ΝΕΕΜΙΑΣ - Neemia - Ezra-Nehemiah 6

LXX	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 τοτε δαρειος ο βασιλευς εθηκεν γνωμην και επεσκεψατο εν ταις βιβλιοθηκαις οπου η γαζα κειται εν βαβυλωνι	1 Now it happened that, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem, an Arab, and our other enemies, had heard that I had built the wall, and that there was no interruption remaining in it, (even though, at that time, I had not set up the double doors at the gates,)
2 και ευρεθη εν πολει εν τη βαρει της μηδων πολεως κεφαλις μια και τουτο ην γεγραμμενον εν αυτη υπομνημα	2 Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying: “Come, and let us strike a pact together in the villages, on the plain of Ono.” But they were thinking that they would do me harm.
3 εν ετει πρωτω κυρου βασιλεως κυρος ο βασιλευς εθηκεν γνωμην περι οικου του θεου του εν ιερουσαλημ οικος οικοδομηθητω και τοπος ου θυσιαζουσιν τα θυσιασματα και εθηκεν επαρμα υψος πηχεις εξηκοντα πλατος αυτου πηχεων εξηκοντα	3 Therefore, I sent messengers to them, saying: “I am doing a great work, and I cannot descend, lest perhaps it may be neglected when I go out and descend to you.”
4 και δομοι λιθινοι κραταιοι τρεις και δομος ξυλινος εις και η δαπανη εξ οικου του βασιλεως δοθησεται	4 Then they sent to me, with this same word, four times. And I responded to them with the same word as before.
5 και τα σκευη οικου του θεου τα αργυρα και τα χρυσα α ναβουχοδονοσορ εξηνεγκεν απο οικου του εν ιερουσαλημ και εκομισεν εις βαβυλωνα και δοθητω και απελθατω εις τον ναον τον εν ιερουσαλημ επι τοπου ου ετεθη εν οικω του θεου	5 And Sanballat sent his servant to me a fifth time, with the former word, and he had a letter in his hand written in this manner:
6 νυν δωσετε επαρχοι περαν του ποταμου σαθαρβουζανα και οι συνδουλοι αυτων αφαρσαχαιοι οι εν περα του ποταμου μακραν οντες εκειθεν	6 “It has been heard among the Gentiles, and Geshem has said it, that you and the Jews are planning to rebel, and because of this, you are building the wall and thinking to raise yourself as a king over them. For this reason,
7 αφετε το εργον οικου του θεου οι αφηγουμενοι των ιουδαιων και οι πρεσβυτεροι των ιουδαιων οικον του θεου εκεινον οικοδομειτωσαν επι του τοπου αυτου	7 you also have stationed prophets, who preach about you in Jerusalem, saying: ‘There is a king in Judea!’ But the king will hear about these words. Therefore, come now, so that we may go to counsel together.”
8 και απ' εμου ετεθη γνωμη μηποτε τι ποιησητε μετα των πρεσβυτερων των ιουδαιων του οικοδομησαι οικον του θεου εκεινον και απο υπαρχοντων βασιλεως των φορων περαν του ποταμου επιμελως δαπανη εστω διδομενη τοις ανδρασιν εκεινοις το μη καταργηθηναι	8 And I sent to them, saying: “There has been nothing done according to these words, which you have spoken. For you are inventing these things from your own heart.”
9 και ο αν υστερημα και υιους βοων και κριων και αμνους εις ολοκαυτωσεις τω θεω του ουρανου πυρους αλας οινον ελαιον κατα το ρημα των ιερεων των εν ιερουσαλημ εστω διδομενον αυτοις ημεραν εν ημερα ο εαν αιτησωσιν	9 For all these men wished to frighten us, thinking that our hands would cease from the work, and that we would cease. For this reason, I strengthened my hands all the more.
10 ινα ωσιν προσφεροντες ευωδιας τω θεω του ουρανου και προσευχωνται εις ζωην του βασιλεως και των υιων αυτου	10 And I entered into the house of Shemaiah, the son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, in secret. And he said: “Let us consult together in the house of God, in the midst of the temple. And let us close the doors of the temple. For they will come to kill you, and they will arrive in the night to put you to death.”
11 και απ' εμου ετεθη γνωμη οτι πας ανθρωπος ος αλλαξει το ρημα τουτο καθαιρεθησεται ξυλον εκ της οικιας αυτου και ωρθωμενος παγησεται επ' αυτου και ο οικος αυτου το κατ' εμε ποιηθησεται	11 And I said: “How could anyone like me flee? And who like me should enter the temple, so that he may live? I will not enter.”
12 και ο θεος ου κατασκηνοι το ονομα εκει καταστρεψει παντα βασιλεα και λαον ος εκτενει την χειρα αυτου αλλαξαι η αφανισαι τον οικον του θεου εκεινον τον εν ιερουσαλημ εγω δαρειος εθηκα γνωμην επιμελως εσται	12 And I understood that God had not sent him, but he had spoken to me as if he were prophesying, and that Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
13 τοτε θανθαναι επαρχος περαν του ποταμου σαθαρβουζανα και οι συνδουλοι αυτου προς ο απεστειλεν δαρειος ο βασιλευς ουτως εποιησαν επιμελως	13 For he had accepted money, so that I would be afraid, and would sin, and so that they would have some evil with which to rebuke me.
14 και οι πρεσβυτεροι των ιουδαιων ωκοδομουσαν και οι λευιται εν προφητεια αγγαιου του προφητου και ζαχαριου υιου αδδω και ανωκοδομησαν και κατηρτισαντο απο γνωμης θεου ισραηλ και απο γνωμης κυρου και δαρειου και αρθασασθα βασιλεων περσων	14 Remember me, O Lord, because of Tobiah and Sanballat, because of their works of this kind. Then, too, Noadiah, a prophetess, and the rest of the prophets, would have made me afraid.
15 και ετελεσαν τον οικον τουτον εως ημερας τριτης μηνος αδαρ ο εστιν ετος εκτον τη βασιλεια δαρειου του βασιλεως	15 Now the wall was completed on the twenty-fifth day of the month of Elul, in fifty-two days.
16 και εποιησαν οι υιοι ισραηλ οι ιερεις και οι λευιται και οι καταλοιποι υιων αποικεσιας εγκαινια του οικου του θεου εν ευφροσυνη	16 Then it happened that, when all our enemies had heard of it, all the nations that were around us were afraid, and they were downcast within themselves. For they knew that this work had been accomplished by God.
17 και προσηνεγκαν εις τα εγκαινια του οικου του θεου μοσχους εκατον κριους διακοσιους αμνους τετρακοσιους χιμαρους αιγων περι αμαρτιας υπερ παντος ισραηλ δωδεκα εις αριθμον φυλων ισραηλ	17 But also, in those days, many letters were being sent by the nobles of the Jews to Tobiah, and were arriving from Tobiah to them.
18 και εστησαν τους ιερεις εν διαιρεσεσιν αυτων και τους λευιτας εν μερισμοις αυτων επι δουλεια θεου του εν ιερουσαλημ κατα την γραφην βιβλιου μωυση	18 For there were many in Judea who had sworn an oath to him, because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah, the son of Arah, and because Jehohanan, his son, had married the daughter of Meshullam, the son of Berechiah.
19 και εποιησαν οι υιοι της αποικεσιας το πασχα τη τεσσαρεσκαιδεκατη του μηνος του πρωτου	19 Moreover, they praised him before me, and they reported my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters, so that he might make me afraid.
20 οτι εκαθαρισθησαν οι ιερεις και οι λευιται εως εις παντες καθαροι και εσφαξαν το πασχα τοις πασιν υιοις της αποικεσιας και τοις αδελφοις αυτων τοις ιερευσιν και εαυτοις
21 και εφαγον οι υιοι ισραηλ το πασχα οι απο της αποικεσιας και πας ο χωριζομενος της ακαθαρσιας εθνων της γης προς αυτους του εκζητησαι κυριον θεον ισραηλ
22 και εποιησαν την εορτην των αζυμων επτα ημερας εν ευφροσυνη οτι ευφρανεν αυτους κυριος και επεστρεψεν καρδιαν βασιλεως ασσουρ επ' αυτους κραταιωσαι τας χειρας αυτων εν εργοις οικου του θεου ισραηλ