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 THE ORIGINAL HEBREW 
 
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 THE EARLY VERSIONS AND AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION 
 
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 THE QUOTATIONS FROM BEN SIRA IN 
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CONTENTS. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Preface ix 
 
 A List of Works used xvi 
 
 Specimens of Reconstruction xviii 
 
 The Proverbs of Ben Sira preserved in Rabbinical Literature . . xix 
 
 Glossary of Words xxxi 
 
 Versio Vetus Latina xxxvii 
 
 Hebrew Text with Greek, Syriac, and English Versions .... 1-41 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 In editing the recently discovered Hebrew fragments of the book of Ben Sira, 
 we have limited our aim to presenting the original text with as little delay as 
 possible, and at the same time giving in a convenient form the materials for further 
 study. A full commentary, as well as a detailed comparison of the versions, must 
 be left for the future. We shall therefore not discuss the author's full name, or 
 the date of his composition or of the Greek and Syriac translations '. For the 
 literature on these points the reader is referred to SchUrer's admirable work on 
 'The History of the Jewish People in the time of Jesus Christ^.' In what follows 
 we shall confine ourselves to some remarks on what is known, from Jewish sources, 
 of Ben Sira and his writings. 
 
 It is now generally admitted that Jesus, son of Sirach CEeipax, ntid^), of Jeru- 
 salem, wrote his ethical work (usually quoted as 'the book of Ben Sira*'), in 
 Hebrew, between 200 and 170 B.C. in Jerusalem. It was translated into Greek by 
 his grandson, as stated in the prologue, from which. we also gather that the version 
 was made from the Hebrew, in the year 132 B. c.^ The Hebrew of the present 
 fragment is (with the exceptions referred to below, p. xiii) classical, not Rabbinical : 
 still le.ss is it an Aramaic dialect, such as that of several of the passages quoted in 
 both Talmuds (the Palestinian ^ as well as the Babylonian), in the Midrashim, and 
 in later Hebrew writings. 
 
 ^ On this subject, see E. Hatch, Essays in Biblical Greek, vii. p. 254 seq. 
 
 " English translation, 2nd division, vol. iii. p. 23 seqq. (Clark, Edinburgh, 1886) ; and later, his 
 article on ' Apocryphen des Alten Testaments ' in the Realencydcpiidie fiir protestantische Theologie 
 und Kirche, vol. i. p. 650 seqq. (3rd ed., Leipzig, 1896). 
 
 ' Schiirer, op. cit., p. 25, explains the name to mean ' coat of mail.' In the Hebrew Josippon 
 (Pseudo-Josephus) the form Tl'K" is a transliteration from the Latin ; v. Zunz, Die gottesdienstlichen Vortrdge 
 der Juden, 2nd ed., 1892, p. 107, note h. He was not, as sometimes stated, a priest ; Zunz, ibid., p. 106. 
 
 * So most frequently in early Rabbinic literature. S. Jerome (see p. x, note 5) says that it was 
 called Parabolae (D''7E'D) in Hebrew : cf. Ecclus. 1. 27, and the use of PCD (p. xxvi) and xi^no (p. xx) in the 
 quotations. According to .S<=adyah (VJn ISD, ed. Harkavy, p. 151, lines 11 and 12) Ben Sira wrote a book 
 of instruction (s->bl v^Uo.iDIO 130 ? see our text, p. 10, 1. 8) similar in character to the book of Proverbs. 
 
 '" The many passages in which the translator has misunderstood his original, written only some 
 sixty years before his own time, may perhaps serve as a warning to those scholars who are inclined to 
 overrate the authority of the LXX version of the Old Testament. 
 
 ' It is remarkable that only five quotations are found in the Palestinian Talmud; see below, 
 p. xix seqq. (Nos. \.b, XVII, XXVI, XXXII, LIV). 
 
 b 
 
X PREFACE. 
 
 In early times the book seems to have hovered on the verge of the canon, or 
 to have been included among the D'lina (Hagiographa, see p. xxii below), since 
 quotations from it are introduced by -iCNJC (as it is said), a phrase applied only 
 to the sacred writings. Although afterwards excluded from the canon by the 
 Rabbis, it continued to live and to be appreciated both in the Palestinian and the 
 Babylonian schools, as is proved by the fact that the text was constantly quoted 
 either in the original or in a Rabbinical or Aramaic form. The Rabbis who lived 
 before the destruction of the Temple used it without acknowledgement in the ' Sentences 
 of the Fathers' (nUN ''pis, the earliest production of Rabbinical literature), while 
 others quote from it either expressly under the name of Ben Sira, or anonymously, 
 or else base their maxims upon it^ Rabbi Akiba and Ben Azai borrowed from 
 it verbatim ^ and there is reason to believe that some apocryphal books were 
 influenced by it''. Thus the official exclusion from the canon did not involve 
 destruction, as in the case of some Christian uncanonical Gospels and Acts : the 
 book of Sirach was allowed to be freely read, but it was regarded merely as 
 literature and not as sacred *. Passing on to the later history of the book, we find 
 that S. Jerome '' (fourth century A. D.) possessed a Hebrew copy, although he did not 
 translate it. That the book continued to be known, to individuals at least if not 
 generally, is proved by the passages quoted from it (in a language already debased), by 
 the Rabbis of the fifth and sixth centuries, in the later Midrashim of the seventh and 
 eighth centuries (as the Tanhuma), and in the sayings collected by R. Nathan in 
 the ninth century^. Zunz (op. cit., p. io8, end of note e) believes that the early 
 liturgist, R. Eleazar haq-Qalir, borrowed from Sirach (1. 5-8) in his liturgy for the 
 day of Atonement, in praise of the High Priest. Simultaneously some of the sayings 
 of Sirach are quoted by the Babylonian doctors in an Aramaic form '. 
 
 For the tenth century we are on even firmer ground as to the existence of 
 the book in its original language. R. S^adyah (nn^o) Gaon, of Bagdad (920 A. D.), 
 and of the Fayyum in Egypt, was blamed by the Qaraites* for sending out 
 
 ' The quotations were first collected by Asaria de Rossi. For a list of them, see below, pp. xix to 
 xxviii, and, for the literature dealing with them, Zunz, op. cit., pp. 108, 109, and notes. 
 
 * Bacher, Die Agada der Tannaiten, i. p. 277, note 2; p. 417, notes I and 2. 
 
 ' See e. g. the list of parallel passages cited by Mr. Charles in The Book of the Secrets of Enoch (Oxford, 
 1896), p. 96, Index I ; and Ryle and James, The Psalms of Solomon (Cambridge, 1891), p. Ixiii seq. 
 
 ' mrsa N-npa pa Nllpn, J. T. Synhedrin X. 5. 
 
 ' The well-known passage in his preface to the translation of the books of Solomon is as 
 follows : ' Fertur et TraydpfTor Jesu fiHi Sirach liber at alius yjfev&eniypacfios, . qui Sapientia Salomonis 
 inscribitur. Quorum priorem Hebraicum repperi, non Ecclesiasticum ut apud Latinos, sed Parabolas 
 praenotatum, cui juncti erant Ecclesiastes et Canticum Canticorum, ut similitudinem Salomonis non 
 solum librorum numero, sed etiam materiarum genere coaequaret.' S. Jerome simply adopted the 
 old Latin version of the book ; see pp. xxxvii to xlvii. 
 
 ' Critically re-edited by S. Schechter, Vindobonae, 1887. 
 
 ' Dalman, Grammatik, p. 29. • 
 
 * A Jewish sect which sprang up in the eighth century under Anan (pv), and denied the 
 authority of oral tradition. See Harkavy in Gratz Geschichte d. Jiiden, 3rd ed., vol. v. p. 413 (note 17). 
 
PREFACE. xi 
 
 missives -written in Hebrew provided with vowel-points and accents. They re- 
 proached him with endeavouring to give to his correspondence an appearance of 
 holiness equal to that of the Biblical text, since the vowel-points and accents were 
 supposed, according to tradition, to have been given with the Law on Mount Sinai. 
 In answer to this accusation S'adyah ^ states that these additions to the text are 
 found also in copies of Ben Sira, in the book of the Wisdom of Eleazar ben Irai 
 (Iri^), and in the scroll of the Hasmoneans^. In the course of his defence he 
 quotes seven (or rather eight, see note 2 below) genuine sayings of Sirach* in classical 
 Hebrew, so that it may be concluded that the book was at his disposal in the 
 tenth century. The mentions of Ben Sira after this date are scanty and uncertain. 
 R. Nissim ben Jacob (eleventh century) of Kairowan, in Tunisia, makes a quotation, 
 which however he may have derived from S''adyah. In the eleventh century, according 
 to Reifmann^, signs of Sirach's influence appear in the collection of sayings entitled 
 D''3''32n in3D (Choice of Pearls), attributed to the famous poet and philosopher 
 Solomon ben Gabirol® (Avicebron). The same scholar' also finds traces of the 
 influence of Sirach (ii. 18) in the Jewish daily prayer*, and (xlix. 10 and 11) in 
 the hymn" for the outgoing of the Sabbath. He contends further that Sirach has 
 an allusion (i. 2) to Aristotle and the doctrine of the eternity of matter, and that 
 even Spinoza was perhaps influenced by Sirach (xliv. 34). These suggestions, as 
 well as the inference (from the-T*!:faiiiatc-'form oTlhe proverb, No. LIV below), that 
 he was an Essene, are, to say the least, not convincing. There is no direct trace 
 of the existence of the Hebrew Sirach in Ispain, i:'rovence, or among the Rabbis of 
 France, the Rhine-land, and Germany. Rashi^", the authors of the glosses on the 
 Talmud (maoin), and even Maimonides ^^, did not possess the book ; and later 
 Rabbis, who mention sentences from it, most probably quoted second-hand from 
 
 ' 'lijjn 130, p. 162. 
 
 ° ''NT'J,* or •'I'V. It is curious to note that the saying . . . lOD K7B1D3 (p. xix), ascribed in the Talmud 
 to Ben Sira and found in the Greek version, is quoted by 5'adyah (op. cit., p. 178, \. 18) as belonging to 
 the Wisdom of Ben Irai. Of this Eleazar b. Irai, S''adyah also quotes two other sentences in classical 
 Hebrew, but not in so easy a style as most of Sirach. He says Ben Irai's book of Wisdom is 
 analogous to Ecclesiastes, while Ben Sira resembles the book of Proverbs. Of this enigmatical Eleazar 
 ben Irai nothing further is known. Perhaps he is identical with the R. Eleazar who often reports 
 sayings Nl'D [3 DC! (see p. xix). Bacher {Die Agada d. Paldstinischen Amoider, ii. 1896, p. 11, 
 note 5) identifies him, not very plausibly, with Eleazar ben Pedath. 
 
 ^ Edited by Dr. M. Caster; see Notice in Jewish Quarterly Review, vi. p. 570. 
 
 * See pp. xix to xxiii. 
 
 * In the Hebrew periodical tl'DNH, iii. p. 250. 
 
 ^ See Steinschneider, Die Hebrdischen Ueberseizungen, p. 382 seqq. (§ 221). 
 
 ' In the essay on Ben Sira in his D^tjnn ny3"lN (Prag, i860), p. 3 seqq. 
 
 ' See the Authorised Daily Prayer Book, with a new translation by the Rev. S. Singer, p. 62, 
 
 bi vcm Dim 13 nin*' 1^3 w n^jsj. 
 
 ' Beginning t<i33n inVX. It is not included in' the English Authorised Daily Prayer Book. 
 " See p. XX (No. XI). 
 
 " The Sira he quotes in his Commentary on the Mishna (Sanh. xi. l) must be, to judge from 
 his low opinion of him, the compiler of the Alphabet; cf. Reifmann, fl^DNn, iii. p. 251. 
 
 b2 
 
xii PREFACE. 
 
 older authorities^. No doubt it might be said, though the supposition is not very 
 probable, that all the quotations from Sirach were made from memory, and that they 
 were derived from oral tradition. Recent discoveries however have removed all 
 uncertainty on this point. 
 
 Mrs. Lewis, who brought to light the now famous codex of the Syriac Gospels 
 in the convent on Mount Sinai, some time ago acquired some manuscript fragments in 
 the East^, among which Mr. S. Schechter, Reader in Talmudic in the University of 
 Cambridge, recognized one leaf as containing a fragment of Sirach (xxxix. 15 to 
 xl. 7) in Hebrew, which he published with English translation, introduction, and 
 notes in the Expositor for July 1896, (p. i seqq.). Through the kindness of the 
 owner we have since been allowed to make a fresh examination of the leaf, and 
 have found reason to alter some of the readings accepted by Mr. Schechter (see 
 the Hebrew text, pp. 3 and 4). Although the leaf is mutilated in places, the 
 parts which are still intact are abundantly sufficient to show the character and 
 style of the composition, and to convince critics that the text is original and not 
 a translation. After pointing this out, Mr. Schechter rightly adds : ' Its correspondence 
 with the versions changes almost in every line, agreeing in some places with the 
 Greek, in others with the Syriac. In other places, again, it agrees with neither 
 of these versions, omitting whole clauses which are to be found both in the Greek 
 and in the Syriac, or offering new readings which have been either misunderstood 
 or misread by the translators. Certain clauses, again, are to be found in our MS. 
 which are wanting in both versions, or are only reproduced by a very short 
 paraphrase. There cannot, therefore, be even the shadow of a doubt that our text 
 represents nothing else but the original. Even the marginal glosses testify to this 
 fact. Such differences of plena and defectiva as TiiV and pv, or such fine variant 
 as VS and WD, cannot possibly have been suggested by any translation, and could 
 only have been made from some other copy of the original.' 
 
 Almost simultaneously the Bodleian Library acquired, through Professor Sayce, 
 a box of Hebrew and Arabic fragments, among which we recognized another 
 portion of the same text of Sirach, consisting of nine leaves, and forming the 
 continuation of Mrs. Lewis' leaf, from chapter xl. 9 to xlix. 11. These fragments 
 cannot be part of the copy mentioned by S^adyah, since they are not provided 
 with vowel-points or accents, and also because the writing is not of the tenth 
 century, but of the end of the eleventh^ at the earliest, as may be seen from the 
 facsimiles. The MS. does not seem to us to have been written by a Qaraite. 
 There are in both fragments marginal notes * giving the variants of another copy 
 of Sirach, or more probably of two other copies. These copies were however 
 
 ' As e.g. Joseph ben Nahmias, yi'w/V^ Quarterly Review, iv. p. 164. 
 ' S>tt Jewish Quarterly Review, ix. p. 1 15 seqq. 
 
 " Mr. Schechter (ibid., p. 4) considers it ' certainly not later than the beginning of the twelfth 
 century.' 
 
 * These are indicated in the MS. by a small circle ° over the word in the te.xt, which we reproduce. 
 
PREFACE. xiii 
 
 incomplete, the marginal notes giving their variants only as far as chapter xlv. 8 
 (see note in loco), and on xlvii. 8 and 9. In the Bodleian fragment there are also 
 at least two Persian glosses (ff. 1 and 5''), which point to its having been written in 
 Bagdad or Persia, possibly transcribed from S'^adyah's copy. The MS. is written on 
 oriental paper, and is arranged in lines, eighteen to the page (in Mrs. Lewis' leaf one 
 line is cut ofl"), and the lines are divided into hemistichs. There is no indication 
 of chapters, but a line is left blank occasionally, as shown in our printed text. 
 The MS. is unfortunately damaged in many places, which we have marked by 
 dots, showing approximately the number of letters missing, and by [ ] when 
 letters are supplied. Our object being however to give the text of Sirach as 
 we found it, we have carefully restricted conjecture to its narrowest limits. In 
 some cases we have preferred to leave a lacuna, where either the space in the MS. 
 did not allow of what seemed the obvious word, or some letter such as i?, j, or p was 
 excluded; see e.g. xlv. i;^''. In every case a letter about which we felt there could 
 be any reasonable doubt, has been marked with a horizontal stroke, thus S. On 
 some orthographical peculiarities of the MS. see the note appended to the glossary, 
 p. xxxvi. As regards the translation again, we have deemed it our duty as editors 
 of a unique manuscript, to express the text faithfully, and not to adopt conjectural 
 readings, except where the text yielded absolutely no sense. Usually, indeed, the 
 meaning is clear; but passages occur which, from whatever cause, are obscure, and 
 we cannot feel confident that we have seized the sense of all of them. A (?) in the 
 translation indicates doubt either as to the reading or the rendering. There 
 are sufficient indications that the text is not everywhere in its original purity, 
 and we do not doubt that (as in many parts of the O. T.) cases will he found in 
 which a purer reading has been preserved by one or other of the early versions ; 
 but a detailed comparison of the Hebrew text and the versions, and a discussion 
 of their comparative merits, must, we think, be left to a commentary, as well as 
 to a time when, we may hope, more of the original shall have been recovered. 
 We have noted, lastly, the more important places in which the language is coloured 
 by reminiscences of the Old Testament. 
 
 The language, as already observed, is classical Hebrew, the syntax displaying 
 no traces of the peculiar New-Hebrew constructions, such as occur, for instance, so 
 frequently in Ecclesiastes ', though the vocabulary has an admixture of late or Aramaic 
 words or expressions, such as might be expected from the date at which the author 
 wrote. The latter, together with other words not occurring in Biblical Hebrew, will 
 be found collected in the glossary (p. xxxi). The style is occasionally a little heavy, 
 but this may sometimes be due to corruption of the text. Otherwise (especially 
 chap. xliv. ff.) it is remarkably easy and flowing. It stands throughout on an altogether 
 higher level than that, for instance, of Chronicles, Ecclesiastes, or the Hebrew 
 
 ' The relative B* never occurs; the imperfect with 1 consecutive occurs frequently; the perfect 
 with 1 consecutive in 42, i". 8^ il<^; the perfect with simple 1 only in 39, 32. 44, 2. 16. 20^ 48, 11. 12''. 
 
xiv PREFACE. 
 
 parts of Daniel. We know from Ecclesiastes that the New-Hebrew idiom was in 
 process of formation at this time, and it is evident that both New- Hebrew and Aramaic ' 
 words were current in the Hebrew with which the author was familiar ; but the pre- 
 dominant character of his style is nevertheless pure and classical. The marginal 
 readings are often interesting : the variations which they indicate are frequently 
 considerably greater than those noted by the Massorites in the O. T., and resemble 
 rather the various readings often presupposed by the LXX, while at other times 
 they are noticeable as giving an Aramaic equivalent for a Hebrew word in the text. 
 Sirach's position with regard to the New-Hebrew would no doubt be made clearer 
 by the discovery of the originals of other apocryphal books, such as Judith, 
 Maccabees i, Enoch, and the Psalms of Solomon. Finally the theory that he wrote 
 his proverbs in metre is not supported by the newly-recovered text : the lines are 
 very variable in length, and there is no indication that the author sought to adapt 
 them to a uniform metrical scheme. 
 
 In the present edition we give : — {a) The Hebrew text, with the marginal notes 
 and glosses arranged as in the MS. {b) The English translation of the Hebrew, 
 adopting as far as possible the diction of the revised version of^the-Or-T: — (zr) The 
 Syriac version "(which was made from the Hebrewj^-aeeertiing^-tcr-iagarde's edition, 
 a blank space indicating that the translator, or copyist, omitted a passage, {d) The Greek 
 translation, according to Dr. Swete's edition, the blanks again indicating such omissions. 
 The uncertain condition of the Greek text is well illustrated by Hatch ^, and will 
 strike the reader on even a slight examination. Its value for comparative purposes 
 is further lessened by the translator's tendency to paraphrase, as is the case also with 
 the Syriac. (e) At the end, the Old Latin, according to Lagarde's edition of the Codex 
 Amiatinus. For more convenient reference we have in all five texts numbered the 
 chapters and verses as in Dr. Swete's edition, and indicated the hemistichs by letters 
 of the alphabet in order. The Syriac, Greek, and Latin texts are reproduced exactly 
 as in the editions followed. It did not fall within our plan to give the variants 
 of these versions. (/) A glossary of noticeable words and expressions, [g) A list of 
 proverbs attributed to Sirach in Talmudic and Rabbinical literature, with a translation, 
 arranged in the order of the Greek version. Here again we resolved not to add the 
 various readings, since the Talmudic dialect is not the original language of Sirach, 
 and moreover, all the new Talmudic fragments found within the last two years 
 have not yet been collated. For completeness sake we have added the so-called 
 'Alphabets' of Ben Sira, a late composition^probably of the eleventh century or perhaps 
 even later, but containing som.e genuine proverbs of Sirach, both in the first and 
 second parts ^. The stories given after each proverb in part i. are mostly indecent, and 
 
 ' The strong Syriasms which sometimes occur, deserve notice, as 'I'.IJTD (4;, 5") and TinDfl 
 (43, 12"). 
 
 ' Op. cit., p. 258 seqq. 
 
 ' In tlie Bodleian MS. No. 1466 the order is reversed. 
 
PREFACE. XV 
 
 written in- mockery of Jewish literature. We reproduce the first 3N (MS. second), with 
 a translation : for the second (MS. first), we only refer to the numbers in our list of 
 proverbs with which it agrees, ignoring the rest as alien to Sirach. The Alphabets ^, 
 though a late and unedifying compilation ■^, survived, whilst Ecclesiasticus was 
 completely neglected. A Persian text of them was lately acquired by the British 
 Museum (MS. Or. 4731), and another copy has just been brought by Mr. E. N. Adler 
 from Persia, probably translated from the Constantinople edition (see below, p. xxix). 
 {h) Some specimens of attempted restorations of the original Hebrew by modern 
 scholars confronted with our text. The comparison will, we think, justify the caution 
 and reservation which must be observed in attempting to restore lost works on the 
 basis of ancient translations^. In the present instance, for example, both versions 
 prove to be much freer than was assumed to be the case by those who so used 
 them. 
 
 In conclusion, we have great pleasure in acknowledging the help of friends who 
 have enabled us to carry through the work in a short time in spite of difficulties. 
 Mr. J. F. Stenning, of Wadham College, rendered valuable aid in deciphering the 
 difficult parts of the MS., including the Cambridge leaf, and in all doubtful places 
 he concurs in the readings which we have adopted in our text. He also revised the 
 Syriac. Mr. E. N. Bennett, of Hertford College, read the Greek : Rev. F. E. Brightman, 
 Librarian of the Pusey House, read the Latin. Professor D. S. Margoliouth has 
 also shown an interest in the work in various ways. We feel, however, specially 
 grateful to the Regius Professor of Hebrew, Dr. Driver. He revised the translation 
 throughout, besides being entirely responsible for the glossary, with the note appended, 
 and almost every page of the book owes something to the judgement and accuracy 
 which he has been always ready to expend upon it. 
 
 ' The Editio princeps is that of Constantinople, 1519. (The Bodleian copy is defective.) For 
 the other editions, see Steinschneider's Catalogus Librorum Hebraeoruin in Bibliotheca Bodleiana, 
 Berolini, 1852-1860; and Zedner's Catalogue of Hebrew Books in the British Museum (London, 1867), 
 with Van Straalen's Supplement (1894). 
 
 " See Reifmann, Hakarmel ii. p. 124 seq. 
 
 * Cf. Driver in The Oxford Magazine, vol. viii (1890), no. 11, p. 182, and no. 12, p. 190 seq. 
 
A LIST OF WORKS USED. 
 
 Backer (W.), Die Agada der babylonischen Amoraer. Strassburg, 1878. 
 
 Die Agada der Tannaiten. Strassburg, 1884. 
 
 Ball (C. J.), The Ecclesiastical or Deutero-Canonical Books of the Old Testament, commonly 
 
 called the Apocrypha, edited with various renderings and readings from the best Authorities. 
 
 [The Variorum Bible], Eyre and Spottiswoode, London, n. d. 
 Ben Seeb (Wolfsohn, Jehuda Loeb), . . , nay ])^b2 pnVJ NT'D p ynn* noan. Wien, 18 14. 
 BicKELL (G.), Die Strophik des Ecclesiasticus, in the Vienna Oriental Journal, vi. (1892), p. 87. 
 
 Compare his restoration of the alphabetical poem (51, 13-20) in the Zeitschrift ftir 
 
 Katholische Theologie, 1882, p. 326 seqq. 
 CoRONEL (N. N.), D'Dit2:ip nccn (for the Baraitha Kallah). Vindobonae, 1864. 
 Dalman (G.), Grammatik des Jiidisch-Palastinischen Aramaisch. Leipzig, 1894. 
 Driver (S. R.) in the Oxford Magazine, vol. viii. no. 11 (p. 182), and no. 12 (p. 190). Oxford, 1890. 
 Dukes (L.), Zur rabbinischen Spruchkunde. Wien, 1851. 
 
 Rabbinische Blumenlese. Leipzig, 1844. 
 
 Edersheim (A.) in the Holy Bible with an explanatory and critical commentary, &c. 
 
 Apocrypha, edited by Henry Wace, D. D., vol. ii. London (Murray), 1888. 
 EicHHORN, Bibliothek. Leipzig, 1787 &c. (vol. ii. p. 691 seqq.). 
 Frankel (S. L), D'JnriN DUina, Hagiographa posteriora ... in linguam Hebraicam convertit . . . 
 
 S. Isaac Frankel. Lipsiae, 1830. 
 Fritzsche (O. F.), Libri Apocryphi Veteris Testamenti. Lipsiae, 1871. 
 Gabirol (R. Salomon ibn), D'J''JSn nn3D nSD, A Choice of Pearls, originally compiled from the 
 
 Arabic . . . translated into Hebrew by R. Jehuda ibn Tibbon, the Hebrew text . . . accompanied 
 
 by a faithful English translation by the Rev. B. H. Ascher. London (Trubner), 5619-1859. 
 Geiger (A.) in the Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenlandischen Gesellschaft, vol. xii. (p. 536 seqq.). 
 Gratz (H.), Geschichte der Juden. Leipzig, 1874. 
 Hamburger (J.), Real-Encyclopadie fiir Bibel und Talmud. Supplement, Band i. p. 77 seqq. 
 
 (art. Jesus Sohn Sirach). Leipzig, 1886. 
 Harkavy (A.), Studien u. Mittheilungen aus der Kaiserlichen Oeffentlichen Bibliothek zu St. 
 
 Petersburg: fiinfler Theil, erstes Heft. St. Petersburg, 1891. 
 Hatch (E.), Essays in Biblical Greek (p. 246 seqq.). Oxford, 1889. 
 Horowitz (J.) in the Monatsschrift fiir Geschichte u. Wissenschaft des Judenthums, vol. xiv. 
 
 (p. 1 01 seqq., p. 136 seqq., p. 178 seqq.). 
 KoHUT (A.), Aruch completum. Viennae, 1 878-1 892. 
 Lagarde (P. A. de), Libri Veteris Testamenti Apocryphi Syriace. Lipsiae, 1861. 
 
 Mittheilungen. Gottingen, 1884 (p. 285 seqq.). 
 
A LIST OF WORKS USED. xvu 
 
 Lambert (M.), Commentaire sur le Sefer Yesira . . . par le Gaon Saadya. Paris, 1891. 
 Margoliouth (D. S.) in the Expositor, April and May, 1890. 
 MiDRASH Tanhuma, cd. Warsaw, 1879. 
 
 Rabba. Frankfurt, i 705. 
 
 Neubauer (Ad.) in the Jewish Quarterly Review, vol. iv. (p. 162 seqq.). 
 
 Catalogue of Hebrew MSS. in the Bodleian Library. Oxford, 1886. 
 
 Rapoport (S. J.) in the Hebrew periodical D'ni'n *"i133, x. p. n6 seqq. (on Qalir). Wien, 1829. 
 Reif.mann (J.) in the periodical ti'DNH, vol. iii. Warsaw, 1886. 
 
 —   D^enn nvais ncND. Prag, i860. 
 
 in the periodical 7D^3^, ii. p. 124 seqq. Wilna, 1873. 
 
 De Rossi (Asaria), □'<:'j; -mo, section n:u nr:N (p. 29 seqq.). Mantua, 1574. 
 ScHECHTER (S.) in the Jewish Quarterly Review, vol. iii. no. 12 (July, 1891). 
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 1891. 
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 Cambridge, 1877. 
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 Yetsira (Sepher), see Lambert. 
 
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SOME ATTEMPTS AT RECONSTRUCTING THE ORIGINAL OF SIRACH, 
 
 Sir. 40, 14''. 
 
 CONFRONTED WITH OUR TEXT. 
 
 Ball. 
 
 So shall transgressors come to nought. [Heb. perhaps, therefore (al-ken 
 /or ken).] 
 
 SiRACH. 
 
 ;Dn'' TViib DNns "3 
 
 Sir. 40, 19. 
 
 Edersheim (Margoliouth). 
 Sons and daughters 
 (mm pn) continue a 
 man's name, &c. ('...the 
 Syriac shows us that 
 icoKfas is a gloss'). 
 
 Frankel. 
 
 Benzeeb (41, 20). 
 
 : DB' un'' ip'i nu3 
 
 SiRACH. 
 
 Sir. 44, 22. 23. 
 
 BlCKELL. 
 
 IVD^ D^pn pnya pi 
 
 vni3-i33 nn'M apv' mr\y\ 
 jvpi'n H^n' ijnri :i3-io'' 
 
 : DVn^ IK'S? '3B> D*£23K' 
 
 Sir. 45, 25. 
 
 Fritzsche. 
 
 'E"-p mb nnnn-riNi 
 maijon n^m mw navh 
 : nni) po pi> 
 
 Sir. 49, 9. 
 
 Geiger. 
 
 mj?D3 nar 2vs ns dj 
 ; iiB" "'3-n ^DJ^ 
 
 Frankel. 
 
 in3n''i pnv'-riN innn 
 m'Dv'i : px3 na-a^ 
 rvff-h inana^i pinb apji'i' 
 
 ! oats' 
 
 Frankel (45, 29). 
 
 ''B'^-p nn!? V3B': ns'Nai 
 mwo DIB' ion TiS'ai' 
 njnan moc'D ij'njn p 
 
 FrXnkel. 
 
 bi ntn fiDB' DCJ tvoni 
 D^ona iai>in^i Nwnn 
 : D'Diran lE'a 
 
 Benzeeb (45, 14. 15). 
 
 iiaya vac: pnv!» ?)« 
 vni3N ni3-i3i vax nmax 
 
 inn3 Dp"! : mas ^j3 N-ip 
 in:n''i nuD ps ntn^ inx 
 
 : t33B' Ityj? D'-JE'i' 3N 
 
 Benzeeb (46, 18). 
 
 'B" p nnb yaB-: nB'K3 
 p ivira t23B' Ton ^nbi' 
 : iviT^i 1^ njn3 pnx^ in: 
 
 Benzeeb (49, 34). 
 
 ^3 '3 noN avx h)^ 
 ', D^E" vnimx 
 
 SiRACH. 
 
 p D''pn pRvij DJ1 
 J vas amax nnya (M. p) 
 nanai i:n: jwkt b nna 
 in::i3''l :^KnB''' B>Nn bv nm 
 (M. misaa inja'i) n3i3a 
 ina»y[i] Mn^m "h jn'i 
 ; ne^y d':e' p^ni? D'uaB'i' 
 
 SiRACH. 
 
 'B» p nn Dy inna dji 
 '':ai' B'N nbn: mm' nDoi* 
 nj?"it bab pns rhm niaa 
 
 SiRACH. 
 
 31''^5 nx Tarn d:i 
 
BEN SIRA'S PROVERBS PRESERVED IN TALMUDIC 
 AND RABBINIC LITERATURE'. 
 
 I. 
 
 Sir. 3, 21. ^aXfVwTepa. (tov fir) ^rjT€l, 
 
 KOI l(T)(yp6T€pd (TOV fvq i^tra^e. 
 2 2. a TrpoariTayr] (Tol, ravTa StavooC" 
 
 ov yap i(TTiv croi 'Xpua twv KpvTTTmv. 
 
 a. 
 
 S'adyah in ibOT "d (ed. Harkavy), p. 178, 1. 18, quotes 
 as an extract from the Wisdom of Eleazar ben Irai (see 
 Preface, p. xi) tlie following : 
 
 .npnn bn noo nDi3»3 .Kmn ba idd N^Dica 
 nnnD33 poy i^j ^ n^) .piann nn''Bnn ncxa 
 
 This seems to be the original text of Ben Sira. 
 
 Inquire not into that which is too difficult for thee ; 
 and that which is concealed from thee search not 
 
 out. 
 Attend to that which is permitted to thee : 
 thou hast no business with hidden things. 
 
 6. 
 
 HDD HN'^s ; ni''D -\2 a^2 (1. e. -iry^x) irv^ '21 * 
 nn-tinintj' n»3 .iipnn no S^incc npioy .SJin no 
 npriDJi pay i? px .punn 
 
 J. T. Haghigah, ii. (fol. 77°). 
 
 That which is too difficult for thee, why shouldest 
 
 thou know ? 
 that which is deeper than Sheol, why shouldest 
 
 thou search out ? 
 Attend to that which is permitted to thee ; 
 thou hast no business with hidden things. 
 
 c. 
 
 Ptna .M-nn iix loo bnsa ntd p "\bd3 nina * 
 IDD nDi3K)3 .vnn b noo N^aioa .nipnn ba ico 
 nnnon poy i? psi piann n''tnnB> n»3 .^Ktjri ^n 
 
 B. T. Haghigah, fol. 13*. 
 Inquire not into that which is too great for thee ; 
 and that which is too hard for thee, search not out. 
 
 ' The proverbs marked with an asterisk 
 
 C 
 
 That which is too difficult for thee do not know ; 
 and that which is concealed from thee do not ask. 
 Attend to that which is permitted to thee ; 
 thou hast no business with hidden things. 
 
 d. 
 
 n»D ^nn (i. e. Ni'D p) 55 0^2 6x -irr5't< '">* 
 b2 ^»D x^BiDD iipnn ba hdd pirna e^mn ^k 
 punn n-anntJ' n»3 i'NB'n bn loo noism vnn 
 
 nnriDja poy i? ps 
 
 Midrash Rabba n'«)«i3, viii. (MS. vii, see Bodl. New 
 Heb. Cat., No. 147, fol. 12''). 
 
 II. 
 
 Sir. 4, 30. /JLT] '<t6l (is XttOV iv T<3 o'/CCp 0-OV. 
 
 "inu Tina mTi* ncN onx ^iri' Ijn 0^51$!^ 
 
 B. T. Gittin, fol. 6". 
 Let a man never bring excessive terror into 
 his house. 
 
 III. 
 
 Sir. 5, 4. 
 
 M^ eiirijs" rjfxjiprrov, Koi Ti px>i eytvero ; 
 6 yap icvpios i(TTiv paKp6dv)io<i. 
 
 |CNn bi< bn\a nipm siun jnn -'.x* -^ icn' dk 
 
 B. T. Haghigah, fol. i6*. 
 
 If the evil propensity say to thee, Sin, for the 
 Holy One (blessed be he !) excuseth, do not 
 believe. 
 
 IV. 
 
 Sir. 5, 5. 
 
 TTcpt €^iXa(Tp.ov p.rj a(f)oPoi yivov, 
 
 irpocrduvaL afiapriav itf d/x.aprtaw 
 
 Kai fir] ('TTTji 'O olKT€ipfioi avTov TroXvi, 
 
 TO ■jrXrjBo'; twv a/jLapTimv p.ov i^iXdcreTar 
 
 cXeos yap Kal opyrj Trap' avTov, 
 
 /cat (TTL ayiiapT(i)Xous KaraTravcrfi 6 Ovp-oi avrov. 
 
 are mentioned with the name of Sirach. 
 
 2 
 
XX 
 
 ECCLESIASTICUS. 
 
 loy fjNi com •'3 .ni'D'' Tiwij? an^ Dun v»m 
 
 ITS? nir D''3?B^ ^Vi 
 
 S^adjah, p. 176, 1. 19. 
 
 And be not confident of pardon, 
 
 to add iniquity to iniquity, 
 
 or say. His mercies are great, 
 
 he will pardon the multitude of my iniquities ; 
 
 for mercy and wrath are with him, 
 
 and his might resteth upon the wicked. 
 
 Sir. 5, 7- W ovoLiXiVi iirifTTptipai trpoi Kvpiov, 
 
 Koi ixrj VTTip/idWov rj/iipav i$ ■qptpa<;. 
 
 ^nn•'D "itb iRN Dv 31^ 
 
 B. T. Shabbath, fol. 153". 
 Repent one day before thy death, 
 
 VI. 
 
 Sir. 5i 1 5- *'' p-iyaX<a kol iv fjUKpiS p,Tj dyvoei. 
 Syriac MOijaol 1) >cu^)o us^o 
 Great and small do not injure. 
 
 Aboth, iv. 6. 
 Despise not any man. 
 
 VII. 
 Sir. 6, 6. 01 €iprjv{vovT€i troi i<TT<o(Tav iroXKoi, 
 
 01 8c (TVpLJiovXol. (TOV €tS ttXO )(lXuOV. 
 
 S'adyah, op. cit., p. 1 78, 1. i ; also B. T. Yebamoth, 
 fol. 63'', and Synhedrin, fol. 100'', where the words of 
 Micha 7, 5, •]': 'nriD nw© "|pn na^icD, follow. 
 
 Let those that are at peace with thee be many, 
 but reveal thy secret to one of a thousand 
 [keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth 
 in thy bosom]. 
 
 Sir. 6, 7. VIII. 
 
 €1 KTa<7ai tfiikov, iv TrtipauTfi,^ KTrjcrai avrov, 
 Kai yx^ Ta^ ip,Tri(TTevcnrji avTo!. 
 8. €<mv ydp <^tXos iv Katp<3 avrov, 
 
 KOL ov /xr] Trapa/jLeivg iv ■^/j.ipa. OXiij/eu)'; (TOV, 
 
 ♦3 .vby r\Q2b inon bay injp nD»3 ams rT'jp* 
 mx DV3 n»y' n^i ny 133 3niN ^> 
 
 S'adyah, p. 178, 1. 3. 
 
 If thou gettest a friend, get him by proving, 
 and be not hasty to trust in him ; 
 for there is a friend according to the occasion ; 
 and he will not abide in the day of adversity. 
 
 IX. 
 
 Sir. 6, 13. diro TU)V ixOpwv crov 8iax<^pio-6riTi, 
 
 Kal CtTTO TWV <j>i\(OV (TOV 7rp0(T£^€. 
 
 nnrn T^niNoi h3n T'nje;«* 
 
 S'adyah, p. 178,1. 8. 
 
 Separate thyself from them that hate thee, 
 and be careful of thy friends. 
 
 X. 
 
 Sir. 7, I. pi-r] iroiu KOKCt, Kal ov /atJ ae KaTaXd^rj 
 KaKov. 
 
 Cf 12, 2. 
 
 t6 e'^31 n3yn xi? ^2b 3t2 .ntd 13 icn t6na* 
 
 lb »DD' 
 Bereshith R., p. 44"; Midrash Qoheleth v; Midrash 
 Tanhuma npn § 1. 
 
 Ben Sira said the proverb: Do not good to 
 the evil, and evil will not befall thee. 
 
 See Schechter,_/. Q. J^. iii. p. 694, No. 17 and note. 
 
 XL 
 Sir. 7, 10. p}) oXj.yoijrvx'^oyji iv rfj TrpocrtvpfjJ crov. 
 
 Dico i'i'sn' bit vbv n^wc inyn pkb* b an ncN 
 
 B. T. Erubin, fol. 65*. 
 
 ' Text has mv ' to teach.' Rashi (Solomon of Troyes) 
 says : I have searched to find this verse in the Hagiographa, 
 but did not succeed. Perhaps it is in Sirach. 
 
 Rab said : Let not a man pray whose mind is 
 not at rest within him, because it is said : In 
 adversity who shall give thanks ? 
 
 Perhaps a reminiscence of Ps. 6, 6. 
 
 XII. 
 
 Sir. 7, 17. TaireivuxTov <rtf>6Spa ttjv i/'UX'?'' '^°^- 
 
 oTi €k8ik7jctis dtrtySovs irvp Kal crKwXrji. 
 [So NA arrange the lines.] 
 
 n]ib)n DIN 131 nm mm nipntr nn bs^ ^n ind nxo 
 
 Aboth, iv. 7. 
 Cf. No. LVI below. 
 
 Be humble exceedingly in spirit ; 
 for the hope of man is a worm, and the son of 
 man is a maggot (cf. Job 25, 6). 
 
BEN S IRA'S PROVERBS. 
 
 XXI 
 
 XIII. 
 Sir. 8, 5. 
 
 fiT] ov«'8i^€ avOpwirov a.Tro<rrpe<j)OVTa airb d/xaprtas* 
 
 fn-VT^trdr/TL OTL 7rdi/T£s icrfjiiv iv tTrm/iois. 
 
 TB'jm -liar "h ids* si) nm^'n ^yn n\T dx 
 
 Mishnah Baba Metsia, iv. 10. 
 
 If a man repents, one does not say to him, 
 Remember thy former doings. 
 
 XIV. 
 
 Sir. 8, 8. /jLYj irapLSrjs Snyyr/yiia (TO<f>u)V, 
 
 (cat iv Tais irapoifniais avriav dvaarpiifiov' 
 OTi Trap avTMV fiaO-qo-r) iraiSuav 
 Kai XeiTovpyrjcrai fieyi<7Ta<Tiv. 
 
 D'Dan n'D^n ^b* pi;in nn'K' li^as m ^c^< 
 
 lies' nanx 
 
 B. T. Sukkah, fol. 2I^ and Abodah Zarah, fol. ig"". 
 
 Rab said : Even the ordinary conversation of 
 the wise requires learning. 
 
 XV. 
 
 Sir. 8, 18. ivuiTTiov aXXoTpiov fur) xonyoT^s Kpvirrov. 
 
 niD 1^5 pi^jo pNi . . . pxn icyn ncNJ onm ncc 
 
 B. T. Pesahim, fol. 49^ 
 
 Six things are said of the peoplg of the land 
 (the unlearned) . . . ; and they reveal not to him 
 a secret. 
 
 XVI 
 Sir. 9, 8. 
 
 atToaTptipov 6<j)0a\/iov airo yvvatKos tv/xoptfjov, . . . 
 iv KaXXet yvvaLKo<s ttoXAoi tTrXavT^Oriaav . . . 
 g.p^TCL vjrdvBpov ywaiKo's fir] KaOov to otjvoAov, 
 Kai p,r] OT;yLi^oAoK07rj;oT/s /J-iT avT^i iv olvoi. 
 
 an ^N .nmii'Da nairi fs |n nt^xo T^'V D^vn* 
 D^m na- hb^n iNinn 13 ,-i3Bn p 'ncy iidid^ 'n^vx 
 tn^jnn i^a D^Divyi innein 
 
 B. T. Synhedrin, fol. loo*"; Yebamoth, fol. 63''. 
 ' So Rashi (ap. Schechter, ibid., p. 700, note 36), ed. 
 
 Hide thine eyes from a comely woman, 
 lest thou be caught in her snares ^ ; 
 
 ' Cf. 9, 3'' : fi^ noTf inniiTjis tls rets iroYtSas avrijs. 
 
 turn not aside to her, lo mingle wine and strong 
 
 drink with her. : 
 for through the beauty of a fair woman many 
 
 have been destroyed, 
 and 'all her slain are a mighty host ' (Prov. 7, 26). 
 
 XVII. 
 
 Sir. II, I . cTo<j>ia Tairuvov avvij/wcrev Kefj)aX-^v, 
 
 Kai iv fJi€(rij) fi.iyi<rravii>v KaOifru avrov. 
 
 Tfli NTD pn N-1B''D3* 
 
 (Prov. 4, 8) ^Donn1 nijo^D 
 
 So in J. T. Berakhoth, vii. 2, and in Midrashim: the 
 B. T. Berakhoth, fol. 48", quotes Proverbs 4, 8, entire, 
 omitting the last three words of the saying. See Reif- 
 mann's essay on Ben Sira in f^'cnh iii. p. 248, 3. 
 
 In the book of Ben Sira it is written : 
 Exalt her and she shall lift thee up (Prov. 4, 8), 
 and set thee among princes. 
 
 XVIII. 
 
 Sir. II, 8. Trpiv 7] aKovfrai fxr] airOKplvov, 
 
 Kai. Iv /xeo-U) Xoymv /ir] 7rap€p./3dXXov. 
 
 0:2: •\2''ii^ . . . Dana nyaci o^m D>im nyac 
 a'OTij bn2: irxi n^an nan ^1ni' 
 
 Aboth, V. 10. 
 
 Seven things are in a clod, and seven in a wise 
 man. (The wise man) . . . does not interrupt 
 the words of his companion ; and is not hasty to 
 reply . . . 
 
 Cf. Prov. 18, 13. Monatsschrift, 1865, p. 186, note 8. 
 
 Sir. II, 9. 
 
 XIX. 
 
 Trepi TrpayfiaTos ov ovk iuTiv (Tol xpeta firj cpi^e. 
 
 |na imv i^ pIM t6& onana pDyrot}* 
 
 Midrash Tanhuma (p. 73") N^«1, n. 
 
 For he was busied with matters whereof he 
 had no need. 
 
 XX. 
 
 Sir. II, 28. Trpo TeXevrtj's p/rj jxaKapi^e p,rjSiva, 
 
 Kai iv TEKvois avTov yv(o(T$ij(TeTaL dvijp. 
 
 E^N tajn'' innnNa 'a -irxn bn m» •':sh* 
 
 S'adyah, p. 1 78, 1. 6. 
 
 Call no one happy before (his) death, 
 for by his end shall a man be known. 
 
XXll 
 
 ECCLESIASTICUS. 
 
 Sir. II, 29. 
 
 XXI. 
 
 inr) iravra av$pu)Trov eicraye el's Tov oikov (Tov. 
 
 in*3 N'-an bn sh nnu iina D^n V30* 
 
 B. T. Synhedrin, fol. 100" ; Yebamoth, fol. 63>>. 
 Keep away many from the midst of thy house, 
 and bring not every man into thy house. 
 
 Sir. 13, 2. X^II- 
 
 l(T)(ypoTfp<a (TOV Koi TrXovcnoiTf/xa fvq Kowmvn,. 
 4. iav )(prj(TifJi,€V(rri^, ipyarai iv croi' 
 Kol lav {xTTtprjarj's, KaraXinj/ei (re. 
 
 inivb xiis ait6 paipo pNty niK'ia nn^nr tin 
 
 :ipm nye'a 
 
 Aboth, ii. 3. 
 Be cautious with (those in) authority, 
 for they let not a man approach them but for 
 
 their own purposes ; 
 and they appear like friends when it is to their 
 
 advantage, 
 and stand not by a man in the hour of his need. 
 Monatsschrift, 1865, p. 1S6, note 8. 
 
 XXIII. 
 
 Sir. 13, 11''. £K iroAA^s -yap XxiXias ireipatru (re, 
 Ktti (US TTpoayeXwv i^irdcTci (re. 
 
 1-ipm i? pnm nnis hdjd n^>^ 3->3 '3* 
 
 S'atJyah, p. 178, 1. 15. 
 For with much talk will he try thee, 
 and will laugh at thee, and search thee out. 
 Cf. No. XXXIV below. 
 
 Sir. 13, 16. XXIV. 
 
 iracra erap^ koto. yeVos (rvvdyeTm, 
 
 Kai T(3 6p,oitp aitrov Trpo(TKoWr]Ori<Terai avrjp. 
 
 Cf. 27, 9- Trereiva Trpos to. op-oia avTOii KaraAvo-ei. 
 
 1^5 n»n^ DIN 
 
 B. T. Baba Qama, fol. 92'. 
 
 Thirdly, in the Hagiographa ; as it is written : 
 Every bird dwelleth according to his kind, 
 and (so doth) man according to his like. 
 
 Sir. 13, 25. XXV. 
 
 Kapoia avBpwwov dAAoioi to Trpocunrov avTov, 
 iav th ayaOa idv Te eis KaKa, 
 
 Ber. Rabba, fol. 64'. 
 The heart of a man changeth his countenance, 
 whether for good or for evil. 
 
 XXVI. 
 Sir. 14, 5- o -TTOvrjpoi €avT<S TLVi ayaObi iorai ; 
 
 1815? nr nn ^dij i:''t<i b)a^b ins Nine 'd b^ 
 pim bv D"n t6 iT'B'SJ b]i vbv amnrh iidni d^dt 
 
 J. T. end of Peah. 
 Every one who needs to receive (alms) and 
 refuses to take them, is (like) a shedder of blood, 
 and it is forbidden to have compassion on him. 
 If he has no pity on himself, how much less will 
 he have pity on others ? 
 
 Sir. 14, 11. XXV"- 
 
 TeWov, KaOuii lav tXH^ '^ TTot'et (TeavTov, 
 I 'J. on ovK eoTLV iv aSov ^rjT^aaL Tpv<f>-^v. 
 
 Tj yap SiaOrjKri dir alSjvo'S Oavdrw aTroOavy. 
 18. (!)s <^vXXov OdWov IttI SevBpov 8a<reos, 
 
 Ta fjilv Kara^dWcL, dXXa 8e i^i;et. 
 
 ovTODS Kai yevea aapKO's koI aiparoi' 
 
 rj p,ev TeXewTa, crepa 8k yiwarax. 
 
 •^ 3''0''n -[b B" DN /n :N2i:»n 31^ 3n bv. 
 loxn DN1 .nDnt:nn nia^ pw .juyn i'iNa'3 pxc 
 n''Dn mN ''33 : '\b n'r 'd ^ineo pn (' Timh) 'ni? 
 \hy\i 'hbm pi'vi3 "bbn .mrn '<iftrsb 
 
 B. T. Ernbin, fol. 54*. 
 ' See Kohut, Aruch s. v. pn (i). 
 Rab said to his son Hamnuna : 
 My son, if thou hast aught, do good unto thyself, 
 for there is no pleasure in Sheol, and death tarries 
 
 not. 
 And if thou sayest, It is for my sons and for my 
 
 daughters, 
 who shall declare to thee the law in Sheol ? 
 The sons of men are like the herbs of the field, 
 some flourish, and others fade. 
 
 Sir. 16, 17. XXVIII. 
 
 pji] etTTT^s OTt 'Atto Kvpi'ov Kpm^-qiTopjxc 
 
 prj cf v{j/ovi T(9 pov pvrjtrOi^iTeTai ; 
 
 iv Xa<p TrXeiovt ov pr) pvrjauto, 
 
 Ti's yap r] ij/v^ p/m iv dptrpifTiD KTurti ; 
 
BEN S IRA'S PROVERBS. 
 
 xxm 
 
 ninn nivpa ''B'ss 'd ik stun n^* 
 
 S''adyah, p. 178, 1. 12. 
 Say not, I am hidden from God, 
 and in the height who shall remember me ? 
 Among a numerous people I shall not be known, 
 or what is my soul among the multitude of spirits? 
 
 Cf. Sir. 18, 16, &c. ^^^^- 
 
 oi^i Kavduiva avairavcTii Spocroi; 
 ourojs Kpu(T>Tiov Aoyos rj Sotris. 
 
 main n^v:: Tiiho •'jy^ nDnsj inijn b 
 ni3-ia Nu nnnno onana iD^'^aom 
 
 B. T. Baba Bathra, fol. gi". 
 
 He who gives a farthing to a poor man is blessed 
 
 with six blessings, &c. : 
 but he who comforts him with words is blessed 
 
 with eleven blessings. 
 
 Sir. 18, 23. ^^^• 
 
 ■n-plv iv^aa-Oai iToi/xaa-ov crtavTov, {rrjv ev)(riv 
 
 a-ov N<=') 
 Koi /xr] yivov wi a.v6punro% -n-upat^wv Tov Kvpiov. 
 
 nynoa n^^n b2 Tnj pn nnn Dicaa nt-d p n»x * 
 
 Midrash Tanhuma niwi § 8. 
 Ben Sira said : 
 
 Before thou vowest, make ready thy vows : 
 be not like a deceiver. 
 
 XXXI. 
 Sir. 20, 9. loTiv evo8ia ev KaKois dvSpi, 
 
 Ktti toTti' ivpe/xa eis tAaTrwcrii'. 
 
 nsnn pyo nnicn ^jn .nniLjn pyo nyin isy Tiao 
 
 Mishnah Berakhoth, ix. 3. 
 A man gives thanks for evil which results in good, 
 and for good which results in evil. 
 
 XXXII. 
 
 Sir. 20, 15. oA.tya Scu(rci kol ttoWo. oveiBtaei. 
 
 nuiyc DnincB' mi n^-a nu w^nijiro nioon ^ni 
 
 nniiD nnsini 
 
 J. T. Berakhoth, iv. 2. 
 
 Deliver not our livelihood into the hands of men 
 
 (///. flesh and blood), 
 for their giving is small, and their reproaching 
 
 great. 
 
 XXXIII. 
 Sir. 21, II. 
 
 (fivXaacTdiv vofiov KaraKpaTfi tov iworjfua.TO'i avrov. 
 (cat crvi/reAeia tov <j>6/3ov K.vptov a-ofpia. 
 
 Dnx DN1 .pi'an mm >h mxiai mn nr TiNia 
 nn nnooj onx px niira n^poiy 
 
 B. T. Qiddushin, fol. io\ 
 
 1 created the evil propensity : 
 
 I created against it the Law as a safeguard {h'^. 
 
 a seasoning). 
 If ye are occupied in the Law, 
 ye shall not be delivered into its hand. 
 
 XXXIV. 
 Sir. 21, 20. 
 
 pxiipo^ iv yeXiDTL dwij/OL (fxovrjv avrov, 
 
 dvrjp 8e Travovpyoi; /aoXis ^o-ux^ /^"Siao-ci. 
 
 Cf. also 19, 30. 
 
 loyani looai ido3 .^y: mn nnai nci'B'a 
 
 ipne'3 flN n'<b noNi 
 
 B. T. Erubin, fol. 65^ 
 
 By three things a man is known, by his purse, 
 by the wine-cup, and by his vexation. They say 
 to him : By his laughter also. 
 
 Compare Abolh N., p, 86": 
 
 anni jnoi NE'en . rnxn nx \^'p-i\2 onm n^-^cn 
 
 nn''B' 31131 p> 
 
 By three things do men test a man, 
 by trading {/li. giving and taking), and by much 
 wine, and by much talking. 
 
 XXXV. 
 
 Cf. Sir. 21, 22. TTovs fxtiipov Tail's «ts oIkmv. 
 Also verse 23. 
 
 i6 nyaiKi 'nx:B' nc^c ntd p iSDi nma* 
 nytj- n^J ncNi .niNnE'»n n''a2 b-i:n nt^ .Tianx 
 .nip 'DiiDa nat^ a''K'Kni (.man ic ni) ncNi) .i3i:n 
 niNn£3 11'an noi) Dw:ni ,D''d pn^'ci ncxa rniNni 
 
 B. T. Niddah, le*-. 
 
 Three things I hate, and four I do not love : 
 (i) a prince who frequents the house of ban- 
 queting; (2) . . . .; (3) . . . .; (4) the man that 
 enters suddenly the house of his neighbour. 
 
XXIV 
 
 ECCLESIASTICUS. 
 
 Sir. 21, 2 2. XXXVI. 
 
 TToiis /jLoipov Tail's c'S olKiav, 
 avOpuyTTO's Se 7roA.i'7rei/Dos aL(T)(yv$-q(T€TaL airo 
 Trpoaunrov. 
 23. atjiprnv airo Ovpai vapaKxnmi tts oiKiav, 
 avrjp 81 TTtiratScv/xci'os efo) ari^aeTai. 
 
 ■1BD3 ina 73B' n^an iT'ai' din ino' bn D^iybi * 
 yja^ nicro ts'^Ni n^a ^jn mnn iiaj bi-^ :ktd p 
 p -laoa pB* nun ivc^ D^^« ^ano'' ba Db)vb : D''an 
 v»v T\'22 ^'i6 nnsi nn ^x uu* nns» ^'''ix ; K-i''D 
 
 «npn wm npiD, 14°, ed. Schbnblum ; see Schechter, 
 J. Q. J?, iii. p. 695, No. 21. 
 
 Let a man never hasten into the house of his 
 neighbour ; for thus it is written in the book of 
 Ben Sira : 
 The foot of a senseless man hastens to (an- 
 other's) house, 
 but a prudent man will subdue many. 
 Let a man never look in at the door of his 
 neighbour ; for thus (it is written) in the book of 
 Ben Sira : 
 A foolish man gazes from the door into (an- 
 other's) house, 
 but a man's honour is in the house of his own 
 kinsmen. 
 Sir. 25, 2. XXXVIL 
 
 rpia Se iiZr) (p.i(Trj(TCV r/ i/ri);^^ fJiov .... 
 ■7mj))(OV VTrcprj<j)avov, Kal 7r\ova-iov ij/ivcTTrjv, 
 yipovra p.oiy(OV iXarrovfJievov (Tvvecrei. 
 
 TTjJi .nxj ^T '.]n i^x ,]rh2-\D nynn px nyms 
 ['nnxn by nxsno d3-isi] .«)x:D'fpn cnao 
 
 B. T. Pesahim, fol. iis**. 
 
 There are four things that the mind cannot bear. 
 
 They are these : 
 A poor man that is proud, a rich man that is a liar, 
 an old man that is an adulterer, 
 and a ruler that exalts himself above the multitude. 
 
 ' The last clause is not in Sirach. 
 
 XXXVIIL 
 Sir. 25, 3. iv vtoTrjTi ov (rwayio;^as, 
 
 (cai TTtis av fvpois iv Toi yrjpa cov ; 
 
 Tx nnvsn ab Tnnyja dk nex x^no pi 
 
 Tniipn arcn 
 
 Aboth N., eh. 24 (p. 78). 
 Thus says the proverb : 
 
 If in thy youth thou hast had no delight in them, 
 
 how wilt thou attain them in thy old age ? 
 
 XXXIX. 
 
 Sir. 25, 13. 
 
 irao-ai/ irXrjyqv, Koi p.rj TrXrjyrjv xapSias" 
 
 Kal Traa-av irovqpCav, KoX p-r] Trovqpiav yvvatKOS. 
 
 3X3 xh 3X3 b D'5)D 'hvi xbl '^n b 31 ICX 
 
 njfT riE'x x^i njn b b'xi cihid x^i Bnn»o b 3^5 
 
 B. T. Shabbath, fol. 11*. 
 
 Rab said : Any sickness, but not sickness of the 
 
 bowels ; 
 any pain, but not the pain of the heart ; 
 any ache, but not the aching of the head ; 
 any evil, but not an evil woman. 
 
 XL. 
 
 Sir. 26, I. 
 
 ywaiKOS a.ya6rj<; paKapio<; avrjp, 
 
 KoX apiOpoi Twv ripepSiv avTov SiTrXaaios. 
 
 ni^a3 W' -isDO n^V3 ntj^x ns^ hb'x* 
 
 B. T. Yebamoth, fol. 63'. 
 
 Happy is the husband of a beautiful woman : 
 the number of his days is doubled. 
 
 XLI. 
 
 Sir. 26, 3. yvvrj ayaOrj pepli ayaOrj, 
 
 iv p.epi8i <f>oPovp,(vo>v li.vpLOV ooO-qtrerai. 
 
 pin3 n3iD njno n3iD ntrx xn^o p nsD3 3in3 * 
 rrrispn ''xd rhs^b nviv njn ntrx] .?n3n D\ii'x XT' 
 '[nmvsD xDiiT'i inUD TWini'' 
 
 B. T. Synhedrin, fol. 100''; of. Yebamoth, fol. 63^ 
 
 It is written in the book of Ben Sira : 
 A good wife is a good gift ; 
 she shall be given into the bosom of him that 
 
 feareth God. 
 An evil wife is a plague (///. a leprosy) to her 
 
 husband. 
 What is the remedy ? Let him drive her from his 
 
 house (i. e. divorce her), 
 and he shall be healed from the plague of her 
 
 (III. from her leprosy). 
 
 ' The second part not in Sirach. 
 
 XLII. 
 
 Sir. 28, 12. lav ^v<Trj(rri<s innvOripa. iKKarja-erat, 
 
 Kal iav WTvtrrji itr avrov cr^to-OijcrtTai. 
 
BEN S IRA'S PROVERBS. 
 
 XXV 
 
 ,m]3y\ na nsj n^nj vjs^ nn'n ioin Nn*D in* 
 
 nnaai nn ■;>p-\ 
 
 M. Rabbah, Leviticus, fol. 153; and anonymously in 
 Yalkut, Levit, § 460; Psalm, § 767; Job, § 501. 
 
 Bar Sira says : 
 There was a live coal before a man : he blew 
 
 upon it and it flamed ; 
 he spit upon it and it was extinguished. 
 
 XLIII. 
 Sir. 30, 23. 
 
 dyaTra -rqv ^v^^rjv (rov koI irapaKaXei rr/v KapBiav (Tov, 
 
 KaL Xvirrjv fiaKpav aTroarrjcrov djro (TOV' 
 
 ffoXAovs yap OTrlKTtivev 17 XvTrrj, 
 
 (cai ovK €(mv (IxfttXia iv avT^. 
 
 NDC DV lb' no 3?"in nh "3 nno mv ivn ba* 
 ■\b\i> PNC ab)v b]! -ij?t3va nsd: ij^ni nn» 
 
 B. T. Yebamoth, fol. 63''. 
 
 Be not troubled for the trouble of the morrow, 
 for 'thou knowest not what a day may bring 
 
 forth' (Prov. 27, i). 
 Perhaps on the morrow he will be no more, 
 and be found grieving over a world that is not his. 
 
 XLIV. 
 Sir- 30 (33). 33- 
 
 apTOs Kal iraiSeM Koi tpyov oIkItti. 
 J4' ^pyo-O'c.i iv Trai8i, Koi evprjcrws ava.Travirii'. 
 
 may nno: nbi rr-i' sn^iin 
 
 B. T. Baba Metsia, fol. 65*. 
 
 For it is better for him that his servant should 
 not become an idler. 
 So Rashi ; cf. Kohut, Aruch s. v. nnc (ii). 
 
 XLV. 
 Sir. 31 (34), 26. 
 
 tf>ovfV(tii/ TOV TrXrjaLOv o a<^aipouyu.£vos (rvfi^Loia-iv, 
 /cat iK^€(i>v aifia 6 airotrnpuiv ^.tcrOov p-ia-Oiov. 
 
 Midrash Tanhuma (p. 12'') n:, 1. 
 
 Rabbi Johanan said : Any one w^ho steals the 
 worth of a farthing from his neighbour is as 
 though he took away his life. 
 
 XLVI. 
 Sir. 31 (34), 27. 
 
 /cai iK^itDV aiyiia airocrTipuiv p-lcrOov p-urOiov. 
 
 1JD0 1E>SJ bn^i i^N3 i^ac -\yi> c'aian b 
 
 B. T. Baba Metsia, fol. 112". 
 
 Every one who suppresses the hire of an hire- 
 ling is as though he took from him his life. 
 
 XLVIL 
 
 Sir. 32 (35)1 21. Trpocr€V)(yj rajreivov vecjiikai SLijXOf. 
 
 pvp-i j)p3i apbo xn^o tcnn 
 
 Zohar, Levit. 12 (3, p. 62). 
 That word mounts up, and cleaves the firmaments. 
 
 XLVIII. 
 Sir. 34 (31). 28. 
 
 a.yaXXtap.a KapSias Kal €V(fipocnvr] ^XV^ 
 oivo'S TTivojucvos iv KaLpiS avTapK-rji. 
 
 Cf. the Syriac (31, 2S). 
 
 iDDK'o nar i6 inoK'o nar 
 
 B. T. Yoma, fol. 76^ 
 
 If he acts rightly, (i. e. drinks in moderation, 
 Rashi,) it (wine) gladdens him ; if he does not 
 act rightly, (i. e. drinks to excess,) it ruins him. 
 
 XLIX. 
 Sir. 34 (31). 28. 29. 
 
 dyaAAiayxa KapStas kol ev<f>po<Tvvri i^X^S 
 otvos Trivop.fvo'S iv Kaipiu airdpKrj';- 
 
 TTLKpia if'VX.yj'S OtVOS TTII'O^CI'OS TToXvS K.T.X. 
 
 laivy iT'SiD Nnmn Ni»m ntht'E' i6ti 
 
 Zohar, Levit. 'jia® (3, p. 77). 
 
 But the beginning of wine is gladness, and 
 the end thereof sorrow. 
 
 L. 
 
 Sir. 35 (32), 4. OTTOV OLKpoap-a p.r] e/c^ej^s XaXt'av. 
 
 miyoa pn^oo px 
 
 B. T. Taanith, fol. 5''. 
 Men should not talk much at a meal. 
 
XXVI 
 
 ECCLESIASTICUS. 
 
 LI. 
 Sir. 36 (33). 7- 
 
 8ia TL fjixipa rj/xipa'; VTrcpixei, 
 Kal iray ^uls rjfj.ipai ivLavrov a.(f> rjXiov; 
 8. iv yviixrei Kupioi) SiexiapLirOrjCTav, 
 Koi rjWoLUKTev Kacpovi koI copras. 
 
 "h ncN aypv i na oian dijiid ^kc it ni'str 
 uv non 'd: nar .uv nm 
 
 B. T. Synhedrin, fol. 6c,^ ; Midrash Tanhuma, Exodus 
 rroTin, i (p. 109''). 
 
 Turnus Rufus asked this question of R. Akiba, 
 and said to him, 
 Why is one day different from another? 
 He said to him, And why is one man different 
 
 from another ? 
 He said to him, Because the Lord wills ; 
 and the Sabbath also is because the Lord wills. 
 
 LH. 
 
 Cf. Sir. 36, 26. TTavra appeva iiriSiierai ywy. 
 
 i^nsnx 2n"'o^o n p nn'^eb 2q b'V^ C'^ "ion 
 
 B. T. Kethuboth, fol. 75*. 
 
 It is better to dwell two together, than to dwell 
 a widow. 
 
 LIIL 
 Sir. 36, 3ol>. 
 
 KOI ov ovK icrnv yvvq, oreva^ct trXavM/xevos. 
 
 n^K J? nnDB> 
 
 B. T. Shabbath, fol. 152*. 
 The joy of the heart is a wife. 
 
 nnoB' i62 ''nti' ntrx 1^ pxc din b 
 
 B. T. Yebamoth, fol. 62". 
 Every man who has no wife, dwells without joy. 
 
 LIV. 
 Sir. 38, I. 
 
 Tifw. larpov TTpos ras p^peias tl/xois avrov, 
 
 Midrash Rabba, Exodus, c. xxi. 
 
 (The proverb says) : Honour thy physician 
 before thou hast need of him. 
 
 The proverb also occurs in an Aramaic form ; 
 
 J. T. Taanith, iii. 6. 
 
 In Midrash Tanhuma, Gen. yfo, § 10 (p. 51^), it is 
 introduced with the words : 
 
 NI'D p 1003 3in3 •\]vb "^N 
 
 See Schechter, y. Q. Ji. iii. p. 694, No. 16, and note 79. 
 
 LV. 
 
 Sir. 38, 4. 
 
 K.vpio's (KTLcrev tK yrj^ <j>a.pp.aKa' 
 
 7. Iv avTOii i6epa.Trev<T€V Kal yjpiv Tov ttovov avrov, 
 
 8. fi.vpiij/o'i iv TOVTOis TTOirjcru fjiiyfjia. 
 
 nti NS-iD ti^)-ir\ nna .p^n |d D'dd nbvn rwbn 
 nnp-ijon ns npiD npnn dhdi men 
 
 Midr. Rabba, Genesis, viii; Midr. Yalkut, Job, § 501. 
 
 God causes spices to spring up out of the earth : 
 
 With them the physician heals the stroke, 
 
 and of them the perfumer compounds the perfume. 
 
 LVL 
 Sir. 38, 24. 
 
 Kal 6 eXacrtrov/xcvos Trpa^u avrov (T0<f>i(r6ri(TiTai. 
 
 JHM 'ini T\Virh T'lTi mina pioyi poyn tijiDo '■in 
 
 Aboth N., cap. 33, p. 73'' (cf. also Abolh, iv. 14). 
 
 Have little business, but be busied in the Law, 
 and eager for the commandments ; 
 
 and behave thyself in humbleness of spirit with 
 every man. 
 
 LVIL 
 
 Sir. 39, 25. ayaBa TOis dya^ois eKTiarai oltt dp^i, 
 ovTM'i Toi^ a.p,apT(ji\oli KaKa. 
 
 Sepher Yetsira, p. 102, note i. 
 
 Good is kept for the good, 
 and evil is kept for the evil. 
 
 Lvin. 
 
 Sir. 40, 19. 
 
 TiKva Kal olKoSonrj 7roA.ea)s <rrr]pi^ova-LV ovofia, 
 Kal vtrip ap-i^oTipa yvvT} ap.u>p.o<i X.oyi^(Tar 
 
BEN SIR AS PROVERBS. 
 
 XXVll 
 
 .nN3 mn .;n i^n .din b^ inyn x^yrva rwh^ 
 
 CN: D''bl .nX3 HK-NI 
 B. T. Berakhoth, fol. 57''. 
 Three things enlarge the understanding of a man. 
 
 They are these : 
 a comely dwelling, a comely wife, and comely 
 
 furniture. 
 Sir. 40, 25. LIX. 
 
 )(pv(nov Ka(, apyvpiov iTn(m^<TOV(riv TroSa. 
 
 vbi-i bv iTojnsE' mx 
 
 B. T. Pesahim, fol. 119*. 
 'And every (living) substance that followed 
 them' (Deut. 11, 6, h'/. that was at their feet). 
 R. Eleazar says: This means the wealth of a man, 
 which makes him stand firm upon his feet. 
 
 Sir. 40, 29. L^- 
 
 avrjp ySXcTTdDi' tis TpoLTTt^av akkoTpiav, 
 ovK io-Tiv avTov 6 ySt'os iv XoyuT/xw ^oj^s- 
 
 nan ]rb^b novon p ^bat , D"n dvn p"n n^b^ 
 
 B. T. Betsah, fol. 32''. 
 
 There are three men whose life is no life. They 
 
 are these : 
 The man who watches the table of his neighbour, 
 the man whose wife rules over him, 
 and the man whose body is ruled by pains. 
 
 LXI. 
 
 Sir. 42, 9. Ovydrrjp Trarpl airoKpw^o'i aypVTrvia, 
 Kai r/ p.epip.va avry's a<f>ia-Ta. vttvov. 
 10. iv TrapOiviia p.-!] iroTe. ^ej3rj\wOfi .... 
 Kai (TVVMKrjKvia p.y ttotc OTupwo-rj, 
 
 nniiopD rtis"^ ah mnso .xitr n:iDt:D rc^ab na 
 ^b NOB' mn .rum ndj^ nniij;:^ .nnsnn Not' 
 NDB' nrprn .D''n ni? vn^ x^ nce' nxti'J .NE':n 
 
 B. T. Synhedrin, fol. 100''. 
 
 A daughter is a vain treasure to her father : 
 
 for fear about her, he does not sleep ; 
 
 in her youth, lest she be seduced ; 
 
 in her maidenhood, lest she play the harlot ; 
 
 when she is marriageable, lest she be not married ; 
 
 when she is married, lest she have no sons'; 
 
 when she is old, lest she practise sorcery. 
 
 Lxri. 
 
 Sir. 9, 12 (Syriac). 
 
 HB'Nn nv nnv nmn b^ 
 
 Aboth, i. 5; Geiger in ZDMG. xii. p. 537. 
 And prolong not converse with a woman. 
 
 The follmoing proverhs , ascribed to Ben Stra, are 
 not found in the Greek or Syriac versions. 
 
 LXIII. 
 
 ((jr,iniD3) |niD3 ms ■'33 nin .mN *:n o^n^x -nn* 
 
 End of Derekh Erels Zuta (anonymous) ; Tanya, No. lo 
 (with the introductory words noiM ntd ]1). See Schechter, 
 /. Q. K. iii. p. 695, No. 19. 
 
 The glory of God is the sons of men ; 
 
 the glory of the sons of men is their clothing. 
 
 LXIV. 
 
 D'':rNO 5)33 m^pc ^3n ;ntd p nsD3 3>n3n3* 
 .von n''33 -nr\ [nn t''3iDJ3 b\>^\ . piDO bv tinsd n^ 
 13T y^D mxD b\A .niN d*j3d niN ;nno b\>'\ 
 
 VOC" D1D3 
 B. T. Baba Bathra, fol. 98''; Yalqut Proverbs, § 956. 
 
 As it is written in the book of Ben Sira : 
 I have weighed all things in the balance, 
 and have found nothing lighter than bran ; 
 but lighter than bran is the bridegroom who dwells 
 
 in the house of his father-in-law, 
 and lighter than the bridegroom is a guest (lit. 
 
 traveller) who introduces another guest, 
 and lighter than the guest is 'he that giveth 
 
 answer before he heareth' (Prov. 18, 13). 
 
 LXV. 
 
 fllDNI insiDN DV riN Tl3r :N">''D p 1BD3 3in3* 
 
 -^r\ imi'D pn Dnxn na^Ds dv3 ''3 nv3T )'3pi nsnn 
 vrj? T'Nn inpnsi v:b^ 7^^ 113: n^'vcn '3 n3 311 
 
 Baraitha Kallah, ed. Coronel, 7''. See Schechter, 
 J. Q. R. iii. p. 697, No. 23. 
 
 It is written in the book of Ben Sira : 
 Rememberthe dayof thybeinggathered(in death); 
 withdraw (///. gather in) reproach and acquire 
 
 virtue {lil. merits) ; 
 for in the day of a man's being gathered, 
 d 2 
 
XXVIU 
 
 ECCLESIASTICUS. 
 
 neither riches nor great strength accompany him; 
 for his work is prepared, it will go before him, 
 and his righteousness shall lighten his eyes. 
 
 Lxvr. 
 
 D'JJ ^ara mh'h fjs ""2ix nt'd \i D'jn '':v ''»'' i'a * 
 1D-I3 "IS5J01 uai' D'« lODD ions ann nnmi y: 
 
 B. T. Synhedrin, fol. loo". 
 See marginal note to Sir. 40, 22, in the Hebrew text. 
 
 All the days of the poor are evil. Ben Sira 
 says, the nights also. His roof is the lowest of 
 roofs, and his vineyard is in the height of the 
 mountains : the rain of other roofs falls on his 
 roof, and the earth of his vineyard falls on other 
 vineyards. 
 
 LXVII. 
 
 ; ID3D ipi3v ptiiip ipni't 3['']n3i * 
 
 B. T. Synhedrin, 100''. 
 
 As it is written : The thin-bearded is cunning 
 and the thick-bearded is a fool. 
 
 This proverb is also found in the second Alphabet 
 (see below, p. xxix). 
 
 LXVIII. 
 
 niprh nipo snip 13^ :ntd p isoa E'nao* 
 iDipD n^ivn pNi Di^iy bv i»ip» Nine ''s^ 
 
 It is explained in the book of Ben Sira, that 
 the Holy One (blessed be he!) is called 'place',' 
 because he is the place of (i.e. contains) the 
 world, and the world is not his place. 
 
 See Schechter (J. Q. F. iii. p. 697, No. 24, and p. 706, 
 note 109), who points out that the passage is probably 
 taken from Bereshith Rabba (ii), not from Ben Sira (ci). 
 See No. I. d. 
 
 ' A common Rabbinical designation of God. Cf. roiros 
 in Philo (e.g. de Somniis, i. § 11, ed. Mangey, i. 630). 
 
 LXIX. 
 
 iT^jjiT .aob^b D'm ''in ini'd p -isd3 n'na* 
 ji noy ba D''m .kd^v Cip 
 
 Barailha Kallah, ed. Coronel, y*". 
 
 It is written in the book of Ben Sira : Love 
 peace, for on it the world is stayed. Love all 
 people, &c. 
 
 The rest of the passage is very corrupt, and cannot be 
 translated without resorting to violent emendations. See 
 Schechter, ibid., p. 696, and p. 705 for Reifmann's re- 
 construction. 
 
 TAe nexHwo passages have been quoted as belonging 
 to Ben Sira, but on insufficient grounds. 
 
 LXX. 
 
 N:n'B' xi'DJ Di3^ 
 
 B. T. Sota, 13''; Bereshith R., § 19, beginning. 
 According to the camel, so is the burden. 
 
 LXXI. 
 
 J. T. Berakhoth, end. 
 
 In the scroll of the Hasidim it was found 
 written : 
 
 For one day thou didst desert me, 
 and for two days will I desert thee. 
 
 LXXII. 
 
 The Alphabet 0/ Ben Sira {see above, p. xiv). 
 
 Honour the physician before thou hast need 
 of him. 
 
 Cf. above, No. LIV. 
 
 bv iTplE' (Reifmann conj. IDD) nn sh il 
 
 t3E"1 N*t3 'BN 
 
 The son who is not clear-witted, leave him 
 upon the surface of the water and let him swim 
 (trade). 
 
 nmj t5"3 IN 3u I'D p^Jinn ^-san ndi3 
 
 The bone that has fallen to thy lot, whether it 
 be good or evil, gnaw it. 
 
 nspijnij NO''Syi nsvDpi' inv Nam 
 
 Gold must be hammered, and a child must be 
 beaten. 
 
 y:»n ^b xrinto \a TP^Jini 3D 'irr 
 
 Be good, and thy portion of goodness do not 
 refuse. 
 
BEN S IRA'S PROVERBS. 
 
 . i.T'pm^ pn^ <ii Ntr*2^ r\'h ^i1 
 
 Woe to the wicked, and woe to them that 
 consort with him. 
 
 N''»v eiiD3 v:h nas'D nxi x''d ''dn by 'prh pn; 
 
 Cast thy bread upon the waters, for thou shalt 
 find it at the end of the days. 
 Eccles. II, I. 
 
 "IVn vh\ D31N ^ D31N lon JT'tn 
 
 Hast thou seen white (I. ivn) and black (com- 
 bined)? It (the result) is neither black nor 
 white. 
 
 The readings are uncertain. 
 
 Do not good to the evil, and evil shall not 
 befall thee. 
 
 Cf. above. No. X. 
 
   vjon vh snu'D id ^^"' 
 
 Restrain not thy hand from doing good. 
 
 The Bodleian MS. (New Hebrew Catalogue, No. 1466) 
 has r:Dn n'j NdW KoViy'; ni;: p -[i>, never restrain thy 
 hand from chastising a child. 
 
 ni' ^DD no nvn^ xh NJuai' ni'j? Nni'3 
 
 The bride goes into the canopy, and knows 
 not what is coming upon her. 
 
 (MS. Nitiin) Ni'cni33 ^K^mh Nrona J<»'3n7 
 
 For a wise man with a sign, for a fool with 
 the fist. 
 
 vr<axh noT \-inD3D n^pitt 
 
 He who honours a man that despises him, 
 is like an ass. 
 
 PN'JD X^-yi TipiD pih ni3 
 
 A fire when it is kindled (? 1. Wp a little fire) 
 burns many sheaves. 
 Cf. Ep. of S. James 3, 5. 
 
 An old man in a house is a good sign in the 
 house. 
 
 PS^N eji'N Nr'31 p-IBX riNJD 8<3t3 N2n57 
 
 A good surety is for a hundred days, but an 
 evil surety is for a thousand thousand. 
 
 npibno ens mins ninD 
 
 Make clear the explanation, and remove 
 differences. 
 
 pata 13 Dy ^ph^ nh^ in'-oh aD''»i' ns in!? 
 
 If thou must trade, let thy lot be with the 
 lucky. 
 
 rr\rh sbx Np'-nn^ nno nTii'SN Nmino snnp 
 
 Stock that is near at hand its owner consumes, 
 but that which is far off consumes its owner. 
 
 An old friend do not thou repudiate. 
 MS. Bodl. ; Ti3 n« n''> wp'yai n'j iD3nn nV nwrnp "in'm 
 
 puB-n N^J He's: nis'i'Di •{? pin^ p3''b» pri'iy 
 
 Take sixty counsellors, but the counsel of thy 
 heart do not abandon. 
 Cf. above. No. VII. 
 
 Nra3 mm xh NyaE* nin ^3 nt" -^ anTin 
 
 Let the hand be given to thee when it is 
 satisfied, but not when it is hungry. 
 
 MS. Bodl. i sia»i vBi mm «';i >«>nc mm nt -p jnn 
 
 LXXIII. 
 
 With regard to the second Alphabet, see the Preface, 
 p. xiv. 
 
 The first line (letter N) is similar to No. XLIII in our 
 list of proverbs. Lines 2 (3), 5 (n), 16 (y), 17 (d) are 
 from No. XVI in our list. Line 3 (3) is from No. VII. 
 Line 7 (1) is from No. LXVII. Lines 9 (b), 10 ('), and 
 II (3) from No. LXI. 
 
 The rest is not worth reprinting. 
 
 The Persian translation mentioned above (p. xv) 
 (British Museum MS. Or. 4731) begins as follows: 
 «e';« .ntd 12 •\XSD 3in3') ')'nn« .m'OM dVis nii3 nw Dwa 
 
 roA nnw'i: .laca ;'« -k m«^c:i -ipin ;>« i» nibn: nwiy yn 
 "iT'Nn: nc'3 ns nn «n i^Mjri ^-ino© nd na nh «n uini 'wo 
 
 (In Persian characters: Ij L«Jj,L> i^liy 0-..I »"*'.' 
 
XXX 
 
 ECCLESIASTICUS. 
 
 The following sayings foutid in the work inao 
 D^J'^Bn, ascribed to Solomon ibn Gabirol (see 
 above, p. xi), are died by Reifmann (Haasyf, 
 iii. p. 250) as showing the influence of Sirach. 
 The translation, which is from Ascher's edition, 
 is rather free. 
 
 LXXIV. 
 
 Sir. 19, 10. 'AK^Koas \6yov ; <Tvvairo6a.vf.TUi (tol- 
 6dpa-ei, ov /ai; o-£ prj^ti. 
 
 •nap uij TiDB' IDS mon ninon ints oan^ •bvxn 
 
 D'':':En -\nin, No. 318. 
 
 The sage was asked the surest means of keeping 
 a secret. Said he, I make my heart its tomb. 
 
 LXXV. 
 Sir. 20, 18. 
 'Okia-6r]iJ.a aTro iSd<f)OV's, fiaWov r) airo yXwcrcrr/s. 
 
 p^wa ni» N^i .^•\vb n^caa msn ni» idx 
 
 NB1' liiJI p^tfai IK'NI I'D" i:iC^ 11/^33 ^3 .lisn 
 
 05)15 p\b 
 Ibid. 357. 
 
 He was wont to say, A slip of the tongue is 
 more dangerous than the slip of the foot, for the 
 slip of the tongue may cost thy head, whilst the 
 slip of the foot may easily be cured. 
 
 LXXVI. 
 
 Sir. 20, 3b (and 41, 1 4)- 
 
 2o<^ta KfKpvfijxivrj koX Orjcravpo': acfiavrjs, 
 Tis oi^cXeta iv ap.<f>OT€poii ; 
 
 )''St5' pDD»D .na nan'' n^c noan b idni 
 
 UDO I''f<''V1D 
 Ibid. 58. 
 
 Wisdom lying dormant is like an unproductive 
 treasure. 
 
 LXXVII. 
 Sir. 26, 28. 
 
 'Etti 8v(7i X(.\vTnjTai rj KapSia p,ov, 
 Kal iirl TU TpiTio Ovfjioi /jlol iirrjX.6ev 
 dvrip TToXefua-TTj^ vcrrepwv 81' IvStiav, 
 Kal dvSpei (TvveToi lav UKvl3a\i(TdS>mv, 
 eiravayuv aTro hiKaxocruvrp eirL afjiopriav. 
 
 /lonb "V^w 'D fN noNi jd^Nnan pa btiiv can 
 ^"Da in \hv ^sJtr Dana .viji; 
 
 • Ibid. 66, 67. 
 
 The sage observed, Pity the noble-hearted who 
 has fallen; the rich that has become reduced; 
 and the wise whose lot is cast amongst the fools. 
 None deserves our pity more than the wise who 
 has become subjected to the judgement of fools. 
 
 LXXVIII. 
 Sir. 30, 16. 
 
 OvK €<mv ttXovtos ySeXriW vytlas a-iofiaro^, 
 Kal OVK Icrrtv iv<^pocTvvy] vwip ;(apav KopBias. 
 
 aiia ab ni!2''y3 sh nisnaa nsny j's 
 
 Ibid. 457. 
 
 There is no greater riches than health, no 
 greater pleasure than a cheerful heart. 
 
 LXXIX. 
 
 Sir. 40, 28. TtKvov, i(or]v iiraiTrjO-fo)^ fir) fiiuxrg'i- 
 Kpuuo'ov airoOaviiv t] iiraiTeiv. 
 
 \r\n i6^ napn -(cni 
 
 Ibid. 564. 
 
 Better the grave than a fall to poverty. 
 
GLOSSARY OF WORDS 
 
 not found in the Hebrew of the Old Testament, or found in it only in the passages 
 
 quoted, or referred to. The zvords marked * are either themselves common^ or 
 
 closely resemble words which are coinmon, in New-Hebrew or Aramaic. 
 
 * nB^H pressure, distress, p nS3N3 46, 5 wAen there 
 was distress to . . . (Talm. : cf. 1?? to press 
 upon, Prov. 16, 26 ; ^5? pressure, Job 33, 7 ; 
 ■^ ^r to be a care to, \Aoi' care). 
 
 |iDK 6odi/y injury or mishap, 41,9 (Gen. 42, 4. 38. 
 44, 29. Ex. 21, 22. 23). 
 
 W'B^face, 41, 2 1" (si vera 1. : v. maig.) in a general 
 sense, as in Aram, (with @ cf. i Ki. 2,17 
 % yZiV. n' aTl'' vh, 20. in O. T. cax is con- 
 fined to two or three particular phrases). 
 
 ?*2fS joint, viz. of the upper arm, i. e. either the 
 shoulder-joint or the elbow (® ayxav : cf. 9, 9 
 (S^^j: elboiv), 41, 19 (in" ni^^V« Jer. 38, 12 ; 
 [Dpn* r^'SX Ez. 13, 18 ; nb^SK Ez. 41, 8 ?). 
 
 PSN to set apart, separate, Nif. 46, 8 (Gen. 27, 36. 
 Num. 11,17. 25. Qoh. 2, 10); to be withdrawn, 
 diminished, 42, 2i« (Ez. 42, 6). 
 
 *T\\tS^ fires, 48, 3 (NH. pi. of «?«). 
 
 IT'S 42, 12 perhaps among, cf. @ (contr. from 
 ri?''? : so Ez. 41,9^, and perhaps Prov. 8, 2 
 ©3:33, Jobs, 17 ®. Syr. 1^). 
 
 ♦inj (conj. for nnj) /o (^//«(/, dazzle, 43, 4 (Syr. 
 
 »o».^, »o».^( /o MW, said of the sun). 
 *~f& to commit adultery, 42, 9. 
 *->p3 (or It??) /o iiirzw^ to an end, 43, 4 (O. T. ipa 
 
 /o fOOT^ to an end, Ps. 7, 10. 12, 2. 77, 9; to 
 
 complete, si vera 1., 57, 3. 138, 8). 
 *n|3 side, bank, 40, 16 (cf/. Targ. ^"5, H? 3(7«yi; 
 y. Aram. &s)^side). 
 
 TaT hindmost part (cf. Jj), viz. of a temple, z>/- 
 most temple (i. e. the Holy of holies), 45, 9 
 (15 times in i Ki. 6-8, 2 Chr. 3-5; Ps. 28, 2; 
 and probably 2 Ki. 10, 25 for I'V). 
 
 *^Sn spot, fault, 44, 19 ffwr^. (Talm.: *ST Ps. 
 50, 20). 
 
 * HD'^ /o arg-^ (?«, impel, partcp. [^IH ]'l perhaps 40, (A 
 
 (Est. 3, 15. 8, 14 ; ^n"j3 6, 12. 2 Chr. 26, 20 : 
 cf n'snip thrusts, Ps. 140, 12. Also Targ.). 
 Tiyn j/a/^ of mind, thought, 40, 5"! (NH. ot/«(/, 
 opinion, view, cf p. xx, No. XI ; p. xxiv. No. 
 XXXVII. In O. T. only in the objective 
 sense of knowledge). 
 
 nil^T thanksgiving, 47,8 nhin fnj (unless Dhin 
 should be read, prob. an extension of the 
 substantival use of the inf. nilin found in 
 Neh. 12, 46, cf I Chr. 25, 3. Ezra 3, 11). 
 
 finn multitude (in a weakened sense, of inanimate 
 things), 45,9 (so in late Heb., i Chr. 29, 16. 
 2 Chr. 31, 10). 
 
 "13T bestowal, gift, 40,29*= marg. (Gen. 30, 30; 
 
 Syr. fS), spec, of a dowry). 
 *n'n]n to shine, 43, 9 (Dan. 12, 3: usually in 
 
 0. T. to warn). 
 
 * r\yn\ shining, 43, 8 (cf »i;, Targ. ninvt : int 
 
 Ez. 8, 2. Dan. 12, 3). 
 *"l''nt warned, well-advised, 42, 8" (NH. {Aboth 
 
 1, 9); Targ., Syr., Aram, of Ezra 4, 22). 
 *'^ to quake, 48, 12 (Est. 5, 9. Qoh. 12, 3; Aram, of 
 
 Dan. 5, 19. 6, 27. The Pilpel also Hab. 2,7). 
 *nip''T sparks, flashes, 43, 13, Cp't marg. (Is. 
 
 50, 11; cf Cipl Prov. 26, 18 fiery missiles: 
 
 ifij) shooting-star). 
 *\'Q\ time, 43, 7 (Qoh. 3, i. Neh. 2, 6. Est. 9, 27. 
 
 31; and often in the Aram, of Dan., Ezra). 
 *t], pi. D'3], kind, 49,8 (Ps. 144,13. 2 Chr. 16,14; 
 
 Aram, of Dan. 3, 5. 7. 10. 15). 
 
xxxu 
 
 GLOSSARY. 
 
 0'']l]n to make indignant, 43, 17 marg. (Dyt in 
 Qal, Ps. 7, 12 al. ; but ? ^r shaketh, Ps. 29, 8 
 @ for Heb. ^"'H',, Is. 23,11 %). 
 
 K"5J loathsomeness, 39, 27 (from Num. 11, 20). 
 
 ♦njn /o declare, 42, 19 (Ps. 19, 3, and prob. 52, 1 1 
 njnj? for nji^s, job 15, 17. 32,10.17. 36,2, 
 and Aram, of Dan.; cf niriK declaration, 
 
 Job 13,17)- 
 }E' n^n beast of tooth, 39,30 (for the combination, 
 
 cf the common Syr. expression Ua. loJl, 
 
 Deut. 32, 24 [for Heb. ntona-f^] ; Rev. 13, i, 
 
 &c.: PS. col. 1255. Cf Sir. 12, 13 @). 
 niBvn things that have passed away, the past, 
 
 42, 19 (cf. ^T} to pass away. Is. 2, 18. Cant. 
 
 2, II. Job 9, 26. Ps. 102, 27 ; to pass away 
 
 from, escape. Sir. 42, 20). 
 *^^ for the sake of, 42, 25 (Num. 18, 21. 31 : 
 
 Targ. ^r\, Syr. ,aiL»). 
 *npn reproach, 41, 22" marg., perhaps also 41, 6 
 
 (see the note), and certainly (note the same 
 
 difference between @ and ®) 31,31 (Lev. 
 
 20, 17. Prov. 14, 34 : nen to reproach, Prov. 
 
 25, 10. Syr. jjxL..; Targ. TiBn). 
 Don to close up firmly, stop up, 48, i7<l (Deut. 
 
 25, 4 /tf muzzle; Ez. 39, 11 MT. /o .r/qft 
 
 persons passing through'), 
 ^pn to lay bare (a secret), 42, i (O. T. I'C'n Jer. 
 
 49, 10 al.). 
 *J'an business, 43, 7 (late sense: Prov. 31, 13. 
 
 Qoh. 3, I. 17. 8,6; andNH.). 
 *1"'.r' prob. to stir up, incite, 43, 17 (•SiJl: to 
 
 reproach, the sense of the root in Heb., yields 
 
 a poor sense), 
 mn to cut in, engrave, Tivn engraven, 45, n 
 
 (Ex. 32, 16, — where, however, as an Aramaism 
 
 is hardly probable, T\T\T\ is probably an error 
 
 of transcription for t^'in, as Jer. 17, i [and 
 
 Bhn, enn regularly]; cf Targ. nnn Lev. 
 
 19, 28. Jer. 17, i). 
 jiaB'n reckoning, 42,3. 42,41* marg.; ? also 41, 
 
 21'' marg. for ninttTi (Qoh. 7, 25. 27. 9, 10; 
 
 and NH.: cf. [p^n], ni3"3^n Qoh. 7, 29. 
 
 2 Chr. 26, 15). 
 
 ' With @ o'tKoSopifa here, cf. vipioiKoSoftia in Ez. 
 39, 1 1 (the word being referred to the mouth of the valley, 
 S'jn ns iccni : v. Cornill). Comp. also Deut. 8, 9, Targ. 
 Jer, («/>. Levy) Nonjs J^O'cn «mEl, i.e. iuiti up firmly. 
 
 nUETI 41, 2il' marg.: either an error for I^3^n, 
 or perhaps ni3^n, an Aramaizing inf. Pa. 
 from 3B'n; cf. niVD^n Ez. 24, 26, nnamn 
 
 Dan. II, 23. 
 
 *C'SD, fem. riB'BCya/ (fig.), ^r(7M, unimpression- 
 able, obdurate, 42, 6 (Ps. 119, 70 K'BO, Targ. 
 B'Sa^K. In Targ. and NH. the root and its 
 derivatives have the same meaning, as Is. 6, 10 
 for J»fn, I Sam. 25, 25 NniCSO for n^33). 
 
 *"i^3^ chastisement, suffering, 40, 29^ war^. (NH., 
 Targ. : but the verb '^\ is common in the 
 O. T.). Cf p. xxvii, No. LX. 
 
 '^\ (as a noun) substance, property, 42,3 (in this 
 sense only Prov. 8, 2 1 ^„ ''?l1« ^'™n>, from 
 which it is here probably a reminiscence). 
 
 K'^B'J very aged, 42, 8 (Job 12, 12. 15, 10. 29, 8, 
 32,6; B'r:2Chr. 36, 17). 
 
 !33?2nn to maintain oneself, endure (intrans.), 43, 3 
 (6. T. Pilpel ^al*? Jer. 20, 9. Mai. 3, 2 al. ; 
 Sir. 45, 24. 49, 9). 
 
 *n|3 to call by an honourable name or title, 44, 23 
 marg. 47,6 (Is. 44, 5. 45,4. Job 32, 21. 22). 
 
 *an3 writing, 39, 32. 42, 7. 44, 5. 45, il^ (Ez. 
 13, 9. I Chr. 28, 19. 2 Chr. 2, 10. 35, 4. Dan. 
 10, 21 ; and often in Ezra, Est. Also in the 
 Aram, of Ezra and Dan. Targ. 3n3, Syr. 
 
 * S^ whitetiess, 43, 18 (N H. : m^ must, it seems, 
 
 be read as i^??). 
 *mi'n to accompany, 41, 12 (Qoh. 8, 15, in Qal: 
 
 in old Heb. only Nif nipj to be joined to . . .). 
 
 Cf p. xxvii. No. LXV. 
 T\\h the act of takitig, 42, 7 (in O. T. only in 
 
 the concrete sense of teaching received, lore, 
 
 Prov. I, 5 al.). Cf under nriD. 
 
 bvya loathing (conj. for ^jyo), 40, 29c (cf O.T. Py?, 
 with B'S3 Lev. 26, 11. 15. 30. 43. Jer. 14, 19). 
 
 *nnn to smite; VnOD 42, 5, apparently inf. Pa.= 
 tuil.vi.'o (cf '"Htp a blow, Ez. 26, 9). 
 
 nppnio, pi. nippriD, division in the sense of act of 
 dividing, 41, 21b 42, 3 (in O.T. only division 
 = thing divided; cf , however, i Sam. 23, 28). 
 
 nn^no, pi. nilijrio, searchings out, care, 44, 4 (in 
 Ps. 95, 4 lijnD is a place to be searched out, 
 remotest part). 
 
 n^D act of stretching out, 41, 19. [The readiness 
 
GLOSSARY. 
 
 XXXlll 
 
 with which the author forms (apparently new) 
 nmina verbi by prefixing D, deserves notice : 
 comp. in the O. T. Num. lo, 2 nnjJn snpD^ 
 ni:nen-nK yBobi, Deut.io, n nyn '?.?? veop, 
 Jud'.7, 15 diVlI "^stpt?, Is. 53, 3 D^?s nriDD, 
 Ez. 17, 9 nniK niNB-ab, 33, 31 T^« i^^^^i 
 Drsupa, Est. 9, 19. 22 inviS e"N nijo nibe't?, 
 iChr.6, 16 imn niJBI?, zChr. 19,7 D? r?< 
 
 njta^p a treasure, 42, 9 (of. liO^P Gen. 43, 23 (2/.). 
 
 po kind, 43, 25 (26 times in the Priests' Code; 
 
 Deut. 14, 13. 14. 15. i8[=Lev. II, 14. 15. 16. 
 
 19]; Ez. 47, 10 : YkYi.. kind ; j. hxiim.. nation). 
 
 r\':\30 fixed resting-place, fig. for a home, 41, i. 
 
 44, 6 (O. T. stand, base, i Ki. 7, 27 al). 
 ♦■•yo (i.e. *?1?, as Ps. 45, 9) strings, 39, 15 (Syr. 
 )ii, pi. Ui, ^rt/'r, .f/r7«^ (of a musical instru- 
 ment) : P*s. 150, 4 D'l? ; 45> 9 "?«? for '^'i"?)- 
 Svafrom him, 42, 20 marg., for 13'3'?. 
 n»5|P standing-place (of water), /ow^, 43, 20 (in 
 
 O. T., but not in this sense). 
 DPSr? naked place, 42, 18 (2 Chr. 28, 15 [Baer]). 
 5]"ij?p a dropping, 43,22 (cf. HIV lo drop, Deut. 
 
 32,2.33.28). 
 pyo 43, 8 marg. ? 
 
 lijao act of depositing, 42, 7 war^. (cf. IpS 2 Ki. 5, 
 '" 24 ; and pni??). With T ipDi? comp. ncVcri 
 T Lev. 5, 21; and Deut. 15, 2. Neh. 10, 32. 
 i^^p^ act 0/ buying, 42,40. (In O.T.only in a con- 
 crete sense, thing possessed, usually = cattle.) 
 ♦milP discipline, 42, 8 marg. (v. 1. on 1D1D. 
 Perhaps i Sam. 20,30. Talm.; Targ. ''^')P; 
 Syr. o»fci). 
 riPlD (or nriO ?) //^^ act of giving, 41, 22<1 (prob.), 
 42,7 (in O. T. nnp is a gift). (In Rabb. 
 |np? KB'P taking and giving is a common 
 expression for conunercial dealings, trade [see 
 p. xxiii. No. XXXIV; and in Aram., p. xxixl"]; 
 and npiil nnn appears in 42, 7 to be used 
 similarly.) 
 *nW comely, becoming, 41,16 (NH. : in O. T. 
 
 the form found is nj^^J Ps. 33, i a/.), 
 jnj to comport oneself, behave, 40, 23 (N H. : Qoh. 
 2,3. In Old Hebrew always to lead, guide). 
 ni'n? things to come, 42, 19 (the Nif. iTHJ occurs 
 frequently in O. T., e.g. iKi. 12, 24; and the 
 partcp. Prov. 13, 19 nNHJ mSPi, Mic. 2, 4 (?) ; 
 but not with this particular nuance). 
 
 *n-;ri3 brightness, light, 43. "^ ^i^^g. (Job 3, 4; 
 
 cf. the verb twice, Is. 60, 5. Ps. 34, 6. Aram. 
 
 linj Dan. 2, 22 Qre, and in Targ., Syr. joo'j; 
 
 cf. the verb "^nJ, ion). 
 pniJ eminency, stateliness, 43, 21 (Ez. 7, 11,— si 
 
 vera 1. : cf. Arab. iLj elatafuit res). 
 *-<^'ifire, 43, 4'i (Aram. "i«, Dan. 3, 6 &c.; »ciV 
 nnS'ii 43, 4^ appar. (the) habitable (land), (cf. Ex. 
 
 16,35 naenJ ps; also ^ oiVou/ifVij, and llt vi . v .). 
 ♦nsj; bc3 /o /ayf^ counsel, 42, 8 (a NH. expression: 
 
 hci in Old Heb. is to lift or take up ; but it 
 
 is rare, and is not found in this idiom). 
 naJI p: offspring and progeny, 41, 5. 47, 22" (Gen. 
 
 21, 23. Is. 14, 22. Job 18, 19). 
 *^1Di3 (i.e. 'IB^) probation, 44, 20<i (a NH. form 
 
 of noun; Strack u. Siegfried, Lehrb. der 
 
 Neuhebr. Spr. § 52": comp. for Old Hebrew, 
 
 Konig, Lehrgeb. ii. i. § 74. 2). 
 D'V?'? /" mcie sweet, of the voice, 47. 9^ marg. 
 
 (so NH. : nyj in Qal often in O. T.). 
 *nD''y3 the sound of music, 45,9 (IcsLiJ; NH. 
 
 no''y3). 
 
 *n!{: prob. to make brilliant, 43, 5. 13 (comp. 
 „. J splenduit, fulsit, inclaruit, «.!|j celebrem, 
 clarum fecit, JlZ splendens, aLlJ splendor, 
 fulgor. Usually in Aram, in the fig. senses 
 of to shine, be illustrious or distinguished (Dan. 
 6, 4), triumph, conquer : in O. T. nS3 to pre- 
 side, I Chr. 23, 4. 2 Chr. 2, i. 17. 34> 12- 'S- 
 Ezra 3, 8. 9 ; in music, i Chr. 15, 21, hence 
 partcp. ns5p, leader or conductor, Hab. 3, 19, 
 and often in titles of Psalms). 
 
 '■ K'iTJ to strike, knock, 41, 2 (Aram, of Dan. 5, 6; 
 Targ., Syr.). 
 
 *TWDn to converse, 42, 12 (»o^Lfio( = d/xiXfli', 
 SiaXeytaSm, cf. 9, 4 © ; from iaea friendly or 
 confidential discourse). 
 
 *nD'p treasure, 40, 18 war^v, 41, 12 wards'., 14 
 war^g'. (f<?''D, |..xi..a)). 
 
 bpinpn (denom. from np/p a mound thrown up 
 against a city by besiegers) to make oneself a 
 mound, fig. for to advance against, beset, 39, 24, 
 almost (from the context) to importune, 40, 28 
 (Ex. 9, 17, of Pharaoh's advancing pretexts 
 and excuses against the Israelites, in order 
 to escape the necessity of letting them go). 
 
 P'?'!' 43. 4 marg., V''^'<) 43, 23, to kindle (Ez. 39, 9. 
 
XXXIV 
 
 GLOSSARY. 
 
 Is. 44, 15; Nif. Ps. 78, 21. Targ. ?'m, Talm. 
 pen). 
 
 ? t^ypn lit. /o move as by a tempest, to agitate, 
 perturb, 47, 18 (lyp Is. 54, 11 a/. : cf. for the 
 fig. sense 2Ki. 6, 11 bv ms l^n a^J ^VBM 
 ntn ^3^^). Cf. © (/'i/j/ amaze. 
 
 pEip/oja_^«, 39, 33(?pi3D', asz^. 16); *Hif. P'lDn 
 /o prove oneself sufficient, be able, 42, 17, to 
 supply, 39, 16 (cf. ps?' /o j«^<:^, I Ki. 20, 10; 
 psb* sufficiency. Job 20, 22, and perhaps psb*, 
 36, 18. NH. p'SDH: with 39, 16 comp. 
 Mechilta ni'E'3 § 6, inayj IJ'a-lS p^SDO DN 'if 
 He supplies our needs, we will serve Him '). 
 
 iTiDp writing, 44, 4<= (Ps. 56, 9 = 3o<?/J). 
 
 ^1? given to contradiction, 41,2 (Ez. 2, 6 : cf. 
 ^la> to talk emptily, contradict; 3np to refuse, 
 be disobedient). 
 
 *niD evil odour, 42, 1 1^ marg. (NH. nnp /o ^w// 
 a« evil odour, Talm. S^riTp ^w?'/ odour; cf. 
 u.lfio /o corrupt, deprave. In O. T. n"ip is to 
 extend, hang over, Hip Ex. 26, 12 //^fl/ which 
 hangs over; but DO??C '10"!'?^ Jer. 49, 7 
 means perhaps 'their wisdom is corrupted'). 
 
 WJJ might, 45, 18 (Is. 42, 25. Ps. 78, 4. 145, 6)- 
 
 *?Wp5? storm, 43, 18 marg. 
 
 "^^V to rise up, 47,1.12 (for the classical D^ [47) 23®. 
 48,1], as Qoh. 4,15. Dan. 8, 22.23. 11,2.3.4- 
 7. 20. 21 al.; cf. Driver, Introduction, p. 475). 
 
 ♦njV /o be occupied (sq. 3), 42, 8 marg. (Syr. 
 c» |ix: cf. Qoh. I, 13. 3, 10). 
 
 *nyni3!; humility, 45,4 marg. (NH. id.; Targ. 
 
 *ppjJ business, occupation, 40, i (N H.; Targ. Pp''J?. 
 Cf. pb-y, pfynn, Gen. 26, 20). 
 
 *tna to be licentious, wanton, partcp. fem. Htna 
 42, 10" marg. (cf. D'tna Jud. 9, 4. Zeph. 3, 4; 
 nitna Jer. 23, 32). In Aram, the root and 
 derivatives have the same meaning, as Sir. 
 
 19, 2. 23, 4.6. 16. 17 @, and )IoJl.»3 = d(r€'\yf la, 
 
 2 Cor. 12, 21; but Arab, j^ is to act arro- 
 gantly ; and this (or an allied sense) is prob- 
 ably the meaning of the root in Jud. 9, 4 
 (Moore, 'reckless'). Zeph. 3, 4. Jer. 23, 32. 
 
 *\V& licentiousness, wantonness, 41, 17 marg. (v. 1. 
 on nut. Cf. Gen. 49, 4; and see under tns). 
 
 niX?B wonders, 43, 25 (the plur. as Ps. 119. 129. 
 Dan. 12, 6, and NH.: cf. D'N^a Lam. i, 9). 
 
 *ypa crash, peal, 46, 17 (Syr. '>»j&3). 
 
 *?Ti"isn to put far away, 42,9 (read probably 
 [nn]Bn; cf. © in Walton's Polyglott (ap. 
 Lagarde, p. viii) )?iajo. In O. T. to set far 
 apart, separate, of concrete objects, Gen. 30, 40 
 al. : in Syr. spec, of sleep, both in the Peal, 
 as Gen. 31, 40, and in the Pael and Afel, Sir. 
 31, 1. 2, and here in Walton's text). 
 
 nPlsrin to be deceived, seduced, 42, 10* marg. (in 
 O. T. the pass. nPi3 is used, Prov. 25, 15. Ez. 
 14, 9. Jer. 20, 10, as in the text here). 
 
 '"'iJ'JV 40, 17. 24, perhaps, as in NH. (cf. Dan. 
 
 4, 24 [A.V. 27]), in the sense of almsgiving 
 
 (comp. Delitzsch on Prov. 10, 2 ; Tob. 4, 7-1 1 
 
 (where the Aram, text has NDplV). 12,9; 
 
 Mt. 6, i; and Ryle and James, The Psalms 
 
 of Solomon, on 9, 6. 20. 15, 15). 
 ♦Tnsn to shine, 43, 3 (Talm., but rare). 
 ^15f to overflow, 47, 14 (either Qal ^Sni as ®, 
 
 didst overflow with, or Hif. ^isril as @ [cf. 
 
 24,26 S], didst cause to overflow); 39,22 
 
 ria''Sn caused it to overflow (Qal, Lam. 3, 54 : 
 
 Hif., Deut. 11,4/0 cause to overflow, 2 Ki. 6, 6 
 
 to cause to sivini). 
 *l^2f prob. figure, form, 43, 21 marg. (Ps. 49, 15 
 
 Qre; cf. iTilS Ez. 43,11, four times : Targ. I'X, 
 
 Syr. ){oj [fem.]). 
 *nrs (i.e. ri3S) fo/(/, 43, 20 (Prov. 25, 13). 
 *D'nDS growing things, 40, 22. 43, 21 (NH. : in 
 
 O.T. nps is used collectively. Gen. 19, 25 al.). 
 y^3S y^;/»/^/^, woa-CT/, 42, S^l (Prov. 11, 2 and NH.; 
 
 'cf. nsbyjsn Mic. 6, 8). 
 *T!l^ to need, 42, 21'' marg. 
 "V^, ^;iiS need, 39, 16. 21. 30c. 33. 42, 23b 
 
 (2 Chr. 2,15). 
 *^*1-? adj. in need of, needing, 42, 2i'l; perhaps 
 
 39, 33 marg. 
 
 *b'Z\) to receive, ^-i, i (Prov. 19, 20. Job 2, 10. iChr. 
 
 12, 18. 21, II. 2 Chr. 29, 16. 22. Ezra 8, 30. 
 
 Est. 4, 4. 9,23.27; and in the Aram, of Daniel). 
 *Djip to celebrate, praise, 47, 15 (O.T. to mock). 
 * ? rT'pnp, pi. ni'ahp, j/a//J (of reed), 40, 1 6 (conj.). 
 *Dnpn to overlay with a skin or crust, 43,20 
 
 (Dl^ Ez. 37, 6. 8). 
 
 '"'?- 43, 23. 25 apparently for ""131 Dinn (Am. 
 
 7, 4 a/.) the great (deep). 
 *? E'J-l /o be disquieted, perhaps 40,6 ^\^'^ (Ps. 
 
GLOSSARY. 
 
 XXXV 
 
 2, I : cf. t^ST a bustling throng, Ps. 55, 15, 
 
 nC'p Ps. 64, 3, and probably 68, 28 for nCJ-i. 
 
 Often in Targ. for Heb. niori, as Ps.42, 6). 
 *2bTwo2i/,43,2 2 war^.(Job8,i6; 30"1 Job24,8). 
 IS"} to lay side by side as in mosaic work, to tessellate, 
 
 pave, 43, 8J' («!«■; Cant. 3, 10; cf. nssn Ez. 
 
 40, 17. 18. 42, 3. 2 Chr. 7, 3. Est. I, 6, nss-ip 
 
 2 Ki. 16, 17. NH. IS-i; Aram. n??1, ^]i)- 
 * n-n-in /o heat, 43, 3 (N H. : in O. T. to boil. Job 
 
 41, 23 ; so Pi. Ez. 24, 5, Pu. Job 30, 27). 
 
 nKIC 42, 7 marg., apparently (si vera 1.) an 
 
 anomalous fem. inf. r\pi> from NB"? (cf. Kifc* 
 
 Ps. 89, 10) taking; see s. v. nriD. 
 p^'lB'n /o ^OTz/ a pale-red colour, 43,9 marg. (cf. 
 
 p'l^ pale-red, Zech. i, 8; NH. PTP /o fo/oz^r 
 
 pale-red). 
 * r\-yo praise, 44 ////<; (N H. ; Targ. nn^. vm to 
 
 laud or praise, Ps. 63, 4. 117, i. 145, 4. 
 
 147, 12. Qoh. 4, 2. 8, 15, and in the Aram, of 
 
 Daniel; n3riK>n Ps. 106, 47 = 1 Chr. 16, 35). 
 *y2''^ flame, 45 19 (Job 18, 5: Aram, of Dan. 
 
 .3. 22- 1,9)- 
 *n'ifr\ to look at, 40,29 (Is. 14, 16. Ps. 33, 14. 
 
 Cant. 2, 9 ; NH., Targ.). 
 ISC' the dropping or casting (i.e. the young) of an 
 
 animal, 40, 19c (Ex. 13, 12. Deut. 7, 13. 
 
 28,4.18.51). 
 *? ^W to con/use, perturb, perhaps 40, 6 E'[3t5'^] 
 
 is perturbed (Aram. : cf. Luke 1,12 o*^)^/ 
 
 for (Tapa)(6r), John 12,27 )ji»^». for Terdpanrai) . 
 
 *P|fflB' companion, 41, 18c marg., 42, 3 marg. 
 
 (Aram. f\m;, al'oi,). 
 njB' /o change, alter (intrans.), partcp. P? C^JiK* 
 
 different from, 42, 24 (so Est. i, 7. 3, 8); 
 
 Pi. 40, 5* ; Hithp. (of the moon) 43, 8 (njB' 
 
 Lam. 4, I. Mai. 3, 6, NH. and Aram.; D^JiS* 
 
 ' If the reading be correct, the starry sky, lit up by the 
 
 moon, will be compared poetically to a brightly varie- 
 
 , . gated pavement. Comp. for the figure Shakespeare, 
 
 ''^^'■' K e mtC ' and Jiilittf V. i, 'Look how \.\i^ floor of heaven 
 
 is thick inlaid with patines of bright gold.' 
 
 = dissidents, Prov. 24,21. The Pi. and Hithp. 
 
 are found earlier, the former i Sam. 21, 14 
 
 al., the latter i Ki. 14, 2). 
 *r\-^T<fOr\ to narrate, tell, 44,8 (Wf**, '^'^T). 
 VyB* to be smeared over, Hif inf. Y^T; to smear 
 
 over, fig. close up, of the mouth, 41, 21'' t?iarg. 
 
 (In O. T. of the eyes. Is. 6, 10. 29, 9. 32, 3 
 
 [1. njfB'n].) 
 *3^E' to be hot, parched (or perhaps a.d). parched), 
 
 43, 22 (3n?>, oU). 
 
 ninn to mark out, 43, 13 (Ez. 9, 4 [i Sam. 21, 14 
 ' read ^nfl]). 
 
 *n^}?in proflt, 41, 14° (cf. NH. nbj?in). 
 
 ♦fl'ipriri successor, 44, 17 (in a lime of destruction 
 Noah became a successor, i. e. humanity at 
 large perished, but Noah was spared to carry 
 on the succession, and keep the race alive'). 
 46, 12. 48, 8 (cf. ^olXi^r substitute, represen- 
 tative; and Heb. ^vpn /o cause to come in 
 place of, make to succeed, Is. 9, 9). 
 
 ♦[nillnn contention, strife, 40, 5 marg. (NH. ; 
 Targ. Iini?: cf. iTinri /o contend in rivalry, 
 Jer. 12,5. 22,15). 
 
 *niori a marvel, pi. D'-non, constr. na'JJD "TOPI 
 43, 25. 48, 14 (Aram, pnon Dan. 3, 32. 33. 
 6, 28 ; HO^ri in y. Targ., oft. for Heb. nsi». 
 The verb TOO is common in the O. T.). 
 
 *IP''n (i.e. lip.n) to arrange, 47, 9 (Qoh. 7, 13. 
 12,9; tifl? intrans. /<? i5i? j^/ r;^^/, Qoh. 1,15: 
 Aram. Vm, ^L"). 
 
 *m:ihfn recompences, 48,8 (cf. Talm. W^fri, 
 D^pi^irn ; Targ. DlVri, also fem. KO^fiPi). 
 
 nnn 42, 7 marg., apparently (si vera 1.) nnri, an 
 anomalous (double) fem. form of n^l giving. 
 
 ' Comp. Payne Smith, s. v. )Va^- (which © uses 
 here for r]"Vin) : 'Apud Sanct. Vit. 83 r. forte sit prosapia, 
 soholes, quae locum patris capiat, vel noviis reriim ordo, 
 )>f'\N--> jl^^M loo) o>tv, de Noacho; vcluit Deus 
 quod e Noacho t .■<> N \ N ) b. 9l N .» jootl, Aphr. 
 ^». 24." 
 
 Add (perhaps) "i^^sn to vex oneself, grieve, 42, lo^l (O.T. "lys to be little, esp. in position or esteem, 
 Jer. 30, 19. Job 14, 21. Zech. 13, 7: hence in NH. and Aram. Pi. (Pa.) to treat as little, in an intensified 
 sense to vex, trouble {Syr. to slight, ifisult), Hithp. (Ethp.) to vex oneself; cf. p. xxv, No. XLIII). 
 
 With pxo ^53 40, II, D53NO ^3 41, 10, comp. pxai D"»B'3 b'2 i Chr. 29, 11, and 133^3 h'2 
 2 Chr. 32, 31 (for the classical . , . nt^N ^3, e.g. i Sam. 9, 19). vh jvoi' 45, 26, as Ez. 19, 9. 
 26, 20. Zech. 12, 7, Ps. 119, II. 80. 125, 3. 
 
 e a 
 
xxxvi GLOSSARY. 
 
 Note. — The following orthographical peculiarities of the MS. (which, however, do not occur 
 uniformly) deserve notice : — 
 
 a. Fod is used to express (a) t before a following doubled letter, 39, 15 TD, 39, 22 nnVT 
 (i.e. Finn), 42, 17 p''K (fax), 44,20(1 ^^d^j, 47,9 pn; and {0) e, 40,5'' WB' J-fe/, 40,29 marg. 
 Cyo (i.e. D'V9), 41, i<= Iv?* (as Job 21, 23. Jer.49,31), 6 wwr^. [UD (perhaps =|3p), 41, 21" «ar^. 
 VETi'D (y!?'i^?), 42, 12 Tinon. Both these uses of 1 are common in NH. (Strack u. Siegfried, 
 Lehrb. der Neuhebr. Sprache, § 15"). Tin occurs 47, 2. 49, 4 ; nn 44, 25. 47, i. 48, 15. 16. 22. 
 
 (5. Jfazi; is used to express (a) ii, 41, 14'' nnoio, 46, 13 (conj.) i^NClD, and before a doubled 
 letter 39, 19 viarg. 41, 14'' marg. "(niDD, 41, 2^ wjr^. Ipin, 3 fpsn, 42, lo"^ nnisn, 45, 24'! mins, 
 46, 15 E>lip, 47, 3 Ijun ; (^) (out of a primitive «), 39, 30" DDniV (Mass. Ci|")S), 43, 24 
 1:3ns («3]K), also ^^1V 39, 16 (with warg-. ^^S). 33. 42, zsl^, hv 40, i, tniB' 40, 15, W 40, 3°- 43, 8, 
 
 pin 41, 2 wff;-^. 42, 2. 43, 7. 12 ? 44, 5. 45, i7i> (but w.e pn), vn 42. 14, i»is< 42, 15", iNin 42, 25b 
 
 7?iarg. 43, I" OTa/-^. 9. i8. 45, 7<i marg., ini3 43, 15 marg., an 43, 32, *sn 44, 19 marg. (Mass. 
 'BT, in pause ''?''^), 'Si'' 45, I2<J, lau 46, 19c, nw 48, 16 (Strack u. Siegfried, §§ 15b, 41a 89b, 
 92b : comp. above, p. xix ff., Nos. I. a-d, XV, XXXIX, etc.). In both a and b, it must naturally 
 remain an open question whether this orthography ii: original, or whether it has been introduced 
 by transcribers. Isolated examples of both uses occur in the O. T., though a (a) is exceed- 
 ingly rare (i Sam. 17, 35): see e.g. Ps. 19, 14 ^O'^i Job 6, 27 D35fl; Jud. 18, 29 1?V, Jer. 31, 34 
 D^a, Ez. 20, 18 ^'51^3; Dan. 11, 6 nia, 30 B'lip: comp. also D*33in {Qri D'^an) Ez. 27, 15, nVJIK 
 ((Jr/ n^'?*?) 2 Chr. 8, 18; and see further Ewald, Lehrbuch, § i^, with the notes; Olshausen, 
 Lehrbuch, § 39 e,f, h, k. A non-etymological 1 is also used somewhat more frequently than is 
 usual in the O. T. to express the of a participle, as 2niX 41, 22, and elsewhere, and of an 
 imperfect, as 40, 6 DiptJ", 43, 28 "iipni. 
 
 c. There are many cases of the accidental transposition of letters (especially of I), giving 
 rise to a variation between text and margin : 39, 33 "jniv and "inx, 40, 3 IV^h and cai?, 41,5 D''VT 
 and Dny, 14^ nnOID and DiniDO, 20 hxtf-e and bxiK^, 42,11'! -^nacnn and ^nB'''31n, 23b -jiiv 
 and inv, 43, 4 pIVO and pviD, ni'lK' and nbv, 43, 12 ^N and N^, 13 p-i2 and ipa, nHJni and 
 
 mrni, i7<i irrn and im">, i8 nnr and n3n% 44, 23^ naiaa and miaaa, 238 xvid and nvdi, 
 45.7'^ (prob.) nisvm and nsijin : cf. 39,30 isia: and nnio, 41, 12 noan and men, 42,5'' ninon 
 
 and mien, 45,2 D'onon and D''N"11»3. The same error is found sometimes in the O. T., e.g. 
 Jer. 2, 25. 17,23. 42,20. The Massoretic compilation Ochlah w'ochlah (ed. Frensdorflf) enume- 
 rates (No. 91) sixty-two instances (not all exegetically certain) of such transposition, which have 
 been corrected in the Qri. Whether in a given case, the text or the margin has the correct 
 reading must be decided, here as in the O. T., upon exegetical grounds. In view of the frequency 
 of the error in the present MS., emendations which assume it become the less questionable, viz. 
 39, 22 main for niana, 40, 29^ ^jjjjk) for i5JV0, 43, 10 yB*;. for ptJ", 44, 6 'aiDD for •'3JD1D, 46, 13 
 h»vno for i'xiB'D, 47, 7b D'l''}? for Qny, 48, 7 yi3ii5>n for jrocn (cf. below, d). 
 
 d. » and 1 are several times confused: 40, 13 ^in and ^''H (twice), 18 1 ]" and ^n1^ 21 7l7n 
 and b'hn, 2 9« IDJJDD and i»Vt2», 41, 2" B'pr and CpUl, 5 D''5>1 and Dny, 12 marg. niDID for 
 niCD, i6a ''DaB'a and itsaco, 19" nun and T'Jil, 42, 14 a'tJD and aiOO, I70 p^N and fDiN, 
 43, 5 ^na and i^nj, 7 ^JDTI and 1JDC1, 9 niX and ny, 17 hn' and l5*^^ This error is one which 
 is extremely common in the O. T., both as between the Kltb and the Qre (see Ochlah w'ochlah, 
 Nos. 80, 81, 134-148), and also as between the Massoretic text and the versions, especially 
 the LXX. 
 
 There are of course other errors of transcription in the MS.; but none recurring with 
 sufficient frequency to call for special notice. 
 The Tetragrammaton is written regularly "i^'. 
 
h 
 
 »K»n3'7 
 
 
 
 If tot 
 
 i^V-- 
 
 ^ 
 
 7 o face p. xxxvii 
 
 MS. fol. 9 verso (see p. 40) 
 
VERSIO VETUS LATINA. 
 
 [The verses are numbered to agree with the Greek text. Lagarde's numeration, where it differs, is added in parentheses.] 
 
 et sic dicitis in confessione : 
 
 XXXIX {20) 15" in canticis labiorum et citharis, 
 
 (21) 16 Opera domini universa bona valde. 
 
 (23) 17C in verbo eius stetit aqua sicut congeries, 
 
 (23) 18 quoniam in praecepto ipsius placer fit, 
 
 (24) ig opera omnis carnis coram ilk), 
 
 (25) 20 a saeculo usque in saeculum respicit, 
 
 (26) 21 non est dicere Quid est hoc, aut quid est 
 
 illud ? 
 
 (27) 22 benedictio illius quasi fluvius inundavit, 
 2j sic ira ipsius gentes quf non exquisierunt 
 
 eum hereditavit. 
 24 et viae illius viis illorum directae sunt : 
 
 (30) 25 bona bonis creata sunt ab initio : 
 
 (31) 26 initium necessariae rei vitae hominum 
 260 lac et panis siniilagineus et mel 
 
 (32) 27 haec omnia Sanctis in bonis, 
 
 (33) 28 sunt spiritus qui ad vindictam creati sunt, 
 
 (34) 28" in temfMDre consummationis effundent 
 
 virtutem, 
 {ii) 29 ignis, grando, fames et mors, 
 (36) 30 bestiarum dentes et scorpii et serpentes 
 
 (37) 31 in mandatis eius aepulabuntur, 
 
 (38) 32 propterea ab initio confirmatus sum 
 
 (39) 33 omnia opera domini bona, 
 
 (40) 34 non est dicere Hoc illo nequius est : 
 (4') 35 et nunc in omni corde et ore conlaudate 
 
 XT.. I occupatio magna creata est omnibus 
 
 hominibus, 
 i" a die exitus de ventre matris eorum 
 
 2 cogitationes eorum et timorem cordis, 
 
 3 a sedentes super sedem gloriosam 
 
 et in sermone oris illius sicut exceptorium 
 
 aquarum. 
 et n6n est minoratio in salute illius. 
 et non est quicquam absconditum ab oculis 
 
 eius. 
 
 20^ et nihil est mirabile in conspectu eius. 
 
 omnia enim in tempore suo quaerentur. 
 
 (38) et quo modo diluvium aridam inebriavit, 
 (29) quo modo convertit aquas, et siccata est 
 terra, 
 
 sic peccatoribus offensiones in ira eius. 
 
 sic nequissimis bona et mala. 
 
 aqua, ignis et ferrum, 
 
 et botrus uvae et oleum et vestimentum. 
 
 sic et impiis et peccatoribus in mala con- 
 versantur. 
 
 et in furore suo confirmaverunt tormenta sua. 
 
 et furorem eius qui fecit illos, placebunt. 
 
 omnia haec ad vindictam creata sunt : 
 et romphea vindicans in exterminium impios. 
 30^ et super terram in necessitatem praepara- 
 buntur, 
 et in temporibus suis non pi'aeterient verbum. 
 etconsiliatus sum, et cogitavi et scripta dimisi. 
 et omne opus ora sua subministravit. 
 omnia enim in tempore suo comprobabuntur. 
 et benedicite nomen domini. 
 
 et iugum gravem super filios Adam 
 
 usque in diem sepulturae in matrem omnium, 
 adinventio exspectationis et dies finitionis, 
 usque ad humiliatum in terra et cinere, 
 
XXXVlll 
 
 ECCLESIASTICUS 
 
 4 ab eo qui utitur hyacinto et portat coronam 
 
 5 furor, zelus, tumultus, fluctuatio 
 
 (5) 5C et in tempore refectionis in cubile 
 
 6 modicum tamquam nihil in requie, 
 (7) 6" cor turbatus est in visu cordis sui 
 
 7 in tempore salutis suae exsurrexit, 
 
 8 cum omni came, ab homine usque ad pecus, 
 
 9 ad haec mors, sanguinis, contentio et 
 
 romphea, 
 
 10 super iniquos creata sunt haec omnia, 
 
 11 omnia quae de terra sunt, in terram 
 
 convertentur. 
 
 13 
 
 substantia iniustorum sicut fluvius sicca- 
 buntur. 
 
 14 in aperiendo manus suas laetabitur: 
 
 15 nepotes impiorum non multiplicab ramos, 
 
 16 super omnem aquam viriditas, et ad horam 
 
 fluminis 
 
 17 gratia sicut paradisus in benedictionibus, 
 
 18 fili, vita sibi sufficientis operarii condul- 
 
 cabitur, 
 
 19 aedificatio civitatis confirmavit nomen, 
 
 usque ad eum qui operitur ligno crudo : 
 et timor mortis, iracundia perseverans et 
 
 contentio, 
 somnus noctis inmutat scientiam. 
 et ab eo in somnis quasi in die respectus. 
 tamquam qui evaserit in die belli, 
 et admirans ad nullum timorem, 
 et super peccatores septuplum. 
 
 oppraessiones, famis et contritio et fiagella. 
 
 et propter illos factus est catachismis. 
 
 et aquae omnes in mare convertentur. 
 
 12 et fides in saeculum stabit. 
 
 et sicut tonitruum magnum in pluvia per- 
 sonabunt. 
 
 sic praevaricatores in consummatione tabes- 
 cent. 
 
 et radices inmundae super cacumen petrae 
 sonant. 
 
 omne faenum evelletur. 
 
 et misericordia in saeculo permanet. 
 
 et in ea invenies thesaurum, 
 
 igi^ et super haec mulier inmaculata computatur. 
 et super utraque dilectio sapientiae. 
 
 XLI. 
 
 30 vinum et musica laetificant cor, 
 
 a I tibiae et psalterium suabem faciunt melo- 
 
 diam, 
 22 gratiam et speciem desideravit oculus, 
 
 33 amicus et sodalis in tempore convenientes, 
 
 34 fratres in adiutorium in tempore tribula- 
 
 tionis, 
 
 25 aurum et argentum et constitutio peduum, 
 
 26 facultates et virtutes exaltant cor, 
 
 (27) 26« non est in timore domini minoratio, 
 
 (28) 27 timor domini sicut paradisus benedictionis, 
 
 de indigentia misera. 
 
 (29) 38 fili, in tempore vitae tuae ne indiges : melius est enim mori quam indigere. 
 
 (30) 29 vir respiciens in mensam alienam, non est vita eius in cogitatione victus : 
 
 2(f alit enim animam suam cibis alienis. (31) virautemdisciplinatus et erudituscustodietse. 
 
 (32) 30 in ore inprudentis condulcabitur inopia, et in ventre eius ignis ardebit. 
 
 de memoria et indicium mortis. 
 
 homini iusto et pacem habenti in substantiis 
 I o mors, quam amara est memoria tua. 
 
 suis, 
 
 (3) i"! viro quieto et cuius viae directae sunt in 
 
 omnibus, 
 
 et .super utraque lingua suavis. 
 
 et super haec verides sationes. 
 et super utrosque mulier cum viro. 
 
 et super eos misericordia liberavit. 
 
 et super utrumque consilium beneplacitum. 
 
 et super haec timor domini. 
 
 et non est in eo quaerere adiutorium. 
 
 et super omnem gloriam operuerunt ilium. 
 
 et adhuc valenti accipere cibum. 
 
XL. \~XLIL ^. 
 
 XXXIX 
 
 (3) 
 
 (4) 
 (5) 
 
 (8) 
 (9) 
 (10) 
 
 (") 
 
 2 o mors, bonum est iudicium tuum 
 
 jo defecto aetata et cui de omnibus cura est 
 
 3 noli metuere iudicium mortis. 
 
 4 hoc iudicium a domino omni carni. 
 
 4<' sive decern sive centum sive mille anni. 
 
 5 fill abominationum . fiunt fiii peccatorum, 
 
 6 filiorum peccatorum periet hereditas, 
 
 7 de patre impio quaeruntur filii, 
 
 8 vae vobis, viri impii, 
 
 9 et si nati fueritis, in maledictione nascemini, 
 
 ("3) 
 
 (14) 
 ('6) 
 
 (,6) 
 
 (18) 
 
 10 omnia quae de terra sunt, in terram 
 
 convertentur : 
 
 11 luctus hominum in corpora ipsorum : 
 
 12 curam habe de bono nomine : hoc enim 
 
 magis permanebit tibi 
 
 13 bonae vitae numerus dierum. 
 
 14 disciplinam in pace conservate, filii : 
 
 14^ sapientia enim abscondita et thesaurus 
 invisus, 
 
 15 melior est homo qui abscondit stultitiam 
 
 suam, 
 
 (20) 
 
 (21) 
 
 (22) 
 (^3) 
 
 \(i° non est enim bonum omnem in reveren- 
 tiam observare, 
 
 ab omnibus vitiis declinandum 
 
 17 erubescite patrem et matrem de fornica- 
 
 lione, 
 
 18 a principe et iudice de delicto, 
 18" a socio et amico de iniustitia 
 \i)^ de veritate dei et testamento, 
 \t)^ et ab obfuscatione dati et accept!, 
 20'' a respectu mulieris fornicariae. 
 
 homini indigenti et qui minoratur viribus, 
 et incredibili qui perdit sapientiam. 
 
 memento e te fuerunt et quae 
 
 superventura sunt tibi : 
 
 (6) et quid superveniet in beneplacito altissimi ? 
 
 (7) non est enim in inferno accusatio vitae. 
 et quiconversantursecusdomosimpiorum. 
 etcum semine illorum assiduitasobprobrii. 
 quoniam propter ilium sunt in opprobrio. 
 qui dereliquistis legem domini altissimi. 
 
 9^ et si mortui fueritis, in maledictione erit 
 mors vestra. 
 
 sic impii a maledicto in perditionem, 
 
 nomen autem impiorum delebitur. 
 
 quam mille thesauri magni pretiosi. 
 
 bonum autem nomen permanebit in aevo. 
 
 quae utilitas in utrisque % 
 
 quam homo qui abscondit sapientiam 
 
 suam. 
 (19) 16 verum tamen reveremini in his quae pro- 
 
 cedunt de ore meo. 
 et non omnia omnibus bene placent in 
 
 fide. 
 
 31'' et ab auferendo partem et non restituendo. 
 22 et ne scruteris ancillam eius, 
 (28) 22<^ a . b amicis de sermonibus improperii, 
 
 XLII. 1 non duplices sermonem auditus 
 
 1" et eris vere sine confusione, 
 
 1^ ne pro his omnibus confundaris, 
 
 2 de lege altissimi et testamento, 
 
 3 de verbo sociorum et viatorum 
 
 4 de aequalitate staterae et ponderum, 
 
 5 de corruptione emtionis et negotiatorum 
 
 et a praesidente et a potente de mendacio, 
 
 a synagoga et plebe de iniquitate, 
 19 et de loco in quo habitas, (24) de furto, 
 de discubitu in panibus 
 
 (25) 20 a salutantibus de silentio, 
 21 ab aversione vuhus cognati. 
 
 (26) ne avertas facie . m a pro.ximo tuo, 
 
 (27) 210 ne respicias mulierem alieni viri, 
 
 neque steteris ad lectum eius. 
 et cum dederis, ne improperis. 
 
 de revelatione sermonis absconditi, 
 
 et invenies gratiam in conspectu omnium 
 
 hominum : 
 ne accipias personam ut delinquas. 
 de iudicio iustificare impium, 
 et de datione hereditatis amicorum, 
 et de adquisitione multorum et paucorum, 
 et de multa disciplina filiorum 
 
xl 
 
 ECCLESIASTICUS 
 
 6 super mulierem nequambonum est signum. 
 
 7 et quodcumque trades,numera et appende, 
 
 8 de disciplina insensati et fatui 
 
 g* et eris eruditus in omnibus, 
 
 9 filia patris abscondita est vigilia, 
 
 9C ne forte in adulescentia sua adultera 
 efficiatur, 
 
 10 ne quando polluatur in virginitate sua, 
 10" ne forte cum viro commorata transgre- 
 
 diatur, 
 
 11 super filiam luxuriosam confirma custo- 
 
 diam, 
 1 1« a detractioneincivitateetabiectione plebis, 
 
 12 omni homini noli intendere in specie, 
 
 13 de vestimentis enim procedit tinea, 
 
 14 melior iniquitas viri quam benefaciens 
 
 mulier, 
 
 15 memor ero igitur operum domini, 
 15" in osermonibus domini opera eins. 
 
 16 sol inluminans per omnia respexit, 
 
 17 nonne dominus fecit sanctos 
 
 1 7" quae confirmavit dominus omnipotens 
 
 18 abyssum et cor hominum investigavit, 
 (19) 18C cognovit enim dominus omnem scientiam, 
 
 19 annuntians quae prae . terierunt et quae 
 
 superventura sunt, 
 
 20 et non praeterit ilium omnis cogitatus, 
 
 21 magnalia sapientiae suae decoravit 
 
 2i<= neque adiectum est (22) neque minuetur, 
 
 (23) 22 quam desiderabilia omnia opera eius, 
 
 (24) 23 omnia haec . . . ent et manent in saeculum, 
 (35) 34 omnia duplicia, unum contra unum, 
 (a6) 25 uniuscuiusque confirmavit bona, 
 
 XLIII. I altitudinis firmamentum pulchritudo est, 
 
 3 sol in aspectu annuntians in exitu, 
 
 3 in meridiano exurit terram, 
 
 4 fornacem custodiens in operibus . rdoris. 
 4<= radios igneos exuflans 
 
 5 magnus dominus qui fecit ilium, 
 
 6 iter (6) luna in omnibus in tempore suo, 
 
 7 a luna signum diei festi, 
 
 8 mensis secundum nomen eius est, 
 (9) 80 vas castrorum in excelsis, 
 
 (10) 9 species caeli gloria stellarum 
 
 et servo pessimo latus sanguinare. 
 (7) ubi manus multae sunt, elude, 
 
 datum vero et acceptum omne describe. 
 
 et de senioribus qui iudicantur ab adulescen- 
 
 tibus, 
 et probabilis in conspectu omnium virorum. 
 et sollicitudo eius auferet somnium, 
 
 et commorata cum viro odibilis fiat. 
 
 et in patemis suis gravida inveniatur : 
 
 aut certe sterelis efficiatur. 
 
 ne quando faciat te in opprobrium venire 
 
 inimicis 
 et confundat te in multitudinem populi. 
 
 et in medio mulierum noli commorari. 
 et a muliere iniquitas viro. 
 
 et mulier confundens in opprobrium, 
 
 et quae vidi, adnuntiabo. 
 
 et gloria domini plenum est opus eius. 
 enarrare omnia mirabilia sua 
 stabilis in gloria sua ? 
 et in astutia illorum excogitavit. 
 et inspexit in signum aevi, 
 
 revelans vestigia occultorum. 
 
 et non abscondit se ab eo ullus sermo. 
 qui est ante saeculum et usque in saeculum, 
 et non eget alicuius consilio. 
 et tamquam scintillam quam est considerare. 
 et in omni necessitate omnia obaudiunt ei. 
 et non fecit quicquam deesse. 
 et quis satiabitur videns gloriam eius ? 
 species caeli in visione gloriae. 
 vas ammirabile, opus excelsi. 
 et in conspectu ardoris eius quis poterit 
 sustinere ? 
 (4) iripliciter sol exurens monies. 
 
 et refulgens radiis suis obcaecat oculos. 
 et in sermonibus eius festinavit. 
 ostensio temporis et signum aevi. 
 luminare quod minuitur in consummatione. 
 crescens ammirabiliter in consummationem. 
 in firmamento caeli resplendens gloriosum. 
 mundum inluminans in excelsis dominus. 
 
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 (ii) lo in verbis sancti stabunt ad iudicium, 
 
 (12) II vide arcum, et benedic qui fecit ilium : 
 
 (13) 12 giravit caelum in circuitu gloriae suae: 
 
 (14) 13 imperio suo adcelebravit nivem, 
 
 (15) 14 propterea aperti sunt thesauri, 
 
 (16) 15 in magnitudine sua posuit nubes, 
 
 (17) 16 inconspectueiuscommovebunturmontes, 
 {18) 17 vox tonitrui eius verberavit terram, 
 
 (19) 17" sicut avisdeponens ad sedendumadspargit 
 
 nivem, 
 
 (20) 18 pulchritudinem candoris eius ammirabilur 
 
 oculus, 
 
 (21) 19 gelum sicut salem effundet super terram, 
 
 (22) 20 frigidus ventus aquilo flavit, 
 
 20C super omnem congregationem aquarum 
 requiescit, 
 
 (23) 21 devoravit niontes et exuret desertum, 
 
 (24) 22 medicina omnium in festinationem ne- 
 
 bulae, 
 
 (25) 23 in sermone eius siluit ventus, 
 
 cogitatione sua placabit abyssum 
 
 (26) 24 qui navigat mare, enarrat pericula eius, 
 
 {27) 25 illic praeclara et mira et mirabilia opera, 
 
 (28) 26 propter ipsum consummatus est itineris 
 
 finis, 
 
 (29) 27 multa dicimus et deficiemus verbis, 
 
 (30) 28 gloriantes ad quid vale^mus ? 
 
 (31) 29 terribilis dominus et magnus vehementer, 
 
 (32) 30 glorificantes dominum, 
 
 (33) be . edicentes dominum, exaltate ilium 
 
 quantum potestis : 
 
 (34) 30" exaltantes eum replebimini virtute : 
 
 (35) 31 quis vidit eum, et enarrabit? 
 
 (36) 32 multa abscondita sunt maiora his : 
 
 (37) 33 omnia autem dominus fecit, 
 XLIV. I laudemus viros gloriosos, 
 
 2 multam gloriam fecit dominus 
 
 3 dominantes in potestatibus suis, 
 3" et prudentia sua praediti, 
 
 4 et inperantes in praesenti's populorum 
 (5) 4= sanctissima verba, et in pueritia sua 
 
 5 requirentes modos musicos 
 
 6 homines divites in virtute, pulchritudinis 
 
 studium habentis. 
 
 et non deficient in vigiliis suis. 
 
 valde speciosus est in splendore suo. 
 
 manus excelsi aperuerunt ilium. 
 
 et adcelerat coruscationes emittere iudicii sui. 
 
 et evolaverunt nebulae sicut aves. 
 
 et confracli sunt lapides grandinis. 
 
 et in voluntate eius aspiravit notus. 
 
 tempestas aquilonis et congregatio spiritus. 
 
 et sicut lucusta demergens descensus eius. 
 
 et super imbrem eius expavescit cor. 
 
 et dum zelaverit, fiet tamquam cacumina tri- 
 
 buli. 
 et gelavit cristallus ab aqua : 
 
 et sicut lorica induit se aquis. 
 
 et extinguet viridem sicut ignem. 
 et ros obvians ab ardore venienti humilem 
 efficiet eum. 
 
 et plantavit ilium dominus ihs. 
 
 et audiente . . . ribus non ammirabimur. 
 varia genera bestiarum et omnium peccorum et 
 creatura beluarum. 
 
 et in sermone eius composita sunt omnia. 
 
 consummatio autem sermonum ipse est in om- 
 nibus. 
 
 ipse enim omnipotens super omnia opera sua. 
 
 et mirabilis potentia ipsius. 
 
 quantumcumque potueritis, supervalebit adhuc, 
 et ammirabilis magnificentia eius. 
 
 maior est enim omni laude. 
 
 ne laboretis, non enim pervenietis. 
 
 et quis magnificavit eum sicut est ab initio ? 
 
 pauca enim vidimus operum eius. 
 
 et pie agentibus dedit sapientiam. 
 
 et parentes nostros in generatione sua. 
 
 magnificentia sua a saeculo. 
 
 homines magni virtute 
 
 nuntiantes dignitatem prophetarum. 
 
 et virtute prudentiae populi 
 
 et narrantes carmina scribturarum. 
 pacificantes in domibus suis. 
 
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 omnes isti in generationibus gentis suae 
 
 gloriam adepti sunt, 
 qui de illis nati sunt, relinquerunt nomen 
 et sunt quorum non est . . memoria : 
 et nati sunt quasi non nati, 
 sed illi viri misericordiae sunt 
 et cum semine ipsorum perseverat 
 semen in testamento stetit, 
 ufque in aeternum manet semen eorum, 
 
 corpora ipsorum in pace sepulta sunt, 
 
 sapiendam ipsorum narrent populi, 
 Enoch placuit deo, et translatus est in 
 paradiso, 
 
 Noe inventus est perfectus iustus, 
 
 ideo redimissum est reliquum terrae, 
 
 testamenta saeculi posita sunt apud ilium, 
 
 Abrahiam magnus pater multitudinis 
 gentium, 
 
 qui conservavit legem excelsi, 
 
 in cane eius stare fecit testamentum, 
 
 ideo iure iurando dedit illi 
 
 crescere ilium quasi terrae harenam, 
 
 et hereditare illos a mari usque ad mare 
 
 et in Isaac eodem fecit modo 
 
 benedictionem omnium gentium dedit illi. 
 
 agnovit eum in benedictionibus suis, 
 
 et divisit ei partem, 
 
 et conservavit illis homines misericor- 
 diae, 
 
 dilectus a deo et hominibus 
 
 similem ilium fecit in gloria sanctorum, 
 
 et in verbis suis monstra placavit. 
 
 et iussit illi coram populo suo, 
 
 in fide et lenitate ipsius sanctum fecit 
 ilium, 
 
 audivit enim eum et vocem ipsius, 
 
 et dedit illi coram praecepta, 
 
 docere lacob testamentum, 
 
 excelsum fecit Aaron fratrem eius, et 
 similem sibi de tribu Levi. 
 
 et dedit illi sacerdotium gentis, 
 
 et circumcinxit ilium zona gloriae : 
 
 induit ilium stolam gloriae, 
 
 circumpediles et femoralia et humeralem 
 posuit ei, 
 
 aureis plurimis in gyro, 
 
 et in diebus suis habentur in laudibus. 
 
 narrandi laudes eorum. 
 perierunt quasi qui non fuerunt, 
 filii ipsorum cum illis. 
 quorum pietates non defuerunt, 
 bona hereditas. (12) nepotum illorum 
 (13) et filiorum ipsorum propter illos 
 et gloria eorum non derelinquetur. 
 et nomen eorum vivet in generationes et 
 
 generationes. 
 et laudem eorum nuntiet ecclesia. 
 
 ut det gentibus paenitentiam. 
 
 et in tempore iracundiae factus est recon- 
 
 ciliatio, 
 cum factum est diluvium, 
 ne deleri possit diluvio omnis caro. 
 
 et non est inventus similis illi in gloria, 
 
 et fuit in testamento cum illo. 
 et in temtatione inventus est fidelis. 
 gloriam in gente sua, 
 (23) et ut Stellas exaltare semen eius, 
 
 et a flumine usque ad terminos terrae. 
 propter Habraham patrem ipsius. 
 23 et testamentum confirmavitsupercapudlacob. 
 et dedit illi hereditatem, 
 in tribus duodecim, 
 
 invenientes gratiam in oculis omnis carnis. 
 
 Moses, cuius memoria in benedictione est. 
 et magnificavit eum in timore inimicorum, 
 (3) glorificavit ilium in conspectu regum, 
 et ostendit illi gloriam suam. 
 
 et elegit ilium de omni came. 
 
 induxit ilium in nubem. 
 legem vitae et disciplinae, 
 et iudicia sua Israhel. 
 
 (8) 7 statuit ei testamentum aetemum, 
 
 et beabit ilium in gloria, 
 
 et coronavit ilium in vasis virtutis. 
 9 et cinxit ilium tintin»abulis 
 (n) dare sonitum in incessu suo, 
 
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 stola sancta auro et hyacintho 
 
 iudicio et veritate praediti. 
 
 figuratis 
 
 insculptilis in memoriam 
 
 coronam auream supra mitram eius 
 
 gloriam honoris et opus virtutis, 
 
 (15) 13 sic pulctira ante ipsum non fuerunt alia . 
 
 13" sed tantum filii ipsius soli 
 
 (17) 14 sacrificia ipsius consummata sunt igni 
 
 (18) 15 complevit Moses manum eius, 
 
 (19) 15" factus est illi in testamentum aeternum 
 
 156 fungi sacerdotio et habere laudem 
 
 (20) 16 
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 incensum et bonum odoreni in memoriam 
 dedit illi in praeceptis suis 
 docere lacob testimonia 
 
 (22) 18 
 
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 quia contra ilium steterunt alieni, 
 
 homines qui erant cum Dathan et Abiron 
 
 vidit dominus deus et non placuit illi, 
 
 fecit illis monstra, 
 
 et addidit Aaron gloriam 
 
 et primitias fructuum terrae divisit illi. 
 
 nam sacrificia domini edent 
 
 ceterum in terra gentes non hereditabit, 
 
 (28) 23 Finees filius Eleazari 
 
 2z'^ in imitando ipsum in timore domini 
 23* in bonitate et alacriiate animae suae 
 
 (30) 24 ideo statuit ad ilium testamentum pacis, 
 24*' ut sit illi et semini eius 
 
 (31) 25 et testamentum David regis 
 
 in memoria filii geniis suae, 
 et purpura opus textile viri sapientes 
 (13) II torto cocco opus artificis 
 
 in ligatura auri et opere lapidarii 
 
 secundum numerum tribum Isfl. 
 
 expraessam signo sanctitatis, 
 
 desideria oculorum ornata. 
 
 usque ad originem. (16) non indutus est ilia 
 
 alienigena aliquis, 
 et nepotes eius per omne tempus. 
 cotidie. 
 
 et unxit ilium oleo sancto, \ 
 
 et semini eius sicut dies caeli, 
 et glorificare populum suum in nomine 
 
 suo. 
 afTerre sacrificium deo, 
 placare pro populo suo. 
 potestatem in testamentis iudiciorum 
 et in legem suam lucem dare Israhel. 
 et propter invidiam circumdederunt ilium in 
 
 deserto 
 et congregatio Core in iracundiam. 
 et consumti sunt in inpetu iracundiae. 
 et consumsit eos in flamma ignis, 
 et dedit illi hereditatem, 
 (26) panem ipsis in primis parabit in satietate : 
 quae dedit ipsi et semini eius. 
 et pars non est illi in gente : 
 22C ipse enim pars eius est et hereditas. 
 terti . . in gloria 
 (29) et stare in reverentia geniis, 
 placuit deo Israhel. 
 principem sanctorum et gentis suae, 
 sacerdotii dignitas in aeternum. 
 filio lesse de tribu luda, 
 25^ hereditas ipsi et semini eius, 
 
 26 ut daret sapientiam in cor nostrum, 
 26" ne abolerentur bona ipsorum, 
 XLVI. I fortis in bello lesu Nave 
 
 lO qui fuit magnus secundum nomen suum, 
 1* expugnare insurgentes hostes, 
 
 (3) 2 quam gloriam adeptus est in toUendo 
 
 manus suas 
 
 (4) 3 quis ante ilium sic restitit ? 
 
 {5) 4 aut non iracundia eius impetus est sol, 
 (6) 5 invocabit altissimum potentem 
 
 £<= et audivit ilium magnus et sanctus deus 
 
 iudicare gentem suam in iustitia, 
 et gloriam in gentem eorum aeternam fecit, 
 successor Mosi in prophetis, 
 (2) maximus in salutem electorum dei, 
 ut consequeretur hereditatem Israhel. 
 
 et iactando contra civitates romfeas? 
 
 nam hostes ipse dominus perduxit. 
 
 et una dies facta est quasi duo ? 
 in oppugnando inimicos undique, 
 in saxis grandinis virtutis valde fortis. 
 
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 (7) 6 impetum fecit contra gentem hostilem, 
 
 (8) d'^ ut cognoscant gentes potentiam eius, 
 
 6» et secutus est a tergo potentes. 
 "j^ ipse et Caleb filius leffonne, 
 ;d et prohibeie gentem a peccatis 
 
 (10) 8 et ipsi duo constituti a periculo liberati 
 
 sunt, 
 S^ inducere illos in hereditatem, 
 
 (11) 9 et dedit dominus ipsi Caleb fortitudinem, 
 90 ut ascenderet in excelsum terrae locum, 
 
 (12) 10 ut viderent omnes filii Isrl 
 
 (13) II et indices singuli suo nomine 
 
 t lO qui non aversi sunt a domino nostro, 
 
 13 et ossa eorum puUulent de loco suo. 
 
 (16) 13 dilectus a deo suo Samuhel 
 
 136 propheta domini, renovabit imperium 
 
 (17) 14 et lege domini iudicavit congregationem, 
 
 15 et fide sua probatus est propheta. 
 
 (19) 16 et invocavit deum potentem 
 
 16C in oblatione viri inmaculati.- 
 1 7^ et in sonitu magno auditam fecit vocem 
 suam. 
 
 (22) 19 et ante tempus vitae suae et saeculi 
 
 19" pecunias et usque ad calciamenta ab 
 omni carne non accepit, 
 (2.^) 20 et post hoc dormivit et notum fecit regi, 
 20C et exaltavit vocem suam de terra 
 XLVII. I post hoc surrexit Natham 
 
 2 et quasi adeps separatus est a carne, 
 
 3 cum leonibus lusit quasi cum agnis, 
 
 4 in iuventute sua. (4) numquid non occidit 
 
 gigantem, 
 
 (5) 4<' in toUendo manum in saxo fundae 
 
 (6) 5 nam invocavit deum potentem 
 5C toUere hominem fortem in bello 
 
 (7) 6 sic in decem milibus glorificavit eum, 
 6<= in offerendo illi coronam gloriae. 
 
 7'' et extirpavit Filistim contraries 
 
 {9) 8 In omni opere. dedit confessionem 
 
 et in descensuin perdidit contrarios, 
 quia contra dominum pugnare non est 
 facile. 
 (9) 7 et in diebus Mosi misericordiam fecit, 
 stare contra hostem 
 et perfringere murmur malitiae. 
 
 a numero sescentorum milium peditum 
 
 in terram quae manat lac et mel. 
 et usque ad senectutem perman'it illi virtus, 
 et semen ipsius obtinuit hereditatem, 
 quia bonum est obsequi sancto deo. 
 quorum non est corruptum cor, 
 
 (14) ut sit memoria illorum in benedictionem, 
 
 (15) et nomen eorum permanet in aeternum : 
 
 permanens ad filios illorum sanctorum 
 virorum gloria. 
 
 et uncxit principes in gente sua. 
 et vidit dominus lacob, 
 (18) et cognitus est in verbis suis fidelis, quia 
 vidit deum lucis. 
 in oppugnando hostes circumstantes un- 
 dique 
 (20) 17 et intonuit e caelo dominus, 
 (ai) i8 et contrivit principes Tyriorum, et omnes 
 duces Filisthim. 
 testimonium praebuit et in conspectu 
 domini et Christi : 
 
 et non accusabit ilium homo. 
 
 et ostendit illi finem vitae suae, 
 in prophetiam delere impietatem gentis. 
 prophetam in diebus David, 
 sic David a filiis Israhel. 
 et in ursis similiter fecit sicut cum agnis 
 ovium 
 
 et abstulit obprobrium de gente ? 
 
 et deiecit exultationem Goliae. 
 et dedit in dexteram eius 
 et exaltare cornum gentis suae, 
 et laudavit eum in benedictionibus domini 
 (8) 7 contrivit enim inimicos undique, 
 
 usque in in hodiernum diem : contrivit 
 
 cornum ipsorum usque in aeternum 
 sancto et excelso in verbo gloriae. 
 
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 lo) S<' de omni corde suo laudavit dominum, 
 
 stare fecit cantores contra altare, 
 
 et dedit in celebrationibus decus, 
 
 ut laudarent nomen sanctum domini 
 xps purgavit peccala ipsius 
 et dedit illi testamentum regum 
 
 post ipsiim surrexit 
 
 Salomon imperavit in diebus pacis, 
 ut conderet domum in nomine suo 
 quern ad modum eruditus est in iuventute 
 
 sua 
 et terram retexit anima tua. 
 ad insulas longe divulgatum est nomen 
 
 tuum, 
 in .cantilenis et proverbiis et compara- 
 
 tionibus 
 et in nomine domini 
 collegisti quasi o . . . . um aurum, 
 et inciinasti femora tua mulieribus : 
 dedisti maculam in gloria tua, 
 inducere iracundiam ad liberos tuos, 
 ut faceres imperium bipertitum, 
 deus autem non relinquit misericordiam 
 
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 {2f) 22® dedit autem reliquum lacob 
 (26) 23 etfinemhabuit Salomon cum patribussuis. 
 as*" gentis stultitiam (28) et minutum pruden- 
 tiam 
 
 23S et dedit Efraim viam peccandi, 
 
 34* averterunt illos de terra sua. 
 
 XLVIII. 1 et surrexit Helias propheta quasi ignis, 
 
 2 qui induxit in illos famem, 
 
 non poterant enim sustinere praecepta 
 domini. 
 
 3 verbo domini conlinuii caelum, 
 
 4 sic^amplificatus est Helias in mirabilibus 
 
 suis. 
 
 et dilexit deum qui fecit ilium, 
 et dedit illi contra inimicos potentiam. 
 et in sono eorum dulces fecit modos. 
 et ornavit tempora usque ad consumma- 
 
 tionem vitae, 
 et amplificarent mane dei sanctitatem. 
 et exaltavit in aeternum cornum eius, 
 et sedem gloriae in Isrl. 
 filius sensatus, et propter ilium deiecit 
 
 omnem potentiam inimicorum. 
 cui subiecit deus omnes hostes, 
 et pararet sanctitatem in sempiternum. 
 
 (1(1) et inpletus est quasi flumen sapientia 
 
 (i;) et replesti in comparationibus enigmata : 
 
 et dilectus in pace tua. 
 
   
 
 et interpraetationibus miratae sunt terrae. 
 
 cui est cognomen deus Israhel 
 
 et ut plumbum complesti argentum. 
 
 potestatem habuisti in tuo corpore. 
 
 et profanasti semen tuum 
 
 et incitaris stultitiam tuam, 
 
 et ex Efraim imperare imperium durum. 
 
 et non corrumpit neque delebit opera sua, 
 
 et semen eius qui diligit dominum, non 
 
 corrumpit. 
 et David de ipsa stirpe. 
 (27) et relinquit jX)St se de semine suo 
 
 Roboam, qui avertit gentem consilio suo. 
 
 (29) 23^ et tieroboam filium Nabath qui peccare 
 fecit Isrl. 
 24 et plurimaredundaverunt peccata ipsorum 
 (30) valde, 
 (31) 35 et quaesivit omnem nequitiam usque dum 
 perveniret ad illos defensio, 
 et ab omnibus peccatis liberavit eos. 
 et verbum ipsius quasi fax ardebat. 
 et inritantes ilium invidia sua pauci facti 
 sunt : 
 
 et deiecit a se ignem terrae. 
 
 et quis potest similiter gloriari tibi ? 
 
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 5 qui sustulisti mortuum ab inferis 
 
 6 qui deiecisti reges ad perniciem et con- 
 
 fregisti facile potentiam ipsorum, 
 
 7 qui audis in Sion iudicium 
 
 8 qui ungis reges ad paenitentiam 
 
 9 qui receptus as in turbidine ignis, 
 
 10 qui inscriptus es in indiciis temporum 
 lo* conciliare cor patris ad filium 
 
 11 beati sunt qui te viderunt et in amicitia 
 
 tua decorati sunt, 
 post mortem autem non erit tale nomen 
 nostrum. 
 
 (13) 12 Helias quidem in turbidine tectus est, 
 
 126 in diebus suis non pertimuit principem, 
 
 (14) 13 nee superavit ilium verbum aliquod, 
 
 (15) 14 in vita sua fecit monstra, 
 
 (16) 15 in omnibus istis non pgnituit populus, 
 15" usque dum eiecti sunt de terra sua, 
 
 (i;) 158 et relicta est gens perpauca, 
 
 (18) 16 quidam ipsorum fecerunt quod placeret 
 
 deo, 
 
 (19) 17 Ezechias munivit civitatem suam, 
 1 7" et fodiit ferro rupem, 
 
 (20) 18 in diebus ipsius ascendit Sinnacerim, 
 
 18" et extulit manum suam in Sion, 
 
 (21) 19 tunc mota sunt corda et manus ipsorum, 
 (2a) 20 et invocaverunt dominum misericordem : 
 
 aoc et sanctus dominus deus audivit cito 
 vocem ipsorum. 
 
 neque dedit illos inimicis suis, 
 
 (24) 21 subiecit castra Assj'riorum, 
 {25) 22 nam fecit Ezechias quod placuit deo, 
 3 2« quam mandavit illi Esaias propheta, 
 
 (26) 23 in diebus ipsius retro redit sol 
 
 (27) 24 spiritu magno vidit ultima, 
 
 25 usque in sempiternum. (28) ostendit futura 
 XLIX. I memoriamlosiaeincomposilionemodoris 
 
 (2) i" in omni ore quasi mel indulcabitur eius 
 
 memoria, 
 
 (3) 2 ipse est directus divinitus in paenitentia 
 
 gentis, 
 
 (4) 3 et gubernavit ad dominum cor ipsius, 
 
 (5) 4 praeter David et Ezechiam et losiam 
 
 (6) 4« nam reliquerunt legem potentem 
 
 de sorte mortis in verbo domini dei. 
 
 6'> et gloriosos de lecto suo. 
 
 et in Coreb indicia defensionis 
 
 et prophetas facis successores post te. 
 
 in curru equorum igneorum. 
 
 lenire iracundiam domini, 
 
 et restituere tribus lacob. 
 
 (12) nam nos vita vivimus tantum, 
 
 et in Helisaeo completus est spiritus eius : 
 
 et potentiam nemo vincit ilium, 
 et mortuum prophetavit corpus eius. 
 et in morte mirabilia opera eius. 
 et non recesserunt a peccatis suis, 
 et dispersi sunt in omnem terram. 
 et princeps in domo David. 
 
 alii autem multa commisserunt peccata. 
 
 et induxit in medium ipsius aquam, 
 
 et aedificavit ad aquam puteum. 
 
 et misit Rapsacen, et sustulit manum suam 
 
 contra illos, 
 et superbus factus est potentia sua. 
 et doluerunt quasi parturientes mulieres. 
 expandentes manus, extulerunt ad caelum, 
 (23) non est commemoratus peccatorum illorum, 
 
 20*1 sed purgabit illos in manu Esaig sancti 
 prophetae. 
 et contrivit illos angelus dei. 
 et fortiter ibit in via David patris sui, 
 magnus et fidelis in conspectu dei. 
 et addidit regi vitam. 
 et consolatus est lugentes in Sion 
 et abscondita ante quam evenirent. 
 factam, opus pigmentarii. 
 
 et ut musica in convivio vini. 
 
 et tulit abominationes impietatis. 
 
 et in diebus peccatorum corroboravit pie- 
 
 tatem. 
 omnes peccatum commiserunt: 
 reges luda, et contemserunt timorem dei. 
 
XLVIII. s—XLIX. i2\ 
 
 xlvii 
 
 (7) 5 dederiint enim regnum suum aliis, 
 
 (s) 6 incenderunt electam sanctitatis civitatem, 
 
 6C in manu Hieremiae. (9) 7 nam male 
 tractaverunt ilium 
 
 j'= everteie et eruere et perdere 
 
 (10) 8 Ezechiel qui vidit conspectum gloriae 
 
 (11) 9 nam commemoratus est inimicorum in 
 
 imbii 
 
 (12) 10 et duodecim prophetarum 
 io<^ nam conroboraverunt lacob 
 
 (13) II quo modo amplicemus Zorobabel? 
 
 (14) 12 et Hiesum filius losedec 
 
 et gloriam suam alienae genti. 
 et desertas fecerunt vias ipsius 
 
 qui a ventre matris consecratus est propheta 
 
 et iterum aedificare et renobare. 
 quam ostendit illi in curru Cerubin. 
 
 bene facere illis qui ostenderunt rectas vias. 
 
 ossa pullulent de loco suo : 
 
 et redimerunt se in fide virtutis. 
 
 nam et ipse quasi siKnum in dextera manu in Israhel. 
 
 qui in diebus suis aedificaverunt domum. 
 
41 ECCLESIASTICUS 
 
 (fol. 9 verso.) 
 
 24 By a spirit of might he saw the end, 
 
 25 For ever he declared things that should be, 
 XLIX. I The name of Josiah is like incense of sweet spices, 
 
 ic His memory is sweet as honey on the palate, 
 
 2 For he was grieved for' our backslidings, 
 
 3 And he made his heart perfect toward God, 
 
 4 Except David, Hezekiah, and Josiah, 
 4« And forsook the law of the Most High, 
 
 5 So he turned their horn backward, 
 
 6 And they set on fire the holy city, 
 6° By the hand' of Jeremiah, 7 for they afflicted him, 
 7<' To pluck up and to break down and to destroy 
 
 (and) to overthrow, 
 
 8 Ezekiel saw the vision, 
 
 9 Also he made mention of Job, 
 
 10 Moreover the twelve prophets, 
 iqO Who recovered Jacob to health, 
 
 11 [How shall we magnijfy [Zerubbabel] ? 
 
 and comforted the mourners of Sion. 
 
 and hidden things before they came. 
 
 salted, the work of the perfumer : 
 
 and as music at the banquet of wine. 
 
 and he made the abominations of vanity to cease ; 
 
 and in days of violence he wrought godliness. 
 
 they all did corruptly ; 
 
 the kings of Judah, till they were ended. 
 
 and (gave) their glory to a foolish, foreign nation ; 
 
 and made her ways desolate. 
 
 yet from the womb he was formed (to be) a prophet, 
 
 and in like manner to build up, to plant, and to make 
 
 strong, 
 and declared divers kinds of chariot, 
 who maintained all the w[ays of righjteousness. 
 may their strength' flou[rish out of their plajces. 
 and restored him by , 
 
 ' rfjn: (Amos 6, 6) for ^n:. Text, perhaps: inherited the yoke ("*) of our backslidings. 
 
 = ? bones, as ® @. 
 
 ? 'O'S in the days of, as @. 
 
 24 TivevfiaTL jueydX(i) Ibev to. (a)(^aTa, 
 
 25 icos Tov alUvos viredei^fv to. eaojxeva 
 
 XLIX. I ixvrinocrvvov 'laxreiov els avvOea-iv 6v\xia.fj.aTo<s, 
 1° iv -navTi aroixari m fJi.(Xi yXvKavQrj(reTai, 
 
 2 avTos KarevOvvdrj iv fTTiorpot/)?') kaov, 
 
 3 KarevOvvev wpos Kvpiov Trjv KapbCav avrov, 
 
 4 irape^ Aavelb Kal 'E^eKiov koI 'IcaaeCov 
 4" KariKivov yap tov v6p.ov tov viffLarov, 
 
 5 ibuxav yap to nepas avr&v (Tfpois 
 
 6 fvfnvpicrev (KXfKTTjV ttoXlv ayiaa-fiaTOS, 
 6c (V Xfipl 'IfpepiCoV 7 ^KaKoxrav yap avTov, 
 7° fKpi^ovv Kal KaKOVv Kai aTToWvav, 
 
 S 'le^eKiriX, os flbev opaaiv b6^r]s 
 
 9 Kal yap kp-vricrdr) Ttav i)(dpS>v (v ofx^po), 
 
 10 KOL tS>v Lj3' TTpO((>r]T(aV 
 
 10" irapfKaKfa-fv bi tov laxcij/S, 
 
 11 TiCis ij,eya\vvu>ix{v tov Zopo^a/3eA; 
 
 12 ovTws 'lr](rovs vloi MaxreSeK" 
 
 Kal TiapiKakicrtv tovs irevOovvrai (v SeiwV 
 
 Kal TO, cmoKpvipa irplv ^ ■napayivinOai avTa. 
 
 fa-Kevaa-jjiivov ipyif ixvpi-\}/ov' 
 
 Kal o)? ixova-LKCL ev avp-noa-ii^ orrov. 
 
 Kal i^rjpev /SSeXvyjuara avofxias' 
 
 iv TjixtpaLi avojxuiv KaTicrxya-ev Tr)v evcri^eiav. 
 
 TTavTCi TrXTjfijxeXtai' iTt\r]ixixiXr}(Tav' 
 
 oi /3ao-tAfiy 'Ioj;8a i^ikmov. 
 
 Kal Triv bo^av avTutv iOvu aWoTp'no' 
 
 Kal fiprjfjLoiiTav ros oboiii avrrji 
 
 Kal avTds iv ixriTpq r)yia(T6y] 'Kpo(f>riTr]S, 
 
 S)(TaVTU)S olKobopLflv Kal KaTa({>VTfV(lV. 
 
 _ ^v VTTibei^iv avTui «7rl &pixaTos ■)(€povfi(Cn' 
 Kal ayaO&aai tovs tvOvvovTas obovs. 
 TO. oara avaOakoL (k tov ro'irow avrSv. 
 Kal (kvTpda-aTO avTovs iv Triorei ikitiboi. 
 Kal avTos a)s a-(j)payls inl bi^ias x^poi. 
 o'i iv fjiJiipais avTcZv olKoboixTjo-av oIkov. 
 
XLVIII. 2^—XLIX. 12. 
 
 40 
 
 :'ivs ^^N Dn:''i 
 
 tlN-a ^jsij nnriDJi 
 
 :^npn n^'yo nijocn 
 
 : i^n nntTD i'j? iirsroai 
 
 tijnn ninvin 'n3B'''i 
 
 .-non HB'y Dcn 'D'ai 
 
 mr'ncn ob in''e'N'i 
 
 :dot IV mm'' ^^i^n 
 
 :n''nmK idc^i 
 jN''33 nvi: 'omo Kim 
 
 jTvni'i 'VDjij DJaij pi 
 
 :n32iD ''jr nri 
 
 :pi[x ^3i]T b bb»n 
 
 iDn[iDipDD nn]-ia onovy •'nn 
 
 . . . . n5 inn'B«i 
 
 . . . .b. . . 
 
 (fol. 9 verso.) 
 
 nnnx ntn n-1133 nna 24 
 nvnj n^jn n% iy 25 
 
 Q'OD niDp3 in^K'N' DE' i XLIX. 
 
 i-i3t pTic trma inn i« 
 irnawD ijy hm •'3 2 
 
 irTptn'' I'HD na^ 4 
 tvi'V min uryi ^^ 
 Tins^ DJip |n''i 5 
 cnp nnp in^yi 6 
 ini:y '3 7 ih^dt t3 c 
 
 HNno HNI i'Nptn'' 8 
 D-N^ajn •\m D'JB' D31 10 
 
 3pr ns i»''^nn ik'n lo" 
 '^. . . ... 
 
 ' Is. 61, 3. ' Exod. 30, 35. 3., II. '2 Kings 23, 5. 11, 5. • Deut. 32, 21. 
 
 = Jer. I, 5. « Jer. i, 10. ' Perhaps h[_-\->i jn]. 
 
 .jiJSGU* )...l^sjk:>3 ^^>:^ jl^O^Jkl ^jo 
 
   fiNax .oot\a 
 
 .]l^;«)l ).^».^ jfooM V-o>> j>ii.::^j« 
 
 .oi]bs3»M ^ o t N a cuf.io 
 
 .juAJ 0>Jo|? \jX>r^ ^ loot? 7*^ 
 
 jLol/ ]Uf -ooi tv^Ns.-! »ao 25 
 )i'om'>> |.^^>^ f^} U*.a.>? ot-a&ji. I XLIX. 
 • OKWOJ )1- \ a J\. )u»s> y./ i" 
 
 .oci^ ]c»:^l' Jj^^^^io 3 
 Uikcuo ImAJ^o mO? ^ >A^ ?a<. N-> 4 
 limajfij nn~>i> o 4° 
 
 .|«.;aj» Is^tojs oiia^o 6 
 
 « wOo) JloA^;) oi^^'i^l ^ot\,o» 
 
 '^ImJSJu.o 8 
 .;:ao/ >3Cu/ ''^.X &\o 9 
 .>...ai jfiHi'viil. .s|o 10 
 
 .'^^«I13)0j.^ u«^«J lojc II 
 
39 ECCLESIASTICUS 
 
 (fol. 9 recto.) 
 1 2* All his life long he quaked before none, 
 
 13 No matter was too hard for him, 
 
 14 In his life he did wonders, 
 
 15 For all this the people turned not, 
 15" Till they were rooted up from their land, 
 156 But there were left to Judah a few, 
 
 16 There were of them that dealt uprightly, 
 
 17 Hezekiah strengthened'' his city, 
 i";" And hewed the rocks with' brass, 
 
 18 In his days came up Sennacherib, 
 18" And he stretched out his hand against Sion, 
 
 19 [Then were] they melted in the pride of their heart, 
 
 20 So they ca[lled] unto God Most High, 
 20" And he [heard] the voice of their prayer, 
 
 21 And [he smote the c]amp of the Assyrian, 
 
 22 [For Heze]kiah [did] that which was go[od, 
 
 and no flesh had dominion over his spirit ; 
 
 and from its place his flesh prophesied ' ; 
 
 and in his death marvellous works. 
 
 and ceased not from their sins, 
 
 and were scattered through all the earth. 
 
 and still a judge to the house of David. 
 
 and there were of them that trespassed wondrously. 
 
 when he turned aside waters into the midst of it, 
 
 and stopped up mountains for a pool. 
 
 and sent Rabshakeh ; 
 
 and blasphemed God in his pride. 
 
 and were in anguish as a woman in travail ; 
 
 and spread forth their hands unto him ; 
 
 and saved'' them by the hand of Isaiah; 
 
 and discomfited them with the plague. 
 
 and] was strong' in the ways of David. 
 
 23 
 
 ' Reading «33, as ®; see 2 Kings 13, 21. 
 ' Reading "n33. 
 
 ' In the Hebrew with a play on the name Hezekiah. 
 ' In the Hebrew with a play on the name Isaiah, 
 
 12" KoX (V rjixfpaii avTOv ovk ((raXfvOr] iitto apy^ovTos, 
 
 13 iras Ao'yoy ov^ vvepiipev avrov, 
 
 14 /cai fv ^(liji avTov (T!oir\(Tiv ripara, 
 
 15 iv Tiacriv tovtois ov iJ.(Tfv6r]crfv 6 Xaos, 
 ic,' €0)9 iTTpovopLivdrjaav anb rfjs y^? aiiT&v 
 15* Kot KaTi\(i(l>6T] 6 Kaos oAtyoo-Toy 
 
 16 Tivfs piv avToiv iTsoir)(Tav ro apecrrov, 
 
 17 E^'eKias a))(yp(aa-(v Trjv tt6X.iv aiiTov, 
 17" &pv^ev a-t6?jp<i) aKp6Top,ov, 
 
 18 iv fjpfpais avTov avifii] ^ivva\ripe\p, 
 18* KOL iTfrjpiV Tj x^'p avTov (irl DelCdf, 
 
 19 Tore ((raXfvd-qcrav Kapbiai xal \(lp(S avrZif, 
 
 20 Koi (T:(KaX((TavTo tov Kvpiov tov (Xerp,ova, 
 20° KOI 6 ayios c^ ovpavov Ta\v (Tn]Kova-ev avTuiv, 
 ai (TtaTa^iv TrjV TTapepL^oXriv t&v ^ Acrcvpiuiv, 
 
 22 (TroCr](T(v yap 'Effxias to apecrTov KvpCto, 
 22" hs (VfTiiXaro 'Hcratas 6 Tr/)o^^n;s 
 
 23 (V TOLs fjp,(pais avTOV apiirobicriv 6 i^Xios, 
 
 Kal oil KaTfbvvdcrT€V(riv avrov ovbfCs. 
 
 Kal (V Koip.rjaeL iTtpo<priT(.vcrev to a-&pLa avrov' 
 
 Kal iv reXfvrfj 6avp.ama ra fpya avrov. 
 
 /cat OVK &T!iaTr](7av aTtb ru>v apapriStv, 
 
 KOX ((TKop-nCadrja-av iv -nacrri rf) yfj, 
 
 Kal 5.px^u)v rQ oXki^ Aavtib. 
 
 rivls bi fTrXi^Ovvav ap,apTias. 
 
 Kal elcT-qyayfV fh p-iaov avrGtv rov T<iy' 
 
 KOI toKoboixTjafv Kpr]vas fls vbara. 
 
 Kal anicmiXev 'Pa\j/d.Kr]v, Kai aiirjpfv' 
 
 Kal ip,fyaXav-)(r)(r(v VTr(pr)<f>aviq aiirov. 
 
 Kal b)bivr](Tav ws al ruTOVtraf 
 
 (KTreraaravrts rai \flpai avr&v npos avrov. 
 
 Kal (Xvrpwaaro aiiroiis iv Xilpl ^HcraioV 
 
 Kal i^irpi'^ev avrovs 6 ayyeXos avrov. 
 
 Kal ivi(T)(y(T(v iv obols Aavelb rov irarpdi avrov, 
 
 6 piyas Kal miros iv opaaei avrov. 
 
 Kal npoa idT]K€V ^(iyi]v ^aaikii' 
 
XLVIII. 12* 
 
 mtj'a N133 'vnnnoi 
 
 :DnNDnj2 ihn n^ji 
 
 :pxp nn n^a^ myi 
 
 tn'D nam ^n muna 
 :nipo nnn Dion^i 
 .•npc 3T nx n^JB^i 
 
 :D''a3 v^N itne'i 
 
 :nsjiD3 Don^i 
 :in '3-113 ptn>[i] 
 
 ' Est. s, g. 
 
 -23- 
 
 1JDD K^a3 v6 "I3n b 13 
 
 niNi'SJ r\m V'n3 14 
 Dvn ae' ^b riNt bn 15 
 Dsiso inDJ -IK'S "ly 15" 
 -lyto mw^ iNB"i 156 
 icn' ^E'v nno &"• 16 
 n^v prn wptn"' 17 
 nniv ncn33 3vn'>i 17c 
 anmo Hi's? vca 18 
 jrv isy IT" D''i !&<= 
 
 OP^ 11X33 13TO[3] . . 19 
 ]\hv bv^ ^N lS[-ip]'1 20 
 
 Dni'sn'i'ip •'120'' 
 
 -iiCN n3n[D] ... 1 21 
 [3]iDn nx in''p[tn''] .... 22 
 22C 
 
 • • -3 
 
 ' Zech. 6, 12. 
 
 38 
 
 (fol. 9 recto.) 
 
 
 
 •V 
 
 OOlf 
 
 »l^ ^ a*^^? ^xs*^ 15'' 
 
 .t»oiO»a<« \ ,r> )?OoM >t^o 13- 
 .jlor^l 0^:^^? ysoU-iO !^( 16 
 .JV>JL>f» wJ^ )>'>Aju» 17 
 
 
 
 
 .U*oU> otl^;.a.ao isXa 21 
 ••ci^j )u>«JU. j^xi.? '^'^-^ 22 
 i«Aj U:^jk/ ot»A3; 22<! 
 
37 
 
 ECCLESIASTICUS 
 
 (fol. 8 verso.) 
 23« Ample' in foolishness and lacking understanding, Rehoboam by [his counjsel let loose [the peojple ; 
 
 336 Until there arose — let him have no memorial ! — Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who made [Israel to si]n. 
 
 238 And he gave unto Ephraim a stumbling-block, 
 3^* And his sin was great exceedingly, 
 XLVIII. 1 Till there arose a prophet like fire, 
 
 ^ 2 And he brake for them the staff of bread, 
 
 3 By the word of God he shut up the heavens, 
 
 4 How terrible wast thou, O Elijah ! 
 
 5 Who didst raise up one that expired from death, 
 
 6 Who broughtest down kings to the pit, 
 
 ^ Who anointedst one filled with retribution, 
 
 j^^. Who heardest' reproofs in Sinai, 
 
 9 Who wast taken up by a whirlwind on high, 
 
 10 Who art written down* as ready for a season, 
 lo" To turn the heart of the fathers fo the children, 
 
 11 Happy' he that saw thee and died(?) .... 
 
 12 Elijah 
 
 / i2« With a do[uble] measure" he multiplied signs, 
 
 241" to drive them out [of] their land. 
 25 and he sold himself to all evil. 
 
 whose words were like a burning furnace. 
 
 and by his jealousy'' made them few in number. 
 
 fires. 
 
 he who is like thee may glory ! 
 
 and from Sheol, according to the will of the Lord ; 
 
 and honourable men [from] their beds ; 
 
 and a prophet to succeed in thy place ; 
 
 and judgements of vengeance in Horeb ; 
 
 and by troops of fire [into heaven] ; 
 
 to make anger to cease before 
 
 and to give understanding to the tr[ibes of Isra]el. 
 
 and Elisha 
 
 and he was learned in every utterance of his mouth. ^ 
 
 ' In the Hebrew with a play on the name Rehoboam. ' i Kings ig, 10. 14. 
 
 Reading scmun, as ( 
 
 « Mai. 
 
 4, 5 seq. " Reading nir«, as @ @. 
 
 portion : ' /«'/. a mouth — i. e. a portion — of two. 
 
 • With allusion to 2 Kings 2, 9, where the same phrase is rendered 'double 
 
 23° Aaov a(j)po(rvvr}v koI (\a(Tffovf/,evov (rvvfcfi 
 
 > 
 238 Koi (bcoKfv Tto E(j)pdiix obbv ajxapTias. 
 24'' aTToarTrja'ai avTovs otto ttjs y% avr&v' 
 
 XLVIII. I Koi avsa-TT] 'HAias TTpoffnjTTjs o)s irvp, 
 
 2 09 (■!Triyay€V eu' aiirovs kiixov, 
 
 3 fv Xoyw KvpCov aviayjv ovpavov, 
 
 4 ins (bo^arrdr]s, '¥i\fCa, ev rols flavjuatrt'ois (toV 
 
 5 6 (yfipas vfKpov fK davarov 
 
 6 6 KaTayaya>v /3ao-i\eis (Is aTiui\iav 
 
 7 aKovcov (V "Sidva iXtypov 
 
 8 6 xpLwv fia<n\fis tU ivTairobofia, 
 
 9 6 avaXripL<f>6 (IS iv XaiAoTrt Ttvpos 
 
 10 6 Karaypacfxls (V (Xeypiols fh Kaipovs, 
 lo"^ KOI iT!i(TTpi\\rai KapbCav Ttarpos irpos vibv 
 
 11 paKupiOL 01 Ibovres ere Kol ol fv ayaTirifTd 
 
 KfKO(Tp,r)p.iVOl, 
 
 13 HXtias OS iv AaiXairi ((rKfTraadi]' 
 / 
 
 'Polioap^, OS aiTfiTTria-ev \adv «k fiovXfjs avTov, 
 2^ KM 'lfpoj3oap. vibv Na/3dr, os (^rip.apTfv rbv 
 'IcrparjX 
 
 24 Koi ii:kr]6vv6r](Tav al ap-apriai avruiv (T(\)6bpa, 
 
 25 KOI Tiaa-av TTovrjpiav (^eCi'iTTja-av, Ims exSuTjo-is 
 
 fXdj] f 7r' avTovs. ) vv l4tA 
 Koi 6 Xoyos avTov i)S Xaptiras ^KaCfTO' 
 KOI rw f?;A<i) aiiTov dtXiyoTToCrjaev aiiTovs' 
 KaT-qyayiV oiJraJS rpXs TTVp. 
 KM tCs o/xoios (Toi, Kav\a(rdai ; 
 Kai (^ abov iv X6y(a 'yxj/Carov 
 KM bfbo^a(Tp.ivovs aTTo kXCvtis avT&v' 
 KM (V Xa)p?;^ Kpifxara (KbiKrjaims' 
 KaX 'itpo(prjTas biab6)(ovs fifT avrov' 
 (V 5.pfj.aTL Ximuiv TTVpivOiV' 
 KOiracrai, opy^jv irpb Ovjxov 
 Koi KaTaarrja-M (pvXas 'laKwyS. 
 
 KOI yap fififis (a>fj Qqa-opaOa. 
 
 KOI 'E\€t(7at€ iviTfXri(T6r] irrevjixaroj ainov, 
 
XLVII. z-i^—XLVIII. 12''. 
 
 36 
 
 - :D[y inv]u3 'ynsn nyani 
 . . . [n]K N[''Dn]n -itrN 1233 p nyai'' 
 
 : DnmN[o] onnni? j+i" 
 : ^-UDnn nyi \>'2h\ 25 
 nyu ni:n3 vimi 
 
 :mB'x 
 
 nNsn' i[i»]3 iB'K 
 
 :Dnit2D[D] Dn33:i 
 
 :Tnnn n'^nn ku:i 
 
 :[D]p: •'tSBtra aiinai 
 
 ;. . . . ex nn33i 
 
 . . . [•'Jjsi' fjx n'nB'nb 
 
 :^[t<-iC5" ''D3]b' pan^Ji 
 
 :n^ ^T. . . 
 
 .... [yB"]^[Ni] 
 
 ' Exod. 32, 25. " I Kings 21, 20. 25 ; 2 Kings 17, 17. 
 
 (fol. 8 verso.) 
 
 nrn lom n^ix am 230 
 nar iJj ■'H* ^n np ie'n ny 238 
 iiwaD nnas^ jn^i 236 
 nND inxDn pnani 24" 
 rw N''3: Dp ncx ny i xlviii. 
 Dnij nuD Dni) natr^i 2 
 D'OE> n[x]y i:N -ima 3 
 in'^JK [njnx nii: no 4 
 nice y"i3 Q^pon 5 
 nna' ^jy d''3^D imon 6 
 niDi^cn N^JD Twyon 8 
 mnain ■'roa yoa-ni 7 
 n^yo nnyon np^:n 9 
 'rwb |i3J ainan 10 
 D'-n ijy nns 3^ n'K'ni) icc 
 
 . . fiOl INl ntTN n 
 
 .... [in'']!5[N'] 12 
 na'in ninS [d"'2]k' 's 12c 
 
 Mai. 4, 5 sq. * Only the tail of the letter remains. 
 
 .yOotil/ ^ yQj( o^N^viN 24I' 
 
 ..Ok.)/ >-)^ ?*^:'^^° 
 » )l«lj/*Vxo lu^Sj-so^^kX .)..in» ^ ]»oj ^-oii) l^iiil l^io 
 
 ..omloreiiao ^:)o Jv^^a^ •<> - ~ >" 6 
 
 .^A'Aa^/ l'-^^/ jlcu^j '^s^fo 
 
 ]hoa,aiK ;.*£a«o jla^ruo ).^fn v< 23*: 
 
 yfloj o»iv Joop Do 23« 
 
 .Jlb-.^>0ol tx.;&(^ V-.-.:>»^ oomo 23E 
 
 .0^ yOoucK^** w^o(o 24a 
 
 .'!»cui». )i:»j» ),.^J )pL«? l^iDj;^ I XLVIir. 
 
 .Uas .Oo>.^V ul^i 
 
 O 2 
 
 
 ootlaifin'^>o opCT.mi-) ^^ja*. 
 
 to 7 
 
 .)lSa*. Q.oo;f>\. |ka\:io wa^aoo S 
 '«%>.i.ii. )1 vNv-. .a.^l.io 9 
 lU^fiN, »<^>..x ooio 10 
 
 .lS-0^0 ,^).^»^ uo«a2Qj II 
 •IuOAa^ <*^sl|' ]i><o|.3 \'-^I 12 
 
 llblio |.>C«£U ws^isO I2<^ 
 
35 ECCLESIASTICUS 
 
 (fol. 8 recto.) 
 
 1 . . . . the Lord took away his transgression, 
 !« [And ga]ve him the ordinance of the kingdom, 
 
 2 [Andjamongthepeopletherearose noneafter him, 
 
 3 Solomon reigned in days of prosperity, 
 3C Who established an house for his name, 
 4, How wast thou wise in thy youth 1 
 
 5 The earth 
 
 1 With songs, proverbs, dark sayings, and figures, 
 
 8 Thou wast called by the glorious name, 
 8^ And thou didst heap up gold as iron, 
 
 9 But thou gavest thy loins unto women, 
 
 20 So [thou] didst put a blemish upon thy glory *, 
 20" [To bring] wrath upon thy issue, 
 
 21 That [they should become] two tribes, 
 
 22 [Nevertheless] God forsaketh not mercy, 
 23<' He will not [cut off from his chosen] progeny 
 
 and offspring, 
 22* So he gave unto [Jacob a remnant], 
 
 23 And Solomon slept 
 
 and exalted his horn for ever, 
 
 and established his throne over Jerusalem. 
 
 an understanding son, dwelling securely. 
 
 and God gave rest to him round about, 
 
 and set up a sanctuary for ever. 
 
 and didst make instruction to overflow" like the Nile: 
 
 and thou didst celebrate song in the height (?) : 
 
 thou didst greatly move^ the nations: 
 
 which is called over' Israel, 
 
 and didst multiply silver like lead ; 
 
 and lettest them have dominion over thy body ; 
 
 and didst profane thy couch, 
 
 and sighing upon thy bed ; [arise). 
 
 and that out of Ephraim a kingdom of violence (might 
 
 nor letteth any of his words fall to the ground. 
 
 nor destroy them that [lo]ve him ; 
 
 and to [David] .... 
 
 and left of his [seed] af[ter him]. 
 
 i.e. fjSW, as ©. Orr^Piy didst overflow with instniction, as (S). ' Lit- move as with a tempest (cf. 2 Kings 6, 11). 
 
 * Deut. 28, 10, &c. See i Kings 8, 43, R.V. marg.; and cf. Sir. 36, 12 @. « Cf. 44, 19 and 3?, 22 ®®. 
 
 1 1 Kvpios di^eiXef ras ajxaprias avrov, 
 11" Koi ebutKev avT<2 biadrjKrjv jBacnXewv 
 
 12 fxera tovtov aviarri 
 
 13 SaXcojuo)!' effaa-lkfvaev ev fiiiepais dprjvris, 
 13° Iva (TTtjai] oIkov ttt' 6v6\i.aTL avTov 
 
 14 o>s (a-o(j)i<Tdris (v vi6ti]tL crov, 
 
 15 yfjv eTT(Ka\v\}fev f) i/fvx^ cod, 
 
 QTf/i ". |-^'i'J 16 els vrja-ovs iToppoo a(f>iKeTO to ovop.6. (tov, 
 
 17 Iv (o8ais KOI TTopoi^iats koX irapa^oKals 
 
 18 fv dvofxaTL Kvpiov tov Oeov, 
 
 18" aw^yayes i)S Kaaa'iTspov to yjivviov, 
 
 19 TiapaviKkivas Tas \ay6vas aov yvvai^Cv, 
 
 20 ebaiKai p.Sip.ov ev Trj bo^rj ctov, 
 
 20" (Ttayayfiv opyrjv (ttl to Teuva aov, 
 
 21 yfVfcrOaL 8i}(a TvpavvCba 
 
 22 6 be Kvpwi oil fj.r] KaTaXiirr] to eXeo? avrov, 
 22° ovb^ p-r) f^a\et-^r} e/cXeKroC ovtoC eKyova, 
 22* Kot T<^ 'IaK&))3 (b<)>Kfv KaTaXippa, 
 
 33 Kol avenaxxraTO SaXco/xa)!; p,eTa t5>v -naTipwv, 
 
 Koi avvxl/uicrfv fls aliava to Ktpai avTov, 
 ^^ Koi Qpovov b6^r]S fV Tta \(Tpai]K. 
 
 vios iTTL(TTrip.a>v, Koi 81' avTov KareKvarev iv wXanxr^oi* 
 
 0) 6 6(bi KaTi-navcTiv KVKXoOev, 
 
 KOI eT0ip,d(rr) ayCaapia els tov au7)va. 
 
 Koi even\ri(T6r)s cos wora/xos avvea-eoDS. 
 
 Kot ive-nXtja-ai ev TrapajSoXais alviyixdriov' 
 
 Koi fiyaTTri6r}s ev rfj elprivji aov 
 
 Kal ev epp.r]via aTieOavpiaa-dv ae x&pM' 
 
 TOV iTtiKeKX-qpevov 6eov 'lo-poTjX, 
 
 Kal i>s fio'XijSoi; inX^qOvvas dpyvpiov. 
 
 KOLi eve^ova-iao-drjs ev tQi crmpaTi a-ov' 
 
 Kttt efiefiriK(0(ia'S to a-nepp.a crov, 
 
 Kal KaTevvyrjv ewl r^ cK^poavvrj aov, 
 
 Koi e^ 'E(f>pdip. ap^ai ^a<n.\(iav diretOrj. 
 
 Kal ov p.r) bia(l)6apy diro tZv epyiav avrov, 
 
 Kal a^TTepp.a rov ayairj/o-avros avrov ov pi] fqCi'PJl' 
 
 Kal 7(3 Aavelh i^ avrov pCCav. 
 
 KOI KareXiTTev p.eT avrov ^k tov tntepiiaros avrov 
 E 2 
 
XLVII. 11-23'' 
 
 34 
 
 M3">p D^iyij mil 
 
 :nhwy b-s pan ixoai 
 
 '.r\a:b pic 'i^sE'D p 
 
 :3nDD 1!? man ^ni 
 
 :Bnpo nyb ax'! 
 
 noiD nN'a fixni 
 
 jm-'B' anD[3 oj^pni 
 
 :nmyDn D'oy 
 
 j^Nnu'i bv vr'p:ir\ 
 
 :flD3 n^nn msysi 
 
 nn'in D^'K'eni 
 
 .•"TJ'ii"' nx ^i'nni 
 
 naacD ^y nnjNi 
 
 :Dcn naijoo onsxci 
 
 iT'OB'i N^ va[niNi] 
 h 
 
 n . . . . [inJfiN atjn 
 
 ' Prov. 10, 5. 
 
 Gen. 49, 4. 
 
 ivca "ii^vn «i . .11 
 
 na^o npn iSj }[niij nc 
 
 vins nay px Dy3[i] la 
 
 r\■h•^if ^ryi ■^■a rsobv 13 
 
 \Dvh nn pan ib'n 130 
 
 l^iyn n»3n no 14 
 
 1 . ° P« 15 
 
 ny^ici m^n ^[cJd -r^vi 17 
 naajn oca nsnpj 18 
 2nr bnaa nnsni iso 
 
 111333 DID |n[n]l 20 
 
 TNVNV i'y PIN . . . . 20° 
 
 Diji3tr iJB'i' ^21 
 
 non triD'' xi" ^[n] ... 22 
 
 1331 pj 1 N^ 22" 
 
 h in'i 226 
 
 'B' , VD noi'B' 33^11 23 
 
 (fol. 8 recto.) 
 
 The whole word looks most like ttOVD ^? tfft'TD made aged), or ttWi'D (tfwtp 
 
 in despair), but no verb nu." is quoted, and \ENrD seems unsuited to the context. 
 
 
 
 llmNv? ).«^>CL0 o»X >so)«o ii<= 
 ..fiifi.N>. |LS.«T> ]«jk °).a^vol |. i\i o oA\t^ ]|iAo 13 
 
   o\\\ o>vi*S. )fc^*s U=u» ^^>^.iO 13° 
 
 ...ci.v<.\i>. »I ct > \^ l^oot y> « i «« 1.2&9 14 
 
 ji.CL./ 001 o»X>M .'jo»Xi« o»:^A3 l^i^llo 18 
 .looi? JiS^ .^^ l^-^o 180 
 •,.^aj3ol, jJilX I^OmO 19 
 ,.^;a>|o )j)oci.ao ]^ok>o 20 
 .'JLx.:> <li3 ^^:>>w ]JaX cuV^^ooX 2o<: 
 
 .oilcLAifi.^ >»r<«. ]) jotX/ .3(0 22 
 .wotci;!a^)i; )j^>) »=>aj llo 22° 
 jlaafa&jA iaCTia.\«'\ ^l^o 22^ 
 .tOfi.N*. >r»ajfcO 23 
 
33 ECCLESIASTICUS 
 
 (fol. 7 verso.) 
 
 19 And at the time of his resting upon his (last) bed, he called the Lord and his anointed to witness, (saying,) 
 
 190 From [whom] have I [taken] a ransom or a secret gift'? and no man answered against him. 
 196 Also till the time of his end he was found prudent in the sight of the Lord and in the sight of all living. 
 
 20 And even after his death he was sought, and declared to the king his ways, 2o<= and lifted up his voice 
 
 from the earth in prophecy. 
 
 XLVII. I Moreover after him rose up Nathan, 
 
 a For like fat separated^ from the holy (offering), 
 
 3 He mocked at lions as at a kid, 
 
 4 In his youth he smote a mighty man, 
 
 4" When he swung his hand upon the sling, 
 
 5 For he called unto God Most High, 
 
 jc To thrust away the man skilled in battles, 
 
 6 Therefore the daughters sang of him, 
 
 60 When he had put on the diadem he fought, 
 yl" And set nakedness^ among the Philistines, 
 
 8 In all his works he gave thanks 
 
 so With his whole heart loving him that made him, 
 
 9 Stringed instruments of song (he set^) be[fore 
 
 the altar], 
 
 io« While [they pr]aised his holy name, 
 
 ' Perhaps whii a pair of sandals ; cf. ® here, and in i Sam. 12, 3. 
 
 to Stand before David, 
 so was David (separated) from Israel, 
 and at bears as at the herds of Bashan. 
 and took away an everlasting [reproach], 
 and brake the pr[id]e of Goliath, 
 and he put strength in his right hand, 
 and to exalt the horn of his people, 
 and titled him with ten thousand '. 
 7 and subdued the adversary round about ; 
 and brake [their h]orn in pieces unto this day. 
 to God Most High [with words of gl]ory, 
 
 and every [day] 
 
 and the sound of [. . . . and of har]ps " he set in 
 
 order. 
 . . . . [year by y]ear. 
 the sanctuary ' resounded before the morning. 
 
 1 Sam. 18, 7. ' oi'S (?) for □ny. ' So the marg. adds, 
 
 sound of melody. ' This is written above the word judgement. 
 
 Lit. lifted off; see Lev. 4, 8. 10. 19, &c. ' See 
 ' Marg. harp. The vertical note has, He made a sweet 
 
 19 KoX Tipb KUipov KoifjLrjcTews alSivoi (TTffxapTvpaTo evavri Kvpiov /cat XP'""'""'^ '9° Xpj//xara koi «a)S 
 
 VTrobr]pLaTa>v dwo ircKrqi aapKos ovk itK-qcfya' koi ovk ivfKd\((Tev avTv avBputiios. 
 
 20 KoX ixfTo. TO vTivSxrai avTov T!poi<^r\TiV(Tiv KoX vnibii^fv I3aa-L\fi rrfv TeXtur^i' avTov, 20° koX avv\j/a>(Tev 
 
 €K yrjs rrjv <j)(tivr]V avrov iv Trpo(j)'qTeiq, i^akii^ai avop^Cav \aov. 
 
 XLVJI. I Koi pLera tovtov avlcTTr] Na^av 
 
 2 uxTTTep (map a(P(opLapLivov a/no acoTrjpCov, 
 
 3 iv X.tOV(TLV fTTUL^fV i)S (V fpC(f>OlS, 
 
 4 (V veoTT^Ti, avTov ov)(^i a/ntKreiviv yiyavTa, 
 4" iv T(o t-napai, Xiipa, h Xi6(^ cripevbovqs 
 
 5 e7i€KaAeVaro yap Kvpiov rdv v^lcttov, 
 5° e^apai, avdpcoTtov (v -noXepco' 
 
 6 ovTms ev p-vpiacnv fbo^aaiv avrov, 
 6° iv Tut <f)4p((r6ai avT^ bia.br)iJ.a bo^rjs. 
 
 7*" (cat e^ovbiVbiaev 'PvXiaTielp, tovs v-mvavrlovs 
 
 8 iv TiavTi epy(^ avrov ibooKev f^opoXoyqcnv 
 8' (V Tida-ri KapbCa avrov vpLvrjafv 
 
 9 KOI itrrrjaev \{/aX.rtfbov<; Kartvavn rov dvcnacrrrfpiov, 
 10 (booKfv fv (oprals einrptiTiiav, 
 
 10° iv T&J aivilv avTovs to ayiov ovopxi avrov 
 
 ■npoipi^reveLV iv tjixipan AavfCb. 
 ovras Aavab and ru>v vl&v lo-poTjA. 
 Kal iv apKOis as iv apvaai irpo^droiv. 
 Ktti i^rjpiv 6vei.bi.(Tp,bv (k Xaov 
 Kal Kara^aXdv yavpiap.a rov FoXiaO ; 
 Kal l8a)Kei> iv rrj be^iS. avrov Kpdros, 
 dvvxj/daft. Kepai Xaov avrov. 
 Kol rjvfa-(v avrov iv (vXoyCaii KvpCov 
 7 i^irpt,\lfev yap ix0povs KVKXoOfv, 
 ecos (rr\p.epov crvvirpi^ev avroiv Kepas. 
 ayim 'T\j/L(TT(f, p'qp.ari bo^s' 
 Kal TjyaiTJjtrej' ror uoiJjirarra avrov. 
 Kal i^ 'jxovs avr&v yXvKaivdv piiXr}' 
 Kal fKoo-^rjo-ef Kaipovs M'XP' crvvriXiM's, 
 Kal and npoA iix^lv rb ayCaa-p.a. 
 
XLVI. \()—XLVII. io<l. 32 
 
 (fol. 7 verso.) 
 
 na rwy »!» mx ^531 ^'n[npb '']o» D^pi nsia 190 in'tj^i •>" i^vn hnatrD Ijj; inu nyi 19 
 
 rn b "'J^vai '•'''' ''J''V3 NXDj |i3: ivp ny ij; dji 19^ 
 : nNi333 ihp psD Nt5"i 2oc .* vam '^ in tfiiJ inio nnx dji 20 
 
 "jij 
 
 ' Is. 57. 2- 
 
 :*}E'3 ^J33 D''3nh 
 
 :Di'i5? .... ion 
 :n^i>3 m[xa]n nnB""!! 
 
 :ty iron jn^i 
 noy pp nx onnh 
 
 .♦nama ini33''i 
 
 [:D2]np =i3C Dvn lyi 
 nu[3] .... [vi'y ^jnIj 
 
 :3 55331 
 
 : fp^n D^^33] . . . fi ^ipi 
 :nl 
 
 • "oacD p-i' [i]p3 ^iei' 
 
 " 1 Sam, 12, 3. ^ Lev. 4, 8. 10. 19. 
 
 in: n»y mnx dji i xlvii. 
 cnpo ^mit3 35'n3 13 2 
 
 n33 pnc D'T'Ss!' 3 
 
 ni3[3] n3n viiy:3 4 
 y^p ^y IT is'':n3 40 
 ivby W ^K K^p "3 5 
 nion^D ynv »-''« ns siini) 50 
 nw3 li) i3y p hi) 6 
 orh: f\''i)s inioya 6° 
 ony DTiB'i'sn tn"'i 7'' 
 nnin ;n3 inc^yo ^33 8 
 mcy 3niN ni' bnV tit 
 
 b 'y^ nirjj 9 pn 
 
 ? . . 10 
 
 lunp Dtr fiS [Di']i'n3 lo" 
 
 ' Deut. 33, 14. ' Above ECWO is written wipo. 
 
 .omj Jl *j^^ U»»aiSO )}-a».J 19" ..o»*.*Aao ip»iSO ^^ao y>jX) }om«s? .©►ao^i^^^S^ o-^jbooj UsJLso 19 
 
 .O) VI "V ? ]fBa^ i~»N(o 
 .)^J9ol OImJO 00»<0 
 
 'M^ U*,^ y./ Ua.»(' 3 
 .); ia l ^ '^>^ otla«ii^ 4 
 ).n\ci-^ cx«^ .a*j/ 40 
 
 MU >« o >«<«, *» ». jjoi "^.^OO 6 
 
 .)k^l^ iiS°i ^:so ^^..iSllo 7b 
 JLo )ooi ooM )jot %^-so 8 
 
 «>«> r> «j g ffj) )ooi ;.^/ otl^iiA.1 9 
 
 XLVII. 
 
 fH 
 
 ]V>.3)oii )ts«.a>,l oc 
 
.31 
 
 ECCLESIASTICUS 
 
 (fol. 7 recto.) 
 (fi [Yea], because he followed fully after God, 
 7^ [H]e, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, 
 7<J To turn away wrath from the congregation, 
 
 8 Therefore^ they also, two alone, were reserved^, 
 80 To bring them into their inheritance, 
 
 9 And he gave strength unto Caleb, 
 
 9C To make him' to tread upon the high places of 
 the land, 
 
 10 That all the seed of Jacob might know 
 
 11 Also the judges every one by his name, 
 11" And who drew not back from (following) after 
 
 God— 
 
 1 3 The lover " of his people,& acceptable to his Maker, 
 130 A nazirite of the Lord in prophecy, 
 136 [The projphet of God established a kingdom, 
 
 14 By [his law he comjmanded the congregation. 
 By .... he was [sanjctified a gazer (prophet), 
 
 15 
 
 16 He also [called] unto God, 
 16" When he offered up [a sucking lamb"], 
 1 7'' With a mighty crash his voice was heard, 
 all the lords of the Philistines. 
 
 and in the days of Moses wrought godliness, 
 
 in standing fast when the assembly cast off restraint, 
 
 and to still the evil report ; 
 
 out of six hundred thousand men on foot, 
 
 a land flowing with milk and honey. 
 
 and even unto old age it remained with him ; 
 
 and that his seed also should possess an inheritance ; 
 
 that it was good to follow fully after the Lord, 
 every one whose heart had not turned aside *, 
 may their memory be blessed, 12'' and their name 
 
 succeed to their sons, 
 (was) he who was lent " from his mother's womb, 
 Samuel, who was judge and priest, 
 and anointed leaders'' over the people, 
 and the God of Jacob visited (them), 
 and by his word also he was confirmed as a shepherd '. 
 [when] his [ene]mies [pressed hi]m' round about, 
 1 7 and [the Lord] thun[dered out of heaven] ; 
 8 and he subdued the garrisons of the foe, and des[troy]ed 
 
 ' Reading p';. 
 ' ? 2inN beloved by. 
 5, 2, R. V. marg. 
 
 ' ? ^'k: were delivered (@ (g). ' Reading ismnb, or (Jer. 39, 14) in-. ' ms: for wcj; cf. @ @. 
 • Swjinn for SxiicDn, with a play on the name Samuel ; cf. i Sam. i, 28. ' i Sam. 9, 16. 2 Sam. 
 Or perhaps riNn (as a seer); cf. @, and i Sam. 3, 20. 9, 19. ' Perhaps isns. " i Sam. 7, 9. 
 
 6° /cat yap i-wqKoXovB-qcnv OTriao) Avvd<TTov. 
 j^ avrds Koi Xa\ej3 vlos Te^ori/j;, 
 7"^ K(a\v(rai kaov and anaprias 
 
 8 KOt avTol bvo ovra bi-eaddrja^av 
 
 S" elaayayilv avroiis els KKrjpovoiJiiav, 
 
 9 Kal iStdxei' 6 KvpLos T^ Xakf^ i(T)(yv, 
 9" eTTij3rjvai avTov ei;! v\j/os rrji yrji, 
 
 ro 0770)5 ihbiaiv TravTfs ol vloi '{(Tpa-qX. 
 
 1 1 KOt 01 Kpirai, fKaoTOi t&j avrov ovofiarL, 
 11'' Kal ocroi OVK aitf(rTpd(j)ri(rav ditd KvpCov, 
 
 12 TO oara avT&v avaOaXoi ex tov tottov avT&v, 
 
 13 Tjya-arip.ivos v-no Kvpiov avrov 
 
 13° Ttpo^riT-qs Kvpiov KarecrrricriV ^acriXia, 
 
 14 (V vopuf KvpCov ^Kpiviv (Tvvayuiyrjv, 
 
 15 (V rioTet avrov TjKpi^dcrOr) 'npo(\>rjrr]s, 
 
 16 Kal i-niKoKicraTO toi; KVpiov bwda-rrji', 
 16" fv ■npo(T(popa dpvos ya\adr)vov' 
 
 Kal ev T]pL4pai,s Miova-fcas iitoiqaiv lAeoy, 
 dvri(Trrjvai ivavri, (\6pov, 
 Kal Korraaai yoyyvcrp-hv novrfpCas. 
 anb f^aKoa-io)v xiXidboiv Trefcar, 
 els yriv peovcrav yd\a Kal fieXi. 
 Ktti eons yijpovs bL^p,eiv(V avrQ, 
 (cat TO anepjia avrov Karecrffev KXrjpovopiCav' 
 on KoXdv TO nopevefrOai ottCo-o) KvpCov. 
 SiToov oi/K (^eiTopveva-ev ^ KapbCa 
 €tT) TO pvrjpoavvov avTuv ev evXayCats' 
 /cat TO 6vop.a avr&v avriKaraXXaaao^ievov e<p' 
 viols bebo^aapievav avrOiv. 
 
 Kai expLo-ev &p\ovTas eirl rbv Xadv avrov' 
 Kai eTre<TK^\}/aro Kvptoy rbv 'laxco/S. 
 /cat iyvuiadr] ev TfCaTei, avrov ttictos 6pa(reoDS. 
 ^v tQ OXCil/ai e\dpovs avrov KVKXoOfv, 
 17 Kat (fSpovrrjaev drr ovpavov Kvpios, 
 
 17 Kat ev 7i\(f ij,eyaX(o aKOVffrrjv eiroC-qa-ev rrjv (j)(ovriv avrov, 18 Kat (^^rpL\j/ev rj-yovpevovs TvpCcav Kal 
 ■navras ap\ovTas (PvXio-TieCp.. 
 
XLVI. 6«-i8. 
 
 3° 
 
 jnon iViTS HE'D ''D''31 7 
 
 :iDV moy r\y^ njn 
 
 :'« nnt< s^ci? 31d ■'3 
 
 :niTJ2^ fl'^nn Doun 12'^ r\T\:t> mar ^T 
 
 :nvn pw nma d:i 
 : nnoD ^^['N i]b . . . 
 [Dy]^''i i; 
 
 W nnx 'N^O ''3 [D3] 6e 
 
 r\iv p 3^1 N[in] 7b 
 
 myo tiin 3''B'ni5 7^ 
 
 li'VKJ cykifa on dj nai? 8 
 
 : K'ni nbn nar ps nni'm bs Dx^ani) s^ 
 
 novy abab |n'i 9 
 
 pN Tim by *D3nnnb 90 
 
 apy yiT b nyi lyDb 10 
 
 bs nnSD °51D3 N^l 11" 
 
 incny ^'im i»y amx 13 
 nsuja 1'" iVJ 13° 
 
 naboD pn bx [nu]3 136 
 my ni[v] .... a 14 
 nrn K'=ii[p] ... a 15 
 
 ^[n] b[N] . . . [Xl]n DJ1 16 
 
 . b . . . . inbya i6p 
 y:aii is ibip yocj nns ypsa li^ 
 
 (fol. 7 recto.) 
 
 Num. 14, 24. ' Prov. 29, 18. Exod. 33, 25. 
 
 « Deut. 33, 24. ' I Sara. 7, 13. 
 
 Num. 14, 37. * Cf. Jos. 14, 9 (nail). ' Ps. 44, i? 
 
 ' I Sam. 10, 5. 13, 3. 4. ' 1 Sam. 7, 7, &c. 
 
 .Usfo ),-^\.. U?;-:0? \^i^ 
 
 .1 v» s\, liaN.ioo U^«'^j^. w«v>o 
 .onfiNi» ot;.^ •-<^3? Ua'I 
 
 .Us<i« «3 >a:::vso oot 7^ 
 ll^oj.s aaScHfiS. 7<1 
 o^^l(^ .oo»<»Q.««^a tOJoto 8 
 yOoilol;.^^ .<u(' nN V>n\ 8° 
 
 ^aJ^ol c^^-tN. oov>o 9 
 
 ) VI « -> J^s:;^ i^i^ II 
 
 joC^i? o»aoOi.>n,» ^Jio oaSoi vo ii<' 
 
 o^^:^ jt^^io 13 
 IcuajA )^)J 130 
 jto'^N'o fcsjjsl oiV.Nifi->f i3» 
 
 ]li>Jk.aia *Aa o»aDO yii-^ 14 
 
 oot .3(0 16 
 .j^aN^? \;io( CTtOm •>»■» 16° 
 .o»\a ^^jAjk^ ti.fnM tsoft-to 17^ 
 
29 ECCLESIASTICUS 
 
 ;fol. 6 verso.) 
 23C In his jealousy for the God of all, 
 236 Whose heart made him willing, 
 34 Therefore for him also did he establish an 
 
 ordinance, 
 24O Which should be to him and to his seed, 
 25 Also his covenant (was) with David 
 25" An inheritance of fire in presence of his glory 
 25« And now bless ye the Lord, the good, 
 
 and stood in the breach of his people. 
 
 and he made atonement for the children of Israel. 
 
 a covenant of peace to maintain the sanctuary ; 
 
 an high priesthood for ever. 
 
 the son of Jesse, of the tribe of Judah. 
 
 was the inheritance of Aaron unto all his seed. 
 
 who hath crowned you with glory ; 
 
 36 And given you wisdom of heart, 26« that your goodness [and] your [migjht be not forgotten through 
 perpetual generations. 
 
 XLVI. I AmightymanofvalourwasJoshuathesonofNun, 
 i" Who was formed that there might be in his days 
 1* To execute vengeance upon the enemy, 
 
 2 How glorious was he when he stretched out his 
 
 hand, 
 
 3 Who was he that could stand before him ? 
 
 4 Did not the sun stand still by his hand, 
 
 5 For he called unto God Most High, 
 
 fC And God Most High answered him with stones 
 
 6 
 
 6<= That every banned nation" [might kn]ow 
 
 the minister of Moses in prophecy, 
 a great salvation to his chosen ones ; 
 and to give Israel his inheritance. 
 
 when he swung the Javelin against the city! 
 
 for he fou[ght] the battles of the Lord, 
 so that one day [became two]? 
 when he was pressed upon [round about], 
 of [hail and coa]Is [of fir]e; 
 
 and in [the descent'] 
 
 that the Lord watched their battles. 
 
   Jos. 10, II. ' For the idea, see Deut. 7, 2. Jos. 10, 40. 11, 12. 20, &c. ; for the expression, cf. Is. 34, j. 
 
 23" ^v Tu ^r}\S)aai avTov iv (\)6fi(ii Kvpiov 
 
 33® iv ayaOoT-qTL -npoOvfiia^ '^vyrji avTov' 
 
 24 hia TovTo iaraOr] aiiTM bia6i]Kr} eipTjw/s, 
 
 24" Lva avT<2 27 koI tS cntepnart aiiTov 
 
 35 KOL biaO-qKriv tu Aat)el8 
 
 35" KXrjpovojxCa jSacriXicos vlov ef viov \j,6vov, 
 
 26 htax) ifxiv a-o<f>[av ev Kapbiq vp-cov, 
 36° Xva fiT) a(l)avi(j6fj to, aya6a avrcav, 
 XLVI. I Kparaios iv Tto\ep.oLS 'It/o-oCs Navrj, 
 i" OS iyeviTo Kara to ovofia aiirov 
 I* fKbiKrja-ai ineyfipofievovs ^x^povs, 
 3 &>y fbo^aaOri iv rw iirapai xelpas avTOv 
 
 3 TIS TipOTipOV aVTOV OVTUiS (aTT) ; 
 
 4 ovy). fv xe'/^i aiiTov aveiTobicrfv 6 tJKlos, 
 
 5 eTreKoXeo-aro rbv v\{ncrTOV hvvda-Trjv 
 5° KOI firi^Kovafv avr&v fx^yas Kupios 
 
 6 KaTippa^iv eir' iOvoi TtoX.f^i.ov, 
 
 6" Xva yvSxnv i6vr\ iiavo-nXiav avr&v, 
 
 KM arfja-ai avrbv iv rpoTTrj AooC 
 
 Koi i^iXdaaro irepl rod 'IrrparjX.. 
 
 Ttpomar'qv aytoov Kai \au> avrov, 
 
 Up(i)(Tvvris fifyaXf'iov eij roi/y al&vas. 
 
 vlft) ex <j)v\rjs 'lovba, 
 
 K\rjpovop.La 'Aaplav xai tm cnrepixaTi, avrov. 
 
 KpCvfLV Tov \abv avTov iv biKaioa-vvrj, 
 KOL Triv bo^av avr&v tls yevfas avrcav. 
 Koi bidboxos Mcocr^ iv ■Kpo^r)Tiiais, 
 Hfyas iiil abirqpCa iKXsKrav avrov, 
 OTTUis Kkr]povop.r\(Tr\ tov 'ItrpaTjA. 
 Kal ro> iKKXivai pop.<paiav iiil iro'Xeiy. 
 Tovs yap TToXepCovs Kvpios avros iirriyayfv 
 Kal ixCa fjpiipa iyevrjOrj irpos bvo ; 
 iv T&) 6Xi-^ai avrov ixdpovi KVKX66fV 
 fv XiOoii \aXa.^r]9 bvvdp.eu>i Kparaias' 
 KOt iv Karafidaei, dirmXea-fv dvOiorrrjKoras, 
 5ti ivavriov Kvpiov 6 7roA.€/xos avrov' 
 
XLV. i-^—XLVI. h^. 
 
 28 
 
 rts'ipD ijabi? 'm^t? n''-i3 
 
 .•nijiy ly ni^nj n^ina 
 
 :miiT r\wh t'' p 
 
 nsnt isab ■^r\)f. rbn 
 
 :ni33 DonN ^D5;D^ 
 
 :D^iy nnn^ D3mi[23i] 02210 nsB" 
 
 :nNi3J3 ne'e mtra 
 
 ivT-na^ nbnj nyiKTi 
 
   n'j? b 'pT-a ia''jn3 
 
 [:Dn]i53 •'''^ ni»n^D ■'3 
 
 : nns dv 
 
 .... [iji* nE53N3 
 
 \v . ,h 
 
 31 
 
 tonon^D w nsis '3 
 
 i'3 ni^N^ 1X3P3 23C 
 13^5 Unj IB'K 236 
 
 pn ^•'\>r\ 1^ 05 \:h 24 
 ivnrbi 1^ n^nn ncN 24° 
 in Dv inn3 d31 25 
 
 ^133 ''JB^ TN ni^m 25° 
 
 3iDn i« ns X3 1313 nnjji 2^8 
 N^ jvoi' 26" 3^ noan 03^) [it'I 26 
 
 |W p VCTiT' Vn p ni3J I XLVL 
 
 vou ni'ni) nviJ ik'n i<= 
 
 31IX i»p3 Dp:n^ le 
 
 n* iniD33 m™ no 2 
 
 3X'n* VJsi' XI n 10 3 
 
 K^cn n»y iiu N^n 4 
 
 fvi'V ^N i'K Xip ^3 5 
 
 h .... 6 
 
 (fol. 6 veriO.) 
 
 ' Ps. 106, 23. 
 
 Num. 25, 7-13. 
 
 Num. 25, 12. 
 
 Jos. 8, 18. 26. 
 
 .'^jjft^/ "^si. t.Vao 23f 
 
 .♦■^tV. oot Uipo; ooi-o? ^^^~3e 
 }^J3ol o)«^)o oomO 
 
 )l^.i.. > ft -> ^> Ua^ 
 
 2-ji; 
 
 jot^l' 0»;ik l^ltt* )k«JlOCLiO.S )>JOt ^^s^^JO 24 
 
 of^iji^o o»X jooilo 24*' 
 mo; .sIo 25 
 
 ]o>^)l OSi^ "^.ftMfi 258 
 t »^\ .'JL^^t 'j^'inaiK .aa^ ^om* 26 
 « I.'o.Sn? ]>» .oo>\aN, 
 
 o)._>|o CL.l^.r«v\ i<= 
 
 .uoi<a..ao>j3 y>aici\ u.aa.'if' oxao 3 
 
 >«o)..l'S.o U^jao «>J9 u^.> ^^>^oo 5 
 
 JUm Ui:)^ %::>. ^.^^o 6 
 .|sao»M l-viNnN .oo>)^ gl:^»<o 6° 
 
 XLVL 
 
27 ECCLESIASTICUS 
 
 (fol. 6 recto.) 
 
 14 His meal-offering should be wholly burnt, 
 
 15 And Moses filled his hand', 
 150 And it was unto him an everlasting covenant, 
 156 To minister and to execute the priest's office 
 
 unto him, 
 
 16 And he chose him out of all living, 
 160 And to burn a sweet savour and a memorial. 
 
 and every day twice continually, 
 and anointed him with the holy oil. 
 and to his seed as the days of heaven, 
 
 and to bless his people in his name. 
 
 17 And he gave him his commandments, 
 
 170 So he taught his people statutes, 
 
 18 But strangers were incensed against him, 
 1 80 The men of Dathan and Abiram, 
 
 19 And the Lord saw it and was angered, 
 19" And he brought upon them a sign, 
 
 20 And [he increased] to Aaron his glory, 
 30C The holy f[irst-fruits'] he gave to him for bread, ai* that they should eat the fire-offerings of the Lord ; 
 
 ao"! they should divide, 21^ and (they should be) a gift to him and to his seed ; 
 
 2 2 Only[in the land of his people] he should not inherit, and amongst them he should not divide an inheritance ; 
 2 2<' The fire-offerings of the Lord [should be their 
 
 portion and their inheritance] 
 23 Moreover Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, in might 
 
 ' i.e. consecrated him ; see Exod. 28, 41. Lev. 8, 33, R.V. " Lev. 2, 2, &c. ' Supplying [n'OMjn. 
 
 to bring near the burnt-offering and the fat pieces; 
 and to make atonement for the children of Israel, 
 and made him to have authority over statute and 
 
 judgement, 
 and judgements unto the children of Israel, 
 and were jealous of him in the wilderness ; [anger, 
 and the congregation of Korah in the violence of their 
 and consumed them in the heat of his anger : 
 and devoured them with his flaming fire, 
 and gave him his inheritance ; 
 
 Israel. 
 
 14 6vcriav avTov oXoKapnaQria-ovTai 
 
 15 (-nX-qpoKTiV Mcovo-^y Taj yjnpas 
 
 15° tyivr\6rt avT<2 els biadriKrjv aldviov, 
 15® XdTovpyelv avT(Z a/xa /cat Uparfvuv, 
 
 16 e^eAe'^aro avrbv cnrb iravTos ^Hvtos, 
 16" OvixCap-a Koi (voibCav ils p.VT)p.6(Tvvov, 
 
 17 eb<i>Kev avrbv iv ivToXaii avrov, 
 17" bihd^ai. Tov 'Ia/c&)/3 to, fiaprvpia, 
 
 18 iTiKTVveuTrjaav avr^ aXXorpioi 
 
 iS" avbpfs 01 irepl AaOav koI 'Ajieiprnv 
 
 19 eiSfv Kvpios Koi ovK eiSoicTjtrer, 
 19" fTTOir](Tfi> avTois rtpara, 
 
 20 Kal TTpo<Tfdr}K€v 'Aapci)v bo^av, 
 
 20° airap^as i:p(aToy(vr]p,a.TMV kpApKnv airots, 
 
 21 K(u yap dvalas Kvplov <p6.yovTai, 
 
 32 irArjv kv y^ Xaov ov KXripovoixrjcrfi., 
 
 33 Kal ^tvus vibs 'EXeaCap 
 
 Ka$' fjp.ipav (vbeXe\(as 6is. 
 
 Kal ixptaev avrbv ev ^Xai(o ayiio' 
 
 Kal iv T<S (TTTeppLarL avrov iv rip.ipais ovpavov, 
 
 Kal evXoyflv rbv Xabv avrov ev rm ovofiari,. 
 
 npoaayayiiv KapTToocnv Kvpi(o, 
 
 f^iXauKiaOai rtipl rov Xaov crov. 
 
 f^ovcrlav fv biadi^Kais Kpi.p.6.Twv, 
 
 Kai iv vopw avrov (ponvjjcrai 'lapajjX. 
 
 Kal (0}Xui<Tat> avrbv iv rrj ipr\p,M, 
 
 Kal f) (Tvvayuiyr) Ko'pe iv 6vpi.(f Kal opyfj' 
 
 Kal (TvveriXia-d-qaav iv OvfiG opyrjs' 
 
 KaravaXiia-ai iv rrvpi ^Xoybs avrov. 
 
 Kai fboiKfv avrif KXr]povop.iav' 
 
 aprov TTpdroii r^rolp-amv nXTHiTy.ovf\V 
 
 hs ibwKfv avrM n koi tu o'nipy^an avrov. 
 
 Kal p-epli OVK ^otlv avr(5 iv Xa<S, 
 
 avrbs yap pifpts crov, KXr\povopia. 
 
 rpiros its bo^av, 
 
 D a 
 
XLV. 14-23'' 
 
 26 
 
 noKO IDS? ns inah 
 
 nanon 13 iN3p''i 
 
 :dsn ntv3 mp myi 
 
 sisN pinn ob"! 
 
 '.rbni pbvf ^b nainni 
 
 :i'SnB'' 
 
 . . . . n . n-iu33 
 
 (fol. 6 recto.) 
 
 ' Lev. 6, 15. • Lev. 8, 33. =1 Ps. 89, 30. * Lev. 2, 2. 
 
 • Job 18, 5. ' Or possibly n or n. * Deut. 18, i*". " Deut. 18, i. Jos. 13, 14. 
 
 '-iDpn b^b:> inn[j»] 14 
 Mt- riN ncD Ni'»['ij 15 
 nb\s nn3 lb Nini 150 
 
 •in bac u in^M 16 
 *ni2tNi nn''j n^i iitapnh i6e 
 vniVD •h iJT'i 17 
 pn i»j) nx njDb'i 17= 
 D''nr n "nn'i 18 
 
 DT'^XI im "'B'JN ISO 
 SjiNrT'l w NT"1 19 
 
 niK onb NT1 19C 
 
 11133 priNb .... 1 20 
 
 Dnb lb fn: rnj? , . . . ''n 200 
 
 ipbn['] 20^ 
 
 bnr Sb in 22 
 
 . . b . . . . b . [']"'' "K'N 22= 
 irybx |[3] Dnra dji 23 
 
 " Is. 41, II. 45, 24. 
 
 ita^( o»Na ^^.^ a«fn««\n\o 
 
 .jivim^o )wmS;o 16° 
 
 .Ok^iJ^O 0»^ 21^ 
 
 .o»*s|o J.? uJLil iS" 
 
 .J^»o \oi^i ]UfO 19 
 j.ifi..\} JjikdBO )>.jk,tai3? ]l^A.i> 2o<: 
 oiVxab Uwo? '^.^-ao 22" 
 
25 ECCLESIASTICUS 
 
 (fol. 5 verso.) 
 
 5 And made him to hear his voice, 
 c<> And set ' a commandment in his hand, 
 5« To teach in '^ Jacob his statutes, 
 
 6 And he exalted a holy man, even Aaron of the 
 
 tribe of Levi, 
 -^ And put majesty upon him ', 
 7^ And he girded him about (as) with the towering 
 
 horns of a wild-ox °, 
 8 And he clothed him with the perfection of adornment'', 
 8" The breeches, the coats, and the robe, 
 ^ And pomegranates, a multitude round about, 
 gd To make the sound' of him to be heard in the 
 
 inmost temple, 
 10 Holy garments, of gold, blue, and purple, 
 lo" The breastplate of judgement, the ephod, and 
 
 the waist-cloth, 
 III' Pleasant stones upon the breast-plate, 
 lid Every precious stone for a memorial with graven 
 writing, 
 
 and caused him to draw near into the thick darkness; 
 
 even the law of life and understanding; 
 
 and his testimonies and judgements unto Israel. 
 
 7 and set him for an everlasting ordinance ; 
 
 and he ministered unto him in his glory *. 
 
 and clothed him with bells '. 
 
 and adorned him with glory and strength ; 
 9 and [compassed him] with bells, 
 to make music with his steps ; 
 
 1 2 The crown of pure gold, the robe, and the mitre, 
 12= Majesty, glory, and the praise of strength, 
 
 for a memorial to the children of his people, 
 the work of the designer : 
 I and scarlet, the work of the weaver ; 
 the engravings of a signet with settings ; 
 according to the number of [the tribes of Isjrael ; 
 and the plate °, [having engraven on it, as on a sig- 
 
 13 Be[fore them were no]t [any such, 
 
 13^^ He [trusted him and] his sons after this manner. 
 
 net,] Holiness ; 
 the desire [of the eyes, and the perfection of bjeauty. 
 and no] stranger [should put them on for ever], 
 and thus (should) his sons (do) throughout their 
 generations ; 
 
 ' Marg. and gave. ^ Marg. unto. ' Marg. gave him his majesty. * Marg. in blessing. ° So text ; bnt the 
 
 idea seems incongruous. ? Dn muEn, with lofty adornment, or (marg.) with beauteous adornment ; cf. ®. • So text ; but 
 
 ' bells ' seems a faulty anticipation of verse 9'. Marg. ncwn is obscure. ' Marg. his adornment. ' Exod. 28, 35. At 
 verse 9' the margin has in Persian : j.} i.,1 Ij cj.i**\i ^\ ' This MS. reached thus far.' ° Exod. 28, 36. 
 
 KoX ilcrrjyayiv avrbv th tov yvo^ov, . 
 
 VOflOV C^rjS Kol eTTlOTTJJUTJS, 
 
 5 ^KOVTKTfv avTov rfjs (^xorijs avrov, 
 5° Kot (huiKfv avT<2 Kara iipocrumov (VTokas, . 
 5" btbd^ai. TOV laKUyS biaOrjKrjv 
 
 6 'Aap(i)V v\)/u>afv aytof ojxolov avT<^ dSeAc^or avrov 
 
 (K (j)V\i]S AeV€L' 
 
 7'' KOL eboiKev aiTi2 Upariav Xaov' 
 7* KoL Trepiefaxrey avrov TrepiaToXriv Sd^rjs' 
 8 evibvcrtv avrbv crvvriknav Kav\r]ixaToi, 
 S" TrepicTKfkrj Kal iroSijpjj Kal fTruifiiba' 
 y*" xpva-ols K<ib(i)aiv TrAeioroi? nvKXodev, 
 g^ OKouoTor Troi^crat ^x°^ ^^ ^""P 
 10 aroXfj ayCq, xpvaQ /cai vaKivd<a 
 10" Xoyto) KpCaeoos, SijAots aXrjdeCas, 
 11'' Xidoii TToXvreXicTLV yXvpLpLaros (r<f>payibos, 
 11"* fh fxvrjp.6(rvvov (V ypa^i) KeKoXa)ip,ivr\ 
 
 12 arecfjavov xpvffovv (Travoo KibdpfWi, 
 12° Kavxrjfjia Tipifjs, fpyov iaxyos, 
 
 13 o>paia trpb avrov ov ytyovfv roiavra, 
 i-l" 7rA7j<> T&v viiav aiiTov jjmvov, 
 
 KaL Kpifxara avrov rbv 'l<rpar]X, 
 
 7 iarqa-fv avrbv biaOriKrjv aliavos, 
 
 ijMKdpKTev avTov (v fVKOa-fiCq, 
 
 Kal f(TT(p€u>(Tev avrbv (TKeufcnv 1<txvos, 
 9 Kal iKVKXcii<Tev avrbv poia-Kois, 
 r)\ricrai ^a>vr\v iv ^r]fw.cnv avrov, 
 fis y.vr]p.6<TVVov vlois Xaov aiirov' 
 Kal •nop(pvpq, ipyuiv iroiKiXrov, 
 II KiKXiaafxivTj k6kk(o, epy<a rf)(viTov, 
 (V biaei xpvcrCov, (pyoiv XiOovpyov, 
 KUT &pi6p.bv (f>vXSiv 'IcrpariX' 
 (KTVTT(i>ixa a-ippaylbos a.yidc7p.aros, 
 (indvfJ.T^pLara 6(f)9aXpL&v Koapi.ovp.eva. 
 ecus ai&vos ovk (vebvaaro dXXoyfvrjS 
 (cal TO ^Kyova avrov 810 TiavTOi. 
 
XLV. 5-13'^. 
 
 24 
 
 
 ;n:iani n''''n mm 
 
 jD'':iDj!a iTOj-ui^i 
 :nj» ni333 imNsii 
 
 :vivs3 ncvJ nnb 
 
 :'3trn ntj'vo 
 :*jniN nE>v» nyi'in '3n n 
 :«[d']n^d3 Dnin '•mna 
 : i'Nn[B»] .... nsDoi' 
 
 :'Bnp rxi 
 
 : *Di['i] [njono 
 
 nr ' i- MHi] 
 
 jdnnni? nn pi 
 
 (fol. 5 Terso.) 
 
 i^ip ns iny*»tJ"i 5 
 
 niSO IT'S DK^I s" I"'! 
 
 vpn 3P5JU noS'i' 58 ''■) 
 
 'DNT niDvina imts^i 7'i i«in 
 mssn ij^b me'^^ii 8 imwn 
 i^yoi ni:n3 d''D33» gc 
 
 3''3D pen QiJIDII 9^ 
 lljlp 1*313 VDK'ni' 9<i 
 
 }»3nKi nbn 3nr anp nj3 10 
 
 "IITNI niSN tiSB'D [B'n loO 
 
 'nnn 3n33 tnari' mp* px b n^ 
 nsjvtti ijiVD ra may 12 
 TV n^nn^ ina iin 12" 
 
 y , . . . [n]^ [Dn]i[3B]^ 13 
 
 "nr3 v:2b . . . y. nh 13c 
 
   Num. 23, 22. 24, 8. ' Exod. 28, 33. ' Exod. 28, 6. 15. * Exod. 39, 22. » Is. 54, 12. 
 
 « Exod. 25, 7, &c. ' Exod. 32,16. • Exod. 28, 36. » Probably [deS' nsj]'; ; see 40, 4 and 47, 6. The MS. does 
 
 not seem to permit of DWaV. "> From the traces remaining of the bottoms of letters, this may be ni3 va'ji lb p3«n. 
 
 .000 \«\ wOtOJ^IO w>0)f> V>'.'00 
 
 .oi;jx.i; )ooo;a wo»aa^o 
 
 .w&^« 1^^-=^^ e^ yOfotU |u.«»i9 otlos/ «u>!o 6 
 
 .).ai3ol« |o)^3 OtiJ&^O 
 
 .jl^O^l* ]i^ of-iNJo 8 
 
 ® 
 
23 ECCLESIASTICUS 
 
 (fol. 5 recto.) 
 
 17 Noah the righteous was found perfect, 
 17" For his sake was there a remnant, 
 
 18 By an everlasting sign was it made' with him, 
 
 19 Abraham was the father of a multitude of nations, 
 
 20 Who kept the commandment of the Most High, 
 2o« In his flesh he made him an ordinance, 
 
 21 Therefore he promised him with an oath, 
 2ie To cause them to inherit [from se]a to sea, 
 
 22 To Isaac also did he raise up a son *, 
 2 20 He gave him (?)* the covenant of every ancestor, 
 23^ And he confirmed him in the blessing", 
 23'J And he set him in tribes, 
 23^ [And he brought ou]t of him a man, 
 
 XLV. I [A man beloved of] God and men, 
 
 2 [And G]od ' glorified him, 
 
 3 By [his words "] , 
 
 30 And gave him a charge unto [his people], 
 
 4 For his faithfulness and meekness, 
 
 in a season of destruction he became the successor'; 
 and through the covenant with h im,the flood ceased; 
 that he would not destroy all flesh, 
 he put no blemish ' upon his glory ; 
 and entered into a covenant with him : 
 and when he was proved he was found faithful, 
 that he would bless the nations in his seed, 
 and from the River unto the ends of the earth, 
 for the sake of Abraham his father ; 
 23 and the blessing rested on the head of Israel ; 
 and gave him his inheritance ; 
 in twelve parts. 
 
 who' found favour in the sight of all living, 
 (even) Moses, whose memory is unto good*, 
 and strengthened him in the heights'" (of heaven), 
 and gave him boldness before the king ; 
 and sh[ewed him of his glory], 
 he chose him out of all [flesh] ; 
 
 ' See Glossary. ^ Marg. he made (it). ' Marg. spot. * Marg. did he confirm it likewise. ' For 1') jrB. 
 
 ' Marg. titled him with the birthright. ' Marg. and one who found. The other MS. probably read ncn w« in the first half 
 
 ' Or whom he remembered (iijl) unto good ; cf. Neh. 5, 19. 13, 31. ' Marg. and the Lord glorified him. '° Marg. 
 with terrors (Deut. 4, 34. 34, 12). " Marg. word. 
 
 XLV, 
 
 17 NoSe evpi6r] reXewi SiKaios, 
 
 17" bia TOVTO (yivrjOr) KaraXi/x/xa rfj yfj, 
 
 18 biaOrJKai, aiSipos iriOrja-av irpbs avrov, 
 
 19 'A^paaix jxeyas Trar-qp irA^^ovs kOvStv, 
 
 20 OS (rvviTr\p7]UiV vojxov 'T\lri<rTov, 
 
 20'' Koi ev crapKi avrov icrrqcrev hiadr)Kr\v, 
 
 21 hia TOVTO (V opKft) ^(TTTjcrev avTZ 
 21" Trkrjdvvai avTov &)s xovv r^s yy)S, 
 
 21° Kal KaTaK\rjpovoixrj(TaL avTovs oltto 6a\(i.(T<Tr]s 
 icos da\d(Tari9 
 
 22 Koi (V Tu 'lo-aaK iaTrjaev o^tcos 
 
 22° ivKoylav ■ndpTOiV avOpdiroov Kal biad^Krjv, 
 
 23'' iTtiyvo) avrdv ev eiXoyCais avTOV, 
 
 23"^ Koi biicTTetXev fxepCbas avrov, 
 
 23^ (cal e^riyayev e^ avrov avbpa eXeovi, 
 
 1 riyaTTriiJ.€vov vTtb deov Kal avOpdrrcov 
 
 2 wp-oCwa-fv avrov 6o£r) ayicov, 
 
 3 (V Xo'yois avrov o-jjjueta Kariitavcrev, 
 3" fverfiXaro avT(2 Trpbs kadv avrov, 
 
 4 ej' TTicrrd Koi Trpavrrjri. avrov fiyCaatv, 
 
 fV Koipi) opyrjs eyfVfro avraWayiM' 
 bia Tovro lyiviTO KaTaK\v(rp.6s' 
 tva jiiT) f^aXei(j)9fj KaraKkva-fxiS irScra (rdp^, 
 Kal ovx_ evpidr] opioios (v rfj bo^p, 
 Kai (yiviTO iv biadrjKr) /iter avrov, 
 Kal (V TTfipatTjUU fvpedr} wioros* 
 fvev\oyr]drjvai, idvr) ev tm a-ntpp^ari avrov, 
 KOI &)j darpa avv^axrai rb cmippa. avrov, 
 
 Kal aiTo norap.ov ecoy &Kpov yfjs. 
 
 bi 'A^paapL rbv Tsartpa avrov 
 23 KOI Karirtavcrev (m K((f)a\r]v 'laK<ifi' 
 Kai fbmKev avr<Z tv K\r)povop,ia' 
 ev (j)vXaZs ifitpia-ev beKa bvo' 
 evpicTKOvra \apLV ^v o<^0aA/xois irda-rjs (rapKos 
 Mcovcrrjv, ov rb p,vr]p.6(rvvov fv dkoyiais' 
 Kal ipLeydXvvev avrov iv <f>6^ois ex'^P'^"' 
 ibo^aaev avrov /caret iipocrionov fiaviXimv' 
 Kal ibei^ev avr^ rfjs bo^rji avrov' 
 i^fki^aro avrov (k iraoTjy cra/SKoy 
 
XLIV.i^—XLV. 4'' 
 
 22 
 
 nsm 
 
 D'MTIM 
 
 •,^br\r\ n^n nb nyb° 
 
 : DID nn33 ina \^b 
 
 MDV nn^a xai 
 
 : [CNJ NVDJ ^iD-ijai 
 
 :d^« ly-in Tinij 
 
 tiB'y D'JE' pisni? 
 
 :"'n ba 'rya jn xvio 
 
 :naiD^ nat n^'ii 
 
 :D''cnm invcN'i 
 
 n^D •':s^ inprmi 
 
 [inK]n'i 
 
 ... bo n nna 
 
 ' Gen. 6, 9. 
 
 Gen. 9, I3, &c. 
 
 (fol. 5 recto.) 
 
 '□"on NVD3 pnv n[o] 17 
 
 
 nnssj* rvr\ nuya i?" 
 
 
 icy nnaj ''D^iy msa 18 
 
 ma 
 
 D''i5 |ion 3K nmas 19 
 
 
 Jvi'V niVD -ICB' -IK'X 20 
 
 
 pn 1^ ma ne'aa 20° 
 
 
 •h D^pn nv[ia]B'a p by 21 
 
 
 c nyi d[''d] D^'roni5 ai* 
 
 
 ja ci'pn pn:rb dji 23 
 
 P 
 
 isnj jitt'Ki b nna 22c 
 
 
 naiaa injiia^i 23'' 
 
 
 D^Daci' ina-'Vi 23<i 
 
 
 t^'X 13D0 X[V1''l] 2 3^ 
 
 
 ccJNi D\n^[N ain]K i xlv. 
 
 
 D'ni>[N] ° 2 
 
 '" '3'1 
 
 'in [ina]na 3 
 
 ■nna 
 
 . . . *1'[n] iniv'i 3° 
 
 
 inijyai inJioxa 4 
 
 ini:m:y2i 
 
 Of the letter before n only the top remains. It seems 
 
 most to resemble that of an « or D . 
 
 ' Exod. 6, 13. 
 
 .linN-^N. lls^X.. ]ooi Usci;^? U^JLs 
 
 0|{J&»|o JCIOCUO OOM^ Do 
 
 .o«J!Ci.b. ).vi.n-> ^%^o 
 .^do.<ot.:o w.sVa^ q»j n . nM-v o 
 
 • -oiaai' yjotj^i' ^o^jo 
 
 jLiUcu o»X oomo 
 .^A^^jk i<nViife>^ ci,.^:>.3'Uo a ft "a JO 
 
 liLXso 'OfO o)Vi>o{o 3'' 
 
 .)la=>)a«uSD loot otl^..ii.^-soo 17" 
 .jiiAS o»^ )ja^ jl^oocLAO 18 
 .[vi.^v? ]lS.jkOisf )s>( <eioti^( 19 
 
 .)j»^i3 0»^ 'i^'^\( OtifO^S 30° 
 
 .)o^l' o»^ )ja< )t'.aao^a,-< )joi ^o^.^ 31 
 
 .|c»^« IL. ^/ Ok.V>f dA,^XMX^.O 21° 
 
 .).ja>^ l.a^ ^ ^} olt n . vaS . 216 
 
 j.^Q^ >fliy.fin.)l >s!o 32 
 |.^jJ3 '^J3> jl^icOO 22C 
 
 .^.auk^ jo^ oco^Aio 
 
 23« 
 
 .u/ 
 
 was 
 
 .O o > S fl ^JO »»o>« ~»^ 
 
 |«j(' Mis >.i>.v-< <sl(; ]o>^/ ^t^ jfi*ji.>io I XLV. 
 )to»n~<'> ovoio 3 
 
 • Ictti- "''SSKi*- oi,a3o 30 
 .oilaa«Aja30 oiloi v>ioi-> 4 
 
21 
 
 (fol. 4 verso.) 
 
 ECCLESIASTICUS 
 
 Praise of the Patriarchs. 
 
 XLIV. 1 Let me now praise godly men, 
 
 2 Great glory the Most High allotted (to them'), 
 
 3 Rulers^ of the earth in their royalty, 
 
 30 Who gave counsel ' by their understanding, 
 
 4 Princes of nations in their prudence, 
 4C Wise of meditation in their writing, 
 
 5 Who sought out music according to rule ", 
 
 6 Men of worth, and supported ° with strength, 
 
 7 All these in their generation (were honoured ^), 
 
 8 There be of them that have left a name, 
 
 9 And there be of them which have no memorial, 
 9C They were as though they had not been, 
 
 10 Nevertheless these were godly men, 
 
 1 1 With their seed their goodness remaineth sure, 
 
 13 Their memory standeth fast for ever, 
 
 14 [Their bodies were buried in p]eac[e, 
 
 16 Enoch [was f]ound perfect, and walked with the 
 Lord, and was taken, 
 
 our fathers in their generations, 
 and they were great from days of old : 
 and men of renown in their might ; 
 and saw all things in their prophecy ; 
 and potentates in their care * ; 
 and governing in their watchfulness ; 
 and took up the proverb in writing ; 
 and that lived quietly upon their places, 
 and from their birth ' was their glory, 
 that men might tell of it in their inheritance : 
 and have ceased as they have ceased ; 
 and their children after them, 
 and their hope [shall not perijsh ; 
 and their inheritance unto chil[dren's children]; 
 and their righteousness [shall not be forgotten]; 
 but their name liveth] unto all generations '. 
 being an example {lit. sign) of knowledge to all 
 generations. 
 
 ' Marg. adds this. '' So marg. ' Marg. Counsellors. * Lil. searchings ont. ' Marg. measure. 
 
 ' Reading '3raDi. ' Marg. in their days. ' Marg. adds here: 15 The congregation heareth their wisdom, and the 
 
 assembly recounteth their praise. 
 
 Tlarepoiv 
 
 XLIV. I Alvia-ui\xiv 87/ auSpay Ivho^ov^ 
 
 2 -noKkriv bo^av IxTicrer 6 Kvpios, 
 
 3 KVpLevovres ev rals ^atriAeiats avT&v, 
 3" jSovXfvaovTai (v avvia-u avr&v, 
 
 4 fjyovfJievoi Xaov ev biajSovXiois 
 4" ao<f)ol \6yoL iv watSeia avToiv' 
 
 5 f KCqTovvT fs |xcA,Jj fiova-iKciv, 
 
 6 &vbp(s TrXovaioL Kf\opr]yriij.evoi Icrxyi, 
 
 7 TrdvTfs ovTOi iv ytveais ebo^dadrjaav, 
 
 8 (Icnv aiiT&v ot KariXiTrov ovofia 
 
 9 Kai fialv wv ovk (cttiv p.vr)}x6(rvvov 
 9° Ktti fyivovTo 0)9 ov yeyovoTfs, 
 
 10 aXX 7] ovTOi 5.vbpes (Xfovs, 
 
 1 1 ixfTO. Tov cmipp.aTO's aiiTuiv biap-ivei 
 11° kv rais biaQr]Kais la tcnr] (mip\J.a avrZv, 
 
 13 eo)? ai&vos juei'ei o-Tr^pfxa avr&v, 
 
 14 TO (r&ixa avT&v ev elp^vp eTd<})ri, 
 
 15 (To(j)Cav avT&v hirfyqaovTai, XaoC, 
 
 16 Evii)\ evrjpe(TTT](Tev KvpCtf koI jiereTeOrj, 
 
 vfjiVO<;. 
 
 Koi rois ■naripa's r]p.Gtv Ttj yeveaeu 
 TTjv \»,eyaXiii(ruvr]v avTOV an aiUvos. 
 Koi avbpes ovofxaaTol ev bwajxei' 
 dirriyyeXKOTfs ev irpot/jjjTeiats* 
 Koi (Twecrei ypap-jxareiai Xaov, 
 
 birjyovjxevot. eirt] ev ypa(j)rj' 
 elprjvevovTfi ^v irapoiKiaLs avrSiv' 
 Kal ev rals f]p.epais avr&v /caTj^TZ/xa. 
 TOV iKbiriy^aaaOai, eiraCvovs, 
 Kal attiaXovTO coy ovx v-ndp^avTes, 
 Ka\ TO. TiKva avT&v fjier avTovs. 
 S)V al biKaioavvai ovk iireXr]cr6ri(Tav' 
 ayaOr] KXr/povoixCa eKyova aiiT&v' 
 (cai TO. riKva avT&v bi avTovs, 
 Kal f] bo^a avTotv oiik e^aXeKpOrjcreTai' 
 Kal TO ovofxa avT&v ^rj els yeveas' 
 Kal TOV iiraivov e^ayyeXXei iKKX-qaia. 
 vitobeiyixa p.eTavoias rais yeveali. 
 
XLIV. i-i6^ 
 
 20 
 
 
 mswrrt 
 
 ■fi 
 
 n 8 
 
 :D'?Ty mns n^v 
 
 : Dnnna irnux 
 
 jnnNun b •'tini 
 
 :Dn'npnD3 D'':tni 
 
 :Dnnr2B'»3 c^b^di 
 
 :in3t5> lE'so inaB^'i 
 
 jDnnnND dwj31 
 
 :n[nE'n] Si) nnipni 
 
 [;d''J3 'jjai) oni'mi 
 
 . . . [n]^ Dnpnsi 
 
 nni [in]b 
 
 (fol. 4 verso.) 
 
 non 'K-JN w nijiinN i xliv. 
 nnjiara D''vvvn 3« 
 
 Dn»TD3 D''13 ntJ' 4 
 
 nmsDa n^tj' ''Dan 4<: 
 pin h)} -iioro npm 5 
 na ''2D1D1 ij'n ^box 6 
 °mna nl^x i^a 7 
 
 DB' in''jn DHD C'' 8 
 
 lar 1^ ps ncK nno e"i 9 
 
 'vn vn xb iB'xa 9° 
 
 ion ''B'js n^s nisiNi 10 
 
 □aiD icNJ oy-ir Dy " 
 
 mar nttv d^iv iy rj 
 
 . . [Di]^[B'a] .... 14 
 
 nni in^ nyn nix npi'[']i «* nj? ^!'nn^1 n^cn nx[»3] nun 16 
 
 ' Job 38, 12, &c. ^ Job 10, 19. Obad. 16. 
 
 'Tn 
 
 'v 
 
 If 
 
 
 .]La^» UjJI v-j^/ ^f' &U I XLIV. 
 
 
 .iJ&««J. 11 vOctIo-^.j 
 
 •V' 
 
 00»)j.A ulS^ 
 
 
 .ILw i.t'."v<iti-»o .|i^i9ol> )aj|; 6 
 
 .|j;^o> .ooC^ 1^^^> .oo»i:>3 1^(0 9 
 
 .yOo^so^ 'o.ij) yO<n^H <a^.9 II 
 ..«o«J»..>) «jkS 12 .0(-nv>.n-»o 
 '.oo»Ji^o) ijiio y>N\\ |cioO>o 13 
 .o&idli' )>v>N«-> yOoM*^ 14 
 
19 ECCLESIASTICUS 
 
 (fol. 4 recto.) 
 1 7C Like ' darting flashes he sheddeth abroad his snow, 
 
 18 The beauty of its whiteness dazzleth' the eyes, 
 
 19 The hoar-frost also he poureth out * like salt, 
 to The cold of the north wind he causeth to blow, 
 20" Over every standing water he spreadeth a crust, 
 
 21 It burneth up the produce like drought", 
 
 22 The dropping of a cloud healeth all things, 
 
 23 His counsel '" burneth up (?) the great (deep), 
 
 24 They that go down to the sea tell of its bounds. 
 
 and like locusts (when) they settle is the falling 
 
 down' thereof; 
 and the heart is disquieted ' at the raining of it. 
 and maketh it to bloom with flowers like sapphire, 
 and congealeth his spring ° like rottenness (?). 
 and a pond putteth on as it were a breastplate, 
 and the stateliness ' of growing things as a flame, 
 (even) dew ' releasing (?) the parched' younggrass '. 
 and he planteth" islands'^ in the ocean, 
 when we hear it with our ears, we are astonished, 
 variety of all things living, and the mighty things 
 
 of the great (deep), 
 and by his words he performeth (his) pleasure, 
 and the conclusion of the matter is, He is all. 
 
 and he is great beyond all his works. 
 
 and wonderful are his mighty acts '°. 
 300 ye that exalt him \ renew your strength, and be not 
 weary, for ye will not [search (him) out], 
 
 a little only have I seen of his works. 
 
 and to [the godly hath he given wisdom]. 
 
 • So marg. ^ inj' for rnj». Or 7 nroi dimmeth. ' Or marvels, reading ?ron', as ®. * So marg.: text, settleth. 
 ' Marg. the pond. • Above the line, of the mountains. ' Marg. form (Ps. 49, 15). ' Marg. moist. ' Reading wn. 
 '" Marg. from his quietness (?). " Reading rc'i, as @. " Marg. a treasure. '' Marg. for his own purpose (Prov. 
 
 16, 4). '' ? n3«to n'72' he maketh (his) business to prosper. " Marg. rejoicing. " So marg. (vn-) : text, his words. 
 
 25 Therein are wonders, the marvels of his work, 
 
 26 By reason of him" [his] messenger'* prospereth, 
 
 27 More like this we will not add, 
 
 28 Let us still be magnifying him'', for we shall not 
 
 search him out, 
 
 29 [The Lord is] exceeding [terrible], 
 
 30 [Ye that magnify the Lord], lift up your voice all 
 
 that ye can, for there is yet more ; 
 
 32 Many [hidden things hath he established (?) more 
 
 than] these ; 
 
 33 All things [hath the Lord made]. 
 
 17" d)S "RtTiiva KaOiTTTaixeva irda-a-ei xiova 
 
 18 (caXAoy A.€u/co'rj)Tos air^s eKOavudaei d(l>6aXiJi6s, 
 
 19 Koi TTd\vi]v 0)9 aXo inl yrjs x*'^'^ 
 
 20 \l/v\pbs avefjios j3opfr]s Trvevcrei, 
 
 2o<' firi Tiaaav avvayo}yr]v vbaros KaraXva-et., 
 
 21 KaTa<f>dyeTai opr) koi eprjixov eKKavcrei, 
 3 2 taa-LS TtavTcov Kara cnTovbr]v ofiCx^r], 
 
 23 \oyi(rpi,& avTov iKoiraaev a^vacrov, 
 
 24 oLTtXfOPTiSTriv dd\aacrav birjyovvTaL Tov Kivbvvov 
 
 25 Kol fKit TO, Tiapdbo^a koI davpidaia epya, 
 
 26 6t' avTov evuibia reXos avrov, 
 
 27 iroAAa (povp-fv (cat ov p.r} d<pi.K<ap.tda, 
 
 28 to^dCovrfs TTOV icryya-Mp.iV ; 
 
 29 ^opepds Kvpios koi (r<f)6bpa p-tyas, 
 
 Kol ws dxpis KaraXvova-a r) /caT(i/3a<ris avrrjs' 
 Kai (ttI tov verov avTTJs eKo-TJ/trerai KopbCa. 
 KM irayeiaa yivirai (rKoXoiraiv aKpa. 
 Kal irayTjcreTai Kpv<TTaXXo9 d(f)' vbaros' 
 Koi i)S OcapaKa ivbvafTai to vb(Dp. 
 Kal ttTTOo-^eVei \X6rjv wj TTvp. 
 bpoaos diravT&a-a dird KavcroDvos iXapda-fi. 
 Kal eipvrfvcrfv avrriv 'Irjo-oOs. 
 
 Kal OKOaiy i>Ti(t>v 7)p.Zv 6avpd(op(v' 
 
 TtOLKlXCa TTaVTOS Cfov, KTC<ns KrjT&V. 
 
 Kal (V Xoyio avrov (TVVKurai rravra. 
 
 Ka\ a-vvrfXeia Xoybiv To irav fcrriv avros. 
 
 avros yap 6 p.{yas itapa ndvra ra ipya avrov. 
 
 Kal Oavp,a(TTr) fj bvvao'Teia avrov. 
 
 30 bo^d^ovrfs Kvpiov v\}f(aaaT( Ka6' oaov av 30" Kal v\j/ovvrei avrov TiXridvvaTi (v Zcri^vi" p.i] KOindrf, 
 
 bvvqade, imfpi^n yap koi In. ov yap p/i\ afpiKTja'df. 
 
 31 Tis fopaKev avrov Kal fKbiriyqa-erai; Kal ris p.(yaXvv(i avrov Kadcos iariv ; 
 
 32 TToXXd diroKpvfjid icrriv psCCova rovrtov, dXlya yap ((opaKapev r&v fpyav avrov, 
 
 33 Tfdvra yap firoCrjcrev 6 Kvpios, Kal rois fia-ffifo-w (booKtv ao<f)lav. 
 
 C a 
 
•i 
 
 XLIII. 
 
 'ti' : inni iiaa" raiNsi 
 
 ; ff^v T'DDa pyi 
 
 mpo jnipD N'^api apnai 
 
 ;nipD B'ai'^ pit^ai 
 
 ■rtsi : nanija cnov ^niJi 
 
 iTST tanc \i!rh jnia 
 
 -1S1M :d"n mnna ts'-i 
 
 !DoinB>: u:nK rKc^ 
 
 :na-i nnDJi '■n 153 po 
 
 :|ixn ^VB'' nm2i 
 
 ;bn xin nan }»pi 
 
 jwyo bo ^nj Nini 
 
 [:npn]n xi' 'a ixiri ijNi *n3 is'i'nn D^ono 3o« niy 
 
 iWyOD TI-NI tavD 
 
 ^i 
 
 ' Above nna is written o^n (see Job 40, 20). 
 
 J7c_33b_ 
 
 
 18 
 
 
 (foi. 
 D'J^V nnji n23^ iNin 18 
 
 4 recto.) 
 
 S3 
 Turr 
 
 
 patj^ n^D3 "11S3 DJ1 19 
 
 IBSJ* 
 
 
 y^ pax nn n3''X 20 
 
 
 
 anpi CD iDiio i)3 hv 20° 
 
 piE>'> '3-in3 ijU' 21 
 
 
 
 h^ pSJ IIVO ^3 NS1D 22 
 
 jniD Sn 
 
 
 nai p^B* . . maS'nD 23 
 
 in3ia?D 
 
 
 inxp nsD'' DM mv 24 
 
 int^jjn 'n»n nix^a dk* 25 
 
 INijo ni'X'' 1:^0^1 26 
 
 C1D13 N^ ni'N3 iiy 27 
 
 mpm N^J "3 tiv ni'[nj]3 28 
 
 rfia 
 
 tj*^ '•3 iSjain 
 
 nsD ik[d] . . [Nnijj 29 
 i533Spi»nn..['']^[nj]B3o 
 
 rhv.[p] y 3 an 32 
 
 bn DK 33 
 
 
 2 Ezek. 7, II. 
 
 Prov. 16, 4. 
 
 * Is. 40, 31. 
 
I? ECCLESIASTICUS 
 
 (fol. 3 verso.) 
 24 All of them are different, one from another, 
 XLIII. 2 Thesun,whenhegoethforth\pourethoutwarmth: 
 
 3 By his shining he heateth the world ; 
 
 4 A fierce ^ furnace is established ' by them (?), 
 40 A tongue ' of light consumeth the inhabited 
 
 (country), 
 
 5 For great ' is the Lord that made him *, 
 
 6 Moreover moon by moon the seasons " return, 
 
 7 By her ' are the appointed feast and the prescribed 
 
 times °, 
 
 8 With every (new) month she is renewed ', 
 
 and he hath made none of them [in vain]. 
 
 how terrible are the works of the Lord ! 
 
 before his drought who can maintain himself? 
 
 the sun being sent' forth setteth the mountains in ablaze. 
 
 and with its fire the eye is scorched : 
 
 [ones. 
 
 and (with) his words he maketh brilliant (?) his mighty 
 (for) a limited rule, but an everlasting sign : 
 
 and in her circuit [she doeth] (her) business : 
 
 how terrible is she in her changing ' I 
 
 8<= Aninstrumentofthehostofthe(rain-)vessels''onhigh, paving'" the firmament with her shining: 
 
 9 The beauty of heaven, and the glory of a star, 
 
 10 By the word of God a statute is established, 
 
 u Behold the (rain)bow, and bless him that made it, 
 
 12 It compasseth with its glory thevault(of heaven)", 
 
 13 His might marketh out the lightning, 
 
 14 On that account' he hath created a treasure-house. 
 
 and her light shining in" the heights of God. 
 
 and they sleep '^ not in their watches. 
 
 for exceeding majestic is it [in glojry : 
 
 and thehand of God '* hath stretched it out in [its pride]. 
 
 and maketh brilliant the flashes [in judgement] '*. 
 
 and hath made [the clouds ?] to fly forth .... 
 
 17 The voice of his thunder maketh' his land to be the hot winds of the north, the tempest, and the 
 in anguish, whirlwind". 
 
 ' So marg. ' Lit. blown upon. ' So marg. (cf. Job 11,15). * Marg. for great is the Most High who 
 
 made him. ° Marg. moon by moon, season by season. Or until the season. • Marg. by her is the appointed feast, and 
 from her is the prescribed ordinance. ' Marg. (the new month) is lilce its name, for it (is renewed). ' Marg. in her 
 
 returning. ' Lit. (water-)skins ; cf. Job 38, 37 : but perhaps it is due to dittography from '';3. '" Marg. terrifying (?). 
 
 " Marg. and a red-gleaming ornament in (2 for i) the heights of God. " Reading ?3S5' for Jlic of the margin. 
 
 " Jin for pin (Job 22, 14). " Marg. and no hand hath. " Marg. his rebuke (imyj for imiaj) marketh out the 
 
 morning (^p3 for pin), and casteth off the living substance (Dip' n:ini error for nipM nsam) in [judgement]. " Marg. 
 
 the voice of his thunder maketh his land to be in anguish, and by his strength he maketh the mountains indignant (?) : his 
 terror inciteth the south wind, the storm, the tempest, and the whirlwind. 
 
 3 ^Xtos kv OTTTacria hiayyikXaiv ev e^ohto, 
 
 3 iv iX((Tj]ix^pCq. avTOV ava^paivfi x^po-V, 
 
 4 Kdp.ivov <j)v\a(Ta-a>v iv fpyois KavjxaTOS, 
 4" aTjiCbas TTVpcahdi (ix(^V(tS>v, 
 
 5 iiiyas Kvpios 6 Ttoi-qcras axnov, 
 
 6 Kol f] (TfX'qvri fv Tiaaiv fls Kaipov avTrjs, 
 
 7 UTib creXrjvrjs a-qixeiov foprrjs, 
 
 8 fxrjv Kara to ovojxa avrrji (cttlv, 
 
 S" (TKiVOS TTap^jSok&V iV V\jr€i, 
 
 9 KctXXos ovpavov, 8o'fa &(TTpcov, 
 
 10 fv XoyoLS ayioi^ (Trqaovrai Kara Kpifxa, 
 
 11 %he To^ov, Kai fvkoyr^crov tov TTOirjcravTa avTo, 
 
 12 iyvpoicev ovpavov kv KVKXwtrei h6^r)s, 
 
 13 TTpoaTo.yiJ.aTi avrov Kamtavcrev yj-ova, 
 
 14 hia TovTo r\viti\dr\(rav dr)<Tavpoi, 
 
 15 kv fieyaXfiif avTov l<Txv(Tfv vf(f>€Xas, 
 
 16 KOI (V OTtTaaCaii avrov (raXevdrjarfTai opt], 
 
 17 <pu>vi} ^povTTjs avTov biviChLaiv yrji>, 
 
 aKivoi Oavfiacrrov, epyov 'T\I/C(ttoV 
 
 Kol ivavTLov (cav/xaros avrov rty vTroor^o-erai; 
 
 TpnrXaa-ioos TJXioi ex/caicoi; opr]' 
 
 KOI (KXaixTTOiv aKTivas o/xavpoi o^OaXfxovs. 
 
 KOL (V Xoyois avrov KaTea-neva-fv iropeiav 
 
 avdbf i^iv xpov'i'v Kal cruxdov alcavos' 
 
 (fxioarrip pLfiovjXfvos iiri avvreXfCas' 
 
 av^avop-iVT] Sau/xacrrws fV aXXoidtrd. 
 
 iv <TT€p€<!>p.aTl ovpavov (KXdp.1T(0V' 
 
 Koa-fios <i>(aTl^uiv, Iv {nlriarois Kvpios' 
 
 Kal oil /XT/ (kXvO&ctiv ev (pvXaKais avr&v. 
 
 atpobpa oypa'iov Iv T<a avydcr/xan avrov' 
 
 Xeipes Ti/fioTO« irawa-av avro. 
 
 /cat TayjovH aa-rpaTiai Kpi/xoTOf avrov' 
 
 Kal f^fTirrjo-av vf(l)eXai ws TTiTfivd' 
 
 Kal bi(9pv^rj<Tav kCdot, xaXdirjs. 
 
 iv OeXriixaTi Ttvevcrerai voros. 
 
 Kal Karaiyls j3opiov /coi ava'rpo(j>r] TTVevfiaroi. 
 

 
 min: 
 Dy\ nv[:ni] 
 
 XLII. 
 
 [:N]Tcr DHD n^y n^i 
 
 jD^in p'^T ccc nhV 
 
 jpy nian miJDi 
 
 nn''3K nxr mmi 
 
 2 D^iy niNi fp ni'B'D[o] 
 
 : insipni n , j; j'sm 
 
 nnwriB'na niij no 
 
 nm^^TD w"* I'^o 
 
 :!)« ''61103 THTD niNi 
 
 m[n3i] mnw nxo 13 
 . . ja nno: ^°s< n^i 
 nipn°nvjni 
 
 V 1^1 
 
 b- 
 
 jmvDi naiD iia[x njiay^r 
 
 See xlii. 25 and xliii. i ; and for the 
 
 2^—XLni. i7\ 
 
 nro nr d''jib' nb 24 
 non imx3° yao vov 2 
 i>an nTn' n\-ivna 3 
 piVD nn» niS3 iia 4 
 
 16 
 
 (fol. 3 verso.) 
 
 u. 
 
 ui 'i rt e 
 " a 3-^ 
 
 O j fcl -J 
 
 o , e l3 y =) 
 naCIJ IDjn niXO PSB'? 4<: a j ? if 
 
 o » o H :£ d ^ 
 
 intny 1" pnj '■as ^ ^ ^ - 
 s 
 mat}' ninj) m* ni'' dji 6 
 
 pin *:Dn nviD° na 7 
 
 Bnnno xin lanna tnn 8 
 
 Diio 'l^aj Nax 'b 8° 
 
 3313 -nm DICE' nwn 9 
 
 pn lejT' ba nana 10 
 
 irenv nnai nrp nsn n 
 
 inniaaa°na''pn°pin 12 
 
 pna ninn inniaj 13 :i "3 ^ 3 
 
 o ^ !J ^ 
 
 [n]viN sna fyoi? 14 ^ j n f 
 
 o 'U i3 J 
 
 » » t ' -. si ^ 
 
 , ,0 :r ^ 3 J 
 
 iriN bin" iDyn bip 17 ^i ^ ^ 
 
 in«s3 r^BiD 
 
 psia 
 
 TO rw 
 
 n? ■» 
 
 •uooi 'to 11 
 
 Nlm TOUI3 
 
 riDvn Tin 
 
 wo') 
 
 XLIII. 
 
 translation, p. 15, note 9. 
 
 Job 25, 2. 
 
 .j|>:^k.^ ^.so? rUo Uii)? ]l^cu.l 
 
 .nM.-»«H^\o h«iV>\ U-iieLik. »A^ 2 XLIII. 
 .|»CLi? );^ ^i ?*^o»^ 4° 
 
 .00»JL>? 
 
 •/ .a.^aoJ ).jufja i,.\ •<La 
 
15 . ECCLESIASTICUS 
 
 (fol. 3 recto.) 
 1 16 In the place where she lodgeth let there be no 
 lattice, 
 
 12 Let her not show her beauty to any male, 
 
 13 For from a garment cometh forth a moth, 
 
 14 "Better is the wickedness of a man than the good- 
 
 ness of a woman ', 
 
 nor a chamber looking upon the entrance round 
 
 about, 
 and' in the house of' women let her not converse, 
 and from a woman a woman's wickedness, 
 and the house of her that causeth shame" poureth 
 
 forth reproach". 
 
 15 I will remember now the works of God, 
 15" By the word of God is his pleasure', 
 
 16 The rising sun is revealed over all things, 
 
 17 The saints of God do not suffice 
 
 1 7" God hath given strength unto ' his hosts, 
 
 18 He searcheth out the deep and the heart, 
 
 1 9 Declaring things that are past and " that are to come, 
 30 No knowledge is lacking to him, 
 
 21 [The might ^ of his wisdom] he hath regulated, 
 21" Nothing [hath been added (unto him), or] dimin- 
 ished (from him), 
 23» He [establisheth " all things for ever], 
 ajb "And who can [be fi]lled with [beholding (his) 
 beauty " ?] 
 XLIII, lb And the body of heaven beholding" his majesty", 
 
 and that which I have seen I will recount. 
 
 and him that doeth his pleasure he hath accepted. 
 
 so the glory of the Lord is over all his works. 
 
 to recount the wonders of the Lord *. 
 
 that they may endure firmly before his glory. 
 
 and understandeth all their nakednesses ; 
 
 and revealing the remotest " of hidden things. 
 
 and no matter escapeth him. 
 
 he is one from everlasting. 
 
 and he hath no need" of any instructor'. 
 
 25" one thing upon another for the sake of its good. 
 
 XLIII. I a 
 
 XLII. 23b and all things are obedient to every use. 
 
 ' Or perhaps, among. " So marg. ' Marg. by the word of God are his works.   Marg. of his mighty acts. 
 
 » Marg. the strength of God is. « Lit. the search. Job 11, 7. 38, ,16. ' Marg. mighty acts. » Is. 40, 14. 
 
 » The marginal note at the top of the next page (referring to verse 25' seq.) is as follows: One thing upon another for the 
 sake of good: and who can be filled with beholding beauty? The beauty of the b.-ight spread out (JEi) upon 1,?) clearness 
 (Exod. 24, 10), and the body of heaven {ibid.) beholding the light. 
 
 12 iroiTi avdpiaiKo jut; iix^Xetrf ep icaWei, 
 
 13 dw6 yap lixarCwv (Kiropiverat OTjy, 
 
 14 KpiLcrauiv TTov-qpia avbpbs rj ayaOoTtOLdi yvvi), 
 
 15 fxvr]a6ri(JoixaL be to, fpya Kvpiov, 
 i5<= fv Ao'yots Kvpiov to, ipya avrov. 
 
 16 i]Xios (poiTiC'^v Kara -nav k-ni^ke^tv, 
 
 17 ovK. fveTioCrjaev rots ay wis Kvpios 
 17° fe ioTTepiuicrfv Kvpws 6 TtavTOKpariop, 
 
 18 a^vacrov Ka\ Kaphiav e^C-)(vev(T€v, 
 18" eyvoi yap 6 Kvpios vaaav etbrja-LV 
 
 19 a-aayyiWuiv to, wapeX7)A.u9oTa koI iitecrojxfva, 
 
 20 ov Traprj\6fv avrov itav bLav6r]p.a, 
 
 21 TO. fxeyaXeia ttjs cro^tas avrov eKoVjUTjcrer" 
 21" aire TTpocrfTeOr} ovre fiXarrddr], 
 
 22 0)s iravra ra fpya avrov fTTidvp.r)ri, 
 
 23 iidvra ravra Cjj k^oX y-evv. ets rbv aiStva 
 
 24 -ndvra Sicro-a kv Karivavri rov ivos, 
 
 25 kv rov kvbi farepeuxnv ra ayadd, 
 XLIII. I yavpiap.a v\j/ovs crreptwiM xa^apioVjjTos, 
 
 Kol fv joteo-ft) yvvaiK&v jxr} avvibpeve' 
 Kal cmb ywatKos novqpia yrwaiKds. 
 KcH yWT} Karaio'x.'uvova-a els wei6io-/xoV. 
 
 Kal h eopoKtt eKbirfyrjaoixai' 
 
 Kal Tr}s bo^rjs avrov -nXrjpes rb ipyov avrov. 
 
 eKbir]yr\tTa(T6ai navra ra davixda-ia avrov, 
 
 a-rripi)(dr)vai ev 8o'£r/ avrov rb -nav. 
 
 Kal ev TTavovpyevfjiacnv avr&v bievoT^dr]v' 
 
 Kal ive^ke\lfev eh (rq/xelov al&vos, 
 
 Kol aTioKaXvTTroov tx^V dnoKpv^mV 
 
 ovK eKpv^r) an' avrov ovbe els Xoyos. 
 
 KoX ecos e(rriv nrpb toC alStvoi xat «is rov allava, 
 
 Kal ov ■Kpoa-eberiOr] ovbevbs a-vix^ovXov. 
 
 Kal ws a"KLv6rjp6s iariv Oeoaprjaai. 
 
 ev irdcrais xpf'ttiSj Kal ndvra vrraKoveC 
 
 Kal OVK eifol^aev ovhev fKkiirov' 
 
 Kal Tis irATjorS^trerai opav bo^av avrov; 
 
 elbos ovpavov ev opdpiart, 8o'£jjs. 
 
XLII. II' 
 
 '.■yyo Nino ta-ino n'3i 
 T.icn n°inDn hvi. d'E'j n»ai 
 
 »:msDNi wrn nn 
 
 snp') Mnp^ WIVT i'visi 
 
 P'lnn') :nu3 ':s^ ptnnni' 
 
 :nnnD3 npn hIjjdi 
 : -151 i TO ti'jn : -ia-i ^3 iD^n N^l 
 
 ■ps :r3D h:h y-vi n^i 
 
 . s»«s tan -pns w : U1D f|^n °n[t] h)) nt zs^ 
 
 ^ '?. T i"^ XLIII. 
 
 ;VOB'^ ^Sn piv bh 23!) XLII. 
 
 -23^. 14 
 
 (fol. 3 recto.) 
 
 ajtj'N •'H'- ^N nun Dii5[»] n^ 
 "iNn inn ^n ist bij 13 isin 
 trv KX'' nj2» 13 13 -J 3 II f? 
 
 J fl X 
 
 • ntTN 3''t20 B«N yn 3100 14 ^ o ^ '3 
 
 1 !3 fj u 
 
 y y S (1 
 
 W 'lyyo N3 ■13tN 15 % 
 
 l3[l]§1 D'ni'N -101X3 15" v©rD o 
 
 nni>J3 b ^y n[n-i]iT {ror 16 
 ^N i^np ip''SDn N^ 17 
 
 VN3V D'n^K p'k I?" Vai>< 
 
 ipn 3^1 Dinn 18 
 nvn: nis'^n nino 19 nvrei 
 byi^ b 130D "nv[3 v(j? 20 
 
 pn in[03n niUjj 21 nnia: 
 ijVW N^[l] .... [XJ^J 21C 
 
 . . ^ . . .° . . n Nin 23a Dv 
 [nsin o''3n]b [p]3B'' *o'i 25'' 
 mn oi3i[d 'q]''ok' Dvyi i^ xuii. 
 
 ' Job 15, 17. 
 
 Only the tail of the ] remains : before it there is a blot. 
 
 ' Exod. 34, 10. 
 
 «0( 
 
 iU 
 
 
 
 ..>fflV OM.A3. o)b^'i3 ^^c uSa e 
 ^j^oti^a^OO .^m1^>-^ >oo)Xao »,o)aL>s. yO o > N'^S ,o 
 
 .Is^U^ yOOtUO *« jiA Ho 
 
 .yOO(*A<l' ))<».>ft\ '<^;:kaaj afaeo 
 
 .woto.Av au;,=>l|' o)t>N via 15° 
 o.J^^.^ll' ."^kO ''^.X »^^?? UlflUr ^/ 16 
 .1k«;.jot woioiLfA >a3cu Jl 17 
 
 .^•^ oot jh^Xo jcioootl 18 
 ),ax3 Jlj "^JC 18C 
 0;.^.:^; .).vi\v\ ^vli? ^^ wo»a:!0»o ^>^>^ 19 
 
 .)jl&a>. '^OA wOtQ.£0»A ^ |»0>. Do 20 
 
 .p\NS ^ «. 1 ft.gO K>^>~0 23 
 
 fu "^-tiaa^ t^ ^i)l ^iil .Oot^^o 24 
 .^«^6) ^-^l )jot )|».v. ^et Jl/ 25 
 
13 ECCLESIASTICUS 
 
 (fol. 3 verso.) 
 XLII. I Of repeating a word that thou hearest, 
 lO So shalt thou be truly shamefast, 
 i« But of these things be not ashamed, 
 a Of the law of the Most High and the statute, 
 3 Of reckoning with a partner and a master*, 
 4» Of the small dust of the scales" and balance, 
 ^"^ Of buying* between much and little, 
 
 6 Upon an evil* woman set' a seal, [count", 
 
 7 In the place where thou committest' a deposit, 
 
 8 (Be not ashamed) of the correction of the simple 
 
 and the fool, 
 8c So shalt thou be well-advised in truth, 
 
 and of laying bare any secret counsel ' : 
 
 and finding favour in the sight of all living. 
 
 and accept not persons unto sin " : 
 
 and of judgement' to do justice to the wicked, 
 
 and of the division of an inheritance and a property, 
 
 5" and of exchange by ephah and stone (weight), 
 
 5<= and of smiting ' a deceitful [servant}, 
 
 but a place of weak hands thou mayest open". 
 
 and let giving and receiving all be in writing. 
 
 or of him that is grey-headed and very aged, and that 
 
 (yet) taketh counsel for'^ whoredom, 
 and lowly before all living. 
 
 9 A daughter is to a father a deceptive treasure, 
 9" In her youth lest she commit adultery, 
 
 10 In her virginity lest she be seduced, 
 
 lo" In the house of her father lest [she play the harlot ?], 
 
 1 1 [My son, keep a strict watch over thy daughter, 
 u" A byword in the city and a cursing of the people, 
 
 and the care oPher ' [putteth away his sleep] : 
 
 and in her virginity lest [she be defiled], 
 
 and in the house of [her lord lest she bear not .'], 
 
 and in the house of her hu[sband lest] 
 
 lest she make thee^] a name of evil odour', 
 
 and shame' thee [in the con]gregation of the gate. 
 
 • Marg. laying counsel bare to the light. ' Reading Nfcnb (for viz.n\), as @. ' .So marg. ' Marg. (fellow-) 
 
 traveller. =13.40,15. ' Marg. reckoning. ' Marg. the correction of. On vers. 9"- n'', the marg. has : In the honse 
 
 of her father le[st she play the harlot, and] in the house of her lord lest she be forgotten; in her virginity lest she be seduced, 
 and in the house of her husband lest she go astray. My son, keep a strict watch over thy daughter, lest she make thee 
 a derision (Exod. 32, 25: @ imxapfia) to thine enemies; a byword in the city and a cursing of the people, and thou be 
 shamed in the congregation of the gate. ' Marg. obdurate. ' Reading cnn for DDn. '" So text : perhaps, 
 
 and where there are many (mn) hands, open [not]. Cf. @. " Marg. reckon. ''' Marg. and stumbleth, and is (yet) 
 
 occupied in : also between the lines, askethyiw taketh. 
 
 XLII. I h.Tsb biVTep<i(T(a)s Kol koyov aKorjs, 
 i" (cat ((TT] ai(T)(VVTr]pdi clXtjOlvSis, 
 
 l" HT] TTfpl TOVTtDV ai(T)(Vv6f]S, 
 
 2 nept voixov ''X'i\ri(TTov Kat hia6rjKr\i, 
 
 3 Ttepi Koyov koivmvov km oboiTropwv, 
 
 4 TTipl aKpijBfCas C^yov koI (TTa6p.mv, 
 
 5 Ttepi atiia(j)6pov irpaafia? (cai (\xTt6pu)V, 
 S" KoX olKirr) Ttovrip^ TtXevpav alfxa^ai' 
 
 6 iiii yvvaiKi ■novqpa KoXdv cr^payis, 
 
 7 6 (av Tiapahih^i, iv api6fxZ koI a-Tad/jLio, 
 
 8 TTepl iratSetas avoriTov Koi noopov 
 80 Kol fo-T] TTtTraibfvp.{vos a.\rjdiv&s 
 
 Kai iiTO aiTOKa\v\}r{uiv \6yu)V Kpv(f)Ca>v' 
 
 KOI (vpCaKcav \dpiv tvavTi. TravTos avOpcoTTOV. 
 
 nai ni) \dj3rjs Tipouumov tov afj^aprdveiv 
 
 Koi irepl Kpifxaros biKaiHa-ai Tdv acrffiij, 
 
 •ntpi Sotreojy KXr]povop,ias fraipcov, 
 
 TTfpl KTrjaecas ttoW&v koi oA^ycoi', 
 
 Kai irepl TiaibeCas TeKVoiv iroWfji, 
 
 Kol oTTov X^'Pf J woXAal kXuctoV 
 Kai bocis Kai \rifji\(fi.s Travrl ev ypa^fj' 
 Kai ia-j(aToyr\pu)^ KpivopJvov irpbs viovi, 
 KoX bfboKinaafjLfvos ivavri -navros (&vtos. 
 
 9 Ovydrrjp Trarpl a-n6Kpv(j)os hypvnvLa, 
 9° Iv veoT^TL avTrjs pj) irore TxapaKp-acrr), 
 
 10 (V TTapdiveia fXTj TtoTf jSf^rjkoidfj 
 to" p.eTa avbpds ovaa jx-q irore irapa^fj, 
 
 1 1 iirl dvyarpL dSiarp^irro) a-repecoaov <f>v\aK'^v, 
 11° XaAtaji ei» iroAet Kai IkkAjjtov Aaov, 
 
 Kai fi /jifpiixva avT^s acfiicrra virvov' 
 
 KOI (rwMKTjKUia prj irore picrrfOrj' 
 
 Kai iv Tols TTarpiKOLs avTrjs lyKVoi yitrqraV 
 
 Kttt ovviaKriKVia p.r\ irore a-reipdari, 
 
 ^iTj irore iroi^trr; (re i-jTi)(app.a e;(0pois, 
 
 Kai Karaio-x^wei (re ev TrA^flet iroAAwi'. 
 
'w*)*' 
 
 TOECrS 
 
 mion 
 
 X1D 
 
 nnm nwci 
 
 :mD 
 
 XLII. 
 
 :''n b "irw in nvci 
 
 : pKi no's nwon bi 5* 
 : nn nay vtod iivi 5° 
 .•nnsn nisi nni mpoi 
 :3n33 bn np^i nnoi 
 
 Jin b liBij vux tr^Ni 
 
 :. . . . [Tn]sn njN-r 
 
 . . . . |s n'^iraai 
 
 , . . . h° b . . ^"331 
 
 :'i3 . . . . n[tj'i]x n»33i 
 
 :n-iD DtJ* 
 
 nvB' m[ya] in3B>ini 
 
 i-ii". 
 
 yocn nm nijero i xlii. 
 nDN3 cr"i3 n^ni i'- 
 run ^N ni>N b°y "]« 1" 
 pin ;v^j? mm ^55? 2 
 ■jnNi nnin lUK'n by 3 
 0^531 'D^JTND pnB' bv^ 4" 
 ayvb m pn njpo by 4^ 
 Dan : nnm nyn he's i^v 6 .^ 
 laon 'T ipsn Dipo ^jy 7 | 
 
 12 
 
 i^' 
 
 «Dai nms imo T^y 8 
 
 n»pn 
 
 "ipC niDtDD 3N^ n3 9 'c 
 
 -ii:n ;q nniy33 g" c 
 nnisn jd n'i'in33 10 a a 
 . . .°. |Q n-ss ni33 lo" I f 
 t, 1, ^ ° 
 
 Dy n^^'pi Ty nm ii"'!^^ 
 
 (fol. 2 verso.) 
 
 nann 
 
 nncnn 
 nino'x 
 
 ^ S P 
 
 n 2 B 
 
 Is. 40, 15. 
 
 * Cf. Lev. 5, Ji. 
 
 ■5 
 
 ' Prov. 8, 21. 
 ' Between ver. S* and 8* (under ')tdi:i) ')«iii)1 . " The D is very doubtful, only the lower ^ 
 
 left-hand comer being left. The two letters may possibly belong to the text. ' Of the :, 
 
 only the foot is left, which may be part of a n, s, y, or possibly 3. ? TjTDsn [D lest she be vexed, 
 or be unhappy. 'n' 
 
 5 c 
 a 
 
 -lu*-/) 
 
 
 jt-A.. «cia(' '^^.iw ]iiA 9 XLII. 
 .Uiji JI? o.la*i>.^ 90 
 
 •)cAJ^} J^ja^^A ^lofs'l ^1^;a« UiAso 
 
 .]L;^'y3 '»*s>( ^li^ ^^X w«A II 
 
II ECCLESIASTICUS 
 
 (fol. 2 recto.) 
 If ye stumble, it shall be for perpetual joy ; 
 
 10 All things' from nothing turn to nothing' again, 
 
 11 The vanity of man' is in his body, 
 
 12 Fear for (thy) name, for that will accompany thee, 
 
 13 The goodness of life" hath days that may be 
 
 numbered, 
 14'' Buried wisdom and a hidden treasure, 
 15 Better is a man that hideth his foolishness, 
 
 ^ and if ye die, it shall be for a curse. 
 
 so'' the godless (go) from emptiness to emptiness, 
 but a godly name shall not be cut off. 
 more than thousands of precious* treasures. 
 
 but goodness of name hath days without number. 
 
 what profit is in them both ? 
 
 than a man* that hideth his wisdom. 
 
 The discipline of shame. 
 
 16 and be abashed according to my' judgement, 
 nor is every kind of abashment approved, 
 before a prince sitting (in judgement)', of a lie; 
 before the congregation and the people, of trans- 
 gression; [a stranger"; 
 
 19 and before the place where thou sojournest", of 
 of stretching out the elbow at meat ; 
 
 2 1 of reckoning the face " of thy friend ; 
 
 20 before him that saluteth^, of silence"; 
 ji* and of 
 
 and after giving'", spurn not. 
 
 14" Hearken, O children, to the discipline of shame, 
 i()^ Not every kind of shame is it fitting to retain, 
 
 1 7 Be ashamed before father and mother, ofwhoredom " ; 
 
 18 Before master and mistress, of deceit; 
 
 18C [Before a partner] and a friend, of trespass '" ; 
 
 19'' [Of breaking an o]ath and a covenant, 
 
 n)^ Of refusing to grant a request* ; 
 
 zib Of reckoning the dividing of a portion'; 
 
 20'' Of gazing on a woman* [that is a harlot ?]; 
 
 22" Before a friend, of reproachful [word*]s; 
 
 ^ Marg. from their trouble turn to their trouble (?), or from trouble turn to trouble (?). ' Marg. the son of the godless 
 (i?r a godless son). ^ Marg. of the sons of men. * So marg. ' Reading D"n for Ti. ' Marg. a lord, ' Marg. its 
 
 judgement. ' Marg. of wantonness. " Marg. before a prince and a governor. '° Lev. 5, 21. " Marg. the place 
 
 and a prince. " Marg. of pride. " Perhaps aMOno of turning away the face (@) : marg, from closing up the mouth of. 
 
 " Marg. will ye be silent 1 " Marg. a request. 
 
 9'' KoX kav cLTroOAvrjTf, eh nardpav fitpKrOijO-firdf. 
 ovTMs cuTffieis CLTTO KaTcipas (U atrcaXCav. 
 ovofxa be aixapTo>\&v ovk ayadov e^a\ei,(t)6i^<TeTai, 
 rj x'Aioi (leydXoL Orjaavpoi \pv(r[ov' 
 Koi hyaObv ovoixa eh al&va bLajievfl. 
 
 tCs d>^e\ia iv d/x^or^pois; 
 7j avOpurnos duoKpinTiav Tr]v crocplav avTod. 
 16 TOiyapovv evTp&-nr)Te enX tSi prip-arL [lov' 
 KW. ov TiavTa -nacnv iv TiicrTei evboKip,elTai.. 
 Kol diro fiyovp.4vov Koi bwaa-rov irepl \lfevbovs, 
 &Ttd avvaycoyijs koI Xaov Ttepl avofiCas, 
 
 19 Kol cLTib TOTTov OV TTapoiKeh Ttepl, kKotttjs, 
 KUL Atto TTTj^fuis dyK&vos iv apTOVS, 
 
 20 Kol OTTO dairaCopievoov rrepi (na>Ttfjs, 
 
 21 /cat OTTO d7!0(rTpo<f>rjs itpocrufnov (rvyyevovs, 
 KOI OTTO KaravorjCTeoos yvvaiKos inrdvbpov, 
 KOL /x^ ^TTtoTJjs em TrjV koLthjv avT^s' 
 Kol /i€ra TO bovvai fitj 6velbiCf' 
 
 10 iravra oaa ex yrjs eh yrjv aireXeva-eraL, 
 
 1 1 irivdos dvOpdTTcav ev (r<ip.a(nv avrmv, 
 
 12 (l)p6vTi(Tov irepl ovofiaros, avrb yap (roi biajxevel 
 
 13 dyaOrjs C<^rjs api0/x6s fipLepav, 
 
 14 iraibeiav iv elpiqvrj ovvTr^prja-aTe, reKva' 
 
 14'' ao<f>la bi KfKpvfifj.evr] koi di](Tavpbi d(f>avr]s, 
 
 1 5 Kpei(T(rmv avOpwiros dTroKpviTTOJvTijv p.(opiav avrov 
 
 le*" ov ydp e<TTi,v Tidcrav aiaxvvqv bLa(pvkd^ai KaXov, 
 
 1 7 al(rxvve<T0e otto Trarpos koi pLrjTpbs irepl mopveias, 
 
 18 diro KpiTov KOI dpyovTos itepl TrXTj/xfxeX^as, 
 18" dwo KOLvtavov Kol <^iAov irepl dbiKlas, 
 
 ig^ KoX dub okqQeias Oeov Koi bi.a&rjKr]s , 
 19^ ditb a-KopaKKXfxov \T]p.\l/eo)s koi SoVecos, 
 20* aTTo opda-eais yvvaiMS eraipas, 
 
 2 1 diTo d(l)aipe<Tea)s fj.eplbos Koi SoVecos, 
 
 22 oTro irepiepyeias irai,bi<TKr}S airov, 
 22*^ OTro <pC\a)V Ttepl Koyiov ovabicrijiov, 
 
 B 2 
 
XLI. 
 
 9-22" 
 
 10 
 
 
 nrt^p") 
 
 : rhVpb imon dni i.^ 
 
 
 P 
 
 :inn b^ inno ejm p 
 
 1 
 
 
 :m3' N^ non de' in 
 
 mon 
 
 :nojn nnsis 's^nd 
 
 
 STCI 
 
 :-IBDD PN ''D1 DB* raiDi 
 
 
 n^jn 
 
 jDiT'nE'a n^yin no 
 
 
 p-wo 
 
 : mean paxo "c'-no 
 
 ■» Ifel 
 
 31E" DSN ijN DaSD ^53 10 i! 
 
 wun DiN°bn II i 
 ^"[•h^ Nin "a DC ijy nna 12 ° 
 nsDO ID' •'n naiu 13 2 
 nnoiD -1VIN1 njioo ncan 14b « 
 in^iN pavo »'[•']« 3it3 15 
 :nB'3 iDiD D^"nBa"TDiD 
 
 roaB'D ^y lobani 16 o^ja ijidb' na'n idid 14a 
 
 nn33 nbn {53 Niji nor!) nxj ncs ^3 nIj 16^ 
 
 :B'n3 b^'yav n^b'jd nrsr ha. dni 3no 5^13 17 
 
 -\p^ bv m3Ji inxD 18 
 I've b y"iT . r.°. 180 p g p g 
 nn3i ni'[N] . . . . 19" ^ i g g I 
 
 nPN[B'] D i9<l c ' a 1 
 
 n:o iiip^n[o nnJtrriD 2i''| r^-^ 
 
 . . . . ° . . t3>3no''2ob 
 
 riBnn n[3n] ijy 3niND 22= 
 
 (fol. 2 recto.) 
 
 d:imo S3 
 
 D:it< 'm 
 
 ^3 
 
 TI 3TO 
 
 mmon 
 
 
 jjjtra ijy Djn myo 
 
 •.-n by Tui 
 
 n°t ^jy nun Dipooi 19 
 
 
 :Dn^ i'N i^vN nt3DD 
 
 'D swna 
 
 nyi •'SN SK'no 21 
 
 •jHuro 
 
 : t5«nnnD Di^c i'iS[E']D 20 
 
 ir,^[y:] 
 
 , .°, .h ..."i?. Wl''2lO 
 
 nS>«iB 
 
 {pxJii ^ niiD nnxDi 
 
 » Eccles. 8, 15. 
 
 3 
 
 
 » Or? 21°. 
 
 » Or? 22" 
 
 VID '» 
 
 DIpOO 
 
 icniai 
 
 * Of the donbtful letters here the n may be a n , the ' may be a i , and the p any final letter. 
 
 
 .o>v>N? Ilow^ jl^ jll^/ 9 
 
 .^a2^ oot? ;ijf>». ^^.X .^t ia 
 
 
 .IbSoJloo ]t<ac>io.ao '%.^.^:!0> ^^^-^ ■9*' 
 :^ ti9iy )l o»:^ Ui/ 
 
9 ECCLESIASTICUS 
 
 (fol. I veiso.) 
 26<= In the fear of the Lord there is no want, 
 27 The fear of God is as an Eden of blessing, 
 
 XLI, 
 
 28 My son'', live not a life that subsists on giving : 
 
 29 A man that looketh at the table of a stranger, 
 29<' His dainties' are a loathing* of the soul ; 
 
 30 Begging is sweet to the greedy man, 
 
 1 Ah''Death!how[bit]teristheremembranceofthee 
 ic Toamanthatisateaseandprospereth inallthings, 
 
 2 AhaDeath! foracceptable(/?/'.good)isthysentence 
 2" (To) the man that stumbleth and striketh against 
 
 all things, 
 
 3 Be not afraid of death, (which is) thy sentence, 
 
 4 This is the portion of all flesh from God, 
 
 40 Whether it be for a thousand years, or an hundred, 
 or ten, 
 
 5 A reprobate progeny is a byword' of the evil', 
 
 6 From an unrighteous son'" cometh a rule of evil, 
 
 7 An ungodly father a [chi]l[d] doth curse, 
 
 8 [Woe] to [you, ye wicked, 
 
 9 If [ye increase "', it shall be into] the hands of 
 
 bodily mishap; 
 
 and it needeth not to seek for [treasure] with it. 
 
 and so ^ all glory is its canopy. 
 
 better is he that is taken away (in death) than he 
 
 that is importunate, 
 his life is not to be numbered as a life : 
 to a man that hath understanding (they are as) pain* 
 
 of the bowels. 
 but in his inward parts it burneth as fire', 
 to a man that liveth qui[etly] in his place ; 
 and that hath yet strength to receive pleasure, 
 unto him that hath no' might, and lacketh strength ; 
 
 who loveth contradiction and hath lost hope '. 
 
 remember that they which went before and they 
 
 which come after (will be) with thee, 
 and why dost thou refuse the law of the Most High ? 
 
 there are no'' corrections' in Sh[eo]l. 
 
 and the offspring of the foolish is [. . . of the wicjked. 
 [and with his] seed [abideth want "]. 
 because [on his] acc[ount he suifereth reproach], 
 because ye have forsaken the law of the Most] High. 
 
 [and if ye] beget, it shall be for sighing. 
 
 ' 1 over (as ® @ and Is. 4, 5). ' So marg. ' Marg. bestowed dainties. • Reading top for hySfO. ' Marg. as 
 burning fire. " fN for td'N (Is. 40, 26). ' Marg. (To) the man that stumbleth and striketh against all things; who 
 
 hath no sight and hath lost hope. (To) the man that striketh and stumbleth (1. Swa for ima) against all things ; who hath 
 no sight and hath lost hope. ' Marg. corrections for life. ' Marg. of cities. " Marg. from among the 
 
 uncircumcised {or from an uncircumcised son). 
 
 " So @ (iDh): @ reproach (TDn). 
 
 Marg. are fruitful. 
 
 26" ovK evTiv (^ojiM KvpCov lAaTTcocrty, 
 
 27 (f)6fios Kvpiov 0)9 TiapdhfKTos evkoyCas, 
 
 28 TfKvov, C'^rjv eTraiTTjcTfO)? fxri ^idtcrrjs' 
 
 29 avi)p I3\iiru)v eh Tpaia^av aWorpCav, [rpioij* 
 29° a.\iayi]TeL ttjv ^v\riv avTov (v (hicrp^acnv aXko- 
 
 30 fv (TToixaTL avaibovs ykvKavdrjarfTat iifairrjins, 
 XU. I 'i2 ddvare, ojj niKpov aov to jivriixoo-vvov (cttlv 
 
 1" dvhpi a.irepiaTTA(TT(a xai evoboviXfVM (v iia<Ti.v 
 
 2 a> OdvaTf, Kakov <tov to Kpijxa iaTiv 
 
 2" ea-)^aToyqpio kol wepKnTco/xeVo) Trepi irdvTOiv, 
 
 3 fu] (i/kajiov Kpip.a flardrov, 
 
 4 TOVTO TO KpifJM TTapO, KvpCoV TTaCTT; aapKl, 
 
 4" etre SeVa t tre eKUTov eXre \iki,a (tt), 
 
 5 TfKva fihikvKTO. yiverai TfKva ajxapTwk&v, 
 
 6 TiKVUiv apLapTuik&v a-nokuTai Kkr\povojxia, 
 
 7 TsaTpX aaejSii ixfixyjreTaL T^Kva, 
 
 8 oval vp.lv avbpes atre/Seiy, 
 
 9 Koi (av yfVvr)drJTe, eh Kardpav yevvrjOi^crecrOe, 
 
 Kol OVK ecTTiv eTTL^rjTrjcrai ev avTif ^or\Oeiav' 
 
 KOI xmtp Tiacrav bo^av eiidkxnj/av avTov. 
 
 Kpei(T(rov cLTTodavelv Jj eTraiTeiv. 
 
 OVK eaTW avTov 6 ^Cos ev koyiafxla C'^^, 
 
 avTip be eTTi.(rTr]p.u>v naX ■neTraibevnevos (f>vkd^eTai,. 
 
 Kol ev KOikCa avTov Twp KarjcreTai, 
 
 a.v6p(i'n(f elp-qvevovTi ev Toh VTidpyovaiv avTov, 
 
 Kol eTL laxvovTi, eiTibe^aaOaL Tpo^r\v. 
 
 &v6pmTr<f eTTibeopi^vio ical eka(T<Tovfi4v<a l(T)(jlii, 
 
 Koi direiOovvTL koI a-wokookeKOTi, vnofiovi^v. 
 
 IJ,vrj<T6r]Ti, TTpoTepaiv aov Koi e(T\dT(i)v' 
 
 Kol Ti amavaivr) iv evboKiq 'T^ia-Tov ; 
 
 OVK ecTTiv ev abov ekeypios C'^iii. 
 
 KttL (Twavaarpeipopeva TiapoiKiais acre^&v' 
 
 KoX p.eTa Tov a-nipparo? avrav evbeke^i^el Sveibos. 
 
 OTL 61' ai/Tdv oveibicrdria-ovTaL. 
 
 otrLves eyKaTekeiireTe vopov Oeov Ti/fi'trroii' 
 
XL. 2.6"— XLI. g. 
 
 X z 
 
 & 6 
 
 e g- 
 
 c c 
 & '-^ 
 
 E J; 
 
 j^nnsn nua ^a pi 
 :'D''''n nijoij vn px 
 
 myiawM JB'N 1»3 iV^n mp31 
 
 nnji3D ^y [ojpw iF'xi' 
 
 tjuvn bpi> b'[n i]3 nivi 
 
 :nDvy loni 'd'jis t^s^ 
 
 :nipn nnxi mo 
 
 noy [D'JjinNi D''3E'^n '3 n5r 
 
 ;[p]'^y mina DNon noi 
 
 .•^[iNjB-a ninsin cf^N 
 
 jy i>''iN 'n33i 
 
 [i]y-it . . 
 
 . . . \)f?M '3 
 
 :P'[!'y] 
 
 jnnjxi' iTi'i[n] . . . 
 
 1 Prov. 2, 4. " Is. 4, 5. ' Is. 56, II. * Is. 
 ' Gen. 31, 23. Job i8, ig. Is. 14, 
 
 !D"n 
 
 is 
 
 g " 
 
 5 z 
 
 mono 1J1 nxi*[3] px 26c 
 
 ^nn b^ tno "n ''/d 28 
 It tn^c ^y n'JE'o c^n 29 
 iDyt3D E'sj byo sgc 
 n^Nc pTion csj 'riy cy''Ki' 30 
 psr n[o] no niB^ D^n i xli. 
 ba nii5Xtti yh^ e'^n ic 
 Tpn 31D '3 mo^ nxn 2 
 
 ba E'pr i't}n3 K«N 2C 
 
 l^pin ni»D inan ^x 3 
 "bso IB*! ^3 pi?n nt 4 
 
 "IB'yi HND D^JC Cl^JK^J 4C 
 
 'D''yn°nm dndj°P3 5 ^ 
 yn niitrDD Jjiy "po 6 ^ 
 ni'['> 3]ipi yin 3n 7 
 ...... i" ... 8 
 
 pDN n' n DN 9 
 
 (fol. I verso.) 
 
 1CB3 ^»n 
 
 P'nnn 
 'in 
 
 icpw 
 
 pin 
 pin 
 ipin 
 
 '3 
 
 DN03 ja 
 D'TS mi 
 
 non 
 
 40, 26. ' Job 20, 29. • any is written above uv\. 
 22. » So MS. (o). 
 
 .«Laa? fcsA^i.? ^^►^ .oy&ii Ho J»a oM»a-^ 
 
 .o*^vi\ fk^ -001 V ."^ n . viN c»^ Jowl Jlo 
 .oot yj^} >f( kO)o»''>««»i aji V 
 
 .oio.^ )^ lioj ^io 
 
 .wOtCLmAJ ''^1^ O'l^* ji'l^«.X )i -> . ^^ 
 
 .>..\9l 1ft \ )L<. 0»3 l^w.^0 [jGOOJO i« m ..o 
 .yOJ^ ^LoX I'S^io )mOO»0; iAtV 
 
 .jl^; JL^oL «»X wO? ]l^**.o 
 
 .).. viS\-> )v«fn-» ooo) o)]b..^.^j)o; 
   .oo)La:«« UoGu^ Ilso*.^ .oo»i^ |a\io kioo;f 
 
 .jj^ttO^ jo^lf 0)|^OS..«»A l^>w.^ 2(1" 
 
 •IsJft-jLL/ jifie ^%a '%2^ ]o^U oifc-i*-.? 
 
 .b^jsl^oo )jf2>o ]oC^lf oij^.^.-) 27 
 .wota.Nol. 11 ,^ '^'U'f ^ w;a 28 
 
 '^'^^^^W J^^i ^■^ ot^AJ Urc 29° 
 .otl^.^)jk mtnal |i&..Mf ooon^-t 30 
 
 .k^J ot^ to 'Jlctso j- I XLI. 
 
 .y^}^ "^aS u^^O ^>A.^« 1*^«!S» '° 
 
 .IbsJf iJ^MO [io jLo.^ 0/ 2 
 
 ,y}^jLio a.001; ^^^-:io jLoao ^ ^^;L H 3 
 Jot^l' jp*o ).• '' ''■ - > vOoC^o? lU... wot ];ot}^^,^.ao 4 
 
 .Ua::*.* llt^oL l.Smvi U>.it 5 
 
 .otJO^o^ jjj^ woiaia llo^L joH 7 
 .)la:!L UjU yoot^ wO 8 
 
9 
 lo 
 II 
 
 13 
 14 
 15 
 16 
 
 >7 
 
 ECCLESIASTICUS 
 
 (Oxford, fol. I recto.) 
 
 [Pestilejnce and bloodshed, fever and drought. 
 Against the wicked, evil is created. 
 All things that are from the earth return to the 
 earth, [stream, 
 
 Riches born of (?) riches' are like an ever-flowing 
 With his lifting up of (his) hands' men rejoice, 
 The branch of violence' shall not be unpunished, 
 Like axes ' (?) upon the bank of a stream, 
 But kindness shall never be moved, 
 
 18 A life of wine* and strong drink is sweet, 
 
 19 A child and a city establish a name, 
 19C Offspring (of cattle) and planting make a name 
 
 to flourish, 
 
 20 Wine and strong drink cause the heart to exult, 
 
 21 Pipe and harp make sweet the song, 
 
 22 [Grace and beauty] delight the eye, 
 
 23 [A friend and a partner] behave [as occasion 
 
 requires], 
 
 24 Abrother[anda helper are for a ti]me of adversity, 
 
 25 Gold and silver [make the foot stand sure] : 
 
 26 Riches and strength lift up the heart. 
 
 devastation and destruction, evil and death, 
 and because of him' ruin" departeth [not?'], 
 and that which is* from the height (returneth) to the 
 height. [thunder : 
 
 and as ' a mighty water-course in the flashing of 
 for suddenly he perisheih for ever, 
 for the root of the godless is on the point of a crag, 
 before' all rain' they are extinguished. [for ever, 
 and righteousness [or almsgiving) shall be established 
 but he that findeth a treasure is above them both, 
 but he that findeth wisdom is above them both. 
 
 but a woman beloved is above them both. 
 
 but the love of lovers is above them both, 
 but a sincere tongue is above them both, 
 but the growing things of the field are above them both. 
 
 but a prudent wife is above them both, p , , , 
 
 but righteousness (or almsgiving) delivereth above 
 but [good counsel '] is above them both, 
 but the fear of God is above them both. 
 
 ' So marg. 
 
 Marg. evil. 
 
 » Cf. Prov. 17, 13. 
 
 ' Marg. and there is that (?). 
 
 ' So marg. ; bnt the 
 
 sense is obscure, and the text doubtless corrupt. « ? (reed-)stalks (nvDiip ?). ' ? all grass (@ @) ; cf. Job 8, 1 2. 
 
 ' Marg. the life of him that excels in prudence. At 40, 22 the margin has: 'All the days of the poor are evil. Ben Siia 
 says, At night also. His roof is the lowest of roofs, and his vineyard is in t'.e height of the mountains : the rain of other 
 roofs falls on his roof, and the earth of his vineyard falls on other vineyards.' (Then in Persian :) U ^j>\ y XJU ^^ 
 OJjT \t^^ JyU ^1 JO J-al L^Lsryuj ' It is probable that this was not in the original copy, but it is used as a proverb.' 
 (See the list of proverbs, p. xxviii). ' So ©(B"-}* AC) @. 
 
 9 O&vaTO's KoX alua koI Ipts koI poix<paia, 
 
 10 eTti TOWS avofLovs kKTi(rdr\ ravra -navTa, 
 
 11 iravTa oaa airo yrji els yfjv avaaTpe(f>fi, 
 
 12 Tsav b&pov Koi abiKla e^aXei^S^crerai, 
 
 13 ■)(^pr}ixaTa abiKCDv i>s "SOTapos ^pavOrjaivai, 
 
 14 iv Tu avoi^ai avrbv ^iipas ev<t>pav6ri(TiTai, 
 
 15 ^Kyova a.crej3&v oil TrXrjdvvei KXdbovs, 
 
 16 a-xei eTTi iravrbs vbaros koi xeiXovs -KOTapov 
 
 17 X'^P'-^ ^* TTapdbtia-os ev eiXoyiais, 
 
 18 ^wT) avrdpKovs ipydrov yXvKavdr](TeTai, 
 
 19 riKva Kol olKobopri iroA-ecos orr/pifoucrti' ovopa, 
 
 20 olvos KOt ixovcriKO. ev<j)paCvovcnv Kapbiav, 
 
 21 avKbs (cat \J/a\.TripLov Tjbvvovaw pf\r], 
 
 22 \dpiv Kai KoAAos (■nidvpr}a-(i 6 6(p6a\pos (tov, 
 
 23 <j)iX.os Koi kraipos fli Kaipbv cLTravT&vTes, 
 
 24 db(\(f>ol KUL ^0T]6ii.a ets Kaipbv 6kC\j/€a)S, 
 
 25 xpvcrCov /cat dpyvpiov (TnaTricrovcnv Ttoba, 
 
 26 xP'^pxiTa Kol Icrxys avv^dcrovinv KaphCar, 
 
 Koi 8t' avTovs eyivero b KaraKkvcrpos. 
 
 Kal 0170 vbdrmv els OdXatrcrav dvaKapiiTei,. 
 
 Kol TrioTiy els rbv aluva a-T-qa-erai. 
 
 Kul o)s ppovTr} peydXr] ev verif ^^r]\r]<Tei' 
 
 ovTo>s ot -napa^aivovres els (rvvrekeiav eKkeL^ovaiv. 
 
 Koi pi^ai aKdBapToi in dnpoTopov Ttirpas' 
 
 ■npb ■navTos \6pT0V eKTiK-qcreTai. 
 
 /cat eXe-qfioavvrj els rbv al&va biapevei. 
 
 /cat vnep dp(p6Tepa 6 evpLa-Kuiv 6r](Tavp6v. 
 
 19'' /cat iiTtep apcpoTepa yvvr} S/xcoftoy Xoytferat. 
 /cat vnep dp<p6Tepa dydiTr](TLs (TO<pias. 
 /cat VTTep dpcporepa yXditrcro 7;6«ta. 
 /cat vnep dpcjiOTepa xXorjv (rnopov. 
 Kol vn\p d.p(f>6Tepa ywjj jLtera avbpos. 
 /cat vnep dpi^orepa ekerjpoavvr] pvaeTai, 
 KOt vnep dp.(j)6Tepa yvvr) evboKipelrai. 
 Kal vnep apiporepa (po^os Kvpiov' 
 
a : nil n niasii 
 
 ! rT»-is 'JD") 
 
 npTS 
 
 • Deut. aS, 2 J (i-in) 
 
 ^Z. 9-26''. 6 
 
 (Oxford, fol. I recto.) 
 
 [:n]iK3i nv> -^2'^ tv 'aim nnin mi n[m] 9 
 
 :DnD bt* DnDD it^si aw pN ijs pso b u 
 
 'ni!5ip rtna tin P'sxdi jtT'n ^ma Jjin ^js ^in» 13 VnoVn 
 
 ron" nv:^ onhb "3 ii^^y o^aa insi^ Dv ny 14 v»wns 
 
 'yijD IB' ^V «i3n ciw '3 npr si? Dcna isi: 15 s 
 
 j'lavna ntio b 'Jbd ^jto nsj i'j? nioTipa 16 B 
 
 :p3n np^ npnvi mo'' s^ oi'iv^ loni 17 ■£ 
 
 nVIN NVIO DiTit^CI ipnC 135^ 1" "n 18 E tacinr 
 
 : npB'n: nva crt^i^m dc inna" yD3i "tjb' 19" g g- 5 :; |^ 
 
 J Dnn nanN Dn'':B'»i a^ lylsv natn 7["] 30 |. ^ rf " "^ 
 
 J ma p5?b cin'«X'Di -^^t^' lanjc ^5331 i'fijH"] " ^ S i 9 d ^ '''''" 
 
 : niE' •'nos d.tjb'oi pj? n''»[n'] 22 a o,2rfja 
 
 jripatfo ntTN nnijcoi un:^ nrvl n " -3 * ° " " 
 
 ,0 _ S d K ^ o 
 
 : nPXD pnv □n'JK'oi mv n nx 24 5- :i d " 3 
 
 ron'jlB'Di b[i-\] [ei]D3i ant 25 j 'i ^ - 'I 
 
 ; D'ni'N nS=i["' D]n^3troi ap [wjar nai p''n 26 B S J' 
 
 » Job 38, 35. ' Job 39, 28. * Job 6, 17. » Exod. 13, 12, &c. 
 
 9 
 
 10 
 
 ,\jt6k^ wot ^fcu "^.s ]pJ>? 
 4va'ft.nto ]|>^v^ )^?f? J>ik:^o 
 
 .ILxi.? )li 
 
 tOoMiil 
 
 .|o»^i; ol^s^^w? yeo*..sil ^e 
 
 ..^Sti b>-»H 9<M ).^»/ ^? ftio '^ u 
 
 .yaSj^lSJ )1— ' <^? )j-oa*-? )jiaaj 13 
 
 .Jootl Jl )jsJj>.» U*)) ).aik-o 15 
 
 .joi&jk <o<n.fi> ];J^io ]la:a) 19 
 
 • Uaj*. ^ImOo ll^yo Wis> 19O 
 
 .jcL^ Jm1>> )^«1s<^ \;ieiM 20 
 
 .jjjo) ^..Vim-^vi )u.»ci3!o Uai/ 21 
 
 .^»Ji.» )lS.«sj» ]»Sa*.o ]Iq-U 22 
 
 .yostsk-j Ik^ifJikA );a-o \ia^i 23 
 
 • jfcuijs.? lu;.:^^ jji^jsooo \a.I 24 
 
 .11^ ^....vi.nvi lu^Uso \s>oi} 25 
 
 .U^ yNTI'i.y |.&i»olo 11«M 26 
 
ECCLESIASTICUS 
 
 (Cambridge, verso.) 
 J9 Fire and hail, evil' and pestilence, 
 
 30 Beast of tooth, scorpion and cobra, 
 
 30" All these are created* for their uses, 
 
 31 When he commandeth them they rejoice, 
 
 32 Therefore from the beginning I took my stand, 
 
 33 All the works of God are good ; 
 
 34 None ° may say. This is evil. What is this ' ? 
 
 35 Now with all (your) heart '° sing aloud, 
 XL. I Great occupation hath God " allotted, 
 
 i<^ From the day of his coming forth from his mother's 
 womb, 
 
 3 From him that sitteth loftily on a throne, 
 
 4 From him that weareth a diadem and (priestly) 
 
 plate ", 
 
 5 Anger ", jealousy, anxiety, and fear, 
 
 jc And in the time when he resteth upon his bed, 
 
 6 A little .... for a moment he is quiet, 
 6" from the vision of his soul, 
 
 7 [awjaketh 
 
 8 
 
 XI. 
 
 these also are [formed] for judgement. 
 
 and a sword of vengeance " to ban' [the wicked]. 
 
 and they are in his treasure-house', against the time 
 
 when they are required. [word, 
 
 and in their prescribed tasks they rebel not against his 
 and I considered, and set it down in writing : 
 he sufficeth for" every need' in its season, 
 for he maketh all things to prevail" in their season, 
 and bless the name of the H[oly One"], 
 and a heavy yoke is upon the sons of men ; 
 until the day of his returning to the mother" of all 
 
 living; 
 even unto him that is clothed" in dust and ashes. 
 
 even unto him that weareth" a mantle [of poverty]: 
 
 the terror of death, strife', and contention": 
 
 the sleep of night changeth [his thought"] ; 
 
 and from the midst of terror[s he is perturbed"?]; 
 
 (he is) as a fugitive [hurrying on before] the pursuer. 
 
 . . . visions (?)... rest. 
 
 ' Read probably an famine, as @ ©. ^ Marg. an avenging sword. = Marg. to lift np (?). * Marg. These also 
 are chosen. » So marg. « Read probably p'CD' supplieth, as 39, 16. ' Vioig. perhaps, needy person. » Marg. 
 
 This is worse than that. ' Marg. all things prevail. » Marg. mouth. " Or the H[oly] name. Marg. His Holy 
 name. " Marg. the Most High. " Marg. land, as ©. " Exod. 28, 36. " Marg. maketh. '« f^m for -|». 
 
 " Reading tf3*» ; or ? bit is disquieted. " Marg. (probably referring to this line), even to (?) all yea, and with . . . 
 
 29 irCp Kttt yaka^a Kai Xifios Koi Odvaros, 
 
 30 Orjpiwv obovTfs Kol (TKOpTriot, Kai exeis 
 
 31 fv rfj ivToXfj avTov iv<^pavBi]CT0VTai, 
 33 810 TovTo i^ &PXV^ kcTTr]pi-)(6r)v 
 
 33 TO ipya Kvpiov -navTa ayada, 
 
 34 KoL ovK eaTLV flTTeiv ToCro tovtov TTovrjpoTfpov, 
 
 35 /cat vvv (V ■nA.a-rf KaphLa koX orTOfiaTi, vixirfjo-afiev, 
 
 1 AcrxpXCa ixtydX-q (KTiaTai iraiTt avdputtiw, 
 1" d(/)' fjnipas (^obov (K yacTTpbs /XTjrpoj avT&v 
 
 2 Tovs biaXoyiaiJLovs avT&v koI (j}6j3ov KapbCas, 
 
 3 and KaOrjfjievov (Ttl Opovov fv 80^77 
 
 4 aiTO (popovirros vaKivOov koi arit^avov 
 
 5 6vp.6s Koi Cv^os Kol rapa)(r] Kot crAKos 
 i" Koi Ir KotpcS avaTrava-foos (rrl Kofrtjs 
 
 6 okiyov wy oibfv iv avairavcrfi, 
 6° TfOopvp-qniVos (V opacrei KapbCas airot), 
 
 7 (V KOipM cruiTripCas aiToi) i^7]yip6r\, 
 S iitra TsAcT-qs aapKos dwo avOpdvov «<oj kti]vovs, 
 
 ■ndvTa TavTa fh fKbCarjaiv ^/crtorof 
 Kai pojxcpaCa fKbiKOvaa els okedpov dtreySeiy, 
 30'' KOL fTTi rfji yrjs els xpelas fToifiacrdria-ovrai, 
 
 Kai iv roiy Kaipols avT&v ov irapafiritTovTai Xoyov. 
 
 /cat bievoi^dr]v Kai iv ypaipfj &(f)7JKa. 
 
 Kai iTa<rav \peCav fv &pq avTrjs -^opTjyrjcrei.' 
 
 Tiavra yap iv KaipiS evboKLfj/qOrjcrfTai. 
 
 Kai fiXoyrja-aTf to ovofia KvpCov. 
 
 Kai Cvyos jSapvs itrl vlovs 'Abap., 
 
 etos r]p.€pas €77i rac^jj ttj p.rjT(pa TravToiv' 
 
 (vCvoia TTpoaboKias, rjfxfpa reXevTJJs. 
 
 Kai fcos TeTaireivtapievov iv yfj Kai (nrobiu, 
 
 Kai f(i)s TTfpiPaXXop.^vov u>p.6Xivov' 
 
 Kai ^o'/3os davarov Koi p.riv'iap.a koX Ipis. 
 
 VTTVos vvKTos dAXoiot yv&a-iv avrov' 
 
 Kai dir' ^KeCvov iv iJiri'Ois o>s Iv r]p.ipa (TKOTnas' 
 
 b)s fKTTe(f)(vy(i>s airb -npoacaTiov TtoXip.oV 
 
 /cai aTtoOavpiaCiav els ovbeva <f>6j3ov. 
 
 (cal eTrl afiapruiXav enraiiXdcria irpos ravra' 
 
XXXIX. 29- 
 
 imo 
 
 '7ns 
 
 TDnp 
 
 n i yiH 
 eaS 
 
 iTOT3? 13? 
 
 am nn 6 
 1TOT n 
 
 
 , . . °D''-inn!'° niDpj mm 
 
 mps'' nv^i nviN3 n»ni 
 
 .'vs iiD"' N^ Dpnm 
 
 : piSD* inw nnix bi> 
 
 '[:E>n]pn nB* nx laiai 
 
 :mN ''J3 ^y nna isiyi 
 
 {•■n b DN ijN nw Dv ny 
 
 nasi nav yshh ny 
 
 . . . rhiy^ ntiiy nyi 
 
 : iTi mnn nio no's 
 
 . . . wCn] n^*^ nra' 
 
 :t5' . . . [ni]^n3 pDi 
 
 jfinn n Tib's 
 
 :nuD . . . ^Tsnoi 
 
 (Cambridge, verso.) 
 
 nni yn Tiai BtN 29 
 
 tnai mpy jc rr'n 30 
 
 iNiDJ oaniv!' nisN i>3 30° 
 
 icity DniN inix3 31 
 
 ■•nav'nn K>sn» p i'y 32 
 
 DUio D^-i ^N ncyo 33 
 
 nt° no yn nr i»k^ i'N 34 
 
 w^nn 3^ ba nny 35 
 
 b». phn i^na poy i xl. 
 
 WN Dmo insv qvd i" 
 
 nnaij nd3 aw°a 3 
 
 j-ivi ej-jv nmyo 4 
 
 inai njNT nx:p ^x 5 
 
 i32Bt3 ijy ini3 nyi 5° 
 
 Dipc'' yj"i3 pin^ Dyo 6 
 
 »fi5 . . . . 6 nniy ^ . 7 
 
 
 ^3n 
 
 nio 
 no . 
 
 np 
 
 ' Perhaps T-13. ' O^- [fflTi]pn. » Marginal note illegible. « The first three words of tbis line are 
 
 Written almost as one. ' Only the tops of the letters are visible, pis seems to have been retouched. Perhaps 7« was 
 
 Wi irowo "VBI -O tmtil he is aroused from his sleep and awaketh. 
 
 .w;aI( M'*^ t^*^ ^o*^ 
 .|jb.*it-;X o>a nN:<\ ^>a3j U>J-» 
 
 
 .^M ^o>::^ ^fco )>aV.ai? U i«ii» aii^fc^fl)/ 
 .^;:k^Uic .,oo(X=)) y^i^e -''j®^ ^ ^ » <>\e> ,yOo^<:Ji^'%>^ 
 
 .[<4«o )d^;^o .jlcLM l^^Xxfo )1^<.Xk?o 
 
 .^«S^ w.otOjiLi. yoot^^o 33 
 .jboi ^.so ub^ |L>ot ijc\jy, ]^.*^o 34 
 
 taXrio? jloaeiiaa wol^ ^ 3 
 «.«j^is~'« . o ».-< >> ,~> )wLa.3. u^/ 7 
 
3 ECCLESIASTICVS 
 
 (Cambridge, recto.) 
 XXXIX. ij" [With sjongs of the harp and of stringed instru- 
 ments, 
 16 All [the works of] God are good, 
 17" appraise ^ 
 
 18 In [his] place' he maketh his pleasure to prosper, 
 
 19 The works of all flesh are before him, 
 
 20 He beholdeth from everlasting to everlasting : 
 2o« There is nothing small or light with him, 
 
 21 None may say, Wherefore is this.' 
 21" None may [say]. This is worse than that, 
 32 He maketh his blessing ° to overflow as the Nile, 
 2,? For'' his wrath dispossesseth nations, 
 
 24 [The patb]s of the perfect man' are plain, 
 
 25 [Good things] he allotted to the [g]ood from the 
 
 beginning, 
 
 26 [The chief things] for the life of man are water, 
 26'^ [Flour of wheat], milk, and honey, 
 
 27 All th[esej bring good to the [g]ood, 
 
 28 There be w[inds which are fojrmed" [for ven- 
 
 geance], 
 2SC 
 
 and thus with a shout shalt thou say : 
 
 and he supplieth' every need in its season. 
 
 and the utterance of his mouth is his treasure. 
 
 and there is no restraint to his salvation. 
 
 and there is nothing hid from before his eyes. 
 
 [is there] limit to his salvation*? 
 
 and there is nothing too wonderful or hard for him. 
 
 for all things are chosen for their uses '. 
 
 for all things prevail in their season. 
 
 and it saturateth the land like a river. 
 
 and he turneth a watered land into salt. 
 
 so to strangers do they oppose themselves. 
 
 so to the evil good and evil'; 
 
 and fire, and iron, and salt, 
 
 the blood of the grape, fresh oil, and clothing. 
 
 so for the evil they are turned to eviP" ; 
 
 . . . [they] remove mountains. 
 
 ' Marg. they sii)iply. '' So text, but the sense is obscure. ' So the text appears to read, but ? ' ? understanding 
 (iroin';), as Schechter (Ps. 147, 5). ' Marg. prevail in their season. ° Reading 1.1312 for ni3i3. ' The margin is 
 
 illegible: 1 loru by his wrath he. ' Marg. His paths to the straightforward (supposing a ') to have been lost before Dn\c')> 
 with a play on niD" (are straight) ; cf. ver. 27. " So marg. '" Marg. to loathsomeness (Num. 11, 20). " Marg. are 
 
 created. 
 
 XXXIX. i.s" ev (iSatj xetXeW /cat er Kivvpais 
 
 16 Ta epya KvpCov iravTa on KaXa a(j)6bpa, 
 
 17 ovfc ((TTLv eiTreiv Ti tovto ; els ri tovto ; 
 170 iv Aoyo) avTov fart] q)s Oifxaivia vbcap, 
 
 18 ev •npomayp.aTi avTov Trarra 1] ivboKia, 
 
 19 fpya Tratrjjy (rapKos ivw-niov avTOV, 
 
 20 airo Tov alaivos its top al&va €w«/3\e\/fev, 
 
 21 ovK tfTTiv HTteiv Ti tovto; «ts Ti tovto; 
 
 Ka\ owtoy fpflTt iv f^ofio\oyri(TeL 
 
 Koi Tiav iTpotTTayixa iv KaipM avTov eorai' 
 
 TTavTa yap iv KaipM avTOV {VjrTj07j(r«Tai. 
 
 Kol iv pij/nart oro'/iiaTos avrov UTTobo^ela vbdroov. 
 
 Koi OVK ((TTLV OS i\aTT(i(rfL TO (TCOTTIplOV ttVTOV. 
 
 Koi oiiK fffTLV Kpvpfjvai diro r&v oipdaXix&v avTov' 
 
 10^ Kol ovOev icTTiv Oavfiacriov ivavrlov avTov. 
 navTa yap (is xptias avT&v iKTunai. 
 
 2 2 r) fvXoyCa avrov as iroTOjuos iireKaXv^fv, 
 
 23 ovTcos 6pyr}v avTov (6vr\ KKr\povop.ri(TH, 
 
 24 al 6bo\ avTov toZs oaiois evdeiai, 
 
 25 ayu6a tois ayaOois fKTKTTat, dw' apxv^) 
 
 26 ap)(ri irdoT/y \pfCas els C'^rjv avOpdmov, 
 26° TTVpos KOI fieKi Kal ya\a, 
 
 27 TavTa TrdvTa tois eia-efienv els ayaOd, 
 
 28 eariv TTvevpLara h els iKbinrjcnv eKTiarai, 
 28° Kat iv Katpif a-vvreXeias lo'xvv eKxeovaiv, 
 
 Kal (as KaraKXvaixbs ^rjpav iiieOvaeV 
 
 ins neTicTpexj/fv vbaTa els AXfiriv. 
 
 ovr(os Tols avopLois TtpoaKop-fxaTa' 
 
 ovTMS Tols ajxapTwXois naKa. 
 
 vbuip, TTVp Kal (Tibrjpos Kal iXa Kal ffefJilbaXis, 
 
 alp,a ora^nA^j Kal eXaiov Kal IfxaTiov' 
 
 ovrtoy Tois a/xapTooXois TpamrjcreTai els koko. 
 
 Kat iv dvp,Q avTiov icrTepeai(Tav fiiffTiyas avT&v' 
 
 Kal Tov Ovixbv Tov TToii^a'avTos avToiis KOirdtrovirti/. 
 
 A a 
 

 n 
 
 Nil"; 
 
 XXXIX. \f 
 
 ;p''BD''°inj?3 T11V ^531 
 
 ivrv nj:D -\n°D3 [i]'xi 
 
 nnyiB'ni' isdd V[''n] 
 
 njco prm NiisJ fxi 
 
 ;in55°i3-ixi' isan •'3 
 
 ;nmn isan injai 
 :npro n^D^ nsn'-i 
 
 ;yni ait: O'vi^ P 
 
 nm inv' a3v m 
 
 ;iaDnj njni' D''j}i^ P 
 
 [:i]p^W D^[nn] 
 
 
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 '^'0 'bi ^33 nn''[B'a] 15" xxxix. 
 D'^aiD ni^a ijN . . . 16 
 
 ^ . 3 y-^v^ 17° 
 
 ivb'S'' WIST '[vjfinn 18 
 
 
 nw TE'a b ncjio 19 
 
 
 tiu' Di>iy njn ni^ivo 20 
 
 
 icy tayoi ;dp pN 200 
 nr HD^ nT ^^2^«i' px 21 
 
 
 nro jji nr [iDNji' ps2i'' 
 
 
 nB''xn ns'a niana 22 
 
 
 cnv D'lJ icyr ''3 23 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 B-x-iD p^n 31[d]^ ... 25 
 D'D Dns "fii' .... 26 
 
 
 K'ani a^n 260 
 
 
 ' There is no sign of a final D or of an erasure. 
 a 1 (cf. @) or a T ; there is no sign of a third letter. 
 n is clear, but the rest is not certain. * I Sam. 14, 6. 
 
 ' Perhaps DniC''!. 
 
 I3*t2« n''ai[t3]i' [n^]x b 27 
 
 nv[i:] [nim]T b" 28 i«t5T 
 
 280 
 
 The : is fairly distinct : after it there is a blot which may conceal 
 
 ' This word appears to have been altered by a second hand : the 
 
 ' Job 25, 3. ' There is a marginal note here, but illegible. 
 
 .^...-^.V l^w^Xoa .yooiiia? ^a^jo 
 
 .JOJA^ UoiO tl ViS. )jOt r2a\j* ^i-^O 21 
 .Ck^ )jOtO JbO )jOt; «^»)j; l^..>Xo 21 
 
 cujo 150 XXXIX. 
 .oo»^ 16 
 
 
 .)..fl>Mn t vi\v lfo»J if^lo 
 
 .).»Nv>o 11)^0 )>0J0 
 .JukOA^o )t-«tif>f>lo 'Uuooo ji >ni.o jiiii^o 
 
 ....iii.V .*J7 ]*?; »^t )yi.0>O 
 
 .wota>»fA us^iso '^wti^.o; l^^j^ 2o<= 
 
 .yij ). Jft'<^V oiJi^OiS Uoot 23 
 
 .l^isLl' )ci^ k^**,^^. ^.vs ]k^ 25 
 [1m juiij/ Jos? )tI«> X ><.. Vr> too» JlaS. ^otXaaok^* 36 
 .U>d;o IdXuO •I'^'^o ^>lo 26° 
 
 .^)^>9 ^i^ t^^O* ^0»^>^ 3? 
 
 .»i^l/ )j^»a:^? Uoi« 1^^ 28 
 
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