.
[JHN.21.17] He said to him for the third time, “Simon son of John, do you love me?” Peter was grieved that he said to him for the third time, “Do you love me?” And he said to him, “My Lord, you know everything, you know that I love you.” He said to him, “[Jesus] shepherd my sheep.
[JHN.21.18] Truly, truly I say to you, when you were younger, you would bind yourself and walk wherever you desired; but when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will bind you and lead you where you do not wish.
[JHN.21.19] This he said, signifying by what death he would honor the God. And having said this, he says to him, "Follow me."
[JHN.21.20] Turning, Peter sees the disciple whom the Lord Jesus loved following, who also had leaned back at the supper against the chest of the Lord, and he said, "Lord, who is the one who will betray You?"
[JHN.21.21] Therefore, having seen this, Peter said to Jesus, "my Lord, what about this one?"
[JHN.21.22] Yeshua said to him, "If I desire him to remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow me."
[JHN.21.23] Therefore, this statement went out to the brothers: that this student would not die. But Yahveh-given-name did not say to him that he would not die, but rather, "If I wish him to remain until I come, what is that to you?"
[JHN.21.24] This is the student, the one witnessing about these things, and the one who wrote these things, and we know that his testimony is true.
[JHN.21.25] And there are also many other things that Jesus did, which if they were written down individually, I do not think the world would be able to contain the written books.
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ACT.1
[ACT.1.1] I previously made a first account concerning all things, oh beloved of God, of those things Jesus began to do and to teach.
[ACT.1.2] Until the day, having commanded the apostles through holy spirit whom He chose, He was taken up.
[ACT.1.3] To whom He presented Himself living, after suffering Him, in many proofs, appearing to them through forty days and saying things concerning the kingdom of God.
[ACT.1.4] And having assembled together, Yahveh commanded them from Jerusalem not to separate, but to wait for the promise of the father, which you heard from me.
[ACT.1.5] Because John indeed baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the holy spirit not after many of these days.
[ACT.1.6] Now, having come together, they asked him, saying: "my Lord, if in this time you will restore the kingdom to Israel?
[ACT.1.7] And He said to them, it is not yours to know times or seasons which the Father placed within His own authority.
[ACT.1.8] But you will receive power when the holy breath comes upon you, and you will be witnesses for the Gods in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the end of the earth.
[ACT.1.9] And having said these things while they were looking, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him from their sight.
[ACT.1.10] And as they were gazing into the heaven while He was going, behold, two men stood near them in white robes.
[ACT.1.11] And they said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus who was taken up from you into the sky will come in the same way as you saw him going into the sky."
[ACT.1.12] Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mountain that is called Olives, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s walk.
[ACT.1.13] And when they entered, they went up into the upper room where they were remaining: Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot and Judas son of James.
[ACT.1.14] These all continued together in prayer with women, and Mary, the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.
[ACT.1.15] And in these days, having risen, Peter in the midst of the brothers said: There was a crowd of names, as one hundred and twenty.
[ACT.1.16] Men, brothers, it was necessary for the writing to be completed which the holy spirit foretold through the mouth of David concerning Judas, the one who became a guide to those seizing Jesus.
[ACT.1.17] For he was numbered with us and obtained the lot of this ministry.
[ACT.1.18] This man therefore acquired a field from the wages of injustice, and having become prone, his insides burst open in the middle, and all his internal organs were poured out.
[ACT.1.19] And it became known to all those dwelling in Jerusalem, so that the place was called in their own dialect Hakeldamach, that is to say, field of blood.
[ACT.1.20] For it is written in the book of Psalms: Let his dwelling become desolate, and let there not be one dwelling in it, and: let another take his oversight.
[ACT.1.21] Therefore, of the men who have gathered to us, in all time that the Lord entered and exited among us, is the Lord Jesus.
[ACT.1.22] Beginning from the baptism of John until the day he was taken from us, he should become one of these as a witness to his resurrection with us.
[ACT.1.23] And two stood forward: Joseph, who is called Barsabbas, who was named Justus, and Matthias.
[ACT.1.24] And having prayed, they said: “You, my Lord, who knows the hearts of all, reveal the one you have chosen from among these two, one person.”
[ACT.1.25] To receive the place of this ministry and apostleship from which Judas departed to go to the place that is his own.
[ACT.1.26] And they cast lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias, and he was counted with the eleven apostles.
ACT.2
[ACT.2.1] And in the being fulfilled of the day of Pentecost, were all together upon the same thing.
[ACT.2.2] And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a rushing violent breath, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.
[ACT.2.3] And appearances of divided tongues were shown to them, as of fire, and something sat upon each one of them.
[ACT.2.4] And all were filled with the Holy Spirit and they began to speak in other languages as the spirit was giving them utterance.
[ACT.2.5] And there were Jews residing in Jerusalem, men who were pious from every nation under the heaven.
[ACT.2.6] And when this sound occurred, the crowd came together and became confused, because each one was hearing them speaking in their own language.
[ACT.2.7] And they were amazed and astonished, saying, "Is it not true that all of these who are speaking are Galileans?"
[ACT.2.8] And how does each of us hear in the language of our own birth?
[ACT.2.9] Parthians and Medes and Elamites and those dwelling in Mesopotamia, Judea also and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,
[ACT.2.10] Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the areas of Libya toward Cyrene, and the Romans who live there.
[ACT.2.11] Jews and converts, Cretans and Arabs, we hear them speaking in our languages about the greatness of God.
[ACT.2.12] And all were amazed and questioned, each one saying to another: "What may this be?"
[ACT.2.13] Others also, while taunting, said that he was filled with sweet wine.
[ACT.2.14] Now, having stood firm, Peter, together with the eleven, raised his voice and declared to them: Men, Judeans, and all those who reside in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to my words.
[ACT.2.15] For as you suppose these are drunk, it is actually the third hour of the day.
[ACT.2.16] But this is what was said through the prophet Joel.
[ACT.2.17] And it will be in the last days, says God, that I will pour out from my spirit upon all flesh, and your sons will prophesy and your daughters will prophesy, and your young men will see visions, and your elders will dream dreams.
[ACT.2.18] And even on my male servants and on my female servants in those days will I pour out from my spirit, and they will prophesy.
[ACT.2.19] And I will give monstrous sights in the heaven above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and a vapor of smoke.
[ACT.2.20] The sun will turn to darkness and the moon to blood, before the day of my Lord the great and manifest comes.
[ACT.2.21] And it will be that everyone who calls upon the name of my Lord will be saved.
[ACT.2.22] Men of Israel, listen to these words. Jesus the Nazarene is a man who has been shown by God to you, through powers and wonders and signs which God did through him among you, as you yourselves know.
[ACT.2.23] Having handed this one over according to the determined will and foreknowledge of God, by the hands of lawless people, you eliminated him.
[ACT.2.24] Whom the God raised, having released the pains of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by death.
[ACT.2.25] For David says to him: I foresee Yahveh before my face always, that because He is at my right hand I might not be shaken.
[ACT.2.26] For this reason my heart was made glad and my tongue rejoiced, and also my flesh will dwell on hope.
[ACT.2.27] Because you will not abandon my soul to the underworld, nor will you allow your holy one to see decay.
[ACT.2.28] You have made known to me ways of life, you will fill me with joy with the face of you.
[ACT.2.29] Men, brothers, it is possible to say with boldness to you concerning the patriarch David that he also died and was buried, and the memorial of him is within us until this day.
[ACT.2.30] Therefore, existing as a prophet and knowing that God swore an oath to him that from the fruit of his loins someone would sit upon His throne,
[ACT.2.31] Having foreseen, He spoke concerning the resurrection of the Messiah, that He was not abandoned into Hades, and His flesh did not experience decay.
[ACT.2.32] This Jesus, God resurrected Him, of whom we all are witnesses.
[ACT.2.33] Therefore, having been exalted at the right hand of God, having received the promise of the Spirit from the Father, He has poured out this which you both see and hear.
[ACT.2.34] For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he himself says: "The Lord said to my Lord, 'Sit at my right hand.'
[ACT.2.35] Until I place your enemies as a footstool for your feet.
[ACT.2.36] Therefore, let all the house of Israel know with certainty that God made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both their Lord and the anointed one.
[ACT.2.37] And having heard this, they were deeply moved in their hearts, and they said to Peter and the other messengers: "What should we do, men brothers?"
[ACT.2.38] Peter said to them, "Repent, and let each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit."
[ACT.2.39] For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all those who are far away, as many as my Lord the God of us may call.
[ACT.2.40] And with many other words he testified and pleaded with them, saying, “Save yourselves from this twisted generation.”
[ACT.2.41] Now those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand souls were added to their number that day.
[ACT.2.42] And they were continuing steadfastly in the teaching of the apostles and in the fellowship, in the breaking of the bread and in the prayers.
[ACT.2.43] And fear came upon every soul, and many monsters and signs came to pass through the apostles.
[ACT.2.44] Now all those who believe were together, and they had all things in common.
[ACT.2.45] And the estates and the belongings they sold, and they divided them to all people according to what anyone needed.
[ACT.2.46] Daily persisting, they were unified in the holy place, and calling at each home for bread, they received nourishment in joy and simplicity of heart.
[ACT.2.47] Praising God and having favor with all the people, my Lord continues to add to the number of those being saved daily.
ACT.3
[ACT.3.1] Peter and John went up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.
[ACT.3.2] And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was being carried, whom they regularly placed near the gate of the temple called Beautiful to ask for alms from those entering into the temple.
[ACT.3.3] The one seeing Peter and John intending to enter the holy place, asked to receive kindness.
[ACT.3.4] And Peter, looking at him together with John, said: Look upon us.
[ACT.3.5] And that person delayed it, hoping to receive something from them.
[ACT.3.6] And Peter said: "I do not possess silver and gold, but what I have, that I give to you: in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk."
[ACT.3.7] And having seized him with the right hand, he raised him. But immediately his foundations were strengthened, and his sinews.
[ACT.3.8] And leaping, he stood and walked, and entered with them into the holy place, walking and leaping and praising the God.
[ACT.3.9] And all the people saw him walking and praising the God.
[ACT.3.10] And they came to know him, that he was the one sitting toward mercy upon the beautiful gate of the temple, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.
[ACT.3.11] While he was holding Peter and John, the entire people gathered around them in the portico called Solomon’s, and they were astonished.
[ACT.3.12] And seeing, Peter responded to the crowd: Men of Israel, why do you marvel at this, or why do you stare at us, as if by our own power or piety we made this man walk?
[ACT.3.13] The God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified his son Jesus, whom you delivered up and denied before Pilate, who having judged, released him.
[ACT.3.14] You, however, denied the Holy One and the Righteous One, and you requested that a murderer be granted to you.
[ACT.3.15] And you killed the originator of life, whom God raised from the dead, of whom we are witnesses.
[ACT.3.16] And upon the faith in the name of himself, this one whom you observe and know, he strengthened the name of himself. And the faith through him gave to him this completeness before all of you.
[ACT.3.17] And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, just as your rulers did.
[ACT.3.18] And God, what He announced beforehand through the mouth of all the prophets – that His Messiah would suffer – He fulfilled in this way.
[ACT.3.19] Therefore, repent and turn back so that your sins may be wiped away.
[ACT.3.20] So that times of refreshment may come from the face of the Lord, and He may send the one pre-ordained for you, Christ Jesus.
[ACT.3.21] It is necessary that the heaven receive until a time of restoration of all things that the God has spoken through the mouth of the holy ones from eternity, the prophets.
[ACT.3.22] Moses said that Yahveh, the God of you, will raise up a prophet from among your brothers like me. You will listen to him in all things whatever he speaks to you.
[ACT.3.23] And every soul which does not hear that prophet will be utterly destroyed from the people.
[ACT.3.24] And all the prophets, from Samuel and those who followed, as many as spoke and proclaimed these days.
[ACT.3.25] You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God allotted to your fathers, saying to Abraham, "And in your seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed."
[ACT.3.26] God, having raised up his son first to you, sent him blessing you in the turning of each one from your wickedness.
ACT.4
[ACT.4.1] While they were speaking to the people, the priests and the commander of the temple and the Sadducees stood near them.
[ACT.4.2] We are being tested through teaching them the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from among the dead.
[ACT.4.3] And they laid their hands on them, and kept them in custody until tomorrow, for it was already evening.
[ACT.4.4] And many of those who heard the message believed, and the number of the men became about five thousand.
[ACT.4.5] And it happened on the next day that the rulers and the elders and the scribes assembled in Jerusalem.
[ACT.4.6] And Hannas, the chief priest, and Caiphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were from the priestly family,
[ACT.4.7] And having set them in the middle, they inquired: in what power or in what name did you do this, you?
[ACT.4.8] Then Peter, being filled with the holy spirit, said to them: "Leaders of the people and elders,"
[ACT.4.9] If we are questioned today regarding a beneficial act for a weak person, who will save this one?
[ACT.4.10] Let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, in this one he stands before you healthy.
[ACT.4.11] This is the stone that was despised by you, the builders, which has become the head of the corner.
[ACT.4.12] And there is no salvation in anyone else, for there is no other name under the sky that has been given among people by which we must be saved.
[ACT.4.13] While observing the boldness of Peter and John, and realizing that the men were uneducated and common people, they were amazed and recognized that they had been with Jesus.
[ACT.4.14] And seeing the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to say in response.
[ACT.4.15] And having commanded them to go away from the council, they were conspiring with each other.
[ACT.4.16] They said, "What shall we do with these men? For indeed, a well-known sign has happened through them before all those dwelling in Jerusalem, and we are not able to deny it."
[ACT.4.17] But that we may no longer distribute it any further to the people, we threaten them that they should speak no more in this name to any person.
[ACT.4.18] And having called them, they commanded absolutely not to speak, nor to teach in the name of Jesus.
[ACT.4.19] And Peter and John, having answered, said to them: If it is right in the sight of God, you, to listen rather than to God, judge yourselves.
[ACT.4.20] For we are unable not to speak the things which we observed and heard.
[ACT.4.21] And those who had threatened them released them, not finding a way to punish them because of the people, for everyone was praising the God regarding what had happened.
[ACT.4.22] For the man upon whom this sign of healing occurred was over forty years old.
[ACT.4.23] Having been released, they came to their own people and reported whatever things the chief priests and the elders had said to them.
[ACT.4.24] And those who heard raised a voice together to the God and said: "My Lord, you are the one who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them,"
[ACT.4.25] Of our father, through holy spirit, the mouth of David, your son, said: "Why do nations rage and peoples devise empty things?"
[ACT.4.26] The kings of the earth and the rulers were gathered together to the same place against my Lord and against the anointed one of him.
[ACT.4.27] For they were gathered together in this city against the holy child of God, Jesus, whom God anointed, Herod and Pontius Pilate with the nations and the people of Israel.
[ACT.4.28] To do whatever things your hand and your will have predetermined to happen.
[ACT.4.29] And now, my Lord, pay attention to their threats and grant to your servants to speak your word with all boldness.
[ACT.4.30] In the extending of your hand to be done healing and signs and wonders through the name of the holy child your Jesus.
[ACT.4.31] And while they were requesting, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken, and all were filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.
[ACT.4.32] But the multitude of those believing had one heart and one soul, and not even one thing of those possessing to them said to be own, but all things were common to them.
[ACT.4.33] And with great power, the apostles delivered the testimony of the resurrection of my Lord Jesus, and great favor was upon all of them.
[ACT.4.34] Nor was anyone among them in need, for those who possessed fields or houses sold them and brought the prices of what was sold to the ones being provided for.
[ACT.4.35] And they were laying possessions near the feet of the apostles, and it was distributing to each one according to what anyone had need of.
[ACT.4.36] Joseph, who is also called Barnabas by the apostles, a name which is interpreted as ‘son of encouragement,’ was a Levite, and a Cypriot by ancestry.
[ACT.4.37] Having a field to him, he sold it and brought the money and he put it to the feet of the apostles.
ACT.5
[ACT.5.1] And a man by the name of Hananias, with Sapphira, his wife, sold a possession.
[ACT.5.2] And he was humbled from the glory, knowing also the woman, and having carried a portion near the feet of the apostles, he placed it.
[ACT.5.3] And Peter said, "Hananiah, why did Satan fill your heart, so that you would lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the price of the land?"
[ACT.5.4] Did not remaining power exist for you, and did first it exist in your power? Why did you put this matter in your heart? I will not lie to people, but to God.
[ACT.5.5] And hearing these words, Hananiah falling, breathed out his life, and great fear came upon all those hearing.
[ACT.5.6] And the younger ones, having risen, gathered him together and, after carrying him out, buried him.
[ACT.5.7] And it happened, as a period of three hours passed, that his wife, not knowing what had occurred, entered.
[ACT.5.8] And Peter responded to them: Tell me, has this place been given to you in such a measure? And she said: Yes, in such a measure.
[ACT.5.9] And Peter said to her, “Why did you agree with your husband to test the spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.”
[ACT.5.10] And she fell immediately at his feet and breathed out her life. And the young men, having entered, found her dead and, carrying her out, buried her near her husband.
[ACT.5.11] And it came to be that a great fear was upon the whole church and on all those hearing these things.
[ACT.5.12] And through the hands of the apostles, many signs and wonders were happening among the people. And they were all united in Solomon’s Portico.
[ACT.5.13] And of the others, no one dared to associate with them, but the people magnified them.
[ACT.5.14] Moreover, they continued to add those trusting in my Lord, multitudes of both men and women.
[ACT.5.15] Therefore, they also carried the sick out into the public squares and laid them on beds and mats, so that when Peter came, perhaps his shadow might fall on someone of them.
[ACT.5.16] And a crowd was also gathering from the cities around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those who were controlled by unclean spirits, all of whom were being healed.
[ACT.5.17] And having risen, the chief priest and all those with him, who were the sect of the Sadducees, were filled with zeal.
[ACT.5.18] And they laid the hands upon the apostles, and they placed them in public custody.
[ACT.5.19] And a messenger of my Lord, through the night, opening the doors of the prison, led them out and said…
[ACT.5.20] Go and, having stood, speak to the people in the temple all the words of this life.
[ACT.5.21] And having heard, they entered under the dawn into the holy place and they were teaching. And having come near, the high priest and those with him convened the council and all the assembly of the sons of Israel, and they sent them to the prison to be carried away.
[ACT.5.22] But the servants who had gone returned and reported that they had not found them in the prison.
[ACT.5.23] They said that the prison we found was locked with complete security, and the guards were standing on the doors, but having opened it inside, we found no one.
[ACT.5.24] And when they heard these words, both the captain of the temple and the chief priests, they were wondering about them what this would become.
[ACT.5.25] And a certain one reported to them that, behold, the men whom you placed in the prison are standing in the temple and teaching the people.
[ACT.5.26] Then, having departed, the general led them, not by force, for they feared the people that they might be stoned.
[ACT.5.27] Having brought them, they stood before the council. And the chief priest questioned them.
[ACT.5.28] Saying: "We did not command you to teach in the name of this one, and yet, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you desire to bring the blood of this man upon us."
[ACT.5.29] Having answered, Peter and the apostles said: It is necessary to obey the Gods rather than to humans.
[ACT.5.30] The God of our fathers raised Jesus, whom you handled, having hung him upon a tree.
[ACT.5.31] God raised up this one, the leader and savior, with his right hand to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.
[ACT.5.32] And we are witnesses of these words, and the holy spirit, which the God gave to those who obey him.
[ACT.5.33] Now those who heard this were cut to the heart, and they wanted to destroy them.
[ACT.5.34] And having risen, a certain one in the council, a Pharisee by name Gamaliel, a teacher of the law honored by all the people, commanded that the people be led outside briefly.
[ACT.5.35] And he said to them, "Men Israelites, pay attention to yourselves regarding these people as to what you intend to do."
[ACT.5.36] For before these days, Theudas arose, saying that he himself was somebody, to whom a number of men, about four hundred, had attached themselves. He was destroyed, and all those who obeyed him were scattered and became nothing.
[ACT.5.37] After this, Judas the Galilean rose up during the days of the census and led people to follow him. And he was destroyed, and all those who obeyed him were scattered.
[ACT.5.38] And now I say to you, turn away from these people and let them go; because if this will originates from people or this work is of people, it will be destroyed.
[ACT.5.39] But if it is from God, you will not be able to destroy them, lest you even be found fighters against God. And they were persuaded by him.
[ACT.5.40] And having summoned the messengers, having beaten them, they ordered that they not speak on account of the name of Jesus, and they released them.
[ACT.5.41] Now, some were departing rejoicing from before the council, because they had been deemed worthy to be dishonored for the Name.
[ACT.5.42] And every day, in the temple and also house to house, they did not cease teaching and proclaiming the Christ Jesus.
ACT.6
[ACT.6.1] Now in these days, as the disciples were multiplying, a murmuring arose among the Hellenists against the Hebrews, because their widows were being neglected in the daily service.
[ACT.6.2] And having called together the multitude of the disciples, the twelve said to them, "It is not pleasing to us to abandon the word of God in order to serve tables."
[ACT.6.3] Now examine, brothers, seven men from among you who are testifying, full of spirit and wisdom, whom we will establish over this need.
[ACT.6.4] We, however, to the Prayer and to the ministry of the Word will persevere.
[ACT.6.5] And the word was pleasing before the entire multitude, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and holy spirit, and Philip and Prochorus and Nicanor and Timon and Parmenas and Nicolas, a convert from Antioch.
[ACT.6.6] They stood them before the messengers, and having prayed, they placed their hands upon them.
[ACT.6.7] And the word of the Gods increased and the number of the students in Jerusalem multiplied greatly, and a large crowd of the priests obeyed the belief.
[ACT.6.8] And Stephen, being full of grace and power, was doing wonders and great signs among the people.
[ACT.6.9] And some people stood up from the synagogue called Freedmen and Cyrenians and Alexandrians and those from Cilicia and Asia, disputing with Stephen.
[ACT.6.10] And they were not able to withstand the wisdom and the spirit who spoke.
[ACT.6.11] Then men were sent saying that they had heard him speaking blasphemous words against Moses and the God.
[ACT.6.12] They also stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and those who knew, and having seized him, they brought him into the council.
[ACT.6.13] They established false witnesses, saying: "This person does not cease speaking words against the holy place and the law."
[ACT.6.14] For we have heard him say that Jesus the Nazarene will destroy this place and change the customs Moses delivered to us.
[ACT.6.15] And having gazed at him, all those who were seated in the council saw his face as the face of an angel.
ACT.7
[ACT.7.1] And the high priest said, "Are these things thus?"
[ACT.7.2] But he said, "Men, brothers and fathers, listen. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was being in Mesopotamia before he settled him in Charran."
[ACT.7.3] And God said to him, "Go out from your land and from your family, and come to the land that I will show to you."
[ACT.7.4] Then, having departed from the land of the Chaldeans, he settled in Haran. And from there, after his father died, he moved him to this land in which you now reside.
[ACT.7.5] And He did not give to him an inheritance in it, nor a step of the foot, and He promised to give to him for possession it and to the seed of him with him, not being to him a child.
[ACT.7.6] And God spoke in this way: “The descendants of this person will dwell as foreigners in a foreign land, and they will be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years.”
[ACT.7.7] And the nation which ever they may enslave, I will judge, God said, and after these things they will leave and worship me in this place.
[ACT.7.8] And God gave to him a covenant of circumcision, and thus he fathered Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day, and Isaac fathered Jacob, and Jacob fathered the twelve patriarchs.
[ACT.7.9] And the fathers, being envious of Joseph, sent him to Egypt. And God was with him.
[ACT.7.10] And God released him from all his distresses, and gave to him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and established him as a leader over Egypt and all of Pharaoh’s house.
[ACT.7.11] And a famine came upon all Egypt and Canaan, and a great hardship existed, and our fathers did not find satisfactions.
[ACT.7.12] And having heard that there was food in Egypt, Jacob sent our fathers there first.
[ACT.7.13] And in the second [instance], Joseph was recognized by his brothers, and it became known to Pharaoh the family of Joseph.
[ACT.7.14] Having sent, Joseph summoned Jacob, his father, and all of the family with souls numbering seventy-five.
[ACT.7.15] And Jacob went down into Egypt and he died, and our fathers also.
[ACT.7.16] And they transferred him to Shechem and placed him in the memorial which Abraham purchased with a price of silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.
[ACT.7.17] And as the time of the promise which the God confessed to Abraham drew near, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt.
[ACT.7.18] Until the time when another king rose to power over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.
[ACT.7.19] This one, having cleverly deceived our race, harmed our fathers by causing them to expose their infants, so that they would not live.
[ACT.7.20] In which time Moses was born and was beautiful to God. He was raised for three months in the house of his father.
[ACT.7.21] And when he had been exposed, the daughter of Pharaoh took him up and raised him for herself as a son.
[ACT.7.22] And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was powerful in his words and deeds.
[ACT.7.23] And as forty years were fulfilled for him, he went up to Yahveh to seek the face of his brothers, the sons of Israel.
[ACT.7.24] And having seen someone being wronged, he defended him and did justice for the one being wronged by striking the Egyptian.
[ACT.7.25] He thought that the Gods were giving salvation to his brothers through his hand, but they did not understand.
[ACT.7.26] On the following day, it appeared to them while they were contending, and gathered them into peace, saying, "Men, you are brothers; why do you wrong one another?"
[ACT.7.27] But the one acting unjustly towards their neighbor rejected them, saying, "What appointed you ruler and judge over us?"
[ACT.7.28] Will you destroy me in the way that you destroyed the Egyptian yesterday?
[ACT.7.29] Moses fled at this news and became a resident among the people in the land of Midian, where he bore two sons.
[ACT.7.30] And when forty years were completed, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire from a bush.
[ACT.7.31] Now Moses, having seen the vision, was amazed. As he approached to understand, a voice of my Lord came to be.
[ACT.7.32] I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob. And having become afraid, Moses did not dare to look.
[ACT.7.33] And the Lord said to him, "Loosen the footwear from your feet, for the place on which you stand is holy ground."
[ACT.7.34] Having seen, I saw the wickedness of my people who are in Egypt, and I heard their groaning. And I descended to choose them. And now, therefore, I send you to Egypt.
[ACT.7.35] This Moses, whom they rejected, saying, "Who appointed you leader and judge?" This God sent as leader and redeemer, with the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the burning bush.
[ACT.7.36] This one brought them out, having done extraordinary events and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years.
[ACT.7.37] This is Moses, the one who said to the sons of Israel: 'The God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, as I am.'
[ACT.7.38] This is the one who was in the assembly in the wilderness with the messenger who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our ancestors, the one who received living words to give to us.
[ACT.7.39] To whom our fathers did not wish to be obedient, but turned away and directed their hearts to Egypt.
[ACT.7.40] They said to Aaron, "Make for us gods who will go before us. For this Moses, who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him."
[ACT.7.41] And they made a calf in those days, and they brought up a sacrifice to the idol, and they rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
[ACT.7.42] And God turned and gave them over to worship the army of the heavens, as it is written in the book of the prophets: “Did you bring sacrifices and offerings to me for forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?”
[ACT.7.43] And you shall take up the tabernacle of Moloch and the star of the Gods Rhaiphan, the images that you made to worship them, and I will relocate you beyond Babylon.
[ACT.7.44] The tent of witness was with our ancestors in the wilderness, as the speaking one commanded Moses to make it, according to the form that he had observed.
[ACT.7.45] And they led in, having received from our ancestors with Jesus in the taking possession of the nations, whom God drove away from the face of our ancestors until the days of David.
[ACT.7.46] The one who found favor before God and requested to find a dwelling for the house of Jacob.
[ACT.7.47] Solomon and built a house for himself.
[ACT.7.48] But the Most High does not dwell in things made by hands, as the prophet says.
[ACT.7.49] The heavens are to me a throne, and the earth is the footstool of my feet. What house will you build for me, says my Lord, or what place will be my resting place?
[ACT.7.50] Did not my hand make all these things?
[ACT.7.51] You stubborn people, and those with uncircumcised hearts and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers and you do.
[ACT.7.52] Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? And they killed those who foretold concerning the coming of the righteous one, of whom now you have become betrayers and murderers.
[ACT.7.53] Those who received the law into instructions of messengers, and you did not guard it.
[ACT.7.54] Hearing these things, they pierced their hearts and they gnashed their teeth at him.
[ACT.7.55] Existing and indeed full of the holy spirit, he looked into the sky and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing from the right of God.
[ACT.7.56] And he said, "Behold, I behold the heavens opened and the son of man standing at the right hand of God."
[ACT.7.57] And having shouted with a great voice, they closed their ears and rushed unanimously upon him.
[ACT.7.58] And having cast him outside the city, they pelted him with stones. And the witnesses deposited their garments near the feet of a young man called Saul.
[ACT.7.59] And they were stoning Stephen, while he was calling out and saying: "my Lord Jesus, receive my spirit."
[ACT.7.60] Having bent his knees, he cried out in a great voice: "my Lord, do not lay this sin to them." And having said this, he fell asleep.
ACT.8
[ACT.8.1] And Saul was consenting to the killing of him. And it happened in that day a great persecution upon the church that is in Jerusalem, and all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except for the apostles.
[ACT.8.2] And men, reverent ones, brought Stephen along, and they made a great commotion against him.
[ACT.8.3] And Shaul was devastating the church, entering into the houses, and was dragging men and women, delivering them into prison.
[ACT.8.4] Now, those scattering went forth proclaiming the message.
[ACT.8.5] Philip, indeed descending into the city of Samaria, proclaimed the Anointed One to them.
[ACT.8.6] And the crowds paid attention to the things being said by Philip, being united in hearing them and seeing the signs that he was doing.
[ACT.8.7] For many who possessed unclean spirits went out, crying with a loud voice. And many who were paralyzed and lame were healed.
[ACT.8.8] And it happened that much joy was in that city.
[ACT.8.9] And there was a man named Simon, who previously existed in the city, practicing sorcery and misleading the nation of Samaria, saying that he was someone great.
[ACT.8.10] Everyone, from the youngest to the oldest, paid attention and said, "This one is the power of the Gods, which is called great."
[ACT.8.11] And they gave attention to him because they had been astonished by the magical displays for a considerable time.
[ACT.8.12] And when they believed Philip, as he proclaimed concerning the realm of God and the name Jesus the Anointed One, men and women were baptized.
[ACT.8.13] And Simon also believed, and having been baptized, he continued with Philip, observing signs and great powers taking place, he was astonished.
[ACT.8.14] And when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.
[ACT.8.15] Those who descended prayed concerning them, so that they might receive holy spirit.
[ACT.8.16] For the Holy Spirit had not yet fallen upon any of them, but they were only baptized in the name of my Lord Jesus.
[ACT.8.17] Then they laid their hands upon them, and they received the holy spirit.
[ACT.8.18] Now Simon, having seen that through the imposition of the hands of the apostles the spirit was given, brought money to them.
[ACT.8.19] Saying, "Give also to me this authority, so that whichever hands I may place upon someone, that person may receive holy spirit."
[ACT.8.20] And Peter said to him, "Let your money be with you for destruction, because you considered the gift of God to be acquired by means of money."
[ACT.8.21] There is no portion for you, nor an inheritance in this word, for your heart is not straight before God.
[ACT.8.22] Therefore, repent from this evil of yours, and pray to my Lord, if perhaps He will forgive the thought of your heart.
[ACT.8.23] For I indeed see you being in bitterness and a bondage of injustice.
[ACT.8.24] And having answered, Simon said, "Pray you for me to my Lord, that nothing of what you have spoken comes upon me."
[ACT.8.25] Now then, those having testified and spoken the word of my Lord returned to Jerusalem, and they proclaimed the good news to many villages of the Samaritans.
[ACT.8.26] An angel of the Gods spoke to Philip, saying: "Rise and go south, on the road descending from Jerusalem to Gaza, for this is a wilderness."
[ACT.8.27] And having risen, he went forth. And behold, there was a man, an Ethiopian, a eunuch, a powerful official of Kandakēs, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasury, who had come to Jerusalem to worship.
[ACT.8.28] And he turned back and sat upon his chariot, and he was reading the prophet Isaiah.
[ACT.8.29] And the Spirit said to Philip, "Come near and join this chariot."
[ACT.8.30] And Philip, having run up, heard him reading Isaiah the prophet and said, “Do you truly know what you are reading?”
[ACT.8.31] And she said, "How is it possible for me if someone does not guide me?" And she urged Philip, getting up, to sit with him.
[ACT.8.32] Now the portion of the scripture that was being read was this: "As a sheep is led to slaughter, and as a lamb before its shearer is silent, so it does not open its mouth."
[ACT.8.33] In his humility, his judgement was lifted up; who will recount his generation? Because his life is taken from the earth.
[ACT.8.34] Responding, the Eunuch said to Phillip: "I ask you, concerning whom does the prophet speak this? Concerning himself, or concerning another?"
[ACT.8.35] Now Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this scripture, he proclaimed good news to him about Jesus.
[ACT.8.36] And as they went along the road, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, "Behold, water! What prevents me from being baptized?"
[ACT.8.38] And he commanded the chariot to stop, and both Philip and the eunuch descended into the water, and he baptized him.
[ACT.8.39] And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of my Lord seized Philip, and the eunuch no longer saw him, for he was going on his way rejoicing.
[ACT.8.40] And Philip was found in Azotus, and traveling through, he proclaimed the good message to all the cities until he came to Caesarea.
ACT.9
[ACT.9.1] And Saul still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, approached the high priest.
[ACT.9.2] He requested letters from him to Damascus for the gatherings, so that if he should find any being of the Way, men and women, bound, he might bring them to Jerusalem.
[ACT.9.3] And as he was traveling, it happened that he was approaching Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.
[ACT.9.4] Saul, Saul, why are you pursuing me?
[ACT.9.5] And he said, "Who are you, my Lord?" And the voice replied, "I am Jesus, whom you persecute."
[ACT.9.6] But rise and enter the city, and it will be spoken to you what you must do.
[ACT.9.7] And the men who were accompanying him were standing in a new place, hearing the voice, but seeing no one.
[ACT.9.8] And Saul was raised from the ground, and with his eyes opened, he saw nothing. And those leading him brought him into Damascus.
[ACT.9.9] And there were three days during which he did not see, nor did he eat nor drink.
[ACT.9.10] And there was a disciple in Damascus named Hananias, and the Lord said to him in a vision, "Hananias." And he said, "Behold, I am here, my Lord."
[ACT.9.11] Now the Lord said to him: “Rise and go to the stream called Straight, and seek in the house of Judah a man named Saul, who comes from Tarsus. For indeed, he is praying.”
[ACT.9.12] And he saw a man, Hananiah by name, entering and placing upon him the hands, so that he might look up.
[ACT.9.13] Hananias responded: "my Lord, I have heard from many concerning this man and the many evils he did to your holy ones in Jerusalem."
[ACT.9.14] And thus authority exists from the chief priests to bind or release all those invoking the name of Yahveh.
[ACT.9.15] And the Lord said to him, "Go, for this one is a vessel of selection to me, to carry my name before nations and before kings and before sons of Israel."
[ACT.9.16] For I will show to him what things he must suffer for the sake of my name.
[ACT.9.17] And Hananiah went and entered the house, and laying his hands upon him, said: “Saul, brother, the Lord has sent me, Jesus who revealed Himself to you on the road by which you were going, so that you might look up and be filled with holy spirit.”
[ACT.9.18] And immediately scales fell from his eyes, and he looked up and stood up and was baptized.
[ACT.9.19] And having taken nourishment, he was strengthened. And it came to pass that for some days he was with the disciples who were in Damascus.
[ACT.9.20] And immediately in the synagogues he proclaimed Jesus, that this one is the son of God.
[ACT.9.21] And all who were hearing stood amazed, and they said, "Is this not the one who was destroying in Jerusalem those calling upon the name, and here he has come in order to lead them away, bound, to the chief priests?"
[ACT.9.22] And Saul was growing stronger and continued to harass the Judeans dwelling in Damascus, attempting to confirm that this one is not the Messiah.
[ACT.9.23] And as sufficient days were being fulfilled, the Judeans conspired to destroy him.
[ACT.9.24] And Saul learned of their scheming. And they kept watch over the gates, both during the day and during the night, so that they might annihilate him.
[ACT.9.25] And having taken him, the disciples of him at night lowered him through the roof, having loosened it with a rope.
[ACT.9.26] And having come alongside to Jerusalem, he attempted to attach himself to the disciples, and all feared him, not believing that he is a disciple.
[ACT.9.27] And Barnabas, having taken him, brought him to the apostles and recounted to them how on the road he had seen Yahveh, and that Yahveh had spoken to him, and how he had boldly spoken in Damascus in the name of Jesus.
[ACT.9.28] And he was going in and out with them into Jerusalem, speaking boldly in the name of my Lord.
[ACT.9.29] He spoke and debated with the Hellenists, and they attempted to destroy him.
[ACT.9.30] And when the brothers knew this, they brought him to Caesarea and sent him on to Tarsus.
[ACT.9.31] The church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, being built up and walking in the fear of my Lord and the encouragement of the holy spirit, and it was increasing.
[ACT.9.32] And it happened, as Peter was passing through all the regions, he came down to the holy ones who were dwelling in Lydda.
[ACT.9.33] And there someone found a man named Aeneas who had been lying on a bed for eight years, who was paralyzed.
[ACT.9.34] And said to him Peter, "Aeneas, the Gods heal you; rise up and make something for yourself." And immediately he rose.
[ACT.9.35] And they all saw him, those who lived in Lydda and the Sharon plain, who turned back to the Lord.
[ACT.9.36] And there was a disciple in Joppa with the name Tabitha, who being interpreted is called Dorcas. This one was full of good works and of alms which she did.
[ACT.9.37] And it happened in those days that she grew weak, approaching death. And after they washed her, they placed her in the upper room.
[ACT.9.38] Now, as Lydda was near Joppa, the students, having heard that Peter was there, sent two men to him, requesting, "Do not delay in coming to us."
[ACT.9.39] And having risen, Peter went with them. The one they had brought upstairs, they placed in the upper room, and all the widows stood around him, weeping and displaying tunics and robes – all that she had made while being with them, this was Dorcas.
[ACT.9.40] And having cast out everyone, Peter knelt and prayed. Then, turning toward the body, he said, "Tabitha, arise!" And she opened her eyes, and seeing Peter, she sat up.
[ACT.9.41] And giving a hand to her, he raised her up. And calling forth the holy ones and the widows, he presented her living.
[ACT.9.42] And it became known throughout all of Joppa, and many people put their trust in my Lord.
[ACT.9.43] And it happened that a sufficient number of days were spent in Joppa at the house of a certain Simon, a tanner.
ACT.10
[ACT.10.1] And there was a man in Caesar's city, by the name of Cornelius, a centurion from the cohort that is called Italian.
[ACT.10.2] This person was pious and feared God, along with all of their household. They performed many acts of charity for the people and constantly prayed to God.
[ACT.10.3] He saw in a vision clearly, as at the ninth hour of the day, an angel of the God entering to him, and saying to him, "Cornelius."
[ACT.10.4] And looking at him, becoming fearful, he said, “What is this, my Lord?” And he said to him, “Your prayers and your acts of charity have risen into remembrance before the God.”
[ACT.10.5] And now send men to Joppa and bring back a certain Simon, who is called Peter.
[ACT.10.6] This one is being hosted by a certain Simon, a tanner, to whom is a house by the sea.
[ACT.10.7] And as the messenger who was speaking to him departed, he called out to two of the household members and a righteous soldier who were attending him.
[ACT.10.8] And having explained all things to them, he sent them away to Joppa.
[ACT.10.9] And on the next day, while those travelers were nearing the city, Peter went up onto the rooftop to pray about the third hour.
[ACT.10.10] And it happened, when he was hungry and he desired to taste, while they were preparing, an ecstasy came upon him.
[ACT.10.11] And he observes the heaven being opened, and descending is a vessel of some kind, like a great curtain, established upon the earth by four authorities.
[ACT.10.12] In which existed all the four-footed creatures and the creeping things of the earth, and the birds of the sky.
[ACT.10.13] And a voice happened to him, rising, Peter, sacrifice and eat.
[ACT.10.14] And Peter said, "Absolutely not, my Lord, for I have never eaten anything common and unclean."
[ACT.10.15] And a voice again from the second [instance] toward him: What the Gods have purified, you must not make common.
[ACT.10.16] And this happened after a count of three, and immediately the vessel was taken up into the heaven.
[ACT.10.17] Now as Peter was pondering in himself what the vision he had seen might be, behold, the men who were sent by Cornelius, having inquired about Simon’s house, stood at the gate.
[ACT.10.18] And having cried out, they inquired if Simon, who is called Peter, is lodging here.
[ACT.10.19] And while Peter was thinking about the vision, the spirit said to him, "Behold, three men are seeking you."
[ACT.10.20] But having risen, descend and journey with them, making no distinction, for I, God, dispatched them.
[ACT.10.21] Now Peter came to the men and said, "Behold, I am the one whom you seek. What is the reason you are here?"
[ACT.10.22] And they said, “Cornelius, a centurion, is a righteous man and one who fears God, and he is testified to by the entire nation of the Jews. God caused an angel to appear to him, instructing you to go to his house and to hear words from God.”
[ACT.10.23] Having therefore called them, he entertained them. And on the next day, having risen, he departed with them, and some of the brothers from Joppa came with him.
[ACT.10.24] And on the next day, he entered into Caesarea. And Cornelius was awaiting them, having summoned his relatives and necessary friends.
[ACT.10.25] And as it happened, when Peter was about to enter, Cornelius met him, falling at his feet, he worshipped him.
[ACT.10.26] And Peter raised him up, saying, "Rise. And I also am a human being."
[ACT.10.27] And while conversing with him, he entered and found many having gathered together.
[ACT.10.28] And he said to them, "You yourselves know that it is not permitted for a Jewish man to cleave to or approach a foreigner. And God showed me that no person should be called common or unclean."
[ACT.10.29] Therefore, I have come without opposition, having been sent. I learn therefore, for what reason you have sent for me?
[ACT.10.30] And Cornelius said, "From the fourth hour until this very hour, I have been praying in my house, and behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing."
[ACT.10.31] And he says: "Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your charities have been remembered before the God."
[ACT.10.32] Therefore, send to Joppa and summon Simon, who is called Peter. He is staying as a guest in the house of Simon, a leather worker, near the sea.
[ACT.10.33] Therefore, I have sent from myself to you, and you have done well by coming. Now, therefore, all of us are present before God to hear everything that has been commanded to you by the Lord.
[ACT.10.34] And opening his mouth, Peter said: Truly, I perceive that the God is not one who respects persons.
[ACT.10.35] But in every nation, whoever reveres him and practices righteousness is acceptable to him.
[ACT.10.36] The message which God sent to the sons of Israel, proclaiming peace through Jesus Christ, this one is my Lord of all.
[ACT.10.37] You know the message that happened throughout all Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John proclaimed.
[ACT.10.38] Jesus from Nazareth, as God anointed him with holy spirit and power, who went about doing good and healing all those who were being overpowered by the devil, because God was with him.
[ACT.10.39] And we are witnesses of all that he did, both in the land of the Judeans and in Jerusalem. Whom they also destroyed, having hanged him upon a tree.
[ACT.10.40] This God raised on the third day, and gave him to become apparent.
[ACT.10.41] Not to all the people, but to witnesses pre-appointed by God, to us, who ate and journeyed with Him after He rose from the dead.
[ACT.10.42] And He commanded us to proclaim to the people and to testify that this one is the one appointed by God as judge of the living and of the dead.
[ACT.10.43] This, all the prophets testify that forgiveness of sins is received through the name of Him, for everyone who believes in Him.
[ACT.10.44] While Peter was still speaking these words, the holy spirit fell upon all who were hearing the message.
[ACT.10.45] And those of the circumcised believers who had gathered to Peter were disturbed, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had also been poured out upon the nations.
[ACT.10.46] For I was hearing them speaking in tongues and magnifying the God. Then Peter responded.
[ACT.10.47] Is it possible for water to prevent these from being baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?
[ACT.10.48] And he commanded them in the name of Jesus Christ to be baptized. Then they asked him to remain for some days.
ACT.11
[ACT.11.1] And the apostles and the brothers who were in Judea heard that also the nations accepted the message of God.
[ACT.11.2] Now when Peter went up to Jerusalem, those from the circumcision contended with him.
[ACT.11.3] Saying that you entered into the presence of men having uncircumcision and ate with them.
[ACT.11.4] Now, having begun, Peter was setting forth to them, saying in order...
[ACT.11.5] I was in the city of Joppa, praying, and I saw in a vision a vessel coming down, like a large sheet, with four corners established from the sky, and it came until to me.
[ACT.11.6] Into one, having looked, I understood, and I saw the four-footed creatures of the earth, and the beasts, and the reptiles, and the birds of the sky.
[ACT.11.7] And I heard a voice saying to me, "Rise, Petros, and sacrifice and eat."
[ACT.11.8] And he said, "By no means, my Lord, that anything common or unclean has ever entered into my mouth."
[ACT.11.9] And a voice responded a second time from heaven: What God has purified, you must not defile.
[ACT.11.10] But this came to be three times, and everything was broken again into the heaven.
[ACT.11.11] And behold, from the self of the Gods, three men stood upon the house in which I was, having been sent from the God Caesar towards me.
[ACT.11.12] And the spirit said to me to come together with them, not discerning anything. And six of my brothers came with me, and we entered the man’s house.
[ACT.11.13] And he reported to us how he saw an angel standing in his house, and the angel said: "Send to Joppa and bring Simon, the one called Peter."
[ACT.11.14] The one who speaks words to you, in which you and all of your house will be saved.
[ACT.11.15] And when I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, as also upon us in the beginning.
[ACT.11.16] I also remembered the saying of the Lord as he said, Yochanan indeed baptized with water, but you will be baptized in the holy spirit.
[ACT.11.17] If then God gave the same gift to them as also to us, and they believed in my Lord Jesus Christ, who am I to have been able to hinder God?
[ACT.11.18] And having heard these things, they fell silent and glorified the God, saying, "Therefore, the God has also granted repentance to the nations for life."
[ACT.11.19] Now those who were scattered because of the distress that came about concerning Stephen went as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the message to no one except Jews.
[ACT.11.20] Now there were some men from Cyprus and Cyrene who came to Antioch and were speaking to the Greek-speaking people, proclaiming the Lord Jesus.
[ACT.11.21] And the hand of my Lord was with them, and a great number of those believing turned back to my Lord.
[ACT.11.22] And the word was heard by the ears of the church that was in Jerusalem concerning them, and they sent Barnabas to go to Antioch.
[ACT.11.23] The one who having come and seen the favor of God, rejoiced and urged everyone to await the Lord with the intention of their heart.
[ACT.11.24] Because there was a man who was good and full of the holy spirit and faith. And a sufficient crowd attached itself to my Lord.
[ACT.11.25] And he went out to Tarsus to seek Saul.
[ACT.11.26] And having found him, they brought him to Antioch. And it came to pass that they both gathered together for a whole year in the church and taught a sufficient crowd, and it happened first in Antioch that the disciples were called Christians.
[ACT.11.27] And in those days, prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.
[ACT.11.28] And one having risen from among them, by the name of Hagabos, indicated through the spirit that a great famine was about to be throughout the world, which happened during the time of Claudius.
[ACT.11.29] Now, the disciples, as each one was able, determined to send some of them to serve the brothers and sisters who were living in Judea.
[ACT.11.30] And they did it, having sent messengers to the elders by means of Barnabas and Saul.
ACT.12
[ACT.12.1] And at that time, Herod the king laid his hands on some of those from the church to do harm.
[ACT.12.2] And Herod killed James, the brother of John, with a sword.
[ACT.12.3] And seeing that it was pleasing to the Judeans, he added to arrest Peter also – and these were the days of unleavened bread –
[ACT.12.4] And having seized him, he put him in prison, delivering him to four squads of soldiers to guard him, intending to bring him before the people after the Passover.
[ACT.12.5] Now Peter was being kept in the prison, and prayer was being earnestly made by the church to the God concerning him.
[ACT.12.6] And as Herod was about to bring him out, on that night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, having been bound with two chains, and guards were keeping watch at the gate of the prison.
[ACT.12.7] And behold, an angel of the Lord appeared, and a light shone in the house. And striking the side of Peter, he raised him up, saying, "Rise quickly!" And his chains fell off from his hands.
[ACT.12.8] And the angel said to him: "Live, and put on your sandals." And he did so. And he says to him: "Wrap your garment around you and follow me."
[ACT.12.9] And having gone out, he followed, and he did not know that what was happening through the angel was true. But it seemed to him that he was seeing a vision.
[ACT.12.10] And having passed through the first guard and the second, they came to the iron gate that leads into the city, which opened to them automatically, and after they had gone a distance of one stadium, immediately the angel departed from them.
[ACT.12.11] And Peter, having become aware within himself, said, “Now I truly know that God sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and all the expectation of the people of the Jews.”
[ACT.12.12] Knowing this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John, who is called Mark, where many were gathered together and praying.
[ACT.12.13] And when he struck the gate of the tower, a young girl came forward to obey, named Rhode.
[ACT.12.14] And recognizing the voice of Peter from the joy, she did not open the gate, but running, announced that Peter is standing before the gate.
[ACT.12.15] But they said to her, "You are insane." And she strongly asserted that this was how it was. But they said, "It is his messenger."
[ACT.12.16] And Peter persisted in knocking; and having opened, they saw him and were amazed.
[ACT.12.17] And having silenced them with a hand, he recounted to them how Yahveh had led him out of the prison, and he said, "Proclaim these things to Jacob and to his brothers." And having departed, he traveled to another place.
[ACT.12.18] And when the day arrived, there was no small disturbance among the soldiers, asking what Peter had become.
[ACT.12.19] Herod, furthermore, having sought him and not finding him, questioned the guards and commanded that he be taken away. And having gone down from Judea to Caesarea, he resided there.
[ACT.12.20] And he was warring against the Tyrians and Sidonians. And they stood with him of one mind, and having persuaded Blastos, who was in charge of the king’s residence, they requested peace because their land was being supplied from the royal estate.
[ACT.12.21] And on the appointed day, Herod, having dressed in royal robes, sat on the platform and addressed them.
[ACT.12.22] And the crowd exclaimed, "A voice of God, and not of a human being."
[ACT.12.23] And immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he did not give the glory to God, and becoming worm-eaten, he expired.
[ACT.12.24] And the word of God increased and became abundant.
[ACT.12.25] Barnabas and Saul returned to Jerusalem having completed the service, taking with them John, the one called Mark.
ACT.13
[ACT.13.1] And there were in Antioch, within the existing church, prophets and teachers: Barnabas and Simeon, the one called Niger, and Lucius from Cyrene. Also Manaen, a companion of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul were among them.
[ACT.13.2] While they were ministering to my Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
[ACT.13.3] Then, having fasted and prayed, they laid their hands on them and released them.
[ACT.13.4] They therefore, having been sent forth by the holy spirit, descended to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus.
[ACT.13.5] And having become in Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they also had John as a servant.
[ACT.13.6] And having gone through the whole island until Paphos, they found a certain man, a sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-Jesus.
[ACT.13.7] He was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, a discerning man. This one, having summoned Barnabas and Saul, sought to hear the word of God.
[ACT.13.8] But Elymas the magician opposed them, for this is how his name is interpreted: seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith.
[ACT.13.9] Saul, who is also Paul, being filled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at him.
[ACT.13.10] He said, "O you full of all deceit and all wickedness, son of the devil, enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease distorting the ways of the Lord that are straight?"
[ACT.13.11] And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you will be blind, not seeing the sun until a time. Immediately, darkness and shadow fell upon him, and wandering, he sought for guides.
[ACT.13.12] Then, having seen the event, the ruler believed, marveling at the teaching of the Lord.
[ACT.13.13] Having sailed from Paphos, those with Paul came to Perga in Pamphylia, but John, having departed from them, returned to Jerusalem.
[ACT.13.14] And they, having passed through from Perga, came to be in Antioch in Pisidia, and having entered into the synagogue on the day of the Sabbaths, they sat.
[ACT.13.15] After the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the chief rulers sent to them, saying, "Men, brothers, if there is anyone among you with a word of exhortation to the people, speak."
[ACT.13.16] Having risen, Paul shook his hand and said, "Men of Israel and those fearing the God, listen!"
[ACT.13.17] The God of this people, Israel, chose our fathers and raised up the people in the sojourn in the land of Egypt, and with an arm of high strength led them out of it.
[ACT.13.18] And for forty years the Gods nurtured them in the wilderness.
[ACT.13.19] And having cast down seven nations in the land of Canaan, he inherited their land.
[ACT.13.20] After four hundred and fifty years, the Gods gave judges until Samuel the prophet.
[ACT.13.21] And from there they requested a king, and God gave to them Saul, son of Kish, a man from the tribe of Benjamin, forty years of age.
[ACT.13.22] And having removed him, God raised up David for them as a king, to whom also God said, testifying: "I have found David, the son of Jesse, a man according to my heart, who will do all my desires."
[ACT.13.23] From the seed, the God brought forth a savior to Israel, according to the promise.
[ACT.13.24] John proclaimed a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel before the coming of the one who would arrive.
[ACT.13.25] And as John was completing his course, he said, “Why are you supposing me to be? I am not that one. But look, there comes with me one who I am not worthy to loosen the sandals of his feet.”
[ACT.13.26] Men, brothers, sons of the race of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, to us the message of this salvation was sent.
[ACT.13.27] For those dwelling in Jerusalem and their rulers, having not recognized this one, and judging the voices of the prophets as they were read every Sabbath, fulfilled them.
[ACT.13.28] And having found no cause for death, they requested Pilate to have him killed.
[ACT.13.29] And as they completed all things written concerning him, having taken him down from the wood, they placed him into a tomb.
[ACT.13.30] And the God raised him up from the dead.
[ACT.13.31] He appeared over many days to those who ascended with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now witnesses to him among the people.
[ACT.13.32] And we proclaim the good news to you, the promise having been made to the fathers.
[ACT.13.33] Because God has fulfilled this for his children, raising Jesus, as it is also written in the second Psalm: "My son you are, today I have begotten you."
[ACT.13.34] For God raised him from the dead, no longer intending for him to return to corruption, thus he spoke, saying, "I will give to you the holy commitments of David, the faithful things."
[ACT.13.35] Because even in another place, it is said, "You will not give your holy one to see corruption."
[ACT.13.36] David, however, having served in his own generation the will of God, fell asleep and was added to his ancestors, and he saw decay.
[ACT.13.37] But the God who raised (him) did not allow (him) to see corruption.
[ACT.13.38] Therefore, let it be known to you, men brothers, that through this one forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you, and from everything from which you were not able to be justified in the law of Moses, through him everyone who believes is justified.
[ACT.13.39] In this, all the believing one is justified.
[ACT.13.40] Therefore, look that what was said does not occur among the prophets.
[ACT.13.41] Behold, you who are contemptuous, and marvel and be astonished, for I am working a work in your days, a work which you will not believe if anyone relates it to you.
[ACT.13.42] As they were going out, they requested that during the week they might hear these words.
[ACT.13.43] And when the assembly was dismissed, many of the Jews and the God-fearing converts followed Paul and Barnabas, who spoke to them and persuaded them to continue in the favor of God.
[ACT.13.44] And concerning the approaching Sabbath, nearly the whole city was gathered together to hear the word of my Lord.
[ACT.13.45] And when the Jewish people saw the crowds, they were filled with zeal and opposed those who were speaking under Paul, reviling them.
[ACT.13.46] Having spoken boldly, Paul and Barnabas said: It was necessary for the word of God to be spoken to you first. But since you have rejected it and do not judge yourselves worthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the nations.
[ACT.13.47] For thus the Lord commands us: "I have set you as a light to the nations, so that you may be salvation to the end of the Earth."
[ACT.13.48] And the nations, hearing, rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord, and believed as many as had been appointed to eternal life.
[ACT.13.49] And the word of my Lord was carried throughout all the land.
[ACT.13.50] And the Jews stirred up the women who were devoted and the leading men of the city, and they raised up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and they drove them from their territories.
[ACT.13.51] And those having shaken the dust of their feet upon them came to Iconium.
[ACT.13.52] And the disciples were filled with joy and the spirit of the holy one.
ACT.14
[ACT.14.1] And it happened in Iconium at the same time for them to enter the gathering place of the Judeans and to speak in such a way that a great multitude of both Judeans and Greeks would believe.
[ACT.14.2] And the disobedient Jews incited and harmed the souls of the nations against their brothers.
[ACT.14.3] They spent a sufficient time speaking boldly concerning my Lord who testified to the word of his grace, giving signs and wonders to happen through their hands.
[ACT.14.4] And the crowd of the city was split, and some were with the Judeans, and others were with the apostles.
[ACT.14.5] And as it happened, there was a surge from the nations and the Judeans, along with their rulers, to outrage and to stone them.
[ACT.14.6] Having understood, they fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the surrounding area.
[ACT.14.7] And they were proclaiming good news there.
[ACT.14.8] And a man powerless with his feet sat in Lystra, lame from the womb of his mother, who never walked.
[ACT.14.9] This one heard Paul speaking. He, looking at him and seeing that he has belief for being saved,...
[ACT.14.10] A great voice said, "Rise upon your feet, upright." And he healed him, and he walked.
[ACT.14.11] And the crowds, having seen what Paul did, raised their voices, speaking in the Lycaonian language, saying: "The gods, having become similar to humans, have descended to us."
[ACT.14.12] And they were calling Barnabas 'Zeus', and Paul 'Hermes', because he himself was the leader of the message.
[ACT.14.13] The priest of the God who exists brought bulls and garlands to the pillars before the city, intending to sacrifice them with the crowds.
[ACT.14.14] And when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard this, they tore their clothing and leaped into the crowd, shouting.
[ACT.14.15] And saying, "Men, what is it you are doing? We also are humans experiencing the same things as you, proclaiming to you to turn from these vanities to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them."
[ACT.14.16] The Gods, in the passing generations, allowed all the nations to proceed in their ways.
[ACT.14.17] Even so, the Gods did not leave Him as a witness of good deeds, giving rain to you from the sky and times of fruitfulness, filling your hearts with food and joy.
[ACT.14.18] And saying these things, they scarcely stopped the crowds from sacrificing to them.
[ACT.14.19] And Jewish people came from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the crowds, they stoned Paul and dragged him outside of the city, thinking him to be dead.
[ACT.14.20] Now, as the disciples surrounded him, he rose and entered into the city. And on the next day, he departed with Barnabas into Derbe.
[ACT.14.21] And having evangelized that city and having made enough disciples, they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch.
[ACT.14.22] Strengthening the souls of the disciples, we urge you to remain in the faith, and that it is necessary for us to enter into the kingdom of God through many tribulations.
[ACT.14.23] Having appointed elders in each church by the lifting of hands, after they prayed with fastings, they entrusted them to the Lord in whom they believed.
[ACT.14.24] And having passed through the Pisidian, they came into the Pamphylian.
[ACT.14.25] And having spoken the word in Perge, they descended to Attalia.
[ACT.14.26] And from there they sailed to Antioch, from where they had been delivered to the God's grace for the work which they fulfilled.
[ACT.14.27] And having arrived and gathered the church, they proclaimed what God did with them, and that God opened a door of faith to the nations.
[ACT.14.28] And they spent a considerable time with the students.
ACT.15
[ACT.15.1] And some, coming down from Judea, were teaching the brothers that if you are not circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.
[ACT.15.2] And when there occurred a division and a substantial inquiry concerning Paul and Barnabas from them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas and certain others from among them should ascend to the apostles and elders in Jerusalem regarding this matter.
[ACT.15.3] Now, those sent forth by the church passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, relating the return of the nations, and they caused great joy to all the brothers.
[ACT.15.4] And having come to Jerusalem, they were received by the assembly and the apostles and the elders, and they announced the things that God did with them.
[ACT.15.5] And some of those who belonged to the sect of the Pharisees who had believed were saying that it is necessary to circumcise them and to command them to keep the Law of Moses.
[ACT.15.6] The apostles and the elders came together to consider about this word.
[ACT.15.7] And after much request, Peter rose and said to them: Men, brothers, you know that God chose you from ancient times, within you, to hear through my mouth that the nations would hear the word of the gospel and believe.
[ACT.15.8] And the heart-knowing God bore witness to them, giving the holy spirit just as also to us.
[ACT.15.9] And nothing distinguished between us and them, having purified their hearts by the faith.
[ACT.15.10] Now, therefore, why do you test the Gods by attempting to place a yoke upon the necks of the disciples, which neither our ancestors nor we ourselves have been able to bear?
[ACT.15.11] But through the grace of my Lord Jesus, we believe to be saved in the same manner as those others.
[ACT.15.12] And all the multitude became silent and were listening to Barnabas and Paul as they explained how the God performed signs and wonders among the nations through themselves.
[ACT.15.13] And after they were silent, Jacob responded, saying, "Men, brothers, listen to me."
[ACT.15.14] Simeon explained how, in the beginning, the God visited to take a people from the nations for His name.
[ACT.15.15] And these things agree with the words of the prophets, as it is written.
[ACT.15.16] After these things, I will restore, and I will build up the tent of David which has fallen, and the destroyed things of it, I will build up, and I will raise it up.
[ACT.15.17] So that the remaining people may seek Yahveh, and all the nations upon whom my name has been called upon them, says my Lord, doing these things.
[ACT.15.18] They are known from eternity.
[ACT.15.19] Therefore, I judge it is not to trouble those from the nations who are turning to the God.
[ACT.15.20] But we have sent a letter to them, instructing them to abstain from the pollutants of idols, and from sexual immorality, and from what is strangled, and from blood.
[ACT.15.21] For Moses, from generations of old, has those proclaiming him in the city's synagogues, being read every Sabbath.
[ACT.15.22] Then the church gave permission to the apostles and the elders, together with the whole church, to select men from among them to send to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas, Ioudan, who is called Barsababan, and Silan, men who were leaders among the brothers.
[ACT.15.23] Greetings from the apostles and the elders, brothers to the brothers in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia who are of the nations.
[ACT.15.24] Because we have heard that some who have gone out from us have troubled you with words that are overturning your minds, regarding which we did not give instructions.
[ACT.15.25] God deemed it good for us, having become of one mind, to send men to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul.
[ACT.15.26] People have given up their souls for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
[ACT.15.27] Therefore, we have sent Judas and Silas, and they are reporting the same things by word.
[ACT.15.28] It has pleased the Holy Spirit and us to add no further weight to you beyond these necessities.
[ACT.15.29] Abstain from things sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from sexual immorality. By keeping yourselves from these things, you will do well. Be strong.
[ACT.15.30] And those who had been released went down to Antioch, and having gathered the assembly, they delivered the letter.
[ACT.15.31] Having read it, they rejoiced upon the encouragement.
[ACT.15.32] Judas and Silas, also being prophets, through much speech encouraged the brothers and strengthened them.
[ACT.15.33] And having spent time, they departed with peace from the brothers to those who had sent them.
[ACT.15.35] Paul and Barnabas were staying in Antioch, teaching and proclaiming the word of the Lord, together with many others.
[ACT.15.36] And after some days, Paul said to Barnabas, "We should turn back and visit the brothers in every city where we announced the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing."
[ACT.15.37] Barnabas, however, wished to also take John, the one called Mark, with him.
[ACT.15.38] And Paul desired not to take with him the one who had departed from them from Pamphylia and who had not joined them in the work.
[ACT.15.39] And it happened that there was a sharp contention, so that they were separated from one another, and Barnabas, having taken Mark, sailed to Cyprus.
[ACT.15.40] Paul, having selected Silas, departed, entrusted to the grace of the Lord by the brothers.
[ACT.15.41] And he went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.
ACT.16
[ACT.16.1] And he descended to Derbe and to Lystra. And behold, there was a student there by the name of Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who is faithful, but his father is a Greek.
[ACT.16.2] The one who was testified to by the brothers in Lystra and Iconium.
[ACT.16.3] Paul desired this person to go with him, and having taken him, he escorted him because of the Jews who were in those places, for all knew that his father was a Greek.
[ACT.16.4] And as they traveled through the cities, they delivered to them to guard the decrees that had been determined by the apostles and elders who are in Jerusalem.
[ACT.16.5] The churches were being strengthened in the faith and were increasing in number daily.
[ACT.16.6] And they passed through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, being hindered by the Holy Spirit from speaking the word in Asia.
[ACT.16.7] And having come into Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia, and the Spirit of Yeshua did not allow them.
[ACT.16.8] Having passed through Mysia, they descended into Troas.
[ACT.16.9] And a vision appeared to Paul during the night: a certain man of Macedonia was standing and imploring him, and saying, "Cross over into Macedonia and assist us."
[ACT.16.10] And as the vision was seen, we immediately sought to go out into Macedonia, concluding that the God has called us to preach to them.
[ACT.16.11] Having raised up [sail] from Troy, we sailed directly to Samothrace, and on the following day to New City.
[ACT.16.12] And from there they went to Philippi, which is a city of the first part of Macedonia, a colony. And we remained in that city dwelling for some days.
[ACT.16.13] On the day of the Sabbaths, we went outside the gate near the river where we considered prayer to be, and sitting down, we spoke with the women who had gathered.
[ACT.16.14] And a woman named Lydia, a seller of purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, worshipping God, was listening, whose heart the Lord opened to pay attention to the things spoken by Paul.
[ACT.16.15] And as she was baptized, and her house also, she pleaded saying: "If you have judged me to be faithful to my Lord, entering into my house, remain;" and she urged us.
[ACT.16.16] And it happened, as we were going to the place of prayer, that a young girl possessing a spirit of Python met us. This spirit provided much profit for its lords through the practice of divination.
[ACT.16.17] This spirit, continually following Paul and us, cried out, saying, "These people are servants of the God Most High, the ones who announce to you a way of salvation."
[ACT.16.18] And this he was doing for many days. Being weary, Paul turned to the spirit and said: I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to go out from her. And it went out from her at that hour.
[ACT.16.19] And when the owners of her saw that the hope of their work had gone out, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them to the marketplace before the rulers.
[ACT.16.20] And having brought them to the generals, they said: "These people are disturbing our city, being Judeans."
[ACT.16.21] And they proclaim customs which it is not permissible for us to accept or to do, being Romans.
[ACT.16.22] And the crowd stood against them, and the military leaders, having torn their garments, commanded to flog.
[ACT.16.23] Having inflicted many blows upon them, they threw them into prison, ordering the jailer to guard them securely.
[ACT.16.24] Having received such an order, he put them into the inner prison and secured their feet with wood.
[ACT.16.25] And at midnight, Paul and Silas, while praying, praised the God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
[ACT.16.26] And suddenly a great earthquake came to be, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. And immediately the doors all opened, and the bonds of all were loosened.
[ACT.16.27] But the prudent jailer, seeing the prison doors open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, thinking the prisoners had escaped.
[ACT.16.28] But Paul cried out with a loud voice, saying, "Do nothing harmful to yourself, for we are all here."
[ACT.16.29] And having asked for lights, he leaped in, and becoming terrified, fell down before Yahveh Paul and Silas.
[ACT.16.30] And having led them outside, he said to the Lords, "What must I do in order to be saved?"
[ACT.16.31] And they said, "Believe on the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household."
[ACT.16.32] And they spoke to him the word of my Lord with all those who are in his house.
[ACT.16.33] And having taken them in that hour of the night, he healed them from the wounds, and he baptized himself and all of his immediately.
[ACT.16.34] Having led them into the house, he set a table and rejoiced exceedingly, being confident in God.
[ACT.16.35] And when the day was coming, the generals sent those with rods, saying, "Release those people from there."
[ACT.16.36] And the jailer reported these words to Paul, that the commanders have sent [messengers] so that you may be released. Now, therefore, having gone out, travel in peace.
[ACT.16.37] And Paul said to them: ‘Having flogged us publicly without a legal trial, while we are people who are Romans, they threw us into prison, and now are they secretly releasing us? Certainly not, but let them themselves come and lead us out.’
[ACT.16.38] And the rod-bearers reported these words to the generals. And they became afraid upon hearing that they are Romans.
[ACT.16.39] And having come, they urged them, and having led them out, they asked them to depart from the city.
[ACT.16.40] And having come out of the prison, they went to the house of Lydia, and when they had seen the brothers, they encouraged them, and then departed.
ACT.17
[ACT.17.1] Having passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.
[ACT.17.2] And according to the custom of Paul, he entered to them, and for three sabbaths he discoursed to them from the writings.
[ACT.17.3] Opening and setting forth that the Messiah had to suffer and rise from the dead, and that this one is the Messiah, Jesus, whom I declare to you.
[ACT.17.4] And some of them were persuaded and attached themselves to Paul and to Silas, and a great multitude of the Greeks who honor the Gods, and not a few of the leading women.
[ACT.17.5] And the Jewish people, being zealous, took some wicked men from the marketplace and, having incited a crowd, they disturbed the city, and standing by the house of Jason, they sought to bring those inside to the assembly.
[ACT.17.6] And not finding them, they dragged Jason and some brothers before the city officials, shouting that these people, who have turned the inhabited earth into turmoil, are also here.
[ACT.17.7] Jason has received these people, and all of them are acting in opposition to the decrees of Caesar, declaring that Jesus is another king.
[ACT.17.8] And they disturbed the crowd and the city officials who were hearing these things.
[ACT.17.9] And having received the sufficient amount from Jason and the others, they released them.
[ACT.17.10] And the brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas during the night to Berea. When they arrived at the synagogue of the Jews, they began to persuade them.
[ACT.17.11] And these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, who received the message with all eagerness, examining the scriptures daily to see if these things were so.
[ACT.17.12] Indeed, many of them put their trust in Yahveh, and also a considerable number of Greek women who were pleasing in appearance, and of men, were not few.
[ACT.17.13] And when the Jews from Thessalonica knew that the message of God was also proclaimed in Berea by Paul, they came there also, stirring up and troubling the crowds.
[ACT.17.14] And immediately then the brothers sent Paul to go on to the sea, and Silas and Timothy waited there.
[ACT.17.15] And those accompanying Paul led him to Athens, and having received an order, they sent a message to Silas and Timothy so that they may come to him as quickly as possible.
[ACT.17.16] And while they waited for them in Athens, Paul’s spirit was troubled within him, observing the city being full of idols.
[ACT.17.17] And so, he was engaging in discussion with the Judeans and those who revere God, and in the marketplace every day with those who encountered him.
[ACT.17.18] And some also of the Epicureans and Stoic philosophers were contributing to him, and some were saying: "What does this seed-sower wish to say?" But others: "He appears to be a herald of foreign gods, because he proclaims Jesus and the resurrection."
[ACT.17.19] And having taken him, they brought him to the Areopagus and said, "Are we able to know what this new teaching is, which is being spoken by you?"
[ACT.17.20] For you are bringing in strange things to our hearings. Therefore, we desire to know what these things want to be.
[ACT.17.21] Now the Athenians, all of them, and the foreign residents among them, spent their time on nothing else other than to speak something or to hear something more recent.
[ACT.17.22] Standing in the midst of the Areopagus, Paul said: Men of Athens, in everything I observe that you are more religious.
[ACT.17.23] For as he was passing and observing your objects of reverence, he found an altar on which was inscribed, ‘To the Unknown God.’ Therefore, the One you revere without knowing, it is Him that I proclaim to you.
[ACT.17.24] The God who made the world and all that is in it, this one existing as Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands.
[ACT.17.25] Nor is he healed by human hands, needing no one, but he himself gives life to all and breath and all things.
[ACT.17.26] God made from one all nations of people to inhabit upon every face of the earth, having designated appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation.
[ACT.17.27] To seek God, if perhaps they might feel for him and find him, and indeed he is not far from each one of us, existing.
[ACT.17.28] For in God we live and move and have our being, as some of your own poets have also said, for we are also his offspring.
[ACT.17.29] Therefore, being offspring of the God, we should not consider it right to equate the divine with gold or silver or stone, with a carving of artistry and the thought of humankind.
[ACT.17.30] Having overlooked the times of ignorance, God now commands all people everywhere to repent.
[ACT.17.31] Because God established a day in which God will judge the world in righteousness, in a man whom God designated, granting faith to all by raising him from the dead.
[ACT.17.32] And having heard about the rising of the dead, some mocked, and others said: "We will hear you concerning this at another time."
[ACT.17.33] Thus, the Paul departed from among them.
[ACT.17.34] And some men, having become devoted to him, believed in him, among whom also was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
ACT.18
[ACT.18.1] After these things, having been separated from Athens, he went to Corinth.
[ACT.18.2] And having found a certain Jew named Aquila, of the Pontic family, who had recently come from Italy, and Priscilla, his wife, because Claudius had ordered all Jews to be expelled from Rome, he went to them.
[ACT.18.3] And because they were of the same craft, they remained with them and worked. For they were tentmakers by their skill.
[ACT.18.4] And he was reasoning in the synagogue every Sabbath, and he was persuading both the Jews and the Greeks.
[ACT.18.5] And as they descended from Macedonia, both Silas and Timothy, Paul was occupied with the message, testifying to the Jews that Jesus is the Anointed One.
[ACT.18.6] And as they were opposing and blaspheming, having cast off the garments, he said to them: "Your blood is upon your heads. From this time forward, I will go to the nations, being pure."
[ACT.18.7] And having departed from there, he entered into the house of a certain one named Titus Justus, who revered God, whose house was adjoining the synagogue.
[ACT.18.8] And Crispus, the leader of the synagogue, believed in my Lord with his entire household, and many of the Corinthians, hearing, also believed and were baptized.
[ACT.18.9] And the Lord said to Paul in the night through a vision: "Do not be afraid, but speak, and do not be silent."
[ACT.18.10] Because I am with you, and no one will assault you to cause you harm, because a great people is for me in this city.
[ACT.18.11] And he sat for a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
[ACT.18.12] And when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews rose up together against Paul and led him to the judgment seat.
[ACT.18.13] They are saying that this one persuades people to disobey the law and not revere the God.
[ACT.18.14] Now, as Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jewish people, “If it were a matter of wrong or a wicked scheme, O Jewish people, I would have reason to accept your complaint.”
[ACT.18.15] But if questions exist concerning speech and names and the law pertaining to you, look to yourselves. I do not wish to be a judge of these things.
[ACT.18.16] And Pilate released them from the platform.
[ACT.18.17] And having seized Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, they struck him in front of the judgement seat. And none of these things concerned Gallio.
[ACT.18.18] Now Paul remained days sufficient with the brothers, having dismissed them, sailed to Syria, and Priscilla and Aquila were with him, having shaved his head in Cenchreae, for he had a vow.
[ACT.18.19] They arrived in Ephesus, and he left those men there, but he himself entered the synagogue and discussed matters with the Jewish people.
[ACT.18.20] And when they kept asking them to remain for a longer time, He did not allow it.
[ACT.18.21] But having departed and saying, 'I will return to you, God willing', he departed from Ephesus.
[ACT.18.22] And descending into Caesarea, ascending and having greeted the assembly, he descended into Antioch.
[ACT.18.23] And having spent some time, he departed, passing through in order the Galatian region and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.
[ACT.18.24] A certain Jew, named Apollos, of Alexandria in origin, was a learned man and came to Ephesus, being powerful in the writings.
[ACT.18.25] This person had been instructed in the way of the Lord, and zealous by the spirit he spoke and taught accurately concerning Jesus, knowing only the baptism of John.
[ACT.18.26] This person also began to speak boldly in the synagogue. And when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him more accurately the way of God.
[ACT.18.27] And when it was the will of him to go into Achaia, the brothers encouraged and wrote to the disciples to receive him, who, when he came, greatly helped those who had believed through grace.
[ACT.18.28] For he was publicly demonstrating to the Jewish people, through the scriptures, that Jesus is the Messiah.
ACT.19
[ACT.19.1] And it happened that while Apollos was in Corinth, Paul journeyed through the inland areas to go down to Ephesus and to find some learners.
[ACT.19.2] And he said to them: If you have received the holy spirit after believing, do you have it? And they responded to him: But we have not even heard that the holy spirit exists.
[ACT.19.3] And he said to them, "For what reason then did you get baptized?" And they responded, "Into the baptism belonging to John."
[ACT.19.4] And Paul said: John baptized with a baptism of repentance to the people, saying that they should believe in the one who was coming after him, that is, in Jesus.
[ACT.19.5] And having heard, they were baptized into the name of my Lord Jesus.
[ACT.19.6] And having placed Paul’s hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.
[ACT.19.7] And all the men were as twelve.
[ACT.19.8] And having entered the synagogue, he spoke boldly for three months, discussing and persuading concerning the realm of God.
[ACT.19.9] But as some were becoming hardened and disobeying, speaking abusively of the Way before the multitude, Paul departed from them and set apart students, conversing daily in the school of Tyrannus.
[ACT.19.10] And this happened in the second year, so that all those residing in Asia heard the word of my Lord, both Jews and Greeks.
[ACT.19.11] And the God was performing powers not the ordinary ones through the hands of Paul.
[ACT.19.12] Therefore, cloths or amulets were carried from the edge of his garment to those who were ill, and diseases were removed from them, and the evil spirits departed.
[ACT.19.13] And some of the traveling Jews who practiced exorcism began to call upon the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, "I adjure you by Jesus, whom Paul proclaims."
[ACT.19.14] And there were seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who were doing this.
[ACT.19.15] And when the evil spirit had answered, it said to them, “I know Jesus, and I am aware of Paul, but who are you?
[ACT.19.16] And the man having fallen on them, in whom was the evil spirit, having overpowered both, strengthened himself against them so that they fled naked and severely wounded from that house.
[ACT.19.17] And this came to be known to all Jews and Greeks who were dwelling in Ephesus, and fear fell upon all of them, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
[ACT.19.18] And many of those who had trusted were coming, confessing and declaring their own actions.
[ACT.19.19] And those who performed the excessive deeds brought the books together and burned them before all, and they collectively valued their worth and found five ten thousands of silver.
[ACT.19.20] Thus, according to the power of my Lord, the word grew and prevailed.
[ACT.19.21] And as these things were fulfilled, Paul, guided by the Spirit, decided to go through Macedonia and Achaia, intending to travel to Jerusalem, saying that after it happens to me there, I must also see Rome.
[ACT.19.22] Having sent two of those serving him, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, he himself spent time in Asia.
[ACT.19.23] And it came to pass in that time, a disturbance not insignificant concerning the way.
[ACT.19.24] For a certain Demetrius, by name, a silversmith, making temples of silver to Artemis, was providing no small amount of work for the craftsmen.
[ACT.19.25] Whom having gathered together, and the workers concerning these things, he said: Men, know that from this labor, prosperity is to us.
[ACT.19.26] And observe and listen, that not only in Ephesus but nearly throughout all of Asia, this Paul has persuaded a considerable crowd, saying that those made by hands are not gods.
[ACT.19.27] Not only is our trade in danger of coming to ruin, but also the temple of the great goddess Artemis is at risk of being considered nothing, and it seems it will be destroyed, losing its former glory, which all of Asia and the world revere.
[ACT.19.28] And having heard this and becoming full of anger, they cried out, saying: “Great is Artemis of Ephesus.”
[ACT.19.29] And the city was filled with confusion, and they rushed together to the theater, seizing Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians, companions of Paul.
[ACT.19.30] And Paul wanting to enter into the crowd, the disciples were not allowing him.
[ACT.19.31] And some of the Asian officials, being friends to him, sent to him, urging him not to give himself to the theater.
[ACT.19.32] Now some were shouting one thing, and others something different, for the assembly called out by God was in confusion, and most did not know for what reason they had been gathered.
[ACT.19.33] And from the crowd they brought forward Alexander, the Jews pushing him forward; and Alexander, having shaken his hand, wished to make a defense to the assembly.
[ACT.19.34] And knowing that he is a Jew, a voice became one from all, as if two were shouting at the same time: "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"
[ACT.19.35] And having quieted the crowd, the scribe says: "Men of Ephesus, surely there is someone among people who does not know the city of Ephesus is a temple guardian of the great Artemis and of the fallen statue?"
[ACT.19.36] Since these things are undeniable, it is necessary for you to be settled and to do nothing rash.
[ACT.19.37] For you have honored these men, neither as sacrilegious people nor as blasphemers of the God of us.
[ACT.19.38] If Demetrios and those craftsmen with him have a complaint against anyone, let them bring a case before the courts, and let the proconsuls be the judges.
[ACT.19.39] But if anyone seeks anything further, it will be resolved in the lawful church.
[ACT.19.40] For we are in danger of being blamed for a riot concerning today, when there is no cause for us to render an account about this confusion. And having said these things, he released the assembly.
ACT.20
[ACT.20.1] And after the noise ceased, Paul sent for the disciples and, having encouraged them, having greeted them, departed to go into Macedonia.
[ACT.20.2] And having passed through those regions and exhorted them with much speech, he came into Greece.
[ACT.20.3] Having also spent three months, a plot against him arose from the Judeans, who were about to go up to Syria, it became the decision to return through Macedonia.
[ACT.20.4] And Sopater, the Berean, son of Pyrrhus, accompanied him, as did Aristarchus and Secundus, from Thessalonica, and Gaius from Derbe, and Timothy, and also Tychicus and Trophimus from Asia.
[ACT.20.5] And these, having gone on ahead, remained with us in Troy.
[ACT.20.6] We sailed after the days of unleavened bread from Philippi and came to them in Troas after five days, where we spent seven days.
[ACT.20.7] And on one of the days of the weeks, when we were gathered to break bread, Paul discoursed to them, intending to depart on the next day, and he prolonged the word until midnight.
[ACT.20.8] And they were lamps sufficient in the upper room where we were gathered.
[ACT.20.9] Now, there was a young man seated in a window, named Eutychos, being carried away by deep sleep as Paul continued speaking at length. Having been overcome by sleep, he fell from the third story below and was picked up dead.
[ACT.20.10] And descending, Paul fell upon him and having embraced him, said, "Do not be agitated, for the life force of him is in him."
[ACT.20.11] And having ascended and broken the bread and tasted sufficiently, and having spoken at length until dawn, thus he departed.
[ACT.20.12] And they brought the living child, and were greatly encouraged.
[ACT.20.13] We went ahead to the ship and sailed to Assos, intending from there to take Paul on board; for so he had been instructed, planning to travel himself on foot.
[ACT.20.14] And as they assisted us concerning the Gods, having taken him, we came to Mytilene.
[ACT.20.15] And from there, having sailed away, we arrived the following day opposite Chios, but on the next day we sailed past to Samos, but on the day following, we came to Miletus.
[ACT.20.16] For Paul decided to sail past Ephesus, so that he would not spend time lingering in Asia. He was hurrying, if it were possible for him, to be in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.
[ACT.20.17] And from Miletus having sent, he summoned the elders of the church to Ephesus.
[ACT.20.18] And as they came to him, he said to them, "You know, from the first day that I went into Asia, how I was with you all the time."
[ACT.20.19] I serve my Lord with all humility and tears, and through the trials that have happened to me in the plots of the Judeans.
[ACT.20.20] As I have not even withheld anything beneficial from not announcing to you and teaching you publicly and at homes.
[ACT.20.21] Testifying both to the Jews and to the Greeks the repentance toward God and the faith in our Lord Jesus.
[ACT.20.22] And now behold, having been bound by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will meet me there.
[ACT.20.23] But the holy spirit testifies against city to me, saying that bonds and tribulations will remain for me.
[ACT.20.24] But I do not consider my life of value to myself at all, so that I may complete my course and the ministry which I received from my Lord Jesus, to bear witness to the gospel of the grace of God.
[ACT.20.25] And now, behold, I know that you all will no longer see my face in which I have gone through proclaiming the kingdom.
[ACT.20.26] That I testify to you in this day that I am pure from the blood of all.
[ACT.20.27] For I have not held back anything of the purpose of God from you.
[ACT.20.28] Pay attention to yourselves and to all the flock, within which the Holy Spirit appointed you as overseers to shepherd the church of God, which He obtained through the blood of His own.
[ACT.20.29] I know that after my arrival, heavy wolves will enter among you, not sparing the flock.
[ACT.20.30] And from among yourselves, men will arise speaking distortions with the purpose of drawing the disciples after them.
[ACT.20.31] Therefore, be vigilant, remembering that for three years, night and day, we did not cease, with tears, admonishing each one.
[ACT.20.32] And now I entrust you to God and to the word of His grace, to the One who is able to build up and to give the inheritance among all those who are made holy.
[ACT.20.33] I have desired none of silver, or of gold, or of clothing.
[ACT.20.34] Know yourselves that these hands have served my needs and those who are with me.
[ACT.20.35] I have shown to all of you that it is necessary, working in this way, to assist those who are unwell, and also to remember the words of my Lord Jesus, because he himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’
[ACT.20.36] And having said these things, he placed his knees, together with all of them, and prayed.
[ACT.20.37] A great weeping happened among all, and having fallen upon the neck of Paul, they kissed him.
[ACT.20.38] They were exceedingly distressed by the message that was spoken, because they would no longer look upon the face of that person. And they sent that person off in the ship.
ACT.21
[ACT.21.1] And as it happened, when we were carried away, being driven from them, we ran a straight course and came to the island of Kos. And the following day, we came to the island of Rhodes, and from there, we came to Patara.
[ACT.21.2] And having found a ship sailing to Phoenicia, we went aboard and were carried onward.
[ACT.21.3] And having surveyed Cyprus and left it with a good name, we sailed to Syria and descended to Tyre. For the ship was there unloading the raft.
[ACT.21.4] And having found the disciples, we stayed with him for seven days, who kept telling Paul through the spirit not to go up to Jerusalem.
[ACT.21.5] And when it came to be that we were preparing for the days, having departed, we went forth with those sending us off, all with wives and children until outside the city, and having placed our knees upon the shore, we prayed.
[ACT.21.6] We tore ourselves away from one another and went up into the ship, and those ones turned back to their own places.
[ACT.21.7] We sailed past from Tyre and arrived at Ptolemais, and having greeted the brothers, we stayed with them for one day.
[ACT.21.8] And on the following day, having gone out, we came to Caesarea and, having entered the house of Philip, the evangelist, who was one of the seven, we remained with him.
[ACT.21.9] And these were four virgin daughters who were prophesying.
[ACT.21.10] And after several days had passed, a prophet named Haggai came down from Judea.
[ACT.21.11] And having come to us and having taken the belt of Paul, having bound his own feet and hands, he said: thus says the Gods, the holy spirit: the man to whom this belt belongs, thus the Jews will bind him in Jerusalem and deliver him into the hands of nations.
[ACT.21.12] And as we heard these things, we and the locals urged him not to ascend to Jerusalem.
[ACT.21.13] Then Paul responded: "What are you doing, weeping and crushing my heart? For I am not only prepared to be imprisoned but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of Yahveh Jesus."
[ACT.21.14] And though He was not persuaded, we rested, saying, "Let the will of my Lord come to pass."
[ACT.21.15] After these days, having prepared ourselves, we ascend to Jerusalem.
[ACT.21.16] And also, disciples from Caesarea came with us, leading us to a certain Mnason, a Cypriot, an early disciple, where we might lodge.
[ACT.21.17] And when we arrived in Jerusalem, the brothers received us with gladness.
[ACT.21.18] And on the following day, Paul came with us to Jacob, and all the elders were present.
[ACT.21.19] And having greeted them, he explained concerning each one what the God did among the nations through the service of Him.
[ACT.21.20] And those who heard glorified God and said to him: "You see, brother, how many myriads there are among the Judeans who have believed, and all of them are zealous for the law."
[ACT.21.21] And they were informed about you that you teach rebellion from Moses to all Jewish people who are among the nations, saying not to circumcise their children and not to walk according to the customs.
[ACT.21.22] So what is this? Surely they will hear that Yahveh has come.
[ACT.21.23] Therefore, do what we tell you. There are four men who have a vow concerning themselves.
[ACT.21.24] Having received these, may the Gods purify you with them and expend resources on them so that they may shave their heads, and all may know that what they have been taught concerning you is nothing, but you also walk and guard the law.
[ACT.21.25] And concerning the believing nations, we have sent a decree, judging that they must guard themselves from both the idol-sacrificed and blood, and the strangled, and sexual immorality.
[ACT.21.26] Then Paul, having received the men on the following day with them having been purified, entered into the holy place proclaiming the completion of the days of purification until a sacrifice was presented on behalf of each one of them.
[ACT.21.27] And as the seven days were about to be completed, the Jews from Asia, having observed him in the temple, stirred up all the crowd and placed their hands upon him.
[ACT.21.28] Crying out, men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches against the people and the law and this place, everywhere, and he also brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.
[ACT.21.29] For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with him, whom they supposed that Paul had led into the sanctuary.
[ACT.21.30] And the whole city was stirred, and a gathering of the people occurred, and having seized Paul, they dragged him outside of the holy place, and immediately the doors were shut.
[ACT.21.31] Those seeking to kill him caused a report to go up to the commander of the cohort, that all Jerusalem is being thrown into confusion.
[ACT.21.32] He, having taken soldiers and centurions on his own initiative, ran down upon them. But they, having seen the thousand-leader and the soldiers, ceased beating Paul.
[ACT.21.33] Then, approaching, the thousand-leader took him and ordered that he be bound with two chains, and he inquired who he was and what deed he had done.
[ACT.21.34] And others were shouting something else in the crowd. Because he was not able to know what was secure through the noise, he commanded that he be led into the opening.
[ACT.21.35] And when it happened upon the steps, it occurred that he was being carried by the soldiers because of the force of the crowd.
[ACT.21.36] For the multitude of the people followed, shouting, "Take him!"
[ACT.21.37] Paul, who was about to be led into the fortress, said to the commander: "Is it permissible for me to speak to you?" And the commander said: "Do you know Greek?"
[ACT.21.38] Surely you are not the Egyptian who previously caused unrest and led into the wilderness the four thousand men of the assassins?
[ACT.21.39] And Paul said, "I am a human, a Jew from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of a not-unimportant city. I beg you, allow me to speak to the people."
[ACT.21.40] And when permission was given to him, Paul, standing on the steps, signaled to the people with his hand. And a great silence having come about, he spoke to them in the Hebrew dialect, saying...
ACT.22
[ACT.22.1] Men, brothers and fathers, listen to my apology to you now.
[ACT.22.2] And having heard that in the Hebrew tongue he was addressing them, they provided greater stillness. And he said...
[ACT.22.3] I am a Jewish man, having been born in Tarsus of Cilicia, and having been brought up in this city, educated at the feet of Gamaliel according to the exactness of the ancestral law, being a zealot of God as all of you are today.
[ACT.22.4] This person pursued this way until death, binding and delivering men and women to prisons.
[ACT.22.5] Also, the chief priest testifies concerning me, and all the elder council, with whom I also received letters to the brothers, so I was going to Damascus, intending also to bind those who were there and bring them to Jerusalem to be punished.
[ACT.22.6] And it happened to me, while I was traveling and nearing Damascus around midday, suddenly a light from the sky shone abundantly around me.
[ACT.22.7] Shaul Shaul, what are you pursuing me for?
[ACT.22.8] And I responded: "Who are you, my Lord?" And he said to me: "I am Yeshua of Nazareth, whom you persecute."
[ACT.22.9] And those who were with me saw the light, but they did not hear the voice of the one speaking to me.
[ACT.22.10] And I said, "What should I do, my Lord?" And my Lord said to me, "Rise and go to Damascus, and there it will be spoken to you concerning all the things that you have been commanded to do."
[ACT.22.11] And yet I did not look from the glory of that light, being led by those who were with me, I came to Damascus.
[ACT.22.12] And a certain Hananiah, a man pious according to the law, was testified to by all those residing among the Judeans.
[ACT.22.13] God came to me and standing before me, said to me: "Shaul, brother, look up." And at that hour, I looked up to him.
[ACT.22.14] And he said, "God of our fathers has predetermined for you to know his will and to see the righteous one and to hear a voice from his mouth."
[ACT.22.15] Because you will be a witness to him towards all people whom you have seen and heard.
[ACT.22.16] And now, what do you intend? Having risen, baptize and wash away your sins, invoking the name of God.
[ACT.22.17] And it happened, while I was returning to Jerusalem and praying in the temple, that I experienced an ecstasy.
[ACT.22.18] And to see him saying to me: hasten and go out quickly from Jerusalem, because they will not accept your testimony concerning me.
[ACT.22.19] And I also said, "My Lord, they themselves know that I used to imprison and flog those who believed on you in the synagogues."
[ACT.22.20] And when the blood of Stephen, your witness, was being poured out, I was standing by and consenting to it and guarding the clothes of those overturning him.
[ACT.22.21] And He said to me, "Go, for I will send you far into the nations."
[ACT.22.22] And I was hearing of him until this word, and they raised their voice, saying, "Take this kind of person away from the earth, for it is not right for him to live."
[ACT.22.23] While they were shouting and throwing their garments and casting dust into the air.
[ACT.22.24] He commanded the thousand-leader to bring him into the inner space, saying, “Whips should be readied for him, so that he might learn through what cause they were calling out to him in this way.”
[ACT.22.25] And as they were stretching him out with straps, Paul said to the centurion who was standing guard: "Is it permissible for you to flog a Roman person and one who has not been convicted?"
[ACT.22.26] And when the centurion heard, he approached the captain and reported, saying: "What do you intend to do? For this man is a Roman."
[ACT.22.27] Having come near, the commander said to him, "Tell me, are you a Roman?" And he responded, "Yes."
[ACT.22.28] The commander responded: "I acquired this citizenship with a large amount of money." But Paul said: "I was also born [a citizen]."
[ACT.22.29] Immediately then, those who were about to question him departed from him, and the centurion also became afraid, understanding that he is a Roman and that he had been treated with favor.
[ACT.22.30] And on the following day, desiring to know with certainty the accusation, what he is accused of by the Jews, he released him, and ordered the chief priests and all the council to convene, and bringing Paul forward, he stationed him before them.
ACT.23
[ACT.23.1] Having looked intently at the council, Paul said, "Men, brothers, I have lived to the God with all good conscience until this day."
[ACT.23.2] And the chief priest Hananiah commanded those standing by him to strike his mouth.
[ACT.23.3] Then Paul said to him, "God intends to strike you, you whitewashed wall! And you sit judging me according to the law, yet you yourself command that I be struck?"
[ACT.23.4] And those standing by said, "You are blaspheming God, my Lord."
[ACT.23.5] And Paul said, "I did not know, brothers, that he is the High Priest. For it has been written that you should not speak badly of rulers of your people."
[ACT.23.6] Now Paul, knowing that one part are Sadducees and the other part Pharisees, cried out in the council: Men, brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees, I am being judged concerning the hope and the resurrection of the dead.
[ACT.23.7] After he said this, a division arose among the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the crowd was split.
[ACT.23.8] Indeed, the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor an angel, nor a spirit. However, the Pharisees acknowledge both.
[ACT.23.9] And there came a great cry, and some of the scribes of the portion of the Pharisees rose up, contending, saying: "We find no bad thing in this man. If indeed a spirit spoke to him, or an angel?"
[ACT.23.10] And much disturbance being, the commander, fearing Paul might be torn apart by them, commanded the army descending to seize him from among them and to lead him into the barracks.
[ACT.23.11] And on the following night, Yahveh appeared to him and said, "Be encouraged, for just as I have testified concerning Myself in Jerusalem, so you also must testify in Rome."
[ACT.23.12] And when the day arrived, having made a conspiracy, the Jews anathematized themselves, saying, "We will neither eat nor drink until we kill Paul."
[ACT.23.13] And there were more than forty, the ones having completed this conspiracy.
[ACT.23.14] Those who came forward to the chief priests and the elders said, "We have cursed ourselves with a curse, not to taste anything until we kill Paul."
[ACT.23.15] Now therefore, you should reveal to the commander with the council, so that he may bring him to you, as you intend to learn more accurately concerning him. But we, before approaching him, are prepared to destroy him.
[ACT.23.16] And when the son of Paul's sister heard of the ambush, he came and entered into the area of the ambush and reported it to Paul.
[ACT.23.17] And having summoned one of the centurions, Paul said, "Lead this young man to the commander, for he has something to report to him."
[ACT.23.18] Now the one having received him brought him to the commander, and he says: "The prisoner Paul summoned me, requesting that you allow this young man to come to you, having something to say to you."
[ACT.23.19] And taking his hand, the centurion withdrew privately and inquired, what is it that you have to declare to me?
[ACT.23.20] And he said that the Judeans had agreed to ask you to bring Paul before the council tomorrow, as they intend to inquire more accurately concerning him.
[ACT.23.21] Therefore, do not be persuaded by them, for forty men have lain in wait for him, arising from among his own people, who have cursed themselves not to eat or drink until they destroy him. And now they are ready, awaiting the promise from you.
[ACT.23.22] Now the commander released the young man, commanding him to tell these things to no one that you revealed them to me.
[ACT.23.23] And having summoned two of the centurions, he said, "Prepare two hundred soldiers so that they may go to Caesarea, and seventy horsemen and two hundred auxiliary troops from the third hour of the night."
[ACT.23.24] And a beast was presented so that, having taken Paul aboard, they might deliver him to Felix the governor.
[ACT.23.25] ...
[ACT.23.26] Claudius Lysias sends greetings to the most excellent ruler Felix.
[ACT.23.27] Having learned that this man, seized by the Jews and about to be killed by them, was a Roman, I went down with the troop and rescued him.
[ACT.23.28] Desiring to know the reason they accused him, he led him to their council.
[ACT.23.29] He was found being accused concerning matters of their law, but having no crime worthy of death or bonds.
[ACT.23.30] And when a plot against the man was reported to me, I sent a message to you, instructing you to also tell the accusers what concerns him regarding you.
[ACT.23.31] Now then, the soldiers, having taken up Paul according to what had been ordered to them, led him through the night into Antipatrida.
[ACT.23.32] On the next day, having allowed the horsemen to depart with him, they returned into the pass.
[ACT.23.33] Those who entered into Caesarea and delivered the letter to the ruler, also presented Paul to him.
[ACT.23.34] And having recognized and questioned from which province he is, and having learned that he is from Cilicia,
[ACT.23.35] I will listen to you, he said, when your accusers arrive; having ordered him to be guarded in the palace of Herod.
ACT.24
[ACT.24.1] And after five days, the high priest Hananias descended with certain elders and a rhetorician, Tertullus, who presented themselves to the governor against Paul.
[ACT.24.2] And when he was summoned, Tertullus began to accuse, saying: “Having experienced much peace because of you, and improvements being made for this nation through your foresight,”
[ACT.24.3] We receive you everywhere and in every place, most powerful Felix, with all thankfulness.
[ACT.24.4] That I may not afflict you further, I beg you to hear us quickly with your leniency.
[ACT.24.5] For they have found this man to be a plague and to be stirring up rebellions among all the Judeans who are throughout the world, and also to be a leader of the Nazarene sect.
[ACT.24.6] He also attempted to defile the temple, and we seized him.
[ACT.24.8] By whom it is possible for him to examine concerning all these things, to know of which we accuse him.
[ACT.24.9] And the Judeans also affirmed, saying these things were so.
[ACT.24.10] And Paul responded, while the governor nodded to him to speak: Knowing you have been a judge to this nation for many years, I confidently offer a defense concerning myself.
[ACT.24.11] Regarding your power to know, it is not more than twelve days until I ascend to worship in Jerusalem.
[ACT.24.12] And not even in the temple did they find me conversing with anyone or making a demonstration of knowledge amongst the crowd, nor in the synagogues, nor throughout the city.
[ACT.24.13] Not even is it able to you concerning which things now they accuse me.
[ACT.24.14] And I confess to you that along the way which they are saying is a teaching, thus I worship the God of my fathers, believing all things according to the Law and what is written in the Prophets.
[ACT.24.15] Having hope in God, which these also accept, a resurrection is about to be. It will be for the righteous and also for the unrighteous.
[ACT.24.16] In this, he also practices having an unoffending conscience toward the God and toward the people in everything.
[ACT.24.17] Through many years, you will perform acts of charity for my nation, and offerings I have come to receive.
[ACT.24.18] In which the Gods found me having been cleansed in the temple, not with a crowd, nor with tumult.
[ACT.24.19] And some Jewish people from Asia were expected to be with you and to accuse you if they had anything against me.
[ACT.24.20] Or let these same people say what injustice they have found in my standing before the council.
[ACT.24.21] Or concerning one such voice which I cried out among them standing, that concerning a resurrection of dead ones, I judge today upon you.
[ACT.24.22] And Felix postponed them, having more accurately known the matters concerning the way, saying: “When Lysias the commander comes down, I will investigate the matters concerning you.”
[ACT.24.23] Having commanded the centurion to guard him and to have comfort, and that no one hinder his own servants from serving him.
[ACT.24.24] And after some days, Felix arrived with Drusilla, his wife, who was Jewish by birth, and he sent for Paul and listened to him concerning faith in Jesus Christ.
[ACT.24.25] And as he was reasoning about righteousness and self-control and the coming judgment, Felix became afraid and answered: “Go away now, and when it is convenient I will summon you.”
[ACT.24.26] At the same time, he was hoping that money would be given to him by Paul; therefore, he was sending for him more often to speak with him.
[ACT.24.27] And when two years had been completed, Felix received a successor, Festus Porcius Festus. Wishing also to show favor to the Judeans, Felix left Paul bound.
ACT.25
[ACT.25.1] Festus, therefore, went up to the province after three days and ascended to Jerusalem from Caesarea.
[ACT.25.2] And the chief priests and the leaders of the Jews presented themselves to him against Paul and they urged him.
[ACT.25.3] They were asking for favor concerning him, so that he might be sent to Jerusalem, while plotting an ambush to destroy him on the road.
[ACT.25.4] Now Festus responded that Paul should be kept under guard in Caesarea, and that he himself was about to depart quickly.
[ACT.25.5] Therefore, those among you who consider themselves strong, he says, should come down with the man if there is something irregular within him, and then accuse him.
[ACT.25.6] Having spent no more than eight or ten days among them, descending to Caesarea, on the following day, while seated on the judgment seat, he commanded that Paul be brought forward.
[ACT.25.7] And as he was approaching, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem surrounded him, bringing many and heavy accusations against him, which they were unable to demonstrate.
[ACT.25.8] Paul, defending himself, stated that he has committed no wrong against the law of the Jews, nor against the Temple, nor against Caesar.
[ACT.25.9] Now Festus, wanting to gain favor with the Jewish people, responded to Paul, saying: "Do you wish to go up to Jerusalem and be judged there concerning these matters before me?"
[ACT.25.10] And Paul said: "Standing at Caesar’s judgment seat, I am where I ought to be judged. I have done no wrong to the Jews, as you also very well know."
[ACT.25.11] If, then, I have done wrong, and have committed a crime worthy of death, I do not resist dying. But if there is nothing of the things these men accuse me of, no one is able to grant them favor against me. I appeal to Caesar.
[ACT.25.12] Then Festus, having conferred with the council, answered: Appeal to Caesar, and you will go to Caesar.
[ACT.25.13] And after some days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice went to Caesarea, having greeted Festus.
[ACT.25.14] And as more days passed there, Festus reported to the king the things concerning Paul, saying: "There is a certain man who remains, left as a prisoner by Felix."
[ACT.25.15] Concerning which, when I came to Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews revealed themselves, requesting a condemnation against him.
[ACT.25.16] To them I responded that it is not the custom of the Romans to grant any person favor before the accused has the accusers present face-to-face and obtains a place for defense regarding the charge.
[ACT.25.17] Therefore, when they had all gathered here, having made no postponement, I sat immediately upon the platform and ordered the man to be brought forth.
[ACT.25.18] Concerning whom the accusers, having stood, brought no accusation of the evil things which I suspected.
[ACT.25.19] Some questions they had concerning his personal religious practice and concerning a certain Jesus who had died, whom Paul claimed was living.
[ACT.25.20] And being perplexed, I said if the Gods wished, I would go to Jerusalem and be judged there concerning these things.
[ACT.25.21] And with Paul having appealed to be kept until the judgment of Caesar, I ordered that he be kept until I send him to Caesar.
[ACT.25.22] Agrippas said to Festus, "I wish to hear this man myself also." He said, "Tomorrow, you will hear him."
[ACT.25.23] Therefore, on the following day, Agrippa and Bernice arrived with much display, and entered the hall with commanders and the leading men of the city. And when Festus gave the order, Paul was brought forward.
[ACT.25.24] And Festus says: Agrippa, King, and all the men who are present with us, you observe this man concerning whom all the multitude of the Judeans encountered me both in Jerusalem and here, shouting that it is not necessary for him to live any longer.
[ACT.25.25] And I have ascertained that he has done nothing worthy of death. But, as this man has appealed to Caesar, I have decided to send him.
[ACT.25.26] Concerning whom I am not able to write anything certain to my Lord, therefore I have brought him forth before you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that, when the examination has taken place, I may have something to write.
[ACT.25.27] For it seems unreasonable to me to send a prisoner, and not also to indicate the charges against him.
ACT.26
[ACT.26.1] Agrippa said to Paul: “You are permitted to speak concerning yourself.” Then Paul, extending his hand, began to offer a defense.
[ACT.26.2] Regarding all the things for which the Jews accuse me, King Agrippa, I consider myself blessed to be about to offer a defense before you today.
[ACT.26.3] You are most of all known to all of the customs and matters according to the Judeans, therefore I beg you to hear me patiently.
[ACT.26.4] All the Jewish people know my life, from my youth, as it began within my nation and in Jerusalem.
[ACT.26.5] Those knowing me from above, if they desire to bear witness, will testify that, according to the most precise selection of our religion, I lived as a Pharisee.
[ACT.26.6] And now, standing being judged on the hope of the promise having been made by God to our fathers.
[ACT.26.7] Into which our twelve tribes constantly worship night and day, hoping to attain it, concerning which hope I am accused by Judeans, King.
[ACT.26.8] How unbelievable do you judge it to be that the God raises the dead?
[ACT.26.9] I indeed then considered it good to me, concerning the name of Jesus the Nazarene, to do many contrary things.
[ACT.26.10] And I also did in Jerusalem, and I imprisoned many of the holy people, having received authority from the chief priests, and I cast a vote to invalidate their actions.
[ACT.26.11] And in all the synagogues, he repeatedly punished them, compelling them to blaspheme, and raging intensely at them, he pursued them even to the outer cities.
[ACT.26.12] While traveling to Damascus with authority and a letter of authorization from the chief priests
[ACT.26.13] During the middle of the day, along the road, I saw, King, a light from above, exceeding the brightness of the sun, which shone upon me and those traveling with me.
[ACT.26.14] With all of us having fallen to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me in the Hebrew language: "Saul, Saul, why are you pursuing me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads."
[ACT.26.15] And I said, "Who are You, my Lord?" And my Lord said, "I am Jesus, whom you pursue."
[ACT.26.16] But arise and stand on your feet, for to you Yahveh has appeared to appoint you as a servant and a witness of the things you have seen, and of the things I will show you.
[ACT.26.17] I am selecting you from the people and from the nations to which I send you.
[ACT.26.18] May God open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the authority of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a portion among those who are made holy by the faith which is in me.
[ACT.26.19] Therefore, King Agripa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.
[ACT.26.20] But to those in Damascus first and Jerusalem, and to all the land of Judea and to the nations, I announced that they should repent and turn to the God, performing works worthy of the repentance.
[ACT.26.21] Because of these things, the Judeans, having seized the one who is, attempted to handle me in the temple.
[ACT.26.22] Therefore, having obtained help from God, I have stood testifying until this day, speaking to both small and great nothing except the things that the prophets spoke were about to become, and Moses.
[ACT.26.23] If the anointed one suffers, and if he is first from among those raised from the deads, then he will declare light to both the people and the nations.
[ACT.26.24] Now while he was making his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, “You are mad, Paul; much learning is turning you into madness.”
[ACT.26.25] But Paul said, "I am not raving, most noble Festus, but I am speaking truthful and sensible words."
[ACT.26.26] For the king knows about these things, to whom I also speak frankly, for I am not persuaded that anything of these things is hidden from him; for this has not been done in secret.
[ACT.26.27] Do you believe, King Agrippa, in the prophets? I know that you believe.
[ACT.26.28] And Agrippa said to Paul, "With very little, you almost persuade me to become a follower of the Messiah."
[ACT.26.29] And Paul said, "I would pray to God, both in little things and in great things, not only you, but also all those who are listening to me today, to become as I am, except for these bonds."
[ACT.26.30] The king and the ruler, also Bernice, and those who sat with them, rose up.
[ACT.26.31] And having withdrawn, they were speaking to one another, saying that this man does nothing worthy of death or bonds.
[ACT.26.32] And Agrippa said to Festus: "This man could have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar."
ACT.27
[ACT.27.1] And when it was decided that we should sail to Italy, they handed over Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion named Julius of the Augustan cohort.
[ACT.27.2] Having gone aboard a ship from Adramyttium that was about to sail to the places in Asia, we set sail, with Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, being with us.
[ACT.27.3] On the following day, we were brought to Sidon. And Julius, being kindly disposed toward Paul, allowed him to go to his friends to receive care.
[ACT.27.4] And from there, having been carried onward, we sailed past Cyprus because the winds were opposing us.
[ACT.27.5] And the open sea along Cilicia and Pamphylia having sailed through, we descended to Myra of Lycia.
[ACT.27.6] And there the centurion found a ship from Alexandria sailing toward Italy, and he embarked us onto it.
[ACT.27.7] After sufficient days, sailing slowly and scarcely reaching Cnidus, the wind not assisting us, we sailed past Crete near Salmone.
[ACT.27.8] Having just left it behind, we came to a certain place called 'Fair Havens', which was near a city that was Lasaea.
[ACT.27.9] And when sufficient time had passed, and the voyage was already dangerous because the fast had also passed, Paul advised
[ACT.27.10] He was saying to them, men, I observe that with insolence and much loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives, the voyage is about to be.
[ACT.27.11] But the centurion was more persuaded by the governor and the ship’s captain than by the things said by Paul.
[ACT.27.12] And because the harbor was unsuitable for overwintering, the majority decided to propose sailing from there, if perhaps they were able, having reached Phoenix to overwinter in the harbor of Crete facing the south wind and the land.
[ACT.27.13] And when a gentle south wind began to blow, supposing they had obtained their purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete.
[ACT.27.14] And after not very long, a tempestuous wind, the one called Eurakylon, descended upon it.
[ACT.27.15] And when the ship was seized and not able to withstand the wind, having yielded, we were carried away.
[ACT.27.16] And an island, while rowing under, called Cauda, we were able barely to become masters of the ship’s boat.
[ACT.27.17] Having hoisted sails, they were using ropes, securing the ship underneath, and fearing that they might drift into the Syrtis, they lowered the equipment, and thus they were carried along.
[ACT.27.18] And as we were being severely chilled, they were effecting an expulsion subsequently.
[ACT.27.19] And on the third day, they themselves threw the equipment of the ship.
[ACT.27.20] And neither the sun nor the stars were appearing for many days, and a considerable winter was approaching, therefore all hope of saving ourselves was lost.
[ACT.27.21] With much excess existing at that time, Paul, having stood in the midst of them, said: It was necessary, men, having obeyed me, not to depart from Crete and to avoid this outrage and this loss.
[ACT.27.22] And now I encourage you to be of good cheer, for there will be no loss of life among you except for the loss of the ship.
[ACT.27.23] For an angel appeared to me this night of the God, of whom I am and to whom also I worship.
[ACT.27.24] Saying, "Do not be afraid, Paul, Caesar requires you to stand trial, and behold, the God has graciously granted safety to all those sailing with you."
[ACT.27.25] Therefore be of good cheer, men, for I believe the God that this will be according to which manner He has spoken to me.
[ACT.27.26] It is necessary for us to reach a certain island.
[ACT.27.27] And as the fourteenth night came, while we were being carried along in the Adriatic, the sailors, in the middle of the night, perceived that they were being brought near some land.
[ACT.27.28] And having cast, they found twenty measures of grain, and casting again after a short distance, they found fifteen measures of grain.
[ACT.27.29] Being afraid that perhaps we might run aground on rough places, having cast out four anchors from the stern, they wished for day to come.
[ACT.27.30] And the sailors, seeking to flee from the ship and having lowered the small boat into the sea under the pretense that they were about to extend the anchor from the bow, were attempting to escape.
[ACT.27.31] Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers: "If these men do not remain in the ship, you yourselves will not be able to be saved."
[ACT.27.32] Then the soldiers cut the ropes of the boat and allowed it to drift away.
[ACT.27.33] Until the day was about to be, Paul urged everyone to receive nourishment, saying: Expecting today to be the fourteenth day, remain without food, having taken nothing.
[ACT.27.34] Therefore, I urge you to receive food, for this is for the sake of your salvation. Truly, not a single hair of any of you will be lost.
[ACT.27.35] And having said these things, having taken bread, he gave thanks to God before all, and having broken it, he began to eat.
[ACT.27.36] And having become cheerful, they all also took food.
[ACT.27.37] All the souls in the ship were two hundred seventy-six.
[ACT.27.38] And having been filled with food, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.
[ACT.27.39] And when day was becoming, they did not know the land, but they perceived a bay possessing a shore, into which they deliberated if they were able to drive the ship.
[ACT.27.40] And having weighed the anchors and sailed into the sea, at the same time having raised the ropes of the steering oars and having extended the rope to the blowing wind, they held it towards the shore.
[ACT.27.41] And having fallen around into a place of double sea, they drove the ship ashore. And the prow, having been cast ashore, remained unmoved, but the stern was being loosened by the force of the waves.
[ACT.27.42] And a decision came to the soldiers in order that they might kill the prisoners, lest anyone escape by swimming.
[ACT.27.43] Now the centurion, desiring to rescue Paul, prevented them from their purpose, and commanded those able to swim to cast off first and swim to land.
[ACT.27.44] And the remaining ones, some on planks, and others on some pieces from the ship. And thus it came to pass that all were saved to the land.
ACT.28
[ACT.28.1] And having been saved then, we came to know that Melite is the island that is called.
[ACT.28.2] And the foreigners provided not the kindness intended to us, for having touched fire, they received all of us because of the rain that was present and because of the cold.
[ACT.28.3] And when a large amount of brushwood had been gathered around Paul, and he had been placed upon the fire, a viper, emerging from the heat, attached itself to his hand.
[ACT.28.4] And when the barbarians saw the beast hanging from the hand of that one, they said to each other: Certainly, this man is a murderer, whose life justice did not permit to continue after he was rescued from the sea.
[ACT.28.5] However, the one who cast the beast into the fire suffered no harm.
[ACT.28.6] And they were expecting him to be humbled or to fall down dead suddenly. But as they waited a long time and observed nothing unusual happening to him, changing their minds, they said he was God.
[ACT.28.7] And in the places around that area, there existed a village belonging to the first of the island, with the name Poplius, who having received us, hosted us with kindness for three days.
[ACT.28.8] And the father of Publius was lying prostrate, continuing with fevers and dysentery, to whom Paul, having entered and prayed, placing his hands upon him, healed him.
[ACT.28.9] And this happening, also the rest of those in the island who had sickness came and were healed.
[ACT.28.10] And they honored us with many honors and laid upon those returning the things concerning needs.
[ACT.28.11] And after three months, we set sail in a ship that had wintered on the island near Alexandria, with a sign pointing towards the Twins.
[ACT.28.12] And having been brought to Syracuse, we remained three days.
[ACT.28.13] Therefore, having sailed around, we descended to Rhegium. And after one day, with the south wind blowing, we came to Potiolus a second time.
[ACT.28.14] Having found brothers, we were asked to remain with them for seven days; and in this way we came to Rome.
[ACT.28.15] And from there, having heard about us, the brothers came to meet us as far as the Forum of Appius and the Three Taverns, whom seeing, Paul, giving thanks to God, took courage.
[ACT.28.16] And when we entered Rome, it was permitted to Paul to remain by himself with the soldier guarding him.
[ACT.28.17] And it happened after three days that he called together those who were of the Jews first. When they had assembled, he said to them, “I, men brothers, have done nothing against the people or the ancestral customs. I was delivered from Jerusalem as a prisoner into the hands of the Romans.”
[ACT.28.18] Those who having questioned me wished to release me because of not any cause of death existing in me.
[ACT.28.19] And when the Jewish people objected, I was compelled to call upon Caesar, not because I have any charge to bring against my nation.
[ACT.28.20] Therefore, because of this cause I requested you to see and to speak with me, for because of the hope of Israel I am in this chain.
[ACT.28.21] But they said to him, "We have not received writings concerning you from Judea, nor has any one of your brothers come and announced or spoken anything evil about you."
[ACT.28.22] We request from you to hear what you think, for concerning this sect it is known to us that it is opposed everywhere.
[ACT.28.23] Having arranged a day, they came to him in greater numbers to his lodging, to whom he was expounding, testifying to the kingdom of God, and also persuading them concerning Jesus, both from the law of Moses and the prophets, from morning until evening.
[ACT.28.24] And some were persuaded by the things being said, but others did not believe.
[ACT.28.25] And being not in harmony with one another, they were released after Paul spoke one statement, that the Holy Spirit spoke well through Isaiah the prophet to your fathers.
[ACT.28.26] Saying, "Go to this people and tell them, 'You will hear with your hearing, but you will not understand. And looking, you will look, but you will not perceive.'"
[ACT.28.27] For the heart of this people has become thick, and they heard heavily with their ears, and their eyes they have closed; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn back, and I will heal them.
[ACT.28.28] Therefore, let it be known to you that this salvation from God has been sent to the nations, and they themselves will hear it.
[ACT.28.30] And he remained for a complete two years in his own rented place, and he received all those who entered to him.
[ACT.28.31] Proclaiming the kingdom of God and teaching about my Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness and without hindrance.
ROM
ROM.1 • ROM.2 • ROM.3 • ROM.4 • ROM.5 • ROM.6 • ROM.7 • ROM.8 • ROM.9 • ROM.10 • ROM.11 • ROM.12 • ROM.13 • ROM.14 • ROM.15 • ROM.16
ROM.1
[ROM.1.1] Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called as an apostle, set apart for the good news of the Gods.
[ROM.1.2] The Gods previously announced through their prophets in the holy writings.
[ROM.1.3] Concerning the Son of the Gods, the one having become from the seed of David according to flesh.
[ROM.1.4] of the designated son of God in power according to the spirit of holiness from a rising of dead ones, Jesus Christ, the lord of us.
[ROM.1.5] Through whom we received grace and apostleship into obedience of faith among all the nations for the name of him.
[ROM.1.6] In which you also are called of Jesus the Christ.
[ROM.1.7] To all who exist in Rome, beloved by the Gods, called holy ones, grace to you and peace from the Gods our Father and Lord Jesus Christ.
[ROM.1.8] First, I give thanks to God my, through Jesus Christ, concerning all of you, that the faith of you is proclaimed in all the world.
[ROM.1.9] For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the good news of His Son, as I constantly make remembrance of you.
[ROM.1.10] Always, concerning my prayers, I am requesting if perhaps at some time I may succeed in the will of God to come to you.
[ROM.1.11] For I earnestly desire to see you, that I may impart some spiritual gift to you for the purpose of your being established.
[ROM.1.12] And this is the encouragement within you, through the faith of yourselves and of one another, and also of me.
[ROM.1.13] I do not wish you to be unaware, brothers, that often I have intended to come to you, and I was hindered until this time, so that I might have some fruit among you, just as also among the remaining nations.
[ROM.1.14] To Greeks and to barbarians, to wise people and to those without understanding, I am a debtor.
[ROM.1.15] Thus, I am eager according to me, also to proclaim the gospel to you who are in Rome.
[ROM.1.16] For I am not ashamed of the good news, for it is the power of the Gods for salvation to every one who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
[ROM.1.17] For the righteousness of God is revealed in him from faith to faith, as it is written: "The righteous one will live from faith."
[ROM.1.18] For the anger of God is revealed from heaven upon all ungodliness and injustice of people who are holding the truth in injustice.
[ROM.1.19] Because the knowledge of God is apparent within them, for God revealed it to them.
[ROM.1.20] For God’s unseen qualities are clearly seen from the creation of the world in the things that are made, even God’s eternal power and divinity, so that people are without excuse.
[ROM.1.21] Because, knowing the Gods, they did not glorify them as Gods, nor were they thankful. But they became futile in their reasonings, and their foolish hearts were darkened.
[ROM.1.22] Those claiming to be wise have been made foolish.
[ROM.1.23] And they exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an imitation in the form of a corruptible human and birds and four-footed animals and reptiles.
[ROM.1.24] Therefore God gave them over to the desires of their hearts to impurity, so that their bodies would be dishonored among themselves.
[ROM.1.25] Those who exchanged the truth of God for falsehood, and worshiped and served the creation rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever, Amen.
[ROM.1.26] Therefore, God gave them over to passions of dishonor, for their desires altered natural function into that which is against nature.
[ROM.1.27] Likewise, also, the males, having abandoned the natural use of the female, were burned in their desire toward one another, males with males working unseemliness and the retribution which was fitting for the error of them in themselves receiving.
[ROM.1.28] And just as they did not deem it fit to have the Gods in knowledge, the Gods gave them over to a disapproved mind, to do things not proper.
[ROM.1.29] They are filled with every injustice, wickedness, greed, and evil, full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and maliciousness, being whisperers.
[ROM.1.30] Slanderers, those who hate the Gods, insolent people, arrogant people, boasters, inventors of evil, and disobedient to parents.
[ROM.1.31] They are without understanding, without natural affection, without family love, and without mercy.
[ROM.1.32] Those who have come to know the righteousness of God, knowing that those practicing such things are worthy of death, not only do them themselves but also gladly approve of those who practice them.
ROM.2
[ROM.2.1] Therefore, you are without defense, O human, everyone who judges; for in judging another, you judge yourself, for you do the same things as the one you judge.
[ROM.2.2] And we know that the judgment of God is truly upon those doing such things.
[ROM.2.3] Therefore, do you reckon this, you human who judges those doing such things and practicing them, that you will escape the judgement of God?
[ROM.2.4] Do you despise the wealth of the Gods' goodness and forbearance and long-suffering, being ignorant that the goodness of the Gods leads you to repentance?
[ROM.2.5] But according to your hardness, and an unrepentant heart, you are storing up for yourself wrath in a day of wrath and a revelation of righteous judgment of the God.
[ROM.2.6] The One will give to each one according to the works of him.
[ROM.2.7] To the ones, through endurance in a work of goodness, the Gods of Glory, the Gods of Honor, and the Gods of Incorruptibility are sought, [resulting in] eternal life.
[ROM.2.8] But to those who are contentious and disobey the truth, while obeying injustice, there is wrath and anger.
[ROM.2.9] Affliction and distress will come upon every soul of humankind that works evil, first upon the Jew and then upon the Greek.
[ROM.2.10] And glory and honor and peace to everyone who works what is good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
[ROM.2.11] For truly, there is no favoritism with the God.
[ROM.2.12] For as many as have sinned without law will also perish without law, and as many as have sinned within law will be judged by law.
[ROM.2.13] For not the hearers of law are righteous with God, but the doers of law will be justified.
[ROM.2.14] For whenever nations that do not have law by nature do the things of law, these, not having law, are law to themselves.
[ROM.2.15] Those who have the work of the law written in their hearts, with their conscience bearing witness alongside, and among themselves, their thoughts both accusing and defending.
[ROM.2.16] On the day when God judges the hidden things of people according to my gospel through Christ Jesus.
[ROM.2.17] But if you name yourself a Jew and rest in law and boast in God
[ROM.2.18] And you will know the will of the Gods and approve the differing things, being instructed from the law.
[ROM.2.19] You persuade yourself to be a guide for blind ones, a light for those in darkness.
[ROM.2.20] A discipliner of the senseless, a teacher of babes, possessing the shape of knowledge and of truth in the law.
[ROM.2.21] Therefore, are you not teaching another while you do not teach yourself? Are you not proclaiming not to steal while you steal?
[ROM.2.22] You who say one should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who detest idols, do you rob temples?
[ROM.2.23] Whoever boasts in the law, through the transgression of the law dishonors the God.
[ROM.2.24] For the name of God is blasphemed among the nations by you, as it is written.
[ROM.2.25] Circumcision, indeed, benefits if you practice law. But if you are a transgressor of law, your circumcision has become foreskin.
[ROM.2.26] If, then, the uncircumcision keeps the requirements of the law, will not that uncircumcision be counted as circumcision?
[ROM.2.27] And the natural uncircumcision judges you, the one who breaches the law through letter and circumcision.
[ROM.2.28] For not the one in the open is a Judean, nor is the one in the open circumcision in flesh.
[ROM.2.29] But the Jew who is hidden inwardly, and whose heart is circumcised in spirit and not in letter, whose praise comes not from people but from God.
ROM.3
[ROM.3.1] What then is the advantage of being a Jew, or what is the benefit of circumcision?
[ROM.3.2] Very in every way, firstly for the reason that the words of God were believed.
[ROM.3.3] But what? If some did not believe, will their unbelief nullify the faithfulness of God?
[ROM.3.4] May that not be. But let God be true, and let every human be a liar, as it is written, so that you may be justified by your words and conquer in your judgement.
[ROM.3.5] But if our wickedness establishes the righteousness of the Gods, what shall we say? Is the Gods unjust, bringing wrath? I speak from a human perspective.
[ROM.3.6] May that not be. For how will God judge the world?
[ROM.3.7] But if the truth of God has overflowed in my falsehood for the glory of God, why am I still being judged as a sinner?
[ROM.3.8] And not as we are blasphemed, and as some say we claim that we should do the evils, so that the goods may come? Whose judgment is rightfully deserved.
[ROM.3.9] What then? Do we excel? Certainly not. For we have already established that both Jews and Greeks are all under sin.
[ROM.3.10] As it is written, that there is not a righteous one, not even one.
[ROM.3.11] There is no one who understands, and there is no one who seeks the God.
[ROM.3.12] All have turned aside together, they have become corrupt. There is no one doing goodness, there is no one, even to a single person.
[ROM.3.13] A grave opened is their throat, with their tongues they deceived, poison of vipers under their lips.
[ROM.3.14] Whose mouth is full of curses and bitterness.
[ROM.3.15] Sharp are the feet of them, pouring out blood.
[ROM.3.16] Destruction and hardship are in their ways.
[ROM.3.17] And they did not know the way of peace.
[ROM.3.18] There is no fear of God before their eyes.
[ROM.3.19] And we know that all things the Law speaks, it speaks to those in the Law, so that every mouth may be closed and all the world may become guilty before God.
[ROM.3.20] Because no one is justified from works of law before God, for through law comes knowledge of sin.
[ROM.3.21] Now, apart from the Law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the prophets.
[ROM.3.22] And the justice of God is through the faith of Jesus Christ to all those believing. For there is no distinction.
[ROM.3.23] For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
[ROM.3.24] Being declared righteous, you receive a gift by the favor of God through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
[ROM.3.25] The Gods previously chose a propitiation through faith in its own blood, for a demonstration of the Gods’ righteousness, through the overlooking of previously occurring sins.
[ROM.3.26] In the patience of God, for the demonstration of His righteousness in the present time, so that He may be righteous and justifying the one from faith in Jesus.
[ROM.3.27] Where, then, is the boasting? It has been abolished. Through what law? The law of works? No, but through the law of faith.
[ROM.3.28] For we reckon a person to be declared righteous by faith apart from works of the law.
[ROM.3.29] Is God only the God of the Judeans? Or is God also the God of the nations? Yes, God is also the God of the nations.
[ROM.3.30] If indeed there is one God who justifies circumcision from faith and uncircumcision through the faith.
[ROM.3.31] Do we then abolish the law through faith? Absolutely not! Rather, we establish the law.
ROM.4
[ROM.4.1] What then shall we say concerning Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, having been found righteous by the Gods?
[ROM.4.2] If Abraham was justified from works, he possesses boasting, but not toward God.
[ROM.4.3] For what does the scripture say? And Abraham believed in God, and it was reckoned to him into righteousness.
[ROM.4.4] But to the one working, the wages are not counted as a gift, but as something owed.
[ROM.4.5] But to the one not working, yet believing on the one justifying the ungodly, his faith is credited into righteousness.
[ROM.4.6] As David also says, the blessedness of the human to whom the God reckons righteousness without works.
[ROM.4.7] Blessed are those whose lawlessnesses were forgiven and whose sins were covered.
[ROM.4.8] Blessed is the man to whom my Lord does not reckon sin.
[ROM.4.9] Therefore, does this blessedness come upon the cutting away of the foreskin, or also upon the uncircumcised? For we say that the faith of Abraham was reckoned to him for righteousness.
[ROM.4.10] How, then, was it accounted? While existing in circumcision, or while existing in uncircumcision? Not while existing in circumcision, but while existing in uncircumcision.
[ROM.4.11] And he received a sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness of faith, that which is in uncircumcision, so that he might be the father of all who believe through uncircumcision, so that righteousness might be credited to them as well.
[ROM.4.12] And [God is] the father of those undergoing the cutting away of the foreskin, not only to those from whom the foreskin is cut away alone, but also to those walking in the footsteps of the faith in uncircumcision of our father Abraham.
[ROM.4.13] For the promise to Abraham and to his seed was not through law, to be heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith.
[ROM.4.14] For if the heirs are of law, then faith is made void and the promise is cancelled.
[ROM.4.15] For the law works wrath, but where there is no law, neither is there transgression.
[ROM.4.16] Therefore, through faith, so that it is by grace, the promise may be certain for all offspring, not for that which is from the law alone, but also for that which is from the faith of Abraham, who is the father of all of us.
[ROM.4.17] As it is written, for I have set you as father of many nations, before whom he believed, God, the one giving life to the dead, and calling things which do not exist as if they exist.
[ROM.4.18] Which against hope, upon hope, he believed into becoming a father of many nations according to that was said: thus will be your seed.
[ROM.4.19] And not having weakened in the trust, he understood his own body [already] as if dead, being a hundred years old, and the deadness of Sarah’s womb.
[ROM.4.20] But to the promise of God, disbelief did not cause a division, rather faith caused strength, giving glory to God.
[ROM.4.21] And being fully persuaded that what the Gods promised, They are able to perform.
[ROM.4.22] Therefore, it was counted to him for righteousness.
[ROM.4.23] But it was not written for him alone that it was accounted to him.
[ROM.4.24] But also through us, to whom it will be reckoned, to those believing upon the one who raised Jesus, our Lord, from the dead.
[ROM.4.25] Who was delivered up because of our transgressions and was raised for the justification of us.
ROM.5
[ROM.5.1] Therefore, having been justified out of faith, we have peace toward the God through the Lord of us Jesus Christ.
[ROM.5.2] Through whom also we have obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand and boast in hope of the glory of God.
[ROM.5.3] Not only this, but we also boast in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces endurance.
[ROM.5.4] But the endurance produces a proof, and the proof hope.
[ROM.5.5] But hope does not bring shame, because the love of God has been poured out into our hearts through the holy spirit given to us.
[ROM.5.6] For Christ died for the ungodly while we were still weak.
[ROM.5.7] For it is rare that anyone would die for a righteous person, but for a good person, perhaps someone would even dare to die.
[ROM.5.8] God demonstrates God's own love for us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
[ROM.5.9] Therefore, much more, having been declared righteous now in the blood of him, we will be saved through him from wrath.
[ROM.5.10] For if, being enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his son, much more, being reconciled, we will be saved in his life.
[ROM.5.11] Not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
[ROM.5.12] Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and through the sin, death, and thus into all people death passed, on account of which all have sinned.
[ROM.5.13] For until the law, sin was in the world, but sin is not reckoned without law.
[ROM.5.14] But death ruled from Adam until Moses, and even over those who had not sinned, in the likeness of Adam’s transgression. Adam is a pattern of the one who is to come.
[ROM.5.15] But not as the transgression, so also the grace. For if through the transgression of one, many died, much more did the grace of God and the gift overflow to the many through the grace of one man, Jesus the Anointed.
[ROM.5.16] And not as through one sin came the gift; for indeed, judgment arises from one [instance] to condemnation, but the grace comes from many trespasses to justification.
[ROM.5.17] For if death has reigned through one transgression of the Gods, much more those receiving the abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the one Jesus Christ.
[ROM.5.18] Therefore, as through one failing judgment came upon all people, so also through one righteous act justification for life came upon all people.
[ROM.5.19] For just as the many were made sinners through the disobedience of one man, so also the many will be made righteous through the obedience of one man.
[ROM.5.20] The law also came in, so that the transgression would increase. And where the transgression increased, the grace surpassed it.
[ROM.5.21] So that just as sin reigned through death, so also may grace reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
ROM.6
[ROM.6.1] What then shall we say? Shall we remain in wrongdoing so that favor may increase?
[ROM.6.2] May that not be. If we have died to sin, how can we continue to live in it?
[ROM.6.3] Are you unaware that all those who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into his death?
[ROM.6.4] Therefore, we were buried with him through baptism into death, so that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.
[ROM.6.5] If indeed we have become united to the likeness of His death, then also we will be of the resurrection.
[ROM.6.6] Knowing this, that our former human self was co-crucified, in order that the body of sin might be nullified, so that we might no longer be slaves to sin.
[ROM.6.7] For the one who has died is justified from sin.
[ROM.6.8] If indeed we died with the Anointed One, we believe that also with him we will live.
[ROM.6.9] Knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, no longer dies, death no longer rules over him.
[ROM.6.10] For the one who died, died to the sin, once for all. But the one who lives, lives to the God.
[ROM.6.11] So also, consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to the God in Christ Jesus.
[ROM.6.12] Therefore, may sin not rule in your mortal body for the purpose of obeying its desires.
[ROM.6.13] And do not present your body parts as weapons of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as if from the dead, living, and present your body parts as weapons of righteousness to God.
[ROM.6.14] For sin will not have dominion over you, because you are not under law, but under grace.
[ROM.6.15] So then, shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? May it never be!
[ROM.6.16] Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves as slaves for obedience, you are slaves to that one? Namely, to sin resulting in death, or to obedience resulting in righteousness?
[ROM.6.17] Favor to God because you were slaves to sin, but you obeyed from the heart the pattern of teaching to which you were entrusted.
[ROM.6.18] But having been liberated by God from sin, become enslaved to righteousness.
[ROM.6.19] I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your body parts as slaves to impurity and lawlessness toward lawlessness, so now present your body parts as slaves to righteousness toward sanctification.
[ROM.6.20] For when you were slaves to sin, you were free to righteousness.
[ROM.6.21] What fruit did you have at that time? Concerning which now you are ashamed, for the end of those things is death.
[ROM.6.22] Now, however, having been freed from the sin, but enslaved to the God, you have the fruit of you for sanctification, and the end is life eternal.
[ROM.6.23] For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
ROM.7
[ROM.7.1] Are you ignorant, brothers, because I speak of the law? For the law dominates the person for as long as time they live.
[ROM.7.2] For the woman who has a husband while he lives is bound by law to him. But if the husband dies, she is released from the law that bound her to the husband.
[ROM.7.3] Therefore, if the husband is living, she will be an adulteress if she becomes another man's. But if the husband dies, she is free from the law, so that she is not an adulteress having become another man's.
[ROM.7.4] Therefore, brothers of mine, you also were put to death to the law through the body of the Christ, so that you might become something else, the one raised from the dead, so that we may bear fruit for God.
[ROM.7.5] For when we were in the flesh, the passions of the sins were being worked out in our members through the law, for the purpose of bearing fruit unto death.
[ROM.7.6] Now indeed we have been released from the law, having died in which we were held, so that we may serve in newness of spirit and not in oldness of writing.
[ROM.7.7] What then shall we say? Is the Law sin? May it not be! But I did not know sin except through the Law. And indeed, I did not know desire unless the Law said, "You shall not desire."
[ROM.7.8] And sin, taking an opportunity through the command, worked in me every desire. For apart from the law, sin is dead.
[ROM.7.9] But I was living without law formerly, and when the commandment came, the sin lived.
[ROM.7.10] I, however, died and the command to life was found to me, this to death.
[ROM.7.11] For sin, having taken an opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through it killed.
[ROM.7.12] So the Law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.
[ROM.7.13] Therefore, has the good become death to me? May it not be so. But sin, so that sin might be shown as sin, works death in me through the good, so that sin might become exceedingly sinful through the commandment.
[ROM.7.14] For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am a fleshly one, having been sold under the sin.
[ROM.7.15] For what I am working out, I do not know. For it is not what I desire that I am doing, but what I hate, that is what I do.
[ROM.7.16] But if what I do not wish, I do, I confess to the law that it is good.
[ROM.7.17] But now, it is no longer I who am working this, but the sin dwelling in me.
[ROM.7.18] For I know that no goodness resides within me, that is, within my flesh. Goodness is present with me to will, but not to accomplish what is good.
[ROM.7.19] For not what I desire do I do, good, but what I do not desire, this evil I practice.
[ROM.7.20] But if that which I do not desire is what I do, then it is no longer I who am working this, but the sin that resides within me.
[ROM.7.21] I discover, therefore, the law that enables the one who wills for me to do good, because evil lies close to me.
[ROM.7.22] For I have consented to the law of God according to the inner human being.
[ROM.7.23] Now I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that exists in my members.
[ROM.7.24] Woe to me, a human! Who will rescue me from this body of death?
[ROM.7.25] Grace however to God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Therefore then I myself with the mind serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin.
ROM.8
[ROM.8.1] Therefore, now there is no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus.
[ROM.8.2] For the law of the spirit of life in the Anointed One, Jesus, has freed you from the law of sin and of death.
[ROM.8.3] For the impossible thing of the law, in which it is weak through the flesh, the God having sent his own son in the likeness of flesh of sin and concerning sin condemned the sin in the flesh.
[ROM.8.4] That the requirement of the law may be fulfilled in us, those who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the spirit.
[ROM.8.5] For those who are according to the flesh think about the things of the flesh, but those who are according to the spirit think about the things of the spirit.
[ROM.8.6] For the mindset of the flesh is death, but the mindset of the spirit is life and peace.
[ROM.8.7] Because the mindset of the flesh is hostility to God, for it does not submit to the law of God, nor is it able.
[ROM.8.8] But those who are in flesh are not able to please the Gods.
[ROM.8.9] But you are not in flesh, but in spirit, if indeed the spirit of God dwells in you. And if anyone does not have the spirit of Christ, this one does not belong to him.
[ROM.8.10] But if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of wrongdoing, but the spirit is life because of righteousness.
[ROM.8.11] But if the spirit of the one who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells within you, the one who raised up Christ from the dead will give life also to your mortal bodies through the spirit of himself that dwells within you.
[ROM.8.12] Therefore, brothers, we are not debtors to the flesh to live according to the flesh.
[ROM.8.13] If you live according to the flesh, you are destined to die. But if through the spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
[ROM.8.14] For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.
[ROM.8.15] For you did not receive a spirit of slavery again into fear, but you received a spirit of adoption in which we cry out: 'my Lord, the Father.'
[ROM.8.16] The very Spirit bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God.
[ROM.8.17] But if children, then also heirs. Heirs indeed of God, and co-heirs also with Christ, if we suffer with him, so that we may also be glorified with him.
[ROM.8.18] For I reckon that the sufferings of the present time are not worthy in relation to the glory about to be revealed to us.
[ROM.8.19] For the eager expectation of the creation awaits the revelation of the sons of God.
[ROM.8.20] For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly but because of the one who subjected it, in hope.
[ROM.8.21] That even creation itself will be liberated from the slavery of corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God.
[ROM.8.22] For we know that the whole creation groans together and suffers labor pains until now.
[ROM.8.23] Not only this, but we ourselves also having the firstfruits of the Spirit, we groan inwardly while awaiting adoption, the release of our bodies.
[ROM.8.24] For by hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what they see?
[ROM.8.25] But if that which we do not behold, we hope for, we await it through patience.
[ROM.8.26] Likewise, also the Spirit co-takes hold of our weakness: for what we should pray for as it is necessary we do not know, but the Spirit itself intercedes with groans unutterable.
[ROM.8.27] And the one searching the hearts knows what is the mindset of the spirit, because they intercede according to God for the holy ones.
[ROM.8.28] We know that for those loving the God, all things cooperate to produce goodness, for those who are called according to purpose.
[ROM.8.29] Because those whom Yahveh knew in advance, He also appointed to be formed according to the likeness of the image of His son, in order that He should be firstborn among many brothers.
[ROM.8.30] But those whom God previously determined, God also called. And those whom God called, God also declared righteous. But those whom God declared righteous, God also glorified.
[ROM.8.31] What then shall we say to these things? If the God is for us, who is against us?
[ROM.8.32] Since God did not spare his own son, but instead gave him up for all of us, will he not also freely grant everything to us along with him?
[ROM.8.33] Who will accuse God's chosen ones? God, who justifies.
[ROM.8.34] Who is the one who condemns? Christ [Jesus] who died, but rather was raised, who also is at the right hand of God, who also intercedes on our behalf.
[ROM.8.35] Who will separate us from the love of the Christ? Affliction, or constraint, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or the sword?
[ROM.8.36] Just as it is written, that for your sake we are put to death all day long, we have been considered as sheep for slaughter.
[ROM.8.37] But in all these things we overcome through the one loving us.
[ROM.8.38] For I am persuaded that neither death nor life nor angels nor principalities nor present things nor future things nor powers…
[ROM.8.39] Neither height nor depth nor any other created thing is able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus, our Lord.
ROM.9
[ROM.9.1] Truth I speak in Christ, I do not lie, my conscience bearing witness with me in the spirit, holy.
[ROM.9.2] That there is great sorrow to me and constant pain to my heart.
[ROM.9.3] I wished, indeed, to be a cursed thing, separated from Yahveh's Anointed One on behalf of my brothers, my relatives according to the flesh.
[ROM.9.4] Those who are Israelites possess adoption and glory and the covenants and the law-giving and the worship and the promises.
[ROM.9.5] From whom came the fathers and from whom also Christ, according to the flesh, the One who is above all the Gods, blessed throughout the ages, amen.
[ROM.9.6] And certainly it is not as though the word of God has fallen to the ground. For not all those who are from Israel are this Israel.
[ROM.9.7] And not that all seed of Abraham are children, but through Isaac your seed will be called.
[ROM.9.8] This is, not the children of the flesh are these children of God, but the children of the promise are reckoned into seed.
[ROM.9.9] For indeed, this is the word: according to this time, I, Yahveh, will come, and a son will be to Sarah.
[ROM.9.10] And not only this, but also Rebekah, having come from one womb, had Isaac, our father.
[ROM.9.11] For fear that perhaps, before they are born or have done anything good or bad, the purpose of God according to election may remain.
[ROM.9.12] Not from works, but from the One calling, it was spoken to her that the greater will serve the lesser.
[ROM.9.13] As it is written, the Gods loved Jacob, but the Gods hated Esau.
[ROM.9.14] What then shall we say? Does injustice come from the God? May it never be!
[ROM.9.15] To Moses, for the Gods say, "I will show compassion to whom I will show compassion, and I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy."
[ROM.9.16] Therefore, it is not of the one who wills, nor of the one who runs, but of the one showing mercy, God.
[ROM.9.17] For scripture says to Pharaoh that for this very purpose the Gods raised you up, so that I might demonstrate my power in you and so that my name might be proclaimed in all the land.
[ROM.9.18] Therefore, the Gods show mercy to whomever they will, and they harden the hearts of whomever they will.
[ROM.9.19] So you are saying to me, what still do you accuse? For who has opposed the will of himself?
[ROM.9.20] O human, therefore, who are you to respond to the God? Let not the created thing say to the creator: "Why did you make me in this way?"
[ROM.9.21] Does the potter not have authority over the clay, to make from the same lump one vessel for honor and another for dishonor?
[ROM.9.22] But if God wishes to demonstrate his anger and make known his power, he has borne with much patience instruments of anger prepared for destruction.
[ROM.9.23] And that he might make known the wealth of the glory of him upon vessels of mercy which he prepared for glory.
[ROM.9.24] The Gods who called us, not only from the Jews, but also from the nations.
[ROM.9.25] And as also in Hosea God says: I will call those not my people 'my people', and those not loved 'my beloved'.
[ROM.9.26] And it will be in the place where it was said to them, 'You are not my people', there they will be called sons of the living God.
[ROM.9.27] Isaiah indeed cries out concerning Israel: If the number of the sons of Israel is as the sand of the sea, the remnant will be saved.
[ROM.9.28] For when the Gods finish and cut short, my Lord will do it on the earth.
[ROM.9.29] And just as Isaiah previously said: if my Lord of Hosts had not left us a remnant, we would have become like Sodom and we would have been made similar to Gomorrah.
[ROM.9.30] What then should we say? That nations which do not pursue righteousness have attained righteousness, and that righteousness is the one originating from faith?
[ROM.9.31] Israel, pursuing a law of righteousness, did not attain to that law.
[ROM.9.32] Why? Because they did not achieve it through trust, but as if from deeds. They struck themselves against the stone of the obstacle.
[ROM.9.33] As it is written: behold, I set in Zion a stone for stumbling and a rock of offense, and whoever believes in it will not be put to shame.
ROM.10
[ROM.10.1] Brothers, the goodwill of my heart and the prayer to God for them is for salvation.
[ROM.10.2] For I testify to them that they have zeal for the Gods, but not according to understanding.
[ROM.10.3] Because they did not know the justice of God and were seeking to establish their own justice, they did not submit to the justice of God.
[ROM.10.4] For the culmination of the Law is Christ for the sake of righteousness to every one who is believing.
[ROM.10.5] Moses indeed writes the righteousness that comes from the law that the one doing these things, a human being, will live in them.
[ROM.10.6] But the righteousness from belief speaks this way: Do not say in your heart, "Who will ascend into heaven?" This means to bring Christ down.
[ROM.10.7] And who will descend into the abyss? This is to bring Christ up from among the dead.
[ROM.10.8] But what does it say? The word is very near to you, in your mouth and in your heart, this is the word of faith which we proclaim.
[ROM.10.9] For if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is my Lord and believe in your heart that the Gods raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
[ROM.10.10] For with the heart there is belief toward righteousness, and with the mouth confession toward salvation.
[ROM.10.11] For the scripture says: everyone who believes on him will not be ashamed.
[ROM.10.12] For there is not a distinction of the Jew also and the Greek, for the same Lord is Lord of all, being rich toward all those who call upon him.
[ROM.10.13] For everyone who calls upon the name of my Lord will be saved.
[ROM.10.14] How then will they call upon One in whom they have not believed? And how will they believe in One of whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without someone proclaiming?
[ROM.10.15] But how will they proclaim if they are not sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who proclaim the good things.”
[ROM.10.16] But not all obeyed the good message. Isaiah, for he says, my Lord, who believed what we heard?
[ROM.10.17] Therefore, trust comes from hearing, and hearing comes through the word of the Anointed One.
[ROM.10.18] But I say, did they not hear? For truly, their voice has gone out to all the land and their words to the limits of the inhabited earth.
[ROM.10.19] But I say, did Israel not know? First, Moses says: "I will be jealous for you of a nation that is not a nation, I will provoke you to anger with a senseless nation."
[ROM.10.20] Isaiah boldly says: I was discovered by those who did not inquire for me, and I became apparent to those who did not question me.
[ROM.10.21] And to Israel He says: "All day I have stretched out my hands toward a people who are disobeying and contradicting."
ROM.11
[ROM.11.1] Therefore I say, has God rejected his people? May it never be! For I also am an Israelite, from the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
[ROM.11.2] God did not cast off his people whom he foreknew. Or do you not know what the scripture says, how Elijah interceded with God against Israel?
[ROM.11.3] My Lord, they killed your prophets and they burned your altars, and I remain alone and they seek my life.
[ROM.11.4] But what does the divine communication say to him? I have left for myself seven thousand men, who have not bent the knee to Baal.
[ROM.11.5] Thus, therefore, also in the now time a remnant according to selection by grace has come into being.
[ROM.11.6] But if by grace, it is no longer from works, since grace is no longer grace if it is from works.
[ROM.11.7] So what then? What Israel seeks, it has not achieved, but the chosen ones have achieved it. And the rest have been hardened.
[ROM.11.8] As it is written, the God gave to them a spirit of bewilderment, eyes that do not see, and ears that do not hear, until this day.
[ROM.11.9] And David says: "Let their table become a trap and a snare, and a stumbling block and retribution for them."
[ROM.11.10] Let their eyes be darkened so that they may not see, and let their backs be bent continually.
[ROM.11.11] Therefore, I say, did they stumble so that they might fall? May it not be! But by their trespass, the salvation is for the nations, in order to provoke them to jealousy.
[ROM.11.12] But if their trespass is the wealth of the world and their loss is the wealth of the nations, how much greater is their fullness.
[ROM.11.13] But I say to you, the nations: to the extent that I am an apostle of the nations, I glorify my ministry.
[ROM.11.14] If somehow I will live, my the flesh and save some from them.
[ROM.11.15] For if their casting off is the reconciliation of the world, what is their acceptance if not life from the dead?
[ROM.11.16] And if the first offering is holy, and the portion of grain; and if the root is holy, then also are the branches.
[ROM.11.17] And if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them, and became a partner in the nourishing root of the olive tree,
[ROM.11.18] Do not boast about the branches; but if you boast, you do not support the root, rather the root supports you.
[ROM.11.19] Therefore you will say: 'The branches were broken off so that I may grow within.'
[ROM.11.20] Well; they were broken off because of disbelief, but you stand firm in faith. Do not think highly of yourself, but be afraid.
[ROM.11.21] For if God did not spare the natural branches, surely He will not spare you either.
[ROM.11.22] Behold then the goodness and severity of God; upon those who have fallen, severity, but upon you, the goodness of God, if you continue in that goodness, since you also will be cut off.
[ROM.11.23] And they also, if they do not continue in the unbelief, will be grafted in. For the God is able again to graft them in.
[ROM.11.24] For if you were cut from the olive tree according to nature and grafted contrary to nature onto a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, being according to nature, be grafted onto their own olive oil.
[ROM.11.25] For I do not wish you to be unaware, brothers, of this mystery, so that you may not be wise in yourselves, that a hardening has happened to Israel in part, until the fullness of the Gentiles may come in.
[ROM.11.26] And thus all Israel will be saved, as it is written: The deliverer will come from Zion, and he will turn ungodliness away from Jacob.
[ROM.11.27] And this is the covenant from me to them, when Yahveh forgives their sins.
[ROM.11.28] According to the good news, you were enemies because of yourselves, but according to the choosing, you are beloved because of your fathers.
[ROM.11.29] For the gifts and the calling of God are without regret.
[ROM.11.30] For as you once disobeyed the God, now you have been shown mercy because of this disobedience.
[ROM.11.31] So also these now disobeyed your mercy, so that they themselves might now be shown mercy.
[ROM.11.32] God has confined all people to disobedience, so that he might show mercy to all people.
[ROM.11.33] Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and how unexplorable are His ways.
[ROM.11.34] For who has known the mind of my Lord? Or who has become His counselor?
[ROM.11.35] Or who has given something to him, so that it may be given back to him?
[ROM.11.36] For from the Gods and through the Gods and to the Gods are all things. To the Gods be the glory for all ages, amen.
ROM.12
[ROM.12.1] Therefore, I urge you, brothers, through the mercies of God to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God. This is your reasonable worship.
[ROM.12.2] And do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, in order to test what is the will of God, which is good and pleasing and perfect.
[ROM.12.3] For I say, through the grace that was given to me, that no one among you should think more highly of themselves than is necessary to think, but rather think with moderation, to each one as God has allotted a measure of faith.
[ROM.12.4] As, for in one body we have many members, but the members all do not have the same doing.
[ROM.12.5] Thus, the many are one body in Christ, and each one is a member of one another.
[ROM.12.6] Now, having gifts according to the grace given to us, they are diverse, whether prophecy according to the proportion of faith.
[ROM.12.7] Whether a ministry in the ministry, or the teacher in the teaching,
[ROM.12.8] Whether the one encouraging in encouragement, the one distributing with simplicity, the one leading with diligence, the one showing mercy with cheerfulness.
[ROM.12.9] The love must be unfeigned. Detest what is evil, and cling to what is good.
[ROM.12.10] To the brotherly love, be loving towards one another, and in honor, let each of you lead the others forward.
[ROM.12.11] Do not be sluggish in your zeal, being fervent in spirit, serving my Lord.
[ROM.12.12] Rejoicing in hope, enduring in affliction, persevering in prayer.
[ROM.12.13] Sharing in the needs of the holy ones, pursuing hospitality.
[ROM.12.14] Bless those persecuting you. Bless, and do not curse.
[ROM.12.15] Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.
[ROM.12.16] Be thinking the same things toward one another. Do not think of the high things, but be joined with the humble. Do not become wise in your own opinion.
[ROM.12.17] Giving back evil to no one in return for evil, we are thinking beforehand of goodness in the sight of all people.
[ROM.12.18] If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, be at peace with all people.
[ROM.12.19] Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but give place for wrath, for it is written: "Vengeance is mine, I will repay," says my Lord.
[ROM.12.20] But if your enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him drink. For in doing this, you will pile burning coals upon his head.
[ROM.12.21] Do not be conquered by the evil, but conquer the evil with the good.
ROM.13
[ROM.13.1] Let every soul be subjected to the authorities that are higher. For there is no authority except from God, and those that are have been established by God.
[ROM.13.2] Therefore, the one opposing the authority, the of God’s command, has stood against it, and those who opposed themselves will receive judgment.
[ROM.13.3] For the rulers are not a terror to the good work, but to the bad. But you desire not to fear the authority; do the good, and you will have praise from it.
[ROM.13.4] For God’s servant is to you for good. But if you do evil, fear. For God’s servant does not bear the sword without reason. God’s servant is an avenger, bringing wrath upon the one who does evil.
[ROM.13.5] Therefore, it is necessary to be subject, not only because of wrath, but also because of conscience.
[ROM.13.6] Therefore, it is for this reason that you pay taxes, because those who collect them are servants of the Gods, constantly devoted to this task.
[ROM.13.7] Render to everyone what is owed to them: to those to whom tax is owed, tax; to those to whom duty is owed, duty; to those to whom fear is owed, fear; to those to whom honor is owed, honor.
[ROM.13.8] Do not owe anyone anything, except to love one another. For the one who loves another has completed the law.
[ROM.13.9] For you will not commit adultery, you will not murder, you will not steal, you will not desire. And if there is any other command, it is summed up in this: you will love your neighbor as yourself.
[ROM.13.10] This love for a neighbor does not work harm. Therefore, love is the completion of law.
[ROM.13.11] And knowing this, the time, that it is already the hour for you to be awakened from sleep, for now salvation is nearer to us than when we believed.
[ROM.13.12] The night has advanced, and the day is near. Therefore, let us reject the works of the darkness and let us clothe ourselves with the weapons of the light.
[ROM.13.13] As in day we walk properly, not in parties and intoxications, not in sleeps and sexual excesses, not in disputes and eagerness.
[ROM.13.14] But clothe yourselves in the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not make provision for the desires of the flesh.
ROM.14
[ROM.14.1] And the weak in faith, you receive, not into disputes of reasonings.
[ROM.14.2] The one who believes eats everything, but the one who is weak eats vegetables.
[ROM.14.3] Let the one who eats not despise the one who does not eat, and let the one who does not eat not judge the one who eats, for God has accepted him.
[ROM.14.4] You, who are you to judge another person's household? Each person stands or falls before their own Lord. And each will stand, for the Lord is able to make them stand.
[ROM.14.5] The one who judges a day by a day, and the one who judges every day: let each one be fully persuaded in their own understanding.
[ROM.14.6] The one who considers the day considers it for Yahveh; and the one who eats, eats for Yahveh, for they give thanks to God. And the one who does not eat does not eat for Yahveh, and gives thanks to God.
[ROM.14.7] For none of us lives for himself, and none of us dies for himself.
[ROM.14.8] For if we live, we live to my Lord, and if we die, we die to my Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we belong to my Lord.
[ROM.14.9] For this purpose, Christ died and lived again, so that He might be Lord over both the dead and the living.
[ROM.14.10] And you, why do you judge your brother? Or do you also look down on your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God.
[ROM.14.11] It is written, for I live, says my Lord, that to me every knee may bend, and every tongue may confess to the God.
[ROM.14.12] Therefore, each of us will render an account to God.
[ROM.14.13] Therefore, no longer let us judge one another. But rather, judge this more: not to place a stumbling block for a brother, or a scandal.
[ROM.14.14] I know and am persuaded in my Lord Jesus that nothing is common in itself, unless to one who counts something as common, to that one it is common.
[ROM.14.15] For if your brother is grieved by what you eat, you are no longer walking in love. Do not destroy him with your eating over whom Christ died.
[ROM.14.16] Therefore, let not the good thing of you be blasphemed.
[ROM.14.17] For truly, the Kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
[ROM.14.18] For the one who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by people.
[ROM.14.19] Therefore we pursue the things of peace and the things of building up each other.
[ROM.14.20] Do not, for the sake of food, destroy the work of the Gods. Everything is clean, but it is evil for the person who eats, causing another to stumble.
[ROM.14.21] It is good to abstain from eating meat and from drinking wine, and from anything by which your brother stumbles.
[ROM.14.22] You who have faith according to your own self, hold it before God. Blessed is the one who does not judge himself in what he tests.
[ROM.14.23] But the one who doubts, if they eat, are condemned, because it is not from faith. And everything that is not from faith is sin.
ROM.15
[ROM.15.1] We owe it, those who are powerful, to bear the infirmities of those who are weak, and not to please ourselves.
[ROM.15.2] Let each of us seek to please our neighbor for good, for the purpose of building up.
[ROM.15.3] For indeed, the Messiah did not please himself, but as it is written: "The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen upon me."
[ROM.15.4] For the things that were written previously were written for our instruction, so that through endurance and through the encouragement of the writings we might have hope.
[ROM.15.5] And the God of endurance and of encouragement may give to you the same thinking among yourselves according to Christ Jesus.
[ROM.15.6] That you may unanimously with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
[ROM.15.7] Therefore, accept one another, just as the Messiah accepted you into the glory of God.
[ROM.15.8] For I say that Christ became a servant of the circumcision for the sake of God’s truth, in order to confirm the promises given to the ancestors.
[ROM.15.9] And the nations will glorify the God because of mercy, just as it is written: therefore, I will confess to you among the nations, and to your name I will sing praise.
[ROM.15.10] And again he says: “Rejoice, nations, with his people.”
[ROM.15.11] And again, praise all the nations, the Lord, and let all the peoples praise him.
[ROM.15.12] And again Isaiah says: There will be a root of Jesse, and the one rising up will rule the nations; upon him the nations will hope.
[ROM.15.13] And the God of hope may fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may overflow with hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.
[ROM.15.14] Now I am persuaded, my brothers, and I myself concerning you, that you are full of goodness, having been filled with all knowledge, being able also to advise one another.
[ROM.15.15] And I write to you more boldly, from a portion as reminding you of the grace which was given to me by the God.
[ROM.15.16] That I might be a servant of Christ Jesus to the nations, performing the sacred service of the good news of God, so that the offering of the nations may be acceptable, consecrated in the Holy Spirit.
[ROM.15.17] Therefore, I have confidence in God through Jesus Christ.
[ROM.15.18] For I will not dare to speak of anything that the Messiah has not worked through me, for the obedience of the nations, by word and by deed.
[ROM.15.19] With power of signs and wonders, with power of the Spirit of God, so that I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ from Jerusalem and in a circle around it, up to Illyricum.
[ROM.15.20] And thus, eager to proclaim the good news, I do not do so where Christ is named, so that I may not build upon another’s foundation.
[ROM.15.21] But as it is written, those to whom it was not announced concerning Him will see, and those who have not heard will understand.
[ROM.15.22] Therefore, and I was hindered many times from coming to you.
[ROM.15.23] Now, no longer possessing a place in these climates, I have a longing to come toward you from many years.
[ROM.15.24] As I journey to Spain: for I hope, while traveling through, to see you and to be sent on from there by you, if I am first filled from your part.
[ROM.15.25] Now then, I am going to Jerusalem, serving the holy ones.
[ROM.15.26] Macedonia and Achaia found favor in making a contribution for the poor among the holy ones who are in Jerusalem.
[ROM.15.27] For they were pleased, and debtors they are to them. If the nations shared in their spiritual blessings, they are obligated to also serve them in material things.
[ROM.15.28] Therefore, having completed this and sealed for you this fruit, I will depart through you to Spain.
[ROM.15.29] I know indeed that coming to you with a fullness of blessing of the Messiah I will come.
[ROM.15.30] I implore you, brothers, through our Lord Jesus Christ and through the love of the spirit, to strive with me in prayers for my sake to God.
[ROM.15.31] That I might be delivered from those who are disobedient in Judea, and that my ministry to Jerusalem might be accepted by the holy ones.
[ROM.15.32] That in joy having come to you through the will of God, I may rest together with you.
[ROM.15.33] And the God of the peace be with all of you. So be it.
ROM.16
[ROM.16.1] I recommend to you Phoebe, our sister, being a servant of the church that is in Cenchreae.
[ROM.16.2] That you may receive her in the Lord as is fitting for the holy ones, and that you stand by her in whatever matter she may need from you, for she has become a protector of many, and also of myself.
[ROM.16.3] Greet Priscilla and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus.
[ROM.16.4] Those who risked their own necks for my soul, to whom not I alone give thanks, but also all the churches of the nations.
[ROM.16.5] And greet the church that meets in their home. Greet Epainetos, my beloved, who is the firstfruit of Asia for the Messiah.
[ROM.16.6] Greet Mary, who has labored much for you.
[ROM.16.7] Greet Andronicus and Junia, my relatives and fellow prisoners of mine, who are distinguished among the apostles, who also became believers in Christ before me.
[ROM.16.8] Greet Ampliatus, the beloved of my Lord.
[ROM.16.9] Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ, and Stachys, my beloved.
[ROM.16.10] Greet Apellen, the approved one in Christ. Greet those from the household of Aristobulus.
[ROM.16.11] Greet Herodian, my relative. Greet those from Narcissus who are in the Lord.
[ROM.16.12] Greet Tryphaena and Tryphosa, who have labored in my Lord. Greet Persida, the beloved, who has labored much in my Lord.
[ROM.16.13] Greet Rufus, the chosen one in Yahveh, and his mother, and mine.
[ROM.16.14] Greet Unmatched, Burning, Hermes, Patroban, Herman, and the brothers with them.
[ROM.16.15] Greet Philologon and Iulian, Nereas and his sister, and Olympas and all the holy people with him.
[ROM.16.16] Greet one another with a holy embrace. All the churches of Christ greet you.
[ROM.16.17] I urge you, brothers, to observe those who are making divisions and scandals contrary to the teaching you learned, and turn away from them.
[ROM.16.18] For such people do not serve their Lord Christ, but rather their own stomachs, and through flattery and blessings they deceive the hearts of the innocent.
[ROM.16.19] For your obedience has reached all people. Therefore, I rejoice over you, and I desire that you may be wise regarding goodness, and simple regarding evil.
[ROM.16.20] And the God of peace will crush the Satan under your feet quickly. The grace of our Lord Jesus is with you.
[ROM.16.21] Timothy, my fellow worker, and Luke and Jason and Sosthenes, my relatives, greet you.
[ROM.16.22] I greet you, I Tertius, who wrote the letter in my Lord.
[ROM.16.23] Gaios, my stranger, greets you, and so does all of the church. Erastos, the manager of the city, greets you, and so does Quartos, the brother.
[ROM.16.25] But to the one who is able to establish you according to my good news and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to a revelation of a mystery kept silent for ages past.
[ROM.16.26] But now, having been revealed through the prophetic writings, according to the command of the eternal God, for the obedience of faith to all the nations, having been made known.
[ROM.16.27] To the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, to whom the glory is for the ages. Amen.
1CO
1CO.1 • 1CO.2 • 1CO.3 • 1CO.4 • 1CO.5 • 1CO.6 • 1CO.7 • 1CO.8 • 1CO.9 • 1CO.10 • 1CO.11 • 1CO.12 • 1CO.13 • 1CO.14 • 1CO.15 • 1CO.16
1CO.1
[1CO.1.1] Paul, called an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Sosthenes, the brother.
[1CO.1.2] To the assembly of the God being in Corinth, consecrated in Christ Jesus, called holy ones, with all those who call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both them and us.
[1CO.1.3] Favor to you and peace from the God, Father of you, and Lord Jesus Christ.
[1CO.1.4] I give thanks to my God always concerning you, regarding the grace of God which was given to you in Christ Jesus.
[1CO.1.5] That in all things you were enriched in Him, in all word and all knowledge.
[1CO.1.6] As the testimony of the Anointed One was confirmed in you,
[1CO.1.7] So that you do not lack anything in any gift, awaiting the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.
[1CO.1.8] He also will strengthen you to the end, blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus, the Anointed One.
[1CO.1.9] Faithful is the God, through whom you were called into fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord.
[1CO.1.10] I urge you, brothers, through the name of my Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing and that there not be divisions among you, but that you be perfected in the same mind and in the same purpose.
[1CO.1.11] For it has been revealed to me concerning you, my brothers, by those from Chloe that there are contentions among you.
[1CO.1.12] But I say this, that each of you is saying: "I am of Paul, I am of Apollo, I am of Cephas, I am of Christ."
[1CO.1.13] Has Christ been divided? Was it Paul who was crucified for you, or were you baptized into the name of Paul?
[1CO.1.14] I give thanks to the God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius.
[1CO.1.15] So that no one might say that you were baptized into my name.
[1CO.1.16] I also baptized the household of Stephanas. I no longer know if I baptized anyone else.
[1CO.1.17] For the Anointed One did not send me to baptize, but to proclaim the good news, not with wisdom of speech, so that the cross of the Anointed One might not be emptied of its power.
[1CO.1.18] For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are being destroyed, but it is the power of God to us who are being saved.
[1CO.1.19] For it is written: I will destroy the wisdom of the wise and the understanding of the understanding I will reject.
[1CO.1.20] Where is the wise one? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
[1CO.1.21] Because indeed in the wisdom of God the world did not come to know God through wisdom, God was pleased through the foolishness of the proclamation to save those believing.
[1CO.1.22] Because the Judeans also ask for signs, and the Hellenes seek wisdom,
[1CO.1.23] We however proclaim the Messiah as having been impaled; this is a stumbling block to the Judeans, and foolishness to the nations.
[1CO.1.24] To those called, both to the Jews and to the Greeks, is the Anointed One, God's power and God's wisdom.
[1CO.1.25] Because the foolishness of the God is wiser than that of people, and the weakness of the God is stronger than that of people.
[1CO.1.26] Behold, for you are seeing the calling of yourselves, brothers, for not many wise according to flesh are there, not many powerful are there, not many of noble birth are there.
[1CO.1.27] But God has chosen the foolish things of the world, so that he might shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world, so that he might shame the strong.
[1CO.1.28] And the God chose the nobodies of the world and the despised things, the non-existent things, so that He might render ineffective the existent things.
[1CO.1.29] So that all flesh will not boast in the presence of the God.
[1CO.1.30] But from him you are in Christ Jesus, who became wisdom for us from God, and also righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption.
[1CO.1.31] That as it is written, let the one boasting boast in my Lord.
1CO.2
[1CO.2.1] And I, having come to you, brothers, came not by superiority of speech or of wisdom, declaring to you the secret of the Gods.
[1CO.2.2] For I did not consider it important to know anything among you except Yeshua the Anointed One and this one impaled.
[1CO.2.3] And I came to you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.
[1CO.2.4] And my word and my proclamation are not in convincing arguments of wisdom, but in a demonstration of spirit and power.
[1CO.2.5] That your faith might not be in the wisdom of humans, but in the power of God.
[1CO.2.6] However, we speak wisdom among the mature, a wisdom not of this age, nor of the rulers of this age who are being nullified.
[1CO.2.7] But we speak of God’s wisdom, in a mystery, the hidden one, which God predetermined before the ages for our glory.
[1CO.2.8] That which no one of the rulers of this age knew; for if they had known, they would not have crucified my Lord of glory.
[1CO.2.9] But as it is written, the things which the eye has not seen and the ear has not heard, and which have not ascended upon the heart of man, these are the things which the God has prepared for those who love him.
[1CO.2.10] But God has revealed to us through the spirit, for the spirit searches all things, even the depths of the God.
[1CO.2.11] For who knows what belongs to a person except the spirit of that person which is within them? In the same way, no one knows what belongs to God except the spirit of God.
[1CO.2.12] But we did not receive the spirit of the world, but the spirit that comes from God, so that we may know the gifts graciously given to us by God.
[1CO.2.13] And also we speak not in taught things of human wisdom’s words, but in taught things of the Spirit, spiritual ones comparing spiritually.
[1CO.2.14] But the soul-based person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to that person, and they are unable to know that they are spiritually discerned.
[1CO.2.15] But the spiritual one examines all things, and he himself is examined by nothing.
[1CO.2.16] For who has known the mind of my Lord, and who can instruct Him? But we have the mind of Christ.
1CO.3
[1CO.3.1] And I, brothers, was not able to speak to you as to spiritual people, but as to people of the flesh, as to infants in Christ.
[1CO.3.2] I gave you all milk to drink, not solid food. For you were not yet able. But still now you are not able.
[1CO.3.3] For you are still fleshly. Where there is zeal and strife among you, are you not fleshly and walking according to human standards?
[1CO.3.4] For when someone says, "I indeed am of Paul," and another, "I am of Apollos," are you not merely men?
[1CO.3.5] So what is Apollos? And what is Paul? Servants through whom you trusted, and to each one as the Lord gave.
[1CO.3.6] I planted, Apollos watered, but the God increased.
[1CO.3.7] So neither the one planting is anything, nor the one watering, but God is the one increasing.
[1CO.3.8] The one planting and the one watering are one, but each will receive their own reward according to their own labor.
[1CO.3.9] For we are God's co-workers, God's farm, you are God's building.
[1CO.3.10] According to the favor of God which was given to me as a wise master builder, I laid a foundation, and another is building upon it. Let each one look to how he is building upon it.
[1CO.3.11] For no one is able to lay another foundation except the one that has been laid, who is Jesus Christ.
[1CO.3.12] Now if anyone builds upon the foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, grass, or reed,
[1CO.3.13] The work of each one will become evident, for the day will declare it, that it is revealed in fire. And the fire itself will test what the work of each one is like.
[1CO.3.14] If anyone's work remains which he built, he will receive a reward.
[1CO.3.15] If anyone’s work is burned, they will suffer loss, but they themselves will be saved, in this way as though through fire.
[1CO.3.16] Do you not know that you are a temple of the Gods, and that the spirit of God dwells in you?
[1CO.3.17] If anyone destroys the temple of the Gods, the Gods will destroy that person. For the temple of the Gods is holy, and you are that temple.
[1CO.3.18] Let no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks he is wise among you in this age, let him become a fool, so that he may become wise.
[1CO.3.19] For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with the Gods. It is written, for, the One acting against the wise in their cunning.
[1CO.3.20] And again, my Lord knows the reasonings of the wise ones that they are worthless.
[1CO.3.21] Therefore let no one boast in humans, for all things are yours.
[1CO.3.22] Whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas, or the world or life or death, or things present or things future—all of you are possessions.
[1CO.3.23] But you are of the anointed one, and the anointed one is of God.
1CO.4
[1CO.4.1] Thus let people regard us as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.
[1CO.4.2] Thus, it is sought further among the house managers, that someone faithful may be found.
[1CO.4.3] But to me it is a very small thing that I be examined by you, or by a human day. However, I do not even examine myself.
[1CO.4.4] For I am not conscious of anything within myself, but it is not in this that I am declared righteous. And the One judging me is my Lord.
[1CO.4.5] Therefore, do not judge anything before the appointed time arrives, until Yahveh comes, who will also illuminate the hidden things of darkness and reveal the decisions of hearts. And then, praise will be generated for each one from God.
[1CO.4.6] Now these things, brothers, I have used as an illustration concerning myself and Apollos for your sakes, so that in us you may learn not to think beyond what is written, so that no one of you becomes puffed up in favor of one against another.
[1CO.4.7] For who distinguishes you? And what do you have that you did not receive? But if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it?
[1CO.4.8] You are already full, you have already become wealthy, you have reigned without us. And it would be beneficial indeed if you had reigned, so that we also might reign with you.
[1CO.4.9] For I consider that the God has shown us, the apostles, as last, as if we are facing death, because we have become a theater for the world and angels and people.
[1CO.4.10] We are fools through the Anointed One, but you are wise in the Anointed One. We are weak, but you are strong. You are glorious, but we are dishonored.
[1CO.4.11] Until this present hour, we hunger and thirst and are unclothed and are struck and are without stability.
[1CO.4.12] And we labor working with our own hands, being reviled we bless, being persecuted we endure.
[1CO.4.13] We are being reviled, we plead. As the cleansings of the world, we have become, the contempt of all people until now.
[1CO.4.14] I am not made ashamed to write these things to you, but as my loved children, I admonish you.
[1CO.4.15] For if you have many teachers in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, through the good message, I have birthed you.
[1CO.4.16] Therefore, I urge you to become imitators of me.
[1CO.4.17] For this reason I sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved child and faithful in the Lord Yahveh. He will remind you of my ways those in Christ Jesus, as I teach everywhere in every church.
[1CO.4.18] As my not coming to you, some were puffed up.
[1CO.4.19] I will come to you quickly, if my Lord wills, and I will know not the speech of those who are made, but the power.
[1CO.4.20] For the kingdom of the Gods is not in word, but in power.
[1CO.4.21] What do you desire? Shall I come to you with a rod, or with love and a spirit of gentleness?
1CO.5
[1CO.5.1] It is entirely reported among you that sexual immorality exists, and such sexual immorality as is not even among the nations, that someone has his father’s wife.
[1CO.5.2] And you all are convinced, and have not rejoiced any further, so that the one who does this work may be removed from among you?
[1CO.5.3] I, for I am absent from the body, but present with the spirit, have already judged as present the one who has accomplished this.
[1CO.5.4] When you are gathered in the name of the Lord Jesus, and my spirit is with the power of our Lord Jesus.
[1CO.5.5] To deliver this kind of person to the Adversary for destruction of the flesh, so that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.
[1CO.5.6] Not good is your boasting. You do not know that a small leaven the whole dough ferments?
[1CO.5.7] Purify the old leaven, so that you may be a new lump, as you are unleavened. For our Passover was sacrificed, Christ.
[1CO.5.8] Therefore, let us celebrate not with the leaven of old, nor with the leaven of wickedness and evil, but with unleavened sincerity and truth.
[1CO.5.9] I wrote to you in the letter not to mingle with those who practice sexual immorality.
[1CO.5.10] Not certainly with the sexually immoral people of this world, or with the greedy and those who rob, or with idolaters, since you ought therefore to go out from the world.
[1CO.5.11] Now, I have written to you not to mingle with anyone who is called a sexually immoral person, or a greedy person, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or a robber. With such a person, do not even eat together.
[1CO.5.12] For why to me is it to judge those outside? Do you not judge those inside yourselves?
[1CO.5.13] But those outside, God will judge. Remove the evil one from among yourselves.
1CO.6
[1CO.6.1] Does any one of you dare to have a matter judged by another, concerning wrongs and not concerning the holy ones?
[1CO.6.2] Or do you not know that the holy ones will judge the world? And if the world judges you, are you not unworthy of the smallest of judgements?
[1CO.6.3] Do you not know that the Gods we judge, much more then worldly matters?
[1CO.6.4] If you possess standards of living, do you seat those who are disregarded in the church?
[1CO.6.5] To your shame, I say this. Surely there is no one among you who is wise enough to judge between his brother?
[1CO.6.6] But is a brother judged by a brother, and should this apply to unbelievers?
[1CO.6.7] Now truly, it is wholly a defeat for you that you possess judgments with yourselves. Why are you not rather being wronged? Why are you not rather being deprived?
[1CO.6.8] But you are wronging and depriving, and you are doing this to brothers.
[1CO.6.9] Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be misled. Neither sexual immoral people, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor those who submit to dishonorable passions, nor men who lie with men will inherit the kingdom of God.
[1CO.6.10] Thieves, and those who are greedy, and drunkards, and revilers, and plunderers will not inherit the kingdom of God.
[1CO.6.11] And some of you were such, but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of my Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of the God of us.
[1CO.6.12] Everything is allowed to me, but not everything is beneficial. Everything is allowed to me, but I will not let anyone control me.
[1CO.6.13] Food is for the stomach, and the stomach for food, but God will bring even these to an end. However, the body is not for sexual immorality, but for my Lord, and my Lord is for the body.
[1CO.6.14] But God and my Lord raised him, and He awakens us through His power.
[1CO.6.15] Do you not know that your bodies are members of the Christ? Therefore, shall I take the members of the Christ and make them members of a prostitute? May it not be.
[1CO.6.16] Or do you not know that the one who joins with a prostitute becomes one body? For, it is said, the two will become one flesh.
[1CO.6.17] But the one being joined to my Lord is one spirit.
[1CO.6.18] Flee sexual immorality. Every sin a person commits is outside of the body. But the one who commits sexual immorality sins against their own body.
[1CO.6.19] Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the holy spirit which you have from God, and you are not your own?
[1CO.6.20] You were purchased for a price; therefore, glorify the God in your body.
1CO.7
[1CO.7.1] Regarding what you have written, it is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.
[1CO.7.2] Because of sexual immorality, let each man have his own wife and let each woman have her own husband.
[1CO.7.3] To the woman, the man should give what is due to her, and likewise, the woman should give what is due to the man.
[1CO.7.4] The woman does not have authority over her own body, but the man does. And similarly, the man does not have authority over his own body, but the woman does.
[1CO.7.5] Do not deprive one another, unless by common agreement for a set time, in order that you may devote yourselves to prayer and again be as one, so that the tempter does not tempt you through your intemperance.
[1CO.7.6] This also I say according to understanding, not according to a command.
[1CO.7.7] I wish that all people were as also myself. But each one has an own gift from God, one in this way, and another in that way.
[1CO.7.8] I say, however, to the unmarried and to the widows, it is good for them if they remain as also I.
[1CO.7.9] But if they are not self-controlled, let them marry, for it is better to marry than to be consumed by passion.
[1CO.7.10] Now to those who are married, I command, not I but my Lord, that a woman should not separate from a man.
[1CO.7.11] If, however, they are separated, let them remain unmarried, or let them be reconciled to the husband, and a man should not leave a woman.
[1CO.7.12] But to the others I say, not my Lord; if any brother has a wife who does not believe, and she is willing to continue living with him, let him not dismiss her.
[1CO.7.13] And if a woman has a husband who does not believe, and this one is willing to continue living with her, she should not dismiss the husband.
[1CO.7.14] For the man who does not believe is set apart through the woman, and the woman who does not believe is set apart through the brother. Therefore, your children were previously unclean, but now they are holy.
[1CO.7.15] But if the one who does not believe separates, let them separate. The brother or the sister is not enslaved in such things. But God has called you to peace.
[1CO.7.16] For what do you know, woman, if you will save the man? Or what do you know, man, if you will save the woman?
[1CO.7.17] If not to each one as apportioned to him by the Lord, to each one as God called him, so let him walk. And thus I order in all the churches.
[1CO.7.18] Someone who is named 'the circumcised' should not be cut again; someone who is named 'the uncircumcised' should not be cut.
[1CO.7.19] The circumcision is nothing, and the uncircumcision is nothing, but keeping the commands of God is what matters.
[1CO.7.20] Each one should remain in the calling in which he was called.
[1CO.7.21] You were called as a slave, do not concern yourself with it. But if you are able to become free, rather use that ability.
[1CO.7.22] For the one called while in the service of my Lord is freed by my Lord, similarly the one free when called is a servant of Christ.
[1CO.7.23] You were purchased with honor. Do not become slaves of people.
[1CO.7.24] Let each one remain in the condition in which God called him, brothers, while with God.
[1CO.7.25] And concerning the virgins, I have no command from the Lord, but I give an opinion as one who has been shown mercy by the Lord and is trustworthy.
[1CO.7.26] Therefore, I think it is good that this exists because of the present need, that it is good for a human being to be this way.
[1CO.7.27] You have been bound to a woman, do not seek a release. You have been released from a woman, do not seek another woman.
[1CO.7.28] But if anyone marries, they do not sin, and if a virgin marries, she does not sin. However, those who do such things will have affliction in the body, and I have compassion for you.
[1CO.7.29] And this I say, brothers, the time is compressed. Therefore, let those who have wives live as if they do not possess them.
[1CO.7.30] And those weeping act as if they are not weeping, and those rejoicing act as if they are not rejoicing, and those buying things act as if they do not possess them.
[1CO.7.31] And those who are using the world, as not overusing it, for the form of this world is passing away.
[1CO.7.32] I desire that you all be without anxiety. The unmarried man concerns himself with the things of my Lord, how to please my Lord.
[1CO.7.33] And the one having married has concern for the things of the world, how to please the wife.
[1CO.7.34] And there is a division. And the unmarried woman and the virgin are concerned about the things of my Lord, so that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But the married woman is concerned about the things of the world, how to please her husband.
[1CO.7.35] And this I say for your own benefit, not to impose hardship upon you, but for proper order and readiness before my Lord, without distraction.
[1CO.7.36] But if anyone thinks it is improper to remain unmarried to his virgin, if he is overcome by passion, and it is thus necessary, let him do what he wishes; he does not sin, let them marry.
[1CO.7.37] But the one who stands firm in their own heart, having no need, yet possesses authority concerning their own desire and has secured this within their own heart, to maintain their own virginity, they will do well.
[1CO.7.38] Therefore, a person who marries their own virgin does well, and a person who does not marry will do even better.
[1CO.7.39] A woman is bound for as long as her husband lives; but if the husband falls asleep in death, she is free to be joined in marriage to whomever she wishes, only within the Lord.
[1CO.7.40] More blessed, however, it is if she remains thus, according to my knowledge; I also think I have a spirit of God.
1CO.8
[1CO.8.1] Regarding idols, we know that everyone possesses knowledge. Knowledge causes inflation, but love constructs.
[1CO.8.2] If anyone appears to have known something, they have not yet known as it is necessary to know.
[1CO.8.3] But if anyone loves God, this one is known by him.
[1CO.8.4] Regarding therefore the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no God if not one.
[1CO.8.5] For if indeed there are beings being called the gods, whether in heaven or on earth, just as there are the gods many and my lords many,
[1CO.8.6] But for us, there is one God, the Father, from whom all things are, and we to him, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things are, and we through him.
[1CO.8.7] Not in everyone is knowledge. However, some, through custom up to this time, eat food as though it has been sacrificed to an idol, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.
[1CO.8.8] Food, however, will not present us to God. Neither will we lack if we do not eat, nor will we have abundance if we do eat.
[1CO.8.9] Behold, and lest this power of yours become a stumbling block to the weak ones.
[1CO.8.10] For if anyone sees you, the one having knowledge, lying prostrate in a temple to an idol, will not the conscience of that person, being weak, be built up to the point of eating things offered to idols?
[1CO.8.11] For the weak one is destroyed in your knowledge, the brother for whom Christ died.
[1CO.8.12] And thus sinning against the brothers and striking their weakened conscience, you sin against the Anointed One.
[1CO.8.13] Therefore, if food causes my brother to stumble, I will not eat meat forever, so that I do not cause my brother to stumble.
1CO.9
[1CO.9.1] Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus, our Lord? Is it not you who are my work in the Lord?
[1CO.9.2] If I am not an apostle to others, yet I certainly am an apostle to you. For you yourselves are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
[1CO.9.3] My defense to those who question me is this.
[1CO.9.4] Do we not have Exousia to eat and to thirst?
[1CO.9.5] Do we not have authority to take a believing woman as a wife, just as the other apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas do?
[1CO.9.6] Or do only I and Barnabas not have authority to work?
[1CO.9.7] Who campaigns at their own expense ever? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does not eat from the milk of the flock?
[1CO.9.8] Am I speaking these things according to mankind, or does the law not also say this?
[1CO.9.9] For it is written in the law of Moses: you shall not muzzle an ox while it is treading grain. God does not concern Himself with the oxen.
[1CO.9.10] Or did God speak only through us? For it was written concerning us that the one who plows should plow in hope, and the one who threshes should thresh in hope of participating.
[1CO.9.11] If we have sown the spiritual things among you, is it a great thing if we reap the carnal things from you?
[1CO.9.12] If others participate in your authority, should not we also? But we have not used this authority, but endure all things, so that we give no offense to the good news of the Christ.
[1CO.9.13] Do you not know that those who work at the holy places eat what comes from the holy places, and those who attend the altar share in the altar’s portions?
[1CO.9.14] And in the same way, my Lord commanded those who proclaim the good news to live from the good news.
[1CO.9.15] And I have not used any of these things. And I did not write these things so that this may happen in me, for it is good for me rather to die than – that no one may empty my boasting.
[1CO.9.16] If I proclaim the good news, there is no boast for me, because a necessity lies upon me. Woe to me if I do not proclaim the good news.
[1CO.9.17] If, for this, I do it willingly, I have a reward. But if unwillingly, a stewardship has been entrusted to me.
[1CO.9.18] What reward, then, is for me? That, while proclaiming the good news, I may set the good news without cost so that I do not misuse my power in the good news.
[1CO.9.19] For being free from everyone, I deliberately enslaved myself to all people, so that I might gain more.
[1CO.9.20] And I became as a Jew to the Jews, in order to gain Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law, though I myself am not under the law, in order to gain those under the law.
[1CO.9.21] To those without law, as one without law—though I am not without law toward God, but within law toward Christ—so that I might gain those without law.
[1CO.9.22] I became weak to those who are weak, so that I might gain the weak; I became all things to all people, so that by any means I might save some.
[1CO.9.23] Indeed, I do all things through the good message, that I may become a partaker of it.
[1CO.9.24] Do you not know that all those running in the stadium run, but one receives the prize? Thus run so that you may receive it.
[1CO.9.25] All those who compete exercise self-control in all things. They, therefore, strive in order that they may receive a perishable crown, but we strive for an imperishable one.
[1CO.9.26] Therefore, I run in such a way, as not undesirably, and I box in such a way, as not beating the wind.
[1CO.9.27] However, I discipline my body and enslave it, lest after proclaiming to others, I myself become disqualified.
1CO.10
[1CO.10.1] I do not wish you to be unaware, brothers, that your ancestors were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea.
[1CO.10.2] And all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.
[1CO.10.3] And all ate the same spiritual food.
[1CO.10.4] And all drank the same spiritual drink, for they drank from a spiritual following rock, and the rock was the Christ.
[1CO.10.5] But God did not favor them in their multitude, for they were destroyed in the wilderness.
[1CO.10.6] And these things became patterns for us, in order that we may not desire evils, just as those ones desired them.
[1CO.10.7] And do not become idolaters, as some of them were, just as it has been written: the people sat down to eat and drink and then rose up to play.
[1CO.10.8] And let us not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did commit sexual immorality, and twenty-three thousand fell in one day.
[1CO.10.9] Nor may we test Yahveh the Anointed One, as some of them tested and were destroyed by the snakes.
[1CO.10.10] And do not grumble, as some of them grumbled and were destroyed by the destroyer.
[1CO.10.11] And these things happened symbolically to them, and they were written down for instruction to us, to whom the ends of the ages have arrived.
[1CO.10.12] Therefore, whoever believes himself to be standing should be careful not to fall.
[1CO.10.13] No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to mankind. But God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation He will also make a way out so that you may endure it.
[1CO.10.14] Therefore, my loved ones, flee from the worship of false gods.
[1CO.10.15] As to those who are wise, I speak. Judge for yourselves what I say.
[1CO.10.16] Is not the cup of blessing that we bless a participation in the blood of the Anointed One? Is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of the Anointed One?
[1CO.10.17] Because one bread, one body we are, for all partake from the one bread.
[1CO.10.18] Look at Israel according to the flesh. Are those who eat the sacrifices not partners with the altar?
[1CO.10.19] What then do I say? Is offering to idols anything other than offering to idols?
[1CO.10.20] But that which they sacrifice, they sacrifice to spirits and not to God; and I do not want you to have fellowship with these spirits.
[1CO.10.21] You are unable to drink from the cup of the Lord and from the cup of demons. You are unable to partake of the table of the Lord and of the table of demons.
[1CO.10.22] Are we provoking the Lord? Are we not more powerful than he is?
[1CO.10.23] All things are permitted, but not all things are helpful; all things are permitted, but not all things build up.
[1CO.10.24] Let no one seek what is their own, but rather what is of another.
[1CO.10.25] Eat all things that are being sold in the marketplace, questioning nothing because of your conscience.
[1CO.10.26] For the earth is the Lord’s, and all that is in it.
[1CO.10.27] If anyone among the unbelievers summons you and you desire to go, eat everything that is set before you, questioning nothing because of your conscience.
[1CO.10.28] If anyone tells you, "This is a sacred thing," do not eat it because of the one who declared it, and because of your conscience.
[1CO.10.29] Now regarding conscience, I am not speaking of your own, but of the conscience of another. For why would my freedom be judged by another conscience?
[1CO.10.30] If I participate by grace, why am I blamed concerning what I give thanks?
[1CO.10.31] Therefore, whether you eat or whether you drink or whatever you do, do all things for the glory of God.
[1CO.10.32] Become shepherds without supervisors, and be shepherds to the Jewish people and to the Greeks, and to the community of the Gods.
[1CO.10.33] Just as I also strive to please all people, not seeking what is advantageous to myself, but what is advantageous to the many, so that they might be saved.
1CO.11
[1CO.11.1] Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ.
[1CO.11.2] I praise you all because you remember all things concerning me and, as I delivered to you, you hold the traditions.
[1CO.11.3] I wish for you all to know that the head of every man is the Christ, and the head of a woman is a man, and the head of the Christ is God.
[1CO.11.4] Every man praying or prophesying, having a covering on his head, dishonors his own head.
[1CO.11.5] Now every woman who prays or prophesies with an uncovered head dishonors her own head, for it is exactly the same as if her head were shaved.
[1CO.11.6] For if a woman is not covered, let her cut her hair; but if it is shameful for a woman to cut or shave her hair, let her be covered.
[1CO.11.7] For a man ought not to cover his head, being the image and glory of God; but a woman is the glory of man.
[1CO.11.8] For not is man from woman, but woman from man.
[1CO.11.9] For also, man was not created through the woman, but woman was created through the man.
[1CO.11.10] Because of this, the woman owes it to have authority over the head because of the messengers.
[1CO.11.11] However, neither is a woman without a man, nor is a man without a woman, in my Lord.
[1CO.11.12] Just as the woman comes from the man, so also the man exists through the woman, and all things come from God.
[1CO.11.13] Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God uncovered?
[1CO.11.14] Even nature itself does not teach you that if a man lets his hair grow long, it is a disgrace to him?
[1CO.11.15] But if a woman lets her hair grow long, this is glory to her, because the hair is given to her as a covering.
[1CO.11.16] But if anyone appears contentious, we have no such custom, nor do the congregations of god.
[1CO.11.17] Concerning this command, I do not approve because you are assembling for the worse, not for the better.
[1CO.11.18] Now, for the first matter, when you come together as a church, I hear that divisions exist among you, and I believe there is some part of this that is true.
[1CO.11.19] It is necessary that divisions also exist among you, so that those who are approved may become evident among you.
[1CO.11.20] Therefore, when you come together in one place, it is not possible to eat the meal of my Lord.
[1CO.11.21] For each one takes his own dinner to the eating, and one hungers while another is intoxicated.
[1CO.11.22] For do you not have homes in which to eat and drink? Or do you disrespect the community of the Gods, and shame those who do not have? What should I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this, I do not praise.
[1CO.11.23] For I received from Yahveh what I also passed on to you: that Yahveh Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread.
[1CO.11.24] And having given thanks, he broke it and said, "This is to me the body on behalf of you all. Do this into my remembrance."
[1CO.11.25] Likewise, also the cup after the meal, he was saying: "This cup is the new covenant in my blood. This do, whenever you drink, for the remembrance of me."
[1CO.11.26] As often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the death of my Lord until he comes.
[1CO.11.27] Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks from the cup of the Lord unworthily will be guilty of disrespecting the body and the blood of the Lord.
[1CO.11.28] Let the person test themselves, and then let them eat from the bread and drink from the cup.
[1CO.11.29] For the one who eats and drinks judges himself, eating and drinking without distinguishing the body.
[1CO.11.30] Because of this, many among you are weak and sick, and a sufficient number have fallen asleep.
[1CO.11.31] But if we judge ourselves, we are not at all judged.
[1CO.11.32] Being judged by the Lord, we are disciplined, so that we are not condemned with the world.
[1CO.11.33] So then, my brothers, coming together for the eating, welcome one another.
[1CO.11.34] If anyone is hungry, let them eat in their home, so that you do not come together for judgment. The remaining things I will arrange when I arrive.
1CO.12
[1CO.12.1] However, concerning spiritual matters, brothers, I do not want you to be unaware.
[1CO.12.2] You know that when you were nations, you were directed toward the lifeless idols, as if being led away.
[1CO.12.3] Therefore, I make known to you that no one speaking by the spirit of God says, “A curse on Jesus,” and no one is able to say, “Jesus is my Lord,” unless by the Holy Spirit.
[1CO.12.4] There are divisions of gifts, but it is the same Spirit.
[1CO.12.5] And there are divisions of services, and it is the same Lord.
[1CO.12.6] And there are distinctions of operations, but the same God is the one operating all things in everyone.
[1CO.12.7] But to each one is given the revealing of the spirit for benefit.
[1CO.12.8] For to one person, through the Spirit, is given a word of wisdom, and to another, a word of knowledge, through the very same Spirit.
[1CO.12.9] To one, faith in the same spirit, and to another, gifts of healings in the one spirit.
[1CO.12.10] To one, the workings of powers; to another, prophecy; to another, discernment of spirits; to another, kinds of tongues; and to another, the interpretation of tongues.
[1CO.12.11] And all these things are worked by the one and the same spirit, dividing to each individual as it wills.
[1CO.12.12] Just as the body is one, yet has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so also is the Anointed One.
[1CO.12.13] For in one spirit, we all were immersed into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and all of us were given to drink of one spirit.
[1CO.12.14] And for the body is not one member, but many.
[1CO.12.15] If the foot should say, "I am not a hand, I am not from the body," does it not follow that it is not from the body?
[1CO.12.16] And if the ear should say, “I am not an eye, and I am not from the body,” does that not mean it is not from the body?
[1CO.12.17] If the whole body were eye, where is the hearing? If the whole hearing, where is the smell?
[1CO.12.18] But now, God set the parts, each one of them in the body as He willed.
[1CO.12.19] But if all were one member, where would the body be?
[1CO.12.20] But now there are indeed many parts, however one body.
[1CO.12.21] And the eye is unable to say to the hand, "I do not have a need for you," or again, the head to the feet, "I do not have a need for all of you."
[1CO.12.22] But much more, the appearing parts of the body are necessary to be weaker.
[1CO.12.23] And what we think are less honorable of the body, to these we place greater honor, and our unattractive things have greater beauty.
[1CO.12.24] But the seemly parts of us have no need. However, God has composed the body, having given more honor to the one lacking.
[1CO.12.25] So that there may not be a division within the body, but that the same parts may care for one another.
[1CO.12.26] And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it. If one member is glorified, all the members rejoice with it.
[1CO.12.27] You, however, are the body of Christ and members individually.
[1CO.12.28] And to some He appointed God in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then powers, then gifts of healings, discernings, governings, and kinds of tongues.
[1CO.12.29] Are not all apostles? Are not all prophets? Are not all teachers? Do not all possess powers?
[1CO.12.30] Do not all possess gifts of healings? Do not all speak in tongues? Do not all interpret?
[1CO.12.31] Hear, Israel, Yahveh, the Gods of us, Yahveh is one.
1CO.13
[1CO.13.1] If I speak with the languages of people and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a sounding bronze or a clanging cymbal.
[1CO.13.2] And if I have prophecy, and I know all the mysteries and all the knowledge, and if I have all the faith so that I might move mountains, but I do not have love, I am nothing.
[1CO.13.3] If I nourish all that I possess and if I surrender my body so that I may boast, but do not have love, I profit nothing.
[1CO.13.4] Love is patient, love does good, love does not envy, love does not boast, love is not arrogant.
[1CO.13.5] It is not indecent, it does not seek its own, it is not provoked, and it does not reckon evil.
[1CO.13.6] It does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with truth.
[1CO.13.7] All things covers, all things believes, all things hopes, all things endures.
[1CO.13.8] Love never fails. But if there are prophecies, they will be brought to nothing. If there are tongues, they will be silenced. If there is knowledge, it will be brought to nothing.
[1CO.13.9] For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
[1CO.13.10] When however the complete arrives, that of the part will be abolished.
[1CO.13.11] When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I thought as a child, I reasoned as a child: when I became a man, I abolished the things of the child.
[1CO.13.12] For now we see as though through a clouded mirror, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, just as I have been fully known.
[1CO.13.13] Now remains faith, hope, love, these three. But love is greater than these.
1CO.14
[1CO.14.1] Pursue love, and be eager for the spiritual, but rather that you may prophesy.
[1CO.14.2] For the one speaking in a tongue does not speak to people, but to the Gods. For no one hears, but the speaker communicates mysteries by means of the Spirit.
[1CO.14.3] Now the one prophesying speaks to people building up, exhortation, and comfort.
[1CO.14.4] The one speaking in tongues builds up himself; but the one prophesying builds up the church.
[1CO.14.5] I wish that you all might speak with tongues, but even more that you might prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks with tongues, unless the one speaking with tongues also interprets, so that the church may receive building.
[1CO.14.6] Now then, brothers, if I come to you speaking in languages, what benefit will I give to you unless I speak to you either in revelation or in knowledge or in prophecy or in teaching?
[1CO.14.7] However, inanimate objects produce sound, such as a flute or a harp. If these instruments do not give a clear distinction to their sounds, how will it be known whether the fluting or the harping is being played?
[1CO.14.8] And for if an unclear trumpet gives a sound, who will prepare for war?
[1CO.14.9] And so also you, through language, if you do not give a meaningful word, how will what is spoken be known? For you will be speaking into the air.
[1CO.14.10] So many, if it may happen, are births of sounds in the world, and nothing is without sound.
[1CO.14.11] Therefore, if I do not know the power of the voice, I will be a barbarian to the one speaking, and the one speaking within me will be a barbarian.
[1CO.14.12] So also you, since zealots of spirits you are, toward the building up of the church seek, that you may excel.
[1CO.14.13] Therefore, the one speaking in a tongue should pray that it may be interpreted.
[1CO.14.14] If I pray in tongues, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful.
[1CO.14.15] So what is it? I will pray with the spirit, and I will also pray with the mind. I will sing with the spirit, and I will also sing with the mind.
[1CO.14.16] Since, if you bless [in] spirit, how can the one filling the place of the foolish one say “Amen” to your thanksgiving? Because what you say, they do not know.
[1CO.14.17] But you, for you give thanks well, however the other is not being built up.
[1CO.14.18] I thank the God that I speak in tongues more than all of you.
[1CO.14.19] But in the church, I would prefer to speak five statements with my mind, so that I may also instruct others, or a myriad of statements in a language.
[1CO.14.20] Brothers, do not become children in your minds, but be innocent in evil, and become mature in your minds.
[1CO.14.21] It is written in the law that I will speak to this people in other tongues and through the lips of others, and even then they will not listen to me, says my Lord.
[1CO.14.22] Therefore, tongues are a sign not to those who believe, but to those who do not believe. However, prophecy is not for those who do not believe, but for those who believe.
[1CO.14.23] If therefore the church as a whole comes together in the same place, and all are speaking in tongues, and simple people or unbelievers should enter, will they not say that you are insane?
[1CO.14.24] If, moreover, all prophesy, and someone unbelieving or a common person enters, all will examine him, and all will investigate him.
[1CO.14.25] The hidden things of his heart will become apparent, and in this way, having fallen upon his face, he will worship God, declaring that truly the God is among you.
[1CO.14.26] Therefore, brothers, what is to be? When you come together, each one has a psalm, a teaching, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. Let everything be done for the building up of others.
[1CO.14.27] If anyone speaks in a tongue, let it be no more than two or three at a time, and each one in turn, and let one interpret.
[1CO.14.28] But if there is no interpreter, let him be silent in the church and speak to himself and to God.
[1CO.14.29] Let two or three prophets speak, and let the others evaluate what is said.
[1CO.14.30] If a revelation is given to another who is sitting, let the first be silent.
[1CO.14.31] For you are able, according to one, all to prophesy, so that all may learn and all may be encouraged.
[1CO.14.32] And the spirits of prophets are subjected to the prophets.
[1CO.14.33] For God is not a cause of disorder, but of peace. This is true in all the communities of the holy people.
[1CO.14.34] Let the women be silent in the churches. For it is not permitted to them to speak, but rather let them submit, as also the law says.
[1CO.14.35] But if anyone wishes to learn something, they should ask their own husbands at home, for it is shameful for a woman to speak in the assembly.
[1CO.14.36] Did the word of God originate from among you, or did it come to you alone?
[1CO.14.37] If anyone believes himself to be a prophet or spiritual, let him understand that what I write to you is a command of the Lord.
[1CO.14.38] But if anyone is ignorant, that person is excused.
[1CO.14.39] Therefore, my brothers, desire prophecy and do not hinder speaking in tongues.
[1CO.14.40] Let all things be done with propriety and according to order.
1CO.15
[1CO.15.1] And I make known to you, brothers, the good news which I proclaimed to you, which you also received, in which you also stand.
[1CO.15.2] Through whom also you are being saved, by what reason I preached the good news to you, if you hold to it, unless it is by chance that you believed.
[1CO.15.3] For I delivered to you, foremost, what I also received, that the Anointed One died concerning our sins, according to the writings.
[1CO.15.4] And that he was buried, and that he was raised on the day, the third, according to the writings.
[1CO.15.5] And that Yahveh was seen by Peter, then to the twelve.
[1CO.15.6] And then Yahveh appeared to over five hundred brothers at once, of whom most remain until now, but some have fallen asleep.
[1CO.15.7] Then Yahveh appeared to James, and afterwards to all the apostles.
[1CO.15.8] The last of all things was shown to my heart, as it was to me.
[1CO.15.9] For I am the least of the apostles, who is not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of the God.
[1CO.15.10] By the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain, but I labored more than they all, not I, but the grace of God which is with me.
[1CO.15.11] Therefore, whether I or they, thus we proclaim, and thus you should believe.
[1CO.15.12] But if the Messiah is proclaimed as having risen from the dead, how do some among you say that a rising of the dead does not exist?
[1CO.15.13] But if a rising of dead ones does not exist, neither has the Christ been raised.
[1CO.15.14] But if Christ was not raised, then our preaching is empty, and your faith is also empty.
[1CO.15.15] And we are also found to be false witnesses of God, because we have testified against God that He raised the Christ, whom He did not raise, if indeed the dead do not rise.
[1CO.15.16] If indeed the dead are not raised, then Christ was not raised either.
[1CO.15.17] But if the Anointed One has not been raised, then your faith is worthless, and you are still in your sins.
[1CO.15.18] Therefore, those who have fallen asleep in the Anointed One have perished.
[1CO.15.19] If our hope is only for this life in Christ, we are more to be pitied than all people.
[1CO.15.20] Now, however, the Anointed One has risen from among the dead, the firstfruit of those who have fallen asleep.
[1CO.15.21] For because through a human being came death, and through a human being also comes the resurrection of dead people.
[1CO.15.22] Just as in Adam all people die, so also in Christ all people will be made alive.
[1CO.15.23] And each in its own rank: first the Christ, then those of the Christ at his coming.
[1CO.15.24] And then the end, when he hands over the kingdom to God and Father, when he abolishes every authority and every power and strength.
[1CO.15.25] For it is necessary for him to reign until he places all enemies under his feet.
[1CO.15.26] The last enemy, the death, is destroyed.
[1CO.15.27] For indeed, the Gods subjected all things under His feet. But when He says that all things have been subjected, it is clear that except for the one subjecting all things to Himself, all things are subjected.
[1CO.15.28] But when all things are subjected to Him, then even the Son Himself will be subjected to the One who subjected all things to Him, so that God may be all things in everyone.
[1CO.15.29] Since what do those being baptized do for the dead? If completely dead people are not raised, why even are they baptized for them?
[1CO.15.30] What risk do we also face every hour?
[1CO.15.31] Each day, I die, by the boasting of you, brothers, which I have in Christ Jesus, my Lord.
[1CO.15.32] If according to humankind I fought with wild beasts in Ephesus, what benefit is there to me? If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we will die.
[1CO.15.33] Do not be led astray; bad associations ruin good morals.
[1CO.15.34] Awaken justly and do not err, for some have lack of knowledge of the Gods, towards shame of you I speak.
[1CO.15.35] But someone will ask, 'How are the dead made to live again? And with what body do they arrive?'
[1CO.15.36] Foolish one, you who sow, it does not live unless it dies.
[1CO.15.37] And what you sow, you do not sow the body that will come into being, but a naked grain, if it happens to be wheat or some of the others.
[1CO.15.38] Now God gives to him a body as He desired, and to each of the seeds, a unique body.
[1CO.15.39] Not all flesh is the same flesh, but rather some is flesh of humans, and some is flesh of animals, and some is flesh of birds, and some is flesh of fish.
[1CO.15.40] And there are heavenly bodies, and there are earthly bodies. But the glory of the heavenly bodies is one kind, and the glory of the earthly bodies is a different kind.
[1CO.15.41] Another glory belongs to the sun, and another glory to the moon, and another glory to the stars. For star differs from star in glory.
[1CO.15.42] In this manner also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in decay, it is raised in incorruptibility.
[1CO.15.43] It is sown in dishonor, it rises in glory. It is sown in weakness, it rises in power.
[1CO.15.44] A body of the soul is sown, and a body of the spirit is raised. If a body of the soul exists, then a body of the spirit also exists.
[1CO.15.45] Thus it is also written: The first man, Adam, became a living soul, the last Adam a life-giving spirit.
[1CO.15.46] But not first the spiritual, but the soulish, afterward the spiritual.
[1CO.15.47] The first human is out of earth, earthly; the second human is out of heaven.
[1CO.15.48] As is the earthly, so are also the earthly ones, and as is the heavenly, so are also the heavenly ones.
[1CO.15.49] And as we have borne the image of the earthly one, we will bear also the image of the heavenly one.
[1CO.15.50] And this I say, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does corruption inherit incorruption.
[1CO.15.51] Behold, I tell you a mystery: not all of us will fall asleep, but all of us will be changed.
[1CO.15.52] In an atom of time, in the blink of an eye, in the final trumpet. For a trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed.
[1CO.15.53] It is necessary that this corruption clothe itself with incorruption, and that this mortality clothe itself with immortality.
[1CO.15.54] And when this corruptible has put on incorruptibility, and this mortal has put on immortality, then will come to pass the word that is written: death will be overcome by victory.
[1CO.15.55] Where is your victory, death? Where is your sting, death?
[1CO.15.56] But the sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is law.
[1CO.15.57] But to God be thanks, who gives to us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
[1CO.15.58] Therefore, my beloved brothers, become steadfast, immovable, abounding always in the work of Yahveh, knowing that your labor is not in vain in Yahveh.
1CO.16
[1CO.16.1] And concerning the contribution for the holy ones, as I ordered the assemblies in Galatia, so also you should do.
[1CO.16.2] On the first day of the week, let each of you set aside resources, treasuring up whatever you prosper, so that when I arrive, there will not be collections made then.
[1CO.16.3] When I arrive, I will send with letters those whom you approve, to deliver your favor to Jerusalem.
[1CO.16.4] If indeed it is worthy that they also go with me, they will go with me.
[1CO.16.5] I will come to you when I pass through Macedonia, for I am passing through Macedonia.
[1CO.16.6] But perhaps I will remain with you for a time, or even spend the winter, so that you may send me on my way wherever I go.
[1CO.16.7] I do not wish to see you at present on a passing visit, for I hope to remain with you for some time if my Lord permits.
[1CO.16.8] Indeed, I remain in Ephesus until the fiftieth day.
[1CO.16.9] For a great and powerful door has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.
[1CO.16.10] If Timothy comes, observe that he may become without fear toward you, for he works for the work of the Lord as also I do.
[1CO.16.11] Let no one despise him. And send him forth in peace, that he may come to me; for I await him with the brothers.
[1CO.16.12] Now concerning Apollos, the brother, I greatly urged him to come to you with the brothers. And certainly it was not his desire to come now. But he will come when opportunity permits.
[1CO.16.13] Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, be courageous, be strengthened.
[1CO.16.14] Let all of your things be in love.
[1CO.16.15] I urge you, brothers: you know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruit of Achaia and for service to the holy ones they arranged themselves.
[1CO.16.16] So that you also may submit to those who are like these, and to everyone who works together and labors.
[1CO.16.17] And I rejoice in the presence of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus, because they have filled up what was lacking of you.
[1CO.16.18] For they did not give rest to my spirit and to your spirit. Therefore, know those kinds of people.
[1CO.16.19] The assemblies of Asia greet you. Aquila and Priscilla, with the assembly meeting at their house, greet you much in my Lord.
[1CO.16.20] All the brothers greet you. Greet one another with a holy kiss.
[1CO.16.21] Paul sends greetings with his hand.
[1CO.16.22] If anyone does not love the Lord, let him be accursed. Our Lord comes.
[1CO.16.23] The grace of my Lord Yahveh be with you.
[1CO.16.24] My love is with all of you in Jesus the anointed one.
2CO
2CO.1 • 2CO.2 • 2CO.3 • 2CO.4 • 2CO.5 • 2CO.6 • 2CO.7 • 2CO.8 • 2CO.9 • 2CO.10 • 2CO.11 • 2CO.12 • 2CO.13
2CO.1
[2CO.1.1] Paul, a messenger of Christ Jesus, through the will of the Gods, and Timothy, the brother, to the assembly of the Gods that is in Corinth, with all the holy ones who are in all of Achaia.
[2CO.1.2] Favor to you and peace from the God, Father of you, and Lord Jesus Christ.
[2CO.1.3] Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort.
[2CO.1.4] The comforter comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
[2CO.1.5] Because as the sufferings of the Christ abound to us, so through the Christ also our encouragement abounds.
[2CO.1.6] Whether we are afflicted, for your encouragement and salvation; or whether we are encouraged, for your encouragement which is being worked out in patience, through the same sufferings which we also endure.
[2CO.1.7] And our hope is certain concerning you, knowing that as you are partakers of the sufferings, so also of the consolation.
[2CO.1.8] For we do not wish you to be unaware, brothers, concerning the affliction of ours that occurred in Asia, that we were burdened beyond measure and beyond power, so that we were utterly perplexed and had no hope of living.
[2CO.1.9] But we have within ourselves the answer of death, so that we may not trust in ourselves, but upon God, the one raising the dead.
[2CO.1.10] The one who rescued us from that death, and will rescue, is the one in whom we have hoped, and in whom we still hope for rescue.
[2CO.1.11] While you also work together with us for us through request, so that from many people the gift to us through many may be gratefully acknowledged for us.
[2CO.1.12] For our confidence is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and sincerity toward God, and not in worldly wisdom but in grace from God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and more especially toward you.
[2CO.1.13] For we write nothing to you except what you recognize, and also come to know. But I hope that you will come to know fully until the end.
[2CO.1.14] Just as you also came to know us from a portion, that we are a boast of you, just as you also are a boast of us in the day of the Lord [of us] Jesus.
[2CO.1.15] And with this confidence, we previously wished to come to you, so that you might have a second grace.
[2CO.1.16] And to pass through Macedonia by means of you, and again to come from Macedonia to you, and to be sent onward to Judea by you.
[2CO.1.17] Therefore, desiring this, have I then used lightness? Or, are the things I plan planning according to flesh, so that there may be with me the yes yes and the no no?
[2CO.1.18] God is faithful, because the word of ours to you is not yes and no.
[2CO.1.19] The Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was proclaimed among you through us, through me and Silvanus and Timothy, did not become yes and no, but yes in him has become.
[2CO.1.20] For as many promises as God has made, in Him is the 'yes'. Therefore, through Him also is the 'amen' to God, for glory through us.
[2CO.1.21] And having assured us with you into Christ, and God has anointed us.
[2CO.1.22] And He also sealed us, and gave the pledge of the Spirit in our hearts.
[2CO.1.23] But I call God as witness upon my soul, that sparing you I have not come again to Corinth.
[2CO.1.24] It is not that we are lording over you in matters of faith, but we are fellow workers in your joy. For by the faith you stand.
2CO.2
[2CO.2.1] I have indeed decided for myself this, that I should not come again to you with grief.
[2CO.2.2] If I cause you distress, and who is the one gladdening me if not the one distressing from of me?
[2CO.2.3] And I wrote this very thing, so that not coming, I might have sorrow from those things from which it was necessary for me to rejoice, being confident in all of you that my joy is the joy of all of you.
[2CO.2.4] For out of much tribulation and distress of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that you should be grieved, but that you may know the love which I have more abundantly toward you.
[2CO.2.5] If anyone has grieved, they have not grieved me, but indirectly, so as not to burden all of you.
[2CO.2.6] This punishment is sufficient for such a one, coming from the majority.
[2CO.2.7] So, on the contrary, it is rather to show you grace and to encourage you, lest that one be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.
[2CO.2.8] Therefore, I beg you to establish love into him.
[2CO.2.9] For this reason I also wrote, in order that I may know the proof of you, if you are obedient to all things.
[2CO.2.10] To whom you grant grace, and also to me; for I too have been granted grace, if anything has been granted to me, through you in the presence of Christ.
[2CO.2.11] So that we are not exploited by the Adversary, for we do not disregard his intentions.
[2CO.2.12] And having come to Troas for the good news of the Anointed One, and a door being opened to me by my Lord,
[2CO.2.13] I did not have relief to my spirit in not finding me Titus my brother, but having arranged things with them I departed into Macedonia.
[2CO.2.14] To God be grace, to the one always triumphing over us in Christ, and revealing the scent of his knowledge through us in every place.
[2CO.2.15] Because we are the sweet smell of Christ to the Gods among those being saved and among those being lost.
[2CO.2.16] For some, a scent from death to death, and for others, a scent from life to life. And concerning these things, who is capable?
[2CO.2.17] For we are not like many, trading on the word of God, but as from sincerity, truly as from God, we speak before God in Christ.
2CO.3
[2CO.3.1] Do we begin again to commend ourselves? Or do we not have need, as some do, of letters of recommendation to you, or even from you?
[2CO.3.2] You are the letter from the Gods, inscribed in our hearts, known and read by all people.
[2CO.3.3] Being made manifest that you are a letter of Christ, having been served by us, inscribed not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on stone tablets but on the tablets of hearts of flesh.
[2CO.3.4] And we have such confidence through the Christ towards God.
[2CO.3.5] It is not that we are capable of anything on our own, thinking it comes from ourselves, but our competence is from the God.
[2CO.3.6] The Gods also have qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not of writing, but of spirit. For the writing causes death, but the spirit gives life.
[2CO.3.7] But if the ministry of death, inscribed in letters on stone, came with glory, so that the sons of Israel could not gaze upon the face of Moses because of the glory of his face, a glory that was being abolished…
[2CO.3.8] How is it not much more true that the service of the Spirit will be in glory?
[2CO.3.9] If, for the ministry of judgment, there is glory, much more does the ministry of righteousness abound to glory.
[2CO.3.10] For indeed, the glorified thing has not been honored in this portion because of the surpassing glory.
[2CO.3.11] For if the abolishing brought glory, how much more glory does what remains bring?
[2CO.3.12] Therefore, because we possess such hope, we act with great boldness.
[2CO.3.13] And not, just as Moses placed a veil upon his face toward the not gazing at the sons of Israel into the end of the being abolished.
[2CO.3.14] But their understandings were questioned. For until this day the same covering remains on the reading of the old testament, not being revealed that it is abolished in Christ.
[2CO.3.15] But until today, whenever Moses is read, a covering lies upon their hearts.
[2CO.3.16] But when one turns back to Yahveh, the covering will be taken away.
[2CO.3.17] But the Lord is spirit. And of whom the spirit of my Lord is, there is liberty.
[2CO.3.18] But we all, with an uncovered face, are reflecting the glory of Yahveh, and are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, as from the Spirit of Yahveh.
2CO.4
[2CO.4.1] Therefore, having this ministry as we have received mercy, we do not become discouraged.
[2CO.4.2] But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in cunning nor deceiving the word of God, but by the revealing of truth commending ourselves to every conscience of people before God.
[2CO.4.3] And even if our good news is hidden, it is hidden among those who are being destroyed.
[2CO.4.4] In whom the God of this age has blinded the understandings of the unbelievers, so that they might not see the illumination of the gospel of the glory of the Christ, who is the image of God.
[2CO.4.5] For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ is Lord. And we ourselves are slaves to you because of Jesus.
[2CO.4.6] Because the God who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," is the one who has shone in our hearts to give the illumination of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
[2CO.4.7] We have this treasure in vessels of clay, so that the surpassing quality of the power may be of God and not from us.
[2CO.4.8] Being afflicted in everything, but not distressed; being perplexed, but not despairing.
[2CO.4.9] Being pursued, but not abandoned; being cast down, but not destroyed.
[2CO.4.10] Always carrying the death of Jesus in the body, so that also the life of Jesus may be revealed in the body of us.
[2CO.4.11] For always, we who live are continually given over to death through Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal flesh.
[2CO.4.12] Therefore, the death is being worked in us, but the life is being worked in you.
[2CO.4.13] Now, having the same spirit of faith as is written, 'I had faith, therefore I spoke, and we have faith, therefore we also speak.'
[2CO.4.14] Knowing that the one who raised my Lord Jesus and us with Jesus also raises and will present us with you all.
[2CO.4.15] For all things are through you, so that the grace, having increased through the many, may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God.
[2CO.4.16] Therefore, we are not saddened, but even if the outer person among us is corrupted, the inner person among us is renewed day by day.
[2CO.4.17] For the momentary lightness of our affliction is working for us a weight of glory far exceeding beyond measure, into age-during excess.
[2CO.4.18] We do not gaze at the things being seen, but at the things not being seen. For the things being seen are temporary, but the things not being seen are eternal.
2CO.5
[2CO.5.1] For we know that if our earthly dwelling, the tent, is dissolved, we have a building from God, a dwelling not made by hands, eternal in the heavens.
[2CO.5.2] And for in this we groan, our dwelling from heaven desiring to be clothed.
[2CO.5.3] Even if we are stripped, we will not be found naked.
[2CO.5.4] For indeed, we who are in this tent groan, being weighed down, not desiring to be unclothed, but to be clothed further, so that the mortal may be swallowed up by life.
[2CO.5.5] And the one having worked us for this very thing, God, the one giving to us the pledge of the Spirit.
[2CO.5.6] Therefore, being always bold and knowing that dwelling in the body, we reveal from Yahveh.
[2CO.5.7] For we walk by faith, not by appearance.
[2CO.5.8] We are confident and greatly prefer to depart from the body and to dwell with my Lord.
[2CO.5.9] Therefore, and we make it our ambition to be acceptable to him, whether residing or being absent.
[2CO.5.10] For it is necessary that all of us be revealed before the platform of the Messiah, so that each person will receive for the things done through the body, whether good or bad.
[2CO.5.11] Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade people, but we are made known to God. And I hope that I may also be made manifest in your consciences.
[2CO.5.12] We are not again establishing ourselves to you, but are giving an occasion for boasting about us to others, so that you may have something to say to those who boast about outward appearances and not about what is in their heart.
[2CO.5.13] For if we are out of our minds, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you.
[2CO.5.14] For the love of the Anointed One sustains us, judging this, that one died for everyone, therefore everyone died.
[2CO.5.15] And on behalf of all, he died, so that the living ones no longer live for themselves, but for the one who died on their behalf and was raised.
[2CO.5.16] Therefore, from this time forward, we know no one according to the flesh. Even if we once knew Christ according to the flesh, now we no longer recognize him.
[2CO.5.17] Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away; behold, everything has become new.
[2CO.5.18] And all things are from God, who is reconciling us to Himself through Christ, and who has given us the ministry of reconciliation.
[2CO.5.19] Because God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and placing in us the word of reconciliation.
[2CO.5.20] Therefore, we are acting as ambassadors for Christ, as God is pleading through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
[2CO.5.21] The one who did not know sin, the Gods made to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in him.
2CO.6
[2CO.6.1] And we work together, and we urge you not to receive the grace of the Gods in vain.
[2CO.6.2] For he says, "I have listened to you in an acceptable time, and I helped you in the day of salvation. Behold, now is an acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation."
[2CO.6.3] Giving no one offense in anything, so that the ministry may not be blamed.
[2CO.6.4] But in all things we present ourselves as servants of the Gods, in great patience, in tribulations, in necessities, in distresses.
[2CO.6.5] In blows, in imprisonments, in disturbances, in toils, in sleeplessness, in fastings.
[2CO.6.6] In purity, in knowledge, in long-suffering, in kindness, in the holy spirit, in unfeigned love.
[2CO.6.7] In the word of truth, in the power of God; through the weapons of righteousness of the right hands and the left hands.
[2CO.6.8] Through glory and dishonor, through slander and praise, as those who deceive and those who are truthful.
[2CO.6.9] As ones unaware and gaining awareness, as ones dying and behold, we live, as ones being disciplined and not being put to death.
[2CO.6.10] As those who are always grieved but also rejoicing, as those who are poor but enriching many, as those who have nothing but possess everything.
[2CO.6.11] The Mouth of us was opened toward you, Corinthians, the Heart of us was widened.
[2CO.6.12] You are not constricted in us, but you are constricted in your affections.
[2CO.6.13] And also this reciprocal reward, as to children I speak, widen also yourselves.
[2CO.6.14] Do not become unequally yoked with those who do not believe. For what sharing exists between righteousness and lawlessness, or what partnership exists between light and darkness?
[2CO.6.15] But what harmony is there between the Anointed One and Belial, or what share does a believer have with an unbeliever?
[2CO.6.16] But what agreement is there between God’s temple and idols? For we are the temple of the living God, just as God said, "I will dwell within them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people."
[2CO.6.17] Therefore go out from among them and be separated, says my Lord, and do not touch the unclean; and I will receive you.
[2CO.6.18] And I will be to you as a father, and you will be to me as sons and daughters, says my Lord, the all powerful.
2CO.7
[2CO.7.1] Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us purify ourselves from all pollution of body and spirit, completing holiness in the fear of God.
[2CO.7.2] Allow us to remain; we have wronged no one, we have destroyed no one, we have exploited no one.
[2CO.7.3] I do not say this for the purpose of judgment, for I have already proclaimed that you are within the hearts of us for the purpose of co-dying and co-living.
[2CO.7.4] Much confidence I have toward you, much glorying on behalf of you. I am filled with the encouragement, I superabound with the joy upon all the affliction of us.
[2CO.7.5] For also, when we came into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled in everything. From outside came fights, and from within came fears.
[2CO.7.6] But the one comforting the humble comforted us, God, in the presence of Titus.
[2CO.7.7] Not only in the presence of God, but also in the encouragement with which God encouraged you, does the messenger announce to us your longing, your lament, your zeal for me, so as to make me even more joyful.
[2CO.7.8] Because even if I caused you sadness with the letter, I do not regret it. Even if I were to regret it, I see that that letter, though it caused you sadness for a time,
[2CO.7.9] Now I rejoice, not that you were grieved, but that your grief led to repentance. For you were grieved according to God, so that you might not suffer harm by us.
[2CO.7.10] For sorrow according to God produces repentance leading to salvation without regret. But the sorrow of the world produces death.
[2CO.7.11] Behold, for this very sorrow according to the Gods has produced in you eagerness, but also defense, but also indignation, but also fear, but also desire, but also zeal, but also vengeance. In everything you have demonstrated yourselves to be pure concerning the matter.
[2CO.7.12] Therefore, if I also wrote to you, it was not because of the one who did wrong, nor because of the one who was wronged, but in order to reveal your eagerness which surpasses us toward you before the Gods.
[2CO.7.13] Therefore, we are encouraged. And concerning our request, we rejoiced even more about the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by all of you.
[2CO.7.14] For if I boasted to him about you, I was not put to shame, but just as we spoke to you truthfully in all things, so also our boasting to Titus proved to be true.
[2CO.7.15] And his innards are more exceedingly toward you, remembering the obedience of all of you, as with fear and trembling you received him.
[2CO.7.16] I rejoice that in everything I am courageous in you all.
2CO.8
[2CO.8.1] And we make known to you, brothers, the grace of God which was given in the congregations of Macedonia.
[2CO.8.2] Because in much testing of affliction, the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty has overflowed into the wealth of their simplicity.
[2CO.8.3] Because according to the powers, I testify, and beyond the powers, they are self-willed.
[2CO.8.4] After much entreaty, we are requesting from you the grace and the fellowship of the ministry to the holy ones.
[2CO.8.5] And not as we hoped, but they gave themselves first to my Lord and to us according to the will of God.
[2CO.8.6] This is to encourage us Titus, so that just as he began, he may also complete it for you, and this grace.
[2CO.8.7] But as you excel in everything – in faith and word and knowledge and all diligence and in the love from us to you – so that you also excel in this grace.
[2CO.8.8] Not by command am I speaking, but through the eagerness of others, and testing the genuineness of your love.
[2CO.8.9] For know the grace of my Lord Jesus Christ, that He, being rich, became poor through you, so that you, through His poverty, might become rich.
[2CO.8.10] And I give an opinion in this matter: for this is beneficial to you, those who have not only begun to do, but also the willingness to do, started from last year.
[2CO.8.11] Now also, you have completed the doing, so that just as the willingness of wanting, so also the completing from having.
[2CO.8.12] If, indeed, willingness is present first, it is acceptable according to how much a person possesses, and not according to how much they do not possess.
[2CO.8.13] For indeed, so that relief would come to others, there is affliction for you, but from equality.
[2CO.8.14] In the present time, your abundance is for their lack, so that their abundance may become your lack, in order that equality may be.
[2CO.8.15] As it is written, the one who has much did not increase it, and the one who has little did not diminish it.
[2CO.8.16] Grace to the God who is giving the same earnestness on behalf of you all in the heart of Titus.
[2CO.8.17] Because the supplication was accepted, a more important, self-governing one went forth to you.
[2CO.8.18] And we have also sent with him the brother, whose praise is in the good news throughout all the churches.
[2CO.8.19] Not only this, but having been chosen by the communities, he is a companion with us, with this grace that is being ministered by us to the glory and eagerness of the Lord.
[2CO.8.20] Sending this, may no one find fault with us in this broad service which is performed by us.
[2CO.8.21] For we are planning good things not only before my Lord but also before people.
[2CO.8.22] And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have tested in many things many times, being diligent. But now he is much more diligent, with great confidence toward you.
[2CO.8.23] Whether concerning Titus, who is my partner and coworker for you, or our brothers who are messengers of the assemblies, glory to the anointed one.
[2CO.8.24] Therefore, we are showing the demonstration of your love and our boasting about you to them in the presence of the churches.
2CO.9
[2CO.9.1] Concerning, however, the service toward the holy ones, it is superior to me to write to you.
[2CO.9.2] For I know your eagerness, which I boast about to the Macedonians, that Achaia was prepared from last year, and your zeal has stimulated many.
[2CO.9.3] And I sent the brothers, so that our boasting over you would not be rendered empty in this region, so that just as we said, you were prepared.
[2CO.9.4] Perhaps if Macedonians come with me and they find you not prepared, we will be ashamed, we, so that not I speak to you concerning this matter.
[2CO.9.5] Therefore, I have considered it necessary to urge the brothers to come to you and to prepare the promised blessing of yours, that it might be ready in such a way as a blessing and not as excessive gain.
[2CO.9.6] And this: the one sowing sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one sowing upon blessings will reap upon blessings.
[2CO.9.7] Each one, as he has purposed in his heart, should not give from sorrow or out of compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
[2CO.9.8] And God is able to greatly increase grace to you, that in everything and always, having all self-sufficiency, you may abound to every good work.
[2CO.9.9] As it is written, the Gods scattered, gave to the poor, the righteousness of them remains to the age.
[2CO.9.10] And the one continuously providing seed to the sower will also provide bread for eating, and will multiply your seed and increase the products of your righteousness.
[2CO.9.11] Being enriched in all things, you will become generous in all ways, which produces thankfulness through us to the God.
[2CO.9.12] That this service of worship is not only completely supplying the deficiencies of the holy ones, but is also overflowing through many thank offerings to God.
[2CO.9.13] Through the proof of this ministry, we are giving thanks to the God on account of the obedience of your confession to the Gospel of Christ, and also for the simplicity of fellowship with them and with all people.
[2CO.9.14] And they themselves will pray on your behalf, desiring for you because of the surpassing grace of God upon you.
[2CO.9.15] Grace to God upon his indescribable gift.
2CO.10
[2CO.10.1] But I, Paul, urge you through the mildness and forbearance of the Messiah, who is humble in person among you, but I am bold towards you while absent.
[2CO.10.2] I beg that one should not be bold in judging what is presently visible, by faith as I reckon to venture upon some of those who reckon us as walking according to the flesh.
[2CO.10.3] For while we walk in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh.
[2CO.10.4] For the weapons of our warfare are not fleshy, but are powerful with God for the dismantling of fortifications, destroying reasoning.
[2CO.10.5] And every height being raised up against the knowledge of God, and capturing every thought into the obedience of Christ.
[2CO.10.6] And having readiness to avenge all disobedience, when your obedience is completed.
[2CO.10.7] Look carefully to yourselves. If anyone is confident that he is of Christ, let him reckon again within himself that just as he is of Christ, so also are we.
[2CO.10.8] If also I should boast anything more about the authority of us which the Lord gave for building up, and not for the tearing down of you all, I will not be ashamed.
[2CO.10.9] That I might not appear as if to frighten you through the letters.
[2CO.10.10] That the letters, he states, are heavy and strong, but the presence of the body is weak and the word is insignificant.
[2CO.10.11] Let the one who considers this understand that we are capable, through letters while absent, of being such also present in action.
[2CO.10.12] For we do not dare to classify ourselves or to compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves. But they, measuring themselves with themselves and comparing themselves with themselves, do not understand.
[2CO.10.13] But we will not boast beyond the measurements, but according to the measure of the rule which God has apportioned to us, to reach even to you.
[2CO.10.14] For not as being unable to reach you do we stretch ourselves out, for even to you have we reached in the good news of the Messiah.
[2CO.10.15] We are not boasting in things beyond measure, in the labors of others. But we have hope that the faith of you all will be magnified within you, according to our standard into abundance.
[2CO.10.16] To proclaim to those beyond you, not within a foreign rule, to boast about what is ready.
[2CO.10.17] But let the one boasting boast in my Lord.
[2CO.10.18] For indeed, the one recommending himself is not approved, but the one whom my Lord recommends is.
2CO.11
[2CO.11.1] Please willingly bear with me a little foolishness; but also bear with me.
[2CO.11.2] For I am zealous for you with the zeal of God, for I have betrothed you to one man, a pure virgin, to present to Christ.
[2CO.11.3] But I fear that, just as the serpent deceived Eve through the cunning of itself, your minds might be corrupted from the simplicity and the purity toward Christ.
[2CO.11.4] If, however, someone comes proclaiming a different Jesus than the one we proclaimed, or if you receive another spirit that you did not receive, or accept a different gospel than the one you accepted, you bear it well.
[2CO.11.5] For I consider myself to not be falling short of the very excellent apostles.
[2CO.11.6] And even if someone is unskilled in the word, but not in the knowledge, still we have made clear in everything to you.
[2CO.11.7] Did I commit a wrong by humbling myself, so that you might be elevated? For I freely announced the God’s good news to you?
[2CO.11.8] I have plundered other churches, having received provision towards your ministry.
[2CO.11.9] And being present with you and being in need, I did not burden anyone. For my lack the brothers, coming from Macedonia, have fully supplied. And in everything, I kept myself unburdensome to you and will continue to keep myself so.
[2CO.11.10] The truth of the Messiah is in me, that this boasting will not be blocked for me in the regions of Achaia.
[2CO.11.11] Why? Because I do not love you? The God knows.
[2CO.11.12] And what I am doing, and I will do, is that I may cut off the pretext of those desiring a pretext, that in which they boast they may be found, just as we are.
[2CO.11.13] For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
[2CO.11.14] And it is no wonder, for the satan transforms himself into an angel of light.
[2CO.11.15] Therefore it is not a great thing if even the servants of the Gods transform themselves as servants of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.
[2CO.11.16] Again I say, let no one consider me foolish. But if even so, accept me as foolishly as possible, so that I also may boast a little.
[2CO.11.17] What I am saying, I am not saying by the authority of my Lord, but as in foolishness, in this state of boasting.
[2CO.11.18] Since many boast according to the flesh, but I will boast as well.
[2CO.11.19] For the wise ones gladly endure the foolish ones.
[2CO.11.20] Bear with it, for if anyone enslaves you, if anyone devours you, if anyone takes from you, if anyone exalts himself, if anyone strikes you in the face, endure it.
[2CO.11.21] According to dishonor I speak, as that we have been weakened. In which if anyone dares, in foolishness I speak, I dare also.
[2CO.11.22] Are they Hebrews? And I am. Are they Israelites? And I am. Are they the seed of Abraham? And I am.
[2CO.11.23] Are they servants of Christ? I speak foolishly, on my account. More abundantly in toils, more abundantly in imprisonments, exceeding in beatings, often in deaths.
[2CO.11.24] By Judeans, five times forty beyond one, they took.
[2CO.11.25] I was flogged three times, I was stoned once, I was shipwrecked three times, and I spent a night and a day in the deep.
[2CO.11.26] Often, there are dangers of rivers, dangers of robbers, dangers from kin, dangers from nations, dangers in the city, dangers in the wilderness, dangers in the sea, and dangers among false brothers.
[2CO.11.27] Through labor and hardship, in many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, in many fasts, in cold and nakedness.
[2CO.11.28] Apart from those outside, the pressure is upon me daily, the care of all the churches.
[2CO.11.29] Who is weak, and He is not? Who stumbles, and I do not burn?
[2CO.11.30] If it is necessary to boast, I will boast of my weaknesses.
[2CO.11.31] The God and father of the Lord Jesus knows, the being who is blessed into the ages, that I do not lie.
[2CO.11.32] In Damascus, the governor Hareta of the king was guarding the city of the Damascenes to seize me.
[2CO.11.33] And through a window in a lattice, I was weakened by the wall, and I escaped his hands.
2CO.12
[2CO.12.1] It is necessary to boast, though it is not profitable; for I will come into visions and revelations of my Lord.
[2CO.12.2] I know a man in Christ fourteen years ago, whether in body I do not know, whether outside the body I do not know. God knows. He snatched such a one up to the third heaven.
[2CO.12.3] And I know such a person, whether in body or apart from the body I do not know, the God knows.
[2CO.12.4] That he was caught up into the paradise, and he heard unspeakable words which it is not permitted for a person to speak.
[2CO.12.5] Concerning this one I will boast, and concerning myself I will not boast except in the weaknesses.
[2CO.12.6] For if I choose to boast, I will not be foolish, for I will speak truth. However, I restrain myself, so that no one may think of me as exceeding what they see or hear from me.
[2CO.12.7] And to the excess of the revelations. Therefore, so that I might not become excessively proud, a stake was given to me in the flesh, a messenger of the adversary, so that he might strike me, so that I might not become excessively proud.
[2CO.12.8] Concerning this, three times I pleaded to my Lord that it might depart from me.
[2CO.12.9] And He has said to me, "My favor is sufficient for you, for the ability resides in weakness and is completed there." Therefore, I will much more boast in my weaknesses, so that the ability of the Anointed One may dwell upon me.
[2CO.12.10] Therefore, I find favor in weaknesses, in insults, in necessities, in persecutions and in distresses, on account of the Anointed One; for when I am weak, then I am powerful.
[2CO.12.11] I have become a fool. You compelled me. For I was obligated by you to remain; for I have not fallen short of the very excellent apostles, even if I am nothing.
[2CO.12.12] Now, the signs of the apostle were worked in you in all patience, with signs and wonders and powers.
[2CO.12.13] For what is it in which you have been lessened compared to the other congregations, if not that I myself did not burden you? Pardon me this injustice.
[2CO.12.14] Behold, this is the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not consume. For I do not seek your possessions, but you. For it is not proper for children to store up treasure for parents, but parents for children.
[2CO.12.15] I, however, gladly expend and am expended for the souls of you. If I love you more, am I loved less?
[2CO.12.16] Now, I did not burden you, but being clever, I took you by deceit.
[2CO.12.17] Did I exploit any of you through someone I sent to you?
[2CO.12.18] I urged Titus, and I sent the brother with him. Did Titus take advantage of you? Did we not walk in the same spirit? In the same steps?
[2CO.12.19] Long ago it seemed to you that we were defending ourselves. We speak in the presence of God in Christ. But all things, beloved, are for the building up of you.
[2CO.12.20] For I fear that when I come, I may not find you as I wish, and that I myself may be found by you in a way you do not desire. Perhaps there will be strife, jealousy, angers, factions, slanders, whispers, puffing ups, and disorders.
[2CO.12.21] May the Gods not again, upon my return, humble me before you, and cause me to grieve over many who have previously sinned and have not repented regarding the impurity and sexual immorality and outrage which they have practiced.
2CO.13
[2CO.13.1] This is the third time I come to you. Upon the mouth of two witnesses, and three, every word will stand.
[2CO.13.2] I have declared beforehand and I continue to declare, as present the second time and absent now, to those who sinned previously and to all the others, that if I come again, I will not spare.
[2CO.13.3] Since you seek proof of the Christ speaking within me, who is not weak towards you, but is powerful within you.
[2CO.13.4] And indeed, he was crucified from weakness, but lives from the power of God. And indeed, we are weakened in him, but will live with him from the power of God for you.
[2CO.13.5] Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves. Or do you not recognize yourselves that Jesus Christ is within you? Unless you are disapproved.
[2CO.13.6] I hope that you will come to know that we are not disapproved.
[2CO.13.7] And we pray to God that he will not do any harm to you, not that we may appear approved, but so that you may do the good thing, and we may be as unapproved.
[2CO.13.8] For we are not able to do anything against the truth, but only beyond the truth.
[2CO.13.9] We rejoice when we are weak, but you were strong. This also is what we pray for – your completion.
[2CO.13.10] Therefore, because of these things, I am writing while absent, so that when present, I will not use my authority severely according to the power that Yahveh gave to me, for building up, and not for tearing down.
[2CO.13.11] Therefore, brothers, rejoice, be restored, be encouraged, think the same thing, live in peace, and God of love and peace will be with you.
[2CO.13.12] Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the holy ones greet you.
[2CO.13.13] The grace of my Lord Jesus Christ and the love of the God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit are with all of you.
GAL
GAL.1 • GAL.2 • GAL.3 • GAL.4 • GAL.5 • GAL.6
GAL.1
[GAL.1.1] Paul, an apostle, is not from people, nor through a person, but through Yeshua the Messiah and God the father who raised him from the dead.
[GAL.1.2] And those with me, all are brothers to the communities of Galatia.
[GAL.1.3] Favor to you and peace from God our Father and my Lord Jesus Christ.
[GAL.1.4] The one giving himself for our sins, so that he might deliver us from the present evil age according to the will of God and our Father.
[GAL.1.5] To the glory, for ages of ages, amen.
[GAL.1.6] I marvel that you are so quickly being transferred from the One who called you with grace, [Christ], to another good news.
[GAL.1.7] Which is not another, if not some who are disturbing you and desiring to turn around the Good News of the Messiah.
[GAL.1.8] But even if we or an angel from heaven proclaims to you a good message other than what we proclaimed to you, let a curse be upon it.
[GAL.1.9] As we previously stated, and now I say again, if anyone preaches good news to you apart from what you received, let him be cursed.
[GAL.1.10] For am I now trying to persuade people or God? Or am I seeking to please people? If I were still pleasing people, I would not be a servant of the anointed one.
[GAL.1.11] For I make known to you, brothers, the good news that was announced by me, that it is not in accordance with humanity.
[GAL.1.12] For neither did I receive it from a human being, nor was I taught it, but through a revelation of Jesus Christ.
[GAL.1.13] For you have heard of my former conduct in the Judaism, that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God and was attempting to destroy it.
[GAL.1.14] And I advanced in the Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my family, being a more zealous one of my ancestral traditions.
[GAL.1.15] But when God was pleased, the one who designated me from my mother’s womb and called me through His grace…
[GAL.1.16] Reveal the Son of the Gods within me, so that I may proclaim him among the nations. Immediately, I did not receive [this revelation] from flesh and blood.
[GAL.1.17] And I did not go up to Jerusalem to the apostles who were before me, but I went to Arabia and again I returned to Damascus.
[GAL.1.18] Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Kephas, and I remained with him for fifteen days.
[GAL.1.19] And another of the apostles I did not see, unless Jacob, the brother of the Lord.
[GAL.1.20] But that which I write to you, behold, before God is that I do not lie.
[GAL.1.21] Then, having come into the regions of Syria and Cilicia.
[GAL.1.22] I was unknown to the presence of the churches in Judea who are in Christ.
[GAL.1.23] Only they were listening, because the one who once persecuted us now proclaims the faith that he once tried to destroy.
[GAL.1.24] And they glorified the God in me.
GAL.2
[GAL.2.1] After fourteen years, I went up again to Jerusalem, having also taken Barnabas with me and Titus.
[GAL.2.2] I went up according to a revealing, and I communicated to them the good news which I proclaim among the nations, but privately to those who seemed receptive, lest I run or had run in vain.
[GAL.2.3] But not even Titus, who is with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised.
[GAL.2.4] And by means of the infiltrators, the false brothers, who entered to spy out the freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, in order that they may enslave us.
[GAL.2.5] To those we did not even allow submission for a time, so that the truth of the good message might remain with you.
[GAL.2.6] But concerning those who seemed to be important – what they once were makes no difference to me – the God does not receive a person’s face – for those who seemed important have added nothing to me.
[GAL.2.7] But rather, having observed that the Gods entrusted to me the good message of those not circumcised, just as they entrusted to Peter the good message of those who are circumcised.
[GAL.2.8] For the one who worked through Peter for the mission of the circumcision also worked through me for the nations.
[GAL.2.9] And having known the favor which was given to me, James and Peter and John, those appearing to be pillars, gave right hands to me and Barnabas in partnership, so that we go to the nations, while they go to the circumcision.
[GAL.2.10] Only the poor that we may remember, which also I have been eager to do this very thing.
[GAL.2.11] And when Peter came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he was condemned.
[GAL.2.12] For before some came from Jacob with the nations, he was associating with them. But when they arrived, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing those from the circumcision.
[GAL.2.13] And the remaining Jews also joined in the pretense with him, so that even Barnabas was carried away by their deception.
[GAL.2.14] But when I saw that they were not aligning themselves with the truth of the good news, I said to Peter in front of all, “If you are a Jew, yet you live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how do you compel the nations to become Jews?”
[GAL.2.15] We are Jews by birth and not sinners from the non-Jewish people.
[GAL.2.16] Knowing that a person is not declared righteous by performing works of law, unless through faith in Jesus Christ, and we have believed in Christ Jesus, in order that we might be declared righteous by the faith of Christ, and not by works of law, because by works of law no one will be declared righteous.
[GAL.2.17] But if, while seeking to be made righteous in Christ, we ourselves are found to be sinners, does that mean Christ is a servant of sin? Absolutely not.
[GAL.2.18] If, for, the things which I have destroyed, I build again, I establish myself as one who transgresses.
[GAL.2.19] For I died to the law through the law, that I might live to God. I was crucified together with Christ.
[GAL.2.20] I no longer live, but Christ lives within me. And what I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself up for me.
[GAL.2.21] I do not set aside the grace of God. For if righteousness comes through law, then Christ died for nothing as a free gift.
GAL.3
[GAL.3.1] Oh, senseless Galatians, who has poisoned your minds, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was portrayed crucified?
[GAL.3.2] This is the only thing I wish to learn from you: Did you receive the spirit through deeds of law, or through hearing of faith?
[GAL.3.3] So foolish are you, having begun by the spirit, are you now completing things in the flesh?
[GAL.3.4] Have you suffered so many things for nothing? If indeed, even for nothing.
[GAL.3.5] Therefore, does the one providing the Spirit and working powers in you do so through works of law, or through hearing with faith?
[GAL.3.6] As Abraham believed in the Gods, and it was reckoned to him into righteousness.
[GAL.3.7] Therefore, know that those of faith, these are sons of Abraham.
[GAL.3.8] And having foreseen, scripture proclaimed that the Gods justify the nations through faith, and preached beforehand to Abraham that all nations will be blessed in him.
[GAL.3.9] So those who are from faith are blessed with the faith of Abraham.
[GAL.3.10] For as many as are out of works of law are under a curse, it is written for, ‘Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the book of law to do them.’
[GAL.3.11] That, however, in the law no one is justified by the God is clear, that the righteous one will live from faith.
[GAL.3.12] However, the law does not come from faith, but the one who performs these things will live by them.
[GAL.3.13] The Anointed One redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse on our behalf, because it is written: "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a piece of wood."
[GAL.3.14] So that among the nations the blessing of Abraham may become real in the anointed one, Jesus, so that we may receive the promise of the spirit through faith.
[GAL.3.15] Brothers, according to humankind I speak. However, no one disregards or arranges against a humankind-ratified covenant.
[GAL.3.16] But to Abraham were the promises spoken, and to his seed. It does not say, 'and to seeds,' as if concerning many, but as concerning one, 'and to your seed, who is Christ.'
[GAL.3.17] But this I say: a covenant previously confirmed by God, the law which came 430 years later does not annul it, in order to make the promise void.
[GAL.3.18] For if the inheritance is from law, it is no longer from promise. But to Abraham, the God favored him through promise.
[GAL.3.19] What, then, is the law? The law was added on account of violations, until the seed to whom the promise has been given should arrive, having been commanded through messengers by the hand of a mediator.
[GAL.3.20] There is not one mediator, but God is one.
[GAL.3.21] Therefore, is the law against the promises of God? May it never be! For if a law was given able to give life, then righteousness would truly come from the law.
[GAL.3.22] But the scripture has enclosed all things under sin, so that the promise from the faith of Jesus Christ may be given to those who believe.
[GAL.3.23] But before the faith came, we were guarded, being shut up, for the faith that was about to be revealed.
[GAL.3.24] So the law has become a tutor for us, leading to Christ, so that we may be justified through faith.
[GAL.3.25] But with the coming of faith, we are no longer under a tutor.
[GAL.3.26] For all of you are sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
[GAL.3.27] As many as for you were baptized into Christ, you have put on the Messiah.
[GAL.3.28] There is no Jew, nor Greek; there is no slave, nor free person; there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
[GAL.3.29] And if you belong to the Messiah, then you are Abraham’s seed, according to the promise, heirs.
GAL.4
[GAL.4.1] But I say, for as long as the heir is a child, there is no difference from a slave, being Lord of all things.
[GAL.4.2] But they are under guardians and managers until the appointed time of the father.
[GAL.4.3] Thus also we, when we were infants, were enslaved under the elements of the world.
[GAL.4.4] When the fullness of the time came, the God sent out His son, having become from a woman, having become under law.
[GAL.4.5] That the Gods might redeem those under the law, in order that we might receive the adoption.
[GAL.4.6] Because you are sons, God sent the spirit of His son into our hearts, crying out, "Abba, Father".
[GAL.4.7] So you are no longer a slave, but a son. And if a son, then also an heir by means of God.
[GAL.4.8] But then, not knowing God, you served to those not being Gods by nature.
[GAL.4.9] Now that you know the God, or rather, are known by the God, how is it that you turn again to the weak and poor elements, to which you desire to serve again?
[GAL.4.10] You observe days and months and appointed times and years.
[GAL.4.11] I fear that somehow my labor among you has been in vain for you.
[GAL.4.12] Become as I am, because I am as you are, brothers, I ask of you. No one has wronged me.
[GAL.4.13] Now, I know that through weakness of the flesh, I preached the good news to you formerly.
[GAL.4.14] And you did not despise or spit on the trials of yourselves within my flesh, but rather you received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus.
[GAL.4.15] Where, then, is your blessedness? For I testify to you that if it were possible, you would have dug out your eyes and given them to me.
[GAL.4.16] So then, have I become an enemy of you while speaking truth to you?
[GAL.4.17] They zealously desire you not well, but they desire to select you, so that you might zealously desire them.
[GAL.4.18] It is good to be zealous for goodness always, and not only when I am with you.
[GAL.4.19] My children, whom I am again experiencing birth pains for, until the anointed one is formed within you.
[GAL.4.20] I wished to be present with you now, and to alter my voice, because I am perplexed among you.
[GAL.4.21] Tell me, you who desire to be under law, do you not hear the law?
[GAL.4.22] For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one from the slave girl and one from the free woman.
[GAL.4.23] But the one was born from the slave girl according to the flesh, and the other was born from the free woman through a promise.
[GAL.4.24] These are things spoken allegorically, for these are two covenants. One originates from Mount Sinai, giving birth to servitude, and this is Hagar.
[GAL.4.25] Now, Hagar is Sinai Mountain, which is in Arabia. It also stands alongside the Jerusalem that now exists, for it serves with its children.
[GAL.4.26] And the upper Jerusalem is free, which is our mother.
[GAL.4.27] For it is written: "Let the barren rejoice, the one who did not give birth, burst forth and cry out, the one who did not labor! Because many are the children of the desolate one, more than those of the one who has a husband."
[GAL.4.28] You, brothers, are children of the promise according to Isaac.
[GAL.4.29] But just as then the one born according to the flesh persecuted the one according to the spirit, so it is now.
[GAL.4.30] But what does the writing say? Cast out the slave woman and her son, for the son of the slave woman will not inherit with the son of the free woman.
[GAL.4.31] Therefore, brothers, we are not children of the enslaved woman, but of the free woman.
GAL.5
[GAL.5.1] Freedom, the Messiah freed us. Therefore, stand firm and do not again hold yourselves under a yoke of slavery.
[GAL.5.2] Behold, I Paul say to you that if you are circumcised, Christ will benefit you nothing.
[GAL.5.3] And I testify again to every person who is circumcised that he is a debtor to do the whole law.
[GAL.5.4] You have separated yourselves from Christ, you who are attempting to be made righteous through law; you have fallen from grace.
[GAL.5.5] For we await the hope of righteousness by the spirit from faith.
[GAL.5.6] For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision has value nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.
[GAL.5.7] You are running well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth?
[GAL.5.8] The testing does not come from the one calling you.
[GAL.5.9] A small amount of leaven causes the entire dough to rise.
[GAL.5.10] I have confidence in you in my Lord that you will think nothing else; but the one disturbing you will bear the judgement, whoever he may be.
[GAL.5.11] But I say, brothers, if I still proclaim circumcision, why then am I still persecuted? Therefore the offense of the cross has been nullified.
[GAL.5.12] It is my hope that those who trouble you will be cut off.
[GAL.5.13] For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use the freedom as an opportunity to the flesh, but through love serve one another.
[GAL.5.14] For all law is fulfilled in one word, in that you will love your neighbor as yourself.
[GAL.5.15] But if you bite and consume one another, be careful not to be destroyed by one another.
[GAL.5.16] But I say, walk in the spirit and you will not fulfill the desire of the flesh.
[GAL.5.17] For the flesh desires against the spirit, and the spirit against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, so that you may not do whatever things you want.
[GAL.5.18] But if by a spirit you are led, you are not under law.
[GAL.5.19] And apparent are the works of the flesh, which are sexual immorality, uncleanness, and lasciviousness.
[GAL.5.20] Idol worship, sorcery, enmities, strife, passionate zeal, wrath, factions, divisions, and heresies.
[GAL.5.21] Envy, drunkennesses, revelries, and things similar to these – these are the things I forewarn you about, as I previously said that those practicing such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
[GAL.5.22] And the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, goodness, gentleness, faith.
[GAL.5.23] Gentleness and self-control: against such ones there is no law.
[GAL.5.24] And those of the Christ [Jesus] crucified the flesh with the sufferings and the desires.
[GAL.5.25] If we are living by the spirit, then let us also be walking by the spirit.
[GAL.5.26] Let us not become vainglorious, but rather let us provoke one another, envying one another.
GAL.6
[GAL.6.1] Brothers, if a person is found committing a wrong, you, who are spiritual, restore that one in a spirit of gentleness, observing yourselves, so that you might not also be tempted.
[GAL.6.2] Bear one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of the Christ.
[GAL.6.3] If anyone thinks they are something when they are nothing, they deceive their own mind.
[GAL.6.4] But let each person test their own work, and then they will have boasting in themselves alone, and not in another.
[GAL.6.5] For each will carry the own burden.
[GAL.6.6] Let the learner participate with the teacher in sharing the message in all good things.
[GAL.6.7] Do not be deceived, the God is not mocked. For whatever a person sows, that also they will reap.
[GAL.6.8] Because the one sowing into the flesh of himself will reap decay from the flesh, but the one sowing into the spirit will reap eternal life from the spirit.
[GAL.6.9] And doing the good, let us not grow weary, for in its own time we will reap, not being discouraged.
[GAL.6.10] Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us work the good toward all, especially toward those who are of the faith.
[GAL.6.11] Look carefully at the large letters with which I have written to you with my own hand.
[GAL.6.12] As many as desire to appear favorable in the flesh compel you to be circumcised, solely so that they may not be persecuted for the cross of the Christ.
[GAL.6.13] Nor do those who are circumcised themselves keep the law, but they wish you to be circumcised, so that they may boast in your flesh.
[GAL.6.14] But may it never be that I boast, except in the cross of my Lord Jesus Christ, through whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
[GAL.6.15] For neither a cutting away of the foreskin is anything, nor an uncutting of the foreskin, but a new creation.
[GAL.6.16] And to as many as conform to this rule, peace be upon them and mercy, and also upon the Israel of God.
[GAL.6.17] From now on, let no one cause me trouble, for I bear the marks of Jesus in my body.
[GAL.6.18] The grace of the Lord our Yeshua the Anointed is with the spirit of you, brothers. Amen.
EPH
EPH.1 • EPH.2 • EPH.3 • EPH.4 • EPH.5 • EPH.6
EPH.1
[EPH.1.1] Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus, by the will of God, to the holy ones who are in Ephesus and faithful in Christ Jesus.
[EPH.1.2] Favor to you and peace from the God, Father of you, and Lord Jesus Christ.
[EPH.1.3] Blessed is God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with all spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ.
[EPH.1.4] As the Gods chose us in him before the laying down of the world to be holy and without blemish before the face of him in love.
[EPH.1.5] God predestined us for adoption through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will.
[EPH.1.6] To praise of glory of the grace of him which he graced us in the beloved.
[EPH.1.7] In whom we have the redemption through the blood of God, the forgiveness of the trespasses, according to the wealth of the grace of God.
[EPH.1.8] Which has overflowed to us, in all wisdom and understanding.
[EPH.1.9] Having made known to us the mystery of the will of the Gods, according to the good pleasure of the Gods which the Gods predetermined in themselves.
[EPH.1.10] For the sake of the administration of the fullness of the times, that He might sum up all things in the Christ, those concerning the heavens and those concerning the earth in Him.
[EPH.1.11] In whom also we were chosen, having been predetermined according to the purpose of the One working all things, according to the will of the will of Himself.
[EPH.1.12] For the purpose of us being praise of the glory of the One, those who hoped beforehand in the Messiah.
[EPH.1.13] In which also you, having heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, in which also having believed you were sealed with the spirit of the promise, the holy one.
[EPH.1.14] This is the pledge of our inheritance, for the redemption of the acquired possession, for praise of his glory.
[EPH.1.15] Therefore, I also, having heard the faith concerning you in my Lord Jesus and the love for all the holy ones,
[EPH.1.16] I do not cease giving thanks, making mention of you in my prayers.
[EPH.1.17] That the God of my Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him.
[EPH.1.18] Having enlightened the eyes of your heart, so that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what is the wealth of the glory of His inheritance among the holy ones.
[EPH.1.19] And what is the surpassing greatness of the power of God toward us who believe, according to the working of the rule of His strength?
[EPH.1.20] The Gods worked in the Messiah, raising him from among the dead and seating him at the right hand of the Gods in the heavenly realms.
[EPH.1.21] Above every rule and authority and power and dominion and every name being named, not only in this age but also in the age to come.
[EPH.1.22] And all things He subjected under His feet, and He gave Him as head over all things to the church.
[EPH.1.23] Which is the body of him, the fullness of the one who fills all things in all things.
EPH.2
[EPH.2.1] And you, being dead to the transgressions and to the sins of your own.
[EPH.2.2] In which you once walked according to the age of this world, according to the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit now working in the sons of disobedience.
[EPH.2.3] In which also we all once lived, in the desires of our flesh, doing the wills of the flesh and of the thoughts, and we were children by nature of wrath, just as also the others.
[EPH.2.4] But the God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us,
[EPH.2.5] And being us dead with transgressions, God made alive together with the Messiah – by grace you are saved –
[EPH.2.6] And God raised up together and seated together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus.
[EPH.2.7] So that in the ages coming, the surpassing wealth of His grace in kindness may be demonstrated towards us in Christ Jesus.
[EPH.2.8] For by favor you are being saved through trust, and this is not from yourselves, the Gods' gift.
[EPH.2.9] Not from works, so that no one might boast.
[EPH.2.10] For we are God’s poem, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works which God prepared beforehand, so that we may walk in them.
[EPH.2.11] Therefore, remember that once you yourselves were among the nations in flesh, those called uncircumcision by what is called circumcision made by hand in flesh.
[EPH.2.12] Because at that time you were without the Messiah, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of the promise, having no hope and being godless in the world.
[EPH.2.13] But now, in Christ Jesus, you who once were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
[EPH.2.14] For He is our peace, the One who has made both groups into one and has broken down the dividing wall of separation, having abolished the hostility within His body.
[EPH.2.15] Having abolished the law of the commands in decrees, so that the two He might create into one new person, making peace.
[EPH.2.16] And may he reconcile both groups in one body to God through the cross, having killed the hostility in him.
[EPH.2.17] And having come, the Gods proclaimed peace to you who are far away and peace to you who are near.
[EPH.2.18] Because through him we have the access, both, in one spirit, to the God Father.
[EPH.2.19] Therefore, you are no longer foreigners and temporary residents, but you are fellow citizens with the holy ones and members of the household of God.
[EPH.2.20] Having been built upon the foundation of the apostles and the prophets, with him, Christ Jesus, being the cornerstone.
[EPH.2.21] In which all building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in my Lord.
[EPH.2.22] In which also you all are built together into a dwelling place of God in spirit.
EPH.3
[EPH.3.1] For this reason, I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ [Jesus], am writing on behalf of you Gentiles.
[EPH.3.2] If indeed you have heard of the administration of the favor of God that was given to me concerning you,
[EPH.3.3] That the mystery was made known to me according to revelation, just as I wrote beforehand briefly.
[EPH.3.4] Concerning which, you are able, reading, to understand my understanding within the mystery of the Anointed One.
[EPH.3.5] As it was not known to previous generations to the sons of humankind, now it is revealed to the holy apostles of Him and to prophets in the Spirit.
[EPH.3.6] The nations are co-heirs and one body and partners in the promise in Christ Jesus through the good news.
[EPH.3.7] That I was made a servant according to the giving of the grace of God, the one given to me according to the working of the power of him.
[EPH.3.8] To me, the least of all the holy ones, this grace was given, to proclaim to the nations the unsearchable wealth of the Anointed One.
[EPH.3.9] And to illuminate all concerning what is the stewardship of the mystery hidden from the ages within the God who created all things.
[EPH.3.10] So that now to the principalities and to the powers in the heavenly places, through the church, the varied wisdom of God might be made known.
[EPH.3.11] According to the plan of the ages which the Gods made in the Christ Jesus, our Lord.
[EPH.3.12] In whom we have the boldness and access in confidence through the faith of him.
[EPH.3.13] Therefore, I ask that you not consider my afflictions on account of you, which is your glory.
[EPH.3.14] Because of this grace, I bend my knees towards the Father.
[EPH.3.15] From whom every fatherhood in the heavens and on earth is named.
[EPH.3.16] That God may give to you, according to the wealth of his glory, power to be strengthened through the spirit of him, into the inner person.
[EPH.3.17] That the Anointed One may dwell through the faith in your hearts, being rooted and established in love.
[EPH.3.18] So that you might be strong to comprehend with all the holy ones what is the width and the length and the height and the depth,
[EPH.3.19] That you may know the surpassing love of the Christ, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of the Gods.
[EPH.3.20] But to the One who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all things that we ask or think, according to the power that is working in us,
[EPH.3.21] To him is the glory in the assembly and in Christ Jesus to all the generations of the age of the ages, amen.
EPH.4
[EPH.4.1] Therefore, I urge you, I, the prisoner in my Lord, to walk worthily of the calling whereby you were called.
[EPH.4.2] With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love.
[EPH.4.3] Making every effort to keep the unity of the spirit within the connection of peace.
[EPH.4.4] One body and one spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling.
[EPH.4.5] One Lord, one faith, one baptism.
[EPH.4.6] One God and father of all, the one who is over all and through all and in all things.
[EPH.4.7] Now to each of us was given grace according to the measure of the giving of the Messiah.
[EPH.4.8] Therefore it says: having ascended into heights, Yahveh took captivity captive, and gave gifts to people.
[EPH.4.9] But what does going up signify, if not that it also means coming down into the lower parts of the earth?
[EPH.4.10] The one who descends is the same one who ascends above all the heavens, so that he may fulfill everything.
[EPH.4.11] And He Himself gave some as apostles, and others as prophets, and others as evangelists, and others as shepherds and teachers.
[EPH.4.12] Toward the completion of the holy ones for a work of service, for building up of the body of Christ.
[EPH.4.13] Until we all arrive at the unity of the faith and of the knowing of the Son of God, to a complete man, to the measure of the age of the fullness of the Christ.
[EPH.4.14] So that we are no longer infants, being tossed and carried about by every wind of teaching, in the deceit of people, in craftiness toward the skill of error.
[EPH.4.15] But speaking truthfully in love, let us grow toward him in all things, who is the head, Christ.
[EPH.4.16] From which the whole body, being fitted together and supported by every ligament of supply, functions according to the proportion of each individual part, causing growth of the body into construction of itself in love.
[EPH.4.17] Therefore, this I say and testify in my Lord, that you no longer walk, as also the nations walk in the vanity of their mind.
[EPH.4.18] Being darkened in understanding, they are alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their hearts.
[EPH.4.19] Those who have alienated themselves have surrendered to shamelessness for the practice of all uncleanness, in greed.
[EPH.4.20] But you did not learn the Christ in this way.
[EPH.4.21] If indeed you heard him and were taught by him, as truth exists within the Jesus.
[EPH.4.22] You must put off, according to the former conduct, the old person who is being corrupted according to the desires of deception.
[EPH.4.23] And be renewed by the spirit of your mind.
[EPH.4.24] And to put on the new person, which is created according to God in righteousness and holiness of truth.
[EPH.4.25] Therefore, having put away the false speaking, speak the truth, each one with his neighbor, because we are each other's members.
[EPH.4.26] Be angry and do not sin; let not the sun set upon your provocation.
[EPH.4.27] Nor give a place to the devil.
[EPH.4.28] The one who steals should steal no longer, but rather labor working with his own hands for what is good, so that he may have to share with the one having need.
[EPH.4.29] Let no corrupt word come forth from your mouths, but if anyone speaks a good word for the building up of need, that it might give grace to those who hear from the Gods.
[EPH.4.30] And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in which you were sealed for a day of redemption.
[EPH.4.31] All bitterness and anger and wrath and outcry and slander, let it be removed from you with all wickedness.
[EPH.4.32] Be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving yourselves, just as God in Christ forgave you.
EPH.5
[EPH.5.1] Therefore, become imitators of God as beloved children.
[EPH.5.2] And you should walk in love, just as the Anointed One loved us and gave himself for us as an offering and a sacrifice to God, a fragrance of a pleasing aroma.
[EPH.5.3] But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness, or greed, should not even be named among you, as is proper for holy people.
[EPH.5.4] And shamefulness and foolishness or amusement, which are not appropriate, but rather thankfulness is more fitting.
[EPH.5.5] For you know this, understanding that no one who practices sexual immorality or impurity or greed has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
[EPH.5.6] Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of this the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.
[EPH.5.7] Therefore, do not become partners with them.
[EPH.5.8] For you were formerly darkness, but now you are light in my Lord. As children of light, walk.
[EPH.5.9] For the fruit of the light is in all goodness and righteousness and truth.
[EPH.5.10] They are testing what is acceptable to my Lord.
[EPH.5.11] And do not participate with the works that are fruitless of darkness, but rather, and expose them.
[EPH.5.12] For the things done secretly by them are shameful even to speak of.
[EPH.5.13] But all things that are reproved are revealed by the light.
[EPH.5.14] For every revealed thing is light. Therefore, it says: "Wake up, the one who is sleeping, and rise from among the dead, and the Christ will illuminate you."
[EPH.5.15] Therefore, pay close attention to how you live, not as those lacking wisdom, but as those possessing wisdom.
[EPH.5.16] You are buying up the opportune time, because the days are evil.
[EPH.5.17] Because of this, do not become foolish, but understand what the will of my Lord is.
[EPH.5.18] And do not become intoxicated with wine, in which there is debauchery, but be filled with spirit.
[EPH.5.19] Speaking to yourselves in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and playing music with your hearts to my Lord.
[EPH.5.20] We are giving thanks always concerning all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God and Father.
[EPH.5.21] Being submitted to one another in reverence of Christ.
[EPH.5.22] The wives should relate to their own husbands as to my Lord.
[EPH.5.23] Because a man is the head of the woman, as also Christ is the head of the church, he himself is the savior of the body.
[EPH.5.24] However, as the assembly submits to Christ, so also wives to their husbands in everything.
[EPH.5.25] The men, love the women as also the Anointed One loved the assembly and gave himself up for it.
[EPH.5.26] That he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by means of the washing of water in word.
[EPH.5.27] So that He Himself may present to Himself the church in glory, not having a spot or a wrinkle or anything of that sort, but so that it may be holy and without blemish.
[EPH.5.28] Thus, the men ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. The one loving his own wife loves himself.
[EPH.5.29] For no one ever hated their own flesh, but rather nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church.
[EPH.5.30] Because we are members of His body.
[EPH.5.31] Instead of these things, a man will abandon his father and his mother, and he will cling to his wife, and the two of them will become one flesh.
[EPH.5.32] This mystery is great. But I speak to Christ and to the church.
[EPH.5.33] But also, you yourselves, each one, should love his own wife in this way as himself, and the wife so that she respects the husband.
EPH.6
[EPH.6.1] The children should listen to their parents in my Lord, for this is righteous.
[EPH.6.2] Honor your father and your mother, which is the first commandment with a promise.
[EPH.6.3] So that goodness may be to you, and you will be long-lived upon the earth.
[EPH.6.4] And the fathers, do not provoke your children, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
[EPH.6.5] Slaves, obey your masters according to the flesh with fear and trembling in the simplicity of your hearts, as to Christ.
[EPH.6.6] Do not act to impress people, as if seeking their approval, but act as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart.
[EPH.6.7] Serving with goodwill as to my Lord and not to men.
[EPH.6.8] Knowing that everyone, if they do anything good, will carry this reward with them from my Lord, whether they are a slave or free.
[EPH.6.9] And you masters, do the same things toward them, abandoning the threat, knowing that also of them and of you the Lord is in the heavens and respect of persons does not exist with him.
[EPH.6.10] From now on, be strengthened in my Lord and in the power of his strength.
[EPH.6.11] Having clothed yourselves with the complete armor of God, for the purpose of being able to stand against the tactics of the devil.
[EPH.6.12] That the struggle is not to us against blood and flesh, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual ones of wickedness in the heavenly places.
[EPH.6.13] Therefore, take up the complete armor of God, so that you may be able to resist in the evil day and, having accomplished everything, to stand firm.
[EPH.6.14] Therefore, stand having girded your waist in truth and having put on the breastplate of righteousness.
[EPH.6.15] And having prepared the feet in readiness for the good news of peace.
[EPH.6.16] In all things having taken up the shield of the faith, in which you will be able to extinguish all the arrows of the evil one, the inflamed ones.
[EPH.6.17] And accept the helmet of the salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
[EPH.6.18] Through all prayer and supplication praying in every time in spirit, and to him being watchful in all perseverance and supplication for all the holy ones.
[EPH.6.19] And on behalf of me, that a message may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, with boldness to make known the mystery of the good news.
[EPH.6.20] On whose behalf I intercede in chains, that in him I may speak boldly as it is necessary for me to speak.
[EPH.6.21] That you also may know concerning me what I am doing, Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful servant in the Lord, will make all things known to you.
[EPH.6.22] I sent him to you for this very purpose, so that you may know the things concerning us and that he may comfort your hearts.
[EPH.6.23] Peace to the brothers and sisters, and love with faith from God the Father and my Lord Jesus Christ.
[EPH.6.24] Grace is with all those who love my Lord Jesus Christ in incorruptibility.
PHP
PHP.1 • PHP.2 • PHP.3 • PHP.4
PHP.1
[PHP.1.1] Paul and Timothy, slaves of Christ Jesus, to all the holy ones who are in Christ Jesus and are located in Philippi, together with the overseers and the servants.
[PHP.1.2] Favor to you and peace from the God, Father of you, and Lord Jesus Christ.
[PHP.1.3] I give thanks to my God for all your remembrance.
[PHP.1.4] Always in every petition of mine for all of you, making the petition with joy.
[PHP.1.5] Concerning your shared participation in the good news, from the first day until now,
[PHP.1.6] Being confident of this, the one who initiated a good work in you will finish it until the day of Christ Jesus.
[PHP.1.7] As it is just for me to think this about all of you, because you have me in your hearts, both in my bonds and in my defense and confirmation of the good news, all of you are partners with me in grace.
[PHP.1.8] For my witness is the God, as I earnestly desire all of you in the affections of Christ Jesus.
[PHP.1.9] And this I pray, that the love of you may still more and more abound in knowledge and all perception.
[PHP.1.10] For the purpose of testing you regarding the differing things, so that you may be sincere and unblamable on the day of Christ.
[PHP.1.11] Being filled with the fruit of righteousness through Jesus Christ, for glory and praise of God.
[PHP.1.12] And I desire for you brothers to know that the things concerning me have rather come to pass for the advancement of the good news.
[PHP.1.13] Therefore, my bonds have become obvious in the Anointed One, in all of the governor’s residence and to all the others.
[PHP.1.14] And many of the brothers, being convinced in my Lord, dare more to speak the word fearlessly because of my imprisonment.
[PHP.1.15] Some, indeed, proclaim Christ out of envy and conflict, while others proclaim him out of goodwill.
[PHP.1.16] Some act out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the good news.
[PHP.1.17] But others proclaim Christ from contention, not purely, thinking to stir up affliction for my bonds.
[PHP.1.18] For what? Except that in every way, whether by pretense or truth, Christ is proclaimed, and in this I rejoice. But I will rejoice also.
[PHP.1.19] For I know that this will turn out for my deliverance through your petition and the provision of the spirit of Jesus Christ.
[PHP.1.20] According to the expectation and hope that is mine, indeed in nothing will I be ashamed, but in all boldness, as always and now, Christ will be magnified in my body, whether through life or through death.
[PHP.1.21] For to me, to live is the Messiah, and to die is gain.
[PHP.1.22] If indeed the living in flesh, this to me is fruit of work, and what I will choose I do not know.
[PHP.1.23] I am held, however, from the two, having a desire for the purpose of being loosened and being with the Anointed One, for it is far more excellent.
[PHP.1.24] And the continuing in the flesh is more necessary for you.
[PHP.1.25] And being confident of this, I know that I will remain and continue with all of you for your advancement and joy in the faith.
[PHP.1.26] That your boasting may abound in Jesus Christ in me through my presence again to you.
[PHP.1.27] Live only in a manner worthy of the gospel of the Christ, so that whether coming and seeing you or absent I hear about you, that you stand in one spirit, one soul striving together in the faith of the gospel.
[PHP.1.28] And do not be swayed by anything under the influence of opposing forces, which is for them an indication of destruction, but for you salvation, and this is from God.
[PHP.1.29] That it has been graciously given to you concerning Christ, not only to believe into him, but also to suffer for him.
[PHP.1.30] You are sharing in the same struggle, as you have seen in me, and now you hear in me.
PHP.2
[PHP.2.1] If therefore there is any exhortation in the Anointed One, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the spirit, if any inner feelings and mercies,
[PHP.2.2] Fill up my joy, so that you all may think alike, having the same love, being of one mind, and thinking the one thing.
[PHP.2.3] Let nothing be done out of selfish ambition, nor out of empty glory, but with humility let each one consider the others as surpassing themselves.
[PHP.2.4] Do not each of you look only at the things of yourselves, but each of you also look at the things of others.
[PHP.2.5] Have this mindset among yourselves, which was also in the Anointed One, Yahveh saves.
[PHP.2.6] Who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God a thing to be seized.
[PHP.2.7] But he himself emptied himself, having taken the form of a servant, becoming in likeness to people; and in appearance being found as a person.
[PHP.2.8] He humbled himself, becoming obedient to the point of death, even the death of a cross.
[PHP.2.9] Therefore, God also exalted him and bestowed upon him the name that is above every name.
[PHP.2.10] That in the name of Jesus, every knee should bend, of those in heaven, and those on earth, and those under the earth.
[PHP.2.11] And every tongue will confess that my Lord Jesus Christ is to the glory of the Gods the father.
[PHP.2.12] Therefore, my loved ones, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence alone, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
[PHP.2.13] For God is the one actively working in you, both in your willing and in your doing, for the sake of favor.
[PHP.2.14] Do all things without complaining and reasoning.
[PHP.2.15] That you may become blameless and complete, children of God without blemish among a generation that is crooked and distorted, in which you shine as lights in the world.
[PHP.2.16] Having the word of life, this will be a boasting to me on the day of Christ, that I have not run or labored for nothing.
[PHP.2.17] But if I am also to be poured out as an offering with the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and rejoice with all of you.
[PHP.2.18] But the same, you all rejoice and rejoice with me.
[PHP.2.19] I hope in my Lord Yeshua to send Timothy quickly to you, so that also I may be of good cheer knowing concerning you.
[PHP.2.20] For truly, I have no one of equal soul, who would genuinely be concerned about your affairs.
[PHP.2.21] For all people seek their own interests, not the things of Jesus the Messiah.
[PHP.2.22] And you know the proof of him, that as a son with a father he served alongside me for the good news.
[PHP.2.23] Therefore, I hope to send him as soon as I know how things are going with me by God's will.
[PHP.2.24] I am also persuaded in my Lord that He Himself will come swiftly.
[PHP.2.25] I considered it necessary to send Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, and fellow soldier, to you. He is also an apostle and a servant of my needs, and I send him to you.
[PHP.2.26] Because he was earnestly desiring all of you and was worried, because he heard that you were sick.
[PHP.2.27] And for he became weakened, similar to death. But the God had mercy on him, not only on him but also on me, so that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow.
[PHP.2.28] Therefore I sent him more earnestly, that having seen him again, you may rejoice, and I may be less sorrowful.
[PHP.2.29] Therefore, receive him in my Lord with all joy, and hold people of that kind in esteem.
[PHP.2.30] Because through the work of Christ, he approached death, comparing it to the soul, so that he might fill up what is lacking in your service to me.
PHP.3
[PHP.3.1] Furthermore, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you is not tiresome to me, but it is safe for you.
[PHP.3.2] Look at the dogs, look at the wicked workers, look at the cutting off.
[PHP.3.3] For we are the circumcision, those worshipping God in spirit and boasting in Christ Jesus, and not trusting in flesh.
[PHP.3.4] Although I have confidence even in the flesh, if anyone else seems confident in the flesh, I have more reason to be.
[PHP.3.5] Circumcised on the eighth day, from the race of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew from Hebrews, according to the law, a Pharisee.
[PHP.3.6] According to zeal, he pursues the church, according to righteousness he has become blameless in the law.
[PHP.3.7] All things that were my gains, I count as loss through the Christ.
[PHP.3.8] But indeed, I consider everything to be a loss on account of the surpassing value of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things, and I consider them worthless, so that I might gain Christ.
[PHP.3.9] And may I be found in Him, not having my own righteousness that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God upon the faith.
[PHP.3.10] In order to know God and the power of his resurrection, and to share in the sufferings of God, conforming to the death of God.
[PHP.3.11] If somehow I may attain the resurrection from the dead.
[PHP.3.12] Not that I have already obtained it or am already perfected, but I pursue to grasp that for which I was grasped by Christ Jesus.
[PHP.3.13] Brothers, I do not consider myself to have grasped it; but one thing, forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to those things which are before,
[PHP.3.14] According to purpose, I pursue towards the reward of the upward calling of God in Christ Jesus.
[PHP.3.15] As many as are mature, this we think. And if anyone thinks differently, God will reveal this to you.
[PHP.3.16] But to what we have attained, let us continue to walk in the same way.
[PHP.3.17] Become imitators of me, brothers, and carefully observe those who walk in this way, as you have an example in us.
[PHP.3.18] For many walk in a way that I have often told you about, but now I say it again with tears: they are enemies of the cross of the Messiah.
[PHP.3.19] Their end is destruction, their god is the belly, and their glory is in their shame. These people have their minds set on earthly things.
[PHP.3.20] For our commonwealth exists in the heavens, from which we also await a savior, my Lord Jesus Christ.
[PHP.3.21] The one who will transform the body of our humility to be formed like the body of God’s glory, according to the working of the power by which God is able and by which all things are subjected to God.
PHP.4
[PHP.4.1] Therefore, my loved brothers and those for whom I yearn, you are my joy and my crown. In this way, stand firm in Yahveh, loved ones.
[PHP.4.2] I urge Euodia, and I urge Syntyche, to think the same thing in my Lord.
[PHP.4.3] Yes, I also ask you, my true companion, to take note of those women who labored with me in the good news, along with Clement and my other coworkers, whose names are in the book of life.
[PHP.4.4] Rejoice in my Lord always, again I say, rejoice.
[PHP.4.5] Let your reasonableness be known to all people. The Lord is near.
[PHP.4.6] Be anxious about nothing, but in all things let your requests be made known to the God with thanksgiving.
[PHP.4.7] And the peace of God, that which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.
[PHP.4.8] Therefore, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is reverent, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good report – if there is any virtue and if there is any praise – consider these things.
[PHP.4.9] And also you learned, and you received, and you heard, and you saw in me, do these things. And the God of peace will be with you.
[PHP.4.10] And I greatly rejoiced in my Lord that at last you have begun to share in my concern for me, and that you are sharing in it, and are demonstrating it.
[PHP.4.11] I am not saying this because I learned it recently, for I have learned to be self-sufficient in whatever circumstances I find myself.
[PHP.4.12] I know how to be humbled, and I know how to abound. In everything, in all circumstances, I am self-sufficient, and to be filled and to hunger, to abound and to lack.
[PHP.4.13] I am able to do all things in the one strengthening me.
[PHP.4.14] But you acted rightly when you participated with me in my distress.
[PHP.4.15] And you also, Philippians, know that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church shared with me concerning the matter of giving and receiving, except you alone.
[PHP.4.16] Because also in Thessalonica, once and twice, to the need of me, you sent.
[PHP.4.17] It is not that I am seeking a gift, but I am seeking the abundant fruit for the sake of your words.
[PHP.4.18] I indeed have everything and abound. I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus what you sent, a fragrance of a pleasing scent, an accepted sacrifice, pleasing to God.
[PHP.4.19] And the God my will fulfill all your need according to the wealth of him in glory in Christ Jesus.
[PHP.4.20] But to God, and our Father, be the glory for all ages of the ages. Truly.
[PHP.4.21] Greet all the holy ones in Christ Jesus. The brothers with me send you greetings.
[PHP.4.22] All the holy ones greet you, but especially those who are from the house of Caesar.
[PHP.4.23] The grace of my Lord Jesus the Anointed is with the spirit of you all.
COL
COL.1 • COL.2 • COL.3 • COL.4
COL.1
[COL.1.1] Paul, apostle of Christ Jesus, by the will of God, and Timothy, the brother.
[COL.1.2] To the holy ones and faithful brothers in Colossae, in Christ, grace to you and peace from God our Father.
[COL.1.3] We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, always praying about you.
[COL.1.4] Having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and the love which you have for all the holy people.
[COL.1.5] Because of the hope stored up for you in the heavens, which you previously heard in the message of the truth of the good news.
[COL.1.6] This is happening to you, just as it is bearing fruit and increasing throughout the whole world, and also among you, from the day you heard and understood the grace of God in truth.
[COL.1.7] As you learned from Epaphras, the beloved fellow servant of ours, who is faithful as a minister for you of the Christ.
[COL.1.8] And this has shown to us your love in spirit.
[COL.1.9] Therefore, we also, from the day we heard, have not ceased praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding.
[COL.1.10] That you may walk worthily of the Lord, in all pleasing things, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God.
[COL.1.11] Being empowered in all power, according to the strength of the glory of Him, for all endurance and patience. With joy.
[COL.1.12] Giving thanks to the God, the Father, who has made you all sufficient for the portion of the inheritance of the holy ones in the light.
[COL.1.13] The one who rescued us from the power of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the son of his love.
[COL.1.14] In which we have the redemption, the forgiveness of the sins.
[COL.1.15] This one is the image of God the unseen, the firstborn of all creation.
[COL.1.16] Because in him all things were created, both in the heavens and on the earth, the things that are seen and the things that are unseen, whether thrones, whether lordships, whether principalities, or whether powers. All things are through him, and all things were created for him.
[COL.1.17] And he himself is before all things, and all things are sustained in him.
[COL.1.18] And he is the head of the body of the church; who is the beginning, firstborn from among the dead, so that he may become foremost in all things.
[COL.1.19] That in him the Gods were pleased for all the fullness to dwell.
[COL.1.20] And through him, to restore all things to himself, having made peace through the blood of his cross, [through him], whether those things on the earth or those things in the heavens.
[COL.1.21] And you, at one time being alienated and enemies in your mind in the evil deeds.
[COL.1.22] Now, however, God has reconciled you in the body of his flesh through death, in order to present you holy and blameless and without reproach before him.
[COL.1.23] If, indeed, you continue in the faith, having been founded and being stable and not being moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, the one proclaimed in all creation under the heaven, of which I, Paul, became a servant.
[COL.1.24] Now, I rejoice in the sufferings on behalf of you, and I fill up the deficiencies of the afflictions of the Christ in my flesh on behalf of the body of him, which is the church.
[COL.1.25] That I became a servant according to the plan of God, which was given to me to fulfill the word of God to you.
[COL.1.26] The mystery which was hidden from the ages and from the generations, now however has been revealed to the holy ones of him.
[COL.1.27] To those whom God willed to make known what is the wealth of the glory of this mystery among the nations, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
[COL.1.28] We proclaim, advising every person and teaching every person in all wisdom, so that we may present every person complete in Christ.
[COL.1.29] Into which also I labor, striving according to the activity of the Gods, the activity being worked within me in power.
COL.2
[COL.2.1] I want you all to understand the extent of my struggle for your sake and for those who are in Laodicea, and for all who have not seen my face in the flesh.
[COL.2.2] That the hearts of them may be encouraged, having been bound together in love, and toward every wealth of the fullness of the understanding, toward a knowing of the mystery of God, Christ.
[COL.2.3] In which are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden.
[COL.2.4] This I say, that no one might deceive you with persuasive speech.
[COL.2.5] For even if in the flesh I depart, but in spirit I am with you, rejoicing and observing your order and the steadfastness of your faith towards Christ.
[COL.2.6] As you therefore received Christ Jesus, the Lord, in him you walk.
[COL.2.7] Being rooted and being built up in the One, and being established in the faith as you were taught, overflowing in thankfulness.
[COL.2.8] Behold, lest anyone become to you one who leads astray through the love of wisdom and empty deception, according to the tradition of humans, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to the Anointed One.
[COL.2.9] That in him dwells all the fullness of the Gods in a bodily way.
[COL.2.10] And you are in him filled, who is the head of all rule and authority.
[COL.2.11] In whom you were also circumcised with a circumcision not made by hands, in the stripping away of the body of the flesh, in the circumcision of the Christ.
[COL.2.12] Having been buried with him in the baptism, in which also you were raised through the faith of the working of God, the one raising him from the dead.
[COL.2.13] And you, being dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God has made alive together with Himself, having forgiven us all transgressions.
[COL.2.14] Having blotted out the handwritten document with the decrees that opposed us, God also took it away from the middle, having nailed it to the cross.
[COL.2.15] Having stripped off the principalities and the powers, he displayed them openly, having triumphed over them in himself.
[COL.2.16] Therefore, let no one judge you concerning eating and drinking or a portion of a festival or new moons or sabbaths.
[COL.2.17] That is a shadow of the things to come, and the body of the Christ.
[COL.2.18] Let no one deceive you, desiring in humility and religious practice of the angels, which they have seen intruding, being puffed up by the mind of their own flesh.
[COL.2.19] And not controlling the head, from which all the body, through the joints and ligaments being supplied and growing together, increases the increase of God.
[COL.2.20] If you died with the Anointed One from the fundamental principles of the world, why, as those living in the world, do you establish decrees?
[COL.2.21] Do not touch, nor taste, nor handle.
[COL.2.22] The all things are for destruction by the misuse, according to the commands and teachings of the humans.
[COL.2.23] These are those having a word of wisdom in willing-worship and lowliness [and] a spending of the body, not in any honor toward a filling of the flesh.
COL.3
[COL.3.1] If, therefore, you have been raised with the Messiah, seek those things which are above, where the Messiah is seated at the right hand of God.
[COL.3.2] Be mindful of the things above, not the things on the earth.
[COL.3.3] For you died, and your life is hidden with the Christ in the God.
[COL.3.4] When the Anointed One is revealed, your life, then also you with Him will be revealed in glory.
[COL.3.5] Therefore, put to death the members that are on the earth: sexual immorality, impurity, passionate desire, evil craving, and greed, which is idolatry.
[COL.3.6] Through which comes the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience.
[COL.3.7] In which you also once walked about, when you were living in these things.
[COL.3.8] Now therefore, put away from yourselves all things: wrath, anger, malice, slander, and filthy language from your mouths.
[COL.3.9] Do not lie to one another, having stripped off the old person with their deeds.
[COL.3.10] And having clothed yourselves with the new, the being renewed into knowledge according to the image of the one creating yourselves.
[COL.3.11] There is no longer Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free, but all are in Christ, and Christ is in all.
[COL.3.12] Therefore, clothe yourselves, as chosen ones of God, holy ones and beloved. Clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.
[COL.3.13] Bearing with one another and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against anyone; as also my Lord forgave you, so also you.
[COL.3.14] And over all these things, put on the love, which is the bond of completeness.
[COL.3.15] And let the peace of the Anointed One rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body, and be thankful.
[COL.3.16] May the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing yourselves with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the God.
[COL.3.17] And all whatever you may do in word or in work, let everything be in the name of my Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
[COL.3.18] The women, submit yourselves to the men as is proper in Yahveh.
[COL.3.19] Men, love women and do not be bitter toward them.
[COL.3.20] The children will listen to the parents in every matter, because this is pleasing to my Lord.
[COL.3.21] The fathers, do not provoke your children, so that they might not become disheartened.
[COL.3.22] Slaves, obey in all things those who are masters in the flesh, not with eyeservice as those who seek to please men, but with simplicity of heart, fearing Yahveh.
[COL.3.23] Whatever you do, work from the soul as to my Lord and not to people.
[COL.3.24] Knowing that you will receive the reward of the inheritance from my Lord, serve the Lord Christ.
[COL.3.25] For the one doing wrong will carry what he wronged, and there is no partiality.
COL.4
[COL.4.1] The lords, provide justice and fairness to the slaves, knowing that you also have a lord in heaven.
[COL.4.2] Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.
[COL.4.3] Praying also concerning us, that the God will open for us a door of speech, to proclaim the mystery of the Christ, for which I am also bound.
[COL.4.4] That I may reveal it as it is necessary for me to speak.
[COL.4.5] In wisdom walk toward those outside, redeeming the time.
[COL.4.6] Let your speech always be in grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how it is necessary for you to respond to each one.
[COL.4.7] Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful servant, and fellow servant in the Lord, will make all things concerning me known to you.
[COL.4.8] I sent him, whom I have dispatched to you for this very purpose, that you may know the things about us, and he may encourage your hearts.
[COL.4.9] With Onesimus, the faithful and beloved brother, who is of you, he will make all things here known to you.
[COL.4.10] Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner, sends greetings to you, and so does Mark, the nephew of Barnabas. Concerning him, you received instructions: if he comes to you, receive him.
[COL.4.11] And Yeshua, who is called the Just One, those who come from the circumcision, these alone are coworkers for the kingdom of God, who have become a comfort to me.
[COL.4.12] Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, constantly struggles for you in prayers, so that you all may stand complete and filled with all the will of God.
[COL.4.13] I testify to him that he experiences much suffering on your behalf and on behalf of those who are in Laodicea and those who are in Hierapolis.
[COL.4.14] Luke, the doctor, the beloved, and Demas greet you.
[COL.4.15] Greet the brothers and sisters who are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is in her house.
[COL.4.16] And whenever the letter is read among you, make it so that it is also read in the church of the Laodiceans, and the one from the Laodiceans so that you also read it.
[COL.4.17] And say to Archippus: observe the ministry that you received in the Master, so that you may fulfill it.
[COL.4.18] The greeting is with my hand, from Paul. Please remember me concerning my imprisonment. May the favor be with you.
1TH
1TH.1 • 1TH.2 • 1TH.3 • 1TH.4 • 1TH.5
1TH.1
[1TH.1.1] Paul and Silas and Timothy to the church of the Thessalonians in the Gods, the God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, grace to you and peace.
[1TH.1.2] We give thanks to God always concerning all of you, making mention in our prayers, without interruption.
[1TH.1.3] We remember your work of faith, and the labor of your love, and the endurance of the hope of our Lord Jesus Christ, before God and our Father.
[1TH.1.4] Knowing, brothers loved by God, [is] your selection.
[1TH.1.5] Because the good news of us was not made to you in word alone, but also in power and in the holy spirit and [in] much fullness of knowing, as you know how we became [among] you through you.
[1TH.1.6] And you became imitators of us and of my Lord, having received the word in much affliction with joy of the holy spirit.
[1TH.1.7] Therefore, you are to become a pattern for all those who have faith in Macedonia and in Achaia.
[1TH.1.8] For the word of the Lord has gone forth from you, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place the faith of you toward the God has gone forth, so that there is no need for us to speak anything.
[1TH.1.9] For they themselves report about the entrance we had to you, and how you turned to God from serving idols to serve a living and true God.
[1TH.1.10] And to await the Son of God from the heavens, whom God raised from among the dead, Jesus, the one who delivers us from the wrath that is coming.
1TH.2
[1TH.2.1] For you yourselves know, brothers, our entrance to you that it was not empty.
[1TH.2.2] But, having suffered first and been insulted, as you know, in Philippi, we dared to speak to you the good news of God in much struggle, in the God of us.
[1TH.2.3] For our appeal does not come from deception, nor from impurity, nor in deceit.
[1TH.2.4] But just as God has approved us to believe in the good news, so we speak, not as though seeking to please people, but God, who examines our hearts.
[1TH.2.5] For you know, we never came with speech of flattery, nor with pretext of greed, God is witness.
[1TH.2.6] Nor seeking glory from people, nor from you, nor from others.
[1TH.2.7] Being able in power to be as Christ’s messengers, yet we became infants among you. Just as a nurse warms her own children.
[1TH.2.8] Thus, being affectionately fond of you, we were pleased to impart to you not only the good news of God but also our own souls, because you became beloved to us.
[1TH.2.9] Remember, brothers, our labor and our toil. Working night and day so as not to burden any of you, we proclaimed to you the good news of God.
[1TH.2.10] You are witnesses, and God is also a witness, as to how we lived among you believing ones with holiness and righteousness and without blame.
[1TH.2.11] As you know, just as each of you is as a father to the children of himself.
[1TH.2.12] We are beseeching you and encouraging you and bearing witness, so that you may walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.
[1TH.2.13] And because of this, we also give thanks to the God unceasingly, that having received a message of hearing from us of the God, you accepted not a message of men, but just as it is truly a message of the God, which also is working in you those who believe.
[1TH.2.14] For you have become imitators, brothers, of the churches of God that are in Judea in Christ Jesus, because you suffered the same things also by your own kinsmen, as they also by the Jews.
[1TH.2.15] Those who also killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and who drove us out, and who do not please God, and are opposed to all people.
[1TH.2.16] While hindering us from speaking to the nations so that they might be saved, to fully complete their sins, wrath has now reached its completion upon them.
[1TH.2.17] We, brothers, having been orphaned from you for a time of hours, in face, not in heart, have more earnestly striven to see your face in much desire.
[1TH.2.18] Because we desired to come to you, I, indeed, Paul, both once and again, and the Satan hindered us.
[1TH.2.19] For what hope or joy or crown of boasting do we have – or do you also not have it – before our Lord Jesus at his coming?
[1TH.2.20] For you are the glory and the joy.
1TH.3
[1TH.3.1] Therefore, having no longer endured it, we have decided to be left alone in Athens.
[1TH.3.2] And we sent Timothy, our brother and a fellow worker of God in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen you and to encourage you concerning your faith.
[1TH.3.3] That no one be shaken in these tribulations. For I know that we are positioned for this.
[1TH.3.4] And for when we were with you, we told you that we were about to be afflicted, even as it happened and you know.
[1TH.3.5] Therefore, I also, no longer restraining myself, sent [someone] to know the faith of you, lest somehow the one tempting has tested you, and our labor becomes empty.
[1TH.3.6] And now, with Timothy having come to us from you and having brought us news of your faith and your love, and that you have a good remembrance of us always, we are longing to see you just as you are longing to see us.
[1TH.3.7] Therefore, we were encouraged, brothers and sisters, for you, on account of every need and affliction of ours through your faith.
[1TH.3.8] That now we live if you stand in my Lord.
[1TH.3.9] For what gratitude are we able to give to God concerning you, for all the joy with which we rejoice for you before our God?
[1TH.3.10] At night and during the day, we prayed exceedingly to see your face and to complete what is lacking in your faith.
[1TH.3.11] And indeed, the God and our Father and our Lord, Jesus, directed our path toward you all.
[1TH.3.12] And may my Lord increase and superabound your love for one another and for all, just as we also have for you.
[1TH.3.13] That God may strengthen your hearts to be blameless in holiness before God and our Father, in the presence of our Lord Jesus with all his holy ones. Amen.
1TH.4
[1TH.4.1] Therefore, brothers, we request and implore you in the Lord Jesus, that just as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please the Gods, and as you are walking, that you may increase even more.
[1TH.4.2] For you know what instructions we gave to you through my Lord Jesus.
[1TH.4.3] For this is the will of the Gods: that your sanctification should be to abstain from sexual immorality.
[1TH.4.4] That each of you may know how to acquire your own vessel in sanctification and honor.
[1TH.4.5] Do not, in passion of desire, as also the nations that do not know God.
[1TH.4.6] That you do not overstep and exploit your brother in this matter, because Yahveh is a vindicator concerning all of these things, as we previously told you and strongly affirmed.
[1TH.4.7] For the God did not call us for the purpose of uncleanness, but in sanctification.
[1TH.4.8] Therefore, the one rejecting does not reject a human being, but God, who gave His holy spirit to you.
[1TH.4.9] Now concerning brotherly love, you have no need that I write to you, for you yourselves were God-taught regarding loving one another.
[1TH.4.10] And for you do this to all the brothers in all the Macedonia. And we beg you, brothers, to excel more.
[1TH.4.11] And to desire to live quietly, and to do your own things, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you.
[1TH.4.12] So that you may walk appropriately toward those outside and have no need of anything.
[1TH.4.13] Now we do not want you to be unaware, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you may not grieve as also the others do who have no hope.
[1TH.4.14] If indeed we believe that Jesus died and rose again, then God will also bring with Him those who have fallen asleep through Jesus.
[1TH.4.15] For this we tell you by the word of the Lord, that we who are living, who remain, will not overtake those who have fallen asleep.
[1TH.4.16] Because this is the Lord, in a command, in the voice of an archangel, and in the trumpet of God, He will descend from heaven and the dead in Christ will rise first.
[1TH.4.17] Then we who are living, we who remain, will together with them be caught up in clouds to a meeting of my Lord in the air; and thus always we will be with my Lord.
[1TH.4.18] Therefore, encourage one another with these words.
1TH.5
[1TH.5.1] Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need for anyone to write to you.
[1TH.5.2] For you yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord comes as a thief in the night.
[1TH.5.3] When they say, "Peace and security," then sudden destruction will rise against them, like labor pains to the one who is pregnant, and they will not escape.
[1TH.5.4] You however, brothers, are not in darkness, so that the day does not seize you as a thief.
[1TH.5.5] For all of you are sons of light and sons of day. We are not of night, nor of darkness.
[1TH.5.6] Therefore, let us not sleep as do the others, but let us stay awake and be sober.
[1TH.5.7] For those sleeping at night are sleeping, and those becoming drunk at night are becoming drunk.
[1TH.5.8] As we live our days, we remain alert, having put on a breastplate of faith and love, and a helmet of hope for salvation.
[1TH.5.9] For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to the acquisition of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.
[1TH.5.10] Because of the one who died for us, so that whether we are awake or we sleep, we will live together with him.
[1TH.5.11] Therefore, encourage one another and build up one another, just as you are also doing.
[1TH.5.12] And we ask you, brothers, to know those who labor among you and those who lead you in my Lord, and those who admonish you.
[1TH.5.13] And to cause you to abound exceedingly in love because of the work of you. Be peaceful in yourselves.
[1TH.5.14] We implore you, brothers, to admonish the disorderly, comfort the faint-hearted, be patient with the weak, and be long-suffering toward everyone.
[1TH.5.15] See that no one repays evil to anyone with evil, but always pursue the good toward one another and toward all people.
[1TH.5.16] Always rejoice!
[1TH.5.17] Pray continually, you all.
[1TH.5.18] Give thanks in everything, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus to you.
[1TH.5.19] Do not extinguish the spirit.
[1TH.5.20] Do not treat prophecies with contempt.
[1TH.5.21] Now, examine everything. Hold onto the good.
[1TH.5.22] Abstain from every kind of evil.
[1TH.5.23] Now may God of peace sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blamelessly in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ.
[1TH.5.24] Faithful is the one calling you, who also will accomplish.
[1TH.5.25] Brothers, pray also concerning us.
[1TH.5.26] Greet all the brothers and sisters with a holy kiss.
[1TH.5.27] I urge you by Yahveh that the letter be read to all the brothers.
[1TH.5.28] The grace of my Lord Yahveh Yahshua the Anointed is with you.
2TH
2TH.1 • 2TH.2 • 2TH.3
2TH.1
[2TH.1.1] Paul and Silas and Timothy to the assembly of Thessalonians in God, our Father, and my Lord Jesus the Anointed.
[2TH.1.2] Grace to you and peace from God the Father our and Lord Jesus Christ.
[2TH.1.3] We ought to give thanks to God always concerning you, brothers, as it is right, because your faith is increasing exceedingly and the love of each one of all of you is abounding toward one another.
[2TH.1.4] So we boast about you to those within the communities of God, concerning your endurance and your faith in all of your persecutions and the afflictions that you bear.
[2TH.1.5] A demonstration of the Gods' righteous judgment is for you to be deemed worthy of the kingdom of the Gods, for which you also suffer.
[2TH.1.6] If it is just with the Gods to repay those who afflict you with affliction.
[2TH.1.7] And to you who are afflicted, comfort with us, in the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with angels of his power.
[2TH.1.8] In fire and flame, giving judgment to those who do not know God and to those who do not obey the good news of our Lord Jesus.
[2TH.1.9] Those who receive recompense will experience eternal destruction from the face of my Lord and from the glory of his power.
[2TH.1.10] When God comes to be glorified among His holy ones and to be marveled at by all those who believed, because our testimony was believed concerning you on that day.
[2TH.1.11] Into which also we pray always concerning you, that our God may make you worthy of the calling and may fulfill every good pleasure of goodness and work of faith with power.
[2TH.1.12] So that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you may be glorified in Him, according to the grace of our God and Lord Jesus Christ.
2TH.2
[2TH.2.1] We ask you, brothers, concerning the arrival of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering to Him.
[2TH.2.2] So that you may not be quickly shaken from your mind, nor be alarmed, whether by spirit or by word or by letter as if it came from us, because the day of the Lord is at hand.
[2TH.2.3] Let no one mislead you in any manner. Because if the rebellion does not occur first, and the human of lawlessness is not revealed—the son of destruction…
[2TH.2.4] The one who opposes and elevates himself above everything called 'God' or 'object of reverence', so that he sits in the temple of God, demonstrating himself that he is God.
[2TH.2.5] Do you not remember that, while still being with you, I told you these things?
[2TH.2.6] And now you know the thing that is holding back, until it is revealed in its own time.
[2TH.2.7] For the mystery of lawlessness is already working, only the one who restrains it does so until he becomes removed from the midst.
[2TH.2.8] And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom my Lord [Jesus] will destroy by the breath of his mouth, and will nullify by the manifestation of his presence.
[2TH.2.9] Where is the presence, according to the operation of the Satan, in all power and in signs and in wonders of falsehood.
[2TH.2.10] And in all deception of unrighteousness, to those perishing, because of which they did not accept the love of the truth into salvation for themselves.
[2TH.2.11] And because of this, the God sends a powerful deception to them, so that they might believe the falsehood.
[2TH.2.12] In order that all who have not believed in truth, but have taken pleasure in unrighteousness, may be judged.
[2TH.2.13] We ought to give thanks to God always concerning you, brothers and sisters, beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as a firstfruit for salvation in the sanctification of spirit and faith of truth.
[2TH.2.14] Into which He has called you through our gospel, for a sharing in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
[2TH.2.15] Therefore, brothers, stand and hold fast to the traditions you were taught, whether by word or by letter from us.
[2TH.2.16] He himself, the Lord our Jesus Christ and the God our Father, the having loved us and gave a consolation eternal and a hope good in grace.
[2TH.2.17] I implore you to comfort your hearts and to strengthen them in every good work and every good word.
2TH.3
[2TH.3.1] Therefore, pray, brothers, concerning us, that the word of my Lord will run and be glorified just as it also has with you.
[2TH.3.2] And that we may be rescued from the wicked ones and evil people, for not all possess the faith.
[2TH.3.3] Faithful, however, is the Lord, who will support you and will guard you from the evil one.
[2TH.3.4] But we trusted in the Lord concerning you, that the things we command you both do and will do.
[2TH.3.5] And may my Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the patience of Christ.
[2TH.3.6] We command you, brothers, in the name of the Lord our Jesus Christ to withdraw from every brother walking in disorder and not according to the tradition which they received from us.
[2TH.3.7] For you yourselves know how it is necessary to imitate us, that we did not live idly among you.
[2TH.3.8] Nor did we eat bread freely from anyone, but in labor and toil, working night and day, in order not to burden any of you.
[2TH.3.9] It is not that we do not have authority, but that we may give ourselves as a pattern for you, for the purpose of your imitating us.
[2TH.3.10] For indeed when we were with you, we commanded you this: that if anyone does not wish to work, neither let them eat.
[2TH.3.11] For we hear that some among you are walking in disorder, doing no work at all, but being excessively busy with the affairs of others.
[2TH.3.12] And to those of that sort we command and encourage in my Lord Jesus Christ, that they work with quietness and eat their own food.
[2TH.3.13] You, brothers, do not become evil by doing good.
[2TH.3.14] But if anyone does not obey our word through the letter, mark that person, so that you do not mix with him, so that he may be ashamed.
[2TH.3.15] And do not consider him as an enemy, but advise him as a brother.
[2TH.3.16] And may my Lord, the God of peace, give you peace at all times in every way. My Lord is with all of you.
[2TH.3.17] The greeting is in my hand, Paul, which is a sign in every letter. Thus I write.
[2TH.3.18] The grace of the Lord our Yahveh Jesus the Anointed is with all of you.
1TI
1TI.1 • 1TI.2 • 1TI.3 • 1TI.4 • 1TI.5 • 1TI.6
1TI.1
[1TI.1.1] Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus, by command of God our savior and of Christ Jesus, who is our hope.
[1TI.1.2] To Timothy, a genuine child in faith, grace, mercy, peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
[1TI.1.3] As I exhorted you to remain in Ephesus, going into Macedonia, that you might command certain ones not to teach differently.
[1TI.1.4] And do not pay attention to myths and genealogies without limit, for these provide inquiries rather than the Gods' management in faith.
[1TI.1.5] Now, the purpose of the command is love from a clean heart and a good awareness and faith without hypocrisy.
[1TI.1.6] Concerning whom some have erred, they were turned aside into empty speech.
[1TI.1.7] Desiring to be teachers of the law, they do not understand either what they say or about what things they are confident.
[1TI.1.8] And we know that the law is good, if anyone uses it lawfully.
[1TI.1.9] Knowing this, that the law is not laid down for the righteous, but for those lawless and insubordinate, for the impious and sinful, for the unholy and defiled, for those who slay fathers and mothers, for murderers.
[1TI.1.10] Those who practice sexual immorality, those who lie with men, those who abuse men, liars, and those who break oaths, and anything else that is contrary to the healthy teaching.
[1TI.1.11] According to the good news of the glory of the blessed God, which was entrusted to me.
[1TI.1.12] I have grace with the one strengthening me, Christ Jesus, my Lord of us, because he considered me faithful, having appointed me to a ministry.
[1TI.1.13] The one who previously existed was blasphemous and a persecutor and an arrogant person, but was shown mercy, because acting in ignorance, I did things in disbelief.
[1TI.1.14] And the grace of our Lord overflowed with faith and love that is in Christ Jesus.
[1TI.1.15] Faithful is the word and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom first I am.
[1TI.1.16] But because of this, I was shown mercy, so that in me, first, Christ Jesus might demonstrate all patience as a model for those who will believe upon Him for life eternal.
[1TI.1.17] To the king of the ages, the incorruptible, the invisible, the only God, honor and glory belong to the ages of the ages. Amen.
[1TI.1.18] I entrust this charge to you, child Timothy, according to the prophecies that went before concerning you, so that you might wage the good warfare.
[1TI.1.19] Having faith and a good conscience, some, after rejecting these, were shipwrecked regarding the faith.
[1TI.1.20] These are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I delivered to the Adversary, so that they might be disciplined and not blaspheme.
1TI.2
[1TI.2.1] Therefore, I urge that, first of all, requests, prayers, petitions, and thanksgivings be made on behalf of all people.
[1TI.2.2] On behalf of kings and all who are in positions of authority, we pray that we may live a peaceful and quiet life with all reverence and dignity.
[1TI.2.3] This is good and accepted in the presence of our savior God.
[1TI.2.4] The one who desires all people to be saved and to come into knowledge of truth.
[1TI.2.5] There is one God, and one also mediator between God and humankind, that humankind is Christ Jesus.
[1TI.2.6] The one giving himself as a ransom in exchange for all, is the testimony in their own times.
[1TI.2.7] To this end I was appointed a herald and an apostle – I speak the truth, I do not lie – a teacher of the nations in faith and truth.
[1TI.2.8] Therefore, I wish that the men pray in every place, lifting up holy hands without wrath and dispute.
[1TI.2.9] Likewise, women should adorn themselves with suitable clothing, with modesty and self-control. They should not adorn themselves with braids, or gold, or pearls, or expensive apparel.
[1TI.2.10] Now, what is fitting for women professing godliness is through good works.
[1TI.2.11] A woman in quietness let her learn in all submission. No names of God are present in this verse, so ‘God’, ‘the Gods’, ‘my Lord’, and ‘Yahveh’ remain untranslated.
[1TI.2.12] But I do not permit a woman to teach, nor to exercise authority over a man, but to be in quietness.
[1TI.2.13] Adam, for he was created first, then Eve.
[1TI.2.14] And Adam was not deceived, but the woman, having been deceived, became involved in transgression.
[1TI.2.15] But she will be saved through childbearing, if she continues in faith and love and sanctification with self-control.
1TI.3
[1TI.3.1] Trustworthy is the word. If anyone desires the office of overseer, he desires a good work.
[1TI.3.2] It is necessary therefore that the overseer be blameless, the man of one woman, sober, sensible, respectable, hospitable, apt to teach.
[1TI.3.3] Do not be quick-tempered, do not be contentious, but be gentle, unyielding, and not greedy.
[1TI.3.4] Managing one’s own household well, having children in obedience, with all dignity.
[1TI.3.5] If anyone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for the assembly of the Gods?
[1TI.3.6] Do not be a new shoot, so that you are not blinded and fall into the judgement of the devil.
[1TI.3.7] Moreover, it is necessary to have a good testimony from those outside, so that one does not fall into disgrace and a trap of the devil.
[1TI.3.8] Similarly, the servants of the Gods must be dignified, not deceptive, not excessively indulging in wine, and not greedy for dishonest gain.
[1TI.3.9] They have the mystery of faith in a clean conscience.
[1TI.3.10] And let these also be tested first, then let them serve being without accusation.
[1TI.3.11] Women, likewise, should be dignified, not malicious, sober-minded, and faithful in all things.
[1TI.3.12] Those serving as ministers should be husbands of one wife, managing their children and their own households well.
[1TI.3.13] For those who minister well create for themselves a good level and much boldness in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.
[1TI.3.14] I write these things to you, hoping to come to you quickly.
[1TI.3.15] But if I delay, so that you may know how one ought to behave in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and foundation of truth.
[1TI.3.16] And it is confessed that great is the mystery of piety, who was revealed in flesh, was declared righteous in spirit, appeared to angels, was proclaimed among nations, was believed in throughout the world, and was taken up in glory.
1TI.4
[1TI.4.1] However, the Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith, attending to deceiving spirits and teachings of demons.
[1TI.4.2] In hypocrisy of false speakers, having been burned with fire their own awareness.
[1TI.4.3] If prevented from marrying, abstain from foods, which God created for partaking with thankfulness to those who believe and have recognized the truth.
[1TI.4.4] Because every creation of the Gods is good, and nothing is to be rejected when it is received with thanksgiving.
[1TI.4.5] It is sanctified, for by the word of God and prayer.
[1TI.4.6] Considering these things to your brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished by the words of faith and the good teaching that you have followed.
[1TI.4.7] But avoid the profane and the old wives’ tales. Train yourself instead towards godliness.
[1TI.4.8] For bodily exercise is profitable for a little, but godliness is profitable for all things, having a promise of life now and to come.
[1TI.4.9] Faithful is the word and of all acceptance worthy.
[1TI.4.10] For this reason we labor and strive, because we have hoped in the living God, who is the savior of all people, especially those who believe.
[1TI.4.11] Command these things and teach.
[1TI.4.12] Let no one look down on your youth, but be an example for those who have faith in speech, in behavior, in love, in faith, and in purity.
[1TI.4.13] Until I arrive, pay attention to the reading, to the exhortation, to the teaching.
[1TI.4.14] Do not be careless with the gift which is in you, which was given to you through prophecy with the laying on of hands by the elders.
[1TI.4.15] Let these things be your study, be mindful of these things, so that your progress may be manifest to everyone.
[1TI.4.16] Pay attention to yourself and the teaching; persevere in these things. For by doing this you will save yourself and those who listen to you.
1TI.5
[1TI.5.1] Do not harshly rebuke an elder, but appeal to him as a father. Encourage the younger ones as siblings.
[1TI.5.2] Treat older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, in all purity.
[1TI.5.3] Honor truly the widows.
[1TI.5.4] But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to practice piety within their own household and to repay kindness to their ancestors; for this is pleasing before God.
[1TI.5.5] Now the truly widowed and solitary woman hopes on God and continues in supplications and prayers both of night and of day.
[1TI.5.6] But the one who was wasting away while still alive has died.
[1TI.5.7] And command these things, that they may be blameless.
[1TI.5.8] But if someone does not provide for their own, and especially for those of their household, they have denied the faith and are worse than an unbeliever.
[1TI.5.9] Let a widow be enrolled who has become not less than sixty years of age, a woman of one husband.
[1TI.5.10] Concerning good works, it is testified, if she nurtured children, if she showed hospitality to strangers, if she washed the feet of holy people, if she helped those who were suffering, if she followed every good deed.
[1TI.5.11] But urge the younger widows not to remain unmarried. For when they become lax in their devotion to the Anointed One, they will want to marry.
[1TI.5.12] They hold judgement because they disregarded the first faith.
[1TI.5.13] And also, they learn idleness, going around the houses. And they are not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, speaking things they should not.
[1TI.5.14] Therefore, I desire that younger women marry, bear children, and manage their households, so as not to give any occasion to opponents for slander.
[1TI.5.15] Already, for some have turned back of the satanah.
[1TI.5.16] If anyone possesses faith regarding widows, let them provide for them, and let the church not be weighed down, so that it may be sufficient for those who are truly widows.
[1TI.5.17] The elders who preside well should be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in word and teaching.
[1TI.5.18] For the writing says, "You shall not muzzle an ox while it is threshing," and, "The worker is worthy of his wages."
[1TI.5.19] Do not receive an accusation against an elder, unless upon the testimony of two or three witnesses.
[1TI.5.20] You shall rebuke those who are sinning before all people, so that the remaining ones may have fear.
[1TI.5.21] I testify before God and Christ Jesus and the chosen angels, that you may guard these things without prejudice, doing nothing according to inclination.
[1TI.5.22] Do not impose hands quickly on anyone, nor share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.
[1TI.5.23] No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for your stomach and your frequent weaknesses.
[1TI.5.24] The sins of some people are openly revealed, leading to judgment, but to others, they follow after.
[1TI.5.25] Likewise, good works are manifest, and those having something to hide are unable to do so.
1TI.6
[1TI.6.1] As many as are under the yoke of slavery, let them regard their own masters as worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and the teaching are not blasphemed.
[1TI.6.2] But those having believing masters should not treat them with contempt, because they are brothers. Rather, they should serve them all the more faithfully, because they are trustworthy and beloved, receiving the benefit of their kindness. Teach these things and encourage others to do so.
[1TI.6.3] If anyone teaches something different and does not approach the healthy words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching according to reverence.
[1TI.6.4] He is inflated, not knowing anything, but is diseased concerning investigations and arguments, from which are produced envy, discord, blasphemies, and wicked suspicions.
[1TI.6.5] Deviations of corrupted people, the mind and deprived of the truth, considering acquisition to be the devoutness.
[1TI.6.6] Indeed, a great gain is well-worshipping combined with self-sufficiency.
[1TI.6.7] For we have brought nothing into the world, that we cannot carry anything out of it.
[1TI.6.8] Having food and shelter, we will be content with these.
[1TI.6.9] But those who desire to become rich fall into temptation and a snare, and many foolish and harmful desires, which sink people into destruction and loss.
[1TI.6.10] For the root of all evils is the love of money, for which some, having desired it, have wandered away from the faith and have pierced themselves with many pains.
[1TI.6.11] But you, O man of God, flee these things. And pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.
[1TI.6.12] Strive for the good struggle of faith, taking hold of the eternal life to which you were called and the good confession you affirmed before many witnesses.
[1TI.6.13] I command you before the God who gives life to all things and of Christ Jesus, the one who witnessed the good confession under Pontius Pilate.
[1TI.6.14] That you may keep the commandment spotless and blameless until the appearing of my Lord Jesus Christ.
[1TI.6.15] Which God will show in his own appointed times, the blessed and only powerful one, the King of kings and Lord of lords.
[1TI.6.16] He alone possesses immortality, dwelling in light inaccessible to approach, whom no one of humans has seen, nor is able to see. To him be honor and power for eternity, amen.
[1TI.6.17] To the wealthy in this age, command them not to be arrogant, nor to hope in the unseen nature of wealth, but in God, the one providing us with all things abundantly for enjoyment.
[1TI.6.18] To do good deeds, to be rich in good works, to be generous, and to be communal.
[1TI.6.19] Storing up for themselves a good foundation for the future, so that they may lay hold of the true life.
[1TI.6.20] Oh Timothy, guard the entrusted teachings, turning away from the polluted empty sounds and the contradictions of falsely named knowledge.
[1TI.6.21] Some, professing this, have erred concerning the faith. May grace be with you.
2TI
2TI.1 • 2TI.2 • 2TI.3 • 2TI.4
2TI.1
[2TI.1.1] Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus, by the will of God, according to the promise of the life that is in Christ Jesus.
[2TI.1.2] To Timothy, beloved child, may grace, mercy, and peace be to you from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
[2TI.1.3] I have grace to God, to whom I worship from ancestors in pure conscience, as I have unceasing remembrance about you in my prayers night and day.
[2TI.1.4] Desiring you to see, remembering of you the tears, so that joy may be filled.
[2TI.1.5] Having been reminded of the sincere faith that is in you, which lived first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, I am convinced that it also lives in you.
[2TI.1.6] For this reason, I remind you to rekindle the gift of the God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands.
[2TI.1.7] For God did not give us a spirit of fear, but a spirit of power, and love, and self-control.
[2TI.1.8] Therefore, do not be ashamed of the testimony of my Lord, nor of me, his prisoner, but share in suffering for the good news according to the power of God.
[2TI.1.9] The one who saved us and called us with a holy calling did not do so according to our deeds, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal.
[2TI.1.10] And now having been manifested is the appearing of our savior, Jesus Christ, having abolished death, and having illuminated life and immortality through the gospel.
[2TI.1.11] For this I was appointed a herald and a messenger and a teacher.
[2TI.1.12] Because of this reason, I also suffer these things. But I am not ashamed, for I know the One in whom I have trusted and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him until that day.
[2TI.1.13] Maintain the pattern of sound teachings that you have heard from me, in faith and love that is in Christ Jesus.
[2TI.1.14] Guard the good deposit by means of the holy spirit that dwells in us.
[2TI.1.15] You know this, that all who were in Asia turned away from me, among whom were Phygellus and Hermogenes.
[2TI.1.16] May the Gods show mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains.
[2TI.1.17] But having become someone important in Rome, someone earnestly sought me and found me.
[2TI.1.18] May Yahveh show mercy to him from my Lord in that day. And you know better how much he served in Ephesus.
2TI.2
[2TI.2.1] Therefore you, child of mine, be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
[2TI.2.2] And what you have heard from me through many witnesses, entrust to faithful people, who will be capable of teaching others as well.
[2TI.2.3] Suffer with, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
[2TI.2.4] No one engaged in military service becomes entangled with the affairs of life, that he may please the one who recruited him.
[2TI.2.5] If anyone also strives, they are not crowned if they do not compete lawfully.
[2TI.2.6] The one laboring as a farmer should first receive of the fruits.
[2TI.2.7] Understand what I say, for Yahveh will give you understanding in all things.
[2TI.2.8] Remember Yeshua the Messiah, who was raised from the dead, from the seed of David, according to my good news.
[2TI.2.9] In which I suffer hardship even to chains as an evildoer, but the word of God is not bound.
[2TI.2.10] Therefore, I endure all things because of the chosen ones, so that they themselves may also attain salvation that is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
[2TI.2.11] The faithful word: for if we died together with, we will also live together with.
[2TI.2.12] If we endure, then we will also reign with him. If we deny him, he will also deny us.
[2TI.2.13] If we are unfaithful, that one remains faithful, for it is not possible for him to deny himself.
[2TI.2.14] Remember to testify before God, warning others not to engage in verbal disputes that serve no useful purpose, and only result in the ruin of those who hear.
[2TI.2.15] Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker not to be ashamed, correctly dividing the word of truth.
[2TI.2.16] And the profane empty pronouncements I will surround. For they will further advance impiety.
[2TI.2.17] And their message will spread like gangrene, those being Hymenaios and Philetos.
[2TI.2.18] Those who concerning the truth missed, saying the resurrection already has happened, and are overturning the faith of some.
[2TI.2.19] But the firm foundation of God stands, having this seal: Yahveh knows those who are His, and: let everyone who names the name of my Lord depart from injustice.
[2TI.2.20] Now in a great house there are not only utensils of gold and silver, but also of wood and pottery, and some are for honor while others are for dishonor.
[2TI.2.21] If anyone purifies himself from these things, he will be a vessel for honor, having been sanctified, useful to the master, prepared for every good work.
[2TI.2.22] Flee the new desires, but pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those who call upon my Lord from a pure heart.
[2TI.2.23] And you will seek to distance yourself from the foolish and untaught, knowing that they produce conflicts.
[2TI.2.24] However, a servant of my Lord does not need to fight, but rather be gentle toward everyone, instructive, and not retaliatory.
[2TI.2.25] In gentleness, instructing those who are opposing, lest the God should give to them repentance into a knowledge of truth.
[2TI.2.26] And may they be refreshed from the trap of the devil, having been roused by him into his will.
2TI.3
[2TI.3.1] And know this, that in the last days, times difficult will stand.
[2TI.3.2] For people will be self-loving, money-loving, boastful, arrogant, blasphemous, disobedient to parents, unthankful, and unholy.
[2TI.3.3] Without natural affection, without agreements, slanderous, lacking self-control, untamed, and not loving those who are good.
[2TI.3.4] The betrayers are swift to be blinded, more lovers of pleasure than lovers of God.
[2TI.3.5] Having the form of godliness, but having denied the power belonging to it, turn away from these people.
[2TI.3.6] For from these things are those entering into the houses and captivating young women, burdened with sins, being led by various desires.
[2TI.3.7] They are always learning, and never able to come to a knowledge of truth.
[2TI.3.8] Just as Iannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. These people are corrupted in their thinking and are disapproved concerning the faith.
[2TI.3.9] But they will not advance further, for their foolishness will become obvious to all, as the foolishness of those people also became.
[2TI.3.10] And you have followed me in the teaching, the manner of life, the purpose, the faith, the patience, the love, the endurance.
[2TI.3.11] Concerning the persecutions, concerning the sufferings, such as happened to me in Antioch, in Iconium, in Lystra, such persecutions I endured, and the Lord rescued me from all of them.
[2TI.3.12] And all those desiring to live piously in the Messiah Jesus will be persecuted.
[2TI.3.13] And wicked people and sorcerers will progress towards the worse, deceiving and being deceived.
[2TI.3.14] You, however, remain in the things that you learned and were assured of, knowing from whom you learned them.
[2TI.3.15] And that from infancy you have known the holy writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through the faith that is in Christ Jesus.
[2TI.3.16] All scripture is God-breathed and beneficial for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for education in righteousness.
[2TI.3.17] So that the person of the God may be complete, furnished for every good work.
2TI.4
[2TI.4.1] I solemnly declare before God and Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and his appearing and his kingdom.
[2TI.4.2] Proclaim the message. Urge it at opportune times and inopportune times. Correct, rebuke, encourage, with all patience and teaching.
[2TI.4.3] For there will be a time when they will not tolerate the healthy teaching, but according to their own desires, they will accumulate teachers for themselves, becoming agitated for hearing.
[2TI.4.4] And from the truth, they will turn away their hearing, but to the myths they will turn aside.
[2TI.4.5] But you, be sensible in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, and fully complete your ministry.
[2TI.4.6] For I am already being poured out, and the time of my release is at hand.
[2TI.4.7] I have striven the good struggle, I have completed the race, I have kept the faith.
[2TI.4.8] Therefore, a crown of righteousness is reserved for me, which the Lord will give to me in that day, the righteous judge, not only to me, but also to all who have loved the appearance of him.
[2TI.4.9] Be diligent to come to me quickly.
[2TI.4.10] For Deemas has forsaken me, having loved the present age, and he departed to Thessalonica. Cresces has gone into Galatia, Titus into Dalmatia.
[2TI.4.11] Luke is alone with me. Taking Mark, bring him with you, for he is helpful to me in service.
[2TI.4.12] And I sent Tychicus to Ephesus.
[2TI.4.13] Bring the one named Phailon, whom you left in Troy near Karpus, as you come. Also bring the books, especially the scrolls.
[2TI.4.14] Alexander the coppersmith showed many evils towards me. My Lord will repay him according to his deeds.
[2TI.4.15] Whom you must guard yourself against, for they greatly opposed our words.
[2TI.4.16] In my first defense, no one stood with me; rather, all abandoned me. Let it not be held against them.
[2TI.4.17] And my Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the proclamation might be fully carried out, and all the nations might hear, and I was rescued from the mouth of a lion.
[2TI.4.18] Yahveh will rescue me from all evil work and will save me into His heavenly kingdom, to whom is the glory for ages of ages. Amen.
[2TI.4.19] Greet Priscilla and Aquila and the house of Onesiphorus.
[2TI.4.20] Erastus remained in Corinth, but I left Trophimus in Miletus, being unwell.
[2TI.4.21] Make every effort to come before winter. Eu-bou-los greets you, and Poo-dees, and Lee-nos, and Klau-dee-ah, and all the brothers.
[2TI.4.22] The Lord is with your spirit. Grace is with you all.
TIT
TIT.1 • TIT.2 • TIT.3
TIT.1
[TIT.1.1] Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus the Anointed, according to the faith of chosen ones of God and the recognition of truth according to piety.
[TIT.1.2] Upon hope of life eternal, which the untrue God promised before times eternal.
[TIT.1.3] And He manifested in His own times His word through preaching, in which I was trusted according to the command of our savior God.
[TIT.1.4] To Titus, a genuine child according to common faith, may grace and peace be yours from God the Father and Christ Jesus, our savior.
[TIT.1.5] For this reason I left you in Crete, so that you might correct what remains and appoint elders in every city, just as I instructed you.
[TIT.1.6] If anyone is without accusation, a man of one woman, having believing children, not under charge of debauchery or disobedience.
[TIT.1.7] For it is necessary that the overseer be blameless, as a manager of the Gods’ household, not arrogant, not quick-tempered, not a drunkard, not violent, not greedy.
[TIT.1.8] But loving of strangers, loving of good things, self-controlled, just, holy, temperate.
[TIT.1.9] He is holding fast to the faithful word according to the teaching, so that he might be able to encourage with the healthy teaching and to refute those who contradict it.
[TIT.1.10] For there are many who are insubordinate, empty talkers, and deluded, especially those from the circumcision.
[TIT.1.11] Those who must be silenced, who are overturning entire households, teaching what it is not right to teach for the sake of shameful profit.
[TIT.1.12] One of them, their own prophet, said, "Cretans are always liars, wicked animals, and idle eaters."
[TIT.1.13] This testimony is true. Because of this reason I sharply rebuke them, that they might be healthy in the faith.
[TIT.1.14] Not giving attention to Jewish myths and the commands of people, they are turning away from the truth.
[TIT.1.15] All things are pure to those who are pure; but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure, but rather both their mind and their conscience are defiled.
[TIT.1.16] They confess to know God, but they deny him through their deeds, being detestable and disobedient and unfit for every good work.
TIT.2
[TIT.2.1] You however speak what is fitting to the sound teaching.
[TIT.2.2] The elders must be sober, dignified, self-controlled, sound in the faith, in love, and in patience.
[TIT.2.3] Older women likewise in conduct reverent, not slanderers, not enslaved to much wine, good teachers.
[TIT.2.4] That the young women may be sensible, loving their husbands, and loving of children.
[TIT.2.5] Sensible, pure, keepers of the home, and good wives are submitting to their own husbands, so that the word of the God is not blasphemed.
[TIT.2.6] I urge the young men to be self-controlled.
[TIT.2.7] Concerning all things, presenting yourself as a pattern of beautiful works, in the teaching, an abundance, dignity.
[TIT.2.8] The Word Healthy Unblamable, that the one from opposition may be ensnared, having nothing to say about us that is faulty.
[TIT.2.9] Slaves are to be subject to their own masters in all things, to be well-pleasing, not contradicting.
[TIT.2.10] Do not be deceived, but demonstrate every good faith, so that the teaching of our savior God may adorn everything.
[TIT.2.11] For the grace of God, the Gods, has appeared, bringing salvation to all people.
[TIT.2.12] Training us, so that we renounce ungodliness and the worldly desires, living soberly and justly and devoutly in the present age.
[TIT.2.13] Waiting for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of the great God and our savior, Jesus Christ.
[TIT.2.14] The one gave himself for us, so that he might redeem us from all unrighteousness and purify for himself a people who are possessive, calling them zealous for good works.
[TIT.2.15] These things say, and urge, and rebuke with all command; let no one despise you.
TIT.3
[TIT.3.1] Remind them to be subject to the rulers and the authorities, to obey, and to be prepared for every good work.
[TIT.3.2] Do not blaspheme, be peaceable, be gentle, showing all mildness toward all people.
[TIT.3.3] For we were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, serving desires and various pleasures, living in wickedness and envy, hateful, hating one another.
[TIT.3.4] But when the kindness and the love of humankind of our savior God was revealed,
[TIT.3.5] Not by works of righteousness that we have done, but according to the Gods’ mercy, the Gods saved us through a washing of rebirth and renewal of the Holy Spirit.
[TIT.3.6] He has poured forth richly upon us through Jesus Christ, the savior of us, who is Yahveh.
[TIT.3.7] So that being declared righteous by the grace of God, we may become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
[TIT.3.8] The word is trustworthy, and concerning these things, I wish you to be fully assured that those who have believed in God may care for good works and preside over them. These are good and beneficial to people.
[TIT.3.9] And you will seek foolish investigations and records of ancestry, and engage in disputes and legal battles. For they are unhelpful and empty.
[TIT.3.10] After one and a second warning, urge a divisive person to stop.
[TIT.3.11] Knowing that this one has turned aside and is sinning, being self-condemned.
[TIT.3.12] When I send Artemas to you, or Tychicus, strive to come to me in Nicopolis, for there I have determined to spend the winter.
[TIT.3.13] Send forth Zeenaan, the lawyer, and Apollos with diligence, that nothing may be lacking to them.
[TIT.3.14] And let also our people be eager to excel in good works, to provide for necessary needs, so that they may not be unfruitful.
[TIT.3.15] All those with me greet you. You greet those loving us in faith. The grace be with all of you.
PHM
PHM.1
PHM.1
[PHM.1.1] Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy, the brother, to Philemon, the beloved, and our fellow worker.
[PHM.1.2] And to Apphia, the sister, and to Archippus, our fellow soldier, and to the church in your home.
[PHM.1.3] Favor to you and peace from the God, Father of you, and Lord Jesus Christ.
[PHM.1.4] I give thanks to my God always, making remembrance of you on account of my prayers.
[PHM.1.5] Hearing of your love and your faith, which you have toward the Lord Jesus and into all the holy ones.
[PHM.1.6] So that the fellowship of your faith may become active in the knowledge of all goodness that is in you toward Christ.
[PHM.1.7] For I have great joy and comfort concerning your love, because the compassion of the holy ones has been refreshed through you, brother.
[PHM.1.8] Therefore, having much boldness in the Anointed One, I am authorizing you to do what is fitting.
[PHM.1.9] Through love I appeal to you, being such as Paul, an elder, and now also a prisoner of Christ Jesus.
[PHM.1.10] Onesiphoros
[PHM.1.11] That which once was useless to you is now useful to both you and me.
[PHM.1.12] The comfort which I will send to you, it is my Gods' inner organs.
[PHM.1.13] Whom I wished to keep with myself, so that he might serve me on your behalf in the bonds of the gospel.
[PHM.1.14] Without the will of Yahveh, I have desired to do nothing, so that the goodness of the Gods may not be as a necessity, but as a willing act of my Lord.
[PHM.1.15] Perhaps for this reason, it was separated for a time, so that you may eternally keep it away.
[PHM.1.16] No longer as a slave, but above a slave, a beloved brother, especially to me, how much more to you, both in the flesh and in my Lord.
[PHM.1.17] If then you have a partner, receive him as me.
[PHM.1.18] If someone wronged you or owes you, speak this to God.
[PHM.1.19] I, Paul, wrote with my own hand, I will repay. So that I may not tell you that you also owe something to me.
[PHM.1.20] Indeed brother, I owe you in the Lord. Refresh my inward parts in Christ.
[PHM.1.21] Being convinced of your obedience, I have written to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.
[PHM.1.22] At the same time also, prepare hospitality for me, for I hope that through the prayers of you, I will be shown favor by the Gods.
[PHM.1.23] Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Jesus Christ, greets you.
[PHM.1.24] Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, they are my fellow workers.
[PHM.1.25] The grace of my Lord Jesus the Anointed is with the spirit of you all.
HEB
HEB.1 • HEB.2 • HEB.3 • HEB.4 • HEB.5 • HEB.6 • HEB.7 • HEB.8 • HEB.9 • HEB.10 • HEB.11 • HEB.12 • HEB.13
HEB.1
[HEB.1.1] The Gods spoke to the ancestors in many parts and in many ways through the prophets in times past.
[HEB.1.2] Upon the last of these days, God spoke to us in a son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom he also made the ages.
[HEB.1.3] He who is, being the radiance of glory and the exact expression of the substance of God, carrying all things by the word of the power of God, having made purification for sins, sat down at the right hand of greatness in the heights.
[HEB.1.4] Having become superior to the angels to the degree that the name he inherited is more different than their names.
[HEB.1.5] For to which of the angels did God ever say, "You are my son, today I have brought you into being?" and again, "I will be to him as a father, and he will be to me as a son?"
[HEB.1.6] And when again he shall bring in the firstborn into the world, he says: And let all angels of God worship him.
[HEB.1.7] And to the angels, He says: 'The one making the angels of Himself spirits and the servants of Himself a flame of fire.'
[HEB.1.8] And to the son: Your throne, God, is for age upon age, and the rod of uprightness is the rod of your kingdom.
[HEB.1.9] You loved righteousness, and you hated lawlessness; therefore, God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your companions.
[HEB.1.10] And you, at the beginning, my Lord, founded the earth, and the works of your hands are the heavens.
[HEB.1.11] They will be destroyed, but you, Yahveh, will remain. And all things will become worn and old, like a garment.
[HEB.1.12] And like a cloak you will surround them, as a garment and they will be changed. But you are the same, and your years will not cease.
[HEB.1.13] To which of the angels did God ever say, "Sit at my right hand, until I place your enemies under your feet?"
[HEB.1.14] Are not all spirits functioning servants being sent out through those who are about to inherit salvation?
HEB.2
[HEB.2.1] Because of this, it is necessary for us to pay more attention to the things heard, lest we drift away.
[HEB.2.2] If, for, the word spoken through messengers became certain, and all transgression and disobedience received a just requital of wages.
[HEB.2.3] How shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which having received its beginning, was spoken through the Lord and confirmed to us by those who heard it?
[HEB.2.4] The God also bears witness, with signs and with wonders, and with various powers, and with distributions of the holy spirit, according to his own will.
[HEB.2.5] For not to angels has He subjected the inhabited earth, the coming one, concerning which we speak.
[HEB.2.6] And someone testified, asking: What is humanity that the Gods remember it, or a son of humanity that the Gods regard it?
[HEB.2.7] You made him less than angels for a short time, and you crowned him with glory and honor.
[HEB.2.8] You subjected all things under his feet. For when you subject all things to him, you left him nothing unsubjected. But now we do not yet see all things subjected to him.
[HEB.2.9] We see Jesus, for a short time, diminished below the angels, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that He might taste death for everyone through the favor of God.
[HEB.2.10] It was fitting for Him, through whom are all things and through whom are all things, to bring many sons to glory, perfecting the originator of their salvation through sufferings.
[HEB.2.11] For the one who makes holy and those who are being made holy all originate from one source. Because of this reason, the one who makes holy is not ashamed to call those being made holy ‘brothers’.
[HEB.2.12] Saying, "I will announce the name of you to my brothers, I will praise you in the midst of the congregation."
[HEB.2.13] And again, I will be confident in him. And again, behold, I and the children that the God gave to me.
[HEB.2.14] Since then the children shared in blood and flesh, God also similarly participated in the same, so that through death God might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the Devil.
[HEB.2.15] And he will deliver these, as many as were held in bondage by the fear of death throughout all of life.
[HEB.2.16] For it is not of angels that he takes hold, but of the seed of Abraham that he takes hold.
[HEB.2.17] Therefore, he was obligated to become like his brothers in all things, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest toward God, for the purpose of atoning for the sins of the people.
[HEB.2.18] Because He Himself experienced being tempted, God is able to help those being tempted.
HEB.3
[HEB.3.1] Therefore, holy brothers, who are sharers of a heavenly calling, consider carefully the apostle and chief priest of our confession, Yeshua.
[HEB.3.2] Being faithful to the one who created him, as Moses was faithful in all of that one's house.
[HEB.3.3] For this one has been accounted worthy of more glory than Moses, in that the one who constructed a house has more honor than the house itself.
[HEB.3.4] For every house is being built by someone, but God has built everything.
[HEB.3.5] And Moses indeed was trustworthy in all his household, as a servant for a testimony of the things that will be spoken.
[HEB.3.6] And Christ, as a son, over the house of his father: whose house we are, if indeed we maintain the confidence and the boast of hope.
[HEB.3.7] Therefore, as the holy spirit says: today, if you listen to his voice,
[HEB.3.8] Do not harden your hearts as in the provocation, during the day of the testing in the wilderness.
[HEB.3.9] Your ancestors tested the Gods, and saw the works of my hands.
[HEB.3.10] For forty years I have been leading this generation, and I have said: They always wander in their heart, and they however did not know the ways of Yahveh.
[HEB.3.11] As I swore in my anger, if they will enter into my rest.
[HEB.3.12] Look, brothers, let there not be in any of you a wicked heart of unfaithfulness in turning away from the living God.
[HEB.3.13] But encourage yourselves each day, until today is called, so that no one among you may be hardened by the deceit of sin.
[HEB.3.14] For we have become sharers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of the substance until the end.
[HEB.3.15] As it is said: Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts as in the provocation.
[HEB.3.16] For who, after hearing, rebelled? But not all those who exited Egypt through Moses did so.
[HEB.3.17] For what reason were they led for forty years? Was it not to those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?
[HEB.3.18] But what did God swear concerning not allowing entry into His rest if not to those who were disobedient?
[HEB.3.19] And we see that they were not able to enter because of unbelief.
HEB.4
[HEB.4.1] Therefore, let us fear that, should the promise be left behind, someone among you might appear to have fallen short of entering into the rest of Yahveh.
[HEB.4.2] For we also have been given good news, just as they were. But the message of hearing did not profit them, because it was not mixed with faith by those who heard it.
[HEB.4.3] For we are entering into the rest, those who have believed, as God has said; as God swore in God's anger: if they will enter into God's rest, even though works were created from the founding of the world.
[HEB.4.4] For it has been said somewhere concerning the seventh: and the God rested in the day the seventh from all the works of himself.
[HEB.4.5] And in this again, if they enter into the rest of my.
[HEB.4.6] Therefore, it remains for some to enter into it, and those who previously heard the good news did not enter through disbelief.
[HEB.4.7] Again, a certain day is defined, today, in David saying after so much time, as it has been spoken beforehand: today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts.
[HEB.4.8] If Yahveh rested these, not then concerning another he would speak after these days.
[HEB.4.9] Therefore, a Sabbath rest remains for the people of God.
[HEB.4.10] For the one having entered into his rest has also rested from his works, as God rests from his own.
[HEB.4.11] Therefore, let us strive to enter that rest, so that no one falls into that same example of disobedience.
[HEB.4.12] For the word of God is living and active, and more penetrating than any double-edged sword, able to divide soul from spirit, joints from marrow, and to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
[HEB.4.13] And there is no creation that is hidden before Him, but all things are bare and laid open to the eyes of Him to whom we give account.
[HEB.4.14] Having therefore a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the son of the God, let us hold fast to our confession.
[HEB.4.15] For we do not have a chief priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has been tested in every way, just as we are, without sin.
[HEB.4.16] Therefore, we approach with boldness to the throne of the Gods, so that we may receive mercy and find grace for a helpful time.
HEB.5
[HEB.5.1] For every high priest is taken from among people and is appointed to act on behalf of people in matters relating to God, in order that he may offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.
[HEB.5.2] The Gods, being able to be mild-tempered toward those who do not know and those who are led astray, for the Gods themselves are also encompassed by weakness.
[HEB.5.3] And through her he owes, just as concerning the people, so also concerning him to offer concerning sins.
[HEB.5.4] And no one takes the honor for himself, but is called by God, just as Aaron was.
[HEB.5.5] And likewise, Christ did not glorify himself to become a high priest, but it is the One speaking to him who said, "My son, you are, I today have begotten you."
[HEB.5.6] And as He also says in another passage: "You are a priest forever according to the arrangement of Melchizedek."
[HEB.5.7] He, during the days of his flesh, offered up prayers and supplications to the one able to save him from death, with a strong cry and tears, and was heard because of his reverence.
[HEB.5.8] Even being a son, he learned obedience from the things he suffered.
[HEB.5.9] And having been perfected, He became the cause of eternal salvation for all who obey Him.
[HEB.5.10] Having been called by God, he is a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek.
[HEB.5.11] Much of our discussion concerns this topic, but it is difficult to explain, because you have become sluggish in your listening.
[HEB.5.12] For you ought to be teachers by this time, yet you again have need that someone teach you the first principles of the sayings of God, and you have become ones having need of milk and not of solid food.
[HEB.5.13] For every person partaking of milk is inexperienced in the word of righteousness, because they are an infant.
[HEB.5.14] Now, mature teaching is the solid nourishment, for those who, through habit, possess perceptions exercised toward discernment of good also and evil.
HEB.6
[HEB.6.1] Therefore, having left the beginning word of Christ, we are carried toward completeness, not again laying foundations of repentance from dead works and faith toward God.
[HEB.6.2] Baptisms and teachings and the laying on of hands and the resurrection of the dead and eternal judgement.
[HEB.6.3] And we will do this thing, if the God allows.
[HEB.6.4] For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the holy spirit
[HEB.6.5] And having tasted the good word of the Gods and the powers of the future age.
[HEB.6.6] And those who have fallen away, God repeatedly renews towards repentance, as they crucify to themselves the son of God and demonstrate an example.
[HEB.6.7] For the land that drinks the rain coming on it often and produces vegetation useful for those by which it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God.
[HEB.6.8] And it brings forth thorns and troublesome plants, being unapproved and near a curse, for its outcome is to be burned.
[HEB.6.9] We are persuaded concerning you, beloved ones, of superior things and those possessing salvation, even if we speak in this way.
[HEB.6.10] For God is not unjust to forget the work of you all and the love which you all have shown toward the name of Him, having served the holy ones and continuing to serve.
[HEB.6.11] We desire that each of you demonstrate the same eagerness toward the full assurance of the hope until the end.
[HEB.6.12] That you may not become sluggish, but instead be imitators of those who inherit the promises through faith and endurance.
[HEB.6.13] For when God promised to Abraham, because God did not have anyone greater to swear by, God swore by himself.
[HEB.6.14] Saying, "If indeed I bless, I will bless you, and if I multiply, I will multiply you."
[HEB.6.15] And thus, having been long-suffering, attained the promise.
[HEB.6.16] For people swear by what is greater than themselves, and an oath serves as the ultimate resolution to all disputes, providing confirmation.
[HEB.6.17] In whom, desiring more to demonstrate to the inheritors of the promise the unchangeable nature of God’s plan, God acted as a mediator through an oath.
[HEB.6.18] That through two things that cannot be changed, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, those who have fled for refuge, to strongly hold onto the hope that is set before us.
[HEB.6.19] Which as an anchor we have of the souls, safe also and certain and entering into the inner part of the veil.
[HEB.6.20] Where Jesus entered as a forerunner for us, becoming a chief priest according to the order of Melchisedek for eternity.
HEB.7
[HEB.7.1] For this Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of the God Most High. He met Abraham as he was returning from the defeat of the kings, and he blessed him.
[HEB.7.2] And Abraham apportioned a tenth of everything to him, first being interpreted as king of righteousness, and then also king of Salem, which is king of peace.
[HEB.7.3] Fatherless, motherless, without a family history, neither having a beginning of days nor an end of life, but made similar to the son of God, remains a priest into the unending future.
[HEB.7.4] Consider, then, how great this one is, to whom Abraham also gave a tenth of the firstfruits, the patriarch.
[HEB.7.5] And some, receiving the priesthood from the sons of Levi, have a command to tithe the people according to the law, that is, their brothers, even though they have come forth from the loins of Abraham.
[HEB.7.6] And the one not reckoned among them, Abraham, and the one holding the promises, God blessed.
[HEB.7.7] Without any contradiction, the lesser is blessed by the greater.
[HEB.7.8] And here indeed, people give tenths even while dying, but there one is testifying that he lives.
[HEB.7.9] And as a manner of speaking, Abraham and Levi, who were receiving the tenth, themselves became the tenth.
[HEB.7.10] For still, he was in the loins of the father when Melchizedek met him.
[HEB.7.11] Now if completeness comes through the Levitical priesthood, because the people were given laws based upon it, what is still the need for another priest to stand up according to the order of Melchizedek and not be said to be according to the order of Aaron?
[HEB.7.12] For when the priesthood changes, a change of law necessarily happens.
[HEB.7.13] For it is said concerning these things that he has associated with a different tribe, from which no one has previously associated with the altar.
[HEB.7.14] For it is clear that from Judah our Lord has arisen, into which tribe concerning priests Moses spoke nothing.
[HEB.7.15] And it is still more evident, if another priest arises according to the likeness of Melchisedek. My king is righteousness.
[HEB.7.16] That which came to be not according to a law of fleshly commandment, but according to the power of indestructible life.
[HEB.7.17] For it is testified that you are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchisedek.
[HEB.7.18] For the setting aside of a command occurs through the leading of that command, because of its weakness and lack of benefit.
[HEB.7.19] For the Law perfected nothing – but an introduction to a better hope through which we draw near to God.
[HEB.7.20] And to the extent that not without an oath, for some are priests having become without an oath.
[HEB.7.21] And after the oath, through the one saying to him, the Lord swore and he will not regret it: You are my Lord, a priest forever.
[HEB.7.22] Concerning so much, Jesus has become a guarantor of a better covenant.
[HEB.7.23] And the many have become priests because death hinders them from continuing.
[HEB.7.24] But he, because of his continuing into the age, has an unchangeable priesthood.
[HEB.7.25] Therefore, the God is able to fully save those who approach the God through him, always living to intercede on their behalf.
[HEB.7.26] For such a high priest was fitting to us, holy, harmless, unstained, separated from the sinners, and having become higher than the heavens.
[HEB.7.27] He who does not have a daily need, like the chief priests, who previously bring sacrifices concerning their own sins, then those of the people; for he did this once, having offered himself.
[HEB.7.28] For the law appoints people as chief priests who possess weakness, but the word of the oath that came after the law appointed a son perfected for eternity.
HEB.8
[HEB.8.1] And concerning the things being said, we have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of greatness in the heavens.
[HEB.8.2] A servant of the holy ones and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not a human being.
[HEB.8.3] For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices. Therefore, it is necessary to have someone who also offers.
[HEB.8.4] If indeed there was a priest upon the earth, those offering gifts would be doing so according to law.
[HEB.8.5] Those who worship by means of a pattern and shadow of the heavenly things, just as Moses was instructed when about to complete the tent. For, he says, you shall make all things according to the form that was shown to you on the mountain.
[HEB.8.6] Now a differing ministry has been obtained, as much as the covenant is superior, which has been enacted upon superior promises.
[HEB.8.7] If the first one was without fault, a second would not be sought.
[HEB.8.8] For, reproaching them, he says, "Behold, days are coming," says my Lord, "and I will finish making a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah."
[HEB.8.9] It was not according to the covenant that I made with their ancestors on the day I took hold of their hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not remain in my covenant, and I disregarded them, says my Lord.
[HEB.8.10] That this is the covenant, which I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says my Lord; giving my laws into the mind of them, and on the heart of them I will write them, and I will be to them for God, and they will be to me for people.
[HEB.8.11] And they will not teach each citizen of theirs, and each citizen will not teach each brother of theirs, saying: Know my Lord, for all will know me from the small among them to the great among them.
[HEB.8.12] Because I will be merciful to their injustices and I will not remember their sins anymore.
[HEB.8.13] While saying 'new,' the Gods have aged the first. But the aging one and the one becoming old are near destruction.
HEB.9
[HEB.9.1] Indeed, the first covenant possessed rights of worship, even the holy cosmic realm.
[HEB.9.2] For a dwelling was constructed, the first, in which was also the lampstand and the table and the placing of the breads, which is called 'The Holy Place'.
[HEB.9.3] And after the second curtain is the tabernacle being called the Holy Holy.
[HEB.9.4] Having a golden incense burner and the ark of the covenant completely overlaid with gold, within which was a golden jar holding the manna, and Aaron’s rod that sprouted, as well as the tablets of the covenant.
[HEB.9.5] And above it, cherubim of glory overshadow the mercy seat, concerning which it is not now to speak in detail.
[HEB.9.6] Now with these things having been prepared, the priests continually enter the first tabernacle performing the worships.
[HEB.9.7] No divine names present in the text.
[HEB.9.8] This the Spirit of the holy ones is declaring, that not yet has been revealed the way of the holy ones, still possessing a standing within the first tent.
[HEB.9.9] This is a parable for the present time, through which gifts and sacrifices are offered, being unable to, according to conscience, perfect the one who worships.
[HEB.9.10] Only concerning foods and drinks and different baptisms, ordinances of the flesh are impending until a time of correction.
[HEB.9.11] And Christ, having become a High Priest of the good things that have come into being, through a greater and more perfect tent, not made by hands—that is, not of this creation—
[HEB.9.12] And not through the blood of goats and calves, but through his own blood, Yahveh entered the holy places once for all, having found eternal redemption.
[HEB.9.13] If the blood of goats and bulls, sprinkled upon those who have been defiled, sanctifies to the cleansing of the body,
[HEB.9.14] How much more will the blood of the Messiah, who offered Himself through an eternal spirit as a flawless sacrifice to God, purify our conscience from works that are dead, so that we may worship the living God?
[HEB.9.15] And because of this, a mediator of a new covenant is present, so that, with a death occurring, those who were called may receive the promise of redemption from the transgressions under the first covenant, the inheritance of the age.
[HEB.9.16] For where a covenant exists, death is a necessity to be borne by the one making the covenant.
[HEB.9.17] For a covenant is certain regarding the dead, since it has no power while the one making the covenant is alive.
[HEB.9.18] Therefore, not even the first was dedicated without blood.
[HEB.9.19] For when every command according to the law had been spoken by Moses to all the people, having taken the blood of the calves and of the goats with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, he sprinkled both the book and all the people.
[HEB.9.20] Saying, "This is the blood of the covenant which the God commanded to you."
[HEB.9.21] And he sprinkled similarly with blood the tent and all the vessels of the service.
[HEB.9.22] And nearly everything is purified with blood according to the Law, and without the shedding of blood, forgiveness does not occur.
[HEB.9.23] Necessity therefore requires that the representations of the things in the heavens be purified, but the heavenly things themselves require better sacrifices than these.
[HEB.9.24] For Christ did not enter into handmade holy places, copies of the true ones, but into heaven itself, now to appear before the face of God on our behalf.
[HEB.9.25] Nor that he should often offer himself, as the high priest enters the holy places yearly with another’s blood.
[HEB.9.26] Because it was necessary for him to suffer repeatedly from the foundation of the world, now however, once at the completion of the ages, he has been revealed for the abolishment of wrongdoing through his sacrifice.
[HEB.9.27] And to the extent that it is appointed to humans once to die, after this comes judgement.
[HEB.9.28] Thus also, Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time without sin to those who are awaiting him for salvation.
HEB.10
[HEB.10.1] For the law has a shadow of the good things that are coming, not the actual form of those things, and is offered yearly with the same sacrifices continuously, but is never able to make perfect those who draw near.
[HEB.10.2] If they would not cease being offered because still having a conscience of sins, those worshipping, having been cleansed once?
[HEB.10.3] But within them, there is a remembering of sins, year after year.
[HEB.10.4] For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to remove sins.
[HEB.10.5] Therefore, when entering the world, He says, "You did not desire sacrifice and offering, but You prepared a body for me."
[HEB.10.6] The burnt offerings and concerning sin, the Gods did not find favor.
[HEB.10.7] Then I said, behold I have come. In the scroll of the book it is written concerning me, that the God should do his will.
[HEB.10.8] Speaking of a higher thing, you have not wished for or been pleased with sacrifices and offerings and burnt offerings and concerning sin, which are presented according to law.
[HEB.10.9] Then he said, behold, I have come to do the will of God. He abolishes the first, in order to establish the second.
[HEB.10.10] In which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
[HEB.10.11] And every priest stands daily serving and often offering the same sacrifices, which are never able to cleanse sins.
[HEB.10.12] But this one having offered one sacrifice for sins, for all time, sat down at the right hand of God.
[HEB.10.13] Therefore, waiting until the enemies of Yahveh are set as a footstool for the feet of Yahveh.
[HEB.10.14] For by one offering, the Gods have perfected for all time those being made holy.
[HEB.10.15] And the spirit, the holy one, bears witness to us, for having spoken.
[HEB.10.16] This is the covenant that the Gods will establish with them after those days, says my Lord, giving my laws upon the hearts of them and upon their understanding will the Gods write them.
[HEB.10.17] And their sins and their lawlessness, I will not remember anymore.
[HEB.10.18] Now where there is forgiveness of these things, there is no longer an offering concerning sin.
[HEB.10.19] Therefore, brothers, having confidence for entrance into the holy ones in the blood of Jesus.
[HEB.10.20] Which inaugurated for us a new and living way through the veil, that is, of the flesh of him.
[HEB.10.21] And a great priest relating to the house of the God.
[HEB.10.22] We approach with a true heart, in the fullness of faith, having hearts sprinkled from a bad conscience and bodies washed with pure water.
[HEB.10.23] We are holding to the confession of the hope unwavering, for faithful is the one who promised.
[HEB.10.24] And let us fully understand one another for a stimulus to love and of good works.
[HEB.10.25] Do not abandon the gathering of yourselves, as is the custom of some, but instead encourage one another, and all the more so as you see the day drawing near.
[HEB.10.26] For when we sin willingly, after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice concerning sins.
[HEB.10.27] A terrifying revelation of judgment and zealous fire will consume the opponents.
[HEB.10.28] Whoever rejects the law of Moses without mercy will die upon the testimony of two or three witnesses.
[HEB.10.29] How much worse punishment do you think awaits the one who has trampled the son of God underfoot and considered the blood of the covenant as common, in which he was sanctified, and who has insulted the spirit of grace?
[HEB.10.30] For we know the one who said, "Vengeance is mine, I will repay." And again, my Lord will judge his people.
[HEB.10.31] It is terrifying to fall into the hands of the living God.
[HEB.10.32] And remember the former days, in which having been enlightened you endured much struggle of sufferings.
[HEB.10.33] Concerning this, while being made a spectacle of through insults and pressures, we also became partakers with those living in such a manner.
[HEB.10.34] And indeed, you sympathized with those in bonds, and you received with joy the plundering of your possessions, knowing that you yourselves have a better existence and a lasting one.
[HEB.10.35] Therefore, do not cast away your boldness, which possesses a great recompense.
[HEB.10.36] For you have need of endurance, so that having done the will of God, you may receive the promise.
[HEB.10.37] For it is still a little while, a little while longer, the one who is coming will come and will not be delayed.
[HEB.10.38] But the righteous of mine will live from faith, and if he retreats, my soul does not approve in him.
[HEB.10.39] We are not under a condition for destruction, but for acquiring the soul through faith.
HEB.11
[HEB.11.1] Now, faith is the substance of things hoped for, and the proof of things not being seen.
[HEB.11.2] For in this place, the elders bore witness.
[HEB.11.3] By faith we understand that the ages were shaped by the word of God, so that what is observed did not come into being from visible things.
[HEB.11.4] By faith, Abel offered a greater sacrifice than Cain to God, through which it was witnessed that he was righteous, God testifying about his gifts, and through it, having died, he still speaks.
[HEB.11.5] By faith, Enoch was translated so that he would not see death, and he was not found because God translated him. For before his translation, it had been testified that he had pleased God.
[HEB.11.6] Without faith, it is impossible to be well-pleasing. For it is necessary that the one approaching the Gods believe that the Gods exist and that the Gods become a rewarder to those who seek them.
[HEB.11.7] Having been warned by God through faith, Noah, concerning things not yet visible, with reverence constructed an ark for the salvation of the house of his family, through which he condemned the world, and he became an heir of the righteousness that comes from faith.
[HEB.11.8] By faith, Abraham, being called by the Gods, obeyed to go out to a place which the Gods were about to give to him as an inheritance, and he went out, not knowing where he was going.
[HEB.11.9] By faith, he dwelt as a foreigner in the land of the promise, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who are the co-heirs of the same promise.
[HEB.11.10] For he was expecting the city possessing the foundations, of which the Gods are the craftsman and creator.
[HEB.11.11] By faith, even Sarah, being barren, received power for the planting of seed, and past the time of her age, because she considered faithful the one who promised. The Gods enabled this to happen.
[HEB.11.12] Therefore, they were also born from one, and this after he had died, as the stars of the sky in multitude and as the sand that is by the edge of the sea, the uncounted.
[HEB.11.13] According to faith, all of these died, not having received the promises, but having seen them from a distance and having greeted them and confessed that they are strangers and temporary residents on the earth.
[HEB.11.14] For those speaking such things make clear that they are seeking a homeland.
[HEB.11.15] And if indeed they remembered from which she came forth, they would have had a time to return.
[HEB.11.16] Now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore, the God God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.
[HEB.11.17] By faith, Abraham offered Isaac while being tested, and the uniquely born one he brought near as an offering. He was the one who had received the promises.
[HEB.11.18] To whom God spoke, that in Isaac your seed will be called.
[HEB.11.19] Considering that the God is able to raise even from the dead, therefore he brought him forth in a parable.
[HEB.11.20] By faith, Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning future things.
[HEB.11.21] By faith, Jacob, while dying, blessed each of Joseph's sons and worshipped at the top of his staff.
[HEB.11.22] By faith, Joseph, when he was dying, remembered the departure of the sons of Israel, and he gave commands concerning his bones.
[HEB.11.23] By faith, Moses, being born, was hidden for three months under his fathers, because they saw a remarkable child and they did not fear the decree of the king.
[HEB.11.24] Through faith, Moses, having become great, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.
[HEB.11.25] He chose rather to share in the suffering of the people of God than to have a temporary enjoyment of sins.
[HEB.11.26] Considering the reproach of the Christ to be a greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, he looked ahead to the recompense.
[HEB.11.27] Through faith, he left Egypt, not fearing the anger of the king, for he persevered, seeing the invisible one as if he were visible.
[HEB.11.28] By faith, the Passover was observed and the sprinkling of the blood occurred, so that the destroyer would not harm their firstborn.
[HEB.11.29] By faith, they crossed the red sea as through dry land, and the Egyptians, having experienced it, were destroyed.
[HEB.11.30] By faith, the walls of Jericho fell, being encircled for seven days.
[HEB.11.31] By faith, Rahab the prostitute did not perish with those who disobeyed, having received the spies with peace.
[HEB.11.32] And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to recount the story of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David also, and Samuel, and the prophets.
[HEB.11.33] Those who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, attained promises, and stopped the mouths of lions,
[HEB.11.34] They extinguished the power of fire, they escaped the mouths of swords, they were strengthened from weakness, they became strong in war, and they turned aside the meddling of foreigners.
[HEB.11.35] Women received the dead back from resurrection; others, however, were honored by resurrection, not accepting redemption, so that they might attain a greater resurrection.
[HEB.11.36] And others experienced mockery and the experience of whips, and also bonds and imprisonment.
[HEB.11.37] They were ground down, they were crushed, they died by the sword, wandering among apple trees, in skins of wine containers, lacking, being afflicted, being tormented.
[HEB.11.38] The world was not worthy of the Gods, so people wandered in wildernesses and on mountains and in caves and in the strongholds of the earth.
[HEB.11.39] And these all, having testified through the faith, did not receive the promise.
[HEB.11.40] God having foreseen something greater concerning us, so that we might not be completed without us.
HEB.12
[HEB.12.1] Therefore, we also, having surrounding us such a great cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every burden and the sin that easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us.
[HEB.12.2] Looking away to Jesus, the leader and perfecter of faith, who, for the joy that was set before him, endured the cross, having despised its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
[HEB.12.3] For consider the one who endured opposition from sinners against himself. So that you may not become discouraged in your own souls.
[HEB.12.4] You have not yet resisted to the point of shedding blood while striving against the sin.
[HEB.12.5] And you have been called by the exhortation, which speaks to you as sons. My son, do not despise the discipline of my Lord, nor be faint of heart when he is reproving you.
[HEB.12.6] For the one my Lord loves, He trains. And He chastises every son whom He accepts.
[HEB.12.7] For discipline, endure, as the Gods offer it to you as sons. For what son is there whom a father does not discipline?
[HEB.12.8] But if you are without instruction in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate and not sons.
[HEB.12.9] Indeed, we have fathers of our flesh who discipline us, and we respect them. Should we not much more submit to the Father of spirits and live?
[HEB.12.10] For some train for a few days according to what seems good to them, but the one acting for benefit intends to participate in the holiness of Yahveh.
[HEB.12.11] Indeed, all education does not appear to be joy for the present, but sadness. Later, however, it gives a peaceful fruit of justice to those trained by it.
[HEB.12.12] Therefore, straighten your weakened hands and your bent knees.
[HEB.12.13] And you should make straight paths with your feet, so that what is lame is not turned aside, but rather is healed more.
[HEB.12.14] Pursue peace with all, and the sanctification, without which no one will see Yahveh.
[HEB.12.15] Overseeing, lest anyone fall short of the grace of God, lest anyone’s root of bitterness spring up and trouble, and through this, many be defiled.
[HEB.12.16] Let no one who is sexually immoral or defiles, be like Esau, who for a single meal relinquished the rights of his firstborn.
[HEB.12.17] For you know that afterward, wanting to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he did not find a place for repentance, even though he sought it with tears.
[HEB.12.18] For you have not drawn near to a touched and burning fire and smoke and darkness and a tempest.
[HEB.12.19] And a trumpet sound and a voice of words, those who heard it requested that no word be added to them.
[HEB.12.20] I did not bring forth the dividing line. And if any beast touches the mountain, it will be stoned.
[HEB.12.21] And thus fearful was the appearing, Moses said: "I am terrified and trembling."
[HEB.12.22] But you have approached Mount Zion and the city of the living God, Jerusalem in heaven, and countless angels, a celebration.
[HEB.12.23] And to the church of firstborns who have been registered in the heavens, and to the judge God of all, and to the spirits of righteous ones who have been perfected.
[HEB.12.24] And a mediator of a new covenant, Jesus, and speaking of a better sprinkling of blood than that of Abel.
[HEB.12.25] Look, do not reject the one who speaks; for if they did not escape, having rejected the one who warned them, upon the earth, much more we, who turn away from the one from the heavens, will not escape.
[HEB.12.26] Where the voice shook the earth at that time, now it is promised, saying, "Yet once I will shake not only the earth but also the heaven."
[HEB.12.27] And however, once again it shows a removal of the shaken things as having been done, so that may remain the things not shaken.
[HEB.12.28] Therefore, having received an unshakable kingdom, let us have grace, through which we may worship God acceptably with reverence and fear.
[HEB.12.29] And for our God is fire that consumes.
HEB.13
[HEB.13.1] Let brotherly love continue.
[HEB.13.2] Do not forget hospitality, for through this some have made a mistake by welcoming messengers.
[HEB.13.3] Remember those in bonds as if you yourselves are also bound, and remember those who are being mistreated as if you yourselves also exist in a body.
[HEB.13.4] Honorable is marriage in all things, and the marital bed undefiled, for the God will judge those who engage in sexual immorality and adulterers.
[HEB.13.5] Not loving money is the way of life, being content with what is present. For he himself has said, "I will not abandon you, and I will not forsake you."
[HEB.13.6] Therefore, encouraging us, it says: "My Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what any human can do to me."
[HEB.13.7] Remember those who lead you, who spoke to you the word of the God, considering the outcome of their way of life, imitate their faith.
[HEB.13.8] Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and into the ages.
[HEB.13.9] Do not be carried away by diverse and foreign teachings. For it is good to strengthen the heart by grace, not by foods in which those who walked in them did not profit.
[HEB.13.10] We have an altar from which those serving at the tent do not have authority to eat.
[HEB.13.11] For when the blood of living creatures is brought as atonement for sin into the holy places by means of the high priest, the bodies of these creatures are burned outside the boundary.
[HEB.13.12] Therefore, and Jesus, that he might sanctify through the own blood the people, outside the gate he suffered.
[HEB.13.13] Therefore, let us go out to him outside the camp, bearing his disgrace.
[HEB.13.14] For we do not have here a city remaining, but we seek the one that is coming.
[HEB.13.15] Through Him, therefore, let us offer a sacrifice of praise continually to the God, and this is the fruit of lips confessing His name.
[HEB.13.16] And do not forget acts of kindness and fellowship. For these are the sacrifices that please the God.
[HEB.13.17] Be persuaded by those who lead you and submit yourselves, for they are awake concerning the souls of you, as those who will render an account, so that they may do this with joy and not with groaning. It is useless for you to do otherwise.
[HEB.13.18] Pray concerning us, for we are persuaded that we possess a good conscience, desiring to conduct ourselves well in all things.
[HEB.13.19] Moreover, I implore you to do this, so that I may be quickly restored to you, by the More Abundant One.
[HEB.13.20] And the God of peace, the one who brought forth from among the dead the shepherd of the great sheep through the blood of an everlasting covenant, our Lord Jesus.
[HEB.13.21] To complete you in all goodness, for the purpose of doing the will of the one who is, working within us what is pleasing before the one who is, through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory for ages of ages, amen.
[HEB.13.22] I implore you, brothers, endure the message of encouragement, for even through a short time I sent it to you.
[HEB.13.23] Know our brother Timothy having been sent, with whom if he comes quickly I will see you.
[HEB.13.24] Greet all those who lead you and all the holy ones. Those from Italy send greetings to you.
[HEB.13.25] The grace is with all of you.
JAS
JAS.1 • JAS.2 • JAS.3 • JAS.4 • JAS.5
JAS.1
[JAS.1.1] Jacob, a servant of God and my Lord Jesus the Anointed, sends greetings to the twelve tribes who are in the scattering.
[JAS.1.2] Consider it complete joy, my brothers, whenever you fall into various temptations.
[JAS.1.3] Knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
[JAS.1.4] And let patience have its complete work, so that you may be perfected and complete in nothing lacking.
[JAS.1.5] And if any of you is lacking wisdom, let him ask from the giving God to all generously and not reproaching, and it will be given to him.
[JAS.1.6] Let him ask in faith, doubting nothing. For the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown by the wind and tossed.
[JAS.1.7] For let that person not think that they will receive anything from my Lord.
[JAS.1.8] A man is double-souled, unstable in all his ways.
[JAS.1.9] Let the brother, the humble one, boast in his height.
[JAS.1.10] And the rich one, in the humility of him, that as a flower of the grass he will pass by.
[JAS.1.11] For the sun has risen with the burning heat and has dried the grass, and its flower has fallen, and the beauty of its face has perished. So the rich one will also wither in his pursuits.
[JAS.1.12] Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for having become approved, he will receive the crown of life which He promised to those loving Him.
[JAS.1.13] Let no one being tested say that the temptation comes from God. For God is incapable of evils, and He does not test anyone Himself.
[JAS.1.14] And each one is tempted by his own desire, being drawn out and being lured.
[JAS.1.15] Then the desire, having taken hold, gives birth to sin, and the sin, having been completed, produces death.
[JAS.1.16] Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.
[JAS.1.17] Every giving that is good and every endowment that is perfect is coming down from the God of lights, with whom there is no alteration or shadow of change.
[JAS.1.18] Having willed, He gave birth to us through word of truth, into being us a kind of firstfruits of His creations.
[JAS.1.19] Be, my brothers beloved. Let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger.
[JAS.1.20] For the anger of a man does not produce the justice of God.
[JAS.1.21] Therefore, setting aside all uncleanness and the excess of wickedness, receive with humility the God-given word that is able to save your souls.
[JAS.1.22] Become doers of the word, and not only hearers deceiving yourselves.
[JAS.1.23] Because if anyone is a listener of a message and not a doer, this one is like a man observing the face of his own origin in a mirror, and immediately forgets what he has seen.
[JAS.1.24] For he understood himself, and he departed, and immediately he forgot what he had been.
[JAS.1.25] But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom and remains in it, not becoming a forgetful listener, but a doer of work, this one will be blessed in their doing.
[JAS.1.26] If anyone believes they are religious, while not restraining their tongue, but instead deceiving their own heart, that person's religion is worthless.
[JAS.1.27] Religion that is clean and unstained with the God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, keeping oneself blameless from the world.
JAS.2
[JAS.2.1] My brothers, do not have respect of persons in the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of the glory.
[JAS.2.2] If a man wearing gold rings and bright clothing enters your gathering, and also a poor man wearing dirty clothing enters, then...
[JAS.2.3] Look carefully upon the one carrying the bright garment, and say to him, “You sit here with honor.” And to the poor one, say, “You stand there or sit beneath my footstool.”
[JAS.2.4] And have you not distinguished among yourselves and become judges of wicked thoughts?
[JAS.2.5] Listen, my brothers, beloved ones. Did not God choose the poor of the world who are rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?
[JAS.2.6] But you dishonored the poor one. Do not the rich ones oppress you, and also drag you into courts?
[JAS.2.7] Do they not blaspheme the good name that is called upon you?
[JAS.2.8] If indeed you fulfill the royal law according to the scripture: you will love your neighbor as yourself, you do well.
[JAS.2.9] But if you show favoritism, you are working sin, being reproved by the law as transgressors.
[JAS.2.10] For whoever keeps the whole law, yet stumbles in one thing, has become guilty of everything.
[JAS.2.11] For the one who said, "You shall not commit adultery," also said, "You shall not murder." If, however, you do not commit adultery, but you do murder, you have become a transgressor of law.
[JAS.2.12] Thus you speak and thus you do, as those who are about to be judged by a law of freedom.
[JAS.2.13] For judgement is without mercy to the one not doing mercy. Mercy will boast in judgement.
[JAS.2.14] What benefit is there, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith but does not have works? Is faith able to save him?
[JAS.2.15] If a brother or a sister are naked and lacking daily food,
[JAS.2.16] And if anyone among you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and be filled,” but does not provide them with the necessities for the body, what profit is there?
[JAS.2.17] Thus also the faith, if it does not have works, is dead in itself.
[JAS.2.18] But someone will say, "You have faith, and I have deeds." Show me your faith without your deeds, and I will show you from my deeds my faith.
[JAS.2.19] You believe that one God exists, you do well. And the demons also believe and tremble.
[JAS.2.20] Do you wish to know, you empty person, that the faith apart from the works is idle?
[JAS.2.21] Abraham, the father of us, was not justified from works, bringing Isaac, his son, upon the altar?
[JAS.2.22] You see that the faith cooperates with his works, and from the works the faith was perfected.
[JAS.2.23] And the writing was fulfilled that says: Abraham believed in God, and it was counted to him for righteousness, and he was called a friend of God.
[JAS.2.24] Behold, that from works a man is declared righteous, and not from faith alone.
[JAS.2.25] And similarly, Rahab the prostitute was not justified from works, having received the messengers and having cast them out by another way?
[JAS.2.26] For just as the body apart from breath is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead.
JAS.3
[JAS.3.1] Do not become many teachers, my brothers, knowing that a greater judgement we will receive.
[JAS.3.2] For we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in speech, this one is a complete man, able to control also the whole body.
[JAS.3.3] But if we put bridles into the mouths of horses, so that they may obey us, we also control their whole body.
[JAS.3.4] Behold, the ships are so great, and being driven by harsh winds, are carried by a very small rudder, where the impulse of the one steering wills.
[JAS.3.5] Thus also the tongue is a small limb and greatly increases. Behold, how much fire a little wood ignites.
[JAS.3.6] And the tongue is fire. The world of injustice, the tongue becomes among the members of us, the one corrupting the whole body and igniting the wheel of creation and being ignited by the place of fire.
[JAS.3.7] For all of nature, including beasts and birds, reptiles and sea creatures, is subdued and has been subdued by human nature.
[JAS.3.8] And no one is able to tame the tongue of people, an unrestrained evil, full of deadly poison.
[JAS.3.9] In it, we bless my Lord and Father, and in it, we curse the people who have become like the God.
[JAS.3.10] From the same mouth come forth blessing and curse. It is not proper, my brothers, that these things should come to be.
[JAS.3.11] Does a spring from the same opening pour forth both the sweet and the bitter?
[JAS.3.12] Is it possible, my brothers, for a fig tree to make olives or a vine to make figs? Nor can sweet water be made from salt water.
[JAS.3.13] Who is the wise and the knowing among you? Let him show from the good way of living the works of himself in the gentleness of wisdom.
[JAS.3.14] But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth.
[JAS.3.15] This wisdom is not descending from the Gods, but is earthly, soulish, and demonic.
[JAS.3.16] For wherever there is passionate enthusiasm and self-seeking division, there is disorder and every evil deed.
[JAS.3.17] But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, compliant, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial, and without hypocrisy.
[JAS.3.18] And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace to those making peace.
JAS.4
[JAS.4.1] From where do wars and battles arise among you? Not from an external place, but from your desires that are campaigning in your members.
[JAS.4.2] You desire and do not have, you murder and envy and are not able to attain, you fight and wage war, you do not have because you do not ask.
[JAS.4.3] Ask, and you do not receive, because you ask wrongly, so that you might spend on your pleasures.
[JAS.4.4] Adulterers, do you not know that the friendship of the world is hostility against God? Therefore, whoever desires to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.
[JAS.4.5] Or do you think that the scripture speaks emptily? The spirit which God has settled within us desires envy.
[JAS.4.6] God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.
[JAS.4.7] Therefore, submit yourselves under God, and resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
[JAS.4.8] Draw near to God, and God will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you of double mind.
[JAS.4.9] You have been afflicted and mourned and wept. Let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy into gloom.
[JAS.4.10] Humble yourselves in the presence of my Lord, and he will exalt you.
[JAS.4.11] Do not speak against one another, brothers. The one speaking against a brother, or judging the brother of him, speaks against the teaching and judges the teaching. But if you judge the teaching, you are not a doer of the teaching, but a judge.
[JAS.4.12] One is the Lawgiver and the Judge, the one who is able to save and to destroy; but who are you who judge your neighbor?
[JAS.4.13] Now, those saying, “We will travel to this city today or tomorrow, and we will observe a festival there, and we will trade, and we will profit.”
[JAS.4.14] Those who do not know what your life will be tomorrow – for you are a vapor appearing for a little while, then vanishing –
[JAS.4.15] Instead of you saying: "If my Lord wills, we will live and we will do this or that."
[JAS.4.16] Now therefore, you boast in your boastings. All such boasting is evil.
[JAS.4.17] Therefore, if anyone knows what is good and does not do it, sin belongs to that one.
JAS.5
[JAS.5.1] Come now, the rich ones, weep lamenting over your sufferings that are coming.
[JAS.5.2] Your riches have decayed, and your garments have become moth-eaten.
[JAS.5.3] Your gold and your silver have corroded, and their corrosion will be a testimony against you. It will devour your flesh as fire. Store up treasures in the last days.
[JAS.5.4] Behold, the wages of the workers who were wronged from your lands, the ones deprived from you, cry out. And the cries of the harvesters have entered the ears of Yahveh of armies.
[JAS.5.5] You luxuriated on the earth and squandered, you nourished your hearts in a day of slaughter.
[JAS.5.6] You condemned, you murdered the righteous one, he does not resist you.
[JAS.5.7] Therefore, be patient, brothers, until the arrival of the Lord. Behold, the farmer awaits the valuable fruit of the earth, being patient with it, until he receives the first and last fruits.
[JAS.5.8] Be patient, you yourselves, and establish your hearts, because the presence of the Lord is drawing near.
[JAS.5.9] Do not groan against one another, brothers, so that you are not judged. Behold, the Judge is standing before the doors.
[JAS.5.10] Take as an example, brothers, the suffering and the patience of the prophets who spoke in the name of my Lord.
[JAS.5.11] Behold, we call blessed those who have endured. You have heard of the patience of Job, and you have seen the end of Yahveh, that Yahveh is very compassionate and merciful.
[JAS.5.12] But above all, my brothers, do not swear by heaven or by the earth or by any other oath; rather, let your 'yes' be 'yes' and your 'no' be 'no', so that you do not fall under judgment.
[JAS.5.13] If anyone among you is suffering hardship, let him pray. If anyone is cheerful, let him sing praises.
[JAS.5.14] If anyone among you is weak, let them call for the elders of the community, and let them pray for that one, anointing them with oil in the name of the Lord.
[JAS.5.15] And the prayer of faith will save the one who is weak, and the Lord will raise him up. If he has done sins, they will be forgiven to him.
[JAS.5.16] Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The supplication of a righteous person is very powerful when it is being put into action.
[JAS.5.17] Elijah was a man with passions like ours, and he prayed to the Gods that it not rain, and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months.
[JAS.5.18] And again he prayed, and the heaven gave rain and the earth flourished with its fruit.
[JAS.5.19] My brothers, if anyone among you wanders from the truth, and someone turns them back,
[JAS.5.20] Let it be known that the one turning a sinner from the error of their way will save their soul from death, and will cover a multitude of sins.
1PE
1PE.1 • 1PE.2 • 1PE.3 • 1PE.4 • 1PE.5
1PE.1
[1PE.1.1] Peter, an apostle of Jesus the Anointed One, to the chosen ones, strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia.
[1PE.1.2] According to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of spirit, for obedience and the sprinkling of blood of Jesus Christ, may grace to you and peace be multiplied.
[1PE.1.3] Blessed is God, and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to the greatness of His mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
[1PE.1.4] Into an inheritance imperishable and undefiled and unfading, preserved in the heavens for you.
[1PE.1.5] Those who are guarded by the power of God through faith are being kept for a salvation ready to be revealed in the final time.
[1PE.1.6] In which you rejoice, a little now, if it is necessary, having been grieved in various trials.
[1PE.1.7] So that the testing of your faith, more valuable than gold that perishes, may be found to praise and glory and honor in the revelation of Jesus Christ.
[1PE.1.8] You love him, even though you have not seen him. And you rejoice with joy that is unspeakable and glorified, believing in him even though you are not currently seeing him.
[1PE.1.9] You are carrying out the completion of your faith for the salvation of souls.
[1PE.1.10] Concerning this salvation, the prophets searched and investigated, those who prophesied about the grace toward you.
[1PE.1.11] Investigating into what or which time the spirit of Christ, which is in them, revealed the sufferings concerning Christ and the glories after these things.
[1PE.1.12] It was revealed to whom these things were not ministered for themselves, but for you. Now these things have been announced to you through those who preached to you in the Holy Spirit, sent from Heaven, into which angels desire to peer.
[1PE.1.13] Therefore, having girded the loins of your thinking, be sober and hope fully on the grace being carried to you in the revelation of Jesus Christ.
[1PE.1.14] As children of obedience, do not be conformed to the former desires which existed in the ignorance of yourselves.
[1PE.1.15] But according to the one calling you, holy, and yourselves also holy in all conduct become.
[1PE.1.16] Because it is written: "You will be the holy ones, because I am the Gods."
[1PE.1.17] And if you are calling upon God the Father, who judges without partiality according to each person’s work, conduct yourselves with reverence for the time of your sojourning.
[1PE.1.18] Knowing that you were not redeemed with perishable things, such as silver or gold, from your vain manner of life received from ancestors.
[1PE.1.19] But with precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot, of Christ.
[1PE.1.20] Having been foreknown before the world's foundation, it was revealed at the end of the times through you.
[1PE.1.21] Through them, the faithful ones, God raised himself from the dead and gave glory to himself, so that your faith and hope might be in God.
[1PE.1.22] Having purified your souls in the obedience of the truth for a brotherly love that is not hypocritical, love one another intensely from a pure heart.
[1PE.1.23] You were born again, not from seed that decays, but from imperishable seed, through the word of the living Gods and remaining.
[1PE.1.24] Because all flesh is like grass, and all its glory is like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls.
[1PE.1.25] And the word of my Lord remains for eternity. This is the word that was preached to you.
1PE.2
[1PE.2.1] Therefore, having put away all evil and all deceit, and all hypocrisy and envy, and all slander
[1PE.2.2] As newly born babies, earnestly desire the pure, rational milk, so that in him you may grow towards salvation.
[1PE.2.3] If you have tasted that the Lord is good.
[1PE.2.4] To which, approaching a living stone, it is indeed rejected by people, but with the God it is chosen, honorable.
[1PE.2.5] And you all, as living stones, are being built into a spiritual house, for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
[1PE.2.6] Because it is written: Behold, I place in Zion a cornerstone, chosen and honored, and whoever believes in it will not be disgraced.
[1PE.2.7] Therefore, honor is to those who believe, but to those who disbelieve, a stone, which the builders rejected, has become the head of the corner.
[1PE.2.8] And a stone for stumbling and a rock for offense, because they stumble at the word, disobeying, to which also it was set.
[1PE.2.9] You, however, are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may declare the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
[1PE.2.10] Those who were once not a people are now the people of God. Those who were not shown mercy are now shown mercy.
[1PE.2.11] Beloved, I urge you, as sojourners and temporary residents, to abstain from fleshy desires which wage war against the soul.
[1PE.2.12] Having a good conduct among the nations, so that when they speak against you as wrongdoers, observing your good works, they will glorify God on the day of inspection.
[1PE.2.13] Be subject to every human creation through the Lord, whether a ruler as one who is surpassing.
[1PE.2.14] Whether to rulers, as they are sent by him to bring retribution upon those who do wrong, and praise to those who do good,
[1PE.2.15] Thus is the will of God, by doing good things to silence the ignorance of foolish people.
[1PE.2.16] As free people, and not as possessing a covering for the wickedness, the freedom, but as God's servants.
[1PE.2.17] Honor everyone, love the brotherhood, fear God, and honor the king.
[1PE.2.18] Household members, submitting in all fear to the masters, not only to the good and considerate, but also to the crooked ones.
[1PE.2.19] For this is grace, if because of a conscience of God someone suffers sorrows while suffering unjustly.
[1PE.2.20] What praise is there if, while sinning and being chastised, you endure? But if, while doing good and suffering, you endure, this is grace from God.
[1PE.2.21] For this reason you were called, because Christ also suffered on behalf of you, leaving you a model, so that you may follow in his footsteps.
[1PE.2.22] Who sin did not commit, and deceit was not found in the mouth of him.
[1PE.2.23] The one being verbally abused does not verbally abuse in return, and the one suffering does not threaten. Rather, this one entrusts judgment to the one judging justly.
[1PE.2.24] The one who himself bore our wrongdoings in his own body upon the wood, so that having become free from wrongdoings, we might live through righteousness, by whose bruise you are healed.
[1PE.2.25] For you were as sheep wandering, but you have now turned to the shepherd and overseer of your souls.
1PE.3
[1PE.3.1] Similarly, the women, submitting to their own husbands, so that also if some are disobeying the word, through the conduct of the women without speaking, they will be gained over.
[1PE.3.2] Having overseen the pure conduct of you all in fear.
[1PE.3.3] Let it not be the braiding of hairs from outside, and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the beauty of garments.
[1PE.3.4] But the hidden person of the heart is imperishable, gentle, and quiet in spirit, and this is very precious in the sight of God.
[1PE.3.5] Thus, in times past, the holy women who hoped in God adorned themselves by submitting to their own men.
[1PE.3.6] As Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him my Lord, of whom you have become children by doing good and not fearing any terror.
[1PE.3.7] Husbands, living together according to knowledge, with the female as the weaker vessel, give honor even as to joint heirs of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.
[1PE.3.8] And the result is that all are of the same mind, sympathetic, loving brothers, compassionate, and humble-minded.
[1PE.3.9] Do not repay evil for evil or insult for insult. Instead, bless, for to this you were called, so that you might inherit a blessing.
[1PE.3.10] For whoever desires life and to see good days, let them restrain their tongue from evil and their lips from speaking deceit.
[1PE.3.11] Let him turn away from evil and do good, let him seek peace and pursue it.
[1PE.3.12] Because the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous ones, and his ears are open to their supplication, but the face of the Lord is against those doing evil things.
[1PE.3.13] And who is the one who will harm you, if you become zealous ones of the good?
[1PE.3.14] But if you also suffer because of righteousness, blessed are you. And do not fear their fear, nor be disturbed.
[1PE.3.15] And consider my Lord Christ holy in your hearts, being ready at all times to give a defense to everyone who asks you for a reason regarding the hope that is within you.
[1PE.3.16] But with gentleness and fear, having a good conscience, so that in whatever you are spoken against, those who influence your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed.
[1PE.3.17] For it is better to suffer while doing good things, if the Gods wish it, than to suffer while doing evil things.
[1PE.3.18] Because also Christ once suffered concerning sins, a righteous one on behalf of unrighteous ones, in order to bring you to god, having been put to death in flesh, but made alive in spirit.
[1PE.3.19] In which also, having gone, he proclaimed to the spirits in prison.
[1PE.3.20] They disobeyed at one time, when the patience of God was being extended in the days of Noah, while an ark was being constructed. Within it, few—that is, eight souls—were saved through water.
[1PE.3.21] And this also now saves you, baptism, not a discarding of the body’s filth, but an appeal of a good conscience to God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
[1PE.3.22] Who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, with angels and authorities and powers subjected to him.
1PE.4
[1PE.4.1] Therefore, since Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same thought, because the one who suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin.
[1PE.4.2] For the purpose of no longer living according to the desires of humans, but according to the will of God, I will live the remaining time in flesh.
[1PE.4.3] For the past time is sufficient to have accomplished the will of the nations, having walked in immorality, desires, drunken revelry, feasts, drinking, and unlawful idolatry.
[1PE.4.4] In which they are strangers, not running together with you into the same pouring out of debauchery, while blaspheming.
[1PE.4.5] Those will render an account to the One ready, having judgment, to judge the living and the dead.
[1PE.4.6] For this reason also, the gospel was proclaimed even to the dead, so that they might be judged according to humans concerning the body, but live according to the Gods concerning the spirit.
[1PE.4.7] Concerning all things, the end has drawn near. Therefore, be disciplined in mind and be alert in prayers.
[1PE.4.8] Having a great love for yourselves above all else, because love covers a multitude of sins.
[1PE.4.9] Be loving to strangers toward one another without grumbling.
[1PE.4.10] Each one, as they received a gift, should use it to serve others as good stewards of God’s varied grace.
[1PE.4.11] If anyone speaks, let it be as words of God; if anyone serves, let it be as from the power that God provides, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory and the power forever and ever, amen.
[1PE.4.12] Beloved, do not be surprised by the testing within you that happens as a trial for you, as if something strange is happening to you.
[1PE.4.13] But as you share in the sufferings of the Christ, rejoice, so that you may also rejoice and be overjoyed when His glory is revealed.
[1PE.4.14] If you are being reviled in the name of Christ, blessed are you, for the spirit of glory and the spirit of God rests upon you.
[1PE.4.15] Let no one among you experience suffering as a murderer, or as a thief, or as one who does wrong, or as one who improperly oversees the affairs of others.
[1PE.4.16] But if as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, rather let him glorify the God in this part.
[1PE.4.17] Because the time has come for judgment to begin from the house of God. But if it begins first with us, what will be the end of those who do not obey the good news of God?
[1PE.4.18] And if the righteous one is scarcely saved, where will the ungodly one and the sinner be?
[1PE.4.19] Therefore, also, those who are suffering according to the will of God should entrust their souls to their faithful creator while doing good.
1PE.5
[1PE.5.1] I, a fellow elder, exhort the elders among you, and I am a witness to the sufferings of the Christ, and also a sharer of the coming revealed glory.
[1PE.5.2] Shepherd the flock of God that is among you, overseeing not by compulsion, but willingly, according to God, and not for dishonest profit, but eagerly.
[1PE.5.3] Nor as those who dominate over those allotted to their care, but becoming examples to the flock.
[1PE.5.4] And having been revealed of the chief shepherd, you will receive the unfading crown of glory.
[1PE.5.5] Likewise, you who are younger, submit to you who are older. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility, because the God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.
[1PE.5.6] Humble yourselves therefore under the powerful hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time.
[1PE.5.7] Having cast all of your worry upon him, because he cares for you.
[1PE.5.8] Be sober, be watchful. Your adversary the accuser, like a roaring lion, walks around seeking someone to devour.
[1PE.5.9] To whom, stand firm in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are being fulfilled in your brotherhood throughout the world.
[1PE.5.10] But the God of all grace, the One who called you into His eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will Himself restore, support, strengthen, and establish you.
[1PE.5.11] To him belongs the power for all time. So be it.
[1PE.5.12] Through Silvanus, to you the faithful brother, as I consider, I wrote in a little while, encouraging and bearing witness that this is true grace of God, in which you should stand.
[1PE.5.13] The one in Babylon, who is chosen together, greets you, and Mark, my son.
[1PE.5.14] Greet one another with a kiss of love. Peace to you all who are in Christ.
2PE
2PE.1 • 2PE.2 • 2PE.3
2PE.1
[2PE.1.1] Simeon, Stone, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those sharing a like precious faith with us, granted in the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ.
[2PE.1.2] Grace to you and peace may abound in knowledge of God and Jesus of our Lord.
[2PE.1.3] As all things pertaining to life and godliness have been given to us by the power of the Gods through the knowledge of the one who called us with his own glory and excellence.
[2PE.1.4] Through which have been given to us valuable and greatest promises, so that through these you might become partakers of the divine nature, escaping the corruption that is in the world through desire.
[2PE.1.5] And besides these things, you have supplied all diligence, providing excellence in your faith, and in the excellence, knowledge.
[2PE.1.6] And in knowledge, self-control; and in self-control, endurance; and in endurance, godliness.
[2PE.1.7] And in piety, the brotherly love, and in the brotherly love, the unconditional love.
[2PE.1.8] For these qualities existing in you and abounding do not make you idle nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
[2PE.1.9] For whoever does not have these things is blind, shortsighted, having taken forgetfulness of his past sins.
[2PE.1.10] Therefore, brothers, strive more to make certain your calling and your election. For by doing these things, you will never stumble.
[2PE.1.11] For in this way will the entrance be richly supplied to you into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
[2PE.1.12] Therefore, I intend always to remind you concerning these matters, even though you know them and are established in the present truth.
[2PE.1.13] I consider it just, as long as I am in this body, to stir you up in remembrance.
[2PE.1.14] Knowing that the putting off of my tent is swift, even as our Lord Jesus Christ declared to me.
[2PE.1.15] I also intend to be able to have you make remembrance of this after my departure.
[2PE.1.16] For we did not follow cleverly constructed falsehoods when we made known to you the power and presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, but rather became witnesses of his greatness.
[2PE.1.17] For having received from God the Father honor and glory, a voice was carried to him of this kind from the majestic glory: "This is my Son, my beloved, in whom I am well pleased."
[2PE.1.18] And we heard this voice carried from Heaven while being with him on the holy mountain.
[2PE.1.19] And we have the more certain prophetic word to which you do well to attend, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day brightens and the light-bringer rises in your hearts.
[2PE.1.20] Knowing this first, that all prophecy of scripture does not happen from its own resolution.
[2PE.1.21] For prophecy was never carried by human will, but people spoke from God, being carried by the holy spirit.
2PE.2
[2PE.2.1] And there came to be also false prophets among the people, just as there will be among you false teachers, who will introduce destructive teachings, and denying the Lord who purchased them, they will bring swift destruction upon themselves.
[2PE.2.2] And many will follow them in their immoralities, by which the way of truth will be blasphemed.
[2PE.2.3] And in greed, they will trade you with false words, concerning which the judgment from long ago does not sleep, and their destruction does not slumber.
[2PE.2.4] For if God did not spare angels who sinned, but cast them into chains of darkness, delivering them for judgment and keeping them
[2PE.2.5] And of the ancient world He spared not, but He preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, eight persons, having brought a flood upon a world of ungodly people.
[2PE.2.6] And the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, having covered them in ashes by destruction, judged an example of those who will be ungodly, having appointed it.
[2PE.2.7] And righteous Lot was rescued while being distressed by the conduct of the lawless ones in debauchery.
[2PE.2.8] For by gaze and by hearing, the righteous one was dwelling amongst them, and day after day a righteous soul was tormented by unlawful works.
[2PE.2.9] My Lord knows how to rescue the righteous from trial, but preserves the unjust for a day of judgment, to be punished.
[2PE.2.10] Moreover, those who go after the flesh in a desire for defilement, and who disregard dominion, are audacious. They are self-willed and do not tremble when they blaspheme.
[2PE.2.11] Where angels, being greater in power and might, do not bring a blasphemous judgement against them except according to Yahveh.
[2PE.2.12] And these, as irrational animals born by nature for capture and destruction, in which they are ignorant, blaspheme within the destruction of themselves and they will be destroyed.
[2PE.2.13] We are being defrauded of a righteous reward, considering pleasure to be our enjoyment in a day of luxury. We are spots and blemishes, reveling in our own deceits, and sharing in these things with you.
[2PE.2.14] Their eyes are full of adultery and they possess unceasing sin, tempting souls who lack foundation, having a heart exercised in greed, they are children of curses.
[2PE.2.15] Having abandoned the straight path, they strayed, continuing in the way of Balaam son of Bosor, who loved a reward of unrighteousness.
[2PE.2.16] And a judgment was received for the lawlessness of its own kind. A voiceless yoke, uttering a sound in human speech, restrained the madness of the prophet.
[2PE.2.17] These are sources without water and mists driven by a storm, for whom the darkness of darkness has been reserved.
[2PE.2.18] For they utter excessive worthlessness, tempting others with the desires of flesh and impurities, those who are truly escaping those who are walking in deception.
[2PE.2.19] They proclaim freedom to others, while they themselves are slaves existing in corruption. For whoever is defeated by something, is enslaved to it.
[2PE.2.20] For if, having escaped the contaminations of the world through knowledge of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they become entangled in them again, they are overcome, and their last things have become worse than their first.
[2PE.2.21] For it was better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than, having known it, to turn back from the holy command delivered to them.
[2PE.2.22] It happened to them according to the true proverb: a dog returns to its own vomit, and a sow washes herself in a mud wallow.
2PE.3
[2PE.3.1] This, already, beloved ones, is a second letter I write to you in which I stir up your sincere understanding.
[2PE.3.2] To remember the previously spoken words by the holy prophets and the command of your apostles from my Lord and savior.
[2PE.3.3] Knowing this first, that in the last of the days people will come, mocking, mockers going according to their own desires.
[2PE.3.4] And they were saying, "Where is the promise of His arrival? For since our fathers fell asleep, everything continues as it was from the beginning of creation."
[2PE.3.5] For this is what He wills to conceal from them: that the heavens existed from ancient times, and the earth came into being from water and was composed by means of water according to the word of God.
[2PE.3.6] Through whom the then world, having been flooded by water, perished.
[2PE.3.7] But the present heavens and the earth are stored up with the same word, being kept for a day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly people.
[2PE.3.8] But let not this be hidden from you, beloved, that one day with my Lord is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
[2PE.3.9] The Lord does not delay the promise, as some consider slowness, but is patient towards you, not willing that any should be lost but desiring that all should come to repentance.
[2PE.3.10] And the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a rushing sound, and the elements will be dissolved, and the earth and all its works will not be found.
[2PE.3.11] With all these things being loosened, it is necessary for you to be in holy ways of life and devotion.
[2PE.3.12] Those who are waiting for and hurrying the coming of the day of God, on which the heavens, being ignited, will be dissolved and the elements, being burned, will melt.
[2PE.3.13] And we anticipate new heavens and a new earth, according to the promise of the Gods, in which righteousness resides.
[2PE.3.14] Therefore, beloved ones, while anticipating these things, strive to be found by God without spot and blameless, in peace.
[2PE.3.15] And consider the Lord's patience as salvation, as our beloved brother Paul has written to you according to the wisdom that was given to him.
[2PE.3.16] And as also in all the letters speaking in them about these things, in which there are certain difficult matters which the unlearned and unsupported ones will distort, just as also the remaining writings toward their own destruction.
[2PE.3.17] Therefore, you beloved ones, knowing in advance, guard yourselves, so that you are not carried away by the deception of the lawless and fall from your own support.
[2PE.3.18] And you should increase in grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him belongs the glory, both now and to the day of eternity.
1JN
1JN.1 • 1JN.2 • 1JN.3 • 1JN.4 • 1JN.5
1JN.1
[1JN.1.1] That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we contemplated, and that which our hands have touched, concerning the Word of the Life.
[1JN.1.2] And the life was revealed, and we saw it and testify of it and announce to you the life, the eternal one, which was with the male parent, and the life was revealed to us.
[1JN.1.3] What we have seen and what we have heard, we proclaim also to you, so that you may also have fellowship with us. And this fellowship of ours is with God the Father and with God’s son, Jesus Christ.
[1JN.1.4] And these things we write, so that our joy may be complete.
[1JN.1.5] And this is the message that we have heard from God and are proclaiming to you: that God is light, and there is absolutely no darkness in him.
[1JN.1.6] If we say that we have fellowship with the Gods and we walk in darkness, we lie and we do not practice the truth.
[1JN.1.7] If we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, cleanses us from all sin.
[1JN.1.8] If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.
[1JN.1.9] If we confess our sins, the Gods are faithful and righteous, so that they may forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
[1JN.1.10] If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not within us.
1JN.2
[1JN.2.1] My little children, I write these things to you so that you do not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.
[1JN.2.2] And he is the atonement for our sins, not only for ours, but also for that of the whole world.
[1JN.2.3] And in this we may know that we have known Him, if we keep His commands.
[1JN.2.4] The one saying that they have known the God, and not keeping the commands of the God, is a liar, and in this, the truth is not.
[1JN.2.5] And whoever keeps his word, truly in this the love of God is perfected; in this we know that we are in him.
[1JN.2.6] The one saying he remains in God ought to walk just as that one walked, and he ought to walk thus.
[1JN.2.7] Beloved, I am not writing a new command to you, but an old command that you have had from the beginning. The old command is the word that you heard.
[1JN.2.8] Again, I write a new commandment to you, which is truth both in him and in yourselves: that the darkness is approaching, and the true light is already shining.
[1JN.2.9] The one claiming to be in the light, yet hating their brother or sister, is in darkness until now.
[1JN.2.10] The one loving his brother in the light remains, and a stumbling block is not in him.
[1JN.2.11] But the one hating their brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and they do not know where they are going, because the darkness has blinded their eyes.
[1JN.2.12] I write to you, children, that your sins are forgiven through his name.
[1JN.2.13] I write to you, fathers, that you have known the one from the beginning. I write to you, young men, that you have overcome the evil one.
[1JN.2.14] I wrote to you, children, that you have come to know the Father. I wrote to you, fathers, that you have come to know the One from the beginning. I wrote to you, young men, that you are strong and the word of God remains within you, and you have overcome the evil one.
[1JN.2.15] Do not love the world, nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the father is not in him.
[1JN.2.16] That all that is in the world, the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eyes and the arrogance of life, is not from the Father but is from the world.
[1JN.2.17] And the world is passing away, and also its desire, but the one doing the will of God remains into the age.
[1JN.2.18] Children, the final hour is here, and as you have heard that the adversary of the anointed one is coming, and now many adversaries of the anointed one have come into being, from which we know that the final hour is here.
[1JN.2.19] They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they were of us, they would have continued with us – but that it might be made manifest that they are not all of us.
[1JN.2.20] And you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know it.
[1JN.2.21] I did not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and that every falsehood is not from the truth.
[1JN.2.22] Who is the liar if not the one who denies that Jesus is not the Messiah? This one is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son.
[1JN.2.23] Everyone who disowns the Son does not have the Father. The one who acknowledges the Son also has the Father.
[1JN.2.24] You all who have heard from the beginning, let it remain in you. If what you all have heard from the beginning remains in you, then you all will remain in the Son and in the Father.
[1JN.2.25] And this is the promise that himself promised to us, the life the eternal.
[1JN.2.26] These things I have written to you concerning the ones wandering from you.
[1JN.2.27] And you, the anointing that you received from God remains in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you, but as the anointing from God teaches you about all things, it is truth and is not falsehood, and as God taught you, remain in God.
[1JN.2.28] And now, children, remain in God, so that if God is revealed, we may have confidence and not be ashamed from God at the presence of God.
[1JN.2.29] If you know that he is righteous, know that every one doing righteousness is born from him.
1JN.3
[1JN.3.1] Behold what love the Father has given to us, that we may be called children of God, and we are. For this reason, the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.
[1JN.3.2] Beloved, now we are children of the Gods, and it has not yet been revealed what we will be. We know that when God is revealed, we will be like God, because we will see God as God is.
[1JN.3.3] And all who are having this hope are purifying themselves, as he is pure.
[1JN.3.4] Everyone doing sin and lawlessness does, and sin is lawlessness.
[1JN.3.5] And you know that that one was revealed so that the sins would be taken away, and sin is not in him.
[1JN.3.6] Everyone who remains in the Gods does not sin. Everyone who is sinning has not seen the Gods, nor has he known the Gods.
[1JN.3.7] Children, let no one deceive you. The one doing righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous.
[1JN.3.8] The one who does sin is from the adversary, because from the beginning the adversary has been sinning. For this purpose the Son of God appeared, so that he might undo the works of the adversary.
[1JN.3.9] Everyone who is born from the God does not do sin, because the seed of him remains in him, and he is not able to sin, because he was born from the God.
[1JN.3.10] In this, the children of the Gods and the children of the devil are revealed. Everyone who is not doing righteousness is not from the Gods, and also, whoever is not loving their brother.
[1JN.3.11] That this is the message which you heard from the beginning, that we may love one another.
[1JN.3.12] Not as Cain was of the evil one and murdered his brother, and for what reason did he murder him? Because his deeds were evil, but the deeds of his brother were righteous.
[1JN.3.13] And do not be amazed, brothers, if the world hates you.
[1JN.3.14] We know that we have passed from death into life, because we love our brothers. Whoever does not love remains in death.
[1JN.3.15] Everyone who is hating their brother is a murderer, and you know that every murderer does not have eternal life abiding in him.
[1JN.3.16] In this we have come to know love, that He placed His life for us, and we owe it to place our lives for our brothers.
[1JN.3.17] If anyone possesses the life of the world and observes their brother having need, and shuts their compassion from them, how does the love of the Gods remain in them?
[1JN.3.18] Children, do not love with word or with language, but in deed and in truth.
[1JN.3.19] And in this we will know that from the truth we are. And before him we will persuade our heart.
[1JN.3.20] If our heart knows, then the God of our heart is greater, and knows all things.
[1JN.3.21] Beloved, if our heart does not accuse us, we have boldness toward the God.
[1JN.3.22] And whatever we ask, we receive from God, because we keep God's commands and we do what is pleasing before God.
[1JN.3.23] And this is the command of the Gods, that we should believe in the name of the Son of the Gods, Jesus the Anointed One, and love one another, just as the Gods gave command to us.
[1JN.3.24] And the one keeping the commands of God in God remains, and God in that one, and by this we know that God remains in us, from the spirit that God gave to us.
1JN.4
[1JN.4.1] Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see if they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
[1JN.4.2] By this, you will know the spirit of God: every spirit that confesses Jesus Christ has come in flesh is from God.
[1JN.4.3] And every spirit that does not confess that Jesus is from God is not of God, and this is the spirit of the antichrist of which you have heard it coming, and now it is already in the world.
[1JN.4.4] You are out of God, children, and you have overcome them, because the one in you is greater than the one in the world.
[1JN.4.5] They are from the world, therefore they speak from the world, and the world hears them.
[1JN.4.6] We are from God. The one knowing God listens to us. The one who is not from God does not listen to us. From this, we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of deception.
[1JN.4.7] Beloved, we love one another, because the love is from the God, and everyone who loves is born from the God and knows the God.
[1JN.4.8] The one who does not love has not known God, because God is love.
[1JN.4.9] In this, the love of God was revealed among us, that God sent his unique son into the world, so that we might live through him.
[1JN.4.10] In this is the love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His son as an atonement concerning our sins.
[1JN.4.11] Beloved, if thus God loved us, and we ought to love one another.
[1JN.4.12] No one has ever seen God. If we love one another, the God abides in us and His love is perfected in us.
[1JN.4.13] In this we know that we remain in the God, and the God remains in us, because from the spirit of the God he has given to us.
[1JN.4.14] And we have seen and testify that the Father sent the Son as savior of the world.
[1JN.4.15] If anyone confesses that Jesus is the son of the God, the God abides in him, and he also abides in the God.
[1JN.4.16] And we have come to know and have believed the love which God has within us. God is love, and the one remaining in the love remains in God, and God remains in that one.
[1JN.4.17] In this, the love is perfected among us, so that we may have confidence in the day of the judgment, because as that One is, so also are we in this world.
[1JN.4.18] Fear is not in love, but perfect love throws out fear, because fear has punishment, and the one fearing is not completed in love.
[1JN.4.19] We love, because He first loved us.
[1JN.4.20] If anyone says that they love God and hates their brother, they are a liar. For anyone who does not love their brother whom they have seen is unable to love God whom they have not seen.
[1JN.4.21] And this command we have from him, that the one loving the God also loves the brother of him.
1JN.5
[1JN.5.1] Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the one who begat loves also the one begotten from him.
[1JN.5.2] In this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and do his commandments.
[1JN.5.3] For this is the love of God, that we keep the commands of God, and the commands of God are not burdensome.
[1JN.5.4] Because everything born of God conquers the world, and this is the victory that conquers the world, our faith.
[1JN.5.5] And who is the one overcoming the world if not the one believing that Jesus is the son of God?
[1JN.5.6] This is the one who came through water and through blood, Jesus the Christ, not through the water only, but through the water and through the blood as well. And the Spirit is the one who bears witness, that the Spirit is the truth.
[1JN.5.7] That there are three who are witnessing.
[1JN.5.8] The spirit and the water and the blood, and the three are into the one.
[1JN.5.9] If we receive the testimony of people, the testimony of the Gods is greater. For this is the testimony of the Gods, that the Gods have testified concerning their son.
[1JN.5.10] The one believing into the son of God has the testimony within himself. The one not believing God has made himself a liar, because he has not believed into the testimony that God has testified concerning the son of him.
[1JN.5.11] And this is the testimony, that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in the son of him.
[1JN.5.12] The one having the son has the life. The one not having the son of God does not have the life.
[1JN.5.13] These things I have written to you, so that you may know that life eternal you have, to those believing in the name of the Son of God.
[1JN.5.14] And this is the confidence that we have toward the Gods, that if we ask anything according to the will of the Gods, the Gods hear us.
[1JN.5.15] And if we know that the Gods hear us, whatever we may request, we know that we have the requests which we asked from them.
[1JN.5.16] If anyone sees their brother committing a sin not leading to death, they will ask, and life will be given to them, to those who are sinning not leading to death. There is a sin leading to death; I am not speaking about that sin so that anyone should ask.
[1JN.5.17] All injustice is sin, and there is sin that is not toward death.
[1JN.5.18] We know that everyone who has been born of God does not sin, but the one born of God protects himself, and the evil one does not touch him.
[1JN.5.19] We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the evil one.
[1JN.5.20] And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know the true One, and we are in the true One, in his Son Jesus Christ. This One is the true God and eternal life.
[1JN.5.21] Children, guard yourselves from the idols.
2JN
2JN.1
2JN.1
[2JN.1.1] The elder to the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in truth, and not I alone, but also all those who know the truth.
[2JN.1.2] Because of the truth that remains in us and will also be with us for the age.
[2JN.1.3] Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.
[2JN.1.4] I rejoiced greatly that I found some of your children walking in truth, as we received commandment from the Father.
[2JN.1.5] And now I ask you, my lady, not as if I am writing to you a new command, but one we have had from the beginning: that we may love one another.
[2JN.1.6] And this is the love, that we walk according to the commands of He; this command is, as you have heard from the beginning, that in it you walk.
[2JN.1.7] Because many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not confess Jesus Christ coming in flesh. This one is the deceiver and the against-Christ.
[2JN.1.8] Look to yourselves, so that you do not lose the things we have worked for, but may receive a full reward.
[2JN.1.9] Everyone who departs and does not remain in the teaching of Christ does not have God. The one remaining in the teaching, this one has both the Father and the Son.
[2JN.1.10] If anyone comes to you and does not carry this teaching, do not receive him into a home and do not say greetings to him.
[2JN.1.11] For the one saying 'hello' to him participates with his wicked works.
[2JN.1.12] Having many things to write to you, I did not wish to do so through paper and ink, but I hope to come to you and speak face to face, so that our joy may be complete.
[2JN.1.13] The children of your sister, the chosen one, send greetings to you.
3JN
3JN.1
3JN.1
[3JN.1.1] The elder to Gaius, the beloved, whom I love in truth.
[3JN.1.2] Beloved, concerning everything, I pray that you may prosper and be healthy, just as your soul prospers.
[3JN.1.3] I greatly rejoiced at the arrival of brothers and their testifying about you to the truth, as you walk in truth.
[3JN.1.4] I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in truth.
[3JN.1.5] Beloved, you do a faithful thing whatever you work for the brothers and also this for strangers.
[3JN.1.6] Those who have testified of you with love before the assembly, I will treat well by sending them forth in a manner worthy of God.
[3JN.1.7] For on account of the name, I departed, taking nothing from the nations.
[3JN.1.8] Therefore, we are obligated to receive such people, so that we may become fellow workers with the truth.
[3JN.1.9] I wrote to the assembly, but the one loving first place among them, Diotrephes, does not receive us.
[3JN.1.10] Therefore, if I come, I will remind him of the deeds which he does speaking with wicked words against us, and not being satisfied with these things, he does not receive the brothers and he hinders those who wish to, and he casts them out from the assembly.
[3JN.1.11] Beloved, do not imitate evil, but imitate good. The one doing good is from the God; the one doing evil has not seen the God.
[3JN.1.12] Demetrius has been testified to by all, and by truth itself. And we also testify, and you know that our testimony is true.
[3JN.1.13] I had many things to write to you, but I do not wish to write them to you with ink and a pen.
[3JN.1.14] And I hope to see you immediately, and mouth to mouth we will speak.
[3JN.1.15] Peace to you. Your friends greet you. Greet your friends by name.
JUD
JUD.1
JUD.1
[JUD.1.1] Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and a brother of James, to those who are loved by God the Father and kept safe by Jesus Christ, the called ones.
[JUD.1.2] May the Gods' mercy and peace and love increase to you.
[JUD.1.3] Beloved, making every effort to write to you concerning the common salvation that is ours, I had necessity to write to you, urging you to strive with the faith once delivered to the holy people.
[JUD.1.4] For certain people have infiltrated, who were long ago written about for this judgment. These people are ungodly, exchanging the grace of our God for licentiousness and denying our only Lord and Master, Jesus Christ.
[JUD.1.5] And I wish to remind you, knowing that you all once understood everything, that Jesus saved a people from the land of Egypt a second time, and destroyed those who did not believe.
[JUD.1.6] And the angels who did not guard their own beginning, but rather abandoned their proper dwelling place, He has kept under darkness in eternal bonds for a judgment of a great day.
[JUD.1.7] Just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities surrounding them committed sexual immorality and went after other flesh, they stand as an example of eternal fire, receiving the punishment of judgement.
[JUD.1.8] Similarly indeed, these people, while dreaming, defile the flesh, reject lordship, and blaspheme glories.
[JUD.1.9] And Michael the chief angel, when he was contending with the devil, debated concerning the body of Moses, did not dare to bring a judgement, uttering blasphemy, but said, "May my Lord rebuke you."
[JUD.1.10] And these, whatever they do not know, they revile. But whatever they instinctively know, as the irrational animals do, in these things they are destroyed.
[JUD.1.11] Woe to them, for they have walked in the way of Cain, and for the deception of Balaam, their payment was poured out, and in the contradiction of Kore they perished.
[JUD.1.12] These are the blemishes in your loves, enjoying fellowship without fear, shepherding themselves. They are clouds without water, carried about by winds. They are autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, having been uprooted.
[JUD.1.13] The wild waves of the sea are foaming up their own shame, and to wandering stars darkness has been reserved for eternity.
[JUD.1.14] And he also prophesied to these, Enoch, the seventh from Adam, saying: Behold, Yahveh has come with the holy ten-thousands of himself.
[JUD.1.15] To do justice against all and to examine every soul concerning all the works of their impiety that they have committed and concerning all the harsh things that sinful, impious people have spoken against God.
[JUD.1.16] These are those who complain, murmuring according to their own desires, and their mouth speaks great things, admiring persons for the sake of profit.
[JUD.1.17] You, beloved ones, remember the words previously spoken by the apostles of my Lord Jesus Christ.
[JUD.1.18] Because I told you that in the final time, mockers will exist, walking according to their own desires of ungodlinesses.
[JUD.1.19] These are the ones who define boundaries, being soulish, and not having spirit.
[JUD.1.20] You, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the holy spirit,
[JUD.1.21] Keep yourselves in the love of God, awaiting the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ into eternal life.
[JUD.1.22] And those whom you are having mercy on while distinguishing them,
[JUD.1.23] And those whom you snatch from the fire, and those upon whom you show mercy, hating the defiled garment that comes from the flesh.
[JUD.1.24] But to the one who is able to guard you without fault and to set you standing before the glory of that one without blemish, with joy.
[JUD.1.25] To the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ, of our Lord, glory, greatness, power, and authority before all time, and now, and into all the ages. So be it.
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REV.1
[REV.1.1] The revelation of Jesus the Christ, which the God gave to him to show to his servants what must happen quickly, and he signified it by sending through the angel of him to the servant of him, John.
[REV.1.2] He testified to the word of God and the testimony of Jesus the Anointed concerning all things that he saw.
[REV.1.3] Blessed is the one reading and those hearing the words of the prophecy, and keeping those things written in it, for the time is near.
[REV.1.4] John to the seven assemblies in Asia: grace to you and peace from the God who is and who was and who is coming, and from the seven spirits which are before his throne.
[REV.1.5] And from Jesus Christ, the witness, the faithful one, the firstborn of those who are dead and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To the one loving us and freeing us from our sins in his blood,
[REV.1.6] And he made us a kingdom, priests to the God and to his father, to him be the glory and the power into the ages of the ages, truly.
[REV.1.7] Behold, he comes with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all the tribes of the earth will lament over him. Yes, truly.
[REV.1.8] I am the A and the Z, says my Lord the God, the being and the was and the coming one, the all powerful one.
[REV.1.9] I, John, am your brother and a partner with you in the suffering and kingdom and perseverance in Jesus. I became present on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.
[REV.1.10] I was in spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard a great voice behind me, like a trumpet.
[REV.1.11] Saying, "Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea."
[REV.1.12] And I turned to see the voice which was speaking with me, and turning, I saw seven golden lampstands.
[REV.1.13] And in the midst of the lampstands was one like a son of man, clothed in a long garment and with a golden belt around the breasts.
[REV.1.14] And the head of this one, and the hairs upon it, are white like wool, like snow, and the eyes of this one are like a flame of fire.
[REV.1.15] And his feet were like burnished bronze, as if glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of many waters.
[REV.1.16] And having in the right hand of him stars seven, and out of the mouth of him a sword two-edged sharp proceeding, and the appearance of him as the sun shines in the power of him.
[REV.1.17] And when I saw him, I fell toward the feet of him as one dead, and he placed the right hand of him upon me saying: do not fear. I am the first and the last.
[REV.1.18] And the living one, and I became dead, and behold, I am living for the ages of the ages, and I have the keys of death and of the underworld.
[REV.1.19] Therefore, write down what you have seen, and what is, and what will happen after these things.
[REV.1.20] The mystery of the seven stars which you saw upon my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands: the seven stars are messengers of the seven congregations, and the lampstands are the seven congregations themselves.
REV.2
[REV.2.1] To the messenger of the church in Ephesus, write this: Thus says the One holding the seven stars in His right hand, the One walking among the seven golden lampstands.
[REV.2.2] I know your deeds and your labor and your endurance, and that you are not able to bear evil people, and you have tested those who say of themselves that they are apostles and they are not, and you have found them false.
[REV.2.3] And you have endurance and you have borne through the name of me and you have not become weary.
[REV.2.4] But I have against you that you abandoned your first love.
[REV.2.5] Therefore, remember from where you have fallen, and repent, and do the first works; but if not, I will come to you and will move your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.
[REV.2.6] But you have this, that you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
[REV.2.7] The one having ears should listen to what the Spirit says to the congregations. To the one conquering, I will give to him to eat from the wood of life, which is in the paradise of God.
[REV.2.8] And to the angel of the church in Smyrna, write: Thus says the first and the last, who became dead and lives.
[REV.2.9] I know your tribulation and your poverty, but you are rich, and the blasphemy is from those who say they are Jews but are not, but a gathering of Satan.
[REV.2.10] Do not fear anything you are about to suffer. Behold, the accuser is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will have tribulation for ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give to you the crown of life.
[REV.2.11] The one having ears let him hear what the spirit says to the churches. The one conquering will not be harmed from the second death.
[REV.2.12] And to the angel of the church in Pergamum, write: Thus says He who possesses the sword, two-edged and sharp.
[REV.2.13] I know where you dwell, where the throne of Satan is, and you hold my name, and I did not deny my faith, and in the days of Antipas, my witness, my faithful one, who was killed by you, where Satan dwells.
[REV.2.14] But I have a few things against you, because you have those who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, to have them eat sacrificial food and commit sexual immorality.
[REV.2.15] Thus you also have those who hold the teaching of the Nicolaitans in the same way.
[REV.2.16] Therefore, repent. But if you do not, I, Yahveh, will come to you quickly and I will war with them using the sword of my mouth.
[REV.2.17] The one possessing ears should listen to what the Spirit says to the congregations. To the one conquering, I will give of the hidden manna, and I will give to him a white token, and upon the token a new name will be written which no one knows except the one receiving it.
[REV.2.18] And to the messenger of the assembly in Thyatira, write: "These things says the son of God, the one having eyes like a flame of fire and feet similar to polished bronze of incense."
[REV.2.19] I know your deeds, and your love, and your faith, and your service, and your endurance, and that your later deeds are more numerous than your earlier ones.
[REV.2.20] However, I have this against you: that you allow the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and teaches and deceives my servants to commit sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols.
[REV.2.21] And I gave to her time that she might repent, and she does not wish to repent from her sexual immorality.
[REV.2.22] Behold, I cast her onto a couch, and those committing adultery with her into great tribulation, if they do not repent from their works.
[REV.2.23] And I will kill the children of her in death. And all the assemblies will know that I am the one searching kidneys and hearts, and I will give to each of you according to your works.
[REV.2.24] But I say to the rest of you in Thyatira, those who do not have this teaching, those who have not known the deep things of Satan as they say; I do not cast upon you another burden.
[REV.2.25] But what you have, hold fast until Yahveh comes.
[REV.2.26] And the one who conquers and keeps doing my works until the end, I will give to him authority over the nations.
[REV.2.27] And he will shepherd them with an iron rod, as ceramic vessels are shattered.
[REV.2.28] Just as I have received from my Father, I will give to him the morning star.
[REV.2.29] The one having ears let him hear what the spirit says to the churches.
REV.3
[REV.3.1] And to the angel of the church in Sardis, write this. Thus says the one having the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your works that you have a name that you live, and you are dead.
[REV.3.2] Become watchful, and strengthen the remaining things which were about to die, for I have not found your works fulfilled before my God.
[REV.3.3] Therefore, remember how you received and heard, and keep it, and repent. If you therefore do not stay awake, I will come as a thief, and you will not know what hour I will come upon you.
[REV.3.4] But you have a few names in Sardis who have not defiled their garments, and they will walk with me in white, for they are worthy.
[REV.3.5] The one conquering will be clothed in white garments, and I will not erase his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before my father and before his angels.
[REV.3.6] The one having ears let him hear what the spirit says to the churches.
[REV.3.7] And to the messenger of the congregation in Philadelphia, write this: Thus says the holy one, the true one, the one who has the key of David, the one who opens and no one shuts, and the one who shuts and no one opens.
[REV.3.8] I know your deeds. Behold, I have given before you a door opened, which no one is able to shut, because you have little strength and you have kept my word and you did not deny my name.
[REV.3.9] Behold, I give from the congregation of Satan those saying they are Jews, and they are not but they lie. Behold, I will make them come and worship before your feet, and they will know that I have loved you.
[REV.3.10] Because you have kept my word of endurance, I also will keep you from the hour of trial that is about to come upon the whole inhabited earth to test those who dwell on the earth.
[REV.3.11] I am coming quickly; hold fast to what you have, so that no one may take your crown.
[REV.3.12] To the one conquering, I will make him a pillar in the temple of God my and outside he will not go out anymore and I will write upon him the name of God my and the name of the city of God my, the new Jerusalem which is descending from heaven from God my, and my new name.
[REV.3.13] The one having ears let him hear what the spirit says to the churches.
[REV.3.14] And to the angel of the church in Laodicea, write this: Thus says the Amen, the witness, the faithful and the true, the beginning of the creation of God.
[REV.3.15] I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor warm. I would prefer you were cold or warm.
[REV.3.16] So because you are lukewarm, and neither warm nor cold, I am about to vomit you out of my mouth.
[REV.3.17] Because you say that you are rich and have become wealthy and have no need of anything, and you do not know that you are the wretched one and the pitiful one and the poor one and the blind one and the naked one.
[REV.3.18] I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may become wealthy, and white garments so that you may wrap yourself in them and the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed, and ointment to anoint your eyes so that you may see.
[REV.3.19] I, as the Gods, correct and discipline everyone whom I love. Therefore, be zealous and repent.
[REV.3.20] Behold, I stand at the door and I knock. If anyone hears the voice of me and opens the door, then I will come in to him and I will dine with him and he with me.
[REV.3.21] To the one conquering, I will give to him to sit with me on my throne, as also I conquered and sat with my father on his throne.
[REV.3.22] The one having ears let him hear what the spirit says to the churches.
REV.4
[REV.4.1] After these things, I saw, and behold, a door opened in the heaven, and the voice, the first which I heard, like a trumpet speaking with me, saying: ‘Come up here, and I will show you the things which must happen after these things.’
[REV.4.2] Immediately, I became in spirit, and behold, a throne was lying in the heaven, and one was sitting upon the throne.
[REV.4.3] And the one seated appeared like jasper and sardius stone, and a rainbow around the throne appeared like emerald.
[REV.4.4] And around the throne of God were twenty-four thrones, and on the twenty-four thrones were twenty-four elders seated, clothed in white garments, and on their heads were golden crowns.
[REV.4.5] And from the throne come forth lightnings and voices and thunders, and seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven spirits of the God.
[REV.4.6] And before the throne, like a glassy sea similar to crystal it was. And in the midst of the throne and around the throne were four living beings filled with eyes in front and in back.
[REV.4.7] And the animal, the first, is like a lion, and the animal, the second, is like an ox, and the animal, the third, has a face as a human, and the animal, the fourth, is like an eagle that flies.
[REV.4.8] And the four living creatures, each of them having six wings around and within, are full of eyes, and they have no rest, day and night saying: "Holy, holy, holy, my Lord, the God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is coming."
[REV.4.9] And whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanksgiving to the One seated upon the throne, the Living One, for ages upon ages.
[REV.4.10] The twenty-four elders will fall before the one sitting upon the throne, and they will worship the living one for ages of ages. And they will cast their crowns before the throne, saying…
[REV.4.11] You are worthy, my Lord and the God of us, to receive the glory and the honor and the power, because you created all things and because of your will they were and they were created.
REV.5
[REV.5.1] And I saw, on the right hand of the one sitting on the throne, a book written within and on the back, sealed with seven seals.
[REV.5.2] And I saw an angel, strong, proclaiming in a voice great: who is worthy to open the scroll and to loosen its seals?
[REV.5.3] And no one in the heaven, nor on the earth, nor under the earth, was able to open the book, nor to see it.
[REV.5.4] And I was weeping much, that no one was found worthy to open the book, nor to look at it.
[REV.5.5] And one from among the elders said to me: "Do not weep, behold, the Lion from the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has conquered. Open the book and its seven seals."
[REV.5.6] And I saw, in the midst of the throne and the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, a lamb standing as though it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the [seven] spirits of the Gods, sent out to all the earth.
[REV.5.7] And he came and took from the right hand of the one seated on the throne.
[REV.5.8] And when He took the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell before the Lamb, each having a harp and golden bowls filled with incense, which are the prayers of the holy ones.
[REV.5.9] And they sing a new song, saying: "You are worthy to receive the book and to open its seals, for you were slaughtered and you purchased for God with your blood people from every tribe and language and people and nation."
[REV.5.10] And you made them to the Gods of ours a kingdom and priests, and they will reign upon the earth.
[REV.5.11] And I saw, and I heard the voice of angels many around the throne and of the living creatures and of the elders, and the number of them was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands.
[REV.5.12] Saying with a loud voice, "The Lamb, the one who was slain, is worthy to receive the power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing."
[REV.5.13] And every creation which is in the heaven and upon the earth and under the earth and upon the sea and the things in them all I heard saying: to the one seated upon the throne and to the Lamb be the blessing and the honor and the glory and the power for the ages of the ages.
[REV.5.14] And the four living creatures said, "Amen." And the elders fell and worshipped.
REV.6
[REV.6.1] And I saw when the lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living beings saying, as a voice of thunder: "Come!"
[REV.6.2] And I saw, and behold, a white horse, and the one sitting on it, having a bow, and a crown was given to him, and he went forth conquering and so that he may conquer.
[REV.6.3] And when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, “Come!”
[REV.6.4] And another horse went forth, a red one, and to the one sitting on it was given to take peace from the earth and that they should slay one another, and to it was given a great sword.
[REV.6.5] And when he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, "Come!" And I saw, and behold, a black horse, and the one sitting on it was holding a scale in his hand.
[REV.6.6] And I heard a voice among the four living creatures saying: "A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius, and do not harm the oil and the wine."
[REV.6.7] And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard a voice of the fourth living creature saying: Come.
[REV.6.8] And I saw, and behold, a pale horse, and the one sitting on it, his name was the Death, and the Hades followed with him. And authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth to kill with sword and with famine and with death and by the beasts of the earth.
[REV.6.9] And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and because of the testimony that they held.
[REV.6.10] And they cried out with a great voice, saying, "Until when, my Lord, the Holy One and the True One, will you not judge and avenge our blood from those who dwell on the earth?"
[REV.6.11] And it was given to each one a white robe, and it was said to them to rest yet a little time, until their fellow servants also and their brothers who are about to be killed, just as they are, would be completed.
[REV.6.12] And I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and a great earthquake became, and the sun became black like a sack of hair and the moon completely became like blood.
[REV.6.13] And the stars of the sky fell into the earth, as a fig tree throws its figs by a great wind being shaken.
[REV.6.14] And the heavens were separated as a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island were moved from their places.
[REV.6.15] And the kings of the earth and the magnates and the commanders of thousands and the rich and the strong and every slave and free person hid themselves into the caves and into the rocks of the mountains.
[REV.6.16] And they say to the mountains and to the rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb.
[REV.6.17] That the day, the great one of their wrath, has come, and who is able to stand?
REV.7
[REV.7.1] After this, I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth so that wind would not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
[REV.7.2] And I saw another angel ascending from the direction of the sunrise, carrying a seal of the living God, and he cried out with a great voice to the four angels to whom it had been given to harm the earth and the sea.
[REV.7.3] Saying, do not wrong the earth, nor the sea, nor the trees, until we seal the servants of our God on their foreheads.
[REV.7.4] And I heard the number of those sealed: one hundred forty-four thousand were sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel.
[REV.7.5] From the tribe of Judah, twelve thousand sealed; from the tribe of Reuben, twelve thousand; from the tribe of Gad, twelve thousand.
[REV.7.6] From the tribe of Asher, twelve thousand; from the tribe of Naphtali, twelve thousand; from the tribe of Manasseh, twelve thousand.
[REV.7.7] From the tribe of Simeon, there were twelve thousand. From the tribe of Levi, there were twelve thousand. From the tribe of Issachar, there were twelve thousand.
[REV.7.8] From the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand were sealed, from the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand were sealed, from the tribe of Benjamin twelve thousand were sealed.
[REV.7.9] After these things I saw, and behold, a great crowd, whom no one could number, from every nation and tribe and people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes and with palm branches in their hands.
[REV.7.10] And they cry out with a great voice, saying: "The salvation belongs to our God who is seated upon the throne and to the Lamb."
[REV.7.11] And all the angels stood around the throne and the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell before the throne on their faces and worshipped God.
[REV.7.12] Saying, "Amen, the blessing and the glory and the wisdom and the thanksgiving and the honor and the power and the strength to God our God for all ages. Amen."
[REV.7.13] And one out of the elders answered me, saying to me: "Who are these ones having put on the robes, the white robes, and from where did they come?"
[REV.7.14] And I said to him, "my Lord, you know." And he said to me, "These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation, and they washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the lamb.
[REV.7.15] Because of this, they are before the throne of God and they worship God day and night in God’s temple, and the one sitting on the throne will dwell with them.
[REV.7.16] They will not hunger anymore, nor will they thirst anymore, nor will the sun fall upon them, nor any burning.
[REV.7.17] Because the lamb, which is in the midst of the throne, will shepherd them and will lead them to springs of waters of life, and the God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.
REV.8
[REV.8.1] And when he opened the seventh seal, silence became in the heaven as half an hour.
[REV.8.2] And I saw the seven angels who stood before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.
[REV.8.3] And another angel came and stood by the altar, having golden incense, and much incense was given to him, so that he might give it with the prayers of all the holy ones upon the golden altar which is before the throne.
[REV.8.4] And the smoke of the incense ascended with the prayers of the holy ones from the hand of the messenger before God.
[REV.8.5] And the angel took the censer and filled it from the fire of the altar and cast it upon the earth, and there came thunders and voices and flashes of lightning and an earthquake.
[REV.8.6] And the seven angels who have the seven trumpets prepared themselves so that they might sound the trumpets.
[REV.8.7] And the first one blew the trumpet, and hail and fire mixed with blood were thrown to the earth, and a third of the earth was burned, and a third of the trees were burned, and all green grass was burned.
[REV.8.8] And the second angel sounded his trumpet, and like a great mountain burning with fire, it was thrown into the sea. And a third of the sea became blood.
[REV.8.9] And a third of the creatures that live in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.
[REV.8.10] And the third messenger sounded, and a great star burning like a lamp fell from the sky, and it fell upon the third of the rivers and upon the springs of the waters.
[REV.8.11] And the name of the star is called Wormwood, and the third of the waters became wormwood, and many of the people died from the waters because they became bitter.
[REV.8.12] And the fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars. So that a third of them would be darkened, and for a third of the day there would be no light, and the night would be the same.
[REV.8.13] And I saw and I heard one eagle flying in the midst of heaven saying with a great voice: “Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth from the remaining sounds of the trumpet of the three angels who are about to blow the trumpets.”
REV.9
[REV.9.1] And the fifth messenger sounded, and I saw a star from the heaven having fallen to the earth, and there was given to him the key of the well of the abyss.
[REV.9.2] And the pit of the abyss was opened, and smoke ascended from the pit as the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun was darkened and the air from the smoke of the pit.
[REV.9.3] And from the smoke came forth locusts into the land, and authority was given to them as the scorpions of the earth have authority.
[REV.9.4] And it was spoken to them that they should not harm the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, unless the people who do not have the seal of God upon their foreheads.
[REV.9.5] And it was given to them that they should not kill people, but that they be tormented for five months, and their torment will be like the torment of a scorpion when it stings a human.
[REV.9.6] And in those days people will seek death, and they will not find it. And they will desire to die, but death will flee from them.
[REV.9.7] And the appearances of the locusts were like horses prepared for war, and upon their heads were crowns like gold, and their faces were like the faces of humans.
[REV.9.8] And they had hair like the hair of women, and their teeth were like the teeth of lions.
[REV.9.9] And they had armor like iron armor, and the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots with many horses running into battle.
[REV.9.10] And they have tails similar to scorpions, and stingers, and in their tails is their authority to harm people for five months.
[REV.9.11] They have as their king the angel of the abyss, and his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he has the name Apollion.
[REV.9.12] Woe, woe, behold, yet two woes are coming after these things.
[REV.9.13] And the sixth messenger sounded, and I heard a single voice from the four horns of the golden altar that is before God.
[REV.9.14] Saying to the sixth angel, the one having the trumpet: Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.
[REV.9.15] And the four angels were released to the hour and the day and the month and the year, in order that they should kill the third of the people.
[REV.9.16] And the number of the armies of the horsemen, twice ten thousands of ten thousands, I heard the number of them.
[REV.9.17] And thus I saw the horses in the vision and those sitting on them, having armor fiery and dark blue and sulfurous, and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions, and from the mouths of them proceeds fire and smoke and sulfur.
[REV.9.18] From these three plagues, a third of the people died, from the fire and the smoke and the sulfur that came from their mouths.
[REV.9.19] For the authority of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails, for their tails are like serpents, having heads, and with them they do wrong.
[REV.9.20] And the rest of the people, those who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, so that they might not worship the demons and the idols made of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood, which are unable to see or to hear or to walk.
[REV.9.21] And they did not repent from their murders, nor from their sorceries, nor from their sexual immorality, nor from their thefts.
REV.10
[REV.10.1] And I saw another angel, a strong one, descending from the heaven, enveloped in a cloud, and the rainbow was upon his head and his face was like the sun and his feet were like pillars of fire.
[REV.10.2] And having in their hand a small scroll opened, and they placed their right foot upon the sea, and the other foot upon the land.
[REV.10.3] And he cried out with a great voice, like a lion roaring. And when he cried out, the seven thunders spoke their own voices.
[REV.10.4] And when the seven thunders spoke, they were about to write, and I heard a voice from heaven saying: "Seal what the seven thunders spoke, and do not write it down."
[REV.10.5] And the angel, whom I saw standing on the sea and on the earth, lifted up his right hand into the heaven.
[REV.10.6] And he swore by the living one for all ages of ages, who created the heaven and what is in it, and the earth and what is in it, and the sea and what is in it, that time will no longer be.
[REV.10.7] But in the days of the sounding of the seventh messenger, when he is about to blow the trumpet, and the mystery of God has been completed, as He proclaimed His message to His own servants, the prophets.
[REV.10.8] And the voice which I heard from the heaven speaking again with me, and saying: Go, take the scroll that is opened in the hand of the angel standing upon the sea and upon the land.
[REV.10.9] And I went to the angel, saying to him, “Give to me the little scroll.” And he says to me: “Take and eat it, and it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey.
[REV.10.10] And they took the small scroll from the hand of the angel and they ate it, and it was in my mouth as sweet honey and when they ate it, my belly was stirred up.
[REV.10.11] And they say to me, "It is necessary for you to prophesy again over peoples and nations and languages and many kings."
REV.11
[REV.11.1] And a reed was given to me, similar to a staff, saying: "Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship within it."
[REV.11.2] And the court which is outside the temple, cast it out outside, and do not measure it, because it was given to the nations, and the holy city they will trample for forty-two months.
[REV.11.3] And I will give to the two my testimonies, and they will prophesy for one thousand two hundred sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.
[REV.11.4] These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before my Lord of the earth.
[REV.11.5] And if anyone wishes to wrong them, fire proceeds out of their mouths and devours their enemies. And if anyone desires to wrong them, thus it is necessary that he be killed.
[REV.11.6] These have the authority to close the sky, so that no rain falls during the days of their prophecy, and they have authority over the waters to turn them into blood and to strike the earth with every plague as often as they wish.
[REV.11.7] And when they finish their testimony, the beast rising from the abyss will wage war with them and will overcome them and will kill them.
[REV.11.8] And the corpses of them are upon the broad place of the great city, which is called spiritually Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.
[REV.11.9] And they look upon the corpses of them from the peoples and the tribes and the languages and the nations for three days and a half, and they do not allow the corpses of them to be placed into remembrance.
[REV.11.10] And those who dwell on the earth rejoice over them and are delighted, and they will send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those dwelling on the earth.
[REV.11.11] And after three days and a half, the spirit of life from the God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet, and great fear fell upon those watching them.
[REV.11.12] And they heard a great voice from the sky saying to them: "Ascend here." And they ascended into the sky in the cloud, and their enemies observed them.
[REV.11.13] And in that hour there became a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell, and seven thousand names of people perished in the earthquake, and the others became fearful and gave glory to the God of heaven.
[REV.11.14] Woe, the second woe has come. Behold, the third woe is coming swiftly.
[REV.11.15] And the seventh angel sounded, and great voices came into being in heaven, saying: The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His anointed one, and He will reign for the ages of the ages.
[REV.11.16] And the twenty-four elders, the ones sitting before God on their thrones, fell on their faces and worshipped God.
[REV.11.17] Saying, "We give thanks to You, my Lord, the God, the Almighty, the Being and the Was, because You took Your great power and You reigned."
[REV.11.18] And the nations became angry, and the anger of God came, and the time for the dead to be judged arrived, and to give the reward to your servants, the prophets, and to the holy ones and to those fearing the name of God, the small and the great, and to corrupt those corrupting the Earth.
[REV.11.19] And the temple of God which is in heaven was opened, and the ark of the covenant of him appeared in the temple of him, and there became lightnings and voices and thunders and an earthquake and great hail.
REV.12
[REV.12.1] And a great sign appeared in the sky: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon was under her feet, and upon her head was a crown of twelve stars.
[REV.12.2] And having in belly, and she cries out being in pain and being tormented to give birth.
[REV.12.3] And another sign appeared in the sky. And behold, a great red dragon possessing seven heads and ten horns, and on its heads were seven crowns.
[REV.12.4] And the tail of it sweeps a third of the stars of the sky, and it cast them onto the Earth. And the dragon stands before the woman about to give birth, so that whenever she gives birth to her child, it may devour it.
[REV.12.5] And she gave birth to a son, male, who will shepherd all the nations with an iron rod. And the child of her was snatched away to God and to the throne of him.
[REV.12.6] And the woman fled into the wilderness, where God has a place prepared for her, so that there she might be nourished for one thousand two hundred and sixty days.
[REV.12.7] And war occurred in the heaven, Michael and his angels to fight with the dragon. And the dragon fought and his angels.
[REV.12.8] And they were not able, nor was a place found for them still in the heaven.
[REV.12.9] And the dragon, the great one, the serpent, the ancient one, who is called the Devil and the Satan, who deceives the whole inhabited earth, was thrown to the earth, and his angels with him were thrown down.
[REV.12.10] And I heard a great voice in the heaven saying: Now has come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of the God of us, and the authority of the Christ of himself, because was thrown down the accuser of the brothers of us, the accusing them before the God of us days and nights.
[REV.12.11] And they conquered him through the blood of the lamb, and through the word of their testimony, and they did not love their soul until death.
[REV.12.12] Therefore, rejoice, you heavens and those dwelling in them. Woe to the earth and the sea, because the slanderer has come down to you, possessing great wrath, knowing that he has a little time.
[REV.12.13] And when the dragon saw that it had been thrown to the earth, it pursued the woman who gave birth to the male child.
[REV.12.14] And the two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, so that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, where she will be nourished there for a time, times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
[REV.12.15] And the serpent cast water from his mouth behind the woman, as a river, so that he would make her river-bearing.
[REV.12.16] And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed the river which the dragon cast out from its mouth.
[REV.12.17] And the dragon became angry with the woman, and he departed to make war with the rest of her seed, those who keep the commands of God and have the testimony of Jesus.
[REV.12.18] And he stood upon the sand of the sea.
REV.13
[REV.13.1] And I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, possessing ten horns and seven heads, and on its horns ten crowns, and on the heads of the beast were names of blasphemy.
[REV.13.2] And the beast which I saw was like a leopard, and its feet were like a bear's, and its mouth was like a lion’s mouth. And the dragon gave to it its power, and its throne, and great authority.
[REV.13.3] And one of its heads appeared as if it had been fatally wounded, but the wound of its death was healed. And the whole earth was amazed following after the beast.
[REV.13.4] And they worshipped the dragon, because it gave the authority to the beast, and they worshipped the beast, saying: "Who is like the beast, and who is able to war with it?"
[REV.13.5] And a mouth was given to it, speaking great things and blasphemies, and to it was given authority to do [for] forty-two months.
[REV.13.6] And he opened his mouth to blasphemies against the Gods, to blaspheme the name of the Gods and the dwelling place of the Gods, those who dwell in heaven.
[REV.13.7] And it was given to him to make war with the holy ones and to conquer them, and authority was given to him over every tribe and people and language and nation.
[REV.13.8] And all who dwell upon the Earth will worship him, whose name has not been written in the book of the life of the Lamb who was slain from the foundation of the world.
[REV.13.9] If anyone possesses ears, let that person listen.
[REV.13.10] If anyone goes to captivity, to captivity they go. If anyone is to be killed by the sword, by the sword they are to be killed. This is the endurance and the faithfulness of the holy ones.
[REV.13.11] And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and it had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon.
[REV.13.12] And it makes the whole authority of the first beast, all things, before it, and it makes the earth and those dwelling in it, that they should worship the first beast, whose wound of death was healed.
[REV.13.13] And the Gods make great signs, so that the Gods make fire descend from the sky to the earth before people.
[REV.13.14] And it deceives those dwelling on the earth through the signs which were given to it to do before the beast, saying to those dwelling on the earth to make an image to the beast, which has the wound of a sword and lived.
[REV.13.15] And it was given to him to give a spirit to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast might also speak and cause those who do not worship the image of the beast to be killed.
[REV.13.16] And it compels all, both the insignificant and the important, both the wealthy and the impoverished, both the free and the enslaved, so that it may give to them a mark upon the hand of them, the right one, or upon the forehead of them.
[REV.13.17] And that no one is able to buy or to sell unless the one having the mark, the name of the beast, or the number of its name.
[REV.13.18] Here is wisdom. The one having understanding should calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and the number of it is six hundred sixty-six.
REV.14
[REV.14.1] And I saw, and behold, the lamb was standing upon the mountain Zion, and with him one hundred forty-four thousand possessing the name of him and the name of the Father of him written upon the foreheads of them.
[REV.14.2] And I heard a voice from the heaven, as a voice of many waters and as a voice of great thunder, and the voice which I heard was as of harpists playing on their harps.
[REV.14.3] And they sing a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders, and no one was able to learn the song except the one hundred forty-four thousand, those who were bought from the earth.
[REV.14.4] These are the ones who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are virgins. These are the ones following the Lamb wherever it goes. These were purchased from among people as a first offering to God and the Lamb.
[REV.14.5] And in the mouth of them falsehood was not found, they are without blemish.
[REV.14.6] And I saw another messenger flying in the midst of the sky, having an eternal good message to proclaim to those seated upon the earth, and to every nation and tribe and language and people.
[REV.14.7] Saying in a voice great: Fear the God and give to Him glory, because has come the hour of the judgment of Him, and worship the One making the heaven and the earth and sea and springs of waters.
[REV.14.8] And another angel, a second one, followed, saying: ‘Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who from the wine of the wrath of her immorality has made all the nations drink.’
[REV.14.9] And another messenger, the third, followed them, saying in a great voice, "If anyone worships the beast and its image, and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand...
[REV.14.10] And he himself will drink from the wine of the wrath of God, which is mixed with full strength in the cup of His wrath, and he will be tormented with fire and sulfur before the holy angels and before the Lamb.
[REV.14.11] And the smoke of their torture ascends into ages of ages, and they have no rest, day or night, those worshipping the beast and the image of it, and if anyone receives the mark of the name of it.
[REV.14.12] Here is the endurance of the holy ones, those who keep the commands of God and the faith of Jesus.
[REV.14.13] And I heard a voice from the Heaven saying: "Write: Blessed are the dead who are in my Lord dying from now." Yes, says the spirit, that they may rest from their labors, for their works follow with them.
[REV.14.14] And I saw, and behold, a white cloud, and seated upon the cloud was one resembling a human son, having upon his head a crown of gold and in his hand a sharp sickle.
[REV.14.15] And another angel came forth from the temple, crying out in a loud voice to the one seated on the cloud: "Send your sickle and reap, for the time to reap has come, because the harvest of the earth is dried up."
[REV.14.16] And the one seated on the cloud placed his sickle on the earth, and the earth was reaped.
[REV.14.17] And another messenger came out from the temple which is in heaven, having also a sharp sickle.
[REV.14.18] And another angel came forth from the altar, the one having authority over the fire, and he called out with a great voice to the one holding the sickle, the sharp sickle, saying: "Send forth your sickle, the sharp sickle, and harvest the clusters of the vine of the earth, for its grapes have ripened."
[REV.14.19] And the angel cast his sickle onto the earth, and harvested the vineyard of the earth, and he cast it into the winepress of the wrath of the great God.
[REV.14.20] And the winepress was trampled outside the city, and blood came out of the winepress, up to the bridles of the horses, for a distance of one thousand six hundred stadia.
REV.15
[REV.15.1] And I saw another sign in heaven, a great and wondrous one: angels having seven plagues, the last ones. For in them has been completed the wrath of God.
[REV.15.2] And I saw, as a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who have overcome standing upon the sea of glass, having harps of God.
[REV.15.3] And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying: "Great and wonderful are your works, Lord, God, the all-powerful; just and true are your ways, the king of the nations."
[REV.15.4] Who will not fear, my Lord, and glorify Your name? Because You alone are holy, because all the nations will come and worship before You, because Your judgments have been revealed.
[REV.15.5] And after these things, I saw, and the temple of the tent of the testimony was opened in the heaven.
[REV.15.6] And the seven angels went out, those possessing the seven plagues from the temple, clothed in linen pure and bright, and girded around their chests with girdles of gold.
[REV.15.7] And one from among the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls, full of the wrath of the living God, for the ages of the ages.
[REV.15.8] And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from His power, and no one was able to enter the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.
REV.16
[REV.16.1] And I heard a great voice from the temple, saying to the seven angels, "Go and pour out the seven bowls of the wrath of God upon the earth."
[REV.16.2] And the first went and poured out his bowl upon the earth, and a grievous and evil sore came upon the people who have the mark of the beast and who worship its image.
[REV.16.3] And the second poured out his vial into the sea, and it became blood like of a dead one, and every soul of life which is in the sea died.
[REV.16.4] And the third poured out his vial into the rivers and the springs of waters, and it became blood.
[REV.16.5] And I heard the angel of the waters saying: ‘Just are you, God who is and who was, the holy one, because these things you have judged.’
[REV.16.6] Because the blood of the holy ones and prophets was poured out, and to them you have given blood to drink, they are worthy.
[REV.16.7] And I heard the altar saying, "Yes, my Lord, the God, the all-powerful, your judgments are true and just."
[REV.16.8] And the fourth poured out his bowl upon the sun, and it was given to it to scorch people with fire.
[REV.16.9] And the people were severely burned by a great burning, and they blasphemed the name of the God who has the authority over these plagues, and they did not repent to give to him glory.
[REV.16.10] And the fifth poured out his vial upon the throne of the beast, and the kingdom of it became darkened, and they gnawed their tongues from the pain.
[REV.16.11] And they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and because of their sores, and they did not repent of their works.
[REV.16.12] And the sixth poured out his vial upon the great river, the Euphrates, and its water was dried up, so that the way might be prepared for the kings from the rising of the sun.
[REV.16.13] And I saw from the mouth of the dragon and from the mouth of the beast and from the mouth of the false prophet three spirits unclean, like frogs.
[REV.16.14] For there are spirits of demons doing signs, which proceed from a source upon the kings of the whole world to gather them into the war of the great day of God the All-Powerful One.
[REV.16.15] Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is the one watching and guarding his garments, so that he does not walk naked and see his shame.
[REV.16.16] And he gathered them to the place called in the Hebrew tongue Mount Megiddo.
[REV.16.17] And the seventh poured out his vial upon the air, and a great voice came forth from the temple from the throne, saying: It is finished.
[REV.16.18] And there were flashes of lightning and voices and thunders and a great earthquake occurred, such as had not occurred since humankind came into being upon the earth, so great an earthquake.
[REV.16.19] And the great city became three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. And Babylon the great was remembered before God, to give to her the cup of the wine of the wrath of His anger.
[REV.16.20] And every island fled, and mountains were not found.
[REV.16.21] And great hail, like weights of talents, descends from the sky upon the people, and the people blasphemed the God because of the plague of the hail, because great is its plague very much.
REV.17
[REV.17.1] And came one out of the seven angels who have the seven bowls, and he spoke with me, saying: “Come, I will show you the judgement of the prostitute, the great one, who sits upon many waters.”
[REV.17.2] With whom the kings of the earth committed sexual immorality, and the inhabitants of the earth became intoxicated from the wine of her sexual immorality.
[REV.17.3] And He carried me away into a wilderness in spirit. And I saw a woman sitting on a red beast, which was full of names of blasphemies, having seven heads and ten horns.
[REV.17.4] And the woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and a precious stone and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and the unclean things of her sexual immorality.
[REV.17.5] And upon her forehead a name was written, a mystery, Babylon the great, the mother of the prostitutes and the abominations of the earth.
[REV.17.6] And I saw the woman intoxicated from the blood of the holy ones and from the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. And I marveled seeing her, a great wonder.
[REV.17.7] And the messenger said to me: "Why have you wondered? I will tell you the mystery concerning the woman and the beast carrying her, the one possessing the seven heads and the ten horns."
[REV.17.8] The beast that you saw existed and does not exist, and it will ascend from the abyss and go into destruction. Those dwelling on the earth will be amazed, those whose name has not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, as they look at the beast, realizing that it existed and does not exist, and it is about to come.
[REV.17.9] Thus, the mind having wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, where the woman sits on them. And seven kings are.
[REV.17.10] The five fell, the one is, the other has not yet come, and when he comes, it is necessary for me to remain a little while longer.
[REV.17.11] And the beast that was and is not, and is also the eighth, coming from the seven, goes into destruction.
[REV.17.12] And the ten horns that you saw are ten kings, who have not yet received a kingdom, but will receive power as kings for one hour with the beast.
[REV.17.13] These have one purpose, and the power and authority of theirs they give to the beast.
[REV.17.14] These will wage war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, because my Lord of lords is, and King of kings is, and those with him are called and chosen and faithful.
[REV.17.15] And he says to me: "The waters that you saw, where the prostitute sat, are peoples and multitudes and nations and languages."
[REV.17.16] And the ten horns that you saw, and the beast, these will hate the prostitute and will make her desolate and naked, and they will eat the flesh of her and burn her with fire.
[REV.17.17] For God gave into the hearts of them to do the purpose of God and to do one purpose and to give their kingdom to the beast until the words of God are fulfilled.
[REV.17.18] And the woman whom you saw is the city, the great one, having authority over the kings of the earth.
REV.18
[REV.18.1] After these things, I saw another angel descending from the sky possessing great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his glory.
[REV.18.2] And he cried out in a strong voice, saying: Fallen, fallen is Babylon the Great, and it became a dwelling place for the Gods and a prison for every unclean spirit and a prison for every unclean bird [and a prison for every unclean beast] and that which is hated.
[REV.18.3] Because all the nations have stumbled from the wine of the wrath of her immorality, and the kings of the earth committed sexual acts with her, and the merchants of the earth grew wealthy from the power of her luxury.
[REV.18.4] And I heard another voice from the heavens saying: Exit, my people, from it, so that you may not participate in its sins, and from its plagues so that you may not receive.
[REV.18.5] That her sins have clung to the heavens, and the God remembered her wrongdoings.
[REV.18.6] Repay to her as she repaid you, and double the measure to her according to her deeds. In the cup from which she poured, pour a double measure to her.
[REV.18.7] As much as she has glorified herself and been pampered, give to her that much torment and sorrow. For in her heart she says, “I sit as a queen, and I am not a widow, and I will not see sorrow.”
[REV.18.8] For this reason, his plagues will come in one day: death, mourning, and famine, and she will be burned in fire, because my Lord the Gods are strong, the one judging her.
[REV.18.9] And they will weep and wail over her, the rulers of the earth who engaged in immorality with her and luxuriated in her, when they see the smoke of her burning.
[REV.18.10] Standing far off, due to the fear of her torment, they were saying, "Woe, woe, the city, the great, Babylon, the city, the powerful, for in one hour your judgment has come."
[REV.18.11] And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn over it, because no one buys their merchandise anymore.
[REV.18.12] Gold and silver and precious stones and pearls and fine linen and purple and crimson and fine wool, and all fragrant wood and all ivory and all vessels of the most valuable wood and bronze and iron and marble.
[REV.18.13] And cinnamon and frankincense and perfumes and myrrh and incense and wine and oil and fine flour and grain and beasts and sheep, and horses and chariots and bodies, and souls of people.
[REV.18.14] And the fullness of your soul’s desire has departed from you, and all the rich and shining things have been lost to you, and they will certainly not be found again.
[REV.18.15] These merchants, who grew wealthy from her, will stand far off, because of the fear of her torment, weeping and mourning.
[REV.18.16] They were saying, "Woe, woe, the great city, the one clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stone and pearl!"
[REV.18.17] Because in one hour this great wealth was made desolate. And every shipmaster and everyone who sails to a place, and sailors, and as many as work on the sea, stood from afar.
[REV.18.18] And they cried out, looking at the smoke of its burning, saying, "Who is similar to the great city?"
[REV.18.19] And they struck then upon their heads and cried, weeping and mourning, saying: "Woe, woe, the great city, in which all those possessing ships in the sea became wealthy from its preciousness, for in one hour it was made desolate."
[REV.18.20] Rejoice over her, heaven, and the holy ones and the apostles and the prophets, because God judged your judgment from her.
[REV.18.21] And one powerful messenger began to cast a stone as a great millstone into the sea, saying: "Thus with force will Babylon, the great city, be thrown, and it will not be found anymore."
[REV.18.22] And the sound of lyre players and musicians and flute players and trumpet players will not be heard in you anymore, and every craftsman of every craft will not be found in you anymore, and the sound of a mill will not be heard in you anymore.
[REV.18.23] And the light of a lamp will not shine in you anymore, and the voice of a bridegroom and a bride will not be heard in you anymore; for your merchants were the greatest of the earth, for by your sorcery all the nations were deceived.
[REV.18.24] And in it, the blood of the prophets and the holy ones was found, and of all those who were slaughtered on the earth.
REV.19
[REV.19.1] After these things, I heard as a voice of a great multitude in the heaven, saying: praise Yahveh: the salvation, and the glory, and the power of God our own.
[REV.19.2] Because the judgments of the Gods are true and just; because the Gods judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality, and the Gods avenged the blood of their servants from her hand.
[REV.19.3] And a second time they said: "Praise Yahveh!" And the smoke of it ascends into the ages of the ages.
[REV.19.4] And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshipped the God who is seated on the throne, saying, “Truly, praise Yahveh.”
[REV.19.5] And a voice came from the throne saying: Praise the God of us, all the servants of him, and those who fear him, the small ones and the great ones.
[REV.19.6] And I heard a voice like that of a great multitude, and like the sound of many waters, and like the sound of mighty thunders saying: ‘Praise Yahveh’, because the Lord God, the Almighty, has reigned.
[REV.19.7] Let us rejoice and exult, and let us give the glory to him, because the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his wife has prepared herself.
[REV.19.8] And it was given to her that she might be clothed in fine linen, bright and clean, for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the holy ones.
[REV.19.9] And he says to me: "Write: Blessed are those who are called to the dinner of the wedding of the lamb." And he says to me: "These words are true of God.
[REV.19.10] And I fell before his feet to worship him. And he said to me, "See, do not do it. I am a fellow servant of yours and of your brothers who possess the testimony of Jesus. Worship God. For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy."
[REV.19.11] And I saw the heaven having been opened, and behold, a white horse and the one sitting on it, being called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and wages war.
[REV.19.12] And the eyes of him were as a flame of fire, and upon the head of him were many crowns, having a name written which no one knows except himself.
[REV.19.13] And having been clothed in a garment stained with blood, and his name is called the Word of God.
[REV.19.14] And the armies that are in the heaven followed him upon horses white, having been clothed with linen white and pure.
[REV.19.15] And from the mouth of him proceeds a sword sharp, so that with it he may strike the nations, and he himself will shepherd them with a rod of iron, and he himself will tread the winepress of the wine of the anger of the wrath of God the Almighty.
[REV.19.16] And there was written on the garment and on the thigh a name: King of kings and Lord of lords.
[REV.19.17] And I saw one messenger standing in the sun, and he cried out in a great voice, saying to all the birds that are flying in mid-heaven, “Come, gather together to the great supper of God.”
[REV.19.18] So that you may eat the flesh of kings and the flesh of commanders and the flesh of the powerful and the flesh of horses and those who sit upon them, and the flesh of all people, both free and enslaved, small and great.
[REV.19.19] And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered to make war with the one who sits on the horse and with his army.
[REV.19.20] And the beast was seized, and with him, the false prophet who performed the signs before him, by means of which he misled those who received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped its image. Alive, the two were thrown into the lake of the fire that is burning in sulfur.
[REV.19.21] And the rest perished by the sword of the one sitting on the horse, the one coming out of his mouth, and all the birds were filled with their flesh.
REV.20
[REV.20.1] And I saw an angel descending from the heaven, having the key of the abyss and a chain great upon the hand of him.
[REV.20.2] And he seized the dragon, the ancient serpent, who is the slanderer and the adversary, and he bound him for a thousand years.
[REV.20.3] And he cast him into the abyss and shut him in and sealed above him, so that he might not mislead any longer the nations until the thousand years are completed. After these things, it is necessary for him to be released for a little time.
[REV.20.4] And I saw thrones, and those who sat on them received judgment, and the souls of those who had been slain for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God. And those who had not worshiped the beast nor its image, and had not received the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand, they lived and reigned with the Christ for a thousand years.
[REV.20.5] The remaining of the dead did not live until the thousand years were completed. This is the first resurrection.
[REV.20.6] Blessed and holy is the one having a part in the first resurrection. Upon these, the second death has no authority, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with Him for a thousand years.
[REV.20.7] And when the thousand years are completed, the satan will be released from the prison of him.
[REV.20.8] And it will come to pass that they will go out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together for battle, whose number is as the sand of the sea.
[REV.20.9] And they ascended onto the width of the earth, and they surrounded the intervention of the holy ones and the city, the beloved. And fire descended out of the heaven and it consumed them.
[REV.20.10] And the accuser, the one deceiving them, was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where also the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented days and nights for the ages of the ages.
[REV.20.11] And I saw a great white throne and the one sitting upon it, from whose face the earth and the sky departed, and a place was not found for them.
[REV.20.12] And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne. And books were opened, and another book was opened, which is of life, and the dead were judged out of the things written in the books according to the works of them.
[REV.20.13] And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and the underworld gave up the dead who were in them, and each one was judged according to their deeds.
[REV.20.14] And death and the underworld were thrown into the lake of fire. This death, the second, is the lake of fire.
[REV.20.15] And if anyone is not found written in the book of life, they were thrown into the lake of fire.
REV.21
[REV.21.1] And I saw a heaven new and an earth new. For the first heaven and the first earth have departed, and the sea exists no longer.
[REV.21.2] And I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, descending from heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
[REV.21.3] And I heard a great voice from the throne saying: Behold, the dwelling of God is with people, and He will dwell with them, and they will be His people, and He Himself will be their God.
[REV.21.4] And he will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death will no longer exist, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor pain will exist anymore, because the former things have passed away.
[REV.21.5] And said the one sitting on the throne: Behold, new things I make all things, and he says: Write, that these words are trustworthy and true.
[REV.21.6] And he said to me, "They have come to pass. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to the one who is thirsty from the spring of the water of life freely."
[REV.21.7] The one conquering will inherit these things, and I will be to him God, and he will be to me son.
[REV.21.8] But as for the cowardly, and those who do not believe, and the detestable, and murderers, and sexually immoral people, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake burning with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.
[REV.21.9] And came one out of the seven angels who have the seven bowls of the full ones, the seven plagues of the last ones, and he spoke with me, saying: “Come, I will show to you the bride, the woman of the lamb.”
[REV.21.10] And He carried me away in spirit onto a great and high mountain, and He showed to me the city, the holy Jerusalem, descending from heaven from God.
[REV.21.11] She possesses the glory of the Gods, and her light is like a very precious stone, like a crystal jasper.
[REV.21.12] Having a great and high wall, it has twelve gates, and upon the gates are twelve angels, and names are inscribed, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel.
[REV.21.13] From the east are three gates, and from the north are three gates, and from the south are three gates, and from the west are three gates.
[REV.21.14] And the wall of the city has twelve foundations, and on them are twelve names, those of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
[REV.21.15] And the one speaking with me had a measuring rod of gold, so that he might measure the city and its gates and its wall.
[REV.21.16] And the city lies square, and its length is as its width. And he measured the city with the reed, to twelve thousand stadia; the length and the width and the height of it are equal.
[REV.21.17] And it measured the wall of it, one hundred forty-four cubits of measure of a man, which is of an angel.
[REV.21.18] And the glory of her wall is jasper, and the city is pure gold, like pure glass.
[REV.21.19] The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with every precious stone. The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, and the fourth emerald.
[REV.21.20] The fifth is Sardonux, the sixth is Sardion, the seventh is Chrysólithos, the eighth is Beryllos, the ninth is Topazion, the tenth is Chrysoprasos, the eleventh is Hyakinthos, the twelfth is Amethystos.
[REV.21.21] And the twelve gate pillars were twelve pearls, with one pearl for each of the gate pillars, from one pearl. And the broad area of the city was gold, pure, like glass, clear.
[REV.21.22] And a temple I did not see in it, for the Lord God the Almighty is the temple of it, and the lamb.
[REV.21.23] And the city has no need of the sun, nor of the moon, to shine upon it, for the glory of God has illuminated it, and its lamp is the Lamb.
[REV.21.24] And the nations will walk by means of her light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into her.
[REV.21.25] And the gates of it will not be shut during the day, for there will not be night there.
[REV.21.26] And they will bring the glory and the honor of the nations into her.
[REV.21.27] And absolutely nothing impure will enter it, nor anyone doing abomination and falsehood, unless those whose names are written in the book of life of the Lamb.
REV.22
[REV.22.1] And He showed me a river of water of life, shining like crystal, flowing out from the throne of God and of the Lamb.
[REV.22.2] And there was in the middle of the square of it, and of the river, on this side and on that side, a wood of life, producing fruits of twelve, yielding its fruit each month, and the leaves of the wood are for healing of the nations.
[REV.22.3] And every devoted thing will no longer be. And the throne of the God and of the lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him.
[REV.22.4] And they will see the face of Yahveh, and the name of Yahveh will be upon their foreheads.
[REV.22.5] And night will be no more, and they will have no need of the light of a lamp, and the light of the sun, for Yahveh God will illuminate them, and they will reign for the ages of the ages.
[REV.22.6] And he said to me, "These words are trustworthy and true, and my Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent his messenger to show to his servants what must happen quickly."
[REV.22.7] And behold, I come quickly. Blessed is the one keeping the words of the prophecy of this book.
[REV.22.8] And I, John, the one hearing and seeing these things. And when I heard and saw, I fell to worship before the feet of the messenger who is showing these things to me.
[REV.22.9] And he says to me, "Behold, do not worship, for I am a servant with you and with your brothers the prophets and with those who keep the words of this book. Worship God."
[REV.22.10] And He says to me, "Do not seal the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is near."
[REV.22.11] The one who wrongs should continue to wrong, and the one who is dirty should continue to become more dirty. And the one who acts justly should continue to do just things, and the one who is holy should continue to become more holy.
[REV.22.12] Behold, I come swiftly, and the reward of mine is with me to repay to each one as the work is of him.
[REV.22.13] I am the A and the Z, the first and the last, the origin and the end.
[REV.22.14] Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have authority over the tree of life and may enter the gates into the city.
[REV.22.15] Outside are the dogs and those who practice sorcery and those who commit sexual immorality and murderers and idolaters and everyone who loves and does falsehood.
[REV.22.16] I, Jesus, sent my messenger to testify to you these things to the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, the star, the bright morning star.
[REV.22.17] And the spirit and the bride say, "Come." And let the one who hears say, "Come." And let the one who thirsts come, let the one who desires take water of life freely.
[REV.22.18] I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, the God will add to that person the plagues that are written in this book.
[REV.22.19] And if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, the God will take away his portion from the tree of life and from the holy city of those written in this book.
[REV.22.20] The one witnessing these things says, "Yes, I am coming quickly." Amen, come, my Lord Jesus.
[REV.22.21] The grace of my Lord Yahveh is with all.