Luke 24 Cross References - Rotherham

¹ but, on the first day of the week, at early dawn, unto the tomb, came they, bringing the spices which they had prepared. ² And they found the stone, rolled away from the tomb; ³ but, when they entered, they found not the body [of the Lord Jesus]. ⁴ And it came to pass, while they were perplexing themselves concerning this, that lo! two men, stood near them, in dazzling raiment. ⁵ And, they becoming afraid, and bending their faces unto the ground, they said unto them––Why seek ye the Living One with the dead? ⁶ [He is not here, but hath arisen:] Remember how he spake unto you while yet he was in Galilee: ⁷ Saying, as to the Son of Man, that he must needs be delivered up into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified,––and, on the third day, arise. ⁸ And they remembered his sayings; ⁹ and, returning [from the tomb], reported all these things unto the eleven, and unto all the rest. ¹⁰ Now they were the Magdalene Mary, and Joana, and Mary the mother of James; and, the other women with them, were telling, unto the apostles, these things. ¹¹ And these sayings appeared before them, as if idle talk, and they were minded to disbelieve them. ¹² [But, Peter, arising, ran unto the tomb,––and, bending near, beholdeth the linen bandages, alone; and departed, unto himself, marveling at the thing that had happened.]
¹³ And lo! two from among them, on the selfsame day, were journeying unto a village, distant sixty furlongs from Jerusalem, the name of which, was Emmaus; ¹⁴ and, they, were conversing one with another, about all these things which had occurred. ¹⁵ And it came to pass, as they were conversing and reasoning together, that, Jesus himself, drawing near, was journeying with them; ¹⁶ but, their eyes, were held, so as not to know him. ¹⁷ And he said unto them––What are these things which ye are debating one with another, as ye walk along? And they came to a stand, sad in countenance. ¹⁸ But one, by name Cleopas, answering, said unto him––Art, thou, lodging, alone, in Jerusalem, and knowest not the things which have come to pass therein in these days? ¹⁹ And he said unto them––What things? And, they, said unto him––The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene, who became a prophet, mighty in work and word, before God and all the people: ²⁰ In what way also our High–priests and Rulers delivered him up unto a sentence of death, and crucified him. ²¹ We, however, were hoping that, he, was the one destined to redeem Israel! But indeed, even with all these things, this brings on, the third, day, since these things happened:–– ²² Nay! certain women also, from amongst us, have made us beside ourselves, in that they went early unto the tomb; ²³ and, not finding his body, came, saying––that, a vision of messengers, they had seen, who were affirming him to be alive. ²⁴ And certain of them who were with us departed unto the tomb,––and found so, according as, the women, had said; but, him, they saw not. ²⁵ And, he, said unto them––O thoughtless ones! and slow in heart to rest your faith upon all things which the prophets have spoken:–– ²⁶ Was it not needful for the Christ, these very things, to suffer, and to enter into his glory? ²⁷ And, beginning from Moses, and from all the prophets, he thoroughly explained to them, in all the Scriptures, the things concerning himself. ²⁸ And they drew near unto the village, whither they were journeying; and, he, made for journeying, further. ²⁹ And they constrained him, saying––Abide with us; because it is, towards evening, and the day hath already declined. And he went in to abide with them. ³⁰ And it came to pass, when he reclined with them, taking the loaf, he blessed, and, breaking it, went on to give unto them. ³¹ And, their, eyes were opened, and they knew him; and, he, vanished from them. ³² And they said one to another––Was not, our heart, burning, as he was speaking to us in the way, as he was opening to us the Scriptures? ³³ And, arising in that very hour, they returned unto Jerusalem,––and found, gathered together, the eleven, and them who were with them, ³⁴ saying––In truth, the Lord hath arisen, and hath appeared unto Simon! ³⁵ And, they, went on to relate the things, [that had passed] on the journey, and how he was made known unto them in the breaking of the loaf.
³⁶ Now, as, these very things, they were telling, he himself, stood in their midst [and saith unto them––Peace to you!] ³⁷ But, being agitated and becoming, afraid, they began to imagine, that, upon a spirit, they were looking. ³⁸ And he said unto them––Why are ye troubled? and for what cause do reasonings arise in your hearts? ³⁹ See my hands, and my feet,––that it is, I, myself: Handle me, and see! because, a spirit, hath not, flesh and bones, as ye perceive, I, have. ⁴⁰ [And, this saying, he pointed out to them his hands and his feet.] ⁴¹ Now, while yet they believed not for the joy, and were marveling, he said unto them––Have ye anything to eat, here? ⁴² And they gave unto him a piece of boiled fish; ⁴³ and, taking it before them, he did eat. ⁴⁴ And he said unto them––These, are my words, which I spake unto you yet being with you: That all the things that are written in the law of Moses and the Prophets and Psalms, concerning me, must needs be fulfilled. ⁴⁵ Then, opened he their mind, to understand the Scriptures; ⁴⁶ and said unto them––Thus, it is written, That the Christ, should suffer, and arise from among the dead on the third day; ⁴⁷ And that repentance for remission of sins should be proclaimed upon his name unto all the nations,––beginning from Jerusalem. ⁴⁸ Ye, are witnesses of these things. ⁴⁹ And lo! I, am sending forth the promise of my Father upon you; but tarry, ye, in the city, until ye be clothed, from on high, with power.
⁵⁰ And he led them forth as far as unto Bethany; and, uplifting his hands, he blessed them. ⁵¹ And it came to pass, while he was blessing them, he parted from them [and was born up into heaven.] ⁵² And, they, [having bowed down unto him] returned unto Jerusalem, with great joy; ⁵³ and were continually in the temple, blessing God.

⁵⁵ Now there were there, many women, from afar, beholding, who indeed had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him; ⁵⁶ among whom was Mary the Magdalene, also Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

¹ And, late in the week, when it was on the point of dawning into the first of the week, came Mary the Magdalene, and the other Mary, to view the sepulchre. ² And lo! a great commotion occurred,––for, a messenger of the Lord, descending out of heaven, and coming near, had rolled away the stone, and was sitting upon it. ³ Now his appearance, was, as lightning, and, his clothing, white as snow; ⁴ and, for fear of him, they who were keeping watch were thrown into a commotion, and became as dead men. ⁵ But the messenger, answering, said unto the women––Be not, ye, afraid! For I know that, Jesus the crucified, ye are seeking: ⁶ He is not here, for he hath arisen, as he said. Come! see the place where he lay; ⁷ And, quickly going, tell his disciples––He hath arisen from the dead, and lo! he is going before you into Galilee; ––There, shall ye yourselves see him: Lo! I have told you. ⁸ And, departing quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, they ran to bring tidings unto his disciples.

⁴⁰ And there were, women also, from afar, looking on,––among whom were both Mary the Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the Little and Joses, and Salome;

¹ And, the Sabbath having passed, Mary the Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, that, coming, they might anoint him. ² And, very early, on the first of the week, they are coming towards the tomb––when, the sun, arose. ³ And they were saying one to another––Who, shall roll away for us the stone, out of the door of the tomb? ⁴ And, looking up, they observe that the stone hath been rolled up,––for it was exceeding great. ⁵ And, entering into the tomb, they saw a young man, sitting on the right, clothed with a white robe,––and they were greatly alarmed. ⁶ But, he, saith unto them––Be not alarmed! Jesus, ye are seeking, the Nazarene, the crucified: He hath arisen! he is not here,––See! the place where they laid him! ⁷ But go your way, tell his disciples, and Peter––He is going before you into Galilee: there, shall ye yourselves see him,––according as he said unto you. ⁸ And, going out, they fled from the tomb, for, trembling and transport, were holding them; and, unto no one, said they, anything, for they were afraid.

² and certain women, who had been cured from evil spirits and infirmities,––Mary, the one called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone forth, ³ and Joana, wife of Chuza steward of Herod, and Susanna, and many others,––who indeed were ministering unto them out of their possessions.

⁵⁵ And the women, they who had come out of Galilee with him, following after, observed the tomb, and how his body was laid. ⁵⁶ And, returning, they made ready spices and perfumes. And, on the Sabbath, indeed, they were quiet, according to the commandment;

¹⁰ Now they were the Magdalene Mary, and Joana, and Mary the mother of James; and, the other women with them, were telling, unto the apostles, these things.

¹ But, on the first day of the week, Mary the Magdalene, cometh early, while it is yet, dark, unto the tomb,––and beholdeth the stone, already taken away out of the tomb. ² She runneth, therefore, and cometh unto Simon Peter, and unto the other disciple whom Jesus dearly loved, and saith unto them––They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we know not where they have laid him.

⁶⁰ and laid it in his new tomb, which he had hewn in the rock, and, rolling near a large stone unto the door of the tomb, departed. ⁶¹ Now there were there, Mary the Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre. ⁶² And, on the morrow, which is after the preparation, the High–priests and the Pharisee were gathered together unto Pilate, ⁶³ saying––Sir! we have been put in mind that, that deceiver, said, while yet living,––After three days, will I, arise. ⁶⁴ Command, therefore, that the sepulchre be made secure until the third day,––lest once the disciples should come and steal him, and say unto the people, He hath arisen from the dead! and, the last deception, shall be, worse than the first. ⁶⁵ Pilate saith unto them––Ye have a guard: Go your way, secure it for yourselves, as ye know how. ⁶⁶ And, they, went and secured for themselves the sepulchre, sealing the stone, with the guard.

² And lo! a great commotion occurred,––for, a messenger of the Lord, descending out of heaven, and coming near, had rolled away the stone, and was sitting upon it.

⁴⁶ And, buying a fine Indian cloth, he took him down, and wrapped him about with the cloth, and laid him in a tomb, which had been hewn out of a rock,––and rolled near a stone upon the door of the tomb. ⁴⁷ Now, Mary the Magdalene, and Mary the mother of Joses, were viewing how he had been laid.

³ And they were saying one to another––Who, shall roll away for us the stone, out of the door of the tomb? ⁴ And, looking up, they observe that the stone hath been rolled up,––for it was exceeding great. ⁵ And the disciples coming, to the other side, had forgotten to take loaves.

²³ and, not finding his body, came, saying––that, a vision of messengers, they had seen, who were affirming him to be alive.

⁶ So Simon Peter also cometh, following him, and entered into the tomb, and vieweth the linen–bandages lying,–– ⁷ and the napkin, which was upon his head, not, with the linen–bandages, lying, but apart, folded up into one place.

² And he lifted up his eyes, and looked, and lo! three men, standing over against him,––so he looked, and ran to meet them from the opening of the tent, and bowed himself to the earth;

² And lo! a great commotion occurred,––for, a messenger of the Lord, descending out of heaven, and coming near, had rolled away the stone, and was sitting upon it. ³ Now his appearance, was, as lightning, and, his clothing, white as snow; ⁴ and, for fear of him, they who were keeping watch were thrown into a commotion, and became as dead men. ⁵ But the messenger, answering, said unto the women––Be not, ye, afraid! For I know that, Jesus the crucified, ye are seeking: ⁶ He is not here, for he hath arisen, as he said. Come! see the place where he lay;

⁵ And, entering into the tomb, they saw a young man, sitting on the right, clothed with a white robe,––and they were greatly alarmed.

¹¹ Howbeit, Mary, remained standing against the tomb, outside, weeping. So then, as she wept, she stooped aside into the tomb, ¹² and beholdeth two messengers, in white garments, sitting, one at the head, and the other at the feet, where had been lying the body of Jesus.

¹⁰ And, while they were looking steadfastly into heaven as he was going his way, then lo! two men had taken their stand beside them, in white garments,––

¹⁷ So he came near where I stood, and, when he came, I was terrified, and fell upon my face,––but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man, that, to the time of the end, belongeth the vision. ¹⁸ And, when he spake with me, I fell stunned upon my face, to the earth,––but he touched me, and caused me to stand up where I was.

⁷ And, I, Daniel, alone, beheld the revelation, and, the men who were with me, beheld not the revelation,––in truth, a great terror, had fallen upon them, and they had fled while hiding themselves. ⁸ I, therefore, was left alone, and beheld this great revelation, and there remained in me no strength,––but, my freshness, was turned upon me into disfigurement, and I retained no strength. ⁹ So then I heard the sound of his words,––and, when I heard the sound of his words, then, I myself, came to be in a deep sleep upon my face, with, my face, to the earth.
¹⁰ And lo! a hand, touched me; and roused me up on my knees and the palms of my hands. ¹¹ Then said he unto me, O Daniel! man greatly delighted in! have understanding in the words which, I, am about to speak unto thee, and stand up where thou art, for, now, have I been sent unto thee. And, when he had spoken with me this word, I stood up trembling. ¹² Then said he unto me, Do not fear, Daniel, for, from the first day that thou didst set thy heart to understand and to humble thyself before thy God, thy words were heard; and, I, am come, by reason of thy words.

¹⁶ Then lo! like the similitude of the sons of men, one was touching my lips,––so I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him who was standing before me, O my lord! By the revelation, my pains have seized me, and I retain no strength.

¹⁹ And he said, Do not fear, O man greatly delighted in! peace to thee, be strong, yea be strong! And, as he spake with me, I gained strength, and said, Let my lord speak, for thou hast strengthened me.

³ Now his appearance, was, as lightning, and, his clothing, white as snow; ⁴ and, for fear of him, they who were keeping watch were thrown into a commotion, and became as dead men. ⁵ But the messenger, answering, said unto the women––Be not, ye, afraid! For I know that, Jesus the crucified, ye are seeking:

⁵ And, entering into the tomb, they saw a young man, sitting on the right, clothed with a white robe,––and they were greatly alarmed. ⁶ But, he, saith unto them––Be not alarmed! Jesus, ye are seeking, the Nazarene, the crucified: He hath arisen! he is not here,––See! the place where they laid him!

¹² and Zachariah was troubled when he beheld, and, fear, fell upon him. ¹³ But the messenger said unto him––Do not fear, Zachariah! Inasmuch as thy supplication hath been hearkened to,––and, thy wife Elizabeth, shall bring forth a son to thee, and thou shalt call his name, John;

²⁹ And, she, at the word, was greatly troubled, and began to deliberate, of what kind, this salutation, might be.

³ Saw, in a vision, manifestly, as if about the ninth hour of the day, a messenger of God, coming in unto him, and saying unto him––Cornelius! ⁴ And he, looking steadfastly at him, and becoming full of fear, said––What is it, Lord? And he said unto him––Thy prayers and thine alms, have gone up for a memorial before God.

⁸ And, here, indeed, dying men take tithes, but, there, one of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.

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.

⁸ And, unto the messenger of the assembly, in Smyrna, write:––These things, saith the first and the last, who became dead, and lived:

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.

²¹ From that time, began Jesus Christ to be pointing out to his disciples that he must needs, into Jerusalem, go away, and, many things, suffer, from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain,––and on, the third day, arise.

²² And, as they were being gathered together in Galilee, Jesus said unto them––The Son of Man is about to be delivered up into the hands of men; ²³ And they will slay him, and, on the third day, will he, arise. And they were grieved exceedingly.

¹⁸ Lo! we are going up unto Jerusalem; and, the Son of Man, will be delivered up unto the chief–priests and Scribes, and they will condemn him, [to death], ¹⁹ And deliver him up unto the nations, to mock and to scourge and to crucify,––and, on the third day, he will, arise.

⁶³ saying––Sir! we have been put in mind that, that deceiver, said, while yet living,––After three days, will I, arise.

⁶ He is not here, for he hath arisen, as he said. Come! see the place where he lay;

³¹ And he began to be teaching them––The Son of Man, must needs suffer many things, and be rejected by the Elders and the High–priests and the Scribes,––and be slain; and, after three days, arise.

⁹ And, as they were coming down out of the mountain, he charged them, that, unto no one, they should narrate what they had seen, save whenever the Son of man, from among the dead should arise. ¹⁰ And, the word, they held fast unto themselves, discussing what was, the rising from among the dead.

³⁰ And, from thence, going forth, they were journeying through Galilee,––and he was not wishing that any should get to know it; ³¹ for he was teaching his disciples and saying [unto them], The Son of Man, is to be delivered up, into the hands of men, and they will slay him,––and, being slain, after three days, will he arise. ³² But they were not understanding the declaration, and feared, to question, him.

³³ Lo! we are going up unto Jerusalem; and, the Son of Man, will be delivered up, unto the Chief–priests and the Scribes,––and they will condemn him to death, and deliver him up unto the nations; ³⁴ And they will mock him, and spit upon him, and scourge him, and, slay; ––and, after three days, will he, arise.

²² saying––The Son of Man must needs suffer, many things, and be rejected by the Elders and High priests and Scribes, and be slain,––and, on the third day, arise.

⁴⁴ Lay, ye, up in your ears, these words; for, the Son of Man, is about to be delivered up, into the hands of men.

³¹ And, taking aside the twelve, he said unto them––Lo! we are going up unto Jerusalem, and all the things will be finished, which have been written through means of the prophets, respecting the Son of Man; ³² For he will be delivered up unto the nations, and be mocked, and insulted, and spit upon,–– ³³ and, having scourged him, they will slay him, and, on the third day, will, he, arise.

⁴⁴ And he said unto them––These, are my words, which I spake unto you yet being with you: That all the things that are written in the law of Moses and the Prophets and Psalms, concerning me, must needs be fulfilled. ⁴⁵ Then, opened he their mind, to understand the Scriptures; ⁴⁶ and said unto them––Thus, it is written, That the Christ, should suffer, and arise from among the dead on the third day;

¹⁹ Jesus answered, and said unto them––Take down this shrine, and, in three days, will I raise it. ²⁰ The Jews, therefore, said––In forty and six years, was this shrine built. And, thou, in three days, wilt raise it! ²¹ But, he, was speaking concerning the shrine of his body. ²² When, therefore, he had been raised from among the dead, his disciples remembered, that, this, he had been saying; and they believed in the Scripture, and in the word which Jesus had spoken.

¹⁶ These things, his disciples noticed not, at the first; but, when Jesus was glorified, then, remembered they that, these things, had, for him, been written,––and that, these things, they had done unto him.

²⁶ But, the Advocate, The Holy Spirit, which the Father will send in my name, He, will teach you all things, and will put you in mind, of all things which, I, told you.

¹⁰ She, going her way, bare tidings unto them who had come to be with him, as they were mourning and weeping.

²² Nay! certain women also, from amongst us, have made us beside ourselves, in that they went early unto the tomb; ²³ and, not finding his body, came, saying––that, a vision of messengers, they had seen, who were affirming him to be alive. ²⁴ And certain of them who were with us departed unto the tomb,––and found so, according as, the women, had said; but, him, they saw not.

⁵⁶ among whom was Mary the Magdalene, also Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

³⁰ And the apostles gather themselves together unto Jesus, and reported unto him all things, as many as they had done, and as many as they had taught.

⁴⁰ And there were, women also, from afar, looking on,––among whom were both Mary the Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the Little and Joses, and Salome; ⁴¹ who, when he was in Galilee, used to follow him, and minister unto him,––and many other women, who had come up with him unto Jerusalem.

⁹ [And, arising early, on the first of the week, he was manifested, first, unto Mary the Magdalene, from whom he had cast, seven demons. ¹⁰ She, going her way, bare tidings unto them who had come to be with him, as they were mourning and weeping. ¹¹ And, they, hearing that he was living, and had been looked upon by her, disbelieved.

¹¹ Howbeit, Mary, remained standing against the tomb, outside, weeping. So then, as she wept, she stooped aside into the tomb, ¹² and beholdeth two messengers, in white garments, sitting, one at the head, and the other at the feet, where had been lying the body of Jesus. ¹³ And, they, say unto her––Woman! why weepest thou? She saith unto them––They have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him. ¹⁴ These things saying, she turned round, and seeth Jesus standing, and knew not that it was, Jesus. ¹⁵ Jesus saith unto her––Woman! why weepest thou? Whom seekest thou? She, supposing he was, the gardener, saith unto him––Sir! If, thou, hast borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him; and, I, will take him away. ¹⁶ Jesus saith unto her––Mary! She, turning saith unto him, in Hebrew––Rabboni! which meaneth, Teacher. ¹⁷ Jesus saith unto her––Be not detaining me, for, not yet, have I ascended unto the Father; but be going unto my disciples, and say unto them––I am ascending unto my Father and your Father, and my God and your God. ¹⁸ Mary the Magdalene cometh, bringing tidings unto the disciples––I have seen the Lord! and that these things he had said unto her.

¹⁴ And Lot went forth and spake unto his sons–in–law who were about to take his two daughters, and said, Arise, come forth out of this place, for Yahweh is about to destroy the city. And it came to pass, that he was as one that laughed, in the eyes of his sons–in–law.

² Then the officer on whose hand the king leaned responded to the man of God, and said, Even if Yahweh were making windows in the heavens, could this thing, come to pass? And he said––Lo! thou, art about to see it with thine own eyes, but, thereof, shalt thou not eat!

¹⁶ Though I had called, and he had answered me, I could not believe, that he would lend an ear to my voice.

¹ [A Song of Ascents.]
When Yahweh brought back the captives of Zion, we were like them who dream:

¹¹ And, they, hearing that he was living, and had been looked upon by her, disbelieved.

²⁵ And, he, said unto them––O thoughtless ones! and slow in heart to rest your faith upon all things which the prophets have spoken:––

⁹ And, coming out, he began following, and knew not that it was true which was coming about through means of the messenger; but supposed that, a vision, he was beholding.

³ Peter, therefore, went out, and the other disciple,––and they were going unto the tomb; ⁴ and the two were running together, and, the other disciple, outran Peter, and came first unto the tomb; ⁵ and, stooping aside, beholdeth, lying, the linen–bandages, nevertheless, he entered not. ⁶ So Simon Peter also cometh, following him, and entered into the tomb, and vieweth the linen–bandages lying,–– ⁷ and the napkin, which was upon his head, not, with the linen–bandages, lying, but apart, folded up into one place. ⁸ Then, entered, therefore, the other disciple also, who had come first unto the tomb, and he saw and believed. ⁹ For, not yet, knew they the Scripture, that he must needs, from among the dead, arise. ¹⁰ The disciples, therefore, departed again, by themselves.

¹² But, after these things, unto two from among them, as they were walking, was he manifested, in a different form, as they were going unto a country place; ¹³ and, they, departing, bare tidings unto the rest,––but, even them, they believed not.

¹⁸ But one, by name Cleopas, answering, said unto him––Art, thou, lodging, alone, in Jerusalem, and knowest not the things which have come to pass therein in these days?

⁷ and thou shalt impress them upon thy sons, and shalt speak of them,––when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up;

⁶ Because, I, Yahweh, have not changed, therefore, ye, the sons of Jacob, have not been utterly consumed.

⁴⁵ The good man, out of the good treasure of the heart, bringeth forth that which is good; and, the wicked man, out of the wicked heart, bringeth forth that which is wicked; for, out of an overflowing of heart, speaketh, his mouth.

²⁰ For, where there are two or three, gathered together into my name, there, am I, in their midst.

³⁶ Now, as, these very things, they were telling, he himself, stood in their midst [and saith unto them––Peace to you!]

¹⁸ I will not leave you bereft,––I am coming unto you. ¹⁹ Yet a little, and, the world, no longer beholdeth me; but, ye, behold me,––Because, I, live, ye also, shall live.

¹⁸ And, when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto Yahweh, and said––Smite, I beseech thee, this people, with sudden blindness. And he smote them with sudden blindness, according to the word of Elisha. ¹⁹ Then Elisha said unto them––This, is not the way, neither is, this, the city, follow me, that I may lead you unto the man, whom ye would secure! So he led them to Samaria. ²⁰ And it came to pass, when they had entered Samaria, that Elisha said, O Yahweh! open the eyes of these men, that they may see! And Yahweh opened their eyes, and they saw, and lo! they were in the midst of Samaria!

¹² But, after these things, unto two from among them, as they were walking, was he manifested, in a different form, as they were going unto a country place;

³¹ And, their, eyes were opened, and they knew him; and, he, vanished from them.

¹⁴ These things saying, she turned round, and seeth Jesus standing, and knew not that it was, Jesus.

⁴ But, morning by this time drawing on, Jesus stood upon the beach; nevertheless, the disciples knew not that it was, Jesus.

⁴ Then said Yahweh unto him, Pass along through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem,––and set thou a mark upon the foreheads of the men who are sighing and crying over all the abominations. that are being done in her midst.
⁵ But, unto these, said he in mine ears, Pass along through the city after him, and smite,––let not your eye, shield, neither have ye pity: ⁶ elder, young man and virgin, and little ones and women, shall ye slay utterly, but, unto any man who hath upon him the mark, do not ye come near, and, at my sanctuary, shall ye begin. So they began with the elder men, who were before the house.

⁶ But, because, these things, I have told you, sorrow, hath filled your heart.

²⁰ Verily, verily, I say unto you––Ye, shall weep and lament, but, the world, shall rejoice: Ye, shall be grieved, but, your grief, into joy, shall be turned. ²¹ A woman, as soon as she is about to bring forth, hath, grief, because her hour hath come; but, as soon as she hath given birth to the child, no longer, remembereth she the anguish, by reason of the joy, that a human being into the world hath been born. ²² And, ye, therefore, now, indeed have grief; but, again, will I see you, and your heart shall rejoice,––and, your joy, no one, shall force from you.

²⁵ And there were standing by the cross of Jesus, his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary the Magdalene.

¹¹ And, the multitudes, were saying––This, is the prophet Jesus,––He from Nazareth of Galilee.

²⁴ saying––What have we in common with thee, Jesus of Nazareth? Hast thou come to destroy us? I know thee, who thou art, The Holy One of God.

¹⁶ And fear seized them, all, and they began to glorify God, saying––A great prophet, hath been raised up amongst us! and––God hath visited his people!

² The same, came unto him, by night, and said unto him––Rabbi! we know that, from God, thou hast come, a teacher; for, no one, can be doing, these signs, which, thou, art doing, except, God, be with him.

¹⁹ The woman saith unto him––Sir! I perceive that, a prophet, art, thou:––

¹⁴ The people, therefore, seeing what signs he wrought, began to say––This, is, of a truth, the prophet who was to come into the world.

⁴⁰ Some from amongst the multitude, therefore, having hearkened unto these words, were saying––This, is, in truth, the prophet. ⁴¹ Others, were saying––This, is, the Christ. But, others, were saying––Out of Galilee, is, the Christ, to come? ⁴² Hath not the Scripture said: Of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was, cometh the Christ?

⁵² They answered and said unto him––Surely, thou also, art not, of Galilee? Search and see! That, out of Galilee, a prophet is not to arise.

²² Ye men of Israel! hear these words:––Jesus the Nazarene, a man pointed out of God unto you by mighty works and wonders and signs, which God did through him in your midst, just as ye yourselves know,

²² And, so Moses was trained in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in his words and works.

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.

¹ Now, when morning came, all the High–priests and Elders of the people took, counsel, against Jesus, so as to put him to death: ² and, binding him, they led him away, and delivered him up unto Pilate the governor.

²⁰ But, the High–priests and the elders, persuaded the multitudes, that they should claim Barabbas, but, Jesus, should, destroy.

¹ And, straightway, early, when they had made, a council, the High–priest, with the Elders, and Scribes, and all the High–council, binding Jesus, led him away, and delivered him up unto Pilate.

⁶⁶ And, when it became day, the Eldership of the people was gathered together––both High–priests and Scribes,––and they led him away into their high–council, saying––If, thou, art the Christ, tell us!

¹³ And, Pilate, calling together the High–priests, and the Rulers, and the people,

¹³ The God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob,––the God of our fathers, hath glorified his servant Jesus:––whom, ye, indeed, delivered up and denied to Pilate’s, face when he had adjudged to release him; ¹⁴ But, ye, denied, the Holy and Righteous One, and claimed a man that was a murderer to be granted you; ¹⁵ But, the Princely Leader of Life, ye slew:––whom, God, raised from among the dead, whereof, we, are witnesses.

⁸ Then Peter, filled with Holy Spirit, said unto them––Ye rulers of the people, and elders! ⁹ If, we, this day, are to be examined for doing good to a sick man,––in whom, this, man hath been made well, ¹⁰ Be it known unto you all, and unto all the people of Israel: that, in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene,––whom, ye, crucified, whom, God, raised from among the dead, in him, doth, this man stand by, in your presence, whole.

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; –– ²⁸ To do whatsoever, thy hand and thy counsel, marked out beforehand to come to pass.

³⁰ The God of our fathers, hath raised up Jesus,––whom, ye, got into your hands, suspending him upon a tree:–– ³¹ Him, as Princely–leader and Saviour, hath God exalted unto his right hand,––to give repentance unto Israel, and remission of sins.

²⁷ For, they who were dwelling in Jerusalem, and their rulers, not recognising him, have, by judging him, fulfilled, the very voices of the prophets which every sabbath are being read; ²⁸ And, though no single cause of death they found, yet claimed they of Pilate that he should be slain. ²⁹ And, when they had finished all those things which, concerning him, had been written, taking him down from the tree, they put him in a tomb.

⁸ He, therefore, will redeem Israel from all his iniquities.

²⁰ So shall come in, for Zion, a Redeemer, Even for such as are turning from transgression in Jacob,––Declareth Yahweh.

⁶⁸ Blessed, be the Lord, the God of Israel! Because he hath visited and wrought redemption for his people,

³⁸ and, in that very hour, coming near, she began to give thanks unto God, and to speak concerning him unto all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.

⁶ They, therefore, having come together, began to question him, saying––Lord! art thou at this time duly establishing the kingdom unto Israel?

¹⁸ Knowing that, Not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, have ye been redeemed from your unmeaning behaviour paternally handed down, ¹⁹ But with precious blood, as of a lamb, unblemished and unspotted, of an Anointed One,––

⁹ and they sing a new song, saying––Worthy, art thou, to take the scroll and to open the seals thereof; because thou wast slain, and didst redeem unto God by thy blood [men] out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation,

⁹ [And, arising early, on the first of the week, he was manifested, first, unto Mary the Magdalene, from whom he had cast, seven demons. ¹⁰ She, going her way, bare tidings unto them who had come to be with him, as they were mourning and weeping.

¹ but, on the first day of the week, at early dawn, unto the tomb, came they, bringing the spices which they had prepared. ² And they found the stone, rolled away from the tomb; ³ but, when they entered, they found not the body [of the Lord Jesus]. ⁴ And it came to pass, while they were perplexing themselves concerning this, that lo! two men, stood near them, in dazzling raiment. ⁵ And, they becoming afraid, and bending their faces unto the ground, they said unto them––Why seek ye the Living One with the dead? ⁶ [He is not here, but hath arisen:] Remember how he spake unto you while yet he was in Galilee: ⁷ Saying, as to the Son of Man, that he must needs be delivered up into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified,––and, on the third day, arise. ⁸ And they remembered his sayings; ⁹ and, returning [from the tomb], reported all these things unto the eleven, and unto all the rest. ¹⁰ Now they were the Magdalene Mary, and Joana, and Mary the mother of James; and, the other women with them, were telling, unto the apostles, these things. ¹¹ And these sayings appeared before them, as if idle talk, and they were minded to disbelieve them.

¹⁸ Mary the Magdalene cometh, bringing tidings unto the disciples––I have seen the Lord! and that these things he had said unto her.

¹² [But, Peter, arising, ran unto the tomb,––and, bending near, beholdeth the linen bandages, alone; and departed, unto himself, marveling at the thing that had happened.]

¹ But, on the first day of the week, Mary the Magdalene, cometh early, while it is yet, dark, unto the tomb,––and beholdeth the stone, already taken away out of the tomb. ² She runneth, therefore, and cometh unto Simon Peter, and unto the other disciple whom Jesus dearly loved, and saith unto them––They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we know not where they have laid him.

¹⁸ And he saith unto them––Thus, are, ye also, without discernment? Perceive ye not that, nothing, from without, entering into the man, can defile him;

¹⁷ And, taking note, he saith unto them––Why do ye deliberate, because ye have no, loaves? Not yet perceive ye, neither understand,––keep ye your hearts, hardened? ¹⁸ Eyes having, see ye not? and ears having, hear ye not? and remember ye not

¹⁹ But, he, answering, saith––O faithless generation! how long, shall I be with you? how long, shall I bear with you? Bring him unto me!

¹⁴ But, afterwards, unto the eleven themselves, as they reclined, was he manifested, and he upbraided their disbelief and hardness of heart,––because, them who had looked upon him when arisen [from among the dead] they believed not;

¹¹ Concerning whom, great, is our discourse, and of difficult interpretation, to express, seeing that, slothful, have ye become in the hearing; ¹² For, even when ye ought to be teachers, by reason of the time, again, have ye, need, that one be teaching, you, what are the first principles of the oracles of God, and have become such as have, need, of milk, not, of strong food;

¹ [To the Chief Musician. On "the Hind of the Dawn." A Melody of David.]
My GOD, my GOD, why hast thou forsaken me? Far from saving me, The words of my loud lamentation? ² My God! I keep crying––By day, and thou dost not answer, and, By night, and there is no rest for me. ³ But, thou, art holy, Who inhabitest the praises of Israel. ⁴ In thee, trusted our fathers, They trusted, and thou didst deliver them; ⁵ Unto thee, made they outcry, and escaped, In thee, they trusted, and had not turned pale. ⁶ But, I, am a worm and no one, a reproach of men, and despised of a people; ⁷ All that see me, laugh at me,––They open wide the mouth, They shake the head:–– ⁸ He should trust in Yahweh––let him deliver him,––Let him rescue him, seeing he delighteth in him. 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.
¹¹ Be not far from me, for, distress, is near, For there is none to help. ¹² Many bulls have surrounded me, Strong oxen of Bashan, have enclosed me; ¹³ They have opened wide against me their mouth, A lion rending and roaring. ¹⁴ Like water, am I poured out, and, put out of joint, are all my bones,––My heart, hath become, like wax, it is melted in the midst of my body; ¹⁵ Dried as a potsherd, is my strength, And, my tongue, is made to cleave to my gums, And, in the dust of death, wilt thou lay me. ¹⁶ For dogs have surrounded me,––An assembly of evil doers, have encircled me, They have pierced my hands and my feet, ¹⁷ I may tell all my bones, They, look for––they behold me! ¹⁸ They part my garments among them, and, for my vestment, they cast lots. ¹⁹ But, thou, O Yahweh, be not far off, O my help! to aid me, make haste; ²⁰ Rescue, from the sword, my life, from the power of the dog, my solitary self: ²¹ Save me from the mouth of the lion,––Yea, from the horns of wild beasts, hast thou delivered me.
²² I will declare thy Name unto my brethren,––In the midst of the convocation, will I praise thee. ²³ Ye that revere Yahweh, praise him, All ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him, And, stand in awe of him, all ye seed of Israel. ²⁴ For he hath not despised nor abhorred the humbling of the patient one, neither hath he hid his face from him, but, when he cried for help unto him, he heard. ²⁵ Of thee, is my praise in the great convocation, My vows, will I pay, before them who revere him. ²⁶ The patient wronged–ones shall eat and be satisfied, They shall praise Yahweh, who are seekers of him, Let your heart live for aye. ²⁷ All the ends of the earth, will remember and turn to Yahweh, Yea all the families of the nations, will bow themselves down before thee, ²⁸ For, to Yahweh, belongeth the kingdom, And One to Rule over the nations. ²⁹ All the great ones of the earth, shall eat and bow down, Before him shall kneel, all that go down to the dust, Even he who had not kept alive, his own soul! ³⁰ My seed, shall serve him, It shall be recounted, of the Lord, to a generation that shall come: ³¹ That his righteousness may be declared to a people to be born, That he wrought with effect!

¹ [To the Chief Musician. On "The Lilies." David’s.]
Save me, O God, For waters have entered as far as the life; ² I have sunk in deep swamp, Where there is no place to stand, I have come into abysses of waters, Where a flood hath overflowed me; ³ I am weary with mine outcry, Parched is my throat,––Mine eyes have become dim, through waiting for my God. ⁴ More than the hairs of my head, Are they who hate me without cause,––Firmer than my bones, Are they who are my foes for false cause,––What I had not plundered, then, had I to restore. ⁵ O God, thou, hast known my folly, And, my wrong–doings, from thee, have not been hid. ⁶ Let them not be ashamed, through me, Who have waited for thee, O My Lord, Yahweh of hosts,––Let them not be confounded, through me, Who are seeking thee, O God of Israel! ⁷ Because, for thy sake, have I borne reproach, Confusion hath covered my face; ⁸ One estranged, have I become, to my own brethren, Yea, an alien, to the sons of my own mother; ⁹ Because, zeal for thy house, hath eaten me up, And, the reproaches of them who have reproached thee, have fallen upon me. ¹⁰ When I have humbled my soul with fasting, Then hath it turned to my reproach; ¹¹ When I have made my clothing of sackcloth, Then have I served them for a by–word; ¹² They who sit in the gate talk against me,––And [against me are] the songs of them who imbibe strong drink.
¹³ But, as for me, my prayer shall be unto thee, O Yahweh, in a time of acceptance, O God, in the abounding of thy lovingkindness, answer me with thy saving faithfulness. ¹⁴ Rescue me out of the mire, lest I sink, Let me be rescued, From my haters, and, From abysses of waters: ¹⁵ Let not a flood of waters overflow me, And let not the depth swallow me up, Neither let the well close, over me, her mouth. ¹⁶ Answer me, O Yahweh, for good is thy lovingkindness, According to the abounding of thy compassions, turn thou towards me: ¹⁷ Then do not hide thy face from thy servant, Because I am in distress, haste thou––answer me! ¹⁸ Oh draw near unto my soul––redeem it, Because of mine enemies, ransom me. ¹⁹ Thou, knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my confusion, Before thee, are all mine adversaries. ²⁰ Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am weak,––Though I waited for one to pity me, yet there was none, And for comforters, yet I found not any. ²¹ But they put in my food––poison! And, for my thirst, they gave for my drink––vinegar!
²² Let their table, before them, become a snare, And unto their friends, a lure; ²³ Let their eyes become too dim to see, And, their loins, continually cause thou to shake; ²⁴ Pour out over them thine indignation, And let, the glow of thine anger, overtake them: ²⁵ Let their encampment become desolate, In their tents, be there none to dwell: ²⁶ For, whom, thou thyself, hadst smitten, they pursued, And, unto the pain of thy wounded ones, they must needs add. ²⁷ Lay punishment on their iniquity, And let them not enter into thy righteousness; ²⁸ Let them be blotted out of the book of life, And, with the righteous, let them not be enrolled. ²⁹ I, then, am humbled and in pain, Thy salvation, O God, may it set me on high.
³⁰ I will praise the Name of God with a song, And will magnify him with thanksgiving; ³¹ So shall it be more pleasing to Yahweh than a bullock of the herd, Showing horn [and] divided hoof. ³² The humbled have seen––they rejoice! Ye seekers of God, let your heart, then, revive; ³³ For, a Hearkener to the needy, is Yahweh, And, his prisoners, hath he not despised. ³⁴ Let the heavens and the earth, praise him, The seas, and everything that creepeth therein. ³⁵ For, God, will save Zion, And build the cities of Judah, So shall men dwell there, and possess it: ³⁶ Yea, the seed of his servants, shall inherit it, And, the lovers of his Name, shall settle down therein.

¹ Who, believed what we have heard? And, the arm of Yahweh, to whom was it revealed? ² When he came up as a sapling before him, And as a root–sprout out of dry ground, He had neither beauty nor majesty,––When we beheld him, there was nothing to behold, that we should desire him; ³ Despised was he, and forsaken of men, Man of pains, and familiar with sickness,––Yea, like one from whom the face is hidden, Despised, and we esteemed him not.
⁴ Yet surely, our sicknesses, he, carried, And, as for our pains, he bare the burden of them,––But, we, accounted him stricken, Smitten of God, and humbled. ⁵ Yet, he, was pierced for transgressions that were ours, was crushed for iniquities that were ours,––The chastisement for our well–being, was upon him, And, by his stripes, there is healing for us. ⁶ We all, like sheep, had gone astray, Every man––to his way, had we burned,––And, Yahweh! caused to light upon him, The guilt of, us all! ⁷ Hard pressed––yet, he, humbled himself, Nor opened his mouth––As, a lamb, to the slaughter, is led, And, as a sheep, before her shearers, is dumb––Nor opened his mouth. ⁸ By constraint and by sentence, was he taken away, And, of his age, who considered, That he was cut off out of the land of the living, For my people’s transgression, did the stroke fall on him? ⁹ And, appointed with lawless men, was his grave, And, with the wicked, his tomb,––Though, no violence, had he done, Nor was guile in his mouth.
¹⁰ Yet, Yahweh, purposed to bruise him, He laid on him sickness:––If his soul become an offering for guilt, He shall see a seed, He shall prolong his days,––And, the purpose of Yahweh, in his hand, shall prosper: ¹¹ Of the travail of his soul, shall he see, He shall be satisfied with his knowledge, A setting right, when set right himself, shall my Servant win for the Many, Since, of their iniquities, he, taketh the burden. ¹² Therefore, will I give him a portion in the great, And, the strong, shall he apportion as spoil, Because he poured out, to death, his own soul, And, with transgressors, let himself be numbered,––Yea, he, the sin of Many, bare, And, for transgressors, interposeth.

⁷ O Sword! awake against my shepherd, even against the man that is my companion, urgeth Yahweh of hosts,––Smite the shepherd, and let the flock, be scattered, Howbeit I will turn back my hand over the little ones.

⁷ Saying, as to the Son of Man, that he must needs be delivered up into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified,––and, on the third day, arise.

⁴⁴ And he said unto them––These, are my words, which I spake unto you yet being with you: That all the things that are written in the law of Moses and the Prophets and Psalms, concerning me, must needs be fulfilled.

⁴⁶ and said unto them––Thus, it is written, That the Christ, should suffer, and arise from among the dead on the third day;

³ opening up, and setting forth, that it was needful for, the Christ, to suffer, and to arise from among the dead; and [saying], This, is the Christ,––Jesus, whom, I, am declaring unto you.

³ For I delivered unto you, among the first things, what also I received:––how that Christ died for our sins, according to the Scriptures, ⁴ And that he was buried, and that he hath been raised, on the third day, according to the Scriptures,––

⁸ All things, hast thou subjected beneath his feet. For, in subjecting, [to him] the all things, nothing, left he, to him unsubjected; But now, not yet, do we see, to him, the all things subjected; –– ⁹ But, Jesus, made some little less than messengers, we do behold: by reason of the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour, to the end that, by favour of God, in behalf of every one, he might taste of death.
¹⁰ For it was becoming in him––For the sake of whom are the all things, and by means of whom are the all things,––when, many sons, unto glory, he would lead, The Princely Leader of their salvation, through sufferings, to make perfect.

²² And, nearly, all things, with blood, are purified, according to the law, and, apart from blood–shedding, cometh no remission.
²³ It was indeed therefore necessary for the glimpses of the things in the heavens with these to be purified; but, the heavenly things themselves, with better sacrifices than these.

² Looking away unto our faith’s Princely–leader and perfecter, Jesus,––who, in consideration of the joy lying before him, endured a cross, shame, despising! And, on the right hand of the throne of God, hath taken his seat.

³ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who, according to his great mercy, hath regenerated us unto a living hope, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from among the dead,

¹¹ Searching into what particular, or what manner, of season the Spirit of Christ which was in them was pointing to, when witnessing beforehand as to––The sufferings, for Christ, and the glories, after these,––

¹⁵ And, enmity, will I put between thee, and the woman, and between thy seed, and her seed,––He, shall crush thy head, But, thou, shalt crush his heel.

³ That I may bless them who bless thee, But, him who maketh light of thee, will I curse,––So shall be, blessed in thee, all the families of the ground.

¹⁸ So shall all the nations of the earth bless themselves in thy seed,––Because thou didst hearken unto my voice.

⁴ and will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heavens, and will give to thy seed, all these lands,––And all the nations of the earth shall bless themselves in thy seed:

¹⁰ The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, Nor the commander’s staff from between his feet,––Until that he come in as a Shiloh, And, his, be the obedience of the peoples:

⁶ And Yahweh sent among the people the poisonous serpents, and they bit the people,––and much people out of Israel died. ⁷ Then came the people of Israel unto Moses, and said––We have sinned, in that we spake against Yahweh and against thee, Pray thou unto Yahweh, that he may take from us the serpent. So Moses prayed for the people. ⁸ Then said Yahweh unto Moses––Make thee a like serpent, and put it upon standard,––and it shall come to pass, that, any one who is bitten, as soon as he seeth it, shall live. ⁹ So Moses made a serpent of bronze, and put it upon the standard,––and it came to pass––that, if the serpent had bitten any man, as soon as he directed his look unto the serpent of bronze, he lived.

¹⁵ A prophet out of thy midst, of thy brethren, like unto me, will Yahweh thy God, raise up unto thee––unto him, shall ye hearken:––

¹² And it shall be that, when thy days shall be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, then will I raise up thy seed after thee, which proceedeth from thine own body,––and I will establish his kingdom. ¹³ He, shall build a house for my name,––and I will establish his kingly throne unto times age–abiding: ¹⁴ I, will become his father, And, he, shall become my son: If he commit iniquity, then will I correct him, with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the sons of men; ¹⁵ But, my lovingkindness, shall not depart from him,––as I caused it to depart from Saul, whom I caused to depart from before thee. ¹⁶ So shall thy house and thy kingdom be made steadfast unto times age–abiding, before thee,––thy throne, shall be established unto times age–abiding.

⁹ Therefore, hath my heart rejoiced, and mine honour exulted, Yea, my flesh, shall settle down securely; ¹⁰ For thou wilt not abandon my soul to hades, neither wilt thou suffer thy man of lovingkindness, to see corruption:

¹¹ Yahweh hath sworn unto David, in faithfulness, will he not turn from it,––Of the fruit of thy body, will I seat on thy throne.

¹⁴ Wherefore, let My Lord Himself give, you a sign,––Lo! a Virgin, being with child and giving birth to a son, thou wilt call his name Immanuel.

⁶ For, A Child, hath been born to us, A Son, hath been given to us, And the dominion is upon his shoulder,––And his Name hath been called, Wonderful Counselor, Mighty GOD, Father of Futurity, Prince of Prosperity. ⁷ Of the increase of dominion, and of prosperity, There shall be no end––Upon the throne of David, and, Upon his kingdom, By establishing it, and, By sustaining it, With justice, and, With righteousness,––From henceforth, Even unto times age–abiding: The jealousy of Yahweh of hosts, will perform this!

¹⁰ Lo! My Lord, Yahweh, as a mighty one, doth come, And, his own arm, is about to rule for him,––Lo! his reward, is with him, And, his recompense, before him; 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.

⁶ My back, gave I to smiters, and, My cheeks, to them who pulled out the beard,––My face, hid I not, from insult and spitting.

¹³ Lo! my Servant, prospereth,––He riseth, and is lifted up, and becometh very high: ¹⁴ The more that Many, were amazed at thee, So marred, beyond any man’s, was his appearance,––And his form, beyond the sons of men,

⁵ Lo! days are coming, Declareth Yahweh, when I will raise up to David, A righteous Bud, And he shall reign as, king, and prosper, And shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. ⁶ In his days, Shall Judah, be saved, And, Israel, abide securely,––And, this, is his name whereby he shall be called, Yahweh, our Righteousness.

¹⁴ Lo! days are coming, Declareth Yahweh,––when I will establish my good word, which I have spoken––As to the house of Israel, And concerning the house of Judah: ¹⁵ In those days, and at that time, will I cause to bud unto David, A Bud of righteousness,––And he shall execute justice and righteousness, in the land:

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;

²⁵ And they shall dwell upon the land, which I gave to my servant––to Jacob, Wherein your fathers, dwelt,––Yea they shall dwell thereupon, They, and their children, and their children’s children, Unto times age–abiding, And, David my servant, shall be prince unto them, Unto times age–abiding.

¹³ I continued looking in the visions of the night, when lo! with the clouds of the heavens, one like a son of man, was coming,––and, unto the Ancient of days, he approached, and, before him, they brought him near;

²⁴ Seventy weeks, have been divided concerning thy people and concerning thy holy city––to put an end to the transgression, and fill up the measure of sin, and put a propitiatory–covering over iniquity, and bring in the righteousness of ages, and affix a seal the vision and prophecy, and anoint the holy of holies. ²⁵ Thou must know, then, and understand: From the going forth of the word to restore and to build Jerusalem––unto the Anointed One, the Prince, [shall be] seven weeks, and sixty–two weeks,––the broadway and the wall, shall again be built, even in the end of the times. ²⁶ And, after the sixty–two weeks, shall the Anointed One, be cut off, and have, nothing,––and, the city and the sanctuary, will one destroy with the Prince, and so will his own end come with an overwhelming flood, howbeit, up to the full end of the war, are decreed astounding things.

² Thou, therefore, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though, little, to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee, shall Mine come forth, to be ruler in Israel,––whose comings forth, have been from of old, from the days of age–past time. ³ Therefore, will he give them up, until the time when, one who is to bring forth, hath brought forth,––and, the remainder of his brethren, return unto the sons of Israel. ⁴ Then shall he stand, and tend his flock in the strength of Yahweh, In the excellency of the name of Yahweh his God, have they endured,––For, now, shall he be great unto the ends of the earth;

²⁰ Thou wilt grant––the faithfulness to Jacob, the lovingkindness to Abraham,––which thou didst swear to our fathers, from the days of ancient time.

⁹ Exult greatly, O daughter of Zion, Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem, Lo! thy king, cometh unto thee, vindicated and victorious, is he,––lowly, and riding upon an ass, yea, upon a colt, a young ass.

¹ Behold me! sending my messenger, who will prepare a way before me,–– and, suddenly, shall come to his temple The Lord whom ye are seeking, even the messenger of the covenant in whom ye are delighting, Lo! he cometh! saith Yahweh of hosts. ² But who may endure the day of his coming? And who is he that can stand when he appeareth? For he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ alkali; ³ Therefore will he sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and will purify the sons of Levi, and will smelt them, as gold and as silver; so shall they belong to Yahweh, offering a gift in righteousness.

² So shall the sun of righteousness, arise to you who revere my Name, with healing in his wings,––and ye shall come forth and leap for joy like calves let loose from the stall;

⁴⁵ Philip, findeth, Nathanael, and saith unto him––Him, of whom wrote Moses in the law, and the Prophets, have we found.––Jesus, son of Joseph, him from Nazareth!

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:

⁴⁵ Do not think that, I, will accuse you unto the Father: There, is, who accuseth you, even, Moses,––on whom, ye, have set your hope. ⁴⁶ For, if ye had been believing, in Moses, ye would, in that case, have been believing, in me: for, concerning me, he wrote. ⁴⁷ But, if, in his writings, ye are not believing, how, in my sayings, will ye believe?

²² Moses, indeed, said––A prophet, unto you, shall the Lord God raise up among your brethren, like unto me: unto him, shall ye hearken respecting all things whatsoever he shall speak unto you.

²⁴ But, indeed, all the prophets,––from Samuel and those following after, as many as have spoken, have even announced these days.

³⁷ The same, is the Moses that said unto the sons of Israel––A prophet, unto you, will God raise up, from among your brethren, like unto me:

⁴³ Unto the same, do all the prophets bear witness, That, remission of sins, is to be received through his name, by every one that believeth on him.

²⁷ For, they who were dwelling in Jerusalem, and their rulers, not recognising him, have, by judging him, fulfilled, the very voices of the prophets which every sabbath are being read; ²⁸ And, though no single cause of death they found, yet claimed they of Pilate that he should be slain. ²⁹ And, when they had finished all those things which, concerning him, had been written, taking him down from the tree, they put him in a tomb. ³⁰ But, God, raised him from among the dead:

¹⁰ And I fell down at his feet, to do him homage; and he saith unto me––See! [thou do it] not! A fellow–servant, am I, of thee and of thy brethren who have the witness of Jesus: unto God, do homage! For, the witness of Jesus, is the spirit of the prophecy.

² And he said, Behold, I pray you, my lords, turn aside, I pray you, into the house of your servant,––and tarry the night, and bathe your feet, so shall ye rise early, and go on your way. And they said, Nay, but, in the broadway, will we tarry the night.

²⁶ Then said he––Let me go, for uprisen hath the dawn. And he said: I will not let thee go,––except, thou have blessed me.

⁷ And Joseph beheld his brethren, and recognised them,––and made himself a stranger unto them, and spake with them harsh things, and said unto them––Whence have ye come in? And they said, From the land of Canaan, to buy food.

⁴⁸ And, seeing them distressed in the rowing, for the wind was against them, about the fourth watch of the night, he cometh unto them, walking upon the sea,––and was wishing to pass by them.

³ But he became exceeding urgent with them, so they turned aside unto him, and entered into his house,––and he made for them a banquet, unleavened cakes, also did he bake, and they did eat.

⁸ And so it was, on a day, that Elisha passed over unto Shunem, where was a woman of position, and she constrained him to eat bread,––and so it came about, whensoever he passed that way, that he turned aside thither, to eat bread.

²³ And the lord said unto the servant––Go out among the highways and fences, and compel them to come in; that my house may be filled.

¹⁴ And, a certain woman, by name Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, devout towards God, was hearkening, whose heart, the Lord, fully opened, to be giving heed unto the things being spoken by Paul.

¹⁹ And, giving orders that the multitudes should recline upon the grass,––taking the five loaves and the two fishes,––looking up into the heaven, he blessed; and, breaking, gave, the disciples, the loaves, and the disciples unto the multitude.

³⁶ he took the seven loaves, and the fishes, and, giving thanks, brake,––and began giving to his disciples, and, the disciples, to the multitudes.

²⁶ And, as they were eating, Jesus, taking a loaf and blessing, brake,––and, giving to his disciples, said––Take, eat! This, is, my body.

⁴¹ And, taking the five loaves, and the two fishes, looking up into heaven, he blessed, and brake up the loaves, and began giving unto the disciples, that they might set before them, and, the two fishes, divided he, unto all.

⁶ And he sendeth word to the multitude, to fall back upon the ground. And, taking the seven loaves, giving thanks, he brake, and was giving unto his disciples, that they might be setting before them; and they set before the multitude.

²² And, as they were eating, taking a loaf, he blessed and brake, and gave unto them, and said––Take! this, is, my body;

¹⁶ And, taking the five loaves, and the two fishes, looking up into heaven, he blessed them, and brake [them] up, and went on giving to the disciples, to set before the multitude;

¹⁹ And, taking a loaf, he gave thanks, and brake, and gave unto them, saying––This is my body [which in your behalf is being given: this, be ye doing, in remembrance, of me.

³⁵ And, they, went on to relate the things, [that had passed] on the journey, and how he was made known unto them in the breaking of the loaf.

¹¹ Jesus therefore took the loaves, and, giving thanks, went on distributing unto them that reclined; in like manner, of the small fishes also: as much as they were wishing.

³⁵ And, having said these things, and taken a loaf, he gave thanks unto God before all, and, breaking it, began to eat.

³⁰ But, he, passing through the midst of them, went his way.

¹⁶ but, their eyes, were held, so as not to know him.

⁵⁹ They took up stones, therefore, that they might cast at him; but, Jesus, was hidden, and went forth out of the temple.

¹³ And, they, say unto her––Woman! why weepest thou? She saith unto them––They have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him. ¹⁴ These things saying, she turned round, and seeth Jesus standing, and knew not that it was, Jesus. ¹⁵ Jesus saith unto her––Woman! why weepest thou? Whom seekest thou? She, supposing he was, the gardener, saith unto him––Sir! If, thou, hast borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him; and, I, will take him away. ¹⁶ Jesus saith unto her––Mary! She, turning saith unto him, in Hebrew––Rabboni! which meaneth, Teacher.

³ Hot was my heart within me, While I was musing, there was kindled a fire, I spake with my tongue!

³⁴ Pleasing unto him, be my meditation, I, will rejoice in Yahweh.

⁹ Oil and perfume, rejoice the heart, the sweetness of one’s friend, more than fragrant wood.

¹⁷ Let, iron, by iron, become sharp, and let, a man, sharpen the face of his friend.

⁴ My Lord Yahweh, hath given unto me the tongue of the instructed, That I should know how to succour the fainting, with discourse,––He kept wakening––morning by morning, He kept wakening mine ear, to hearken, as do the instructed;

¹⁶ Thy words, were found, and I did eat them, Then became thy words unto me, the joy and gladness of my heart,––For, thy Name, hath been called, upon me, O Yahweh, God of hosts!

⁹ Therefore I say––I will not mention him, Neither will I speak any more in his name, But then it becometh in my heart, as a fire that burneth, Shut up in my bones,––And I am weary of restraint, and cannot refrain.

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

⁴⁵ Then, opened he their mind, to understand the Scriptures;

⁶³ The spirit, it is, that giveth life,––the flesh, profiteth, nothing: The declarations which, I, have spoken unto you, are, spirit, and, are, life.

² and, according to Paul’s custom, he went in unto them, and, for three sabbaths, reasoned with them from the Scriptures,–– ³ opening up, and setting forth, that it was needful for, the Christ, to suffer, and to arise from among the dead; and [saying], This, is the Christ,––Jesus, whom, I, am declaring unto you.

²³ And, having arranged with him a day, there came unto him, to the lodging, a larger number; unto whom he proceeded to expound, bearing full witness as to the kingdom of God, and persuading them concerning Jesus, both from the law of Moses, and from the prophets,––from morning till evening.

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;

¹³ and, they, departing, bare tidings unto the rest,––but, even them, they believed not.

¹⁹ It being late, therefore, on that day, the first of the week,––and, the doors, having been made fast where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came, and stood in the midst, and saith unto them––Peace be unto you! ²⁰ and, this, saying he pointed out both his hands and his side unto them. The disciples, therefore, rejoiced, seeing the Lord. ²¹ Jesus, therefore, said unto them, again,––Peace be unto you! Just as, my Father, sent me forth, I, also, send you. ²² And, this, saying, he breathed strongly, and saith unto them––Receive ye Holy Spirit:–– ²³ Whosesoever sins ye shall remit, they are remitted unto them, whosesoever ye shall retain, they are retained. ²⁴ But, Thomas, one of the twelve, the one called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. ²⁵ The other disciples, therefore, were saying unto him––We have seen the Lord! But, he, said unto them––Except I see, in his hands, the print of the nails, and press my finger into the print of the nails, and press my hand into his side, in nowise will I believe.
²⁶ And, eight days after, his disciples again were within, and Thomas with them. Jesus cometh––the doors having been made fast––and stood in the midst, and said––Peace be unto you!

¹⁴ These all were giving constant attention with one accord unto the prayer, with [certain] women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

⁷ But go your way, tell his disciples, and Peter––He is going before you into Galilee: there, shall ye yourselves see him,––according as he said unto you.

⁵⁴ And, having arrested him, they led him away, and took him into the house of the High–priest; and, Peter, was following afar. ⁵⁵ And, they having kindled up a fire in the midst of the court, and taken seats together, Peter was for sitting among them. ⁵⁶ But, a certain maid–servant, seeing him seating himself towards the light, and looking steadfastly at him, said––This one also, was, with him. ⁵⁷ But, he, denied, saying––I know him not, woman! ⁵⁸ And, after a little, another, beholding him, said––Thou also, art, from among them. But, Peter, said––Man! I am not. ⁵⁹ And, about one hour having passed, a certain other, began stoutly to insist, saying––Of a truth, this one also, was with him; for indeed he is, a Galilaean. ⁶⁰ But Peter said––Man! I know not what thou art saying! And, instantly while yet he was speaking, a cock crew. ⁶¹ And the Lord turned, and looked at Peter; and Peter was put in mind of the declaration of the Lord, how he had said to him––Before, a cock, crow this day, thou wilt deny me thrice! ⁶² [And, going forth outside, he wept bitterly.]

⁵ And that he appeared unto Cephas, then, to the twelve,

³⁰ And it came to pass, when he reclined with them, taking the loaf, he blessed, and, breaking it, went on to give unto them. ³¹ And, their, eyes were opened, and they knew him; and, he, vanished from them.

⁴² And they went on to give constant attention––unto the teaching of the apostles, and unto the fellowship, unto the breaking of bread, and unto the prayers.

¹⁸ His ways, have I beheld, That I might heal him,––And guide him, And restore consolations to him, and to his mourners:

¹³ And, if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it, but, if it be not worthy, let your peace, unto you, return.

⁵ And, into whatsoever house ye enter, First, say, Peace to this house!

²⁷ Peace, I leave with you, My own peace, give, I, unto you,––Not as, the world, giveth, give, I, unto you:––Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

³³ These things, have I spoken unto you, that, in me, ye may have, peace: In the world, ye have, tribulation; but be taking courage,––I, have overcome the world.

¹⁹ It being late, therefore, on that day, the first of the week,––and, the doors, having been made fast where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came, and stood in the midst, and saith unto them––Peace be unto you! ²⁰ and, this, saying he pointed out both his hands and his side unto them. The disciples, therefore, rejoiced, seeing the Lord. ²¹ Jesus, therefore, said unto them, again,––Peace be unto you! Just as, my Father, sent me forth, I, also, send you. ²² And, this, saying, he breathed strongly, and saith unto them––Receive ye Holy Spirit:–– ²³ Whosesoever sins ye shall remit, they are remitted unto them, whosesoever ye shall retain, they are retained.

²⁶ And, eight days after, his disciples again were within, and Thomas with them. Jesus cometh––the doors having been made fast––and stood in the midst, and said––Peace be unto you!

¹⁶ But may, the Lord of peace himself, give you peace, always, in every way. The Lord, be with you all.

⁴ John, unto the Seven Assemblies which are in Asia, Favour to you, and peace, from––Him who Is, and who Was, and who is Coming, and from––The Seven Spirits which are before his throne,

¹³ And the king said unto her––Be not afraid, but what sawest thou? And the woman said unto Saul, A god, saw I, coming up out of the earth.

¹⁴ Dread, came upon me, and trembling, The multitude of my bones, it put in dread: ¹⁵ Then, a spirit, over my face, floated along, The hair of my flesh bristled–up: ¹⁶ It stood still, but I could not distinguish its appearance, I looked, but there was no form before mine eyes,––A whispering voice, I heard:––

²⁶ And, the disciples, seeing him, upon the lake walking, were troubled,––saying––It is, a ghost; and, by reason of their fear, they cried out. ²⁷ And, straightway, Jesus spake unto them, saying––Take courage! it is, I,––be not afraid.

⁴⁹ But, they, seeing him, upon the sea, walking, supposed that it was an apparition, and cried out aloud; ⁵⁰ for, all, saw him, and were troubled. But, he, straightway, talked with them, and saith unto them––Take courage! it is, I––be not afraid!

³⁰ But, he, said––Nay! father Abraham, but, if one, from the dead, should go unto them, they would repent.

¹⁵ She, however, kept on strongly declaring that, so, it was. But, they, were saying––It is his, messenger.

¹⁴ Wash, from wickedness, thy heart, O Jerusalem, That thou mayest be saved,––How long, shall lodge within thee thy wicked, devices?

⁵ A dream, I saw, and it made me afraid,––and, fancies upon my bed, and visions of my head, terrified me.

¹⁹ Then, Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonished for about one moment, and, his thoughts, troubled him. The king spake and said, O Belteshazzar, let neither, the dream, nor the interpretation, trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My Lord, The dream, be for them who hate thee, and, the interpretation, for them who are thy foes.

⁸ And, observing it, Jesus said––Why are ye deliberating among yourselves, ye little–of–faith! because, loaves, ye have not?

¹³ And there is, no created thing, can be secreted before him, but, all things, are naked and exposed to his eyes:––as to whom is, our discourse.

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.

⁷ And the dust return to the earth, as it was,––and, the spirit, return unto God, who gave it.

⁴⁶ And, calling out with a loud voice, Jesus said––Father! into thy hands, I commend my spirit. And, this, saying, he ceased to breathe.

²⁰ and, this, saying he pointed out both his hands and his side unto them. The disciples, therefore, rejoiced, seeing the Lord.

²⁵ The other disciples, therefore, were saying unto him––We have seen the Lord! But, he, said unto them––Except I see, in his hands, the print of the nails, and press my finger into the print of the nails, and press my hand into his side, in nowise will I believe.

²⁷ Then, saith he unto Thomas––Reach thy finger hither, and see my hands, and reach thy hand, and press into my side,––and become not disbelieving, but believing.

³ Unto whom he also presented himself alive, after he had suffered, by many sure tokens, throughout forty days making himself visible unto them, and speaking the things concerning the kingdom of God.

²³ But, the God of peace himself, hallow you completely, and, entire, might your spirit, and soul, and body,––[so as to be] unblameable in the Presence of our Lord Jesus Christ,––be preserved!

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?

¹ That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we for ourselves gazed upon, and our hands did handle, concerning the Word of Life,––

²⁶ And they told him, saying––Joseph, is, yet alive, yea, indeed, he, is ruler in all the land of Egypt. And his heart became faint, for he believed them not. ²⁷ So they spake unto him all the words of Joseph, which he had spoken unto, them, then saw he the waggons, which Joseph had sent to carry him,––and the spirit of Jacob their father revived. ²⁸ And Israel said, Enough! Joseph my son is, yet, alive. I must go and see him before I die!

¹ [A Song of Ascents.]
When Yahweh brought back the captives of Zion, we were like them who dream: ² Then, was our mouth, filled with laughter, and our tongue with a shout of triumph,––Then, said they among the nations, Yahweh, hath done great things, with these!

²² And, ye, therefore, now, indeed have grief; but, again, will I see you, and your heart shall rejoice,––and, your joy, no one, shall force from you.

⁵ Jesus, therefore, saith unto them––Children! perhaps ye have nothing to eat? They answered him––No.

¹⁰ Jesus saith unto them––Bring of the fish which ye caught just now. ¹¹ Simon Peter, therefore, went on board, and drew the net on to the land,––full of large fishes, a hundred and fifty–three; and, though they were so many, the net was not rent. ¹² Jesus saith unto them––Come! break your fast. Not one, of the disciples was venturing to ask him, Who art, thou? knowing that it was, the Lord. ¹³ Jesus cometh, and taketh the bread, and giveth unto them; and the fish, in like manner.

⁴¹ Not unto all the people, but unto witnesses who had been fore–appointed by God, unto us, who, indeed, did eat and drink with him after his rising from among the dead.

¹⁸ Now, Melchizedek king of Salem, had brought forth bread and wine,––he, being priest of GOD Most High.

² And Yahweh said unto Moses––Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he do not come at all times into the holy place, within the veil,––into the presence of the propitiatory, which is upon the ark, so shall he not die, for, in the cloud, will I appear upon the propitiatory. ³ Herewith, shall Aaron come into the holy place,––With a bullock, the choice of the herd, as a sin–bearer, and a ram as an ascending–sacrifice. ⁴ A holy tunic of linen, shall he put on, and, drawers of linen, shall be upon his flesh, and, with a band of linen, shall he gird himself, and, with a turban of linen, shall his head be wrapped about,––holy garments, they are, therefore shall he bathe in water his flesh, and so put them on.
⁵ And, from the assembly of the sons of Israel, shall he receive two he–goats, for bearing sin,––and one ram, as an ascending–sacrifice. ⁶ Then shall Aaron bring near the sin–bearing bullock which is for himself,––and put a propitiatory–covering about himself, and about his household. ⁷ Then shall he take the two goats,––and cause them to stand, before Yahweh, at the entrance of the tent of meeting. ⁸ And Aaron shall cast lots, over the two goats,––one lot for Yahweh, and one lot for Azazel. ⁹ Then shall Aaron bring near the goat over which came up the lot for Yahweh,––and shall make of him a sin–bearer; ¹⁰ but, the goat over which came up the lot for Azazel, shall he cause to stand alive––before Yahweh, to put a propitiatory–covering over him,––to send him away unto Azazel, towards the desert. ¹¹ So Aaron shall bring near the sin–bearing bullock which is for himself, and shall put a propitiatory–covering about himself, and about his household,––and shall slay the sin–bearing bullock which is for himself; ¹² and shall take the censer–full of burning coals of fire from off the altar, from before Yahweh, and his hands full of fragrant incense, beaten small,––and bring within the veil; ¹³ and shall put the incense upon the fire, before Yahweh,––and the cloud of incense shall cover the propitiatory which is over the testimony, and he shall not die. ¹⁴ Then shall he take of the blood of the bullock, and shall sprinkle with his finger upon the face of the propitiatory, eastwards,––and before the propitiatory, shall he sprinkle seven times, of the blood, with his finger.
¹⁵ Then shall he slay the sin–bearing goat which is for the people, and bring in its blood, within the veil,––and do with its blood, as he did to the blood of the bullock, and shall sprinkle it, upon the propitiatory, and before the propitiatory: ¹⁶ so shall he put a propitiatory–covering over the holy place, because of the uncleanness of the sons of Israel, and because of their transgressions, to the extent of all their sins,––and, so, shall he do for the tent of meeting, which abideth with them, in the midst of their uncleanness. ¹⁷ And, no human being, shall be in the tent of meeting, when he cometh in to make a covering by propitiation in the holy place, until he goeth out,––so shall he put a propitiatory–covering about himself and about his household, and about all the convocation of Israel. ¹⁸ Then shall he go out unto the altar which is before Yahweh, and shall put a propitiatory–covering thereupon,––and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the goat, and put upon the horns of the altar, round about; ¹⁹ and shall sprinkle upon it, of the blood, with his finger, seven times,––and shall cleanse it and hallow it, from the uncleannesses of the sons of Israel.

⁸ Then said Yahweh unto Moses––Make thee a like serpent, and put it upon standard,––and it shall come to pass, that, any one who is bitten, as soon as he seeth it, shall live.

²⁵ and the assembly shall rescue the manslayer out of the hand of the blood–redeemer, and the assembly shall restore him unto his city of refuge, whither he had fled,––and he shall dwell therein, until the death of the high priest, who hath been anointed with the hallowing oil.

¹⁵ A prophet out of thy midst, of thy brethren, like unto me, will Yahweh thy God, raise up unto thee––unto him, shall ye hearken:–– ¹⁶ according to all which thou didst ask of Yahweh thy God, in Horeb, in the day of the convocation, saying,––Let me no further hearken unto the voice of Yahweh my God, and, this great fire, let me not see any more, lest I die. ¹⁷ And Yahweh said unto me: They have well said what they have spoken. ¹⁸ A prophet, will I raise up unto them, out of the midst of their brethren, like unto thee,––and I will put my words in his mouth, so shall he speak unto them whatsoever I shall command him. ¹⁹ And it shall come to pass, that, the man who will not hearken unto my words, which he shall speak in my name, I, myself, will require it of him.

¹ Wherefore have nations assembled in tumult? Or should, peoples, mutter an empty thing? ² The kings of earth take their station, and, grave men, have met by appointment together,––against Yahweh, and against his Anointed One [saying]: ³ Let us break asunder their bonds,––and cast from us their cords! ⁴ He that sitteth in the heavens, will laugh,––My Lord, will mock at them: ⁵ Then, will he speak unto them in his anger, and, in his wrath, confound them: ⁶ Yet, I, have installed my king,––on Zion my holy mountain.
⁷ Let me tell of a decree,––Yahweh, hath said unto me, My son, thou art, I, today, have begotten thee: ⁸ Ask of me, and let me give nations as thine inheritance, and, as thy possession, the ends of the earth: ⁹ Thou shalt shepherd them with a sceptre of iron,––as a potter’s vessel, shalt thou dash them in pieces.
¹⁰ Now, therefore, ye kings, show your prudence, Be admonished, ye judges of earth: ¹¹ Serve Yahweh with reverence, and exult with trembling: ¹² Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and ye perish by the way, for soon might be kindled his anger,––How happy are all who seek refuge in him!

⁹ Therefore, hath my heart rejoiced, and mine honour exulted, Yea, my flesh, shall settle down securely; ¹⁰ For thou wilt not abandon my soul to hades, neither wilt thou suffer thy man of lovingkindness, to see corruption: ¹¹ Thou wilt cause me to know, the path of life,––Fulness of joys before thee, Pleasures at thy right hand evermore.

⁶ Sacrifice and meal–offering, thou didst not delight in, Ears, didst thou pierce for me,––Ascending–sacrifice and sin–bearer, thou didst not ask: ⁷ Then, said I––Lo! I am come, In the written scroll, is it prescribed for me; ⁸ To do thy good–pleasure, O my God, is my delight, And, thy law, is in the midst of mine inward parts:

¹ [Solomon’s.> O God! thy justice, give, unto the king, And thy righteousness, unto the son of a king;
² May he judge, Thy people with righteousness; And thine oppressed ones with justice; ³ May the mountains bring peace to the people, And the hills [be laden] with righteousness; ⁴ May he, Vindicate the oppressed of the people, Bring deliverance to the children of the needy, and, Crush the oppressor. ⁵ Let men revere thee, With the sun, And in presence of the moon, Unto the remotest generation. ⁶ Let him come down, Like rain on fields to be mown, Like myriad drops on land to be reaped. ⁷ May righteousness, in his days, blossom forth, And abundance of peace, till there be no moon. ⁸ So let him have dominion, From sea to sea, And from the River[=Euphrates] unto the ends of the earth; ⁹ Before him, let the men of the desert kneel, But, as for his foes, the dust, let them lick; ¹⁰ The kings of Tarshish and of the Coastlands, A gift, let them render, The kings of Sheba and Seba, A present, let them bring; ¹¹ Yea let all kings, bow down unto him, Let, all nations, serve him; ¹² Because he Rescueth, The needy from the rich, The oppressed, who hath no helper; ¹³ He Pitieth the weak and the needy, And, the lives of the needy, he Saveth: ¹⁴ From extortion, and, violence, he Redeemeth their life, And precious is their blood in his sight. ¹⁵ Let him live, then! And be there given unto him of the gold of Sheba,––Let prayer also be offered for him continually, All the day, let him be blessed. ¹⁶ May there be an abundance of corn in the earth, in the top of the mountains,––Let the fruit thereof, wave like Lebanon, And they of the city bloom like the fresh shoots of the earth. ¹⁷ May his Name be age–abiding, In the presence of the sun, let his Name flourish,––And may all the families of the ground bless themselves in him, All nations, pronounce him happy!
¹⁸ Blessed be Yahweh God, the God of Israel,––Who doeth wondrous things by himself alone; ¹⁹ And blessed be his glorious Name, unto times ago–abiding,––And filled with his glory be all the earth, Amen and Amen! ²⁰ Ended are the prayers of David, son of Jesse.

¹ [A Song, a Melody. For the Sons of Korah. To the Chief Musician. On "Mahalath." For alternate Song. An Instructive Psalm. By Heman the Ezrahite.]
O Yahweh, God of my salvation, By day, have I made outcry, In the night, [also] before thee. ² Let my prayer, come into thy presence, Bow down thine ear to my loud cry. ³ For my soul, is sated with misfortunes, And, my life––unto Hades, hath drawn near; ⁴ I am counted with them who descend into the pit, I have become as a man that is without help; ⁵ Among the dead, is my couch,––Like the slain that lie in the grave, Where thou rememberest them no more, Yea, they, from thy hand, are cut off; ⁶ Thou hast laid me, In the lowest pit, In dark places, In the deeps: ⁷ Upon me, hath rested thine indignation, And, with all thy breakers, hast thou caused affliction. [Selah.] ⁸ Thou hast far removed mine acquaintances from me,––Thou hast made me an abomination unto them, Shut up, and I cannot go forth! ⁹ Mine eye, hath dimmed through affliction; I have called upon thee, O Yahweh, all day long, I have spread out, unto thee, my hands.
¹⁰ For the dead, wilt thou perform a wonder? Or shall, the shades, arising, give thee thanks? [Selah.] ¹¹ Shall Thy lovingkindness be recounted in the grave? Thy faithfulness, in destruction? ¹² Shall any wonder of thine, be known in the dark? Or, thy righteousness, in the land of forgetfulness? ¹³ But, I, unto thee, O Yahweh, have cried for help, And, in the morning, my prayer will confront thee! ¹⁴ Wherefore, O Yahweh, shouldst thou reject my soul? shouldst thou hide thy face from me? ¹⁵ Afflicted have I been, and dying, from youth, I have borne the terror of thee––I shall be distracted! ¹⁶ Over me, have passed thy bursts of burning anger, The alarms of thee have put an end to me; ¹⁷ They have surrounded me like waters, all the day, They have come circling against me together: ¹⁸ Thou hast far removed from me, lover and friend, Mine acquaintances, are in darkness.

⁴ For my love, they have been accusing me, while, I, was at prayer: ⁵ Yea they have returned unto me––Evil for good; and, Hatred for my love.
⁶ Set in charge over him, one who is lawless, and let, an accuser, stand at his right hand; ⁷ When he is judged, let him go out condemned, and let, his own petition, become a sin; ⁸ Let his days become few, his overseership, let another take; ⁹ Let his children become fatherless, and his wife a widow; ¹⁰ Let his children, wander about, and beg, Let them be driven out of their ruins; ¹¹ Let the creditor take aim at all that he hath, and let strangers prey on the fruit of his toil; ¹² Let him have no one to continue lovingkindness, and there be none to favour his fatherless children; ¹³ Let his posterity be for cutting off, In another generation, let their name be wiped out; ¹⁴ Remembered be the iniquity of his fathers against Yahweh, and, the sin of his mother, let it not be wiped out; ¹⁵ Let them be before Yahweh continually, and let the memory of them, be cut off out of the earth. ¹⁶ Because that he remembered not to show lovingkindness, but pursued the man that was oppressed and needy, that, the downhearted, he might slay. ¹⁷ Because he loved cursing, May it have come upon him, Because he delighted not in blessing, May it have kept far from him; ¹⁸ Because he clothed himself in cursing as his outer garment, therefore may it have entered like water into his inward part, and like oil into his bones; ¹⁹ Be it his, as a garment he shall wrap round him, and for a girdle he shall, at all times, gird on: ²⁰ This, be the reward of mine accusers, from Yahweh, even of them who are speaking wrongfully against my life.

¹ [David’s. A Melody.]
The declaration of Yahweh to my Lord––Sit thou at my right hand, Until I make thy foes thy footstool. ² Thy sceptre of strength, will Yahweh extend out of Zion, Tread thou down, in the midst of thy foes. ³ Thy people, will freely offer themselves, in the day of thine army,––in the splendours of holiness, out of the womb of the dawn, To thee, [shall spring forth] the dew of thy youth. ⁴ Yahweh, hath sworn––and will not repent, Thou, [shalt be] a priest unto times age–abiding, after the manner of Melchizedek.
⁵ My Lord, on thy right hand,––hath shattered––in the day of his anger––kings; ⁶ He will judge among the nations––full of dead bodies! He hath shattered the head over a land far extended: ⁷ Of the torrent in the way, will he drink; ––For this cause, will he lift up [his] head.

²² A stone the builders refused, hath become the head of the corner:

⁶ For, A Child, hath been born to us, A Son, hath been given to us, And the dominion is upon his shoulder,––And his Name hath been called, Wonderful Counselor, Mighty GOD, Father of Futurity, Prince of Prosperity.

¹ But there shall come forth a shoot from the stock of Jesse,––And, a sprout, from his roots, shall bear fruit; ² And the spirit of Yahweh shall rest, upon him,––The spirit of wisdom and understanding, The spirit of counsel and might, The spirit of knowledge, and reverence of Yahweh; ³ So will he find fragrance, in the reverence of Yahweh, And not, by the sight of his eyes, will he judge, Nor, by the hearing of his ears, will he decide; ⁴ But he will judge, with righteousness, them who are poor, And decide, with equity! for the oppressed of the land,––And he will smite the land with the sceptre of his mouth, And, with the breath of his lips, will he slay the lawless one; ⁵ And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins,––And faithfulness the girdle of his reins; ⁶ And the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, And, the leopard, with the kid, shall lie down,––And the calf, and the young lion, and the fatling––together, With, a little child, leading them; ⁷ And, the cow, with the bear, shall find pasture, Together, shall their young ones, lie down,––And, the lion, like the ox, shall eat straw; ⁸ And the sucking child shall caress, over the hole of the asp, Yea, over the viper’s den, hath the weaned child stretched out his hand: ⁹ They shall not hurt––nor destroy, in all my holy, mountain,––For filled, is the land with the knowledge of Yahweh, As, the waters, to the sea, form a covering.
¹⁰ And there shall come to be, in that day, A root of Jesse, which shall be standing as an ensign of peoples, Unto him, shall nations seek,––And, his resting–place, shall be, glorious.

¹⁶ Therefore, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Behold me! founding in Zion, a stone, A stone of testing, The costly corner of a well–laid foundation, He that trusteth, shall not make haste!

¹ Comfort ye––comfort ye, my people,––Saith your God. ² Speak ye unto the heart of Jerusalem, And cry unto her,––That accomplished, is her warfare, That accepted, is her punishment,––That she hath received, at the hand of Yahweh, According to the full measure of all her sins.
³ A voice of one crying!––In the desert, prepare ye the way of Yahweh,––Make smooth, in the waste plain, a highway for our God: ⁴ Let, every valley, be exalted, And, every mountain and hill, be made low,––And, the steep ground, become, level, And, the chain of hills––a plain: ⁵ Then shall be revealed, the glory of Yahweh,––And all flesh shall see, it together, For, the mouth of Yahweh, hath spoken! ⁶ A voice saying, Cry! And one said––What, should I cry? All flesh, is grass, And, all the grace thereof, like the flower of the field: ⁷ The grass, hath withered, The flower, hath faded, Because, the breath of Yahweh, hath blown upon it! Surely the people, is grass! ⁸ The grass, hath withered, The flower, hath faded,––But, the word of our God, shall stand unto times age–abiding!
⁹ To a high mountain, get ye up, O heraldband of Zion, Lift high, with strength, your voice, O heraldband of Jerusalem,––Lift it high, do not fear, Say to the cities of Judah––Lo! your God!

¹ Lo! my Servant, I will uphold him, My chosen, well–pleased, is my soul,––I have put my spirit upon him, Justice––to the nations, will he bring forth: ² He will not cry out, nor will he speak loud,––Nor cause to be heard, in the street, his voice: ³ Cane that is crushed, will he not break, And wick that is fading, will he not quench,––Faithfully, will he bring forth justice: ⁴ He will not fade, nor will he be crushed, Until he establish, in the earth, justice, And, for his instruction, Coastlands, wait.

¹ Hearken, ye Coastlands, unto me, And give ear, ye peoples afar off,––Yahweh, called me, from my birth, From my nativity, made he mention of my name; ² And he made my mouth, like a sharp sword, In the shadow of his hand, he concealed me,––And made of me a polished arrow, In his quiver, he hid me; ³ And said to me, My Servant, thou art,––Israel, in whom I will get myself glory. ⁴ But, I, said, To no purpose, have I toiled, For waste and mist––my vigour, have I spent,––Surely, my vindication, is, with, Yahweh, And, my recompence, with my God. ⁵ Now, therefore, said Yahweh––Fashioning me from birth, To be Servant to him, To restore Jacob unto him, And that, Israel, unto him, might be gathered, And I be honourable in the eyes of Yahweh, And, my God, be proved to have been my strength; ⁶ Yea he said––It is too small a thing, for being my, Servant, That thou shouldest raise up the tribes of Jacob, And, the preserved of Israel, shouldst restore,––So I will give thee to become a light of nations, That, my salvation, may reach as far as, the end of the earth.
⁷ Thus, saith Yahweh––the Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, To him that is despised of the soul, To the abhorred of the nation, To the servant of rulers, Kings, shall see and arise, Princes, lo! they have bowed themselves down,––Because of Yahweh, who is faithful, The Holy One of Israel, lo! he hath chosen thee. ⁸ Thus, saith Yahweh––In a time of acceptance, have I answered thee, In a day of salvation, have I helped thee,––That I may preserve thee, And give thee as the covenant of a people, To establish the land, To bring into possession the desolate heritages;

² Wherefore, When I came in, was there no, one? When I called, was there none, to answer? Is mine own hand, really shortened, that it cannot redeem? Or is there not, in me, strength, to deliver? Lo! by my rebuke, I dry up the sea, I make rivers a desert, Their fish, Stinketh, for want of water, Yea dieth, for thirst: ³ I clothe the heavens with gloom, And, of sackcloth, make I their covering.
⁴ My Lord Yahweh, hath given unto me the tongue of the instructed, That I should know how to succour the fainting, with discourse,––He kept wakening––morning by morning, He kept wakening mine ear, to hearken, as do the instructed; ⁵ My Lord, Yahweh, opened mine ear, And, I, was not rebellious,––Away, turned I not: ⁶ My back, gave I to smiters, and, My cheeks, to them who pulled out the beard,––My face, hid I not, from insult and spitting.

¹³ Lo! my Servant, prospereth,––He riseth, and is lifted up, and becometh very high:

¹ The spirit of My Lord Yahweh, is upon me,––Because Yahweh, Hath anointed me, to tell good tidings to the oppressed, Hath sent me to bind up the broken–hearted, To proclaim, To captives, liberty, To them who are bound, the opening of the prison; ² To proclaim––The year of acceptance of Yahweh, and, The day of avenging of our God: To comfort all who are mourning; ³ To appoint unto the mourners of Zion––To give unto them, A chaplet instead of ashes, The oil of joy instead of mourning, The mantle of praise instead of the spirit of dejection,––So shall they be called, The oaks of righteousness, The plantation of Yahweh: That he may get himself glory

⁵ Lo! days are coming, Declareth Yahweh, when I will raise up to David, A righteous Bud, And he shall reign as, king, and prosper, And shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.

¹⁴ Lo! days are coming, Declareth Yahweh,––when I will establish my good word, which I have spoken––As to the house of Israel, And concerning the house of Judah:

²² Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Therefore will, I, myself, take, of the highest branch of the lofty cedar, and set it,––Of the crown of its young twigs, a tender one, will I pluck off, and, I, myself, will plant it upon a mountain high and terraced,

⁴⁴ And, in the days of those kings, shall the God of the heavens, set up, a kingdom which, to the ages, shall not be destroyed, and, the kingdom, to another people, shall not be left,––it shall break in pieces and make an end of all these kingdoms, but, itself, shall stand to the ages.

²⁴ Seventy weeks, have been divided concerning thy people and concerning thy holy city––to put an end to the transgression, and fill up the measure of sin, and put a propitiatory–covering over iniquity, and bring in the righteousness of ages, and affix a seal the vision and prophecy, and anoint the holy of holies. ²⁵ Thou must know, then, and understand: From the going forth of the word to restore and to build Jerusalem––unto the Anointed One, the Prince, [shall be] seven weeks, and sixty–two weeks,––the broadway and the wall, shall again be built, even in the end of the times. ²⁶ And, after the sixty–two weeks, shall the Anointed One, be cut off, and have, nothing,––and, the city and the sanctuary, will one destroy with the Prince, and so will his own end come with an overwhelming flood, howbeit, up to the full end of the war, are decreed astounding things. ²⁷ And he will confirm a covenant to the many, for one week,––but, in the middle of the week, will cause sacrifice and present to cease, and, in his stead, [shall be] the horrid abomination that astoundeth, even till, a full end, and that a decreed one, shall be poured out on him that astoundeth.

⁷ but, on the house of Judah, will I have compassion, and I will save them, as Yahweh their God,––but will not save them by bow, or by sword, or by battle, by horses, or by horsemen.
⁸ And, when she had weaned Lo–ruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son. ⁹ Then said he, Call his name Lo–ammi[=" No people of mine"], ––for ye are Lo–ammi ["No people of mine"], and, I, will not be yours. ¹⁰ Yet shall the number of the sons of Israel become like the sand of the sea, which can neither he measured, nor numbered,––and it shall come to pass, in the place where it used to be said to them, No people of mine, are ye, it shall be said to them, Sons of a Living God! ¹¹ Then shall the sons of Judah and the sons of Israel, gather themselves together, as one, and shall appoint them one head, and come up out of the earth,––for great shall be the day of Jezreel.

⁵ Afterwards, shall the sons of Israel return, and seek Yahweh their God, and David their king,––and shall turn with throbbing hearts unto Yahweh and unto his goodness, in the afterpart of the days.

²⁸ And it shall come to pass, afterwards, I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters, shall prophesy,––your old men, shall dream, dreams, your young men, shall see, visions; ²⁹ Moreover also, upon the servants and upon the handmaids––in those days, will I pour out my spirit; ³⁰ And I will set forth wonders in the heavens, and in the earth,––blood, and fire, and columns of smoke: ³¹ The sun, shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood,––before the coming of the great and awful day of Yahweh. ³² And it shall come to pass, whosoever, shall call on the name of Yahweh, shall be delivered,––For in Mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, shall be a delivered remnant, just as Yahweh hath said, and among the survivors, whom Yahweh doth call.

¹¹ In that day, will I raise up the pavilion of David, that is lying prostrate,––and wall up the breaches of them, and, his ruins, will I raise up, and will build it, as in the days of age–past times:

¹ Meanwhile, shalt thou gather together in troops, thou daughter of a troop, siege, hath he laid against us,––with a sceptre, will they smite on the cheek, the judge of Israel!

⁷ And I will shake all the nations, and the delight of all the nations, shall come in,––and I will fill this house with glory, saith Yahweh of hosts. ⁸ Mine is the silver and Mine the gold, Declareth Yahweh of hosts: ⁹ Greater shall be the last glory of this house than the first, saith Yahweh of hosts,––and, in this place, will I give prosperity, Declareth Yahweh of hosts.

¹² then shalt thou speak unto him, saying, Thus, speaketh Yahweh of hosts, saying,––Lo! a man! Bud, is his name, and, out of his own place, shall he bud forth, and shall build the temple of Yahweh;

⁸ And I sent off three shepherds, in one month,––for impatient was my soul with them, moreover also, their soul, felt a loathing against me. ⁹ Then said I––I will not tend you,––the dying, may die, and, the disappearing, may disappear, and, the remainder, may devour one another. ¹⁰ So I took my staff Grace, and cut it in two,––that I might set aside my covenant which I had solemnised with all the peoples. ¹¹ When it was broken, on that day, then did the sheep– merchants who were watching me, know, that, the word of Yahweh, it was. ¹² Then said I unto them, If it be good in your eyes, give me my wage, and, if not, forbear. So they weighed out my wage, thirty pieces of silver. ¹³ Then said Yahweh unto me, Cast it into the treasury, the magnificent price at which I had been valued by them! So I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them, in the house of Yahweh, into the treasury.

¹⁰ But I will pour out upon the house of David and upon the inhabitant of Jerusalem, the spirit of favour, and of supplications, and they will look unto me, whom they have pierced,––and will wail over him, as one waileth over an only son, and will make bitter outcry over him, as one maketh bitter outcry over a firstborn.

⁴ Yea his feet, shall stand, in that day, on the Mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the Mount of Olives, shall cleave asunder, from the midst thereof, towards the east and towards the west, an exceeding great valley,––and half of the mountain, shall give way, toward the north, and half of it toward the south.

² So shall the sun of righteousness, arise to you who revere my Name, with healing in his wings,––and ye shall come forth and leap for joy like calves let loose from the stall; ³ And ye shall tread down the lawless, for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet,––in the day when I am working with effect, saith Yahweh of hosts.
⁴ Remember ye the law of Moses my servant,––which I commanded him in Horeb, for all Israel, statutes and regulations. ⁵ Lo! I am sending unto you Elijah the prophet,––before the coming of the great and awful day of Yahweh; ⁶ And he shall bring back the heart of the fathers unto the children, and the heart of the children unto their fathers,––lest I come, and smite the land, with utter destruction.

⁵⁴ How then should the Scriptures be fulfilled, that, thus, it must needs come to pass?

⁵⁶ But, this, hath, wholly, come to pass, that, the Scriptures of the prophets, may be fulfilled. Then, the disciples, all forsaking him, fled.

³¹ And he began to be teaching them––The Son of Man, must needs suffer many things, and be rejected by the Elders and the High–priests and the Scribes,––and be slain; and, after three days, arise. ³² And, openly, was he speaking the word. And Peter, taking him aside, began to rebuke him.

³¹ for he was teaching his disciples and saying [unto them], The Son of Man, is to be delivered up, into the hands of men, and they will slay him,––and, being slain, after three days, will he arise.

³¹ And, taking aside the twelve, he said unto them––Lo! we are going up unto Jerusalem, and all the things will be finished, which have been written through means of the prophets, respecting the Son of Man; ³² For he will be delivered up unto the nations, and be mocked, and insulted, and spit upon,–– ³³ and, having scourged him, they will slay him, and, on the third day, will, he, arise. ³⁴ And, they, not one of these things, understood, and this saying was hidden from them, and the could not comprehend the things spoken.

²² For, days of avenging, are, these, for all the things written to be fulfilled.

³⁷ For I say unto you––This that is written, must needs be completed in me,––And, with lawless ones, was he reckoned; for, even that which concerneth me, hath, completion.

⁶ [He is not here, but hath arisen:] Remember how he spake unto you while yet he was in Galilee: ⁷ Saying, as to the Son of Man, that he must needs be delivered up into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified,––and, on the third day, arise.

²⁶ Was it not needful for the Christ, these very things, to suffer, and to enter into his glory? ²⁷ And, beginning from Moses, and from all the prophets, he thoroughly explained to them, in all the Scriptures, the things concerning himself.

¹⁴ And, just as, Moses, lifted up the serpent in the desert, so, must, the Son of Man, be lifted up,––

⁴⁶ For, if ye had been believing, in Moses, ye would, in that case, have been believing, in me: for, concerning me, he wrote.

⁴ But, these things, have I told you,––That, whensoever their hour shall come, ye may remember, that, thereof, I told you. These things, however, I told you not, from the beginning, because I was, with you; ⁵ But, now, I go my way unto him that sent me, and, not one from among you, questioneth me––Whither goest thou?

¹⁶ A little while, and, no longer, ye behold me; and, again a little while, and ye shall see me. ¹⁷ Some of his disciples, therefore, said one to another––What is this which he is saying to us:––A little while, and ye behold me not, and, again a little while, and ye shall see me; and––Because I go my way unto the Father?

¹¹ And, no longer, am I in the world, and, they, are, in the world,––and, I, unto thee, am coming. Holy Father! Keep them in thy name which thou hast given me, that they may be one, as, we. ¹² When I was with them, I, kept them in thy name which thou hast given me,––And I kept watch, and, none from among them, went the destruction,––save the son of destruction, that, the Scripture, might be fulfilled. ¹³ But, now, unto thee, am I coming; and, these things, am I speaking in the world, that they may have my own joy fulfilled in themselves.

²⁴ They said, therefore, one to another––Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose, it shall be; ––that, the Scripture, might be fulfilled––They parted my garments amongst them, and, for my vestment, they cast lots:––yes verily, the soldiers, these things did. ²⁵ And there were standing by the cross of Jesus, his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary the Magdalene. ²⁶ Jesus, therefore, seeing his mother and the disciple whom he loved, saith unto his mother––O woman, see! thy son! ²⁷ Afterwards, he saith unto the disciple––See! thy mother! And, from that hour, the disciple took her unto his own home. ²⁸ After this, Jesus, knowing that, already, all things, have been finished,––that the Scripture might be fulfilled, saith––I thirst! ²⁹ A vessel, was standing, full of vinegar. A sponge, therefore, full of the vinegar, put about, hyssop, brought they unto his mouth. ³⁰ When, therefore, he had received the vinegar, Jesus said––It is finished! And, bowing his head, delivered up his spirit.
³¹ The Jews, therefore, since it was, a preparation, that the bodies might not remain upon the cross during the Sabbath,––for that Sabbath day was, great, requested Pilate that their legs might be broken, and they be taken away. ³² The soldiers, therefore, came; and, of the first, indeed, brake the legs, and of the other who was crucified with him,–– ³³ but coming, unto Jesus, when they saw that, already, he was dead, they brake not his legs; –– ³⁴ but, one of the soldiers, with a spear, pierced, his side, and there came out, straightway, blood and water. ³⁵ And, he that hath seen, hath borne witness; and, genuine, is his testimony, and, he, knoweth that he saith, what is true, that, ye also, may believe. ³⁶ For these things came to pass, that, the Scripture, might be fulfilled––A bone thereof, shall not be crushed; ³⁷ and, again, a different Scripture, saith––They shall look unto him whom they pierced.

¹⁸ Howbeit, God––what things he had before declared, through the mouth of all the prophets, for his Christ to suffer,––did thus fulfill!

²² Moses, indeed, said––A prophet, unto you, shall the Lord God raise up among your brethren, like unto me: unto him, shall ye hearken respecting all things whatsoever he shall speak unto you. ²³ And it shall be––every soul, whatsoever, which shall not hearken unto that prophet, shall be utterly destroyed from among the people. ²⁴ But, indeed, all the prophets,––from Samuel and those following after, as many as have spoken, have even announced these days.

²⁹ And, when they had finished all those things which, concerning him, had been written, taking him down from the tree, they put him in a tomb. ³⁰ But, God, raised him from among the dead: ³¹ Who appeared, during many days, unto them who had come up with him from Galilee unto Jerusalem; who, indeed, [now] are his witnesses unto the people.

³³ That God hath fulfilled, the same, for our children, by raising up Jesus: as also, in the second psalm, it is written––My son, art, thou: I, this day, have begotten thee.

⁵ Even Moses, indeed, was faithful in all his house, as an attendant, for a witness of the things which were to be spoken;

¹ For, this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of God Most High, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him,––

⁸ The Holy Spirit making this evident––that, not yet, hath been manifested, the way through the Holy place, so long as the first tent hath a standing.

¹ For the law, having in a shadow of the destined good things, not the very image of the things, they can never, with the same sacrifices which year by year they offer evermore, make them who approach, perfect;

¹¹ Then Yahweh said unto him––Who appointed a mouth for man, or who appointeth him to be dumb, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not, I, Yahweh?

¹⁶ Then, uncovereth he the ear of men, and, on their correction, affixeth a seal;

¹⁸ Unveil thou mine eyes, that I may discern Wondrous things out of thy law.

¹⁰ For Yahweh, hath poured out upon you, a spirit of deep sleep, Yea hath tightly shut your eyes––the prophets,––And, your heads––the seers, hath he covered, ¹¹ And so all, vision hath become unto you, as the words of a writing that is sealed, Which is delivered unto one acquainted with writing, saying, Pray thee, read this, And he saith, I cannot, for it, is, sealed; ¹² And then the writing is delivered to one unacquainted with writing, saying, Pray thee, read this, And he saith, I am not acquainted with writing.

¹⁸ Therefore, in that day, shall the deaf hear, the words of a book,––And, out of gloom and darkness, the eyes of the blind, shall see; ¹⁹ And again, shall the humbled, in Yahweh, have joy,––And, the needy of mankind, in the Holy One of Israel, exult;

³² And they said one to another––Was not, our heart, burning, as he was speaking to us in the way, as he was opening to us the Scriptures?

¹⁸ To open their eyes; that they turn from darkness unto light, and the authority of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins, and an inheritance among them who have been made holy by the faith respecting me.

¹⁴ But their thoughts were turned into stone: for, until this very day, the same veil, upon the reading of the old covenant, abideth, not to be removed, because, in Christ, it is to be done away; ¹⁵ But, until this day, whensoever Moses is read, a veil upon their heart, doth lie; ¹⁶ Howbeit, whensoever he turneth unto [the] Lord, he taketh off the veil: ¹⁷ And, the Lord, is, the Spirit: now, where the Spirit of one who is Lord [is, there is] freedom! ¹⁸ And, we all, with unveiled face, receiving and reflecting, the glory of [the] Lord, into the same image, are being transformed, from glory into glory,––even as from a Spirit that is Lord.

⁴ In whom, the god of this age, hath blinded the minds of the unbelieving, to the end they may not discern the radiance of the glad–message of the glory of the Christ––who is the image of God. ⁵ For, not ourselves, do we proclaim, but Christ Jesus, as Lord, and, ourselves, as your servants for Jesus’ sake. ⁶ Because, the God who said––Out of darkness, light shall shine! [is he] who hath shone in our hearts, in proportion to the radiance of the glorious knowledge of God, in the face of Christ.

¹⁴ Wherefore it saith––Up! thou sleeper, and arise from among the dead, and the Christ will shine upon thee.

²⁰ We know, moreover, that, the Son of God, hath come, and hath given us insight, so that we are getting to understand, him that is Real,––and we are in him that is Real, in his Son Jesus Christ. This, is the Real God, and life age–abiding.

⁷ And, unto the messenger of the assembly, in Philadelphia, write:––These things, saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth and no one shall shut, and shutteth and no one openeth:

¹² And there is in no one else, salvation, for, neither is there any other name, under heaven, which hath been set forth among men, in which we must needs be saved.

²⁷ All the ends of the earth, will remember and turn to Yahweh, Yea all the families of the nations, will bow themselves down before thee,

² That thy way may be known throughout the earth, Throughout all nations, thy saving help! ³ Peoples will praise thee, O God, Peoples will, all of them, praise thee, ⁴ Races of men, will be glad and shout for joy, Because thou wilt judge peoples with equity, And, races of men throughout the earth, thou wilt lead. [Selah.]

⁷ God, will bless us, That all the ends of the earth, may revere him.

⁹ All nations whom thou hast made, Shall come in and bow down before thee, O My Lord, That they may glorify thy Name.

¹ [A Melody.]
Sing to Yahweh, a song that is new, For, wonderful things, hath he done, His own right hand and his holy arm, have brought him salvation. ² Yahweh, hath made known, his salvation, Before the eyes of the nations, hath he revealed his righteousness; ³ He hath remembered his lovingkindness and his faithfulness towards the house of Israel,––All the ends of the earth, have seen, the salvation of our God.

¹ Praise Yahweh, all ye nations, Laud him, all ye tribes of men; ² For his lovingkindness, hath prevailed over us, and, the faithfulness of Yahweh, is to times age–abiding. Praise ye Yah!

¹ That which Isaiah, son of Amoz, saw in vision,––concerning Judah and Jerusalem. ² But it shall come to pass, in the afterpart of the days, That the mountain of the house of Yahweh, Shall be, set up, as the head of the mountains, And be exalted above the hills,––And all the nations, shall stream thereunto; ³ And many peoples shall go, and say––Come ye, and let us ascend, Unto the mountain of Yahweh, Unto the house of the God of Jacob, That he may teach us of his ways, And we may walk in his paths,––For, out of Zion, shall go forth a law, And the word of Yahweh out of Jerusalem;

⁴ What could have been done further, to my vineyard, That I had not done in it? Why then––When I had waited that it should bring forth grapes, Brought it forth wild, grapes?

¹⁰ And there shall come to be, in that day, A root of Jesse, which shall be standing as an ensign of peoples, Unto him, shall nations seek,––And, his resting–place, shall be, glorious.

⁶ Yea he said––It is too small a thing, for being my, Servant, That thou shouldest raise up the tribes of Jacob, And, the preserved of Israel, shouldst restore,––So I will give thee to become a light of nations, That, my salvation, may reach as far as, the end of the earth.

²² Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh––Lo! I will lift up, unto nations, my hand, Yea, unto peoples, will I raise high my banner,––And they shall bring in thy sons in their bosom, And, thy daughters, on the shoulder, shall be borne;

¹⁰ Yahweh hath bared his holy, arm, in the eyes of all the nations, So shall all the ends of the earth see, the salvation of our God.

¹⁵ The more doth he startle Many nations, Before him, have kings closed, their mouth,––For, that which had not been related to them, have they seen, And, that which they had not heard, have they diligently considered.

¹ Arise––shine, For thy light, hath come,––And, the glory of Yahweh, on thee, hath beamed; ² For lo! darkness, covereth the earth, And, deep gloom, the peoples,––But, on thee, beameth Yahweh, And, his glory, on thee, is seen. ³ So shall nations come, to thy light, And kings, to the brightness of thy dawning.

¹⁸ Because, I, . . . for their works and their devices, doth it come! . . . Am about to gather together all nations and tongues,––So shall they come and see my glory. ¹⁹ Then will I set, among them, a sign, And will send, of them, such as have escaped, unto the nations––Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, Tubal and Javan,––The Coastlands that are afar off, Who have not heard my fame, Nor seen my glory, And they shall tell my glory throughout the nations. ²⁰ Then shall they bring in all your brethren out of all the nations, As a present unto Yahweh, Upon horses and in chariots and in palanquins and on mules and on dromedaries, Unto my holy, mountain––Jerusalem, Saith Yahweh,––Just as the sons of Israel, bring in, their present in a pure vessel, into the house of Yahweh. ²¹ And, of them also, will I take for priests––for Levites, Saith Yahweh,

³⁴ Then shall they no longer teach, Every man his neighbour, and, Every man his brother, saying, Know ye Yahweh,––For, they all, shall know, me, From the least of them, Even unto the greatest of them, Declareth Yahweh, For I will forgive their iniquity, And, their sin, will I remember, no more.

²⁴ Seventy weeks, have been divided concerning thy people and concerning thy holy city––to put an end to the transgression, and fill up the measure of sin, and put a propitiatory–covering over iniquity, and bring in the righteousness of ages, and affix a seal the vision and prophecy, and anoint the holy of holies.

²³ So will I sow her unto me in the land, and will have compassion upon the uncompassionated one[=" Lo–ruhamah"], ––and will say to him who was No–people–of–mine[=to "Lo–ammi"], My people, thou art, and, he, shall say, My God!

⁸ How can I give thee up, Ephraim? abandon thee Israel? How can I make thee as Admah? set thee as Zeboim? Mine own heart, turneth against me, at once, are kindled my compassions.

² Yea many nations, shall go, and say––come ye, and let us ascend unto the mountain of Yahweh, and unto the house of the God of Jacob, that he may teach us of his ways, and we may walk in his paths,––for, out of Zion, shall go forth a law, and, the word of Yahweh, out of Jerusalem;

¹¹ For, from the rising of the sun, even unto the going in thereof, great is my Name among the nations, and, in every place, incense, is offered to my Name, and a pure present,––for great is my Name among the nations, saith Yahweh of hosts.

² saying, Repent ye,––for the kingdom of the heavens hath drawn near.

¹⁰ Now Jesus, hearing, marveled, and said to them that followed,––Verily, I say unto you, With no one in Israel, such faith as this, have I found. ¹¹ But I say unto you, Many from east and west, will have come, and shall recline with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, in the kingdom of the heavens;

¹³ But go ye, and learn what this meaneth,––Mercy, I desire, and not, sacrifice; For I came, not to call the righteous, but sinners.

⁵ These twelve, Jesus sent forth, charging them, saying:––Into any way to the nations, do not depart,––and, into any city of Samaritans, do not enter; ⁶ But be going, rather, unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

¹⁹ Go ye, therefore, and disciple all the nations, Immersing them into the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,––

³⁴ Jerusalem! Jerusalem! she that slayeth the prophets, and stoneth them that are sent unto her! How often, have I desired to gather together thy children, like as a hen, her own brood, under her wings,––and ye did not desire!

³⁸ And Peter [said] unto them––Repent ye, and let each one of you be immersed, in the name of Jesus Christ, into the remission of your sins,––and ye shall receive the free–gift of the Holy Spirit;

¹⁹ Repent ye, therefore, and turn,––unto the blotting out of your sins; to the end that in that case, there may come seasons of refreshing from the face of the Lord,

²⁵ Ye, are the sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God covenanted unto your fathers, saying unto Abraham––And, in thy seed, shall be blessed, all the families of the ground. ²⁶ Unto you first, God––having raised up his Servant––hath sent him forth, ready to bless you, when ye are turning away, each one, from your wickednesses.

³¹ Him, as Princely–leader and Saviour, hath God exalted unto his right hand,––to give repentance unto Israel, and remission of sins.

⁴⁶ For they heard them speaking with tongues, and magnifying God. Then answered Peter–– ⁴⁷ Surely then, the water, can no man forbid, that these should not be immersed,––seeing that, the Holy Spirit, they have received, as well as we. ⁴⁸ And he commanded them in the name of Jesus Christ to be immersed. Then, requested they him, to abide still some days.

¹⁸ And, having heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying––Hence, even unto the nations, God hath granted repentance unto life.

³⁸ Be it known unto you, therefore, brethren,––that, through this man, unto you, remission of sins is declared; ³⁹ And, from all things from which ye could not, by the law of Moses, be justified, by this man, everyone that believeth, is justified.

⁴⁶ And Paul and Barnabas, speaking boldly, said––Unto you, was it necessary, that the word of God should first be spoken: seeing ye are thrusting it from you, and, unworthy, are judging yourselves of the age–abiding life, lo! we turn unto the nations;

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?

⁵ When, however, both Silas and Timothy had come down from Macedonia, Paul began to be urged on in the word, bearing full witness unto the Jews that, Jesus, was, the Christ. ⁶ But, as they began opposing and defaming, shaking out his garments, he said unto them––Your blood, be upon your own head! Pure, am, I: henceforth, unto the nations, will I go.

²¹ bearing full witness, both to Jews and to Greeks, as to the repentance due unto God, and as to belief on our Lord Jesus.

²⁰ But––both to them in Damascus, first, and in Jerusalem, unto all the country of Judaea also, and unto the nations, I carried tidings––that they should repent, and turn unto God, and, works worthy of their repentance, should practise.

²⁸ Be it, known unto you, therefore, that, unto the nations, hath been sent forth this salvation of God: they, will also hear.

²⁰ Law, however, gained admission, in order that the fault might abound, but, where the sin abounded, the favour greatly superabounded:

¹² For there is no distinction––of Jew or Greek,––for, the same [Lord], is Lord of all, being rich unto all who call upon him; ¹³ For, Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord, shall be saved:–– ¹⁴ How, then, shall men call upon one in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in one of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear, without one to proclaim? ¹⁵ And how shall they proclaim, except they be sent? Even as it is written––How beautiful the feet of them that bring glad tidings of good things! ¹⁶ But, not all, have become obedient unto the glad tidings; ––for, Isaiah, saith––Lord! who believed what we have heard? ¹⁷ Hence, our faith, cometh by something heard, and, that which is heard, through a declaration of Christ. ¹⁸ But I say: Have they not heard? Yea indeed,––into all the earth, hath gone forth their sound, and, unto the ends of the inhabited world, their declarations.

²⁶ And, so, all Israel shall be saved: even as it is written––There shall have come out of Zion the Deliverer,––He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob; ²⁷ And, this, for them, is the covenant from me, as soon as I take away their sins.

⁸ For I affirm Christ to have become a minister of circumcision in behalf of the truth of God,––to confirm the promises of the fathers, ⁹ And that, the nations, for mercy should glorify God:––even as it is written––For this cause, will I openly confess unto thee among nations, and, unto thy name, will strike the strings; ¹⁰ And again he saith––Be glad ye nations with his people; ¹¹ And again,––Be giving praise all ye nations unto the Lord, and let all the peoples repeat his praise; ¹² And, again, Isaiah, saith––There shall be the root of Jesse, and he that ariseth to rule nations,––upon, him, shall nations hope.
¹³ Now, the God of the hope, fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that ye may surpass in the hope, in the power of Holy Spirit.
¹⁴ But I am persuaded my brethren,––even, I myself, concerning you: that, ye yourselves, also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also, unto one another, to be ministering admonition: ¹⁵ Howbeit, the more boldly, have I written unto you,––in some measure, as bringing it back to your minds,––by reason of the favour given unto me from God,–– ¹⁶ That I should be a public minister of Christ Jesus unto the nations, doing priestly service with the glad–message of God, in order that the offering up of the nations might prove to be acceptable, being hallowed in Holy Spirit:

⁶ Unto the praise of the glory of his favour wherewith he favoured us in the Beloved One,––

⁸ Unto me––the less than least of all saints, was given this favour, unto the nations, to announce the glad–message of the untraceable riches of the Christ,

²⁷ Unto whom God hath been pleased to make known what is the glorious wealth of this sacred secret among the nations, which is Christ in you, the hope of the glory,––

¹² I write unto you, dear children, because your sins have been forgiven you, for the sake of his name:

²⁷ And do, ye also, bear witness, because, from the beginning, ye are, with me,

⁸ But ye shall receive power when the Holy Spirit cometh upon you, and ye shall be my witnesses, both in Jerusalem and [in] all Judaea and Samaria and as far as the uttermost part of the land.

²² Beginning from the immersion by John until the day when he was taken up from us, that, a witness of his resurrection along with us, should one of these become.

³² The same Jesus, hath God raised up, whereof, all we, are witnesses!

¹⁵ But, the Princely Leader of Life, ye slew:––whom, God, raised from among the dead, whereof, we, are witnesses.

³³ And, with great power, were the apostles giving forth their witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus; great favour also was upon them all.

³² And, we, are witnesses of these things,––also the Holy Spirit, which God hath given unto them who are yielding obedience unto him.

³⁹ We also, are witnesses of all things which he did, both in the country of the Jews and Jerusalem; whom they even slew by suspending upon a tree; ––

³¹ Who appeared, during many days, unto them who had come up with him from Galilee unto Jerusalem; who, indeed, [now] are his witnesses unto the people.

¹⁵ Because thou shalt be a witness to him unto all men, of the things which thou hast seen and heard.

³ how shall, we, escape, if, so great a salvation as this, we have neglected,––which, indeed, having received, a beginning, of being spoken through the Lord, by them who heard, unto us was confirmed, ⁴ God, jointly witnessing also, both with signs and wonders and manifold mighty works, and with distributions of Holy Spirit, according to his own will?

¹ Elders, therefore, among you, I exhort––[I] who am their co–elder and a witness of the sufferings of the Christ, who also, in the glory about to be revealed, have, a share; ––

² And, the Life, was made manifest, and we have seen, and are bearing witness, and announcing unto you, the Age–abiding Life, which, indeed, was with the Father, and was made manifest unto us; ³ That which we have seen and heard, are we announcing, even unto you, in order that, ye too, may have fellowship with us, and, our own fellowship also, may be with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.

¹⁵ Until there be poured out upon us the spirit, from on high,––Then shall, the wilderness, become, garden–land, And, the garden–land, for a forest, be reckoned;

³ For I will pour, Water upon the thirsty soil, and, Floods upon the dry ground,––I will pour, My spirit upon thy seed, and, My blessing upon thine offspring; ⁴ So will they spring up among the grass, As willows by the water–courses:

²⁰ So shall come in, for Zion, a Redeemer, Even for such as are turning from transgression in Jacob,––Declareth Yahweh. ²¹ And, as for me, this, shall be my covenant with them, Saith Yahweh: My spirit that is upon thee, And my words which I have put in thy mouth,––Shall not be taken out of thy mouth––Nor out of the mouth of thy seed, Nor out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed, Saith Yahweh, From henceforth even unto times age–abiding.

¹⁶ And, I, will request the Father, and, Another Advocate, will he give unto you, that he may be with you age–abidingly, ¹⁷ The Spirit of truth,––which, the world, cannot receive, because it beholdeth it not, nor getteth to know it. But, ye, are getting to know it; because, with you, it abideth, and, in you, it is.

²⁶ Whensoever the Advocate shall come, Whom, I, will send unto you from the Father, The Spirit of truth, which, from the Father, cometh forth, He, will bear witness concerning me;

⁷ But, I, the truth, am telling you––It is profitable for you, that, I, depart; for, if I should not depart, The Advocate, would in nowise come unto you, but, if I go, I will send him unto you. ⁸ And, having come, He, will reprove the world––Concerning sin, and concerning righteousness, and concerning judgment: ⁹ Concerning sin, indeed, because they are not believing on me; ¹⁰ But, concerning righteousness, because, unto the Father, I go my way, and, no longer, do ye behold me; ¹¹ And, concerning judgment, because, the ruler of this world, hath been judged. ¹² Yet many things, have I, unto you, to be saying,––but ye cannot bear them, just now; ¹³ Howbeit, as soon as, he, hath come––The Spirit of truth, he will guide you into all truth; for he will not speak from himself, but, whatsoever he heareth, he will speak, and, the coming things, will he announce unto you. ¹⁴ He, shall glorify me; for, of mine, shall he receive, and announce unto you. ¹⁵ All things, whatsoever the Father hath, are, my own; therefore, said I––Of mine, shall he receive, and announce unto you.
¹⁶ A little while, and, no longer, ye behold me; and, again a little while, and ye shall see me.

⁴ And being in company with them he charged them, from Jerusalem, not to absent themselves, but––To abide around the promise of the Father which ye have heard of me,

¹ And, when the day of pentecost was filling up [the number of days] they were all together with one intent; –– ² When there came suddenly out of heaven a sound, just as of a mighty rushing wind,––and it filled all the house where they were sitting; ³ And there appeared unto them––parting asunder––tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each one of them; ⁴ And they were all filled with Holy Spirit, and began to be speaking with other kinds of tongues just as the Spirit was giving unto them to be sounding forth.
⁵ Now there were in Jerusalem sojourning Jews, reverent men from every nation who were under heaven; ⁶ And this sound occurring the throng came together and was thrown into confusion, because each one severally heard in his own language them who were speaking; ⁷ Yea they were beside themselves and did marvel, saying––Lo! are not all these who are speaking Galilaeans? ⁸ How then do, we, hear each one in our own language in which we were born? ⁹ Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and those dwelling in Mesopotamia, Judaea also and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, ¹⁰ Phrygia also and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of the Libya that is towards Cyrene, and the sojourning Romans,––both Jews and proselytes, ¹¹ Cretans and Arabians, we do hear them speaking in our own tongues the magnificent things of God. ¹² But they were all beside themselves and were utterly at a loss, saying one to another––What doth this please to be? ¹³ While, others, in mockery were saying––With sweet wine, are they drunken!
¹⁴ But, taking his stand, Peter with the eleven lifted up his voice, and sounded out unto them––Ye men of Judaea, and all ye who are sojourning in Jerusalem! Let, this, unto you be known, and give ear unto my declarations; –– ¹⁵ For not, as, ye, suppose, are these men drunken, for it is the third hour of the day; –– ¹⁶ But this is that which hath been spoken through the prophet Joel–– ¹⁷ And it shall be, in the last days saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and, your young men, visions shall see and, your elders, in dreams shall dream,–– ¹⁸ And, even upon my men–servants and upon my maid–servants in those days, will I pour out of my Spirit, and they shall prophesy; ¹⁹ And I will set forth wonders in the heaven above, and signs upon the earth beneath,––blood and fire and vapour of smoke: ²⁰ The sun, shall be turned into darkness and, the moon, into blood,––before the coming of the day of the Lord, the great and manifest [day]; ²¹ And it shall be––Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord, shall be saved.

¹⁸ Now, Melchizedek king of Salem, had brought forth bread and wine,––he, being priest of GOD Most High. ¹⁹ So he blessed him, and said,––Blessed be Abram, of GOD Most High, possessor of [the] heavens and earth; ²⁰ And blessed be GOD Most High, who hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. So he gave unto him a tenth of all.

⁴ and make for me dainty meats, such as I love, and bring in to me, that I may eat,––To the end my soul may bless thee, ere yet I die!

⁹ And Joseph said unto his father, My sons, they are, whom God hath given me, in this place. And he said––Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, that I may bless them.

²⁸ All these, are the twelve tribes of Israel,––And, this, is that which their father spake to them, when he blessed them, Each man severally according to the blessing wherewith he blessed them.

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.

¹⁷ And, leaving them behind, he went forth outside the city into Bethany, and spent the night there.

¹⁶ And, folding them in his arms, he was blessing them, having laid his hands upon them.

¹ And, when they are drawing near unto Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, towards the Mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples,––

¹² Then returned they into Jerusalem, from a mountain called Olivet, which is nigh unto Jerusalem a Sabbath day’s journey.

⁵ And, they, indeed, from among the sons of Levi who the priesthood receive, have commandment to take tithes of the people, according to the law, that is, of their brethren, although sprung from the loins of Abraham; ⁶ But, he who deriveth not his pedigree from among them, hath taken tithes of Abraham. And, the holder of the promises, hath he blessed. ⁷ But, apart from all gainsaying, the less, by the greater, is blessed.

¹¹ And it came to pass, as they were going on and on and talking, that lo! there was a chariot of fire, with horses of fire, which parted, those two, asunder,––and Elijah went up in a storm, into the heavens.

¹⁹ The Lord [Jesus], therefore, on the one hand, after talking with them, was taken up into heaven, and sat down on the right hand of God:

¹⁷ Jesus saith unto her––Be not detaining me, for, not yet, have I ascended unto the Father; but be going unto my disciples, and say unto them––I am ascending unto my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.

⁹ And having said these things, as they were beholding, he was lifted up, and a cloud caught him away from their eyes.

⁸ Wherefore he saith––Ascending on high, he took captivity captive, [and] gave gifts unto men. ⁹ Now this, He ascended; what is it,––save––that he also descended into the under parts of the earth? ¹⁰ He that descended, he, it is who also ascended over–above all the heavens, that he might fill all things;

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:

¹⁴ Having then a great high–priest who hath passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast the confession;

¹¹ Thou hast turned my lamentation, into a dance for me,––Thou hast torn off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness:

⁹ And lo! Jesus, met them, saying––Joy to you! And, they, going forward, held his feet, and worshipped him.

¹⁷ and, seeing him, they worshipped, but, some, doubted.

²⁸ Ye heard that, I, said unto you––I go my way, and I come unto you,––Had ye loved me, ye would have rejoiced, that I am going unto the Father, for, the Father, is, greater than I.

⁷ But, I, the truth, am telling you––It is profitable for you, that, I, depart; for, if I should not depart, The Advocate, would in nowise come unto you, but, if I go, I will send him unto you.

²⁸ Thomas answered, and said unto him––My Lord, and my God!

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,

²⁰ Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I myself have commanded you, And lo! I, am, with you, all the days, until the conclusion of the age.

²⁰ They, on the other hand, going forth, proclaimed on every side, the Lord, co–working, and confirming, the word, through, the closely following signs.] OTHERWISE. [All the things given in charge unto the companions of Peter, they concisely reported. But, after these things, Jesus also, himself, from east even unto west, sent forth, through them, the sacred and incorruptible proclamation of the age–abiding salvation.]

⁴⁶ And, daily giving attendance with one intent in the temple and, at home, breaking bread, they were partaking of food with exultation and singleness of heart; ⁴⁷ Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And, the Lord, was adding them who were being saved, daily, together.

⁴¹ They, therefore, went rejoicing from the presence of the high–council; in that they had been accounted worthy, in behalf of The Name, to suffer dishonour. ⁴² And, every day in the temple, and at home, they ceased not to be teaching, and telling the good news as to the Anointed Jesus.

²¹ The favour of the Lord Jesus [Christ] be with the saints.