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LXX	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 και βασιλευς δαρειος εποιησεν δοχην μεγαλην πασιν τοις υπ' αυτον και πασιν τοις οικογενεσιν αυτου και πασιν τοις μεγιστασιν της μηδιας και της περσιδος	1 And now the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in their cities: and the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.
2 και πασιν τοις σατραπαις και στρατηγοις και τοπαρχαις τοις υπ' αυτον απο της ινδικης μεχρι της αιθιοπιας εν ταις εκατον εικοσι επτα σατραπειαις	2 And Josue the son of Josedec rose up, and his brethren the priests, and Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, and his brethren, and they built the altar of the God of Israel that they might offer holocausts upon it, as it is written in the law of Moses the mall of God.
3 και εφαγοσαν και επιοσαν και εμπλησθεντες ανελυσαν ο δε δαρειος ο βασιλευς ανελυσεν εις τον κοιτωνα και εκοιμηθη και εξυπνος εγενετο	3 And they set the altar of God upon its bases, while the people of the lands round about put them in fear, and they offered upon it a holocaust to the Lord morning and evening.
4 τοτε οι τρεις νεανισκοι οι σωματοφυλακες οι φυλασσοντες το σωμα του βασιλεως ειπαν ετερος προς τον ετερον	4 And they kept the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the holocaust every day orderly according to the commandment, the duty of the day in its day.
5 ειπωμεν εκαστος ημων ενα λογον ος υπερισχυσει και ου αν φανη το ρημα αυτου σοφωτερον του ετερου δωσει αυτω δαρειος ο βασιλευς δωρεας μεγαλας και επινικια μεγαλα	5 And afterwards the continual holocaust, both on the new moons, and on all the solemnities of the Lord, that were consecrated, and on all in which a freewill offering was made to the Lord.
6 και πορφυραν περιβαλεσθαι και εν χρυσωμασιν πινειν και επι χρυσω καθευδειν και αρμα χρυσοχαλινον και κιδαριν βυσσινην και μανιακην περι τον τραχηλον	6 From the Brat day of the seventh month they began to offer holocausts to the Lord: but the temple of God was not yet founded.
7 και δευτερος καθιειται δαρειου δια την σοφιαν αυτου και συγγενης δαρειου κληθησεται	7 And they gave money to hewers of stones and to masons: and meat and drink, and oil to the Sidonians and Tyrians, to bring cedar trees from Libanus to the sea of Joppe, according to the orders which Cyrus king of the Persians had given them.
8 και τοτε γραψαντες εκαστος τον εαυτου λογον εσφραγισαντο και εθηκαν υπο το προσκεφαλαιον δαρειου του βασιλεως και ειπαν	8 And in the second year of their coming to the temple of God in Jerusalem, the second month, Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, and Josue the son of Josedec, and the rest of their brethren the priests, and the Levites, and all that were come from the captivity to Jerusalem began, and they appointed Levites from twenty years old and upward, to hasten forward the work of the Lord.
9 οταν εγερθη ο βασιλευς δωσουσιν αυτω το γραμμα και ον αν κρινη ο βασιλευς και οι τρεις μεγιστανες της περσιδος οτι ο λογος αυτου σοφωτερος αυτω δοθησεται το νικος καθως γεγραπται	9 Then Josue and his sons and his brethren, Cedmihel, and his sons, and the children of Juda, as one man, stood to hasten them that did the work in the temple of God: the sons of Henadad, and their sons, and their brethren the Levites.
10 ο εις εγραψεν υπερισχυει ο οινος	10 And when the masons laid the foundations of the temple of the Lord, the priests stood in their ornaments with trumpets: and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise God by the hands of David king of Israel.
11 ο ετερος εγραψεν υπερισχυει ο βασιλευς	11 And they sung together hymns, and praise to the Lord: because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever towards Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, praising the Lord, because the foundations of the temple of the Lord were laid.
12 ο τριτος εγραψεν υπερισχυουσιν αι γυναικες υπερ δε παντα νικα η αληθεια	12 But many of the priests and the Levites, and the chief of the fathers and the ancients that had seen the former temple; when they had the foundation of this temple before their eyes, wept with a loud voice: and many shouting for joy, lifted up their voice.
13 και οτε εξηγερθη ο βασιλευς λαβοντες το γραμμα εδωκαν αυτω και ανεγνω	13 So that one could not distinguish the voice of the shout of joy, from the noise of the weeping of the people: for one with another the people shouted with a loud shout, and the voice was heard afar off.
14 και εξαποστειλας εκαλεσεν παντας τους μεγιστανας της περσιδος και της μηδιας και σατραπας και στρατηγους και τοπαρχας και υπατους και εκαθισεν εν τω χρηματιστηριω και ανεγνωσθη το γραμμα ενωπιον αυτων
15 και ειπεν καλεσατε τους νεανισκους και αυτοι δηλωσουσιν τους λογους αυτων και εκληθησαν και εισηλθοσαν
16 και ειπαν αυτοις απαγγειλατε ημιν περι των γεγραμμενων
17 και ηρξατο ο πρωτος ο ειπας περι της ισχυος του οινου και εφη ουτως
18 ανδρες πως υπερισχυει ο οινος παντας τους ανθρωπους τους πινοντας αυτον πλανα την διανοιαν
19 του τε βασιλεως και του ορφανου ποιει την διανοιαν μιαν την τε του οικετου και την του ελευθερου την τε του πενητος και την του πλουσιου
20 και πασαν διανοιαν μεταστρεφει εις ευωχιαν και ευφροσυνην και ου μεμνηται πασαν λυπην και παν οφειλημα
21 και πασας καρδιας ποιει πλουσιας και ου μεμνηται βασιλεα ουδε σατραπην και παντα δια ταλαντων ποιει λαλειν
22 και ου μεμνηται οταν πινωσιν φιλιαζειν φιλοις και αδελφοις και μετ' ου πολυ σπωνται μαχαιρας
23 και οταν απο του οινου γενηθωσιν ου μεμνηται α επραξαν
24 ω ανδρες ουχ υπερισχυει ο οινος οτι ουτως αναγκαζει ποιειν και εσιγησεν ουτως ειπας