Ecclesiastes 12 Cross References - Rotherham

¹ Yet remember thy Creator, in the days of thy vigour,––or ever come in, the days of discomfort, and the years arrive, in which thou shalt say––I have, in them, no pleasure; ² Or ever be darkened––the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars,––and the clouds return after a downpour of rain; ³ In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the men of might bow themselves,––and the grinders cease because they are few, and they who look through the windows are darkened; ⁴ And the doors in the street be closed, when the sound of the mill become low,––and one rise at the chirp of a small bird, and low–voiced be all the daughters of song; ⁵ Yea, at what is high, they be in fear, and there be, terrors, in the way, and the almond be rejected, and the grasshopper drag itself along, and desire perish,––for man is going to his age–abiding home, when the wailers shall go round in the streets; ⁶ Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken,––or the bucket by the fountain be shivered, or the wheel at the well be broken; ⁷ And the dust return to the earth, as it was,––and, the spirit, return unto God, who gave it.
⁸ Vanity of vanities, saith the Proclaimer, all, is vanity. ⁹ Besides that, the Proclaimer being wise,––still further taught knowledge unto the people, and weighed and searched, arranged proverbs in abundance. ¹⁰ The Proclaimer sought to find out words giving delight, and to note down rightly, the words of truth. ¹¹ The words of the wise, are as goads, yea, as driven nails, their well–ordered sayings,––given from one shepherd. ¹² And besides, from them, my son, be admonished,––Of making many books, there is no end, and, much study, is a weariness of the flesh.
¹³ The conclusion of the matter––the whole, let us hear,––Towards God, be reverent, and, his commandments, observe, for, this, [concerneth] all mankind. ¹⁴ For, every work, will God bring into judgment, with every hidden thing,––whether good, or evil.

⁷ So then Yahweh God formed man, [of the] dust of the ground, and breathed in his nostrils the breath of life––and man became a living soul.

¹⁹ In the sweat of thy face, shalt thou eat bread, until thou return to the ground, because, therefrom, wast thou taken,––For, dust, thou art, And, unto dust, shalt thou return.

²⁷ And Abraham responded, and said,––Behold, I pray thee, I have ventured to speak unto My Lord, though, I, am dust and ashes:

¹² Then he said, Do not put forth thy hand, unto the young man, neither do to him––anything at all,––for, now, know I that, one who reverest God, thou art, when thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only one, from me.

¹ And it came to pass that Isaac, was old, and his eyes became too dim to see, so he called Esau his elder son, and said unto him,––My son! And he said unto him, Behold me!

² And it came to pass that, Yahweh, was with Joseph, so that he became a prosperous man,––and was in the house of his lord the Egyptian.

⁸ And he refused and said unto his lord's wife, Lo! my lord, taketh no note with me as to what is in the house, - but, all that pertaineth to him, hath he delivered into my hand: ⁹ There is no one greater in this house than I, neither hath he withheld from me, anything, save only thyself, in that, thou, art his wife,––how, then, could I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?

²³ After nothing, was the chief of the prison looking, of whatever was in his hand,––in that, Yahweh, was with him, and, whatsoever, he, was doing, Yahweh, was causing to prosper.

³⁸ And he said, My son shall not go down with you,––For, his brother, is dead, and, he alone, is left, and, as surely as there befall him any mischief by the way wherein ye go, so surely shall ye bring down my grey hairs with sorrow unto hades.

²⁹ As surely as ye take, this one also, away from before my face, and there befall him any mischief, so surely shall ye bring down my grey hairs, with misfortune, to hades.

³¹ so surely shall it come to pass that, when he seeth that the lad is not, with us, then will he die. So shall thy servants bring down the grey hairs of thy servant our father, with sorrow, to hades.

¹⁰ Now, the eyes of Israel, had become dim from old age,––he could not see,––so he drew them near unto him, and kissed them, and embraced them.

²⁴ But abideth, as an enduring one, his bow, And supple are the arms of his hands,––From the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, From thence, is the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel:

³ And they fulfilled for him forty days, for, so, are they wont to fulfill the days of the embalmed,––and the Egyptians wept for him seventy days. ⁴ And, when the days of weeping for him were passed, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying,––If, I pray you, I have found favour in your eyes, speak ye, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying: ⁵ My father, made me swear, saying,––Lo! I, am about to die,––in my grave which I digged for myself, in the land of Canaan, there, shalt thou bury me. Now, therefore, let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and return. ⁶ And Pharaoh said,––Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.
⁷ So Joseph went up, to bury his father,––and there went up with him all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt; ⁸ and all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and the house of his father,––only, their little ones and their flocks and their herds, left they, in the land of Goshen. ⁹ And there went up with him, both chariots, and horsemen,––so it came to pass that, the company, was exceeding great. ¹⁰ And they came in, as far as the threshing–floor of the Buckthorn, which is beyond the Jordan, then wailed they there––an exceeding great and grievous wailing,––and he made for his father a mourning, of seven days.

³² Before a hoary head, shalt thou rise up, And shalt honour the presence of an elder,––So shalt thou stand in awe of thy God––I, am Yahweh.

²² And they fell upon their faces, and said, O GOD, the God of the spirits of all flesh,––shall, one man, sin, and, against all the assembly, wilt thou be wroth.

¹⁶ Let Yahweh, God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the assembly;

² Ye shall not add unto the word which, I, am commanding you, neither shall ye take away therefrom,––that ye may keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, which, I, am commanding you.

² that thou mayest revere Yahweh thy God, [so as] to keep all his statutes and his commandments which I am commanding thee, thou, and thy son and thy sons’ son, all the days of thy life,––and that thy days may be prolonged.

¹² Now, therefore, O Israel, what is, Yahweh thy God, asking of thee,––but to revere Yahweh thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve Yahweh thy God, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul:

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.

¹⁸ But, as for Samuel, he was ministering before Yahweh,––a boy girded with an ephod of linen.

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

² But it came to pass, at that time, when Eli was lying down in his place, his eyes, having begun to be dim, he could not see,

¹⁹ And Samuel grew,––and, Yahweh, proved to he with him, and let none of all his words fall to the ground. ²⁰ So all Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, came to know,––that Samuel had become confirmed as a prophet unto Yahweh. ²¹ Thus did Yahweh again appear in Shiloh,––for Yahweh had revealed himself unto Samuel in Shiloh, in the word of Yahweh.

¹⁵ Now, Eli, was ninety–eight years old; and his eyes were fixed, that he could not see.

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.

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.

¹² So he sent, and brought him in. Now, he, was ruddy, a stripling with handsome eyes, and noble mien. Then said Yahweh––Rise––anoint him, for, this, is, he. 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.

³⁶ Thy servant could slay, either a lion or a bear,––and, this uncircumcised Philistine, shall become, as one of them, for he hath reproached the ranks of a Living God. ³⁷ And David said, Yahweh, who hath rescued me out of the power of the lion, and out of the power of the bear, he, will rescue us out of the hand of this Philistine. Then said Saul unto David––Go! and, Yahweh, will be with thee.

³⁵ Eighty years old, am I today––could I discern between good and bad? or could thy servant taste what I might eat, and what I might drink? or could I hearken any more to the voice of singing men and singing women? Wherefore, then, should thy servant yet be a burden unto my lord the king?

¹⁵ And the Philistines had yet again a war with Israel,––so David went down, and his servants with him, and fought the Philistines, and David became faint. ¹⁶ So, Ishbi–benob, who was of the descendants of the giant, the weight of whose spear–head, was three hundred shekels of bronze, he also being newly armed, thought to smite David; ¹⁷ but Abishai son of Zeruiah, came to his help, and smote the Philistine, and slew him. Then, sware the men of David unto him, saying––Thou must not go forth any more with us, to battle, that thou quench not the lamp of Israel.

⁶ Then said Solomon––Thou, didst deal, with thy servant David my father, in great lovingkindness, according as he walked before thee, in truth and in righteousness and in uprightness of heart, with thee,––and thou hast kept, for him, this great lovingkindness, that thou hast given unto him a son, to sit upon his throne, as it is this day. ⁷ Now, therefore, O Yahweh my God, thou, hast made thy servant king, instead of David my father,––and, I, am but a little child, I know not how to go out and come in. ⁸ And, thy servant, is in the midst of thy people, whom thou hast chosen,––a numerous people, that cannot be numbered or summed up, for multitude. ⁹ Wilt thou, then, give unto thy servant, a heart that hearkeneth, to judge thy people, to discern between good and bad,––for who is able to judge this thine honoured people? ¹⁰ And the thing was good in the eyes of the Lord,––that Solomon had asked this thing; ¹¹ And God said unto him––Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself many days, nor asked for thyself riches, nor asked the lives of thine enemies,––but hast asked for thyself discernment, in hearing a cause, ¹² lo! I have done according to thy word,––lo! I have given unto thee a wise and discerning heart, so that, like thee, hath been none, before thee, and, after thee, shall rise up none, like thee.

³² And he spake three thousand proverbs,––and it came to pass that, his songs, were a thousand and five.

¹² Then, said Solomon,––Yahweh, said, that he would make his habitation in thick gloom: ¹³ I have, built, a house as a high abode for thee,––A settled place for thee to abide in, for ages. ¹⁴ And the king turned about his face, and blessed all the convocation of Israel,––while all the convocation of Israel was standing; ¹⁵ and he said––Blessed, be Yahweh, God of Israel, who spake with his mouth, unto David my father,––that which with his hand he hath fulfilled, saying:–– ¹⁶ Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel, out of Egypt, I had chosen no city, out of all the tribes of Israel, for building a house, where my Name might be,––but I have chosen Jerusalem, that my Name should be there, and I have chosen David, to be over my people Israel: ¹⁷ And so it came to pass, that it was near the heart of David my father,––to build a house for the Name of Yahweh, God of Israel. ¹⁸ Then said Yahweh unto David my father, Because it was near thy heart to build a house for my Name, thou didst well that it was near thy heart; ¹⁹ Only, thou thyself, must not build the house,––but, thine own son who hath proceeded out of thy loins, he, shall build the house, for my Name. ²⁰ So then Yahweh hath established his word which he spake,––and I have been raised up in the room of David my father, and have taken my seat upon the throne of Israel, as spake Yahweh, and have built the house for the Name of Yahweh, God of Israel; ²¹ and have appointed there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of Yahweh,––which he solemnised with our fathers, when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt.

⁸ How happy, are thy wives, how happy, are these thy servants,––who do stand before thee continually, who hear thy wisdom!

¹³ Then shall all Israel lament for him, and bury him, for, this one, pertaining to Jeroboam, shall reach a burying–place,––because there hath been found in him something good toward Yahweh, God of Israel, in the house of Jeroboam.

¹² so shall it come to pass, as soon as, I, go from thee, that, the spirit of Yahweh, shall carry thee away––whither I know not, and so, when I go in to tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, then will he slay me,––and yet, thy servant, hath revered Yahweh, from my youth.

² And he did that which was right, in the eyes of Yahweh,––and walked in the ways of David his father, and turned not aside, to the right hand or to the left. ³ And, in the eighth year of his reign, he, being yet a boy, he began to seek unto the God of David his father,–and, in the twelfth year, he began to purify Judah and Jerusalem, from the high places and the Sacred Stems, and the carved images and the molten images.

⁸ And, now, for a very little moment, hath come favour from Yahweh our God, in leaving to us a remnant to escape, and in giving to us a nail in his holy place,––that our God may enlighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.

¹⁹ How much more the dwellers in houses of clay, which, in the dust, have their foundation, which are crushed sooner than a moth: ²⁰ Betwixt morning and evening, are they broken in pieces, With none to save, they utterly perish:

²¹ And why wilt thou not remove my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? For, now, in the dust, should I lie down, and thou shouldst seek me diligently, and I should not be.

¹⁰ Both hoary and venerable, are among us, one mightier than thy father in days!

¹³ If I wait for hades as my house, in darkness, have spread out my couch;

¹¹ His bones, are full of youthful vigour, yet, with him––in the dust, shall it lie down.

²⁸ And said to the son of earth, Lo! the reverence of the Lord, that, is wisdom, and, to avoid evil, is understanding.

² Even the strength of their hands, wherefore was it mine? Upon them, vigour was lost;

²³ For I know that, unto death, thou wilt bring me back, even unto the house of meeting for every one living.

¹⁴ If he should set against him his heart, His spirit and his inspiration, unto himself he should withdraw. ¹⁵ All flesh together, would cease to breathe, and, the earth–born, unto dust, would return.

⁹ For, thou, art he that severed me from the womb, he that caused me to trust, upon the breasts of my mother; ¹⁰ Upon thee, was I cast from the time I was born, From the womb of my mother, my GOD, hast thou been.

¹ [A Melody of David.]
Yahweh, is my shepherd––I shall not want:

¹¹ Come, ye children! hearken unto me, The reverence of Yahweh, will I teach you.

⁷ Roaring deep unto roaring deep, is calling, at the voice of thy cataracts, All thy breakers and thy rolling waves, over me, have passed.

¹⁰ For it is seen that, the wise, die, Together with the dullard, and the brutish, do they perish, And leave, to others, their wealth: ¹¹ Their, inward thought, is that their houses are for times age–abiding, Their habitations, for generation after generation,––They give their own names unto lands! ¹² But, a son of earth, though wealthy, cannot tarry, He hath made himself a by–word––Beasts, they resemble: ¹³ This, their way, is a folly to them, And yet, their followers, with their mouth, approve. [Selah.] ¹⁴ Like sheep––into hades, are they driven, Death shall shepherd them,––And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning, Even their form, is to decay, Hades, is all that remaineth of a habitation for him.

⁹ Surely, vanity, are men of low degree, Deception, men of high degree,––In the balances, they go up, They, are [made] of vanity, altogether.

¹⁷ O God, thou hast taught me from my youthful days, And, hitherto, have I been wont to tell of thy wonders; ¹⁸ Even now, therefore, that I am old and grayheaded, O God, do not forsake me,––Until I tell of thine arm unto a [new] generation, Unto every one that is to come, thy might;

¹⁸ Even now, therefore, that I am old and grayheaded, O God, do not forsake me,––Until I tell of thine arm unto a [new] generation, Unto every one that is to come, thy might;

²⁰ Thou who hast let us see many distresses and misfortunes, Wilt again bring us to life, And, out of the resounding depths of the earth, wilt again raise us up;

¹⁶ The waters saw thee, O God, The waters saw thee, They were in birth–throes, Yea the resounding deeps were stirred;

¹ [To the Chief Musician. For "the Lilies of Testimony." Asaph’s. A Melody.]
O Shepherd of Israel, give ear, Thou who leddest forth Joseph like a rock, Thou who art throned on the cherubim, appear!

³ Thou causest man to return unto dust, And hast said––Return, ye sons of Adam!

⁹ For, all our days, decline in thy wrath,––We end our years like a sigh. ¹⁰ The days of our years, have, in them, three score years and ten, And, if, by reason of strength, they have fourscore years, Yet, their boast, is labour and sorrow, For it hath passed quickly, and we have flown away.

¹⁰ The days of our years, have, in them, three score years and ten, And, if, by reason of strength, they have fourscore years, Yet, their boast, is labour and sorrow, For it hath passed quickly, and we have flown away.

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.

²³ He hath prostrated, in the way, my strength,––He hath shortened my days.

¹⁰ The beginning of wisdom, is the reverence of Yahweh, Good discretion, have all that do them, His praise, endureth for aye.

¹³ He will bless them who revere Yahweh, the small with the great. ¹⁴ Yahweh multiply you, You, and your children. ¹⁵ Blessed are ye of Yahweh, who made the heavens and the earth:

¹⁹ The desire of them who revere him, will he fulfill, and, their cry, will he hear, and will save them.

⁴ His spirit, goeth forth, he returneth to his ground, In that very day, his thoughts perish.

¹¹ Yahweh, hath pleasure, in them who revere him, in them who wait for his lovingkindness.

¹ The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, King of Israel:

¹ The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, King of Israel: ² For the knowledge of wisdom and correction, for discerning the sayings of intelligence; ³ For receiving the correction of prudence, righteousness and justice, and equity; ⁴ For giving To the simple shrewdness, To the young man, knowledge and discretion. ⁵ A wise man, will hear, and will increase learning, and a, discreet man, wise counsels, will acquire, ⁶ By gaining discernment of proverb, and satire, the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

⁶ By gaining discernment of proverb, and satire, the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
⁷ The reverence of Yahweh, is the beginning of knowledge, Wisdom and correction, the foolish have despised.

⁶ Hear, for, princely things, will I speak, and the opening of my lips shall be of equity; ⁷ For, faithfulness, shall my mouth softly utter, but, the abomination of my lips, shall be lawlessness; ⁸ In righteousness, shall be all the sayings of my mouth, nothing therein, shall be crafty or perverse; ⁹ All of them, shall be plain, to them who would understand, and just, to such as would gain knowledge. ¹⁰ Receive my correction, and not silver, and knowledge, rather than choicest gold.

¹⁷ I, love, them who love me, and, they who diligently seek me, find me:

¹ The Proverbs of Solomon: A wise son, maketh a glad father, but, a foolish son, is the grief of his mother.

²³ A man hath joy, in the answer of his own mouth, and, a word in its season,––how good!

²⁶ An abomination to Yahweh, are the plottings of the wicked, but, with the pure, are sayings of sweetness.

²¹ The wise in heart, shall be called intelligent, and, sweetness of lips, increaseth persuasiveness.
²² A well–spring of life, is discretion to its owner, but, the correction of the foolish, is folly.
²³ The heart of the wise, giveth discretion to his mouth, and, upon his lips, increaseth persuasiveness.
²⁴ A comb of honey, are pleasant words, sweet to the taste and healing to the bone.

³¹ A crown of adorning, is a hoary head, in the way of righteousness, it should be found.

²³ The reverence of Yahweh, leadeth to life, satisfied then, let a man remain––let him not be visited by calamity.

²⁹ The beauty of young men, is their strength, and, the ornament of old men, a hoary head.

⁶ Train up a youth, in the direction of his duty, even when he becometh old, he will not depart from it.

¹⁷ Incline thine ear and hear the words of wise men, then, thy heart, wilt thou apply to my teaching;

¹⁷ Incline thine ear and hear the words of wise men, then, thy heart, wilt thou apply to my teaching; ¹⁸ For sweet shall they be, when thou shalt keep them in thine inmost mind, they shall fit well together, upon thy lips. ¹⁹ That in Yahweh may be thy trust, I have made them known to thee today, even to thee. ²⁰ Have I not written for thee noble things, with counsels and knowledge: ²¹ To cause thee to know the meaning of faithful sayings, that thou mayest give back faithful sayings to them who ask thee.

¹⁷ Let not thy heart be envious of sinners, only of the reverence of Yahweh, all day long;

¹ These also, are proverbs of Solomon,––which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah transcribed.

¹¹ Golden fruit in figured silver baskets, is a word spoken on fitting occasion. ¹² A ring of gold, and a vessel of precious metal, is a wise reprover, on a hearing ear.

¹ The words of the Proclaimer, son of David, king in Jerusalem. ² Vanity of vanities! saith the Proclaimer, vanity of vanities! all, is vanity.

¹² I, the Proclaimer, was king over Israel, in Jerusalem.

¹⁴ I saw all the works which were done under the sun,––and lo! all, was vanity, and a feeding on wind.

¹⁸ For, in much wisdom, is much vexation,––and, he that increaseth knowledge, increaseth pain.

³ I sought out with my heart, to cherish with wine, my flesh,––but, my heart, was to guide with wisdom, even in laying hold of folly, until I should see which was blessedness for the sons of men, as to that which they could do, under the heavens, during the number of the days of their life.

¹⁷ Therefore I hated life, for, a vexation unto me, was the work which was done under the sun,––for, all, was vanity, and a feeding on wind.

¹⁷ Said, I, in my heart, Both the righteous and the lawless, will God judge,––for [there will be] a time for every pursuit, and concerning every work––there.

²⁰ all, go unto one place,––all, came from the dust, and all, return to the dust. ²¹ Who knoweth the spirit of the sons of men, whether it, ascendeth, above,––or the spirit of the beast, whether it, descendeth, below, to the earth?

⁴ Then saw, I, all the toil and all the skill of the work, that, for this, a man was envied of his neighbour,––even this, was vanity, and a feeding on wind.

⁷ For [it was done] amidst a multitude of dreams, and vanities, and many words,––but, towards God, be thou reverent.

¹² For who knoweth what is good for a man throughout his life, for the number of the days of his life of vanity, seeing he will make them, like a shadow,––for who can tell a man, what shall be after him, under the sun?

⁸ No man, hath power over the spirit, to retain the spirit, and, none, hath power over the day of death, and there is no furlough in war,––neither shall lawlessness deliver them who are given thereto.

¹² Though a sinner be committing wickedness a hundred times, and continuing long in his own way, yet I surely know that it shall be well to them who revere God, who stand in awe before him;

¹⁰ Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, with thy might, do,––for there is no work nor calculation nor knowledge nor wisdom, in hades, whither, thou, art going.

⁷ Truly sweet is the light,––and, pleasant to the eyes, to see the sun: ⁸ But, though, many years, a man live, through them all, let him rejoice; yet let him remember the days of darkness, for many they may be, all that cometh, may be vanity.

⁸ But, though, many years, a man live, through them all, let him rejoice; yet let him remember the days of darkness, for many they may be, all that cometh, may be vanity. 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. ¹⁰ Therefore remove thou vexation from thy heart, and put away discomfort from thy flesh,––for, youth and dawn, are vanity!

³⁰ Yea he will growl at him, in that day, like the growling of the sea,––Though he look hard for the land, lo! the darkness of distress, Yea, the light, hath grown dark in its clouds!

²³ And I will fasten him as a peg in a sure place,––And he shall become a throne of glory, to the house of his father;

⁸ Surely, in the path of thy regulations, O Yahweh, we waited for thee,––Unto thy Name and unto thy Memorial, was there a longing of soul:

¹¹ Like a shepherd, his flock, will he tend, In his own arm, will he take up the lambs, And, in his own bosom, will he carry [them], ––Them which are with young, will he lead to a place of rest.

⁴ Even, unto old age, I, am, the same, And, unto grey hairs, I, will bear the burden,––I, have made, and, I, will carry, Yea, I, will bear the burden and will deliver.

¹⁶ For, not age–abidingly, will I contend, Nor perpetually, will I be wroth,––For, spirit, before me, would faint, Even, the breathing souls, which, I, had made.

¹¹ Moreover the Word of Yahweh came unto me, saying, What canst thou see, Jeremiah? And I said, A twig of an almond–tree, can I see.

¹⁷ Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, Consider ye diligently and call for the wailing women, that they may come,––And, unto the wise women, send ye, that they may come; ¹⁸ Yea let them make haste, and lift up over us a wailing,––That our eyes, may run down, with tears, And, our eyelashes, stream down with water; –– ¹⁹ Yea, a voice of wailing, hath been heard out of Zion, How are we ruined! We have turned very pale, For we have left the land, For they have cast down our habitations. ²⁰ For hear, O ye women, the word of Yahweh, And let your ear take in the word of his mouth,––And teach your daughters a wail, Yea, each woman––her neighbour, a dirge:––

²⁹ Is not my word, like this, Like fire? Demandeth Yahweh,––And like a hammer, that breaketh in pieces a cliff?

¹⁰ And I will banish from among them––The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, The voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride,––The sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp:

¹⁶ So King Zedekiah aware unto Jeremiah, secretly, saying,––By the life of Yahweh, who made for us, this soul, I will in no wise put thee to death, Neither will I deliver thee into the hand of these men, who are seeking thy life.

²⁷ Good it is for a man, that he should bear the yoke in his youth.

⁷ And, when I quench thee, I will cover the heavens, And obscure their stars,––The sun––with a cloud, will I cover, And, the moon, shall not shed her light; ⁸ As for all the light–bearers in the heavens, I will obscure them over thee,––And will stretch out darkness over thy land, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh.

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;

⁸ But Daniel laid it upon his heart, that he would not defile himself with the delicacies of the king, nor with the wine which he drank,––therefore sought he of the ruler of the eunuchs, that he might not defile himself. ⁹ But, although God had brought Daniel into lovingkindness and tender compassion, before the ruler of the eunuchs,

¹⁷ And, as for these four youths, God, gave them, knowledge and skill, in all learning and wisdom,––and, Daniel, had discernment, in all visions and dreams.

² and, many of the sleepers in the dusty ground, shall awake,––these, [shall be] to age–abiding life, but, those, to reproach, and age–abiding abhorrence;

⁹ Foreigners have, eaten up, his strength, and, he, knoweth it not,––even gray hairs, are sprinkled upon him, and, he, knoweth it not.

⁸ He hath told thee, O son of earth, what is good,––what then is, Yahweh, seeking of thee, but, to do justice, to delight in lovingkindness, and humbly to walk with thy God?

² Then said he unto me, What canst thou see? And I said––I have looked, and lo! a Lampstand––all of gold, with the Bowl thereof upon the top thereof, and its Seven Lamps upon it, Seven Pipes each, to the lamps which are upon the top thereof; ³ and, Two Olive–trees, by it,––one upon the right hand of the bowl, and one upon the left hand thereof.

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:

¹ The oracle of the word of Yahweh, on Israel,––Declareth Yahweh––Stretching out the heavens, and founding the earth, and fashioning the spirit of man within him:

⁷ But, seeing, many of the Pharisees and Sadducees, coming unto his immersion, he said to them,––Broods of vipers! who suggested to you, to be fleeing from the coming wrath?

²⁶ Then do not fear them,––for, nothing hath been covered, which shall not be, uncovered, and, hidden, which shall not be, made known.

³⁶ But I say unto you, That, every useless expression that men shall utter, they shall render, concerning it, an account, in a day of judgment;

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,–– ³³ And he will set, the sheep, indeed, on his right hand, but, the goats, on the left. 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; ³⁵ For I hungered, and ye gave me to eat, I thirsted, and ye gave me drink, a stranger, was I, and ye took me home, ³⁶ Naked, and ye clothed me, sick, and ye visited me, in prison, was I, and ye came unto me. ³⁷ Then, will the righteous answer him, saying: Lord! when, saw we thee––hungry, and fed thee, or thirsty, and gave thee drink? ³⁸ And, when, saw we thee––a stranger, and took thee home, or naked, and clothed thee? ³⁹ And, when, saw we thee––sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? ⁴⁰ And, answering, the king will say unto them: Verily, I say unto you––Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my least brethren, unto me, ye did it. ⁴¹ Then, will he say unto those also, on his left hand: Depart ye from me, accursed ones! Into the age–abiding fire, which hath been prepared for the adversary and his messengers; ⁴² For I hungered, and ye gave me not to eat, [and] I was thirsty, and ye gave me not to drink, ⁴³ A stranger, was I, and ye took me not home, naked, and ye clothed me not, sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. ⁴⁴ Then, will, they also, answer, saying: Lord! when saw we thee––hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and ministered not unto thee? ⁴⁵ Then, will he answer them, saying: Verily, I say unto you––Inasmuch as ye did it not, unto one of these least, neither unto me, did ye it. ⁴⁶ And, these, shall go away, into, age–abiding, correction, but, the righteous, into, age–abiding, life.

³⁸ And they come into the house of the synagogue–ruler, and he observeth a tumult, and persons weeping and wailing greatly; ³⁹ and, entering, he saith unto them––Why are ye making a tumult, and weeping? The child, is, not dead, but, is sleeping;

¹ Seeing, indeed, that, many, had taken in hand to re–arrange for themselves a narrative, concerning the facts which have been fully confirmed amongst us,–– ² according as they who from the beginning became eye–witnesses and attendants of the Word delivered them unto us, ³ it seemed good, even to me, having closely traced from the outset all things accurately, to write unto thee, in order, most excellent Theophilus: ⁴ that, as touching the matters which thou hadst been taught by word of mouth, thou mightest obtain full knowledge, of the certainty.

¹⁵ For he shall be great before the Lord, and, wine and strong drink, in nowise may he drink, and, with Holy Spirit, shall he be filled, already, from his mother’s womb;

⁵⁰ And his mercy is unto generations and generations, to them who revere him;

⁴⁰ And, the child, went on growing, and waxing strong, becoming filled with wisdom; and, the favour of God, was upon it.
⁴¹ And his parents used to journey yearly into Jerusalem, at the feast of the passover. ⁴² And, when he became twelve years, and they went up, according to the custom of the feast, ⁴³ and completed the days, and then were returning, the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem,––and his parents noticed it not; ⁴⁴ but, supposing him to be in the company, went a day’s journey, and then began to seek for him among their kinsfolk and acquaintances, ⁴⁵ and, not finding him, returned unto Jerusalem, seeking him. ⁴⁶ And it came to pass, that, after three days, they found him in the temple, sitting amidst the teachers,––both hearkening unto them, and questioning them. ⁴⁷ Now all who heard him were beside themselves, because of his understanding and his answers. ⁴⁸ And, when they behold him, they were astounded, and his mother said unto him––Child! why, hast thou dealt with us, thus? Lo! thy father and I, in anguish, were seeking thee. ⁴⁹ And he said unto them––Why was it that ye were seeking me? Perceived ye not, that, in the courts of my Father, I must needs be? ⁵⁰ And, they, understood not the thing which he spake to them. ⁵¹ And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was submitting himself unto them. And, his mother, was closely observing all these things in her heart. ⁵² And, Jesus, went on advancing in wisdom, and in stature, and in favour with God and men.

¹ Amongst which things, when the ten thousands of the multitude were gathered together, so that they were treading one upon another, he began to be saying, unto his disciples, first––Be keeping yourselves free from the leaven of the Pharisees, the which is, hypocrisy. ² But, nothing, hath been, covered up, which shall not be uncovered, and hidden, which shall not be made known.

²⁹ But Abraham saith––They have Moses and the Prophets: Let them hearken unto them. ³⁰ But, he, said––Nay! father Abraham, but, if one, from the dead, should go unto them, they would repent. ³¹ But he said unto him––If, unto Moses and the Prophets, they do not hearken, neither, if one, from among the dead, should arise, would they be persuaded.

¹⁶ But, Jesus, called them near, saying––Suffer, the children, to be coming unto me, and do not hinder them; for, of such, is the kingdom of God.

¹⁰ Jesus answered, and said unto him––Art, thou, the teacher of Israel, and, these things, knowest not? ¹¹ Verily, verily, I say unto thee: What we know, we speak, and, of what we have seen, we bear witness, and, our witness, ye receive not.

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.

³⁹ Ye search the Scriptures, because, ye, think, by them, to have, life age–abiding; and, those [Scriptures], are they which bear witness concerning me:

¹⁴ I, am the good shepherd, and know my own, and, my own, know me,––

³¹ but, these, are written, that ye may believe that, Jesus, is, the Christ, the Son of God; and that, believing, ye may have life in his name.

²⁵ Now there are many other things also, which Jesus did, which, indeed, if they were to be written one by one, not even the world, itself, I suppose, would contain, the books which must be written.

³⁷ And, when they heard this, they were pricked to the heart, and said unto Peter and the rest of the apostles––What are we to do, brethren?

³⁰ The times of ignorance, therefore, overlooking, God, as things now are, is charging all men everywhere to repent, ³¹ inasmuch as he hath appointed a day, in which he is about to be judging the habitable earth in righteousness, by a man whom he hath pointed out,––offering faith unto all, by raising him from among the dead?

¹⁶ In the day on which God judgeth the secrets of men according to my glad–message through Christ Jesus.

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.

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.

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.

⁴ For, the weapons of our warfare, are not fleshly, but mighty, by God, unto a pulling down of strongholds,––

⁴ And ye fathers, be not provoking your children to anger, but be nourishing them up in the discipline and admonition of the Lord.

⁵ Because of the hope that is lying by for you in the heavens, of which ye heard before, in the word of the truth of the glad–message,

¹⁵ Faithful, the saying! and, of all acceptance, worthy,––that, Christ Jesus, came into the world, sinners, to save: of whom, the chief, am, I; ––

¹⁵ And that, from a babe, those sacred letters, thou hast known which are able to make thee wise unto salvation, through the faith which is in Christ Jesus:

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;

²⁷ And, inasmuch as it is in store for men––once for all to die, but after this, judgment,

⁹ Furthermore, indeed, the fathers of our flesh, we used to have, as administrators of discipline, and we used to pay deference: shall we not, much rather, submit ourselves to the Father of our spirits and, live?

²³ in high festival,––and unto an assembly of firstborn ones, enrolled in the heavens,––and unto God, judge of all,––and unto the spirits of righteous ones made perfect,––

²⁰ But, the God of peace, He that led up from among the dead the great Shepherd of the sheep, with the blood of an age–abiding covenant,––our Lord Jesus,

¹⁷ Unto all men, give honour, unto the brotherhood, shew love, unto God, give reverence, the king, hold in honour.

⁴ And, when the Chief Shepherd is manifested, ye shall bear away, the unfading crown of glory.

¹⁹ And we have, more firm, the prophetic word; ––whereunto ye are doing, well, to take heed,––as unto a lamp shining in a dusky place,––until, day, shall dawn, and, a day–star, shall arise in your hearts:–– ²⁰ Of this, first, taking note––that, no prophecy of scripture, becometh, self–solving; 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.

²² And sound of harp–singers, and musicians, and flute–players, and trumpeters,––in nowise be heard in thee any more; and any artisan [of any art], ––in nowise be found in thee any more; and sound of millstone,––in nowise be found in thee any more;

⁵ And, a voice, from the throne, came forth, saying––Be giving praise unto our God, all ye his servants, ye that revere him, the small and the great.

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.