1 Samuel 2 Cross References - Rotherham

¹ Then prayed Hannah, and said, My heart hath leaped for joy in Yahweh, My horn is exalted in Yahweh, My mouth is opened wide, over my foes, Because I rejoice in thy salvation. ² There is none holy like Yahweh, Nay! there, is none, except Thee, Nor, is, there a rock, like our God. ³ Do not multiply words, so loftily––loftily, Nor let arrogance proceed from your mouth,––For, a GOD of knowledge, is Yahweh, And, for himself, are great doings made firm. ⁴ The bow of the mighty, is dismayed,––While, the fainting, are girded with strength; ⁵ The sated, have, for bread, taken hire, But, the famished, have left off their toil,––So that, the barren, hath given birth unto seven, While, she that hath many sons, languisheth: ⁶ Yahweh, doth kill, and make alive,––Taketh down to hades, and bringeth up: ⁷ Yahweh, maketh poor, and enricheth,––Layeth low, yea exalteth; ⁸ Raiseth, from the dust, the poor, From the dunghill, uplifteth the needy, To give them a dwelling with nobles, And, a throne of glory, to make them inherit. For, to Yahweh, belong the pillars of the earth, And he setteth thereon the habitable world. ⁹ The feet of his loving ones, he doth guard, But, the lawless, in darkness shall be silent,––For, by strength, shall no man prevail. ¹⁰ As for Yahweh,––they shall be shattered who contend with him, Over him, in the heavens will he thunder, Yahweh, will judge the ends of the earth,––That he may give strength to his King, And exalt the horn of his Anointed One.
¹¹ Then went Elkanah to Ramah, unto his own house,––but, the boy, remained ministering unto Yahweh, before Eli the priest. ¹² Now, the sons of Eli, were abandoned men,––they knew not Yahweh. ¹³ And, the custom of the priests with the people, was––when any man offered a sacrifice, then would come the priests young man, as the flesh was boiling, with a three–pronged fork in his hand; ¹⁴ and would strike it into the boiler, or into the trough, or into the kettle, or into the pot, all that the fork would bring up, the priest took for himself. Thus and thus, used they to do unto all Israel, who came thither, in Shiloh. ¹⁵ Also, before any could make perfume with the fat, the priests young man would come in and say to the person who was sacrificing, Come! give flesh for the priest’s roastings,––for he will not take of thee boiled flesh––only raw. ¹⁶ And, if the man said to him, Let them at least, make incense, at once with the fat, then take thou as much as thy soul craveth, Then said he to him, But, at once, shalt thou give it; or else, I will take it by force. ¹⁷ And so it was, that, the sin of the young men, was exceeding great, before Yahweh,––for men scorned the offerings of Yahweh. ¹⁸ But, as for Samuel, he was ministering before Yahweh,––a boy girded with an ephod of linen. ¹⁹ Also, a little robe, used his mother to make for him, and bring it up to him, from year to year,––when she came up with her husband, to offer the sacrifice of the year. ²⁰ And Eli used to bless Elkanah and his wife, and to say––Yahweh give thee seed of this woman, instead of the loan that hath been lent unto Yahweh. So they went their way to his own place. ²¹ And Yahweh visited Hannah, and she conceived, and bare three sons, and two daughters. Thus did the boy Samuel grow up with Yahweh. ²² Now, Eli, was very old,––but he used to hear all that his sons did unto all Israel, and how they even lay with the women who did service, at the opening of the tent of meeting. ²³ So he said to them, Wherefore should ye do such things as these? for I keep hearing of your wicked doings, from all these people. ²⁴ Nay, my sons! for it is no good report that I do hear: leading into transgression the people of Yahweh. ²⁵ If one man sin against another, God will interpose, but, if, against Yahweh, a man sin, who will intercede, for him? But they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, for Yahweh was pleased to put them to death. ²⁶ But, the boy Samuel, went on growing in stature, and in favour,––both with Yahweh, and also with men.
²⁷ And there came a man of God, unto Eli,––and said unto him––Thus, saith Yahweh, I, did indeed reveal myself, unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt, as servants unto the house of Pharaoh; ²⁸ choosing him out of all the tribes of Israel unto myself, to minister as priest, to offer upon mine altar, to perfume with incense to bear an ephod before me,––Therefore gave I unto the house of thy father all the altar–flames of the sons of Israel. ²⁹ Wherefore have ye been kicking at my sacrifices, and my presents, which I commanded, to serve for a home,––and shouldest have honoured thy sons more than me: fattening yourselves, with the first of every present of Israel, before me? ³⁰ Hence, the oracle of Yahweh God of Israel, I, said, that, thy house, and the house of thy father, should go to and fro in my presence, unto times age–abiding: But, now, (is the oracle of Yahweh)––Be it far from me! For, them who honour me, will I honour, but, they who despise me, shall be lightly esteemed. ³¹ Lo! days are coming, when I will hew off thine arm, and the arm of the house of thy father,––that there shall be no elder in thy house; ³² But thou shalt descry distress at home, in all that shall gladden Israel,––and there shall not be an elder in thine own house, all the days. ³³ But, any man of thine whom I may not cut off from mine altar, it shall be––to consume his eyes, and grieve his soul; Howbeit, all the multitude of thy house, shall die, by the sword of men. ³⁴ And, this, for thee is the sign, which shall come upon thy two sons, upon Hophni and Phinehas,––In one day, shall they, both of them, die; ³⁵ And I will raise me up a faithful priest, According to that which is in my heart and in my soul, will he do; Therefore will I build for him an assured house, and he shall go to and fro in presence of mine Anointed, all the days. ³⁶ And it shall be, that, any that is left in thy house, shall come bowing down to him for a small coin of silver, and for a cake of bread, and shall say: Appoint me, I pray thee, to one of the priestly offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.

¹¹ And the earth corrupted itself before God,––and the earth was filled with violence.

⁹ he, became a hero of hunting before Yahweh,––for this cause, it is said, Like Nimrod, a hero of hunting before Yahweh.

¹³ Now, the men of Sodom, were base and sinful,––against Yahweh, exceedingly.

¹⁹ So he blessed him, and said,––Blessed be Abram, of GOD Most High, possessor of [the] heavens and earth;

¹ Now, Yahweh, visited Sarah, as he had said,––And Yahweh did for Sarah, as he had spoken.

²⁷ So he came near, and kissed him, and he smelled the smell of his garments, and blessed him,––and said, See! the smell of my son, As the smell of a field, which Yahweh hath blessed; ²⁸ Then, may God give thee of the dew of the heavens, And of the fatness of the earth,––And abundance of corn, and new wine: ²⁹ Let peoples serve thee, And races bow down to thee, Become thou lord to thy brethren, And let the sons of thy mother bow down to thee,––He that curseth thee, be accursed! And, he that blesseth thee, be blessed!

¹⁴ Then sent Pharaoh and summoned Joseph, and they hastened him out of the dungeon,––so he shaved himself, and changed his garments, and came in unto Pharaoh.

⁴⁰ Thou, shalt be over my house, and, on thy mouth, shall all my people kiss,––only as to the throne, will I be greater than thou.

²¹ And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made for them households.

¹⁴ Then was kindled the anger of Yahweh against Moses, and he said––Is there not Aaron, thy brother, the Levite? I know that he, can speak. Moreover also, lo! he himself, is coming forth to meet thee, as surely as he seeth thee, so surely will he rejoice in his heart. ¹⁵ Then shalt thou speak unto him, and shalt put the words in his mouth,––and, I, will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, so will I direct you what ye shall do. ¹⁶ And, he, shall speak for thee unto the people,––so shall it come to pass that, he, shall become thy mouth, and, thou, shalt become to him as God.

²⁷ And Yahweh said unto Aaron, Go thy way to meet Moses, towards the desert. So he went his way, and fell in with him in the mountain of God, and kissed him.

¹ Then spake Yahweh, unto Moses and unto Aaron, in the land of Egypt,, saying––

⁴³ And Yahweh said unto Moses and Aaron: This, is the statute of the passover,––No stranger, shall eat thereof;

¹ Then, sang Moses, and the sons of Israel, this song unto Yahweh, and they spake, saying,––I will sing to Yahweh, for he is exalted, exalted,––The horse and his rider, hath he cast into the sea.

⁶ Thy right hand, O Yahweh, is splendid in power,––Thy right hand, O Yahweh, dasheth in pieces a foe;

¹¹ Who is, like unto thee, among the mighty, O Yahweh? Who is, like unto thee, Majestic in holiness,––To be revered in praises, Doing a marvelous thing?

²¹ And Miriam responded to the men, Sing to Yahweh, for he is exalted––exalted, The horse and his rider, hath he cast into the sea.

¹⁴ Three times, shalt thou keep festival to me, in the year.

¹ Thou thyself, therefore, bring near unto thee––Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, out of the midst of the sons of Israel, that they may minister as priests unto me,––Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, sons of Aaron.

⁴ These, therefore, are the garments which they shall make––a breastpiece, and an ephod, and a robe, and a tunic of checker work, a turban and a girdle,––so shall they make holy garments, for Aaron thy brother, and for his sons, for ministering as priests unto me.

⁶ And they shall make the ephod,––of gold, blue and purple, crimson and fine–twined linen, the work of a skilful weaver. ⁷ Two joining shoulderpieces, shall there be to it, upon the two extremities thereof, that it may be joined together. ⁸ And, the curious band for fastening it, that is upon it, like the work thereof, of the same, shall it be,––of gold, blue and purple and crimson, and fine–twined linen. ⁹ And thou shalt take two onyx stones,––and engrave upon them, the names of the sons of Israel: ¹⁰ six of their names, on the one stone,––and, the names of the six that remain, on the second stone, according to their births: ¹¹ with the work of a stone engraver, like seal–ring engravings, shalt thou engrave the two stones, after the names of the sons of Israel,––to be encircled with settings of gold, shalt thou make them. ¹² And thou shalt put the two stones, upon the shoulderpieces of the ephod, as stones of memorial, for the sons of Israel,––so shall Aaron bear their names before Yahweh, upon his two shoulders, for a memorial. ¹³ And thou shalt make ouches of gold; ¹⁴ and two chains of pure gold, like cord, shalt thou make them, of wreathen work,––and thou shalt put the wreathen chains on the ouches.
¹⁵ And thou shalt make a breastpiece for giving sentence, the work of a skilful weaver, like the work of the ephod, shalt thou make it, of gold, blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine–twined linen, shalt thou make it. ¹⁶ Four–square, shall it be, double,––a span the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof. ¹⁷ And thou shalt set therein, a setting of stones, four rows of stones,––one row––a sardius, a topaz, and an emerald, the first row; ¹⁸ and, the second row, a carbuncle, a sapphire, and a diamond; ¹⁹ and, the third row, an opal, an agate, and an amethyst; ²⁰ and, the fourth row, a Tarshish stone, a sardonyx, and a jasper,––enclosed with gold, shall they be when they are set. ²¹ And, the stones, shall be, after the names of the sons of Israel––twelve, after their names,––as the engravings of a seal–ring––every one, after his name, shall they be, for the twelve tribes. ²² And thou shalt make, upon the breastpiece, chains like cords, of wreathen work,––of pure gold. ²³ And thou shalt make, upon the breastpiece, two rings of gold,––and thou shalt place the two rings, upon the two ends of the breastpiece. ²⁴ And thou shalt hang the two wreathen chains of gold upon the two rings,––upon the ends of the breastpiece; ²⁵ and, the other two ends of the two wreathen chains, shalt thou fasten upon the two ouches, so shalt thou hang them upon the shoulderpieces of the ephod, in the forefront thereof. ²⁶ And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breastpiece––upon the border thereof, which is on the side of the ephod, inwards. ²⁷ And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and place them upon the two shoulderpieces of the ephod, beneath, on the front of the face thereof, over against its joining,––above the curious band of the ephod: ²⁸ that they may bind the breastpiece, by the rings thereof, unto the rings of the ephod, with a cord of blue, so that it may remain upon the curious band of the ephod,––and the breastpiece not be removed from of the ephod. ²⁹ So shall Aaron bear the names of the sons of Israel, in the breastpiece for giving sentence, upon his heart, when he goeth into the holy place,––for a memorial before Yahweh, continually. ³⁰ Thus shalt thou place, in the breastpiece for giving sentence, the lights and the perfections, so shall they be upon the heart of Aaron, when he goeth in before Yahweh,––so shall Aaron bear the sentence of the sons of Israel, upon his heart, before Yahweh, continually.

⁴³ so shall they be upon Aaron and upon his sons, when they go into the tent of meeting, or when they approach unto the altar, to minister in the holy place, lest they bear iniquity, and die,––a statute age–abiding, to him, and to his seed after him.

⁴ And, Aaron and his sons, shalt thou bring near, unto the opening of the tent of meeting,––and shalt bathe them in water. ⁵ And thou shalt take the garments, and clothe Aaron––with the tunic, and with the robe of the ephod, and with the ephod, and with the breastpiece,––and shalt gird him, with the curious band of the ephod; ⁶ and shalt put the turban upon his head,––and place the holy crown upon the turban. ⁷ Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour upon his head,––so shalt thou anoint him. ⁸ His sons also, shalt thou bring near,––and clothe them with tunics; ⁹ and thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and twist round for them caps, so shall they have priesthood, by a statute age–abiding,––so shalt thou install, Aaron and his sons.

⁹ and thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and twist round for them caps, so shall they have priesthood, by a statute age–abiding,––so shalt thou install, Aaron and his sons. ¹⁰ And thou shalt bring near the bullock, before the tent of meeting,––and Aaron and his sons shall lean their hands upon the head of the bullock; ¹¹ then shalt thou slay the bullock before Yahweh,––at the opening of the tent of meeting: ¹² and thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and place upon the horns of the altar, with thy finger,––and, all the remaining blood, shalt thou pour out at the foundation of the altar; ¹³ and thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inner part, and the caul upon the liver, and the two kidneys, with the fat which is upon them, and burn as incense on the altar: ¹⁴ but, the flesh of the bullock, and its skin, and its dung, shalt thou burn up with fire, outside the camp,––a sin–bearer, it is. ¹⁵ One ram also, shalt thou take,––and Aaron and his sons shall lean their hands, upon the head of the ram; ¹⁶ then shalt thou slay the ram,––and take its blood, and dash upon the altar, round about; ¹⁷ but, the ram itself, shalt thou cut up into its pieces,––and shalt bathe its inner part, and its legs, and lay upon its pieces, and upon its head; ¹⁸ and shalt burn the whole ram as incense on the altar, an ascending–sacrifice, it is to Yahweh,––a satisfying odour, an altar–flame to Yahweh, it is. ¹⁹ Then shalt thou take the second ram,––and Aaron and his sons shall lean their hands, upon the head of the ram; ²⁰ then shalt thou slay the ram, and take of its blood, and place upon the tip of the ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the ear of his sons––the right ear, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot,––and shalt dash the blood upon the altar, round about. ²¹ Then shalt thou take of the blood that is upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons, with him,––so shall he be hallowed––he, and his garments, and his sons, and the garments of his sons, with him. ²² Then shalt thou take from the ram––the fat and the fat–tail, and the fat that covereth the inner part, and the caul of the liver and the two kidneys, with the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder,––for, a ram of installation, it is,–– ²³ and one round–cake of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer,––out of the basket of unleavened cakes, which is before Yahweh; ²⁴ and shalt lay the whole, upon the hands of Aaron, and upon the hands of his sons,––then shalt thou wave them to and fro, as a wave–offering, before Yahweh; ²⁵ and shalt take them from their hand, and burn them as incense on the altar, upon the ascending–sacrifice,––as a satisfying odour, before Yahweh, an altar–flame, it is to Yahweh. ²⁶ Then shalt thou take the breast from the ram of installation, which is for Aaron, and shalt wave it as a wave–offering, before Yahweh,––so shall it be thy share. ²⁷ And thou shalt hallow the breast of the wave–offering, and the shoulder of the heave–offering, which is waved to and fro, and which is heaved up,––from the ram of installation, from that which is for Aaron, and from that which is for his sons;

²⁷ And thou shalt hallow the breast of the wave–offering, and the shoulder of the heave–offering, which is waved to and fro, and which is heaved up,––from the ram of installation, from that which is for Aaron, and from that which is for his sons; ²⁸ so shall it belong to Aaron and to his sons, for an age–abiding statute, from the sons of Israel, for, a heave–offering, it is,––and, a heave–offering, shall it remain, from the sons of Israel, out of their peace–offerings, their heave–offering to Yahweh.

²⁸ so shall it belong to Aaron and to his sons, for an age–abiding statute, from the sons of Israel, for, a heave–offering, it is,––and, a heave–offering, shall it remain, from the sons of Israel, out of their peace–offerings, their heave–offering to Yahweh. ²⁹ And, the holy garments which belong to Aaron, shall belong to his sons, after him,–to be anointed therein, and to be installed therein. ³⁰ Seven days, shall they be put on by him, from among his sons who is priest in his stead,––by him who goeth into the tent of meeting, to minister in the holy place. ³¹ And, the ram of installation, shalt thou take,––and shalt boil its flesh, in a holy place; ³² and Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket,––at the opening of the tent of meeting: ³³ thus shall they eat those things wherewith a propitiatory–covering hath been made, to install them, to hallow them,––but, a stranger, shall not eat, for, holy, they are. ³⁴ And, if there be left over of the flesh of installation, or of the bread, until the morning, then shalt thou burn up what is left over, in the fire, it shall not be eaten, for, holy, it is. ³⁵ So then thou shalt do for Aaron and for his sons, in this manner, according to all which I have commanded, thee,––seven days, shalt thou install them. ³⁶ And, a sin–bearing bullock, shalt thou offer daily, for them who are to be covered by propitiation, and shalt make a sin–cleansing for the altar, when thou puttest a propitiatory–covering thereon,––and shalt anoint it, to hallow it. ³⁷ Seven days, shalt thou put a propitiatory–covering over the altar, and so shalt hallow it,––thus shall the altar become most holy; whosoever toucheth the altar, must be holy.

²¹ And Moses said unto Aaron, What had this people done to thee,––that thou shouldst have brought upon them a great sin?

⁸ And he made the laver of bronze, and the stand thereof of bronze,––with the mirrors of the female hosts who did service at the opening of the tent of meeting.

¹ And, of the blue, and the purple, and the crimson, made they cloths of variegated stuff, for ministering in the sanctuary,––and they made the holy garments which were for Aaron,––As Yahweh commanded Moses. ² So he made the ephod,––of gold, blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine twined linen, ³ And they did beat out the plates of gold, and he proceeded to cut them into threads, to work into the midst of the blue, and into the midst of the purple, and into the midst of the crimson, and into the midst of the fine linen,––with the work of a skilful weaver. ⁴ Shoulder–pieces, made they thereto, for joining,––at its two edges, was it joined. ⁵ And, as for the curious fastening girdle which was thereon, of the same, it was according to the working thereof, gold, blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine twined linen,––As Yahweh commanded Moses. ⁶ And they wrought the onyx stones, enclosed in ouches of gold,––graven with the engravings of a seal–ring, after the names of the sons of Israel. ⁷ And he put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod, as stones of memorial, for the sons of Israel,––As Yahweh commanded Moses.

³ But, the remainder of the meal–offering, pertaineth unto Aaron, and unto his sons,––most holy, from among the altar–flames of Yahweh.

¹⁰ But, the remainder of the meal–offering, pertaineth to Aaron and to his sons,––most holy, from among the altar–flames of Yahweh.

³ Then shall he bring near, out of the peace–offering, an altar–flame unto Yahweh,––the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards; ⁴ and the two kidneys, and the fat which is upon them, which is upon the loins,––and the caul upon the liver, upon the kidneys, shall he remove it. ⁵ Then shall the sons of Aaron make thereof a perfume, at the altar, upon the ascending–sacrifice, which is on the wood, which is on the fire,––an altar–flame of a satisfying odour, unto Yahweh.

¹⁶ Then shall the priest make a perfume at the altar,––the food of an altar–flame, for a satisfying odour,––all the fat––unto Yahweh.

¹⁶ And, the remainder thereof, shall Aaron and his sons eat,––as unleavened cakes, shall it be eaten, in a holy place, within the court of the tent of meeting, shall they eat it.

⁷ As the sin–bearer, so the guilt–bearer,––one law, for them,––the priest who maketh a propitiatory–covering therewith,––to him, shall it belong. ⁸ And, as for the priest who bringeth near the ascending–sacrifice of any man, the skin of the ascending–sacrifice which he hath brought near, to the priest himself, shall it belong.

²³ Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying,––No fat, of ox or sheep or goat, shall ye eat: ²⁴ and, though, the fat of what dieth of itself and the fat of that which has been torn in pieces, may be used for any other service, yet shall ye, in nowise eat, it. ²⁵ Nay, as touching any one who eateth the fat of any beast, wherefrom he might bring near an altar–flame unto Yahweh, then shall the person that eateth be cut off from among his kinsfolk.

²⁹ Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying,––He that offereth his peace–offering unto Yahweh, shall bring in his own oblation unto Yahweh, out of his peace–offering: ³⁰ his own hands, shall bring in the altar–flames of Yahweh,––the fat with the breast, he shall bring it in, the breast, to wave it as a wave–offering before Yahweh. ³¹ Then shall the priest make a perfume with the fat at the altar,––and the breast shall be for Aaron and for his sons. ³² But, the right shoulder, shall ye give as a heave–offering, unto the priest,––from among your peace–offerings,

³² But, the right shoulder, shall ye give as a heave–offering, unto the priest,––from among your peace–offerings, ³³ he that bringeth near the blood of the peace–offerings and the fat, from among the sons of Aaron, to him, shall belong the right shoulder for a portion. ³⁴ For, the wave–breast, and the heave–shoulder, have I taken of the sons of Israel, out of their peace–offerings,––and have given them unto Aaron the priest, and unto his sons, as an age–abiding statute, from the sons of Israel.

³⁴ For, the wave–breast, and the heave–shoulder, have I taken of the sons of Israel, out of their peace–offerings,––and have given them unto Aaron the priest, and unto his sons, as an age–abiding statute, from the sons of Israel.

³⁴ For, the wave–breast, and the heave–shoulder, have I taken of the sons of Israel, out of their peace–offerings,––and have given them unto Aaron the priest, and unto his sons, as an age–abiding statute, from the sons of Israel.
³⁵ This, is what pertaineth to the anointing of Aaron, and to the anointing of his sons, out of the altar–flames of Yahweh,––[granted] in the day when he brought them near, to minister as priests unto Yahweh:

⁷ and put upon him the tunic, and girded him with the band, and clothed him with the robe, and put upon him the ephod, and girded him with the curiously–woven band of the ephod, and bound it to him therewith;

⁷ and put upon him the tunic, and girded him with the band, and clothed him with the robe, and put upon him the ephod, and girded him with the curiously–woven band of the ephod, and bound it to him therewith; ⁸ and he put upon him the breastpiece,––and placed, in the breastpiece, the Lights and the Perfections;

¹⁴ And, the wave–breast, and the heave–shoulder, shall ye eat in clean place, thou, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee,––for, as thine by statute, and thy sons’ by statute, have they been given, from among the peace–offerings of the sons of Israel. ¹⁵ The heave–shoulder and the wave–breast, upon the altar–flames of the fat portions, shall they bring in, to wave as a wave–offering, before Yahweh,––so shall they be thine, and thy sons’ with thee, by an age–abiding statute, As Yahweh hath commanded.

² Speak unto all the assembly of the sons of Israel, and thou shalt say unto them––Holy, shall ye be,––For, holy, am, I––Yahweh––your God.

¹⁵ Ye shall not act perversely in giving judgment, Thou shalt neither respect the person of the poor, Nor prefer the person of the great,––In righteousness, shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

⁹ And, every heave–offering, of all the hallowed things of the sons of Israel, which they bring near to the priest, unto him, shall it belong. ¹⁰ And, every man’s hallowed things, shall be, his own,––what any man giveth to the priest, shall be his.

²³ Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, saying, Thus, shall ye bless the sons of Israel,––saying unto them: ²⁴ Yahweh bless thee, and keep thee: ²⁵ Yahweh cause his face to shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: ²⁶ Yahweh lift up his face unto thee, and appoint unto thee, peace. ²⁷ Thus shall they put my name upon the sons of Israel,––and, I myself, will bless them.

²⁰ for a month of days, until it cometh forth out of your nostrils, so shall it become to you a loathsome thing,––because ye have refused Yahweh who is in your midst, and have wept before him, saying, Wherefore, now, came we forth out of Egypt?

³⁰ But, as for the person who acteth with a high hand––of the native born or of the sojourners, Yahweh himself, he, reproacheth,––therefore shall that person be cut off out of the midst of his people.

⁵ Then spake he unto Korah, and unto all his assembly, saying, In the morning, will Yahweh make known––who are his, and who is the holy one, and will cause him to come near unto himself,––yea, him whom he shall choose, will he cause to come near unto himself.

⁵ So shall it come to pass, that, the man whom I shall choose, his staff, shall bud,––so will I cause to cease from against me, the murmurings of the sons of Israel, wherewith, they, are murmuring against you. ⁶ And Moses spake unto the sons of Israel, and every one of their princes gave unto him, a staff apiece, for each prince, by their ancestral houses, twelve staves,––and, the staff of Aaron, was in the midst of their staves. ⁷ So Moses laid up the staves before Yahweh,––in the tent of the testimony.
⁸ And it came to pass, on the morrow, that Moses entered into the tent of the testimony; and lo! the staff of Aaron for the house of Levi, had budded,––yea it had brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and borne ripe almonds.

¹ And Yahweh said unto Aaron, Thou, and thy sons, and the house of thy father with thee, shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary,––and, thou, and thy sons with thee, shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood. ² Therefore also, thy brethren of the tribe of Levi, the stem of thy father, bring thou near with thee, and let them be joined unto thee, and let them wait upon thee,––both on thee and on thy sons with thee, before the tent of the testimony. ³ So shall they keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tent,––only, unto the vessels of the sanctuary, and unto the altar, shall they not come near, lest they die––both they, and ye. ⁴ So shall they be joined unto thee, and shall keep the charge of the tent of meeting, as to all the laborious work of the tent,––but, a stranger, shall not come near unto you. ⁵ So shall ye keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar,––that there no more, be wrath against the sons of Israel. ⁶ I, therefore, lo! I have taken your brethren the Levites, out of the midst of the sons of Israel,––unto you, as a gift, are they given, unto Yahweh, to do the laborious work of the tent of meeting. ⁷ But, thou and thy sons with thee, shall keep the charge of your priesthood, as to every matter of the altar, and as to the interior of the veil, and shall do the laborious work,––as a laborious service of gifts, do I give your priesthood, and, the stranger who cometh near, shall be put to death.
⁸ And Yahweh spake unto Aaron, I, therefore, lo! I have given unto thee, the charge of my heave–offerings,––as to all the hallowed things of the sons of Israel––unto thee, have I given them, as pertaining to the anointing, and unto thy sons, for a statute age–abiding.

¹⁹ all the heave–offerings of the holy things, which the sons of Israel shall heave up unto Yahweh, have I given unto thee, and unto thy sons and unto thy daughters with thee, by a statute age–abiding,––an age–abiding covenant of salt, it is, before Yahweh, for thee, and for thy seed with thee.

¹¹ Phinehas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, hath turned back my wrath from against the sons of Israel, in that he was jealous with my jealousy, in their midst,––so that I made not an end of the sons of Israel, in my jealousy. ¹² Wherefore say,––Behold me! giving unto him my covenant of peace; ¹³ so shall it prove to be unto him, and unto his seed after him, the covenant of our age–abiding priesthood, because he was jealous for his God, and did put a propitiatory–covering over the sons of Israel.

¹³ so shall it prove to be unto him, and unto his seed after him, the covenant of our age–abiding priesthood, because he was jealous for his God, and did put a propitiatory–covering over the sons of Israel.

³⁴ thou must not then make unclean the land wherein, ye, are dwelling, in the midst of which, I, have my habitation; for, I,––Yahweh, am making my habitation in the midst of the sons of Israel.

¹⁷ Ye shall not take note of faces, in judgment––so, the small, as, the great, shall ye hear, ye shall not shrink from the face of any man, for judgment, unto God, belongeth,––but, the thing which is too hard for you, shall ye bring near unto me, and I will hear it.

³⁰ But Sihon king of Heshbon, was not willing, to let us pass along through it,––for Yahweh thy God had suffered him to make his spirit harsh, and his heart bold, that he might give him into thy hand––(as [appeareth] this day).

²⁴ My Lord Yahweh, thou thyself, hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy firm hand,––as to which, what GOD is there, in the heavens or in the earth, that can do according to thy doings, and according to thy mighty deeds?

³⁵ Thou, wast allowed to see, that thou mightest know, that, Yahweh, he, is God, there is, none other than, he alone.

¹⁷ and lest thou shouldest say in thy heart,––Mine own strength and the might of mine own hand, have gotten me this wealth. ¹⁸ But thou shalt remember Yahweh thy God, that it was, he, who had been giving thee strength to get wealth,––that so he might establish his covenant which he sware to thy fathers (as at this day).

⁵ but, unto the place, which Yahweh your God shall choose, out of all your tribes, to put his name there,––as his habitation, shall ye ask your way, and come in thither; ⁶ and bring in thither your ascending–offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the heave–offering of your hand,––and your vow–offerings, and your freewill–offerings, and the firstlings of your herd, and of your flock;

¹³ There have gone forth men, sons of the Abandoned One, out of thy midst, and have seduced the inhabitants of their city, saying,––Let us go, and serve other gods, which ye have not known;

⁸ When any matter of judgment, shall be too difficult for thee––between blood and blood, between plea and plea, or between stroke and stroke, matters of contention within thy gates, then shalt thou arise and go up unto the place which Yahweh thy God, shall choose; ⁹ and shalt come in unto the priests, the Levites, and unto the judge, who shall be in those days,––and shalt enquire, and they shall declare unto thee, the sentence of judgment; ¹⁰ and thou shalt do according to the sentence which they shall declare unto thee, out of that place, which Yahweh, shall choose,––yea thou shalt observe to do according to all which they shall direct thee: ¹¹ according to the direction wherewith they direct thee, and after the judgment which they shall announce to thee, shalt thou do,––thou shalt not turn aside from the sentence which they shall declare unto thee to the right hand or to the left. ¹² And, the man who shall do presumptuously by not hearkening unto the priest that standeth to minister there to Yahweh thy God, or unto the judge, that man, shall die, and so shalt thou consume the wicked thing out of Israel.

¹ Neither the priests the Levites [nor] any of the tribe of Levi, shall have either portion or inheritance with Israel,––the altar–flames of Yahweh and his inheritance, shall they eat. ² But, inheritance, shall he not have, in the midst of his brethren,––Yahweh, is his inheritance, as he spake unto him. ³ This, therefore shall be the due of the priests from the people from them who offer the sacrifice whether ox or lamb,––there shall be given unto the priest, the shoulder and the two cheeks and the maw: ⁴ the firstfruit of thy corn, thy new wine, and thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy flock, shalt thou give unto him. ⁵ For, of him, hath Yahweh thy God made choice out of all thy tribes,––to stand to minister in the name of Yahweh, of him and his sons all the days. ⁶ And, when the Levite shall come in out of any of thy gates out of any part of Israel, where he is sojourning,––yea, shall come in with all the desire of his soul, into the place which Yahweh shall choose, ⁷ then may he minister in the name of Yahweh his God,––like any of his brethren the Levites who are standing there before Yahweh. ⁸ Portion for portion, shall they eat,––apart from his possessions upon his patrimony.

¹ When there ariseth a controversy between men, and they come nigh unto judgment, and judgment is granted them, then shall they justify the righteous man, and condemn the lawless. ² And it shall be––if the lawless man be, worthy of stripes, then shall the judge cause him to lie down, and be beaten before him, according to the measure of his lawlessness, by number: ³ forty stripes, may he give him, not going beyond,––lest, if he do go beyond, to smite him above these, with many stripes, then should thy brother be of no account in thine eyes.

⁴ A Rock! faultless his work, For, all his ways, are just,––A GOD of faithfulness and without perversity, Right and fair, is he!

¹⁵ Then Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: Thou wast fat, Thou wast thick, Thou wast gorged,––So he forsook the GOD who made him, And treated as foolish his Rock of salvation.

²⁰ So he said:––I will hide any face from them, I will see, what will be their hereafter,––For, a generation given to intrigue, they are, Sons, whom there is no trusting;

³⁰ Oh! how would, one, have chased, a thousand! And, two, put, ten thousand, to flight,––Were it not that, their Rock, had sold them, And, Yahweh, had abandoned them; ³¹ For, not like our Rock, is their rock,––Our enemies themselves, being judges;

³⁹ See, now, that, I, I, am, he that is, And there are no gods with me,––I, kill––and make alive, I wound, and, I, heal, And there, is none, who, from my hand, can deliver,

¹ Now, this, is the blessing wherewith Moses, the man of God, blessed the sons of Israel,––before his death.

³ Yea he loved the tribes, All his holy ones, were in thy hand,––Yea, they, were encamped at thy feet, Each one bare away some of thy words.

⁹ Who saith, of his father and of his mother, I behold them not, And, his own brethren, regardeth he not, And, his own sons, observeth he not,––Because they watch thy speech, That, thy covenant, they may preserve;

²⁰ For, from Yahweh, came it to pass, that their heart was emboldened to come out to war with Israel, that he might devote them to destruction, that they might find no favour,––but that he might destroy them,––as Yahweh commanded Moses.

¹ Then were gathered together all the assembly of the sons of Israel at Shiloh, and they set up there, the tent of meeting,––the land, having been subdued before them.

¹⁰ All that generation also, were gathered unto their fathers,––and there arose another generation, after them, who had not known Yahweh, nor even the work which he had wrought for Israel.

¹ Then sang Deborah, and Barak, son of Abinoam,––on that day, saying:–– ² For the leadership of leaders in Israel, For the volunteering of the people,––Bless ye Yahweh!

³¹ So, perish all thine enemies, O Yahweh, But be, they who love him, as the going forth of the sun, in his might! And the land had rest forty years.

⁸ then sent Yahweh a prophet unto the sons of Israel,––who said unto them––Thus, saith Yahweh, God of Israel, I, led you up out of Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of servants;

¹⁰ Then said the trees unto the fig–tree,––Come! thou reign over us.

⁶ So the woman came in, and told her husband, saying, A man of God, came unto me, and, his, appearance, was as the appearance of the messenger of God, reverend exceedingly,––and I asked him not whence he was, and, his name, he told me not.

²⁴ So the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson,––and the boy grew, and Yahweh blessed him.

²⁵ And the sons of Dan said unto him, Do not let thy voice be heard among us,––lest men embittered in soul fall upon you, and thou gather in thy life and the lives of thy household.

²² They, were gladdening their heart, when lo! men of the city, men of the sons of the Abandoned One, beset the house round about, beating violently against the door,––and they spake unto the old man the owner of the house, saying, Bring forth the man that hath entered into thy house, that we may know him.

¹² Yahweh recompense thy deed,––and let thy reward be full from Yahweh, the God of Israel, unto whom thou hast come to take refuge under his wings.

¹¹ Then said all the people who were in the gate, and the elders––Witnesses!, ––Yahweh grant the woman who is coming into thy house, to be as Rachel, and as Leah, which two of them did build the house of Israel. Do thou bravely, then, in Ephrathah, and proclaim thou a name in Bethlehem,

³ So then that man went up, out of his city, from time to time, to worship and to sacrifice unto Yahweh of hosts, in Shiloh,––and, there, were the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, priests unto Yahweh.

⁶ And her rival used even to cause her great vexation, for the sake of provoking her,––because Yahweh had restrained her from having children.

¹¹ And she vowed a vow, and said––Yahweh of hosts! If thou wilt, look, upon the humiliation of thy handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thy handmaid, but wilt give unto thy handmaid a man–child, then will I give him unto Yahweh, all the days of his life, and no, razor, shall come upon his head.

¹⁹ And they rose up early in the morning, and worshipped before Yahweh, and returned, and entered their own house, in Ramah,––and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and Yahweh remembered her.

¹⁹ And they rose up early in the morning, and worshipped before Yahweh, and returned, and entered their own house, in Ramah,––and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and Yahweh remembered her. ²⁰ And so it was, when the days had come round during which Hannah was with child, that she bare a son,––and called his name Samuel[=" Heard of God"], Because, of Yahweh, I asked him.

²⁰ And so it was, when the days had come round during which Hannah was with child, that she bare a son,––and called his name Samuel[=" Heard of God"], Because, of Yahweh, I asked him. ²¹ And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up, to offer unto Yahweh the yearly sacrifice, and [each] his own vow.

²⁷ For this boy, I prayed,––And Yahweh hath given me my petition which I asked of him. ²⁸ Hence, I also, have loaned him unto Yahweh, all the days that he liveth. He, is lent unto Yahweh. And he bowed down there, unto Yahweh.

²⁸ Hence, I also, have loaned him unto Yahweh, all the days that he liveth. He, is lent unto Yahweh. And he bowed down there, unto Yahweh.

¹ Then prayed Hannah, and said, My heart hath leaped for joy in Yahweh, My horn is exalted in Yahweh, My mouth is opened wide, over my foes, Because I rejoice in thy salvation. ² There is none holy like Yahweh, Nay! there, is none, except Thee, Nor, is, there a rock, like our God. ³ Do not multiply words, so loftily––loftily, Nor let arrogance proceed from your mouth,––For, a GOD of knowledge, is Yahweh, And, for himself, are great doings made firm. ⁴ The bow of the mighty, is dismayed,––While, the fainting, are girded with strength; ⁵ The sated, have, for bread, taken hire, But, the famished, have left off their toil,––So that, the barren, hath given birth unto seven, While, she that hath many sons, languisheth: ⁶ Yahweh, doth kill, and make alive,––Taketh down to hades, and bringeth up: ⁷ Yahweh, maketh poor, and enricheth,––Layeth low, yea exalteth; ⁸ Raiseth, from the dust, the poor, From the dunghill, uplifteth the needy, To give them a dwelling with nobles, And, a throne of glory, to make them inherit. For, to Yahweh, belong the pillars of the earth, And he setteth thereon the habitable world. ⁹ The feet of his loving ones, he doth guard, But, the lawless, in darkness shall be silent,––For, by strength, shall no man prevail. ¹⁰ As for Yahweh,––they shall be shattered who contend with him, Over him, in the heavens will he thunder, Yahweh, will judge the ends of the earth,––That he may give strength to his King, And exalt the horn of his Anointed One.
¹¹ Then went Elkanah to Ramah, unto his own house,––but, the boy, remained ministering unto Yahweh, before Eli the priest.

¹³ And, the custom of the priests with the people, was––when any man offered a sacrifice, then would come the priests young man, as the flesh was boiling, with a three–pronged fork in his hand; ¹⁴ and would strike it into the boiler, or into the trough, or into the kettle, or into the pot, all that the fork would bring up, the priest took for himself. Thus and thus, used they to do unto all Israel, who came thither, in Shiloh. ¹⁵ Also, before any could make perfume with the fat, the priests young man would come in and say to the person who was sacrificing, Come! give flesh for the priest’s roastings,––for he will not take of thee boiled flesh––only raw. ¹⁶ And, if the man said to him, Let them at least, make incense, at once with the fat, then take thou as much as thy soul craveth, Then said he to him, But, at once, shalt thou give it; or else, I will take it by force. ¹⁷ And so it was, that, the sin of the young men, was exceeding great, before Yahweh,––for men scorned the offerings of Yahweh.

¹⁷ And so it was, that, the sin of the young men, was exceeding great, before Yahweh,––for men scorned the offerings of Yahweh. ¹⁸ But, as for Samuel, he was ministering before Yahweh,––a boy girded with an ephod of linen.

²¹ And Yahweh visited Hannah, and she conceived, and bare three sons, and two daughters. Thus did the boy Samuel grow up with Yahweh. ²² Now, Eli, was very old,––but he used to hear all that his sons did unto all Israel, and how they even lay with the women who did service, at the opening of the tent of meeting.

²⁶ But, the boy Samuel, went on growing in stature, and in favour,––both with Yahweh, and also with men.

²⁸ choosing him out of all the tribes of Israel unto myself, to minister as priest, to offer upon mine altar, to perfume with incense to bear an ephod before me,––Therefore gave I unto the house of thy father all the altar–flames of the sons of Israel. ²⁹ Wherefore have ye been kicking at my sacrifices, and my presents, which I commanded, to serve for a home,––and shouldest have honoured thy sons more than me: fattening yourselves, with the first of every present of Israel, before me?

²⁹ Wherefore have ye been kicking at my sacrifices, and my presents, which I commanded, to serve for a home,––and shouldest have honoured thy sons more than me: fattening yourselves, with the first of every present of Israel, before me? ³⁰ Hence, the oracle of Yahweh God of Israel, I, said, that, thy house, and the house of thy father, should go to and fro in my presence, unto times age–abiding: But, now, (is the oracle of Yahweh)––Be it far from me! For, them who honour me, will I honour, but, they who despise me, shall be lightly esteemed.

¹ Now, the boy Samuel, was ministering unto Yahweh, before Eli,––and, the word of Yahweh, had become rare in those days, there was no well–known vision.

⁷ Now, Samuel, as yet knew not Yahweh,––nor, as yet, had been revealed unto him, the word of Yahweh.

¹² In that day, will I confirm against Eli, all that I have spoken against his house,––beginning and finishing.

¹⁴ And therefore have I sworn, respecting the house of Eli,––that the iniquity of the house of Eli shall receive no propitiatory–covering, by sacrifice or by present, unto times age–abiding. ¹⁵ And Samuel lay until the morning, and rose early in the morning, and opened the doors of the house of Yahweh,––but, Samuel, feared to tell the appearing, unto Eli.

¹⁹ And Samuel grew,––and, Yahweh, proved to he with him, and let none of all his words fall to the ground.

² And the Philistines set themselves in array to meet Israel, and, when the battle spread, then was Israel smitten before the Philistines,––and there were slain of the army in the field about four thousand men.

⁴ So the people sent to Shiloh, and bare from thence the ark of the covenant of Yahweh of hosts, who inhabiteth the cherubim,––and, there, were the two sons of Eli, with the ark of the covenant of God, namely, Hophni and Phinehas.

¹¹ And, the ark of God, was taken,––and, the two sons of Eli, were slain, Hophni and Phinehas.

¹¹ And, the ark of God, was taken,––and, the two sons of Eli, were slain, Hophni and Phinehas.
¹² And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and entered Shiloh on the same day,––with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head. ¹³ And, when he entered, lo! Eli was sitting upon his chair, by the wayside, watching, for his heart was trembling for the ark of God,––and, the man, entered to tell the news in the city, and all the city made outcry. ¹⁴ And, when Eli heard the noise of the outcry, he said––What meaneth the noise of this tumult? And, the man, hasted, and came, and told Eli. ¹⁵ Now, Eli, was ninety–eight years old; and his eyes were fixed, that he could not see. ¹⁶ So the man said unto Eli, I, am he that came in from the army, yea, I, from the army, fled today. And he said––What is the thing that hath happened, my son? ¹⁷ And the bearer of tidings answered, and said––Israel hath fled before the Philistines, Moreover also, a great smiting, hath taken place among the people,––Moreover also, thy two sons, are slain, Hophni and Phinehas, And, the ark of God, is taken.

¹⁷ And the bearer of tidings answered, and said––Israel hath fled before the Philistines, Moreover also, a great smiting, hath taken place among the people,––Moreover also, thy two sons, are slain, Hophni and Phinehas, And, the ark of God, is taken. ¹⁸ And it came to pass, when he mentioned the ark of God, that he fell from off his seat backwards, at the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died, for, old, was the man, and, heavy,––and, he had judged Israel forty years.
¹⁹ Now, his daughter–in–law, wife of Phinehas, was with child, ready to give birth, and, when she heard the tidings, as to the taking of the ark of God, and the death of her father–in–law, and her husband, she bowed herself and gave birth, for her pains had seized her. ²⁰ And, about the time of her death, the women that stood by her said: Do not fear, for, to a son, hast thou given birth. But she neither answered nor regarded.

²² So she said––Exiled is the glory from Israel,––For the ark of God hath been taken.

¹⁰ And, when Samuel was offering up the ascending–sacrifice, the Philistines, drew near to fight against Israel,––but Yahweh thundered with a great noise throughout that day, over the Philistines, and confused them, and they were smitten before Israel.

¹ And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he appointed his sons judges to Israel;

⁴ And he passed through the hill country of Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalishah, but they found them not,––then passed they through the land of Shaalim, and they were not there, then passed he through the land of the Benjamites, but they found them not.

²⁷ But, abandoned men, said––How can this one save us? So they treated him with contempt, and brought him no present,––but he was as one that was deaf.

³ Behold me! testify against me, before Yahweh, and before his Anointed––Whose, ox, have I taken? or whose, ass, have I taken? or whom have I oppressed? Whom have I crushed? or at whose, hands, have I taken a bribe, to cover up mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it unto you.

¹³ Now, therefore, lo! the king whom ye have chosen, for whom ye have asked,––lo! therefore, Yahweh hath set over you a king.

¹⁸ So Samuel cried unto Yahweh, and Yahweh gave forth thunderings and rain, on that day,––and all the people greatly feared Yahweh, and Samuel.

³ and, Ahijah, son of Ahitub, brother of Ichabod, son of Phinehas, son of Eli, was priest of Yahweh in Shiloh, wearing an ephod,––and, the people, knew not that Jonathan had departed.

¹⁷ And Samuel said, Was it not, when, little, thou wast in thine own eyes, that thou wast made, head of the tribes of Israel,––and that Yahweh anointed thee to be king over Israel?

²⁸ And Samuel said unto him, Yahweh hath rent the kingdom of Israel from off thee, today,––and will give it unto a neighbour of thine, who is better than thou.

¹ And Yahweh said unto Samuel––How long, art thou going to pine for Saul, seeing that, I, have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill thy horn with oil, and come! let me send thee unto Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided me, among his sons, a king.

⁷ But Yahweh said unto Samuel––Do not regard his countenance, or the height of his stature, for I have rejected him,––for it is not what man looketh to but what God looketh to. For, man, looketh to the outward appearance, but, Yahweh, looketh to the heart.

¹³ And Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren. And the Spirit of Yahweh came mightily upon David, from that day forward. Then arose Samuel, and went his way unto Ramah.

⁴⁹ And David thrust his hand into his pouch, and took from thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine, in his forehead,––that the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell upon his face, to the earth. ⁵⁰ Thus David prevailed over the Philistine, with the sling and with the stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him,––but, sword, was there none in the hand of David.

³ But David sware yet further, and said––Thy father, doth know, that I have found favour in thine eyes, therefore saith he,––Do not let Jonathan know this, lest he grieve; but, indeed, by the life of Yahweh, and by the life of thine own soul, surely there is but as it were a step betwixt me and death!

¹⁷ And the king said unto the runners that were stationed by him––Turn ye round and put to death the priests of Yahweh, because, their hand also, is with David, and because they knew that he was, in flight, and unveiled not mine ear. But the servants of the king were not willing to thrust forth their hand, to fall upon the priests of Yahweh. ¹⁸ Then said the king to Doeg, Turn, thou, and fall upon the priests. So Doeg the Edomite turned, and, himself, fell upon the priests, and put to death, that day, four score and five men bearing an ephod of linen;

¹⁸ Then said the king to Doeg, Turn, thou, and fall upon the priests. So Doeg the Edomite turned, and, himself, fell upon the priests, and put to death, that day, four score and five men bearing an ephod of linen; ¹⁹ Nob also, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings,––and oxen and asses and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
²⁰ But there escaped one son of Ahimelech, son of Ahitub, whose, name, was Abiathar,––and he fled after David. ²¹ So Abiathar told David,––that Saul had slain the priests of Yahweh. ²² Then said David to Abiathar––I knew, that day, when Doeg the Edomite was, there, that he would, surely tell, Saul. I, am chargeable with all the lives of the house of thy father. ²³ Abide with me! do not fear, for, whoso seeketh my life, seeketh thy life,––for, in safeguard, shall thou be, with me.

¹⁷ Now, therefore, know thou, and see, what thou canst do, for mischief is determined against our lord, and against all his household,––but, he, is such an abandoned man, that one cannot speak unto him.

²⁸ Forgive, I pray thee, the trespass of thy handmaid,––for Yahweh, will certainly make, for my lord an assured house, for, the battles of Yahweh, is my lord fighting, and, wrong, shall not be found in thee, all thy days;

¹⁴ And, David, was dancing with all boldness before Yahweh,––David, being girt with an ephod of linen.

⁸ Now, therefore, thus, shalt thou say unto my servant, unto David: Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, I myself, took thee away from the pasture, from after the flock,––to become leader over my people, over Israel;

¹¹ even from the day when I put judges in charge over my people Israel, thus will I give thee rest from all thine enemies. And Yahweh must tell thee that, a house, will Yahweh make for thee.

¹³ He, shall build a house for my name,––and I will establish his kingly throne unto times age–abiding:

²⁷ For, thou, O Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, hast unveiled the ear of thy servant, saying––A house, will I build for thee. For this cause, hath thy servant found in his heart, to pray unto thee, this prayer.

⁷ Then said Nathan unto David: Thou, art the man! Thus, saith Yahweh, God of Israel––I, anointed thee to be king over Israel, and, I, delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;

⁹ Wherefore, hast thou despised the word of Yahweh, by doing that which is wicked in mine eyes? Uriah the Hittite, hast thou smitten with the sword, and, his wife, hast thou taken to thyself to wife, yea, him, hast thou slain with the sword of the sons of Ammon! ¹⁰ Now, therefore, the sword shall not depart from thy house, unto age–abiding times,––because thou hast despised me, and taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.

¹⁴ Thunder from the heavens, did Yahweh give forth,––yea, the Highest, uttered his voice;

³² For who is a GOD, save Yahweh? and who a Rock, save our God?

⁶ Now his father had not displeased him all his days, by saying––Why, thus, hast thou done? Moreover also, he, was of exceeding handsome appearance, and, him, did his mother bear, after Absolom. ⁷ So then he had speech with Joab, son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest,––and they gave help, following Adonijah. ⁸ But, Zadok the priest, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men who belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.

¹⁹ and he hath sacrificed oxen and heifers and sheep, in abundance, and hath invited all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab general of the army,––but, Solomon thy servant, hath he not invited.

⁴⁵ and Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king, in Gihon, and they went up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again,––That, is the noise ye have heard.

²⁶ Also, unto Abiathar the priest, said the king––To Anathoth, get thee unto thine own fields, for, death–doomed, thou art,––but, this day, will I not put thee to death, because thou didst bear the ark of My Lord, Yahweh, before David my father, and because thou wast afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted. ²⁷ So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto Yahweh,––to fulfill the word of Yahweh which he spake concerning the household of Eli, in Shiloh.

²⁷ So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto Yahweh,––to fulfill the word of Yahweh which he spake concerning the household of Eli, in Shiloh.

³⁵ And the king put Benaiah son of Jehoiada, in his stead, over the army,––and, Zadok the priest, did the king put in the stead of Abiathar.

³⁹ then wilt, thou thyself, hear in the heavens, in the settled place of thine abode, and forgive and act, and give unto every man according to all his ways, whose heart thou wilt know,––for, thou thyself alone, knowest the heart of all the sons of men;

³⁸ So shall it be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I shall command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that which is right in mine eyes, by keeping my statutes and my commandments, as did David my servant, then will I be with thee, and will build thee an assured house, as I have built for David, and will give unto thee, Israel.

¹ And lo! a man of God, came in out of Judah, by the word of Yahweh, unto Bethel,––as Jeroboam was standing by the altar, to make a perfume.

³ and he shall give, on that day, a sign, saying, This, is the sign of which Yahweh hath spoken,––Lo! the altar, is to be rent, and the ashes that are upon thee shall be, poured out!

¹⁸ And he said to him–I also, am a prophet, like unto thee, and, a messenger, hath spoken unto me, by the word of Yahweh, saying––Bring him back with thee, into thy house, that he may eat bread, and drink water. He deceived him. ¹⁹ So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank water. ²⁰ And so it was, as, they, were sitting at the table, yea, so it was, that the word of Yahweh came unto the prophet who had brought him back; ²¹ and he cried out unto the man of God who had come in out of Judah, saying, Thus, saith Yahweh,––Forasmuch as thou hast rebelled against the bidding of Yahweh, and hast not kept the commandment which Yahweh thy God commanded thee;

¹² Thou, therefore, arise, go to thine own house,––as thy feet are entering the city, the young man shall die.

³⁰ for the sins of Jeroboam which he committed, and which he caused, Israel, to commit,––by his provocation wherewith he provoked to anger Yahweh God of Israel.

¹⁰ then let two reckless men take their seats before him, that they may bear witness against him, saying, Thou hast reviled God and king! then shall ye carry him forth and stone him, that he die.

¹³ Then came in the two reckless men, and sat before him, and the men bare witness against him, even against Naboth, before the people, saying, Naboth hath reviled God and king! So they carried him forth, outside the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.

⁷ And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am, I, God, to kill and to make alive, that, this, man is sending unto me, to set one free from his leprosy,––but, of a truth, just mark, I pray you, and see, that he, is seeking an occasion, against me.

³¹ But, Jehu, took not heed to walk in the law of Yahweh God of Israel, with all his heart,––he turned not away from the sins of Jeroboam, which he caused, Israel, to commit.

⁶ and caused his son to pass through the fire, and practiced hidden arts and used divination, and dealt with a familiar spirit and wizards,––he exceeded in doing the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh, provoking [him] to anger;

⁸ and, Ahitub, begat Zadok, and, Zadok, begat Ahimaaz; ⁹ and, Ahimaaz, begat Azariah, and, Azariah, begat Johanan, ¹⁰ and, Johanan, begat Azariah,––he, it was who ministered as priest, in the house which Solomon built in Jerusalem; ¹¹ and Azariah begat Amariah,––and, Amariah, begat Ahitub; ¹² and, Ahitub, begat Zadok, and, Zadok, begat Shallum; ¹³ and, Shallum, begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah, begat Azariah; ¹⁴ and, Azariah, begat Seraiah, and, Seraiah, begat Jehozadak; ¹⁵ and, Jehozadak, departed, when Yahweh carried away Judah and Jerusalem into captivity,––by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

²⁷ Now, David, was wrapped about with a robe of byssus, with all the Levites who were bearing the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the leader of the service rendered by the singers,––but, upon David, was an ephod of white linen.

²² And so they did eat and drink before Yahweh on that day, with great joy,––and they, the second time, made Solomon son of David king, and anointed him unto Yahweh to be chief ruler, and Zadok to be priest.

² So he went forth to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear me, O Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin,––Yahweh, is with you, so long as ye are with him, and, if ye seek him, he will be found of you, but, if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.

¹⁶ And it came to pass, as he spake unto him, that he said to him, To be, counselor to the king, have we appointed thee? forbear thou, wherefore should they smite thee? So the prophet forbare, and said––I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.

¹⁵ whereas, the former pashas, who were before me, suffered themselves to be a burden upon the people, and took from them in bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver, even, their young men, bare rule over the people,––but, I, did not so, because of the fear of God.

¹⁷ and Mattaniah son of Mica, son of Zabdi, son of Asaph, leader of the praise who giveth thanks, in prayer, and Bakbukiah the second among his brethren,––and Obadiah son of Shemaiah, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun.

¹⁰ And Jeshua, begat Joiakim,––and Joiakim, begat Eliashib, and, Eliashib, [begat] Joiada; ¹¹ and, Joiada, begat Jonathan,––and, Jonathan, begat Jaddua.

²¹ and said––Naked came I forth from the womb of my mother, and naked must I return thither, Yahweh, gave, and, Yahweh, hath taken away,––The name of Yahweh be blessed!

⁸ And he took him a potsherd, to scrape himself therewith; he being seated in the midst of ashes.

¹¹ Setting the lowly on high, and, mourners, are uplifted to safety;

¹⁶ Thus to the poor hath come hope, and, perversity, hath shut her mouth.

¹⁸ For, he, woundeth that he may bind up, He smiteth through, that, his own hands, may heal.

²⁴ And thou shalt know that, at peace, is thy tent, and shalt visit thy fold, and miss nothing;

⁹ Widows, thou hast sent away empty, and, the arms of the fatherless, thou dost crush.

⁶ Let him weigh me in balances of righteousness,––and let GOD take note of mine integrity!

⁶ He will not keep alive one who is lawless, but, the right of oppressed ones, will he grant; ⁷ He will not withdraw––from a righteous one––his eyes,––but, with kings on the throne, He hath seated men triumphantly, and they have been exalted.

⁴ Where wast thou, when I founded the earth? Tell, if thou knowest understanding! ⁵ Who set the measurements thereof, if thou knowest? Or who stretched out over it a line? ⁶ Whereon were the pedestals thereof sunk? Or who laid the corner stone thereof; ––

⁹ But if, an arm like GOD, thou hast, and, with a voice like his, thou canst thunder,

¹⁰ And, Yahweh himself, turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed in behalf of his friends,––and Yahweh increased all that Job had possessed, unto twice as much. ¹¹ Then came unto him all his brethren and all his sisters, and all his former acquaintances, and they did eat bread with him in his house,––and shewed sympathy with him and comforted him, over all the calamity which Yahweh had brought upon him,––and they gave him, every one a weight of money, and every one, a ring of gold. ¹² And, Yahweh, blessed the latter end of Job, more than his beginning,––and so he came to have fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she–asses.

² The kings of earth take their station, and, grave men, have met by appointment together,––against Yahweh, and against his Anointed One [saying]:

⁶ Yet, I, have installed my king,––on Zion my holy mountain.

⁹ Thou shalt shepherd them with a sceptre of iron,––as a potter’s vessel, shalt thou dash them in pieces.

¹⁴ That I may recount all thy praises, In the gates of the daughter of Zion, may exult in thy salvation.

⁵ But, I, in thy lovingkindness, have put my trust, My heart shall exult in thy salvation:

² Yahweh, was my mountain crag and my stronghold, and my deliverer: My GOD, was my rock, I sought refuge in him, My shield, and my horn of salvation, my high tower.

¹³ Then did Yahweh thunder in the heavens, and the Highest uttered his voice,––hail, and live coals of fire. ¹⁴ And he sent forth his arrows and scattered them, yea, lightnings, he shot out, and confused them.

²⁰ Yahweh rewarded me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, he repaid me;

⁵⁰ Who hath made great the victories of his King,––and shown lovingkindness to his Anointed One, To David and to his Seed, Unto times age–abiding.

⁵ We will shout aloud in thy salvation, and, in the Name of our God, shall we become great, Yahweh fulfill all thy petitions.
⁶ Now, do I know that Yahweh, hath saved, his Anointed One,––He answereth him out of his holy heavens, by the mighty saving deeds of his own right hand.

¹ [To the Chief Musician. A Melody of David.]
O Yahweh, in thy strength, will the king rejoice, and, in thy salvation, how greatly will he exult!

⁷ For, the king, is trusting in Yahweh, and, in the lovingkindness of the Highest, shall he not be shaken. ⁸ Thy hand, will find out, all thy foes, Thine own right hand, will find out them who hate thee. ⁹ Thou wilt make them like a furnace of fire, at the time of thy presence,––Yahweh, in his anger, will swallow them up, and there shall consume them a fire:

² For, he, upon the seas, hath founded it, and upon the currents, doth make it firm.

⁸ Yahweh, is strength to his people,––And, the all–saving refuge of his Anointed One, is he!

¹⁶ Not a king, can be saved by greatness of force, nor, hero, deliver himself by greatness of strength: ¹⁷ A deception, is the horse, for victory, and, by his great strength, shall he not deliver.

¹⁰ Young lions, have come short, and suffered hunger, but, they who seek Yahweh, shall not lack any good thing.

⁹ But, my soul, shall exult in Yahweh,––shall be glad in his salvation.

¹⁵ Their sword, shall enter into their own heart, and, their bow, shall be broken.

¹⁷ For, the arms of the lawless, shall be broken, But Yahweh is upholding the righteous.

²³ From Yahweh, are the steps of a man made firm, When, with his way, he is well pleased: ²⁴ Though he fall, he shall not be hurled headlong, For, Yahweh, is holding his hand.

²⁸ For, Yahweh, loveth justice, and will not forsake his men of lovingkindness, Unto times age–abiding, have the perverse been destroyed,––and the seed of the lawless, been cut off.

²¹ Would not, God, have searched into this, Seeing that, he, knoweth the secrets of the heart?

⁷ Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated lawlessness,––For this cause, hath God, thine own God, anointed thee, With the oil of gladness, beyond thy partners.

⁹ Causing wars to cease unto the end of the earth,––The bow, he shivereth, And breaketh in pieces the spear, war–chariots, burneth he up with fire.

¹ [A Melody of Asaph.]
El, Elohim, Yahweh, hath spoken, and culled the earth, From the rising of the sun, unto the going in thereof: ² Out of Zion the perfection of beauty, God, hath shone forth. ³ Let our God come, and let him not keep silence! A fire––before him, shall devour, And, around him, hath it become exceeding tempestuous: ⁴ He calleth, Unto the heavens above, And unto the earth, That he may judge his people. ⁵ Gather yourselves unto me––ye my men of lovingkindness, Who have solemnised my covenant over sacrifice. ⁶ Now have the heavens declared his righteousness, Because, God, is, about to judge. [Selah.]

²³ He that sacrificeth a thankoffering, will glorify me,––And will prepare a way by which I may show him the salvation of God.

⁴ Against thee––against thee alone, have I sinned, And, wickedness––in thine eyes, have I done,––That thou mayest, Be justified when thou speakest,––Be clear when thou judgest.

¹⁵ O My Lord! my lips, wilt thou open, And, my mouth, shall declare thy praise. ¹⁶ For thou wilt not desire sacrifice––that I should give it, Ascending–offering, will not please:

¹ [To the Chief Musician. David’s. A Melody, a Song.]
Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered, Yea let them that hate him flee before him: ² As smoke is driven about, Let them be driven about,––As wax is melted before a fire, Let the lawless perish before God.

²⁰ The GOD we have, is a GOD of saving deeds, And, due to Yahweh, My Lord, are escapes from death.

³ Be thou unto me, a Rock to dwell in, a Place of Security, To save me, For, my mountain crag and my stronghold, thou art.

⁸ My mouth shall be filled with, thy praise, All the day, with thy splendour.

¹⁹ And, as for thy righteousness, O God, up on high, Wherein thou hast wrought great things, O God! who is like unto thee?

²⁵ Whom have I in the heavens? And, compared with thee, there is nothing I desire on earth.

⁷ For, God himself, is about to judge, One, he will cast down, Another, he will lift up;

¹⁰ But, all the horns of the lawless, will I hew off,––Exalted shall be the horns of the Righteous One.

³ There, hath he broken in pieces the arrows of the bow, shield and sword, and battle. [Selah.]

⁵⁹ God heard and was wroth, And greatly abhorred Israel; ⁶⁰ So he gave up the habitation of Shiloh, The tent he had set up among Men; ⁶¹ Yea he gave up, into captivity, his strength, And his beauty into the hand of an adversary; ⁶² And delivered up, to the sword, his people, And, with his own inheritance, was he wroth; ⁶³ His young men, were devoured by fire, And, his virgins, were not praised in song; ⁶⁴ His priests, by the sword, did fall, And, his widows, were not able to bewail.

⁸ There is none like unto thee, among the gods, O My Lord, And nothing like thy works.

⁶ For whom, in the skies, can one compare unto Yahweh? [Or] can one liken unto Yahweh, among the sons of the mighty?

⁸ O Yahweh, God of hosts! Who, like thee, is mighty, O Yah! With thy faithfulness round about thee:

¹⁷ For, the beauty of their strength, thou art, And, in thine acceptance, shall our horns be exalted.

²⁴ And, my faithfulness and my lovingkindness, shall be with him, And, in my Name, exalted shall be his horn;

¹¹ For, his messengers, will he charge concerning thee, To keep thee, in all thy ways; ¹² On hands, will they bear thee up, Lest thou strike, against a stone, thy foot;

¹⁴ Because, on me, he hath set firm his love, Therefore will I deliver him, I will set him on high, Because he hath known my Name;

⁹ For lo! thine enemies, Yahweh, For lo! thine enemies, shall perish, They shall be scattered––all the workers of iniquity; ¹⁰ But thou wilt exalt, as [those of] the buffalo, my horn, I have been anointed, with fresh oil.

¹⁰ But thou wilt exalt, as [those of] the buffalo, my horn, I have been anointed, with fresh oil.

⁴ They pour forth [words], they speak arrogantly, All the workers of iniquity, do boast:

⁷ Yet have they said––Yah, doth not see, The God of Jacob, doth not understand. ⁸ Understand, ye brutish among the people, And, ye dullards, when will ye show discretion? ⁹ He that planteth the ear, shall he not hear? Or, that fashioneth the eye, shall he not have power to see? ¹⁰ He that correcteth nations, shall he not reprove? He that teacheth man knowledge!

¹⁸ If I say, My foot, hath slipped, Thy lovingkindness, O Yahweh, supporteth me.

¹³ Before Yahweh, for he is coming, For he is coming to judge the earth,––He will judge the world, in righteousness, And the peoples, in his faithfulness.

¹⁰ Ye lovers of Yahweh! be haters of wrong,––He preserveth the lives of his men of lovingkindness, From the hand of the lawless, will he rescue them.

⁹ Before Yahweh, for he is coming––to judge the earth,––He will judge the world, in righteousness, And the peoples, with equity.

⁵ Exalt Yahweh our God, And bow down at his footstool, Holy, is he!

⁹ Exalt Yahweh our God, And bow down towards his holy mountain, For, holy, is Yahweh our God.

¹⁰ Because of thine indignation and thy wrath, For thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.

²⁵ Of old––the earth, thou didst found, And, the work of thy hands, are the heavens;

⁵ He hath fixed the earth on its foundations, It is not to be shaken, to times age–abiding and beyond.

⁹ Ransom, hath he sent to his people, He hath commanded, to times age–abiding, his covenant, Holy and reverend, is his Name.

⁸ Upheld is his heart, he shall not be afraid, until that he gazeth on his foes. ⁹ He hath scattered abroad, he hath given to the needy, His righteousness, standeth for aye, His horn, shall be exalted in honour.

⁷ That raiseth, out of the dust, the poor, From the dunghill, uplifteth the needy; ⁸ To give a seat with nobles, with the nobles of his people! ⁹ Causing the barren woman to dwell in a household, A mother of sons in her joy! Praise ye Yah.

³ The meshes of death encompassed me, and the distresses of hades, came upon me, Peril and sorrow, I found;

¹⁴ My might and melody, is Yah, and he hath become mine by salvation.

³ May he not suffer thy foot, to slip, May thy keeper, not slumber!

⁵ Yahweh, is thy keeper, Yahweh, is thy shade, on thy right hand:

⁸ Yahweh, will keep thy going out and thy coming in, from henceforth, even unto times age–abiding.

⁵ Great is our Lord, and of abounding strength, And, his knowledge, cannot be expressed.

¹⁴ Therefore hath he exalted a horn for his people, a praise for all his men of lovingkindness, for the sons of Israel––a people near him, Praise ye Yah!

⁸ To him that observeth the paths of justice, yea, the way of his men of lovingkindness, he doth guard.

³ Lovingkindness and faithfulness, let them not forsake thee,––bind them, upon thy neck, write them upon the tablet of thy heart:

⁹ Honour thou Yahweh, with thy substance, and with the firstfruit of all thine increase; ¹⁰ So shall thy storehouses be filled with plenty, and, with new wine, shall thy vats overflow.

²⁶ For, Yahweh, will be in all thy ways, and will keep thy foot from the snare.

¹³ The reverence of Yahweh, is to hate wickedness: pride, arrogance, and the way of wickedness; And a mouth of perverse things, do I hate.

¹⁰ There is, grievous correction, for him that forsaketh the right path, He that hateth rebuke, shall die.

² All the ways of a man, [may be] pure in his own eyes, but, he that testeth spirits, is Yahweh.

⁹ A man’s heart, deviseth his way, but, Yahweh, directeth his steps.

¹² Though thou say, Lo! we knew not this, Shall not, he that proveth hearts, himself, discern? And, he that formeth thy soul, himself, know? and bring back to a son of earth according to his deed?

¹⁴ For, out of prison, came he forth to reign, yea, even in his own kingdom, was he born poor.

¹⁷ Even all his days, [are spent] in darkness and mourning,––and he is very morose, and is sad and angry.

¹¹ I again saw under the sun, that not, to the swift, was the race, nor, to the strong, the battle, nay! nor, to the wise, food, nor yet, to the intelligent, riches, nor, even to the well–informed, comeliness,––for, time and accident, happened to them all.

⁹ Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart gladden thee in the days of thine early manhood, and walk thou––in the ways of thine own heart, and in that which is seen by thine own eyes,––yet know, that, for all these things, will God bring thee into judgment.

¹⁴ For, every work, will God bring into judgment, with every hidden thing,––whether good, or evil.

¹² For, a day of Yahweh of hosts, [shall be]––Upon every one who is high and lofty,––And upon every one who is lifted up, And he shall be brought low;

⁸ For stumbled, hath Jerusalem, and, Judah, hath fallen,––Because, their tongue and their doings, are against Yahweh, Provoking his glorious, presence.
⁹ The show of their face, hath answered against them, And, their sin––like Sodom, have they told, they have not concealed it. Alas for their souls! For, they, have requited, to, themselves, calamity.

³ And they continued crying out one to another, and said, Holy––holy––holy, is Yahweh of hosts,––the fulness of the whole earth, is his glory.

⁴ Without me, one hath bowed under a prisoner Yea, under the slain, do they fall! For all this, hath his anger, not turned back, But, still, is his hand outstretched.

² Lo, GOD, is my salvation! I will trust, and not dread,––For, my might and melody, is Yah, Yahweh, And he hath become mine, by salvation. ³ Therefore shall ye draw water, with rejoicing,––out of the fountains of salvation.

⁷ The path of a righteous man, is, even,––O Upright One! the track of a righteous man, thou makest level.

¹⁹ Thy dead, shall come to life again, My dead body, they shall arise,––Awake and shout for joy, ye that dwell in the dust, For, a dew of light, is thy dew, And, earth, to the shades, shall give birth.

¹³ Wherefore My Lord hath said,––Because this people, hath drawn near, with their mouth, And, with their lips, have honoured me, But, their heart, have they moved far from me, And so their reverence of me hath become A commandment of men, in which they have been schooled,

¹ Lo! in righteousness, shall reign, a king, Yea, even princes, with equity, shall bear rule.

²³ Whom, hast thou reproached, and insulted? And, against whom, hast thou lifted high thy voice? Yea thou hast proudly raised thine eyes, against the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁸ Unto whom, then, can ye liken GOD? Or, what likeness, can ye compare unto him?

¹⁰ Ye, are my witnesses, Declareth Yahweh, And my Servant, whom I have chosen,––That ye may take note––and believe me, And perceive that, I, am He, Before me, was not formed a GOD, Nor, after me, shall one come into being: ¹¹ I––I, am Yahweh,––And there is none, besides me, ready to save:

⁶ Thus, saith Yahweh––King of Israel, Even his Redeemer, Yahweh of hosts,––I, am, First, and, I, Last, And, besides me, there is, no God.

⁸ Do not ye dread, nor yet be alarmed, Have I not, from olden time, told thee and declared? So that, ye, are my witnesses,––Whether there is, a GOD besides me? Or is no, Rock––I knew of none!

²⁴ Only in Yahweh––for me, Hath one said, Is there righteousness and strength, Unto him, shall come and turn pale––All who have been incensed against him:

¹ Shout in triumph, O barren one, Who hadst not borne,––Break forth into shouts of triumph––and trill thy voice, Who hadst not travailed in birth, For, more, are the children of the Desolate Than the children of Her who had the husband, Saith Yahweh.

¹¹ And, the dogs, are greedy, they know not to be satisfied, Yea, they, are shepherds, who know not to discern,––All of them, unto their own way, have turned, Every man to his unjust gain, on every hand:

¹¹ And, the dogs, are greedy, they know not to be satisfied, Yea, they, are shepherds, who know not to discern,––All of them, unto their own way, have turned, Every man to his unjust gain, on every hand: ¹² Come ye! I will fetch wine, Let us fill ourselves with strong drink,––And, like this day, shall, tomorrow, be––Great beyond measure!

¹⁵ For, thus, saith he that is high, and lifted up––Inhabiting futurity, And, holy, is his name: A high and holy place, will I inhabit, Also with the crushed and lowly in spirit, To revive the spirit of the lowly, and, To revive the heart of them who are crushed; ––

⁸ The priests, said not, Where, is Yahweh? And, they who handled the law, did not acknowledge me, And, the shepherds, transgressed against me,––And, the prophets, prophesied by Baal, And so, after things that could not profit, did they walk.

³ Therefore have been withholden the showers, And, the latter rain, hath not come,––Yet, the forehead of an unchaste woman, hast thou, Thou hast refused to be ashamed.

⁹ Are ye to steal, commit murder, and commit adultery, and swear, falsely, and burn incense unto Baal,––and walk after other gods, whom ye have not known; ¹⁰ And will ye then come in, and stand before me, in this house, whereon my Name hath been called, and say,––We have set ourselves free,––for the purpose of committing all these abominations?

¹² Were they led to turn pale, because, an abominable thing, they had done? Nay! they did not, at all, turn pale, Nay! they did not so much as know how, to exhibit shame! Therefore, shall they fall among them who are falling, In the time when they are punished, shall they be overthrown, Saith Yahweh:

¹⁴ Why, are, we, sitting still? Gather yourselves together, and let us enter the defenced, cities, And let us be silent there,––For, Yahweh our God, hath put us to silence, And made us drink poisoned water, Because we have sinned against Yahweh.

⁶ Thy dwelling, is in the midst of deceit,––Through deceit, have they rejected the knowledge of, me, Declareth Yahweh.

²³ Thus, saith Yahweh, Let not, the wise man, glory, in his wisdom, Neither let, the mighty man, glory, in his might,––Let not, the rich man, glory, in his riches;

⁶ None, there is, like unto thee, O Yahweh,––Great, art, thou, And, great, is, thy Name, for might.

⁹ Languisheth! she who had given birth to seven, She hath breathed out her life, Her sun, hath gone in, while yet it was day, She hath turned pale, and hath turned red,––And, the remnant of them, to the sword, will I deliver before their enemies, Declareth Yahweh.

¹⁰ I––Yahweh, Searching the heart, Testing the affections; And giving to every man, According to his way, According to the fruit of his doings.

⁹ And, the moment I speak, concerning a nation, or concerning a kingdom,––to build, and to plant; ¹⁰ and it commit wickedness in mine eyes, in not hearkening unto my voice, then will I repent concerning the good wherewith I had said I would do it good.

¹⁶ [Did he not] plead the cause of the oppressed and the needy, And, then, it was well? Was not, that, to know, me? Demandeth Yahweh.

¹⁰ For, though ye had smitten all the force of the Chaldeans who are fighting with you, and there had remained of them only desperately wounded, men, yet, every man in his tent, should have arisen and burnt this city, with fire.

¹⁹ Thus have ye profaned me unto my people, for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, Putting to death the souls that should not die, and, Keeping alive the souls that should not live,––By your lying to my people, who hearken to lies.

²⁶ Her priests, have done violence to my law, And have profaned my holy things, Between the hallowed and the common, have they put no difference, And, between the unclean and clean, have they not taught men to discern,––And, from my sabbaths, have they hid their eyes, So that I have been profaned in their midst.

²¹ Son of man, The arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt, have I broken,––And lo! it hath not been bound up––To apply healing remedies, To put on a bandage for binding it up, To make it strong to grasp the sword. ²² Therefore, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh––Behold me! against Pharaoh king of Egypt, Therefore will I break his arms, That which is strong, and, That which is broken,––So will I cause the sword to fall out of his hand. ²³ And I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations,––And scatter them throughout the lands; ²⁴ And will uphold the arms of the king of Babylon, And put my sword into his hand,––And will break the arms of Pharaoh, And he shall utter the groans of one thrust through, before him.

² Son of man, Prophesy against the shepherds of Israel,––Prophesy, and thou shalt say unto them, even to the shepherds––Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh––Alas! for the shepherds of Israel who have been tending, themselves, Is it not, the flock, that the shepherds should tend?

²³ And I will raise up over them one shepherd, And he shall tend them, Even my servant David,––He, will tend them, And, he, will become to them a shepherd;

¹⁰ But, as for the Levites, Who went far from me, when Israel went astray, Who went astray from me, after their manufactured gods, Therefore shall they bear their iniquity.

¹⁰ But, as for the Levites, Who went far from me, when Israel went astray, Who went astray from me, after their manufactured gods, Therefore shall they bear their iniquity. ¹¹ Yet shall they remain in my sanctuary, As attendants in charge at the gates of the house,––And attending upon the house,––They, shall slay the ascending–offering, and the sacrifice of the people, And, they, shall stand before them, to wait upon them. ¹² Because they used to wait upon them, before their manufactured gods, and became to the house of Israel a stumbling–block of iniquity, For this cause, have I lifted up my hand concerning them, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh, and they shall bear their iniquity;

¹⁵ But, the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, Who kept the charge of my sanctuary––when the sons of Israel went astray from me, They, shall draw near unto me, to wait upon me,––And shall stand before me, to bring near unto me the fat and the blood, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh: ¹⁶ They, shall enter into my sanctuary, and, They, shall draw near unto my table, to wait upon me,––So shall they keep my charge.

⁴⁸ Then, the king, exalted, Daniel, and, many large presents, gave he unto him, and set him to be ruler over all the province of Babylon,––and chief of the nobles, over all the wise men of Babylon.

¹⁷ By the decree of the watchers, is the thing, and [by] the mandate of the holy ones, the matter: to the intent that the living, may get to know, that the Most High, hath dominion, over the kingdom of men, and, to whomsoever he pleaseth, he giveth it, and, one low among men, he setteth up over it.

³⁰ the king spake and said, Is not, this, Babylon the great,––which, I myself, have built as the home of the kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the dignity of my majesty? ³¹ While yet the word was in the mouth of the king, a voice, out of the heavens, fell,––Unto thee, is it said, O Nebuchadnezzar the king, The kingdom, hath departed from thee;

³⁴ And, at the end of the days, I, Nebuchadnezzar, mine eyes unto the heavens, did uplift, and, mine understanding, unto me, returned, and, the Most High, I blessed, and, to him that liveth age–abidingly, I rendered praise and honour,––whose dominion, is an age–abiding dominion, and, his kingdom, lasteth from generation to generation;

³⁷ Now, I, Nebuchadnezzar, am praising and extolling and honouring the King of the Heavens, all whose works, are truth, and, his ways, right; and, them who walk in pride, he is able to abase,

²⁷ T’kel[=" Weighed"], ––thou art weighed in the balances, and found wanting;

³ Then, this Daniel, signalised himself, above the ministers and the satraps, because, a distinguished spirit, was in him, and, the king, thought to set him up over all the kingdom,

⁶ My people, are destroyed, for lack of knowledge,––Because, thou, hast rejected knowledge, therefore will I reject thee from ministering as priest unto me, and, because thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also, will forget thy children. ⁷ As they were magnified, so, they sinned against me,––My glory––for what was contemptible, did they exchange. ⁸ The sin of my people, they do eat,––and. unto their iniquity, lift they up every man his desire.

⁸ The sin of my people, they do eat,––and. unto their iniquity, lift they up every man his desire. ⁹ So doth it come to be––like people, like priest,––therefore will I visit upon him his ways, and, his doings, will I bring back to him;

⁹ So doth it come to be––like people, like priest,––therefore will I visit upon him his ways, and, his doings, will I bring back to him; ¹⁰ And they shall eat, and not be satisfied, they have encouraged unchastity, yet have not been making increase,––for unto, Yahweh, have they left off giving heed:–– ¹¹ Unchastity, and wine, and new wine, take away the heart.

¹ Come, and let us return unto Yahweh! for, he, hath torn, that he might heal us,––smitten, that he might bind us up. ² He will bring us to life, after two days,––on the third day, will he raise us up, that we may live before him.

² and said––I cried––out of my distress––unto Yahweh, and he answered me,––Out of the belly of hades, called I, Thou didst hear my voice. ³ For thou hast cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and, a flood, enveloped me,––All thy breakers and thy rolling waves, over me, passed. ⁴ And, I, said, I am driven out from before thine eyes,––Yet will I again have regard unto thy holy temple: ⁵ The waters, encompassed me, to the peril of my life, The roaring deep, enveloped me,––The sea–weed, was wrapped about my head: ⁶ To the roots of the mountains, went I down, As for the earth, her bars, were about me, age–abidingly,––Then didst thou bring up––out of the pit––my life, O Yahweh my God.

¹ Alas for them who devise iniquity and work wickedness upon their beds,––in the light of the morning, they will execute it, for it is in the power of their hand. ² Thus do they covet fields and seize them, and houses and take them away,––and so they oppress the master and his household, the man and his inheritance.

⁵ Thus, saith Yahweh, concerning the prophets who are leading astray my people,––who bite with their teeth, and then cry––Prosper! and whoso holdeth not to their mouth, they hallow against him a war!

¹ A prayer by Habakkuk the prophet,––in the manner of an Ode.

¹⁸ Yet, I, in Yahweh, will rejoice,––I will exult in the God of my salvation.

¹⁵ A day of indignation,––that day! day of danger and distress, day of rush, and of crash, day of obscurity, and deep gloom, day of cloud, and thick darkness;

⁶ Then responded he, and spake unto me, saying, This, is the word of Yahweh, unto Zerubbabel, saying,––Not by wealth, nor by strength, but by my spirit, saith Yahweh of hosts.

⁴ Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, Yet shall old men and old women sit in the broadways of Jerusalem,––Yea, each one with his staff in his hand for multitude of days:

⁶ A son, will honour a father, and, a servant, his lord,–– If then, a father, I am, where is mine honour? And, if, a lord, I am, where is my reverence? saith Yahweh of hosts–– to you, ye priests, who despise my Name, and yet say, Wherein have we despised thy Name?

¹⁰ Who is there, even among you, that will shut the doors, so as not to set light to mine altar, for nothing? I can take no pleasure in you, saith Yahweh of hosts, and, your present, can I not accept at your hand.

¹² But ye are profaning me,–– in that ye say, As for the table of the Lord, polluted it is, and, as for his produce, contemptible is his food. ¹³ And ye have said, Lo! what a weariness! And ye have snuffed at Me, saith Yahweh of hosts, and have brought in the torn and the lame and the sick, thus have ye brought the present,–– Could I accept it at your hand? saith Yahweh.

¹³ And ye have said, Lo! what a weariness! And ye have snuffed at Me, saith Yahweh of hosts, and have brought in the torn and the lame and the sick, thus have ye brought the present,–– Could I accept it at your hand? saith Yahweh.

¹ Now, therefore, for you, is this charge, O ye priests:–– ² If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory to my Name, saith Yahweh of hosts, then will I send among you the curse, and will curse your blessings,––and indeed I have cursed them, because ye are not at all laying it to heart. ³ Behold me! threatening, on your account, the seed, and I will scatter refuse upon your faces, the refuse of your festivals,––and one shall carry you away unto it; ⁴ So shall ye know that I sent unto you this charge,––as being my covenant with Levi, saith Yahweh of hosts. ⁵ My covenant, was with him, Life and Well–being, so I gave them to him––[I] as One to be revered–– and he did revere me,–– and, before my Name, dismayed, was he. ⁶ The deliverance of truth, was in his mouth, and, perverseness, was not found in his lips,–– In well–doing and in uprightness, walked he with me, and, multitudes, did he turn from iniquity. ⁷ For, the lips of a priest, should keep knowledge, and, a deliverance, should men seek at his mouth,–– for, the messenger of Yahweh of hosts, he is. ⁸ But, ye, have departed out of the way, ye have caused multitudes to stumble at the deliverance,–– ye have violated the covenant of Levi, saith Yahweh of hosts.

⁸ But, ye, have departed out of the way, ye have caused multitudes to stumble at the deliverance,–– ye have violated the covenant of Levi, saith Yahweh of hosts. ⁹ Therefore, I also, will suffer you to be despised and of no account unto all the people,––in proportion as none of you have been keeping my ways, but have had respect to persons, in giving your deliverance.

¹³ And, this, a second time, will ye do, covering with tears, the altar of Yahweh, weeping and making outcry,––because he will not again turn unto the gift, and receive [it] with acceptance, at your hands?

¹³ Stout against me, have been your words, saith Yahweh,––and yet ye say, What have we spoken, one to another, against thee?

¹⁶ Then Herod, seeing that he had been mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly enraged,––and sent and slew all the male children that were in Bethlehem, and in all its bounds, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had ascertained from the wise men. ¹⁷ Then was fulfilled, that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet, saying: ¹⁸ A voice, in Ramah, was heard, weeping and great mourning,––Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted,––because they are not.

¹² Whereas, the sons of the kingdom, shall be cast forth into the darkness outside,––There, will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

³⁷ He that loveth father or mother above me, is not, worthy, of me,––and, he that loveth son or daughter above me, is not, worthy, of me;

⁴⁰ For, just as was Jonah in the belly of the sea–monster three days and three nights, so, will be the Son of Man, in the heart of the earth, three days and three nights.

⁷ Alas for the world! by reason of the causes of stumbling; for it is, necessary, that the causes of stumbling come,––nevertheless, alas for the man through whom the cause of stumbling cometh!

¹² And saith unto him––Friend! how camest thou in here, not having a wedding–garment? And, he, was put to silence. ¹³ Then, the king said unto the ministers, Binding him feet and hands, cast him forth into the darkness, outside: There, shall be wafting and gnashing of teeth.

¹⁶ And they sent forth to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying, Teacher! we know that, true, thou art, and, the way of God, in truth, dost teach, and it concerneth thee not about anyone,––for thou lookest not unto the face of men:

³¹ But, whensoever the Son of Man shall come in his glory, and all the messengers with him, then will he sit on his throne of glory; ³² And there will be gathered before him, all the nations, and he will separate them one from another, just as, the shepherd! separateth the sheep from the goats,––

³⁴ Then, will the king say to those on his right hand: Come ye, the blessed of my Father! Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;

¹⁸ And Jesus, coming near, spake unto them, saying––All authority, in heaven and on earth, hath been given unto me;

⁴⁶ And Mary said––My soul doth magnify the Lord, ⁴⁷ And my spirit hath exulted upon God my saviour; ⁴⁸ Because he hath looked upon the humbling of his handmaid; for lo! from the present time, all the generations, will pronounce me happy. ⁴⁹ Because he that is mighty hath done for me great things, and, holy, is his name; ⁵⁰ And his mercy is unto generations and generations, to them who revere him; ⁵¹ He hath wrought strength with his arm, He hath scattered men arrogant in the intention of their heart;

⁵¹ He hath wrought strength with his arm, He hath scattered men arrogant in the intention of their heart; ⁵² He hath deposed potentates from thrones, and uplifted the lowly;

⁵² He hath deposed potentates from thrones, and uplifted the lowly; ⁵³ The hungry, hath he filled with good things, and, the wealthy, hath he sent empty away;

⁵³ The hungry, hath he filled with good things, and, the wealthy, hath he sent empty away; ⁵⁴ He hath laid hold of Israel his servant, to be mindful of mercies: ⁵⁵ According as he spake unto our fathers,––To Abraham, and to his seed,––Unto times age–abiding. ⁵⁶ And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned unto her house.

⁶⁸ Blessed, be the Lord, the God of Israel! Because he hath visited and wrought redemption for his people, ⁶⁹ And hath raised up a horn of salvation for us, In the house of David his servant:

⁸⁰ And, the child, went on growing, and being strengthened in spirit, and was in the deserts, until the day he was pointed out unto Israel.

³⁴ And Symeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother––Lo! this one, is being set for the falling and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign to be spoken against;

⁴⁰ And, the child, went on growing, and waxing strong, becoming filled with wisdom; and, the favour of God, was upon it.

⁵² And, Jesus, went on advancing in wisdom, and in stature, and in favour with God and men.

²⁶ If anyone cometh unto me, and hateth not his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, further also, even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

²⁵ But Abraham said––Child! remember––That thou didst duly received thy good things in thy life, and, Lazarus, in like manner, the evil things; but, now, here, he is comforted, and, thou, art in anguish.

²⁷ But, these mine enemies who desired not that I should be made king over them, bring ye here, and slay them outright before me.

²¹ For, just as the Father waketh up the dead, and quickeneth them, in like manner, the Son also, whom he pleaseth, doth quicken. ²² For neither doth, the Father, judge anyone,––but, all the judging, hath given unto the Son: ²³ That, all, may honour the Son, just as they honour the Father: he that doth not honour the Son, doth not, in fact, honour the Father who sent him.

²⁵ Verily, verily, I say unto you: There cometh an hour, and now is, when, the dead, shall hearken unto the voice of the Son of God, and, they who have hearkened, shall live. ²⁶ For, just as, the Father, hath life, in himself, in like manner, unto the Son also, hath he given, life, to have, in himself; ²⁷ And, authority, hath he given him, to be executing, judgment,––because, Son of Man, is he! ²⁸ Do not be marveling at this: because there come an hour, in which, all they in the tombs, shall hearken unto his voice, ²⁹ and shall come forth,––they who, the good things, have done, unto a resurrection, of life; but, they who the corrupt things, have practised, unto a resurrection, of judgment.

⁴⁴ How can, ye, believe,––Glory from one another, receiving; and, the glory which is from the only God, are not seeking?

⁴⁹ Jesus answered––I, have not, a demon, but honour my Father: and, ye, dishonour me.

⁵⁵ And yet ye have not come to know him; but, I, do know him: If I say, I know him not, I shall be like you––false; but I know him, and, his word, am I keeping.

²⁵ Jesus said unto her––I, am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth on me, even though he die, shall live again!

²⁶ If, with me, anyone be ministering, with me, let him be following; and, where, I, am, there, my minister also, shall be. If anyone, with me, be ministering, the Father, will honour him.

³⁹ On this account, they could not believe, because, again, said Isaiah–– ⁴⁰ He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; lest they should see with their eyes, and should understand with their heart, and should turn,––and I should heal them.

³¹ When, therefore, he had gone out, Jesus saith––Just now, was, the Son of Man, glorified, and, God, was glorified in him; ³² And, God, will glorify him, in himself,––and, straightway, glorify him.

³ And, these things, will they do, because they got to know, neither the Father nor me.

³ And, this, is the age–abiding life, That they get to know thee, the only real God, and him whom thou didst send, Jesus Christ. ⁴ I, glorified thee on the earth, The work, finishing, which thou hast given me that I should do. ⁵ And, now, glorify me––thou, Father! with thyself, with the glory which I had, before the world’s existence, with thee.

⁴⁷ Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And, the Lord, was adding them who were being saved, daily, together.

²⁷ For they were gathered together, of a truth, in this city, against thy holy servant Jesus, whom thou hadst anointed,––both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with them of the nations, and peoples of Israel; ––

³ But look out for yourselves, brethren, seven men from among you, who can be well–attested, full of Spirit and wisdom,––whom we will appoint over this need;

⁴ And, falling unto the earth, he heard a voice saying unto him––Saul! Saul! why, me, art thou persecuting?

³⁸ How God anointed him with Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed by the adversary, because, God, was with him.

¹⁵ and saying––Men! Why, these things, are ye doing? We also, of like nature with you, are men, bringing you the good news, that from these vain things, ye should be turning unto a living God:––Who made heaven and the earth and the sea and all things therein;

²¹ Inasmuch as, having come to know God, not, as God, did they glorify him, or give him thanks, but were made fruitless in their reasonings, and darkened was their undiscerning heart,

²⁸ And, even as they did not approve to be holding, God, in acknowledgment, God gave them up unto a disapproved mind to be doing the things that are not becoming, ²⁹ Filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, baseness, full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil disposition, ³⁰ Whisperers, detractors, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, vain boasters, inventors of vices, unto parents unyielding,

¹⁹ Now we know that, whatsoever things the law saith, to them who are within the law, it speaketh, in order that, every mouth, may be stopped and all the world come, under penal sentence, unto God.

⁸ Happy, the man whose sin the Lord will in nowise reckon.

¹¹ And, not only, so, but are even boasting in God, through our Lord Jesus [Christ], ––through whom, now, the reconciliation we have received.

¹⁰ But, thou, why dost thou judge thy brother? Aye! and thou, why dost thou despise thy brother? For, all of us, shall present ourselves unto the judgment seat of God; ¹¹ For it is written––Living am, I, saith the Lord, unto me, shall bow every knee, and, every tongue, shall openly confess unto God. ¹² Hence, [then], each one of us, of himself shall give account unto God.

¹⁸ For, he that in this doeth service unto the Christ, is acceptable unto God, and approved unto men.

⁴ Whatsoever things, in fact, were written aforetime, [all] for our own instruction were written,––in order that, through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have their hope.

¹⁸ For, they who are such, unto our Lord Christ are not doing service, but unto their own belly,––and, through their smooth and flattering speech, deceive the hearts of the innocent.

⁵ So then, not before the fitting time, be judging anything,––until the Lord shall come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and, then, the praise shall come to each one, from God.

⁹ But, we ourselves, within ourselves, have had the sentence of death, that we might not rest our confidence upon ourselves, but upon God, who raiseth the dead, ¹⁰ Who, out of so great a death, rescued us, and will rescue,––unto whom we have turned our hope, [that], even yet, he will rescue:

⁹ Pursued, but not abandoned, thrown down, but not destroyed; –– ¹⁰ At all times, the putting to death of Jesus, in our body, bearing about, in order that, the life also of Jesus, in our body, may be made manifest;

¹⁰ For, we all, must needs be made manifest before the judgment seat of the Christ, that each one may get back the things done by means of the body, according to the things which he practised, whether good or corrupt.

¹⁶ So that, we, henceforth, know, no one, after the flesh: if we have even been gaining, after the flesh, a knowledge of Christ,

⁸ through glory and dishonour, through bad report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true,

¹⁵ And what concord hath Christ with Beliar? Or what part hath a believer with an unbeliever?

⁹ And at once he said unto me––Sufficient for thee, is my favour, for, my power, in weakness, is made complete. Most gladly, therefore, will I rather boast in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may spread a tent over me.

²⁷ For it is written––Be gladdened, O barren one! that wast not giving birth, break forth and shout, thou that wast not in birth–pains,––because, more, are the children of the deserted one, than of her that had the husband.

¹⁴ Stand therefore,––having girded your loins with truth, and put on the breastplate of righteousness,

³ For, we, are the circumcision, who in the Spirit of God, are doing divine service, and are boasting in Christ Jesus, and, not in flesh, having confidence,––

¹⁹ Whose, end, is destruction, whose, God, is the belly, and [whose], glory, is in their shame, who, upon the earthly things, are resolved.

⁴ Rejoice in the Lord always: again, I will say––rejoice!

⁶ For nothing, be anxious, but, in everything, by your prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let, your petitions, be made known unto God;

¹³ I have might, for all things, in him that empowereth me.

⁵ For there is, one, God, one, mediator also, between God and men,––a man––Christ Jesus:

⁷ It is needful, moreover, to have, an honourable testimony also, from them who are without, lest, into reproach, he fall, and the snare of the adversary.

¹¹ But, thou, O man of God! from these things, flee! and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, meekness;

³ Who, being an eradiated brightness of his glory, and an exact representation of his very being, also bearing up all things by the utterance of his power, purification of sins, having achieved, sat down on the right hand of the majesty in high places:

¹⁷ Whence he was obliged, in every way, unto the brethren, to be made like, that he might become a merciful and faithful high–priest, in the things pertaining unto God,––for the making of propitiation for the sins of the people.

¹² For, living, is the word of God, and, energetic, and more cutting than any knife with two edges, and penetrating as far as a dividing asunder of soul and spirit, of joints also, and marrow, and able to judge the impulses and designs of the heart;

²⁵ Whence he is able, even to be saving unto the very end, them who approach, through him, unto God; Since he evermore liveth to be interceding in their behalf. ²⁶ For, such a high–priest as this, for us, was [even] suited: Loving, noble, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and become, higher than the heavens; ²⁷ Who hath no daily necessity, like the high–priests, beforehand, over his own sins, to be offering sacrifices, after that, over those, of the people,––for, this, he did once for all when, himself, he offered up. ²⁸ For, the law, constituteth, men, high–priests, having, weakness; but, the word of the oath–taking, which cometh after the law, A Son, age–abidingly, made perfect.

²⁶ For, if, by choice, we be sinning, after the receiving of the full–knowledge of the truth, no longer, for sins, is there left over, a sacrifice,

³⁴ Quenched the power of fire, escaped the mouths of the sword, were made powerful from weakness, became mighty in battle, overturned, camps of aliens;

⁹ But boasting be the lowly brother in his uplifting; ¹⁰ Whereas the rich, in his being brought low,––because, as a flower of grass, he will pass away;

⁵ Hearken! my brethren beloved:––Hath not, God, chosen the destitute in the world [to be] rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?

¹⁷ But, the wisdom from above, is––first pure, then peaceable, reasonable, easy to be entreated, fraught with mercy and good fruits, without partiality, without hypocrisy.

¹⁰ Be made low in presence of the Lord, and he will lift you up.

⁵ who, in God’s power, are being guarded through faith unto salvation––ready to be revealed in the last ripe time:

⁷ In order that the proving of your faith––much more precious than of gold that perisheth even though, by means of fire, it is proved––may be found unto praise and glory and honour in the revealing of Jesus Christ,–– ⁸ Whom, not having seen, ye love, on whom, though at present not looking, but believing, ye exult with joy unspeakable and filled with glory,

¹⁶ Inasmuch as it is written––Holy shall ye be, because, I, am holy.

² Shepherd the beloved flock of God, which is among you,––not by compulsion, but by choice, nor yet for base gain, but of a ready mind,–– ³ Nor yet as lording it over the allotted portions, but becoming, ensamples, to the beloved flock;

²¹ For not, by will of man, was prophecy brought in, at any time, but, as, by Holy Spirit, they were borne along, spake, men, from God.

¹³ Doing wrong themselves, for a reward of wrong, accounting, a delight, their day–time delicacy, spots and blemishes, indulging in delicacies with their stratagems, as they carouse together with you, ¹⁴ Having, eyes, full of an adulteress, and that cannot rest from sin, enticing unstable souls, having, a heart trained in greed,––children of a curse,–– ¹⁵ Forsaking a straight path, they have gone astray, following out the way of Balaam [son] of Beor, who loved, a reward of wrong,

¹⁷ These, are fountains without water, and mists, by a tempest, driven along,––for whom, the gloom of darkness, hath been reserved; ¹⁸ For, great swelling words of vanity, uttering, they entice with carnal covetings––in wanton ways––them who are, well–nigh, escaping from the men who, in error, have their behaviour;

¹² Unto Demetrius, hath witness been borne by all and by the truth itself; howbeit, we also, bear witness, and thou knowest that, our witness, is, true.

¹ Jude, Jesus Christ’s servant, and brother of James, unto, the called, by God the Father, beloved, and, by Jesus Christ preserved,––

³ Beloved! though I was using all diligence to be writing unto you concerning our common salvation, yet have I had necessity to write at once unto you, exhorting you to be earnestly contending for, the faith, once for all delivered unto the saints.

¹² These are they––who, in your love–feasts, are hidden rocks, as they fare sumptuously together, fearlessly, themselves, shepherding,––clouds without water, by winds swept along, trees autumnal, fruitless, twice dead, uprooted, ¹³ Wild waves of sea, foaming out their own infamies, wandering stars, for whom the gloom of darkness age–abiding hath been reserved.

¹⁵ To execute judgment against all, and to convict all the ungodly––of all their works of ungodliness, which they committed in ungodliness, and of all the hard things which they have spoken against him––sinners, ungodly! ¹⁶ These, are murmurers, complainers, according to their covetings, going on,––and, their mouth, speaketh great swelling words,––holding persons in admiration, for profit’s sake.

⁶ and he hath made us [to be] a kingdom––priests unto his God and Father, Unto him, be the glory, and the dominion, unto the ages. Amen.

¹⁸ and the Living One,––and I became dead; ––and lo! living, am I, unto the ages of ages, and have the keys of death and of hades.

²⁰ Nevertheless, I have against thee, that thou sufferest the woman Jezebel, she who calleth herself a prophetess, and is teaching and leading astray my own servants to commit lewdness and to eat idol–sacrifices;

²³ and, her children, will I slay with death; ––and all the assemblies shall get to know, that, I, am he that searcheth reins and hearts, and will give unto you, each one, according to your works.

²¹ He that overcometh, I will give, unto him, to take his seat with me in my throne, as, I also, overcame, and took my seat with my Father in his throne.

¹⁰ And didst make them, unto our God, a kingdom and priests,––and they reign on the earth.

²⁰ Be glad over her, thou heaven! And ye saints, and ye apostles, and ye prophets! For that God hath exacted your vindication from her.

¹¹ And I saw a great white throne, and him that was sitting thereon, from whose face fled the earth and heaven, and, place, was not found for them. 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, the book, of life; and the dead, were judged, out of the things written in the books, according to their works. ¹³ And the sea gave up the dead that were in it, and, death and hades, gave up the dead that were in them; and they were judged, each one, according to their works. ¹⁴ And, death and hades, were cast into the lake of fire. This, is, the second death––the lake of fire. ¹⁵ And, if anyone was not found, in the book of life, written, he was cast into the lake of fire.

⁵ And, night, shall be, no more; and they have no need of the light of a lamp or the light of a sun, because, the Lord, God, will give them light,––and they shall reign unto the ages of ages.