Proverbs 24 Cross References - Rotherham

¹ Be not thou envious of wicked men, neither crave to be with them; ² For, violence, their heart muttereth, and, mischief, their lips do speak.
³ In wisdom, is a house builded, and, in understanding, is it established; ⁴ And, in knowledge, chambers are filled, with all acquisitions, costly and fair. ⁵ A wise man, is mighty, and, a man of knowledge, becometh alert in vigour. ⁶ Surely, with concerted measures, shalt thou make for thyself war, and, success, lieth in the greatness of the counselor.
⁷ Unattainable to a foolish man, are the dictates of wisdom, in the gate, he openeth not his mouth. ⁸ He that deviseth to do mischief, him, shall men call, a master of plots. ⁹ The purpose of folly, is sin, and, an abomination to mankind, is a buffoon.
¹⁰ Thou hast been slothful in the day of straitness, Strait, is thy strength.
¹¹ Deliver thou such as are being led forth to death, and, them who are tottering to slaughter, oh that thou wouldst hold back! ¹² Though thou say, Lo! we knew not this, Shall not, he that proveth hearts, himself, discern? And, he that formeth thy soul, himself, know? and bring back to a son of earth according to his deed?
¹³ My son, eat thou honey, because it is good,––and droppings from the comb [because they are] sweet to thy palate: ¹⁴ Thus, take knowledge of wisdom, for thine own soul; If thou find it, then there is a future, and, thine expectation, shall not be cut off.
¹⁵ Do not lie in wait, thou lawless man, against the home of the righteous,––neither destroy thou his place of rest; ¹⁶ For, seven times, may the righteous fall and yet arise, but, lawless men, shall stumble into calamity.
¹⁷ When thine enemy falleth, do not thou rejoice, and, when he stumbleth, let not thy heart exult: ¹⁸ Lest Yahweh see it, and it be wicked in his eyes, and he turn away from him his anger.
¹⁹ Burn not with vexation against evil doers, be not envious of lawless men; ²⁰ For there shall be no future for the wicked, The lamp of the lawless, shall go out.
²¹ Revere thou Yahweh, my son, and the king, and, with the fickle, have thou no fellowship; ²² For, suddenly, shall arise their calamity; and, the misfortune of their years, who knoweth?
²³ These things also, concern the wise, To take note of faces in judgment, is not good. ²⁴ He that saith to the lawless man, Righteous, thou art, peoples shall denounce him, populations shall curse him; ²⁵ But, to reprovers, one should be pleasant, and, upon them, should come an excellent blessing: ²⁶ Lips, should one kiss with one who answereth in right words.
²⁷ Prepare, in the open, thy work, and make ready, in the field, for thyself, Afterwards, shalt thou build thy house.
²⁸ Do not become a needless witness against thy neighbour, so mightest thou open too wide thy lips: ²⁹ Do not say––According to what he hath done to me, so, will I do to him, I will repay every one according to his work.
³⁰ By the field of the sluggard, I passed, and by the vineyard of a man lacking sense; ³¹ And lo! there had come up all over it––thorns, there had covered the face thereof––thistles, and, the stone fence thereof, had been thrown down. ³² So I observed it, for myself, I applied my heart, I looked––I accepted correction: ³³ A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest: ³⁴ So shall come in, as a highwayman, thy poverty, and, thy want, as one armed with a shield.

¹⁰ So Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the circuit of the Jordan, that, the whole of it, was well–watered,––before Yahweh destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the Garden of Yahweh, like the land of Egypt, as thou enterest into Zoar. ¹¹ And Lot chose for himself all the circuit of the Jordan, so Lot brake up eastwards,––and they separated themselves, each man from his brother: ¹² Abram, fixed his dwelling in the land of Canaan,––but, Lot, fixed his dwelling among the cities of the circuit, and moved his tent as far as Sodom. ¹³ Now, the men of Sodom, were base and sinful,––against Yahweh, exceedingly.

¹ So the two messengers went in towards Sodom, at eventide, Lot, being seated in the gate of Sodom,––so Lot beheld, and rose up to meet them, and bowed himself with his face to the earth. 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. 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.
⁴ Ere yet they lay down, the men of the city––the men of Sodom, had come round against the house, from youth, even unto age,––all the people from every quarter. ⁵ And they called unto Lot, and said to him, Where are the men who have come in unto thee, tonight? Bring them forth unto us, and let us know them! ⁶ And Lot went forth unto them, to the entrance; but, the door, closed he behind him. ⁷ And he said,––Do not, I pray you, my brethren, act wickedly. ⁸ Behold, I pray you, I, have two daughters who have not known man, I must needs, now, bring, them, forth unto you, and do ye, to them, as may be good in your eyes,––Only, to these men, ye may do nothing; for, on this account, have they come under the shade of my roof. ⁹ And they said, Stand back, And they said, This one, by himself, hath come in to sojourn, and must always be acting the judge, Now, will we do more wickedly to thee, than to them. So they pressed sore upon the man––upon Lot––exceedingly, and drew near to break open the door. ¹⁰ And the men thrust forth their hand, and brought Lot in unto them, into the house––and, the door, they closed: ¹¹ the men also who were at the entrance of the house, smote they with blindness, from small even unto great, so that they wearied themselves to find the entrance.

⁹ Do not remove, with sinners, my soul, nor, with men of bloodshed, my life;

¹ [David’s. [An Alphabetical Psalm.]]
Burn not with vexation because of evil–doers, Be not envious of the workers of perversity;

⁷ Be resigned to Yahweh, yea wait with longing for him; Burn not with vexation at him who prospereth in his way,––at the man who doeth wickedness.

³ For I was envious of the boasters, At the prosperity of the lawless, used I to look.

¹¹ If they say––Come with us,––Let us lie in wait for blood, Let us watch in secret for him who is needlessly innocent; ¹² Let us engulf them, like hades, alive, While in health, like them who are going down to the pit; ¹³ All costly substance, shall we find, We shall fill our houses with spoil; ¹⁴ Thy lot, shalt thou cast into our midst, One purse, shall there be, for us all. ¹⁵ My son, do not walk in the way with them, Withhold thy foot from their path.

³¹ Do not thou envy the man of violence, neither choose thou any of his ways;

²⁰ He that walketh with the wise, becometh wise, but, the friend of dullards, becometh foolish.

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

¹⁹ Burn not with vexation against evil doers, be not envious of lawless men;

¹⁹ Manifest, however, are the works of the flesh, which, indeed, are––fornication, impurity, wantonness, ²⁰ idolatry, enchantment, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of wrath, factions, divisions, parties, ²¹ envyings, drunkenness, revellings; ––and such things as these: as to which I forewarn you, even as I have forewarned you,––that, they who such things as these do practise, shall not inherit, God’s kingdom.

⁵ Or think ye that, in vain, the scripture speaketh? Is it, for envying, that the spirit which hath taken an abode within us doth crave? ⁶ Howbeit he giveth, greater, favour. Wherefore it saith––God, against the haughty, arrayeth himself, Whereas, unto the lowly, he giveth favour.

⁹ And David ascertained that, against him, Saul was contriving mischief,––so he said unto Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.

⁶ but, it was contemptible in his eyes, to thrust forth a hand on Mordecai alone, for they had told him of the people of Mordecai,––and Haman sought to destroy all the Jews who were throughout all the kingdom of Ahasuerus, the people of Mordecai.
⁷ In the first month––the same, was the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, was Pur cast––the same, is the Lot, before Haman, from day to day, and from month to month,––and the lot fell on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the same, is the month Adar.

³⁵ Conceiving mischief, and bringing forth iniquity, yea, their inmost soul, prepareth deceit.

¹⁴ Lo! he gendereth trouble, and conceiveth mischief, but giveth birth to a disappointment:

⁷ With cursing, his mouth is full, and with deceptions and oppression, Under his tongue, are trouble and mischief:

³ Do not drag me away––with the lawless, or with the workers of iniquity,––who speak peaceably with their neighbours, but, wrong, is in their heart.

⁴ Iniquity, deviseth he upon his bed,––he taketh his stand in a way, not good, Wrong, doth he not abhor!

⁴ To shoot, in secret places, at the blameless one, Suddenly they shoot at him, and fear not. ⁵ They strengthen for them a wicked word, They talk of hiding snares, They have said, Who can see them? ⁶ They devise perverse things, They have completed the device well devised, Both the intent of each one, and the mind, are unsearchable.

² Who have devised mischiefs in their [heart], Every day, do they stir up wars:

¹⁴ [Hath] perverse things in his heart, deviseth mischief on every occasion, strifes, he sendeth forth.

⁸ He that deviseth to do mischief, him, shall men call, a master of plots.

⁴ None, sueth in righteousness, and, None, pleadeth in faithfulness,––Men are trusting in confusion, And speaking vanity, Conceiving wickedness, And bringing forth iniquity:

³ Of wickedness with both hands to make sure, the ruler, doth make demand––and the judge––for a recompense,––and, as for the great man, he, is putting into words the desire of his soul, So have they woven the net!

³ Then, were gathered together, the High–priests and the Elders of the people, into the court of the High–priest who was called Caiaphas; ⁴ and they took counsel together, in order that, Jesus, by guile, they might secure, and slay.

²⁰ Again, however, Pilate, called out unto them, wishing to release Jesus. ²¹ But, they, called out in return, saying––Crucify! crucify him!

¹⁰ Said––O full of all guile, and all recklessness! Son of an adversary! Enemy of all righteousness!––Wilt thou not cease to pervert the straight ways of the Lord?

²⁶ that thy name may be age–abidingly magnified, saying, Yahweh of hosts, is God over Israel, and so, the house of thy servant David, be established before thee.

¹ Wisdom, hath builded her house, hath hewn out her seven pillars;

¹ Every, wise woman, buildeth up her house, but, a foolish one, with her own hands, would break it down.

¹² He that made the earth by his power, That established the world by his wisdom,––And, by his understanding, stretched out the heavens,

⁹ For we are, God’s, fellow–workmen: ye are, God’s, farm, God’s building.

⁷ Rooted, and being built up, in him, and making yourselves sure in your faith, even as ye have been taught,––surpassing therein with thanksgiving.

²² And it came to pass, that Solomon’s provision for one day was,––thirty measures of fine flour, and sixty measures of meal; ²³ ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and a hundred sheep,––besides harts, and gazelles, and roebucks, and fatted fowl. ²⁴ For, he, had dominion over all on this side the River, from Tiphsah even as far as Gaza, over all the kings on this side the River,––and he had, peace, on all sides of him, round about. ²⁵ And Judah and Israel dwelt securely, every man under his own vine, and under his own fig–tree, from Dan even unto Beer–sheba,––all the days of Solomon. ²⁶ And it came to pass that, Solomon, had forty thousand stalls of horses, for his chariots,––and twelve thousand horsemen. ²⁷ And these governors provided sustenance for King Solomon, and for all that drew near unto the table of King Solomon, every man in his month,––they let, nought, be lacking. ²⁸ Barley also and crushed straw, for the horses and for the swift beasts, brought they in unto the place where it should be, every man according to his charge.

²⁵ And, over the treasuries of the king, was Azmaveth, son of Adiel. And, over the treasuries in the fields, in the cities, in the villages and in the castles, was Jonathan, son of Uzziah; ²⁶ And, over the workers of the field, for the tillage of the ground, was Ezri, son of Chelub. ²⁷ And, over the vineyards, was Shimei, the Ramathite. And, over that which was in the vineyards, for the treasuries of wine, was Zabdi, the Shiphmite. ²⁸ And, over the olive–trees and the sycamore–trees that were in the lowland, was Baal–hanan the Gederite. And, over the treasuries of oil, was Joash. ²⁹ And, over the herds that pastured in Sharon, was Shitrai, the Sharonite. And, over the herds in the vales, Shaphat, son of Adlai. ³⁰ And, over the camels, was Obil, the Ishmaelite. And, over the asses, was Jehdeyahu the Meronothite. ³¹ And, over the flocks, was Jaziz, the Hagrite. All these, were rulers over the possessions that belonged to King David.

² And, with all my might, have I made preparation for the house of my God, the gold for the gold, and the silver for the silver, and the bronze for the bronze, the iron for the iron, and the wood for the wood,––and beryl stones and settings, stones coloured and particoloured, and all manner of precious stones and stones of white marble, in abundance. ³ And yet further, because of my delighting in the house of my God, having a treasure of mine own in gold and silver, I have given for the house of my God, above and beyond all that I have prepared for the holy house: ⁴ three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir,––and seven thousand talents of refined silver, for overlaying the walls of the recesses. ⁵ Of gold for the gold, and of silver for the silver, and for all manner of work in the hand of artificers,––Who then is ready to offer willingly, by filling his hand today, unto Yahweh? ⁶ Then offered they willingly––the ancestral rulers and the rulers of the tribes of Israel, and the rulers of thousands and hundreds, even to the rulers of the work of the king; ⁷ and gave for the service of the house of God, of gold, five thousand talents and ten thousand drams, and, of silver, ten thousand talents, and, of bronze, eighteen thousand talents,––and, of iron, one hundred thousand talents. ⁸ And, every one with whom were found precious stones, gave to the treasure of the house of Yahweh,––unto the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite. ⁹ So the people rejoiced because they willingly offered, for, with a perfect heart, offered they willingly unto Yahweh,––moreover also, David the king, rejoiced with great joy.

¹⁸ So Solomon made all these utensils, in great abundance,––for the weight of the bronze could not be searched out. ¹⁹ Yea Solomon made all the utensils which were for the house of God,––and the altar of gold, and the rubles, whereon was the Presence–bread; ²⁰ and the lamp–holders and their lamps, that they should burn according to the regulation before the shrine, of purified gold; ²¹ and the blossom–work, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold,––the same, was the purest gold; ²² and the snuffers and the bowls and the spoons and the censers, of purified gold,––and the entrance of the house, the inner doors thereof for the holy of holies, and the doors of the house of the temple, were of gold.

⁴ And he did that which was right, in the eyes of Yahweh,––according to all that Amaziah his father had done. ⁵ And it came to pass that he set himself to seek God, in the days of Zechariah, who gave understanding in the seeing of God,––and, throughout the days of his seeking Yahweh, God, prospered him. ⁶ So he went forth and made war against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod,––and built cities in Ashdod, and among the Philistines. ⁷ And God helped him against the Philistines and against the Arabians who dwelt in Gur–baal, and the Meunim. ⁸ And the Ammonites gave a present to Uzziah,––and his name went forth as far as the entering in of Egypt, for he shewed exceeding great strength. ⁹ And Uzziah built towers, in Jerusalem, over the corner–gate, and over the valley–gate, and over the angle,––and he made them strong. ¹⁰ And he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells, for, much cattle, had he, both in the lowland, and in the plain,––husbandmen and vinedressers, in the mountains and in the fruitful field, for, a lover of the soil, was he. ¹¹ And it came to pass that Uzziah had a force ready to make war, to go forth as a host in company, by the number of their reckoning, under the direction of Jeiel the scribe, and Maaseiah the officer,––under the direction of Hananiah, from among the captains of the king.

³⁹ For, into the chambers, should the sons of Israel and the sons of Levi bring in the heave–offering of the corn, the new wine and the oil, since, there, are the utensils of the sanctuary, and the priests who are in attendance, and the doorkeepers, and the singers,––so would we not neglect the house of our God.

⁵ so he prepared him a large chamber, where aforetime they used to lay the meal–offering, the frankincense, and the utensils, and the tithe of the corn, the new wine and the oil, in charge of the Levites, and the singers, and the doorkeepers,––and the heave–offerings for the priests. ⁶ But, throughout all this [time], was I not in Jerusalem,––for, in the thirty–second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon, I came unto the king, and, at the end of certain days, obtained I leave of the king; ⁷ and came to Jerusalem,––and had intelligence of the wickedness which Eliashib had committed for Tobiah, in preparing for him a chamber, in the courts of the house of God; ⁸ and it grieved me exceedingly,––and I cast forth all the household utensils of Tobiah, outside of the chamber. ⁹ Then commanded I, and they purified the chambers,––and I put back there, the utensils of the house of God, the meal–offering and the frankincense.
¹⁰ Then came I to know, that, the portions of the Levites, had not been given [them], ––so that the Levites and the singers, who had been doing the work, had fled every one to his field. ¹¹ Therefore contended I with the deputies, and said, Wherefore is the house of God, forsaken? So I gathered them together, and set them in their place. ¹² Then, all Judah, brought in the tithe of corn, and new wine, and oil, unto the treasuries; ¹³ and I made treasurers over the treasuries––Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah from among the Levites, and, next unto them, Hanan son of Zaccur, son of Mattaniah,––for faithful were they accounted, and it was [laid] upon them to distribute unto their brethren.

²¹ That I may cause them who love me to inherit substance, and, their treasuries, I may fill.

⁶ The household of the righteous man, is a great treasure, but, in the increase of the lawless, is disturbance.

¹⁵ There are gold, and an abundance of corals, but, precious jewels, are the lips of knowledge.

²⁰ Desirable treasure and oil, are in the home of the wise, but, a man who is a dullard, will destroy it.

²³ Note well, the appearance of thy flock, apply thy mind to thy herds; ²⁴ For, not age–abiding, are riches, nor is the diadem, from generation to generation:–– ²⁵ The grass, is taken away, and the young shoot, showeth itself, and the herbage of the mountains, is gathered; ²⁶ There are, lambs, for thy clothing, and, for the price of thy field, there are he–goats; ²⁷ With, enough goats–milk, for thy food––for the food of thy household, and, a maintenance, for thy maidens.

⁵² And, he, said unto them––Wherefore, every scribe, discipled unto the kingdom of the heavens, is like unto a householder, who putteth forth out of his treasure, things new and old.

⁷ They go from strength to strength, Each one appeareth before God in Zion.

¹⁴ Mine, are counsel, and effective working, I, am understanding, mine, is valour:

²⁹ A refuge for the blameless, is the path of Yahweh, but, destruction, [awaiteth] the workers of iniquity.

²² A city of heroes, doth a wise man scale, and bringeth down the strength of its confidence.

¹⁹ Wisdom, bringeth more strength to a wise man, than ten heroes, that are in the city.

¹⁴ A little city, and men therein few,––and there came against it a great king, and surrounded it, and built against it large siege–works; ¹⁵ but there was found therein, a man, poor [but] wise, and, he, delivered the city by his wisdom,––yet, no one, remembered that poor man. ¹⁶ Then said, I, Better is wisdom than strength,––although, the wisdom of the poor man, be despised, and, his words, not heard. ¹⁷ The words of the wise, in quietness, are heard,––beyond the outcry of one who ruleth over dullards. ¹⁸ Better is wisdom, than weapons of war,––but, one sinner, may destroy much good.

³¹ But, they who wait for Yahweh, shall renew their strength, They shall mount on strong pinion, like eagles,––They shall run, and not grow weary, They shall walk, and not faint.

¹¹ With all power, being empowered, according to the grasp of his glory, unto all endurance and long–suffering with joy,

¹⁴ With no guidance, a people will fall, but, safety, lieth in the greatness of the counselor.

²² Plans, are frustrated, for lack of consultation, but, by the multitude of counselors, shall counsel, be established.

¹⁸ Plans––by counsel, shalt thou establish, and, with concerted measures, make thou war.

³¹ Or, what king, moving on to encounter, another king, in battle, will not sit down first and take counsel, whether he is able, with ten thousand, to meet him who, with twenty thousand, is coming against him.

²⁵ But, every man who striveth in the games, in all things, useth self–control; ––they, indeed, then, that a corruptible crown, they may receive; but, we, an incorruptible! ²⁶ I, therefore, so, am running, as, not uncertainly, so, am boxing, as not thrashing air; ²⁷ But am beating my body under, and leading it captive, lest, by any means,––unto others, having proclaimed, [the contest], I myself, should be rejected.

¹⁰ For the rest, be empowering yourselves in the Lord, and in the grasp of his might: ¹¹ Put on the complete armour of God, with a view to your having power to stand against the strategies of the adversary; ¹² Because our struggle is not against blood and flesh, but, against the principalities, against the authorities, against the world–holders, of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenlies. ¹³ For this cause, take up the complete armour of God, in order that ye may receive power to withstand in the evil day, and, all things, having accomplished, to stand! ¹⁴ Stand therefore,––having girded your loins with truth, and put on the breastplate of righteousness, ¹⁵ And shod your feet with the readiness of the glad–message of peace; ¹⁶ With all, having taken up the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall have power, all the ignited darts of the wicked one, to quench; ¹⁷ And, the helmet of salvation, welcome ye, and the sword of the spirit, which is what God hath spoken, ¹⁸ With all prayer and supplication, praying in every season, in spirit, and, thereunto, watching, with all perseverance and supplication, for all the saints,––
¹⁹ And on behalf of me; ––that, unto me, may be given discourse in the opening of my mouth, with freedom of utterance, to make known the sacred secret [of the glad–message] ²⁰ In behalf of which I am conducting an embassy in chains, that, therein, I may use freedom of utterance as it is needful for me to speak.

¹¹ But, thou, O man of God! from these things, flee! and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, meekness; ¹² Be contesting the noble contest of the faith,––lay hold of the age–abiding life––unto which thou wast called, and didst make the noble confession before many witnesses.

⁷ The noble contest, have I contested, the race, have I finished, the faith, have I kept:

⁴ His children are far removed from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, and there is none to deliver:

⁷ When I went out to the gate unto the city, in the open place, made ready my seat, ⁸ Young men saw me, and hid themselves, and, the aged, arose––they stood; ⁹ Rulers, restrained speech, and, a hand, laid they on their mouth; ¹⁰ The voice of nobles, was hushed, and their tongue to their palate, did cleave; ¹¹ When, the ear, heard, then it pronounced me happy, When, the eye, saw, then it bare me witness; ¹² Because I used to deliver the oppressed who was crying out for aid, the fatherless also, and him that had no helper; ¹³ The blessing of him that was ready to perish, upon me was wont to descend, and, the heart of the widow, caused I to sing for joy; ¹⁴ Righteousness, I put on, and it clothed me, Like a robe and turban, was my, justice; ¹⁵ Eyes, became I to the, blind, and, feet to the lame, was, I! ¹⁶ A father, was, I, to the needy, and, as for the cause which I knew not, I used to search it out; ¹⁷ And I shivered the fangs of the perverse,––and, out of his teeth, I tare the prey.
¹⁸ Then said I, Like a stem, shall I grow old, yea, as the sand, shall I multiply days: ¹⁹ My root, is laid open to the waters, and, the dew, shall lodge for the night in my boughs; ²⁰ Mine honour, shall be young again with me, and, my bow, in my hand, be renewed. ²¹ To me, men hearkened, and waited, and kept silence for my counsel; ²² After I had spoken, they spake not again, and, upon them, used my speech to drop; ²³ And they waited, as for rain, for me, and, their mouths, they opened wide for the spring–rain; ²⁴ I laughed at them––they lost confidence, and, the light of my countenance, they suffered not to fail; ²⁵ I chose out their way, and sat chief,––and abode, as king, in an army, as one who, to mourners, giveth comfort.

²¹ If I shook––against the fatherless––my hand, when I saw, in the gate, his need of my help,

⁵ His ways are firm at all times, On high, are thy righteous regulations, out of his sight, As for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them:

⁵ How great have grown thy works, Yahweh, [How] very deep are laid thy plans! ⁶ A man that is brutish, cannot know, And, a dullard, cannot discern this:––

⁶ A scoffer seeketh wisdom, and there is none, but, knowledge, to the discerning, is easy.

²⁴ The way of life, is upwards to the prudent, that he may depart from hades beneath.

²⁴ Before the face of the discerning, is wisdom, but, the eyes of a dullard, are in the ends of the earth.

²² Do not rob the poor, because he is poor, neither crush thou the oppressed in the gate;

⁸ Open thy mouth for the dumb, for the cause of all the children of the departed. ⁹ Open thy mouth––judge righteously,––and administer justice for the poor and the needy.

²¹ Who bring a man into condemnation with a rumour, And, for him that decideth in the gate, lay a snare,––And have driven away, for a thing of nought, one who was righteous.

¹⁰ They hate the man who, in the gate, rebuketh,––and, him who speaketh truthfully, they abhor.

¹² For I know how numerous are your transgressions, and how surpassing your sins,––ye adversaries of the righteous! ye acceptors of a bribe! Even the needy in the gate, have they turned away!

¹⁵ Hate wrong, and love right, and station, Justice, in the gate,––Peradventure, Yahweh, God of hosts, will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.

¹⁴ But, a man of the soul, doth not welcome the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness unto him, and he cannot get to know them, because, spiritually, are they examined;

⁴⁴ Then said the king unto Shimei––Thou, knowest all the wickedness which thy heart is privy to, which thou didst unto David my father,––therefore shall Yahweh bring back thy wickedness, upon thine own head.

¹¹ For they have held out, against thee, a wicked thing, They have devised a scheme they cannot accomplish.

¹⁸ A heart contriving iniquitous devices, feet hasting to run into mischief;

²² Shall they not, become vagrants, who devise evil? but, lovingkindness and faithfulness, [be to] them who devise good.

² For, violence, their heart muttereth, and, mischief, their lips do speak.

⁹ The purpose of folly, is sin, and, an abomination to mankind, is a buffoon.

⁷ But, as for him, not so, doth he deem, And, in his heart, not so, doth he think,––For, to destroy, is in his heart, And to cut off nations, not a few; ⁸ For he saith:––Are not, my generals, all alike, kings? ⁹ Is not, Calno, like Carchemish? Is not, Hamath, like Arpad? Is not, Samaria, like Damascus? ¹⁰ As my hand hath reached unto the kingdoms of idols,––whose images did excel them of Jerusalem and Samaria, ¹¹ Shall I not, as I have done to Samaria and her idols, so, do to Jerusalem and her images? ¹² Wherefore it shall come to pass––When My Lord shall finish his whole work upon Mount Zion, and upon Jerusalem, I will bring punishment––Upon the fruit of the greatness of heart of the king of Assyria, And upon the vainglory of his uplifted eyes. ¹³ For he hath said––By the strength of mine own hand, have I effectually wrought, And by my wisdom––for I have discernment,––That I might remove the bounds of peoples, Yea, their treasures, have I plundered, That I might lay prostrate, as a mighty one, the inhabitants;

⁷ Yea, a knave, his weapons, are wicked,––He, base schemes, hath devised, To ruin the oppressed with speeches of falsehood, Even when the needy pleadeth for justice.

¹⁰ Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh,––So shall it be in that day, that thoughts will come up on thy heart,––And thou wilt devise a wicked device; ¹¹ and wilt say––I will go up over a land of hamlets, I will enter among them who are at rest, dwelling securely,––All of them, dwelling without, a wall, Who, bars and doors, have none;

¹¹ Out of thee, hath one come forth––plotting, against Yahweh, wickedness,––A counselor of the Abandoned One.

³⁰ Whisperers, detractors, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, vain boasters, inventors of vices, unto parents unyielding,

⁵ Then Yahweh saw that, great, was the wickedness of man in the earth, and that, every purpose of the devices of his heart, was only wicked all the day;

²¹ And Yahweh smelled a satisfying odour, so Yahweh said to himself. I will not, again, curse any more the ground, for man’s sake, although, the device of the heart of man, be wicked from his youth,––neither will I, again, any more, smite every living thing, as I have done.

¹¹³ [SAMECH.] Half–hearted ones, do I hate, but, thy law, do I love.

¹⁰ Drive away the scoffer, that strife may depart, and quarrel, and contempt may cease.

⁷ For, just as he hath thought in his own mind, so, he is: Eat and drink! he may say to thee, but, his heart, is not with thee.

⁸ Men given to mockery, inflame a city,––but, wise men, turn away anger.

⁷ Let the lawless forsake, his way, And the man of iniquity, his thoughts,––And let him return unto Yahweh, That he may have compassion upon him, And unto our God, For he will abundantly pardon.

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

²⁸ But, I, say unto you, that, Every one who looketh on a woman so as to covet her, already, hath committed adultery with her, in his heart.

⁴ And Jesus, knowing, their inward thoughts, said,––To what end are ye cherishing evil thoughts within your hearts?

¹⁹ For, out of the heart, come forth wicked designs,––murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, profane speakings:

²² Repent, therefore, from this thy baseness, and entreat of the Lord––whether, after all, the purpose of thy heart shall be forgiven thee;

⁵ When we pull down, calculations, and every height that uplifteth itself against the knowledge of God, and when we bring into captivity every thought unto the obedience of the Christ,

¹ And David said, unto his own heart, Now, shall I be swept off, in a single day, by the hand of Saul,––there is nothing for me better than that I, escape, into the land of the Philistines, so shall Saul give up seeking for me any more, in any of the bounds of Israel, so shall I escape out of his hand.

⁵ But, now, it cometh upon thee, and thou despairest, It smiteth even thee, and thou art dismayed.

²⁸ Hast thou not known, Hast thou not heard, That, The God of age–past time––Yahweh, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Fainteth not, neither groweth weary––There is no, searching of his understanding: ²⁹ Giving, to him that fainteth, strength, And, to him that hath no, vigour, he causeth, power, to abound? ³⁰ Youths, both faint and grow weary, And, young warriors––they fall, they fall; ³¹ But, they who wait for Yahweh, shall renew their strength, They shall mount on strong pinion, like eagles,––They shall run, and not grow weary, They shall walk, and not faint.

⁴⁶ And let not your heart be timid, nor be ye afraid, Because of the report that is reported in the earth, When there shall come, in one year, the report, And, after that, in another year, the report, With violence in the earth, and ruler upon ruler.

⁸ for, his disciples, had gone away into the city, that, food, they might buy.

¹ Wherefore, having this ministry, even as we received mercy, we faint not;

¹³ Wherefore I request, that there be no fainting in my tribulations in your behalf, the which is your glory; ––

³ For take ye into consideration––him who hath endured, such contradiction, by sinners against themselves, lest ye be wearied, in your souls becoming exhausted.
⁴ Not yet unto blood, have ye resisted, against sin, waging a contest; ⁵ And ye have quite forgotten the exhortation which, indeed, with you as with sons, doth reason:––My son! be not slighting the discipline of the Lord, neither be fainting, when by him, thou art reproved;

³ And thou hast, endurance, and hast borne for the sake of my name, and hast not grown weary.

¹³ I know where thou dwellest, where, the throne of Satan, is; and thou art holding fast my name, and didst not deny my faith, even in the days of Antipas, my witness, my faithful one, who was killed near you, where, Satan, dwelleth.

⁸ Then said Abishai unto David, God hath surrendered, today, thine enemy, into thy hand: Now, therefore, let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear to the earth, at one stroke, I, will not do it twice. ⁹ But David said unto Abishai, Do not destroy him,––for who that hath thrust forth his hand against the Anointed of Yahweh, shall be guiltless?

¹⁷ And I shivered the fangs of the perverse,––and, out of his teeth, I tare the prey.

⁴ Deliver the weak and the needy, Out of the hand of the lawless, make rescue.

⁶ Is not, this, the fast that I must ever choose––To unbind the tight cords of lawlessness, To unloose the bands of the yoke,––and, To let the crushed go free, and, That, every yoke, ye tear off? ⁷ Is it not to break, unto the hungry, thy bread, And, the thrust–out oppressed, that thou bring into a home,––When thou seest one naked, that thou cover him, And, from thine own flesh, shalt not hide thyself?

³¹ And, by chance, a certain priest, was coming down by that road, and, seeing him, passed by, on the opposite side. ³² And, in like manner, a Levite also, coming down to the place, and seeing him, passed by, on the opposite side.

²³ But they became urgent with loud voices, claiming to have him crucified; and their voices began to prevail. ²⁴ And, Pilate, consented, that their request should be granted; ²⁵ and released him who, for revolt and murder, had been cast into prison, whom they claimed,––whereas, Jesus, delivered he up unto their will.

¹⁷ But they all, laying hold of Sosthenes the ruler of the synagogue, began to strike him before the judgment–seat; and, for none of these things, did Gallio care.

³¹ When, also, they were seeking to slay him, there was carried up information, unto the captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in confusion:–– ³² who, instantly taking unto him soldiers and centurions, ran down upon them; and, they, seeing the captain and the soldiers, left off striking Paul.

¹⁰ And, great dissension arising, the captain, fearing lest Paul would be torn in pieces by them, ordered the troop to go down, and take him by force out of their midst, to bring him into the castle.

²³ And calling certain two of the centurions he said––Make ye ready two hundred soldiers, that they may journey as far as Caesarea,––and seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen, by the third hour of the night; ²⁴ beasts also provide, in order that, seating Paul thereon, they may bring him safely through unto Felix the governor. ²⁵ And he wrote a letter, after this form:–– ²⁶ Claudius Lysias, unto the most excellent governor Felix, Joy! ²⁷ This man, having been apprehended by the Jews, and being about to be killed by them, I went down with the troop, and rescued; having learned that he was, a Roman. ²⁸ And, being minded to find out the cause for which they were accusing him, [I took him down into their High–council], ²⁹ whom I found to be accused concerning questions of their law, but, of nothing worthy of death or bonds, to be charged. ³⁰ But, when I was informed there would be a plot against the man, forthwith, I sent him unto thee, charging, his accusers also, to be speaking against him before thee. ³¹ So the soldiers, according to their orders, taking up Paul, brought him by night unto Antipatris; ³² and, on the morrow, leaving the horsemen to go on with him, returned to the castle,–– ³³ and the others, entering into Caesarea, and delivering the letter unto the governor, set, Paul also, before him. ³⁴ And, when he had read it, and asked out of what province he was, and learned that he was from Cilicia, ³⁵ I myself will hear thee in full, said he, whensoever, thine accusers also, are come; and gave orders that, in the palace of Herod, he should be kept under guard.

¹⁶ Hereby, have we come to understand love: in that, He, for us, his life laid down; and, we, ought, for the brethren, our lives to lay down. ¹⁷ But, whoso hath this world’s goods, and beholdeth his brother having, need, and shutteth up his tender affections from him, how, is, the love of God, abiding in him?

⁶ Yahweh, doth kill, and make alive,––Taketh down to hades, and bringeth up:

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

²⁹ yea, though there hath arisen a sun of earth to pursue thee, and to seek thy life, yet shall the life of my lord be bound up in the bundle of the living, with Yahweh thy God, but, as for the life of thine enemies, he shall sling it out with the middle of the hollow of the sling.

¹¹ For, what any son of earth doeth, he repayeth him, and, according to every man’s course, he causeth him to find.

⁹ Let the wrong of the lawless, I pray thee, come to an end, and establish thou him that is righteous,––for, a trier of hearts and reins, is God the righteous one.

³ Thou hast tested my heart, hast made inspection by night, hast refined me until thou couldst find nothing, Had I devised evil, my mouth should not have transgressed:

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

¹² And, thine, O My Lord, is lovingkindness,––For, thou, wilt pay back unto every man––according to his deed.

⁹ Who hath set our soul among the living, And hath not suffered, our foot, to slip.

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

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

²¹ For, before the eyes of Yahweh, are the ways of a man,––and, all his tracks, doth he consider:

² Every way of a man, may be right in his own eyes, but, he that testeth hearts, is Yahweh.

⁸ If, the oppression of the poor, and the wresting of justice and righteousness, thou see in the province, do not be astonished over the matter,––for, one high above the highest, is watching, yea, the Most High, is over them.

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

¹⁹ Great in counsel, and mighty in deed,––Whose eyes are open on all the ways of the sons of men, to give unto every one, According to his ways, and, According to the fruit of his doings:

²³ but, against the Lord of the heavens, hast uplifted thyself, and, the vessels of his house, have they brought before thee, and, thou, and thy nobles, thy wives and thy concubines, have been drinking, wine, therein, and, gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood and stone, which see not nor hear nor know, hast thou praised,––whereas, God, in whose hand thy breath is and whose are all thy ways, him, hast thou not glorified.

²⁷ For the Son of Man is destined to be coming, in the glory of his Father, with his messengers,––and, then, will he give back unto each one, according to his practice.

²⁸ For, in him, we live and move and are: as, even some of your own poets, have said––For, his offspring also, we are.

⁶ Who will render unto each one according to his works:––

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

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

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

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 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.

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.

¹⁸ And, unto the messenger of the assembly, in Thyatira, write:––These things, saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like a flame of fire, and his feet like unto glowing copper:

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

¹² And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne; and, books, were opened, and, another book, was opened, which is, the book, of life; and the dead, were judged, out of the things written in the books, according to their works. ¹³ And the sea gave up the dead that were in it, and, death and hades, gave up the dead that were in them; and they were judged, each one, according to their works. ¹⁴ And, death and hades, were cast into the lake of fire. This, is, the second death––the lake of fire. ¹⁵ And, if anyone was not found, in the book of life, written, he was cast into the lake of fire.

¹² Lo! I come speedily, and my reward is with me, to render unto each one as, his, work is.

¹⁰ More desirable, than gold, yea than much fine gold, Sweeter, also than honey, or than droppings from the comb.

¹⁰³ How smooth to my palate is thy speech, More than honey, to my mouth.

¹⁶ Honey having found, eat to suffice thee, lest thou loathe it, and vomit it forth.

²⁷ To eat honey in abundance, is not good, nor is, searching out their own honour, an honourable thing.

¹¹ With sweetness, thy lips do drip, O bride,––Honey and milk, are under thy tongue, and, the fragrance of thy garments, is like the fragrance of Lebanon.

¹ [HE] I have entered my garden, my sister, bride, I have plucked my myrrh, with my balsam, I have eaten the honey of my thicket, I have drunk my wine, with my milk:––Eat ye, O friends, Drink, yea drink abundantly, ye beloved! [****]

¹⁵ Curds and honey, shall he eat, by the time that he knoweth to refuse the bad and choose the good;

⁴ But John, himself, had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins,––while, his food, was locusts and wild honey.

¹⁰ More desirable, than gold, yea than much fine gold, Sweeter, also than honey, or than droppings from the comb. ¹¹ Even thine own servant, taketh warning by them, In the keeping of them, great is the reward.

¹¹¹ As an inheritance have I taken thy testimonies unto times age–abiding, for, the joy of my heart, they are.

¹ My son, if thou wilt receive my sayings, and, my commandments, wilt treasure up by thee; ² So that thou direct, unto wisdom, thine ear, bend thy heart, unto understanding; ³ Yea if, for understanding, thou cry aloud, for knowledge, utter thy voice; ⁴ If thou seek her as silver, and, like hid treasure, thou search for her, ⁵ Then, shalt thou understand the reverence of Yahweh, and, the knowledge of God, shalt thou find.

¹⁰ When wisdom entereth thy heart, and, knowledge, to thy soul, is sweet,

¹³ How happy the man who hath found wisdom, and the man who draweth forth understanding, ¹⁴ For better is her merchandise, than the merchandise of silver, yea, than gold, her increase; ¹⁵ More precious, is she, than corals, yea, none of thy delightful things, doth equal her: ¹⁶ Length of days, is in her right hand, in her left, are riches and honour; ¹⁷ Her ways, are ways of pleasantness, and, all her paths, are peace; ¹⁸ A tree of life, is she, to them who secure her,––and, they who hold her fast, are every one to be pronounced happy.

¹⁸ For sweet shall they be, when thou shalt keep them in thine inmost mind, they shall fit well together, upon thy lips.

¹⁸ For surely there is a future, and, thine expectation, shall not be cut off.

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!

²¹ Jesus said unto him––If thou desirest to be perfect, Withdraw! sell thy substance, and give to the destitute,––and thou shalt have treasure in the heavens; and come! be following me.

²⁵ But, he that hath obtained a nearer view into the perfect law of liberty, and hath taken up his abode by it, becoming––not a forgetful hearer, but a work doer, the same, happy in his doing, shall be.

¹¹ They were going up the ascent of the city, when they found young women, coming out to draw water,––so they said unto these, Is, the seer, in this place?

¹⁸ Then said the king to Doeg, Turn, thou, and fall upon the priests. So Doeg the Edomite turned, and, himself, fell upon the priests, and put to death, that day, four score and five men bearing an ephod of linen; ¹⁹ Nob also, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings,––and oxen and asses and sheep, with the edge of the sword.

²⁰ Now, therefore, according to all the desire of thy soul O king, to come down, come! and, ours, [will it be] to surrender him into the hand of the king. ²¹ Then said Saul, Blessed, be ye, of Yahweh,––because ye have taken pity upon me. ²² Go, I pray you, make ready yet further, and get to know and see his place, where may be his track, who hath seen him there,––for it hath been said unto me, Cunning indeed, is, he! ²³ See, then, and get to know––of all the hiding places, where he hideth himself, and return unto me, for certainty, then will I go with you,––and it shall be, if he is in the land, that I will search him out, through all the thousands of Judah.

⁸ He abideth in the lurking–place of villages, In the hiding–places, he murdereth the innocent,––His eyes, for the unfortunate, are on the watch: ⁹ He lieth in wait in a hiding–place, like a lion in his covert, He lieth in wait to catch the humbled, He catcheth the humbled, by drawing him into his net: ¹⁰ He croucheth, he lieth down, then falleth he with his strong claws upon the unfortunate.

³² The lawless man, lieth in wait, for the just, and seeketh to put him to death:

⁶ They stir up strife––they lie hid, They, mark my steps,––Seeing they have waited for my life.

³ For lo! they have lain in wait for my life, Mighty ones stir up strife against me, Without transgression of mine, and without sin of mine, O Yahweh;

⁵ The proud have hidden a snare for me, and, cords, have they spread as a net beside the track, Snares, have they set for me. [Selah.]

¹¹ If they say––Come with us,––Let us lie in wait for blood, Let us watch in secret for him who is needlessly innocent;

²⁸ Do not move back the ancient boundary, which thy father’s made.

¹⁸ And my people, shall dwell, In a borne of peace,––and, In habitations of security, and, In resting–places of comfort.

¹⁹ But, I, was as a gentle lamb that is to be led to the slaughter,––and I knew not that, against me, they had devised devices, [saying]––Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, Yea let us cut him off out of the land of the living, And, his name, shall be remembered no more!

⁴ and they took counsel together, in order that, Jesus, by guile, they might secure, and slay.

²⁴ But their plot was made known unto Saul,––and they were even narrowly watching the gates, both day and night, that they might kill him;

¹⁶ But Paul’s sister’s son hearing of the lying–in–wait, happening to be near, and coming into the castle,––reported it unto Paul.

³ asking for themselves as a favour against him, that he would send for him unto Jerusalem,––making, an ambush, to kill him on the way.

¹⁰ And David said––By the life of Yahweh, surely, Yahweh himself, must smite him,––or, his day, must come that he die, or, into battle, must he go down, and be swept away.

⁴ Then said Saul to his armour–bearer––Draw thy sword and pierce me through therewith, lest these uncircumcised come, and pierce me through, and abuse me. But his armour–bearer was not willing, for he was sore afraid. So Saul took his sword and fell thereon.

¹⁰ So they hanged Haman on the gallows which he had prepared for Mordecai,––and, the wrath of the king, was appeased.

¹⁹ In six troubles, he will rescue thee, and, in seven, there shall smite thee no misfortune:

¹⁶ His mischief, turneth back, on his own head,––and, on his own crown, his violence, descendeth.

¹⁹ Many are the misfortunes of the righteous, But, out of them all, doth Yahweh rescue him.

²⁴ Though he fall, he shall not be hurled headlong, For, Yahweh, is holding his hand.

⁵ GOD also, will break thee down utterly, He will snatch thee up and tear thee away tentless, And uproot thee, out of the land of the living. [Selah.]

¹⁷ A lawless messenger, falleth into mischief, but, a faithful herald, bringeth healing.

³² By his own wickedness, shall the lawless man, be thrust down, but the righteous, seeketh refuge in his integrity.

¹⁴ How happy the man who is ever circumspect, whereas, he that hardeneth his heart, shall fall into calamity.
¹⁵ A growling lion, and a ranging bear, is a lawless ruler, over a poor people.
¹⁶ A leader, may lack intelligence, yet abound in oppressions, The hater of greed, shall lengthen out days.
¹⁷ A man oppressed with a person’s blood, unto a pit, shall flee, let them not hold him back.
¹⁸ He that walketh with integrity, shall be saved, but, he that is crooked, turning two ways, shall fall in one.

² She hath fallen––she cannot again rise, the virgin, Israel,––she lieth forsaken on her soil, there is none to raise her up.

¹⁴ They who swear by the Guilt of Samaria, and say, As thy God, liveth, O Dan! and, As the Way of Beer–sheba, liveth, shall fall, and shall not rise any more.

⁸ Do not rejoice, O mine enemy, against me, Though I fall, I shall rise again! Though I sit in darkness, Yahweh, is a light to me. ⁹ The indignation of Yahweh, will I bear, for I have sinned against him,––until he take up my controversy, then will he do me justice, he will bring me forth to the light, I shall behold his righteousness. ¹⁰ So shall she who had been mine enemy fear, and shame, shall cover her, who used to say unto me––Where is Yahweh thy God? Mine own eyes, shall look upon her, Now, shall she become one to he trodden down, like the mire of the lanes.

²³ And, instantly, there smote him, a messenger of the Lord, because he gave not the glory unto God; and, becoming worm–eaten, he expired.

⁸ For we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, as to our tribulation which happened in Asia,––that, exceedingly, beyond power, were we weighed down, so that we despaired, even of life. ⁹ But, we ourselves, within ourselves, have had the sentence of death, that we might not rest our confidence upon ourselves, but upon God, who raiseth the dead, ¹⁰ Who, out of so great a death, rescued us, and will rescue,––unto whom we have turned our hope, [that], even yet, he will rescue:

⁸ On every side, pressed hard, but not hemmed in, without a way, but not without a by–way, ⁹ Pursued, but not abandoned, thrown down, but not destroyed; –– ¹⁰ At all times, the putting to death of Jesus, in our body, bearing about, in order that, the life also of Jesus, in our body, may be made manifest; ¹¹ For, evermore, we, the living, unto death are being delivered, for Jesus’ sake, in order that, the life also of Jesus, may be made manifest in our mortal flesh: ¹² So that, his death, in us, doth energise, but, his life, in you.

²³ Ministers of Christ, are they? As one deranged I am talking, I, above measure!––in toils, superabundantly, in prisons, superabundantly, in stripes, to excess, in deaths, oft,–– ²⁴ From Jews, five times, forty–save–one, have I received, ²⁵ Thrice, have I been beaten with rods, once, have I been stoned, thrice, have I been shipwrecked, a day and night, in the deep, have I spent; ²⁶ In journeyings oft, in perils of rivers, in perils of robbers, in perils from my own race, in perils from Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the desert, in perils by the sea, in perils among false brethren, ²⁷ in toil and hardship, in watchings, oft, in hunger and thirst, in fasting, oft, in cold and nakedness:––

³ As soon as they begin to say––Peace! and safety! then, suddenly, upon them, cometh destruction,––just as the birth–throe unto her that is with child,––and in nowise shall they escape.

²⁰ Be glad over her, thou heaven! And ye saints, and ye apostles, and ye prophets! For that God hath exacted your vindication from her. ²¹ And one mighty messenger lifted a stone, as it were a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying––Thus, with main force, shall be cast down, Babylon the great city,––and in nowise be found any more;

²⁵ And it came to pass, when their heart was merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make sport for us. So they called for Samson out of the prison, and he made sport before them, and they stationed him between the pillars.

⁵ And, when King David had come as far as Bahurim, lo! from thence a man coming out, of the family of the house of Saul, whose name, was Shimei son of Gera, coming out and cursing as he came. ⁶ And he pelted, with stones, David and all the servants of King David,––all the people, and all the mighty men, being on his right hand and on his left. ⁷ And, thus, said Shimei, when he cursed,––Out! Out! thou man of bloodshed, and man of the Abandoned One! ⁸ Yahweh, hath brought back upon thee, all the shed–blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned, and Yahweh hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absolom thy son,––and, here thou art, in thy ruin, for that, a man of bloodshed, thou art. ⁹ Then said Abishai, son of Zeruiah, unto the king––Wherefore should this dead dog curse my lord the king? I pray thee, let me cross over and take off his head. ¹⁰ But the king said, What have I in common with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? thus, he curseth, because, Yahweh, hath said unto him––Curse David. Who then can say, Why hast thou done thus? ¹¹ Then said David unto Abishai, and unto all his servants, Lo! my own son who sprang from my body, is seeking my life,––then how much more, now, a Benjamite? Let him alone, and let him curse, for, Yahweh, hath permitted him. ¹² It may be, that Yahweh will behold with his eye,––and that Yahweh will return me good, for his cursing this day. ¹³ And, when David and his men went along in the way, Shimei, was going along on the side of the hill over against him, cursing as he went, pelting him with stones, and throwing dust. ¹⁴ And the king and all the people that were with him arrived, weary,––and they refreshed themselves there.

²⁹ If rejoiced in the misfortune of him that hated me, or exulted when calamity found him; ––

¹⁵ But, in mine overthrow, have they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together,––There gathered themselves together against me foolish men, and I knew it not, They have torn in pieces, and not been silent;

¹⁹ Let not them who are falsely my foes rejoice over me, As for them who hate me without cause, let them not wink the eye!

¹⁰ With a crushing of my bones, have my adversaries reproached me,––While they keep saying unto me all the day, Where is thy God?

⁵ He that mocketh the poor, hath reproached his Maker, He that maketh merry at distress, shall not be held innocent.

¹² Do not, then, look with satisfaction upon the day of thy brother, upon the day of his calamity, Neither rejoice over the sons of Judah––in the day of their ruin,––nor enlarge thy mouth––in the day of distress:

⁶ Rejoiceth not over unrighteousness, but rejoiceth in sympathy with truth,–– ⁷ All things, covereth, all things, believeth, all things, hopeth, all things, endureth.

²¹ Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, thou inhabitress in the and of Uz,––Even unto thee, shall the cup pass along, thou shalt be drunken, and expose thy shame. ²² Completed is thy punishment, O daughter of Zion, He will no more carry thee away captive––He hath punished thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom, he hath stripped the veil from off thy sins.

¹⁵ And, with a great displeasure, am I displeased with the careless nations,––in that, when, I, was displeased (for) a little, then, they, helped forward the calamity, ¹⁶ Wherefore, Thus, saith Yahweh, I have returned to Jerusalem, with compassions,, My house, shall be built therein, declareth Yahweh of hosts, and, a line, shall be stretched forth over Jerusalem.

²⁶ And he spake unto the assembly, saying––Remove, I pray you, from beside the tents of these lawless men, and do not touch aught that pertaineth unto them,––lest ye be carried off, in all their sins.

¹ [BOOK THE FIRST]
¶ How happy the man, who hath not walked in the counsel of the lawless,––and, in the way of sinners, hath not stood, and, in the seat of scoffers, hath not sat;

⁴ I have not sat with men of deceit, nor, with dissemblers, would I enter; ⁵ I have hated the convocation of evil–doers, and, with lawless men, would I not sit;

¹¹⁵ Depart from me, ye evil–doers,––that I may observe the commandments of my God.

¹ Be not thou envious of wicked men, neither crave to be with them;

¹⁷ Wherefore come ye forth out of their midst, and be separated,––saith [the] Lord,––and, one impure, do not touch; and, I, will give you welcome,

¹¹ And be not joining in fellowship in the unfruitful works of darkness, but, rather, be even administering reproof;

² For men will be––fond of themselves, fond of money, ostentatious, arrogant, defamers, to parents, unyielding, unthankful, unkind, ³ without natural affection, accepting no truce, given to intrigue, without self–control, uncivilized, unfriendly to good men, ⁴ traitors, reckless, beclouded, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God, ⁵ having a form of godliness, but, the power thereof, denying! and, from these, turn away;

⁴ And I heard another voice out of heaven, saying––Come forth, my people, out of her,––that ye may have no fellowship with her sins, and, of her plagues, that ye may not receive; ⁵ Even the light of the lawless, shall go out,––Neither shall shine the flame of his fire; ⁶ The light, hath darkened in his tent, Yea, his lamp above him, goeth out;

¹⁷ How oft, the lamp of the lawless, goeth out, and their calamity, cometh upon them, Sorrows, apportioneth he in his anger;

¹⁷ The lawless, shall return, to hades, all nations forgetful of God.

⁶ He will rain upon the lawless live–coals, Fire and brimstone and a burning wind, are the portion of their cup.

⁹ The light of the righteous, rejoiceth, but, the lamp of the lawless, goeth out.

²⁰ Whoso revileth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in deep darkness.

¹¹ Alas! for the lawless, it is ill, For, what his own hand hath matured, shall be done to him.

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

⁸ And, the foolish, unto the prudent, said––Give us of your oil, because, our torches, are going out.

¹³ Wild waves of sea, foaming out their own infamies, wandering stars, for whom the gloom of darkness age–abiding hath been reserved.

³¹ And, when Israel saw the mighty hand wherewith Yahweh had wrought against the Egyptians, then did the people revere Yahweh,––and they put their trust in Yahweh, and in Moses, his servant.

¹ Then took Korah, son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi,––and Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On, son of Peleth, sons of Reuben; ² and rose up before Moses, with certain men of the sons of Israel, two hundred and fifty,––princes of assembly, called to the stated meeting, men of renown; ³ and gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Too much for you, when, all the assembly, are, all of them, holy, and, in the midst of them, is Yahweh,––Wherefore, then, should ye set yourselves up, above the convocation of Yahweh?

⁵ and said unto him––Lo! thou, art old, and, thy sons, walk not in thy ways: Now, appoint for us a king to judge us, like all the nations. ⁶ But the thing was displeasing in the eyes of Samuel, when they said, Give unto us a king to judge us. So Samuel prayed unto Yahweh. ⁷ And Yahweh said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people, in all that they shall say unto thee,––for, not thee, have they rejected, but, me, have they rejected, from being king over them.

¹² But, when ye saw that, Nahash king of the sons of Ammon, came upon you, then said ye unto me, Nay! but, a king, shall reign over us, when, Yahweh your God, was your king! ¹³ Now, therefore, lo! the king whom ye have chosen, for whom ye have asked,––lo! therefore, Yahweh hath set over you a king. ¹⁴ If ye will revere Yahweh, and serve him, and hearken unto his voice, and not rebel against the bidding of Yahweh, then shall, both ye and your king that reigneth over you, continue to follow after Yahweh your God. ¹⁵ But, if ye hearken not unto the voice of Yahweh, but rebel against the bidding of Yahweh, then will the hand of Yahweh continue to be against you, and against your fathers.
¹⁶ Even now, stand still and see this great thing,––which Yahweh is about to do before your eyes: ¹⁷ Is it not wheat harvest, today? I will cry unto Yahweh, that he may give forth thunderings and rain,––know ye then and see, that, your wrong, is great which ye have done in the sight of Yahweh, in asking for yourselves, a king. ¹⁸ So Samuel cried unto Yahweh, and Yahweh gave forth thunderings and rain, on that day,––and all the people greatly feared Yahweh, and Samuel. ¹⁹ And all the people said unto Samuel––Pray for thy servants, unto Yahweh thy God, and let it not be that we die,––For we have added, to all our sins, a wrong, in asking for ourselves a king.

⁶ And he said unto his men––Far be it from me, of Yahweh, that I should do this thing unto my lord, unto the Anointed of Yahweh, to thrust forth my hand against him,––for, the Anointed of Yahweh, is he!

¹³ Then came one bearing tidings unto David, saying,––It hath come about, that the heart of the men of Israel goeth after Absolom. ¹⁴ Then said David, to all his servants who were with him in Jerusalem––Arise and let us flee, or we shall have no way of escape from the face of Absolom,––make speed to depart, lest he make speed, and so overtake us, and bring down misfortune upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword. ¹⁵ And the king’s servants said unto the king,––According to all that my lord the king shall choose, here are thy servants. ¹⁶ So the king went forth, with all his household attending him,––but the king left ten women who were concubines, to keep the house. ¹⁷ Thus then the king went forth, with all the people attending him,––and they came to a stand at a place that was far off. ¹⁸ And, all his servants, were passing on beside him, and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, ––and, all the Gittites––six hundred men, who had accompanied him from Gath,––were passing on before the king. ¹⁹ Then said the king, unto Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore shouldest, thou also, go with us? return and abide with the king, for, a stranger, art thou, moreover also, an exile, art thou from thine own country. ²⁰ Only yesterday, camest thou, and, today, shall I let thee wander with us, on our journey, seeing that, I, am going, whithersoever I may? Return and take back thy brethren with thee, and may Yahweh deal with thee in lovingkindness and faithfulness. ²¹ But Ittai answered the king, and said,––By the life of Yahweh, and by the life of my lord the king, surely, in whatsoever place, my lord the king, may be, whether for death or for life, there will, thy servant, be. ²² Then said David unto Ittai––Go, and pass on. So Ittai the Gittite passed on, with all his men, and all the little ones that were with him. ²³ And, fall the land, was weeping, with a loud voice, and, all the people, were passing on,––the king also, was passing on, through the torrent–bed of Kidron, and all the people were passing on over the face of the way leading to the wilderness.
²⁴ And lo! Zadok also, and all the Levites with him, were bearing the ark of the covenant of God, and they set down the ark of God, and Abiathar went up, until all the people had made an end of passing over out of the city. ²⁵ Then said the king unto Zadok, Take back the ark of God into the city,––if I find favour in the eyes of Yahweh, then will he bring me back, and let me see both him and his habitation, ²⁶ but, if thus, he say, I have no delight in thee, here I am, let him do unto me as may be good in his eyes. ²⁷ And the king said, unto Zadok the priest, Art thou not, a seer? return into the city, in peace,––and Ahimaaz thine own son, and Jonathan son of Abiathar––your two sons, with you. ²⁸ See! I, am tarrying in the waste plains of the wilderness––until there come word from you, to tell me. ²⁹ So Zadok and Abiathar took back the ark of God to Jerusalem,––and abode there. ³⁰ Now, David, was going up by the ascent of Olivet, weeping as he went up, with his head covered, himself, passing on barefoot,––and all the people who were with him, covered every man his head, and went up, weeping as they went.
³¹ And, unto David, it was told, saying, Ahithophel, is among the conspirators with Absolom. And David said, Turn to foolishness, I pray thee, the counsel of Ahithophel, O Yahweh. ³² And it came to pass, when David reached the summit, where he bowed himself down unto God, that lo! there met him, Hushai the Archite, his tunic rent, and earth upon his head. ³³ And David said unto him,––If thou pass over with me, then shalt thou become unto me, a burden; ³⁴ but, if, to the city, thou return, then canst thou say unto Absolom––Thy servant, I, O king, will be, as, the servant of thy father, I was formerly, so will I, now, be thy servant: thus shalt thou frustrate for me the counsel of Ahithophel. ³⁵ And hast thou not, with thee, there Zadok and Abiathar the priests? so then it shall be, that, what thing soever thou shalt hear out of the house of the king, thou shalt tell to Zadok and to Abiathar, the priests. ³⁶ Lo! they have there with them, their two sons, Ahimaaz for Zadok, and Jonathan for Abiathar,––so shall ye send, by their hand, unto me, everything which ye shall hear. ³⁷ So Hushai, David’s friend, went into the city,––when, Absolom, was about to enter Jerusalem.

¹⁶ So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying––What portion have, we, in, David. Or inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your homes O Israel! Now, see to thine own house, O David! And Israel departed to their homes.

² I [said], The bidding of the king, observe thou, even out of regard to the oath of God. ³ Not rashly from his presence, shouldst thou go: do not take thy stand in a vexatious thing,––for, whatsoever he pleaseth, he will do. ⁴ Where the word of a king is, there is power,––who then may say to him, What wouldst thou do? ⁵ He that observeth the commandment, will not notice a vexatious thing,––and, of time and manner, will the heart of the wise take note.

²¹ They say––Caesar’s. Then, saith he unto them––Render, therefore, the things of Caesar, unto Caesar,––and, the things of God, unto God.

¹ Let, every soul, unto protecting authorities be in subjection; for there is no authority save by God, and, they that are in being, have by God been arranged,–– ² So that, he who rangeth himself against the authority, against the arrangement of God opposeth himself, and, they who oppose, shall unto themselves a sentence of judgment receive. ³ For, they who bear rule, are not a terror unto the good work but unto the evil. Wouldst thou not be afraid of the authority? That which is good, be thou doing, and thou shall have praise of the same; ⁴ For, God’s minister, is he unto thee for that which is good. But, if, that which is evil, thou be doing, be afraid! For, not in vain, the sword he beareth; for, God’s minister, he is,––an avenger, unto anger, to him who practiseth what is evil. ⁵ Wherefore it is necessary to be in subjection,––not only because of the anger, but also because of the conscience; ⁶ For, because of this, are ye paying tribute also,––for, God’s ministers of state, they are, unto this very thing, giving constant attendance.
⁷ Render unto all their dues,––unto whom tribute, tribute, unto whom tax, tax, unto whom fear, fear, unto whom honour, honour.

¹ Be putting them in mind, unto rulerships, unto authorities, to be in submission, to be yielding to rule, for every good work, to be, prepared,

¹³ Submit yourselves unto every human creation, for the Lord’s sake,––whether unto a king, as one that protecteth, ¹⁴ Or unto governors, as, through him, sent––for vengeance on evil–doers, but praise to such as do good; ¹⁵ Because, so, is the will of God,––by doing good, to be putting to silence, the ignorance of heedless men: ¹⁶ As free, yet, not as a cloak of vice, holding your freedom, but, as God’s servants. ¹⁷ Unto all men, give honour, unto the brotherhood, shew love, unto God, give reverence, the king, hold in honour.

³¹ And it came to pass, as he made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground which was under them, clave asunder; ³² and the earth opened, her mouth, and swallowed up them, and their households,––and all the human beings who pertained unto Korah, with all their goods: ³³ so, they, and all that pertained unto them, went down, alive, unto hades,––and the earth, closed upon them, and they perished out of the midst of the convocation. ³⁴ And, all Israel who were round about them, fled at their cry,––for they said, Lest the earth, swallow us up.
³⁵ Fire also, came forth, from Yahweh,––and consumed the two hundred and fifty men, who offered the incense.

¹ Now, as, the Philistines, were fighting against Israel, the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell slain, in Mount Gilboa. ² And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons,––and the Philistines smote Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchishua, sons of Saul. ³ And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers discovered him,––and he was terrified at the archers. ⁴ Then said Saul to his armour–bearer––Draw thy sword and pierce me through therewith, lest these uncircumcised come, and pierce me through, and abuse me. But his armour–bearer was not willing, for he was sore afraid. So Saul took his sword and fell thereon. ⁵ And, when his armour–bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also, fell upon his sword, and died with him. ⁶ Thus died Saul, and his three sons, and his armour–bearer, yea all his men, on that day, together. ⁷ And, when the men of Israel who were across the vale, and who were across the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel had fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled, and the Philistines entered, and took up their abode therein.

⁷ Then were the people of Israel defeated there, before he servants of David,––and the slaughter there was great, on that day––twenty thousand. ⁸ And the battle there was spread out over the face of all the land,––and the forest devoured more of the people than the sword devoured on that day.

¹⁶ And the sons of Israel fled from before Judah,––and God delivered them into their hand. ¹⁷ And Abijah and his people smote among them with a great smiting,––and there fell down slain, of Israel, five hundred thousand chosen men.

¹¹ Who knoweth the strength of thine anger? Even, according to the fear of thee, is thy wrath!

¹⁴ The wrath of a king, [meaneth] messengers of death, but, a man who is wise, will appease it.

² The growl as of a young lion, is the dread inspired by a king, he that provoketh him, endangereth his own life.

¹¹ Oppressed, is Ephraim, crushed in judgment,––because he hath, wilfully, walked after falsehood.

¹⁰ Where is thy king, then, that he may save thee throughout all thy cities? and thy judges, concerning whom thou saidst, Oh give me a king and rulers? ¹¹ I might give thee a king in mine anger, and take him away in my wrath.

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

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

¹⁹ Thou shalt not wrest judgment, thou shalt not take note of faces,––nor shalt thou accept a bribe, for, the bribe, blindeth the eyes of wise men, and perverteth the words of righteous men.

⁷ Now, therefore, let the dread of Yahweh be upon you,––observe and do, for there is, with Yahweh our God, neither perversity nor respect of persons nor the taking of bribes.

² How long will ye judge perversely, And, the countenances of the lawless, uplift? [Selah.] ³ Vindicate the weak and the fatherless, The oppressed and the poor, see righted; ⁴ Deliver the weak and the needy, Out of the hand of the lawless, make rescue.

⁴³ Who is wise? then let him observe these things! and diligently consider the lovingkindness of Yahweh.

⁶ By gaining discernment of proverb, and satire, the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

⁵ To prefer a lawless man, is not good, thrusting away the righteous, in judgment.

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

²¹ To take note of faces [in judgment], is not good, and, for a bit of bread, a man will transgress.

¹ Who is really a wise man, and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? The wisdom of a man, lighteth up his countenance, but, by defiance of countenance, one is disfigured.

⁹ Who is wise, that he may understand these things? intelligent, that he may take knowledge of them? For, straightforward, are the ways of Yahweh, and, the righteous, shall travel therein, but, transgressors, shall stumble therein.

²⁴ Be not judging according to appearance, but, just judgment, be judging,

²⁰ But, them who are sinning, before all, do thou reprove, that, the rest also, may have, fear:–– ²¹ I adjure thee, before God, and Christ Jesus, and the chosen messengers, that, these things, thou observe, apart from prejudgment, doing, nothing, by partiality.

⁴ Would ye not have been led to make distinctions among yourselves, and have become judges with wicked reasonings? ⁵ Hearken! my brethren beloved:––Hath not, God, chosen the destitute in the world [to be] rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him? ⁶ Whereas, ye, have dishonoured the destitute man! Do not, the rich, oppress you? and, themselves, drag you into courts of justice?

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

¹⁷ And, if, as Father, ye are invoking him who, without respect of persons, judgeth according to each man’s work, with reverence, for the time of your sojourning, behave ye;

⁶ Thou shalt not pervert the vindication of thy needy one, in his quarrel. ⁷ From a matter of falsehood, thou shalt keep far away,––and, the innocent one and the righteous, do not thou slay, for I will not justify a lawless man.

²⁶ He that keepeth back corn, the populace will curse him, but there is, a blessing, for the head of him that selleth.

¹⁵ He that justifieth the lawless, and he that condemneth the righteous, an abomination to Yahweh, are they, both.

²⁷ One who giveth to the poor, shall have no want, but, he that hideth his eyes, shall receive many a curse.

¹⁰ Do not slander a servant to his master, lest he revile thee, and thou be found guilty.

²⁰ Alas! for them, Who call evil good, and good evil,––Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness, Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter.

²³ Who justify the lawless, for a bribe,––Whereas, the righteousness of the righteous, they take from him.

²⁴ Then shall they go forth and look, upon the dead bodies of the men, who had been trespassing against me––For, their worm, shall not die, And, their fire, shall not be quenched; So shall they become an abhorrence, to all flesh.

¹³ For, from the least of them, even unto the greatest of them, Every one, graspeth with greed,––And, from the prophet even unto the priest, Every one, dealeth, falsely; ¹⁴ And so they have healed the grievous wound of my people, slightly, Saying, Peace, peace, when there was no, peace,

¹⁰ Therefore, will I give––Their wives to others, Their fields, to such as shall take possession of them, For, from the least, even unto the greatest, Every one, is, wholly given to extortion: From the prophet, even unto the priest, Every one, dealeth, falsely. ¹¹ And so they have healed the grievous wound of the daughter of my people, slightly,––Saying, Peace! peace! when there was no, peace!

²² Because of the paining of the heart of the righteous man with falsehood, whom, I, have not pained,––And strengthening the hands of the lawless man, that he should not turn from his wicked way, by letting him live.

¹⁷ Thou shalt not hate thy brother, in thy heart,––Thou shalt, faithfully reprove, thy neighbour, and not countenance him, in sin:

¹³ Therefore do I tell him, that I am about to judge his house unto times age–abiding, for the iniquity which he knoweth, in that his sons are cursing God, and he hath not rebuked them.

¹⁹ Then shalt thou speak unto him, saying––Thus, saith Yahweh, Hast thou committed murder, and also taken possession? Then shalt thou speak unto him, saying: Thus, saith Yahweh, In the place where the dogs have lapped up the blood of Naboth, shall the dogs lap up thy blood, even thine. ²⁰ Then said Ahab unto Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he said: I have found [thee]! Because thou hast sold thyself to do the thing that is wicked in the eyes of Yahweh,

⁷ So my heart took counsel unto me and I contended with the nobles and with the deputies, and said to them, A loan on interest––every man to his brother, are ye making,––So I appointed over them a great assembly; ⁸ and I said unto them, We, have bought our brethren the Jews, who had sold themselves unto the nations, according to our ability, and will, ye, even sell your brethren, or shall they sell themselves unto us? And they were silent, and found no answer. ⁹ Then said I, Not good, is the thing which ye are doing,––ought ye not, in the fear of God, to walk, because of the reproach of the nations, our enemies?

⁸ and it grieved me exceedingly,––and I cast forth all the household utensils of Tobiah, outside of the chamber. ⁹ Then commanded I, and they purified the chambers,––and I put back there, the utensils of the house of God, the meal–offering and the frankincense.
¹⁰ Then came I to know, that, the portions of the Levites, had not been given [them], ––so that the Levites and the singers, who had been doing the work, had fled every one to his field. ¹¹ Therefore contended I with the deputies, and said, Wherefore is the house of God, forsaken? So I gathered them together, and set them in their place.

¹⁷ so I contended with the nobles of Judah,––and said unto them, What is this wicked thing which, ye, are doing, and profaning the sabbath day?

²⁵ So I contended with them, and laid a curse upon them, and I smote, from among them, certain men, and pulled out their hair,––and I put them on oath by God, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take of their daughters, for your sons nor for yourselves.

²⁸ And, one of the sons of Joiada, son of Eliashib the high priest, was son–in–law to Sanballat the Horonite,––therefore I chased him from me.

¹⁶ A father, was, I, to the needy, and, as for the cause which I knew not, I used to search it out; ¹⁷ And I shivered the fangs of the perverse,––and, out of his teeth, I tare the prey.
¹⁸ Then said I, Like a stem, shall I grow old, yea, as the sand, shall I multiply days:

²³ He that reproveth a man, shall, afterwards, find more, favour, than he that useth a flattering tongue.

⁴ for John had been saying to him, It is not allowed thee, to have her.

²⁰ But, them who are sinning, before all, do thou reprove, that, the rest also, may have, fear:––

² Proclaim the word, take thy position––in season, out of season,––convince, rebuke, encourage,––with all long–suffering and teaching.

¹³ This witness, is true,––for which cause, be reproving them sharply, that they may be healthy in their faith,

¹⁵ As to these things, be speaking and exhorting and reproving, with all manner of precept: let, no one, disregard thee!

³⁸ and Pharaoh said unto his servants,––Can we find such a one, a man in whom is the Spirit of God? ³⁹ So Pharaoh said unto Joseph, After God hath made known unto thee all this, there is no one discreet and wise like thee. ⁴⁰ Thou, shalt be over my house, and, on thy mouth, shall all my people kiss,––only as to the throne, will I be greater than thou. ⁴¹ And Pharaoh said unto Joseph,––See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt. ⁴² So Pharaoh took his ring from off his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand,––and clothed him in garments of fine linen, and put the chain of gold upon his neck; ⁴³ and made him ride in the second chariot which belonged to him, and they cried out before him, Bow the knee! thus setting him over all the land of Egypt. ⁴⁴ And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I, am Pharaoh, Without thee, therefore, shall no man raise his hand or his foot, in all the land of Egypt. ⁴⁵ And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphenath–paneah, and gave him Asenath, daughter of Poti–phera priest of On, to wife,––and Joseph went forth over the land of Egypt.
⁴⁶ Now, Joseph, was thirty years old, when he took his station, before Pharaoh king of Egypt. So Joseph went forth from before Pharaoh, and passed along through all the land of Egypt. ⁴⁷ And the land produced, in the seven years of plenty, by handfuls. ⁴⁸ And he gathered up all the food of the seven years in which there was plenty in the land of Egypt, and laid up food in cities––the food of the fields of the city, which were round about it, laid he up within it. ⁴⁹ Thus did Joseph heap up corn like the sand of the sea, making it exceeding abundant,––until one hath left off reckoning, because it cannot be reckoned. ⁵⁰ Now, to Joseph, were born, two sons, ere yet came in the year of famine,––whom Asenath, daughter of Poti–phera priest of On, bare to him. ⁵¹ And Joseph called the name of the firstborn, Manasseh,––For God hath made me forget all my trouble, and all the house of my father. ⁵² And, the name of the second, called he, Ephraim,––For God hath made me fruitful in the land of my humiliation. ⁵³ Then came to an end the seven years of the plenty,––which was in the land of Egypt; ⁵⁴ and the seven years of famine began to come in, according as Joseph had said,––and it came to pass that there was a famine in all the lands, but, in all the land of Egypt, there was bread. ⁵⁵ Yet was famine felt in all the land of Egypt, and the people made outcry unto Pharaoh, for bread,––and Pharaoh said to all Egypt,––Go ye unto Joseph, that which he saith to you, shall ye do. ⁵⁶ Now, the famine, was over all the face of the land,––so Joseph opened all [places] wherein it was, and sold corn to the Egyptians, and the famine laid fast hold of the land of Egypt. ⁵⁷ All the earth also, came in to Egypt to buy corn, unto Joseph,––because the famine had laid fast hold on all the earth.

²⁵ How pleasant are the sayings that are right! But what can a decision from you, decide?

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

¹ To man, belong the preparations of the heart, but, from Yahweh, cometh the answer of the tongue.

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

⁴⁶ Then, King Nebuchadnezzar, fell upon his face, and, unto Daniel, paid adoration; and, a present and sweet odours, gave he word to pour out unto him. ⁴⁷ The king answered Daniel, and said––Of a truth, your God, is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a Revealer of secrets,––seeing thou wast able to reveal this secret. ⁴⁸ Then, the king, exalted, Daniel, and, many large presents, gave he unto him, and set him to be ruler over all the province of Babylon,––and chief of the nobles, over all the wise men of Babylon.

¹⁷ And, Jesus, said––the things of Caesar, render, unto Caesar, and, the things of God, unto God. And they were marveling at him.
¹⁸ And there come Sadducees unto him,––who, indeed say––Resurrection, there is none! and they were questioning him, saying––

³² The Scribe said unto him––Well, Teacher! in truth, hast thou said––He is, One, and there is none other, than he; ³³ And, to love him, with all the heart, and with all the understanding,––and with all the might; and to love one’s neighbour as one’s self, is, abundantly more, than all the whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. ³⁴ And, Jesus, seeing him, that, with intelligence he answered, said unto him––Not far, [art thou] from the kingdom of God! And, no one, any longer, was daring to, question, him.

¹⁷ And the king commanded, and they quarried great stones, costly stones, to found the house with hewn stones. ¹⁸ And Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders with the Gebalites wrought them,––thus made they ready the timber and the stones, for building the house.

⁷ Now, the house, when it was in building, with whole quarry–stones, was built,––neither hammer, nor axe, nor any tools of iron, was heard in the house, when it was in building.

²⁸ For, who from among you, wishing to build a tower, doth not first sit down and count the cost,––whether he hath sufficient for completion; ²⁹ lest once, he having laid a foundation, and not being able to finish, all who are looking on, should begin to mock at him, ³⁰ saying––This man, began to build, and was not able to finish!

¹⁶ Thou shalt not testify against thy neighbour, with a witness of falsehood.

¹ Thou shalt not utter a false report. Do not lay thy hand with a lawless man, to become a witness helping forward violence and wrong.

⁹ Then answered Doeg the Edomite––he, being stationed near the servants of Saul––and said,––I saw the son of Jesse coming into Nob, unto Ahimelech son of Ahitub; ¹⁰ Then enquired he for him of Yahweh, Provisions also, gave he unto him,––and, the sword of Goliath the Philistine, gave he unto him.

⁹ Now she wrote in the letters, saying,––Proclaim ye a fast, and cause Naboth to sit at the head of the people; ¹⁰ then let two reckless men take their seats before him, that they may bear witness against him, saying, Thou hast reviled God and king! then shall ye carry him forth and stone him, that he die. ¹¹ So the men of his city, the elders and the nobles who dwelt in his city, did just as Jezebel had sent unto them,––as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them: ¹² they proclaimed a fast,––and caused Naboth to sit at the head of the people. ¹³ Then came in the two reckless men, and sat before him, and the men bare witness against him, even against Naboth, before the people, saying, Naboth hath reviled God and king! So they carried him forth, outside the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.

³ And Yahweh said unto the accuser, Hast thou applied thy heart unto my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a man blameless and upright, one who revereth God, and avoideth evil; and still he is holding fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to swallow him up without cause.

⁷ For, without cause, have they hid for me, in a ditch, their net,––Without cause, have they digged [a pit] for my life.

¹¹ There rise up witnesses helping forward violence and wrong, What I know not, they demand of me:

¹ [To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of Instruction, of David. When Doeg the Edomite went, and told Saul; and said to him,––David, hath entered the house of Ahimelech.]
Why dost thou boast thyself of wickedness, O mighty man? The lovingkindness of GOD, [lasteth] all the day.

⁵ A faithful witness, will not deceive, but a false witness, uttereth deceitful things.

⁵ A false witness, shall not be held innocent, and, he that uttereth lies, shall not escape.

⁹ A false witness, shall not be held innocent, and, he that uttereth lies, shall perish.

²⁸ A false witness, shall perish, but, the man who hearkeneth, with abiding effect, shall speak.

¹⁸ A hammer and a sword, and a sharpened arrow, is a man becoming a false witness against his neighbour.

⁵⁹ Now, the High–priests and all the High–council, were seeking false–witness against Jesus, that they might, put him to death; ⁶⁰ and found not any, though many came forward as false–witnesses. At length, however, there came forward, two,

²³ But, he, said––Indeed! what evil hath he done? But, they, vehemently, were crying aloud, saying––Let him be crucified!

²⁵ But. . . that the word which, in their law, is written, might be fulfilled––They hated me without cause.

²⁵ Wherefore, stripping off what is false, be speaking truth each one with his neighbour, because we are members one of another;

⁹ Be not guilty of falsehood one to another: having stript off the old man, together with his practices,

⁸ But, as for the timid, and disbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the false, their part, is in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone,––which is the second death.

¹⁵ Outside, are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the unchaste, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every one loving and doing falsehood.

¹¹ Then went down three thousand men out of Judah, unto the cleft of the crag Etam, and said unto Samson––Knowest thou not that the Philistines are lording it over us? What, then, is this thou hast done to us? And he said unto them, As they have done to me, so, have I done to them.

²² And Absolom spake not with Amnon, either bad or good,––though Absolom hated Amnon, because he had forced Tamar his sister. ²³ And it came to pass, after two years of days, that Absolom had, sheepshearers in Baal–hazor, which is beside Ephron,––and Absolom invited all the king’s sons. ²⁴ Absolom came also unto the king, and said, See, I pray thee, thy servant hath, sheepshearers,––I pray thee, let the king and his servants go with thy servant. ²⁵ And the king said unto Absolom––Nay! my son, do not, I pray thee, let us all go, lest we be burdensome upon thee. And, though he urged him, he would not go, but blessed him. ²⁶ Then said Absolom, If not, then, I pray thee, let Amnon my brother go with us. And the king said unto him, Wherefore should he go with thee? ²⁷ And Absolom urged him,––so he let Amnon and all the king’s sons go with him. ²⁸ Now Absolom had commanded his young men, saying––Mark, I pray you, when the heart of Amnon is merry with wine, and I say unto you––Smite ye Amnon, then shall ye put him to death, do not fear,––have not, I myself, commanded you? Be bold, and show yourselves to be sons of valour.

²² Do not say, I will requite wrong! Wait thou for Yahweh that he may save thee.

²¹ If he that hateth thee hunger, give him bread to eat, and, if he be thirsty, give him water to drink; ²² For, burning coals, shalt thou be heaping upon his head,––and, Yahweh, will repay thee.

³⁹ But, I, tell you, not to resist evil,––Nay, whoever is smiting thee on the right cheek, turn to him, the other also; ⁴⁰ And, him who is desiring thee to be judged, and to take, thy tunic, let him have, thy mantle also. ⁴¹ And, whoever shall impress thee one mile, go with him two: ⁴² To him who is asking thee, give; and, him who is desiring from thee to borrow, do not thou turn away.
⁴³ Ye have heard, that it was said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. ⁴⁴ But, I, say unto you, Be loving your enemies, and praying for them who are persecuting you:

¹⁷ Unto no one, evil for evil rendering: providing honourable things before all men: ¹⁸ If possible––so far as dependeth on you, with all men being at peace: ¹⁹ Not avenging, yourselves, beloved, but give place unto their anger; for it is written––Mine, is avenging, I, will recompense; ––saith the Lord; ²⁰ But––if thine enemy hunger, be feeding him, if he thirst, be giving him drink; for, this doing, coals of fire, shalt thou heap upon his head. ²¹ Be not overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

¹⁵ See that none, evil for evil, unto any, do render: but, evermore, what is good, be pursuing, towards one another, and towards all:

⁸ So far as I have seen, They who plow for iniquity and sow misery, reap the same:

²⁷ Lo! as for this, we have searched it out––so, it is, Hear it, and know, thou, for thyself.

¹⁷ I will tell thee––hear me, Since this I have seen, I must needs declare it.

²⁵ Young, have I been, moreover am old,––Yet have I not seen, A righteous man forsaken, Nor his seed begging bread:

⁴² The upright seeth and is glad, And, all perverseness, hath closed her mouth.

⁶ Go to the ant, thou sluggard, observe her ways, and be wise; ⁷ Which, having no harvest, scribe, or ruler, ⁸ Prepareth, in the summer, her food, hath collected, in the harvest, her sustenance. ⁹ How long, O sluggard, wilt thou lie? how long ere thou rise from thy sleep? ¹⁰ A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest:–– ¹¹ So shall come in, as a highwayman, thy poverty, and, thy want, as one armed with a shield.
¹² An abandoned man, a man of iniquity, [is he] who––goeth on in perversity of mouth; ¹³ Winketh with his eyes, speaketh with his foot, pointeth with his fingers; ¹⁴ [Hath] perverse things in his heart, deviseth mischief on every occasion, strifes, he sendeth forth. ¹⁵ For this cause, suddenly cometh his doom, in a moment, shall he be torn in pieces and there be no mending. ¹⁶ These six things, doth Yahweh hate, yea, seven, are the abomination of his soul:–– ¹⁷ Eyes that are lofty, a tongue that is false, and hands shedding innocent blood; ¹⁸ A heart contriving iniquitous devices, feet hasting to run into mischief; ¹⁹ One that uttereth lies––a false witness, and one sending forth strifes between brethren.

³² He that committeth adultery with a woman, lacketh sense, A destroyer of his own life, is he that doeth it;

¹³ In the lips of the intelligent, is found wisdom, but, a rod, is for the back of him that lacketh sense.

¹¹ He that tilleth his land, shall be filled with food, but, he that runneth after worthless men, lacketh sense.

¹ Then again, I, considered all the oppressive deeds which were done under the sun,––and lo! the tears of the oppressed, and they have no comforter, and, on the side of their oppressing, is power, and they have no comforter. ² So, I, pronounced happy the dead, who were, already, dead,––more than the living, who were living, still; ³ and, as better than both, him who had not yet come into being,––who had not seen the vexatious work, which was done under the sun.
⁴ Then saw, I, all the toil and all the skill of the work, that, for this, a man was envied of his neighbour,––even this, was vanity, and a feeding on wind. ⁵ The dullard, claspeth his hands, and consumeth his own flesh. ⁶ Better a handful––with quietness,––than both hands, full––with toil, and feeding on wind.
⁷ Then again, I, looked at a vain thing under the sun:–– ⁸ Here is one, without a second, even son or brother, he hath none, yet is there no end to all his toil, even his eye, is not satisfied with riches,––neither [saith he] For whom, am I toiling, and letting my soul want good? Even this, was vanity, yea a vexatious employment, it was!

¹⁵ Everything, had I seen, in my days of vanity,––Here was a righteous man, perishing in his righteousness, and there was a lawless man, continuing long in his wickedness.

⁹ All this, had I seen, and tried to apply my heart to every work which was done under the sun,––at such time as one man had power over another man, to his hurt. ¹⁰ And, thereupon, I considered the lawless when buried, when they had entered, [their graves], that, from the place of the Holy One, they used to go and boast in the city that they had so done,––even this, was vanity. ¹¹ Because sentence against a wicked work is not executed speedily––on this account, the heart of the sons of men is fully set within them, to commit wickedness.

¹⁷ And, to the man, he said, Because thou didst hearken to the voice of thy wife, and so didst eat of the tree as to which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it, Accursed be the ground for thy sake, In pain, shalt thou eat of it, all the days of thy life; ¹⁸ Thorn also and thistle, shall it shoot forth to thee,––when thou hast come to eat of the herb of the field: ¹⁹ In the sweat of thy face, shalt thou eat bread, until thou return to the ground, because, therefrom, wast thou taken,––For, dust, thou art, And, unto dust, shalt thou return.

⁴⁰ Instead of wheat, let there come forth bramble, and, instead of barley, a bad–smelling weed! Ended are the words of Job.

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

⁴ By reason of the autumn, a sluggard will not plough, therefore shall he beg in harvest, and there be nothing.

¹³ Saith the sluggard, A lion outside! Amidst the broadways, shall I be slain.

²¹ For, the tippler and the glutton, shall come to poverty, and, rags, shall Slumber put on!

¹⁸ By two lazy arms, the framework sinketh in,––and, by the hanging down of the hands, the house may leak.

⁵ Now, therefore, I pray you, let me tell, you, what I, am about to do to my vineyard,––To take away the fence thereof, And it shall be eaten up, To destroy the wall thereof, And it shall be trodden down;

³ For, thus, saith Yahweh, Unto the men of Judah and unto Jerusalem, Till ye the untilled ground,––And do not sow among thorns.

⁷ And, some, fell upon the thorns, and the thorns came up, and choked it;

²² And, he among the thorns sown, the same, is he that, heareth the word,––and, the anxiety of the age and the deceit of riches, choke up the word, and, unfruitful, it becometh.

⁸ But, should it be bringing forth thorns and briars, it is disapproved, and, unto cursing, nigh,––whose end is for burning.

¹¹ And, all Israel, shall hear and fear,––and shall not again do according to this wickedness, in thy midst.

²¹ Then shall all the men of his city stone him with stones, that he die, so shalt thou consume the wicked thing out of thy midst,––and, all Israel, shall hear and fear.

²⁹ If they had been wise, they would have understood this,––They would have given heed to their hereafter!

¹⁷ What is a mortal, that thou shouldst nurture him? Or that thou shouldst fix upon him thy mind?

⁴ Be deeply moved, but do not sin,––Ponder in your own heart upon your bed, and be silent. [Selah.]

¹⁹ but, Mary, was closely observing, all, these things, putting them together in her heart.

⁵¹ And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was submitting himself unto them. And, his mother, was closely observing all these things in her heart.

⁶ But, in these things, they became, ensamples for us, to the end we should not be covetous of evil things, even as, they, also coveted;

¹¹ But, these things, by way of type, were happening unto them, and were written with a view to our admonition, unto whom, the ends of the ages, have reached along.

⁵ I am minded, therefore, to put you in remembrance,––though ye know all things once for all, That the Lord, when a people out of Egypt he had saved, in, the next place, them that believed not, destroyed. ⁶ Messengers also, even them who had not kept their own principality, but had forsaken their proper dwelling, unto the judgment of the great day in perpetual bonds under thick gloom, hath he reserved. ⁷ As, Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them, having in like manner to these given themselves over to fornication, and gone away after other kind of flesh, lie exposed as an example, a penalty of age–abiding fire, undergoing.

⁴ Do not give sleep to thine eyes, or slumber to thine eyelashes; ⁵ Deliver thyself, as a gazelle out of the hand, and as a bird, out of the hand of the fowler.
⁶ Go to the ant, thou sluggard, observe her ways, and be wise; ⁷ Which, having no harvest, scribe, or ruler, ⁸ Prepareth, in the summer, her food, hath collected, in the harvest, her sustenance. ⁹ How long, O sluggard, wilt thou lie? how long ere thou rise from thy sleep? ¹⁰ A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest:–– ¹¹ So shall come in, as a highwayman, thy poverty, and, thy want, as one armed with a shield.

¹¹ And, this besides,––knowing the season––that it is an hour already for you out of sleep to be wakened; for, now, is our salvation nearer than when we believed:

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

⁶ Hence, then, let us not be sleeping, as the rest, but let us watch and be sober:–– ⁷ For, they that sleep, by night, do sleep, and, they that drink, by night, do drink:–– ⁸ But, we, being of the day, let us be sober, putting on a breastplate of faith and love, and, for helmet, the hope of salvation.

⁴ He becometh poor, who dealeth with a slack hand, but, the hand of the diligent, maketh rich.

⁴ The sluggard, desireth, but his soul hath, nothing. But, the soul of the diligent, shall be enriched.